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AU(i USTA.
SATURDAY M«>RNiKfe,SEPrKM’iKI. 19.
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FOR FRF.STDF.NT, ..
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISfN,
Os Ohio; |
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —thcp incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican—
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. |
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, <
JOHN TYLER, J
Os Virginia; *
A Slate Rights Republican of the school qf ’PS—
one of Virginia’s noblest sens, and empllitically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtu ?us and
patriot statesmen. J
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FOR KLECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PR!|SIDF.NT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorjj*.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. ’
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogf| "
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock, i
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark*
SEATON GRANTLAND, of BaldwiS.
' ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. j
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. U. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E, WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. .'
FOR CONGRESS, j
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greens.
H. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersha.p.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. j
EUGENI US A. NISBET, of Bibb. |
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. ;
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glyiln.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jeflerson.l
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of
THOMAS F. FOSTER., of MuscogijL
FOR SENATOR, |
ANDREW J. MILLER. J
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FOR REPRESENTATIVES, ||
CHARLES J. JENKINS, 2
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, I
WILLIAM J. RHODES. j
The Richmond Hill Jlarbecul
Will take place day, to which th<| citizens
without distinction of parties are invited. 1 We un
derstand the arrangements are extensivf for the
accommodation of visitors, and as the clmmittee
have invited a number of the Van Burel 'eiders,
discussion may be expected unless they ffil to ap
pear. I
Another Humbug. |
The Locofocos have succeeded so lo|g and so
well with their numerous humbugs, we sometimes
think, in looking over their papers, that th*y believe
the people such dupes as to believe anything and
every thing, however absurd. Their ifrst resort
was to affadavits, and they brought Israel Brown
upon the stage, to prove General Harris ji an abo
litionist —this fell still-born ; they then Jot up va
rious affidavits to prove that he had Jvorn the
Black Cockade, as a badge of Federalism this met
a similar fate; more recently they inlioduced a
perjured villain upon tiic stage, and he sjvore that
he had been sold in < hio and bought*ly a free
negro, under the law for which General Harrison
had voted, and lo and behold, no sueix law had
ever existed in Ohio. Exposed as t'el were in
all those low and despicable games, iie would
have supposed they would resort in fujfure to the
aid ot truth, byway of testing its efljeacy upon
heir falling fortunes, nut so, however ;-oae expo
sure only increases their desperation, the last
dept rate act of a desperate party to gulijjhe people
is the letter below, purporting to come fi|m a“ Whig
Abolitionist,” which is paraded througlitho prosti
tuted organs of the party as a triumph.[ It is very
unfortunate that the Locofocos could nt| have pro
cured some man of more than the
writer of this base libel. He shows f'.is cloven
foot too plain ; every mar who has common sense,
can perceive that it is the production of * ome Loco
foco libeller. That this article ever appeared in a
Whig paper we have no idea, in sho|i, we are of
opinion that it first CUM to light in Georgia. The
writer, together with being destitute!of shrewd
ness or any regard for truth, must -jjippose that
the people ot the South are all . 's, to be
lieve such unblushing statements, v v .en it is a
notorious fact, that the piesent Locofcd o Governor
of Massachusetts is a wool-dyed Ati-litionist, so
too wore the late candidates of the Lo|ofoco party,
for Governor and Lieutenant Governor*;! Vermont.
And y ;, says this writer, “ the doc triers of Aboli
tionism and J':u Burenism are two eternal antago
nists Verily, they are very antagoc|tical, when
it is notorious that the Van Buren meinbers of the
New York Legislature at Ihe last s<;-sion, voted
unanimously for Gervctu Smith, one ’ f the vilest
Abolitionists North of the Potomac.
That Corporal Mum should u ive pla. eto this ar
ticle in the face of his admission a few days since,
that the candidate of his party for ■* lovernor in
Vermont was an Abolitionist, is a severe commen
tary upon his especial regard for trut
We are, however, gra hiied that things find
their way into the Locofoco Journal -*, they show
the people of the South the true chary ter of their
Journals, and what reliance is to be placed in them,
and we take great pleasure in laying' them before
cur readers, and shall continue to do -o whenever
they appear. The following is the cc mmunication
of the self-styled “ H'A/g Abolitionist.”
From the Essex fMass.J Register,
Mr.E d itu h —Permit me to say a word in your
paper to tho*; Abolitionists who aren;ndecided in
reference to their duty at the polls nexi November,
and are hailing between two opinions, namely,
which will promote the cause of Abolition must
—to vote for Harrison or Birney. That all trck
Abolitionists are Whigs, is a fact not to be dispu
ted, and lo call a man an abolitionist, who sup
ports Marlin Van Buren and his administration,
is an absurdity 100 palpable to deser ea moment’s
consideration. The doctrines of Abolitionism
and Van Burenisrn are two eternal antagonists;
they have no affinity, and will not f<3 at peace
with each other. Rather let us attempt to min
gle light and shade, heat and cold, sickness and
health, right and wrong, than to hep® that the
cause of the slave can triumph while the present
administration reigns.
Abolitionists, you have nothing to expect from
the party n* w power,but inflexible and uncom
promising hostility.
But what have you to expect from William
H. Harrison, ifhe is placed in the executive
chair! You will have the right of petition re
stored; free discussion again permitted on the
floor of Congress; the constitution administered
according lo its true intent and meaning ; the
public money to be undor the control of Congress;
the free use of the post office granted you; the
currency to be placed in a sound and heaily con
dition; the Florida war ended; domestic indus
try protected; economy will take the place of
wasteful extravagance of the people’s money.
These things, and many more ot like character,
vou may expect; and these things must be done,
or the cause of the slave can never be consurnatcd.
Vote then for Harrison—for if you vote tor James
G. Birney. you know you cannot elect him, and
your vole will go against Harrison, and in favor
of Van Buren, and thereby you will bind the
slave still stronger in his wretched condition.
When Putnam had tracked the wolf lo his den,
he made preparation for his'destiuction, and with
the torch, and rope, and rifle he descended and
met the monster face to face, and soon obtained a
victory. Abolitionists! you have tracked the
monster slavery to his den, and there you stand
with your weapons of eternal truth and justice
all girl on; but you cannot reach him, because
Van Buren and his soldiers are guarding the
mouth of the den—they are slavery’s body guard,
and when you march up with the torch of tree
discussion, they blow it out; and when you pre
sent the truth of the Bible as your text book, you
are told it is unconstitutional, and you have no
right to interfere. What then must be done ! Vou
must go for Harrison, and clear away this body
guard of slavery, and then march up with your
weapons of righteousness, and show the monster s
deformity and corruption. Then will public
opinion spin out a rope, and drag him out and
slay him, and bury him beyond the hope ot resur
rection. A Whig Abolitionist.
Dinner at Appling.
The friends of Harrison and Tyler hud a splen
did fete at Appling, on Thursday—about a thou
sand persons estimated to have heen present. The
audience was addressed by several gentleman from j
the adjacent counties in most eloquent ansi forcible
terms, but we regret to say, the Locofocos, altho’
challenged to a discussion on the occasion, did not
make their appearance. That must be a bad cause
which will not bare defence in the face of oppo
nents.
Yesterday the Locos had a meeting at the same
place, but they did not dare to invite the Whig
speakers to meet them.
Okra Cotton.
Mr. George Twiggs, of inis County, has placed
in our office two stalks of this species of Cotton,
raised on his farm in the pine w r oods, which sur
pass any thing of the kind we have ever seen
grown on upland. They are full seven feet high,
and far surpass in the number of bolls any Cotton
we have seen this season. The staple is said by
thoFc who examined it, to be much finer than the
ordinary Cotton, and altogether a nyuch superior
article, and irom the specimens we have seen, wc
regard it much more desirable for our planleis,
whether we regard the quantity or quality.
Divorce of Hank and State.
The New York Express states that the Bank of
America, in that < ity, with a capital of two mil
lions, has only about thiiteen hundred thousand
dollars lent out on discounted paper, while they i
have, or had a few weeks since, “ nearly three
millions lent to Government on their Treasury
notes.” The bank is not, in fact, the agent of the
Government. Mr. Allen, the Receiver of the In
dependent Treasury, has an office in one corners
within its walls, uses the vaults of the Bank, and
to all intents and purposes the Bank and the Gov
ernment are as closely connected, and more so than
it ever was with the United States Bank. The
Bank of the United States could not, by its charter,
lend the Government over half a million, without
a law* of Congress. The Bank of America can lend
ta’ee millions, or any other sura, at any moment,
; and on any terms satisfactory to Mr. Newbold;
possibly the directors may be consumed after the
i loan is made.”
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Maine Elections.
The election for Governor, members of Congress
&c., took place in Maine on Monday last, of which
j we hope to be able to present to our readers some
, intelligence in our next. Although we do not ex- ■
poet to carry the Stute at this election, it is never
theless looked to with anxiety
Disorder in the post office. —We have
i been put in possession of an original letter from
j Gen. Harrison to Ex-Mayor Claik, of which the
following is a copy. Mr. Clark informs us that
his letter to Gen. Harrison was mailed at a time
which by proper conduct at the Post Offices would
have enabled it to have reached Ciacinatti several
days at least before it was received there. But
it was sent by theicay of Savannah in Geor
gia! Isthissam e mode of delay by circuitous
transmission to be adopted generally for Whig
letters!—iV. Y. Express.
“Cincinnati, August 26, 1840.
“ Dear Sir: Your letter of the LCtth iust., in
viting me to be present at the meeting of my friends
on the 22d inst., at Walton, Delaware Co., N. V.,
was not received until yesterday owing to its hav
ing been sent by the way of Savannah, Georgia.
'The time for your proposed meeting had therefore
passed before your letter came to hand, I am
very respectfully, your fellow citizen,
W. H. HARRISON.”
“ Aaron Clark, Esq.
A Costly Banner of Shinplasters. —The
Natchez Courier of the 22d ult. states that
“among the various banners carried on Thursday,
the most singular and appropriate was that of
P. L. Mitchell, Esq. It was composed of bank
notes amounting to near one thousand dollars, of
all sizes from one dollar bills up to the denomina
tion of one hundred. All the better banks, such
as Brandon. Real Estate, Tombigby, &c. wete
hung out as mementos of the currency tinkering.
The tassels of this flag were composed of the
regular shinplasters. The motto of this banner
was “The better currency promised by our rulers.’
This flag attracted ihe attention of all the curious,
and many a locofoco said silently to himself this
is a sad but true commentary upon the history of;
ray party.”
A performer oflegerdcmain &c. named Young,
was arrested in Baltimore on Friday, on suspicion
of being the person who murdered a Jew named
Isaacs in Georgia in 1839. and subsequently es
caped from jail at Pensacola. Testimony was
■ soon procured however, which fully proved the
non-identity of Young, and he was released.
A Good Idea. — The following capital toast
wus given at a Barltecue in Sampson County
Noth Carolina on the 29th ult.
“By Ha dy E. Royal.—Gen. Harrison :
His enemies say he is in tavor of selling out poor
but respectable rogues and thieves. If ibis be
true, what a big auction he will have at Wash
ington on the 4th of March next!
From the N. Y. Commercial Ad veer User of the 14/A.
Later from England.
1 By tlia arrival of the packet ship Quebec, Cap.
' tain Hebbard, from London, the journals of that
city to the llth of August, have l>cea received.
This is four days later from London, than the in
-1 telligence brought by the England.
The King of Belgium was about making an
other visit to England.which was believed to have
a political*object, connected with the recent events
in Europe. The London Globe hints that his
Majesty will probably net as mediator between
France and England—an office for which he
seems peculiarly filled, by his near relationship
to the sovereigns ( f those two countries.
Full details are given in the London papers of
the absurd attempt by Louis Napoloon—which,
by the way, may be looked upon as extinguishing
forever w hat little chance he may have had of ul
timately succeeding in his designs upon France.
The laugh is now turned against him, and
Frenchmen will never risk their lives for one
who has made himself so ridiculous.
It seems that he had with him but 56 persons.
The sentinel who was shot by the Prince, died
the same evening. After the failure ot their at
tempt at the caserne, or baaracks, they got into
disorder and separated.
Prince Louis went into the Permit-office, came
out, and was in a few minutes captured with all
his party then present, taken helore the Mayor,
sent no to the citadel under a strong escort, and
placed in different apartments, which took place
about half-past eight o’clock.
Among the party who separated at the column
were Gen. Montholon, his aid-de-camp, and about
eight others, who got down upon the sea sands,
took possession of the lite-hont which attends the
sea bathers, and were launching her into the
sea, when they were closely pursued by the Na
tional Guard, who fired into the boat, which wns
immediately capsized, and they were all im
mersed in the water, but not entirely out of their
depth.
Two of them were brought out of the wai n
and taken into the lodge of the Humane Society,
being severely wounded; they died immediately.
That fine old man, Gen. Montholon, before he
was out of the water offered up his sword, but
he. was immediately shot and severely wounded
by a bricklayer, one of the National Guards, and
taken away to the hospital, with little chance of
recovery. •
“ Several others of the party were bought in
in the course of the day, who had secreted them
selves among the standing corn.
The steam packet brought in with her a hand
some green travelling carriage anJ a caravan,
which contained all the military dreses, caps,
knapsacks, &c. also eight very fine horses. The
horses were landed as soon as convenient. The
carriage reirtamed on board in possession of the
donaniers, armed with their swords and muskets
with fixed bayonets.
“ There are also on board four barrels filled
with 40 franc pieces in gold (otherwise called
double Napoleons or Louis.)
“Prince Louis has also, contained in a belt on
his person, twenty thousand pouncs sterling in
Paris Bank bills, which he is allowed f : itain.
“Some of the Bonapartists concerned in this
mad attempt are very well known at Boulogne;
their names are not yet published.
“ Boulogne. 6 o’clock, A. M., 7th Aug. 1810.
It is reported that seven are killed or drowned,
exclusive of those wounded. Boulogne is per
fectly tranquil, without any apprehension of fur
ther disturbance.
The following is a copy of Ihe proclamation
scattered by the Prince and his followers:
“ Prince Napoleon, in the name of the French
people, decrees as follows :
j “ The dvnasty of the Bourbons of Orleans has
| ceased to reign. The French people are reinsta
ted in their rights. The troops are delivered from
i the oaths of their fidelity. The Chamber of
' Peers and the Chamber ot Deput es are dissolved
A National Congress shall be invoked on the ar
rival of Prince Napoleon at Paris.
“ Thiers, President of the Council, is appoint
ed at Paris President of the Provincial govern
ment,
“MarshalClausel is named commander in chief
of the troops assembled at Paris.
“General Fagot is to be commander of the
first military division.
“All the chiefs of the corps who do not con
form immediately to those orders shall be dis
placed.
“All officers, sub-officers, and soldiers who will
show iheir energetic sympathy for the national
; cause shall be recompensed in the most distin
guished manner.
“In the name of the country. God protect
F ranee.
“Boulogne, the ,1840.
“LOUIS NAPOLEON.”
The London Chronicle says that Sir Howard
Douglass has been recalled from the government
of the lonian Islands, and Lord Falkland ap
pointed his successor.
Parliament was to be prorogued by tho Queen
in person, on the llth August.
The latest Paris advices were August Bth.
The condemnation of Prince Louis was univer
sal, both by the press and the public. Many
persons had been arrested at the capital, as impli
cated in the clliir. It was supposed that the
Prince and his companions would be brought to
Paris, and tried by the Chamber of Peers.
An absurd idea obtained considerable credence
that the attempt w r as countenanced by Lord
Palmerston.
M. Guizot landed at Calais, from London, on
the 7th, and proceeded to join the King at En.
A letter from Boulogne, dated the Bih, savs
that King Louis Phillippe was shot on his way
to En, and'that his coachman was killed.
From the London Chronicle, Aug. 8.
Friday —The consol market has been ex
tremely brisk to-day, and prices have experienced
a considerable improvement. After busines
hours yesterday, consols were offered at 89$ so
the account, but at the opening of the roarke’
this morning the first quotation was nominally
90$ to After being buyers and sellers a
9UA for a short time, prices improved to 90$ ti
90J, closing, however, a shade lower, the las
quotation being 90| to 90$ for the account. Ex
chequer bills were the same as yesterday, bciu;
quoted at ‘22s. to 245. prem.
This improvement in the funds his been pro
duced by the a Lie and conciliatory speech deliv
ered by Lord Palmerston last night, in answer t«
Mr. Hume in the House of Common*, which has
removed much of the uneasiness that has been
pressing down prices daring the week. Publh
attention to-day has been much devoted to if
contents, and to the attempt of Prince Louis Be
naparte to create a division in his favor, by sedu
eing the troops to his standard at Boulogne.
A Sanctum Sanctorum. —A gentleman wh
1 recently visited Richmond informs tiic editor t
the Baltimore Clipper t.lat he called on Carport
Streeter ot the Richmond Star, whom he fouu
seated on his tripod, with hi? sleeves rolled uj
surrounded by newspapers from all parts of th
globe—they were knee-deep, and mixed up wit.
cantalope rinds, apple parings, peach stones, oys
ter shells, and “little \ irginny niggers.” On hi
tabic were a bowl of clam soup, a petaloe candb
stick, a bottle of hard cider, two quill stumps,
j clam shell inkstand, a cast ot the C.ipper man
no»e, an old hat, and divers tnanustripls. The
wails were decorated with an old continental uni
so ra, a rusty broadsword a musket “without loci
stock or barrel,” and a number of prints repn
seting various stages of the life of the hero Ausle
lilz. He was at the time writing an eulogy o
clam soup, with his “eye in a fine phrenzy rolling’
—and so absorbed was he in the subject, that f« *
an hour after he could not tell his own name.
From Vermont.
The following letter to the editors of the Na
tional Intelligencer, is from a source which, they
are well advised, entire reliance may be placed :
Vermont, September 8, 1840.
An attempt is made by the Boston Morning
Post, to give an impression that the great Whig
victory in Vermont is a triumph of the Aboli
tionists. It is precisely the leversc. It isamost
signal defeat of abolitionism. Paul Dilling
ham, the Locofoco candidate for Governor, is an
abolitionist. He lost votes by his supporters
electioneering for him on that ground. Edward
D. Barber, the Locofoco candidate lor Lieut.
Governor, is the rankest abolitionist in Vermont.
For some years past he has been the,editor ot a
violent abolition newspaper, and is now, and tor
years has been, Secretary of the Vermont Anti-
Slavery Society. Addison county, where Bar
ber resides, sends twenty-one members to the
Legislature. Twenty of these are WMiigs, and
the remaining one is an abolition Locofoco, who
will vote for Biiixkt, for President, and is the
only member elect of the Vermont Legislature,
who will so vote. The excitement in Ve'inonl in
relation to slavery has almost entirely died away,
and the subject would have been scarcely alluded
tom connection with our last election, had it not
been for the attempts of the Locofocos to make
political capital out of it. Gen. Harrison’s
views upon this question are perfectly under
stood in Vermont, and it is as well known hose
as any where else, that he is entirely opposed
to any interference with the institutions of the
South.
A few words will explain why the Whig ma
jority in Vermont has increased so largely at this
election. The number of voters in Vermont who
may be got out to vote at an election is some
thing over 58,000. The Whig party has always
been in Vermont and was even this year (to a de
gree) remiss in voting. It has felt too strong
for its own safety. The result of the last year’s
election gave it new energy and life, for it was
almost beaten. The Governor’s vote last year
was Whig 24,611, Loco 22,251, being in the
: whole 46,862, showing that more ti.an 11,000
j freemen did not vote. Os these 11,000 about
9.000 were Whigs and 2,000 Locofocos. With
the year past 2,000 Locos have joined the Whigs.
With scarce an excejrtion, every Loco in the
State voted at the last election. The Loco vote
this year is about the same us last year, say 22.-
500. The Whig vote is about 32,600. It is
increased by the accession of the 2,000 who were
Locos last year, and by 6,000 Whigs turning
out who did not vote last year. And aU that
will prevent the Whigs giving 13,000 majority in
Nov ember far the Harrison Electoral Ticket is
the adverse influence of abolititionism. The ex
citement relative to lire measures of the Admin
tralion is so great that with the decided Whigs
it absorbs all other questions. Although during
the past summer I have met a great proportion of
the leading Whig politicians of Vermont, the
subject of abolitionism has never been alluded to
as having any other than an unfavorable bearing
upon the strength of the Whig party in this State.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Where Heads thejWin J Now ?
The “Western Steamer, Edward Stiff, Editor,”
which breathed i*s first in this city three or four
weeks ago, and has since been doing battle right
valiantly for “ Martin Van Buren, President”
“Richard M. Johnson, Vice President,” and
“ Wilson Shannon, Governor,” breathed its last
on Saturday the sth. The parting blessing which
its editor bestows upon his Locofoco brethren of
this cilv, is so much of a curiosity in its way,
that we transfer a portion of it to our columns.
After enumerating the hardships which he has
undergone since the “ Western Steamer” was
launched, Still"proceeds:
“ Under such circumstances, in order to enjoy
the usual courtesies of life, end the usual facilities
in transacting business, we have been required to
i bow submissively to a self-constituted Directory of
the Democratic party, and make our paper a ve
hicle to perpetuate the power of a Junto here who
have already brought disgrace upon the party and
driven from its ranks many of its most respecta
ble and efficient members.”
What say you to this count, Messrs. Dawson.
Duncan, 6c Co.l Stand up and look your judges
in the face.—Count second :
“ This we could not, we will not do. We have
been compelled to witness the machinations and
duplicity of those who claim to be leaders of the
parly, until we have dropped them in disgust,
and have erased from our columns tire foul blot
of A. Duncan and Tom. Henderson has fixed j
upon the paper. As we stated at the outset,
we adopted the ticket upon trust which ogj- de
mocratic brethren had made. The nominees were,
at the time, personally unknown to us, and we
regret to say, that our opportunities since have
j disclosed facts, which would call u p a blush to
i the cheek of every lover of his country.”
Thomas Jefferson Henderson, what say you
j to the second count ? Push your hair aside, 7om
i that your face may be seen.and answer your ac- 1
cuser.—Third count:
“ We cannot, we will not, for friend or foe, i
j for love nor money, advocate the claims to im
i portant trusts ot such abandoned wretches, nor
will we for any earthly consideration be kept in
leading strings by a Junto headed by such men
as Moses Dawson, Piatt, etc. Just such man-i
j agement on the one hand, and blind devotion 1
i on the other, has brought this country to humili- '
I ationand ruin, and has filled tho Legislative halls |
; and other important offices with men that a gal
j lows would not could not’disgrace.”
j Jacob Wykuff Piatt, this count is for you.
j Smooth and straighten your face, Jacob, and
speak out like a man. No dodging “behind a
stump! ’ No “ skulking a mile and a half out of
sight!” Speak up Jacob, as though you were ad
dressing your brethren at Miamitown. There’s a
“ smelJ gun powder” here man, and you must
show your mettle.
Mr. Stiffhas worked hard and lost money
while doing so. For this he is to be cnmmisscr
ated. But a politician one ot whose first princi
ples is that “all who trade on borrowed capital
ought to break,” should have known belter than
to “ adopt the ticket upon trust”
Doctor Hines.—The Baton Rouge Gazette
cf the sth inst. speaking of the doctor, says
“ W hen he entered the walls of his gloomy abode,
he gave vent to a hurst of feeling, lamenting bis
talc and declaring that he was the victim of per
jury. On taking ofi his elegant appaielto assume
the convict’s uniform, he laid down a high crown
ed hat, which en being examined, was found
lined witn springs similar to those of a watch.
By striking: his hat on the crown, it was imme
diately transformed into a cap. The doctor could
thus at any moment change his head-gear, and it
put in jail, was ready with instruments to make
his escape. The hat was accidentally torn to
pieces, but the springs may be seen at the Peni
tentiary. We have been told by one of the officers
of the institution that the doctor has declared that
he will not remain long at Baton Rouge. He
says that he has many powerful and influential
friends who will interfere for him, and should
their intercession fail, he has given notice that
he wiil leave on his own responsibility, anc
“ head foremost' if he cannot no other way.
Ihe guards have I>een ordered to keep a rigid
watch and fire on him should he make any de
monstration of an attempt to escape.”
.^ ATCHEZ - —A fire occurred at Natchez
on the 9th inst. in one of the outbuildings of a
beautiful mansion. There were in the kitchen two
-ervan s, a gulanda toy, and both were destroy
ed the boy was in a sick bed and was found a
ensped ender—tbe girl was taken out alive hor
ribly burnt but died in a few hours in the most ex
cruciating agony aud pain.— N. O. Pic.
From the New Orleans Bee of thfj\-2lh.
Fire at the St. Charles Exchange.
This noble structure and pride of our city, was
yesterday morning well night becoming a prey to
the devouring element. At about a quarter past
nine o’clock the citizens of tire second municipal
ity, and in fact whole city, were alarmed by the
cry of fire in the St. Charles Hotel. Every body
was filled with consternation at the idea ot losing
another of the monuments of our enterprising
community; and we must confess that at one
time we entertained very serious doubts of the
ability of our praiseworthy firemen to arrest the
progress of the fire. The flames were seen to
issue in the rear on the north cast corner of the
building, and aided by a high northerly wind,
soon extended over the entire roof of the left
wing ; the fire companies were on the spot a few
moments after the alarm was given, and immedi
ately earned their hose to the top of the roof, and
almost by superhuman exertions, succeeded in
quenching the flames in the course of an hour.
Too much credit cannot lie attached to the inde
fatigability of our firemen who vied with each
other in their laudable efforts 10 save this bcuti
ful edifice, and this is another of the many in
stances where we are solely indebted to their zeal
in saving so much valuable property. The loss
is estimated at about $25,000 for which amount
the company is amply secured by insurance.
The cause of this calamity is variously attribu
ted to incendiaries and to mere accident. We
have heard that the chimnics in that pan of the
building which was burnt, had cracked in several
places, which had been the means of igniting the
cross beams, but do not think this is very proba
ble. This much is certain, it is most fortunate
.hat the fire originated in the daytime; had it
occurred in the night, the whole building would,
in all probability, have been destroyed.
\ rr Another.—At about ten o’clock yester
day morning, a fire broke out in a house belong
ing to Mr. Munch, in Craps street, in the rear of
the Lower Cotton Press. Notwithstanding as
sistance was promptly rendered, that, together
with a small blacksmith’s shop, and another
dwelling house adjoining, were totally destroy
ed.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Presidential Flections.
Mr. Editor —There have been, since the
organization of our government, thirteen presi
dential elect ions. The following is a correct
statement of the number ot voles received by each
principal candidate, for president, at each of said
elections; and as it will be found on examination
to have been compiled from good authority, it
may perhaps be worthy of a place in your col
umns.
First election , 1783. No. of electors 69.
George Was!)ington received 69 votes; John
Adams, 31, and John Jay 6. Washington was
elected president, and John Adams vice president.
Second election, 1792. No. of electors 135.
George Washington received 132 votes, John
Adams 77, and George Clinton 50. Washington
and Adams were both re-elected.
Third election , 1796. No. of electors J 38, John
Adams received 71 votes ; Thomas Jefferson 69;
Thomas Pinkney 59, and Aaron Burr 30.
Adams was elected president, and Jefferson vice
president.
Fourth election, 1800. No. of electors 138.
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received each
73 votes; John Adams 65. and Charles C.
Pinkney 64. As there was no choice of president
in the college of electors, the election devolved on
the house of representatives, and after balloting
30 times Jefferson was elected by a majority of
one slate. Burr was elected vice president.
Fifth election, 18; ; 4. No of electors 176.
The present plan of voting separately for president
and vice president was now adopted.
Thomas Jefferson received 162 votes for presi
dent, and Charles Pinckney 14. —George Clin
ton received 162 votes lor vice president, ai.d
Rufus King 14. Jefferson and Clinton were
elected.
Sixth election, 1808. No. of Electors 176
James Madison received 122 votes for President,
and Charles C. Pinckney 47. George Clinton
received 1 13 votes tor Vice President and Rufus
King 47. Madison and Clinton were electid.
Seventh Election, 1812. No. of Electors
217, James Madison received 128 vote- for Pres
dent, and Do Wit Clinton 89. EldriJge Gerry
I receivetl 131 votes for Vice President, and Jared
! Ingersoll 86. Madison and Gerry were elected,
j Eighth election, 1816. No. of electors 217,
James Monroe received 183 votes for President,
and Rulus King 34. Daniel D. Tompkins re
; ceived 183 votes for V ice President, and John E.
Howard 22. Monroe and Tompkins we.e
elected.
Ninth election, 1820. No. of Electors 232.
James Monroe received 232 voles for President,
and Daniel D. Tompkins 218 for Vice President.
Fenth election, 1824. No. of Electors 261.
Andrew Jackson received 99 votes foi President;
| John Q. Adams 84 ; \\ m. H. Crawford 41, and
Henry Clay 37. As neither candidate had a
; majority, the election was carried into the house
where John Q. Adams having received the voles
of 13 Stales out of 24, was elected President.
John C. Calhoun received 182 electoral votes
for Vice President; N. Sanford 30, and Nathaniel
Macon 24. Calhoun was elected vice President.
Eleventh election, 1828. No. of Electors 261.
Andrew Jackson received 178 votes for Prcsi-
I lent, and John Adams 82. John C. Calhoun
received 171 votes tor Vice President, and R.ch
ard Kush S 3. J ickson and Calhoun were elected.
7 Vwtfth election, 1832, No ot Electois 268.
Andrew Jackson -eceivcd 219 votes for President;
Henry Clay 49. John Floyd 11, and Wm. Wirt
7. Martin Van Buren received 189 votes for
Vice President; John Sergeant 49; Wm. Wilkins
30: Henry Lee 11, and Arnos Ellmaler 7. Jack
son and \ an Buren were elected.
Thirteenth election, 1836. No. of Electors
294, (including Michigan.) Martin Van Buren
received 170 votes for President. Wm. H. Har
rison 73 ; Hugh L, White 26; Daniel Webster
14, and Willie P. Mangum, 11. Richard M.
Johnson received 147 votes for Vice President;
Francis Granger 77; John Tyler 47, and Wm!
Smith 23. As neither of the candidates for Vice
President received a majority of the electoral
votes, and as Richard M. Johnson and Francis
Granger received more votes than any other two,
the Senate preceded to elect one of the candidates
V ice President. In the Senate Richard M. John
son received 33 voles, and Francis Gianger 16.
V an Buren and Johnson were elected.
From the Philadelphia. Pennsylvanian,
Memorials of tub dead. —One of the most
simple, yet beautiful and affecting customs of an
tiquity, which has descended to modern times is
the decorating with flowers the graves of those
we respected and loved. Accustomed, as mod
erns are to term the ages and usages are passed,
barbarous and uncivilized, we cannot but think’
that the title regard paid in our days to the mem-’
ory of the departed, is a sad proof that advance
ment in iterature and the sciences, is unfavora
ble to the cull vation and growth of some of the
finest, sv/eete.-;, and holiest emotions, of which
the heart is susceptible. We have no desire to be
ranked among the ultra sensitive, but certainty
with us. this is no theme for unbecoming levin'.
I here is a deep toned voice in the care and r'e*
rr t CVery agC and nation of Equity has
shown to t.ie memory of the dead—there is a di
speai“,"',ucfa-ihV*.
Inch cannot be misunderstood, and which
finds a repose in every soul, not utterly callous
and mserMb.e to its noble destinies. In the un
fading green of the cypress and ivy, the ancients
found an emblem of the immortal vigour of the
mmd; tindmth# annual renewal of the rose,
and ihe fresh blossoms of spring, a proof th S
man. too, after the winter of death, and the era *! Hf
he past, is destined to flourish in renovated beau' |
ty and splendour. Those important truths made I
to us by the revelation, the endeavored to r j l ‘ I
the wide spread volume of nature, and there Jll S
was such as may well make us blush at the * I
roganco of our pretentions Nolwithstandh* I
the disuse and neglect, which this remnant of f ? I
fine feeling of the ancients has failed, among it!* I
greater part of the nations of Christendom s ,iS fl
•here are places whore it is preserve! i n u s ~r i ■ - i
live anti hallowed purity. A traveller assures m '-* '
that after the departed struggle between V*’ if
French armies, and the Tyrolese peasantry, wh * I
the former were defeated in the murdmww 1
j tempts to penetrate the mountain fastnesses f m
the south of Austria, not one of tn e Tyrolese h
* fell, was buried on the field, hut after the stf* If
of death was over, was borne by his friends to h;* 1
own native village, in the church yard of whirl* I
the little green mounds, planted with flowers. ail j 1
freed from weeds by the pious care of suivh„ rg I
still show the number of those that perished ’
that conflict of liberty. In the Crimea, in NiplT
on, on the southern shores of the Mediterranean" I
among the Moors, and in China, is still observed I
the beautiful custom of planting and f
I A >wers over the dead ; a custom so affecting. an j J
' so full of refined taste, that it ought never to he
j suffered to fall into oblivion, by those who make
the slightest pretences to civilization, h, \\ a!ei
when a young woman dies, she is attended tu her
grave by her virgin companions, each one bearinu
flowers, which, after she is deposited in her last
j abode, are sprinkled over the coflin. Over th P
monument of Klopstock, the impassioned author I
j ‘>f the “ Messiah,” flowers are yearly strewn, and
j a lime tree there ever waves its spreading b r , ln .
dies In that populous city of the dead, the Pere
La Chaise of the French capitol, ti:e cypress
the rose, and the willows, are beautifully blcn
drd ; and on Ail-souls day, thssc who have
1 Iriends Lurie d there, are in the custom of visiting
j tue P lace > bearing garlands of wild flowers and
j evergreens intermingled, to place upon the
; graves. The epitaph of the founder of Grecian
j Tragedy, the celebrated Sophocles, written by M
j Simonides, proves tiiat such a custom of honor
ing the illustrious dead, then existed :
\b ind, gentle evergreen, to form a shade,
Around the tomb where Sophocles is laid.
Sweet ivy, wind thy boughs and intertwine
'' rth blushing roses, and the clus*ci ing vine :
So shall thy lasting leavers with beauty bun*
Prove a lit emblem of the lays he sung.”
'There tan scarcely he imagined a more delight- £
ful place, than that valley of unfolding green, E
and everlasting flowers, where Badi the Koval* I
Persian, poet, is entombed. Hafiz, of tire same
nation, and scarcely less renowned as a poet,
planted with his own hands the cypress under
[ which he directed his body to be entombed, and
| over which for ages, his enthusiastic admirers
! and countrymen scattered roses, and hung chap-
I lets ot flowers. There is no place that awaken*
: more deep and sadly pleasing emotions, than to
tread the ground where those once loved, rest
forever from their sorrows and their enres. Every
thing disagreeable and repulsive, in such a ouiet
scene, ought to be carefully avomed ; and every
thing should be introduced which can have a
tendency to soften the passions, and sooth and
tranquihze the feelings. Yet how often do we
i% the sleeping place of the dead, in the church
yards ot both city and country, find the graves
! trampled upon by the most disgusting of brutes;
a cold stone perhaps, to tell who sleeps below,’; J
hut no flowers aic seen to picture, by their renew- I
al, the cheering hope of a resurrection ;no ever- I
green to shadow forth the immortality of the dead. I
To the contemplative mind, there is something I
pleasing in the idea of sleeping ihe dreamless I
: sleep, surrounded by those whom we loved while I
i living, and beneath the turf made radiant bv the I
I unsullied blossoms of Spring. To us, there is 1
1 another interesting view of this subject, and I
which is so quaintly and beautifully expessed by 1
1 Osborne: “He that lieth under the herse of 1
| heavenne, is convertible into sweet herbs and 1
flowers, that in aye lest in bosoms that would II
shrink from the ugly bugs which may he found f
. crawling in the magnificent tombs of Henry the
\ 11. ’The same thought occurs in an “Address
to the Mummy,” hy a late author;
“ Ob not like thee would I remain.
But o'er the eaiin my allies strew : ;u
And in some rising bud regain |
7 Lcfreskood that my childhood knew /” $
for ourselves much rather had we sleep where
the moonbeams would covert into diamonds the |
dew drops gathering on the rosebuds, tha.i to lie m
beneath the dome of 8-t. Peters, and where the w
soil south wind would wake the fragianceol *
blossoms winch afieciionate hands had planted, B
than to moulder in the undiscovered chutnbeis ol I
the eternal pyramids.
The Father of General Ham-on.
Tire fohowing notice of the father of the People's B
Candidate for the Presidency, is copied f:om the B
encyclopedia Am* ricana published in IS3O, and will B
be lead with inter* si at the present time: I
“ Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the Declaration I
cf Independence, was of a highly respectable fami- I
ly in Virginia. Ihe date cf his birth is not pre- I
t i -ely known. He was a student in the college of I
William and Mary, when his father and two sis- I
ters were simultaneously killed by a stroke of I
lightning. He went earlv into public life, (is I
which his ancestors had long been distinguished, I
commencing his political career, in 1164, as * I
member of the legislature of his native province. II
Jhe eminent e which l.e acquired in that capacity, ■
combined with the influence naturally accruing I
iiom fortune and distinguished family connexions, I
rendeied it an object fur the royal geven ment to |
enlist him in their favor; and he was accordingly |
offered a seat in the executive council of Virgin** I
—-a station analogous to that of a privy-counseikT I
in England. This was a tempting bait to an an*- I
bilious young man ;i ut as, even at that time, the I
measuu sot ihe British ministry indicated an op- I
piessive spiiit, he refused tire proffered dignity, ■
and always excited his influence so. the benefir of I
the people. When the time came for active resis* I
tancc to Ihe arbitrary acts of the government, be |
was not found backward. In the first general J|
Congress of 1774 he was a delegate, and consecra- i
ted his name, by affixing it to that dcclarOion I
which can never be forgotten as long as liberty is I
worshipped. It is related concerning him, that |
whilst sign ;ng the instiument, he happened to I
stand near Mr. Gerry of Massachusetts, who w* ! ■
ol a slender and spare form, whi'e he was v p| 7 V
corpulent; and, turning to him, after laying dcw fl ■
the pen, he said, in a facetious way, “When the f
time of hanging comes, 1 shall have the advantage L
ovei you. It will be over with me in a rninut®, I
but you will be kicking in the air half an hour
alter 1 am gone.” Mr. Harrison was particularly
useful as a chairman of the boaid ol Mar. Alter
his resignation oi his seat, 1777, he was elected to
t ie house of burgesses cf Virginia, of which he
was immediately chosen speaker. This situation
he occupied till the year 17&3, when lie was mace
thici magistrate of the State, and was twice o- B
elected. In 1785, he letiied to private life, but m
*7*®* became a member of the convention of G.- ■
i ginia that lalified the < onstitutibn of the Iniv I
Mates. Os the first committee appointed by to.' I
body, that of piivileges and electians, he was cho- ■
sen chairman ; but his age and infiimities prevent- I
cd him from taking an active part in the debate*. ■
He, however, advocated the adoption of the boa- I
stitution, with certain amendments. Ho died I
| the gout, in 1191.” I
C onsignees per South Carolina Kail Hoad* I
Hasiburu, Sept. IS, IS4O. ■
E G Iloriot; Latimer, Whiting & Co.; Keese & I
Beall; T Daw on; Kathhone & Baker; W <■ I>o* I
g“tt; W K Kitchen; A Fredetick ; W Haltier; J I
\V Houghton ; L W Ca n ; J J Parraelee ; Gould & I
Bulkley; J Kent; II C Baldwin; Rankin, Boggs I
&Co ; II A Richmond ; Dr. Turpin; Stovall, Sim* fl
mans & Co.; J F Benson ; G Parrott; W H Cran« |
6c Co.