AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BY SANDERSON & CORNMAN CARLISLE: .THURSDAY, JULY 18, I*3l>. OUR FJj-ttCi' “Now our (las is flung to tlie wild wind Iree, Let it float o’er our ‘floliw land,”. , . And the guard of its spotltes'fame shall be, Columbia’s chosen band!" FOR PRESIDENT IN 1840,. ' MARTIN VAN BUREN, and an INDEPENDENT TREASURY. An Independent Treasury ,—whose officers re sponsible to the people, instead of privileged corporations, shall guard the people’s money.— Democracy asks in vain, what claim-, have the banks to use this public treasure ns tlieu* own,— again to convert It into an engine ot ruinous ex pansions and contractions of the currency, and ot new political panics and pressures, to enforce submission to the Money Power.— Hqn, James Ducharian's Toast . The balance of the volunteer toasts drank at ■ the two democratic celebrations in this county will be found on our first page. We have still in reserve two or three “sand blasts,” which we may serve up to our read • ers hereafter. f- f Benjamin Ciiampnbvs, Esq. has been ap pointed"'by the Governor, President Judge of the 2d judicial district, in the place of Oristus Collins, ousted by the Supreme Court. Military Encampment.—A three days’ cncampmentof the 2d Battalion of Cumber land Volunteers will take place at Mechqn icsburg on the 3d, 4th, and sth of Septem ber. A general invitation is extended by the commanding officer, Maj. Jacob Reiirar, to all other volunteer companies in this and the adjoining epurtlies, who may feel a de sire to unite in the encampment. Several, we understand, have already signified'an intention to do so. His Excellency, Gov. Porter, as Commander in Chief, has, at the request of Maj. Ilehrar agreed to review the troops during the encampment. Should the weather prove favorable, our Mechanicsburg friends will no doubt have an interesting time of it. We wish their fondest hopes may be more than realized.. The Herald of last week denies, whether byjiuthority from a higher quarter or not we are unable to say, that the remarks of one of the students to which we made allu sion were intended for any particular party. Now, whether the dish in question was in-, tended fur the stomach's" of the democratic portion of the audience, is a matter of no consequence; but that it was received as such, we have the unqualified testimony of more than fifty gentlemen of that party who happened to be present. All with whom we have conversed on the subject since, assure us that they took the precise meaning out of the offensive remarks that we did ourselves —all consider it ns having been a dish of high-seasoned party politics, expressly in tended the gratification of fedeial hear ers, and insulting to the democratic party. We therefore fully endorse our remarks of last" "week, and "asserC that the speech in question was discreditable to the author, and also to those who had it in their, power to have prevented its.delivery. At thosame time we would state,that we dld nbt theri sup pose, (and we still, hope that our supposition lege,-who have .the control of such matters. intentionally Suffered the objectionable parts of the speech to be delivered. We rather suppose—at least charity would induce us to believe, tliat if passed through their hands •without that necessary scrutiny which is •"gen erally-had 4m such; cases? —Thisris.only our.individual opinion, however,' and may be taken by the community for just what it is worth. * ; : ,•• • i , We have no disposition to .say any thing farther on .{lie subject, unless”we are, com pelled to do so from a sheer sense of duty— and even then it will be done with consider able reluctance, as we are disposed to be friendly, to the College So long as it is pro perly conducted. But vve will just whisper a word or two in the ear of those who are most interested ih its' success, and.thafis— beware of .tampering with public opihlon—it is overwhelming in a republican government. TThe Institution was once, if we mis,take not, sunk in .the Cliaryßdian whirlpool of relig ious hctanmism~\t might how,be.'dashed id pieces on the Scyllaian rock of party poZ ilics. : Again we say—beware. ■ The Mountain in labor. —Afterncairiy ... four’monthg of excessive labor arid tdil' the "iVmorable Charles JUM P Stale fam. —The Secretary ofthe Com monwealth has. given notice tha't.'in obedi ence tolbe requisition of the "act authoriz ing a permanent loan to pay temporary WnOj” which will become diie the present summer, lie will, receive proposals at hia office until, the Ist’day of August, for loan: ipg. to. the Commonwealth, for thfe purposes set forth .in the said act, the sum of sl*lso - at a ratenf interest not.exceeding five p‘er cent- per annum,' payable half-yearly—- the.principal- to^^jrelmbnrsib|e : by.the.State |s»ithin twenty-five- years, and in- suchi n stalmcbta ; qb; maV be' agreed npen.fiy; the 1 parties. ife# ,f Si **** £<* ** s( tt n t Hx ♦ . — :. tCT*A correspondent enquires: “Who is • Col. Hetrick, that figures so largely as the President of the Omnium Qalhtrum cele bration of the. 4th?” Answer—we cannot fell, ns we never heard of such a Colonel before. We suspect, however; that it is the self-same John Hetrick, who, on the morning of that day, denounced the federalists and anti-masons as the veriest scoundrels and blackguards in all creation, and declared that he would never more be caught ihtheir company—the same individual, we opine, who afterwards went out to the democratic celebration; but not being used to such com pany, (and moreover being looked upon in a somewhat suspicious light by several present who'knew him,) began to dream of “butch ers” and "bullies”—"witches & warlocks,” got frightened, and escaped for life.over to his federal friends at Henderson’s Grove I- 1 — They seeing the sad plight he was in, and fearing that his excited imagination might conjure up “hobgoblins dire” afresh, and cause him to streak it a second time, kindly allayed the perturbation of his mind and secured him, from another retreat by meta morphosing him into a kind of automaton President! These are our own notions of the valiant Col. and we merely throw them out by way of suggestion to our correspon dent. JVcwi.-4-An able writer" in the Piney Woods Planter, estimates the interest on banking capital paid by the people of Miss issippi, at $16,128,000 per annum! - His enumeration of the various.classes of inhabi tants is” singular* he says there are in the stale 35,000'free white male citizens over 21 years of age;-C>f4lus number he estimates that 1,000 are engaged in mixing liquors, 750 in makingyja/ier money, and about 1,000 in the laudable occupations of pleading law, expounding the scriptures, and “teaching the young idea how to shoot.” The aggre-, gate, number of idlers, is estimated at 3,640 —leaving 31,360 .persons engaged in agiT culture, commerce, and the mechanic arts. DOG eat DOG.—A correspondence is now going on, says the Baltimore Sun, throiigh the public prints of Vicksburg,,Miss., be tween persons connected with the. Commer cial and Rail Road Bank, of that place, calculated to open the eyes of the communi ty to a species of villainy, seldom, if ever before, exhibited to'the world. The Senti nel, in conclusion of an article off this sub ject, says—-“It is not surprising, however, that the people of Vicksburg are distressed, when brainless, beardless, though mustach oed fops, with a salary of four or five thou sand a year, are permitted to control a four million, bank, keep'stables full of blooded and trotting horses, a pack of dogs, carriages and liveried servants, and spend more money than a Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. States near the Court of St. James. It must be done at the expense of tholieople.” President Van Buren. —We learn from the New York Evening Post, that the Pres-1 ident left that city on his journey to tire j northern part of the State, on Tuesday week. He was attended -for some distance on his j departure, by the Mayor, a portion of the' Common Council, the Young Men’s Com-1 mittee, on horseback, and a large concourse of other citizens on horseback; in carriages, and on foot. The procession, before it i readied Harlem, extended nearly a mile in length. Along the road says the Post, peo ple flocked from all sides, the farmers from their fields, and the mechanics from their shops to pay their respects to the President ns he passed" ' “ Every_where,_through Pcnnsy!vania, New_ Jersey and New York, has the President been received withThe.greatest enthusiasm. People all appear anxious to pay their high est respects to the Chief Magistrate of the Republic for his lofty patriotism and exalted clyid^ervices., The~German population, in particular, are enthusiastic in his favor —lie being the first: President, of that race who has ever filled the Executive. cha'ir. .The following is pn extract from his reply to a committee'of the democratic citizens of Easton, in this State, who had invited him to a public dinner, but which, according’ to Ins uniform practice, he respectfully- de .dined:-.. ' , . '■■■■• I cannot, gentlemen, in justice to my own feelings, refrain from embracing tins oppor tunity to express the high satisfaction which I have .derived from my visit, for the first time, to the interior of 'your great and'pros perous commonwealth. From the county of York, where I entered it, to the..flourishing borough,; at which I leave it, passing through the counties of York, Cumberland; Dauphin, Lebanon, Berks, Lehigh and Northampton, my route has been through an unbroken suc cession of German settlements. If any thing could have added to the high opinion which I -have long entertained ofthe German char acter; the hospitality, industrynnd'courtesy which., abounainthoßeßettlements.would not fail to have that effect, ilh contempla ting. the great advantages which-we have al ready derived from tins source; may. we not -look, with certainty-to the niost tavorable results in future,;not onlydn regard to -the physical condition of the country, butalso to the maintenance of the trueprinciples of ourLgovornmerrtv from the great number of German omigrantswhbnfe daily making this the law! of their adoption? ■- -s i ,;. i'-, That such will bo the case to a great and highly .gratifying extent I cannot doubt, for among the impressions mgde upon my mind during a brief visit to Europe, a few years since, a short portion of which I spent in some of the, German States, was a strong conviction that by no other people would political institutions, as free as our own, be embraced with more sincerity or maintained with- greater, tenacity, than by the people of those States. During his visit to the city, on the 4th in stant, the Presidentattended the celebration of Independence by the Sabbath Schools, on Staten Island, and partook of the dinner served up on the occasion. About 20,000 children participated in the celebration. A more interesting spectacle, it is said was never witnessed, than that presented by the disembarkation from the boats in which they reached the Island,of so many thousands, and the after-winding among the green hills of Staten to the rendezvous, amidst the wav ing of banners, and bursts of music. The Sun says:—"ln the midst of the woods was raised a large-tent,-where-the President of the U. S. and Gov. Seward were received, with the officers appointed for the occasion. Other large tents were erected around this principal one, and when all were sealed, dinner was served up, if we may so express it. Recitations, Singing, Salutary Speeches by the youth, arid music' by the two bands, occupied the, time till 3,o’clock, when, all re-embarked for home. A short excursion was made down the bay; salutes were fired, from ships at anchor, and returned by deaf ening "hurrahs” from the barges. A more enlivening scene was never witnessed. A bout 6 o’clock the Sabbath Schools disem barked iiusafjety at-Ncw York.not one acci dent having happened among the cbhgregn ting of so many thousands.” • Gov. Pouter and the Secretary of’the ■ Cpmmbnwcalthi-Mr. Suun'k, have both been 'confined to th’eir chambers by indisposition i for the last two weeks. They were, how ever convalescent at the latest accounts.. .!}cdJcnls . —As usual, the papers abound with accounts of accidents that occurred in different places on the 4th inf.t. We had prepared a chapter of them, from our ex changes, but it has unavoidably been crowd ed out this week. We shall give it a place in our next. A number of advertisements omitted this week will appear in our next. For the ‘ Volunteer. The “Omnium Gatherum” Celebration. “Now there was Mat and sturdy Pat, And merry Morgan Murphy, Oi And Murdoch Mass and Turlock Stjuags, McLochlin and. Dick. Durfey, O!” Messrs EniToas:—--Having on last Satur day evening a leisure rpoment from the toils of the week I tookkr glance at the Herald, which had been kindly handed ,me by a neighbor. The first thing that attracted my attention was the proceedings of the 4th of July celebration at Henderson’s Grove, and the heterogeneous compound of the materials composing that truly" ludicrous assembly— being composed of blue-light federalists, yunhcc- masons, apostate democrats, (by the way, one renegade is worse than ten torus,) shilteiOallecs, and the ragging and bob-tail of the fag end of all factions that have existed in this county„,far the last twenty years.— After my curiosity was sufficiently gratified by looking ovcr; the names that appear as having participated in the celebration, al though I do not believe that one-half of them were present, I took a glance at the toasts. But, O ye gods and little fishes! how it ex cited my risible faculties to read one said to have been given by William Martin. Know ing ns I do intimately this miserable ninedm -pbop,- who is almost- too ignorant-to-know his right hand from his left, and too illiterate to knowßfrom'a-buU ss-fuot-,—lwasledinvol untary to exclaim—-Oh;-.-.Billy Martin! O, poor Billy Martin [--unfortunate Billy Mar- - tin! O! O! Okdbn’t Billv.Martin—o! O! O! Recovering from tins'revery, I took a notber. look,-at the toast, and after turning it and twisting it info eveiy shape andlform imaginable,! finally came, to the conclusion that as Billy was a soger in the Buckshot war, and consequently came in contact with some of those ugly big,.Ctt'c/iers that visited Harrisburg Jus t -wintef, ‘be was dreaming of calves wad-mutton; and such like-slayables and. eatables; and only wakened 'from his dream when his 'name waacalled for a toast. At-all events,- no one acquainted with Billy will suppose for one moment that he thinks more of hip. Conscience than. he:does of his belly —-and. If he I did talk-about calves in his toast, it was because his stomach was filled with the biggest part of a good leg of «ea/i— -•Och, the steet-bearted-VijjjQth! Another-toast that, excited a momentary curiosity was,from the pen of.that ‘wonder wqrkyngeiumn,’ John .Gillen. Gch,. by my stioul, Johnny;-it would have: cured one of the king’s evil, to have heard ye palavering that man ambngiraenr— and consist tent politician, Maj. John Harper. But then, Johny eveiy body knows you are-under the employ of the Major, and that-some folks (I don’t say yoji are one- of: them,-) are men ofprinciple in proportion to their interest; — But, then',-that- is neither here nor there /ohnny, alid. you have“just"as good a right to toast your employer as’ -Billy Martin has to toaat the four-legged odfmo/.which sup plies his epicurean. stomheh iwith the good of this lifc. T £Both arc governed by the same principle, self-interest, but differing in the details.-: Onegues in foryhe man that provides him -with-.workj the other loves the animal that satiates hisgormandizing appe tite.-'-Pur nohikfrairum, V There was another toast given by a fellow who, talked so much and so fluently 'about Carrion, Turkey-buzzards and Crows, that one must needs come to'the conclusion that he is possessed of a real locomotive', stomach) or he would not be. able to digest one-half of these eatables, even with the assistance of a Wee bit ot Porter. ■ As, however, he ap pears to be fond of such diet, 1 shall leave him to swallow his meal as well as he can, and pass on to another. But, stop, I can not overlook the sixth regular toast, which most certainly must have crept in by acci dent, or it never would have appeared in the proceedings of such a celebration. Here it is: “The last State Legislature—The hones ty and patriotism of n few [Butler, Sturde vant and Montelius] saved the State from irrecoverable ruin.” This toast is so’ true to the very letter as to defy criticism. I have inserted the names enclosed in brackets merely for the purpose of supplying the omission, which was doubtless unintentional on the part of its author. I had intended reviewing some more of the toasts, but the length of my remarks al ready admonishes me to stop. Some of'.them-, such as Tommy Craighead’s axe rabid e nough to be sure; but then they, like their authors, are.perfectly harmless after all.— Perhaps, if the Herald, according to prom ise, publishes spine more, this week, you shall hear fvom'iuc again. HANOVER STREET. July 15th 18S9. Messrs. Editors:—On looking over the toasts purporting to have bpen given at the Conglomerated, Federal, Whig, Anti-ma sonic, Abolition party celebration, on the 4th inst. I was’wonderfully struck with thevast ncss of the. opposition that exists between their real, and their avowed sentiments and actions.- ’ProfnMihg. to, .be governed by the strict rules of morality, they'pafpttWy' aiid unblushingly transgress and violate its plain est precepts, by giving utterance to the vilest slang and'the most slanderous accusations. It is evident, that without condescending to pay any regard to the truth or probability of their assertions, they hesitate not to lei loose their bile, and deluge Hie land with foul and stinking abuse. .Clothed in a garment (hat can be snuffed from, afar—.the very sight of which causes instant disgust—they find it absolutely necessary to make use of such dastardly and degrading means, in order to turn the public mind from (be inspection of their cherished principles and aims, by pour ing out their gangrened and malignant souls in noisome abuse .and vituperations upon the democratic party. Verily, if (bis be the 1 party (bat contains within itself all the ‘de-| cency and talent,’ then have the American people sunk deep into the mire of corrup-j tion. But, these “modern followers of Lu cius Sergius Cataline,” however much they may arrogate to themselves the decency and talent of the country, are evidently destitute ] .of all decency, and are’ wofully deficient in j those qualifications which constitute states men. Talent they have, but it is of a pecu liar order. And onewould Suppose, upon pcrusing-Jhc productions of (heir writers, or iistcniifg to the rapid out-pourings of their orators, that they had taken their degrees in the fish-market, and been gifted with a di ploma as a testimonial of their proficiency in billingsgate, and of their wonderful facility in disemboguing it upon every occasion. But without dwelling upon the party and its principles, let ns turn nur attention to a few of the toasts given at the above mention ed celebration. ■ ‘ By William Calf Martin. “VVoodburn, Gorgas, and Miller; three calves with men’s clothes on.’’ Truly, this sublime effusion—this effort of a great mind—this cutting, biting sarcasm smacks of the fountain whence it flowed.- Billy! docs your mammy keep a cow? If she dont, she keeps a c f. Poor fellow! when you gave utterance to the abdve witti cism, were you longing for your noon allow ance of new milk? No doubt, the- uneasy state of vour stomach compelled aloud;-’and your brother “rigs’?. were en chantcd_when the "rove re.-.echoed to' the harmonious soundVoi ba"!~ba !! bn!! ! Atid when-you beheld-youi~own -crooked-shins encompassed.with pants —and your own well formed body shrouded in a coat—you were .forced Jtc exclaim, how strange and wondcr fuljiJhjng it is to see dressed in a roan’s-clothes! ? 7 But to be serious, ,1s it conceivahle.how even such ignorance and impudence, as the above named individual is possessed of, can w'antonlymssail men - who ..are ,unstained by any dishonorable,act, and whose .only offence is, affirm and consistent adherence, to the principles of Jefferson and Jackson—and a dignified and manly support of those princi ples, which their judgments.and consciences tell them are eqrrect and true; By,.Thomas. JPinehill Craighead. , . “ThomasH. Burrowes; the scholar and statesman, he stands on that high ground calumny cannot reach;; the poisoned arrows of detraction-fall harmless at his, feet;' and those, who,attempted,to traduce him are now wallowing in their own slime, "loathsome re : bels, sots, and vagabonds.” , ;■ ■ - It is, gentlemen, iTut a natural consequence that one scholar should admire and.laud an other. .Thera is an affinity existing.between mighty intellects, which-inclincs them to re gard each other with affection and admira tion; and if opportunity, permitSj weaves, a round their hearts, the solV.bonds of amity and .friendship; whilst under the influence of this ,principle, Orator -Tomtny, pcrchance, penned,, this puff. The. purity of its style, and the chastity of its- langdhge.ihdicaie that no ordinary mind conceived and, brought forth this sentiment, twhi.qh breathes the. in dignation of & virtuous heart, and, scathes the vile traducera! ~ Ah! Tommy. you did well to :denounce ! the rascally .democrats, tli'e-loco-focos,: who_compriße.thr_£c : /our//is of Pennsylvania’s population, as ‘.'loathsome rebels, sots, and vagabonds,” But, Tommy, more anon. When time permits, and the printers agree, 1 shall trace your life upwards—give a description of your principles, and negro-loving propensi ties—and also a description of your classic figure, particularly of that massive brow of thine, upon which intellect has set itsm'ark, &c. &c. t By John Sycophant M’Cartncy. “Charles Bi Penrose, and those highmind- Icd and honorable Senators of the State Le gislature of Pennsylvania. The able de fenders of Constitutional Liberty, and the maintenance, (at the hazard of their lives,) of the due administration of the Laws, a ■ gainst “mob Law, and hired assassins,” for the overthrow of civil and religious Liberty. They deserve to be rewarded by being ele vated to a more exalted station in the coun cils of the nation.” “Birds of a fekther,&c.” —This old maxim, we see, yet holds good—and it affords a ready solution for the motives which influ enced'the author of the above sentiment, to offer his adulation at his chosen shrine. It ' is natural that one renegade should love,an other, especially if their apostacy was pro duced by the-action.of the same cause.— _ What man, but he who was utterly blinded by his interests or prejudices, or destitute of , all regard for truth and honorable principle, could bestow the epithets of "high-minded and honorable ” Upon those cowardly ai.d dastardly conspirators—rwho attempted to destroy our Constitution and., Laws-r—who strove to wrest from the firm grasp oi'Hhe people their sovereignty—-and to establish cold, sordid, sclfish,.moiiiet| despotism, whose only aim would be to perpetuate its own do minion—to grind the poor man into the dust —to strip him of his birthright of freedom, j-ahd to reduce him to a level with the despi- -4 i cable serf of Russia. But, I am inclined to believe, that this 1 toast was intended as a sarcasm. If so, i truly, it i^ ; ,r'-b>tirtgpnc. : It hits, the nail {right on the heaJTt For a fPWnrftfijr indiVid-’ - I uals lauded, are worthy of "being elevated ) to'a nmre exalted station,” and had justice ] taken her course, their blushing honors ■ would have beer conferred, in the, presence ! of assembled myriads, by the hands of the public executioner, j By Win. M. Baird. ’ • “I)cmucrac.y;.a name assumed by (he loco-, 'focus to cloak their, designs upon the money ' and liberty of the people.” ■I ■ It is a- common .saying that (he Lawyers beat the d—l for lying. If true, we must Isay that this young scion of the legal pro ! fessitnr-bids fair one day to become quite i eminent in his profession; at least in this | part.of it. Now, his toast contains rather a i palpably false assertion, ami evinces more of j that cuteness we arc yvont to expect from .j the disciples of Mercury. JJeniocrary is the .broad banner under which we have bat tled ever since the parties of nor. country first sprung into existence; —and whilst our opponents have marched and counter march led, \vhceled and turned to the right about, |am I gone through a variety of evolutions, our course has been straight forward, under the well marked and clearly defined flag of democracy. But the whigs and (heir piebald allies now wish In filch from os (be name of ■"* democracy, and hope by the aid of this Ta lisman to lore the people on to tbeir destruc tion, and thus be enabled to revel and bat ten upon tbeir substance. But they have yet to learn that the people are*governed by principles,-and not by names; and that they are too intelligent to be guzzled by such soft stuff ns daily emanates from the puerile l stomachs of brats & bcard-\ess aspirants af ter political favor. . I have thus, Messrs. Editors, made some remarks on a few of the Cataliuian toasts; if these meet with your approbate, I shall follow them up with others. I CARLISLE. For the Volunteer. The Fourth, day of July went.off, as it has always dona-in .our.tillage, jin)iri.a.w_grld..of eclat. Good old republican Shippfcnsburg you to cry ever acfjuifirlrer'Sclf“With~crcditon-such oc- casions; for,- altliough her. citizens may be suffused with a llip- Van.\V.inklc_drowsincss -for a six- months beforehand., like beauty newly awake, her energies are but pent up to burst forth with renewed vigor to hail the day of our independence. , Here on every succeeding anniversary, from the period whiclrgave it birth down to the present, has this day been especially.observed; and hero also op the same spot hnye those primitive amusements been fostered and annually re peated, rejoicing each consecutive' crowd who have sported the happy.hour,‘arid infu sed the same patriotism which glowed, in ihe bbsonas 6f,our revolutionary sires'. , It is not the least interesting part of bur admirable system of civil 'government, to see; all classes of the-comriiuiiity come forward thus-, spontaneously,' with hearts arid hands, rejoicing in a nation’s freedom. Here is no sickly attempt T g6t up by an interested'aris tocracy, to . express a happiness which is never, felt:, nor. modern conventional rules of society i where all is banished but wearisome ,- forms.. Here; is an unreserved freedori v '. yyhere none desire to be vicious, and the chief eriiulation where all arc known, is in the cause of virtue. . .The sober prosing citi zen forgets, his spleen,- the calculating jrian oTmlusiness has a'gleam of' sunshine in his Siberiari winter, and youth arid -beauty .con spire with, wit to enliven the scene., Allis mirth, and jollity-—even gravity relaxes, its sternness. —diLthejmorniiig ftf the fourths the Village .years that sober subdued appearance which always precedes ah impprtantevent; people old and youogwcJir-.their holy-day, dresses; the school hoy, free front Ufc: reach of the birch for, the time being, _wears a look of contentment, little dreaming how eyancs cent are .all these things; and. the '/flag of ' my country” unfolds its banners on cither side of the rail-road, oh the top or two chor- /’or the Volunteer. Tfs e r» llage Celebvation.