i? BY ci. SANDERSON $ E,-CORN WAN;;] VOLUME 26, WO 31. Terms of Publication . The American Volunteer: Is published eyery Thursday fnpfning, in the white frame building* (rear of the court house,) at Two Dollars per annum, payable half yearly in advance, or two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. ’’ No subscription taken fora less term than six months, and no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid. A. failure to notify a discontinuance.at the expiration of a term, will be.considered a new engagement. ■ Advertisements will be thankfully received, rind published at the rate of gl 00 per square lor three insertions, and 2 5 cts’. for each subse quent insertion. . Those not specifically ordered will be irisertefftill. forbid. Handbills* Blanks* neatly executed at short notice, and.at moderate prices. AGENTS POU THE VOLUNTEER. The following Gentlemen will please..act its agents for this paper; subscriptionsreceived,and money paid to either of these individual swill be acknowledged by us. John Moppit, Esq. Ncwville. Joskph M. Means. Esq. Hopewell township. ■ JbHN Wu.NpERLICH., Esq. Sbippcnsbufg. . David Clever, Esq.-Lee’s .X Roads. John Mehafpy, Dickinson township, ' Abraham Hamilton, Hogcstown. Clkorgk F, Cain, K.q Mrcbunjcsburg. _ Frederick WoNDF.iiLich, do. ; James Elliott, Esq. Springfield. DAniel Krysher, Esq. Churc.htown. ■Jacob Longneckeri E. Pcnnsboro’ township. LIST or LETTERS Remaining in the Pont Office at Carlisle , Pa, FebruaryAst t 1839. will please say advertised*. > A * M ithia-adjJjlffl'fcliP* ' Agunpnv 11 Esq Miller SuVan Alleu Jain M Miunau Jacob Aim Chambers Murhy John Askwitlr Anne D Moore Mary Ann B Minnich Peter - Brennaii Micheal Mel] Jane Bt;llJanc / Miller George • Bosseman E 2 Moore Mary J Bowers Abrahum "Meredith Cathen Bevins Christian Miller John Bonham J E Matson Peter Browr Ann Myers Mary J.me Boyle Elizabeth ML Merl Katrina -Bhicfeburn-GetH'ge^T -—Mrtrkw^rt-Jncob-.- Brown Elizabeth 2VZC Barnhart John McVey MilliamD Breclibllt Philip * McAlister J unes Beaty Nahcy’W ' McElwee Charles Boilieu Leah McDoneil Elizabeth Brechbill Elizabeth McAral Din Tel Christian # McCarter John. *Beaty Mary McMullen William B trrihurc Margaret McCaliaoNeal Billings Elizabeth McGuire Patrick ‘ Baker William , Mclntire B E^q Brown James Me urtnev Nancy Buffington Anna McClary Elward o’. - McLaughlin Peter Clellen Catharine . Craighead 'John W Crever Augustus Coffman Sharlot CoaK David Clark William sen Celle John Clendenin Maly Cromer Win Crowley Miles C'ar-k Wm Cl,irk Jno A Cook David- Cornman Henry 0 Cart' George W , " z> Dunbar Mary Davis James Depewy William E, Evans Anna r Ruby William Fanwell Jacob S Fallen J , Scranton William Frees Micheal ' Shaffer John Fields Sarah ' Strickler Ulrich Fetter Henry Snyder Henry Cr Shuff Jacob- Greenwood William Smith -Henry Guy Sarah ■ Smith George . Gold Ann Amelia Sehenbarker Marks ■ Gifiiu Robert Swint Jonas ' B ShafferJ Hilands Nancy Swigart Catharine , , Hocker John Sphor William ■ Homes Samuel or Jolin'Shriver,.& Welsh Hamilton William Steffey Amos ..Hetrick John Senders Plessent ’ Henderson Joseph Smith Sarah E Hart Barney ' Swigart Micheal Hons Mary •. , Sentman David Hiimmeh Mary Sanno Rebecca' Hutton John ■ Smith Allen, Hoff Peter Simon Lee., Heckman Mrs V Seller John Hoober, Frederick Slump Agnes Hemniingcr John Sentman David Hummer Micheal Sipe Samuel '1 ■ ■ - Sponingberger'George Irwin James ... SpahrPeter. .. ■ ■ J:.- ‘ r-n Smith George Esq 2 ■ Jackson Margaret, T Johnsoft. Christopher' Thomas Elizabeth Jacoby Philip Trough William: Jefferson Jane ' Thompson William 2' JonesS A . TilfordF.,RPHunt? Johnson Perry ~* , and J Clay . j ‘HSr, r. C XT : •-■ * „ Kelly Jamear . ,- UhlerAdam iKiiifcade John Kerr Wm’ ' Van Boskink’Bichard x, - - ;*w- Leib.Mary,v Wjjftderly-Georg - Lqckard Jan • Wal’fipan Joseph • X*echlerD r; ■ Wolf JuhnjS’;/ . Lieby Johann Georg , Lipert Samuel , Weidman Jacbb - , Love Isabella ' • Wetzel Moses r i ■ Lahman Jacob Wilson Janies -. Laugbard Jane Wise Leonard-a . Lamison Conrad -Whislen Sam’l^" ' K Woods Richard £sq Miller David' Weaver Henry Miller Sarah •- TC ; ■ , Uprdqrf A&raham , Yoting John or-Joseph r Myers Benjamin r . I XmbERTON, M. - ■ P. H. KNAPP. - SuVseba DentUt and Manufacturer-6f the SiU _n_jVtetalllc-oc.Minet:aLlacor-ruptibß^ r Teeth r -N ?VWi corner bf CUarles and Fayette streets*- tlmofci .' _>. V ;L. . • May^31 r 183 S. J. 7 XISI. AMERICAN Oh God! my prayer is to Thee—amid sounds That rocU the world!—l've seen thy majesty • Within the veil I've heard the anthem, shout Of a great ocean, as ir leapt in mist . About thy fhundef shaken path!—Thy voice,' A? centuries .hsive heard it in the rush, ’ _ And roar of watersl 1 have heard thy step Fall like a trampling host, above, iicoumlV- And under call is to the worlds.. ..K Thou hast created, for their reverence, Fiom out this awful shrining of tbysway, Shall they not hear it! Where is the pilgrim_whohßSWall{edthe earth JJh.mnvM and thinking nothing, yet can stand. Upon these battlements, untouched by prayer! Amid these clouds,when moonlight fills the air— And .the beams icem to tremble as you gnzc> • Within these, caves, where whirlwinds.niarshul! tlv m, •; ; • -> '' And spirits as from hell stands sentinel, Nor feel his heart cower in hirti/as his eye And ear oafch p this stern language as it fulls? m. Mm! do you talk of majesty?—Look up, /\nd see that ocean leaping from the cloud— Crowned with a rainbow on its foaming front! 1 :ilk youipf strength? Gazt on that Tartarus Where shadows wreathe and congregate far . Norris Eliza T Nevius Sc Mitchell Purkey die Joseph Prise Shatiut Parksnn Sarah P.»xton Thomas 2 Permeu Jacob Phillips S 6c H R Roberts Lieut BS, - } Ist Reg Dragoons > Ramsey Seawright Robinson Lewis Ramsey Archibald.. - f f •Ueitzel Muf y'Ann . Reed George W Ruzel Adam RnterJrJno ; Reynolds Hon David 2 down Into that heaving fathomless abyss. Where nought of life bus journey'd.—Could your arm , Bu(fet that billow?—Would the madning sea . Smk at your voice—and the white rivers hold* Back your mandate?—lt is given you .To feel like Allas as you poise along ** Those towers that quiver o'er that charming • flood, U Volcano of great watery!—lt is yours In terrible security to-flrearn There Is,no rapid to another shore That lifts beyond thin mortal!—whose whirlpools Go deeper.than the vortex th* Red man Dar’d in his dim* canoe! O yc who tread • Your hold way through the.noises of this world, And deem they tell of wonder as they pass*— Ye who esteem his nobler panoply, That armour man # puts on for his Small strife ' And tQurnament-.that marks his little years— Come here—and feel how mean his battling is- Com pared, with. Nature’s in her.solitude! - ~j • Fot the Volunteer, To tho Yqung : Xiadles. of Cumberland County, and then of thetj. States, be tween tho ages of fifteen and thirty. , Messrs. Editors;.—l have riot lived longin the world—but in my.short life, I.have seen a good many things as they ought.not to be. For instance, I have seen it to be alriiost in variably the case, that in making what are sometimes termed “matches,” the gentle men have to take the lead. Now against this, Fam compelled after the most mature delib eration, to prbtestas' being, unfair on both sides. If there be difficulty in thisbusiness, I bee not why'the ladies should not bear, a proper portion of it.' If there he any advanc ing? in making suit, I see riot why they shptild riot have their share "of also.— “Time abo.ut is fair-play,” arid ris'the fair sex are equally with ourselves iri this matter, I think it stands to reason that they should have, something, more, of power, than a mere veto— all thatmaybe saioabout female delicacy-end a sense of propriety, to, 'the contrary notwithstanding. Fashion can makeany thing proper—evens waist of five inches' diameter. ’Tis an abominable; cus tom, whjch has rendered, what was other wise appropriate and just,.indelicate. -Let a-riia jority of the good citizens of the comriranity cry out in their might, and say that "the, better half'of creation” shall havetheirrights lojWii-as jn othercases. aad tliis false mo desty will soon hide its deformcd head,— -this outcry about rielicacy. ily like mists be p <& <& •« gi o mass »hopld.bo. sung every night lirthe ducal church; far his own soul and for the soul of Marcolina, and the souls of all who had suffered by an unjust judgment. Some land on the Brenta Was left by him for that purpose; and still is the mass sung in the chapel; still, every night, the great square is illuminated, and the cas inos are filling fast with the gay and the dissipated, a hellls rung as for service, and a ray of light,,is .seen to issue from a small gothic window that looks, towards tho place of execution, the place where on a scaffold MarcolinaTbreathcd his last. WOMAN. Is it in the sunshine or shade, in prosperity or adversity, that the female charmer displays its brightest virtues? Is it in the young and girlish scenes of pub lic life, or in the retireif and social'duties of her domestic fireside that she excites admi ration? In youth we admire her; wandering through haunts of. pleasure, and floating—imsylphlike beauty through the mazes of tlie giddy dance—rwe admire her fostering with warm solicitude, her tender offspring, pie-administering to the domestic happiness of her .cares: but where!—where is she so' lovely as when we behold her ben ding like a guardian angel o’er tlie couch'of sickness, and cheering with her last' faiqt porting smile on the bed of death —at tlie last dread parting hour, who, like her, can sboth the couch of anguish, or light the torch of hope in the dark bosom.of despair?. The pride .of manhoodsoon bows beneath the weight of sickness .and sorrow—how oft do ,we behold him in. tlie morning of life, in. tlie blooin of youth 'towering like, the jnountain oak in strength and beauty—but soon struck'by the hand of misfortune and disease, drooping like the lowly willow.— Yes, it is then the hand of affection support him through tlie trying scene. - ' • I was led to these reflections by a visit to the sick bed of art intimate friend—we had been friend's from our earliest childhood! and I now. Visited him with" feelings of unusual interest. '. . " J entered"^th sloWgnd mournful steps to the house of sorrow, and-walked silently to the chamber of death—my friend lay stretched upon his bed with his headtowardWheavin dow, the light from -which lml,upon hisfipun tenance, now paleandemaSciate.butwliich lately growfng'withjiealth and intelligence: His sisterviias-'benaing over hira witli fond and devoted Weetiori. Tanning the colddropa from his pallid brow, and regardinghim with -that soft, pitying look which only heartfelt sorrbw'rcan'eypress.' _ .... ■ ~ ~2 _ I had seen-her often in the hour of pleas ure, radiant with smile'Srbut never hadshe. appeared so beautiful as then—-the air of pen sive sorrow, so different from boisterous grief; was even'■more dbvely than her smile—her’ eye so full of soulbut unmoistened by a tear, [for blip was too intensely engaged-towcep,] aroused in mybreast the lijflieat emotions; iuid unrestrained by the pride of youth-ahd manhood, a tear fell upon the couch of m’y languishing .' - . ? - The passengers arrived at New York;du rjngtheyear 1838, were 25,581, * :; A HISTQBY, Of the most remarkable extremities of Cold within d space of more 'than a thousand vtara. In A., D. 401,.the Black sea was entirely frozen oyer. In 462, the Danube was frozen so that Theadmare marched on the ice to Swabia to avenge his brother’s death. r ' In 762, the cold was so Intense that the stroitsjof Dardanelles andtlie Black sea were entirely frozen over. The snow in some places drifted to the depth of 50 feet, and tlie ice was heapeiwysuch quantities in the cities.iae’ to Causc/he walls to fall down. In S6O, lire Aanatic was entirely frozen over. ’ ir In 891, and als(J393, the vines were kill ed by frost, and cattle died in their stalls. In 991. the winter'lasted very long, and was extremely severe. Every thing was frozen, and famine and pestilence closed the year. In 106 r, the cold was so intense that most of the travellers in Germany were frozen to “deathrsnrtlreToSds; : ; 1133, it was excessively cold, in Italy; tile Po was frozen from Cremona to the sea; the heaps of snow rendered the roads impasr sible; the wine casks burst, and trees split by the frost with aipimmcnse noise, s ~ In 12113, the Po froze, to. the depth of ,15 ells; and wine also burst the casks; In 1235, a pine forrestyvas killed by the frost at Ravenna. . ' In 1236," the frost Was most intense in Scotland and the Catcgat was frozen be tween Norway and Jutland.' In 1282, the houses in--Austria were bu ried in snow.,, —, In 1292, the Rhine was frozen, and in Germany 600 peasants were .employed to clear theway-for the Austrian army, , In 1344, all the rivers in Italy were, fro zen over. " * . In 1468, the winter was so severe in Flan ders that the wine was cut with hatchets to be distributed to the soldiery. In 1584, the winter was so severe that the Rhine and Scheldt wereTrozen, and even the sea at Venice. ju IG7O, .the frost ..was very intense in England and Denmark; both the Little and Great Belt-were frozen over. '■ ' ..In 1684, 'many forest trees and even the oaks in England were-split with the frost. In 1692, the cold was so excessive that starved wolves entered Vienna and attacked both moo and cattlo.. The cold of 1640 was scarcely inferior to that of 1692, and the Zuyder Doe was en tirely frozen over. ") In .17T6, much snow fell, and the Danube bore ice five feet thick below Vienna. HOW UNIVERSAL IT IS, .We never yet knew the man who would say, “I am contented.” Go where you will, among the rich and poor, tlie man of compe tence, or the man who earns his bread by the daily sweat of his brow, you hear the sound of murmuring and tlie voice of com plaint. ■ The other day we stood by a cooper, who was playing a merry tune with his adze round a cask. “Ah!” sighed he, “mine is a hard lot—forever trotting round and round like a dog, driving away at rt hoop.” • "Heigho!” sighed a blacksmith, in one of ( the late hot days, as he" wiped the drops of perspiration from his brow, while the red hot; iron glowed on his; anvil—‘‘this is life with a | vengeance ! melting arid frying one’s self ov er-a burning furnace.”-— — “Oh that I were a carpenter!’’.ejaculated U shoe-maker, as he bent over a lap-stone— “here am I, day after day wearing my soul away in making soles for others; cooped up in this'little 7 by 9 room—Keigho.” “I am sick of this out.-door work,” ex claims the carpentet, broiling .under swel tering sun, or exposed to the inclenienciesof tlie weather—if,l-was only a.tailor!” _ “This is too bad !” 'perpetually cries the tailor,, “to be compelled to sit perched up here, plying the needje all the time—would that mine was a more active life,” ,-.. “Last day of grace—-banks won’t dis count—customers won’t .pay; what shall -1 do!” grumbles the merchant, ‘Thad"rather be a truck horse—a dog—any thing.??." , “Happy fellow!” groans.tnelawyer, asKe scratches “his head over some perplexing case.orpores over some dry, musty record; “happy-fellows!'..l.had rather hammer stone Jimn cudgel niy brains on this tedious, vex atious question.” ;,. ' , ... And on through all tlie ramifications of society, all are complaining of their condi tion-finding fault with their particular calling. “IFX were only this, or the' other, I should be content,” is the universal pry— Any thing-but what. I am.” 'So goes tlie 'world—soit has gone, and so it will-go; ~ Jlgrkidfurat ilibnunicn/y.—Col. Meach amof Oswego' county.‘ an enterpriaing and enlightened Farmer, who some years since made the Cheese whlch excited-so mucli ad miration in ’our principalcities;■ is ;ndw in tins city, with: two’ splendid imd- beautiful Pyramids of Bi(f(er,t\\§ one weighing fiye andtjie othef. nine hundred ppund?*. The Pyraraids arc constructed in good taste, and embellished with appropriate and patriotic inscriptions.. The object iff to exhibit the Agricultrirabresourccanfasingic.farm.and to impress ijpon the Legisltfture ’tlie impor tance of cherishing thia firat and great clai-- inpnt pf national prosperity.,'.ThejPyramids. areconstf acted of superior table buttcr.and will; we learn, after the exhibition closes, be cut up and offered for sale. i- : 1 pat two dollars per annum. NEW SERIES—VOX.. 3« 270. 36. AN INCIDENT AT DINNED. •' A great many casualties happen at din ner tables, particularly when'a tyro in the art of carving undertakes to dissect tbat're spettive bird .whose cackling saved the Do - man Capitol. "There was an individual at the table yesterday who would carve, al though we entreated him to allow the serv ant the honor of saving him the trouble-—yet. he was inexorable. We saw that he. knew nothing about it, and we, therefore, like a prudent warrior, bear a wary eye on the enemy’s motions. The first four slices from the breast passed off-without • much danger, and we began to hope that perhaps the limbs would' not be asked for, — Alas, what are the hopes of'man? ' “I’ll trouble, you for a leg,” ejaculated a gentle man opposite.. Almost all men who haunt dinner tables have strong prejudices against, setting in the purlieus of a goose;-what then must have been our feelings, who like to dress decently and consider neatness a vir tue? If necessity is the mother of invention,, danger is the school mistfess who sets her to work. The dilemma did not admit of delay., ° Already had our neighbor dived into the.,. receptacle of sage and onions: already had lie made an incision near the os femoris; and', already was he grasping the extremity of the. bird’s leg, with a firm, though greasy left hand,'when We hastily drew up our napkin;- and tying two of the corners round our neck, caused it to hang like an aegis to guard-our bosom from the random shots of .the gtavy. This deed soon proved the wisdom of , the doer. .The carver by dint of backing and twisting, had-nearly severed the leg from the body; and essaying all his remaining strength, now accomplished the feat, but with such ,an accelerated momentum, that leg,, fistmid. fork descendedi’lilffr lightning: into the dish. The sage, Onions, omLgiavy,. thus assailed, fled for their lives, and sought refuge in the surrounding shirt bosoms,, 1 ■ which immediately assumed an autumnal hue not unedited to the season. “Now your - " hand is in, I’ll trouble yon for some of that stuffing,” exclaimed .one; “how: infernally; awkward,” muttered another, ashohastily dislodgcd-a trifle of sage and onions,'about the size of a Texas star,, from the corner of his left eye. “ Well, stranger," you cap take oll‘ tliat /i«nr/A:crf/icr now,” said the opera-' — tor, turning to us with a look of mingled re- - proof and vexation. “Excuse me if you' please,” replied we, “two of the. enemies: wings and one of Ids legs are yet in the field,” -From the Trenton Stale Gazette: ■A Series of Stsasters. —Arfew weeks ago a boy of Gedion Hulit, near Allentown, fell into his father’s in ill pond, while sliding on. the ice. One of his brothers was near and went to his assistance, but broke through the ice' himself,. A third and fourth brother, and then the father attracted by the' cries of the drowning boys, ran, one after another,' to save them) but they two fell through the, ice. The father and.one of the boys extri.’ catcd themselves; but were unable to rescue the three others. i At-the funeral of these boys, the carriage of their uncle was dashed' to pieces; the horses becoming restive, and the uncle’s collar hope broken, or dislocated. Those who had been in this carriage, got into an other, which was also overturned and bro- I ken, and thc horses ran; against the vehicle of another uncle, upset it, and threw, those i out who'Were inside, without, however, ip> Juring them seriously. It was reported, air so, says our informant, that the 'father ;on returning from the-funeral, found his house on Are. , We learn that a melancholy accident oc curred op Monday oil the Baltimore & Sus nuchanna rail road, about twenty miles from tins city. _ A woman was Uniting at one of the stopping places to take her passage for Baltimore, when the train approached and gaVe the usual signal. Finding*herself-oii the wrong side' to gel into the cars. The. wo man attempted to cross the track,- but- be- ' fore she cOuld do so the engine struck her on the head and she fell, between the rails,'- the train passing over her and instantly sefy; • erihg bn'e. ofher arms. When takei} up she'. was quite' dead. Every effort was made by '■ the engineer, to stop the engine! but the im- ;: prudent movement of the.woman was so sad- ' den; that his eXer.tionsPwfcre fruitless;, ‘: ■. ■ The passengers in-the cars unitcd -in a certificate exhonerating tike Conductor and engineer from all blame whatever.—-Sofri more American. . . . Tlw Tarbprouch (North’Pnrplina) ( Press contains the following .deplorable ■case’of suicide, committed if would seem, in a Half" jesting and half-serious humor; Suicide. —We learn ..that on'; Saturday ■ night last, Mr, Richard Carson, of Pittcoph- . ty committed suicide, j under .very peculiar , circumstances.. He was at a house a short dis tancefi;omliisresidence,W'heVe‘ahnmberof': pefsons were frolicking—he called forarope,'" as waS ' Supposed; for dancing;, jbuliid threw d'. one end over the beams, fastenedithe other-• to his -neckj- and drew -up his fpetf although I token down directly, he, wps lifeless. ..-Miv, .Garsoh iwa.s a man. of !si}fpe property, wife and several childlyrt; but unhappily. - was'Somewhat addicted to frolicking and in’- tettiperance. . ..V s * : ; r ’ - Judging from the following paragraph;- - CopiedTrom line of the New Orleans papers, . the. health of that city, is any thing but fa vorable:—:“Xh from St. Peter to Cohti strcej. in' Rampart, yesterday, we counted nine funerals. ... ,\‘V , ' : - ;; ’I i...