W; THE VOLUNTEER JoHn n> Bratton,E.dttor and Proprietor. q-yßTitstß. THPUgD>Y, NOV. 30, 1848; • AGENCY. _ \ , ' ~ . «..!2:y*s‘ P ‘A I4MER .’ Bs ‘' ~la OUT authorized Agenlfornro eurtnj aaverUMinßiils.reeaWlne.iiijhscripUons and making the -A'ltriean rblunlear, at bl offlceN. „W B comer of Tnlrd andChusnut streets, Philadelphia. Tm Approach op Winter.— Winter !a coming!— to believe the predictions of our oldcat tl ? w|ti’bc n severe one. There are, be yond dodbl.toany families in the borough of Carlisle whd' t trtfWr»MUtaTice -'ftora their fellow citizens— farailies'jwho ore nearly on the brink of starvation, want ° r fuel - We hope, (hcrofore, thrt" ouJ town may lake early •tops for as'aro destitute of suggest the propriety of organ!, two bcncyoleht societies in our borough bommUtees to examine to what extent os an*d‘wlio arc in need, &o. ■ ■ I waß v ery generally observed ty oiir‘cl|.izeoB, The stores were all closed, sad bo* •Ipess of all kinds suspended. ’ Accident. —On Friday last a railroad. Meidept occurred In this borough, the particulars of .which'are distressing in the extreme. As the train bfjpassenger cars, oa their way toUanisburg, were passing through (own, a boy about 13 years of age, •on of Mr. James Cullio, of this place, was. observed •tsnding'ori the track in front of Mr. Foster's store. Before the cars were very near him the whistle was founded, but the boy being deal, did not move. The engineer, then spoke,at tho lop of his voice to “gel oat of. the Way,’!, but still the boy did not bear the warning. The cars could not bo stopped—the , boy was'Knocked down, and in falling one of his legs crossed the track, and several of the oars passed over Ui which, as may be supposed, crushed the limb to a jelly. Medics! assistance was soon called, and the •®pbtel|bn of (he limb above tho knee was deemed necessary. : The'operation was performed in almost e'kilfal manner by. Dr. G. W, Fouik, assisted by scv. 11 arid other physfoiatis of our borough. We are happy 1 id add Jhat the patient is doing well, and strong hopes < are entertained for his recovery. ' , JO* Wp notice that most of our ootemporariea in theoity'of Philadelphia aud elsewhere put down the Federal majority in this county, at the recent Prcai dentjal election, al'l6i. The real majority is (34, as appears by the official returns, and the mistake apt. pears s ,t£ hive been made through the Telegraph office at this place, after the meeting of our Return Judges.' Will our friends be kind enough to correct tbe error. We have sinned enough in Old Mother Cumberland without being charged with greater d?. relictions than we are really chargeable with. , -Saetain’s Union Magazine or Literature and AWr.-rThis new, boaulifuland highly valuable mag aiiuti being a continuation with improvement of the Union Magazine of New'York, has made its appear *oce. . ** onder the editorial management of Mrs. Kirkland and Prof Hart, and tho illustrations are in Mr.SaTtin’e bast style. Tho annunciation to the shepherds” Isa truly mognificent mezzotint, “The -Mother ap'd Child” is extremely well executed, and the •ngrayed title page representing “ Liberty inlrodu. olng the arts to America,” la a perfect gem. The contributions are well written, and they are present ed to the public in the most attractive form. The work can be obtained by writing to J.Sarlain Cft, Philadelphia. “Bowin’* rfoiTii American Fa*mi«.”_ Wo have received Hie firot number of this valuable agricultural paper, published in Philadelphia, by E. Bowen and M. StßaOfiK. Tile paper ia of, mammoth size, bcautirui ioappoarance, and filled wilh valuable agricultural information. The folio wing named gentlemen, among others, are mentioned as contributors to the “Fanner,” viz:—Hon. Morris Ldhgslrclh, Hon. Thomas H. Burrows, James Gowcn, Esq., Professors Liebig and Banr, of Germany, Francis J. Grund, Edgar A. Poo, John S, Bowen, Esqrs.; &e., dec. This pa per should receive the patronage of all enterprising farmers.— Specimen copies may bo at our office. . Terms 0/ Boioen's North American Fortner—One two copies, «3; six copies; *5; thirteen co f, .! thirty copies, 820. The person procuring the largest number of subscribers over forty, at any •ingle. Post Office in the United States, (except cilles.) will receive a prize of *73 in cosA; orders to bo sent in by, the Ist of February next, and subscriptions to commence from January 15t,1849. For the largest list in Pennsylvania, *3O will be awarded. Or ~ 0” 0ur nervous neighbor of (ho Herald again re fer. to the “Slave Slander,” and again pronounce, ••the aiorjr falae.” Poor fellow— yo u are to be pitied. That little squib of oore haa coal you much.trouble, and the loa. of modi .leep, wo fear. When, during the war wh*l Mexico, the Now York Tribune, North American, Notional Intelligencer, and other leading Federal journal, pronounced Gen. Taylor an " odroil akullbroakor," “ murderer,” ” baby-killer," &0., why did not the Herald titn defend him 7, It could then remain quiet, and aee Gen. T. stigmatized, aa a , "murderer," without being “.hocked." Then, • however, Gcn.’Taylor had no fat offices to healow— | now.lie is the President elect, and will aoon distribute , the “spoils" willt a perfect looseness. ■ Thia Uien i« the secret of the servito and spamcl.liko course of tile Federal pree. ol this litfic. So long as Gen. Taylor was fighting the. hatllea of his country and had no patronage .for hungry office-ieeklng domagoguca.no epllhcta were too hard to be applied to him—Tom] Corwin even, wished him a “hospitable grave" in, Mexico. But now that ho is clothed with power and patronage, his former rovilcra arc groat admirers of the " benevolence of Gen. Taylor!” Away with •tt“h rank hypocrisy and dishonesty. Thl* itttry: (ho Volunteer declares its ability to prove. Wo deny It, and again venture to denounce tho •lory at false, and infamously slanderous. Herald, of ycitfrdi/y. . * Tul, lut, Mr. Herald— such “big talk” wo will nol» tuQbf. Ton will "venture to denounce!° Ilu, ba you " venture 1 * (o denounce a good many things, bill Whenever wo “ call you out/’ and dure you to'tho proof, you sneak olf.liko a whipped spaniel, and beg' for quarters. Llko (he Irishman’s fluQ,’whon wo at" .tempt to put our finger on you, you are not there,— Mr. Herald, you must not be tatty with us—we will not pul tip with it—and If you persist in such a •onrso w* will feel 'll our duly—however painful it ’ wrwHi fv m ' “ •pi'nk ” joq .oqqdly .#> ' ' ~ •diior» y ol^t'h«'w IlU M'’ ° r Hie officicnl e Elami ""' >" ".i. Bute, '’m, n f 10 Hapkln., T** "Ir.Ropl o l , ,„ e , djf ond i nto |n 80nl Domo «.t,,Knd a..l.ted la make (ha E.amlner 00 . of lha toVltynnocfatla paper. In Penn.yl„ n ln. Mavl,. pro.per ln all 111. undertaking.. 3 Owio Orncut..—The full official , 0 t, ; f ohto f rrc.ldenl,l.l C..i, 131,803 i Taylor, 138,390,W0n Odr«o, 35,456. Com* plurality over Taylor, 16,406. e\AA r.n „ . n_. - ~ ■ , To Cook Eioc.—Saak the rice In cold »U water lrfj£Lt.lnlng between 10000. “ d 13, 00 0 mlm. '7""°“ [“ill''”” n ih”'. fJr7,r t, ?" T" W “* SS - Tos n ..llulr. V‘ aow, ‘ *'»M3D..upl,ol b, th. fltefor. ftw minute.,-.nd ,|ten ace. wl. n riT. .K? * Wt f , 58 - i. • “ , “ l »“* 0, ua '« i > »«ln. .re double Ibe u.uel .1,., end quit, dl,. Tharaweapnid during that period, fur ll.u relief of'" 4 *’ . . , Uncifrom each oilier !• , mernkera and their f.tnlllc,,.burying tho dead and Smoot,** Forr.-L. neaterCounl7p, 1 ' ’ r —K educating the orphan., $07,013 06-a .(rang proof. election, call 6,634 more vole, than were e.ei t«.V\ *sl”*?''' «ro now under the pro ofthe henofioenco of Odd Fellow., whole Stale of Rhead I.land re eollon oftlto United Stale. Government, exolu.iveof ’ . - , ■ ,hoM |n Oregon, California, end Now Mexico. NEUTRAL PAPERS. One of (he most powerful engines . Which the Fed* eralists tiave made use of in this country, to give a misdirection, to public opinion,'exists in.biir “neutral" I P reBSCB « Pretending IbStandeniircly alooffrpmmir political excitements, and sit In impartial judgment upon the acts of bnth parties, ihey seldom find any , tiling (o approve in the, party, or any thiiig to condemn in the movements of its political enemies. ; As they are presumed to . belong to no parly* it is supposed that their diotams will pass cur rent with the people,'as the fair and just decisions of unbiassed candor. How little their remarks upon public events have deserved that character for -the last few years, wp will leave it to those who have road the New York Herald, the Philadelphia Bulls tin, the Baltimore Ctippir, arid other similar journals, to determine. Professing neutrality, those prints are conducted by tome of thei'most violent Federal dein agogues In this country. Pretending.to. pass upon political events with (he utmost'fairness .and,impnr* Jtlolily, they suffer no opportunity to escape, of co (verily attacking Democratic ; men and Democratic i principles. ■ We care not how many presses the Fed.’ I enlists bring into the field, lo support their principles [openly and honorably. 1 But we detest that vile liy. ppensy which would Impose upon tfie community, os tho candid speculations of an impartial mipd, the bitterness and spleen of a violent and unprincipled partisan. «ln the. recent political struggle these *• neutral** presses were constantly finding fault with Generals Cass, and Butler—no slander was too foul I .for thorn not to give credit to—they not only repub. Hshed slanders against our candidates, bul'in more than one instance they wore tho originators of those slanders. They were constant In their abuse ofCass and Butler, and as constant in their praises of “old Zack n and Fillmore! Let the Democracy look to it, that they warm no more of these vipers in their bosoms—vipers which will do, Ihcir best to sting them to death in return. . THE SPOILS PAUTT, .. 1 Composed ofall (lie conglomerated masses oCFeder alism, from lbs tins of (be elder Adams down to (be present, are already at loggerheads about (he lo&ves and fishes. In New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other large cities, bpndreds of applicants are an* nounced for custom bouse appointments, and a fierce war in now being waged by -the different factions.— Id thU place there are no leas than some half dozen hungry applicants after the Post-office, a largo majo rity of whom, of course, will be disappointed, the consequence of which will be that they will split up into as many factions a*the whole Taylor party was originally composed of. Tho same anxiety for office, wo learn from our exchange papers, cxisla/among them all over the Union, and if we are noUmich mis taken in our their rallying cfe of M Old Zack” will beeome as odious before one year hence, as it, was popular with them before,tfie£election.— Thousands of misguided men will find out, much to their mortification and chagrin, that it was easier to make promises than it is to fulfil them. A SLAVE CASE. Catharine Olioerand others, of the State of Mary land, os. Daniel Kaufman , of. Cumberland County, Pa. The above case, which was tried last week in Carlisle, before Judge Hepburn, and his Associates, in the Court of Common Picas, excited a groat deal of interest. A Carlisle correspondent of the Public Ledger gives the following rpporl of the case, which is substantially correct—The plaintiffs, Catharine Oliver and others, of the State of Maryland, instituted a Buit ogainst Daniel Kaufman of this county, for aiding the escape, and .harboring 13 slaves, claimed as tho property of the plaintiffs. Messrs. Walla and Biddle were engaged for plaintiffs, and Gallagher, Graham, and Adair for defondant. A groat number of witnesses were produced by plaintiffs counsel, who proved that the slaves were brought on the evening of (he S4lh of October, 1847, to. the barn of Kaufman, and after remaining there part of the night, wore taken in his wagon across the Susquehanna river.— Several witnesses wore called, who were Immediate neighbors of Kaufman, and obstinately refused to answer any questions or inquiries propounded by the court or counsel. Being opparcntly determined to keep silent, one of them, (Mode Griffith,) was given into the custody of the Sheriff and conveyed to jail. But after remaining there a short time he and they concluded it was bettor to come forward and give evidence, and accordingly did so in a very humble and submissive manner. The defendants counsel look the ground that a case of this kind did not come under (ho jurisdiction of this court. Able and lengthy speeches were made by the counsel on both sides, and the Judge’s charge, though brief, was to the point. Tho jury retired, and'oiier being out eonte eigh teen lioun, returned a verdict of *2,000 damages for the plaintiffs. . In Ilia surrounding neighborhood of Kaufman’s residence, there appears to bo a number of moet in. vclerate abolitionists, who are strongly'sUHpcctcd as part of a grond chain extending from Mason and Dixon’s lino,la tho northern section ol this State, who aid in the escape and secreting of runaway negroes. This spirit of false philanthropy cannot bo'olhcrwisc than deleterious in its tendency, end should receive tho frown of every good citixen. Slaves have been rccognired by Ilia.constitution as properly.and every sensible man, until they are proven otherwise, should acquiesce' in Ilia recognition. Tho law should not bo trampled upon, and .Individual tights should not ' ho oppressed by a wild and dangerous fanaticism. Ihe Massachusetts Legislature on Friday last choso Wing electors of President and Vico President, by a majority of 102!—Carlisle Herald, Tho ’’'Masaqchusclls Legislature” also passed re. solutions declaring the war against Mexico “ infa moos and unconstitutional," and all who participated in it as ’• unworthy of commendation,” A resolution of thanks, to Gen. Taylor for Ilia "patriotic services," was'v'oled down by nearly a unanimous voloi 03" Gen- Gum* vote In ibis Slate Is larger than that of Johnston, the successful Whig candidate for Gov. ernor, by 4,134 voles. Tuylor*s vote is larger than Johnston's by 17.58 G votes. Calling tiik Roll.— The editor of tho Nashville appears to bo a sufferer in more senses than one under the recent defeat of the democracy of Tennessee and tho Union—thus pleasantly “confesses tho corn:" « “All persons who have won bate and boots of us on tbia election will please call at Robertson’s to* morrow, between tho hours ofo and 13,0nd gel thorn. They ore requested to form on the-squaro and march up,ln single tile, to prevent blocking up the street.— Our friend from Robertson county, who won both hats and boots of us nn this Stale, Is requested to act as chief marshall.** dj" Revolving bool bools ore made In Baltimore. First ralo articles for tho wings, whon they to turn on their heels, and cat old acquaintances who 1 h.», l.boiod fo. the good of the party and now cz p.cl their guerdon. MESSRS* BU( IHANAN AND DALIiASi Thtf iybrM i4mencof», since the ia occu. pied,in slandering and villify.ing .thqsd two eminent statesmen., ' OeaseVipurs— yourabuso of Messrs. Buchanan and; Dalla|i can never injulelhem. Their characters cannot bo tarnished by assaults fromsticA a quarter. The: North American is regarded ns the organ oftho Federal parly in this Stale, but for Iovy» pot-house, fish-woman slang, ! it has;no rival. The manner in which It speaks of political opponents is disgraceful to. the .press, and disgraceful to the city in which it is published. The editors of llie Ameri can are reputed to. be men of but they certain, ly take a bad way of showing their powers, if they ' possess* any. They' must think their readers very I ignoranl.if they, suppose them, capable of approving ! of the abusive epithets .constantly contained in that i paper. We can,excuse a spicy article occasionally —even ir it be Illiberal and unwarranted—but the constant abuse of the North Ajnerican is disgusting in the extreme* Bitterness in that paper is not con fined to si-few weeks-before and after an election—it is constant, day in and day pul the year, round.- Silica the elootion. tbat paper, with scarcely a day of intermission, has been blackgudrding the twodistin*. guisbed gentlemen above named—and for what?—, j Merely because they are prominent Democrats, whose 1 opinions do not accord with the opinions of the cell.- tors of.ihe American ! Wo repeat that the names of Jamca Buchanan and George.M. Dallas are not to be disgraced by tho puny attacks of reckless .politi cians—they are both statesmen of whom Pennsylva nia feels proud—men whose lives hayc been ■ models of purity. In the language of a colomporary, Messrs* Buchanan and Dallas will bo .remembered by their admiring countrymen when the gravo-worm will re fuse to feed upon Uio- loathsome carcasses of their traduccrs. 1 ’ \ ‘ WELL ANSWERED* The. Philadelphia Bulletin——a- reckless Federal sheet published In Philadelphia—in a late article headed **A Prophecy Fulfilled,” attempts to show (hat (he result of (ho recent election in Pennsylvania is an expression of the people ngaiul Mr. Polk’s ad* ministration, and a severe rebuke to George Af, Dallas, because of his course in favor of the tariff bill of 1846. The'Bulleltn Quotes a portion of General Cameron’s speech, delivered in the U.S. Senate a short lime previous to the passage of the tariff bill, in which the prediction was made that (ho passage of that bill woulddcfcat the Democratic parly , ft Pennsylvania. We were about to answer this Fed eral flummery, when tho following article from that able Democratic paper, (he Lyeomtng Gazette, mot our eye. Tho Gazette answers the Bulletin in oh article of some length, which wc would publish In full if we had liie room. .After giving many reasons why this State cast Us Vole for Gen. Taylor, the Ga zette proceeds: • - Now while wo will not attribute to Gen. Cameron (he design of defeating General Cuss at the late elec tion, and tbeleby fulfilling his awn. prophecy,' yet the fact is nevertheless plain, that he contributed essenti. ally to it by his rash'and untimely endorsement of General Taylor’s Democracy. It was through him and by him that tho Taylor .leaven Was introduced into tho Democratic lump in Pennsylvania, and the severe! Democratic ßaylormcetings-throughout the Slate were generally orhls'gelting up. in this way the .wind was sown, and the whirlwind which follow ed was a certain and necessary consequence. Gen. Cameron himself could nol arrest the ifi/eciion, which, in an evil hour, had been introduced into the ranks of tho Democracy pf this Stale. It was everywhere felt and acknowledged,'but no .where more promi nently than in Lycoming, Here alone wo mdsl have lost 300 Democratic voles In consequence of this movement, and elsewhere more than sufficient to have carried tho Stale, for Cass. Hence the trho cause of tho fulfillment of the prophecy. But is the Bulletin really sincere, in pronouncing the lute Tuylor victory In Pennsylvania, an express, ion against the Tariff of 1846? \Vhut. the election of a Southern Cotton Planter , a public demonstration in favor of frotrotive duties 7 Surely the Bulletin, if U had a chock and tho crimson fluid to mantle it, would blush at IU own absurd deductions 1 We con hardly esteem our cotempomnos of Pennsylvania honest, now that the election Is over, when we hear them assert (hat Gen. Taylor Is In favor of Free Soil and tho 1842! - Wlial.evidonce.have they of that. Have they any but their own broad osser lions before Iho cicclion, contradicted os they were and are by their brnthron and colcmporanes of tho South? If Free Soil and Protection,' were pirticu larly Whig measures, why were they not inscribed upon the \Vhig Banner at Philadelphia, and made National Questions, instead of being hooted down by a majority of the Whig Delegates as proscribed At. resits ? Tho truth is, tho election ofGen. Taylor, is but on evidence of the popular appetite for military glory, when it can bo had disconnected with extra. ncoCJ matlcrc. Had tho Whig Convention attached the principles of Protection and Free Soil to the skirls of their Candida tfij all would have perished together, and the Delegates kmw it!. Had HENRY CLAY the exponent of Whig measures, received the nomi. nation instead of Gen. Taylor, would Gen. Cameron’s prophecy have been fulfilled? Why, in that case, Henry. Clay, Protection, ond Frco Soil, would all have been beaten in Pennsylvania twenty thousand votes ! No sensible man of either party doubt this. Tho Whigs knew it, and hence their sacrifico of every measure to availability, flaw ridiculous then, this postmortem reference of tho Bulletin! lire minds us forcibly of the attempt of Jack Fulstaff, after ho had feigned himself slain by Dougins, rising when (ho battle was over, and claiming to have con. querod Percy, who was then dead at at his side, and by another hand. SAFE AAIUVAIi. We have received new* of Ihc eafo errlvnl of (he ■teamer “ Democracy," Can, tnoalcr, at ihc head of Salt River, and givo the following extract from her log-book t "Mel aleamer-Whig, ?apt. Taylor, below Availed bihly bar, where she had been aground since 1844 her crow In & atate of mutiny, hating thrown her old commander, Clay, overboard. Wo learn that Cain. Taylor succeeded in lighting his boat over the bar by throwing hii entire cargo of principles overboard, and is now making arrangements to refit the old boat or build a new one, ready for a trip up Salt River in 1853, where ho is bound to go. Tbit mutiny-grow out of a division of the spoils.” Another'Elopement.—A nice little specimen of an elopement occurred the other day at the City Ho tel, Cincinnati. A. lady of very genteel oppearapee, accompanied by e very young gentleman, not more than *l6, arrived from Indianapolis, and took rooms together, passing for brother and slater. The young man went to Louiivillo for the purpose of procuring money. A brother of the lady arrived afterwards, having traced them. Ho followed the ” brother” to Louisville, and there had him arrested. The hdy Is the mother of an Interesting family, A Demoatk Hint. —The Secretary of tiro Navy recently yccelvcd a letter, in a ludy’a band-writing, which encloaed tiro announcement, out from a newi paper, of the marriage of a young officer in the Navy, and u reference to the twenty-fourth chapter of Deuteronomy, and the filth verae, which ia aa fob lowa r '‘When a man hath taken a new with, lid ahall not go out to war, neither shall lie be charged with any business; but lie shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which be hath taken." Very delicately done. It is doubtful if the Secre tary can gel over Scripture. DARK DATS* I ’.Wp:sgre6;with the• Harrisburg Keystone, that though' the clouds took rather gloomily over the De mocracy, we havje seen darker days than these. The ; Federalists elected Joseph Ritncr, seventy members of the House arid every Senator but one. during theremalrhabie session of.! 835-6, but forty-I Wo De mocrats -faithful and true were to be found m both houses—the Federalists having a'cleat majdVity on joint ballot of 39* 1 They had undisputed power, a’nd I by their abuse of it, received merited condemnation the succeeding full, wlnm the Democrats elected se’v | only-two members of all the Senators But one 1 ‘ When General Harrison was elected in 1840, the j federalists carried a majority of two in the House, and seven in the giving them, a majority of nine on joint ha]lot~~just What they have now. The very next fall the Democrats carried the State by 33,• 000! These are reminismcea pleasing to reflect upon. They show that the steady,- patriotic policy of the Democratic parly is sure to triumph—that the poo pie cap never bear the abuses-.of Federalism more lhan.one year. Then let no falter —the Federalists ar<e the same now as Have ever been—rash, unscrupulous, selfish and grasping —they are incapable of profiting by experience—lljoir reprehensible characteristics will be manifested in the next Legislature, and Democratic majorities will be returned to both houses in 1849* : The Result in Ohto* The Federalists pretend to say .that the vote in the Western Reserve lias been the causa of Gon* Taylor loosing the State of Ohio; but this assertion is as ri diculous as it is false. Gen. CaSs would have Oar* ried Ohio, had the Reserve gone as heretofore. Wit* ness, for instance, his majority In the following cdun* ties f ’ • , ‘ ‘ Harrison bounty gives Cask Belmont Morgan - Guernsey Coshocton. Jefferson ' Monroe " - . 3826. Tho abby®’ counties gave Harrison; in 1840, a majority of 107.; they norf give tho glorious, bid Pioneer of tho West— Lewis Cass—a majority of 8,826! ' ARISTOCRACY. Thoroaro men—wo blush to call thorn men—who turn up their noses.at (ho mechanic and humblo la boror. Being liberally educated, as It U called, they look down with a sort of contempt on those who in some cases have contributed,to their support. . “You need not despise a spinning wheel,” said an old lady to her pbmpoqs son, one day,.«for many a night have I worked at it to got money lb send you lo schbol.” There aro women, 100, who will jot touch a noodle with their delicate hands, who laUgh at the poor and ’industrious, who learn hades; at Wofk in factories, fot a living. “La! how Unrefined they arc;” she* sa£s, with a scornful smile, as she lounges on tho so fa* reading the last pink novel. Wo onoa knew ® lady—shall we call her a lady 7—of this complexion. Sho was loudly belaboring a poor, hard working girl, calling her low.and unrefined. “Why,” said she, <l het father was nothing but & mechanic.” “Yes,” remarked a Woman present; “her father was a me chanic. I knew him Well, for he lived in (he same neighborhood with yout mother, when she went oat a washing.” , There, leader, If you bad been present, yoa would hate seed a strange confusion of face, and heard & vain attempt lb alter something too prickly to come out. It stuck in her throat. When wo hear men or women dpeak lightly of the industrious part of the Community, we feel just like troclngbiick their genealogy. We have done so In Several instances, and you would bo surprised at who! wo learned. Tho most aristocratic man of oiir acquaintance is the grandson of a fidlerj the proudest Woman; Iho daugh ter of a Wash'woman. It betrays a lack of good sense to condemn or look With contempt on any vir tuous person, however, poor he or she may be. Tho wise and good respect and love goodness where over It is found. QuantitV of Different Grains pßobuczn in the United States,— The following is the amount ofthe different kinds of grain produced In the United Stales in 1847, according to the estimate'feonlsined in the table preceoding the agricultural report of the Patent office far the year 1847, vizt Breadstitffs. Bushels, Indian corn or m&tzo, 539,350,000 Wheat, 114,245 500 Rye. 29,222.700 Buckwheat, 11,673.500 ■ • .. 694,491^700 Grain not used for breadstuff*. Oslo, 167,867,000 Barley, 5,649,950 Total. 173,5X6,950 Other articles of food. Potatoes, .100,950,000 bushels. Beans and Peas, 50,000,000 Rice, ' 103,640.590 pounds. Estimated p opulation, 20,746,400, . How it is Done.—The mode of electing a Presi dent and Vico President not being generally under stood, wo may state that the Presidential electors ohoien,by the people, cost (He vote of each Stale.— These electors assemble In the oapitols of their re spective States, as soon as possible after they arc elected, and vote foMhe candidate of their choice.— Having recorded their vote, copies of li are made, and forwarded to Washington by special messenger. Tho voles of all the Slates arc opened in.the presence of both House* of Congress,And the result placed on record. If no candidate has deceived a majority of all tho votes, the House of Representatives proceed to (ho election of President, and tho Senate to the r election of a Vico President. It was in tliis mode that John Quincy Adams was elected President in . 1824. Comb Out West.— For a single man, says the N. Y. Sun,,a capital or iwonly-fivo dollars is sufficient for paying expenses to Michigon, Wisconsin, lowa, or Missouri, where capacity to labor is all the capital that is needed to secure' him comfort and indepen dence. Families can emigrate on a propotionatoly less sum, with the same chances before them el the for W cat. The money that is now expended in fruitless endeavors to make, thousands of the pear comfortable in the city, would, devoted to their emi. grollon, place them in a little lime beyond the ne cessity of assistance. Contraction and Exvansion.—A man being up braided for contracting a number of debts, coolly re plied that lie did nothing of the kind, "On the con trary," said he,"l have Invariably done everything in my power to enlarge them,”. X? Queen Victoria having learned that a,|i||le child, three yeorsof age, was saved from the wreck of Hie Ocean Monarch, and that no trace of its /amity oould be discovered, has taken charge ofand intends to protect and educate it at her own ex pense. ■ ■ ■ NoaoDv Hurt.—A duel was fought irf Kentucky, opposite Cincinnati, on the lOili insl. The parlies were so much frightened at the first harmless fire that their honor became “satisfied" immediately. > . Gen. Cass.— lt is supposed that the Legislature of 'Michigan will send the Men. Lewis Cass to the U. S. Senate kgain. . .. The -Democratlo Party* We place the following paragraph from the North American of the S3d irfsiant, upon record.; Let it bo remembered* / . ~ ' We may 'wcll believe that .(ho hydra ;6f Locofoco-' Ispi cannot perish, without' displaying,'ln'the death*, struggle, ail the wild and ferocious” spjriVwhfyh ren- 1 dcred.it latoly/the terror of the cduWy. Haa,d.afler j \he h6l iron of popular indignation following, soaring, and annihilating every germ of future ,rtsuscilntibn; butilU wildtieast dies Jull of rags afulvcnhm, strug gling, with impotent malice to the la it, to sting or Wound—it can no longer destroy—-thegood and patri otic citizens to whom it owes Us punishment. It is thus ’the impenitent . malefactor sometimes sicings oJ\ indulging the vindictive pleasure of reviling the hon est men who have brought him to justice,” When wo recollect, says the Pennsylvanian % that the party.herb, assailed numbers in its rank's many of the purest and .best men in the country—many of the most eminent statesmen and scholai|t—and also lhatlho policy carried out under its principles, has governed this country ever since the foundation of the republic- with brief intervals—arid has cimtribu ted mainly to its prosperity and peruse sitch a pestilential slander as the above with;pily and contempt. Wo copy this base calumny only that it may not be forgotten hereafter. Itifflnehoe of Dress* I An eminent legal judge, and a pre-eminent judge of human nature, observes:—“lt is an observation I have always made, that dices has a moral effect upon the conduct of mankind. Let any gentleman find himself with a dirty pair of boots,'old coat, soiled neck-cloth,'and a general, negligence of dress, ho will in.all probability find a corresponding disposition to negligence of address. Homay, cn dishabille, curse and swear, speak roughly, and think c6arscly,tul put (he sumo, man in full dress, and he will fed him self quite another person. To Use iho language of o blackguard would ihon be out of character; ho will talk smoothly, afibcl polftcneSs, ifho lias U nol, pique himself upon good manners, and respect iho womcir nor will . the spell subside, until returning home, the old coat, the hcel lcss slippers, and other slovenly op pondages, make him lose again his brief conscious, ness of being a gentleman.” . . - 158 ljfl9 187 189 601 ' 60 1588 TUB GRAVE!. 11 buries every error—covers every defect—extin guishes every resenlmonh From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tcndctreoollor.tionß. Who cap look doiyn’bh llio grave of an enemy; and not feel a compunctious throb that ho should have warred with tho poor, handful of borlh that lies mouldering before him ?— [frting'. ThkTea PlaNt. —Tho N, Y. Journal of Commerce says, that seven cases of Black and Green Tea plants —Chinese stock—have just arrived from London, in the ship, American Fogle, shipped by Dr. Junius Smith, during his visitio that city. There are five hundred plants, of from five to seven years giowlh • oil are designed by . the Doctor for seed plants. • A small quantity bf ied seed was brought oul-by him in the. steamship' Britania, which - was. received in London overland from, the North west provinces of India. Tho same paper stales that the Doctor doi signs to proceed soon to the South, with a view of forming a plantation. More plants aro expected from India and China, this season; and If wb may judge from the progress already made wo Have now the, means in hapd of 'extending the tea plantations throughout such sections of our couriP-y as may be found adapted to their culture. It.will not be long, under judicious cultivation, before wo ein raise opr own. Tea m the United Slatcs,ond thus settle forever tho question whether “ Tea should be dtity' free or nol!" Melancholy.— Wo . lake the following from the Pottsville Emporium of tho 33d Inst.' *,*lt is with no b'tdinatjr fadings bf concern that wo are called upon (b announce the sudden ond unex pected death of EuJs, son of tho Hon. Ellis Lewis, aged about 19 years, occurred at tho residence of hU 1/rolb'cMn law;. James H. Campbell, Esq. in this borough; yesterday morning. Ho had been ill for a few days, but was considered convalescent up to yesterday, when from some affection of lhc heart, as the physician supposes,.ho was struck down ond died In a few minutes, Tho deceased possessed a high order of: intellect; ond by his mild, gentle and amiable deportment, had won the esteem of all Who made his acquaintance. Most - truly do wo'sympnl thise with thp bereaved parents and friends, in their trying affliction. A Mad Dod bit two persons in Salsburg (ownshlp, Lehigh county, last Week. Louis Philippe and ms Family Poisoned.—Tho Aitemhlee lfationaU has a letter from London stating that some, days ago tho members of the ex<rdyal fa mily of France narrowly escaped being poisoned. All of them wore simultaneously attacked after din ner with acute pains, and the Ex-Duke de Nemours having drank nothing but a glass of water, the few drops that remained Were analyzed, and found 16 contain n strong dose of very virulent poison, pro duecd by the decomposition of Hie copper of the conduit-pipes and reservoirs by which Claremont Houso Is supplied. The medical treatment by Dr. Clarke soon neutralized the effects of tho poison, and restored tho sufferers to health. Let a Woman bedecked with all the embellish ments of art end nature—yet if boldness is to be read in her face, it blots out all tho lines of beauty. Newspapers in Texas.—We' fancy that many of ourreoders will bo surprised to leurn that .already there ere twenty«ono newspapers in the “Star Staled* Such Is the fact, as appears from the Galveston Nows- 03“ William W. Irwin, late Captain in the eleventh Infantry, lias been appointed Adjutant General, in •place of Geo. W. Bowman, resigned. BtilL Another Elopement.—The Ulioa (N. V.) Gazette, of Oct. 39 says j “Yesterday morning a very interesting scene was enacted ut the packet duok.— A lady from the west, who had eloped, leaving her husband not only migus his ppouse.bul all the house- hold furniture she could bring with her, was joging along oozily with her second choice, when her injur ed lord suddenly stood before her. He took the mat ter very easily, however, merely claiming tho goods and chattels, and expressing no anxiety whatever to repossess himself of his frail partner. On the con- Irary, he told her, after lie had got the property, that she might go to the hot climate she was likely to find, in welcome, Utica is an unlucky plaee for run aways. Within a year four rfoopics have been head ed hero; and some of them have found closer quar ters tlunllie cottage of love. Away with Censures. We arc glad to sec that our political brethren ofi the press have generally resolved to abstain from ail) censure upon any portion of the Domooratio Jiarty of the Union—that great party which fougiit in the lute ' fight under the banner of Cass and Buteer. This is J the true spirit, and it must lead us to crowning vic tory henceforward.-' We know of no State where tile Democrats fulled to do their duty—and although some have been luckier than others, they did not toil' harder to win success than their' toss fortunate bre.! Ihren. In Ilia South, our Democratic friends labored with noble seal. Wo have now in our mind's eye I hundreds or.ehampions, and- numbers of presses, oil ardently engaged In the thickest of the recent battle, and all ready for other contests,' Why out onrselvoal loose ftom such gallant associates? Let us all unite I in the worker Union, Concession, and Conciliation! and let the men of the North and West, and the East and Smith, remember, that our principles are as broad as the Union, and as deeply founded as'oar free in stitutions. All our energies will bo required in a little time to preserve our beloved country from the hands of a reckless party.— Penniyhanini, r The Oaie of Mr« Jamei Bergen. This gentleman, citizen, is now* confinement at Dublin; bhorgad with taking pari' 0 (ho,recent movemenlsln that country. The Jlng Iptlcra on this Subject, from Hon. deo, Bancroft |'onr Minister at London, otid Hon. James Buchanan* Secretary of State, ,wjll be found interesting. ' [ Soon after. Mr. .Bergenia arrest he wrote to M r 1 Bancroft', and received the following answer: • .. : S London, Sept. 23,1848. Si‘S:--Mjeg to ticknowledgd the receipt of you, letter of the Slat instunt, and in reply, to luformyou (hat, at my yeftuost, Mr. Broadhead had an interview with ono oftho undersecretaries ofStotc, with refer enco to your detention.inilhe Dnblih; that 1 have myself several times colled on the Foreign Office and at the Homo Office on the same subject' and that I havo olso addressed ah official hotelo Her MjMesty|B Principal Secretary of State for. Foreign Analrp, selling forth that you arc ah American citi. zen, born jn l^dw’England, that you have a wife and children In AthVrlca dependent on yourself for sun port, ihai you were arrested In Dublin, for causes to youriclf unknowh, Just us you were aboul rcturning to the United Slates; and requesting to be Informed why you jvcrq thus suddenly, taken into custody, and also that you may have such privileges of egress from this Kingdom as belong; of right (o' foreigners whs come to this country toengogd in lawful commercial pursuits. To this communication! have not as yet rcccivcd nny definite answer; but it lias been refer, red to the Homo Office, and 1 hope before long to re. ccivo a .communication announcing .to.me your liberation. • Meantime, you may be assured that no exertion of mine will bo wanting to secure to you all the protection which your countrycan afford you ia a foreign land*. 1 am; very respectfully, Your obedient servant, . . , t : GEORGE BANCROFT. To James.Burgcn, Esq., Dublin. Department or State, Washington, J ' ' - November 15, 1848. f Wi E.-RomnsoNi Esq.; New York City, N. y. Sir have received your nolo of*lhe 10lh Inst, rclatinglo Ihccusc of James Bergen, an American citizen in confinement at Dublin. - Yon nro already acquainted with the contents or Mr. Bancroft's letter of file 23d September last, to Mr. Bergen, informing him of the proceedings oftho Legation, up to that dale, with reference to his arrest and detention in Newgate. I have only to add, In answer to your inquiries, that, on the same day, M r> Bancroft earnestly pressed his ease upon the attention of the, British Secretary of Stalfe for Foreign Affairs, and Cord Palmerston said, in reply, (Sept. 26.) that ho'hid not ycl received (ho answer from the Demo Department to the reference previously made to it upon tho subject,&c, In a Idler of subsequent d;itr, (BOlh Sept.) (iiq Lordship states ihal authentic in-, formutiou lind reached llor Majesty's Government add tho Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, showing that Mr. Bergen was concerned In .treasonable practices in connection with-thu ]-ita ottcmptpd outbreak In Ireland! and there being reason to believe that ho came to that country as tho agent of certain associa tions'which.have been formed In New York fur tho purpose of supporting.(hat outbreak, tho Lord Lieu, tchant therefore fell it to' duty to cause Mr, Bergen to be arrested and imprisoned; and that! un. der these cifcumsianccs,.Her Majesty's Government sup ho reason for relieving him. ' In d tlrspnich io this.department from Mr. Bancroft, dated 20lh Oct;, (the iasi received,V he says he still thinks that Air! Bergen will not be brought 10 trial, but expressed this opinion doubtingly. % Your general questions, "whether the seizure of other American citizens on suspicion, by the. British government, has been made the subject ofeorrespon. dehce between the governments, and whether any explanation has been asked or mnde.upbn the pursuit and scnrch.of American vessels fqf ihoi apprehension of political refugees ’on their way to this country," would scorn Ip call for Information connected will] our foreign relations which (he t)cpnrtmcnt does not ut tho present moment find itsclf at liberty to comniu. nicatci- I ami sir, respectfully, your obedient servant! JAMES UtICHANAN. : Gen. Taylor's Rtet prion oP riik news or ids Eu ection.— The Baltimore Sun (ms received a despatch through the lelcgrajfli, from N; Orleans, giving dri account of den. Taylor’s reception of the news of his election: Gen. Taylpr was in Salon he hcari the result of.thc, election in Pennsylvania, v ond enough from other Slates to determine without doubt, Ilia fuel that ho had been elected President of the Uni ted State*, lie took the fuel with perfect composure exhibiting ninch.boolness and deliberation, lie left Baton Rouge soon aAer the result was know, on boon! a steamboat,.for his plantation in Mississippi. While on the passage he wps accosted by u stranger, a De mocrat, vyho was.not aware he was spca(img to tho President elect, and they commenced talking politics, speculating üboiil tlio election,' ll]C merits of the can didates, &o. The stranger told him (hat old Zari< was good, ciidiigh but ho didnot’ think him qualified for lliMnjfli ofucc of PrcsiJcnl. lie also asked (he General if ho was d *l’u)»lor man, to which ho repli ed : 11 Nut muc|t of a one ; .that ho hud not voted fir him on aceount-of liia family,' and more especially ori account of his old Indy being somewhat opposed Id Old Zick going to Washington'.** At this jt/uc?bro a gentleman stopped up, accosted the General, and called him by name. The stranger soon smelt a rat, and aAer opening his eyes tolerable wide, walked o(H considerably confused. The Central; Is in good health, and looks unconcerned as usual, taking things coolly and deliberately, ' ' • Durnro rd UifXTl;.—Wo learn from (he Richmond Times, that on Thursday night last, between 9 and 10 o'clock, the neighbors were alarmed by the shrieks of distress issuing from the house of Mr. Thomas' Gardner, residing on Adams si.,.between Leigh and Jackson streets. Mr. end Mrs. Gardner were absent from li6fne,' having left.(heir three children (the eldest aged 7 years) under the charge of u small servant girl. It appears (hut (ho little servant went out to procure fuel, and while absent the clothes of the eldest child caught fire,'either, front the stove or lamp, ami before It coqld bo shipped of lie burning garments, was lit erally roasted alive, and, although medical aid was promptly obtained, tho little sufferer died during the night.” ’ . . Convicted Df Riot,— Sonic rowdies In Pittsburg who go by the nnmo of the “Calalhamplan Band," have been convicted of riot for disturbing & compa pany ass. mblcd at o wedding, by making a)} kinds of noises In front of the house. They will proftafify bo sentenced to prison. Judge Patton expressed tho opinion that any noisy ond tumultuous assemblage, which tended to alarm peaceable citizens, was a riot and Ihdt tho police neglected Its duty when It did not endeavor to prevent them. Look before you drink.—A woman by the mm# of Wright, living in Hallowcllj Me., In a vumllinf spasm, throw from her stomach' a llvo anaho, mcaao. ring 7inchcs*in length, which Is supposed lobar* been swallowed some months since, in drinking watt* from a spring. The snako lived two or three days fo a botllo outvoter, and (s in spirits. Grand Djacd^BßY.—A French chemist has dir« covered s. method Ibr converting horse ohesnut sinlo food for (he suffering poor. Will his ingenuity next devise a plan by which they may obtain llio hone oheanuta? Death.— Thomas Doran Howard, Esq., a promh nonl citizen of Baltimore county,- died on Saturday of apoploiy. M*moiiuiti-r» Ewordae CnoesN Tin IVfoiit chiißclts Loglaiolurc, on Friday, olioio elector* ft' President and Vice President, The whole number of voice was 299; necessary la* choice, ISO. Tb*' Whig ticket had 196| the Cae* ticket had 65 I the Free , Soil ticket had 37, and there w»e one eeallcl* ing vole. -.Mi' " OO* Mr. Clifford, Minister of tho United State* Id' Mexico, arrived in Woshlngtbn lust evening, In ll* southern boat, Mr. Kellogg, Idle acting Consul ** Mexico,'accompanies lilln.. The Mexican Minister, Sonor do’ URosa and suite# (aovenluen In.number) arrived In the southern bout this evening, and look moms at Wllllurd’s Hot®!;, Wathington Unlon t Novt^ 4 It l> now goncrnlly belicvcti thotCiM will nolv' ,l( ' the Wjlmot Proylio.—:[?>« foil Paftr. No i but Toylor wf■
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