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 <l the rush was -so great at'dfft'£i(ijeV<jf tjie
accident, as iiearly to upset tlfe&dato^dari---
fering the, lives on'
uh, which Sail
towedthc.latter up
lier passprtgers from
unhappy situation, r--
"Horrible t a fast reply:. ofx,rtte;.lfathm‘lte&
road.— About 10 immH
into excitement by.: the v vffi&c .rumors nP«aB
dreadful blow up on'the’l.lHaT.mhi:'TtSibroyifiy
How it came no bne cuubf j iel]^but
quiry we found it to After
gathering some info r rpation ,g t/ljigul cp d tnear
the City Hall, our reporter to : the
scene of the accident, whece|he learned the
following particulars: , V'T '
About 10 o’clock, A. M. tlie stcam engine
which comes into, the city’.with the cars for
Harlem, ran oft" the track opposite Union
Park. The steam was already generated to
excess, but unfortunately the,engine‘er ne
glected, to blow it oft’. It is also supposed
that water had.not been taken in properly at
the stopping place. ;' ,
When the engine thus got off the track' a
number of the passengers; mostly mechanics,
lent their services to get it on again. While
thus surrounded, the boiler,',;burst. The
chief-engineer was blown to .pieces. His
legs Vent into Union on a
pile of liimberon the other side offhe aven
ue, and his head was split into two parts.—
His abdomen was also burst," anffthe intes
tines: scattered over 'the - ’road. / '
The .assistant engineer liad bbtli his legs
broken, and his head; face and Iwoastdread
fully-scalded. He only lived a few moments.
Another person employed, named Philip W.
Case, was so dangerously-wounded that it is
supposed that he cannot recover.' The names
of tlie other victims- were Joluison and Spen
cer. Besides these there were 15 dr 16 other
persons, wounded orscalded. The fragments
of the. boiler. were thrown into every direc
tion, and the .machinery of the engine , was
entirely destroyed. .
Another of! the sufferers was- Roderick-
Matheson, sun of Thomas Matheson, of ATT
Grand, street, who was severely scalded on
his legs, and had,his face dreadfully lacera
ted by pebbles anil sand being blown into it;
but we are gratified to learn he isgetting better
In-relation to the accident'oirthe Harlem
Rail-road, the following are authentic par
ticulars:— ' -
Ist. The locomotive engine was ip clmr r c
of Mr. Spencer, one of'the ablest and'most
experienced engineers in (he country, who
has been employed on the Long Island and
other Kail-roads, as engineer, for inanyyears
and thorough!y acquainted - with tire use of
the locomotive engine.
2d. The locomotive had brought Up a train
of cars from Harlem for the city, which train -
was taken by the horses to the City. Hall
and Walker street; and after they had gone
forward, the locomotive was crossing the
switch to prepare to. receive the return line
of cars, so that it was quite alone, and wholly
disconnected with the cars at the time it ran
off the track. ■
' Sd. As soon as the locomotive was off the
track, Mr. \V high man, the superintendent *
of the company, and several others in the
employ of the company, set immediately at
work lo replace it upon (he track. During,
this time, the Engineer was upon fhe.-Engine,
and constantly blowing off (he .steam. It
had been stationary for about 20 minutes
while the men were at work to
the superintendent giving repeated
tions to the engineer to take care of his steam,,
and-he was answered. !by Mr. Spencer that
he was doing so; & he was constantly blow
ing off the steam. At this time the train of
cars was approaching the spot from the city,
as also the train from Harlem, and when tne
.engine blew up, both trains were in sight;
but fortunateiy_s.o_Jar distant as to-escape
any injury. r
, 4th. Atthe instant it blew, up, Mr. .Whigh
man and one of the collectors of the compa
ny, were stooping down to place a stone un
der the frame, so as to.get u.lever by which
to raise, the engine about an inch higher, to
get the wheels upon the track, and they both
escaped with very slight injury, as the whole
blew, over their hcaft?’while it killed Mr.
Spencer, the engineer, arid his brother-in-law
the. only-two persons'wlio weie killed on
the spot. Five others wcreseyercly wound
ed by the fragments, and one of the cotlec
■ tors of-thc-com nan V-scalded-fjoim hcadtofuoti
, . The limit" by the Corporation for the loco
motivetocomcinto the city, istit 14th street.
It is only on-tlie.gala day of the Fourth of
July, that the Engine comes below S2d street,
the horses (If the Company on that day being :
insufficient to uccommojdate the public, ana'
it was splely to grant the greatest facility to.
to 15th street.
MARpjBPr
- On the 4th instant, by H. D. Daelhouseh,
Esq. Mr. Cyrus ,B. Jieincrt, to Misfi Susan
nah Landes, both of Mifflin townsl/p.
. / DS-3D; ■ ■
yOii yesterday morning, in this borough, of
a/mlmonary disease", Mr. Sloan Undencood,.
aged about 43 years. ;. -/
‘ PUBLICSALB.
■ That valuable House and Lot of Ground, situa
ted on-Main street in the borough of Carlisle, and ’
directly opposite the d welling of Maj. Edward Ar
mor, will bo offered at PUBLIC SALE af the
Court House in said borough, on Tuesday the.J3th
day of "August next, atJg o'clock, P. M." when
terms of sale will ho made known by
• ; _ ROBERT SNODGRASS,
Agent for Paige & Smith. ■
Carlisle, July 25, 1839. , * 3t
Estate of Frederick Hoo.ver, deceased,
]y of 1 C IS.
t Lettersof administration on the estate of Fred
erick Bfbover, jafti 'of. Mifflin township, Cumber- .
land county; deceased; having' boon granted to the
subscriber.residing in North Middleton township,.
hdlfetoby gives.notice, to all persons : in:any way in; -
debted jo said estate to make payment immediate
ly, and those hayings claims, will, present 'them 1
withouUdeluy properly, authenticated for settle
ment ,777,
■ ' jiily 35,1839; !
ASAF. SMITH, Adm’r.
■ 6t
i.Tho officers and menbers of the. First Battalion
ofC nmbcrbmd VoUmtceraare requested to meet
a * Dnioh ,Ho)di^/Siita(^y^b«!enlitt.Jtlie
27th.mst‘ at C j o’clock. On iiusihess of unportiince.
By order, of-tliecomnandinirbfficer,Vd * r
' K."X, NbBJiB, Adjatiintv
July 25, 1839. ■ > u - -.V'; i--'.-"*