THE VOLUNTEER.
John B. Br.tton, Kdltor and Proprietor.
OARMgBB, THtfRgD>T. OISC. #B, 18*8.
agency* ~~
Jrts* ,rtea * ~otunU»r,nt bi office. K. W.
•anwf of Totrd«ndChe«nat.ilr< > etg. Philadelphia.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
members of tho Democratic State Central
vpmaitUee are requested to meet at the house of
I Sf?" l **** ia Harrisburg, on Tuesday. Janua-
J/,®' 1849,'al 7 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of
Wing the lime and place for the meeting of the nett
JJemocrsUcState Convention to nominate a candidate
for the office of Caoal Commissioner.
t.nc ? * l , r . Dec . 3 f;^ 6 HUTTER -^-"-
To TRoix Indsbted.- .During tho January Court a
faeotabie opportunity will b 0 afforded tbon knowing
, " ,cfl,4 i v e. to bo indebted ibr subacriplioD t adverti
sing, job. wotk,dce. t to forward to ua the amount of
Uwir indebtedneaa. Wo therefore hop* our friend,
will make it convenient to di.oharge their bill, at
that time. Del every man who may read thie article
the 1 owe the Volunteer
anything." If hia oon.clenoe informi him that he
d*M. let him recollect that It ia to am w* apeak,
•hen we refuel! thoee Indebted to cell end eeltl*.
(o*Thanka to Senator Sroaocon for. lending he
Congreeildhildooumeni*.
_ New -Yaia'e Annaca,—Our carrier, Otoaop t*.
Oonaßtk,:E«{., liproparibg a New Year'* Addrett,
which he wilt aerrh to tho iubtoribera of the Volun
teer reaiding in town, on the morning of Now Year’*
day. ~
** Fowrr.HoT tu* Poor. I '-—Winter Ec upon us, and
tf you bayd anghl to spare of this world's wealth.
gWo thou a morsel to the poor and needy, if is but
br,oad oast upon the waters, and such good offices
make your own heart frel better, and your slumbers
will bo sweetened by an approving conscience. For
ftt not the poor /
Sj
Iwow.—Tho weather—which for the last few
weeks baa been quits mild—has suddenly changed,
tod ,win(er hot il bit raade hii appearance. His
whits mantis has fallen upon the gray trees,' cover*
log their branches with’ leaflets of hoar-frost. Il
commenced to snow yesterday morning, and eontin
nod the whole day. At the writing of this snow
covers the ground to the depth of about 9 or 10
Inches. Already may be heard the merry jingle of
sleigh bells, as the fleet horses skip over'lhe ground I
A merry time to you all!
(CjF A Urge K*v, (supposed to bo a door key.) woo
picked up yesterday raorniog near Ogilby's store.—
The owner can have it by culling at (his office.
/ friend Gitt has issued proposals for pub*
llihbg a literary newspaper at Hanover, York co.,
to bo entitled the “ Hanover Journal and Fireside
and Parlor Companion.” Term* $1 per annum. Mr.
G. has engaged the services of several able -writers,
to assist him in the editorial duties. Success to (ho
undertaking.
Sautaih's Union Magazine Wo arc in receipt of
IbU very popular Monthly for February. It Uin
all respects a meet rich and magnificent number,
and caatiins eighty pages of ietler.proaa printing on
extra fine paper, two superb Mezzolinlo engravings,
a beautiful colored Tulip, and seven fine illustrations
on wood. Take it all in all the February number of
Sartain's Magazine is “ hard to beat." Specimen
copies of this splendid Magazine can be seen at our
office. Persons wishing to subscribe will address
Jobs* Sastain do Co., Third si., opposite Merchant's
Ezobsoge, Philadelphia. 83 a year—two copies for
85.
Tilt State Finances.—A Harrisburg correspon
dent of the Ltdgtr gives a detailed statement of tlic
receipts and eipcndililrcs of the Commonwealth for
the lasi fiscal year, obtained from the forthcoming
report of Auditor General Purviance. The receipts
have been $3,831,776 22, which, with a balance of
•680,890 85 in tiie Treasury Dec. 18,1847, makes
the sum of 84,513,667 07. Tito expenditures hare
been 83,935,376 68, leaving a balance of 6577,290 39
in the Treasury on the Ist December, 1848.
Anothcr PeesidehtV Message.—The President,
a dispatch from Washington says, has received such
information from the gold region in Calfornia as
will authorise him.to send a special message to Con-'
gross, '
(O* The Harrisburg Telegraph has an, article
which indicates that Thadcus Stevens is in the field
actively and zealously for himsclfas 1). S. Senator.
The LcoiaLAToac or Pennstlvania commences its
annual session at Hairisburg, on the first Tuesdoy
of January next, which will be the 2d day of the
month. The proceedings are awaited with no little
interest, by both political parties. The House being
equally divided, will make somo close voting upon
party measures.
A HAPPY JEW TEAK. .
Monday next commences another Now Year! I
Bahd«y night ei the old family clock itrikei tlio hour
of IS, the year 1848, will bid u> a final farewell, and
the young year 1849, will greet ua. A. we contem
plate the.departure of the old yeari and the com.
lUencemenl of the new, what tender and interesting
associations come thronging to the memory ! True
It Is that much—rery much, perhaps—that saddens
the heart and chjlla the blood, mingles in the history
of, the past year. But, then again, there are many
pleasing reminiscences to be remembered, and to be
placed to the credit side of the oW year, 1848. If,
during'the last year, Fortune has nut been as kind
as we could have desired, let ua not forget the favors
that have been bestowed—let us not forget that we
live in the "land of the free end the home of the
brave,” and that most of os are in the enjoyment
nrheatlh and the comforts oflife.
.Mingling in •pirlt with our many kind patron*,
we beg them to accept, the elneereat adulations of
Ibe season, with oar beat wishes for (heir unalloyed
prosperity. A Hirrr New Year to you all i
•* OBSTRUCTIVES**’
Th» Federal papers, with their usual reeort to
falsehood, have repeatedly charged the Democrats
wUh Wing “the destructives i,f the currency! I '
. 0W * ) cr * * no ** man of common sente, who bos
muT.T* ,0 c ™ re, > >'>« r««, Hint will not ad
roll lhal Dig terj rgtgr.g 1, u, e caic ; • . .
tin •nxiqut da.lre of iho Democratic p lr u to hind
the ■lockholdct., and make il, om reaaon.ibuf b .? d
debla of the In.lUolion-biu ll.ia be
keen glronuou.l, oppo.ed by U.o Federal',.,., The
Jele patriotic Go.crnor S.inait received much aboee
from the Fcdcraliats became of Mm fa.ulno U,l,'
polic/. And why I. Il.thal the Federall.u oppo.e
the Individual Nubility clause in grunting hunk char.
lers? Buoatiio they are tlio ‘‘destructives” of ihil
people, as well as of tho'institution itself. If {\ XQ \
stockholders of each bank were personally liable for
Its debts, they would bo careful ns to Its management
—they would be careful to choose honest men to
conduct the institution, and they would bo cautious
. how they used the Aiiidaofthe bank for tlio purpose
of speculating and carrying* political objects. We
therefore repeat that It Is the Federal party that
•bould .be known at 11 destructives” not only to our
moneyed institutions, hut (o (ho people and the coun.
try at largo.
the POST-MASTER GENERAL'Sreport. I
The Report of the Post Master (len'eral—an ab*|
•tract of which will be found on our first page-con*
tain* many eery good suggestions, and also several
very bad once. , >Vo are, glad to see', therefore, that
bur cotemporaries of the press arc so unanimous in
condemning the objectionable parti of the Report.—
In his Report the Post. Master Guticraj recommends
that editor* of newspapers bo required to dry thplr
paper* before they are mailed! He alio recommends
the pre-payment (by the editor*) of the poatage oh
newspapers, and that «ald paper* be charged by
weight, at the rate of on* cent ike ounce! Now, how i
any public officer could make such ridiculous sag.
geitlons In hie official report, ia certainly a mystery
to ua, A man muit be in bia dotage to recommend
euob monstrous abaurdiliea. Compel editor* to “dry
their papere previous to mailing!!" . An original
idea, truly. Why, before we could comply, with tbla
auggeation we would brat have to purohaae a furnace
and machinery, at a coit of some, five or six hundred
dollars—and instead of publishing our paper every
.week, we Would feel thankful if-wo, could publish
I once in two wrecks, for moat certainly one week would
be occupied in drying our papers! "Pre-payment of
the postage on neusspaptre !!" Another moat foolish
recommendation. Should Congress, in Us wisdom,
pise an act containing such a clause, wo venturp to
•ay that every editor who was silly enough to at.
tempt a compliance, would break up and become in-1
•olvenl In lets than one year. Just think of the pre
dicament of some of our back iooode editors—whose
whole subscription Hal contain* about 300 names,
one half of whom.never pay a cent.'and the other
half.pay at the end of every year in sour wood, hoop,
poles, buckwheat straw, and tho liko—before he can
moil his paper, lie is required to pay some three or
four dollars postage! If that would not be “working
for nothing and finding himself," wb know not what
would. “ The postage on nnoepapere to be at the rate I
of one cent the ounce!!" According to tbisrnlo,
we would have to pay about a cent and a quarter on
each Volunteer mailed, which would foot up (he nice
I little sum of from #9 to $lO per week for our share !
I Wo could not publish a paper long under such cir
cumslances.
We have thus mentioned, in as brief a manner as
possible, the objectionable parts of Mr. Johnston's .
Report. Is it to bo wondered at that all editors of
newspapers—except those, who wear a collar—find
fault with this document? Shortly before the ad
journment of the. last Congress, a bill was reported
allowing newspapers to bo carried free of postage for
a distance of thirty mile*. The people, as well as all
newspaper editors, were anxious that said bill should
become a law, end they felt confident that the Post
Master General would recommend its passage. But
how has he mot these expectations 7 By recommend
ing tho enactment of a law that would in effect dis
continue nearly every paper in the country and rednee
nearly every editor to a bankrupt. This may not
have been Mr. Johnston’s design—but whether de
signed or not, we for one cannot excuse such palpable
ignorance in a public 'officer. The Post Master
Genera! appears to lake delight in making war
against publishers of newspapers—he is evidently
soured at the profession, and desires revenge, and
therefore recommends the passage of a law that
would break them all up and ruin their families!
We do not fear, however, (hat Congress will pass
a law embracing the absurd and contemptible re
commendations of tho Poet Master General. We do
not believo there is a single man in either House
who would favor such absurdities. Members of
Congress, generally speaking, arc men who know
the wonts of I heir constituents. We therefore again'
express tho hope that Congress will restore to news
paper publishers the privilege of 30 miles free post
age, and thus encourage the acquisition of knowledge
and the spread of intelligence. Let the country press
of all parlies be true to itself, and “Cry aloud and
spare not," and the object will be accomplished. For
ourself we shall not hesitate to urge Ibis matter on
all proper occasions.
Liberation or American Prisoners. —The Niagara
bring* intelligence of the release of Bergen and Ryan
American “sympathizers" who were imprisoned in
Ireland. They have received notice that they must
leave Ireland within three weeks, or they will again
be placed in custody. This is a fine specimen, truly,
of British courtesy to Americans! The following
from the Waehington Union, is & confirmation of the
report of their release:
“We are gratified to learn from the State Depart*
ment that James Bergen and Richard F. Ryan, the
two American citizens imprisoned In Newgate, Dub
lin, under the act of the British Parliament of the
25ih July, 1648, (11 and 12lh Victoria, cap. 35,)
charged with troaspnable practices against the Bril*
ish Government in Ireland, have been set ot liberty.
Their liberation has.been effected through the active
and strenuous exertions of Mr. Bancroft, the able and
distinguished representative of our country at the
court of St. James."
Doctors Differing as Usual.— The New York
Sun says the doctors of tho Academy of Medicine
hud a long discussion on tho oholcra last Tuesday
evening. Some thought it was contagious, and others
contended that it wa* only infectious. Finally, they
decided that they would not express any opinion on
tho subject. .
A Lady in the Editor's Chair.— The wife of tho
editor of the Shawnoclown Advocate in the absence
other husband, publishes a card with her proper sig.
nature, stating that until his return, she has assumed
the editorial duties of the paper.
Another “Organ.”— Mr. Bullitt, one of the edi*
tors of the Picayune, is coming to Washington with
Gen. Taylor to establish a paper, Which will support
the now administration.
Tho New York Tribune says that Father Mat
Ihew's long talked of visit to the United States is
again postponed, but that U is the reverend gentle*
man's “positive intention" to come over “early in the
•pring," ■
The South Carolina Legislature has again refused
to pass tho bill giving the election of Presidential
electors to the people. The vote stood la tho Senate,
•yea* 29, nays 23.
TheSiflovrii in me Navy.*—Hon. John Y. Mason,
Secretary of the Navy, says that Chaplains have
been appointed for (ho Novy, who regularly otficlate
at (heir several ports, and tliat It has long been a
custom in the Naval service to require no labor on
Sunday, calculated in any way tu desecrate ka -sa
crcdhess.
presents made to some editors are rather
singular* Mr. Eastman, the editor of the “Nashville
Union, 11 has beeen presented, by his friends, with a
new soil of clothes, "os a small token of their regard
and approval of his eloquent defence of Democratic
principles." Ho says, “it shall be worn out in their
service. l '
(MJ, > .l«le» that
I 11.0 planter, killed their hoe. durlnir tiro
ran Iwnlnj ncmly Hu .n.la nf ik,l°hUW* t ’"'
C T horse bit a boy's nose off. in
, lasi Tuesday. Ho was in front of the nnlrtmi play! l
Ing off some,pranks, which the beast did hot Uke.--1
It. made one dab at hint, and ho .canto off ntlnua J
po«o. It woe filed up by a phy.lclpn, and I. doing
well. ■ *
ta **“ “••**>«» <* 'OoiamM^
, ■ Led.
ger; in bis letter of tile 21st instant, g ivos’lhefollow
ing account of a scone in the Homo of lioprceuta-
Uvea: - ■
■ wee ojfered by Mr; Golfi imrtrucling
. ™ “""matey to whom was loferred that portion of
i . , r , .P" 1 “ ? n "ual message which relates to the
District of Columbia, to report a bill prohibiting all
traffic in slaves in tho said District. .
, The resolution was warmly opposed. Mr. Harral
son moved to lay.il on the table. The question was
taken by yeas and nays, and decided in the negative
—yeas, 83j nays, 85. ...
ritei question then returning on Mr.Oqtt's tesolu.
lion of instruction, it was laken by yeas and nays,
and decided -in tho affirmative—yeas, Minely-etght ;
nays, etghty-sccen. .
On the announcement of the passage of the resolu
tion, the greatest confusion imaginable prevailed in
• it* speaker with difficulty managing to
make himself heard. At least one dozen of the mem;
bera were on their feet at the saino time, all striving
to make motions, or to offer resolulions. of the most
conflicting oharacter,possible.
. Holmes,bfSonthCarolina, at length succeeded
m making hliuself heard, amid tfio general din. Ho
ro«e, he said, not for the purpose of making a speech
~not for the purpose of appealing to tlie members of
this or that section of the Union—for he verily be-
Ueved that the time for talking had passed. What
was required to arrest the blighting footsteps of the
Northern fanatics was action—immediate,determin
ed, concerted action. Ho would, therefore, suggest
to his colleagues of South Carolina to vacate their
•eats, and at once withdraw from the hall.
The proposition was received with ill-soppressed
bursts of laughter. It did not seem to be well relish,
od even by the Southern members.
As soon as something like order was restored, Mr.
Flournoy introduced a resolution instructing the
committee on the District of Columbia to report a
bill retroceding the District of Columbia to the Slate
of Maryland, except that portion of the District which
was covered by tho public.
After a few remarks of an animated but rambling
character, the resolution was adopted.
Proceeding* of the Southern Canon* on the
Snhjeet of Slavery*
Washington, Dec. 23, 1848.
A meeting ofSoutbern members of the two Houses,
I understand, was held lust evening, in the Senate
Chamber, pursuant to private notices, distributed in
the course of yesterday's session, by Mr. Foote and
others. The proceedings were intended, I learn, to
ho secret, and reporters, letter-writers, and all others
but the participators therein, were of course excluded.
,80 far os 1 have been enabled to obtain secret infor
mation, I am induced to believe, however, noth
ing occurred which is calculated to endanger the
safety and permanency of our glorious Union.
Ex-Governor Metcalfe, U. States Senator from
Kentucky, was called to the Chair—Mn Atchison,
Senator from Missouri, and Ex-Governor Gayle, a
Representative from Alabama, were appointed Vico
Presidents—-and Mr. Venable, a Representative from
North Carolina, acted as Secretary. Between sixty
and seventy members were present, all of course from
slave States.
A series of resolutions, which, in connection widi
. the whole proceedings, I understand, are to bo pub.
lished officially, were introduced by Mr. Bjyly, of
1 Virginia, embracing essentially, in'regard-to the
’ rights of the States and the powers of the genera)
government, (ho principles ofthe resolutions of 1798.
They do not recommend resistance, but insist upon
a firm maintenance of the constitutional rights of the
South, and assert the right of the people of the States
to resist, In such manner as they may deem proper,
any unconstitutional act of (ffe federal government,
in regard to the institution of slavery. The resolu
tions further propose the appointment ofa-committee
to draft an address to the people ofthe slave,holding
States, merely showing, 1 understand, the. progress
of abolitionism, and not suggesting any piode of
remedy, but leaving that to be devised by the people
ofthe Slates and the State Legislatures, j
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, opposed immediate ac
tion on the ■ resolutions, and moved a reference of
them to a committee of one from each Stub, to re
port upon the whole subject, alan adjourncdmecling,
to be held January 15lh, 1849. '
A very animated, though by no means intemperate,
debate ensued, in which Messrs. Stephens, Foote,
Toombs, Pendleton, Woodward, Duller, Tenipktas,
Bayly, Chapman, Morse, Holroes, Rusk, Calhoun,
Wcstoott, and one or (wo others whoso names have
not been ascertained, participated. Somo were in 1
favor of (lie-immediate adoption of the resolutions.
Mr. Calhoun, I understand, approved ofMr.Bayly’s
resolutions, but coincided generally in the propriety
oflho reference proposed by Mr. Stephens.
The meeting, 1 am informed, was very orderly;
very little excitement was manifested, and even the
ultras were quite moderate in (he expression of their
sentiments. The remarks of Gen. Rusk,‘ ; Senulor
from Texas,l understand—like those of Mr.Calhouri
—were listened to with the most profound attention.
If my information be correct—-and 1 have ho doubt
on the subject—these remarks of Gen. Rusk embodi
ed, probably, very nearly the sentiments of the greil
majority ol the Southern members present. '‘Ho said
that some seemed to think that tho object’of their
assemblage'was to inform-the people of . the nnwar
lantable steps taken within the lust few days, in de
rogation.of the rights ofthe Southern portion of (his
confederacy, and the rights of the people in tho Di*.
tricl of Columbia. If this were 90, tho object of the
resolutions falls fal- short of the object intended, for
they do not pretend to set out (lie action of the House
ofßeprcsentitivcs on these subjects. A true account
of this action was now (ravelling through (he press
to all parts of this Union, flo deemed the object of
the meeting (o bo, however, to devise some means by
which to check a blind and prejudiced majority In
Congress from trampling upon the constitution, and
violating the constitutional rights o> oho half of the
Stales of this Union. How was this to bo effected?
he asked. Was it to be (he act of one or two, or any
select number of men? Was it to bo the act of one
or a few State*? Was it to bo effected by passion,
violent and precipitate action 7 All these,
if resorted to, would fail. It must bo effected, ho
insisted, by cautious, prudent, and firm action, upon 1
(ho part of all interested. To be of any service, ,
there must bo unanimity of feeling and action, under
the guidance of patriotism, and not of passion. They
hud - just come out of a heated political contest, in
which they had been divided into two parties. Mu
tual crimination and recrimination had taken place
—no lime had elapsed in which to pour 6il on tho
troubled waters, lie did not wish to be understood
as condemning the resolutions of Mr. Bayly, but ho
* thought it premature to act upon them—the call
1 even to meet was nut twelve hours* old-not more
I than two-thirds of the representatives from the Sou
thern Stales wore present—and action then would
not only be prociplate, but would bo more likely to
; produce division than harmony. Ho was, therefore,
obliged to (he gentlemen from Georgia, (Mr. Ste
-1 phene,) for his motion to refer these resolutions, and
' adjourn until the Ifilh of January. There was, fo
1 his mind, a manifest impropriety m passing these
resolutions now. Tho subject should bo thoroughly
invesligoled,and the resolutions ond address,(lf such
I an one as is spoken of ought to be adopted,) should
I correspond with each other, and should both be calm,
just, and dignified, as oil as firm. Ha hoped, there.
' fore, (hat the proposition of the gentleman from
Georgia would be unanimously adodted.
Mr. Wostcotl, 1 learn, advocated the adoption qT
1 Mr. Oayly*s resolutions, and of his proposed address
1 —confined to on historical detaif of the aggressions
: upon the South—ss well that should be done by
members of Congress, beyond the exercise of their
constitutional duty, In tho two Houses f ond denoun
ced as presumption, on (heir part, any attempt to
' dictate the mode or form of resistance. ‘This, lie
contended, was tho exclusive province ofthe Sovereign
States which are aggrieved, and of the people; and
the mode (hey devised, members of Congress IVom
those Stales were bound tu sustain, or they were
false lo their allegiance.
Olliers advocated the reference of the resolutions,
os proposed by Mr. Stephens, on the ground that if
the tolion ofCongress at this Session, consummated
what was proposed by (he opponents of the South,
more cogpn(,und efficacious, and dlicct measures
should be token by (ho representatives of the South*
orn Stales hero. But this was not, os will bo per
ccivcd by tho foregoing, the view entertained by oil
those who sustained Mr. Stephens' motion. The
object of others was farther time far consideration*.
Tiie proposition of Mr. Stephen* was finally agreed
to with great unanimity. And I believe tile mode*
rate men and prudent counsels of the South, will
prevail, and lliot all will finally unite in resisting to
I the utmost extent the encroachments of (Its Federal
Government upon the constitutional rights of tho
slavehnlding States, and In asserting tho justice of
a ? 10 “ n participation in the benefits
' ihera mFiu? m ao nulrcd. . In this mat* i
ern of °P inlon Jwlween South* '
orn ww B , or BQurt.srn i Demoßrals.-|*rnniylwnfa«.
Tht PrnlltiilUlßlectlon-Tho Remit 1n1846-
The Complete Popular and Electoral Vote**
We ate indebted td'tho Y. Herald, for the following sy*
nopiii oflbeTUl) returns ofthe last Presidential Election.
Tub Popular Vote Electoral.
• % ** —. -*——
Statei. I'aylor. , Can. V, B. Scat , . Taylor. Cat*.
Arkansas, ,7.588 0.300 ■ - 1 " 3 •
• Alabama, 30,504 31.287 0
Connec’t., 30.310 87.047 5,005 23 . 6
Delaware, • C;423 5.698' 3 3
Florida, - . 4,537 3.333 19 ■ 3
Georgia, , 47.527 . 44,700 10
Zndlafia, • 70,150 74,094 8,042 • 12
Illinois,. 48.023 51,070 15.839 . 9
lowa, 10.017 12,051 1,186 4
Kentucky, 60,027 49,743 12
Louisiana, 18.146 35,187 .1 6
Maine, 35273 40.195 12,157 24 . 9
Massach's. • 61.300 . 35.398 38.263 12
Maryland. 37,702 34.528 125 8
Mississippi. 25,821 20,550 , .12 6
Missouri, 32.071 40,077 7
Michigan; 23,040 30,687 10,389 5
N.Hamp’o. 14.781 27,703 7.560 1,112 6
N. York. 810.551 114.592 120,510 2,545 ' 36
N. Jersey, “40,015 36,901 819 ,77 7
N. Carolina, 44,000 . 35,319 85 11
Ohio; 138,360 154.775 35,354' 111 ' 23
Penn’al 186,113 172,601 11500 , 26
B. Island, "6,770 . 3.646 730 4
S. Carolina, (Vote by Legislature) 9
Tennessee, 04.145 57.98 i • 13
Texas, 3,777 . 8,705 3 79 . 4
Vermont,. , 23,122 , 10,948 ■ 13,837 • .6
Virginia. 44,725 40.077 0 29 17
Wisconsin, 13.090 : 14.440 10,185 - 4
Total. 1,355.828 1,816,740 201,927 , 4,033 163 127
Taylor over Cobb, in popular vote. “ 139,063
Taylor over Cass, Jit electoral vote. .
Taylor less than Cass and Van.Buren.
Taylor less than all others.
Polk over Clay, In popular vole, in 1844. 38,792
Polk Over Clay, In electoral vote, in 1844. . 65
Polk less than Clay and Birney, in 1844. 23,471
Compjlkativb View or tub Aggregate Vote.
• 1848. ' 1844.
Taylor, 1.355.528 Clay,
Cbm, : 1.216,748 Polk,
Van Duran, \ 211,627 Birney,
fierrll Smith and
- •tailoring.
4.033 Total
Total.
2.868,534
Increase of-voie.
100,413
Suicide of Rev. Mr. White. —We lasi week irien*
lioned (he suicide of the Rev. Mr. White, late pastor
of (he Pughlqwn congregation, in Brooko county,
Va. The particulars, so for as. (hey have reached
us, are as follows—. About sixwcoks since Mr. White
removed to Dr. McMillon’s congregation, near. Can*
nonsburgh. Soon afterwards,'several members of
his family took ill, and pno of his children lost.lhb
.use of one of Us eyes. He sUon bedamo dissatisfied
with his change of residence, and appeared to think
that ho had. done wrong in leaving the Paghtown
congregation. These reflections disturbed his mind
very much* and ho was induced to return to his old
residence near Pughtown. On Thursday, about 11
o'clock* A. M. hb rode to PughuTwn, called upon l)r,
Hare, and wished to purchase a portion of arsenic,
stating (hat he wanted (o use it in destroying rats.
The doctor, knowing (be state of his mind, declined
selling him the poison. Mr. W. returned home, and
pul his horse in the stable | but as lio did ndt go to
his house, Mrs. White supposed that ho started out
to where somp men were cutting his winter's wood.
Dr. Haro, fearful that alt was not right, called, im*
mediately at Mr. White's house* and related to Mrs.
W. what occurred at his office. He then looked in
the. stable—foiind (he horse put safely awoy, arid
immediately Walked out lo whore the choppers were
at work. Not finding Mr. While there, ho became
alarmed; and returned forthwith; with ievefal of thb
men, lo make a thorough examination rif 1110 premi
ses around the stable. They at length fodnd Mr.
While In tho bay mow, hanging by the neck ! After
ho was taken down, it is said that lie breathed bdt a
single breath—his spirit had departed! He was
launched into eternity by his own hand !
This heart-rending occurrence has thrown a deep
gloom over the nighborhood about Pughlown. ; Mr.
White, we • understand, has been regarded as an
amiable arid good man, and was much beloved by
his congregation..
A Droll Bet.—A singular Wager was laid on (he
Presidential election, by 0 couple of politicians in
Connecticut* who agreed that ho whoso .candidate
was defeated should saw a cord of wood in tho street.
The wood.wds sawed last Monday in presence ofa
large committee of admiring spectators.
O’ln all the Cabinet arrangements of the new
administration, Pennsylvonia is rarely, or never
named. It seems to bo determined upon that tho
General Is to have no representative from this Stale.
(Xj*Tho Washington Daily Globe kai been revi.
ved by its old publishers, Blair & Rives. It eschews
, politics.
Death or the District Attorney or N. York.—
Charles M. Venn, United States District Attorney
for the State of Now York, died at his residence’ in
New York on the 20lh inst.
Col. Fremont, —A., writer in (ho Buffalo Adoerlu
ser expresses the conjecture (hat Col. Fremont, who
recently resigned his position in the army and loft
St. Louis with a numerous but carefully picked parly
fur California, on his own resources, was well aware
of tho immense gold deposits, on his route; and goes
with the intention of enriching himself and his party
therefrom.
An Englishman, who thought to bo 'smart* asked
an American, who was blowing Yankee Doodle on a
shrill fife Tor his bare life, 'ls that, rriy friend, the
tuno tho old cow died of?* 'No, darn your plotor,*
said the duwnoaster, ‘it's not, but it is tho tune the
old Bull died of.*
917,413,7071
A Fact for Farmers to Rememlier S
During the year ending June 30th, 1848, which
was not the year of the Famine abroad, tho export
of BasAorrurrs and Provisions, under the tariff of
184 C. amounted to THIRTY*BEVEN MILLIONS,
FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTV-TWO
THOUSAND,SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY;
SEVEN DOLLARS. This Is much more than dou
ble the annual average export under tho tariff of *42.
This Immense foreign market (ho high tariff party
in Pennsylvania are anxious (0 cut off, with all Us
attendant advantoges to tho Commerce and Naviga
tion of the country. Formers of Lancaster county,
what think you of such short-sighted policy? Are
you willing to surrender the foreign market for your
products; and then be Taxed four-fold more than is
necessary in the bargain! And all this fur the ben
efit of a mere handful of manufactures, who are not
content unless they amass a million In a year!
Laneatter Jnitlligencer.
#7,007,380 00.
This is (he average amount of revenue, which has
annually accrued to the United States Treasury under
the tariff of 1646, over and above tho average amount
annually received under the much vaunted tariff of
1849. Wo give tho amount in words, as well os in
figures, that there may bo no mistake about it. It
U: SEVEN MILLIONS, SEVEN THOUSAND.
TWO HUNDRED and EIGHTY DOLLARS and
NINETY43IX CENTSI Remember, this is the
increoso only in a tingle year. In ten years (ho in*
crease would bo over SEVENTY, MILLIONS!—
And this is the tariff law, forsooth, which (ho Fedora)
politicians in Pennsylvania are anxious to repeal!
Partisan madness and infatuation could go no further*
Lan. Intelligencer.
Tub Man is Found! —lt seems by the following. Rich JoEB!—//ts election hat turned hit heath—
from (ho Wnahinglon oorrc.pondcnl oftho Journal of v ( 1 l ,llod ‘h" *ha»tra In Pblla
., . « u ,m . « . delphla by InvUalion, on the night on which the new
Commerce, that President Tyler first suggested Gen. play written by Lieut. Moyne Uoid, “ Love's Mar.
Taylor far tho Presidency j tyr," was first pcrfartnmJ. The Govornorsal in a
“It lately cumo to light that Captain .fylor Was P r l ya fa next lb that which sat the author. Both
tho person who first proposed Gon. Taylor ns a can*] oro v fa V* 0 audience, but not lo'ouoh other,
diduto far the Presidency, ft appparn that Brevet! shouts of applause directed evidently to the
Brig. Gen. Z t Taylor was In - this city and dined willi ou lbor, went up} which the Governor taking to him*
tho President lii> 1844, and then received orders to acknowledged by rising and making any qimn
take command ofthe troops ordered to Corpus Christ!, , nows and flourishes to the great amusement
President Tyler said to him jocosely—“ General, you a udienoo, whoso oheors at onco turned-to
are ordered down to Corpus Christ!—you may have i au sbtor.—* Doyltitoton Democrat, »
“ b ™ ,h w ' ,h ~ l'“ l '“ “"J'r n ;. ! ?" d ‘ f , > oa „i 0 ' “ will 1 Col. Don,p,un—ln a r.oont .poooli .1 » Taylor
make you President of tho United Slates!" ' «« pi«i»« ««..«».. mi t .it >t ■,/
Probably this conversation was in the old soldier's . ° „ U . co “ nl /> Missouri, this distinguish.
mind,‘when ho wisely advised (batmarch to the Rio aa, d ‘that ho did not believe that a
Grande. l It hat mode him President, at least.; i single office holder would bo removed from office on
Balt, Argui. , I acoountof difference of political opinion."
. q|o . Mg 01/> (do «■«-* ' els ois eK* els! tifS
; Counting-llouse Almanac, [C
FOR THE-TEAR OF OUR LORD
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t*or tile Volunteer.
(banal Commissioner*
ilfr. Editor —The 4th of March Will eobh bo herb,
When tho Democratic Slate Convention will meet for
the purpose of putting in nomination a dultablo can
didate for the important office of Canal Commissioner.
Allow me, through tho columns of your papof, to
mention the name ofCol. Joifv CjitstfELLjofHunting*
don County, as a gentleman well qualified to fill that
station. Should he he selected by the convention os
a candidate ofthe parjy, he will bo elected by a large
majority, . , A. Democrat.
Carlisle, Dec. 26, 1848.
A Lilliputian, Watch is described by tho New Or
leans Picayune as having recently made Its appear*
once in that city.' It-was made In Geneva, is about
as largo as a half dime, only somewhat thicker, and
keeps admirable lime.
Punishment roa Dancing. —It is stated ihatseveraf
of the students in the Wesleyan University at Mid*
dlclown,are in a state consequence
of having been concerned In getting up a cotiliott
parly in that city. What folly !
A Modb#t Leaper.— 'The following is, the lending
article in the Weston (M 0.,) Frontier Journal, ofthe
11th' ult. It is short, but expressive, and to tho point
Such is not the case with ail loaders. ■*
“Wanted—at this office—some of the crumbs of
comfort—such os beef, pork, lard, potatoes, moat,
wood, in fact, most anything that will contiibutu lo
the support and comfort ofa country editor, his wife,
and—nothing elec.'*
Good Poetry wo adrnlro greatly, particularly when
it conveys a sound moral. The following is a perfect
gem in its way. Our renders will doubtless appre
ciate it:
"The man that dnth no paper take,
Grudging two dollars once a year,
Will never a good liiinlnmd make,
Because his \(ifit can never know what is gain*
on in the world, and his children will very Ignorani appear."
The lust line Is rather (00 long for good jingle,but
tho moral is sublime.
(CyGcn.. W. F. Packer, of Lycoming county, is
pretty generally named as tho Democratic candidate
for Speaker of the next House of representatives of
this State, He possesses abundant capacity and ex
perience.
CCj" A Convention of Lawyers, for the whole Slate
of Massachusetts, is to be held at Bualon on the 4th
of January, lo promote the honor and standard of
(ho profession, and prevent Imposition by pettifoggers
and others.
. Tub Gold Fever.— ln tho Now York Herald
there appears twenty-three separate and distinct
advertisements addressed to those who are about
storting for California.
(O* The Taylorilcs have come lo (ho conclusion
that JohnM. Bolts Isa very insignificant man.—
They can't forgive hia friendship for Henry Clay.
MBGHAMXOS*
They, are the palace builders of (ho world. Not a
stick is hewn, not a stone shaped in all tho lordly
dwelling of the rich, that docs not owe its beauty (o
the Mechanic's skill; the towering spires'that raise
their giddy heights among the clouds, depend upon
tho Mechanic's art far their strength and symmetry;
the thousands of noble ships that covdf the sous of
the world, the magnificent steamers that plough the
Northern Lakes ond Western rivers, the swift loco
motive that truvese the land from State to State with
the rapidity of lightning, nro all the construction of
that nnblost of beings, tho Mechanic! Not an odifico
far devotion, for business, far comfort, Uat bears (ho
impress of their handiwork! How exalted is their
culling—how noble is their pursuit—how sublime is
their avocation I Who dares to sneer at such o ft*a.
lernily ofhonorublo, noble, high minded men 7 Who
dares to east odium on such un eminent and patriotic
race? Their path is one of true glory, ambition ond
honesty, and K is their own fault If U does not load
them to the highest post of honor, fame and renown !
1849.
BlnqJcsinUliH Look Hero!
1 C\ .PONS of assorted Holed Iron Just rjccl«cdi
L& that wo will soil at a lower rate than ha* rvrr
beon sold, cithoi for cash or scrap (rpn. Albo Welt**
beat Dor Iron always on hand at the store of
JACOB SENER.
December 88, 1848
CALL AT THE DEE HIVE, if you -want to
save 33 per cent, I have a lot of Young D)''
aon and Imperial Tea to aoll ol 75 els per pound.
CAPS, 10 doz, Minn’s and Boys Cape, all kind®
and eizns. jiifei received at the Deo Hive.
December 28, 1848
BOOTS’ A SHOES, A splendid assortment of
Men’s water-proof Boots, together with Women*
and Boy’s Boots and shoes, 1 opened and for solo bI
tho now store of S D TOWEL & CO
pASHMEHfiS and Muslin do Laincs. Ju*t rcCfl J
\J ved and now opening a uplondid assortment o •
coshmores and do laincs, which wo will sell veryl®"’
Also, a handsome assortment of black and MP
colored Alpacas for children’s dresses. ,
December 21,1848 8 D POWKL A LO
for th'u Amerigo Volunteer.
TO MISS ’,
Ohi that I liadBor!U dice never,
Or that I might liivo theo evor,
Hut the Fates between us show—
Harriers 1 can ne'er overthrow 1 ,
Vet in secrct.mny Move thee,
Tim* my sighs may never move thee
And that lovo I*ll proudly cherish—
Till love, oik! 1 together perish;
Openly I’ll luvo Jlieu never, ■**
Yet I*ll lovo, ami love forever. .
By thine eyes of sunny brightness— -
By thy teeth of pearly w Idleness—
By tfeo ringlets of thy hair,— , ,
By Illy facc'so passing fair—
By llni Up of nihy snow—
Uy tliy nqck likn nnwfldlon snow:-*
By thy heart os pure as Heaven,. . .
Which has mine to madness driven;—
Openly I’ll InvO thee never, '
Yet I*ll love, and love forever..
By hiy fondest hopes of Hcavon--
By my heart by sorrow rivon—
By those moments passed with thee—,’
. Such as Ino more shall seejr- ‘r
By that glohjny hour,ofportlng, „
- When teardrops from mind eyes, wore stalling;
By all lifes pleasures, oil Its'carca, ,
• To then ( fervently will swear;— .
Opkhly to love theo HKVEB,
Secretly to tovo.lhce ever.
For the Volunteer
' CHARADE.
Dulci piima tlbl, Mario, p’ulsut nmore,
Alba secunda rubct, viola nitore luqj
Qnot mihi bdaju rcddae plcno neclnris oro.
Totum ne Crocilct, gamila, more buck
Another.
Five Icllcra only, my full name compose;'
My whole nil cthcrinl Indy, will disclose, .
To whom the ancients their devotions paid,
And ofl invoked the influence' of the maid.
Transpose my extremes, I then before you alund,
In foreign tongue , in form ofo command
To do a sacred duly,-which, nine! >
You oil neglect, aa yourselves confess.
Come try your wit, just for a little fun, .
Ye who your “ Amo’s,” nnd your “TuptoV* con.
And na a just reward for ull your care,
The •• maiden's” smiles, inspiring, yon may share.
, Tlib following cipiliilliil was perpetrated by a
member of Ihe'Ugly Club t
Winch is Gftt. Taylor's last and favorite march 1
Give it up! March the 4th.
/ nUiißirn.
/On Tliiirsdn)* j ho sisl ‘the Rev. J. Dicl<-
son, Mr. John |Jai.r, to Miss EuiuiKTii Henr?, uli
> opOuinbcrland county;
' the same day by t(ie same, Mr. David Givler
Ip'MissJANR Eckuan, all of tumbcrJinnl county. *
r. On (he 33d ult., by the Rev. A. H. ICrcmcr, Mr,
JaPob Hess, to Miss Barbara Minich.
y'On the 21st Inst., by the same. Air. Andrew Ken*
cdaV, to Alls* SusAn Mt.iidJ, nil of Frank ford in
iliis fcoUnty. ‘ ’
v Adui(«i>s nroiico.
fPHB undersigned, Auditor, appointed by, the
J. phans’ Court of Cumberland county* to marshal
and distflbute Iheafesctsof the estate of Enoch Wood
row, lain of Westpcnnsborough township, doc’d., In
the hands of John B. Vandcrbclt, his administrslor,
to arid among (he creditors of said deceased, hereby
gives notice to till persons interested, that he will at
tend to the duties of his appointment at his office, hi
tho Borough of Newvllld, on Thursday, the Ist dai
of February, lg4D, at 10 A. M* '
JAMES R.IRVINE, Auditor.,
December 2s, 1818. st*
police.
I am desirous of reducing my stock nf goods’
and .would say to purchaser's that my stock Is lar
ger lhafi 1 wish it dt this season,' hhd the way iq
reduce it is to come and buy them, as they will
be pflered ait very low prices. The Bee Hive is
m great want of money, and how Is the proper'
limb to settle tip as the old year goes out, and
open a new leaf. S. A. COVLE.
. December 28, 1818.
House & Blacksmith Shop for iteni
THE subscriber for rent from the Ist of April
next, a House am] Blacksmith Shop, with an
aero of Ground attached. The situation is o!firsi
(ate one for a Blacksmith, and will be rented nif
moderate terms; The shop is situated 6 hmes wesi
of Carlisle in Frnpkford township, and near there*
sideneb of,the undersigned*
. December 2S, 1848.—3t*
GEOItfiE KOSiIT.
Uonftc « l-ot foi- Sale.
THE HOUSE anil LOT in East : Main slreet,
adjoining Andfew-Holmea and others, at present
occupied by S. D. Adnir, Esq., is for sale. The
lot is 38 feel fronting on Main street, and 210 feet
deep to an alloy. The house is 32 feel in from
with Back-buildings, tic., and will b? sold ntleso
than cost. Apply to J. W. EBY.
Carlisle. Deo 28, IRIR—3t
New anti Cheap
HARDWARE STORE, ’
NOW opening by JACOB SENEH, who re
spectfully culls the attention of his friends
and the pub;ic generally, and ftll.dealers In Hard*
ware, to his now and splendid assortment of all
kinds of Hard ware,, such as Saddler's tools and
Saddlery Ware ofevery description ami style, all
kinds of Carpenter's tools, and building material#
of all kinds and new style, all kinds of materials
used by Cabinet makers. Also, Shoe Findings
of all kinds, a good assortment of Men's Morocco,
Kid, French straits, lining and binding skins for
Shoe (linkers, nil articles uspd by shoe makers
constantly kept on hand. Blacksmiths crin he
supplied with the very best of hammered iron,
warranted good; also all kinds of rolled, slit, round,
band, and strap iron; cast, shear, spring, English
and American blister steel, warranted good; a lot
of sheet Iron for tinners. Housekeepers can ho
supplied with every article necessary for house
keeping in ihn Hardware Line,
Ethoreiil ami Fine Oil Lamps ofevery descrip'
lion just received, Ethereal and |Jne oil for sale,
fresh; all kinds of Faints, Ojls, Varnidfies, Tur
pentine, ami a first rate article to preserve leather
shoes, and keep the feel dry, Look oil and tour
in mind.
Fanners, Mechanic* and IJouscJteepard and oil
who use the article of
HARDWARE,
cal) at the old well known now arranged Hard,
ware aland, formerly kept by Lewis Harlan, in
North Hanover street, next-door to John Com
mon a tavern stand, now kept by H. Glass, and
next door to George Keller’s Hat and Cap alotf.
Call and examine for yourselves, and save mo
ney, os wa ate determined to Bell all articles «t
Iho very smallest profit for o*sn, and we think we
Shall be able to sell a lilllo lower than any oilier
Hardware store in town, as our goods are well er
looted and purchased right, in order to soil loir ol
the new arranged Hardware sloro, well-known aa
Lewis Harlan’s old stand, where yon may find a
good,assortment of every article in the Hardware
Lino. Don’t forgot the stand, as quick sales and
small profits is the order of the day,
_ „ , ' JACOB SENEft.
Carlisle, December 38, 1848.
Oioma.