THE VOLUNTEER
JohnD. Brsttoh, Editor tuJid Proprietor*
OiUthtSLM, THUHSpAY, JUNE 83* 1848.
AGENCY.
m*V. U. PALMBH'Emi.ia’Atir authorised Agcnlforpro
curing a»lvertiaomeiitH,receiving subscriptions ami making
collections Tor tho Volunteer* at hl.fffllco,-N. W.
oruur of Tiilni anil Oliesnutslrpets,Philadelphia.
FOR PRESIDENT,
,GEN. LEWIS CASS. •
[-<■. w.f’,,. \'. ; Of Michigan,
. FOB TOEImiDENT,
.. ;.TOLIiJI 0. BUTLER.
.... 0/ Kentucky,
.DTSTtfOCRATIC fitBCTORIAL TICKET.
- <u -> : y ‘Senatorial Electors:
,; -. ' William BioLEß,of Clearfield.
Divio of Northampton,
f-;-:■ i2epr«fl>ifaiirß.EVccfore.
: ;• Dial. '
'Henry L. Bonner, 13. John C. King; (
*2*.Horn A. Kiieass, 14. John Weidhian,
,- 3. laanO SliUnk, 15. Robert J. Fisher,
4', A!; liVrtimmfort, < 16. FrcdrickSmilh,
,^s.'Jacob B. Treat, ‘ .17. John Criswell, . .
- "6. E. Wright,’ 16. Charles A. Black,
• 7., Wm. W. Downing. 19. Geo, VV. Bowman,
Hnldeman, 2U. John R. Shannon,
. S.'JVtoi; Kline, . ’ J? 1. Geo. P. Hamilton,
l.w.i B. S. Schoonover,' 22. William H. Davis,
IflV'.WmiSwelland, • ,23. Timothy Ives,
12. Jonah Brewster, 24. Jaa. G. Campbell.
■. ‘ ‘ FOB CANAL IIOMISSIONEB, .
' . ISRAEL PAINTER,
i' -•. • Of Westmoreland County:
Democratic meeting.
. THE Democrats of the Borough of Carlisle,
are requested lo nu*el at GREEN’S HOTEL, on
’SATURDAY EVENING NEXT, at early can.
die light, for thc.purpose of forming a Democratic
ClobV Turn out Democrats, turn out!
MANY DEMOCRATS.
,Junc22,lBlB.
THB TOAST COMUITTBB
.For the. Democratic . celebration, will meet at
Btetern’e Hotel, on Saturday evening next, (the 24th
ineti) at 8 o’clock. '
.Thank? to Vice President Dallas, Gen. Cameron,
. and Gen. Houston; of the U. S. Senate, and to Messrs.
'Kaufman, Brondhoad, and W.ilmot, of the House of
Representatives, for Congressional favors.
Gtff. Cass.— Wo have procured at considerable
expense, and present to our readers this week, a cor*
reel likeness of Gcncral Lewis Cass, the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency. Those acquainted with
Geh* C. wiUagrcc wilh us in saying that the likeness
is striking and correct.
HotWbather.—For the last several days it has
been sweltering hot—loo hot lo do anything. We
have not preparod4s much original matter for our
paper this week as usual—wo found it all nonsense
to pretend, lowrild an article of any length, with our
Util© room like an oven, the drops of perspiration
starling from every pore of the skin, and the lurpcn*
vtinft oozeing from the floor of our office. Whew!
who could write during such weather ? No one.
To BK DisoiiAROCD. —Wo learn that Col. May, now
stationed at Carlisle Barracks, received orders from
IhVWar'Department on Monday last, to discharge
.ail the troops enlisted for the war now in garrison
here.' *
.Fatal Accident.— On .Monday morning last a re*
croUot tho Carlisle Barracks, named Dawson, a na-
UVbbf North Carolina, received a kick on the head
from his horse, while leading him to. water. The
Kick-fractured tho scull In a frightful manner. The
VlifTercr died in about IwAhours after receiving the
injury, and was buried the same evening. Tho offi
cers and men stationed at the Barracks followed his
remains Id the grave, and buried him with military
honors. .
“Deaths in Tine Carlisle Company — By a letter
received from a memberbf the Carlisle company, now
ia. Mexico, and commanded by Capl. Carr, we learn
that the following deaths by sickness, have occurred in
thtocompany since itleflour borough—Wrighl,Carey,
Culp, Kuokle.McDonnald, James, Hetrick, McCoffry,
Wild, Gilj t .Holin, Chens, Culin, Hudson, Holler,
BisUinc, Rubes, Galloon, Michael, Milter, Barry.
Stephens, Holmes, Ritter, McLoalr, Peek.
0“Tho Whig boys dr our town a few evenings
since erected a young whileoak pole, with (he flag of
Taylor and Filmorc nailed to the top. Out the some
evening a gale of wind carried the flag from the pole,
&ad landed it in a mud hole. The very elements are
Bgainsl.our political opponents.
A Vammub Cow.— Mr. C. E. R., Davis, of this
borough, invited us a few d-ayj since lo look at a
Kentucky Cow, which ho had just obtained from a
drover. ■ She la indeed a beautiful animal, very large,
and well developed* and hor yield of milk la almost
Incredible, both as regards quality and quantity. She
can be seen.at the stable of Mr. Pavia. -
A'lUcsoaT Pole.—' The Democratic boys of our
borough, on Saturday evening last erected a splendid
Hickory Pole, on the South West corner of Market
Square. The names qfCASS and UUTLGR fly from
Us top. ; These young Democrats deserve much
orsdU'jbc the‘zeal and determination evinced in the
erection of this Democratic pole:
Federalists of our borough arc making
most Strenuous cflorts lo got up an excitement fata
ruble to the “no*party candidate 1 ' old Zack, but it is
no go. They hold meetings nearly every evening,
butlhoy are slim affairs, and exceedingly dull. It is
evident that the true Whigs are chagrined and mor.
tided el the nomination of Taylor.
' Hqsjc Compound.— A bottle of Don C?ran Juan's
Doablo DisliUed Rose Comj ound, (a preparation fur
cleansing, ro.producing, and beautifying the human
hair,) has been placed upon our table by the Messrs.
Cbuilia, of this borough. Wo are not in the habit
of“puffing“ every article, merely because of It* hav.
ing been sent us as a present, but wo are free lo say
Diet Ihl* Compound Is no humbug. It is Indeed a
most superior and highly voluablo article, and im'.
parts lo the hoir, a rich, glossy lustre, leaving it bnnu*
lifully soft and silky. For the toilet Indies will find
thlii Compound an invaluable and Indispensable aril*
do, far preferable lo any oils, of a pleasant perfume,
and free froni all objectionable substances. To be
.. had alike store of Collikr So Brotheiis, Boulh Han.
■ over street, Carlisle. •
i parly of our Dcniocralio fricndu were twilling a
hnvo rccoircd Iho' P[ on J*" Wlilff borough ftr Biipporlinj Gen,
tl ft,.lLd eeoond number, of the "Eaton Democrat,"! 1 »'• »•«“". wh I, '' n “ olf “
•■VO.m6cr.tlo p.per publl.Ucd nl Eaton, Ohio, by our wou “ n ° l be tho »»nd.d»lo nrnny party, ond llul bo
former young towniman. Mr. W. C. Oouu,. 111,.' wouW "° l «“«»>“ or bo bo “ nil b J r lh " P r »nolplo«i of
' beaolifui-papcr.—Hi mechanical appearance ia highly if”/ f ur *?’ ”^ b y* gentlemen," .eye tho Wing,
. ■Creditable, and,the editorial and .elected matter I f ri ' c '’ w » “an'l .ay much about Ilia General’.
evltuto talent and good laalo. Tlio namue of g.«»,, P'molplee, for it la very doubtful whether he bee uny,
' ButJer’end Wcilor fly from lie raaal head, and their 1,10 Wblß ,ll,ly •'*? *° ' un ß .uppotled men who
'idalma’upon (bo people are urged wll|i ability end f ati wd “Iw.ye failed, that wo though it
Mali' We einceroly tpleh Mr. O. auoecea in hie on. ’ bo f l ' lbo e'rcumatancca, to try a nun without
■ Icrpriia. i ildtlnjpat one time worked ub a journey, prlnclplo*, and see whether wo could got along any
■‘rtid lnodr’ofßo«i»tf *r*«i*blcd to say that ho ia a bollor * A general laugh followed, and tho Whig
‘ netf with the necP»*ary luknl to make a . wbu , ia willing to "go it blind” atoped.
i forcible'and; ready 'Writer* and consequently a good All Halt, Winoniini
adiibr* The iterllng Democracy of Preble county, Uknrv Dodok and J. P. W At.KRn, hblli amrllng
* ahoald unltethelr efibiil to give tho ” Democrat” a" Ucmourule, have boon elected the 111 at United Stales
•noaia unite iiiPir » . a , Senator* from the new Slate of Wisconsin. Tills U
widespread circulation. Circulate pa< an uusploloui beginning, and most gladly do wo wcl.
pere with the people of Ohio freely* ana that State .come tho now-comcr to the Democratic fold. May
will soon be redeemed from Federal mlerule. . there bo many more “ofihoMmo Bull.”
WHO XS .TO BE BELIEVED 1
" “In no cask can I permit myself to.be the candidate
of any party , or yield thyself to party schemes . M , :
. , Gen, Taylor's Signal Letter.
• *• lioill not be the candidate of any party, orollquc. 1 ’
Oen, Taylor's letter to the Troy Tost, dated. Monterey,
May 29,1847.:'
'♦l need hardly, adid Hint I cannot in any.case
permit myself to bo brought before the people cxclo
sivcly by any of tho parties that now so unfortunately
divide our country, as their candidate for ihlsofficc."
• Gen, Taylor's letter to Dr, Brawson.
V If over' I 611 ’ that high office, it must bp untram*
fuelled with party .obligations or interests of any
kind.”—Gen. Taylor's letter to .Veter Sheen Smilft*
From tho above extracts it will.bo seen that Gen.
Taylor has pledged himself over and over again that
ho would “not bo the candidate of any parly,” and
yet in the face of these declarations, his friends In
tho lato Federal National Convention, in submitting
his name to that body,.assured the Delegates' that
Gen; Toyfor had pledged hiinsolfin black and white,
in, letters to delegates, to abide by tho decision of
that Convention, and tbit ho would withdraw from
the. field if ho could not . receive tho nomination by
that body! If. his friends spoke, the iruth—and no
doubt they did—what a humiliating position does it
place Gen. Taylor in! He has. swallowed up his
own words, and “surrendered” himself and the posi.
tion he .was pledged to occupy, into the hands of un.
scrupulous demagogues and political gamblers.—
What a disgraceful picture, docs this, present! In
his anxiety for (he Presidency, bow quick has the
hero of the Mexican war sunk .into a small potato
politician 1 \Vc ask the people of this county to look
at the’ position of Gen. Taylor, arid then ask them
selves whether (hey can support a man for tho first
office in their gill, who can thus changc his position
for the purpose of procuring a nomination by a.cor.
nipt party? Can they, support a man who has no
mind of .his own—who is a more ball of wax in the
hands of office seeking demagogues, who can turn
him apd twist him and got him to write letters
which contain everything and nothing! Some of
{ho friends of Gen. Tuylor have dared to compare
him to tho groat and goos ! What an
insult (o tho memory of the father of his country. 1
Washington had the mind of a.statesman, and was
never 1 known to bo guilty of falsehood. But, Gen.
Taylor has convicted himsclf.offulschood by his own
letters, and a man who cun do this is unworthy the
confidence of the people.
GEN. SAM. HOUSTON.
By reference to Mr. - Kaufman’s letter, in another
column, it will bo aeon that Gen. Houston, U. S.-
Senator from Texas, has consented to bo with us in
Carlisle, at the Democratic celebration on tho 4th of
July. This will bo gratifying news to our Demo
cratic friends. They will then have an opportunity
of taking by tho hand tho great statesman of the
“Lone Star, 11 —the hero of San Jacinto, who, by his
bravery and skill, gained for Texas her independence
—the man who has fought the’ hardest contested and
most-bloody battles on record—tho eloquent and
powerful debater—the able and fearless defender ot
Democratic principles in tho United States Senate—
tho firm supporter of tho present National adminis.
(ration.
Let pur friends, therefore, from all ports of the
county, old and young, attend the celebration in Car*
lisle on tho 4l)i; .The Committee of Arrangement
are making extensive preparations, and all can bo
kccoihbdatcd. Come one, comc.all!
TROUBLE IN TUB WHIG CABIPS
Tho WJiigs have been exulting over our dissen
sions in New York, “Laughing is catching,'” the
old proverb runs. Now for our turn. If tho Demo
cracy of that great Slate are not altogether harmoni
ous, the Whig.lhundcr which already comes booming
over tho land, shows that a more portentous storm is
brewing in tho Whlgcamp.. Tho New York Herald
contains the proceedings of on “ Enthusiastic Clay
meeting at the Broadway House” on Monday night
of last week, Matthew L. Davis, Esq., in the Chair.
At an early stage of the meeting, (says the Herald,)
so groat was the crowd, more .than two thousand
persons having assembled, that they were obliged lo
adjourn to tho street, but at a later stage returned to
the room, when a committee of five from each ward
was appointed to gel signors for the call of a Clay
mass meeting. The meeting was most enthusiastic
—Taylor denounced, and Clay applauded.”
Messrs. Wagner, Horace Grccly, John W« Fowler
of Otsego, and Dudley Seldcn of New York City,
addressed tho meeting. Mr. Wagner said:
“In Henry Clay were embodied all the great prin
ciples of VVliiggery, (applause S) but in Gen. Taylor
they hod a man.,like the Irishman’s flea, when you pul
your finger on him ho is not there.. When General
Taylor is asked what are his views on the loading
principles as advocated by tho Whig parly, ho soys
lie dues not know, and ho always found such men in
tho end to be Locofocoa,”
Horace Grocly maintained that."the Whig party
had, in (ho late convention, sacrificed principles on
(he altar of,availability; and ho was woiting to see
some movement in (ho North befoVo he could decide
| whol course to pursue."
' Mr. Fowler of Otsego, (a delegate to (ho lute Whig
Conveiu'/un,) in (ho course ofijis speech said:
o }{ D W os a number of (ho convention which nom
inated GenOVai Taylor? &»* did not vole for that
nomination, and would not cote for. the nominee—
The nomination was cfiecitid hy bi*nw*boa(ing and
1 wirepulling politician*. Ho wished uo organisation
I to bo effected in this city, as soon as possible, that it
\ might have lime to affect the other sections of this
| Slate and of the whole country.’*
,Dudley Bolden spoke at length upon tho policy of
the groat Whig parly;
11 Ho was favorable to the nomination of Mr. Clay,
was opposed to tho nomination made at Philadelphia
and would not sustain it. [Tremendous cheering.
That Convention had, by Southern inlluoncc, ogiui
boat down the North,and ho for ono would go in for!
on organization of nil tho Whigs, and nominate a
a third party. A portion of tho Democracy wore
opposed to tho nomination of Cass, and would not
support him. A largo portion, indeed, nearly all tho
Whig parly, wore opposed to the nomination of Tty.
lor and would not support him. Under such ciroum*
stances It was necessary, as soon as possible, to call
a mass meeting, for the purpose of nominating a I
candidate for the Presidency and Vice Presidency.,
Let tho two dissatisfied parties como together and
make those nominations, lie admired the firmness
and manliness of-lhoso of tho Now York delegates to
that convention who supported Mr. Clay, the groat
father of the Whig party, during the whole voting.
Mr, Scliion then concluded hy ottering a resolution
tendering the Clay delegates the thunks or (ho moot*
ing. Tito meeting determined to-moko known in a
few flays, whore and at what lime tlio mass (Indig.
nation) meeting would bo held*
A Frank Convrssion.—A Tew days since s smal
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR THE PRESIDENCY
OEiV. LEWIS CASS, OF MtCQIGAft.
WHIG ** RESPONSES***
Tlio Examiner , tbo organ of the Clay Whigs of
Lancaster county, lias rolscdtho names of Taylor
and Fillmore to its mast-head) but Confesses that
•»rebellion springs to our lips and.rushes to ourhearis,
for to* like not the way things have been done in Phil
adelphia.”
Tho Aubhrn (N. York.) Daily Advertiser, r lead
ing Whig print, says: “It would bo hypocracy in us
not frankly to admit, that in placing, the name of
Gen. Taylor in this- position, wo perform file .most
mortifying and Unwelcomeduty of our editorial life”
Tho Worcester (Mass.) Spy, soys: “The nomina-
ion of Gen. Taylor brings Badness and sorrowto ilia
icarls of thousand*, and there is no hops of uniting
(ho Whig parly of Iho north upon U.”
..The Concord (N. II.) Statesman, says i " is al
most unnecessary for us to declare that this nomt.
nation is .one adverse to both the hopes and desires
of tho Whigs of New Hampshire.*’ ,
Tho Rochester (N. Y.) Courier says i “ This mor
ning we received a telegraphic despatch announcing
the nomination* by tho Whig National Convention,
of Gen* 'Taylor for President. Wo havis not seen a
Whig smile since. The 111110 muttering which has
boon heard from thobarnbnrners Iri reference (d the
nomination of Gen. Cass, bares no comparison to the
loud-mouthed opposition of the Whigs of Rochester
to this nomination.. It has camo Upon (horn like a
wot blanket. Their delegate to Philadelphia, pledged
himself in advance that he woold tinder no circum
stances tote for Oen. Taylor t and, his constituency
ccho'lho pledge* 11
-The Charlottesville (Va.) Advertiser, a. lending
Whig journal, says: “Virginia is lost to Taylor by
15,000 majority.”
The New York Tribune, Clay’s organ in the city
of New York, says: “In our deliberate judg
ment, the nomination of General Taylor, WW alien
ate twenty thousand votes from the Whig ticket in
this Slate.”
Resolved, That wc hail with joy iho expected re
turn of cur brave Soldiers from Mexico. <We wel
come them as brothers, who by their during
and unparalleled, deeds have.made the name of bur
country illustrious.' .-
The above resolution, wo learn.by 1110 tieraO, Was
“adopted by acclamation” at a Federal meeting in
this borough, on the evening of tho 17lh Inst. What
rank hypocracy does this exhibit. Ever since tho
commencement of (ho Mexican war,.Whig loaders
and Whig.editors have been affording “aid aodcom-*
fort” to the common foe—have published the speeches
of Corwin, Davis, and others, in which tho wish was
expressed that our troops might meet with “ hospita.
bio graves” and bo received with “bloody hands.”—
No epithet.was considered hard enough to apply to
our troops. They wore denounced as 11 cut-throats,”
“murderers,” “ butchers,” &c. &.C., by tho very men
who now “ welcome them as brothers.” . But such
is Federalism, destitute of honor, and destitute of
shame.. But our fighting boys will spurn • tho “ wel
come” extended to them by lory Federalists, Tho
bravo volunteers who loft homo and friends to fight
for their country, will have an account to settle with
those who have denounced them as “ murderers,”
and when tho day for voting arrives they will fire a
solid, volley of grape into tho Federal camp. A beau,
(ifu) party, indeed, to extend a “ welcome ” to our
troops, and call them “brothers.” The men they thus
altcmpttocheat will push back their protended friend
ship in disgust.
Altered Relief Notes.—Wo would caution .our
readers to bo careful (o examine well all Relief notes,
before they receive them. Great numbers are in
circulation all over the State altered /rom one’s to
two's and live's. This is effected by pasting-over the
figure "1" and the word "one" the'figure "5" and the
wor&"five” and so with tho Iwo’Sjdud is done in many
cases very neatly. Wo lea,rn thdt groat numbers of
these altered notes have recently been presented ul
the Stale Treasury oifico. Tho fraud is generally
LcommUlcd on such notes as are most loro and doIV
I ccd, and Is not confined U any particular hank.
The great recommendation of the Federal catidl*
date for Vico Frosldont, Millard Fillmore, In tho
eyes of tho Federal party* is that he VOTED FOR,
and isot an ardent friejid oj the BANKRUPT LAW
—and when tho question came up for its repeal, not
only VOTED, hut made a .speech AGAINST its me*
peal.
((National Slaughter House.”
Mr. GnKELEv, of the N. Y. Tribune, of the Hlh,
refers "to the systematic suppression, in tho late Na>
TIONAL SLAUGHTER HOUSE AT PHILADELPHIA, of OVery
I thing approaching a frank and manly avowal of car*
dinal Whig principles."
Fayette Goimty*
The. Democracy of Fuyutto county have already
mode their nomination* for the next election, as fol-
low* t
Congr<««—Gon. James C, Cummings.
s'cnamr—Mnxwcl) M’Csslln.
Awmbly~~ William Y. Roberts,• William Rcdick.
JVafAomifory—Richard Huskies.
Rtgiitir Recorder—JoaDpii Qadd.
•hooking NardnrMLßngfeldU ’ '
Philadelphia, Thursday, Juno 15.
- An awful murder was committed in Moyamonsing
prison, at on early hour this morning, by an insario
inroolo by Ibo name of Bow.
Mr. Johnson, who was . placed In tho coil to pro'
vent Bow from doing himself harm, was literally out
to pieces. , ,
Eangfcldt, tho murderer of Mrs. Radomioher, hoard
ills doulh-warrant road this aflernoun by Sheriff La
lar. Ho is to bo hong on tho 20lli of October.
' 03- Col. R. M. Johnson has withdrawn from his
position as an independent candidate for tho office of
Governor of Kentucky.*
... (Xj* Nothing is more easy, soys Spalldino, than to
grow rich. It is only to trust nobody; befriend none;
to heap interest upon interest, cent upon cent; to do*
|strby all tho finer feelings ofnatnrc, and bo rendered
mean, miserable, and bo despised, for somo twenty
or thirty years, and riches will come us aUro as (Hit-.
case, disappointment, and death.
Prom (he Baltimore Republican. ■
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
The lianglily Briton once surveyed
■ The Ocean far and wide.
And os lio sway'd his sceptre, claim'd
Dominion o'er tbo tide.
For many agos lie find (bought
'i’hol cvcry genial breezo
Was his, till Yankee merchants (aught
The. Freedom of the Seas,
When.nations, vexed arid sore oppress’d,
Had entered in the fight
To settle long disputes, and thus
Determine which was right,
Our country-took an active part—. '
Dot not on bonded kness—
To gain a point—nl lust secur’d—
The Freedom of the Seas,
The second war with Britain was
To gain the sailor’s rights—
Protection on the scan—tor this
The cheerful freeman lights.
American succesoproclnim’d, • > _
' Though Britain disagrees—
*Thal henven-born principle she taught,’
The, Freedom of the Seas.
A master-spirit urged the views
Of patriotism and press’d
Tho subject on the minds and hearts-
Of those whom he address’d.
Tho European- despots grant,
America to please,
The principle for which she foUglil—
The Freedom of iht Seas, .
The men who plac’d by freedom’s voice,
Our views tlms to proclaim,
Deserves, as he shall soon receive,
Tho merit dbe to Fame. '
Our toast, u ,Freo trade and bailor’s rights,’’
Our banner to’the breexe—
Then hero’s success to LEWIS CASS,
Arid Fukkdom of the Seas !
ANOTHER TAYLOR. LETTER!
The correspondent of thc Ndrlli American under
stands that a letter has been received in Washington
from Gen. Taylor, “ partially explanatory of. that
addressed (o (ho editors of the Richmond.Rcpublican,
in which ho endorses the semi-official statement
which recently appeared in tho Picayune,tend places
himself at the disposal of his friends in (ho Canvon.
tion.” '
Whale budget of Inconsistencies would appear, if
old Zac’s whole correspondence should, bo published
together! Letters upon letters, explaining one an
other away—and capable of being construed in ex.
ocllyopposito directions by. bis “ friends” in, and his
“ friends” out of, tho Convention. Talk no more of
Henry Clay’s nmny-faccd Texas and Tariff letters.
Old Zac’s budget of loiters will bo found to contain
everything and nothing! Fatal love of Ipllcr-wriling,
whiuh has killed off so many Presidential aspirants
and will pul un end politically to tho “ independent”
no-purty Whig “Thunderer of Buena Vista I”
OLD ZAO IN A DILEMMA.
Wo have stilted that General Taylor's
in the Convention, in submiltinghls claims-lo that
body, had placed him in the humiliating position of
direct contradiction of all his loiters. So think, too,
his " friends” out of the Convention—for in (ho Dal*
(imorc papers wo find a-call signed by the members
of the Independent Slate Taylor. Electoral Ticket
and Stale Committee of Maryland, denying the cor
rectness of the statement made to the Convention,
by Judge Saunders of Louisiana. In that statement
appear the following passages:
"Thai General Taylor recognizes in his friends in
this Convention those who have (ho right tn withdraw
his name,and will chcorfblly acquiesce in such with--
drnwul.' * And by tho act of uniting willrthis Con
vention his friends withdraw his niimo frorq (he can*
Vass, unless ho bo tho nominee of the Convention."
Tho " Indnpcndcnl" friends in Baltimore say:
"The undersigned, relying upon tho repented dec
larations of General Taylor, ns lo tlio ground upon
whiclr ho stood before (ho American people ac a
candidate far tho .Presidency, arc satisfied that (ho
statement above referred to is not correct; and they
are taking - proper slops to relievo Genera) Taylor
from ony misunderstanding on that subject, tho result
of which will bo in duo limo announced."
Tlta TAVjLOR PLATFORM* *
Endorsed by the Whig National Convention.
Head Quarters, Army of the South,
' Fort Brooks, July 28,1839,
■ Sir : I have the honor to enclose to you a commu
nication, this moment received, on the subject of pro
curing BLOODHOUNDS from the Inland of Cuba,,
to nld tho army in’ils'opcratinna against the hgalilca
in Florida. I AM DECIDEDLY IN FAVOR OF
THE MEASURE, and beg leave again to urge lias
the only moans of ridding tho Country of tho Indi
nns, &c.
Z. TAYLOR,
81, Br. Gon. U, S. A. Commanding.
To Gen. R. Jones, Washington, D. C,
“NO MORI3 FIELD OFFICERS, FROM NORTH
OP THE POTOMAC.”—Gen. Taylors toast at a
dinner at Green.Day x in the tyring of 1817.
“ One reason why tho South should sustain Taylor I
for tho Presidency with great unanimity is becau»e\
bis nomination affords ut n final and unlocked for
chanro of electing a SOUTHERN MAN to office.”
“Tho .importance of placing nl tho head of tho
Government ono,who from hmh % association, and
CONNECTION, is identified with tho South, and
I will fearlessly uphold her rights and guard her from
oppression, cannot fail to strike every mind. In
lhii % view his election becomes a matter of vital
moment to tho slAvic-holPing portion of tho confed
eracy.”—N. O. Bee, u 7Vyfor organ.
Collision on tub Railiioad.—On Sunday mornifijg‘
last the passenger cars ran togotber on thotjtomfar*
landVpUoy Railroad near Newvillo,.
ney, Conductor on the down train
burg, left Nowville at his regular time, and had got
round tho oornor in tho road three quarters of a
mile, when Mr. Rllnor, tho up train,
Six milas ahead of his limo. otpjo In collision. Tho
oars and engines wore muM|rokon, and both trains
thrown from tho track. mirdclo that no one
received any serious injuryv.Wo have heard it said
tlmt Mr, Kitnor Imd abboflvilh another gentleman
(liul lio could run before Maj. MoCarl-i
nuy got there. \yiio(()cr dlls is Iran or not, wo can
not say, but ooriairilt is that be waa several miles
ahead ofhia lime. It ia higli time, wo think, that
something should ho done to slop such conduct, I
H ■new—Win i
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS. #
By the subjoined letters from Hpn. D. S.
and Col. Ream Frazku, our Democratic friends will
bo gratified to learn that these distinguished public
speaker's HaVo both, accepted Ihb invitation of (ho
Committee, nßd.-wij) attend tbo celebration of our
country's independence at Carlisle, bn thb 4lh July.
The Democracy of Old Mother, Cumberland will ex
tend to thcso ablo champions of denltfcracy d hoarly
vVclcomc.
Washington City, )
f . Junk 16,1848. $
Gentlemen —Your polite letter, inviting me in be
half of the Democracy of my native, county of Cum
berland, in the State of Pennsylvania, *• to Join with
them in the celebration of the approaching anniver
sary of Amtyican Independence,” has just been re
ceived..'. ,
•In reply ! bog leave to say* after returning my.
sincere thanks to tbo Democracy of Cumberland for
the..distinguished compliment they have paid me,
thpt it affords me pleasure hereby to accept their
;C?em Sam. Houston is now assent from
the city.’ Ho informed me, however, before ho left,
1 in,reply to nn inlimalion I gave him that ho would
1 bo!invited to. Carlisle, that he-would most certainly
attend. 'Upon his return, however, he will send you
' a formal acceptance. • ■ “
For the kind language in which yod have couched
your invitation, please accept, gentlemen, the
of my heartfelt thanks. 1 have the honor to health:
high regard, -i - . ■-
Voar ftiend and folldwrcitizdn, ■
. DAVID S. KAUFMA|Ji§i
, To Messrs. J. H. Graham, John Goodyear, jrfjsSv
Gould, and others, Committee.
'' Ml
Lancaster, Jimo 17, 1848'.**
Ointlemen —Your kind and flattering loiter came
duly to hand. Please accept-my most grateful thanks.'
It gives mo groat pleasure to accept your invitation
.to join wilhthe Democracy of Cumberland county
in celebrating the coming anniversary of ogr, oi?un>
try’s independence, *
To bo the object of your attention
to enjoy the good opinion of.lho
barland, I assure you, aro matters of
lion, to on huimblq citfcoh like myself, an3‘: tlmlt
moy always bo worthy of the same, shall over be my‘
ardent desire and hopo. *
We are on the eve of on exciting ond vastly im*
portent -contest, and now behold Federalism desert
her standard, abandon her principles (such ids they
were,) leave her champions, and bend aqfl.crouch at
(ho footstool of mere availability , and tlfds hope to
defeat an united and overpowering democracy by ar
tifice and. trick. - They cannot suc<piras?our Invlnci
bio legions, led on by the linu* with old
Berks in the van, will ogoln ruut o’Sd vanquish the
common .enemy and raise olett ihb'triumphant ban.'
ners of the, American democracy, in the election of
the patriot Cass and the heroic Butler to the highest
stations in the gill of a free people.
Allow mo gentlemen, again to thank you for your
kindness; and to remain 1
Very tidfßrawiir friend, -
FRAZER. ,
To J. H. Graham, J. wjwV|fcr, : jr. Wm. Gould, j
Esqrs., and others, * / ,
DEATH OP SAMUEL ;€. lUWIN.
The following letter from Capt-Willioms-to John
Irwin, Esq. was forwarded to’ufjfrbnvTtfrlle Creek,
Allegheny county; (where Mr.-I/,now is,) with the
request that wo should publfclf lti It contains the
melancholy intelligence of the death of our youftg
townsman, Maj. SAUUBti&xTftitrN,- a member of tho
“Catfie/ori Guards,” idmajed or/ (he 13th of March
lash It will bo seen thatjUwiloceased harf-foceived an
honorable discharge oil account of ill health, and that
he was using his best efTortstoreturn to IhoSutes.
•But bis shattered fconstilullwr failed him, and death
pul an end to his dA£gringB. The no wsofhiß death
wilt bo great sorrow by his many
friends, in this cdiirilyr ; It Is a sore affliction to Ills
bereaved father, who felt proud of his son, and who
had watched care his every step to
manhood. Wblio/rn that MirlrWlH has'written to
Mexico fOTBio remolns of his son to be brought homo.
flfflHpV, San Anolk,' Mexico, 7
' Moy 5,1848. \
John , f . ,
Dear becomes my painful duty to inform
you of tho death of your son, Samuel C, Irwin. Ho
was discharged from the hospital at Puebla on the
Mh November, 1647, where ho had underwent a long
and painfiil sickness. Ho djech,between Puebla and
Perote on tho 13lh of his way homo.
Through tho kindness ortumiU Charlton his body
wos convoyed to the Castle ofJPorotc, and burled with
the honors of Wan TholLleufenanl bestowed upon
him all iho attention possfyf&previous (b his death,
and was also kind in seeding all his papers, which
are now in my poaBcssian f Wi, which will enable you
to procure his land warranUjogOther with some eight
or nino months pay duo himTHi have been unformed
by men who have come up frqh); Puebla that Samuej
performed his part most gallantly throughout the
sicgoi - My respects to your family/
Yours with respect/
E. C. WILLIAMS,
Capt. Cameron Guards/
Treaty with. JlXoxlco*»Wor DeMMtoan Token.
A letter from Washington to lljo.Philadclphia Led*
ger of lho l7lh, says * •‘jvV '
“Maj. Graham has arrived this owning with the
ratified trpgly of peace; so oil driffitifan that subject
are dispelled. Pence with Mexiotnl a/ait accompli.
Mr. Walker will on Saturday, open ; lhe bids for the
sixteen million loan, not a dollar of which will bo
wanted till the Ist of July. TjitsflPwfV is amply
supplied against all drafts tmii conpos*
oibly. bo made riffkinfit it (ill
So .Iho war,it appeals, has notaQpnledour rosour*
ecs so much, ns was apprehendedtoyjlls opponents.
The whole war debt, (exclusive «r|Sur«e,ortiiosum
paid for the purchase Moxi
co,> I am positively certain, will
millions of dollars. This in comparison (pwhalhas
been accomplished, is indeed an incignifiuniatnount.
When tho magnitude of llio acquis;t!on,\and it* Im
portance to tho commerce, wealth and tho
United States arc taken Into an inOrc'
pecuniary expense.of the war is
sldoratioO j.for tho wildest hlc*
lure to itself all iho oonacnucnccs follow
tho spreading of pur institutions Offff’df our people
on the vast coast of tho Pacific, hundred
millions on Iho opposito shore, to comnidncp tho -ex.
change of our products.” “•> •
Woalnoo learn, says llio Harrisburg Keystone, tlial
Iho sixteen million loan was taken at o premium.in
Iho aggregate of more limn half n million ofdollars,
principally on foreign account, which will bo likely
to ebook the exportation of specie. Secretary Wal
hor is a lucky ns well as on oblo man.
Wlicro aro “the governmental embarrassments
growing out of tile war, predicted hy tho whig.?—
Whore Iho vast debt, tiro di.Uonor, tho ruin, and tho
disgrace upon oup name among other nations? Tho
truth is, that in despite of,whig oppos|tim?lljo cam
paigns have boon succdtsfully cdnducwajlhe'ii'atldnal
honor vindicated, tho objects of thes~o ! r oblalnod, and
tho whole affair olosad in a way
to cover tho nalimnOTmlnlitrallon and the, dome,
orallo parly liable glory.
. at Norfolk.— lsixty-two follies
'alii , ' lp rrom l * lo onil!0 oflho Norfolk Bra.
tho particulars of a calamitous, firo in that
W. supposed to bo Ilia work of on. Incendiary,
btoko out at liva o’olopk on tho morning, of
iho.ldlh inat., and could not bo arrested by the c fibrin
of. the liroinon, until alily-lwo hollies,' including tho
Bethel church, wore consumed, Tho loss is oallma
led at nearly 4300,t100, Tho fire ooramonoed in a.
lumber yard, to which the torch of an incendiary had
boon applied. .
C?-General W. O. BuTuta’a beautiful song, tiio
"Boat Horn," is about to bo set to mualo, for popular
purpoaca. It oaunol-failto bocomo a groat favorite
wherever it ia sung,
KTI hare ore about twenty Whigs in and around
Berwick, who openly avow their determination to
oppoao Taylor,— Berwick JSngufrsr.
PaEnioTioN ok Hamv Cuv.-"lmutiic oni.v Wiiio
roalding in a aiavo Slate who can carry the great
Statoo of Now York and Olilo, or stand tho smallest
onanco of being elected”
viia great nniD at. allbhtown.
■j. ; Ahioflg th<p Vniahy. 11-lftls |Wlih Wlilch communities
afHicied, s thoro aro hone perhaps more appalling,
inoroihMti rendirig t and which call more cmpliati.
caily upon ilfe sympathies of our nature than the
distress , incident to :a. general conflagration, where
nearly a whole commiinily is, almost instantaneously
thrown Upon Ihb mercies of the world, houseless,
tho toll of years swept away, and with
families bf children and scarcely clothes to cover
thorn, and wholly dependent upon tho charities of (Ira
world for present necessaries of life, Thus has Al
lentown, in the county of Lehigh, suffered, and (ho
sore affliction of her citizens, calls loudly upon tho
people of Cumberland and other counties for assis*
tance. Wo ,hope immediate moosureswillbo taken
for, their relief; We.leave it to others to adopt somo
mode for raising flintlS. We would suppose, however,
lliol holding meetings and raising collections in the
diflhront churches Wobld accomplish the object as'
soon ns in any other way,. Tho circular of the com.
miUco as well as that of tho Pastors of the several
churches Is. hereunto appended.
All collcotions to bo forwarded to Mr. M, D. Ebcr
hard, Treasurer; Allentown; Lehigh county, Pa.
' circular.
■ Citizens ;—A dire calamity has befallen
'usj ooe which no human prudence could foresee, nor
ijbmati power and energy overt. A tiro, originating
m an obscure corner pV our town, driven onward by
and steady galo of wind, has swept through
the centre of onr prospcrous.and beautiful place, and
left it a mass of blackened walls and smouldering
ruins. From tho .height of prosperity, have ail
within its range been suddenly prostrated to
putative want and wretchedness—tho labor of many
years, in three short hours completely, destroyed,
while many, very many, have been stripl of evory
thing except their trust in God, and their strong re
iiancc on tho benevolence of lhcir less unfortunate
fellow.citizens at homo and abroad.
from (ho l>osl estimates tJmi have been mode, wo
(ho actual Jobs to be an amount equal to
oiitf ''fourth of tJio assessed value of oil the real and
personal properly,in our town,which contains near*
ly four thousand inhabitants. To replace this we do
not even hope—to restore the sufferers to the position
which they occupied before this calamity, wo deem
impracticable; but we do hope by the aid of thoso
.who can “foci for others* woes’* to lift from (ho ruins
amidst which they now sit, helpless arid almost hope
lees, many of those who have lost their oil, and ona*
bio them to begin the world again with renewed
confidence in God and their fellow man. To oar
fellow citizens wo appeal for that assistance which
you con so easily afford, which will relieve so much
suffering here, which anr grateful hearts will
forget, and which Heaven will not fail to reward.
JOHN S. GIBONS,
M. HANNUM,
It. E. WRIOHTt
3, V , STILES,
C. S. JJUSH.'
Committee on Addresd;
Allentown,* si 1488;
To the Clirgy of Cumberltpd county. .
Rev. and Dear Sirs:—On. the Ist instant, oat 1
Borough was visited by a most destructive fire, which
commenced at 4 q’bfpck, P. M.; and in less thari
three hours lime; upwards of thirty Houses, (neoily
all brick) and a still greater number of Barns, Sta
bles and Shops, besides a largo quantity ofMorah&n
|)iso, Furniture, &c., amounting (upon an estimate
made by committees especially appointed) to nearly
one handled and seventy-five thousand dollars were
destroyed, whilb-many of our citizens have been
turned from (heir doors wllhobtd dollar—the labor
of years have been swept awayin ah hour.
Wo the undersigned, have been appoiled by our
fellow citizens to appeal through you, to the people’
over whom you preside, to aid us in thid awful ca
lamity.,-Wo appeal to you as brethren iiV the Min
istry of Christ, bearing* (ho Miseion of love, and
charity loyour.fellpw creatures.to preflentourclaims
to them, praying, that yoff will solicit their aid irr
behalf cf U>6 sufferers.
. Tours in the Lord,
JOSHUA YEAGER,
Pastor of .the Luthorinn Church I .’
5. S. DUBBS.
Pastor of the C?er. Rhf. Church.’
HENRY BUCKS,
Pastor of the Ev,- Church/
j. n. turner,
Minister, of the M. E. Church/
RICHARD WALKER,
, Pastor of the Presbyterian Cliurhh'.
BEN.GERMAN, V. I). M.‘ '
DANIEL ZELLER.
. Pastor of the Gcr. Ref, Church. *■
S. K.' DROST,
Minister of (he Ev. Lull), Church/
JL.ATE FXIORI YUCATAN;
Tli6 schooner Mary Ellen, Capl. Schfcfver,has of*
' rived ol this port from’Laguna,'bringing advices ttf
the23d ull. The intelligence from Yudutan is oftho'
most alarming character. ‘Die Indiana arc constant'*
ly increasing in strength,'and dsonlinutTlhcir devas
tations, putting to deufh all, who /nil into‘ theif
hands. A largo Indian force wait near Tien),23 mile?
from Merida/ and adtoncing rapidly towards ilmi
city.
Sitilpccli wasiakoii by slofrrt rfn tlio and Sisal 1
was crotydcd with refugees from the interior, whoso
lands had been (aid waste.
The H, S. Shooncr Falcon, Lieut. J. J. Glosson,'
commander, was at Silas on*tho 23d, nnd all oh board
in good health.
We are indebted to the favor of it? (hW
Mary. Ellen tor copies of the llljo dd ia Fa/rfo, of
Cnmpoachy, to* the IUU instant, nnd Ds Union of
Merida. The former paper.contains a translation
into s'pnnish of several letters from Jacinto Pn(,.lho
Indian chieftain, to Governor Dnrbachano,npd Coni*
missioncra Kosudo nnd Vela. The Inst of these, do
led May 1, demanded the delivery of 1,200 stand
of amis in terms at onop decided and.sarcastic. 110
says: ,
•• I say to your venerable Lordship, that if they
oro taken to the city .of Tekax.by Saturday tbo 6ln
of.this month of May, I shall go there to receive
them with- my. troops without full, hy tlio trntli of
God. -E»cnusc, if.lt should not bo done thus during*
(he day of Saturday, as 1 said to your venerable
Lordships, I will (hen lead my troops without stop
ping on to Ticni, with the remaining people of (his
region, for 1 have not power to restrain (hem any
longer.”— N, Y, Tribune,
Highly Imyortunt Intelligence train Ireland-**
'Criala in'irlalT AlTalriu
The Now York Herald publishes tho following
highly important despatch, which was received, in
Liverpool a short time previous to the sailing oftho
steamship America: .
5 Liverpool, Juno 3—ll o’clock, A. M»
• T!‘o Irlah moil hue just arrived, bringing us.very
Important advices from the city of Dublin, stating
that llio lrisli confederation had published an address,
signed'by Mr. Smith O'Urion, declaring that ** the'
period is rapidly approaching when armed rosiatanoa
•to the oppressors of our country will become a sacred
obligationand advising the people to “ preptfro at
once for tho protection or their invaded liberties,"—
TJio address adds:—“Learn to contemplate, calmly
and firmly, tho chances of a final struggle, and pre
pare for that struggle." “
Mr. Charles Gaven Duffy, editor of tho Nation, has
written a poworfijl article, headed “The business of
to day," In which ho urges the dissolution of the two
repeal associations; and the formation of a now one.
kind cd with the now spirit of the times dial it
should bo open to all repealers, without,pledge or
qualification, and Us government commhlod to n;log
i (dative council of one hundred repealers, the foremost
in Ireland for oopaclty ond devotion, with aa execu
tive committee of five to act as tho cabinet of tho
now organisation.
Kroni all that wo can gather from our letters re
ceived by the mail of this morning, (hero is evidently
(rouble at hand. U would bo dishonest to conceal
the fuet thut Ireland abounds with vast numbers who
are. In tho words of Lord John Ri)8soll» “ weary with
B ful v^°'v , oompla coney a change
Michigan U. S. Senator.—Tlio Hon. Thomas Fite*
oe(iai,p, nf Berrien county, tms boon appointed by tho
Governor, U. S. Senator, ( lo (Ul Ihp vacancy occasion,
cd by tho resignation of Gen. Cmt.
V . ’ CO" Tli
lio moulioij'qf IJouicmanli Rato and Dut'.-
ton, Tor murder ami robbery, hao befln BUspcmlcd,
and llio prlionon will return with (lis army from
Mexico.
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