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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A U G U S T A.
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24.
TOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of I ipjiecanoe—the incoi -
rnptible 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 most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
rOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN VV. CAMPBELL, of Muscogae."
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalh.
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.
E 3 EUGENIUS A. NFS BET, 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.
Hen. Glascock and his Whipping Law.
Some days since, the following hand-bill made
'its appearance in this city:
Gen. Harrison ? s Whipping Law.
Freemen of G corgia / Poor Men and Women.'
Read this !
American Women! read this, and then let
your husbands, lovers, fathers and brothers know
&hat you think of making General Harrison
President :
“Receive on his nr her back, thirty-nine lashes
well laid on, at the public whipping post.”
Such is a law approved by General Harrison,
(seeo laws of Indiana Territory, page 343.)
What now do you suppose was the heinous of
fence which Governor Harrison thought fit to
have thus punished, for which a woman was to
he stripped at the puf/hc whipping post, and
receive thirty-nine lashes on her bare back, well
laid on? Will you not he amazed to find that
this was the offence 1 (See the 10th section
of the above law, entitled an act concerning
•servants.)
G “If any person shall presume to deal with anv
servant, without such leave or consent, (that is,
of the servant’s master or owner,) he or she so
offending, shall forfeit and pay to the master or
owner of such servant, four times the value of
the thing so bought, sold, or received, to be re
covered with costs, by an action in the case, in
any court of common law in this Territory ; and
shall also forfeit and pay the further sum of S2O
■to any person who will sue for the same, or re
ceive on his or her bare back, thirty-nine lashes,
well laid on, at the public whipping post, but
shall nevertheless be liable to pay the costs of
such suit.”
Again, this same law, section 13, page 345,
directs that when such servant shall be found
“ ten miles from the tenement of his or her mas
t’r, without a pass, “ any person may appre
hend him or her, and carry him or her before a
justice of the peace, to be, by his order, punished
with stripes not exceeding thirty-five, at his dis
cretion.”
Again, this same law, section 14, page 336,
directs that “ifany slave or servant shall pre
sume to come and be upon the plantation, or at
the dwelling house of any person whatsoever ,”
(whether that person be white or black,) “ with
out leave from his or her owner, not being sent
upon lawful business, it shall be lawful for tho
owner of such plantation or dwelling house, to
give or order such slave or servant ten lashes, on
his or her bare hack.”
And again, the 1 Ith section of the same law
concerning servants, (page 344) has the follow
ing wholesale whipping provision :
“1° a h cases of penal laws, where free persons
are punishable by fine, servants shall be punish
•ed by whipping, after the rate of twenty lashes
for every eight dollars, so that no servant shall
receive more than forty lashes at any one time, «
unless such offender can procure some person to <
•pay the fine.” ]
Perhaps you may ask who were these servants
who were to be subjected to this merciless code, :
and fur presuming to deal with whom, free white C
men anu women might if unable to be paid in mo- '
ney. be made to pay in lashes, well laid on. at the
public whipping post 1 Who were they t Why
they were poor while people, who, bv another
law cl this same General Harrison, had been found ’
guilty of any offence, (such as an assault, keep
ing a tavern or ferry without license, or any other
petty misdemeanor,) and were unable to pay
their tines, and the lawyers’, clerks’, and sheriff’s
lees, and were directed to be sold at public auc- '
•Uon to any person. '
These were the people who, having no dollars *
were to pay in lash es—twenty lashes for eight \
dollars / and these were the people with whom, i
if a poor woman should presume to deal for a
chicken or a dozen eggs, without the leave of i
Jheir lordly masters, she might, if unable to pay ,
•twenty dollars, be taken to the public whipping- i
post, and receive thirty-nine lashes on her bare i
back, well laid on J and then be sold to pay the I
costs.
if ‘
it you arc women of any spirit or sense—if ,
you are the daughters of freemen—if you deserve t
o <e mothers of freemen—let it be forthwith
it*’ y /° U think of those who shall i
• I Hs are '^f <
-g.ve them your thoughts of the man who could a
approve such a law, and of those who support 1
him, and let it be “ WELL LAID oy;> PP J
Without anv knowledge of the authorship of I
this contemptible production, when it appeared, we v
pronounced it the offspring of some « scavenger ” 0
ol the party. On the same day. General Glascock, d
writhing under this merited castigation, avowed c
himself the author, and took occasion in a public 1
speech to make an attack upon the junior partner
of this paper, (who, in the absence of the eAitor,
superintends that department,) which was charac
teristic of the source whence it came. This ad
mitted authorship of the hand-bill has in no wise
changed our opinion of the hand-bill, or its ac
knowledged author.
It is never our purpose to descend, in the dis
charge of our duties to personalities, but when an
attack is openly made upon us in a public speech,
wc have the right if we choose, in common with
every citizen to repel such attack, even though it
come from the scavenger of a party. It is due to
candor to say that we should not notice an attack
from such a source, but for the fact that he is made
here the leader of his party. And it is as the
leader alone that we notice him.
Who, then, is General Glascock, who has been
so much shocked at the idea of the enactment,
some thirty years ago, of a law in Indiana for the
punishment of offences with whipping ? He is the
same man, who at a much later period, voted in the
Georgia Legislature for a law punishing offenders
in Georgia with whipping. Yes, this man Thomas
Glascock, was an advocate for visiting upon the
citizens of this State, who might be guilty of of
fences against its laws, the punishment of the
lash on their bare backs, and that, too, at a time
when we had in Georgia a penitentiary, which af
forded an opportunity to punish the guilty in a more
mild and salutary manner. Yet this man has been
so shocked at the idea of General Harrison’s hav
ing approved such a law, while Governor of In
diana, while it was yet a Territory, having no
penitentiary, that he has sent forth to the world a
garbled statement of a law, m order to operate up
on the credulity of a portion of the people. And
what is still worse, he has, by sending it forth,
vouched for its truth, and when called on to show
the law, and to show that he had faithfully copied
its provisions, lo and behold ! he did not have the
law and had never seen it, he had copied the ex
tracts from the Globe ! Here, then, h}- his own ac
knowledgement, he stands the admitted author of
a production, for the truth of which he becomes
the voucher, that he had never seen, and did not
even know that what he stated were facts. Un
enviable position, truly, when a man is so far lost
to that high moral regard for truth, which ever
marks the gentleman, as to endorse that as true of
which he really and in fact knows nothing.
Wno, we ask again, is General Glascock ? He
is the hireling and tool of the administration, the
recipient of the office of Deputy Marshal for taking
the census of Richmond County, and if he has ever
taken the census of the first family, wc have not
heard of it. Instead, therefore, of discharging the
duties of an office to which he has been appointed
he is engaged in preparing and circulating hand
bills calculated to detract from the fair fame of
General Harrison, aye, garbled extracts of laws,
and if perchance they happen to be true, the Gene
ral has told the truth by guess. Vet tills is an ad
ministration, the administration of Martin Van
Buren, whose official appointments are confined to
partizans, such partizans as the author of this
hand-bill, in whose favor the people of Georgia
arc invoked, in such a manner, to give their suf
frages.
The scavenger of a party ! Who else—when he
himself had been guilty of voting for a whipping
law —would attempt to denounce others for such a
vote ? Who else would send forth to the world a
garbled statement of a law, of the truth of which
ne Knew iiotmirg, ana nave me naramooa )uue k
for its truth ? Who else would have the boldness
to assert in public speeches, that the negroes to
whom Mr. \ an Buren, by his vote, extended Hie
privilege of suffrage in New York, would all vote
for General Harrison ?
it is proper to add that these remarks apply alone
to the author of this hand bill, by whom we have
been assailed, and are inapplicable to the party of
which he is a member, which contains many indi
viduals for whom we entertain the highest respect
Death by Lightning.
We learn that Robertson Tarver, of this county,
was instantly killed by lightning while standing
in the door of his dwelling on Thursday last, dur
ing the fall of a shower of rain. There were other
members of his family in the house at the time,
who we believe, escaped uninjured.
A Sign from the Empire State. —The Wayne
county (N. Y.) Whig of the 14th inst, hasja com
munication signed by forty-one citizens of the
town of Arcadia, in that county, who have hereto
fore supported Martin Van Buren and his Admin
istration, but who now declare that, after mature
deliberation, they have “determined to vote for
General Harrison, at the approaching election,” as
well as to make that determination public.
On the 24‘h of July, the settlement called San
Fernanda, situated within the port of Neuvitas, in
the island of Cuba, was entirely destroyed by fire,
which caused much distress and reduced many
poor families to the greatest indigence.
The Hon. Ogden Hoffman, in a speech at Mor
ristown, New Jersey, a few days since, made the
subj ined remarks :
“ The Banks have been Mr. Van Buren’s ladder
—the ladder of his ambition—which presidents and
cashiers upheld, and of which every round was en- 1
circled with bank charters. And when he had
reached its topmost round, he kicked away the
ladder, and it fell upon the heads of the presidents
and cashiers, who with upturned eyes and won
dering hearts, were admiring the lofty of
their child and champion.”
James Madison and Martin Van Boren.—
Why did Mr. Van Buren oppose the re-election of
James Madison to the Presidency ? Let the Loco ’
Foco papers answer the question of they can ! <
ITom Florida.
l" D A 1 V? W, - Wch - e been Permitted to 1
make she following extract from a letter to a C en- g
tlemaa of this place, dated ‘Nevvnansville A,. I
gust 10th, 1840.’ ’ AU ‘ j
“ Mr. John Deiancy just arrived at this place i
from I ort i arver, on Payne’s Prairie, informs us, t
that while a negro fellow, the property of Mr
John Hope, was hunting in Tarver’s Field, he
discovered five Indians in the act of carrying off
corn. The negro being armed with a double bar
relled gun, charged with slugs, immediately fired c
upon them—On the discharge of the first barrel t
he killed I on the spot. The other four imme- 1
dlately lied, when he discharged his second bar- (
rel, wounding one severely. The truth of this f
may be relied on. ‘
In addition to the above, wc learn that on Wed- i
nesday ol last week .four families were massa i t
cred in the vicinity of New River. Sign of; ’
about fifty Indians was seen. A company of !
Dragoons had been started in pursuit.
It is also rumored, that on Thursday, seven i
Dragoons, with two women, probably soldier’s I
wives, were killed, fifteen miles from Black Creek, a
on the Xewnansville Road. We give this as a f
doubtful rumor, however. s
The steamer .Santee, Capt. Poinsett, has gone 1
down the coast, to convey the freight of the Wil- I
South 441011 fro “ Sm y rna t 0 the military posts v
d
The Illack Dinner.
On Saturday last the dinner given to Edward J-
Rlack, by the Loco Focos of this city came off, at
which wc-understand there were probably thiec
hundred persons. Rather a small party, we think,
when it is known that the party was composed of
Harrison men, and Loco Focos from the counties of
Columbia and Burke, and some from South Caroli
na. Os the speech of the political stock jobber, we
can only speak from hear say, as we were no
who did honors ? J to such a man.
We learn that it was worthy the source whence
it came, and was made up of low abuse and round
assertion, the latter of which was unsupported by
any thing save the word of E. J. Black. Heavens,
what a suppoit ! Among others, we learn that we
came in for a share of the creature's vituperation.
To all that he may have said of us, we have only to
remark, that if wc had to select an assailant of our
press, and the audience before whom it should be
assailed, that assailant should be E. J. Black, and
the audience the citizens of Augusta. 'I hey, above
all other people in Georgia, know him, and know
ing him, can justly appreciate what he says.
Os the other portions of his speech, in which he
charged Gen. Harrison with being a defaulter to
the government for a large amount, and then en
deavored to leave the impression that it was a mil
lion of dollars, wc shall again speak, as also of the
old pine tables which he endeavored to make his
audience believe alone adorned the President’s
house.
General Harrison a defaulter! This charge was
so disgraceful to those who first conjured it up,
that the parly themselves became ashamed of it,
and its degraded and prostituted presses would not
dare to repeat it to the American people, and it
was reserved for Edward J. Black to bring it forth
before an Augusta audience. Verily he is a lit in
strument for such a work.
The Georgia Journal.
Can the editors inform us, why their friends in
this city have not been supplied with their paper
of Tuesday last ?
Missouri.
The St. Louis Republican of the 11th inst. says:
“Sufficient returns are in to convince us that the
Locos have succeeded in electing their ticket for
Governor, Congress, &c., but unless the counties to
he heard from give a very different vote from those
wc have returns from, we believe their majority
will be greatly reduced from what it was in 1838.
The Locos will doubtless have a majority in the
Legislature, but it is yet questionable whether
their majority there will be greater, or as great, as
it was at the last session. They have made some
gains on us, and we have beaten them in some of
their strongholds,”
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of the 1 9th.
Illinois.
The intelligence this morning from Illinois ren
ders it next to certain that the loco focos have been
successful in maintaining their ascendancy in that
State. We do not consider the vote cast for mem
bers of the Legislature as furnishing any criterion
forjudging how the State will go at the Presiden
tial election, as local causes appear to have had
more than usual influence in the present struggle.
Wc do not wish to he misunderstood in saying
this, however, as vve have no idea of claiming the
Slate for Harrison. In 1830 it gave Van Huron a
I majority of 2 983, and the probability is that he
win again receive trie electoral vote of Illinois.
The Journal of Commerce has taken the trouble
to compile a comparative table of the votes in 61
counties, which give the following result:
1840. 1838. 1836.
Van Buren votes 11,403 16,989 11,185
Whig votes 7,712 15,997 8,974
Van Buren majorities ,3,691 992 3,211
North Carolina.
By a slip from the Wilmington Chronicle office,
of the 21st inst., we have returns for Governor,
from sixty to counties, by which it appears that
Morehead’s majority is 8,142. Should the three
remaining counties give the same vote they did in
1836, his majority will be increased. The returns
from the three counties of Davie, Cheiokee and
Henderson, go in with those from which they were
taken, i lie \\ big majority in the Legislature will
be about thirty.
Governor Rnnnels letter.
In this days paper we lay before our readers the
letter of Ex-Governor Runnels of Mississippi.
He is a native Georgian and has been through evil
and good report a Jackson and Van Buren man.—
But when he discovered that he was compelled to
choose between his party and his countiy. he has
like a true Georgian come out for bis country, and
declared his determination to support Harrison and
Tyler.
We lake pleasure in laying before the Tippeca
noe Clubs of this County ttie subjoined invitation.
Waynesborough, August 20, 1840.
To the Tippecanoe Clubs of Richmond County :
1 ho pleasure of the company of the members of
the several Clubs, is solicited at a Barbecue, to be
given at this place on Saturday, the 29th inst., by
the friends of Harrison and Tyler.
Geo. W. Evans, "i
Elijah Bync,
E. B. Gresham, i
Wm. E. Evans,
I iiomas M. Berrien, j
Mulford Marsh. j
The Effect of the News in N. York.
I he New \ork Express, second edition, of Tues
day evening says •—The news has had no effect
on Cotton. Prices on the other side are without
any material change, and the stock is too small
here and in too tew hands to be influenced Our
stocks have gone down to-day. This can hardly
be accounted for, as our total stocks are not held
m Europe, and all accounts, agree that money
m London is most abundant, and the rate of in
terest lower.
A Gathering of Twenty Thousand at
Hillsborough.
Our friends in other States may form some idea
o le enlhusiam in Ohio from the collections of
In.K e °i P gfeat numbers at different points.
n .he l a sl d.js° r Ju , y a vast concour P me ;
fnTrJ.“ r,,50 ,? “ Mai, " ll °"’ Eaton, Germanic wn,
May ß vTEg n |e: CCOUnt ° f * Selected the
meettn-w? 6 pr ° Ce!,si ° n ar nved at the grove, the
r • T^-
addressed bv the verv 1 ldents > atid was
from Oh iHi Jo, he, Coh L-in,? of C “" grrss
sion, l.v the Hon. W W s’ , ' n
K. Collins, ol Kentucky J*" 1 ”" a °in
lineal patriarch of the VVeM ’Tm P< ”
who, in a plain, rentable .ml ""“I 1 Mo ' ro »-
demonstrate! i » and appropriate speech
demonstrated the departure of our present rulers
from nil the well-established doctrines of the
democratic party in the days of Jefferson, Madi
son, and Monroe, and also testified to his long ac
quaintance with Gen. Harrison, an entire confi
dence in his fitness in every respect for the office
of Chief Magistrate of the Union. Several oth
er speakers delighted the audience, and the meet*
ing closed in harmony, resolved to
and conquer they will.
From the Baltimore American.
Six days later from Europe—Arrival of
the President.
Threatened War between England and France
—lnsurrection in Spain—Boundary Ques
tion, 4-c.
The new steam ship President arrived at New
York on Monday afternoon, bringing English
papers to the Ist. inst. From the New York
Courier, Sun and Journal of Commerce we ex
tract the following intelligence which follows;
The probability of a war between England
and France occupies public attention and the
press in both countries, to the exclusion of every
other subject.
So far as our limited time will allow ns to
glance at this deeply exciting news, it appears to
have been agitated by an article on the affairs ol
the East, which was published as from a corres
pondent in the London Morning Post of the 24th
ult. The statement alluded to is attributed to
the pen of Lord Ellcnborough. It states in sub
stance, that the affairs of the East has undergone
a most important change, and have been hurried
into a career, where the least untoward move
ment may produce results fatal to the equilibrium
and harmony of the European powers.
Alarmed at his concessions proffered by Mehc
met Ali to the Sultan, which might have led to
immediate reconciliation, Lord Palmerston issued
instructions to Lord Ponsonby to keep up by all
means the feud between the loigo lord and his
vassal.
In the mean time we arc told (what is of para
mount importance) that Lord Palmerston has
signed a compact with Austria, Prussia, and Rus
sia, not on ly opposed to and excluding France,
unknown to the latter power until signed and
acted upon. The result of this compact is, that
terms arc to be dictated to the Pacha worse than
before the battle of Nezih, giving him only a few
days lo accept or refuse. Alter the lapse of that
lime still worse conditions are to he proposed for
his acceptance ; and if after the expiration of a
month he has not complied, the will of the con
ference is to he enforced vi et arrnis.
The English and French papers are filled with
long articles, some of them highly inflammatory
in their character, called forth by the articles re
ferred to.—War and preparations for war are
their burden, and affairs have really an alarming
aspect.
The Regency bill had its first reading in the
House of Commons, on Monday, July 20. It
had its second reading on Wednesday, went thto’
Committee on the 30lh, and was to have receiv
ed its third reading on the Gist.
The punishment of death hill has been defeat
ed by a majority of 27 in the Commons.
The Canada Clergy Reserves bill was read a
third time and passed on the 28lh ult.
The Earl of Durham died at Cowes on the
20lh ult., aged 48 years.
The extensive factory of Messrs. Sam’l Stocks
& Son, near Manchester, was totally destroyed
by fire on the night of July 26th. Loss £30,000.
Insurance £15,000 or £20,000.
North Eastern Boundary.— The Report
of the British Commissioners who had been ap
pointed to survey the disputed Boundary line,
has been published. It lays claim to the wnole
of the disputed territory. One passage in it says:
“ Notwithstanding the assertions which during
»u long a period have been so confidently urged
that the United States, alone can rightfully claim
the territory in question, we hone to have proved
that the claim of Great Britain docs not, as has
been alleged, rest upon vague and indefensible
grounds ; but that she has always hud a clear
and indefensible title, by right and by possession
to the whole of the disputed territory —a title,
it is true, which has hitherto been somewhat ob
scured by its rather complicated history, and by
the want of that interest which countries in the
state of a wilderness sometimes fail to inspire.”
France. —The celebration of the glorious
three days at Paris passed off with great eclat,
and with less disturbance than was anticipated.
The ceremony of translating the remains of the
victims who fell in battle on that occasion, was
grand and imposing.
The concourse of people was immense. The
greatest possible precaution .was taken by the
authorities to guard against any violence. The
number of National Guards present on the occa
sion was estimated at 60,000.
There was a rumor afloat in Paris that the
King was very ill, having been attacked with an
affection of the heart.
Four days Eater.
horn the Boston Daily Advertiser, Aug-. 17, 2. P. M.
The new steam ship Acadia of Mr. Cunard’s
line arrived here yesterday morning at half past
nine o’clock, in thirteen days G hours, from
Liverpool, it being the shortest passage ever made
from a port in England to the U. States.
The Acadia left Liverpool at 3, P. M. on the
4th, arrived off Halifax at 7A. M. of the 15th
in todays 16 hours. She was delayed by far
10 hours, and did not get into port until 5, P. M.
She remained there six hours, and at 11, P. M.
° Ston and made tbe passage in 34 hours.
We have received Liverpool papers to the 4th
inst. and London to the evening of the 3d.
The political news by these papers is of great
er interest than any thing which has been receiv
ed for many months. Serious differences of
opinion have arisen between the great powers on
the affairs of Turkey and Egypt, and those allaiis
appear to be pressing on lo a crisis. The break
ing out of the insurrection in Syria has obliged
the great powers to take a stand, and on the
course to be taken it has been long known that
there are difference of views which it is difficult
to reconcile.
It appears that the French Government dis
sents Irom an arrangement entered into by the
four powers with the Porte, for limiting the pre
tensions of Mehcmet Ali,and particularly restrain
ing him to a portion of his claim in Syria.
Hecisive measures had been taken by the French
Goverment, in increasing its armament, and pla
cing itself in a posture for maintaining an inde
pendent attitude.
The Viceroy had succeeded in landing a strong
reinforcement of troops in Syria. g
J here is no later news from China. The shin
Penang had arrived at Liverpool from Macao
March 24, with a cargo of tea. The extensive
military preparations which were making again-t
Chma, were all known to the Chinese"author-
The Liverpool papers say that for the last few
weeks there had been a considerable revival of
States. ° f manUf - tUred g-ds to the United
The case of Mr. Heaviside vs. Lardner for
Os the French (Wlf Auhe I 7“ ble | dc P reMion
-Ley had recovered’in
|,reaS h IOn “ as I™" * « Per cent JC '
ar- s ext- ssrt
I u2 C B °‘ ‘ be
From the London Sun of the evening of Avgust 3.
We have received the whole of the Paris J*™''*
nals of Friday and Saturday, together with Mad
rid papers to the 25th ult., and from both inter
esting extracts will be found in another part of
the Sun. The tone of the French Journals »
still warlike, though a good deal moderated since,
Wednesday last. The shout “War with Eng
land!” sounds ridiculous after common sense has
pul the question “What about’” Put the
Govern me nt has nevertheless proceeded to redeem
the pledge which it gave, to be prepared against
any emergency.
The Monileur of Saturday publishes two Koy
al decrees dated the 29th of July—the first call
ing into active service, Irom the 9th inst. all the
young conscripts of the second portion of the
contingent of 1836, and all that arc still disposa
ble of The contingent of 1839 ; the second Roy
al ordinance authorises the Minister of Maine to
open extraordinary credits for increasing, 10,000
men, the effectual force of the navy, lusidcs, fi'e
ships of the line, thirteen frigates and nine steam
ers. Admiral Roussin is also preparing an ex
tensive promotion, in order to fill up the staff o ,
the fleet; so that, in every public department, as
energy is now displayed by the French Govern
ment, as if a war, on the most extensive scale
had actually been declared.
But notwithstanding the notes of preparation,
we do not believe that the peace of Europe will
be disturbed at present. Louis Philippe has no
inclination to go to war about an aflair in which
France has no more interest than an any other
powers; and although M. Thiers may pant to
distinguish himself as the Napoleon of the Cab
inet, we can hardly believe that even he would
embroil Europe to augernent a reputation for ac
complished statesmanship.
The Hon. Richard Biddle, late a member oi
Congress from Pittsburg, and one of the most able
Representatives in the House, has been offered
the well-deserved compliment of a Public Dinner,
in a letter signed by one hundred of bis fellow
citizens. Mr. Biddle replies briefly, declining
the invitation on the score of delicate health.
The following arc his concuding words:
“It remains to he decided whether wc shall
lavish our confidence and our gratitude upon
those who have aimed a deadly blow at every one
of our most precious interests; who, in truth,
have found themselves capable of waging a suc
cessful war against every thing hut the public
enemy. The result will, in my view, decide
wehether party fanaticism is strong enough, in
our country, to triumph not only over all the im
pulses of patriotism, but the very instinct of self
preservation.”
“ Jackson, July 17th, 1840.
“To Messrs. John Cameron, Oscar J. E. Stew
art, John P. Stewart, and Christopher Annat.
“Gentlemen ; i have the pleasure to acknow
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd inst.’
inviting me to attend a public barbecue to be
given by the Whigs at the Franklin Depot, on
the 23rd inst. It would afford me much pleasure
to meet with my friends on that occasion, and to
witness the discussion of the political subjects
that now agitate the country ; I regret, however,
I cannot accept your polite invitation.
Being constrained by the high considerations
of public good, to stand aloof from that illegiti
mate offspring of democracy, called locnfocoism
and finding my motives impugned by an unprin
cipled clique, who assume to themselves to be ex
elusives in the science of democracy, but win
would be more correctly designated as a band o
loafers on the treasury of the country—hotl
state and national ; I deem it not amiss to an
nounce to you, and through you to the public
my deliberate determination of casting my sup
port in the scale of the election of Gen Wm H
Harrison for the Presidency, at the ensuing elec
tion. In doing this, lam but sustaining the same
set of political opinions entertained by me here
tofore. I am, and ever have been opposed to tin
doctrines of an exclusive metallic currency, he
lieving that its tendency is to prostrate commerce,
and every branch of industry—confining the
wealth of tho ‘e who are born rich, and keeping
those poor who are born poor, and enabling th
rich man to acquire the labor of the poor for ar
amount that is scarcely sufficient to furnish th«
necessaries of life—thus closing to the poor mai
every avenue to fame and to fortune, and open
ing to his view nothing but hopeless penury an.
want. Buch doctrines are well adopted to despo
tic governments, but will not do for the geniu.
of a free government. From a review of th
downfall of the republics of ancient Greece am
Rome, the cause of their ruin will be found ti
exist in the corruption and corrupting influent,
of office holders and office seekers. Rotation
and succession in office is one of the cardinal
principles which has ever distinguished republi
can democracy. Time has proven, and will con
tinue to prove, that a continued round of suc
cess in party politics, inspires arrogance, and a
disregard on the part of officeholders, ol many
of the rights and interests of the people, and
leads in the end to the assumption of powers lit
tle short of dictation. The money that has been
drawn from the hard earnings of the people is
too often squandered upon partizansand partizan
editors. During the last session of the Legisla
ture, more than $20,000 was appropriated for
Printing, which did not require the labor of more
than some five or six printers for the space ol
some six or eight weeks. This large amount of
the people’s money went not to pay the honest
mechanic for his labor, hut went to sustain a par
tizan press. This, with many other similar rea
sons, have induced me to believe that a charge
in the powers that he. cannot be amiss.
I am, and ever shall he a democrat, and when
those who profess the doctrines of democracy
carry them out in good faith, I will he found act
ing with them, and not till then. I have no
political views to subserve, but will, regardless o,
the source from which they emanate, continue to
oppose those measures that I think are calculated
to injure my country, and to advocate such as I
concieve arc calculated to sustain our free insti
tulions, and spread peace, prosperity and kappi
ness through the land. '
The financial concerns of the country are in
so deplorable a condition that a change cannot
be for the worst. lam clearly of opinion that
the doctrines of an exclusive gold and silver cur
rency are calculated to produce a scene of bank
ruptcy and ruin, never before witnessed in our
devoted country.
I have heretofore been an advocate of the
“exclusive State Bank system,” but I am now
fully convinced that, in consequence of local
influences and local causes, that neither th.
government nor the people can prosper withou
the aid of a National Bank ; —such a bank cai
and will, as it has done heretofore, give a curren
cy preferable to a metallic currency alone. lan
not an advoi ate lor inconvertible hank paper • hu
for such a one as will better subserve all cornmc.
ciat purposes, and which can, at the will of the
holders, be converted into gold or silver.
In voting for General Harrison let it not he
said that I am sustaining a man who is unworthy
of public confidence. He is the son ofone of the
signers of the Declaration of Indopendence-th.
friend and supporter of Thomas Jelferson o
James Madison, and of James Monroe, He’ has
proof."
devoted aI . Harrisi «n, after having
ofhh iunlv h P ° °- ° fhiß,ife to the -«vicS
Bouirhthi ha V eUred from puhhc life and
but when theT C ° m,ort his own fireside,
country’ lih« ° Cslr * War Was sounded, or his I ,
country „ liberties endangered, he has ever keen I,
found among the first to gird on his armor , n
defence of his own and his country’s cause.'
I am, gentleman, very respectfully,
Your friend and obedient servant
11. G. RUNNi.LS.
A Domestic Frog.— In Billirnan’s J OUr
na\, there is an account of a frog in d p, *
state of domestication, in the possession of j)
William Roots, of Kingston. It appears that th
lower offices of his house were wbat is cull *i
un ler ground, on the banks of the Thames. 'j'hi
little reptile accidentally appeared to hU servant*
emerging from a hole in the skirting of tl )c
en, and the first year constantly withdrew ut)
their approach. From their kindness, however'
and from partaking of food given him, he gra j r>
ally acquired habits of familiarity, and during the
following three years, regularly came out even
day, particularly at meal time, and partoook of
the food given to him by the servants. One of
the most remarkable features in his artifical state
of existence was his strong partiality for warmth
as during tho winter he regularly (contrary i 0 the
cold blooded tendency of his nature) came
of his hole in the evening, and directly made f or
the hearth, in front of a good kitchen fire,
he would continue to bask and enjoy himself urT
til the family retired to rest. There happened t* o
he at the same time, a favorite old domestic cat
and a sort of attachment existed between th,
two incongruous inmates: the frog frequently
nestling under the warm fur of the cat, whilst the
cat appeared extremely jealous of interrupting
the comforts and convenience of the frog. h
commercial. “
Ijitest dates from Liverpool, Aur~7 \
Latest dates from Havre * ~f _
July 3i „
Charleston, August 22. •
Cotton . —There lias been more activity fi, ti, e
Upland market since our last, than for the piece
ding three weeks ; and the opinion advanced in on*
review of the 15th instant, that notwithstanding a
decline had taken place in the article in the hirri
pool market, former rates would he maintained*
has been supported by actual operations. There’
was a disposition, however,evinced on the pan 0 f
j buyers, at the close of tlie last and in the early part
of the present week to bringdown prices, but as the
stock continues light, holders would not submit to
a reduction, and buyers became operators at old
prices. The transactions embrace 1656 hales as
follows : 111 bales at
at 8; 404 at 83; 478 at 9; 20 at
at 9j|; and 100 bags at 10 cents per lb. A small
lot Sea Island Cotton sold at 31 cents per lb.
Rice. —The business of the week in this article
has been light, but about 370 tierces have changed i
hands at prices ranging from 3to $3 7-16 per 100. \
Yesterday the market was rather languid—and our
quotations were with difficulty maintained.
drain. —The receipts of Corn since our last, hare
been 2100 bushels from North Carolina, and about
5000 bushels from Virginia —the former was sold
at prices ranging between 55 and bO cts per bushel
—the latter is limited above our quotations Two
small parcels of hay have been sold at about quoted
rates. No Oats or Peas have been received.
Flour —The transactions in this article have
been very light—a few small lots Jlaltirncre How
ard-street have been sold at old prices.
Salt. —Several lots Liverpool coarse and fine have
been taken fur the country, at our quotations viz;
130 a per sack. Sales have been effected in
Turks Island, from second hands, at 40 and 46 cts.
per bushel.
Bagging, —There was a large business done in
Bagging last week, in consequence of which prices
have advanced fully 2 aScents per yard. This
week there has been a regular and steady demand
at the advance, which is maintained with conli
dencc, the stock both in New York and this city
being moderate, and large orders having been exe
cuted in the former market lor New Orleans and
Mobile, at prices higher than the prevailing rates 4
here. The stock on sale is estimated at about 10 -
000 pieces.
Groceries. —The activity noticed in our Sugar
market the preceding week lias been kept up, at
the advance then quoted ; and our second rate
dealers, together with a few country buyers,have
left very little in first hands. About 270 hhds.
Muscovados have changed hands, at prices ranging
from 7 to 9 cents per lb., the bulk of which brought
the latter rate. At auction a small lot very infe
rior sold at 6y; and about 38 boxes brown clayed
brought cts. per lb.
Molasses. — Jhe stock of all descriptions of .Mo
lasses is very light. Cuba has been selling in small
Jots at about our quotations, viz: 24 a 2G cents
per gallon. 1 here is no New Orleans in market. * I
Coffee. —There is comparatively no tn ing doing in
this article.
Exchange. —The operations during the week in
either foreign or domestic Kxchange, have been
trilling. We quote Bills on England, 6* a7A per
cent premium. On France, nominal. Sight drafts
on New York, are worth and 2 per cent pre
mium.
Savannah, August 21.
Cotton. —Arrived since the 14th instant, 1549
bales Upland, and cleared in the same time 472
bales to New Y’ork ; leaving a stock on hand in
clusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 21st
inst., of 3345 bales Uplands, and 28 bales Sea Isl
and. Holders of Upland having made some con
cession in prices this week, wc have experienced
a little more animation; the sales amount to 628
bales, at the following rates: 3 bales at ti,29at
7J, 7 at Bs, 43 at 8 9-16, 14 at Hi, 1 9,244 at 9j,
297 at9L
Rice. — The market continues firm with a brisk
demand. The sales amount to about 300 casks at
s3g a 3s, and by retail is obtained; stock de
creasing.
Flour —Continues very dull. Sales of Howard
street in small lots at £6‘i.
Corn —ls selling fro m store at from 70 to 75ct : -
Hay —We report gales of 500 bundle! arrived
this week at 75 cts
Salt. —Sales o f 1500 sacks Liverpool at $1 50 a I
1 62. 1
Groceries. —In Coffee, Sugar and Molasses, there
continues a fair retail business doing, Bales
Porto Rico Sugar at SB4, St Croix do at sll, I
Coffee at 12 cts.
Spirits. —ln domestic liquors wc* have no change
in price or demand since our last.
Exchange —On England, 11 a 12 per ft. prerr
nom.; Drafts on New Y ork, at sight, 6$ per c fnt
prem.
Freights —To Liverpool, none; to New York,
$1 a sl4 per bale cotton.
Havre, July 31-
( ottons —There lias been much business done in
Cottons since our last report of Hie 23d inst., than
during the previous eight days, which may be in
some measure, perhaps, attributed tothc holy days
of this week. Let tins be as it may', we have do
decline to notice in our rates for this aiticlc. fl
i he sales comprise 4465 bales, consisting of 32D
bates New Orleans, at 66f to 97f; 557 do Mobile,
at7sf toß7f ; 593 do Upland, at 79f 50 to HBf;
do. Pernambuco, at I16f; 13 do Bahia at 107f.w;
and 40 do Tenevelly, at 64f, the whole duty paid.
1 he arrivals on the other hand nave amounted
to 5733 bales, viz: 5713 United Stales, and 20
Guadaloupe.
Liverpool, July 3U
A good extent of business has been doneduting
the pas* week, and prices have been fully soppoit
cd, particularly for the middle and lower quality
of American; in Brazils or Egyptian there is *iot
any change, and very full rates have been obtained
for Surat.
The public sales of Sea Island to-day r wen - ®
without spirit, the ordinary qualities selling a * *
decline of about lb, and the fair qualities; at
previous rates; there were but few good lots in
sale; 1684 hales were offered of white; 480 so <
12d to 19|d; 400 stained offered, and 40 sold 3 1
to 1 Another public sale is declared for 11
day next of 750 Sea Island and 250 Peruvian.
Speculators have taken 6500 bales of America
and exporters 1500 bales. 400 bales of American.
110 Pernams, and 80 Bahias, have been f° r * ar( J*
into the couut/y this month unsold. The salt s j
day are about 4000 bales of all kinds; the mar.** . <
is steady, but without much animation. Die (
port this week is 21,877 bags, and the sales W l ' .
Viz; 1 1
•510 Sea Islands 12 (n) 18$; 50 stained do. ■. 1
IIi; 9.2*0 Upland 4? Co! 6g; 9610 New Orleans -a H «
<ii> 7; f>4so Alabama, kc. 4j| <d)
co Bjf la> 9g; 580 Egyptian 9£ la) 11.