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Gen. Harrison has ar:“tii*-.:«;d to denv the charge al>. j and as*-. -- 1.„ >. of havi.ig voted. in the o|j r |a(gr. of Oh: . for * her pntiding for the < It* of while men into (;t:i lio flu .tr »av, lli.lt the records of the L'-gi-laturc h ire Lct ii fiil sifi'.-l ! l*g. Coast. F .'«*» fi* t V» r.r.loar.ion. tee wbm: circi. •>' V v ’ • • A* the Wl.iJ* attempt n defence of Ham**:! - ' t -uduct, in v i::g t , retain n section of a law pmri.iiey for the sal • of white TRtn into bo idage, wt «ii!j~i;i from the K eystoae, a cratified extract fram iI, Journal* of the Senate of Ohio, in rrft r ence to the mailer in question, with nn extract from the speech of Gen. Roller: i ror of striking out the section fi.-vcr it. ! hr the YYhig candid ite. ii will be that Governor i,u~ i, then took 'tie- ..rone Tiews of the proposition, which is now taken of it by the democratic press, throughout the country: 11 1 tract from /•'< J , i.-nal ~F / c >/, o f Oh io. Tt r J i;.39, I 21. ** The Senate m t y»*;rsu «:it to adjourc in ?‘ *. **. The Senate to**:’, according to the orJcr of the and iv, r -oh** 1 it-i !f into ,-t committer* of the uh ,'<*• upon she “ hill frp:*i the House, en’i i il an a t l ir tlr puniihfne.it of si;j < '■ ncj .t therein name-1,” and after fate tim • s ( u nt there in, the Speaker, (Aden Trim! !e,) rent med thr chair. “ Mr. Fithian then moved Jo strike out the 19 h sceiina of the said hill, as follows: “ lit i! Jurt'ur at net. /, i’inl, uliin nay person shall In? imprisoned, ruin r up.ii titration, or of he rtrise, fur the non payment of fine or r-sts. or both, it shall lie lawful for the Sheriff of the county to *ll out sueh J a.- lay per son within this State, who will pav the w hale a:n~.iii:t tlu". for the .-’*‘*r:e»t peri od of service, of nid gj a:-, ihiitj notiee shall he given T. least i. :i il iv*, mid up on such sale ht-iiij effected,"the Siit-riff sliall give to the fiitrchn i-r a certificate thereof, and deliver nn r th ■ prisoner to Mm, fimo which timetl .ween such purchaser anj the prioner shall he flint of Mtsrrn and sv.u.wr until the time of service expires; and for injuries done by either, r. medy shall lie had in the same manner 1 ii, or mav In- provi ded by law in the n.- of m -u-rantl np prcntiees. lint nothing hen in contained shall h-j construed to prevent persons being discharged from iuipriiument ac cording to the provisions if the thirl v setenth section of llic not to which this i supplementary, if it slwli |.e couiih red expedient to “rant such discharge: Pro vided, the court in pronouncing aav such person rnuvjrtcd uud r th? act, or the act mi winch tfci- i-e supplementary, may «l*t tect such person nr jiermns to he detain ed in prison until the tine lie paid, or the person or peroons*oihf rarit-c disposed of agreeably to the prm i-ums of this act.” j “to Inch motion was decided in the af- ! lirmaJive : yeas 20, nays I-. ** And the yeas ami nays being requir ed, «!. i in': in I 'it* tiive were, Messrs. H-ar-*l.y, Drown, I ithian, Gass. Heaton, Jennings, I me.,s,.Alnihcws, McLaughlin, McMih in, W wen in. Robb, Russell, Scotit IJ,She!!>y,Sp . e» r, Sione, '■ Swearingtoa, Thumps. ■», Vfonioidt ri"— *>. “ And those who rat .1 in the negative were, Messrs. Baldwin, Cole, Foo«, Fos ter, (WILLI \ V, H. Ii VRRI3ON.) Me- I er, and Sjwakcr—l Secrttifu Strrtds O ) Coluin’ms, t >hi », Scj.l. Ii) piid. | J cert: .' ill : th** foregoing is a true, and accurate copy from the Journals of the Senate of the SlnJe of Ohio, being the first session of the 19th th-: . r.s! U srinbiv hi Id at Ctilimilies, December, 1?*20. CAKTK'I IMIARI.IX, Si cretarv ot State. General Robert Lucas, now the »j t mo cralic Gover (t *, w i tli*-n nn-tn ber of the Senate, and in she true spirit of patri itissn, made the following mnarl.: in the nip; ort of the motion made by Mr. Fiihiait, ot t'i .impaig't, so out the 19th sect sen, a true rvv j>f who*c sjiceeh, as t!i n ;>ii!>ii*!it ?. is helotar. Mr. Laei* said that lie would vote liar the motion of the gentleman from Champaign, (.ilr. Fitliinn,) to strike out the s etion. iie ennti lend it not oi . . a violation of ilia* provision of tha Con stitution of she St i: . » derlarcs that there shah be ne.*!:- r Slavery nor invol untary Servitude inti * S.aJr, l,nt it con tains principle* of the most revolting character. I: declares tha: a person who is unahle :o pay a tine, or costs, sli.ail be liable !o he su*d : and that the individual who will pay :hc fine and c> st for the •honest of rw ’. sliaii bctlie p:;r chast r. ‘•What wiii b; the ope. niton of this sec* tiau 1" said Hr. Lucas. “ \tV " ill sup pose a case: suppose one of the It.’riots of the Revolution should be in.-ultcd by an enemy of bis country, or a Torv.who hnd fought against him in the struggle for liberty, ami lie should he prorok< and tc commit na assouit, i:i ’■ fendmgtlic hon or of his government—Lv our laws lu might lie prosecuted and fitted. He is po-iy, a«*J unable ;o p~.v the tine. What would follow under ilie provisinns of this •ectionl Ife ispuldicly \DYRKTISEO FOR SALE—he is «-!*■ _gi.l y the Cr. r along the streets—tlieman rrno provoked tin* assault, bids the amount of the line and costs for th.- *’ rt< term of vrv i.--, say forty y e.r- —THU ULII I* \Tltlt*T IS KMICKCD OFF TO HIS PROS ECUTOR, ami driven in triumph mto BOND who, in a t unhurt:, and mc.tirn’, mi.*l:* be thus nubjected tu :1*« pavn-erit of« fine, would be li tlde l*e SOLD n ider »‘u section, tint! DR! 1 INTO SLA VERY BY A I REK NEGRO, should such a Negro choose to bottom- the pnr chtis-r. Tin ■ would lie rs-volting to eve ry prii* <>f humanity, and a disgrace to the n-rt- i;, which we live.” rh m tlien taken on Hr. Fu!ii.*.:i"* matian, and decided in the nf finuafive—yea#‘JO, nays l», Soihisoh \ < n- provisi-m, VOTED FOR AND Ji.. vbUl'-D ID \VV». 11. IIARRI-' *\. i! • notrfissrjjj tf JB Statute Hook of Ohio. Iti- urged by Harrison and his friends bat ibis net bad nn relation to collec t -u f.t <l. bis, mid that it was solely in *:i-1.-T jo opi rate for the punishment of nffenor s against tin* State, and to form part of the criminal law of Ohio. This being conceded, the remarks of Govcrn * r LiiCi-. in ad at tin- time, and Jo thq face of General Harrison, ami of those i who voted with him are, w c presume, to he taken a* decisive as lo what would have been lie- effect of the section, as re lates to breaches of ti e peace, if it had noth' -ti iud gnautly rejected by the Sen ate. It is likewri- admitted by the w.-st era whig papers tli.it ii would also have iijiplird t • contempts of Court. But c -1 iuw#!i—By Harrison’s own admission it i. granted tiiat lie voted for .-.!ii:ig white men into «1 tverv, a law ns odious as it was ueconstitutional. Yet this is the w hig ami au;i-ni-tso:iie candid ate for the IV -ideuev this is the man whose ear ;.u dragged a few days since liy whig vo'i-rs through the streets of I'hihiJ, !- ! plii.a ? Truly, the manner in which the -eivility was < xbibited was np[>ropriate ! r C ' I ■.) i -iat. wiciti: v. :) Tim tvt:ms. Vi hit--, during the « hole of his figuring on the political stage, until he become ‘‘the people’s nominee” for ihu I’resi dential chair, Inn hern, or professed to lie, a I) niocrat oftlie Jeffersonian school. such, he warmly and zealously siip i ported the administration of Jackson, who was elected liy the Democratic ptir ty, a:.'! has conducted his ndministration ii’.iv nhd eiiic'cntlv, oil the firm linris of those principles vrli.C* l cliaraeterixed the administrations of Jcfferton, ,iin.'.>*'»n, M uiroe. White supported nil tlie great I and h ailing inca: ur-s mid policies intro- ; duccd into Jackson’s adminiitrntion. lie ] snnporteil the Force Bill, tin* I’roclntna- j •ion, and sustained the inen.-iires adopt- ! ed by the President in relation to the re- ; rent difficulties between France and the j 1 iiit-d Stairs. H.* opposed the protcc- * live Tariff system as unjust and nppres- ; -ive. He opposed site reckless ami ruin ous system of Internal Improvement by ilu* Federal Government, which Mr. (.'lav [ end uvored to fnstcu upoti us. He uni ted with the President in opposing the i oiled States Bank, ns being a great moneyed monopoly, dangerous to, and I destructive of, the liberties oftlie people, lie oppM-i'd N’nTmciTthflTflennmreert it .is an evil calculated to undermine and up the foundation of our republican in stitutions. Tills is n true outline of tin* political history of Hugh Lawson White, up to the time he became “the people’s nomi nee” for the Presidency. Nor can it he denied, that lie, hv ins firm and con sistent course up to that time, merited, i and ju-tlv obtained, the apjWaiise of those j with whom he co-operated, and even i won many laurels to entwine the brow of j hi* growing fame. Rt;t, he ’..i-entne the “ nominee,” and j ambition, vv it ii nil its aspiring ho| e. ; , and blinding inilueticrs ; jeali u-ies, f. ars, and 1 auxictu sawoke. I le became the 14 nom ine.-,” no', indeed, oftlie people at large, but of a party opposed, in interest and • fueling, to tin- administration lie had been s i -ah u!v and warmly supporting—a j*arty composed of Ittttrtial Improvement men, Tarilfites, Raukites, and Nullifiers. win h. for tli - sake of a cognomen, huve and 'lominated tlicms Ives M i 11(«S. The la t r i- a generic term, and comprehends all the former a* species. This nlii.iiic • ! of parties, finding tla.insi lves too weak I to t:p; r; any one eandhlatc from among their own individual ranks, with a rea sonable hope of success, have thought proper to act on the “divide and con tpier” maxim, and arc now running three candidates, two of their own political complexii ■, Webster and Harrison; nnjl Judge A\ hi .-, a t/uo:u!atn Democrat, op pose 1 to all their measures, principles, , and interests. No one can denv the cor reclt-e-s of this statement. Wlm are they i—and what presses support White in the el. veil St tes in which lie has a ; ticket! I- it his former friends, the sup porter- of Jackson’s administration ? and is it ilie Democratic presses ! No. He is now to h- run in those States hv the very men whom he so bitter!v oppo - Ia sliort time ago; whose doctrine he declared endangered the institutions of the country. The Nullifiers in theSontli. is a parly, are clamorous in sounding his praise abroad, and lauding him for liis 7. and, patriotism, nod firmness. Here is a dtiiVreiice of opinion, plainly marked ijiiii widely opposed in the nominors and 44 nominee,” yet, coalescing in one com mo.-: object. Truly, if White be the firm eon.'sJrntjUnehangcJ politician that Ids • i- friei, I* would have us believe, then bis supt'orter* must have abandoned ill-, ir principl* s, or tlt«J* could not sup port him. Hero is n collision of principle which we find difficult to reconcile to consisicn cy. Will some W lug, who understands those things, reconcile them to the |*eo ph- bes »rr November, and tell them how it is. and why it is. that they support V. Inn- f \\ ill they lie kind and. candid enough to '.ell them if they do, or do not, support Inin w it I* too v ievv of 1 ringing the dee* a into tin* House, and by that i < s, tk i*. ifpniN'ion’.iV, Van Boren, I' o Dim* cnitie candidate ! Do they in temi to drop White, so soon ns the elec tion is defeated before the people, nnd run Mr llarr.son or Webster! if at a: 3'O’irxia'JtiT sst# '1 he coining electioniins # n struggle for great principles. Our party is drawn up in battle array against the friends of a great engine ol national corruption, in the shap ; of a Bank, against the advo cates of i great sy-tem of government patronage, by means of internal improve ments, against the: defenders of a sch< .no of u < *.> iry * their earn ■: ; from the■ 1 < op|N, to •ler them with a wanton prodigality, a gi mst all who maintain, that the people are not to he trusted with the conduct of their own affairs, and who ho! I, that it is morally right and politically salutary, hv means of subtle interpretations, to wrest the Constitution to the accumulation of power in theolfices of thefi dcral govern ment. Ii there are any willing to con less themselves the friends of a National Bank, of an enormous government pat rnnage and influence, of a multitude of snlniu and offices and jobs, of high taxes and levish waste of public fund i, wc do til t ( xpect their vc tes li.r the Van Cureii electoral ticket. If any are own themselves the enemies of popular r:g'it;, we do not expect their votes.— 1 hey will vote for the Harrison ticket, or they will throw away their suffrage, by forming an electoral ticket according to ■heir u.b lancy, or they will 4iecp o from the polls. Tho e, however, who bold to the Dem ocratic side oftlie question, have no ex cuse for neutrality. Th • soldier who stands still in the battle, is no hotter than a dest rter. AM t lie great political questions oftlie last eight years, are now again before tht people for the expression of their opin i >:t. Are tlic re are any who believe, that I’rcsidcnt Jackson has pursued a just, right, and beneficial course of public pol icy* and do they desire it to he continu ed ! If so, tiiey will express that belief and that desire, by supporting for Elec tors, those who will give the vote of the State to the only friend of Gen. Jackson’s policy and the only inheritor of his prin ciples, who is before the public as a can <lid.it*.. A <■; her any who bold n rs:,. trary opinion! they will naturally pro notincc their judgment against *hc aerts oftlie present .xu:.;;;iistraiion, by record ing their votes for Harrison or White, its enemies; or they will leave the polls to the '* i’igs and Nullifiers. In either case, they wiil have f 'feited their title to the iianic of Democrat.—-A”. I . /■t'ti Post. Anoijrift.MH.u, I nets, stubborn facts, now warrant us in charging the coalition of Federalists and Nullifiers, as the real Adomtion party.—lt was during the last session of Congress, that the corrupt alliance was formed between Wise and others, oftlie Di unionists and Nullifiers, and Slade nnd other fanatical Abolitionists, for the unholy purpose of agitating, and even of ifn-tlog asiimleij mir -Mm. • lican Union. Every effort was useiT §y the mad-cap tools of the Nullifiers and of the i'ederal Abolitionists, to keep up all Abolition excitement, for the purpose of advancing lie. ir party achemns, mu’ pre venting the Republican members nnd the friends ol Mr. Ann Burcri from putting a stop to the course of the fanatics, nnd dr feniiiig their purposes of agitation ard mischief! Anil yet, the pie-bald supporters of Judge V» liite have the audacity to charge Abolition upon the democratic party, when their whole conduct lias shown, that tin y are the hypocritical and corrupt fun utors and sustainers, not only of ah •- lltio.i, hut nfpnlitiral fanaticism ! Every movement of the federal nullifying party, since the adjournment of Congress, serves but to demonstrate the UuffV our charge against them. It now tttrns mi’, that the eoavtiisive horror they at one tune manifested at the bare mention of abolition, was hypocritical cant! for we see those who cali themselves Wiiito nit ii—who have pretended to found their support of AA bite upon the circumstance of his being a Southern man, opposed to abolition, «X \, wo now sot’ th aA\ hit.- Nullifiers coalescing with the friends of Gen. Harrison, an avowed Abolitionist — running unite,! tickets in A'irgima, Mis sissippi, At., pledged to vote for either Harrison or AVliite, whichever may be most likclv to get the largest opposition vote. Acs we now see the hypocrisy of these fierce declaimers against abolition ism: we see them leaguing, holding polit ical fellowship, with the notorious Abo litionists, Harrison and Granger, If it he a correct rule to judge men hv tin* company they keep, it is equally cor rect to judge politicians by their associa tions. l’v .his stand .rd, wc adjudge the Federal Nullifiers ns Abolitionists, of tlie most malignant kind.—-V. C. Standard. M AY VOKKtj^UL^M'. j nj a| JB and the other JO Electors oral districts of the State. The Conven tion adjourned on the same day. The whole went off admirably, 'rite friends of Von Suren rue confident of carrying the State, by a vote as triumphant as any given on any occasion in New York.— Among other spirited resolutions, they iii>aiiitnousiv adopted the follow iog : 44 lit sdrtd. That, win’.’ we leave the .general e! i meter and comLti.t of the Op position, and the artifices and romhiiia lio> shv which they fh:i-• -ought ]tower, to the intelligent discrimination of a pat not!C people, we deem it a duty to enter : our solemn 11 otest iigainst their present tlesign to defraud the people oftlie choice j .ftheir Chief Magistrate: and that wc aunot but regard the means by w hich ; hey seek to accomplish this object—the : nultiplication of candidates, w it Ii appeals i o*»ectioi: I interests, and avowing prin- Liples gj:i! views in one section, which ]M-y <!.":• v and disavow in another—as ■fa||d . proof of the hostility of that ac-s web which they resort to any scheme to defent’it.”— flic/u./ond liny., 'I l l ult. u aAs.hih mhits cost vr.XTiov. Tin AA liig Convention assembled at AA orcfsttr, on the 1 ltli—from .1 to 000 Dclegitcs present —Gideon Barstow, of Saleilq was chosen President. Nathan iel SiAbee, of Salem, and Edward A. Ncw torV of Pittsfield, w ere nominated as Elector# at large—and I- others from the 1 2 Districts. The following candi dates were then nominated : Daniel Webster, for President; Fran cis Granger, for Vice-President; Ed ward Everett. t< r Governor; (ieorge Hull, for Lieut. Governor.—Thus, it appears, that that CotnaAtion adhered to the nomina tion of Air. Webster, as their candidate for President of the United States—be lieving “ho bi-st rejire.sents those great t ’.»»i stirn; >/*jiul Fi it.eiples which the mass £f our feibn, -eiii>.-iis have hitherft* main tained, w ith such unfaltering integrity.” But some difficulty having arisen, about their cli it it iuer, to no purpose, to Air. Webster; some <h sire being expressed in the debate, to givs tho Electors a discre tionary power to vote for Gen. Harrison, the following clause in the Ultli Resolu tion was considered as leaving the door open : 44 Resinned, That wc present to our fellow-citizens, with sincere satisfaction, tha names of Nathaniel Bilshee, ofSaleip, &e., &c., as Electors for the several Dis tricts oftlie Commonwealth, and that wc have the most perfect confidence, that, under any contingency which may occur, they will discharge the high nuthoritv committed to them with a patriotic regard for the welfare of the whole country, and To as most effectually to secure the tri umph of those Principles of Government for which Massachusetts has hitherto con ten'h'l."—General Harrison’s Cheviot speech fully attests, that lie will come up to those requisitions. — lh. From the S’nmlari’ of Union. .traitE whiteaxu t:ie free xj% CtUOStM. It is well ki-.ov, tl, that, in TenncSsec, free persons of color wore i “filled lo vote, without any property qualificni.im or re striction, for about twenty-eight years previous to led i, and that Judge AA iiite took no measures ta exclude them. De was in the habit of going to the polls with them, and, upon one occasion, did actu ally walk to the Ballot Box. Al’A! AND -hrVnr, ■vvi rti » pihik ivrtojio. r i’!iis spectacle occurred it) the year EIGHTEEN HUNDRED & THIR TY-FIVE, in a warm contested election at KNOXATLEE, in which Judge White took a very active interest for his broth er-in-law, Col. AA illiatns, who was then a candidate. AA e make this statement cdvisedly, and challenge its deni: il. AA' c enn PROVE IT, ami shew, by the evidence of a citi zen of Georgia, of tlie first rcspectabiiitv, that, upon the occasion referred to, JUDGE AA IIITE did LOCK ARMS with a FREE NEGRO, AND WALK WITH HIM TO THE POLLS, If this was not a full recognition of the most perfect EQ! ALITY between AA lIiTE and BLACK, and a total lev eling of nil distinctions, we are at a loss to know what would be so considered. AA'hat would he the effect of such a scene in Georgia l Now, we ask, what is tint difference j between Mr. A A \ BI’REN and JUDGE j WHITE ? AA'e answer— Mr. VAN lUJ REN drove the free negroes from the polls, by a property qualification, which effectually excluded ninety-nine out of j every hundred, while JUDGE A* HITE ! was dra ;gi;/g them to the polls, and en couraging them to vote, without ihe least restriction. the ntocr. AA’he a the above remarks were sub- j milted to the publi;, wo anticipated a dr- j dial, on the part of the miiltying presses. That denial has gone forth, and it now becomes us to give o;it» authority for the , -statements we have made. For proof of the facts set forth in the j above article, we refer our fellow-citizens ; to BENJAMIN L. LESTER, Esq., of Baldwin county, a gentleman of high and unblemished character, who was present at Knoxville upon the occasion referred j to. It-has not been our habit to raise false charges against our fellow-citizens, nor .to make assertions, which we could not ■too much respect gs of others, and ir own character, man by slander cc, we spoke ad uthority of a citi lptncliable. s AVood, has re 1, and the cxccu ons to find heirs to nearly $5,000,000. The names re quired, are Phillpots, Councils, Helps, Goodlukc, and Wood. American appli cations are to Iso made to Mr. Lacy, at the office of the Albany Daily Advertiser. V. S. Gazette. AA'e are infirmed, that Mr. Agg, of this city, is one of the nearest of kin of Mr. AA out!, nod that he lias alrcadv pia i ceil his claim for his portion of the prop . erty in the hands of an eminent Solicitor in England. The amount of propertv proved, is il 1,300,000 sterling, nearly $10,000,000. Xat. Ir' i Uisourer. FitOVI Fl.Oßin.l. The Tallahassee Floridian of 24th ult., slat s that the *• Tennessee A'olunteers, two thousand and upwards ia number, un der tliecmnmand of G *r. Armstrong,(who is accompanied by Col. YV. Wyatt, of Florida ns a member of his Staff,) took up the line of march foe the seat of war,” on the l'Jth ult. in and also, I ih§t Gen. Jesup, who lias command of a 1 body of friendly CrTcks, A.is on his way to the Seminole country, with his com mand, in steamboats, from the Apalachi cola, and was expected to reach the seat of war in tiino to co-operate with the troops that were proceeding by land. The same contains the following: 44 Major AVashington of the Tennessee Volunteers, we regret to state, died in tins ’ place on Tuesday last. This gentleman came here in advance of the troops, to see that preparations were made for their - comfortable accommodation. He ex posed himself, and was attacked with the brain fever, and expiied after an illness cf four days. The loss of this gentleman is deeply regretted by all who knew him, and will he severely felt hv his fellow soldiers, who very justly loved and es teemed him for his amiable qualities.” Two more new States, making twenty eight in all, arc already begun, to be talked of, en\ d their names arc already given —lowa and ll 'isconsin, at present comprised within the newly formed Ter ritory of AA'iscoiisin. This tract, by the flood of emigration which is pouring in there, already amounts to 53,000, of which, the lowa country contains 25 to 30,000. This latter lies AA'est of the Mississippi river, and is -150 miles it: length, including the head oftlie Missis sippi, which is technically called Itasea, ingeniously and playfully derived hv the learned Editor of the Grand Gulf (Miss.) Advertise from the Latin words A'er-Itas (truth) and C’a-put (head.) The same Editor adds:— 44 To the West oftlie fu ture State of lowa, others will soon be added, and the child lives who will travel through twenty States lying North oftlie mouth of the Ohio, and AA'est oftlie Mis sissippi, and containing 20,000,000 of beings, as yet unborn.”—if?. Jiccordcr. Incombustible, Store. —AA'c have rc c ntly examined the new store, II? Lib erty-street, a few doors from Grecnwicii street, with the greatest satisfaction. It is incombustible —entirely so. It was built by Air. N. G. Carnes,Mvho lias the superintendence of several other stores upon the same plan. There is no wood exposed in any part of the building. The walls, in the first place, are three feet thick, and not pierced any where for beams. These rest on projections of brick from the inner side of the walls.— The floors, laid in liquid cesnent, upon these beams, which are first deafened, are of large slabs of slate, varying, nc *o-3bt£ ;o tb° a*c to V. liicli the loft is to he applied, from IJ to 4 inches in thick ness. The ceilings arc of zinc, painted; the stair-cases are covered with iSnc or heavy copper; the window-frames nnd sashes are of iron, ns the shutters a'td doors. A fire kindled on one- floor, wheth er by spontaneous combustion, accident, or design, could not extend beyond the goods on that floor.— N. 3'. American. Cinciiitiali iiniS I!or.(!. AVe copy the following information from the Charleston Patriot: “ The. Louisville, Charleston and Cin cinnati Rail Road. —The if on.’ .I<,ln> C. Calhoun, in company with Col. Gadsden —as appears from a long letter of his in the Pendleton Messenger—lias spent 8 days in examining a route across the Al leghany, about 3o or 40 miles to tin* North-East of the Rabun Cup; and from his account ot it, it would appear to pre sent even less obstacles to he overcome than those of either of the other routes which have been examined. It'appears that the elevation to he overcome is not greater on sections of this route than 25 or 30 feet a mile, and by piercing the ridge with a tunnel not exceeding 200 yards, it would give a beautiful run near ly level for It) miles on the summit of the Alleghany, from the fall of otie stream w hich empties into the Eastern vallev, to the faii of another stream which empties into the Western valley, and the head waters of which arc within a few i'eet of each other. The communication of Mr. Calhoun, will probably result in a full examination of this route, and perhaps it may be the one finally selected.” Maryland. —There will he no Senate when the State Legislature will have to meet. The 1!) republican,electors, elect ed by a population of 205,009 whites, re fused to meet the 21 whig elector^.elect ed by 65,009. The IS) have returned home from Annapolis. What will be the conseqiienceof this circumstance,rem.a:: s yet to he unfolded.— Sar. Georgian. Rothschild left if 20,000 sterling per annum, to his widow, with his noble, i (once royal) mansion in the west end of London, with all Ids furniture, plate and jewels; if 120,000 sterling to each of his daughters, (one of whom is airs. Josephs of New \ork) with other legacies; and i the remainder of his immense wealth equally between liis four sous who are to continue his business as heretofore. Jo. Appointment o f French Minister iothe l nit id Staffs. —A Paris paper of August, says:—“The King, by an ordinance of the 4th instant, has appointed M. Serru ricr to be his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Rio Janeiro, nnd M Edward Pontais, in the same quality, to the Ifnited State;- of America.” Butter is selling in the Boston Market cents jter lb., an I other pros i-hc:= in j rntior tion; so that in the midst of high prices here we have the satisfaction of knowing that we dou-jt stand a!"jr: ; r. ll at reap* I— r>- Tnainz a irife. —•* Take a wife. Torn,” sml J-heridan to hi* sin. 44 AA itb all my heart, sir. AVk—e wife shall I take I” repli c I the obedient gentlemen. rut: rnDPub ra.iE.~vn—tkk ttrant's for WASH IAUSO.Y: TSKM!iV,OIT«IH:« 11, IMJ6. laion Dt mirraiir i{rpsb!iraa Ticket. F“R PP.T'IDEXT, TIARTi * YA Y ISI IiEA. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. RICHARD 11. J9HASOA* rxiex Ei.IXTOBAL TirKET. Tiios. F. A;sdcrso:i, ofi’raoklim 15. Hllilocb. of Chatham, Sasiilici Groves, of Madison, Thomas llayr.cs, of Baldwin, tSv*#!»e=a Jardaa, of Jasper, William Pcnjicosi. of Jackson. Thomas Spnldiaff, of Mclntosh, Wisa. 15. WolJbvd, of Habersham, Thomas IVooileil,-ff AYilkes, Pi*< ilner, of Mo:: roc. EXTRACT Fno.xa JtarSiH Van Siirca’s Letter, Accepting the nomination the Convention, and to die North Cambria Committee. 44 1 content myself on this occasion, with saying, that I consider myself the honor ed instrument selected by the friends of the Administration, to carry out its principles and policy, and, as well from inclination as from duty, I shall, if honored with the choice of the American People, endeavor to tread generally in the footsteps of Pres ident Jackson, —happy if I shall be able to perfect the work which he has so glori ously begun." 44 I prefer that not only you, but all the people e.j th; I n.fed Shifts, shall nous understand, that, if the desire of that portion of them which is favorable to my elevation to the Chief Magistracy be grat-- if cl, I must go into the Presidential Chair the ifkiiite an l uncompromising opponent of any attempt fi ABOLISH S/,.11 Hit 1 i:i the Dl.drlct of Columbia, against the wishes of the slave-holding Spates." —Martin Van Buren, on the Bill to prohibit the circulation of incendiary publications through the mails. The following is the official return of die election held in our county, on the first Slon •!ay of this month, which w e had not tecciv ei! in time, for publication ia o:,r last: FOB SF-VATE, WILLIS* 452 j STATU AM, 332 r.Eritr.se.vr atives, BRADFORD* 493 LEXNARD, 346 BROAYX* 455 SIMPSON, 311 BOLTON* 441 FOit CO.VGJtnce, Glascock, €9l Dawrnn, 3€9 Coffee, 444 Neshit, 363 Cleveland, 4;. 7 Colquct, 3f>o Gramiaud, 471 Habersham, 355 Haynes, 4/1 King, 356 Hulsey, 4(i- Alford, 357 J. Jackson, 44' J. AA'. Jackson,3s3 Owens, 409 Black, 354 Towns, 4G9 AA'e have "Janee 1 ever the valedictory of ilia 44 pm tent” Editor of ike “News,” and finding il all “ ststud', stujf, and ihe n:ost nonsensical sti.ifi wiili which ike “News,” h;;s of late been stuffed: that a reply is cot deemed necessary. Moreover our name sake is out of sight and hearing 100, and we have no disposi:ion ta txhe the advantage of an adversarys absence. A. e invite ihe attemion of those mare par ticularly concern 1, to the Ist 11th and 12th sectioasof an Act passed by the Legislature of Gcoigia in l'">0. AA’e do this, flu the pirr . cos c4’;ng the memory of some, and ac ;:::<iutiisg others who may be misinformed <ui the subject, that it is their duty to atfend the elections in their -evera: precincts. AA e know :!.at oecasi--nally. r.-.Bgis: rates on the ;ke day of election, have left the districts in w hich they resided, sr.-d In consequence, the polls were rr-.t opened. Thus many have been prevented from coring, and ethers sub jected to considerable inconvenience: 44 Pc it enacted hy the Senate and If oust fII presrniati-cs of the State of *»■ orgia, in General. Issemblu met, and it is hereby e nacted by fits authority of the same, That from and after ihe first day of June nes*. one Justice of the Inferior c; urt, crone Justice of the Peace, and two freeholders, or two of the aforesaid Justices, and one freeholder, shall super intend tlie elections, in each and every election district, which now is, or which hereafter inay be established in any of tlie counties of this State, for the election ; of Governor, members of Congress, mem- Iw-rs of the General A.-—‘inbiy, : of President and Vice-President, or ccun | ty officers.” 44 And be it further enacted by the au i thority aforesaid, That it sliall be the i duty cf the two Justices of the Peace, in tlieir r.-pectivc di?tr:c-ts, where precinct, or di-.nct elections are held, to carry this law into effect-” “ An! be it r enacted by the au thority aforesaid, Tiiat it shall be the duty of the two Justices of the Peace, in their respective districts, where precinct, ■ or district elections are held, to carry th f law into effect.”