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CHROxMCLB ANP SKVITNEL. a x (; i Tt v. WEDNESDAY MORNSKG, AUGUST 26. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, . Os Ohio; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican— the patriotic Faimer of Ohio. for vice-president, JOHN TYLER, 0/ 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 3® 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. JOI N WHITEHEAD, of Burke. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb. LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. The President’s I'mnitme. Heretofore we have had nothing to say of the President’s furniture, because we had always been willing that the mansion set apart for that high of ficer, should be furnished in a manner becoming the chief executive officer of this nation. But since Edward J. Black has thought fit to electioneer for Mr. Van Buren, on the ground of his extreme de mocratic love of pine tables, we have deemed it nothing but fair to show the people of Georgia a few items of the bills for the President’s furniture’ that thev may be satisfied how much reliance is to be placed in the statements of Mr. Black, and there is perhaps as much truth in what he said about the President’s furniture, as anything that has fallen from the same source. The best and most plausi ble solution of Mr. Black’s pine table story, was given by a gentleman the other evening, who on hearing his pine table story narrated,promptly re plied, “Ac must have been shown into the. kitchen .” We commence, therefore, in to-day s papei, the publication of the vouchers filed in the office at Washington city, and shall continue them, liom time to lime, to show how much money has been expended by Mr. Van Buren to furnish the house, and, if Mr. Black’s story of the “old pine tables, with cracks large enough to run his finger through” be true, we shall then call Mr. Van Buren to ac count for the expenditure of so much money for furniture, when he is able to show nothing better than such “ old pine tables .” Here we have vouchers of the the expediture of upwards of $13,000 for furniture, and Mi. Black would feign make the people of Georgia believe, that the president has nothing but “ old pine ta bles.” This, as we shall subsequently show, is but a small portion of the expenditure by Mr. Van Buren for furniture, and if he has got no other furniture than “ old pine tables ,” he must account to the people for the articles charged in these bills, for the payment of which the people’s money has been drawn out of the Treasury by the warrant of Mr. Van Buren’s officer. Tippecanoe Boys Attend The meeting this afternoon at the City Hall to leceive the report of the nominating Committee. The banner for old Richmond is about to be un furled, and you must be present when it is given , to the breeze. An Office-holder Cornered. Col. A. B. Fanning, Collector for the port of Savannah, has met rather a severe rebuke for his dirty work in the cause of Mr. Van Buren, and like all men when caught, the Colonel modestly asks for a suspension of public opinion. Wo rather guess the Colonel will in future suspend his expo sures of impostors, more particularly if they should happen to have belonged to the Petersburg com p^y- ® The New York Correspondent of the National Intelligencer, says: “The Receiver-General of this city, Stephen Allen, Esq., has so close a connection with the Bank of America, that he has an office in that hank. His deposAcs are made there; his receipts are there; which is certainly the dreaded 4 union of Bant and State.’ ” .. ; ; Van and the War. The records of the Senate of New York pro ving, beyound all doubt, that Van opposed Mr. Madison, and supported the “Peace Candidate Clinton, the Federal papers have taken anew' tack to prove that Van supported the War. Hear the Globe, and restrain laughter if you can. From the Globe of the 14 th inst. In the communication of J. D. Haminon, Esq. the reader will find the reasons which induced Mr. Van Huren to support l)e Witt Clinton for President in 1812, and the regret he felt at the necessity of doing so at the expense of a divi sion in the Republican party. Mr. Clinton was then considered as good a Republican as Mr. Madison, andjhis Fiends thought him more effk cicnt. Most Dreadfi l Accident at Mosttn Coi eieut : Loss of Eight Lives.—On 1 uesday last, about six o’clock in the morning, a violent explosionof firedamp took place at one of the pits. The explosion was so powciful that large lumps of coal were thrown up from the bottom of the pit to the surface, a height of 130 yards, and at the same time, an overpowering sulphur ous smell issued from it. One young man rushed through the fiery torrent below, over the bodies • • of hisul.lorwii.!.’ companion, without u* ■ .no much injury. Eight corf- lw* brought ‘I u,.; one man and a I~>J atom a most d.ngrroua situation, they havinff lacn burnt most drradlully. Five morci.yc been most seriously injured. A fortnight ago, too others were burnt to death m the same manner, one of whom lull eight children and:» widow on the point of confinement. In consequence of these dreadful accidents, five des titute women have suddenly become widows, and tbiily small children bereft of their fathers. The poor men were hard working colliers. —English Paper. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. j On last Saturday I read a communication in the Ham burg Journal, dated Avgusta, over the signa- ; ture of “Public Opinion.” lam confident, from an | acquaintance with a large number of respectable] merchants in Augusta, thatnosuch scurrilous arti cle originated from tnem, or any ot t ie citizens. I would blush that such scurility should stigma tize the respectability of Augusta. A f.icnd whispered in my ear that it is the production of a Hamburger. If the individual is disposed te garb himself in false colors, we will thank him to hail from some other quarter, not Augusta. As regards the article itself, “rudis indigestaque moles.” M e scatter it to the wind, that it may seek its native I element across *he Savinnah. Hereafter date your ; “Public Opinion” elsewhere than Augusta. Z. For the Chronicle fy Sentinel. “ Suus Cuique Jlos.” Junius, in the Constitutionalist of yesterday, says, “ Would it not seem more probable that Gen. Glascock has forgotten more than the Editor ol the j Chronicle & Sentinel has ever known r” I have no ’ doubt Junius thinks so, and the General too ; in relation to the editor of the Chronicle & senti nel, but every body eise. But was’ntthe General vastly mistaken when he forgot that he had voted for the Whipping laic of Georgia ? No doubt for getfulness is a common thing with the General. I Mark it. 1 Palace .Mirrors, Chandeliers, Looking- Glasses, Lamps, Candlesticks, Ac. The following ext act from Mr. Ogle’s Speech , will show the People how much they have paid to decorate the President’s Palace with Mirrors, Chandeliers, Lamps, &c., since Mr. Van Buren came into power : I will next call your attention, Mr. Chairman, to j a schedule, which I have prepared from the “ offi cial vouchers” on my desk, of some other articles of democratic furnituie, with Hie price paid for them. —Those articles consist of enormous mirrors, looking glasses, chandeliers, bracket-lights, astral and other lamps, and candlesticks; all of which I have been purchased since the pure, plain, simple, | frugal, economical, republican days of retrench ment and reform commerced. 1 will read the schedule: Articles bought from Messes. Lewis Vernon <s• Co. ' 1 Mantel glasses, rich gilt frame, French plates, 100 by 58 inches, $2,000 00 1 Pier Looking-glasses, in rich gilt frames 108 by 54 inches, 2,400 00 2 Mirrors for green room, 700 00 2 Mirrors for dining room, 700 00 Refraining 2 looking glasses, 100 00 3 Chandeliers for the East room, 3,300 00 3 eighteen-light cut-glass Chandeliers,.. 1,800 00 3 sets heavy bronzed Chairs and rockers for do 75 00 4 pairs two-light Mantel Lamps, with drops, 350 00 8 five-light Bracket Lights, bronzed ai d gilt,. 300 00 4 Pier Table Lamps. ISO 00 2 three-light Lamps for East room, 150 00 1 two-light Lamp for the Upper Ha 11,.. 57 00 2 throe-light Lamps for Hie Lower Hall, 150 00 4 Astral Lamps on pier tables, 100 00 1 four-light Hall Lamp, . 100 00 1 pair Bracket lights, 60 00 1 three-light Centre Lamp, supported by female figure, 65 00 2 Astral Lamps for the round tables,.... 65 00 2 pairs plated Candlesticks and branches, 85 00 2 pairs plated chamber candlesticks,.... 18 00 6 do do do 57 00 9 do Table do 76 50 | 18 extra cut Lamp glasses. 26 00 4 French Bracket Lights for East room, 300 00 1 pair Mantel Lamps for Audience uom, 20 00 | All purchased of L. Veron & Co., $13,241 00 Bought from Campbell k Coyle, 3 Hall Chandeliers, 150 00 Bought from Campbell and Brothers, 1 octagon Hall Lamp, 14 00 I $13,405 00 1 What will the plain Republican farmers of the country say, when they discover that our econom ical reformers have expended $13,405 of the Peo ple’s cash for looking glasses, lamps, and candle sticks ? What would the frugal and honest lloos iers tnink, were they to behold a Democratic pea cock, in full court costume, sliutting by the hour, before golden-framed mirrors, nine feet high, and four and a half wide ? Why, sir, were Mr. Van Buren to dash into the palace on the back of his “Roanoke” race horse, he could gaze at and ad mire the hoofs of his charger and his own crown, at the same instant of time, in one of those splen did mirrors.” “Finger Cups” and “Wine Coolers.” The following receipted bill, on file in the U. S. ; Treasury Department, exhibits the following item ; of Palace Expenditure. The Editor of rhe Albany ! Argus has been greatly distuibed by the 44 Hard Cider” tendencies of the Whig party. Perhaps, I i in his new-born zeal for Temperance, he will avail : himself of this text to deliver another lecture:— 44 New York, June 8, 1837. Col. T. L. Smith, for sundiy articles for President’s ' House. Bought of James P. Drummond, No. 47 Maiden I Lane, between William and Nassau streets, Impor ! ter of, and dealer in China, Glass and Earthen ware —wholesale and retail — 6 quart and 12 pint, all flute, Decanters, cone stoppers, barrel shape, S2O. SB4 00 6 dozen Claret Wines, tut pillai stem,s7, 42 00 | 5 do GREEN FINGER CUPS, s3f,. 42 00 ; 6 do CUT WINK COOLERS, $9,. . . 54 00 I 2 do cut Champs, $9, is o<) IS pint Water Bottles, flint and flint, 20 00 ; | 2 casks, 75 $240 75 I Bottles returned, 20 00 Duplicate, $220 00 1 Received payment, JAS. P. DRUMMOND.” Here, then, is upwards of $13,000 for ornaments of a single class ! And these ornaments are in ad dition to the Mirrors, Chandeliers, kc. previ ously purchased by Mi. Adams and General Jack- 1 son. Such is Mr. Van Buren’s notions of “Glory and Refoim.” It is making the People pay rather too dearly for whistles ! J’alace “ Liquor Stand.” Mr. Ogle in his most valuable speech, gives the following item of expenditure which appears in a voucher for Furniture:— “ 1 LIQUOR STAND, $25” We marvel that the Editor of the Albany Argus. ■ and otheis who were so nervously apprehensive of injury to the Temperance cause from the preva lence of" Hard Cider” opinions, should allow the President's 44 LIQUOR. STAND” to pass unre buked. Mr. Van Buren taxes the People $25 fora j 44 Liquor Stand” without calling out a murmur from those who are shocked to see a 44 Hard Cider” motto upon a Whig Banner ! ihe Hill of Costs,—Reader! are you a poor man 1 Have you a wife and children who are dependent upon your daily labor for support and education ] If yes, before you vote for Mr. Van Huren just got his standing army bill, and surrounded by that family you love, examine its provisions, and ascertain the deep injuries it may inflict upon them as well as yourself. sec * >ou Will fiud that EIGHT I HULfeAM) men are to be drafted from Ohio, [and in the same proportion from N. Jersey and other States. j-V. u are as apt to bo drafted as anv other. V'heii drafted, what must you deg In 14th section of the b : ll you will tin' that, if drafted as a dragoon, you most fu -nhh ymii&'rj' witfcl tlie fallowing articles. We affix the probele cost of each «■ \ good horse at least 14 4 hands high. S7O 00 saddle, 15 00 “ bridle, 3 <• valise “ breastplate, 1 “ crupper, 1 011 I A pair of boots ® i 1 “ spurs, 100 pistols 6 GO A snore, 8 00 ! A carlouch box, 2 GO Whole amount sll7 00 Thus you see that, besides your wearing ap parel, your accoutrements will cost you about sll7. If you are too poor to purchase these ar ticles, what will be the consequence ! The 28lh sec'ion provides that those who fail to perform the duties required of them, shall be liable to be fined by a court martial. You will be fined for a failure, and it unable to pay that fine the 28lh section provides, that you SHALL BE IMPRISONED ONE MONTH FOR EVE RY FIVE DOLLARS OF THE FINE!— Now suppose your fine should be assessed by a court martial at SSO. and you could not raise the : monev. You would be dragged troni the bosom | of yoar family by an armed force, cast into pri ■ son, and compelled to lay there lor ten months. In the mean time, what is to become of ) r our lamily, thus deprived of your support! They must either starve or be thrown upon a cold world for prelection. If you raise the means and equip yourself, the president, you will find under the 17th section, is to have power to order you oil to Wisconsin Ter ritory. In your absence who is to support your family! if you are a poor man with a family and have the misfortune ot being drafted under this military despotism, the inevitable result 1 must be the destruction and starvation of your j family. Yet all this must be done by Mr. Aan Buren in times of profound peace, under the garb l of Dcmocrary. We say to you, read, examine, and reflect upon the cxTect that 'his militaiy i scheme is to have upon you and your family. — Recollect, too, that it will have a similar cllect upon thousands of your fellow-citizens, and thou sands of helplest families, situated like yours — then cast vo«r vote. — Harrison O J Democrat. From-the Columbus Enquirer. To the Public. I In n late number of the Wetumpka Argus I i have seen the following paragraph: “Fed. kai. Whig Tactics. —The Northern Dc -1 mocratic press styles the opposition British Whigs! 1 We have an item of proof to sustain this. A for -1 eigner,a resident of Scotland, who claims to have i been in the battle at Fort Meigs, is travelling thro’ i our Stale electioneering strong for Harrison. We understand that the British Whigs in one of our I towns offered him a public dinner. He was in this city on Tuesday last on Ids way to Columbus, Georgia.” Seeing the above, and knowing as I do that this ; article refers to no other person than the venerable Greif Drummond, with whom I became acquainted at Columbus,Miss., who has now left for Scotland, shortly to return and spend the remnant of a use ful life among us,l have felt constrained to inves tigate tlie claims of Mr. Drummond for truth in re ference to all he stated about bci ig with General Harrison at the battle of Ft. Meigs—and find him honorably sustained for meritorious services in the field of battle under Hanison, and for high moral standing as a gentleman of honor and veracity. I learned from Mr. Drummond that he emigrated to the U. Slates in 1797, and settled in Virginia : n 1812; he there attached himsedf to the Petersburg | volunteers and marched to the North Western frontiers and joined the army under Gen. \\'m. 11. Harrison, and was wounded at the battle of Fort Meigs —Heaftc wards returned to Virginia and re mained there till the year 1836 —a resident of Vir ginia nearly forty years. Having lost his wife be was vis elby a sister from * otland, who engaged to take c-.re of his children if he would return wiiii her to Scotland. He did so, since which lime he man i. d in Scotland. That the object of his I present visit to the United States was to bring his ; two sons to their native country. That he landed in New Orleans 19th June, 1840, took tiic first pas sage boat to Mobile, the first conveyance from thence to Selma, and the first stige from that place to Columbus, Miss., wuere lie left his two sons with a relation, a Mr. Stark, and at which place I met with him on the 10th July, 1840. At night of the same day we loft together for Tuscaloosa, where | we arrived on the evening of the 11th about iO o’clock p. k. —we were necessarily detained here the ensuing day, the 12th, it being rest day with the stages. It was there that the ‘■British Whigs,' 1 as the Messrs. Yancey, editors of the Argus, have been pleased to call them, invited him to icrnain the next day, and tendered him tiic honor of a pub lic dinner. He declined doing so on account of his great anxiety to return to his family. At 8 o’clock p. m. on the 12th, we set out for Montgomery, and on our way stopped at Wetump ka,ou Tuesday, the 14th of July. Mr. Drummond took his seat before the door of the American Ho tel, where wc were to remain till the signal for dinner, and as is usual it was told by some of the I stage passenger, that Mr. Drurn.nend was with Gen. Harrison at the seige of Ft. Meigs. Some gentlemen present remaiked to Mr. Drummond that Gen. Hanison was frequently called a coward! and asked him for his opinion of the truth or falsehood i of the charge; to which he replied, that whoever i called Gen. Hanison a coward either did not know him or told a lie if he did. He then went into a | general detail of the most striking incidents of Gen. Harrison’s life, establishing his claims to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen; an ; swering all questions propounded to him both by the friends of Harrison and Van Buren. During I this conversation some one announced to Mr. Drummond that the i ost Master of that place, Mr. Couch, formerly of Petersburg, Va., knew him: he expressed a desire to see him. Mr. Couch then I came up and introduced himse.f to Mr. Drummond, and while they were in conversation, a gentleman by t’ e name and style of Col. A. B. Fanning walk ed up, who, I understand, is collector at the Port of j Savannah,and who is in the pay of the Government, and stopped in front of Mr, Drummond Mr. W. L. Yancey, one the editors of the Argus, re marked to Mr. Couch teat Col. Fanning was at the battle of Ft. Meigs also. Mr. Couch then intro duced Col. Fanning to Mr. Drummond, stating at the same time that Col. Fanning was in the battle with him at Ft. Meigs. Mr. Drummond asked Col. i Fanning if he was at the battle of Ft. Meigs, to which he replied he was. Col. Fanning then com menced interrogating Mr. Drummond in a very un courtcous manner by asking such que lions as the following: Where did the battle commence? Mr. i Drummond answered him promptly. Then asked him to what company he belonged? Mr. Drum mond informed him. He then asked him if lie saw 1 Gen. Harrison on the ground during the ba‘tle ; — He answered he did. The asked him if he was 1 very certain of it. He said yrs, and lie would swear it on the Holy Evangelist. He then asl-ed him if he knew a certain compa ny that was there, naming the officers of the com pany at the same time? To which Mr. Drummond replied no, he did not. Col. Fanning then observed that company did most of the fighting. Mr. Drum mond’s reply to that declaration was, that there was one thud of the Petersburg Volunteers, to i which ho belonged, killed and wounded, and be thought that they lougfit bravely enough. Mr. Drummond then asked Col. Fanning something in relation to his company, t» which Fanning made reply, and left Mr. Dramn oad,and as he walked i ll said, you might have been there, but you had i better go and tell Harrison of it. Col. I aiming showed by every expression and movemei t that Ids principal object was to confound . li. Di unimond by bis impertinent and disconnected j course of interrogation, and leave the impression on the minds of those present that Mr. Diummond was an nnposior. The insinuation of Col. Fanning i ,s "’! ,o!y groundless as will be seen by the letter of Major I bos. M. Nelson, who happened to pass ; t lough our < ity a few days ago, and who replied to a note addressed him by Dr. E. L. DeGratfcn- Maj. Robeit Hardaway, J. B. Green and K. ij. Gieen, Ksqrs , asking what lie knew as to the charactei and services of Air. Drummond, and which are submitted to the public. The statement cunt lined jn his rep’y to their note wholly refutes* the foul slander attempted to Lc promulgated to thel | prejudice ,«f Mr. Drummond, aud thus to lessen the* : influence flf that testimony which he is willing to leirin tins country', while he sojourns'among is . in behalf of the gallant Harrison. As to the charge of his being an eraissaiy in the cause of Harrison, and being busy in his dibits to speak of Harrison’s c aims—this charge is equally unfounded, so far as 1 know or believe; forduring all my journey with Mr. Diummond to this place, he seemed no way anxious to speak on the sub ject, unless it was introduced to his consideration by others. The fact that Mr. Diummond was be lieved by his fiTow passengers to have been in the battle of Fort Meigs, always led to some inquiries, and drew forth his narrative. I travelled with him from Columbus, Mississippi,to this placc,Coiumbus, Georgia, as speedily as possible in the stage, and I know that it is true that be acted with diffidence, and did not speak oft!» n battle at Fort Meigs, his own services, or the claims of Gen. Harrison, un less the su jeel was first introduced by others. Air. Drummond is a man of six y yrais oi age, and must have been worn down wi’.h iaague. 1 so licited him to spend a day or two with me to rest: but his great anxiety to return home to his family, and his determination to return forthwith to spend in this country in Petersburg, V a., the remainder of his life, induced him -o hasten to Scotland. He did not remain in this place many minutes. I saw him leave in the express stage for Greensborough, Geo.gia. This is the British Whig, who is travelling through Alabama, electioneering for Harrison. This is the man whom Col. Farming wished to confound and prove an impostor. Ihe annexed certificates will show how much truth theie is in Col. Fanning’s statement, and how near lie comes to oeing in the battle at Fort Aleigs —all ot which are respectfully submitted to a candid public. JOS. M. TERRY. Columbus, July 2S, IS4O. This is to certify that I met with Air. Terry and Mr. Drummond in Tuscaloosa, from which place 1 travelled with them in the stage to Columbus, 6a., and concur with Mr. Terry in relation to ail his statements made between those places. Respectfully, CURRAN BATTLE. Wetumpka, August 2, 1840. Dear Sir—l have just received your letter of the 30th inst., and hasten to answer your queries in relation to Air. G. Diummond, an old soldier under Gen. Hanison at the bade of Fort Meigs. To your first inquiry as to what were the expres sions of Col. Fanning, made on approaching or be foie the American Hotel, I have the testimony two gentlemen of respectable standing in this place to this effect, that they hea d him (Col. Fanning) say that there were many damned impostors going about the country lellmg tlie same tale, that he would go up and expose this one, that he himself was in the battle at Fort Aleigs. They al:o «’ate that Col. Fanning did come up in front of the American Hotel, in company with S. W. Harris and W. S. Yancey, of this place, and put questions to Mr. G. Drummond in a stylo and manner calcu lated te produce distrust as io the character of Air. Drummond. Those gentlemen referred to,Messrs. House and Adkins, arc willing their names should be used if it is necessary, ( apt. Couch, a gentle man whose word would not be questioned here, formerly of Petersburg, Va., stated that he had known Mr. G. Drummond from character and per sonal knowledge at Petersburg, Va.,from hi® youth up, and always knew him to be a man of honor and veracity ; that he had never heard it question ed ; that lie had often seen on the list of the Petersburg Volunteers, who weie at the battle of Fort Meigs, (which I i-Is are yet preserved in many families at Petersburg.) the name of Mr. G Drum mond, marked as wounded in that battle. Mr. Hy land, a gentleman residing here, also fiom Peters burg, conti ms the same. I have also ore more remark to make and then I 'hall close. The De mocratic or Van Buren party had a meeting and invited Col. Fanning to attend —they called upon him to speak—he a;ose, and after a few remarks, stating something of his services rendered, and that he had served under Harrison, but that he had not one word to say against him, for at the battle of Fort Meigs (I was under him,) I was too young to know much about him ; and arn now too old to appreciate his merits, which was the close of his speech. The friends of truth and liberty in this place and countrj , will rejoice to see your publication of the facts, you well know and understand them. Please let mo hear from you. Charge the whole to rne. I did send you the Argus, and expressly wished you should see how tilings arc mana ;ed in Alabama. 1 am truly yours forever, R. LANIER. J. M. Terry, Esq. Wetumpka, August 7, 1840. We, the undersigned, understood Col. A. B- Fan ning, in conversation with S. W. Harris and W. S. Yancey of this place, at the time the said Air. G. Drummond was in Wetumpka, in front of the American Hotel, on his way to Columbus, (Ga.) to say that he expected him to be some damned im postor, as there were a good many such persons travelling through the country, telling the same tales —that he himself (Col. Fanning) was at the battle of Foit Aleigs, under Harrison, (and an offi cer at that battle,) he would be able to expose him. He said Fanning asked Mr. Drummond if he knew him ? Air. Drummond replied he did not. Mr. Fanning said he was at the battle of Fort Meigs, hut Vr. Drummond did not still remember him. Air. Drummond then remarked he, himself, was there, and was wounded in the battle. Col, Fan ning then, in an incredulous tone, remarked that he (Drummond) had better go and inform General Harrison of it. SAMUEL W. HOUSE, WILLIAM ADKINS. Wetumpka, August 7, IS 10. We, the undersigned, understood Col. Fanning to say in substance, when his name was proposed as an honorary member of the State Rights Demo cratic Club, at Wetumpka, that he was in the bat tle at Fort Meigs, under Gen. Harrison, in 1813, as an officer, [a Lieutenant,] that he had nothing to say against Gee. Harrison—that he believed him to be a good and brave man, but that he was then too young to know his merits, and now too old to appreciate them. AARON READY, L. WOODRUFF, HORATIO N. MORRIS, L. A. KING, THOS. B. KING. I understood Col. Fanning to say, when his name was proposed as an honorary member of the State Rights Democratic Club, a. Wetumpka, that he ; served at Fort Meigs, under G-neral Harrison in i 1813, as an officer. [I think lie said Ist Lieutenant of the Infantry,] that lie did not wish to say any thing against Gen. Harrison, for at that time he was 100 young to know his meiits,andat this time 100 old to appreciate them. W. H. HUGHES. OCT Ns references call on A. Brady, Esq., Dr. Morris, Win. McLuug, Esq., J. W. Bates, L. L. Beecher, L. A. King, Thomas B. King, J. \v. Burdsong. Columbus, Ga., July 17, 1840. Major Thomas Nelson, Dear Sir:—A few of the friends of Gen. W illiam 11. Harrison, formerly re sidents of the Congressional District in Virginia once represented by you, have seen with regret and mollification an attack made through the Fdi tonal columns of the Wetumpka [Ala.] Argus an the character of G. Drummond, of Brunswick Co \ irginia, will you be kind enough to inform us whether you are personally acquainted with Mr. Diummond, and whether lie was one of the "■al lant band of Petersburg \ oluntecrs who went dur ing the late war to the defence of the North West ern frontier ? Are you informed whether Mr Drummond was at the siege of Fort Meigs, and " hether in that desperate defence and sally he was shot through the body, and supposed to be mortally wounded ? Were you of the U. S. Army at that tune ? ” , n ?£® reason of our addressing you this note is to rah mnv n mCC ’ ‘ epel the ,onl and unfounded calumny propagated by the Wetumpka Argus, charging Mr. Drummond with being a Britiih \\ big, a resident of Scotland, engaged in election eering lor Harrison, &c. We have known Air Drummond a number of years, and regarded him trvTn lime r of a f? °° d fliend to COUD- Ii \ in time of peace, and a fearless, patriotic soldier in the campaign alluded to. Will vm, he kind fZIs " f S T w '-"K you have known him as a citizen of tins country, and what is voui.o|>mioii .of l»i* character ami standing in Vir : jjinia) - Rfepcctiully, Your obedient 4elv.rn.ts, f £. L. FeGRAFFE V RRID, ROBERT S. HARDAWAY, ROBT. H. GREEN. Columbus, C a., July 17,1840. Gentlemen —1 have received your note of this date, and in reply to your inquiries, relative to Mr. G. Drummond, inform you tnat I have known lurn personally for nearly thirty years; that I know him to nave been one of that gallant band who composed the Petersburg Volunteers in the war of ISI2, who leaving the comfoits and ease afforded by affluence, nrarcbcd front Petersburg)!, \ a., to the North Western frontier, then tire scene ot sav age war, and joined tire army under Gen. W 11. Harrison,forming a small but important portion of his command. During the various battles of that comparer par ticularly that of Fort Meigs and Sandu.-ky and t c sOilie from Fort Meigs, more than one th.rd were killed, and another third wounded. Antong trie laGer was Mr. G. D.unmond, severely. At tills day may be "ccn in ineny of the house of lower Virginia, a list of ;he names of lire members of that corps, printed and framed, and hanging in conspicuous situations. In that list is the name of G. Drummond, wounded. I have seen the Wetumpka Argas charging, tirat “a foreigner, a resident of Scotland, &c.” was electioneering strong for Harrison, &e„ little stts pe' ling until informed by you,lliat Mr. Drummond was the object of the Editor’s commuication. Mr. Drummonds is a Scotchman by b rth, but when his adopted country was invaded, he shoul dered liis musket and marched where the invaders were to be found, and not only marched, but fought and bled, in defence of the rights of America whi e many of those who take advantage of his birth place to abuse his testimony were unfit or unwil ling to incur the hardship and danger of that de fence. In reply to your inquiry I inform you that 1 be longed <o the army of the United States, from March lis 152 to July 1815, after which I served with General Harrison three or four years in the House of Representatives of he United States Congress, and during the session when the Northern Politi cians[Mr. Van Bui on among the number] endeavor ed to exclude Missouri from the Union, unless she would aboPsh slavery from her limits knowning him, [Gen. Harr',sonj thoroughly as a soldier, the politician, agenilcman and a virtuous citizen, gave him a hearty support for the Presidency in preference to Van Brren, who was an opponent of the war of 1812 and a Missouri restrietionist in 18- 19 and ’2O. With great Respect, Your ob’ut Sv’nt, THOS. M. NELSON. Mess s DeGraffenried Hardaway, J. B. Green, R. H. Green. Columbus, July 30, 1840. I have known Mr.G. Drummond of Brunswick county, Va., above alluded to, since the war of IS IS. He joined the Petersburg Volunteers under the command of Captain Met ca; and marched to the relief of our Inen bleeding North-Western frontier, under the command of Gen. Win. H. Har rison. I had a b other, a member of the same corps, Wm. B. DeGuficmied since dead, and have repeatedly hea d him say he saw Mr. G. Drum mond shot down on the.battle fiild at tire soUic of Fore Meigs and was one or iiuee or four of the company who assisted in rescuing him from being scalped by the Tccumpsha Indians. E. L. DcGRAFFENRIED. Columbus, July, 30, 1810. This is to certify that we arc natives of Bruns wick county, Va., and have known Mr. G. Drum mond from our infancy up to the time of our leav ing that State for this Country. We know he was a member of the Petersburg Volunteers; that he left all the comforts and endearments of home and friends and shouldered his musket in the defence of his adopted country, and that In his county no man stands higher, and in all the relations which elevate cue man above another he stands conspic uous A list of the names of the company which he was a member, has been printed on satin and hung in many of the houses in lower Virginia, and Mr. Drummond’s name stands recorded among the wounded at the sortie at Fort Meigs. Gov. Cass in discharging this gallant band, says : In granting a disc large to this patriotic and gallant corps the General feels at a loss for words adequate ly to convey his sense of their exalted merits. Al - most exclusively composed of individuals, who had oeen nursed in the lap of ease, they- have for twelve montns braved the hardships and privations of a military B e in the midst of an inhospitable wilderness, with a cheer fulness, and alacrity which has never been surpassed—their conduct in the field has never been excelled by no other corps. G. B. GREEN, ROBT. S. GREEN, ROBT. S. HARDAWAY, JAMES DRUMMOND. Columbus, August 9, 1810. The undersigned being a citizens o’ Russel county Alabama, at the request oi Mr. Jos. M. Tcr rey, says that he was a member of the Petersburg Volunteers that joined the North Western Army, un ler the command of Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, and that Mr. G. Drummond was a member of said company, and said Drummond was wounded at the sortie at Fort Meigs, about the first of May, 1813, and was an unexceptionable and brave soldier du ring the tampaign. THOS. W. PERRY. Macon, August Ist. 1840. Mr. Jos. Terry—Sir: I have received a letter from Mr. Jos. B. Green, requesting me to write you and sty whether Col. A. B. Fanning of Savan nah was at the battle of Fort Meigs or not. I can say positively and uneqivocally that he was not. He was living in Milledgeville the spring of 1813, and in September, ISIS, received the appointment of Deputy Quartermaster General, from the Gov. of Georgia, and I was appointed assistant Quarter master General and a few weeks thereafter joined the troops that assembled at Camp Hope, near liiis place, and were afterwards placed under the coin : niand ol Gen. John Floyd. 1 accompanied the Army to the Creek Nation ; and Maj. Fanning re mained at Fort Hawkins to forward on supplies for the army. Respectfully Yours. E. HAMILTON. The undersigned being personally acquainted with the facts referred to by Col. E. Hamiliton cer tify to the correctness of every statement. JAMES ABERCROMBIE, WILLIAM DUDLEY, A. ABERCROMBIE, THOS. HOXEV, JOHN TOWNSEND. (£/ Since the foregoing was in tj-jo, we have re ceived the Georgia (Milledgeville) Journal of the 18lh insl., containing the following note from Col. Fannin, which as an act of Justice to that <'entle man we publish : lo the Editors of the Georgia Journal „• — Gentlemen. —Will you oblige me by giving one insertion of this note in your ucxi paper. My de sire is to request my friends and the public gener ally, to suspend their opinions in regard to the truth oi falsehood, of certain charges made against me in the Columbus Knquirerof the 11th inst. As soon as I can collect a few evidences, I shall make my explanations. J Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, A. B. FANNIN. Milledgeville, 17th August, 1840, Spirit of the Ladies.— The following inter esting passage is an extract from the reply of Mr Ilalsted, one of the representatives from New Jersey, to the ladies of the stale on the presenta tion ot a whig banner on the 23d ull: At the recent Whig Convention held at Worcester in the Slate of Massachusetts, the lady ot Honest John Davis, the present wor-hy and aide Senator from that Stale, smt word to the committee of arrangements that she had nine beds, in which she could accommodate nine Whi" delegates, or, if they were good natured men’ eighteen; and she invited 4b or 50 of the dele gates to dme with her. Having made all prepara tions for her invited guests, she repaired to the Convention to hear the Whigorators. After the was over she hurried home for the pm- J* ose °* rece ‘ v * n g her expected company ; but she had scarcely reached her house before the sound of martial music saluted %ct ear. She approached the window, ank? there saw, drawn up before her door, a band of 150 or 200 men, who sent a deputation to her to say they would do themselves the honor of taking dinner with her. At th s unexpected annunciation her woman's heart nt first sunk within her, Inn immediately th c „ 00( j old genuine Whig spirit, which is always eq Uu | to any emergency, (par icularly when it has a dash of Bunker Hill blood in it.) rallied, and be lts recuperative energy, at onco restored her loher wonted composure. And what do you think she said ? ‘-Gen lonian,” said she, ‘-the string of mv door is nevei pulled in. You are welcome to partake with me my log cabin fare. Waik in Gentlemen.” They did walk in, and she at once set about enlarging her tables and replenishing her board with provisions for this accession of unexpected guests: and with that admirable management which is characteristic of Yankee as well as Jersey matrons, she was coon able to ac commodate the whole of her guests expecled, an 4 unexpected, for they are and were filled. How ma ny baskets of fragments there wc-e left, I did not learn ; hut, I suppose, at least enough to suptdy all thc poor in the neighborhood fin a week to come. In her letter to her husband, this Bay- Slate Whig matron says, “that the wine and wa ter beer and hard cider, flowed in streams, and the way that honest John Davis’s wife’s cake disappeared was a caution.” When Honest John received this letter describing in those true and graphic colors which a woman's pen alone can give to such a scene, he was silling in the Senate chamber, and as he read it, “the big round fears coursed one another down his manly cheek and as he w,ped them away, he taid to himself, “what a fool I am to be so affected. ’ After ho had perseud the letter he handed it to Mr. Webster, saying. “'There Webster, you say you take pleasure in reading my wife’s letters, read that.” Webster took the letter, and as he read, Honest John watched the workings of his noble features, and he soon saw the tear glis tening in Ids large black eye, and then roiling down the bronzed cheek of this intellectual giant, and Honest John said to himself,“Well, I’m not so great a fool neither.” When Webster had finished reading, he drew a long breath, giasped the hand of Honeut John, and said. “Sir it is (h e finest letter I ever read in my life.” Now mv fair hearers, have you any idea of the worth of such a fair Whig ns that I I tell you such a Whig is worth a kingdom ; and the tears which she drew forth from the eyes of such men as John Davis and Daniel Webster, were more precious than all thc gems that ever sparkled in a royal diadem. The way Van Buuenism thrives in Vm r,tnia. —The last Winchester Republican con tains an addresss to the people of Virginia, signed by- upwards cf one hundred citizens of Frederick county, heretofore friends of the administration, hut who now come out in favor of Harrison and Reform. An hundred good and true renouncing Van Burenism, and rallying under the banner of the people’s candidate, in a single county is a tolerably fair sign, and evidence of “change’’ in the Old Dominion. Another Sign. — lt is stated in thc Petersburg Intelligencer, that Mr. Beirne, one of the mem bers of Congress from Virginia, as he passed through Richmond, on his return from Washing ton left this memorandum with the Clerk at the Enquirer office, for the benefit of its veteran editor; “Tell Mr. Ritchie not to bet any more on the Presidential election, or he will be a ruined man.” Bishop Soule’s Opinion of General Har rison.—We give the following communication a conspicuous place, and trust that it will net be without its effects in silencing at least one of the many wicked slanders of the enemy. Wc ask you to look at tlie following statement of facts Bishop Soule, D. D. one of the most pure and distinguished melhodists in the United States, was asked in the presence of thc Rev. Leonard B. Grilling, (who heretofore has been a suppor ter of Martin Van Buren,) —“What is the pub lic and private character of William Henry Har rison The Bishop replied,—“7 think Gen. Harrison's character without reproach. He has been my neighbor. I have often been an in mate of his family, and I consider his house as one of the best houses for Ministers in all Ohio. The Bishop is well known for his great pru dence, and in tlie same conversation, when asked q how he thought General Harrison would admin ister our Goveimnent, replied—“l believe the as- I fairs of this nation would bo us w ll administer i ed tty General Harrison ashy President Van Bu rcn.or any of his friends.” Napoleon.— The following paragraph possess, cs interest as well for such of our readers as are natives oi France, as for all who admire the car eer of the modern Alexander. On Thursday week King Louis Philippe having at his side the Dune de Nemours, and surrounded by all his Ministers and aides de camp, received in the hall ofthe throne the former Grand Marshal ofthe palace of the Emperor, General Count Bertrand, who delivered into thc handset his Majesty the arms ol Napoleon at Auslerlitz, and thc only one he had used since ; two pair ot pistols richly worked; the Roman sword he wore at the Camp de Mar; a sabre which belonged to .1 dm Sobieski, and a poinard, given by- the Pope to I lie Grand Master ofthe Order of Malta, Lava lette. The king ordered them lobe deposited in thc treasury ofthe Crown until the completion of Napoleon’s tomb, upon which they are to be de posited. “He no doubt thought,” says the Jour nal des Debats, “that the glory of the Emperor was not a family inheritance and that it belonged to France, who had paid for it with her blood. “The sword,” says thc Courrier Francais, “which Gen. Bertrand has presented to thc King, was laid upon the bed ol Napoleon during his last ill ness, and after his death the English intended to seize and retain it, but the General, with piou® fraud substituted his own for it. Napoleons sword has engraved upon it, in letters of gold. ‘Austerlitz, 2d December, 1805. The hilt is ot solid gold, simple in form but inlaid with three antique medals, hearing the effigies of Hannibal) Cmsar, and Alexander.” An American traveller, writing from*London to the editor of the New York American, saysot the House of Commons: ‘ I was speaking of the construction of t-*e room. The only redeeming fe, .ure is, that it t* admirably adapted to compel members to despatch business, and nothing but business. No elegant ly cushioned chair and neat mahogany desks tempt gentlemen to write long letters to their wives, or frank electioneering pamphlets to lh c * r constituents, or read the newspapers of lh e a )’ while the member on his legs makes a nine hours speech about every thing but the question betore the House. In all the debates to which 1 have listened, I have been struck with this sact —there. is no wandering from the point immediately at f issue—no adverting to irrelevant topics —no dis quisition on the general politics of thc country - • , Many of our American Congressmen would 1 A promptly coughed aod scraped down in the Bri tish House of Commons. Eloquence. —The following “touch of the sublime was delivered before a court ot Justice in Pennsylvania: our honors sets high upon the adornabh seat ot justic like the American Eagle perched up on the Asiatic Rock of Gibraltar, while the eter nal streams of justice, like the cadaverous clous ot the valley flow meandering at vour extrude feet.” '