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OCTOBER 2.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM IIEMIY HARRISON,
Os Ohio ;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican —
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TALER,
Os Virginia;
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. s
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-'tPRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY', of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. •
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalli.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. j
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke|
E, WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. |
FOR CONGRESS, |
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of G«3ne.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Haberliam.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.j
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibl.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter
THOMAS BUTLER KING, * f C lynr
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jeffers n.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muse -ge .
FOR SENATOR,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
GEORGE W, CRAWFORD
WILLIAM J. RHODES. |
Illegal Voters. I
Although there are always numeroul complaints
of the number of illegal voters in citiel it has al
ways been matter of astonishment to*s, that the
proper means are not taken to arrest «ich a state
of things, n might be easily done, ind with a
proper spirit on the part of the two coifcending par
ties, much of that wrangling’ which is frequently
seen at the polls and which is by no mlms credita
ble to a free people, might be avoided.! To accom
plish these objects then, whi h are, (I should be
desirable to every citizen, who wishes die elective
franchise exercised in its purity, we re disposed
to make a suggestion to our opponents and if they
areas desirous to prevent illegal vettu as we are,
we are sure the proposition will be m : and acted
upon.
Wc propose, therefore, as the organpff the Har
rison party, to the Van Bure* party |f this city*
that each party shall appoint a comm*tee of res
pectable intelligent citizens, whose mrty it shall
be to attend the polls, and aid the M«jUt;rates in
carrying out the objects of the law, vi;2 the exclu
sion of illegal voters, and the protcc®)! of legal
ones, and also the preservation of ihatjgirder which
is always desirable on such occasion" •
Should this measure he adopted, ?>*■ gentleman
of the opposition can signify such a acptance by
calling at our office and notifying us. Cad the com
mittees can be appointed according!*, in time to
make the necessary regulations. JJ
Locofoco Document
We understand that the Locofocos It their meet
ing on Wednesday night, resolved to late thro’
the city and country, a number of hi ;.d-bills con
taining the celebrated constitution o the Virginia
Abolition Societj'. They must place a higli esti
mate upon the intelligence of the peo le, and have
great confidence in their powers to gt 1, to suppose
that such a document as that coul influence a
rote. And as the Corporal seems to r< :ard the case
made out, we should like to see the vidence that
Gen. Harrison was a member of that aciety.—His
name is not subscribed to it as the C( istitution re
quires. Give us your proof Corporal as you have
such an aversion to assertion.
The day is past when such gull tra s as this can
work any influence, and the people re too fami
liar with the desperate means to wh; h the Loco
foe* party resort, to give credence t« this lew
forgery. They have been told so rr ch about the
Abolition of the Northern Whigs, id such like
stuff, until the new changes which e rung upon
the subject, fail to charm the ears of he populace
and the unfortunate and dasconsol»sj of
Locofocoism are in a truly depkm lie condition*
for that is the last resort.
By the way, Corporal, can’t you enlighten tiie
minds of your readers, by submitti g the article
* we published a few days since from the Philadel
phia Sentinel, to the consideration ol ,-our readers?
We are aware it is very much at ariance with
your custom to spread truth before th n. hut never
theless, we have mo doubt they ? * like a'l the
human family, (if they are Locofoct .) and would
prefer a little spice of variety, pan! ( ularly, when
they are fdrnishcd with se little by ran, which is
calculated to enlighten their minds nd lead them
to correct conclusions. We urge yo ; Corpora),' by
all means to give it to them — so' nal' * pill of
truth will not probably materially al *ct tuem,and
then, you know. Corporal, \ou will cquirc some
little character for fairness, and your tock requires
gome additions. What say you, Cor oral ?
The New Hampshire Patriot is 3tting fright
ened. See how Isaac s teeth chatt i .
“The democrats in New Hamsbi * may as well
understand wow as ever, that they ave got to
meet eveiy federalist at the polls i November,
and may make up their minds to nr t them there,
or suffer the consequence. The f leralists are
making no half way work in ani Slate this
year , and it is time for the elemocr, :y to bestir
themselves.” 1
(Later From England.
By the Charleston Courier of yesterday, we have
received intelligence, in advance of the Mail, of
the arrival of the Great Western, which reached
New York at 4 o’clock P. M., on Saturday last,
from which we make extracts of the Commercial
news.
From the London Standard.
Extraordinary Express from Paris. —Conflict be
tween the people and the Troops in Pans.
We have just received the following important
letter from our Parisian Correspondent;
Paris, Sept. 7.—1 may say that my letter of
yesterday anticipated, generally speaking, the
views of the journals of this morning, as to the
aspect under which the eastern question now
presents itself. The last news from Alexandria
has, as I stated, counteracted the effect of Lord
Palmerston’s pacific note, and the tone cf the
press is essentially warlike.
The Uebats yesterday, in ignorance of the dis
patches communicated to the Constitutional and
the Moniteur, and which announced the proceed
ings of Commodore Napier upon the coastof Syr
ia— that journal, I repeat, characterised Lsrd
Palmerston’s note as satisfactory ; to day, it finds
out that it is by no means responds to the hopes
it had conceived, and that it is but a paraphrase
of his speech in the House of Commons.
Three O'clock— Affairs are at this moment so
menacing that I have resolved upon sending you
an Extraordinary Dispatch.
At this moment there is a bloody emeute in
the Ruedes Amandiers in the Rue Faubourg Saint
Antoine.
The street is barricadocd by means of carts and
omnibuses, seized and overturned by the people.
The General, the second in command, is at pre
sent with the troops. The people have fired upon
the troops, who have returned the shots, and ma
ny are said to have fallen.
Louis Napoleon has been removed to Vincin
nes, and every precaution has been taken to se
cure him from surprise.
Bourse, half past three o’clock. —There is a
rumor of a secret treaty between Franco and the
Pacha of Egypt. I believe it to be well founded.
War is considered inevitable.
The Funds have fallen five per cent. The
Threes are now down to 75c. 50c. The Fives
areas low as 109 f. or ex-dividend 106 f.
The ruppel is beating every where.
Bad news is also expected from Spain, where
a civil war is likelv to foMow the intrigues of M.
Thier’s ambassador.
I have just heard that the barricades have been
taken, the crowd dispersed, and that for the mo
ment order appears established. But only for the
moment.
From the Baltimore Patriot
Latest from Maine.
We received by the Eastern mail this morning
the fallowing letter from our friend, the editor el
the Boston Atlas, It settles the question.
Atias Office, Boston, Sept, 24, 4 p. m
Gentlemen who left Augusta yesterday after
noon, are HOW in this city. and they assure us
that Mr. Kent is positively elected Governor of
Maine by the people. The majority will be about
two hundred. Every town and plantation had
been received. Yon may fire away and celebrate
the victory—it is a splendid one.
The Whigs have a majority in the Senate, and
have already a majority of 2 of the whole House,
94 Whigs and 70 Locofocos chosen—22 dis
tricts yet to choose, of which one-half will re
turn Whigs. The Hon. George Evans, will
undoubtedly be chosen U. S. Senator.
A Contrast.
Who gains by the destruction of Credit , and
j the establishment of a Hard Money Currency?
The Office Holders —who will receive their sal
aries in gold and silver, while the value of pro
perty will be reduced to one half.
The Money Lender and Usurer —Whose gold
and silver will be augmented in value in a ratio
corresponding with the reduction in value of pro
perty.
The Rich —For it will in the language of Gen.
Jackson, ‘make the rich richer and the poor
poorer,’
The Creditor —Who will thereby be enabled
to oppress, and utterly ruin his unfortunate debt
or
Wht loses by the destruction of Credit , and
the es/ablishmcjit of a hard money Currency.
The Farmer —Whose farm is reduced in val
ue to one half, and its productions in an equal
proportion.
The Laborer— Who is either utterly deprived
of the means of earning his daily bread, or is
compelled to work at prices varying from 10 to
40 cents per day, instead of from $1 to $2 as
heretofore.
The Poor Man —W’ho will be deprived of all
prospects of ever rising to opulence in life by the
destruclien of all credit and enterprise.
The Young Man —Who will have torn from
him the greater mainspring to industry and exer
tion—and who henceforth, must never allow his
aspirations to rise tibove the lower anil bumble
walks of life, unless born to wealth and opulence.
The Dehtoi Whose property will be sacri
ficed to fill the coffers of his rapacious creditor.
Let every man in the country ponder well the
above truths. The Administration has decreed
the destruction of credit, and the establishment
of a metallic currency ; and unless speedily ar
rested in its course, will soon utterly demolish
the level of individual and national enterprize ;
prostrate the institutions of our country, and
overthrow the prosperity of its citizens.—Bel
/otvs Falls Gazette.
Rejoicing.—The Portland Advertiser, an
excellent Whig paper, thus hints in the midst of
the glorious news:
“The old men expect the young men of
Cumberland to be moderate in their acclamations
of joy over the good news coming in from every
quarter of the state. There arc many reasons why
we should rejoice, and none why we should not.
But there is a difference between joy and exulta
tion, and while we may freely indulge in hearty
praises and thanksgivings among ourselves, it be
comes us to temper discretion in our public acts
of triumph. It we would not, as good men, strike
a falling or fallen foe, we ought not, as good men,
to rail at our opponents. They have been defeat
ed by the people.—That is glory enough for us,
and rebut - enough for them. We can assure
our friends that the locofoco party, the office hold
ers especially, leel the most poignant sorrow,”
The Nf.w York State Votes.—Tire fol
lowing table wifi show the number of votes pol
led in this State, at several periods. The vote
cast at the last election, is larger by nearly 25-
000 than at any previous election since the adop
tion of the Constitution:
No. of Votes.
1789 for Governor, 12,353
1801 “ “ 45,651
1813 “ “ 83,041
1820 “ “ 93,437
1826 “ « 195,920
1828 “ “ 276,583
1830 “ « - 252,035
1832 “ Presidential Electors, 323,393
1834 “ Governor, 350,908
1836 “ Presidential Electors, ~..305,358
1837 “ Senators,.,, 296,203
1838 “ Governor,., ~ 375,406
1838 “ Lieutenant Governors, 375.864
The present population of Newark, (N. J.) is
17,292, being 2440 less than in 1826, and 6339
more than in 1820. In the meantime a part of
the present township of Clinton has been set off
from Newark.
VV HtEuMr, September 22.
t ; ov . John Tyhet arrived in this city last evening,
and though suffering from weakness, which is the
attendant of a recent attack of biliaus fever, was
prevailed upon to address the Mechanics’ Associa
tion for a short time, which he did very eloquent
ly. He will remain in town to-day, and to-mor
row start for Columbus, where he will attend the
Convention on Friday. He gave to the
people who assembled at the City Hall last even
ing a glowing account of the feeling and enthusi
asm of the people of the East. He had evidence
in the enthusiasm of the thousand freemen who
assembled to hear him at a moment’s warning, that
he can bear back to the people es the East that
those of the West will do their dut.y\
Gen. Harrison addressed, on the 17th, a meeting
of 75,000 people at Chilicolhe, Ohio. The iSth a
bout 20,000 in Somerset. Yesterday he was at
Lancaster, on Friday at Columbus. \\ c have seen
several men, among whom was Penrose, of Penn
sylvania, who say that Harrison made the best
speeches at Chihcothe and Somerset they ever
heard. Mr. P. says he was beyond all the young
men they could produce—he would travel fuilhei,
f and make a better speech than any of them.
Times.
Senator Talmadge’s calculation on the
Presideutiial Election.
During the last sesssion of Congress, the Hor.
N. P. Tallmadge made the following calculation of
the probable result of the Presidential election,
which at the time was considered by many rather
sanguine, but promises now to be more than con
firmed :
FOR HARRISON.
Electoral votes. Electoral votes.
Now York 42 Indiana. 9
Pennsylvania 30 Connecticut 8
Virginia 23 New Jersey 8
Ohio 21 Vermont 7
Kentucky 15 Illinois 5
Tennessee.. 15 Louisiana o
North Carolina 15 Rhode Island 4
Massachuselts 14 Delaware 3
Georgia 11 Michigan 3
Maryland 10
196 19 States, 24S votes.
FOR VAN BUREN AND DOUBTFUL.
votes. votes.
South Carolina 11 Alabama 7
Maine 10 Missouri 4
New Hampshire 7 Arkansas 3
Mississippi..., 4
l4
32 7 States, 46 votes.
Gain so far on the above calculation :
votes. votes.
Maine 10 | Loss—lllinois 5
Testimony of Gen. Scott.
In the Pittsburg Gazette we find the follewing
letter, in which a gallant soldier bears direct and
and honwrable testimony to the gallantry of a
brother officer:
Saratoga Srnixcs, Aug. 20, 1840.
Dear Sir:—Your complimentary letter on the
lOlh instant, inviting mo on the part of the Har
rison Committee of Correspondence for Duller
county, to visit you, and be present at a Conven
tion in Pittsburg, has found me in this place.
A tour through the Keystone State would he
highly interesting to me, but my public duties
at this time forbid, and I ought to add. that as an
officer of the Federal Government, I early pre
scribed to myself the rule to abstain from taking
any active part in the conflict ol politics. Hence,
in thirty-two years I have not once been t® the
Polls or a parly meeting. This official reserve
has, however, never prevented me from discuss
ing with a spirit of a freeman, in the casual in
tercourse of society, the merits of all public
men and public measures ot my time. Thus it
has often fallen in mis way to bear zealous tes
timony to the distinguished services of General
Harrison, both as a statesman and soldier. —
With these services I have long been familiar,
and can only attribute to gross ignorance or to
party malignity , the recent imputations to
which yon allude.
[f at the end of the late war with Great Brit
ain, oral the end of that so successfully waged
by Gen. Wayne against the Northwestern Indi
ans, any person had shamelessly impeached the
courage of Gen. Harrison, he would, I am fully
persuaded, have had not only his patriotism but
his courage denied by every honest hearted Amer
ican. It was never my fortune tu serve in the
same field with Gen. Harrison. But 1 well
r emcniber the admiration entertained by my Im
mediate associates in arms for the Hern of Tip
pecanoe, Fort Meigs and the River Thames. —
This sentiment as far as ever I knew or believed,
was common throughout our Armies, both offi
cers and men, placing him, with one accord, in
the class of our most gallant and successful com
manders.
Without meaning to violate the self-imposed
restriction mentioned above, I cannot, being di
recily appealed to by your respectable committee,
withhold this humble testimony from an old broth
er soldier who has been so unjustly assailed in
this latedav of his fair renown.
I remain, my Dear Sir, with great respect,
your obedient servant.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Samuel A. Purviance, Esq., on behalf of Tip
pecanoe Cluli, of Butler county Pa.
Te!fXE?SEK.—The following is from the ITon.
C. H. Williams, member of Congress, from Ten
nessee, to Senator Smith, of Indiana, we copy
from the Indiana Journal:
Lexington, (Tenn.) Sept. 7, 1840.
“ Dear Sir : Since my return home, I have ta
ken great pains to inform myself upon the sub
ject of the next Presidential election. You may
rely most confidently, that the vote of this state
will he given to Gen. Harrison, by a majority of
from 8 to 10,000 votes.
“ With much respect your friend,
C.H. WILLIAMS.”
“ Hon. O. 11. Smith.
Col. Worth,one of the most heroic and val
uable officers attached to the army, has just been
ordered to Florida, to take active command in
that inglorious war. He is now with his family
at his residence at Watervliet, but will soon leave
with a large body of troops, for that region. A1
most every day some officer, recently from Flor
ida, may bo seen in this city, wi h feeble health
and ruined constitution.—Among them all there
is but one opinion expicsscd as to the humilia
ting character and painful nature of the Flordia
service. Already it has been tho grave of many
of the best officers and soldiers of the American
army. We are pained to learn moreover, before
that stupendous fraud o! subduing and exter
minating the Indians is accomplished, that other
kcroic spirits will sleep the sleep of death in the
hammocks of that dark and ill-fated land.— Troy
Mail '
Appaeling.—The Van Buren men of Boston
have adopted the following startling Resolution!
Resolved, That it we have lost Maine we
will rain Massachusetts.
This is really whistling to keep up the courage
of the party.
Fku Contra.—The Tennessee (Van Buren)
feentincl ot a recent date, says:—
1 he fact is not to be disguised, that the demo
cratic party is hut the shadow of what it was even
one year ago. Many us our strong holds have
lately surrendered to the enemy, and where the
Harrison mania will stop God knows better than
we do.
T here are few quadrupeds that produce their
species more rapidly than swine. The celebra
ted Marshall \ auban, the greatest military engi
neer of bis day, once wrote a treatise on hogs,
and entered into a minute calculation, fie result
of which was, that in the course of eleven years,
the multiplied produce of one sow might amount
six millions of individuals.
Watch the Post Office.
Are the people aware of the power of the Post
Office Department ? Have ihey ever thought of
the immensity of its machinery—the manner in
which it may be employed—and the hands which
direct it ? Who are they that still talk es the re
election of Martin Van Buren as certain ? The
agents of the Post Office Department. Who are
they that smile so significantly when we speak of
the immense gatherings of the People ? The a
gents of the Post Office Department. Is it not too
low a calculation, when we estimate that this De
partment directly operates on a hundred thou
sand active agents ? And are they not all men
who, to preserve their offices and contracts, will
lend themselves to any scheme to sustain the pres
ent Administration ? Ntles is the tool of Amos
Kendall. Amos c-n convey through him to partic
ular sections of the country, precisely those false
hoods which are best calculated to operate on their
particular prejudices ; and Kites will lake care that
they reach their destination. Whig papers mav
be allowed to rot in the vaults of the Depart
ment. The letters of Whigs may be inspected and
suppressed. Delinquents may be kept in office ;
and defaulters overlooked for their political zeal.
A deep scheme of fraud ha" been concocted in this
depart cent, by which the people are to be bam
boozled, and the decision of the ballot box may be
defeated by knavery. And it is this scheme which
makes the spoilsmen talk of the re-clcclion of Mr.
Van Buren as probable, and smile at the gather
ings of the people. Watch the Post Office ! If the
voice of public opinion can be defeated, it will be
through the intrigues of the Post Office Depart
ment. — Madisonian.
Lons Bonaparte.—The following letter,
dated Boulogne, August 7, appears in the Com
merce:—“From all that lias transpired on the
subject of the attempt of Louis Bonaparte, it
would appear that his intention was to arrive at
Boulogne before daylight, carry off without noise
the infantry in garrison here, to proceed to the
upper town and take possession of the Chateau,
where there arc about 5000 muskets, to call the
population to arms, and then to advance to the
strong towns of the north, where, it is said, influ
ential aid was promised to him. Unforeseen dif
ficulties on the landing thwarted this plan. He
could not arrive until full daylight, and at too
late an hour for the accomplishment ©f his pro
jects. However this may be, and if nothing could
equal the rashness of the plan, nothing either
could equal the courage displayed by this unfor
tunate young man. At one moment he imagined
that he could succeed—the soldiers, received him
with cries of “Viye I’Empereur,” and when, up
on the prohibition of a captain es grenadiers, they
refused to follow him, ho could easily have re
gained, with all his companions, the steamer
which was waiting ii\,ihe roads. All his friends
entreated him to adoptthisjresolution, but he repli
ed that he would meet death at Boulogne. Hav
ing in vain attempted to break open the gales of
the upper town, he proceeded to the foot of the
column, erected to the glory of the grand army.
“ It is here that I will die,” said he, “it is here
that I will wait for death.” But his friends re
moved him by force from this spot, and dragged
him to the shore for the purpose of taking him
on board the steamer. When he had arrived on
the shore, he was surrounded by tho national
guards and custom house officers, who fired up
on him and the persons by whom he was accom
panied. They succeeded in finding a boat, but
it upset at a few yaids from the shore, and M.
Louis Bonaparte fell into the sea. For a quar
ter of an hour he and those wh® were with him
were exposed to a sharp fire, until another boat
came up and secured him, and put an end to this
horrible drama.
Shopping.— No offence to the ladies, but we
can’t resist appropriating the following good thing
from the Providence Journal:
Two ladies called into a ladies’ fancy store.
What is tl e price of that ribbon? it is beautiful
—only lot iat the shades. Here is another; it is
tho handsomest pattern I ever saw—what is the
price of it* Fifty cents a yard. Oh ! only look
at this bonnet—is it not splendid? (tries it on,)
how becoming—what is the price of it? Seven
dollars. Oh! Mrs. B. just look at this cap
—how sweet it is—do. Mrs A. look at this edg
ing—is it not delicately beautiful l Oh, bless mel
what a magnificent collar—what do you ask for
it? Ten dollars. Oh, do look at this scarf-—what
magnificent colors — what is the price ofit? On
ly two dollars. Is that all? well, if I had brought
my purse with me I would take it. Have you
yours with you, Mrs. B. ? No I forgot to take it
with me. Exit, the ladies.
A gentleman’s put goods Store.—Enter
Mrs. A, and Mrs. 13.—Have you any gloves?
Yes, inarm. "Fhese are too small; have you any
silk hose? Yes, marrn. I do not want plain
ones—hand down some figured—no, I want the
open work. Have you any French muslins?
(looks at them.) I will take a pattern of these,
too. Have you any linen handkerchiefs 1 Yes
marrn, and they arc very cheap, too. What is
the price of them ? Only sixty-two cents. —Mer-
cy how cheap; (feeling in her reticule.) why, I
have left my purse at home ; I intended to have
taken a dozen. Good morning, sir. Good morn
ing, ladies.
Jouhxkim kn FiusTETts.—lt is a fact that they
are nothing at times, yet every thing when oc
casion requires it. Brought up to a profession
which schools the intellect, and confers an exten
sive knowledge of the world, they become quali
fied for any situation where the mind is called
into action.
We know one of the craft who was, we be
lieve, brought up in an office in this city. The
narrow field in which he found himself on gain
ing his liberty, proved -altogether too insignificant
for the exercise of bis genius. He turned stage
driver and afterwards pedlar. We next knew
him as a school-teacher at Salem,N. J., and sub
sequently as the captain of a Duck-river sloop.
The latter occupation soon lost the charm of no
velty. Here we lost sight of him for a time, but
our acquaintance was renewed in 1835, at Lew
isburg, Va., where we found him officiating as
a Methodist minister, after this he gave lessons
in penmanship and Poonah Painting at Roches
ter, practiced the Thompsonian system of medi
cine at Richmond, Va., edited a paper in New
Orleans, a boatman on the canal, a sheriff’ in
Ohio, superintended u female seminary at Louis
ville, and finally “ settled down” a Western far
mer in the “ Salt River District.” The last we
heard of this Typo, he was in the Legislature of
1 ennessee, where he was employed in dissecting
the general administration.
The history of this disc iple of Gil Bias is char
acteristic of the profession in general. They are
an honest, talented, noble minded, * dcvil-me-care’
set of fellows, who want but enough of this world’s
goods to supply their necessities, and are gener
ous to a fault. Like sailors it is a principle with
them to assist each other, and no regular bred
workman of good character is ever obliged to beg
for a subsistence. As evidence of their capacity
to rise, it is only necessary to mention that seven
eighths of the editors of the United States arc
practical prin'ers, and that some of the most hon
orable post in our government are filled by those
who commenced their career as Journeymen
Printers.
“What ark we coming to?” —Well may
this question be asked by the Rutland Herald.—
The Herald states, »n respectable authority, that
ov# an Ness, in answer to a question put to
i»n at Whitehall, said he believed that Mr. Van
Buren would be elected—That Gen. Harrison
might possibly got a majority of the electoral
votes, but if he d d he would not he suffered to
iakftthe Prrsideniiul Chair. — Vermonter.
A letter from Ita’y stales positive’y, that Tag
honi will visit this c runtry in the course of n'At
summer. So says the Boston Transcript.
I he following ex
tract from the amendments to the Constitution of
the United States, shows the mode of procedure
in the election of President.
The electors shall meet in their respective
States, and vote hy ballot for president and vice
president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an
inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they
shall name in their ballots the person voted for
as president, and in distinct ballots the person
voted for as vice president; and they shall make
distinct lists, of all persons voted for as president,
and of all persons voted for as vice president, and
of the number of votes for each, which lists they
shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the
seat of the government of the United Slates, direc
ted to the president of the senate; the president
of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate
and house of representatives, open all the certifi
cates, and the votes shall then be counted ; —the
person having the greatest number of votes for
president, shall be the president if such number
be a majority of the whole number of electors ap
pointed : and if no person have such majority,
then frem the persons having the highest
numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as president, the house of representatives
shall choose immediately by ballot, the president.
But in, choosing the president, the votes shall be
taken by states, the representation from each state
having one vote ; a quorum for this purpose shall
consist of a member or members from two thirds
of the slates, and a majority of all the states,
will be entitled to a choice. And if the house of
representatives shall not choose a president when
ever the right of choice shall devolve upon them,
before the fourth day of March next following,
then the vice president shall act as president, as
in the ease of the death #r other constitutional
disability of the president.
SiNr.cLAK.—An English miser, John Pleech,
lately died in London, leaving the following will;
“ I give and bequeath to my nephew my old black
coat; I give and bequeath to rny niece the flannel
[ Waistcoat I now wear;l give and bequeath to each of
my sister's grand-children one of the earthen pots
on the top of my wardrobe; finally I give and be
queath to my sister, as the last token of affection
I have always fell for her, the brown stone jug
at the head of my bed.” The disappointment
of the legatees, when this strange will was read,
may easily be imagined. The deceased was
spoken ofby all ;n away by no means flattering
to him,and his sister, in a fit of anger, gave the
brown jug, her legacy, a kick, which broke it to
pieces; when lo ! a complete stream • f guineas
flowed out of it, and the general disappointment
gave way to joy. Each hurried to examine his
or her legacy, and the flannel waistcoat and lit
tle earthen pots were found equally well filled,
the testator having only wished to cause them
an agreeable surprise.
Pkiuls of tuk Df.kp.—The Philadelphia
North American makes a computation, by which
it appeared that for sixteen sailors who die of all
diseases, eleven die by drowning or in wrecks—
that the number of British ships which are lost
is about one to twenty-five—that nearly two
thousand perish annually in the mighty deep,
chiefly from shipwreck, by which properly' to the
amount of three millions annually is absolutely
lost to the nation, and hundreds of widows and
thousands of orphans are thrown upon the cold
and precarious charity of the public—that the
more frequrnt cau.sc of these shipwrecks is in
temperance; and that in the case of those who
are saved from such sudden death and a watery
grave, so severe is the labor and exposure of the
seamen, that forty-five is the average limit of life.
COMMERCIAL.
Ixitest dales from. Liverpool, September S
Latest dates from August 24
From the Constitutionalist of yesterday.
STOCK OF COTTON
In Avgusta and Hamburg on the Ist inst.
J 1840. 1839.
In Augusta, 2,7 13. . . .5,184
Hamburg, 968.. .. 1,009
On wharf and boats, 49 00
Total stock, 3,730 6,193
SHIPMENTS OF COTTON
From Augusta and Hamburg, to Savannah and
Chat leston, from the Ist Oct. 1839. to Is/ Oct.
1840.
1840. 1839.
From Ist to 30th September, r^\
To Savannah,.'. 2,302 00
Charleston, by rail-road, 1,312 OO
3,614 00
Shipped from Ist Oct. 1839, to Ist
September, 1840 188,241 fO
191,865 145,108
Sent to manufac’s in the interi0r...2,500.. . .2,000
Total shipments, 194,365. . 147,108
RECEIPTS OF COTTON
At Augusta and Hatnburg on. the Is/ inst.
1840, 1539.
Stock on hand Ist inst 3.730... .6.193
Shipped from Ist October to 30th
September, 191,365. .147,108
198,095. . 153,301
Deduct stock on hand Ist Oct 6,193 6..73S
Total receipts, 191,902. .T 46,563
Os this rec’d by Geo. rail-road,.. .53,131
Leaving by wagons and boat*.. .138,771
New Orleans, September 26.
Cotton —Arrived since the 2:>d inst, of Louisiana
and Mississippi 1191 bales ; —Tennessee and North
Alabama, 54; together 1245 bales. Cleared, in
the same time, lor Liverpool, 1733 bales—Cowes
and a market, 15—Hamburg, 66—Boston, 344; to
gether, 215 S bales; making a reduction in stork
of 913 bales ; and leaving on hand, inclusive of all
on shipboard not cleared on the 251 h inst., a stock
of 19,046 bales.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 16307
Receipts last three days, 1245
“ previously,... .950826 952071
968378
Exports last three days, 2158
“ previously, 917173 949331
Stock on hand, 19047
The market has maintained the same character
noticed in our review of Wednesday morn in" last
transactions have been to a tolerable fair extent
without any variation in prices, which remain very
fnm. Buyers manifest an indisposition to operate
before the receipt of late intelligence from En'-
land, which is now hourly expected, and holders
from the same cause are not over anxious of sell
ing. The sales of the week embrace 2800 bales
and during the last three days amount to about
1500 bales ; among which we enumerate more par
ticularly 202 bales Louisiana and Mississippi, bare
ly fair, at
at 9i; 53 do at 9s; 23 do middling, at 9c, 200 do’
middling fair, at 9 (a) 9J; 11,2 do at 9g; 133 do fair
at 10; 65 fully lair, at 10$; 19 do good fair, at 104:’
53 do at 10; and 399 do fully fair, at *
LIVERPOOL CASSIFICAION.
Louisian i and Mississippi —Ordinary ®
Middling, 6 (a) —; Middling fair, 9$ (» 9A ; Fair,
10 O 10$; Good fair 10$ 0) 11}-, Good and nne, 11 $
(tv . fennessee and Aorth At ibama —Ordinary,
(a) —; Middling, (a) ; Fair, —0 ; Good
f a, r, (a> —■; Good and fine, none.
Sugars. The transactions during the whole
week have been exceedingly limited, amounting in
all to a! out 200 hhds. at old prices. The stock is
no.v reduced to about 800 hhds. which enables the
few remaining holders to maintain a very firm ap-
pearance. Wc continue our former mm*-.,
6c. (a) Sc. for the extremes of the market ' llUn ' of
Molasses —Continues very scarce and s -1
confined to small lots at our last quotat on/JV*’ 6
V gallon. us 01 20c,
Flour. A1 though the arrivals have been r
paratively light during the last threedavs ti *
ket has further declined, in anticipation „f * N
large receipts by flatboats which aie daily
ed. and we now quote Superfine at £5 at K- Ct *
price the transactions have been exceeding.-' p IC . h
tod. The demand tor export, which we’ - ■
some time back, lias now altogether subside i° UCC(i
Bacon. Owing to the very small receiot* «>
demand continues tolerably good, and the ?
is firm at our last quotations, which are fw‘' 9t
vassed Hams, 14c. (d> 15 ; Uncanvasscd « ’
I lc; Shoulders, Sc. ’ -> ■ Hcs,
Whiskey. —The market continues in ih e
depressed stale that we have noticed for < Sa,lle
weeks past, and holders have in their anxiet
realize again, submitted to a further decline \v J
now quote rectified, ® 23c. and difficult f
sale at these reduced rates. ‘ tof
Exchange. —On New Yoik, 60 days sight i
ct. prem. On Philadelphia 60 days
Boston, 60 days sight, 1$ per ct. prem. ’ '
Freights. —To Liverpool, 4d per lb. for Con™
to Havre, lc.; to New York, §c. u 5n >
Charleston, Oct I
Cotton. —The operations in Upland, since oiir
view of the 26th ultimo, have been to a fait ext
when we take into consideration the limited
ness which has engaged dealers for some time
but the market has n«*t exhibited thatfirmnessvih
characterised the transactions of ihe pievious
as in several instances parcels have gone off t
low former asking prices. ’lhe sales'* 1149 p^’ 0 '
are from Bto 10$ cents per lb. The market J 5 ’
very languid at its clo-e yesterday we, and doubt
whether any thing but a tancy lot, Mould haw
brought over 10 cents per lb.s. In long cotton there
is noihing doing, and we have for the present eras
ed our quotations.
Rice. —Although the sales in this article have
been very light, our quotations have been fi nn i!
maintained. But about 240 tierces have been soli
at prices ranging from s3g to ■> 100. 8
Grain.—We have not had a single arrival of
any description of Grain since out last. o„ r qu
tations of Corn, Oats, Peas and Hay, must therefore
be < onsidered nominal.fi
Flour. —The heavy business dose in Flour the
previous week has left the market rather inactive
The bakcis have however been purchasers to a
limited extent, within the range of quoted rates
Bacon. —Sales have been effected in this aiticle
at the following quotations; Hams 12 0 16 Shoul
ders 9 (a) 10, and Sides (a) u cts. per lb.
Lard. —Retailers have taken smail lots within
quoted rates.
Salt.—An immense quantity of this article has
found its way to thi- market during the past year
we have taken some trouble to ascertain the quan-’
tity, and give the following as the result viz:
100,360 sacks, and 70.323 bushels in buls. Sales
have been made in Liverpool sack within quoted
rates, viz: 1$ p sack. For the price of
Turks Island and Cadiz, see quotations.
Groceries. —There has been very little doing at
wholesale snceour last, in any of the lead in‘'"ar
ticles of Groceries Our second rale dealers, howe
ver, have been doing a fair business in the filling if
eiders lot the country. We have below the re
ceipts of the leading articles in this line of foreign
ports, from the first of October last; and will,in
future, Le entitled to add the ccastwisa receipts.
Sugar.— A small lot Muscovado, say about 30
hhds., at fU and 9] cts. per lb. is the only trans
action we have to report. The icteiptsof Sugar
from foreign parts since the IstOctooer, !S39,have
been as follows:—3109 hhds. 20 tierces—lGs3
boxes, and 1021, barrels.
it lolasses. —There is very little in first hand?;
and as we have n® wholesale operations to report,
our quotations must be considered nominal. Re*
ceivfl from foreign ports, since the Ist October,
1839, 2568 hhds., 296 tierces, and 60 barrels.
Coffee. —We have been informed of the sale of
about 300 bags Cuba, at prices ranging from 11 to
Mic. per lb. Received since the Ist October,
1809, from foreign ports, 138 hhds., 122 bbls.,»Ed
15,830 bags.
Bagging. —Sales have been made in Ragging
within quoted rales Received since the Ist Octo
ber last 12,950 pieces.
Exchange. —There is so little doing in Foreign
Exchanges, that our quotations may be considered
nominal. Sight Drafts on New York,! a1 $ per
ct. prem.
Freights. —To Liverpool and Havre, see quota
tions. To New York, there is nothing offering. To
Boston, we quote for Cotton in square bags.
Liverpool, Sept. 9.
Cotton Hlarket. —We have hart but a moderate
business in Cotton to-day, the sales not exceeding
3,000 ba»s, of wliicii 430 art 1 on speculation.
MARINE INTELUG I’.NCb.
Savannah, Sept. 30.
Arrived —birg Augusta,Sherwood, New York.
Went to Sea —sc-hr Daty Chase, Thomas, Boston.
Charleston, ('ct. I.
Arrived yesterday —Br. brig Mary Ann, Wood
worth, Bermuda; brig Mary Ann, Thompson,N.
Orleans.
At Quarantine —brig Excel, Nichols, from Sa
vannah, for New Y^oik.
03 P. F. EVE, has moved to Green street, just
below Mclntosh street. oct 2 3t
GC7* The Subscriber has taken an office in Mrs.
Caulfield’s buildings on Jackson-strcct. nextdoor to
the one formcilv occupied bv Jujgc* Loaned,
whore Ins professional services can be at all tifil?*,
commanded tie intends to re-comnience, on the
first Monday in November, the LAW SCHOOL,
which he formerly conducted, on the same pUn,
and the same terms, as before,
oct 2 dlwwlm WM. T. GOULD.
C3* Miss TRAIN will resume her Schools!
Summerville on the first Monday in November,
aug 12 ts
(fffLr. GARDNER, fom.crly resident surgeon
n the New r York Hospital, and physician at Belle
vue Hospital, New York, tenders to the public his
professional services.
Office in Washington street, between Brood and
Ellis streets Residence, L ruled Slates Hotel,
ap 2 __
03" EXCHANGE ON NEW YOBK—M sight,
and at one to twenty days sight. For sale oy
nov 23 GARDELLE k KHIN'f
03 Dr. ( . B. DILL offers his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity.—
He will be found at .he Drug Store of J. L. Houston,
sept 8 l m
(J 3 Dr. J. J. WILSON has removed for the
Summer to the heuse of James Gardner, Esq., j- 1
£oor below the Academy. june 0
03* Mrs. CHAPMAN will resume her School
in Augusta on the Ist Monday in October,
sept 23 d&trwlw
(£3 NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger i
between Charleston and Hamburg, will lea\c a
follows:
upward.
Nol to leave Charleston before 7 DO a
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 0
“ “ Branch vHle, “ - UOO
‘ “ Blackviile, - “ -100 r. u
“ « Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before -40 b
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 000a. m.
“ Aiken, - “ -7 *>o
“ Blackviile, “ - • 0
“ Midway, “ --10 30
“ Branch vill “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, « - - 11 45 M.
“ “ Summerville,“ - -1 **'
Arrive at Charleston not before 31° .
Distance —136uiile». Fare Through —$10 00-
Speed not over 20 miles an liour. To remain -
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and n°'
longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at al '-
station. .
To stop for passengers, when a white flog
hoisted, at cither of the above stations; and also »
Sincaths, Woodstock, inabinet’s, 41 mile y-
Rives’, Grahams, Willcston, Windsor, Johnson'
and Marsh’s T. O. t
Passengers uu will breakfast at Woodstock a®
| dine at Blackviile ; a own, will turcaiaast at A'y e
lan d dine at Charleston. nia * v *