THE VOLUNTKKU.
JoHn B. Bratton, Editor and' Proprietor.
CARLISLE. THVRSOAT! JUNE »i 7 1810.
AGENCY.
O-V. B. PALMER, Esq., ia our authorized agent Tor pro*
curluf *t|vertineiticiits, receiving subscriptions and making
collections fur the American Volunteer. at . his office, N. W-
Corner of Third and.Chcsnut streets. Philadelphia.
DEATH OP EX-PRESIDENT POLK I
w 6 perform a most melancholy duty to*dny in on*
nounoing' the'* death of Ex-Prcaidcnt JAMES K.
PQLK.r. JJo died at his residence, near Nashville,
Tennessee, on Friday evening-the Islh instant, after
a short but painful illness. Ho has been stricken
dowa'after having* filled the measure of his own and
hfsVbiiiilry Vgloryjandl If not full of years,at least full
ofhohors.- Ml is hard to think of one T whoso lift has
bcch fertly a life of toil and labor, when about to'on*
.*!?? jW? f a.retirement from the burthens
pf lixffb .official station, being thus suddenly snatched
the ways of a just Providence, ore in*
scralible to human eyes,' and we must l bear with
paUenceVahd roslgnation his all-wise decrees. . A
has, fallen, but ho baa left us tlio noble
example of tils many virtues and an honorable and
useful life.- : . i.
' j lie'wbs statesman of enlarged and libera) views,
and marked ability When the
fceUngs Of parly prejudice shall have subsided, his
administration will stand out in bold relief, as* one of
ffibst^evehtfal,'brilliant, and able, that has ever
had control of our National ofiVirs v
’ He seomi to have been selected to play an impor-
Vo grand drama of American progress.
Uis selection a? the standard bearer ofliie Democracy
contest of 1844, seemed Providential.—
lit; wav the man of the crisis, sprung from the bosom
lho people themselves, and knowing their wants,
Interests, apd wishes.. He was not unknown himself,
although he was a very young man to be thought of
lt»rPresident of a mighty republic,-the highest elec
tive>offioe in; the known world, and heretofore con.’
tarred upon only those whose locks had boon whiten
ed; with'the-frosts of many wintcrs,.and whohad
well riigh approached the goal of human life, three
■core. years, and ten. No! ho was not unknown.-*- ,
He Had .been a distinguished member of Congress as ,
far back as 1826 7*B. He had at that early day Jar
himself a high rank as on orator, and a sound prac*
tical statesman, among colctnporarlcs who were not
either'in ago, ability,' or experience. His
■peeeh on tho Panama mission, that chimerical pro*
jo'ol of; John Quincy Adam's administration, is a
of cldssive style and manly eloquence. lie
was always in tho front rank of the must ablcdcba-
Ipts in tho House of Representatives.. Ho was for
years the presiding officer of that distinguished body.
He was afterwards elected Governor of Tennessee,
wilhii large majority of the opposite 'political party
to evej’come.whcn he entered the Hold. Ho'wus then
nominated abd elected President of the United Stales
lb opposition to Henry Clayywho rallied tho entire
enthusiasm, and strength of his friends and political
■dpporterst-uWitli thoevenla of his administration
we are all familiar.;. Ho and (hey arc.now the fruit*
fuV materials of history. Ho will pass that ordeal
wliVtlnumph; nndwill leave a name without slain
ohd without reproach, and wilt finally receive in all
, tifaie to come, the benedictions of his grateful coun
trymeh. This is neither the lime nor tho place to do
jbstieoto his merits, but his fame will grow brighter
and brighter, until it stands out in tho full effulgence
of and of (he benefactors of mankind.
ThePoblio Schools.— By reference toanoth
er coVuranU will be*seen that the examinations
of the public schools of Carlisle will commence
bn Monday, the 25th inst.
, Epistle of St. Paul” is the title given,
with no very commendable taste, to the first news*
papfer published at St. Paulas, the capita) of Mincso
(a. ; Tho Boston Post thinks the paper wilt bo sub
ject to letter postage.
‘ New Government Groan.— The “Republic,”, tho
new government paper, edited by Messrs. BjllUand
Sargent, made, its appearance on last Wednesday
morning. The “ National-Whig,” heretofore con
sidered* one of the organs of the adminislralioni.lius
Seen discontinued, and the general presumption'is
that the patronage of the latter has been merged into
thai of the .former.
Looey Office Hunter. —The most fortunate of
flop btinler that has yet been discovered, turned up
in Washington.the other day. lie received two op
poihlments by mail—-ono to the Custom
Douse In Philadelphia, the other to a clerkship in
the Navy Department.. Groat, was his grief when
ho found he could not accept both. The fortunate
individual is Mr. H. J. Shriner, formerly of the
Geliys burg (Pa.) Star.
Tiiß .DcrcLOPEMBNT op Summer. —The country
roads are now in excellent condition, the trees
and meadows have resumed their wonted appear
ahoe, and all nature looks smiling and gay. As
the season has thus far been backward, many
have had no opportunity of enjoying the country.
Alternate gleams ol sunshine followed by north
easterly rain storms compose the present weather,
y.egetallon. under the latter Influence is thriving
wonderfully. Abundant crops will doubtless
repay at the close of the season, the hard-working
for their toil. We hope so.
AVrisutetoGcn. Cadwallader.—On Saturday
pth ihit.i'o pair of elegant silver tureens was pro*
Sfhtod to Gen. George Cadwallader of Philadelphia
by re number of his fellow citizens, in testimony of
their approbation of his military conduct when ser
ving la the Invading army of Mexico; particularly
ibr* tbp. brilliant part be took in. the conquest of, the
espkaJoflhal country; and os an evidence of their
affectionate regard for him personally.
t Attimit to Mtmnen.—A young man, named
Hadgeaon, attempted on the 11th inst., to shoot
tits Rer.T. C. Denning, of Charleston, S. C,
It ia said that thrriiev. gentleman, being,entrust
ed with the care of Hadgeaon’a sister, utterly
rained her. He was determined to kill him in
donaeqqence. H. is in Jail. ;
A tic&aTLKss Vii.um—A man named J, G, Milir,
a d?nti.t stllarrilburg, U stated to hare rained
%«» slalere In. one family, and ha. barely escaped
•uL ‘ ln conm <l'«nee. He first, it is said,
■SSSL^S-T-*^"' 4 < ‘ on ’P™ ml «o *h« matter,—
PC I", Uj ,myin e »»«nllons to |ho
of 1 'f' Tl "‘ faring
of this affair* forbado him U>o house, havlmri fla .. *,
,>U ? IhU Mills, b, hi. cruelty
,bought lua, wHfcto a premature grave. 8 * d
f l Finding himself rolled in his open visit., ho rceor
te covert meana of meeting tho unsotpcotlngsl, '
**.* 1,10 streets, to each of whom
hi mads promises of marriage—and so well arrang
ed wore his plona,-andioenoceetfulhia dissimulation,
lh4( py ithor of the article girl, made a confident oi
essli, other, believing him.la he sincere in hid at-
Inchmenl, end looking.forward la .tho future when
ofory.obstoolo Should; bS reino*cd from their anion.
In.this manner ho accomplished thair raiii; ami it
is said a lollor lias been dlecurdred, written by Mills,
jnw|i|oh he deolsros his intention of, destroying Iho
poked ofilhe family, in edhaequahea of liia sammary
ajsolmenl from the house by the father.
. TUB COMING ELECTION.
. /Tho Federal journals are evidently alarmed at tho
apathy that appears to exist in the Federal ranks in
this Stale. Ihey aro making strong appeals tolhoir
party friondasio **bo doing,V but ad yet we
see no 11 signs. of preparation l * .by.our;
All is apparently quict-as the grave, i- ' : . I.
Wo hope our Democratic friends ib this and other
counties may not bo lulled Into a Torgelfulncssbf
their duly by Hie sccrhlhg quiet (hat prevails Ini the
ranks of our old political enemy, Tho Federalists,
wo doubt not, will “ bo about” at tho proper.time,
and if our friends desire a decisive victory this fall
they must go to work in good earnest and use every
honest effort to effect a thorough organization of the
parly.
| ■* PkNNBVLVAWMUBT.be KEDEEHEp!” , Lot this bo.
I the watchword qf. oyory true follower of Jefferson,
i W here.is the Democrat who will not.respond amen lu
the sentiment? ‘ By' fraud, dcccplion,'falsohood and
the Federalists managed to carry this
Slate by a small majority last. fall.. By energy and
a devotion to principle, the Democrats will carry it
at the coming election. Taylorism.and Johnstonism
will receive a.hearing from tho people-ofPonnsylva*
nia in tones' of loud and deep'cbndemnation. :
Let our Democratic friends in this Stale, therefore,
imitate their brethren of the Old Dominion, and a
most brilliant victory will bo their reward*' The
Federalists, as.ts their. custom, will no doubt make a
strong effort, a short time before the election, to rally
I their friends. As- heretofore, appeals willboroado
to the “ poor laboring men,” to induce them to sup.
port Federal demagogues for office. Promises of
“bolter tunes” will bo renewed, and. every attempt
to cheat the unsuspecting voter will be resorted to
as usual. -But, wc think the people have had tholr
eyes opened, and ore now fully convinced of the fact
that Federal promises are
44 Like Dead Sea fruit that tempts the eye
. . But turns to ashes on the Ups."
(Deception and falsehood may triumph over honest
principles for a lime, but the “cheat fbaoi>” of last
full is too fresh in tho minds oflho people for Feder*
ism to expect to succeed in ibo present .contest. If
oqr friends will but do their doty—if they will but
take tho trouble to paint out to thc people thc dls.
honesty and corruption ofTuylorism and Johnsonism
—if ,they will, os they should, exert themselves in
exposing the false professions, of Federalism—our
victory will bo as glorious as it wil) bo decisive and
coni plclo., Democrats of old Cumberland and of the
State!—your duly Is plain. Lot every one deter,
minolhat “ Pennsylvania must se redeemed,” and
all the cohorts of Federalism cannot prevent it. The
workingmen—who are the natural friends of the
Democratic parly, and many of \yhom were deceived
into tho suppoi I of their enemies, the Federalists,
last fall—will be at their posts battling for Demo*
cratic principles at the trial in October.' They have
learned a lesson, such as many of them wilt not very
soon forget. Previous to tho election of Taylor and
Johnston, tho Federalists made strong professions of
friendship for tho' workingman—ho -was to receive
constant employment and higher 'Wages in case of
the success ofFedcralism. ' Workingmen, b&ve these
promises been fulfilled? We need-not answer (ho
question fur you. The thousands of workmen now
out of employment is evidence of the hollow and dls.
honest professions ofFedcralism. Can you again bo
deceived? We think we hear you answer in tones of
loud indignation, “ No, never !’’
Let all workingmen, therefore, who have been de*
cuivcd and blinded by-treachcrous and corrupt Fed*
oral office-seekers, buckle on the armor of Democra
cy, and lake an active pari in tho approaching
election. Up, Democrats! up, workingmen !—Fed
eralism must receive its quietut in October;
FOURTH OF JULY*
An adjourned meeting of the Democrats of Carlisle
and vicinity, wos held at tho public House of IL L.
Barkbuldor, on. Tuesday evening last, for tho purpose
of making arrangements for celebrating the coming
4th of July. J. Armstrong, was colled to the chair,-
and S. D, Adair , Esq. was appointed Secretary.
J. B. Bratton, from the committee appointed for
the purpose of selecting tho several committees ne
cessary to carry into effect the proposed celebration,
reported the following:
Committee of Arrangement.— W. Park, Jacob
Leiby, Jr., W. W. Lewis, John Brannon; John Hy
or, G. Bcnlly, W. Holmes, Charles Magluuchlin,
Jacob Slambaugh.
Committee on Toasts.— James H. Graham, E*q.,
J.-Ellis Bonham, Esq., Hon. Samuel Hepburn,
Georgo Sanderson, P. Davidson,Jl, Snodgrass, Dr.
J. Baughman, L. Todd, Esq., J. Goodyear, Esq.
Committee of Invitation.— Dr. W. W. Dalo.Maj.
R. Lamberton, W. 11. Miller, E»q.,C« C. Mooro, Esq.,
A. Roberts, J. M. Gregg, E. Showers.
Committee on Music.—O. E. Hall, P. Spahr.
CO’ The Committee of Arrangement will meet at
Maglauchlin’s hotel, on Saturday evening, at 8 o’-
clock, for the purpose of organizing, and the traps,
action of business.
The Committee on Toasts will meet at Burkhold
ers hotel, on tho same evening and at the same hour,
and for tho same purpose.
Tho Committee of Invitation will moot at Mrs,
Wunderlich's Hotel on the some evening, at the
hour, and for the some purpose.
Arrival of Gov. Ramsey*
The Minnesota Pioneer of Slsl ult, announces tho
arrival of Gov. Ramsey at St. Paul, on the 261 h ull-,
and says: “By Invitation of the Hon. Henry S.
Sibley, the Governor is spending a few days at Mon
dulnh.. He rodb down to our village on Monday ond
look the people of Bt. Paul by. the hand. Ho ]« «
plain, frank man, whom the people will like—they
can't help it. A’younger brother of Gov. Ramsey
, also oamo with his Excellency.
“ The troops at Fort Snclling appeared on dress
1 parade last Thursday, and salutes were fired In honor
of tho arrival of his Excellency, Gov. Ramsey.'*
The Expedition in Search of Sir John Frank
lin.—Tho Board of Naval Officers to whom the pro.
position for filling out an expedition to search for
Sir John Franklin was referred, have reported against
the (feasibility of the enterprise at present, as it is too
late In (he season, ond the government owns no ves
sel suitablo to this service. Sixty.thousand dollars
will Cover tho .cost of building and equipping two
coasting vessels, but Mr, Preston thinks (here is no
authority to make such a disposition of (ho public
money; winch is appropriated to specific purposes.
I.EDRD Roli.in.— lt Is certainly highly creditable
to thin eminent prograsaiyo statesman—at preaent
the Democratic leader In the French Convention—
lliat'whlie nearly ali bis associates in tho Revolution
of February; 1848, and in tho Provisional Govern
nienl, havo been forgotten', or thrown aside, by the
people—be alone preserves his popularity and Ills
power alike undiminished. ..A fact like this proves
Hist he possesses great and lasting qualities, and is
a triumphant answer to oil the assaults of (ha aris
tocratic press. ''
Pne News snosi OauraartiA, says the Philadelphia
Spirit o/the Times, Is of tho most chdorlng desc*r|p.
N , nl o " ly Jo "* tho ncooiinls assure us tliai gold
: r„,w'' b r l ,0 tar-.’ hundred
-
live, hade gone loU.o l.„j oipr„,n!lr° w m l‘ 0 , rcl “'
1 ,nU "‘T "i; ■<>«■ Will b. au?t. C mt"d
, to hope warmly. Tho passage sore,, u,o I.Tmo .!*
now bo made easily and regularly, nn d in s mo„,b
and a half at farthest,’ Wo should not wonder
therefore, ifJiolflhd community were to go. . ’
THE FEDERAL PRESS AND MR. XilfpAßD.
Since the publication of Georgs LirrAßp’a loiter,,
exposing the duplicity of General Taylor, dhd-Uio
means ho employed lq’ hoodwink and dcecjvojhe
people, iho Federal papers are laudinthclrdonan
elutions of Mr. L. •, They afteci to believe- that the
letter was written by Mr. Lippard for the purpose
of gaining notoriety—speak of its author la the most?
contemptuous manner, and attempt to lorn it inlori
diculo> We expected this. The Federal papers.
before the election, thought Mr. ,Lippard a very great
man. and-published his speeahos in favor of Taylor,
wllli approving comments.. But now that Mr. L.
has had the boldness to expose to the public gaze (he
great fraud by which Taylor'was elected to the office
ho so unworthily holds, the same Federal papers turn
round and denounce tlio very man they , lauded to
the skies a.few months since. , Admirable consisted
cy ! But. wilh.all the abuse of Mr. Lippard by the
Federal press, not one of them has attempted to deny
a single sentence contained in his letter. They
know and fool that that letter contains nothing but
truth— -facts, which cannot and' will not bp denied
by even Gon. Taylor-himself. .What Mr? Lippard’s
object was'lii'writing this letter to Gen. Taylor, we
do not pretend to know, nor indeed do we
Even,admitting that |l was written for the purpose
of acquiring notoriety for its author, (which is not
very likely,) that docs hoi disprove any of its state
ments, nor will it shield General Taylor from mcr. i
iled scorn and contempt. The people look'at the
facts contained in that letter, without caring ,what
object ,lhe. writer hod in view when ho prepared it.
Lippard’s letter is a scorcher, and no mistake, end
exposes the rottenness of Taylorism most effectually.
No wOndcr.lhat the Federal camp was in a stale of
alarm on the,appearance•of the, undeniable (ruths
contained in this expose.of the “great fraud. 0 Fed
cral editors may scold Mr. Lippard, andjßiisrepresent
him, but wo defy.the whole clan to deny a .single
statement contained in his letter. They will not
attempt It—they know thot.Tuylor succeeded tollio
Presidency, through fraud and'deception; and they
feel It toJ>o a difficult took to defend, falsehood and
treachery. ' : ‘ •
OUR TABLE*
VVc have before us the July number of Goby's
Lady’s Book. The reading mailer is highly inter*
esting, and the embellishments beautiful. Every
lady sliould bo a subscriber to this most excellent
magazine. Price $3 per annum, or two‘copies for
w. ■
Sartain’s Union Magazine, for July, ha's also been
received. The high character of this beautiful work
makes it almost unnecessary that we should speak
in its praise. Suffice it to say, the present is, if pos
sible, superior to former numbers. VVo’can recom
mend this Magazine with groat confidence to The
patronage*of obr fair readers. Price, same as Go
dey’s.
. Tub Southern Literary MessENGER/for June, is
on our table. We always receive this old and truly
valuable work with great pleasure, foC,4v<r are sure
to find in Its wall-filled pages much instructive ami
valuable reading matter. This Magazine should bo
in every gentleman’s .library.. Published by John
R. Thompson, Esq., Richmond, Va., at 65 per an*
nuni, *-•,
The Columbian Calculator, by A£m6n Ticsnor,
author of tho “Accountant’s Assistant,” See. We
have been favored by the publisher w||h a copy of
this valuable Arithmetic. Wo have given the work
a cursory glance, and fcol no hesitation in rccom
mending It as a suitable Arithmetic for the use of
schools. The arrangement of the work is well
adapted to the comprehension of beginners—being
one regular systematic advancement frqnj the simple
axioms to the most difficult problofrtfrr Copy
before us is the third edition, which fret Of itself is
evidence of the high character of the qr'ork. Wc
hope it may bo received with favor into our public
schools. \
Youth’s Colombian Calculator, by Ticknor. Tho
author has also sent us a copy of (his Arithmetic,
which Is intended for beginners, and is adapted to the
currency and practical business of community. The
work is very highly recommended by cspablojudgcs,
who have examined it. An eminent teacher, ofCoo
nccticut, in speaking of tho work, says:
11 [ should judge that by this system ilio arrange*
ment, perspicuity of explanation, and above uU t its
.practical adaplluion to (he currency of lAI« country.
Us claims arc superior to any other work of the kind
'extant, and eminently worthy its mime and author,"
Ticknor's Columbian Spelling Book, by tho same
author, Is admirably adapted to the use of schools.
It is the best classified of-any wo have seen; and
Iho explanations given of all the words having a
similar pronunciation, is well calculated to give the
young learner a correct idea of our language, and
that in a most easy mid comprehensive manner. It
is a book that shoulif bo introduced iuto our Cum*
mon Schools everywhere, as decidedly the best of
spelling books that have been pul forth. It cannot
bo recommended 100 strongly. All the above works
can bo had at Ess's Book Store, Carlisle.
A “Competent” OppiOE-Hni.Dßa.—Tho Hartford
Times, says, a few weeks since, when Hon. James
Duon was In Washington, an office sucker sent him
a letter, directed.os follows: .
Vmr James Dickson esq Washington oitty Vu ”
He asked the clerk if it could go fres t end was
informed that it could not—the clerk qul sunpcciing
that It was intended for an honorable member of
Congrcsij and tho office, seeker paid the poslugc.—*
After ho had gone, tho clerks being stompUd ai (he
direction “Washington oitty V».,” looked M It more
closely, and come to the conclusion thalitjVßß really
Intended far Mr. Dixon.' Tho writer ofHtatTellcr has
since been appointed to office, probably on General
Taylor’s principle of "competency /”
The Nkw Territory of Minesota, was or
ganized on tho first of Juno, by Proclamation of
Governor Hornsey. The following are the offi
cers ;
Alexander Ramsey, Governor of said X er rl*
lory and Commander-In-Chief of the Militia
thereof, and Superintendent of Indian affairs
therein. '
Charles K. Smith, Secretary of said Terrilo-
Aaron Goodrich, Chief and David
Cooper, and ~ Bradley B. Meeker, Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court of said Territory,
and to act as Judges of the District Court of
said Territory. ' " .
Joshua L. Taylor, Marshall of the Culled
Stales for said Territory.
Henry L. Muss, Attorney of the United
Slates for said Territory!
Rinnrsr Man in America .Tito New Yoik
Journal if Commerce says Mr, Larkin, U. 8,
Govermcnt agent at Monterey, (snow the weal
thiest man In California. Valiilng.his real os
talo at San Francisco at what it waa worth
at the last advices, ho' wonjd be doubtless the
richest man In North'America. Mr. Larkin la
the gentleman who wrote home the first glowing
account from California, that set ad many per
sona gold mad. He seema to hard profiled by
the fever, and lips reaped a fortune out of Cal
ifornia, if not out of the mines. ,
(CP 1 Tito Funeral of General Gainsi took place at
New Orleans on the Tlh tail,, vvltll all suitable dc
menattallona of respect. ' _ J
THB NEWB FROM EUROPE*
Tbe nowybrodghlby the Cambria Is interesting,
but not so decisive as wo could have wished.
.Pfsiies.oxhibits, In the.meeting of the now Cham,
niakorall who bovo looked at her with
hopeful eyes, feel Respondent. All is lion fusion and
111 nature. A very great number of republicans have
been elected, but.too many of them aro fierce, ruth
less, blind zealots,-without judgement, ready to sac
rifice every of truth at the shrine of pas
sion. •
Hungary is still waging her deadly war with
Uussia and Austria, or rather is defending herself
with strange and glorious success against those
overwhelming representatives of despotism. Buda
surrendered, Utmost completes- the emancipation of
Hungary from Austrian footsteps. Heaven, be
thanked! We can only hope that life sacred cause
of Liberty may, in such noble hands, continue to
prosper. ,
[ famishes us, we are sorry to say, with no
picture" of improvement. Misery, Starvation and
.oppression, are still her leading features.-‘ She is
wrelcheß,.helpless, almost hopeless and inert. It is
horrible to see such a country so_ lamentably given
up to despair and ruin! •'
- y cl refuses to admit the French, arid insists
on her right to refuse admission to the Pope. , Wo
confess.lhat'weare not-prepared, without Some lieb
ter light .on tho subject; to ssy whether she is correct
ini this positin. Wo look bn it as a' religious, not a
civil question. Therefore, we are silent. Romo
cannot hold out long and the Pope will be reinstated
So says the Philadelphia TVmes.
Additional Accounts from California*
The steamship California sailed from San
Francisco oh the Ist of May, and arrived at Pan
ama on the Slet* -
'The. steamer Panama arrived at Panama, on*
the s(h of May, :from New York, und sailed on
the 7ih for San full of passengers.
The steamer Oregftn-sailed from Panama, on
the S3d of May, for San Francisco, full of
passengers. ■
The California will sail on- the 25th Inst*
There were forty«six' passengers hi Panama
at the last accounts, and one hundred, and twenty
on the Isthmus, en route for the gold region.
The Crescent City, it is said, has'six hundred
thousand dollars in gold dust, on board. It Is
thought, in Wall street, that the balance of ,f ie
million brought , down by the California is on
English account, ami will be forwarded to En
gland by one of the Mail.steamers.
We were informed yesterday, that Mr. James
Sinclair,’ whose death has been reported, left this
city last October, in the. John VV, Cuter, and
was returning home with $50,000 in gold dust.
This amount' he did not of course acquire in the
mines; he probably acquired it in trade.
It is reported that the bark Hecla, Capt. Touper,
arrived at Havana on the 31st ult., in nine days
Horn Chargres, with two hundred thousand, dol
lars, in gold, dust bn board. This gold was
probably brought down from California in the
Oregon, and then shipped in the Hecla,
We have received advices to the I6lh of April
from the Great Salt Lake., They stale that
there is no end to the gold in that country, though
hone has been 7 found in the valley, still the region
two or three hundred miles west of it abound in
the shining ore.
The Frontier Guardian of the 98th ult., says:
41 To prevent scattering and wasting the gold
dust by paying It out in small ‘quantities the
people in the valley have collected up alt the
Kirtland bills they have and put them in circula
tion, and whan they want any amount of-gold
dust, they go and have it weighed to them. This
may call into the valley all the Kirtland money
that was smuggled and stolen. They had better
call wolf skins so much, and let them be the
currency, as wolves are plenty,' 1
Terrible Recontre between Cassius HI. Clay
and Joseph Tus*ner»Botla supposed to bo
killed M
A telegraphic despatch from Louisville, Ky., dated
tho 16lh lost., states that a rencontre took place on
the afternoon of that day at a public meeting in
Madison county, between Cassius Ml Clay und Jo*
seph Turner, in which it was supposed both were
killed. Doth parties snapped pistols without effect.
They then attacked each other, with bowie knives.—*
Clay, it was thought, had been slabbed through the
heart—but this was not the ease. Turner wos se
verely cut in the abdomen and groin, and died short
ly afterwards.
Later—Clay not Dead.—A second despatch, da
ted Cincinnati, Juno lb, says—“lllsnow!rcported)i)
this city, that Cassius M. Clay was not killed during
(he rencontre in Madison county. Tho last intelli
gence we hear from him, Is that there Is a probabll.
ity of hlr recovering. The death of Mr* Turner Is
confirmed.
. Mr. Clay, it seems, having accepted an Invitation
to address & meeting of Emancipationist*, in Madison
county, Was addressing the assembhge on (ho sub
ject of shivery, and offence being taken at some of
his remarks, Mr. Tumor got up and called Cloy a
liar; hence (ho altercation, which resulted, as near
as I could learn, as above stated.
Writing on N«WBparers.—A newspaper bea r
ing the initials of a friend, was received at the
Post Office, in Syracuse, directed to a young
lady. The Postmaster, Mr. Teall, demanded
letter postage on it, which was refused, and one
cent tendered, the ordinary newspaper postage,
which waa refused and the paper retained* A
soil was Instituted against the Postmaster for
detaining the paper, and has been carried through
all the courts to the Supreme Court of the U.
States. The Star (of Syracuse) says that (he
Attorney General of the United States, after ex
amining (he case, decided that (he Stale courts
had no jurisdiction in (ho case; and ihatToali ac
ted legally in charging letter postage on (he paper,
and fully sustained the grounds taken by Teall’*
counsel in the different courts. The costa in this
suit will probably amount to at least $4OO. The
amount involved in the original dispute between
tho Postmaster and Mr, Hicks was nine cents.
Indian Thanks,— The Old School Pres
byterian General Assembly having given $7O
to “ No-Hoarl-of-Fear,” Chief of the lowa In
dians,, he sent Iheni the fallowing letter:
7b the Moderator of Ihe General Jlmmhly ;
Honored and QncvrtiCAPip Father ; 1 desire
to say to you and to the Chiefs and Braves of
the Great Spirit before you, that 1 feel glad for
what you have done for me. I have spoken in
your nearing and received money from your
hands. I always thought that you were our
friends, and since receiving. th|s large handful
of money, 1 know that you ere our friends.—
This money will be laid out for provisions for
my family and friends, and when rpy family
gather around my little fire, and sit down to eat
litis food I will tell them whence it came and
who gays It. They will then know that your
Chiefs and Braves are their friends also.
' I will haver ere you again t you will never
hear mo again. 1 go far towards where the sun
sets, to my little houso among my little people.
I have been told that the Great Spirit sous both
while and red men at once, and I believe that
it is. true. When ho looks on your councils
and listens, to hear yotir words, may he hear,
as on this day, many kind words for the poor
Indian. . Respectfully and 1 affectionately,
nq-heart-of-feab.
JUDGE black..
■The foUawing admirable letter: from, the .Hen. J,
S.'Black, of Suinersolp speaks for itself. Like all
tbot falls, pen or tongue of that distinguish,
cd Democrat; It'evinoergrcai;kiiidhcBs of heart, 'an- 1
flinching integrity, and a strength and brilliancy of
intellect peculiar to its anther. ;It is singularly op
propriato and touching both inJls scnlimehts end
phraseology. !
From tlitt Pennsylvanian;
HON. J. S* BLACK.
It is very rare indeed that we are enabled to lay
aoch a- letter before our readers as the following reply
of the Hon.J.S. Black to thonieinbora of the Bur ul
Hollidayaburg, who addressed Min'on (ho aubject of
his aoparation from theirjudicial district, by the apor.
oilon of a recent act of Assembly eiproasing their high
opinion of him as a judge, a.citizen, and a man. Wo
regard his answer as a. beautiful apochnen of.eplalo,-|
lury composition
Somerset, May ] 7,’1849.,
Gentlemen: —l received, yesterday, your letter of
the .Bth inst., in which you express your approbation
of my official conduct while 1 presided In tho courts
of Blair county, 1 and your warm wishes for my fu
lure welfare. It would be mere affectation in me
to deny that this proof of your regard lias gratified
me exceedingly.
In the division which our system makes of judicial
responsibility, the largest share, all things consider*
cd, is thrown upon the judges of the Common Pleas.
Their jurisdiction, civil and criminal. Is wholly on,
limited; and they ore obliged to decide many ques
tions, affecting the most important rights of suitors
without leaving them tho chance of appeal. These
duties are performed, Tor the most port, in the face
oflho public,, in the presence of the parties interested,
and under the scrutiny of tho bar. It often becomes
necessary to apply abstruse principles to subjects
entirely new, without time for consulting books, or
leave for reflection. Add to this that (ho law, so fur
from being oho of the exact sciences, is provcrbully
uncertain—so uncertain that honest and intelligent
men differ abuut every oaso that a rises,—no human
being con oxpcct v to do'tho laborious dnd difficult
business of a judicial magistrate without incurring
some displeasure. The Woridoir is, tiiut any one who
undertakes it, does not become utterly odious. The
errors, which ho cannot help but make,'expose him
to tho censuro of good men; and his most success'
fui efforts to do right may cJtcilc tho enmity of the
bad. The exquisitely organized intellect nf Uucon,
united with the conscientious love of justice which
so -marked the character of H.ilc, would scarcely
round off the circle of mental and mural graces with
sufficient fullness to make a perfect judge. Certain
I am, that if a judge, even thus fitted, would try to
please all men, he would signally foil.
* The less a public nian deserves the approba
tion of his fellow-citizens,' the more he is indebt
ed to those who sustain him notwithstanding his
defects. His gratitude ought to be according to
his merits, but calculated by the rule of inverse
proportion. Measuring my obligations to you by
this standard, my.thanks are boundless; fur l ain
conscious.of having at least my full share of ju
dicial imperfections. Each one of you must ha ve
seen and fell this very often; but yen closed
your eyes upon my numerous faults, and gave to
ail my acts a Construction.obstinately charitable
and perseveringly kind. Of course, I owe this
to your conviction (a conviction which did mo
no more than justice,) that I at least meant well,’
both for the public and the bar, collectively and
individually.
Distant as my residence is from y -urs, I hope
that an occasional re-union may not bn altogether
impracticable. But, whether we meet again or
have separated forever, be assured that 1 value
your good opinion as highly as I.do uny. earthly
treasure, except the consciousness of having hon
estly tried to deserve it. 1 am moat truly ymna,
J. S. BLAUK.
To Messrs. Blair, Ctesswell, Wallace, I.owirlo,
Cline, Hbfius, Dell, Kemp, Dank*, Calvin, and
M’Muruie, members of the Blair County Bar.
. From the Button Po*i.
** Appointment by tUo Frcsedi'iit.’*
Allen Putman, of'Salem, Massachusetts, to bo
Surveyor of the Customs at that port, in place ol
Nathaniel- removed.
This is one of the most hcastlcss acts of I It la heart
less administration. The oxo of proscription has
fallen, by the hand of tho bloody executioners ol'our
44 no*psrty” President, upon nearly every, man found
in office who had battled for his country in (he wars
of Great Britain and Mexico, and now the same re
Icntloss proscription Tails upon tho men of literature.
Nathaniel Hawthorne is known wherever the En
glish language is rend, nml no man; woman or child
of intellect ever read his “TWICETOLD TALES,”
and his delightfully natural and touching ptudno
lions which have enriched.our periodical literature,
without thanking and loving theomi.>bln and mo
dest author. Purely literary In his (isles and.retir.
ing in his habits, he hud for some years taken up
his economical residence in an old, mansion on the
spot mmked by the monument to (ho brave men who
fell in the revolution at Concord where the first BrilLh
blood was shed in that Contest.. With his pen ho
wrote for his bread, but It is hard to lush the mind
and the imagination ns a dully toil. Hero ha was
found by the late administration, and with no refe
rence to his politics (for he did not even vote in the
party contests of tho day) Ipe* was appointed to the
small subordinate office of surveyor of Bulan, then
vacant, wo believe. The moderate income of (he
olficc sustained him in the Intervals when ill health
or other causes dimmed the TnspiralWr of hi« pen,
while its quiet and nut exacting duties did not inter
fere with his studies and his dctoOnu to (lie passion
of Ms life, refined literature. And now tomes the
sword of Gen. Taylor, the mere i oldirr, who never
achieved with It half the true gloiy (hat ll.twlhoinc
lias anobstruslvely won by hi* pen, nnd (he head of
tho poet and the scholar Is stricken oil to grati'y and
reward some greedy partisan!
Verily it is it shame to tho ago wo live in. Wliul
a spectacle of the perfidily nnd bid faith ofPirsidenl
Taylor is this I There stands at (ho gullolitte, be
side (ho headless trunk of a pure minded, f.iiliifnl.
ond{ well deserving officer, sacrificed to thc-worst of
party proscription, Gen.3stclinry Tuylnr, now I‘rcs*
idcnl, but (ho same mun who, before hi* election,
solemnly said—“ I have friends to reward, no
enemies to. pjmlsli”—“•l will hot bo tho candidate of
any parly or clique**— 1 “1 shall bo (he chief magis
trate of the people and not of a party
Who has put up the old man to (his bloody work
of proscription upon such n man as Nathaniel Haw
thorne? Where i* the President** word of honor,
where his respect for (ruth Better fnr liis future
fame had he never been elected President, limn thus
logo down (u posterity with a lie in his right hand I
Riot.— Philadelphia has boon disgraced by
another riot, A gang of. rowdies, attacked one
of the Engine companies in Moyamehsing on
Sunday morning last, when a regular fight look
place, which resulted in tho death of Alexander
Gillis, who was shot through the heart, and
the wounding of several others.
In Philadelphia on Saturday there wore 9
cases of Cholera, both of which proved, fatal,
On Sunday 9 oases and one death. In the city
and suburbs - there have .been f)3 oases and' II
deaths since the first appearance of the disease
on t|ie 30th ult.
There were 97 oases and IS deaths by Chol
era in New York on Saturday last) and 90
oases and |8 deaths on Sunday , last.
' (O’ A cook in Boston, has been sent to prison for
threatening to make 11 minced meal" of his captain,
the court believing that' the carcass of an n'old
aalt" was not a proper Ingredient for subh a com.
pound, , , ' ’.. ~ , '
A , Model, . Sueeonißsn.—Col. Tats, , of, the
Columbia (Pa.) Democrat, thus discourses of
one of his subscribers. Happy fellow! '
. A Golden Patron I —One of our pultons call
ed at this office, on Thursday,,and paid thiee
years subsoil prion to the “ Columbian Democrat,”
in Gold I lie is a worthy representative of the
Cplumblan County Democracy, Wo lender him
our thanks—not daring to mention hie name
trusting his example may be extensively emula
ted, and wish he may live a thousand years to
enjoy the consolation of having liberally patron
ized the Democrat. . 1
LATE f JROM. EUROPE.
auhival, cyTim Cambria.
No Debate on Canadian affaire— The fats of th* c. .
/ Prisoner* stilluhdecided—Famine and CnnihnU.*
in'lreland—Spread of the Cholera in Ireland**
The French troops, still outside of Rome—i} ec Uj
st'dndof the Romans—Sympathy of the Freni
Troops for the Romans—Meeting of the new French
Assembly—Terrible Scene—Almost an explosion —
Aspersion of Ledru Rollin by the President—jT
President's apology—Strength of the radicals—
The General Amnesty Bill Defeated—Due d'Au.
male not entitled to a seat iu the Assembly— ]Vith,
drawal of the Neapolitan troops from Rome— fa
Prospects of Peace in Denmark—Nothing decisive
from Hungary—Vast armies of Russians and Aut.
■ ttians still pouring into the Country—Hungarian ’s
retiring to their strongholds—Horrible Massacre at
Buda—Continued commotion in Germany—Ru
ssian Fleet in Danish Waters,
The steamship Cambria, Capl. Shannon. arrivpH
at New York late on Friday night.
There hoa been no .further debate in parliament
.on Conadian affaire, and the business transacted
since (he Whitsun recess, is devoid ofgeneral inter*
est. • Notice had been given (hat the Chancellor
of the Exchequer wonld make his financial slate*
moot on the 15th inst., which was anxiously looked
for.
Up to the departure of the steamor, the govern*
meht has given ho intimation.of its intention of th o
final disposal of. the State prisoners under sentence
of death for high treason. As nn evidence of the
extreme destitution and misery which exists in Ire.
land, it is slated that a'sliipwrcckcd human body
having been cast ashore, the corpse was octuallv
consumed by the starving inhabitants of the vi-
cinity.
A statement to Ibis effect has been made in par*
liument, though contradicted in part by the Govern
ment, the fact is beyond dispute, that at no previous
time has sickness, intense misery, and starvation
been more general than .it is now.. The cholcu has
broken out in Dublin, iand still continues its ravages
in many parts of (he country.
The dissoiulipn<of the French National Assembly
look place on tile S6lh, and passed over without t<|.
mull. The new Legislative Assembly met for Hie
transaction of business on the 28lh, and on the 30th
was the scene of one of lbs most violent debates Unit
ever occurred in any deliberative body. The French
fcxpcdnionnry forces are still encamped around Romtj
M. Lcaseps, the envoy, having totally filled thus far
to persuade the Romans to.admit tliu French either
as friends of as enemies'.
The utmost dissatisfaction issnld to prevail ninnno
the troops, who openly avow.'their sympathy for Iho
Roman Republic. Whilst negations ore going for
ward.at Romo, General Qudinol's position, with Mid.
aria threatening his army,is far front pleasant. li».
cry day furnishes-him with fresh proofs of the pic.
carious nature of his command, if not of, lira moral
certainly that the troops will refuse if called upon
to enter tho City by slonn. The Neapolitans having
been beaten, have withdrawn within their.own ter
ritories, and with Austria, seemed Inclined to lelilie
French have the quarrel all to themselves.
Tho war between the Danes end the Prussians
.continues, wilhbul, from present appearances, the re
motest prospect of a satisfactory adjustment of ilia
paltry mailer in dispute. . The.town of Frederica
has bedn reduced by bombardment, and ilia Prussian
troops are advancing to Arhans; The Danish crui
zers are strictly enforcing the blocado of the Gcr.
man ports. , . •,
A division of the Russian fleet has appeared in
Iho Danish waters, which is Considered signilicunf
of the intentions of the Uzar.
There is very Jiuloualhcnlic intelligence from
Germany,
lt would seem, however, that (ho Western Pros*
sion provinces have become somewhat more Iran*
rjuilized; but in Baden and Bavaria, and in all that
region, the popular chiefs arc said tube only waiting
to lenrn tho result of the French election*
From Austria snd Hungary little |s positively
known, beyond (he fuel that vast armies from itn«.
sin, in concert with Austria, aro now bearing down
upon the, Hungarians, who seem to bo making a pro.
giessiye movement, largo bodies of troops having re
tired into the fastness of tho Country, where they
will be able to fall upon Uio enemy with ulmosl cer
tainly of aucoeis, ,
By the latest news, positive information has
been received,That (ho cily ofßudu.lias tollen into
(bo hands of tho Hungariitfs; wbo*«r» said-to h.r«
gained possession of (he ptsco by treachery, and pul
the garrison of five or six hundred man to (hi
sword. j >.
In the south, (ho M inors nro fatcl to bo in
possession of, FtOaic, (ho. only seaport of Hunga*
ry, winch, if true, will give a vast Impulse to the
cause.
The mooting of the Emperors pf Austria and Has*
sia, at WursdOl lasted but ons day.'. .Nothing hat
transpired ns to tho object nf the interview, •
Upon a close analysis, of the rrsuil'of the. lute cl*
cclion, it appears (hut two hundred and ten, or ui
mostlwo hundred and forty ,ullrn Democratic' menu
bers have been rclnrpcd, which is, something 'more
than double the number that they wore expected to
elect, and will give them n vastly greater' influence
in the present, than (hoy possessed in thcold Asscin*
lily. There nro rising-of Go£ members circled by
the various other parties, but they are so split up and
divided in sentiment, that it is. considered dmibjfuf
about their being tilde to unite upon. leading quus* -
lions of public policy. Personal disputes among tfie
leading mcmbeis of the several parlies, would seem
(a give small promise (Ini die President Will be aide
to select a ministry strong enough to carry on the
Government with that degree of firmness so much to
he desired.
- Marshal Ougenud is sti’l sunken ofes most certain
to. bp placed at thn head of the ministry^
A motion on the last day of the la(o Assembly
fur a general Amnesty Was lost by s.in a house of
567. -
The last act of the Assembly was to puis a vplo
nf thanks to.lhe army and to the National Govern
ment, which'‘concludes by proclaiming (hat tho cilh
xew soldier** ns soldier. clllX'-nii, have deserved well
of the Republic, The new Legislative Asscmbty
was furmally opened on Monday. In the curly part
nf (hu sitting everythiOg wns perfectly tranquil, and
there were no (roups beyond the usual guard. Later
in the day, however, Immense bodies of disorderly
people collected around (lie Chamber, and the Icarof
an invasion by the mob was so great,that the (roups
jiroviously instructed, wore ordered to advance mid
clear the adjoining streets. No'serious attempt was
made to resist the troops, and but few arrests wcio
made. ...
On Wednesday q bitter conflict took place in tbs
Assembly, grooving out of the removal of the Colonel
who.had been during (lie session entrusted with tho
immediate command of the troops for the pfotoefjon
of the Chambers. The correspondent of the London
Times, In describing the’proceedings alluded loiays
—The latter days of (lie Constitutional Assembly
presented many scenes such ss in mercy we would
wish to draw a veil over forever; but never, even in
tho hours when its end was opprosohihg, and Far/s
depended on tho protection of 100,000'bayonets, and
public tranquility woa at the capricious mercy of
the A 6 ’o>nbly, os (be air is shaken by tho thunder
storm, in none of these unauicl moments was (here
a scene of such violence witnessed, pi in (ho Lcglf
live Chamber yesterday.
The thirtieth of May was to have |>ecptnp » nc 'T
ere, and fondly behoved that in the election return
which received the votee of millions of free oitU'QA.
wore also to be found buned forever the evil passions
engendered ydqripg the stormy excitements of tw
Legislature, which gave 10. rogepctalpd Franco U #
now Constitution: but if a few more scenes iimilit
to tftst which occurred yesterday again lake phea.
eyen the most credulous must abandon.tho hope
overseeing sound cdnalltqtlonaniberly proYsdlngW
France.. Nothing has over taken place in tho law
Assembly comparable to what took* place yealar*
Jlaly.— The latest Intelligence ftom Romo slatei,
(hat the constituent Assembly having unequivocally
rejected the proposition of M. Lcsicps, bad gir*n
authority to the triumviate to* treat again, and Ibjt l
the triqmvlne proposed to the French plenipotentiary
tho fblldwlng conditions {
1 |il. Tho peo|>!o < alioll again be colled
else Their sovereignty by ppeans of universal sw
froge, 1 ,
?d. The Austens, Neapolitans, and Spaniard'
shall immediately evacuate the territory of the t
public, os universal sufirogo would bo a nioccry u *
der the presence of foreign hands. . „ .
3d. Tho French will have lo advance from » .!
The Republic, always gineroui k end frotorna ,
grant them for garrison a plqce exempt f ro, J* ..i,
When they shall moeia reception mutually - m .
oilier by Republican brethren, they shall r -
their ftlends, no more protectors; for the aem J
of Rome will constitute Itself without forelg
Terence. ’ „ /|ii
provisions si florae ajo growing doifpf*