Newspaper Page Text
CHROMCLfcI AND ijiENTINKL.
i|- *
\ i <. i s'i i.
M( NDAY MORNING, N( IBER 2.
. r:-»!: n
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio; i
The invinci. le Hero of Tippettsnoe —the incor
ruptible Statesman —the iafles.i ie Republican—
the patriot Farmer of Ohio. ;
t
FOR V ICK-PUESi til |.T,
JOHN TYL{: II ,
Os Virginia ; [
A State Right? Republican of tic school of "Ps—
one of Virginia’* noblest son?, and emphatically
one of America's most sagai ijlv.s, virtuous and
patriotic statesmen.
FOR ELECT 'RS OF PRESIDENT AM^VICE-PRESIDENT.
GEORGE R. GILMF.R, o I Oglethorpe.
DUN TAN L. ULIN jramJc:;.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of purke.
Charles dougherty! of Ouk.
JOEI CRAWFORD, of illncock.
SEATON GRANTLAND. of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER 3. STltClfiG, of Bibb.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, cv Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, hi Twiggs.
ANDREW MILLER, of <4ss.
WILLIAM EZZARD, cf ‘FeKalb.
To the Polls !To t|e Polls !! j
Freemen of Richmond county
To the Polls j!!
* —
Watch ihe P»rijs.
We trust that the committee wj&o superintended
the late election will be at their bsts at an early
hour Ibis morning, to guard agai -l illegal voting.
W;li the People remember. *bal four votes,
given in the sth Ward of New- i .*rk,made Tuomas
J tfersor. President cf the United, States.
That one vote made Judge MoJ ton Governor of
Massachusetts last year. I
That six votes, given in the j Ith Ward, time
years ago. gave the Whig part,,. iqt,- majority in the
Common Council. U
That, last year, a merchant the 3rd Senato
rial District of this State, being here on business,
returned ion to v.te, by nr hie n {re elected a Sen
ator to the State Senate. —.V. F- 'Aimet.
Death of H n. John S. Spe> *2. — We sincere
ly regret to k-arn the decease of ;fho Hon. John S.
Spence, Senator in Con;;.ss froralthe State of Ma
rvland. He died at his resiceu-, j in Worcester
county on the 22d. The Unite j States Gezette,
which announces this event, remits most just.y
that Mr. Spence was a gentlemanenlarged, views,
of estimable character, and resiled in alt the
relations of life. His loss tfi?|jbe extensively
felt j ij;
The American Sentinel of Pal - f : de phii, a deci
ded Van Butc-n piper,expresses the following opin
ion in reference t. the conspiracy of the Nc«v-
York od.ee holders. ,;
We shall not be behind any Lo:N in contributing
a? we may Le able to t;:e detect -tr o' f. vuds Ufon
the ballot box. whether j*eipe ruled by one party
or the other; but in the present gase, the known
and long established ch_. •. lei .'Conor and integ
rity 0. the parties accuse t. toget M with their soi
ensa denial on oath of the a legations, ought to
sugge-l cautio.i in forming a judgement tiu the
who e matter i- fa ly ioresligateii; W e tnink it is
not unlikely that the st ny nas- jfiewn out of the
fa t. publicly known at the time, v.lrat the Whigs of
New- V ur!t. La iS3>, applied for peg sons to come on
from this city and other places, that they might
recognise and challenge impoiledl oters, if ollercd
fey ine other side, which they sTpposed would be
done. We believe ai d trust, lor the honor of t e
country as well as of the individuals implicated,
that this will turn out to be the upshot of the
whole matter.
How it Stands. —We pul!ofa the documents
relative to the charge of intsdijrenee with the
New York election. From the mass ol testimony
produced, the follow ing facts are abundantly prov
ed :
First. —That a limited number ot persons, not
exceeding thirty-litre or to.iy., hit kite whole, went
O a to New York prevkms to In‘election of 1838.
Second—That their object jwas o prevent
individuals from Philadelphia giving illegal votes.
Third.—That thiaobject w.-.s Liotonuus, open
jy spoken of. published in the newspapers ot the
dav, and known by men of all j jirlies.
Fourth.—That the individ jali—Andrew Mc-
Clain and other*-—-who weot o;)u were selected
because they had a genera. acquaintance w ith the
votes of the city and county of Philadelphia; w ere
therefore well Known, and vvot.lU be immediately
recognized and delected if they bird attempted to
vote.
Fifth. —That they were neve I asked to vote,
never contemplated voting, at.d‘lastly, that it is
.conclusive.
*s»Jtth. — That they neither attempted to vote,
nor d,a actually vie at tke letjfi mi.
And this i» the result of the imighty ellort of
Messrs. Butier. Hoyt, and otho |. to effect which
Mr. Butler was willing to prombp the Consulship
•to Havre, or divide ids ■ L AST t ;RL ST - ’ ol bread
with ? he individual whom he was endeavoring to
seduce, to place upon him-eli Lie stamp of talse
4iood, corruption, and treachery j— L. S. Cuz.
s
1
On Sunday evening we saw | Locofoco vomi.
tUng like a dog. As we passed Tim he exclaimed
—“I told you I should hrow up if Georgia wen t
against us." —Louisville Jou nt;J.
Whies of Georgia, do your jiuty to-day, and
vve'i give the aforesaid Loco a s/li ll more powerlu!
emetic. •
_ * t gadter ben. Atkin-, at, we lean (»js
the St. Aueustine New.-,', with extreme regiet, has
Teen stricken with paralysis; anil there is but lit
tle probability cf his ever being again to take
the held* r
The Boston Transcript o: |fonday evening
says that about in Jn gift prec ding. a ::orm ac
companied with vivid lightning and heavy thun
der passed over that city, and nlhe morning there
was an me i or two of snow upon the ground
In some of the neighboring tow jis the storm was
terrific, and hW. Ot*, rf«o B j«tt% large s;z-.
>
LAST CARO.
Unparalleled Knavery and
rOMt&FuR IV
Much has been sa d about the last caid of the
Locofoco?, and the people have been again and
again cautioned against the expiring e.Farts of t i
most corr upt sett of aice holders an i party leal
ers that have ever disgraced any country. Bat
i mu -i a? wc h; ve seen, heard and published on Ims
subject, vre co.iiess that we -.cere in >rc dispose! to
reuari it a? the fears of son? excited \S iig than
to believe it possible that the leaiers of any parts
coi!i l>e «o coit iDt and so de?nded as to att:m;t
such a trick as the foilow.nr crrd dDe’ose?. We j
rrgret it dirUnot reach us earlier, that we might
hire been able to have sent it to every s?ctioi o.
the state, in which event Georgia w raid have p.o
nouncei for old Tip a majority of 1 15,000 |
; votes. The people of Georgia are too honest to J
countenance such villainy, aui they wjui ; spam
! aav party tint would countenance such knavery.
The article to which we allude reached tins city
! by Saturday night's mall, and purports to be an
j extra of the Emancipator, aa abolition pap?r pab-
Ibhed in New York. And that our readers, and
the honest portion of the Van Buren party may see
to what resorts the office holders are driven to sus
tain this corrupt Administration iu power, wc pub
hsh it just a? it came to us.
People of Georgia, look upon this document, an I
behold the reckless spirit of a desperate party, a
faction sc desperate that they would foigeand pub
lish letters purporting to he from Gen. Harrison,
! bv which he might be defamed in your estimation.
It carries the lie upon its face in such deep and
broil characters that every man of ordinary intel
ligence is obliged to detect it at tue hr=t glance.—
We will only point out a few of the interoa'; evi
j dences which it furnishes of it- being a base sot-
I
First —You observe it bear; date the 18th of
October, :.nd purports to be an extra of the Eman
cipator. Well we have on our table regular fi.es
of New York pipers, of soth parlies, up to the 2>th
of October, and not one word is said on the subject
in any one of these papers about such a letter from
i General Harrison.
Second —You observe the editorial comment
says, that the editors recommend the taking up of
General Harrison by the abolitionists, and yet at
the head of this very column the name of James
G. Birney, the abolition candidate, is still standing
—Arthur Taopan. whose name is affixed
| to this letter, is one of the Abolition Electors in
New York.
Fouilh —Ti e w Ballot Pox,” another abolition
paper, of the 20lh October, iwo days after this ex
tra of the Emancipator purports to have issued,
had the Abolition Electors at the heal of its col
umn, and nothing was said abaut t its extraor li
nary letter of General Harriaon .
Filth —If it was what it purports to be, and the
editor of the Emancipator was desirous, in conse
quence of it, to elect General Harrison—does any
man in his senses suppose that he wuuid att-mpt
to circulate thri letter at the South, among slave
hoi ders.
And lastly —It is in direct oppusition and contra
diction of all the former expressed opinions and
principles of Gen Harr,son, both to th? ajol.tion
i i?ts and slave holders. And yet these bold and
reckless scoundrels, who are trie authors of this
I vile plot, have the unblushing effrontery to -end
forth such a document to the American people just
on the eve of the election, hoping thereby to re
elect Marlin Fan Buren, and keep in power those
who are capable of such foul and damn ng dishon
esty. People of Georgia, if you deserve the name
of American ciuzei s, if you are worthy to inherit
the birthright of your fathers, you will rise up a?
one man to put down this corrupt Administration.
THE EMAN CI P A TOR.
Thcrsdat, October 18, 1840.
Freemen’s Ticket.
We respectfully lecommend to the free suf
frages of our fellow-citizens,
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES G. BIHNEY,
OF NEW TORE.
[A man who has ioeice given proof of his abo
litionism by emancipating his slaves at the peril
of his lif«.]
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THOMAS EARLE,
of Pennsylvania.
A mar who braved the proscription of his
party, by advocating the equal right of the col
ored man in lae recent convention for umendng
the constitution ol his Sriate.
Emancipator Extia.
We hasten to lay before our readers the follow
ing interesting correspondence. It speaks for
itself. And in accordance with the views there
in expressed, we shalil remove from our next pa
per the name of James Birney for President and
substitute that of Gen. William Henry Harrison.
And we hope that all of our abolition friends
will use their exertions to elevate to the presiden
cy one wto is (as will be seen) pledged to carry
out some of the most prominent and essential
views of the friends of the African race. AH
who may 'eceive tnts circular will be ser
vice to a good cause by giving it as extensive
a circulation as possible ;
New Y'ork, Sept. 21, 1940.
Wn. Hesi'.t Harrison.
Sin,—The subscribers have been appointed a
•• Commitiee of Correspondence” on the part of
a large number of your friiovv citizens, to com
municate with you on a subject ol v;,al impor
tance, we tuink. I* a numerous and rapidly increas
ing party in the free States of the Union. The
time is near at hand when the choice of the peo
ple of this country will fall upon you for the of
fice of President, or upon the present incum
bent.
You an? probably aware that the Abolitionists
cf this sta e have nominated candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President of their own ; still there .
are many and ourselves among the number, who
deem it unadvisable to run a separate ticset. when
they well know that by sodomg.it only increases
the election of Mr. Van Buren. w hose views on
the subject of slavery are entirely hostile to ou’
own. that we should look upon his re-election as
a grievous public calamity. M e must then as a
partv. choose between yourself and our nomina- ,
ted ticket, and i wo could be assured that your
views of the evils of staver? accord w ith our own
and that vou would u c e your official station to
abolish so great an evil, at least in the District ;
of Columbia, weshomd almost to a man, drop
our own t icket and unite our entire strengh upon
vours.
You will excuse our frankness and candor; the
deep interest we feel on this all important sub
ject must be our apology An early reply is ur
gently requested.
Your obedient and verv humble servants.
ARTHUR TAPP AN,
J. LE AVETT.*
IT PREFER.
CixcissiTi, Oct. 2, 1840.
Giki’lKMen; — Your kind letter of the 2Lst.
at. came d ly to kand. The sut jecl on which
you address m* I Lok upon as one* of the great- (
importance to the people of this country,
though I have generally refused to answer tae
ruincrous queries addressed to me, generally from
nv poiMicui enenaes. knowing they were intend
t>J to injure me with the south. In my leller t
however to JuJce Morris ot Mass, wau h lie had
ihc Irerlv \o use in any way that Ik ibou^iu
i * *
proper. eccrrpt to pith fish. ! expressly state my
view* on me abolition question. 1 tuexein *talo
that I i ine an abolition society in Richmond at
thecariy atre of eighteen—that I have seen no
rues >u lo change mv views on tne subject s ncc.
\nd 1 will now further sUto that 1 believe (.’on
| g-e*s lias tall and complete power to legislate
on all subjects relating tu the District ol Colum
bia. and should use that power by aboltslnng sla
very in the District. And although Congress,
perhaps, has no power lo interfere with slavery
in the several stales, yet so anxious am I to see
this immense evii pul down, that I would willing
ly sign a l>i 11, should one pass Congress, appro
priating nil the surplus revenue for the purpose
of purchasing the slaves, or tor indemnity ing lire
states that should voluntarily abolish the system.
The app opriating the surplus revenue lor ibis
purpose is no new idea with tne. It is one t >»avc
j long entertained, and have more than once so
. expressed myself, aad I hope yet to live tu see so
desirable an object accomplished,
i \ou a r e aware gentlemen that this is a deli
cate subject lor the peace of the south and what
ever is done should be done with much caution.
You probably have seen my letter to Mr. Lyons
of Virginia. You will of course know' w hat
kind of estimate to place upon that, written as
it was to a southern man and a slave holder. I
have refused, gentlemen, to make promises or
pledges, to any great extent, during this canvass;
but the great contest is so near at hand. I have no
hesitation in deciding the above as my sincere
sentiments, and Hope that you will find them to
accord, at least in part, with your own.
I am. gentlemen, very respectfully.
Your obedient sen ant.
W. H. HAKUI6Q-X.
Arthur Tappav,
J. LeaveTT,
H. Du esse u.
Correspondence cf ike National Intelligencer.
New York, October 26.
The Locolocj bomb has exploded, and its instru
ments of destruction will overwhelm only Mr.
Butler and his tools. Ti e current of indignation
runs strongly against Mr. Butler. I would not
now stand in his -hoes for all his princely income
I carmot say that he is the contriver ot a plot to
destroy Governor Seward, the Mayor of I hiladel
pnia. Mr. Grinnoll, and others, lut he seems to 1 e
for he admits a meeting with Glentworth,a closet
ing w ith him at Hoyt’s house, a knowledge of Ste
venson’* lans. See. Tne plot is recoiling terribly
upon its p.ejectors, since the publication of the tes
timony from Philadelphia —and the attempted
meeting to-day of the Locofocos in the Park, with
Mr. Butler at their head, was so signal a failure
that they went into Tammany Hall, and wnat of a
meeting there was, was there. The excitement is
about blown over, except what i> directed against
the contrivers of ti e scheme. Mr. Grinned has
taken the most effective me .*ures at the Last to
vindicate his reputation, as he is charged there
wi’h having absconded, and in the evening papers
to-d -y there is a powerful ajpoal from him to his
constituents. I have not till this time believed
that the Whigs Lai the )ea*t chance of earning
this city, but l y putting Grinnell’s name on the
ticket, and taking advantage of the reaction, they
are now in a stiong p »si!ian, and there is a salutary
exci ement among l.rinueli’s mercantile friends
that will powerfully aid the whole Whig party.
In the, 4th ward of lids city, on Saturday nig t,
70 Locofocos and 3 W .igs were struck ors the
Registry as illegal votcis, by the authority, too, of
the Locofoco Commissioners of Registry. 'J he
like is the fact in other ward*. This shows who
have the illegal vote?.
New York, October 27, IS4O.
There is a torrent of politics, and nothing el-c,
in the city j :st now. The extraordinary doings in
what the Recorder of tire city cads a Court of Ii -
quiry are degener ting into a farce. The Recoidcr
is a high party man of the Locofoco school ; the
District Attorney is ditto. Last evening their court
was a scene of riot and row. Some time ago, the
Mayor, Recorder, and District Attorney, at night,
went to the house of a Mr Pierce, a Locofoco, wah
whom some of Gientworth’s papers were lodged,
which papers they seized and canicd olf; Pierce,
in all probability assenting. Glentworth's counsel
protested against this seizure of his papers, and
the protest having been considered, the Recorder
last evening decided that he had a tight to open tire
papers, which Pierce had put unde; seal. Glent
worth requested to look at tire papers, (all this in
court,) and when they were in his hands, he seized
them as his property; whereupon a scuffle ensued,
the Recorder struggling to gel back the papers,
Glentworth to keep them, and others soon inter
fering, the squabble became general, though the
Mayor cried out peace and order. Older was at
last restored, many coats being torn though, and
some hurt a little, when the Recorder p’edged him
self as a magistrate, as a man of honor, to produce
the papers before the Judge of the Court of Oyer
and Terminer, (Edwards) who should be called up
on to decide on a writ of replevin that Glentworth
had got out for his papers, and under which, during
the scuffle, the Sheri-T was present, participating in
it, and claiming the papers under the writ.
This morning the Recorder Morris) met Judge
Edwards in chamber, according to his pledge, and
keeping Glentworlh’s papers under his arm, pro
tected 1 y his overcoat, refused to produce them any
further; and Judge Edwards inquiring what the
parties wanted of him, and being told, replied, that
this writ of replevin was a matter with which he
tad nothing lo do, whereupon the Recorder ad
journed to another building, and co tirnenced taking
more depositions.
The conspiracy of the Federal office holder’s to
involve the leading Whigs of New VorK and Phil
adelphia in a violation of the elective franchise
appears more extensive the more we hear from a
distance. The East and the North have been
flooded with extras The story of Gov. Reward’s
and of Mr. GrinnelFs having run away, is flying
all over New England, But a reaction is com
-1 nvr-ncing. and has commenced, on which, if I do rot
; misj-uJge, the Whigs will profit from it It was a
mistake in Messrs. Ho\; and BuLer to stir u such
; an excitement in this city. The citv was theirs by
a large majority a week ago, but if the Whigs hc;e,
the Whig merchants especially, now work as in
1534, and the excitement seems as great, then the
city i? no longer Loco oco.
The Whigs held an immense meeting last night
in Masonic Hall. Their activity and energy are
reawakened by what they be.ive to be a conspiracy
of the office-holders, even by the subornation of
perinry f> r ir -omc of their most eminent men.
C, "i r'poadcn e f if.e T. oj Daily »T his.
J?at*m, Friday evct.i g. 10* P. M. ?
Oct sber 23, 1840. S
i Salem again in Flames.
At half past eight o'clock a tire broke out in
the stable connected wi Ir the Bv.lom Hate 1, anti
spread with dread!ul iu v. consuming lire hotel
a»*d all the oul-tuiidings, and the sessi n
of the P e.'i'vler an church. Boailac Cc Ft-sen- j
>’en owned the holt 1 The dwellings of Mr j
! Lamiwl, \tr. Sm mour. Inna? A. MhParlanil. J
Elizah th Proudfil—in all S. There were in the
sta ■!es 24 or 25 horse*. One of lire stage agents
’ or o.vncis to!J me that they saved only four of
the horses. The property di-str >yed ts immense
—the village in ruics—the streets are hik'd with
furniture., and the people are all in confusion.
It is believed to S-c the work of an incendiary.
The lire is now nearly exiingu shed. Nothing
farther lo write this evening.
Money Matters. —Tuk Resumption.— The |
Philadelphia Inquirer of yesterday says that the
arrangement between the Banks ot Philadelphia
wns finally made on Friday right. The sum to
be loaned to the Bank of the I_ ailed States is live
millions, and a committee Iras been appointed to
proceed to the Eastern cities, and endeavor to
make a satisfactory arrangement tiiere.
It is stated that Mr. Alsop and Mr. Brown, two
directors of the-CndeJ Slates Dink, will accom
pany Mr. JauJon to Europe in the steamship
President.— Bull nwrt American.
D;srbessr.s'o Shipwreck and l-.ss of Life.
—The schr. Sailor’s Venture. Cap!. Brown,
which left this port on Friday afternoon last, for
the wreck of the brig Alvira, 13 miles south of
Cape Henry, was capsiz-d in a heavy squa'i from
X. W. on the following morning at 3 A. M. south
of Cape Henry and about 6 miles from the land.
The crew remained on the wreck until 9 A. M.
when the mainmast was carried from its step, \
which forced the deck up and the vessel went to
pieces; two of the crew were drowned when the
schr. capsized. Capt. ,Brown and one of the
crew succeeded in getting hold of a few planks
from the quarter deck, on which they held until
nearly sundown, and on approaching the shore. ;
jhe seaman was drowned. Capt. Brown.the on
ly survivor reached here yesterday, frovv whom
we received the foregoing account. — Norfu'ft
Brecon.
An Exchange at Boston.—Another attempt
is making to erect a suitable edifice lo be used as
an Exchange i;r Boston. The proposed location
is on the south side of Btate street, and tire su n
wauled to accomplish the undertaking is lo be
raised by joint stock, oivided into 609 shares of
which only 130 shares remained to ue subscribed
for on Saturday.
Presentment by the Grand Jury.—The
Grand Jury, who have had before them for some
days the subje t «t the A iturahzation frauds,
lately discovered lo h vebecn perpetrated in some
of our courts, made a presentment yesterday,
which implicates the Clerk ot the Criminal Ses
sions. It is rue lo the punlic. that the matter
should be fully and th trough ly investigated, and
the gudtv, whoever they are, b*rog‘it to justice.
In loss this is done iho purify of tire ballot box
can be no longer relied on, and our elections will
; be little belter than a solemn mockery.— PhiLid,
C. .S’. GuztHe.
From the East n Daily Adve User.
Maine Election.—The Governor and Coun
cil of Maine have counted and declared the vote
in Main-* for members of Congress, given at the
time of the late Governor’s election. The whole
number of Whig voles given in the tflate. inclu-
Jmgthirty scattering, was 15.347. the whole num
ber of Van Boren votes, including Lowell and
Wheeler in the Washington district, Hamblin
and Ingalls in the P> nobscot distrirt, Litilefield
and Paris in the Oxford dislri t, together with
198 scattering, is 45 1 10. making a Whig major
ity of 237 ; and a n> t Whig gain of 6,734 votes,
compared with the election of 1839. This as
fords i strong presunq tion that the returns in the
Wing papers, showing that Gov. Kent is cle rod.
are corrrect. But if this he not proved, it shows
conclusively a majority of Whig voters in the
Congressaioual election over the whole Van L!u
ren vou :s and that the m .j rity of \\ lug voter*,
with at least an equal prospect of increase with
the other side, can carry tne Whig electoral tick
et.
The supporters of 4 an Buren seem to be as
tounded at the rapidity w ith which his popularity
is declining. If, however, they would consider
that all the popularity be ever had. was boiTowed
from Ins “illustrious pred. tessor,’’ their wonder
would cease. The doctrine *♦! their party is that
“ those who trade ou borrowed capital deserve to
break,’’ ai.d it seems the people have sanctioned
that political tenet, by resolving to repudiate the
man whose lute popularity was all borrowed.
Foreign Ecclesiastical Statistics.
A bill was recently laid before the Bitish Par
liament. for the extension of the established
j church, and proposing to raise the necessary
funds by a general tax. In opposition to that
bill, the following, with many o.her statistics,
were presented tu show. Ist, that no extension is
necessary ; 2d, that it it is, ihc established church 1
is able to bear the expense ; and 3d. that it would j
be unjust to tax dissenters for the support of the
establishment:
London —Population 1.434.868 ; churches
and chapels 627; sittings 473.961.
Liverpool —Population 168,175; churches and
chapels 75; sittings 95.000; Sunday scholars
1 19,000.
Manchester and Salford- —Population 272.76 i:
churches and chapels 100 ; sittings 76,700 ; Sun
day scholars 33,196.
Leeds —Population 82,121 ; churches and
chapels 38; sittings 3,*.731.
Sheffield —Popu ation 71,720; churches and
chapels 40; sittings 34.465.
Nv/tingham —Population 55.650 ; churches
and chapels 28 : sittings 17,800; Sunday schol
ars 6.726.
Birmingham —Population 146,986; churches
and chapels 61 ; sittings 54.700 ; >Bunday schol
ars 16.666.
In 246 other places —Population 6,000.000;
churches and chapel* 9,100 ; sittings 3,260,000
In England and Wales, there are congrega
lional, or independent churches 2.U60; Baptist
1.460. Presbyterian 62 ; Methodist 3 890—8.072; i
l>esidfs4s3 home missionary stations, and a great
number of rooms licensed for preaching. The
cost of erecting these places of warship is esti
mated at $38.4()0,0< 0. and the annual expense of j
maintaining worship. &c.. $9,600,C00.
The annual revenue of the established church
■ s $24,000 000; and the value of church edifices
and parsonage houses, s96.out) 000.— Philadel. 1
American.
V> ASHIXGTON IV THE FIELD OF VICTOHT AND
Chamber of Death. —From Cuslis’s Recolfec
t-ons ot M ahinglon, we copy the following.
r«l.t:ng to lire B:cge ot \ orktewn and a domestic
scene.
“1 he weather during the siege of Yorktown
was propitious in the extreme, being, with the
exception of the squall on the night of the I6*;i
ult., the fine autumnal weather of the South,
commonly called the Indian summer, which grea -
ly facilitated the military operations. Washing
ton i .read quarters were under canvass the whole
time.
The situation of \ orktown. after the surrender
was pestilential. Numbers of wretched negroes
who nad either been taken from the plantations,
or had themselves folk wed the fortunes of the
B :!’>h Army, had d ed cl the small-pox, which.
with the camp-fever, was raging m tr ‘ c T l .*‘' r ’ Ci ‘ *
remained uylmned in the streets. \\ heu all
hope of erfap* «fO3 given up. the of tne
British Legion were kd t■> ii“*
ris’pr. shot. •>; d then thrown into t *e sli*a n , the
carcasses, floating with the ti re, lodged «n the
adltcciit chores and flats, producing m. *«uvia
a . ,jp. r - J the atmosphere R-*r miles amunt. lit
deed i» v- is manv nion.bs before Y-arkiov.n and
its envirt;..s -ecariue sutCclcul'T punUed to i.e
IwiilhiiiiC wi:U anv o*
A domestic alfli lion thiew a Jonh* <W« U aSli- ■
ui-tou’i happiness, white his ca;np s>di lang with ,
shouts of triumph for the surrender *-t V orklov. n.
His step-son, to wimid he had been a parent at. a j
protector, and to whom he was foediy attached,
who had accompanied him to the camp al Ctim
bridge. an ! was a:;ii>R? the lirst of his aids in the
dawn of the Kevo'utun, sukcn.ii w hile on duly
a< extra ai 1 to the Commander m-Chief in the
trenches before Yiklnvn. Aware tha h.s di=-
ra ,-e ft he camp-fever would be mortal the sufferer
i had vet one lasi lingering wish to be gratified,and
|be would die content. Ii was to behold the sur
; render ol the swoid ot Cornwallis. He was
supported to llie ground, and witnessed tbe ad
mired spectacle. end was then removed to Elth
am. a distance- of thirty miles from camp.
An express from Dr. Craik announced that
there was no imiger hope, when Washington
attended by a single officer. and a groom, left tbe
head-quarters at midnight, and rode w.lh al! speto
i for Ehham.
The anxious watchers by the couch oi the dy
ing were, in the gray ol the twilight, aroused Lv
a trampling of a and. looking out, discove -
cd the Commander-in-chief alighting from a jaded
charger in the court-yard, He immediately sum
moned Dr. Craik ; and to the eager inquiry, fs
there 2iiv hope 1 Craik mournfully shaking bis
head, tne General retired to a room lo indulge Ins
grief, requeuing to be left alone. In a little while
the poor sufferer expired. Washington, tenderly
1 embracing the bereaved wife and mother observed
to the weeping group around the remains of h;m
he so dearly loved. “From this moment I adopt
his two youngest children as my own." Absorb
ed in grief, he them waved wan his hand a mel
-1 ancholv adieu. and. fresh horses beii g ready,
without rest or refreshment, he re-m >unled and
returned lo the camp.
For a great distance around Yorktown the j
j earth trembled under the cannonade, while many
an anxious and midnight watcher ascended lo the
house tots to listen lo the sound, and to‘look up
-1 on the Uor;z)n, lighted un by the blaze ol the
j batteries, the explosions of tbe shells, ai.J the
flames from the burning vessels in the ha. lor.
* At length, on the morning of the 17th, the
thundering ceasea, hour alicr hotr passed away,
and the most attentive ear could not catch another
sound. What had happened 1 To supp .se he
had fallen, was almost 100 much to hope lor. And
now an intense anxiety prevails; eviry eye is
turned towards tbe great Southern read, and t e
express ! tbe express is upon every lip. Ea.li
hamlet and homestead pours forth its inmates.
Age is seen leaning on his stall, women with in
fants al their breast,children with wondering eyes,
and tiny han-.is outstretched, all. with breathless
I hopes and fears, await the courier’s coming. Ay.
and the courier rode with a red spur that day ;
out bad he*mounlcd on the wings of the wind, be
! could scarcely have kept pace with the g<acta! :
anxiety.
At length there is acre—Ho comes! he come?!
and merging from a cioud f dust, a hur.-cnitui is
seen at headlong speed. He plies the lash and
spur; covered with foam, with throbbing flank,
and nostril dilated to catch the breeze, the gene
rous horse devours the road, while ever and anon
the rider wavs hi- > ap. and shouts to the cager
groups that crowd h;s way, Cornwallis is take:..
And now arose a joyous cry that made the
very welkin tremble. The tones, amazed, con
i' uaded, shrunk away in their holes and hiding
places while the patriotic Whigs rushed into
each oth r’s arms, an : wept for gladness. And
ho! in that day of general tbanksgi ing a d
praise, bow many an aspiration ascended to tbe
Most Huh imploring blessings . n him w hom n
T me will consecrate as die Father of bis , oun
tiy.
The prediction of Cornwallis in lhe tei.f of
Washington was verified. The 19* h f Oct -
her, 1781. was indeed the crowning glo.y of
the war ,pf the Revolution; hostilities languish
ed tbereat-er, while Independence and Empire
dawned upon the de tinies of America, from the
surrender at Yorktown.
- ———-
An elderly lady of Salem, Mass., as the great
Whig procession was moving by her house in
city in raptures exclaimed:—“A ow. f r the first
j time in nty l/e. I hare an idea of the r renc which
would be prttmied if the whoie world were jas
i s embled logelher.
The increase in the value of the real estate in
j city of Boston, from 1830 to ISIO, it appears by
the Assessor’s books, was >1.846. 400. The in
, crease of persona; property during the same tune,
was £908,000. Gain in one year £2,755.200.
A DiCLAHITIOX OF INTENTION. ‘‘Are Vi u
a voter Terence," asked a man, anxious for the
success of his party and Jcs ous to secure a vote,
addressing a good humored looking iiberman
yesterday.
“ Not ytt,” said Terence.
“ Why, I have known you in this city or the
last seven years,” said the queris : “ Have you
declared vour intcnlicn? yet?”
“ Be me own sowkins then I have,” :u.id Te
rence.
“ How longs nee V’ asked his interrogator.
“ Let me see, said Terence ; “ Christmas and
Christmas is two : il’il be jist three years come
next Christinas, ere since I declared mv intin
lions.”
“ O tut, m-n,” said the other, “you are enti
tled to your papers. In what court or l>efore w hat
judge did you make the declaration ?”
“ O. hod scran to the judge at all was prisinri”
said Terence, “and as tar the coort, 1 was coor
tin Nelly Dougherty at the lime; I was detar
mined lo marry her, and she was the only livin’
mortal I ever declared my inlmtions to.”
The interrogator 1. und be was on ihe wrong
track, and put a period to the dialogue by saving,
i “Good morning, Terence.”
*• O. the Lord’s payee be w ith you,” said Te
rence, “ .is King James said to his hounds.”
W. 11 . CLSM\GIIAM, dt Co.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERi HANTS,
oct 31 Savannah, Ga, 2m
THE HE AGING KOOM
Attached to this dace is open to subscribers, and
strangers intreduced by them, every day and eve
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock.
Subscription A5 : tor a firm or two or more <lO
C7/* WILLIAM <*. EVE, J. P., can be found at
all times at the store of Wright, Bull & Co.
oct 2i> ts
A* v U. - ANTLL MIXER, iate Proprie
tor of the United States Hotel, thankful to hi
friems in Georgia, and the travelling public gcnei
aby.who have <o liberally patronised bin at Iris j
former establishment, solicits of them and the pub
lic a continuation of those favors at the well
i.now-n spacious i d convenient establishment, the
Eagle and I hcenix Hotel.
Attached to the Hotel are Stables with every
convenience necessary in that line,
oct 2o dim
. * r : J- WILSON has removed for the
■. simmer to the hou-e of James Gardnsr, Esq.. Ist
cor below the Academy. ;un e 6
COM '
Latent dais’s from Liverpool ,
L r - •.e.t dale* from Havre . ' ’ ‘October ■>
N '7a .
C-Jten The*e ha* boc-i, 3i.
dealers us Up!a d - n-c our review of the*■'•■ l a ' r ° B g
-n.l af.out 4w br.>;. J.ave Lcen -oij-. , l n s: ;
,J!-t t; - e maj»et ban some wn at rer ’. v «
,p! tbe two previous days ; -,ut the
1 ’.ay aii.J of Wonoav last ■. c - c nt .» c '. I<in * of
| u-.z in favor of 6u> ers -, , onsiden •
j evuxed Ly hoMejs at the o, tmn» of‘i? ncss ,v =s *
; OB Tuesday; a: d tt. consequence ofV (
jon sale At-d the mcrasej tejndio-?
forme; prices were obUined^and-forLv arllcl *. #
■ the msi set has t>c-t n very nrm ; iuf . , fcral % s
'its a sSight cocces-i.n has been niade .r s *®>*
j st> lers - We have, however, no setf! e ,i dV ° r ° f
me:.t on former rater lo record, and must Ve '
previous quotations. > Ihe business c f tho rtltr k
as foriows ;—bat 7; II at 74 •6at ~ q
;at 7i; 12 at 8; 41 at 64 at M ; W-r v » I
at 8-; at - 'J? *63 1
at 9i; 1810 at 9i ; 362 at 9* ;7DU V <ri. I
, ss * ?i den ts lb. There is ‘ 3 “ I
present m Long Cotton.
hire- The ti-ansactions cf the week in n
cle, for the w ant of a stock to operate vth ?
| nece«-ariiy been liglit, amounting to
■ tierces, at price- rangu g f om *3 to *
w’nifb is a slight advance on the futc« of«f
v 1 jus week. Wc ha ve for the present e , a
: quotations, a» the sales arc too ihniud . ,‘° 5
! prices.
Gta-n —About 6300 bushels (orn have i -
ccived this week fvom No.th Carolina.
sold w.thin the range of our quotations v" -c'i
5' cents i> bushel. The receipts oi Hav ill 7' i
1-00 bandies, the whole of which tlirnL77l” 1 U
at qaoti d rates. A out 1300 Lii-hUs 1 f
Oats sold at 31 cerjs tu-hei. *' cr .'ia.J p
Fiour —Tbe demand fei this a..
confined solely to the home trade. A„out 4
Kw bmoad brought 6; at.d 125 bbfs. r
ginia in ?n;a,l Ims reid at j6f br-j. .{V/j,
mere sold at pric*. s not made public. J ‘ ’
Bw-on—Sales to a Kmied extent kin (J
made i:. old bacon al our quotations viz-—x,-
5 d 13; Shoulders fi so; and Sides 2 7’m h^'s
, & lb. '" -’ Ce “U
Lard —Bak- have been effected"in this
the :b’ ! owing rates, according to afitv
and 1! and 13 cts. & lb.
®.■ . |
rig from store at prices ranging fr m i } t
sack. Turks Island i- held .1 4 %i f. -.-. irT
40 cents p bushel. ’ “ u
Groceries —ln the abaen -viva's oft
leading articles-o| Groceries, we have Ur v •
who.esae transact ions to report, o
dealers have facer, dou _ fair bu-iness in rs Z'
mg oi orde rs for the ountry. A Su
of common quality, trough: about ecu
an-: a sma i lot Muscovados so]-: at fj cent.at'i
j A lot Cuba Molasses said at 2u unfa ■'%
i between 3 and 4X) bags hm Co:i t -e have becu,
posed of at prices ranging fx rail to ll 'ctL
anu a smarl pa cci Cuta gre*n hi. ,
lb. * * (eW) I
Aarai Stores A lot of Wilmington Tarbrcu^
$1 25 btl. ' -" 9
Exchange Bills cn England may te quoelir 1
Ba 9<> cent prem :on France ti.cre was* *. fe
uomg within quoted :at» s. >.g ,t LvaL- on V
Verk we quote at ce .t pren.
Ft eights —To Liverpool, we quote Cottruf
i to Havre, notninaL at I ret t it. j o r Cc te
i bt - e B 5 BO vessel at pits lit up Lr i.ostcn
. New York, we quote tone., lb a K c ts.p\g
i _ 8-\vasnah, (ctoberS ft
Cotton —Arrived since t.. r ..... C L I
; Upland, and 9 bales 8.1. ( otton • . '
same litr.e 633 bales Upland ..nd :at- <.
| Cotton ; ie^viug a stock t-.. hand.iac -.veol,
<n « ripboard not cleared on t;.c ri i v. i
bale.- I p!aad and 35 . - cs >. i. Ljttec.
(lur V. market ca- i_.een well sustaint-cri- f
' ing the week, owing to the implying
eipis having
freely, good lot- et r.ev, Ip a .s Lave :ee ;e> r .
zed With lacility al iri ctn >. and even a trana 'W
a ove t';at r»te lir-- t>; ;.n pa d ;a a few insta:.;'-i.
tho .gn nothing cv r the rate- .noted ccu;d coupe
o lainec. as we lose rat e. qvitiiv: ihr <axi
Since our ia-t hive bf< i 2.7 bales I platdß-.
at 7; Bat 8g; 3- t ,8 .1 'f; 18 .t Hal ,
9: 4-5 at 9|; 549 at ;5i at S|; L. 4st jst
9j. In Bea is.ana- i.o sale' to report.
Receipts of Cotton at tbe follow.: g puces t
, October Ist i>-}6 Itt
: Georgia, Oct. 30 4' .0 U *
; South Carolina, Let 23. ‘ 573 ‘
j Mobile, Let. 2-! 593 0 L
New Orleans, l.cR 21 U’T E
Nouh L aioliua, Sept. 3J <
Virginia, Sept 3'. v \ [
Other p»laces Ou’ri)
Tata] 67,. 9 € I
The following is a slatet.ent of die >:.<»- /
: ecotton oil hand al ;he r,sp-e-ettve cc?
: savannah, Ckt. 30 u.,7 V
Soutli Caioiin?,OcL 23 5-, - '
Mobile, Oct. 24 3
New Orleans, OcL 21 . -
: Virginia, sept 30 • ...
j North Caiolina,Sept. 3u i.
Augusta N: iiaailuig, sept. 30, 5E
Maccn, July 1 6:g. |
Florida, Sc-pt. 30, j. y
Philadelphia,OcL 1 ki> I c
NT-w York, Cct. 14 He. 2 !- I
Total 91120 ‘f
Rice —There has boon a I.ir d< ir.t. .t e •
amounting to upwaru- f " 1 c vs. a: . J ■
iu’:y 25 cents on the price cuiicnt week—•
principal sales have been »t wc quote at j
it £34.
tlout lhe transact or.s in this arr.’e ; -
fined ta limited parcels .‘or I me ccn-tn
Small sales of Howard street at £ v islS:
j Corn —One cat go of 30. 0 ■ -..> t - \
j w eek, sold at 62 ce,- ~ Kciari f . . s: -- -
‘ a 80 cents.
Groceries. — In Coffee. Sugar, and ' '
have no change to notice, the demand Hingis
to small parceL to supply the immccit'e vwj*
the trade. New ( Hears Sugar at 'f. 't. tj j
and Porto Hico 84 a ] C4; lelke 12 Hi; - 1 f
las<es 24 -a 25, New Orleans 33 : 35. . j
Hay. —gales ou the w liar? 0: 75( bucd'.es s.
: cents.
Bacon. —Continues without anv alterat. -
price, and no improvement in demand-h*)”
1 Hams at 134, Shoulders and Sides at .-. ‘L
Sptrite —ln domestic Liquors, n..... ' St-
Wbi-key al 32, Rum 32 d 34. Gin 4 d & cts.
Exchcnee.~Ou England 11 U‘i \ c: ; :c 1
nom. Diafts ou New-Vork at s_. t 3 2 7 >
prem.
Freights. —Both foreign and -'' hi
dull. 1 o Liverpool 4d , New York 75c. 9 ? J
bale.
MARINE INTELIJitENtT
' " - —1
CIIA R LESTDN. LCW- fI
Arrived yesterday schr. Hold fcffl ;n ' 2 '
Wing, Ne v lia\ea, (Conn )
Cleared —sc hr. Prick Warrior. Kt- --“
schr. Laurel. Se ; - p«>rt Lecn. T- , ....
Hr: 1 , —J
drick, Boston ; b.i_ '.on t-g.r, N
C. L. brig Ashh y, 1 ike. N w Yoik ; i c e
1. Jones, irtiaud, Phiiadelj ju.
Sa vanvan• c *
Arrived — chr. S. ( oweil,
i tme. -. j
I Cent to <ea— si p TimoT n, _
, lean-; ) rig >av: ; It. M.apur, v*tw . 1
Eleanor. Junes, Baltimore. «. P
rctffu.y
stcambo-t Ivanboe, Gale, .Mathew's b-lud \
(ft- AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT >
For the benefit of the sick poor ol Au_u.'-a* »
committee ici ti e presor t month arc , r '^
Iftvision No. 1.-—t yus Pike, Nathan- 1 * ’•
Miss Margaret Bmi;h. Mrs. Lu.- " \e» :
Division No. 2. —\\ . F. Pembcitoa. L*“* • e
Mis. 11. F. Roberson, Miss A. C. Right • •
j £mnm Nri. 3.—John crishin, James r*»
.Mrs. Tremiev, Mrs. K. Camt.eld. , 1
oct 23 ‘ J. W. \, iGHTMAN 1
1 k