THE VOLUNTEER. .r„hn B. Bratton, EXVtw und Proprietor. CABI.IgI.B. rtnnitSPAV, IS «V AOENCV. rryV, caftric advertisements, receiving mibacriptiona, and making cofleettona ft* V»e Jlmerlqan Petenieer,at hia office, N.W. tatßtx erf thtnl and OhoaniA et-rncta, Philadelphia; BfitfDcaA'ncTSOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR, FRANCIS R. SKUNK, Of Allegheny County* . \ '' FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, MORRIS LONGSTRETIT, ■v 'v. . • : Of glunlgiimtrji Oiunty. : C SPREAD THE TRUTH! The Volunteer until after the Oc- totter Election, . . The gubernatorial'contest for 1847, has - now fairly opened.' The Federalists, true ‘ to their ancient usages,,have already com menced the. work of ■ slaudoriiigjihd villi fying the standard-bearers of the Demo cratic, party, and it is therefore all-import ant, that wo be up dnd doing. The truth must be spread before the people in. all quarters, and with this view we propose lo send.tile Volunteer to ali new subscri bers from this time until after the Octo ber election at the following prices: For one copy, - ; , - “ five copies, . - , - “ ' twelve copies, This will hardly pay us for the price of oiir paper,but we are willing to make some Sacrifice for the good of our party, and the welfare of our Commonwealth. SEND ON YOUR NAMES. . SXAIfWWG COMMITTEE. Democratic Republican Standing Committee of.Cumbcrland County nro requested la meet at the public house of David Marlin, in the Borough of Carlisle, on Jloadayj tlic Sd day of Aitgast next, at 1 o’clock, P. M., for-the purpose of appointing’ the tube for holding tho Delegate Elections and the as. sembling of a'County Convention to foim a ticket. A general attendance of tho Committee is earnestly .requested. Tho following named gentlemen compose the .Standing Committee for tho present year—James ‘Graham, of Allen; Samuel Hoover, Big Spring;. Da. vid Hoover, Hopewell; David Williams, N. Middle* ton; John Ah), Monroe; Wm.R- Ferguson,Mifflin; W,n». H. Boa!, Ni Cumberland ; Wm. Crawford, New 'vUle;->Jacob Longneckor, E.'Pcnnsborough; .\Vm, Wallace,.Frankfort; Thomas Bradford, S. Middle* ton; David Emmingcr, Silver Spring; J. M. Gregg, W. Ward; Carlisle; Wm. Holmes, Eost Ward, Car lisle; David J. M’Kec, Newton; David Hume, Esq., Hampden; ’ George’Reese, Southampton; Francis Hutchinson, Dickinson;. Daniel Reamer, Mechanics* burg; John B. Duncan, Shippensburg Borough; Pe ter Mellingcr, Shippensburg Township; William Ca rolhers, West Pennsborough. ' m July 8,1847. * WELLWONE OLD CUMBERLAND. —Wo OfC pleased to have it in our power to state that tho. Treasurer of this county,.Mr. Bill, has been enabled to pay into the .State Treasury the full quota of tho State tax <126,000.) - Too much credit cannot bo awarded to tbo Commissioners of tho county, the Tax-collectors, .and the people themselves, for tho promptness dis played in thus saving tho credit of our county.. Did Cumberland is generally in the front rank when her . services are needed.*" ’ A change to enlist^ —We call the attention of all palriotio young men who feel desirous of serving their country, to the'bard of Cupt- Watts, published in another column. Barn Borneo.—Wo regret to learn that the bant belonging to Mr., Elder M’Ewen, of Southampton township, this county, was burned to tho ground on Sunday-week last. Tho barn contained a- large quantity of bay, which was all destroyed. Pleasant.— The operation of "champooning” as performed.by Mr. Webb, at his hair-dressing cstab* lishmenl, is certainly very pleasant to one’s feelings daring ibis hot weather. By this operation tho head is thoroughly cleansed of all dandruff*, and you after wards feel, as cool. as a cucumber. This was our experience. Try it ■ . The Perry County Democrat comes to us tins week in a now suit of clothes, and is very much im proved in appearance. The Democrat is one of our most welcome exchanges, and is radically Demo, cralioin principle, Success (o you', friend Stroqp,, - The “Lancaster Tribune,” a rcd-fiot tory paper appears to take great delight in misconstruing and perverting our language. Several limes tho editor has clipped Horn articles in our paper an isolated sentence, and sometimes but two or three words, for the purpose of misconstruction. It is d very small business, to say Uio least, and is evidence to us that the editor is a "small potato, 1 * without as much prin ciple as would lay on tho point of a cambric needle. Deceased— Mr; John Scott, father of the distin guished American tragedian, J. R. Scott, died at his residence in Philadelphia on Tuesday, at tho advan. eed age of seventy-seven years. CONVENTION. Several of our Democratic exchange papers arc ] discusn)n]£ tho propriety'of holding a National Con- j ventiop, amd-ao far as wo have noticed all agree that a Convention should bo held as heretofore. Wo go for a National Convention—it is the only woy of healing all differences of opinion, and uniting tho party on ond man. Follow up tho old land-marks of the Republican parly, and wo may count curtain on the triumphant election of the next Democratic can didato for tho Presidency, he he whom he may. Give db a leader, placed in nomination by the-democracy of the nation—qno whose political principles cannot be questioned. This Is all that is wanting to secure success.,. Address of the Democratic State Central Committee* On our first page we publish the second a [ld re HR o the, Democratic Slnto Central Comrnltloo, and be speak for it on attentive perusal. It contains muoli and lies are tbo most formidable weapons they bavo valuable information, and should bo-.read by every to induonoo volets. Already do wo see the Stpto one. Tb. Pennsylvanian, In speaking of the ad. flooded wUb Federal falsehood, and slang-already. drew, “The address la pointed arid powerful, have llio Federalists of other Slate? commenced their being a forcible and unanswerable vindication of Do* ( operations, by inundating us with tlioir lying fillit. mocralid measures, and an olwiucnl appeal in behalf. Federal orators ard burling their anathemas nt the of the Democratic candidates. The exposure of the Democratic party-food agents travorso the Mato infamous MU for the sale of the public works, ropbr- practising deceptions—hired presses ore at their ilirly led by Mr. Senator Giobons, and forced, under tho work of calumny and detraction, while the rank and Federal lash, through tiro Senate, and almost through of theirparly, taking the cue from their leaders, tho llpuw. ls overwhelming, That bill It ono oftlw ar -° not in* oll * o op vor y scrupulous m thoir abuse of latest proofs of tho proHcriptivo policy of tho Fqdcr-* Democrats, »IloU, nnd gf their wanton cUircgard of the interests In the language of, Patrick Uenry, wo would ask of/tltc^l t lt9« ,-l i Wunquiy!tioiiahju.ii.^^- T *-4..rtt. mo jJcmdcrucy’of this Stale —" Why stand we here Tnfyir history, slnqo the pamgouf tho bUI to idle while our'enemy Is already in theJieldV' , Ilcool charter the United Slalca Bunk of Pennsylvania, and lect that niany a buttle has, been loift by on over ween it jtvlll long bo recollected to tho elnunq of iho Icdgr* ‘ng couft'donoo in .thw strength of din army before tho -'iTho Central Committee have spoken of it in haiili) commenced, We fear there lu too much Iqrm* of just-Indlgnollonv , | fidoncu reposed in our strength at this lime, and that ; ~’ - •/. * • .„ i 1 . l hl» >r cuufidoncoV tho necessity lor action Lowrmu-There ore, 13 manufacturing srpors., will ha lu.i sight „r. Wo know that will! proper or. liens in the city of* Ldwoll, embracing a capital sleek; ganls»l,oh and «r,„u Wo Can carry ivory thing be. of 1911 ,«O,QbO andlnpmborlng 45 mills. .These mills fore ns m-Oclpberr, but all experience proves that to ‘ employ 7,0,15 fomdio ind-a,3-10 male operatives. , -I be able .tqcopc with our cunning must bo! TIIS OABIJIUEANS Of* FEDERALISM* - Never', since tho formation of has the Federal party been so.much at.o, loss fpr Vcapilal’’ as at the'present,time; Never were ‘their wits unci! talents pxcrtised, ot.- thoir more vigilant'tofdruni up sbmehobgoblin at which 16 fuUe another hub; and cry of ruin arid distress. .Never were,the loaders of-FodcraHsm 'so eager to 'hatch another brood of*“raw heads and . bloody, bones to, send fortlkgmbng the people' 10/'chcck thoonwprd march of thtrimilcd democracy of old Pennsylvania. Never wore as base moans resorted to, or as wilful falsehoods perpetrated by tho-Fedcral -press to-iujiiro our causo and our candidates. Never werq there more frauds and corruptions practised by any *purty. ihan by the. Federalists, in the vain hope of carrying the fill election. Under the operations of the Sub-treasury and the Tariff of 1846, the country is prospering beyond par allel—thus proving thoultor, falsity of Federal pre-, dictions of “/«»« and of which wo heard so much during and since the campaign of 1844. Theis usual electioneering cry, thbrbfbrc, being una vailable, they arc. compelled to resort to other expo-, diciiU?, however unworthy, to fill.tho. vacuum arid get up a show of opposition to the Democratic candidates Ilcnco wo see their presses from one end of the State, to the oilier teeming with the most malignant false hoods against Gov. Siiunk, as though the people of this Stale.did not know him. Tho most conspicuous in this lying business is iho “Pittsburg American I’— 1 ’ — (Vie,same notorious sheet that originated, in 1844 1 the sLory.lhat “Gou.S/iuni trampled under foot.Oie A merican flag during the ceremonies of laying the corner stone of a Catholic church in that city • After that barefaced lie we do, not consider that Govorqpf Shunk is in any great danger of suffering from any imputation coming from that quarter, but thatsuch. a foul libel as that lately published in that infamous sheet against his private character should-have been copied into.the more decent and respectable portion of the Federal press— every one of which knows it to he false— can only bo accountcdTor in the fact that they can find nothing in his public acta, to justify their wilful opposition-io his administration. . Tlio people of Pennsylvania know too well how to appreciate true merit, to cast off one who in every situation has proved faithful to their true interests, and. clcdyo to another whoso political associates clone render him perfectly obnoxious. A largo majority .of our people ire farmers, mechanics, o!nd laboring men, with whom Gov. Shun»: Was raised, and with whose requirements and wishes ho of eputso must be well acquainted. His sympathies.are with, i those who “gain their bread by tbo sweat of the brow,” he \ having.labored with his own hands for a. livelihood* Would you then—you who gain yonr living by hon est industry—would you change him for one/whose only cares through life have been to manage a prince ly establishment in such a manner as to make the labors of his poor workmen , contribute to increase his already overgrown wealth? What sympathy has James Irvin, with you? What cares ho for your in terest and welfare? What have you to expect from him and his party, should you give him your Voles and elect him Governor of thisgrpat Commonwealth?, Look back to the ora of.Rilnerism, when Iho laws and tho constitution were treated like blank paport and you have an example before you,-' Look back to the time when Thaddeus Slovens & Co. wielded (he destinies of the State, and, you will (hero find tho fruits of a Federal victory., Jasies Irvin, and, as In iho .days of RUncr, it.may be necessary to buy only a few - votes'in tho legislature of your State to entail another curse upori you In the shape of, a United Stales JUnk in Phila dclphla. Indeed we know hpt but that this may be* tho very reason why thio Fcdbralparjjp are so anxious Id carry tho next election. A Baffk .possessing, all the powers of the old exploded would bo the most convenient agent imaginable'* for’ their use in tho ncxt.Prcßidcntial campaign. By accommodations Uncertain characters in our country, it would secure their interest, and thus enable tho directors to govern the people without the people’s agency, and in the end to extort a charter from tho United Stales. Tho past conduct.of tho Federal party plainly shows that.they hold a National Bank dearer than any other measure, and as it would lend to perpetu ate power in their hands, wo believo (hoy would re sort to ady means to fasten olio upon (ho people. It I was by a miracle khnost that wo escaped from, the clutches of Iho old United States Bank, and how that woarerld ofsuch an institution, which was gnawing at tho foundation of all our liberties, it becomes us to beware how wo put it in tho power of those very men who gave tho Bank a charter from tho Slate, to practise again the same deception upon us. . Wo know the Federal.party proclaims that “a Na tional Bank is an obsolete idea.” We know too that in 1840 they proclaimed the same tiling, but-whal was thole first act after getting hold of the reins of government? With indecent haste they catWd Con gress together for the solo purpose of chartering such an institution, from the curses of which wo .were happily saved*by the Interposition of the veto of Pre sident Tyl«r. Twb Bank-. charters' were passed at this session, for both of which, James Irvin, Iho Fed oral candidate for Governor, voted. We ask would this samo parly, if they had the power, hesitate a ! i moment at this time to do tho samo thing?,, Would 1 the same men who sought at Harrisburg by means of an armed force, to maintain their stations in power after they had been condemned by a decisive, and ; unmistakable majority of tho people by (routing ah| election as though it bad never-been, hold—whoj practised bribery in. opcn.day In.order to got a Bunk | charter through tho legislature—who in the express-: ivc language of Tlmd. Stevens to Mr. ( Montelius of Union county, who was unwilling to go with tho hellhounds of his party in-lho buckshot aiid.ball uf fair, will "throw conscience to the deciC’—will such men,wo ask hesitate la commit any fraud on tho people, or do any act that would tend to give them power, in order that thoy may put money in their pockets? By fraud they would-fain elevate them selves to (ho head of afiuirs, and by fraud-and cor- I ruption they would then govern the people.. I It becomes the Democrats pf this State to wake up to a sense .of their duty in tho approaching contest.-, The enemy is already secretly but unceasingly ,uV work. Tho Federal party spare no pains or expenses -50,25 ' . 1,00 - 2,00 to dccoivo and mislead tho unwary. Money they |,avo In and experience proves that money active and .vigilant'. Wo an'd thelrfftlsetroods aiid Tnust. dissem inate our/principles fa r. andwids and'contrast tliohi. ‘with tho practices,-not ; Wc again call upon Iho Democrats! of this county. ‘ip orgdnize,and commence iho;gqod-W.ork in earnest. We cah if givo to old Frank”- an old fiialuonodDembcralic can tf wo will—dnd ‘who says wo will nol?~toach oar Mexican enemies Jh Cumberland county,tHo fame l eBBon Gen. Taylor taught theft brethren’- b.V; Buena-Visla, that although "Rough" wo aro hot only “Ready” hut willing and anxious to meet them on. fair own ground and give them a New ,Orleans. defeat. .Remember that victory iirpclober next prepares the w«y for a still more glorious victory In 1818.* .Remember also that should Irvin succeed tho* whofo of government together with all tho pipe jl.uyfng schemes and frauds of Federalism would ho setm motion with a’ view of securing tho State for ' lho‘Federal candi date forHhd Presidency, bo lie Wjio htf.may, and that in oil probability they, would .proyo, successful. Is not ilia ro.clcciion of Gov. SnuNK, then, an object worthy of our most untiring exertions? Let* every man weigh well the subject—.consider Us i importuned , and act accordingly, and wo havo-nO fears of the re sult, ' -■£ . •Democrats, off with your coals and at them! — Teach tho Federal candiduto for Governor that•his boastediihilanthrojn/ and "corn meal bribes" (all made since ho became a candidate for.the. object of catch ing votes,) have served no oilier purpose but to pro duce in the honorable rapu a feeling of con, tempt and-disgust. Sp will hohavo learned this useful lesson, that however coiriihendahlo it is to do an act of charity it is stiff more cdihmondublo to be stowjn secret, dnd ihat too dt.'o time whin it does not spiack of selfishness, .. ; . .. THE FEDERAIiISTS—TIIE WAR. ' . \Thd Federalists continue iij'rdeciaring .that the wdrwith : Mexico Is.-“unconstitutional and unncccs eary," and that it wan “bought about-by President Polk for rid Just reason and no assignable cause." Wo have looked on in wonder and amazement at,the course of many of llio Federal .journals relative io the war with Mexico.. Can it bo possible, after the lucid pxpositipns that havp bccaimadd, from,some of thc_ablest pens and purest minds in tlic country, llicy yet hope;'to,'dcceivo. tho pcoplolihtp the belief that the wdjf was brought about: fornp ; just reason arid, for. no - assignable .cause And when, wo see and .know that this-same press'is endeavoring to make political capital out"of what they term an “ unjust, unrighteous and dowin'o6|c”,war; and at the same time are pretending to support Iho victorious leader as their candidate for the Presidency, wc aro at a loss to reconcile such conflicting views and UMirocd and ill-judged proceedings, unless they act upon the dishonest maxim ends justify the Means." Wo aro compelled to believe that they thus speak against the. clearest convictions and thoir knowledge of right and wrprigV - Wo can accord to aii lioncst and sober conviction 6i Uio truth of any proposition, Iho.sincerity of*an honest motive—but wlicu wc see iho whole Federal press.of the country, pursuing Ihoir victim with unrelenting und malig nant hates when, prejudice aside,: .view would bo taken j and other motives assigned, the con* elusion forces itself upon tho tnind that partizan ma lignity lias more to do .with tho conductors of those journals-than a disposition toplacc tho truth fairly before the world. Wo would Uko to see tho acerbity of party fueling softened-—wo liko to seo an honest difference of opinion .QB,. honestly and frankly set forth—but when foots arp/potverted, antTn partisan press is uttering itscurscs loud and.dccp, against thoao who hdvo the df it r is Uio duly of tho friends of fho administration to Blind nobly up, to .meet.their adversaries jis they have done, and to tcpcl falschood with truth. HEAR A CATHOLIC I 3 Tho Whig journals, from tho “National Intelli gencer" down to the “Carlisle Herald, 11 aro ma king a great hue and cry because, as they fear that the United States army aro going to “pil lage the Catholic churches in Mexico.!-' They would fain make tho Catholics believe that tho. tHlminisira lion, and more especially; tho'army,'arc.-hostilc to their religion and religious institutions. ' There never was a more scandalous falsehood against tho administration and against our soldiers. Wo refer them to tho language of their favorite leader, Gen. Scott, for a refutation of tins slanderous attack. In his proclamation to tho Mexicans, dated Jalapa, May 11, 1847, Gen. Scott, speaking the sen. timcnls of the Government and Army, addresses tho Mexicans thus: . . -’S' “Wo adore tho same Odd, and a'largd portion of our army arc Catholics like yourselves;-: and wo'ro spect private property as well as tho properly of the Mexican iJhurch." " '• \ But the most scathing rebuke.that tlicirTalso and hypocritical professions of, alarm fuf tho safety. and honor of tho Catholic religion In Mexico, has receiv ed, if from a “Roman Catholic,'* in a communication published in tho Washington “Union,” Wqgxlract tho following paragraph as‘u specimen: * “Do the reckless editors and caterers 01, the “Na tional Intelligencer’* opino that tho Catholic commu nity of these United States have forgotten tho das lurdly conductor tho whig parly towards them for years past! Lot them not deceive themselves—thosu things uro ■*' - “ Hel in liable, nntl lenru'il and conn'd by rote,' To c«tfl into liicir tcolli.** Who opposed the oicclion of Mr. Van jjuren, be cause ho wruto a letter to the sovereignl Puntil!’?— The Whigin Who wrote .tho “Morm story, and “Six Months in a. Convent?*' A reverend (.') Whig. Who destroyed the Uoman Callgllc .Semin, ary near Hasten, and farced the unprotected-inmates to lly for thoir'livcs? TheWliigs. the churches and desecrated tile suered on\btisfU?r their holy .religion in Philadelphia? and who dnposcd.lho election of Gov. Shunk, of Pcnusylvania,|by£&uso ho wulkod <in a Catholic procession? 1 nfjiwor, the Winufl. And forgot that thoso ftetkof-vio lonco and outrage wore perpetrated upon peaceable Catholic citizens, by thoao very, miscreant* who aro Tiow preaching up their sibkly and contemptible sen timentalism on tho dangers oflhofahurcLpj in'Mex ico." . • 1 • * . ,« . , i ' Ordered to the Seat of War,— jPho V|ashi))glon Union, slates that tho Battalion from tho 'District of ,Co)umbiu and. Maryland under Col. Huaifes baa boon • ordered to tho lout of war -immediately. \vil| start for Verb Crux to assist in opening wuy-fqr, supplies to tho main army in the direction of Jula*- pa. Tho battalion Is to bo incroaied by (iio addition of tho companies racontly from Carlisle, Pbnnsylva nlo, Wilmington, Delaware, and a battery of field artillery from Baltimore. , , JbflEni G.-Nkal, Esq. Editor of Noul’sGir/uUo and for several years;, Editor of the Pennsylvanian, died very suddenly in,Philadelphia on Saturday lust. Mr. Noal-was an amiublo man and'a good writer.— Ho was only married in December last. ' ' ‘ An Oi-o Soi.uier.— Tho old veteran noticed in the following puragroph from tho. Cinclnnatti Commer cial, is probably the oldest revolutionary, sbldlor in the country, and may almost bo termed tho qldostin (habitant.. . - * 1 ■ • 1 «• Therd U now living one half-mile qibuvo the toll galo, Enllbn, un old revolutionary soldier nuiijcd Bon- Simin Yantosj ho was born in Bulthnoro County*, Mu rylanil, in nilC. und i» thorolbro Ji I yours old. llu wus iri thu butlloH of Yorlapwn, Puoll, Brandy wino and several others. Ho was present at tho U|clngofj Cornwiillls. At Yorktown ho was wounded in thoj hip by a shell. .. This . wound is now tropbjosoino ; , otherwise tho old veteran’s health nr now good* Ho ;crii spa to read, and walks out daily.- -Ho la exceed jngly i/clivc ferono of hio advanced ngCr’! i - r DEMOOU ATSj GO TO. WORK* Tho cuming elcglion is highly-important to the Democratic pariy ’of this, county, and of tins State, and it ia Umo Uiat active exertions should bo made to effect a'complete organlzalioiiititho party. ~Wp hope,,therefore, that oyery Democrat will be up.qiid doing,- \Vc do not moan, of course,- that nny.i.one should neglect his own-business,* (br the purpose of altonding.to politics, but muohcan.bodonb in organ* izing a parly and in givingrit strength, by talking with and convincing those who arc “ hailing between two opinions,” and by holding township mootings, distributing true Democratic papers and documents among tlio people, &o» &c. - This, then, is tho kind of Work, that every well-wisher of tho Democratic party should be engaged in, ■ Wo must go to work, caVhcsUy.und zealously j if vvcdcslro to bo.successful* No caUßO.cver yet triumphed,without a.thorough or ganization of its friends. It is tho first, step Ip vic tory, . ;v , GO TO WORK, and organize in qycrylownship, town, and vlllagc- Tho time, has como-(or Democrats .to prepare for tho. contest* -Our opponents :aro (loading .tho country .with Federal documents, speeches; artlf'nbtvspapcrs, and hopo by this means to mislead and deceive the -people. Ouf enemies afo active,.and it behooves every Democrat to bo at his post, ready to defend tho principles of - Democracy whenever and wherever assailed.' 1 . * ; GO TO WORK, . and on . all proper occasions reason wUIP aro willing.to-bo'convinced. -Point- out toihouvlho trcusonablb course of tho Federal* party, in giving “aid and comfort” to Mcxicp, ; at.a tinio when wo aro at wdr-with that nation. ,' Show them the. falsehood of tho’ assertion that tho new tariff .of 1840 would “ ruin tho.couhtry.” . Point out to them sonic of the acts of that party when in power, and youwiffby this moans convince many an. honest voter. GO TO WORK. . Every man, hawever ’humble, possesses somo'iriflu enco with his neighbors and friends..' Let every De mocrat,; therefore, use liis best exertions io.advance the glorious principles wo,advocate, lie can accom plish much if ho will’but-put his shoulder to the wheel and contribute liis mite to swell the lido of Democratic victory which is sure to spread over the, whole Stale., .V. : -v-.: GO TO WORK, < arid inculcate the necessity of harmony onall occa sions and at all tiracs-pthal action without .union.;is vain - and act upon the motto, “union, Jiarmony, self denial, con' cession, everything for the cause, nothing for men, 1 * ; GO TO WORK. Your candidates for Governor and Canal Commis sioner, are men'of sterling worth, whose characters, moral- and political, dro without spot’or blemish.— The foul l Fcderal slanders put forth against Francis R. Shrink 'fall harmless at his fecit, aqd only go to show the.unprincipled moans Federalists will resort* to for the purpose pi accomplishing thoirabaso parly purposes. ’ Democrats, push back these slanders into the faceof Uioso who iiUoctliom, ancl"llma convince your opponents that their infamous publications are loathed and detested, go to work: . , v; ‘ Your Federal opponents, are marshalling for tho con. lest; Now layout lime to throw in “ a little more crape, "and by a steady and united charge on thb second Tuesday of October, a Buena Vista victory will crown your efforts. Health of Vera Cruz.— Tho climate of Vpra Cruz has heretofore been considered very fatal to strangers, tho yellow fever prevailing lhor,a;ihrtDgh, d greaj part of tho year. That such wus fhtf eoio wTiilst it was under tho jurisdiction of-ihc.&jfoxicah nuthqrn tics, cannot bo doubted, as all accounts represent tho city as having been kept in a filthy ..condition. Since its capture by tho army under Gen.' Scott, great ond successful exertions aro said to havo been mndo by Ihp.ofTicorin command, to cleanse tho city, and ren der It more healthy. A letter from Dr. Barlom published in (ho'Union, thus speaks of Vera Cruz: “There arc few eases of yellow fever .here, com paratively. The disease Is mild. It.is tho very disease I have been familiar with for* twenty-nine years; and I would venture to guarantee to Cure nine In ten,;if called early, and with the sanie appliances wo have in New Orleans. Now don’t deem this boasting, for it is alono intended for your private oar. Tho disease has not boon, nor do I believe it will bo, epidemic. And the fatal eases' have.occur red mostly with inen who would have died any where with fever of some kind; and I fearlessly assure you, that if I could rogulalo the 'hahils and moile of living 1 of our countrymen, ycry few, would lake tho disease, and still fewer die.* 1 ■' A PREACHER. Tho Homo Journal Under tho head of its. foreign varieties, has the subjoined curious statement relative to a preacher,whoiscxcilinggrcataUcntioninParis, and who deserves to bo regatded as a martyr in the cause of truth: “The month of May (which, in tho devotional calender, is tho month of Mary,) has been signalized this-year, at Paris, by evening service, with the churches brilliantly lighted, at which preached new ly arrived missionaries from ullquarlprs oflho world. One preacher, In-particular, was much run after'by tho guy world—ah emaciated, exhausted, maiined skeleton of a priest, who has been tortured in vari ous wbys by tho savages to whom ho carried tho gospel. Uo preached in the church of fit. Vincent de-Paul, and, at 'his rising in tho pulpit, a general murmur of compassion ran through the assembly.r— His face was gushed and his hpad fastened to one shoulder by attempts that had been made la twist bis neck. His discourse consisted in a recital of what ho had sulTered for the Saviour. ‘lt was simply nml modestly told, and produced tho most thrilling ellcoU Tho lifting of his hands in prayer at the close, showed that his nails had been (ducked from his fingers in torture. l This singular missionary has been invited to dino at the Tuillorius,nnd'whon asked by the king what could bo dono fur him, or ,whal ho wished,'his reply was, that all ho desired waste bo permitted to return, as aeon as possible, to the savages !" '■ AND YET ANOTHER. Tho Detroit Free press, of, the Dili inst., gives tho following loiter from Gen. Taylor, which would 'scorn to bo more of a dinchcr than any other which wo liavo scon. While tho country is involved in war, and vvhilo his duty calls him to toko part in Ute.oporatlona against tho enemy,” Gen. Taylor would not bo willing to accept a nomination for ilho presidency. Wo think that this loiter will ‘ldfdly.eatisfy tho Federal cliques—especially as filj itis other letters doclaro lie will not accept of unless entirely untrammelled by party poli . llcVoiVobilaolions:> ’ “ HeAD*QuARTKM, A«MV Op OCCUPATION, f Camp near Monterey, Mexico, C - April 28, 18170 Sin:—Your letter under date of tho, TOth of , Murcli has boon duly received. To tho Inquiry as to whotlior I am disposed to accopt tho nomination . of President of tho United. Stales, If tendered to mo from tho National 'Native American Conven tion, 1 would most respectfully reply,and with full i appreciation of. the kind feeling which dictated the mention of my. namo Inconnocilcm with tho dignity and honor of so high an ofiice, that, oven if an as. plranl for the Presidential office (which is not the ’ case,) 1 could not, while (he country Ismvolvod in war, and wbilo my duty calls mo to take-part in • the operations acoinsttho unoniy, acknowledge my • I ambition beyond llqu of bestowing all my best ux ' of lions towards obtaining an adjustment of ourdif -1 fioullloß with Mexico, \! I have the honor to roindin, dear sir, ■j Your most obedient servant, I Z.TAYLOB, Maj.Oen. U. S. A, ThePkksident has Withdrawn .his requisition up on New Jersey for six companies, in consequence ol the Uidinosß in gelling the troops together. - :' corrcappikleaco of Yplmitgor. ; Vlilngs In Plillmlclpltla* V v ' July 19,1947. "iVIv dear . BRATToii:—Tho boat, .to-day' has been intense—tho tfidritiQineto* aUnpon marking as high ; as 95. . Tim.oilyVlicta nol oqly .a a desert-, cd look;Tor; at thb, least caUfolaUdn,; t|h6ro ; inuB£. bo at iho jiroscnl l|mo upwttrds of twenty thousand Philadelphians AlUhe diffeirjht watering-places.— |Cope May wVfiiled to overflowing full/ 1 and T hear that tho durront .ofsoa-bathors is now setting towards Ilockaway. ' UockWay, you know, is- ‘\on .old Long island's sea-girt shore,” and about six hours travel from Philadelphia. The beach is fine—tho breakers* glorious—tho company hot too large—*and the hotel one of the best kept in the United Stales.. , Tho, steamship Britannia arrived, at Boston on Saturday morning last, bringing'sixteen.dayslalor intelligence from England., You.will have observed that shu brings nows of a further and very consider ublodcciino in breadstuff;- The thriving appearance of lluf crops in Qront Britain, and the largo importa tions of grain from the Baltic, are the causes assigned for tins heavy full,in prices. It.was not generally lookc.il for on'-this side of the Atlantic; and as one of the consequences of the. hows, several heavy opera. in Now York, PliiladclpliTa andßalti ■more have suspended payment lids morning. To ! give your readers some Idea of the exact decline in prices, sinco-lho sailing of tho last steamer; T have prepared ii comparative (able'showing tho prices, of breadstuff's in Liverpool on Juno 19 and July 4. 'V '■ Juno ii). ■ . ’ July 4. ' , Wheat,’, U.s 9d to 12s 3d. 0s to 9s Corn, , -47 S to 55s ‘ 41si to 45s Indian Moal, ' 23s to 24s 20s to 21c Flour,' - ’ 38a to 40s' ' 31s to 34s Of courso-this is sterling'money; when reduced to our currency, it will bo scon that tho dcclino in flour is equal to one dollar and fifty cents a barrel,’ Tho foreign nows has so completely unsettled- our. mar ket, that I will hot pretend' to mako'-quotations. I would riot bo surprised if flour was. soiling .in this city, for' $ 4.50, and grain in proportion, before tho close of tho week. As tho Frenchman said, wo shall see what wo shall see. By telegraph I learn (hat it AVas selling this morning, both, in Now York and Baltimore at as low a figure as,ss. * Our,city papers oftbis morning, notice with great feeling tho death of Joseph C. Neal, formerly of the Pennsylvanian. I know poor Nbal well—intimately Well—for, wo had occupied tho same. editorial sane, -turn together for tho lust two monll.dr*-;. His dlsposi "lion was gentleness itself; anil a nobler heart never beat within a min or woman’s breast. As a writer it would bo superfluous to' speak. , All. his writings are-lnurkcd will! his peculiar wit—a wit that shono “with inoft’ensivo light.**, Ho is to be buried to morrow morning. Tlpfinogazitjes for July aro all out.. They are nol quito as good as upuul. • Tho Huvuucbo Italian Opera Company arc holding forth to very excellent houses at tho Walnut street IlieaUo. T|ic boxes iiiid parqucllo ard filled nightly, not only with gay look ing people, but good looking people. .1 edcsco is all that she is described.- As a woman—as a singer— is'iin actress—sho is aisuperb creature.' We say*— we heard—and surrendered at discretion. Yours, * Dickinson Colicgc—Tho Cbmmenccmciit. Mr. Editor— Being on my usual-visit to Carlisle about commcncbnicnl'limp,! of course attended “the feast of reason ami flow of soul” which was‘provided for tho occasion; and permit md to' sny that of the many entertainments of tho kind which, I, have at tended here and elsewhere, 1 never was so much pleased with ,tho ability, originality, and general do porlmcntof those concerned,’as-I was on this occa sion. .And I doubtless speak tho sentiments of many or all when I say that old Dickinson did her duly; and may feel proud in giving to the - world such o choice selection of talcqtand modest merit. 'l*o give a» review of all would bo tedious, but per mit me to say that Pennsylvania shone off on that occasion* with lustre, ot least equal to that of our neighboring Stales. And' as the representatives of the college, and of this State, J think I may bo ex bused when I place first among 1 tlitir equals tho sons of two of my old friends from Lycoming, viz: Field and Lloyd. Tho address of -the former was noted for its clearness, chasto and modest language as can bo found in almost any written address., He gave his subject new interest, and from iho great silence and attention that was paid him by the audience as wall as tho faVorablo remarkt\wo hoard of .him, wu think we may conclude with the romark of one pre sent, “that it was a neat, masterly oration.” His subject—“ John Wesley.” , , As respects Mr. Lloyd, his was well written, and spoken in a bold and fearless; but beautiful manner. His manner ofspeaking showed a confidence of.ubiU ily, and his aim was’mqro to do justice to his sub ject limn to gain applause. The latter remarks will apply to all the orations of the day. Mr. Lloyd's subject was—“ National Example;” . ; But wo must not forgot a jolly, fine open counten anced follow, as witty ub you please, yet very chasto in his remarks. “Earthly Items’! was his subject, a .comic by tho way, served up in the middle to tickle tho fancy of those who might perchance grow weak in enthusiasm and fall ,to’ sleep. Ho discussed tho idea of "minding' your own ’business” pretty thor oughly, spicing it up with old maids, firo-sido gosnip. And undorhia hummer “tho critic” found a pretty severe spot. . .. 1 should like to mention some others, but time will not permit. It was not our intention to draw inyld. ibus comparisons; but rather to compliment tho whole by mentioning a few. Riot at Niagara. I‘ai.ls.—A riot look place at Niagara, a Tow days ago, in consequence of blacks attempting Id persuade and force tho servant woman of a,gentleman and ladyTrbm Ip loavo her master ami mistress. . The seryanl'stoully refused tho proftcrcd freedom, ond to provent her abduction, and quiet tho excitement, which ’ had in creased to such an extent that blows i wore passed and firo arms used, the ownors'uf tho slave had to leave for-thole homes. - ’ New York Imports. —Tim total imports into Now York during tho first nine days of this month have amounted to $3,335,49!), neatly a million more than was imported during tho corresponding period of lasi year. Tho duties paid on thorn and dub amounted to $596,458, which is nearly double the receipts' of tho corresponding days of MG.. Caft. Naylor-— Tho reported death of this officer is untrue, lie waa fast recovering when last hoard from. • ' . .. • An exchange paper says tho farmers in tho Western States hnvo sent pressing orders to New York, for hiring nil the immigrants who land there. Agents ore in Now York, who are busy' in pla cing every immigrant who arrives in health ami is willing to go, on board conveyances for Ohio, In diana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and lowa— tho farmers of which great States say they should bo glad to see a million of Immigrants this your instead of a hundred thousand. Laconic.— I The Boston Post makes the follow ing,laconic announcement—more, would have been superfluous“ Mr. DuyliusHiehmond was'fduml dcadjn Tauten on Monday, supposed to havedlod In a fit. Ho loft a wife ami family, and a boljlo, and $2O In Ills pocket.!’ . . (n/’Colonol Dohophtm says that Ills fumous Mis leurif boys liavo one more ft than Gon. Taylor him. self—they are Hough Ragged and fteudy. , Benefit of Advertising.—Some time slnfcb UwilJ bo recollected; i&mihlloninn pul an 1 advertisement in Galaxy, headed,•*A Boy Wanted.* Next morning liq fouTO a hutulhox on his stops, with, tin's, inscription, ‘How,, Will this oho answer]’ - Oh opening it, ho found aiiieo, Put, chubby.loolihig speeihicif uF thp.’artlclb ho wauled, warmly done up in flannel/ ■ iFirom i**c#co. Later.from Mexico'—Mr. -2V]sTs -iWssionSixrcla, „ JJnc/mnan'a Lellcr to Ino Mexican Ouvcnimcni-Z ■ Gen. Sedtt demdnda a reply. * 'THe PicayunujExtra, of July 12, has received W llio arrival dt* thb sloairißbipMcKim, which left Vc hi Cfuz on tlib 4llr inat flips from.the city of MexieJ io the 20th'ultv" Tho. Government paper published a communication from th'o'.Minisler of Foreign Allairs uddrdssed lotlio - Members of tho Mexican Congress | 'referring to them a despatch from Secretary Buchun. |an, announcing the appointment of Mr. Trial.- J\i r I Buchanan's letter ia dated April 15th. It ucknuwf. edges tho rcccipl of tho Mexican minister’s letter or lhc22<l February,dqcliningTo accede to our proposi. lion to send commissioners io.Jalupii, Havana or «ny other point,, boford tho blockade of tho Mexican ports should bb raised and tho Mexican territory cvucim. led by our troops. Mr. Buchanan writes-that ih o Presidentholds such conditions absolutely inudmis. slble, neither demanded by national honor nor sane. tionedby 1 tho. practice .lie .Urges that sucli u preliminary comlillom would render wars in. terminable; especially between Contiguous nation* unless by tho Coniplclu BubmiSfiioa of one of tho bi-|! ligcrenls. " Ho shows how puerile a ebursu it would bo for a nation which hud sucrifiqcd monund money to gain a-Xool hold in an enemy’s country, toabundon alHhc advantogea it had won, and. withdraw forces in to - Induce negoiialibns without any certainly or security, that police' would chsup from siicli nego. Hattons. Ho Then cites the Case of Our Itfsl war with Great Brhian; to show, that wo hover consider, tad for a moment that our nation required usto insist upon a withdrawal of British troops before consent ing to. treat for peace., ,\Yo sent couimlsiicmcra to Ghent when portions ofeoiir territory were in posses, sion of British troopSj-anQ .it was notorious that while negotiations yvero going-on,at Ghent, hostilities were carried on upon both sides with unwonted vigor, tlm most memorable action olMhc war taking place nl ter.iicgoliatibNs.had been concluded. Such a prelim, inary condition to. negotiations cannot bo cited in modern- times; at least Mr. Buchanan knows of hone. Ho then exposes tho unusual conduct of Mexico un der another aspect. Tho President had desired to avoid tho war, had sent a minister to negotiate a place even alter the war was commenced by the nl. tack of. the Mexican troops upon. Gen; Taylor. Tim President had reiterated propositions with a view to open ncgbUalions'whlch should put an end to hoslll. iließ/ 'Jio.fiad declared ,to thb world that he , would exact no conditibns'lhat’wero not honorable to both parties, ahd.yot lho Mexican government had rein- • scdjtb fccelVo tho Minister sent .to her, and after de clining.to aCccdo to tho opening, of negotiations, Mexico had never made known upon what basis she would consent to'a settlement of the differences be tween ih.b two Republics. , There will never bo a ter. nlinalion of hostilities, | Mr. BUclinnaii proceeds, if Mexico refuses to Helen , to which Imvo bceiiprofiered,"arid which Tend to tho re-establish, niunl of peace. Tho President will not make further overtures Tor tho opening of negotiations until he has renson’to believe that such -will bo accepted by tlm Mexican government ; nevertheless,'such is his de sire fur peace, that the evils of tlib' war shall nut hu prolonged one day later,', than the Mexican govern incut makes it absolutely neccssiiry .to carry his dc iermiimlibn had sent,in the quality of comimssoner Co tho head quarters of tho army in in Mexico,\Mr v N.jlVTnBt, Chief Cloik in IheSlulo DepartihcqfV.with full powers tocuhclmle a dofiniiitu treaty of peace '.with the United Stales,. :Mr. Trial ia rcccoinmcndcd as possessing tho full confidence of tho President, and worthy that of tho Mexican Gov eminent,'.. .In concliuion, Mr. Buchanan lorbuars commenting upon tho closing passage of the last let ter from tho Mexican Minister, lesllt sliould give to his present note less cbnclli&lory character than Im desires for it; ho recurs with pleasure to another passage, wherein is expressed tho pain with which tho. Mexican government has scon .altered tho cordi nl fricndsldp which it had cultivated with this He public,' the continual ddVuncomcnt' of'which it hail always'udmiicd, and whoso institutions had served as a model of own. Tho President has strong desires that the 'United Mexican Stales, under’such iiistilulions as prevail with may protect and secure the liberty of their citizens, and maintain, an elevated .position among tho nations of tho earth. Such Is an outline of Air. Buchanan’s letter-of April 15. \ + Wo have-not translated it, as the original will no doubt bo made public. Thcrc is Ho liidiCMtoii in.it of the.basis upon which Mr. Trial Isaulhaiwtd to conclude a treaty. This letter tho .Mexican Minislrr acknowledges bn,tho 23d of April, snying that tlm President had instructed him to reply that tho whole subject matter of it hnd been expressly reserved by the sovereign Congress of«lhe nation for its control, and that the letter would bo at onco transmitted, to it for.its action. Wo learn by tho Mexican pn pera that Congress, was at once convened to take tho n}nt(or into consid cralipn* but up to the 291 h of Juno no quorum bad been procured. By .a letter from a source entitled to great respect; wo further learn that Gen. Scott gave llio Mexican Government till tho 30tli ult. to act upon tho letter, when if nothing should bo done, bo would march on. - Nothing further bad been board from Gcn.Cadwnladcr.or Pillow at Vera Cruz, but it Is presumed that they bad arrived at Gen. Scott’s head quarters: ’ . For tho'Volunteer. OCj*Wo find tho following onecdolo going the round: “Mr. CloyY Mr. Clay I" said nn eccentric genius, who met him ono day on a steamboat. “-Mis/er C/uv, at tho same time catching hold of his coal—“Wn.il 8 your opinion of tho tariff/"' “Why," acid Mr.Uay, composedly, trying to disengage his garment. “my opinion Is, that tbl? coat \v\W Uarif you don L lul> go!" , ' . Tho reply of Mr. Clay was, considering llioadmi. fable workings of the laidff, which ho and Ida friends labored so much Against, quite a shrewd dodging of the question. > ! - From the Washington , THE REVENUE. ‘ . '* Wo have‘procured from the Trerfsury aii oflicial letter Irojn the Secretary of tho Treasury, inrcply to u communication ftom-tho Hon. Mr. Adams, of Mis aisbisippi, which'.lcUer, with.llip table annexed, arc given below. ‘ liappuars that the,actual ouynwn* lation of receipt* fur duties for .the first seven month 3 and ten days under lho*Uriff of us compared with tho same lime under tho tariff of 18‘12, exceeds one million of dollars} and that, adding the duties on the-warehoused goods, the total Incroso is nearly one million and a half of. dollars. It appears oho that'tho rale of augmentation is progressing, and that Mr. Walker’s estimate will be more than realized hy Ike result. A VISITER, Treasury. Department, July 16* 1847. Sir: Tho gross receipts fVom customs from tho I* l of December* 1846, to tlio lUili July, 1847, undergo tariff of 1846; compared with tho same period ot tho previous year under HhoturiffoT 1842,exhibits** 1 incroiisaof tho tariff of 1846 of one million and four thousand > dollars. This is' exclusive of the duties accrued on goods In warehouse under tho new wnro* housing jaw, which is nearly half a million, muj "’ in ipuko tho total augmentation of duties accrued cu ring tho first seven months end ten" days of ln° tJI ‘ iff of 1840, compared with tho same lime . . tariff of 1842, obout ono million and a hall ol o lars. - i , Since my last luttor to you, wo have received r • turns for (ho month of Juno-ond tho first 100 of July, which would seem to indicate that tho a f mentation of revenue is still progressing. , I am, sir, very respectfully, , tho Troasurjf* Hon. S. Adams, Ponloloo. Miss. Qomparalioe statement of pi'osßrtctipttfrovi ,at thv ports nt tin \ Untied Slates during- the V lO , , , af.t)teemher.\m;*nd 1846. ««<* January toW ! 10,1816 and 1847, under the rcspcctiuclanj}* V J I .1812 nmUB4O, Poconlbct January. February March April , May , Juno' r July 10 Exccnß oC larifl’oflBXo , '. *No(bII llio porti. .; \ '^E^BbilV J t)oparimcnl, Jul t 1 ” CHS? ;; ■„ *9,10.6,326 2,310,2P'J: ■■ 2,201,'519 4,108,550 , . 3 > l 2; , irS . 2,'899;311. 2'svm’ J 177 • 3,068,617 WWI! , ... 9,574,250 . 2.518.J04 . 714,200 , ■ .. *ooB,su an,013.280 10,003,030 "51jd04,254 12,;009, 032
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