■ THE VOLUNTEER. B* Bratton, Editor and Proprietor. CAIU.tgI.Ei SfHbRSDAY, JCI.Y IRISH’. AtJBNCY. ■ UTV. n. PALMER, E9<V(n o»r authorized Agent for pro-' curing advertisements. receiving subscriptions, and-making for the American .Volunteer, rat his ofllcc.'N.W. Corner of Third and Chusiml streets, Philadelphia. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS*' ' FOR GOVERNOR. ERANCIS 11. SIIUNK, V- . 0/ Allegheny County. . ‘'•'toil CANAL COMMISSIONER,* , MORRIS LONGSTRETII/ , V- Of Montgomery Ciimity. . SPREAD THE TRUTH ! The Volunteer until after the Oc tober Election, . The gubernatorial contest for 1847, has new fairly opened. The.Eederalists, true to; their ancient usages, have, already com menced the work of slandering and yilli fyirig the standard-bearers of the Demo-, cratio party,'and it ts therefore all-import dhfthatwe be up and doing. .The truth must be spread before the peopje in all arid with this view we propose to send'the VontiNTEEn to all new subscri bers from thOTst ef July until after, the October election ait the following prices;.; . Potone : : -" - - 50,25 : “ %v'e copies, -•- - 1,00 “ twehrecopies, 2,00 This willterdly pay us for tlie price of our:paper,but we are willingto make some sacrifice for tbe good of ear party, and (he welfare «€ our Commonwealth, ■ SEND ON YOUR NAMES. . Carlisle, June 24,1847. THE CHL.EDUA.TIOJV. The Democratic Celebration' will r.nme off* on Saturday, next at Holcomb’s Grove. We hope as many of our, country friends as possible will en deavor lo be With as in celebrating the day which gave birth to our glorious Republic. The Com* miuee of Arrangement have made ample pre paration to accommodate at I who may attend, and nothing has been omitted to render the occasion ah agreeable one* Dinner will be served up at 18 o’clock. State Contra! Committee* -. 'We«B>M’lhe attention of .our readers to the very able address Issued by (he State Central Committee, and published oa our first page. This address'proxcfi. conclasivclytho inderiiily of modern Whiggery and ancient Ftdtrali»m % and (races down their affinities from the days revolution to the present time witb'tbe' same certainly that the blood of the Saxon and the Gaul can be (raced through successive gen erations. . U also exposes the predictions of our Fed*, tral opponents in such manner as to subject them to the derision, and contempt of ali.mbn not blinded by some strong partisan delusion.' The American peo ple arc a virtuous and patriotic people, and wc con* exot imagine how any men who have Hie good of ,%hoir country at heart/can countenance and support leaders who are ctcrnally'aidmg the enemies of the country, denouncing thoirown government, and prc. dieting and Invoking, panic, ruin and distress income -ttpohl^poople/.. Returned from the Wars.—Our young towns' man, Mr. Edward'Underwood arrived at homo from Mexico a few days since—having received an honorable discharge on account of ill-health. Mr. U. was a member of tho “Cameron Guards” from Harrisburg. He camo.direct from Jalapa, and judging from his appearance, be has seen bard service. His health is. rapidly improving, how ever, but he is still very feeble. MARYLAND STATE CONVENTION* ; The Dcifiocralic Gubernatorial Convention of tho State of Maryland assembled in Annapolis on. Thurs day week last. Wsi. W- Bowie, Esq., of Prince Gcoigo's county, noted as Chairman. After resolving that the Delegates to iho Conven tion pledge themselves, individually and os a body| to use all honorable means to elect the individual who might bo chosen as the nominee of tho Conven tion, and to impress it upon-others to do likewise, the Convention proceeded to ballot for a candidate for Governor. ■ On the first ballot, tho Hon. Puiur Francis Thomas received a majority of the voles, as follows: Thomas, 50;.Stewart, 37; Humphreys,?; Lloyd, 3 ■ Then' it was resolved that Pnair Francis Thomas bo unanimously declare# the candidate of tho De. mocratlc party fur tho State of Maryland for the Gubernatorial chair. Further proceedings were to lake place the npxt day. . • CCPTho President’s reception in New York must have been a very gratifying one. The papers of the "city are,filled with (ho accounts of the ceremonies on the occasion, and the speeches that were made. CCy* A likeness of President Polk is given in the Now York Herald, which resembles the President a little more than*it does a turnip—and very little 100. ' • ■ • tfj* There WWto bo a Taylor meeting in Now York on Saturday night. Put (hat among the “Gem crol” nows. Taylor Meeting at Uarmsdurq. —There,was a large and enthusiastic Democratic meeting hold at Harrisburg, on Saturday evening last, at which Ge n was nominated for the Presidency.. Hon t William Dock presided, assisted by Messrs. Zimmerman, end some dozen others. A Slate Con trol Committee was.appointed to further tho objects ofTho meeting. Meetings were recommended to.bo hold by tho Democrats in the several counties of llm slaloi Other measures wore suggested and adopted with a.view of securing (ho clcu/ion of Old Zuch.— John M. Road and Richard Vuux, Esqrs., of Phila delphia, were inlroducod to the meeting, by the Hon* Simon Cameron, and made eloquent addresses. A letter was received fron Ovid F. Johnson, Esru re gretting he could not he present. •; * I (Xj*T)iq now regiment of Indiana volunteers i4)|sed under the late call of |ho President, nro now being mustered Into service* They are said to bo a fine looking body of men. John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, is to 00l ns Secretary of Buie during Mr, Buchanan's jaunl with the President. Urn oou r «o of an »rllel« upon 11,0 .nWootof city and country newspapers, the editor of "Scott's ' * Weekl/Papet” makes Iho following remarks,which ' wo commend to Iho attention of oat readers : ' mKo lionos| man will protend to any iliat a news. ‘ paper published, In fl remote city will sunply ihcpUce if ono published Jh a man’* own neighborhood and especially dc/oted so the local interests of the Inha. bitants. ■'There aro many matters of great impor. lonco to particular dl.trlct. nnd vicinities which etiunot find a place in a journol Inlonded to bo clr. lhmg\) t|»o whdly country. \Vtf therefore Bav . encourage your count;/ newspaper rm*T ; for the information it afford* I* jndl"pcn«nblo," DEATH OP SIR. KEJWEDY. ,Wc nnnounce, wilh dcep regr6t, lho death of Mr. Jamks H. who was so sort' ously injured in the liito riot hi this place, resulting, from (ho arrest of three.fugitive slaves,. ' •'The public familiar with (he events of that riot, and it is not .now necessary, to reprint them. Wc looked Upon it aa, a most wanton outrage,,in which a rpapeclablo gentleman from a neighboring State, in his Konost'cndoavors to .recover his properly and to maintain his rights os guaranteed by the Consti tution of the United Stales and the laws mode in conformity therewith, was beaten down .with paving atones and bludgeons, in llio centre of the town, on (he public streets, in open day light, in the face of the citizens, and in defiance of oil law and'authority. We have carefully abstained from intimating who Were guilty of participating in this outrage, as. that will bo a matter of judicial investigation, and we feel no disposition to forestall public opinion. - Let the law take its course, unmolested by thoirisc prcmonl. tors of the public press, or indiscreet publications in reference to this unfortunate occurrence. But what wo have to,say at present is to lament tho.sud end of Mr. Kennedy hitnself.. Whether his death was either immediately or remotely produced by the in juries. ho received ai the riot, it is.not for us to say, as wu do not knoW. No poet mortem examination was made by the physicians here, before his remains were taken *to Hagerstown. Ho was a large man, with a full, habit of body, and had been very closely bound dotvh to his bed, to-kcop bis injured limb in (ho proper position. He had been thus confined for three weeks, and his death may have been induced, by reason of this confinement independent of any of tho injuries which li9 icccived. Whatever may have been the cause, hts demise has, filled many hearts with sorrow. His loss to his family and friends, is irreparable. But, the worst results may flow from this lamcnta*. bio occurrence.. It will bo very difficult to make our brethren of Maryland believe otherwise than (hat on esteemed citizen of that State—a roan who was .the pride and ornament of a large.circle of friends—was most brutally murdered while endeavoring to recover his property in a sister State, and may lead to retal iating measures as deeply (o bo deplored as that over .which wo mourn. ' The Abolition fanatics can now witness the first and choice fruits of (heir maddened zeal. 7/iey have a beautiful spectacle before .them—the workmanship of liioir own hands. They can now seethe legitimate results of of conduct—a course which if persisted in tvUl set this Union in a blaze from one end to the other. ' It is therefore peculiarly important that wo, in' Pennsylvania, should , keep our hearts and minds right on tins subject. By our proximity to the slave* holding Slates, our soil will bo the battle ground,on which a conflict of laws with reference to the sub* ject of slavery will lake place,.if the. Abolitionists * -can got the car of our Legislative bodies. It *Ts~to Pennsylvania that (ho runaway ncgroes-fl.cc, and the ill-advised act of our last Legislature, (of which we have before spoken) now gives them and their Abo lition allies a hope that'they can successfully bafflo the owners in tboir pursuit and recovery, and thus defeat tho manifest moaning of the provisions of the Constitution of the United Stoics on that subject— It.is hero in Pennsylvania that (his question must be met, and manfulljfitel and settled. As Pcnnsylva* mans we are oppo* d to slavery in the abstract. We think it wrong, and to, bo deprecated. at the same time wo must remember that it was .entailed uponpur southern brethren at an early day, before the subject of human liberty was considered so im portant, and tiro charter of human rights was so clearly defined as it- •»’ at present.’ .Theffpropcrly* became invested in that way to a groat extent. It -was oo fault of theirs. It was iheirmisforlunc.— They so acknowledge it. At the same lime then that wo deprecate slavery, wo must not forget the comj)romite9,of tlie Constitution. Wo must bo true to our plighted faith, and not be guilty of a species of nullification of the rankest kind. We profess to love the Union,fcfLct us stand by it then, in spirit and in truth, and Tn our. union there will be strength. But if wo pursue ah opposite policy , tho Uiiibn will bo broken up and destroyed,jind the fires of civil (perhaps a servile) war, and. internal feuds, will burn brightly and fiercely. Wo have been led to these reflections by the act of our last Legislature in relation to tho arrest of fugitives from labor. Wo think that act ought to bo repealed at the earliest practicable period. Let. the next Legislature do so. Wo have no doubt that Us repeal is demanded by ninc>tonths of the people of tho State, if they arc called upon to express an opin , ion on tho subject. It was passed surreptitiously*' i and we understand is a literal copy, verbatim el liter aim of *i act passed by old blue light Massachu* setts in reference to tho same question. Fcrfnsylva* nia and Moßsachusclts seldom stand aide by side on any question, and they now feel ill at ease in each other's company on this. Pennsylvania has been duped by a few Abolition agents, and will right her* self immediately* She is too honest to have any faith in wooden nutmegs or Yankee notions. j Another matter forces itself upon our attention, and now is the proper time to discuss it. It has long been a question whether It was sound policy to per mil blacks of all descriptions and characters such unrestricted liberty to come and settle among us.— Wo appear to bo tho Botany Bay for (ho African race. Every runaway negro finds a homo in Penn sylvania. . Is not this evil becoming a crying one?— should it not be remedied T—will it not largely in crease in magnitude, and that speedily? It is not to be denied that a largo portion of the timo of our 1 Criminal Courts arc taken up in trying worthless vagabond negroes, for almost every species of crime, 1 at a great expense to tho public. They fill our poor houses and jails—and this alarming evil is on the increase. Ought wo not then, Jlko our sister 1 Stale of Ohio, pass a law requiring every black who lakes up his residence in Pennsylvania, to give bond 1 and security for good behaviour?. Would not such a I policy stop the fearfhl lido of black population, which is pouring in upon us, ami inundating the southern 1 I counties of this Slate? Wo sincerely hope our Le gislative authorities will turn their attention to this important subject. For (ho afflicted family of Mr. Kennedy wo again offer our sindore condolence. May ho who« tempers (ho wind to tlio shorn lamb," comfort Iho heart of his bereaved widow, and bo a father to his fatherless children.. In their Ipnoocnt prattle they said their “father slept/’but they little know that ho slept a sleep whioh knows no waking. ' Cunkeji llii.l Moni/ment/-— lt appears by a report at the annua] meeting of the Bunker Hill Monument Association hold on the.l7th ull., that over SO,OOO persons onqfindcd the monument during the past year and that the receipts from these visitors has been sufficient to keep the'grounds around Iho monument I Ip order, to pay the interest on the debt contracted during the previous year, and 91000 of the principalJ It Is believed that lliu debt ean bo extinguished iuj two years,.and various.improvements olio made oh ' the grounds around the monument. Appointments cV tjjk President on the JBtii uj,T. o paymaster and military ' Sulr.Z"’ 3l '"» »>'■. In the place of S iusoon, tc,, s „cd\ Victor E. T-iolot,, Ponn.vlva- JtonTir T*' ° r H '™ ro ° n 'i. Oocoa.cd—! 4l Puim- A FOVIiPBbRHAb SIiAITtiBB. .' Tho PiUeburgAmericaiVa Tory Mfexicjjn*papcf, printed nt Pittsburg, in speaking. bfGov. Skunk's visit to that ciiy. Bdyst. ;t*‘A:V “Ho remained hero Tour or five,dttya.'; Ho did not. yislt'.nny. of the many important improvements of ilic city. !He did not visit any.of tho numerous man ufniHorics, which all,aro nnxiousto soft— he .waited nothing but tht'-doggeriea, This is admitted by oil. ;« Carney,, whoso doggery lip.visited among others in-tho sth.ward, vouches' for tho Governor's want of pride, for, ho sitys, ho “jtst commed ; up'to the bar -and ordered his Hfjuor like,another mon, troling all present, expressing a .hopo that none of them were timporaneomen.” ‘ The above barefaced and infamous falsehood was published in the Pittsburg American at a time.when Gov. SsiuNK.waß paying a,visit to his* former home. Jf any-bnc' can rise from a perusal of the above ex. tract without a sigh for; the mean-spirited soul that conceived. the sentiment, ho, she; or they, must be made of more'pliant stuff lhan'wb; aro prepared to think them. Wo cannot conceive what could induce any man—no difference how abandoned he might be—to give'publicity to bo'damnable a slander. It is to be rsgfettcd that the flourishing city of Pitts burg, contains one citizen who would Bo.fur.forgetall. respect for. truth and decency, 1 as to, publish so Infa mous, dastardly ,-and unholy a falsehood as is con* tallied in (he above extract. It is an'insult to the people .of Pittsburg themselves—a slander upon their character, and. the article . Itself .an unqualified and wicked untruth. What! Gov.Shunk—a man whose strict morality and pure character is known to all— he to fit'charged by this Federal pin}p,iyUh having visited the lowest doggeries of Pittsburg, riVid “ treat ing oil presentagd in addition-to this, “he visit' cd nothing but the doggeries!” ..Blistered bo (he tongue that dare utter so foul a slander. ' ; From tho above itis evident (ousthat (he Feder alists intend to. use their oldTweapbns of political warfare in tho present camj>aigri7~abusd and slander. It is, their, only 'argument.- Lotiberh. go on—they have tried that game before. Gov. Sliiibk’s past life will protect him from the assaults of Federal traitors and pensioned writers, and on the second Tuesday of hcxt'Oclobpr the people will triumphantly re-elect him to the office he now fills, wilh sp.much honor to himself and profit to the people of Pennsylvania.— Slick a pin there! DEMOCRATS AROUSEI Friends of Francis R,. Bhunk, Utetimo for active organization has arrived! Kindle • arouso to action every friend.of our .good old cause —leave nothing undone that'ought to’66 done—see that everything is arranged with.a view to call out every voter on tho second Tuesday of October next: Francis R. Shone must receive threo hundred'iuoro votes in old Cumberland, and ten thousand more hi the State than James Irvin. Democrats! do you not say thafhoshall? Then bo up ending!. Talk with your friends, and organize for the contest. “Wo con’t bo beaten when Wo all pulj iVgelhor.’ 1 No there is no such thing as defeat, whtyrWonnilc in. one common cause. . . ’ * The Federalists, having, been driven to the wall,- are becoming desperate. They h&yo .already com menced-publishing the most wicked, dastardly and cowardly articles against tho of Gov. Shnnk. They hope to break hini down by those attacks—they hope to poison the miht)|l of (ho voters against him—and thus succeed, ihibiellng upon the people for their rulers a band of political gamblers, who will squander tho public money ag they did du ring the memorableadministration of*Joseph Uilncr. Shall'(he Federalists succeed in tbciri.base efforts? Wo leave the answer to this question to'tho unbiassed judgment of the sober-minded and intelligent portion of tho population of this county—to. the people ofims oTthe result, if every Democrat will but stand to his post. It is a part of oiir nature not to doubt (ho intelligence of tho great mass of the people.-This-confidence in the intelligence of th» people is one groat cause of ..Democratic‘ascendency? A party (hat doubts tho intelligence of tho people cannot*expect to receive support; - - - ! The Schoolmoater and Gen, Irvin, The federal Iferald hae frequently lauded General [ryinfor his talents and ability, and has declared ilin to be more capable for (bo ofßco of Governor than Francis R. Sliunk/our present able Executive. Wo have always doubled Gen. IrvinV ability, and regard his nomination as but a repetition of the nom iriation of Joseph Mark)?. That our readers .may see to what advantage hohas availed himselfof “llic Schoolmaster/* wo insert the following-letter from the Centre Democrat of October 3d, 1840, written by Gen. Irvin whllo a candidate for Congress, at the special election in 1839. How different are his let* ters from the ably written letters of Mr. Shunk. Joseph MarUlo writes his name thus, Joseph mar ble, and General Irvin docs yory' f UUIo belter; ho may write hia.namo correctly, but It is certain that his composition is most lamentably defective, and his grammar much worse. - Mitcsouna Iron Works,'Nov. 16,1839. Respected Sir.’ I take tho liberty of dropping you a fow linos respecting tho Election, requesting of you as a personal favor to exert yonrsoifas much aspossi. bio, as every thing depends upon our activity. Our prospects appear good, if our friends only turn out— wo will give them such a hearing as they never have mot with before in Centro County. 1 trust you will spend mondny and tuosday in quilely calling upon our friends and notifying: them to set aside all busi. ness and go to tho Election on Wednesday, and show to tho world, that tho people of this district atil! pay some regard.to moral character, dec. in the choice of their public officer—l presume you are aware that although 1 am riot a member of your society, that I have friendly feelings towards it, and'at all times have when called upon, contributed to tho erection of meeting houses &c. and not long since unsolicited offered Mr. Hundorson n lot of ground near Waddle's for tho erection of a Meeting House. Any thing that you can do for mo will be considered as a par ticular favor by • YoUr friend JAMES IRVIN. The taslo of the letter—the particular argument ho addresses to a voter, aro also tpbpcondcmncd ; and exhibit tho man altngotlier unsullvd both by ed ucation and his principles.for tho high and honorable position of Governor. Lotus hear no more of Gcri. Irvin's “ superior ability,” and ids “ honorable con duct." ... GOV. SHItNKi Wo clip tho following from that , sterling Demo cratic paper, the "Elmira (N. Y.) Gazette.” Those who can, without look upon tho past course of Gov. Shunk, in his efforts to sustain the honor and advance tho prosperity of his native State, can fully appreciate the noblo Stand he has takun in ll;e administration of tiro Executive duties t Pknnsvlvania,— from all narls of tho old Com. monwoaftli wo hoar llio confident expressions of sue ocas of (ho Democracy &( (ho next.election. Gov. Skunk has administered (ho affairs of that State in a I truly wonderful . and successful manner—and wo doubt.veiy nmoh whether another man could have carried lior so honorably through tho difficulties by I which she has been surrounded. It would bo looked I upon as an act of groat Ingratitude to fail to re-elect I one who has In fact redeemed the Stale from dis* grace, and* in every respect preyed himself the ablest Governor binco the days of Simon Snyder. Tehribi.e Thunder Storm.— Rochester, N. York, was visited on Tuesday night with a terrible thunder storm—some of tho shocksthaking the houses like an earthquake.. Oho.bolt pf lightning depended with fatal effect upon the. house , of Mr. W. Matthews, killing throb persons—Mr. liia - Wifc and | daughter. ' .' BUSINESS OF, THE OOWin?llY. 'lVshoyld be truly gratifyirrgto every oho, Bays see .the tofrd progress which Is being made in business, of almost every descrip- tion, in;our country. ‘lt is but a few yqars,since our manufacturing establishments, of almost,every kind 4 Woro in a state of-infancy—-. Unable to supply the mands of the oounlry/and continually calling for the protecting, aid..; of the government, in order, as we were told, to the continuance of,their existence.- Now, however! frpm the great improvements that have bcon'mado in machinery, ami the superior skill l of our operatives in almost every branch of business, backed by the invincible spirit of'perseverance man ifested by our countrymen,— we can sed marmfac. taros of almost every description, the,workmanship of our countrymen, in demand; and at prices afford ingft|i>kn%(fao profit, . . Wliilb-this is tho case, wo findf too,-that nearly all'the other investments of capital in our country, are cqually.productivc. Our ports, though crowded with ’vessels, still need more In o : rdcMo convey the producTb ofonrsoil to other shores. Our improvements.are the in creased and still increasing, demands of our export trade. Our'manufactories of every kind, are yield, ing a handsomo income . to their owners; and our mines,though pouring,forth their treasures without: intermission, are, notwithstanding, unable to supply (ho demands of (he country. • ■ 'No’bottcr , proof of the general prosperity of (ho country,.can bo offered, than is. daily'presented in the columns of. the FeddNJ.pagers. Their testimonyls, as it wefc, forced : from them.; but;,as it .is against their party interest, it is hone the less valuable on that account. The Pittsburg Gazette one of the pa. pcrs loasl disposed, of all others in tho country, to do justice to the men and measurcs of. the Democratic parly, in its review of ; the, markets of this place, on tho eighteenth of this month, has the following state •ment: • . . “ Tho increasing scarcity and dcarness.of Window Glass is cxcjtjng.somoiaUention. Bxl9,which with in a ycar or two has been down to ; $l 50,and a drug at that, is now held by many als3.p box, and is not plenty-oven at that price. 10x12 is plenty, but the demand for this size is moderate, and it can.easily be bad at 89 75,'p box. Tho demand for Glass has groplly incrcased'wilhin two years, and under the present prosperous stale o.f .affalrs over tho country must continue to grow. .With the multiplication of population and dwellings, this ‘necessity* to domes- tie comfort must increase in the. amount consumed. The.city Manufacturers have hot had stocks ofarty size on hand for a considerable period. City brands are brisk at 83 50 for 8x10! and 84 50 fur 10x13, per box., The manufacture of (ho'article of Glass, employs no inconsiderable portion of (ho wealth of our coun try ; and U one of those branches of industry which wo have been (old requires the fostering care of our general government, to enable it to compete with 'Mho pauper labor of Europe.’* And still such is the state of prosperity, connected with this branch ofbu sinoss that wd are told by*a Federal editor, while a Democratic administration is zealously engaged in perfecting measures for the .benefit of bur vast coun try, that U “ must Continue. to grow;” and that in this city, one of lho principal manufacturing places of. the. article, in our country, such is the .extent of lhe;domand, that our manufacturers have not had slocks of any site on hand for a considerable pe riod.” The North American, the loading Federal paper of (his State, in.view, of the passage of the Tariff act of 1846, held this.language: % “We affirm that tho general results of that act, born and brought forth in fraud and wrong, will *bo calamitous, very calamitous, to every interest which Pennsylvania cherished. It will .diminish by mil lions tho value of our staples. Is that denied? It will lower (ho rates of w a B QS —It will throw thous ands. out of employment—it will induce general distress, and Incalculable -individual sufferings. It will lcstfcn the value of properly in tho State;if tc ill -depricate the nalui of agricultural products ; it will ruin thousands, of Mechanics fit; will check improve ments, public animate; it; wll plunge the State in td (be inky, pit of.repudiation,-and produce without a*single benefit promised.or hoped, universal.loss and suffering! Is this or any.portion of it.serious ly denied?. It is not!—North American of Augutt 13th, 1846. . ' , 6 . * Now, the manufacture of Gloss is one of those “interests which Pennsylvania cherishes,” and which was (o bo frustrated by tho passage of that act: and in tho prophecy of ruin to this among other interests, every paper under the control of that party through, out tho country, joined, ' Not one year has elapsed, since those papers wore filled with similar affirma tion; and even now the leading Federal paper of Pittsburg is forced to admit (hat “ under tho present proaporous stateofaflairsover tho country,” all those " interests,” to which tho passage ofthatiaw would inevitably prove so “very disastrioiis,” “must coniin. ue to grow What, wo would ask of reasonable men, are we to ’infer flum these facts? That tho measures of (he Democratic party aro calculated to iuin thoogricul tura), manufacturing, and commcrciaJintorcsts of the country? That the Federal loaders aro ignorant of the true principles of political economy upon which to administer our government; and therefore unfit to bo trusted? Or, arc they reckless of (ruth, dis* honest, and determined to try and deceive tho pepi plcj in relation to tho tendency of the measures which they propose, and .by tho. continued, operation of which they would subvert the government of. our country 7 Wc will continue thissubjeoton a future occasion, In tho moan time, let our readers think of these things; and thus get at the (ruth, by a calm apd dispassionate examination of tho . measures in dis. pule between (ho (wo parties. Truth dreads not in* • veallgationt “Xiik Southerner.’*— — A how Federal paper has recently been started in Richmond, Virginia, which .purports to bo owned and edited by a certain “James M. Ctano.” That paper has seen fit to make a blackguard and scurrilous attack upon of this paper because of an editorial which appeared in tho Volunteer of a fow week's back, and which was copied by tho Washington Union. Wo cannot sloop to reply to, this Contompliblo puppy—his, paper ,is proof to us ih&Mio js a moan, low-bred scoundrel.— About two years ago, wo remember to have read on account in tho Richmond papers of a certain follow named Crane who wap arrested in that city on tho charge of robbing hen-roosts. Ho was tried, con. Victed, and sentenced to undergo an imprisonment of two years in the Penitentiary. Will our friend Ritchie of (ho Richmond Enquirer Inform us wholh. or this follow of tho Southerner, is tho same Crane who received that sentence? His two years would bo about up now, and if our memory serves us wo think his name was “ James M. Crane." Ho was represented in tho papers to be a slab-sided, mean looking wruloh, who oould not look an honest man in (ho.face. JlrQoktille Jtfmonian of tho 23d, says, A .most singular occurrence took place in Brudy township, Clearfield county, some time last week. . It seems that two UlUp girls, daughters of Mr. Fry, ono aged 4 years and iho.othbr six, went out to tho edge of th,o wood to gather lea-berries, and having wandered rather far . from tho field, wore unable to find their way home, Mr. Fry gathered some of! the neighbors and.slqrled.in search,but without sue. cess until the evening oftho sound day, when thoyiworo discovered. When found, they wore laying in a‘ small house which they had made of sticks and roof, od with bark--the younger one was crying and tho other was comforting her jlliey. had been two days I and a night In one of tho heaviest, timbered, forests In that county, with nothing to cat except lea.bcrJ riesf ■! ■C6rr'egpon(]onco ofthe American Volunteer, '•'Things iaPMUilolplilii. ■ •. PntLA., June 28,1847. ■ iffy Dear Brailoh~ythh\h the last throe days,the heat hero has been intense, causing ponpalclic drops of perspiration to stqH from oyery pprp, At noon;, to-day, the thermometer'marked -ds high a»,DB. : Our citizens hav.qcommpnccd migrating to Iho.watering places In good earnest. This morning the bouts anil oars were crowded,with fashionables,",bound-for Brandywine, Long'Branch, Saratoga, arid Cape May. What with the heat, and the panic produced by the lust' steamer's nows, and.lho dullness incidental to the summer months, business hero is' almost at a stand still. The downward tendency in the Flour market.still continues. . A largo sale of flour was, made this morning at the low figuretof $6,50. Seve ral lots of wheat Wore disposed of at from 145 to 153. Sales of ryo at 93! Corn, 90 to 93.-. At Bal timore, (his morning, flour was offered at s6,so—but no buyers.. There, were sales of red wheat at 81,26. Rye, 85. Corn, 83 to 85. Oats, 57. Low as these figures ore.compared with the idling rates; at the commencement of tho month, it is quite, likely, that prices will experience a. still further; decline, ihaSi mnqh ns wheat of iho nuw crop must make its ap pearance in market in a few days. .' ' . ; The President left us for, Now Yorlfc on Friday morning last. His reception at iho “ groat metropo lis’ 1 was brilliant and imposing beyond, precedent.— He landqd at the'Battery amid tho roar of artillery and the loud huzzas of countless thousands. Ho re mained m New York during the.whole of yesterday. In morning, ,ho attended St. church; in the afternefon, Dr. Skinner's church, and, in Iho evening, tho- Dutch Reformed church.— ttq left New York this morning, in the splendid steamer Hero, for Bosldn via New,Haven.-His re ception in-Now England will bo cordial, flattering! and as enthusiastic as Yonkcb nature will permit.' Mr. Buchanan passed llirough.this olty on Saturday last, to join the President hi his No tv England tour. During his absence from the sent of government, tho Hon. John Y. Mason, of the Navy Department, wtjl act as Secretary ,nf Slate., 1 Tho nows from Mexico this morning looks Jiighly favorable for a speedy adjustment of our difficulties will! that Republic.. Fighting is nearly over; but— alas I—the.ravages of disease aro on tho Tho hospitals at Jalapa and Vera Cruz aro crowded with the sick. • . The “ Patterson dinner” comes off at- the United Slates Hold, of this city, on Friday next, and pro mises fo btfa splendid affair. The “ Natives” hold a grand, mammoth, monster meeting in' Independence Square , this evening. This party is fust dissolving in the elements of its own weakness. 1 • Gough, of soda water notoriety, lectures to-night at the Chinese Museum, for tho benefit of Greene, tho Reformed Gamblcrr'.Notwilhßtondlng the, heat of Urn weather, no doubt there will bo a large crowd collected, '* - 1 , Tho two Theatres that are opened present nightly a boggarly array of empty benches. Tho celebrated Ravel - Family commence at the Arch, Ihia'cvcmng, a short engagement of four nights. ‘.Wo aro snbn to have at tho Walnut the famous Havana Italian Opera Troupe, now playing with such, great success at N. York. • .*• C. . Centre Democrat. ■ « PDA.YING THE LEECH.” Under r lho till© of ** The Foor Caiulidalc'l liip Whigs are extensively circulating an article from the «• Lebanon Courier,” from which we extract the following: ' . - “ Some of tho Shunkltcs ore endeavoring to make capital for their candidate by contrasting his poverty with the wealth of Gen. Irvin, as though 'to bo rich wore a sin. ' \yi»eh wo look atthq history of Iho.two, men, tho offcct'is decidedly rich. It is well known that all Gen. Irvin owns was made by himsclf,by a life of industry and economy. Ho mhcrcts no for. tune from wealthy parents, nor. amassed money by playing the Leech .on. the citizens of this Common wealth. All he owns was fairly, and hardly corned.” Itseems to be a. rank offence in the nostrils of whiggery, to state the troth about General Irvin’s private affairs andcircumstances,but U is alto gether praiseworthy, to mb about them; “It is well known” that the above statement Is the re verse of the truth.. “Ills wolf known” that Gen. Irvin’s father and father-in-law, wore two of the richest men in this Congressional District. “It is well known” that he never made a cent of his immense fortune by his own industry and labor, hut it has been partly derived and partly wrung from Umiofollmrs. Ifithaebeen ‘hardly earned/ it has been earned by his workmen,.tenants and laborers, unlessHt is meant that speculation, man agement, buy cheap and selling dear, and playing the iron master is a. hard business, The plough, harrow, rake, spade, hoe, scythe or sickle with which Gen. Irvin ever earned a single cop per, and the drop of sweat which honest labor ever gathered,on his brow, would be the greatest wonder which has ever yet been presented to tho Museum of curiosities. •■ Tho article'then goes on to sum up the amount of iKo different salaries wliigh Governor Shunk has received in. the 36- years (comprising nil his best days) during which'lime he has honestly, ably and industriously boon Engaged In thri public service from an humble clerk in the Land Office to tho Governor of the Commonwealth. From* the least difficult of these offices, James Irvin would have been discharged instanler, on account of lf»- competency; and he.would not have performed iho duties of some of thorn for double the sum which Francis R« Shunk received,even had he possessed the requisite abilities and qualifications. Tho salary of .Secretary of Slate and Superin tendent of Commo.n Schools is set down at $3,- 600, When every bodyknows that it is but $3,100, and by a aimilar process with other items, tho astonishing conclusion is arrived at, that F/anois U. Shunk has honestly earnedand legally received $70,160 (which is nearly double tho real amount) Ih coneidcration of a Ufa of public service. But, assuming thoir own estimate as correct, Shunk was receiving,,on an average, but little more than five dollars per day, for performing reel and valuable services, while Irvin was drawing BIGHT, merely for sitting, on a Congressional cushion, dodging yules ono half his time, and vo ting money into his o\yn pocket In tho shape.of “protect Um." Tho other ‘playing the leech’ in deed! Mr; Irvin’s official organ hero, informed tho public a short time eittco/thai hia “ quarter furnace” turned out only 35’ tons of metM per wepk (which is converted into bar iron by tho forgo and rolling mill connected with il,) on'every ton of which be has bwfn *• leeching” from the community a Tariff of TWENTY-FIVE DOL LARS, amounting to the snugsum of over $30,000 in a single year, every cent of Which ho visually voted into [its own pocket, and charged the public EIGHT DOLLARS per day for doing ll.ld boot! Verily If this is not ‘plying tho leech/ and play ,|ing it with a vengeance, wo do not understand the term. , v . GO* fho Mayor of Dublin has addressed a loiter # to the Mayor of Now York, thanking the pcapjo of llio U. Stales for their noble contributions for the. re lief of the Irish sufferers. ThsTREBfIfNCJ Vlistakz.—A NiM Nbwiand of Avon Sprlngs,,N. y„ tho other day* by mistake, look a largo does, of corrosivesubhmute. She lingered sev eral days, when death puthn cud to her Bufferings.. jFcom s&tpico. ■ ARRIVAL OF DONIPHAN—SKIU- -WISH WITH; THE CAMANCHES. Ttie-ship' Repoblio has arrived at New dr* lenrts .Jrom the r ßr.izos, bringing Col. Doni. • phmj/aml ,the companies attached to hisjcomrriand. /Throe of llie companies hail left the Biazoslo the 10th> on which day ihe Roptibliq.Hftilecl. The. regiment is (o bo\ paid.Ofl and mustered'ouLof t|ie service im* mediately. ; ", The. papers, furnish the particulars of tho skirmish \viih the Dardanelles, before men lioiied. The advance; guard, Ainder Capt. Renhencounfered sixty: Indiana near Parras* the light listed two hours, after winch the Cnnianches fled, leaving fifteen dead on the field, and . many, were'carried ofi . Capi Reld woa the diily Americn'n Vvoumietl/ - Nine .Mexican prisoners,; who had/bcen captured by.’the Indians, were restored to liberty end about onolhouaahdhbraes amt muled,', stolen' Irom Ute Mexicans; ware retur ned 10 their owners, citizens of Parras, ilt e Prefect (if .which place had expressed grati- Hide to the conduci of Captain Itciil. Preparations are ntnkinjj at'New Orleans for a brill ian t/reception of f Col. Duhiplian and his command. , : - ■ AGOEUIt^ATI'ACK^P^PEcisoV PJSAC& The U. S. slCirmsliip'.Mary Kingslarri) ' Cant,. Davis, ncr’yeilii), New Orleans bnHio I7lh insl, from Vera 'Craft the Blit, ami from ‘ Brazos tholSlh hist. She .brings us. more (lelaijs of the most, important event that lias Imppenedln that has happened in "that part of Mexico, viz: the attack on Col. Mclntosh's . train. , Wo learn that the whole of the immense train, under the escort of Col. fntosh and 800 , men, proceeding onward to Ihelieadrjuarters of Gen. Scott; were ahnekod by'a guerilla parly ala point jdst (itleen miles beyond San ta Fe, a village eight miles Iron Vera Cruz. The moment the attack was made' bit Hid head of (lie trairt, the dragoons charged on ■the'enemy and dispersed them. Alter lire lapse of a very short, lime, the Mexicans, a gnhvmude their appearance in seemingly o- Verwhelining numbers, at least 17.0 r 1800 strong, anil opened a lire on several poinlo at once. Here a considerable number of pack' mules fell iiilo tlio hands of the toe, from the extended,lino which had ro be kept up, on the tninoh, owing to Iho narrow defiles throngli wbioh the (rain-was pnMitjgifed'. ' Colotiel Mcltilosh, severe contest,Areal oil the assailants','.and then for-, lifiedliimsell behind his Wagons, deeVrri" it imprudent to conilr.no cri''without a reiin'oice me’nt, pjirticulaily requiring artillery. Air express reached the city bn Monday, the 7ih filial, in iho evening, and bn Tuesday morn ing, Gen, pul widndor rharclied to his relief with a section detailed from the 'howitzer , battery,:lo guns,' attached to the Volligeur , regiment, under Lieuts. Blakely and Coclr rano; four companies 11th regiment, under , Cil. Kamsey; one company ol the irrh ami . one.of the Till Infantry, and,company. K. of 3tl Dragoons. Twenty wagons accontpatti ed. A ; The Mexicans are saiißo be ; posted in considerable strength; in Iho vicinity of the National Bridge, (Buenlo Nnciorial) close to which the train is entrenched.' They ate de termined to di.spule'tho passage wrl.i us. General Cmlwalader, oir his junction wills ' Col. Mclntosh, will be al lire head 6! 'about 1500 strong,and bo has declared dial he shall soon bo able to clear the road of those des peradoes, the guerillas. Allhouglr the name is-nol given, there; is little doubt ol the Mex icansbeing,tmder the oimimmdbf I’udro Ja ruela; the Spaniard,'-or Whoso,exploits wo have already spoken in these columns. The exact sum, in.speeio, conveyed by ihis traia ©is 5400,000. 'iliero js no authentic-.iuictU gence of the lose sustained by ejilier puny ; in this encounter. Dr. Homey, brother oi tlio Colonel, it is said, received a,market bull in the leg,'which, wusy however, but a llc.-li wound. • . , Hoasr. RoDBF.RV.—*A daring robbery of eprfib forty or fifty and mules, is said , to have been-perpetrated by the Mexicans on the 6th instant, close to the walls of the city. Company K. 3d dragoons, went in. pursuit the next day, and after reinainmg out scour ing the country until the. following 'morning the 7th inslhid, returned; and-repotted that r- tbeysaw no.vislcge of the euorny. Garrison of. Vera Om:.«\Vo have been in formed that the number b! troops at Vein Cruz, since the departure ot Gen. Cndwnla der, has beeh reduced to so low a : figure a* to give risa (o rome fbr the safely of thooiiy, .In case of an attack, by, any thing like the number said to bo under Pedro Jarucla‘ There were not more ilian fony ~ men fit lor duly hi the Cnstlo ol San Juan do , Ulloa when the. Massachusetts loft Later New Orleans papers give ndditionai details of the attack unonthd train. Our loss • is now stated to bo only five to seven hilled. A most desperate charge wiis made upon u portion of the wagon** carrying ammunition, probably mistaking (ho powder kegs lor spe cie kegs. i Priest of groat distinction nl Alva-. do, received a letter pn (ho Sthinst. from hfa brother in the city of Mexico, lb the bfleut that Herrera’s election was to take place on trie 20th June, and .would bo supported by mo United Church Parly, deciding the issue nB m? P? SK;e 0r to a continuance pi iho war. Phe letter declares thalihe continuation ol the struggle rwoukl be the . downhill of the , church, and it therefore behoves them to u • ” ,l ° wiUl H* 6 Peace party arid nut an end to the war. Phut immediately bn 'Horrora’H election, a decision in invor of the proposi tions of pence would be mudo to our govern ment, and the termßumncludcd . in a short . time • afterwards. Information received throumi this source has always been found to be reliable. Froin the Public Ledger of Monday. Later from Mexico, Scott'at Rin Frio—Deputation from the Cupial-—Proposals, for Peace refused by Gal- Scott-—Further concessions ; expected'.' ■Cromtlio Mobile Hernia and Tribune, Juno 91. Tho fleamer.Jtmics L. Day arrived at N. Orleans,‘from Vera Cruz, on Monday morn ting, the 21st. She left Vera Cruz,on the nf ernooh of the 16th Inst.; touching »i Tmiftii* co tho morning of tho 17th and Brazos St. Ja go on the afternoon.of iho 18th. Her nows is one day Inter, and wo arc in debted for it to the Della office. Tho main interest excited by this arrival says our slip, centres in tho report commit* ideated io tne James LTDay by Mr. Clifton, the pilot of Tampico, who boarded her on tin* 17lh; oil, that city, He stated that they wore in daily expecta tion of,an attack front ,tl)o- Mexicans,- who were reported to .bo ifi'OO strong hi tho vicin ity ol the oity., , : On, the night of tho ISih.inst.n demonstra tion .was made by the Mexicans'in Tampico lo rise. Tho American niithcuilios, however had tmioly information of the nontomplnled inovei!\enl nnd to suppprdes it, if utiomptcd, called out the troops who lay on their arm* all.night. Thdro.was then no demonstration of revolt made. On the |6!h Inst., a parly of Mexican ban cors attacked the outposts at Tampico, and drovogho sentinels into the city, On tpo lOlli, aparty of Uancheros attacked tho pilot station, am) wore greeted by a dis charge from half n dozen muskets,when they retreated, ~ ; , , , The most important purl of tflo inlclligoiicn brought by this arrival, is tho flatlcting pro B ' pools of peace.
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