'THE VOLUNTEER .
John B, Bratton* Editor and Proprietor.
CARLISLE. NOV. 10. 1853.
Courts at Carlisle, for 1853.
Sessions and Over and 1 Orphan’s.
Terhiner. I Tnesday, November I.
Monday, November Id. | Tuesday, Decembers?.
33* Rev. I. K. Hast, of John Blown i» oipeoled lo
preach In the Lutheran Church on noil Sabbolh
morning and. craning-
Large Turnips.— Wo acknowledge the receipt of
four largo and beautiful turnipo from Judge Stuart,
of South' Midfloloii township. The largest weighed
pound*, and measured 33 inches in circumfer
ence ! The; were perfectly sound and of fine qual
ity. Who can beat this t
Speaker ox tox House. —Wo notice with pleasure,
that Ezra B. Chase, Esq., member elect from Sus
quehanna county! Is named by a number of papers
(bi the Speakership of the House of Representatives.
Ml C- was a prominent member of the last House,
and took in aclivo part la all of the proceeding# of
that body. Ho Urn young man of fine abilities, an
able speaker, and a true and unflinching Democrat.
When wo take into consideration his location in the
State, his business habits, reputation and experience,
we think bis claims arc well founded, and ahould be
duly considered by his brother member#. We shall
rejoice to aeo him selected for this responsible and
honorable position.’
State Texasurxr.— Joseph Bailv, Esq., of Perry
county (late Senator from this district,) will bo strong
ly urged for the office of Stale Treasurer. Ho is a
moil excellent and worthy man and true Democrat,
and in tho event of hia selection will make a trust
worthy and competent officer.
Oar friend Judge Strickland, of West Chester, is
alio named as a candidate for this office. Ho too is
a good and true man, and has rendered most valuable
services to the Democratic party,
Anointment bt the Governor.—Geo. W. Bow-
UAHi of Bedford, lo be Adjrrtanl General of Penney!-
▼aoia, to supply the vacancy occaaioned by the
resignation of Gen. Jamoa Keenan, appointed Con
aal to Hong Kong, by the President.
Good J—Right glad ore we lo ace Gen. Bowman
reinstated \n his old position. Gov. Bigler, hod he
searched the whole Stale, conld not have found a
man belter qualified for the office. Wo congratulate
you. brother Bowman, and wish yoo "a good time
of it.”
Nsw Rules.— Heretofore it has been customary
to give precedence to (he business in which any
member of Congress may be personally interested
before tho Departments at Washington. To this
practico'is attributed, for the most part, the contu
sion and delaya which for years past has prevailed
In the affair* of more or less of the various bureaua.
Tho Washington Slar slates, that orders will proba
bly soon be promulgated by the various heads of the
Departments, forbidding any gentleman's colls,
whether he be in or out of Congress, lo be answered
out of their regular tarns.
Political Class Book of Pennsylvania.— Wo have
received from the publishers, E. C. & J- Biddle, 6
South Fifth street, Philadelphia, a volume bearing the
above title. It is edited by Daniel Fuller, and is in
tended for schools and popular use. It comprises a
familliar exposition of the Constitution of the Slate,
and of some of the more important features of the
polities! institutions established in accordance there
with, together with copious remarks on tho genera!
principles of governmental power. It ia written in
questions and anawraVand wil 1
prove serviceable to the '
n»BEUao«i Films.—The PemiayJuanlon Tele
graph, to long pnbliahed by Thcophiluo Fenb, and
tba Whig State Journal, have been united, and will
ba bereafier published by J. J. Patterson &. Co., wlio
purpose to issue. Id addition to thoir weakly paper’
a daily and aemi-weckly. Wo abould bo gratified
to ace a good daily paper of any politico oatoblialicd
at Harriabnrg, and wo arc aalisfied, if rigorously
conducted, it would bs liberally aupporled.
Isoun Summul— Ram.—This moat delightful ae;
toa'of the year bsa come earlier than usual this ful.
wl are now lo the‘midst of it, and all who can tak
a nds to the country should do bo, if they have any i
t s s(Q for witnessing the beauties and glories of au
tumn. This Indian summer is the dividing line bo- 1
tween the summer and winter portions of the year,
and after its departure, rain*, and settled cold woalh
er follow and continue. Wo may look for rain, and
a rise in tbe riser, within ton days. Wo do not
pretend lobe weather-wise, but we bo'ievo one fact
is fully ascertained, from which some safe condo
■lons may be drawn. It is known that in this lati
tude, the amount of rain or water that falls during a
twelve month varies from twcnty-lwo lo twenty sis
inches, hardly ever falling below the lower number,
or exceeding the twenty six inches. Taking this as
a fact and basis of calculation, wo may expect heavy
falls of rain within the next three months, ns during
the last nine months the proportion of rain haa been
■mailer than usual. Coal boat men, and owners of
Urge steamers, may etpecl a favorable season for
thalr trade ere Fong.
If any one disputes this theory, lot him give a bet
lerone—ifhe oan. If any one doubta it lime will
determine.
Ah InoIDXHT IK * CoHctBT Room.— I The Wa.h
hlgloo 8l«r ««Ji, Rial on Wodnc.day night, nhiloj
fhH Germaniani wore performing a lino .ymphony
Horn Beethoven, llm largo hall at Carnal'a being
crowded, the Proaldent of llio United Slolca oolorod,
■ooompanled by C. L. Ward, Eaq.. of Towandi, r.„
cod Mr. Webiter bia priv.to Secretary, wheroopon
Ibo GermanlaDß inalanlly changed Iho mn.lc lo Hail
Colombia, and moil of Ibo audience roao in reaped
for Ibo proionco of Iho Chief Magl.trale of the conn
try and ita glorlona national anthem.
At the recent oeeeion of tho United Stales Cir
cuit Court, at Columbus, Ohio, Judge McLean
made a decision sustaining the constitutionality
of the famous “Crowbar law” in Ohio, a law by
which, if the banks refuse to pay their taxes, the
collectors are anthorized to open the bank vaults
with a crowbar and help themselves lolbepooplo s
dOOB,
GdiiT Roddebt.— Tho Bank of the Slate of
New York was robbed on iho 3lsl nlle/of bills
the amount o t $37,000. The money, at the lime,
waa in charge of the porter, but his attention was
directed for about lon seconds to some specie, dur
ing whlafa llmo the money was stolen. The mo*
ney was In a canvass bag, and hid upon tho coun
ter In the Bank.
Curious Pomatum. — Several months since, n
small bon, about ten inches square, directed to
John Smith, was received at Cincinnati, by express
from New York, and as it was never called for at
the express office, it was opened on Tuesday, and
found to contain some neat wooden boxes, filled
A little boy died In PUuburg, on Toeadey, from! w j l j 1 rC( j tooth powder, and also half a dozen email
the poisonous effect* of some gympton seeds, which | |, oxeB labelled “pomatum.* 1 Tho laltor, on
it bad eaten a few hour* previously, These danger.! being broken open, wore found to bo filled with
coa weed* »boald ncm be permitted lo grow In the obout fivo hundred dollar* in samples of new Is
neighborhood of dwellings. Children ere very reedy; aQeB of riouß mo ney. The bills are on Eastern
to sit anythin, in lbs sb.ps of seed, or berries, end „ e we „ oxe cutod.
those of a poisonous oeloro should be kept out of, *
thels way.
The notes of the Bank of Maittllon, were
dlitttdUed el CldoldobU. oo Saturday laat, and the
Belih of Oiwefo, N.Y., la In bad oredU In New
York cllji
THE GUTHRIE AND BRONSON CORRES-
PONDENCE.
On our first page will bo found tho correspondence
between Mr. Guthrie, the Secretary of the Treasury,
and Mr. Bronson, lato collector for the port of New
York. \Vo have had so many Inquiries in regard
to the letters that passed between these gollemcn,
that wo thought it best lo publish them at length.—
Wo feel no disposition to enter into a detailed ar-
gument on the subject 6f this correspondence, for
every reader, now that he can peruse it himself, can
form hia own judgment lo his own satisfaction. —
Wo may bo permitted to remark, however, that bo.
tween the administration and its important subordi-
nate officers there should and must be harmony ol
feeling and action.
It appears from the letters that passed between
Secretary Guturir and Collector Bronson, that the
latter gentleman, in dispensing hie immense patron
age, had favored one section of the *party (the
“hards") and almost entirely neglected tho other
section, known as tho “softs."
had yielded a cordial support to Gen. Pixbck when
he was a candidate, and have been equally zealous
in sustaining his administration since ho assumed
tho Executive duties. Both had adopted the ‘‘Bal
timore platform," and both bad agreed lo consider
by-goncs by-goncs, and in future eschew everything
like disorganization in the Democratic party. Thus
it appeared, a union and good feeling waa hereafter
to exist in the parly of New York, and that for the ]
future we ahould have no “free soil" movements, no |
more disorganization. Secretary Guthrie (and the
President too, no doobtjlclt anxious lo encourage
tho good feeling which they had a right lo suppose
existed, and in dispensing the palronngo of the Gov
ornmcnl they were willing lo recognize all as Dam
crats who were then cordially with tho administra
tion in its views of national policy. But it appears
Mr. Bronson, (who is beyond doubt a most worthy
man.) thought otherwise, and in appointing his
Clerks and Deputies bo made selection, very gener
ally, from his own section of tho party. Tho Ad
ministration dosirod to recognize all as deserving
who had accepted the Baltimore platform—Mr.
Bbonson, on the other hand, repudiated this policy
and insisted (bat the “hards" alone should bo recog
nised. Here then was the issue,'abd one party or
the other had to yield. The Secretary of the Treas
ury finding that Mr. Bronson wouti not yield his
own opinions, removed bim from office. This, we
: believe, is about tho true state of the case, as wo
understand it.
The Whig journals, now that they have no “Whig
principles” lo talk about, aro trying their best to
make a little capital out or Ibis difficulty between
the Secretary of the Treasury and Mr. Bronson.—
They hod better save their breath lo cool their broth,
Tor they can do nothing, say nothing, that will in any
way injure the administration. We regret the mis*
understanding that occurred between Mr. Gothhii
and Mr. BaoNSOS.and think that had their corros
-1 pondcnco been a private instead or a public one, they
could and would have understood each other much
better. But, as wo hive said, a national admmis
tralion must be a unit in policy, and IT Mr. Bronson
(good a man as ho is) persisted in differing with the
administration, and thus creating discord, wo don't
boo how ho could expect lo bo retained in power. —
Mr. Bronson was honest in his views, no doubt ? so
was Mr. Guthrie. It was an honest difference of
opinion between honorable men. Mr, Bronson goes
out of office with the good wishes of the admiois
tralion, ond with the respect of ail. Another has
i been oppoinled in his place whoso views harmonize
with the administration, and in regard lo appoint
ments ho holds similar views with Mr. Gutubii.—
This has been the JinaU of Iho difficulty, and we
oao’l Bce that the country has suffered lo any great
degree, as oar Federal friends would like to make it
appear.- Tho only error in the whole matter, as wo
said before, was in publithing the correspondence.—
J D our humble judgement this should not have been
done, not that there is anything objectionable in (ho
correspondence, but because it was a mere dispute
j between the administration ond one of its officers,
I about a certain course of policy on tho part of the
latter. However, its publication can do no particu
lar injury lo any one, and may perhaps convince all
that the President is determined, at all hazards, to
sustain the policy indicated in his Inaugural address,
and is equally determined that Ihovo men who hon
estly agree with him in sentiment and action shall
not bo proscribed because of former errors. Ho do
sires peace rn the Democratic family, because he
believes tho country requires it. Tho wrangling of!
factions, but a few months since, came near effect
ing a dissolution of the Union, ond the President is
solicitious that harmony should prevail in future.—
This should be, and doubtless is, the desire of every
true patriot in our land.
Papers. To the poor, the weekly newspaper
is a precious boon. They cannot afford books,
and indeed, would have but a 1 Hilo lime lo read
them. But for the merest trifle, hardly to be miss
ed, a whole family may draw almost daily from
an Inexhaustible fund of reading. The father can
discuss the contents of his newspaper at the break
fast table, with his wife and children, and go forth
to his labor supplied with material for thought
which cannot fail to make him wiser and better,
and elevate him in the scale of humanity. It is
an undeniable fact that while (he few read books,
the many depend entirely on the newspaper for
Intellectual food. Surely every lover of his coun
try would rather see the great' body of his follow
citizens Intellectual and virtuous, than degraded
1 to the level of the ignorant and abject masses of
European population. Then we say remove every
1 restriction upon the circulation of newspapers.—
> The postage tax is a restriction. Abolish it. Let
• them be scattered broadcdbl over the land, It ie
safe lo predict, that the rising generation of Ame
rica will prove the most enlightened race of men
that the world ever saw.
SiNot'oea Piivbiolooic.il Fact. —The Sooth
Side Democrat, (Petersburg, Va.,) romarke—"ln
the recent epidemic which devastated Now Or
leans, we have been informed that few, if hny, of
the sufferers were among tho blacks; and a gentle
man who lived for several years at Mobile, doting
which lime the yellow fever twice attacked that
city, tells os he never knew a negro to die of It.
There is an aptitude, on adaplodnees of tho Afri
can to high temperatures, that is ns immutable a
fact as any other natural law."
The Norristown Register speaks of Jacob Fry, Jr.,
as a candidate for the office of Speaker In the neat
’ House of Representatives. Mr. F. we believe, has
1 already served several terms in Congress, and is a
‘ gentleman of very fair abilities.
The Carlisle Herald of last week, in speaking
of the recent Democratic triumph in this Stale*
makes nee of the following language:
They (the Democrats) will now have a jolly time
of it, on the people's money, even if it does increase
our State debt a few millions. Well, if the peo
ple do not feel interest enough in their own'wel
fare to guard the Slate from such robbers, we sup
pose they are content to have thefts committed;
and if they are content, we can afford to be.
We had been led-to suppose that the recent
voice of the people of this State, so emphatically
expressed, would have a tendency to silence, for
a time, those editors who delight in slander and
{defamation of character. Such hue been the case
1 to a certain, extent, bat yet there are a few men
’ whose venom will not permit them to abandon a
course so well salted to their ability and taste.—
3 The above extract from the Herald is, in senti
r ment, malignant and wicked, and exhibits a bit*
These two sections
lerness of feeling and a malevolence of purpose
such as no respectable editor should make use of.
When we look at the returns of the election for
Stale officers and compare the majorities with for
mer years, we cannot but pity (he journal that
dares insinuate that (he people have rendered this
verdict with no other object in view than to place
men in office to “have a jolly lime of it on (ho
people’s money.” This is a base attack upon the
people themselves, and is another evidence that
the Federalists consider the people foois, and des
titute of sufficient knowledge to govern themselves.
Messrs. Banks, Forsythe and Drawley,lhe three
gentlemen elected (o high and responsible State
offices by unprecedented majorities, are stigmatiz
ed by our modest neighbor as robbers and thieves-!
Some men might feel sore and become angry to
see such sweeping charges made against those
for whom they had voted; but for ourself we can,
laugh to scorn this miserable, nonsensical, and 1
wicked attack. The men thus denounced as “rob |
here,” who are ready to “have thefts committed," I
have been endorsed by the people by many thou-j
sands, and this expression, we take it, gives a
signal denial to this infamous and silly charge.
These three gentlemen are known and beloved for
their honesty and probity of character. Two ot
them are members of the Church—bolter members
than some who denounce them. They can point 1
to their past lives for their characters, and appeal,
to their neighbors for defence. And yet these j
men are called “robbers” by the Heraid! This is,
I going beyond decency—beyond the duty ol a po-1
lineal editor. Such sweeping denunciation is <
1 discreditable to any paper, and should be discoun
tenanced and condemned by every intelligent man. I
It is unnecessary, and is of semce to no party, to I
no man. Political men, care not to what par-1
ly they belong, are as patriotic and honest as any |
other class of citizens, and ills a great error to i
stigmatize good and honest men as robbers and
thieves, merely because they are the candidates of
apolitical party. That day has gone |fl( when
such conduct can be approved, and our
<s behind the times if he don’t know this.-
Godet's Ladt’s Book for November has come lo
hand. Filled as usual, with an interesting variety
of reading matter and engravings, it is a proud munu
monl of American onlcrpriso. Month after, month
it pays its visits, and each succeeding time, boars an
improved appearance. The present number contains
100 pages, 52 articles, and 65 engravings ! Think of
that, ye uninitiated into the mysteries of publishing.
low so much can be offered for tho small smn 0f25
coots, is the mystery. The articles are wrUlca by
Boido of our ablest writers, and of course, ere food.
1 Gaelic Building*' is a beautiful engraving, so is the
“Eeoape of the Pol Bird." The Fashion Plates are
several in number—-one of which is tastefully colored
and make e handsome display. Patterns for ora
broidery, crotchet work, edging, &0., bare etch their
places assigned them. Oodey contemplates publish*
ir.g Ift the December number, a very handsome and
expensive engraving taken from the original paint
ing by Bcnjcmio West, entitled‘'Christ healing the
Sick," which is to contain 52 distinct figures. L. A
Godcy, Philadelphia, $3 a year.
Gbauau's Magazine. —We have received the No
vember number of this truly excellent publication*
and find it not a whit inferior to preceding numbers.
Tho articles sro written by American authors, but
as occasion offers, Graham, the enterprising proprio
lor, docs nol hesitate to furnish bis readers with pr<
dilations of fuicign orign, whoa found to bo of ro
merit, and arc not elsewhere published in this coui
try. The present number opens with a profusely il.
InstMtcd paper, entitled ‘Scenery in Wales,* which is
to bo continued. 'Valleys and Groat Levels of the
Barth,* the conclusion of an article begun in the Oc
tober number, is appropriately embellished, and con
tains much valuable information. The loading en
graving, (Steel)'The Woodland Swing,’is a splen
did affair—the finest we have seen for some time.—
As next month will conclude the present volume,
Graham promises that the now one, cotnmcnocing
with (ho January number, 'will claim especial atten
tion for the beauty of its pictorial appointments.*—
Philadelphia—George ft. Graham. $3 a year.
The New York Herald , whoso publisher is J
known nil over the country as one of the moat ,
barc-faccd lime-servers that over disgraced theedi- i
torlal profession, has, within a few weeks past, 1
I commenced abusing tho proscnl Administration 1
up lo tho full measure of its notorious defamatory
capabilities. The floorel of this sudden change
from the disgusting adulation which filled its col*
umna for months before, is found in the fact that
James Gordon Bonnet was an applicant for the
French Mission, and was unsuccessful inconvlnc-l
ing President Pierce (hat hia appointment was
•« i 0 be mode.” fiennel denies this, of course;
but the Washington Star positively affirms that
{ “ (hero Is on (he files of tho Stale Department a
written application from him” for the post afore
said; and farther promises that it “will have this
Interesting document brought lo light when Con
gress meets.”
Carruaan.—Mr. YlngUrig, of Oloarricld lown.bip,
otplnrod • Urge Black Boar, on hi. farm recently—
Whal dlapoallion la lo bo mode of him »e know not,
but would recommend that ho bo purchaacd by some
of our Whig politician*, and kept aa a 'Jrtc time' for
member* oflholr parly, to order lo keep up their or
gtnixaUou. Soraolbing do*poralo mual bo done to
prororro Iho party, and wo know of nothing bettor
calculated lo do It than a continuation 0/ the Bear
dance.
Geutnooa Orran —Although Corporation hare
no aoulo, it seomo they occaolonally manifoil a
dispooilioD lo prorido for the aoulo of otboro) aa
iho following extract from the proceeding* of Iho
Synod of tho German Reformed Church, which
lately eat In Philadelphia, will ahow:
••The proposition from tho Philadelphia and
Banbury Railroad Company to appropriate *3OOO
toward* tho erection of a German Reformed church
al'shamokin, prorlded tho Sy nod would contribute
a like .um, *»• accepted, and a te.olctlon pae.cd
to make Iho neoeo.arv arranßomont* for Iho oon
otmctlon of tb« church.
FEDERAL HAIIQRANGT.
The filsgailnei,
The ** Independent Neutral Press-**
THE APPROACHING SESSION.
The Democratic Union says“ Now lhal Iho
smoke of the bailie baa oleorod away, and iho Whigs
are foond (o be nowhere i n the contest, we may throw
out a few suggestions for the benefit of.our Democrat
io friends at the meelting of tho next Legislature.
The first business to be attended to, should bo tho
making provision by the old and experienced mem*
bers of the House and Senate, for dispensing at once,
and forever, with tho villainous practice of passing
omnibus bills. This system of omnibueslng every
variety of subject together, has led to inamcroblo
evils In legislation, and in more than one instance to
direct frauds upon the Legislature,and tho people,for
it is almost impossible to keep the run of the holreo*
genous mtss that Is piled op in these bills.
Tho next business should bo on examination into
iho condition of the public improvements of the Slate,
and the making provision for the placoing them io
i the very best condition for the trade of the ensuing
Reason, which promises to be largely increased. The
'Canal Commissioners will make their appointments
|at an early day, and we trust they will have their,
report ready by tho mcclftig of the Legislature, so
I lhal appropriations may bo made to pay off* all old
debts, and pul tho works in a proper stale of repair
|at once. This matter should not bo delayed to tho
I last hours of the session, as has heretofore been the
lease. The Commonwealth has lost enough by this
I system to teach our legislators a lesson, and we trust
| that they may improve by former experience.
I The next thing to be dooo, should be tho arresting
I of the evils resulting from special legislation of every
I description. No bill should bo reported unless there
I seems a necessity for its passage, and all the measures
i that could be otherwise provided for should bo reject
! cd. The thousand and one objects oflegislation lba t
1 are asked fur, should bo thorougly scanned, and noth-
I ing passed that was not absolutely necessary to the
j general welfare or prosperity of the Commonwealth.
I Bank charters should have tho go*byo, until there
j seems to be a greater necessity for extending tho
paper medium than exists at present. The capital
I of the country has rapidly increased, private bankers
are starling operations all over tho Commonwealth
wilhont charters, so well has tho banking business
got to be understood and so profitable has it become.
Tho system should, therefore, bo lot slono for tho
present.
Neither should railroad bo granted with
llio iuvisb hand wo have witnessed for the lasi two
or three years, and (ho system of granting authority
to municipal corporations to subscribe to the stock
of railroads should bo arrested. There are as many
railroads now chartered in Pennsylvania as will be
necessary Tor all our trade for the next twenty years
unless it may bo the making of a shall connection,
ur extending a lateral road to some of oor rich mines.
Wo recognise amongst the members elect, many
gentleman of experience and ability, and they may
render the Slate great service by turning their alien,
lion to the mailers suggested above.
Vote of the Senatorial Blstlcts.
Complete official returns of Ibo vote for Senators
in*a)l the districts where members were to bo elected
have at length been received. In the Ist district,
composed of Philadelphia city proper, Mr. Price, the
Consolidation candidate, has 153 msjotily ; in the
2d district, composed of Philadelphia county,exclu
sive of the city, Mr. Foulkrod, Dsm., has 491 ma
jorily ; in the lilh dislrifel. Composed of the counties
of Adams and Franklin, Mr. Mellingcr, Whig, has
431 majority 5 In the 13lh district, composed of the
counties of Cumberland and Perry. Mr. Wherry,
Dem., is elected without opposition ; in the lslh
district, composed of Blair. Cambria and Hunting
don counties, Mr.Crcsswoll. Dcm., has 263 majority;
In ibo 16th district, composed of Luzerne, Montour
and Colombia counties, Mr. Buckalow, Dem., has
3389 majority; in the 17lh district composed of
■ Bradford. Sorquehsnna and Wyoming counties, Mr.
» Platt, Dem., has 2G56 majority; In the 19lh district
1 composed of Mrcor, Venango and Warren coonlle*,
Mr. Huge, Deal,, haa 3623 majority; in the Slat
district, composed of Butler, Boavcr and Lawrence
counties, Mr. Furgcison, Whig, has 80S majority; In
the 33d district, composed of Allegheny county, Mr.
I McCliotook, Dorn, has 351 majority ; in the 23d
■ district, composed of Armstrong, Indiana and Clar
i lon ccunties, Mr-Jamison, Independent Dcm. has
I 190 majority.
Indian Address to Mrs. Pierce,
In April last# delegation from Cherokee,Choctaw
and Chickasaw nations visited Washington on busi
ness. While there they drew op an address, lo Mra
Pierce, which, it waa understood, they would bo per.
milled lo proaent at a social parly al the While House
Mra. Plorco'a health, however, impaired by the resent
visitation ofProvidenco in the sudden removal from
earth of her only son, waa auch.lt waa
aa to render the interview inexpedient, and the «d
-dreas accordingly waa not delivered. Il liaa tincc
been published in Iho Cherokee Advocate, and is bb
follows !
•• Honored madam : Our race have been rarely
honored with the privilege of paying their personal
respects to (he ludy of (he Chief Mogiatrale of this
great republic. The only exceptions. 1 believe, were
Mrs. Madison and Mrs. Tyler, who kindly conceded
to ua this favor. On bchalfof (he Cherokee, Choc
taw, and Chickasaw nations, their representatives
now present beg leave to express to you the deep
gratitude they feel fur this distinguished privilege
you have afforded, to tender to you their sincere with*
os for your welfare and long continued happiness
‘‘Permit us, madam, lo remark, that your sex in
this favored land constitute Iho grand instrument for
the enlightenment ofyour race, and wo trust of the
world, lo wisdom and (ho preservation of good gov.
ernmcnl, and although your virtues and intellect ore
not under the control ood auspices of European sys
tems, yet they are more brilliant than- those nur
tured by the thrones of Oriental splendor.
“It has been the custom of the Indians to addrcis
the President by the venerated name of Groat Father,
may wo not Venture to address you as (ho maternal
palltloa)*parenl of our race, and, as such, ask your
blessing?'*
Change op Fortune.— Mr.Samucl Brannon, of San
Francisco, lit* an annual income of $250,000, In
1640 Brannon was a poor and penniless printer in
New York, and worked in Iho Democrat nflico for
Messrs. Bolton & Livingston. About nine years ago
he arrived ot Now York from the Weal. A crown*
loss hat, with coat and unmentionables (a match,
were not prepossessing recommendations for the ad*
Venturer. Ho succeeded, however, in joining the
New York division of the Mormons and for more than
a year was editor of their paper. Brannon, with
three or}foar hundred of Iho persecuted saints, became
attracted by tho giowing description given by Fre
monl and others, ofCalifornia, They chartered the
ship Brooklyn, and Immediately sailed for (he future
El Dorado, whoro Mr. B.haa amassed an immense
fortune.
Thk Wedding Season. —Tho wedding season is
upon us; Iho season, wo mean, when engagements
made at watering places and in quiet, retired eoun.
(ry nooks, In shady woods, near babbling brooks,
are likely to be oonsumatod. Tho marrying season
always comes with winter's approach, for winter Is
the time for festivities, winter is the the lime—for—
no matter.
CjJ.mc. ft. Snowdon, Etq., Director of the
Mint at Philadelphia, In. giren notice that Oliver
cola will bo paid out .1 tho i.lint In otch.ngo for
gold coin, in .urn. nation thou one hundred dalloro,
and In I.rgor tungunl* »l hlo option. An opportu
nity I, (ho. offered for bo.lno*. m.n to procure a
•npply ofailrer for change.
RUINS
Wo elioald like to lake hold, says tho Penmyl'
caman, of some of tho Whig papers and ooltcol lo
gelher into one mass their groans, complaints,
prophecies, forbodings.&o., daring tho last ton years
i about roin, poverty and destruction consequent upon
tho operation of Democratic principles. Wo should
liko to sum up tho crankings of ironmasters, merch.
ants and all manner of aristocrats, and their efforts
to produce what they wished and prognosticated—-
and alt this simply for tho sake of bringing It into
a comparison with the present condition of tho conn*
try, and to soo in how far iholr forbodings wore
prophelio. Would it not afford a striking contrast 7
'Laborers thrown out of employ!' Now, laborers
not to bo got. and wages ranging from $1.95 to $2
par day. “People impoverished,’' “industry cramp*
ed,”“labor discouraged," “farming interests destroy*
cd,V “merchants and mechanics bankrupt/' &o.—
Such wore the dismal bowlings of the Whig press
throughout tho length and breadth of tho land.—
1 What are tho results now 7 An unprecedented, an*
'paralleled and universal prosperity of all classes and
conditions of men. Furnaces and Iron Works mul*
liply ing throughout the land— mccha nice and trades,
men prosperous —farmers finding a ready sale and
an enormous price for every kind*of produce—fac
tories of every description increasing in number and
advancing in prosperity, and all classes of men in
the most prosperous condition. To what is all this
attributed 7 Tho public has spoken, and the tri
umph of correct principles which followed produced
these cheering results. Then “give to Crosar the
things which arc Crosar's." Lot duo credit be given
to o> c mcn to the principles that hove co-oper
alcd, in the fuco of a violent opposition, to bring
about Ibis general pjwsporily.
A Complimentary Vote*
Brother McClure, of llio Chambersburg Whig,
who was tho Whig candidate for Auditor General
at the late election, is highly gratified with the
unanimous Whig vote that was cast for him in a
portion of Monroe county. He expresses his
lhanks in (he following graceful manner :
“We feel under peculiar obligations to the gal
lant Whigs of several districts in Monroe county
for the unbroken front they presented, not only for
the Whig candidate for Auditor General, but for
the whole Slate ticket. It will be observed that
in seven districts the voletfor the Whig candidates
presents the most complete uniformity, without
the slightest variation or ‘scratching. 1 We ap
pend the vote
Auditor Gen. Surveyor Gen.
'Ranks, O. M'Clure, W. Brawl*)'. D. Myers, W-
Chesnulhill, 105 00 167 00
Coolbaugh, 34 00 37 00
Eldred, 135 00 132 00
Jackson, 108 00 109 00
Paradise, 42 00 41 00
Polk, 95 00 97 00
Ross, 70 00 72 00
Total,
By the way, this Monroe county is a great place
for Democrat*. Ml isn't anything else." The
air seems too pure for any but the stout lungs of
Democracy lo breathe and live. Only think, for
a moment, of seven townships, w iihoul a solitary
Coon in them, even to keep up a remembrance of
the species I Isn't it awful to contemplate 1
FnANELiR Monusiknt MkiiTi no —A meeting of i
publishers ond printers was held in the '
County Court House, Philadelphia, on Tuesday
evening week, for the purpose o( adopting measures
lo erect d suitable monument to the memory of
Bknjawin Franklin. Jasper Harding, Esq., of
the Inquirer , was called to the Chair, ond George ,
R. Graham, Joshua S. Fletcher, Benjamin Mifflin
and Edw. 6*. Ing/aliam, were appointed Vico Pfi>„ .
sideotsj and 3. oayi9 Watson end 3.. R. Fry acted
as Soctotariosj’- Jaiusj editor of ths,
Sun , staled ihe object of the meeting, affertf hlch
ho presented the following, whiih was unanimous
ly adopted :
The Printers, Publishers, Authors and others
connected with the business ofpvblication in the
U. Stales, feeling it eminently due lo the merits,
genius and philanthropy of Benjamin Franklin,
who conferred so much honorand reflected so much
lustre on the professions lo which they respective
ly belong, that a suitable monument should be
erected to his memory; and as from the fact that
Philadelphia was the scene of so many of his la
ors and triumphs, and is now the resting place of
tie remains, there is a peculiar propriety in orlgi*
»aiing such a movement in this city, therefore,
Resold, By the meeting now assembled, that
inmddials. measures should be adopted lo procure
die pfcbessary funds for the purpose indicated, and
that an Executive Committee of fifty-si* be ap-
pointed by the Chairman, to lake general supervi
sion of ihd.yyhole subject, end prepare an address
to the prinieta and literary: men of the Union.*
The meeting adjourned to meet again at the call
uf iho Executive Committee.
The Suits of the Government Against James
Com.ier and msSußETiKs.— The suit pending ngninst
Collier, and another just brought against his other
sureties than George Law—both pending in N York
—will not bo reached until the term of the United
Stales Court there, next succeeding the present term
One hundred thousand dollars of the payment o(
the Treasury on account of ,tho balance duo from
Collier, which wo brought to the notice of the public
more than a month since, was on account nf George
Law's liability as one of his sureties, Mr. Low,
who was on his bonds for that amount, has thus
relieved himself from all further responsibility on
his account, having paid op the whole penally in
which ho was bound. The balance still claimed by
the Government is very largo.
Post. Master General Campdill.— The Bedford
Gazelle, a very able and orthodox Democratic jour
nal, thus speaks of Judge Campoell, the present
accomplished Post Master General:
Judge Campdkel has been fairly and fully tried
both as a Lawyer and Statesman, and in coclt case
has given abundant and overwhelming evidence of
capacity and integrity of Iho highest order. Ho Is
mild, courteous, and pleasing in his address, whilst
ho possesses all the firmness required to make an of.
ficienl public officer.
Wo do not believe the P. O. Department over had
a more competent head, or one belter calculated to
give strength and dignity lo the Administration.—
Wo hope, for (ho honor of the country, that wo shall
never again hear Judge Campbell charged with in
troducing religion into hie appointments, for nothing
could bo more unfounded, unjust, or ungenerous.
CoLoaan Council Mauoano Vr rua South.— Rev.
R. Qfarlcy. who, no ogcot of the Amorlonn Colonial'
lion Society, lately mode » (odr through tho St.lo of
Goorgin, ho* recently;nddto«cda;J«ig end Intoro.l-
Ing Idler lo Rbv. W.’HnLjln, Secretary of aald no
ddy, which irpubllibed In tho African Kefanury.
Il I. beautifully written, end present* many oocour
oging foot* bearing upon tho object* of bia mievion.
Wo make tho following ..extract, and rogrd that wa
ore uoablo to publieh tbo Idler oolite :
•• II boo boon vhown from onllicnlio doom
menlo that In Iho Scolhcrn Stale., In 1847, there wore
1 13 S) 378 colored members of tho Methodist Church,
that 100.000 wore members of tbo Dablisl Church ia
1847, of the Presbyterian Church, 7.000, of other de*
nomlnatiooe.aC.OOO and at this hour U is probable
that the number ofChristlan churches in the South
ern Slates is not less than three hundred thousand.—
i The groat fund of humanity troaauiod up for the
benefit of our colored population ia in tho hearts of
! the Sooth. That divine law of love, which workoth
1 no ill to its neighbor, pervading the hearts of Chris*
1 lain masters and Christian slavea, will dispose both
, to seek each other’s highest good, and to imparl lo all
- men a knowledge of ils Author and tho happlnoaaof
I His kingdom.’*
Bleating of Congress*
Next Monday three week* (ho Congren of (he
United Sla(ee will commence operation* at Wash*
Ingloo, and a session of.more (ban usnal interest and
excitement may be* anticipated. President Pixacs
wlll'dollver his first annual message to the represen.
(ativco of the people, which will doubtless bo a doc*
umont of groat force end ability. The measures
and policy oflho administration,foreign and domed:
Ho, will be broadly laid down, and the whole country;
as well ee Congress, wilt bo pul in possession of (be
views of the Executive.
A Washington correspondent of the Mew York
Journal of Commerce, gives the- following inklings
of the probablo complexion of the forth coming Bute
paper
The frame work of tho message has been laid out,
and the President is engaged with the Secretaries in
reducing it to forin. Its developementa respecting
our foreign relations will be deeply 'interesting...
Through its statements we shall bo informed of tho
exact progress of (he negotiation relative to the fish,
ery question and tho north west trade. The best
informed here believe that the Secretary of State is
proceeding quietly but efficiently to an adjustment
of the difforcnfcca Which have so long existed between
England and tho U. Slates on that subject. a The
questions pending With Mexico , are the right of
transit across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, si in
volved in the Sloo arid Garay contracts, and defined
in the treaties negotiated by Judge Conklin and Gov.'
Letcher; the demand for the right of way for the
Pacific railroad, through Sonora and Chihunbtfa,iho
reclamations of Mexico for Indian depredations, afWf
tho readjustment of our mutual commercial relations.
These are must Important subjects of negotiation
between tho two republics, and (he President** rev*,
lations as to tho progress made in adjusting them
arc awaited with universal*interest.
In domestic affairs tho policy recommended in
the Message will be, U is whispered among the per
sonal and confidential friends of the President, In
rigorous conformity with the principles oftho Dem
ocratic party,as announced by its founders and
earliest expositors. In finance the President will
advise the adoption of a revenue system which shall
keep the annual receipts nearly upon a level with
i the estimated expenditures. As to the surplus on
hand.lho system of purchasing up government stocks
will bo pursued until it is consumed.
1 Preference to expenditure tho most rigid econ
omy will be insisted upon. It is expected Ibsi the
policy of improving river* and internal harbors will
, be discouraged. The plan of connecting the coo
r tract system of carrying the mails with the inercaso
and support oflho Navy, will bo referred to In un
' favorable terms, and Us abandonment as soon as
consistent with existing controcls ond resulting
‘ rights will bo recommended Tho proposition to
1 connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by a great
• national railroad w ill bo discussed, but the President
will stale his conviction that sound policy requires
it to be left to the individual energies and the pri
vate capital of the country.
The Next State Convention,
Il will bo eeen by (he following resolution, odoplrd
by Iho State Central Committee, that Iho lima ftir
holding the neat Democratic Slate Convention of
Pennsylvania,’ baa been fixed on the 6lh of March.
The preamble below furnishes a aaliafactory reason
for chongiog from the 4th to the Bth. in this in
-00 . 1 .unco.
Wiibbkas, The State Convention of 1853, empow
ered tUoStale Central Committee to fix the timoof
holding the next State Convention nl Harrisburg
and whereas, the usual day, the 4lh of March, will
bo Saturday s „ _ ......
Rttohtd, That the next Stale Convention be hold
at Harrisburg, nn Wednesday, the Bth of March
next at 10 o’clock, A. M., and that it will assemble
in the Hall of Ibo House of Representatives. If it
shall bo the pleasure of tbe House to grant the ute
of their Hall
WM. L. HIRST, Chairman,
Wh. CunTM, ( Sccrclaric.
Hcnar L. PitrrKNPAUon, S
Mexico and the United States.
Gon. Gadsden, our new Minister to -Mexico, is said
to bo very popular there, and has already commenced
important negotiations. One of the reported propo
sitions of Geo, Gadedcn to the government of Mexico
Ja, that fot a , ♦.liuabje consideration. Mexico shall
Cancel the Brittle (1 fib* of lh‘fl treaty of Guadalupe,
-jvbiob entails upon the United Slates the duty and
Expense 6f protecting the Mexican frotviior from
incursions; froth' fcltbln tHo United Stales, of savage
Indian tribes.
Appointments by the Canal Commissioners;
Superintendents— J B Baker, Columbia Rail
road; J Robb, Portage Railroad.
StipervHora—D Evans, Delawafc Division; J D
Houpi, Eastern Division; W W Wilson, Lower
Juniata Division; W G Boyers. Upper Western
Division; J M Orr, Lower Western Division; G
W Search, Lower Nonh Branch Division: W W
Uitnook, Middle North Branch Division; D Van
dercock, Upper North Branch Division; G BUt*
lenboroer, Sinqurhanna Division; J A* Ctfnning
ham, tipper Juniata.
Collectors —J Morieon, Easton; B K Solliday,
New,Hope; II Patterson, Bristol; J S Yost, Phil
adelphia; U Laveriy, Paoli; M M’Veigh. Parlies
burg; C Cannony, Lancaster; J M Slrickler, ( o
lumbta; J Livermore, Portsmouth; J L lleily.
Harrisburg; H A Zollinger, Newport; Wm R
M’t'ay, Lewtstown; D Black, Huntingdon; J P
Hoover. Hollidnysburg; P F Gibbons, Johnstown?
S M’Aoulty, Blairsvtlle; P Black, Fret-port; P
Baker, Pittsburg; G A Aohenbach,
I’i,.il, Willlainsporii J H Zimmer "on. Northern,
berland; J M Baum, Liverpool; H C: Baird, Al hens;
D Knone, Piiielon; P Bnt, Beach Haven; W l-ole.
0„t.loi, Porlsmnulh; C H Z-igler, Clark a Ferry
Bridge; J Shoemaker, Juniala Aquedocl; Haty
Marlin. Freeport Aqueduct. ...
IVeigh-Maslere— n \ ard, Eaalon; L V\ aunn.
Lancaster; 1 Maker, Columbia; l> 15 Marlin, Porl> :
muulli; J R Herd and J D Lent, Holllday<burgrK
U 8011, Mountain House; J C Barren and J It
Gregg. Johnstown; C S Brown, Nottliomhetlandr
H 11 Kline, Beach Haven; J Highly, (\ssistani)
Columbia. , „ U
Slate Jlaente on Ca/itmoicl Uallroaa —George A
Benia, J L Packer. J Tippen, ItC Bates,C Buck
ingham,.O Stuck, Wll Hally, C Thompson, and
B Ehangh (Market Train.)
Cargo Wllllatd, Bristol; J Hon
lot. Philadelphia; T Welsh, Cnlumbln; I) Dele,
Hollidttysburg; C Cnrter, Johnstown; R Ulcakley
and T S Rowley, Pittsburg.
Wm J Dobbin, Wood Inspector on Philadelphia
and Columbia Railroad. . „ .
P S Gamble, Keeper Out-lcl Lock, Colombia-
Mr. Bdciunaw hi Enolaiso. —A distinguished It
mcrioan now abrosd. who though unconnected who
public affair., know, wb.l >■ going on aiound luoir
writes to tito Washington SU, Ihnl 11.0 Hon.
Booh.nan is escosdlugly pleased will, his Secretory el
Legation, Mr. Daniel D. Sickles, of New Vo.k, and
his private Secretary, Mr. Welsh. It seem. I‘kely
Mr. Lawrence, the son bribe late minister, w'h
linuo his connection with the legation, to wh oh the
minister regards him as a grekt acquisition indeed,
knowing ororybody and oTprylhmg stood bln, one
ohoetrolly sceordiogtho benefit of his experience in
London And - r In American public affairs there to hi*
' father’* •aoccßßor.. Mr. Buchanan's presentation te
, the Queen took place at Oaborne, la the Tale
Wight, without pomp or parade. Prince Albert sad
Lbrd Clarendon being alone present. Mr. Ife-hasoot
’ yet aelllod lilmaolf at housekeepitosvthoogb at U* l
accounts ho waa buay with arrangements to that’end*
! Ho had received many Kind attentions from
of tho British ministry, and' mors eaj)«ela«f
Lord .Palmerston between whom and* himaslfsn I oll *
j many bad sprung up which can .hardly
facilitate fils official la bora* ' '
Gas rir Cooking and IUA-nHOi—Borne gentleman
in Now York has arranged a alofo for cooking by
Gna, which produces the following result* t k
To cook throo pounds of motion chops Ukeajof
(on minules of time, and coal* only half of a fits »
boll a kettle containing half a gallon of water.
pies exactly twelve mloutssrtnd consume* la**
a cubic fool of ga*. To get op a break Mat o
dishes, say one for rosaU, a aecond fof Coffee, «inn
for potatoes. &o t and s fourth for ««* or wb«w?*»
else yon please, will .cost only three cant*.•*>»
all be done wi-thiu fillwn minutes#