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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 - 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.