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CHRONICLE AM? SKX'HNEL.
A i rTI Ta .
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HL’MIV HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican —
the patriotic Faimer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRF.SIDENT,
JOHN T XLE R ,
Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of the school of *99—
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.’
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIC S 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.
LtrsU.
The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for
1536 has been borrowed fro m our office by some
person who has omittcd,to return it. We would
therefore thank the individual who has it in pos
session to send it home. la the event that we are
unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to
purchase or borrow a file for that year, and also o
the one of the Augusta Chronicle.
Holland’s' Life of Van JLluren.
It is really unfortunate tor the Locofoco party,
after all their blaster and assertion about a spu
rious copy of this work, that they cannot furnish
a single one, notwithstanding a reward of sev
eral hundred dohars has been offered for its pros
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IV. T. Colquitt in Harris County.
We clip from the correspondence of the Georgia
Jeffersonian, (a thorough Locofoco paper,) the fol
lowing precious inorceau, which shows conclu
sively the estimatiop in which Judge Colquitt is
held where he is best known. It is.proper to add,
that the Judge is personally known in Hairis, and
has long enjoyed the confidence of the Republicans
of that county, where he received in IS3B, up
wards of seven hundred votes for Cbogrcss. What
a change has come upon the new born Democratic
Locofoco, now only one hundred are so poor as to
do him honor (?) aye, even to go to hear him speak.
How are the mighty fallen ! Well, this is as it
should be, let the people continue to rebuke the im
pertinence of such men, who after having forfeited
all claims to their confidence, have the hardihood to
to tell them that they have changed, and he is
consistent. Quere. Wonder how the aforesaid Wal
ter T. felt about the lime this immense crowd
gathered around the rostrun , to hear him make
his “ best speech ?■’ The “ Olpkafi” stoiy of our
friend F. in Columbus, would no doubt have illus
trated his situation most happily.
“ From Talbotton I went to Hamilton where
Judge Colquitt was expected to address the peo
ple, and where he did addre--s«d them. But there
was a sad falling off as to the number of his hear
ers, not many over a hundred attending. There
was an uncertainty whether he would be there on
that day or not, this may have kept away some-;
mest es the planter were engaged in pulling fod
der, ano this may have kept away others. Yet
stiHlhc company was very thin, and I think we
will have to give over Harris to the Whigs. I
am sorry for it, but I fear she is gone,—horse
foot and dragoons. Still there are some noble
souls there, and they deserve the more credit for
bearing the brunt against such great odds. Bald
win Prior dt serves much praise for his constancy
and enthusiasm. I think Colquitt delivered, at
Hamilton, ere of the best addresses I ever heard;
but what is the use of addressing when nobodv
■v* ill hear.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday, says:—
“ We learn from Captain Kruse, of the brig Lan
cet, arrived here a few days since, that the ship
Franconia, from New Orleans, bound to Europe,
loaded with cotton and tobacco, was struck by
lightning on the 16th August. She was towed in
to Havana by a steamboat, where she was disman
tled and scuttled. Her cargo was much damaged.
It was thought she weul4 he condemned.”
The Charleston Courier of yesterday, savs:—
We copied into the Courier, i. few days since, an
article from the Augusta Con ’itutionalist, giving
an account of a murder, said to have been commit
ted on the body of a man by the name of John
Wagner, a German by birth, who left that city
•for this place. We would inlorra the Editors of
that paper, that Wag>er arrived here in safety,
and is performing his avocation, that of shoe ma
king, not far from our office.
A good loasr. The following sentiment
was sent by Wm. Hastings, member of Con
gress from District No. 9, to his fellow-citizens
of Men don. Mass., and the vicinity, who celebra
ted Independence at that plac-e on the 4th J u lv
President Van Buren—Who secured his office
by borrowing the favor and tiie patronage of his
“illustrious predecessor”—who has sustained
his Administration by borrowing from the sur
plus of the past and on the credit of the future—
who borrowed his So!>Treasury from the despot
tisms of the old world and the colonies ot ih4
new. They who trade on such borrowed capital
must break-
Extraordinary Correspondence. |
From the Nashville papers we copy the follow- *
ing cards between Gen. Jackson am Mr. Clky.— J
The old General is, no doubt, very indignant at the (
idea now prevalent, that Mr. Van Buien’s admtais- {
traticn will be signally rebuked at the ballot box,
and hence this ebul ition of malignity. We should t
be uncandid, if wc were to admit that this and j
other recent acts and letters of Gen. Jackson, ex- •
cited within our bosom any regrets, save the morii-
fication which we, in common with every Amen- j
can, must feel at the humiliating spectacle, in (
which he is exhibiting himself; but as a stroke of (
political policy on his part, we rejoice at it, be
cause it exhibits him in his true charactei, and wil
contribute much to aid posterity in placing a pro
per estimate on his fame.
To the Editor of the Nashville Union .-
Sni: Being informed that the Hon. Henry
Clay, of Kentucky in his public speech at Nash- ; *
\ille yesterday, alleged that I had appointed the \
Hon Edward Livingston Secretary oTState, when , 1
he was a defaulter and knowing him to be one, j (
I feel that I am justified in declaring the charge j ;
to be false. It is known to all the country, that ;
the nominations made by the President to the
Senate, are referred to appropriate committees ot
that body, whose duty it is to inquire into the
character of the nominees, and that if there is
any evidence of default, or any disqualifying cir
cumstance existing against them, a rejection of
the nomination follows. Mr. Livingston was a
member of the Senate from the Slate of Louisia
na, when he was nominated by me. Can Mr.
Clay say that he opposed the confirmation of his
nomination, becalse ne was ft defaulter ? It so,
the journals of the Senate WlTl answer. But his
confirmation by the Senate, is conclusive proof
that no such objection, if made, was sustained,
and I am satisfied that such a charge against him
could not have been substantiated.
I am also informed that Mr. Clay charged me
•with appointing Samuel Swartwout collector of
the port of New York, knowing that he had been
an associate of Aaron Burr. To this charge it
is proper to say, that I knew of Mr. Swartwout’s
connection with Aaron Burr, precisely as I did
that of Mr. Clay himself, who if the history of
the times did not do him great injustice, was far
from avoiding an association with Burr when he
was at the town of Lexington, in Kentucky.
Yet Mr. Clay was appointed Secretary of State,
and I may say confidently with recommenda
tions for character and fitness not more favorable
than those produced to me by the citizens of N.
York in behalf ofMr. Swartwout. Mr. Clay too
at the time of his own appointment to that high
office, it will be recollected, was directly charged
throughout the Union with having bargained for
it, and by none was the charge more earnestly
made than by his present associates in 'Tennes
see, Messrs. Bell and Foster.
Under such circumstances, how contemptible
does this demagogue appear, when he descends
from his high place in the Senate, and roams
over the country, retailing slanders against the
living and the dead.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Hermitage, Aug. 18th, 1840.
To the Public.
Your surprise, I arn quitesure, will be as .at
as mine was on the perusal of a note, signed 'n
drew Jackson, addres.-'-d to the editor of the
Nashville Union, and bearing date on the 18th
instant.
The circumstances of my present visit to Nash
ville are well known here. I lined repeated
invitations to attend the Convention holden on
the 17lh inst., and finally yielded to an unusual
appeal with which I was honored, and which it
would be difficult for any man to resist.
I was called upon to address the Convention.
Jn what terms of respect and, for Lis militarv
services, of praise, I spoke of the distinguished
who is the occasion of this note, all
who heard me can testffy. Among the subjects
which I discus..d, was that of the degeneracy in
public virtue, and especially the delinquincy and
infidelity in pubHc officers, of which within the
the last few years we have had such I,men!able
proof. In assigning causes for this deplorable
state of things, I stated, a? among them, the sub
version of the rule laid down by Mr. Jefferson of
honesty, capacity and fidelity to the Constitu
tion, and the substitution to it of one founded on
devotion and subseviency not to the country,
but to the chief of a party. That persons ap
pointed to office too often considered themselves
as being only pet in possession of their legitimate
share of the Spoils of victory, i of f
bound by the obligations of a s..cred truot con
fided for the benefit of the people. In i, o
deiiiullers. I referred to the case of Mr. Livi , -
ton, of whose attainments as a jurist, not more
consistent with truth my feelings, I spoke 1
in the highest terms. He was one of the earliest
and one of the greal t defaulters. His case cur
red under Mr. Jc" rson’s administration. The re
ds both of (lie Executive and the Judicial De- I
pa ,en's established his default. He remained
a defaulter about a quarter of a century, if not
more. How he finally liquidated the balance
against him, and when, I do not certainly know,
| but I believe it was by property and under the
first term of General Jackson. But whenever
and however it was, » ... dy payment or compo
sition of the debt could not and did not expunge
the tact of his oilginal default.
In arguing . om cause to effect, I contended
that the appointment of Mr. Livingston w. sa
pernicious precedent. That it was a virtu: 1 pro
j clamalion to all who were or might be de ulters
that their infidelity, in a public trust, constituted
ne insuperable b-r.ier to a promotion to «ne of
tr.e highest offices in the Government. I did not
attribute to Gen. Jackson a knowledge of the di
fault. I went even so far as to say that he might
j not have reflected upon the consequences of the
appointment of an inoivividual so -situated. I
must now say that, until Gen. Jackson oil erwise
; asserts, T am constrained to believe that he could
not have been ignorant of a fact, so conspicuous
in the annals of our country, as that of the de
fault of Edward Livingston. Esq., as At:
' of the United States, in the District of New York,
daring the adraini ration of Mr. J.. rson. to
; the amount of about SIOO,OOO.
It was in the train of the same thought and ar
gument, that I adduced lire appointment of Mr S
Swartwout to the office of Collector of the most
important port in the U. S„ as one of most un- !
fortunate and injurious example. His partici
pation in the schemes of Col. Burr was a fact of
such universal notoriety that I supposed, and
yet suppose, that no man the least conversant
with the history of the country, can be ignorant
of it. But it was not upon Gen. Jackson’s knowl
edge ot that lact, it was upon the fact itself, that
I dwelt. J
It is now said that the appointment of Mr.
Swartwout was recommended by citizens of New
\ ork. I know nothing of these recommenda
tions. Whether they were cause or effect—whe
ther they were gotten up to produce or to give
color and cover to the appointment, previously
determined to be made—their secret history onlv
ccu.d disclose. The appointment occasioned
general surprise among the friends and foes of ,
the administration, at the lime, and the sequel de
monstrates how unwise it was.
These topics of my address to the Convention
on Monday last have been selected by Gen. Jack
son for comment and animadversion. He was
not present on the occasion. He has made no
application to me for a correct account of what
actua’ly said ; b«t has been contented to rely i
upon “ being informed,” by whom, with what
motives, and with what objects. I have no means
of conjecturing. Whether his informer may not i
be some friend of Mr. Van Buren who, .n the |
present desperate stale of his political fortunes,
wishes to bring the General into the field and to
turn the tide of just indignation on the part of
the People from the Gefrcral’s protege, the exhi
bition of his name only would enable the public
todecide.
With regard to the insinuations and gross epi
thets contained in Gen. Jackson’s note, alike im
potent, malevolent and derogatory from dig
nity of a man who has filled the highest cilice in
the Universe, respect for the public and for my
self a flow me only to say that, like other similar
missiles, they have fellen harmless at my feet, ex
citing no other sensation than that of scorn and
contempt-. H. CLA\.
Nashvillle, August 20, 1840.
Spurious Life of V an Bnren.
The Poston Post asseits, that the spurious Life
‘of Van Buren is issued from the Books store of L
N. Whiting, of Columbus, and his clerk is now
engaged in peddling the forgery.
The Cincinnatti Gazette says : —•“ M e know Mi
Whiting well, and pronounce the above charge, in
every particularfalse. Moreover, there is no
such book in circulation.”
General Clinch.
From the correspondence of the Albany Eve
ning Journal, we clip the following, as well for
its merited compliment to General Clinch, as for
the expression of opinion, with regard to the vote
of Georgia, tvhich is the sentiment of every can
did man who passes through the State.
Augusta, Ga., August 10, 1840.
My Dear Sir—There will be a tremendous
Whig gathering in this Slate at Macon tins week.
Patriotism is running mountain high in favor of
old Tippecanoe; and again, as in his first Presi
dential term, Georgia must cast her vote against
Van Buren. I come from a region where the
name of the Hon-hearted hero of “the Withlacoo
chee,” Gen. Duxcas L. Clinch, is in itself a
on the Whig Electoral Ticket. He has
taken no part in politiesfor many years until now.
The sneers of Mr. Van Buren’s palace courtiers
at the honest poverty of Gen. Harrison —at his
dwelling in ahumltfe “cabin,” and offering the
homely fare and “hard cider” of his own farm to
his friends, has not helped Mr Van Buren with
the independent voters of Georgia, a large share
of whom are proud to till the soil and live on the
like homely fare.
For the Chronicle <$- Sentinel
An Excellent Memory.
The Editor of the Csnstitutionalst, relying upon
his memory, quotes fiom a letter of General Karri
son, the statement, “ that neither he nor any of his
kinsfolk, had ever been Masons ; that he would nev
er be one,and would not confide any office of public
trust to any man belonging to secret societies.'' He
also says, that General Harrison “ gave the commit
tee" (to which he wrote,) “ to understand that Ma
sonry was a dangerous institution."
Subsequently the letter of General Harrison is
published in the Constitutionalist, without no.e,
comment, or apology for the previous misrepresen
tations of the editor, except that he quoted from
memory, the substance of it. Here is the letter:
North Bend, May 29, 1836.
Gentlemen—lliad the honor to receiveyour
communication ot the 4lh inst., enclosing a reso
lution passed by the Anti-Masonic National Con
vention, recently assembled in Philadelphia, re
questing me to answer the following question,
vix: *
“If elected President of the United States,
would you appoint adhering Masons to office 1”
Having heretofore written a number of letters
to different gentlemen I onging to the Masonic
party in Pennsylvania; ami expressed my views
on the subject of Anti-Masonry, and how far it
ought to be connected with nn'ional politics,and
having subsequently received, and accepted the
nomination of the Anti-Masonic Conventions of
the States of Pennsylvania, and Vermont, it
would s.cm to me that my sentiments on the
subject of Anti-Masonry must be extensively
known and appro 1. To these opinions and
facts, I wou! most respec lly refer you. But
in answer to your interrogatory, I beg leave to
assure you, that if elected President of the Uni
ted States I would on no account nominate any
man to office, who held the opinion that his ob
ligat ons to any s cret society were superior to
-e which he avowed to the laws and consti
tution of his country. This, I presume, essen
tiall . meets the views of the body which you rep
resent. I have the honor to he,
With great respect,
your humble serv’t.
W. H. HARRISON.
To W. W. Irvine, E. Birdseye. W. A. Simpson,
T. Stevens, E. S. Williams, C. Ogle.
What an admirable memory Mr. Guieu has ! How
wcfi he recollected the substance of General Har
rison’s letter ! and how remarkably identical his
statement, that Gen. H. “ would not confide any
office of public trust to any man belonging to secret
societies ” is, with that in the letter, namely, “ I
■would on no account nominate any man to office,
ibho held the opinion that his obligations to any se
cret society tee re si ,erior to those which he avowed
to the laws and constitution -of his country"!.' !
1 agiee with General Harrison in the correctness
ct this position. Does Mr. Guieu ? In conclusion,
I especially commend Mr. Guieu’s memory to the
proper consideration of his Van Buien friends. It
would perhaps, materially aid Levi VV in
his cyphering. A Mason.
Fcom the Louisville Journal.
Negro Testimony,
In our first notice of the case of Lieut. Ilooe,
we stated the fact, that a West Point Cadet was
tried by a C ourt Martial -a few years ago; that a
negro was admitted as a witness against him; and,
that, alter his conviction, Gen. Jackson, on the
ground of negro testimony’s having been received,
promptly annulled the decision.
We have s nee learned some further particulars
of the case. It appears, that Judge Rowan, of
this Slate, presented the appeal to the President.
He commenced stating the ca e by reference to
the negro testimony. “S /no more" exclaimed
the General, “that's enough—that fact of a Negro
(' posing against a whit: mr .1 is of itself suj/i
--aent in my esli.nr ion to vitiate the whole pro
ceeding. The decision is reversed, and the Cadet
re-instated."
Contrast (his conduct of the old General with
that of the little Magician. In the case of Lieut.
Hooe, the Court admitted the testimony of ne
grot-:. negroes too , who we-e the servants of the
prosecutor. Yet what sa'd Mr. Van Buren when
an appeal was taken to him 7 Hear him !
fad nothing in the proceedings in the
lose of Lieut. Hooe, which requires my inttrfer-
Omo.—A letter to the National Intelligencer
nb* er - at 7 *^ u^us ,rorn a gentleman in
Ohro m whose news every confidence may be
p 3lPi ,an w ose means of forming an opinion
are pronounced to be inferior to none, says; “I
never witnessed such enthsiasm as now seems to
preva.l hroughout Ohio.-Since mv return horn.-,
I have been ,n various parts of the State, and have
attended many meetings.-You mav expect to
hear ot he clecton of Mr. Corwin to be Governor
by ten thousand votes. Indeed, I should not he
surprised if his majority go beyond that, Harrison
will, of course, command a still larger vote.’
For Ihe Chronicle and Sentinel.
“They are only a faction.” — Gov. Lumpkin.
Messrs. Editors —Old Grant Thorburn, ifi his
life, says, there arc only two rule? in arithmetic
worth learning, and these are addition and multi
plication. Enumeration by arithmetic wont do to
count the Harrison men of the United States; they
are a “multitude which no man can number." The
proper way now to cotint them is by acres. About
the first of November we shall hear of “a nation
being born in a day." Surely the President of the
young men’s convention, in Baltimore, was about
right, when looking at the assembled multitude,
he called the “nation to order.”
When the glorious news of the triumph of North
Carolina reached us, my warm hearted old friend.
Uncle Henry, said, “hadn’t I bettershout a little?’
“Wait, my dear sir,” said I, “until we hear from
Virginia, and then we’ll go it.” Now the way we
will shout will be a caution.
I saw a Van Buren man the other day. Said I
neighbor, and how goes politics these times. ( He
was one of the overseers of the distiicts in Moi
gan county.) You will understand they have laid
off the county, and appointed vigilant overseers to
keep things straight. 'I hey abominate log cabins,
bard cider,Tippecanoe clubs and cducusses. In old
times they used to call us “ruffled shir I roupers.'
Plainness and simplicity were the great watch
words of their party then; but now, when we are
getting to the simple, original, republican farmer
style, it is any thing but right with them. But to
mv story. Asking him how he felt as to success —
“Why,” said he, “only sort-a-so-so.” You put
me in mind, said I, of Pierce Costby,a great, raw,
gumpish looking chapi, who, about dinner litre at a
camp meeting, was looking out for an invitation to
eat. He hit upon a pretty good stratagem, but it
missed. Pierce went into the altar and knelt
down. A member of the church affectionately
came to him and asked him if he had a hope that
liis sins were forgiven. “Not zac*!y ,” said Pierce,
“I’ll try after dinner.” He left him on his knees,
and Pierce neither got religion cr his dinner. So it
will be with you, my lriend. You will ncithei
gain the election, or even get a constable’s place
next year. You are on the weak side, you had
better turn. Simon scraper.
From the Notional Intelligencer.
Look Ahead.
People of America, look ahead ! Seek
cousel of the future, and act for the good of your
selves, your children, and your country. If you
re-elect Martin Van Buren to the Presidency,
what do you gain by it 7 Will he promote any
one of the great interest* upoy the success of
which the prosperity of the country depends 7
Planters and farmers, look ahead! Think
you that the policy pursued by Mr. Van Buren,
if persevered in, will tend to furnish to the culti
vators of the soil a just reward for their untiring
labors 7 Is it to promote your interests that the
price of cotton, tobacco, wheat flour, wool, and
the stalled ox is reduced to one-half of what it
was two years ago 7 Will it benefit you to re
duce the prices of what you sell to the standard
of prices which prevail in “ hard money Govern
ments ?”
Larouf.rs, Workingmen, look ahead? Can
you gain by the re-election of Martin Van Bu
ren 1 His doctrine, as put forth and enforced by
his party friends, is, that wages in this country
are too high, that laborers are too well paid, that
prices should be reduced to an equality with
prices in those countries where, by hard labor,
men earn from five to eight pence a day. Ameri
can freemen, if this be your belief, vote to con
tinue power in the hands of the present Execu
tive.
Mechanics, look ahead ! If power be con
tinued in the hands that now wield it, what are
your prospects 7 With a deranged currency,
prostrate credit, and a wreck of all healthful en
terprise, will the promulgation of an edict for the
“collection, safe keeping, and disbursement of
I e public moneys” call forth the busy hum of
industry in our streets, or bring into action the
dormant energies of the American artizan 7
The great truth evolved hy Mr. Van Buren
in the course of a four years’ Administration, is,
that “the people expect too much of the Gov
ernment ;” and the great measure he has pro
posed to meet the exigency of embarrassment in
to which the people have fallen is, to collect, and
after his own manner to keep and pay away
their money. Verily, he has taught them that
they have not much to expect from him.
Merchants and Traders, look ahead!
And if you trade on borrowed capital, beware:
Mr. \ an Buren follows in the footsteps of him
who declared that all such ought to break.
In submitting himself as a candidate for rc
eiection, Mr- \ an Buren specially demands the
judgement of the country upon his past measures
and coarse of policy. If these, affecting your in
terests, have been wise and proper, give him the
1 countenance of your names and the weight of
j your influence.
Men of business, in evert department
OF ACTIVE LIFE, T.OOK AHEAD ! What will be
your prospects if the present incumbent be re
elected 7 Examine the past; reflect In 1837,
when Gen. Jackson surrendered the Government
into the hands ot his successor, he declared the
country to be prosperous and happy. He had,
indeed, planted the seeds of that bitter fruit we
are now reaping, but it was reserved for him who
followed to water and mature the p’ant. The
country was then free from debt, business was
active, and a general prosperity was admitted to
preyaih How is it now ? 'J he Government are
millions in debt. They denounce paper money
and satisfy their creditors with Treasury notes.
Property of every description is depreciated, in
dustry paralyzed, and business at a stand.
These results grow out of the measures of the
Government, and they are but the first fruits of
that policy which Mr. Van Buren is pledged to
carry out.
Men of business, friends op tour coun-
Tnr, look ahead ! and consider seriously the
! interests which are involved in the event of the
contest which is now in progress, and ask your
selves whether they can be promoted by the rc
eleclion of Martin \ an Buren !
Wilmington, August 26.
Ma,l Robbf.rt._A mail hag was found on
iT’- lhe fno, of one " f >h» piers of
the Rad Road bridge across the Roanoke, with
wer?.n trr St ° ~CS Fra S men ts of letters
were in the bag. a number of them having evi
dently contained money. They were mostly from
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
Phose from Louisiana were post marked July
An JUT r m *’ AugQSt slh; and some from
Augusta, Ga., poit marked August 11th. There
was one letter in French, date not discoverable,
which had enclosed in it fifty dollar U. S. bank
1 • Another had a list 0 f subscribers, with mon
,he Madisonian, and another with
a list, and money enclosed for the Globe. The
a " d on to the
-ChiJiT >t Washington.
Large Peaches.— Many notices of fine Pea
ches have appeared in ‘h* , . ca
hut we remimi* kh newspapers this season,
us on Satnr 1 n ° n *, to e 9 ual two presented to
us on Saturday from Mr. K,chard G. Tunsfall’s
garden above the Citv ti.« , . .
kind of the me 1 F were of the Heath
kind, ol the most delicious flavor, one of them
measuring eleven inches in circumference !™
weighing within a fraction of a poun< |. UeH ,
who eta.—Richmond Whig
(Jolted Stales Senate.
The elections which have recently take" place
will soon present this important branch olt (
National Legislature in anew * ri
ding to an article in the Richmond V h.g,
parties stand there at present, as „
wnt S m , i p
Maine,. .**•• •; ** 2 h
New Hampshire, a
Massachusetts,. r
Rhode Island, 2 j p
Connecticut, ft t
Vermont, * j v
New York, J ,
New Jersey, 1 o c
Pennsylvania 0 * j
Delaware j
Maryland,
Virginii,* • * „ (
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia *
Alabama. >2
Louisiana,
Mississippi, I ' 0
0hi0,,... 0 ~ <
Indiana,.... 2
Illinois,. *'**“*
Kentucky,. “ 2 f
Tennessee,. 0
Missouri.. 0
Arkansas,.
Michigan,.
2J 31
* 1 Vacancy.
Os these the terms of the following expire on
the 4th of March. 1841 :
Mr. Brown, of North Carolina,
Calhoun, of South Carolina,
Clayton, of Delaware,
Crittenden, of Kentucky,
Davis, of Massachusetts,
Fulton, of Arkansas,
Hubbard, of New Hampshire,
King, of Alabama,
Knight, of Rhode Island,
Lumpkin, of Georgia,
Nicholas, of Louisiana,
Norvell, ofMichlgan,
Roane, of Virginia,
Robinson, of Illinois,
Ruggles, of Maine,
Walker, of Mississippi,
Wall, of New Jersey,
* Anderson, of Tennessee.
* Elected to fill the vacancy * occasioned by
the resignation of Hugh Lawton White.
13 Van Burenites, 6 Whigs. These with the.
vacancy in Virginia, and the vacancy in North
Carolina, occasioned by the resignation of Mr.
Strange, makes 21 vacancies to be supplied
The re-election of the Whigs whose terms ex
pire, is pretty certain. in addition to these, the
Whigs arc certain of lAc 2 in Virginia, the 2 in
North Carolina, and the 1 in Louisiana—the
Elections of the Legislature having already
taken place. These added to the 20 will give
thorn 27—a majority of the body. They may
fairly calculate on gaining 1 in Georgia, 1 in
Michigan, I in New Jersey and i in Tennessee
—so as to give them a sweeping majority, with
which old Tip will begin his administration.
The Whig States, Ohio, Connecticut New
York and Louisiana will still he represented in
part by Feds—the advocates of the right of in
struction holding on in contempt of the popular
will.
Elections to take place.
Vermont votes on the Ist, Maine on the 14th of
September, and (ieorgia on the sth of October, for
j members of Congress and State Legislature. Ma
! rvland on the 7th and South Carolina on the j2th
! of October, for members of the Legislature. Pcnn
-1 sylVauia and Ohio on the 13lh October, foi Con
gressmen and State officers. The remainder of the
Stales vote lor State officers during the first week i
iof November, on the same days of the Presiden- •
j tial election. New York on the 2d, 3d and 4th; J
New Jersey on the 3d and 4th; Mississippi, Michi- 1
gan and ArkanSason the 2d; Massachusetts on the
, 9th, and Delaware on the 10th.
A Libel.
Senator Allen is reported to have made use of
this language at a recent Van Duron meeting at
i Columbus, Ohio :
“THE DAK OF THE UNITED STATES
ARE PURCHASED, BOUGHT UP BY THE
HEAD, AND PAID FOR BY THE BANKS!”
He repeated the declaration with increased pa
thos and noise. “And to make his scandal if
possible, more impressive, he admi ted that in eve
ry other age and country, the mefnbers of the le
gal profession had been found, always as a body,
on the side of Liberty.” But it suited his pur
poses to make the “bar of the United States” an
j exception, and to represent them alone, as a set
j of grovelling, mercenary slaves.
The Cincinnati Gazette, which is edited by
one of the ablest lawyers of the West, makes
j this severe but just comment ,y:
“ And this man is himself a lawyer ! He has
associated, upon terms of equality, with that li
beral and enlightened class! A class of men
whom ; the world over, as well as in the United
States, have proved themselves every where, as
a class, the advocates of Human Freedom, and
the bitterest foes of despot if m/” And now, a
Senator in Congress, he stands up in the presence
of a thousand citizens, and utters, without a tinge
to di .color the pallour of his face, this shameful
defamation, to excite the jealousy of the hard
fisted farmer and mechanic !
“Did this white-livered thing, when giving
utterance to this calumny upon himself and his
professional brethren, reflect, that the master he
serves, Van Buren, was a lawyer—that Govern
or Shannon, and ex-Audilor Bryan, who satbc
| side him, were lawyers l —that Forsyth, and Ken
| dall. and Poinsett, and Woodbury, and Paulding
the whole upper and lower cabinets, were law
yers! I hat i appan, Calhoun, Benton, Buchan
an, \\ alker, W right, W all, Hubbard, Ac. of the
Senate, and Duncan, Weller, Medill, Starkweath
er, Leaibeater and Parish, of his own State, in
the House, alt his political friends, were lawyers?
Are they ‘bought up by Hie head and paid for
by the Banks! Arc the 24 Senators and the
B.') members of the House, of the Administration
parly, ‘bought up brj the head , ai d paid for by
the Banks!’ How say you, Messrs. Morris,
I Read, Duncan. Haines, McLean, Farran, Platt,
i Henderson, Ciopsey, Caldwell, Flinn. Roll, War
ren, Cunningham and Riley— are you 'bought
up by the head, and paid for by the liar./fs ?'
Say you no—and do you feel indignant at the ca
lumny —then why tamely submit to it! Re
member, this man is the chosen champion ofvour
party, and while engaged in calumniating Gen
Harrison, and falsifying the history of his country
as a regular business, l acked by the Vj re p res j.
dent he utters this calumny upon vou and vunr
profession ! J
A Contrast.
An old Revolutionary Soldier-a Frenchman
—one of the gallant band who came to our aid
under the entreaties and encouragement of I
eue, llfu 'JU
was old feeble and trembling, and his form bent
under the winters of many vears H. k i
to Washington Ci„ i
Tree o rXhl a h V° I,is « -2E
President Z,Zr J ? lntmic "' "•!» ihc I
° f ,hi '’ * ,,,e rview f the old
Xl tv “ WSS ,CMrved 1
no^on lex x , hi " h r'r hc ask "' I ’
tlemrn K aUOn Who 1 1? to the - «
I Cn who * ere in out of the room while i
be business was transacted, and let fl ic <■
tops of the old man totter away uiihecde l U *
Mark the difference.
The F renchman, while on his way unthf-n
iver, stopped to see Gen. Harrison, of w j 10 T *
lad heard so much in former times, as •< m '
nore recently. No sooner did Harrison s<v y
papers and learn his history, than he -r avp j
aearty shake of his hand, sat down by I ' n ’ j
md conversed with him about the evcnif u n I
ry in which he had participated. Gen ){ ' ! ‘ I
polled the soldier to Intake of hi. help,,*;
tnatday, and on the morning scut him , 1
way rejoicing.
This Revolutionary Soldier has grown
our country. He says he has voted f or \\* ‘
ington, for Jefferson, Madison, and J i ' '
He intends, if his days shall be lengthc ped
give his last and most cherished vote for i[ ie b |
of Tippecanoe. —Huron fOhi, , ri> |
/lector. ‘ °'
Anecdote of Geo. Harrison
Correspondence of the Detroit Daily Adverts
Giuu alter, Aug. 7th ls< f
Sm-Amor g the many pleasing anecdote!’ , I
Gen, Harrison, there is one which I heard f °
gentleman now living at Malden, and Vbo"
(during the late war, commander of His Ma
flotilla on the Upper Lakes.
Said he, “I was up the Thames with m c
tilla, near the place where the battle was f J
between Harrison and Proctor, and mv ?
were, that in case we suffered a defeat, t 0 1
to my flotilla and make my escape. Onica- ' '
the fate of Proctor, and seeing the approach
the Kentuckians by the gleaming of their nv >
through the woods, I forthwith obeyed mvolv,
and fired, but not without having one horse 4'*
from under me while retrr aliii"-. \i v f__ ; ,
. -i J raniuv at
that period, were within the vicinity ofthebaltb
ground, and I was obliged to leave them u, ,;j*
mercy of the American army. While absent f rom
them, I had some fearful forebodings as to their
fate. I bad no opportunity of ascertaining what
had become of them, and I passed a
sleepless night in painful anxiety. But ; eV
how pleasing were my sensations, wheni
learned of my wife and daughter, that, instead
of their having been barbarously treated, th -
were kindly protected by the open-hearted
and victorious GenHarnson,—‘For’ «oi.i *
..... , . , ’• mv
wile, (in relating the story.) ‘soon after th f
a my had encamped for the night, near by a
dwelling, two young officers came and demanded 0
our lodging for their commander.
“VVc therefore with all possible haste preparer^
to leave, and lodge, we knew not where. E V
while preparing to go, the Gen. came and asked I
‘What women arc these! and where arc they r ( . I
ing!’ We replied that \ve belonged to the Briiis, I
Army, and had been told that we must gi\ e D , I
our lodgings to the Gen. He returned answer I
that he came not here to turn Ladies out,»fdo I
For,’ said he, ‘I would rather encamp under ar , ]
oak bush than do it. Give yourselves noonmi- 1
ness Ladies, but remain whc r e you are, ami I w ; ; ]
station a guard at your door to see that noiniurv I
befall your person or your property.’
Hear now the remaiks ofthe BrTsh (Seer in
| his own words, “I have served my King ar
I country forty years! I fought by the ale oj
Nelsor, and was in a number of eiigaaeraenu
with him. I have seven wounds in mv bodvl
I fought at the battles of River Rasin and Fort
i Meigs. lam the man who commanded thecan
j non that shot down the flag of defiance, tbat
; Hairison raised over Fort Meigs after the parley.
Tell the General, if you ever see him, that te
played us a yankee trick in getting a parley mu!
he could obtain a reinforcement. But I don't
blame him for that, although it occasioned s» i
much trouble and loss of lives, and we were pulls I
the right, about, and were obliged to retreat a |
last as possible.
“And now as to Harrison, I will say thatm '
| all my experience in warfare, I have neverkrij«s i
a more brave and generous officer. He is aw- 1
] dier and a gentleman. While he was in Can*.;
I have ne'er heard of an instance where ar.y « 1
the unprotected inhabitants ever received an it- J
suit or any injury from himself or his sclcitr- J
'Fell him that if lie ever comes into this part c: J
the country, I wish to see him. 1 wish ifpessi
to show him in person, my gratitude for theiim 1
protection he gave mv family in the last war.
' C.J.R
(Cl Thai illustrious and immaculate persenf j
Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie, is paving cfl hi .1
debt to the Prcsiklent, for the pardon graii’c! |
by the latter. He is nut in full blast, cietscs- fl
eenng for Mr. 4an Buren, and * earnestly en- *
treats” all the Canadian “patrinis” to : r f 1
“ warm, ellective, ami cordial suppiort to the go*'
ernment as now constituted.”
Considering who and what Mr. WilliamL n
Mackenzie ia—a foreigner and a pardoned con
vict—we lake this demonstration of his t v ' r
pretty considerably impudent. The Argus
not think so, however, lor it gives ex tracts bony
the foreign genMeman’s long epistle, anJpremia|
the whole of it. The cause of Mr. an Bure i
gains little honor, at all events, from the surf- |
of such an advocate.—iV. V. Com. Advertise. I
The Philadelphia American Sentinel I
that “ great dissatisfaction has been expressed-'.' I
many democrats from different sections of I
country at the ticket rccoinmendcd by theA'k* 1
gates on Monday. It is alledgcJ that all acii« I
friends of Governor Porter have been carefud I
excluded from nomination, and that indivuiiua |
peculiarly obnoxious, in consequence ot th
well-known and violent hostility to him atU • : J
administration, have been placed on the tub
I.MrmsoxjiEST for Dkbt. —Foreign debt '* I
who have an impression that they can visit I
state without being arrested for debt, are inform- j
that filly or sixty arrests have been made I
the last wee k by p r oecss issued out ol the cou • I
of the United States.—iV. Y. Planet.
This is the effect of the rejection of the Ba r!l I
rupt law by the last Congress, a law which j
some shape or other should have been enacted- j
The Hon. John Reed has addressed a le 1, |
to his constituents declining to be a candidate
re-election. Mr. Reed has been a Rcpresentsti'?
in Congress for a longer period we btlie'C “■
any other person fiom Massachusetts, since
adoption of the constitution.
Mothers ur. Pueerful. —Not in studies a’l>- v
their years, or in irksome tasks should chiidrc
employed. The joyous freshness of theiryoun-
natures should be preserved whilst they i farl * 1 *
duties that fit them for this life and the J el '
Wipe away their tears. Remember how u
ful are the heavy rains to the tender Llo£» m • ' ,
opening on the day. Ch ‘ b their smile*- u ' J
them learn to draw happiness from all so* u
ding olijects—since there must be some m l *
of happiness in every thing hut sin.
said of a beautiful womnn. that, from her j
hood, she had e\er spoke smiling, as if e . * [o J
poured joy fropi the lips, and they turned if f' |
lieauly. May I lie forgiven for so repeated!.' •- |
pressing on mothers to wear tiie linearner ts j
cheerfulness ? “ 'J'o l>c good and disagreea ' c
high treison against the royality of virtue, |r
a correct moralist. How much is to be depr Cl
led, when piety, the only foundation oftrut*
pines*, fails of making that joy visible t° r 'U
eye! Its happiness is meloily of the sou •
concord us our feelings with the circunisiauif
our lot, the harmony of the whole liem?'
the will of our Creator, how desirable that
melody should produce the response ut sW t ,
tones and a smiling countenance, that even s -
observers may be won by the charms of it® tXt '
nal symbols.— Mrs. Sigourney.