if*/ bs£* 1 -s: .f. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BY SANDERSON 8c CORNMAN. CARLISLE: Thursday; junk i 3, ibsd. FOURTH OF JULY. The Democratic Republican citizens of the Borough of Carlisle and its vicinity, are i equested; to meet at the'public house of JPm. S. Mien, on Saturday evening next, (tlie 15th atearly.candle light, to make the necessary.arrangements for cele brating the ensuing anniversary of Independ ence. A general attendance is requested. - ' MANY DEMOCRATS. June 13, 1839. '■ > JO”A pair of silver Spectacles were lost, on the Trindle Spring road, between -Kitz millerls old stand and Carlisle, on Saturday evening last. The finder shall be rewarded by leavlng'them at this office. . ~;The papers, &c. belonging to the Deputy Surveyor, and which have -been-heretofore kept in the Register’s office, have been remo ved by Mr. Lusk to his residence in Mifflin township, near the Fountain of Health Post Office, where we understand the Surveyor’s office is to be kept for the future. . . Col. Parsons. —ln another column Will be found the correspondence between a number of the democratic citizens of this county and this distinguished Republican Senator, with the'prefatory remarks of the Keystone—to all of which 1 we invite the at tention of our The mark of respect tendered Col. Parsogs, by inviting him to a public dinner, was in consideration of his exalted talents and eminent public services during his brief career in the Senate; and we have to regret, in common with the uni ted democracy of Cumberland County, the existence of the cause which compelled him to decline tile invitation” r - Pay of the Troops agaln—Tno oum berland and Philadelphia Volunteers.— It is not from any desire on our part to keep alive the excitement relative to this subject, nor yet from a disposition to show clearly and conclusively to every reflecting mind where, and upon whom, the blame of mak ing a distinction in the pay actually rests, but sheerly from a sense of duty we owe to ourselves and to the democratic portion of the Legislature, that we revert to this unpleasant' controversy. If, in the few remarks we make, the feelings'of any individual may happen to be wounded, he will have to re collect that-in an excitement gotten up, by himself for the purpose of creating a wrong impression.in the community, the “saddle ought to be-placed on the right horse;”- and if, as we firmly believe, we shall succeed in this point, the necessity for further contro versy is immediately at an end, Bufto the subject at issue. For the unfair distinction made in the payment of the troops, the Cumberland Volunteers .should lay a large portion of ' the blamp somewhere else than on itfc Legislature. They can justly charge it to the account of those who mustered them in to, and mustered them out of the service.— The-Philadelphians were, at the request'of Gov. Rither, hot discharged finally for about, two weeks after they returned to the city— -whilst our men, who had done quite as.much at Harrisburg,, were discharged as -sdorids they’returned home~\iDß-Genera.\ Alexander’s' oath, and others, before the committee of the Legislature. That the testimony of the commanding' General was the sole cause of the distinction, we have not a doubt. We had -an opportunity of conversing with several members of the Le- on the subject, since the passage ■or-the: bill, and they all concurred in that •opinion; indccd. they one and all'said that, having the testimony of the General before “ them, who swears'positively to“the fact of ... hhving ■ “dismissed his men out of the ser- vice” on the Saturday evening of their re , turn to Carlisle, they could not conscienti- ously vote them as much, pay as,.the Phila delphia Volunteers, who, it.was proven be-, fore thecommittee, .were retained in the ser vice by order of the Governor and command ing General for a period of fifteen days df- ter thiy retur/iedfrom llarrisburg. That our troops -were- treated bad ly there can be no doubt, and that..they : ,feel them-, selves sorely aggrieved isriOt’amatter of as •tonishment at all—in fact; .there is but: one opinion oh.thatsubject in this community.. But that ab attempt should bemadefrom a •certain qnartor to inflame the minds of the *nen against rather the democratic portion of it,) for it cannot be concealed that this ig the real'object of the principal movers who are themselves solely to blame,) is passing strange indeed! The originators of this new political movement pay but a poor compliment to the intelli gence of the young men who compose Our volunteer companies, if they expeet to suc ceed in gulling them in this manner. The attempt is too barefaced and palpable to es cape detection, and must only recoil upon the heads of its authors. 'But we do not intend to be prolix on the' subject.. Our intention when we.commen-' ced this article was merely to lift the veil and expose the deformity of those who would, to hide their own bungling and mismanage ment, and also to effect a political object, not hesitate to resort to any means, if so be they could have revenge on the democratic party and screen themselves from well meri ted censure, and reproach. To make appa rent the real cause of the distinction in the p*ay of the troops, and to substantiate our. position as above stated, we subjoin the oath of Gen. Alexander before the committee.— To the Volunteers of the First Battalion, we say—read it carefully over and over- again, and then ask yourselves the question, who is most to blame 9 the Legislature who acted upon the facts stated in the oath, or the ponent hilnself in connexioh with Governor Hither?” Here" it it, and then judge for yourselves: General Samuel Alexander., sworn. . 1 received an order from the Governor, on IGth of December In writing, an orderwhich is annexed agreeably to my order, the troops under my command to the number of 92 of ficers and men, mustered'at Carl isle on 16th December, and at Harrisburg same day, with the exception, a few that came down with the second line of cars; they were quar l [ tered aMbe-Arsenal, perform-' ed by them was guarding the same; the troops remained at duty in Harrisburg until the Saturday following their arrival, making seven-days in .all, they were then marched to Carlisle and DISMISSED OUT OF SERVICE. I was in actual command of the troops whilst in Harrisburg, and dismis sed them in person on their return home, gave all the orders, and attended to all the details of the command. I was not in uni-' form, but had it with me, and wore my sword when 1 issued orders, my principal reason for not wearing my inform, was an order from the Governor, directing me to make as little display as possible, to avoid unneces sary excitement; I marchcd 'fiiy troops into town with only one drum beating, and through the most unfrequented streets. On the day I left Harrisburg, the Governor sta ted to me, that the adjutant check nf Col Pleusoiitou’s, for ®SOO, and directed me to receive it and pay it out as far ns it would go, preferring the men to the officers, 1 made some inquiry as to - what it was supposed the pay ought to be, and paid a number of the men $2 95 per man, for privates, the non-commissioned officers re ceived something more, but ihe.precise sum Ido not recollect . At the time the,Govern or directed me to receive the check, he re quested me to state to the troops that he thought the legal pay too low, arid that he would ask the legislature to make a reason able additional, allowance, and to assure them that they should receive the same pay as tl»e troops of the first division. I paid some of the men, for nine days service, two days rations and clothing. ’ When I paid the inen, I by no means considered that.it was, a payment in full, but told them that I would get as much more,for them as Icould, at* all events, as much as the-Philadelphia troops received; I stated to them distinctly, that their signing the receipt for the money paid them, shomd 'not be considered as in the least compromitting,their._claim.for.fur ther compensation. lam perfectly satisfied that I was mistaken in the amount of month ly pay and clothing; I find it to be more than I at first thought it—the troops whilst here under-my-commandj-exeept-myself-and-staff;- received their rations from and at the ex pense of the State; no term, of service was snecified by the Governor, nor had I any idea how long the. troops would bo detained here,- until, the evening before their peturn home. I did riot keep a horse whilst here. If is entirely immaterial by the militia laws of this State, and the daws that govern the. U. S. army, whether an officer issues his or ders in uniform or citizens dress. . The de tachment consisted of three companies’ of Cumberland county volunteers, a part of the first battalion of Cumberland county volunteers, of which I airi Ist major; the companies Were under the commarid of their j respective captains, and I commanded the whole as 'Major General,- three of iny ’staff accompanied me 7 they remained with me whilst here, with the exception of one who \Vas sick at home'for two or three days. ' ~ SAMUEL ALEXANDER. Sworn and subscrlbed'before.me, chair-, man of the militia committee of the House of Representatives. James Wooddobn. By way of contrast we.also.publish a part of the deposition of Col. Pleasonton, relative' to the services &c, of the Philadelpliia troops, and we wish our readers-to mark the differ ence. It really appears to us so'plain; that 'he.who runs may read,’ and be fully safis-1 fied.-at once where the blame of the distinc tion in the'pay should rest: •" ’ . ... Colonel A.:J. Pleasonton, sworn. •tjuestion;"• State) sir, if you please; what you know in' relation to the recent service of the volunteer troops of tlie Ist division/ P. M. at Harrisburg and elsewhere? ■ “Answer. As tlie commanding officer of the Ist Regimsnt of volunteer arullery, be longing to that division, T was directed by a division order, dated I tbink. Deccmber 6th; t# * t i A# 1838, of Major General R. Patterson, to as semble my rcglment.on;, Saturday the. Bth of i Dec., 1838, at 7 o’clock, A. M. to march to Harrisburg, jn pursuance of a requisition by the Governor of this Commonwealth) on Ge neral- Patterson, for the volunteersof the Ist division, P. M. The Governor’s requisition was dated December sth, 1838. I gave the .necessary orders to my command-,, which were punctually obeyed. The tro&ps were detained in Philadelphia by accident, until' 11 o’clock. A, M., on Saturday the Bth De cember, when they left that city in the train of cars for Harrisburg. They arrived at Lancaster, after extreme exposure to the cold in the cars, after 10 o’clock that night. The night was passed there, and the next' morning,'thetroops were again.put in mo tion for the Capitol, where they arrived at half past 4 o’clock, P. M. the. same day— (the 9th December, were assigned them at Harrisburg, the same after noon. The troops performed the usual gar rison duty, viz: drill, gUard duty, police of quarters, inspection, &c., while they remain ed at Harrisburg. The second brigade of the Ist division, P. M. was .ordered-to re turn to Philadelphia on the 14th December. They left here, I think, on that. day. By the order of the Governor of the Common wealth, they were directed, when they left here, to.hold themselves in readiness after j -theif? return to Philadelphia for-further ser vice, Should it he necessary. It was parti cularly required that they should not be mus tered out of service until further orders, — The first brigade of the same division con tinued in service-at’Harrisburg until Sun day, December 16th, .1838, when it cotq menoed its return to Philadelphia, by the order of i he Governor of the Common wealth. They arrived in Philadelphia on Monday] the 17th December at evening twilight. )t \ was directed by the. Governor that the whole of the’volunteers of .the Ist Division, who had. been here, On duty, should hold them selves in readiness to march back to Harris burg at an hour’s notice, should they be re quired, AND THAT THEY SHOULD not be. Mustered out of ser vice UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS.— They were accordingly so continued in-ser vice, ip Philadelphia, performing their sev eral military duties until the first day of January 1839,. on which day they were by order of the Governor; mustered and dis charged from service.”. ' When will the Legislature adjourn? isa question that is frequently asked by our old farmers when they'come to town.' The in terrogatory, we believe, is one that cannot easily be answered—as in the Senate, where the federalists have still the majority, every resolution for a final adjournment is voted down without ceremony by a strict party vote. Our democratic friends in the House pusseil a- resolution some three weeks ago to adjourn oi\.the run inst. T^-rsuay,j which time, it was believed, all the public business of importance could have easily been attended to—but every attempt by the democratic members of the Senate to get the action of that body upon, the resolution has been heretofore defeated.’ We were present on Friday last, when a motion to consider the resolution for a final adjournment was offered by Mr. Carpenter, of Westmoreland: the measure was ably advocated by Messrs. Carpenter, Regers, Parsons and Brown— and vehemently opposed by Messrs. Ewing, Frailey, (city) Bell, Pearson and Williams: the first named urged the adjournment as a measure of economy and ns demanded by the people—the latter appeared to bo more actuated by a disposition to bring odium up on the administration, than to transact the business of the people and adjourn with as little delay .as possible. After a somewhat exciting debate of upwards of. two hours, the vote on Mr. Carpenter's’ motion was taken, and stood Yeas 15—Nays 17—every feder al Senator (Mr. Case excepted,) voting a gainst—it,—So-we-go.—One—braneb-of-the- Legislature expediting the public business and preparing for.an early.adjournment— the other, although the smallest branch, im measurably behind with their legislation, frit tering away the time of the Senate on use less and unnecessary.gubjeefs, and positive ly, refusing to fix upon any time whatever for a final adjournment. ■/-. Wd hope and trust that the House will fix upon another day certain, and adhere to it —and if the Senate .continues to prove re fractory and refuses to concur, we are of o pinion the Executive ought to interpose the authority vested- in him.by the constitution, and prorogue the Legislature. : There is nothing-would' be more satisfactory to the farmers and tax payers of the Common wealth, and the Governor could not do. a more popular act: the people from one encl of the State to the other would respond a hearty arhen, and say “ well done good and faithful servant,” * . P. S. Since the above was in type, we Have learnc J thnt both Hpuaes have agreed toad. joiirp oh Tuesday the 25th ihst., this being the earliest day at .which the Senate wpuld consent to the,,final adjournment. ’ \ Cold Comforifor the Jlniies. —The Har rison electors don’t stick. The subjoined from thcßeading Democratic Press, tells of a ? ‘screw loose” in :animportant part of that pie~bald machinery: ... ’ , ? "Our estimable fellow citizen, Joseph H.' Spayd, Esq. has requested his name to be Withdrawn from the Harrison and Webster electoral ticket.’’. : • 1 ■n -W ? t-f * if* On jDtV.—lt is rumored in Harrisburg that Penrose will resign his seat in the Senate at the end of the present session. One reason assigned is, that his physicians recommend it as being absolutely necessary to restore the almost suspended animation consequent upon the nauseous medicine administered some tin or twelve weeks ago by the Ly coming doctor—the Parson’s medicine being considered at times rather more unpalatable than even the physician’s! Another reason assigned is, that the Cumberland Valley Rail-road Company is expected to have the privilege granted by the Legislature of in creasing its stock to a large amount, and that the honorable speaker is to go out to Europe as f,he Company’s agent for effecting a loan. These reports may possibly have some foundation—but until such a desirable event takes place, we must remain incredulous. — The man, if we judge his character rightly, js too fond of office and power to let gj his hold; so long as the people permit him to cling to it. We shall, only believe it when wo see his resignation— not before. EcyThe special election in Adams county will take place on tb-morrow: Judging fronT the-favorable accounts received from that quarter in reference to the spirit and zeal with which our democratic friends embark in the contest, we -should surmise “that; if Thaddeus is elected at all, it will be “by. Ihe skin of his teeth.” The “Tape Woi m” will, not be so prolific now as it was last Oc tober. Stevens knows this—hence the .ex traordinary- exertions he is making to be elected: riding the cOunty.holding meetings, making speeches, &c. &c. appears to be the order of the day with this unprincipled dem agogue. ■ ’ VIRGINIA. ELECTION. The following gratifying result of the ■ warmly contested election in this Staunch vepublicnn commonwealth, we copy from the “Globe,” and may be relied on as strictly correct; the, vaporing and boasting and lying of the federal press to the contrary notwith standing. It will be seen” that the ordeal through .which the “unterrified” democracy of our sister State has had to pass, was se vere in the extreme. Inch by inch had. the. War.to be waged on this battle field of the J Union—but the sovereign people have tri , umphed'—gloriously triumphed over a cor rupt and-powerful combination of Federal. Whigoery and Conservative'Bank Arisj. 'TOCHACY. -Tlrn country for the election in Virginia has rendered it j morally certain that there wilf be a decided j democratic majority in the next House of Representatives. It is the death knell, too, to all the high .blown hopes and air built castles of that frniforand apostate, William C. Rives, who, with his compeers, Nathan iel P. Tallmadoe and , Samuel M’Kean, are doomed to fret away the brief period of their existence in unavailing regret at their own base redfeancy to the wishes of their constituents. , • It will be seen that w