AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. -.. CARLISLE: THintSDAY, JUJL.Y S 5, I8S«/ ' ’ ouit spsj.m. “.Now our flag is Rung to the wild wind tree. Let it flout o’er our 'father land,”. Ami the guard of Us spoilesaTuiuc shall be, ■ . Columbia’s chosen fiatid/ 11 FOR PKESIDKN I’ IN 1840,' MARTIN VAN BUREN, AND ‘AN \ . INDEPENDENT TREASURY, An fnde/iendeni Treasury , —whose officers re sponsible to the people, instead of privileged corporations,jdiall guard the.people’s, money Democracy asks in vain, what claim have the banks to use this public treasure as their own;— v-Ogaiivto convert it into an engine ot ruinous ex* pensions and-contractions of tlie currency, and ot new political panics and pressures, to enforce submission to the Money Power .—//on, James Buchanan's Toast . COUNTY MEETING. The Democratic Republicans of Cuinber , land County arc requested to meet at the Court House in the Borough of Carlisle, on Monday the 12th of August next, (Court Week,) lit early candle light, to adopt plea sures preparatory to the ensuing general e lection., A general attendance is requested. MANY DEMOCRATS. . , July 11, 1839.' .... ST.WIPIJVG COJfI.ifIITTJEJE. 'rim 'Democratic Republican Standing Cumberland (county, are re quested to meefat the public houseiof Geo. Beetem, Esq;'in the borough of Carlisle, on Monday ihe.VZth day of August next, at 1 o’clock, R. M; on business relative to the e lection of Delegates, &C. ■ , .■The following named gentlemen compose the Committee, viz:—Carlisle, Col. George M’E-eel'y, Joseph Loba'ch, JpuN Irwin; Shippensburg.'Capt. Jacob Heck; Meehan- Soulh .ampfoh, James .CnESNtirJf Newton, ;-Joiin Miller; Dickinson, John Moore; Monroe, Carey W.’Aiil; East Pennsborough, David IJume, Esq.; Silver Spring, Martin Dun lap,-Esq.; Hopewell, Abraham Smith Ml - Esq.; Mifllin,- John Harper, jr.; New Cumberland, Robert R- Church; S. Middleton, Joiitl Goodyear, jr.; North Mid dleton; George Wise, Esq.; Allen, David Sihsj;f.er; West Pennsborough,■ Abraham Goodlieart; Frankfort! William F. Swiger; Newville, Robert Steele. - A punctual attendance is requested. - Three of the Committee. July 25, 1839. ' To our Patrons. Well, hero we come, this '.week, considerably enlarged and otherwise improved in appearance, ■ and as wo most respectfully dolT our beaver and wish you all the greatest prosperity, at the same time we trust you will not take it amiss when wo tell' you that this improvement has added to our already heavy responsibilities about $3OO, with a fair prospect of increasing the.annual expenses of the establishment to about SHOO. Start not, gen tlb reader, at this annunciation—nor wonder here after why it is that the printer is so often compel led to dun his subscribers. There is no class in the community so illy paid as the Printer—and it is a remarkable fact that many men will put off their newspaper debts with fewer compunctions of conscience than any other. In the language of a cotemporary, “ the editor is looked dpon as a sort , of ctherial', creature who has no temporalities to pay for; and as for the types, press and paper, few readers think-of their costing any thing. They all come through some invisible agency, ready fertile Editor’s purposes; and as. for type-setters, they are regarded as some strange unearthly creatures, Who neither cat nor. sleep, and .therefore need neither bread nor bed. "Many people doubtless think that thcy ljvo on fire as there ism “deVil” in ever ry office, aridas the ‘ffatherof |)rili'tcrgl’wastliought to be in close communion; with the “Prince of De vils.” V N".- ' ,j •To those of our subscribers vvho have been in deed patrons we return our sincere thanks—for to them are we indehted for being enabled to “wcath- —cMhe-storm— amia, . bitter persecution,under which we commenced bur ..editorialocarcei and. the difficulties which have sur ' rounded us ever since.. But to those who come uridertho.character sofully described, apt) who have never yet given us one cent of- our cam ming?, nothanksto offer.- Their own con-- ' sciencesj if they Have any, must tell them that they have perpetrated a gross outrage upon! our rights; and that by, wltlilioldingour just dues.from. us, they are striking at the freedom of. the press* itself. If you want an-editor to be bold, fearless and spirited in the cause in which he embarks, you mustmalce hiin independent of the smiles or frowns of any and every individual. His energies must not bo cramped and; his mind subdued by*, having to atragglo day aftcr day,! arid month after .month , pressTa going—to borrow a little from tffis one and ri Uttlo from another, and perhaps a , great deal from a third; fio as to meet the numer ous demands made upon him—-and then again’to borrow 'to - pay these loans. ' Yet this is the case , with us; for. with hundreds—aye thousands—upon our hooks, we do riot-receive from one year’s end _ to another much moire than dno-lialfthe amount '• necessary (including payments, from advertising . which is our main dependence,) to maintain our families comfortably; and keep the press in* operas '" tion—the consequence, is that we are constantly by debt, and compelled to shift as best we c^ read for pur families, as it would be horrible to our non-paying 'subscribers - - tc) we. f yr a single week to furnishthem with - the 'tidings 1 of the times.” , We;musl UtefaUy'sUrvtftm.twlyes and those dependant on,us to keep up with oufveckly ‘ publication. Is this right—is it it jubVV , • But,.a trucD to these complaints. We still hope' ;"-Tfor_thp better,’and, as an evidence thathve anTdisr posed to trust to' kind fortune yofc;a,while* longer, <. wo appear beforetbbpubUcthisweelc.iii atralraost entire new dross. ■ Will our democratic friends let ns stick? Will,they suffer pur energies to-be par r ;alyzod and our; operations 1 cirp«mscribed‘ for ; ,tho -.want of friijdsV. \Vo dont ask them to -• advimee-us monuj r ;;biit we beyGech them to jiay us ‘ itwe’dre. honestly crilitlcd' tr rr.rcivc. Shalt pur appeal be heard! -If sbj we promise on pur part to enter uppn tho discharge of our duties,with fresh zeal, ahd to do all in our power to make bur paper not only agreeable to tlio general reader, but im important auxiliary in the good cause of demo-, craey. *. . , As'an evidence that pur course has been satis? factory io the people, we stfitc as a fact (though not as a sehoff to’ the remarks above s ,) that our subscription list has more than doubled \since -tho Volunteer camo into bur instead of a circulation under 600, we.now send abroad week ly upwards of 1000.. Our .advertising patronage has also,more than kept pace in the, same ratio of increase’. “ ' Let those of our friends, however, who feel a proper interest in our success, not relax in thoir efforts to extepd tho c'irculation still farther. The party will bo benefitted as well as ourselves. Send on tho names of as many- subscription-paying subscribers as possible; (none others are wanted,) give us plenty of sea-room and a clear sky, and if we don’t row tho federalists up Salt river—why it won’t be our fault. . < The Governor signed the Improvement Bill on Friday last. It is therefore tho law of the land. The report of tho Committee appointed by tho House of Representatives to investigate tho con duct of the late Board of .‘Canal Commissioners, ‘will-bo found bn our first page, and'we invite for it a careful perusal' by every unprejudiced reader of our paper. - It is a document replete with start ling truths anddamning-iacts, .whichially. substan tiate all tho charges of extravagance and pecula-~ tion preferred against Stevens and his colleagues in infamy.- Rcad'it, farmers and tax-payers, one and all, and then judge*.for yourselves what would havo bcen tho condition of the Commonwealth in a short time,*had Ritner and his gang of cormor nants been" continued in power for throe years To- INDEPENDENT TREASURY-; To a person, if such an one exists, totally unac quainted with the “passing tidings of the times,” ■it would appear from a perusal of last work's Her ald that this much villified measure of the National .administration lias been time and again buried m the ocean of popular-disapprobation, and.that Mr. Van Burcn persists m urging its adoption upon the people contrary to their known wiphes and’ in clination. But to the individual who is convers ant with the political history,of the country for the last twelve months, such is.known.not to.be.the fact.. On the contrary, so far, as , elections' have been held since tho days of panic and suspension have ended, tho current of public opinion has set in strongly in favor of a full and entire separation of tho banks and the government. Book at Mary land—at Ohio—at South Carolina—at Delaware— at Virginia—at Pennsylvania—at.Ncw Jersey—at Maine—apd evenatNew York, without’taking into.the'account'Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, New 11 ampsh i r cV'AI ub am a and North Carolina. Look at all these—examine tho result of their elec tions—and then judge for yourselves whether this favorite measure of the administration ’is odious in the eyes of tho people, as the Herald would fain make its readers believe. But whatis this bug-boar that so much discom poses the minds of tho federal party, and causes them to shed hypocritical tears over tho imaginary evils which follow in its train! When divejsted of all extraneous covering, and presented in its naked character to the peojdttj it.is-nothing more nor less than a simple proposition for the government to take care of the public money, without lending it, a# heretofore, to thb banks as so much capital for their particular benefit. It is placing tho public money in the hands of. responsible agents, where it can at all times bo commanded for public uses, instead of depositing it in tho vaults of irrespon sible corporations who lend it to .hungry hordes of speculators to fleece the industrious classes of the community, and where it is very frequently not to be found when wanted for the purposes of tho go-’ yefnment. Our readers Will all recollect that du ring the suspension of specie payments, tho go-; vernment, with millions in the vaults of the banks',, was reduced to the alternative of either suspending its operations, or contracting a new debt tb.indet the demands made upon it by the public creditors! and yet this is the.unnatural connexion (broken up by the suspension) which is now so. anxiously sought to be restored by tho federal loaders and their editors.” ” ' '~r~Tr~r~~ : ‘Tho President withlhal finnnoss and decision for which ho is justly remarkable jias’ taken ground againstany. attempt to revive a con nexion which has proved itself to bo not only pre-_ judicial to the interests of the government and the people, hut also to the hanks themselves—and, although his recommendations have heretofore failed through the tke£ciiebt of some who in hn evil hour were elected to represent the wishes" of the people in the councils of the nation, ho wiH ultimately succeed! The people are with him.— . The yeomanry .-of the .country are coming to the rescue—and the Usdbef.second thought” of thfe freemen, of this' great Republic, is heald in tones of thukder from one extreme of the Union lo the "other, approbating of tlio plan proposed by their ■ worthy and patriotic Chief Magistrate. Wjo are neither “a prophet nor the son of a pro phet,”, yet we venture tlie .prediction , that be fore another twelve-month shall have rolled around the Independent recommended .by Mr. .Van Buren will hednjffioVfuU tide of. successful experiment, and that too with thevapprobation of three-fourths of the good people of tho ’Union.—, Mark what we say. And further,'wd would hot be astonished if moßLrof those who are now so bit terly hostile to the measure, will be found, before the end of two years from this date,- loudest in their approbation .of this “ thrice rejected” monster that now ■ causes so many of tho opposition pairty to turn palp with affright at tho bare mention of its name. The pliability of federal politics is so pro verbial, and-their aptitude at imitation so noto rious, that our democratic readers need not be as ; tonished if they find even the old- federal Herald itself, with all its aristocratic* recollections, loud i in the praiseof the “odious Sub Treasury scheme.” ■Tlie HarrishurgOhronicle calls Gen. Porter the “acting Governor’! of Pennsylvania—a compli ment truly to his_ ISxcellcncy.’.wbiclx we did not .expect froin that (juartor. ' Will the sa/iient editor ofthat jirint inform the public wliethor he consid ered Jofioph liitner the acting governor duringthe 1 atc udminiatmion, orwhether ho was only an au tomaton executive, moved at pleasurdby Stevens, & difference between Dayid B. Porter ancf llitper ’lies in this:’ the first is Governor * /oerb—itho^atfor iyas only;Goyomor-de/urf/ ; Will.thd J CTudrriMr. Guyor bo'kind enough to enlighten his.rcaddrs on | these subjects! shall see. ’ ;■ - . Messrs.'Editors: —Presuming frbm r the publication of the remarks I sent you on last week, that another,chapter would hotbe'un acceptable, 1 hereby transmit a few more. By Charles Asinus Murrayv . “AVooilburn and Gorgas:. Their odious distinc tion between the Volunteers of tho Ist Division, will forever receive the disapproval of the friends of equality.” - - ■ How strange and'perverse.some men'arc! Here-is a man who after having received the fiillcstand clearest testimony to the fact, that Messrs. "VVoodburn and Gorgas ,used their utmosCeftbrts, to place tho vqluntcers of; the Ist Division, on .an equality with those of the 2nd, still repeats, with all the gravity of that longicarcd animal whose ex pression of countenance-somewhat resembles his own, the vile and unfounded slanders of ithose, who are rather the bitter opponents of democracy than' the true friends of the Ist Battalion of Cumberland Volunteers. Why is this? AVho are these loud brawlers?— They are those men, who wish, by the per version of facts, to'inflame the mind of as few well-meaning democrats who served in the ‘Buckshot Avar,’ and thus to wean them from the sound principles of-their sires.— But however much the ‘talented Senator’ may toast them, and endeavor to cajole them into the belief that he is their friend, and al though he fs assisted by the untiring efforts of the Knight of the Pictures, yet-will die fail of success. -The bast* lies that have been put in circulation with regard to our deserv ing representatives, have been nailed, to the. counter, and their unprincipled calumniators unmasked. ’■ But, - sirs, this sapient sticker of swine, this rctulcrer of gutsj'this, as the ‘talented Senator’ would say, “vile butcher,” has discovered another dark spot on the gar ments of Messrs. Woodburn and Gorgas', which iione but his own penetrating and dis secting hand could have cxposedp-rand this wonderful discovery is, that - a' distinction was made between the volunteers of flic Ist Battalion ! Which'one of the companies, thou exposer of hidden things, received bet ■tjr treatment than the others? Was it Capt. Mtiudy’s or Capt.” Crop’s' or Capt. Biddle’s? Ah Charley! you can dress up ac—f bet ter than a toast. Take advice, my dear fel low, and turn your attention to your pud dings and sausages, and leave politics to clearer and wiser heads. ■ By Geo. Personification of honesty Hall. , ; “epnnnitt?o_or,investigation _on. the subject of the defalcations of Swartwout ai)d Price:—- They fettered dot the iniquities of licensed plunderers of tire government, and sent-Martin Van Buren to New' York, in order that ho might cajole the faithful into a belief that-he was norai participator in their crimes.” ' ■ . Philosophers tell us that the imnd-of the guilty man is continually subject to alarm and suspicion,’and that it reverts (rcquently tq the crimes which has been perpetrated.— Thus by his excessive anxiety to divert pub lic attention from himself, the delinquent is sure to fall into the hands of the ministers of justice. Like the Artful Dodger and M'as-. ter Bates, he is always ready to join in the hue and cry of stop thief! stop thief!! Doubtless this law was operating upon the dough-pate of lire magnificent Georgius Sur-' casfiC'Hall at the time he penned his toast, or rather when lie consented to stand god . father to it. Wonder if a committee were appointed to inquire into the affairs of a cer tain defaulter or broken merchant, whether 1t could not bring to light some queer things, and cause the crimson blush to mantle even the check of,-brazen impudence! It could, I venture to affirm, exptso the “iniquities” of a “plunderer,” and bring to view a cool, systematic combination for th,c~ purpose of fraud; and, methinksr it would require some thing more than mere words fd free a cer tain toastee from the imputation of a crime, which - in the polite phraseology of fnoderu times is called Swartwouting, butwhich’our fathers were wont to call swindling. Georgy, my boy, do you take? Remember the old proverb says—" thosf who live in glass houses should not throw stones.” Bv Alfred Piclurd Creigh. “The Ist Battalion of Cumberland Volunteers: “LiKo the-Hattlcsnako, they alwaysact on the de fensive, they, never strike without giving warning, and when they do atrike.it is fatal.” “ But .to the point.' Whilst I adriiit at once, and'proudly/gloryin the spotless'character of the Ist Battalion, in which I as a member am deeply, interested, I must.say-that amid that- baml, of gond men and true, there/are false-hearted and malignant cowards. There is iirpurficular one Anig/i/,."bonne ttedTiiid plumed,” who never gained his spurs by battling in the cause of liberty and love; and .who' never, through the long vigils of the night, watched .his armor before the shrine of-hischosen-patrdir.- — No- fair and' mV/riozw maiden ever granted him permission to do‘ battle-under,; licr-colorSj-or-:be.3towedVupon him/the precioug reward of knightly toil.— But, like Bois de Gilbert, he ig stained with many a crime, and destitute of every manly .virtue! He deserves to liave his spurs kick ed off —his shield reversed, afid the words “Infamia nolatiis ,> ohgraved upon.it in liv ing breathing letters. This bold Knight has sallied forth on, many an expedition, but.unr like the pride of La. Mancha, he'has encoun tered only unchaste women, and diminutive harm! esspicturesT^Upononeoccnsibn—but let him pass. .[would advise this valorous' soldier, to let His nctiorisand sentrmenls cor respond—to imitate, as well as laud. the no-. blebea'ringpf the rattlesnake-:—to throw aside Ins - bickering disposition—and to seek for Hptpifjety in an honorable way, and not by blatkemjig character; and in'endeav: oring to excite odium and contempt, ~ By S. D. A. ‘Administration ball Tollers’. “Solitary and a lonfflput this ball in mbtioh,’V4B Price said when ho lost eighty thousand francs/in, one night, at roulette in Paris.” • ■ Nine "pin alley rollers. “Solitary and a lone” I contrived’ this neat little party, as S. D * * * said when he' pocketed ohe hun dred dollars in one night at aU 'foqrs, inVCol.' C’s. office.' 'h ’■■What’s trump? That jack Confound-these glasses they are very dim to night: -Waiter let us have more wine., Uuz- : za boysthegame is ours; high, Ipjy, jack and! the game. Price was a (1 d fool. Hail he'studied the science of chances as effectu-’ ally as myself, he neverwould have been stripped by those curseddancing, gritnace- Jmnking Frenchmen/ Colonell. we’re the lads what By Henry Nincompoop Hughes. . ' v - ejt'Sfho.comjnittee -of -safety. . I- wonderjwhat in th'eyyaddisoxt^of ; Goycrahicnt they .would’ prefer For-the Volunteer.. to our republican form. Ah they don’t like to tell, but it is anarchy in all its horrors, “Fire and faggot blood and smoke, ■ Said, Mr. Barton-when he spoke, To tile vile crew of the Iron Gray, ■ Headed by Miller, Pray.” I wonder what in the world sort of a man this fellow is;- .“Ah! I don’t like to tell”— but lie is a great big, greasy, mushy, phleg matic, pot-gutted, brainless lump of fat, with “all its horrors!” He-has’nt a sole as big as a picayune—his fingers stick" to'things like wax —and he has to draw all-his ends tight, in order to obtain fodder for his immense paunch. . , Broad and butter, beefand pork, . Cried Mr. Hughes when he,.awoke; To tho greasy cook of the “Golden- Ball,” Or I’ll sure devour you, one and,all. Mkssbs Enrrons.; —In the last Volunteer I find among the toasts drunk'at the Demo cratic celebration on the Fourth of July one purportingto_have been given, by - me- My absence from this neighborhood prevented me from joining in the joyous hilarity of that occasion,, nor (lid J send or authorize, any one to present a toast for trie; although if in the vicinity, I should have cheerfully shared in a dinner along with my Democratic fellow citizens, yet I do not perceive the propriety of adopting a sentiment offered by the offi cious presumption of another—one too whom recent developments poin,t out to be a .mooli-struck bard ‘of our goodly borough, a certain Carol Jlall whose Homerian strains, tinder the inspiration of the antiquarian mu ses,"liatli frequently of recent"date "al'ariucd our drowsy townsmen from their wonted.ap athy, to start and exclaim—seven cities may well claim to.be the birth place.of tliisdllus ti‘iduspoet."X ’■ . -'■v 1 ■ might'not have noticed this Smili-Hg poetaster, had it been the first instance 'of his-, impudent officiousness; but, in this re spect, often-hath he been guilty. It Js hot enough to annoy liis fellow citizens' with mad ravings thrown into ,an imitation of metrical languages, but hq must needs' go farthcFand ascribe sentiments toothers to which they never gave utterance, and which become public property ere a ; correction can possibly be made.' It is the right of -the toaster to select at pleasure a theme for •praise or'dispraise, and it is not-unusual,.in' these bustling tunes, for him whom “uncon trollable business compels to forego the grat ification of partaking of a dinner in Celebra tion - of a national event, at least to give some token of his propose the following’ - !!! honor of literary merit: . Carol Hall, tilt sublime bard of Carlisle— soon will the “blushing honors” of ancient and modern poets—of a'Homer,. Horace,. Milton, Cowpcr and Byron,' be shrouded in eternal oblivion. The grandeur of his con ception, the divinity of his thought', ; the ex cellence of his execution, are unequalled.— Long will old Cumberland pride in this sa cred darling of the Parnassus. ‘ Respectfully yours, ‘ SAMUEL MASON.. Messrs. Sanderson.and Cornman.—Care lessly looking over the “volunteer toasts”- given on the 4th by the democratic-citizens of Mechanicsburg, I observed one which ran thus:—“The scouting Major Vot scout's the town at night listening at the folks houses to ■ p , . , , know vot is going on, and prying into secrets of females. Oh! n.atipn, granny, vil-your dog bite?” Vel—curiosity and inquisitive ness lead me briefly to enquire what, and who this great, powerful, and mighty man, that can sporadic title of “Scouting Major,”* is—and.'-whether a resident of Mcchanicsr burg, and what is his chief occupation? He certainly must be a conspicuous character, and possessed with an assemblage of quail-- ties, (whether good or bad) or hewould-not have been so highly honored with reverence and veneration. yMy principle motive and object, fur thus so in in utcly.cnqu iring, is, thatlLam al way s exceedingly' anxious and desirous of being intimatel-yHicquainfediwithTlie characters of men of nobility' and royalty,—particularly “Majors',’ and noted officers-. . . Now if some of tlie democrats Of Mccltan icsbu.rg will be so kind and condescending, and give a. brother democrat some informa tion relative to-this “Major” and ‘‘granny vil the dog bite,” so that if I again should seeu-similarnfitice r or-toast,-aiinomiced-in : the public papers, I will know who he is, and—“w’batdie. is bligedfor their kindness. - A MASONIC DEMOCRAT. ' Locust Level,.2oth July, 1839. ' gO”We clip the following ffom one of our exchange papers: y . , Had the.lndependent Trcasury bill passed, notone’doiJaPbr one_c.ent of the public treas ure could have been lost; ,-ind the fear that the patriotism of some of the opposition might get the better of their love of party induced Henry A. Wile to cry out in much agony, "PASS TH AT BIEL AND YOU ELECT MARTIN VAN BUREN.” Why so? asks the candid' man.- Because it, wouljf take from. the federalistsionc great source of grumbling: if is just what the people aiid the country.want,.and it would.forever-seal the moutbs'of the tories about.defalcations; -for not a dollar cpujd.be wasted, Such are the bolts arid bars' provided iii that.bill. ; The bill is justi proper,isafe, and right; and would undoubtedly be popular—“vyould elect Mr.' Van Buren,” arid hence we oppose it, say tlieopposition. /' hipwreck S,- of life.— Theship Aid de-camp from,'Londonderry, bound to. St. :JoKns,i N. B. witii three hundred and fifty emigrants on board, was wrecked bn Briar’s Island-on the 19 th ult.. Sixteen emigrants were drowned. of whom /three were men and the yihi'ainder worden and - ' Thus he spoke ariifup ho quick arose, With flaming eyes and fiery nose; Give me, give me much, 1 ask it, For I’m confounded big L’ the basket. Quick the scar’d co'ok before him laid Liver and lights-, hog’s p—— and, tail; “Delicious,” cried he—“huzza for the vigsj Tiro locos arc dogs, but we are the pigs. CARLISLE. For the Volunteer. * What Brigade.does he belong to? Fhiurin Carlisle, $5 50. y.. :f-„_ , ■ Prom the Pennsj/lvanian. Chapter of Accldpnts. Wesubjoin.a melancholy list of casual ties occuririg in Various parts of the,-country’ within the last few days, and particularly' on the Fourth of July. . - - : The following particulars of the frtxiilent on-tho Columbia Rail Road on the 4th,’are furnished by the North American:' An elk defly man named James Gillis, was stand ing in conversation with- James O’Brien,-' when the,car which conveys tho passengers to Winchester, came lipon thcm suddenly, and knocking Gillis passed-over his body, causing instnrit death' In attempting to save his friend, O’Brien slipped, and the car passed over the lower part-of his leg, severing the limb—he was taken to the Hos- ; pit.il, where tho leg was amputated below tjie knee, arid the sufferer is now doing ns well, as can bis;expected.. Gillis was the fa ther of the'lad killed a few months since by the throwing of a storie by another lad from a house adjoining the Indian Queen Hotel, . A boy named George Chambers, was in jured jin Wednesday near the Rail-roadylc-' pbt in Kensington, by slipping between tile wheels of a'car which some boys were push ing along the road; One’wheel passed.over his body, but his injuries are riot considered dangerous.- - The National Gazette gives the following summary of melancholy events: ;; ■ ‘A boy named Thomson, at New York,on the 4th, had his hand seriously injured by the bursting of a pistol; another boy, name unknown, was seriously injured by aßoman candle'being let off’ in his face; and a‘man named Patrick Madden - , had liishand blown oft'by tlie bursting'of a pistol.“- - v A passenger, on board the stealnboat Bol ivar, returning from Staten Island to New York, fell overboard and was drowned— nartle unknown. On .-Monday last, ntLapcastcr, a little, boy,son of Mr. Titus, in attempting to put a.stune under-the wheel of a car which some boys were pushing, slipped and fell; and the wheels passed over his head, crushing itin.a shocking manner, and causing instant death in the presence of his mother, who had re peatedly called him ; away. A son of Mr. Springer, brewer, had his legs broken, same day, by a cart running over lii'm. On Tues day last, a son of Mr. Sharp in attempting to jump on a car whileiunder wny,fell, & the car passed over his legsj injuring one of them.'to badly as to render amputation necessary. 'Mr.. -Alexander—l,.- Evans, of-Marietta, whilst walking along the towing path ofTthe Canal, between Columbia and Marietta, fell into the Canal, and before assistance could be rendered him, was-drowned.:. . Capt; Sylvester Keeney,of-the ship Jason,, and another person whose namejs not given, were serious-y injured at New London, on the 29th ult., by the explosion of a cannon from which they were firing a salute. Capt. Kecny’s arm was so-badly fractured, that iirimediatc amputation was deemed necessary Apart of a new church, building pf West Chester, gave way on Wednesday last, kill ing King Garrison, a colored man, and se -vcrely injuring severaPother persons employ ed on the building. r , In .Boston, on the 4f h, I,lr. Lyscoin iinicc, the well known wholesale manufacturer of soda water and aerated mead, was killed by the explosion of a fountain he was charging with gas. A partof the fountain struck him on file head near the eyes, literally “shatter ing his brains to pieces.” . f .Hc died almost instantly, and apparently without conscious ness-of suffering.- Powder Mill Explosion—Three Persons Killed. —The New YoikSunSays,—OrTthe torenoon ol Saturday last.'onc of the powder mills of the Messrs. Laughlin, near the High Falls, about six mile§ from the village of Catskill, was blown up, and three of the workmen, Scott, Murphy, and Washburn, wefe instantly killed. A young man by the name of Rowe,- who was standing near the” door at the.time, says that the press or screw at which the men were busy, gave way, and that as the powder ignited,• which was damp, he ran.from the building; and fell at,a suffi cient distance to escape with life, although dangerously wounded." Fortunately, the owners"and other hands employed by them were absent. -It is estimated that about a ton of powder was burnt. The. explosion was distinctly heard at Catskill." “ ~ " - The New. York American glves:the.foi low ing Singular particulars of a case.of self, de struction comimtietl in that city dirtlnrttk Mr; John Hildreth, a mcmber.of the bai of this city, committed suicide;y.esterday, by shooting-himself iii the head With a pistol.;— The immediate, cause which led to this rash act is unknown, altho’he seems to have had it in contemplation for some time. Upon his’table were found several notes and hiem orandii', among w’luclfTvefe the’follinviiig: —- “Read’s pistol, 23 Chatham street.” 'Done art 2” 6’cloek, by my' ownf hand.”. And another-evidently referring to the Same act: • • ‘ , ; rttli July, i'B39, at my office, 83 Nassau street, at 1 o’clock P. M. '' J. H.” 85 Nassau street, at 12 o’clock.. I shall shoot myself in five minutes.”. A letter was found addressed to his wife, giving directions for the collection of-some debts due him, with reference to Some-per son, to whom'she wasto Jnok for.aid. Mr. J; B. Cheveril; a bronch pilot of Bal timore, committed suicide bn the 4tli inst., by jumping overboard from the schooner Orzabo, while sailing up the bay to that port; , We subjoin from the New York Sun,' ac counts of two horrible-accidents which'oc curred oh the 4th of July, near that city; Dreadful Steamboat As’lthe steamboat .Samson, was on her way from Sta ten Island to that,city, on Thursday''after noon, between' three and four o’clock, being densely crowded with passengers, her upper deck gave way when she .was about "two miles from the Island, and Yell upon, those who were standing beneath.’ . Two passen gers were instantly killed, abd several others severely injured. , Oiie.of the persons killed was Mr. Joseph Chambers, aged 26 years, who kept a grocery store in the upper part of the city, and-the other an elderly Scotch lady, named Johnsorprcsiiling in Perry street. Mr. Jacob Hcnriqiiegpa -broker in 'Wall street was terribly injured. His breast bone .was broken, his shoulder dislocated, and he, was.otlierwise much lacerated and-brqised. He is how, : lying rat the’ hospital,;with little prospect of his surviving. ‘-We also hear that Mr. Patoir is. dangerously l wounded, — The.consternation.on board the boat; was in. describablc. Thcjpasaengers.wcrc so crowd ed that it was difficult for any one to move, an u - -.V'; i--'.-"*