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CHiinMCLK AND SHN r l INEL. A U (• l T S T A . THURSDAY MORNING, ALGUSI 27. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HE WRY lIARRISOX, Os Ohio; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe-the incor mptible Statesman-the inflexible RepubUcan the Fanner of ( hio. for vice-president, JOHN T Y LEU, Os Virginia ; A State Rights Republican of the school ot OS one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and , patriot statesmen. FOR ELECTORS OF FMBWWEKT AM) VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee/] JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb. LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. ROGER L. GAMBLE, of JciTerson. JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. Lost. The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for 1536 has been borrowed from our office by some person who has omitted to return it. We would therefore thank the individual w ho has it in pos session to send it home. In the event that we are unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to purchase or borrow a file lor that year, and also o the one of the Augusta Chronicle. The Nomination. The meeting yesterday to receive the report of the Nominating Committee, was well attended, and ths report of the Committee received with every demonstration of gratification by those present. The Committee nominated for the Senate, Andrew J. Miller. Esq., and for the House, Geo. W. Craw ford, C. J. Jenkins, and W. J. Rhodes, Esqrs. Messrs. Miller and Jenkins, who were present, in a brief and appropriate manner, accepted the nom ination, on their part, and a committee was ap pointed to notify Messrs. Crawford and Rhodes, who will no doubt likewise accept. Our ticket for the Legislature, therefore, may cow be considered before the people of Richmond, and combining as it does, so much talent integri ty, and devotion to the cause of Reform, we confi dently anticipate that a most decided aud triumph ant victory awaits our efforts. B. is informed that his communication cannot have a place while his name is withhold. Pennsylvania. Gen. Harrison’s prospects are brightening daily in the Key Stone State. A few days since we publish ed a call for a meeting of the friends of Gov. Porter who had declared lor the old Hero, in Pittsburg, and we observe by our exchange papers that such meetings are becoming common in other sections of the Stale. This augurs well for the cause of reform and leaves little room to dou. t that Pennsyl vania will give her vote to Harrison and Tyler Extract of a letter to the editor, da ed Danburg, Ga., July 26, IS4O. Gentlemen: —l become more convinced, every day, that Harrison will get the vote of Georgia.— indeed,if the work goes on as it is now moving’ the majority will be overwhelming. I do not say this t> you without having sufficient grounds for doing so. Ist Because it is my fortune to live on the great thorough fare of the upper part of the State- I have not failed, for two months, to make inquiry of every man I see, and, so far as opinions can be formed in this way, I feel justified in repeating that Harrison must and will get Georgia. 2d. In my neighborhood, and so far as my ac" quaintance extends, and professional duties callme^ I know- not a man in the ranks of the people , who has changed from the good to the tad cause. So far from it, they all seem as firm as the rock of Gibraltar. 3d. Many—l say knowingly —many of the for mer supporters of Mr. Van Buren have forsaken his cause and joinca our ranks. And a great many of the old and respectable men who have been firm supporters of that party, are dissatisfied with their candidate, and we daily hear such expressions from them a> clearly evince that they will not support him. Others say they wash both the candidates were in Texas, &c. Sec. In conclusion, I think I am safe in making the assertion, that one third of the Van Buren party that I know at this time, are not only luke warm ? and indifferent as to the issue, but half of that third will, 1 have no doubt, by the time the election comes on, vote for Harrison. When soldiers begin to loose confidence in their chief and shrink from duty, and a whisper of mu tiny is heard, my limited historical reading tells tnf that the commander is in danger of a defeat; and more especially it he has been hoisted into the offi e by an “illust.ious predecessor.” Mr. -an Buren’s decision in the case of Lieut. Hooe has given his friends here a task to perform that is more difficult than the gordeon knot. It has done for him what his Southern friends can never undo. In short, in the opinion of all cool thinking, unprejudiced men, he is set down as carrying the doctrines of abolition farther than has been pro posed by Tappan and Garrison. it is netdlt-s lor me to say to you, go no, gentle_ men, in the good cause, for from what wo >ce of you, there can be no mistake that you arc up and doing. Yet we have seen horses when apparently join -r their best, a word of encouragement would improve their .speed. Then, we say again, go on. We have cheering news from South Carolina. — Abbeville and Edgefield are moving. A gentle man just from the former district informs me, that in the course of the last week, seventeen of his neighbors had quit the error or their ways, an J en listed in the ranks of Tip and Tyler. Should South Carolina throw of the political shackles that have so lately been forced upon her, and rise above the paltry cons! Jeration of men aud go for measures, what can her once favorite son sav when the voice of Carolina shall say, John C. where art thou? He can only reply, here am I, pinning together leaves of the sub-treasury, piocla mation and force bill, to hide my nakedness. Yours, See. Argument of a Van liuren Editor in favor of Harrison. Mr. Haynes, of the Standard of L'nion, scorns to express astonishment and regret at the expendi tures, &.c. of $370,000, as he supposes, contingent upon the immense assemblage of the People, at the recent Convention at Macon, and that too, in these hard times. Why, indeed friend Haynes, we are equally sur prised at your ignorance. Uou certainly do not understand this matter. You must know that the money is the Peeples, and proves as plainly as the noon-day sun, the deep interest they feel in Re form, and you must not think it wonderful, if in 1840 they spend their money in battling for Inde pendence, when in 1776 they not only spent their money but their lives also, in the sacred cause - You are yet destined to be more astounded. The people are waking up. They begin to see the dan gers thickening around them. They are rising in their majesty. Only give them light and truth, and ere long, thel. shouts of victory for Harrison and Reform, will so thunder in your cars, that you will be constrained to cry out, “ The half hath ne’er been told me.” One of the People. Extract of a Letter dated Savannah, August 21, 1840, to the writer’s Correspondent in this City. “ Tunes are dull, but the glorious news from various quarters, keeps the Hard Cider men buoyed up in fine spirits, and the Locofocos stirring under high excitement. Last night oar delegates from Macon gave to us their report. The Theatre was prej arod for them, and handsomely lighted. At 8 o’clock, the Theatre was crowded fiom Pit to Gal lei y. The lower tier of Boxes was reserved for the fair, and a more beautiful scene never dis played itself within the walls of this Theatre. Judge Berrien opened the meeting in one of his lucid strains of eloquence —he spoke one hour and a half. lie was followed by Young Bartow, who for his genius, eloquence, beauty of language, and profound reasoning, has received the title of the “ War Horse of Chatham .” He spoke for about an hour, in which time he exposed Martin Van Buren’s treachery and fallacious cunning, in such a polite and reasonable manner, that not a sen tence grated harsh upon the ear. In his compari son between the two, he left Harrison the truest patriot of his country —the brightest example for correct principles, and the one most calculated to bring our country once again under measures of the Jeffersonian School. 1 never in my life, saw so much order and respectability in a political as sembly. If you gazed at the speaker whilst speaking, you might imagine no one present but yourself, for a phi might be heard to fall. Old Chatham will do tor the Whigs, what she never has done before.” From the National Intelligencer. “ A Lucky Circumstance. —In the midst of the last war, the following order was issued by Presi dent Madison: Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, is appointed a Major General in the Army of the United States, in the place <f William H. Harrison, resigncd. ,, *• This short paragraph, from the pen of Presi dent Madison, is the severest comment that could be made upon the military services of the present Whig candidate for trie Presidency. “ Thus it is probable that ‘ if it hadn’t been for what happened,’ the battle of New Orleans would have been fought Tippecanoe fashion, or not fought at all, and the troops of Bir Edward Pacaenham would have revelled in the ‘ beauty and booty ’ they were promised.” A letter from a gentleman in Salisbury (North Carolina) has called our attention to the above publication, transferred from some other paper to the columns of the Carolinian published at that place. We have only to say that the “ order ” attributed to Mr. Madison is a sheer fabrication. General Jackson had been in the military com manu in the South from the beginning of the war, under a Militia commission derived from the State of Tennessee. As the war advanced, it was thought proper, in order to enlage his au thority, to commission him as a Major General in the service of the United States; and on the Ist day of May, 1814, he was appointed a Major General in the Army of the United States, with no reference to the military command ot General Harrison, which included a district of country separated by hundreds of nr.les from that in which Gen. Jackson commanded. General Harrison, in consequence of a misun derstanding between him and the Secretary of War, the particulars of which are of no conse quence to the question now before us, resigned his commission of Major General in tne Army by a letter dated at Cincinnati, on the llth day of May, 1814. General Harrison's resignation, and General Jackson’s appointment, could there fore have had no military connexion one with the other. We subjoin extracts from the records, estab lishing the facts above staled : From the Army Register, to October, 1814. GENEUa l staff. RANK. DISTRICTS, STATIONS, &C. Names Rank Dates of 4 Stations appoint- £ and ment. 2 remarks. General Officers. Henry Dearborn Maj. Gen. 27 Jan. 12 1 Thos. Pinckney do 27 Mar. 6 Jas. Wilkinson do 2 do 13 Morgan Lewis do 2 do 3 George Izard do 24 Jan. 14 9 Ist divis. Jacob Brown do 24 do 9 2d divis. Andrew Jackson do 1 May 7 From McAfee's history of the Late War in the Western Country. “ Head-Quarters, j Cincinnatti, May 11, 1814. 3 “Sir—l have the honor, through you, to re quest the President to accept my resignation of She appointment of Major General in the Army, with which he has honored me. “ Lest the public service should suffer before a successor can be nominated, I shall continue to act until the 31st inst., by which time I hope to be relieved. “ Having some reasons to believe that the most malicious insinuations have been made against me al Washington, u was my intention to lit'® requested an inquiry into my conduct, from the commencement of my command. Further reflec tion has however determined me to decline the application —because, from the proud conscious ness of having palpably done my duty, I cannot believe that it is necessary, either lor the satis faction of the Government or the people, that I should pay so much respect to the suggestions of malice and envy. “ It is necessary, however, that I should assure you, sir. that I subscribe implicitly to the opinion that military officers are responsible for their conduct, and amenable to the decisions of a court martial after they have left the service, tor any improper act committed in it. “The principle was established in England, in the case of Lord George Sackville, after the battle of Minden ; it was known and recognized by all the ancient republics; and is particularly applicable, I think, to a Government like ours. I therefore pledge myself to answer, belore a court martial, at any future period, to any charge which may be brought against me, “I have the Honor, &c., “ W. H, HARRISON. “ The Hon. J. Ahjwtkoxc, &c. ’ (Same date ) “Dear Sin—l have this day forwarded to ti e Secretary of War my lesignation of the commis sion I hold in the Army. “ This measure has not been determined on without a reference to all the reasons which should influence a citizen who is sincerely attach ed to the honor and interest of his country ; who believes that the war in w hich wc arc engaged is just and necessary ; and that the crisis re quires the sacrifice of every private consideration which could stand in opposition to the public good. Hut, after giving the subject the most mature consideration, I am perfectly convinced that my retiring from the Army is as compatible with the claims of patriotism, as it is with those of my family, and a proper regard for my own feelings and honor. •* I have no other motive for writing this letter than to assure you that my resignation was not produced by any diminution of the interest which I have always taken in the success of your ad ministration, or of respect and attachment for your person. The former can only take place when I forget the republican principles in which I have been educated ; and the latter when I shall cease to regard those feelings which must actuate every honest man who is conscious of favors that it is out of his pow'er to repay. “ Allow me, &c., “ W. H. HARRISOxN. “James Madison, Esq., President U. S. A.” A Good Letter from the Eloquent Legare. Charleston, July 12, 1840. Gentlemen—l should be very happy to accept the invitation I have had the honor to receive, to a “Gathering of the people,” of Spotsylvania and some of the adjoining counties, at Fredricksburg, on Friday (July 17th,) next, but circumstances forbid it. Gentlemen : On this, as on every similar occa sion, great multitudes cannot act toge her with out compromise and accommodation on similar points, with a view to carry more important ones, i et in my opinion, there is no question likely to take a practical shape and be made the subject of serious discussion within the next four years, on which old party difference will be revived. The opinion ot the country seems to be entirely made up as to the inexpediency—to say nothing of the unconstitutionally—ofwhat are called Internal Improvements, according to the plans projected under Mr. Monroe’s Administration. All parties seem equally willing to abide by the Compromise Act , as to duties on imposts. As to the Aboli tionists, no candid man will deny that Gen. Harri son’s professions upon that suoject are to the full, as large and satisfactory as Mr. Van Huron’s and that his post conduct furnishes pledges on which we may more securely rely—and I see no differ ence between the parties in this respect. The single issue presented by the Government is the hard money system and the withdrawing of their deposites from the uses of Commerce and the custody of Hanks. Were this measure even desirable, as its advo cates pretend it is, and as I, for one, think it is very far from being, it would make no difference at all in my views of the Presidential election. That the currency of this country is in a con dition that calls for our most serious attention— That it is altogether one of the most difficult pro blems which remain to be solved by science and experience, I have never pretended to deny ; on the contrary, it is because of this very difficul ty and importance of the subject, that I protes ted against it being made a party question, to be managed by demagogues with a view to inflame the pr judices of the people, instead of being dis posed ol by statesmen with a view to their real interests. But they would have it so—“it was necessary to gammon the Whigs,” said somebody. They had been once ‘‘gammoned” by playing quite the opposite game ; by scattering the immense de posities ot a nation out of debt, and prosperous beyond example, among hundreds (wasn’t it) of State hanks scores certainly—w ith orders to la vish them upon their customers. They got the nation drunk with the spirit of speculation, and disturbed, while they multiplied infinitely, the re lations of debtor and creditor, and those of vendor, incumbrancer, and holders of property. No soon er did they see the terrible consequences of this profligate game—not on the W higs, whom they had, however, '‘gammoned ’ very completely, but on the property, the commerce, the morals, and the wellbeing of the country, and especially of its industrious classes, and that a vehement indignation against the authors ot all this evil was likely to be awakened in the public mind, than thev had attempted to make the very banks which they had seduced the “scape goat” of this odium, and were the first and the loudest in the cry against the victims of their own perfidious debau chery. i hey had carried their point once by sending out into the high-ways to compel the blind, the halt, and the lame, to come in and borrow of their Pet Banks, as they are called. i bey tiow pronounce all trading whatever, on borrowing capita], fraudulent and criminal. They had used the Slate Banks—or rather abused them—as artillery against the United States Bana, assuring their friends that no thing could be safter than these engines, which they were loading to the muzzle and heating even to burning—and when, at the close of a victori ous acl ; on, they all burst on their hands—as was ot course, inevitable—they denounce the whole system as, even under the best management, de testable, and propose, for a fanatical, clamorous, party support, one, inconsistent with all our pre vious habits, and of the successful operation of which, the only guaranty they give is their total failure in ail their previous schemes. Now, gentlemen, what Isay is, that the true * t,S ra' lS ’ nGt w^et^er this scheme is good, bad or indifferent, are they fit to be trusted with the man agement of that or any other instrument that may prove so powerful for good or for evil 1 • Are a cabal, who see in all tae mighty interests o society—in the morality, the happiness, the estinies of a great nation, only the means of carrying t e next election, to be trusted, under ■ any circumstances with the administration of the 1 Government. ’ , financial as P ect of measure, impor tant as u is, is as you know, but a subordinate consideration Its political tendency is the point to which public attention, especially in Virginia, ought to be seriously awakened. It is in this re sped, in perfect keeping with all the rest of their po icy, t en svstem of rapine and spoliation, t their abject submissiveneEs m regard to popular demagogues, their despotism, intolerance and inquisitorial espionage, in respect to the great body of their office-holders.—their war of exter mination, declared against the independence ol the Legislature (and now the Judiciary) and against every effervescence among public men, of ficedom of thought, manliness of conduct, or elevation of sentiment. In puttinganother instru ment of such power into their hands, shall we shut our ryes to its visible tendency to strength en and arm that Executive authority, which as I hope for salvation, I declare to you to be, in my opinion, far more callous, intolerant, insolent and unscrupulous, than rtiat of any constitutional monarchy lam acquainted with ? Some people w rite from France that M. Thiers and his party wish to reduce Louis Philippe to the condition of a President of the United States. It is just the contrary. Louis Philippe wishes for nothing better than just to govern like the President of the United States, in spite of parliamentary ma jorities ; whereas M. Thiers & Co. think he ought to reign without ruling, and give up the helm to responsible ministeis, who shall go out whenever there is a majoriiy against (hem in the Chamber of Deputies. Louis Philippe would give his whole civil list for the privilege of keeping a Woodbury in office for 3 years, against obstinate majorities, and at lest bring the Legislature down upon its knees before his throne. — Then indeed, would he be “every inch a King.” As to the slang about “ federal-republican” par ty, it is too despicable a fallacy to be worth re plying to.—Don’t talk to me of Mr. Van Burcn’s professions —look to the record. To say nothing of the Missouri Question and the Tariff of ’2B, let him put his finger upon any expenditure ol public money, foi local purposes, that he has ei ther directly or indirccty, opposed. Look at the yeas and nays. See how his friends vote on the Cumberland Road and Harbor bills, &c. It is time these old scare c'ows were taken down — ihev are worn out —and it is indecent to treat the people as if they were still in their nurseiy. I must apologise, gentlemen, for the length to which this scrawl is run out, and beg you to re ceive the assurance of the dist inguished consider ation with which I have the honor to be, Your obliged and obedient servant, H. S. LEGARE. To Messrs. Hugh Mercer, &c-, Committee of Invitation. Another Negro Witness Case. It is probably well known every where that the testimony of negroes is not admitted in the courts of the slave States in prosecutions against white persons. The consequences of making such tes timony competent in such cases, and where the insituttion of slavery exists, can be easily imagi ned by any person of common sense. If the Hooe case was a strong one for the Soufh against Mr. Van Buren, we have now to present one which seems to us still stronger, and which seems to have been attended with other circum stances not at all creditable to Mr. Van Buren’s abstract sense of justice. The letter below, de tailing the circumstances of the case, was trans mitted to us by a gentleman well known in th? councils of the nation, whose name, if publish ed, we are sure would be a sufficient warrant for reposing in the statement entire credit.—Madi sonian. Newcastle Cocnta, (Del) Aug. 3, 1840. Dear Sir : That the South may be informed correctly in regard to Mr. Van Buren, I send you for publication certain facts in relation to his ap proval of negro testimony, in the trial of an of ficer in the revenue service, before the collector of this district, in June, 1837. At that time charges and specifications of them were preferred by a certain Henry D. Nones, a captain in the revenue cutter service, against Jo siah Murch then first lieutenant in the same ser vice. The collector of thedistrict, Henry White ley, Esq. was ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct the examination. Mr. Murch was defended by counsel, and the prosecu tion in behalf of the Captain carried on by coun sel emploped by himself. The character of the testimony, on the part of the complainant, gener ally, was such that the counsel for Mr. Murch deemed it unnecessary to enter upon any defence —it was composed entirely of the crew and offi cers under the immediate command of the com plainant, Nones and of negroes, his own servants, employed in the ward-room. Five negroes, if I am correctly informed, were brought forward to testify; the moment the first was called to the stand, Mr. Muich and his counsel (protesting against such evidence, it not being competent in the courts of this Slate for negroes to testify against white persons) left the room. The col lector proceeded, however, to take the testimony, and, after closing the same, forwarded it to Wash ington—the whole of which I presume you can find in the office of the Secretary of the Trea sury. A copy of one of the negro depositions I now have before me. Mr. Murch had his com mission taken from him, the testimony having been laid before the President and “ approved by him” So unexpected was this decision to Mr. Murch, and indeed to every one who knew the character of the testimony adduced against him, that Mr. Murch thought it proper to appeal directly to the President for reinstatement: he did so both per sonally and by letter. To impress more fully upon the minds of the powers that be at Wash ington the injustice done to him, Mr. Murch for warded to the Secretary of the Treasury a depo sition of one of the negroes, taken at the negro’s own request, after his discharge from the cutter, by a magistrate of the town of Newcastle, in which he states that what he testified to before Col. Whitely, the Collector, was false; “that he was compelled by threats made by Captain Nones to give such testimony,” &c. Upon the receipt of this deposition by Mr. Woodhuiy, the Secretary of the Treasury, he informed Mr. Murch in substance, by letter, “that this testimony of the negro could not go to rebut his first deposi tion, but might be made the ground-work of new proceedings against Captain Nones.” [I have not the letter before me, and therefore merely give the substance.] I’o which Mr. Murch, un der date of September 10, 1839, made the fol lowing reply. After acknowledging the receipt ot Mr. \\ oodhury’s letter of the 6th instant he says: “ I have to say that the affidavit of Wm. Kork [negro] was sent to the Department, not for the purpose ot commencing new proceedings against Capt. Nones, or any other person, but with the object of showing to the Department the character ct the evidence on which my dismis sal has been founded.” Several letters were written to the Department and to the President by the friends of Mr. Murch, and, I think, a formal remonstrance sent by his counsel to the Treasury Department. On the 4th of January, 1840, the Secretary ol the 1 reasury wrote to me (who addressed a letter directly to the President in regard to Mr. Murch,) as follows : “Sir, in reply to your letter of the 27th ult. to the President of the United States, which has been referred to this Department, I would inform you that Lieut Murch wasdismiss ed from the revenue service, by the President, on satisfactory evidence, for improper conduct, which, though the cha-ges and proof have been once or mice re-examined, has never been satis factonly rebutted or explained,” These proceedings are now matter of record, or ought to be, m the Treasury Department, co pies ot most of which I took the precaution at he lime to retain. If you think any good can re had by publishing it. please do so, and make whatever remarks you think proper. I will only sffe’fnr n 00 1 fficer ’ hoWf>v er high or honest, is n moment, if the Government is to tolerate negroes under the immediate control of an officer. lm ° ny aga,nsl ;inother whom he has thought proper to prefer charges against. ou wifi perceive that Woodbury was willum lor Murch to make the deposition of the negro Kork sulllcicnt ground to commence pro ceedings upon against Nones. Profligate {Extravagance. Let the fact !>e made known to the people, and repealed until every man lias it l>y role, erff ’ t 'at Martin Van Buren expended $2,550,78- -6 cents more of the people’s money, in one year than John Quincy Adams did in three years. Baltimore Evening Gaz tie. A Patriot’s Legacy.—The late venerable Judge White of Tennessee, wrote the following Letter to a friend a few weeks before his death. He was a good man and’ a true JPatriot. men, all over the country, to the extent of its power, are prescribed and persecuted by the V an Buren Administration: — Letter from Judge White. Mr Friend If towards any man I ought to use that te rm, I know of no one towards whom I can apply it with a deeper conviction that it is merited. \ou have stuck to me through good and evil report, without ever faltering or making a false or foolish move. The object of this letter is to give you all, now in an old man’s power, and one who feels on the verge of the grave, ray most heartfelt thanks for your kind, able and efficient care for me and my reputation. lam now through. On the 13th of January my political life was terminated by my enemies. I have no faith in the political resurrection of old men: but think not I am either mortified or de pressed. Although I may be placed hors de com bat, I hope that some seeds have dropped even from the last limbs of my decayed trunk, which if watered and cherished may yet bring forth fruit for the good of the country. Late letters irom some of my colleagues in Washington assure me that from every quarter the news in relation to Gen. Harrison’s prospects are most encouraging. I like your electoral ticket with the exception of my name. That I think unfortunate, con sidering the stale of mv health; but time will show what, ought to be done, and my rule is, ne ver act in haste. Would to God I could be with you a day or two. I wiite now to show that there is yet some thing of me left, although you will see there is very little of either mental or physical strength. " Sincerely, HU. L. WHITE. A. A. Hall, Esq. Incidents at the late Lancaster Con vention. —President Buchanan, at his recent Convention, said when elected to preside over its deliberations, “ I hope all that I now look up on are good democrats, I feel conscious that if you were not all democrats, you would not be here.” A few moments afterwards Gen. Differ gave the following precautionary advice:—“Gentle men, I hope you will all take care of your pock et-books ; there are a great many pick-pockets amongst us.” We know not which most to admire, the nai vefe, of the Senator or the General. Mr. Dixon 11. Lewis of Albania, the FalstalTof locofocoism, appeals to have made a bad specu lation. He subscribed foi 600 or 800 copies of the Extra Globe, and his district has gone against him by about 700 majority. If he would double his subscription, he would probably double the Whig majority. —New York Times. The j-imrit of Locofocoism I—One of the ban ners carried in the Oneida County Van Buren Sub- Treasury Procession, boie the following infamous incription: “ TRUE DEMOCRACY SPURNS THE BROAD SEAL OF NEW JERSEY.” New Jersey will “spurn” the wretches who thus insult her sovereignty. Her soil has never yet been polluted with impunity. She avenged herself upon the Hessians and Tories of 1776. She will avenge herself upon the Hessians and Tories of IS4O, New York.—The Buff alo Commercial, after no ticing the proceedings of the Utica Convention, and the nomination of the Whig Gubernatorial and electoral ticket, says: “ We have only to add our honest opinion, that the unbought and unpurchaseable freemen of New York, with a clear understanding of the great prin ciples involved in the contest, will elect the whole ot the above ticket by an average majority of TWENTY THOUSAND. Sub-Treasury Bread. —We were yesterday shown a sample of Sub-Treaury bread, just re ceived from Germany, where the wages of the la borer have been reduced to the hard money stand ard. It was as biack as ink, and as hard as hicko ry.—Phil. Enquirer. The Absolute Necessity of a Change.— Ames gives the following summary of the state of things under the present Administration : “ Laws are violated with impunity ; moral obli gations are scoffed at and derided ; knavery walks the streets with the bold face of honesty, plunderers of the public, and of public institutions, obtain sym ’ pathy, and forgiveness — Kendall’s Address. Horrible.—The Boston Post states that the Easton, Mass. Almshouse was discovered to be on fire about 3 o’clock on Saturday morning, (the 15th,) and such was the progress of the flames, that j four of the inmates were burned alive, and another , has since died from injuries received. The fire i was the work of an incendiary. Slanders Refuted.—The loco focos say that 1 Gen. Harrison is an abolitionist. (fff 1 he people of Louisiana, by a majority 5 of more than TWO THOUSAND—the people ‘ of Kentucky by a majority of more than FIF- I .LEN rHOLSAJND, and the people of North ■ Carolina by some TEN THOUSAND majority. r declare it to be FALSE. ! The loco focos say that Gen. Harrison voted ; to sell white men into slavery. be people of Indiana, where they say that the vole was given, declare, by an over -1 whelming majority that the charge is a VILE 3 AND INFAMOUS CALUMNY. • Jhe loco focos say that Gen. Harrison is a 1 coward, a granny, and a petticoat hero. ' (£/* The people of Kentucky and Indiana, whose citizens he led to battle and victory, and e whose soil he saved from Indian ravage and British aggression, declare, that the loco focos e utter a shameful SLANDER on a brave soldier, I a triumphant commander, a liberal and enlighl a ened statesman, and a pure patriot. BOYS, DO YOU HEAR THAT] The Press and its Influence.—The Ro man Catholics of this city are collecting money ) tor the purpose of enlarging and sustaining the New It ork Catholic Register;” and we undcr r 6tan d the Rev. Dr. Brownlee held a meeting in his church for thq_purposo ot raising a fund in : aid ot ll,e “Protestant Vindicator,” and the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars was iinmc ’ diately subscribed on the occasion. A 7 . Y Conr - II ier. >’ f‘ 1K Sea Island Cotton Crop in Georgia. Wea re informed that the Caterpillar has made lt its appearance on St. Simons’ Island, and also on n some plantations in Camden County. e We know not when our Sea Island Planters y are to see good times again. The last few sum s mers ave exhibited all the alternations of drouth, e tempest and flood, which the delicate Sea Island r ’ h 3O £ dn,lot withstand. One consequence of s these short crops is inevitable, and that is, a rise in te puce of this staple.— Savannah Republi a can. 1 Hard Swearing.—Amos Kendall pronoun ces Mr. Ogle’s “awful disclosures” of the p res j_ deni’s extravagance, “hellish.” Arnos, Aino» don’t swear so; you will frighten your children* They will begin to smell sulphur, and think it ls ' Whig gunpowder. Read you Bible, which i n . streets you to “swear not at all,” Keep y OUr temper; be calm; the truth will come out, an j is no use for you to fret and foam about it. ]f there docs now and then appear something u h,- ut the measures of the Administration which not sit well on your “democratic” stomach, whv you musl’ul let it fret your gizzard out. Acci dents will happen in the host regulated families and if Mr. Van Huron was a little too extrav a cr an | in his household furniture for tne pinching times and Mr. Ogle was so impudent as to blab about it, you should’nt let your angry passions rise, am! swear about it; its decidedly vulgar, if not “hell ish.”—Republican Whig. The Damascus persecution.—The persecu. tions which the Israelites at Damascus, have been suffering for some months past, in consequent of the supposed murder by some of their brother hood of a monk and his servant, have created great excitement in Europe. A great meeting Was recently held in London on the subject, and We understand a like movement is on foot in this city. The accounts of the tyranny and perrccu tion suffered by the oppressed Jews are really an paling, and cull loudly for the interference, not only of their brethren throughout the world, but of all Christendom. Since writing the above we learn that a very large meeting of the Hebrews of this city was held last evening at the Synagogue in Elm street for the purpose of taking measures to co-operate with their religious brethren in relation to the Damascus presecutions.— JY. Y. Sun. Mr. Grundy, with his colleagues. Anderson Turney, and Watterson, on their way west ward, addressed the People at Blountvillc, Jones borough, Greenville, Kogersville, and Rutledge, and were met by General Arnold at every place with the exception of the first. An incident which took place at one of these meetings is worth telling. Mr. Grundy alluded, in one of his speeches, to the BaUunoie Convention of Whig Young Men as being composed ofthc “silk stocking gentry.” General Arnold made a very practical reply by directing the attention of the People to the Senator’s ruffled shirt, pumps, mas sive gold rings and breast-pin, and asked “if he was’nt a pretty pink of Democracy to talk of silk stocking gentry V’ The answer was conclusive. Befoie his next speech. Mr. Grundy had borrow ed another shirt. — Times. Taking the Census. —The following inventory was handed in by a Western editor to the Census taker: Item Ist. A superannuated ram. 2d. Three little pigs and a bohtailed sow. 3d. An old Muecovy drake, with one leg broke. 4th. A tom cat, rather vicious. sth. A billy goal, perfume rather strong. 6th. Two “ old soidiers” of tobacco, rather weak. 7th. Ten thousand morus mullicaulis trees, val ue inestimable. Bth. Five hundred thousand head of red ants. M A R R I ED, At White Hall. De Kalb cou ity, Ga., on the !9th instant, by the Rev. Josiah Giesliam, Dr. Joshua Gilbert to Miss Elizabeth D. Humphries,daugh ter of Maj.C. Humphries, all of DeKalb county. DIED, In this city, on the 20th instant, Mrs. Mary Celeste Sabal, aged 63 y ears, and a resident of this place 18 years. Without indulging in unmerited eulogy, we can didly declare t lat few of our acquaintance have descended to the grave more revered for her virtue', than the subject of this notice. A most affection ate spouse, the most loving of mothers, the kindest and most devoted of friends, whether in the fami ly circle or room of sickness. Endowed by nature with benevolence and sweetness of disposition, she cultivated through life the divine virtues of faith, hope and charity, and in deatli gave up her soul into the hands of her Creator, in the well founded hope, through the merits of her Redeemer, of a glorious immortality. May she rest in peace —Amen. A- mu 1,, # COMMERCIAL. iMfest dates from Liverpool, August 4 Latest dates from Havre, July 31 AUGUSTA MARKET. Wednesday Evening, August 26. Cotton —Our Cotton market is turn at old prices. The late Liverpool accounts to 4th August, has had no effect, although we find more enquiry. The holders of cotton are not disposed to sell at the current rates. We quote 609 cas extremes; lit tle for sale, and a very light supply arriving.— To-day wc received the first bale of new cotton, from the plantation of Charles T. Beall, Esq., of Columbia county'. The quality ordinary to mid dling, and was sold at Sc lb. Bagging —Considerable advance has taken place in this article in the New York, Charleston and * Savannah markets, and holders here have advanced ■ their prices, and the article is now held at from 20 (a) 28 cts. Groceries —Our merchants are now daily receiv ing their fall supplies, and already our stock of the leading articles is good, and our merchants are pre- J paring for, and looking forward to, a heavy 1 trade. r Salt —The stock of this article is good. No sale? at wholesale lately'. It continues to retail at 62$ cents bushel. Freights —To Savannah, $1 bale; to Charles ton, by railroad, 25c $»- 100 lbs for square, and 35c lbs for round bales, i Exchange —On New York, at sight, — 0® P ! cent for current funds; Charleston at — ,(l \ cent; Savannah 2A cent; Philadelphia —(S ‘ cent; Lexington, Ky. O5 p cent; Richmond 1 cent; Specie commands 7 (S' 9 cent premium. Bank Notes. — 5 Savannah Banks, 2 0 - pitW' I Columbus Insurance Bank... .6 (d> - “ “ e Commercial Bank j Macon, 6 0 - “ • Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 7 0- “ “ 1 : Agency Brunswick, “ 7 0 - “ 1 Planters’and Mechanics’Bank, Columbus, 5 0 - “ disc at Central Bank, 10 “ “ Milledgeville Bank, 10 0 - “ Ocmulgee Bank, 10 0 - “ “ Monroe Rail Road Bank, 10 0 - “ “ Hawkinsville Bank, 10 0 - “ “ Chattahoochie R. R.di, B’k C0..5 0 - “ Darien Bank, 25 0- “ “ Bank of Rome, 40 0 - “ Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank, St. Josephs, Florida, 5 0 - “ Union Bank, “ 50 0 - “ ** Southern Trust Co. “ 30 d - “ All other Banks now doing business, at par. Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank, Tn* u ranee Bank of Colutnous, Commercial Bonk ol M 3 on, and Brunswick Agency in this city. New York, August 22. Coffee —The stock of Brazil continues light an gradually decreasing. Holders are very firm, some of whom refuse to sell at present rates, and since our last an advance on this description of i* lb has been obtained. The sales embiace B'W bags Brazil at 9$ 0 12 cents, the latter pr*. ce .i? r , . choice, principally 10 0 II ; 550 Cuba, 10 0 I°7' L