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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 2%
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican—
the patriotic Fanner of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN T YLE R,
Os Virginia; ‘
A State Rights Republican of the school of ’93—
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, an ft r
one of America’s mac* - •m
--patriot :
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JOEL CRAWF mr)) cr Hancock . '
CHARLES jxJUGHKU i V, of Citric.
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A Vb ItEW MILLER, of Cass.
' V [ILIA.M EZZaRD, of DeKalb.
* . 13. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of T -viggs.
rett CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham,
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of 7 oi p
Ei DENIES A. NISBET, of Bibb.
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1R MA 11 1 ..E iNG, of Glynn,
i JuEK L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
Governor Troup’s Letter.
This letter, which we have had on file for
publication for some lime, will be found in this
day’s paper. The only opinion of Gov. Troup
it contains new to us, (for we have long known
he was the advocate ot the Sub-Treasury.) is»
that the self-styled Democrats have occupied
office “to st"n. and plunder” tile treasury of
the country, and that he has as little confidence
in the opposition. It will be observed by the
careful reader, that the Governor charges the Van
Burea party with having committed the act.
while he only anticipates such a result from the
opposition. Therefore, we have a certainty on
the one hand, if the testimony of Gc\. Troup is
valid, (and the self-styled Democrats admit its
validity by heralding forth the document to the
world,) that the Treasury will he “plundered”;
while on the other hand, his fears, as he asserts,
are the result of his want of confidence in the
opponents of Mr. Van Buren. It is then, in the
opinion of Gov, Troup, reduced to this simple
slate of things: if Mr. Van Buren is
the Treasury will he plundered, if they are to he
judged by their former acts, —and if General
Harrison is elected, his friends may do the same,
for he has no confidence in them ; or, the Van
Buren office holders I know will “steal and
plunder,” and I believe the Whigs will.
Hon. E. J. Black.
We invite the attention of our readers to the
article which we copy from the “Southern Re
corder,” addressed to Edward J. Black, Esq., by
“Your Constituents.”
From the National Intelligencer. •
A writer in the Boston Courier, who seems to
understand very well what he is about, is expos
ing the projects, pretences, and contrivances of
Ihe dominant party, during the last seven years,
in reference to the Banks and Currency, and
show's conclusively that the indefinite Multiplica
tion of Banks was a leading trait iu the policy of
the last Administration, when its sun was *n the
zenith. We quote from the essay of this writer
the following;
“The Globe of December, 1833, cxultiagty
says, ‘ The new coalition have labored in vain.
‘ Every Western State, though foiled, [by whom: J
‘is about to establish a State Bank institution.’
The Louisville Herald says : * There is everv
probability that banks will be chartered in Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and efforts will
be made in Kentucky to charter not only ajSlate
Bank with four or five branches, but several in
dependent Banks.’ And the Globe, after copy
ing these extracts with approbation, adds : Ohio,
Indiana, Missouri, and Kentucy, are resolved to
take care of themselves, and, no longer depend
on the kind guardianship of Biddle, Clay. £■: Co.’
Immediately Ohio and evey other Administra
tion Stale created numerous banks, and now, for
sooth, they ‘ have always been opposed to them.’
I need not add, that, when Gen. Jackson refused
to renew the charter of the United States Bank,
he modestly told Congress that if they had con
sulted him, he could have given them a plan of a
bank that would have been just the thing. It is
well known to the party that Gen. Jackson pre
ferred a ?*ational Bank, and would have propo
sed one, but the partisan banks' set in, and de
manded the public money, and he had to yield.”
From the New Orl ans Lee.
General Lytle’s Testimony.
The late Gen. R. T. Lytle, who died recently
in this'-erty, and who was well known as a very
prominent and popular member of the Van
Buren party in Ohio, was as honorable and high
minded in private life as he was ardent in espous
ing the doctiines of the administration. In 1835,
he delivered a speech at Hamilton, shortly after
General Harrison had been brought out as the
opposition candidate for the Presidency. He
spoke of Harrison, of his acquaintance with him,
and of their living in the same county. “But,”
said Gen. Lytle, “were we as widely separated as
the polls, I can neither be made to forget bis vir
tues, nor withhold from him just commendation
foe his many eminent services. Sir, I would be
a traitor to my own nature, if I found myself
capable of disparaging the claims of a public
servant so eminent, so well-tried , and whose life
has been a history of such usefulness and. gal
lantry as that of General Hauuison. Rather
than rob the temples of that time-worn and justly
honored patriot of a single laurel, I would choose
justice and gratitude to heap laurels on his brow.”
What a contrast does this magnanimous
acknowledgement form, to the systematic efforts
made by nearly every Van Buren man in the
country to blacken the reputation and tarnish the
military glory that encircles that venerable hero!
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washingnon, June 23.
We do not know precisely the terms of the
arrangement made between our government and
that of Great Britain, as to the Boundary ques
tion ; but our proposition has been substantially
accepted. Some modifications are required, but
not of an essential character. I presume that
in pursuance of this arrangement, the boundary
will be explored and surveyed by a joint commis
sion, and that an umpire will be selected to decide
upon all points as to which the commissioners
may disagree.
In the House, Mr. Clifford, of Maine, offered
a proposition, the object of which was to dis
charge the Committee of the who l - c r ‘e So
Treasury bill, on Friday, ice 2t»th i a slant, and ■
to make it the special i he House, till]
; disposed of The proposition got a -irocg v L
106 to 75, but it required-Minis.
- tie is still prosecuted with as much
pt ana tous dullness as ever. Mr. Cooper of
Fa. and Mr. KcnketU Ray ner of N. C.sp •keyes
•>rd *y In opposition to dtemeasure, and Mr. Ho!,
le.oan of W. in its support. Many a e still desi*
too.' of speaking, and will speak. The House sat
lid nine o'clock last night, and duriag the jecuun
der of the week will sit still Inter.
The Fic;- unc of (he 2 Ist says -. —The Missis- i,
iippt is at length failing.—Yesterday it declined j
some two or three inches. Western produce j
o nes in slowly ; and the broken state of the |,
weather Has rent -<xi business here extreme!; j ,
lull during the latter part of the week.
!
Freni i the Athens Banner.
Laurens Co., Ga. May 16, 1840. (
Mr Dear Sir:— lt is a long time since I .
have taken any part in President making.— ,
When Mr. Crawford was smitten by the hand of |
Providence, I advised my Fiends at Washingion j
to take up Mr. Macon. He was a plain Farmer
of Revolutionary raedt, of sound common sense, -
with great knowledge of men and things, and of |
sufficient political experience to administer the -
Government of the U. S. He could say no, ,
when it was fitting, and was no dealer in its. It i
struck me it would do well for an experiment at
least, and that if it succeeded, the people of the
United States might contract a taste for such
men, rather than for your well-trained and tho
rough-bred Politicians. One thing would have
been certain —you would have had no violations
of the Constitution or other abuses to complain
of, and the Government would have been known
and Fit only in its salutary Constitutional action.
But these were so many objections to him.
If I failed in my second trial of President-ma- 1
king, surely you would not have me at this time
of day to join in the cry of Loafers, Loco F-ocos,
Shinplaslers, Log-cabin, Hard cider and the like
—let those who have a fancy for such things set
tle the matter among them—they who have the
least to do with it. always excepting a fraction of
the offiice-hunters, will be the better off'.
As to the use ami abuse of my name in con
nexion with the same office, all I have to say is,
that if those who used it were genuine Slate
Rights men, they had a right to use it, and were
the only men who had—il they used it for the
office, they were wrong—if they used it because
they could not consistently vote for either ot the
persons who were the only candidates for it, then
they were right, and then they were thrice wel
come to use and abuse it. I must confess theuso
did give me some annoyance, but that was per
sonal, and not worth a complaint; the abuse in a
general sense, I had been used to, and therefore
could bear with it, but in the sense which excited
tour friendly indignation, it was indeed the most
signal and hearttell gratification.
The relation in which you have stood, and the
warm feelings constantly manifested toward me,
give you a claim to my poor political opinions,
when you please to ask them, and you have them
briefly, but frankly.
What is called the Sub-treasury (if it means
the dealing by the Government in gold and silver
exclusively) I consider not only a Constitutional,
but an extremely wise and very expedient meas
ure. It ought never to have been a dealer in any
thing else —at least such has been always my
opinion. I thought the Constitution required it,
and it seemed to me to be most unreasonable that
a Government which was compelled to j*ay all its
debts in gold and silver, should at the same time
be compelled to receive any or every kind of pa
per which might be called money in payment of
debts due to itself. You would no doubt at this
moment feel it somewhat comfortable and refresh
ing to look upon a great dealer in gold and silver,
a dealer without premium and without discount,
and therefore without profit; dealing to the
amount of many millions per annum, and to the
amount of many thousands per diem, constantly
receiving and as constantly paying out—the grat
ification of the senses in such sad times, would be
something, and the chance of a dime finding its
way to your pocket, would be something more;
but if this dealer so dealt, that we soon began to
see we could command as many dimes as would
do for our market money, we would feel we had
derived a precious benefit by his dealing, and
that indeed a blessing had fallen upon the coun
try. If the dealer happened so to deal, as to sup
ply constantly and uniformly, a small change cir
culation, or pocket money sufficient for the every
day wants and business of life; then, indeed, a
new era would haveopered, which the past had
never seen, which would be in glaring contrast
with the present, and which the future would
hail with thanks giving and praise, and the more
joyously, as what was, will be no more, and what
is, will be and must be forever, at least as long
as the dealer lasts and deals in gold and silver ex
clusively. Now if this can be accomplished by a
great dealer, it is more likely to be accomplished
by the Federal Government, than by any other
agency we know any thing about. Ist, its dealings
will be large enough. 2ndly, it will be to the same
amount or nearly so, from year to year in times
of peace, increasing gradually, perhaps in propor
tion to an increasing population, and a conse
quently increasing expenditure. 3rdly, paying
and receiving equal amounts in equal times or
nearly so, the small change circulation could ne
ver be suddenly contracted or enlarged. I will
not pretend to say what the amount of small
change in circulation should be in such a coun
try; it is sufficient, if it gave you only the change
for a shin of beef, to the butcher, and a loaf ol
bread to the Baker per diem. But it must neces
sarily give a great deal more—perhaps all we
want. Stating the average revenue and expendi
ture at 20 millions, some 4 or 5 millions of spe
cie will suffice to carry on the annual operation,
the balance in the country, whether it be 40, 50
60 or 70 millions, will be left to sustain the pa
per, which, whether it amounts to 120 or 210
millions, will be quite ample for all the demands
of Trade and Commerce—perhaps quite eaough
to satisfy the cravings of the most extravagant of
the paper money-lovers. This paper will be so
much the sounder than it would otherwise be, be
cause instead of comparing paper, with paper,
as you are now forced to do, you would compare
it with an ever present standard of gold and sil
ver. An additional and certain effec' of a mere
ly metallic currency for Governmental purposes,
would be the check it would furnish to the ex
travagancies and aberrations of Government, an
effect not to be lightly estimated.
You perceive I am sanguine in my predictions
of the salutary consequences of this much con
demned measure of which you have a simple
statement of my opinion or belief, without the
argument. I supposed you asked no more; an
argument on a financial subject, is not worth
much; what would appear a good system on pa
per, might turn out to be a bad one in practice,
and an indifferent or objectionable one on paper,
a very good one in practice, but an argument
against a system founded on the dishonesty of
mankind, is a very false one; men must carry in
to effect systems; men must collect and men
must disburse the public revenue, and it matters
nothing whether that revenue be ot gold and stl
ver or of paper. If indeed, the pan* 1 '- 1 ~o\ nr
nothing, that is sufficient, security again . » eiv
zlement; if equally good, it is more e •
i, ; than gold and silver. Will it matter
much it t: ■ 'm p. - n . collect and disburse, hap
| *•!: to be Whigs or D emocrats 1 I have pretty
much the sen..’ confidence in both ; THE Oi E
SET HAVE BEEN ALREADY THERE fO
■S i lir Al* AN }J I' L < ND E K ; the ether kaVe vet
Luiyiv. »
i ron? this project to deal in gold and silver, I
have never been able to c njecture ho v by a iy
possibility, loss or -’etrime.: i can accrue to any
body. 1« it true the mass of the community is
so corrupt, that it is b illing to deal in nothing
out bad paper, or do the politicians persuade them
they wdi have a bank, the extinguisher of all oth
er banks, whose paper wo' qua! to gold and
silver • Instead o' loss or detriment, I 'eve seen
no neonvenierce to result to any body, except,
indeed, in .be first instance, to the merchant, to
• i* will be a novel operation u » a tune, but
lor a short time; if it costs bin more trouble and
expense to be always ready to meet the Custom
House deifwmd, he knows how charge that ex
pense to his customer, and my word upon it, the
consumer of his merchandiw will be the last one
to complain, it he sees nothing in an insignificant
•charge, but a redemption from evil suffering and
a restoration to the comforts and enjoyments of
life, to which, in every country, the pocket and
travelling money in gold and silver coinage so
eminently contribute. The very fraction of a per
cent, charged by the merchant, for his trouble
and expense of keeping gold and silver to answer
occasional demands, will be more than repaid by
the direct tendency of the operation to keep that
gold and silver at home, which might otherwise
go abroad—it will be by so much the more valu
able at home, and therefore cannot leave the coun
try. But enough—every body tires of this dry
and hitherto unproducive subject. The Presi
dent should long since have compelled his party
to carry out the measure.
Very sincerely and truly,
G. M. TROUP.
From the Milledgville Recorder.
To Edward J. Black Esq,
You hare recently published your circular to
your constituents, to inform them that you have
left the party who pul you into office; if you will
examine the proceedings in the Convention of
that parly, recently held, you will find that they
have expressed as few regrets, as fears at your
course. There is but little in your address wor
thy of notice, but least you might think that you
had been slighted, I have concluded to reply to
some parts of it. You say thatyou cannot*up
port Gen. Harrison, without a sacrifice of prin
ciple ; that you can support Mr. Van Buren
without doing so. In 1836 you said that if you
did support Mr. Van Buren “you would have to
change your principles: you now support him;
Who has changed I—Have you any evidence
that Mr. Van Buren has changed ? If not, then
have you?
You say that if the “ purest party on earth”
shall be broken up, that the fatal blow was strick
en at yourself, Cooper and Colquitt; by this, I
understand you to say, that you three are identi
fied in feeling and in action; unless they disclaim
it, we shall believe it to be so. In 1836 you
three were opposed to Mr. Van Buren—so was
your j arty. In 1840 you support him—your
party opposes him. Now if there is a difference
between you and your party, your parly are as
they were —you are not: who has stricken the
blow ? Do you think that there is a child in
Georgia ten years old, who has good sense, that
docs not know that you have abandoned your
party and sought to make them follow you. You
know Tom Haynes:—(your unwavering support
of him always made us doubt you,) when the
Troup party quit him, he said the same thing
that you now say for yourself and your other
duo.
I do not know whether you have been writing
farce or tragedy. You say that you cannot sup
port Gen. Harrison because he suppoited the
Proclamation and Force Bill, and yet you can
support Mr. Van Buren, who supported both.
If you refuse to act with your party, and make
those measures the pretext, can we believe you
sincere, support another who holds the same
principles? You say that if we take Gen. Har
rison, we “ take with him, of course, his princi
ples, and this among them.” Admit this posi
tion to be true: is it not a bad rule which will
not work both ways? You take Mr. Van Buren,
“you take with him of course his principles” he
supported the Proclamation and Force Bill—you
do the same; he is a high tariff man—so are you ;
he is a Missouri restrictionist—so are you ; he
holds that Congress can abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia—so do you. Now that
you cannot support Harrison without a “sacrifice
of principle,” I believe with you, for he was of
posed to the Missouri restiction—he denies »
Congress the right to abolish slaveiyin the D?
trict of Columbia, and is in favor of the Ta<
■ compromise bill; thatyou did not differ with Gfc*
Harrison on these points in 1836. Ido kno#-
. That you differed with Mr. Van Buren, whditl
advocate the principles I have ascribed to hi, I
t likewise know, for I have your letter belorefrie,
i pointing out that difference. With what sC of
s countenance can ycu then charge your Irty
L with striking the first blow at you, when
r change your principles, and then endeavor to
pull others after you.
i You say that Gen. Harrison is a Fefalist,
1 and tell us what Mr. Randolph said abouhim ;
r that matter is as well understood in the bafvoods
s| of Georgia, as in Washington City, say
i that Mr. Randolph charged him withbeiia sup
s porter of the “ black cockade sedition la^dmin
- islration of John Adams;” and you saturther,
- that Gen. Harrison admitted all (hat wpharged
; against him. He did no such thing, ©denied
r that he supported the alien and sedim laws,
- and stated that he opposed them, hy then
1 have you so stated ? He admitted tb he sup
-1 ported Mr. Adams on the French qstion—so
- did Wm. H. Crawford, and you voi for him
e for President, or else deceived your ends who
•f elected you to Congress, in the bes that you
;- did.
e You say that Gen. Harrison is ifcvor of ap -
i- propriating money from the publiceasuary, for
!- works of intern-d improvement; d, sir, so is
i, Mr. Van Buren, and this you kne; —and you
), know further that six weeks have rpassed since
l- [ his friends in the Senate voted arge' appropri-
ation to the Cumberland Road, and if you had
taken the trouble to look, (though I will not tax
you with ignorance) you, would have seen that
more money has been appropriated in one year
by Mr. Van Buren for internal improvements,
than was appropriated during the whole of Mr.
Adams’ administration. But sir, you ought to
have told the whole truth ; General Harrison con
sents to such appropriations to “strictly
national.”
You say that you cannot vote for Gen. Harri
son because he was in favor of the new treaty —
you make him therefore a federalist; you say that
Mr. Randolph is a Republican, and use him hy
contrast, to make Gen. Harrison one. Now he
voted with Gen. Harrison on that question—so
did Mr. Benton, the leader of your party —so did
Mr. Johnson the Vice President. Now you can
not vote for Gen. Hanison on account of this
vote, and yet you can vote for Richard M. John
son. who voted the same way !—What consisten
cy !!!!
You talk about his belonging to an abolition
society, and his wishing to sell white men into
slavery, and all that retail s!an<r which t> worn out
in Georgia,until even the ft vv, who would sus- |
tain you, are ashamed to see them in prim. They j
a»e t.ot wor’h noticing.
You have the happiest disposition imaginable. I
j ; cu have voted, you say, with the administra- |
j ton because‘heir measures suited you. No doubt j
lor that. V* hen you voted on the New Jersey ,
! question, you did not enquire who were Whigs,
|or Democrats—Oh ! no! the Democrats, were ;
j against you f upon other questions, however, you 1
( always made strict enquiry.
' *• "V that <t IP an is Kn »wn hy the company 1
he keeps. I think so too. 110 came you at j
Blair’s party ? you and your duo were theie—
an. the Van Buren Party w* rc there; whfat was
the reason you colleagues v ere not there? You
e y that Gen. Harrison »s a Federalist, because he ;
is in company with four gentleman whose names
you have mentioned. Now I have nc access to
such, or as much information as yoi possess, and I
I will not think of charging a Representative in
Congress with ignorance,as to tne political } ar- i
tie - and associates in the Union, or seek to give
'ii.n information, but I ran tell those who si ill
rend what I ‘ray, a few farts, which will relieve
you hvm in ’,i In U.o Stale of New York
the three sung electors who voted for Mr.
.!< dh >n, are tor Gen. Harrison, and against Mr.
Van Buren. Os t e members of the Senate, of
that State, who voied for Jefferson electors two
only survive, Ambrose Spencer and General
Wilkins, both are for Harrison. In the House
of those who voted, likewise seven survive ; six
are for Harrison, and one for Van Buren. What
do you think of General Harrison from the char
acter of his company.
Who are Mr. Van Buren’s associates? Mr.
Buchanan, a distinguished Federalist. Samuel
Cushman, who “hoped to God that every Ameri
can soldier who marched into Canada, would
leave his bones there.” Henry Hubbard, Senator
from New Hampshire, was foremost in getting
delegates to the Hartford Convention. J. H.
Prentiss, member from New York, who said, “if
my humble labor in the cause of my native
country, have produced the change in favor of
federalism in this country, then have I arrived at
the acme of my hopes—the summit of my wish
es.” C. J. Ingersoll, who said he “would have
been a tory” during the revolutionary war, if born
then. Gen. D. Wall, Senator from New Jersey,
who said in 1838, “here, sir, in the presence of
the American people, I avow that I was a Fed
eralist, and acted with that party zealously and
actively, so long as their flag waved in New Jer
sey.” R. Williams, Senator from Maine, was a
Federalist, and helped to burn Mr. Madison in
effigy. Levi Woodbury, elected Governor of
New Hampshire, in 1823, by the vote of the
Federal parlv. Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court; Governor Kemble, J. C.
Bradhead, Henry Vail, 11. D. Gilpin, Richard
Rush, Mr. Bancroft, W. C. Bryan, Governor
McDonald, Dr. Fort, of State-selling memory,
and your “amemable Schley;” all known and
avowed Feieralists. Mr. Van Buren is with
these gentlmien. Is he known hy the company
he keeps? You are in the same crowd ; are you
not knowi by the company you keep? Your
remark, if true, defines your position , and tells
us how i is, you can support Mr. Van Buren,
without a sacrifice of principle, but you could
not do s» in 1836 ; and who has struck the first
blow, yiurself or your party? Your party were
againstthese men in 1836, and against them
now. ifiou were once against them, but now
you ar with them.
Yoi tell us about a vote given on some reso
lution of Mr. Calhoun, which you say recognize
ourriht to our property. But where? notin
the Ulited Slates, but elsewhere. You sav,that
but o e whig from a non-slaveholding Slate voted
fortbm; the rest absented themselves. Why
did y>u not tell us, how many Van Buren men
fromnor-slaveholding Slates voted for them, or
abseiled themselves; and how many of both
partie absented themselves and did not vote?
Now;he principle embraced in the resolutions,
nobo-y denied. Great Britain acknowledged
and mid the ”alue of the negroes contained to
the nip which put into her ports “under stress
of ’eather.” She refused to pay for those
metioned in the resolutions, because the vessel
didiot put into her ports underslress of weather.
Ncv the cause of going into the port was a mat
te? of fact , to be settled hy evidence. Those
Soatnrs who absented themselves, no doubt he
lped that the vessel did not put in under stress
c weather, but as the matter was in negociation
iith the Br.tish Government, did not wish to
rejudice the claim by voting against it and
rerefore absented themselves. You, no doubt,
new all this, and knowing it, should not have
Misrepresented the facts as you have.
You say that your party have assailed you.—
This they had a right to do, and ought to have
done, because you have abandoned them. The
Union parly have for a long lime back, said they
would withdraw three of their ticket, and place
you and your duo upon it.
If you you are State Rights men, you will ac
quiesce in the nomination made by your party,
as you insisted that those who were ballotted for
when you were nominated, should do. If you
have quit the party, you will either unite with,
and run on the Union ticket, or permit your
name to be put up to distract the State Rights’
party. Your constituents understand your po
sition precisely, and will tre*?t. you accordingly.
Vou think that the Stale Rights party will be
minus several thousand votes, through the influ
ence of you and your duo. You are mistaken ;
you are mistaken in your strength, and we will
show you that you are—your attempt at dicta
tion notwithstanding. When you bring the
Journals to Georgia, you will find out that you
are not what you suppose yourself and duo to
be. With great respect,
YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
The Globe says, that it “does not care to dis
cuss the currency-question upon abstract princi
ples.” If the office-holders do not, where the
people’s money is concerned, go for abstract prin
ciples, they certainly go for the principle of ab
straction. — Louisville Jour.
No wonder the office holders, we moan the pe
culating tribe of them, and the office seekers ,
who desire a chance to peculate, are so invelerate
ly opposed to General Harrison’s election. They
know him honest, and therefore, they fear him
they know him just, aud therefore they hate him.
An old poet—“ Rare Old Ben”—has admirably
described him and them, in these few lines.
Coin. Rep.
His strict hand.
Was made to seize on vice with a gripe,
Squeeze out the humor from those spongy natures,
That suck up all our treasures !
“ Bril ishj Whigs.”
Our Loco Foco friends as they grow more and
more desperate, become more and more nonsensi
cal and ridiculous. Having exhausted the voca
bulary of abuse in finding names for their oppo
nents, they have at last hit upon one which seems
vastly to tickle their fancies. They call the
Whigs, “British Whigs.” Now all must admit
that the Locos are an ingenious set of fellows.
They support Van Burcn who was opposed to
fighting the “British” when they had committed
gross aggressions on American rights, and de
nounced as a “British Whig” Gen. Harrison who
flogged these same British for their bad conduct.
—Petersburg Intelligencer.
The Sword and the Purse.
Mr. Van Buren has been laboring for '-cars to
force upon the country his Sub-T urv - heme.
This scheme is still prosistcd in, not;vithstatufir.-
it has been FOUH times rejected by the people;
and the pr- T;yl* <b the partisans of the
Executive, by the fraud practiced on the right of
a sister St? te, wj" be enabled to rivit it upon the
! people. Tins bi'-i provides that the Receivers
I General shall be appointed by the President, and
I of course will be accountable to him alone.—
1 Thus Martin Van Buren will have the eiclu
j sirs guardianship of the pc a tic n-nsr.
j But the party m power have breached another
, doctrine still more alarming, and pregnant with
, GREATER HANGER to the LIBERT* Os the COCN
: rar. We allude to \ art Bureu’s proposition tr.
i establish
A STAAJ) I\ G A RM Y,
| Ur TIME OF PEACE.
*he *i»ecreiarj of Wa s reported a pro; -
sition to convert the whr !e of the Militia of the
Un.on in’o a Standing A:in_
1 r un the report, we gather the following facts :
i “That every able-bodied white man between
' the ages of an 45, is to be enrolled, and each
; Mian js to PRt/ -HDU HIMSELF at his own
exmnse, with arms and accoutrements, which
will cost him from twelve to fifteen dollars,
i That light companies are to be formed, who
art to clothe and equip themselves at their own
expense.
That the active class (100,000,) are to have
no officer higher than a major,—the superior
officers to be taken from the regular army.
That the annual deficit in the active class is
to be supplied by DRAFT, if volunteers cannot
be had.
And that any militia man of the active class,
who may be too poor to pay the fines assessed
upon him, will be subject to IMPRISONMENT
until the fines arc discharged !”
Such, fellow citizens, is the MONSTROUS
scheme that Van Buren wishes to force on the
country. It will unite in him the SWORD
AND THE PURSE !!
Hear what Patrick Henry says;
“Tell me when and where did Freedom exist
when the SWORD and the PURSE were given
up from the People. Unless a miracle in human
affairs should interpose, no Nation ever did or
ever can retain its Liberties after the loss of the
sword and the purse.
Gentlemen, depend upon it, this power may
work sorely on your necks.”
Trial of W. B.Dabnex.—Wm. B. Dabney
was yesterday brought before the Examining
Court, and after a short examination was sent
on for further trial. He was acquitted of the
charge of larceny. —Richmond Whig of Tues
day.
Genealogical.—Of the 52 Sovereigns of Eu
rope, 12 are over 60 years old, and 49 over 40.
At no period in the history of Europe were
there so many female sovereigns as now, for there
are no less than three Queens and one grand
Duchess.
There are five dethroned Sovereigns, two of
whom, the Elector of Hesse and Louis Bonaparte
—resigned of their own accord; the rest, viz:
Joseph Bonaparte, Hieronysius Bonaparte, and
Duke Charles of Brunswick, were sent offby the
people.
Besides these, there are four Pretenders, viz:
the Duke of Bordeaux, Don Cailos, Don Miguel
and Prince Wasa, of Sweden.
Sin Walter Scott’s Monument.-—The
height of the Scott monument, as designed, was
intended to be 190 feet, but the funds collected
will not warrant the committee to proceed with
it upon a scale of more than 135 feet. A meet
ing has taken place to consider the best means
calculated to increase the funds to the amount
necessary to complete the structure according to
the original design.— Edinburgh Observer.
Luxuries of Elizadeth’s Time.—Hollins
hed writing in Elizabeth’s reign, talks of the in
crease of luxury in England in several points, as
expounded to him by “old men yet dwelling in
the village where I remain.” These things were
specially noted by these living chronicles. One
was the multitude of chimneys lately erected—
while formerly in ordinary dwellings the smoke
spread through the rooms without let or hind
rance, (as in the case of huts of the Irish peasan
try to this day) and was supposed not only to
harden the timbers of the house, but to be a pre
servative of health. The second was the great
amendment of lodging ; straw had been previous
ly the material of the bed; and a good round log
played the part of a bolster. If it were so that the
father or the good man of the house had a mat
trass or a dock bed, and thereto a sack of chaff to
rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as
well lodged as the lord of the town, so well were
they contented. “Pillows,” said they, “were
thought meet only for women in childbed ; as for
servants, if they had a sheet above them it was
well, for seldom they had any under their bodies
to keep them from the pricking straws that oft ran
through the canvas that raised their hardened
hides.” From this old use of straw for beds
comes the phrase of “the lady in the straw,” ap
plied to a woman iu childbed. The third point
was the change of tureen or wooden plates into
pewter, and wooden spoons into silver or tin.
Pewter plates long mantained their reputation
for elegance, and did not yield to earthenware till
the middle of the last century. —Medical Jour
nal.
I
Beet sugar.—Recent experiments prove that
sugar can be made from the beet cheaper than
from the cane. The right kind of beets, proper
ly cultivated, will produce 7 or 8 per cent, of
good chrysialized sugar, at an expense of 4 cents
per pound. Cane is a very uncertain crop, and
rapidly exhausts the land, whilst a contrary effect
is the result of the cultivation of the beet. Be
sides the pulp of the beet, alter the saccharine
matter has been pressed out, is excellent food for
all kinds of cattle and for hogs, enabling a far
mer to raise and fatten a much larger stock of
animals for market than he could have done be
fore he began the culture of the beet.—Phil
adelphia Sentinel.
The following good thing belongs, wc believe,
to the New York Mercury, a paper full of fun
and good humor :
Stranger.—l say, friend, how far is it to Brook
field.
Boy.—Ten miles, sir.
Stranger:—You must he mistaken. They
told me a little ways back that it was only eight.
Boy.—Well, sir, seeing its you, you may have
it for that. But I wouldn’t let any body else
have it so.
Another revolutionary soldiv* „
Died at Caldwell, in this county, on ths o?*'"
Jacob Kent, aged 87, a soldier'of the . , lnst -
He was in several hard fought haul ev ° iut ‘on.
it* •» O '* l 'dlUCB in I
ved his country during the whole war M V*’
has probably left the most numerous not- 1
any person in the United States. S f ru ? °f
by two wives 20 children, (IS of whom
living with their families), 121 g ranf i ? e . n °»
126 great giand children, and I gnat er l , retl >
child—making in ail 268 descendants*
time of his doth. He always voted the d *
ticket.— J\'ew Jersey Eagle. 1 Ccnocr atic
Imperial-made Fools—lt was w e il u
that during »he reign of Peter the First •
the f that tyrant to punish those U I* 45
wh nde 1 him, by an imperial order
sh Yd bt-.oin-; fouls ; from which moat *
unlor’uiiatc victim, however endowed wt- ti)e
eel, insfnuK fc -ame the laughing-stock 1
whole court. He had the privilege of sa ■ the
thing hech at the peril, however,
kickt i or horse- hipped, without darWu
any sort of reti "on ; every thing he did ° ffer
ridiculed, h.s ■. p aints treated as jests, and"? I
sarcasms snetied. .* and commented on* as
velous proof-: ofu islanding in a fold
| Empress Ann ssed this abominable’cruel’, 6
but so n't nmes ,r. din her practices so n J {
odii;»y that it w„ npossible not to be enter!. °
■ . «crec< that a certain P r i nce g
snoukl become a hen punish him for some ts
fhng misdemeanor and, for this purpose u*
ordered died with straw ’
ho! • a quantity of e l r!r s -!! (i
nisly in one of ,u’
principal rooms at court The Prince was con*
den sit upon this „ ’
tdegsee ridicuW
»y imitating lie •••»•*Ung of a hen .-—Memohl
■ of i c Pr incus juaschkaw.
COMMERCIAL^
Latest dates from Liverpool T '
Latest dates from Havre. "
AUGUSTA MARKET '
Cotton. —The stock of Cotton for sale is trifli n »
and daily diminishing; holders urs firm in their pre
tensions, notwithstanding the late Liverpool ac
counts per Great Western are unfavorable. One
lot of square bales, quality fair to good fair sold
yesterday at 9J cents; prices without change from
the rates quoted in our last. Extremes 6a 9j cts
for round. No choice in market on sale. The de
mand is chiefly for northern account and remit
tances.
Groceries. —We have no change to notice. Th s
market is generally well supplied with all the
leading artkies, and prices are as low as the de
ranged state of our currency and the exorbitant
rates of exchange will allow.
Freights —To Savannah, 50 cents per bale;
to Charleston, by rail road, 25c per 100 lbs. for
square, and 35c per 100 lbs. for round bales.
Exchange. —On New-York, at sight, —a 11 per
cent, for current funds ; Charleston at —a 3 per
cent; Savannah 2£ per ct.; Philadelphia —a per
ct.; Lexington,Ky. 4a 4£ perct.; Richmond 7 cent;
specie commands 9 a 10 per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 2 per cent, prcrri;
Columbus Insurance B’k 6 “ “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon, 6 “ “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 8 “ “ «
Agency Brunswick, “ 8 “ “ «
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank; Columbus, 2£ “ « dis.
Central Bank, —a. 6 u u i€
Milledgeville Bank, -a6 “ 11 “
Ocmulgee Bank, g « «
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 6 “ «
Hawkinsville Bank, 6 “ «
Chattahoochie R. R. & B’k
Company,
Darien Bank, 20 “ “ “
Bank of Rome, 50
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. — Mechanics’ Bank,lnsu
rance Bank of Columbus, Commercial Bank of Ma
con, and Brunswick Agency in this city.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, June 26.
Arrived yesterday —Sp. schr Industria, Gomez,
St Juan De Los Remedies.
Cleared —ship Rob Roy, Marsh, Liverpool; Br
barque Ninian Lindsay, Wilson, do.
Went to sea yesterday —ship (Jceanus. Bourne,
Antwerp; barque Brighton, ISott, St Peiertburg; U
L brig Moses, Loveland, New York.
In the offing —ship Craton, frorS New York.
At Qua online —schr John Allyne, Hawes, from
Kingston, Ja.
Savannah, June 25.
Cleared —ship Pactolus, Harding, New York;
brig Jane, Fitzgerald, Baltimore.
Arrived —steamboat. Cherokee, Gould, Augusta.
Went to sea —biig Jane, i'iizegerald, Baltimore.
03* The Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of Mobile, will
preach in the Presbyterian Church, this evening.
Service to commence at 8 o’clock.
Also, to-morrow morning, at o’clock. J 27
A CARD. —The Committee of Arrangements
for the celebration of the Anniversary of 8t John
the Bap: Ist, take pleasure in tendering-the thanks
of the several Misonic Institutions in this city to
their M. E. Companion Moses Holbrook, M. lM or
his able and interesting Address, delivered on this
occasion ; to the Rev. Mr. Cunningham, who assist
ed in the services ; and to the Glee Club and Organ
ist, for their efficient aid in the ceremonies. Also,
to the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church,for the
use of their house for this celebration.
E. W. TOLMAN, Chairman.
Augusta, June 25,5840. _____
XTW. G. NIMMO , Geneial Commission Mer
chant, office on Mclntosh el reef, next door to the
Constitutionalist. nov 7
THE READING KOOJI
Attached to this office is open to subscribers,
strangers introduced by them, every day and ere*
cing (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock.
Subscription .$5 ; for a firm of two or morejjj;
(ff Dr. W. S. JONES tenders his professional
servi es to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity-
He may be found at his office, No. 214 Broad s
or at his residence. United Stales Hotel. a l’ **
ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of John B-
Guedron, deceased, late of Richmond couatv,
are requestadto make immediate payment to A.
Caldwell, who is my authorized agent, and UiO? 0
holding claims against said estate, are required .o
hand them in duly attested, within the lime pr f *
scribed by law'. ELLEN GUEDRON,
April 4, 1840. trwtf Administratrix^
VALUABLE SUMMER RESIDENCE}
M FUR SALE. ..-nn
That large two sloiy Building, with 1
i~=«-hi acres of Land attached, 300 acr ts *
winch is tenable land, situated about 2ho
from the Georgia Railroad, and immediately on _
State Road leading from Augusta to \N air^ n Y]
and 27 miles from Augusta, known as s '
Place, writh a good well of w'ator, kitchen, sta ' -’
and out-buildings, suitable for private or tiansi
business. The subscriber w ishing to seli uI _
other reason than for the benefit ol his
bargain will be given by applying s<wn
terms, apply' to JAMES KIHKPAIRICR,
the premises to the subscriber. J- VV . BRA
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