AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BY SANDERSON k CORNMAN. CARLISLE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, I».!(». .Appointments bp the .Governor. James Clarke of Indiana, Edward B. Uubley of Schuylkill, and William R Pack er of Lycoming, to be Canal Commission ers for the ensuing year. , ■. • George Sanderson, Prothonotary of Cum; bsrland county. Isaac ' Angney, Register of Cumberland county. Willis Foitlk, Clerk of the several courts , and Recorder of Cumberland county. Herman C. Piatt, Prothonotary, Clerk of Oyer and Terminer, and Quarter Sessions of Lycoming county. . ~ . Elias P. Voungm an; Register, Recorder 'and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court ot Lycom-1 ing county. ~ . . Alexander F. Topley, Prothonotary, Clerk of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer .' of Perry county. . j ■ John Souder, Register, Recorder and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Perry co. Jacob Zeigler, Prothonotary and Clerk of the several courts of Bntler county. ------ Josmh-McQeAsto^;- Hegistcrand Record - • or of Butler county, Jesse Samuels, Prothonotary of Lehigh county. Charles S. Bush, Clerk of the several courts of Lehigh county. " Samuel Marx, Register of Lehigh county. S“".tMny Gangewere, Recorder of . Lehigh ttkias Head, Prothonotary of Franklin, jtoimty. • ~‘ John Wood, Clerk of the several courts M.of Franklm county - Henry -Ruby, Register and Recorder of Franklin county. Lewis JBurclifield, Prothonotary and Clerk of the-sereral courts of Juniata county. " Joseph Boggs, Register and Recorder of Juniata county. . Archibald A, Douglass, Prothonotary and Clerk of the several courts of Mercer county. Smith, Register and Recorder of Mercer county. ' | ,j James T. Leonard, Prothonotary. Clerk oTthe'several courts, Register and Recorder oi Clearfield county. Henry Dehuff, Prothonotary, Clerk of Oyer and Terminer, and Quarter Sessions i of Lebanon county. , George Lineweaver , Register and Clerk .of the Orphans’ Court of Lebanon county. , Tobias Kreider, Recorder of Lebanon county. : Samuel Roush, Prothonotary, and Clerk of the several courts of Union county- Rohert Render, Register and Recorder t of Union county. John B. Pugh, Prothonotary of Bucks county. , / Mannassi h 11. Snyder, Clerk of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions of Bucks county. ' '' George F. Wagner, Clerk of* the Orphans’ Court of Bucks county. • , • . David Marple, Register of Bucks county.- David Brissel, Recorder of Bucks county. Ihompson McKean of Fayette county & Robert Quail of Washington county, to be , Commissioners on the Cumberland Road. fiichard Batturs, Auctioneer of the city of Philadelphia, , . Samuel W.:Sprott, Prothonotary, Clerk of the Oyer And Terminer, and Cletk of the Quarter Sessions of Reaver-County, Samuel McClure, Register, .Recorder, and Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Beaver cb. Samuel Pinkerton, Prothonotary of Ches ter county. r ''' - ■ James W, ATnnard.Clerk of the several - . courtsof Chester county. ■ Jesse Coulson, Register of Chester county!' • George Hartman, Recorder of Chester col Appointments nv the Attorney General. Jeremiah M. Eurrill, Esq. Deputy. Pros ecuting Attorney for Westmoreland county. F. W, Hughes, IJsq. do.for Schuylkill co. Richard Fldred, Esq.do. for Pike co. Henry C. Florchead, Esq;. dp. Mayor’s Court, Pittsburg.; . . ’ , ■John P. Anderson, Esq. do. Allegheny co. . Wilson Jleiley, Esq. do. Franklin co. . Peter Filbert and J. Pringle /JSnterprise<~A. petitiofTis be ’ fofe : the Legislature of Missouri, praying for the incorporation of a company, with a cap-' . ital-of a million of dollars, for. the erection of a bridge over the Mississippi river’ at St. Louis. . The project is said.to. be.entjrely I feasible. ... It.-is- proposed- to build'it with thirty piera, each containing SOOO perches .of soKil rock. ' '' • 1 S ■ Federal Proscription extended to the de ■ mocratic officers of the Cumberland Valley'' - Fail Road. —We learn that on Friday Jest, at a meeting of the Managers of the Cumber* *- land Valley Rail Road, a largemajority.of whom ate federalists. Reinnick Anonev, Esq., who held the appointment of Forwar-; ding Agent and Collector, at the east end of the road, and Jason W.EbV. Esq;, who held, (along, with the Secretaryship, which office he still continues to fill,) the situation of Collector, &c. in this Borough, were dischar ged, on account of their political principles alone~~ for it is admitted that more faithful and competent officers, or men who would more sedulously devote th'emfelves to the in terests of the company, could not be found in the Commonwealth—and their places sup plied with Thomas Craighead, late Clerk of the Sessions, and Edward M-Biddle, Esq., two of the most brawling and proscriptive federal antimasonsin the county. T The enquiry will naturally arise—at whose suggestion, or by whose agency or instrumen tality was.this unlocked for change effected? We, answer—it was done at the instance of CHARLES B. PENROSE, die celebrated “flying phenomenon,” who is one of the Ma nagers, in order to gratify his malignant dis position, by putting down every man who 1 has independence enough to speak his senti ments fearlessly and vote as he HE is the sole cause of the removal of Mes srs. Angney and Eby, and it was to please him that these able and efficient officers were displaced. But his. revengeful disposition did not stop here—he likewise attempted to take the Secretaryship from Mr. Eby: In this, however, he Was sadly disappointed. Mr. E. holds this situation by,a vote of the Stockholders’, and not by appointment—and he will continue to exercise the. duties of the office, untilnext October, despite the ravings’ and blusterihgs of C. B. Penrose and his al lies. Failing in his attempt to have him re moved, Penrose effected an arrangement with the Managers to reduce his salary to a mere nominal sum, expecting that, in conse quence thcreof.hewbu Id immediatelyresigh the situation; but in this Mr. P. counted a little too fast. Mr. Eby, we understand, will continue to exercise the duties of the office gratuitously, and thus doom the Chief of the Triumvirs to a double mortification. But will the Stockholders of this road suf fer the Managers to pursue this proscriptive course? Willtheypermit them to. make use of its patronage to advance the interests of the federal party? WastherOad construc ted for the" benefit of that party atone?-*- Will they, at the commencement of a dem ocratic administration, run counter to the interests of the road by opposing, the party in’ power? If they do, they may hpve cause to regret this course of policy, hereafter. new appointments for this coun ty came to hand on Saturday evening last, and whilst we (we mean the Senior editor) feel very thankful to the Governor for the trust confided to,our hands, we at the same time think it necessary to inform our readers that this arrangement of the appointments was as unexpected to us as it can be to them —certainly, we had nb, hand, either directly or indirectly, in the matter. Thus much we feel bound to say, lest some might be dispo sed to doubt whether our course has been candid and honorable in the transaction. ICT’Thc Supreme Court decided on Mon day last, that the appointees of Gov. Porter are entitled to the offices. , |C3“The quantity of .Flour inspected in the city of Philadelphia during the'year 1838 was, of wheat flour 298,822 bbls. and 7832 half of Bye flour 40,1X1 bbls. wmrmm Tfo ' SCPGen. Stephen Van Rensselaer died at Albany, (N. Y.)-on the 26th ultimo, in the ’4th year of his age. Gen. Van R. was an officer of some note in the late war with C>. Britain, and commanded the American for ces at the unfortunate engagement with the British on Queenstown heights; ’ 1 We understand that’the Court Martial of which Gen. Wool was President, which was convened'at the Carlisle Barracks, sev eral weeks since, for , the trial of Captain Ringgold, of the U. S. Artillery, upon a charge of disobedience of orders, instituted by the commanding officer at tht Barracks, have honorably 'acqttitybd' said officer, and heKasagainresumedhlecoinidand;/?^;;/, _ President of. the Uni ted States has Appointed Hartman Kahn, Esq./ProfessorH. Vethake, and 1 Alexander D. Baclie, Esq., as aijditiorial cummisaiqiiera to ; attend the Annual Asgay to be held at the Mint qii; the; i lth inBt. v The commis sioners ex-offidp, ate Judge( Hopkinson, of. the U. S. District Court. John M. Rcad,- EBq. U. g. District Attorney, and George WoJf,' Esq,; Coilector 'of the Port of Phila delphia. ' 1 " : T |*P governor has Wsuei a; proclamation,, revokingthepowcrEveßtedinDaniolStan ard. John M’Cahan, William A. Loyd. Edward Shoemaker, aa.the Chmiwmwealth’s Agents for the Nkholson and Baynton landsJ V $t SI *#***£ at* pCtt tt t.t;t t* /"Zadies'. Companion .”—This trulycx cellerit periodical for the current month-, is again upon our table; and we would be do ing theenterprising publisher injustice did we not pronounce; it one of the very beat numbers that has yet been issued. It is pre faced with-a beautiful engraving of "Rebec ca and Bois Guilbert;”inwhich -the Jewish maidanis represented as standing upon 'the edge of a pinnacle of the tower, and hurling defiance at the knight who sought to “stain her maiden fame.” The contents of this number are entirely original, and among the contributors-are. to be found the names of Mrsr Sigourney, Professor. Ingraham, Wil liam Comstock, and other'celebrated writers. Each number of the work contains 48 pa ges, and is published monthly at ®3 per an num, payable- in advance. It is certainly one of the cheapest literary periodicals in the U. States, and is' worthy to receive an extensive patronage; ■■■ We should be pleased to have the permis sion of some of our fair readers to send on their names to the publisher, as subscribers to a work, which is truly, as its title imports, d companion for the Ladies. —Ex-President Jackson was at Na’shville on the 19th ult. His health has considerably improved within the last few months. Horrible. —We learn from ah exchange paper, that a Mr. Hempton, of Mason coun ty, K.y. a short: time since, hung his own son, ahoy about 12 years of ago, for accidentally breaking a jug of rum. The wretch ought to Suffer something worse than hanging, himself. ' * Hon. Wnj.iAM D. Merrick, has bcen.re elccted by the Legislature of Maryland, a Senator of the U. States, for six years from "the '4th of March next.. Hon. Ruel Wil liams, has been re-elected to the same sta tion, by the Legislature of Maine. The first is a federalist, the latter a democrat. Charles Gk Wilcox, Esq. Chief Clerk in Commissary GcneralV officerat Washing-" ton, died suddenly, on Saturday the_26th ult; while conversing ■ with a' friend, and without any previous indications of illness. He has left a large family to mourn their sudden bereavement. Governor's Messaged This truly excel lent jState paper will be found ojl our first page, and we bespeak for it an attentive pe rHsal.ltisaplain.ljusinesß-likedocument. 4'S n !bed.in its style, and admirably contrasts with tlie slang whang political messages of his immediate predecessor. Notwithstand ing the financial difficulties and embarrass ments which have been brought about.by the recklessness and extravagance of the late fe deral. administration, the Governor speaks confidently of the credit and resources of the Commonwealth,- and its entire ability to meet all its - engagements. The Baltimore Chronicle, a decided fed eral paper, has the following allusion to that portion of the Message, recommending that measures be taken by the Legislatureto pro cure the location of a rail road from Pitts burg to St. Louis, in order to spur up the Marylanders to renewed efforts in the cause of internal improvements: A Great Project.— Governor Porter, of Pennsylvania, has submittedayiroject of in ternal improvement to the Legislature of that State, which if carried/Into effect, will im mortalize his TIe recommends to the Legislature to takesuch measures as may be necessary to procure the location of a rail Toad from the city of Pittsburg, through the States of-Ohio, Indiana and - Illinois, to St, Louis,..-Now, says a writer in the Globe, if these Western States should agree,‘in con nection with.Pennsylvania,-to locate a rail road between these two points, either by the funds of the different S tates or of , companies of private individuals,, in connection with' those States, it would make one of the most splendid lines of internal improvements in the world-n line of continuous railroad from the city of Philadelphia tortlic. -city of St. Louis; being perhaps about 1 , one thousand miles,... This scheme is equally, feasible and magnificent; Nothing,can prevent the com pletion of such a. road, one day or other, but the establishment of'a better route, which, undoubtedly, would be the connection, of the Baltimore and. Ohio Rail Road .at Wheeling and Pittsburg with roads running from the latter points to theßanktfof the Mississippi. - ?ffa.M r ‘ ar '—By documents laid be-! qjwiith? Legiglatarej it appears that tip .ex pense °f .Gov. Ritner’g military, campaign against tie people in December last, amounts to the round suin of fCPone hundred and forty-setmthoutand doUars!!!!*pi What This is "Ritneitaiid Reforni” for you. The ex-Governoß'reapß the glory of his military achieveminfsTwhilst youJiaye to ?'pay: tie, piper.” American Cottege*.—There are at tjie present time 88 Colleges in the! Union, be sides 12. Law Schools, 96; Medicat and S 5 DiyinUy Schools. ; The number of students inllofthe Law schools is 22r,in200f the, Medical, 2489, and in SO -of the Divinity schools, 1958. ■. *' by onf Hynsturglpapers bf'this week.; * llie Baltimore Republican has taken Gov. Grason pretty severely to task for appoint ing, in several instances, his political ene mies to.office.;, We commend-the tone and spirit of the in this respect, and trust that its independence will be duly ap predated by the Democracy of Maryland. No democratic administration- can-prosper if it warms and supports its deadly enemies. Like the adder in the fable, they' will turn round and sting to death the hand that feeds them. We trust that our spirited cotempo rary will not only continue to trouble Gov/ Grason on this subject, but that he will also admonish the administration at Washington of the suicidal Course tl|ey have heretofore, and arc still pursuing in regard to retaining or appointing to office, those who are daily and hourly, engaged in villifying and abus ing the democratic party and the adminis tration of its choice." The republican press should speak out on this subject. They should thunder it in the cars of the Presi dent and his Cabinet until a different kind of policy is pursued,—and they, should not cease their calls, until the Jlugean stable is effectually and thoroughly cleansed. The best interests of the democratic party require a reform on this subject—the perpetuation of our republican institutions demands it—- and the sovereign people have willed that it shall be done. Let our rulers pay attention to the voice of their constituents. The city papers are filled with accounts of the devastations of the flood. In the city of New Yortt'olone, it is estimated that, pro perty to the amount of $1,000,000 has been destroyed. We have madeseveral extracts, which will be found in another column. BC?“The Court of Common Pleas of SchuylkiU county, have decided-that Justi ces of the Peace have no jurisdiction in ac tions against individuals or Corporations for the recovery of the penalty for issuing small notes. So says the American Sentinel. |C7*Mr. M’Ehvee's rcsolutiontosuspend further operations on the Gettysburg Tail- Toadron the Ist of March, has passed the" House of Representatives and is nOw before the-Senate. It will doubtless become U law.- The Washington Globe throws the follow ing suggestions for the benefit of the Inves tigating Committee now in New York, en gaged-in-making inquiries-intwthe'Swart wout defalcations. We hope they will be attainted' to; i’A'. "The largest defalcation in any onequar ter was in the first quarter of 1837. this was the period of extreme pressure, and the-Jo sephs’ and other heavy failures have occur; red towards the close of it. The whole a mount taken wa5»5540,060, of which the bonds not accounted for'in that quarter a mount to $496,335 32. ' ~ ■ “This was prior to the suspension, and, according to the Treasury regulations, the bonds ought to have been placed in the banks thirty days before they were due in order thatnotice may be given to the merchants. “If these bonds were collected by the banks, how could' Swartwout appropriate half a million-in one quarter, to his own use, withholding so much from the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, without the knowledge of the banks? ■ - > . . “If they were collected at the custom house, did not the merchants know they were paying them contrary .to the regulations of the Treasury?; —:: - “Where did this 9540,000 go? “How many of the credit system friends of Swartwout shared in it? “Did no part of it go to sustain, at that crisis of extreme pressure, his associates in the celebrated speculations in the stock of the Morris Canal, and Banking Company? or, in the New Brighton Association? or In any, other of the “fancy” stocks?. .. “One thing is very certain, Swartwout could not-have required • $540,000 for his own use in any one quarter; and it is equal-' ly certain that others havcMhared the plun der with, him,'and we hope the committee will ferrit it out.” ' ' * . From the Pennsylvanian. . INCIDENTS OF THE ST6RM The papers' from thejnteriorcome .to'us teeming with' accounts of. the devastations of the. storm, so as, to render it impossible to make anything like record of.(he ruin caused by the winds and floods of Saturday last.- ■We-,‘subjoin, however, notices 'of. several Striking incidents pfftfaetempest: TThe Norristown Register has the follow ing-- ■ - I ;■' v.', ™he Loch. House bntheSchuylkill Canal, opposite this place, occupied,.by a widow and three chifdten.' becSme almost instan taneously surrounded by the'rushing tor- widow and children varioha. atteiripta weremade, which owing to masses of ice, proved unavailing,, ‘Although many stout hearts arid willing hands were ready to, encounter the bazaraous underta king, theywerc finally compelled togive up in despair, the floating masses,extending some hundred yards around the house.. . The outhouses, opeafteranother, departing from their foundations, and the'dwetling at length left standing structure {amid ' the desolating ruins. Again and again did,the widoyr appear at the gable: end. window,,,, wafting a ijjhite cloth in token of - distress arid as an, appeal for ‘ succour, or relief; nought could ne done but watch the momeri •tarily expected doom of the' disconsolate widoW apd her orphans. But Heaven-willed H ' lingering 100k 1 of the anxidusobserved the water recedinir hope revived, and atHhe morning’s'dawn! after a night of watching and suspense a rescue was effected and the widow and her children'landed in safety and conveyed to a 1 neighboring dwelling, _amid the heartfelt g'ratulations of a sympathising people. A dwelling on French creek, together with the family, was carried away by the freshet, and in passing down the Schuylkill, near Lumberville, struck a tree and broke a hole in the roof, through which the man (we have not learned his name) escaped upon the tree, but only to perish. It is said he sustained himself for. some hours, in sight of several citizens, but finally, stiff with cold, fellfrom the, tree and perished. The other inmates of the house also found a watery grave. The Reading-Democrat says:—- Owing to the goodness of Providence no lives were lost in this vicinity, although some persons were rescued from" imminent peril—five boys were confined on the roof of-Jackson’s rope walk, and were rescued by our intrepid and humane citizens, when the water was within a few inches of the apex. The family ,of Mr. Peter-Phillippi were carried out pf-his house three toassengers and the driver was swept off Holland’s, Prjdgc, near,Boat ‘ty’s Mills. The people- Wore fortunately saved, after having floated two miles down “\ e crc .®j c ‘ The stage and horsea .wcre lost. • "f,? I‘‘lnlsq 1 ‘‘Inlsq suffered 'severely. ■ All. the bridges upon the Rail Road be tween this and Baltimore, we learn; are ear ned away. So great a freshet,.and so great 1798* P r °P has not occurred since rtJlWan* 18 n ? w c “ rr >ed between q tho Company’s Steam _TOwboa . We had a strong cold wind during all yesterday, from the west, which drove the ice some miles below the city, where it jammed.. A letter to Col. J. Pago, P. M. dated Al lentown, Pa. 26th ult. states, “that so great was the storm' and freshet there, the mail sent hence on Saturday, was. lost in the flood. “—the driver arid one horse were drowned nod of dollars worth of property* have been destroyed in the neighborhood.’’’ EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. Serious disturbances have occurred in Greece; MartiaMaw is talked of, and the project of establishing a bank is abandoned. Guerilla bands continue to-.’-infest-'the mountains of Portugal. „' I ' l ' c /°' V(1 y- nobleman, the, Marquis of Waterford, was keeping open house at Car raghmore’s for thV Christmas holidays. . - Sir Charles W'ethcrlll, the barrister; has marmed a third wife, worth £60,000. The, competition between . the Bath and Bristol couches has reduced the fare from London to Bristol, to X2s. inside, and 6s. outside. The Great Western'rail road will drive them all off. _ ‘ - ' .The Baltic winter has been early and se vere.. The Neva, at Petersburg, w n s walk ed over the 23d November, and the Isac bridge was about being - '; Tne Melbourne ministry is in aticWish way. W e hear that the Premier lias express ed a wish to 1 throw O’Connell overboard, and coalesce with Peel, Wellington, anti the manageable tones. ' Durham heads the ultra Radical party. Brougham..will be .against' ill I« w ' “, The Queen, it is said, goes to Brighton next week. The reason,she did not go bc fore, Lord Melbourne has had the gout, and he must be.in London pretty often at Cabi net Councils—thinks seventy miles too much tojraxel, —Hisigameis to_b&constantlyjvith the Queen. His nick-name is Lord Sponge,'. t'be .Baroness_Lehien.&.Lord Melbourne are openly accused now of keeping ’the Queen in a state of pupilage The other day the Qucen went to London, rather unexpect edly- A private carriage was ordered out J>y., the Baroness to take one of the maid ser vants out, but it \vas the Baroness .herself who 1 went in it, arrived in London twenty minutes before the Queen, had a Confab with the Premier, and thus gave him the cue! Grace Darling, the heroine who saved a P°& on ,° f the crew ans doing wohders.nt the Adclphi,.tn London. Grace Darling i&.the heroine. The real Grace Darling, 'a heroic girl, has had great offers if she would appear on the London boards-in. a piece of which she shall be the heroine I ■ The English Parliamentary paperskfor 1837! and 1838, amount exclusively of ipaps and plans, to 34.0Q0 folio, pages. A fat job for the state printer. „ A descendant of fhe‘celebrated philoso pher, Descartes, died recently at Pans. He •was a clerfcyat The Prefedure of the Seine. Owing-to his gr.eat ancostohs ndmer he had been pensiQned.byJitmis XVI. the Repub lic, Napoleon, Louis XVIII. and Charles X.- He has left a family, in Die utmost poverty. ARRIVAL OF THIRTY-FIVE PRISON- ERS FROM CANADA; LivEßPopLi Monday.:—This morning, .in consequence of information having been re ceived that the Captain Ross Kad v arriycd with .prisoners from Quebec, a,great number of persons, were congregated on the St. George’s Pier. The Captiiih Ross anchor ed in Bottle Bay, and a’steamer was sent out to being back the. convicts, who arrived about, 4 o’clock, and were immediately con veyed to the Liverpool Borough ' Jail. - A desperate, attempt yvas made fp mutiny .dur ing, the passage home, but, it was, happily frustrated by the determination of Captain. Mortop, who placed: the prisoners in heavy irons, ■ I 1 “..'./‘‘V / ■ . Names of, the prisoners 'brought ‘ by. the Captain Ross, which , sailed 'from Quebec, 22d ult. Alexander M’Leod, T. Malcolm, Jphn Grant. jrM’NuUy. B. West, John Vernon, N. Mallory. Paul Bedford, J. Wag- 2 1? l r J, S -,s ha,ld^r ' L.Watsdn, W. Alye?, Robert pamraeU, JacobiFjq-;' fiu *> G-’Van Camp. jamqa Brown, fra Ah demon,%tidal.Wilson, Jarafts Lynn, 'Bi O’Harc.' Joaeph Langys, Joseph Hamel, James.; Provost, ' Isidore, pace, 1, Charles M?l*od, 4 Parheri. apd Bas-r tisfe Cadieri, Eleven of the! prisoners are hcayilylroned, [, V^" • ; ; , ’earii from Hale’a ■News Room Books, that' letters have been received, which state that a, bill has pissed Hie Texan-Congress, authorizlgg a grant of MO acres of land tp each'settler who has a Jainuy. and SSO acreß to 'asingie man.— Theyfurther state that the sc-at ot govern mentis to be removed from jfduaton, pro- ■ babjj. to-BastrdpV about 'sO-, inUes west -of ■ Houston; %*.” f fr-rF- V": "i: ’■ FINE SALT for sale by IIV • :.pWEN,M’CABE 7 ., . f