THE VOLUNTEER
John B* 'Bratton^ and Proprietor*
CARLISLE, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1849.
AGENCY.
13* V. D. PALMER, Esq., is our authorized agent Tor pro*
curing advertisements, receiving subscriptions and making
collodions for the American Volunteor* at h'ia ofllceJN, W*
corner of Third and Chesnul streetS. Phlladelphia. ■
Boinociatic Nomination (or Canal Commissioner,
t JOHN A. GAMBLE, of Lycoming.
IIEEnSQ OFJTBE DEMOCRATIC STAND*
UGCOnMITTfiE.
, In eomplianee'wUh a resolution passed at the last
m®oHng* lhe members of (he Democratic Standing
Committee of .Cumberland County will meet at the
public jjouso or- Mrs. Wunderlich (late. Marlin’s,)
in (no borough of Carlisle, on
Hatnrday t the 4th day of Aucnat next, ,
etT bedeck in the afternoon, for the purpose' of ap*
pointingihe time for holding the Delegate Elections,
and the Resembling of a County Convention to form
a ticket, . .A general attendance of the Committee
is earnestly requested.
July 5,1849.
ThRSS or THE COMMITTEE.
Oj*Tho following named gentleman compose the
*. Bunding Commiitee of this county :
- Allepi James R. Brown; Carlisle, E- W., John
Cramer; W. \V. t Hugh Gallaughcr; Dickinson, Ja
cob'Boelmnn; East Pennaborough, Robt. G. Young;
Frinkford, john'C. Brown; Hampden, Wm. Auden*
riod; Hopewell, John McCoy ; Mifflin, Robt. Middle*
lonj; Monroe, Benjamin Krider; Newton, C. L. Van
derbeltf ’Nowvillo, William’ Lytle; Now Climber-
Jand, Gbarlea W. Dean; North Middleton, Augus
tus" Harman j S. Middleton,. Peter F. Ege; Silver
Spring, Datid Stcrrell, Southampton, Henry B.
Hock; Slrippensburg 8., Samuel Ncvih ; West Penns*
borough, 8. M. Davidson.
GAMBLE & DEMOCRACY!
COUNTY MEETING.
' The Democraticßepublicans of Cumberland coun
ty! are requested to assemble in the House, in
the Borough of Carlisle, on Monday evening, the 27/A
of August next, at 7J o'clock, for the purpose of rn
-0 (erebanging opinions on the approaching election,
&c. A general attendance is earnestly requested,
. July 26,1849. MANV.
,(p*Tp’ make any reply to the obscene ribaldry
and base'insinuations of the would be
but a waste of lime and paper. The self-consti
tuted delegate” to (he Pittsburg Convention is
too weir known in this community* to make it
necessary for us to notice one of his character.
Tii* Drought.— The very dry weather which
we have been experiencing for the last six or
eight weeks, has much retarded the growth of
corn, and unless we are favored with a good rain
shortly, there is a fear that the crop may be great
ly injured, If not totally destroyed.
Well Done Old Cumberland— On Friday last
oar County Treasurer, Robt. Moore, Esq., visited
Harrisburg, and paid into the Slate Treasury the
quota of State tax due by this county. This speaks
well for did .Cumberland,
x : j —; ; : . ..
Ah Editor Rewarded!— Col. James S. Wal
lace,'the editor of the Philadelphia Daily Sun,
and, formerly co-editor of the Harrisburg 7’c/e
-graphs has been appointed, an Inspector of Cus
toms for the port of Philadelphia. Col. Wallace
•is a,vigorous and sprightly writer, has rendered
long and efficient service to his party, and was
well.worthy of remembrance. IF ht had been
appointed Collector, and somebody else an In
spector, the rewards, would be better apportioned.
But U|r the luck, of Editors to be pul off with 1
tbo crumbs—whilst others feast on the loaves.—
So says the Lancaster Intelligencer.
An Interesting Fsct.—' The Washington papers
mention an interesting fact, that at the funeral o(
. Mrs. Madison, on Monday, were present two of her
old friends who were both present at.her first trtor
triage.with Mr. Todd, sixty ycarp ago,ond the latter
, of whom also present at her second marriage
* with Mr. Madison. They alluded to the venerable
k - Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, widow of Richard Bland Lee,
of Virginia, endVAnthony Morris, E»q.> Penn- 1
sylvsnia. Mrs.N. B. VanZanl, of Washington, who
was. one of her bridesnialds at her second weddipg,
Was also present at ibi funeral.
Typographical Blunder. —Types, when riot care*
folly watched, sometimes play fantastic and mis*
Chiovous tricks. An exchange paper complains that
so article whieii should havo been entitled 11 A Tale
of Terror Founded on Fact," was, by some hocus po
ena of. the types,'metamorphosed into "A Tale of u
Terrier Founded on Fat/ 1 -*
ftuoßMs or Temperance.— The Now York Her*
sld staUs that in five days 7,500 persons in Brooklyn
took IheplcdgoofTcmperanco from Father Matthew
—some of them very hard cases, who would not
-probably have yielded to any other than the mild pur*
suasion of the Apostle of Temperance. - Should
Father Matthew prove to bo oa successful in other
cities, he will add an army to the temperance cause.
He hsacertainly effected much good in Ireland, and
bids foif to be a great benefactor to tho United Sta tes.
Ilia zeal in the cause of temperance has subjected
him to pecuniary embarrassment, from which we
hope ha will be relieved by voluntary contributions
in this country ; for. he is worthy, of all the kindness
and favor which can be shown to him.
, Peace Conqrrss,— Hon. Amos Tuck, one of the
Free Soil Representatives in Congress, from New
Hampshire, sailed from Boston on Wednesday in the
Canada, to attend, the great Peace Congress to bb
held in Paris daring the last week in August.
Bloating tho Jndges-
t trill be eeeiif and doubtless meet with gener
al approval, snys tho Lancaefer Intelligencer, the
Democratic Stale Convention which repenily nnei
at Pittsburg, by an unanfmoui yptc passed a reao*
lulion in favor of the amendment of the Oonstitu*
lion for giving to the'People the election of (he
Judges* This expression of opinion, emanating
from the assembled representatives of the Democ
racy of the whole State, cannot fail to exercise
fow*rfu\ influence In Us final settlement, as it
proves As deep v hold this favorite measure hae
aponlhe populai mVnd and heart. We trntl the
reetriye will be reiterated at, all the Democratic
Cooptj Meeting* to be held thle fall, on d that the
Democratic tapraaenlatUea will ha all intruded
in Ue (heor, tel aatarance ho mode doubly aura
for In n tnaderof grave Impottanoa, the neol
pie cannot well exercise too much vigilance/
, HpT. N. Y. Post slataa that «t\
Tatrytowo, on Friday, tlwie who ware engaged Vn
laying down the track on the tine of the Hudson tlv*
«r railroad, wore obliged to suspend labor because
the iron was so lioi Hist (Ksy could not handle.Ua—
TJisNaw Jersey papers recoffl severs! do a tin from
sun stroke* ,
YowGAe VVeRXs,-»-The borough authorities, of
York, have contracted with the Trenton Improve*
moot Company for tbs creation of Oss Works in the
former placet
THBTCEXT LBQIBI 4 ATVRB«-liaPORTA»OIB I
OJB* SENDING GOOD MEMBERS. . |
On the nest legislature will lhe duty-of
diatrioting the state for representative,
and apportioning''the representation among the‘sev-i
erat counties of the State./, Wq ■ dlbo perceive,’.from-,
the notices, given, that thbro will be nuraeious appU*
cations for new banks, and no doubt-many other.new ;
projects will bo started, .Wo agree with the Harris*;
burg Jfrys/one, when it says -that, the next session
will be an important one, .which makes the selection
of persons. to represent the people, a matter of the
most vital concern to tbo Commonwealth. There is
constantly much complaint about bad legislation,
and It it, no doubt, well founded* What Is the cause,
and what the remedy? One principal cause is
found in the subjects of legislation, themselves, be*
Irig generally of a local and special character.,,; An*
other cause is found in' the wont of proper atten
tion in. the selection of candidates for representa
tives.
The people have no right to expect good leglsla*
tion from bad legislators. When they ore about to
1 1 make a selection, they ought to inquire whether the.
person named possess that degree of Intelligence and
known integrity, which would induce them to con
fide to (heir charge.thoirown,personal.interests, Let
this test be applied, and if the candidate Is found do.
fioient, ho is certainly unworthy of the trust, and
ought not to bo selected. The people of every coun*
ly are responsible to the people of the whole
for the character and compeioncy, and fidelity of their
| representatives. One county has no right.to expect
that another will send a better representative than it'
docs itself. Hence, the people of every county ought
to reflect as to what kind of materials the legislature
would be composed, if it was :mado op entirely of
such representatives as they send themselves,, : ‘ I
When a man is named os a candidate for the leg
islature, the inquiry oat to be—ls he on
who cannot be swayed from hie duly,.by corrupt
means? Is he a - manfair general intcili.
gcnce, who cbnnol be made.the.dupe of the design
ing harpies that hang around the legislative lobbies?
[s ho a man of a judicious mind arid sound judgment,
such as would indudo bis neighbors to apply to him
for advice and Information, in matters of private bu
siness, and to whom they would entrust the adjust*
misnl of, their own concerns 7 If ho does not pus
sess these qualifications, it strikes us (hot it would be
the height of folly to select him to take care of the I
public interests. s
It is moat seriously to be hoped, that our democra
tic friends tn the several counties, will make an effort
to place their best men in nomination. Sound, intel
ligent democrats, .who can bo. relied on to carry out
Iho principles and measures which they profess, un
der any and oil circumstances.. Men who make pro
fessions of principles that they do not honestly en.
lertain, merely (a keep.position in a party, arb whol
ly unworthy of confidence; arid any compromises
with them for temporary- parposes and conciliation,
ultimately, never full to injure and disgrace the party'
that elects them
the: pall op romb>
The apprehensions of every true patriot have been
realized,' says the Pennsylvanian, and Rome—the
proud city of the Caesars, after a brave and sangui
nary defence, rarely equalled in (he annals of mod
ern warfare—capitulates to (lie hired soldiery of
treacherous France. The recall of Oodinot, and the
appointment of Bcdean, is a‘ good 'sign—if, indeed,
anything In-the maze of turpitude and. evil with
which Louis Napoleon has Involved his policy can bo
regarded auspicious—but we do not ycl give up hope
for the seven billcrfcilyfand its glortousJDemocracy.
.Spain has her legions on the hunt—Austria has sent
Radestsky to Venice at the head of his..myrmidons
—and the banditti of (he cut throat of Naples have
repeatedly been repulsed by (he gallant Garibaldi
and-hie ropiiCficon troops. It is now certain (hot
France must either resolve to act in fommpn with
thqyo powers, or else to fight them, and to save the
freemen of Italy from the oppressors of the Europe
an people. We. have never yot doubted, from all
(he indications, that llio league between Franco and
the Iriplo alliance ofkings who have laid their Swordr
at the led of the Pontiff nt Gaeto, was irrevocably
understood. , Tho recall of the monarchist Oudinol,
however, whose aristocratic hatred of oil Progress is
said to have been repeatedly avowed* and the substi
tution of Bedcau, a well known French Democrat,
would indicate that the tide of indignation which
has been moving ogainsl tho assault upon Romp by
tho French, bos taught tho French Executive the
danger of consumating this compqet with monarchy.
This is an interesting dilemma which tho future must
unravel. Will the Pope interpose his cloim to tem
poral power in the way of peace and freedom? Will
France hesitate to do her whole duly because sho hbs
lost precious blood by her mnd,lmperious,ond obsti
nate policy? These ore questions which, unanswer
ed by tho late intelligence, add a thrilling interest to
theqpcstion in which Rome ond Europe have so deep
a stake.
COr- JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Yazoo (Miss.) Democrat confirms the state
ment going (he rounds of (he press in regard to the
able speech of Co). Jefferson Davis, ni Jackson, Mis*
slisipp], in the course of which he bitterly denounc
ed and acorchingly ridiculed tho present miserable
dynasty, though peculiarly connected with General
Taylor. The Democrat says the Whigs are very
soro under Ms chastisement. “They do not relish
the rasping he gave Gen. Taylor forhts reckless vlo*
lation of pledges. They do. not like his exhortation
to the Democrats, in view of tho coarse of tho ad
ministration in proscribing men for opinion** sake,
“necfrlopullheir trust in the pledget of it Whig can*
didaU /or the Presidency again, though one might
> rise from the dead and (ell them they should do so/’—
■ They do not relish tho out ho gave tlicni, when allii.
> ding to (heir manner of conducting tho last canvass,
i Ho said that ho honored party—oven tho Whig party
when'll boldly cmblnzon.cd upon Ms banner tho mess,
ures for which U contends; but ho desphed a ftopor*
ly party** •
the Whig celebration of the. 4th in the
Chinese Museum, Philodclphh, some toasts were
pointed straight at Mr. CUylon, and others at tho
President himself ■
Clsan Woaic.—Tho Urccniburg Republican stales
that eocry Derooeralio Postmoster in Westmoreland
county, has been removed from office by tho present
no»parly administration* Nolynt rtmairti,..
A frightful illustration of the mischiefs of Jest
ing, i» recorded I tithe Boston Herald. It, ia sla
ted that a man ia now tinder eenience of death far
the murder of hie wife, who Was goaded on to
the crime by charged of infidelity circulated »-
gainst hia better half-—all utterly unfounded, and
contrived merely to annoy and-irrllale him, because
Inf lila natural Jealous diepoailion. Thus one hu
jman being has been hurried into elernily, and
another la about t 0 suffer an Ignominloua death—
I s' ot tnlmhevloua and wiotied jests.-
fnJ Vht“ l *u?° &w ' fu ' ,WU •*»•> as a warn
he'laaorbit th ° f WB,b * « l “‘ >"« ferflng. of
Uaho other, unhappy. A Prnetl. ",‘°o^' *“
vhis .0 wanton, cannot be.d.nouneed too ~»«*
I»mi6r*nt».—About l.Oo'O Immliitawt olr l teJ .
at Philadelphia on Friday and Saturday,
THB DEMOCRATIC PAXtTT AKD
I, ' VlfiftYf ■
Thteeabkrtion bf Clio Democratic ;Statla Cptipen*
Hon, relative to slavery,.places the De
mocracy of.'Pennsylvania, in their true, position
upon this iinporlant-qutßlion. Uis in the following
1 words: - ; i •
J ■ That iho Democratic party adheres now.
las it has overdone; to the constitution of the coun-
I try. Its lellcr'and.spirit they will neither Weaken
|nbi -destroy, and tliftyre.declare Uiat'islavcry is a do
' niestic local institution of tho south, subject to State
I low alone, and with which the general Government
| has nothing to do. Wherever the Slate law extends
its jurisdiction (he inMUulioacan.continueto exist.
| Esteeming it a violation of Staterighto to carry it be.
i yond Slate limits; we deny the power, of any citizen
Ito extend the area of bondage, beyond its present
do we Consider It a part ofthecom
j promise of the constitution, that slavery should for
ever travel with the advancingtcoiumn of our terri-
I torial progress. . 1 1
I The Resolution, is so admirably .framed, (hat we
know whether to commend most the spirit pf
compromise in which U carefully abstains from ma
king any declaration' upon a more--abstract. point, or
tho decided language, in which it
condemns alike the fanatical interference of aboli
tionism with' the ihatiWidna' of the South, and
the high, handed' claims oh Southern disunionists
lo,lhb right of extending Silvery to territories now
free, ; .... *.
lt cormnencos with 'the ofl Repeated declaration
founded upon .the constitution of bur common coun
try, that slavery is a local Institution, peculiar to the
Souths subject to State legislation alone, and entirely
beyond Ilia.control of,the gcncml government. This
clearly acqqilsihb Democratic party of> Pennsylva
nia of all connection or sympa by with tho political
abolitionists, whose misguided Jeal leads them to re
gard lh<f national confederacy as a bond, of iniquity,
whicli would be a righteous acl to rend asunder, in
the accomplishment of their purposes.
The resolution is silent upon the question of the
constitutionality or expediency of a congressional
prohibition of slavery in newly acquired territories.
And heroin is manifustod a spirit of compromise,
which, had it prevailed duringltho. last' Presidential
canvass, would.have saved tneVDemocratic p?rly
from the defeat they so Injuriously sustained. The
resolution is' framed upon the correct ground, that
this question involves a princiMa th*t forms no part
of the distinctive' doctrines of ike Democratic par
ly, and by its Very nature is incapable of being graf
ted upon any.naffona/ political creed. And more*,
over, it is framed in full view oflhe fact, which cvc«.
ry day serves to make more palpable, (hat the qiics
lion of prohibiting Slavery by act of Congress, in
our new!* acquired territory, is entirely abstract* in
all its bearings, and cannot by the remotest possibil
ity, lot |t be decided how it may, have any practical
effect in determining the character .ofthe Slates to
bo formed out of this territory. It is now face—free
by the laws in existence at the time of its-ecssion
to the United States—and free by, the wilPof the pco
p)o who have already settled within its iimits; and
no efforts or. influence that may be employed to en
graft upon Us soil the inslUuljbb of human bondage,
can ever prevail. The resolution,’therefore, is based
upon the "common ground" of absolute and unqual
ified toleration of opinion ond .action upon this sub
ject. It is sufficient for the parly of
Pennsylvania, that they are. Doited upon the one
point of opposition to slaverymrmallcr what may
be their honest differences of opinion as to the prop.
.or authority by whom this extension-should bo pro.
tiibited. We,individually, are wej|jtUisfibd that Con
gress bat the Constitutional power to prohibit slavery
in nil territory-under its jurisdiction or hereafter to
bo acquired. This power* wp conceive, has repeat
edly been fully reengnijedand admitted. Butifotir
neighbor differs'with us, is ho Ikerc/bre to bo pro.
scribed? By no means; for involves
ho principle recognized in the crebd of our party.—
‘Amongst those who irgreo that Congress has the con
stitutions! right to exclude.slavcry from (ho territo-'
rics, there are differences of opinion , as to tho expe
diency of exercising that right.-. But surety this
should not estrange them; for they disagree simply
in regard to.the meant which shoald bo adopted, and
not the end mutually aimed at, qf prohibiting the
extension of Slavery.
The Resolution concludes by an eloquent and up.
qrfatifVcd dcnial of the right arrogated by’a porlion
of the South, to carry its peculiar Institution beyond
the limits of the State law. under which it exists,
and a frank declaration that tho Democracy ofPenn*
aylvania, in thought and feeling,by education.and
interest, oro as they always have been, the warm ad.
vacates of free territory, freemen to inhabit it
They would not Invade a single jnch of Southern
rights; they would not proscribe the humblest slave
holder who claims (he right to carry his property in
human life wherever ho may choose logo. They
unhesitatingly' accord to the South,‘the liberty to
speak and act freely upon all questions relating'lb
slavery in or out of the territories; but they claim
the tatiie right for and . will repel, as. an
unwarrantable aggression upon onboftho fundamen
tal rights of u free -people; any and all attempts to
denounce (hem or their representatives, fur expres
sing and defending (ho opinions, honestly entertain
ed, of the people by Pennsylvania upon tlio subject of
shivery.— Reading Gazette. 1
Tub Dead comb to Lire.—The Cincinnati Com*
inerclul says that a moit lingular afldir occurred
near Ml. Adams, on Thursday afternoon., An elder*
ly lady, who had but (he day previous followed to the
grave her hosbond, wa» taken with the same malady,
cholera, on Ihe following morning, endero the setting
of the sun, ilieWai clothed in the garment! ofdcath,
ready to bo lowered in her lasi resting place.
During the night, & noise was hoard, and on pro*
eroding to the place from whence It canio, whet woe
(ho astonishment of her friends to behold lire stippo.
acd deceased sitting in on upright position, palo and
haggard, presenting a picture beyond description.—
It was evident that she had been laboring under'lhe
, influence of narcotics, which caused a temporary
suspension of the .animal functions. She was stripped
of her shroud, and is now in a fair way of recovery.
Aftuctivk afflicting calamity
occurred in on the Ulh Inst., in the
family of Mr, Jacolrdltdfndker, o respectable farmer,
whereby (tut gcnllerfian, hit two sons, And hired man,
C|me lo lltoir untimely deaths. . They were all on.
guged. in the hardest field—the thermometer rising
1094 i degrees in the shade, nt noon oh that day.—
Towards the close ofthe day they ate freely of cher
ries and raspberries, and at supper tyr.S. drank, ft
quantity of cold milk, and the young men drank cold
water. Soon afterwards they were taken sick, and
at 5 o'clock the next morning, Mr. S. and' hie two
sons were deed—haring died within an hour of each
other. Before (he fpnera) company loft the house to
bury (he deceased, (he other young man died also.—
An impressive example of the result that may rapid*
ly follow at this season of the year, especially du*
ring the p||valenco of Cholera, a grots error'tn diet*
The St. Louis Union says there are hundreds of
helpless end homeless children In that city, who
have been deprivfld of tlioli nQlural protectors by the
epidemic—and it re.commands the Immediate estab*
llshmenl of an orphan asylum lo.whichthey may be
placed and made comfortable;
- (Ovlft P. Wlllln^speoblpg-Jif.(host.who - pride
(htmsolves on their own, ancestry, says— M They
I reflections of stars in the wstsr—they
1 ina*a T ero LuVfor lK«lr brigHforig
■ '
>' gtft to man,” occasionally
piwen la which few, if any, can
odfnlre. wo)filritj Q young female, totally &b
-sbiiljed in to monopolize the'altenUon of
the beaux— find h,cr 100 lazy lb pay proper
attention todomeyiio duties—when we find herder*
Jially silting witii the novel in her hand, and endea
voring to pass off impertinence for Inleliectual aiility
r-when wo find tic* so puffed up with vanity os to
think that all ifio military buttons in Christendom
should be cost at her feet as offerings to imagined
excellence—and when wo. find her tearing around
society like a cablese tiger, when such offerings
arc kid blsowhero—wc are inclined to think that
every sensible Will takers particular core to
elect.clear of her, as a toad does to keep out of the
, road. oC the rattlesnake. Real assured if such a wo*
man oyer crnivla into the' matrimonial ring,
franco, will be more like Mr.;Fulwilet*s into heaven
than on "abundant ohoV* ■
Wo would not piake'woman a slave, nor would we
deprive her of any ’proper intellectual pleasures, or
innocent. Smusomentsi We. would have her free in
the boundless'liberty of love j and render her the or
no'ment of society.. ’ - .
- Woman’s peculiar.provlncc,howoyer t .is Rome,’ It
is for her gentle hand to twine.the flowers of content*
merit, in beautiful Wreaths around the domestic altar.
It is her high privilege togiiideherfamily In sunny
paths wh|lq living, so that when the sepulchre claims
its duo, her virtues may linger as peculiar stars of
love In the memories of .her children.
Woman cannot be; properly fitted for her mission
unless, she is prepared to superintend, and, if needs
be,to accomplish with her own hands, every'thing
apportainingto the proper and,regular arrangement
of domcstio life, • She who 2s too proud, or too lazy
tolny her hands to family matters, when necessary,
Is a- libel on her sex.
The following communication is from the pen of
a, true-hearted Democrat, residing in’ the upper, end
of.this.county, who is not much in the habit of wri
ting, but whoso views are expressed in plain language,
and easily comprehended. The suggestions thrown
out are worthy of attention, and wo hope oiir friends
may profit by them! We shell at all times be thank
ful to our country friends for any hints and sugges
tions they may bo pleased to communicate.
Pur the American Volunteer.
Mr. BrXtton— As tho time is drawing; near when
same preparation for political .concert and action in
reference to out coming election should bo made, I
would usk the privilege, through the columns of your
widely circuited paper,, of offering to my fellow.
Democrats a few thoughts, hoping that it may induce
others who arc more capable to awaken our political
friends to the timely consideration of some of those
matters and things connected with oar coming elec
tion In October'’next. And Kero in the outset it might
not bo out of place to promise a few remarks on the
grand cardinal democratic doctrine of submitting to
the will and decision of the majority lh,a)l cases—
whether iLbeut the primary meeting for the election
of delegates, the County Convention, or the final de
cision at the ballot box. It too often happens that
delegates go to our County Conventions with aan
guine expectations of securing (ho nomination of
some one, whoso claims ond qimlifications they con
aider a sure guorantco to success. But when they
come to bo weighed in the balance, of public opinion
by (he of the parly In
convention, it is then discovered that all don't see
alike—causing sometimes a degree
and chagrin that hardly any thing thot is done In
convention Will please (hem* Nay sir, I havc know
cases, where individuals failing to obtain for their
favorites a nomination, would leave (ha convention
declaring publicly their hostility to whiit had been
dodo. Now, sir, whut sort of democracy Is this?—
Would (hat I had the pen of a.ready writer, that I
might hold up to public scorn men.who can be guilty
of such inconsistent conduct n'nd'stiU claim the name
of democrats.’ I freely admit , that it is the bounden
duly of every delegate to do all lie can, by every
honorable moans, to hove his friend nominated to (ho
office to which 1 ho Aspires, to carry out tho instruc
tions of his constituents, &o, in convention; but
being unable toobtain his wishes, its clearly his duty
Vo acquiesce with the best grace ho can to the'ddet
sion of tho convention, and sustain tho ticket just us
though ho had curried every llilug he-wanted; By
pursuing this course ho sustains the character gf a
genuine democrat; whereas by any other course he
loses all claim to democratic consistency.
Ono fruitful source of diffi'-ully and defection in
our delegate system is the indifference of our people
in regard, to*our primary or delegate meetings;
thinking, as they-must do, thul 'thcse meetings are
rather unimportant preliminaries to what t/iey are
finally. to sanction and confirm at the ballot box,
when nil will be mode right—not seeming to con
sider that the doings.of these delegates In County
Convention, must be the making or mating of the
whole thing, for that year' at least. Then why in
(ho name of all that's precious t» the people, will
they not resolve.to attend tho primary meetings?
and with all candor and frankness discusslhe various
topics connected with the coming election, speaking
their minds freely in regard to their opinions, Ac.,
of'the various candidates that may be proposed to
the convention for nomination, and any |hlng. else
connected with the formation of the county ticket.—
To be an efficient representative of the district or
township that sends him, a delegate ought lb first
know wiiHttho people want dune. Second.ho should
be a man of good judgment—firm and intelligent;
and last, though not least, he ought tu be a wooTdibd
Democrat, and bo somewhat acquainted through the
county, having no private ends to accomplish, nor
yet the ready tool afany little clique or demagogue;
but a patriotic, whole souled, honest man. 1 would
therefore, humbly, hut. earnestly, qiort my fellow
I Democrats to turn out to these meetings, and try to
select and send to the County Convention such men
ns I have described, and by so doing (ho union, har
mony, and strength of the piiity may bo promoted
and the triumphant success of the lie kef 0 insured—
instead of receiving the cold shoulder os lias some
times been tho ease from.certain quarters from whom
we had a tight (o expect better things. If forty right
minded men, having mot in (he proper spirit of con.
cession and compromise, and after several hours de
liberation and friendly conference, come to certain
conclusions and settle upon a ticket ip be offered to
the democratic parly of Cumberland count/ for their
accoptonco ond support, they have every reason to
expect for It a cordial and zealous suppoit.
A word to tho standing committee, who It Is lobe
tipped will all attend at (he ptuco appointed for them
: to meet, on tho 4lh of August next, to appoint the
. day for (ha delegate election, and (hut on which the
County Convention bo held. That they will
see tho propriety of appointing a much earlier hour
of meeting fur tho convention than Ims been common
I in funner time's, which was generally at 2 o'clock,
, and after there Is nothing to hinder them to get to
gether as early as 11 o'clock at farthest, and .after
ImvFhg spent an hour or two In free and unreserved
! conversation, show their, different hands. Ac., and it
: might even be useful to have (ho names or tho various
1 candidates tabled and ready for ballpling for after an
’ hour's recess for dinner, and in tho moan time talk
over (he Important matters and things to bo settled
upon slier (ho hell tolls tho second time for (heir as
sembling and. final action.
As the feeling seems every where prevalo.it that
' tho Sheriff ought by all moans to be nominated, and
1 as the inost of tho candidates,'if not alt, oro out sob
, jeet to tho decision of (ho County Convention, it wilt
i cooso an additional labor of great delicacy and (ho
exercise of much produce In (ho settlement of (his
- question. Of course the whole five who are how out
liavo all of thorn a good many friends who have raised
llio sanguine hopes of each that he stands an equal
if not tho best chnnoo for u nomination. As but oho
can got It, all the rest must bo more or less disap.
pointed, and perhaps a little offended. This is what
will render (not part of tho duties of tho convention
perplexing and unpleasant. No doubt but (hat at
, independent and honest men, they will do what (hey
consider best for (he good of (he whole; and if In to
doing some may be disappointed, they have only to
say (hat this was irnposdble to avoid. And these
whose claims may be deferred for (ho present, ought
not to put all the blame on (he convention, for H is
utterly,lmpossible to please ail, Another thing might
be mentioned; (hot nothing to much exalts a man's
character and endears him so much to the people, as
when, with a noble dfalra«reticdnoi«, hs takes hold
of and supports thetickol jtistljiosame as if ho was
on it. This shpws Iho right’spirit—thu.spirit or, a
genuine democrat whoso well earned fame will bs
onwards ond upwards; while (hose who give to (be
cause the cold shoulder because .their name Is not bn
the ticket, give good reason to the public to conclude
1 r 1 i etr ** or . mcr npparenl zeal ,wbs rather a kind
of selfishness,.and will In future be ao estimated by
o ii ol / would say to
coot; bp prepared for wliaTcver may'bo the
P c °p|ef using, some such consoling old
fashioned sentences following: , 4 * The toorse
the betleragain.” “'Jhepowere that he are
of Oat &c. l;his t# 1 (rue philosophy. Being but,
little accustomed to the desk X'feel somewhat tired,
as no doubt.you do. Hoping that, these suggestions
may induce some one who can write with more fa
cility take up the subject—show.wholcverk wrong
in .this—and let pur editor and hisreaders know a
thing or two as to how wo feel in the
For the Volunteer.
doubling gap springs.
Those celebrated springs have lately been opened,,
and are doing a fine boslnoas.; Mr. Coyle, the gen
tlemanly host, is.noted for tils urbanityand lHeplipn*
tion which hobestows upon UU guests. The medicinal
virtues of the water are well 1 known; and we cannot
imagine a place .better adapted Tor the , invalid!. By
the pleasure acoker ever thing will be! found which'
can.add id his amusement; and those desiring quiet
and reposo.can have it to, the fullest extent. Pure
air, fine and pleasant and romantic
scenery ; and the untiring.efforts of Mr; Coyle;com
bine to make Dououno.Gap, (.it least in our opinion)
one of the must pleasant placcs of resort in Ponnsyk
vanla. • V ‘ E.!
Mr* Camilla at-Home I
The. Jersey Shore (Lyoommg county) /tymbffcffh,
the place of residence of Mr. Gamble, the Democrat.’
To nominee for Canal Commissioner, endorses the
claims of Us townsman in the. following complimcn*
tary manner.; We have nol o doubt Mr. Gamble will
bo sustained by on overwhelming majority in allthose
counties .where ho is boat, know, which speaks voh
umes in his pro iso .*
It will bo seen by a brief despatch from Pittsburg,
which wo publish in to-days paper, that the Hon.
JOHN A. GAMBLE has been' nominated as
candidate foi Cana) Commissioner by the Democrat
ic Slate Convention,
Wo hail this result with peculiar, satisfaction and
whilst wo would most cheerfully have entered tho
campaign-will) either of the distinguished gentlemen
named in the Convention ,as our standard bearers
yet we havo now (ho proudUalisfactinn to see-our
own personal choice-endorsed by a highly complh
mentjiry vote of the- representatives of the popular
will throughout (he Stale./' We will therefore .em
bark in (ho approaching contest with alt iho hoarty
good will inspired by our personal knowledge of the
estimable character df the nominee, ami ti firm con
viction that his election will secure to the Common
wealth an efficient and faithful officer. * Mr. Gamble
needs no recommendation frdm us in this section of
(he State, his friends are coextensive with (ho circle
of his acquaintance, and (ho Vote ofthis county next
fall ‘will show (ho estimation In which he is held by
his personal acquaintances of-all parlies. But to
our Democratic brethren abroad we may be permit
ted to say (hut Mr.Garnbto is worthy the distinguish
ed position assigned him by the State Convention,of
bearing In triumph tho standard of the. great Dem
ocratic patty. Ho will bring to'the discharge of
the duties of tho office, a thorough' practical knowl.
edge of tho various works' of public improvement
throughout tho Slate; a vigorous mind and hab*
its of industry; devoted to p conscientious discharge
of the important and responsible" duties of the
station.
Influenced by an honest devotion to the principles
of the Democratic party, with mr fractional prcd'ilcc*
lions to subserve, no branch of (he parly to favor,
none his future course cannot fall to merit
the universal approbation of that party by whom he
will be (post triumphantly ejected.
WHIGS GETTING? DISGUSTED*
A correspondent of the Now York Mirror, whom,
that paper vouches for as an original friend of Gen.
Taylor, writes from New York oa follows:
The Secretary of.the Navy and the Post. Master
General, as well as the Secretary of Stale, are un
popular with our own Collnncr is.charged
With roiighncss*and uncbulhnct* of manner*,.Cluy.
tou with duplicity, ond Preston with a wont of real
regard for the service. Against Clayton,a combina
tion of lliu Whig press is already at work. Ho will
feel it in every ((oarler, and he hus full it already.
I conclude wi(h the remark made to me by one of
the most eminent, prominent, am) noble minded
Whigs in this city—a man of fortune—who wants
nothing, and yet has-from the start done, mote fur
Gen. Taylor than all the Maxwells, Hails, and Kings
of the United Slates—“ This administration, which
I.helped to success, will go jo the devil -faster than
any we have ever had. VVo supposed wo-werc throw
ing off those contemptible Influences which so long
controlled us. Wo find them creeping in every hole
and corner, and Gen. mado by his abomina
ble advisors to forswear himself, or at least forget the
pledges which we reasserted for him, 1 did not work
for this,*' This is no sketch of fancy. It is the feel
ing here. ,
HOW HE SPENT THE DAY*
A manuscript was picked up on Thursday, in front
ojf the custom house—it is supposed, to have been
dropped by one of tho hew appointed officials, and
contains the minutes of the writer's deeds and re
flections on the Fourth,- , As the writing contains
nothing to show whore . it originoted,'or to whom it
belongs, wo cannot return il to tho right owner,and
not knowing what other use to make of it, wo have
concluded to publish U.
“10 A. M,—Wifq sent iiptho colored boy to woke
me ; but having drank a good *dcal the night before,
I wus very tight lucked up in the arms of.Marfas.—
IJatl been drconiing ull nighlobout my lulo appoint
ment,and what a dash I should cat on Unde Sam's
money ; thought a poor.cousin ofmino come (o bor
row a dollar.) made a kick ut liirn {—heard a yell j—
woko up and found 1 had kicked tho colored boy in
l|iu jaws ; tho black rascal had the impudence to fell
against a chamber set that'cost six dollars. All
smashed .to pieces! .
11 o'clock.—Culled for some brandy and water In
bed. Took a swig, ond got up; thought I, must keep
a valet .to dress me. because 1 fell too nervoot to han
dle the buttons. Drank same cold coffee j made an
uproar, and asked my wife what she meant by not
keeping breakfast hot for me, seeing 1 was a custom
house officer. Swore IJd turn (ho whole family out
of doors, If they dld'nl boJiRVo more respectful.
13 o'clock.—Drank thfep glasses ofhnt milk punch.
Thought how .nice it waa;to draw four dollars a day
for every day in the year* and sleep half my lime.—
Took a pleasant nap, ' y
-1 o'clock.—Woko up and called for luncheon and
the brandy botllo. Thought 1, ought to have gone (6
the Whig meeting, and hoar the Declaration o| Inde
pendence read. Rcpiombcrcd thutlha document wat
rather dry; and took another swig of brapdy. My
son Jack came in to ask mo for a flp to buy crack
ers for tho celebration. Knocked him down for such
a locoocoieli idea. Offered him some brandy, butthe
young dog wopld'rit smell nt it. I'm afraid that boy
will never make a good Whig.
2 o'clock.—Heard (ho colored lad trying (a sing
(ho Star Spangled Banner, which I'm (old was writ
ten by a locofoco. Culled up the vocalist, ond broke
hts head with (he boot jack. Took some more bran
dy. No recollection of any thing olso tiff (hey called
me to dinner.
3 o'clock.—Dined. Scolded the servant girl at
(able, for not waiting behind my chair; asked her if
she knew 1 hold an office under Gqn. Taylor. ' Or
dered my wife to mix rso a large bowl of punch.—
Sent all of the family'oat of (he room. Sung a whig
song, and (ousted (ho members of (ho Taylor cabi
net soperotely, in a full tumbler each. Drank Tay
lor's health in a pint goblet. Tried to dance a horn
pipe, on the (able; began to fool like 1 bod token
ipecac. All I remember aficr that, wos’hoarlng my |
wife cry out that 1 had ruined the carpet, and then
1 dreamed that a gang of locofoco devils had got
hold of me and were trying to turn mo wrong side
outwards; '
Tho owner of tho MS. from which (he above is
copied, can have it on application at this office.
/’ennsytainian.
MuNiriotHcc.'—Geo. Brown, Esq., President of (he
Board of Managers of (lie House of Refuge In Bal
timore, has bgaded the subscription list In aid of the
InatUntion, whh a donation of a thousand dollars.
* Mr*. Tnylor, the Preridem’e lody, made her
first appearance Id public rinse, the 4th of March,
on ib«v4tb Inpt./on (heoocariqa ofa vlßlt-ofqorae
Sabbath fichool toholars to the Presidential man
sion.
I, WAaHiNOTOK, July 16. IH ,„
D . **. MVdlion, r.i,' . ’
Ki-Pro.ldent M.Alio "' 1 °t »h,
h Tho body of this distinguished ) ady w
, Saturday, placed in one of Messrs. on
Raymond's patent metallic coffins, bronze,l ®- n . d
,a glass insetted, through which could be
, face of the deceased, apparently twenty . U "*
lyounger than when infused with vitality J /r
dowers were strewn upon this receptacle „r7I W
dead—awict, yet striking eib'bloms of frail „
lality. On Sunday, young and old of both .a”.'”
es, visited the late residence of Mrs, Maditn *"
behold the face oyer which the veil was see"’ 10
be closed fmever. To-day, the case was one" I?
with a view to an ehbalming process: smtm ’
corpse, at eleven o’clock, was conveyed to •?' •
John’s Church, in the same neighborhood ~!l
there placed on a pedestal,-in front of the roata.i
desk, within -the altar. Hundreds of ladies*aaJ
gentlemen, who desired loses the rigid feat,,,,
were disappointed,'and theyi contented themself’
with gardgg.on the silver plate which concealed
the face, on which waa an inscription of her n«™
•‘Dolly Payne Madison.” , ,
Bofoie the tjme designated for the funeral
ttctiiar spectators were admitted into the chlirch
and occupied the places especially reserved (hi
them by the judicious committee of arangcmenla
We noticed on the front pew, in (he centre siiti n »
on dither side of the U. S. Distt el Attorns M, g
Gales, of the MelUgenrcr, and Mr. Ritchie nf
the Onion. They were two. of the pail-b' amrf
and M' previously shaken hands, as. Christian
peopleoughtto do, when they meet inehurrh
.1 he others assigned to this post of honor Wem Jhl
Hon . J.Clayton Goner 1 ;! Jesup.c"
Morris, General Henderson, General
Jones, the Hon. W. M. Meredith, General Tot
len, Commodore Warrington, (in uniform) Mr
Stephen. Pieasamon, one of the Auditors, and
Mr. Fendall. In . tho rear, qf these gentlemen
sat the family of the deceased, at the head of
which tyas Dr. Payne Todd, her son! at bis side
Mias Payne, her niece,- both of them belonging to
her immediate household! and, in the same pea
were other sorrowing' - relatives.' The £ttudeni
of the United. Slates sal further op.in the church,
company with Mr. Preston, the Secretary of
the Navy. The members oi the cabinet were not
all together on this occasion. Several only of
the diplomatic corps, members of tho Senate and
House °f Representatives, and their officers, and
Judges of the Courts, were present; and, with
but two or.three exceptions, the officers of ths
army and navy Ware not in uniform.. Tho May.
or and Corporation of Washington, gentlemen
employed in the civil departments of Hie govern
ment, and citizens and strangers, -occupied the
remaining seats. The galleries of the beautiful
edifice were densely filled with spectators, inclu
ding no small number of tho colored race.
A plaintive air on the organ, after the congre
gation had quieted, reminded them Of the aoiemni
ty of .the occasion: and the Rev. Smith Pyne,
the -rectoi, assisted by the Rev. G. W. French,
appeared, anil, together, read the service observed
In-the Protestant Episcopal Church, on funeral
occasions. The hymn, “The Dying Christian,”
was sung by the choir, with good effect! and af
ler prayer, Mr. Pyne, standing near the coffin,
delivered a brief, and peculiarly appropriate ad
dress,. Omitting adelail of the gcneaology of
tho deceased, he said among other things, that,
four years ngo, she appeared before him for.bap-
MSmand,■ though then an aged.woman, she waa
but a babe in Christ. ; A short time afterwards
she khelt again at. the same altar, received the
holy rite of confirmation, and .partook of the sac
rament on the same day. And now the hand that
bathed her brow with-the pure refreshing waters
from the fountain of the celestial city, was soon
to sprinkle the dirt upon her coffin, pronobneing
“ashes to ashes, dual to dust, 1 ’ •
Urrufi. End.
The co(R» was conveyed io the hearse by eight
marines, (from the garison,) dressed in while.—
They who were publicly designated as pall-bear
ors.look no part in ihis proceeding.
There were - forty-eight carriage*, public and
private,and ihe occupants look their planes Inac*,
ccrdance wllh the.programinc. o>ne hack, was
appropriated to the colored domestic's of the hous*
hold of ilia deceased. As the ■cortege moved,
thousands of our populace lined the sidewalksstnd
appeared at the window's, the bel! of-Sl, John's
tolling, meanwhile, in leaped to. the honored
dead.
It should have been mentioned that a fen of
our oldest citizens, who had Intimately known
Mrs. Madison 1 for half a conUiry, although bent
will) ago and fast sinking iqio the tomb, taxed
thpir strength lo be present on the mournful occa
sion.
The body of the deceased Was deposited In a
vault at the Congressional (Jurying Ground,
where it will remain until autum, am) then be
removed to Monpelier, to be deposited close to Urn
sleeping dust,of her husband.
Thus* has passed away it kiip) and hospitable
dweller in our midst, one WII9 graced fbe refined
circles, who lent a charm to Mib cornronnliy In
which : ahe moved, and whose' demise has caused
general regret In (his metropolis. Peace, peace,
to “ the great relic of a great bge, and great gen
eration P*
The Oholcha in St, Lotus.—A correspondent
of the UufTalo Express, writing from 61. Louis,
July sth, says:
“Voo can have no proper idea of the ravages
of the fell disease or its tHeels. The city, from
a population of nearly 70,0U0, is now reduced to.
not over 30,000; Everybody has Hed but those
100 pour to leave, of whose business compelled
them to remain. The streets are domted, except
by the hearses and the mournful processions mo
ving to the gloatedcemeteries. The blackened
ruins, instead of having,been removed and giving
way to new places of business, as they would but
for the pestilence, now present a sad spectacle of
desolation. Few steamboats ae rumtiiig, and
those go.away loaded with the affrighted popular
lion, but bring back no passengers. The deaths*
ns reported for several weeks, have been.from 100
to 160 per day, while it is conceded by all who
know, that front one quarter to one ihird are not
reported, solhat the actual number of deaths, for
some time past,‘has not been much less than 200
per day—or say I*2oo a week—and that too in a
population of from 30,000 to 30,000. 01 course,
hearses are constantly to be Seen in the streets, and
the entire night is spent in burying the dead, ll
is, however an indisputable truth, that at least
three fourths of all the mortality is among the
foreign population, now arriving or recently ar
rived from Europe. Every bool from New Or
loans brings up from 100 to, 600 of these poor
creatures, Just landed from the steerage of ships,
filthy and in every respect prepared-to take the
disease. ■ They are crowded, likeswina on ths
boats,and frequently many are dead before arri
ving at St. Louis.” . 1 , ... i- .
| » Gibson has had a severe stuck
o f cholera at Bunbnry. lie was bettor at the last
accounts.
ICT It is said Ihut General Taylor Is sorely per*
ptexod, having more M friends to reward •* than ho
has favors to bestow*
fcj-Tho driver nf a stage In thelnterior of New
York drow.oot a kpifelho oiher 'daj» »nd while ho
held wUh.onohanjl cut hit- throat wllU the
other. lie hec| became insane. <■
Mathbw jh lioaTow.— I The Commit
tee of arrangements In Boston have determined
\a hold a grand festival |u ,
Father Mathew, arrives there.
NAMtj , a flourishing
town in lowa, hae changed he name to Muscatine*
It U located la the county of'that name.
One of our eoteraposaries speaking of General 1
TavkorV humiliating' position In the Cabinet,,
suggeela thata cipher added after" a figure 7 mehes,
an important difference; hot that Genora.l Tiiti o *
placed before hlsdeven Cabinet mln|*t* rfl f a * w l
them more ppw.arfui than svor by flinuohf^ * ll
makes him miserably wesk‘ andpoWejlflWi