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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16.
FOR PRESIDENT, ’
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican —
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FUR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER, j
Os Virginia; i
A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
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. j
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark]
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. , i
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. | j
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. ; j
8 s FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENICS 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.
FOE SENATOR,
ANDREW J. MILLER. 1
I
TOR REPRESENTATIVES, I
CHARLES J. JENKINS, J
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
® British Gold.
As usual, the Globe, Albany Argus, and the N.
k . Evening Post, have commenced their ijarangues
about the influence of British gold upon [the elec
tions in this country, and the whole papk of the
pensioned presses have joined in the cry] This is
an old trick, and the people of this countijy are be
coming too familiar with such things entire eve
of important elections, to be alarmed int) the sup
port of the Locofoco party by this device. Time
was, when such things had their infiu ;nce upon
elections, but the people have learned that they
have been the dupes of the artifice of hese pen
sioned libellers. The trick is too old, jnd too fa
miliar, and hence its charm is lost upon fie people.
It requires something more than the a sortion of
such organs as the Globe, and others of li ;e kidney,
to induce the people to believe that tie money
changers of England would spend three or four
millions of dollars upon the elections idjthis coun
try; the thing is too absurd. Accustirjied as the
Locofoco party is to the purchase of menjand votes,
by the power and influence of patiblage, they
make such charges byway of warding Iff the ef
fect upon their own bought menials; find hence,
they expect to escape investigation, fnlthis, how
ever, they aie equally mistaken, the people have
aroused from their slumbers, and a spijrij of inquiry
is abroad, which no such insinuations ban arrest or
« control. li
The Tallahassee Floridian of the 12ph, says
“ We have just learned that, on Thursday morning
last, the Indians attacked the house bl’ Mr. Mar
shall, in Gadsden county. Theie wai no person
in the house at the time ; but they ired on the
overseer, who was at the barn. He in ade his es
cape, and the Indians set fire to the ir use. The
overseer saw four Indians. Mr. Mari! all’s house
was situated some five or six miles by ow Davis’,
cn the Chattahoochie road.” f
For the Chronicle Sentint-
John Forsyth, Secretary of State, sac? in conclu
sion ol his most able address to the-freemen of
Georgia, Mr. Van Hurcn will veto a HI! to abolish
slavery in the District of Columbia, ffor he has
“ said so.” General Harrison has ne jer said so,
\\ under if Mr. F. thinks the people of ! ieorgia care
what Van lluren or Harrison will do < n this sub
ject; for if he is of this opinion, he has, learned lit
tle, with all his reputation for talent. Georgia has
the constitution of the country for 1 • guide and
guarantee, not the “ say ”of a prr izan Presi
dent, and will never consent to a submission of the
question. But Mr. Forsyth must knftw General
Harrison has said, “ he knew to abolß i slavery in
the District of Columbia unconstitutional,” and
further, that he would rrfoall unconstii itional acts.
Even in Georgia we know this, and wonder our
able friend—the Secretary of State i :i Washington
City—should have been ignorant of s ie fact; but
presume he pays no attention to the ;■ Writings of a
plain citizen like Harrison—aothirj short of a
correspondence with the Pope, can Jommand his
honorable attention, or a party addresl,
•« Georgia.
For the Chronicle Seat jljeZ
Gen. Glascock takes in high dudg(!|nmy notice
o ofthe fact that the census of our co||ity has been
delayed so lung as to render it at leal! problemati
cal whether it can be properly eorrJfueted within
the legal time, if
Nothing is easier than for an offper, who has
been rather negligent in his duty, prate about
the baseness and malignity of tho«!|who remind
him of it. This is not the first, the second
time, that this matter has been merJfoned in your
paper; and yet the former hints neujier availed to
expedite the business, nor to produc;l any explana
tion. The General has now come ;*ut, under his
own signature, and promises that this duty shall be
done. If it be done, we are satisfied. But he
need not be so violent in denouncing a writer,
whose language, towards him, wa* -lerfectly deco
fs
rous, and who did not go out of his way to talk
about « motives.” What have been the “motives”
for the General’s delay is best known to himself.
But for him, of all men in the world, to work him
self into a passion, and call hard names, because he
supposes himself attacked for “ political purposes ,”
is really most supremely ridiculous. Political
purposes ! Did he never make an attack for a po
litical purpose ? Take care. General. When you
throw r a stone at random, it may fly in the direc
tion of your own house. Richmond.
Poinsett out again*
The Richmond Whig of the 12th, says.—Secre
tary Poinsett, in compliance with a very urgent
letter fiorn the editor of the Enquirer, is out again
in that paper in a letter occupying eight of its col
umns, in explanation, extenuation, and mitigation
of the Standing Army Bill, and President Van Bu
ren’s equivocal declarations in respect to it. The
main design of it apparently is, to relieve the Pre
sident from the imputation which in the opinion of
many lies upon his veracity, and “ Poins ” works
veiy hard, and no doubt very conscientiously to
extricate his superior. This lengthened and dread
ful effusion will have just the same effect with
Mr. Van Buren's long winded Janus faced Eliza
beth City letter; it will make matters worse.
Population of Nashville, 8,133. The capital in
vested in the 84 stores, dry goods and groceries, is
estimated at $1,841,400. There are 504 horses,
546 head of cattle, and 506 swine in the place.
It is stated in the Kingston U. C. Chronicle, that
that town is to be the seat of government heraaf
ter, instead of Toronto.
“No Changes.” —The Wayne County New
York Whig of September 4th contains a commu
nication signed by FORTY-SEVEN residents of
the town of Arcadia, renouncing Van Bure:, ism and
declaring their determination to vote for ol 1 Tip.
The last Otsego, New, York Republican publish
es the renunciation of 15 citizens of that county
who have heretofore supported Mr. Van Bureu.
Hear Madison and Monroe—the Contrast.
The reader will call to mind the late letter of
Gen. Jackson, to lavor the election of Mr. Van
Buren. We ask him to peruse the following let
ters from Mr. Madison and Mr. Monroe, declining
to lake part in a Presidential controversy, and re
flect upon the contrast. We forbear other com
ment :
Copy of Mr. Madison's letter to Judge Brooke,
Montpflier, Feb. 22, 1828.
Dear Sir:—The mail of last evening brought
me your circular communication, by which I am
informed of my being nominated by convention
at Richmond on the B'.h of January, one of the
electors recommended for the next appointment
of Chief Magistrate of the United States.
Whilst I express the great respect I feel to be
due to my fellow-citizens composing that assem
bly, I must request that another name he substi
tuted for mine, on their elechorial ticket.
After a continuance in public life, with a very
brief interval, through a period of more than 40
years, and at the age then attained, I considered
myself as violating no duty, in allotting for what
of life might remain, to a retirement from scenes
of political agitation and excitement. Adhering
to this view of my situation, I have forborne, dur
ing the existing contest, as I have done during
the preceding, to participate in any measures of a
party character and the restraint imposed on my
self, is necessarily strengthened by an admonish
ing sense of increasing years. Not with these
considerations could I fail to combine a recollec
tion of the public relations in which I stood to the
distinguished individuals now dividing the favor
of their country, and the proofs given to both, of
the high estimation in which they were held by
me.
In offering this explanation, I hope I may be
pardoned for not suppressing a wish which must
be deeply and extensively felt, that, the discus
sions incident to the depending contest may be
conducted in a spirit and manner, neither unfa
vorable to a dispassionate result nor unworthy ol
the great and advancing cause of Representative
Government.
With great esteem and respect,
JAMES MADISON.
Francis T. Brooke, Esq ,
President of the Convention, &c.
Copy of Col. Monroe's Letter to Judge Brooke.
Oak Hill, Feb. 22, 1828.
Dear Sir:—l have, by this day’s mail, received
your letter, announcing my nomination, by the
Convention lately assembled in Richmond, as an
Electoral the ensuing election, in favor ofthe dis
tinguished citizen whom they designate, as Presi
dent of the United States. For reasons, which I
hope will be satisfactory to you, to the members
of that body, and to my fellow citizens generally,
and which I will frankly communicate, I consider
it a duty to decline the trust in question.
After the long and laborious ser<ica in which
I have been engaged, and in the most difficult
conjunctures to which ourcountry has been expo
sed, it is my earnest desire to cherish tranquility in
my retirement. Important as the object is to me,
I am satisfied, if I become a party to elections, to
the high office of Chief Magistrate of the United
States, that I cannot accomplish it. In the pen
ding election. I have motives of a personal nature,
which would make it particularly painful to me
to interpose. Having held, in the office from
which 1 lately retired, a very friendly relation
with both the candidates, and given to each strong
proofs of confidence and regard, it would be very
repugnant to my feelings to take the part of ei
ther against the other.
Other considerations drew my attention at an
early period, to this subject, and confirmed me in
this decision. As a permanent rule, I was led to
conclude that it would be better for our country,
and contribute more to the success of our excel
lent system of government, that those who have
held the office of Chief Magistrate, should abstain
in their ratirement from becoming partisans in
subsequent elections to that office. Instances
may occur, in the course of time, and in the vi
cissitudes of human affairs, in which the opinion
of those who have had long experience may be
useful. Every government that has existed, has
been exposed to trying emergencies. All those
that were strictly republican have been subver
ted. Ours, will, I trust, experience a different
fate. Should an emergency of any kind ever oc
cur, it may be important that there should be,
among the people, some men unconnected with
either of the contending parlies, and among them,
those who have retired from that high office, whose
voice might be heard. To render service, they
must enjoy, in like degree, the confidence of the
whole community in their disinterestedness and
impartiality. If they embark as partisans on ei
ther side, they would have no weight with the
other. By remaining neutral, it might be oth
erwise.
On full consideration, before my retirement, I
concluded that the course suggessted would be
best adapted to my own peace and tranquility,
and contribute most, as a permanent rule, to the
welfare of ray country. Under this conviction,
I then formed the decision stated, have frequent
ly declared it since, and cannot depart from it.
With great respect, I am,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES MONROE.
Francis T. Brooke, Esq..,
President of the Convention lately held at Rich
mond.
Steamship Neptune.—This ship was sold at
auction in N. Y. last week, by Messrs L. M.
Hoffman & Co to James Reed, Esq. of N. Or
leans, for £3s,ooo.—She is intended «o play re
gularly betweenn that city and Galveston, Texas.
f From the New York Times of the I Ith.
’ The Great National Gathering at Bunker
Hill.
The mighty gathering of the people took place
c yesterday, and appears to have surpassed in phys
, ical and moral grandeur the most enthusiastic an
ticipations. The Boston Mercantile Journal ot
i yesterday says: “No description even from the
- pen of the gifted Scott, could convey a faint idea
i of the glorious sight as tha procession moved
. along the streets. The trampling of steeds —
the sounds of martial music, the waving of the
American flags, and the great variety of banners,
with their appropriate and pithy mottos —the
- great number of spectators, who cheered them
t as went along—the beautiful women, who
, animated by the joyousVoccasion, thronged the
doors, the windows, the balconies, and even the
house tops, in those streets which the procession
passed, greeting the membeas of the Convention
with their sweetest smiles, and waving their spot
: less handkerchiefs as they passed along—all
- formed a grand and magnificent picture, which
f will remain indelibly stamped on the heart of ev
. cry person who was so fortunate as to be pres
ent on this momentous occasion.
The Transcript estimates the number in the
procession at vpwards of twenty five thou
‘ sand. This immense body was formed in pla
* toons eight deep, extended about five miles, and
was one hour and forty-eight minutes, at quick
march, in passing the City Hall. The proces
sion reached Bunker Kill at 2 o’clock, P. M.,
» having been two hours on the road. Franklin
» Dexter, Esq. acted as chief Marshal, assisted by a
great number of aids. The multitude on the
t ground at the opening of the Convention was
- variously estimated at from 50,000 to 75,000! —
Nearly every State in the Uuion was represented.
New England poured in her thousands. New
' m York and the States to the westward had large
f delegations present, and even the extreme South
1 made a gallant show.
This countless host of freemen was cabed to
- order by Robert C, Winthrop, Chairman of the
Massachusetts Whig Central Committee, after
which Daniel Webster appeared, and surrounded
by venerable soldiers, who fought the battles of
the revolution, and by distinguished men who
have nobly contended for the principles which
1 glowed in the bosoms, and prompted the actions
of the Whigs of’7s and ’76, addressed the peo
’ pie in his clear and manly voice, and read a long
and eloquent declaration of the principles of the
democratic whig party, and the occasion and ob
jects of the meeting. After Mr. Webster had
’ finished reading this noble production, copies of
it were struck off at a printing press which form
-1 ed a conspicuous object in the procession, and
1 distributed among the members of the Conven
-1 tion. We shall publish this able document here
-3 after.
The Transcript thus closes a short description
of the thrilling scene;
This was one of the most glorious days ever
witnessed in the city of Boston. It would be im
possible to conjecture flhe number of people now
assembled, but we venture to assert that never be
’ fore were so many people at one time, within the
bounds of its territory. Most of the places of
business are closed, and the day given to witness
1 its glorious pageantry. In the history of popu
s lar meetings, this far surpassed any tiling that was
’ ever before seen in this country. To give any
thing of an idea of this pageant, is impossible.
> W T ecan only say in four words,
1 the people have co.he I
The effect of this Convention will be felt in
every section of the Union. The north has spo
-3 ken to the South, the east has exchanged con
gratulations with the west, nnd the result will be
3 universal activity, universal confidence. Fifty
r thousand have gone down from Bunker Hill im
-1 hi bed with the spirit of seventy-six, to the second
■ Wares Independence, the issue of which shall
be a bloodless revolution.
e
t From the Richmond Whig.
an and the Abolitionists.
* The subjoined letter from New York, is a beau
'j. tiful commentary upon the attempt made yester
s day morning, by the Jesuit of the Enquirer, to
taint Harrison with Abolition. We hope it will
be read generally, and seriously, assuring those
who may read it, that it emanates from a source
incapable ot dishonour of misstating or per
verting/ac/5.
There can be, THERE IS, no doubt, that
\an Burenism is courting the Abolitionists in
New York and Ohio—wooing them in every
j possible mode and manner. There is just as lit
e Be doubt, that the insidious game of that party
1 from the first, has been to gain the Abolitionists
in these two States especially, by stimulating
Gen. Harrison to denounce them ! WithouUAcir
j aid, both New A ork and Ohio were hopeless—
s with their aid, one or both might he earned for
3 the trickster of Kinderhook ! Need we here re
’ capitulate the stratagems they have resorted to,
to call Gen. Harrison out against the Abolitionists
■ —the false versions of his opinions, the direct
t charges against him of an alliance with them, the
taunts, and the insults ? All were directed to the
} same end. None of his accusers really believed
him tainted with abolitionism—his public life,
’ his recorded votes, his former and his recent acts
and declarations all contradicted the assumption,
refuted it ind laughed it to scorn. What was
desired by the managers of the intrigue was to
J commit him against the Abolitionists—to goad
' him into a fresh denunciation of them and their
j schemes; and the object of it was to lose him
r those of that party who were inclined to be Whigs,
! judged to be enough to turn the scale in New
York and Ohio.
Well, Harrison has denounced them, and what
j i® the effect 1 Do his Southern traducers give
j h'u* any credit for, it I Do they abate of their
j detractions ? Let the incessant assaults upon
him in every hireling print in the South give the
answer. He has renewed his condemnation of
, Abolition and Abolition practices, and the result
, is just what the tactics ot Van Burenism antici
! paled and intrigued for. The Abolitionists of
5 Ohio are so strongly against Gen. Harrison, since
his Carthage Speech, that the Administration
{ hopes of carrying that State have revived. In
. Vermont, they were very generally united in sup
; P ort the Administration cause, and the letter
which follows shows what is going on in New
; York.
’ For ourselves, we are glad of all this. Harri
son will be elected by the American Peop e.
He needs not the Abolition vote. He will come
* in, in despite of it, though it be backed by the
influence, corruption and gold of the Administra
’ lion—He will not only come in, but come in by
' the vote ol 20 States; and his election, besides
3 other Reforms which it will consummate, will
j consign Abolition, and those who traffic in its
. wares, to the “tomb of all the Capulets,”
B “Thot, 24th August, 1840.
“In corroboration of the opinion expressed by
me, in a late letter to you from Saratoga Springs,
I that the \an Buren Party in the North were
B 7WW courting the Abolitionists, for the aid of their
votes, especially in this State, where they aie
e muc b needed, and by which alone they can have
lt an y h°pe of turning the tide, I must state to you
. what I have this moment witnessed here. A
cavalcade ot about thirty vehicles, of various de
scriptions, preceded by a Marshal on horseback,
(a portly personage, whose soubriquet, from a
union in him ot certain qualifications, is Prince
of fechagticoke, a real Knickerbocker, who, in
l- ederal times, preceding the War, represen
ted in C ongress the then Federal countv of Hen
sellaer, the Pairoon’s tenants) followed' by a full
.1 band ot music, and then all the Loco Focos, to
:. be drumed together in this quarter to attend their
meeting, held to-day, in this city. In the proces
«- siou were two negroes. In an'open carriage, dri
>. ven by a white man, I saw the disgusting spec-
tacle of a self sufficient negro, seated by a white
man—all in the carriage hailfellow well met Lo
co Focos. I wish our V irginia Loco Focos could
but see such an exhibition, such as I suppose are
becoming frequent, in these times, throughout this
State—as the only chance of their political sal
vation, the Locos well know, depends upon the
Abolitionists. Should they have made their bar
gain, of course they will have a right to claim
their share el the spoils, which they will have
a right to expect. Who is the Candidate of the
Abolitionists now 1 Certainly nut Gen. Harri
son. Their recent movements are, to some ex
tent, injurious to him. But, as I have before said,
he will not lose by them more than 3000 votes,
which can be spared in this State, and yet leave
him a handsome majority.
“I am told that a goodly proportion, and most
of the leading men at this meeting, were called,
during the late war, “Blue Light Federalists,”
and were as vehemently opposed to Madison then
as to Harrison now. And notwithstanding the
abuse of Banks and of the credit system is the
burthen of the song. Presidents, Cashiers and
Directors of the Banks, as well as Old Federa
lists, are the leaders of the Tories here. Not
withstanding, too, that distinguished orators of
the Party came from a distance to address the
meeting, (two Senators) it was bnt a slim affair,
385 all told. The county majority against them
is estimated at about 800.”
From the Savannah Georgian.
From Flordia.
By the steam packet Forester, Capt. Wray we
have received from our Jacksonville, correspon
dent the Advocate of Tuesday last, and the St.
Augustine News ol the 4th.
We extract from these papers particulars of
Indian intelligence before noticed, and other
transactions not heretofore transpired.
Jacksonville September 8.
Indians. —On Sunday, the 30th, the Express
Rider between Pilatka and Fort King, was shot
in the wrist, when about 8 miles from the foimer
places. There were five Indians. A scout was
sent in pursuit, hut the trail leading towards the
Oclawaha, became indistinct and the scout re
turned.
On Monday 31st, a sick soldier, under an es
cort of ten men, was being conveyed from Fort
Tarver to Micanopy. and were fired upon by In
dians.—Three of the escort were killed upon the
spot; the rest, with the invalid, escaped unhurt.
The sick man, during the conflict, discharged his
musket at an Indian, who came to the back part
of the wagon, which wounded him severely. They
burned the wagon aud one mule. The Indians
were in considerable force.
On the aiternoon of Wednesday, the 2d, Hil
lary Parsons, a young man of about 18, was shot
by a party of Indians, about 7 miles from Black,
(’reek, on the Ncwnansville Road. Upon the
first fire of the Indians, he was perforated by
five balls. He had been hunting, in company
with his step father, a Mr. Tucker, and returning
when their dogs ran towards a branch, and com
menced a futious barking. Parsons went to as
certain the cause, when the Indians, numbering
about 15, rose from their concealment, and fired
upon him. After shooting him, they mangled
his body in a horrid manner. Tucker escaped.
' St. Augustine, September 4.
A private of 2d. Dragoons, who was taken by
the Indians some time since, when the corn fields
were destroyed, escaped, and has returned to the
post at Fort Reed. He was one of the guard
lett with the horses; his companion being killed
and himself tied to a tree, after being a prisoner
seven days to be shot. Their guns missed fire
several times, when the party was alarmed by
the near approach es Lieut. Lawton, 2d Dra
goons, on a scout. The Indians fleeing left him
bound, and, after some difficulty, he succeeded in
getting free from his cords. For fourteen davs
he has been wandering about, and his mind is
said to be destroyed, as well as the sufferings en
dured have renduced him to a mere skeleton.
We learn that he states that there was a mulat
to and a white man with the Indians.
On Sunday, the 23d ultimo, a small party of
mechanics left the depot at Pilatka in a sail boat.
On r;-urning, they met with a heavy head
wind, and having no oars on board, they fell
down to Post No. 10, an abandoned garrison, for
the purpose of following the river’s course home.
The distance being twenty-two miles, and very
circuitous, they struck an old trail leading for
Black Creek. This they abandoned and were
lost. After wandering about tor five days with
out food, they found their way back to No. 10,
where, in an exhausted state, they hailed the
steamboat Cincinnati, which boat conveyed them
to Pilatka.
They saw a large party of Indians, and were
about to give themselves up to their generosity.
One objected and they returned as above stated.
A few instances ot this kind will serve as lessons
of experience to those unacquailned with the
woods in an enemy’s country.
Pilatka is healthy. Phe Depot is in rapid pro
gress, under the superintendance of Col. T. F.
Hunt, an efficient and intelligent officer.
Log Cabins and Hard Cider.
Extract from Mr. James Dunlop's speech at
Pittsburgh, in defence of Log Cabins,
M hy is the Frigate Constitution so dear to our
countrymen 1 Why does every one of us covet a
cane or snuff box fabricated of her bulwarks 1
Mhy does every man desire her preservation as
long as a plank remains of her 1 She is but a
mere combination of iron and wood. But she
embodies in her history the bravery and skill of
our navy. She carried our flag trumphantly over
the broad ocean, and brought terror and destruc
tion upon the enemies of our country. Yet she
is nothing but oak and pine, the very materials
of a true log cabin. She is the Log Cabin of
the Hero of the Sea, and ours is the Lou' Cabin
of the Hero of the Land. Rally around h, Dem
ocrats, it is the emblem of the hardy, straight
out, hard-fisted, rugged pine knots that keep up
its fires.
\\ hy should we abandon this emblem of pa
triolism, and integrity, and freedom 1 It is rough
and humble, it is a mere pile of logs; but it is
associated with a thousand pleasing images and
joyous aspirations. And what is the flag” of our
country 1 Mere hunting, rneie bits of striped
bunting, as the British sneeringly denominated
it betore they fully learned to estimate its tremen
dous power. Is there no enthusiasm breathing
from its folds as it flutters to the Heavens I Are
no patriotic associations connected w ith it 1 Is
there any man, not dead to the glorious remin
iscences that play in brilliant coruscations around
the stripes and stars of his country’s flag—whose
heart does not bounce, at beholding it streaming
like a meteor to the wind—floating over the ships
and battlements of his country ? — the star spang
led banner tnat floats over the land of the free and
the home ot the brave ! It has borne our armies
and navies in pride and triumph in the strife of
battle It rushed to victory at the glorious con
flict of the Maumee. It waved defiance over the
entrenc iments ot Fort Meigs, and scattered dis
may at the battle of the Thames,
billow-citizens, the sneers of the destructives
at the Log Cabin edifice are like the sneers of the
English at the bunches of pine boards and bits
ot bunting of our frigates, till Decatur, and Hull,
and Perry, and McDonough, turned their smiles
to sighs—as will Ohio, and Virginia, and Penn
sylvania, and New York, induce our misguided
friends to show respect to and seek their shelter
Farmer h ° Spitable roof lhe Lo S Cabin
I like, too, the hard cider cry; we owe it to
the enemy. It i s a pledge of temperance. The
u ec e pretext ot its leading to indulgence, as
urged with grief and bitterness, comes well from
those who once had danced around the poles o
hickory, and tossed their caps in excited revelry
to its branches 1 Who drink hard cider 1 No
one who can get anything else. Where would you
go to a public gathering less likely to be intem
perate than to the Hard Cider, Log Cabin, I ip
pecanoe raising ? At Beaver, on the 4th of Ju
ly, the only public meeting I have attended, there
was nothing to drink provided, I am happy to
say, but ice water. At the raising ot the
Log Cabin, in Alleghany, a few days ago, where
it is said thousands of hard cider men were active
ly engaged, no stimulants, I am told, were pro
vided or drank. Hard Cider is a mere appella
tion of amusement, and is as good an antidote to
intemperance as a friend of temperance could
desire. Make the Loco-focos swallow it—put it
at them, and put it unto them. It will cut the
phlegm; it will purge their humors; it will wash
the bile off their stomachs, and improve their
eye-sight. Though intended, like Y ankee Doo
dle, as a password of contempt, u has been turn
ed, like that exhilarating tune, into the rallying
cry of freedom and reform.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of South
Carolina, who was an officer under General Har
rison in 1812, and was with him at the battle of
the Thames, written to a friend in Hawkins
ville, Ga.
Stateburg, S. C., Sept. 2, 1840.
Dear Sir — l am informed by your brother that
you wish to know my opinion in regard to the
claims of General Harrison for the Presidency of
the United States. Such I will give you with
much freedom. I would warn you to make some
allowance for my partiality for that distinguished
individual, was it not that my attachment for him
has grown out of nothing, otherwise than a per
sonal knowledge of his merits. I most unhesita
tingly declare in favor of Harrison. In such a dec
laration, it would seem of necessity that I should
assign my reasons for doing so. I will not under
take an expose of the merits or demerits of the
present incumbent: many of his acts have come
under your notice, and the records of the country
will show the balance. lam aware that it is well
known to you that I was with General Harrison in
the war of 1812. Yes, I had the honor of being
under his command the most of the time from Au
gust 1812, until he resigned his command in the
Army: sometimes separately detached, and at oth
ers, under him immediately. I was with him at
the battle of the Thames. Thus situated, 1 had an
opportunity of becoming an eye witness to many
of his acts, and a good opportunity to make the
necessary inquiries into such as did not come un
der my immediate observation. I find, that after a
lapse of many years since the fair fame of our hero
has been fully scrutinized, and left untarnished,
there are many rising up in rebellion against his
character, not only- among hired scribblers, but
even on the floor of Congress, we see him assailed.
Some time ago, I saw a speech from a member
Congress, which makes Gen. H. out every thing
but worthy ; and more especially on his conduct in
the battle of Tippecanoe, I was not witn Gen. H.
in that battle, so cannot bear testimony as to his
conduct there; but I was acquainted with many
who were with him, all of whom gave him ap
plause. Furthermore, even before the weeping
widow had disengaged her twining arm around the
latherless child; yea, ere the battle ground had
lost its crimson hue, almost within sound of the en
gines of death, where Indiana and Kentucky had
lost many of their favorite sons ; these two States
in solemn Legislative session, voted unanimous
thanks to Gen. H. for his skill and courage in that
desperate battle ; and in a short time afterwards,
he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
North Western Army. This to me, was ample
proof of his approved conduct in that sanguinary
conflict. Again, I have seen him accused with
tardiness in his movements in the army. Lei any
man who was acquainted with his situation, whilst
on the Canada border, his want of supplies, of men,
provisions and munitions of war, which were with
held from him by the Department of War; meas
ures beyond his control, that kept him so long con
fined in forts, that his opperations, in consequence,
were materially paralized. I say that man would
be wanting in candor and truth, to call our hero
lardy. He has been called a coward. If he was
such, he had a wonderi'ul tact in concealing his
fears, for I am sure he has deceived his whole
army, who thought otherwise of him. I presume
it is meant that he acted cowardly at the Thames,
when it is said that he was not in that battle, that
it was fought by Col. Johnson. I would be far
from disparaging the military fame of Col. John
son ; it is enough to say, that the Col. discharged
the duties of a brave man and obedient officer, ful"
ly obeying the orders of his General, from whom
all orders issued, pertaining to his station. It
would be just as much of impropriety to give Col.
Johnson the credit of that victory, as to any of his
privates in the regiment, who had done his duty;
or to one of Napoleon’s best Generals, in any of his
Eastern victories. How far the Gen. may have
been from the enemy’s line at the time of the bat
tle, I am unable to say, for we were too busy to
spare one to survey the distance; but I presum
he was near it, as he had it it in his power to mak
such rapid changes in Jonnson’s charge. I was
told by one of his aids, that at one time he was
within the enemy’s musket shot, and literally was
pushed in the rear. I will tell you an anecdote of
him, as related to me by one of his staff. At the
time that he was cooped up at Fort Megs, with but
a handful of men, comparatively speaking, Proc
tor was on one side throwing bombs into the Fort,
greatly |to his annoyance, and Tecumseh on the
other, with his horde of red men, menacing a des
truction of the garrison. Proctor sent a flag of
truce to Harrison, stating, that “ His Britanic Ma
jesty’s Commander-in-Chief in Upper Canada be
ing desiious to save the effusion of blood, demands
a surrender of that garrison at discretion, other
wise it will be put to the sword!” The message
was scarcely delivered before the bearer was dis
missed with the followirg reply: “Go tell your
General that one capture will give him more honor
than one hundred surrenders .” Indeed, I have
never seen any thing in Gen, H, that bore the
slightest resemblance of cowardice; and besides, I
have always looked upon him as a sincere patri
ot, a skilful Captain, and above all, an honest man.
It sometimes fills me with mirth, mingled with dis
gust, to see men only of the growth of the other
day, who had never heard an enemy’s cannon, nor
even an enemy’s pop-gun, after a lapse of Lear
thirty years, as if, like the prophets of old, had the
girt of inspiration, rise up and give us a history of
General Harrison’s Military career, and a most
mangled one too. Let me ask those cockatrices—
when Great Britain insulted our flag on the high
seas—impressed our seamen on board their ships
of war—committed spoliations on our trading ves
se^s M ’h* n our infant settlements on the fiontiers
were desolated by a ruthless savage—when their
triumphant yell was the song sung when return
ing to their Chief with the bloody tomahawk, and
scalping knife, and number of scalps of women and
children, as trophies of their midnight massacres
I say, while this work of destruction was
who was he who girded on his sword, ar.d never
sheathed it until the tomahawk and scalping knife
was wrested from the Indian, and their vile arita
tors humbled. Yes, the defeat of Proctor and his
red all es at Moravian Town, invited the mother
with her babes to return from their hiding ph C( .,
to the little spot where she had once before con.’
templated to make their bread, and repose with
quiet nights. Ingratitude ! Ye assailants of the
fair fame of one who lias entwined around tl
brow of our country the most beautiful laurel Eot
obtained in the festooned drawing room, norin the
courtly palace,nor at the festive board;’ but when
you were in embryo or rolling on your downy piH uw
our hero was at places where “ danger appalled the
stoutest hearts.” Where his path led him through
dismal swamps and morasses, and over the ashes
of huts desolated by the midnight toich, whose for
mer inmates could only be designated as human
beings, by the impression of calcined bones of the
children oi Adam, His “ sweet home ” son*, th e
savage yell; his castle, the howling wilderness •
his bed, the chilling earth ; his pillow, a billet of
wood ; his covering, the wide ethcrial heaven, anj
his zephyr, the pelting storm.
From such considerations, my dear sir, you can
not, I think, say that I am wrong in proferrio*
General William Henry Harrison to Martin Van
Buren, to preside over our great and ought *o b
happy country. a
I am, with very high respect,
ROBERT E. YATES.
The Perils ofthe Sea.
Perhaps the records of the human race do not
present a case of a more narrow escape from app*.
rcntly inevitable destruction and death to the
whole of a gallant ship’s crew than in the case of
the Peacock, one of the sloops of war in the Ex
ploring Expedition, when she sustained the inju
ries winch obliged her to return, early in lust
March, to Sydney, (New South Wales,) to repair
and refit. Tne lollowmg extract of a letter irom
a person on board that ship will give the reader
some idea of it, though the nautical terms will
mako it less clear to some of our readers than tu
those who are familiar with them:— Eat. Intel.
Sydney, New South Walks,
"March 16, 1840.
‘‘Before this reaches you, you will piobabiy
have heard of our return to this port for repairs,
having been compelled to do so by injuries sus
tained by the ice, by which we were contined tor
forty most anxious hours—for twenty hours with
the imminent fear of most awful death. So close
ly was the ice packed around us, and in such vast
masses, that even under a p.ess of canvass, assis
ted by ice anchors and every other means that
experience or necessity could suggest, we at times
remained motionless lor hours—the ice cutting
into the vitals of the ship, and threatening to
grind us to powder.
“On the evening of the—(date forgotten, and,
being now in town, cannot refei) —having pro
cured sounding and seen appearances of land,
cheered with the prospect of reaching it, we work
ed in through heavy drift ice ; and next morning,
about 9 A. M. in endeavoring to avoid a largo
mass ahead, we gave her a stearnboard which
almost instantly brought the rudder in contact
with another mass, and so violent was the shock,
that the rudder-head was wrenched off, and the
rudder fixed immovably athwart ships, render
ing the ship almost entirely unmanageable.
We used every effort to wear her, but, like mad,
she drove on through the ice, till it became so
close as to be impassable. We then furled sails,
planted ice anchors, and resolved to lie quiet fill
we could repair our rudder, when suddenly a large
body of ice under our stern shifted its position,
the anchors came home, and we drove down on a
range of icebergs masthead high, and overhang
ing the decks, and with breathless anxiety await
ed the shock, (wffiich nothing human could pre
vent,) —an immense impending mass tottering to
its fall, and threatening to crush us beneath it.
Our spanker boom struggled for a moment, and
then broke like a reed ; the stern-boat crushed
like an eggshell; and then went stern davits and
all the upper works on the starhord side, as tar
as the gangway—every stanchion broke short oil.
The ship rebounded ! We breathed again, and
hauled alt jib and staysail sheets, and gave her a
cant off from our inhospitable neighbor. We
then made sail, and, by great exertions, had a
most Providential escape, after thumping off our
forefoot, and cutting into the stern within an
inch and a half of the ‘woodends,’ or (in as good
English) within an inch and half of our liver.
Had our confinement been prolonged another
hour, we should all have gone to Davy Jones.
“I have mentioned the anxiety with which we
viewed the overhanging mass tottering toils fall.
—As soon as a sufficient space had intervened
between our stern and the iceberg, it fell! harm
lessly in our wake.”
Lime and Marsh Mud. —The editor of the
American Farmer adduces the evidence ofagen
tleman distinguished for good and great qualities
to show that on a sandy soil, lime is a great fer
tilizer. A poor field was planted with corn, it
yielded ten bushels, it was followed by oats, and
the crop was light. Wheat was then sowed, but
it yielded not more than the seed. It was then
limed, and the next crop of corn gave forty bush
els to the acre.—Experience has taught him the
great value of marsh mud, especially when used
in combination with a small quantity of lime*
He keeps a small force specially assigned to the
collection of marsh mud, weeds, leaves, mould
from the woods, &c., and is amply compensated
for it—he cannot too highly recommend the use
of marsh-mud. He has covered several acres
with brush-wood. The fertilizing effect is very
obvious, ana be thinks poor land may be re-clai
med by a covering of brush-wood, very speedily,
and with great cnconomy as to the labor and the
results. He is very careful to have all brush, not
large enough for firewood, even the pruning
his orchards, reserved to be spread upon the 08081
exhausted portions of his land.
Extraordinary Law' Case.— Some *'
years ago, an Irishman married a young woman,
his junior by 15 years, in Liverpool, Ens land,
set up a tavern on a large scale. A fine looking
brawney fellow, fresh from the “Green Isle, be
came a lodger, and in a short time, made lo' e 10
the hostess, and prevailed upon her to elope to
America. 'The lady, being the factotum of
hotel, converted every thing she could conven
iently into cash, and with her lover , and all lllC |
tangibles that were portable, set sail for America,|
leaving her husband with the empty house, an |
as she says “ to lake care of the contents. 11
elopement was so well planned and execute .J
that her “ where abouts” was unknown for near,y i
18 years, when her forsaken lord obtained
of her arrival and marriage in this country to b er l
lover. A few days ago he arrived here, and * n
a short time sought and found his lung lost wile-
She immediately dropped on her knees and re
newed her allegiance, and swore that she wou f
be his again. Accordingly, she packed up
goods, took several hundred dollars which her
husband had in the house, and eloped with t !f '
first husband. When the last husband fr unJ
out his position, he commenced a suit in the
preme Court, last Saturday, had the first husbaj
arrested for crim. con. and seduction. The
fendant was thrown into jail, and yesterday ni° r |
ning the parties had a friendly conference, q u ' et |
ly compared notes, balanced accounts, discount 1 j
ued the suit, released the true husband, and
into a tippling hole and made merry —it bei%
mutually agreed that the first husband shou flj
have precedence.— Sun.