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.