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Wednesday Morning, September 19,1855.
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WILLIAM BREWSTER, ? EDITORS.
SAM. G. WHITTAKER. i
The ‘‘JOURNAIP has 800 Subscri
bers wore, than any other paper
in this county.
Agents for the Journal.
The following persons wo have appointed Agents
for the HUNTINGDON JounNzt., who are author
ized to receive and receipt for money paid on sub"
scription, and to take the unman of new subscri
bers at our published prices.
We do this for the convenience of our subscri
bers living at a distance front Huntingdon.
Joule W. TllO3llllONi Esq., Hollidaysburg,
Sourer. COEN, East Harm,
GEORGE W. Contiwum, Cromwell township.
[lrma Hume,: ' Clay township.
DAVID ElNlßE,Cromwell township.
Dr. J. P. AtllCiflt, Pent, township.,
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J. WAREHAM Ditermintr, Franklin township,
SAMUEL STEFFEY, Jackson township,
Col..lito. C. WATSON, Brady township,
Moms SRO wm, Springfield township,
WM. HUTCUINMON, Esq., Watriorsmark
GEORGE W. WIIITTAIAEE, Petersburg,
Jimmy Nsav, West Borree.
JOHN BALSUICH, Waterstreet,
Mnj. Cwant. /if ICKLEY. Tod township,
A. M. 'ham, Dublin township,
GEORGE WILSON, Esq., Toll township,
Jos. CLARK, Birmingham.
NATHANIEL LTTLE, Esq., Spruce Creek,
Maj. W. Moo., Alexandria.
B. F. Wat.t.acit, Union Furnace.
SIMEON Wnharr, Esq., Union township.
DAVID CLARKSON, Esq., Cass township.
Samuel. WHiToN, Esq., Franklin township.
Dawn PAMIZEIi, Esq., Wnrriorsmark.
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DAVID AIM% NM', E sq., Todd township.
Dn. J. ALFRED Sun., Dublin township.
A REQUEST COMPLIED WITH
It is with pleasure we present the fol
lowing document to our readers, with our
comments thereon :
To the Editors qf the Ifuntingdon Journal :
The undersigned members of the Whig l'ar
ty of Huntingdon County, have observed with
feelings of regret, the vacillating course pursu
ed for some months past by the Journal, (which
we have hitherto recognized as the organ of our
party) with regard to the American or Know
Nothing inurement, and the relation which we,
as n political body, sustain toward it. From
the tenor of editorial articles published in the
paper, we cannot, having a due regard for your
sincerity, do else than conclude that your sym
pathies and energiec are enlisted in favor of the
Know Nothing Party and its candidates. In
order then; to correct out solves of the false im•
pression and error into which we have fallen,
in presuming you are acting with the opposi
tion, if such is the MN, we respectfully pro.
pound to you the following querns :
let.—Are you or either of you, a member of
the Know Nothing or American Party ?
2d.—Will the Journal terrain, as it has been
in by-gone years, the organ of the Whig Party,
and submit to the will of the majority of the
party, as expressed by the late Whig Conven
tion
We shell coped. this communication to be
published in the Journal, with a reply.. If the
answer be such as to convince us of your fidel
ity to the principles to which we have been, and
are attached, and opposition to ICnow Nothing-
ism, it will serve to remove the entertained
doubts of your adherence to the organization of
the Whig Party. And, if it is not no, we in
common with theother Whigs of the county,
shall cease to regard the Journal as an expon
ent of Whig principles. Yours,
J. A. Doyle, Juo. Armitage, Jas. Maguire,
Jacob Snyder, if. Cornloopsl, IRA. Decker,
,ain't Wigton, D. Wbutelsdod; jaws Moore,
W. R. Zeigler, John Reed, J. P. .al'
J. MDonald, A. Cannon, Jesse Yocum.
Before entering into the fine points of
this matter, it will be but a mere act of jus•
tics on our part, towards Mr•. Jas. Moore,
to state that he has requested us to say, he
approves cordially of the course the Jour
nal has pursued for the past few months,
and that ho feels satisfied it was the only
honorable and proper one left for Whigs.
Further, that he is opposed to the '•fusion
ticket," and does not endorse the course
pursued by the late so-called W big Coun
ty Convention. If any other of the above
named gentlemen coincide with Mr. Moore
they must excuse us for publishing their
names. Mr. Moore will please pardon us
for placing his name there, as it is on the
paper sent us for publication. lle, and all
others on the list who think as he does,
are not included in our remarks.
Now for the communication. The sign
ers thereof propound several plain ques
tions to us, which require plain answers;
and first, are we Know Nothings ; `.2d, do
we endorse the "fusion ticket." In an
steer to these questions, "weanight be in
duced to ask, who constituted you a com
mittee to investigate the affairs of the
Whig Party What security have we to
tell you what we are or what we are not ?
How do we know that the majority of you
are Whigs true, faithful followers of the
principle of the creed—which, as we un
derstand it to he—oternal hostility to Lo.
colocoism, and all other anti republican
doctrines. You say you have hitherto
recognized the Journal as the organ of the
Whig Party of the county ; we . :tut the
proof of that. We like the solid Ica in
practice not words. Now, only one-thitd
of the above named gentlemen ever have
been sub,cribers to the Huntingdon Jour
nal 1 Who business have they to ques
tion our orthodoxy. What obligation are
we under them, to answer their "queries?"
If they "have hithertorecognized us their
organ," why not support that organ 1 It
will be seen that questions are much cusi•
er asked than answered, and we might go
on giving substantial reason after reason
for not choosing to answer there tqueries'
if we desired, but we do not choose so to
do.
We recognize on that list several gen
tlemen whom we have known as Whigs,
by their supporting their organ ; it is to
them and them only we feel oituelt obli•
gated, not to those insolent presumers who
could have the bare-faced audacity to pro-
pound such questions to us, and yet, who
never have, and wo presume never will
throw their aid towards us in support of
the "mast." We hope these men will
not consider us as paying attention to their
"say," we only answer the few of the a
' hove named persons who have sltown their
"recognizing us as their organ," by an o
pen and manly support of our paper.
First, then, "are we, or either of us K.
Nothings *1 This is a mooted question
The "little croaker" says we are not, the
Huntingdon Globe asserts we are ; but as
they are both bad authority, we suggest
the answering of the question, without go
ing into metyphysical or complicated argil
merits on the question. Are we li. noth
ings We have no connection with ak.
nothing party. Are we Americans ?
We thank our God that we are. That we
were born on American soil, that we were
nurtured amidst American institutions, the
frceest, the grandest, the best on God's
green earth. Are we ? Why insult us
with the "query."
"Will the Journal contiuc the organ of
the Whig Party ?" Of course it will.—
"Will it endorse the will of the majority,
as expressed in the late County Conven-
I tion ?" In coarse it wont—most emphat
ically. Bear with us while we give our
reasons—simple and concise. The ex
pression of the lute Convention was not
the of the majority" of the Whigs of
Huntingdon County ; it was not the will
of one-tenth part of them ; yes, wo may
safely say one hundred of them. They
were opposed to fusion. They wanted a
pure, Whig ticket, unalloyed. We say
then, the "will of the majority" was de
feated and rejected by the nction of the
late Convention. This being the case our
answer to the "query," "de we submit" is
simply—no.
We do not choose to make ourself or the
Journal, the cat's paw to elevate Locofocos
to office. Human nature rebels against it;
our conscience forbids it ; our duty to the
cause we support forbids. Had a full and
pure Whig ticket been nominated, we had
supported it.
If it is intended to intimidate us, and
lead us into the support of principles con
trary to our sense of right, you have wa
ked up the wrong passenger. We believe
"lie is a freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves beside."
We intend exercising an American free
man's prerogative, without fear or favor ;
and if the "tenor of our editorial artteles"
does not suit the exquisite appetites of re
tailers and dealers in fusion pills and phys
ic, of course we cannot amend the matter.
We do not choose to make any one our
procurator. Let those who have question
ed our soundness on the principles of the
creed, apply the probe to their own selves,
and then see who would suffer by a coin
,
parison.
"To be or not to be."
It appears to us that the inquisitorial
day of Roman Cathelocism is again dawn•
ing, on the world. When men, for con•
science sake, are to be assailed, their char
actors traduced, and even in many cases,
attempts made to do injury to occupation
or business, because men choose to differ
in opinion. Such has been the course a•
dopted and pursued by a number of indi
viduals towards this paper, for the pur
pose of forcing us into the support of the
fusion ticket lately put in nomination by
the Whigs and Locofocos of the County ;
and such is now the necessity which con
strains us to declare once for all our senti
ments, with the hope, that in them “fusion
iota" may find answers to all their queries.
We wished the nomination of a pure and
unalloyed Whig ticket ; our council was
rejected with scorn. We asked this, for
the purpose of preserving the nationality
'of the party ; we were disappointed. A
fusion with the Locofocos was entered in.
to and we were called upon to support
the ticket, which we refused then, which
we reject now. These are our sentiments
and make of them what you will. We
are American freemen ; we dare think and
act for ourselves. If the course we pur
sue does not meet the approbation of all
political classes, we cannot help it. We
cannot sacrifice our conscience to mere pe.
cuniary interest.
We shall not support tho fusion ticket;
we, as the organ of the Whig party, can
not, consistently. This is our answer to
all, if wo lose by it we care not. If we
aro expected to preach what we cannot
practice, it will hen grand mistake.
A Rtar.—A serious riot occurred in
this place on last Saturday evening, be.
tween a party of b'hoys of this place, and
the members of Spalding & Rogers' Cir
cus. It appears that seine person or per.
sons had removed a wheel from one of the
circus wagons, awl the employees of that
affair, attacked a number of individuals of
this place, under the presumption that they
were the transgressors. Bludgeons, atones
and knives, were freely used, and the dr.
cus boys were finally routed ; one of them
received a terrible gash iu the head, an.
other had a frightful cut on the hand, and
others received more or less contusions
and bruises. No arrests were made, as
the darkness of the night enabled the riot•
era to escape.
Tito Ue.—Bwoope, of the Clearfield
Journal, is no more—a single gentleman.
lie i% doubled, transported , wood ed tip 1.
Beauty.
The beneficent Creator has manitested his
wisdom, not only in the adaptation of the beat
moans to the wisest ends in forming everything
for our comfort, but has also added largely to
our happine so by investing all His works with
a halo of light and beauty—tho outbeamings
of his own transeeiniant loveliness—and not
only has he left his own character thus indeli
bly impressed spot all material things, lout lie
has formed no with facilities to perceive, and
hearts to feel this overflowing of His goodness. •
From the remotest star, whose beams come
tiiukling to no through the boundless fields of
ether, down to the tiny harebell that spreads its
petals to the sun from some barren ledge of
rocks ; the spirit of beauty has pervaded them
all. We own its power in every sunny glade
and woodland glen, w•e feel it ion the morning
zephyrs cooling breath, and in the stillness ot
the deny eve—in the blithesomosteps of spring
as she comes forth freed from the stern grasp
of the Frost King—ion summer, with her joyous
singing birds and gorgeous flowers—and in au
tumn hues, when the forests are decked in
robins of most regal magnificence. Wehear
its pensive breathings in the forest minstrelsy—
in the silvery tones of the purling sti,oant, as it
hastens over its pebbly,bed—in rho gushing of;
the waterfall—wad see her personified as with
celestial grace the Iris watches over the scene.
The world of intellect is also replete with
beauty—and beauty of a more refined end an
parlor character tloan that of a grosser matter.
It is this which beams out from many an ea
gle eye and expansive forehead, and gives the
countenance that noble expression too etherial
inn its nature for words to portray. Many aro
I the examples to which we might refer, in the
arena of those who have been distinguished for
talent, as illustrations of intellectual beauty;
lout wo pass ou to a higher still, for as far intel
lectual beauty exceeds that of hick matter, so
far does the morally beautiful transcend them
all. Tried in the crucible of adversity, like
fine gold, it will retain its lustre. Mutation
and decay, the attributes of physical beauty,
make no part of its nature,—transplanted to
heavenly climes it will increase ion beauty unto
the perfect day, continually reflecting from the
great Author and source of its purity. It is a
pure nod bcaven•born spirit, and at its stories
the heart must bow, and even Vico stands back
abashed in its preoenee. Many have been the
sages, patriots and divines who hailed the spin ,
it of moral beauty as their guiding star, and
made all else bend to the great principle of
right. Among these our immortal Washington
ranks one of the first. Above all selfishness,
his great ambition tin benefit his country and
serve his Cod, behold him son the highest pinna
cle ofglory, the chosen head of a great and
free people, through his efforts made free, yet
still retaining the same meek and quiet epic•
it—no greater or more enduring monument
can be pointed out of the loveliness of moral
beauty.
Canada Speaking,
While England is employed itt a tedious and
costly European war, we need net he surprised
to hear expressions of dissatisfaction trom her
colonies cast and west. Murmurs, will become
loud complaints, and insinuations grow into di
rect charges of oppression, until . theoil
discontent become rampant and break out into
open revolution. Neither the Scotch nor Irish
subjects of the crown are very warm in their
attachment to England, and the French would
hail the day of rebellion in Canada. And as
the Mother country is now fighting for the in.
• dependence of Turkey, the Canadians may
take into their heads that they have an equal
right to freedom and independence. The ap
peal would have some weight, "Grant your
I children that boon sea demand for strangers."
The following from a Northern paper shows
something of the spirit :
NOVA SCOTIANS (JETTING UNEASY.—Hon.
Joseph Howe of Halifax, made a scorching
speech in favor of the independence of Butt
Province from British rule, in the late Parlia
mem. Mr. Howe is a number of the Cabinet.
He said, that British Americans leave but a
slight chance to rise in the army and navy ;
that companies have for thirty years been al
lowed to monopolizo the mines and minerals
of Nova Scotia ; that the interests of the cols
ides may be seriously affected by n
is the decisio
of the mother country to engago wars in re
gard to which they are nut consulted ; that
there was a Whim of Government to support
the schemes for railroads throughout Isova
Scotia; that the colonist has not the same ash
vantage as an Englishman in tat:akin' pont',
cal eminence; end that but little attention is
shows to colonists in England, in soared to
the marked courtesy extm:ed to citizens of
the United States, &c.
WESTWARD Ito.—There arc many men in
this borough that commmeneed business years
agorwith prospects of early independence, who
now toil for their daily bread. At every turn
of life they have found that as the habits chat,
ged, their necessities huesme greater ; an that,
somehow, they wore as far as ever from cumin,
teney. Others have seen their children fall
around them, 'like leaves in wintry weather."—
Others look around them in vain forth° children
that should have sprung up "like olive plants
around their board," to cheer their declining
years and honor their grey hairs. All of them
feel that the penalty of town life has been visit.
ed on them, and that their name and genera.
Lion must, at no distant day, perish from the
earth.
In the words of the plantation melody—
They wish that they were youngagain,
They'd load a dilferent life ;
They'd save their money and buy a farm—
Take Dinah fur a wife.
With inducements like these, why should
Young America remain sucking his thumbs
in cities and villages? Let hits shoulder his
rifle, and put Mary and the baby, and the axe .
and the hoe, into the cart, and turn his lace
toward the setting situ ; and, twenty years
hence, it we would chance that way, we will
call on him, and lied hint a jolly prairie fat ,
mer, the proprietor of a small village of barns
and outhouses. The baby that was, will be a
;Awt brund•shonldcretl man.
GRASSUOPPER ToArse—ln our rides in the
grasshopper country, we saw thousands of the
deep holes which had hoes dug in the earth by
the Indians, to entrap their luxurious (?) food.
These holes contain about a bushel nod at half
and we believe we saw holes enough in Yuba,
Butte and Sutter counties to have collected fif
ty thousand bushels of grasshoppers. The
than.; will grow fat this winter. —California
Faa, incr.
Extensive Depredations on the Portage
Railroad.
The particulars of ono of the most exten
sive robberies, or rather series of robberies,
whirls has occurred in this State for a year or
more, transpired on Saturday, So far as we
can learn the facts of the case they are as fol
lows:
It is supposed that ns much as four hundred
tons have been secretly disposed of. Some of
this quantity lum been taken from the Portage.
At $7O a ton, this would ho moss to tho State
of $28,000. As ettl iron, for which they no
doubt sold it, it was worth $•10 per ton, or $l6-
000.
We shall no doubt have further developments
of this extraordinary case. It is supposed that
these depredations have been progressing for
more than a year past.
It appears that the reason why the Board
were never able to find out the perpetrators
of the robberies was that everybody living up.
on the line of the road was engaged in them.
Theiron was taken principally from the por
tion of the road now abandoned, and the rem'
son alleged by the criminals for taking it is
that they thought it was of no use. It is esti
mated that at least GOO to 1000 tons have been
stolen, all of which doubtless has passed through
the hands of the peddlers.' If that is the case,
the last named have reaped a rich harvest.
It has also been ascertained that a boat load
ed with stolen iron passed through the canal
about the time the Freeport aqueduct was be
ing rebuilt.
MORE OF THE K.UsSAB RASCALITY.-The
Washington correspondent of the New York
Courier states that the country has fallen into
a very natural mistake in regard to one impor
tant feature of the Nebraska and Kansas act.
It contains no provision for submitting the acts
of the Territorial Legislature to the revision of
Congress. That has been the established rule
in the organization of Territories, and this is
the first and only departure from it. In all
former nets establishing Territorial Govern.
meats the reservation in Congress of the power
to supervise and annul the laws of the Territo
ries, considered inconsistent with the general
good, has been explicit and uniform. This
clause is in the Bill creating Washington Ter.
ritory, passed Morel, 2d, 1853, and in all pre
cedhig ones of the same class. Yet it is omit
led in this most important 'of all, framed only
nine or ten months afterwards. The rensoa
for this deviation from the usual course is ob
vious, and it furnishes strong corroborative
proof of the worst charges brought against the
administration, to wit, that it was well inform
ed of the intended outrages of Stringfellow and
his gang, and not only connived at them, but
promised the means for their commission, and
deliberately removed all the safeguards by
which such excesses might have been remedied.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBItATION AT MILL
CREEK.-WO have not room for the entire com
munication received from Mill Creek, relative
to the Sunday School celebration, but will have
to make a brief abstract.
Gen. John C. Watson was appointed marshal.
The company assembled at a Grove south enst
of the village. After prayer by 11ey,11.. S.
mckinkharn an Introductory Adairai was de
livcred.by Miss Sarah Ginter, followed by an
address from Rae., J. B. Williams, on the na
ture and tendency of the Sunday School cuter.
prise.
Dinner was then prepared, and some three
hundred and fifty prsons partook df the sumpt.
nous repast arranged by the ladies, to whom
much credit is due for the handsome manner
in which things were prepared.
Mr .1. Milton Stonebraker, conducted the
singing, speaking &c., by the children. He
deserves the thanks of the community for the
interest he has taken in the welfare of youth.
Everything passed off pleasantly, and every
ono was well pleased with the exercises.
THE SILVER. LAKE &cm:E.—The Perry Times
published in Western New York, devotes nine
columns of last week's issue to facts and sto
ries concerning the aquatic monster seen by
people of that village. It slates that a joint
stock company has been organized with n cap.
Rai of Gl , 200, who see taking advice in regard
to the means of capturing the creature. It.
H. Smith is president of the "experiment corm
posy." They have constructed large hooks
Wad.] to cables, which they intend to bait
with birds, and in that way put a hook in the
jaws of the leviathan. An observatory is to
be constructed on the shore, and constant
watch kept. Other parties are in pursuit of
the nondescript, with intent to capture and ex
hibit him. Several shuts were fired at the snake
on Wednesday by persons watching fur it.
Ser'We like mischievous children, nod for
this remon ; they are apt to make old Ince.—
Good hope generally die in their fifth year; not
because Hoy arc good, but because their quiet
habits make them strangers to mud puddles
and oxygen, dirt pins and outdoor exercise.—
When a friend tells us ho has a little baby who
never "wants to !myelin books," the knob of
his front door im mediately becomes an object
of in tense interest to us; we know, as if we
were blest with free knowledge, that in less
than a year a strip of black crape will be throw.
iug a shade across his path that time will tics•
or eradicate.
SCICIDIS OF MAJ. MARKLAND.—Major Mat
thew Markland, formercrly an eminent lawyer
of Kentucky, and late a clerk in the Quarter.
muster General's office in New York, commit
ted suicide at Washington, on Sunday lust, us
hs supposed from letters tbund to-day in his
secretary. Old axe and infirmity are the only
reasons assigned. His family relations were
the most affectionate character. In a letter
he left for his fatally, ho says
'My mind is fully made up with all the
!belie!' I have for my family, and I yield to no
man in the pride that I entertain ; yet for their
future good I choose to depart.'
His body hue not yet been found.
Is Dr. John iff( - 1 - C - nilooh a K. N ?
lie says he is not, but some of our most
respectable citizens say he IS. Alfred B.
Crovit, the know nothing nominee for the
county treasuryship, asserts positively,
(and ho is a man of truth, honor and intcg•
rity,) he sat along side of hint in the coun
cil of this borough ! W ill the Doctor ex
plain
That Jewel, Consistency.
It may appear odd to come of our read
ers, to sets such questions put to us, as
are published in another column, when it
is pretty widely circulated, pretty current
ly reported, and pretty generally believed,
that the fusion candidate for the Legisla
ture is a real, genuine, live and kickin'
know nothing. This does not argue well
for the clearness of the perceptive faculties
of the getters-up of fusionism. How is
this ye anti-hr. n. nites? In trying to roach
over tbo much ground wi.h your,know no
thing pledge, you hove blundered and put
your fingers just where you didn't want to.
PETEnsnonci.—Some 43 signers ton pa
per propounding queries of similar import
to those published in another column, have
our answer in that article in another col
umn headed "A request complied with."
43 Whig Fusionists in the town of Peters.
burg ! ! We are skeered. But in reality
of the 43 names sent us, but a-half dozen
are subscribers to the Journal. Amongst
the 43, (not of Tennyson's six hundred,)
we notice the name of Jimmy M'Call !
Arrah, and hasn't there been strange af
fairs at worlr, that would turn an out and
out dirnicrat into a thorough-going whug.
The paper required only the signature of
its writer (Esculapius,) to have it sent to
the baby-elephant man, as an example of
profound medical knowledge.
Loose OUT !—We presume the 'little
croaker," will be filled to overflowing with
choice "billingsgate" the present week.—
The immaculate little pedagogue, with his
two penny trumpeter, wore extremely bu
sy during the past week in burrowing and
•rooting up slips, to feed their own deprav
ed appetites. We presume that the 'lit
tle croaker's" editor will go back to our
great grani aunt's half cousin, to prove
another batch of falsehoods - . If this be the
case, we have only to ray, save the man
with the red head.
Wino STATE CONVENTION.-I'he Con
vention, which assembled in Harrisburg
ou the 11th inst., nominated Joseph Hen
derson, Esq., of Washington county, for
Canal Commissioner. Mr. Henderson is
a man of excellent business qualifications,
of sound judgment and great purity of
character. In politics, he has all his life
been a true, consistent and straightforward
Whig.
A New PArza.—Wo have received the
first number of an American paper which
has just been s tarted in Tyrone City, Blair
Co., Pa. It is edited by one W. S.
Keys, and presents a creditable appear.
ance. We presume it will be ably edited.
Our best wishes accompany the editor, and
we hone his 'bantling" mny horn morn
than a ~ s hort shrift and speedy end."
“SEE TILE CONQUER ED HERO COMET."—
Mr. Barnum has been offered $200,0f20 for
his country residence, by Santa Anna's a.
ant. lle cffers to sell for $250,000. The
N. Y. Tribune thinks this must be a mis•
take, ns the current rumor in that city is
that Santa Anna is negotiating for the Crys.
tal Palace for a residence, with fair pros
pects of a purchase—and intends to fit up
the central arena for a cockpit !
A MODEST DECLIXATION.-M r. Fill
more has declined the honor °la Doctorate
rof Laws from the University of Oxford,
on the ground that he had not received a
University, or even a College education.
Some of his illustrious predecessors in the
Presidential chair were not so modest, tho'
far less instructed than he.
- •
fIutioHERSELF.—We understand that
the wife of Wm. Horning, of Juniata coon
ty, hung herself on Tuesday of last week
by tying a silk handkerchief around her
throat, placing her hands across the foot
rail of a bedstead and letting her weight
fall upon the handkerchief.
DAN inimitable, incompa
rable and magnificgnt Dan, will be in this
place shortly with his splendid Circus.—
Rico is decidedly the greatest wonder of
the ago, and will astonish the juveniles, as
well ns children of a larger growth, by his
entree, and the wnnderful tricks of his
trained Elephant and Lilliputian Ponies.
'lnc Fem.—Active' preparations are
being made for the State Fair, which is to
open on the 27th inst. The indications
ore that it will be the best one held in this
State for ninny years. We have not yet
ascertained the ground upon which our
county fair is to be held.
BROAD TOP.-14e7 two hundred pas
sengers were carried over the Huntingdon
and Broad Top Mountain Railroad on Sat
urday last. This is doing things "up
brown," and shows plainly that the road
will do a good business in the passenger
carrying line.
"If we did, it was because we knew it to ho
your weakest point."—Lillk Croaker.
Characteristic that. Wouldn't it be a
bit of a job to lied the weakest point of
the (+ones' pedagogue," where all is sepia
ass mush.
A BAD Sum—To see red headed light-
ning bugs dogging around the corners of
the streets, at an hour when honest folks
should be ~t o hum," nursin' the types of
mankind.
ENCAMPMENT.—WC understand that as
eniampinont will be held near this boro'
commencing on tho 12th of October. It
is expected that sumo twelve or fifteen
companies will be hem
A CHANCE son PRIN.:U.—The propri
etors of the Covington (Kyl Kentuckian,
having other business to attend to that requires
all their - time, advertise that they will put up
their entire newspapers and job office establish
meet, valued nt five thousand dollars, in a lot
tery—tickets five dollars a piece. They assert
that the opportunity is a fine one for a practi
cal printer to make a fortune. The question
to our mind is, can a thousand printers be
found with five dollars each in their pockets to
spare on such a venture.
THE YELLOW Frye, nt Ncw Orleans, t,
cording to all accounts, is on the decline.—
During the four wail:sending the 25th ult. there
were 1,599 deaths in that city, including 1,080
foreigners. The number of yellow fever deaths
in the Charity Ho9pital this summer has been
895, while 681 were sent out cured.
CAMBRIA Coosr•v.—The Americans of this
county have nominated the following ticket:—
For Assembly, R. S. Alexander ; for Sheriff,
Joseph Campbell; for Treasurer, A. C. Mul
lin; fur Commissioner, Henry Ely; for Poor
House Director, William Ore; for Auditor,
John It. Williams; for Comer, Thomas Van
Scyoc ; for County Surveyor, William Slick, Jr.
N KSGIVI NOT IS Nsw JsusEY-- Governor
Pierce, of New Jersey, has issued a procla
mation, setting npart Thursday, the 4th day of
October, as a day of Thansgiving to Almighty
God, for the continuance of public health, with
abundant harvests 3e.
GER. PIERCE, it is said, is to become a
Southern resident after the expiration of his
Presidential term. lie sold himself to the
South and offers it "service and labor" in re
tutu fur support next year, and perhaps cannot
get a pass to come North n aiu ! •
AMERICANS IN MASSACIRCSETTS.--A pure Na
tive American Convention has been officially
called, to assemble in Boston on the of Or•
taw., to nominate State officer,.
THE ACCIDENT which occurred on Monday
lag, near Harrisburg, was mmn the Baltimore
and Susquehanna Railroad, and not upon the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
DI :Am—Col. A. K. Cornyn, formerly of
this place, and representative of this coun
ty in 1849 and '5O in the Pa. Legislature,
diod in Bloomfield, Perry county, on the
sth inst., of consmpption.
TRUE GRIT. -A Whig Convention held
in Hollidaysburg, on the 10th inst., adopt
ed among others a resolution denouncing
in severe terms all "fusion" with ,Democ•
racy. Amen I
"A NomtNAnou FIT To BE
Erastus Brook, the present State Senator
from the Upper District of New York city
has been unanimously renominated, not
withstanding his controversy with Arch.
bishop llughes !
"Flowers, wild wood dowers,
la a slu;itered nook they gin."
(Jur f rionJ who gnilin raft u¢ That beauti
ful boquet of forest flowers, has our sin•
me thanks.
MARKETINO.—The Wagen.3 arc
daily coming in laden with all kinds of pro
duce, with the single exception •of butter.
Butter rio."
BIOGRAPIIY.—The history of Mrs. Rob
inson the murderess, is being prepared by
an individual in Troy, N. Y.
NEWS.—No news from Europe since
our last.
The Case of Gen. Scott.
A Washington letter to the New York Cou
rier says that the ease of Gen. Scott is now
tattoo the Secrete ry of war and the President.
It is not supposed however, that Gen. Pierce
will revise the opinion or the Secrettuy of War.
The official view of the Attorney General has
been communicated to tho Secretary, and the
opinion prevails it is adverse to the allowance
on account of the brevet rank conferred by the
late commission. Why Congress should have
limited its expression of the nation's respect
and gratitude to a niggardly bre vet: is incom
prehensible.
OUR BOOK TABLE.
POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE.—We have re
ceived a pamphlet from the officers of the
before named institution containing a cat
alogue of officers &c.
The establishmetat of this College is an
event which has awakened much
and which is regarded of great public
moment by the.best educutois throughout
the union.
t'ETERSONS MrionziSc--for September
is before us. It needs no encomiums from
us, its well filled pages speak for it. Pub
lished by 'l'. B. Peterson, Phila., at 2,00
per annum.
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W.w•sns—W.uuo.—Un the Illth inst., by
Rev. S. 11. Roll, Mr. John Watson to Miss
Catharine J. Ward, both of MeConnellstown,
Hunt. Co.
Porimu—DOßlNG.—At Mill Creek, on Thur
day, the 6th inst., by Rev. J. B. Williams, Mr.
J. W. Potter to Miss Angeline D. Boring.
rkiii.'i\.l.Pili.A all2DlElriTr.
FLovit.—The market is rather firmer and
1000 bhls good straight brands sold at 7,821
per bbl, at which rate straight brands are now
immorally held ; for home consumption prices
iange at $7,62;a57,75 for good nod choice re
tailing brands, and $7,871a53,7,3 per bbl. for
extra and fancy family brands. Cotta MOIL
and HAL linen are inactive but firm at pre
viotts quotations. VinhiAt is not so plenty and
the demand is rather better to day. Sales
reaching some 9a10,000 bushels at 150a180e,
for inferior to choice reds, and 170a180c. for
white or common to prime quality. CORN is
in moderato request, with light receipts and
sales of yellow at 90c. afloat. REEis in steady
demand, with further small sal. of Pennsyl
vania at 190 e. OATS-But few offering or
suliin •. Southern arc quoted at 37a29e., and
1102 e. for Pennsylvania.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
pH. C. L. KELLING, of Meehauiesburg, aa•
110.023 to the idllieted, that ho well be in
lluntingdon on the 10th, Ilth, and 12th days
el October, at Mr. R. Stewart'. Temperance
lion, fur vonsithation,
NEW ATIERTISRIENTS
CLAViiii,E SEMINARY—IIIaIe and
Female.
Rev..ll. T. TOMLIN, Principal,
Miss E. V. MANN, Preceptress.
The Anniversary Exhibition ufililo Institute
will take place the 27th end 28th of September.
Ladies' Exhibition, evening of the 27th. An •
Diversity), address by lice. Alfred enolunan, 01
Pittsburg. Morning of the 28th, at 10 (Mock,
and the Clentlemen's Exhibition in the evening
of the same day.
A general attendance of friends and itatron3
is solicited. Fall and Winter session will open
Nov. Ist.
The temporary difficulties that had arise.
.between the Faculty and Trustees, have bees
amicably settled, and all will move on with its
usual activity and interest.
Arrangement, are being made fish the erection
of neat cottage buildings upon the Seminal y
grou tide for the private rooms of gentlemen,
reserving the largo ficmintiry building (or In
dies exclusively.
The sexes will thus lie on opposite sides 01
the rounds, and thn gentleitic . n who wish it
con boerd thomelve.i.
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Expenses per (Nailer, for hoard, tuition,
and heavy articles of Furniture in advance,—
$25 00
Further information can be bad by addres
sing the principal, .1. ToSHAN.
Sept. 12, 185.1.—tit.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BV virtue ofn writ of Firn Fa. to Inn directed.
I will sell on the minis., on Mimicry.
the 1 lth day of October, next, the dedendant's
right and interest in the following described
property to wit :
A LOT OF :I'N It neer Saul:At:mg, in
Banco township, Ilentingdon county, contain
log seventeen acres, more or les3, bounded by
lands of George Jackson on the, north, Aiex.
ander Bell on the west, John Hack on the
South, Sze. Seized, taken into execution, and
to he :Ad as the property of John ll:type,
Esq. .105111:A O EN 1, AND,
Sheritt's Unice, .1 . A/TO:
Sept, 12, 1 ,'51.--11 I
STRAYS.
Calm) to the torte or the subscriber io Hope.
... 4
• ~..,..... well township, about the tith id
September, a Cow, with red and
ci
1 white speaks on its rides ; out
figioi c %';‘,7;;:::Zii•Steer, nith white on the forehead
mid spotted behind. The Steer 13 SIIPPOred 0,
be about three yenrg old, and the caw alimii
twelve. There nr no nooks whatever. The
cow ling a infix!: underside the left or. Tin
owner is desired to prove property :mil talo•
them away, otherwise they'will ho dispoiaid at
according to law
J.':C: I'
Accominodation Line.
Tua; ,uuld ',spectrally iarorth
the travellhig public flat he has Hacks euo
'king from Mill Creek to Caasville, twice a wech
leaving Cu4sville at 71 o'clock on %whipsaw
Fridays, and returning same days.
Ills hacks nro good; their driver, careful
and persona travelling on this mute,
well by giving lain' their patroattgo.
CROUSL•
Sept. 12, 1855.-- ly
DISSOLUTION.
Whiiiever partnership which exi,tcil lietwcm,
tho undersigneil in the SUrVeyl:l,
been dissolvei by mutual consent.
.1. SIMPSON AFFICA.
J. F. RAMF.Y.
The Im,iiiiess will be conducted as
by J. Simpson Africa.
Sept. 12, ISs3.—tr.
Sale of Valuable Real Estati..
By virtue °flit, power roe erred upon mu L.
the last will and tea:two:et of :caner Nell' Inu
of West township, Huntingdon County, dee'd.
1 will expo 3e to public sal2 on Friday, the I
Octohes, 1855, at 0110 o'clock, P. M, on the
premises, the fulkwing describ.34 real estao
late the property of said dee'd„viz;
All thnt pinntation , tind tract of limestom
bottom lain. in West township aforesaid. Ad
lands of john Cregory, Samuel Itfyton
and others contnoning 124 acres.
About 100 acres of which nee cleared nod
in excellent cultivation. The improvement:,
aro a good two story dwelling houso n from,
bank barn, and out buildings. There is a good
Orchard upon it. -- Running fountains of ma
ter at both him, and barn mid it is sititattO
five miles from the Pennsylvania Railroad nit
Canal at Petersburg,.
Terms made known on flay of Sale.
JACOB UP"'
Sept, 12t11. if,5,5,—f,f,
JACOIfII.IIINCA M
1 - 1 1 .1.1R1V1 FOR SALE.
The subscriber being desirous of remo,ill2
the West, offers his Coin situated in NVe,t -
ship, on the road lending from Petersbur,
Alovy's Fort, for sale. Ilis farm ..1
'Willi= Armstrong, Thomas F. titewail,
others, containing about
•
6 241 - 5 ACRES.
About 170 acres cleared, and in a good stole
cultivation. The balance is well tintbcred.
The iankovements aro a , -
a 1.01; HOUSE, and small 1)1 4 ' - r:SplI4:'
!• ! Tenant Ilouso a now bank ' , 4. 1 ,
• barn Po by 45 feet.
There is also on the premises n ynung OR MI
Alit) , and water piped to the door from a navel
failing spring of waste•. This plantation is high
ly productive, being good limestone land. It i
situated within 2% miles of Petersburg, whets
the railroad and canal passes through. The sub
scriber is noxious to sell at private sale and ii
not sold. will 04 it at public solo, at. tie Cast
House, its the Borough of Huntingdon, at iii
November Court.
Terms made easy to stf!!.
THOMAS HAMEI
August 29, 1855.
ZUAC_T BO
MOINES.
Put• the cure of White Swellings--Curvature
the spice; Dyspepsia ; Neuralgia ; Ithetuna
lism ; Disease of the Kidneys, (hark', Weil),
&c., AT. A book accmpanies each machine,
giving full instructions in the application of if
in tubercular and scrofulous diseases. Maim
Ihetured and for sale by W. C. A: .1. Nell; N.
31 South 7th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
September 5, 1855.
Administrator's Notioe.
Letters of Administration on the estate 01
folin Ker, doe'd., Into of Wulker townsilir
Huntingdon Comity, barb, been granted to
the undersigned, by the Register of said coun
ty. All persons indebted to said estate will
make immediate payment, and all persons har
ing claims will present them duly authenticated
for settlement.
HENRI' M. KER,
WILLIAM ERR, 1 •
September 5, 1855. li
DISSOLUTION.
THE partnership heretofore existing between
1 Drs. Brown end Hagerty is this day by nut
tual consent dissolved.
All perscats knowing themselves indebted ter
the sold firm, will please call and settle their
accounts without delay. . ....
H. L. BROWN.
.1. B. LIALIERTY
March 27 1853—tf.
T OOKING Glassas,jtvit received and for sai
T
.1. ! c. W. Ai XTON.
Executor.