THE VOLUNTEER
B> Bratton, Bdltor tnd Proprietor* x
CABIigLBiTBTORSPAY! MAY 31, 1840*
AGENCY*
. ?• PALMBtt, Esq., la our authorised aient fi»r pro
eunHS advertisements,receiving subscriptions and making
collections for the. Amorican VoTunlear, al hia office, N. W*
Third add ChesnUt streets, Philadelphia.’
■ (O', Wo received a note from the Postmaster at
?-P-tUaburg, a few days since, informing us that one of
bat pabscribers there had " gone to California.’* Oh
to our books we find that this patron owes
.as $lO. Of course he will have no*luck in Galifor*
, nia. . The. scoundrel who will cheat an editor, after
sS*S**J?*?f ’*■? P a P c f for four ****•• wouldsteal a sheep*
and can never expect lb prosper. There are about
v ,300; o n °ur books who owo us for four years subsarip*
% Mbn- We intend shortly to .make .out an alphabotl
-1 oal list of their names, and publish them.
,late,refreshing and much heeded rains
have pfoduced a very favorable appearance In the
fffas* crops., All kinds of vegetation were
• sobering from the dryness of the weather, but we
V ®By now hope to have an.abundant yield.
The •• Washington Examines."— This able and
* fearless Democratic journal—the organ of the De*
raocracy ln Washington to us In an
enlarged form, and dressed in a new suit of beauli
fui type. it is now one of the largest, as well as
best Democratic papers in the Stale. • We are glad
to see this evidence bfprosperlly in the Examiner—
. its able editors deserve the encouragement they re*
oelve.
Another Head ONX
Joan. Meharis, Esq., the efficient and attentive
. postmaster, at Dickinson, in this county, for many
years, has been removed—because he'was a Demo*
crat—a great crime in the eyes of our Federal Pre
■ iidenl and his Cabinet, and Wilson Hoblev, a brawl*
bot Federalist,appointed in his place. So
we go.' , ’ . ’
: There are, we believe, but (wo or three Democratic
Postmasters left in 'Cumberland county,' and they
will doubtless have to 11 go ' by the board,’* too, pib
yided the “powers that be” can get any of their own
.sort who will be willing to accept of the petty ap
pointments.
Oj* The Chainbersburg Polity Spirit of the
S6lh Inst,; contains an announcement of the death,
at St Louis, on the 15th inst., of Georgs Garun,
formerly Treasurer of Franklin county, who was
officer, and left Chambersburg 1 and
his baif very suddenly about three weeks ago.—
A correspondent at that town, writing to the
Pennsylvanian, says that “ every one believes here
that Garun is not dead, but that the announce
ment is a. Whig trick to defeat justice.” There
is something very singular and mysterious in the
whole transaction, .and we hope our friends of
the Democratic press at C. will not fail to let the
public hear all they know.
A SruNKT Postmaster.— Mr. Park, Postmaster at
Bingbampton, N. Y., refuses to surrender the seals
of office to his successor, B.T. Cooke. Mr. Cook 6
Informed the Postmaster General of the state of
affairs, and Mr; Coll&mer issued his Mandamus
•gainst the refractory. P. M., but this valiant officer
premptorily refuses to obey the writ. Binghampton
is a great place. Its Postmaster must have taken
• lesson from Stevens, Penrose, Ritncr and Co., in
treating elections and appointments as if they had
not occurred.
The First Train or Californians, compri
sing twenty passenger carriages, eighteen wagons
for baggage and supplies, with one hundred and
twenty-five passengers, left Independence, Mo.,
for Upper California, on the 9th of May. The
list of passengers comprises names from almost
every Slate in the Union -and a goodly number of
Pennsylvanians and Virginians.
York and Cumberland Railroad. —The President
of this road, in a report submitted a day or two since,
■iaU* that the means of the company, Including the
subscription, list and the #lOO,OOO of stock taken by
the contractors, amounts to $530,000, and that the
cost of. the road is estimated at $590,000.' From
this it appears that an additional subscription of
$60,000 is required, sad a committee has been ap
pointed to devise the requisite means to secure it
State Ookvention. —The Whig State Central
Committee have issued a call for a State Conveu*
lion, to meet at Harrisburg on the 16th of August
next, to select a candidate for Canal Comissioner.
S3* A report on Church music to tire old school
Fresbyleriao Genera) Assembly, at Pittsburg, goes
adversely to the employment of professional singers,
favorable 16 the congregation uniting in the singing
and proposing m list of standard tiroes.
QjT The now school Presbyterian Conference, sit
ting last week in Philadelphia, appointed the first
Monday in January, 1650, to be observed as a day
. ef .fasting, humiliation and prayer, by the Cliurch
throughout the United Stales.
, Fearful Mortautt.— lt is .stated In the Hatches
Courier, that 39 out of 40 slaves on the plantation
of Mr. James Miller, In Waterproof, La., bad died of
fthbleiß*
Another Suicide.— Mr. William Quigley,
residing in Mechanlosburg, this county, commit*
ted suicide oa. Wednesday of last week, by
hanging himself. He was a correct man in every
respect, and was at the time of his death engaged
in the merchaniilc business in company with Mr.
Zug. No cause i* assigned far the cash acU
Anothrr!— We learn that on Tuesday fast a man
respectable citizen of Dillaburg, York
county, committed suicide by cutting his throat.
XhsTKBMiNO AcciDtflT.—A painful' accident Imp*
peocd to Mr* JoiiNCoovEaof Mechanicaburg.onSut
wdijr inoriiing laal. Mr. Cooler and Mr. Frederick
Wunderlich, were bn (heir way to Carlisle la a oar
rlage. When within a abort diataoco of (own, their
hotae took frlght r and ran off. The carriage waa
•battered to plocea, and Meiara. Cooverand Wundor*
Ueh (brown with much force from the aame. Mr.
Goover, we regret lo add, hid bia ttiigh broken, and
Mr. Wunderlich recclred ee.oral levero bruiice on
They wore con.iycd to Iho
, l0 « n » wh *‘” medical aid woe
W. .» 81..wd. wle.en
'“‘..‘hefcernorJohn'M'Cßl
fcagh, lo We.t Ponn.horotown.Mp, r orm „, j, m „
M'Keohea'i.wa. entirely eon.om.il by 6 W . ti,
being but Utile produce or Mock la tile bum m y'
time, the law U ohiofly that of Mn building Xhote
»« « Ineor.nco of WOOD in e Dbltlmoro company
»e etc Informed. Tint oeuee of Ute Oro U unknown.
_ U«r old.
(O' A fire raged'in the South Mountain during
aeteral daya iaat week, by whioli wa are aurry to
Ittrn, about Sheen hundred oorda of wood, baiongiog
to the Holly Iron Worky trere oonaumed, and other
injuries done.— Htnli. .. ..
■ , <CT Blnbalhe inauguration of Gen. Tay
•Went, Ills Democrats have mads a gain of 8 mom'
ben of Congress, end Dial too, in two States.
NEXT'CANAL COMMISSIONER'
The delegates appointed by the several counties to
attend the Democratic State Convention, which Ms
to assemble'at Pittsburg. $n the dih.ofJuly, will have
a responsible duly to perform—that of selecting a
competent and suitable baiidldate to besupporled by
the democracy of Pennsylvania, for tfye important
office of Canal Commissioner, Ho should bo a man
of unblemished reputation—a Democrat wlio has
never wavered—Whose political character is above
suspicion.
- There are several gentlemen spoken of as candi;
dates for this office—all of whom, wo presume, will
have their. warm friends—and most of them are
“ good men and true." . The Delegates will have to
exercise their own judgment In making the selection,
and wo hope they may perform that duly fearlessly
audio the proper spirit, Wo care very’ - little who
the Convention shall name as the candidate, so
that he be a safe, reliable, honest man and true
Democrat—one- who is not identified with .this or
that faction—one who can command the respect and
full confidence of (ho people. Let the Convention
select such a man for the office of Canal Commlfl*
sioner, and he will be elected by an overwhelming
majority.
• The coming election will be one of much Impels,
lance. It will bo the first opportunity the pooplo will
have to speak through the ballot box since the elec
tion of Gen. Taylor— and, we arc much mistaken,
if they do not speak in an earthquake voice in con*
demnalion of the acts of Federalism. The Federal*
ists in this Slate and throughout the Union were
successful in accomplishing their base purposes last
full. Through fraud, deception, and falsehood, the
Democratic parly sustained a temporary defeat, bill
we think the people have had their eyes opened, and
are anxious for the opportunity to condemn the great
fraud.practiced upon them at the last election. We
repeat then, let the delegates composing the 4(li of
July State Convention be careful to select a reliable
Democrat and capable candidate for -the office of
Canal'Commissioner, and they will do much toward
accomplishing the speedy
,
Affected Simplicity*
The Whig papers affect to be surprised that
the Democratic parly should complain of the
wholsale removals from office which are now go
ing on under the -superintendence of General
ZaoharV Taylor, and disingenuously assert
that the Democrats have done and will do the
same thing whenever they had or may get an op
portunity. O, sapient Whigs! when did ever
the Democracy obtain office through the Solemn
pledges not to remove, and afterwards violate
them 1 Rotation in office is a primary republican
principle, and we do not complain of it, but of
the deception practised by* General Taylor to catch
votes. Why did he remain mum on all questions
of national policy, when he was an ultra Whig in
principle? and why pledge himself to know no
party,. and to be governed by the constitution
alone, when he had predetermined to be a party
zealot? “Oh!” says a Whig, “Gen. Taylor was
sincere when he made those pledges, but he found
it necessary to yield to the demands of his friends.”
Very well, then let him rest on the other horn of
the dilemma —a very catspaw of forced
to foreswear his own good intentions at the instance
of a party which prospers as the country sinks and
sinks, as the country prospers! Alas! how the
mighty has fallen! So says the Lycoming Ga
zette.
Prom ihe Pennsylvanian.
THE AXE OP WILLIAM D. LEWIS I
“ Gen. Taylor hutes % loathes proscription /”
But his Collector at Philadelphia, William D,
Lewis, does not, as the following list of removals
from office on Saturday last, abundantly’ proves:
[Hero follows a list of 64 victims.]
The following is a copy of the notification, sharp
and short, which was served upon the above gentlo.
men i
Custom House, Philadelphia, )
Collector'* Office, May 25,1849. f
Sir— You are hereby informed that your conncc.
lion with this office will cease on and after Thurs
day next, 3lsl insU ' Respectfully, yours, &c.
« Wu. D. Lewis, Collector
Sixty.mne removals out of less than 130 places, is
pretty well for the first effort! Wo understand that
the Naval Officer removed three ofhis five clerks on
Saturday, and that the Collector threatens more ro.
movala on Thursday next, when the names of those
appointed to fill tho above vacancies will be an.
nounccd. 'When the work is complete, we shall have
something to say about this wholesale decapitation
of honest, capable and (rusty officers—good citizens
and good Demoerato. r The latter tboir only crime,
Now, we have but space for a moral. Gen. TaVlor,
in his Inaugural Address, said ;
“I shall make honesty, capacity and fidelity, In.
dlspensible prerequisites to the bestowal of office;
and tho absence of either of these qualities shall, bo
deemed sufficient cause.far removal/'
Trytwg to get out of the Scrupvi
The Second Assistant. Postmaster General, Mr.
Warrkn, is gelling frightenened al (he number of
hie decapitations. He addressed a letter Co the Post*
master of Burlington, lowa, telling him that he should
resign,or be would have to be removed. The Post,
roaster then sent the following letter to the editors of
the Burlington OcrxeUe—exposing the Wsfc Hick of
the new " powers that bo s." «
r Gentlemen— By .Thursday's mutt f .tbo fffflh lost.,
I received a very-polite .letter from the Second As
’ sistant Postmaster General, informing mo that I must
f expect to bo removed from my office in a short time,
I and inviting me to resign, 1 have been personally
on friendly terms with Mr. Warren for samo years
* back, during his residence in this city, and inustlako
(his opportunity of Informing the public, as I have
already informed him, that upon this subject I can
i have no correspondence' with life Department, and
{ that 1 can by no means comply with his request.
In November last 1 voted far the Domucratia can-
didutes, Cass end Duller, and supporlcd them during
the campaign, and would do so again if tlio oppor
tunity offered; ana if fur Ihis lamto bo proscribed
and removed from office, despilo the pledges of Gen.
Taylor, and the declarations of the pirty who sup.
ported him, no man will submit more cheerfully
than myself. My office is at the mercy of the new
administration, whenever they see fit to appoint my
successor.
LEVI HAGER, P. M.
Burlington Post Olllco, I
April 30,1849. (
(Cj* Mr, Burke, Iho lalo Commissioner of Patent*,
will in ft few day* become the partner of Mr* Ritche,
and the co editor of the'Union. We are glad to
hear this. Mr. Burke le cue of the ablest writers in
the country, and united with the Pother of Iho Amer
lean Press, will make the Union a paper of pre eini*
nent ability.
Tm.Siiuf#n Monuiwnt,—The Norristown Watch
man pabUihes a statement of the amount of money
ooUeeted throughout the State, for the proposed. Mon*
ttmcnl to iho memory of tbo late Gov. Stiuuk* Tho
•um Is only $350 I
D ” m “ orul ««•«» Hint every
WUAT'a
al of "*“* of lho ,h » m»«U'
C3“ our th«nk« .re due the Hon.
for a copy of tho opinion* bf 11,0 Judge' „ r lh °l°" I
prerao Court of tho United Bl*lo*, In the owe. o ' t '
•'Smith d». Tumor," and "Norjl* o*. iho pity of Bo*. 1
ton," delivered at December T.,,1818. .
lorn*
THE SEASONS:
> Hence to the realms of night* bid \Vinler,henCel
i thy ioy sceptre no logger rules, Would, wo could.
> almost say, you Were gone forever* so cold .and drea* 1
i ry art thou. But we murmur jiot. fte that siltelh
' in the heavens Jtiiowelh what is best for man; and
t doelh ail-ihingfl well. To the high powers that be
i we should ever yield. All,nature is fraught with lea.
i sons of wisdom and instruclion-«hcr treasures are
) open over,and,free—‘Overy parlofthatßystem teaches
us that there is a power eternal and omnipotent*—
• The little rivulet, as It winds In its narrow channel*
1 scorns to point us from nature to nature's God-*the
s mighty ocean, us Us waves dash high and fast, tells
> us that there is a Being that can calm the tempest's
, rage—the seasons, as they tarn their annual rounds
’ tell us that beyond this world-of sorrow and care,
> there is another that will existtbrdughoat the end*
• less ages of eternity ! To the contemplative mind
i the eludy of the seasons must over be otto of the
most interesting and inviting. What beautiful do.
sigh is shown la their arrangement, adapted to the.
wants and necessities of man. Do we become tired
of one; and Wlsli it Were aWay? Soon we have our
desire fully gratified, and new sconee of-beauty and
mirth crowd around us. Silent and tranquil they puss
. away. Time in Ills onward march pauses not for
trembling man) with rapid strides ho hastens on*
Ward; he goes, but returns nut again* The voice of
, the past lulls us that wo are mortal,) fast upon Ufa's
flowing.tide we are harrying on to oblivion's dark
and gloomy waters. Soon they will gather round us,
t and the Naiads of that fearful stream, as we sink to
. rise no more,<wiUohanl our dying dirge. .But why
: should we mourn our fate 7—why lament that we
must pass away 7' What! would we wish ever to
, live amid life’s trying ills? Forbid.it heaven ! Roll
on, ye waters of life, roll on—stay.not for the timid
or the bravo—hoete yo away! Eichof the seasons
' has its admirers; devoted worshippers kneel at its
shrine, paying that homage due to the Horae alone.
Nature bus given to each one its peculiar attractions.
The summer, with its warm cheering, bourns and
green-waving meadows, captivate, as it were, na
ture’s fond observer—it speaks to him id the voice of
gladness—the fields, clothed with the growing crops,
tell him of that Being who providoth for the sons of <
men. . Like the man in the full prime of life, and
glorying in his Strength, it stands forth* resplendent
in Us reign. To autumn belong pleasures sweet and
lessons deep and impressive. The a is we loVe to
steal aWay from the bustling throng, and roam amid
rural scenes—when naught but the music of. nature
can mar our peace. Who can look upon tho with
ered leaf, bowing its head to the blast, without be
ing admonished of his mortality? ’• Ashe looks Upon
the old oak of the forest casting off its gaudy mantle, '
and standing-forth in all Us native ugliness, he shud
ders, for it tells him th.it life is but a dream, a phin
tom in the air, which must forever vanish, when *
eternity opens to receive him. Bat there aro those '
to whom nature clothed in her funeral garb brings
do dark forebodings—her mournful appearance dis.
ttirbs not their dream—they hail her very sadness— J
tho low winds of autumn, as they, echo by, calm as 1
it wero life's troubled sea. 1
. Bat what shall we say of winter, with his old grey
locks, whitened by the frost of the ages past 7 Cold
and shivering, he stands upon his icy throne, his
furrowed cheek and bending form'proclaim him lord
of tho tempest wild. His breath, as it sweeps over
the land, sounds like.tho harbinger of wo. Yet not
withstanding his stern and gloomy visage, he has his
devotees. There aro those that lovo lo sport amid
the fury of the storm, and .grapple with its fiercest
rage*, they love tho howl of the wind, sleeping over,
tho plain, and boaring upon Us wings (fiq-besum of
destruction. Sport on, yo wild revellers df tho storm
—spoil on} far be It from us ever to mar- your cho
sen mirth—wo will leave you alone in your glory.—
Wp are no loyal subject .of the winter
love not his reign. Qivo as fair sdnny Spring
and wo ard content. In her genial rays we would
live—beneath her smiles wo would die. Contrast as
well as distance often lends enchantment tothtTviow.
Man just emerging from the cold and cheerless
blasts of winter into the warm sunshine of joyous
spring, is liable to estimate its beauties and pleasures
at 100 high a value—all things aro so changed that
he is almost unable to realize it. Ho looks around
him and beholds nature no longer wrapt in her white
winding sheet—no cold blasts, like to the breath .of
tho grave, now float past him—all is changed. The
forest has again awaken from, its slumber, tho icy
graspof the tyrant has been shaken off, .and now it
is decked in its own gay costume. • There is one
consolation which we always possess, oven-in the
most unpleasant circumstances, viz—(ho bright
poets.of tho future. Seldom is it that despair so
completely gains the mastery that we dare not ex
pect in lire future a brighter day; but indeed, to be
honest, we mint acknowledge that there have been
periods la our Hfo when we almost feared to hope for
bettor things—all seemed so dark andthroutuning.
Such periods did wo experience in tiro early purl of
(lie present spring.' Joyfully did wo hall Us advent
—hope revived, the storm appeared, ter have passed
away } but oh how vain are oil human expectations 7
Again tho tempest raged—tire cold chilly winds, as
tlwy swept by, seemed but to meeds our misery. Yet
wo hoped onrf the smiles of spring seemed as it wore
to have gone forever—all continued bleak and dreary.
But now tho storm spirit secured to hive wearied
with Its sport, its last chilly breath, fur the present
at least/ was spent; an angry voice wit Imrd upon
the breeze, and tho winter king w is g mo/ We >uk
not his return. Wo will not inuurn fut tltco— no, n«v-
with thee ever awayj* 100- long bust thou ruled
with thy rud of iron.. With bounding heart wu ean
now exclaim/ t
Welcome, welcome.■lulling B'prlng,
Thou art doulily welcome now ;
Of frost ami storm lutuihevsiing,
To thee aluno we'll pay our vow.
Cor,. Benton.—Tho Si. Louis Union of llio 7th inst.
suys: 11 Col. Benton and lady arrived in lliia city last
evening, and aro now at the residence ol* Cut. Brant
It is tho intention of Col. Bonton to remain in title
city but a few days, when ho will leave for tho fron
tier, in time to see tho departure of tho emigrants
for California. Ho will return to St. Louis alter ha*
ving visited a portion of tho citizens of Missouri, and
as wejourn, remain in the Stale seme months.”
MIB HE GA?ADLEI’«
TJfe Slue Hen's Chicken , a promipent Federal
journal published at Wilmington, Del., speaks in the
following strain of tho appointment for Collector at
that placet 4
“ COLLECTOR os THE DELAWARE- DISTIIOT.— On RC
count of tho utter Incapacity nf the now Collector,'
to perform tho duties of tho office, it Is supposed (he
Senate will not confirm it. 'll Is believed, extensive
ly signed petitions will bo presented, against it, from
both Whigs and Locos. Better .to have permitted
Mr. Hicks (o remain, than made such a poor solcc*
tion, calculated to make enemies for Taylor, and op
ponents of the Whig parly*”
The &r. Louis Pirr—The clerk of the steamer
Embassy,.which left St. Louis on tho 10th inst., the
second day after the fire, informs the Cincinnati
Commercial, that the steamer pasied. several dead
bodies floating in the river* blackened and seared by
the fire. He also expresses tho opinion that lhero
I were no less than one hundred lives lost by (he oa
(UmUy, having liimielf been an eye-witness■ to tho
|deaih of many,besides the number ofpersons wound*
1 the of Powder, blowing up of houses,.
I m tumbling U o f walls, fiao. . .
THE CARLISLE CALIFORNIA COMPANY*
Bulb# Vita publish a letter from our intelligent
young friend, Mr. R, W, M’CorU, which wo received a
I few days since. Mr. M'C, forms one of the* parly
I ihat left Carlisle some time since for the distant lands
lof California. He Is a young man of great energy
of character, and had been a -student ut Dickinson
College forsome years previous to his
Had he remained, he would.havo graduated with tho
highest honors at the coming Commencement of the.
College. Wo but'speak the sentiment of dll who
know him, when we wish abundant success to him
and his companions. But to the letter.
, Camp No. 4, May 4, 1849,
. Beau .Brat Ton t-r-We.arc now encamped in the
Indian. Territory, ten miles from the . dividing,
line, tho rain fulling fast* so % ihal we cannot move on
our way; . Here we have been lying Ifor two days,
and judging from the appearance of tho, weather, we
may bo forded to remain as much longer. - The wind
is from tho nofthrWOst, driving tho rain through odr
canvass, so that We are very uncomfortably situated
-“■most of oUr. clothes’afe soaking ’wet, save our
blankets,' in .which wo aro fofeed to wrap ourselves
to keep warm.. \Ve now begin to experience some
of tho pleasure* of camp life. lam willing ndui to
admit that a warm stovo is far preferable to.our camp
fire*
Wo arrived on the lllh of April at tfartsas, ton
miles west of Independence. . Our intention was,
when we left Carlisle, to slop at Independence’, but
on olir way up the Missouri that that place
was very much crowded—all the public houses being
full—wo concluded to stop at Kansas, a small town;
where we could bo accommodated*
Wo remained (hero for near two weeks Walling far
the grass, as (ho Spring has been very backward
hero. From this wo wont.to encamping, that wo
might become gradually accustomed to the life, bo*
fore leaving finally for the plains;
There will be about five. thousand persons golhg
over (ho plains this Spring—«not more I think—ybt
|t is very difficult to form any kind.of on estimate,
as they come in trains from all parts of tho country.
The principal places for starling are . Independence,
and St. Joseph, urto hundred miles, north-west Of us)
the latter place is said to bo very much crowded
more so perhaps than the former.
Mules and oxen are very cheap, Good indies from
forty to sotrcnly dollars, according as tho quality;
oxen from thirty to sixty dollars a yoke. Tho mar
ket is overstocked. Wo purchased ten mules, six
for odd of our wagons, four for tho other; they were
as Wild us deer when wo got them, and a delightful
time we had tVitli them-‘have often wished them in
California, pr at some distant point on the,road.—
There are different opinions as to which of tho ani
mats will stand tho trip the best—we have determin
ed to take mules, and some.of us will take Indian
pontes, so that in case of one of our mules dying, wo
will place a pony in its place.
Most of the emigrants have left the (owns for
the prarics, as there has been many cases of cholera
on tho boats lor sonic lime, and of lata it has entered
the towns. The day before we left Kansas, a young
tidy who left the bout with her parents, was no
sooner in the hotel than she was attacked with this
terrible disease, and died in a few hours after. The
next day we loft, to encamp four miles back from the
river. Three days after we received word that there
had been eighteen eases, almost all of which proved
fatal. Many.of tho inhabitants moved out to the
prairies; those who bad friends living out, luok
quarters with them, others encamped , on (ho open
prulrio. .Wo feet perfectly sufo on the prairies, as
the disease is confined altogether to the rivers and
towns.
Borne parlies have lust a few of lhoii r number bo*,
fore they could gel out ofils way) two or three of
the Massachusetts company died with it. As I said
before, we fear It but little, hoping soon to be too iijk
on the plains (o bo in any danger.
Wo do not kho(v what company wo will go With
yet, as there will several start; no one of a larger
number than (lireo hundred—some of itot more
than fifty persons. Wo find it more convenient to
,go In small parties, as wo may have a bettor oppor
tunity of pasturing our animals. There is little four,
of any Indians, except the Camanchos* who are the
most warlike.nation; oven (hoy, it is thought, will
not (rouble us much/
Wo have road several letters from persons who
have wrote back to their, friends here; They are
very fluttering to these wlto are seeking for gold.—
All vyho were acquainted with tho writers say they
may, be relied upon.. Major Aht'Erf, ofoUr party, was
in town a few days since, and road a letter which a
gentleman had just got out of lire Post office. -Said
It was very flattering—wishing his friends to sell all
and enmo out immediately.
1 must now'close, as an opportunity is at hand of
sending (his to the nearest Post office, (Westport,
Mu.) 1 may have an opportunity of writing again,
before we get beyond the trading posts—if so, I shall
certainly do it. . Tho party are all. in good health,
anxious to move on as fast as possible. Wo all hnpo
to receive a good number of letters in San Francisco
when wo reach there, should that ever bo.
Yours, Respectfully,
R. W. M’Corth.
Song of Iks •* Dying Swan.**
A Postmaster somewhere in lire intorier of Penn
sylvania, forwarded his. last package of malts to the
office in having boon superseded by
somebody cfo different .'political persuasion.. Upon
Hie baok of his final effort in tho public service, says
•lie Times, he penned the following lines, which wo
copy- for the reader’s amusement:
I have Mailed mV Tan letter, tny duties are o’er;
I have boon turned out of offleo-am P. M. no
Tho why and the where fore, you need nut require.—
( voted for Cass—Tuyfor bids mo retire I
Nocirmiofl to punish—no friomli to reward,"
From the Ups of tho General, nut lung since, was board
Yet thousands with me, who have shared in (ho rout,
Can toll, by exporienco, how well" he turns out."
Gen. Worth.—Much regret is expressed all 'over
tho country, upon the death of this gallant officer
and distinguished citizen. The Adjutant Gononi i
in Now York has issued tho usual orders for a salute,
and for tho officers of tho army, to wear mourning in
honor of- the deceased General.
£j>Tho Gold Is coming, at least so il appears. A
friend of the editor pf tho N. Y., Tribune, has l ro-j
eelvod a letter from the city of Mexico, which con* l
lain*tho information that there aro throe men on!
their way. home from Californian with 1300,000
worth of gold-with them, tho results of a few months
labor. We should like to make the acquaintance of
these gentlemen when they return, as they will un
doubtedly shine In society.
Boston is determined to ho prepared-for tho Choi*
ora If It should visit that section of the country.—
The City Councils, wo see, aro fitting up buildings
.for hospitals,end appointing the necessary physl*
| elans, attendants, Ac., all the sowers and drains are
to be cleared out at one time, and evorythinjroho in
fact Is to bo done that a prudent precaution can sug
gest, tukcep a waytho-scourge, I
A New Yankee Invention.—A.patent is about to;
be secured, fora now style of spring cushions, mat:
tresses, ,otp. v to bo stuffed with Uvfl g'rasshopoys, .
. Mr. DufVoguo, the Mayor of Baton Rouge, has
died of tho cholera.
“MORE WORK AND. BETTER PAY.”
j This, says the Lycoming. Gazette, was the motto
adopted by Federalism previous to the last election
lin some of tho raining and manufacturing districts
of the state, as a .bait to catch the votes of tho labor
ers for their no party bandidale. Like “ two dollars,,
and roast beef,*? it took, well, and many a poor, man's
Vote was given .to aid thb aristocracy into power, in
(jonsequenco of it. In Schuylki!! county, the result
is wellknow, and wherever associated jveallh could
command laborers, the same effects were visible.—
“More work and better pay" was a promise which ap
pealed directly to men's pockets, and with the help
of other deceptions, the election was carried.. Weil,
in what way has profligate Federalism redeemed US
pledges? The more work came, sure enough, bill
the “ bettor pay." proved to be a reduction of wages
and.more store goods! In PolUvillo, the miners re.
belled and demanded higher wages; but their masters
forced .them to submit. A-strike is .now on foot
among the boatmen on the Delaware, for higher
ftoiglit, arid five hundred of them marched in pro*
Cession a few days since through the streets Uf
Easton, with a banner inscribed—
GIVE US WHAT WAS PROMISED BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
“MORE WORK'AND BETTER PAY."
The doubtless an Imposing one, but
tbs lords of Ihb minds and furnaßed tofused to extend
the belter pay. of them, a Mr. Bonnypackcr*
it.is said, actually. off to Harrisburg to obtain
an-orderftam his whig Excellency* to treat the tc*
-bellious boatmen tt> : a collation of “ buckshot and
bull,” bill fellirhod disappointed in this part
Money will, however, triumph* and the poj-
must give in. WillUicy bo a second time d<
with ihb same bait? \Vb shall see.
«Who Is Simon Drurain
This isa question asked by thd Ohio SiaUJtUir*
hui\ a Whig papef. Coh Mkdarv, of lUe Slales
man,answers it by quoting from the Pittsburg DaHi/
American, a leading Whig paper in Pennsylvanial
as follows I
*,» We regret that the rerhovalnnd appolntmehi
of .the Postmaster, at Greensburg,
land county, lias caused much dissatisfaction, and
tins feeling*.we learn, is as prevalent among the
Whigs as LocofoCos., We feel assured that Ihe
facts of the case have beert misrepresented to Mr.
Collamer. Mr. Drum who has been removed,
is an old man and poof* and fulhei oIUHe noble
chivajric Captain Drum, of the 4th Hegiment ol
Artmery, who fell after fighting so nobly at the
great battle at the gates of Mexico. This fact
alone, should have saved him* from an ejectment
from the petty office he held, but the profits of
which his .nephew, Mr, Lnuffer, seems to have
coveted. The largest portion of the Whigs of
Westmoreland, we.believe, would have prefered
Mr. Drum, but if removal was necessary, we have
reason greatly to doubt if Mr. Laufier would have
been their ch< ice*.
A.True 3 Lippard df the Qudfcer City,
says, " Tho people who are not fit to olcct u Judge
and fit to elect a Govornorf are like tho madman’s
Idea of himself, when he said, ,k Xam born to live,
but am forbidden to breath. 1 ’ Men who oppose tho
election of legislative, executive or ministerial agents
of tho people, are the direct enemies of republican*
ism, and belie (heir professions in favor of the fun
damental principles laid down in the ducl.iMton o'
independence* that men have the.right and capacity,
of self goverment.
(Vj* Dr.Coolidgc, the murdufCiof WollhctfrS; com
mitted suicide, in consequence ofhaving boon detec
ted in a plot with a prisoner who was about lo be lib
erated, to kill Flint his former sttidcntr
The plat was as follows Flint was to bo killed,
In such a manner as would load to the Impression
ihuiho hud committed suicide; A bottle was to be
placed near him containing poison, and a letter con?
leasing himself the murderer of Mutlhews. The
warden found on lho prisoner the loUcr wilh the de
tails of tho plot, and at once shut Coolidge up. Shan
dy after on going to (ho dellf.Cooirdge was found ex
plrihgi and soon after died, lie had. promised to
pay his accomplice 91,900.for.murdering Flint.
Another Letter from Gen* Taylor I
Not a new one; but one written by lire .General
when Ire was fishing for. Democratic votes. Road
Paton Rouge, July 5?4, 1848.
Dear Sir;—Your letter of the 15lh inst., asking
from me a line or two in regard to my position as o
Candidate for the Presidency,• has been duly rcceiv*
cd. In reply I have to say that 1 AM NOT A PAR
TY'CANDIDA!'©, and if elected Utinnol bo the
President of a party but tho President of (ho Whole
people.
I am, dear sir, with high respect,-
Your most obedient servant, ’
Z. TAYLOR.
Tp Mr. LipVard, Philadelphia.
Riot in a-Church.—Wo learn from the Pills,
burg papers of May 21, that a considerable row look
pUco lit 4 Gorman.Lutheran Church of Chut city on
Sunday last i
The Rov. Mr. Koehler, pastor, hodjitsl finished (ho
reading of the holy scriptures, when u man named
Deinlar stood up, and denounced the minister In u
must violent manner. .*♦ Down with Robespierre;
down with the dug; down with Ihu soul Krlldr!"
wero the wild und extravagant expressions uttered.
Women next 'seized the clergyman and loro his coal.
All was confusion and disorder lira moment. The
congregation rffshed Into.the street, When Clio police
from the Mayor’s office arrived, and look tiro dislut
hers i f the public peace into custody.
It is said that a schism exists in this Lutheran 1
church, not on doctrinal points, bet fur nrtn/
Heavy Damages.—lSxra S. Corning, of Chic
opee Fade, Mass/, recovered of the Con
npctloiil'River Railroad Company, in the Supreme
Judical Court, at Springfield, for injuries received
by him an his head, hip, and In his spine, while
passing over’the’defend ants 1 road*; the eQVoteof
a collision on the 11th of Fobuary, 1818.
The ti .Sr Semite and tho Appointments.
The Albany Ejspres$ t Whig, thus indicates that
there are Whigs who will go before the Senate, and
ask for the rejection of certain of the nominations
of Gon. Taylor. The allusion is to tho Albany Post
master:
The uproarious joy of tho friends of a recently
appointed Postmaster, not o hundred miles from this
oily, is not a lllllu diminished by the reflection that
q certain Henry. Clay, of Kentucky, will have a seat
In tho United Slates Senate, .when that nomina
tion comes to bo acted ;upon. Tho end is not
yet.
“Although a Wmo.”—A correspondent of tlw
Now York Express (.Whig) compliments his own
parly, when ho says in reference to tho Baltimore ap
pointments r
“Colonel Kano is a gentleman, who, although a
staunch Whig, has ever commanded the esteem
and confidence of a large majority of his fellow oil*
Izone,”'
Infinitely bettor would it have been for himself
and the country, if, instead of bringing on tho nation
the crime of the Mexican war, (Polk) had spent every
hour of every Sabbath in all tho vilest excesses of
drunkenness, gambling, and hard swearing.— Lou,
Journal.
Tlmpis a sentiment from a leading. Whig Journal.
Is it not beautlAil?
After tub Spoils.—Tho-Phlladelphia Ltdger, of
tho 17th inst , says—“ Wo were informed yesterday,
that on Tuesday Air. W. D. Lewis, collector of the
Port, received over nineteen hundrod appHoatlons for
•posts in the Custom House, and that oven yesterday
the dry was “ still l they come.”
' Cholera at Norfolk, Va,—Oh tile 20th, the Phy
sicians reported one ease (fatal) within the preceding
twenty four hours*.
, Oen> Taylorti Conriei
The deceptive course which hne been pursued bf
General Taylor and his;Fodoral friends, is being do.
nounoed from one end of the country to the bth
and indeed, it deserves it. The Huntingdon Globe
makes use of the following “pialt and homely proso**
on this subject:
, Tho Whig press throughout the Union, with but
few exceptions, are just now busily engaged in puff
ing to extremes the Administration at Washington*
Gon.'Tuylbr, his‘cabinet,, and every officer umleJ
them, huvingsmall offices or old dollies to give, come
in for-a thick coat of praise for doing that which
they condemned previous to the Presidential clco.
tlon—proscribing men for opinion -
. We have no objections to the ‘removal of every
democrat from office." But ;we claim the .privilege
of speaking of the fraud and deception practiced by
General Taylor add his party which.placed them ia
power. They promised to proscribed, proscription
—and. General Taylor promised.to bo llio.Presidcnt
of no parly, blit the Prcsidenlof (he people—and to
Imitate the AdmlniSlirhlion of Washington., These
promises induced ihdhsanda of Democrats to vote for
Gen. Taylor, and now they arc insultingly told that
they arc not honest, not competent, not worthy of
public trust. The Democrats whb Voted for General
Taylor deserve no bblttir treutiribrit. They will
learn from tho treatment already received that a no.
party , candidate, in almost every instance/is bat
a tool in the hands of corrupt apd,designing men.
‘•TUB BRUISED SPIRIT.)*-
The Philadelphia Daily iVetos, a rabid Whig pd;
per, notices Gen. Taylor's appointments for that city
In tho following manner: .■ ■ *
•* We arc convinced, that be doing no
ctipccipl.sctvice to the administration, or to those who
have been thus honored with confidence, wore we to
indulge.in high wrought eulogy upon, their charab;
tors and qualifications. This is not tho lime fotlhy
performance of such duty* TAereorcat this me mtni
too many bruised spirits to be healed, to make it pro.
ptr/or us.to say anything that may irritate or fester,"
■"» dixyywfed
MaH.Uoe one Whb has beeh
diving, with, over-curious dispbbiilon,
records of Connecticut tobeh ll wtiS i colony,
has brought forth the following i -
“It is ordered.that niarriges shall bd published
either at a limine meeting tit on a 'iVaijninge day
at the head of the company.**
‘‘Some lime afterwards, on page U.t of same
volume, the method of publishing by ‘Writing
in a public place,* Is added to the above t\vd
original nibthods;**
Assassination or Mn.tinoWNLdW.—*flib Charles*
ton Courier, of the 2nd Inst;, is informed by a gen 4
llcman of that city, that received a letter from d
friend residing near Jonesboro, Tenn.,* stating that
W.G. Brownlow,-editor of the Jonesboro* IVAig.had
been assassinated In tlib street, by a man by the name
of Hyland—'that Ryland struck him bn the back of
(ho head, fracturing the skull in siich a itiabncr (hut
three piebes of the bone came out
'rt
W TRAOBbr in Lisle, N. Y.—The lad
named Hoiiglitdlihgf who recently cut off his
father’s head with an trie, as he lay' drunk in a
field, in Lisle, N. "V., Has been discharged from
arrest. He is only 8 years of age, and the Bing
hamplon Iris says that he has beep discharged
“on account of his extreme youth and moral
incompetency to commit IN© oritab of murder.”
PiTTSBUnd Scrip.—The Common Council of
the city of Pittsburg on Thursday evening adopu
«*d a resolution which had previously passed the
Select Coucil, authorising the finance comthift'e
to negotiate a.loan of $150,000 for the purpose of
redeeming the fcliystrlf#.
An Intctinal lupaov'icarßN* was held
on the 23u11.,'at Memphis, Tcnn., very
largly attended; Among Ibe ■p e a kefi jva»*l6 x •'
ernor Jones,* who stated among other thingn, that
•* in thirty days there would bo commenced u Cotton
fictury in Memphis." This will be the firstraAhu
factoring improvement in the Stale.
£j* Senator Cooper and Brua of
Gen. Simon Cameron, have formed a law partner*
ship in (he borough of Fultsvillo, Pa;
Louis Piiiuppr’s PnortcrcTr'.—President NnpulcoW
liiin been for sometime sending to the Ex*King of
France the moveables of hie private properly. It
has occupied an Immense number of* cases lately sent
to England.
Gem. Twiaa# and Staff arrived at St. Louis front
Fort Leavenworth on the idlh irrtf. ' ■
OC/*/Fhe Legislature of Virginia convened on Men*’
daylast, to revise the laws of tho State;
A Chib# of the lowa tribe "ta preaching at Pills
borg»
The Military FuEm-fotf.—-Tiro election of officer#
of our Volunteer troops will take place next Monday,
tinder (ho now law.
SrK.*K TifE Truti# Boldly— src/tK #r Si.wAts!- 1 *
lot that accursed wprd “expediency” deteryod
from givin’g free scope lo’ypu'r honest thoughts.
“ Bold iii speech; and bold in action,
Bo forever ! Time will test,
Ol the free smiled nnd lhce slavish,'
Whidr lirUrls IrfeV iiihiion* best/
A Co thnu’liiio tire rtobte Ancient—
Scorn the throat that bids lire four f
Speak 1 no iiYullcr what betide thco}
Ltl them strike, but trtake them hear f
•* Bo thou like the first Apostles— .
Do thou like heroic Paul;
If a free liiouvlil seeks expression,'
Speak it boldly—spouk it aH i
” Face thine flncmlos-=accu*oMf.
Bourn the pVivon.'radk oi 1 rod t *
And if (hou hast Truth-to utter,'.
Speak! and leave tho rest to God I”
/ PIED.
. V\)n the 13th inst., of Consumption, at the i eit*
denco of Mr. Scott Coyle, In Newvjlle, Miss Ter
eA,M’Williams, aged about 25 years*
/On the 6th of January at his residence la
Marion County, Ohio, Mr. William Gelusn*'
formerly of this county, in the Slat year of his
» At his residence in Nowidn township, Mr*
SytuEL Irvine, aged 64 years.
wAt the residence of Mr. Abner Crain,ln North
Middleton ip., on Monday afternoon last,'Eliw*
DBTH Grain, aged 85 years?
WhoeHnp, Virginia* on l .the !7ih lost., of
dropsy of the chest, Gen. Robert MoOov, for*
merly of Carlisle, but for the last eleven years a
resident of the former place—aged 66 years.
/ KTABBIEIY.
6ti tho32d Inst,, by the Rev* 0. W. ShaeffeV
Mr. Michael Ulrich, of Dauphin county,
Miss Elizabeth Hoover, of Oumbeland county*
/On Thursday last, by the Rov, Mr. McCahenr
Da. George Hamill, of Shlppensburg to Mi® B
Margaret E. Johnston, of Newvlllfl.
>On iho 2411 i Insl., by iho Rev. A* ll* Krcmer, Mf*-
Alexander Little, lo Mies Sarah Moyer. •
/On Iho 291 h init., by ilio same, Mr. llinry WoU,.
to Miss Elizabeth llenrv, both of Woet Penniboro
township. . Vrr
/On iho aame day, by tbosame, Mr. William w •
nano, lo Miss Susan Jacobs, both oftho vicinity
Carllilo. . . « t v:.
/On Tuesday the 22d insl., by ihe Rev. •»* .
Hoffman, Mr. Jacob U, GoLLoiian, ? lh r-,
Marv, daughier.of Mr, Samuel Gould—all 01
borouyh. ' -
[With the above notice-we received aiarge illceor 1 ' up .
Wedding cake, for which our,young Mend* will r®®®
•Incore thanka. May tbetr.ehani* in-lift »W 10 * M
non and proiperlty.j