m: TUV* YOI.rN'VKF.H. ■Tohn H. Br«wmi Editor and Proprietor; OAIU.IBI.H, THPRSpAY, MARCH. 30, 1848. AGENCY* yfcSrV. ». PALMER. Esq.in our authorized Apent for pro eiirhi;! advertisements, rccmvlmr nulixcriptuuiß amt mokhiß collections for Iho .American Volunteer, at hi office, N.W. corncrofTnlrdanilChesmitstrpctfl,Philadelphia. FOR PRESIDENT, THE' NOMINEE OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. . FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, ISRAEL PAINTER, Of Westmoreland County. (0* Those, .of our subscribers; who change their places of residence during the spring, will please notify us of Ihcir whereabouts. To those indebted. —During the two weeks of the April.court wo hope-all knowing themselves indebted to this 'office, for subscription, job-work, or adverti .sing, will avail themselves of the opportunity to send us the 'amount of. their indebtedness,' or at least a portion of it. Those who do not come to town themselves,can send the amount they owe by some one of. their neighbors who will bo attending court. We have many ongngemenls lo meet Shortly, and wo roly upon our good friends and patrons to aid us in meeting them promptly. We dislike, the, practice of dunning, and hope no one will take offence at us becaqso of the request we make. Should those in debted to us .comp forward, during the holding of the court, and make settlement, it* will be a favor which wo shall appreciate, and will enable us to meet ourown liabilities punctually. CONCERT* The Eddy Family, from tho “.Old Bay Stale,”, so celebrated for their charming music, will give a Concert at Education Hail in this borough this (Thursday) evening. They oro accompanied by ‘ Professor Coolidge, tho author of a funeral dirge upon the death of Maj. Ringgold. Wo advise the lovers of good music nut to let this opportunity slip, as they may not again have the pleasure of listening to their delightful performance. The “Family” con. eisls of two ladies (twins,) and two gentlemen, and are celebrated os singers ofthe very first class. - . . The' Utiionlown “ Genius of Liberty” says; that . their performances in that place 11 most abundantly proved that their celebrity in the'musical world has been most justly earned. . Indeed, tho expectations of their audience were'inoro than realized.*’ The Wheeling Argus* soys of one of ttfeir concerts in that.city—**,lt was one of the most delightful en tertainments we have attended fur months, combining sentimental, patriotic, temperance end comic songs, sang by voices among tho'sweetest and. most char* -mlng.” .. . TTho PitlsbuYg Post, says—** Lei it bo known that '. they ore singers of such a character as will not offend the must chaste.and scrupulous; that their* music is the language ofthe purest, morality, tho embodiment of the truest sentiment, prophecies of the social re dempliort and progress—sermons even that seem to give wings to the soul and elevate their audiences into limit awn pure atmosphere.. •- Glad to hear it.— Our. friend War. C. Tody, Esq., at present editor ofthe Mexican “North American,” printed in the city of Mexico, has received a. com mission as second Lieutenant in the 4th Infantry. . Packet Boats. —Tho packet boats haYo commenc ed their regular trips between Harrisburg and.Pitts burg, and also up the Susquehanna division and West Branch. ' ChanobColors.— The Perry Slundurd, which has hitherto sported the name of General. Taylor at'its mast-head, under the mistaken impression, that he would avow himself a Democrat, has taken it down, and substituted that of James Buchanan. ** Pennsylvania and Buchanan.”; —We learn by the , Lancaster Intelligencer that one of the largest Do moeratic. meetings that ever took place in that cjly, convoked on the-23d Inst., for the purpose of ratifying Uie nominations of James Buchanan for the Presiden . cy, and Israel Painter for Canal Commissioner.— The meeting was addressed by Hon. Geo. W. Burton, end others, and tho resolutions reported by E. Hotter, Esq. Wb shall publish the proceedings of this great meeting in bur next.. Tjuurr op 1846.—Th0 increase of revenue from (lie tariff of 1846, for sis months, over tlio.cnrrcspon* din? period of the tariff for 1842, is $7,000,000. — This kills up the panic makers who prophesied that business and revenue would both fait. . M On !: Long may it wave over the Land op the Fobb.”—Tho N. York Express has scon a letter from a gentleman in Paris which states os among (ho cv* idences of public fooling in fuvor of a Republic, that Flag (the stars and 'stripes) was hoist ed in many quarters of the city. Capital Punishment.—The Select Committee on Capital Punishment, in the Senate of, this State, have made a unanimous report in fuvor of its aboil* tion. s* ’ .Very Proper,—Henry A. Muhlenberg ond Geo. Smith, of Reading, decline acting on this Taylor State Committee of Pennsylvania, because Gen. Taylor has avowed himselfa Whig. Significant.—lt is said that it has lately been a common practice to bits while “God save the Queen, is being performed in tho theatres of Dublin. Or Course,—Thu National Intelligencer, the Whig oraolo, sympathises with Louis PhillippO, and thinks that (he people of France Wore wrong in putting an end to his tyranny. Such is Federal Whigism; al ways opposed to the popular rights. . A Pennsylvania correspondent of the N. York Tribune, says that of the delegates elected to tho Philadelphia Federal Convention, to meet in Juno next, eleven are for Clay— two for Scott— none fur Taylor! The revolution in France occurred very approprl ttcly on Washington's birlh-doy. The Works nr John Quincy Adams.— Mr. Charles Francis Adams Is very shortly to publish the works of h!s illustrious father, In some fifteen or twenty largo , octavo volumes. Tho deceased statesman, who carefully revised them for publication, by His will appropriated a sum of money to defray the ox. penscs of printing^ (£j»The Pittsburg Post announces the arrival and departure from that o|ty of tho horoio Major General Quitman. Hit slay was short, but tho citizens of that patriotic oily embraced that opportunity of doing honor to the bravo and gallant commander of (ho So. cond Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers, His defence of mir gallant Pennsylvanians before tho gates pf Mexico, has endeared him to the old Keystone,— A warmer heart'than his never animated human oleyi apd WO n™ much mistaken if ho U not ere long lha recipient of substantial honors. Militia Trainings.— I Tho bill to abolish those ri. diculoua exhibitions, called miltlia troinings, ftdd! more effectually to onaourage Volunteer Companies,l his passed the Senate— Vors 30, Nays 4. Tho firm] section provides for the -annual payinoAt of 50 cents by each man subject to militia duty, to bo approprl ited |o tho support of Volontcou. should bo intensely interested in this'sndden.yet not P»rty-dro oblate raising « ill' altogether uncxpoctod -ovonU A genera. wj ficcma to prevail in favor of a nation.which hna par J ,«,■ , . belief that ticipatcji so °“|| o lwn , i bd^o°n paHy in Pennsylvania is'split opinlq Hence it is natural that there should now exist a re- ~ k. j| re Prosidl;n ilal question. ,Now, so far ciprocol feeling,.based .upon the netasal nghts of Now u concorne 4, w o say .candidly .Hint our man, and blooded with tbeTiesl mtero. s"f« ' £ rriends thort are ac ,ing very badly, but wo entertain Tlio suddonnebs of the event, and the "'" nn ° r strong I.open tlmtall will be well in that Slate before wbieh it has boon thus far , «rrmdon are Hy,strong h;pe * bopo l 0 diaappoi nt our striking and important. don««‘ >««« , f „p ponC nls. But, when the Federalists say population, and the Uiaf divisions exist in the Democratic party in Penm r ss not remain unimproved. The raUtakes and deffcets, ""J.™ abmi y this delogSie. can com: together with the immense J Wo conaidor lhal '.kstito is entitled to the on foimor s.m. ar occasions, would donh loßs now c]ainla a rc Granger than any other operate as a salutary caution to the leaders of the her candidate is a statesman nation. They would naturally endeavor nofonly to b aho „ld, tho National Convention avoid extremes, v.oleneo and injustioe, and throw a nominnlion ,'omo-other good and faithful suitable .restraint upon isolated faction and individual P penn , yllnnil wi „ givo , )im , majority of ambition, but, taught by the past, they would bo 2Q(m Wo any tblbli that there are no “divisions” careful in their. selection of persons to whom they ranka oft | lo democracy of the old Keystone, would confide the destiny of the nation. This seems (|iom wbo( wilb v jgiianl eye, have watched the actually to have been the case, and henco they have courae 0 f our rco kleas political opponents, we need thus far avoided those dangers which no human nolbing _ Their track is crooked atid'difficull to forecast can olwnys foresee. Blood hen indeed been and , ? j|| dnd ||, Q i r onst-ofiTgarments at shed. But it was not a mere tumult of the eamilh, ’ tum io lhe alimy tra il. They are looking for or the rising of a mob ripe for murder, and anxious onlioua eyoBi j n iho hopo ofouocesa next to imbrue their hands in the blood of their follow w(jW hcn lh oy elpect to take ponessien of tho Gov men. The scenes enacted under Robespierre,Danlon and plander the» people; BuVifihoro are and Marat.'woro yet 100 fresh in their minds, to suf. any amo t , |oboneat working classes who still for them to be goaded on by wild enthusiasm or , llaU j, 6ro ia any consistency id the loaders reckless violence. Acquainted with tho general Fedcrol , yt or that an y goo d can come to principles of constitutional liberty, and seeing hat , 0 or l 0 tt.e country, by'again trusting the their ruler, wore taking a retrograde mo»on.e»h in .„ thoir poweri waaay , 0 sueh-howaro •order gradually and imperceptibly to rivet the fellers of lruat lbero 100 fari laat ' y 0„ formal. thd rod despotism upon them-inslead of keeping pace with , own bncka shall be, scourged, and the progressive devolopements of human sociely-lhc • • • Which' your seambulh. sh.llVo stepped; citizens appear to have had no sinister design in weU awaro that tho Federalists ore ex viow, but by a kind of tacit, Universal and uverwhel- . jjfci lo ' aaa a .plil in the Democratic ming consent, made a ..mulls neons to . « , I|elloXle | o cUci, a nd we know too thattheir secure those naturalrighls which had been promised, now direilod t 0 enkind | o a flame of die buf were hot only denied, but in their there sehajo „ /our r , nkai for our oppo „onts Tihow. frorti was, imposed a moro galling burden. The citizen expcr i cncei lhat nolhing can defeat the Demo . King,” so designated, by the noble Wayctte. had . racyofthia Ullion when t l,e parly is united. But, 'broken his.promises. and disappointed the. nation.- of ' lh# Fodera u at s will bo di.ap j L ' d ™ b J I‘* 3 aristocratic minister Grnzot.hq follow- ;nlcdi The t Domo cratib party of the Union cd tho example of imperial Austria, in crushing the _ lho (rium of which arc still echoing from our spirit and trampling upon the rights of man. The n , oantains _ ia bound , o golher’by a bond of consequence of such a course oould easily have boon aaorcd a. tho institutions which wo have foreseen, emongn nation so fond of. and familiar or / inour hcarlB tO , protect, in weal or woo.- with human liberty. Indeed tho King himself an- Fodenlll>ta mucb mistake us.if they think wo licipatcd those results, and consequently made ccr- mado of >m|] malcrial „ farm ij d tbo Hard tain shrewd preparations, so a. to scemo an ample 0 f 1840. That mass of factions and .sufficiency lind a safe retreat, in tho event of his nds of faclionB knaw but ono nl olto-ono compulsory abdication. • Not ‘'“‘'"B al !" 8 ' ,ll * r l ® mighty ballle-word-FLranER. Like hungry tigers, tho conning art with which ho had fortified Pans,so fo . t ea , and vi 6lenl.ly, but when tho vid that tho cannons could not reach his palace, or the won and lbo gato of offica was closed upon road from thenco out of tho city-ho . assumed the l|lom _ for tl ,' oy could not a l| obt ii n office-they fell disreputable character of a practiced stockjobber, y back from their devotions, and casting # long ling vvhich' he accrued ; an immense personal wealth for lhc rich flesh-pote,like |he Israelites, hi. own private use. And, not supposing that .1 , ° d „ U h a sigh, and departed to Ibo wil. would be safe in European hands, he made immense r^eßß • investments in tho United States, whlob in its pros- E^ b “'‘, eadora of lbo p cde ral parly knaw not the peolivodo.clope.nent. he thought more certain end • , or tho by which they fere governed peimanenl. Ho will now have an opportunity once jn lhcir struggle, for Democratic-usagea. They arc more to test tho stability of oar own country, and j gnora nt of that high senec of rtloral obllgation which should ho. again grace America with his royal „, ery rapub |i C an voter feels when casting Ilia aulfra, presence, ho may here loom, tho salutary operations ftr who (Q cohdßcl tbe iroporUnt affa | ra of equal laws, freedom and general anffrage. t ,, 0 EoV crnment, and henen Ilia causo.of their con. Where this revolution wll end, no ene cnn lell. t|nucd , df>rolll , l They appeal Id no principle but tbe Should they succeed, by prudence and moderation, of pow#r( and l|lcy draw a( W,h C ir glitter in eslablisb.ng lhcir .liberties on a firm basis, he car nono but ailcb aa bow to the footstool of the spirit of liberty will prevail until ;t has shaken U.c ar ? itocracy of wtaUh aod atatio „. > . btono ofovery despot on narlh. Xa regards, the different candidates proposed by Freo a* lhe mighty cntarnct lbo -Democracy for the Chief Magistracy, we feci Klt’r.fte" md h whl°taKfor" confident that no one of them would suffer hi. name to bo used in opposition Id tho regular nominee of the- Democratic'National Convention. No personal prejudices will bo allowed to Interfere with the great' and Important-principle's which are Inseparably con. nected with tho prosperity of tho democracy. Our cause is the cause ef the people, end with them we know that wo ahall always succeed. Federalism is only successful,when its schemes sto hidden from tho mass, but democracy is, most popular when its | measures are best understood. Truth, though scorn ed and despised by the designing, will always tri. umph in the end—and in truth, and in the intelligence of the people, wo pul out trust, without any fears as to the result. SLANDERERS* If there be one class of beings on the face of the earth who sliobld be detested and abhorred by honest 1 men more than another, it is those vile crcalures.who slander other persons for the purpose of accomplish* 1 ing their own ends—those who speak oranother be* ' hind his back that which they fear to speak before 1 bis face. You will always find such creatures mean and cowardly in the extreme, who would not stop to ' pick a man’s pocket if on opportunity presented.— 1 Whenever and wherever these loathsome beings arc 1 found they should bo spurned from the presence of 1 decent society. Tho slanderer is more dangerous | than the thief, because the first attempts to rob you of your good name—which is tho prido of yourself and your posterity—while tho latter only appropriates to himself your goods ond your money. Far more preferable is it to lose your property than it is to lose your' well-earned reputation. The person and character of a malevolent slanderer, aio tho best re flectors of his base slang. His fangs contain the venom of tho lurking serpent, and tho poison is emit* ( O cJ from his hiding place at every, passer by posses* sing tho form of humanity. Ho is scorptoiMongucd towards all of God's creatures, and is prompted by envy, self-interest, or malice, to secretly attempt tho ' destruction of their proudest treasure—reputation. Tlicro is no boost so defiled—no demon so inhuman —no devil so well polished and determined ujjon mischief, us the slanderer. With a hatred towards morality and philanthruphy, ho schools himself in iniquity, and employs all the base passions to destroy I the dearest idols of the virtuous. He prostitutes him* I self to every species of corruption, and. his rankled | mind is forever devising vicious schemes to. spread Uhfeuling amongst friendaund neighbors, and destroy the character ofthoso whom he envies. Ho delights in tho misery and ruin of others—but wretchedness and obloquy must eventually bo the. just reward of his base villainy. Like tho snake, ho strikes from concealed quarters, and like that cowardly reptile, he dreads the foot of man; and as a devil, 14 he goes forth seeking whom ho may destroy.” Such is tho slanderer— - ■“ Whose breath Rides on tlin wiiuls, and doth belie All corners oi tho world." Reader—should yon moot such a creature in human shape, avoid him as you would a felon—treat him as you would on ambassador from tho dominion of tho princo of darkness—for his heart is more desperately wicked than tho midnight assassin, and ho fosters more deadly poison than tho Upas lreo» - a Horrid Murder wos perpetrated in Phila delphia early on Thuraday morning. Tho victim was u Rudomacher, who lived with hor husband, and brother's family, at No. 39, N, Fourth street, above Arch.’ She was found, in hor chamber, or bleeding and mangled corpse, and her husband lying by her side, soverly wounded, scarcely conscious of any thing around him, and unable to give on intelligible account of his wife's murder, or of tho means by which ho hod been so brutally dealt with. A man by tho name of Longfoldl, a German, and a shoonia her by trade, woa arrested the next day, under cir cumstances which go to prove very clearly that ho committed tho murder. The Main Line.— Tho Pittsburg GaxoUct of Friday nays: “ Business has boon fully resumed, and the usual bustle can bo seen at the canal. .Twelve boats ! cleared on Wednesday,, with full cargoes ; and wo I shall soon see tho return freights.; Tho tolls collected him first day (.Tuesday).wore 91,338,90. Abroach i was made in the canal, a few miles this side of Tarenlum r on Wednesday, but llWlo or no dolay was- I occasioned by It," repeal the postage imposition. Congress has not yet done onyihi|ig townrda re pooling the objectionable and oppressive regulations that were smuggled into tho Postage fcaw last see. sion i nor is there much likelihood oflhelr doing any thing unless the people ogaln lake hold of ihoflubjeclt and press those demands upon their attention with an importunity that will brook no denial. The repeal of tho provision allowing newspapers to be sent free 30 miles from their place of publication was a direct blow atone of the most valued and useful of the people’s privileges. All that is necessary, therefore, to- rid |lio people of this imposi liont is to call the especial attention of Congress to . the subject, and uigo upon them immediate gallon. Let the people raise their united voice Itffavor of cheap postage, and the free transmission ofnowspa* ] pero through the mails—lot petition ally petition bo ' poured in upon Congress without ceasing, end wo 1 shall soon see tho effect, without farlltor-delsyi by * being roheved'from our present burdensbme.postage ’ taxes. So says the Reading Gaictte, and so say wo. Loss ny Fur.—A fito broke out on Sunday mor ning, altho Harrisburg Furnace, owncd,by Ex-Gov ornot Potior, which doalroycd llio aheda ovcr.lbo engine and caaling-bedf Tile water-tank, alack, boilcra at the tunnel-head, and the 'material pari of Ilia ealabliahmont wore Ba*ed from injury. It ia aaid it will require aevcral hundred dollars and acveral daye time to replace the wood work destroy ed, The delay required for repairing la tho most serious part of the loss. There was no insurance. State Treaiueer.— Tllo bill designating tho time whim tlio Slate Treasurer shall enter opon hia offlciol duties, odor election, has passed the Satiate. It dos ignalos tlio first Monday in May of each year, and tho present incumbent will therefore hold his office until that time, in 1849, Joun Quinot Adams and the llml.t.—-Tlio follow ing sentiments of this venerated man will bear to bo repealed allhis time. In a letter to his son, in 1811, lie says—" I have for many years made it a practice to road through tlio Bible once every your. My cue. tom is, to rood foot or five chaplets every, morning, Immediately after arising (Vom my bed. It employs about on hour of ray lime, and seems to me tlio most suitable manner of beginning the day. In what light soever WO regard tho Bible, whether with refer, encoto revelation, t(i lifslory, or to morality, It Is on Invaluable and inexhaustible imho df knowledge and virtue." , ' ■' „ Cost of Ginaed College.— The building commit, too of the Girard College have mode their final report to the Philadelphia Councils. The. total amount expended in tho construction of the work, dee., was 81,933,811,78, being within 868,199,23 of tlio euur specified by Mr.’Girord for the ercclipii and endow menu of tho College. The oxpcnscoofkecping tlio Institution in operation, will now have to be de frayed out of what is called the residuary (find. BleotOM Tho' following'Ublo of tlio number of Electoral votes to which each Slalo will be entitled at the en suing election, will bo useful for frequent reference during the campaign! ■ _ Maine, ~ ’ 9 Alabama,. “ New Hampshire, <5 Mississippi, ” Vermont, 6 Ohio. .■ Massachusetts, 12 Louisiana, JJ Rhode Island, 4 Kentucky, Connecticut, 6 Tennessee, - }“ New'York,' 36* Indiana, v : Now Jersey, 7 Illinois, v • - , Pennsylvania, 26 Missouri,- .j Delaware, 3 Arkansas," J Maryland, 8 Michigan,' 5 Virginia, 17 Florida, “ N. Carolina, 11 Texas,. • * S.Carolina,' •» 9 lowa. ;i ‘J Georgia. . 10 Total, .. . a ? 6 To the above, in all likelihood, will be added Wis consin, with four, voles. ,' i- ■-, ■ ‘ * . The night Spirit- ‘ In an article referring,to,the proceedings of the late Democratic State Convention, Hie editor of.lhe' 'Western Star, at Beaver, says:— ' “Should Mr;Buchanan receive the nomination for the Presidency from the National Convention i not withstanding their preference for Gen. Cass he will ho where find more hearty and zealous supporters than in the people and press of this county. • We all hold the success of the principles of the party.in top high estimation to permit preferences or private griols to weigh a feather against them. It is gratifyinglo notosuch expressions of sentiment araong our Democratic. The spirit which dictated this expression, actuated the Convention in its proceedings.* Tjiat spiril.wiil, we -trust, actuate the.whole Democratic party of Iho Union, when tty) great struggle shall bo commenced ; and, if this shal bo the case, a certain victory again ewdits us. Mm. Gaines The Newark Advertiser, says that an* estate of 20 millions, at least, comes to Mrs. Gaines, hy the recent decision of the U. S. Supremo Court. It lies in nine different Stales, and its abso lute value', without reference to meeno profits for 35 yoatii, was estimated three years ago at 33 millions. Making allowance for liberal compromises, Mrs. G. it is said will not realise less than 20 millions. Gen. Downs, U. S. Senator for Louisiana, who was one of the - defendants to a bill filed by Mrs. G., concedes that the recent decision settles her claims conclusively. Rioiits of Married Women.— The Senate, with commendable gallantry, has passed, by a large mm jorily, the bill accuiing lo married women the oxclu eivo enjoymeni bf their properly owned before mar riage. An amendment which some crusty bachelor offered, by way of set-off, exempting the husband from liability for tho wife's “ torts,” was promptly voted down. Tho bill is to take effect on the 4th of July, 1848, a proper day for an "act of omaneipa lion” lo commence. Efects ■ of Severity. —A father in Troy i econlly chastised his daughter, twelve or fourteen years of age, with a taw hide, for being suspected of dishpn dsly. ■ One week after, she died from the effects of the punishment. Tho father, who is an industrious and trust-worthy man, is almost crazy at tho sad re sult of his ill-judged treatment of his only daughter. An impudent South Western paper, not having the fear of the ladies before its eyes, thus describes a “fashion plate" in one of the Philadelphia papers: “ A snip nosed minx, wasp-wasted, pillow-breasted and bottom-bolstered, wearing on her head a shovel shaped nightcap, set off by a cockade of green leaves and red roses, her slim body ' all m while,’ loose sack ‘arrayed,’ flounced and fretted,.having on in front a slatoy blue apron slit up and down tho middle, the whole giraffe sealed on a bunglcsomo flaming red woollen or blaze arm ebair—and looking sleepy, stupid and languishing, like a lame goose with tho 1,1 Standing by, In the altitude and with the look of one nosing a r not recently deceased fish, is another block of tho fashion—tremendous bustle all round; green dress, flowered and flummorled in the most finical manner, buttoned up and down in front from neck to fool; face of the crillur silly, smirking and soporiferous, immense pair, of whiskers, pale red bon not* with a cockade of red roses—the. whole a very ojftuent caricature of female dandyism.* HarrisSuro HttbEEMKD I—Tho Democrats carried, the Capital, Harrisburg, on Friday laal, at tho elec tion for municipal officers, by a very handsome ma jority, Last, year it gave a fpderal majority of forty eight for Irvine. Mr. Root, of Ohio made use of aaingular compar ison in the U. S. House of Representatives tho other day. , Speaking or certain politicians, he called them ” men, compared with whom Jddaa Iscariot was a gentleman, for ho repented of hia ain and hang, od himself, which; none of them had conscience en ough to do,” I , (jj*We had an.article prepared in answer to the last amul-machlnd*, tho Democrat, but upon reflection, and after conversing with many valued friends,'wo concluded’not to insert it. Our object hae been attained—-we have defended ourself from the'assaults that have been made upon us, and In doing so we have partly exposed the Iran.character of him who put'these slanders forth. It at all times gives os pain to engage in a personal'controversy —no man, no editor, with proper feelings, can engage in this kind of warfare without pain to himself. But, when we are forced, in aolf-dofonoo, to reply to the attacks of-a jealous, selfish, and corrupt proas—and when those attacks are made by a man whoso character is vulnerable at every point—wo fool it right, (however painful it may be to our feelings,) to hold up our as. sailanl id his true colors, end strip him of the gar. , m cnU which bide his true character. Wo ask the pardon of our readers, therefore, for occupying so much space, in several of our lato num bers, in burling back into tho face of him who put them forth, the many vile slanders that have boon ’ heaped upon us. In bringing this controversy to a I close on our purl, wo here declare, and were wo in tho presence of God himself Wo would declare, that j the charges pioforod against our moral character by the reckless creatures of the Democrat, are false— false from beginning to end—false in their every as peel. Our readers will have noticed that wo have nailed to the counter every charge medo against us, which we considered worthy our attention. Feeling conscious of our own innocence, no slanderer—wo core not who he is—can trouble us by heaping upon oar hood his vilo lies. The slanders of the Demo crat have not disturbed our, peace, nor have they for one moment cost us the least pain. The Irulii which wo published concerning oar neighbor no doubt made him wince, and ho, for the purpose of diverting the attention of an indignant people from himself, thought ho had nothing more to do than to make similar charges against us. But, we think lie has found out tho error ho committed in attempting a game of tills kind. We can only say in conclusion, | that when the gf.ejaWay of reckoning arrives—when we as well as ho who has slandered us, shall be sum. moned before tho Judge of the world, to render ari account of our doings In this—we shall there pronounce llio charges of Iho Democrat against iis faltt , and ho wljo put these slanders forth will t/lsn, dt least, acknowledge them false. Tho Democrat says It is for poaoe. We take It at Its word—Wo are also for peace, and always have been, and if that paper will join us In waging war ogoinsl the common enemy, the Federalists, we think we will both bo doing ’‘some 1 service for tho court? try,'? whlcii will ho more acceptable to our readers; A Large Rn for some one,-— There is a girl.ln Carroll bounty. Md., who weighs 4113 pound#. From the Democratic Union. STATB OBNTRAt COMMITTEE. Pursuant to a call published by the Chairman, a meeting of the Stale Central CommUlo was hold at Buekler’a Hotel, on Tuesday afternoon, March 28th. E. W. HUTTER, Esq., of Lancaster, took the chair and called the meeting to orddr*. On motion, „„ I. G. M v Kinley, of Harrisburg, Goo. Plltl of Phil adelphiaj and Jolih C, Myers, ofßorks, wore appointed Secretaries. • _ ; .. - ' On calling.over lhelist,Uappeared lhatlnotollow fihirgentlemen were in. atlonddnco, viz: - B. W. Huller, J. A. Phillips, Lewis Pclouzo, J. W. ißyan.Geb., Plilt, Charles Knglor, John C. Myers, Rotor Bowman, Hamilton Alricks, Gen. Christian I Seiler, Henry Bilchler, Isaac G. M’Kinloy. Jacob Babb. E. A. Lesley, Kinzing Prilchelle, Dr. A. Pat terson, D. W. C. Brooks, R. A. Lamborton. .On motion-of E. A. Lesley, Esq., it was i Resolved* That the President and Secretaries of the Stato’Central Committee bo authorized to direct j a circular letter to each of. the Delegates to the iN a tion'al Convention, appointed by theSlaleConvention held on the 4th inst.,-coquiring of each a pledge to carry out the instructions of said body, in accordance with the letter and spirit of the same. . . Resolved* That we deem it inexpedient to demand the required pledges from the persons placed In no • ination on the 4lh of March, as, Electors* until after the meeting of the National Convention, when 1 1 President and Secretaries of'this Committee be au thorized to direct circular letters to each of such El ectors, requring a written plcdgo*lhal,;in the event of his'election, he will, in the Elcctorial College vote ■for tho candidates for President and nominated by the said National Convention. On motion of John W. Ryan Esq., U was Resolved, That the members composing tho Demo erotic State Central Committee, appointed.by the 4lh of March Convention, at this their first meeting, lake occasion to congratulate the Democracy of vania and of the Union, on tho nomination of JAMES BUCHANAN-for the next Presidency, and join with their political brcthrcn throughout the Stale, m ine hope that the choice and the claims of Pennsylvania may be ratified ktf the National Convention, to bo held in May no«, io Baltimore. _ On motion of H; Buehler, Esq., it was Resolved , That this Committee highly approve ot tho nomination of Israel Painter, for the office ot Canal Commissioner, os a gentlomoncm>n enl, y J 1 *? 1 * Ified for tho post and worthy in all respects of the support of the Democracy of Pennsylvania. Oh motion of I. G. M*Kinley, it was Resoleed, That the President and Secretaries, to gether with the members of tho Slate Central Com mittee, residing-in Dauphin coimly, bo appointed a subcommittee to prepare addresses to the people of Pennsylvania, to correspond with tho committees of the various counties, and to transact such other Jmsi ness as may bo best calculated to advance the inter ests of tho Democracy of tho State and the Nation. On motion, , Resolved, That those proceedings be signed by the officers, and published in. the Democratic papers of tho State. E. W. HUTTER, Chairman Ibaao G. M'lCi.ylev, I Geo. Butt, j-Secrelyriet,. John C. Myerb, J ARRIVAL OP THE CALEDONIA* IMPORTANT FROM FRANCE! A REPUBLIC ESTABLISHED! Tho steamship Caledonia arrived dt Boston on Monday last, bringing advices from. Europe, several days later than tho Cambria. Wo are indebted to a slip from tho Harrisburg Union for the following.tel* ographic despatch of tho hows! ;• France has been declared a republic I Already the decree has gone forth that a National Assembly is to bo called on the 20th of April. Universal suffrage and vole by ballot arc to secure liberty, equality, and fraternity lO'France. Goods have fallen enormously. Large failures are announced. Clubs arc in.tho course of formation, to overawe and advise the Government. Strikes of workmen are becoming more numerous. Men demand an increasc of wages, and have expel!* cd largo bodies of English Workmen for their rivalry in the construction of railways., . . ; /From a French pdpenwo loam that oh the 28lh, ti o representative minister’of the United Stales, went to Paris to make a formal recognition of tho Proyi_ sional Government. The step taken by tho Minister of the United States, has made existing circumstan ces of serious importance, although anticipated, it has touched acutely tho members of tho Provisional Government, and after dn Interview, In which were exchanged the noblest expressions, they in a body, accompanied this our representative of the grout na tion, as a proof of tho cordial affection which most ovcg exist between the American and French Repub- England waits, with her arms folded In deep anx ious alorm, the denouement df this strange and event ful history. Tho ex-King of Franco and the Royal Family havo arrived in England. They liatl not, in fact, a change of clothing when they arrived! LATE FROM MEXICO. Precisions of He armistice—Capture of Tehuatla plan—Terrible conflict —One hundred Mexicans Idlled—Oens. Worth and Filtoxli restored—The Mexican Congress—No Quorum. Augusta, March 26, 1818. . Tho Overland Express brings an Extra Picayune, containing later nows from Mexico, brought by tho arrival of tho steamship Massachusetts, from Vera Crux. The dales are to the 12th inst. Tho armistice which has been signed, provides that the American troops are not looccnpy-nny part of tho country that is not now in their possession.— The collection of taxes is also to bo suspended, ex cept upon gambling houses, liquor shops, and places of amusement. It also stipulates that when an el ection is to bo held in any place occupied by the Americans, that the troops are to withdraw out of the limits of tho (own until tho election ,1s over— There are ft n umber of ot!)cr articles giving tho Mox« icons the entire right of govorniucnt. Gen. Lane loft tho capital on llio lith till., and about tho 4lh day ho arrived at Tchuallnpinn*— Before that place was reached ho received informs, lion that a thousand Mexican lancers were stationed there. They wen* received with a volley from their escopottcs, on arriving opposite tho first house at tho edgo of the town. This was repealed from every houso throughout the town, but the enemy were soon driven from their positions with considerable loss.— They then collected in a body outside of tho town, when they were pursued by Gen, Lane and Col. Hays and terribly out un. The number of killed is estimated at one hundred Mexicans, while the loss of the Americans woe bnly one killed and four wounded. About fifty prisoners wore taken, among them was Capt. Mountanco and two Lieutenants. Lieut. Coi. Mounlonco, tho father of the Captain, and bosom friend of Jarauta, <*• caned. It is rumored that Gens. Pillow and Worth hod boon restored to Ihoir commands. The Aarohbiahop at (ho Capital hod submitted, a written protest against tho heavy assessment*' (hat hod been levied upon tho Church propoHy. Santa Anna waa again at Tohaun on tho 121 h.—- Tho government had granted him , a passport, but It was supposed that his nuking for it, was a more ruse to deceive, nnd enable him to put himself at the head of o largo body of troops. Tho Court martial demanded by Gen. Worth had not been convened.'. The last advices from Querolnro state that the Congress was coming together very slowly. At the last meeting, (wonty.ono members wore present. What Pleasure it'ib to pat one’s debts.— -I re. member to have hoard Sir T. LylUotorv make the same observation. It seems to flow froipMt oomblna* lion of circumstances, each of which n productive of pleasure: in the first place, it removes that unea* sineas which k true spirit feels from dependence and obligation. It promotes that ftituro confidence which is so vary Interesting to an honest mind { it opens a prospoot of being readily suppjiod with what wo want on future occasion*! It leaves a consciousness of our own virtue, and it )a a measure we know to be right, both in point of jusllco and sound 1 economy. Final'- hr,it lathe main supportoCjdmplb-reputation. .. Exchange Paper. (Ej* There are some subscribers io the Volunteer who donH enjoy, this pleasure—that’s a faoi. Henry Clay will bo Vl year* old oMhb 12th of AprH. 1 . - From the Dedfbrd Gazette. SECOND PENNA. REGIMENT. Triumphant Vindication of the Plcia Officer » 03*Below willbe- found's glorious refutation Vf tho vilb slanders written against the Field Officers of the 2d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers by S, If Montgomery, and to which wo invito tho special o|' tenlibn of tho Fennsyluonio Press. ' Tho heart of that man must bo black and wicked indeed who could, in cold blood, sit down and libel those who, have sacrificed Uio ease and comfort of their homes in defence of tho honor and glory or our common country, without expecting any other com pensation than that to bo found in’/tho gratitude of American freemen, and tho indignation expressed ‘ tho subjoined paper; (which was forwarded to us in manuscript from Mexico,) will meet a hearty response in the bosom of every patriot in the Slate. ,'p[ 1Q Field Officers of tho 2d Regiment Pennsylvania Vol unlcers’are ns brave and honorable men as ever an sheathed a sword in defence of the American Flea and ho who attempts’to deprive them of their good name will be consigned to Infamy and disgrace by the-good sense of our people t Citv’ov Mexico, December Sflih, ifll), Gen. Geo. ,W . Bowman, . I Adjutant General, P. Jf. ( Sm:—Tho undersigned Company Officers of fin 2d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, have obseltcd in tho “ Pennsylvania Argus,", of the 15th of Otto, ber lost, two letters, one written by Captains H Montgomery, Ast. Quarter Master 0. a A., the other by private James McLaughlin, both reflecting upon and censuring our Field Officers for misconduct on* tho 19 th and 20lh of August, last. The statem'cnls in private McLaughlin 1 * letter, being merely the echo of those in Copt. are passed an noticed, Tho Captain 1 * letter of the 6th ofSeplcm' her contains the following, Vikt 11 Col. Roberts, of the 2d Pennsylvania Regiment "is ill, and seems to be much discouraged. This in' 11 somewhat owing to the blame attached to him by “ his Regiment. ■ This rogimonl has tho reputation “of being the worst officered in the servicei with “ this, however, 1 have no concern I but this I do “ know, that when tho Adjutant General of Quitman’s “ Division, Called at their quarters to order out the “Regiment to support Gen.'Pillow, in the fight of the « 19th and SUlli of August, by some mishap or other “ no officers of the Regiment eoold bo found, coaie , “qoenlly the NeW York Regiment was selected in . “ its stead. . I have this from the Adjutant himself . “ who was anxious that tho Pennsylvania Regiment “ should ho brought into notice, and a chance given’ “ the men to distinguish themselves, as it is believed ’ “here they would do, under proper officers. ll We dccnt ifa duty, not only to our Field Officers, but to ourselves to say, that tho statements in the ’ above paragraph are falee and malicious in ecert ' particular, and that none but a base and malicious heart conld have conceived them, On' our own authority, we say, that on the*l9ih and 20lh of August our . Field Officers were at all times were duly culled them with tho Regiment, and ulso that every effort, in their power, was made to obtain permission from Gen. Quitman, to participate in the buttles of Contreras and Cherubusco. On the authority of Licbl. Lovell, Adjutant General of Quit* man’s Division, we slate, that he never had any con. vernation with Captain Montgomery on the subject of the 2d Penna. Vols.—that lie (Lieut. Love]),) never made any statements, to any person, similar to those contained in tho above extract—that those statements are untrue—and the officers referred to were ah ways ready to perform any duty to which they were assigned, and particularly soon the 19th and 20th of August.' . In our opinion, there is nothing under Heaven moaner, or more cowardly, than to atuok men by hints end inurndoes, behind their backs, when (hey are at such a distance that their, reputations may suffer for months before a refutation can bo mode.-* flio impress of baseness in such cases is so deep, that tho slightest reflection villain on its fronti A generous and manly spirit shrinks from it with instinctive übhorcnce. The deed could only have been prompted by imbecility, and sentiments infinite* ly removed from those of a noble nature. The man -who would thus attempt to assassinate the good name and reputation of officers who arc nobly lortifatnp their country's honor in a foreign Und-twbo would cause such base reports to he published In the very neighborhood of the wives and families oflhoie offi* core, causing u countless tears to flow,” should be held uf> for the odium and scorn Of the public upon which ho hns attempted such base impositions. On the 19th and 2Ulh of. August, Col. ROBERT# was ill t but he was on duty. He has since died, snd his death is much lamented. Lt. Col. GEARY has been triumphantly elected to fill his place—and Map URINDLB to fill*tho place Vacanlcd by the election of Col. Geary* It affords us pleasure to add that the 2d Reg’tjjsnno* VolV is Commanded by officers or abtlUfetfravery, and intelligence! and that wo arc not girtfpy nf promoting men who were ever incirn to deviate from the paths of rectitude and hotter. We respectfully Qjk Von, and such oilier td'ilori ns are friendly to. the Pennsylvania Volunteers, lo publish this statement* in order that the public mind may be dldnbflscd in reference to the officers in com l imind of our Rcglnieril* Very respectfully, yotirs, «&(!* (Signed, jTliOmas 8. Looser, Captain Co* Ai E.C* Williams,Captain Co^Gi D. 6. Unger* 2nd Licltl. Co. <•* . Hiram Wolf, Ist LicuU Com’g Co, ft* Win. Rankin, Ist Lieut. Com’g Co. I. S, Wuterbury, 2d Lieut* Co. O. (Ad. Aoj.) Richard M’Michal, 2d Lieut* Co. A* C. H. Frick* Captain Co* C* Alexander McKcanny, Captain Co. IVL John A. Doyle,. Ist Lieut. Co. M. John .Humphreys, Captain Co. D. • C. 11. Hbycr, Ist Lieut. Com’g Co. D. H. A. Hambright, Ist Lieut. Com’g Co. ll* Charles McDormit, 2d Lieut* Co. D* Joseph L. Madson,2d Lieut. Co. M. J. G. Given, Lieut. Co* D. (Acting ComVy.) C. W, Solcnaki, Lieut. Company K. . E, Emelius LcCloro, Ist Ll* Co* C. Act. Q. W* Isaac Hare, 2d Lieut. Company F. N. P.Skclly, 2d Lieut, Co. 1* C, W, Llcb*,Qd Lieutenant. . Lewis W, Smith, Captain Co, L, Biven-R. Davis, 2d Lieut, Co. L. A. L* Tourisun, 2d Licot. Co. F, Richard Irwin, 2d Lieut. Co. H, Wo tho nnilsrnigncd harinf joined R 'f 5, einoo Iho 19lh olid 20th of Aum.l, ftllr «" with our brother officers above signed, on • nl fear of contradiction, slate that the s Captain Montgomery’is tt base and unfounded! cation. v . Donj. F. Dutton, p‘tVolt Vo1 ‘ Robert Klott, Lieut. ConTgCbmpnny »• Peter 8; Reed, Lieutenant Company C* Conviction and, SuiciqK ojr Db. Coolidgc wot found guilty, alAgu*l»,M c, » 011 * of'the murder of Edward Mathews. Sentence postponed, and very soon afterward CGin , jg suicide. The verdict was given obout 11, o’clock he was n corpse. H*pnr Anuin. —The Lowell Cornier S'”' * * inff description of a grand Flo. Nio, w « Ca[ptt cenlly given by llio nmnnger. of the Mill, la that illy, 4,000 girl. »nd oil «• “ dent, In an immense room of a now mil» S 310 4JO lamps, More "tariff ruin." Couldn't Kill Hik.-A m.n, wholo train on the Rlobburg (Men-) roll'» <• P and inquired for hia CB P* JOimi. Phospkot.—A London r *f?* n ,.. 0 n« Albert’" grandfather wni llio father of I / children. A Hard HiT'.-Th. How. Society, Boston, having invited Uov. * o(( con . come their poster, ho has accept® ti,cir old dlllon that thojr first pay up what thoy °w shepherd, Mr. Baldwin I PftESIDKSTrAL' EMOTION.—By ,n Bo * ,1,1 Elc«' ptod in January. MUtfylM next tlon Will bo, hold In every Slate on «» ** Tliio year lii.o appointed doy 1» Tueadoy. 7lb. It ia mid that' Mr. Adam* h«» W* » .half » million of dollar*. C
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