AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. CARLISLE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 1830. our Mm “Now our fUg is flung to the wild wind free, Let it float o’er our ‘father land,” And the guard of its spotless fame shall be, Columbia's chosen band FOR PRESIDENT IN’lB4O, MARTIN VAN BUREN, . AND AN INDEPENDENT TREASURY. An fnde/iendeni Treasury^ —whose officers re sponsible to the people, instead of privileged corporations, shall guard the people’s money.— Democracy asks in vain, whatv claim have* the hanks to use this public treasure as their own,— again to convert it into an engine ot ruinous ex pansions and contraction* of the currency, and of new political panics and pressures, to enforce submission to .the Money Power.— lion* James Buchanan's 7'oast. "Wo understand from good authority that Sena tor Penrose, at the Buckshotoriian meeting in the County Hall on Monday evening' week, amongst other unfounded assertions, stated in substance that the Jury in attendance at Court were yacked by the Sheriff and Commissioners—and, as an evidence, said that out of forty-eight on the list, not more than TEN belonged to his party! Wo have enquired of the officers implicated in this sweeping charge, and have likewise examined the Jury list ourselvcS—and now pronounce the said assertion of the said Speaker Penrosb, with out any qualification whatever, a wilful and deh'b- sraie FALSEHOOD! He knew it was false, for ho received, but a few hours before, the list from •ur pu v n liand r in the Court House, and was oc cupied for- about half an hour in examining it.— Wc again charge him with lettering a LIE, and wc now dare him or any of his vassals to the proof. On an examination of the list, wo find that out of the 41 in attendance not more than 2*2 are known ~,.s»vbe\ong to the democratic party—and of the 7 who were summoned but did not attend, but two or three are members of that party. Here then wo have Itr—out of 48 Jurors, the democrats have 25 and the federalists 53. If any one doubts the cor rectness of our estimate 1 , wo shall publish the names of the Jurors to prove our asscrti6h. , ,We also examined the Grand Jury’ Hat, and find that out of 21 in attendance, bat 10 aro democrats —and yet the foul-mouthed slanderer will assert that ty reason of the political complexion of the Jury, they [the federalists] could not expect to - have justice done theml —Avauntll thou~hypocriti cal defamer ofhonest men! Art thou not ashamed to. look the men thou hast basely slandered in tho facel Penrose, in his speech in the County Hall; de nounced the democrats aa Gamblers and Drunkards and JnJUela , and spoke of Mr. Pray, a member of the Legislature from the county of Philadelphia, in particular, as one of the .greatest blackguards and most abominable infidels in all creation. We do not believe a word of it—on the contrary, we p'ronounce the assertion entirely destitute of truth. Mr. Pray is a gentleman and an honest man, and that is more than can be said of some of his political opponents, A word to bis- accuser. Admitting for the sake of argument (for it' would be a slander on the democracy of Philadelphia county to admit that the charge was true,) that- Mr. Pray is an infidel—we would vastly prefer him for a representative to a black-hearted, malig nant, sneaking hypocrite, whoso touch carries with it a poison more withering and blasting to the cause of religion and virtue than the writings and exaniplo of a score of avowed infidels. A Paine ora Voltaire are known, and can bo met in the open field of argument; but the hypocritical wretch, ele vated to a high and influential station in the com munity, who conceals under the garb' of our holy religion, the blackest'designs and treasonable in tentions against tho righ'ts -md the liberties of, his.country, i man, and a greater stumbling I 1 of the Gospel, than any other obstacle we can possibly think of; - - This, it may be said, iff plain language. We designed it.to be.so—and leave-thc application-to the individual forwhose benefit it-was written. William S, Ramsey appears to be a shining mark for the'poisoned arrows of the profligate crew that surround' the Herald. Nearly die whole side of 'the.last, number of thaj eheet is devoted to him. During a short' absence of this gentleman on an excufsionfor the benefit of his health; the occasion, was stealthily embraced" to circulate through the district he represents in Congress, the most delib- crate and. wilful calumnies fbTttar purpose-of-irr*- juring his private character —he was.pursued from place to plaqe, by the blood-hounds whp have fol lowed in his wake for years, intent, on slaking their vengeance in hiS mangled reputation. Whilst far away, forgetful of scenes enacting at home, and, as an invalid, intent onlyonrecreation- and-exer * creiso—the guilty, trembling assassin, seized the moment to brandislutho glittering knife, and pre pare-the faggols forhis immolation—but fortunate ly the dagger returned bloodless to its sheath—the miscreant who wielded it, foiled in his attempt, the public"ga^T^asKed : ah'd t eph-' founded, overwhelmed .with shame and confusion! „ Since Mr. Ramsey’s return,, these outlaws have ,the impudence to charge him with setting the - ex ample in traducing private-character, : and on that ground placed extenuation for their depravity. When; and how has My.,Ramsey.assailed private character? . We pointto his speeches and writings on recent occasions, and'darc his libellers to show a single instance ia which, as they say, ho “has pursued individuals oftheir party into the trans actions of private life?” In the keep jackall no- smg.foi materials to, patch up fish woman, tales of slander, against him, the very ashos-oj the dead have-becn uncovered bythat master-spirit of ini the,saintly .scoitm4reVof bank-bought noto riety, but we have yet to leant m whatmarmer Mr. Jlnmsoy has merited the roedntdaubteg his ohar _ustw has received-from the rogues, in budkraih,' “Who olbtho thoir villainy in odds and ends stolon forth of holy writ.t’ . Ladiea' Cbmjwm’pn.—The. August No-, of:this ■valuable, periodical is before us, and - contains, as ■usual, a variety of excellsnt'roading, ; The Cpm . panion is .edited by Mrs.'iSnrt S/ SUphe™, tFTj JV, SnowtUn ani-Benry F, Barrington j whoSenaiiifig alone are sufficient to rocbmmcnd tba work.to the .putfonnje ofth.a.pnlilis.; .; V i, : : I v Three States arc yet to elect, vlzn Maryland, Rhode Island and, Mississippi, with 13 members in all. Of these we shall undoubtedly carry sin Maryland and 2 in Mississippi, which will make the Democratic majority in the next Congress 14 Huzza for the Independent Treasury! We bespeak for the subjoined letter of Gov. Porter to the democratic committee of Bedford county an attentive perusal. “It is written,” says the Keystone, “with the same pith, point and force, that characterises all the productions of his Excellency—and breathes that firm, fearless and dignified spirit, ho is so well known to possess.— It adverts with groat propriety, to the scenes in December last, and the ruffian attacks on the pri vate character of the Governor. It also contains a weirdeserved notice of tiic often abused “Com mittee of Safety.” .“What'jviH the cravcn-heartcd traitors of feder alism [such as Penrose, Burrowes and Stevens,] who figured in December, and the poltroon calum niators, who were allied with the Peg Beattys, the Stonebreakers and Sturgeorts to LIE DOWN Gov. Porter, say to this bold and scorching rebuke? tlic_.dark, like’detected.bur glars, and vent their venom through the columns of their miserable lying journals.;— “This letter, we venture to predict, will raise the Governor in the respect and esteem of all true hearted democrats. ..The similarity of character,, for fearlessness and manly resolution,-between Gen. Jackson and Gov. Porter has been often re marked, but never was it more strikingly exempli fied, than in the tone and temper of; this letter.— We see the *old Roman’ in every lino and every thought. Witliouftho slightest effort at imitation, the directness and vigor of the style of the-produp. Übhs”dri)btirtKese excellent men dre“surprisirigly alike. 'Both the object of ca lumny and abuse- without measure-;—both ~aTC~objects~of-federabhatred—und-bqth are beloved" and respected by the greatdemocratic party. ,Wo are pleased that Pennsylvania has a governor who can, and who dare set his foot upon and crush the federal vipers, that- are.hissing about him on all sides.”. • , ■' For the flattering manner in .which ycmTiavo been pleased to advert to my public' course' be 'Pcased to accept my thanks. I was but the can didate in whoso election democratic principles tri umphed, and it was to the indomitable firmness and inflexible republicanism of the people of Penn sylvania and not to any personal merit or claims .of the candidate that tve are indebted for the result. Still,, after the crusade against private character, to which y ou.have referred, it would bo worse than affectation not to admit that the result was personally gratifying to ipo. But the trials of the democratic party of Pennsylvania did' notend with the known result of the election of thrfii Tuesday of October last. A daring attempt was'made-by some reoldeag politicians to ‘retain, by force’ or fraudf situations of Which -the public-'voice bad ocolas-ej tboia ottworthy.aiid the scenes which oofiunenosdrdn thedth of December last,'dt Jlarris trarg,-ana-Wore continuod for. some wteks, afford lamentable proofof. what bad men will attempt, anff gratifying evidence of what FREEMEN, de tetianled tp “ask.for nothing but What Upright arid to bothingiAat is accomi TheDemoCTitlC'RepuhlicanPepfesentati'irStjf the Senate,deserve-immortal honor for their final ness 'and: patriotism during^thosertiying.-aoencs! Summary of Election Wows. Tennessee.— ln addition to electing a Governor id six out of thirteen members of Congress; the imocrats have carried a.jnajority in the State Vgislature. “This will secure two administration j jenators in Congress. time of Judge White will expire -tfith the next and as tho clcctions in that State arc biennial, it will de volve on tho Legislature now chosen to elect his successor.' Mr.\ Foster, the other Senator, has been elected for the next six years, but had pub ished a statement prior to the election, that in case a majority were elected to the Legislature opposed Jo him in political sentiment, ho would resign his seat, and glvo them an opportunity to select a per-, son of their own views. In the last Congress, tho democrats had only three members. North Carolina. —The democrats have elected JVlessrs. Bynum, C. Shcpperd, McKay, Hawkins, Montgomery, Connor, Hill and Fisher, making eight out of the thirteen members of Congress— In the lost congress the federalists had eight mem bers, and tho democrat but live. Now tho tables are turned, and democracy triumphs. Indiana.— This young giant of the west has come up to the mark in fine, style. Two years ago our friends only elected one out of the seven mem bers of Congress. Now they have six , and their, opponents only one. There will also be a decided democratic majority in the State Legislature. Kentucky.— Even here, where tlie people have heretofore been led captive at will by Mr. Clay, democracy is in tho ascendant. In the last Con gress wc had barely one member dut of thirteen now we have three, besides a largo increase in both branches of tho Legislature. Alabama.^— This republican* Commonwealth that never flinches, has also dorte nobly—and, al though ihe Congressional delegation remains un changed— three democrats to two federalists—tho .republican majorities are largely increased. Gov. Bagby is re-elected*with scarcely any opposition". ; This is glory, enough fo last a whole year. ■ * The following table will show- the relative - strehgUi'of 'parties.-in the next Congress, so far aa. 1 results of the elections are known. ‘ Democrats. Federalists, \ 6 2 • Maine,. .. New Hampshire, Vermont, , Massachusetts, Connecticut, Now Ywky ---O'. . New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, „ South Carolinti,' . Georgia, Louisiana, • Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, , Alabama, • Illinois, —Michigan, Missouri, , Arkansas, l2l- GOV, PORTER’S LETTER. — : —-—Bedford, August, 1833. Gentlemen’.^ The state; of my health, and. a dis position to avoid. parade, will deny to me, what otherwise would be,the pleasure of partakingof a public dinner with my Democratic friends of Bed ford county to which your letter of this morning has invited me. , ■ Anxious, however,' to maintain and preserve an unrestrained intercourse, between, the people their , public ftitictionaries, it will give me , great pleasure during my smoum at Bedford, to.seeand converse with such of my fellow citizens as-may find it.convonient to call. •- ' . and the citizens whom the occasion brought to the Beat of Government, by their more than Roman firmness, as well as moderation and prudence, have earned for themselves .never fading laurels, and .justlywntitle-them-to-thewame of- “Thu Commit tee of Safety.” To them aro.thc people of Penn sylvania indebted for the frustration of the nefari ous attempt of theec,traitors to the liberties of our country: an.attempt which for recklessness and corruption was never equalled since the dpys of -Cataline. Terrified at the consequences to them selves of their own guilt, they fled the Halls of Legislation, to brood in secret over some new and less dangerous mode of tampering with popular rights, much as they desired they dared not carry out their declared purpose to defeat the ex pressed will of tho people. Tho calling of troops to the seat of Government to overawe the legisla ture and intimidate the people signally failed— They wore called there without and against au thority of lawj and it is fortunate that no excesses were committed by tho military upon the citizens and their representatives, dr it might have been that the instigators of the mischief might have been made to answer with their blood for their treason. ' There is however a sublimity in the spectacle of beholding the sovereign people calmly yet firm ly and unflinchingly rebuking the usurpers of power, and teaching them anil all who hereafter would endeavor to Jo tho like, that tho people are tho source and depository of all power, and that their will “must and shall be obeyed;” and that he who dares to prevent the legal operation of the will of the people constitutionally expressed at the Ballot Box, will be put down by tho strong and irresistible voice of public opinion. At the time of my induction into office I set forth tho principles on which I intended to act, and have thus far faithfully endeavored to live up to them, notwithstanding the unwarrantable, and factious opposition which almost every measure recom mended for the public good has had to encounter in one, and that the least Democratic branch of the Legislature. Time and the deliberate action of the people, tho sure .correctives of all abuses in. a re public; will purify this, and we may then see a consistent and harmonious action of all the de partments of Government, and' tho State flourish ing as she ought to do under united Democratic councils. i “ ' • r That Divine Providence has these blessings. in. store for us I fervently hogo ariij sincerely believe; and that our past triads may be the cause of in creased watchfulness’in preserving invioldfb the sacred rights to which we were born isythe sincere prayer of Your fellow citizen, DAVID R. PORTER. ‘ To Mr. Nicholas Lyons, and others Committee on behalf of the Democratic citizens of Bedford. 3 / 10. B 1 '-'—l 11 HYPOCRISY. Tho “flying phenomenon,” and his valet place of the Herald, have recently mounted the hobby of religion to “witch the world with horse manship,” and display their ground and lofty tum bling to greater advantage than was recently ex hibited to an admiring audience in the Senate Chamber. These _ sober, moral, consistent and upright harlequins, have recently.charged full tilt into the very front ranks of the drunkards, atheists, gamblers and debauchees, who infest our common wealth, and singular to Telatcrhavc exhibited pro digies of valor in contending these mons ters. An amazing quantity of ink has been shed in the ofcrocodilo tears have scarce yet ceased to flow, and by the latest advices we -discover that “Charles the Bold” and - his trusty squire, Captain Bobadil , are in the very heart of the country infested by the “Blackfeet and Rat tlesnake bands,” slaying their thousands, and carrying devastation before thorn. What a 'truly sublime spectacle do we behold in this magnani mous devotion of these two anchorites to the cause of morality! ” Peter the Hermit and John Rogers will hereafter be scarcely mentioned—the bright star of their fame pales before the rising luminary that now attracts the attention, of all observers.— How truly fortunate are we to live in an age adorn ed by the heroism and piety of these worthy knights errant! After the complete and final extermination of the “Blacltfeet and Rattlesnake tribes,” it is under stood that these heroes, who are as valiant as wrathful doves or more magnanimous mice, in tend to carry the war into Africa, or may be into Kentucky, where a notorious gafhbler, cock fight er and horse racer, by the name of Henry Clay holds his orgies—thence they will proceed to Ohio and chastise a certain debauchee by the name of Harrison for polluting the land with his vices, and with the object of putting an end to the crying of certnin children in the wilderness—thence they will advanefc into the New England States .and “stop the grog’” of a certain Webster, who, in vio lation of the five gallon law, is wobderfuUy ad dicted to “sack and sugar,” They will tlien visit the halls of-Congrcss and enquire whether f-Pise, Graves, Prentiss, Ac. are secundum' or ient, or whether they are bungling assassins of the Robespicrian schod.. They will then march into Poland with drums beating and colors Hying,.and seek out a certain Tlmddeus of Warsaw, a famous blackleg, and formerly a companion in arms of “Charles the Bold”~undoubtodly tfiey will bind! hirp together, with Speaker Cunningham back to back, and hurl them into 'the Baltic sea. These great and 'valorous deeds being performed, it is 'SurmiSHl'tliartlurmagnanimQUsCharlcs ..wiirgtT info, a state, oTretiracy and disgorge his-ill-gotten gains, mduch some pa*ple do-say'-were the price of bribery and corruption; and the creditors of Cap tain Bobadil cannot fail to have their accounts sat isfactorily adjusted by the payment of at least ten cents in the dollar—landlords’ bills and gambling debts included. It is really amusingto hear, the bitter wailing and groaning of the “Buckshotonian” federalists at tlie result of the elections in thoSoutKaridsbutb west. They lied about it as long as they could have any'prospeot of gulling the most credulous of their used-up party, and denied that the first ro portsJrom Terincseeo, Kentucky, North Caroli na and Indiana had any thing ip them worthy of boliof. -Their papera held back thQ 7 nows from their readers as long as they could, and even now they are loath to" of their irretriev able defeat. But;the glorious tidings have been spread-t 6 the fpurwjUds of Haiven, and the oppo nents of an dotuocracyare reluc tantly compelled to acknowledge' that they are prostrate irv-Jhe dust-i-discomfited andf'dismayed entirely annihilated by tho ropublican legions of those patriotic States, y These false prophets, for such they ato , noty bo,; who so confidently predicted the overthrow-oif Mr^, Van Buren’s administration, and wbo induoedithe rank' and filo } efdtoir tha'BUokshotohians; oh asmall seile-—Ur believe that,the .administration was fast, going down, and that ,thd' “odious" - Sub Treasury. would sink ,its projectors and. adyhoates lower than the grave of political dissolution, haye suddenly , disappeared, add instead of boasting and bravado ;they are now ?snesT)£lKoTntterest agony -and distressV rnf : i73 '.ll?(!Ltff.fellDwa!.they,;hayb. had their day-rand-a" sofrjt o'ndltihfe. been for .theeconhtry. ’ • Thdy-have denied out panics and pressures with a liberal hand for tho last four or five years, in tho hope of blinding the eyes of tho people, and riding into power on the strength of their delusion. But “a change has come o’er tho spirit of their dream,” and now after years of toil, and Hardships innu- the Websters and Clays and Harrisons and ’Whites and Bells and Wises and Tallmadgos, find themselves immeasurably farther off tho goal of their ambition than when they first set out in their wearisome journey. And then what still vexes their minds and embitters their feelings yet morn, is tho fact that Mr. Van Btifen enjoys him self “calm as a summer’s morning,” and looks down, from tho lofty pinnacle of fatno to which ho has been raised by the suffrages of a free people, upon these grovelling, hanb-hnught and battle ridden earth-worms, With tho most supremo contempt.— Conscious of <the rectitude of his conduct, and never doubting that tho people will sustain him in his efforts to keep tho money power of the coun try in subjection, ho pursues tho “even tenor of his way,” alike impervious to' tho assaults of his ene mies or the flattery of his friends. . Blit, now: that tho elections just held have ter minated so gloriously for the administration, and now that the passage of tho Independent Treasury bill is no longer a matter of doubt, wo should not bo astonished, as we observed some two or three weeks since, to sec these same supple Buokshot onians, chamelion-like, change their professions of hostility to tho Sub Treasury, and comb out ip a few- months tho open-mouthed brawling advocates of the measure. So destitute of principle are tho federal leaders, that wo should not bo astonished at any thing they do. Office is their god—and if, by so doing, they could succeed in.their they would not hesitate to shout louder than the v loudest for Martin. Van Buren and tho Sub Treas ury. ‘ . Bo all this as it may, the dejected appearance of these poor devils in our borough for a week past, is tndypitiablc. From Mr. Speaker Penrose, who had wot yet fully recovered from his fright last December when he escaped from the “ugly big butchers,” down to tho meanest of his lackeys and jowlera who infest tho "streets and not a word can be heard. They are as mute as mice. They pass along without opening their mouths, and can (Va-iily he. known by their elongated chins and the wo-begono expression of their countenan ces.’" - The glory of federal whiggery is departed, for-; 'Over, and these fellows are now beginning to feel if. Alas! for poor, pitiful contemptible federal abolition antimasonic banlc ehinplaster Peg Beatty “BUCKSHOTONIANISM!” ' It is thrice dead and buried in.the. ocean of oblivion. The Chebokees. —lt is stated that a sanguinary war is now raging among the Chorokeos, between the Ridge and Ross parties. 'ljhe account states that the Ross party had murdered all the chieftains of the Ridge party but one, and ho rallied his party on the 28th of June, and a battle ensued which re sulted in tho death of from 40 to 70 on both sides. Ross yvas amongst the slain. Bushy Head, a chief of great.p apu lari tv, who has always acted av pacificator, is now endeavoring to reconcile. the parties. The Cherokees, it is said, refuse to re ceive the beef tho contracting agent has furnished them, and threaten to take his life unless he pays them the money. Shocking MvaDEif— Mrs* Elizabeth Rick, of Scott county, Ky., was most cruelly murdered on the 9th-ult. by a negro woman, her slave. The woman had been ordered to make a fire, and she threw on such a quantity of brushwood that it soon" blazed furiously. Her mistress aUempfcxTto~ex tinguiah the fire, when the negro threw her into it —but she extricated herself, when the fiend knock ed her down with an aXe, and then endeavored to cut her throat, but stabbed her in the mouth and cut her tongue in two, She continued to use the knife until she supposed Mrs. Rick dead, and then ran into the field and told her master that her mis tress l?ad fallen into the fire and. burnt herself to death.. Mrs. R., however, was yet aide to relate the circumstances, and the negro was committed. Correspondence of the American Volunteer New Vork, Aug. 14, 1839. I have gratified with the re ceipt-of several numbers of the “American; Volunteer.” Their contents have for me a deep ami peculiar interest, and I arise from their perusal with the- conviction that Car lisle, with all its bad habits, and infamous blacklegs,- and. women, is worth-,,atleast,-'-an-effort to re claim it. Its reformation can only be ac complished by elevating the,moral and in.-, tejlectual character of the press.: That,task' is’yours, and you are about.to accomplish it. You have.an exceedingly valuable accessary in your matchless correspondent “Carlisle.” He wields' a ready and vigorous pen and brings with him an intimate knowledge of the miscreant clan he is called to encounter .—secure luslltalenL-by^alLmeans.—Bu t-ono r word foryourpri vate ear, : my friends—tran sact a--ready,.cash business and thus do your patrons a (Stiver; and “put money in your purse.” For me, in return for the gratification I receive from the perusal of your paper, lam willing to glean from any and from every source within the precintsof Great Gotham, whatever is novel or peculiar that can be of interest'to your numerous .amL intelligent readers, f wdlyisit WaU_Streefljnd_talk_ to . you of finanec. When those.,splefidid transatlantick steam packets arrive, I will discourse to you of their relative speed and beauty, or the intelligence tliey bring—ahd when the-.Vgreat available,”, who now so journs at Saratoga, shall come among us, I will advise you ofhjs "stately steppings.” At present we are wholly destitute of “lions” —a few, however, who are' “lions”' on a smalt scale, are now with us, and are creat ing a sensation in their own peculiar sphere. One of these is Stephen BUrr.ows, the noto rious counterfeiter and preacher.to the Pen namites ivho was the author of infinite mis chiefand 'drollery'while he was a student of Dartmouth College. He is, now about 75 years of age, and is a venerable and intelli gent citizen. In this enumeration I would 'also mention the name of the notable hero of the Patriot War, Bill Jonson, & his charming 'daiighter Catharine. The authorities of'Ca nada have; offered a reward .for Bill’s head, and as he is not yet entirely reconciled to dis pense with that rather necessary appendage tij a : cbmplete'man. he concluded ■ to leave the border where he resides, and sojourn a while’in Gothain. He Seems about fifty 1 is frrnik 'and.hianly' in his deportment, .arid.ex hibits just fhat fearlessness, and reckless-! ness ar character whiclv ought to character ize Bill.: Ipnssn. and whicn; nobody would expect to find him without! His daughter partakes, of all,that is spirited and daring in tier father, and is besides mild and gentle and fawn-like. The following story con ’‘cerning~her.iß wcllworth relating—when I tell you that I gathcred it from her own lips, you will nut wonder that it excited my in terest and admiration. But as my paper is nearly filled, and ns I have'another very im portant communication to makc, I will beg your permission to defer the story until, my next. A day or two since I chanced to be strolling along Broadway. when my curiosi ty led me to call fit the Astor House. Among the Jast arrivals whose names appeared on tho register,yl discoveredwritten in a fair, dashing, business like, clock peddling kind of a hand, the talismanick name of your co temporary and particular friend Theophilus Fenn. This fact, abstractly considered, is probably of no kind of consequence.. Theo philus has- as good a right to come to New York antiput up at the Astor House, ns any blockhead with huge whiskers pnd mustaches who disports himself Around that establish ■ ment. But then,,what occasion has brought him here? what business? what motive? what inducement? Has he come to effect a loan to enable the whig-party to redeem the bank ruptcy of its late administration. Does he intend to make the fashionable tour of Sara toga and Niagara? —or is he simply pursuing his unobtrusive way to Connecticut for a fresh supply of the latest patent spinning jinnies? To a person less-interested in this matter than, I am, or than I think you will be, and to a mind less difficult to satisfy than our minds aw£ upon points of magnitude and importance, the reasonableness of the latter conclusion might afford a .satisfactory solu tion of the problem. But still lam notsat isfied. I have , the best authority in the world for believing, that some “secret Ser vice”—some important state secret has brought him herc. The late Canal Commis sioners and other incumbents of office under Hither, like so many large hungry calves, since they have been obliged to renounce the public teat, have grown lean anff ema ciated. Somebody, must.be prepared to make speeches, to talk considerable nonsense, and to do a great deal of wrangling from this time until, after tho election.-* These must be well fed, and with a full stomach..; To this’end 'Theophi lus is sent here as minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary, to negotiate with the steward of the kitchen at this splendid establishment, for all tho “cold wittals” that may be needed for this laudable and praise-; worthy objectr He:is alsO'inVesteirwitli dis cretionary power to call oir Noah of thp “Star” or some other of the tribe of Levi who is in the ‘told clothes business,” and effect the purchase-of a second hand suit for each of the bankrupt whig and antimasonic editoFk-in~Harrisburg, and a new pair of breeches, made to order, very naf row in the seat, for the new whig editor in Carlisle.— If these can be procured on terms so reason able- as (hut-the-fiintls a ppropriafed will au thorize it, he is further accredited to obtain three large flannel petticoats—one forT, H. Burrowes, one for Peg Beatty, and one for the amiable and pious speaker of the Senate. But this is the extreme limit of his commis sion, and it is by no means certain that he will not omit the petticoats altogether. I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this in formation, butit looks extremely probable. Yours, &c. SLAMM. ■y , For the Volunteer A Chapter on Gambling. to “The talented senator.” • Sir: —Your position in society is by no means equivocal. The “painful pre-emi nence” you now enjoy entitles you to all the •honors usuallyatfcndant on a successful sys tem of trickery and deception. A gambler, amongst his associates, is estimated accord ing to the skill with which he throws the dicejand the manner in which he stocks the cards, so as to cheat to the greatest advan tage, the innocent and unsuspecting. He becomes a great in proportion to the amount he thus niches from his victims, and enjoys a.notoiiety. in character with that of Erostratus who applied the torch to the temple of Diana at Ephesus. This kind of-fame is'sometimes confounded by those’ ‘who are tolerated in. the society of the virtu ous, withthe reputation-achieved of honorable actions; but the wise and the good neyer fail to discriminate ju-tly be tween and cheat, and truly honest man. It is true sir, you are not of ten seen at the Faro banks; but, if I may credit thq- evidetice of my senses, and the loud assertions.ofjthdse who were but re cently your devoted friends,, the. fact js. con clusive, that you have been gambling in an other banking concern, to the tune of thou sanda r _(ind-tensof_thbitsands!-rT-Yc!i&h',your. abused,' insulted and'cheated-constituents, are to a man. satisfied .of the opep.and noto rious profligacy with which you bartered their interests to an organized band of black legs and brokers,:and became a share holder in a concern which you had censured much in the same manner; that you now. condemn- Faro banks. -I will prove sir, what I assert —when elected-to the Senate of Pennsylva nia, you weie_l!aa.poocan<l ragged-as-Xaz- ; arusiritHerpainted'.cloth’f—ymir-creditors were loud and clamorous, and none of your ftiends claimed for you the possession of the means to meet your pecuniary engagements. You had incurred the enmity of the federal ists, by your ultra and rabid animosity to the Bank of the United- States, to such a de gree, that you were shunned by them as if infected with, some loathsome disease. You were denounced in the'usual polite terms known'to that school,, as a leveller and an agrarian, You, iti turn assailed the “mon ster” with, the bitterest invectives, and mouthed most verbosely all the sayings of Jackson and Benton, and wound up with the flourish that when the Bank was chartered, 1 "freedom tvould shriek; and out liberties would be locked up in the vaults of the miser!” You made thedSenate chamber 'ring'with Bombastic tirades against an insti tution, which you said, was “aparti/ bellig erent iti d great political controversy, claim ing to exercise, apd-ejcercising. potoeis dan gerous to the liberties of the people!” and up on, 1 the, whole, your,hypocritical cant had se curcd you the confidence of the democratic party,’to such a degree, that; you were look ed upon as an amazingly disinterested friend of the people. In this, position we find you but three short years ago. Since that peri od, a mighty revolution.haslakcn place in al 1 your affaireii the poverty-strickch taler demalion has become rich and luxurious, sports his carriage and horses, lives at his case,and, indulging Id's'taste for architecture, , erects splendid.structurcs at the-expcnsc of thousands—the despised advocate of humble democracy is received into social commun ion with the bank aristocracy of the land, and is even feasted as a cringing paratutc at • the table of the Emperor Nicholas—the bold and impetuous opponent of the Bank of the U-. States, is how as “gentle as a sucking dove,” having safely “deposited the liberties of his_cpuntry in the vaults of'the miser,” when he mounts,guard over them with the rusty firelock of anti-inasonry!—in fine, by some mysterious agency, the poor, degraded, democratic opponent of the “great monster,” has been converted into the rich, affluent, sycophantic supporter of the golden calf!— Will you explain, sir, by what hocus-pocus or legerdemain, by what system of gambling or slight of hand this wonderful change has been produced? You will see the necessity ' of this, I trust, before you commence your promised crusade against private character under the cloak of holy religion, which .fits you so slovenly as to reveal the black leg at every step you take in the mire and filth by which you.are encompassed. But I should suppose; if your haggard and spectral visage is an index,to_the.workings-of a.heart steep ed in gall and bitterness, that you are even now, ready to exclaim. My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, Snd every tongue brings in a several tale, ■ Jlnd every tale condemns me for a villain! Yours, &c. MACDUFF. T'or the Volunteer. Messrs. Editors:—While in Carlisle last week attending Court,' I was not entirely in attentive to .political, movements, and was somewhat surprised at the course pursued , by some of the opposition gentry. Itwould appear, from what-leaked out in conversa tion in one of the taverns in town, that the federalists have already fixed upon their candidates for the different offices to be filled, this fall, and will stick to them to a man.— Rut, then, they have ho hopes, of electing any of (hem, unless they can produce a split in thc,dcniocratio party. To efiect this they propose, “aiid have their ageutsjit work-al.- rcarfivtd (/fieri?#'UpSff’'t'iic~Tnincls •HVSttma v “ unsuspecting democrats and induce them to come out and offer themselves as Volunteer Ry this means, (if they succeed in gulling those who they expect to be able to operate successfully 7 upon,) they 7 fondly calculate in dividingthc democratic, vote of dhe county, and thus furnish themselves with the means of an easy victory. Hut these federalists “calculate without their,host.” The stern democracy of the county is not to be defeated so easily. Our party is firmly united and will support the Tcgularlynomihafed ticlTefbe it what ifmay. —and will elect it into the bargain. This the democratic party will do, even if some who have heretofore been numbered with us _ sliolifd sutler themselves to-be made-tools of by the-federalists and'come out “on their own hook.” Our opponents have tried this game re peatedly in this county, and as often with out success. So will it be again. Mark what an old democrat predicts, who for thir ty years has been a resident of SILVER SPRING?. . For the Volunteer. Messrs. Editors:—The groat and main ob ject of the County Convention, which as- the 3d of September to form a , ticket to be supported at the approaching e lection, should be to place before the people a ticket inferior to none, less objectionable than any, and preferable to all, independ nnt of sectional feeling and personal pre ference. For the object of. our existence as a political party ismot a blind devotion to the interest of any particular section, or to the person of any individual, but to establish the salutary arid perservatiye principle that the ‘‘laws shall be supreme.” Such is the desire, the end of the democratic, party, and to effectuatd this, we recognize the princi ple, that the “majority in all deliberate as semblies shall rule.” Thus to the decision ~of fife County Convention, we will say, “a mc.n,” be the candidates selected from'what portion of the County they may. .It would however be politic, if it were possible, in the selection of the candidates to-consult the wishes and satisfy the scruples of every-in dividual and township in the County, but such is impracticable, hence the necessity of being subject to the decision of a County Convention; and thus in the coming contest no siderioay differences . will draw any man from; his principles, into the'political death ejnbrace. of.a party, with which we hold no principle in'common, no affinity—no sym pathy. As is natural it requires" a strong ef . fortmf;fnfsral‘COuTage"to^yield^ppiftxeFprc judices, but when patriotism depiands the sacrifice, no true partizan, no honest demo crat will hesitate to- make the offering, so thatshoulcPthe Convention nominate for any of the respective County offices or for a seat hr the Legislature, any individual or indi viduals against whom transient differences might operate, it seems to be the current o pinion in this end of the County, that inde pendent ofl “sectional feelings arid personal preferences”'theywilkabidebythcde'cislon of the Convention.- Our motto iseoery thing for our principles, union and harmony. But" Messrs. Editors, that our views here.Tela five to. some of the respective candidates r may be made, known to the people of the County generally, I am requested by:piany. ;; democrats, to say, that their preference of candidates to fill the several County offices isT-the “ present incumbents—the Governor’s ■choice?’ which bespeak }he people’s confi dence in their executive. In audition to the above I am solicitcd'to present through the medium of your paper, to.the people of this County,, the name of JVUliam B. Cummins, of this place, as that of a man, suitable to represent them, in the" next Legislature.— Should he be nominated by the Convention, his nomination.will be hailed with pleasure, arid that he will receive .a majority of the votes of the people of tills County, of the mechanics, the farmers &c., the t-'bone and . - sinew” of our party,, I have the most con firming assurance. He is a gentleman of , general information,-liberal and elevated in liis views ond sentiments, and. altogether ■■ w epialified to perform the duties of that, sta jion, He ia known as orthodox on all tho - greatquestio.ns of national policy, which now agitate the an. uncompromising friend of an indeperiilent treaßury—‘as fav orable. to n sound and uniform currency—a*
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