American I'lnluutccr BY JOHN B. BBATTON. VOL. 35. THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER, published ovory Thursday, at Carlisle, Pa., by JOHN B IATI'O.V, upon the following conditions, which will bo 'idly adhered to: TERMS 6r SUBSCRIPTION. * _ Furonoyonr.tf! advance, . . . .• • , • Fur six months, in advance,- • i,V„ fo subscription taken fora 1088.10/10 than six *i,o|h,*?jl - pornilttod until all arrearages orepnHn Vouty-flvo per amt. additional on the price of subscription fill be required of all those who do not pay in advance.. , RATES or ADVERTISING. ‘ _ One square, one Insertion, . * • • • 1 One square, two insertions, ' . . • - • •• One square, three Insertions. . • * ■ „< Every siibscquont insertion, per square, • • • ~5 A‘liberal discount will made to those who advertise by ie year, or for throe or six nlonths. Orncß.—The office of the American Volunteer Is In lire sec nd story of James 11, Graham’s new stone building, in South | nnover street, a few doors from Burkholder’s hotel. 11 ml dl n tly opposite thorost-olfico, where those having hnsh-ses rill please rail. ’ ' ■ • . THE VOLUNTEER. John B. Bratton* Editor nml Proprietor* : C\UMSLB,THUftSD>Y, SEPT* 98, 1848. HON. MORRIS LONCSTRBTH. | We published week before last (ho address of this [distinguished gentleman on llio subject of [delivered at Jeffersonville, Montgomery county, in 118-17. Wo now give an extract from a lecture of Uudge Longstrclh on "the encroachments of England." ’The funner shows our nominee for Governor to bo [well Informed In tho nobio science of agriculture as .well as versed in all Us practical details. The ex* jlroot wo now give-presents its author In' the light of statesman, who ovcrlooks.aiid watches the policy of nations. .Thera is a patriotic vein in the extract of tho address from which wo quote, which cannot bo too much admired, and wo are sorry that wo cannot favor our readers with the whole of this able produc- tion. What wo give, shows however, “the fire of tho flint.” Tho editor of. (ho Pennsylvanian on introdu cing this part of tho lecture to (Ho notice of his rea ders happily remarks.—“ The Democratic candidate for Governor, is a thoroughly edneoted man. Hois not only a. practical farmer—as his broad and highly cultivated acres at Valley Green, beautifully attest— bat he Is a well-read, gentleman.' He converses in. tclligcntly upon oil subjects. Radical in his politics, ho looks at tho whole system of Government with an intelligent and discriminating eye. Ho has a pro found contempt for that foo prevailing , habit which is Constantly setting up Great Britain as (he standard by which, wo, in (his country, are to give ourselves. Federalism and tho. North American, when wanting an argument against (ho Veto, go to (ho British sys tem, and refer, us to that as an example of what a country can do, without the Veto—but both forget to add that (ho Veto, added (a the accompanying Do- Bnocrutio features of oar own Constitution would in EKoiicsl hands, have prevented much of thatmisery England grownouCof; 'Washing debt tndbdlsW dlsttn'dllooßibctween the different classes of society. Judge Longstreth, no doubt, saw in llio struggle of tlio Old Dank against Gun. Jackson, tho struggle of d system of privilege md prerogative, siicli as has now existence in Eng. and; and it was (his, ofOourfio, which led to his early fearless, and disinterested opposition to the encroach* merits of tho money power. More than four years dgo-Msn the 7th of February, [B44—-Judge Lohgstrclh delivered a lecture on ‘'the mcroachmcnts of England,” to his immediate neigh rors and friends. It displays not only groat research, rut a fearless and high-toned opposition to oppres* lon, as.refreshing-as tl.was ennobling. The pro- : action is one of great merit* and as a literary coin osilion alone, is entitled to high praise* At this ipincnt when Great Britain has jUfll given another &ysSdcnce, alike of 'her'strength and her tyranny, in placr troatmenl of the Irish patriots, the picture drawn Suf Iter by Judge Longalrcth will bo read with interest lipid with profit. Wo give below an extract from this ||sclurc, and will, in a short lime, print the whole of jp for general perusal t BT "Gentlemen—l am a man of pence. Cut rather Hftan- see the rights of mycounlry lunger trampled foot,her territories seized by fraud and koptby; «2»rcc, and my rollow*clllxcns murdered, I would ■Hjg England, welcome war, pcslitonce or famine, gff I have long studied tire policy of England, and iWgilllrigly would 1 devote all my energies to preserve America all that ycl remains to her from the ruth* *&|ess grasp o( the moat corrupt and unprincipled oil t lire world over saw. 1 am not depicting to you imaginary ncB or y° ur amusement, but fuels for your reflec :|!mii and inalructlon—fur (ho time lias now arrived the people of America must resolve upon re* ' iWtenco or submission. At this very moinonl is prosecuting her schemes of aggrandizement, lon India, China, and'the Inlands of tiro Pacific.— i examination of tiro map of the world, will oxlnbil a alarming fact that England has ports in every i, and tho lust arrivals inform us that she is about garrison the island of Ascension, nnd that she has ssosacd herself of a magnificent harbor in the island Madagascar. At this moment she is about to cut canal through the isthmus of Banon, to gain a ore ready access to tho Pacific and Oregon. The improvements In navigation seem only to open w worlds for England to conquer, and so extensive vo boon her conquests, that it is her proud boast it her rovollio drum never ceases Its awakening and, and that the sun never sots-upon tho dumin* is of England. And hero 1 will lake occasion to disclaim any in* ilton of exciting your passions or 1 prejudices against o people of England. Fur bo it from mo to do in ilico to the humblest individual, much loss to a froal people. , * Tito crimes inflicted on mankind, must moroovor o charged rather upon (ho Government than thb coplo-of England, whoso soldiers and sailors aro for ho most part moro instruments of oppression In tho lands ortho aristocracy. Out, gentlemen, though I hovo.thus exhibited to you tho prldo and power of England, 1 foar hor not; and 1 know that as truo-hcarlod Americans you do hot fear this groat piralo of nations. For with all her boasted glory, England is but a whited sepulchre, filled with dead men's bones: for tons of thousands of her pooplo dio annually of starvation. Sho is Ilko a strong man with a disease of tho heart, which may in a moment consign him to (ho tomb. Twice has sho attempted to conquer America, and twioo has sho boon beaten. In (ho flrst war our po pulation was but throe millions, in (ho second, eight. It is now eighteen millions. Tho first closed with tho surrender ofCornwolllsol Yorklown—the second in a blazo of glory at Now Orlohns. Tho result of tho third, ami from which nothing but a revolution in England can savo us-—tho result of the Third, is hidden in tho womb of futurity. I trust it will ho tho last. For tho judgments of Heaven, though tometlmes slow, ore always sure; and when her cup of iniquity is full, England will surely, like Belchnz* ear of old, soo tho handwriting upon (ho wall, with tho awful sentence, “ Thou hast been weighed in tho balance and been found wanting." Como when ll.wlll, her fall will shako tho earth Tike (hat of Tyro >r Carthago, of Babylon or Ninovqh. I It may bo tho will of Providence (hut America fthnll bo called to booomo tho avenger of tho nations Rtf (ho earth,-and execute judgement upon England. Then will the whole population of‘‘lrclond" arise ally spent in repose, in the cultivation of his.mind, and demand "justice upon England." The Welsh' the (uclltioa enjoyed fbr that Culture were greatly in man-too and the hardy. Scot, will come forth and ferjor to those now possessed, even In the most ad- Unite in the cry of "justico upoh England." France, Verse circumstances of life. Books, especially (hose with her long account of pillage and murder, Will designed id aid theyoulliful sfudontjn his advance join in demanding "justice upon England." India ment. to learning, wore then comparatively rare.— I and China,pointing to their still- bleeding .wounds, Yet .what .he wanted in ,the means of improvement will, in a .strange language,, demand .justice upon ho more than supplied by the diligent improvement England- To these will bo added thousands oi her of the means he enjoyed. What books ho could ob own famished population, who, with haggard faces'tain-ho'rend with deep interest, not loungingjon a and sepulchral voice, will demand the execution of { oraround a centre, table, brightly" illu justice upon'the Government of England. The four: minated with an astral lamp; but often in the chim quarters of the earth, America; Europe,'Asia and ncy corner, by the light which a wood fire or Us Africa, and oven tho isles of the sea, will rise up in embers reflected, and when his bodv, fatigued with judgement against her, with an array of victims the toils of the day, called for thd repose of the night, numerous as the sands upon the sea shore, and with What ho rood ho pondered over, unlil it became a line universal shout demand justice and.execution purl of his own mental being. .. Could wo haxo acon upon England. tho youthful laborer in the held, striving beyond his years to maintain his place, aide by side, with vi§fb rqus manhood, we might have thought ofhithTth the future, when manhood had matured hi? frame, and strung his sinews with its. vigor, only as. n first rate hand;.but could we have seen him, when tho toils of thejday wore ended,-arid those with whom ho had wrought retired to rest, poring over with intense in terest some old worn-out booh, but valuable for (ho thoughts il.conlained, it would not have required tho ken of*.a'prophet to. that, ho would become! moro'th&h a laborer. j TUB LAST HOURS OF GOV. SKUNK. Tlio Ncw York Commercial Adveiliter thus intro, ducos soiho extracts from the eloquent Eulogy of Dr. DeWitt, of Harrisburg. ' The extract is.toughmgly beautiful, and proves conclusively that this glorious patriot in Ills last days acted from the convictions of his own wcll-poiscd mind: . It may bo remembered that this journal, in noti cing the resignation of his office by Gov. Shunk, In view of the near approach of death, remarked upon tho solemn propriety of certain sentiments uttered by tho; dying man* constituting ns it were, a fitting poliUcallcgucy to his fellow citizens.- The following account of circumstances attending that event, which will bo .read, wo think, with interest, is extracted from the funeral discourse pronounced' by tho Rov. Mr. DeWilt, of Harrisburg, who, It-will be seen, was in frequent spiritual consultation with the Governor, before his death-: “But ho had scarcely entered upon the duties of his second term .before.ho became the victim of-a disease which, In its carly-progross, excited appre hensions in tho miiids of his friends that it might prove fa tul., Tho Governor himself) though bonscious that his disease was deep seated, yet seemed to cherish, with confidence, (ho hope that tho vigor of his constitution, and tho skill of his physician, would eventually conquer (ho disease and restore .him to health. It was not until the morning of tho Oth'of July, when a severe and copious hemorrhage from llio-lungs look place, that he gave up entirely the hope of life, and-Cult (hat his days were indeed num bered. As soon as .I heard of-tho hemorrhage 1 went directly’, unasked, unsolicited, to see him, arid was received, ns I always had been, immediately Into his room, with tho ulmosl frankncss sod kindness. I then spent an hour with himself and his family alone, in, tho sacred duties of my profession. 1 found him in tho full possession of his mind, calm, resigned and peaceful; During this visit there was nothing said, or re. moldy intimated, respecting his resignation, nor'had there ever been before, in all my intercourse with Governor s. No one ever requested me to solicit from him his resignation, ur intimalo it to him) or to any of his family, in any form whatever. If such a request had ever been made to mo, 1 should certainly have resented it, us utterly repugnant to the feelings' of my own heart, and to all my views of propriety. If there were those who wished; and consulted to secure, his resignation, I know nothing ofit. They never consulted or opproached mo, in any form whatever* On leaving (ho sick room of tho Governor, on the day just alluded to, I was mot In tho hull of thq -bouseby an.inlhpiitn ftfohd of (Ho family, an<T lhcre, llio firsl ,trnYej'wtJs lold by l)»1s IntiWdtfdF lh»t (Hb Governor; Intended to resign (hat day his nflictvnml that it was requested that 1 should remain and witness it. It was on the holy Subbath—tho day which God had commanded mb to keep holy, and tho sacrodness of which it had been one object of a ministry of near ly thirty years among you to loach and enforce.— 'flic interview I had just hud with tho Governor and his family was fetich as to Imparl solemnity to my own mind; and certainly to strengthen my impres sions of tho vast importance, “of fearing God and keeping his coininandmQnU.” ( I do not fctrißmbor that I reasoned or reflected much, in my own rifind, on tho propriety oF the resignation taking place fan that day or not. Most certainly there have been po litical aspects of this subject presented to me since the rcsignalion. of which 1 never, dreamed'at the lime. ■ 1 do not tyiow '(ho motives that Influenced the Govornorto resign, for ho never spoke of them to me. But this I do remember, that from tho solemn inter view I hod just before had with him, from the deep impression on his own mind (hat tho hand of death was upon him, that it was not possible for him to survivo onother such hemorrhage, and that there was no security but that it might return on him the next moment, I was convinced that If the Governor, on that day, resigned (he higli ofllco ho hod received from tho {fooplc, into their hands,’ it w.otjld Bo done from a deeply religious sense of his duty, (Jndcr this conviction, I chocffUlly fielded to the request to remain attd witness his resignation. In doing so I never imagined that 1 was desecrating the holy Sub* bath, or< that those most rigid in- their construction ofits observance could view myooriduct in that light. There was no parade, and no ocousSbn for any. The resignation was prepared and wHltenoui by hid own direction. Just before ho signed it, I was requested to dik the Governor whether tho act ho was about to do was one entirely of his own suggestion. Sllbh d question I should never havo thought of asking him mysolf.—* To mo It seemed wholly unneossary; and L at first declined putting it. Bui as the request was repeated, mi returning to his room 1 immediately wont to his bed-side, and asked tho question as requested. Ills reply was, “ Entirely of my own suggestion, entire* ly ;no one ever suggested it to me. I havo asked some of my friends their advice, but they havo de clined giving any, and referred the subject to tho decision of my own judgment.” Those were his own words, so fur as I cun now recall (hem. They were spoken in s whisper, because he knew tho least ox* orllon must bring buok (he hemorrhage, and lorrni* nato his life. The resignation >vus than signed, and I withdrew. In my subsequent interviews with him, which wore daily, as long ns he lived, ho never re. ferred to his resignation, or to any act of his public life. His mind seemed absorbed in tho prospect of the change which ho know noon awaited him, and to which ho looked forward with calm resignation, and humble, yet confident hope. • “I havo thus stated tho facts connected with Oov7 Shunk’s resignation, that (he public may Judge, of it fur themselves. I, however, cannot resist tho convio* lion of my own mind, that it was douo from a deep religious sense of his duly. On that morning his hopes of recovery f>om his protracted sickness wore entirely destroyed. , Ho found himself on (ho verge of tho invisible world, , Tho relations of this life, ho know, wore soon to terminate, and its soonos to close on him forever. His next breath might bo his last. Before him, and almost within his view, woro (ho throno and tho judgment seal of God, before which ho must appear. Ho had sot his own house in order for this event. Ono solemn duty, in his View, still remained. Ho had received from tho pooplo of this Commonwealth an important trust as their Chief Magistrate. That (rust, in dependence on God, ho had sought to discharge with fidelity. But now, ar. rested by tho hand of doath, ho resigned it back to thorn, with expressions of his gratitude for thoir con* fidonco,ant| Ins earnest prayer for their welfare, that they, to whom it legitimately belonged, might confer It on whom they chose. This done, life's duties woro over, and henceforth ho waited In patient iiopo for its final termination. 1 ' Wo quota another passage, which embodies a val uable lesson to tho rising generation—showing how much may bo accomplished, even' under adverse cir cumstances, by persevering diligence rightly direct ed : Gov. Shunk was emphatically a soll-mado man.— His early life, wo have seen, was ono’of privation and toil, beyond his years. .- Much of that time, now do voted to learning, oven by those whom penury visits with its severest trials, was spent by him in'labor, and when ho sought to improve those intervals, usu- “dOlt COUNTRY*-—MAY ITALWATODH IiIQIiT““DUT RloilT OR WRONG, dU!I COUNTR V»* * CARLISLE,.’]?A-, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1848. ADDRESS OF TUB DEMOCRATIC STATE, CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Democrats of Pennsylvania V— lf wo,have not ad dressed -you as frequently during Iho present political canvass, as was accordant with cnslom t or with the public expectation, the. amission has arisen from'no , want of.inclination (o discharge with .efficiency and fidolitythe appointment conferred upon us by tho4(h of March Convention. Our silence has rather result ,od from the coaviclion.lhat you well understand the nature of the contest in which the parties arc enga ged, properly appreciate the immensity of the interest ut stake, and are fully alive to the high duties devol ving upon you as American citizens. We have never for a moment doubled* that you, ono and all, esteem the Right of Suffrage as among Iho most in valuable of all your political privileges,distinguishing your institutions above those of any other people on the face of (ho earth—nor have we at oil questioned that at (lie decisive moment you would again be found at your posts,ready to prostrate by your ballots, as you-have so often done before, the enemies of those principles which are identical with the peace, safely, and welfare of the American people.. So're peatedly have you demonstrated your acquiescence in'the truism' -Eternal. Vigilance is the price of Liberty ," that wo have deemed it presumptuous to importune you to the exercise of duty, which, like Hesperian fruit, you havo oyer guarded with; the ut-. most jealously and watchfulness. Onr labors have been in.no inconsiderable degree lessened by the fuel that ourFcdcral opponents, by (he abandonment of all their cherished doctrines, fol lowed In many.places by the-surrender of even their name, have emblazoned no principles on (heir banners, and consequently furnish' but comparatively few of those opposite elements (hot havo characterized most of (ho past conflicts for (ho Presidency. By the se lection of a candidate for thi» high - trust, who has 'pertinaciously refused to commit himself to the views of the party that has thus gratuitously favored him —except in so far as a cold acceptance of ils barren honors is susceptible of d contrary interpretation— they havo voluntarily relinquished all manner of title to (ho support of that portion oflhcir own friends, to be governed by views of a distinctive f^i.cy^^hivollßrebydoßaß^irl heir Rollon to the existing canvass (6 a more struggle for iho gratifica tion of personal attachment. By the rcjbclion of the hard-earned and well-established claims of the most illustrious and faithful among (heir Whig champions, and by the substitution, In the ironl of the fight, of ono who throughout his whole life has never onco condescended to exercise the right of suffrage, and who,-according to his own confessions, owing to a want of time and {p & disinclination for investigation, has formed no political opinions whatsoever —they havo literally for the present abandoned thoirtdonti ly as a party! First branding with every epithet of dclfbction the just and unavoidable war in which our botinlry was engaged wjth Mexico, they wore next guilty of the unpardonable inconsistency of nomina ting ono of tho successful soldiers of that war as their cqnfjldalc-f-and this, despite air his own protestations of unfitness arid (n the face of his reiterated refusal to adopCthoir principles as a party 1 The Whig vet sel is, therefore, embarked on a perilous and tempos tuo.us voyage, without compass or rudder, and it is not hazardous to predict; that it is declined to a speedy and total ..shipwreck- the shrine, of supposed availability (hoy havo sacrificed all tho pride or doc trine and opinion for which (hoy formerly contended; anil lowest deep of humiliation must our ancient foe bewail tho madness ana folly of-(heir in fatuated loaders. Whilst such Is the pitiful qonailloh faf bur oppo nents, wo doubt whether tho annals of tho past record a period when (ho Democratic parly of this country occupied more' impregnable ground, or had better reason for hoarty selffalioUation, than the present. Unawod by (hb presentation of a name, associated with deeds of martial renown so recent (hat (ho land was still jocund with their recital, (ho Democratic parly has marched steadily forward in .tho pathway of duly, resolved to suffer no ignis fatuus to divert lit to the right or to tho loft, to blind its vision, bewilder its judgment, or misdirect its footsteps. In good re fiort and in evil report, in sunshine and in storm, it ins adhered unflinchingly.. la its Principles —baa suffered not one of hi consecrated lp. bo, low ered—not ono of its hallowed watch-words to be erased—but has rather elevated them to (ho highest mountain peaks, so that the whole world may run and read. Inscribed upon our time-honored flag, ps prized in our heart's just estimation above all price, are those inspiring watch-words 1 EQUAL RIGHTS to all, and SPECIAL PRIVILEGES $ none : No corpotatu Monopolies, or legislative interference with the business pursuits of citizens: No United States Dunk, the chief engino of on arrogant domestic des potism: A Tariff for Revenue, to supply tho wonts of the government economically administered: Non Interference in the domestic concerns of tho State, and a strict construction Fedora) Constitution: No diversion of tho proceeds of Iho Public Lund Sulos, fhr ‘purposes of individual speculation, Or as a bribe to tho States: Peace,Commerce and Honest Friend ship with all nations,ontangllng alliances with none: Freedom of Religion: Freedom of tho Press: Free Suffrage and tho extension of Civil and Religious Liberty to Ilia Alien, who Ims fled to our hospitable shores (0 escape tho oppression of Ids rulers at homo: Tho dub-Troasmy, by which tho people make an in dependent use of their own money, without Iho agonoy of Banks ; Curtailment of the Paper Money system, and tho infusion into trade ofa larger amount of gold and silver, tho currency of tho Constitution: Tim Preservation of tho Veto Power, exorcised by Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison and Jaokson. , Those principles from (ho bright constellation which has guided tho Democratic party of this coon try through many a conflict of fear and peril—which havo made our nation honored, respected, and pow erful; and Upon the maintenance of which wo verily believe, depend iho future glory and greatness, if not the.oxistonoo, of this ftroud Republic, They consti tute tho creed of our political fi»|lh—the “text of clvlo Instruction"—(ho touchstone, by which to try the services of those wo (rust. Whilst wo adhere to ihom, wo noed never despair of (he Republic, for wo orp on tho road that loads to Peace, Liberty, and Safety. To those principles our candidates for the Fresh denoynhd Vice Presidency, Gen. Lewis Gass and VVu. O. Putler, are committed by nil tho-obligalions of the present and tho past. Grout and venerated as are these,names, and distinguished alike for deeds of martial arid civic renown, they would present no at- Irabtlbn to us, or to you, but lor their Indentifiontlon 1 with tho undying truths which wo profess. Wo ho nor them for lliblr services, (heir abilities, and their < public and private virtues, but wo honor them most | in their selection as the agents for imparting a eon, ' eiatont and oonscicnliouUcflloQoy to Ihb popular will. 1 Motuus Lonostretii, sclecled ns llio Democratic reluctantly-allowed himself-to be, drawn into the Candidate fdi 1 Governor is equally yvprtlij of opr -tiff* game, and at dinner time was slightly winner, fages* becatiffe equally, demoted to - those imperishable After dinner the game whs renewed,and the strange principles. Like the lamented Shunk, he Uas .risen gentleman bud extraordinaryTtick. . Ho-hfcJd.*} three to merited fame by a life of indußlry,and integrity, while aces” so ofted .that the soldiers, who wore all unsupported.; by the adventitious aids .of family bleeding pretty handsomely, began to think ho Ijad wealth and influence—-and wo esteem it no ordinary some sort of influence over papers; for certainly u prfiisd to say, that lio- is worthy to assume the man who was so very scruplous and always insisted lie ofthot venerated and lamented patriot. Ho was "on.o'good shuffle** and a “cut/* would not attempt a Democrat, and one of its candidates for Congress to cheat them. The gome went on brpvcly till sup. in the city df Philadelphia, in the perilous season per, and after that was over, was renewed, with in* when, the ./great Paper Moloch waged its war creased interest. One after one the soldiers were against the pure and incorruptible ANDREW .victimized,and loft ; but others supplied Ihcir plu* JACKSON.; The man that could breast the. Airy; ces.to follow in'Aheir (md-Jack... One little fellow, of the Kingßank then , will not quail before the .as-'! whose statue would.never ga ini him admittance into saull 'pf the lesser orincipaliliCs note. That man Iho.linoid.irmg a. peace establishment. hod lost an that was proofin that struggle against the blandish* ’ hundred and thirty dollars, and was nervously rat* monts of the most gigantic and. corrupt monied in-' lling bin pile, spine fifteen or twenty still hoping to slitutiun the world has ever, beheld, Cun safely be! win- bnek.his cash. entrusted with the helm of State in Pennsylvania.— j Abont lO o’clock, a henyy rnlfei began to full, and It difficult to conceive a crime of greater moral the passengers flocked to. the cabin, and surrounded turpitude, than when a man, by fair professions, gains j (bp tables; . Amqng these were n couple of officers, the confidence and tlio votes of an unsuspecting and in citizen’s dress, who sfpod behind old Innocence, free people who afterwards by desertion of these pro i looking upon the play with apparent indifference, fessions, betroys tho (rust reposed in/iim. For such | At length one of them proposed to play a few hands an offence, the Iniys of the land should provide a pen-! for the little soldier, who had been so hard a sufferer, ally, MoqStis will never prove one of which was agreed to by fhe crowd. Several deals these.' . Hoftvill hover "hold the word of promise, to passed without any betting of consequence, when the car and&rcak il'to lho hope,*’ Ho willchtci'up'* old Innocence ventured a half. The officer,' tt'hom 0.1 his Expgdtiva tnjst * radical, reliable, sincereand we will cull Jones, went back a V, which was met honest Dc/nocruf, and will bo found such, we feef as* by old Innocence and ' ,n X better. ThU exhausted sored, at ine-cnd df his service. As was (he case the litter soldier’s pllcj But Jones, pulling-out his with honest; Frank ;Shunk, every Democratic heart purse, lent his. banker a cooplo of eagles; and went will throb with rejoicing when ho delivers his limn* them over, nil. the limo-kefeping his eyes fixed upon gural, and the same warm hearts, 100, whatever the his opponent** blind* *i*lio old fellow proved gr.it and .'circumstances, will palpitate with sorrow when he met (hu’sum and. name back another twenty. shall send;forih his Valedictory. VVq predict for Tho excUcmcttt;itliHl Jiad been. gradually.rising Morris Lonostretii a career of unexampled; use- with the bets, now.begnii io exhibit ilsplfMn.various fulness and honor. ways. Tlie little soldier, who find seen old Innocence's We can scarcely esteem it necessary to direct tho hand, wanted to gel a peep at Jones’, but 'tho Utter Democracy of Pennsylvania to the paromounl im* refused, saying no might betray, him.* . Everybody portanco of the Gubernatorial election. 'Elect Long- seemed inicresTccl m favor of Jones,.hiitulMindithoU stretii by the old fashioned majority, from 15 to 18,- misgivings; for, tho old man’s luck seemed to strong 000, iri October, and the tusk of carrying the State, to be beat—besides heliad-shoWn ins cards (o several by a liko cptijority,:fbr CASS and BUTLER, in No- of tho bystanders* Junes kepi his face, and after vomber, IsVmoro than half accomplished. All (hat hesitating a minute, sflll .kccplngjiis eye upon his we need tq tho attainment of both these grand results, neighbor’s hand forked up the requisite $2O and call is organization—without which it may, and often od. does provd*true,‘that tho "race is not to the swift, nor the buUlc to tho strong.” The details ofthis de sirable work wo submit to thosuperior discretion and judgement of the county and township committees. Wo can only express the hope, dial It will be most thorough and perfect,reacliingevcry house and ham* let in the wide commonwealth—ono that will arouse the dormant, excite tho luko warm, and enkindle In tho very hearts of the people a burning desire to meet their old enemies at tho Ballot Boxes—the great baltlo-grolind, from which Democracy is ever sure to emerge victorious. Then will tho welkin again ring wllhlhe gladdening shouts of the honest and independent yeomanry, who are content to Work out their own‘,prosperity, without resort to special prlvl leges nndfjChnrlcd monopolies. Respectfully, ytnir Fellow citizens. E. W: HUTTER. CAalrman. poetical. 1 For tho American Volunteer. T LINES TO A LADV. I BY KDWARD BTILKH EOK. l Oh I. bpmonot iqan for cliciishiug the snugs oflife's Sum pter yeaw.Tt&yjkauo like the gliosis of dead Joys, and din ar arutimfifi«£rkV£or.euuliiiftnc« ami hope. .. Mourners are (hoy abovtlba&hePDftiie desaluto altar of the heart.” . lam too poor,alosl to lovo then. Lady! 1 ■ Uut wilt thou give a thought in artor days To ono who humbly asks to call time friend. And dares, in feebleness, to sing thy praisu. ! I afti to?poor to lovo thnel yet thy mind ; ' lias woven round my heart a spirit-chain Which binds ino to tins shrine;—tis bondage swoel, ' 1 would not, osk not to b** free again. I daro not lovo theo 1 y«l wlietie'er I hear ( Another's lips givo forth iliy luucliitig name I turn—lo love Hie speaker If ho jirn|*c— i To hate hinidaro lie u'en but gently blniuo. 1 I dare not lovo thcot yet wlicne’ori think [ Thai sickness dims thy smile I often sigh ; ' And count my seeming friends—whom cnnld I trust Wor’l Itiuii, in thy pure loveliness, to die 7 I daro not lava thao! yet whono'or I gaze ' ln«hy dear IHcu my mind fuels free from care;— I think ofchildlinod's hour—my mother’s knee. Where, mom and night, I lisp'd a simple pray'r. 1 am too poor to lovo theo t yet I n sloop [ know I oAun murmur thy donr name. Blending ft with uiidnlftlit'*strange, wild dreams Ofhnppinoaa, hope, honor, joy or flnne. I daro not lovo th?a I yet whono'or I pray ' Thy narno is breath'd In ferventness above. Yes, my weak, erring heart its worships gives, And asks for thco, the choicest boon of lovo. Tver* vain (feel to lovo thee! one so ntiro To my poor.-htmihln lovo <lonld never bund; My heart must learn, through sadness, to unduro— ■ 1 only ask lu call thuc siiy true friend. . YcsM will dare to lovo time! though '(ls vnln; Uut lliy dear name shall o'er a sweet sound bo;— In iuu/mness l*(l tlsinle of (tided dreams— Of hope, of Joy, of you—love’s memory. V 'Tit sweet to lovo, although that lovo bring pain, Bomc bitterness in life to all is given,— . Then. l.ndy, take lay—lfeol.it,in ijx. vain. But ticiU hive a (for in OcuTi bright mot at HtAven Carlisle, I'oium., ltH3. jfß{j3ccliaucous(. From the t'ennsylviinlnn. OLD INNOCENCE, OR THE.MAN THAT Aln >VAYB PLAYED “ON TUB SQUARE.” UR JOHN OP YORK. All Who ItaVo travelled on the havo doubtless seen something of it very pleasant game at cardscitllc()j)oAr<T,undporlmpaniany this have suffered ocoaaioitally in tliotr efforts to initiate themselves into Us mysteries. Tho game, I believe, originated on tho Mlssissipyi—at least the monarch of rivers claims it—and you rarely make tho trip from N,.Orleans to St. Louis, or Cincinnati, without seeing almost evorynight, three or four poker patties in tho gentleman's cabin, to say nothing of divers choice cotbiics among tho "dockers." Coming up a month since upon ono of those mag. niflconl floating palaces (hut navaguto that groat high way ofsund and water, it was my fortune lo find my self one of about four hundred passengers, the 'bulk of them woro discharged soldiers, returning from (ho campaign in Mexico. Some of the boys woro flush, as tho saying is, having hoarded up their pay for a splurge at homo, and as it would bo out of tho ques. (ton lor a soldier lo lot his money lay idle in his bell, or forego a chance , to double or lose it ut gaming, some half a doxon games were constantly in full blast. For the first two days onr heroes hud tho fun all to themselves, but soon after leaving. Memphis, ono of |ho partlos found ilsolf Increased by the addi tion of a now player, who said " ho know very little, about tho game, but dld'nl mlndJooslnga few dimes, by way of passing l|ie (into pleasantly." . 1 Tills acquisition was a man of about fifty five, spare, with black hair and eyes, a very p«(o face, and ' a very white neckcloth,and at first slghllookud very t much like a Tennessee Methodist preacher. Ihu first night ho pinvod very badly. The cards did nl scorn to run in his favor, and when ho hold 0 good hand, he wos sure to bo very much agitated,and alwaya ,, spil- I ed" U, as ha very omnhalloally expressed It. And ho 1 was very particular In urging upon (ho other ploy- ' ors.the propriety of playing " on the squarehs al ways did it, and ho ncyor plavod ut a. tablo whero there was a "spurting man," ef ho knew U. After breakfast noxl morning, the oards woro again brought out, and our soldier friends, pleased at their i good luck the night before, invited tho gentleman who so scrupulously played nn the aquaro, to luko a hand. Old uo ho Was afterwards culled,' “Full hand,” responded Old Innocence—“three aces and Iwo fives/ 1 and ho. carefully , exhibited the pipers. " Won't do," said Jones, raking down (ho dinero, " let us look at Oour othlr curd." The ofd gentleman to grow ncrVons,-and de manded a sight, but Jones rather abruptly on light his hand and exposed an additional card, Uiut hud been carefully covered by nn acc, « 11 Six cards S" cried (ho bystanders. “I thought he hod extraordinary luck," said ono. " And the hand*, kortihlcf on his lap looked auspicious to me," said an-- other. . . . “ Ho doiilt 'em himself?* said old "and t claim Iho money." 'Jnnck very coolly reached across the tablo and took a king out. o r tho old Gentleman's waistcoat. .In n moment-more, a. reasonably heavy chair, though wielded by iho Utuo-Boldicf,.camo down rather hard on the head of Old Innoccnqo, and hq went sprawl ingomld ihd ( ,l<jbo6cp Juice Upon (he Tho old fellow was' (hen raised to his feel,‘and a committee very quietly relieved his well filled pockets, returning their losses to (he soldiers, and dividing tho surplus In Hko mannen In /t moment after three tnjm of (ho hell announced (hut the boat Was 11 pf/rpaqlimg iswood yard, and in five more she moved off, loaving-Old In nocence silling upon a cotton wood log, in as pretty •O' vaiM^mn«iaj-efoc.dfcnclicd-tt J in«n.wlio Vplaycdpn 4he'‘sqqaw2?'v.:' -'■""'X*;' r ‘ - : Prom tbo. Boston Traveller. A BUPFAIiO HUNT. . . f ~; i* ' Grant? Island, July 2"?., 1848. . Messrs. 1 have •* seen tho elephant,” ur in other :wprd*. have just returned from n buffrlo hunt; - . ’l.Vlarteu ai daylight,! on Monday, the 24th, in company-wUh Captain Sublet!, a celebrated moun. laln man, founder of Fort Lnrramic, brother of the great hunter and Indian fighter, and whose name has been perpetuated by being given to n lakeunda fork In the mountains.. He Is a moifl amiable man, and proprietor of Sublet!** Sulphur Springs, near St. Lou* is. Wo had also Cnpl, Van Vlelt.a bravo man, but who like myself, had never kilted a buffalo; Jeffries, (he Indian interpreter, (tho satno who travelled through Europe with the lowa Indians,) and an ex perienced . mountaineer, to help in camp and take charge of tho paok.mnlcs. The party was purposely small, but made up of tho choicest hunters of the bat talion. Our saddle bags being packed with bread, coffee, • sugar, salt and pepper, we strapped on our blankets, took otir shooting irons and mounted. After travel ling some three miles, it became, necessary to cross (be Platte. This is.a bad stream to ford , (ho banks are perpendicular for five or six feel front tho water, which is thick with sand; so (hat (he oply way to ascertain the depth is to goad your horse Into it, and rim the risk of Its being eight, fuel or eight inches deep. The river, as a general thing, is vary shallow ; but the hod being of quicksands, la ftjJl of (mips, and the water runs six miles an hour. After gaining the opposite bank, (ho river being a mile and a half wide, J wo leaped from our saddles, throw our rifles on the shore, and by holding tho reins, assisted the horses in scrambling up tho plippory banks. All got across in good order. Wo then travelled through a curious country, In somo places riding for miles through prairie dog vil lages. At 9 o’clock lay by on hour to breakfast and allow tho horses to food in tho buffiln gras*, (which by the is a buriosily,'short and curly,) then, of ter examining the quarters of somo beavers, wo rode on, aml ut l\vclve saw buffalo. Having fixed on a ’ciimpgfbund, wq loft, the two men in charge of the < horses,’and tho two feaptains and myself sallied out to murder. Wo hurried along a shallow ravine, tn. kmgtolecWnrd of (ho buffaloes, and succeeded by fcrawllrjg, close ground, in passing lira bulls i who wore placed iirotiiicf ns guards or BctmnelS,. [ fine cow'was thou selected, as Hie ,victim, and Capl. i Sublott bred. lief (deeding side showed it to liuvo ■ been well shot, but she joined the rest and. wo tost , sight of her, but wo soon oumo upon a bull, which i bit the dust. After receiving two balls, the grim mon i iter was soon buruft of Ills longue upd such nice ports . us the hunters only know where to find, and wo loft i hint fdod fbr the v/olvosf I brought down a fin a bull, which Airmailed five marrowbones for supper. This is by far the greatest dating (hat 1 know of. Tho bones are thrown upon tho firo for n fow minutes, then broken and spooned out with a flattened stick. With a llttlo salt it is moat delicious, At night wo pul out the fire, plokoltod our hmsos, rolled oursolvecu up in hlankla, ami.slept delightfully, amid tho low bellowing of tho bulls nnd mmirnlul howling of tho wolves. Tho northern sky was gor. gous with flumes oftho burning pwdrle, which amno Indian hunters had act mi fire. Tho next morning , several bunda of buffalo wore in slg/«i. In one yah ley llicrb were at least five bundled. As wo approach. ccUhoy got the wind and separated, making tho earth trcn.Mo us they galloped oft. Dul wo soon came up. on another band of thirty, twenty pf which weto 1 bulls. After crawling for a long distance through 1 this dry parching utmOSphere, 1 got within gUii %liot; with tho herd on throe sides 1 selected u fine cow, and crawled slowly on. ” , Dy this time all eyes wero turned fipoft’ mb. An inftirlutcd buffblo bull, In his wild state, Is the mr\sl fearful looking animal that 1 hnvo ever seen. Ills largo black board 1 sweeps the ground f his eye* glis ten like bulls of fire.' Alio long hair on his scalp stands straight Up ftf horns 5 his huge main bris'. lien out in ovo^^dircotlmi; tho short tail,-with Us : tuft like e lion's, waves about him as ho stamps the | ctrlh—»(l have fought the grey'wolf and rnn the pan* Ihor. buUhey look llko chickens when compared to those big but 1 was bound to hnvo one, npd | after tailing dolibonito aim at tho side, near the I shoulder-blade, (ifio only good place,) fired. - She I sprung into llio ulr with a fearful bulimy, tho liurd. 1 tbon' ran'a fmy slops,' and'the bulls took the lead'uml AT $2 Ob Pfiß ANNUM. came towards mo.. I stilt ijiy.,flat,but .felt a HUIo * sure about the ribs as ttio old captain, thelargesl and oldest bull I ever saw, hurried out to inspect mo. As ho he quickened lila pace, and bcl lowcd(fqarfl\lly,, Whch twenty fecjt, his curi* osily became oppressive; 1 sprang to the side an«J; ahol .l||ni through tho lungs. The herd travelled oft* at n furious ralp. lfip wounded, cow bringing up.tho rear, and the oid,£till bleeding; but grow* jug weaker and wc.ijtcf, be fell down and kicked the buckoU.'Cxliqme thirst prevented mo.from following thp cow, so I took* (ho ‘'proofs” to camp, filled myself, with water, saddled my Spaniard, went back, and ; charged on a solitary bull* .To see these huge ani mal# lumbering acios* the'prairie, one would think they wulild be easlljr overtaken 1 but it lakes d good horse.to run a bull, and cows run fustcryct* It takes good riding to run>one of these.-felloes j for you first. bvertukci.firc within a., ftp. fpcl-of thp bull, and. must then be. prepared to dodge or reccivjs the horns—-load, still runing furiously—-for jixpr ten' miles. It is iery excitingf bbt Mllingio Jin Amcr(* can horse. We brought h0me.250. pounds'of choice hits, anil 1 gained several popnds of-fal.wlnthe af* lernoon of liie second day, we hud'a violent.rain- ; storm with lightning. We rollcdi our ~ blankets, with our rifles at our hides; and morning.Jn air&ahpraririe'fuin.. I never slept belteri and f woke with the double advantage of a sleep ana a bath. • —: f —i . i, BROADWAY.- . ' A writer in (he Now York Tribune (hua discourses ofßroadway: : . 1 ■ j, , • f The grout commercial leaturcnf Bro.idwa|f-.fe-itq immense end uririvallcd fancy dry-good#. establish* ments. Besides'the palace of my Lord Stewart,’.; with itd c.tqtiisilG marble front and mean brick endsj there aro at least a dozen dry-goods establishments In Broadway, each of. which reouircs-.a pnnccly inr, pome for..its siippurt. Thcse ; Jimneftsb stores ate ' always full., at shopping hours, with the bnuhtefing Qucciif, Dlilchcssqs Countesses of Republican New York* half buried amid heaps of exquisite.and costly fabrics, and endeavoring by the help of finery 'which they do .not want to stimulate their jaded and satined testes nnd amVhikns,'br tp wile awsy the dreary hours between one scene and' another in fash*, ionuble dissipation. Notwithstanding.the gorgpous. ness of their employment, it isead enpugh,b> look at. these crowds of Vanity's vdlaries.Mnd hen* ' frivolous and useless are alt Ihejpbjects of their live* —rto thinkiwlmtah.utter snd appalling waste of life and ofall that l should embellish and consecrate U— of youth and beauty Inlcnj intellect—is scattered about these smothorCd nnd groaning-counters. v Wjt never visit one o( .these csiablishoicnAs ing an almost unconlrolublo desire 10, hangup the namby-pamby clerks.and send their customers home to copklng.their dinners or darning their husbands* 11059....-.1 ■f. « .. * , Broadway, in itsofitward asp’acl; varies as much, nt different portions of the day as a fashionable lady. In the early morning it is quite hushed and and wears that ail of indescribable and hopeless dc*' solution which is encountered oh Iho stage of a thea tre after the performance is over and (he audience have jakcp their departure. You. Ippk around with; of almost uneasiness, does not, seem possible.that this is the noisy, rattling,'bustling, flashy, joyous Broadway lo which your steps .are acn custoincd. It is rather some Palmyra avenue,solemn aqd d.cßcricil, to which you have, been Aladdinlced. Soon, however, tlic-sidowalksbegiiMoTill with clerks and early workers,,.(tudging down (own to begin, their the awakened swine gallop ftirioasly! ' sd»lch;-desi)ilo. thcri/Jre^ acposlied.’mitho begln 10. plldo up conveniently to -the curb stone, soliciting ypur "powerful patronage}” and a belated bill-sticker, tipsy, from want of sleep, tries to rub off his paste put against your legs, in passing. In an hone orl|fs the great thoroughfare will bo ttlite| Arid the whole' City, will go purging thundering through it—-a |iuinan river In' a freshet roaring and foaming toward Iho sea. , if 1 5 To bco Broadway in Us glory, however, yon must . wait (Hip o'clock, P. M.- .Then, if you take ybur<- j stand in the door of a shop on (he WasMonahleslde," . you will sco Now York’s possible jn the way of [ beautiful women, scrupulously dressed dandies and pretty children.- It is only at. this hobr of the day [ that the distinction between tho, fuel spd west side is imperative. In the ttforning hr'alrnlQ day, i£ab-. { soldtcly forced to go through Broadway, you tfiqs take (ho sidewalk most shady or convenient without fiositive loss of character*." grand promenade lour, wo bo to (lib unhappy.wight or distressed dam* scl who shotlld bo seen plodding along the shilling pavement! This distinction is gradually lessening? under (ho influence of Stewart's and other magnifi cent establishments recently erected on (Ji& prohibit cd, and whoso attractions ore strong opongh hi.oom* pel (ho haughty procession to cross over.' Bill), how* over, it Is unsafe for any lady or gentleman With nothing but a fashionable reputation to lose, to mpkat' an appearance on (ho shilling sido after 5 o'clock past meridian. Bri.i.fs at Watkiuno Places.—Willis has beet) spending a few days at Trenton Falls. • Ho says U ■ has become quite u resort for the beaux and belles of tho surrounding country, who. come frequently frum tho distance of twenty tntloo, to spend the day there. After ahuhdsomo compliment to the beauty, accomplishments, and gracefulness, of the female visitors, ho hits off a peculiarity of some of them uH I follows: - ( “I find they oro Fouricritcs to (ho extent of com mnn Imir.brunli and oilier personal furniture—walk , ing In anybody's room in tho house for the temporary , | repairs which belles require on their travels, ana 3 availing themselves of whatever was ,t|iprcin,;willx I a simplicity perhaps a little lr»riVcqndqntI<)t. 1 <)t. I.had obtained the extra privilege, for myself, uf.,a)small * dressing room, apart, in which 1 presumed, the va f rhuis trpwscrs and other merely masculine belong* * |n'£« woOld bn protective scaro.crow sufficient to keep out these (fatly female InVndersf but, waiting in, * yesterday, I found my bombs and brtiahpife In aqlivq . employ*,and ,ltVo very tidy looking glrfa making tfieihsolvcs ot homo without shutting the dbo/,'ana * no more disturbed by my entree tlioh ifljiqdjbcert ft. J largo- male lly. /in friends were walllqg,il,applo^ , cited for intruding Jong enough to take a pair, qf bools , out fVom utVdof (heir jiroiccliopi but my presence wai . evidently no Inlorruphb.n, Ops tfH}*.. girls (a tall ' figure like a woman in two syllables cpnnccfod by d 1 hyphen ul tho waist,) conllnuyiK-lo Iuok*ol ( llia bao& ‘ of her dross in tho glass,aJa V,cnqs..C#l|lpigo l anfl;. (ho other went on threading her inns!, .pr.qdlgal cho. vclturo whh my doubtless, very though unresisting hair-brush, and ao I abandoned tho field ns I was of course expected to dot As they did not ■ shut tho door aftor my retreat, t presume that, by, that code of morals and manners hereabouts,* rqpn’t pro-occupancy sl\hply‘entitles him lo oome and.go ul pleasure—tho unoccupied portions and eonvenicn* V 'ops of the apartment open .meantime, to feminine* 1 availmont and partaking. - \ io not know that (hey, would go llioi.lpnglh of,*! frp^ft\Nlpff H , one's tooth brtishj bid with, (no exception of locking bp th»t> kathyr confidential arUeJe, I give In to the custom of the country, and have ever since loft open door to (he ■ ladies. Oj*N. P. bought a pair of garters at a Ger man fair, painted In imitation of a wreath of flowers, with a versa inscribed on thorn which he translated ns fallows!-'- When ttljslii with lingers, . Awake and stirring bo, Ami with your pretty fingers Clasp tin* nlmut your knee. When clay with eve reposes, Ami stars hoßln to see, Uiicinsn this band of roses,',. Ami, dearest, think of me, ■ t ■“How big would you ho If yon were older ?" «nid a city ojinp to a oounlry |iu|,, ,SC".» “ Well, I, reckon nut rjuila to b, j a foot»» you IV! “i «u Uiu reply. KO. 16.
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