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«* REPUBLICAN, — 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. ‘m i, over 7W* 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. m s- v - • 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. .V £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 §