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Wednesday Morang;Sept. 27, 1054-:
WILLIAM BittIRSTER, Editor.
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WIIIG STATE TICKET
FOR GOVERNOR,
Jame% Pollock, of Northumberland co.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
George Darsie, of Allegheny co.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
Daniel M. Sinyser, of Montgomery co.
WMG DISTRICT TICKET:
FOR CONGRESS:
John R. Edie, of Somerset County.
FOR ASSEMBLY:
James Maguire, Buntingdon Countp
George W. Sinitis, Blair County.
WHIG COUNTY TICKET:
PROTHONATARY,
John W. Slattern, Huntingdon.
REGISTER AND RECORDER,
!Henry Glazier, Huntingdon.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
Richardson Read, Cassville.
DIRECTOR OF THE i'OOR,
.1. A. Shade, Dublin township.
COUNTY AUDITOR,
Perry Moore, Morris township.
eir V. B. PALMER, the American Newspa
per Agent, is THE ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENT for
this paper in the cities of Boston, New-York and
Philadelphia, and is duly empowered to take ad
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DELPHIA, N. W. corner of Third nod Chestnut
streets.
Agents for the -Journal.
The following persons we have appointed Agents
for the Hrx.rixouox JOURNAL, who are author
ized to receive and 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.
JOHN W. Tuomrsox, Esq., Hollidaysburg,
SAMUEL COEN, East Barren,
GEORGE W. CORNELIUS, Shirley township,
HENRY HUDSON, Clay township.
DAVID ETN/RE, Cromwell township.
Dr. J. P. Asucom, Penn township,
J. WAREHAM MATTERS, Franklin township,
SAMUEL Sycnerce, Jackson township,
ROBERT WHIMSEY, " cc
Col. Jso. C. WATsox, Brady township,
MORRIS Bnowx, Springfield township,
Wm. HurcrrixsoN, Esq., Warriorsmark tp.,
JAMES McDoxAzo, Bracy township,
GEORGE W. WHITTAKER, Petersburg,
linxity NEFF, West Barren.
,ton x BALSBACH, Waterstrect,
Maj. CHARLES MICKLEY. Tod township,
A. M. BLAIR, Dublin township,
GEORGE WILSON, Esq., Tell township,
JAMES CLARK, Birmingham.
Nrcruzxtm, LYTLE, Esq., Spruce Creek.
Maj. W. MOORE, Alexandria.
B. F. WALLACE, Union Furnace.
SIMEON WRIGHT, Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARKRON, Esq., Cass township.
STMCEL Wurrox, Esq., Franklin township.
DAVID PAnnzn, Warriorsmark.
DAVID AURANDT, Esq., Todd township.
WAN'I'ED,
A few loads of WOOD et the Journal Office,
11021.. Sec new Advertisements.
ger We have been presented with a book,
called a review of Dr. Dods' involuntary theory
of Spiritual Manifestations. By N. B. Court
ney. Published by Messrs. Partridge & Brit.
tan, 300 Broadway, N. Y.
We have not hod time to read the above
work, but from glancing through it, we have no
doubt but it would be very interesting to those
who wish to inform themselves on the subject
ol
ter We have received a new paper from
Brownsville, Pa. called the Independent Jour
sal, published by A. H. Shaw. It makes a
very handsome appearance. We wish him
success.
Mir We have received the Pennsylvania
Farm Journal for October. It contains a good
treatise on the breeding, management, and im
proving stock, it speaks of some new kinds of
apples, such as the melon, I:e., with a great
deal oF information for the farmer. Price $1
per year.
ARE YOl7 ASSESSED I
In order to vote it is necessary that straw
gors and new corners should be assessed in the
district in which they have taken up their resi•
dente at least TEN DAYS BEFORE THE
ELECTION. Do not depend milk word of
others, but see that your name is On the tax
list before the first day of October. Friends of
Pollock, see to it thatlou are all 'right.'
In. We have been presented with a bottle
of ink, which upon trial proves to be a superi
or article. It is a beautiful black, flows freely,
is entirely free from sediment, is indelible, does
not corrode steel pens, and we think it superi
or to any ink we have used. Any quantity
may be had at the Book Store of Win. Colon.
lowA.—We find the following good story of
what happened at a Democratic meeting lately
held iu Winucsheik County, lowa, in the
Chicago Journal:
"Certain Democratic candidates for office
commenced addressing the meeting with the
American flag waving above then,. All went
on well for awhile, till the candidate speaking,
began to launch out in the most enthusiastic
manner in favor of this Nebraska measure,
when the flag was silently lowered and a black
one raised in its place. The candidate did not
notice the change, and when he got along in
his speech to the part wherealluston was made
to the "free and glorious banner" that was wa.
s ing above them, (the speaker pointing upward
its a sort of ecstasy ,) the audience could hold in
no longer, but such an explosion of laughter
broke out as never shook those prairies."
TEACHER ' S INSTITETE.—We are authorized
to say that the meeting of the Huntingdon
county Teacher's Institute, which was to have
been held in Huntingdon, on the second day
of next month, has been postponed for the
present.
M the commencement of the University at
Livviehurg, August 17th. The degree of A.
wsa eonfered on Dr. NTH Abl, of
in Aki: county.
The Mongrels Again.
"Ptotnisrs like pie crest are made to be bee.
ken.' Tim eandidatee for office in the August
Convention, Slue pledged as usual to abide its
decisions, aa support its nominations. But,
before the choice of the Convention, the fair.
ly selected representatives of the people could
be announced to their constituents, we find
several of the disappointed aspirants forgetting
their pledges, their fealty as Whigs, and their
honor as men, and fiercely arraying themselves
against the ticket I Conspicuous amongst the
traitors is Matthew P. Camphel', a ~,an fed
six years by the Whig Party, not for any
superior merits be possessed, but simply be.
cause they thought he teal honest, and knew
lie was poor I Shame on the recreant !
But Matthew is not the first man that politics
has depraved; nor will he be the last. We
hope however, the people, the hottest, voters of
Huntingdon county, will remember him, and
teach bim that when in polities, "honesty is
some times the best policy."
Audacity.
The last Globe says the Whig ticket was
formed by the "old tricksters of this town!"
Now, dues not every body know that these old
tricksters, alias, the "town clique," alias, the
"Hobensack, Cod liver Guerillas," of last fall,
all, without exception, support the mongrel
ticket? Indeed those and the aspirants reject.
ed by the nominating Convention make up the
"aid and comfort" it will receive outside of the
Bigler, Locofoco party. This no honest man
will deny. No Whig will support this ticket.
gar Now is the time to make money in the
iron manufacture. Mr. Couch being in the
mercantile business, wishes to sell his furnace.
See advertistment in another column.
J. Ji W. Saxton have just received a new
and splendid assortment of Fall and Winter
Goods, which they arc disposed to sell low.
Give them a call.
Mr. Couch also offers for sale his valuable
mill property. See advertisement .
s 6- We would wish every respectable voter
to rcad,the Loco papers, just to see the despe•
rate shifts to which they are driven in the hope
of arresting the sinking fortunes of their' party.
We would ask no better electioneering docu•
scents among conscientious, intelligent men
than these Locofoco papers are. Let them go
ahead.
sia- The Exhibition of the Shirleysbnrg
Female Seminary, will take place on Wednes
day evening, the 4th of October. The friends
of the institution and the public in general are
respectfully invited to attend.
POLLOCK'S PROSPECTS. -The Connauteille
Banner says that Crawford county will give Mr.
Pollock a majority. Crawford heretofore has
been a Democratic county, but the people are
ih favor of temperance and freedom, and en
dorse Mr. Pollock's position on Prohibition and
Nebraska.—Dauville Democrat. '
Bigler is Destined to Defeat.
Many Democrats will not vote for him because
he is opposed to a sale of the pubic works.
Many Democrats will not vote for him because
he basely bowed the knee to religious bigotry,
and made Campbell Attorney General, after he
had been repudiated by the people.
Many Democrats will not vote for him because
he pardoned the notorious Alberti, and other gal
lows birds in large numbers.
Many Democrats will est vote for him because
they are in favor of cleansing the Aegean stable.
The March of Freedom!
The Harrisburg Megraph says, the army of
FREEDOM is marching on from conquering to
conquer, and State after State is wheeling into
the line. Locofoeo New Hampshire, that has
heretofore been considered as hopelessly wed
ded to her idols as "old Berks" herself; has re•
pudiated the President and his slavery abettors,
notwithstanding he claims her as his home.—
And the gallant little State of lowa is redemed
and disenthralled for the first time from the
grasp of Slavery. She made a clean sweep,
electing the Whig and anti-Nebraska Govern
or, all the members of Congress, and a large
majority in the State Legislature! Then came
old Vermont, following close in the footsteps of
lowa, the friends of Freedom sweeping the en
tire State like a whirlwind, and electing a Whig
and anti-Nebraska Governor, Lt. Governor, ev
ery member of Congress, every State Senator,
and three-quarters of the House. And now we
have Maine to add to the list with her Republi•
can Governor, every member of Congress, eve
ry State Senator, and nearly the whole House
of Representatives, and every county officer in
the State ! What a succession of brilliant vic
tories for Freedom I Thus in every free State,
where an election has been held this fall, the
administration of Franklin Pierce has been
most signally rebuked, and the great Nebraska
Inquiry condemned and repudiated. Thus in
the march of freedom we have the Republican
States of NEF HAMPSHIRE, lOWA, VER
MONT and MAINE! After the Second Tues
day of October next, we shall add to this list
the "OLD KEYSTONE," with her Republican
Governor, Legislature, and Congressional del
egation.
A Gang of Thieves Arrested.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 22.
The Marshall, yesterday, arrested here a man
named Capen, of 'slew fork' another named
Freehart, and some four others resident here,
charged with stealing valvable silks from sev
eral stores. It appears that a part of the gang
are in New York, and part in Cincinnati, The
stolen Foods were sent to Cincinnati by express,
for which bills of lading had been received.
The two prisoners whose names are given,
aro English Jews.
The Reciprocity Treaty Confirmed.
BOSTON', Sept. 22.
A Quebec dispatch says that the Reciprocity
Treaty was confirmed by the Provincial Perlin.
runt on Wednesday last. Sidney Webster,
Esq., was on the floor when the vote was taken.
A bill to bring existing laws into harmony
with the Reciprocity Treaty, wns read a first
time in the Assembly last night, and will prob.
ably pass today.
The Legislative Council have appointed a
committee to inquire into the charge of the un
due speculation of some of the late ministers.
ftisir At a Democratic County Couventio n
held in Pittsburg a short time since; the Pills•
burg American says :
The numerical strength of the Anti•Bigler,
men was 35. Though not a majority, they pre.
vented the election of Moorehead, a Bigler man,
as President; prevented the pledge to vote for
Bigler; and prevented the nomination of any
Catholic for otlice. Of the .35, it is supposed
that 30 are Know Nothings. So strong was
the belief of tho Anti-Diglers in their strength
of numbers, that one of th em proposed a pledge
to support Pollock for Governor. Neither
Shannon, McKenna, Keenan, of the Union and
Custom House memory, made their appear.
once at all. We believe that not a Papist face
darkened the door of their councils. This was
not a repudiation of the Catholic contract with
the Locofocos, but a dread of the Anti.Bigler
feeling bursting into some destructive explosion
before the high public. The leaders ininA hue
, roine,tcd th, Mivki, to keep it'"
lorcign
Arrival of the Steamship Arabia,
THREE DAYS LATER, FROM EUROPE.
New York, Sept. 21.
The steamer Arabia arrived hero this after.
noon about 5 o'clock, with Liverpool - dates to
Saturday, the 9th inst, being three days later
than the adviees per steamer
The steamer . city o . t . Manchester sailed on
the 7th for Phandelp . hut.
The Arabia left Ltierpoo'l at 10 o'clock, A
M., on Saturday.
Russia and Austria.
Russia refuses the propositions of Austria,
and the army is to retire behind the Pruth, and
there await the course of events, whether hos
tile or peaceable. At a special meeting of the
Austrian Cabinet this refusal was decided not
to be a cause &Ili against Russia, and conse
quently Austria will maintain her present po.
sition, awaiting the result of the allied attack
upon Sebastopol.
New negotiations are hatching between Aus
tria, Prussia and the German States, with a
view to negotiations for peace.
It is said that the Emperor Nicholas is
about to proclaim his thirdsuu, Nicholas, King
of Poland.
The Baltic.
Bomarsund has been destroyed and the
troops have re.embarked.
There is nothing else of interest from the
A portion of the Crimea Expedition embark•
ed at Varna on the 2d, and sailed for the roe.
dezvous at Baltschick.
Greece.
Greece has refused to pay the indemnity de•
mended by Turkey.
Spain
Mr. Soule has left Madrid for France. The
Spanish papers assert that he has left in con
sequence of the discovery of the part he took
in the insurrection of Aug. 28th.
The Latest.
London, Saturday, Sept. 9.
There is nothing new from the war. The
riots at Salamanaca have been suppressed, and
the Junta dissolved. The civil fiovernor has
been reinstated.
By Telegraph to Liverpool.
A despatch received from Dantzic announ
ces that Admiral Napier would leave Ledsund
on the morning of the 9th, with the ships Glad
iator Cumberland, Bells Isle, for England.
M. Benkendortt; had waited personally on
Prince Charles of Prussia, an avowed partizan
of Prussian policy, to whom he was charged
with a letter from the Czar.
A large deputation from the Swedish Diet
have demanded the occupation of the Aland
Islands, and their incorporation witlr Sweden.
The cholera and the elections principally oc
cupied the attention of the Spanish people.
The U. S. sloop•ofwar St. Louis; was at
Malta on the 30th ult.
Importation of Felons.
There is abundant evidence, says the A":
Tribune, that several, if not most, of the Eu
ropean monarchs have reduced to a system the
exportation of their felons to our shores. By
this, they effect two objects: 1. Get rid of
the most dangerous and burdensome class of
their subjects. 2d. Excite or keep alive pre
judice aguiuts Republics among their better
disposed subjects, whom they wish to retain at
home, by multiplying murders and other crimes
in this country, and-so diffusing the belief that
liberty lends naturally to outrage and insecuri
ty. The following, we are well assured, is a
correct translation of an official circular widely
disseminated through Belgium:
CIRCULAR.
No. 1,898.] LlRce, (Belgium,) Mar, 14, '54.
Emir/raids for the nailed Siates—Truaispor
tation,
Gentlemen : The transports for emigrants
for the United States will take their departure
from Antwerp. A large number of vessels are
prepared already to leave at various periods of
this month. A certain number of liberated
prisoners from Vilvurde, and from several poor
houses, (depotde mendicite) are on the point
of departing.
. . _
The price of passage, all expenses included,
is 180. francs. which sum should be paid in ad
vance at the'Bureau of the Governor of the
'Province.
I beg of you to let me know as soon as pos
sible if your district has any passengers to be
forwarded.
Each individual should be sent to the Jail
(maison d'arret) of Antworp, and have in his
possession simply a certificate of the following
model :
"The Burgomaster of • the district of -,
Province of Liege, (Belgium,) certifies that
- (give the age, place of birth, parentage,)
is unmarried."
The departure will take place during the
year, every fortnight.
The Commissary of the Arrondissement,
TH. FLECHET,
To the Burgomaster and Council of -.
[.V American.
Bigler and the State Debt.
Some tithe Loco editors are just now ma
king a great blow, for political effect, about
Bigler paying a portion of the State Debt by
the Sinking Fund System !--That system,
which was devised and enacted under Boy.
Johnston, does pay a portion of the debt, but
Bigler's extravagance in other quarters far
out-balances any good it may be able to ac
complish. Just look at the facts:—They say
that Bigler has issued his proclamation decla
ring that the Sinking Fund System has extiti
visited nearly a million of the Public Debt--
Well, suppose it has, is he entitled to any of
the credit of it? Not at all. That credit is
duo Ex• Governor Johnston- And again, sup
pose Bigler had paid a million of the public
debt; it will be. recollected that lie got an up
propriation from the Legislature last winter, of
about SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS; and
felting six millions and paying one million of
it, for the State Debt, we should call no great
feat to be commended for. Locos must try
some other tact than the State debt to make
capital for their candidate. On that question
his sheet looks rather dark.—Lebanon Cou
rier.
AN 'MCC/STANT QUESTION TO an SETTLED,—
We learn from the Paris Misers, that a grand
council of Roman Catholic Bishops, from all
parts of the world, is to assemble at Rome at
the end of next October, to deliberate on the
question of the immaculate conception of the
most Holy Virgin, and it is hoped finally to
settle what is the dogma of the Roman Church
on that point. The Univers says that "it is
probable that the Bth of December of this'year
will witness the accomplishment of the univer
sal wish, and that Mary will be proclaimed by
the infallible voice of the Church immaculate
in her conception. It is known that the saints
of centuries now past, and general opinion, ex
pect this definition ; the peace of the world and
the triumph of the Church must be the recom
pense of this Supreme honor decreed to the
Queen of Virgins.—Sea.
THEY are truly a churchgoing people in San
Francisco. They have now several fine large
brick churches already erected, or in process of
building, viz:—The Ist Congregational Church,
cost $60,000; the Cathedral , cost $200,000 ;
..he Jewish Synagogue. cost $•10,000; Calvary
Prsbyterian Church, (Dr. Scott's) cost $60,000;
two Baptist churches say $lOO,OOO ; besides
some six or eight wooden buildings, line and
commodious, and every way comfortable and
convenient, for large congregations.
'Several of the. recently appointed officers
for Nebaska and Kansas hare left for their
hew home.. iu what nuw recogniad a., The
Loco FOOO Hypoorisy.
No side issue, no independent candidates,
whether Whig or whatever other onion they
may be called, should receive n single vote from
any nuts who professes to be a Democrat, or
who wishes to defeat Know Nothingim at the
present crisis. Why should a candidate for
national or local olllee be voted fo•, in opposi•
tion tothe party, when all the influence ut such
a man is brought to bear in favor of the Whig
Know Nothing candidate for Dovernor ? •
We take the above than an editorial in the
Evening Argos. It is a fair specimen of the
profligate and unprincipled course which has
ever characterized Loco Focoism. It is well
known to the Pen/my/ea/dun and Argus that.
Mott, the Loco Foco candidate for Canal Com•
missioner, has been adopted as the cadidate of
the Know Nothing organization; and yet not
withstanding this fact, these Pharisaical deco.
tees of the Constitution, at the mass meeting of
Monday last, resolved to support him, without
a dissenting vote ; while Judge Pollock was de.
nounced upon grounds which were equally false
and ridiculous
If Know Nothingism be a monster of such
hideous mien, to whom does it owe its origin,
but to that portion of the Loco Focus who do
kilted Judge Campbell's election to the Su
preme Court in this State, and resisted his in
troduction into the Cabinet of General Pierce?
This hostility has been stimulated and augment
ed by the proscriptive course the Postmaster
General has pursued in his appointments, and
the intolerant persecution of his personal ene
mies in his own party, and the p ecnliarly sec
tarian character of his patronage in Pennsyl.
vania. Know Nothingism is a Loco Foes pro
duction in its conception and birth, and we are
within the bounds of truth, as the October elec.
lion will prove, when we say that largely over
one-third of the Loco Foe() party in .11.nnsylvaia
are enrolled in the Know Nothing lodges.
What gave birth to the Native American
party but the dimensions in the Loco Foco
camp in New York city. Its original founders
and leaders were the sham Democracy. The
iron despotism established by Gen. Jackson in
his party, the fierce hatred and animosity lie
encouraged against his political opponents infu
sed into his followers a proscriptive and bigoted
spirit which has tainted all their subsequent ac
tion. It is very convenient to shift the respon
sibility for all these organizations upon the
shoulders of the Whigs, but candid and honest
men will admit the truth of our remarks, and
the gross injustice of denouncing the apostles
of Henry Clay for the sins of Loco FOCOISITI.
The men in the Loco Foco party who rise to
the rank of statesmen, and whose names are
known beyond the narrow precints of their place
of birth, are thoroughly disgusted, we under
stand, at this disingenuous and dissimulattory
course. For this reason, in moral influence,
the mass meeting of Monday night was a dead
failure, not a single leader of any note whatever
having participated in it. ]t is a curious fact
also that of the veteran captains of the opposi
tion, not one is advertised to speak at any meet
ing announced for the campaign.
As to the election of Judge Pollock, that is
certain beyond peradrenfnie. llis majority
cannot be less than 20,000 and may rise to
40,000. All we ask of our independet Whig
friends is not to be hoodwinked by the cunning
stratagems of a party which has repeatedly vio
lated the Constitution to attain its unholy
ends.
Late From Washington City.
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We extract the following front the Correa•
pondenco of the North American & C. S. Ga•
zette
Events are confirming in a remnrkabe man.
ner the worst apprehensions concerning the
policy and purposes of the administration.—
Their annexation projects in the West Indies
are beginning to bear fruit. Qom Montgomery
nod her husband, who were sent by . . the Presi•
dent and Secretary of §tate tp Dominica, a few
months since, have Seen heard front. Those
political misiondries have landed, it appears,
under the imposing protection of two United
States frigates. The object of their mission un
derstood to he to obtain a 'cession of a suitable
tract of territory near the Haytien frontier for
a colony of white people. One cannot but ad
mire the tar reaching forecast which aims thus
to secure in advance a new outlet for the crowd•
ed population of these States and Territories.
When sufficiently colonized, it is not doubted
that the Dominicans, now three-fourths pure
black and one-Rnirth tnulatto, will declare tier
annexation to the Union, "on an equal footing
with the original States," and in order to take
out of Congress forever all exciting sectional
questions, it will be necessai'y to admit them in
conformity with the provisions of the Federal
Constitution.
The colonization of one acre of Dominica
can be but the prelude to the occupation of the
whole of St. Domingo. The design of all those
apparently paltry Hayti. intrigues is the p.c.
quirement of that island, and that is intended
to be a preliminary to the annexation of all the
West Indies. Cluudestine proceedings to this
end have been going on without internmsion
since 1814, when Mr. Calhoun, as Secretary of
State, appointed a Mr. Hogan, of N. V., as se
cret agent, to spy oat tho weakness of the mu
latto division of HaytiP 1 believe he never made
any report, and the only tangible result of the
mission was, that Mr. Hogan spent two or three
years after his return in getting through claims
for extra services. Two or three intermediates
in this employment figure in the public ac
counts, before we come down to Cora Mont
gomery. I recollect that Duff Green, the übi
quitous, took a voluntary hand in the enterprise,
and that his son was among the agents appoint
ed to carry on the work of Hogan & Co. So
far as I know, not a single report fit to be pub
lished, if fit to he made, has emancipated front
these
Any proceedings having in view the occupa•
lion of St. Domingo. must contemplate the ac
quisition of all the West Indies. Accordingly,
three or four months ago, I included in a gem
eral estimate of the cost of the system of ex
pansion on which our present rulers have em
barked, the presumed expense of the conquest
of llispani ola ; for that it can be acquired with
out a bloody and destructive war, it would be
absurd to suppose. If I remember correctly,
I set down amount at $500,000,000; it is a very
moderate. The cost of the French attempt to
smother the insurrection, and reduce the rebels
after the first revolt, was much larger.
bar Bloodhounds have been used in Eng•
land several times to aid the capture of sheep
stealers, under the direction of the police. The
manner in which the hounds arc used, may be
gathered from the following remarks of the
Sussex, England, Express, noticing a recent
capture of sheep stealers by police Superinten•
dant Atar:—" This is the second capture this
active officer has made within the past three
months. A few weeks ago the same
_parties
stole a sheep front Mr. Bettsworth, of the same
parish, and Mr. Smith and his bloodhounds
were sent for. The latter ran from the spot
whore the sheep was killed, through the most
remote valleys in the neighborhood, a distance
of three miles, causing great sensation to the
guilty gang. They ultimately arrived at a
cottage occupied by a • ..Jetnuker, whets the
gallant huntsman was accosted by the pitralys•
tel inmates as is what his business was there.
fie nas informed of the nature , :f his
The bloodhounds tried to make nu entmoue to
their prey through the thatch on the roof of
the cottage. The door, however, wns open, n
search was made, nod a port of the sheep
found in the house. The prisoners were sub
sequently apprehended and committed for
trial."
Important News from Ban Franoidoo.
The United States steamship Star of the
West left San Juan en the 30th, connecting
with the steamship Cortes, which sailed from
San Francisco on the 16th, and arrived at New
York on the Oth instant. The San Francisco
markets continued depressed, and most of the
staples were declining in price. The mining
prospects were never more thvorable than at
present.
All hopes of any arrangement between the
Democratic party in California have been abaft.
doned. There is now but little doubt that the
Whigs will carry the State.
The English clipper ship North Fleet bad
arrived at San Francisco, in 11,11 y-four days
front China, bringing intelligence that the
rebels had attaoked Canton with irresistible
bravery, causing a panic among the Imperial
troops in the city, which soon surrendered
without much bloodshed.
A treaty has been concluded between the U.
S. Commissioner and the Government of the
Sandwich Islands, for the annexatir of the
islands to the United States. This treaty was
dispatched by mail to the United States, from
San Franeisv, on the IGth. All the members
of the King s Council are in favor of annexa
tion, except two ; and the King himself is said
to be the most active promoter of the treaty.
The details of the treaty have not transpired.
Scenes of Horror—lncidents of the
Cholera at Barbadoes.
The New Haven Journal publishes the fol
lowing extract from a letter 'written by a gen
tleman in Barbadoes, to his friends in that city,
respecting the ravages of cholera on that Is
land:—
God forbid that you should ever witness
what we have experienced since your depart
ore. The deaths were so numerous et one
time, that vehicles of all kinds were used to
convey corpses. The horse carts, as they are
called, that stand for hire in the square, were
very generally used. Six, eight,-1 have seen
nine co ffi ns in one curt, and they were so bad
ly constructed, they would literally fall to
pieces, and the driver, who was provided for
the occasion, would stow and nail up the coffins
in the street, to prevent the bodies from falling
out. Many, very many, were carried to the
grave in hand carts ; many on the pdbple's
heads; and I am told that the demand was so
very great for coffins, that many persons, par
ticularly children, were carried by their parents
merely scrapped in tarred sheets.
You may have heard of the '‘Dead Cert."—
I have seen it—the first time was one evening
in the bay. A gentleman and myself were
walking up to the garrison. Just as we came
up to it, it lied stopped opposite one of those
alleys leading to the beach, the driver, a hide
ous looking negro, looking down the alley,
shouted out—" Got any down there?" The
negroes were afraid to touch a dead body, even
of their own relations, and too frequently the
drivers had to attach a rope to the collie, and
drag it in the best way they could. From an
early age, I was taught self-reliance, and have
always endeavored to look things straight in
the thee, but I must confess, that I never be
fore experienced so much difficulty in doing
it. Up to this time, 1 believe we have lost
from cholera, some 18,000, or one eight of the
entire population; and even now, I believe the
deaths throughout the Island•average fully 100
per day. I never heard of cholera proving fa
tal so quickly as it has here. Just imagine a
man apparently in perfect health—at any rate
walking abort—nod not complaining at 1 I'.
M., and yet he shall be in his gram at 0 P. M.,
in live short hours; sad I believe there have
been many such cases.
HORSE B EEF Discovemm.—Eight or ten bar
rels markep 13, and apparently containing•pork,
were found yesterday, half buried in the sand
under For! Point Hill. Qn exam'nation, they
were found to contain horse Imef. The original
quantity (15 barrels) was shipped here a short
time since, but !mowner claiming it, the agent
of the vessel was obliged, as it became an otfen•
sive, to give it away. Some five barrels, it is
supposed, have been used to feed the numerous
hogs in that vicinity. In this vicinity have been
some of the worst cases of cholera, and it is not
difficult to account for 4.—Providence Journal.
The Massacre at Fort Laramie.
We find in the Washington Union the follow.
ing correspondence respecting the lamentable
affair at Port Laramie
Dear Sir—ln order to correct any erroneous
impressions which may have been occasioned
by statements communicated through the pub.
lie press respecting the recent massacre near
Fort Laramie, and the circumstances which
led to it, I transmit, for publication, a copy of
the only official report of that affair received
at this office. It is presumed that a more
tailed report will be received tram that post by
the lest mail. You will perceive that the
statements heretofore published aro incorrect,
so tar at least as regards the circumstances
which preceded the massacre.
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
S. COOPER,. Adj't Gen.
Washington, Sept. 21.
Headquarters, Ft. Laramie, 0. R. Aug 30.
Colonel :—I have the honor to make a re.
port of an engagement between a detachment
of Company 0., oth Regiment of Infantry, and
the Sioux Indians..
The Indians have been committing depre.
dations upon emigrants and traders in this
section of the country all summer, and those
of the most daring kind. A few days since
they came within two miles of the fort, and
killed two head of cattle out of the interpreter's
herd. Pursuit was immediately made, but the
troops were unable to overtake them. On the
15th inst., one of the Sioux went to an emi•
grant tram passing along the road, shot down
one of the oxen in the train, which left the
poor emigrant in a very destitute condition.—
Pubs occurred close to the fort, and I was
compelled to take notice of it, or give up en
tirely all protection to emigrants. The head
chief of the Sioux came and reported the fact
to me, and expressed a willingness to give op
the offender. Accordingly, I. sent lit. 2tl Lt.
J. 1,. Grattan, Gth Infantry, wills the interpre.
tor, Sergeant Jaser, Corporal McNally, and 20
privates, to receive the offender ' and the whole
detachment were massacred without exception.
How this occurred I an, at present, unable
to state, as there are so many different reports.
I have no reliable information as to the num•
her of Indians killed and wounded ; but the
Bear (head chief) is reported among the kil
led. The Indians are hostile, menacing the
tort, but all my pen rtro on duty, and I think
we shall ho able to keep possession of it.
We stand much in need of more troops, and
hope they will be sent us soon as possible.—
Provisions must accompany the troops, as we
have only sufficient for those now at the post.
am, air, respectfidly, your ob't servant.
H. B. FLEMING, 2d bleat. oth Infantry,
Col S. Cooper, Adft Gen. l'. S. Army, Wash.
ington, D. C.
This statement, if correct, clears Lieut. Plu
ming of blame fur sending out a force to take
!he Indian. It differs, however, from the
statement of two white men, who were on the
. pot told the ts Loh:affair —Jame, Bordcau
the fur Irul,r, mid Lefroy Lott. the Sioux in
terpreter. These two men have narrated the
details as we have given them on to fivmer.oc•
eastern, and signed them with their own proper
names as responsible frit the statements they
contain. Lieut. Fleming's report, theenfore,
needs confirmation, and ought to ho investiga
ted by the War Deportment. Even if correct.
however, it does not oxonefate Lieitt. Gilman
from the folly of having tired upon the Indians
without cause. it will be observed that Lieut.
Fleming's report speaks of the Bear or head
chief being among the killed. This tallies, in
some degree, with Bordeau's report, which
says that this chief watt standing among the
soldiers when the volley was fired. This whole
transaction ought to ha thoroughly investiga•
ted by the government.
A. MAN ITANnixo. los OWN Sox,—The follow
ing, from the Rowan (N.C.) Whig In a description
of one of the most brutal deeds on reccord.
We learn that in Cabarrus connty, last week,
a man by the name of Holbrooks, hung his own
son. Holhrooks bud sent his son off to some
neighbour's house, to procure something to eat,
and returned without it. Hulbrooks then sent
him buck, and threatened that it' he returned
again without it he would hang him. The boy
returned again as before, whereupon the father
took him out to a tree and hung him. The mur'
derer has been arrested.
Bigler's Pardons.
Governor Bigler is making a very f,'cee use
of his prerogative of merry, and, if lie contin
ues, will soon effect a General Jail Delivery.
A Lancaster correspondent of the Daily News,
writing under date of the 31st ult., in the course
of his notice of a trial lately held in the Courts
of that county, says :
"Li the trial of C. Livingston and P. Hall,
in the Quarter SCB3IOIIB, last week, it was ne
cessity to produce a witness from the Common
wealth, who bad been previously convicted of
lareenymnd for this purpose the pardon of the
Governor had to be obtained, Col. Heals Fra
zer, counsel for the defence, was highly incen
sed at the Governor, and in an address to the
court and jury, he has characterized that offi
cial :—.'That man a , Harrisburg has so abused
the official powers vested in him, more partic
ularly the NH ming power, that no decent, hon
est man, desires to be associated with his par
ty.' "
Democratic Secret Organizations.
"Some of the Democratic leaders about this
city, have formed a secret organization, by
which means to parcel out the offices and se
lect their own members for promotion—and
are in great fear of an exposure 3t the whole
plan. Although the primary object is to se
cure offices fur themselves, the object avowed•
to those they design to dupe is the necessity
for "a more perfect organization of the Dem
ocratic party." They swear a man—first that
he does not belong and Will notbecome a mem
ber of any other secret political organization ;
and secondly, that lie will vote for Bigler fur
Governor."—Pittsburg Divateh.
The societies abound in Philadelphia, noel
there are one or two of them in Harrisburg.
Our friend of the Union desires us to prove the
fact. When we undertake that job we shall we
shall submona him as witness, as he is evident
ly "in the ring:'—Her. Tcl. .
THE NEXT 11,1' CROP. -The Louisville Coll
ricr says the excessive drought which prevails
throughout the greater portion of Kentucky
will exert much influence:upon the hog market,
ns corn frill be both scarce and 111 . 1gh, and it is
fair to presume that the hogs wirnot come to
the hooks as large and as fat no heretofore.—
Is fact, we leant that many persons in the in
terior have turned their hogs out, and abandon
ed all attempts to fatten them for slaughter.
PERP.VALTiox.—The discovery of a
new perpetual motion is announced at New
York. Tt is on the plan of arms and balls at
tached to a cylinder, so as to keep the extra
weight always on the descending side. It fe.
quires no starting, only needs letting loose and
off it goes. The difficulty is to stop it. The
Journal of Commerce says:
"After a careful examination we can safely
say, in all seriousness, that the propelling
power is self-contained and self-adjusting, and
gives sufficiently active force to carry ordinary
clock work, and all without any winding up or
replenishing."
NM, In Boston, on Monday last, two sinters,
one married and residing in Causeway street,
the other single and living in a fatily residing
in Louisburg square, were attacked with chol
era, and both.died in the aftarnoon within five
minutes of each other.
&ay-Napoleon having entered one of the
cities of Italy, the church-wardens reeonoen
ded to him the relics of the church. "Sire, will
you deign to take our apostles under your pro
tection !"—"Your apostles ! are they of wood ?''
"No, sire." "Of what are they then ?" "Of
silver, sire—o f solid silver." "Solid silver!"
replied Napoleon, quickly; "yes, I shall hold
them to fulfil their mission; it has been ordain
ed that they should go • throughout the world,
and they shall." Having said so, the emperor
sent the twelve apostles to the mist at Paris
llar..A watch was lately sent by mail from
Peusac ola, Florida, to Bangor, Maine, to be
repaired and sent back again by the same con
veyance; and the whole expense was five dol.
lars and sixty cents lees than the price asked
for the same repairs at Pensacola.
FATAL. ELECTION RIOT. -.it an election
in the 13th Ward of Cincinnati, lately, one
hundred and fifty more votes being cast than
there were voters in the ward, the offence was
charged upon the Irish residents, and riot en
sued in which 6 policeman named Heglingtor,
was struck on the head with a club by Jerry
Cronnn, an Irishman, so that he died the next
morning. Cronan was arrested and committed
to jail.
MARRIED,
On the 23d of May last, by the Rev. Mr.
Meminger, Mr. BENJAMIN P. CIIILCOTT, lo Miss
Lo•Rou.ass.ui MILLEE, both of Cromwell town•
DIED,
In Clay township,.on the 14th inst., of pul
monary consumption, MARY MORELAND,
in the 62d year of her age. For the lest ten
years the deceased had been the subject of
great affliction ; but in the midst of it all she
never murmured at the dispensations of Provi
dence. Sustained by grace, she felt the afflict ions
of the present were working for her a fur more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory. She
was a member of the M. E. Church for more
Coen ;19 y , ars ; Turin;; which tune ht•r life rue
83 an even thread. 1 never remember seeing
her angry, though moat of the time a member
of the funnily. She was one of the best ,rte
mothers; exhibiting the Christian groves in all
their beauties. She seemed a way-mark to the
Heavenly land. On the morning of the duty
previous to her departure, fully apprised of het/
dissolution, and in her right mind. she took rut
affectionate leave of her flintily, exhorting then.
to meet her in heaven. I asked her if she was
willing to go. She replied, "Oh, yes! when ,
ever it is His will, I am ready ;" at the attune
time requesting me to tell her absent and at'
Meted daughter to meet her in Heaven: Theis
after sustaining a severe conflict with the king
of terrors for 12 hours, (during which time An
said she suffered much hut was 50 htippy,)l
she fell apparently into a trance, which lusted
for twenty-four hours. Then as if awaking ts.
few moments, she fell asleep calmly and
sweetly out the breast of her Redeemer. •
" Farewell conflicting hopes and fears,
Whore lights and shades alternate dwell;
How bright this unchanging morn appears,
Farewell, inconstant world, furewell.l
On the 17th inst., in .Cassville, of typhoid
fever, Miss ELEA NOR MORELAND, daugh
ter of Isaac and Mary Moreland, in the thirty
first year of her age. She was a consistent
member of the Methodist church for several
years, and, and died in the faith of the Gospel,
having n blest assurance of an mending crown,
and leaving behind her a bright evidence of
her acceptance with God. Without doubt mho
has gone to hail her dear mother in the climes
of glory. " Blessed arc the dead that die in
the Lord. J. B. M. •
At Alexandria, Huntingdon, Co., Pa., on
the 20th inst., IMr. SAIMEL. SPYKER, is
the 49th year of his age.
After a short illness, Mr. Spyker's uiioxpec•
ted death is a severe trial and loss to his fami•
ly, and the community in which he resided. , —
He was esteemed as a sincere, honest, and
upright man, and even more than this ens be
said of him, for he was n Christain and a man
of God, who exemplified the doctrines and du.
ties of the ehristain religion in his daily walk
and conversation. He died in the triumph or
the faith he professed, and in the assurance or
a blissful hope of future glory. Our loss will
be his eternal gain. Once more are we
monished. Be ye ready for in such an hour as
ye think not the Son of man cometh.
¶!'.cl
HUNTINGDON
September 23, 165 t
Flour per bid.,
Red Wheat, per bn.,• •
White Wheat, per hu.
Rye, per ha
Corn, per lie
Oats, per he
Hay, per ton
Butter, per lb.,
Lard, per lb.,
Eggs, per doz.,
P fit HI A, Sept. 23.—The Flour
market continues dull and inactive. Shipping
brands are held at $6,75 per bbl., but there in
no export demand, and the only transactions
reported are retail lets at $8,75(ii,3 16r common
superfine and extra. and $9,25(1,0,50 fin. fancy
lots. Rye Flour is held at $7, and Corn Menl
at $4 per bbl., but there is little or no demand
for either.
Grain—The demand fur wheat continues
and the only sides reported arc 2Q,3000
bushels iidcrior and prime Southern and Penn
sylvania, red, from $1,50 up to $1,78 per btisl,
el afloat. ltye is scarce and waited. Corn is
dull and 1 cent lower-2000 bushels yellow
sold at 86 cents afloat. Oats are steady-2000
bushel superior North Hirer sold at 62 cents,
and sonic Southern at 53 reran per bushel.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned booing been appointed Ex
ecutor of the hint will and testament of Henry P.
Dorsey, late of the Borough of Huntingdon,
deed., hereby gives notice that he has taken out
letters testamentary on the estate of said deed.,
and notifies all persons indebted to said estate,
to call on him and settle their indebtedness, and
those having claims against the estate to present
them iu proper form.
• • JAMES MAGUIRE, Exr.
Sept 27, '64.-6t.
NEW ARRIVAL.
• „
.11. & W. SAXTON,
H AvE just received from l'hiladelphia the
largest and handsomest assortment of
K.12a1 21111 D Th r .
ever offered iu this place, consisting of Cloths,
Cassitners, Satinetts, Vestings, &e.
For the Ladies,
we have Plaid Silks, Worsted Plaids, and every
variety of plaid goods, to please the taste of the
Ladies. Also, Shawls, Sacking Flannels Bon
net Silks,Bonnets, and the finest assortC
ent of
Collars, tinder-sleeves, Shimasetts, &c., ever
offered to the holies of this place.
Boots and Shoes,
of every variety, for Alen and Boys, Ladies'
Sloes, of every variety.
Bats and Cape,
of the very latest and best styles.
Hardware, •
of which we always keep the largest and best as
sortment over kept in this place.
Queensware,
a mngnificent assortmcni, we am selling
quite
Groceries,
are a little up, but we are determined to sell as
low if not lower, than any other house,necording
to quality.
Our stock of Oil Cloths and Carpets
is good, Tubs, Buckets, Willow Ware, and
everything usually kept in ft country store.
In fact wo have everything to suit the taste of
all, and at lower prices than can be got at any
other house in town, if you don't he satisfied of
die fact alter calling, then we give up.
Wo have also, FISH, SALT, PLASTER.
and also teceivo and store Grain, as usual.
Sept. 27, 1434.
Rebecca Furnace
AT PRIVATE SALE.
qiIIIS property is situate on Stone , hr •
1 Creek, about 12 miles north off L c
Huntin g don, pit. it is in good or- ,•• •
der, and plenty of ore within 2 ""' 4 Wig
miles—in a tine wood country where coal can bo
got readily, and about 400 ACRES of LAND.
This property is now idle, and possession can
be given at any time.
Any further information can he had by cal
ling with tileorgo Couch, Huntingdon, or Mary
Couch, Altoona.
Sept. 27, 1854.—tf.
• VALUABLE NULL PROPERTY
At Private Sale.
plus property is situate on Stone
j Creek, about 9 miles north of :,41Ar,
Huntingdon, Pat. The mill id in 4 ', us
good repair, has 3 run of burrs, Ste.' - -,- 5'44 4
Also, n good Saw Mill and Lath Mill; a g , wd
dwelling house for the miller. Also,
•
290 Aores of Land,
about 125 Acres of which is cleared and in a
good state of cultivation; the balance in well
,covered with good timber. The farm buildings
consists of a large Frame House, a large Frame
Barn, and a large Store House, in a good aloud
forn store, but now unoccupied. Also, a largo
orchard of choice fruit.
'Phe•propert a y is under n lea e for four years
from the Ist of next April, at $435 a year.
For further information nail on thU subscriber
in Huntingdon.
GEOltljE C9t.:11.
J. B. M.
$ll,OO
• • 2,00
• • .2,10