the volunteer. TTnhn 11. Bratton, Bailor and Proprietor. nittLMLIVrHPRSDAY, pECB*R. 3, 184?. ■AGENCY* w»«v n PALMER. E«i-1* oar authorise.! Apent for pro *" Tiianesoivino Day passed oil quietly In Carlisle. Tho different stores and shops were closed. The churches were all opened, and sermons delivered ap propriate to the occasion, . Wasiiinoton CoaEtofoNßENCt, —Wo this weak publish tho Urol letter of our able and attentive cor. respondent at Washington. Congress meets, neat weak, and aa the aesalon will bo one of much into rest, wo have made ouch arrangement* with our correspondent as will keepoUr reader* advised of the proceedings of that body. Datwiso on Tin Mexican Mines.—Wo soo by our advires from Vera Cm* to the 3d. instant, that Col. Harney was on his way to that port with a train containing a large amount of silver in bare. Tills is probably on iu way to the U. Stales for coinage. It will be the first importation of the kind into tine country, since tho commencement of the war, and will bo but the beginning ofan extensive importation of bullion from Mexico. . TEENEssEE.-Hon.John Beil, (Whig,) formerly a meiiibor .of ilia House of Representatives, lias been elected to the United Stales Senate by the legislature of Tennessee. Ha is understood to be‘in favor of the war, and opposed to the no lorrilory policy of Mr. Clay. ■ Ma. Adams.—lt is said confidently that John Q. Adam, goes entirely for Iho annexation nfMoxico. Mr. Adorn. U not a man to keep hi. opinion long concealed, and wo thall soon hear from him. A Deserved Compume.vt.—The Legial.iluro o( Georgia have, in addition to highly cmnplimonta. py reaoluliona, voted to tile veteran Brig. General Tw'igga an elegant award, in honor of the dislin. guishod services of her native son. Qj"lt is poor encouragement to toil through life to amaaa a fortune to ruin your children. In nine eaaei out of ten a large fortune ia the groaleat curse which could bo bequeathed to the young and inei perieaced. ~ fry David Longenecker has been eluded of the Lancaster (Pa.) Bank. A Printer Annexed.—Married, at Monterey Mex ico, on the 3d ult., John J. Chester, printer,belonging to Company H. Ist Virginia regiment of volunteers, formerly of Philadelphia co., Pa., to Magdalena, only daughter of Don Miguel Rodriguez, of Villa Real, Mexico. _ -Thanksgivino.— Messrs. Hinckle & Drury, loco motive manufacturers, Boston,presented each oftbeir three hundred and ten workmen with a Thanksgiv ing tutkey. Painful Cabimltv.—On Wednesday evening, two sons of Mr. Jacob. Bowman, of Palmyra, Lebanon county. Pa., as they were going'to bed got to wrest ling ; the elder threw the, younger, who. never rose again, but expired almost instantly* Wreck of the Steam Propeller Buchanan.—The steamer Edith, arrived at Now Orleans, reports the total wreck of the steam propeller Secretary Bitch anan, boutid to Vera Cruz, on Lobos Island, on the night of the Blh inst. All hands saved. Gen. Scott for the Presiduncv.—A largo body, ol mo~Wmgs'oi new xorK, says mo neraia, tiuve de termined to take up. the name of Winfield Scott, ns their candidate for the Presidency,and to press him for nomination at Hho next national convention of that party. Suicide.— The Rev. Joseph Dennel, a Presbyterian clergyman, of the,firsl church in Woburn, Muss., committed suicide on Friday morning by culling his throat. He was about fifty-five years or age. He had but recently been married. Partial insanity was probably the.immediaUicause of the deed. Gen. Houston and the Presidency.— A democratic mass meeting of the citizens of St. Augustine, Texas, nnd the adjacent counties, B. Bush Wallas, Presl dent, *• respectfully and deferentially proposes to the people of these United States, the name of Gen. Sam Houston for the next Presidency, subject to the de cision of a National Convention." Some truth in it.— Jean Paul.that wicked satirist of womankind, thus closes a paragraph;—"Even in church, the women sing an octavo higher than the men, In order not to agree with thorn jn any thing." (Q* Those who have never known any thing but affluence end prosperity, cannot rightly judge of mankind. They live in a sort of masquerade; many of those who fawn upon them wear false faces and u borrowed character, which Is-only discovered when the wearer is no longer influenced by hopes or fears, A Runaway Slvar mat not be Emm.oyed in Penn, btlyania, except under Penalty.— ln the U. States Circuit Court, at Pittsburg, a penally of $5OO. hue been awarded against Dr. Mitchell, of Indiana comi- ty, for noticing a slave from his muster. The case 1 was tried under the act ofCnngress ofl7o3,und for the penalty Imposed by that act. The decision in this ease goes somewhat further than (ho famous Van 1 Zandt case of Ohio. In the case decided at Pittsburg there was no proof uf any attempts on the pint ofOr. M; to entice the slave away fiom his master. Nor was there any proven interference to prevent their return to their owners. He gave them employment, however, knowing them to bo slaves, and according . to the charge of the judge, and the inference of the jury from the charge, there wus room for the verdict rendered. In Judge McLean’s charge the act of employment simply wus not deemed an offence under the set of Congress. The cane occupied the court, the Pittsburg Garotte says, four days. Judge Grier’s charge was pointedly against (ho defendant. Election Dav in Mexico.— Our gallant boy* in garrison at Poubla, had a glorious fight and won a brilliant victory on the 12th of hist October; and were therefore prevented from voting. The brave Lieut. Clinton, of Capt. Scott’s company, who distin guished himself in several battles, regrets, the fact, in a letter to his brother, Francis Clinton, Esq., of Moyamenslng } but hopes Honest Frank Shunk wilt have as glorious a victory at home as they had in Mexico! The Dope has been fulfilled. COT Why Is Oen. Taylor like a stack of wheal? Became he never wee thruehed, ■ A DoOtok’* F«.—A doiilor In Clnclnnttl wlio hid Tin rilling of iheep tin become one of the mmt attending n Indy pntiont who lied died oftlie di«- IneretWe btinobei of Ibe builnen offurmon in I'd- ce>|#i w „ atlac bod nnd ben ten with a hoop-pole, by M. Beeeral Ihpmand ihcep hire recently been drlv- (h j | ll '„ lian j i „„ ),{ s nox i y|,U to the home, en ftom lh # W® Grand* to lho Texas settlements on the B*o Antonio and Ouadolupc ! Rights or Married Women.—On the 13lh ult.tlie Fconui. P*rMoT|.H—Endeavoring io di.benor Vcrmonl Hmi.e of Reprc.ontntive. piited • Dill to Ihoir eonnlry In Ih. eye. of 11,. world, b, fixing |.roloct the right, of married women in property be m»n her .boulder, the wrong, that led to the Meal- '“"(l'"* >» them before marriage. It provide, that (he rents, issues and profits of ihs reul oalato 0/ any CftO W*r* ■ ■ ' married women, and the interest of her husband in . « y" Order* hove been received al the her right in nny real citato which belonged to her K York ouetom.homo, ftoiri Secretary Walker, before marriage, or which ehe may hove acquired by . . , r 0 in work until 7 o'clock, P. M>, gift, grant, deviaa or inheritance during coverture, that the olerae m , d , „„ to the 301 b of aliall lie exempt from attachment for the hueband'a eo ta to Uava »b* " ,,u * r aeW( November. ■ A ••FAIR PLAT M A JBWEL.H Wo hove already defined our position, as tho con ductor of 0 public journal, in reference to the question os to who should' bo Iho Democratic candidate for tho Presidency in 1848. Wo go, heart nnd hand, for tho nominee of tho.Denioetaljc National Cdnvon. tion—whoever lie may be—ns we have nii abiding faith that the representatives of Jthe groat Deinocra ,tic party will present a candidate for the support of the people, worthy 'of the best exertions of their con stiluonls to secure his election. We express a pre* fcrcnce for no one, and our columns are open for a temperate and judicious discussion, by tho friends o the different candidates, of tho merits and claims of their several favorites. This we think is fair. in Buying this much fur ourself, we beg leave to remark, that our friends of the “ Democratic Union” and the “Pennsylvanian” are pursuing a course, which, considering their location—the one at the seat of government, and the other in our great commercial metropolis, entitling-them to the rank of being con sidered the " organs" of the Democracy of the Key stone Stale—strikes our mind as not being exceed ingly impartial, if nut directly the opposite. These journals are conducted with great leal end ability, and have done good service id the Democratic cause, and as central and leading Democratic organs, should endeavor to give a fair expression, to the views of the democracy of the Stole on the Presidential ques tion. and not to forestall public opinion by devoting their columns to advancing the claims of any parti cnlnr'candidate. . Wo are Jed to these reflections, by observing tlic seeming industry and care which the conductors of these journals manifest, in collecting articles by shreds and patches from distant and obscure papers In favor of Mr. Buchanan, to the exclusion of matter giving the least countenance .to other aspirants.— This, to say the least, is not very harmonious In an “ organ" which, to be a good one, should be able to play various tunes, and to give out music set to dif ferent verse. It would suit Paganlrini well enough, but he was a mere and accustomed to play only on one string . Now, we feel kindly towards Mr. Buchanan our self, and should he be the nominee of the Democratic National Convention, we shall do battle.for him with a hearty good-will, for ho is a man of exalted abili ties, and would make a safe and excellent Chief Ma gistrate. But, we do not think, at the same lime, that the course of tho “ Democratic Union”, and the “Pennsylvanian” are calculated to advance his pros pects. It is well known that the relation between the conductors of these journals and Mr. Buchanan* personally and officially, jreof the most intimate character—the editor of the one holding a situation in the Philadelphia Custom House worth 81,500 a year, by the Influence of his great patron, and the editor of the other has been recently appointed to the lucrative office of Post Master at tho seat of go vernment, through the same potent agency. Their zeal, therefore, in his favor, may induce some to en- quire the “why and the wherefore,” especially if any injußtiee be done to the friends of other candidates, (and wc doubt not but there are such in Democratic Pennsylvania,) who have strong claims upon Urn “Union” and VPennsylvanian” to exercise on this question nil due fairness and impartiality. Vice President Dallas and General Cass, we know, have each their friends in ibis State, and it would more become the dignity of lending Democratic jour- nals, when such high names arc before the coun try, to'assume the position of” an armed neutrality” between such noble rivals, than at this early day to run a lilt in favor of cither to the exclusion of the others. AU and each arc, perhaps, alike worthy—at h ost we would cordially acquiesce in the selecliod orefincr. air-uur sianUard-bonrcr in the great conlesjs of 1848, when the question of empires will be invol ved in the issue. Wo say again, “fair play is a jewel.” MAJOR GENERAL WLLOW. Wc invite attention to the spirited defence of this < gallant soldier from the assassin-tike attacks of Fed eral Idler.writers and editors, taken from the “ Eas ton Argus,” which will be found in this day’s paper. Our renders will remember the repeated sneers at this bruve officer, which were so rife soon after the battle of*Cerro Gonio, and even after the brilliant victories of our arms in the valley of Mexico. He was ridiculed for building a ditch, as they alleged, on the wrong side of a breastwork, and of being ig norant, inefficient and cowardly. They laughed ai hia wounds, and ridiculed hit pretensions, as setting himself up above the commander.m*chief of the in. vading army-—Gen. Scott. Now all these were the infamous slanders of a set of green eyed harpies, who think that every man who ia a Democrat is ne-| ccssurily ignoble and base, and that it ia sacrilege for such a being to thrust himself between H the wind and their nobility ” If he be a Democrat, he has no “morality” or “decency," and is fit for nothing but a common soldier. Now General Pillow appear. lo Imre performed hi part with great gallantry, and judging from Hie official despatches of General Scnlt himself, lie wne only second, not merely in rank, hut alao in motile riuua action, to the General in chief, in the import ant ballloa before the eily of. Mexico. We have not room for theae voluminoua deapalchea, I but General Scott speaks in the highest lerma of eu-| logy nf General Pillow, and of the gallant Diviaion which he commanded. That Diviaion conaialed of the'Jth, illh, lath, 14tla and 15th rcglrncnta, logeth. cr with a volliguor regiment and a field and howitzer bitlery, including the two; Brigade! of Generals Cadwalader and Pierce, and they did “yeoman a aorvicc." There reglmonla wore principally row rccruita, but well did they aualain the character which bolonga to vclerana. The lllh is a'Ponn aylvnnla regiment, which waa ruiacd under the ton regiment bill, and ila gallantry ia apukon of in the highest terny in the official despatches. Thia ’ regiment waa commanded by Lieut; Col. Graham, who waa mortally wounded at the battle of Molino del Key,'or King's Mill. The command then devol ved fur a time on nor townsman Maj. Hunter, whose meeting with Maj, Bnlnncr, each at the head nf his regiment, just before the storming of the heights of Chnpultepee, wo noticed in our paper two weeks since. Thia noble regiment was afterwards under the command of Col. Trousdale, and when ho waa wounded, it was led on by Lieut. Col. Hebert. Wo refer our readers to our outside page for ex tracts from the official reports of Generals Pillow, Worth and Quitman, who apeak in the highest terms, not only of the gallant lllh, but also of the 2d Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, under the com mand of Lieut. Col. Gear/, in the different battles before the oily of Mexico. ' SIR. OLAY AMD THE MB«0 AM WAR— I»o* »• Tha friends and admirers of Hinar Clat usually pay him Iho high, wrought eulogy of saying, Wha* ho has said of himself—that "AatSoiii droller he right (ion he President.” Wo Would reverse this flattering morceou, as wo have not the fear of great men before our eyes, and aver, (judging, from'the',beat lights which Mr. Clay’s whole public, career, furnish ua.) that he would rather he President, Riant OR.Waom), lhan-be any tiling else on God'* footstool, or enjoy any oilier earthly good. Hi* whole''political race hoe bad that termini!* for it* goal, and he ho* run “with patience,” though he may not have “laid a'sido every weight" which'so easily bo*ct him. If Mr. Clay would rather be right than bo President, it Is a vivid exemplification of the weoknee* of human na ture, ae lima for ho haa been neither—at least he has seldom been right, and wo all know that ho baa made many efforts to bo President, although it ia generally admitted by the beat historians that ho has never yet been elevated to that dignity, J From the retiracy into which the “Sago of Aah land” has been driven—and sa it waa generally sup posed forever—by the suffrages of the American peo ple, he has recently and voluntarily emerged, and has mode a speech, at a mass meeting assembled in Lex ington, Ky.,on the 13lh inet. for the purpose of hear ing him, respecting the origin of the Mexican war, and the propriety of its further end continued prose option, which will give much “aid and comfort” to to the enemy, and which strikes the, country the moro by surprise, when they remember the patri otic ebullition of the "gallant Horry of the West” at Now Orleans not very long since, in which ho ex pressed a strong desire "to slay a Mexican,” and wished for “some nook or corner” in The service, by which “toocenge the wrongs," of hi* injured country. That, to-be-sure, was in a Southern city, and before the recent election in the great Stale of New York, which is looked upon in pur geography ns a Northern Stale. Mr. Clay is, however, rothcr.cosmopolilan in his views, and, considering his different faces on the subject of tbs .tariff, may'well bo supposed to have a smile for all portions and,interests of our people.— Wo all remember how in the contest of 1844, ho was called the “ father of the protective policy," the “ au thor of the compromise act," by which “ protection for protection's sake” was abandoned entirely, a “high tariff man," a “revenue tariff man," just as it would suit to advance his prospects in the different sections of the Union, and his friends bad his speeches and letters in black and while proving all those posi tions, to the satisfaction of the most incredulous.— So it may be in reference to the Mexican war. His southern friends cannot doubt his patriotism, or charge him will) hostility to their interests or insli. lotions, for lias ho nut desired in the most public manner “to sloy a Mexican!" It maybe in the Pickwickian sense, as Mr. Webster once threatened in the I). S. Senate to declare war against England before the 4lh of July, and dared any one at Fuchochc who denied that he was a Democrat, to come within thorcach of his puissant right arm. But yet Mr. Clay hat taid that ho would like “ to slay a Meiiean”-r and his southern friends know it; On the other hand, his northern friends and their abolition allies must bo entirely satisfied with liis roc'enfXciinglon speech, for. has he not there denounced, the war nnd its authors, ns lie terms the administration of lire country—declared tint war did not oxSt by the act of Mexico—that the Neuces is the proper boundary between tile two notions—Hint wo ought-hot to insist on indemnity trom Mexico for tlio injuries she lias Inflicted on us—that Mexico has nothing to give us but territory, and that territory wo should not take— and that our forces should he withdrawn, and the war which has already cost us so much.blood and trea sure, and which has been'so gloriously Prosecuted, should be ignomiiiioualy : afc’andonc(l 7‘ Wo will examine tho positions assumed by Mr. Clay, in his recent pronuneiamento, at length, for it is due to our readers, that snob piratical, and we may say, treasonable'opinions as he has advanced in this crisis of our public affairs, in the midst of a war with | • foreign power, should bo held op to public appro bium and scorn. Mr. Clay at the meeting refered to, offered certain resolutions, which contained tho postulates or truisms on which ho enlarges at length in the course of his remarks. Tho first contains the poison that infuses itself in tiio whole scries, and is as follows : “ That tho primary cause of the present unhappy war, existing between the United Slates of America, and the United Stales of the Republic of Mexico, was the annexation of Texas to the former; and. that the immediate occasion of hostilities between tho -two Republics, arose out of tile order of the President of] the United Stales for tiie removal of the army under the command ofGencral Taylor, from its position at Corpus Christ! to a point opposite, to Matamoros, on the East bank of the Rio Bravo, within territory claimed by both Republics, but theii under the juris diction of that of Mexico, and inhabited by its citi zens,” Whether these positions be true or false, we wi postpone the discussion of, for the present, and refer to the public records of the nation. We find thalan I act of Congress was passed on the 13lh of May, 1846, declaring that •• war existed by the act of Mexico.” 1 This act of Congress was proceeded by a message (from President Polk, on the llth of May, 1846, in 1 which ho says I '« But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has , passed the boundary of the United Stales, has invnd , od our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities 1 have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. Aa war exist*, and notwithstanding all. our effort* to avoid It, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we ore called upon hv every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the-hdnn?, til t rights, and the interests of our country. 11 The act of Congress of 13th May, raising a force of 50,000 volunteers, and making appropriation* to carry on this war. commenced by the act of Mexico, endorsed subslontinlly all those statements in the President's message of the 11th May,and srns passed the (wo Houses by nearly a unanimous vote. And yet this bill, thus passed, contains, as Mr. Clay alle ges in his Lexington speech, a palpable falsehood on its face, and for which he never would have votedJ Wo quote Ids own wo“rdsj •*But I must say that no earthly consideration would have ever tempted or provoked me to vote for a hill, with a palpable , falsehood stamped on its face. Almost idolizing truth, as I do, I never, never, could have voted for that bill.” Mr. Clay lias therefore the modesty to say that the President of the U. Slates falsified In his message to Congress, conveying to them the weighty intelll ' gence which resulted in a declaration that war alrea ’ dy existed, and that the Congress, who passed the meisuro r ajDung'Whom were many of Mr. Clay's own political friends, enacted a direct and manifest HO-7 1 so palpable, that it was stamped on the face of the measure itself. I Now it will not be denied, that even If Mexico . made the annexation ofTexas a pretext for declaring War and assuming a hostile attitude towards tbo U, States, and if she went on, ond actually committed hostile act*, acts which are considered war by the lows of nations, she acted a very unreasonable pari, and the result wai, that war did exist by the act of ' Mexico. These overt acts were the nets of Mexico. I Those hostile movements, wore the movements of Mexico. That Mexico should consider the annexation of Texas a cause of war, or in fuel a declaration of war on lh« part of Hie United State., would not make it inch, and could not make it «uoh—and Mr. Clavln ...liming a. ho doe., that «the primary cauae ol the preeent war, wae (he annexation of Tcxoa to the United States, ia assuming the Mexican lido of the coni rove ray, and throwing into oblivion the long list of outrages end insult, which wons a nation have Buffeted at the hands of that -aismtharberoua power. ■ CHEAP POSTAGE. We are glad lo.see that the attention of newspa per readers la nailed, to the necessity of taking pro per'rneaaurea, (hr Ike Repeal of the law,'inflation to papers circulating w thin 30 miles of the office of publication. Wo tn It, that our readers will Uke care of their inlcrca iin lliia matter. Tina la a great popular movement, in which no subscriber can refuse lo participate* .. . The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says, thit the Post Maalor General ia busily en gaged on Ilia annual Rep6rl, which will allow the gratifying fact that the cheap Postage system, ha* succeeded. The deficit in the Post-office revenue for the first year after the adoption of tho new system was #600,000 i the deficit last year was #640,000 i this year it is only #40,0001 By-the by, i. it not time that something should be done in tho way of petitioning Congress for the immediate repeal of so much of the act of last session ns ru-imposed a post age of ond cent on all newspapers circulating within 30 miles of the office: of publication ? The following is a copy of a memorial for this purpose, brief yet sufficiently comprehensive.! Lot copies be prepared in every village, signed by all newspaper readers, and forwarded immediately lo the members of Congress from this district. la the Honorable the Senate and Houee of Repreeen ■tatioee of the United Statee, in Pongreee aeeem- bled. . The subscribers, clliiens of the county ofCumber land, Slate of Pennsylvania, respectfully pray ypur honorable bodies that the provision in the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1847, requiring postage to be paid on all newspapers circulating in the mail, within 30 miles of the office of publication, be re ceded, and that such other modification of said set be made us shall more effectually provide^ for a uni form system of cheap postage en letters, &e. More Toryism* The New York Tribune, one of the leading Whig Journals, and the especial organ of Mr. Clay in the groat contest of 1841, indulges in the following vilo language, whilst commenting upon the address of the Rev, C.' D. Elliott, in Nashville, delivered on the occasion of presenting a Bag to the now, regiment of Volunteers. Could any person but a Tory “scoundrel" bo base enough to utter such treasons able words 7 “ Cut-throat Pif.tt.—lf a crow of pirates were to break into a quiet dwelling at midnight, demanding half of the moVQublea as compensation for the trouble and hazard of getting in, and in lively gratitude for their perfect willingness to go out again, ai.it were to pursue the inmates from room t* room, shooting, elabbimr, and yelling ‘ Give us peace! wo have no doubt but they could find some SANCTIMONIOUS SCOUNDREL to glorily their pacific purpose, and to invoke God’s blessing on their purpnse-for a consideration.” PnopusmoN TO Make a Mo.naochv op Mexico. .. Mu.tang,” of the Delta," writes, on the 13lli October, from Mexico, of a plan, under Ilia auspices of Paredes, of the King of Iho Preach to place the Duke of Monpensier on the throne of Mexico,ifshc will produce the signatures of 3,000 land-holders pledging themselves ,to . support the measure. He says: . * , •■A paper to that effect is now in circulation, and every effort .being made on the part of its friends to ' accomplish the object. Nearly, the whole church ore , giving it their worm support,and using every means in their power "to'carry It successfully through, looking upon it ns the only'moans of perpetuating the interests and influence of the eceleastical body. .“ A great many of the Centralists, of wealth and strength, who have heretofore opposed the measure with decision and oncrgy.cbnceiving their power and place to bo uinnng the things that were, and hoping by this movomonl to be able to regain a por tion of wh it they have lost, are not only coinciding with’it, but are lending it their, undivided aid and Influence. Alas, some of the Conservatives and those of a neutral temperament in politics have yielded to i the project. ... The main body of the opposition to Santa Anna are busy combining all the elements ofMhcir forces ! to aver the threatened blow, and retain the advanla cca gained over their political adversaries. They are very seriously alarmed with reference to the now movements, and wo arc led to believe that they arc doubtful of success against their new competitors. Tiik Turret's Lament.— The Boston Chronolype Indulges a turkey in a.lament through its columns, in which the following, verse occurs: ‘ “Hard Is the fine of every Turkey living, For onca In every year there comes rhnnksglvlng, And then our wretched race must yield.lhulr lives, • And our warm life-blood slain the butchers' knives; And all for what 1 That man may stuff and cram, - And everything into his stomach Jam, That this is giving thanks, ho thinks, forsooth,— Oh! what a wide departure from the truth! . . One half the day is spent in oven-heating. To cook the food, the other half in enllng! Next morn they wake with headache, feeling sadly, And wondering how It is they feel so badly." Scripture Prediction of Railroads and Colli sions.—>Mr. Rmsel made a speech on the occasion of the celebration of the Nolhcrn Railroad Company, in which ho quoted the following prophecy from the prophet Nahum, ch. 2, v.-4: •‘The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall jostle one against the other in the broadways; they shall seem like torches; they shall run liko light ning.” ’ Tuk Presidenot.— At a largo meeting of Demo, crats In Henry county, Kentucky, held a short time since, Vico President Dallas was unanimously nominated for the Presidency, and Gen. Butler, of Kentucky for the Vico Presidency. At & meeting of the New York Historical Society, Ust evening, says the N. Y. correspondent of the Washington Union, an original letter of Gen. Wash ington was read, which excited much laughter, and which cannot fail to be read with Interest to all. It li mainly about a pair of leather breeches 1 ' ' Newburg, sth Nov,, 1769. ** Dear Sir t By Dr. Gregg 1 send you four Joes —£G. 9. 3.—which uppoarcs to be tlio balance due yon for your lands. . I pray you to got mo made, by the measure en closed, a pair of the nicest and best leather breeches. I know not at this time who is esteemed the most celebrated maker, or 1 would not trouble you witli so small a matter. Formerly there was a person called (I think) the Carabous, by whom very neat breeches wero made. Whether they arc yet to bo had 1 know not, neither do 1 know the price of leather breeches at this day ; but if the money sent is not sufficient, the deficiency shall be paid on demand. I would bog to have them sent to mo as aeon as possible. 1 shall thank you for reiterating my reauost that they may bo made roomy in the seat. They are generally made so light in the thigh, that it is with difficulty they can bo drawn on. The measure enclosed is the size 1 would have-not what they could be brought to by stretching* . Yours, dto, 7 * GEO. WASHINGTON. Whcn Yankee Doodle wss fir.it played in the Grand Theatre in the City of Mexico, the audience came near bringing the house down. “Til* Wrath or Heaven Pursue* tii* Traitor.” —That this maxim la true waa exemplified in tho fate ofthe.SGO deserters from our army before Mex ico city, for 210 foil In battle, and the others wore captured and suffered on the scaffold! Tub License Law.—ln the case of Goorgo Deale, indicted at Pittsburg,for the suiting of liquor, tho jury decided that during the period from tho new law going into operation till it was declared uncon stitutional by the Supreme Court,* few weeks since, there was'no law foi the . punishment of the sale of ilquoMyithout Ucens lence JorreipO . Washington; D. C., Nov. 30,1847.. Dear Bratton—' Tho pronunciamenio of the great “embodiment” of Mexican Federalism In the United Staten, has thrownthe Federal/parlycompletely on their beam ends* In his zcollo place himself at the ft/.orf -of thc expectants..in the Federal rtfnks, Mr. Clay, It is believed, has hot only become the tail, but has atlually destroyed ..thechances ho had before he imade hie lalo debut at Lexington, of becoming the candidate of oVen a moiety of his par ly, for the Pre sidency. His issues of no more territory, no indem nity. for past wrongs, robberies and murders, his censures of his government for prosecuting the war which Mexico provoked and commenced, his charge against Congress, “ i ohigs and all ” of having 11 coled a lie" in voting that “ the todr exists ty (he ad of Mexico,” his advocacy of the abandonment of the territory between,tho Nueces and the tllo Grande and of all California—do not appear to given satisfaction to those of his friends who have hitherto bcert his most faithful worshippers* while they have filled that portion of his parly iVienda which lauded j his patriotism in wishing ifor “ sortie small noo& or corner in the American Army where he might slay a Mexican” Wllhpcrfcct disgust. In fact, from the papers 1 have seen I know not which condemn his resolutions'and speech tho alrongeet, the Democrats or Whigs. Of this, however, lam convinced—the Democrats. may make up their minds In beat some other cundidatoin 1848 than Mr. Clay, for just as certain as time, tho Federal parly will not go into the contest with the issues thus presented by their once “immaculate 11 leader—the “Sage of Ashland.” As “-military glory” lias once proved to oar oppo nents an “ available ” commodity, I would npt be surprised to sec Gen • Scott placed upon the track, now that -Gen. Taylor has shown himself an “ im practicable,” However, it makes but little difference with Democrats who they place in nominotion, for whether it bo Clay, Scoll, Taylor, McLoan, or, any one else, he is destined to be defeated. A few days more and Congress will bo in session. Much speculation has/'bcen-. made concerning the organization of that body—whether the Federal ma. jnrity in tho House will bo able to .elect a speaker, clerk, See., and . organize the committees to their satisfaction. Mr. Winthrop of Massachusetts, will undoubtedly be their nominee for Speaker, but-it is very doubtful whether the “war” and “territory” Whigs can be made to support him. In the event that an election is not effected on the. first ballot, it is more than probable that a sufficient number of Democrats will unite willi a portion of the Whigs and elect cither Hilliard of Alabama,or Smith of In diana, both of whom are known to bo anti-bank,* anti.protectionists, and favorable to the war. In fact they differ from Democrats only in name—and not in principle. Such a result would grieve the Feder alists proper more than the election of an out and out Democrat, and deprive them of many of the ad vantages they expect to obtain by having a nominal majority in the House. As several Whig represen- Utivcs have already signified their intention to vote I for Maj. French, it is not likely that any change will bo made in regard to a Clerk. Among those! iwho will resist any attempt to throw Maj. French (the present incumbent) over-board, I am happy to state, are Mr. Adams— 11 the old man eloquent,” and Gen. Berrisigcr of North Carolina. Mr. Levin—the only Native in tho House, will, I am informed on good authority, vole for Major. F. Those voles alone taken from the Federal pldo leave them in a majority of only two, and it is confidently believed that many more will do likewise, much to the. annoyance, no doubt, of Hon. Mr. Bomsoy of your Slate, Matthew St. Clair Clarke, and scores of others who arc ex* peeling the situation. The only excuse for removing M«j. French is that he is guilty of being a Democrat. • For this crime alono (if sacrificed at all) ho will bo sacrificed, by a party that hop been throwing up its hands in holy 1 horror at the idea of " proscription for opinion’aj I sake,” and denouncing Mr. Polk's Administration 1 for the few removals mado under the general gov* I ernment, although much tho largest portion of those | in office are even to this late day bitter andunre-j lenling Federalists! Thus has it always been and { evcr'wlll be with that unscrupulous party—they cry aloud against proscription when oat of power, bat they no sooner got an opportunity than they act tho quillotino in operation and ccaso not until every man .suspected of opposition is beheaded! What a com mentary upon'! their consistency and the suicidal course of onr party in suffering such procriplionisls to feed on Democratic pap! _ Much angry debate bild excitement are expected to t«ko place on the war question, in which the merits and demerits of the •* Wilmotl Proviso,” will be thoroughly canvassed. That.there will be a large majority in. bdth Houses favorable to a vigorous! prosecution of the. war to.an honorable ponce, no snne man can now doubt, and that both Houses will, j with great unanimity, repudiate Mr. Clay’s manifesto against “Indemnify” and tho ” acquisition of any more territory ,” ia equally certain. Men and means will bo voted without stint, despite tho treasonable 1 efforts of such men. ns Webster, Corwin, &. Co., to 1 disgrace our country by withdrawing our troops from i Mexico and abandoning all the advantages wo have gained. Both the WUmot Proviso and the extension of tho Missouri Compromise lino will doubtless bo dropped, and the question left whore the constitution 1 leaves it—open for tho citizens of the States funned of tho territory to bo acquired, to determine whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limit*.- This is the proper course in my opinion to rid ourselves | of this vexed question, and the 0Jl!y one that will serve to unite (he different factions pf the Democnlic| parly in the next Presidential contest. 1 The tariff question will not be seriously mooted,, although the country most not expect "tariff Andy" to bo silent. The House will no doubt be made to resound with his graudiloquence In portraying the 11 blue ruin" that has followed the repeal of his favo rite hobby—the tariff of 1842. The declining pros pects oftho farmers, tho manufacturers, the mechan ics, tho laborers, tho commercial interests, tho drain I of specie, the loss of revenue to the government, and i the bankruptcy of the treasury—all of which were present to his prophetic vision during the session of 1846 —will furnish him with sufficient materiel to dilate upon during his Congressional career. Tho subject of protection, on which he is nothing less than i a maniac, seems to haunt his imagination from.year to year. Hla whole mind is absorbed with that isolated idea, and because he takes an interest in; it himself, he believes it to bo the only interesting iepib of conversation and debate with others. -But' It will require more talent and more genius than he possesses to make a majority oftho House (although whig) or a majority of the people of the United Slates ! believe that lift country has been or (hat It will be "ruined” by the tariff oflB4G,as was predicted by this same maniac at tho lime of its adoption. His tirades therefore in the House will create no other fooling than disgust—no other sensation than pity or ridicule toward* their author. The Independent Treasury has operated too well, and the people are too well satisfied with the divorce of Dunk and Stale to admit of oven an effort at its repeal. They have soon tho monetary affairs of Europe convulsed beyond a have seen 'millions upon millions.of gold and sliver carried out of our country into Moxi6o~they have seen a season of heavy importations of foreign .goods—all these without producing even a.ripjdo upon the financial concerns of the country, and • that too under t|,' o operations of tho “odtdu« M ,Sub-Treasury! • would have been our Situation hod, n United Stntca Bunk been in operation, or had ilio heavy amount of tho,revenues of the government been deposited in local banks untf made the. basis of Bank discount# and circulation? Lot the idcs*of 1819, *22, *29 *33 *37, tp.-Ml. answer, Tho suffering of the people at these periods, alljuslly chargeable Jo the “op Cra . turns” ,of Banks and Bank, speculators—arc yet t OO well remembered to .require a word to cause d)# whole people to recoil at tho very idea of rclnrninp to the Bank ridden policy then existing. Tlicir motto both os regards a tariff and Banks will be through all future lime—“We have tried a protcc. live tariff and Banks, both State and National, they have In overy instance failed in bringing about the great objects of their creation, but have brought ruin and distress.in (heir(rain—we have therefore con* demned them both and resorted to measures (hat are working together for gopd, and are now disposed to let well alone.” teer* , IfCnogrcsa then woUld come together with a do* termination to do their necessary business and adjourn, a short session would be the consequence for there certainly is but little to do, in the way of legislation! But President making being tbn order of the day, September next will find them in session What a pity it is that they could not be compelled to defray their own expenses when not engaged in kg. {slating for tho . benefit of tho people instead of drawing eight dollars a day from the public trea sury. We should (hen have more work-and lea# talk—more legislation and less political jugglery. Tho Freomont trial is dragging its slow length along, and what the result will be no one can divine. 1 doubt not it will end as nearly all similar affairs do—with, an u honorable acquittal” of all concerned —Uncle Sam paying the .fiddlers bill, which in this case will be no kiconsidorablo sum. From the lei. timony already elicited, it appeals there wm a gen eral quarrel among tho officers, in California as to Who should be made •* Governor ” All conjd not bo Governors —hence the quorrcl. *T ' * From.'(ho Penntylranlan. pnftjtjf. M. WVNKOOP, Francis W. Hughes, Esq., of Poltsvillc, to whom the following letter was addressed, has kindly placed it ut pur disposal. It expresses the frank opinion of a gallant soldier in phrase so direct as to prevent ill misconception. A perusal of it will make aur Fed* oral friends regret the course they have pursued,and rejoice tho hearts of every true lover of our country ' —her glory and her institutions. Col. W. wai a “Whig” at home—‘but the conduct of the leaden and the organs of the Federal party in their “aid and comfort” of the enemy, has been so glaringly unpatriolio, that it bus converted him into a good Democrat, whilo> abroad—a patriot lie lias olwaya •' been, aa his conduct fully proves: Castle ok Perote, Sept. 9, 1847. Mr Dear Sir:— Having a little leisure from my daily occupations, .and remembering warmly and’ freslily several acls oMundiiccs towards me, it give* me pleasure to address, knowing that you entertain some interest for my welfare. lam now in com* mand of this military department, and am kept quito busy with continual skirmishes with Guerrillas, and an occasional sharp Bght with largo forces llulgath* cr between hero and. the coast in order to oppose trains; The health of my garrison is good, and 1 have hopes (hat (ho great mortality which has exist* cd in the army is decreasing. This is a hard, laborious, and precarious servlcci Many of our best men have died, and ! truly consid er the climate in itself a much more formidable ene my than the Mexicans. A noble and self denying spirit of endurance actuates the men, and compluinl of any kind is rare. Contented to do their duly, they risk everything in the effort, and with a cheerfulness which is gratifying to those who command, vlrp up , readily to any work, no matter what iho chances.—. j It is, as I have before remarked, a hard service, full i of toll, privations and. danger—but it \b wUVmj»\y cm I countered and bravely endured. Judge, then, of the 1 effect upon our good men here, when they look back over (he distance which separates from their friends. In on effort to find atjiomo some proper appreciation of their self sacrifityng conduct I It is bitter and humiliating. I tell you, sir, there is a spirit abroad among the good Americans engaged In tl»i« war, which will not sleep during futurity—a spirit which : awaits but their return to thunder down upon the mouthing, scribbling sycophants of a most unjutl party, the full measure ofon honest indignation. It 1 is the sarhc that brooded over our land during the ' war of the Revolution and the last war; and men of the present day, palsied with age, hate lived to curse, j with tears of repentance, the hour when he, with J scornful finger, marked them for life as the toiiss \ of their country. We, herb, can see no difference between the men who In ’76 succored the British* and those who in *47 gave arguments and sympathy to the Mexicans. . This kind of language from main who came into this campaign a Whig sn policy,nay sound strange to you, but 1 hove again and sg* l ® been compelled to listen to and to suffer that which would hove changed the disposition and alienated the affections of tho. most determined partisan. Even now, I do not object to Iho loading and main princi* pies of my old party, so much ns 1 curse and dcprc< cate the tone of its acknowledged leaders nnd sup porters. If there is any reason which will prevent General Scott from effecting an honorable pence, commanding, os he docs, (ho whole city of the Aztecs, with hts powerful battery, it Is tho spirit of treason, which I unhesitatingly say is promulgated the leading Whig journals at home. In a sortie upon some Indrones ofJnlopa, a short lime since, I posses* set! myself of all the late newspapers published in that place, and upon examining them 1 find that w that-place, same os in Mexico, the strongest argff' monls published against our army ore selections iron* Whig papers in the United Stales. I send yon 0 late copy of the “Boldin do Noticias,” in which yuo will perceive that the first article is an extract From the National Intelligencer. Your friend, F. M. WYNKOOP. You may publish this if you please. I b a J° , come so disgusted with what I have seen, that 1 bar no care for the consequences which this kind of tru I may produce. SouKTiiiNd in A Naiic.—Attention has fomc!nn*J been called lo the appropriateness of the names «• ® military loader*. Taylor has hsd an infinite J of jocular allusions lo 1118 manner m which n ■ seised tip the Mexican notion. Scott lias fully P r ° T . A liU claims to the appellation of Win-foM' might have token his name from hl» charucie his deeds. Pierce has gone through the cncm) a streak of lightning, while tho heavy blows o SmiJ/t have rung loud ami clear on tho Mexican Wool t they say, has moled our foes, ond twigged them lo some purpose. Pillow 'has * . many a Mexican to his last slumber. Butler t PP ■ his share of Mexican barrels at Monterey* 9 Hunter started the game out of Alvarado, on * his commander no chance to be in at • Tho Indiana general showed Santa Anna tha m rg was no •‘turning 1 * in that Lane. Some ©four have proved oven better Ihari their nnmts. showed at Puebla that ho was no baby, an • * #i prov.d himself more the, An Aoknowi-wkiiiiint or Amzrtoan V* ' Raton, a Mexican paper, published in lb ~ aaya, in roforonco to llio evente ortho wor. ( , r goncoue armieo, [meaningthe Mexican a™d, ia ganizcd according to all tho rule* of la ' Ihemidat of their homea. went to oombel »E undiaolplined maaaoa, eolloolod by fore , foreign ou. in origin, language and ln»orc. l , n ndln» country i ao that whatever might have p a.nal courage of the .oldi.re, or the ■» general of the invudera, the moan. of action (bt unequal that the probabllllloe ought to hav w „ >ime way. Six combala took place, and 1 . the the roault of all? What doe. the «« l ‘men ofwer,’ who had e'oet “ i >c , o« r - Wo cannot an.wor without finding o " r sJ,,,ple. whelmed with opprobrium# and 0 f a vie- Hire doe. the country now proaent. ~11,." titn who, In lift deaperation, leara.oiit hi (|( Gkn. HduaTON andthk Pnr.BtprNcr.— -A maaa meeting of the oitlzenaof Si f rcs ' - and the edjaconl oountlea, B. Both Wall , w dent, “ to.poolfully and deferentially P ro P, g ( n.S ,n l' people of theae United Stale., the natne of G«"' Heuaton for the next Prealdenoy, aubjecl to alon of a National Convention.’
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