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CAILLISIia, PA. .
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1849
I)tibFtorii the Carlisle adventurers' to.
____Citlikenams_lttarn that they commence d
their journey over "the plains" on the 28th
ult,; all of them well and in good spirits.
NEw AvvommiNts.-4. J. Jones has
been appointed P. M. at Harrisburg,—our
talented and zealous' contemporary, Mr.
Worth, editor or the Lebanon Couriet, P. M.
at that place—.Wilsnn Hubley, a firm and
steadfast Whig, P. M. at Ceutrisvi.4 this
county—and John Shiller to the post
at Liverpool, in Perry county.
' A Week of Disasters.
. Last week witnessed a series of melancho
ly disasters, involving:a sacrifice of fife and
immluise destruction of, property, the .loss
being measured by millions of dollars. On
Thursday, night the steamer Empire, running
-between-Albany-and- New. York, was rue
into opposite Newburgh, by the schooner
Noah Brown. She immediately sunk to her
promenade deck. The steamer Rip Van
Winkle came to her assistance, and rescued
the lives of 300 passengers It is impossible
yet to give any correct account of the num
ber. of lives lost. Thus tar it "has been as •
certnined that twelve lives . have been lost
by this ill-fated disaster, although rumor as
signs an :infinitely larger number. On the
same night a fire broke out in St. Louis which
laid nearly halt the business poition of the
iffiteFfrve-1
city in Mins
MicaM
Banking houses, and twenty-seven steam
boats, which were lying in the dock togeth
er, were destroyed, together with the Tele.:
graph Office: which was subsequently re•
moved to lice other side of the, aver. The
fire broke out at 10 o'clock on the night of
the 17th, on board the "White Cloud," lying
along the Levee. The wind was bloWing a
gale at the time, and the fire communicated
to the stores on the river horn of fire city,
and to the adjoining steamboats. The fire
was checked tin Friday. Nearly the whole
river front of the city was consumed between
Locust and Chesnut sts. The fire went to
Main street, and according to the telegraphic
account, swept both sides,conenming a mile
and more Of stores and hoosek three bloeks
deep. The fire writ' stayed on Market street
by blowing up the drug store of' Messrs
• Doenich & Valioux. There were three per
sons killed by,an explosion on board the
Abe° Steamboat, and Mr. Thontas B, Fargo,
an auctioneer, was killed during the fire in
the city. He threw a keg of powder into the
store of Doenich & Valloux, for :he purpose
of stopping the flames at that point, but the
explosion took place before he got away
from the building. At the ,same time we
have alarming accounts, tram New Orleans
of crevasses in the levee, threatening to in
undate the city with a flood. - The Picayune
says about three hundred houses were en
tirely surrounded, and it is impossible to de
scribe the distress that prevails among all
classes of our citizens. At the last accounts
the laborers empleyed at the crevasses were
dying with the cholera. A calainitous fire
broke out at Watertown, N. F. also last
week, destroying nearly a +hundred build
ings, and an equally destructive one omit
red at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
CALIFORNIA. - - Important tleapalches
have been teceired at the War Departenent
from California, setundrOrth that the people
had rirganized &government ior themselves,
and had adopted the Wilmot Proviso as a
$
fundamental article. It is repot:ell that Mr.
Crawford, Secretary of War, reccomineruls
to General Taylor to orgainzei a strong mili
tary force in California, of volunteers, to
sustain Gov. Smith, noir' Congress shall, act
for 'the-territory.
o3Mr. Lewis, Collector of the Port a t
Philadelphia, has entered upon his duties.
It is Bahl there are two thousand applications
for the two or three hundred places uncle,
bun.. Well the Whigs have not had a taste
of Government pap for a great while: We
venture ry say that none of these Whig ap
phcants ever itsked a i ocoloco administration
firmany thing,, as locolocos are now doing to
• OlirZack.
FATHER MATTHE tv.—The New York
papers publish a letter from this Apostle ol
'Temperance, addressed)? ex-Mayor Brady,
in which he accepts the invitation to visit N.
_York, and announces that he will sail from
'Liverpool i in the ship Ashburto'n, on the 21st
of PASy. would' have come before, but
was'detained by Severe illness.
SetPaulin ZOURT.—The annual session
of the Supreme Court 'of this State for the
Jldiddle District, commenced at Harrisburg,
on Monday of lasi week, Chialustice Gib
son, and Justices Rogers, Burneidea and
Coulter are in attendance. Judge Bell has
,been prevented from attertdeace by sickness.
The wife of a poor:man in' South
- wstki Philidelphie, gave birth last week to
' l 9* children! , :The case elicited ; much
'sympithy,.arnl the',fritimiship of the neigh
' b9'4'oo the wants' at the little
adventurers arion life:. Mayer - Swift and
; contribUtions..
7, ; ; --
80. d,is eornposed of three members 0 the
,
oabinet ) Messni.,Clayton, Johnson and Col
., lamer. Jeseph . D.E.enn'etiv, Esq. ot Mead
°eine, (Pa.), has •
.been appoinisul Secretary of
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The", appo tment of;llop,Charles B. Pen.
rose t o the offic of _Assistant Secretary of '
the ,Treasary..olthe phited, Pates, lunOttett,
made the occasion, by some unscrupulous,'
men:of the se.calmAl democratic, but rather
locofoco preits, suction; the . Washington: U n ion
and some others, to renew against hint stale
slanders, engendered. in high 'part3rqiines,
which have since. been regarded by honest
men of all parties to be as unjust, as they
-are-false-and-unfounded.—Thiy-have-been-a—
gain and again refuted, and the estimation in
which Mr. Penrose is . held in this State , even
by those to whom he is pOlitically opposed?
, may be judged by the faht, quite notorious,
that among gentlemen of the io•oalled dem
ocratic party, distinguished for high position,.
and , by public and prit7ate virtues, there are
many, who do not hesitate fffprofess for Mr.
Penrose the most Sincere respect and friend
ship, and to maintain with - him the warm
est social and friendly relations.
But although these slanders have been thus
repeatedly refuted, and, practically admitked
to be so by all honourable men', a few hake
been found hardy enough again, obscurely .
to insinuate, rather than
. positively to state
them; .and we consider it bin a situple act of
justice to vindicate the truth, and by a calm
review of, a portion of
_our past_ political his
tory, to show, how entirely' destitute of all
semblance of veracity such slanders are.
Mr. Penrose, after completing - his - law Stu
dies in Philadelphia came to reside here,
more than a .quarter of a century ago. He
engaged in his profession with a degree of
earnest energy for which, in all the pursuits
of life, he has been remarkable, and very
soon he rose to a rank at the bar, command.
ing the confillence Of the community as an
eloquent and successful lawyer. That he was
very popular with the people, and much be.
e -- wriA - Tespitoterd - hy - tirerni-his-worst-en:-
m
mies never denied, and enmity against him,
where it did exist, could ,lirwava be tramp] to
political jealousies and conflicts.
After having enjoyed for many years a
large and lucrative practice, he was induced . .
in 1833 to become a candidate lor the State
Serrate' Although a democrat and a Jackson
man, Mr. Penrose did not recive a regular
party nomination. In this election the oppo
sing candidate was Gen. Robert McCoy, also
a democrat and i Jackson man, a gentleman
of high moral worth, quite popular and who
hark represented this district in the Congress
Of the United States. Mr. Penrose was elec
ted by xi large majority, exceeding a thous
and votes. Gen. McCoy now resides at
Wheeling, Virginia, is a warm personal
friend 'of 'Mc: Penrrise, and who, like him,
left the Jackson Party and becalLe, and is,
now _a Whig, the friend and supporter of
Gen. Taylor. ;
At the time of the election of Mr. Penrose,
the questions, which, at a later period, divi
ded t h e democratic party in this State, and
which subsequently engendered so much
bitterness and strife, were not made or sail
misty considered.. They certainly had not
become elements of division or discord. The
democratic party were then unanimously in
fever of the United States Bank; and RA re
,tharter, and as unanimously in favor of a
Amid for the protection of domestic manufac
tures.
Redolt:alone, strongly expressing these o
pioloss, had been passed by our Legislature,
almost witivout adissenting voice; and in this
Borough, at a meeting in which the promi
nent men of the party took a conspicuous
part, and over which the late Gen. Lambar
ion Presided aunilar resolutions, %kith like
:unanimity, were passed. Such was unques
tionably the state 01 public sentiment when
Mr. Penrose took kis seat in the State Sen
ate. '
Very soon alter this Gen. Jackson corn.
mance& his inexorable and remarkable war
upon the• United States Bank ; which in its
?ingress, as the whole country knows, as
sumed seyeral distinct phases, until it ended ,
at last, in a warfare against alt banks, State
as well as National, opposition to a tariff for
the protection of domestic industry, and the
establishment of the sub-treasury.
Gen. Jackson and.his party, then undoubt
edly embracing the largest portion of the
demi:lmage party, first took the ground that',
the necessities of the coiintlidid not require
sech-an institution, and that it was inexpe-;
&ant to create a National Bank. That State
Banks, particularly large State Banks, which
the Goverment organ—The Globe—urged
the States to establish, in anticipation of the ;
expiration of the charter of the Bank of the'
!United States, were all suffidient for The fis- i
cal purpose's of the government, and to sat-
isfy the wants of the people. We can all .
rernembet that these institutions were so'
much in (vizir, that ilhe were pointed to, as
tritely repubhpan and so well beloved, that
by common consent, such of them as were
specially favored, were called Ike pet banks,
and these were stimulated, and enccuraged
to ezpand their issuer and make loans to the
people. ,
' Mr. Penrose, a opting the general views ,
of his party , had i •the legislature voted with
them-on the resof liens against the re-char
ter, or charter of a National Bank "; and cer
tainly at that time, there had been naCindi
cations of hostility to State Snake, butlOn the
contrary, the pokey avowed, in every' quar
ter by the clein'oerney; wae to - riplace the
NatioMil, by . ete, and large State . Bilika',
At length, r ehin,ter n k i d' iie Ud: States
Bank had airy - es 'McPhee:, Itnd Gen:Jackson
had vetoed the In pisied by Congress to
, renew it
—Th!
„ ,
eLSiale_of—POnsyvaialwas,Ong:!geLLl
' 4 l : ivoriCS of internal • gent •
.111. gigan th.
and besitleti;;Bhe` had mstablititiod' ' system
of universal education Cenenien BehoOls ;
Both reiltiirdd dna exgendittiie et , largd sums
•oi money; ;and the peamevrme already ,
inited.!:!"The'nttpiring National
'Bank; ti its 'Beafot . bitetness in
ketrolieliß;:and theleOido
begin iO leei ) ,'iiieet • seriously,: the , . ineitMrds
81, • • •; •
AB,1141!! le 4/11114411! s o lall!a PoPlif!t,lo
, kk i l l34l64 !illiii i aciii!*4rf‘rato,member.
gl'tha.leg slat re , lhaltrt`, to':-Brelite
ildißii!tetl active oiiio!Ahl;.Ylii/h6V.:#1f1044041'
* ft teio 'the
• lekthirti,the sicuilthel *en •
•im 'lir 1 tur
t •„••:; • ••1•,fr.• , •.,1 15.•;i:t),
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to accept' gOottec . a er. ee ;V
,
vorableensyverisiprominent member ol'fhe .
ci . d e riViiiiiii4 l- !`erifillittid Navigation in' the -
House' of itePreeentatives reported a bill for.
L:lfitte : piir - pettel;'2which passed both branches . ,
and'heetiraeli,law on the liftVerrebruttry
' '11338 - le,t,t;;llAit Act," !Ito charter a'
...„Bank,i4s.catxxijihe UnitedStateilianlci!od ,
for this, Mr. Penrose and a number of gen
Omen of the same political views, voted.:':
Besides the advantages already glanced
at, the, stockholders_ agreed . to „pity to ,the
State the sum of two milltdinruhlollurepind
. to lend the State ,on.permartent . ition, when
.rermiied, six millions of, dollars, on .a five
per cent stock, which should betaken at the
tate of one bundred.and.ten: doßgui, or ten
per cent' above, par. They also agreed to
- loan to the Sfate one million of dollars, on
temporary loan for twelve months.at one
time,. at an interest of five per cent. And
finally to pay for the Use of the Common
Schools, in annual instalments the sum of
two millions five hundred thousand dollars.
Besides these sums, the stockholders agreed
tris - übscribelo the stockol , seleral works of
public improvement Oind among them to
the Cumberland Valley flail Road, which
passes through the district which Mr, Pen
rose represented; and by which he secured
for its benefits which we now .enjoy, and
- which-without , him,-we-never should ,have
possessed.
How then did Mr. Penrotie and those who
- acted - with him olt‘that occasion, "desert his '
party under suspicious circumstances" as has
been charged against them 1
The party; with Gen. Jackson at its head
were opposed to a National Bank, and in
favor of State Banks, and large State Banks:-
Mr. Penrose agreed with them, and he vci-.
ted for a large State Bank, in the "charter of
which, the - Commonwealth received the Very
great advantages stated. Gen. Jackson, and
-those-who-lawned-mpori-his-power r denour_
oed Mr. Penrose for this vote! Who let us
ask, were inconsistent—they or he? Let
any candid, intelligent and honest man, an
swer the question,-and say, if he can, where
he finds - in such an act, the evidence either
that Mr. Penrose left the principles he hail
professed, in the vote which he gave on thrit
occasion, or that any just suspicion could at
tach to him for voting according to the poli
cy and principles he and his party had uni
formly professed I But hOw is it"! Was
Gen. Jackson inconsistent'l Did his party
on this subject become inconsistent
No one Will venture to deny, the most
ilagraat,and radical changes Mprinciple and
practical policy by Gen.'Jackson and his
followers, on the Bank dueaticln, as well as
upon many others. Indeed it is seldom that .
any one can now be found bold enough to
deny this. For the most part, the charge of
such changes, is met, not by denial, but a•
bold claim to progressive Democracy! confer.
ring the happy immunity of rejecting r evety
principle, and etrery measure which the
Democratic party once upheld, without for
feiting a claim to Democracy, or the respect
in the community. Just as in the dark ages
atorrupt church is said to have sold plenary
indulgences, which in the name of religion
permitted the practice of every vice, the
- outrage of every virtue, and the commission
of every crime.
We cap trace this sudden and radical
change in the opinions of Gen. Jackson in
this instance, to a characteristic of that
remarsable man,' now perfectly well un
derstood. He was implacable in his ha."
tred of Mr. Biddle, the President of the
National Bank, and thosA who had been as
sociated with him in the government of that
institution. He determined to pursue them
with all the power of his administration, and
of his popularity.' No longer a National
Bank, that question was ended, and to effect
his inexorable purpose of destroying them,
and a State institatiOn, in which they were
wholly separated from that question, it be.
dame necessary to change his ground, and
proclaim hostility-to all Banks, State, as well
as National. It was soon discovered by all
who sought his favor, and the emoluments
of patronage, the profits of contract, or the
advantages of office, that there was no surer
,passport to-his favor, than energy and zeal
in this new warfare, and the strange specie
cle Was speedily exhibited, by a patty, which
professed the doctrine of State rights, and to
be Dem ocratic; of attacks, by the general
govetnment, and the newspaper organs of
its 'administration upon an t justitution, which
was as much a peculiar, or .State institution,
as any which exists in any of the States.—
The party in other States, were urged._ to
dreier attacks, while the whole power of the
general government was thrown into the
. war which was waged in Pennsylvania.
The most violent appeals were made to ,
the people; the most outrageous falsehoods'
and slanders were propagated, and the fol
lowers of Gen. Jackson in that conflict had
so little regaid for the
s truth, and so much
contempt for the understanding of the people,
that in order to fasten upon`Mr. Penrose, arid
those,who acted with him, the odium of in
consistency, they boldly affismedelhat lie,
and they, in passing this . Stateinstitution,had
voted for. a National Bank, and that the
questionswere identical 1 This is the cid
..
gin of the allegation that Mr. Penrose left
hie party on the Bank question, "wider bus
, ph:does oirownstancea."
We allitnow, with how, much madness,
and fury, den: -Jackson .puraudd his inexor
able •parpoori,,apti, how at laat:our, people
were led
.by the outcry ,of repeal'?, ,and
" fraud'.- to bring toe credit of the State so
,low, that•her stock, which stood at . Ito or tan,
r --- Piti-eent7apoteTpart-wari:_brought-down-it
71ast - 1P: 3 E 1,- 9r7sixiY•c l PC - PeP:ent , balew - Par- --,, -
State batik. was ruined., and:, thousands
• made to 'suffer. ' - • ,• •
Bat after the, chaiter :this
hid' became ,:law,. the Jecitcleo,,papere
throughout the State' - stimulated by' the" will.
of Gen. Jac
F89b41/!ged that „imPralnkrJ!o'
.ent, p, Ila9es7 s 4am 4 Anti v ma#.gr
were'Arzed:(o' o rt.4 Ow!!
o' cratiodegislatureisthatan ieyesiigatior':thiett
,
be bed niOaffititititieetity Meana,Py
? - v by tvt » pb' =flits , bhlartef ; eras obtained. ; Snob
x,la esmajorityaof anti: bank d, were rei'tir
cad :491 0, 1 11 ,r‘ W!f i ti010+,0:M A :
0 19 '
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LeglSlainte, 3 o
ICh. • • t
Idilitt winter:a:l437: Alaw potitios ask
ing:hran tosiistigtiticte-inftt "die Mode,. map
v:iltioh this ohatter-was
obtain - OAAtieseritet, ht . :that House.--
oidisistinOireleven members,.
j z, Nletrere. HiniCoplity,'Rhinehart,. Pirker,
JohnstonUimmook James, Oliver,'.Eoglisht Gilmore,
and Fling. ,•Tbia Committee Were
authorized, o„ investigate these charges and
to..sendlor . personsand.papeis. .
Fthis-Ottritmitteereight-wera-Of-the-si
Called &Moored° party; and three only, of
the Whig patty. Our present Governor
William F. Johnston was a niember of this
Committee. Surely the bitterest enemy of
the aentletnan assailed, could not ask for cir
cumstances more favorable for a full or even
hitter sapling. The House which ordered
the investigation; bY'a large majority was an
anti-bank House, and a large majority of the
Committee belonged to the dominant party.
The Committee in their report, describe
the opposition to the Bank, the excitement
produced among the people, and the.restdt,
and we give their langdage :
" The Bank 'bill accordingly met with im
mediate and, determined opposition. Large
assemblies qt the people passed resolutions
against it. They called for an -investigation ,
of the means used.to obtain tis -charm, de.
- mouriced - th - ose - who voted-for-it; atol-the-el
miens last fall mainly turned on that ques.
tion throughout the State. The result was
the decided triumph - ol those who disappro
ved Of the Bank, and.called for investigation.
More than two.thhtls of the members .61
the House -pi Representatives were elected'
by voters' who demanded the inquiry, who
believed • that it was due to the people, the
last legislature, and the Bank, to probe this
subject-to the bottom, and it guilt were dis
covered, to pioelaimit in the indignant-voice
of . an outragedpeople; and it no guilt or
corruption were discovered, to-proclaim th a t
too, in the bold spirit of candour and justice:
The people are always just, they are trot
trintednflexible impordshing the guilty, than
they are magnanimous in acquiring the in
noceno '
They add "The Committed entered upon
the duty, with the determination to do justice
to all. parties involved, and have given the
subject.all that attention which a due regard
to its importance, and the other duties devol
ved upon them, as Members of the Molise of
Representatives, would permit ; and they are
free in saying that no evidence has been given
which would go to implicate either the officers of
the Bank, or any Member of the.Legielature nj
usink any corrupt Means to procure the act of
incoipoution."
A minority of the same Committee, differ•
ing from the majority on other points not
necessary to notice, in their report say:—
"The undersigned have great pleasure in the
frank acquittal, which the Committee have.
announced in their report of the Bank, its
officers and agents pd of the late Legisla•
Lure, of any, thing like corruption, and of ha
ving been actuated by any other than pure
and patriotic motives in the adoption of a
measure of such importance; and in connec
tion with which prejudice and. passicui have
been so extensively excited!' They add,
"and yet under all the circumstances" (re.
!erring to, the
,mannek of the nivesti2ation)
"the result hal been- what we have just sta
ted, and the friends and enemies of the Bank,
have with-equal readiness come to the cor..
elusion; thin the instmition andihe late Lsg.
islature, were alike tree from any imputation
of having betim either the agents or ()ejects
of corruption."
The manner in which this investigation
was orisgaited: Is stated in the report of
the majority . 2 They say, "that under a deep
sense of "thJlmportance of the inquiries
committedAci their charge they have.-ealled
berme them, and eilarnined, all the witnesses
who from their official stations, or from any
other circumstance they believed to be ac
quainted with any material' facts tounhine
the manor@ inquiry; and the result of tha ,
investigation they now proceed to submit to
the House."
For. these reports and the levidences taken
by the Committee, see House Document
Nos 239-110-2 vol. House Journal of Leg
islature of Pennsylvania 1836-7. Report
made 24th of Mareh, 1839.
After such an investigation and such a re
sult, where' is "the bold spirit of• candour and
justice' , to which the majority of ( the Corn.
mittee, themselves of the Jackson democrat
ic anti-bank party, now, at such n distance,
of tinfe, again renew, by insinuation at feast,
these charges. . . .
But the gentlemen assailed had opportuni
ties to prove the avowal by the committee
—"The people ere always just." They e
lected delegates to a convention to submit
amendments of the,Conatitution to a vdte of
the. people: The Bank question was again
thrown into the canvass, and a majority, op
posed to the Anti-Bank party, was elected
by the people. 01 these theta wore several
delegates who like Mr. Penrose had been i l
assailed for 'their votes on the Bank qpeation,
and several-have subsequently -been elected
to Congress by theirrespective districts. We
have been informed by one of the conlemes
who met to nominate Senatorial Delegates
to represent the diettict in that convention,
that they were anxious to place MK. Penrose
upon that tioket and have him returned as
their Senatorial Repreientative; but being
then a member of the Senate 'and-, the im
possibility of serving in both bodies as, both
bodies would be at least, a part of the time,
In session at one and the same time,- and
being anxious to have s him re-Bleated to the
Senate, the confisreesreluctently relinquished
their intention and'iook up other candidates.
'Mr. Isenloke Waiimeleoted to the Senate,
and iilterwerattWies eleViitsl to the office
oilntaker. stbat body. Hie intelligence,
his himliliarit WO
„Tiailiamentary ru:les, his
integritYandimpartialify",bleedisti.,Wath‘hia
great ant, kindness, shed a • Wore
upon that high;' elation, which. &WWI the
atioliialicin.ol,lr4mdtrend foes. .. , .. '' . : , •
He was aatiliPicUOPs in the warm political
contemns .1010 :monied, in the Senate,. and
W ere -the,peatile NO one in the final eon !
flirif,trontributeeLbY tongue and Pen * Merat to
the overthrow ef Ilie.Van Buren party - in'fida
Stale, and, in fitsNatlon. Gen, HarriViTailif
elected , President the United States . ,and
hm'onghitifiritstwie; was the tender to Mr.
Penrose of the office , of Solicitor of the Treas
ury. He resigned' his officaot .SPeaker- and,
member of the Seeate - in, thiell 'lB4l and
remented.the stifle*. tendered to him byGen.
Harrison.' - HefiVait appeinted and confirmed
the Senate taf theltilted , States and' held
that offices foronsursears: - That the highoO
jricatkand,respanelble AlltielS of this office
were,' perfornieti4itli honor to : himself and
aditintegeM the. govairenient- - by - Mr; Pen;
meei no . one - is ever. ventured-to , detly.:/. 01 1
We submit, this ovievirWith - oenfitlenee;ne
itte,7,lllllY.Tprovips-..ouriProPßOPiti--!*-4 10
aliinge umier doneideratie,against . it . „ moat
'eatintable oilixtniiind it`Piallltittr pliblia ritti
vanti, is WithOVW*3lol4o Ot•tilbV',OOn
- ' ,e: - :: , , ,, ! , ..;:,! , z V.' ' '''' o,--': t) , ,;, , : i; .1 - •.', ~', , ?
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- a future occasion' we may not i ce' :another m • , . -... .:,
regard to , what, in the rititild language of The Cholera.seems•to be, coming North-
S. party, has been called 4 ,lthe - .6uelc shot war," ward. , und Eastward' again. The deaths atl
' and we have po'jdpubr,,that irai:k candle ~, • • -, . - I •
, t w patience to 1 §t,..Louis from ) fits
. altacks average about •
--and honest man,. vvilt hiiiii3
.follow us in the,.',Orliitiition ofAricts; hir Will! twenty: each ,flay and great modality pre
be perfectly satisfied of the perms' propriety lifislathong rue! California emigrants at In-'
—6l- MV:PalliP seltr "n ' d: l3 , 6t i l " -th l s r l ", 36aolio 9 ,- depentience. ---. 41-Linciurati,-filli...orist...enses. _
also. •
- iiii..6...H...... ' .. been .ttiported - in tiny,five pf which.
COL BENTON AND THE MIOSOLTRI LEOlai
LATURE.-111e Legislature of Missourtrecent
ly passed certain resolutions upon slavery,
approving et the-course of Mr. Calhoun and
__the Sent s : of Con: ress and in-
Shooting Mr. Benton ba obey them. Mr.
Benton has since appealed from this coin-'%
mand to the whole- body of the people of
Missouri, declaring that, it they sustain- the
Legislature, he %mold give them an opportu
nity to select another Senator who will carry
out thelr will, as he cannot do anything to
dissolvelhe Union. He will submit to the
dedision of the whale people, but nothing
less. He says: .
I do not admit dissolution of the Union at
present to be a remedy, to be proscribed
by statesmen, for the disease. 4 of the hod)
politic, nn_y_inore than I admit death, or son•
cide to be a remedy, to •be prescribed by
physicians for diseases of She natmal body.
Cure and not kill, is the only remedy which
my mind can contemplate in either ease.
DAN. MARBLE, the well 'known corn
median, Whose acting in Yankee rind Wes
tern characters lins gained lo . r . hini a repute;
tion both in England and the' United States,
died of the cholera last week. Ott the dal
of his death the Louisville Courier contained
the following::
"A CURE FOR THE CIIOLERA."—The play
bills al Saturday appeared With the above
caption, and the details announced that Dan
Marble would positively appear)lhat night in
one of 'his favorite characters. It was little
suspected When this announcement . was or
dered, that at the - very time appointed for
the'playing, the star of attraction would bore
the insidious,monster working on film to such
ar. extent that he could not aerlarrn. And . ii
was little thought that in less than twenty
hours afterwards Dan Marble would be in
the collapsed .stage of cholera. Yet such
was the lact—at hall-past eleven yesterday
'Mr. Marble was so far ccllapeed that there
was no hope entertained - of his recovery.
SUICIDE.—A despatch from Portland,
Maine, dated„ May 19th, sayk, Dr. Coolidge
convicted of the minder ol- Mr. Matthews,
committed - Shictde by takir.g poison. Be:
tcre committing suicide,gite had entered Tito
a conspiracy with a prisoner about to be
liberated, 'to murder Flint, Dr. C.'s former
student, so as to make it appear that Flint
had committed suicide in consequence of
his remorse from having murdered Mat
thews. Fortunately, the diabolical plot was
discovered in lune.
FROM EUROPE.—The trip across ►tae
Atlantic it gentile to be a mere nothing. The
Canada steamer came over in eight days to'
Halifax; arriving on Monday. The Canada
brings intelligence of a lurther decline in
breadstuffs. From the continent we learn
that Russia .gives Austria 80,000 troops to
beit back the victorious Hungarians—tha t
the fate of the new Republic ol- Italy is seal
ed French -Expedition- to- re4lore- the.
Pnpe—ar•.d that the Icing of Prussia had de.
finitely refused the imperial crown. Accounts
from India say that the Sikh war has ierrei.
na ed. The accounts ol the starvation and
is roes is Ireland aie melancholy.
TRIAL OF THOS. J. BURROHOIIB.—The
case was taken up in Worcester enmity
court, Marvland, on the 14th instant• The
Snowhill shield says that the first bill found
by the State Attotney was for - "murder in
thp first degree," tx hich was ignored by the
grand jury, and a bill subsequently brought
in for "manslaughter," and upon this issue
Burroughs is now being tried.
The papers of • yesterday state that
the case has tern.mated. Homy' A. Wise
spoke nine hours as counsel for the defence,
•basing his appeal on the amiable, mild
chariteter,o2 Mr Burroughs.
j"A writer in the Washington
gives warning that the locoloco Senate is
going to reject many of Gen. Taylor'snomi
nations.
cjThe Hon. and Rev, Baptist Noel
who recently secede" from the English
Church, is about to visit this country.
The new relief notes, in place of the
torn ileiriced ones, are begihning to
make their appearance in circulation.
Death.of Geo. Worth
The Nety„Orleans Picayune of 17th,
Rates that Gen Worth died at Snit Antonio,
of cholera, Which prevails there to a great
extent'—upwards of one litindied deaths ha-
ving taken place.
0::r The combined 'expenditures of the
various' religious beneiblent and missionary
societies is over one million of dollars.
.Captain Wilkes it is reported is
to command one ol the national vessels to
be sent in search ol Sir John Franklin.
11,0=Shuster, alias Torn Hand, for the
for the Robbery of the'government jewels,
has been sentenced at Washington to
,three
years in the Penitentiary.
Ito:.Over four hundred. houses were
destroyed,by the St. Louis fire, and thee
hiss is over $6,000,000 I
pC}'The crevasse at New Orleans, we
learn from a despatchyesterday, was be
coming more alarming. •
"yoThe dwelling,ofthe widow Brame,
at. Springfield, Maas: was buinL.down an
.M9ndaYitnaltahe peri!hed
•
. ,
NOTiCall".. • •
MBE members , this Carlisle Independent
1•.1L"... Light;Artilleiyry' 06tispany, will meet at
Burkholder's ffetel, the•first MONDAY; of
June 'for the 'porpoise of • voting for a, Brigadier,
General end ts Brigade' Ihspedtor, arid 'also a
MaJor.frir the Oarlille•Battakon. ' . •,
• The'electlon will.be held: between the, hoary
'6l'4 eind:6.6"eleek;l l 3l.' This Members. Will
Meet 'on the (same 'day.ktiler eidock, A. M. for
drill. ' JOBM,F, •
-- me23" • • Ciplain.cominandine:
.• •
. ,
• ClinabeirlanC , Greya, ,
-„.,
'"' "104c , riainfiejcion
ore•ordorea pre l .
fir 10 .
- wAT U RDAYiha 1 6 'ot
1.
Jirprt.kfi,..9ant ihtisl3!NOP!t; R't
, • •
.• to irving„fin ''regaro . be eon...
proveti s fatat. In most of the principal to wns • foinera;. go that every Stronger visitinghis Boole
in the \Vest there are- daily occurring a Store, may feel entirely at home. •
number of cases, In CincinnatiHlS IMMENSE STOCK of Books is elan
there have HlSstied
according to the various Departments of
been sevaal hundred cases, but compare- Literature, so that visitors can find the Books
bey are , in search of themselves. B
lively a small proportion of deaths. A num-
his go" for the most for
part at the Auc uying tion
rof cases also occurreditt - New - York - iast - . Sabbs7aml — being connecred-witic-one—of
week, causing ggreat excitement in the city. Largest Publishing Houses in thigicotintry,
besides publishing largely himself.ierishles him
The smoky - atmosphere of Pittilburg it is said to Sell-str, . noose at LOWER PRICES than
y,other house of a similar. character on this
has thus far kept that city clear of the dis• •tiri
continent. His facilities for the-lmroseAnon
ease.' or Bonxs from Europe, are unsurpassed, hav
ing's Branch of his eAtablishrnent in London,
• whore coders of private gentlemen - are carefully"
executed and forwarded to this Country by
every Steamecnnd Pocket. "
A CATALOGUE of Books with the prices
,attached is issued quarterly, containingiosts of
New Additions made to his large collection,
which are in all cases for sale at the LOWEST
PRICES, or from „25 tn.''7s per cent. Wow
Publisl ors' prices. Thus in buyirg even a
fOw Books,-quite h t considerable amount is
saved- As a still further, Induceinept to stron
pars visiting..the every.one who purc,hases
One Dollars worth - of llooks,.willt receive a
copy of the STRANGER PAILADELPIIIA, tl
elegant 18rea. volume, the price of which is 25
Cents.
irrThe limits of an advertisement are too
(quaint d to enumerate the.prices of any of the
Boole, or to give even. a.inirit idea of the im•
manse advantages to be derived from purchas
ing nt the great Central Cheap Bock Store, but
let all who are in search -id rwhisi sea Yor a
Cntalogue, and buy . the books they are In Wont
of, and when visiting' the city, -give Appleton'
one call. ltd you Will be sure to call again.
' STATIONERY in all its branches famish
ed at the Lowest Prices. The bikinis of those
purchasing Letter and Note Putter, neatly
stamped in the corner, without charge. -
Orders for any article mitt , be sent by. moil,
oddrersed to the Proprietor and the directions
in all cases will, be fully carried out, with great
punettiality and despatch. ' •
) ooiders for Cabilnones -prepaid_
01F.0. - S., API'I.ETON
Bookseller. Publisher, Importer, and sta
tioner, 164 Chesnut- . Street, corner, of Se
venth, Smoim's Building Itny9'493mo
New '2overtiscmcitts;
.
StatiOnery and Magazines,
A LARGE lot of Post, Foolscap, and Note
Paper, by the ream, cheap. Also, the lendino
Magazines for June, Gritham!s, Gudey's aria
Sartain's- 25 cis a number. Also, all the new
novels, as soon as published for sale by
me 23 JACOB ERB.
To the Voters of Ounlberiand Co'tv
FELLOW- emu:re—l offer.AnYself to your
coneirteration'aed-cdrrdidete for the Office of
SHERIFF at the approaching election, sufOect
to the action of the Whig Conroy Convention.
and respectfully soliCil your.support.
JOS A EGE.
Shippenahurp, may 23,'49. • •
To Executors, Adminisftors 8t Heirs
COLLATERAL - INHERITANCE TAX.
ALL persona interested in estates shbjeet to
Collateral Inheritance Taxes are hereby
notified, thar according to an Act of Assembly
pass, d April 10, 1549, interest tit. the rate of
twelve per.cent per annum, will be charged on
said taxes, from the death ot the persons on
whose estates they are due, unless the same are
paid, prior to the 10th ot .lanuary, 1150. Per.
sons Interested in estateS,aubjpet to collateral
tax, Which have never been administered upon.
are also notified to conte forwta itnmediately
.and administer and pay the. Collateral Tnx.
otherwise it will be my duty to oppOintssonte
suitable person to settle up said estates.
G 013 LD,
Register.
Mny 23
Estate of SAM'L IRVINE, 'deed
NOTICE is hereby given that Letters Tes•
tamentaity on the, estate of . . Samuel Irvine, late
of Newton township, dee'd:Jtave been emitted
to the subscribers. the first named residing in
the Borough of Newville, and the last named
in Newton township. All persons indebted to
said estate Will make immediate payment, and
those having claims will present them for set
tiemont to
%NIES R. TR VINE
ISAAC KOWA S, sr.
mn236lpd
looking Glasses.
A LARNE; and splendid assortment of Ma
hogany Framed Lnoki»g Glasses can he had n
the subscriber at his cheap More in North Han
over street. ing3 4 G CARMON V.
• LA:WATS.
HEAP LAWNS, new'styles cnnlie had
11„_, very low of the subscriber at his cheap
store in North Hanover street.
matti
GINGHADIS
A splendid 'assortment of Gingliarns
patterns: very lovai. can he had of the
subscriber in North Hanover street. Call and
sec. [mn23] J CAHMONY:
DRUGS, -FANCY GOODS, BOOKS, &C.
JUST OPENED
EAV ER STICK'S old eptablislied Drbg
and OD - N - ti - elli - IttirniVtr - lffrect; a
new supply of Drugs and Medicines:fresh and
carefully selected, •together with a rich, varied
and extensive assortment of Fancy Goods,
Books, Perfumes, Soaps, Cutlery, Gold and
Silver Pens and Pencils, Cornelius' Splendid
Parlor Lamps, Girandoles, and FloWer Voses
Ethereal Oil pimps, Fruits, Confectionary, and
a variety of other articles which it is impossi
ble. to enumerate, but comprising the lamest
and most splendid display ever offered in Car.
lisle. and at prices correspondingly cheap. This
attention of his old friends and customers and
the public generally is particularly invited to
his present stock, with which they cannot fail to
be pleased.
MuylG'49 S W lIAVERSTICK.
SPRING FASHIONS.
111 THE subscriber has just rec'ived
, - , - - - ,1 - another lot of the now style of spring
HATS, is prepared to accommodate
~,/,-,..---- , both his old and new friends with an
elegant article, besides every other
article in his line. His stock is large and vs,
Hoes, comprising fine Mole Skin and Beaver
Hats' with Nutria, Fur, Summer and every
variety of Slouch. HAM. While be cheerfully
records his acknowlecTOMent7diiiist favor, he
would reapectfullv solicit a continuance of pub.
lie pationage. at the Old Stand in North Han•
over street. GEORGE KELLER,
May:6'49
13121
' • WALI-P4ERS.
THE subscriber invites th attention of pur
chasers to his extensive vp iety of WALL
PAPERS, samples of whict may be seen at
his Hoek Store. Ho is enab ed "to sell at city
retail prices and to limns!) - the article nt the
shortest -notion. [ml6) JACOB ERB
Brigade Inspector's Order.
THE members of organized Volunteer com
panies will meet at their armories on the first
Mo.iiday of, June next,Jor The purpose ofelect
ing one Brigadier General, one Brigade Inspec
tor, and such Field officers as the battalion to
which rend company may bo attached shall be
entitled to: the Captain or commanding offi
cer of each company, shall superintend said
election and make a true return thereof to the
Biigade, within ton days,
Carlisle, mai 6'49
NOTICE TO CARPENTERS:
ROPOSALS will be received at the Coni•
P
missioners Office up to MONDAY the
28th of May, for the laying down of a fluor on
the garret of the Court alouse—the contractor
to furnish all material. The boards to bo of a
good quality, and well seasoned, to be ploughed
and groved, end laid down in a workmanlike
end substantial manner. By order of the Com
missioners Attest—WM RILEY, On.
Corns Office, antl6'49'
Building Lots For Sale.
1 WILL offer for sale, on terms which will be
made reasonable, Four BUILDING LOTS,
on. Pitt street and Five LOTS situated on north
street in this borough. . They are situated in a
part of the town which is rapidly filling up, and
where property-is increasing in value. If not
Bold before M.ONDAY, 'the 5111 'of June 'next,
they will on that day be exposed to public. sale
at the CoUrt House. Indisputable titles will be
given . ml 6 JOHN A HUMRICII.'
PICKLES, P RESER VES.--Just received
and , opiMed by the euhenriber,
,preeervdd
Ginger and Pine Apple, grange. Jelly,:Pieliled
Lobsters, Gherkins, Mangoes; Pope* Picol7
Bib Tomatoes and Onione, Olives, Capers, An.'
chovies,-Sardinee, .Tomato Ketchup, fine, mixed
chc - ilWainrisnre
_aormatitilf_Salad_olljast received at
Mayla,!49 s.W — HirEIISTIC '
Cifeat tilitra'etion 'in' aW i le.,
VNEW•Siorii and,the Chqapest, Gobds inthe
Goßd , s,qrocetirt and . gueonsssre
nt,PhltaoelPhia'Pr °l. I iV4P67Ei
'.-,Chein'CashStorn.
Trta2
roa '
t• ••• ROUSE
- •on WootiniOnt • recernly ocOupied
• • Ulll, oubocriber. •Possenion
47 4- .• owons immediately :•4. . • • 444-4
.;Alny•• : . • .„ .• /4 4
ME
BKoksikithis Coal. ," •
2000 13USfiELS—fiiratLrate__Alle
'
; ,'ghany C 0 4 ... is receiv ing andfor
side Jow+ for`csah:4i, `r" MU RR A Y.
ss‘./oAiso.
. aft FAT CESTRAL •
:bIA... 'BOOR.. STORE..
• -
46434testilat Street,Corher Of Swaim's
. WAldings, Philadelphia.
liz:NDWlntil the wantOof the community,
.-i - 4the-P.OPrietor.-of.this_Establishment_ has
titteihip.g§tore in the most elegant manner,
iy - T„4l tlf to he comfort of his
_cus-
• ,
Spring 10 Summer Stples,- - -
I UST received a Nil' and complete stock of
A SOrirtg and Summer Goods, suitable for
“entlemen'e wenr. Super ill'k French end
Fancy •Colored •11 4 !
.4 ' all 'deem iptions.— 131'k
and Fancy Casscrns. Of all shades and mix
tures, also eashmei'S t's, Tweeds and Craning
ions of all - colours and qualities, VI slings, Silks.
&vim., cashmeres, white and Feney..lllnrieiVep.
With a large ussontment• of Gloves,
Stocks, , Liner, end Stlk flandk'fs, all open and
r e ady for inspection nt my old stand opposite the
Rail Road Office. T.. H. SKILF.S.
May 2
•VERCiLZ7VT7S HOTE.L,
Fourth Street, between Arch & Minket,
• PHILADELPHIA.
VI/IHE Proprietorship and zmagement n: this
A. well known hotel ; (which is located in the
very centre of business) having this day pmsed
into the hands of the subscribers, they Leg
leave to state that it is their put pi se to render
it worthy of the Jibe ul patronage with which it
his been heretofore sustained, and hope by un
remitting attention, to dhserve the proronnge - iff
their friends, who May vioit the cit 'jon business
•r pleasure.
C
Firm. Hy of the Exchange Hotel l'ipithimg.
marti'f 95t
FOUNDRY AND IUAOMNE sop
FOR SALE. I
r ILIE subscriber ojlers nt Privnte Snle ids ex
tensive FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
SHOP, a touted op Main Street, Carlisle, with
all the necessnrY 'buildings for the bush:ens, all
of which are in complete order. The, mochi
.neryouonsisitsof—,one--five-horsa.Engine,_C_up_ola _
Fan and all necessary flasks, folio w•boardsi and
as large an assortment of Patterns as any other
shop in the county or State. Also, attached to
it two large Slide Lathes, one boring Lathe,
and two setts of Blacksmith's Tools.. .
The loci-lion Of this Foundry . is decidedly one
of the bent in the county. It is tne only Foundry
and Machine Shop in Cerlislsi, and has been in
operntiOn for nine years. 'The Foundry Build
ing is 30 by 60 the Machine Shopis 28 by 38 lent
and has water convenient. The property can bo
purchased on reasonable terms, and possession
given on the let of June or immediately.
eons desirous of purchasing ere requested to call
on the subscriber, rqsiding on the premises,
who willOstill continue to conduct the business
as heretofore until a sale is effected.
May2-3m FRANKLIN GARDNER.
ITNDEIi. the provisions of the Act of 1644,
U any county paying into the State Treasury
the State Tax levied on such county, prior to
the 11th of July in any year, is entitled to an
abatement of 6 per cent. on the amount so paid.
The undersigned, Commissioners of Cum
berland county, in view of the above provisions
consider it equitable and proper• that those who
by the prompt payment of their taxes prior to
the above date, enable the Treasurer to pay
over The State Tax. so es to receive. the afore
said abatement of 5 per, cent., the benefit of
which has hitherto been'enjoyed by the.citizens
of the'county generally, should be allowed a
deduction of that amount by the chlleMor—linvet
authorized the different CollectUrs to make said
abatement from the State tes, in all eases whew
the State and Cceinty tax is paid 'tithe collector
before the 17th day of July, 1849, when said
abatement shall amount to one cent or more,
no fractions of a rent to be credited.'
Since the Act of '44, the Columissioners have
paid the State tea of Mk county annually tr ihe
State Treasurer, withitil he time prescr:t ttf by
the act, and the county has received the benliet
of on anatement of five per cent. thereon, but
but to meet said payment they have found it
necessary heretofore to appropriate a port of the
county funds to meet the deficiency beraei- ned
by delinquents, until the bahhice of the :irate
Tax was collected. It therefore becomes ne
cessary to iequire the paymert of both State
and county tax.t.o.enthle the_pßy'er io the awe
eaki alifilement, upon.thc aforcseTd - Stiile Tex..
The undersigned , therefore Confidently'.iintici
pate that the above arrangement, and the further
knducement of enablin.Pumberland .county to
maintain the clutractec,Japrotnpiness and fi
delity which she has :molted in the discharge
of her obligations to. the Cotnnionweelth, will
induce every citizen rodiacharge their State and
County Tax prior to the 17th day of July.
DANIEL COBL,E,
JOHN WELL,
JAMES KEL%(3O, A'
County Commissioners:
Attest—WM. R EILLY. Clerk.
Commissieners' Office, 2
Carlisle, May, 2,''49. ' s
.J gii,
grigudo Inspector
Estate of Daniel Cayman, dee'&
NOTICE is hereby given ihat Letters, Tea
tamentary on the Estate a DAHRAL CAY
MAN,
-
MAN, late' Eiankford tOwnehip, dee?d., have
been granted to the subscribers, the' first named
living in the same township, and the second
in Mifflin township.' All persons , knOwing
salves indebied•tdsaittestets to make payment
immediately; and those laving claims' to preiot
thane for-settlement to •—• , • . • "
ABRAHAM GA YMANr ,•
JONAS •CAY.MAN,. •• •
ninllV4O6t
."
1 NI hle . ri,dec'd.'
t D-Ilie. - 7 CI that letters •
tEqozi-Q . herebyiotMildn _e,„ment---.
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thi-j lasi 4. I l i, -... ~,_._
t,„„ey,trt 0.......... ] ate. o f
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• ,q.
r, iwt.q.„,,.dio d '' I 'd' gin
mberlse county, - 'rnserf!'ree l . l - 11
or
r i
, :4 8 . 1 1 ip , Cs----_,-ledJ6 theeebeslrving
ciannit,,
• • 'day 'bees eirtnir, i:AI),,'POIrcI97 int% dsse,dePleruet
earns township . `tltikeff.talq n, d o:' game wltaile
d a nianYi '4ll- mitkoflo9.,,l3n to • make , imme d i ate.
, rejobeto:tnuiedoT'-, - ,I:- • ,i''
• dellY l en d { hove
," -,- ~Albtivo,lil.rfAi, •
R a y i es, n ,,s, l , • o; •• ISOLL'
,htoHl,Eit; • - •
sh •- ',JACOB , F,secutors.
~- ---mit16'4A60,,,,,,:•,,t,
.Estate ( af,.Jadpb Lehmitni . dec'd:
ND given' a‘ Lettere . Op
4.imoontOryii Ott:the' Estate Of7.IWCOB
MATLIato of South Middleton dea!d.
. - .ollVCboehlnooto. ier•
none.knowing . said on
Ttaux-itp . tmakei-pai , mplit-itaipedistelikAnfid4o6
.4aTinglOsima , to.present:theyekij. i i iiitioni e d to
nirliceiVOt • VII!,
Notice to Tax-Payers.