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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNK 56,
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican—
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
Os Virginia ;
A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s mist sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. -
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
Gen. Harrison's Speech.
A few days since we afforded our readers a
sketch of the speech of the old General at Colum
bus, and to-day we publish the correspondence of
(he New York Commercial Advertiser, which
sketches his remarks before the immense con
course at Fort Meigs, who had assembled on the
battle ground to celebrate the victory. Should
the old hero attend a few more celebrations, and
continue to make such effective efforts before the
people, we apprehend the Loco Foccs would very
much like to have him caged again, although they
seemed to have such a holy horror of his previous
cageing, and being held in durance vi le by a heart
less Committee. I
From the Savannah Republican.
Savannah, June 20. 1840.
Messrs. Editors.— lt will be recollected that
I was some lime since called upon by several edi
tors of newspapers to produce a letter written to
me by General Harrison, in the year 1836, and
referred to by him in a recent letter ;o a corres
pondent in Louisiana; and that after searching
among my .papers I stated to the public my ina
bility to comply with the request. The continu
ed anxiety which was manifested to know the
contents of this letter, otherwise them from my
recollection of them, which was all i could offer,
made me very desirous, if possible, to recover it.
Having occasion some time since to visit Darien,
I met therewith Allen 13. Powell, Esq. who re
presented the county of Mclntosh, in the Senate,
of Georgia, in the year 1836. He stated to me his
perfect recollection of having seen shat letter in
my possession at Milledgeville, in November of
last year, and of having read it a second time in
the office of the Southern Recorder,, jh that place.
I immediately caused an inquiry to be made for
it there, but without success. Having great con
fidence, however, in the correctness of Mr. Pow
ell's recollection, and having in the mean time
heard from other gentlemen, that they also had
seen this letter at the same time and place, before
leaving Savannah to attend the late State Rights’
Convention, I wrote to Mr. Powell, requesting
him to communicate in a letter addressed to me
at Milledgeville, whatever he knew in relation to
this lost paper, that while there I ought myself
cause another search to be made, -lie complied
with this request, hut owing .tothe difficulty of
transporting the mail at that particular time, his
letter did not reach Milledgeville until I had left
it, and it was forwarded to me from that place.
As soon as I received it, [ again addressed my
self to a friend there, requesting that a further
search might he made, and (availing myself of
Mr. Powell’s suggestion) that an examination
might be had of the files of the Recorder and
Milledgeville Journal, to ascertain if it had not
been cotcmporaneously published in one of those
papers. The mail of yesterday brought me an
affirmative answer to this last enquiry, and a
copy of a letter, extracted from the files of the
Milledgeville Journal, of the 22d November 1836.
The absence of Mr. Orrae, of the Recorder, in
whose possession Mr. Poweli had eoen the origi
nal, prevented any further search for it in his of
fice. I send you a copy of the ldt«?f of Alien
B. Powell, Esq., and ol that of Geneva! Harrison,
which I will thank you to insert in (he Republi
can.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant.
JN. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
To ‘he. Editors of the Daily Republican.
Copy of a letter from Allen B Powell, Esq.,
to J. M. Berrien Esq. ; *
Ridge, May SjSth, 1840.
Dear Sir —Your favor of the 2£Hh inst. is be
fore me. I recollect distinctly yous shewing me
the letter from Gen. Harrison. Yoa afterwards
told me, that you had left it with Mj. Orme, and
said that you wished it seen by as |nany persons
as possible and I invited Col.* N. JJ.McDonald to
go and see il. He declined, and l| went over,
.and Mr. Orrne handed it to me, and I?eud it again ;
this, lam positive of. I had just before given
my reason in the Senate, on the resolutions to in
struct the electors to vote for Van ljuren, in the
event of their ascertaining that Judge White
could not be elected, and 1 referred* to General
Harrison s remarks on the Missouri restriction.
I was backed by Dr. Williams, of Troup countv.
Our remarks, with others, were published in the
Georgia Journal. I was glad to see (ten. Harri
son's letter, and that he still held to his former
opinions. And now my dear sir, twill state that
tny memory has greatly deceived me, if the
Southern Recorder and Georgia Journal did not
publish the letter, without saying who it was di
rected to.
Respectfully your ob’t servant.
ALLEN B. POWELL.
To the Hon J. M, Berrien.
Copy of a letter from Gen. Harrison to J. M. Ber
rien, Esq.
Near New Lancaster, 4lh Nov. 1836.
My Dear Sir.—This is the first day of leisure
that I have had since I had the honor to receive
your letter of the 30th September—and I avail
myself of it to answer the three questions you
propose to me, and which are in the following
words, viz:
Ist. ‘*Can the Congress of the United States,
consistently wim the Constitution, abolish slave
ry either in the States, or in the District of Col
umbia 1
2nd. “Do not good faith and the peace and
harmony of the Union require that the act for the
compromise of the Tariff, commonly known as
Mr. Clay’s bill, should be carried out according
to its spirit and intention 1
3d. “Is the principle proclaimed by the domi
nant party, that‘the spoils belong to the victors,’
consistent with an honest and patriotic adminis
tration of the office of President of the United
States 1”
I proceed to answer these questions in the or
der tney are pioposed—
-Ist. I do not think that Congress can abolish,
or in any manner interfere with slavery, as it ex
ists in the States, but upon the application of the
States—nor abolish slavery in the District of Co
lumbia, without the consent of the States of Vir
ginia and Maryland, and the people of the dis
trict. The first would be, in my opinion, a pal
pable violation of the Constitution—and the lat
ter, a breach of faith towards the States I have
mentioned, who would certainly not have made
the cession, if they hail supposed that it would
ever be used fora purpose so different from that
which was its object, and so injurious to them, as
the location of a fiee colored population, in the
midst of their slave population of the same de
scription. Nor do I believe that Congness could
deprive the people of the District of Columbia,
of their property, without their consent. It
would be reviving the doctrine of the Tones of
Great Britain, in relation to the powers of Parlia
ment, over the Colonies before the revolutionary
war, and in direct hostility to the principle advan
ced by Lord Chatham—that “what was man’s
own, w r as absolutely and exclusively his own, and
could not be taken from him, without his consent
given by himself or his legal representative.”
2nd. Good faith and the peace and harmony
of the Union do, in my opinion, require that the
compromise of the Tariff known as Mr. Clay’s
bill, should be carried out according to its spirit
and intention.
3rd. I am decidedly of opinion that the power
of appointment to office vested in the Executive
of the United States by the Constitution, should
be used with a single eye to the public advantage,
and not to promote the interests of a parly. In
deed, that the President of the United States
should belong to no party.
\ ou are at liberty to use this letter for any pur
pose you may think proper.
I am, dear sir, with great regard and consider
ation, your humble servant.
W. H. HARRISON.
From the Georgia Journal.
Hon. R. W. Habersham.
The following letter written by our highly es
teemed and able Representative, the Hon. R. W.
Habersham, requires from us respectful atten
tion. We regret to perceive that in repor
ting the remarks made by a portion of our Dele- !
cation in Congress, upon the motion to strike
out the appropriation for the branch mint at Dah
lonega, great injustice was done the gentleman. 1
That we would not intentionally have been guil
ty in aiding to carry out this bad .reatmeut of
Mr. Habersham, we are well aware both he and
our readers are w r ell satisfied—for there is no one
of our representatives who stands higher in our
esteem, and who, we are certain, is, in every res
pect, one of Georgia’s most true unflinching
and devoted sons. In the darkest hour for Geor
gia that could possibly prevail, were we called up
on to point to those who would render the greatest
personal sacrifice for the good of Che State, R. W.
Habersham would be among those whom we
should place in the front rank. It is therefore
with regret we perceive that this gentleman has
been improperly treated, and that we unwitting
ly aided in carrying out the designs of those to
whom, it appears, he is obnoxious.
The remarks in question were sent us by a
gentleman with a particular request that we
should publish them in our paper. In accor- j
dance with our disposition to place before our
readers, the actings and doings of our whole del- I
egation, we republished tir.ose remarks, although |
the paper sent us was the Globe, Now, not- ’
withstanding onr dislike for this paper, viewing
it as we do, incapable of pursuing a correct
course towards those opposed to Mr. Van Buren, j
we yet, for the purpos of gratifying the gentle
man who made the request of us, consented for
once , and it shall be the last time, to publish from !
its columns, what purported to be a faithful con
gressional report. But it seems we were decei
ved. Mr. Habersham who lives but a short dis
tance from the mint, and who took part in the
discussion, not being a favorite, was excluded
from the columns of that paper. Had we been
aware of this fact, the report never should have
found its wa\ into the Journal. !Buch mani
fest injustice, we can never countenance. We
call the attention of our readers to Mr. Haber
sha u’s letter. They will from it readily perceive,
that the interests of the Dahlonega Mint, were
not neglected by their representative.
By the way, a few remarks as delivered by
Mr. Dawson, were reported in the same paper.
Altho’ pretty good, \ve doubt not “ the half was
not told.” In conclusion, we must beg leave,
for the future, to decline republishing, either re
ports, or speeches, from the Van Buren organ at
Washington City. We like to oblige our friends,
but, in this respect, we must beg from this time,
to be excused from complying with such requests.
Washington City, June 3d, 1840,
Messrs. Steel Thwealf :
Gentlemen: —ln your paper of the 26th ult,
I found a report of the debate on the motion of
Mr. Johnson, to strike out the appropriation for
the Branch Mint at Dahlonega, and I found that
in that report no allusion even is made to my
name, while the speeches of those of my col
leagues are spread out at full length. This is the
first time that report has met my eye, but I pre
sume was taken by you from some one of the pa
pers published in this city. I have become so
used to see my name omitted when it ought to
have appeared in the debates of the House, that
I should not have deemed the omission in this in
stance of sufficient consequence to call for this
letter, had it not been a debate in regard to a
matter, in which not only my constituents gene
rally, but my immediate neighbors and friends
wc.e deeply interested, and in which I should be
justly chargeable with criminal omission of duty,
it I had not tanon part. Who was the preparer
ol the published report, I know not, nor care, but
the omission to name me, as one having taken
part in toe debate in behalf of the appropriation,
must have been a designed omission, as the re
port seems to have been prepared with great care,
and my name appeared in the general report of
the debate in the Globe of the following day.
The truth is, I did follow almost immediately af
ter Mr. Cooper, who got the floor before me, and
I argued for the appropriation, with at least as
much zeal as any of rny colleagues.
As an act ol justice to myself, I must request
you and such others of our Journals as publish
that report of the debate, to publish this letter.
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
RICHARD W. HABERSHAM.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
It will be perceived that in the following letter
allusion is made to another of earlier date, from
the same correspondent. That letter has not
reached us.
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser .
Celebration at Fort .Meigs.
I will now resume the task of stating the way
in which the people have received their favorite
hero, but I never felt the difficulty of describing
scenes of public interest so much as on this un
paralleled occasion. At 3 o’clock on Wednesday
the Commodore Perry was despatched with the
staff of the Buffalo Battallion and the Buffalo
City Guards, to receive the veteran from the
Steamer Sandusty, at Toledo, and escort him to
the fort. On arriving at Toledo we found five
large steamers from Detroit, crowded with troops
and delegates—for instance, the Michigan had
1300 on board—the cars brought in hundreds, and
were running all day. Michigan has sent in
5000 delegates, 700 of whom were from old
Washtenaw, headed by General Jos. Brown, a
recent convert Irom Van Burenism. The wag
ons. drawn by 4, 6 and 12 horses, from the Wol
verine state, made a very lively show. Governor
Woodbridge and his suite, and his family, are
here. One thing is as sure as you and I wish
it, and that is, the Michigan state is right side up
and labelled O. K. At 5 o’clock the Sandusky
arrived, with such a heap of mortality as I never
saw on steamer’s deck. On the bow of the boat
stood the Hero of Fort Meigs, his grey locks wa
ving to the breeze, nis reception was hearty,
and his transfer to the Perry rapid. On taking
our quarter deck he entered into conversation
with me respecting the river, and the altered ap
pearance of its banks since he saw them first
with Wayne, and last when he commanded the
army himself. He was evidently affected. He
was still dressed in plain style as a citizen, and
as described in my last. We introduced the sol
diery one by one, and several citizens, among
others a gentleman who fought in the ranks at
Tippecanoe in 1811. The recognition affected
both.—Mr. J. of Buffalo named the company to
which he was attached, when the general imme
diately named eleven privates of the company ,
evincing a most active memory; he mentioned
facts connected with them which astonished Mr.
J., and satisfied us all that despite the ravages of
age so deplored by the Locos, his memory is fair
enough for all our purposes. The hero gave us
very pleasant anecdotes of the locality, and ap
peared in high spirits. On nearing the Peters
burgh, we found all the boats, say 8 or 10, crow
ded so as to hide their decks and rigging, while
the river banks, which are quite high, were throng
ed with a population of the West—probably 12,-
000 at least. The road leading from the dock to
the town is up a high hill and through a deep cut,
leaving banks perhaps of 50 or 70 feet; these
banks, too, were obscured by a dense mass; and
the general, entering a barouche, attended by Ma
jor Clarkson and Col. Todd, his aids at the battle,
proceeded to the fort. The procession was an
unformed one ; it was impossible to restrain the
multitude; it reached a mile and a quarter, and
the road was entirely blocked up. AH anxiety
respecting the feeling of the entire Union as to
William Henry Harrison is at an end—the tale is
told—from 35 to 40,000 men are heie to testify,
and will go home to act.
After riding round the fort and gratifying the
I multitude, he returned to the hospitable abode of
Mr. Hollister, kindly given as his head-quarters.
| The stage was during the evening, from 6 o’-
clock, occupied by gifted men from every part of
the Union, who delighted a crowd in front, of
1 about 15,000, till 12 o’clock, under the bright
light of a blessed moon, with soul-stiring speech
es and Tippecanoe songs. You can’t dream of
the way in which the Western boys are singing;
; the songs are all known, and we had twenty or
thirty sung by thousands. The prospect from
ramparts was beyond all, for picturesque beauty,
1 ever gazed on; tents white as snow, stretching
into the deep ravines of the woods, while hun
dreds of shanties were lightened up for sale of
provisions, the moon shining upon the thousands
who wore assembled, and rending the welkin
, with their applauses of the favorite speakers—
among whom are Perkins of Ohio, Love of Buf
falo, Bates of Michigan, Payne and Schenck of
Ohio. At 12 o’clock the siege commenced, —
100 Indians in full costume made an attack with
awful yells, and began the. usual pnpping-fireing
from various quarters. Major Fay, of Buffalo,
was the officer of the field ; the artillery kept up
an unceasing fire, and till 2 o’clock the fort re
sounded with yells and thunder. The Indians
were captured, and the military retired to such
rest as could be obtained. Thousands, however
were all night upon the open field.
Very early on Thursday morning the throng
■ re-assembled, and the general estimate of our best
J men and the military is, that 35,000 were on the
ground. At eight the stand was taken by the
I leading men from the various states, and a presi
| dent, vice presidents, and secretaries were chosen.
I can only say Thomas Ewing was president, and
Governor Woodbridge first vice president. At
11, the marshal brought up the military to clear
j away to the stand, and in a few moments a fine
j cavalcade brought up the glorious old hero, still
|in his homespun suit of grey. Never did I see
| such transports in the people as when he uncov
ered and took his station. The vcneraole pastor
Badger, who served as Harrison’s chaplain at the
fort, made a very brief and deeply affecting pray
er, in which he most fervently prayed for the de
liverance of this laitd from “a wicked, corrupt and
ruinous administration,” and heaven’s blessing
on all proper means to elevate the honest man
whom the people were assembled to honor. The
general then came forward and we were most
delighted to hear a strong and powerful voice,
such as few young men can boast. I have often
heard Clay and Webster, but never listened to
those wondrous men with more pleasure, though
it is but proper to say they have never had such
an opportunity for popular address. His powers
of oratory are quite uncommon at advanced age.
The general is 66, but I sincerely believe he has
hardly any equal for calm self-possession and ad
dress. I stood at his side on the stand, and will
try to give you a sketch, or mere outline of his
address, which I think you may regard as tolera
bly correct:
Fellow-citizens:—l am not here in consonance
with my own wishes. I have ever supposed that
the President of the United States should not be
a man who seeks the office, but one who is sought
for by the people, by whom the honor should be
| freely awarded. If I had remained in body at
home, yet I should have been here in spirit. I
come at the request of a large circle of friends,
and at the solicitous invitation of the committee
at the convention at Columbus, who appointed
the celebration. I am deeply affected when I
look around me. What spot on the globe can
excite the same emotions in my bosom] I cast
my eyes to the very spot wl ere I appeared on the
battle ground with the hero Wayne, and attemp
ted to become a humble follower of nis virtues ;
there I saw our banner triumphant, there the
foundation laid of our Western prosperity, there
the indignant eagle frowning upon the British
lion, there our you h carrying out what they had
learned from Wayne, the best lesson an Ameri
can youth can acquire,—to die for his country
when he is called to do it for her good. [Here
the general saw an old companion-in-arms down
in the crowd, and called him up by his side ; it
was Gen. Hedges, who was at the siege.]—The
hero resumed by observing that some of his feel
ings were of a different character; where were
the companions of his youthful days upon this
river] He would now drop a tear to their mem
ory, which the etiquette of the soldier might at
their death have forbidden !
In 1793 he was appointed aid to Gen. Wayne
at the battle of Maumee, and nineteen years alter
he was the commander-in-chief of the North-wes
tern army. [The music at a distance for a mo
ment hindered me from understanding the speak
er, and I only knew that he was stating that he
had found bravery in all ranks of the people, in
the regulars and militia.]
All around me are glorious reminiscences—
would to God there were no paintul ones! I
expected to find these associations at this place
I did expect to find these thousands, these kind
evidences of your regard. My anxiety on this
spot now receives its reward, the only reward
that is adequate. Can any man of feeling ask
what anxiety a commander feels ] Will the glit
ter and power around him prevent it ] Will the
obedience of masses of men save him from it 1 No.
Mine was often more than anxiety ; it was per
fect anguish. All men of sense and sensibility
in Europe, and especially in America, understand
the kind of anxiety to which I refer. Os what
materials was my army composed 1 They were
American lawyers, who had laid aside their
briefs; physicians, who had left their patients;
mechanics, who had laid aside their tools; larm
ers and laborers, who had left their plough in the
furrow, though their families depended on it for
support; and they all came to help their coun
try.
I could point to spots before me where 1 felt
this anguish of anxiety, when reflecting on the
consequences of mistake on my own part, or want
of judgment in others. I thought of wives ex
pecting their returning husbands; mothers look
ing for the boys whom they had equipped for the
battle. I thought of the glory of my country tar
nished. In view of all this, my army was arran
ged by myself,and by no colonel, as lean appeal
to many present to prove; my steps, good or ill,
were all my own, and belonged to no other.
Again, to-day, I think of revolutionary patriots.
Would to God they were rewarded as they de
serve; but they who survive were long the mon
uments of their country’s ingratitude. But why
was our bounty, when it came, restricted 1 Why
not afforded to Wayne’s soldiers] They suffer
ed more than any, from special causes. The
American revolution, properly speaking, which
commenced at Lexington, only ended on this riv
er, under Wayne, on the 20lh of August, 1794.
The poor remnant of that army had few advo
cates. The revolutionary soldier said to candi
dates for Congress, “take care, take care, or we
will drive you from office.” Only a humble few
noticed the claims of Wayne’s men. I did what
I could. When his men were wounded they had
to go forth and wander in this new and savage
land for warmth and shelter, so necessary to the
sufferer even before he gets medical aid. The
revolutionary soldier found a hearty welcome at
every house in the settled colony, and never found
“the string of the latch pulled in but Wayne’s
men were in a savage country. Ah, if you ever
saw a man more wretched than the rest, wander
ing from one settlement to another in search of
the inebriating cup to obliterate his troubles, he
was probably one of Wayne’s men. We owe
them a debt, and I know our treasury can afford
to pay it, if the string of its latch be only pulled
in! Do you ask me for evidence of all this on my
part ] Look at the records of Congress. When
the 1500 dollar law was Repealed, I refused to ad
vocate it; I would not vote to raise the pay of
Congress from 6 to 8 dollars, till justice had been
done to the soldier. ,
It has been said by my opponents that I will
not give a pledge. I acknowledge that I do not
think a candidate for the Presidency should be
asked to give one. The reason is obvious. If
we give pledges, the battle will not always be to
the strong, to the heart full of feelings of true
patriotism, but to the man who can leli the most
lies and make most pledges. I have supposed
the best guarantee you could wish would be past
conduct, and opinions expressed when a man had
no temptation to deceive- I have not g p own grey
entirely under the helmet. I have spent more
3'ears in civil office than in military service,—
Examine my services and my actions as a com
mander; look at them as Democrats—not parry
Democrats—you may find faults, but cannot dis
cover an act that ever derogated from the peo
ple’s rights.
But then I am charged with being a Federalist!
Well, what is that] Many here know that the
Federal party was supposed to be anxious to
strengthen the hand of the general government
at the expense of the several states. I was brought
up after the strictest manner of Virginian anti
federalism. St. Paul was not more devoted to
Phariseeism than I by a father’s piecepts to anti
federalism. But ray anti-federalism has been
tempered by long service in the United States,
and frequently taken oaths to support its consti
tution. I am thus an anti-federalist when the
rights of the states arc assailed, and also a de
fender of the legitimate rights of the general
government. I was taught to believe that the
general government would by and by swallow
up all. 1 do not know if my friend Mr. Van
Puren (tor he is, and long has been, and I hope
ever will be my friend.) has a gullet that can
swallow all and every thing, but I do know he
has laid a foundation for others to do it. Once
every eye, every wish, every expectation for good
was directed to the hall of legislation—is it so
now ? No, but to the executive mansion. The
men who are governed by the seven principles of
John Randolph, the five loaves and two fishes,
have little bells in their ears which are listening
to the great bell at Washington, and that regu
lates the tinkling of all the small ones throughout
the land. Go on, then, perseveringly in j our
clfi*rt to reform—think ol the consequences of
failure in your attempt —the eyes of the world
are upon you ; if you fail, all Europe will re
joice, and its despotic monarchs be thrilled with
transport, while the few generous spirits there
who sympathise with you will regard your failure
as the putting out of the light and hope of the
world. Our opponents say, “liberty is only to
be bought by eternal vigilance.” This is good,
but who are to be watched] “Oh, watch the
Whigs!” No, I say watch the government. If
ever you place me in power, watch me! By
accumulation of power in the executive, you may
de-itroy a republic ; here it is prostrated—or near
ly so. I can prove it. [Here the General allu
ded to Gibbon’s remarks on monarchy, and de
clared that was a monarchy indeed wherever the
executive magistrate held the army, execution of
the laws and the revenue at his control.]
Brother democrats, look at j r our government;
watch it, and you and yours are free forever !
This interesting speech, so imperfectly sketched,
took up an hour; and then to accommodate
thousands in the rear, the hero changed his sta
tion and beautifully recapitulated his address in
about fifteen minutes, in new language, adding
some touching illustrations. We all feel that the
assembled thousands will return most perfectly
convinced that their glorious chief has great
physical and exalted intellectual powers, and is
admirably adapted to the arduous task of cleans
ing the general government from its foul abuses.
Let no Loco dare tell a returned pilgrim from
Fort Meigs that its hero is a weak imbecile; we
will say, “we speak what we know, and affirm
what we have seen and heard !” No, we go back
to our duties; we will work and toil, and our
next great gatherings are to be at the polls. In
diana, II imois, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Vir
ginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hamp
shire, Vermont, Connecticut, Maryland, New
Jersey, weie represented. I can’t describe the
367 banners—the wondrous wagons—the inimi
table straight out-and-out buckeyes—
the glorious procession—Cook’s opening oration,
which is to be printed—Ewing’s colloquial elo
quence and scorching satire —the heart-stirring
story of Clarkson and Todd, (old aids, • hut are
they not all written in the memories of 35,000,
I should like to know? Aye! while memory
holds her seat. Yours, &c. ***♦.
The work goes biiavelt on. —Patrick H.
Pope, E-q.,of Kentucky, heretofore a prominent
leader in the Van Buren ranks, has lately thrown
oil the trammels ol his party, and arrayed him
self on the side of Harrison and reform. At the
recent great gathering of the people at Harrod’s
Creek, Ky., he made his public recantation of
his former political opinions, and his speech on
that occasion is said to have been one of the
best he ever made.
He said “he had supported Mr. Van Buren
because he believed he would fulfil his promises to
the country. Year after year ire trusted him, and
trusting, was still deceived ; and if he should still
trust on, what might be pardoned as folly in a
heart prone to over confidence in the integrity of
man, might well degenerate into dishonesty, and
if Mr. Van Buren saw that his measures were
ruining the country, and from mere pride of
opinion, or any cause adhered to them, he was
unworthy of a patriot—if he was so blind as not
to see the inevitable destruction which must fol
low upon his present miserable policy, he must
be deemed destitute of the intelligence necessary
to the safe and prudent management of the af
fairs of the nation,— Log Cabin Advocate.
“To the Victor belong the Spoils I”
We find in the Globe of Wednesday night
the following announcement:
Appointments by the President. — By
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
William L. Mauct, of New York, and John
Rowan, of Kentucky, to he Commissioners un
der the act of Congress to carry into efiect the
Convention wbh the Mexican Republic of the
1 llh April, 1839.
Mr. Marcy is the notorious author of the sen
timent, “To the victors belong the spoils of the
enemy,” Two years ago he was beaten for the
office of Governor of New York by some 10 or
15,000 majority. In being rejected by the Peo
ple, he vindicated his claim upon the bounty of
I tie Executive. The public has been upon the
look-out ever since his defeat, to hear of his re
ward. It has come at last, although in violation
of his own rule —for he, not being a victor, is
entitled to none of the spoils.—Richmond Whig.
THE PUNSTERS.
At a tavern one night.
Mess. More, Strange and Wright ,
Met to drink,and good thoughts to exchange,
Says More: of us three
The whole town will agree,
There’s only one knave, and that’s Strange.
Yes, —says Strange, rather sore,
I’m sure the.e’s one More,
A most terrible knave and a bite.
Who cheated his mother,
His sister, and brother —
O yes,—replied More, —that is Wright.
N. O. Picayune.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, May 15
Latest dates from Havre May 13
N; w Orleans , June 20.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 6th inst. of Louis
iana and Missis.-ippi 1030 bales, 'i ennessee and
North Alabama 182, Arkansas 111, Mobile 76, to
gether 1399 bales. Cleared in the same time, fur
Liverpool 4335, Havre 714, Havana 252, Baltimore
61, Portsmouth 74, together, 5436 bales; making a
reduction in stock of 3037 bales, and leaving on
hand, inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared° on
the 19th inst., a stock of 100434 bales.
In our review of last Wednesday- morning, we
stated that the cotton market, though very inactive
on the day before, was nevertheless, quite firm at
the rates current previous to tiie receipt of the
foreign ciiculars per steamer Unicorn, their con
tents having not materially inlluenced the views
of either buyers or sellers, g nerally. The =aks
of Wednesday, proper, amounted to 1500 bales,
principally composed of Louisiana and Mississippi
cottons, tend at rates similar to those before cur
rent ; but we may add to these, two sales of Ten
nessee and North Alabama, amounting to 3300
bales, made at a late hour on the evening previous,
and not publicly known until next morning and
which would swell that day’s business to° 4 00
bales. On Thursday although the market was ap
parently very quiet, there was a to erable fair bu
siness done, the sales having reached about 1400
bales, and at steady prices. Yesterday notwith
standing that it rained almost incessantly the e
was an active demand, and sales were effected o
the extent of 3500 bales. V\ e do not alter our
quotations, but may remark that the market is ex
ceedingly film for all descriptions, but particularly
for the better grades of Louisianas and Mis issippis,
the supply of which is now very light, and daily
decreasing. The stock of Tennessee and North
Alabama cotton- is pretty fair for the season.
The sales for the week amount to 15500 bales, and
for t!ie last three days to 97l 0.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, a
Middling, 7i Fair, 9 a9L, Good Fair, 10 a 10 a ;
Good and fine, 11 ha —. Tennessee and N. Alabn
ma—Ordinary, 5 a sj; Middling, 6£ a 7; Fair, 7.1 a
8; Good fair, 85 a 9; Good and Fine, 94,
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15824
Receipts last three days 1399
“ previously, j 905135 906534
922358
Exports last three days, 5436
do. previously, 816488 821924
Stock on hand 100434
Sugar —Louisiana —At the date of our last re
port the stock on the Levee was lather large, with
only a very moderate demand. After closing cur
inquiries on the day previous, a lot of S6o°hhds
was sold for the upper country, at 4$ cents. Since
then we have nosalcs to report,the unfavorable state
of the weather having entirely put a stop to all
transactions. Prices of course, have undergone no
change, and we still quote a 51 cents as the
range of the maiket. On plantation a good deal of
activity has prevailed during the week, and sales
of some 1800 a 2000 hhds have bern made at 4 a
M cents. Considering the quality these transac
t ons estabUsh an advance of £ a £ a cent, and as
prime Sugars have become scarce, planters are now
demanding 4£ a 5 cents for crops of this descrip
tion. In Havana Sugars we have no sales to note,
except some few small panels White at our quo
tations.
Molasses —The supply of barrels is only mode
rate, but no improvement has taken place in the
demand, which is quite limited. Some parcels in
rather inferior barrels, and which had been several
days on the Levee, have been sold at 17 cents ;
but the sales generally are at 18 a 19 cents per
gallon. We arc not advised of any transactions
on plantation.
MARINE INTEI.LIGENCK.
Charleston, June 25.
Arrived yesterday —U S Mail packet schr Hayne,
Griffith, Havana, J
At Quarantine —Sp schr Yndustrid, from St Juan
De Los Hemidos.
Cleared barque Brighton, Nott, St Petersburg ;
schr Beaufort, Budd, West Indies.
Went to sea yesterday —ship Washington, Thur
her, Liverpool; ship Andrew- Scott, Hartley,Havie;
ship Mary Francis, Sherman, Boston.
TIIE READING ROOM
Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and
strangers introduced by them, every day and eve
ning (Sunday evmings excepted) until 9 o’clock.
Subscription $5 ; for a firm of two or more $lO.
Cy -Dr. W. S. JONES tenders his professitnal
services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity.
He may be found at his office, No. 214 Broad st.,
or at his residence. United States Hotel. ap 24
DR, MONROE, Surgeon Dentist, •
Office on Washington street, near Ellis, residence
at the house lately occupied by Mrs. Sava-e.
april 20 .
\
PROSPECTUS OP
the uefoit 3i je n *
The undersigned propose to publish i n I
Ga. a weekly paper, to be entitled The R e gU?t3 «
of extra imperial size, from the |0 t i,
the 10th of November next, for o NE p 8
advance. As its name indicates, it will ■ ° UAII ln
exclusively to the cause of Reform o & CeVot,v!
of WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
President, and JOHN TYI.ER, 0 f y°
Vice President, and the subversion of f ° r
Administration, —the necessity of r .f le P re5 e«
. . . , J OI relorm in ari- ,
is becoming every day more and more a-v, * Cfl
It wiil observe a mild, dignified tone,
itself to the common sense of evc-y c j , re ' s
zens, for whose benefit it is dcsi<r ncf ' 01 Citi '
This Prospectus is issued under the •
that the friends of reform will mak Irnpress ‘° n
zealous effort to give pa per a and
tion, in short to send it o the house 0 f CI ‘ TUIa '
who reads. The People want ffi-ht e ' er ‘ V man
friends will aid us in our work, we shaltf ” ° Jr
counteract the thousand calumnies of Mo
Buren presses, and carryt, he “war into .Vlt-V*
In the language of a distinguished co-worteT« 7 J
w-e ask is to be heard by the people. pV^''
them we speak, and if we can get a h c -. .*' f ° r
have no fears of the result,” even in (; (Jr S
“The people will vindicate their wron^
#. • r hurl
their oppressors from office.” •
We ask the press throughout this and the a *
joining States, to insert our Prospectus, and * *
especially invoke the friends of the „. **
. c caU;, c to hp
vigilant in procuring subscribers and forward th
names by mail as early as possible.
The paper will contain nothing but reading
ter, being entirely free from all advertisement
and is placed at so low a price a 5 to brin* it w ’
. o"luiia
the means ol every man.
t.e rms.
Single copy, - -j,
Sixc °P ies > - 5 00
Twelve copies,
Clubs of twenty-five, - _ _ . . 0 q qq
-Clubs of fifty, 37 50
(Cf No paper will be sent, unless the cash ac
companies the order. All letters raustle post paid
J. W. k W. S. JONts.
Augusta, 29th April, 1840.
GARDNER, formerly resident surgeon
n the New 5 ork Hospital, and physician at Belle
vue Hospital, New York, tenders to the public his
professional services.
Office in Washington street, between Broad and
Ellis streets Residence, United States Hotel.
ap 2
dT* -D r * J- J- WILSOA has removed for the
Summer to the house of James Gardner, Esq Ist
door below the Academy. june G
03“ During my absence in the interior of the
State, Force, Brothers & Co. are my duly author
ed attorneys. ENOCH W. SPOFFOIID
april 21
Dr. WM. FLINT , member f the Massa
chusetts Medical Society, would inform his friends
that he has removed his place of residence to the
boa>-ding-house of Mrs. C'am/ield, at the corner of
Jackson and Broad streets,where he maybe found
at all hours during the summer season. His pro
fessional services are respectfully tendered to the
citizens of Augusta. If—June G
dj=- EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK —At sight”,
and at one to twenty days sight. For sale bv
nov 23 GARDELLE k RIIL\D.
{FI~W. G. NIMMO, General Commission Mer
chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door totiie
Constitutionalist. nov 7
AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.— The
following are the Committees for the ensuin'
month :
Division No. I.—James Meredith, Demctriusi
Bland, Airs Charles Jones, Mrs Crump,
Division No. 2—J. P. Allen, J. J. Robertson, Mrs
Anna Winter, Airs Boggs.
Division No. 3—A. J. Miller, James Harper, Mrs
T. W. Miller, Mrs Panton.
junc 23 J. W. WIGIITMAN, Sec’y.
A CARD. —In crossing the Savannah river in
the ferry boat from Hamburg to Augusta,on Satur
day afternoon, Alay 30, 1 threw (by permission)
my blue broadcloth cloak into the one horse wagon
of an individual, who, with his w-ife and a small
child, was crossing at the same time. The wife
knew of the fact, for it was to her I addressed
myself. When I arrived at the landing, I came off
leaving my cloak, which was carried oif by the
individuals alluded to. The lady-, if 1 mstakenot,
told me they were moving from South Carolina to
the western part of this State, (Georgia). If any
kind friend could give me the clue to their names,
or the place to which they were travelling, so that
I may obtain my- valuable cloak, he would confer
a favor upon one who at times is too forgetful for
his own interest. JAMES SEWELL,
jtine !7
(Xj* NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Tram
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 A H.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ Georges’ 10 0
“ “ Branch vp.lc, “ - 11 00
‘ “ Blackville, - “ - loop. «] 1
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a.m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - 730
“ “ Blackville, “ - • 915
“ “ Midway-, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Branchvill “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - -II 45 si.
“ “ Summerville,“ - -1 15?. M.
Arrive at Charleston not before 215
Distance —136mi!cs. Fare Through —$10
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To re mam J
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and r.p
longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white faC
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also
Sineaths, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile 1-5
Rives’, Grahams, Wiileston, Windsor, Johnson?
and Marsh’s T. O. ,
Passengers un will breakfast at Woodstock an
dine at Blackville; aown, will brcauiast at
an d dine at Charleston. rnn^ r^
rSIHE improved CONGRESS POWDERS f orr ;
an effervescing aperient draught,
all the valuable tonic and chalybeate oropertif s
the water of the celebrated Congress Spring s s ‘
Saratoga. ...
These powders are put up in tin boxes,an 5 .
be found a cheap and convenient substitute fur
water, particularly to per ons travelling. A SU|
ply just received by n '
june 12-swGw HAVILAND, lIISLEY
ELLIS-STREET ELE.IIENTAK V
ACADEMY.
TBIHE undersigned would respectfully inform
patrons and the public that his School
re-opened for the business of the winter, at hn )'
mer stand, opposite the dwelling of Mr. B-
As usual at this school, pupils ol both eexc? *
received. Every tiling relative to the dep°‘
of the pupils, which such an arrangement nia)
calculated to require, will be carefully atten^’ 0
H ’ C. PIKE-1
N. B. —It is contemplated to open a Night
at the same room, as soon as a suitable
be collected.
November IS. trwti
ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE*
ALL persons indebted to the estate ot " •,
Guedron, deceased, late of Richmotul v
are requested to make immediate payment f t
Caldwell, who is my authorized agent, an !irc j |»
holding claims against said estate, are reffi' 11
hand them in duly- attested, within the h | Jl
scribed by law, ELLEN GUEDRC- ,■
April 4, 1840. trwtf Admmi-'- 1