VOLUNTEER. THE John' D* Bratton, Editor and Proprietor*. CARLISLE, THUftSDAY, MAY 10* 1840* AGENCY. , U3*V. B. PALMER, Esq., is our authorized agent fiir pro.- curing advertisements, receiving subscriptions and making cullbctfons ftir the American Volunteer, at hl» office, N. W* corner of Third and Chesnui streets, Philadelphia. 1 Tb* Pennsylvanian.—Wo neglected to mention in , outv last that Col. Samuel D. Patterson has pur . chased an inierestia that oblcand valuable Democratic journal, the Pennsylvanian. Wo are intimately ac quainted with Col. P f —ho was at one lime our partner in.businessjn Harrisburg. Ho is an able and expo* ricnced political writer, a gentleman of Ute strictest intcgrfly apd.honor, and a Democrat of the Jefferson scbool. wish, the Pennsylramar* ii certainly one of the-best .papers in {the ; United, Slates.l’'-.'-’ *'v *v •: t , ' , •; ,! Canadian Affairs,— The Montreal papers repro •ent things as quiet'in that city. . lAri address has been published in Montreal, signed’by a T very large number of the most prominent and respected citizens; urging the maintenance of peace and and the rcsorl.only to legal and constitutional means for (lie redress of. be considered grievances. ‘At Kingston, Canada West, a public meeting..was ,heldi on the Ist Inst., at which resolutions very fair 'and moderate in (one wore adopted, adverse to the Rebel lion Losses, Bill and the action of the. Government thereon, regretting the explosion at Montreal,, and pledging 1 the meeting to ,U}e preservation of order, also avowing a wish for the recall of Lord El gin, but this in a decorous and even kindly manner, without insult or vituperation. The Whig papers .talk a great deal about Mr. Polk “ importing an editor,” as they called Mr. RUohie’s removal tb Washington, but see no im-- propriety in Gen. TaylorV bringing Mr. Bullitt to Washington with ium to conduct a paper. So says tho Harrisburg Keystone.' Several of the Federal papers—the Carlisle Herald and the Shippensburg jVeu?* t .wiiii the rest—pretend astonishment that we should now complain because of the proscriptive policy of. the Taylor adininistra lion—a policywhich we approved of during Mr. Folk’s administration. Wo are free to repeat what we have often said that every administration has a right to select its own friends to fill Iho offices Within'its gift* Bat did nut Gen. Taylor') before the election, repu diate this doctrine ? Bid he not, when a candidate before the people, pledge himself that, in case of his •access, he would be the President of the people, and not of a party? Bid be not say that lie had no 11 party projects to build up, and no enemies to pun ish?” Bid he not say that he (as President) would make." honesty, capacity and fidelity” Indisponsible qualities for the bestowal of office; and that nothing bat the abtense of these qualities shoujd' be deemed 'Cause lor removal ?” Even our neighbor of the Her ♦ oW, with all his prejudice, will not dare 'deny that General Taylor used the above expressions. Well, with these professions oh his lips, Gen. T. succeeded In' deceiving*the people, and was elected. Now what do we witness 7 His very first official act— the appointment of bis cabinet—was a gross viola, tipn of,bis oft repealed pledges. Even this act, al though llgave the lie direct to ali bis previous pro fessions,' might have been overlooked, on the ground that'lt was necessary that the cabinet.should bo composed of political friends, for the sake of peace. Bpl, no sooner bod Gen. Taylor and his Federal cabi net got snugly fixed in the work ; of proscription commenced. Collameo, of the Post office Bepartmcot, oppeared to take the lead in the bloody work—hundreds of Democratic Post masters 1 were (anted out dally, to give place to Federal brawl ,';Tho poor.clerks in llio different departments ui Washington, soon fared a similar fate—from the very day of Gen. Taylor’s inauguration to the pre sent, the dfecnpUating oxo has been kept in motion, and ~ not even to dry. General ; Tay lor, (or. the time he has been in power, has made more removals than was ever made In the same time fcy. foy former President. Such are the acts Undcr the administration of that weak and disgraced man. whodared lo assure the people that he would follow in the fool steps 1 of the immortal .Washington, and who declared repeatedly that ho would nevgr. bo tWPrcsidenl of a parly, but of the people, and that ; he bad no friends to reward nor enemies to punish I ■ And yetJitj the face of his disgraceful falsehoods falsehoods deliberately put forth—wo see Fcdcrol editors, lick spittles, as they arc, defending (his man who has thus falsified his own' word, and whoso name, after he has disposed of tfll his patronage, will be died as a,by-word and a reproach, ... den. Tayloriias the right to chooso bis.own office holders—ho has the right also to consider his solemn pledges a smart political trick, and by his acts give the He to his own words; but ho cannot do these things with, impunity, without expecting to bore minded of his disreputable conduct—conduct which a. beggar in the strceUr would blush to be guilty of. He.'has violated all hU pledges—he has removed aged men from office on account of their politics, to glva -place to “noisy pblUicions”—men who, when passed through the crucible of criticism, will bo found not to possess the qualities named by General Tsylor, “honesty and capacity.” Thcao ore the ..acts of,the “no parly President,” and wc shall ex ercise the right of comparing them with his false pledges.. It is evident that ell (he promises and pro fessions of General Taylor, previous to Ills election, and at the time bfbis inauguration, wore of the most hypocritical character, he has throughout played tfaopsrtofademagogue, no less than that of 1 a dissembler. Ills official acts warrant llio aer.or- IJon. -r \ ;i - Important prom Mrxico—Another Revolution.— The New Orleans Delta of tho 35th ult. in indebted to a friend for the following extract from a Jcttcrrc. eeived, dated Matamorue, April SO, 1849 :. "Paredes is kicking up the devil at present. Tho pronunciadoi (Insurgents) look San Louis PplosL on lnst.,and have marched on Qucrrelaro— ' The troops sent from , here to pul down the revolt, have pronounced-in favor of Paredes, and joined tho revolutionists as soon as they crossed the nioun> tains,** ' S the above Intelligence be correct, we may ez p«lU>.unforlunele republic of Meilco eoon la be plunged Into Ike horrote at eneteby, If not a civil . A"OT«*» H*a» Orr.— Col. John w. Geary tho.gallant commander of U.e Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Voluntecra, who remleiod •uohi eißolontsorvlooW his counity Inthelaje Mexican \ War, and who was appointed Postmaster at San Francisco bj President Polk, has been removed. Well, what else Goulet be expected 1 He was a Dem ocrat and a patriot, who turned his pruning-hook liitol* sword at the call of his country, and manful ly battled with her enemies, and of copjjfe the Whig sills* of Mexico at Washington, must punish him for it.. ■ - Daiir'.—' An exchange paper eaya-that a certain Judge once gave the following charge to a grand Jury “-Gentlemen of . the-Jury, the weather is exceedingly hot jI am Very. old | you know yor duly j Jl believe you will do it ” « A GOOD TIBI IS COMING,” The impudence bfeomo men is so copl, and.socm lifqly unparalleled, that while ll is in its very nature Jl is almost 100 ridiculous to excite indig nation. It.causes k half angry'jaiigh} ond yot on a reflection, onbMs almost aahamcd;pf the tincture of malice that was mixed with Ixia; merri ment. .'- ' M' ';■ , fThia expresses our emotions as weir as possible, when-wo> read ina lute number of the' Herald the boastingly prophetic article 1 of the Editor, selling forth* u the good time that is coming" under the’ auspices of William F. Johnston. With Wonderful certainly ho shows r us, that under the three years administration, that is just beginning, of this greet man—that through tho pure influence of hts ardent patriotism, and tho supernatural sagacity and power of hia intellect—the State debt will; begrcntly rediK cod, and erb long our ship'of Slate will be gilding , a - B .°*t oil, wafted odly by ‘Mho gentle Zephyrs.'?, Thanks bo to this political Elija, and this good messenger'bearing unto us glad tidings,of great joy. ■We liopo to rejoice: with our:brblhor, in the genera] jubilee (hat will celebrate, this glorious event, and the dawn bf this'great day of, nc\y, light and hope for our harrassed. and crippled Common wealth. Wo expect, un our faith in this now prophet** tb hoar our valley ring with the shouts of bur. farmers, add to see our mechanics and .working mcn/Hkoj David of old, dancing through .our strcqls with joy. But wo do pray that ibis brilliant hope will.not ho deferred until the heart becomes sick; It is a sooth ing rtiy that wo ,now have, and we long for lhc full fruition of the promise. ! ; . ( - But something: chills our enthusiasm !■ We re member that in the beginning of a certain Joseph's administration, a man elected by the same party, and wedded,to the same policy .and principles—about the year 1835—these same hopes w.cro-held up before us, and these same promises proclaimed, in our ears. His prophets told.us that at the chid of his'adrhinis (ration, wb wore to have no-debt—thata!! claims against tiro State should ho cancelled, and (hat wo should know no such thing ns sorrow or taxation.— But the three years rolled around,'and (he time for the fulfilment, of those prophecies expired, arid we were eight millions deeper in debt than before! . Ills true, these were'lying prophets, and if they were hot, they, should have been consumed. It may bo that our neighbor was not ond of them—we know not. - But; what wo.fear is, that his predictions may be of the some character, inasmuch as ho belongs to tho somc school of prophets, and prophecies for the same party that so wickedly deceived us before. Again, bur enthusiasm is cheeked on account of the same appearances and policy presenting them* selves, through measures already lately accomplished and attempted, that were discovered in the beginning of this identical Joseph's administration. Different monsters, but wearing the same heads, lid themselves above tho waters; and similar.clouds peer over the horizon that then were said to be tho certain assur ances of a calm, but which proved to bo tho heralds of a tempest.' .Tho same “economy" and reduction of our debt are promised, hut now sources of. ozpon'. dituro, open.themselves before us, and, (lf ourjudg; ment does no,l deceive os) are sinking us daily deeper in debt. , Three new Judicial Districts are already created’ under the “economical administration" of tins pure personification of patriotism' and; rcpubli. canisrn. At thqioslance and through the contrivance of this disinterested Federal . Governor, the . Act creating them was passed without* single petition in Us favor. These make a new cost of about $B,OOO for salaries, milcage,.and incidental expenses; but if our democracy docs not pervert ear judgment and wrongly’bias us against this patriot, it appears to us ari addition to, instead of a subtraction from the State debt. Was justice suffering Tor want of them? it bo so, it was for want of capacity and industry in tho judges, and not because they were overbur dened with labor. Neither,of the Districts 'out of which (ho now districts were carved, had us much business, or as many courts, as the one in which we ore situated. Yet one of them is divided into two, doubling the expense, and increasing the offices and patronage of the Executive. One of the other new. districts is composed of one county. Tho other is made up oat of parts of two districts. This improve mcnl in our Judicial arrangement belongs'to a now system oP'oconomy 1 ’ that increases our debt annual ly from $8 to 99,000,' which the.people have Jo bear. But, on the other hand,'it has the advantage of di minishing the labor of the judges, whose districts are lessened, and who of course will fee) grateful to Gov. Johnston; also, of making three new judges, and various other officers, who will, as a muttcrof course, feel grateful too, to tho same bonificonl person ; and again be tho means of making his Excellency many warm- and probably influential adherents and friend-s if hb should bo rc-nominatcd for a second term of office. ; 1 . | A similar policy Is also discovered in (lie alforapt of his Federal Excellency, to Have a law. passed adding tlirco additional members lo the Board of Canal Commissioners— to he appointed by. the Gov ernor, Wo presume this was also one of the favor* .1 ito measurer by which this far seeing and judicious 1 Executive was to diminish the State debt;—'but in f 1 wiiat manner it was to contribute towards that dost* j ruble object, Is of course beyond our comprehension, j As far as out limited vision extends, we can only | perceive that'it wouVd'ndd about $3OOO of.salaries, annually, to the present amount; and only c&Uae faction and confusion in the board, instead of bend* filing the interests of the public.- As far os we have yet heard, the board with its present number of members is amply sufficient to take (ho entire charge of the internal improvements; and if an increase was wanted our experience must be changed before wo con believe that the appointments of tHe Goeernor would bo ony bettor than the choice of the people. If these notions are contracted, Jacobinical, or erroneous, they appear at least to bo the same that influenced the democracy In taking a Arm and decided stand against the creation oflhe.now offices. Wo have no doubt that such views meet with bqt little favor in the sight of his august majesty, tho Governor of Pennsylvania, aspiring to concentrate (ho power of he Slate in his own hands. But as a sort of pallia* lon for having as a party adopted such, arid acting upon them, wo must caprone oar very sincere sorrow Ihol'in so.dolng, we have unailtingly boon the moans of defeating Ilia darling object of obtaining a mnjori. ty in tile Board of Canal Commissioners to bo made by bis own appointments, and selected from Ids own parasites; and; of bringing the control of the public works under hie oWii direction, and enabling him to , Jaco on Ihcm hundred# of men who would suit his own purpose#, “and stand bye him in thednrk hour of trial.** Wo oro very sorry ,r-ind&d woaro J, But It can't be helped. These stubborn Democrat*, whose peculiar care U I# to guard the interests of the people, and see that the la* payors arc not burdened beyond i endurance for the mere benefit of particular Individ loaU UUo William F. Johnston, und for the gratifioa* 1 lion of an all grasping ambliion, will sometimes hove their own way. and absolutely refuse to. permit such Impositions, Tl>«y wm,„molim.. do It, uln | tho Instance just mentioned. ■ Perhap. Wm.F. Johnston 1. not a humbug, end perhaps lh« promises of opr conscientious nslal.W that lbs said William will' reduce unr Blalo debt Is not a little of the grandest hnmhugger, ne' eter heard ofl—perhaps net. If wo all live we’ll Hoi— that’s all. 1 S.'j iur , —7- • :.t I (O’ Several articles crowded out.' ANOTHER HKAp OFiri f. ter peace tiad heen..,declared, bearing honorable tes timonials toT his. bravery “and gflyd eondnet. -Mr. Moode is how, mid always has been, k; Democrat— and for ih'isi ahd nothing'.else,,lid, hai been removed. 1 *?pwovCr, what might.be termed. ** a noisy: politician,’.’ and in the- Federal ranks iniand about Newville, liC numbors many warm personal friends,' who were anxious to see him retained in the petty office which hb had filled with so much credit to htEn-< self and advantage to the public.- - The removal of Mr. Moqre is unattended with a single palliating circumstance. For no other reason under the sun, except that ho.' votes the. Democratic ticket was lie removed* This is his only offence, but tbot.waa sufficient in the eyes of. Gen. Taylor* the •*no parly for his removal. Itwns a sufficient offence, 100, in the opiijlbnof Coixamer, the PostpiasterGeneral,and his Assistant, the natori* ous Fit*Hknrv Warren, and be must therefore be turned out of office 1 I . “ Proscription /br opinibnVi»>ll{^ ,: irii}>ptiiri», 2s lb be the order.of the day *wiih (ho present weak and lying administration. Gen. Taylor-rwho obtained power by making profession* which he never inlen ted to adhere to, and who stands before llie'people a convicted falsifier— he is the, man to be hcld rcspan*- siblo for the rcmoval ufeach men. as John Moore, Mr. Drum and other patriots. He cannot skulk behind his Postmaster General, nor. can ho even .throw ;tho odium on Fitz Henry. Warren, the Second Ansi®. Uni PostmasterGcncral—the miserable and despised creature who did nol'hcsitalo lo ewedr hundreds of his creditors out of their honesl dues,by pretending- . to be insolvent, when.spell' was not No, the people will hold Gen. Taylor himself responsible for all removals and appointments, andkbould he ever again come before them for,* their suffrages, they will teach him that lid cannot lie himselfinlo office, the second lime. , . ’ ’ .• ■-. *!" ~r. What Mr. Widncr 1 ® qualifications are for the office of.. Post Master, we do not know.’ VVo. loam, ! however, that he is a bitter and. unrelenting. Fed I cralisl— ** a noisy politician”—who,* during the late war with Mexico, denounced the sinie in true Fed* era! stylo, and termed it an unholy war, &fe., and, joining in with Colvin, .wished that the Atncricaa soldiers, (Gon. Tdylpr.and all,) who Were fighting in Mexico, might benvofoomed by the Mexican enemy ” with bloody hands'lo H hospitable graves!” For being a Federalist, Itid for bis oppo sition to the ' Mexican war (the wtjr by .which Gen.. Taylor.was made President,) 7 ho lias been appointed Postmaster at Newville. Far bcfeglk'Dcinodrul.Qnd for having.fought for his countrypn\hc waroflBl2. and defended the Afllericaq during tho late war with Mexico,' hprofoiiN removed.— Such is the |mnistriitinti. , 1 More About the? Fremont C^astcrs— The St. Louis Reveille publishes thejnames of thd entire party of persons who died Jn consequence of their suffering in the Frdmoril expedition.— Wise and Andrews, citizens of St. Louis; Proue. a native of France; Moraine a resident of Illinois; Beadle, aresidetUofSt. Louiscdunty, Mb.; Rhorer and King, citizens of Georgetown; O. C.; Hub bard, from Milwaukee, and Carver, from Chicago. The fate of Mr. King wqa mosl hearprending. He was, says Mr. Ta»in,. a mtjfrjo the spring time of life, of cuittvatedsnind* of the most engaging manners. • Ho had befp'iharried but two weeks previous to the expe dition, and was only a short limejwlth the com pany ere he had gained the friendship and esteem of every member. When Fremont_B parly had first lost their horses, a company of. four men, of which King had been appointed leader, were despatched to the settlements to succor. Sixteen days after their departure* ifreroont, (who having become impatient of lliejr mptracted slay, had determined to go himself injatarch of sun- I plies) overtook them. He found Vyniiams, Brock enridge, and another, scarcely .able to proceed from exhaustion. / . Kin? had died, and his rcmains, which the par ty had carried with them, had been more than half eaten up by his companions. A diro neces sity had left them no choice, and It was done in self-protection. .Up to nearly the day of his death, King had kept a journal. The last entry written upon it is this:— 4 > December 11th* This morn ing, as usual, I have had a nuarrol.willi, Dill Wil liams. to eat. Wo travelled ono mi|e and a half Iq day/ 1 The cause of the difficulty with VVillUttis, was thb latter's daily increasing weakness, Ms inability ,to proceed. King endeavored by remonsrtanco to. urge him forward. Edwin Foiirb6t, the tfadgedien, has separated himself from his wife, Caroline Morton Sin clair, daughter of tho vocalist, ifter haying been married between twelve and thirteen years.— The New York Sunday “in the month of December? Jdr. Ferro* returned from a professional ! engagement in Philadelphia, in a most unhappy state of mind, ant) at pneo demand ed a separation. He assigned po cause, offered no opology for the position lu . assumed;, and when the immediate friends of he parties Inter fered, and asked to bo informed why it was (hat he asked for repudiation, his only reply was—a studied incomprehensible Ho was not to be interrogated; he demanded a separation, and he has accomplished his Mrs. For rest Is a lady of groat intolllfi nco and varied accomplishments, and until thif unaccountable occurrence, had lived happily with her husband. J | Ati U nfoutunatb Buchanan, whowne out with n,Ci pany of thirty, by way of tho If returned'to Boston, with thoaadl out of iKo whole ho who compost 20 or 21 hare died. Mr. N. B.'il blehoad, whoso death has beenj one of the company. Mr. Ourtfy who was murdered, was another | of Texas, another, was also tl dered. \ Ikokkious Fraud, —Some oil |c land were examined, recently : ICuatom Home, which proved I there were aixiy tfina, and' the d .mehi'would havo boen defraudoi | of 40,000 ponnde. I THE OLD DOMINION* Olorlotu liow»»wiTa>lor Federalism l atterly I . ; j Demolished lu Virginia. ' j In qur last wo staled that the Democrats of Vir ginia had gained two, and perhaps three members of. Congress, AVo were mistaken in regard to the Detfi ocraiic gains. Wo have gained FIVE Members of. Congrosß, and the'Fedoralista have lobI’FIVEJ Tho last Jjiteiligencer contains a, sensible arti cle on,-lho' Virginia election,. That 'paper, says— Though other Slates—including even, we blush to acknowledge, our own Pennsylvania—havo' shot madly fromllioir political sphere—the Old Doiqin ion,: VinaiNiA, prqndly maintains her ancient posi tlon,. The history of tills noble-old Commonwealth is the synonymo of dll that is good, great and glori ous. ; Sfio, is, .truly, “thamolhor of Stales, and*pf Slalesmcn. M ‘. > ,FrQm her,loins sprung the immortal Washington, the Father of qur common country.— From her Jefferson emanated the chart of bur Na. tional Independence, and it was by . bis glogantio mind that tho great principles of democracy were built upon their.present* sure foundation. From her mountain forests sprang Patrick Henry, that Ulus trious,child of nature, J whb gave Ihofirsllmpulso to tho ball of: the revolution, and whoso sublime elo quence is Incoiporatcd.in the .history of the nation. She gave to the nation a Madison, the matchless ex pounder of republican, truth, a Randolph, a Lee, and a Taylor, aigl a host of 'Patriots, Sager) and States men, whoso deeds , reflect-lustre upon their country and upon mankind. " Virginia stood'proudly erect in tlie,greal political whirlwind of‘lB4o,' when’ almost the whole Union yielded to a series ofsonselcCs mum* mcrics and Sensual debaucheries, 'whose bare con templation at this day fills the mind with astonish ment and-disgust. She was at her post in.lB44,'and again in. 1648, and to her belongs tho enviable * dis tinction, shared by hone of the original.-thirteen, of having never yet deposited her Elecluriaf vote for a Federal candidate for.lho Presidency.. Again ishe has terribly rebuked the Taylor administration, by sending lu the [next Congress 14 good and true De mocrats, opposed to itsscifisli and proscriptive policy, and only iFedcralist*, and he elected by Democratic tole8 t 'aB a choice of evils! Here is a consecrated com- monwealth— i chosen spot of earth, sacred in (ho eyes of all Democrats and lovers of free and good govern ment. May .the old Keystone deduce a moral from this brilliant example! -May she herd taken lesson to slcadfaslncssand consistency, and if she [cannot retrieve the Past, let her, at least, bo inspired with firm imd fast resolves for the Future ! The time was. when Pennsylvania and Virginia wore os twin bra* thers in politics, united in the bonds of friendly fia .ternily, andworshiplngatthe same pblUiaaLultcr. May that period soon again return ! •• • , . In the last Congress; ihc'dulcgntion from Virginia stood: Dpmocrals O, Whigs 6. In .the next it will stand, Democrats 14,'[Whigs'!—balng-a pomocrat* io gain and whig loss of five members, equivalent to ten voles. The following ere the names-of the gen- tlemen chosen : ’ [ Ist DU. John S. Millson (Dem.) No change* ’ 2nd**.;' Richard K. Meud, (Dem.) 44 3rd “ Thomas 11. Avcrctt, (Dom.)[ Oath.' ' 4th , 44 Thomas Si. Bocock, (Dem.). No change. sth ” . Puulus Powell, (Dem.) Gain. Glh “ - James A. Scddon, (Dem.) Gain. 7th' 44 Thomas H. Daylcy, (Dum.) . No change. Blb “ A. R. Holladuy, (Dorn.) 44 9lh 41 Jcromioh Morton, (Whig.) 44 10th 44 - Richard Parker, (Dem.) 11 11 lit 44 James M’Dowcll, (Dcra.) 44 12th * 4 Henry (Dogi.) Crain. 13th 44 Francis McMullen, (Dem.)’ Gain. ' .14th 44 J. M. H. Beal, (Demi) No change. Isth 44 Alexander Newman, (Dem.) .i 44 . The Legislature is also Democratic in .both bran chcs, Again we say, all honor, and glory, and praise, to (he Invincible Democracy of the .Old ,Dominion! ,Tlio Intelligent Washington correspondent oflhd New York Herald speaks of Mr. Morton, the only Whig member of Congress elect, from Virginia,in these terms: •' The result of (he Virginia election bppears to bo fourteen Democrats; and a half a whig ; fur Mr. Morion, elected over Mr. Pendleton, Is very gener ally reported to bo for the sub-ireasuty; for free (rude and against a bank. , . , • , RECAPITULATION. 30th Congress, • • 9.—Democrats, 6 whig®, 31st Congress, • • 14^.—Democrats, i a whig Democratic gain or a difference of II in the vote in the House. , If the other states to elest come in' at this-rate, Mr. VVinihrop will not bo elected speaker of the House —that’s certain; THEY WON’T UNDERSTAND. Tito following remarks of the Baltimore Republic con, accord with] our own views 16 the letter: Ail lho organs, and would.be organs, of whlgdom, pretend that the Democratic press is uttering doleful lamentations on account of its friends being removed from office, lo.,make room for Federalists. In en* dcavorlng to Impress this upon tho mind of their readers, the federal editors.either show, that they arc wofully deficient in comprehension, or that they will not understand. The democratic press docs nipt com* plain so much of the appointment of federalists in Iho place of competent democrats, os it docs of a vi olation of all Gen. Taylor’s pledges. As f wo have said on former occasions, wo soy now, if Gen. Tay lor had been elected as a whig, and had not, unsolic ited, have asserted, In substance,again and again, that he would not turn out of qffUe any man for opinion softs, wo would be silent on tbe subject of proscription. Gen. Taylor and hia.secrclarics might sweep every democrat from office,' we could not expect nor desire any thing else of a whig. But when we behold a man, who has been elected to tho greatest office on earth, who should be honest ami pure and regard his pledged word ds asaored.thing, violating all the rules of troth,-In disregarding his word—when we see a press that Once denounced proscription, change sides, and for llio sake ofgoln advocate the opposite, crying out proscribe—proscribe—we will to the best ol our ability, denounce such a man arid press, and hold them up to tho just Indignation of an outraged peo - pie. Wo hope, therefore, it tho whig press does not i understand our position, that tho people will,and while wo are'out against Gen. Taylor’s removing 1 democrats fVom office, because they are democrats, 1 remember that it is not so much against proscription, * as the unprincipled manner in which it is done. Trial OF Mm. Howard.— Tbo trial of Mrs. Mar garolls Howard for the murder of Mary Ellon Smith, who was living with her, (Mrs. Howard's) husband 'oa Iris wife, was commenced in Cincinnati oh the 30tir nil., and excited an unusual degree of Interest; the whole of the first day was consumed In empanelling a jury. Mrs,.Howard appeared in court on the first day of tho trial dreaiod in black and closely veiled. On tiro second day she appeared unveiled, and with* oui evincing tho least excitement, watched. narrow ly tiro testimony against her. Tho trial will occupy several days. ;ompanv.— -Mr. ■alifornia Com io Qronde, has ntolligenco that I this company, laney, of Mar nenlioned, was of Now York, A Capt, Dix, iaoed and mur- Acquittal of Mrs, Howard* The jury in tho case of Mrs, Howard, tried for killing a woman living with her husband, have ren dered a verdict of net guilty. Tho verdict appears to bo a subject of congratulation. Cholera at Purenuiia.—lt is official ly an nounced that the Cholera exists .at Pittsburg. The Journal of tho 37th says: "The rases have mostly occurred on board tho steamboats. Peo ple should not lake alarm from iheanhounoenient, Tho streets will be at once cleansed—and the pure, wholesome atmosphere of thlslattiludo will be proof against Us attacks.'-’ rkee from Hol t llio London be muff. As ty on snuff ia ml, the govern* 16 the amount Darino nonaanv.—The counter of the paying toller of the Merchants’ Exchange Bank of Now York, waa robbed on Saturday aftonoon, of rf 3,700 in bills. “■JThoy.have passed away I As lho tender loaf of autumn jtremblcs before tho withering s blast, -and j I droops its head and dics,ao iiaspt been willvllie Amer lcttn;lndluhfl-i-t|inlpr'oudQild'noblcvracb,whoon x CB jin all their wl(d delight thefti'restdarki and through ifie deep ravines, of the enres l of lilei They have gooft—fur, far; from tholri native rand—fast the lido of lime, is bearing thepi on id oblivion’s deep'and boundless sea—scarcc v ii vestige is left to 101 l the traveller that they once lived,flour ished, and ruled this western world. The bleached, bones of tho dead 1 afford but a sad memento of a nation’s history. ' They heard tho footsteps of the avenger upon their track; the clang of the warrior’s steel warned them of the approaching tempest; but yet they,loved their native land, how could they leave it? Could they .bid a final adioq to the burying grounds of.theft fathers,,.and, leave them olqnV'and exposed,to the,while inah’B ; rnlliless hand.?,., Oh no,! it was-better to die and.sieop.in IholhalioWed ground, than lhiib tb : act. • IJul the enemy, was clbSe' upqri theft. path; >(he< brbalhlhgs the fierce war gnd swept past them.: it bade .them up anil,away the spirit mysUrious and invisible as it'hurricd, by, whis pered in their ears, “the star of your glory khall rise again, in tho-weVlorn sky, ngsirt. you .shall become the mighty/ rulers of this ,yoUr own )oved?land, and with shouts of triumph tho invader shell bednvon from yoursb’prcs.’*- 1 i ' ll, ‘ } ■' : ‘ ' Silently ihey heard llio. mandate) ond.' qulck the Red menliied them away to a.western clime; where they thobghllhey would no longer.dread the oppres sbr’s poiver; where tlioy could roam secure and aloho Tjmo passed on ; (ho Indian/was himself,again |- llicir bark canoes.played gracefully upon.the glassy wave ; the smoke of their wigwams ascended in peaceful curUlhrough Hie' forest trees; Hie shout'of the .war "dance, and ‘the savage war wliobp seldom echoed, through their broad domains,. • In the land of adoption : tho* Indians were happy. again; But have they remained so? Docs the suit of tbclr glory eli 11 shine so brightly 7 Alibo! In the midst oflliclr happiness, tho.war cry was heard reaching-through their' tangled forests'; it startled the;.wild.beosts. in their lair; they sprang from their leafy beds,'and list ening to the'avengers'approach, away .. they sped, with hideous howls into the deeper! recesses of the wood. The proud birds of the mountain, as' (hoy saw the-invaders trespass upon- their sacred retreat, uttered their piercing'cry, and with 'terror winged up, they swept into the blue.other,‘as if then alone they could dwell secure.frbni the foeman’s steel. . Tiie old time worn 1 Indian,’ with his stooped end palsied form, stood astonished and thoughtful canit 5 bo, ho said, that yet they pursue me!—when, oh when, can the Indian rest 7 He guzed for a moment on the advancing hasl, then sounding theshrlll war cry ol his tribe; fast he disappeared in the distance* * Bui hark !-~whal voice answers backtliolndian cry? is it but .the murmuring coho?? Again.it sweeps heavily by; it : reaches the. coming.foe ; why hurtle that steel clad band 7. what means that cfuick'searchlng glance? The problem! is easily'solved} .that seeming echo It* the reply of. Hundreds of fierce Indian. Warriors, who catching the well known battle shout, 1 answer it back in yells of savage defiance. It. was lhis that terri fied the Indian’s foci l( ' ... , But look again.' See you on yonder lofty summit on Indian warrior 7 !huw venerable and majestic he seems, with Ms hoary locks'floating in (lid b'fcefco; like some proud hero of-lllc past.ho stands.theguar dian of his tribe. Can it be, you ask, that,that. U the same old.man that but a moment ago'sh sudden ly disappeared?—oihd a soft voice answers; yes, it U he; time lias forgotten its curse, and has given back to him again the vigor and fire of ypulJi pno.lpngci does he appear to ircmblc, as It were, on the verge of the grave; his sunken and almost lifeless eye-has now resumed its accustomed fire; that,wild and searching glance speaks him a hero bold.and true; the.old man is himself again, (hough the, frost ol many winters has passed oyer his lawny chcek,’ycl it seems to have left no', traces there. and fearless he watches .with eagle eye the .whilemuhV approach. Nor is he now as before a lonely spy. Sec you not by his side (hose warriors armed for fight? Murk wilh'what wild fierceness they grasp the dead ly tomahawk, and draw the unerring bow; breathless, silent, they stand guzingupon their chief; they mark his ©very look, and eagcily wait the signal to begin the work'of death. ss.—Whig loss 5J Sea what a : smilo plays’over that chieftain's conn* (on&nce, as he gazes round upon his braves ;,yel me thinks I can almost see a tear glisten in tho eye ol that stern warrior as thus he looks around him, re flecting, perhaps, that ere to morrow’s sun shall have gilded tho eastern horizon, ail those,.(ho bravest of his tribe, shall have passed away ; but quick ho dasher aside that unmanly tear, and exclaims revenge h sweet to the Redman. But toil me, what brings r ,these Rcdmen of the forest hither? why do they, like famished wolves, wail to pounce upon their prey? why.do*lhoy thus, os.il wore, prepare the'funeral pile for tho coming band? why acts the Indian thus? Lot history answer,“tell Mo, thou reverend chronicle of the grave," where sleep, the fathers of this once mighty race ? why has the Redman been driven fur from his own loved home? Why moves ho not In tho,walks ofcivilizod life? andu loW'flopulohral voice replies, “Tho Whiteman rules the Indian's destiny." . This, gentle reader, tells you you why the Indians watch' the coming foe,’they wish to live end die in but oh, that wish is lost. .As darkness files'at thb approach .of .light, so vanish those Indian warriors before the relentless foe. They cast & lingering/look behind them, and bid a last farewell to Hus their oncO happy homo;.but they utter no word of sorrow, no. cries ofogppy bfoak the sad stillness of their departure; no sigh of anguish escape's their lips as they see (hair humble wigwams wrapt inflames; ah no! tho Indian gives no rent to his distress In words, but buries It deep In thb re cesses of his heart, ho prays to tho Groat Spirit alone for vengonce. Sadly they plod on, hoping that yot they may come to a land whore they shall bo free from the oppressor’s power. Thus the poor Indians havo for. many year? been, (ravelling to a more dis tant region ; soon ovon from that distant land they will havo disappeared, and none will bo loft to tell the story oflhio Redman's fate. May they rest in peace, , HAROLD. Unnecessart. —Ther e was .to be a meeting of tho Whigs of tho Gth Congressional district of Virginia, held in Richmond on Saturday.night, "far the pur pose of presenting to the Whig parly generally the causes of defeat in the late Congressional canvass." Tho meeting wos unnoopseary. The ", causes ’’ are known to every child in the country. It ia the nn. popularity of the doctrine* of Federalism, that hoa produced the reault in Vlfglnia—|l Is o sporohlng're. Iruke to the weak and lying administration of Tax. ton, and tho Federalists know Hand feel It- Cincinnati, May 7, Facts in Political llis-r;oßr.— Pennsylvania has never yet had a Governor, who d|d.not, In tho early portion of hi. life, belong to the Democratic parly. Every one elected as a Whig was an apoatato, and no Whig has over been re-elected. . Those facts, togollr er with the dissatisfaction already manifested with his course in many quarters allow pretty conclusive ly that Wm. F. Johnston is ddstined to a trip'to tho highosfpolnl of Sail River, si the expiration of his term* flu says' the Reading Gazette.' .Lieut, Henry Oabpeb, formerly of the Dra f;oon' service, ootnmittod suicide . at, 81. Louis on ie 31th ull. Written for tho American Volunteer. THE INDIANS. ” Gen. Taylor’* Pledge* to thC Peopi??^ Below we give extracts from several of Genet l Taylor’s letters, lb bis/frierids, previous to the dec ( tipn, which show at iehglh'.xwhat the people had to ..depend upon in the eyent’of his election ; lb no case can I permit, myself to be the candf didale of any parly, or yield myseino party sehum.. - Letter to James W. Taylor. * CmeB * Twill not be the candidate of any parly or cllmia* and. should the notion at largo seek to place me i * tlie!chair of. the. chief hiogislracy, the good of all parties ahd the national would bo my great and absorbing aim— Letter to a citizen o/XonslnJurg-, Q . Should I ever occupy -the White House, it must bo by the spontaneous move of the people, and by no act of mine, so that # I could go into the office un. trammelled, ond bo the Chief Mogistniib of tlie pool pie, and not of a parly.— Letter to Edward . JOfhny, If ever I fill that high offio^utjnualibdnnlram* raelcd with parly obligations or interests 6T any. kind and under none but those '.which the eonslUtnion and* the'higli interests of the 'nation .ai' large mofel serU ously arid solemnly demand.— Letter to Peter Sken Smith, ■ ' <• -1.1.,'c - , I ma not willing to be the candidate of ariy partv or to pledge mysejf to any.,political jorccd, savethut which springs directly from the constUusion, and Iho beat ond paramount intereßtfl of llio country; and WHluh they*solcmgly', demand.. , If elected to the Presidential office, il mlisl ba without any agency of my own, (it will be at variance .with my most ciier. isbed aspirations;) and to those duties 1 must go untrammelled by party pledges of Letter to /. Ai Birjiey,. . Should I ever occupy the While House, it must la by thp spontaneous move oftho people, and bjr no act bfmine, so that 1 could enter upon the duties upper* taining lo lhe Chief Magistrate of (he country tin* trammelled and unpledged, bej(pnd,Whot I have pre viously stated as regards the .constitution, so that I could'be the President of Iho nation; and not e/a par. ty.—Letter to C.L. Wilcox and others, ! - I.need Hardly add, that I cannot, in any cose per. mi| myself fo be brought beforethe people exclusively by any of the political parlies that now so unfottu. nately divide the country, as theircindldale for this office.—jtetter lo F. &Bronsdp. . , v ! ' v I shall offer no active oppositionto tho use of my name in conncclion wilh this responsible office, as M i* conijpuo to use It thus independent of In bcing tl.ua nominated. I mast 1n.1.1 on the cnn. my position on this point in’immutable that I shall not bo brought forward by them as the SmM ale ° f tholr VUTly ‘~ L '“' rtoll 'l” Skcn 1 Kate no private pnrpo.S. to accomplish, no parly projects to build up—no’enemiea to punish—nothing 10 eorye but my country. • , * If elected, I would not be the more President of a parly. I would endeavor to oct independent of party domlna lion. I should fool bound to.admlnister tho gnvern menl unlraimheled by party schemes*—FVet Allison Letter, , . . , The appointing power Vested in the President im. poses delicate andoneroqa duties. So'. far as it is possible to bo informed, l.shall make honesty, cupa city and fidelity indisponstblo prerequisites for tKo bestowal of office } and Clio absence of either of theso qualities shall be deemed sufficient cause fof removal. -~Gen,‘7aylor'a Inaugural, > , His conduct since ho has.held the ‘reigns of. gov ernment proves'very conclusively that those pledgee were.made only forl/io purpose of elevating himself to the high and responsible.station, lie now holds.— He went into office after having -made these solemn pledges nnd he had scarce been Installed, when ha appointed tho moslrabid.and proscriptive Federalists in the land as his chief advisors—who athis instance commenced the work of proscribing Democrats for holding opinions contrary to his own; Was this in accordance with the several pledges made 7 • Again, the people had expected that If Gen. Tay lor was elected, every little height by ten” Post office would not be transferred from Democrats to Whigs, But has this expectation .been .realized 7 By no means, The.work of** chopping.off heads" In tho post office department has commenced and is carried on to the fullest extent*. Thru hundred commissions are issued weekly, and at that rate it is very rea sonable to suppose that all the Fast offices ]a the Union will bo in the hands of the Whigs before this administration is in power six months. Con any. man, Whig, Democrat,,’or. Freo Seiler* (Acr reading Old Zick’s letters, arrive at the conclu. don, that he U en-hontet man,.and made those pledges with the Intention of fulfiling them ?’ Wo should tliink nof, ' In this, we are not condemning Gen. 'faylor, be cause ho secs proper to proscribe Democrats, for hold, ing opinions adverse to his own, pnd for having op. posed Ills election; but wo do condemn and denounce him, for having made pledges, which, ns soon as ha came into’power he so wilfully violated—for this act, we denounce him os a false and treacherous man. Brother denounce such trahotous conduct, regardless of favors or good will—expose uorottg and advocate right. No matter wholhalraan bo, if we think ho is a dishonest man, and not en titled to the confidence of tho people, we will speak it boldly. Very, Definite.— Gen. Taylor having been invited by (ho common council of Boston to visit (hat oily* replied thol bo shall be happy to comply With their wishes when public duties' and other circumstanced shall permit. (£/* At Monloxuma, la., on tho 13th nit. rf irate' house built on a narrow space,of ground, 60 feet wide* separating-tho Wabash river from the Wabash end Brie canul, suddenly sank‘down Into tbo parlh to Us roof. Its. foundation turned out to bo quick* sand* - ■ WarninotoParents.—-A cjnldlwo years old, wad killed at Full River a few dsystogo, by on injectjoil of tobacco, administered by an ignorant quack “to cute (ho worms.*' i Death was almost instantaneous* such is Lho poisonous nature of (he drug.- (Jj* Thomas A. Cupper, the eminent tragedian, died on Saturday last, si the residence of his son-in law, Robert Tyler, in Bristol, Pa. M. HOLOOHID, , JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Office in S«od* grass’ Row, south of lho. Market House. May 10,18-19 —1m Common Schools. IN pursuance of (he requisition contained in (be thirty second section of an act of Gen em I Assem bly, passed the 7lh,day of April, A. D. 1849, for (he regulation and continuance ofa ftystom of Education by Common Schools, the Commissioners of Cumber land county c*liibil llio following as a correct state ment of .the amount to which everv district in (Ills county Is entitled out of the annual appropriation of #200,000, for the year 1850, as follows i Districts. Ain't. Districts. Ain't Allen, #252 00 Newton, #157 92 Carlisle, 409 93 Novvvlllo, 72 24 Dickinson, .310 60 N* Cumberland, 29 40 East Ponnsboro, 157 08 N. Middleton, 310 00 Frankford, 133 56 S. Middleton, 206 92 Hampden, 126 00 Silver Spring, 232 25 Hopewell, ,'lO7 52 Southampton, 160 16 Mifflin. 153 04 ShippensbV 8., 161 28 Monroe, 186 48 ‘ Shlpponsb'g T., 15 96 Mcchanicsburg, 93 40 W. Ponnsboro, 193 2Q Total #3988 56. . By order of tho Commiesionors, . f Attest—WM. RILEY, Clerk. Commissioners Office, } MaylO.—4t Notice. Carlisle Deposit Bane, I May 1,1840. f THE Board of Directors of this institution, h* T ® this day declared a dividend of three per cent* lor the last six. months on the capital stock paid in —which wlli, bo paid to'the stockholders or th° l “ legal representatives on and afldr the lOlli lnej«m* , . . WM, S, COBEAN, Cathitr. May 1; 1840-31 ; '