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REPUBLICAN,
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BV tOCKB ft DAVIS,
- Clin and County Prinlin.
J.
OCTOBER 3, 1840.
OtllyF.u or, t8 per Annum; for 6 months, $5
Country papery per Annum s for 6 months, $3.
(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
thru and New Adeertirnnentt, appear in both 1
U7* Office atrthe corner of Boy and Bull-streets,
Mr. J. B, Gnudrv’a Store.
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well,
Union of the Whiffs for the sake
- ■ of the Union.
NOMINATION
or tub irmo natiosal coxvextiox.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM 1IENRY HARRISON,
of Ohio.
. . FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER, of Virginia.
E/rr/ors qf President and I*l«-President.
.. RC.F, R. GILMER, ofOglothorpo.
Sen- DUNCAN L. CLINCH,orCamden.
.€bl. JOHN W. CAMPBELL. oTM,neogee.
M‘i- JOEL CRAWFORD..of Hancock.
' CHARLES DOUGHERTY, ofClark.
BEATON GRANTLAND, ofBeldwin.
Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Caw.
Gen W W. EZZARI), ofDeKulb.
C. B. STRONG, or Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke
Gen, E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
For Congrm.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, or Greene.
RICHARD W. IIABER8IIAM, of Habersham,
JULIUS C. ALFORD. ofTrotip.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LCjTT WARREN. ofSutiilcr.
THOMA8 BUTLER KING, ofGlynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER.of Putnam. '
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
If yon vote with the South,said
n friend lo Gen. Harrison, you
Will destroy yourself.
“Thari* probable,’* he replied,
"bntit Is better thatlshould de
stroy myself than to destroy the
Constitution of iny country.—iru-
inm Henry Harrison.
A---* Van Bnren Candidates for
the Lcgislatarc.
. CHATHAM COUNTY.
For Uit Senate,
WILLIAM LAW.
For Itepresentatires.
WILLIAM PARKER WHITE,
RICHARD T. GIBSON,
FRANCIS S. BARTOW,
WILLIAM HERB.
EFFINGHAM COUNTY.
Senator. * /
JOHN CHARLES W.4LDHOUR.
Reprcstntalivc.
WILLIAM MeGAHAGIN,
BRYANCOUNTY.
■ Senator.
SOLOM6n;’8MITH.
Representative.
GEORGE C. LINDER.
BURKE COUNTY.
Senator.
GEORGE H HARRIS.
Representatives.
W. E. EVANS.
ISAAC MULKF.Y. '
ALEX’R. CARSWELL.
LIBERTY COUNTY.
Senator.
SAMUEL SPENCER.
Rrpresmtatives.
. . JOSEPH E. MAXWELL.
6. HERRINGTON.
McIntosh county.
Senator.
. CHARLES H. HOPKINS.
Rrprvsvntatives.
CHARLES O’NEAL.
J. J. GARRASON.
GLYNN COUNTY.
Senator.
URBANUS DART.
Rvpresentotive.
ANDREW L. KING.
CAMDF.N COUNTY.
Senator.
BENJAMIN HOPKINS.
Representatives.
JOHN II. DIL WORTH.
M. H. HEBBARD.
SAVANNAH.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1840.
TIPPECANOE CLUB, No. 3.
A regular weekly meeting of Tippecanoe Club
No. 3, will take place THIS EVENINO, ntthoir
Cabin, Comer of Liberty* and'Montgomery ala.
All friendly to the good cauae are invited to at*
tend.
(IT The Northern Muil failed again yesterday
from beyond Charleston. The paper* received
were those due on Wodjesday. Our Ncw*York
dates are copied from the Charleston Conner,
the Editors of that paper having again received a
Now*York paper from a passenger by the Ports*
mouth line, in ndvnuce of the mail.
■ . —■ ■ —-—
FROM HAVANA.
Wo have been favored with the following ex
tract front a letter to a Mercantile House in this
city,dated Havana, Sept. 14, and liie annexed
Prices Current oftlte 19th:
“The small lot of inferior lumber brought by
the Sarah Ann Ally, was sold for $33, and n good
oargo would now bring $34, ns our dealers are
much in want, the yards being entirely bare.—
Coffee scarce, fuir is selling at $84, good nt $9—
our new crop will he in early, but it will he short
and inferior. Sugar tins advanced 6 10 a 7 10
rs. in consequence of the demand for liie States
and England; brown f>4 a 74 rs.; whites 10£ a 11 4
rs.—slock largo. Molasses has also improved
and holders arc asking 2J rs. Wo hnve about
8000 Illicit Imre and on the coast. Freights £35
n 37 6—but few freighting vessels in port."
Havana, Sent. 19.—Hoops, 35 a 40; Boards,
Portland, W. Pine 21 a 26, other Eastern ports
*23 a 35; Lumber, Pitch Pine 25 a 30; Shingles 3
a 4; Beans, white 1 12; Beef, No 1,2 and prime
13a 16; Butter 12n 25; Candles, mould 19 a21 A:
spermaceti. 43 a 50; Cheese, American 16n20,
Codfish 50 Ih box 2£; Corn, Indian, yellow, 4;
Flour, Philadelphia and Baltimore, 18 a 20, New
Orleans, 18|a20; Onions, 100 bunches G; Pork
cargo, eastern and mess and New Orlenns 16 a
18; Potntocs 34 a 4; Rice 6; Hams, American,
F.asterti and New Orleans 14 a 16; Lard, Ameri
can, Eastern and New Orleans 18 a 21.
Coffee, 1st quality none, 2d and 3d 7 a 9; Ho
ney 31; Molasses lS a 28; Sugars assorted white
8 a 11, brown 5 a 8.
Exchanges, on London 13 a 134 prem.; on the
United States 2 a 24 prem.
Freight., to Great Britain, and a market, £3
10 a £3 15; to France, 80 a 100 per ton; United
Suites 14 n 1J per box sugar, 4 a 6 rials per bag
Coffee, $3 a 4 per bhd Molasses
THE LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
The election is at hand. The contest which is
to decide whether this State is, or is not to be re
deemed from a state of vassalage and of man-wor
ship inconsistent with her character, and dis
graceful to her fiistory, is to bo engaged in on
Monday next. The whole met itxof the case are
before the peqple. The Whigs of the whole
Union have for twelve years resisted, to the best
of their ability Executive usurpation, and have
given from the Halls of Congress atid from the
fireside, a most solemn warning to their country
men. tnlhis State, the good principle has been
active. The Whig press has labored hard, and
its writers have all worked hard, and done their
duty in a good cause. Abundant information lias
been distributed. The designs of tliis corrupt
and wicked Administration have all been ex
posed, from the hatching of the Sub-Treasury
egg, down to the electioneering through petty
post offices. All has been exposed faithfully,
plainly and proven. If this information has been
thrown away, it is not the fault of en indepen
dent press. It has done its part aud dealt widi
fuels os clear as die light of die sun at noon day.
You are now to electa Legislature which is to
chouse a U. S. Senator. Let the friends'of Geu.
Harrison say, whether lie shall be a man who
will sustain Marti* Van Buren in his mad en
terprises, or one who will aid the Hero of Tippe
canoe in restoring tranquillity to an agitated
country, and in substituting die reign of good or
der and of healthy laws, . jr violent aud absurd
experiments. The coming contest is to decide
all this, nnd more than this. The eyes of the
whole Union are upon us,and onr country “ ex
pects every man to do his duty."
You are to elect a Legislature which is to re
deem your owu State from a series of measures
which have sullied hergood faith,and discredited
her financial character. Up ! then, up! for the
greatcause of reformation—for the cause of lib-
erty—for the cause of die people. In the name
of your past history, come to die aid of American
principles.
Men of the State Rights’ Party iu Georgia, you
were never embarked in a more worthy mission,
than the one before yon. It belongs to you to
uphold the rights, und influence, aud authority of
your State, against Executive die tatiou aud inter
ference.
I protested against their legal competency to he
wituesms in the Territory of Florida, 011 the
ground that they wore nogroo*. The Court Un
regarded- myuxcnption, mm, ns the record shows,
they were allowed to be examined nnd to testily
on my trial. This I chargo os 0 proceeding Hie*
^ a) and wrroneotia on the port of the Court; nnd
’so, according to established law nnd precedent,
must vitiate and set aside their whole proceed
ings."
Letter from the Scc'ry efthe Navy to the President.
" Navy Department, Dec. 14,1840.
« Sir x In obedience to your direction, ! have
die honor to transmit a report In theensn of Limit.
Huoc, nud to return tho memorial addressodto
you by hitwitt relation Ur tho proceedings oflhe
Court on his trial.
“ 1 am, very respectfully, your ohed't servant,
1 “ J, K; PAULDING."
Endorsement on the above Utter, by Marlin l r an
Jlnren, President of the United Slates, with htsoicn
. “"THE PRESIDENT FINDS NOTHING
IN THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE
OF LIEUT. HOOK WHICH REQUIRES
HIS INTERFERENCE. M. V. B.’
As iu die case of tho celebrated Militia, or Army
Bill, an attempt was made .to shift the responsi
bility, hut it would not do.
In tho President’s electioneering letter to a
gentleman in North-Carolina, ho gives die follow*
iug account oflhe laws of the United States, hear
ing on the admissibility of negro testimony:
The matter rests upon very simple grounds.
The able men who framed the judiciary act of
1789 wisely adapted it, ns fur as practicable—as
many of them had assisted in doing with the
Constitution itself, and as they-did witli mostof
tho early and fundamental acts of die Gnvcrp-
me,it—to the peculiar condition of tho different
States composing die Confederacy, in respect
to their local laws nud domestic institutions. It
was to this cud provided ‘that tho laws of the sev
eral States, except whore the Constitution, trea
ties, or statutes ofthe United Stales, shall other
wise require or prove, shall bo regarded as rules
of decision in trials of* common law in the courts
oflhe Utilled Slates, in cases where they apply.'
Vie consequence cf this provision in respect to this
particular question is. that when the /• tdtral courts
sit in a State where, by its own laics, colored persons
are prohibited from testifying against 1chile persons,
they are excluded in those courts; and when the
State laws admit them in the State courts, they are
admited in the Federal courts also. Such has been the.
uniform practice under the act, and all excitement
upon the subject has been by that means avoided.
But this applies only to the judicial tribunals
ofthe country. The law of courts martial has
not been framed with so much care. These pro
ceedings have been exclusively regulated by acts
of Congress, without reference to State, usages.
Those acts have never prohibited the introduc
tion of colored pot so us as witnesses; nnd hence
t mir frequent admission in that capacity, purlieu-
I rly in naval courts mardal, some of them almost
invariably forming a portion of every ships’
ciew.
Observe, he says dint by tho net of1789, it was
provided “ that the laics of seteral States, sxctpt
where the Constitution, Treaties or Statutes ofthe U.
States shall othcncisc provide, shall be regarded as
rules oj decision in trials at common law in the U. S.
Courts, Sfc." He adds that " the law of Courts
Martial has not bitn framed with so much cart."—
The substance of his defence then seems to be
that there is nothing in acts of Congress relating
to Courts Martial which prohibits the admission
of Negro testimony—and is not this a most lame
cxcusel The rules of evidence on Courts Mar*
tinl do not differ from those of Civil Courts, and
they have not by acts of Congress nny rules of
evidence peculiar to thomselves. Their rules of
proceedure iu such cases not being ascertained
by acts of Congress nnd not being defined by the
Constitution, it is said to be a clear principle of
law, thatl! e common law wills,tpply rules of ev
idence. |
Then the question arises what is the common
law as applied to the States of this confederacy?
And the answer is that there is-uot in diis country
any common law which applies to ail the States
ns an integei or whole—each State retains and
puts in practice principles adapted to the pecu
liar nature of her domestic institutions. The
opinion ofthe Supreme CourtofthoU. Slates in
the case of Henry Wheaton and R. Donald
son vs. Richard Peters and John Grigq, is to
tliis effect— •
Ritchie soyii “dissipate* the whole affair." This
loiter winds up ns follows t
"It is not deemed necessary to-go (farther into
this subject than merely to aad, that the Ptcsulent
had nothing to do with the Court or its proceedings.
The judgment of tho Court was approved and
carried Into effeotby the order of this I)epartirf|nt;
the approval or opinion ofany higher power was
not uoccMury."
Tho abovo remarks aro remarkable for two
rensons. First, It is tho duty oftha President to
decide upon tho decisions of Courts Martial, &. he
should bo carefttl how ho confides the power
with which ho is vestod of mitigating or setting
asido decisions of Courts Martiulto his Secreta
ries. President Adams invariably reviewed witli
care tho decisions of Courts Martial—as did
Gon. Jackson generally.
Secondly, The concluding part of Mr. Pauld
ing’s letter, has neither application nor mauning
as the declaration thnt“?Ac President had nothing
to do with the Court or its proceedings" was mndo
on tho 15lh April, 1840, long, long ufier the Pres
ident had actually been called upon to decido up
on tho proceedings which woro actually referred
to him, as every otto knows.
Again! Wo have a new case of Mr. Ynn Du
ron’s regard for "Southern feelings" in the trial of
Mr. Alurcli ofthe Revcnuo Sendee at Newcastle
Delaware—on this trial five negro witnesses
were admitted on whose evidence in part Mr.
Murcli was deprived of his commission.
All tliis was done in a State ton, where n stat
ute exists inhibiting the udmission of negro testi
mony.
We have no time to refer to this case rnoro par
ticularly, lint it is just to explain tho conductof
the President whore he is cnlled 011 to defond
southern rights,and we are confident that our
readers will exclaim with us, Heaven preserve
us from tho “Southern Principles" of Mr. Van
Buren, so far as they aro illustrated by his votes,
and decisions touching the interests of Southern
Institutions.
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• Election or President.—The following ex
tract from Hie amendments to the Constitution of
the United States, shows the mode of procedure
Hi tho. election of President,
The electors shall meet in their • respective
States, and vote by ballot for presidentand vice
president; ono 01, whom, at least, shall not bo
an inhabitant of the same state with themselves;
ana they shall make distinct lists of all persons
■toted for as president, and of all persons voted
“ \ ,ce PI e *ident, and ofthe number of votes
rorjeacli, whiph lists they shall sign and certify,
jS 1 10 Gi° seal of the government
•r the United States, directed to the president of
the seriate; the president ofthe senate shall iu the
presence ofthe senate and house of ropresenta-
iwes, open all die certificates, and the votes shall
then be counted; the person having the greatest
number of votes for president, shall be the presi-
dent if sucji number be a majority ofthe whole
number of ejectors oppointed: and if no person
have such majority, jhen from the personshaving
the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on tin
list ofthose voted for os president, tlie house ofre-
presentatives shall choose immediately by ballot,
the president. But, in choosing the president,
the votes shall lie taken by states, the representa
tion from each state having one vote; a quorum
for this purpose shall consist of a member or
*nomberi from two thirds ofthe states, and a ma
ty 0* dm states will be entided to a choico.
T the house of representatives shall not
j 1 a P rc8l< * 8nt whenever the right of choice
all devolve upon diem,before the fourth day of
“nch next following, then the vice president
not its president, a« in the case of the death
r constitutional disability of die president.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 20.
There was quite a largo business at the board
w 7tin to-day. The principal change in prices
‘0 in Dry Dock Bunk Stock, which left off 2
ent higher than in tho coles quoted yester-
, 8 toning tun and Harlom rail roads ituprov-
|,ond Delaware and Hudson I porcent.
change.—-Bill* on Loiidonartjdull tbunoro-
18 per cent premium.
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£7* We have before stated diat Mr. Van Bo.
ren is now placed in a position where he is com
pelled to desert, to a certain extent, his non-com
mittal policy. The people are not sadsfied with
his evasive and equivocating answers. Hitherto,
iu his public career, he has been able with great
success, to "doffaside" unpleasant questions;
but when a man is President of the U. States
diere are no two ways about it—he must come
out. Much has been said about the militia busi.
ness, and many dexterous shifts and movements
have been made, in order to unburthen die Presi
dent of this disagreeable load—but these ef
forts do not succeed; there is not a freemaTi iu
Georgia, who does not believe that die Army Bill
in ail its important details, was devised by
Mr. Van Buren. The facts and proofs were
given in the Republican, soma time since—to them
we refer. The onus rests where it belougs, aud
there it will continue to rest—die falsehoods of
die Globe to the contrary, notwidistanding.
Then came what the Richmond Enquirer calls
"this nigger business." The veteran Editor at
tempted to laugh it off, but it would not do. The
people ofthe South took lip die matter seriously,
and hnving weighed it well, they have discovered
diat the “ Northern mnn"—i.e. Mr. Van BunKN,
had 110 " Southern principles," according to their
way of viewing die question.
The objection of Lieut. Hooe was couched in
the following terms. And the answer of Mr.
Van BunEN is appended.
" Extract from the letter or memorial of Lieut. Hooe
to the President of the United States.
"There is one other point in the proceedings
of die Court (touchiug their legality) to which I
invito the particular attention of your Excellency.
It respects a mutter as to which ull Southern men
are deeply sensitive; and, if not overruled by
your Excellency, will assuredly drive many valu
able men from the Navy. In the progress ofthe
proceedings ofdiis Court, two negroes, one the
cook, the other the private steward of Command
er Levy, were introduced as witnesses again it me.
" It is clenr, there can be no common law of
die United States. The Federal Government is
composed oftwenty-four sovereign nnd independ
ent Slates, each of which may have its local
usages, customs nnd common law. There is no
principle which pervades the Union, and has the
authority oftnw, that is not embodied in the Con
stitution or laws ofthe Union. The common law
could be made a part of our system by legislative
ndoptinn.
“ When a common law right is asserted, we
look to the State in which the controversy orig
inated.
“When the ancestors ofthe citizens ofthe
United States migrated to tliis country, they
brought with them, to a limited extent, tho Eng
lish common law, ns pnrtof their heritage. No
one will contend, that the common law, as it ex
isted in England, has ever been in force in all its
provisions, in nny State in this Union. It was
adopted only so far ns its principles were suited
to the condition of tho colonies: nnd from this
circumstance we boo, what is the common luw in
one State, is not so considered in another. The
Judicial decisions, the usages and customs of the
respective Stales, must determine how fur the
common law has been introduced, and sanctioned
in each.”
Now it is a known fact that in the Territory’ of
Florida where the case of Lieut. Hooe was tried,
there is no enabling statute ns it is termed, or in
oilier words no statute which makes Negro tes
timony admissible. It requires no " Northern
man with Southern principles" then to tell us that
the admission of Negro testimony is in violation
of the common law of the Southern States. But
Air. Van Buren says “ ther6 is nothino in the
proceedings in the case of Lieut Hooe which requires
my interference." So that by the decision of the
President an officer of the Navy, a native of the
State of Georgia, inny to-morrow be tried and
condemned on the testimony of Negro witnesses
alone.
The President snys that the practice is very
common to admit Negro testimony on Naval
Courts Martial, aud yet no case in point is pre
sented. If it be so, why is not proof furnished of
the fact? For otir own part v/e have novor seen
an instance on Courts Martial in the Army eith
er in the North or South, in which tho testimony
of colored witnesses has been admitted—we have
heard oflmt one cuse which occurred in the State
of New York, during the administration of Jack-
son, who drew his pen through the whole re
cords, which was vitiated in his opinion by this
species of evidence. The " Northern man (or
rather Restrictionist) with Southern principles"
therefore, lias not in this instance fulfilled tho
humble boast of " walking in the footsteps of his
illustrious predecessor."
Tho most singular part of this business is, that
ob in the case of the Army Bill, the President at-
tempts to throw tho responsibility oflhe "nigger
business" on tho shoulders ofthe Secretary of the
Navy and Attorney General. Air. Secretary
Paulding comes to the rescue in a letter publish
ed in the Richmond Enquirer—which at Mr.
03 s We are happy to state that Air. James
Williams of this city has been appointed Chief
Engineer of the State of Georgia, in place of Col.
Lono, who has resigned in order to resume his
duties in the Corps of Topographical Engineers.
We congratulate the Stale on the appointment
of Air. W.; an intimate acquaintance with him
enables us to state that his qualifications are such
ns to secure a just and inlellittat administration
of tho Enginoer Department of the Stato Road-
Postage on letters to England ry the
Steam Packets.—We learn that letters from tliis
place to England, by the Boston Steam Packets,
only pay one half the postage which those pay
going by the way of the New-York Steamers.
A latter via Boston, pays tho inlaud postage of
25 cents, the British Government paying the
packet for tho transportation from thence to Eng
land—while an additional 25 cents is imposed by
the Steam Packets from New-York to England-
Kjt’ The Extra Globe appears to be increasing
in its issues for the special benefit of Georgia, as
the elections npproach. Wo have two weekly
Globes before us—one ofthe 18th, and one of the
19lh Sept. This is all well for wrapping paper
the Infamous sheet must first gain a character for
honesty, ore i^can be believed or do any good
03* Great AIketisoof the Merchants ts
New-York. The New-York Express, of the
25th, containsn call ofthe Aferchants and Trad'
ers ofthe City of New-York, who disapprove of
the lending measures of the Administration, and
are opposed lo the re-election of AIartin Van
Buren, and in favor of the election of Wm. H,
Harrison to tho Presidency. The meeting is to
beheld in front ofthe Merchants’Exchange, Wall
street. The call is signed by two thousand one
hundred and thirteen Merchants aud Traders,
whose places ofbusinessnre affixed to their names.
The Express says, " We have no doubt it will
he the largest Alerchants meeting ever convened
in the United States, and with the. logic and
eloquence of Daniel Webster to illuminate it
one of the most successful and important
[communicated.]’
AIesvrs. Locke & Davis i
The editorials of the Georgian brightoii aitlio
season advances. We have four Banks in thu
City, who have (hr ft considerable time post ant.
pondod specie paymonts, and ore doing a vory
restricted bminosi, compared witli tho amount of
their capital Otto of them haa a considouMo
portion of the capital, authorised by its chartor
yet unsubscribed for. In this stale of things, und
at a mnmont when it is difficult to find money to
go to markot, it is proposed to supply tho defici
ency of capital among us, by creating a ttow
Bank. How is this? Wo have the Sub-Trea
sury, and Air. Woodbury’s notes. Whet more
can we want? Banks do not create capital
They only concentrate it, nnd by short discounts
to business meu, they increase the capacity of
the same amount of money to subserve the pur
poses of coinmorco. Restore confidence, nnd tho
capital which is now locked up, will ngnin circu
late in the community, end supply its wants.
But ns long as Mr. Van Bnren, with his Sub-
Treasury, sits like nn incubus on tho productive
|nborof tho country, so long will tho Alcrchaut,
J10 Alechanic, nnd the Planter, feel the want of
capital, although you should create a hundred
Banks.
In the same paper, I observe tho following re*
marks. Speaking of tho Alerchants of our City,
the Editor says—“ lie who belongs to the class
to which wo refer, the established, safe and trust
worthy Merchant, whether fortunate or not, is
generally found arrayed on tho side of the Ad
ministration.” Will tho Alerchants ofSavnnnah,
who aro not friendly to the Administration, con
sider what is hero asserted, and tho reference
which it furnishes? Those among them who are
"established, safe anfttrust-worthy,” ere gener
ally found arrayed on tho side of the Administrn’
tion. What then ere the character of those who
are not on the side of tho Administration ? Are
they the opposite of this? Are they not establish
ed, not safe, not trust-worthy l They are confess
edly.numerous. Tho Editorwill not deny that
his paper derives a considerable support from
Alerchants of Savannah, who aro opposed to the
Administration. Aro they the illegitimates, the
rccldcss speculators, the kite-fliers, spoken of in a
preceeding paragraph ofthe same articlo 7 Afer<
chants of Savannah ! answer for yourselves
But the venom of the Editor is strikingly illus
trated in a short article in the same paper, which
is entitled " NEWS.” lie was properly ropcl
ling an unfounded report of the prevalence of
disease ill our City. He was performing an
Editorial duty, which ho owed to his fellow-
citizens generally. All of whatever political de
nomination, would have united with him. The
subject had no possible connection with party.
Yet ho steps out of his way to insult a portion of
his fellow-citizens; nay, of his own subscribers]
and advertising customers, by asserting that there
is as much dependence to be placed on the re
port, " as upon Whig veracity!" Is tliis decor
ous f Can it be tolerated 7
A WHIG OF SAVANNAH.
Micied. Dill lie nil out o props, ft toe (4 , |, t
thopoucot Oh uo I Why <lld Im not do hi./
ty t Woilt" parly iplrli" that caused Mi | n
ortne.i T Or wu. it a want of ouorgy of ch«n c .
tor which rendered hint unlit for eucli Kent, j
A foul itoln wne that day nHired upon die oicnt
efioon of tho City ofOglothorpli, ndd we ealtnn
on tho proper nltthoritioi of tho City to |m.V
' (CP The Georgia Hussars, Captain Bkhn, were
out yesterday afternoon. Thirty-four officers,
non-cmninissioued officers and privates, were on
pelade.
The appearance of this Company ia brilliant
nnd imposing. Nothing perhaps in military life
is more exciting than the onset of charging
squadrons.
" f-onitus armorum, clangor qut tubarum."
The drill of n battery of eight or ten pieces of
Artillery with blank cartridges, is perhaps nearly,
or quite as stirring to the blood. It is much more
so than brandy and water.
K7* The Globe says that Geu. Washington was
opposed to a paper system ofnny sort. How can
a man be opposed to that which he advocates?
Iliscertuiu liiul the present Administration in not
opposed to it. Their whole system is one of
promisnsofallkinds, aud promises to pay among
tho rest'.
[communicated.]
The desperate character of the present contest,
as carried on by the friends of AIartin Van Bnren,
is sufficient to create alarm in tho breast of every
patriot, for the safety of our liberties. The most
shameful falsehoods are daily disseminated among
the people, by men, whose cheeks the blush of
shame should mantle. We speak of tho desper
ate character of the contest; nay, we say villon-
out, and we now present to the people, un ex
tract of a letter from that" Arch feiul of Demo
cracy,” Amos Kendall. It is addressed to the.
Democratic party in Lynn, Alass. and duted
June 29th, 1840:
"Let them [the democratic citizens aforesaid]
ORGANIZE their ninute-mem for the CON
FLICT ofNovembor, a conflict more decisive
FOR OR AOAINST LIBERTY THAN THAT OF BUNKER
Hill! Minuto men ore os much needed novy
as they were then. Let the “Minute Alen of
Democracy" organize and hold themselves in
readiness to support, at the ballot box, that Li
berty which their fathers acquired with the car-
touch box. .What say you? Will not the young
men of Lynn ORGANIZE A COMPANY on
*• Will not young patriots spring up to
lo .inter.
pose, and prevent a repetition of tlioae ditgnes.
fttlsccuoa.
Bosldo, tho determination evinced, to prevent
tho pooceful voting ofthe country, other menu
aro adopted which if mnro harmless are nm u.
disgraceftil. They tell the people, Oon Herri.
son sold 300 Kentuckians by whole tale— t |, t 4 /
intends to sell tho whites as slaves, nnd foe th*
blacks. They sny that the Whig* m* b ]| Abo ,J
tlonisti j and Whigs of Georgia they wifi y
after you have defeated them, that you Qro Abo J
litinnists! The story uow is that Abolitionism do-
feated Fairfield, and Albert Smith, in Af a j n .
now it is notorious that there are but very fe ?
Abolitionists in Afaine; in the county of Cnm.
berlaud, which polls 1200 votes, they cannot
command 200 cotes. But wo will see what claim
thoy hnve to being tho frionds of the South
Air. Albert Smith tho defeated Loco Foco in C
Afaine, thus addresses his constituents InalettM
dated, August 28:
"No man in this community can 5e rooro deck
dedly opposed to slavery in the abstract or more
deeply desire tho freedom of the whole human
family than myself. I would do as much as onv
other matt, with tho same menus, legitimately 1
safely and constitutionally to Gccoraplijh this eb-
joct. I am moreover opposed unequivocally to
tho admission of Texas as a constituent part of
this Union,* whether it enn he done constitution,
oily or not. lam in favor,also, ofthe right of pe
tition ofthe citizens of the United States to Congress
IN ITS BROADEST SENSE." ®
Wm. Pitt Fessenden, his opponent, is and it-
ways has been opposed to the Abolitionists. Ha
was 3 or 4 years since nominated by them a can
didate to the Legislature of .Maine, ho declined
the nomination telling them, "ho had no sympa
thy for their cause, that ho was opposed to Abo
lition societies, they were nncoimtitutinna], and
destructive to the rights of onr sister Statca."
Now these facts cannot bo disproved, and yet
from one end of the union to the other, tbrLoco
Foco’s raise their hands in holy horror and cry
Abolition! Abolition' Abolitionf Let 01 add,
Abolition defeated! Abolition defeated! Andes
have abundant roason to rejoice, and cefebrats
tho glorious redemption of Alnine, with one hun
dred, aye, ono thousand guns, as (lie triumph of
the Constitution and Laws, nnd the restoration of
peace, acd happiness, to a hitherto benighted and
chain-bound people. Rejoice then, men of
Georgia, nnd on Alonday next, when you go to
the ballot-box, remember the eyes of your breth
ren throughout the Union are upon each and
every one of you; and leave no honorable meant
untouched, that you may send back to Afaine thi
cheering cry that all is well; dial Georgia though
"she comes late, is sure." W.
Since writing the above, we have read the re
marks of the "Georgian" of yesterday, on tin
Alnino Election, itsnys, "a* for ourselves, what vt
most deprecate in the Maine contest, is tho election of
tho Whig Fessenden, to Congress, as tee believe the
South tciUJind in his course in that body identical
with that of Slade"
The insinuation that Air. F. is in anyway
friendly to the Abolitionists, has no foundation ii
truth, aud is of a poice with tho dark'slander, i
tho Van Buren press. We recommend to th
Georgian's attention, tho withering rebuke
ministered by the Pennsylvania Van Buren &»
tinel, published in yesterdoy’s Republican. We
have known Air. F. long and intimately, and we
know that any charge identifying him with the
Abolition cause, is false.
(EFExtract of n letter from a gentleman in
New Hampshire, to his friend in this city :
"The truth is tho defeat in Afaino has amazed
tho Loco Focus more thnn they can express,
am informed from a high source, thnt the party
at Washington has abandoned all hope of success
for the last three months past. The Secretary of
the Treasury has given directions I understand to
have his house put in order. Thus it would seem
that however you may distress little Alutty, you
will not disappoint his expectations."
The body of Airs. James Bates, one of tho suf
ferers on board the Lexington, has been found at
Smithtown, L. I.
The Boston Mercantile Journal says that 1964
dollars were paid, in premiums only, for seats at
the Tromonl Thputro during the first six nights
of Funny Elssler’s exhibition.
The Treasurer ofthe Bunker Hill Alonuinunt
Fair, haa authorized the Boston Courier to state
that the net proceeds will not full short of twenty
five thousand dollar*.
Dyino Hard.—The strugglesof the locofocos
are affecting, They cling to Maine with per
fect desperation. Bntjitis useless; they cannot
he saved. Kent is elected, nnd even if there
wus no election by the people, which is the
most that they pretend to hope for: ho would
by the legislature, both branches of which aro
thoroughly Whig. Edward Kent is Governor
of Maine for the year knbuino. There is no
mistuke nbout this,—no possible mistake; and
ulthough the loco foco pnpers may succeed in
deceiving until after the November election, thnt
portion of their readers who urb fools enough to
believe them, still it will have no ofl’ect. They
die hard, very hard, but die they must. The peo
ple have decreed it,—Providence Journal, *
the Bpot? , „ * . w .
organize companies in each town of the second
District and ofthe State? Will not the friends
of Liberty, organized and prepared, be ready to
march to the polls ns their fathers rushed to Con
cord and Bunker Hill?
Then let us have onr "Minute Men of Demo
cracy" organized und ready nt a word to meet the
enemy ai the polls ami save from aristocratic
usurpation nnd corruption tho rights and privil
eges Dougjit with the blood of their virtuous and
devoted ancestors.
Please to present to the company, my best
wishes fur their heath, happiness and liberty.
With very high regard,
Your friend
AMOS KENDALL,
" Organize Minute Men !" March lo the polls as
their fathers did to Concord and Bunker Hill."
That is to say, form Military Companies. How
did their fathers rush to Concord? Why armed to
the teeth, with rifle and sword, or any deadly
weapon Hint could be found ! And this is demo
cracy, the peaceful remedy of tho ballot box !!
for which onr foes profess so high a regard.—
March to the poll*! Aye, that’s the word, lead up
the democracy like sheep to the slaughter, or ra
ther like hungary wolves, to bully and trample
upon tho rights of the free citizens of this coun.
try. Such is the foul spirit of pnrty! Such
principles are being infused into the minds of the
people, by men who profess to be tho elect of
God—by nion who witli their hands upon his holy
altnr, will turn to instil the poison, the corruption
of their party into the ears of the weak and un
suspecting; inciting others to deeds of violence,
while they take rescue behind the sanctuary of
tho Church. The infidel devotees of Fanny
Wright may well chuckle at tho scene which is
daily exhibited to the American people. Well
may thoy predict the downfull of Christianity-
when tnen can prostrate its most snered offices to
party purposes, W e say, there is a spirit of des
peration pervading the party in power, which if
not met and promptly too, will overwhelm tho
Constitution of the country, and forever destroy
its liberties. In the letter above, from ono of the
high functionaries ofthe land, you see tlint spirit
in its full enormity. Tho dastardly attack upon
the Delegation from Muscogee, on their wny to
tho Macon Convention is another evidenee; and
the recant attack upon a Whig Delegation in
NeWrYork state, and tho wounding of some of
liie ibembors composing it, by muBket halls, is still
further evidence. But let us come nenrer homo,
let its look nt the shamoful conduct of the public
officer* in tliis City at the last election. *D was
Melf-evideut to ovary man who was at tho polls,
that cither imbecility or corruption was at work.
Whore was the Mayor, who iauttho'hcad ofthe
police ? He was it witness to tho scenes there
M
Again have we to express onr acknowledge
ments ton pussenger by the Portsmouth line for
inter New-York papers being of Saturday after-
noon last, the same date a* should have beei
received had the mail ennie regularly through,
and placing us in possession of intelligence from
that city forty eight hours later than tlie marl
has furnished.
It gives us pleasure to state to our subscribers,
therefore, that although the mail contrac
tors hnvo neglectod their duties, we can
(through tho politeness and attention of our
friends,) relieve their suspense by stating that
the mail would have brought uo news of im
portance had it come regularly through. Our
merchants, however, must' have great reason to
complain oflhcso irregularities, & it is to bo hop
ed that they will not allow a quitter of so mod
importance to their interests to rest, u*"
radical reform is effected.—Charleston Coww-
30?/* ult.
8T. JOSEPH, Sept. 12-
More Indian Murders!! /—It becomes oar
melancholy duty to record farther sickening ? e
tails of Itidiau barbarity. On Thursday morning
tho 10th inst., the house of Air. Wyley Jonesj on
the Econfinu in Washington county, nbout any
miles north of this plncc^ was attacked by n pan/
of Indiuns, the premises nil burnt nnd Airs.
nnd one of her children nn infant, shot.
conversed witli Mr. Jones, who says that lie"*} 1
returning from ono of his fields about luo*
clock, iu tho morning, and when within two nun*
dred yards of the house, he heard four*» r J*
rifles fired in his ynrd lie ran for the ?.
on rising tho hill, found tho houso surrounded j
Indians nnd eight or ten in tho piazza, f D®'
dinns discovered him at thnt moment ana !’ U |V .
ed him, firing aud whooping at him hkeoev 1
Being entirely unnrused, without even j |
ho fled nnd escaped in the hammock. Air. JO 1
daughter, a girl of ubout J3 years of age, *... I
that her mother, a negro woman andI four * I
dren were-inthe house when the Indian* _
discovered in the vard. Airs. Jones cang! P
thoyoungost child und was shot attempting _
escape out ofthe door, struck by three bans,
passing through tlie head of tho child mlj e * ,V
The duughter ubove mentioned togk the tn
dren nnd while tho Indians were rnn«n -
house, passed out unmolested and hw » .
the bushes. Tho little heroino then r f t, !jVii. er
tho house, iu the midst of tho Indians, help
mother up, who was lying in tlie ch . t | l8
sisted her about three hundred ynnjf J" ,
field, when becoming (hint from loss of bl •
iitllo girl left her in sourch of water.
turned with it, but her mother nftordrinKingi
in a few moments. She thon.covered
er nnd the dead infant with bushes and' .. r>l
the remaining children to the nearest nif
The Indians destroyed ail the funuUiWiJJ. j
about $300 tho most of which, was in JP T>
carried off, or burnt the notes and other P v.^\
OneHingular fact connected |
' ■
iblcdl
of Mr. Jones,
this outrage ia that tlm
yard woa°a five dollar bill on a woken hwjjj,
VVctuinpka, Ala. VVu« it Inatlnot *['J l . e ? en i l j|
the Indians to discriminate between gooa » ( 'L
and bad. A few day. before tbl.
John Logarthy, while descending the Chipw
er, in a boat laden with potatoes, 0 86* ml
ons, was billed probably by Uio Ivtri |
pieces ortorpnuling belonging to Uieom^ ■
found at their camping plneo about a mil'» • I
Jlinos’. Mr. I,, bad wUb'hlra on tovln8 ’ l « J
anna, from 3 to 500 dollars. ■VTKd W
nnteeraetorlcdinpnrauitof the l' ld Vol-i
ad them to the Dead Lakes on the Cbipoi J
llllteors aro now lining raised J“"ifflj|Qdiaa‘|
continue tbopiirsinl. biitwo feiur tMm 0 gi H
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