THE VOLUNTEER.
John B* Atatton) Editor and Proprietor*
tißtlStiß, THURSDAY) APRIU .10, 1840*
AGENCY*
t3"V. B. PALMER, Eaq.« la our tnilhritffeed bpctft for'pro-
Turiug advertisements, receiving subscriptions and making
Collections (i»r the American Volunteer, at bis office, N. W.
corner of Third and Chcsnut streets, Philadelphia.
' Bold Robbery—Arrest or one orTite Robbers,— I
On (he night of (he lOlh inst., an elderly lady named <
. Miss Follv Pulton, .who resides near Slnppens* i
■lrafg, Wat Tabbed of about 930t)0 in money, and also <
■of a Valuable gold watch, by three enlisted soldiers i
Btationedat. {he Carlisle Barracks. The cobbers i
brokeinto thehouse .between 13 and 1 o'clock on
•aid night, arid* immediately, in the presence of 1
Misa P,, commenced ransacking the bureau drawers.
After possessing themselves with the money, they
/demanded of Miss F, a pillow case to put their plun*
tier in. . This was furnished them, and they made
One of them, named William B. Bradford, has
.been arrested, and is now. in jail. He has made a
\ full confession *of the. whole affair, and -slates that
bo was assisted in commuting the robbery by two
of his feHow*sdliliers, named WalriCk and Troup*
,'son; • Ho also named a spot neat the Barracks where
I his had. deposited his portion of the stolen money.
Search was immediately made, and 1660 found, at
ih6iplace designated. Walrick and Thompson have
.-made their escape, but officers are in hot pursutl of
: them, and strong hopes are entertained that they
.nday overtaken, .Walrick is a young'man
/who formerly lived with Miss Fulton—indeed ho
had been partly raised by her. , He was therefore per*
focl'y familiar with the house, and, according to Brad*
.Tord’a statement, was the leader In planning and com.
, milting the robbery. .Wc hope to be able to announce
the arrest of .both'Walrick and Thompson in our
“neat.
(Ej*Tho new Town Council /or this borough held
llieir firat meeting on Saturday evening last, when
the following appointment* were made. The gen
tlemen appointed are all true and thorough-going
Dembcrols, end, wo doubt, not, will make efficient
officers;
Treasurer—Abner Bent*.
High Constable—Wm. Holmes.
Clerk—George L. Rcighter. ■
Market Master—John Harder.
Street Commissioners—Wm. H.,Miller, A. Mc-
Gleester.. ♦ *
Regulators—Patrick Davidson, Henry Myers,
Jacob Dcelcm. . -
Nationai. Scuoof. Convention.— Tho friends of
Common Schools, and of universal education through
out tho Union, have called a national convention to
assemble in Philadelphia on tho 23d of August next,
for mutual consultation and deliberation.. It is ro
commended (hat a Stale convention bo held In each
Stale onor before the 4th of July, to appoint dele
gates, (he number equal (ho representation in
/Congress.
Distressing Case or Hydrophobia:-We len rn.fr om
the York Republican, that on the 6lh inst;, dir. Con
rad Zimmerman, residing near Kistcr’s Tavern, Tn
that county, was attacked with hydrophobia, and
suffered all the horrible torture of ihaltorrible disease*
Daring one of the paroxysms he succeeded in ro.
leasing himself from the cords wUhwvtiich liU arms
had Jbcen scoured, and casting his'aUcndants from
- him, seized a razor and put an end to^his,existence
by colling his throat. Ho leaves a wife and child
to mourn his death..
Disgraceful!— The Harrisburg Krysfone for*
Dishes the following report of the last day's pro
codings of the State Legislature. Such conduct
is truly disreputable, and wholly unbecoming the
character and dignity of Legislators: “In the
i scenes of yesterday, In both houses, (he dignily'of
the legislative department was entirely forgotten,
and when the hour fixed for the adjournment, by
.the jpint resolution of both houses, had arrived,
the appropriation bill had not been transcribed
and presented to the Governor. Hence they could
not.adjourn, and while they had to wail for the
reports from Committees and messages from the
Governor, they amused themselves with the delight
ful amusement of throwing paper balls and old jour
nals at each other.”
■ The N*it Cohuress.— The Journal of Commerce
that Iho members of the next Congress, since
the' Connecticut election, stands 85 Whigs, 61 De.
mderata. If the remaining 85 should stand as in
■ the lost Congress, there would bo a whig majority
«fI7 in the next House. The Senate will have 10
of» democratic majority. The elections yet to be
hold.may destroy the whig majority in, the next
Congress, or reduce it to the merest nominal major!-
ly. Virginia roles on the 261 h instant; and if site
mores as she did in 1845, sho will return but ono
whig member insteod of six, as in the last Congress.
TTunatiiral Uiirder In Harrlilinrg*
On Wednesday morning of last week, John Kncp.
Toy, old and oateomed eiliaon of Harrisburg,
was murdered in hia own houao, on returning from
market, by hia own aon, David C. Knopiey. David
is supposed to have been laboring under mental de
rangement Tor several years, having attempted his
.own life twice* A double, barrelled gun, heavily
loaded, was found in his room, with one barrel just
discharged. An inquest was held upon the body
the; verdict of which was that " the deceased came
to hie dearls firom a gun shot by the hands of David
C. Kncpley." David was immediately arrested and
enmmitted*. Mr. Knepley, lire deceased, was much
esteemed. He be dr la hi by » competency, and had
■ Tor Borne, train been living upon U, independent of
business*
Wire Terror ora Whig Veto,
Governor Johnson, soys the Democratic Union,
has held the veto rod over the head of his Whig
friends In (he Legislature from the first to the last of
Hie session. When the House inserted a section in
the appropriation, bill to authorize a loan to abolish
the soKsf notes, a number of Whigs voting for it r tho
Whig friends of (he Governor in the Senate deohred
that unless provision was made to rs-issus the relief
notes tAe/?oeernor would veto the bill, Tims it will
be seen that the terror of the veto was held, over the
beads of the members to. force a. continuation of tho
miscrallto relief notes for the next ten years.
Hinny B. Anthonv, editor of tho Providence
Journal, la elected Governor of Rhode Uland by
a Tory largo majority. G„,er„ora,hould bo proud
new that they have an editor with them.
• PiiaaiDinT Tiyi.oh’b inaugoral la. very much
praited by all Ilia UriH.lt praai without aioeptlon.
Bnublftll praise! Gen. Jactiion’a meaagra wore
not admired by the British press, nor were Wash
ington’s.
• The McKean County Yeoman glves us the follow.-
log account of the amusements in thatpoitionoftho
: Staler’ ■
Maplc Sugar.— Splendid weather this for the
manufacture of Sugar. Days, girls,, and all now-a.
dsytiarc engaged \i). gathering and boiling-the sweet
' waier frpm the mspJe. v Such sugar kisses and daubs
:'V^b£'teex.-B|i 4 are passed around at 'tHe Joyous sugar
*pprtie'saboul these days, may imprint soma indelible
rasrksupon a fair die art which old father (im*«lono
gin obliterate..
| llfeftl&VAZ.' OF OEOIOOR&TS FROM OFFICE}.
1 The Federal papers—'With a recklessness peculiar
lo their party—are urging ph Ghii.Tay'ldr arid hie
cabinet officers In the glorious work they 'ha'ye ddfn.
menccd of removing 'Democrats frtfrtTdfflcei.«lt *bi
now boldly proclaimed that a general sweep jHvIII
take .place froth one end of the Union tothe other.
“To. the victors belong :.lhc spoils, 1 * is not to bo. a
saying without moaning hereafter—it is id-be carried
out io the letter, /Coitdmer, the areh traitor who
holds the office of Postmaster General, in imitation
of the notorious Granger, who held the same office
under Gen. Harrison, has,'it is said, already removed
over five hundred Post Masters ! Before the lapse
of many weeks the Federalists will, be-in possession
of all offices under lhe Gencro) Government.
Wo are glad to see our political opponent's pursue
this coarse. It will, we predict, open foe eyes of
the people. It is proof of the dishonesty of Federal
professions. It will not be denied, by even tlie most
ultra Whig, that previous to the late Presidential
election tho friends of Gen. Taylor were loud in do.
nouncing what they termed ” proscription/ 1 * They
were for “ proscribing proscription”—their candi
date, they said, was a “ second Washington”—(What
an insult lb the memory bftho fulHcrofhis country!)
—God. Taylor, we were told, was the people's can
didate,who had “no friends to reward, and noene*;
mlcs to punish”—in case of his election he would
not be “ a party man 11 —ho would bo “the people’s
President, and not tho President of a party 11 —ho was
for the Constitution, and nothing but the.Constitutiou
—he was a Whig, but not an ultra' Whig, and cared
nothing about politics'. 1 .
Such wore the professions of the Federalists, du«
ring- the late Presidential contest. They did not
attempt to advocate measures of public
policy. They electioneered for Taylor on the simple
ground that he. was not a party man—they road his
own Idlers to the people in proof of this position.-
Gen. Taylor himself—?lo his eternal shame bo it said
—declared in the and solemn manner
that, in case of Ins elation, lie would go into the
{’residential chair “untrammelled by parly
lions,” and that ho would' 11 proscribe no mah because
of his political opinions.” We might, if wo decried
it necessary, quote a dozen hr more of Gen. T’s.
letters, In ul! of which ho made groat professions of
labhononce to party, and of “party schemes.” .
. But, how is it now 7 lias Ucn. Tuylbr, since his
inauguration as President, discountenanced M party
schemes 7” lias ho refused lo proscribe men because
of their political opinions?—has ho adhded to his
pledges in this respect 7 No, no! Ho has violated
his . word —ho has . given (ho lie ld*his own hollow,
heartless, and hypocritical has Stiff
cred himself to be controlled by a horde of political
gamblers—men who.make it their business to con
coct corrupt “ party schemes,” lo be monied out am/
pul into execution by the 11 Ho party President, Gen.
TAylor!* 1 What a humiliating position has General
Taylor placed himself in.' By (rickety, fraud, and
downright falsehood—by deceiving (he people with
heartless*professions—ho managed lo creep into the
White House; but, after his term shall have expired,
and after ho has disposed of all his patronage, he
will bo loathed by tho very men who-now surround
and flutter him. Ho will go out of office, like John >
Tyler—despised by honorable men of all parties.
Democrats do not complain, because of the ffemo
vals from office that have~ ; becn made. This in Itself
is all right enough. On more than one occasidh we,
with others, found fault With Mr. Polk for retaining
so. many of his political opponents in place/. This
was about the only error of Mr. Polk's admlnlsira*
tioh. Ho retained too many Federalists io office*
We areTrec to avow that it is right and.ptoper for
an administration lo confer tho offices of government
upon those who concur in sentiment with the admin
istration. But, previous lo tho election, Gen. Taylor
repudiated such doctrines—ho did not, (so he said,):
believe in proscribing men because of their political
opinions. Ho assumed tho duties of chief magistrate
as an avowed “ no party man;” but no sooner was
ho snugly fixed in tho'chair of State than he began
to cast about him In search of Democrats who held
office that bo them—thus violating all
his further professions, rind falsifying his voluntary
declarations before the whole nation. The complaint
therefore against Gen. Taylor by Democrats, is not
because of trim-appointing Federalists to office and
removing Democrats, but because he, before the elec
tion, pretended to set his face against this doctrine.
It is because of the dislioesty of his professions, and
his inconsistency and insincerity wo complain. By
making llieso professions ho Induced thousands of
Democrats to vote for him, and hejiow turns round
and laughs at llicm'l&r suffering themselves (o bo
deceived. Never did a man obtain goods or money
from another by means of false pretences under more
aggravated circumstances, than did Taylor, obtain
the votes of the people by false promises.
“NO ENEMIES TO PUNISH,*»
« Tlio people of tlio. United Slates, in coaling their
volo /or General Taylor, voted juil a# much for new
Collectors, Postmasters, Foreign Ministers, dtc., aa
they did for ft now President and a new cabinet."
Tiie above extract wo clip from a Federal paper.
Can language express more clearly than is hurc laid
I down, tlio most odioas doctrine of proscription?—*
k Had the Whig paper* avowed such a principle du>
1 ring the canvass, we might not complain of any acts
of removal by iholr successfulleader; but, when U
Is roincmbcrdd that the language of Gcn. Toylor “ 1
huvo no friends to reward, no enemies to punish,*'
wos in the mouths of the Whigs as familiar os house* I
Isold words—and that their plausible argument was
that old Zaak's election would soften the asperities
of parly and bring around on M ora of good feeling;"
when those patriotic professions of the Whigs ors
recalled, how can they expect to escape public indig
nation for “the spoils" principle now unblushingly
avowed? With the full blaze of tho scenes of 1840
and 1841 to light the path, wo coaid expect nothing
else. Hut beyond doubt, many were caught the
fair promises of u no porlyism,” which being gross,
ly violated, & revulsion of public sentiment must
takocffuct as In 1841. Lika causes always produce
like effects—and tlio Democracy have only to stand
firm, to roup another victory as 164*4'.
The Uloli Men of Doslotr*
Boston is..prolific of rich men, though how they
moke (heir money, might surprise (he common sense
of our grond-futhors. Tho folks In Boston pay taxes
based on tho amount of property (hey possess, and
wo sco (hat no- less than one hundred and eighteen
citizens admit themselves to be worth between one
and two hundred thousand dollars. Twcnty-oight
persons pay a value between lioo'and three hundred
thousand! Twelve pay on a value of between three
and four hundred thoueandl Four pay on between
five and six hundred thousand! and (ho following
pay taxas on (ho amount sot opposite to their names,
Ulrt—Peter C, Brooks, $1,334,900; Ahotl Lawrence,
9050,400; Jonathan Philip., 9033,000; Robert O.
Shaw, 9710,500; John D. Wi11iam.,'9785,200.
Beaton, for Ua population, la without doubt one of
• ho wealthier ciilca 1„ the Union., Fifty year, ago
*IUO,0 P OO ly W " n0l0n ” ° r 118 lehttbllunla worth
Businkm on Tim Au.imhiht— The nittburv
American alalea that no hnalnoa. haa Inoroaaed more
rapidly than the trade and travel on the Allegheny
river, There are now al> aloamboala dellvo'y plying
on that river, running fully.loaded wllh.freight, and
p.aaaengcre. . • _ ,
THB liATB I
After .three ;nlbnt)te people ofj
■Pennsylvania tire ty'iih Another dvidcrico ‘
ftf the hollPwnofcSOf WhiF: pUnises. Vo iWe ilmT
linguage of the Reading Gizptte, Governor Johnston
‘oanie ihtopower under Strang pledges Sh favor of
eVory Wpc’ctevoTeconcrtoy and reform. His Message
tecmbd-with altaring prdm|ses of taxes reduced, re*
venues increased, the “ relief note" nuisance arid Ml
burdens upon the laboring Sclatßc'fi abolished, and a
general diffusion of public benefits. How these
promises have been career of the Legis
lature which has just ended Its Session, will denloa*
strata. • ’ ’•*
Instead of measures of economy and reform, three
now Judicial Districts, whiph were never thought of
before, and never even petitioned for by the people,
except perhaps, in a single instance,arc created, and
throe Whig Judges forcedjupon tho people, at the
annual expense of over six thousand dollars. A new
Executive officer, with the. title of 14 Lieutenant Go.
vernor,’? was sought to be created, at an increased
public expenditure; and the high-handed measure of
legislating the Auditor General and Surveyor Gene
ral but of office, that the Governor might reward
some of tho greedy aspirant* | for office of his own
political fuilh, was attempted in earnest, tnsicad of
making.provision for redeeming the depreciated and
filthy relief issues, I WuM reissue is determined upon,
and oven the gradual processor theirextingufshmont
by the annual cancellation of a certain amotihl; is
suspended for three, years. Instead of a reduction of
taxes, revenue measures the mostburdcnsoin’o of any
under which the Commonwealth, even in heV
embarrassed state, endured, are adopted; ahd the
creation of millions of, paper money, In.tho shape .of
small notes, had well*nigh fieon sanclioned, to add to
the distresses of the impoverished laborer., Instead
of the wholesome measures of Bank reform, which
Gov. Johnston so eloquently advocated, wo have scon
a .of legislation for privileged classes
attempted, whichwould have created mUlions of fic
titious capital for speculators to work 4 upon, and ex.
punged from every Dank charter life wholesome
restrictions which tho sad experience of the past has
sjiown to be proper and necessary to gliord the peo
ple from: being plundered and by the dis
honesty mismanagement which was bat too
frequently practised by irresponsible Bank officers.
Thoso are a few of tho measures of Whig policy
which have been attempted end carried, during the
short period of Whig rule to wfiich Pennsylvania has
been subjected. Others,equally objectionable, might
bo enumerated; and it cannot bo doubted that many
more aro in embryo, which the future will disclose,
in all their odiousness. Bat enough has been shown
to add another, page to the black record of Whig
faithlessness. Ever ready to pledge themselves to
all sorts of reform, and profuse in their promises of
good to llio people, the Whig parly no sooner arc
secure.in the'possossion of power, than they disregard
till previous pledges and engagements, with a reck
less hardihood (hat clearly proves their professions
of fcgafd fur the people, to bo mere empty words,
and that their chief aim is lo ril/e, according to the
dictates of their olVn prejudices and cupidity. Docs
not such a course imperatively call fbr the united
efforts of tho'Democratic party to redeem Ponnsyl
yatfia from the thraldom of her ruthless oppressors?
••TUB ’ SECOND WASHINGTON.™
. It is always fatal to excite-public expectation by
exaggerated promises. Irta wr easier to take pcbplt
by surprise; than'td rcilizo (heir extravagant hopes.
Hence wo conbeive that the attempt to make of Gen!
Taylor a second bo (lid saddest
failure of our diy. ■ The following contrast between
the dead patriot and Ms living imitator, which wt
copy from (ho Albany Atlas, shows what a difTtcuh
task Gen. Taylor has imposed upon himself, in try.
ing to emulate Washington t
The people, so far from being milled by these flat
lerics of parasites, are only recalled to a fuller rculi.
cation of the contrast between the-real greatness ol
the past and these petty imitations. There can be
no second Washington, for there can be no recurrence
here of the circumstances that created or called for
and developed the great revolutionary Commander
and President.
Gen. Taylor la least of oil such a man. . • J 7
Gen. Washington was not a professional soldier.
Gen. Taylor whs through life.
Gen. Washington voluntarily resigned ins post at
tho close o( the war. Gen. Taylor held on to its
salaries otid emoluments, to the Inst moment.
Gen. Washington was the unanimous choice oflhe
people for President. Gen. Taylor receives that o(T>cc
against the voice of a majority oflhe people, and the
Electoral voice of half the Stales.
Gen. Washington did not profess neutrality or in*
difference as lo the politics of the people of his time,
for'lbu only division was Whig and Tory. But in
placing Jefferson and Hamilton, the groat intellects
oflhe »gc, in his Cabinet, bp rose above, tho sectari
anism of party. Gen. Taylor has professed indiffer
ence and ignorance upon all (lie subjects which have
occupied (ho.public mind for forty years, and lias
called to his aid a rncro partisan Cabinet of second
rate men.
Tho first took (ho responsibility of organizing a
groat government, The second refuses the ordinary
accountability of. a chief magistrate, and makes his
Cabinet responsible for his sots.
The difference is as wide between tho first Pros!-
dent'and his last successor, os tho circumstances
have differed in which they lived, and os their per
sonal and private characters are widely opart; and
it is a profanation in his followers to attempt to robe
their chief with tho mantlo of his groat predecessor,
and a folly for him to attempt to strut owkwaidly in
its folds.
mon oturanm^
Tito Sussex (N. J.) Register publishes the follow
ing extracts from a letter from Mr. \Vm. E. Norford,
who loft that place a year ago, fur the Pacific:
“San Francisco, Jan. 6,1848.
• •••so Upon our arrival at Monterey,
wo hoard of the gold mines, and emblazoned as tho
accounts were, they at once gave mo the Idea of seek-
Thg my fortune among them. After nur arrivol at
Sun Francisco, most of our men, including tho cook
and steward, ran away from us; tho captain then
begged (he ycslduo to stay by (ho ship until she was
disclmrged, and then ho would give us clear, or double
our wages (to double mine would bo (wico (Ms o—a
slim chance.) However, (ho remainder loft, except,
ing D—, thoiuilmaker.and myself. After which,
Ilia captain remarked, “As you ore an apprentice, 1
irm In duly bound to relurn you to Now York," and
refused me my discharge; whereupon I took French
(eavo for the mines. After walking about 300 miles
through tho Spanish Ranchos,! arrived at Sutter's
Fort 1 , on the Sacramento. 1 then proceeded on horse
back (Captain Suitor having given mo a mustang) to
(ho North fork of Rio Americano,
, “1 worked about cloven days, averaging #lO4 per
cloy—was then-taker* sick with the fever, and had a
very severe time of It* 1 received futtMisUtf from
the nearest doctor, which wns sixty miles off, and
paid him to the tune of #6oo—#lso per visit— lon vlng
me with about #6O in pocket, after paying for my
provisions,twhioh are high in*proportion,(enclosed is
a price current.)/ I
“I obtained a situation with Messrs. Cross, Hobson
do Co., (extensive merchants, both hero and'at Vulpa-1
raiso,) with'A salary of#lso per month arid boarded.
Board is #3O u wbok—indeed every thing Is at an
enormous price at present. I still remain with them ;
but as soon-os !• collect’money enough, I shall return
home; for I can live much belter on* #OO, a month In
Now York,-than here for #l5O. Tlicnvthere is no
society here;' it is ton times.worse than Wisconsin;
with gamblei* innumerable, and IhoSpanish gamblers
will murder you-with a good will for your clothes or
blankets, You may Judge (ho stalo of society, also,
by a great part of It bofng composed of disbanded I
soldiers and runaway sailors. I
“If I had #lO6O hero, X could make #5OOO in a
short time. 1 hope to -bo homo by the Boring of
1660." 1 I
(E3* Preparation*.aro making in Now Yorjt for tlio
reception of Father Mathew. Ho will probably nr.
riw in the •learner Europe, SUliniiUnl.
f v .. JACOB COLLAUBR.
, On the 3d of January,.lB4B, Mr. Hudson, of Mas.
whirls about to be, if ho has not-already
|%ecfA, 'rewarded will! a fat office by General Taylor, I
joflered lho following scandalous resolution in the j
National,Hiftise of Representatives i !
i?erfbZc>rf, That the Committee nn Military Affairs
be tfirocldd to enquire into the expediency of. re
questing the President of the United Slates to toilA*
druto the East bank of the Rio Grande OUR
ARMIES NOW IN MEXICO,' and to propose to
the Mexican government forthwith a treaty of peace
on the following- basis, namely'; THAT WE RE.
LINQUISH ALLCLAIM TO INDEMNITY FOR
THE EXPENSES OF T.HE WAR. and that the
boundaries between the United Stales and Mexico
shall be established at or riefir the desert between the
Notices and the Rio Grande— -that Mexico shall be
fleW to-pay all •jdst'claitos chio-to o'er citizens at the
commencement of the war. and that a Convention
shall be entered into by tho (wo nations,V6.provide
for the, liquidation of those claims otfdlbo mode of
payment."
This scandalous resolution .excited a burst of in
dignation through the entire country; and in tho
army was greeted with the bitterest denunciation
aVra scorn, .That, it was defeated by a Wiajority of
the House of .Representatives, proved nothing; that
it should have been offered and entertained Wba the
wonder. Its vile suggestions were published to the
world, to pale the glory of our . army in foreign
countries; making the heart of the distant American
sink within him. General Taylor read il; in his
Vent near Monterey, we do not doubt, with undis
scmblcd and mortified amazement, and if ho has a
recollection like other men—ifho is the man of sense
he is said to be by his ardent admirers~l,fe .would
have remembered all. frllo had the hardihood to
endorse the trraron of Tins infamoUs proposal.
FORTY-ONb WHIGS VOTED FOR IT; and
prominent among these wo find tho name of tho
present Postmaster. General, Jacob CPllamer, then
a inombor of tho House, who now sits at . General
Taylor's side, and advises him in the discharge of
his high duties as President. Entry Democrat hifed
against it! See last Congressional G/o6e, proceed
ings of Honse, 93-94,.
■ This is the same Jacob Collaubr, who is daily
giving to tho world the evidences of Gen, Taylor's
insincerity and bad 'faith in proclaiming o£ninst
removals from office. And more than this. He is
•the same man who directs his executioner Warren,
to dishonor such citizens as Simon Drum, of West
moreland county, an old and venerated citizen, the
father of that bravo hefo, whose life was offered up
in the valley of Mexico a sactificc to that country so
bitterly insulted by Mexico and Collamer. Ho is
the same man who has outraged the gallant Colonel
Geary, (tho leader of the Second .Pennsylvania Re*
gimont, which immortalized itself at Chopultcpcc.)
by removing him from thb pofiUoffico at Sun Fran
cisco. Ho is the same man that prbscribcd*the
father of tho bravo Captain Cheatham, by removing
him from the place of. postmaster at Nashville. It
is said “ Republics arc ungrateful." But it is not so.
The people are honest, and if is their dervants who
are 100 often unworthy of them. General Taylor is
rewarded Orily because he fought in the Mexican
war—he has. no merit besides that any Captain in
the army may not boast of. And yet, one of his very
first acts is to select as Postmaster General a man
who publicly calumniated his country by. a most
(reasonable Vole, arid whose first official acts' arc
marked by a proscription of all who fought in that
war, or who defended it agningl the domestic foe!
General TaVlor is responsible for these outrages
—/or these crimes dgainit. public opinion, and the
Nation** Honor , They may havo bcan perpetrated
without lus knowledge, and if so, ho may right him
self before the country. If they w'ore done ibhfl his
consent, (ho people ought to know it, as saddening
the exposure would be.— Pennsylvanian.
, Valedictory Address ok the Spfclk’fei? ok tub
House ok Assembly.— The followingis the Valedictory
Address of Hon. William F. Packer, Speaker of the
House of Representatives:
Gentlemen of the Haute of Representatives— After
■un interesting, and in many respects important scs
slon, tho Legislature of Pennsylvania is about to
close its labors, and tho members to return to their
constituents to render an account of their steward
ship. If uu industry that never tired—a fidelity that
knew no swerving—and a devotion to the'public
welfare unmixed with selfish considerations—be
characteristic of a faithful representative and pure
passports to popular favor—then may you, tny col
longues, return to those who sent you here, relying
with abiding confidence on receiving ut their hands
the proud plaudit, “ well done, good and faithful ser
vanls.”
Wo arc about to separate. The session of 1849
will shortly exist only on the page’s of Pennsylvania’s
history, and in the memory of (lie past. To your
humble, but highly honored Speaker, how delightful
will bo tho retrospection. He will recur to It, in all
time lo come, ns one of (ho happiest periods of his
life. The uniform snpport which the Chair, at oil
times and under all circumstances, received, would
of itselfdcmand from him an expression ofprofound
gratitude; but when lo this is added that personal
kindness and regard, which have so uninterruptedly
existed between (he several members and the Speak
er, language fails him in attempting to express (ho
grateful emotion of nn overflowing heart, Next lo
the opprovul of my own conscience, il has been my
highest ambition lo merit the confidence and esteem
of my follow-members. If I have in some measure
succeeded, permit mo to assure you that it is mainly
attributable to your forboaronco ond kind demeanor
—it is but the reflection of ynur own good conduct.
My friends, wo-have met for tho Inst time—U is
aimojit a moral rorlainty, that when tho members
now part they will part forever. These sable babiU
monls, although, they have'no tongue, admonish ns,
In language deep and solemn, that “wo are passing
away. Ho to whose memoryVgrateful Common
wealth has shrouded this hall with the badge of
mourning, was for* many, many years, an active par
lloipant In the exciting scenes enacted hero. Now
lie Is gone—(ho place that know him hero shall know
him no more forever. So will it bo with all of us
may we emulate , his example, and like him bo re
membered by those who come after us.
Gentlemen, I can add no more. After wishing
you n safe and pleasant journey to your respective
homos and firesides, allow me to bid you a heartfelt
fire well—farewell!
.It remains.hut for me tn perform the last duty
devolving on the Chair, which is (n pronounco tho
decision just bad, (hat the House of Representatives
of Pennsylvania stands adjourned sine die. .
Senator Walker Instructed to Resign.—Tho
poopto of Wisconsin do not approve of Senator
Walker’s coarse in relation to slavery in the notv
territories. Doth bronohea of (ho Legislature hnvo
passed resolutions instructing him (e> resign his sent
in (lio United States Senate. Tho following is (ho
resolution which expresses (ho sense of (lie Logisla*
(ure in this matter :
Retohed, By (ho Senate and Assembly oftho State
bt Wisconsin,That the course of Hon. I. P.' Wolkcr,
'one oftho Senators of this State, in the Congress of
I (ho United States, in presenting and voting for an
1 amendment to the General Anpropriotion bill, provj.
ding /bra Government in California and Now Mcxl
cu, west of (ho Rio Grande, which did not contain a'
provision-forever prohibiting (he introduction of sin*
very or involuntary servitude in said Territories, has
violated his oft repeated, C 3 well ns his solemn writ.
lon pledges, given before h|s election, on that subject,
and outraged the feelings, and misrepresented those
who elected him (o (hut station, and haa openly vlo.
latcd tho instructions contained in (he resolutions
passed by this body, on the subject of slavery, at its
present session.
A worthy widow lady in Newport, R, I„ has re
ceived a letter postmarked Boston enclosed' 8300,
which (ho writer says was duo her husbdnd on an
| old unsettled account. The recipient has not tho
remotest Idea from whom it came. Tho Post asks,
can (hero bo a man in Dolton who would do such a
thing.,.
TWO HONORED VICTIMS
i Col.. L. P, Cheatham, tho worthy,.efficient, atid
gentlemanly postmaster at Nashville, Tennessee, has
been removed. This Is another instance of pure
party proscription. Cot..Cheatham aerve'd Ihc publlc
honestly, and faithfully,and was a'popular.officer;
but ho was a, Democrut.though not a mcddlei in
politics.—-and for this he was removed. Neilhcj good
conduct in office, the wishes of a majority of the ci
tizens of Nashville, (although a Whig, oily,)'not the
fuel .dial his soni Col. B. F. Cheatham, fought in
several bloody battles in Mexico, and aided General
Taylor in winning victories which made him presi
dent, cuuld save bis head from being brought to tho
b10ck....
Col. Cheatham,the Son of the deposed postmaster,
was ono of tho first officers to enter a fort at Monte
rey. Ho performed gallant services at Vera Cruz
and Ccrro Gordo, yet, notwithstanding those facts,
his father is removed from an office barely sufficient
to support him and his numerous family, and a large
property holder placed in his stead. So much for the
justice and liberality of the new administration.
The venerable Simon Drum, for more than forty
years postmaster at Grecnsburg, Westmoreland, co,
in this State, has olso fallen under the nxe of an adr
ministration which came Into power with false pro
fessions of moderation on its lips. Mr. Drum is the
father of* the celebrated .Captain Drum who fought
eo heroically at Buena Vista under the flag of his
country, nnd afterwards fell in the valley of Mexico,
after having recaptured the guns lie had lost in the
former engagements. '• General Taylor was appealed
to to save the sire of this gallant hern. He was op.
pealed to to bo true to his pledges at least in Ills case;
but all Vo mi purpose* The enemies.of the war in
which the chivalrlc Drum breathed his Inst, succeed
ed in forcing General Taylor to allow the mcmoVy
of tho illustrious deadTo bo violated in.the persofi of
the venerated living!— Pennsylvanian.
make the following extract Ifroifi Alt,
Dallas* valedictory address to tho Senate. It will
be seen how' often ho was called /upon to give the
casting vote"—and It will be remembered, ttto’, that
in the recent canvass, the wliigs contended llmt the
office of Vico President was an unimportant onb; and
tho “casting vote” sd'dpm gIVeK. : .T)its k wai io su
gar over Mr. Fiiliribrcl
" Although It so happened ihai cqh-il divisions ha ve
occurred, during rhy olficiil term with.bnnsthl fre
quency—not less than thiily iimes—ond uUhpiijtli no
one pun be insensible to the signal responsibility of
giving to this or the other scale, on such contin
gencies, the fihal preponderance, I am hot aware of
having fullered ini casting my osj in niy con
science, I believe the'paoplo of (he United States,
and especially that vosT majority of them whose
judgment olid affections cling with ever renewing
convictioti and doVolibn to the liorn bnj' and duration
of the Union, would have prescribed. Of the cardi
nal duties of American functionaries I liavo deemed
that to bo (ho foremost which consists i.u practically
upholding and cxcmplyfylng (tip Hbhbnccnce, inde
pendent, social organization, equality, and frnlcrnily,
so distinctly and directly inculcated in tho Cnnstltn
(ion. Nor, Senators, is any man hi to participate in
tho government of great, societies, with elements
combined as ours ore, who hesitates about disobliging
the few who have access to or surround him', for the
sake of the many whom he can never see. ' In these
reflections lies the the simple and safe rule of truly
patriotic action. I am fir from the self flattery of
supposing that the deciding voles often and dorhe
times so suddenly required at my hands, con (bribed
unerringly to tins rule—but. I cannot repress the
hope that thne and trial will prove them to have been
as positively right as ,1 am absolutely cerium they
were'rightly Intended.**
Receipts and expenditures
Of the School District of the Borough if Carlisle, fo*
. the School year ending the 81st dfmay, 1849.
The citizens of Carlisle will be culled on (o dcoidi
by ballot what additional amount shall be raised for
the support of the Schools for tho ensuing year, and
tho following Echlbit is dubniilted for Clioir .informa
tion : ~
. . RECEIPTS. . - • ;
Balance In 'fVeasliry' on June Ist, 18‘lS, 0874 73
Stale appropriation, 419 68
Receipts from Hall and pay Scholars, 124 73
School tax 6f IBdB| (yet Unsettled,) 3,b00 00
Loan mado for new. building,'^
$5.G19 18
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers* salaries, -93,339 00,
Rent of school rooms, 1 33G 00
Interest on liens on Real Estate, 47 0U
Fire wood, cutting same, & coat, . 135 00 , . •
Stationary, Messenger, Printing, also
Diplomas and rewords, 120 70
Repairs and contingent expenses, ' 181 47
Price of lot 40 by 60 ft. nn Pitt st. 275 00 .
Cost of new School House, 575 00
- 5,099 18
Probable balance on Ist of June, 1849, 6520 00
. Tho Board were able to get along during tho past
.year without adding to (bp number of our schools.
An eligible lot was purchased, with forty fret front
on Pitt street, and sixty in depth, through the cour
tesy of one of nur citizens, and n neat two story buck
building has .been erected Ibernon, affording two
handsome school rooms, with ample play ground for
two of tho primary' schools. This will bo a saving
in (ho rents, while (ho accommodations nro much
superior lo any that could otherwise bo. obtained.—
The 'whole expense was 6850, of which wo bor
rowed 6GOO. Tho amount oflicns on all the property
owned by (ho district, providing for eleven schools,
.and a Hull for public exhibitions, is 61,383 33$ which
!s not called for, hnd can bo gradually liquid Med nut
of surplus funds when aji the schools arc provided
for. ■
School houses Tor (brer of (be five schools, which
arc yet in rented buildings, nro much needed; but
(ho true plan is to go on gradually and avail ourselves
of opportunities that may offer, only, in locations
where (be schools sro required; and in this way nil
our wants will bo provided fur without any sensible
addition.to the tax.
' Our .finances are such,(bat wo do not.need any
increase of (ax for the ensuing year, The sn’mb ns
scssment of lust year will bo,adequate to meet
nil the wants of (bo District, us will bo seen by the
following estimates t . .
Estimate of tho expenses of next school year :
Pny of 16 Touchers, $3,540 00
Five school rooms rented, 156 00
Interest on lions on Real Estate, 83 CO
Wood,.coni, culling, &c. 150 00
Other expenditures, about 300 00
$4,239 00
To meet which the Board have,
Probable balance on. Ist of next
Juno, $530 00
Rlnle appropriation, .419 00
Receipts from flail, and tuition, 100 00
Tax by Domd of Directors, . 1,530 (10
2,559 00
Deficiency*, $1,070 00
Tho Donrd therefore recommend (hnf an additional
Tax of $2OOO may ho voted at (he meeting of (ho
people on tho first Tuesday of Mhy, so as to cover
the current expenses oftho yoar’and /oafo a balance
In the Treasury to meet any ormtTngpnrlcs that
might arise. GEO. RANDRRfcO'N,
JA9. HAMILTON.
• *i ia ■' A GommiUtt of Direetoro,
April 18,-1849.—2w.
N. B,—The estimated value of (he school properly’
In the Borough moy bo stated at six thousand dot-
Inrs, to wit; \ «
Education Hall, about ' s^soo
Old College buildings i , SfiOO
Now building on Pill street, 1000
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
April 17, 1849.
. The demand for Dreads(ufis continues very mode
rate, and only 5 a 600 bhls. sold at 84, for com
mon brands} free sales for city use from 84.37 J to
$4,75 for common to choicebrands. Rye Flour—A
small sale nt 82,75 nor bbl. , Corn Meal is firm at
82,50 for Ponn*a. Grain-r-Whont is In bettor do*
mnnd. with sales of5OQ bu. «t 950. for only fair rod,
and $1 a $1,05 for mixed to prime while. Ryo ls
.worth sfio. Corn Is,ln demand, and prices higher:
5 a 0000 bu. good yellow sold nt 63 a 54c.—being a
farther advance. In Oats no change. W-hUkeyls
■ tlpll at 19 a 2pc. iu liluis. anjJ bbls., ' / *
From the* National Intelligencer
COIi. FREjiIONT AND HIS PAiITY,
The Autlieiitlo Parllcnlnrt,
teller* hard .'been 'received from Col v
moot-covering the two month* (from the
November to the 2d of February) that },! “ lof
'notheurd of, and giving terrible events of iT* 8
time. They are written from Too# and San? 1
Fe, New. Mexico, and addressed to Mr«‘ p
hionti at Washington,; and In her absence ff C ‘
it was deemed probable that she might h r
sot off to California by sea before they could
arrive,) to Senator Benton, and in his absent
to William Cary Jones, Esq. The letters cam°
from Si. Louis last night, having been hrnn.l.!
to that place by Mr. St. yrain, ~Mrs. Frenmni
fJrlunalcly was gone! Senator Benton had do*
.ayed hie departure for Missouri, confidenUhui
letters were on the way ; and in his hands
have seen the originals, and.we propose tool*
extracts in the order of their dates. The fir»
is dated— ' r,t
“ Taos, New’Mexico, Jan, 27, jgjg
hiTl write to you from the house of our good
friend Carson. This morning a cup of chocol
late was brought Jo rrie while in bed.', Tom
overworn, overworked, fatigued and starving
traveller, (bese lilllo luxuries of the world ofll?
an interest .which in,your comfortuble home it
is. not possible for you to codcbive.
“I hnve now the unpleasant task of telling
you how I enhie here. Thud much, rather
speak of the Allure; twith plans for which Urn
already bccupled t ) for the mind turns from (he
scenes I have witnessed and ihe sufferings vo
have endured; but as clear information is doe
to you, and to your father still more, I will giro
you the story now instead of waiting to tell \\
to you in California | but 1 write, in Jho great
hope that you will not receive this letter. When
it reaches Washington you may be on your wij
to California. •
letters will have, made you ac.
' qduinled willi onr progress as far as Bent's
t Fort, and, from >eporl,yob will Imre heard the
} circumstances of our departure from the* Upptr
j pttebToi near the head -of the Arkansas. (y 0
led that place im the 25th of November with
‘ upWnr'ds of one hundred good mules, and one
hiindrcd and bushels bf shotted Corn In.
» iended to support nhr animats th (he deepanowi
bf lhe high and down to the Jutet r
> purls of the Grand river tributaries, where tine
I' ally the show forms no obstacle to winter Ifa.
. veiling; At Phcblo I hud engaged afi«
[* an old trapper, Welt known, as mil
: and. who hud'spent sUmc j (weiity.five years .of
his life Jo trapping in vanous'parlsofthe Rocky
i Mqbnlninsl
“ The error of our expedition was commlUed
i in engaging this man. He proved never to
have known, or entirely In have forgollek, the
i whole country through which we were lo.psn.
We occupied, after passing the nibiihtuins,
more than hulfa month in making the progress
, of a few ‘days, blundering'along a torturous
, course, through djeep which alfpady le.
gun to choke Up the passes; and wnisiing our
i time in searching the way. The llth of Do.
cembcr Wo fobnd uurselves at (ho mouth of the
Ato dr/IVorte cbnnbh, where that river issues
from the Sitrra Sail 'Juah —one of the highest
most rugged, and impracticable of all the Rocky
I* mountain Ranges, inaccessible to trapjwrs and
. hUnlcfs clen in bummer. Across tlio point Jr
I this elevated range onr.giiidp conducted us>
. and, having still great confidence in this man's
, knowledge, we pressed onward with lain) reso
lution. Even along the river bottoms the snow
was already breaal deep for the mutes, and
fulling frequently in the valley and almost con
stantly on the mountains. The cold was ex.
truurdinul-y. The warmest\hobrs of fho ,d*y
(between ono ant* two) the ihcrmomelef (Fiji:,
renlicil) stood, in the shade of a tree trunk,at
xtroj and Hint was a favorable day, the Sun
shining and a moderate breeze. Judge of Hie
nights and the storms!
“We pressed (ip towards thu summit; (he
snow deepening ns we rose, and In four or five
days of this struggling ' and climbing, nil on
foot, we reached the nuked ridges, which - lib
above (Ife line nfllie timbered region, and which
form the dividing heights between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans. Alonglhcsenakcdheight!
it storms all winter, and the fog(h(r winds
across them with remorseless lury. On out
first atleni|r( to cross we encountered a poutferie,
—(dry snow driven, thick through the air by
violent wind, find in which objects ore vmWb
only at oshort distance)—and Were driven buck;
having.some tun orlweNo men Variously frozen
—facerhands, 1 or feel.' The guide dime nesf.
being frozen to death here, and dead muhl
were already lying about the emip fires. Moan*
time it snowed siundity. The next day (Do
combe- -) wo renewed the attempt to scale
the su.nm.t, and. were more fortunate, os it
then seemed. Making mauls, and beating dona
a road or trench through the deep snow, wo
forced (ho ascent in defiance of the driving
pouderie, crossed (ho crest, deccnUcd a linle,
and encamped immcdintcly below In the edge of
(he limbered region. The trail showed as if ■
defeated party had passed by—packs, pjtk
saddles, scattered articles of clothing, ond dead
mules allowed along. We were encamped
about twelve thousand feet above the level of
the sea. Westward the country was buried in
snow. .The storm continued. Ail movement
was paralyzed. To advance with the expedition
was impossible; to gel back impostible. Oar
fate stood revealed. We were overtaken by
sudden and inevitable ruin. The poor anlmsls
were to go first. The only places where gran
could bo had were the extreme summits of (lie
£terro, where the sweeping winds kept (ho
rocky ground bare, and where the men could
not live; Biluw in the limbered region, the
poor animals could not get about, the snow be
ing deep enough' to bury them alive. It was
Instantly apparent that we should lose every
one. 1 took my resolution immrdialily, ond
determined to recross the mountain bn oh lu tiro
valley of the Rio del Norte, dragging or packing
the baggage by men. . With great labor flic
baggage was transported across (he crest to tho
head springs of a litt'o, stream leading to the
main river. A few days were snlßcient todci*
troy that fine band of mules which you saw ms
purchase lust full bn the frontier of Missouri.—
They generally kept huddled together; and.M
they froze. one would be seen-to tumble down
and disappear under the driving snow. Somr*
times they would break off and rush 'j ona | O .
wards the timber,till slopped by the deep snow,
where they were soon hidden by the pouderif.
Tho courage of some of (ho men bcgaji (o fail.
“ In this situation 1 determined 10-scnd in a
parly to the Spanish settlcmontsofNew Mexico
tor provisions, and for mulos to transport oar
baggage. Willi economy, and after wo should
leave the nfules, we had not. two weeks prori
sions in the camp; and these consisted oft re*
servo,of macaroni, bacon, sugar,&o., intended
for (ho last extremity, h was indlspensibloia
send for relief. I asked for volunteers for Ik#
service. From tho mariy that offered I choose
King, Braokcnridge, Creulzfelt, and tho guide,
Williams; aud placed tho party under fhacom*
mnnd uf King, with directions to send me an
express in cose of (he least delay si lbs settle
menis. It was the' day after Christmas thif
this little parly sot out for relief. That day.
like many Christmas days for years pail, ws»
spent by mo ' oft tho side of (ho wintry
mountain, my heart filled with anxious though!*
and gloomy forebodings. You may bo line **,
dtfrtlrustcd it with the Christmas of home, nnn,
made warfn wishes for your Impplnestf. Could
you have looked Irftq AgrlppaV gfoss for a ft*
moments' cmly I You remember tho volume*
of Commentaries which I t°°*
from your father's library when wd were over*
looking !( at our friend Brant's 7 They mads
my Christmas amusements." I read them U>
pass the time, and to kill the consciousness of
my situation. Certainly you, may support
that my first ItiV lessons #lll be well romerrf*
bered."
‘The parly for relief being gnne*, wo m
the comp occupied ouraelves in reinevinfl
the bnggnge nnd equipage down the wtj® 01
tho mouhinin to the river in Ihe valM
which wo accomplished in o lew days- “e*
came on the tedium ol wailing lor Die return
pf the reliel parly. Day after day p> Me(, j
nnd no nows from them. Snow fell■ain | <“[
Incessantly in the mountains. The jp'f 1 '
ol tho oomp grew lower,, Life was
lie chnnn tp iHoho who had not reasons b * ,
I yornl themselves Ip hve. Prone laid dp
'in the trndahd Irozo 16 death, In n eun«iJP
| day, and haying, with 4 him, Uta ;
5,9.19 18
GOU Of!
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