VOLUNTEER. kOEO^SANDERSON. FOM PMSF SIMJIT in 1844, JAMES BUCHANAN. Snbjcct to .tho decision of' a National Convention. C AKIiISKaE: THURSDAY, JUNE 'S. Meeting - . —A meeting of the Tax Payers of Dickinson and the adjoining townships, is To 15'e held at the Stone Tavern, (Trego’s) on Saturday next, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, “for tho purposo.of considering .the pro priety of remonstrating against any increase of the State T ax » until the Legislature evinces'a determi nation to lease or sell the public works,- and reduce the expenses of the QovemmQnt at least one-third.” '—gJ^^Weraie - indcbted-tothc-Honr-AMOs-Gus-- tine, for valuable public documents, &c. TEMPERANCE MASS MEETING takes place at Shippcnsburg this day. A largo concourse of cold water men is expected to be pres ent. The good cause is onward. BURGLARS.—On Monday night last, unsyc-, ccssful aUcmpts*were made to break into*several of the stores of this Borough by some persons un known. .. It'would be well for the police to keep a sharp look out, as the attempts will probably be repeated* - , * ' The” Brahams.— I These celebrated vocalists, ivo a concert at “Education Hall, n /in this Borough,* on Monday evening last. Those who profess to lie judges 6f rmVs ~wKb'intended speak irfsthe highest: terms of'praisc of the performance. The vocalists** announce*? .their intention of-giving another concert at the place on last evening, and; qnticiphtcd a very full house. - •• v Rainers held forth in this Borough' jbrmgnco. r- ••y special election in Washington coun-. ty, for-a member of Congress to Hie vacan- .* ■py occasioned by ‘the death of .Mr. Lawrence, re ---L.Mtcd in the chpjcc^E^T.. M i (the Whig candidate), by a majority of about 300 ■\otos..’’ ' *-•• •- v “New Voiuc MiJinon” of Satunlny last, is embellished with a splendid steel engraving entitled “Thb Logcnd'pfthc'BrowTrßosary;” "—- - |®?“The English ship “Warspite’Ms expected at, New York'early in this month, to await j*ie de parture of Lord Ashburton. So says thc.Philadcl phia Inquirer. have been politely furnished by the author, whom wo recognize as our esteemed fellow citizen, John Zuo, Esq., with a ncatdiltle volume,’ entitled “Tifß.FouNbATioN,(BftOlHiEss and Princi ples of the Washington Temperance Society op . Baltimore.” It is written in a plain, earnest and is a highly entertaining narrative of thc-Socie-, ty of which it treats, apd of the extraordinary suc cess which has attended thfeir efforts. ■ The price of the work is only ‘ twcnty-fiuc ccnls, and may be had in this Borough at thd stores of Messrs. Myers & Haverstick, Messrs., Line & Monyer, and at .the , Book-store of Mr. Loudon. Our-Teihpeiinco ■ friends, especially,' should all have a copy of i, ogp"lf any one wishes by why of a spoeuliion^ • says the Pennsylvanian, to go into another “epite ment campaign,” a good opportunity scema o be I 1 afforded, as the whig leaders throughout the pun-1 try are- the necessary, appliances chef) for cash. The scenery, dresses and deodratiop|used, in 1840 are now going for almost nothing, a may be se.cn by the,subjoined-extract from the'jalti . more Sun, and they ate no'douht nearly as god as i , new. As Mr. Hoffman's Harrisoniana, thprom ised collection of all that was said and sig by federal whiggery in its,efforts for a “chain,” is not likely to make its appearance very bon, it would p.erha'ps be as Well to form a muscu) of the big balls, banners, coonskins', log cabin ail hard cider symbols, and other interesting mattciapper . -taining,to tho struggle, in ordrir that.postdy may have some idea bf tho means whieli weroiund so, effective in bringing about a political solution .! among their ancestors. It would bo a pitihat the evidences should'be altogether lost, and ti future j generations should bo ignorant .of die ki of in ducements to ‘change’ which proved toV so po-, tenfin their day: • ;, “Remains of Wiiiogerv.— We loam-ora the Cincinnati Message, that tiro cclebra'cil‘inner of . the Whigs, used during’ the hard cider tdcopn , skin campaign, was sold'in that city a|w even- ings,since for. 35 cents. : This was one ,the fa mous humbug babjiers, made to deceivae-labor ing classes of tho community.' The fotving;is •. the inscription on it:—portrait of Gon’liarrison, underneath which are the words—“Twlollars a day and roast beef,” on one side, and ope other a portrait of Mr.' Van Buren, and uncncath b “Ten ccnts a day arid bean soup!*' Wiopo the -purchaser was a Democrat, and' that h_<fill pre serve .the banner to he shown’ ‘.at the ptic meet-' ings next campaign, as one of the evinces of Vihig promises; Tor, be assured when (feme ar ... riTCsfpr electioneering, the Whigs. wilqift all their promises, arid disavow ever havitdeluded' the people by resorting to. tlio contemple hum buggery which characterised the late Eiidential election.” i _ ■ ■ , ■■ ‘All —. , -V f ■ C/i ild-Mu.rdcr. —Tho New y ork Suriys, -that on Monday week, the town of Lynn, is., was in a state of great excitement, occasioi by. the , murder of a fine little boy of that town, h female . demon wKokept a School therei On sjday the little fellow came home and complainthat the ; mistress had whipped him severely; blis com ’ / plaints word hot alarming, arid nbfhingoro was fought of the. matter. At night he red to bed with alittle brother, who, on waking- ipe mom ■ ing, found'him dead. On examihatipriis body, -limbs and head were found much brad, and ’ swollen; and ifjmSvery evident that hfiatk had 3 - congestion of die mV occa sioned by the treatmenthe had recciyarom the woman;, who, it turned out upbn. irrigation, hnng him'ijp by thohoels,and beat Mica long time and With.great violence-with is i! ■ The - wret d> w“ immediately secured, to bf alt with- SS her inhumanity deserves/ 7 > ■ Peace and War. Oun Relations with Great Britain. ; Tho MadisSnian of Monday w wcck has the fol lowing, significant paragraphs. As that paper us the avowed brgatedf tho Administration at Wash ingtpp, its misgivings on tho subject of tho difficul ties with Great Britain must necessarily carry great weight with thorn. ’We had thought that all controversies in connexion with that country were in fi fair train of amicable adjustment—bill what follows below would rathor .to indicate the contrary: ’ i - ■ 1 , .. ■ But is the, present a' proper time to indulge such political dr Abolition tricks! ’lt is not! All our ■resources, all our arms,' all dur yalorj may soon, tTry soon, be required.in another and quite differ ent cause’. ’ Wo know not how soon wo may bo called upon to repo] the attacks of our arioibnt Eng lish foe. A strange sense of security seems ‘to have taken possession of the country oLlatc. The knowledge that negotiations are in progress be ttveon our Government and the Special British Minister, seems most .unaccountably to have im parted a general belief, that all danger of a rupture between the two Governments isTat an end. A temporary silence on the part of the constituted au thorities, has been construed into an augury of per. manent peace! Will the People forget that, a breathless calm • immediately .precedes the most frightful-anil destructive tempest! Our difficulties with England are not settled, and Gpd only khows whether they over will bo, until one of the othef.of tho nations shall be blotted from existonde! 1 Rumors of peace are like other idle rumors.— Tho public can not predict with certainty tire result of the'negotiations,'’ We are all familiar with the merits of our side of the, questions in dispute.— But wild knows tho other! W'hd knows the con ditions, the .emotions, that may b.o demanded by the Tiritish Government! None—no one whatever, but those who may properly, and whose duty.it is, tq know them. Ann. will de known soon! * 7Vic Flonda.War-nol yd ended!—Notwithstand ing the recent message of President Tyler, announ cing that hostilities had/Ceased in Florida, it would appear from the following that only ono of thc bcl- "Ugcrant parties Jias ceased offensive The are again committing murders, and,' judging from the intelligence below,* the war is-.nb nearer a termination,, than it was a, twelve month From the Savannah Georgian of- May 23, MODE INDIAN BMJUDERS-WAR ;jVOT YET ENDED. steamer. Npwburn, Cant; McNelty, the From the St. Augustine News of 20th ult. I N PI AN S Tho mail of Wednesday brought ns tidings of five -mere murders by tho Indians in Columbia and i jV- a 5 , 9°“ l ldtli and—lSih-inst.-,—Wo arc.indebted to tho attention,of a friend at Npw liansvillo for tlio following melancholy particulars, under date of,lsth May. • . - 1 On tho 1-1 tli, Messrs. William and'Bryan Van : sant, ip company with Mr. A. Osteen, while hunt liSa."’®.™ auacked who shot Mr. W. Vansant dead from his horse— I His brother, dismounted,.and was bounded in the thigh; and Mr. Osteon escaped. On tho same day, live citizens- went out touring in the dead. They ‘ I ° U ™ 1 -Vansant in ftof hammock, shot, and his skull'broken with his own giin., | On the 15th, the same parly, it is. believed,- at. tacked the house of Mr. Moses Cason,, in Alachua county; and killed Ida wife and infant child. Mr. Cason, though severely wounded, escaped with two of his children. They then proceeded to the house ol Mrs. Douglass, a widow with a largo family of chi dron, butlhey.-cscapnd on hearing the firinoand yells at Cason’s; her dwelling was burnt and plun dered of every Udng she possessed. Thom being a collection ol people at Sulphur Springs on Santa lee—where the news, was soon conveyed—five gen tlemen hastened to the place ofbloodshcd: theyhad <ot gone, more than a mile, v/lion they were tired m, and Mr. Stafford was wouijdcil in the rio-hl arm. A diligent search was made during -tho afternoon j.aad pvening, bw without success.' ■ A phrty of fifty I rr? 11 ve . re 1° shirt early on the 16th, on a scout Ihe writer goes on to say: (‘These are facts, and how much more remains to tail, I arn unable to say. I his is called peace! God help us! for the Gov ernment won’t.” -I ' An. endorsement on tho litter, dated 13 o’clock at nighty states that an cxptcssdiad arrived for as sistance to go to tho relief df Mr. W. H. Ward—l iVlany guns and-yells w.cre/heard. W e are indebted to the p/lilcncss of a gentleman, f tM P "s? om pala,l 7 for | , “ A a party of Indians, Supposed | to be about twenty-five in number, made an attack |.on the Alligator and adjoining settlements, killing abou sixteen persons,-burning .houses, &c. This band is led by the Creek war chief Qcta-ha-cliee. Jjraying the above section of the country, they crossed the county of Alachua, a i-diort distance Irom Wjika-hoo-ta, from .which post Lieutenant ■ualrer, <th infantry, was, despatched with six mounted men to tho trail.: .When a short distance trom the post, ho was fturrftijnded by the enemy,, who were,concealed. -They killed two of his men at mo first fire, and wounded another. Lieutenant is. made, a gallant resistance to recover tho Weinid eu sokhen put Was overpowered by numbers, and obliged to retreat, AIL the .disposable force of the 7 , , are n .°'X in.fiot pursuit of. the enemy. ?, cca Lustenuggcb anti his band are safely lodged on Sea-liorse Key, Two of his warriors are to go out to the Pilaklakalia for five wounded warriors, whoso families are with them. This is a remnant of the party who fought tho 2d infantry on tfio 19th ultimo, in which engagement, Captain J; Casey, of the 2d infantry, and his officers an? men, behaved with great gallantry;” BALTIMORE ENCAMPMENT. The number of volunteers assembled'week before last, at Camp Baltimore, was ,not quite so great as was anticipated—-but, we learn, they presented a splendid appearance. , .They, were Reviewed on Wednesday by Governor. Porter, of Pennsylvania. It is thought there'were froth 15 to 20,000 persons present at the time. Gov. 'Thomas, of Md. and the President of the United States were to review them on Friday—but the wepiher proved too, in clement. The American thus mentions . the re view of the volunteers by Gov. Porter: •, . 1 ; ‘The entrance of His Excellency within the lines was marked by a salute of artillery. The troops were then paraded, presenting,a continuous line Of as fine looking, well drilled and elegantly dressed a body of volunteers as the eye could have desired to look upon. The Governor rode a first and also a second time in teviow along the line, and then took a station near the centre of the encampment, where, the . troops, having wheeled into column, passed before him. The appearance and move-' monts.of the several corps*, as (hey succeeded each other* were in the highest degree gratifying. ] The review being over, the troops were dismissed.—. Shortly afterwards, however; a spectacle of a novel, exciting and most interesting - character was pre sented L in the; evolutions performed - by. Captain Pihggold’s corps of the U, 8; Flying Artillore.— It is generally, known that this, meritorious" officer has been'most; successful-in .bringing the corps connected with'thistpeculiai "branch of tiro army service sird thousands who wero present yeaterdaywere filled Timidity, hCchfari cy and ease with" which the successive" evolutions weie performed. . The moVementa from ohe pajttof the extenriyefieldtothßOlher, Woreatfvdlepredi— andthoforrnidablehatterywhichbnta.rninhteor two befo;e ; was scen at full play towards’the’east, ■■■■■ ■ was now bohold opened* in tho opposite quarter and in a contrary , direction. Again, before the specta tor could |well realize the transition, the cannoniers wore agati) mounted, and- the corps seen wheeling at a gallop to take up a new position. Altogether tho spectacle was highly imposing and gratifying, and appeared to make a deep impression oh the minds of all present; as to the great utility of such a body in time of war.” - - majofify Orloans jiahks have resumed specio payments., ' 1 ' Hoarding Specie. —The Villagb '-Record relates the following:'.’ . ' \ ■ >‘A deppsito of between and 1200 dollars of gold, all in eagles and half'eagles, :was made at tho bank of Chester county, last week, belonging; to the estate of Mrs. Marshall, widow.pf the late lohn Marshall, of Pennsbury township we,believe, some Bor 10 miles' south'of this borough. Thin gold was found after. 9, long search, in an old desk, which had, in'it several secret chambers, and is supposed to have been secreted by John Marshall some time prior to his death, twenty-eight years ago.! The desk was' curioltsly constructed,- of great antiquity, and it appears on raising the lid, presented a'series of pigeon holes. The desk and its contents tvero bequeathed by the old man to his -wife, and at her death she loft it to her friend'arid' relative Jlrs,.Way, as a family relic, and without any idea of its contents, as is supposed. A few days since, but many months after the death of Sirs. Marshall, tlie desk Was pitfofully examined in search of treasure, as it was an old belief in tho neighborhood, that the old gentleman, Sir. SI. had a “tifhOup full” of gold; but after his death, no Pno know what had become,of|it. Tho desk was ran sacked; a small crevice iptlie botjom attracted at-' tention—on inserting the blade of. a knife it flew open, and several hundred dollars in silver wore found! This magnificent discovery stimulated curiosity;, and further (jearch wap made!' The pigeon holes were drew out —and 4c- JwKf-thom-was-a-scriosfof-Beeret-boxes. ■ Oirox ’amining these boxes, Ip !. thp long-talkod-of gold was brought 'to light'/The El Dorado, after the ■Japse of more than a quarterof a cqiitury. was dis covered, and a great mastery revealed.”, ' YOUN-G SESIMEjL-!—Tho Richmond -Compiler sayßrthat a relative ofyoung Sommes has paid into; tlie opurt at Charlottfyillo, 835,000—the amodnt” of bail forfeited by , non-appearance to answer' happened. ’’ ' ; -'i i ‘ 1 ' LARGE OX.—tydward A. Smith, Esq, gf Long. lt 10 stated; in the New York papers*has" raised on his farm An ox, supposed to betlie largest ever seen in the tilted States. The animal is al 'mbST \vffiite^merHyV c rdw colored spots ori* his body., Ho is C fept 3 inches high, 13 feet 4.inches -iq,length, 9 feet II inches smallest girt, and weighs over 4000 Rounds and, what is more surprising, if possible,* Imds 6 years old* THE LQANffAKEN.—The New York Jour nal of Comment haslhe following: U. S.- hoAtrJ— VVc are happy to say that the Secretary of tty -Treasury has disposed of so much' of the U.S. Ltan as it was desirable to sell at this lime, to Moss/s. John Ward & Co; the amount is supposed to. to 53,500,qp0,' and the rale a little under par." I TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN ST. DOMING**. ten/thqusaNd lives lost. Tho accounts' from St, Domingo, savs the Public Ledger, bring intelligence of on awful calamity, which occurred there on the 7th ult. which has destroyed d number of ‘t/io towns. Prom Capo Hayticn, the in telligence is.hhot Capetown has entirely disappeared, and all inf inhabitants- destroyed, hut one having os, caped, all tile rest being cither crushed er drowned by the.sca, which roso and submerged the city. Cape Haytien, known as the Capo or Cape Franco , pn the north coalt. is the Capital of tho Republic, and for merly coijtgincd some, 000'stone and brick houses, with a population variously estimated at from 10 to 20,000. .- It is sit,ua(ed on a Cape, at tho- edge of a plain between the sea and tho mountains. The plain is exceedingly'fertile, anil intersected'by broa'd paved roads, lined with lemon and lime trees. ~ It is in lat. 19 40 N. and lon. 73 10 \V. .Fearful, indeed, ace the particulars of this awful visitation. The Pott au Prince Patriot, of the lUh ult., gives the following details of the fearful convulsion that has dcsolatcd'tho island of Hayli: , • ■ On Saturday,tbc Tlli in.-t., at twenty minutes pasf five in thd evening, we experienced some severe shocks of earthquake, whiefy put the whole town in commo tion, At mid-duy a largo meteor was*pcrccivqd pass ing 16 tho cast, Tho heat'was excessive, and thick' clouds hung over tho neighboring mountains, going in a direction from the southeast to tho.northeast. -Tho seamen wlrir were in the roads report that tho shock camu from tho west. Many persons,* however, think that they observed that tho oscillations cqme from tho north and went south. •• • 'lMiero were. two v cr y decided shocks, the first not as a . B V*® second; tho latter was tho most violent,and jolted about three minutes. . All abandoned their were filled wiih-ihe-airrightect population. But a little more,. arid 1 Port .nu : Prince would have lieoa the sceno t>f a sithljar to that of. 177,0, a fatal yea* which' occurred to‘ f Uio mind of everyone', There is scarcely a singlo brick’jjr stone which has not suffered damage. Spate, it is eaid, are scarcely habitable. The facade of tho Senate House, on which are sculptured tho arms' of tho ropulE he surmounted by tho tree of liberty, was detached from tho edifice and broken iiito pieces by the fill. In the night between Saturday and Sunday' two shticks were again felt, hut nut ns "violent its the first, one at 10 o’clock sind tile other at 12. At 11 o’clock' in tho morning of Sunday came another shock; niass at church was interrupted, .those officiating at it ran away, and many females fainted. - Monday, 11 o'clock in the morning, another shock. On Wednesday v\'o were awakened at a few minutes .before. 5 -itiAhe mOxnhighy another earthquake. During these latter days'll appears to us as if the earth" on vyhich wo'wore walking was constantly qua king. ... kaint Marc.~A letter ( from this town’ informs us that there too the earthquake of Saturday last was felt with great violence;' many houses have been sp much shaken that they threaten every [instant to fail down. On some plantations in the neighborhood of tho'town very great damage has been done, , : Gpjtaiyes May B.—Yesterday afternoon, an earth quake was-feit in this city, which was so violeht that most of the houses’were thrown down. At’the.same timo, in consequence of the shook, a Are • broke out rtf the Apothecary shop Of. Mr. Inveruizzio, and consumed tp.n.few minutes an entire jrldckr . ..The flames destroy ed every, thing that came in their way; and there, was not a drop pt water in the town. ’ ■ . ' , • • All the houses which have not been 1 burnt ’ down baveheen injured by the earthquakes, arid. this morn ing the shocks occur every' quarter of on ,hour. The "Shops of Madamo Jauffrct and M, Dopoty have fallen q prpy to the flames, ‘ The shopi Of M. Richard Dpu jphip and M.’ Osier, built of stone and brjii,. have failed down. ’Houses arid shops ore iOacccssible, turd wo write these - hurried lincsdh. the street' The whole population have pppsed thei night id the middle of the streets. Of (the merchandize,'which ,tho merchants had been; obliged to pile up'in the. public square, a great part has been stolen. ; It is impossible at prcadirt to estimate thocifent of the loss. The church, .dip prison, -the national palace, the treasury, the .arsenal,' and the house which wire getting ready: for the .colonel I commanding this. distdetparonow nothing more rbyn a heapofruina. :; ,lh short, .no ohe' Has escaped ' therahuuitj.;; Now, while we arswriting, the fire is entirely extinguished, ’ . hat the sky.. looks . threatening and wear© afraidof I nrore shocks." Ifunfortunatelyour.fpars should be re-: alized, there will .lip an end .of the fow houscs remain ing standing; and Connives will b« no'more. The first and principal .shock lasted about five min .utes,, apd was follbwcd during tho night by' more than twenty others which, though not so'violcnt, were c ■qually fearful. . , - - It is now 8 o'clock in the mornjng. Not half an hour ha’d passed since wo line! another violent shock. ;i ho number of persons'.killed ■ and wounded is'not known. All the prisoners who were not buried under tho ruins of the ptisan have escaped. ' , Pjipe Hoyt ten, Wcdnosday.'a'o'clocklntlio'cvc'n-* ln S>~Most deplorable news is spreading throughout the city of Port an Prince, from Capo Haytion. It has-been-brought by MrrObasrsopmfqhirgehTfal"corSf commanding the District of Plaiiancc. 'ln conscqucbo of;the earthquake \vhich was left hero on Saturday evening, Capo' Town has entirely . disappeared, and with it two-thirds of tho population; Tho families which'escaped this disaster have' taken refugo at Fossetle, where there they are without sholter.’clothes or provisions, . ’ . - . It hi suill that tho President of Hayti-has'given or ders to tho, physicians and officers of health attached to the hospital to set-off this evening and give their assistance tp tho unfortunate victims of this disaster. Tho following extracts from Utters furnish addition-, al particulars:— . ' Port au Prince , May 13,—W0 are most anxious, however, forintclligcnco from the Cape., A Govern ment courier arrived hero Inst night from the neigh borhood, with tho most dreadful tidings, that tho-city and most of tho inhabit,mts hid perished, the sea’hav ing risen during the convulsion and submerged, the town and its vicinity. - Tho surviving inhabitants arc said,to bo without food. . What tends in a measure to confirm the report, is tho activity of tho Government in sending round provisions. Wo. ale in dreadful suspense, as you rilay well imagine; as pno and all of us arc without a linefrom any of ourTriends there. Tho extent of the damage hero is some few brick walls severely cracked, (although two feet thick,) arid thp.bcick work of tho wooden houses which has fallen in many places. Tho shock was strong enough to throw several persons down. Wo hope now that all is. finished, but tho. weather and every thing else make us fear that wc may yet liave another shock. . Capo Haytiori'is completely destroyed. We have no letters from ' there at all by tho express Which brought the news, who was sent here by the'common . debt of a neighboring village r and-atriv<ut-ta»tanigbtp andwo.. much fear that the reason why is, that, few persons remain to tell thq talc. •• The-sea had risen and inundated tho town, and' wq hear there.arc only oner or two houses left standing. Unfortunately tho •streets are very narrow, and the houses of slono/ond two stories high, go Ihatnll who were inaidp must have, perished in tho ruins. It .is indeed g most-awful thing to think of. Gonaivcq has.also suffered tre mendously; and to add.to the misery of tlio earthquake, a large square of houses, wdp burnt down, and litllo of u E I berpfpdd^pal^i^g-ilua A iotlcr," news has "rebeb ed us that only one person at Cape Halytfcn.hos been saved—a Mr. Dupuy—all the others being, cither 1 drowned by tho sea, tip crushed to death. The Cape itself is one mass of ruins,- , • Earthquake- in Louisiana.—' Tlio St Martinsville Creolo slates, that “on Saturday last; tho 7 ultimo, nt-about-thrccVclock, iVM.,-un -cartliqual;c, which lasted two or three seconds, was felt in this parish.—, •A respectable 'inhabitant of Calhoulon. who was ang ling at'that trnie; in company-of Somo ladies, on tho banks nf'ttie lako.lokl -us. as .soon’ qa the : shack was felt, they were all struck by a kind“of giddiness, and Umt one of the ladics-fell-.dpwn in a'swoon,’; lie also' assured us that -the lake rose, dyeing the space" of two*, nti.nutcs, to,,moro than six feel.' ' Several inhabitants along tho banks of Uavion Tcche affirm th,o unac coputiblo elevation pf ftm river about the same time. Wo suppose that this extraordinary ascension of the waters was but the result of the commotion caused by the phenomena. One of our friends, who arrived from Opelousas yesterday, told us that the shock was also felt in that part of the country'. From tho declare, -atiorrof-tho oldest inhabitants of this parish, thiri would bo thosocoml carthquitko frit in; Attakapas.” * A LETTER FROM GEV. JACKSON, Tho following letter was read in the United Statoji Senate last wdek, and soon after, the bill to refund the fiifip imposed on tho Old hero,of New Orleans was de feated. Wo are sorry for this. ■ it will be introduced in a now form, and pass unanimously. Hkhmitaoe, March 14, 1842. Dear Sir—l have tho pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th" of February -last, and hasten to'reply to it. - / ’ •?- ■ ■ observed In tho newspapers that you had given in notice of your intention td-inlroduce a hill tb rotund to me the fine, [principal and'interest] imposed by Judge Hall for the declaration of martial law at New Orleans, it was niyjletcrinlpdlion to address you on the the* feeble slate of my health has heretofore prevented it.. I felt that it was niy duty to thunk you lur this disinterested and voluntary act of justice to my character, and to assufo you that it places me undoi .obligations which I shall always ac- j knowledge wjih gratitude. ! • j “It is not the amount ,of tho, fine .that is important to me;'but it is tho fact that it was imposed for rear - 1 sons which wcre.notwell founded; and for tlio exercise' of tin authority which was necessary to the successful i defence of* IScw Orleans; and without which, it must l bo now obvious to all tho world, tho British would i have been in possession at tho close of the war, of that * great emporium of Iho Weak, -In-Unspoiht-ofUdcw, j >il scorns'to mo that tliO country dis interested in the passage of the exigencies like those which ex- i isted-. at New Orleans may again arise; and avCom i General ought not to bo deterred'* from’tak* ingihe nepessaiy responsibility by the reflection that it is in t)ie power ot a vindictive judge Jojmpair his i private fortune and place a.stain _upon hisc h a ractcr 1 which cannotTw removed. ”Fwouid*Vo tlio laifmari j on earth to do any act which would invalidate the 1 principle that tho military should always lie subjected to the civil ppwer; but I contend that at ijfow Orlfcans no measure was token ■ hy mo which was at’war with I this principle, or which, if properly understood, was ::not neccBsary-to-prc6oryo-it« ■ — : ; —| I ‘'“When 1 declared martial law, Judgo llall was in i the city, and he visitetT mo often, when tho propriety of its declaration was discussed, and. was recom mend ed by theßeading arid patriotic, citizens. , Judging from his . actions, ho appeared to. approve it* The morning the order was .issued ho* was in my office, a pd wjien it was rend,.ho was heard to exclaim,* “Now, tho country may bo saved; without it, it was hot** • | How ho camo afterwards to'umto with* the treacherous and disaffected,_and .hy tho oxerciso of his powerj cn- I dcavored 'to paralyze my .exertions, is not necessary! I here to explain. It was.enough for mo to know, that jif I;was. excusable in the declaration of martial law, in order to defend the city when the enriny were be sieging it, it was right to, continue it until all danger 1 was over. For full information ,on this, part of the subject, I rpfer you to ’my defcnce.uiider Judge Hall’s rule for me to hppear and show cause why an attach ment should not issue for. contempt of court.' This defence is in the appendix to “Eaton’s Life of Jack son.” , ; t ., / r , - v . “There is no truth in tho rqmor which you Notice, that the fine ho imposed‘was paid, by others. Every ccntofit was paid by myself. "VVben the 'sentence was pronounced, Mr. ,Abner£, Duncan; (who■ had been oneof my .aids-de-camp and was of my 6ounecl) hearing me request Mej.Read ttwpairtb.inv head quarters and bring the sum— : riot Intending to ] leave the room until the,fine was paid, the clerk j iflife wouldOake his chock, The CJcrk replied in the affirmative, and Mr. ,Duncan gaye the check. I*then ! directed my qid- to, preteeed forthwith, get vthq money;, and meet Mri Duncan’s check ot tho bank and tokd.it ' was done; these are {ho facts, arid Major Dayezac, now in the Assembly of New* York; can verify them. 13 tniof ofliXwas informed, thohidioH'did raise the amount' to. pay l: the fine, anii /coSsj but when ! bean! of it; I ndvi‘!ed thcra to apply it to the rclicf pf the willows and orplmns thnt had been’ inide oo by those who’ hadfallcn in tho defence bfthc country.—., It was so applied, on I havceveiy rcason to licl’ovei , . but Major Davraao.ean toli jou more particularly •,’> •..Vm....;'*? Oommumaftc^ what naa done with it. ■ .V; Li 'r ; j: >' ■ _ DIED,—At Nowrillo, on Friday. last, tho fifth' of • t>?nnec|ed with the hutefiy of this cams, Iwoula May 1 , of Small Pox,' Mr. Nathan Reed, in the 48th BiveyOU Bome facu, 4hpwing: the motives year of hfc ; sHo Uved thd lifoi and he died tho Md feehngaof Judge Hdh tut lam too feeble to death of a Christian, triumphing Over death. 110 »»di havn no disposition now to revive chargee jraa aa'honaat man, and was reopnhtedbv all Who rft* JP 6 " ft judgment ..which knew, him* and,'Waa followed to irrave hv a pro.fierity wiil form from the records, i . Although the largo concmiree of friends and rol&nvea, '.’ . . - Judgc*violated ray orders, and. fled from Ijic defe* the city, arid, his proceedings against mo fur contcnifn,- comrmttcd blunders wh : '* * •criminal, it was not'in m; after tho'campaign; and manifested contrition an ga.vc him. ‘ . “The Judge’s charact the question in tills cast to assail it. THo great gross to interpose arid i was, for the performanct pcnsablo to the safely ol will not tho precedent -p a similar emergency, eh< peeled' that a Generate „ uliJ « .._,ury .responsibility for the safety of his country] if he id in sulted, fined, or imprisoned by .a'mistaken- oiMvin'dic tivc.judge whesa fiat, upder on erroneous view of what is due to tho forms of law, cannot bo changed by leg islative poworl- n ’- 'L’.-'i _■:\ • .“Thanking you again, air, for your generous sym pathies, ‘•I -remain your friend, "ANDREW JACKSON, “Hon. L. F. Linn,” M.IUTARY. MEETING, Ata large and respectable meeting of the First Battalion of Cumberland. Volunteers, held on Thursday evening at the public, house of Mr. Me? Clellan, Robert,!). Porter was called to the chair, Joseph C. Thompson appointed Vice, President, arid Wm. P. Miller Secretary. l . 1 On motion, the following gentlemen were ap pointed to nominate officers for the battalion, viz;' fcamuel Crall, J. C.-Thompson, W. Park, Wm. Holmes, Jainos Miles, Frederick Dinkle and Geo. Crop.- After o’ few minutes absence, the following ticket wad adopted by. a* largo majority: LieutrColonel —Samuel Alexander, M. Biddle*.; "'-IdMajor —Wm. Mi Henderson. \ „ , THe following resolutions Were thonfadopted: Whereas, Samtid Wexanier was nominated at a large apd respectable ipeeting of the rhembers of the Ist Battalion Cumberland Volunteers, for the office of Lieut. Colonel—and Edward M. Biddle arid IV. 3£ Henderson for Majors; Therefore, -'-HesolTcdr J rhannrhnvo ralitron/hteimriu gentlemen above nominated and believe them well qualified to discharge the duties of the offices to which they -have been nominated, with honor ,to themselves and to the:battalion. Resolved, That we-will make use of every fair and honorable means to secure their election, . ' Resolved, ■ That tliese proceedings be 1 published in the Carlisle papers.' . R. D. PORTER, President., . ios. C. Thompson, V. President; - , haye rcqiiested us to state that,they disavow hav-1 ing anything to do with the above ticket—it was not repotted, by tho committeo, . ’ 4 •JfEililary JfMeeiing. At a largo-and respectable meeting of 'the mem bers ot the First Battalion Cumberland Volunteers, held at McClellan’s hotel, on Tliuradavi,evoning Jh_Cji:3.6.Ui,'o£_May, .a pointed to make nominations fox officers of the bat talion, "which after 1 an absence’of a. few minutes, reported the names of- the following gentlemen, for. their wafm and undivided support, Fcr Lieutenant Colonel,— Wm. Mouijy. - “ Virst Major.— Robert McCartney. ' r Second O’Donnkl. Signed, ' - ' - V-- Wm. Park, Chairman. Samuel Crall, William Holmes, James Miles, O.on ©riNiojr op Brakpubtii’b Vegetable Ujci tkusal Pills,— This medicine, wo acknowledge, in recommending to our renders, possesses wonderful effi cacy in nil nbiyous disorders, fits, hcadachs, weaknes ses, licaviness and lowness of spirit, dimness of sight, confused thoughts and wanderings of the mind, vapors and mblanch.oly, and all kinds of hysteric complaints, gradually go off by the use of thii medicine; .in sick ness of the stomach,, flatulcncies nhcVdbsiructrdns, it is a safe, powerful and efficacious remedy. Thp first eymtorris of its good cfifccts are serenity and cheerful ness. and us a. preventive, alternative, and purifier of the blood, it has hot ita-pqual in the world,' It is ad mirably calculated to aftord relief to restore a broken hnd decayed'constitution to its pristine health and vigor. —Public Ledger* . . , - Purchase in Carlisle, of. Geo. W. Hitner, and only in Cumberland county of Agents published in another part of th&paper., ‘ ; - , Dr, Harlich's ■. COMPOUND S THE NO THENING AND GER. ■MAN APERIENT PILLS. •Arc warranted to cure-diseases of ’the stomnchnml nervous system; Mr.’Samuel Phillips, West Kensing ton, Philadelphia, was entirely . enred by tho above highly and., inestimable medicine; his chief symptoms were pain and Weight at the pit of _the stomach after eating, loss of appetite,’sour cractatiohvflatulcncy; cos tivbness, pain. in the side, and Weakness in-the breast, constant headache, dimneqs and confusion of sight, ner vous irritability, which incapaciated him from atten ding toine lußiness for twelve nionths, during which, time ho.Uiakvarious medicines, but found little relief, until by ueeing.ihp Compound Strengthening Tonic QnJ .GcrmanyApcrient .PiilSj he was cnablcd-iii-fivo wcehs t® resume bis business. • ,'Forsaleat the Principal-Office, No. 19 North'Eighth street, ‘Philadelphia, also at the store of Dr. J. J. Myers, Carlisle, and William Peal, Shippen^burg, -HA.RRIBSI /t)n Tuesday the 31ts ult,, by the Rev. Dr. Do 'Witt, Rev. fiTatheto Semple , Pastor of the Baptist Church’in Harrisburg, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Alexander Wills, Esq., of “Walton,” Cumbeiv land county. . - On the ISthinst,; by the Revj Mr. Scheafter, Mr. TVil lt am S. Ytfa, to Miss Catharine KecJder , of Cumberland county. V ~r On the 19th ult,, by Daniel Leckey, Esq., Mr. George M'Cdlistcr, to Miss Catharine Ann Sanse* bock, oTFrankford township, Cumberland county. In North Middleton township, on Thursday last; Mr. John. Wetsell, aged 39 years, ■ ~ , In this Borough, on Saturday evening last, of Putrid Fever, Miss M, B. T. Mabsev, in tho 13th year of her ago. • r’: ■„ ■ . ■. • .. . .t : .■ Communicated, BlED.—Athis residence near NorVville, ’on the lath ult. of a pulmonary disease, Mr; James Heed, ajpd S 3 yeaA. ■- Farewell mydedr tvifo now,. ■Pll leaye you ih'God’s .cam— To_ Jesus often hoyr 1 " ■’ . Withreverential fear, Prepare to meetpjo there' V ■ Where sufferings haive an end, . Watoh-alWays unto prayer, ; Your aid our offspring lend } That they may find the way . Which will.in glory end; “ . . Farowetl dear ehildron too, - , Till yon arrive above, ■ • - - To dee my faco provo troa ' To JeSua and his low. lEW GOOD£ j, mWtiOOMi 'iber It a a j uat: received, at 'Wri, a lares assortment of UK*. !ENSWA«I3, : GROCERIES,& c -| he will sell at reraarhably Jow-g 'vJtcsVhis customers and tbo pdblia ? 11 and iudee f6r themselves. ■ / ABRAHAM GETZ. Juno 2, 18-12,■ ,1 , t J,U are ordered-to parade , at t-he Armory on Saturday ,'ja\ the 18th of June,- at 1 o’Aldck £jSgf| P I'd. properly equip I for drill. 1 6My Any member being’ dbscnl will' bd fined fifty cents.' - “ ; Tf 1 By order of the Oapt. Uy C. COCKLIN. O. S, / .Carlisle, Juno 3,11843. \ Attention Light Artillery!. -■ YOU. nre‘ordered. to piirado at the ARMOR'S?- ; • -i on Saturday:the 18th of Jute* at 2 o'clock,, -: j P. M,, in summer uniform, properly-cqoipt Jot; •drill* By order of the Oapt. _SL % ■, ,J. R. KERNAN, Carlisle,‘Juno.i), 1842, ’ • JACOB LEIDIG, of Silver township, will be a candidate Tor MAJOR.of tba JS 2d Battalion, 86th Regiment, P.M., at tho eletiSf® 'tion on Mojiday next, (the 6th inst.) and will supported by ihany- . . r . .■ x : ■ voters^ Elrerj—Jime"9rl&4Sv— , . _ . ■ - £,«s•. , gj®r samuelj dßdp7-»we¥&® : l|| declines being any Ibnger a candidate lor BRI" ; l.r GADE the'sama tSiie, ho turns' lijs (Sincere" thanlfs to his-friends „who hindly offered to support him for said office. , ■ Cailishv May 30, 1842. J . "r. £• ■' , V&T Cant. WILLIAM WHERRY, will ba :‘.'g supported for LIEUTENANT COLONEL,"of.e : ■June-2, .. y . T ;V :s r «&rr ri » ed nearly eight; years in tHeCariiale Light Artilla ry, and" is a regular dischargedNVolunteer—offers, himself as a candidate:for MAJOR of thB 2d Bat-' talion 1971 h Regiment,.?. M.', respectfully solicits ' the support of tne ycters of said * ■ Juno 2, 1842.'' ' , ' -' 1 ' '. " '• -- A FIRST KATE ONE HORSfc WAGON AND. can bo recommended to.any person* who may want it* ab it is -entirely new.' For particulars enquire of tha ' subscriber in JiorlirFedfbrd street ’ .. . . Carlisle; Juno 2,1842.—3 t. THU' WREATH. . Devoted to Temperance, Literature and ■ . General Intelligence. f¥IHE subscriber.,pr;p6s:sto publlsh'a e.ffraUmonthlj, .a. paper, to be ehtitlid THE WREATH,\md dovo- . ted to the'CxusE'OF THmperasce, Ho believes that a paper of the bind proposedj/conobcted in’ a ’proper mahner, .would tend' greatly toadvancc that just and 1 holy cause. Whiph is now pervading, all classes of so ciety, from one end of the Union to the* other/and* , , which it is hoped, will soon'bp without a single oppo- / upnt, A portion of “The Wreath” 'will also'be ted to Literature, &c; ‘ ‘ : ; Should lib becncouragcd, the subscriber pledges I self that the paper shall bo every way worthy s of suj>- I port, and that the best'writers of the dayjwill be solici ted to contribute to its columns; end that nothuig of a political character thall he permitted to appear. ' THE WREATH will bp ,printcd o,na< sheet hajf.', the size of the “Herald Expositor,” and issued on the Ist and 3d Saturday of each month,'at sl.pcr ann um,.or twelve copies for $ 1 U—to hP commenced as .- v soon as 500 good subscribers arc obtained. All I’em-' V porance friends, approving of the proposition, arc re/ .quested to act as Agents. Address (post-paid) ■ ’ R.W. MIDDLETON, Carlisle, • V, ' Carlisle, June 2, 1842, Committee. To, the, free, and Independent voters of -Ist Batlalioyt, Ji)7th• Rcg’t, Penn-: , sylyania Militia. ' • " % offer; myself to your lIP consideration os a candidate for tho oliico of AJOSi.v >’ andrespectfully solicitjom supply tor, said office.— _ Shtiul'.M ho-no fortunate aH-tQ i>o ejected! I-pledge n le nt If lb discharge tho duties of the office faitlifully and impartially, .jVourt respoclfully,' ■ JOSEPH C. THOMPSON. Carlisle ( .May 20, 191*. 1 ’ ' — : —^-Eilute : of-Petm) : Boyer i dec , d.— --- jj . ETTERS jegtamentary on the estate of. Peter , JLt Boyer, lato'of East Penilsborougli township, Cumberland county, have been issued to the suhl seribers residing in said township: ; persons indebted to said estate are requested'-to make pay ment those haying claims to • J present them without delay; properly authentioa ’ ted for settlement.' ’ ". May 194?. ■SPRING- GOOS>S.;, ; ' ■ THE rahscfiber hasjgst received a'general assort ment of ■' ,ss»niira& goods. '. consisting fn part bf fipiicd, plain and barred inbuse; flcf Jrc d, plain, atnpsd lawns dcginghamsi English and French chintzes, plain, figured dh barred ■awls?, jackenetto and Cambria muslin*! a. general as* ’ sortment of, grode-nap, grodeswa, India and Italian' silks, bonnet silks and ribbon s,atraw, leghorn, braid & willow bonnets; raw silk, cashmeresnd' cotton hose, ‘ silk, mohair, kiddf, cotton gloves, rinibiellns;; parisalls and shades, new,stile, French,'German i Irishliricns, ; Osneburg and linen isheetinge, lineh.drillingb & 'gdm-. brbona for pantaloons, jino cords, stripes'A; riankSncoi ‘ carpajing'and rugsfbrown and bleach muslin*, ticbiigrf and calicoes, lans and handkerchiefs/leghom and palm leaf hats, iltaw, gimp arid edging, cJothb,CMiiinem and safUgctts. 1.. .'.•■•V- 1 -.; ,h‘.s;.". 1 ': ;:jd\ . .Quvensvoave ■# Groceries, all of which will beaoldonfavoroble terms at tho:: ; ■ :store of , A. WCHAKDS. jl-:*. pum >3l V. r. * :, ’I say,> Mia ri wag/tp appearance will bp readily'urulerstooit, '*l' • say, "?, 0:?«tor; your) i you mUst hiiteJbeert biw>|stuj» : |%^ ha 5 e, X' l " attention ■■■" kington , ' ’ Wfasat ilii DAVID SIPE. SAMUEL BOYER, ' JOHN BPYEB. ' — Executors. , 1 a' :3 f< p Ist* •X 4 h <., f ‘-“TfP’T"
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