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UBLICAN.
KJE ft DAVIS,
City (Hid County Printers.
OCTOBER 13, 18401
Daily Patter, $6 per Amiutn; for 0 months, 93
Oountty.Papjerj 5 per Annum t ford months, 93.
(PATABLE IN ADVANCE.)
Jfsles end Nno AiterttHmtntt, appear in both Paperi.
Office at the corm rolUay ntul llull-strccts, over
Mr. J. D.Oaudry's Store.
WPEECirOF' GEN. VAN RENSSELAER.
At the gathering in Wkstchesuer, N. Y.
From the Commercial Advertiser.
Affer Mr. Iloffmnn had concluded n soul-stir
ring speech of an hour nnd n half, Col. James A.
Hamilton introduced to the mpeting'the venerable
nnd brave General Solomon Van-Renssclacr, the
youthful champion in arms of the gallant Harrison
and the fast friend of his riuwfrvears. As Gcn'l
Rensselaer's lungs, having been perforated with
ft burnt in the battle of Miami, are ton weak to
allow him to speak to a field meeting, he placed
the manuscript of the following address in the
bands of Col. Hamilton, which was rend to (ho
meeting by that gentleman, and received with the
highest- demonstrations of approbation. We in
sert it at length with the greatest pleasure, as the
testimony of one brave man to the high military
and moral worth of another:
Fellow-Citizens :
If 1 have been so fortunato as at any time to be
of service to my country, it has not been upou
the rostrum. 1 am not accustomed to make
speeches, yet, on the present occasion, ( should
m myself injustice, and the cause of my country
wrong, if! withheld my testimony in favour of
thematrwhoui “the People delight to honor.”
There has nothing occurred within tlic remem
brance of a long life, which has so aroused my in
dignation as theuttempt now making to under
rate the courage and talents, nnd to falsify the
character ofamun whose public services, taken
together, in extent, nnd calmly and dispaasiouale-
ly viewed, are immeasurably beyond those of any
American living. Bhoiv me unother man, ifyou
can, now prominent in the public eye, who was
brought up and educated by n better father—pa
triot rather! Show me, ifyou can, any oilier
candidate for office, who, at the age of 19, entered
the service of his country, and exposed his life
tothe tomahawk and sculping knife. Show me
any who, from that early age to the present time,
has incurred greuter responsibilities, encountered
greater dangers, held higher and mote honorable
stations, been a greuter favorite with the People,
more efficiently promoted their interests,-protect
ed (heir frontiers, or gallantly conquered in Uicir
cause, than Geti’l Harrison.
A history of the far West, and the annals of the
late war, would lose half their interest if the uarno
of General Harrison were effaced Irom their pa
ges. The star-spangled banner would be depriv
ed ofits most glorious triumphs, if his achieve
ments were to be forgotten or decried. I cannot
. eontaiu my surprise that any man who calls him-
Mlfan American, should for an instunt attempt
the disparagement of a chief who has reacted
•uch immortal honor oil his country. Purtie*
must exist, and .they ore necessary in Republics,
but this is no reason why the national houorshould
be assailed in the persons of our bravest and most
gallant defenders; nono, why our national re
cords should be mutilated or discredited, to servo
the purposes of political demagogues.
• I know that you, who hear me, would resent at
once any imputations on the memory of Wash
ington* You would not consent that the History
of the Revolution should be written without giv
ing him his meed of praise. You would not like
to have your children taught that he was a cow
ard and an imbecile. Such an attempt would in
flame your blood, aud rouse your resentment.—
The wretch who would attempt to rise on the
ruin ofhis finite, would he condemned to univer
sal execration. And shall the character of our
second Washington be blusted by the base at
tempts of mere political pretenders? Shall the
long and arduous, and the honourable career of u
man who never deceived the people, and uever
lost a battle, be assailed and villified, because he
has been called from the plough again to serve
his coumry l Huve Mr. Van Bureu’s friends uo
other hope than what arises from slander and
misrepresentation ? and do they rate the virtue
and intelligence of the people so low, as to be
lieve that they can be so duped and deceived l
Is tliis their boasted confidence in their cause—
that its success depends ulone on falsehood and
abuse Ikuow too well the temper of the peo
ple, to believe that they can ever be brought to
dishonor thoirflog, forsuko their friends, and fal
sify their history! No! thank God ! He and
they miscalculate, when they hope to triumph by
sOch disgraceful means. 1 he national glory aud
the national gratitude arc not to be sullied lor so
insignificant an object, as the succe** of u mere
partisan leader. Could I believe this, I could
wub Irom the bottom of iuy heart, thattlie lead 1
now carry in my body, received iu your defence
nad not left me alive to witness such infamy.
■Wltut must tiieenemiesolTree institutions think
if we tolerate such enormities? What mustthey
say of free governments, when parly so ruthless-
Kr assails our greatest benefactors t What has
Mr. Van Buren done for his countrv, that a bra
ver and a bettor man, a more accomplished schol
ar, and a profounder statesman, is thus villified,
and abused by the pensioned presses at his com
mand 1 Is it come to this, that the candidato of
the people is to ho put down, if possible, by the
vilest slanders, because ho is their candidate ? I
trust not; but should there be any bore, who for
a raomeut believe thorn, I hold uiyself ready to
contradict hiiuut every hazard.
I have been the companion, and have been hon-
aured by the friendship of Gen. Harrison from
■ wji
tion follows his periods.” To extraordinary mer
it ho adds the iitnmsUnodesty, and he, of ail oth-
erasaya tho least of his owu achievments. In
timate as I-am with him, l never heard him utter
a sentence, or saw him do an action, unworthy of
suthaman: and he himself bus never sought tho
distinction which the peoplo are unw resolved he
shall attain. In short? no one can bo with him
without feeling deeply tho oxcollenco ofhis char
acter, and his fitness for tho station of Presi
dent.
lognin repeat that he is worthy of his reputat ion
and qualified to discharge in every respect, the im
portant duties about to devolve upon him. My
riends, what con I say more to you on tliis sub-
ject, than to ask whether you will permit one of
your earliest and truest friends to be slandered out
of your esteem? I know you will not.
1 leave to able bunds tho vindication of our
bleeding Constitution. I will not point to those
calamities which have, more or less, found Uteir
way into ever}’ man’s dwelling, and affected eve
ry man's prospects. 1 will not allude to thou
sands of broken-hearted folluw-citiaens, who,
without ony fcnlt of their own, have found tbeir
hard earnings reduced to naught by the Hut of on
unfeeling Administration, f will not allude to
those who, having abundant means, which in these
times avail nothing, are unablo to meet their or*
dinary expenses. I askif^onr Government was
formed to ottark the commerce, the industry nnd
tho property of tho people; nnd whethor it is call
ed on to regulate the private affairs of American
freemen? Will you consent to kecouio mendi
cants at the door of the rich man, begging tho
privilege of working for him alien cts. a day? Or,
if blessed with the ample fruits of your own in
dustry, to see them snatched from your hand*, to
carry on the theories of madmen?
Gontlemen, tho scene around nnd bofore us
has its recollections connected with many stirring
events of the revolutionary war. Not many years
ago a British fleet passed up the Hudson, al
most in sight of this spot, conveying the incendi-
nries of Europe, and cnrr> ing terror into the hum
ble cabins of the friends of liberty. But that dan
ger, nnd that crisis, aud that fleet, huve passed
away, and beautiful towns, and a numerous pop
ulation, have risen upon the banks of this mighty
river; and yet the Inst state of our political exist
ence may he worse than the first, if we permit a
domestic policy to triumph, which is to level eve
ry work of art, stop the busy wheel of industry,
strike the sails of your river nnd your ocean craft,
drive contentment from your doors, and hand you
over to he the slaves ofjiomestic tyrants. But 1
rejoice in the conviction that this state of things
is not to be permitted. During a period of near
half a ecutury I have closely watched the great
strifo ofparties, and never before have I observed
such a settled determination to effect a whole
some change, or such enthusiasm, ns is now
evinced by tho friends of 4 'Harrison and Reform,”
in thisandothcr States lately visited by me. Per
severe then, in your .praiseworthy efforts. May
your exertions be unremitting in tho cause of
your suffering country, and procure for it the re
turn of happier days, nnd a restoration of that
prosperity without which no government should
be fora moment tolerated.
weakened hy the lost ottduod.) 44 Fallow-Mi-
dims," shouted tho intrepid hero, in tones that
stirred tho souls of Ills nltidi^ '
close, and shoot sure; thodi
few minutes I” He rode on;
■aw utr more of him. IinniedL„^_,..„
ing us, going in tho direction or tba angle, a
desperato otxfsevere struggle commenced at or
near that point, between the Infiiiitrv under Gov.
Shelby and the Indiana. This conflict at the att
ic, with Shelby's men, lasted, 1 think, nt least
ve minutes, Several of tho Iulimtry were kill
ed. Gov. Shelby himself, told uie holiud several
men killed, and Imd found eight or ten Indians
It*A dead on tho ground at that point. This was
the most severe contest during the action.
“Icrossed the swamp with tho second Battal
ion (500 men.) aud fought against the Indians
(supposed 1400 warriors) undcrTccumseh with
out any aid whatever.”
This statement, you will observe, is not war
ranted by the details. The writer (if indeed the
alleged author was the writor, which 1 doubt,)
certainly labnuri under a misapprehension which
can only be accounted for bv the fuot tint Colonel
Johnson wns badly wounded at the firet onset,
and was immedintelv taken ofTthe field,nnd could
not have known of tho important services ren
dered by tho iufuutry under Harrison and Shel
by.
* I must claim, however, for the second Battal
ion of the mounted Regiment, the honour of hav
ing contributed more than any other corps, in
achieving the victory. But it gives me pleasure
to say, that every officer and soldier did Ilia duty
on that day,so fur ns I know or believe. You will,
therefore, bo able to judge, from the fact here sta
ted from my own personal knowledge, whether
Gen. Harrison whs present in the action, doing
his duty "*
Infiintrj
so wnl
this day, he questioned by none,
In conclusion, as it regards the standing of Gen.
Harrison ns an officer, and the estimation iu
which he was held by ti.e army, I am, with my
jottrse with his officers nnd soldiers sulwe-
qiinntly to the tattle, enabled to adopt the lan
guage of a distinguished officer of Perry’s fleet—
44 there never teas an army more ardently attached or
more enthusiastically proud of a General than his."
Yours with grent respect,
JAMES DAVIDSON.
P. S. I wts iii the service nnd under General
Harrison nhont fourteen months. J. D.
C. A. Wickliffe, Esq.
Harrison was present in Ifie action, doing
uty as an officer, nud whether any part oftho
itry was engaged: I had supposed that facts
nil known by all who were there, would at
S A VANN An.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1840.
my earliest youth. When sabre and rifle clashed
together ui deadly fray, I saw him bearing the or
ders °f Gen. Way no into tho thickest of the
fight—cool, collected and Uudismnyed. Ho who
dares call liuu a coward utters the greatest of
falsehoods, and forever covers himself wiUi
shame. I here beur witness to his undaunted
bravery, and pronounce that man a knave, ora
fool, who asserts so base and so groundless an
untruth. No! Let the administration pension
its presses, and, scatter its treasury notes, and
let it perpetrate its atrocities in whutBhape it will;
but Jet it pause ere it fusten on the reputation
of the spotless, or calumniate the favourite of tho
people.
i It vyas but a few weoks since I had the plea
sure of being a guest of this great and good
m4n in his cubtu at North Bend, i saw
-*** 1 *} there for the first lime in several years,
and found, as all his friends have found, the
string of the batelr outside. No goldou cups, oi
v silver plateaus decorated hi/simpln but gencr-
ousbourd. The plenty of an American farmer,
not the extravagance of foreign manners,
alone distinguished his hospitality. Hund-
dredi and thousands had visited him the past
summer, and none left him without acknowledg
ing they beauti Ail conformity or his life with his
principles; none bade him fimvoll without feel-
mg assured thed should meet him again, uot,
perhops,on the banks of the Ohio, but the Potomac
—there to put in practice those republican doc
trines, to which the White House has been too
long a stranger.
I found him hard at work on his farm, rising
will* the earliest dawn, to attend to business, and
literally earning his bread by the sweat ofhis
brow.—Ago has scarcely touched him. His fi-
is erect and unbent. His eye, full of fire,
take his energy of purpose, uud his wlioli
trance gives the assurance of his being iu tin
of health end strength.
lation he is
de, instructive
From'die Baltimore Patriot.
READER, LISTEN TO THE TESTIMONY
OF A GALLANT SOLDIER.
The following intesrestingcorrespondenre be
tween Governor Wickliffe und Col. James Dnv-
idsou, (present Treasurer of Kentucky) we
take from the Commonwealth, of Frankfort
The letter of Col Davidson is anothor unimpeach
able witness to the bravery and generalship of
the Hero of Tippccanoo, Fort Meigs and the
Thames. Govcfnor Wickliffe and Col. David
son. both served under General Harrison. Tho
latter was one of the “forlorn hope” who charg
ed among the Indians, at the battle of the
Thames.
From a long and intimate acquaintance with
Col. Davidson, we cheerfully subscribe to Uie
comments of tho editor of the Commonwealth:
‘A braver and better soldier and a truer pa
triot, uever bled for his country than Jns. Dav
idson. He wns pre-eminently distinguished for
his activity and intrepidity. He was perhnps
oflener employed by General Harrison in servi
ces requiring a reuiarkale degree of courage,
amidst dangers, fortitude under sufferings and
promptness in executing difficult and important
duties, than any man in the army. Wo do not
say tliis invidiously, for wo glory in the fauio
of all who served the conntry. In tho battle of
the Thames, he was particularly distinguished:
he received in the action three severe wounds;*
one in the leg, one in the abdomen and one in
the brenst.-No one that lived, was worse wound
ed; blithe fought at the bend ofhis men, till the
last armed foe nad surrendered; and wns not ta
ken from the battle field, ou which, nAer the ac*
tion terminated, he sunk, till some time after
dark.”
Frankfort, Sept. 5.1840.
Dear Sir:—As you were in the battle of the
Thames, commanding a company in Col. John
son’s Regiment on that occasion, and now hear
upon your body the evidence that you were in tho
thickest of the fight, I desire that you will favor
me with an answer to the follow ing questions:
1st. Did you see Gen. Harrison while the bat
tle raged, and nficr Col. Johnson had been
wounded and taken off the ground, and hearhim
encouraging and animating his men?
2d. Wns any part of the Infantry under Shelby
engaged in the action?
Yours, respectfully.
C.A. WICKLIFFE.
Col. J. Davidson.
Frakfout, Sept. 7,1840.
Dr.An Sir:—I am in receipt of your letter of
the 5th in-t., in which, after referring to the part I
bore in the battle of the Thames, Oct. 5,1813,
you propound to me two questions in reference
to the conduct of Geu. Harrison ou Uiat occasion.
You usk tnc:
1st. ‘ Did you see Gen. Harrison while the bat
tle raged, uud after Col. Johnson hud been
wounded and taken off the ground, nnd hear him
encouraging and animating his men?”
2d. “Was any part of the Iufuutry under Shel
by engaged in the action?”
My answer to your inquiries will he better un
derstood by a plain statement of the facts which
occurred upon the ground, so fur as I witnessed
them.
I was at the head or right of my company, on
horseback, waiting orders, ot about 60 or 60 yards
from the line of the enemy. Cel. Johnson rode
up and explained to me the mode of attack, aud
said, in substance, "C’apt. Davidson, I am di
rected by Gen. Harrison, to chargd, and break
thru’ the Iudiun line, and form in the rear. My
brothor James will charge in like manner through
the British liue at the same time. The sound of
the trumpet will he the signal for the charge.”
Iu a few minutes the trumpet sounded, and the
words 41 charge” wns given by Col. Johnson.
The Col.chnrged within a few paces of me. We
struck the Indinn line obliquely, nnd when wo np-
preached within ten or fifteen ynrds of their lino,
the Indians poured in a heavy fire upon us killing
ten or jifieen of our men, and several hones, and
wounded Col. Johnson very severely. He im
mediately retired. Theobald, of Lexington, I
think, aided him off. I neither saw nor heard
more of Col. Johnson until aAer the action was
over. *
The contest continued worm and animated for
somo time wherq my company and part of Copt.
Stucker’s were engaged. AAer Col. Johnson
wus taken off the field, 1 saw Gen. Harrison nnd
Gov. Shelby both, and quite near inn. They were
both on horseback, pns&tng in the cronhel'or an
gle. I well remember the animating and encour
aging manner in which Harrison, ns he passed,
addressed his men. It had a sensible effect upon
myself, and seomed, I thought, not only to stim
ulate my spirits, but strengthened my body, (thou
*Wehave henrd Col. Davidson ofien speak
the shot received in his breast. The ball in
Is instance carried tho shirt into the breast with
'L , So excruciuting wns the pain for the instant,
uud difficulty of breathing, that he drew the shirt
from tlic wound with a sudden jerk, bringing the
e hall with it, and uAerwards staunched the wound
with a handful of leaves taken from the nearest
Union of tlic Whigs for the sake
of the Union*
NOMINATION
BY TJIE iTHIG XATIOy.iL CONVENTION.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
of Ohio.
* FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
JOHN TYLER, of Virginia.
For Electors of President and Vice-President.
GEORGE It. GILMER, of Oglethorpe..
H, ofCamdi
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
Mai. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
Gen W W. KZZAKD, ofDeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibh.
JOHN WHITEHEAD,ofBurke.
Gen. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
If yon vote with the South,salt!
a to Gen* Harrison, you
will destroy yourself*
“ That is probable,’’ he replied,
“bviclt is better thatlshould de
stroy myself than todestroy the
Constitution of my c^uutry*— if'il-
iam Henri/ Harrison. ■
Kj 3 We give a very poor paper to-day, so fur
as editorial is concerned—being too unwell to at
tend to our duties properly.
We ask the attention of our readers throughout
the State, tothe contents of a pamphlet called
44 The Contrast,” w hich wo shall commence the
publication of to-morrow.
KP We have made a calculation of the votes
in sixty-six Counties published yesterday, and
taking as ourstnndnrd the votes ol Dawson, the
highest on our side, and Colquitt, probably the
highest on the other, we make a difference of
5309. The remaining twenty-seven Counties
gave, in 1838, amnjorityngninst us of2166 votes.
On the supposition that wegainin the remaining
Counties at the rate of twenty-fiVe per cent.,
which we think a moderate calculation, our ma
jority for Congress in 1840, will not fall fur short
jf4000 votes! Glory enough for one day. The
Seuate will probably stand 48 Harrison nud 43
Vnu Bttrenites—r*> 1. In the House we shall
probably have such a number as to give us a ma
jority on joint ballot, of from 20 to 40.
Up Whigs and at them. Tho great contest
is close ot hand, when die Hero of Tippecanoe,
the Thames and Fort Meigs, will take llie field.
Letovcry good Whig consider it an honour, ou
the first Monday in November, to swell the exult
ing cry iii behalf of the gaffunt Chief who never
SUFFERED A DEFEAT. ' *
Six o’clock, P. M.
We have returns from seven counties more.—
They are Cherokee counties. Our majority is
not so much reduced os wos expected. We pre
sent our readers with a result obtained from o
list of seveuty-Uiree counties, carefully corrected.
There were three very important errors in our
paper ofycsterdny,which we have caused to dis
appear, and an error of one hundred votes in tho
returns received to-day, by the Augusta Chronicle
and Sentinel, is also corrected. Our results nro
ascertained by taking a careful arithmetical mean,
and are the most accurate of any yet presented
by any paper in the Suite.
Tho aggregate Whig vote 313,333
The aggregate Van Buren vote is 273.088
Aggregate majority 40,245
40,245 divided by 9, givos average majority 4,472
In ofiier words, the seven counties last heard
from, have reduced onr majority by 917 votes.
Observe, that in these seven counties our goiu
is just 338, since tho election of 1839.
Cuntova Bir>—A medical gentleman in tlii»
town made the Allowing bet (If It la a bet) with
a politician ofhTa acquaintance. If Mr. Van Bv
rkn is elected President; the Doctor is to take •
dose ofcalomSI nnd jalap, 25 grains of each Ingre
dient—-quantum suff of wry Ihcos of courae. If
Gen. Harrison is elected the other party is bound
to take the same doso.
- A—
03* Wo are told that of fourtoen Whlgvotos
on St. Simons Island, only aix were polled. Is
it so friends ? We hope not. Thoro is o fulling
oft’in tho Glynn vote, nrobaM»*from sickness.—
Wo want pH your efforts in November, Wayne
desorvos 10 guns, eye 100 ofthem. Ournorres-
pondent from that quortor modostly asks for ten
guns. Glynn is always right—always truo.
Let no true American stay away from the polls
in November. Tho Van Bvrknites have not
played their Inst card yet.
ABOLITIONISM.
The cry of Abolitionism has failed to terrify
the farmers of Georgia.
This war cry raised against the Whigs, is al
most unequalled in dishonesty. We liavo really
enomies in the South, belonging to the Van Bv*
ren party on whom wo should keep a bright look
out. Thomas Ritchie, editor of the Richmond
Enquirer, has been an open and avowed Aboli s
tiouist. H e advocated the abolition of slavery in
his paper in 1832. Col. Me Dowell, and Thos.
Jefferson Randolph, also Van Buren mon.adj
vocated tho same sentiments in the Virginia La
gislnturo in 1832. Judge Saunders, the defeat
ed Van Buren candidato for Governor of North
Cnroliuacntertaiu8 tho same views. This is all
right. Such men ought to support the man who
gives up the constitutional question inrclution to
the District of Columbia, sanctions negro testi
mony against white men, who votes for free ne
gro suffrage, and who votes against the admis
sion of slave States into the Union. Such South
ern principles as Martin Van Buren's, were
never soen before “prehaps."-
CALHOUN’S PRINCIPLES.
1816. On motion of Mr. Calhuun, a resoln
tion wns amonded so ns to receive the notes of
Banks in payment of public dues.
1638. John C. Cnlhoun declared it to be un
constitutional, to receive Bank notes in pnyment
of public dues.
1816. A National Bank bill introduced.
1834. Proposes to extern! tho charter twelve
years.,
1837. Believes a National Bank dangerous and
unconstitutional.
1816. Advocates tho 41 American System.” Vi
oksnt Tariff and Internal Improvement man.
1828. He is opposed to tho same.
1832. Ho declares the Tariff unconstitutional
and resorts to Nullification.
1636. Dec. 30, according to Uie Globe, he tries
to set his 44 o\dhalby" the * 4 American System,’
on its legs again.
1840. Expresses bitter hostility to the “Amer
ican System,” even to its 44 remnants.”
1828. Strong A-iend to Gen. Andrew Jackson.
1834. Violent enetny of Gen. Jackson and
Martin Van Buren, and acts with the Whigs in
opposition.
1837. Takes a position to 44 hold his allies in
check.” and “ cover his euemy,” because Whig
victories were not likely to 44 inure” to his per
sonal benefit.
1829. Gives casting vote os Vice President, for
Mr. Kendull as Fourth Auditor.
1832. Calls Mr. Kendall very hard nnmes.
1839. 44 Counter-marches” and mollifies.
1831— 2. Gave casting vote os Vice President,
to re call Mr. Van Buren from Englnnd.
1837. HorriGed by his election to the»Pres-
idency, and scorned to be present at the Inaugu
ration. Globe said, tho 44 face of Cataline was not
seen on the occasion.”
1838. 44 Struck by an idea,” and swears allegi,
ance to Mr. Van Buren.
1837. September 1st, storted for Washington
an nnti-Sub-Treasury man and opposed to a repeal
of the distribution act.
1837. Sept. In Washington, new light—a new
mou : in favor of the Sub-Treasury—voted to re
peal the distribution bill.
1832— 7. Denounced by Uie 44 Globe” as con
spirator against the liberties of his country, and
designated 44 Cataline.”
1832—L Denounces the * 44 Globe” as menda
cious and filthy 44 vile and prostitute,” and its
partisans as rogues and royalists. *
1839. Tells his_friends they must support tho
44 Globe,” and gave it his influence to obtain Uio
public printing.
1840. 44 Officially" pronounced by Uio Globo
something equal to a PATRIOT.
1840. Jan. 1. Embracing Mr. Van Buren and
tho editor of the Globe, and soon afior announces
in Uie Seuate a coalition between himself and
them.
1840. Opposed to General William Henry
Harrison lor Uie Presidency.
1841. Prediction—Advocates Presidout Harri
son's measures.
1842. Opposed to tho Sub-Treasury.
1844. Retires from public life.
ELECTION returns for MEMBERS of congress.
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But 230 328 238 238 238 224 839 238 238 390 300 398 398 398 300 396 390 396
Lauren. 443 443 443 443 443 443 441 443 442 2 4 5 7 2 3 2 1 2
Wilke. 404 464 401 405 463 405 462 464 463 379 384 383 387 380 379 377 378 379
Lincoln 294 294 804 204 295 294 295 394 294 147 162 152 152 146 160 151 149 150
Mu.cocoa 971 909 065 967 903 904 907 007 950 825 846 837 831 831 822 852 825 828
Gwinnett 713 701 702 708 707 704 706 701 703 683 080 682 079 682 088'689 682 6B7
Walton 531 628 527 630 530 627 528 627 628 — ~~
llell 562 557 556 559 556 556 559 650 555
Union 038 039 039 038 636 039 037 039 037
Wnrreti ...680 682 682 585 582 582 582 582 582
Talbot... 896 891 880 894 839 892 891 888 888
PutiKiin m.4-16 458 440 454 440 445 448 444 440
Karri 045 930 944 035 042 038 944 030
Camden 189 189 190 189 189 187 190 185 190
Houston 653 671 671 607 670 660 667 009 007
409 502 603 6.70 499 487 498 497
Twiggs 380 379 377 382 379 386 377 378 376
Crawford 419 419 410 420 418 419 417 420 417
Pulaski 213 212 214 211 209 217 214.214 210
Pike 632 627 530 523 625 528 530 527 520
Cass 500 400 490 497 494 401 490 480 489
Newton 971 903 963 972 900 904 933 900 959
Henry 850 854 853 850 858 855 853 852 853
Cherokee 303 303 354 357 358 353 358 353 381
Forsyth 334 330 330 330 330 328 329 328 330
Lumnk n 310 295 295 202 293 303 205 203 295 758 749 741 740 71
Meriwether 741 732 730 742 735 331 741 733 730 775 700 787 788 *
Madison 325~326 324 320 320 325 324 325 324
Elbert 911 911 J>09 910 904 Oll’OlO 010 908
Cobb 425 411 408 414 418 408 418 400 407
De Kalb 630 636.018 622 629 G23 630 620 616
Habersham 350 347 346 344 345 344 345 344 344
Jackson 548 647 547 515 549 547 647 646 544
Olgotliorpo 012 009 606 609 604 007 008 707 G04
Troup. 1134 1127 1118113211221180 112311281110
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754 753 754 ^50 753 757 753 760 769
et)4 602 e07 810 603 811 803 804 609
563 669 562 509 564 563 563 572 569
135 132 132 132 134 135 134 135 135
401 433 459 435 400 409 401 400 401
682 084 684 084 680 082 679 682 682
Early 241 241 241 241 242 240 238 241 240 355 354 352 355 350 354 350 355 369
Fayette 408 409 400 409 408 407 405 404 406 543 543 544 538 540 543 543 644 543
Montgomery...202 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 8 7 7 7 5 6 2 0 5
Randolph......544 544 541 641 543 543 642 642 540 687 592 602 501 687 584 683 686 664
Stewart 893 899 890 890 890 892 890 890 888 772 775 773 771 774 772 774 774 771
Wilkinson .467 4G4 405 464 464 400 463 464 465 503 500 505 503 503 604 504 604 5(9
Decatu 405 404 402 404 404 405 404 403 404 244 248 246 248 244 245 244 243 245
Glynn., 113 111 110 110 111 110 110 114 110 30 28 26 29 20 24 24 28 !!
Campbell 202 199 200 190 200 199 202 200 199 627 530 528 630 624 625 527 628 521
Carroll 268 276 257 207 266 253 206 275 256 450 451 450 450 459 458 460 454 451
Dooly 228 228 227 227 226 229 224 220 228 333 330 329 334 334 332 328 332 393
Floyd 271 271 270 270 270 270 271 270 262 295 284 236 284 295 337 293 293 295
Macon. 359 353 359 358 359 358 356 357 357 308 312 307 312 312 311 308 311 310
Telfair ...191 189 187 188 187 191 183 189 187 129 131 131 132 131 130 129 128 129
Franklin. 441 438 431 436 432 430 431 433 433 811 815 817 815 813 814 809 809 811
The bravo chieftain was engaged j n no
ST Maotland Election are very well so for.
Veil Burenism hoi triumphed iu Baltimore by a
diminished majority. Tho corruption of largo
towp.Uthe best soilfor ilia growth of Van Bnren-
ism. In Delawure, too, appearance* aro auspi
cious.
K7* Mr. Rives' speech at the Auburn Conven
tion is most excellent. It le too long to publish,
however. He handles Martis Va.v Bures with
out gloves.
Ho quotes Mr. Vah BuREtr's expressions about
tho tendency of tho Executive to abuse its pow
er and then makes the app lication-
- ' '-r
ST MoxTouKEnr Countv, is as good as Lau*
reus almost. Gentlomen hero's your health !—
$400,000 DEFALCATION.
Humored Defalcation.—It wos slated hero last
week, says tho Memphis Enquirer, by e gentle
man from Arkonsas, that Cnpl. Collins, tho dis
bursing agent at lilllo Rock, find proven n defaul
ter to a very large amount—rumour eoys $300,000
or $400,000. Captain Coltina is, we believe,
now at Washington City.
St. Lou is « Daily Bulletin" of Sept. 19,
Hern, nt the scat of Government, the utmost
secrecy is endeavored to he preserved, yet we
have had nur eye on tliis case and several others,
ntid lied fixed “ the removal of the depositee” at
n larger sum.
We were,also, aware of the eevernl hopeless
embassies sent by tho War Deportment to nego-
tiate tins dilliciilt affair on the busisof Mr. YVood-
hi'ty « Garnscho instructions.
Tho truth, however, could not ho elicited in
tins case, nnd manifold othuts, without the inter
vention ufa power able and willing to investigate
•he corruptions oftlto Augean stable, 1
l itis power nnd will to net, tho people have ol-
rondv conferred on the next Congress.
Wo,doubt the arrival hereof "the disbursing
agent. Captain C. O. CoUim is, or has been
bote, hut ho is not the party Implicated.
l. n f?i 0nt °‘ l * 1 , 0 Qunrtiirmaster'a Department,
brought here under tho charge oftho marshal, has
beensoinn time ago, released on bail, by his par-
tisun and Loco foco friends of Alabimui.
Madisonian.
A voice Fnofc Mississippi.—^\Ve learn from a
gentleman dtrcct from Copiah county, that nt nn
olectinn hold a few days siiic.i, sho Whig candi-
date for Clerk. Assessor and Coroner, were nil
three elected-1 he question was on party grounds.
Copiah has hereof (tore boon one oftho strong
holds of Loco Fncoism in Mississippi, and is tho
county in whicb Gon. Brown resides.—Felieianu
LEGISLATURE.
Gltnn— Dart—King.
Carroll.—Boggles—Espy and Rogers.
Doolt.—Graham—Porter and Fanald.
Floxd.—Walters—Shropshire uud Liddel.
Franklin.—Morris—Andereon, Jones, Mitchell.
Telfair.—Fryer—McCafi.
KTTIm firBt nnmo in each county is Senator
Tho names in Italics aro Whigs.
For the Savannah Republican.
THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RAIL
ROAD.—No. III.
The Legislature wisely determined that onr
Road should be independent of the arrangements
of any other Road, or any foreign company or
body, and to effect this, that it should be extend,
ed to the Tennessee river, whose wide-spread
commerce would bo attracted by the short route to
theAtlantic. But it yet remains a question whether
it would not have been more judicious to have
completed the Roud to Cross Plains, setting the
cars to work, and leaving the extension to Ross’
Landing, to a period when the monetary affairs
of the State were not so contracted, and un
til time and furthor examination and knowledge
of the country should have enlightened and con
centrated the public mind on one point alone for
the terminus. It was, however, thought most
prudent, under the declining Rail Road spirit
throughout Uie country, to fixnt onco the termi
nus and proceed in the work to that point, so as
to avoid if possible, all risque of an abandonment
or delay of this grand project. Vansvillo was
suggested and urged by some as the most proper
location for the terminus on the Tennessee river,
being n much cheaper and somewhat shorter
route than that of Ross’Landing. The Legisla
ture however decided that Ross'Landing should
he the terminus; because Col. Long, the En
gineer employed as chief, to locate and build the
Road, recommended Ross’ Landing,’ notwith
standing tho much greater amount required to
construct tho Road, as the best point on the Ten
nessee for the terminus. He is an Engineer of
eminence—had been employed in improving the
navigation of the Tonnessee river—consequently
should have known tho best point—but, he is
charged with having entered into speculations
ntthat point, and others along the Roud, and to
havo been influenced in locating the Rond by his
interests in those speculations; aud it is said that
capitalists of Georgia, Tennessee and Carolina,
are interested with him. Very probably, not en
ough iByot generally known of that now country
and the Tennessee river, to form an opinion as to
the correctness of this charge;—Time will deter
mine and pass its irrevocable decision in this mat
ter, as to the merits and character of Col. Loqg,
and of those, os well in os out of the Legislature,
to whom these charges may be extended. Tho
Road is begun, and is fur on its way to comple
tion; but it is said, there are combinations
throwing difficulties in the way of its execution,
and that those combined are under the expecta
tion that dissatisfaction can be excited among tho
people, nnd that aAer preparation of the public
mind, nt a proper moment A SALE OF THE
ROAD WILL BE SUGGESTED AND URG
ED. And if the conspiracy to excite disguit
should provo successful throughout, theso com
bined parties will purchase and regulate the Road
os will best suit their own interests, regardless of
that of the State of Georgia. It is tho duty of Sa
vannah, in this matter, to ferret out the truth—to re
mind Georgia, that the race for the commerce of
tho West io running-that she has started under
udvnntngos—and that there is no alternative leA
for her but loss and disgrace, or to press with all
her speed to the goal—a point which will plaoe
her in tho samo position to the South und West
which New-York sustains to the North and West
commerce, and a reaper of all Its benefits and
influences.
Savannah and Macon have a great intereiti
the stake, and they may feel assured that tin
Cberokceans, who have as great, will unVwW
them to keep the track, and give the whqal
spur throughout the State.
We have presented plainly the outline of
subject We now call upon our public men i
the editors of our newspapers, to lay it in all ii
bearings before the public, who if made to as
derstand tho subject and their interests, will n
doubt direct the Legislature to have the Road fis
ished with all -possible dispatch, but will neve
depute to them the right to sell. Should circum
stances, aAer a fair trial, prove that it isinjndki
oils in the State to retain the management oftk
Road, then, nnd not until then, should the pablit
acquiesce in a sale, and even then only in eqtul
interest to those Rail Roads of the State which
may be united with it and a company of Chen-
koenns. Only aitclt a disposition of it con protect
the interests of all concerned.
PUBUCOLA.
From the Baltimore American, Oct. 8.
MARYLAND ELECTION.
Yesterday an election was held ihroegnootw
SRate for Members of the Housa of Delegate*
each County, nnd also for seven SeuatoM-^
from tho city of Baltimore, and one from earn
the Counties of Allehausy, Washington,
more, Cecil. Queen Ann*s and \Vorceater. ,
We lay before our readors the result onjj
election in Baltimore City, for one Benal ° r },
five members of Uio House of Delegates—m |
10 BALTIMORE CITY-FOR SENATOR.
(YVbic.l (Von Buk«;|
YVnrdi. rTdoklt. Uovm- •
1 523
3 388 Z
3 594
* m KB
6 766 Jm
0 623 S
7 001
8 496
9 703
10 608
11 767
12 733
767
346
783
Total, 7072 o,o.
The majority for Howard (V. D.) u»<
BkLTITORE CITY. ftl .
The following is the result for »« mbc " |
Homo of Delego teat
mg.
7086
7109
7103
7100
Walsh,
Collies,
dewell,
Leary,
Purvianco,
V. Buren.
Lfgratid, ,
Gallagher, '
Graves,. -
Heiilcnitricktr,
Fresstiuon M
for tho Van Boren
7094
Tho average majority for
egote ticket is 195 345. n ,njority
East year tho overage
the Congressional tiohet wo* 400. An ^
ego Van Baron majority on the Delegate
W ThftotMnmnber of vole* ca»tyer lcrl,n 7 l "
oily wn* 14,414. c „,t>iin*|
List year ilia total numbor oE a wi"g“ 1
Congressional election was v0 ;ei. I
increase at yesterday’s alectioit1 ^ 1
SttffSorubTSnhuted etoi*
wards to desirable a state ofttff^ 14
Cittof Annapolis.-—The report y ^ ^
boat Maryland, which ca8 t aic*
M. yeste rday, is that all Iho hfl 1 1 ' “
Sort), and the Whig candidate for »«{■