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tiie times.
Th# union of the slates and ilie sovereignty of the states!
COLUMBUS, APRIL 15, 1841. I
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is delayed for the examination of the Editor,
who is absent
Subscribers to Georgia Illustrated, may ob
tain the February number of the work by
calling upon Messrs. Norton and Langdon.
We are requested to state that the Demo
cratic young men of this county will assemble
at the old Council Room, on Wednesday eve
ning next. We hope our Democratic friends
will respond to this call by being present.—
Delegates to the May Convention will be ap
pointed, and we respectfully urge pon all who
are selected to attend the deliberations of that
body, that they would make it convenient to
be on the ground.
Our columns are shrouded in the sad habil.
iments of mourning, for the death of General
Harrison. On an occasion like this—a great
national calamity as it is, some passing tribute
of respect to the character of this truly great
and good man might be expected. But vve
prefer silence, the true language of the heart,
to the most impassioned eulogy. And if we
were disposed to dwell upon the interesting,!
but melancholy scenes which took place!
around the death bed of our Chief Magistrate,!
we should be deterred by the thought that!
there are many more eloquent pens than ours,
who will do justicq to his virtues. He will
live in the memory of his countrymen, as their
defender on the battle field; as the champion
of their rights in the political councils of the
nation. This much have vve said—
“ Thy grave—shall with fresh flo v’rs be drest,
And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast;
There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow,
There the first roses of the year shall blow.”
The Herald of New York, has announced]
that Judge Calhoun of this city has been
promised the appointment of Consul to Ila
vanna, and in conjunction with this announce
ment, states, that Mr. Calhoun’s speculations
in Indian lands, caused the Seminole war. This
story is totally false. The announcement
was probably made for the purpose of creating
an unfavorable impression towards Judge Cal
houn, by someone behind the curtain, who is
seeking to obtain the office for himself.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
It having pleased the Almighty to remove
from our midst, our respected and valued citi
zen, llomer Hurd, Esq.; vve his immediate
friends and associates, deem it a duty to ex
press our poignant grief for his loss. We are
aware that no written expression can fully con
vey the high estimate in which he was held,!
for honorable and noble feeling, sterling integ-|
rity, and disinterested patriotism. He had]
been for a long time a member of the Hiberni-j
an Benevo’ent Society, and in all our inter
course with him, he was regarded as a strong
link in the chain that bound us together. Gen.
erous without ostentation; urbane and gen
tleman-like in deportment,
“None knew him but to love him,
None named him but to praise.”
But even in the prime of life he was wres
ted from us by the ruthless hand of death, leav
ing a void which will not soon be filled.
Resolved, That as a testimonial of our res
pect for the memory of the deceased, and of
grief for his demise, the members of this socie
ty will wear the usuel badge of for
thirty days.
Resolved, That we feel deep sympathy for,
and offer condolence with the relatives of the
deceased.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be transmitted to the bereaved and afflicted
family of our late friend.
Resolved, That these proceedings be signed
by the President and Secretary of the Society,
and that a request be made for their publicaJ
tion in each of the newspapers of the city.
JOHN QUIN, Pres, 11. B. S.
M. McQuaid, Sec’y.
From the National Intelligencer, April 7.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
By the extraordinary despatch used in send
ing the official intelligence to the Vice Presi
dent, at Williamsburg, and similar despatch
by him in repairing to the seat of Government,
John Tyler now President of the United
States, arrived in this city yesterday morning,
at 5 o’clock, and took lodgings at Brown's
Hotel.
At 12 o’clock, all the Heads of Departments,’
except the Secretary of the Navy, (who has]
not yet returned to the city from his visit to|
his family,) waited upon him, to pay him their:
official and personal respects. They were re
ceived with all the politeness and kindness
which characterize the ne*> President. He
signified his deep feeling of the public calami
ty sustained by the death of President Harri-!
son, and expressed his profound sensibility to!
the heavy responsibilities so suddenly devolved]
upon himself, lie spoke of the present state
of things with great concern and seriousness,!
and made known his wishes that the public)
Heads of Departments would continue to tl I
the places which they now respectively occu
py, and his confidence that they would aft'ord
all the aid in their power to enable him to car-]
ry on the administration of the Government
successfully.
The President then took and subscribed the •
following oath of office :
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United]
States, and will, to the best of my ability, pre-|
serve, protect, and defend the Constitution of]
the United States.
April 6, 1841. JOHN TYLER.
District of Columbia—ss—City and County of Wash-]
ington.
I, William Cranch, Chief Judge of the!
Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, cer-j
tify that the above named John Tyler, person-3
ally appeared before me this day, although]]
he deems himself qualified to perform the du-f
ties and exercise the powers and offi-e ofj
President on the death ot YV illiam Ilenry|
Harrison, late President of the United Slates,!
without any other oath than that which he hasf
taken as Vice President, yet, as doubts may]
arise, and for greater caution, took and sub-”
scribed the foregoing oath before me.
April 6, 1841. W. CRANCH.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, j
John Hogan, Register ot (he Land
at Dixon, Illinois, vice Samuel Hacklcton,]
removed.
PUBLIC MEETING.
Columbus, April 8, 1841. 6
At a large and respectable assemblage of
[the citizens of Muscogee county, held at the
‘iarket-house, in the City of Columbus, in
pursuance of a previous notice, at 3 o’clock,
P. M. Colonel Hines Holt, jr. rose and stated
briefly the object of the meeting of the people,
and read the following announcement:
Washington Citv, April 4. 1841.
An all-wise Providence having suddenlyg
removed from this life, William H. Harrison,*
late President of the United States, we have!
thought it our duty, in the recess of Congress,!
and m the absence of t.he Vice Presideni tromlj
the seat of government, to make this afflicting
bereavement known to the country, by this
declaration, under our hands.
He died at the President’s House, in this
city, this fourth day of April, Anno Domini
1841, at thirty minutes before one o’clock, in
the morning.
The people of the United States, over
whelmed, like ourselves, by an event so un
expected and so melancholy, will derive con £
solation from knowing that his death was calm|
and resigned, as his lile has been patriotic, use |
ful and distinguished ; and that the last utter-1
ance of his lips expressed a fervent desire forE
the perpetuity of the Constitution, and the
reservation of its true principles. In death,
as in life, the happiness of his country was
uppermost in ius thoughts.
Daniel Webster, Sec’y of State,
Thos Ewing, Secr’y of Treasury,
John Bell, Secretary of War,
J. J. Crittenden, Attorney General,
F. Granger, Post Master General.
And thereupon moved the organization of
the meeting, by calling Hon. James S. Cal
houn to the Chair, and the appointment of
lion. John L. Lewis, Mayor of the City, as
Secretary.
The Chairman, being conducted to theg
chair, arose and addressed the meeting to the
following appropriate and eloquent effect:
It is my painful duty, fellow-citizens, to re- \
(peat to you the death of the venerable Chief l
[Magistrate of these United States. 1
General William Henry Harrison is no f
more! The melancholy and afflicting intel- Z
iigencc comes to us in a joint official commu- j
nication from the members of the late Presi- ’ 1
dent’s cabinet. I
I trust, fellow-citizens, on this sad occasion,!
it will not be considered inappropriate to ad
vert, for a moment, to the animating and cheer
ling scenes that General Harrison’s arrival at
I Washington, and his Inauguration, on the 4th|
[of March last, gave birth to. He was seen in
[the great crowd, surrounded by his friends—
[the people in’ their majesty. The heart was
[made glad to witness the cheerful counte
[iiance, the firm step, and the elastic move
jinent of the good old soldier. Nothing then
denoted an early approach of the solemn event
which now calls for grave consideration.
To have seen and conversed with General
Harrison, and to have loved him.not, was im
possible. You could not fail to discover the
goodness of his heart, the philantlirophy of his
soul, and all those qualities which endeared!
him to his friends, and commanded the admiral
tion of all whose good fortune it was to make
his acquaintance—the qualities which, at
length, elevated him to the highest earthly
pinnacle to which the aspirations of a patriotic
American can reach ; and from which eleva
tion he has been taken to that bourne from
whence no traveller returns.
The ways of providence are inscrutible—l
[but vve must bow to the chastening rod. Itj
lis meet that the solemn thought should be
[impressed upon us. It is appointed unto men
[once to die, and after death the judgment.
I It is our privilege to mingle our lamenta*
[tions with the heart-felt sorrow of the living;
[and on this mournful occasion, it is believed to
Ibe especially appropriate, not only because of
llhe distinguished position which the great and
good man occupied, but because of his long]
and eminent public services, the purity of his[
private life, and because, since the days of our[
beloved Washington, no man has enjoyed aj
larger share, or had a firmer abiding place inj
the affections of the American people, than!
the great man whose death we now deplore,]
whose mortal remains lie cold in the grave,!
and whose spirit is now in the keeping of ourj
God. I
The chair having concluded, the Hon.
Thomas F. Foster, after a few brief and perti
nent remarks upon the virtues and services
of the deceased, and upon the national be-
Ireavement which the people have sustained
in his death, submitted the following preamble
and resolutions, which were unanimously a
dopted:
An event has occurred, which spreads gloom
and sadness over this great, confederacy. The
American people are, for the lirst time, called
to mourn the death of their Chief Magistrate.
General WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
but a few days since the President of the UniJ
ted States, is no more ! On Sunday morning
last, when he had occupied this elevated sta-j
rtion for only one brief month, it pleased the
Almighty Ruler of the Universe, to terminate
his long, eventful and useful life. Impressed]
[with a deep sense of this sudden signal na-j
Lional calamity, the citizens of Muscogeoi
county have assembled to mingle their griefj
with the great American family, and to offer aj
just tribute of respect to the memory of the!
illustrious deceased. YVe deem it unneces-[
sary to refer particularly to the history and dis-|
tinguished public services of our late reveredf
and venerated Chief Magistrate; these are!
well known and freshly remembered. His]
fame and his character are Ibe common prop-|
erty of his countrymen, by whom they are du-j
ly estimated, and will be long fondly cher-S
[ished. To his surviving and bereaved familyf
j and personal friends, belong especially the
remembrance of his private virtues.
As an expression of our feelings on this mel
ancholy occasion, the citizens of Muscogee
county, now assembled, do resolve—
1. That we fully appreciate the elevated
character, tried and devoted patriotism and
eminent public services of the late General
William Henry Harris On.
2. That we deeply deplore the overwhel
ming dispensation of Divine Providence, which!
has removed from among us our venerated!
Chief Magistrate, and deprived his country ofj
his valuable services.
3. That we sincerely sympathize with the!
respected relict and other surviving friends of
the deceased.
4. That the reverend Clergy of this city and
county, be respectfully requested to notice this
melancholy event, this great national affliction
in their public discourses on the ensuing or
some succeeding Sabbath.
| 5. That the proceedings of this meeting be
[signed by the Chairman -atid Secretary, that
[the editors of this city be requested to publish
[the same, and that a copy be forwarded by the
Chairman to Mrs. Harrison, with an assurance
[of our sincere condolence.
After which, on motior, the meeting ad
fjourned. J. S. Calhoun, Chair,
j J. L. Lewis, Secretary.
i The YY’ilmington (Del.) Whaling Compa
nv’s ship Ceres, Capt. Ayres, came to anchor
opposite the Christiana, on Friday last, about
juoon, on her return from the Pacific Ocean.
I with 1950 barrels of sperm oil. We are told
[that several runaways have settled among thej
natives on the YVestern Islands, the women
being the principal attraction. It is said that
the inhabitants are a fine race, being well]
formed, about five and a half teet high, andj
otherwise well proportioned. The women fbrj
beauty are not surpassed by any others in that!
‘part of the world. Their activity on land or]
in the water i-s saiJ to be quite remarkable. [
5 For the Times.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN HEARD.
“don’t give up the ship.”
According to previous notice, a respectable
number of the Democratic Party of Heard
county, assembled at the Court-House in
Franklin, on Tuesday, the 6th instant, for the
purpose of appointing delegates to represent
the county of Heard in the Young Men’s Con
vention, to be held at the city of Milledgeville,
on the first Monday in May r.ext; when, on
Smotion of B. L. Thomasson, Esq., Joseph
■ Bankston, Esq. was called to the Chair, anti
|John T. Smith appointed Secretary.
| The object of the meeting being explained
Iby the Chair, the following Preamble and
Resolutions were offered by Giles S. Tomp
kins, Esq.
Whereas, at a meeting of the Democratic-
Republican Party of Georgia, held in the Sen
ate Cnaraber in December last, it was resolv-i
ed, that a Convention of the Democratic Young!
Men of Georgia be called, to assemble at the
city of Milledgeville, on the first Monday in
May next, for the purpose of adopting such
■measures as they may deem expedient for the
gadvaucetnent of Democratic principles.
| And whereas, the great political contest
■now going on between Federalists, Abolition
gists and Republicans for the ascendancy in
directing the future course of our Republican
institutions, and perverting them from the re
publican channel, on the scylia of Federalism.
And whereas, the election of Gen. William
Henry Harrison to the Presidency, through
mere humbuggery and cunningly devised
schemes of political demagogues, has tended
in a powerful degree to strengthen and inspire
with confidence the ranks of the Federalists,
and throw the reins of government into the
hands of those ancient and inveterate enemies
of the doctrines of the Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions of ’9B and ’99.
And whereas, the appointment of Webster,
[Granger, Badger and others, universally ac
knowledged, known Federalists and Aboli
tionists, to a high seat in the councils of our
snation, is well and amply calculated to arouse
[the indignation of every Southern Democrat,
sand throw off the superficial veil: Therefore,
sbe it
] Resolved, That vve cordially approve of the
for which the Democratic Young Men’s]
i Convention, has been called, and we will use
|all honorable means in fulfilling the wishes of
jOur party.
‘i Be it further Resolved, That a Committee
|of eight be appointed by the Chair, whose du
(ty it shall be to select a delegation of young
I men to represent the county of Heard in the
I Convention, to be held in the city of Milledge
uville on the first Monday in May next.
| The Chair proceeded to appoint a commit
jjtee of eight, whose duty it was to select a
‘delegation of young men to represent the
of Heard in said Convention, who, in
of that duty, retired and appointed
|the following gentlemen as delegates, to wit:
\Giles S. Tompkins, John T. Smith, F. P.
I Palmer, Charles M. Smith, Joseph E. Dent,
J. W. Ileiflin, John H. Garrett, Thomas M.
Awbrey, Wm. A. Norton, YV. S. Winkfield,
F. I). Bowen, F. T. Holley, Jno. B. Douglass,
YY r m. H. Lancaster, B. F. Ilaynes, and A. B.
Brown.
The meeting was addressed by B. L. Tho
masson and Giles S. Tompkins, Esqrs. in fa-
I"vor of the preamble and resolutions, which, on
motion, were unanimously adopted.
On motion of F. D. Bowen,
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
and the Democratic papers of this State re
f quested to publish the same.
I JOSEPH BANKSTON, Chairman.
[ John T. Smith, Secretary.
For the Times.
DEMOCRATIC YOUNG MEN’S MEET-
I ING IN STEWART COUNTY.
I The meeting was organized by ca:ling Judge
[J. C. Hamilton to the Chair, and J. T. Sims as
I Secretary.
| On motion; Col. H. H. Lumpkin stated the
■object of the meeting.
I The following resolutions, proposed by
■ Uriah G. Mitchell, Esq. were unanimously
■adopted ’
| Ist. Resolved; That this meeting has heart
lily convened to-day; under invitation of Wm.
lA. Fort, Esq. and Dr. J. TANARUS, Sims.
2d. Resolved; That vve cordially approve
Sthe object of the Democratic Republican Con
ivention, proposed to be held in Milledgeville in
1 May next.
I 3d. Resolved, That this meeting feel an un
-1 wavering’ confidence in the constitutional rec- !
titude of the past and present principles of
their patry.
4th. Resolved, That as individuals we must
lament the rumored death of President Harri-!
son. YVe profess no favor, nor anticipate any
good from his Executive administration, but rej
gret we must that America has lost a citizen;!
and more so, that she has lost a President. I
sth. Resolved, That a committee of 25 be|
appointed by the Chairman, to meet with ourj
fellow-citizens in May next at Milledgeville,’
S Glh. Resolved that vve have sanguine con-!
[fidence in the re-election of Charles J. Me-’
[Donald, and that, too, because he has admin-!
[istered the Republic of Georgia not as Charles’
jfJ. McDonald, not as a Democratic partisan—*
Shut as the Governor of the People, the Gov A
lernor of the State of Georgia.
Delegates appointed under the sth resolu-’
Ilution : Rob’t Rives, 11. 11. Lumpkin, B. J. Jj
Mitchell, Bright Miller, YV. C. Spier, John!
[Porter, James Nelson, J. J. Cranberry, Z.l
[Williams, J. T. Sims. YV. B. Rives, George*
I Powell, D. F. Sapp, Jasper Dennrd, Isaiah!
Davis, Alex. Irwin, R. YV. Fort, E. F. Kirksey,]
John YY’hite, YV. A. Fort, Samuel Fleming. I
| Resolved, That the proceedings of thisj
meeting be signed by the Chairman and Sec
jretary, and publication requested in the Co
lumbus Times.
J. C. HAMILTON, Chairman.
J. T. Sims, Secretary.
Claiborne, Ala. March 28,1841.
To the Editors of Papers in Columbus, Georgia :
| Having seen in a paper, published in Fort!
:Gaines, Early county, Georgia, a publication!
signed by John A. YVood, in which my name]
and Jte name of my brother are brought into!
no enviable connection, being associated with!
Jlhose of YV. H. Johnston and J C. Spencer,!
[characters with whom I should beg to be ex
cused from being named on the same day, or
[on the same sheet of paper. And having
noticed further, that the papers in Columbus
are requested to copy, this is to warn you from
putting this publication in your papers. I will]
teach John A. Wood that my name is not tojjj
be thus used, at the word of such outlawed!
[scoundrels as YY T . 11. Johnston and J. C. Spen-jg
[oer. Yours, &c.
YVM. H. R. WOOD. §
| Extra Sessions. —The Baltimore Repub
lican gives the fo’lowing as the extra sessions
of Congress which have been called since]
the organization of the Government. There]
was some show of necessity for convening
Congress upon these occasions; not, as now,
when no manner of necessity exists for such)
an enormous expense to the people for no
good purpose:
I John Adams was inaugurated on the 4’h ofj
[March, 1797. He convened Congress Mayj
116,1797. His first annual address was deliv-t
jered Nov. 23, 1797.
Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated 4th of!
jM rch, 1801. He ordered a called session!
[October 16, 1303.
[ James Madison was inaugurated -Ith March. |
[lßo9. He convened Congress May 23, 1809,1
also, on the 25th May, 1813. |
| Martin Van Buren was inaugurated 4th of*j
[March, 1837, and convened Congress 4th ofj
.September, 1837.
From the Glide. t
DEMISE OF PRESIDENT HARRISON—ACI
CESSION OF VICE PRESIDENT TYLER.fi
YVe despatched an extra by yesterday”
mornii g’s mails, announcing the be ith of the
President, and we copy below the official!
not res ot lhe event from the National Intel-1
ligencer of this morning, To them vve add|
nothing, save a general impression as to£
the origin of the disorder which terminated so?
rnpidlv in dissolution ihe correspondent!
of ihe Journal of Commerce alluded to it, in
the first moment of the attack:
“ The President is unwell. Many have predicted
that there would be a fatal re-actcnin his system after
he late excitements and change of habits that he has
undergone.” /
Pres dent Harrison had recently been involv
ed in a continual whirl of agitation. His par
ticipation in the various triumphal processions,
fetes, ball?, etc. with which he was every
where greeted, and which were continued un
jjiil closed by those which followed the inaugu
j a tion—the eager and constant press made
j upon him since, bv the multitude who have
Ijiursoed him for office, and the excitement
[growing out of lire arbitrament of discordant
[claims —was more than one, truly represen
ied bv his physicians as suffering under age
and debility, could long bear. The bodily la
bor lie endured, apart from the weight upon
nis mind, was more than he had strength to
support. For a time, sustained by the exhil
aration of the animating events lie passed
through, his constitution bore up beyond ex
pectation, But restlessness, anxiety, and le
ver foilovved, and as it seems, from the report
of physicians, inflammation and derangement
was found to have affected all his vital or
gans.
From causual information which we have
had from time to time, it seems that too little
consideration was felt by his political friends
tor his condition. \Ve understand that before
he could reach the breakfast table iu the mor
ning, he was frequently Waylaid in the hall,
and persecuted fur office—that his rooms Were
generally thronged by Ihe time lie rose from
table, and that on some occasions, when un
der the necessity of holding communication
wish his Secretaries, he was obliged to make
his escape the back way.
It is ju t to Gen Harrison to say, that, not
withstanding this press upon him by men who
| claimed to have given him power, iujresis-j
icd the ruthless proscription which has been]
carried on in his name. Several vve know]
Ihe saved who had been marked lor sacrifice.!
[Others were removed to whom lie had giv-[
en assurances they should be spared, and]
[ who were afterwards informed by him that!
[ne did not know they were dismissed. Antl[
| can any hold him responssble lor the long 4 istf
ol worthy men and excellent officers vvliol
vere struck from lhe roll during the in which [
he himselt lay upon the bed of death? Du-[
ring the week many clerks were dismissed]
E from the Departm nis, and expressly told]
g dial it was exclusively on political grounds,]
I Amongthem v.as Mr. Gouge of the Treasury
j ‘tie eminent author of the work on banking,
I who was recommended to his station by his
extensive information apd high character as
i man, not as a partisan, lor lie never was
one. This hecatomb of victims who were
struck down during General Harrison’s illness,
many of whose families are now turned out
in a sort of orphanage ..on the world, must
have been made in the spirit of heathen times
when sacrifices of unfortunate prisoners by
custom attended the fall of an illustrious chief.
A decent regard for appearances, ought to
have suspended this distressing p-ocess ol re
movals while the Chief Magistrate, who alone
could authorize it, was too ill to attend to a
n.v of his duties. The successor of President
Harrison, a man in the prime n| life, and ca
pable of looking into the condition of tilings
lor himself—one who must leel the responsi
bility of his place, and who may emertain a
desire to maintain the position acquired by
accident, through the approbation of the peo
p'e—will probably set some bounds to tht
proscription, which vve understand was inten
ded to be carried on until every Democra
was swept from office. One of lhe Secreta
ries has distinctly avowed that the Democrats
should all he removed, because they would
have no spies in the Departments. YY’iii
President Tyler sanction the doctrine that
secrecy is to be the law of the Government,
and that no man is to remain in employment
who cannot be relied on to conceal the abuse’
which his superiors are unwilling to expose r
I As it regards the general policy of tht
■ Government, the new presiding officer comes
Bin under fortunate circumstances lor his fame,
gif he has courage and independence equal t<
91 he occasion. He was nominated not as con
Scarring in principle with the Northern party
■ who controlled in the selection of the Presi
[ deutial candidate of the YVhigs, hut to concil--
| iate the South taking for Vice President one
jj representing its principles. Mr. Tvlf.r was
5 known to be opposed to a National Lank, as
[ both unconstitutional _and inexpedient. He
[ was known to he opposed to a National Debt
| —to a Protective Tariff'—to National Inter
I nai Improvements—in a word, that he was a
gSouthern man with Southern principles, of tht
■ Virginia school. If tie now resalves to assert
Jihose principles; as Ihe guides of his admims
stration, he cannot look lor the support of
liMes-trs. Clay and Wester, and the politi
acians whose hopes hang upon them—he can
gnot look for support from Abolitionists and
gAnlimasons, nor the party of the Nations
ißank, But if he throws himself updn the
in the maintenance of the doctrines
sos the Virginia school, lie can command es
il’ectua I support. The whole South must sup
gsort him on the score of principle, and for lo
fcal considerations, and the Democracy of lli<
SNorlh has invariably rallied to a man against
|Federalism, no matter what hand has raised
|the standad of resistance.
1 Mr. Tyler has no alternative but to setup
[lor himself on his avowed principles, or to sur
[render them absolutely and become the pli
jant instrument of other men’s ambition. He
[must acquiesce in all Mr. Clay's schemes—
[give his assent all the mischieviousultra con
solidating measures necessary to effect them
[or he must make op his mind to quarrel with
[him. Mr. Clay’s resolve is to be “Ccciar or
toothing.”
REPORT OF THE PHYSICIANS.
Washington* Apri 4, 1841.
1 Dear Sir; In compliance with the request
[made to us by yourself and the other gentle-3
[men of the Cabinet, the attending and con-1
suiting physicians have drawn up the abstract j
of a report on the President’s case, which I \
herewith transmit to you.
Y'ery respectfully, your ob’t serv’f,
THO. MILLER, |
Attending Physician. j
|To the Hon. D. Webster, Secretary of Stale.
| On Saturday, March 27, 1841, President
I Harrison, after several days’ previous indispo-
Bsition, was seized with a chill, and other symp-
Toms of a fever. The next day pnuemonia,
iwiih a congestion of the liver, and derange
iinent of the stomach and bowels was ascer
itained to exist. The age and debility of the
■patient, with the immediate prostration, for-
Ibade a resort to general blood-letting. Top.cal
[depletion, blistering, and appropriate internal
j remedies, subdued, in a great measure, the
[disease of the lungs and liver; but the stom
jjach and intestines did not regain a healthy
[condition. Finally, on the 3d of April, at 3|
[o’clock, p. m. profuse diarrhoea came on, under]
[which he sank, at thirty minutes to 1 o’clock,!
[on the morning of the fourth.
I The last words uttered by the President, as|
■ heard by Dr. Worthington, were these : “ Sir.®
if wish you to understand the true principles!
of the Government I wish them carried out.l
jl ask nothing more.
THO. MILLER. M. D. g
Attendins Physician.*
FRED. MAY. M. Dj ’ f
N. W. WORTHINGTON,M Df
J.C. HALL. M. D. §
A. ALEXANDER. M. D. |
Consulting Physicians. E
ITO THE ALDERMEN OF THE CITY ■
COUNCIL. (
Gentlemen It is my official duty, to in-f
form you that the Court decided this morning,?
tve had not the right to tax Bank Stock.—l
.The law under which we attempted to coi-g
■ 1 ct tax on Bank Slock, is as follows :
I The City Council shall have power “to levy a taxa
of not exceeding titty per centum over the State tax onl
■ all persons, articles and professions, subject to taxa-S
,tidn by the laws of this State, and on all stocks of a
merchandise not exceeding two and a halfpei cent, oiij
the capital employed.” fe
This section or clause of the law contains!
our whole authority upon the Subject of tax
ation. If it gives us no right to tax Bank
Stock, (and here I do not intend to question
the decision of the Court.) does it give us ?
right to tax houses and lots, negroes, auc
tioneers, livery stables, drays, carriages, note
shavers or persons who employ their money
at interest, ietail license, or any Os those ob
jects of taxation, not expressly named in the
above section ot the law ? There is no term
or expression of the law which would em
brace any of those objects or privileges, more
clearly or fully, that; Bank Stock. It there
hire, we cannot tax Bank Stock, I think we
‘should not tax any of the subjects which id
‘have named, and which heretotbre have been
considered and treated as the proper and le
'gitimute objects of taxation ? The question
diere presents itself, what property is em
braced in the term, articles ? What does the
word mean? and what did the Legislature
.intend by the use of it, standing where it does
in the part of the section, 1 have quoted a
hove? Did they not intend to give the City
Council of Columbus the power, by the use
,of that word, to tax all the different kinds of
property, privileges and objects, which the
‘state by her own laws, makes the subject of
[taxation? If the law is not susceptible of
[such construction, it certainly means nothing,
jlor the word articles, represents no subject
[matter of taxation. There is nothing call s
[ed articles, which can be found in the list or I
‘table df taxable property set Ibrth by the lawsl
[of the Slate? VVe must then take it in its j
■representative or relative character—and asj
=it has been decided and setiltd by (lie Court,!
ithat it does not represent bank stock, I shall
[insist, it cannot represent houses and lots, ne
‘groes, dravs, livery stables, brokers, black
smith forges, retail license, nor any other oh
fject nr privilege, heretofore taxed by the City
[Ordinances.
| lam aware, gentlemen, in taking this posi- r,
jftion, our City will suffer a heavy loss in her £
[annual resources, hut 1 had lathercut oft en- i
[tirely the means of the City, than do injus-|
[tice, particularly in taxation, to the hum- I
[blest ot her citizens. There is another view |
sos this question, which confirms my mind, in I
|the correctness and propriety of the course 11
Ihe re recommend. The taxes of our leflow-f
by recent legislation, have been alar-1
rmingly increased, and their oppression has!
[already waked up public opinion. The peo
'ple begin to enquire how it is, that every
f year their burthens are made greater, when
Ijlhey are flattered with the hope and promise
that each succeeding Legislature would re
lieve instead of increase their embrrassmeiiis.
!At a time like this, and under ihe exisle ice
of facts so plain end so sensibly experienced
by all, the question come up for our action
as the Legislature of this City. Shall we
[impose taxes under the authority of at least
!a doubtful power, upon the properly of our
[cit zens, when the Banks which embrace the
portion of the actual capital and
of the City, are exempted by law of
our incorporation, under the decision of his
Honor Judge Welborn? Il certainly is noth
ing blit just and equitable, that we should so
regulate our proceedings as to make the hur-j
Ithens and expenses of the City fall wilh a]
Iproper proportion on all. That is a wreebedj
sand oppressive system of government, which!
bv its legislation, relieves or exempts one por-j
lion of the people from taxation, arid impo |
ses the wholeburihens on Ihe other. Eve jj
rv act or measure which has for its object ili< t
encouragement of this system, should be|
tpr molly resisted. There e>ists too great at
propensity in ibis country to give to all incor-t
porations, dangerons and exclusive powers.—t
Such grants should awaken the attention o,£
the people, and amuse to v ig.ienee and actioiil
all ihe friei ds lo equal rights. I cannot fort
the life of me, see why the investment of fif|
ty thousand dollars in Bank Slock, in any oft
ihe Banks of this cily hv one citzien, should?
any more exempt his fifty thousand dollais!
from taxation, than that of another citi-|
izen who builds a fine Ware House and lays!
out lor this market the same amount. Yei|
under the very law of our incorporation the*
Bank man cannot be taxed for his Bank Stock*
while the Merchant is made made in his*
slock of merchandize the special subject of a|
high tax. Why should this be so? Isßankl
Slock more useful to the community, than!
merchandise—or is the Bank man a
‘citizen, a more useful member of society, that]
lie is raised above the reach of taxation?—]
Whilst the merchant who, by his enterprise]
increases our commerce —gives to business]
pits life and tone, is made to leel the heaviest]
I weight of taxation ! In all such cases there]
Sexists an inequality and injustice by the law!
gvvhich is not compatible wilh proper and jus:]
gjlegislation.
H Theri ihe question is presented to ns—j
I what shall we do? I answer we can refuse!
to collect anv taxes, unless we can exact!
them from all our citizens equally, & in propor-f
lion to the property they own. It is notour!
fault that the Banks pay no tax; 1 may add; it is!
not the fault of the Banks, nor the Court who!
decided ihis question, hut the fa till of the law!
making power of the State who granted mu!
charter. The people, our Constituents, musil
call upon the next Legislature, through their!
Representatives, to have the laws of our in- E
corporation so amended and defined, as to|
give the City Council Ihe right to tax the|
Banks as well as the people.
Until this is done, I recommend to you gen |l
tlemen, a total repeal of every and all lax or-|
(finances, now in force ; and that our
pay noother taxes than such as the laws o'|
die State require to he paid to the lax Col- |
(lector of Muscogee Cotintv.
JOHN L. LEWIS, Mayor. |
j Aprill"2ih, IS4I.
[ The following Resolution was adopted by t
[Council: — |
| Resolved, That three hundred copies of the I
[communication of his llondr the Mayor, rela s
[five to the imposing of taxes for the present *
[year, be printed under the superintendence of |
]the Clerk, and distributed amongst our fellow- |
[citizens; and, that the further considerations
the postponed until the next meeting of thegj
Council. g
| A true copy from the Journal, as passed by§
fthe City Council. ‘ , g!
WM. A. DOUGLASS, Clerk, g;
f Council Chamber, April 12th, 13-11. g’
Oglethorpe University. —lt a fiords vs
Scrreat pleasure to learn, that not wilhstanding
iihe unparalleled difficulties ot tfie limes, tht
icountry i a nobly doing its dutv in coming np
ito the aid of this admirable institution. Tht
| [lev. Professor Talma doe, during a reeem
Svisit to South Carolina ot a feiv weeks, has.
Iwe understand, succeeded in obtaining sub.
iscriptions to the amount of nearly four thou
| sand dollars. The Rev. Mr. Chamberlain,
fin another direction, during the past two or
jfhree months, has likewise obtained in a simi
lar way upwards of three thousand dollars.l
[This speaks most honorably for the couniryl
i'and for the institution, and gives ample assn-fi
Vance that the embarrassments which havefi
for some time hung over it, will soon be at arig
end. The almost unexampled success of this!
‘new and rising nursery of sound learning andj
high morality, in connection with its most fa-g
vorable position for heal'b, and easy access!
from ail prominent quarters, united with the!
honest and indefatigable efforts of its able!
I acuity, ta promote the highest interests of its,
afford an earnest not to be mistaken,!
of what it is destined to become—an honor*
and a blessing to our country and our people.!
I—Southern Recorder.
f o reTgnT
From the New York Sun—Extra. .
I ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH QUEEN.
| Late and highly important from England.
sGreat excitement in relation to the McLeod Aflair—|
I Naval and Military preparations aga nst the United
I States—Fierce for war—Fame produced by
news taken out by the George Washington in rela-s
Ijjjtuin to the Bank of the United States—Late ne w 1
from China, India ami Egypt, by extraordinary ex-i
press, and furnished by a special express to thej
Sun alone.
Our London Agent, acting upon our spe |
cial instructions to run an Express exclusive'!
]y for the New York Sun, whenever any news]
of importance warranted the expense, started]
from London for Portsmouth and Spithead, on
the morning papers of the 10t.Ii, with all the
London morning papers of that date, and our
usual files and letters from correspondents.
| The people of England appear to have been
panic struck at the intelligence which reach
led that country by the packets George Wash
ington, United States and Westchester, from
[New York. The first named vessel took out
[the news ot the stoppage of the United States
IBank—the second that of the indictment of
[McLeod, and the Westchester Mr. Pickens’
[Report in Congress on the McLeod affair.—
[These three causes combined, created a sud
den panic among all classes of persons, and
[the Funds at the Stock Exchange were mate
rially lowered in consequence.
We find it utterly impossible in our limited
space, to give at this moment even a synopsis
;of the comments of the press upon this intel
ligence, but upon Mr. Pickens’ Report, which
seems to have created the greatest shock, the
[Globe says—“ The painful etfect which this
I ntemperate ‘party document’ must otherwise
[produce on the strongly cherished hopes of the’
■people of this country, of an amicable adjust
■ meiit of the dispute, will be much relieved by]
fthe tone of the principal speakers in the de-j
jbate which ensued n the question of printing!
fthe Report.
We see nothing in this manifesto of empty!
and unreasonable denunciations, qualified as|
they are by the strong expressions of dissent|
and reprobation with which it was received, to I
[shake our belief that peace will be preserv-r
ed. I
! The Morning Chronicle of the 9;h says |
;Thc publication of this report created consul-!
[erable uneasiness. In this feeling, we confess,!
[we do not altogether participate. The very
[men who drew up this document.—it is plain
> upon the face of it—must have felt they were
[putting their names to a cause upon no nation
{would venture to enter upon hostilities. The
f language of the report is not the language ot
■'men who either were convinced that they had
[a good cause, or were determined to go to ex
[tremities in a bad one.
i The Times saysWe shall not quote from
[this offensive and unjust trade, but we earnest
ly invoke our readers to study it in extenso
[for themselves, and then judge themselves
[what chance exists of fair or just treatment
Slbr Great Britain from those au'horities with
[which such a catalogue of insults could have
loriginated.
1 If the Harrison Government he, as we be
llieve it will be, against the report, is there not
[ground to fear that they may be too feeble to
[resist the war faction]
3 From the Money articles in the same papers,
| we find that the American news caused a pan
lie in the markets.
1 The Despatch says, “the stoppage of the U.
gS. Bank will cause a great deal of misery here
las well as in America. Shares which brought
f two years ago £24, are now anxiously sold at
|i£l4 10s.”
| The Morning Herald says, “the financial!
Band political news -from New York produced a
|considerable impression on the Stock Market,
|but the depth of this impression would be ill
!? measured by the actual decline merely ii
['quotations on stocks, for it must be rernember
ired that the funds were ori the rise, and with
|a firm tendency to a greater rise still,
| The Globe of the 8i h says The arrival of
?the Westchester from New York, whence she
on the lGth of February, brings certain
f information that the Congress of the United
■tStates, by the large majority of 1 Oil against 68,
| had voted in favor of the report on the M’Leod
|affair, which was calculated to excite hostili
ties with England. The subject being thus
|taken up by Congress, the Government must
|of course act in conformity with the will ot Ihe
| majority, and therefore the chance of seeing
| the acts of the inferior jurisdiction of the State
|of New York over-ruled by the Gin r-1 Gov-,
t eminent no longer exists. It makes the dan
eger of a collision more imminent than it was
jr before. Our citizens, viewing it in this light,
f have shown a much greater degree of alarm
|regarding the question this morning, that;
gthey did on the receipts of the previous com
;municat.ion; and stocks fell 3-8 or 1-2 per
I'cent, immediately after the opening ofbusi
| ness.
i In the House of Lords on the evening ot
[the Bth, reference to the Congress report, its
[etlect upon the funds, &c., was made by the
■Earl of Mountcashel, who felt disposed to doubt
[the authority of the document, and appeared
‘to suspect that it had been got up for. tock-job
‘bing purposes. He thought that, if genuine, (
j a document more violent had never been pen
ned by ono country respecting another; ami
lie put the question to Lord Melbourne wheth
er her xMajesty’s Government considered the
‘document genuine or no', ami whether any
[official information had been received on the
subject.
! Lord Melbourne replied that he was no’
able to answer these questions, but he appre
hended that no doubt could be entertained of]
the authenticity of the document.
MOST IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE I |
A saUIDKOX ORDERED TO AMERICA l
| The Times and other papers stale as a posi-
Itive fact that some part ot the squadron, l>e
slieved to consist of ten sail of the line, winch
|had been engaged on the coast of Syria, had
sheen suddenly ordered oil the coast ol Amer
ica, to support the remonstrance of the British
[Minister, Mr. Fox, against the “judicial mur
der of McLeod.”
Infantry for Halifax.
j The Times also states, that “three battal
ions had been put suddenly under orders for
(Halifax,” and adds, “God knows how the home
service of the realm could he fnrnished after
jtheir departure.”
9 The Atlas says, “War with America must
sand will as surely follow upon the murder of
IMcLeod, as the light of morning follows the
fdarkness of night ; but then this war will be
Ja war without any definite object, except re-
Srenge for an injury which car not be aton
ed.””
We cannot occupy any more space with
i his exciting subject at this time, but we promise
:o refer to it again hcroafter.
The news from the Continent we find of ve
ry little interest.
In France every thing is as quiet as at our|
former dates. if
China, India and Egypt.
By an extraordinary express from Marsail
les, in anticipation of the overland mail from]
[lndia, late intelligence from China, from the!
[several presidencies of India, from Alexandria,!
jand from most of the ports in the Medi terra-1
Inean, was received in London on the morn-j
ling 1 of the lOih, and was brought by express!
[to Liverpool by our agent at London, in£
[season to be despatched by the British
[Queen.
The great object of interests in the intelli-
Igence received by thi3 express is the state of
the British relations with the Chinese Govern-
ImenL The ncgociations up to the 18th of De
cember, which is the latest date of the news
from Macao, appear to have proluced nothing,
[for the Chinese are desirous of shuffling an and
delay.
\ Tranquility prevailed in India, and the in
telligence by the express brought nothing of
[importance from any of the presidencies.
.From our correspondent, by express trom London td
Southampton.
| Half past 12 o'clock, London, March 10.
|The greatest excitement prevails in the cit),
by the promulgation of the news
‘by the overland mail from India and China. —
Ii Tea has suddenly risen in price, and the stock
|market is very much depressed, and exhibits a
Bdownward tendency.
8 1 have not time to add another word, am only
enabled to write this with a pencil on my way
|to Southampton by an Express Train. A
fc steamer will be ready to convey me to the
[.British Queen, with all your despatches.
Your humble servant. 4*- Q-
A Letter of Recommendation. —A youth
ful Neapolitan of high rank having a strong
[passion for the military service, and despair
ing of an opportunity of acquiring distinction in
his own country, resolved to seek employment
jin the Austrian army. With this view, beset
■out for Vienna, furnished with some letters of
[recommendation. On the road thither became
[to an Inn in the Austrian Territory—where he
found himself with three strangers, with whom
[he desired permission to sup; and as travel
jlers are generaly glad of having company,
■he was readily enough admitted. The stran
gers were Germans. At the table, the Nea
politan related his story, and told them what
Ihis views were. One of the strangers, after
■ having very composedly heard him, told him
{lie thought he was on r bad plan, for that after
jso long a peace, and such a prodigious num
• her of the Austrian nobility as wanted employ
jinent, he saw little likelihood of a stranger
[obtaining a post in the army. The young
fgentleman answered that he was determined
jfto continue his journey; that he felt all the
•justness of the reasons opposed to him ; that
|in truth there was but little chance of his suc
ceeding; hut that it was, however not quite
f impossible; that on observing his thorough
[‘good will for the service, something might he
I done to procure him an introduction into it.—
ITo this, he added a fair account of himself,
C named the repectable person by whom lie was
I recommended; and still allowing there was
Ihardly any prospect of realizing his hopes, he
ieonfessed fie could not prevail upon himself to
|give them wholly up. The Austrian travel
ator, who had been the first to dissuade him, theft
|said, “Well, since nothing can put off your
prospect, 1 will give you a le:ter for General
s Lacy, that may tie of use to you.” The Nea
politan pursued his journey. On his arrival at
| Vienna, he waited on General Lacy, and de
livered him all his letters of recommendation
that of the traveller, which he hap
pened to have mislaid. The General read
them, and told him ho was very sorry lie could
snot serve him, there being an absolute impos
jsibility just then, of procuring any appoint--
iment for him.
The Italian had laid his account with some
such answer, but did not absolutely give the
point up; and, accordingly, for several days
lie continued to present himself at the gener
al’s levee. At length he had his hands upon
the letter which lie had mislaid, and carried tt
to the general, to whom he made an excuse
for having forgotten it, giving him to under
stand, as lie related in what manner he came
by if, that he had not annexed to it much im
portance. The general opened it, appeared
surprised, and after having read, “Do you
■ know,” said he, “who it was that gave you
(this letter’. 1 ” “No.” “It was the Emperor
[himself (Joseph II.) You ask me so- a l eii
lenanl’s commission, and he orders me :o c i.o
you a captain’s.”
Steamin’ Naval Waufare.t--It is evident
(that in case of a war with a maratime power,
as France or the United States, Great Jjriliaii
[would place great reliance on her steam tri
[ga'.es —a vast number of which, heavily armed,
she would be able, even at the present time,
to bring into action. The power of steam, as
lan agent in naval warfare, has been forcibly
demonstrated by the bombardment and capture
of Acre. Gen. Bonaparte, in 1791), besieged
this strong fortress tor fifty-two days, with an
[army of 10,000 men, without success. But a
British fleet, composed of line of battle ships,
and steam frigates with guns of immense cali
bre, demolished batteries and blew up the for
tress in a lew hours! Steam ships of war are
[independent, in a great, degree, of the \\ in 1
laud the weather—and can choose their own
i point and time of attack, and advance or re
jlroat, or change their position at pleasure,
a It is by no means surprising that the Brit
jish, fully aware of their superior power in this
respect, should already raise the shout of “lo
:Triumphe 1” and their papers should teem
[with language, such as is held in the following
[paragraph from the Liverpool Standard :
i “i he only serious danger that ever pre
sented itself in the case ot an attack upon a
ii- ; maratirne fortress* by an adequate naval for, e
| —namely, the danger oi being unable to with
of fdiaw from the land, is now at a.i end ; and as
Is f the easy reduction of all the Syrian fortresses,
ie Im succession, demonstrate* no city or fort on
b; [the sea, however strong soever it may be for*
id [tificd, can count upon resisting a British fleet
j_ [for twenty-four hours* consequently no coast
e, sis any longer inaccessible to a British military
; we may be said to be on the coniines
so (sos every maratirne nation for all purposes of
i-fjattack though happily ourselves unassilable ;
ie gjaTid, therefore, whatever nation, having a sea
iy ifooast, shall make war upon us, must line that
e Iccast from end to end with troops, or calculate
[upon having the war upon its own soil, and in
)■ fa Snot chosen at our own discretion. Such
fare the immense advantages which the new
)f [arm in war—steam navigation—has conferred
lupon us, to keep them as long as we shall be
table to maintain our naval ascendancy.”
| While England and France are extending
. si heir naval forces and resources, by means of
- |this tremendous agent, steam, what is doing by
he Government of the United States? llow
j many steam frigates could we bring into ac
. tion immediately, in case of war with a foreign
, ‘power? Not one! unless, indeed, the Fulton
. [may be pronounced one. We have two now
[building, which we hope will not prove entire
-.failures*—one of which will be launched in a
jfew days, and the other in the spring; and th : s
|is the amount of our steam naval force ! And
Sj\ve cannot increase this force by ■purchasing
Iis foam vessels built for other purposes—as our
[steam navigation is confined almost exclusive
ly to our rivers and lakes—and the steamboats
jare slightly bui t, and could not be used as
jWar steamers on the coast. Not so, however*
I with Great Britain. In that country there are
a great many large and strong built steamboats,
which navigate the North Sea, the Irish Chan
nel, the English Channel, or run as packets
to Lisbon, the Mediterranean, and across the
Atlantic. These vessels are well calculated
.tor war-service, and in case of a war, would
be transformed with but little delay, into steam
frigates; and the ocean would be traversed
[with them in all d.ructions. Under these cir-
Bcumstances it behooves us to build steam fri-
Bgates, and to put our maratirne fortifications in
Border, that we may be prepared for the worst,
a—Boston Mercantile Journal.
1 A Foreign Call.—The Churchman states
hat the Rt. Rev. Bishop Doane has been in-,
[vited to preach the consecration sermon at
the opening of the Rev. Dr. Hook’s church,
in Leeds, Eng., and that he will sail hence
‘or that purpose in July.
Alderman. —A moving sepulchre in which
are depo-ited, dead turkies, chickens, pigs,
and turtle fat.