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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. MONDAY MORNING, JUNE p. . -~i— FOR PRESIDENT, \ WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio ; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —t,jpe incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican— the patriot Farmer of Ohio. TOR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, , Os Virginia ; A State Rights Republican of the schoolsof ’93— one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriotic statesmen. TOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND ViCE-P-l-ESIEENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethtjrpe. DUN3AN L. CLINCH, of Camde^. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. | CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clajk. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Pibb. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. ! WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.j FOR CONGRESS, ! WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greepe. E. A. NISBET, of Bibb. j J. C. ALFORD, of Troup. | R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. T. B. KING, of Giynn. i LOTT WARREN, of Sumpter. R. L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson, • T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. J. A. MERIWETHER, of Putoial i L , - - - * pi - Negro Witnesses.—“ The Northern Man with Southern Principles,. , |’ Every Southern man, every man wad taels for the honor of his country, will doubtlcsi feel as tounded and indignant at the facts contained in the following Sketch from the proceedings of Congress. For although Mr. Van E-uren in every instance, when he has been called;upon to act, has exhibited the most deep rooted hostility to slavery, we did not believe that any President could for a moment entertain the idna.of sanc tioning such a detestable principle, as tbit recog nized in the proceedings of the N:a\a! Court Martial. What, has it come to this ? that the . President of the United States will sanction the validity of negro testimony against white men, and that 100 in a Southern district, the Territory of Florida, when the whole community «re slave holders ! People of Georgia, we appeal to you Geor gians, as Southern men, as men who arc devoted to your fire-sides and altars, and ask you if you are prepared to give your suffrage to a man who sees nothing in the acts of a Court,: which re cognizes negroes as competent witnesses, “ that justifies his interference.” Have you n«k in this abundant evidence of the sincerity of his degrad ing and servile profession, of being “ Northern man with Southern principles.” Whin son of Georgia will endorse this act of the President by giving him his support 1 • We care not whether there was ether testi mony upon which to convict this officer, we care not though he had been guilty of the: most flag rant outrage upon the laws of the Navy, no tes timony however strong, no transgress on how ever great shall ever induce us, as Southern men, to submit silently to such an indignity as that offered through the acts of this Court! and en dorsed by Mr. Van Boren. The officer may have been guity, probably he was, and deserved punishment, but does that fact justify the high handed and dangerous measure of introducing negro testimony I Certainly not; no true Georgian or Southern man will pretend to vindicate such a monstrous outrage upon South ern men, and Southern feelings. Mr. Van Buren should as an act of justice to ifieuten. ant Hooe, and particularly to Southern right s and institutions, have frowned indignantly up on the officers of the court, and have forthwith ordered a new trial, in which he should have ex pressly forbidden the introduction of such testi mony. We will not pursue this exciting subject failher, we will only invite the attention of our readers to the facts as stated by Mr. Bolts, who is a dis tinguished, high minded and honorable Virgin ian, and ask them what security any man in this country can possibily have for his rights, either private or public, if such a principle is tj be ac knowledged. What man would be s?fe either in his person or property, if negroer- were to be permitted to go into our courts and be regarded as competent witnesses. If Mr. Bolts has not been misled it is certainly one of the most high handed insults to Southern men which has been offered through any public functionary in this country, and will be so regarded by them. Smce the foregoing remarks were in type, we have received the Globe, which attempts to jus tify the course pursued by the President. The Globe admits that the witnesses were negroes, as asserted by Lieut. Hooe, but vindicates the Presi dent, on the ground that they were free negroes, and that there was other and competent testi mony in addition to that given by the negroes. This, however, as we have before asserted, does not change the features or principles of this odious transaction. HOC SB OF atPBESENTATI Vr s. F ridat, June 12th. Mr. Bolts, of Virginia, who asked leave to of fer the following preamble and resolutions: ob serving that he held himself personally, and as a Representative, responsible for the truth of every word and syllable contained in the preamble, as established from a personal examination of the records of the case. Whereas, by reference to the proceedings of a Naval General Court Martial, held in the month of May, 1839, on board the United States ship Macedonian, then lying in Pensacola Bay. lor the trial of Lieut. George Mann Hooe, ot \ ir ginia, of the U. S. Navy, on charges and specifi cations originally preferred against him by Com mander Uriah P. Levy; among other irregulari ties complained of by the accused the following facts will appear, which call loudly for redress, to wit: That, on the 30th day of May, James Mitch ell, the Steward, a negro Servant of the said Commander Uriah P Levy, of the U. S. ship Vandalia, was called and sworn as a witness on behalf of the prosecution, to testify against the said Lieutenant Hooe; that the accused objected to the examination of the witness upon the ground that he was a colored man ; that the coui t after deliberation, did not consider the objection a valid one, and ordered the examination to pro ceed ; that the accused then offered the following protest, which was at his request, spread upon the record : “ The accused begs leave to state to the Court, most distinctly, that he solemnly protests against the evidence of this witness being received and recorded. It is far from the wish of the accused to object to any evidence which the Court may deem legal; but the witness is a colored man, and therefore, in the opinion of the accused, is not a competent witness even before this tribunal. G. M. HOOE, Lieut. U. S. Navy.” Whereupon the witness proceeded to deliver his eOdence before the Court ; upon the conclu sion of which, the accused offered the following paper in writing, which, at bis request, was also spread upon the record : “The accused having protested against the evidence of this witness, on the ground that he conceivs his testimony to be altogether illegal; that he knows it would be so considered beiore the civil tribunal of this Territory, the forms and customs of which, he humbly.thinks, should be as closely followed by a martial court as possible, therefore asks to spread upon the record the fact that he cannot consent to. and has totally de clined examining this witness. GEORGE MANN HOOE, Lieut. U. S. N,” That, on the same day, to wit, the 30th day of May, Daniel Waters, a negro cook and private servant of the said original prosecutor, Uriah P. Levy, was called, sworn, and examined before the Court: whereupon the accused presented the ; following paper in writing, which at his request, was spread upon the record, to wit: “ The Court having decided to receive and re cord the testimony of colored persons, the accu sed, in regard to this witaess, can only reiterate his objections as set forth in the case of Mitchell, ; the Captain’s steward. The accused wll pursue the same course with this witness that he decided to take with the other colored man. GEORGE MANN HOOE, Lieut. U. S, N.” That the trial progressed until Wednesday, the sth day of June, when the Court entered up its judgment, of which the following is the con clusion : “And the Court therefore hath and doth sen tence the said Lieut. George M. Hooe, to be dis missed from the West India squadron, after hav ing been reprimanded in general orders by the honorable the Secretary of the Navy. Which said proceedings are endorsed. Approved, J. K. PAULDING ” That on the return of the President of the U. States to the seat of Government, the said Lieut. George M. Hooe, addressed a remonstrance to his Excellency, the President, complaining of the irregularities of the Court, generally, which re monstrance concludes with the following state ment : “ There is one other point in the proceedings of the Court, (touching their legality) to which I invite the particular attention of your Excellency, It respects a matter to which all Southern men are deeply sensitive —and, if not overruled by your Excellency, will assuredly drive many valuable men from the Navy. In the progress of the pro ceedings of this court, two negroes, one the cook and the other private steward of Commander Levy, were introduced as witnesses against me. I protested against their legal competency to be witnesses in the Territory of Florida, on the ground that they were negroes. The Court dis regarded my exception, and as the record shows, they were allowed to be examined and to testify on mv trial. This I charge as a proceeding ille gal and erroneous on the part of the Court, and, if so, according to established law and precedent, must vitiate and set aside their whole proceed ings. All which is most respectfully submitted to your consideration and final decision, by Y'our obedient servant, GEORGE MANN HOOE, Lieut. U. S. Navy.” That after an examination of the record, the President returned the same to the Navy Depart ment with the following endorsement: “ The President finds nothing in the proceed ings in the case of Lieut. Hooe which requires his interference. M. V. B.” And whereas the introduction of negroes and private servants of the prosecutor, as witnesses to testify against the characters of gentlemen of the Navy, in the service of their country, is a prac tice, though sanctioned by the Presided of the U. States, that will not be justified, and ought not to be tolerated by Southern men, or “ J\'urlhern men with Southern principles and if not cor rected, must operate as a serious injury to the I Navy, to the humiliation of its officers, and to the infinite discredit of the Goverrncnt. Resolved, therefore , That the Secrelary of the Navy be required to communicate to this K«a;e a copy of the proceedings of the court martial held for the trial of Lieut. George M. Hooe, that his wrongs may be promptly redressed, and the evils complained of corrected without delay. Mr. Dromgoole inquired what measure of re dress his colleague proposed by the introduction of this resolution ! Mr. Stanley called Mr. Dromgoole to order, making some remarks which, from the confusion which immediately arose were inaudible to the Reporter. The Chair said the resolution could be receiv ed only by general consent. Mr. F. Thomas, of Maryland, objected. Mr. Bolts thereupon moved to suspend the rules, and demanded the yeas and nays; which were ordered, and, being taken, resulied as fol lows : Yeas—Messrs. Adams, Alford, John W. Al len, Banks, Baker, Bernard, Biddle, Black, Bond, Bolts, Boyd, Briggs, Brockway, Win. O. Butler, Calhoun, William B. Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Chapman, Chinn, Claik, Coles, Connor, Crabh, Cranston, Crockett, Curtis, Cushing, Edward Davies, G. Davis, Dawson, Deberry, Dennis, Dillett, Doan, Edwards, Everett, James Garland, Gates, Gentry, Goggin, Goode, Green, Griffin, Grinnell, Habersham, Haws, John Hill, of Va., Hill ot N. C., Hoffman, Holmes, James, Jenifer, Charles Johnston, Kempshali, King, Lewis, Lincoln, Lucas, McCarty, Mason Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery. Morgan, Calvary Morris, Naylor, Naylor, Nisbet, Osborn Palen, Peck, Pope, Kariden, Rayner, Khett. Ridgway, Ser geant, Sheppard, Simnnton, T. Smith, Stanly, Storrs, Stuart, Waddy Thompson,.l. Thompson, Tillinghast,'Poland, Triplett, Underwood, P. J. Wagner, Warren, Edward D. White, Lewis Williams, Joseph L. Williams, Wise—9s. Nays—Messrs. J. Allen, H. J. Anderson, Atherton, I3calty, Blackwell, Albert G. Brown, t Burke, Carr, Clifford, Win. R. Cooper, Craig, Crary, Cross, Dana, John Davis, Doig, Drom -5 goole, Duncan. Earl, Eastman, Ely,Fine, Floyd, , Foriiance, Galbraith, Gerry, Hammond, Hand, J. Hastings, Hawkins, Hillen, Holleman, Hop kins, Hubbard, Jackson, Jameson, Johnson. Cave Johnson, N. Jones, J. W. Jones, Keim, Kemble, , Kille, Leadbetter, Leet. Leonard, Lowell, Mc- Clellan, McCulloh, McKay, Mallory Marchand, Miller, Montanya, S. W. Morris, Newhard, Parish, Parmenter, Parris, Paynter, Petrikin, Prentiss, Reynolds, Robinson, E. Rogers, Kyall, Samuels, Shaw, Albert Smith, John Smith, Starkweather, Steenrod. Strong, Swearingen, Sweeny, Taylor, Francis Thomas, Turnev. Van derpool. D. D. Wager.cr, Walterson, Weller, Jared W. Williams, Henry Williams, Worth inton—Bs. So the rules we:e not suspended. dj* Those who voted in the negative are, without a single exception, we believe, Adminis tration men.—Ed. Chhon. & Sent. Mr. McKay asked leave to offer a resolution simply applying for a copy of the proceedings of , the Court Martial, but concluded to postpone it till to-morrow. Mr. Jones renewed his motion to go into com mittee on the whole on the state of the Union, Mr. L nderwood remonstrated, observing that this was private bill day. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Goode demanded the yca%amlnays; which, being taken, resulted as loliows: Leas 112. nays 72. So the rules were suspended. Great Face—Boston and Gano. The lovers of the sports of the turf will receive i with much pleasure, the intelligence contained in i the following letter, from Col. Long, the owne r j of Boston. ’I he race will come off over the Lafayette Course, near this city, on Monday, the Bth day of December next, should no accident occur to either horse. P ETEHiBURG, Va., June 16th, 1840. ' Mes*r?. Thomas J. Walton and Augustus Lampkin : $ Gentlemen—l have seen your communication of the sth instant, to William T. Porter, Esq., Editor of the “ Spirit of the Times,” proposing to run “ Gano ” a match of SIO,OOO aside, half I forfeit, against any named horse, mare, or geld ing in the Union, four mile heats, agreeable to the rules of the Club over the Lafayette Course, on the day preceding the next fall meeting. “ 1 accept the match with my horse Boston ,” the forfeit to be put up whenever you may ask me, or I may ask you. Yours, with great respect, JAMES LONG. Court of Inquiry, A few days since, we adverted to the charges made against Capt. Dusenbcrry and Major Len drum, upon which they were tried ; to-day, we lay before our readers the charges as preferred, and the remarks of the Baltimore American thereon. Comment is needless. From the Baltimore American. Court ol Inquiry. The following is a copy of the memorial which I constituted the basis of the investigation recent ly had in Baltimore, by a Court of Inquiry spe cially appointed by order of the President of the United Statas:— | (confidential.) To his Excellency the President of the United States : The undersigned have been appointed a com mittee by the Democratic Convention of the city of Baltimore, to wait on your Excellency and request the immediate removal of Major Lcn drum and Capt. Dusenberry from their stations in their stations in that city. The reasons upon which this request is founded are, that those gen lleraen are employing the influence and patro ■ | nage of their places to injure and persecute the supporters of the National Administration—a 1 course which the former has been pursuing for past sixteen months, to the detriment of the i public interest, and to the great wrong of the Democratic party. The Convention have been induced to apply to i your Excellency, because all other applications i j have failed to effect a redress of the grievance complained of.—Permit us to assure your Excel lency that no privat j or personal consideration has influenced the Convention, or any of the undersigned, in this matter ; but they have been actuated solely by a regard for the public good, and the just claims of the Democratic party, s Your obediant servants, Thomas L. Murphy,") G. B. Wilson, J R. B. A. Tate, y Committee. T. C. Coyle, j Samuel Darker, J The people have now an authentic document 1 by w'hich they may be enable to judge advisedly of the recent proceeding in this city relative to the officers named in the memorial—a procee ding which excited no little surprise, and of the real nature of which many have not yet been able to form a decided opinion. We here sec an ap peal to the Piesideut as the head of the “Demo cratic party,” made by men known as partisans and who, it may be presumed, except as partizans, would not have taken the step. The charge against Major Lendrum and Capt Dusenberry is that “those gentlemen are employing the influ ence and patronage of their places to injure and persecute the supporters of the National Aumin istration.” Now it would certainly be a fault in those gentlemen or in any other public officers, civil or military if they should employ the influ ence and patronage of their places to uphold any political part}', or interfere as public officers in such matters at all. But the charge is not made on this general ground. Let us suppose that the gentlemen above named had palpably and open ly employed the patronage of their stations in fa vour of the Democratic party. Does any one suppose that the disinterested public spirit of the memorialists would have prompted them to com plain in this manner and request the immediate removal of the officers so acting ? Is it not plain to every body that the accusation is lodged against them because they did not do this ? The result of the investigation showed that Major Lendrum and Capt. Dusenberry honestly ; endeavoured, in the making of their contracts i to procure the best terms they could, compatible with a prompt and faithful execution of the rc i quired duties on the part of the those stipula ting to pet form them. The political sentiments of the persons with whom they dealt formed no item in their contracts. They were required by the nature of their offices to furnish supplies, 1 often in large quantities and at short notice. Viewing the whole thing in the light of a busi ness transaction, it was natural and proper that they should prefer the bargain with men upon ! whom they rely for despatch—or with such as could furnish the necessary articles at the fairest prices and of the best quality.—lt sometimes hap pened that they contracted with Whigs—and sometimes with \an Buren men. But herein, it would see n, was the crime, in the estimation of the complainants. * These gentlemen were ob noxious to the party because they did their duty too well. It was a high misdemeanour that offi cers of the Government did not allow partisan considerations to enter into their dealings for the aggrandisement of the supporters of the Admin istration. The issue of the whole matter will be, we pre sume, to confirm and establish the principle of partisan allegiance as one of the elementary rules of official duty. It is t r ue that Major Lendrum and capt. Dusenberry have been acquitted. But what then! Is not the precedent set by which any officer, in any department of public service, may be arraigned at the instance of any caucus of political managers, ifit has appeared to them that he; has failed in due allegiance to the party ? The principle ofsuch implied allegiance has been so ;ar admitted as to be made the basis ot a special commission of inquiry. Who shall undertake to say where it will stop T It the supposition did not verge too far into the absured it would be curious to imagine how such a memorial as the one published above would have been received by George Washington, when the Executive chair was honoured by his occu pancy. We allude to tae absurdity of the sup position, because it is difficult to believe that any, in his time, having a knowledge of his char acter, would have dared to approach his presence as the liearers of such a document. Hon. W. B. Calhoun. An article has been going the rounds of the \ an Buren papers, and among others was in serted in “ The Southerner ,” copied from Bos ton papers, charging upon the authority of a Mr. Brown, a member of an Abolition Convention, that the Hon. W. B. Calhoun of Massachusetts had written home to his friends that Gen. Har rison was an Abolitionist.—We copy the article and Mr. Calhoun's denial of its truth.—We have also in our possession a letter from Mr. Calhoun, to the Editor of this paper, assuring us of its falsehood. From the National Intelligencer. Washington, June 12, 1840. Messrs. Caleb & Seaton : There appeared in the Globe of Tuesday evening a brace of ex tracts from two Admistration newspapers in Bos ton, relative to myself primarily, but in connex ion with a groat topic of great public interest. The editor of the Globe superauded some com ments of his own, in his peculiar veil. Immedi ately upon seeing this article in the Globe, I ad dressed a note to the editor, solely for the purpose of correcting the misstatements of his Boston coadjutors. This note he has seen fit not to publish. I hare therefore to ask of you the fa vor to admit it into your columns. The letter of Gen. Harrison, referred to in my note, was a short one, and consisted exclusively of a response to this inquiry ; “Is it true that Gen. Harrison, whilst Governor of Indiana, did make an effort to introduce slavery into that Ter ritory 1” This inquiry he responds to in the same terms which he used in replying to the same question eighteen years ego, in the “An dress to the Public,” also referred to in my note. The Globe makes quite a flourish about “private pledges ,” ‘"declarations for the private eye,' &c. If there be any such on the part of Gen. Harrison, upon the subject of slavery, or upon any other subject, they are totally unknown to me. I know his opinionsupon this, as upon all other topics, in common with the w hole commu nity, and in no other way. To understand this matter fully, it will be necessary to republish the two articles copied into the Gioble from tlie two Boston papers: From the Bay State (Mass.) Democrat. “Abolition Convention.—Being in the vi cinity of the Melodeon this forenoon, we drop ped into the Abolition Convention, which is now sitting at that piece for the purpose of nom inating Presidential electors, etc. for this State. Among the speakers was a Mr, Brown, of North ampton, who staled that, with reference to Gen. Harrison’s sentiments on the subject of slavery, he could inform the gentlemen of the convention that Mr. Calhoun, member of the present Con gress from this Slate, had written home to his constituent that General Harrison was an Abo litionist of the first water, and no mistake; that he (Mr. Calhoun) had his information from a source in be rtlied on. And, said Mr. Brown, (who seemed to be ashamed of the piti ful policy of Mr. Calhoun.) he says to bis con stituents, you may make such use of this infor mation as you please, but be sure it does not get into the papers." From the Boston Post. “An Abolition Convention, held yesterday in this city, one of the members of the convention from Northampton, stated publicly, that Mr. Cal houn, the British Whig member of Congress in that District, No, 8, had written home letters to satisfy the anti-slavery men that Harrison was a whole-souled Abolitionist I Mr. Brown said that these letters had come from Mr. Calhoun incon sequence of the anti-slavery convention at North amption having passed a resolve rather against Harrison. Mr. Calhoun wrote to convince them they were wrong. He (Mr. Brown) had seen one of his letters, which was handed round by the Whigs. Mr. Calhoun told the Abolitionists in his letter, that Harrison was with us, (the Abo litionists.) and would go all lengths ; and that he (Mr. Calhoun) had this from authority, which Mr. Brown understood to mean Gen. Har rison himst.lt. But at the end of Mr. Cal houn’s letter there was this caution ; “ Make such use of this as you think best is private; but do not let it get into the papers •• Mr. Brown said that numerous copies of letters of this kind were circulating among the Abolitionists in Afr. Calhoun’s distiict.” I pronounce the statements contained in the above extracts, of any of Gen. Harrison's opin ions, or of any fact in regard to him, upon the authority of any letter of mine, to be totally and unequivocally false. W. B. CALHOUN. The Mississippi.—The New Orleans Sun of the 13th says, the river is still rising, in some parts of the L*wee it is overflowing. We expect in a day or two, to see the persons living in the front streets seeking shelter in the back part of the city. Pennsylvania.—The recent judicious action of the Pennsylvania Legislature, in the passage of the Tax Bill, the Improvement Bill, and the Bill to pay specie or its equivalent for interest due on the Stale stocks, has already had its happy ef fect on the credit of the commonwealth, which is now placed on a firm basis. On Saturday, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania five percent were in demand at 95, and 100 was asked by holders. This fact is a striking practical illustration of the wisdom of the sentiment recently urged by Mr. Biddle, of maintaining at all hazards the “plighted faith of the American States.”—Bal timore American. ' ' ‘ I Searching Questions. —The Chicago Amer ican asks the following: Is “Miles Hotchkiss, Esq." the “gentleman" who rote to General Harrison in l>ebalf of the Oswego Association, the individual who broke jail at Albany, in the Stale of New York, while confined thereon a charge of forgery I Does he now keep a ball-alley and loafer grocery at Oswegol 'J here arc persons in Chicago, who know a Mr. Miles Hotchkiss, who answers the above description. From the Reformer. lion. D. ebstcr.—Alexandria Festival. Among the distinguished men who were present at the great festival at Alexandria, in commemo ration of the recent triumphant victory of the Whig? in Virginia, was the Hon. Daniel Web ster, who, in reply to a complime; tary toast, is ; said to have male one of the most eloquent and . masterly speeches that ever emanated from his J truly giant mind. We regret that the spirited ed j itors of the Madisonian, only gave us what they say, is an imperfect sketch of this eloquent produc | tion of the great Eastern orator. Imperfect how ever as it may be, we feel unalloyed pleasure in being able to lay that portion of it which express es his views in relation to Southern rights, before | our readers, and we hope they will be amply compensated with its insertion, to the exclusion of our editorial re marks upon other and general topics. \\ e invoke for it a calm and dispassionate perusal by every man into whoso hands our paper may fall, and we beseech him to conclude the perusal by answering to himself this question:—What d n ger has the South or Southern institutions to fear from a party, whose sentiments are uttered in the tone and spirit of Mr. Webster’s speech 3 Answer this question to yourselves, and we hazzard the assertion that there is rot an impartial Southern man, who will venture the opinion that this high, solemn and sacred pledge from Mr. Webster, is not all he could ask, all he could desire. But we arc keeping you from the speech. Mr. W ebster said, he had never before the happiness of addressing any considerable number ofiiis fellow-citizens South of the Potomac river, and he would not deny that he embraced the occasion with ihe greatest pleasure. The partic ular object of the meeting was one in which all his feelings en'.ered most warmly, to commemo rate the brilliant ach'evement of the Opposition party of Virginia at the spring election; and todo nonor to those who in that contest, upheld the cause of the Constitution and our Republican liberty. The Virginia spring election wrought a great change, and was productive of the most beneficial consequences. Before that struggle, doubts were entertained with regard to the man ner in which the South would act.—Before that time, how much soever of feeling and interest in behalf of the Opposition there might be here and there in the South, there was not any certainty that the feeling and interest were general, or that the .South would make a firm, united stand against the men in power. That question, so im portant to the adversaries of corruption and mis rule —so important to their great cause—was sol ved at the spring elections. It was then made manifest that Union and harmony exist among the free and independent citizens of every section : and whether we succeed or fail, our fate is identi fied with the most distinguished and illustrious men from every quarter of our country. In this connection. Mr. Webster said that, as a member of the National Legislature, he could not forbear giving ; his testimony to the conduct of the opposition i members from V irginia— to their ability, their : zeal, their devotedness to their duties. He knew * them well—and no man could more highly ap preciate their character and service.—He then repeated the expression of his high satisfaction ! at being e*» dded to address, directly, a Southern : audience, on topics in which the North and South have a common interest. He knew he was lis tened to by Virginians—full of the feelings of Southern men—and pledged as deeply to the , fortunes of the South, as deeply as men can be on this side of the grave—and here, before such | an auditory, he desired to declare his determina | tion to do all in his power to prevent the success j of those measures which would divide the Whigs of the South from the N'orth. On those ques tions you (exclaimed Mr. Webster) are Whigs, and I am a Whig! [lmmense cheering, in the midst of which, a I stout old yeoman cried out, “ Boys do you hear that!” which produced still more rapturous ap plause.] You (continued Mr. W.) are Virginians. I belong to the old Bay State ! But our enemies shall not seperate the Whigs of the old Bay State from the VV higs of the Old Dominion ! Here he was again interrupted by three loud cheers. Those three cheers (said he, rising in en thusiasm commensurate with that of the audi ence) shall be heard of at Bunker Hill, on the anniversary of the memorable battle there, and the hills of Massachusetts shall reverberate with the cheers of hrr people, answering back the cheers of Virginia. What is it, (he asked,) our enemies rely upon to separate us! That we of the North meditate injury against you! [A voice in the crowd, |“ we will never believe it.] No: gentlemen, do not believe it. I stand here, and in the name of my fellow citizens of the North, I repel it as a foul and unfounded calumny. We of New Eng land are bound to you by our sacred compact, the Constitution of the United States. That instrument secures all your rights, and all pro perty to be governed and disposed of as you see fit; and I tell you, for one, that not one jot or little of that compact shall ever be violated with my consent. What, fellow citizens, have you to fear from the people of Massachuse:ts ? Whot have you to apprehend, on this vital subject, from that son of your soil, descended from your best Virginia stock, your own William Henry Harri son—that child of Virginia with the blood of the Revolution, and of independence coursing in his veins. Can you believe that when he is cal led from his farm and bis plough, to administer the Government, that he will lay ruthless hands on the institutions among which he was born and educated I “No! no! was responded by his auditory, as with one voice. “I say no, too.” We of the North and South will join in fellowship and friendly communion lon this matter. I stand in the presence of distin ; guished men from the Southern States; now summon them into Court; —and ask them as witnesses to declare to you whether I and my political friends offtheNorth entertain any feelings different from their own in regard to your entire and undivided control over this subject, and your other Stale concerns 1 Let them say, whether we may not all come to that condition which exis ted when Virginia and Massachusetts took coun cil together—in the days of the Revolution— when Washington and Hancock joined their I thoughts, their feelings, their hopes, and acted together in a glorious uause—when Massachu setts and Virginia men stood together, braving danger and death. How’ many bones of North ern men lie at York Town I—How many sons of Massachusetts, were present, when the British laid down their arms at the foot of Virginia ! Leaving the local concerns of the Slates, Mr. M .next turned to more general subjects. Every day (he said) furnishes evidence that there is to be a great revolution in public opinion. The men in power, and their measures, a~e to receive a rebuke such as no administration ever received. | The distinguished orator here dwelt with great . power and effect on me leading acts in their long i career of mischief, and their effects upon all clases and conditions of the people. The Administra tion, he maintained, was to blame for all the suf ferings that had oppressed and worn down country. The Government had taken a wrong direction since the close of the last Administra tion. Their policy was boldly avowed to be to feed, to clothe, and take care of themselves. When any" set of men, in this country, presume to act on the maxim of the French King, (“ I am the State,”) they will quickly find out they have made a mistake. By November next the Aratr- [ lean people will ull Ibis Administrate ,l ! have something to say on that sulj-rt p - the pledges of the men now at the head of no hope of a change of measures can be n " r * lained until there is a chance of men 't'' said Mr. W.) the change will come! «’ as that sun shall set in the Wot. w ,n r( ' SUr * i the country rise in the West! [Great an, a lo Mr. Webster referred to General an extraordinary man ; but the a! ; he left to be carried out have been direct it verv ordinary men. Their fatal error corn ' | ced the very beginning of the AdminSt* 0 ’ tion. It gave itself a very death blow befo- P !' very being was well known. Being depriv / U Gen. Jackson’s precedent of a fiscal »g.mr e , Slate banks, finding no footstep to fol • the Administration resolved magnaniniouX?' give uf> the subject altogether. Those men say the people w ill take care of therm and the people, to say the truth, have to fake them at their word. They ar e obliged to them, and henceforth will'iai,. themselves * * C Care of Feilow-cilizens, (continued Mr. W ~ must be no cessation in our warfare. „ „ ‘ erc not stop or falter in our opposition to ministration and its measures nil our los'* perity is restored—the Government brought ut to its ancient purity, wisdom, and dignity— f-l prices assume their former level—till Tai', r ' mands its just and ready reward—j n thort ulltk. causes of our reasonable complaints are removed Not till then should we lay down out arms, o ' the 4th of July next I hope to meet my VelloJ* citizens in Faneuil Hall, and I will hca’r to the' greeting from you. Has the Admintslratioa yielded to any portion of our countrymen t i benefits they had a right to expect 1 (Cries of No. no. ) I say no! Have you an inter** «n anything whifth will not be maintained U William Henry Harrison ? Can we lose anv thing by a change? Let us, then g 0 f orwa ;j together. \V e have made \\ illiam Henrv Har nson the bearer ot our standard, and while h I holds it, it shall not fall unless we tall along with Correspondence of the Ao/riyw/ Intelligencer. New York. June 17. M e have the first news to-day from the <r r eat gathering at Fort Meigs. Gen. Harrison\ as there, and made a speech of an hour’s length. U e shall have a report of it by-and-by, I s ° ur „ pose. From twenty-five to thirty thousand per" sons where estimated to be present. The Hon. Anson Brown, member of Congress from the Saratoga District, in this State, died « his residence in Uallston on .Monday morning He had returned from Washington in feeble hcsiih sbout 3. week bffore. Toe Loco Foco members of the New Damp shire Legislature have agreed in caucus to defer the election of a United Stales Senator, to succeed Mr. Hubbard, till next winter. The final passage of the tax bill by the Penn sylvania Legislature has had a gc'od effect on . business here. One of the test consequences j, the reduction of the rates of exchange on Philadel- I phia and other Southern cities. Stocks have ail i advan j ed - S. Bank has gone up since Saturday. Exchange on England has been sold as low as 6 per cent within a day or two, it this-rate, no more specie will be exported. A flood of demoralization has swept over our land; and upon some states it rests in stagnant pools, contaminating the atmosphere of Jileity and threatening death to every thing virtuous' noble and free.— Amos Kendall's Address. | A severer commentary upon the corruptions, frauds, peculations and pilferings of the adrninii tration and its myrmidons cannot be found in the writings of any whig editor or the speeches of any opposition orator. A flood ofdemo.alization has swept o%er the land. The loose morality of M a-dnngton city has contaminated the public mind—and its effecis are felt in the increase of crime and the growing disregard of the restraints The impunity with which office holders plun | der the people and rob the treasury, the reckless ! assaults of unprincipled hirelings upon the char | acterand fame of the most exalted patriot of the day; the frequent defalcations and thefts of suh | treasurers; the prostitution of public offices to the purpose of electioneering ; the burning down of departments; the mutilation of records ; the gar bling of public documents and the usurpations of the executive have undermined the public morals, and “ threaten death to every thing virtu ous, noble and free.” True as gospel.—.V. 0. Bee. An amusing anecdote is related of the loco foco candidate for congress in the 2d district. At a public meeting some days ago, he addressed the people, and in the course of his remarks, denied with great vehemence the existence of- ‘hard limes.” declaring it to he a whig fabrication, Vc. W hereupon, an honest citizen, who had been listening with great attention, rose and addressing i himself to the speaker, said, “Sir, since vou deny positively that the times are haid, I trust you will pay me the thousand dollars you have owed me so long. I have frequently demanded it, hut your constant plea has been “hard times,” “hard times." The assembly was convulsed with laugh ter, and General D. forgot for the moment all his dignity, and looked very particularly foolish. —,VcU? Orleans lice. A Seed Farmer. —An honest son of Erin who had saved money enough bv his industry to purchase a small farm, undertook to manage it himself. He accordingly bought his sedfis at a seed store, and planted them all in papers —just as they came from the store. A bystander who observed him began lo laugh at him and told him he was doing wrong. ‘Ah, let me alone for that, said Pat. ‘I arn making a reed garden ; did ye never sec seeds grow all prepared and labelled, ji»t as they sell them in the shop ! Out upon ye!’ 4 B. W. Green’s Trial Concluded. —Me learn from the Richmond Compiler, that on Mon day evening the trial of B. W. Green was conclu ded before the Examining Court, which came 1° the unanimous decision to send him on for fur* ther trial before the Fall term of the Superior Court, on both counts of the indictment: Ist, for I aiding and abetting Win. B Dabney in smuggling | money from the Bank for his (Dabney’s) behoof: and 2nd, involving the General charge ot larceny • fraudulently taking, carrying away, &c. to the a mount of $ 100,00 U and more. There was no *p* plication made to bail him. Counsel for [he Comm onwealth, Joseph Mayo and John KoLn son. Esq. for the prisoner. B. W. Leigh. James Lyons,Samuel Taylor and W. B. Archer, Esqs- A Large Republican Family.—The De troit Advertiser says, there is a gentleman now in that city who, with his FOURTEEN CKO IB* ERS, will vote for Harrison. They have ID h SISTERS living, whose political views are j n accordance with their own 1 This may be ca '* cd an extensive and harmonious family- Mustachics. —His Majesty Martin Ist, ha* grac.ously granted the officers a' - men of the dragoons to wear mustachics oj a fashion to be regulated by the colonels ot ih‘ ir respective regiments."—M as this order issued m humble imitation of Queen \ jctoria s late man date in reference to mustachics *