THE VOLUNTEER. JoUn B. BrattQPi Edltor and Proprictor. CARLISLES, THURSDAY AVOVS T, 2, 1840* AGENCY. ,U3*V. D. PALVrEU. Esq., is our authorized.agent for nro curing receiving sulißcriptiomraml making collations for ilia American Volmitenr. at* hit ofllcb, N. W* coroaloi Third and Ohesnulstroelk, Philadelphia; Democratic Nomination lor Canal Commissioner, JOHN A. GAMBLE, of Lycoming. MEETING OP/THE DRMOCRATIC STAND- • iMo'cOMMifi'BE. Incompliance with a resolution passed at the Inst mooting,-tho members of the Democratic Standing- Committee bfCumbWland County will mecl at (he publie house of Mrs. Wunderlich (late Martin**.) in the borough of Carlisle, on .. • . the 4th dny of August next, at l yclp6U;io afternoon;'for the purpose of ap polnl’injf Ihe'ilme for holding the Delegate Elections, and IhuasßCinbling of u County Convention to'form a ticket.. ’-A general attendance of the CoiiimiUec la oarhcally requested. , • . Three of tub Committee. July 5,.1849. OtJ*Tha following named gentlemen compose the Standing Committee of this county.; . ,Alien) James -R. Drown ? Carlisle, E. W M John Cramer j W. VV., Iloyli Galt.iuglior ; Dickinson. Ja« cob BoeJmiin ;’B*ial'Pennsborough t Robl.G. Young.; Frankford, John C. Drown; H irnpdcn, Wm. Aqdcn* ried ; Hopewell, John McCoy ; Mifflin, Robl. Middle, tonj; • Monroe,-Benjamin Krider; Newton, C. L. Van . derbell; Nevvville, William Lytle; Now Cumber land,. Charles W.'Denn'; North Middleton, Angus tus Hjymnn? S. Middleton, Peter F. Ego; Silver ' Spring, David Sicrrctt, Southampton, Henry .B. H>tck; Shippoiisburg B.;Samuel Ncvin; West Penns borough, S. M. Davidson. GAMBLE & DEMOCRACY! COUNTY MEETING. The Democratic Republicans of Cumberland cotin* ty,'are requested to assemble in the Court l!ou«e, in (hrßorough of Carlisle, cm Monday evening, the 27/A of'Atigpst next , »il 7£ o’clock, for the purpose of in terchanging 1 opinions bn the approaching election, A general attendance is earnestly requested. July 26. 1849. MANY- " To-mnfrnw, let it be remembered, is the day named by the President fora National Fast. Wu believe all (he churches of our town arc to be open for service. - - UNBBTTi.r.D Claims.— Persons having claims (oset tie at Washington, are referred to the advertisement of 8. J. Bowen, E«q.,in another column. ', We Can recommend: Mr. Bowen, as a gentleman of strict in* togfUy, whoseexpericncc in the public ofiiccsut Wash ington, will ,enablo him to discharge any business entrusledlo him in a sale and satisfactory, manner. Soldiers who'terved in the Mexican war, and alt oth ers having land warrants, extra pay,die., to settle will-find it to their advantage to employ ; Mr. Bowen in adjusting the same.. From our knowledge of him, we are free to say that he is a trustworthy, safe and competent man. : Resigned.—Col. Abraham Mendel, recently appointed Post-Master of this place, and who bad been discharging the duties of the office but a few days, henl on his resignation to the Depart, mpnt,last week. ,Mr. H’s health not being very, good, he induced to resign his office by. the Bdyice 'of his physician. The field is again 6pen t therefore, To*r‘ another appointment, and several anxious expectants are already in the field. Mr. Wondehlich appears to he the prominent candi date with Ida parly. We, in common with, .roost of our citizens, re gret that'Col. Hfindel’e health would not permit him to hold on to (he office. He la a most excel lent' and worthy man and would have made, a good officer. ..Mr, Sanderson, former Post-Muster, is now discharging the duties of the office. CuupBRLANp Valley Rail Road. —ThoPennsylvn. nlan, after stating that the stockholders of this read bad determined io lay the same with T. railing, re marks—‘‘There never wasa worserailroudcoiißlrnct ed in the. habitable world than this, or one Which would hitve paid better if it had been : properly con. •trucled originally. To make it.pay now, dm east ern end ought to be put in prime order, and the re, torn in tolls would be so gratifying that repairs west would be made with pleasure, ul any time the direc tors chose to say (he word. Gas at, Harrisburg.— The Gas Company recently organized-at Harrisburg, .have purchased a lot of ground, and will immediately begio'thetr preparations for the conslruction of (ho works. . Letters from Col. iionneviJle, in command al Fort Kearney, Indian country, stale that the cho lera has entiiely desolated the Pawnee vilsges.— The-Indians would be attacked while hunting, and'die erv tUeii hunting grounds. Tilt Pd»T Office Robbery in Wamiinoton City.— Tho. Republic alluding to the reported robbery at the Po*lotfioe, : meiilioiia (lie following particulars cem- Bccted wllb il. R. W. Lulhain.& Co., well known Exchange brokers or this city, receive weekly heavy . icmiliunces from their correspondents in Philadel phia end Baltimore. By lasttiunday morning's mail* several wcro received and pul Into kheii box by the 4n(nbut(tig. ; clerk, and remained (hero during (lie day ; Air. Latham nut permitting any business to'be dope Tor him on Sunday, and deeming them safe in lit? PoslOlHco. ’ They 'were aeon in Iho box late on . Sunday Eve* nln£ by 'some of thcclerkr, but by Monday, morning they find been purloined, and nothing remained but • single letter end a Richmond paper. Prompt men fturee kfcre immediately taken by Mr. Brndly, the Postmaster, and Captain Gtiddordpof llio Auxiliary Guard,.to doted the depredator, but as yet they have filled. In. obtaining any clue. $3343 in Virginia bank notes, and about $327 In individual notes, are tmodg the stolen properly. iWGLonruy * Traitor.—Tlic Bouton Tram cript t ny» the Perwtylcanian, time cxulle nvcr (lie kppolntmonl of u traitor o(‘ 1814, (o n custom Itouso station, by Collector Grp.ei.rv of (lint port, one of Tavlor*s flrat appointmcntfl; ' ■K3’{ , i i ‘ , ? n ' lta ' ,i ' 11 ploMiiro Unit cif bh«nt.3 „!, ”"‘ 1 ««» known lo .nor eS- with the pr«.r,r"hi"' y°“ r * rm""’cl bliidi IhltUerd- fkmeetuVon •"] Doctor )■ a true more, ho git,»ml wlml i. t CCT Father Matthew l.dc.orlbed n . helne r. V lot>k|.i ¥ . .prluldly el.|„ r l y Bi-„,lem„ n , f " <kili|on.od htocclice, with .like., lio.e, and'. lohg.MirUlM.andhdtimr « .oonMon-me, of „ * ,1 benevolence, ck'ilbttlug the form and face dell„ 0 „,„d upon llie ond.pifliurea of the phUmuliropl.t A Good gray measuring frpm Wing to Wng, seven foul,five inches, was fW* upon |ho“Sharp Mountain,”a few week* Mr. l»«ao Heiri, nf Albany lo*nsli>p, Burks county, «i i'dUlanco of. 840 yards. riC3 , .®!?*'Pf i y o 4rig‘ Mfcs, In company with Onvor- ghnoiloMineidU, ibr the purpose of etlttbliiliidg schools in tlml Tuminry. l They are , ■onl out by lho DujrJ of National Popular EtUidL loo. ■ * | •*IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH.” I gratifying. to notice the good fueling manl-l Tested in the Democratic ranks «t present. The nomination ofA? f.,.Gaudlc, iiy the Democratic State; Convention, for thoofUdoaf Cartel responded to by evbry Deinpcratic pipcr in tho Sta(o | and wherever .Democratic' meetings have bcon .hold since, his nomination, strong resolutions have been passed endorsing the-action of tile Stale Convent ion. bnd applauding in strong language the candidate selected. We are. rejoiced to notice this unanimity -rthia good feeling—.this determination to oonquor. It is the sure harbinger of a glorious victory. ■, Tho.succcßs.of our ,parly depends-upon vigorous and well-directed exertions. . Wc have now (he some political too lo contend with that we have over hud. We see the same antagonistic olcmqntß—Democra cy and Federalism—still contending for the mastery as wh&n opr Constitution was usliercd;iht6 existence. Democracy - , the grcatequullzer and elevator of man, hallowed, by the names of Jefferson, Madison, Mon roe, Jackson, and Polk—Federalism, the creator of distinctions, the agent of’lreusonV’evcr grasping and. arrogating to Itself privileges nClits own, - By fraud and falsehood, and.by o denial of’its principles and evon> (he name , by. which that. parly,, was known, Federalism managed to deceive the people last full, and succeeded .in electing a superaViuulcd Idol lo the Presidency. But, can the intelligent voters of this Slate again be led detruy? . We think not. “A rose by.any oiher natne would smell os sweet,”-and Fcd erulisih is alike odious in oIK its shifting garbs. - licl Democrats lake warning from the past, and holsufibi themselves to be deceiver) by fair professions, specious appearance, and a denial of principles and name.— Let us examine beyond the outside, und if beneath the cloak of Federalism wo, see the same disguised foe that triumphed. In thccleclimi of the elder Adams and more recently in the election of Taylor, let us kindle in our hearts afresh the zeal of oiir fathers, and vow eternal enmity to the foe. ' . Democrats—your duly (his full is a plain one.— Everyone must sec llio importance of yielding lo the • Democratic candidates a hearty and zealous support. Will you, then, considering.the importance < of the approaching contest, remain idle? Reason, i justice, devotion lo those groat principlcs that consli** Into the code of Democratic liberty, and moreover, a respect for the usages of the parly and the will of all alike forbid... a majority, oil, THE UNION 18 SAFE I Onr nervous neighbor of tllo 'Herald was near going into hystericks some Time since because of having learned that a "notorious locoifodo” named Thomas Perak had been promoted to ahigherclcrk •ship In the Treasury Department at ‘ VVashinglon, than the one ho had formerly held. The Herald considered this a very heinous.offence for Mr. Mere dith to be guilty of,, and more particularly so os ‘•numerous Wings were sacking tho same place!" Dreadful! Fortunately for onr neighbor, Mr. Feran has been removed from the desk to which lie had been appointed .n few days previous,-and the Herald oflast week congratulates the country in making this important fact known. * Oiir neighbor breaths frccrcr and cosier now, and the Union appears to bo in.no danger of dissolution. Thomas Feran, a poof clerk, has been ousted. Glorintis’ncws, this,' for those who professed to V hate and loathe proscription!”, - Now, (ho whole secret In relation to the appoint msnl of Mr. Feran lo an important clerkship by Mr. Meredith, See. of the Treasury, may be staled in a few words. It was ft clerkship thalnl limes required great, experience and scholarship to discharge the duties of properly. It so happened that Mr. Mere. , dtlk wanted nomo important business attended.to el 1 that parliaular desk ; and after ' that (here was not a single Federal clerk at Washington • able to attend to this' business properly, ho was com* polled to lender the appointment, fur the lime being, to Mr. Feran—a man of great experience, and well acquainted with llio business concerning which Mr. Meredith desired information. Ho Entered upon his duties, ond a Her üboultwo Weeks hard, labor, in* formed the Secretary of the Treasury that ho wus prepared to give the statistical information desired by llic Department. Mr. Meredith was much grati fied-with the information furnished him by Mr. Fcron, who returned to his desk, expecting bfcourso to ’he continued., 7V/e following morning, he tone dismissfdftom the desk by Mr. Meredith. After he hud labored for two weeks and porfotmod duties that no Federal scullion of a clerk could perform, Mr. Meredith was done wilhhim, and dismissed him!— How tnagnanimoas—how liberal.ls this! And it is (his hist act of Mr. Meredith’s that the Herald com* mends!’ The poor devils of Federalists who have ' been,appointed to office at Washington are not eapa. blc of discharging the duties of (heir appointments, and the heads of departments are oecnsronairy forced to solicit the aid of capable Democrats to help them out of llio scrape.. To use the language of a cor respondent of tho Washington Union, “jfthe dcim*. crniio clerks in the service of the United Stales nl Washington would throw irp their appointments on a day certain, and leave (heSecond.Washington and his cabineMo do their own business in (ho best'way they could, the wheels of government would be slopped at once; and those who would rejoice over a solitary removal fur opinion’s sake, would laugh out of,llio other corner of their mouths when convinced that the experience of years hud been swapped fur a bevy* of young whigt whoso names could fill up the rolls, and whoso hands could grasp the salaries on pay-day, hut who could no more perform the duties of their offices than the devil could offioiate at tho government.church in the President's Square on a least day.** At the October election n new member of the Ca nal Board, id to bo chosen, and it m only by electing u Whig this fail, and another next year,and thus plu. cing I In* Ca mi la and Rail Ron da of the commonwealth in fntiieli/ neio handt, that the system of wholesale fraud ami speculation Cun bo checked Herald of hat uink. T1)0 people are not quite green enough In believe nny thing of (Imi kind, Mr. Herald Til's doing* ol thu Riluer udmmistrulion, when iii three years the Statu debt w<ir hourly doubled—when krlio three Fed eral CanuKJonniiiudioncrs used thonsunds of duHurs, (funds of thu Commonwealth), lor the purpose of tin* purling illegal voter* und corrupting the people—when Clio public Improvements, instead ofyielding a revenue, did not pay expenses by a million ofdolhra a year— -1 these things, we soy, are 100 fresh In the mind* of the people to ever induce them to place the public works in Federal hands again. The Federalists in this Statu have ncverTailed (u rob Uni people when in power, and, if we may Judge from the allowing article, they pursue the soiuc’course in oilier Stales also: We see it stutied in somo of llio ICcnluoky papers, that uvery Statu Treasurer of flint Stale, except tlio present incumbent, who hus been in office but a short limo.Aos been a dpfnuUtt. Kenlucky is one of the reliable Whig Staler, and twenty years agollmt pur ty bomlod not only of having all the tahmls and deouney of thu country in Its ranks, but all Ihu hbm esty nUo. 11 thu boast was trite in 1688, Whig. haagrimUy, degenerated* Cincinnati Inquirer, ! A Funnt Aw»„._ Tlli - WnnJ , |oct (V,., .Tomb : iiy ‘ "r i **'■ miu.,, u, , nl Etllnlmrg, hue mooWiid „ , r Lahaht.kh hoe been relumed lo 11.0 Fronoli A ■embly (Vom llio elepiirlinent'ar Lolnol. , . ■ (lon. Dealer It. Knight, a Senator(h noclicul l.cgltlaluro, has ({one to Collrornhu ORGANIZATION I It is time Kiel Ihe'D.eiiiocrals of this andevory'oUi* or county of tho Siaie x vore ,preparing aing fall election.. Thoimnorlanco.ofiho ;DemocrbKtf~ , sirty .having a majority in brunches of Kie noxt appcar.:p)oin to all. .J ;Lct our. friends.remember that at the next session of the Legislature tho State inust bo.npporV fionedrihlo Senatorial and 'Representative districts. • Should the Fedora hate have a majority in tho'Legis lature, they would again saddle upon the people such an opportionmont bill us they did in ]835-’6, and thus disfranchise thousands of tho Democratic voter's pf Pennsylvania. -/The apportionment bill as passed by tho Federal Legislature of that session, was an out rage upon.fhe rights of the people of tho r Slate, and was bo.regarded by honest men of ali parties.,,!* is highly, important, therefore, that- the pcmapxpts shbufi) bo In the majority in bpth branches of Assent, bly next winter. ..Dy proper exertions on the part of our Democratic brethren throughout the Stale,'they will succeed in accomplishing this desirable object, and thus rescue.tho Stale fioihlho hands ofapurly, whoso lenders do not hesitate. to ” throw conscience to the devil,” whenever any villainy is to tie carried out, . ‘ , fIEFDtVK AND AFTER. A correspondent in -lastweek's Herald who signs himself” one who knows," attempts to give us a lebr turo on lying, and proilimnces oursluleinenl respect ing tho removal of Mr. Key from the office of'District Attorney of the District of Columbia untrue. - This verdant youth pretends (o bo. personally acquainted with Mr. Kdy, and; that he is now and always has been an active Democrat, and therefore was a fit subject to he visited with the-vengeance of the present ”no-ptir(.v” administration. We niudo the statement that Mr. Key hud nut interfered in politics, on the authority of the’ Washington* Union, and not 'from our own personal knowledge of Mr; K, Cat, oven granting that Mr. ,Key is an active politician, and. was therefore removed because of -hls pHlitics, docs not the correspondent; of the Herald give th»!>e direct -to the professions of Federalism before’the election? John J. Criltcndon, in his'celebrated speech delivered at Pittsburg lust summerysuid: . ”He (Mr.Crittenden) hnd seen.a letter in General T.uylurV in which Gen. 'l'aylorhSlulcl •he would proscribe no man because ha was a Do thocrul; that both Democrats arid Whigs stood by him at the battle of Monterey, shedding their blood together for their country, and ho would be the last man to deny to Democrats u fair share of the offices.” And yet in the face of Gen. Taylor's own words, endorsed by Guv. CrUlcudon, the correspondent, of tho Herald grants that Mr. Key was removed tfphi office because ho wiis a Democrat; thus admitting that the " Second Washington” and John J. Crilr tendon wore guiliy of lulschondwhqn they assured the people th(it no man should bo removed because he was u Democrat. ■ This is giving tho old Gcticr.il a dig in tho ribs from u quarter ho did not expect. The corrcspondcnl.or the Herald hud better roinovo the beams fronrhia owri, eyes before,he attempts to pull out motes from ours. Hu to lulh of falsehood, indeed! Why the present administration succeeded to power by resorting to the mo-l villuiuons-felsc' hoods ever promulgated by reckless and dishonest political gamblers.' By f.itsehood they-succeeded to secufo (he reins of. Government, and< by ..fnlschodd (hey expect to retain their il'-gollort pqwiy.And yet tho. miserable s«rtbbtcc.for th o Herald wlio signs himself “One who knows,” wilf to us about making misstatements!, Gel out! The name of ll»« Po*l Office at Writer Monfffom gwnery county,'Ohio, has boon changed' to Certain. _ . ; AV’. Tribune. ETCoI. Weller, after *born this named, did gmvl service to his country in can war in which Gon. T.iylor earned his fame; while Corwin devootedly. prayed .that boih of those soldiers might bo met by' the enemy M with bloody hands and a hospitable grave.” And now, lliit* ‘,‘sc. cond Wasliinglon,” not satisfied with turning Weller himself out of his poor office, wages proscription against this brave nnd-truo hearted follow soldier,— Truly, this President hath a magnanimous sijd gen* erous soul I Oh, how this second Washington doth loatlm proscription ! . Col. Weller's sin is that Inst fall he was the Dem ocratic,. candidate fur Governor in Ohio,Slid came very near being elected in that Whig State. After this, of course his very name stinks in tho nostrils of the no-party President, who had u no friends to ro wan! and no enemies to. punis h v ” JSo says.that ox* ccllenl paper the “Star of tho North." . • Huln In the South* Mr, Walker** new tariff aeons to have encourng ctl a sort of cholera in (ho South that will N dreadful among the Whigs. For instance; The Augusta ChouicU Bays that no leas than & million ami a half ofdollura have been subscribed In .(■corgin ■lately, build new cotton millia; which are now being erected. One hundred and forty.thousand of (his sim> has been invested or subscribed rn Au gusta, . No Churches* Tl is : stated (hat a Cummiltcc from ond qfthff Meth odist Churches recently colled,upon President Tu'ylor, to nslt a donation towards enabling (hern to build a Church, and the President made the foHnwmg,reply? “ No, I will not give you a cent; the people did not put me here to build Churches” Tlio Ret that llio Baltimore Sun t (which ia fiiqndly to (lid President.) juMifica the amwur, lallafteß our imnddrat tlio atulfc mcnl la true. • I Istkhverino in* Emotions.!— Blndu|ln”(on,'Mus, entine county, N, L. Stout, vice Mrs,-Sidney Earl, removed. - ; ' Why Mrs, Earl has been removed,/does not ap pear, and wo presume the only emsu tlml can bo as signed is that she hup interfered in elections 1 - Exchange, To bo sure she did, in (he worst way, for she was the mother of half a dozen bouncing Democratic boys I—OAro Slatetman, . Tub State Ta*.—Tlio Harrisburg- Telegraph or Thursday says*. ’ > The following, counties have paid Into (ho Blair Troarury their quotas ol‘ Stale (ax'for the present veur, viz: Adunis,' Bradford, Burks, Cumberland. Crawford,. Dauphin* Erie, Franklin,-Fayette, Grccncj Lebanon, MlliVio, Somerset, Wo*lnior«kjiid and York. Several other counties luve puhJin u part oi (heir lux, utid nlhers have given assurance that (hoy will pay in time to meet lliu August interest. Larob Rcooerv op Money.—A. despatch from Washington, in (ho Tribune, says a package from Philadelphia, containing 9<hooo in Virginia funds, belonging lu Mr. Louthnm &. Qo,, wee purloined Iron) Ihu Post OiHco In (hut city on. Sunday last. for »t.— ll is Calculated llisl up.ta the 17(1), u million sterling had been expended by Franco on ihe siege ofßome,-about £4O per soldier. Tub Harrisburg and Lancaster' Railroad, —The work on this road—or the extension of it from Co- Imnbliilo Middletown—isprogrcaaing fipoly, When finished; i( will be one of the finest roads in (he Uni* ted States, and uffbrd travellers a delightful ride through ,o romurtllo and beautiful country. Wonderful Epoapb moM DRATm—lKirlngo (Hun* dor stornii several* days ago, the wlfbof Major Henry Wood, residing near Macon, Gs., was ethudlng In the garden, when a flash of lightning struck her gold guard' cliuin urnmid her peck, melting It entirely; thou passed through Clio Watch, ctosirnylijp it ;whou,. passing down tiff plolhtng, loro her shoes into; Hlirada, and passed of|\ without doing her. arty qtlicr personal Injury titan' scorching her nqolfund' feet,.ami Unueking iter senseless for a short time I* < LETTER TO THE EDITOR. ' CALIFORNIA* . Tho following letter Isfpom dn intelligent and es-j . The political novrs/rorh'California,days tho Led .teeiiied friend, r who > when ho, wrote It was snugly is important. The'poople of.the territory are settled ip the cabin of the packet boat ” tCishbcoguil- ’ earnestly at work preparing for UlB admission of it las,*’commanded by captain Somebody,on the Pehn- Kie Union as orie of the; sovereign Stale's.. The- ByivaniacanuK-wiihina fewmilca of a village balled population iviil.bomore jllion large'cnough by the Mifilinlown, Juniata county, and the thermometer **' ne that Congress assembles, and the best thing the standing at about 98° in the “ gonlleinan’a parlor.” United plates cpuld do bo to throw open tho Many, parts of the loiter will be found interestingdobri immediately to theyouthful applicant;, (twill . Packet Boat” KisiucoauiLLAß,” > cave a Vast amount'of trouble, both at bomb an’d i in. July 27,1840. *1 tho tictv territory. ,Tiioanomalous condltion’in which •L B. Bratton, Esq—Bexk Bm {According to California la,now placed Is not likely to promote-the ogreemenl.l ecpd,you a few Items of travel, Tlioy * nle rcBls‘'or iho United Slates; The .people there oannotbe called ” Inklings of Ac/afertKire,”’(for the ,ave no nol ‘ on being governed'.by the Mexican orthodox /propriety of our ship’s company Will'pot ,BWB and.fofms, as Has been procluimedbyGov.-Jliley, ,odinU|of daring exploits of any sort,) norycl "Notes an( * mj^UeBt a <^< 9 l>cia)tion hot to respect them. Gov. from under a.Bridge.” Properly thby might be styled an *) K*e Provisional Government are already at “Notes from under several Bridges,", since air along ,o ffg or ftOads,;,Tho proceedings tin' the partpf Oon.-Rl*' this line lho pas*engefV, ; who mtiy feel inclined to kyNAvo caused great excilbmortl throughout Hie ter ri enjoy a brcezo,on deck, must submit to a dodging tdr yv an <Jhe tbiidcuby of them is discussed at length, movement every ten m 'fiAcen. minuted, or |m> 'knock- ol,d . in a! temperate and able, muhfior, In Kid .Alta ed a day or two into the, fuliire tensed. Californian, published at dan Francisco. The conf T ho traveling on this lino ia- exceedingly ; limited j“ B f n ?Wt . ; The captuin, tells me this is owing to the alnrin so prevalent, in reference io-lhe'chplcra; though it is questionable whether there nrb any well authen ticated cases of the genuine Asiatic this side of Pills burg. All the towns and villages scattered along the first hundred miles of the Juniata are'more than ordinarily healthy—a. fact. to-be nltributa b,c * in a ,groat measure, to the general effort to re- Train ffom nil exciting causes of disease, whether of food or exposure, ■• • • r■’ ' Our whole company—passengers,.officers, and oil —would not exceed twenty. •i ! Oi course, wo arc del) enough, and moving at the rule offour miles an hour on the "rngfng cunawP’.only increases our lcndency to torpidity,. Generally ,when I have gone tins route, wo have hud a charaelier.oC some .kind oo board—nn aspiring- politician, a judge somebody, an Indian I chief, a ,Yankee speculator, on lnfidcl panting for no-, torioly, a newly married couple,.a lady hugely aston* Ished at every thing she saw, a wicked punster, ora fuh loving,fun making cook—butlhis time weave im moveable as dullness itself, The latest papers Ite on the tables unread; wetin?e f not the benefit of even a cross baby. St'pll there is one on hoard, and its mother is now watching it asleep upon the cushion. ; That, 1 confess, does break the mbnotony a little, and re minds mo of d beautiful stanzas from Byron j , “An infant wtten it gages on a, light, A chiltl the inomcnt whan It drains the jiroast, . , A clevotee whan soars the hast In sight, , Aa Aiali with a stranger fnr a gtipfit, I A Sailor when the prize is ptrttck in fight, . A miser fllljng hls most hoarded chest,•’ Foal rapture; hut not suchjnte joy are reaping As they who who watch o'erwhaUhty loot whUesUeping," The company who have tun (Ilia packet for the Inal len yenra expect aery soon togivein to the care. •Tho road ia now completed up lu Millofslowo, and I aaw'the train returning this a/Urnoon from an am nletir [rip. It waasweeping along the majestic course cf the river, no gracefully -os though it had done.il an hundred limes, ind at the rale of about 30 miles an hour. " Tills.is an. ago of improvement/*, and Pennsylvania has her share of it. v You, Mr. Editor, can remind when the Jnniaia ttynpiko wne model Tliot woe regarded os a wonder, and it was.lhouglil the biiseiof the mountains shading (ho rivar would not tolerate another encroachment on their “ natnrnl rights.” -flic doctrine of” non-intcrjcfoncc” f inoant something then ns well Os now. But a "Compromise act” passed, apd then come the comil. Sloekinlcss urchins stood aghast, and grandmothers inquired "when .will wonders cease J" And new the Rail- Rniid will reachdfi miles in a week or lwo,snd rank both turnpike and canal among the things that were! One almost led. sorry for tho faithful old servants— but they must quietly knuckle to their fate. I ace no chance for them but in the doctrine of Protection, and that chance ia about equal to the probability of a general lha w in Idciund. 1 The scenery on this route will have a fine effect, and 1 doubt not that travelers will duly appreciate It. It wants only some touches from man to make it perfectly delightful. Ido not intend to perpetrate n chapter on /Esthetics, but it is becoming a very com mon and I think correct opinion that Art contributes groutfy to natural beauty. , Whalhrlhc ocean,either at rest or In a storm, without ships 7 who looks with pleasure upon a farm without improvements—and tasteful Improvements loo? what comparison Is there between the scientific evototiona ofawcll disciplined army, and llio Irregular movements of a crowd of savages, kicking, biting, and clubbing each other? Awl ycl in thc*o and a (htnrsnnd other instances, art Sa the element which sfrufnVheccssary to complete the ground of the emotions of'beauty.’ : . Add to these bold hiou'ntarn passesaTcwhindsoindresidcnccK/and place afongour streams oxtensrvo manufactories, (and' they will soon crowd upon the rail road,) and wo need not visit either tho. Rhine or the Hudson to realize from Iheyiow.of scenery tho highest gratification. ‘ - Very truly youra, . .... s. w, y. . We find (ho fotlowhig letter from our friend Vauz t among I lie dih of July proceedings of tho Democracy of the Western Words pf Philadelphia. It speaks for itself.- Pm la de r.rni a , July 3,1849’, . Dear Sir:—Bo. pleased In receive iny thanks for your invitation to unite with tho Democracy of .the Western Wards, of the city, in celebrating.(ho 4lh of July at 11 BrnwnV Western Hill/’. It would* gratify me much to be presenf, butil will not be In my power. V • . s’Tho parly of the People-—tho Republicans—(hose who. sustained Ji-fiWsmi u«d supported J.iokaon, ul though now in opposition, have no causo for regret or dismay.. -, , - . Wliilo the Pmridcruts of America can, on the 4(li of July, read the Declaration ot Icdopoiidmico and the Veto Message', (hey need not grudge the Admin' ialralion parly.of litis day; its delight and pride In listening to (ho Allison letter. The Democracy of the Nation, pointing lu the glory gained under its flag—glory in deeds of pence,' tar nobler (Inin even Ms mighty deeds fn .war—h»v<> enough end to spare, while the rniVadmrnhtrallon party uro absorbed in discovering the friends it has rewarded, and the enemies It has punished'. . In harmony with those thoughts, lie so good as to offer to the company,for me r llm following sentiment: Unredeemed. In Politics and in Finance —n proof(if'npprouchinginsnlvency,. I urn,'dear silv always faithfully. , RICHARD 7AUX. (fj*Tho If. 8. Mint, at PhlladulpMa Is ..over run With work, and deposits of coin and bullion ore not uvuiUbloui nsw ooin-without material.delay. Duo ms Own Grave.—ll isolated-in the Wilmhig* lon (Dei.) Republican that a man ut tlte almshouse in that place was sent out some days ago'to dig two graves. He, however, thinking they might want others soon,-dug three—«nd strange ue It,may seem ho next morning, was a corpse, and placed in one of them I , , , . , Thu Revenue Service.— Wo perceive the admin* istrutlyn is.'seeking every ovenuu of patronage in order to punish, its enemies. Not Content with the vast field tor its liibors afforded by liio iiivll depart* monl of the government, it has cntered'n bninoli of tile Naval* sbi'vloci ami-lias' recently made a nor ions reduction in the Iftycors engaged In the protection of our lt Is true this has been dune under covpr of an act of Congress,but grout ouiowus taken that the.pruning knilo touched no ollior than a Da* mocruh so fin*,«s our acquaiiilmico exlonds. Among those, Is out-young friend Licpl. J. B. Yntos, an no* live and gentlemanly officer, whose prusoriptiim as a matter ol much regret among, his numerous acquaint* oboes. (TliOi ndmlnisirulioii appears detnrtnhiod (y “ouUllcrod Herod,"iii its-work'of* proscription; - , Crawford Democrat.' 1 ■: : ' . ■ : elusion to which it appcnrs'to arrive is,.tha't|though thoinlcrflirence’oC the military 'commander of .the deparluicnl is io bo mtidh will bo the duly, of Unpeople to go onwilh their plans.of. the provisional government, ns hnd been before intended) The Legislative Assembly, of .San Franciscodißirict stigmatised the act of the 1 United States'extending the revenue ;laws to California, end yelglvjng Uho territory no. government, .ns unjust, giving them " taxation without representation;*’-and they recoin* - mend a convention to meet on the third Monday, of August next, for -lhc purposo of forming a temporary government, and a constitution for a permanent State government; to bo submitted to Congress at the next session.' Public meetings have already been held in pursuance ofthis recommendation.. The other nows is of importance also. Gold is plenty,, but hard to gel' at without severe labor, linil goods artjjis cheap os ihoy are io tho Dr.ilod Slates, the .inaritbl being glutted with tho enormous supply. As.hut a few of the vessels of.the largo fleet from llio United. Slates hiivc ycl arrived, only eight, or ton out of the several hundred started, It may bo easily imagined* wlnl the prices will bo,|n ; a short lime. Individuals bnable (o Work at the mines are offering themselvesTorvarlous situations in California, so that the. epormous sala. ties, ahd wagcs reoentl/received will simp be down to tho ayerng? Ipvcl. House ienls and lots still con tinue extravagantly high. . THE 12LVO OF FUNDS. ; The follqwing IpUerfroai Mr.ftlATHcra, super intendent of the Schuylkill Luvnl, shows the kind of funds furnished by Slate TreisUref BxLt; for' the laborers and other creditors of the. public works, and fully sustains what we have alledgcd of him on that point.— fVe*i Cheater Dm;-' i.ULV 17, 1849. To N. STmcKt.RD—p.ar Sin Tberehos(teen much dissatisfaction expressed by the .‘bunds oh the Columbia railroad, at the currency in which they have received their pay fur the momli ofMay, anil many of them, I. understand; iihphie the cite cumslattco of receiving lorn and ragged relief, with uticiitreni Ohio and Virginia paper, instead of the new issue, which ihey have a right" to ex pect, to theiiujierinlemlenl of said rmith ‘ My-pbject in'addressing you on tho subject is lo place the matter in its-, proper‘-tight, anil slate tacts as they Tell under my own observation. Ou the tenth of the present month,.! accompanied ills Superintendent, of the Columbia road to the Bank of Pennsylvat ia, with, a-draft from , the ; State Treasurer, for five thousand dollars. On present allot! of , said.draft by/Cnl. English, tho Teller retired for a short lime, and returned with his arms filled with the moat filthy lot of ranged relief tidies that 1 have seen, after an experience of two years ■ In answer To the question from On),"English; ■Mlave yon no better motley to give me 1" the Teller r-plied—•• We have special instructions from.the State Treasurer lo pay no drafts of officers on tlte public works-in new issue, 1 ' Col. E. enquired the motive that gave rise to the tnslrne.lio, e.‘ The;Teller replied—•• I do not know the motive." Col. B. remarked, that it mat tered not what the molive was, the operation wat the same, via; compelling tho hands in the Slat employ to receive torn and depreciated money fm their labor, when limy had a right,.and did ex pect, from the action of the Legislature, lo receive new issue. The President of the bank Subsequently in formed Col. English that they had'iiliw issue, but It was reserved to pay tits August interest. Truly yours, 1 W«. Z. Manix/sf Rebellion )» PlrOadolphio. Tha ''lhiUi/ News" (Whig) publishes, with editorial approbation, (lib proceedings of a “large and enthusiastic, mealing” of the Whigs of Phil adelphia) at which theTullowing icsolutione were' "adopted by acclamation llamfped, -That in. lbs notions and appointments of Wtn. 0. Lewis, since bis , appointment a- Collector, we can discover no true genuine Whig principles, no high toned embodiment of tha will and moriVeaof tire great Whig, parly, but having adopted n policy suicidal, lo ibe :cfvusef acting timidly,! indecisively, and proving himspil the rlupu nf the ambitions and designingv imhecilH. inoapatilo ami tfnfli for holding and office so im portant under ibbndininiatratinn. , ■ • Iteaohtd, That we forth will) wiihrfraw oar in dividual support and influence from the Stale aViil Administrations, lilt such limes as lb,. Whig parly bedomns' romplefory renovated, and tiro rulers can present official servants .worthy o( our coutideuco and esteem. Tub Latb Gin, Woiitii —-There la an niirc ;dole told of him, never yal publi-hed. A favorite orderly was supposed to be dying, afteMhe cap ture of Monterey, He sent for lire General, wire came, ImiMedlaioly. Said lira dying soldier,, >t bury me wl/ere wo marclieil inis, the broach, when you headed tho old Eight," Wonli bom into tear., saying a( the aajtjo lime, Hybur lime has not yet come my gallant lad.’C.ijv'Yee, it has, farewell General." One moment .nfiar he ceased io breathe, He was buried by Worlh ns tupie. led. Gen..Coes —(Jo. addressed a letter lo tiro Editor of the Union, in which ho soslaivr. hie Conner view, on lire .object oflbo \Vihnol Previ.o, He repudiate, tiro idea of .lovory being curried into free territories, but at lire .»rmr lime domes the right of Cimgrom til po.s the Wiliiiot Proviso, . T«k Auausr Ei.«ori6r«;—Nino Sl.ilei.lipld' their election. on tlio coming innntli, a. follow, i Tunne.- ..o on Tliur.cfiy next, Ihu Dd prex; Al.hu in.., lUcby, Indiana, lowa, Texui, Mis.mirl, all on tlio Gill |irur> North Carolina on tlio hill, um| Klmije laluiid,. to fill u vacancy in Congrc^on llio 28lli. fn ull llio.o, Stale, muni hot. of Oori||rii.. ore lu ha clock'd jxoopt In Jown and Mla.ourl, J n the la.t named Stutna the Ltigl.luliiro'h 'elected', wiiteh Itu.'td elect a U, 8. Sender in Col. Dentun'e "plupo. ’ffiore m great intercut fell In the reaull.of theta elaoliotn. n. the parly eoihplcxloiv of tlxi Coiyr.w will depend iipoa thom. 1 ' * 1 ■' : I'- : , A Viiaxob Entmikhv l.’lifoa- Qo Journal' of Ihs fat gays p “A. pa nil a man' Jim frnirr, St. J.dula inlbmia its' chat the 'village of Frederick, on the rlynr, Is.entlraly dosailedr" • - l ; Ho Pwm.j. I Wins'llnve gone bkpk.'io Mr! A in .peaking-of , . hmneß „ n d Mr wm; Diny w w , 1. New York «*, t^VB Wb , ,-ok. ..ft " ry ° “ o , e|mra " on lrom ' tl,eir Of me," exclaimed on-old-lndy, upon reeding 11, “».>■* halycH,,b|i.bro submitting, lq llio o|icrnllon of .fp- « iquullliig llicro iiiim have been. : aro.Unff- iheiu fr«m each, oilier. • " " ' r h ® l V* ■ M: p4<3.kp fjHfiuio % >9|i'ei:.Were! brought Into St. Loliis ono day last week. | Blbristlng tho OhiM«t«v of Public Offcoer. Immediately after the election ofGon. Toy| or th Whig press proclaimed that tlie Character efg OV * ment'officials would bo elevated by the new ndmina isfrutiori. Afl an evidence of the manner in wl,icl| this proclamation is being effected in the West, give tho following extract from the Detroit Advert ser, a Whig , paper, in reference to (he now Wlilo appointments. at Detroit: , . "With such men to'lead ond defend the Whirf parly, it will us it never bus been here, bo i n u,? minority/’ “They are none of your common kind of moderate drinkers, but they ore generally soaked day and pight—* regular _blow*hoids*— noloriau. sols.” - . ; r 4 ); I % * • - um A RitfoLuWoA—Theftahwby (N Jy Register* noticing the death by phbferaof Mrs/Mary Knight, slalcf .oftho brttte Generallsaac Worrell of RevoluUpDary.mempry, pays : ber the following, l r j, n bulet - -’V’ , •' -' 'r / ,/ • • ‘J.The deceased was dhp of (he most devoted ahd blessed women that helped to relive the librrlbla sufferings of Washington’? army at Volley Forge-; cooking and carrying, provisions to.(hem slonei through (he depth ol winter, eVeh pissing Ihrouclt the of the British aWny in tKe disguise ofa market womnn.- And wlich. Wusblngiop wns cent.' polled to retreat, before a tpperihil farce,the bud the Incl and Courage to conceal her brothur, (Jen. Wor rell, (when the Brlllsjfflet a pflcooh’hls.head forbid bravery) in a elder hogshead In. (he cellar for il, rco days, ond fed him tbrnugli fhe hong hclc'l the hnUse in the'meantime being funbacked fnnr'different tiniea ttl Frnhkfnrli Fcnhsyfl’nhjn.bj the British irbopsift search of.him; without success. She wasuVCr 9(1 years of ago'ttl iheMme ol lief death/ SlftOuUß RKiTiiRAtION,TO^^X I BoS.--'t'he Eat* ton Jlrgua says that Mr. John Stota, of Nnaktptbj Northampton rbtihty, who had been afflicted w'nh a kind of melancholy sicknetißf'or partial derange men! of the mind, for thelast 8 years, and-d.uring which, period he Hat! not spoken a‘word, suddenly relumed to firs usual reason to the great hi s friends and acquaintances. He attends to his business as formerly* and expresses .great joy for his restoration. . He, is entirely unconscious of anything that took place during his mental de rangement. Effect, of ImXoin.tion—Tho London Medicil Tunc, relalea n curious c.perliocnt recently tried in Russia* with .onto murderdt..' They were p| JC cd without knowing ji, i„ four (rod. whbro four per.nn. had died of tiro cholera. They did not toko the dis. en.c. Tiicy word then told they were to .leep In bod. ivlicto some, porann. had died of tmlipn.nl cholera, but the bed. Woro, in fn(r, rte». and bad not been used at all. Nevertheless, throe of them died of the di.eoso within four hour.. Peter Haoner, Esq.—A colcmpofary, pprnk-* Ing of- (hne4aci.mode.uf doing buMrie.ss'hy this teherahle officer.of the govcrnicnt, vrhd has filled the office of 3d Auditor of the Treasury for the pdst 60 years, tells llie following anecdote: An officer of the army had acted for several years n« disbursing officer and commissary hi a frontier post on the Had -River. At the expira.lo.i ‘«l his term, his accounts wme ffarisPiiited i« Mr* .Hagner, who, an investigation of-several months, Informed him that he found thorn correct) with 'iho-exception lhai a peck of beans and m quart of vinegar tvere mmeconhied for. The offr yet on tha receipt of Hngner's letter, wes highly indignant* and. replied that he wna very happy itf learn that the balance again*! him was. no laruer# and that if Mr. Ilagner Would send a ban .and J jug out to Fori Smith, he would 'remit iholUii* aqu (ho vinegar. L I*D Mikk at Buckspobt, Mv.—We learn, says the Uosion Times, that the lead mine lately discovered ol Buchsporl. is found In extend across ine river f ard live specimens smelted have proved very rich ; yielding over seventy five ‘per cent. t.f pure lend. The quantity-is said to be large, and immediate measures will be : takonfo work the mine systematically, and it is believed a large profit will be realized.' DcAtii oF Rev’. Martin Woi.r.—A correspondent of (lie Christian Advocate,mid Journal, writing from Cincinnati, soys—“ The varioui churches in.this cl. ty have.suffered the lon of sonic of their must valu* able meinhcfa. The Welhodist Chrtrcli has hot b/ anjr moonsetcapcd.VVholo families have been swept Asbury charge/of whfcfr.Rov.J. W. White ia piistor, hat experienced (he I severest rfsitotion of the plague. Tlie church Is located,in llio Noilierrt part of (ho city, the place Where the cholera is moil prevalent/and where vast ntfmliers of German and Irish may be found* Kelt. Murtht Wolf,-preacher iff change of North Bond oirenh, and* monitor of lfi(f Ohio Conference/ buried on .'firesday lust Ins anl/ Child, Jn a few hours* after (In frtirial Ire was *U tacked himself and dicd. arnf before fmohof Wcdnli' day hfs yfto the short space of 24 hours, our beloved brother and his family were released .from labor hero fur a crow* in fvcofon.- 1 ' . ' ffsV tflft; Uiib Ton tittc VuTrtn's. l —'/ho ffnpkhW (ffon(ucky) Della soys of one of hs candidates fuf thelogis)alure>, W m.&piufdlti)* (s (fife 1 fotefodo ct ad Wale fo reprf* sent iht >4 senatorial district in llih nest Senate of Konfdcfiy. Spnoidingis not a speaking man, hut (lie most incessant talker, Jabber | jabber Miow dn'ye dus Mhuke'hahd, haw, haw J how's' itW-f**irtHy»ki«jhtf baby, &o. man I ever saw.* If ho thinks, it must he* in his sleep, as ho hr too busy talking ever.to rtflict in day lime, RbuA.vcr im Dratii.— A Signor Ari«rrtfla,.of tfa' ♦aha, lately tofthis hoove inpurfeet he«|Ht;and uftef a-Upse.of a few hours/was brought- hhritVju Ilia widow was inconsolable Tor his nourishment, end soon joined iii dculh the hiisband slier so fondly loved in Ihc. '* N»w Eioujd'. F.m D.ua l (t K „._Tl, 0 Dwlon P.i.l «jy. or Uloiu, industry ami virlua being niitr Inlimilaiioc, tin y blu.li on being kie«o<l by (bo thing ■un In llio morning i and ore nolisliamrd of bring ki.eeil by tlio lining eon in llio evening," It ib not TiiuE.—-Tlio alory that whep the Quaker giant.wae cruiaing tlia Atluniip, ho waamilfud lutukg lim |oj> gallant iiniei ami- one end of il fur • loollipixjk^haßboenoonir.idrcH’d'. HnnKiOix—iyiiß. wife of the proprietor of “UtftiiuDi'e Hulul,*' Now York, liud her threat cut crliiioei from our to eur,on Monday leal, by her own •on,-whom* she wan endeavoring lo prevent from ta. klnir l»l» own life.' lie wua In u fit of delirium ire* inuiis—the inßtrmnoVX’uiicd wa« e razor. Ilia woundr ure nbt of.a furiuue cliaruoltirf Mr*. Ruthbim may aUo recover, bothor ome wui conaidurod crilioal at |uil uuoounta. . / ,: i , PiirMENTHKNT.— On llio duy.of Ueol. Dale'a dealb in belonged to the U. 8. expedition lo tlio l)oud Si).i,) hia wife; being then In Punnaylvanfi. re 1 inurked iia u gonllbinuii who lluaainco renllficd lo ilia fact—-•* l w|ti||,ynu to note lh(a day, my ajiirila urßiC feelings' .ire ao unuooounUbly atrmgcr that f um ante aeme greutolitamity uwultame— imld tt, that tliia is the Sdtll’July. u ’ Il wm the di»y h« hufbund died, , • in EnglUhmtn, “Ihwj Uan individual -In li)«;,\vofid'whoily unprejudiced am Human { but I do hate a Frenchman*’ 1
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