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Wednesday Morning, May $3,1855,
WILLIAM BREWSTER, Editor.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR,
SAM. G. WHITTAKER.
The ' , JOURNAL. has 300 Subscri
ben more, than any other paper
in this county.
Agents for the Journal.
Thefollowing persons we have appointed Agents
for the HUNTINODON JOURNAL, who are author
ized to receive and receipt for money paid on sub-
Seription, 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 front Huntingdon.
JOHN W. THOMPSON, Esq., Hollidaysburg,
SAMUEL COEN, East Barr.,
GEORGE W. CORNELIUS, Cromwell township.
HENRY HUDSON, Clay township.
DAVID ETNIRE, Cromwell township.
Dr. J. P. ASHCOM, Penn township,
J. WAREHAM MATTERN, Franklin township,
SAMUEL STEFFE y, Jackson township,
ROBERT M'BURNEY, N •‘‘
COI. Jteo. C. WAvsozr, Brady township,
MORRIS BROWN, Springfield township,
Wm. HUTCRINSON, Esq., Warriorsmarletp.,
JAMES MCDONALD, Brady township,
GEORGE W. WHITTAKER, Petersburg,
HENRY NE., West Berne.
JOIIN BALEMACII, Waterstreet,
Maj. CHARLES MICKLEY. Tod township,
A. M. BLAIR, Dublin township,
GEORGE WILSON. Esq., Tell township,
JAMES CLARK, Birmingham.
NATIIANIEL LYTLE, Esq., Spruce Creek.
Maj. W. Moons, Alexandria.
B. F. WALLACE, Union Furnace.
SIMEON WRIGHT, Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARKSON, Esq., Case township.
Svstuat WIGTON, Esq., Franklin township.
DAVID PARKER, Evq., Warriorsmark.
DAVID AURANDT, Esq., Todd township.
Da. J. ALFRED SHADE.
New Advertisements.
We invite the attention of our readers
to new advertisements in to-day's Journal.
"'Selling off at cost.
"Cheap books, by Thomson.
DlrSale of Real Estate.
ger Notice to Shakers.
▪ Benedict—Auditor's Notice.
Preparation.
OM▪
P'County Auditors' Notice.
IN'Agricultural Meeting, &c., &c.
The 'Fourth of July.
As the 'glorious fourth' is approaching,
it is time we should think of making some
arrangement for its celebration, We hope
our citizens will not let the anniversary of
their independence pass without some suit
a~flgtfl4lltYP!Si"b}9Prt. «; is i‘.l°,q
we can do no better we will get our drum
out and give our citizens a touch of
• "Hail Keylamb."
But we hope we will not be driven to this
last resort. We can have a 'good time,' if
wo only determine to do it. It is time,
however, we be thinking of doing some
thing.
Look out for Thieves.
Several attempts have been made at rob
bery in this place during the past week,
but without much success. Some silly
soul attempted to make something by get
ting into the Register and Recorder's Of
fice. The window shutter was forced o
pen and the robber after looking in vain
for something to reward his labor, left with
a gold pen. No dcubt he found that rob.
bing a Register's Office was "a hard road
to travel."
An attempt was made to steal a couple
of horses owned by a gentleman of this
place, on Friday last, but the noise made
by the endeavor to force the stable door, a
roused the neighbors, and, the thieves ran
off. We think that our citizens would do
well to keep a watchful look out on their
premises.
Capture of Louis Baker.
Baker, the individual who murdered Bill
Poole in a drunken scuffle some time ago
in the city of New York, and which rais
ed so terrible an excitement thereat the '
time, has been captured. The particulars
of his arrest are given in the city papers,
but we have no space for their insertion.
It will no doubt be recollected that the Gov
ernment despatched a vessel in pursuit of
the fugitive—who had sailed for the Cana
ry Islands;—this vessel, however, did not
proceed, on account of its leaky condition,
but the clipper-barque Grape Shot, which
was magnanimously tendered to the au
thorities by the owner, George LAW, Esq
wits substituted. Eight police officers ac
companied the vessel, which made the run
in the remarkable short space of twenty
days. Several days were spent in cruis.
ing about the Island, watching for the ap
proach of the vessel in which Baker had
shipped. About ten days after the land
ing of the Grape Shot, the vessel with Ba
ker arrived, and he was captured. Baker
is now incarcerated in the New York City
prison.
The murderer protest that he shot Poole
in self defence, and that Poule had twice
wounded him—in the head and thigh—be
fore he .fired the fatal shot. Ills trial will
take place soon, and we trow, that unless
justice be defeated, he will undergo the
extreme penalty of the law.
An example is needed, to check the pu.
gilistic propensities of these rowdies, and
give them to understand that they cannot
make the laws of the country subservient
to the lows of the 'ring.'
Much credit is due the officers who cap
tured Baker, for the skilful manner in
which they conducted the whole affair,
and their success.
The Kiniisl'rand.
The recent outrages in the Territory of
Kansas, we opine, are but as it were the
buddings of renewed agitations and civil
discords relative to slavery. We have sel
dom heard tell of a more diabolical and out
rages plot than that which was complotted
and concocted by the citizens of Missouri
to swindle the people of Kansas out of the
elective franchisement which is guaranti
ed to every citizen of the republic by the
constitution. Under the guarantee of the
law, through the inducements of the priv-
I ileges and benefits which the authors of
the famous infamous' Nebraska•bill decla
red should be possessed by everesident,
and impelled by a desire all powerful in ev
ery
free•born northern man's heart, of aid
ing and spreading the good work of free
and unrestricted liberty—free hearts, free
homes, free bodies, thousands of our fel
low•citizens, left happy homes, civilized
society, friends and kindred, to undergo
the privations incident to the settlement of
this then uninhabited country. As free
born men they expected to share in coin•
mon with their brethren of the States, the
right of suffrage and self-government ; as
we said before, these privilege. were fore
most of the beacon lights which beckoned
them to the far west. For these, they suf
fered all the horrors of Indian war, disease
and famine. But at length the bubble
burst—the false-covering of the hypocriti•
cal form of the Douglasites was removed,
and rim; we can see plainly the intentions
of the framers of the bill—a cunning, a
well-devised and successful scheme for
the extension of the bounds of slavery.
Squatter Sovereignty ! This was the
sugar coating that covered the bitter dreg.
What a magnificent humbug I Squatter-
Slavery, rather, where the genuine settlers
are to be disfranchised, and scoundrels and
villains from a neighboring niggerdom take
possession of the ballot-box, and elect cut
throat - ;:ire drivers to rule an enlightened
and religious band of freetnen.
And yet the nefarious schemes and put'.
poses of the Missourians if not countenan
ced by the Executive, are at least over
looked ; inasmuch as he fails to apply the
proper remedies, to ptit a stop to the unho
ly designs of these slave-holders.
The 'Diskivery' Complete.
Give ear, o J 4 .. kates ! Hearken unto
Adam ! The Huntingdon Globe, that A
jax of Locofocoism, has decidedly made a
great discovery ; the Journal is in league
with the Know Nothings ! In regard to
the Journal, we care not what vile vituper
ations the paper may hurl against it.—
Our couse is open for the inspection of all,
and we leave the public to judge for the
manner in which we have fulfilled our du
ty. The insinuation of the Globe that we
' are endeavoring to serve two masters—the
Whig and American parties—that we have
taken as a paramour the new party, is too
foolishly absurd, too ridiculous to meet a
passing notice, and the only reply we will
give therefore to the Globe, is, that
"Through the false passage of thy throat,
Thou !lost."
A word of explanation. When the infant
"Sam" was yet in his swaddling linen in
this county, the Globe endeavored to mur
der the child, by slanderous falsehodds.—
Samivel was a healthly lookifig fellow, we
looked upon the light of his countenance,
and it pleased us The decree had went
forth from the Herod at Washington, that,
"Sam" must die. We took the little fel
low under the shadow of our wing, we
received the blows upon ourselves that the
Globe had intended for "Sam." We be•
came his protector, until his strength had
become sucfficient for him to cope with his
adversary, Locofocoism—that time has in
deed come. The infant of yesterday has
become the giant of all the parties. His
power the Globe now feels, aye keenly,
bitterly. The insinuation of the Globe,
that we are tinctured with the doctrine of
Americanism, is the last gasp of the expi
ring hypocrite. It is seeking thus to re
plenish the subscription li.t, (made very
slim by proselytes from Locofocism to A
mericanismdiscontinuing,) by a low, a de
basing, a mean, a humiliating call upon
Whigs for support. The truth of what
wo say will become apparent when we
state that the 'Sam' party in our county is
composed of at least one-half proselytes
from Locofocoism.
Before concluding, we ask the Globe to
meet us openly, and not under cover of pal.
try squibs and falsehoods.
"Pale, trembling coward, there wo throw our
gage."
No longer seek to prove your falsehoods by
others as low.
WAI+ TILL YOU'RE Asun.—The young la.
dies of the Illinois Institute at Wheaton, Du
Page county two ntly passed the following res.
olution unanimously:
"Resolved, That we, young ladies ofthe li•
nos Institute, pledge ourselves not to keep
company with or join in the sacred bonds of
matrimony with any young gentleman who is
in favor ot the Maine Liquor law, or some oth•
en prohibitory law."
The New York Commercial. catntoonting on
the above says:
"It has generally bees the custom for ladies
to "wait lin .they're mike 1 ? " opeciully young
Intl bill at a,boo "
GOOD MEN FOR OFFICE.
We do not approve of the mania which
has lately made its appearance in our coun
try, of selecting individuals for office whose
only recommendation to public favor is in
newness. It is a fact too apparent for de
nial that the majority of our legislators,
and other office-holding individuals are en
tirely incompetent to fulfill the task which
their offices impose upon them. Now we
have an example of inexperienced legisla
tion in our late body at Harrisburg. We
have no doubt but that the intentions of
the majority of the members of the late
Legislature were good; we know that this
body had greater integrity, and manifest
ed a stronger desire to do what was right,
than many of its predecessors, but on ac
count of the inexperience of the members,
they were more pliable, and easier worked
upon to suit the purposes and designs and
further the ends of scheming politicians,
who have become adapts in the wlre.pul
ling, hoodwinking slight-of-hand perform
ances which characterize brazenfaced bor
ers. New legislators, or at least those who
are unacquainted with the manner in which
public matters are 'put through,' and are
ignorant of the perversive methods which
legislative 'hangers-on' will resort to carry
out their designs, as a matter of course,
must make some sad mistakes, unintention
al though they may be. Now we do not
wish to be considered as taking the ground
that none but old party hacks can make
competent legislators or office holders, be
cause we believe that greater corruption
wi 11 exist in a Legislature composed of the
hacks and hobbies of political parties than
in a thousand such as has adjourned. The
standard whereby to judge of the fitness
of an individual for political advancement,
should not be what has he done for the par
ty, but, illbhe honest, is he capable. That
is the proper manner to procure honest le
gislation. Give us honest and capable
men—men whose hearts lie in the right
place, and who, knowing their duty will
do it fearless and free, and we will no lon
ger have cause to blush for the honor of
our State. But again, we do not pretend
to assert that all new men are incapable of
properly and skilfully managing public af
la;rs; but we do say that the notorious and
growing evil of elevating men to office
who are untried, inexperiz,eced and to say
the truth incapable, is detrimental to the
interests of the people. and is derogatory
to the stations occupied by these new aspi
rants. We do not disapprove of_ rotation
in office, because we believe that it is not
only proper, but really necessary,—but ro
ing of the proper qualities or • a dieninution
of the proper attributes which should be
long to an honest, upright and capable of
ficeholder. It is a lamentable fact how
ever that the judgment of the masses, in
the appreciation of the proper amount of
understanding which should adorn the
station, is fast taking a retrograde move.
mein, and the only measures of fitness now
adopted by the people is 'newness,' as if
that was a panaccea for the evils which po
litical corruption has brought upon us. It
will not work. And here we may indulge
a thought on the great mistake made by
the Know Nothings. In their crusade
against old parties, and the things 'there
unto appertaining,' they have made an al
most fatal mistake, in their refusing to se
lect experienced men for candidates, mere
ly on account of the wrong opinion that
new measures require new men. Law
making, legislating, office holding, or by
whatever other name you may designate
the occupation of public patriots, must be
learned. Legislators. should become vers
ed in all the arts and mysteries of political
work before they are sent to work as jour
neymen.
Let us therefore send such men to our
legislative halls, and place such individu•
als in our public places, in whom we can
place confidence, and who act from princi
ple regardless of self. advancement. Un
til this be done, we must continue under
the thralldom of corrupt legislation, and
remain the dupes of inexperienced men,
or the victims of political jockeys, whose
only aim is self-aggrandizement, and whose
only desire is plunder.
Now there is an error in which we are
prone to wander, relative to the require
ments which petty office holders should
possess. The people think that offices of
small note do not require much intellect in
the holder. We should have a respect for
all places of trust in the gift of the people;
it elevates them in the eyes of the world.
We think that this throwing of chunks to
every hunger dog, will, unless it be spee
dily checked, lead to evils which will 'not
be remedied so easily as they were produ•
ced.
PLACE NONE RUT NATIVES ON GUARD I"-
Considerable discussion baring recently occur
red as to the authenticity of this order, atlribu•
tad to Washington, the following copy of the
original has been revived. It was in the poe.
session of the late Gen. A. S. Dearborn, of
Roxbury, Mass.: _
CAMBRIDGE HEAD QUARTERS,
July 17th, 1775.
ORDER.—The General has great
reason to be displeased with the negligence
and inattention of the guard who have been
placed as sentinels on the outposts—men whose
characters he le not acquainted with. Ile, there
fore, orders that for the future none but NUileeB
of this Country be placed un guard as senti
nels on the outposts. This order to be coma.
dered a Mending one, and the officer to pay
obedience to it on their part.
Signed Fox, Adjt. of the Day.
Countersigned Exeter, 1
Pav Roll. Dorchester.
Otutralllcius.
Kansas Census Returns.—Complete.
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A Y
Ist 623 339 369 887 76 962
2d 316 203 199 506 19 7 518
3d 161 91 101 213 12 6 252
4th 106 75 57 169 2 1 177
sth 322 636 442 1383 22 26 1407
6th 473 418 253 791 12 11 810
7th 82 36 53 117 1 1 118
Bth 56 27 39 76 5 10 38
9th 61 25 36 66 12 3 86
10th 97 54 63 108 23 115
11th 33 3 24 30 6 36
12th 163 80 88 206 37 7 243
13th 168 116 96 273 9 15 285
14th 655 512 333 301 46 35 1167
15th 472 381 308 846 16 15 873
16th 708 475 385 1040 104 33 1183
17t1; 91 59 59 143 5 23. 150
18th 28
5088 3273 2877 7161 408 192 8500
FROM Cuba.—lt was reported that General
Santa Anna had, made a tender of naval aid
from Mexico to General Concha, in case of any
actual war difficulty between Spain and the
United States, and' hence the arrival of the
steamer Santa Anna on the 6th Met. The gun
practice on board the ships of a portion of
Corn. McCauley's squadron at Key West had
so alarmed the Spanish Consul there, that he
sent off a special courier with despatches on
toe subject to the Captain General. Military
preparations of defence were being continued;
a negro cavalry regiment was about to be form
ed, and suspected persons were still being ban•
ished or imprisoned. Rodriguez who betrayed
Pinto, had sailed for Spain. A new passport
rule, with a new decree relative to the landing
of passengers from vessels, will be found peel'.
Harty annoying to travellers. If a passport be
forgotten or lost, the person wanting it is liable
in all cases to a short imprisonment, a pecuni
ary fine, and other trouble. The Senora Dona
Rita Balbin, with some others, are summoned
to appear for trial for the crime of iVidencia
to the Queen. The executive had determined
not to permit, under any pretext, the landing
of Colonel Kinney or any of his fellow expe
ditionists in Cuba, as it was dreaded that the
"colonists" in reality meditated a descent on
that island, under cover of a Nicaragua im
provement scheme. Havana was healthy, and
the export trade very active.—N. T. Herald.
Where is Gen. Atchison!
What has become of David R. Atchison, the
former Vice President, by courtesy, of the Uni
ted States—the wagon-orator, the man who
contended with Stephen A. Douglas for the
honor of having. repealed the Missouri Com
promise—the boozy backwoods speaker, who,
in his maudlin speeches, blackguards better
and greater men than himself, and speaks of
John Bell as a "miserable devil"—where is he?
lie left his seat and duties in the Senate, and
came to Missouri, before the close of Congress,
to get himself elected to the Senate for a sec
ond term, but be didn't succeed.
Rumors have reached us of tremendous
threats made by him in relation to Missouri
and Kansas, and we should like to know if he
is going to carry them out. Wo understand
and believe that Pavy R. Atchison is at the
bottom of all the troubles that have afflicted
Kansas, and is tho.chicf instigator of the meet
ings, mobs and cabals, threats and excitements_
erreVisoi 1+1914 WiT
ver, and Stringfellow is his man of all work.
Atchison is safely and quietly ensconced on
his Platte county farm, testing the glories of
those live barrels of "Derby," while his myr
midons, to whom he gives orders, are scouring
the country and arousing the people by Liam
ing appeals, to strife and bloodshed.
Does our boozy "Old Bourbon" think he is
going to drift on the current of this fierce storm
into the U. S. Senate? If so, he is mistaken.
Missouri will not permit herself to be represen
ted in the national councils by a political gain
bier, who would
,jeopardize his country's peace
for his own selfish, sordid aggrandizement.—
St. Louis News.
End of the Cuban Expedition.
We find in the Baltimore Sun of yesterday—
corroborated by articles in other papers—the
following nlledoed abandonment of the late re
puted Cuban ex e dition :
(
"End of Ike num.. Expedition.—lt is sta
ted that at a meeting of the Cuban Junta, held
at New Orleanspn the 20th ult., Gen. John A.
Quitman handed in his resignation as Comma?,
der•in•Chiet of the expedition which has been
so long organized against Cubn. All of the
American officers who held commissions in this
Quitman army hare also resigned, and the
cause of Cuba is now in the hands of the Jun.
ta.
The authority for this statement is not disclo
sed, but it is rendered very probable by the lit.
the encouragement which has been given to the
expedition at home or abroad. In the first
place, our Executive Government not only
showed no favor to the Ostend %whew+ of ac
quisition, but still less to flibustero designs on
the island, which it formally denounced and
menaced with all the penalties of the law. In
the next place, the Senate, on the last night of
their late session, refused to countenance a re
peal of our neutrality laws; and, thirdly and
perhaps not the least discouragement was, that
Gen. Concha had placed the island in such a
state of defence, and was prepared to give any
flibustero expedition so warm a reception, as
to render the enterprise as doubtful in its pleas
antness as its success. With so - many discour
ageinents, therefore, we think it very probable
that the statement copied above is true, and
that we may consider "Othello's occupation" as
gone—for the !tpresent at least.—Nat. Ldelli•
gencer.
Burglary.
On Sunday night last a most gross outrage was
committed at the Court House in this place by
some villainous depredators, but with what ob
ject in view, we are not able to conceive ; for
of all places likely to be destitute of valuable
plunder, we should judge these offices to be se•
perlatively so. The Commissioners' office was
entered and the seal of the jury-wheel bruises,
and the ballots all, save one, taken out and car•
ried off, but nothing else was taken or destroy
ed, so far as the clerk can discover. The Sher•
iff's office was also mitered and his desks rest
aged but nothing was taken. So, too, the of.
flee of the Supt. of (lommon Schools, but from
this a gold Weil and a copy of the Arabian
Night's Entertaininents were taken. The of.
ficeof Messrs. Holius & Belch was also enter.
ed, but nothing taken. Entrance to all we be•
believe was gained through the windows.
The object of the depredators, as before re
marked, is a mystery. It is scarcely possible
that they were in search of plunder; bet if not
of plunder, what else ? The rifling of the jury•
wheel raises the suspicion that this was• the
main purpose, and that the other things were
only done as a cover ; but what could any otie
expect to gain by this? The jury fur next
Court is drawn, and the Sheriff and Commis.
sionere can easily deposit the proper number
of names in the wheel again, and Court pro•
ceedinge will go on as if nothing had happened
Time may reveal the mystery.-1/61. Reg.
Se- The editor of the Globe, is endeavoring
to convert the Know Nothings, by an assumed
devoutness, and a hypocritical seriousness.
"They who repeat God'e praises still
141 , wit him unto•, tbev do hie
Appropriations of 1855•
We have prepared the annexed table from
the general appropriation bill, passed at the last
session of the Legislature, thinking it would be
a matter of interest to our readers, to know
where and how their money is disposed ; as well
as the total amount appropriated.
Governor's salary 3,000 00
Seeretarys of mate clerks contingent
expenses and messengers of state
Department 12,095 00
Auditor General, clerks and contin-
gent expenses of office 10,750 00
Surveyor General, clerks and contin
gent expenses 9,130 00
Clerk of sinking fund 200 00
State Treasurer, clerks, &c 7,000 00
Attorney general 300 00
Adjutant generdi 300 00
Librarian's salary books kc 2,970 00
Members of the legislature, clerks, of
ficers and contingent expenses 123,000 00
Preservation and repairs of the cap•
itol state treasury and improving
the public grounds 7,900 00
Superintendent Public Buildings 730 00
Public printing and binding 30,000 00
Packing and distributing laws. 700 00
,
Water and gas _
2,440 37
Common schools 230,000 00
Pensions and gratuities 15,000 00
Judiciary 91,900 00
Guarranty interest to Danville and
Pottsville Railroad ; Bald Eagle
and Tioga navigation company 24,517 50
Interest on funded debt, 2,000,000 00
Canals and railroads 1,218,770 88
Salary of W. R. Matlit, Superin
dent North Branch canal, 3,000 00
Eastern and Western Penitentiaries 18,712 00
House of Refuge Philadelphia 11,000 00
Institution for the blind 17,000 00
Institution for the deaf and dumb 17,000 00
House of Refuge Western Penna. 7,000 00
Superintendent public printing 800 00
State lunatic hospital 25,000 00
Junction canal company 20,000 00
Miscellaneous 9,059 00.
Total
4,130,414 85
From the Philadelphia Daily News.
The State of American Politica.
The American party is about to achieve a
great victory in the Virginia election. There
are but two candidates for Govenor—the Loco
Foco and American. The Whig party has
concentrated its entire vote on the American
nominee, who will receive the support of about
one half of the lute Loco Foco party. The
Whigs, as a party, seem to have dissolved their
organization throughout all the Southern
States, and in almost all those of the West,
and the North-east. The American organiza
tion embraces indeed so much of the Whig
creed, that this state of things is not all sur
prising. The national triumph of the new
party will securely establish much that Mr.
Clay and Webster contended for, and which
has ever been recognized as a patriotic domes.
tic policy. The protection of American in
dustry by a judicious tariff, will be the more
certain of success, from the fact that the Amer
ican party is entirely exempt from the control'.
ing influence of foreign merchants, who have
always given an Anti-American basis to the
legislation of the so called Democratic par
ty.
The dissolution of the great Democratic
party, founded by Mr. Jefferson, and rein.vig
orated by Gen. Jackson, is not at all surpri
sing. As originally established by the former,
it was ultra-American in all its principles, and
was chiefly adtagonistic to England from this
cause. This fierce spirit of patriotism, and
of influences, was undoubt
edly the great imp.. to the War or 1612•14—=
a war, which first raised us to a commanding
position among the nations of the earth, and
inspired us 118 a people, with a self confidence
that has stimulated us to all our subsequent
achievements. Gen. Jackson, rough as was
his temper, and arbitrary es was his con
duct.was intensely American in all his feelings,
which he often carried to excess, against our
transatlantic rivals and enemies. On his re.
tirement, however, from power, the whole tone
of his party underwent a gradual change.—
The first manifestation of this decline of stern
uncompromising Americanism, was in the de
ferential attitude of Mr. Van Buren to foreign
powers, and in his endeavor to propititate the
favor of the Pope and his sectarios in the Uni
ted States, by the creation of a diplomatic
mission to the Court of Rome which from the
mixed civil and eclesiastical character of its
Ambassador, carrot be represented in the
United States. Next then followed a relent-
less and names ering war on the &mask. Sys
tem, to which Mr. Clay had consecrated his
whole political life, and on the policy of har
bor and river improvements by the Federal
Government. As a necessary consequence of
these massacres, our finances and productive
interests have, since that period, been inn con.
tinual state of disorder.
The same spirit dominated the Polk Admin.
stration, and it has been pushed to such ex
tremes under Gen. Pierce, that the pride of
the country has been stung to the quick, and
a re-action has been created among the Dem
ocratic masses, that had reduced the once oat.
nipotent party of Jackson and Jefferson to a
shapeless wreck, and threatens to leave in its
ranks but a Corporal's Guard of native born
citizens. Gen. Pierce was undoubtedly elect
ed by the Roman Catholic vote, which, with.
out any provocation whatever, was massed as a
solid body against the Whig candidate for the
Presidency. It is generally believed and nev
er disproved that a previous promise was given
by Gen. Pierce to those who controlled this
vote, to appoint a Catholic memberof his Cab
inet, in the event of success. trench were the
fact, it was an extremely injudicious proceed
ing on the part of both the contractingparties
and is likely to exert a most pernicious effect
on our future tranquility and welfare. For the
first time in our history, the diplomatic repro.
sentation of the United States at several of the
princpal Courts of Europe, was entrusted to
citizens of foreign birth, by no means remark.
able for superior qualifications, in a moral or
intellectual point of view. The most superfi.
cial observer could not fail to see that such a
base abandonment of American feeling, and
, such a base abandonment of American inter
ests, must sooner or later, lead to the total dis.
membertnent of the inculpated political par
. .. .
The elasticity of the term Asteawstrisu,
which covers the whole field of Doctrine of the
new party, facilitates its application to every
thing promotive of the religion and political
independence of the country, the preservation
of the Union, the suppression of sectional fa•
naticistn, and the development of all the ma
terial interests of the nation. For this reason
it has spread with such rapipity, and hits en
listed under its banners such .n large majority
of the voters of the Union. If the noble old
Whig party mny no longer be considered to
exist ns a national organization, and if its ca.
reer is closed, it is evident that its most bona-
Mal principles are destined to triumph under
another name, and to be advocated by many
who, in times past, were among its most stren
uous enemies. The approaching overthrow of
Democracy, of Virginia, under the leadership
of Henry A. Wise, will he the funerel knell of
the veteran antagonist of the Whig party in that
State, and will lead to similar disasters in its
remaining stronghold in the South. We shall
not regret it, and we have no doubt but the
whole country will eventually he benofitted by
the destruction of a party which, in its later
days, has become completely °estranged from
all sitnpathy with genuine American feelings,
and has sacrificed our prosperity, honor and
reputation to foreign dictation, and designs,
and render us the tributaries of • Eugland and
France in a manfact,:ng rola of ,c,r.
Veit trnb *doom
gee Prevalent—The Juniata °hakes.
le- There are 1,166 poet offices in Canada.
Ai' A natural nix weiser—The editor of the
G lobe.
giir Beautiful—Mrs. Janice Steele's flower l i
-
garden.
Vir The crops about the country look pro
mining.
gir Horne Again—Mr. Benedict, Clerk of
the House.
Via . ' S. P's.—The young man with the spine
in his back.
Star Mrs. Stowe was burned in effigy lately,
in Virginia.
Ina- Foreign emigration to this country is
de creasing.
sor Avoid second handed articles—widows
not excepted.
geti''' The "Republicans" have carried the e
lection in lowa.
]le r Face about—Don't forget the encamp..
meat next week.
Star Verdant—The thief thatbroke into the
Register's Office.
gra- The fire is still burning on the moun•
tains, west of this.
fl "Dad" is not right on the goose clues •
tint. That's flat.
ger There wan a military parade in Holli
daysburg last week.
Oak' There is some talk of dividing Califon ,
nia into two States.
s gar An extensive coal mine in Ballard co.,
Kentucky is on fire.
Star The prospec t of a fine peach crop in
New Jersey is good.
tar There are 3426 families offree colored
people in Louisiana.
gra- Prodigals urn born of misers. as hatter.
flies are born of grubs.
Mir The Blair county prison has no inmates
at present! Wonderful,
ger ans. Mason has resigned his office of
Commissioner of Patents.
tali- Tells the nature of the baste—The pro
letarian language of the Globe.
ger Foppish—The 'Corporal' of the Globe's
‘viskers.' Vy did you viten 'em.
Sar The Know Nothings have carried the
municipal election in Providence.
ger A lawyer was 'suspended' in Boston re
cently for calling a juror a 'skunk.'
/gar A minister had to Icavo Missouri lately
became he preached about slavery.
* Five dead head members of Congress .
have went on a visit to the Crimea.
1161 - The State of Indiana has passed a sta
tute prohibiting secret political societies.
The k. n.'s of Ohio, have an antagonist
in a new party called the "Sag Nicbta."
..r.t a ht, thousand herrings !as_
made at Arkendale, Vu., on labt Monday.
gar Santa Anna has captured a number of
Yucatan Indians, and sold thorn in Cuba.
Scar Many a great man resembles Herod in
the theatre, shining and groaning at once.
Mr If the devil doesn't get a few men in
this place it won't be because he shouldn't.
g Two English agents were arrested in
N. Orleans last week, for enlisting soldier..
gar One of the streets in the new town of
West Huntingdon was laid out on last week.
se- Four 'little niggers' perished in a burn
ing house in Columbus, Ga., on the 25th ult.
'ger "Dad" would make a good 'father con•
lessor.' lie can be trusted among the finnan.
)fir An Autograph letter of Washington's
sold for fifty pounds sterling, recently, in Lou.don.
War Would like to know—the price of those
trees planted in Smith street by the town 'dad
dies.'
&air One man was killed and fifteen wound
ed at a barn.raising in Lancaster County last
week.
Orsr 0 Craeky I The, French Empress has
presented the Austrian Euipress a dress valued
at $40,000.
say. When you buy or sell, let or hire, make
a clear bargain, and never trust to "We shan't
disagree about it."
bat" The Luthercan Church of this place,
is to bo dedicated to the service of Almighty
God, next Sabbath.
ler Two hundred and forty tavern licenses
wero granted by tie forks county Court last
week. Vox populi
ser The officers of New York City aro go
ing to tax Bishop Hughes on all property
vested in him. Right!
I Dr. Breckenridge, the celebrated Pres
byterian clergyman of Kentucky, is out in fa.
'for of Know Nothingism.
kir' John Vandevander, Esq., of Bridgeport
in this county, killed a black snake last week
measuring over eight feet I
sr , Several papers came during the past
few weeks marked for exchange; can't do it, our
'x' list is already too large.
ta` Jim Willoughby shot himself dead, in
Va., last week, because a young lady wouldn't
marry him. What a fool !
Sar Good news for our Legislators.—s2o ;
000 worth of peanuts have been shipped from
Norfolk by a single house.
ser Six sisters were recently married on the
same night, in their house in Somerset county.
That was going the whole swine.
)1W A couple of young ladies paid us a lly.
ing visit last Fr iday. May they lixe to have
little "angels" gladden their hearts.
nee The reason why the Globeanan offered
to resign, was because ho didn't believe in the
maxim that difficulty ennobles duty.
&kr "Dad" of the Glebe should take charge
of the winking Madona which Mr. Pope sent
over. He'd make a good monk—ey.
*for Lucy Steno says that the cradle is the
woman's ballot•box. If that be so, some of the
females vote illegally. They deposite two votes
at a thus,
*alp Pius.
ONE WEEK .LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC.
New York, May 18, 6 P. M.—The steamship
Baltic arrived here this afternoon at 51 o'clock,
bringing news to the 4th inst.
The Liverpool Grain market is more anima•
ted, and Floor and Corn have advanced 2e.,
Wheat 6d.
The latest news from the Crimea states that
the bombardment had ceased, and the Allies
were awaiting reinforcements.
Many of the outposts of the Russians have
been captured, together with numerous me,
tars and a number of prisoners.
The French made a formidable attack upon
the Russians, iu which they lost 6 officers and
had 300 M. killed, the Russian loss being re
ported immense.
Despatches were constantly arriving from
Lord Raglan, but were kept strictly private by
the Government. . .
It was currently reported that the Allies
would march into the interior for the purpose
of cutting off supplies.
The Russians have 100,000 men outside of
Sevastopol, prepared to meet any emergency,
, and another hundred thousand are on the march
to bring up the reserve.
France.
On the 28th of Aril an attempt was made
to assassinate the Emperor of France, by an
Italian, who discharged two pistols at him, net.
they of which took effect.
At the time the Emperor was mounted on
horseback, proceeding to make it review. The
culprit was arrested.
•Throughout France, the most extensive war
like movements were in progress, at Marseilles
and Toulon particularly, and the people were
enthusiastic in furthering the progress of the-
War.
The general news in detail is very interest
Austria and Prussia yet remain undecided,
Pennsylvania Common Schools.
We have received from Harrisburg a supple-
ment to the new Common School law. This
wee passed at the last session of the Legisla
lure, and as much interest is felt in the sub
ject, we copy the marginal synopsis of the de
tails of the act. Independent school districts
are continued until Juno Ist, 185 p. Courts of
Common Pleas are authorized to continue ex
isting independent districts permanently, it de•
sired, to determine the rights of property.--
Ten days' notice of the application nod time
and place of hearing, in such cases, must be
given to the School Directors of the district.—
When independent districts are continued, the
assessors are to designate the taxables therein,
for the information of tax 'collectors and court•
ty commissioners. Provision is made for the
election of new directors in districts where
none has taken place, and the old directors aro
continued until the expiration of their term.—
If twenty taxables petition for the formation
of a new independent district, the Court of
Quarter Sessions must appoint commissioners
to view, sad make report as in the case of now
townships, the costs in such cases to he paid
by the new district, if it be erected, or it' not,
by the petitioners. Courts of Quarter Sessions
aro to determine the rights of property, and to
decree the payment of money in the nature of
a judgment. County Commissioners are to
cause separate titniessinents for school tax in
new districts, and scud to the Superintendent
of Common Schools a list of the taxables
therein. In any county where a majority of
the school districts shall apply to lieve the sal.
ary of their local Superintendent i ncreased, the
State Superintendent shall call a contention of
Hfe - directors of the whole comity to decide
thereon. lime Pennsylvanittchool Journal is
designated as the official organ of the State
Superintendent, to contain current decisions,
circulars, explanations, &e. One copy of it is
,
to be seat to each board of School Directore
in the State. All boroughs and township,: now
eunnected in the assessment of county rates
and levies are hereafter to be separate. Thu
school tax is limited to subjects certified by
county commissioners. School tiirectors add
treasurers are exempted from serving as tax
collectors. The State appropriation to the res
pective school districts is to be paid for less
than four months' schooling in districts where
buns fide efforts have been made to comply
, o
r t e o n t e i h ,
c o i l, o u r .
with the provisions of the law requiring the
schools to be kept open four mouths in the
year,t ey b knt have
owledge ' o d e the l m
ate a n w t
sea, which may lie just and satisfactory to the
Superintendent. Many of these provisions are
very important to the school districts of the in•
tenor, nod will he found useful in practice.
tarricb,
GREENLAND-WITTER.-011 the 20th inst., lir
Simeon Wright, Esq., Mr. Abia Greenittn:. of
Huntingdon Co, to Miss Sebiun Witter, of Fut.
tuu Co. .
11 AlliD — LovEt.r..--On the 15th inst., by Rtv.
J. A. Kelly, Dr. Robert Baird of Cassvilfe, this
County, to Mrs. Wealthy Lovell of Trough
Creek Valley.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the net of Assembly of the 27th day
of March, A. D. 1855, has greatly extended the
limits of the Borough of Huntingdon, end where
as ull the laws now in force relating to the said
borough, and the by-laws and ordinances thereof'
are extended to the territory included in the new
limits of said borough, and whereas the citizens
may not ho informed of the new relation in which
they ore placed in regard to the premises—
Notice is therefore hereby given to all whom
it stay concern, that the borough ordinances I general's., and more especially those relating to
hogs and dogs running at large, in said borough,
will be strictly enforced from and after the first
I day of June next. By said ordinance, the own
ers of dogs ore required to pay a dog tax, and
dogs running at largo without muzzles are to be
I killed and their owners fined, and hogs running
at largo are to be siezed and sold by the high
Constable. All the good citizens are hereby en
, joined to conform to said laws and aid in enfor
ciug the same.
THEO. H. CREMER,
Huntingdon, Airy 23, 1855. Chief Burgess.
--3tcb.
NOVlell e
TS hereby given, to the officers of the Hunting
don County Agricultural Society, that
fleeting of the Executive Committee, of said
Society, will he held at the Court House in the
borough of Huntingdon, on Tuesday the 511, of
June next, at 3 o'clock I'. M., for the purpose
of Making arrangements for holding un agricul
tural fair, during the coming fall.
As the Executive Committee is composed of
the various officers of the Society, it is desirable
that all should make it suit to attend.
JONATHAN McWILLIAMS,
J. S. BARN, /
Sec 's.
J. S. IssTT,
May 29, 1855-2 t.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
[Entate of Philip Bartiet,dec'd „late of Tod tp.]
T IIE undersigned auditor appointed by the Or
phan'. Court of Huntingdon County to dis
tribute the balance in the hands of Philip Barnet
acting Executor of said dee'd. will attend for the
purpose of his eppointment at his office in the
Borough of Huntingdon, on Friday, Juno 16th,
1866, at 10 o'clock. All persons interested in
said fund will take notice that they will be milli
red to present their claims before said Auditor,
or be debarred from coating in for a share of the
said balance or fund.
A. W. IttNEDICT,
May 23, IS:
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