THE VOLUNTEER. John B* Bratton, Edllora'nd Proprietor* OARI.I9Z.Bt THURSDAY, DBCVI3, 18». AGEffCW B. PALMER, Gsq* isnut authorized agent fur pro* earing advertisements, receiving subscriptions and making toMocclorts for the American Volunte«p, v at hla office, N.W. •order of Third aadChesnut streets,.Philadelphia. . ' • ' Menra. Sthrgeon and Houston, of the Senate, will accept,our thanks;for favors received. ‘ Winter.— Snow to the depih of soma fourct five inches nowcovera the ground. 1 It commenced on, Monday,, and continued to aiiow during .the day and most of the night.. The sleighing, how ever, is not very good yet, owing.to the.mildness of the .weather* Most of pur weather-wise peo ple predict a hard winter, plenty of enow, and of course excellent sleighing. Whether or not their predictions are well-founddd, time alone will tell. In GoodTaetb.— Our friend Mr. J. V. E. Thorne, ’lias.displayed much good taste in the improvement of his splendid property, corner of High , and Bedford streets. He. has. recently erected abeautifulnew building, facing on High . street, and adjoining his large dwelling bn the corner, and.both have been painted in the most tasty manner. The fences of his garden, his etables, ice-house, &c„ have all been painted the eame color—the.whole presenting a lively, neat, and clean appearance. We would that Carlisle had a few more men of the liberality and good taste of 4 Mr. Thorne. Our town would soon pre sent a different aspect If all property holders were equally enterprising. CovbrlvV,Hotel,— Attention is directed to the advertisement of Col. Wells Coterlt, the ac commodating proprietor of Coverty's Hotel, Her* risburg. This house-is well known to tho travel* ling community? as one of very high character, and'kept in the best style. Tho building has recently been enlarged, papered, painted, and re* furnished.. During a recent visit to Harrisburg, we were invited by the pioprielor to examine the different apartments of this well-conducted hotel, and we are free to say that for elegance, comfort, and conveniencoit is equal to any public house in the State. Col. C. is a prince of a landlord; kind and accommodating to all who enter his' door. Bis house Is in a central part of the town, and we take pleasure in recommending it to the pairQnage of our friends. . ‘‘Spirit or the Times.” —This excellent Democratic paper has changed proprie tors., G. A. Pknniman, Esq., its late proprietor, has sold the establishment to A. I). Smith, Esq., (late of the Chambersburg “ Valley Sentinel,”) and Charles W. Carkigak, Esq., formerly a student of Dickinson College, and. well known to most of our citizens. Cot. John S. Do Sollb, Esq., who Tor the fourteen last years has been the editor of the ** Times,” also retires. We sepa rate from Du Solle with regret. Ho is a man of rare talent, and has earned for himself an envia ble-reputation as a wilier.. We wish him suc cess in whatever pursuit ho may hereafter engage in. To Messrs. Smith & Carrigan we extend the right hand of -fellowship. Their combined efforts, In conducting the “ Times,”. will, we doubt not, make it one of the ablest and'most zealous Democratic papers in the Slate. CONGRESS. No organization of Tits House.— Letters from Washington bring up the proceedings of Con gress to Monday evening. On Monday there were throe balloting* for Speaker of the House, without a choice being effected. The vote stood —Winihrop (Fedi) 102; Potter (Dpmv) 77; scat tering 46. The name of MK Cobb, who received the nomination of the Democrats for Speaker, has been withdrawn at his own request. His highest vole was.lo3. We think the Democrats commit ted.an error in not adhering to their nominated candidate, as the Federalists have adhered to theirs. It will bo seen that Mr. Potter's vote falls far short of the vote received by Mr.'Cobb. From .present appearances it would seem that neither party has on actual majority In the House, but yet It is quito certain that there is a majority opposed to (he national administration. The Free Sellers and a few “fire-eaters” from South Car olina-bold (he balance, of power, and by voting for each other prevent an organization. This is a smalt business; and we pro sorry to see Mr. Wilmot of this State engage iii it. If Mr. Wil raot, and those .who act with him consider them selves Democrats, they should yield their individ ual preferences to the will of the majority. The election of Speaker has little if anything lo do with .the question of the “ Wilmot Proviso.”— That question must be settled after the og&nizn tion. We sincerely hope that the Democrats may yet succeed in electing their Speaker as well as all other officers of the House. The President's Message of course will nut be delivered until after the organization of tho House, and, as it is impossible to predict when that event will take place, we tan only promise our readers to publish the Message as soon as possible after we receive it* Col. Dknton.— This Senator ha# become to unpopular in Alabama, in consequence of his course bn tho slave question, that a proposition is before the Legislature (o change tho name of Uen ton, county, in that State. - Thi Padvman Tragedy.—The Boston papers are.filled with further particulars of this melan choly affair. The Coroner's inquest still contin ued its investigations. The wife of Professor. Webster, of Boston, now tinder arrest on.suspicion of having killed Dr. Parkman, is a niece of Mr. Prescott, the celebra ted historian. It is stated that on the morning of Professor Webster's arrest, his doughters had is sued invitations for a large party to take place during the present week. They were not at home at the time of the arrest, and were not in formed of It until the next morning. , The talented lady editor of the Pittsburg Visi tor has a baby, Presents of mugs, rattles, mint stioks, and such like matters poor in upon her in great profusion. Mrs. S. says: Our baby is a good baby, and wo can hold her on one arm, while she looks at the candle, scribble away with the other, faster two typos o&n convert It Into sepae.and type. One by one, tho ladies ore assuming all the garments of gentlemen, besides standing col lars and black silk cravats, they now wear dress* ea fitted close to the neck and opening In the breast,llltea military cool, to expose a M dioftoy n . (with ittfflos, or plaits with gold etudsr By-ond* -A Cou.lb lelter by wo .hall not know our tl.lor. from our broth from Boston, announces the separation or young ore. Mr.Lawrencn from his wife. Ho is wealthy, anil _ aha yftl known aa *> lha belle of Iho wool," one | ■ * T ' l 1 Bsuoioas Piorser.— Ber, Mr. of the molt beautiful and accomplished women of, n ®‘"to Presbytery of Ohio, Iho first who Kentucky. Many of bur render! will remember B “ la “ religious periodical west of the Alio ah acoounl of their roagniftcont nuptials published. B 1 '"" 1 "' lla * t«ently deceased at Pitr.hu, B . , within the past year. Their separation ia caused Hon. B. Babbit, the Mormon derogate to-Con by jealousy on Iho part of Ihe husband, (gross,has arrived at Washington, •‘THE TINIORmIV MUST BE PRESBRVBD.f Such.were the words of that groat and good man,! JAbxsotvtmd for all time to come will the sentiment find a responso.in'tho breast, of every true American and lover of his country. That there will be .cach ing scenes jn the. halls of.Cungress during the present session, there can. be little doubt The question of preventing the further-spread of slavery, will of course produce imich excitement and anxiety, in dUcuseing this question* our great statesmen—Cain, Webster, Benton, Clay, Houston, and. others who. may participate iu debate—will have an opportunity ofproving to the world that thoy are governed by no sclfiah motives—and that they appreciate too.highly our glorious privileges to suffer the question of slav ery or any other question Ip endanger tho peace of the Union.. lie is a madunan. who talks, about a dissolution.of the Union. The people aro sick and ’ disgusted.with Ibis kind of ,s'oaMern-erguwent, and laugh to acorn those who use it. Much of the excitement produced in regard to this question of slavery, is owing to the inflammatory appeals of hot-headed Southern men. In our opinion thoy stand in their own light. Their threats, instead i of.convincing northern men, only make them more ‘stubborn. Wo would not deprive the South of a single right guaranteed her by the Constitution, but we would not be forced into any .measure.. The Governor of that celebrated. Stale, South Carolina, in his Message to the Legislature, has given us another specimen of “Southern chivalry,” or more , properly speaking Southern foolery. Ho says— “lt is, perhaps, unnecessary to.assure you that 1 South Carolina must, hereafter, exist as a military 1 people'. The history of our country,Tor Ihe-last ten I yours, affords abundant proof (haf, as lung as the . Union endures, there is to bo no peace for the slave holder..-An eternal warfare agninat his. right of peace and properly, under tho associated influcnce oT the people and Slates of the North, and the central power, has been solemnly and deliberately decreed. For this reason it iis essential that the community, of which he is a member; should bo prepared, at any momenj, for every emergency/' ' And ho recommends that tho sum of $50,000 bo appropriated for. the purchase of munitions of war, See, We trust, however, that tho Legislature con- ( tains a sufficient number of sensible men to reject a proposition so {pregnant with disastrous consequences. , Tbs Governor is 100 hot-headed, too hasty, 100 zeal ous for what ho considers “Southern rights." It will be lime enough for him to assume a hostile altitude when his State is threatened with attack. Tho placing of a single State of the Union in military array, might end in torriblo consequences. The Governor might lose-his head in such an attempt, nnd few would pity him if he did. ThalStatc made one attempt at nullification, and the lessen she then received should teach her a little moderation and We have no fears of a dissolution of the Union-* no fears that the indiscreet threats put forth by the “chivalry of the South" will bo pul in _ execution.— Such.throats might frighten us if we did not knew that our'distinguished men of the nation are ready to meet the menaced hurricane. Benten, Houston, Clay, King, Shields, and many others have declared that the “Union must and shall bo preserved" at all hatards. Wo have also the sentiments of General Cass, and these sentiments arc so expressive and cm* phatic, that we ate induced to copy them. In a note to severs! Democrats of New York, who had lender* ed him tho hospitalities of a public dinner, during his stay in that city, a short time since, ho wrote as follows: Placed in a geographical position to oxeti a, pow* orful influence upon the duration of this confederacy of republics; attached to the Union, and to the whole Udion; arid attached equally to the principles of free* dom and to tho Constitution. by which these trs guarded and secured, should the time ever come— ha I trust it will not—and come whence and why it mky —when dissolution shall find advocitU’i.and the hand of violence shall attempt to sever the bond that holds us together, the West will rue up as one man, to stay a deed So fatal to the cause of liberty here and 1 throughout tho world—aye, and it will ba stayed.— < Success can never hollow the effort. If wo are not < struck by Judicial blindness, wo shall hold on to the | Constitution with a tenacity defying lime and acci. dent; thanking the God of our fathers, and our own I God, fur political institutions which have secured to * us a greater measure of'national prosperity than it i has been the lot of any people before us to enjoy.. Wo havo but uno danger to fear. As to military power and tho general corruption of manners and murals—causes to which history attributes tho fail of many republics in ancicni anil in modern days—l believe, if they aic not the last, (hoy arc among (he last of tho evils which we have to apprehend. Oar future would bo all the patriot could desire, if lhai future contained no other seeds of danger thin these. Tho prophetic sagacity of Washington foresaw and foretold tho truo danger-which threatens us; (he danger of sectional interests'and passions arraying one portion oflhc Union against another. A spirit of compromise was necessary to crests this confederation, and It Is equally necessary lo pre serve it in its integrity nnd efficiency. When ques tions come, deeply affecting the country, and dividing it by geographical lines, then comes the time of trial, which no true American can contemplate without anxiety. It is seldom that such issues can be pre sented, when mutual forbearance is not dictated alike by duty and by wisdom. If one-half of a great coun try, abandoning all other differences of opinion, la unanimous In its sentiments upon sny measure of internal, policy, locally affecting itself, its citizens should meet from their coundymen of the other sec tion kindness, and not denunciation; argument and not recrimination; and a desire to reconcile Conflict ing opinions, ns harmoniously as is compatible with the'nature of (lie controversy; No such views re specting their rights or their position can bo so held by an extensive community without the existence of forcible considerations, which cull for careful inquiry nnd for a wise at well os a kind decision. In this . spirit should sectional questions be discussed, and ifl , they are so, they will bring with them no danger; I but will furnish uddition.it motives fur union, and r 1 will contribute powerfully to our strength and pros perity. .. Arrival of the Barop#, The sloamer Buropa arrived at Halifax on Fri day last. Her news in a political point of view, is not important, .Lbdru llullin and thirty-three other persons implicated in tho dune rebellion, had been transported for life. Kossuth nnd four hundred of hts companions had been removed from-Widdon to Shumla. Nothing further has transpired in relation to the decision of the Em* peror of Russia respecting the Turkish affair.— There has been a decline in the Liverpool cotton market, and produce was rather dull. Treasurv IteciiPTs ran 1819.—The actual receipts at the Stale. Treasury from the let Dee., 1846, to the Ist Dec., ,1849, on account of canal and railroad tolls, are $1,938,800 13, From the same source the proceed- ing year, Increase for Iho year 1846-49 over 1847-48, TAYLOR'S ADBIIIfISTRATIOW COSDBMN* ; - BDIIIY TUB PBOPLBf: i ; Why 10 it lll»t Iho people •A.'unittiWnlly 1 end so signally Repudiated and condemedthe adinhij. Islralion of Geni Taylor? Certainly ho has becri, giiilly of aomd great error, some grievous offense, lo .bb entitled to so scorching a rebuke. r The . people u of this country never condemn a poblio ser-j vonl without good never.mfiroiur^wiih-j out good reason. Why then, wo ask again, has the 1 National Administration been condemned by tbo people? The Washington Dhiort sums.up the caus- j cs of the people’s displeasure, thus : \ I. A reokloßß violation of the sacred pledges and j promises of Gon.' Taylor, and of the loaders ondj presses of.the'parly who advocated his election. It. is now. too lato, to deny , that Gen. Taylor pledged i himself in the most solemn form against, the pros- 1 eription of. hny man fur his political opinions. -Those < pledges were made in numerous Jotters written pro-! viqtisly to the election, and substanllaily repeated in; the inaugural address, with the oath of ofiico ascen- j ding for porpetuM record.before a more oogusl than earthly tribunals, dad in the presence of the assem bled American people;. Yet, made with such solemn | sanctions and under such imposing cirdumstuncos/ they have all been ruthlessly and recklessly violated. And the fact stands out,os if;wrillcn in letters of sunlighl upon the azure sky, that the won who made ■ than eulemn promises against proscriptiOn has pto- ' scribed for opinion’s sake more of hie fellow-citizens than have been removed for all causes from the faun- j datiohof the government to'the present'time, .It is this political perfidity to the people, inlbwhicli Gon. 1 Taylor has been inveigled by the unscrupulous men 1 by whom ho is surrounded, ond who take advan.j (age of his weakness and inexperience, that has been one of the most poleat causes of the; withdraw-{ nl of the popular confidence from his odininistra- I lion.. ’ 9.-Another canto is the fact that he ha* virtual!/ and substantially abdicated (he.diiticsibd functions, of the presidential office, and invested the Cabinet j with--their performance and execution. ’-.JI matters ■el from what cause this dercliotlon df official du- I ties ob the part of Gen. Taylor, proceed^— whether from choice or from necessity, resulting from Inabil ity to execute them himself—it is cquallylaUl ip the eoitslitulion, which knows ho such body as the cabi net, andequully disorodllablolo himself. The pec- ( plo sf this country never anlioipated.tlial they were investing snob men as Thomas Ewing, John M. IGUyloii, Jacob Cullumor, and their colleagues In of fice, with the powers and functions oMho supreme executive of the nation when they elected Gsn. Tay lor. They never for once contomplaledlhal Thomas Ewing, or John M. Clayton, or Jacob Collamcr, or Win. Mi Meredith, was to exercise the constitution?'l al duties of the.President,in the name of the incum-1 bent •fthe office, (ho latter doing no : muro than to giro his signature to ,the rescripts of h|s cabinet— This course of conduct, on the. part of Gen. Taylor tsd the cabinet has done much to produce a revul sion in the minds of the people against fho adminis tration, and to place it in a minority. 3. Another cause for the change in popular opin ion against Gen. Taylor and the administration is, (he bungling manner la .which our foreign relations have been managed, and the evident sympathy dis played by Mr. Clayton and the Cabinot for the cause ofmonvrchy in Europe. We shall not now. attempt to go into details,leaving them for another and mere appropriate occasion.. It is sufficient to say that we have bad quarrels and difficulties with some six or I eight foreign nations under (he auspices of Mr. Clay ton’s diplomacy, from same of which he lias been extricated by accident, and others of .which are still pending, and likely to involve the country in more or less trouble. And the people of (hsVnited Stales have had the mortification of seeing (heir own gov ernment, under the direction of (he cabinet, manifes ting its sympathies fortlie blootfy and murderous eonsertatitm of Europe,represented bjptbe Emperors of Austria and Russia and the King of Prussia, and lending its active aid to continue iha- atroclons des potism which now crashes the beautiful island of 1 Cuba. It la such miserable and blundering, misman- , agemenl of our* foreign relations that has tended, Iwilh other causes, to alienate the confidence of (tic people from the administration. 4. Another cause is the proscription of meritori ous soldiers, and the reward of traitors, who opposed the cause oflhoir country in two foreign wars. Gen. Taylor has done his utmost to proscribe,break down and destroy. the democratic parly, .to- whose policy and kindness he owes all his military honors, and the presidency itself, and to build up,strengthen, and perpetuate In power the federal party, who opposed (lie cause of Ibcir country in two wars! lie has done even more than this.. Ho has removed the old patriots of tjio war of 1812, and put into their pla : ces men who were opposed to that war, and to the war with Mexieo. ' 110 has even exhibited tq the people the disgusting spectacle of proscribing,'or permitting to be proscribed in his name, the very men who fought and bled by his side an the sangui nary fields of Mexioo. No act which he has him solfdono, or permitted his cabinet to do, lint tended more to withdraw (ho confidence and support of the people from him than this ungrateful and inexcusa ble proscription of bravo and meritorious men who have risked (heir life* and died their Mood fur the cause or their country. 5. Another cause is the shameless and inhuman removal of p6or women wlio had held humble offices I which enabled them to support their indigent and impoverished families. Never before has the spirit, of.patly stouped'so low and been guilty of acts so scandalous snd revolling as the proscription of poor 1 women. Under title administration' those females, have .been removed from post offices and from the office of light house keepers, m order to make places , for unworthy creatures In mall attire, who claimed i to have earned (hem by their services in tho cause, of Federalism. 6. Another cause Is tho tampering with popular I elections end the ba)|ol-but, by an irresponsible oa ( bio In .Washington city, headed and directed by Truman Smith, a Senator from Connecticut, and eon trolling a corruption fund out of which its agents wore paid. Never before,under any previous admin istration were such open and profligate attempts made, under (he sanction of the cabinet, to influence , (be elections of. tho people and to tamper with the ballot box, Mr.,Smith, having the bnliniilod confi dence of Oon. Taylor and tbe cabinet, and striving with oil his might ond main to stye the admiulslra lion from the fate which was impending over it, did not hesitate to go into the field, offering to the poli ticians of • sovereign Slate more offices, if (hoy ex erted themselves and sleeted Congressmen to sustain the eabinet. This reprehensible conduct on (he port, of Trtinian Smith and liie coadjutors could not fail to disgust the people and to armmo|thcir jealousy against the eabinet) and therefore U may be set down at another of the prominent copses of the con demnation of the administration by (lie people. 7. Another cause is the gross nepekism Which lias been.practised under this sdininfatrslion. We have only to point to tbs' appointment to valuable offices of the relatives and friends of John J. Crittenden, the relatives and friends of Thomos Ewing; TLe rol olives md’ friends of Oalos ond Seaton, and (he rel ative! ond friends of Mr. Maxwell, collector of Now York, for Instances In which (he spirit of nepo tism has t>«en exemplified to a degree absolutely j sickthing*; - ' j We 'might nomu other causes of unpopularity, but we have assigned sufficient | and these causes itre I $1,590,055 03 $79,305 10 radical, olid .how Uial Bblll Geh. Taylor and the oa lincl are unworthy’of, the confidence of the people, 1 and can never regain it. They involve moral nbor .ration —so far as the.broach of pledges is concerned I —-incompetency and political| favoritism, corruption and profligacy,.unexampled in the history of any [administration. •. - j 1 Now, is there any redemption for Gen. Taylor j and the administration 7 Its organs, in view of the | appalling fact that the administration, at the end of the first eight months of its career, stand condemned |by the popular-judgement, still console themselves I with the hope that its measures are to redeem it, and (again restore it to the’ confidence of the people. Vein {hope indeed. Ita.measnres I What.are they, and ' what are they to bo? Whal'Aaoe been Us measures, I wo have aheady. recapitulated in the causes which jwe nave assigned, for its overthrow. - And.what ,aro jto bo its future measures? So for as they have been I shadowed .forth, Increased* expenditures, increased jdebl, Increased taxes, the resuscitation of the tariff of 1842 for the benefit of. the.monopolists, and the ro. |peoi of the independent, treasury for the benefit of , the speculators and gamblers of the slock, market.. 1 Arc the affections of the Amdric&n people Ip .bo .wooed back by such measures? Area people, whose high destinies art* only,to bo. developed[ by progrks 'sign, to be suddenly induced ln their mojes* j tie career, und retreat to conservatism for a shelter ’ i against the spectral dohgtrs which the sinister or this selfish conjure up from their own wonddrfur and us llounding, prosperity 7 Aro such measures as these to lure back the .American people again Ip the cm -1 braerfs of an administration which obtained itspow. ' er by false pretences , and has insolently bclrajted the [confidence which it thus secured 7 Never 1 The fule of this administration is sealed. Like a shatter ;od hulk, wlilch has been reeked in some terrible (storm, it will Abut down Hie tide of time; to Its morl. led oblivion. lie personnel will cling to the govern ment until their hands are Wrenched from.lt by the people in 1852, and then they 100 will pass away j from the popular thought and memory. Or, if they shall be remembered, U will be for the mo ral which paints tho (ale qf their singular career and end. ' ■ , . LETTER TO THE EDITOR* The following Idler from an esteemed young friend, who 101 l Carlisle some four or ,five weeks sinfco, will bo read with interest by Ms many acquaintances.—, I We. were very glad to, hour from him, and to learn that his health is improving. Meuatitt, (Tenn.) Ittov. 2?, 1849. illy jDsar Bratton i —l can hardly realize the fad that it is three weeks since 1 loft that good old place, Carlisle, so rapid has lime passed.. The bright mor ning I bade farewell to my homo shall, not.soon be forgotten ; fur ho must have a.cold heart indeed who could sever, without a- reeling, of sincere regret,' the lies and friendships that hold one to their native place. Alter one has been gone a little while, and gets among strangers, he begins to feel the reality ol the fact, that ho ius abandoned his home, purled with his friends, and gone to seek a new abode far away. The strong and healthy man can plunge into tho busy scenes of life boldly, and forget the past; but fur dif ferent is it with him who goes in search of that most proeious gilt, health ; compelled to avoid the confu sion of active life and spend his time in a quiet and retired way, the recollections of home, its comforts, the familiar frees of friends, all crowd upon his pie mory and excilo emotions of deep regret. ' Bah ! 1 did'nt intend; my dear Bratton, to start out so senti mentally, but some how, as Sam Weller would say, h was “nalor. H My journey hither lias hot been a ploaaant one, owing in great part to the ill humor ortlm "clerk of the weather," who blessed mo with a full complement of the must disagreeable-weather imaginable. By way of preparing me Tor the worst, I presume, 1 was do lujed at ths Harrisburg depot exactly, three and’ a hull' hours, owing to the failure ol'the Philadelphia train; this gave us the pleasure of a night ride to Lewislown, so that wo did nut gel fairly afloat oh the "raging eanuwl" until mfdutghl, at which ro mantic hour we eat down- to a supper that had been cooking far precisely six hours, and or course had advanced to u very considerable degree of ourbonifl cation. The banquet ended, the order was given to repair on deck until the berths could bo 6xed. . All these things were trifles, 1 hod boon to sea before, and didn't feel at all afraid but awfully tired | so af ter the ehooaing of berths was over, I tumbled into mine and began to observe those gentlemen who were preparing to make an ascent to the third tier. Imagine a score of Individuals in their while frock coats and pants,some with red hankcrchicfa tied.over their i heads, mounting like so many monkeys, to their lof ty resting places. Now, these berths are rcmarubly narrow, aud it' you wahl to be safe.you must lie on your back square and flat,.an-admirable position far enuring, which delightful music, (to one who can't sleep' himsslf) soon breaks upon tho cur' Iny fifty different tones ull having a peculiar nasal twang. At last, wearied but, I fall asleep. The. next day turned onl damp and foggy. We reached Hollidays burg In the night, and had to "turn out" si four in ths morning, in order that breakfast might bo got ready far us to start over the plains by six. If there is a bur© .on earth, it is cresting these planes] the : provoking delays, one’s life risked some ten distinct . times,and add to this a pelting rain dnd you can] judge of the amiable stale of my feelings. At lost! we go down the last piano, when, oh 1- horror, a 10-1 1 oomotivo and caj have ran olf the track and me right •in mir way ; alter more than two hours work the passage was cleared, and we proceeded to Johnstown; hero; we were too lute lor dlnnor and too soon for supper, Wei, cold, and hungryi Cupl. Birkcy, how* over,soon prepared us a supper dinner,-and we once more began to feel u degree of comfort. Wo "turned 2n" early, and 1 fell asleep ruminating on the proba ble effects of my hie exposure upon mo., Next mor ning 1 wus quite ill, but u strict last during the day and some medicine restored mo. It continued ruin ing oil day, and we did hot roach Pittsburg tyi nine at night, where a comfortable room and warm lire ol lio St. Charles soon dispelled rny gloomy feelings, and 1 fell asleep with a earl of rovcngetul graliAea- i Uun in the thought, that tho central railroad would •unn knoak thu packet bouts Into a cocked hat. . Smoky, spioky, Pittsburg I Al all.times dingy, but on a gloomy wet day, how diamalt ■ 1 sent out some cards and soon had tho pleasure of seeing some of my frlonda, with whom 1 passed the day pleasantly enough; but as 1 began to. feel the ill effects of tho impure atmosphere, end was unable to go out on ac* count uf the ruin, i concluded to go down tho river at onec, and accordingly took passage for Louisville, (Ky.)on the “Telegraph, No. 1.” Wo left the levee at il o'clock, and although it was Sunday it was hard to remember the fact* so much biislie and noise were there. As we pushed off the “ colored popula tion " belonging to the crow were gathered on the ! forward singing negro aonga and displaying a small Hag; the shore was crowded* and another boat start ' ed out at the same time, so that wo were in for a race } altogether proving nut a Utile exciting. Its all very well to speculate about collapsed flues, burst* ing boilers, &c., but got into a race,and you will not And it so easy to keep you feelings from becoming enlisted, so that before a half an hour you arc as eager I as any. The opposing boat Anding uagcllingulioad ran into our side, and tho guards looked so that one could step from bout to.boat) after a low minutes wo got loose and went ahead. Wo wont down wUh a fine flood of. wster, and rnsdo the run to Wheeling in'five hours. Tho chimneys hud to be lowered ,in nrderlffpass the suspension bridge, which has just been finished ; it is sixty seven feel above high wo* ter murk, but still too low to lot some of the larger boots pass without letting down their chimneys. This bridge is said to be tho largest of tho kind in tho world, and is certainly a noble and graceful struct ure. Wo pustedon rapidly down, and reached Oin* j clnnali Tuesday forenoon, wiibra the boat stopped I a couple of hours, and 1 look a ramble through the city. 1 Was rullior disappointed Mhe coal gives all these western cities u dingy look. Next morning when 1 awoke, I found we wore at Louis* ville. Traveller* are proverbialibr telling tales, end the conference is, we have luoh exulted notions o( things abroad; (het when we come to see Tor oureeh veewe ere generally disappointed, A trip down* the Ohio Is not, I think,decidedly interesting; it Irtrue (here ardi some pretty ..views above Wheeling, but I further down there is nothing but a dull line of woody I hill* along the bank, shutting out ull view ol the .in* torior, and never themselves rising into any thing sublime er plclom«iue. But few ortho towns present anything to interest tho eye. tt Blannerhaisel and North Bond are placcs full of interest, but only calculated to call up'feelings.of regret, forth® former la in complete ruins, the latter only interest ing as the home nf Gen. Harrlson.lhe grounds pos sessing little of beauty, and the bouse a: simple* 1 might say a rude structure. ' .. Everything most come to an end, and such proves to be the.ease with this sheet of paper? so good y for the present* prom *v ashin d-roW. ' Washington, Dec. IU. Senate met and adjourned. • • _. House.—The members assembled at 12 o clock. Winthrop, of Mass., Whig, 102 . Potter; of Ohio,Dem., ' *5 . r. C Wilinbl of Pa., F. S., . •' ® *5 Uuyd, of Ky., Dcm., 1 q Richardson,of lU.<Dorn., • •• 1 ’ Vo 10 Green, of Mo., Dom., r : ,' ’ 5 Gentry, of Tcnn.,.VVnig, ■j : '3' Miller, of Ohio, Dem., o ' n ; 2 Brown* of Indian,-Dom., - 7 a M’Willie, of Miss.,-Dcm., . J ... V ' J Staunton, of Tenn., 1 f I Dorkee, ; } J ; ’ 0 Bowden, . } ’ n n M'Lean, of Md., Dem., 1 -■ « Harris, of Ala., Dcm,, 1 • • 1 Meade, of Virginia', Dem., 1 * Kaufman, 1 ? : o' Bayly.ofVa., Dcm., 1 . \ t Cobb, 0f.G00., Dcm., . , " « M’Qneco, ~ • . ■ 1 . Colcock,; . f*;/ ■■, Horace Mann, • f Total, . 219 224 . 22'i There being no choice, tho House adjourned. The Body of Dr* PorUman Identified ■ * • ; ■ .Boston, Dec. 4. The teeth arid jnw found’ in Professor Webster's grata have been ' identified 'by 'Dr; Keep tho dentist who operated on Dr. Packman's mouth a short time since. The jaw also fits the mould tuken at that time. . The family of Dr. Parkinan haVe'cluimcd the bo* dy fur,interment, and have had the same encased in a'lcoden box, preparatory to burial. ' Tho body lus a slab la tho ribs, through.into llie cavity of the chest;' Prof Webster is still in prison, and remains per* fcotly calm. -' From tiie Pennsylvanian. TUB PRESIDENT OF TUB UNITED One remarkable feature ol the present administra tion.is the uniform abscciiceof the Presideni—the head.of tiib nation—whenever allusion is mauefoffi cUlly or otherwise’, to any'.great question. A baby king or queen, lording it over the nursery, or playing with mimic subjects in the toy room, could nol.be more completely unknown to the masses of a despot* ism or d monarchy, who might be as they haVopd'tun been, governed in tholr name* All that we know of Gon. Tuylor is through some-anecdote* or wise re* mark, illustrative of his painful inexperience. ,He speaks as the President through seven ministers who surround him ; and .it.is no longer a matter of doubt 1 that when culled upon 16 give his opinion upon any of the. subjects committed to these ministers, his ig* norunce and . his awkwardness are pitiable beyond expression.' . In the elevated position Which Gen. Taylor occu pics, his military glory has been of no service to him. Unaccompanied by any of those sterling ac quirements which are the very elements of the Ex* scutive, as contemplated by the immortal frame?# of the constitution, the halo of victory only reveals the vacuum created by the abscenco of these great ele menu, the more startling to the public eye'. In a country like this* it is as important to have in able ond experienced Presidential it is unimportant in Europe to have an able and experienced King. The idea of a nullity at tho head of our government, is lo insult the republic, and to dishonor the reputation, which has been gained during the administrations of the wise and sagacious men of other days. The idea of a regency is to sublimate, insult and to refine [outrage. The course of things under the present administration, proves that the people of this coun try, at tho November election) Voted not lo put pom Taylor into office, but Claytod, CollumCr, and Ew ing { for these arc tho administration—these the pow. er—these the President. Such is the Consequence of the lust successful effort to establish hi this,coun try tho system Under Which the people of Europe have suffeicd so often and so cruelly. . imagine the result of tho last contest, if the people had been culled upon to vole for tho members of this regency, instead.of for Gen. Taylor; if the game smcsjplayed off upon the country had been frankly, avowed ; if tho utterly inferlol and subordinate part east toOen. Tuylor had been known 1 Add yet there ire those living who do not hesitate to declare that If. General Tuylor is again presented to the country, he will bd triumphantly sustained! .' What a biitbr libel upon the honest prtdo and, the common sense of the voter, Is lids weak and shallow boast. ' Gon. Tuytor 4 s ignorantc of public affairs is unhap pily sustained by lud mahy. circumstances to make a doubtful matter. Ilis cabinet Minister's fool him t ) llio lop of Inn bent. Up to this day ho is said still to believe (hat very few persons are Jurned out or office, onU lie prattles as garulhusly about the Allison letter, and other antiquated expressions to which he signed his namot as if (hoy had riot long ago become practically obsolete, duccti Victoria herself could not bo mure surprised and confounded if any body, were to step up to. her,and ask her what she thbdghti of the navigation act, than would Gen. Toylor bo if requested to elucidate the simplest quesliuns Itt pn. litical economy. His answer to his cabinet mints (ers, when they are perplexed; is doubtless that of the old King to hls'counicllort t “ A pretty piece of business is this! Why do you annoy inbf Did 1 nol 'tmploy you to think for me ?’* . And so everything is thrown into the hands of iroven unscrupulous politicians—John M. Clayton, whose mistakes have oliondy become historical, u( llio head; end Jacob Cnllamer, all of whose fame grows out of an insane opposition to o just wer< at the.Uil—with prosetiplive Ewing, to hunt out vic tims for the axo, and Meredith, a lawyer all his life, to educate the country in the science of taxation, revenues and finances generally. .Threat to. Assassinate Henry Clay— An indi vidual from Baltimore, who gate his name as Rub inson, was arrested on Thursday morning In'the Senate Chamber, while threatening to assassinate the Horn, Henry tflay. Robinson, who Is supposed to bo insane* was committed to juil. Where are the Smith*?—ln looking over the list of the members of the House of Representatives, we observe there ere six Kings, four Thompsons, throe Johnsons, threo. Harrises, two Caldwells, two Butlers, and two Browns, but not a single Smith. ftj" Gen. Taylor’s throe hundred slaves are to be called together to their daily toil by a plantation boll presented to the General by a bell manufacturer of West Troy i N.J. Tub Southern . Movement in New York.— The Now York correspondent of the' Philadelphia Ledger says: ' . The ominous outgivings of the Washington loltor-wtilore, respecting tiro contemplated move ment of (lie southern members of Congress, Inco- Itoienl and improbable as they may be, arc not Without efieot bsre. -Most people are looking for ward to a orisisi.but- none yol are,hold enough to look at disunion straight In the face. The tumor that seven of the slave States had reaolvedlo se cede, in the ovant of the passage of tho proviso, lias been repented so oftoh r within n few days past, and by men who are in a- position to know what they arh talking about, that the public mind is made uneasy and excited, 1 Who dares to cal culate the mighty , rdvbldtioii our trade andcorn tneroo would have to undergo, in the event of aucli a calamity This is tiro first oonsetjuenco con sidered by men who- deal in cotton and cent ilk political results are considered 1 by Iho niaeses, loss under tho influence of dollars and- cents; -The editor of the Georgia Messenger received a mesa of green cucumbers and plumbs the other day.. -. it Situation at the Louisian*. The New Orleans Della gives a full history of the explosion of tlio Louisiana, willi a list of the [lead, concluding OS follows 1 . from’the above it appears that the nnniber of dead: discovered and recognized, and of the mis- ■ sine 1 who are given dp as dead, is seventy-one, ana the wounded, many of whom wt 1 die—neat ly all of 'whom are mutilated and deformed for . life—is twenty-nine. • , 'This is a fearful list of mortality, and yet, we believe il falls short, by 00, of the real number killed by the disaster. The large number of un known and poor people, who were on the boiler, dock of the boat—the deck-hands, .the, poor,,fruit erers,. who were, crowded about her boughsaia among these, the mortality must have been very. great. If so many of our citizens, well known, and when bodies have been so earnestly isoughl after, have not been found, how many, must, there be of the, friendless strangers, in relation to whom , , no information is posoesedl .Nearly idhoMtalf of; those: whose bodies, bpvßibeen. recovered, were. 1 killed dn 'tho wharf, or op the adjoiningisloam-, ; boats. Those who. Were silling in Ilia saloons, jiiil oyer the boiierd, have not been heard of.” The Mayor of New Orleans, as a mark of air row for the dead, and an expression of sympathy; fur the relatives of the unfortunate. yEtim* of the awful catastrophe on board the steamer Louisiana, : invited the captains and masters of all vessels in 'harbor, itnd.tho owners of public houses, to hoist - their flags at half mast* on the 17lh ultimo.' Tits' - request was gladly complied'with.' In 1886, General Waahingion .imported .two, ploughs from England, because he found out own 100 inferior for good husbandly. 1 JVathingion Republic, .: 1 n 1849, General Taylor imported 600 yard* of Brussels carpel from England, because lie found onr own 100 inferior for an American President tw walk upon. This i« an»ther : proof.that General Taylor is a Second Washington !~-rLouuvxlle Dtm,_ ■ carried; ■ - t'lxx Harrisburg, on the 271 h ult., by fhe Rev, Dr. Hodgeson, Mr. McKinney Smith, Jo Miss •Mary Ann Mobrrtt, both of South Middleton tow'rtsliip, Cumberland Go. Sbw the 27th,ult., by. the Rev.,George Morris, Francis Eckcl-s, Esq., to Miss Janb.Kcko; all ol Silver Spring lomitHhip,, Thursday, the !3ih in«t., by. the Rpy. Ol iver 0. McLane, Mr. James T. Stuari*. of South Middleton township, to Mins Martha 1 J; Woods, of* .West Pennsbormigh township. . [With tlie above notice wa-recriveil’t lorgf slice 6f wed* ding cake, for wlilch our yminf friends will receive our aid. cere thank*. May a lung, happy, and prosperous life attend them.J • < • - ; 1 • x . DIED* - ■ rOn Thursday, the 6lfi instant, of Croup, William S.j sou of James M. and -Elisabeth B. Allun, aged 7 month*; It i* said, with Irulli, afflictions come not single handed. Scarcely hud the cold and silent .grave hid the remains of one child, until the spoiler set’hisseal upon another. Why, some may ask, this frightful sacrifice of infant life 7 Apart from physical causes, i we may sdppnae many reasons of a benevolent na ture. Their removal from a world of sin and suffer- ing, to a world of holiness and exemption from sor. rosy, can surely Involve no. malevolence, in Deity.— The desire lo liaVo.ehildren inheavenifur its orna- ment and variety, and the Wishlo save alarger number than might otherwise enter there, may cer tainly have operated on God in the removal. .' And what striking and important lessons are connected with their departure! The spectacle of a little child affords an instructive example of man's feebleness, but the sight of a dead infant, with all-its develops monts of body and mind, arrested in their earliest growth, by the untimely blast; is humiliating in the extreme. Man's hopes are, perhaps, no where more touchingly displayed, as lighter than vanity, than st the grave of childhood. But too often children are indulged by fund parents, and the Creator, in soch oases, withdraws them from the scene, that himself may be adored. Tiie heart needs to be taken sway from the fascinations of the world and p.accd upon things unseen and eternal. But, however such things may be, we must novor, torn moment, accuse the wisdom, benevolence, and faithfulness of God, in these inflictions of his providence, nor murmor si allotments so severe, slncb all that we have is His, and he will hereafter make it plain (o onr npprehen. sion, the excellence of his ways, oven in the ordeal of suffering. M. Elastic Doll llcmlN. A NEW and beautiful article.'lndicted to be au t\. pctlor to anything of the kind over before man ufaclbied. Ueing elaatic will not hretk by falling, and being painted ih oil “it may l»e wdahed with soap and Water WheH soiled, and readily restored to their original bcdutjr. For sale at the cheap store of P. MONYER. Dticfimbcr 13, 1949. For Hour. THAT elegant and communion* (wo «tory Unck House, on the south.'side of High street, Carlisle, now in the 6c of W., H. Miller,,Es*. There, is every attached to the boos*, to imko it a.desirable, residence; having a.Cistern* a Ofifden full of choice fruit trees, Ac, For teims opW to LEMX. TODD, Ag’t. December 13,1840—3 t For Rcut. WILT, be oflbicd for . rent, at pnldie outcry, at Orth’s hotel, in this' Dorough, oi) Saturday the 93d ; AmgJL instant, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon,- the jflUjfß HOUSE end LOT at present occupied by JJJjraLthe subscriber, on the corner of North end I I IBHanover streets, Carlisle.. In addition to the house there is a hack building, stable, Ac., on said lot. Possession given on the Ist of January, iB6O. DAVID GRIER. December 13, 1810—21 For Rent. ONE omongst tho beat stands jn tlie Borough; a largo and commodious house, having 13 apart** menu and a cellar under the. whole, near tho Oontr# Square, situate on High Street, nasrljr opposite Burkholder's hotel, and at present occupied bv \V. T.Phaler. r 7 Also, a Frame House and Stone Kitchen, having six rooms and two :cellors f situate in Churph jdley.* Possession given on the Ist of April next. ISAAC TODIX December .13, 1840— 8| . , Auditor’s Notice. r PHE undersigned Audiloi appointed by -the court J. to marshall and distribute the easels in the hands of Samuel Woodburn, Sequestrator of the Hanover and Carlisle Turnpike Hoad Company* will attend for that purpose at the Arbitrotora Chamber, in the Court House, in Carlisle, on Thursday, the Sd day of January* 1660. ; : ! W.S. COBEAN, Auditor. December 13,1840—at Estate LETTERS- of administration on the estate of Wiry Harlin, deceased, late of Newton township, Cumberland county'.Pennsylvania, have been grant*, ed to the subscriber residing in the same township* All persons Indebted to said eslste will mske imme diate payment, and those having claims twill present them-properly authenticated foj settlement, to i • •; JOHN HIGHLANDS, E*V. December 13, < , , , - the Court of Common ; : OP CUMBERLAND COUNTY. . Catharine Myers, I late Cathafi No. 84, August nrio.Hedvingcr, hy her father Term,'lB49. Sub* and noxf friend,, John Ileav* pebna sur divorce.-^ : fl2lh.NbV;iB49{ofl rodßon of, Mr., Todd, George \V, Myers. J proof haying bdert blade that the said GeorgeW, Myers, could nolb* fodnd. . Notice is hereby given tb the 1 said ’ Georg* W. Myers, to appear ph : the Iftb'dky of January* 1860, to'anawer the complaint‘of the said'CatHarlna Myora.;,'DrAyiDifSMlTHiSH’fl; December “ - r - :J ' ■ "ft*- Communicated.
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