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ClißOM'’ilb AND SENTINEL.
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TUESDAY|mORNING, OCTOBER 20.
koli mnrair,
WILLIAM lIENRY HARRISON,
I Os Ohio;
Ihe invincible H% o of 1 ippecauoe the incoi
ruptible li—the inflexible Republican —
the patriot Faiu*r of Ohio.
for |icf.-pkesident,
JOHN TYLER,
fi‘ Virginia;
A State Rights Reruiblican of the school of ’9S —
one of Virginia's lobiest sons, and emphatically
one of America’sjrnost sagacious, virtuous and
patriotic statcsmli.
TOE ELECTORS OF PI%.SIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
GEORGE R. jbILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUN JAN L. Clinch, of Camden.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
C HARLES oJIJGHERTY, of Clark.
JOEL CRAWJORD, of Hancock.
SEATON GR.jNTLAND, of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHEtI B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
ANDREW MI|LER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZLARD, of DeKalb.
The Electio Feunsylvania.
The gloom with w;|ch the news from Philadel
phia city and count)#had beclou-led our horizon
has been dispersed. We have returns Lorn the in
terior of the State, tlli hard-fisted yeomanry, th;
tone and sinew, the t*e democracy of the country,
and they, like the ai cit'd bow in the heavens, give
earnest of a brighter dly They have spoken in a
language which can:S»t be mistaken by the de
-Btractive*, in 20 col lies heard from, we have
regained the 4000 vefos lost in Philadelphia city
and county, and shoril the remainder of the State
snow a corresponding ’ain, the popular vote at this
election will be dec id ell J in favor of Old Tip and
Tyler. The news th |; far ex ee Is our roost san
g line expectations, a:|! gives us higher hopes of
Pennsylvania than we*iave ever before entertain
ei, indeed, we almost her now as certain
for Harrison and Tyleijji
Newv Jersey.
The news from th:: ;ullant little State has come
upon us like an avalan.fie, and like an avalanche
has she hurled from hen borders the demoralizing
doctrines of Agrarianisii and Locofocoism. She,
too, is safe for Tip audlTylcr. She has elected a
g Legislature, that |vi!l p’ace the seal of the
People’s indignation t-pSi that bold and reckless
Federalist, (iarrett D. Vlall, who has for years held
a seat in the U. S. Sc-*ite. lie tee, like Wilson
Lumpkin, must take hi;*walkihg papers.
O^io.
From this noble Western State the first murmurs
of an indignant peopleiare breaking upon us. in
whispers that Locofocni ?a cannot mistake. That
she will vindicate the fate of her faithful and de
voted Harri-on, we the slightest doubt.
Georgians, glorious giltifying as has been our
o wn triumph in the nouhlcause of Reform, we are
suie iliat the perusal omthis gratifying and *oul
thrilling intelligence, rniit make you anxious for
the November conttst. ißuckle on your armor,
then, and march forth teethe ballot box, to speak
through it tlife language cl an outraged and indig
nant people. 1
Georgia flection.
We have official returns from all but three
Counties, and unofficial i|turns from those, which
make Dawson’s majority *ver Cooper the highest
Locnfoco 4050 votes; a Image majority 3905.
We shall give a complete table of official returns
in a few days. §
Eagle and l*i|(jenii Hotel.
We take pleasure in announcing to the public
that this Hole which ha| been dosed for a few
day s will be re-opened to-|iorrow under the man
agement of Daniel Mixer* who has been so fa
, I ■>
vorably known as propne jr of the United Slates
Hotel. |
From the New Oceans Bulletin.
.Mississippi.
The reaction in favor • "Harrison and Reform
is going on in this state ijion an extensive seal*.
The popular movement ieiiaid to be equal to any
thing witnessed in the Wf stern country. The
recent convention at Jacksin is a sample of what
is going on over the wholc*of Mississippi. The
Vicksburg Whig represents it to have been the
largest political meeting e held in the fetate.
Thu number of persons ;vi»! estimated at 5000 ;
but the multitude of the assemblage was lost sight
of in contemplating the lolly spirit of patriotism
which beamed in every eye*and glowed in every
countenance Never beflre were the people
moved by so high a degrrl of excitement and
enthusiasm. The process!*) was very imposing,
being composed of delegating from dillcrcnt towns
and counties, and graced by*appr«priate banners
and insignia. The orator <jfe’ the day was the
Hon, S. SE Prentiss, who b|-aid to have excelled
himself. The audience wal also entertained by
a recital of the battle of the'rhames, from Gen.
Whittsett of Yazoo, who drying the late war was
a Captain under Gen. Hanlon. After passing
a series of resolutions, “the jnighty gathering of
the people” dispersed. Th.|t the convention will
be followed by the happiciß effects, cannot be
doubted. The V icksburg v\ i.ig assures its friends
both at home ar.d abroad, t*at the contest is no
longer uouhtful. A majority ot from 1500 to
2500 is counted upon with tie utmost confidence
Mr. Van 15uren’s St|mliiig Army.
"VV hen it was determiner*by the present Ad
ministration to establish a sending army of two
hundred thousand men, .1) order was given to
a German house in this Sty to import from
Europe plates of the sever*, uniforms worn by
the officers and soldiers of European troops.
This order has been compile* with, and the plates
are now in this city. We its told that the Secre
tary of War has promised ts authorize some one
to ascertain if the order has £ecn faithfully execu
ted. from winch it would Ippear that the Ad
ministration have not abamjned the scheme of a
large standing army.— JVei* York Commercial
Advertiser. f
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Correspondence of the B-iltinvjre Patriot.
LET OHIO SPEAK !
First Gun From Ohio.
Time? Office, Wheeling,>
Wednesday morning, 4 o’clock a. m. 5
The Western mail has this moment arrived,
bringing on the way-bill the following news. As
it is unlikely that any print-d slips will reach you
by this mail, I transcribe from the way-bill the fol
lowing particulars:
Belmont County. — All but three townships
heard from—Corwin’s majority 647. The remain
ing townships will reduce this 200. la 1533 Shan
non’s majority was 449.
Guernsey County. —Corwin 730, Shannon, 4< S,
two townsnips to hear rom. These count.es com
pose a Congressional district, and make a gam of
one member of Congress.
Harrison County. —All hear! from. Corwin
200 ahead. Last year Shannon bad 126 majority.
\
Another stage is expected in short y, when I
will if possible forward you further news. What
on earth will save Matty Van ? You may rest as
sured Tom Co.win is elected by an overwhelming
majority.
St. Claiesville, Relmant Co.. Ohio, /
Oct. 13lh midnight, y
“ We have met the enemy an 1 they are ours.”
In this, (Delnicnt) County we have elected our
whole Whig ticket by an average majority of four
hundred.
Tom Corwin,the wagoner boy, beats Gov. Shan
non 400 votes in this Count)’, where last year the
Locofocos had a majority of 450. And our repre
sentative in Congress Mr. Parish, (L. F.) will be
beat in the district by at lean 650 by our good and
talented Corwin. —This is Gov. Shannon’s own
county and he stood on the ground to-day all day
but to no avail.
Whilst I write our town rings with the loud
huzzas of the Whigs.
PENNSY LVANIA ELECTION.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington Co. Pa., Oct. 14, IS4O.
Dear Sir —I know you will rejoice to hear that
Washington County is redeemed, and that we have
elected cur w’hole ticket, Congress, Legislature,
Sheriff, County Commissioner, Auditor and Direc
tor of the Poor, by upwards of 300 majority. This
is doing well for Washington ( ounty, which you
know has been Van Buren. This is on y the pre
monitory symptom of what it shall do on the 3Gth.
So perfectly confident of success were our Van
Buren friends that they had appointed a grand rally
of the party, a Jubilee meeting in this place on
Friday next.
Fayette County, Pa. —We have a slip from
the Uniontown Democrat. The Locofoco majority
is 337—in IS3S it was SOL —Whig gain 467.
The above is good, and goes beyond expectation,
but does not decide the question.
PENNSYLVANIA POPULAR VOTE.
Congress, 1840. Governor, 1838.
W. L. F. W. L F.
Philad’a city, 7136 4631 7203 3156
do. co., 9967 12428 9299 10157
Delaware 1590 1030 1731 1263
Chester, 5050 4484 4971 4527
Montgomery, 3571 4486 3748 4558
Ducks, 4089 3853 4147 4553
Lehigh, maj. 191 2349 2460
Lancaster, 4325 560 8558 5503
Dauphin, 2647 2117 2843- 2157
Lebanon, 1782 1238 2228 1533
Northampton, i aj. 792 2566 3635
Schuylkill, maj. 450 1508 2271
Cumberland, maj. 150 2316 2703
Franklin, 570 maj 2500 28! 5
York, maj. 425 3557 4197
Perry, maj. 750 883 1916
Northumberland, maj. 679 3748 4558
Juniata, maj. 130 863 1049
Mifflin, maj. 77 1109 1177
union, 875 maj. 2262 1595
Adams, 556 maj. 3310 1535
Derks,* maj. 3762 3215 7191
42458 42233 74684 74459
The Whig majority in the above 21 counties
and Philadelphia city now is the same as in 1833.
At the Presidential election in 1836 tho majority
for Van Duren -was 2,752. The Whig gain
b rice then is 2,983.
* No Whig opposition at the late election.
The Legislature. — The Whigs have so far
gained a Senator and two members of the House
n Ducks; two Senators in the Chester,Delaware
iand Montgomery district; one Senator in Lehigh;
three members in Chester; one member in Dau
p lin, and two in Frauklin—a total gain of 4 Sen
ators and 8 members; and lost none.
From the Newark Laity Advertiser of the loth.
New Jersey Vindicated.
HER BROAD SEAL IS RESPECTED.
We have the proud satisfaction to-day of an
nouncing that New Jersey once more proclaims
that her soveieignty shall be respected A suffi
cient number of returns have been received to
show that the cause triumphed gloriously —Gov.
Pennington an 1 the Broad Seal have been nobly
vindicated and Senator Wall signally rebuked. We
give below a great variety ®f particulars with as
ranch order as time and circumstances will permit-
NEW JERSEY.
Whig Cause Triumphant.
Correspondence of the Baltimoie American.
Philadelphia, Oct. 15th, 3 o’clock, P. M.
New Jersey has come, and sufficient returns have
already been received to ensure the election of the
Harrison Ticket in the State, and a just rebuke to
the Van Buren m n now acting as Congressmen
for tnat State.
Burlington gives a Whig majority of 750
Gloucester do. do. 520
Mercer do. do. 450
Somerset do. do. 241
Cumberland do. do. 203
Salem do. do. 112
Hudson do. do. 201
Morris do. do. 200
Middlesex do. do, 156
Essex do. do. 1741
Pt.ssaic do. do. 199
Monmouth County reported t» have given a ma
jority for the Whigs —one report says 570—if so
the Van Burenites have but 4 Counties in the State.
Cape May County, Whig, no opposition.
f Hunterdon, Van Buren, no opposition.
Sussex, do. do.
Warren, do. do.
Bergen, do do.
The returns you will perceive give a large Whig
majority in both branches of the State Legislature,
and secure the election of a Whig United States
Senator, and a Harrison majority of about 2000 on
the Electoral ticket.
1000 SHOUTS FOR NEW JERSEY.
A letter from Newark published in the N. York
journal of Commerce of yesterday, says that the
Van Buren men have given up the Legislature,
which has the appointment of Governor and a U.
S. Senator.
1 Louisville, October Cta, IS4O.
At a meeting in the town of Louisville, of the
friends of Col. Paul Fitzsimoxs, convened for the
purpose of offering some tribute to his memory. Col.
R. L. Gamble was callsd to the chair, and Major
B. S. Carswell, appointed Secretary. After the
chair had explained the melancholy object of our
assemblage, a committee, consisting of P. S. Lerole,
P. B. Conelly, Nath. Polhill, J. \V. Bothwell, and
B. S. Carswell, were appointed to make a report
expressive of the feelings ol the meeting in regard
to the sudden and melancholy bereavement which
has brought us together. The committee, after re
tiring a short time, made the following report
which was unanimously agreed to.
H'e have heard with the most poignant regret of
the death of our friend an 1 fellow citizen. Cel.
Paul Fitzrimons, and while we fee! constrained
to bow with resignation to this dispensation of
Providence, we have felt that we car.not do less
! than in this formal manner express the very high
j regard which we entertained of his character while
I living, and the irrepressible regret which we now
feel for his death.
Reared by fortune above the wants of this Lie,
he nevertheless had a feeling for every want, and
a sympathy for every woe, neither place or posi
tion were above or below his efforts to seive and
improve the condition of his fellow men, neither
Lis personal service nor h:s fortune were spared to
gratify those leading trails of his nature. His be
nevolence would have satisfied every want, and
his philanthropy would have embraced every man.
Thus has he passed from among us in the midst
of a usefulness which has no rival, and resulting
from traits of character which endeared him to ail
within the circle of his acquaintance.
We mourn him therefore as a benefactor. We
mourn him as a man whoso active benevolence
i
was always on the alert seeking for objects wor
th}' and deserving his assistance. We mourn him
because lie was the undevialing friend ©f the poor
and needy. We mourn him because all these dis
pensations of his benevolence were felt by the re
cipient without any ostentatious display of the
benefactor, and, more than all, we mourn him be
cause in thus using his wealth and high position in
society for the advancement of all, without regard
to their relative position in society, he showed
most clearly that he was actuated by the purest
and best philnathropby. As a friend, associate,
and citizen, we mourn his loss as ineparablc. In
consideration of the estimate of his character, it is
Resolved, That as a badge of mourning and in
token of our respect and regard we will wear crape
on our left arm for thirty days.
Resolved , That a copy of these proceedings, with
an expression of the sympathies of this meeting,
be communicated to his surviving family.
It was. en motion, Resolved, That the above pro
ceedings be published in the gazettes of Augusta.
R. L. GAMBLE, Chairman.
B. S. Carswell, Secretary.
What will be gained to the People by a
Change!
This is a very natural question, one which
doubless often arises in the mind of every free
man. 'The following are a few of the inuhi
tude of benefits which we trust w:ll result to the
People in consequence of a change of adminis
tration :
The PEOPLE will regain their lost power of
selj-rejjtesentulive Government, of which they
have been deprived hy arbitrary EXECUTIVE
VETOES—by OFFICIAL BRIBERY and
CORRUPTION!
The PEOPLE will gain a system of sound,
general currency and cheap exchanges, which
is vital to tluir business and to the prosperity of
the country.
The PEOPLE will, by a change of adminis
tration. prevent the accomplishment of the gi
gantic Lund Plunder and bribery Scheme of
Calnoun and Van Buren, who, to ontain the
means of gratifying their own individual u/n
--bi/ion, have proposed to surrdnder up the im
mense National Domain —in which the State of
Rhode island has an interest worth several mill
ions—to the new States in which it lies ! ! !
The PEOPLE will, by a change of adminis
tration, establish the one term principle for all
future Presidential terms, which is the KEY to
a true and real reform in the conduct of the gov
ernment, and which, by removing every Lure and
temptation to corruption, presents to the. occu
pant of the Presidential chair the highest in
ducements to admini ter the government upon
such high and pure principles and with such en
nobling objects as will elevate anti aggrandize
the country, while it secures to the individual
an enduring and honorable fame.
'The PEOPLE will, by a change of adminis
tration, stop the leaks in the Treasury, through
which millions of the public money have been
lost to the nation—they will substitute rigid offi
cial accountability in the place or high official
connivance at public default and plunder of the
People’s money—they will restore oid fashioned
economy and uoxestt in the administration of
the Government —the virtues and enjoyments of
its purer and better days.
The PEOPLE will, by a change of adminis
tration, disabuse themselves of the Sub-Treasury
law—escape from the two hundred thousand
standing army scheme, and the proposed system
of DIRECT TAXES! !!
The PEOPLE will, finally, by a change of
administration, rid themselves of the Brownsons,
the Kendalls, the Woodbury s, the Swartwouis,
the Van Burens, and the rest who compose that
Jiigh official corps —the most corrupt and des
perate set of men which ever cursed any country
under Heaven, and who have set for years like
an incubus upon the energies of the nation—
prostrating its strength—poisoning all the sour
ces and springs of its prosperity —corrupting its
mind—paralyzing at 1 its limbs, until it has de
ranged its whole naturally sound and healthy
system ; and they will elect more honest and pat
riotic men to conduct their public affairs—who
will so administer the Government as to revive
the public confidence, restore public liberty, pub
lic economy, public prosperity, and ensure to
themselves better times, when a:' the Arts of
Peace, released from the thraldom of misrule,
shall again flourish with renewed vigor, and the
farmer, the manufacturer, the merchant, the
mechanic jhe lubo t cr, shall all confess them selves
to be, in reality, as General Jackson said they
were, when he committed their concerns to the
hands of Martin Van Buren—“ PROSPEROUS
and HAPPY.”— Torch Light.
The Locofoco papers of Indiana confirm the
statement that G. W. Ewing, one of (he candi
dates upon the V. B. elcctorial ticket in that State,
has come out heart and hand for General Harri
son. The affair has thrown the Locofoco party
of the State into the most terrible commotion,
i We should not be at all surprised to see the whole
Locofoco ticket come out far Old 'Tippecanoe be
fore the election.— Louis. Jour.
All Mistaken. —The Loco Focos all over the
country have been ascribing their recent defeat in
Maine, to the Abolitionists. But it turns out
they have the wrong sow by the ear. The Illi
> neis Slate Register, (Loco Foco) says that the
■ defeat of the Administration is to be attributed
to the Mormons.
The Poor 3lan r s Friend.
Ezekiel Hughes, of the few remaining pioneers I
of the West, who has lived a near neighbor to |
Gen, Harrison for forty years, gives the following
facts to show the benevolence of the venerable
man. and h;s never tiring kindness to the suffer
ing ami the poor. Hear the testimony of this
old neighbor. It is copied from the Hamilton
(Ohio) Democrat:
In 1796 I crossed the Alleghany Mountains,
floated down the Ohio river to the place where
Cincinnati now stands, marched into the wild,
unbroken and beautiful forest, which then cover
ed Hamilton county, : nd built a Log Cabin
near the cast hank of the Great Miami
There I resided about rive years, until the lauds i
west of the Miami were off red at Cincinnati. I
purchased a tract about two miles from North
Bend, on the west side ol the Great Miami, and
almost immediately settled on it; here I have
ever since resided a near neighbor to Harrison.
We came to Ohio in the vigor of youth ; most of
the companions of our early toils and joys, and
sprrows, have long since | aid the debt of nature, •
| but through the goodness of Providence, we both
j yet live, though fast declining into the vale of
! years.
I have known Harrison long, intimately and
| we!!, and have had many opportunities of study- i
ing his character in private life, where a man al-
I ways shows what his character is. Hence, lam
often asked by strangers, to unfold the secret of
Gen. Harrison’s deep sea*ed, and wide spread
popularity. I always answer:—first, in the lan
guage of Richard M. Johnson, “ the history of
the West is his history; for forty years he has
teen identified with its interests, its perils, and
its hopes. During the late war, he was longer
in servive than any o her general officer, he was
perhaps oftener in action than any one of them,
and never sustained a defeat.” But this alone
is not the secret of his popularity. 2dly, In all
i the civil trusts committed to Gei . Harrison’s
■ charge, as Governor, Negociator, Representative.
Senator, and Foreign Minister, he has proved
himself honest, capable, and faithful to the Con
stitution ; but neither is this alone or principal
ly the secret of his popularity. In what then
.locs the secret lie ? It is to be found in the fact,
that as a private citizen, as a man, Gen. Harrison
i has always been distinguished for human ty to
the sick and wounded; charity to the poor in
I distress; liberality to the war-worn soldier ; hos
i pitality to the strang-r; sincerity towards his j
! friends, and benevolence towards all mankind.
To him more than to almost any man lining, will
the language of the poet apply.
To any sick, the man of Ross relieves,
Precribes, attends, the medicine maxes and gives.
Is there a variance, enter but his door,
Balk’d are the courts, and content is no more;
Thrice happy man. enabled to pursue,
What thousanas wish, but want the power to do.”
To give instances of these virtues would be to
write the history of Harrison’s whole life, for his
whole life has been devoted either to the good of
his country in public, or to the good of his neigh
bors in private. His fa-m on the point between
the Ohio and Miami River, is subject to inunda
tion. I have known him repeatedly, when such
catastrophes overtook those who had rented his
laud, to forgive all the rent, though he could ill
afford ta do it. If sickness prevailed in the neigh
borhood, Harrison visited the sick, furnished
wine and other comforts, and for the psor paid
the physician’s bill. If an old soldier wanted in
struction to get his pension, Harrison’s door was
always open, and his pen ever ready to assist
them; and if difficulty occurred amongst neigh
bors, Harrison was the pcace-makcr, the common
friend of all, but especially of him who was poor,
and could find few other friends. One instance,
to show the gratitude of the recipients of his
bounty, and I will close. On a journey between
New Albany and Blue river, in the State of In
diana, I fell in company with an aged man from
the Emerald Isle, and he asked me where I lived!
I told him near North Fend. God bless you,
then you are a neighbor to Gen. Harrison. He
tlum told a long story about five or six of his
sons, most of whom had fallen in battle. One
of them, he said, was wounded at the Bat
tle of Tippecanoe, and was taken to the hospital
at Vincennes ; there General Harrison visited the
hospital every day, and asked each one, sepa-'
rately, how he Hid, and what he wanted ; and
whenever the hospital fare did not agree with
them, the Genera! provided for them daily from 1
his own table. For this kindness to my poor
wounded boy. said the old man, I will never for- !
gel General Harrison. Tell the General when j
you go home, that if I ever see a dog of his, and
have but two cakes, the last in the world, his dog
shall have cue of them.
EZEKIEL HUGHES.
This is the man whom the Globe denounces
as a British Whig.
From the address of the Syracuse Conserva
tive Convention :
Fellow-citizens, Van Buren calls himself a Dem
ocrat —a Republican. His partisans call him a
Democrat. By the assumption of (his popular
name they expect the people to-be enticed and
deluded, as they have been in oth'er things. They
promised us a reformation of abuses-—we believed
them and were deceived. 'They promised us ad
herence to the one term principle—we believed
and weie deceived —they promised us a diminu
tion ot expenses —wc believed and were decei
ved. They promised us prosperity—they have
given us ruin.—They promised a better currency
—they have destroyed that we had. They pre
mised obedience to the will ,of the people—the ;
will of the President has become the law of the
land—the thrice rejected Sub-Treasury scheme
is forced by Executive power upon the reluctant
people. They promised adherence to the Jeffer
sonian rule of official appointment—“is he hon
est, is he capable, is he faithful to the Constitu
tion ?”—they have substituted the slavish crite
rion “will he stick to his party r.nd obey the Cap
tains and leaders? They promised to enforce a
rigid accountability upon public officers—they
have exposed the public treasury to every steal
thy depredator who chose to sacrifice duty, con
science and character upon the shrine of avarice,
and after all these and many more proofs of their
infidelity, they have the etfrontcry to tell us Van
Buren is a Democrat and expect us to believe it.
Superior Court of New York.— The case
of the North American 'Trust Company by its
President, Joseph D. Beers, Esq. vs. Adolphus
Wappaus andThedorc Rapin. This was a suit
to recover money paid by the bank, on the check
of a man named Power, who had no account in
the hank. The defendants had received the check
post-dated from Power; some circumstances in
duced them to send to the hank to ascertain wheth
er he (Power,) had an account there, they an
swered in the affirmative, and when the check
fell due w r as presented and paid. Shortly after
payment it was discovered that the check had
been paid out o! the funds of another person of
the same name, and that Power had no account
in Bank. The Court decided that as the money
had been paid without coercion or pracricc, and
with the knowledge, or at least means of obtain
ing, that Power had or had not an account with
them, it must he considered a volulary payment,
and therefore precluded a recovery. Judgment
for defendants.
'Too Good to be lost,— Whilst the procession
of Clubs was passing alone our streets on the sth
inst, in honor of the Gene ml who never lest a
Battle, we noticed with pride and pleasure a line
of hardy tars under a banner inscribed with the
immortal name ot Perry. An office-holder look
ing on recognize I a sailor in the procession, and
calling to him, said “ what, Ben, is that you ?
are you a whig ?” Yes, <• savs Bm, and a bloody
good one too—l’m a real Perry Whig:’ N. Y.
f Amer.
We invite attention to ajetler wnich we coj.y
from the Albany Evening Journal to day in re
lation -o Gen. llaubison, it is from a source
worthy ot all credit:
Correspondence <f the Albany Evening Journal.
New YoI!k. October 1, 1840.
\fter a separation of ten years from Gen. H ar
rison’s society. i have returned from a visit to
Ohio, where I left that illustrious personage, in
the best health and sp.rits. The statements
made by las political*opponents, of infirmities or
mind and bodv, were so at variance with his sit
uation ten years ago, that I determined to visit
the old Hero of so many battles. I found him
on his beautiful farm at North Bend, enjoying all
the happiness of an A me; lean farmer, and more
vigorous in body and mind than in 1830. Al
though sixty-six winters have passed over bi n,
and uis bed has often been its snows, still lime
has treated him kindly, and he is all that every
Whig desires, as President ot the United Stales
for the next lour years.
The same ragie eye and active spirit, which
sleeps but five hours in twenty-four, governs his
actions with ail the vigor of the battle days of
Way ne, Tippecanoe, Meigs, Thames, &c.
His sight is ss perfect, that he reads the letters
ot his numerous daily correspondents, without
the use of glasses. He is moving with the morn
ing itawn, and evt-rv branch of business connect
ed with the life of a farmer, lie superintends per
sonally.
Last year he worked daily and constantly with
his men in the field, but this brings so many
friends to his house, that he is compelled to de
vote the most of his time to them. 180 much has
been said in relation to his Log Cabin, that I
make the following statement oa which you may
rely.
Half the main building is the original log cab
in, bow covered with boards to preserve the logs
from decay, but the wing running back of the
north side is still the real log cabin, with no ex
terior but the logs and moriar.
The windows conform to tfie log cabin style of
finish twelve squares 7 by 9 glass, and the whole
appearance of the residence of Gen. Harrison is
of the most chaste, republican simplicity, with
nothing inside or out but what is necessary, and
generally found in the possession of most com
fortable farmers.
Whoever visits this hospitable mansion, be
comes satisfied that the latch string is never pull
ed in, as the neighboring villagers resort at all
times for their wants to Gen. Harrison.
The second day of my visit (August 18th,) he
invited me to walk and view his grounds. The
heat was excessive, and I proposed taking um
brellas, but Gen. IlanLon remarked it was an
article he never used, and I was unwilling, and
would not resort to that protection from the
scorching sun. He took me to a delightful sum
mit on his farm, and pointed out a short distance
to the West, the hills of Democratic Indiana, and
not more than one mile to the East, in all the
pride of nature’s foliage, the shores of Henry
Clay’s Democratic Kentucky.
The soil of Ohio *n which we stood, and the
blue hills at a distance of Indiana and Kentucky,
were secured in battle and by treaty, by the valor
of the great and g«od man by whose side I was
then standing.
How gratilyingto General Harrison’s feelings,
that a majority probably of filly thousand demo
crats in these three States, then in full view,
will unite in sending up their shouts of joy to
Heaven, when he takes the Presidential Chair.
The General next took me through his forest
of Indian corn, one hundred bushels to the acre,
and fourteen feet in height.
H hen in this vegetable growth, where the
thermometer would have stood at 100, and not a
breath of air, i found myself entirely overcome
by the heat, and had to yield lo the old veteran’s
superior constitution. I have heretofore sup
posed that no individual could endure more 1-
ligue than myself, but I lound I was no match for
the old pioneer of the West.
If there is any spot at the present time more
interesting in the United States lo an American
I to visit than another, it must be the hospitable
mansion ofGeneral Harrison at North Bend.
I You not only read the history of our country’s
greatness in his biography, but the mind is led
| back to his illustrious father, who placed his name
in ’7b to the Declaration ofour National Indepen
! den e. Let any American who glories in the
name of Washington, and is familiar with Mount
V ernep, and the history of the Washington fami
ly, make this visit, and he will I think come to the
! conclusion that there is nothing to be scon which
will in comparison, so forcibly remind him oflhc
father of his country as a visit to General liarri
i sari's. You are welcomed on arrival with true
i genuine Virginia hospitality, which makes every
■ one feel as if surrounded by his own family cir
i cle. Mrs. Harrison is one of the mostinteresting
I and pleasing ladies ol her age that I have ever
I seen and appears to be only happy in endeavoring
|to make others so. Mr. Taylor, a nephew of the
General, a native of Richmond, Va., and a fine
representative ol that great democratic state, ac ts
at Secretary te the General, and by his untiring
urbanity and attention adds much to the happi
ness of the visitors of North Bend.
Gen. Harrison is fond of retirement, hut the
spirit of persecution from his political opponents
has been such as to draw him from his farm, and
he has mace arrangement to meet his old soldiers
and brother farmers in various parts of the State.
The effects produced in Ohio trom his presence
i and soul stirring eloquence, are sweeping IHo
field, and his opponents are already crying “ take
him off’ take him off/'’ He is one of the most
eloquent orators of the present day, and those
who have heard him will go farther to hear him
again thvn any other speaker in the United States.
His voice is so clear and powerful that he makes
the largest audience hear him when ail other
speakers fail.
I travelled six hundred miles in Ohio, and have
never seen such enthusiasm as prevails among
the Whigs there. They will cany the state by
20,000.
TheC (invention of original Jackson men which
assembled at Columbus, Ohio, on the 25th uif,
parsed a series of remarkably powerful and elo
quent resolutions.— r l he last of the series was as
iollows •
Resolved, That we recommend it to our fellow
citizensjte use as their rallying cry in this great
conflict —
1. Harrison—and one term !
2. Harrison—and reform !
3. Ha irison—and retrenchment !
4. Harrison—and no corruption !
5. Harrison—and no interference by office-hol
ders at elections
6. Harrison—and no standing army !
7. Harrison—and no direct taxis ! !
8. Harrison—and better times !
9. Harrison, Tyler, Corwin, and true democra
cy !! !
The editor of the Free Press, yesterday, pub
lished a very brief article about Maine, because,
he says, “//re details ire have not room for at
present /” This is as brief a* the pick-pocket’s
epistle lo his companion. •■‘■Jim, Tm nabbed.
A'u space for details. Yours , in bonds.”—De
troit Advertiser.
We are gratified to learn from the Boston Atlas
that the Hon. ilobeit C. Winthrop, Speaker of the
House of Representatives of Massachusetts; has
been unanimously nominated by the County Cen
vcntion, to fill the vacancy in that Congressional
( *\ : * rl^ t »® coasione d by the resignation of the Hon.
Ah jot Lawrence. He was also selected as the
candidate for the next Congress, and has accepted
both nomiaations.—- Courier and Enquirer.
iiishmun I
fj .in of the E nerald l,i e _ c 0
hi?:. E M .ME 1— rtmtrnJ„. ‘ ' r “J* «ffr
. tnat Martin \an Huron , * ,c
| KIXG .or ll,c U. S.
| immortal patriot, your own beloved p 0i of Ui
crimsoned the sod of Inland! ivJ N Kt
King iefu.-x-d iic martyr Emmet , " >tT ' thjj
tin-, --land of the free and the borne of lU,nI U,n h
j and Martin Van Buren wa» Li**|,, .!?
i and supporter for the high office ofr*S fr S I
I tor, even after h.s conduct to tho ,
i noble, the martyr for Ireland, the r ° Us . t[„ 1
M Li’! Irishmen ! Irishmen! (V.* -* ' :l *
j the patty whose leader is this main V I
j Can you give countenance to th j
I treated a man whom you will ever r-v , *
j them that you know your friends ?
I vour enemies and the enemies of pud'
i Old Guard. lm METk|
a ass it Hound.
Pass it Round—That the measu
Administration lias destroyed a 60 ui ! ° ,; 1
j venient system of National Currency 1
| changes, weakened the. public E, ‘ I
!cd the former prosperity of the country ' k
the value of properly and the wages of lab I
its policy has corrupted the public lie |
: poisoned the sources of political action ■ I
} based the standard of public morak ’ 5
Pass it Round That the Administrate I
Martin \an Buren has been wantonly . r ,i , 1
j gately wasteful of the public money, j
nualiy expended nearly turek time- „,' l£ ' ail '
1 as did the Administration of John Quincy 1' I
aim, and more by 50.538,325 than the I
| annual expenses of the four Admir.istrat I
i Washington, Adams, Jefferson, ami I
including the war expenses oi the Liter
| bin ed. ’ iC9fc |
; _ Pass it Round :-That it appears by IDo9 J
| cial statement of tnc Secretary of the 'i' re , i, ’B
that the Defalcations of the first two years cl V H
; Buren s Adminstration, amounted to >1 j!J 1
I —how much i.s spoilsmen have I
i appropriated during the last two years ria Jk 1
j to be seen.
I Tass it Round.—That Martin Van Burr
i stands pledged to the West to su-rendcr the p u ;'
lie Lauds to the States in which they lie,p,,
having, during the last four years expended Mar J
forty Millions of dollars more than therecekv
the government during that period, his
policy and vvagtef: 1 expenses are fast
necessity cf DIRECT TAXES, which many 0 f
the leading mmol the Administration Party ary «
already openly proposing and warmly adveej. ?
ling !!! ;
Pass it Round That while it has beeck
proved by the published correspondence of her*
Woodbury with the Western Land agenis, tb|
Administration has continued in and re-appoinielß
to office, men known to the Government alt-I
time to be large DEFAULTERS, and is oc*|
feeding with his patronage, in the gift «f aI
ccurc office of some 52000 income, a man aedi I
press lo wage war with trie clergy of all dmunv I
nations of Christians, against all Bute Banks ■
and against the right of inheritance of property ■
and who is, by the most incendiary appeals tciij 9
lowe.-t and most brutal ol human passions attempt. I
i ing to excite the laboring classes it a civilwar
a “war of the paor against the rich’’—this a* I
administration has removed men from publkero- I
ployment who were honest, capable and an®. 1
pcachable in the performance of their officiate. I
ties, and whose bodies arc seamed all over wi j
honorable scars cf wounds received in lighu; I
during the last war ! I !
Pass it Round :—That Martin Van Burma, v
recommended a plan fur raising a STARTING I
ARMY of 200,000 men in time of peace, krl
which the militia of cur State can Be hv the I'm
i lent, in violation of the Constitution, onkieil
f.ut of their own into another State to train,caij
j oe held to exercise one-twelfth part of the\«l
i under the command of Government officers, a:,;|
subject lo the Rules and Aricles of War—«»■
article of which pusisitts for WORDS SPG|
KEN DISRESPECTFULLY’of the PresidJ
himself!
Pass it Round:—That an Administrations!
correct, so wasteful of the public’s money, s|
riestructive of public morals, public prosper;:
and public liberty, must, ought, and will, he re
formed out. and an honest, economical and cod
seriating administration substituted—that will
restore to the government the truly Repulli.il
spirit, the purity and dignity of its fraincrs-u
the country i;s former prosperity and peace-3
the people confidence, their accustomed ecer
and success in business, and to public liberty ta
guarantee of a perpetual lease.
Jr ora tne Baltimore Patriot.
“ IlAnn-.MoNEr” Denton.—Last wintfi.ii*
New Y r o r k Commercial stated on the aulhefff
of a letter from Washington, that the “greSf
humbug” of Missouri, had drawn for his mile* 1
on the United States Trcasu.y, in the form oi k
specie draft, and had then sold the draft lenß
fircciated bank notes, with which he. paid
bills. The following letter from Washington,
I of recent date, confirms this statement. V.Lea
! the high-sounding pretensions of the Missc-t
--' Senator are taken into view, und his endless*
races against “ bank rags” and in favor of spec;
; currency, are remembered, it must be admits
: that (he bus.r.ess transaction described intf»
! letter cxliiGit him in a position any thing butec
viable. When, in this world of politicians,sl»
: there be an end of humbug 1
To the editors of the N. Y. Lommcrcial AdvertJ
M ash i no ton, City, Oct. 5, 1 840.
Gentlemen : —\ our correspondent wants so®
I of the particulars connected - with a “ goldent®'
| bug” operation in this city last winter.
Col. Benton hvd received a specie draft ,
! b.undrcd dollars, covering the amount of his”'
| veiling allowance, as a member of the Lr-
States Senate, from St. Louis to this place, i-’
i draft he negotiated with Richard France, a : '
kcr of this city, and received from him fori*'
I ten hundred dollars in tHe paper of theMdrC
lis Bank, after it had suspended—With this a
ney the Col. paid bis bills. This statement
believe to be, in every particular perfectly h- 1
Comment is unnecessary. Y r ours.
The number of votes registered in the city 6
New Yoik, astonishes every body. —Tnt-E*Pir!
says :—Nearly 44,000 have been registered 2k
more than ever before voted in the City: —ant*
all probability, over 1000 persons yet will cu*
a right to vote, and will excercisc it. uiu-tr
further provisions of the Registry Act U b
j eflect. ’J'he prodigious increase over oor hi*-
I vote attracts universal attention. —It conlcli A e
the assertions of the Tammany wen, that |
Registry would limit the right of suffrage.
reduce the number of voters, and thus ’
them no argument wherewith to opipess tbeb 1 *
A distinguished gentleman ofNcw Yorx.s
that less than foriy years since be dined f
Chancellor Living-ton at Pans. Ihe P
of the guests was exhausted by a visionary P
name Fulton, who engrossediheconvtTfS'- 1 11 0 * 1
an argument to prove that if he could °' llall! fO .
small fund, be could construct a boat to be p
polled by the power of steam, and navigate
Hudson River with the velocity ol four niik='
hour.
Prating made east. —A lazy fellow, in
ing use.l to say over the twenty-six letters 0 * ‘
alphabet, and then added this formula-— 1 ' ;
Lord, put these letters into syllables, and l W
syllables into words, to please yourself, oh, D
for thou canst do it belter than I.”