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Newspaper
Huntingdon Journal
Location
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1850
Page
2
The paper reviews Dr. Webster's confession in the Parkman murder and notes his prior petition for clemency. It cites the Boston Courier praising the Massachusetts judiciary and the jury’s verdict while deriding critics who questioned the court. The issue also mentions circulation efforts and local farming harvest activity.
Residents and visitors marked the Fourth with outings to Lewistown and local dinners. A bachelor party praised Allison’s catering at the Allison Railroad Motel and at Turner's old stand in town run by R H McCoy. Mutual thanks were sent to Nlonent Sreex and family of Cassville for hospitality. The Greensburg Academy in Westmoreland County and its library were destroyed by fire on the evening of the 6th.
A traveling correspondent describes a Fourth of July excursion from Huntingdon to Cassville via Woodcock valley. The party visits markets, farms, and notable landmarks, attends a parade and speeches led by Davin Stever, and praises Cassville’s patriotic celebration and local hospitality. The writer notes rich crops, improving farms, and predicts strong Whig support in local elections.
The article discusses the Compromise Bill stalled in the Senate with strong opposition from Seward in favor of Free Soil. It notes Southern lawmakers threatening to defend rights, mixed support from Tennessee and New York figures, and skepticism about paying Texas millions for land already secured from Mexico. It argues the Omnibus plan will not end sectional disputes and questions the Lone Star policy.
The Daily News notes a small movement of Whigs favoring Clay’s compromise slave catcher bill led by Charles Gibbons. The piece mocks the movement, suggesting it serves only to harm the National and State Administrations and the Whig party. It includes exchanges with the Huntingdon Journal and Jefferson Star praising editors and questioning timely mail delivery.
A Crawford county Locofoco gathering denounces J Porter Brawley as morally and politically depraved and urges the Democratic State Convention to nominate better candidates. The party delegates are instructed to back Guthrie for Auditor General and Nimrod Strickland for canal commissioner.
The Register reports a flattering cordiality among Blair county Whigs and a broadly acceptable county convention ticket. It predicts Blair will roll a larger Whig majority in October, noting the paper’s political quality and praising its enlargement and new type. The writer requests a daily exchange for broader coverage.
A critique of the tariff of 1814 dominates this column, noting hundreds of memorials from Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut and others pleading for reform while Congress neglects action. The piece condemns party inaction as a failure to serve white citizens amid slavery talk and mocks Congress as idle, then reports local drownings railroad arson denial claims and President Taylor’s Burlington railroad jubilee letter.
Huntington county sued Blair county for two bridge construction arrears from 1845 to 1846. The case turned on Blair county’s creation in 1816 and an act directing unfinished road and bridge matters to Blair. Judge Black ruled for Blair. Huntingdon plans Supreme Court appeal. reported by Hollidaysburg Register.
In Rochester New York a mass meeting backs President Taylor's policy for California and New Mexico amid broad northern support. Whigs in Pennsylvania appoint a state committee for the coming year, listing numerous county and city officials and leaders including Henry M. Fuller and Alexander Meaton.
A wedding took place in the Borough on the 7th with Rev. James H. Orbison officiating. John Balsbach married Miss Rhoda W Taylor of Newton Harilton in a small ceremony attended by local residents.
Receipts from the Elephant feature fatigue bonnets silk mantiltas caps and gowns including Levy Lawns Coronation Lustres and Jenny Lind Sacks. Public School Teachers sought for Huntingdon and Henderson townships with applications to John Reed Jacob Miller and John Scott Exq'rs due by August 15. schools begin September 1.
A long list of shop items at F. G. Franciscus's Lewistown includes handles for tools, shoe findings, leather materials, varnish brushes, brass and iron hardware, carriages trimmings, veneers, gun barrels, pumps, bells, putty and glazes, saddle trees, canvass, and lamp supplies. The ad notes low prices and daily stock, with contact as sole agent for Mifflin county.
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