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CHRONICLE AND SKNTINGL.
A U GUSTA.
~ TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor-
Tiiptible Statesman — the inflexible Republican
the patriotic Faimer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
Os Virginia ;
A State Rights Republican of the school of 98 —
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 Muscogoe."
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARU, 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.
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.
FOR SENATOR,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
® Off We are requested to notify persons having
bills against the Committee, for furnishing supplies
•at the Spring Hill Barbecue, to present them at
this office on or before Wednesday next, for pay
ment.
Important Admisssion.
We arc gratified in being able to lay before our
readers the following admm ssion of the Corporal
in yesterdays Constitutionalist. We have long tho’t
that the Corporal was struggling against w hat he
believed to be the determined will of tb 1 ' people,
but we really did not suppose that he candid
enough to admit in advance what woe the
impending fate of his party. VVc can readily ima
gine what anxiety of mind he must have under
gone, before he could be induced to admit that
Georgia would go for Harrison, but rather than be
subjected to the charge of deceiving his friends,
he has made the acknowledgment. And we hum
bly trust his friends will give him credit fer his
motives, however, much they may dislike to be told
in advance of defeat. We sincerely pity him, he has
struggled hard, and has no doubt made the best of a
bad cause, and we invoke from his friends that con
solation which can best sustain his drooping spirits
under such trying circumstances.
From the Constitutionalist of yesterday.
(jj'We copy from the New York Tims and
Evening Star,the following item of intelligence,
which will be found to be new and true.
“A gentleman of the highest political distinction,
in South Caroll va, and one who was among the
first, if he was not the very first who laised his
voice in behalf of Andrew Jackson, uses the fol
jowing language in reference to Geoigia
“ From Georgia, 1 have accounts from all soits
of people —all concurring that Van Buren must be
beat. I believe it, because tnere is more fire in
the whigs—they are the movement pa try, and it
will not take a great deal to give them a decided
majority. Proton acquired great honor at Macon,
and greater at Augusta —where he not only de
lighted his friends but converted his enemies, who
listened to him two nours in the rain, tne house
being two small to hold them,” »
From the New York Courier and Enq. if the 11th.
Maine Election.
The additional returns from the Maine election
are not sufficient to enable us to state definitely
whether Kent or Far’.field has been elcctuft Gover
nor. The majority' either way will be very small.
The Whigs have elected Fessenden, Evans and
Randall to Congress; and the Locolocos have
-elected Clifford.
The Senate consists of £5 members. As far as
heard from the Whigs have elected 4 in Cumber
3ond, tin Lincoln, 3 in Kennebec, 2 in Summer
set, and 1 in Washington—ln all 14.
1840 1838.
Counties. Kent. Fairficd. Kent. Fair.
Lincoln (8 towns) 2120 941 1822 907
York, (22 towns) 398 S 4532 raaj. 749
Cumberland (in full) 5971 57!3 6521 6416
Kennebec (1 mn) 234 maj.
The Whigs will probably have a majoiily in both
brunches of the Legislature; and thus secure the
election of a Whig United States Senator. The
Boston Atlas of Wednesday says:
The returns from Lincoln and Kennebec look
well. There is a very handsome gain for Kent,in
the towns hoard from in these counties, compared
with the vote of 1838.
We make no prediction about the result of the
vote for Governor. If Fairfield be ic-Hectcd, it is
by the skin of his teeth, and it is rendeied certain
that the Presidential vote of Maine will be given
to General Harrison in November.
Hamburg, 13th September, IS4O.
To the President and Members of the Edge
field Titpecaroe Ctri:.
Gentlemen —You have been kind enough tocon
firm the nomination made in Abbeville for Con
gress. Please accept my thanks for the compli
ment. lam proud of the good opinion of my fel
low citizens.
I regret to say, that considerations of a private
nature compel me, respectfully, to decline the
nomination.
Please accept the assurance of my high consid
eration. With great respect,
W. W. STARKF.
Publish -d by order of the President,
J. W. BTO RES.
nomination.
1 From the New York Jlerctldand Express of the Mth
Seventeen days later from Europe.
The gallant Queen arrived here last night, a 1
eleven o’clock. She made the passage in fifteen
davs from the Needles. By her we have London
papers to the Ist of September inclusive.
Her news is important. There is now every
prospect of a war. Mehernet Ali has positively
refused to comply with the request of the four
powers. All over France and England there is
the utmost activity in preparing the army and
navy for war.
All the nations of Europe arc preparing for
war on a grand scale. And yet they all say. ‘ it
is all for peace.'" An admirable way of mani
festing a love of peace this! Russia will soon
have over 200,000 troops in the field, f ranee
will count upon 700,000 troops in case of need,
and is filling up her naval marine on a grand
scale. England is now moving in her vast naval
preparations—a number of large ships of the
line are lilting for sea with all despatch. New
ships are launched, and old ones fined up and
commissioned. At Woolwich, at Deptford, and
at Portsmouth, the gratest activity prevails—and
Mchemct Aliis just as busy for war as any of
them- And this is all for “peace ?! !”
The defeat of the Russians in Circassia is ful
ly confirmed.
M. Thiers has been accused of stock jobbing
on a grand scale. The examination of Louis
Napoleon still continues. He is to oe tried in
October. Louis Philippe has been nearly ship
wrecked. The captain of the English steamer
Edinburgh Castle is released. The downiall of
the Thiers’ ministry is expected. The Spanish
ministry has fallen. There has been an insur
rection in Spain. Leopold has let. England to
try to pacify Louis Philippe. The French army
and navy has been largely increased. The
French papers are more mild. The English
people and government keep cool.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood, the singers, and an Ital
ian opera troupe, have arrived. Lord Falkland,
Governor General of Nova Scotia is in the Brit
annia steam ship at Halifax.
The British Queen was seized by the Customs
officers, in consequence of a large quantify of
American manufactured Tobacco, with other ar
ticles, being secreted in the machinery depart
ments, of which it is said the Captain was not
cognizant.
The Commissioners of Customs had fined the
British and American! Steam Navigation Com
pany £SO, in consequence of the smuggled to
bacco, &c., having been found concealed on
board the British Queen. A petition to the board
praying for a mitigation of the penally has been
laid before the Commissioners.
The engines of Mr. Norris, of Philadelphia,
continue to work wonders on the Birmingham
and Gloucester railway. On ascents and for
drawing heavy loads, they are allowed to be the
best invention which has yet appeared in locomo
tive steam.
The reports from the wine districts of France
arc highly favorable, and the general vintage of
Europe will probably be the best For a number of
years.
A Russian Army it was said was moving down
to attack Ibrahim Pacha, in the plains of Syria,
The Kings of Holland and Sardinia have offi
cially notified to the French Government their
determination to preserve the strictest neutrality,
in the event of a war.
The Queen appointed the Right Hon. Charles
Baron Sydenham, to he Governor of the Province
of Canada.
United States Dank Stock improved 1 per ct.
on the 31st ult.— to 66,
Prince Albert was presented with the freedom
of the City of London on the 28th.
Meetings are hold in Ireland for the purpose
of effecting a Repeal of the Legislative Union, at
which Mr. O’Connell is the great agitator. A
similar meeting has also been held in Liverpool.
A malignant yellow fever has broken out at
Sierra Leone.
The examinations of Prince Louis Napoleon
are proceeding. M. Crony Chanel has admitted
the receipt of 140,000 francs for the establishment
of a journal, the disbursement of which he had,
he said, fully accounted for. The captain and
crew ot the Edinburg Castle have been released
from the Concicrgeric.
The Capitole says that. Prince Louis Bona
parate declares that the entire responsibility of
the affair of Boulogne lies with him, and that
those who accompanied him in bis enterprise
were not informed of his object till they were at
sea. and could not recede.— Lc Canstitntionnel.
There were two fires in London on the 27th
August, which together destroyed property to the
amount ol £70,000. One destroyed llie ware
house on Here’s wharf; the other, the steam saw
mills of Mr. Free. On the 251 h, Mr. Thorn’s
mill at Dundee, which with the machinery, cost
£20.000, was destroyed by fire.
The packet Spey from Rio Janeiro with T7G45
in specie, the Tyrian from Vera Cruz with $350,-
000, and the Mutine from the West Indies with
SIOO,OOO had arrived.
Paris, August 25. — Letters from Constanti
nople, published by the Leipsic Gazette, relate
that at the last review of the troops, six musket
shots were fired at the -Fultan, ami that Ins cloak
was pierced Uy two balls. It was accordingly,to
all appearance, a vast conspiracy.
A letter from Constantinople, dated the 6th,
says;—“ Within this fortnight more than 1501)
have been strangled and thrown into the Bos
phorus. The plan was to place on the throne the
tSullau’s brother, who is only nine years of ago,
with a Council of Regency, of which Chosrew
Pasha was to the hca .. Gazette de France.
Persecution of the Jews in tiif. East.—
“Foreign office. Aug. 17.—Sin—I am directed
by \ iscounl Palmerston, to acquaint you, that it
appears by a despatch, dated on the '2l st July,
from her Majesty s Ambassador at Constantino
ple. that the inquiry ins ’tuted by the Porte re
specting the accusations brought against the Jews
of Rhodes, who were accused of having murdered
a Greek child, has lei ruinated in the acquittal of
the Jews ot the crime laid to their charge, and in
t:*e dismissal from otli e of the Pacha of Rhodes
for his misconduct with reference to that matter.
I am, sir, your most obedient servant,
“Baron Rothschild. Leveson.”
News from China.-—London, Sept. I. — The
Hindoo, Manson, arrived at Lwcrpool from Cal
cutta, spoke on the 22d of July, tne Aden, from
China. The Aden L Macao on the 27th of
April. 18 days subsequent to the date of the advi
ces brought by the last overland mail. No event
of importance had occurred in the interval. The
Chinese continued busily engaged in making
preparations for receiving t expedition?
—Occasionally they amused themselves by throw
ing rockets among the English ships at Mocao,
without however, causing any serious damage.
As much tea had been brought to Macao as would
lead all the ships waiting for cargo a. the rend z
vous.
Wc learn, in addition to the intellr/q-.cc pre
viously communicated, that all the American
ships had left Macao with full cargoes ; that tlio
British trade was carried on unde, the Danish
flag, and the eights were from 71 to 81 per ton.
Gen, Hamilton vvi •?, at the last dates, still at
Hague, on the wc —it is said—of concluding a
treaty with the government ol tho Net crlands,
for the Recognition of the ne.v Republic an even,
which will undoubtedly have great weight here.
From the Hague he will proceed to Belgium,
with whose government, it is understood, he will
meet with no difficulty in accomplishing hisob
iect. On the Islh September I expect him in
London, where he will, without delay, conclude
a treaty wit. Lord Palmerston, (Mr. O’Connel
and the fanatics to the contrary notwithstanding)
or otherwise place the government of Great Brit
ain in liie humiliating position of directly sacri
ficing an object of British interest to the Irish
agitator; and so manifestly and essentially in
the wrong as regards every principal of interna
tional law, that Texas will be justified in exclu
ding England from all participation in her trade
by rescinding the present Convention of inter
course between the two powers.
Mr. Burnley, the oilier Commissioner, is m
Paris, where Gen. Hamilton and himself are un
derstood to have a strong interest in their favor.
Here also among our first commercial men,
Texas is beginning to excite much attention,and
from the well known high standing of lien. H.,
in our monied and other influential circles, and
the ability and untiring activity which both he
and h.'s colleague display in the prosecution ot
their object there can bo little doubt ot its eventu*
a! and complete success.
Great Convention at Dayton.
[ One hundred thousand /]
The Pennsylvania Intelligencer of the l~th says -
I —We learn by a gentleman who was at the Har
j risen Convention at Dayton, Ohio, on the 10th,
| that from 75,000 to 100,000 people were present,
as near as could be estimated by actual measure
ment or the ground occupied by the crowd. Gen.
Harrison was present.
The Hon. Martin Chutes den, formerly mem
ber of Congress, and afterwards Governor of V er
mont, died on the sth inst., at Williston, Vt.
Old Elbert Awake—Free Barbecue.
The citizens of Elbert County, without distinc
tion of political parties, having been previously in
vited to a Free Barbecue, to be given at Elberton,
on Thursday, the 4th of September, met accord
i mgly at a very early hour of the day. The con
course of people was unusually large and respect
able. Many citizens from the adjacent count.es
were also present by particular invitation.
The meeting was organized by calling Gen. J.
V. Harris to act as President of the day, when the
following gentlemen were nominated as Vice Pre
sidents, viz: Major Beverly Allen, Col. Thomas J.
Heard, Joseph Rucker, Wm. White, and Joseph
Blackwell, Esqrs.
# Major Alficd Hammond acted as Marshal of the
Da}', assisted by Major John H. Jones,Col. Van I).
Gary, Stephen Ham, John G. Deadwyler, Nicholas
Burton, John Jones, and Wm. Haslelt, Esqrs., all
distinguished by their appropriate badges.
Robert Hester and Tinsley W. Rucker, acted as
Secretaries of the mect ng.
The business of the day was opened by prayer,
from the Rev. Robert L. Edwards. Notwithstanding
the inclemency of the day, (which in the forenoon
was raining,) hundreds of the hardy sons of old
: Elbbrt rallied around the spot, from which it was
Understood they would be addressed, when the
Hon. George R. Gilmer was introduced to the
meeting by the President, an 1 received with every
demonstration of kindness and confidence. He had
engaged the attention of the anxious multitude for
about twenty minutes, when he was interrupted
by the arrival of a procession from the town of
Ruckersville. The procession was preceded by a
band of music, and a beautiful “ Log Cabin ” on
wheels, distinguished by every decoration whkh
usually adorns those unostentatious “ temples of
Liberty.” The “ siting of the latch” was con
spicuous to all on tire outride. The plough, the
buck-horns, and various sk ns and utensils, were
appropriately arranged, all emblematic of the hum
ble pursuits of tiic “ Cincinnatus of North Bend.”
The “ Hat'd Cider” was not the least conspicuous
appendage $ that simple, but grateful beverage,
which was so reproachfully used as a subject of
taunt upon honest and industrious competence.
Above the Cabin a chaste and beautiful banner of
white Satin, floated to the breeze, in the centre of
which an Eagle was portrayed, holding in its talons
an “ Olive branch.” —In the crescent above, was
the inscription—“ Clear the Kitchen”—and be
neath, “Old Tip is coming.” Below was a Log
Cabin, in the foreground of which the patriots
Haaison and Tyftr, seemed to be in earnest con
versation. After the procession had passed, and
performed the circuit of the Court House s'quare,
the call for the old, well-tried, and faithful public
servant, again burst Lorn the eager crowd. He
responded to the call in a speech of one hour and a
half, distinguished by all that warmth, energy,
force and spirit, which charaterizes him: in which
he delineated Martin Van Burcn’s political charac
ter, from the time he was found in 1812 with his
country’s foes, opposing the last war. in suppo.it of
Clinton, against the patriot James Madison, down
to the present day—against all of which he in
veighed with that iioncst indignation, which in
spires every pairiot heart at the recital of political
heresy. His personal observation and experience
furnished h; a with many of the facts presented by
him. His dcicnce of Gen. WiLiain H. Harrison
was as triumphant, and his culogv of him as com
plete, as they were just and merited. He conclud
ed his speech amidst the buists of applause, by
which it had frequently been interrupted ; after
which the company repaired to dinner, under the
superintendence of Major A. Hammond, Marshal of
the Day. The dinner was served up in tiie very
best barbecue style, and was sumptuous and abun
dant. Near the dinner tables the United Slates
banner floated in beauty and majesty, on one side
of which was inscribed —“Harrison, Tyler and
Reform.’ —On the reveise—“ No Standing Aimy.”
A neat and appropriate “ Log Cabin ” was erected
near the banner. After the tables were removed,
Capt. James Oliver, an old and highly respectable
citizen ol the county, having expressed a v ish to
speak in reply to Governor Gilmer, was invited by
the President to take the stand, which be occupied
for some time, in an animated and spirited address,
in which lie held forth the true Van Buren, Bcn
tonian doctrine.
Judge Dougherty being long and loudly called
for, was then introduced to the meeting by the
President, and in one o' tiiose able, patriotic, elo
quent and conclusive addresses, which commands
Ine adm ration of every body, and which, for point
and fullness of illustration and anecdote, is seldom
surpassed, enchained the attention of the meeting
for move than two hour's. He adverted in a very
happy manner to the past and present condition of
our i ouatry, and illustrated Van Buren’s doublc
taccd policy most felicitously, in which he was
o.ren greeted by the warmest manifestations of
approbation.
Major Robert A. Toombs was then introduced
upon a general call, and hesitating fiom the late
ness of the hour, whether he should proceed to
sn:ak, was urged by a universal cry of “ Go on /”
Although the hour was late, none were willing to
foiego the pleasure they anticipated from his ad
dress—and well were they repaid for their alien
t on. By the brilliancy of his wit, humor, anec
dote, and aiguineat, he gained and fastened the at
tention of tne crowu of admiring spectators,
foi between one and two hours, whose ardor in
t :c good cause seemed to rise with the progress cf
the speaker, as rcpeaic-dly evinced by the the most
rapturous and deafening bursts of applause. He
dwelt with much force upon the impolicy of the
Sub-treasury system, as well as upon many other
topics; when, at a late hour of the evening, the
meeting adjourned in that harmony and good order
which had marked its proceedings through the day.
J. V. HARRIS, President.
Robert Hester, ? Secretaric ,
T. W. Rucker, 5 ctreiar,cs ’
Mississippi. — A gentleman oflhis city, recent
ly returned from a lour through Mississippi, says
the Log Cabin boys arc turning the Slate “upside
down.” The number of conversions from Loco
focoisin is almost incredible. Harnsonism is per
vading the Slate like an epidemic, and the whole
people are arming against the tyranny, insolence
and imbecility olThe party in power. The Whigs
cherish the utmost confidence of carrying their
ticket, and should changes multiply much longer
in the ratio that they have done, there can be no
doubt of the issue.— New Orleans Bulletin.
From the Nszoark Daily Advertiser.
Another Prop Gone.
The writer of the following letter hos been
among thesmost distinguished members of the
Administration party in West Jersey, and has
represented the county ot Atlantic in the Legis-
Ibtive council for two years, by the votes of his
party. I\ r ow hear what he —a business man o{
large experience —says of the Administration in a
letter to a friend in Fhiladc'p! ia, who communi
cated i' to the United Stales Gazette :
Mat’s Landing, Aug. 16
Benjamin Wilkins, Esq,-:
Dear Sir:—On my return home last evening,
I found yours of the 9th instant, requesting me
to give you my present political views or opin
ions from what they were when Mr. Van Buren
was elected to the Presidency. I have first to
say, that I never had much to do with the poli
tics of the country : that I always found it quite
necessary to give my time and attention to the
business in which I was engaged in order to pro
cure a living for my family; yet always had my
views in relation to the duties of men in public
stations; that alt legislative bodies should legis
late for the good of the people, and the, safety of
ourrepcblic; that I did hope and believe that
Mr. Van Buren and those connected with him. U
elected, would have in view only the good ot the
people, and the safety of our most excellent go ;
vernment. In this opinion, however, I found
myself only disappointed from year to year.
Instead of the errors which had crept into our
government b ing corrected, they were not only
continued, but much increased ; and yet the peo
ple were told all would ultimately turn to their
advantage; when in my humble opinion, a little
reflection only is necessary to convince any one
of this fact, that if we arc to be brought to a spe
cie circulation say only sixty cr eighty millions,
instead of three to five hundred millions—pro
portionally, say at least to one quarter its present
value; consequently every man in business,
whose indebtedness is one quarter the value of
the property he possesses, is a bankrupt; a system
most clear to me to make the rich man richer,
and the poor man poorer; then the Sub-Treas
ry, to secure the gold and silver to the office hol
ders; next a military force, sufficient to ensure
the wealth and offices to the holders forever.—
This, however cannot be done, tne people of our
beloved country, will strongly declare to the of
fice holders, and the world at our coming elec
tion. that the supremacy of the republic of these
United States is in the n ; that they have the
power every fair wly of loudly declaring their
disapprobation of measures by changing the men
in office through the ballot box. The Van Bu
ren party is growing weaker every day. Only
get men to think, and they suy let us have a
change.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
LEWIS M. WALKER.
Major Wyman.
A SKETCH.
In the ancient town of Aylwin, New York, up
on the great county thoroughfare, a little back
from the road, stands a large dwelling of antique
appearance, inhabited by David Wyman, a fine
old country gentleman—a farmer gentleman, one
w ho ha< followed tbe plough and cast in the seed,
and with his own stalwart arm cut down the ri
pen d grain. He is wealthy, and to his own in
dustry and prudence, with the blessing of his Ma
ker, all credit is due that he is so. His head is
old, hut his heart is young. Eighty winters have
cast their snows upon the fiormcr, but have not
been able to chill the latter. His wile has grown
old with him. She was a young and blooming
oride of scarce three months, when the loud toc
sin of war aroused the people of this country to
their memorable seven years struggle, and with
her own fair hand she helped to mould the bullets
for her husband's musket, and as he left her for
the camp, stifling all womanish feelings, and im
molating self on the altar of liberty, from her
young lips went forth the word of encouragement
and exhortation
Vv hen the war was at an end, the soldier re
turned to his native place with the title of Major.
He now applied Imnse f diligently to the cultiva
tion ot his farm, and in a few years all about
him looked neat and flourishing; his flocks and
and his herds increased, and he was a living ex
ample of the truth of the proverb, “the hand ol
the diligent makelh rich.” Sons and daughters
were born to him—uis wife was “ one of the
host ot women,” and "her children rose up and
coded her blessed.” At I lie time of which we
write the happy pair had descended far down the
vale ot life, and their defendants with their fam
ilies numbered over two hundred, and all of them
in comfortable circumstances, some farmers, some
mechanics, some merchants, and some ministers
of the gospel. All of his immediate children
were living but one dauthcr, the youngest, who
uied in about a year alter she was married, leav
ing a little girl a few months old. She was tlie
old man’s darling he insisted upon taking her lit
tle one under his own roof. The fatner of the
iriiaut died soon alter, and the old man, determin
ed to call her by his own name, and make her
heir to his estate at his decease. Little Malty,
for so the fond grandfather delighted to call her
although she was christened Martha, grew up a
distinguished favorite, and at ten years of age was
a beautilul child, with a face and form which
gave promise of actions. Matty
was as good as she was beautiful, though she had
one fault, if fault it could be called—she was ex
ceedingly independent, and even at that early
age had opinions of hero an, and hesitated not
to express them. She might perhaps, be thought
a little too imperious for a child of ten, hut her
“ queenishness,” as her companions caned it, as
sorted well with her personal appearance.
At the time when our story commences, party
politics ran pretty high. The presidential election
was approaching, which resulted in the elevation
of (ten. Jackson to the chair of the supreme ex
ecutive. Major Wyman had not a personal ac
quaintance with cither candidate, but his predi
lections were in favor of Jackson, for the reason
that he was a military man, and a valiant soldier.
•‘ He has fought bravely lot his country,” said the
oM patriot, “in bat'.le with the enemy, and he
well deserves to partake of his country’s honors as
well as her hardships. I’ll venture hut that so
good a soldier will make a good presidentand
accordingly Major Wyman’s vote went in for the
chieftain. Many of the old substantial men of
the place, who, hke him, had supported Adams
lour } oars before, now went with him for his op
ponent, he Major’s influence was great with
many of his neighbors, who all knew him for an
honest high-minded man. *
Often, during the year previous to the election
had the Major s house been the place where a
knot ot the village politicians met to talk over the
affairs of the nation, and conceit plans for effec
tive operation at the elections. Many an honest
tanner had gone into the large old-fashioned par
lor a good Adams man, and come out with eyes
dazzled with the. hero’s glory to proclaim abroad
his renunciation ot his parly, and new-born al
legiance to the chicilain. At these meetings Ma
jor Wyman took the lead, and his voice would
wax loud, a d bits tones become earnest, as lie
descanted upon the merits ot the General and ex
horted all to come up to the mark, to rally round
the standard, to press on te victory.
Little Matty was the only one of the family
privileged to be present among the partisans-
She would sit for hours by the side ot the old
man, listening to the conversation, her head bent
forward, and her chin resting upon the upturned
palm of her hand, apparently as much interested
as any one of the party.
“ Well little one,” said Squire Caldwell one
evening, “ ain’t you sleepy ?’’
“O no sir. i. love to hear old folks talk.
Grandfather never lets them send me oil to bed
before nine.”
“ I suppose you are a staunch little democrat
like your grandfather.”
“No sir, I am not —yes, lam a democrat, but
I like Mr. Adams best. I’m a National Repub
lican, as Charles Gerry calls it.”
“ What’s that ?” cried her grandfather in some
astonishment. “You a National, Matty! hah,
hah, a little politician in petticoats. Who filled
your head with such notions 1”
“Nobody, grandpa, I always was a National,
and so was a year ago. Who filled your
bead with notions, grandpa ?” Poor Matty spoke
before she thought, and hung down her head, for
she feared she had been saucy.
“ Hob. hob ! The girl has got the advantage
of me, hasn’t she neighbors ? There's a goo 1 deal
of my blood in. that little one. She’s Wyman
all over As independent as a wood sawyer, hoh,
hob 1 Gen. Jackson is a brave man, Matty—l
haven t exactly changed my opinions, but I think
he is the man to take toe reins.”
“ Didn’t helical the Indians badly, grandpa V t
said she in a hesitating tone.
“ Not worse than they deserved, Malty. They
arc moie cruel than wild beasts. Hardly any
thing is too good lor them.” The Major had a
lender spot in his leg, where an Indian had
i wounded him in the revolutionary war.
Although the old man tried to laugh it off, he
was by no means pleased to find his little favor
ite did not think as he did. Young as she was,
he knew her lo be shrewd and sensible, and he
knew it would be vain lo bring her over by any
thing but reasoning.
During the whole political canvass, Matty re
mained firm, and had quite a party oil her side
in tile village high school. Charles Gerry was a
leader among the boys, and distinguished tor his
bravery, discretion, and quick understanding
If Matty was puzzled about any thing, she would
go to Charles, and never failed to lelurn to the
charge with a new fund of information, and a new
stock of a-gumeets.
Charles was then about eighteen, eight years
older than Matty, and when lie visited her grand
father’s, he would fake her upon his knee and j
tell hoi stories about Washington, and Hamilt.m, j
and Adams, and Monroe, by the hour together,
while she would look up into his face with a full
earnest gaze, her black curling hair thrown back,
and her beautiful lips just parti d, and her large
blac k eye beaming witli interest and ‘nlelligence.
“ There Mat, I mus go home now I you must
give me a kiss for that long story. Come now.”
“ O don’t go yet, Charley; wait till nine—l
go to brd at nine.” But Charles was always
positive; he never yielded to entreaty, but when
he had once said be must go,not all Matty’s per
suasions could retain him.
“Then you don’t have a kiss Chailey !’’ that
was her last argument, and no kiss would he git.
But the 'ery next time became, Matty was eager
to make up ; and when the stories were told, I
should not wonder if Charles got more than one
k -s
But the time came when Charles Gerry must
go to College, end then poor Mat was sorrowful
indeed. Does love ever enter such young hearts?
—lt is more than I can tell, but of this lam cer
tain, Charles Gerry bade Matty good-bye eve-
I rv I ist one, —and when he was gone, she was
j quite sad for several days. Years rolled on,
| Charles Gerry went on in his studies, and once a
j year he spent a few weeks’ vacation at his aunt’s
jin Aylwin. His parents were not living. Mat
jty grew apace in body a.d mind. As Charles
| approached liie end of his college course, he made
a long visit lo Aylwin, but now Malty would not
j kiss him, nor did she a.-k him, for stories. A
I cousin had come to live in her grandfather’s house,
a boy of sixteen, and he was her constant com
panion.
“She is beauli ul,” thought Charles, as he gazed
upon her face for the last lime ere he left again
for college, but a little too imperious, and, young
as she is, I fear there is a spice ofeequetry in her
nature. I declare I detest a coquette !”
“You do, Mr. Gerry!” cried an arch voice.
He had unconsciously uttered those last words
aloud.
“ Good bye, Matty,” said he, taking his hat, “I
am going hack to college 10-niorrow.” She tur
ned away from the game of “cat’s cradle,” which
she had been engaged in with her cousin and half
rose up. He advanced and held out lus hand.
She look it and her voice sounded gaily enough
as she bade him not gel into any coll; ge scrapes,
hut when he said the final good bye, he felt sure
that his warm pressure was not entirely unrelur
ned. and he thought that he could sec a tear stea
ling into that full black eye.
“I hate cat’s cradle, Henry !” exclaimed she,
as the door closed after him. “ I had rather play
something else. ’ Various games were proposed,
hut none of them appeared to suit, and finally
she sat down to reading. The book which siie
read was the gift of (.diaries Gerry ! Mr. Gerry
as she now insisted on calling him.
Chafes graduated in good standing, and im
mediately commenced the study of divinity.—
He visited Aylwin at considerable but
his visits became fewer, anil fewer, and just as he
was about to take orders as a clergyman, lie mere
ly passed one day there making but a five minutes
call at Major Wyman’s. The Major was cold
and formal, and did not as formerly invite him
over, and over, to call and see him when he came
to town. The truth was that some of the village
gossips began to hint something about an attach
ment between bis lovi !y grandchild and the young
clergyman. This the old man could not bear the
thought of, for various reasons; Charles Gerry
was an Episcopalian. He was very active in op
position lo the administration. Indeed the ma
jor’s heart was so bound up in the child that he
looked with a jealous eye upon any who might
attempt to gain her affections. A.- to Matty she
appeared even more distant than her grandfather,
and Charles Gerry left Aylwin with feelings in
which the bitterness of disappointment was min
gled.
Major Wyman stood by Gen. Jackson through
thick and thin during his whole eight years,
and gave bis vote to his successor also, not for
any preference but because the General recom
mended him. His antipathy to Gerry increased
as he heard in the course ot two years that he
had settled over a city parish, and he now consid
ered mm a rank aristocrat both in religion and
politics. An Episcopalian is a church and state
man, said he His system of church government
• is at war with our republican institutions. It is
a limited monarchy. Nay it is almost a despo
tism. 1
JX '“"Sli.ne Chades Gerry di,i „„ t visit
• ’ or ** ls °hurch was in a disc- ni ciiy, and
it was not convenient to leave his flock. He did
not n-any, nor did lie apper in the least inclined
o. a his public duties he was distinguished for
that zeal and discretion which had characterized
his earlier years. Although a clergyman. h e
firm political stand. He did nut m-crl cct u*
pastoral duties, hut his motto appeared to be“f ?
and my country!” “Religion—Politics ir'
was n-rne the less useful to the people „t u
charge bi cause he loved his country and dc ■
il h s bounden duty to do his part to shield 'l
from misrule and promote her prosperity 's ' f * r
after the meeting of the National Convcmioi *’ o
Harrisburg, which restilteu in the most s um ‘ at
nomination of General Harrison for the P
dency, ho took leave of his people to i re&l ’
r. i • , I 1 , r ’j** <t N*w
ot (be winter months among Ins curl er t \
Major Wyman was still hafe and hearty, alfiJi
so old. and as much interested in not:,';’ '
M* it; • ‘*•' SdS (’Ypr
iss W yman, as we must now call her . r<
she had been when a child. Although pos^*
ing beauty of a splendid order, and Uiente/* 8 ’
she was ncau.iful, she still remained r - lw ,
Not but that there were enough who would' ’
been glad lo sue for her favor, but she wou' j
listen to any such thing. She was now lWc ~ot
one. n v*
I have said that she still adhered to het coin
in politics. Some there are who maintain o'. 8
woman has no'righl to have political opinions ?
think they a right, and as lon-r as thoi/-
n- ... . o ° oicir in
uence, is (as it is in most cases) in f lv
Whig principles, we hope much good fronTl,.
mind. Many a man has been turned frotn tT
political as well as the religious error of his W l u
by the sweet voice of a calm-judging
and I might mention more cases than one of ’
Locofoco lover made Whig, by too persuv
tongue of the lady ol his heart. The truth,*?
the ladies are anti Locofoco by nature, the erp>?
or part of them. “ Cdt '
When the misrule and corruption us the present
administration had reached a point calculated to
arouse and alarm the sober and reflecting, ihe Ma
jor began to look about him. I! is neighbors were
this time in advance of him. They were not so
strong in their predilections as he was, and it was
an easier task to convince them all that all was
not right.
Miss \\ yman did all in her power to persuade i
her Grandfather. With that delicate tact for ■
which women are so remaikablo. she let hispre- I
judices sleep, but day by oay would some i‘ ew I
! lacl come in the course of conversation I
j calculated to set the old gentleman a thinking. I
j One day she came from the post oflue vtith 'a I
small pamphlet in In r hand.
“What have you there »” said the Major.’ On
y a Whig speech or someth ng of that Kind” !
j Alter dinner she sat down to read it. *v\tat;v !
you may read aloud if you will,” sa : d the'o'J j
gentleman.—“ God forbid that I should refuse to
listen to argument.”
“But this is a sort of sermon—at least it is front
the pen of a clergyman. You know you arc
opposed to ministers taking part in politics.
“Nevermind Mat—read away. Let us see what
tine parson can say for himself.” S. ;e read h
through and her grandfather listened with "real
attention.
j “Well,” said he, when she had finished,
j Idm hue tie is a right down sensible man if
jheis a minister. He lakes right views, and Le
presents them in a plain and forcible manner.
i!ut Watl y J forgot to ask you his name—who is
he? what persuasion !”
“He is an Episcnp dian sir, and his name is
Charles Gerry.” Miss Wyman changed color
sensibly, when she read the name. “Charles
Gerry! \v oy girl are you sure it’s him ? Well,’’
be added a er u long pause, “he was a fine schol
ar-I knew (hat, but he need not have run out
so oard against Gen. Jackson, as he did the last
time hut one that he washcro.**
( hailos Gerry never abused any one, grand
father—he was always charitable.” “How girl!
<!u you mean to contradict me 1 why what have
you to do— l say why do you lake up his defence
against mo 1 W hat do you care for him !”
But Miss Wyman had left the room.
I wonder i. —here was a long panse—“well,
if it should be sol know what I’ll do, and the soon
er it is done the better. Gi-e me my cane, girl,”
said he lo nis grand daughter, who had just re
t tuned, and away he went down to Mrs. Gerry's,
Charles’ aunt.
What the purport of his conversation was. I
will not now say, but they got quite warm upon
the subject.
“ Don’t fail to send it Ma’am,” said he. as he
came forth from the door—•• send pamphlets, in
deed ! I’ll teach him better limn that. Who
would have thought— secret understanding, ch!
I’ll have no more secrets— 1 won’t.” And back
again he inarched to his own house.
i he result was, (hat before many weeks it was
rumoured abroad that tne Rev. Mr. Gerry was
at Aylwin. He had come, as we. have'staled
above, to spend a few weeks in visiting his for
mer mends and to recruit his health—this was
the ostensible reason. Perhaps there might have
been another.—One docs not like to give up the
cherished linpc ot years witnout an effort.
Many changes had taken {.lace in Aylwin I
since Charles Gerry had visited there. Two new Q
churches had sprung up in the village—one of I
t nem ot his own order. As soon as it was known
luat Use Rev. Mr. Gerry, from the city, was there,
a ore. sing invitation was sent to him to officiate
in the church on the following Sunday. Be ac
cepted it. and when the day arrived, he found the
house filled to overflowing with those who were
anxious lo hear him, for all remembered Charles
Gerry, who for three years stood first at the high
school. As ho rose lo address the people alter
the reading of the morning service, and cast his
eye over tne assembly, he recognized many J
j buniliar face, and lor a moment the feelings
of his boyhood rolied back upon his soul
hut he regained his self-pos-ession and proceeded
lo pronounce the discourse. Many hearts burn
ed as they listened to hts eloquent and impassion
ed preaching.—Aft. r a short time he became*
ware that a venerable grey head which lie little
expected to see there, was visible amongst the
crowded auditory, and an elegant female mrm
near by. No wonder that a little of the passion
ol earth was mingled with his zeal for he««n, as
the thought passed through his mind that upon
his lips hung tne two auditors whom of all oth
ers, he wished to affect. That evening he preach
ed a lecture explanatory of the peculiar views of
the chuiifl), of which many of tne people
comparatively little.
J nc next day be received an invitation to visit
Major Wyman. He went and found the old
man much softened as to his prejudices.
“ I went to hear you all day yesterday, for our
minister was absent, and in the evening too.
confess that I have- been quite uncharitable to
ward your church. The truth was. I knew no
thing about it. I confounded Episcopalians"* ' 1
the British, against whom I fought so hard six )
years ago, and I supposed they were ail mon
archists; but now I begin to see '
lou attempted to prove that the government c!
tne Episcopal church was almost exactly h- 4 ®
tout of our Stale. The Bishops being only Gv v
ernors, not Kings. Well, perhaps your form ot
government is best, but I must always stick to
Congregationalism. I am too old to try l!l>v
forms.”
1 he conversation soon turned upon politic® *"
“ V ou .still hold to the Administration doyouV 1
j>r said Gerry.
“ Well, Charles, I don’t know; thing® i' l3 ' f
taken a strange turn lately. I have bad mj
doubts these three years, ['voted for Van fla t* l
end perhaps I might again, but I should like to
see a good many things cleared up first. 1
we shall all go to ruin at the rate vve have g° l,e
on lor the last two or three years.” The old n-a®
paused a moment in deep thought. At lust i* 1 ’
asiied suddenly, “ do you know much about t > ls
General Harrison, whom the Whigs have nomi
nated far the Presidency ?”
Charles then proceeded lo give him a briefand
comprehensive view of Harrison’s public- h !c -