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CHRONICLE and sentinel.
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MORNING, OCTOBER 21.
ijfcjll PRESIDENT,
WILLIAMIHENRY HARRISON,
* Os Ohio;
The invincible- iero of Tippecanoe —the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican—
the patriot FaiJjer of Ohio.
FOH§ VIC E-PU KSII)ENT,
JO W N TYLER,
|Of Virginia;
A State Rights republican of tlie school of ’93 —
one of Virginia!; noblest sons, and emphatically
one of AmericrS’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriotic statesfien.
FOR ELECTORS OF V RESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
GEORGE it GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUN JAN 1* CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN WHAFEHEAD, of Burke.
CHARLES J)OUGHERTY, of Clark.
JOEL CRANFORD, of Hancock.
SEATON GjLANTLAND, of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN W. CfVMPBELL, of Muscogee.
EZEKIEL VIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
ANDREW |I IDLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM liZZARD, of DeKalb.
THf* ELECTIONS.
We give to-day*jll the returns we have been
able to collect flm our exchange papers. In
Pennsylvania the jlospect is most flattering. We
have carried the Sute Senate, and the Philadelphia
Sentinel, a Van Bijen paper, thinks probably the
House of Representatives. We have also gained
two members of Clmgrcss certain, probably four,
and lost one. Ans should the returns we have
prove correct, an I 'yiere be a corresponding gain in
the counties to be biard from, the State is safe for
Old Tip by a large riijority.
In New-Jersey ekough is known, if our returns
are correct, to makilour triumph complete, and to
secure her for Old and Tyler.
Ohio, too seems Uo:n our reports, gathered from
a slip from the St *ie Journal, to be doing the
“ genteel thing,” iila manner entirely adapted to
our taste- Our corry arative vote is that of 1838
for whcl the Locofoco majority was
6746. "* |
The Hon. John Flrsyth arrived in the Charles
ton cars yesterday iEom Washington.
Arkansas.
The New OrleaM, Commercial Bulletin of the
14th says:—A gen*eman who arrived yesterday
from the up countr | learned at Helena that returns
had come in from of the river counties of Ar
kansas, the whole o£ which have gone strongly for
Harrison. We wa§. for further accounts. The
log cabin inhabitant! of the new state, will show
themselves not to bl all Locofocos.
From the New YorhgCom. Advertiser of the 16 th.
New Jlrsey Election.
We have now th-returns from all the counties
in which theeiectioi was contested, with the ex
ception of two, CaplMaycnd Atlantic, and they
will about balance other. The whig ma
jority in the state is leer 1100, and our friends
feel very sanguine llZ.t it will be larger when the
question is Harrison|ar Van Huron.
The result, satisfactory as it is, is no more than
we expected from tii; patriotism of the Whigs
of New Jersey. V\* knew them too well to sup
pose for one momenr that they would permit the
violation perpetratcdvipon their rights by the Van
Huron party at the '*st session of Congress to
go unrebaked. Ha| any thing been wanting
to insure the votes ofiNew Jersey for Harrison,
it was supplied at ihftime when its broad seal
was disregarded and iishonored.
The following convarative tabic embraces all
the returns from the* contested counties except
Cape May and Atlaijic. In these two we have
estimated the majsi ill. It will be noticed that
thus far the locofoi , *s have triumphed in no
county where there i|is a contest.
1549. t 1839. IS3B.
W. V.l| W. V.B. w. V.B.
Atlantic, 2CI 230 161
Bergen, *22* 349 227
Burlington, 750 “ 299 523
Cape May, j:2o0 | 222 265
Cumberland 203 I 56 f 37
Essex, 1746 * 989 1552
Gloucester, 507 t 276 513
Hudson, 192 new co. new co.
Hunterdon, *93| *932 *932
Mercer, 453 5 280 284
Middlesex, 156 £ 91 f 174
Monmouth, 53 V 47S 214
Morris, 186 * 134 320
Passaic, 197 c 97 255
Salem, 120 * 135 28
Somerset, 247 I 171 154
Sussex, *16397 *1639 *1639
Warren, *B3BI *B6B *B6B
5060 3S3tJ 2615 4031 4040 4106
# No contest, Mij f itv of 1838 substituted.
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f Including the reje*‘ed voles,
f No returns —majesties estimated.
P. S. 12 o’clock.--J. gentleman just arrived
from Monmouth the official returns of
that county show a Miif majority of one hun
dred. *
The Legislature w|l stand thus—Council,
Whigs 13, Van Bunli 5. Assembly, Whigs
41, Van Buren 12. Tvsijorily on joint ballot 37.
Last year—-Council, 'Jfhigs 10, Van Buren 7*
Assembly, Whigs 33, an Buren 20. Majority
on joint ballot 16. j|
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A Buck-eve u.—One of the Harrison
banners, at the gather-hg ir Guernsey county,
Ohio, had the follow n; inscription:
« We want no grand palice like Tyrants of old.
Adorned with French C.A pets and vessels of GOLD;
Wc want a “ Log Cal ill with a plain puncheon
floor; ft
/nd the SAME sort off.'Honey for Rich and for
Poor.” |
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Make Room for Ohio .
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
MUSKINGUM COCNTV.
Zanesville, Oct. 14, 2, p. m.
Dear Sir :—We have achieved a most glori*
ous triumph over the “Spoilers” at the election
which was held yesterday.
The following four counties are heard from—
Muskingum 1310 Whig majority; Licking 180
Loco; Perry 065 Loco,and Guernsey 301 Whig
—which elects a Whig Representative in Con
gress from Muskingum & Licking by about 1130,
where we nyw have a Loco (Jonathan Taylor,)
We arc also almost certain to have elected a Whig
in the place of Parish in the Bellmont District.
I But better than all we have beaten Gen. Harri
son’s vote of 1536 in these four counties about
354, indicating that Corwin is elected by at least
10,000, as it will be observed that the Old Gen
eral got the State by about 9000.
Wheeling Times Office, Oct. 15, 1840.
Believing you have the returns as far as heard
from of tho late elections in Ohio, I give you on
ly such return as can ba fully relied on. It is
thus far one of the most glorious victories tha t
has occurred this year. The battle has been one
to the knife, and the knife to the hilt. More
votes have been polled in Ohio than were ever
polled betore and Corwin will not have less than
25,000 majority in the State.
We have thus far gained three Congressmen—
Cowan, Collin and Stokely. There will not be
more than four Van Buren Congressmen elected
in the State. The following are the counties
heard from:
1840. 1838.
Whig. L. F. Whig. L. F.
Belmont 707 maj. 2221 2670
Carroll 70 « 1455 1495
Columbiana 134 m. 2799 3519
Coshocton, 274 m. 1232 1840
Champaign, 750 “ 1412 1040
Clark, 1341 “ 1597 706
Franklin 882 « 2009 1672
Guernsey, 302 “ 1938 2090
Harrison, 205 “ 1657 17SS
Jefferson 87 “ 1865 2372
Licking 228 m. 2218 3102
Morgan, 163 m. 962 1550
Muskihgum 1362 “ 3174 2531
Madison, 521 “ 695 507
Perry, 654ra. 928 1718
Pickaway, 2249 1893 1592 1712
Ress. 863 “ 2344 2026
Washington,474 “ 1384 1264
The Whig gain in the above 18 counties over
the Governor’s election in 1838 is 8,702.
Pennsylvania Popular Vote.
Congress, 1840. Governor, 1838-
W. L. F. W. L F-
Adams, 2117 1552 3310 1535
Allegany, 2872 1339
And two districts to hear from.
Beaver, 750 526
Bedford, 200 maj. 2386 2478
Berks,* maj. 3762 3215 7101
Bucks, 4089 3853 4147 4553
Bradford, 100 201
Chester, 5050 4484 4971 4527
Cumberland, 207 485 2316 2743
Columbia, 850 1528
Centre, 500 1122
Clinton, 200 (new county.)
Dauphin, 2647 2117 2843 * 2157
Delaware. 1590 : 1030 1731 1263
Fayette, maj. 337 1984 2788
Franklin, 570 maj 2560 2815
Huntingdon, 1362 1126
Juniata, 874 1004 863 1049
Lancaster, 4325 560 8558 5503
Lebanon, 1782 1238 2228 1533
Lehigh, 1990 2289 2349 2460
Lycoming, maj. 450 1553 2496
Mifflin, 1174 1252 1109 1177
Montgomery, 3871 4486 3748 4558
Northampton, i; aj. 819 2566 3635
Northumb’d. 1174 1842 3748 4558
Perry, maj. 750 883 1916
Philad’a city, 7136 4631 7203 3156
do. co.’ 9967 12428 9299 10157
Schuylkill, maj. ' 450 1508 2271
Somerset 1370 1361
Union, 875 maj. 2262 1595
Washington, 300 maj. 3528 3461
York, maj. 425 3257 4197
* No Whig opposition at the late election.
According to the above returns the Whig gain
on the Governor’s election of 1838 is 6,125.
A part of the Game.
A letter was received in this city two ©r three
days since, from the South, asking information
as to the sobriety and respectability of General
Harrison. Another camo from New England
yesterday, wishing to know if there was any
foundation for the stories circulated by the Van
Buren editors and slump speakers throughout
the country, that Gen. Harrison was in body a
mere wreck of manhood, and in mind sunken to
the verge of imbecility. About a week ago sim
ilar inquiries were received from Virginia; and
some of our old citizens may soon expect, if our
Whig friends abroad continue silly enough to
place any confidence in the damnable assertions
of the Van Buren press, to be asked by letter
whether Gen. Harrison is really a murderer, a
seducer, a drunkard, a common street brawler,
and a paralytic who goes on crutches—for all of
these things have been asserted of him time and
again, by those who would assert any thing for
that grand “ consideration of John Brough,
their “ daily bread.”
Why do our friend allow these infamous ca
lumnies to trouble them 1 Why do the few
permit themselves to be made thus uneasy, by
what the many behold in its true aspect, and
treat with proper contempt 1 The People of the
United States have Known Gen. Harrison too
| long and intimately, as a gre»t public benefactor,
a? an exemplary citizen, as a distinguished mem
ber of society, observing with scrupulous ex
actness almost all its conventional rules, to
be disturbed now by the attacks on his private
character of such sewer-rakes as the Extra-Globe
the Albany Argus, the Ohio Statesman, the Lou
isville Public Advertiser, and all of their kidney.
And as to Gen. Harrison’s physical health, and
the condition of his intellect, there is not one of
his pusillanimous traducers who could endure
the travel that he has undergone this summer,
and produce half the number of excellent ad
dresses that, at the pressing solicitations of his
| fellow citizens, he has been induced to make in
Jitferent parts of the B'tatc.
These exhibitions of ihe cultivation and vigor
of his intellect, are before the£ people; and with
them have gone forth accounts of such journey
tugs in the back-woods, as would have thumped
the Albany minuet-dancer and While House
sofa-lounger into a jelly. Let our friends give
their attention to these things, and not suffer
themselves to be bamboozled ly the calumnies
of a set of scurrilous papers and speakeis, a prin
cipal part of whose game at this time is to villify
the private character of Gen. Harrison, and cir
culate daily accounts of the decay of his mental
and physical powers.
Put down one of their lies to-day, and to-mor
row they will go to work again and make two
ot it.— Cincinnati Gaz.
Expenditures of the Government.
It is still a mystery to thousands how the Feder
al Administration has managed to increase its Ex
penditures from Twelve Millions of Dollars per
annum in each of the years .827 and 1828, under
John Quincj'- Adams, to more than Thirty Five
Millions, (alter deducting for the redemption of the
, Treasury Notes) in the years 1837 and 1838, un
der Martin Van Buren. Thirty-Five Milugns per
annum, aforesaid, include no portion of the vast
. suras stolen by b’uh-Treasurers or peculated in va
rious ways. It embraces only the moneys drawn
from the Treasury in pursuance of regular appro
■ priations. Where has the money gone ? We are
enabled to discover in part by a recent Report from
the Secretary' of the Treasury, in obedience to a
, requisition of the House of Representatives last
winter, calling for the amount of Annual Disburse
ment, under each material head of Expenditure,
from 1535 to IS3B inclusive. We have not room
for the whole this statement, but we notice a few
items at present, and may recur to the subject
’ again:
For “ Compensation and Mileage to the U. S.
Senators the Treasurer has paid —
In 1835, In 1836. In 1837. In 1838.
. $109,540 $94,188 $95 627 $175,728!
It will be remarked that the Senate was a Whig
body in 1835, but had become bitterly \aa Buren
in 1838.
To “ CJUcers of the Senate ,” $12,452 were paid
in 1835, and so up to $18,753 in 1838.
The “ Contingent Expenses of the Senate ff were
$85,550 in 1835, and had swelled to $127,823 in
1838.
'1 he expenditures of the House have been in
creased in nearly equal proportion —its “ Contin
gent Expenses ,” lor instance from $199,950 in 1835
to $373,090 in 1838.
In the Treasury Department, the salaries have
, increased $246,201 to $337,013 and the “ Contin
gent Expensesff in proportion.
In the War Department the salaries have in
creased from $84,328 to $122,111.
In the General Post Office, under the manage
ment of that eternal babbler of economy, fidelity,
and efficiency, Amos Kendall, the salaries ha e
increased ia three years from $91,288 to $136,995 ;
and the “ contingent expenses” from 59,140 to
$23,626
The territories are found veiy convenient for
pensioning oIF and stall feeding damaged politicians
who cannot be provided for or will not be endured
where they are better known. For the Govern
ment of loway Territory alone, the United States
paid in IS3B the enormous sum of $78,976, which
is more than the entire annual disbursements of
either of the Whig Governments of Connecticut or
Vermont.
The expenses of the Judiciary of the U. States
have not increased. They were $405,069 in
1835; $352,433 in 1836 ; $399,708 in 1837, and
$378,873 in 1838.
On “ Public Grounds ,” there were expended
$6,100 in 1835; $44,500 in ’36; $47,564 in ’37 ;
and $34,496 in 1338. Three-fourths of this is
throw'a away, and the remainder not needed.
For “ Budding Custom Houses ,” there was ex
pended the sum of $3G3,G39 in ’35; $57G.959 in
’36; $174,600 in ’37; and $264,225 in 1838. A
geod poition of this is shamefully misapplied and
wasted—being paid to partizan Inspectors, and
other mere lookers on, who receive large salaries,
and earn them in electioneering for Van Buren.
Under the head of “ Additional compensation to
Collectors, Naval Officers, Surveyors and others,”
there were paid $30,200 in 18: 3, and $190,351 in
1838. As these gentlemen are all paid very good
salaries by law*, wc believe these “ Additional ”
thousands belong in the same list with Mr. Harry’s
“Extra Allowances” to Mail Contractors for valu
able political services.
Under the head of “ Smithson Legacy it ap
pears that that interesting and stern-souJcd patriot,
Mr. Richard Rush, was paid $15,000 in ’3G and
’37, for going to England and getting the money
bequeathed in trust to the United States by Mr.
Smithson. The duty might well and properly
have been performed by our Minister or Consul at
London wiihout an expense of fifty dollar, nut it
was neecssaiy to pay Richard in some way, and
no opportunity offering, one was created.
The increase in the cost of the Army, Navy, and
Indian Departments is enormous, but we must
leave them for the present. We wili-congratuiate
the country, however, on our discovery of eneitem
in which a saving has been effected..* For “ Sup
pressing Piracy and prohibit ion of the Slave Trade ”
there was expended in 18: 5, $1,905 ;in ? 36, $560;
in ’37, $974 ; and in 1838 , Fifty Dollars, being a
reduction «l more than ninety per cent in three
years. We believe this branch of the public ser
vice (Suppression of the Slave Trade,) is not a spe
cial favorite at Washington, though the Trade it
self under the flag of the United States is now
more extensive r.nd demoniac than ever.— Newark
Daily Advertiser.
Tablet of itelbrin.
1- Hirhisox—and one term!
2. Haukisox —and reform !
3. Harrison—and retrenchment!
4. Haukisox—and no corruption !
5. Haukisox—and no interference by office
holders !
6. - Haukisox —and no standing armv !
7. Harkisox—and no direct taxes / /
8. Haukisox—and better times!
9. Hahuisox,Ty leu, and tuck democracy ! ;
Os what the People Complain.
We complain that the official agents of the
Government are allowed directly to interfere with
our elections, and thatsuch interference is indirec
ly compelled by a tax levied on their salaries, pro
rata, as was proved before the late Committee of
Congress in New York.
We complain of the extravagant and unprece
dented expenditures of the Geneial Government,
rising, with all their promises of “economy and
reform,” from §12,000 000, to §40,000,000 per
annum, thereby grsssly departing from the puiity
and simplicity of former limes.
We complain of the treatment of Public De
faulters—for in more than one instance, when
their frauds have been known, they have been
retained in office for the sake of political servi
ce*.
Wc complain of the gratuitous aspersion of
the honor and honesty of our States—the base
and wanton attempt to injure their credit and
reputation abroad, and thus cut off our works of
Internal Improvement, and stop the develope
ment of the vast National wealth and resources
of our country.
We complain of the inglorious and destructive
war waged by the Government against the cun
uexcv of the country, because it has brought
ruin on the manufacturer and merchant, and
sunk to the depths of poverty the mechanic and
laborer.
We complain that while all debts due to the
Government can be paid only in specie, their own
debts to the People are daily protested for no pay
ment at all.
We complain of the grand schemes ofthe Ad
ministration —the great Sub-Treasury Laic , be
cause its influence is for the Rich and against the
Poor! reducing the wages of the laborer, and the
prices of the Farmer, and every thing but the Sal
aries of office-men, and prostrating all business
before the worst kind of monied power —a g;>an
tic Government BANK!
We complain of the corruption and dishones
ty shown in the whole matter of our Jersey Rep
resentatives.
We complain of the project I* place at the con
trol of the President, and in time of peace, (in
army of two hundred thousand men ! because
it is dangerous in itself, and against the Consti
tution.
We complain of the want of consistency in not
adhering to the declared principles of the admin
istration ; for years past, the cry has been—
“ Down with the Banks”!—“No currency bet
Gold and Silver”!—and now they offer us in pay
ment of their own debts, POST NOTES (the
very worst kind of Dank paper) of their own
G jvernment Bank, and tell us in the “Evening
Pest,’ the New ork official, that they have ne
ver thought of a currccy exclusively metallic !
The Magic of Steam.—The chief engineer of
the Britannia has made three passages across the
Atlantic in less than two months—of which lime
he remained in port about eighteen davs. The
number of days occupied in the passages was 35.
A Log Cabin Letter.
We give below the letter addressed by Gov.
Seward to the Westchester County Committee, in
reply to their invitation to him to attend the log
cabin dedication at North Castle, on the 24ih
inst. It is one of the most eloquent and touch
ing productions we have ever read, and cannot
fail to awaken the sympathies of every honest
heart.
Alkaxt, September 11, 1840.
Gentlemen:—Your letter of the 25th ult. in
viting me to join the citizens of Westchester
County, in dedicating a log cabin at North Cas
tle, on the 24th inst. was duly received. lam
prevented from accepting the invitation by en
gagements which call me into the western part of
the State. I wish, nevertheless, that it were in
my power to visit Westchester. I have recollec
tions which can nevei leave me, of the hospitali
ty of her citizens; and there is abundant evi
dence that the patriotism of her sons has not de
clined since the days when three ofher incorrup
tible wings spurned the bribe of British gold, and
saved the country from Arnold’s treason.
I should with great pleasure, too, bear my part
in dedicating the log cabin- The structure is
peculiarly American, and is associated without*
dearest recollections of (he past, and our best
hopes of the future. There is scarcely one
among us of American birth, whatever may be
his condition in life, who if required, to trace his
genealogy, would not find his ancestors in a log
cabin, within one or two, or al most three gene
rations, The emigrant who seeks an asylum here
from the storms of the old world, may meet a
cold reception in the paved city, but if he follows
w'here (he spirit of adventure leads, he will al
was find in the log cabin a generous welcome.
The memory of man runneth to the time when
only log cabins graced the sight ot almost every
city, town and village in the land, and wherever
the humble structure is now found, it gives prom
ise of u farm, a village, or it may be a capUol.
When these unpretending dwellings begin to
cluster in the valley, or on the hill side, it is cer
tain that there the church and the school house
will soc n appear. As soon as the patrimonial
fbrin is found too small for an increasing family,
the enteiprising sons hie away to the west—the
beeck, maple and hemlock fall beneath their stur
dy arms, and the smoke from their log cabins
gives notice to the settlers that new emigrants
have arrived among them. When prosperity for
sakes, and kind, familiar friends forget us because
we are poor, the west invites us to erect our log
cabins there, and try once more. The log cabin
is the cradm of patriotism and valor. When the
Indian foe hung upon our western border, and
the British upon the Atlantic and northern fron
tiers, and Harrison, Scott and Jackson called to
the rescue, the cry ran through the log cabins, and
their fearless riflemen rushed to the battle-fields
of Tippecanoe, Chippewa and New Orleans.
In-childhood I attended my-father in his visits
as a physician to the halls of the rich, and log
cabins of the poor; I saw the offices es affection
performed with equal assiduity in both. Health
restored gladdened as many hearts, and bereave
ment produce as bitter tears, in the one as in the
other. In inaturer years I have visited the mar
ble dwellings in cur own cities and abroad, and I
have been a guest in the log cabins of Cayuga and
Chautauque. I confess that in the latter I found
always the most cordial greeting and largest wel
come. I can bear witness, too, that while no
condidition, high or low, exempts us from the
cares the disappointments and the sorrows of life,
and while faith, hope and charity, withhold their
consolations from none who cherish them, their
choicest influence will he observed in the hum
blest abode.—Let us honor the log cabin, and let
us take care that wherever the unpretending
structure is f»und, no matter what may be the
birth, language or condition of its occupants,
the school house is erected near it, and its rus ic
shelves arc graced with the cheap volumes of the
Sunday School and Common School Libraries,
and we may then be assured luxury and ambition
can never undermine .he foundation of the re
public.
I am, with great respect and esteem,
Your friend a- d fello.\-citizen,
•'Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
James A. Hamilton. Henson J, Lockwood and
William L. Dowron, Esqr?.,Committee.
Van liureu and the ,Late War.
Mr. William Pea rcc, an old and respectable
inhabitant of Streetsborough, Ohio, certifies in
the Cleveland Herald, at the call of a gentleman
of that city, that he was at an assemblage of the
people of New Lebanon, N. Y., in 1812, when
Martin Van Buren, who was present, “ made a
warm and earnest speech AGANST THE
WAR of that year , and against Ihe election of
James Madison to the Presidency, and strongly
urged it upon the people to join the “ peace par
ty,” so called, and support Dewitt Clinton, the
Presidential candidate of the Federal party.—
Cincinnati Gazette.
More Testimony.— How many foreign gov
ernments was it Mr. Van Buren called as wit
nesses, to establish the merits of the sub-treasury]
We forget the exact number, but it was not far
from twenty. Some more foreign testimony has
been provided, in a new shape. We have before
us—what do you think, reader]—nothing less
than a stick of “ Sub 'Treasury sealing-wax /”
It bears on one of its sides a large tablet-imprint,
at one end whereof is a profile portrait of Mr.
Van Buren, in bold relief, and the other the re
presentation of a strong box ; between the box
and the head arc the words “ Sub Treasury wax
warranted to hold fast.” A large consignment
of this wax has recently arrived from abroad,
having been ordered by government. Hurrah
for the Sub Treasury sealing-wax ! Pity it did
not arrivo in season for distribution through
Maryland, Delaware, Maine, Georgia and Now
Jersey !
Query—Was it ordered from the same Ger
man house that furnished the patterns tor the
standing army ]— N. Y. Com. Advertiser.
Skasoxaule Anecdote. — A gentleman has
told us a little incident which occurred at Canan
daigue, N. \ ~ which is too good to be lost.
A number of travellers had slopped for the night
at the stage house of a locofoco mail contractor,*’
who like all the spoilsmen was very unrese ved
in his wholesale abuse ot “General Harrison”—
denouncing him as a coward and a knave, and
calling him every thing but what he is.
Directly one of the strangers present, who]iad
manifested a good deal of uneasiness, approach
ed him and inquired if he knew “enough about
hi™”—he then asked him if he knew any ©ne
who was personally acquainted with him—to
which he replied in the negative. “Well,” said
the traveller, “I know and have knowm him for a
number of years and have resided in his immcdi
ate neighborhood, and I know him to be an hon
est, intelligent and brave man. I, sir am a sup
porter of the present administration and an of
fice-holder under Government. I shall vote far
Mr, Van Buren, but it is such unprincipled ras
cals as yourself, and such lies as those you have
just uttered, which will, if persisted in, be the
means of electing General Harrison to the Pre
sidency.” The effect ofthe honest rebuke upon
the contractoi was such as to make him look as
cheap as if he had been caught stealing a sheep,
and the merriment of his guests was not a I'ltlc
excited.
As there is every prohaoility that the race of
oco focos is fast becoming extinct, it is suggested
iat a specimenought to be preserved in gin for the
gratification of the curiosity of future genlrations.
—LtuisvUte Journal.
“My dear wife!” as the man said when he look
ed al his last milliner’s bill. ,
From the Erie County CPa.) Democrat.
For YiX-Presideni —Marlin Van Buren.
Martin Van Buren will undoubtedly be elec
ted by the people to this office on the 4lh of March
next/ How very delightful to the high It cu lti
vated sense of his “Democratic Highness s oltac
torics, will be the sweet scented fragrance ot the
Bouquet contain, d iu the following receipt:
“ Received, Baltimore, Bov. 14//), <JV
T. L. Smith, Esq., OISE HUN DOL
LARS tn/“ W for ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS
fur the President's table. 0 „
J JOHN THOMAS.*
“Certain.” —The Enquirer, a few days ago,
in making its estimate of the Presidential election,
in which it could do no better than give Van liu
ren 115 certain votes, placed among these‘-cer
tain” votes, Maryland MO) and Georgia (IE)
We have seen how Maryland has gone—and the
returns so far from Georgia, leave little doubt as
l® her vote in November. Now we propose, as
a question in simple arithmetic, if the “certain”
States for Van Buren thus go, what will be the
destination of the doubtful l~i' rederic/c&burg
Arena..
Prentice pays: —The Pennsylvania Mercury,
in its rage against Maine, calls it the ‘land of on
ions. We do not wonder that the poor locofocos
think it an onion State. Every breeze from it
brings tears into their eyes.
(Jjp* Laborers, Men of Business, Fuiexds
of youii Country, look, ahead ! and consider
seriously the interests which are involved in the
event of the contest, and whether they can he
promoted by the re-election of Martin Van Buren!
Front the New Orleans Picayune.
Recorder’s Court. The Presidential
Election.— Frank Smith and Thomas Keddin
were up before Recorder Baldwin on Sunday
morning. They were arrested for being noisy
and intoxicated.
“ Smith,” said the Recorder, “ about w hat did
you and Redden quarrel ?”
“Vy, about the old thing, your honor,” said
Smith.”
“ What do you call the old thing!” said the
Recorder.
“ Vy, this here presidential helection,” said
Smith.
“O, you differ in polices, do you 1” said the
Recorder.
“ Certainly ve do,” said Smith—“ he is a rab
bit locofuco and I is a vig.”
“ A what ?”sai«i the Recorder.
“A wialent politician and in favor of Wan Bu
ren,” said Smith. “But I’ll tell your honor as how
it is. Ve both lives in the same yard, and ven
ever I passes him he says there goes Hard Cider;
there is von of the party wot aint got no princi
ples; there’s a supporter of the man wot’s been
made brave by certificates and not dv his sword;
and he goes on in that ere vay vich no good vig
can stand. Ven he finds tlie other vigs out what
live in the yard and the locofocos at home, he is
sure to take the wote and then he calls it a Wan
Buren wictory and a sign of the limes, and all
that. The fact is, your honor, if the feller vasn’t
looking out for an office I doesn’t think he’d be
half as patriotic as he is.”
“ Redden,” said the Recorder, “is your con
duct such as Smith describes it?”
“Nut a biton it,” said Redden—“lf I vas to
be let alone I’d never do nothing to nobody, but
he’s heternally talking politics. Ven my old vo
inan locks the door and goes out, he makes a fox
on it vi»ri chalk and writes underneath it, ‘this
here is Sly Reynard, from Kinderhook, vet vos for
sometime in the London Zoological Gardens, but
now is in the Menagerie at Vashinglon ; he’s the
most cunning hanimal vot’s known to natural
ists.’ This is not ail, your honsr. Ven I vants
to sleep at night I’m blovved if I can get a wink,
he kicks up a rumpus, singing Harrison songs
the whole lima and crowing like a reg’lar rooster,
I ha'e challenged him over and over again, but I
never can get him to toe the mark, no how."’
“Do you know,” said the Recorder, “ that by
challenging him you have been guilty of inciting
to a breach of the peace.”
“ 1 doesn’t mean a duel, your honor,” said Red
den, “ but to a discussion of principles; but I’m ■
blamed if I don’t believe he haint got any.”
“ But can’t you both retain your respective po
litical opinions without quarreling?” said the
Recorder.
“ Veil, then,” said Redden, “ your honor must
bind him over not to sing Arrison songs between
the hours of ten o’clock at night and six o’clock
in the morning, and not be frightening my chil
dren out of bed by firing off that old rusty mus
ket in celebiation of wiclories when he haint
gained none. Yes, and prevvent him, your hon
or,” continued Redden, ‘from making his big
dog stand on his hind legs in niv presence,
and saying, as he points to him, -there is von of
Wan Buren’s present standing harmy ;’ nor I
wont stand no more fiom him about negro testi
m«ny, cause it’s all gammon.”
On the partoi Smith it was provided that Red
den was not to call him a hard cider cask nor a
worshipper of log cabins, any more. They made
mutual promises to act wilh more forbearance
towardsone another in future, and to display a
greater degree of political charity than they have
evinced heretofore, and were discharged.
Wellington anti the Fainter of Napoleon.
In the whole annals of Napoleon Bonaparte,
there is nothing so touching as the fidelity evin
ced towards him in his adversity by many of
those who had shared the good fortune of his
earlier days. The time is come when wo
can look on the career of the wonderful Corsican
with some degree of impartiality, and can do jus
tice to such traits of peisonol devotion as those
alluded to, which arc rendered the more remark
able by the numerous instances recorded in his
tory ot an opposite line of behaviour. Among
those most attached to Napoleon, alike in his
prosperity and adversity. David the painter held
a prominent place. He was the favorite artist of
the emperor, and showed, by iris pictures of Beh
sarius, of Socrates, of Brutus, of the Horatii, of
the Passover, of Leonidas, and finally of the
Crossing of the Alps, and Coronation of Napo
leon, that, as an aitist at least, he well merited
the patronage of his master. After the Corona
tion picture just mentioned, had been finished,
Napoleon went to see it in the studio of ihe ar
tist. The courtiers who were with him, being
all well acquainted wilh David, addressed him
with congratulations of a very familiar kind,
on his success. The emperor checked them, ob
serving, in that pointed manner which gave a
historical force to many of his sayings, “ Gentle
men. be aware that M. David is a Baron of the
empire ” —the first announcement which the
painter had had of the honor intended for him.
David, as has been said, repaid the favor and
friendship of Napoleon with the profoundest ad
miration and reveience. It may be supposed,
therefore, that the disastrous events of 1814 and
1815 were productive to him of unmitigated sor
row. He also suffered personally from the
change of affairs, being proscribed and compelled
to fly from France. He remained, however, as
near its confines as possible, Brussels btino- ’the
place where he took up his residence. Shortly
after the downfall of his old master in 1815, an
incident took place which seems to us to have
something afiecting in if, and to be worthy of
relation. J
David continued his artislical labors at Brus
sels. Indeed, within a few months he collected
around a number of young painters, who sought
with avidity Ins instructions in the art. From
e s.uring nature in the scenes in which he had
passer us ie, he was enabled to mingle his pro
fessional lessons with numberless anecdotes both
pei.ona and histoiical, and these he always man-
aged to make interesting, in spite of
rnent in utterance with which ho 1 liT Wi
He had received this mishap j., ,
While prosecuting his schoolboy st l!? oUs W “T.
poorly provided with money, he n
board with people of the humblest ’ , ged to
the wife of Ins landlord, on one , Jcc b de; a nd
he was, as she thought, improper!?*?,
struck him a smart blow on the ch 7 Uativ «.
table spoon. The consequence n ast i . u ' il!l a
ing arose on the interior, which h?? a ?* ci| ‘ {
life, and materially obstructed the mov '
his tongue in articulation. The mmu e L le “ u of
of the painter’s converse, made u>j so? a ?***'
of manner. Above all others, N'ipub |
favorite theme, and one of which ??? r Wa,ti ‘ I
ried. Fund regret mingled with !fi? r ?
of the emperor. Nor did David checi, h ;
his discourse on account es any Da ? , ‘I* 13 * 11 >•» I
viduals who might be present. Princes* i
and other august personages, someth?’. I
the painter’s studio, and however imndeM? 1
subject might be, were compelled tolis/I •
patience to David’s laudatory iemir7,?' 1
the emperor. ' eiJt ’ e M j
The Duke of Wellington, generalise nf . I
allicu armies, and special inspector 0 f tl* j S
Country fortress, came to Brussels. ]j,? '° s 1
aware of the presence of David in 1
formed the resolution of visiting the an?’ ** '
getting a portrait of himself executed *v? I
this view he entered his carnage, acini
by several of his officers, and desired thee??
man to drive to David’s house. “R n »p C ° aili ‘ I
Loups.” °fseauj. j
On stopping before the little green gateoftK
painter, the Duke and his company *J real " :
admitted. They were Hiown into £
decorated in a more splendid way, m one re?, 0,1 I
than the halls of mcnanns. Pictures i’??” I
hand cl David, covered the walls of the°?,*? I
ment, and in almost all of them NapJeoS 1
his deeds formed the subject. In one I
was seen scaling the Alps, in form and a??’ I
ance the same as when the ancient sides of
mountains echoed in reality of “ y« Bn » V-?
parte’s battle cry.” In another place,°b e
seen in his imperial cabinet, dictating’missiv?
on which hung the fate of nations. Allan?
the apartment, in short, the English visiters?
the lineaments of their late great enemy. "
Madame David was informed by herdomeii
that an English party sought admission to ?
presence of the painter, and she went to her bus
hand’s studio to know whether or not he would
see them. “ Yes,” said he, in reply toiler;
mit them here.” Although he said so, bo’wpv!
cr, a change came over his countenance, which k
indicated that the name of the English was liot |
: associated in his mind with agrccaole emotions ft
He was at the moment engaged in painting ? ■
fine picture ot Eucharis and Telmiachus, and ■; K
was perhaps to dispel the feeling which had been ■
excited by Madame David’s announcement, I
after answering her, he turned again to his task. I
He bad his pallette in one hand, and his brush I
elevated in the other, when tar Buki of Wet ■
lington and his attendants entered the studio. 1
David had already become so re-absorbed in tii I
occupation, that he did not turn immediately I
round; but a movement of the visiters soot ;i
made him aware of their piesence.and he, turd
his face to them. Then, fur the first ttoae.be 7
saw their uniforms, and knew they were so- t
diers.
“ Gentlemen,” said he bowing slightly, “» I
whom have I the honor of speaking?”
The chief of the parly answered, “lam tin j
Duke of Well ington.”
At that name, (he old painter—for he wasiicw
sixty-seven—grew first red and then pale, show
ing how much he was moved by the presented ;
the conqueror of his master and hero. He re- m
covered himself, however, and said, in coldly 1-
civil tune, “ in what can I serve you ?”
Madame David, who had come lo the door tfj
the studio with the visiieis, now retired, vrniß
some apprehension of a disagreeable scene.
“ I was desirous,” said the Duke, in reply toB
the artist’s qu stion, “ to sec a painter so ctlo-H
brated ; and us you have painted Bonaparte”—l|
“ You mean the Emperor," said David,inter-B
rupting his visiter hastily, and reddening w;l ■
I anger.
“ Precisely,” returned (lie Duke; and I canell
to beg that you would execute a likeness ct m- ■ \
self.”
Tho old painter looked at tlie Duke fxcJlvft ■
a few moments, and then, with additional ni p
ness in his manner, he said, “ You know that* IS
paint history only.”
“ Well,” returned the duke with a smile,“ H
am no personage of romance. You have cdf H
brated with your pencil, the features of-nM
great man,” pointing to a figure of Napok I
“ and I, 100, am ambitious to be painted bvyef H
“Sir,” replied the artist, with a mixittrefH
emotions legible on his countenance, - I dor. I
paint the English— l cannot paint ihe. Engk- \
David averted his head as he spoke. See*l
the strength ot the feelings which actuated ts| ; ||
the Duke of Wellington and his party retired all
silence. The Duke was evidently disappoint-*
but he was in all likelihood disposed also-- 5 ®
some measure, to respect the emotions of the diR
painter of Napoleon. David could not paint d'H
overihrower ot his master and friend.
Postage to England.—We were not
aware of the fact that no postage is charged heH
on Letters forwarded to Eng nud by Mr. tunawH
line of steam packets ; liut finding such u
ment iu a Xew-Yo.'k paper, we have taren t'-'l
pains to inquire, ami find that it is even io. * H
that is needful to be done is. to have them
at the Post mice in this city before ten oVIccLH
the Island 15th of the month. The Post
charge one cent on each letter, thick or thin,Kß
there is no other charge. If letters are ; ent ftj
mail to Boston, by paying postage to thisci:y tit Bj
will be forwarded.— Boston Journal. I
Purlic Speakers.— When you mount -Bj
stage, be puzzled to know where to put your I- H
Look round although you were quite coo!
collected, and suddenly put your hat open ‘-'H
floor. Turn then to the audience —pass p- ■
fingers lightly and gracefully through yourfc- I
and say—“ Feller Cit'zens”— Extend your
hand—put your left on your vest, on which
side it nnglu be your private opinion that
heart lies—swell out your chest as though
Goddesses of Liberty in the world had left d H
respective countries, had taken hoard am! 104
in your expansive bosom, and were now H
gling to find their way out at the troni door. 1 ■
press their generous efforts for a hide while, -
then oat with them in a blaze of g‘ or f' I
effect will be tremendous.
Col. Johnson.— ihe old Col isa ve, y 1 8
specimen of an orator. Much as wc hav‘ “ ■
ways esteemed him for his courage, w ' B ' n ~j ft
most sickened to hear of his permiting T :
be EXHIBITED by that branded “co*arJ m
poltroon,” Petticoat Allen. ‘J he Col. in
anxiety to win vo cs offoreigners, iOmel>^ c? |
himself into an awkward position. r< a ° U r
the Germans in Cincinnati, he said, “s‘ nt |
seen so many of you in Ohio, Move the
I love them almost as much as the K
shrewd son es Eiin in the crowd thoug-*-
‘sawder’ rather too soft, and he sung oU *
you, Curnel, but I’m lould you like the -
better than ather iv us!”— Harrison Dc iltl ‘ I |
Peace is the evening star of the 6° u b as u fl
;s its sun, and the tw r o are never far apart. uH
Praise tho fineness of the day when it j
—a swmrd when you have proved it a Il!a^ jf) |
when she is married—the ice when you |
crossed it—and a newspaper when yo l - • tl,u
paid for it,
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