*T' AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. O AEUiXS£iE; Tinnwn.vY, august -is. iwm <Was. wsj.ig. “Now our flag is flung to the'wilcl wind Ircc, , Let it lloat o'er <mr ‘father l.uid,” And the guard of Its spotless fame shall hr, Columbia's chosen band!" FOR FREiIOIWP IN 1549, MARTIN VAN BBBEPf, , ■ 'AND AN INDEPENDENT TREASURY ' A'X fndefxendcn: Trrasuvx}. —whose officers re sponsible to the. people, instead of privileged corporations, shall guard the pcoplr's money.— Deinocrucy:-asks in vain, wlut claim have the banks to use this public treasure ns their own,— again to convert it into an'engine of ruinous ex pansions and contractions of the currency, and ol new political panics mu! pressures, to enforce submission to tlie Money Power-*— //on, James Buchiman’a Toast. isfPisa refi- .wsim r rffjr&. Tho Democrats of tho Borough of Carlisle are requested to attend a public meeting at tho house of Maj. Jacob Rshrar, on Friday (to-morrow) evening tho 30th inst. at early candle light, to no minate suitable persons for Delegates to the Coun ty Convention. It is to bo hoped that every dem ocrat in the borough will bo found,at his - post on tho occasion. . MANY* August 2D, 1839. f , To Correspondents.— I ‘Scouting Ma]oi*’ and ‘Ci vitas,’ arc inadmissible, Both appear to bo foun ded on personal pique, and as a controversy-of this kind is of no public interest that we can conceive -of, wb decline the publication ofoithor JVeio. Post Office,*— A Post Officohaa been recent ly established-at Wormleysburg, in ♦this county, and Jaood Loncneckcr, Esq. appointed Postmas v tof. Pitts* Machine for Thrashing Cleaning Graif], We invito the attention of our farmers to the ad vertisement of Mr. Pitts, in another column. This .machine is'highly in the ‘Cultivator,’ edited by Judge Bud of. Albany, N. Y. who is well known as ono of the greatest Agriculturalists in the Union. ’ Wo were somewhat in error last week in mak ing up our table for the next Congress. Our •strength in the Indiana delegation is only five in stead of six—and in Iventucky'rieo instead of three members. This will make a difference of four votes against ua, and will leave parties stand, so Tar as elections liavo already been held, 119 dem ocrats to 111 federalists. CamphclPs Trial. —Wo invite .attention. to the account of this trial, taken from- the Huntingdon Advocate; which is published in another part of this' paper. By reference thereto our readers will perceive with astonishment that by means of a paefeed Jury and ether expedients equally base and infamous, the vilo slanderer, the notorious Bob ■Campbell, has been screened in a 'great measure from the punishment he so richly deserved. Ifcny thing wei*e yet wanting to open the eyes of the people to the wicked disregard of all law and jus tice and equity which characterized the leaders of federal antimasonry, the trial at Huntingdon, and also the “Treason and Riot cases,” as they arc fa miliarly called, at Harrisburg, must abundantly ■suffice. With such Jurors and such Witnesses, no man, who will not “basely bow the knee to the icqage of Baal,” (antiraasonry,) is safe cither in his person or estate. Some of tho most respectable of the Buckshoto sians in this borough, the elite of federal wliiggci* ry—such as Doctor T—y, Dan Eckles, A. CreighV &.c. &c. are-in ecstacietf at the result of Bob Camp boll’s tflal, and swear right lustily that it amounts to a verdict of guilty’-against Gov. Porter! What wiseacres these fellows must be! Why don’t they tell their federal followers, that Campbell was ac quitted by an antimasonic juiy upon the condition ■of paying about-$5OO in the shape of costs,' &c.—- This is a strange acquittal to be sure. What! fine a man S5OO for being hmocentofthe charge-brought ■against.hiin, and then callthis an acquittal! -What admirable ld£icians these Buckshotanian leaders arch. ' T—y says that he will “spend twenty dollars -to_defeat-onc-man— this fall!” If T—y would appropriate a portion of that money to pay the individual alluded to whar lie owes him, it wou)d redound much more to his ■credit! Do you'take, T—y, we-come out 31 little plainer next weekl When T—ytaTks of gpcnding, dollars on- the even our devil laugh! In> py says to his certain, knowledge, T~—y is’nt worth twenty cents,, let alone We rather guess the fellow is more than Italf righWat least if his honest debts were all paid* _ r thc Pretended "RioP* Gues.—The Keystone of. the 21st inst, says: - - “Up to the time of our paper-going to press, tho proceedings against the citizens who-frustrated the Burrowcs conspiracy .last December, had not been reached in Court. The traitorous Conspirators are, however, all here, with an entire litter o thired- swearers* at the elbow, ready and eager to do the ~~ bidding of their masters.'—Roh'espierta-STE-. tens,, with stamped a» with a Treated iron upon bis brazed countenance, is herd. .Marat Bdbbowes, . I, the chahnols of whoso yellow blood, : Ooze to the shin, and stagnate there to mud,” . as-seen lurking like a bird of eviloraon'around the ' Court House, a pale and dejected personification' of the effects of horror stricken conscience up‘on the outer man. Danton Penrose, with his hypo --critical smile, so. typical of die treachery of him who wears it,; serves to complete a trio, whoso schemes of “treason, stratagem and spoil” had. '' -well nigh drenched a peaceful commonwealth in tiio blood of her best citizens, all awaiting with breathless impatience the ompannelling of a pack• - Jury to ctrtaumaiatbHhcir infamous designs.” don’t mean, J? in clude Mcasra, Phillips, BiUeti, fiprgrxr ' and . Ball «f this Dorough, who aCcompttdiifi.blr. Penrcsa to Harrisburg tss witnesses oii the occasion.. Tim . groat fcspectability of thesa gentlemen, and! Om, AgA character they sustain in this community for; - sectiatji,'ate sufficient to exonerate .them from, the , above; charge. Besides, thoy are the principal:! teadpiSin. that party which boasts of being in ex-1 sdd'siVSiyfpssossion ofnll mfd'rcapocicj Mbility'lalfthebormigb. •: • .■ ■■■- ' i Col. letter-will be found on the first page. WV-hopd our readers will not fail to give all the lcttera_aajh.ey_appcdr (forwo_ de sign publishing them) an attentive perusal. They form an admirable and-faithful histoiy of the' cele brated “Buckshot War” from its inception to its termination, and is a faithful portrait of tho villainy and rascality of theso who sought to involve tho Coramonwealthiri the horrors of .a civil war*. . DELEGATE ELECTIONS* Wo hope our democratic friends throughout tho couhty will bcar:in mind that Saturday next is tho day fixed upon by the. Standing Committee for tho election of dplcgatca in th'e different townships and boroughs, and wo trust that every man will feel it •to bo a bouhden duty ho owes to himself and tho party to bo in attendance upon tho occasion. Tho next County Convention? which is to assemble on Tuesday next, will bo am important one, and will have more important duties to perform than has over heretofore devolved on a similar body ip this county; for, in addition to members of tho.Lcgisla turo, Commissioner, Director of the Poor, and Au ditor, they will have the nomination of proper per sons to fill the different County Offices, which arc now, for the first time, to be elected by the people. Tho Delegate system of nominating candidates for tho various offices has long been in vogue in this county. It is one of tho time-honored usages of tho party, and is the only moans of concentrat ing public opinion and securing tho ascendency-of democratic principles. It has, moreover, outlived opposition after having successfully breasted "eve ry storm which has been raised by the enemies of republicanism, and Is now looked upon’, and very justly too, as scarcely inferior in importance to tho general election itself. Even our enemies have pretty generally adopted it, and in this respect are ■followingrin tho_footstepsof_‘their democratic-pre decessors. • - Seeing, then, that these primary elections arc all-importnnt to insure our wonted success in this county, it is to bchoped that everyman who - can leave home will turn out to the tWnship elections on Saturday next. Let -there be a full and free expression jaf the popular will—and lot men of in telligence, experience and stern political integrity, who will carry out the wishes of their constituents and act for the welfare of the whole party gpnor alljvbo selected'as delegates to tho County Con vention;—and when they do meet let every man be willing to sacrifice somewhat of personal pre dilections on the altar of public goo’d'—let a ticket bo formed of ‘good men and true,’.and our word for it, they Will bo elected by an ovonvhdraing majority. - Once more, let us every genuine de mocrat in tho coantyutn.attend tho delegate elec tions. Tho crisis is an Important one, and re quires of every man to be found-in the line of his duty. Volunteer Encampment. —Tho encampment of Volunteers for the purpose of drill and improve ment in military tactics, will commcnde at Me chanicsburg on Wcdnesdaj' next, the 4tb Sept. & will continue for three days. We understand from Maj. Reiirar, the officer'commanding, that the most ample accommodations, in camp equipage &c. are provided for as many companies as shall think proper to join in the encampment. Already, it is ascertained, there will be eleven companies in at tendance, and the probability is.that two or three more will be added to tho list. There will also be a number of field officers in attendance by express invitation. Those of our readers who are fond of military displajvwould do well to visit the encampment, •as it will doubtless be a splendid affair. The. Governor is expected to review tho troops in person on Thursda3 T or Friday. .Thc “Riot” Cases. —We understand that the Court ngwin session in Dauphin county, on'Moh day last quashed the indictments gotten up by Pen rose, Stevens & Co., against Charles Pray, Geo. W. Barton and others who were charged with treasonable and riotous conduct at Harrisburg in the month of December last, or during tho ‘Buck shot* campaign. Thus, endeth the miserable R.o bespierian conspiracy ag.rinst the liberties of the people, & it has covcred with shame and confusion the Triumvirate who basely attempted to usurp the government and establish a despotism on tho ruins of the republic. We forbear further comment at present, as the Harrisburg papers of this week will doubtless give a full history of tho proceedings in Court, from which, in our next, we*shall extract for tho benefit of our readers. . It ‘is a characteristic of Federalism to practise itself what it condemns in others. Mr. Penroso professes to be shocked at the idea of a majority of democrats being.found on the Jury in Cumber land county, but appears to be delighted at the pachtd Anti-masonic Juries in Dauphin and Hun tingdon. This is_only the ‘stop thief* cry, how ever, to.cloak over the villainies of-his party, and tho “talented Senator” may niter his magpie chat tor from mowuntil'doomsdny - writlibutircmg able' to convince tho people of any thing else. - , Commodore Patterson died at Washington on Sunday last, after an illness of 30 bourse Gov. Porter returned to the seat of government on Friday last, considerably improved in.health» A considerable excitement took place in Bal timore the beginning of last week, in conse quence of ono ortho nuns having escaped from the Carmelite convent in that city. A mob was im mediately and it was feared at cnc time that the buildings connected *with the Cstablish ■ment would bo -destroyed: -fortunatel yr h mvAVf-r: tlie Mayor and Police, aided by a strong military force, which was kept on foot from Monday to Wednesday, wore able to keep dovyn this rioters without any serious attempt having been made up on the convent. From the certificate of several of tho most oinminent physicians in the city, it would 1 appear that the nUn in question was laboring un der insanity, which wak the cause of her escape, and not in consequence, as it was first supposed, ofrill treatment This erroneous supposition was ' the cause of the riot. About 30 of the ringleaders were arrested on Tuesday, and the city was again restored ‘to its usual-quiet IMPORTANT from tkxas. Extract of a letter, dated Galveston, Aug. 7. .' Our troops-have had Iwo battles with the Cherokee Indians—they fought on the IStji at»d iSth. July, in which the Indians 'Avoca , driven back with a loss of- 12 or 16 killed; iiur loss 2 killed. On the 21st our army again; overtook them,, and a contest en-- ; Bued which resulted iu'the total defeat of the j Indiana; with fron>;3 to 500,-killed. This [ticcorred-ih-the.Red--tandrCoantyyrab(mt f Nacogdoches, Correspondence of the American Volunteer. ■ New York, August 24,-18,39. At about Si o’clock-on Wednesday-last, “Hairy of (lie West” the great “Pacificator” and chief of the clan of modern AVhigs, made this ungodly .city'glad .by : Ida arrival from Poughkeepsie. He was received at the land ing by a con. mittce appointed-for the pur 'pose, ami drawn through several streets of the city, with the long tailed multitude at his heels, to,the Park, where he .delivered himself of-a good ■ extemporaneous speed and was then drawn to the Astor House where rooms were provided for him. At niglit he and I attended the Bowery Theatre that is to say, I went there to amuse myself and see tha fashions, and Henry went there like a ring-tailed monkey, to exhibit himself to the pit and galleiy. His appearance, upon entering (he boxes reserved for him, was the most ludicrous and awkward imaginable I have seen Mr. Clay in Washipgton and have heard him speak upon the floor of the Senafe--his manners and gesticulation there, I conceived to be the perfection of grace and ease. Yon may well imagine my aston ishment then, to see him stalk into the box the very personification of a great lank loafer. The whole house arose and cheered him right lustily, and Mr. Clay stood still and bowed with about ns much grace ns though his legs were without joints and a bar of iron wore lashed to his back bone. Yesterday, in compliance with an invita tion from the whigs of the city of Brooklyn, Mr. Clay paid a visit to that place. I had the curiosity to join the procession to follow him through half the streets of that beautiful city. The scene was altogether charming and picturesque—every door, every window and every, balcony, was crowded with beau fy, intelligence, bright eyes, and perfumed’ whiskers. Mr. Clay made it a point to bow incessantly whether he had any thing to bow at or not—hisepmed to consider it anindip pensible pat-foFjthe performance. Whatever else Mr. Clay may have discovered by peep ing up in to the grated balconies crammed with beauty and fashion, it is certain that he saw more bright eyes and beautiful teeth, natural and porcelain, than it will ever be bis happy lot to behold again in one day if he lives to the age of Methusaleh. Indeed, every body seemed to welcome Mr; Clay with a hearty grin, as though a countryman of Davy Crocket’s could not reciprocate any other form of. greeting. He was several times stopped to receive a wreath of flowers, or boquet, which was usually presented to him by a small girl, upon whom in return he-be stowed one of the most graceful kisses that liis big eloquent mouth would allow—a cir cumstaQco which the little Miss will relate to her grand children €0 years hence. The procession finally halted, and. some one read to him a. clever little address of welcome.. To Otis-, Mr. Clay replied in an extemponi’neOus'address of about 15 minutes in length; I 'lt is true be had a meagre supply of materials from which to weave his speech, but his remarks were! trashy and common place in the extreme. If Mi. Clay was-30 years.younger, and was endeavoring to se cure his own election to some petty office in Kentucky by making stump speeches in his own favor, as he was formerly accustomed to do, I should expect to hear precisely the same kind of harangue as that of which he delivered himself upon this occasion.—The gist of.it was, “(he Democrats are making a fuss about their recent victories iir the South and West, but don’t despair, my friends, better luck next time;-as Jacob Faithful said when,he burnt his mouth with a spoonful of hot soup—every thing still depends upon the State of New York—if. I am elected, we’ll lave a IT. States Bank and remarkably fine times if not, nut.”, Mr. Clay leaves (lie cite to day fur Boston. The Steam Ship “Liverpool,” which arri : veil at this port last Monday', leaves to-day. The arrival or departure of a British Steam er is becoming siti frequent as to excite lift It or no interest except perhaps on account of the iritclfgeiice of which she may be the bearer. No starting, no gasping, no won dering is elicited, no sitting up nights to watch, nor running eagerly to the vvjiarves is indulged in, when one of these mighty moving palaces completes her trans-atlan tick journey, and moves majestically, like a "thing of life,” up the harbour to her,moor- ings at the foot of Clinton Street. .The great disideratum of navigating the ocean by steam is at last accomplished, the general excite ment created by the novelty and stupendous magnitude of the enterprise is allayed, and we-now begin ti» look upon' it as a [hatter of course, or‘la.regular business transaction”' as James Watron Webb did upon the,cir cumstance of jelling h]s body to the U- S. Bank and his soul to Beelzebub, f0r552,500. The Liverpool brought foreign despatches up to the Ist iusf.—The SuTtdn is (laid—a great win-rages in Egypt—Dahii 1 Webster a great impress ion before (he British Agriculturist society, the Chartists have perpetrated another riot at Birmingham, and somebody has insulted pretty-Victoria during one of her airings in Hyde Park. To this I might add that the cotton mayket has' considerably improved since the last advices, but I know that the rise or fall of .a cent or two on a pound of cotton is a subject which the substantial yeomanry from which yuur.patronage.is de rived do not care a fig about. They are content with a plenty of their own exccllent spur krout and Sausages, arid in this they act like philosophers. - . "Yours&c. ~ For-lhe Volunteer .- -Messrs, Editors:—lt has been hinted that the regularly 'nominated ticket of the demo cratic partyutvilLbe opposed in the coming contest by* volunteer candidates. We re-- gret to hear it; not, because we Apprehend defeat; biit because every such instance of uneasy ambition has' been signally rebiiked k which has ended in a secession from the par ty. It is vain for any man in' thecounty to suppose he lias-sufficient individual .popula rity to secure his election, indepemleritvpf party support. He cannot effect it. " el speak boldly and say, he would meet with overwhelming-defeat', without seducing any considerable humber.of democrats from their duty. - . _ • ; V , • We are awaVo, thatsome of dim opponents are. officiously engaged ;in endeavoring to promote this.end;'and we hope every demo crat will pause.bcforeChb steps into the fatal whirl. V No democrat will attempt it., .Al most—supposi og what will notJiappen—he could only defoat tlie.regUlar'tickret. witlvout shearing his pwh election.;: And can any. man of republican feelings ask such a result? Would any prefer a political fdfc to a friend? JYolunteenng-has been essayed in-this coun ty before, and mark the issue. ■ Overthrow in every instance. Be then admonished by the past, ‘ - _ We now possess a large standing.majori ty; increased by (he vigorous impulse given to democratic principles, by the treasonable conduct of some of our enemies during the \ past year; this majority is firmly united; re solved never again to suffer political dissen sion to mar our constant, ascendancy. A gafnst it no volunteer can prevail. The par ty .will not risk the dearest interests to gra tify individual caprice. Let no man think himself overlooked, if he does'not receive agnomination. Whilst there are more cxpectaPts than offices, some must be disappointed. Let:them wait for a season, and their claims wjll be.hcard. No man of merit will long remain unnoticed.— By resisting the nominees, he declares his disapprobation of (he delegate system; and cannot expect any assistance from those who have long seen and felt its invaluable effi ciency in party action. To insure a strong decided democratic majority, we wan’ only party unanimity. We ask every patriot to come up manfully to his duty—to give his warm, zealou-, unwavering support to the regular nominees—be they whom they may —the chosen of the assembled delegates, (he representatives of every district in the coun ty. HOPEWELL. Messrs. Editors: —lt is with a feeling of humiliation, that I have read the editorial matter in t|ie “Herald and Expositor,” for the last, few weeks. My cunncqtio.n_with a Christian Church, impels me to my present task, else I wouldjtyillipgly omit it.' I must blush foivthe cause of religion when it rests its upon sirch a pillar. I grieve fiTtlnhk, that, for political effect,, the worst of men would pervert our.revered sys tem of Divine faith to the most unholy pur poses; would essay to shield, under hollow pretences, most wicked secular designs. Our excellent faith has suffered more disparage ment from spurious advocates, than from all its open and avowed foes. Isc’aHots, whilst professing meekness and humility, have im posed more dishonor and opened a greater breach for irreligious'assault, than the fierc est pens of the fiercest sceptics. Whilst men, unmasked, assail our religion, they may be promptly met and rebuked; but the hypocrite, whilst by profession hc advocates; by action he belies and betrays his Divine Master., The sacred desk has ever levelled the thunder of its eloquence, and the acuteness .of its erudition against human depravity, a'mi with but partial success. The fervour of ardent piety and the zeal of earnest convic tion has joined issue with the infidel, and skilfully wielding the Christian sword. It has parried his thrust, thwarted his renewed sallies, disarmed bis stubborn fury, divested him of Ids fictitious strength, and left him utterly prostrate. But the hollow hearted pretender, who, rapt in the Christian robe, skulks around the out posts, to beset, 'with, assassin intent, the Christian avenues, to poison the streams and to carry disease into the very heart of the Christian camp, may still riot in the fulness of bis success. lie may boast, what the infidel cannot, that he has crippled the action, obstructc I the pro gress, and effectually baffled the efforts of the Christian ministry. Wh'Je the source is corrupt will the stream be pure? Would rou expect a limpid current from g muddy fountain head? 'Come then, Mr. Expositor, let us com mune together. You have/* fur a season, dolled your filthy raiment, and put on the armour of morality and religion. You de nounce war against every vice, with which the aspirants to political favor may be blear ed. 'I bis would he well; but you, yourself, stand charged with many and great moral ’delinquencies.. Yon opetlly avow your.own depravity, Your paper has long palpably .nil groundlessly libelled men of irreproach able character. You knew it, when the li bels were first prpmulged, and even, allow ing you did not, you were convinced Of it afterwards; and yet shamelessly persisted in reiterating them! Vour pen and press have long been engaged in advocating and dc feiiiling rickety parliz.ins. forsworn patrons, and debauched party champions—men bear ing the impress of every crime, in the black catalogue of vices. In. one paragraph you wear the livery of Heaven, in the next the garb of Satan. You beckua with the dexter band—you burl the poisoneil’shaft with the sinister. • " Now, since you have relieved (he church of its responsibility, and taken the cifre of souls upon y<iur own shoulders!, you purpose to pursue a new course, you spurn the huaiTsle aiuiditwly^fcachingi of the pmas par son, ami are abviilt In inculcate morality by manifesting, from example in your'own per son, and (hat of your niec/i patrop,' iniquity in its must dejinued and bestial shape. You seek .to dete*>thers-from crime', by showing tja tortuous huleouslirss, ip your mV a crime scarred and withered countenances. But, Captain, think-you, that you will succeed! think you, that Beelzibub will ever reform tbo world? ‘Dp not as as I say,’ you exclaim. But do you'not reason with* ome object, cither to deceive. or con vince? You ask us;to adopt your logic ir respective of the logician-.- -But ili^-we-cre- slam;.i. Itif' tit- the friendly professions nf the assassittj when he holds the blood-stained dagger pros tuding from its gnfy sheath? Do we-applaud the honest;/ nf the Bankrnp', when he has swiniileil his confiding creditor otit of his just .dues?; Commend -we the slanderer, •whiles he malignantly discusses, through Jds j pestilential jaws, our unsullied reputations? Moreover your'.reasoning'is only what we hear every sabbath, and in every church, pronouticed from the sacred'desk, and with the additional corroboration of moral recti tude in the teacher. The advocate of mor ality. must win success'by yirluous'example. But, in truth, Captain, you care little about moral-reform and religious activity. You. wish merely to carry schemes of your humble jninrfetfpatron, to link your shattered and sinking ycsseT’to the church, believing that if may drag ypu into some se cure haven.—Ah sir, we see your fierce, malignant /eyes peering through the hedge. Your wolfisfr imulitig has admonished the shepherd and his, flock of your bloody intent. : But you’profess an anxiety for the cause of Christcndumr'Whythjsuneasiness for'oth ers, 1 and riot forryonrSelff Sgrely yciu do not I regard yourself as incorrigible in iniquity? or are you irredeemably depraved? If so, how darc you instruct others? If not, can we think you sincere? Come let us illus trate. Suppose you (merely for argument’s sake) had lived for several years in a moral community; -that-you had,-habitually,-beta ken yourself to the besotting chalice; had | reeled, times out of number, fiom the Inn to l your dwelling; had been hurled from the public house for gross impropriety of con duct; & had presented to the'medley throng, on every public occasion, a sallow, jaundi ced, emaciated face; wild, bewildered and striped with the maddening drug. Suppose further,that you hud engaged in some-public business, under the benevolent auspices of a kind benefactor; had purchased on credit; squandered the profits; lost the public con fidence; and, then surrendered your estate back into the hands of your generouspatron, to the manifest injury of your confiding creditors. Suppose, again, you were noto riously Known as an anient devotee of (he gaming board; that you had long and with “bitterness of spirit” returned from it pen niless, to the great prejudice of the creditor. Suppose, once more, that you were publicly known, ns unusually profane, obscene, above all others', in-your intercourse with men; in short, that you were destitute of even moral principle; willing to labor for any causo.and to advocate any men and any r tenets, for temporary aggrandizement. Now allowing these suppositions to "be correct, (none of which, of course, have ap plication to yourself, but are used merely lor illustration,) would you expect reputation for sincerity? And, now, can you, who n vow your immorality expect better success? I have stated,' perhaps,.a, strongxase;_.buL youidelinquencies may be but a degree less; and yet sufliciefit to pre-determine the moral community against your imposture. As well might you expect "that the protestations- of Arnold or'Penrose on the sideof patriotism; of Judas and Stevens on the part of moral ly, would gain public credence, as your lachrymose sorrowings. You might scream away your lungs, and grow hoary as a “ta lented Senator,”, ere you make one convert. You are/rowing against the current of pub lic opinion. Before you invite others to the moral ban quet,- be first invited yourself. "Let your soul, bowed “in the gall of bitterness ami the boqds of inquity” be first cUtansed be fore you strike the chains from the less im moral. At least, do not bring reproach and irreligion upon Christianity by your conduct. I I you be unclean,essay not to pollute ieli-. gion; “remain without the camp” until the besotnof- purification shall have swept your soul. Even if your inquity be “greater than you can bear;” yet call to mind that, altho’ your “sins be as scarlet,” yeteven you may be matle white as the “leprous Miriam.” For the Volunteer. Messrs. Editors;—Part u riu nt mootes; nas cilur ridiculus nuts. The Expositor concciv el;lhc mighty ‘Cobbler’ was boro. At last, the world has been blessed; happy, thrice happy we! What conuscations of genius! what unutterable streams of light! Whatin discribable brilliancy of wit! .Sucre! Sucre! Ah, celestial Polyhymnia! thou who hast un locked the mightiest mind that ever -thought; thou who hast poured divinitv—the mellow words, the mellifluous conceptions; the ma jesty of inimitable fancy,mi to a human mind. How gracefully, under thy a ispicious smiles, trip—-thought on thought! How exquisitely succeed, rapid as the lightning’s dart, the flash of fancy, the subtile interlacing of new and living.metaphor; the tinselled grace of rhetorical flourish; the keen elegance of acu • minuted satire. Thou, oho in (he freaks of whimsical caprice doth sport and frolick in. the waste id'common intellect, that shot the rays of thy fcelestial fire from ‘cobblers’ men tal scat; thou who hast rested the wrath of anger in the bowels of'this muse—created luminary. Verilv, Verily! ineffably' felicit ous him, upon whose countenance sits Ihv "magic smirk! Seriously we must admire the acute pene tration of the irfany home,l Cobbler. What a shrewd calculator! • He hath sadly missed Ids way. If he be riot more successful in finding ‘Jacob’s ladder,’ (ban in guessing your correspomleiits, woe betide Idm. He was '3o deeply merged in mental mud and in the evanescent ebullitions of folly, as to produce nought bat a lame, deformed, puny offspring —indicative of the idiocy of its pa rent. We do say, that for imbecility of thought, irrelevancy jsf matter, feebleness of invective, diction, total ab-. jence of satire, want of unity, disgusting fully, and incoherent ignorance, it Is the most silly, low ami. witless jargon that ever found access to a public press. Cobbler do well to return tii his fetid | oste hiTrirarid lodge therein till ho hetirs the ‘last trumpd- Tidugs of a like—nature _ hnvc a strange sympathy for each-other; he would, consequently, fare well. He has perpetra ted the vilest odi), that ever offended a de,- cent. comiidiidty’s olfactories. He-posses ses'not even the merit of being shallow, — "What a lifter comment on the ‘all talcritcd. party.’ , CICEIKI. "Messrs. Editors:—l told m 7 wife the other .day,.-thatl had jt liotioiv to write alenerto | the, (winters. Why.-say’i; about? AVhy-says-hnboaTjliany -things—mejojifaN. most every chavfirter nnd trade are cones-, ponding with the pointers, and.you kpow the folks cull me jack of all trades, and I would not deserve <he name if I did not lake a hand at every things that’s going on. Well done -says she, you.arestpp enneeity, you’ll make a laughing stock iff yourself if you of fer to write for the printers. 'Why? says I. Because, says she, you never studied Latin, nor Murray’s grammar, nor Allgeebray, nor even-Mathew Matticks. I don’t mind that, savB I—l le: rned-Dilworth’s spelling book, gram mar nnd all, rough nnd through, anti cyphered ’through "the.young man’s best companion” ami the school master’s assist ant, and 1 haVeread the declaration of inde pendence and'Bieojd and new constitutions of Pennsylvania, anil Burrowes’ ’address to the’people after the nst election, and I rend a great many newspapers, and I think 1 know enough tP write the printers a letter now and then; and if jl’aint just spelled right, and wants a little grammar, theycan easily fix it so as to be understood. Well, well,* says_she, had’better boa little cautidus how you write, arid.’nof tell all you know about people, lest vpn "draw an old 1 house over your head,’’ "for there’s Dr. D., and Jo Either, and Charley Penrose, and Dun Eckles; and Or. W. ttrabb, and (hat black leg gambler as (hey call him, of Ad* ams county, and many others, and they all hate the truth to be told of them; it niakes them as mnd-ashens;-and if you offend fTiem, ■ they will try to hurt your trade; you know how they have done with others. Never mind-fur that, says I, —I’m a little better off than some people; if they injure me in 6m» trade, I can turn my hand toanother. So, Messrs. Printers, I determined to write you one letter, any how—and if"you dont like to print it, you can jist |>it a'lino or two at the bottom of it, gnd say its tTlee tle too sharp. Now I’ll tell you what pit tpc in the greatest notion of writing—l saw a notice in Jhe Herald, telling you that a "Cobler”had whit his knife for the purpose of giving vou a paring. I jist looked round my shop— thinks I, here’s tools of every description,— if a “cpblcr” with a single knife, can make an impression on democracy, which is neith er “Leather nor Prunella” as (he old fable says,—what may I do with all these tools upon whiggery? which is composed of a kind of slime which we learn from the his-Tory of the revolution, attached itself to the then expiring carcass of aristocracy, and which from its viscous nature, attracted the light particles of dirt and (Just, which fuzzed a bout in the air like thistle blossoms, and ad hered to it, until it has become an unseemly mass, and which from the continued decay ing of the said carcass, is now a lump of in determinable pulrifaclion. A dictionary is a first rate book, Messrs. Printers, I had to look at mine four times, in writing the last, -Sentence. I shall close a‘t present, with tho promise to.let you hear from me again. Act n r , Scene /. J 1 Printing Office* George * Cantwell scaled in his arm chair after a night's de bauch, wearing a puritanical countenance and cast ing up his accounts of ißine taken inwardly, and doltarsand cents lavished outwardly at tile gambling tabic. A picture of the prodigal son over the chim ney place,. Cantwell , (sclikquizing.) I am opposed to drun kenness—hie! drunkenness did I sayl yes ?-am a tetutatler this morning. 1 was kicked out df a grog shnp.bsl night, and am obliged in use-a cushion just now secundum artem — hie! There’s latin for the rascajly locofocos.' A plague upon all drunk ards say I, and who rtm I but the redoubtable Geo. Cantwell, the moral and' religious editor of tho Chn niclc of Billingsgate— hie! The fact is, a little cider or soda water would do me no harm this bright morning—l am out of sorts amazingly - ftqnr looking at some locofocos drinking lest night — hie! 1 Now whenever I get drunk it will be in - moral, righteous, and godly company— hie! Tom Cunningham and Tha'ddeus Stevens are prime hands—but stop! let me consider—l am ordered by Charley to write a sermon against drunkards— hid Well, here goes, f talcing a nen in his hand , ) drunkards are— hie! That’s well understood, tuy correspondent the_ Coblcr must...hfljLgreat'beast, liesnfesl>efng a beast of eight horns—just think of it—but mum, he belongs to our party.— Hero goes* again, (writing) drunkards are all . ’squires,-members of the legislature and congress men, and all ’squires, members of the legislature and congressmen arc drunkards—no stopf I made a mist ike—these fallows arc ?<ll locofocos, and all the lecofocos arc drunkards, that’s it. What a clou head I have this mbrning— hid That’s e- • nougli for the drunkards. Now for the gamblers —they are all locofocos for a certainty, or they would not have stripped me of my last firthii.g, .1 feel like that i rodigal son over the mantle piece, this morning; hut Charley is my banker and I’ll say ( writingJ the locofocos-are a rascally set of b’aeklegs, for Martin Van Buren was elected Pres ident and in consequence thereof, Charley and I lost our bets —enro Martin Van 'Buren is a gam bler, and so arc they all. What a horrible vice! •md tho worst of it is, when we pious people do wager our money wc are generally in the vocative. Charley must h ive lest many hundreds on Muh lenberg’s election but never mind old Nick has paid the bill at last. Now for it. I’ll take vengeance on the whole party for the joss of my money on Porter’s election. (Writing.) Base miscreants, infah.ous iraducers , tt a'dlty- assassins, prow'ing jnc/atlli , gorged vultures , dead lions, liars nod hypocrites, whose characters taint the moral at* mosplurc , an {I (Jfcnd fhr nostrils of decent and virtu* out ci'izens like Geo. }V. Crabby Dan'l Ec'klcs, astd Charles /?, Penrose!*—: that will do. Now for a flourish— f writing )w‘e will (like picus christi-ns) change iJtz milk of human hindness info gaff—seize thelomahawk. in one hand and the scalping'knife in the hiker—rear the stake and prepare the faggots—* ring the war whoop of d fiancc in their ehrs,, and roast the whole party aticc on a larnal big gridiron , if we can catch them asleep some of ernoon! (Laying down his pen.) Now this is what I call, a moral lecture —it is most certainly a Very genteel-piece ofeomprsitien, very decent and much to the pur pose.—Since I have grown into favor with myself, • I’ll put on a B^bcrhablt, Talk with respect, and swear but now and then, Wear prayer books in my pocket, look demurely, Nay more, while grace la saying, hood mine eyes Thus with my hat, and sigh, and say amen; Use all the observance of civility. Like one well studied in a sad ostent To. please Jiis giondara. .. 1.. . CHURCHMAN, For the. Volunteer ftanding Committee RTeetiiig'. Tursuantto a call,'the Democratic Repub lican Standing Committee of. Cumberland cqunty, met at .the public liouse uf Mi*. Geo. Beetem mi Monday the 12lb inst., and was mginized by (he appointment of MARTIN DUNLAP, Esq. as Chairman, and John Moore and David Hiime, Esq; Secretaries, The following members were present, viz: Martin Dunlap, John Moore, David Hume, A. S. McKinney, David Shader, R. R, Church, Win. F. Swiger, Abraham Good* -hSartt—John—Giiirey— : Wt—Alil—Jolm- Gundyeaf.-Jr., .Geo- McFeely, Joseph Lu b'ach, James Oiiesinuf, and John M'dler.— The Ibdowing resolutions were unanimous* ly adopted, viz: For the Volunteer. Ilcaolved, That it be recommended to the Democratic Republicans of the several town ships and boVoughs of Cumberland county, to meet a’t their usual'timc and place of hoi-' din" elections on Saturday the Slat of Jlu puat inal. to elect two Delegates to represent their respective townships and boroughs in thc,County Convention, which will meet in the County Hall on Tuesday the 5 dof Sep tember next, at 1 o’clock P. M. for the pur pose of forming a County Ticket,-to be sup ported by' the Democratic Republicans of Cumberland county.. ' - Unsolved, That the • proceedings-of this meeting be signed by the officcrs and pub lished in the American Volunteer. St., topis;—The St. Louis-Republican estimates the number of houses which will . be brCcted in tliaCcity the prEßent yearat twelve hundred. * . •. JACK OF ALL TRADES For the Volunteer, THE HYPOCRITE. MARTIN DUNLAP,' Chairman. John Moore, > 0 , • ' David Jlume, $ Secretar.es.
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