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.CUE & DAVIS,. I aiid County Prinltn. BEPTGJlBKIl 30,^040. iper, 48 per Annum 5 for 6 month*, $5 y»per,5perAnnum: for«month*. 93. (FAtABI.K IN ADVANCE.) i« and Nt» ddvertitemHU, appiar ts both Papers. gj* Officeatths-coi-nsr of Bsy and Bull-»trcci*,over Mr; J. B. Gaud tv's Storo. SAVANNA WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1840. A Voice or 70.—The Newbury. N. Y.Ga- xette contain* the following eloquent letter from Benjamin Eaton, one oflbo Lifo Guurds ofGon* oral Washington. lb the descend"nls cf Revolutionary Soldiers: An old soldier of the Continental Army oak* for the last time to speak to his countrymen. During the suffering service of tho Revolution I arms in sizteeu engagements, and was one of thn lit* tl* band who volunteered undor Sullivan to des troy "the His Notions of ludians.” I was one of that small company selected as the Life Guard of George Washington—but two of whom aro now living. I was at the lough seigo ofYorktown. at Valley Forgo, Monmonth, aud thirteen other hard' battles, and saw Cornwallis surrender to •or old General. My sort ice ceased only with the war. After all this hardship and suffering, in the street when I go out in uiy old age to suuthe happiness I have helped to give you, I am point ed at as a British Tort—I hare said nothing when I have been told so, hut have silently thought that iny old General would never have picked out a Tory to form one of his Life Guard, nor would « Tory bavo snffeied what I have suffered for yon. This abuse has been shamefully hea L ad upon one of your old soldiers because he is whnt he was when the war broke out and what Washington told us we mutt always be when he t/ulon of flic Whig* for the • olu of the Union. “•.* . NOMINATION BY THE trma RATIOS.al corvestiw. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. JOHN TYLER, of VlrgInin. For Electors of President aud Fite-President. GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. Maj. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. SEATON GRANTLAND, ofBaldwin. Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Cns*. Gen W W. l.ZZARI). ofDcKalb. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, or Burke Gen. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. For Congress. WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. RICHARD W. HABF.RSHAM, of Habersham, JULIUS C. ALFORD. ofTronp. F.UOENIU8 A. NISBF.T. or Bibb. LOTT WARRF.N.nfSnmter. THOMAS BUTLER KING, ofGlynn. ROGER L. GAMBLE, ofjeffersou. JAMES A. MERIWETHER.of Putnam. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. If yon vote with the South, miUI n friend to Gen. Harrison, you will destroy yourself. “ That is probable,** he replied, “but It Is better thatIshould de stroy myself than to destroy the Constitution of uiy country.—IW- iam Henry Harrison. Si girded tho rightful clalma of Georgia. The op* “ c plication of Georgia for redress |yu not been l Wt/TaU going home. ! been one ig I enlist- iih the other ith the party f the last war. ebook hands with us as Iwas a Whig in the llevol] ever since and ain one ed for the irhole tear, w Whigs of Thomas Jeff* for James Madison, was and to be consistent in. my last vote, must give it for Gen. Harrison. lie i*a brave man. and was never known wherever he has been to tako a pen ny from his neighbor or the Government that was not fairly his. Wehnve trod overthe same ground fighting for liberty. Hi* father (he wns one of the Revolution) signed our Independence roll, and then we all went out together to fight for it, and wo proved it was true. h really appears to me that this cannot be the Mine government tlinl our old soldiers helped Washington to put tip here. We fought to have a Government as different from any in Europe as we colud make it.—Well, we done it: and until lately things have all gone on smoothly and'Eu rope was beginning to he ashamed of the way she made slaves of her subjects by making them work and toil for seven poor cents a day with a Stand ing army over them to force them to it. But our President now tells the people that tilings have gone wrong since the Old War. and there are twenty-three miserable government* in Europe where the Kings wear crown*, die rich purple, and the poor people, rags,that we must fashion af ter them if want to be we happy and prosperous! We bad English laws here once and they were the best in Europe, but we could’nt stand them and we put them under our feet. We n*ed to work Ibr mere nothing then, aud we cannot do ilagain. Working for a few cents a day may do for slaves, but not for free men whose liberty cost more blood than liberty ever cost before*, why, thn very, first thing that started Uie old war was the Standing Artny that the King kept quartered on ns: we told him that we wanted no soldiers over us in lime of peace, but he refused to mind us mid I saw Lord Cornwallis surrender up a part of them to honest George Washington.' Our President now f reposes to have a standing force—what for?- lewarel Jefferson never asked for armed men to re-elect him or elevate his successor. Madison asked for them only in the time of the late war, and warn ed the people when he left his office to lie care- ‘ ful about keeping soldiers in time of peace. Our streets ate filled with idle men who were active laborers once when employment was to be hnd The men of enterprize who once employed them have been ruined by the government. And now theso honest but unemployed laborers are told by the government that when they go to work again they mast do it fora few cents a day—Uiat labor • must be os cheap here as it is among the slaves of Cuba or the slaves of Europe. Ambition and ignorance on tho part of our Government have shut up our shops and stores, scuttled our ships, . filled our streets with idleness and bankruptcy, and given no encouragement to the farmer as lie looks at his grain. Aro not these tilings so? You know they are, and I have no motive in say ing what may be false—I am too far advanced for office orany thing else but death—it will soon be here. My little pension, anil I thank yon for it, will soon stop and I go home with the rest of the Life Gpards. There is one remedy only for the ■afety of the country I have served. Put other men to stand at the tiller and round the cables, and you will soon be hack on the old Constitu tional track. Gen. Horriron is honest, he never deceived you end he never loit a battle, and the People wont let him lose this. Accept my ad vice and you all have my blessing—my advice is that all of you become the Life Guards of the country, ana my blessing is thatyour old nge may have less fesfra for liberty than mine. BENJAMIN EATON, One of the two sunicing Life Guards of George Washington. NawBURoir, N. Y. Aug. 23,1840. A London letter published in tho New York Journal of Commerce thus describes the work- lug of tho new Penny Postage system in Great Britain:— "Itappear* that under the old rates in 1833 the number of chargeable letters was 73,923,-636 jmA the revenue £2,394,923. Under the uni form rote or fonrpence in 1839 the number of •uch letters was 68.051,270, and the revenue £1,640,160; thus exhibiting an increase of letters of 35 per cent, and a falling off in the revenue of 37’ per cent. Taking five months nnd a half of the present year, from January the 11th, nnd calculating accordingly for the whole year, the ' number of letters is 191,176.000, producing n revenue of f1,129,723—and being an increase • in letter* of 148 per ceutnnd a full in the revenue • of only 59 percent. The expenditure of the Post Office is about £6000,000 a year, and ns the present revenue may he estimated as above, thnro !• 4 clear profit of £626,723 per annum. This •Moment l hate reduced from tho officiul tables 4 published iuthe morning Chronicle of tho 28th, and which anticipate that by the end of the year the revenue will be, in round numbers, £ 1,200,000 or 80 p'ef cent not profit. It is quite evidont from '**'■ experiment now made, that the uniform - ge of mi? halfpenny would cover tho ex penses of the post office and even reulizA a pro fit; but as the post office here is an important ivemio, no ftirthor reduction can he eipnted, though private individuals hnve offer » pay a luge sum annually to the government l ’ *ieg e of so doing. PRoa*Nr.—lye find the follow- lit" in the Rochester Democrat: ion the Whig guns at deed of night, wtk’d the babes in sad oflVight, s, with sharp look and piercing eye, s " Hujb .mv dears, lie still, don’t nrv." Heaven born” then resumes hit quill, If rest no(—but he LIES still. Anti-Van Ilnrcn Candidates Tor tlie Legislature. CHATHAM COUNTY. For the Senate, WILLIAM LAW. For Representatives. WILLIAM PARKER WHITE, RICHARD T. GIBSON. FRANCIS S. BARTOW, WILLIAM HERB. EFFINGHAM COUNTY’. Senator. JOHN CHARLES WAXDIIOUR. . , Representative. WILLIAM McGAUAGIN. BRY’AN COUNTY. - Senator. SOLOMON SMITH. Representative. GEORGE C. UNDER: LIBERTY COUNTY. Senator. SAMUEL SPENCER. Representatives. JOSEPH F.. MAXWELL. S. HERRINGTON. McIntosh county. Senator. CHARLES If. HOPKINS. Representatives. CHARLES O’NEAL. J. J. GARRASON. GLYNN COUNTY. Senator. URBANUS DART. Representative. ANDREW L. KING. CAMDEN COUNTY. Senator. BENJAMIN HOPKINS. Representatives* JOHN H. DILWORTH. M. H. HEBBARD. TIPPECANOE CLUB. NO. 1. Tito regular meeting ofTippecanoe Club, No, 1, lakes place THIS EVENING, at their Cabin Court House-Square. The ladies and all friendly to the cause of Harrison, Tyler and Reform, are invited to be present, K7* The Whigs of Chatham have with great propriety, celebrated a Whig victory in Maine, without reference to local questions or any ex isting difficulties. We desire to add something for tho informa tion of our readers to the statement of the Geor gian, in relation to Gov. Kent. That paper says—"Thins the man upon whom the Executive of this Stale made a demand for tho fugitive slav of Jamks and Henry Sagurs of this city, who 1cat refused—aye, refused by this creature of North- I ern abolition whiggery; and this is he, whose Whe Hsd ilh drawn. Why hat not the Lora Administra tion of Main© rendered justice to her! The sub ject came up for the action ofFeirfioldnnd Dun lap as well as of Kent, and in the hmgungo of tho Georgian wn suppose wo ore to regard them all a« " creatures of Northern abolition %chiggery" If Fairfiold had been elected, all would havo been welt we suppose. Our renders are not perhaps a- waro thatKont wns elected by stratagem, by catch ing the enemy asleep in hie security, and that even while Iso was Governor, the Van Bureu party held the reins of power in thoir own hands, so that that pnrty is inoro justly chargeable with dereliction in this respect than the Whig minori ty. Wc presume wo have said enough to sottlo tho question. Lest there may he somo persons still who are not convinced, wo give the following extracts from the report inado to tho Legislature ofGoor- gin by the joint committee on tho state of tho Re public to whom was roforred that part of tho Governor’s message touching this subject. After alluding to tho refusal of Gov. Dunlap, tho report goes ou to say— "The reasoning of his Excellency of Mnino, in his letter of refusal to the deinnud of the Govern or of Georgia, is entirely fallacious, and evasivo of the true question at issue. Tho •affidavit of the owner ollhe stolen slave, directly charges that the fugitives did, "on or about the fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, feloni ously enteigle, steal, take and carry stray, a negro slave; with hiving, after the commission of .said felony, fled from the State; and that they were be hoved at the timo to ho within tho limits of tho State of Maine. U it for one no merit to ho pre turned that the Governor of the State of Maine wns not aware that larceny is mado, by the law* of every State in the Union, felony; unless, in deed, it may not so bo by those of Maine? That State, indeed, may have, in tender mercy to thieves and incendiaries, declared it otherwise? but this your Committee doesnot, and cannot be lieve. Whether, however, felony or not, by the laws of Maine, is it not a crime? It is so declar ed by the penal code of the State of Georgia, which fact was communicated to the Governor of Maine, by the Governor ofGeorgia. Has, then, the Governor of Maino dope that which uot only common courtesy, but juitice, policy, patriotism and imperative duty, required him to perform? Iins ho complied with the stern requisitions of the Constitution of the United States, which he was sworn to support and defend? No! but ho has disregarded and violuted all. Tho act of Con- 1 rrcss, passed February 12th, 1793, " respecting ligitives from justice, and persons escaping from thcseivicesof their masters”—au act passed in furtherance of the second section of tho fourth ar- ticleoftho Constitution, which says, "a persou charged in any State with treason, felony, or oth er crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the Execu tive authority of the State from which ho fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of tho crime”—expressly ami per emptorily declares, " that whenever the Execu tive authority of auy State in the Union, or of either of tho Territories northwest or south of the river Ohio, shall demnud any person as a fugitive from justice, of the Executive authority of any such State or Territory, to which such person shall have fled, nnd shall moreover produce the copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any State or Territory, as aforesaid, charging the person so demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged fled, it shall be the duty of the Executive authority of the State or Territo ry to which such person sliall have fled, to cause him or her to bo arrested and secured, and notice of the arrest to he given to the Executive author ity m iking such demand, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent, when he shall nppear; nnd further provides, that if no such ngent shall appear within six months from the time of such arrest, the prisoner may be discharged,” Ac. "Now, by referring to documents hereunto an nexed, it will appear Uiat every requisition of the above recited act was strictly complied with by the Executive ofGeorgia. But the Governor of Maine, in his nnxious desire to fintf an excuse for not doing his duty/' die. The above report is by a joint committee of the House and Setrnte, having a majority of Van Bu ren members, and we have extracted largely from it as it is-hetter to condemn the so-called Demo, cratic Parly, by the evidence which they furnish against themselves, when it is perfectly conveni ent to do so. Wc perhaps onght not to be too confident in saying that the joint committee bad a majority of Van Uuren members;’but we are at liberty to infer so, from the fact that that party had a ma- jority in the House and Senate. In the latter body, we find the name of Mr. McAllister, as chairman of the Committee on the State of 'he Republic. The remarks of the Georgian nro not, there fore, co-extensive with the history of the case. The truth is, Uiat Gov. Dunlap, Kent and Fairfield, have all done manifest, and ginr ing injustice to the State of Georgia, or il tho j measure of blame ought not to be distributed Afttrwli f with u. t oWrfffotl, which, iiufel tly in Got. Mrfield cortaitily—and there waft strong DTTht mcdtlng of Tirererenoe Club,*No. C; Loco majority iu both branchaaof the Lcgisla at the hail in Court hHm Square on Mon- lure; ynt thla LocoGovornor aud majority diiro-ply evening (oat, was tho most enthusiastic wo havoyotNon. ' . Mr. Bartow surpassed himself. Judge Law addressed tho meeting wl effect. The news from Maine put a good humor. Whileittfoeeting war in mediae res, an addi tional hosnffTippecanoo boys marched tip stairs into tho gallery amidst tho braying of trombones ami tho crash of trumpots, which together with cheers loud and long, rondo the welkin ring. Af- ter tho businoss of tho mooting was concludod, a procession was formed, which marched to tho sound of musio to Blonument-Sqiiare, where rackets were sent up and fire works oxhiblted. After this the Tipswero marching about town for a few hours,, stopping occasionally to vent thoir patriotism in lond and reiterated cheers. Tho fooling wai first rate, enthusiasm to tho boil ing point. Thera is a goaheaditiveness in tho Tippecanoe hoys in Savannah which is a perfect caution to nil cold, phlegmatic temperaments. Northerners have but a faint idea of the emotion, the commo tion and locomotion of politicians in this quarter. If Old Tip has any more sturdy defenders of Ids democratic principles titan this town affords, we should liko to see them. OTlVe have bufore us a Communication re ceived through the Post Office, signed by a Van Btircn man, who says the news from Maino is no go; thatVati Buranis the man for Prosidont. We adviso our Von Buren friend whoever lie is, to tack ship and haul down his colors. Let him not deceive himself any longer. The people have thought proper to take their own part in the farce of Democracy, which the office holders have got up—wc shall see. 11 My dont llte men (Fan Uuren)propose?” That bet of$3000 to $G000, ou the result ofthe pending Presidential Election, is not taken yet. Wo refer to it, as wo fear tho Locos have not seen the clinllcngo. tCFTh0 Globe is becoming inoro modest and decent. We wonder what’s in tho wind. There must be some causo for all this; perhaps he may havo ascertained that in setting his party, ho has forgotten tho people. Who knows? OCT The Georgian prefaces the election returns from Maine, with the words, " Tin set bright ening.” For once, wo coincide in opinion, po litically. Wo flunk, too, thut the sky is bright ening—rather dazzling, we should suppose, to some of our friends. Yale College.—This titne-houored institu tion continues to sustain its high reputation. Among tho graduates ofthe class which has just left Collage, we observe the name of G. A. Hol- costbE, Esq. of this city. KT Wo learn that tho Legislature of Maine is now in session, the object being to revise tho laws of die State. tcSMN«in<lTiD.f TIPPECANOE CMJB. NO. 9. Till. Club miut lb. Cabin on Moi nlii(, Copt. J. F. Sogur; tho Proaldont, In tlio chair. Judge Law and Mr. F. 8. Bartow ware called upon to address tho meeting, and did so with much oflffCt. The Cnbin wna completely filled from floor to celling, and tho whole pro* coedings Wcro marked by the greatest enthusi asm. On motion of Mr. P. Laurens, tho moot ing adjourned at an oarly hour, for the purpose of witnessing a display of fire works in honor of the recent Whig victory lit Maine. From the Boston Courier, September 22. MAINE ELECTION. We do not think it necessary to repeat our ta ble to-duy, as till our accounts from thn nnstward only confirms the correctness of that given yes- ‘ rdaj. Wetobserve that the Van Bitten papers are re- newing their calculations of 1837, nnd proclaim now, ns thoy did then, flint no choice tins been ef fected for Governor. In 1837, up to the time when the Legislature assembled which was to count tho votes, the Tories insisted flint no choice wns eifectod, and when it could no longer becon- cenlod that Mr. Kont hud a clear majority of ull the voteftj a portion of thn most unscrupulous of the party endeavored to disfranchise one or two Whig towns, for some trifling informalities in their returns, in ordorto verily their assertion*. But whatever advantage might have been antici pated from such a course then, the keeping up of this ngreeahlo fiction will bo of no avail now.— Tho Whigs have a clenr majority in both branches ofthe Legislature, and Mr. Kent would be the next Governor, even if no election had been ef fected by the people. The partial defeat of 1837 wns nothing to tl»o grand rout of 1840. We hog leave to suggest, also, to nur Von Bu ren friends oftho Post and Democrat, that the re cent election in Maine was not for Governor a- lone. Representatives to Congress, and Sena tors and Representatives to the Stnto Legislature were chosen at the same time, and after they hnve satisfied themselves entirely that Mr. Kent has been defented, tlio same mathematical ingenu ity which can work so pleasingly a result can eas ily bo induced to euiimemte a Van Buren majority, as exhibited by the returns for Con gress men and Senntor*. The flagsing spirits oftho'party must be kept up until Novem ber. The Boston Post (L.F.) publishes incomplete returns which roduces Kent’s majority to 63 with eight small towns to bo heard from—and soys: "Should these town come in os woll as thoy did in 1838, Fairfield cannot failofbeiug elect ed, unless there should be scattering votes suf ficient tb overpower his plurality over Kent. We fear that this may bo the ense.” The remarks ofthe Boston Courier above, will pply to this statement ofthe Post—it is put to drive off tho acknowledgment of n defeat. But the account in the Atlas sottles tho question—the returns in thut pnpnr nro complete, which is not even pretended ofthe Post's accouut. There is no doubt, we repeat, of the election of Kent, though tho Loco Foco papers may lack tho candor to acknowledge it. REJOICE! SOUTHERN WHIGS, REJOICE! Rejoice, ye Bottses and Stanly*, ye Bells and Garlands! Y’our political friends, the Abolition ists, have made a clean sweep in V’ermont. They huve the Governor and a majority of the Legisla ture, with every member of Congress. Your great ally, Mr. Slade, is re-elected by a mnjority of a- bout 3000, and backed by an united delegation, is prepared to push tho abolition of slavery in this District. Your friniqls aud committee men, J- C. Clark and Saltonstall, will be aided by all Ver mont in redeeming their Abolition pledges, in pressing the itnmediato abolition of slavery in the District nnd tho Territories, ill prohibiting the transportation of slaves front State to State, and in rejecting from the Union any new State whoso Constitution tolerates shivery.—Globe. Oh! Amos I divine,, ineflublo, quintessence of Loco Foco Dcmngogico-Mouarchico Democ racy, do you suppose such stuff as that is current coin in this part of tho world? How is it that the Abolitionists of V’ermont did uot elect their rank Loco Foco candidate for Governor, who was de fented by the Harrison men. We mean Mr. Dil lingham. Let us hear tho assertion that Dil lingham is not an Abolitionist (it has not been made yet) and we will prove that he is one; and so of the inestimable, pure Democrat, Marcus Morton, Loco Foco candidate for Governor in Massachusetts, the rankest Abolitionist of all. clecliou to the office of Governor is hailed by our oppnneuts as a victory.” Tho Georgian is incorrect in stating thnt tho I equally among them, it is clear that Duslai* de- slave was demanded, ns he was recovered within a few weeks after his abduction. The demand was first made by Gov. Schley of Georgia, on Gov. Dunlap, a Loco Foco Grantor, and it was for the delivery of Piiilbrook and Keller an, against whom an indictment had been found. Gov. Dunlap refused to deliver them up. Go v. Gilmer afterwards mado a similar demand on Gov. Kent, who refused in like manner, " Jol- loving in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessor.” Gov. Gilmer in his message dated 5th Nov. 1838, says— As tho Legislature of Maino does not meet until January, J839, its proceedings in answer to your resolutions cannot he reported to you dur ing your present session. There can be hut lit- tie doubt however, that those proceedings, when they do take place, will sustain the course which has been pursued by the Executive authority of tlio State.” And again iu his message of Gtli Nov. 1839, he says— "l regret to inform you that tho Legislature of the State of Maine, has declined taking any meas ures to give satisfaction to this State, for the vio- Intion of its constitutional rights, by the refusal of Gov. Dunlnp nnd Gov. Keut, to deliver tip to its authorities, upon their demand, the fugitives from its justice, Finlbrnok and Kelleran You will perceive from the proceedings or the Legislature of Maine, at its last session, that upon reference to it of nil tho documents in relation to Philbronk and Kollerau, it contented itself by resolving thnt the whole of that subject was exclusively within tho province ofthe Executive Department, and that tt was inexpedient for the LegiNlatuse to take ony order in relation thereto, notwithstanding that the Legislature had passed n law at its previ ous session, defining the power ofthe Executive Department in arresting uud delivering up fugi- lives from justice, from other States, nnd evident ly with tho view of justifying Gov. Dunlap in his previous refusal to deliver up Pbilbrookand Kel leran to tho authorities of this State.” Now who was Governor of Mgine at this timo? serves more than a third of it, as he was tlio first to set the pernicious example. TIIE BEAUTIFUL SUB-TREASURY SYS TEM-GOVERNMENT PAPER—GOV ERNMENT CREDIT. This is a most sage, a most wise, a most pro found Government. It has been reserved foV a Mnnnrchico-ftepublican Governtncntof the nine teenth century to conce ive and carry out new and unheard of pluns in relation to the currency of tlio country. These gentry atartod with tho deter mination to " infuse a greater portion of the preci ous metals into the currency." The infusion is a desperately wonkonc, somewhat like the drop or two of coloring matter which tinges the globes of water in an apothecary's window. The action of Government hat been not only to substitute for a sound currency, rags and shin- plasters, but to destroy credit and confidence. Not content with assailing credit at home, they determined to depress it abroad, nnd Mr. Ben ton introduced his hill to prevent the assumption ofthe State debts due abroad, by fl\e General Government. This wns in order to anticipate a supposed movement of Mr, Clat, who states that flic idea of such an assumption had never en tered bis head. We have been led to these remarks, by learn ing a fuel which we hnve on good authority, thnt Government Sub-Treasury Notes are afloat, pay able to the order of one ofthe faithful in Charles* ton,(S. C.)—i. e. to Ker Boyce, Prosidont of the Bunk of Charleston. And will it be believed? Tho soldiers in Florida are puid off in notes of this Bank. Truly this is a hard money Govern ment with a vengeance. Promises, howevot, are still abuudant. They answer inquiries as too Frenchman does in tho Comedy—" All this will como'in time,” K7* As Mr. Van Buren’s claims to tlio support of Irishmen are so much vaunted, we are anxious to give him all the benefit which by his shifting, tortuous policy lie has conferred on naturalized citizens. Gen. Harrison is in favor of the most liberal naturalization laws, and has always shown himself the friend ofthe foreigner. Compare his conduct will) thut of Mr. Van Buren, as illustrat ed by the following extract from the Raleigh Star Sf North-Carolina Gazette. The man who makes such pretensions for the snko of procuring the votes of Irishmen, should have something.ou which to ground his claims. The Intolerance of Van Buren. It is a passage of history which no person has ever yet presumed to question, that tho NEGRO IVI r NtPSSf.hiAr.liil /i.iau Lltt*...If* ...l.!l_. _ . Uml ifostn lions of applause. He said he was always a I . ofthe warm and firm nttachmei feltandstill feels for Gen. Jack of tho prosperity oftho country when„ four years ago—of the change that haa eouie ovJ it since. He alluded to flio standing army nra. jeclu* nn tire publican ami dangerotti—«nd of ths nlition between Von Bnren and Calhoun In erins of distrust mid disapprobation. He aln •poke ofthe tariff and United 8tates Bank a2 said Gey. Harrison occupied precisely the tan* ground in relation to the latter thstPre*;^ Madison *"L He laid lie wtwln the UuitedBtata! Sonata when John Randolph charged Gen Hi? rlton with federalism,and heard Harrison \y repel the chargc-that ir ho had not ffiT fourgn roftited, as he did,'ho should not have tab on Randolph's word as authority In such a call*' He Mid ho was glad to seethe People deu- tnined to the present AdministratioiriM its wild career. He said he should support Gan Harrison hoenttso lie thought him (lie most n. publican, and because n njorm is needed in administration of the General Government. Ha was decidedly for a " change.” We have but briefly alluded to the subjects of his speech, without being able to do more at p n . sent. He Mid a great deal in a slioft apace, ang the ground he took was altogether manly and above board. MAINE AND 8HAKSPEARE. Dr. 8. Collins closed liU speech last night ts tho five thousand assembled near the Lexinaton Market, with a quotation from Shakspeare, I copy of which Inis been furnished us. atour re- quest. The only word* varied from tho radial in thn original, are in italici. * In Ilonry VI. Part II. Act I. the Duchies of Anjou and Maine, ore stated to have.been given to the King of 8icily, whose daughter Henry had married. The Enrl of Warwick is sneakina oftliia to the Duko of York. The Duke of York represents Mr. Van Bureiu who is Mid by English papers to have desiree for royalty: and the propriety of substituting Mr. Kendall far the Earl of Warwick is apparent, as the EarlU known In History tia n "King-maker,” and tin editor of the Extra-Globe aims at being a Presi dent maker. 8cene.—Tho East Room in tho White Hoasa. Mr Van Boron sittingalone on a.sofa,in doip thought. Enter Mr. Kendall. Mr. Kendall, (Earl of Warwick) President, Maine is lost! That Maine, which by main force Old Ilickon won, And would havo kept, to long as brekth did hit. [frit, The President (Dnke of York) 8olifo<iUT— Fermont nnd Mnino nre given to tlio frhigtf Old Rip* is lost; the State of New Hampshire Stands on a ticklet point, now they are gone. Fermont and Maine, both given unto the tthigi! Cold news for mo—for I had hope of Maine, Even as I have of rich Missouri's soil. "North Carolina. tTickle is used by old wri ters for ticklish.—Baltimore Patirot. WITNESS chiefdid ooco exert himself, whilst a member of the New-York Legislature, to exclude n regularly elected member from his scat on re ligious grounds. In the early part of- the public career of Martin Van Buren, Francis Cooper, a Catholic of some distinction, was elected a mem ber ortho New-York Legislature. At that timo, the Constitution of Now-York prescribed a tost oath to Catholics, who might be chosen for the Legislature, which was exceedingly rigid and re* WOi no E ulsive in its character. Cooper, on presenting imselfto bequnlified, refused to take theso onths, hecuuse lie considered them incompatible with his conscience. In consequence of his refusal to take these oaths, Martin Van Btircn stepped for ward and strefuiously exerted himselfto exclude Cooper frem his seat. Ho was admitted by a large majority, and Catholics have since been nd- MAJOR EATON.—We learn from the news papers, that Major John H. Eaton, late Minister of Are United States to Spain, bos taken no pains, on his journey homewards from Washington, to conceal his opinions as to the relative political merits of tho two candidates for the Presidency, We extract from paper* which havo reached us, the follow ing: From the Uniontown (Pa.) Democrat, Sept. 15. An Accession.—Major John H. Eaton, ofTen- nessee, the biographer and bosom friend of Gen, Jackson, by whom ho was appointed Secretary of War in 1329, nnd Minister to Spain in 1836. is now openly and decidedly in fuvor of tho elec tion of Gen. Harrison. llo tarried here a few dnys last week, with his family, on his way to Tennessee, and in compliance with the wishes of many of our citizens, aadressedla very crowded meeting called by tlio friends of Hartison and Tyler, in the court house on Wednesday even ing. His speech was the right kind of a one- manly nnd gentlemanly, open and decided, good natured and right to the point: abounding in pal pable hits and irresistible illustrations, derived from his experienced knowledge and practical ob< servation of men nnd things, nt home and in for eign lands. During tlio whole of Mr. Van Bu ren’s administration, except the last two months; and during the latter part of Gen. Jackson's, he has been in Europe—most of the time in Spain n " hard money,” Sub-Treasury country, one of Mr. Van Buren’s patterns, and wo wish every la borer and mechanic in the nation could nave heard his statements of the operations of those kingly-schemes in that degraded country. The Major frankly stated why he opposed Van Buren ana supported Gen. Harrison. He had served his country for manv years in the Senate of the United States with Harrison, and itiGeu. Jackson’s cabinet with Van Buren. Ifeltnno them both. He knew Gen. Harrison to.he a sound wise, intelligent, patriotic statesman, andla demo cratic republican of the safest nnd best kind, not merely sueli by profession, hut also by practice— hy education, by habit, by principle. He spoke of Mr. Van Bureu with great propriety, saying but little ofthe man, but decidedly coudemninr his policy nnd measures, both those adopted one those proposed, especially tho Sub-Treasury and Standing Army, and his alliance with -Cnlhoiin for the purpose of sacrificing the agriculture, commerce, and manufacture* of nearly the entire Union, to gratify tho tiullifieraof tho South—to buy up to Ins support his late most bitter aud uu- yielding enemy. The Major was clmjuent and unqualified in his testimony to tho abilities nnd sound republican nuuiificalious of Gen. Harrison for tho highest of fice in tho world—which he declared that of Pre sident ofthe United States to be; and expressed his decided belief in his triumphant election by the suffrages nnd acclamation* of a free aud intelli gent, hut much injured people. He knows Gen. Hartison and is therefore for him —he also knows Fan Buren and is therefore against mitted to all offices in New-York, without taking this oath. The above fragment from tho history of the Negro Witness candidate, will shew that he is ns destitute of the principle of religious, as ho is of that of political toleration. Unless tho people of tlio United States shall find it convenient to con form their political opinions to timsoofflie British representative, he closes the doorofoflico ngninst them. Unless the religious faith of a person shall he ucceptablo to him, his would aim to closo tlio door of office agiust him too. The warm-hearted natives of Ireland, who nre mostly Catholics, should reflect oa (lie heartless indifference, not to say unfeeling contempt, for their rights, which was exhibited hy the negro witness enndiato in the case ofCooper. Van Du ran in generally supported by the Catholics who emigrated from Ireland to Uiii conutry; yet we find that lie wns iu favor of raising n bur over their path to office, which would have excluded them as effectually as the test oaths of England used to do. . Mr. Forayth is oat in a long electioneering epistle in favor of tlio mau who feeds him from the public crib. The Cabinet is a Unit in this matter, ifin nothing olse. They , ere all actively employed in the canvass. him. From the lVhetling (Va.) Times, Srpt. 15. Major Eaton, late Minister of Spain, arrived in this city on Saturday last, uud, incompliance with an earnest request, addressed the citizens at tho City Haft in the evening. Although there was no previous notice given, tlio Hall was crowded from end to end. und a great number of theso who came wore compelled to lonve without being able to got in. Wu listened to Mnjor Ea ton’s speech. for near two hours, with great plea sure. Ho canvassed the measures of Govern ment, the principles adopted by it, nnd the princi ples involved in tho name that party had assumed. He said, as all democrats who hnve seen good causo to leave tlio support of Mr. Van Buren say, and truly, that lie liud forsaken no principles, but wns still n democrat, vvhon tlio party in pow er npponred to him -to he uctuuled by^ n desire to increase and strengthen the power of thn Ex ecutive, nnd follow in the footsteps ofthe old federalists. He snoko of tlio merits of tho two men who are before tlio Poople for tho office of President; lie spoke of his service with Gen.IInrrison in the Senate ofthe United States, of his knowledge of his character, of his demo cracy ,J of tho weak evidences thut tho other party has produced to prove federalism, nnd tho mnny strong evidences that existed that he hnd always bee a a consistent democrat, while Mr. Van Bur- en. had not, to his knowledge, given any very striking evidences ofhis adherence to democracy. In fine, he expressed strongly his own preference mid his determination to support Gen. Harrison and give him and tho causo of domocracy all the aid in his power. From the Columbus (Ohio) Journal, Sept. 15. . Major Eaton—This distinguished gentleman stopped iu our city, lust ovenmg. onlus way to Tennessee. He wns waited upon by n large num ber of our citizens, who wore anxious to pay thoir respects to a man whose name has bean no con- •nievouo.in American politics. He is decidedly fir Gen. Harrison, and ml too above disguise. He MR. POINSETT AGAIN. It is remarkable, that Mr. Poinsett, in his Um electioneering letter to the Secretary ofthe Css trnl Committee of Virginia, could not recollect a nnd part of his letter wliat lie said in another. Wi adduced one instance of this strange forgetfulnea in our last paper.—wc now subjoin another sfl more glaring, and to which the readers atteotin is invited, not so much on account oftho intrindi importance of the Hon. Secretary's self-conln- diction, as because it illustrates tho deceptive u- lifices which from the beginning have been resort ed to, for the purpose of relieving the Presidea from his constitutional responsibility, in rnferenti to Poinsett’s Army Bill. Mr. Poinsett, alia enumerating some of the provisions of his plu, as embraced in his report to tho President, satrij "These measures were spoken of in terms ottls highest commendation, and they constituted I •dan which the President recommended to Cesjr n bis annual roesrage.” Mr. Poinsett, io 1 sentence, explicitly admits, it will be seen, thn tho Prehldent did recommend the plan embodid in his report. Yet in the last norugrnnh buler ofthe very same letter in which this admisaioti made, Mr. Foinsett says: "It appears, then,Ik because the President recommended a wlp 1 universally acknowledged to hoof vital imp< once to the country, to the serious considerate of Congress, it is argued that he recommendedlk\ plan itself, nnd ull its details: nml, in the face oftftl most positive assurances nnd irrefragableprw/n| the contrary, this charge is repeated,” dec. Vil should like to see these two sentences rceom**' Mr. Poinsett admits, in the first, that the Pres did recommond th»"Plan,” as embodied ink J Report; and in the last, he asserts that be sdl recommended the subject, and that there anal 'most positive assurances and irrefragable prorfl thnt he did not recommend the plan, or its dfetiil Truth is always consistent with itself.—I] burg Firginian. WATCH.THE POST OFFICE. Are the people aware ofthe power of the Podl Office Department? - Have they ever thoaghtsfl the immensity ol its machinery—the manner il which it may be employed—anti the bands wbd I direct it? .Who ore they tlmtstill talk of the rs-1 election of Mr. Van Buren ascertain I The afsse I of the Post Office Department WbosrtAf f that smile so sigpificantly when we spesidts I immense gatherings of tlio Poople t The qua I of tho Post Office Department. Isittiolloolwl a calculation when we estimate that this Dep^i ment directly operates on a hundred thccs‘01 active agents ? And are they not all men ski to preserve their offices and contract?, willks| themselves to any scheme to sustain the prw«| Administration? Nibs is the tool of d*#i 91 dull. Amos can convey through him lnr sections ofthe country precisely those t**| hoods which are host calculated (o operate oniw| particular prcjudics: and Niles will take ewe they reach their destination. Whig I bo allowed to rot in tho vaults ofthe Dep*rtw»| Tho letter* of Whigs rony he inspected snijjf ■ pressed. Delinquent* may he kept in office . »*■ defaulters overlooked, for their political**!- deep scheme of fraud has been cor.cociejna department, by which the people uw tow . boolzed, and tho decision ofthe bnllot-box n I defeated by knnvcry. And it i*th»» scheme makes the spoilsmen talk of the re-c'cc 1 '®” _ Van Buren as probable, and smile JJJJ’ r\ lugs ofthe people. Watch the I oitOfl -J tho voice of public opinion enn be deles-.rt he through the intrigues of the Po* 1 u partmout.—Madisonian. The Dutch Navv.- Gaiign»m , {, Mo "$l gives the following accouut oT lb# MJJ •. M mud: "Tho Navy in commission uc P.. T 9 frigates, of which 3 nro usod a**”* . ccrvettos, 1 of which is usod i,/ * PJbiigs, 1 of which is also used ns ns nn 25 gun-sloops, 4 armed steamers. * i and a demonstrating ship attached t | institution of Mndomblick. Tlio to commission, ore 8 shipi-of-the-hne, ol j finished and 3 building,; ^ fogates, • 1 ore finishop, and 7 are bnildmg, !l[ .jJ which 2 nre finished, and 7 ate biuldml'f .-A employed as hospital-ships; 9 briff nre finished, and 5 aro building; a 0j5®jCf|# Tho total, therefore, l» 8 ship** 0 |*“L fan 4s* ntes, 15 corvettes, 21 brig*, ■"■"Mi The crew*inactive sorvice ernomfl JJ* the officer* of the fleet are 472 MJJyuj number of inarinora in the different P« J The shipwrights and others empi (yj|i Bin iJ ing und fitting out at Araiterdwn. J Rotterdam, Flelveotshiy*. to 2,098. The budget of the «■*> i Dutch florins. The Dutjflt hjj* i;^steal decker, and their lorgestsliipHd* ^ yieti guns. The officer* aw coinniwed mirals, 7 Rear Admirals. 23 MI Lieutenant-Captains, Kfifll J tenants, of the second class, 7ti nuu r 0 surgeons.” Apropos!—iol\n j Van Duren Electoral Ticket . oB A will bo the Hind-man after the electto tickets.