r ---- HUNTINGDON JOURNAL ~1' V\ \ Wednesday Morning, Dec. 21 t in& S. L. GLASGOW, Eintor. CIACULATIOU 1000. SW The Hon. Jolin McCulloch will please accept our thanks for a copy of "The Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution", and also for other public favors. Next week there will be no paper issued at this office. Our hands baying been faithful all summer, want to take some recreation.— The number missed will be made up. geir We are compelled, on account of the press of other important matter, to defer the publication of several communications we have on hands, written for the Journal. Our corres pondents must excuse us. They shall appear as soon as we can make room. We must also inform our correspondent B. at Shirleysburg, that his article with the Gov'e address shall appear in our nest issue. We could'nt make room this week. We did'nt get the Presidents message in time to insert it in our last, and had to do it in this issue, which prevents us from accommodating a number of our correspondents. Have a little patience— we shall give all a hearing as soon as possible. Temperance. An esteemed correspondent, whose article cannot appear this week for want of room, re commends that meetings be held in each town ship in the county to appoint delegates to meet in Convention, at Huntingdon, sometime du ring the rot week of the January Court, to make such arrangements as are necessary to have this county properly represented in the State Temperance Convention, which is to con vene on the 26th day of January proximo, at Harrisburg. Good idea that, if it can be at tended to. To Business Men. The columns of the Huntingdon Journal possess superior facilities to such as have a desire to advertise. Its circulation is larger by several hundreds than that of any other pa per in the county, and its columns are spacious. .The Job-type of the office are of a very exten sive and beautiful selection—unsurpassed in the whole interior of the State. Barnum said it was "Printer's ink" that made him successful and wealthy in the world, and are there not others who wish to become so ? Send on your cards and advertisements then and the Journal will make your business extensively known among the people. Ourself. The Journal establishment not being dispo sed of, we have the pleasure to announce to our readers and others, that we will continue, as heretofore, the Editor of THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL. And in endeavoring to discharge the duties incident thereto, we shall be govern ed by the same principles as formerly. The cherished doctrines and usages of the Whig party, shall in us always find a bold and fear- less advocate; and our determined purpose not to convert our columns to the advancement of individual or factional interests, have undergone no change. We are well aware that we cannot please every body, and we shall seek to attain no such object, for we are confident we would signally fail in the very effort to do so. The duty of an editor of a public journal, is to pursue the course he believes to be right— the course he thinks will secure the greatest good to the majority of those for whom ho la bors—and this we can truly say we have en deavored to do to the utmost extent of our knowledge and ability. That we have erred in many instances, we are free to admit—all men err, and we are just as likely to do so as any body else. Politically, we have no enemies to punish nor friends to reward—we shall as heretofore, regard all as standing on the same common platform, and shall strive to advance the interests of the whole party,—and keep our readers booked up in the general news and passing events of the day. From the Greensburg Intelligencer,May 26,'53, Coughing in Church. The weather for ;week past has been quite cool, and, too unpleasant. Besides being cool, and unpleasant in that way, it is exceedingly changeable. On Wednesday, the 18th, the thermometer stood between 80 and 60 in the shade most of the day. The next day, over coats and fires were necessary to comfort; and on Friday morning there was quite a hard frost in this vicinity. though nothing was seriously injured thereby. As a consequence of these sudden changes, many people aro afflicted with bad colds and coughs. We observed a lady at Church the other evening so much annoyed with a bard cough, that we really felt alarmed for her safety; so much so, that it was with some effort we could refrain from "talking out in meeting." and recommending her forthwith' to procure a bottle of Keyser's Pectoral Syrup, to give her immediate relief—to be had at John MeClelland's store. For sale in Huntingdon by Thomas Read, & Son, and by Druggists every where. Ser Graham's monthly Magazine for Janu ary 1834 comes to us laden with a great varie ty of interesting and instructive matter, con taining also quite a number of expressive and beautiful plates. It has over the usual number of pages. Graham should find a welcome place in all the reading families in the vicinity. les„. We have received at this office a month ly periodical called "The People's Journal", published in the city of New York, by Alfred E. Beach, No. 86 Nassau St. Terms---50 cents only, for six months—at the end of valich time you have a volume containing about 200 pages, with ever two hundred eitirravingB. The present December number contains set, etay-two engravings, and all too of an interes- Ain nature. This is the second issue of the first volume. sr There is a protracted meeting now in progress in the Methodist Episcopal Church of this place. It commenced on last Saturday evening and, we understand, will continue un til after Chtistma, The soUrnal. In the publication of the Journal thus far, we have met with unanticipated success—more indeed than we had even dreamed of when we first took hold of it. And that the course the Journal has hillerto pursued, has been warmly approved, manfully and nobly sustained by the Whig praty and the people generally, is an ad mitted tact on all hands. It has been open, frank, and independent—faithfully laboring to advance the general interests of the whole com munity, and zealously striving to secure again the ascendancy of Whig principles and Whig policy in the State and National Administra tions. Since we have had charge of the paper, the list of subscribers has been almost doubled, which, of itself, is evidence sufficient to satisfy any unprejudiced mind that the Journal has obtained a favorable standing among the peo ple and is well appreciated by the members of the party. It has endeavored, and will contin ue to do so, to adapt itself to the condition of every class of the community, and has been no respector of persons. The interests of the far mer—the laboring man—the mechanic—the professional man—the merchant—thb lover of science and education, and the politician, have alike all been cared for, and we have no doubt this has been the grand secret of its unprece dented success. During the last nine months it has not lost over one half dozen regular subscribers, and the quantity of its paying advertisements has been steadily on the increase. But we think it mny be said the Journal has deserved all the support given it, for the reason, that in addition to having been faithful to its pledges and its principles, it has been considerably enlarged and materially improved, which was of course attended with a heavy expense, and is acknowl• edged to be a better paper now than it ever was. We are heartily thankful to those who have taken an interest in the prosperity of the paper, and hope their zeal in the good cause mny nev er grow less. The Journal shall endeavor to do its duty, and its patrons should also endeav or to do theirs. Nebraska Country. The settlement of the Nebraska question will be among the important and exciting subjects for discussion and deliberation during the pre. sent session ofCongress. The important-ques tions connected with it arm-1. What shall be the boundaries of the new territory? 2d. Shall there be ono or two territories? 3d. Shall the Missouri Compromise be insisted on to operate over the whole country, or the Wilmot proviso be inserted, as in the Oregon Bill, to operate upon the country North of the line of 3G 30°. The Administration will seek to avoid the Sla very question by postponing it, that is, by keep ing the country South 3G 30° an Indian coun try, thus separating it from a Slave State, and leaving it in the occupancy of Indians, among whom may be found, at present, bodies of the Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, and Choctaws. It will also seek to organize its territories North of 36 30° and on the basis of the Missouri Com promise line. Missouri seeks to avoid having a free territo ry on her Western borders, and hence the in terest manifested by that State in this quption. lowa, which is the proposed Northern bounda ry of Nebraska, also manifests a like interest in the question, and would prefer to see the new territory free. Mr. Johnson comes here as a Delegate from Nebraska. He is not re ceived by the House; is elected by a doubtful power, and by a few hundred votes, the laws of the Visited States, not admitting of any settle ment in Indian Territory, except in the form of perm:ssion, to settle from the government directly or from its authorized officers. Mr. J. was elected over a Mr. Guthrie who took the ground before the people that there should be no slavery in the territory. Mr. Johnson, on the other hand, took the ground that the peo ple in organizing a government for themselves should be allowed to have slavery, if they so elected. The Old Year. A few more days will close the year 1853. To us it seems but yesterday since we witness ed the last New Year Morning. How time passes ! We take no note of it, and before we are aware, our heads have blossomed for the grave. There are ineeed very few of us who can truly say we have passed through 1853 as we should. When we look back we see many things in our conduct which we should have avoided—Many things too carelessly passed by which should have been classed among the number of our good deeds. But the year of 1853 will not die away with out having left its impress on the page of time. Europe has been convulsed by threatening wars—wheat has taken n rise—Gen. Santa An na has been proclaimed Dictator of Mexico— the Whigs have been victorious-,the "Herds" have been triumphant—and Pierce's Message was seen floating on the surface of public opin ion!!! lta. Our latest advices from Mexico state that Gen. Santa Anna has been proclaimed Dictator for ten years, with the consent of all the principal States and cities, except Orion bB, which wanted him to be perpetual Dic tator. In 1824, Mexico adopted a Consti tution for the government of her people similar in features to that of the United States, but the condition of the governed seemed not to have been adapted to the principles of free institutions, and from that period to the pre sent, Mexico appears to have been gradually relapsing again to her old forms ofgovernment. DEBT OF TEXAS.-A resolution, the Now Or leans Picayune states, has been introduced in to the .Texas Legislature, (iodating what is known as the scaling system as the fixed poli cy of the State. A bill has also been intro duced fixing the let of July, 1855, as the peri od before which the holders of the public debt, who have been adjudged to have a lien on the five million fund, reserved by the United States, as creditors to whom the duties on imports wore pledged shall file the releases required by the proviso of the boundary act, or their claims shall be annulled and cancelled. Judging by the tone of the official paper, the Austin Ga zette, these compulsory measures to bring the creditors to a final settlement speedily are like ly to pass both houses. lee r . Col. Benton declines serving as Chair man of the Committee on Military Affairs in the House of Representatives, to which post he had been appointed by Speaker Boyd. "Old Bullion" is too cunning for the Washington democracy—be can't be placed in a position in which it may be said ho is in the least coun tenancing the measures or schemes of Pierce's Administration or any of his tools, I:ir Rev. Lowman Hawes delivered his parting discourse to the congregation on last Sabbath evening. Ho contemplated leaving today to embark on his foreign tour. The Press Triumphant. An individual by the name of Isaac N. Ell maker, of Lancaster, lately prosecuted Edward McPherson, editor of the Independent Whig, for libel; and the Grand Jury of that county, subsequently, ignored the bill. It has become ' literally almost impossible, in this age of intel ligence and free speech, to gag the public press by means of libel suits. The press, as it has been truly remarked by one who devoted a long life to the development of free thought and the advancement of republican institutions, is the "Palladium of civil liberty," and the time has now gone by—and thank God for it—when corrupt politicians and Judas Iscariots, occupy ing high .places, can transact their damnable deeds with impunity. It is the duty of a public journnl to scrutinise the conduct of all such as endeavor to impose on the integrity and industry of the community, and to hold up in blazing colors, the characters of all those public functionaries who attempt, either directly or indirectly, by their official influence and patronage, to abridge the poor man's rights and reduce his standing in society. We trust the press will be sustained by the growing intelligence of our citizens, in its ef forts to purify the great body politic, by pre venting the election of incompetent and corrupt incumbents. Let its influence once be curtail. ed or commence a 'retrograde move, and the light of liberty will begin to grow dim. The dankness of barbarisms will follow in quick suc cession, and the world will speedily relapse into the condition, in which .the seventh century found it. As knowledge extends her borders, let the freedom of the press become extended, and as the principles of civil liberty become more intelligible, or better understood, let the power of its "palladium" be properly exerted in their preservation, and it will never again re quire Sinai thunders to awake the intellect of man. Foreign News, Our latest adVices from the Old World are by the steamship Niagara. For the present all hostilities between Turkey and Russia have been suspended, * but it is supposed the fighting will again soon be resumed. It is stated that the Czar of liesia has signified his willingness to enter into a project of peace, and that the French Minister at London, had returned from Paris with a draft of a treaty agreed to by France and England, and that the other pow ers had been invited to join. It is also said that the Sultan of Turkey is satisfied to give diplomacy another chance to effect terms of peace, and has accordingly giv en orders to Omar Paella, on the Danube, to restrain his ardor for the present. A Turkish sympathy meeting has been held at Glasgow, attended by three thousand persons, to' which Gen. Kossuth omit a long letter containing his views of the struggle. Rumor assigns the 27th dayof Tannaryprox imo, as the time for the coronation of the Ent-1 peror and Empress of France. The ceremony will be performed by the Archbishop of Paris. The marriage of the Emperor of Austria is ap pointed to take place on the 29th of April next. The Turks are still successful in their opera tions in Asia. This nation has been singularly fortunate in her movements in the present struggles—success has crowned almost every effort. Thirty Third Congress. Since this body has assembled very little of importance has been transacted of an interest ting nature, except the introduction of a few bills, the appointment of House and Senate Committees and the election of Capitol officers. As soon as it gets properly under way, and does some business, we shall lay it before our readers, so that they ens form an idea of what the SoLoxs of the nation are doing. The following are some of the bills and res olutions introduced : SENATE.-A bill td organise the Territory of Nebraska. A Resolution directing inquiry as to the ex pediency of having the United States Statutes revised and collated. Mr. Sewerd has given notice of his intention to introduce, a bill to provide for the construction of a railroad through the territories of the United States, from the Mississippi river to the Pacific. IforsE.—A joint resolution has been intro duced into this body providing for the pur chase of Mount Vernon, for the use of the Gov ernment. The homestead bill which had been introduced was reported back by the chairman of the Committee—a bill making a grant of land to the States and Territories, for the ben efit of indigent insano persons—a bill to extend the time for the payment of duties on railroad iron. Other homestead bills by Messrs. Daw son and Grow—a bill authorising the construc tion of six steam frigates under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, and appropria ting $3,000,000, for the purpose. Whig State Committee Pursuant to public notice the Whig State Committee met in Philadelphia on Tuesday, the 13th inst., and fixed on the 15th day of March, 1854, as the time, and Harrisburg es the place, for the meeting of the State Conven tion to nominate a candidate fin. Govenor, Ca nal Commissioner, and Supreme COurt. In our opinion this is too soon for the Con vention to meet, but trust, since the matter has been settled by the proper authority, that every effort will be made on the part of the Whigs to secure and preserve harmony among them selves, and to infuse a disposition to be ready for energetic action immediately after the ad journment of the Convention. Let every man be ready to put his shoulder to the wheel—rea dy to buckle on his armor to fight valiantly for the success of the principles aids choice, and a glorious redemption of the good old Key stone State from her thraldom of locofoco cor ruptions and abominations. If we wish to suc ceed we rum,/ have a thorough organization of the party. D. Our friend Jones of the Hollidaysburg Register seems to have been somewhat "calli foozled" last week in not having received in due time, according to precious arrangement, a package containing the President's Message. What's the difference—no use in grumbling about that—the message is a mighty poor thing at any rate—the people aro no wiser now as to what the policy of Pierce's Administra ton is than they were six months ago . ADJOURNED Comm—The Hollidaysburg Register states that un adjourned Court will be held on Monday, the 25th of January proximo, fur the special purpose of ting the ease of ejectment brought by Thomas Jackson, against the Heirs of Mrs. Summerville, to recover back the land near that place which they recently recovered from him. The President's Message, Our comments on this document shall be short. Pierce has hail a fortunate enreer, but a short one. The green laurels which so gor geously decorated his brow, only a little over a year ago, have withered and faded. The glory which illumined the spacious and wreathed halls of Congress on the 4th of last March, has been dimmed by the imbecility and want of pointedness in this his first annual message, and by the innumerable blunders of his shah low minded Cabinet, during the past summer. Bronson brought hint down one step—the elec tion in New York and Massachusetts another —his message another—and the oliction of Beverly Tucker, over Armstrong, the Adminis tration's Candidate, for printer to the Senate, another. Ho has run his race. What a strik ing illustration is his case, of the transitory na ture of all earthly fame I Fifteen months ago his praises were chanted by the lips of thousands of our citizens—elo quence had well nigh exhausted herself in lauding his virtues and his talents, and philoso phy even was made to worship at his shrine— but now his glory deported—the star of his greatness has set—many of his warmest friends have forsaken him—and the American people see they made a grand mistake in elevating hint to the position of Chief Magistrate of the Republic. His message is short and verbose, lacking point and clearness on every subject hinted at: All its features are deeply veiled in mysterious shadows, and from its perusal we rise without feeling that we have learned any thing new. The Boston Courier thus comments upon the message 'The message is the poorest thing that ever proceeded from a President of the U. S. when his duty called open him to leek Congress in the face. And that nobody may mistake our meaning, when we pronounce it emphatically poor, we proceed to say that it appears to us totally deficient in courage, manly spirit, deci sion, self-respect, sincerity, straight-forward ness, and that honest resolution to follow the path of duty at all hazards, which ought to characterise both the language and the actions of him who occupies the elevated station of President of the L sited States." The Boston Journal in noticing it says: "Instead of a bold, manly avowal of the poli cy and doctrines of the Administration, walleye vague generalities, bare statements of facts which have been made known to the public through the columns of the press weeks and months ago; and a grouping together of words apparently with the design to leave the reader as much m the dark in regard to the views of the administration. on the matter of which they treat, as he was before he read them." The New York Courier and Enquirer says: "The President's Message is a document which may repay perusal, but can hardly exact any comment. There is hardly enough of it to exact anything. As an exposition of State pol cy it is nerveless and shadowy; as a piece of composition it is faulty in spots and inelegant throughout, , as a compendium of facts touch ing the great interest of the country, it is in many respects scant and unsatisfactory. Its 1 chief importance lies it, its meagre figures; its chief attractiveness in its volatile declamation. Monotonous annals 'aro said to lie the best proof of a nation's prosperity; this document is sufficiently common-place to assure the most distrustful." The Boston ,It/is says:— "Those of onr readers who may cure to wade through the document will not liud much to repay them for their pains. It is heavy, ob scurely written, verbose, and at least twice as long us its topics required." A Just Verdict, Shortly after the late election Col. John Pi per, of Hollidaysburg, prosecuted Mewx and Atm= imeditors of the "Alleghanian,"a g uerii la sheet piofcssing to be Whig, published at Ebensburg, for LIBEL. Week before last the Cambria County Court commenced its Session, during which these libellers were tried and righteously convicted by a jury of their own so lection, in manner and form as the Indictment stood. They were publicly charged with wilfully cir. culating lies and slander against Col. White, the Whig nominne for the Senate, and his sup porters, and now a jury of the country, of their own choosing too, has sustained that charge. The testimony in the case clearly proved that the Locofocos had absolute control of the press and types of the Alleghanian office during the late Campaign. The evidence given by Mr. Litzinger conclusively showed that O'Niel, a Locofoco, paid for and carried away the slan derous and lying matter issued from the office. Thus fellow Whigs, it is very manifest what were the motives of these mercenary editors of the Alleghanian, in publishing the tirade of abuse and lies they did against Col. White, and asserting that his political principles were not othordox. Not a word they published should have been believed. Printer to the 11. S. Senate. The election of Beverly Tucker, editor of the Washington Sentinel, was wholly unexpected on the part of the Pierce Administration, and has greatly mortified and alarmed its friends. Armstrong, editor of the Union, was the ad ministration's candidate, but the "Horde," as sisted by the Whigs, beheaded him and thus gave the favorite son of the "Granite State," with his heterogenious cabinet, a sly dig under the ribs. It is said this is nothing compared to what will follow. The whole matter was agreed upon in mucus, among Tucker's friends, but kept a profound secret. The following is the vote:— For Armstrong—Messrs. Allen, Dell, Cass, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of lowa, Douglas, Gain, Hamlin ' James, Johnson, Norris, Pettit, Shields,Slidell, Walker, Williams. , . , For Tneker—Messrs..Adams, Atchison, 13ad. ger, Benjamin, Bright,Broadhead, Chase, Clay ton, Cooper, Dawson,,Dixon, Evans, Everett, Fish, Foot, Hunter, Mason, Pearce, Pratt, Seward, Smith, Sumner, Thompson, of Ky., Wade, Weller, Wright. State Teachers" Convention. The First Annual Meeting of the Associa tion will he held in Lancaster city, commen cing Tuesday, December 27th instant, and will continue three or four days in succession.— The friends of education generally throughout the State will be present, and all who feel them solves interested in the cause are sespectfully and urgently invited to attend, and take part in the discussions and deliberations. Several addresses will be delivered on the occasion by distinguished cducationists,andmuchimportant business will he laid before the Association for its consideration. Tho Canal Conunissioners have reduced tho fare on tine State Roads to half price for teachers and others wishing to visit the Convention. It is said the Pa. Rail Road Company will agree to this liberal measure also. It is right. lir Hon. Thos. Corwin has been elected President of the Cincinnati and Cleveland shortline rnilkead, Estimates of the Secretary of Treasury for the Fiscal Year. The following report comes from the C. S. Treasury Department: TItKASURY DErARTNIENT, Nov. 23, 1853. Sun:—Agreeably to the joint resolution of Congress of January 7th, 1816, I have the hon• or to transmit, for the information of the Ifouse of Representatives, printed estimates of the up. proprintions proposed to be made for the fiscal year ending June 13, 1835, as follows Civil list, foreign intercouse and miscellaneous including the expenses of collecting the rev enue front soles of public lands, public build ings, expenses of Courts, and deficiency in revenues of Post Office De• partment, - • $10,264,182 90 Pensions, • - - 853,500 00 Indian Department, • • 1,009,1112 50 Army proper, &0., - • 10,151,458 95 Military Academy, • • 166,281 00 Fortifications, ordnance, &c., 1,734,334 00 Naval Establishment, • 10,234,265 19 Steam Mail service, • - 1,496,250 00 $35,909,434 51 Total, , To the estimates are added statements show. ing the appropriations for the fiscal year end ing Jane 30, 1855, made by former acts of Con gress of a permanent and indefinite character, as follows, Vie: Miscellaneous, including expenses of collect ing revenue from customs and compensation to Post Office Deportment for • Mail service, - 84,571,010 14 , Arming and equipping the Malitia;2oo,ooo 00 Civilization of Indians, - 10,000 00 Pensions,- - 358,000 00 • Interest on the public debt, - 3,1.15,806 00 Total, • - • $B l 285 9 716 14 . The existing appropriations not required for the service of the present year, and which may be applied to the service of the year ending June 30, 1854, as follows, : Civil-list, foreign intercourse . $2,355,243 05 and mlscellaileous, Pensions 664,572 95 - • - Indian Pensions, - • 765,309 34 Army proper, &a., • - 1,983,157 55 Fortifications, ordnance, &c., 115,000 00 Naval Establishment, - - 98,843 55 Cram] total, - • • $51,060,277 12 There is also added to the estimates a state ment of the several appropriations which may be carried to the surplus fund, amounting to 690,497 16. Accompanying the estimates there are sundry papers furnished by the several de partments containing explanations NI regard to them. lam very respectfully, your obedi ent servant, . . , JAMES GUTHRIE, Sec'y of the Treasury. Hon. Speaker of House of Representatives. The following additional appropriations are required to complete the service of the present fiscal year and previous years, viz: Civil-list. foreivn intercourse and miscellaneous, inchnlinq d. , ticinney in the revenue of the Post Office Department, - $1,332,344 23 Pensions, - • 136,400 00 Naval Establishment, • • 103,902 ri $1,472,647 00' Statement of the advances from tho 'Trerisu• ry on account of the expense of each Custom House in the I.7llited States, during the year mulitur June 30, 1813: . . . • Dimfriek Amount. Passamonothly, -Maine, • $23,281 50 Portland and Falmouth," - 24,412 00 Salem and Beverly, " 26,983 09 Boston and Charleston Mass., •`' 271,624 67 Providence, Rrode Island, - • 12,624 34 New Haven, Connecticut, • • 22,957 00 Oswego, New York, • 20.681 07 Niagara, " - • • 11,171 39 Buffalo Creek. " • • • 16,166 GO New York, " • • • • 792,667 45 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, • 173.667 44 Baltimore, Maryland, • • 142,706 00 Wilmington, lelaware, - • 22,286 90 Norfolk and Portsmouth, I)el., - 22,928 , 64 Charleston, South Carolina, - 65,940 82 Savannah, Georgia, • - 32,356 00 Mobile, Alabama, • - • 28,596 48 New Orleans, Louisianna, - 200,608 90 Brazos de Santiago, Tes:as, - 13,941 13 Detroit, Michigan, • • - 26,784 51. The grand total for all the cities is $2,245,017 The Fire Eaters and Free Boilers, Franklin Pierce was electioneered for and elected ns a champion of the Compromise mea sures, and proelaiMed himself pledged to the mnintainance of those measures in his Nang. oral Address. Yet, notwithstanding all these things, his first act was to select Jefihrson Da vis, a Fire Eater, nod Robert McClelland, a Free Seiler, as . members of his Cabinet, the former being in 44VP of Secession because of the outrages the Compromise measures perpe trated upon the South, and the latter regard ing the same menstres as an abominable out rage upon the North ! Thus did Franklin Pierre, who was elected President, because General Scot', could not be trusted on the Slavery question, commence the fulfillment of his pledges in relation to the Compromise measures. This was his ,node of “chanting este perpelua to the Union, 1 and swearing with renewed zeal to main tain its honor untarnished." Nor did he stop here. One of his next acts was to place John A. Campbell, a Fire Eater, who like Jefferson Davis, is in favor of Secession and on opponent of the Compromise measures, upon the Bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, fol lowing that up, as has been said by the N. Y. Post, with.fifieen out of the seventeen diplo. matic appointments from the Slave States, who were of the same stripe as Campbell, among whom were Pierra Soule , Edward De Leon, and John N. Daniel. Having thus pro vided for the Fire Eaters, how could be do oth erwise than take care of the Free Sellers.— John A. Dix, Isatie V. Fowler, John Coch rane, and others in New York, and others of like politcal complexion in other States, had prominent positions awarded to them by him, to keep up the equilibrium, we presume, be tween the two factious. Truly the Fire Eaters and Free Sailers have monopolized the offices. The fact cannot be denied. The Washington Union, the organ of the Administration, acknowledges the fact, and defends it by apology, or explanation or excuse for this policy, so opposed to the prin ciples of the Baltimore Platform and of the In augural, that President Pierce intends to buy up Secessionists nod Free Sailers with office, and at-rest the great Anti-Slavery movement in the North, and Secession doings in the South, by throwing a sop to the leaders. The Union Democracy have the paper resolutions of tho Baltimore Convention, and the declarations of the Inaugural, the Free Soil and Secession Democrats spit upon and reject both from the secure covert of office and of official position and inflnence. Such is the mode chosen by this Union-lov ing President to sustain his pledges. To us, and to many others, it is a queer way of mani festing his Compromise principles; but, as the Administration organs claim for him what the British Constitution accords to the Sovereign, that ho can do no wrong, we suppose it must be all right. Hurrah, then, for the Pierce mode of stopping the mouths of fire-eaters and Free Soilers t—Daily rite IX New YORK:2A very destructive fire occurred in New York city last week.caus ing great loss of property. The splendid Book Printing establishment of Harper & Bro thers Was entirely consumed, in addition to many other valuable buildings. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000. The tire, it is stated, originated from a compileno fluid explosion.— Let the users of this fluid be careful. star We publish this week the Standing Committees of the Senate of the United States. In our next we will publish those of the House of Representatives. Then , will Len meting of thc, Hun. ting,l9n Co. Teachers' fitititut, at the Public School Ho., in thin phi,. ua next Tar um. MUCH IN LITTLE. Breathing ;18 last—the old ycar. CV' The Court will continence ou Moudity the 11th day of January 1831. Cr The Philtdelphin Sun has liVeVell self in new type—it looks well. Cr One of the very best Whig Impel, pub. lished in the State—Tue DAILY News. lar The navigation still continues open, and it is said there is a heavy business doing. It is said that the goods at the Crystal Palace, are valued at :45,000,000. Hits our thank, -11r, Thomas Fisher, for that plate of _very fine sausage she sent us the other day. GT The School Journal fur the month of December is on our table. It is an interesting number. air The Libellers of*the "Alleghnnian" have been sentenced to pay a fine of len dol l<n•s ouch and costs of prosecution. o:7' A Correspondent of the Hollidaysburg Register recommends Gen. Lorimer of Pitts burg, as a candidate for Governor next full. tr' The Cambria Tribune has hoisted to its must head the name of the Hon. Edward Ever ett, of Massachusetts, for President of the Uoi. ted States, in 18513. Here—the Holidays,•and we have no turkey on hand—suppose we must do like they do in France—do WITHOUT—WeII, we'll try, but it ain't pleasant. Cr Eliza Cook very truly says—"To appre ciate the value of newspapers, wo have only to suppose that they wore totally discontinued fur a month. er In Alabama the law exempts - from exe cution, among other property, one hundred bushels of corn, thus securing the poor debtor from starvation. Lallans—the annual report of the Secretary of the Interior estimates the number of In dians in the United States at 400,000-18,000 of which are east of the Mississippi river. Progressing—the , ant i-13igler movement throughout the State. The signs of the tithes now indicate that there will be a mighty "bust sup" among the "Harmonious Democracy" be fore another ten months roll away. Settled—the difficulty which occurred last week between Senator Gwin from California and Secretary Guthrie. Mr. Cushing interpos ed and appeased the wrath of the 'combatants. Poor Guthrie has his own troubles. Itfitsiccd—in the lower end of the town last week, one evening—the old sleigh bells, frying pans, and boat horns, made music equal to the tune the old cow died on—must have had a great jolifi cation. Looks well.—The Blair Conant! Whig in its new dress. Maj. Raymond publishes a sterling whig paper and deserves encourage ment at the hands of the Whigs of Blair. Suc cess to "yen honor." Dar. Hon. Henry A. Moblenburg, one of our exchanges states, is lying dangerously ill nt Washington with typhoid fever. Also that Hon. Henry S. Guyer, U. S. Senator, from Missouri, is dangerously ill at St. Louis. INT Two young men, • named Gibson and Ward, have been tried in Greensburg, Pa., for asunder, robbery and arson, and both have been found guilty of murder in the first degree. A new trial has been granted. Tho Harrisburg Telegraph is a "leetlo" down on Post Master Campbell, for not send ing a copy of the President's message to that place prior to its announcement in the halls of Congress. "Grin and bear," Col. there's a good time coming. The lalest—a friend met Mike Walsh in the streets of New York a few days since, and in the course of conversation remarked that "Prank Pierce would lie re-elected id 1856." The re. ply of Mike was, "It cannot be so, for lightning was never known to strike twice in the same place." Dar We purpose keeping our readers well advised of all the important proceedings of the coming Legislature, and will publish them ns entire as possible for their especial benefit. , — A people should always be acquainted with the legislation of their Representatives,so that they can the more easily judge of their ability and worthiness. This has been too much neglect ed heretofore. But we intend to reserve for ourself the right to comment on all their legis lative transactions. Senate Committees. The following are the Standing Committees agreed upon in the Senate: Os Threw?, Relations.—Messrs. Mason, (chair man,) Douglas, Slidell, Claythn, Weller, and Everett. Ora Pinance.—Messrs. Hunter, (chairman,) Bright, (Twin, Pearce, Norris, and Badger. Oia Commerce.—MessA. Hamlin, (chairman) Dodge of Wisconsin, Stuart, Seward, Clay, and Benjamin. _ _ _ On ilianufactures.—Messrs. Wright, (clinic. man,) Allen, Fish, Butler, and Dixon. iturie;dttoT.'—Messi•s.. Allen,chairman) Minter, Wade, Thompson of Now Jersey, and Morton. Oa Military Affairs.--:Sfessrs. Shields, (chair- man,) Weller, Fitzpatrick, Dawson, Johnson, and Jones of Tennessee, Hunter, (chairman ' ) Dodge of Wisconsin, Morton, Shields, and Thompson of Kentucky. On Nitral Adrairs,--Messrs. C win, (chair man,) Mallory, Brodhead, Fish, Thompson of New Jersey, and Bell. • On Public Lands.—Messrs. Dodge of lowa, (chairman,) Stuart, Johnson, Foot, Walker and Clayton. 0; Private Land Clalins.—Messrs. Pettit, (chairman,) Sebastian, Benjamin, Allen, and Thompson of Kentucky. On Indian Aflitirs.—Messrs, Sebitstim (chairman,) Walker,Adants, Cooper, Rusk, and Toombs. On Claims.—Messrs Brodhead, (chairman,) Clay, Chase, Pratt, Williams, and Wade. On Revolutionary Claims.—Mossrs. Walker (ehairman,) Macey, Cooper, Evans, and Dix. on. (hi. the Judiciary.—Messes. Butler, (chair. man,) Tomah Bayard, Ueyer, Pettit, and Toombs. On (Ift Bed 011iceand llocals.—Messrs. Rush, (chairman,) Brodhead, Hamlin, Morton, Adams, and Smith. On Roads and Canals.—Messrs. Bright, (chnirman,) Slidell, Wright, Dawson, Chase, and Jones of Tennessee. On Pensions—Messrs. Jones, of lowa, (chair man,) Clay, Foot, Willis!'Ts, and Sumner. On The Di.ltriel of Columbia.—Messrs. Norris, (chairman,) Mason, Dawson, Wright, and Pratt. (In .I . lllents and The Patent Of/jct.—Messrs. James, (chairman,) Evans, Stewart, Soward, Chase, and Thompson of Kentucky. On Retrenehment.—Merits. Adams, (chair man,) Toneey, Fish, Fitzpatrick, and Badger. On Territories.—Messrs. Douglas, (ehair man,) Houston Johnson, Bell, Jones of lowa, and Everett. lb Audit and CoillmA , the Cbulingent Er. pm , * cl' Se,tate.--Messrs. Evans, (chair. man,) fiedge of lowa, and Font On Public Buildings.—Mmrs. Bayard, (chnimum), James, Hunter, Badger, Thom. son of Now Jersey, and Pratt. (chairman,) aml Smith. phi /..;4..//,,5, , ,f Bilk— (chairtAmu.) 110 Fit zpat rick LC/. 1 1 A HUNTINGCUN. • Dec. 90, ISM. • • •$6.00 n $6,00 Floor per bid.. Clover ticcd, piir Red Wheat, per • White Mein, per be Rye, pet lie CUM, per lie Boekwhenr, per lat. • • Oats, per 1,11 Flaxseed. per bit Iltty, pee toil Butter, per It. PHILADELPHIA Dee. 19, • 853. .S 6 75 3 30 1 60 Flour per Mil • • Corn Meal White IVltent, per Int Red, • Corn, °eta,. BALTIMORE. Dec. 19, 1853. Plow• per b b l Corn Meal White Wheat, per Int Red, , • Corn, Oats, (CIT POISONING. .01 Thousands of Parents who use Vermifage com posed of Castor oil, Calomel, KIT., arc not aware, that while they appear to benefit the patient, they are actually laying the foundations for a series of diseases, such as salivation, loss of sight, weak', uess °ninths, &c. - . . In another . colnmn will be found the advertise ment of Hobensack's Medicines, to which we ask the attention anti directly interested in their own as well as their Children's health. In Liver Compinints and all disorders arising from those of a billions type, should make use of the only genuine medicine, liebensnek's Liver Pills. Gc , " Be not Merit," but ask for Hobensack's Worm Syrup and Liver Pills, and observe that eneh has the sigmtture of the Proprietor, J.. N. lIOBENSACK'S, as none else aro genuine. MARRIED, At the Railroad Hotel, on the emiing of the 14th inst., by Rev. W. M. Dentrick, Mr: JERE MIAH RICKAIRI and Miss AMELIA Ass RAe. Tie, both of Spruce Creek, Pa. At the same place, and nt the same tune, and by the same, Mr. GEo. IV. gaIITITII and Miss SARA/I Sort r, both of Spruce Creek. At the name place, o n Tuesday evening., the Pith Mat., by Rev. Lowman Hawes, Mr. JAMES ALEXANDER to MISS SARAH JAMES, both of . Spruce Creek. By the same, on Thursdnv evening, the 15th inst., Mr. J. Munn Al SIIMPS . 6N to Miss SARAH GLAMIOW, all of this Borough. DIED, On Friday the 9th inst., in Altoona, SAMVEL OSKER, son of J. K. and C. E. BeMilan, aged 1 year and 8 month. WHISKEY constantly on hand and for s ale by the Barrel, at the choap store of J. BRICKER. Cr TRAYEI) front the Form of the 10 subscriber, near McVevtown, Mifflin county, a BAY COLT, rt.. " sing three years old. The Colt*as N! Ss, last seen between Huntingdon and cc stowu.— A liberal reward will be given for information as to where he can be found. JOHN ROES. McVeytown, llttitlin co., Dec. 21, 1850.-31. NOTICE, ALL persons interested, Aril, plenseinke notice' that the Notes and accounts of Dorsey & Maguire, and also of Janes Maguire, will be pla ced in the hands of 'Alexander Port, Esq., for• collection, after the 24th inst. JAMES MAGUIRE. Dec. 21, 1952. Rail Road Notice. rpm; Stockholders of the Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountnin Hail Road end Coal Compa ny are hereby notified that an Er.cenox will he hold nt the Town Hall, in the Borough of Hun tingdon, on the secmol MONDAY, (And Oth day) of Jonuary next. to elect, by ballot, Twelve Di rectors, one of whom shall be President, to servo for the ensuing rear. By the "Sth See, of the General Railload Laws," it is enacted that "No Stockholder shall he entitled to rota at any Eltp Lien, nor at any general or special meeting of Me Company, on whose shnre or shares nny instal ment or a•rearagea may ho due more titan thirty days next preceding said election or meeting." By order of the Board of Directors. JACOB MILLER, Sect. Hunt. Dec. 21, 1853.;41. PETITION. To the Honorable, the Judges of the Court of Commou Pleas of Huntingdon county, at Jan- - - nary term. T 111 : petition.of William Christy respectfully represents, that he is well supplied and pro vided with basso room and conveniences for the lodging and accommodation of strangers and tra velers at the house ho now occupies, situated iu the borough of Alexandria, in Porter township, known as the old Stand in said borough, &c. &c., he'therethre prays the Honorable Court to grant him a license for keeping a public Inn or Tavern, and he, in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. WILLIAM CHIIISTY. We the subscribers, citizens of the borough at Alexandria, in which the above mentioned Inn or Tavern prayed to he licensed, do certify that Wil liam Christy, the above applicant, i is of good re pate for honesty and temperance, s well provided with house room and conveniences for the lodg ing and accommodations of strangers and travel ers, and that said Inn or Tavern in necessary to accommodate the public and entertain strangers and travelers, do, Francis new, Frederick &lain., Jahn Gughagen, Joseph Piper, eiIITHS Patterson, Geo. It. Fleming, Geo. 3V. Hewitt, Michael House holder, Win. Mealy, Cyrus Wilson, John N. Swoop, Enoch Kline„ N. Cresswell, .1. Foster, James APManamy. Deember 17, 1853. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. Ipursuance of an Order of the Orphans' Court .of Huntingdon county, there will be exposed to Public Salo, on the premises, on THURSDAY. Tuts STII DAY Or JANUARY near, the Real Estate herein described, to wit tract of land situate in Penn township, in said county, adjoining lands of Abraham Speck on the East, lands of Norris' heirs on the South, end lands of Jacob Hefter. and Robert McCall on the West, containing 160' Acres, bo the some moro or loss, and having thereon erected a Log Dwelling House ,g and Log Barn, about 100 Acres of which ere cleared. Also, a Lot of ground in AP- Connellstown, in until county, having thereupon a Steno Dwelling House, a Tan-house, Tanyard, and Vats. And, also, a small tract of wood land, situate in Walker township, in said county, ad joining land of Charles Sheffer, Moses Hamer, Jacob Showalter, and Jacob Lininger, end con taining 30 Acres, he the souls more or less.— To be sold ns the property of Patrick Lang, late of said township, dec'd.,.by the Adinlnistra tor. Sale to commence at ton o'clock, A. M., of mkt day, at the dwelling house on the tract first above described, commonly called the ()strait Tract, and will thence be adjourned to the wood land tract. TERMS Or SALE.—One third of the purelmso money to be paid on eonlirmation of the sale, ono third thereof within one year with the interest; ono third at and immediately after the death of the Widow of said dee'd., and the interest of the said one third to be annually endregmlurly paid to said Widow during late life, to he secured by bond and mortgage. JOHN KERR, Admr. December 14, 1863.—t0. RUZZA FOR TURKEY!! T& W. SAXTON Laejust received another • fresh supply of Fam. ace WINTEIt Gores, which they ore determined to sell at lower prices than eon be purchased at city other establishment. Clive us tt colt. TUST received a beautiful assortment of Seal ./ iped and Plain Velvet Ribbons, by J. & W. SAXTON. A No'num th.su supply of Boots and Shoes, „ii.st received sod for sale by _ vroM Jr c rorivu.l mid Icor Salt, '4lm:betel, Co.l i• 11, s,,h, by .1. ,00 SG G 2 • •4 50 •• 1 50 • • 1 4U
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