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6s? CHRONICLE AND SKNTINEL. AUGUSTA. ~ THURSDAY MORNINgT aUGUST 13 ' FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican— he patriotic Fanner of Ohio. for vice-president, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia ; A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9S— one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most 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. EUGENICS 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. In the Constitutionalist of the 6th instant, we tind an editorial addressed to the independent voters of Georgia, a little different, it is true, from a Cir cular that issued from the same office some time since, having the same imposing address. We will simply remark, of this Circular, that it was made up of the stale and oft refuted slang, that has char acterized the columns of the Administration pa pers, during the present canvass. We are confident that it was written by some Van Buren office hun ter, and that this is the price which he is to pay for it. For so false and foul is it, that if we are not mistaken, it will, if it has not already, react on those who put it forth. What says your sub scription list, Mr. Editor ? But our object is to notice the editorial of the 6th instant, where the “ worthy” editor appeals to the independent voters of Georgia, to say what Mr. Van Buren has done since 1836, to forfeit their - confide, ice. We, as a portion of the independent voters of Georgia, propose to answer the question. We charge him with having deranged, nay, al most ruined the currency of the country, with having crippled its commerce,with having increased the expenditures to the enormous amount of near forty millions of dollars, while he and his party went into power the advocates of retrenchment ani reform. We charge him with having squan dered the public money. He has brought the coun try in debt, and when he went into office, we had an overflowing Treasury. We further charge him with having sanctioned the right of free negroes to testify against white men, which is peculiarly ob jectionable to Georgians. And much more, but time will not now permit us to enumerate them. Alabama Elections. Pickens County Revolutionised.—The Whigs Triumphant. PICKENSVILLL REGISTER OFFICE, 7 August 4, 1840. 3 We congratulate the friends of Harrison and Reform, on the result of the Elections in this County. It is a decided triumph of Whig Prin ciples. The People of Pickens County have nobly redeemed themselves. Last year the Demo crats elected their three Candidates, by a major ity of about 240. But the people have arisen in their might, and asserted their freedom and their rights. We take this result as a foretoken, that the State of Alabama is safe for Harrison in No vember, and no mistake. Whigs. Dr. J. 5prui11....... 1013 W. McGill,... 990 J. Peterson, 997 3,000 Democrats. Col. N. Smith, 804 Dr. Beckett ...780 Dr. Lyles, 752 2,336 Whig Majority 221. Kentucky Election. The Cincinnati Republican gives the following as the state of the polls at Covington, in Kenton county, on Monday last: For Governor—Letcher, (Whig.) 190 French, (V. 8.)........ 138 For Lt. Governor—Thompson, (W.)....!88 Heim, (V. B.) 137 Legislature—Gordon, (V. B.) 112 Tupman, (V. B.) 114 It is expected that Letcher’s majority will reach 100 at Covington, where Mr. Van Buren’s majority was 160 in 1836. At Newport, in Campbell county, at the close of the polls the vote was as follows : For Governor—Letcher.. 157 French 87 Another Van Buren Elector Declined. —John A. Marshall, Esq. one of the Van Buren candidates for elector for the State of \flssissippi, has declined the canvass. His excuse for back ing out is ill health. Thus three of the four can" didates for electors have successively declined’ viz ; Judge Quitman, Chapman Levy, and Judge Marshall. The Cider must be working in Mis sissippi. The Hon W. C Preston passed through this ■ city on Tuesday evening, on his way to the Ma con Convention. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. The Sub-Treasury. This measure is still lauded by gome as one of liberty and deliverance, notwithstanding its inju rious and oppressive effects are so sensibly felt throughout the country. The most fatal infatua tion could not be more set upon self-destruction, than those who thus reason, and, perhaps in many instances, honestly imagine. The idea of a strife between the banks and the government, and that the object of the sub-treasury is to protect the people, and to force the banks to a resump tion of specie payments, and to supply a sound currency for the country, seems to be the evil working genius of this mania. Nothing could be more groundless or delusive. The action of this measure, so far from interfering with the banks or controling them, strikes -directly upon the interest of the people. Its object is for the government itself to deal in nothing but gold and silver; and, for this purpose, its exactions are that those who owe the government shall pay in specie. Os course its immediate action is upon none but the government [debtors. — These are not the Banks. They now have no dealings with the government, by which to be come indebted or owe any thing. Those who owe the government, and who will have to pay in specie, are the people—the merchant who im ports, the farmer who buys government land, am! every one who pays postage. This is the class upon whom this system will act; and thus,through them, indirectly will its consequences be felt by The whole body of the people. That it will have an indirect bearing upon one class of Banks, — that is the specie paying banks, —is evident. But this will only add to the oppressions of the peo ple. For the government, demanding nothing but gold and silver for its dues, which amount to upwards of thirty millions a year, will create a great demand for gold and silver. Consequently whenever a good bank puts any of its bills in circulation, for the accommodation of the people, they will be immediately sent in upon the bank and the specie be drawn; and thus the country in the interior and away from the cities, will have neither specie nor good bank paper for circula tion; and, consequently, will have nothing but broken bank bills, or suspended ones, which is the same thing, and shinplasters. Upon the bank that refuses to redeem their bills when presented, the sub-treagury has no ac tion, either directly or indirectly, except to foster their illegitimate interest, by driving all good banks from banking, and leaving the whole field to their peculation. They will remain as free from the slightest susceptibility of an impression from the operation of this system, as the most careless, independent, sworn insolvent is of the influence or effect of a dun. It is the lax payers of the land, and they, under our system of col lecting revenue, are the consumers and who will have to bear the burdens. For instance, when the merchant imports his goods, and has to pay the government tax or tariff of one thou sand dollars, this has to be done in specie. This he gets either from a specie paying bank or from a broker, a man who keeps it for sale. If from t he bank, we have seen the effect will be to les sen the circulation, and draw in the bills of the bank, by taking away the specie, thus injuriously affecting the community by making a scarcity of money. And if he gets it from the broker, and has to pay him ten per cent premium for it, this the merchant will not loose; but he will only add it, as the other part of the tariff he pays, to the cost of his goods, and get repaid out of the far. mer or consumer who buys. So that the burden in the end, in every instance, comes home to the people; having no more effect upon the banks, or “associated wealth” of the country, than if our Legislature should pass a law that every man should pay his tax in gold and silver. How would such a law as that effect the banks] Does not every man see that it would only add to the oppressions of the people] And yet this is the sub-treasury system, applied to the general ge. vernment. Its effects upon the community are the same, whether instituted by the general go vernmentor the State government, except that as the general government taxes amount to millions more than the State, so much the more injurious and ruinous will its effects be upon the country In the general government the collections of tax es or revenue amount to about thirty millions in a year, in the State ot Georgia to onlv about eighty thousand. And who does not see them convenience that would insue in each county, ip all the taxes had to be paid in gold'and silver— the specie could not be had in the country with out the additional tax of ten percent to purchase it? And who, in our Legislature, would be found the advocate of such a measure] NOUS VEHUONS. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. Messrs. Editors— l Lad the pleasure of at tending a great dinner given to the Hoc. Mr. Black, on Tuesday last, in the county of Scriven, at Jacksonborough, and also hearing him give an account of his stewardship, while representing them in Congress. He gave them a long har angue in the way of exciting their sympathy to. wards him; and it was truly sympathy sing for any rational man to stand by and hear and take notes of what passed. I must here say something of the committee who was appointed to wait up on his Honor. It was made up of the ring lead ers of the Union party of that county, who, but a few months back, I heard him denounce as every thing, calling them tories, and every thing but gentlemen, publicly; and even said if he was before the people for a public office, and any of these men voted for him he would not serve; but now how is it with the' gentleman] I saw him drinking sentiments and cheering under their banner, and denouncing the Harrison men in the same manner, accompanied with all the sar casm which is so peculiar to his Honor. For my own amusement. I asked some of the Union men if they had turned to be Black men, and they took it as an insult dawn right; and, of course, if they have not, who has’ I did txol have an opportunity of asking Mr. Black if he had, and I am satisfied if I had, the insult would have been personal in his mind; end after all I could not get my curiosity satisfied. It was all sorts of a mixed up concern any how. In the way of proving that fact, after his Hono*, Mr. Black, had concluded his defence, as he called it, the Chairman of the meeting ex tended an invitation to any of the opposition men, if they saw fit or desired and could, as he thought of course, say any thing that could hold a candle to what had been said, they then had an opportunity. They thought that no one in Scriven had bravery enough to dare compete, or show their faces in the way of contending with Mr. Black, and him, too, just from Congress. But I am proud to tell you they were foiled in their sanguinary expectations. Mr. C. W. Young, born and raised in old Scriven, promptly accept ed the offer, and it would have done every citizen of old Scriven, who was not running over with prejudice, good to hear him contend with the monstrous denunciations, and confuting the cal. umnies that were heaped upon old I ip. And what pleased me, the cider was too strong, they could not stand it; and when Mr. \ oung had ar rived at their strong hold, and was about to blow up the fortification, the Chaiiman stopped him, and it had a most disastrous effect in the ranks, and will, no doubt, eventuate in securing old Scriven for Harrison and Reform. AN INVITED GUEST. Decatur, De Kalb Co., Ga., ? August 7, 1840. 3 Agreeable to previous notice, a very respecta ble portion of the Anti Van Buren parly of De Kalb County, assembled at this place for the pur pose of nominating delegates to the Convention to meet in Macon on the 13lh inst. On motion of Gen. Ezzard, Dr. John S. Fall was called to the Chair, and James M. Calhoun appointed Secretary. The meeting being organized, Gen. Ezzard in troduced the following Preamble and Resolutions, made a very able and forcible argument on the same, and which were unanimously adopted by the meeting, to wit: Whereas, We, as citizens of the United States, do feel a deep and abiding interest in the perpe tuity of our Republican Government, in itsorigi narpurity and simplicity, and being convinced from the present extravagant expenditures of the General Government, that a change of rulers is necessary to effect this object, therefore, Resolved , That the nomination of William Henry Harrison for President, and John Tyler for Vice President, is entitled to our undivided support. Resolved, That we deem it expedient that the citizens of the County, friendly to the election of those distinguished individuals, be represented in the Convention to be held in Macon on the 13th inst., by at least one hundred delegat s Resolved, That as many of the Anti Van Bu ren party of this County, as will attend said Convention, be recognized as delegates. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the nominations made by the Convention held in Milledgeville in June last, and will unite with oiir friends in all honorable means to promote the election of that ticket. Resolved, That the Chair appoint a committee of ten persons to select suitable delegates to repre sent the Anti Van Buren party in the Macon Convention. Under the last resolution, the Chair appointed the following committee to report the names of suitable persons as delegates in said Convention; Andrew Jackson, Wm Johnson, James H. Davison, E M Poole, John Evins, James Paden, JM C Montgomery, Tuly Chever, Lodi wick Tuggle, T B George. Which committee reported the following per sons as suitable to represent the Anti Van Bu ren party of said County in said Convention, to wit: George Reeve, D Anderson, jr. Wm Hearn, W Pyron, Samuel Lovejoy, Andrew Johnson, C Humphries, James Wood, E Bird, sen. Jeremiah Milican, A Christian, James Castleberry, John White, John Hardman, A H Green, E Hardman, John Paterson, George Lyon, Thomas Petty, A Stewart, Rev John M Smith, John Moore, James Dunahoo, J J Veal, T Smith, E Bird, jr. E Hooper, J C Badger, E L McGriff, F Badger, J F Montgomery, James W Reeve, A H Bazley, John Blake, J Starnes, Reuben Martin, C Conaly, Josiah Powers, Samuel Walker, H Chener, M R Deal, B D Shumate, J Blackstock, Joel Atkins, Thomas Kenedy, Charles Latimer, S Snell, James Phillips, J Red wine, J R George, Lewis Pecock, John Reed, Murat McGee, Wm M Johnson, Moses Murphey, Wm Miller, William Heanlon, Levi Betterton, E Warbington, John R McCarter, Wm Jackson, B Chapman, Andrew Jackson, J S Cowan, J A Reeves, J M Watson, Reuben Cone, J Simpson, G B Butlar, Hardy Harris, Dr Joseph Thompson, J M Holly, James M Calhoun, M D Shumate, John B McDaniel, James L Mason, W McDaniel Wm Betts, G W Cobb, Robert Grier, V Hardman, John Francis, John Burnes, Wm R Smith, T J Ferguson, John Jones, Thomas Austin, John H Jones, Wm Goldsmith, Z Jones, James D Thompson, D Crawford, V Austin, George Heard, Thomas Atwood, John Bryce, Lemuel Dean, Wm L Lyon, R Holingsworth, H Loveless, Wm Veal, Merrill Collier, \\ m Farrell, William Ezzard, James J Evins, James McLain, John Turner, Simpson McLain. J Veal, On motion of J. M. Calhoun, Resolved, That the committee of ten, as well as tire Chairman, be appointed delegates. On motion of J. M. C. Montgomery, Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting the charges made against General Hairison, of his being a Federalist, and an Abolitionist, and of his being in favor of selling free white citizens to negroes, are unfounded, and are statements made by the corrupt and venal portions of the present Administration, for the sole purpose of securing the re-election of Marlin Van Buren, and of keeping, themselves, the rewards of his favors. On motion of Gen. Ezzard, Resolved, That the procedings of this meeting be signed by the Charirman and Secretary, and published. 3 The meeting then adjourned. JOHN S. FALL, Chairman. James M. Calhoun, Secretary. Ft rthe Chronicle and Sentinel. Mb. Jones—The other evening while running over the pages of a volume entitled Hunt’s his tory of the Late War,” written in the ancient his torical style, ray eye accidently fell upon the fol lowing passage, which as it was written prior to the year 1816, may be taken as a pretty fair evi dence of the estimate in which Gen. Harrison was held by the people, at that time, when the events of that war were still fresh in the public mind. The book from which the extract is made, though an odd specimen of literary taste, never theless appears to be quite candid, and is certain ly profuse in its condemnation whenever it is merited. If the writer is to be credited, and he certainly had no motive at that date, to induce him to record aught but truth—Gen. Harrison, was not only considered a brave man by his army, but was endeared to those who fought un der him, by the same noble soldier-like qualities, that in the Florida Campaign, won for General Clinch, the love and esteem of the Georgia vol unteers. Who would dare call the veteran Clinch a granny, in Georgia 1 After giving an account of the capture of Proctor’s army by Harrison and his western ar my, the writer remarks, “21. Now Harrison was a mighty man of va lor, and no man could make him afraid ; and the Captains and officers that were with him were all valient men. “ 22. And when some of his captains sa:d un to him, Lo! there is a feast to-day ; go thou and partake thereof, and refresh thyself, and we will watch ; “ 23. He answered and said unto them, nay, shall I go and riot, whilst the warriors of Colum bia lie on the frozen ground 1 “ 24. No, their fate shall be my fate : and their glory shall be my glory. “25. So he wrapped himself in his cloak and ay down in his own tent.” 1— The Granite State. —The Portsmouth Journal says—“ We have intelligence from the interior of New Hampshire which gives strong hopes, that although H vRRISON will not need it,the VOTE of NEW HAMPSHIRE will be given to him.” Newnan, August 4, 1840. At a meeting of the Coweta Delegation to the Macon Convention, an appropriate Banner was presented to the Delegation by Miss E. B. Berry, in the name of the Whig Ladies of Coweta, ac companied by the following Address of Miss Berry: Gentlemen : —I did hope to present the banner intended for your Delegation, personally—whereby I could assure you, that in the breast of woman — weak and timid as she is—there dwells living, breathing patriotism. When our country poised upon the verge of ru in ; when she is fast losing the very name of a Republic ; when the almost palsied hand of some veteran patriot, who has fought aud bled for us, is beckoning in its feebleness, and his voice heard in the Macedonian cry, “Come over and help us”— Woman would urge you on, onivdrd to the rescue. I would have also told you, that, towards him who has saved the wife, the mother, the daughter, from savage barbarity, there exists in the female bosom the wannest gratitude, incited by that grat itude. I would have asked, “ does he not richly deserve the highest reward and honor, his country can give ?” Gh! that we were but men —the question would not be vainly asked. God prosper your efforts. “Be not weary in well doing,” and when you do “well,” do it “with ali your might.” With the spirit of ’76, receive your banner—hum ble in its execution, but mighty in its import. To which H. R. Harrison, Esq., delivered the following response: Ladies :—ln behalf of the Delegation, to whom you have made a tender of this banner, permit me to return lo you, our heart felt thanks for this dis tinguished mark of your approval of our efforts, to do honor to whom honor is due. We see on its bright folds, the likeness of him in defence of whose cause we have now embarked. W r esee en i graven on its folds, the name of one, who at his i country’s call, was ever ready to peril his life, his fortune, and his all in her defence. He it was who defended from the savage scalping knife, our mo thers and sisters, on the North Western Frontier; and who, as a Statesman, wholly made a sacrifice of his popularity, in his devotion to the bulwarkof our liberty, the Constitution. Ladies, this mark of 3 r our approval of our efforts to do honor to the merits of such a man, shall buoy up our hearts, and cause ns to press on with re i doubled vigor m the noble cause. But this is not the first time that America’s noble daughters have stood forth in the cause of right. The pages of the history of our Revolution are marked, often marked with the heroic deeds, and determinations of our mothers, in those sanguinary times that had well nigh unnerved the stoutest hearts. Then it it was, that they often fearlessly imparted aid and comfort to the weary soldier, who was worn down with fatigue. The Whig Ladies of the Revolu tion showed ample and nobie proof of the heroic de termination of their sex—and that often too— when their husbands who should have been their protectors, were giving aid to the enemies of Ameri ca. Who then amongst us, the free born sons of freedom, will falter, when America’s noble daugh ters have set us such examples p Then my friends, to whom this banner has been presented, let us nerve ourselves for the conflict. Let us, as our fathers d.d, scorn to be luggards or lake warm in our contry’s cause. But with one heart and one hand, let us persevere until we shall have rescued that country from the dangers which threaten, and liberate her forever from the domination of corrupt and federal politicians. The contest may be violent, but the stake is great, and supported as we know ourselves to be, by an humble and honest desire to promote the’ happiness of the people, and the good of the Re public. The victory must and will be ours. Then— “ Strike, till the last armed foe expires j Strike, for your alters and your fires ; Strike, for the green groves of your sires, God, and your native land.” V hereupon, the accompanying resolutions, and proceedings, were had by the Delegation : Resolved, That the thanks of this Delegation be tendered to tho Ladies, from whose patriotic and kind offices, we have this day received an appro priate and not humbly executed Banner. Resolved, That the Delegation regret the circum stances that have prevented the presentation of the Banner, in person, by Miss E. B. Berry, and that while we applaud the address which she has given us. for its concise and touching style, and glowing patriotism, and devotion to our cause, we with one heart solicit Heaven’s brightest smiles lo beau tify the days of her life, to cheer and enlighten her when called to pass the valley of shadows. Resolved, That the Delegation return to H. R. Harrison, Esq., their thanks for his prompt and ap propriate response, to the address from the ladies Resolved, That Messrs. E. McKinley, E M Story and Augustus H. Stokes, be appointed a committee to communicate to Miss E. B. Berry and through her, to the patriotic ladies who ha ve’ aided in the preparation of our Banner, and who encourage us onward in this good cause. JAMES DAVIS, Chairman. E. M. Story, Sec’ry. ~ r D « Newnan, August 4,1840. To Miss E. B. Berry; 1 he undersigned were appointed a Committee by the Coweta Delegation to the Harrison Convention at Macon, to communicate to you the foregoP* Resolutions of the Delegation, desiring that you them to the other ladies, to whose joint kindness and love of country, we are indebted for our Ban- The discharge of this duty is to us a high pleas ure. 81,01 1 but truly appropriate address we have both heard and read with kindling emotions. From the same altar where you have taken a hv mg coal of enthusiasm, we would gladly catch a spark. That alter we know is not the building of, sectional prejudice, or party bigotry but of pu» and holy love of country, home and hearth ol the good and the brave, who in the Council Chamber, the Tent and the Battle-field, have hazaided their persons and fame in the defence of theirs. Jn j * us to cay to you, that in the breast of no one, does the fire of patriotism apparently burn with more fervor and intensity, than in jour own. No pearl ever lay under Ocean’s greenwaters. More puie in its shell, than this spirit in thee. Accept Madam, our best wishes for your health, prosperity and happiness, through lie s pi g age. E. McKinley,-) A. H. Stokes, v.Committee. E. M. Story, j From the Richmond Whig. Army Bill—Poinsett’s Quibblin g. Murder will out. We felt a thorough convic tion that the Secretary of War, in the letter in which the attempt was made to exonerate the ' President from all blame in respect to the Army project, was guilty of shameful quibbling and un ’ manly tergiversation. We avowed this opinion at the time of the pub'ication of that letter. We thought there was disingenuousness apparent up on the face of the letter, and we moreover, had ' reasons to believe that the impression sought to 1 be conveyed by the Secretary, was contradicted by the facts. He stated in that letter, that the r Army Bill which he submitted to Congress on the 20th of March, “ ivas reported to Congress upon a call of the House —■“ was sent to that body , without being previously submitted to the President. ” “ With it or its details, there fore, he had nothing to do,” #c. , The facts begin to leak out. It appears from the following letter from Mr. Phelps, a Senator from Vermont, to Mr. Rives, which we find in I the Petersburgh Intelligencer, that a bill in all important features identical with that commu nicated on the 20th March, on a call of the House, was laid before the Senate’s Committee early in the session. We copy Mr. Phelp’s letter, and the pertinent comments of the Intelligencer. Is there a man who believes that Van Buren knew nothing of this important bill on the 20th of March, which had been submitted to the Senate months before, and who will venture to acquit the Secretary of War of prevarication ? Harper’s Ferry, June 20, 1840. Dear Sir : In answer to your enquiry, I have only time to say, that, very early in tho present session of Congress, a bill in form, emanating as I understood, from the Secretary of War, and laid before the Committee of the Senate, on the Militia, of which Committee I am a member. That bill, which I suppose accompanied ihe an nual communication of the Secretary of War to Congress, was, in all important features, inden tical with the plan communicated by the Secreta ry to the Committee of the House of Represen tatives, under date of the 20th March last. The bill to which I allude, was for some time, the sub ject of enquiry by the Committee. What has be come of it, or why it has not been printed, I know not—but that such a bill was reported and submitted with the annual Report, is not to be questioned. I would explain further, that having already made a written statement, which is now in the hands of the publisher, and which will probably be published, I refer you to that when it shall ap pear. In haste, yours, SAMUEL S. PHELPS. | To the Hon. Win. C. Rives. Here we have a statement, from an honorable gentleman, positively affirming that early in the • session, a bill in form, emanating, as he under stood, from the Secretary of War, was laid be fore the committee of the Senate, of which he II was a member, and that bill was, in all impor [ tant features, identical with die plan cornmuni > cated by the Secretary to the House of Repre . sentatives. What then becomes of Mr. Poin sett’s statement that the plan was sent in obedi ; ence to a call of Congress, and without being sub mitted to the President] Mr. Phelps states that the plan submitted to the Senate accompanied, as J he supposes, ihe annual communication of the ' Secretary, if this istiue, and there is no reason , to doubt it, the Secretary is convicted of false ; hood, for he says it was sent in obedience to a r call of Congress. When it is remembered that ■ during the last Summer, the President and Secre -1 tary were examining the military defences of the ’ country with reference to the boundary troubles ami the Canadian difficulties—when it is recol . lected that a plan for organizing the militia, . identical with the plan afterwards submitted, was sent in to the Senate at an early period of the Session, it will require a stretch of credulity which ! we are not equal to, to make us believe that the President was not minutely informed of all the details of the Secretary’s plan, Mr. Poinsett’s , statement, and Mr. Ritchie’s guesses and wishes ■ to the centraly notwithstanding.— Pet. Intelli gencer, President “Mum.” The following Correspondence between several Electors of Illinois and Mr. Van Buren shows that the latter gentleman is fairly “Caged.” “Danville, 111., May 23, 1810. Mr. Van Buren, President of the U. State. You are now before the people of the U. States for re-election. We claim it, as the privilege of Citizens, to propose for your consideration and answer the following interrogatories : Ist. If re-elected, should a bill pass Congress for abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, would you approve the law ] 2d. Do you approve of pre-emption laws ] 3d. Did you or not, as a member of the Con vention ot'Amendments for amending the Con stitution of the Stale of New York, vote against a proposition to restrict the right of voting to , white citizens ] 4th. Did you, or not, vote in the same Conven tion to allow Negroes who were worth two hun dred and fifty dollars the right of voting ] slh. Did you, or not, advocate in the same Convention, a property qualification as necessary for all electors 1 6th. Did you, or not, in the same Convention propose and advocate the appointment of Justices of Peace by the Governor ] 7th. Have you examined Holland’s life of Van Buren of date 1830 ; and il so, is it a faithful and true history of your political opinions ] Respectfully your obedient servants, Wm Knight, W.Fithian, J. C. Alexander, Geo. May, Milton Lesley, Michael Cline, Adam Sullivan, Wm. McKibben, H. H. Reed, Samuel Partlow. Wm. I Moore. Washington, June 22d 1840. Gentlemen—l have received a letter signed by yourselves and others, propounding to me several questions, to which it is my intention to reply in in full season for the object you have in view. One of them is in the following words: “Have ’ you examined Holland’s life of Van Buren, of date 1835 ; and, if so, is it a faithful and true history of your political opinions ?” It has been suggested to me, that spurious copies of this work have been put in circulation in Illinois. It is therefore desirable that you should send me a copy to which your question relates, before I answer it. This I will thank you to do at vour earliest convenience. When inspected it shall be returned to you. I am a gentleman, very respectfully, your obe (hent servant, M. VAN BUREN. Fr L HAI * and John C. Alexander. rliV J A b » ny Lv< r nin g J °urna! says—The “A rt u o ger gets rid of these plain, direct interro ga ions, j s arting a question about a “spurious i ion o Holland s Life of his magicianship ! ere is no connection between the questions asked in the above Letter and Holland’s Life. But it would have been awkward to answer these questions, and hence the evasion. H quibble is unworthy of a President, j> whether “spurious” or genuine, was writt* * published by themselves. n a,i ' Tue Boundary Commission.—The \ U(T Age says that Professor Cleaveland has JecH pj I his appointment as one of of the commissioner I on account of his feeble health. It i s added tl * i the commissioners were to meet at Portl Ulc j the 7th, to commence their journey. The \ * says:— We understand that the commission wr vide itself into three parties; one to proceed', the head waters of either the Connecticut or uebec, northeasterly along the highlands; er to commence at the Bay of Chaleurs, * an( ] ° lh ' ceed sou-h westerly toward the first party the third party to start from the Mars Hill, and proceed northerly to the highlan ) I and also westerly along the highlands allege! ! exist, and claimed by the British Government I be the true treaty highlands. In this way feet and accurate survey of the whole grouS I will be effected, and our government pm m session of all the facts, necessary to meet the neu I argument now made by Great Britain. 1 " I Prospects in Ohio. The Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette says that, having had recent opportunity, during At tendance upon the sitting of the Supreme Court : at Columbus, to collect information from and compare notes with gentlemen from all parts oi the State, the result is “a firm, well-grounded conviction that Ohio will elect Mr. Uobwix (for Governor) by at least 15,000 majority, and carry the Harrison electoral ticket by a still I larger majority. This result (says the Gazette) appears to us inevitable. In 1836, Ohio gave 201,333 votes, of which Harison obtained a ma jority over Van Buren of 8,501 votes. s, nce I that time numerous changes are known to have taken place against the Administration, and change is still going forward. The Whigs are now united and active—the People are alarmed and roused. The oldest among us have never before witnessed so much zeal, activity, or deter mination. Ohio will probably give 240,000 votes, and of these, we think, our friends may count upon 125,000 for Harrison.'’ A pompous call for a meeting to celebrate the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill, as “the second declaration of independence,'’ having been issued in Ohio, some wag very properly added the fob I lowing: Names of the Signers of the new Decu uation of Independence. Names. Residence. Defalcation. Sami Swartwcut, N. York, $1,225,705 69 Wm M Price, “ 75,000 00 A S Thurston, Key West, Fa. 2,882 15 G W Green, Mobile, Ala. 1 1,173 48 I T Granby, Craw ford ville,ia. 39,031 31 | A M‘Carty, Indianapolis. la. 1,308 92 I B F Edwards, Edvvardsviile, 111. 3,315 76 WL D Ewing Vandaiia, 111. 16,754 29 John Hays, Jackson, Miss. 1,386 18 j W M Green, Palmyra, Miss. 2,312 19 B S Chambers, Little Rock, Ark. 2,149 23 D L Dodd, Opelousas, La. 27,130 57 A R Rogers, “ 6,624 87 J Canton, N. Orleans, 1,259.23 N W M‘Danit-1, W’ashinton, Miss. 6,000 00 B H Owen, St Stephens, Ala. 30,611 97 G B Crutcher, Choctaw, Miss. 6,061 40 G B Dameron, “ 39,059 64 S W Dickson, “ 11,231 90 “ “ 898 53 W P Harris, Columbus, Miss. 109,178 08 Wm Taylor, Cahawba, Ala. 23,116 18 i U G Mitchell “ 54,626 55 J W Stephenson, Galena, 111. 43,294 04 Lit’hury Hawkins, Helene, Ark. 100,000 00 S W Beall, Green Bay, 19,62(1 16 Joseph Friend, Washita, La. 2,551 01 Wm H Allen, St. Augustine, 1,997 50 C D Boyd, Columbus, Miss. 50,937 28 [ R H Stirling, Shoccuma. Mi. 18,773 70 Paris Childs, Greensb’, La. 12,449 76 WmLinn, Vandaiia, 111. 55,062 06 Sam T Scott, Jackson, Miss. 15,550 47 Jas T Pollock, Crawfordville, la. 14,891 98 John L Daniel, Opelousas L.i. 7,280 63 Morgan Neville, Cincinnati, 13,781 19 M J Allen, Tallahassee, Fa. 26,691 57 Robt T Brown, Springfield, Mo. 3,600 50 ‘ $2,064,209 86 AND THE CRY IS &TTLL THEY RUN. Presidential Election of 1836. Whig States in ’36. Whig. V. B. ehc votes Massachusetts 41,099. . . 32,537.... 14 Vermont 20,990... 12,039.... 7 New Jersey 26,389.. .25,844.... 8 Delaware 4,738... 4.155 3 Maryland 22,852 22,168.... 10 Sou h Carolina 30.000... 17,u00.... 11 Georgia 24,786.. .22,104....11 Tennessee 35,962.. .26,120 15 Kentucky 36,055.. .33.435 15 Indiana 41,281.. .33,478.... 9 Ohio 105,417. ..96,916. ...21 Van Buren States. —124 Maine 15,239.. .22,900. ...10 New Hampshire... 6,238... 18,722.... 7 Rhode Island 2,710... 2,964 4 Connecticut 18,719... 19,284 8 New York 138,543.. 166,815 43 Pennsylvania 87,111.. .91,475... .30 Virginia 23,498... 30,261 23 North Carolina 23,468.. • 26,910.... 15 Alabama 15,613.. .20,506.... 7 Mississippi 9,688... 9,974 4 Louisiana 3,383... 3.654 5 Illinois 14,292... 17,275.... 5 Missouri 7,337... 10,995 4 Arkansas 1,237... 2,400.... 3 Michigan 4,045... 7,332.... 3 764,583 776,963 HO New Mode of Estimating Militabi 'l E i hit. —A General deserves no credit who gams a splendid victory, if he owes any thing to the bra very of his subaltern officers. General Harrison had Richard M. Johnso’i at the battle of the Thames, who was a brave m 3ll. Ergo—General Harrison deserves no credit for gaining the victory of the Thames. Bonaparte had brave generals, their courage and intrepidity gained him many victories, conse quently Bonaparte was no General. Hence, logically and physiologically, lb e arm that executes is greater than the mind which di rects—and the mind that directs deserves no cre dit. Tor further particulars listen to Democratic or ator?. —Boston Whig. Havana. We have our files of Havana papers to the 27th July, inclusive. On the 22d ult. five individuals were shot, for piracy , viz : Francisco Suare, Juan de Arm 33 Juan Romero, Aquitui Lopez, and Lorenzo l er nandez.—Among other piratical exploits, tßey had on the Ist May, killed Capt. Cunpingh3tn of the English brig Vernon, together with a p art of the crew. —New Orleans Bee. Kendall draws a very graphic picture of him self. Behold ! “The propensity to lying becomes so tyranica and despotic, that it does not require the stimu lus ol self interest, fear or shame—but, on t a contrary, indulges itself in the most license, from the mere force of habit, and in tue absence of all temptation.”