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THE VoU'NTKKK.
j«iurti;B» Bratton) Editor otid Proprietor*
CAtUiISIiE) tIttRSDAY) dII.NE »d t 18«.
: A.GtiNCY% •'
TCJ’V. B. PALMER, Esq. is our authorised Agent for pro*
curing advertisements, receiving Buliscripilons, and making
Collections-far the <Am.trlean Volunteer* at Ida ofilec, N.W.
corner of Third ami Ciitsmit streets, Philadelphia.'.
DEMOCRATIC DOMINATIONS. "
FOR GOVERNOR, ' .
iiuNcis ii; shtjnk,
. : . ' Of Allegheny County,'
J v FOH CANAL COMMISSIONER,
MORRIS LOS GSTHETH,
, (y Alonlgomety Cminiy,
SPREAD THE TRUTH!
The. Volunteer until after the Oc*
- • ; . ‘ ' tober Election.
The gubernatorial contest for 1847 j has
now fairly opened. The Federalists, true
to their ancient usagesj-harfe already com
menced the Wpf'.t iii slandering and villi
fying, of the Demo
... cralicjMtrly, and it is therefore dll-import-
we be up and doing. The truth
■must be spread before the people, in sill
quarters, and with this view we propose
to send the Volunteer to all new subscri
bers from the Ist of July until,after the
, October election at the following prices:
For One copy, - » - 50,25
“ five copies, - i,oo
“ twelve.copies, - - - 2,00
. This will hardly pay us for tire price’ of
our paper,but we arewiiling to make some
sacrifice for the good of our party, and the
Welfare of our Commonwealth.
SEND ON YOUR NAMES.
Carlisle, Ju(ie,24,1847.
Distressing News—Death of Lleuti Franklin
... j Meholfcj’. .
• Our young townsman, Lieutenant Franklin Me*
' iiaffet, of. the llll) Reg. U.S.lnfantry, died (as wo
learn front , letters received in this town,) at Now
Orleans, on the 13lli instant, after having been in
w that city for abqut a fortnight, on his return, home.
•He was fully prepared for death, having been infer
: . ned of hU state some lime previous to its occurrence.
, .It will afford some consolation to his many friends
to learn that hohad the best medical attendance and
the kindest treatment during his illness.
4tu of July. —The seventy-first anniversary of
American Independence will be celebrated by the.
Democratic citizens of Cumberland county,.at Hol
comb's grove, in this borough, on Saturday the 3d—
the 4th being Sunday.
Resignation of Rev. E, J. Kkwlin. —The Rev. E.
J. NkwUn, -Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
of this borough, resigned Ins pastoral charge on last
Sabbath. Wo regret to make this announcement,
for we have always regarded Mr. N. as a young mah
of more Ilian ordinary abilities, and a true and de
voted Christian. We sincerely hope that prosperity
and happiness may attend his efforts wherever it
may be his lot to dwell. The following notice of
his'resignation we clip from the Herald of yester
day: j
“Although the acceptance of his resignation was
urgently pressed upon his friends by himself, in con
sequence of his unchangeable determination to leave,
but few of the congregation voted to accept it,-4a
fabt which cxlubftod the warm esteem in which he
if held.' He is a faithful and devoted Christian Min-.
' istcT. nnd We wish him happiness and prosperity in
whatever sphere of usefulness his future lot may bo
.cast. 2fb will preach his farewell sermon on Sunday
next”
A writer in yesterday’s Herald, who tells us
that he has “studied as mucli law as the editor of the
Volunteer," attempts to vindicate, the late l£vv In re*
lalion to. fugitive slaves, and concludes that our re.
marks on the constitutionality of that act are erro
neous. It is quite probable the writer in the Herald
baa studied as much law as' ourself, and perhaps a
good deal more, but still wo are firm in -our belief
that that act is a nullity. We lake the common sense
view of the matter. That law, in .as many words,
puts at defiance*all laws of Congress on (he same
subject, and tho correspondent of the Herald himself
is forced to admit this when he says that “our State
law comes in collision wilh tho act of Congress.”—
As this question is likely to come before the proper
.tribunal for Investigation, we feel no anxiety to pro*
long the discussion.
Evening Bulletin. —This is tho title of a now pa
per started in Philadelphia, several numbers of wliicl
have been received at this office. It is neutral in
politics, and presents a very neat mechanical appear,
ance. Alexandre Cvmnfcas, Esq.—a gentleman of
ability—is publisher and proprietor, and Is assisted
in the editorial department by our valued
Col. John' F. Carter, than whom few men in tho
State wield a more powerful pen. Of course the
Bulletin is conducted with ability, and wo wish it
abundant success.
Morris Lokortrstii, Esq.— The Federalists, find,
ing that (he character or Morris Longstreth, our
candidate for Canal Commissioner, is without spot
or blemish, and .proof against Federal slander, are
now attacking the Quaker religion, merely because
Judge liongstrclh adheres to that faith! Weil, go*
ahead, coonoys—you aro only breaking your own
necks!
Tub Refinement or Consistency. —While the Fed.
era! papers in somo quarters are attempting to excite
the Catholics of this country to oppose the war with
Mexioo, upon the ground lhal lt is a war upon the
Catholic religion, in other’quarters papers of the
■amo party are assailing Oen. Scott for his liberality
to the Mexicans, in regard to their creed and their
prejudices, and because the same spirit is mado to
animate (he officers under his command.
Our Public WoßKt.—ll ia estimated that the
receipts on our public works this season will ex
ceed the receipts of last season $300,000.
C>pt. Webster, now in New Orleans has been
eppointed'aid-de-camp to Gen. Cushing*
Vomito at Vera Cruz. —This terrible scourge has
appeared in Vera Cm, and a number of Americans
have fallen victims. The precautions used by the
governor in cleaning the streets, which at the time
Was deemed to bo-a preventive, seems to have been
of no avail. The epmifo still rages with its usual
fury*'
last Work,—ll is slated that each gun'of Bragg’s
Battery, at Buena Visia, waa discharged upwards of
•two hundred and fifty times during the battle I
Gem. Scott's Proclamation.— The Washington
Union. states that the proclamation of Gen. Scott i»
oniircfy.his own. The administration gave no in',
ntruotidns On ibo no suggestions,' and
knew nothing of* It. ~
, Courier, got up in'
Bpiendid slyic, is for sale et Knoedler’a Book Store.
, Three Companies' of IhS, soldiers left Charleston
on the ISlhfor Vera. ( Cru*j under the command pi
Copt'i W. J. Clark, 13lh Infanirjri
- ’THE DUTY OF/DEMOCRATS. , !
Stand firmly by yourprinciples l\.To da so is the ,
shoct*anchor of your political, hoped,-and of your po
litical salvation, as weU’aa of the permanent prospo
rity of- the country “at large. tinder Democratic, po
licy the nation-will gj> bn prospering, until the Ame
rican people shall become the glory andpralflc of the
\vhole earth.- V. ■; ,
V Slang-firmly by .ytiur pnnciplcs.v'Aro llicy not
worthy of.ydur enthusiastic regard, and your zeal
ous and unyielding maintenance? They were pro
mulgated by Jefferson, when well moaning men were
doubting their applicability to the affairs of .govern
ment- They proclaim the sovereignly of the popple,
and'thdt all government Is for their convenience and
comfort. They avow man's capacity for self-govorn
' meet. They give the people.lho largest liberty, that,
is consistent with the maintenance of the peage of
the community and the preservation of their rjghts.
‘ v Tho world is governed too much,’Us a truth that
has application In the old tyrannical governments of
Europe. ' Every thing which abridges the rights of
the people anti ro)>s them of their hard .earnings un
justly: is anli-dcmocratic. Every system and device
of legislation which operates unequally* upon the
compiunity, giving to some what it takes from others,
is anti-democratic. This is the touchstone by which
to try Federal measures, lb ascertain their hypocrisy
and ill adaptation to the popular , ;
’The world is divided into,',two groat classes—the
producers and: non-prbduccra. The producers arc
the mass of tile people, who labor und earn their
bread by the sweat of their. brow.. The producers
not only support themselves butT. they support" the
non-producers also. • Hence any system of measures,
which has a tendency to increase the non-producing
class of the community is oppressive, to the laboring
, masses, and increases the burdens which they have
, to bear. This is the effect of crowding to overflow
• ing the learned professions. • Wo have too many law
! yersi doctors, and divines. They are useful in their
, way, but the host of graduates now sent forth from
our colleges.wili fill those professions to repletion,
and add largely to the non-producing classes. We
do not decry.education, but we must say that those
who receive it a considerable degree, arc too often
of tbo opinion that it is a degrading thing to labor
with Ones hands, or engage in productive industry*
These remarks.are not made without having observ
ed causes and effects, "and the tendency of some mea
sures which at the present day seem popular.
The increase of banking institutions is dangerous
also in its tendency, for the same reason, if for no
other-— -their largo addition to the nun-producing per*
lion of the community. Look at'the. thousands of
banking institutions now scattered oyer the lengtli
and breadth of the land, and we see their tons ul
thousands of bank officers, who produce nothing, but
who are supported by the labor and toil of the' peo
ple. * . /
When therefore any measure comes before you for
your sanction, stand by your principles, and you will
do rightly. Apply that text, and it will unlock many
aii apparent mystery. If the Federalists urge upon
you that (heir measures are the best calculated to
promote your, happiness, look back upon the past,
and review'their system of legislation, and the ten
dency of their measures, and you will hardly fail tq
abjure them and their policy. .
FRANCIS R. SHUNK.
In looking over Mrs. Anne Royall’s " Pennsylva.
nla," published in two volumes in 1629, we find the
,following notice of our present worthy Governor,
then Clerk of the House of Representatives, by that
shrewd but eccentric woman. She gives a descrip
tion of the members of the Legislature, and winds
up her remarks respecting those of the lower House,
with this notice of Mr. Shunk s
4 “ It would seem the taste of thfc Assembly center.'
cd in the person of its felerk. Tlid clerk of the house
is the pride of the Susquehanna, and beyond ques.
tion, the most, perfect model of manliness in the
Slate, or perhaps in America. Ho is about six feet,
five or six inches high, will) clear made limbs, per*
feet symmetry, young, pleasing in his manners,
handsomely featured, and his gate easy and grace*
fill; his name is F. 11. Shunk, Esq.”
This was seventeen years ago. No. wonder that
this “ perfect model of manliness 11 should have risen
from one important trust to another, un|il he has be*
como the Governor elect of the great State of Penn,
sylvania, and (Ho standard-bearer of (he democracy
of that State in the important political campaign
now rapidly approaching.
RUIN I—BLUE RUIN 11
The amount of . monies received by the custom
house in New Orleans, last year, during the month
of May, was 8169,057 26. The amount received
during.tbo same month of the present year, was
$246,127 41. This Shows an excess of $76,169 13
over-tho sum received during the same period last
year. Oh, this horrid ’46 Tariff, it is bringing ruin
upon the Merchant, the Mechanic, the Farmer, and
all branches of business! It must bo repealed. In.
deed it must!
Governor of Now York has issued a pro*
clamation calling the Senate together on the 29th
Inst. This call of the Senate became necessary
in consequence of the election of Chief Justice
Bronson and Justice Jowelt as Judges of the Court
of Appeals. The Constitution provides for the or* 1
gamzation of the Court of Appeals on the first
Monday in July. On that day tho old Supremo
Court commences ono of its regular terms.
' Tho citato of Mr. Cowporthwait so beautifully
iltu&tcd on the Delaware liver, near .Andalusia, has
been bought for 930,000 by tho Catholics, for Educa*
Uonal purposes. f
The Wasliingtdn Union, in alluding to tliu late
evidences of an unquiet spirit among the Indians on
tho Missouri and Vlale rivers, says measures have
been taken to prevent future outrages, and to compel
the marauding bands to observe peaceful relations
hereafter.
'La Patria of Now Orleans, contains an account
of a new Mexican hero, Padrecito Jaranta, who is
leading the guerillas end robbing our soldiers, per*
haps murdering them. lie is a regicide priest, aged
34, a native of old Spain, lias boon exiled several
times, and from the account published, may bo set
down as a out throat of ability.
Jubilkr op tmb Sons op Temperance.— On
Tuesday lash (ho celebration of the National Ju
bilee of the Order, of (ho Sons of Temperance
earns off in the city of Philddelphlai and is repre
sented as having been a splendid concern. It is
staled that about 30,000 strangers wore present on
the occasion, and that from six to eight thousand
marclied in procession, displaying their various ban
ners and devices which are said (o have exceeded
every thing of the kind over before Witnessed on
any occasion. Wo hope much good may result
from this public demonstration.
Mn.iT.snr Posts ok tub Hoot* to Oregon.—
Tlio government lias determined to establish Iwo
stations or military posts on the routs lo Oregon, the
first lo bn located near : Grand Island, where' the
1 road to California encounters Platte riser; and the
I second at or near Port Laramie. The battalion
raised in Missouri is to garrison those, posts.
' (O-So
im. (W wonka ago nl Mlor, Mexico, a Mr
;' I,' Wtt “ ">»rrloil lo Mien Ante
,in.U,q«.W,of.ol, fo , m ,, pt , M . Mar ,„i tho
| enemy U one way or ooiaiooting jeaco. : * .*
THE -MJ3 ANNKS S ,OP. PBpKRAIiISM. -...
, FedcraledUoraa'nd
rindjng fauit'Witli SQrncliiing Nearly
every. Fedcraljouti'iallwe pick- up altack;
; upon'lho hostilities
against M°*lco : wUh 'mbro energy,'*,and perhaps in
the very.safrip paper wo find anoint article denotin',
ciug Iho war. as “unjust; Unnecessary, and unconsti
tutional"'(lire old argument of Tories and Traitors,)
and urging ns they value their.lives! not to en
list as volunteers in this “ Unholy arid damnable war. 1
This has been the course of Iho Federal newspapers
ever since hostilities commenced., la ono column,
they.denounce lire.ntlriunislration,for pot prosecu
ting hostilities with more vigor—ln another column
they swear that Mexico is in the right, and denounce
our brave volunteers ad “ cut-throats and murderers."
Now Is riot this a moat cowardly; weak, and moan
attempt on .Iho part of iho Federalists to find fault?
What cun wo think of aj party’ guilty of such das
tardly conduct? , The second Tuesday of October,
next will convince our opponents, that the people ore
lob honest and too patriotic to sanction such con
duct.. . . .
VOTE FOR SHUNIi.
An article published in tho Democratic papers, a
few weeks since, and credited to the Democratic
Union,-at Harrisburg, should.have been placed to the
credit of the- Carlisle ..Volunteer, which, .like the
Union, is a lt'apoearcd in this
paper accidentally without any credit whatever.—
We have no desire to rob borworlhy friends of their
well earned laurels. I —Doylestovan Democrat,
. ,Wo thank our friend of tho. Democrat for making
the " amende honorable and for the compliment paid
our paper. Wo are well aware that lha Doylestown
*Domobrat does not desire lo.rob ariy’of its cotcmpo
raries of their laurels, for its own cplurnns is abun
dant proof of the ability and zeal of .its editor.
THE. NSW YORK IStEdTIONi
The election for Judges has ibrriiinatod in Iho
success of the entire Democratic'ticket for the Court
of-Appeals, which was general throughout the Slate,*
and also in the city, as well as in moat country dis
trict, fof Supreme and Common Picas Judges. This
evinces the healthy tone and.harmbny of
oracy there, and wlmt they can do when they nomi
nate “good men and true." They lost the last Gov
ernor in the State and last jVlayor • hr the -City, but
these defeats ,only awakened thcni necccssi
ly of nnion and, harmony, if they wished to bo suc
cessful.' . Tho ticket at this triaTwas'filled with the
best names that could bo found; being mostly the old
incumbents,who united experience and honesty fora
.recommendation. ,Of course wo can’t bo beaten
when we all pull together,*? and the whole ticket was
elected. But nof'only as a political triumph are wc
■ gratified nl the result It has, proved that tho plan
of an elective Judiciary Js feasible. v Truc, our Fed
eral friends are still afraid that it itf giving too much
power to the people, that “many hoiaded monster ”
which troubles' thom'so much, and Is-the perpetual
nightmare of their dreams;, but we ennnot .hoalp
that, and whatever doubts.wb mlght havo had'as to
tho utility of thb system, we afo : -highly gratified
with its operations so far. Whenever man demon
strate his capacity for the enjoyment of: higher priv.
ilegos, and shows (hat ho has ; grown out of the
swaddling-clolhs, which a barbarous feudalism 1 in
flicted on him, without getting crazy and upsetting
things with his joyous.pranks, orfajling down and
hurling himself when he attempts': to run, then
do wb fed like boasting of a great *Qvmocratic vie
lory.” . V' ‘
It lias now been proved that those elections can bo
held without lhal;rabid fanaticism, which tod often
disgraces human naturo-in a political contest. The
Democratic candidates wore as would re
buke inlracguo. and.
and disdain, an office - fawn
ing alliance with such factions its AnU-Rcnllsmand
'Abolitionism. The vole polled was light, and every
tiling was conducted with Creditable dignity and dc'
coruni, if we except the slander aim at McKcon.tho
Democratic candidate for District Attorney in the
city, and the disgraceful coalition ofFedcralißin with
Anli-Rontism. Among those successful in the city,
wo notico with pleasure E. P. Ilurlbut, the author of
a very original work on “ Human Rights and their
Political Guaranties," arid also well known as an
able and talanted jurist.
Post-Office Stamps.—Post office Blarope for
the convenience of pre-paying postage, are to be
issued bn the Ist of- July, The stamp for ten eta.
will be of the item! of Washington, colored black.
The five cents* stamp will be colored brown, and
will represent .the, head 1 of Franklin. The law
says—
“ Any loiter or'packet, with one or more stamps
a fluxed, equal in amount, to the postage properly
chargeable thereon, may bo.mailed and forwarded
from any post office as a pre-paid letter or packet;
but if the stamps affixed be -not adequate to the
proper postage, the postmaster’recciying tlie lellojr
or packet for trssmission, will rale it with the a
mount deficient in addition,”,
The. Montreal Pilot of the 9lb, says’ that-the lie
counts from Grosso Isle, llio Quarantine ground, 30
miles below Quebec, “arc of the most alarming de
scription—nearly 2,000 immigrant* have died, either
on the passsgc out or at the quarantine, staliod.’ 1 —
Tho Quebec correspondent of the Montreal He/ald
had .ascertained, that up to tho sth instant, COO Ro
man Catholics and 75 Protestants had been burled at
Orosse Isle; that 1,300 lay sick in tho churches,
sheds, and tents, and th«U 12,000 persons were in
tho ships at anchor there.
’gj* The Cteaveland Herald relates tho following j
respecting the wreck of tho steamboat Chesapeake: . .
“When tho boat was about going down, Mr. A. ,
M, Stem, of Green Spring, 0., Mr. W. 11, Higgins, '
of Farmington, 0., and Mr. George Van Doron, of t
Lower Sandusky, 0., left the wreck and attempted
to roach tho shore, supported by a (able, to which
they clung. After they had floated a few rods from
the wreck, Mr. William Steel, of Weil Mill Creek,
Pa., thinking.all would bo sucked down with the
then fast sinking craft, took his chance of escape, by
leaping into the lake astride the tiller stick.. Mr. S.
being a largo, resolute, muscular man, and somewhat
familiar with tho water, soon overlook tho persona
clinging to lho,tablo, and joined his fate to theirs.—
Nollong after a sou knocked off his hat, in which
he had placed hla pocket book, containing valuable
papers', when he loft his hold on tho table and tiller
’ stick, swam after and secured his hat, and returned
to the table. Ills pocket book and tiller slick, how
ever, wore lost in the daring adventure,
i The four (bund it difficult to keep tho table balan
. ccd, and the action of tho waves frequently plunged
some of tho number under. In one instance, Mr.
1 Van Doron'wos swept completely under, and came
. up on the opposite side of the table. Ho waa moat
, strangled, and after this failed fast in his efforts to
keep Tils head above water. About an hour after
1 leaving tho wreck, as Mr. Steele thinks, Mr. Van
| Doren succeeded in raising himself upon tho table
face down, and lacking strength to support his head,
” lie soon drowned, and Ills body rested upon llio table
[ some time after life was apparently extinct, before
i the waves washed it off*. Ho said but little after lea.'
ving tho wreck, and was divested of all his clothing
1 except shirt and pantaloons,
After losing Mr. Van Doren, Mr. Stem and Mr.
Ulggips. occupied 'one side of .the table, and Mr. :
' SlooTo, being a 1 heavy man, balanced thorn on tho
> other. The table wns without a loaf, and bottom up.
By drawing Ifiolr breasts up across the edge, they
could reach over and clasp tho logs of the tablewith
Ihoir hands, and in this way they kept" afloat for
hours. Mr. Steele urged his companions to exert
( themselves constantly, in order to prevent chillijoss
I and stupor, but hy'diiylighl both Had become nearly
nncoirecions, and when-picked up by (ho Harrison,
Miv Higgins h*d,been insensible.for some time, his
i hands fixed to tho table logs in a, death grasp, ,
03" In January, 1846, the population of the' U. S.
was estimated at 1
OP pANIEL OICONNEIiL.
s'lri^thbgenCrMigcst qfforeign intelligence; says
HiwliicliYon tho first arrival of our ;
'filos; \v6 gave hV these columns, we. alluded with ne
cessary brevity to the’dcath of iMr.' O'Connell, $t
Gehob, on the 15lh of May,|nt the.ago of 72/ybaM.
The. different.papers of England, Paris, and
contain copious accounts of his eventful life, his cha*.
racier,, his; -services,. his irjorits, his demerits, thp
character'of li is disease, - anjd.his last moments; all,-
of course,’ differing with each others in sudi poinls
os, involve differences of political and religious opin
ion. WehaVo had sent us, by lire politeness of a
gentleman of.llris icily, a copy of thc.-Dublin Weekly
Freeman , of tho '29th of May, which is full of inter
esting details in, relation to this striking, and;-all
things considered, momentous oventi _
/The, Freeman says that tho immediate friends of
Mr. O'Connell .were bettor prepared to hear of his
dejith,'than was his country; and attributing his ra.
pid decline io a disease, “tho;-seeds of which wore
sown in Richmond prison." Tho editor thinks that
ho died at-a most inauspicious lime .for Ireland, 1
while “Famine, FcverJ and Discord,", aro reigning
there. After a highly wrought eulogy upon his
character, tho writer proceeds-.to. give his.readers
tholollers of.lhc Kcv. Dr. Miley tb Morgan O’Con
nell, (tho son oflhc deceased,) and to P. V. Fitzpat
rick, arid liberal extracts, from the French press; all
having relation to those • things, In the last days,
hours and moments of Mr. O’Conrieirs life, which,
of course, there must exist the most intense desire to
know, among his countrymen.
Tho Dublin Evening Herald (a political opponent
of the Repeal party) pays a high compliment to the
‘‘man who has gohe,” which is hailed by tho Free .
man as a good omen for tho future union of Irish
men for the good of their distracted country. And
tho hope is expressed that the approaching,obsequies
may bo so conducted as to tend to. the same result.
“Mby peace, conciliation, and union, bo tho living
garlands of his grave!” says the editor. When those
obsequies could;lakc place, was uncertain; but not
within a fortnight from the dale, of the paper before
us. *Tho interment had not yet been fixed
upon, but would probably bo tho now Cemetery at
Gldssncvin. Great preparations were on foot for nn
event which will not fail Ip be full of the deepest in
terest to a vast number oftho Irish, people.
SANTA ANNA’S ADMISSION.
The New Orleans Southerner t an independent
paper', conducted, it is said, by a relative of Gen.
Jefferson Davis and Gen. Taylor, and by no
means friendly to the administration, makes the
following remarks uppn the admission of Santa
At<na into Mexico. . Wo hope our neighbor of the
Herald will give the extract a careful reading:
This ** Pass’* appears to be the bull still of ev
ery little driveller in the country who is opposed
io the Administration: ; Blackguards— whose wit,
(the bad with!the good,) constitute as important
a column in some newspapers, one would think,
as matters of a more wholesome tendency—are for
over ringing the monotonous, changes upon 4 * Mr.
Polk’s pass.” And editors,of superior intelligence
Indisposed to theutteranccof mere Tom. Joneslsms,
make the same subject-matter of considerable im
portance by-very labored disquislions. There is
one advantage' in the course of tlio latter—they
are undisturbed by the reflection that they cor
rupt the public mind—and incur the contempt of
liberal and intelligent men, to .whom dirty witti
cisms and stale personalities bring no pleasure or
of the manifested character of the Mex
ican leader, and his knowledge of the power of the
country-wiih which bis own was at war, it was no
great nrieslop to have approached him by a nego
tiation to which every thing had; given, promise.
But Santa Anna, like his countrymen generally,
had no confidence in,the determination of the pros*
ernltoik of ihe'tvar bytho U.’ BtafWand If with »;
largo force he could have routed Inferior forces, by
this time peace would have been made, because,
if any day he w.shed to accept it by negotiation,
it was there for his acceptance; and.at the same
time his military genius would have received ad
ditional fame from his own.country and ours, in
common with tho world ! But Santa Anna mis
took Mr. Polk as much us Mr. Polk mistook San*
ta Anna. It was a good movement on the part of
Mr. Polk in consideration of the probable play of
Santa Anna, influenced by that movement. Bui the
Mexican General understood that perfectly, and
cpmmonced a a ncw series of movements in another
quarter, where the probabilities were.more numer
ous of assisting him out of tho game altogether,
with honor 10-hunself. Bulhcre Uncle Sam disap
pointed him by improbable results
There is much, no doubi, to exonerate the Pres
ident in the admission of tho Mexican. It is true,
that the war would have been continued whether
he had granted tho pass or not. And as to the
leadership of the armies of the enemy, it would
have been difficult to have obtained o man in all
Mexico who could have been less favored by the
fortune of war. Morales or La Vega'would have
done us infinitely moro harm than-.lhls general, in
the conflicts from which lie fled. It is a very for
tunate thing for Mr, Polk that Santa Anna seems to
lave lost hla original pluck. -
Dibtretsino Accident. —Mr. Benjamin Snyder, a
resident of Ilaimttonban township,. Adams county,
came (u his death on tho lllh hist, in a distressing
manner. He was returning from Mrs. Myors’ mill,
on horseback, when a largo hickory tree, near the
road, was blown down, and fell upon him, killing
him and tho horsu instoDlly.
Release of Prisoners. —lt appears to bo pretty
clearly established that Major Guinea, Borland, Gas.
sips M. Cloy, Midshipman Rogers, and all other A
morican prisoners, have been released, and are at
liberty in tho city.of Mexico.
Found Dead.— An old man named Joseph Dolan,
Whs found dead In one of the oul-bultdings of Mr.
Cornman's hotel, on Thursday morning last. A Cor
oner’s inquest was held,.and a verdict returned—
"died by llioi \ isilalloh of God."
The Stroudehurg (Monroe county) Democrat of
the 17lhi informs us that tho establishment of (ho
Democratic Prest in that town, was destroyed by tho
citizens on tho day previous, owing to tho libellous
character of Us publication. Tho materials ‘woto
burned in tho street.
We Pitv Her Husuand.—Grnco Greenwood.
(Miss S. J. Clark,) has been recently married, and
is now Mrs. Baker, says tho Newark Advertiser.
We never knew ft literary lady yet to make any
thing but misery for her husband.
The Difference.— ln the war of 1813, tho Tory
Kof Ihu American Republic, whleh then “gloried
j name” of Federalist, os it now' 'doc* in that of
Whig, presented <L spectacle to its adherents coh.
treating extraordinarily with tho onp of tho present
day. When Andrew Jackson, at Now Orleans, drove
the- rod-coats from our soil and the Federalists from
our national councils, whlggery did not soixo upon
his achievements to make its odious principles a*
vuilablo before the people. But Federalism had
more respect for its propriety then than now; It lias
tho most unparalleled effrontery, the most unlhish.
ing impudence; to oppose the war, to give aid and
comfort to the nation's enemy; to place the blood
shed in this war upon the head of tho President, and
to srrogaloto themselves the victory! Thereby most
basely, wiokcdlydonouttcing the tar//; blit endeavor. 1
ing to appropriate to themselves the etoleti goods!!
To such iiitoudoncd, there Is but one parallel, which ,
is recorded in the fourth chapter of the Gospel no. I
cording to Luke, beginning at the fifth verso:' ‘'And I
tho devil taking him up into an high mountain,
showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a (
moment of lime.. Andtho devil said unto him: aH
(his power will 1 give thee, and the glory of them*.!
for that is delivered unto mo, and to whomsoever !
will, I give it. If thou therefore will worship mo,
all shall bo thine. 0 • • 1
V Corrospblulente .of (he Amorican Volunteer.
Vlilufffi ’in piilliutdjiltini!
. * - . .. , , PjiiLA M JunG 21,1847. ;
, My Dear' arrival of the Canibria,
with sixteen cluya,later.intelligence from Europe,
completely look our business men lly aurprisej- Bp
different was the character of the nowa from ,\vlitxl
was anticipated. -The licavy declihc in tlie prlcci.of
•breadstuffs, on the other side of the 1 water, has pro
duced a corresponding decline in our niarkols.—-
Flour, this morningrsold as IqWas $7 por.barrtsh—
Wheat,.l6o"to 165. Corri,96 to $l/ Thoharvcslis
ao near at hand, that wq cannot look for a re-action
in pricosj on tho contrary, it la quite likely,that flour,
will reach as low a figure as SC. ■ Tho Cambria, you
arc awaro, also brought inlplligcnco'of the doath of
Daiiicl O’Connell.- Although this cad event has been
looked for, with the arrival of each steamer, it has
yot taken-our citizens by surprise, and :produccd a
profound sensation among dll classes/ A solemn-re.
qurem mass,"for the repose of the squloflhc “Lib
erator** is to bo olmanted to*morrbw morning in the
church of St. Philip do Ncri, after which a .funeral
oration will bo delivered in the Irish language.
Great preparations*nrd making for the reception
of President Polk, who is expected tp arrive in this
city on Wednesday afternoon. -■Ho will land under
a salute of 26 guns, at the Nqvy Yard, and. will be
received by. a military escort, under Gqn. Roumfort.
Should.-tho weather bo’aVdll the turn out
will bo both large and brilliant. He leaves for New
York on Friday morning. . Daring ihc Presidents
stay.in this city,.he .will he the guest, of-Vico Presi
dent Dallpa. ■ .
News has reached the War and Stale Departments,
at Washington, of a nature which leads Iho." initia
ted’* to suppose’that peace is nearer at hand than tho
present aspect of affairs would seem to indicate* On
Saturday last, an extraordinary Cabinet Council was
called, arid it was very evident to the “ outsiders”,
that it was good; and not bad news, that brought the
cabinet together. ■ . . 1
Wo are at last favored with warm, pleasant, sea
sonable wo'athcr, and as a consequence, many of our
good citizens are preparing to migrate to the several
fashionable places. Tho Theatres, and
other places of public.amusement, aro in a'measure
deserted; and the signs, bn all sides, Ore unmistako*
able of the actual presence of the “ dog days.” By
referring to the advertising.columns of our city pa
pers, you will perceive that about the only business
doing is in tho-quack medicine line. How often I
have wished myself a quack! 11 must bo such a
comfortable feeling, after you have rolled your.bread
pills to the right size and roundness, to sit down in
your easy chair, with you* regalia In ypur mouth,
and rcfloct'that thousands of poor fellows arc leaping
every hour of tho, day from the bed of-sickness,
through the happy influence of a few of. your broad
pills. How gratifying to know that they will not
. harm tho lendcrcsl-babe,, and that females of the
most tender constitution may take thorn with perfect
safety. How soothing to the spirit, as tho smoke
curls gently upwardsTrora the aforesaid, regalia, to
know that at every puff some fellow croaluib is
snatched from the grave by the “genuine** bread
pills, to counterfeit which is forgery, and liable to tlio
severest penalty of the law. - How agreeable to know
that disease ofevery kind and degree yields Anally
to the efficacy of the “genuine,*!, which are. only to
bo had at Iho.old csUbliflhcd stand,,No. 25,Humbug'
Alley—entrance In Gammon street. Hovf delightful
to know that the never been known
to fail in a single where the directions Imvu
been strictly.followed; and that thousands of certi
ficates could bo produccd to attest the gratifying fact.
And how ploaßrng -to know from the
country, (post-paid,) enclosing a fee, will bo attend*
cd to wilh‘imncluBlily arid ;doBpalch‘r-,cBpcciully Uio
TJicJVfagazinea.for July are all out, am! are unu*
•ually.atiractivp. The' embellishments of Gfahum
and Gbdey aro paiticularly good. Tho Ladies 1 Na*
tlonal Magazine, edited by Mrs. Stephens, increases
in popularity with each succeeding number. .Taking
it all in all, it is tho bcstjuonlhly published in this
country. , . ’C.
FRAUD UPON TUB VOLUNTEERS.
\Ve find tho following paragraph in tho -SL Louis
Union of tho Stfc inst. We trust our friends of the
Now Orleans press Will keep up a standing notico
guarding the returning volunteers against such,
frauds: and as far as practicable post the names of
the scoundrels, who are engaged in perpetrating them.
Wo will promptly aid in passing round tho re.
cord s,
“In conversing with the gallant lllinoisians who
have just returned from Gen. Scott’s army, we.were
sorry to learn than many of (ho. privates, whilst -in
in Now Orleans, were induced to soil. their corlifi*
calcs. Nolkhowing the importance of retaining those
evidences of their service, they parted with them, to
sharpers, who, regardless of the soldiers' welfare, ex.
toiled from them the bounty to which, they wore on
titled. Eodh one of those privates is entitled to
ICO acres of land, and yol many of thorn sold .their
bounty for loss than fifty dollars* We learn that
there Is a sot of persons in New. Orleans
it a regular business to siezo upon llio returning vol
unteers, and buy their certificates for a trifling sum.
It is thus they filch from men who have been bat
-1 lling for their country, the fruits of a nation's grati
-1 tudb. In most eases, grpsn imposition is practiced.
' If a volunteer parts.with his certificate, knowing its
value, no one has a right to complain s but
ved as to Us Importance, he is outrageously wronged,
f and tho Shylock.who abuses him, deserves unmiliga
. led execration." ' • . '
. The Volunteers’ Festival at New Orleans.—
Tho Tcslival givon on tho 10th Inst., at Now Orleans
to, the gallant - Mississippians on their , return from
Duena Vista, was a proud and gratifying one to that
little band. Tho Governor, military and citizens, nil
joined in the celebration. Col. Davis made a speech,
returning the thanks of his regiment for this mark of
honor. Lieut. Col. McCUtng,‘of the Mississippi vol
unteers,-on being called upon, made a few brief re
marks. Toasts, social and patriotic, wore for a lime
the order of the day. . Gov. Johnson gave •“The he
roes of Duena Vista}" Col. Christie,,Tho Taylor
(i. o. the'tailor) who dressed tho Mexicans;".Col. Pal*
ftoy, “Tho memory of the glorious dead at Monte
rey, Bueno Vista, 010,, etc.}" Col. S. W. Oakoy, “A
now development in military science; the hollow
square to resist the attack of cavalry.outdone
American riflemen against Quadruple numbers, with,
out bayonets, can do it with a VJudgtTWoodrufl*,
“Our country and its .developments for the -last
twelve months. Tho London Times ought, injustice,
now to say, 'truly limns a great country and grots.
ing /*" and" an nlmpsl infilnlo number of other senti
ments, for which wo hove no space in our'bolumng.
All wont off in tho happiest manner possible.
Ledger,
Visitors to Niagara.— A; J, Peel, (son of Sir R.
Peel,) and Hon. A. Egcrlon, hothof the British army,
have been sojourning for a (bw days past at.tho Ea.
glo Hotel, Niagara Fulls.
Gen. Shields, so badly wounded at Cqrro Gordo,
Is still improving. It woe discovered but a fbw days
ago that two of his ribs were dislocated, which gives
him much inconvenience. Every hope is entertain,
cd of his iccovory. . . \ .
A VttnY Senshilk Movement. —The dresses in
Pnrts’this season are unusuallyjhn'ple; 'flounces
have gone out, end tho most distingue costumes
nro without ornament.
OZ/’Tho United States Gaxoltq, under the control
of J. R, Chandler, Esq., for the last forty- year*, one
of the most Valuable establishments in the State, has
boon purchased by G.R.Grulmm &Co.iof (hoiVbr/A
American , for the earn 0f47,000 dollars. Mr.Chand*
lor will retire from the press with tho good wishes,
and hrgh optiiibn of wliigs and democrats.'
iOrlilio. and its Coniotfuenees*
Wo leant frbiiuho Sumter JVhigvkayp the
gamcry, .that 001. John Anthony
; Wiiision, of Sumleri'fofborly Spcalior of the State
Senate,,shot Dr. ;S. . S; Perry, of the sarnie couit
ty,'at c Diyingstoh, a few days ago. Dr. Perry
lived bjul a fewliours. Dr. Perry was a member
of tho/Lcgißlato/e at the last session,'and was
universally esteemed by all who became acquaint,
ed with hirm.‘./''.r ’* j - i
, Singe writing the above, we Jiavb received the
following;statement published by the Journal of
this cifyV The Jotter is from a gentleman atGaincs
vifle.:, .** 1 .s : '
, Gainesville, Alabama, Juno 7,1847.
‘.l have just returned from (lib funeral of Dr S.
S. Perry*,who Was ehol downjn my office yester
day, mornihg.at.3s, minutes after'nine o’clock, and
died a 1.35 niinutospast ten o’clock, on the spot
where Tie only oVieJiduri At the time
he. wasshol, he was standing Within-about five
feci of where 7 ! was sitting, (writing,) .on the op
postto side of the boxes, Co); John A.. Winston
did the deed, , Mb used a double’barrel giin, and
Shot only qno barrel, the cntire load entering the
abdomen of Perry, letting out his bowels. \vi, Cll
I reached him, ho remarked that ha was “a dead
man,”'wkich.provod sobn..to’be .tho case,
McMahon had just called Porry in from the door
wliero'there were a number of gcnilemen, tq bavo
sonic conversation on,business,.and as they stop
ped;.,.some. 25. feel from .the dbbrj C6L* Winston’
stepped in and.called out, in a-loud<and exciting
tone, ‘‘gel out of the way McMahon,” and fired
imm'edlately.-producing the ejTor.i'ubove stated,—
As Perry Tell, the Col. shouted “thank God, I have
killed the seducer of the wife oil my -bosom, and
the destroyer of my pence.” He was fmmin
for some limb afler he bad done the deed, and said
a groat dbal.ahoutPerry and bis (Winston's wife.)
(Perry, yomkhow, was; his family physician.)—
Me regretted that be had not gone to Mexico, last
spring,* and lelniis bones Ip blench on her plains;
for d dem and damning injury had been done him,
and .that* too, by his bosom friend, binder tho garb
of friendship.'
The investigation comes of tomorrow before tho
magistrates. ,Jf half that is staled bo true, Pony
was guilty of one of the basest, foulest, and. most
damning crimes Over committed, by any man—l
cannot soy ; whal will be elicited—l will let you
know afterihe investigation; A number of ladles
will bo put upon the stand to morrow. But mark
you thifc there Is guilt as deep and black as Ac///
. -Perry! poordeludcd man, there mine to mourn Ids
, loss., Thcgonefal voice is thalVVinston used the on
, ly remedy left him. It appears that the plot exten
-1 ded Iq the taking of Ills' (Winp ton's) life and ilia tof
• Mrs. Perry, put enough now, w.e shall see what
1 woshalUeo. 1 will enter more into the details of
i this matter when all is developed. v
; Dr. Perry had b six barrel pistol, on him at iim
r time he was shol, but ho had not time to draw.it.
You can have no idea of the. intense feeling that
[ pervades every portion of. the community,
■ -Yours, &c.*
- From the Dcmocrnlic Union.
AVlmt will fo)low> Federal Success*
The Federalists make loud professions of fiieml.
ship for tiic people when outnf power, but the people
have a right to enquire whol will follow Federal suc
cess.' ,Whal.a:mnn has been is Almost invariably a
good index to what he is. Then judging in this way
the people can readily determine for themselves what
is to fellow. Federal success. •
When.the Federalists were In power they passed
the .INFAMOUS ALIEN AND SEDITION LAW.
When the •Fcdoralists'wcro in power they cslab
lished tLe UEIGN.OF TERROR* -
, When tho 'Federalists'were in power they
were always tho friends of 11IUT1SI1 INTER
ESTS.
When the Federalists were In power in the New
England Slates, during tho year 1812* they held
council with BRITISH SPIES, DENOUNCED
THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT,.ami THREAT
ENED A DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION/
Whore Ih&Fedcraiisls had (ho power they passed
resolutions,’declaring it unbecoming n moral, rcli*
glqus.|ieoplq.io rcjbicc gained l>y v bur
'arinici», ,, "'’'‘; V-» '
- When the Federalists lino tho power in Congress
they, passed tho UNCONSTITUTIONAL HANK.
RUPT LAW, by which rogues were released fiom
their debtsond.honest men swindled. ‘
Whenever the Federalists were in- power llicv
woro the friends of MONOPOLIES and- PRIVI
LEGED CLASSES. *.
Where the Federalist are notfr hi power they arc
the enemies or our.own government and the friends
of our government enemies, ,
- And if tho Federalists were now in power in Con
gross, the people, might well suspect that they would
bo the friends o£ tho Mexicans, as they nrc tho tnc*
mies of.thd gallant troops who are figlillng the bul
lies of bur country in a foreign land. •
But the people-know what will follow Federal
success, and will not (fust that reckless party with
power. . . •
From tho Carbon bt-inrtcrnl.
"When thou docst thin* alms, do not sound a hum
pet lefore thee as the hypocrites do."
■ The Federal papers endeavor to keep it constant
ly before.tho people, that. Gen. Irvin gave to tho suff
erers of Ireland fifty barrels of Hour. Now ho Is en
titled to all credit for giving that amount of (lour,
but it .must lie remembered that true charily consists
“in not lotting.the left hand know what the right
docth.** We confess, for our purl, that wo never
heard of the charities of this inun Irvin, until filler
his nomination for Governor, and from the,, manner
in which tho fifty barrels of floor story is heralded
through Ihp counlry, wo iiro forced to-tho conclusion
that ,lh*9y., vyi?ro'given to advance bis own pojiu
col inlerofisif ’ The people will rebuke such hypo-
i ' ~
The have periodical paroxysms in re
gard to General Taylor being left'withdntrf sufficient
mnitbar of troops. General Scott, who is fi«r advan
ced hi the most populous parts of tho plicmy’s coun
try, and has before liiiii the only 'anticipated-aeiiio
scVvicc, shares very little of this federal solicitude.
Doubtless, howeVer, - General Taylor is, being regu
larly reinforced, and ho would have beenmuch soon
er alrongthcncd, if the opposition had not thwarted
the passage ofllto bill Ibr lho creation of the ten re
giments of troops to servo during the war—a largo
pdTtion of which were ‘lntended to supply tho plates
of those withdrawn from his ooglo by Gen. Scott.
Pennsylvanian.
The whigs havo forgod a past, which they have
been circulating for some time, purporting to bo tho
very ono givon by Mr. Polk to Santa Anna. Well
it’s a pretty well written pass,.. And as Mr. Pplk
got Santa Anna into u very bad scrape, by lotting
him inlo'Moxictvoun't tho friends of the one-legged
hero forge an equally good pass and get him out?
Louisville Vtnt.
New Hampshire.— >Tho vacancies in tljo senate
Imvo been filled by the olocllon ofJanies Drake,
Ralph E, Tonny, pnd Frederick’Doyden, all demo*
cr at#,— Boston Post,
TIID MEXICAN WAR* . ,
The people should liovor forget that not a singly
fodonil whig newspaper says ono word against tho
enemies of our beloved country iii this War —no, not
one. They all denounce their own Government, and
sympathize with tho Mexicans. In the days of,lho
devolution liiclr editors would have been strung up
by Iho nock forgivlngullcranco.lothonnti American
sentiments that now decorate their columns. No man
desires any better proof to sustain tho assertion that
the loaders of the so-called Whig party of the pres*
ent day are the descendants of tiio TORIES ol tn°
Revolution—rnnd wo nrs gratified lb bo ho .able to
loam Unit thousands’of those. who have •horctnmre
acted with them arc willing to admit the Hint. Cupi.
Caldwell, who bonded one of the Volunteer •cornpanj
los that left Pittsburg.a few days ago. nnd who li*«
always up to that time acted with tho fcdcniiisi ,
on mo out in a card charging ft loading federal |>'>P C
in Unit city as being mpr.d fit to bo the organ o Wejj*
cans than of u portion of American citizens. \
piibllshed it last week. This is tho way mi whiij
all honest men must view tho conduct of tho
press of tills country. Moral treason i's branded on
their foreheads.— Bedford Gazette.
... Harvpstincv has commenced’ on-, Iho Moslem
Shore of Maryland, Tho grain is Said to bo very
fine. "
Tuf. US. Sinr Ohio railed ironi Now tork M
Rio on Tiic.dny I.iwl; with Non. David 'l’od, IM
now UraiUmrt i)iliiiBlor r oA boardt