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UIIKOMICLK AND SENTINEL.
AUJJUSTA.
THU iSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23
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PU BLIC MEETING.
The Ci*i7:ens of Augusta and Rich
mond cofmty, opposed to the present
Adm&nislration of the Federal Gov
ernment are requested to assem
ble in Vhe MASONIC IIAL.L., THIS
EVENINGS, at three o’clock, for the
purpose jof taking iuito consideration
such im|isures as may then be pro
posed« relation to the Presidential
Election? and particularly for the
appointilient of Delegates to a Con
vention ho be held at Milledgevilie,
on the fl-st Tuesday In June next.
April 2|, 1840.
S, Hale I G. W. Crawford
John Kerr C. J. Jenkins
Jesse KentJ J. Meigs
A Sibly I P Bennoch
E. B. Beali M. M. Dye
Thomas D j.vson P F Eve
H. M. F. Boisclair
Ed. Thomii W. M. D’Antignac
W. W. H<Jt John Hill
T. S. Meter* f G. T. Dortic
A. Gould I T J Pannelee
W. T. Goif J Geo W Morgan
John Thos Uavis
E Bustin | F M Robertson
I. Thompsifr A Boggs
C. B. Hitti J J Cohen
J. Hitt A J Miller
M. Hitt * W E Jackson
W. Housclf W P Hathbane
B. F. Kenlck A G Bull
L.Dwelle I Wm Bostwick
C. Dickinsla J. A. Snyder
T. M. Sim i ons H. Aldrich
James Ganger jr S. Shove
W 0 Eves C. B. Martin
Jno Holme! W. H. Crane
-I S Hutchilson J F McKinno
J ('lark W. H . Jones
W B Forci W. Harriss, Jr.
H W Risl : y W. G. Nimmo
R D Kami i F, Blodget
A B Mallo • K. J. Dawson
A Baker John Low
A M Smith* J. R. Crocker
A. Mclver f O. E. Cashin
Israel Bond* I. S. Beers
D P Russell J. P. Seize
R Carter J.G. Dunlap
D McCormick J. L. Moore
E Snyder Geo. Robertson
B L Nehr M. Hatch
W H Clark T. H. Wyatt
Geo Lott J. J. Wilson
Z Harris F. H. Cooke
W K Kitchen W A Beall
L P Dugas W Mackie
W C Berryhill F Spears
J Clark J Higginbotham
A M Livingston A George
E Skinner A Stewart
L Hopkins E C Scranton
L Bissell J Danforth Jr
C J Blalock J H Hollinsworth
G McCord L T Shopp
R B White D B Hadley
li C Dugas A L Patterson
H C Bryson C Roll
J M Dowe J Wyatt
C Low j J W Stoy
E G McGoirick M A Stovall
E W Doua ;ty J Coskary
H J Russel-, E Fosttr
J Cashin J M V Cooper
A J Massen |;ale R T Hyde
W Janes L Roll
J D Crane J J Clayton
H C Cushman W Hewson
A S Holland J M Dye
C L Braytom J W li Gilman
G Simmons S J Anderson
J W Freeman J Guimarin
Jno Hill J Kirkpatrick
WM Rawlijnd J B Campbell
0 E Carmichael HD Bell
WMFrawlf T R Rhodes
J L Fraser J W Park
J Sibley J F Carsewell
We are requested to call the attention of citi
zens to the sale of valuable furniture which lakes
place this day, at the late residence of Dr. Lever
ich. J
The foilofing extract of a letter to a gentleman
in this city,ls from a distinguished Georgian, who
has been during the winter, in N. York,
PennsylvamS and Washington City.
“In fact, ijere is but little or nothing doing in
Congress, evlept making long speeches on both
sides, for poE.ical effect. I have been so long from
home, that * know but little of what is doing in
our State irlthe way of President making, but I
have been aiirotty close ojservsr of the political
movements Pennsylvania and New York, as well
as in this city; and it is my honest and candid
opinion, that General Harrison will be elected by
a large ma of votes over Mr. Van Buren—
The fact is,ihe people have taken the question in
their own hinds, and will elect the gallant old
General, ablf statesman, and honest farmer, whose
feelings, interests and sympathies are in common
with their (|vn. The Administration party here
consider Ge<»gia as safe to them as South Carolina.
1 was told, tSe other day, by a gentleman near the
President, tllit we could not even raise a Troup
Jlig in Georla. I told him in reply, that he would
hear from (gtorgi/i m June next , —that when she
did hoist thq of the People against the present
spoils party that the voar-cry would be victory or
death. Yoci-.now that it is not mv wish to en^a^-e
I| O "
in the polis *al contests of the day, but I cannot
close my ey* to the miserable and deplorable state
of our couna y,—and any change must be for the
better.”
War Signs.
The Baltfnore Sun has received the Bermuda
Royal Gazeie of the 7th inst. which contains this
item:
“We that Her Majesty’s 76th re
giment may |ioon be expected here from the West
Indies; ands hat in all probability it vvi.l be sta
tioned on Ir Lnd Island.”
The Sun emarks : “ This is certainly signifi
cant, when ikeu in connection with the veibal
news broug tby Capt. Adams, that there is now
at Bermuda#! flag ship and some other vessels of
war; and tl|it the whole naval force on the West
India statioS is expected there shortly. A regi
ment of tro< -s had also arrived there from Ireland.
Apart from fiis unusual concentration there of
naval force, |ve are informed that, independent
• of the trooji expected, the number now collect
ed there is fi* greater than is customary, one re
giment onlyiicing always stationed there.”
If there beany opponent of the Van Daren dy
nast)’, who feels lukewarm, and hesitates as to the
propriety of attending the meeting at the Mason
ic Hal! this day, we ask him to read the commu
nication of “ Crvis” in this day’s paper. Cer -
tainly no man can doubt the propriety of hurl- |
ing from power nn Administration that has, by i
its reckless experiments, piruli.sed every branch |
of industry, and brought the whole country to :
the brink of ruin ! Go then to the meeting, and j
contribute to the effort which the people, arous- |
ed by a deep sense of their wrongs, are about to
make. It is the cause of the Mechanic and the
Agriculturist seeking a proper toward for their
industry—it is the cause of commerce unrestrict
ed—in short, it is the cause of the people against i
misrule and oppression. Let every man there
fore do his duty—Go one and all.
For the Chronicle S,- Sentinel.
To the Citizen- of Richmond County.
It can scarcely be doubted that a meeting,
called by one hundred and fifty citizens of Au
gusta, to take into consideration a matter of great
public moment, will be responded to by a most
numerous attendance. Experience, however,
has proven that, too many, on such occasions,
content themselves with approving the object and
acquiescing in the result. There are times when,
with such approval and acquiescence, the pro
jected movement may be safely entrusted to the
enterprise of a few active spirits. But the politi
cal crisis now just at hand, demands of the op
ponents of the Federal Administration, action—
concerted, determined action. Apathetic resist
ance must result iu defeat; energetic, and well
advised co-operation wilt ensure victory. The
call now commended to favorable consideration,
is upon the opponents of the Administration, —
upon those whose opposition is predicated on a
thorough conviction, that whilst its measures are
ruinous to the prosperity of the country, they are
carried out by the corrupting influence of govern
mental patronage.
Two questions present themselves, — Ist, Who
is most likely to compete successfully with Mar
tin Van Buren? The answer is, William
Henry Harrison.
2ndly. Can we support him 1 The answer is,
Support him we may consistently,—support him
we must cordially, unanimously, if we mean to do
our duty to our country. Until latterly, General
Harrison has been but partially known to the
people of Georgia, under middle age. All that
has come to them, has been the outpourings of a
calumnious, vindictive partisan Press. Thanks
to them, however, for having provoked the pub- j
lication of truth. He now stands before the Peo
ple, vindicated against false aspersions by irre
fragable testimony. Here is the epitome of his
history and his merits: The pupil in arms of
Washington—the successful General, and virtu
ous and skilful territorial vicegerent of Jefferson
and Madison, —the able, dignified, and respected
Senator, —the approved and faithful plenipo
tentiary of Monroe, —the firm, undeviating friend
and advocate of Southern rights and institutions,
—the polished Virginia gentleman—the consis
tent republican—the ripe scholar—the ardent
patriot— the honest max. Such is Harrison,
t 'an Georgians hesitate to give him their suf
frages. in prelerence to Van Buren ? They hive
hesitated too long for want of information. They
now have it, and will hesitate no longer. Their
past hesitancy imposes on them a most weighty
obligation to Jo, that they will do, with prompt
ness and enthusiasm. Only thus can we make
amends for the delays resulting from our criminal
ignorance. The forces are marshalled, the line
oi battle is formed—bu. Georgia occupies the
rear, and Richmond is not yet in her van. How
long shall this humiliating position be ours?—
To-day we abandon it. Our course is onward—
our motto, Georgia must cast her suffrage
for Harrison. Let us, then, in the onset
shew both numbers and zeal. To the meeting !
to the meeting! fellow citizens, —and let that be :
your earnest that on the first Monday in N ivem- i
ber next, you will to the polls, to the polls for
Harrison and Tyler. Civ is.
Giving it up.—We are informed that a dis- !
tinguished friend of Mr. Van Buren, late an Alder
man of the city of New ork, who was recemlv
returned from a tour through the Southern and
South Western Slates, speaks despondingly of the
prospects of the p .rty. He dined with General
Harrison at north Bend some three weeks since.
In speaking of the General, and the absurd stories
that were put in circulation by the indiscreet
panizans of the Administration, the ge tleman
remarked that all the preposterous calumnies and
impotent attempts to disparage the services and
character of General Harrison, were working to
his advantage throughout the Southern and West
ern country. “Sir” said he, addressing a political
associate, “we may apply the term ‘granny,’
imbecile or any o 1 her reproachful epithet to he
found in the vocabulary, to General Harrison, but
the effort will be worse than useless. I tell you
and I speak from know ledge and personal observa
tion, that General Harrison is a sound and able
services and reputation arc dear to the
whole country. There is much in his past his
tory to interest ali who love gallantry in the field
and benevolence in private life. He has grap
pled the entire West to his heart as with hooks of
steel, and unless we can carry both New York
and Pennsylvania, Mr. Van Buren cannot be re
elected.”—Albany Evening Jour.
Steam moat burnt. —Loss of Life —The new
Steamboat Lewis Ludlam, belonging to the Vir
ginia Towing Company, was burned on Wednes
day morning, about I o’clock,while lying at Ber
muda Hundreds, We learn from the Richmond
Whig that the boat will be a total loss, but the
j machinery and boilers will probably be saved, as
I she was put ashore, when discovered to he mi fire.
I We regret to state, that a negro belonging to the j
i Boat was burnt to death. The Lewis Ludiarn
was built in Baltimore last summer, and was well
i adapted t» the purpose of towing, having a large
i and poweful engine. We understand preparations
| have already been made by the Company, to pro
i cure another boat forthwith, so that the commerce
of James river will not suffer from the accident.
Tnvre was insurance to the amount of $lO,-
000.
Col. Crockett —The Boston Traveller hns been
informed that the son of Col. Crockett, (a member
of Congress from Tennessee.) has received infor
mation inducing him to believe that the report in
relation to his father being in one of the mines of
Mexico, is correct. Steps will be immediate!**
taken to ascertain its truth, and procure his libera
tion. Can this be possible f
“A State Rights Man of ’32, alias a NulUliei,"
must convince us that he is what his signalure
purports, before we can consent to answer Ins
interrogatories.
A Great Crowd,
Will be at the Masonic Hall this day at 3
o’clock.—Go and see it.
extracts from a Speech
Os the Hon. Win. Cost Johnson, of Maryland,
delivered in Congress.
Will not the whole South unite with the North
and West, and go en masse for General Harri
son, and rid the country of the impotent, vicious,
and knavish men who now administer the Gov
ernment] Who that did not vote for him be
fore is not now impressed with the belief of the
miracle which has prostrated every interest in
the country and paralyzed every branch of busi
ness ]
For one. I must say that I did not vote for
General Harrison at the last election. I could
not vote for Mr. Van Buren; I preferred either
Mr. Clay or Mr. Webster. It is also true that I
preferred the nomination at the Harrisburg Con
vention, of either Mr. Clay or Gen. Scott. It is
most true that I rejoiced that neither was nomi
nated, and that the Convention wisely selected
General Harrison. I had hardly paused, in oth
er pursuits and with my preferences, to examine
carefully his entire history and character minute
ly. I have, however, carefully examined and
contemplated both. His life is a beautiful and
instructive study, replete with incidents and
marked by wisdom in all its chequered and varied
scenes. It should be familiar to every American
parent, and be the companion of every schoolboy.
We find his pirlh-place in Virginia, just be
fore the revolutionary war. Born of a mother
who, like the daughter of the Scipio, could point
to her son as her brightest and most valued jew
el ; his father standing side by side with Wash
ington and Henry, and the great and glorious
men who gave lustre to that State in the proud
est days of her history, and his name recorded on
the Declaration of Independence. Inheriting the
noble enthusiasm of his parants and the times of
his youth, he goes forth with a commission from
Washington, to carve his own destiny in the
ranks of danger. Though youthful, ripe in mind,
collected and brave when danger threatened, kind
and gentle in all his social relations, we see him
reaping laurels with his sword on many a hard
fought battle-field. The war ended, skilful in
civil council prompt to act upon the most intri
cate question, and his judgment always controll
ing his decisions.
Again, we see him, in the hour of our coun
try’s perils throwing aside his civil duties and its
honors, and yet rising in public esteem, until he
is commander-in-chief of the North-western ar
anny. Not executing, as formerly, perilous des
patches from his General, but leading on to v c
tory his gallant and devoted soldiers; showing,
in all his hard fought battles, a prudent firmness
and a daring courage, which inspired his men
with confidence, whilst it spread dismay and ter
ror to his enemies, and made him victorious in
j all his dreadful engagements. The war ended,
! you find him again in civil stations, as prompt
I and as useful as in the battle’s front. As Gover
| nor, his conduct was faultless, and his abilities
appreciated.
In Congress, we find him devising a system to
divide the public lands in small lots, so that eve
ry poor man could purchase a home and a farm.
In the Senate, wise in council, able in debate—
his opinions and advice esteemed by all. As a
minister, next to ins anxiety for the glory of his
own country, his solicitude was engaged for the
prosperity of the young republics of South Amer
ica. What man living has been in so many sta
tions so variant i.i their duties; and what man
living could have discharged them with such con
summate ability and judgment] Who has a
mind s > well balanced, with so many high traits
of intellect so well developed ? And this emi
nent man. who his added so much lustre to the
fame of his country, is traduced and slandered by
every adventuring politician ot the Van Buren
party. Go on and denounce him, gentlemen,
with your vilest epithets. You make his cause
the cause of the people. A man who has the
civic wreath entwined with the marl:al on his
brow, cannot he injured by denunciation. The
unnatural hand is withered that would pluck one
sprig from the chaplet won by the toil of the sol
dier and the statesman. He is one of the people,
identified in feeling and interest with them, and
they with him. They are his defenders and his
friends. The people have themselves brought
him forward without his soli nation, and ttie
people will support him ; and he stands as deep
ly imbedded in the alTections of the American
people as the Alleghany and the Andes do in
their soil. Hurl your denunciations against him
like the fitful and wrathful clouds against the
mountain’s brow ; it will fertilize and keep in
perenial freshness the evergreen on its summit.
The people have called upon his name to be
their candidate for the Presidency because you
■ have abus d their confidence, not redeemed your
| pledges, and you have filled the land with suffer
ing, bankruptcy, and distress. You promised
them gold when you closed the doo r s of the
I hanks, and you have afflicted them with poverty.
You have made the banks suspend, and now you
tell the people that they must work for as low
wages as the people of Europe. You have told
the manufacturer and the merchant that they
have no right to trade on credit, and you have
forced the workshops to be closed and the facto
ry hands to be dismissed. You promised the
farmer better prices for his flour, his corn, and
his pork, and he cannot sell either for the cost
:ol producing. You have abused and deceived
j the people, and now you insult them il they com
! plain.— You have hoarded up all the gold by
i your office holders, and left the people not even
! good hank paper todo business upon. You have
tried to destroy the capital of the country, and
have reduced all wages. You have been either
too ignorant or too vicious not to know that wa
ges must fall when money is scarce, and that
| wages can only be high when money is plenty.
You have reduced, by your measures, the wages
of the laborer and mechanic, whilst your salaries
have been increased by the scarcity of money.
You can pay yourselves in gold and silver,
whilst the mechanic, the farmer, and the mer
chant cannot dispose of their commodities, for
even good bank paper.
Who mi» it !—We were struck, the other day*
by the plain common sense exhibited by a gentle
man from the country in conversation upon poli
tics. We remarked to him that w'e were rejoiced
to hear that he was no longer a supporter of the
administration, and observed at the same time, that
he had undoubtedly’good reason for his change of
opinion.
“ My reason is a very plain one,” said he, ‘‘one
that every man can understand. I loosed round
me and found every thing going wrong, and I
asked myself what made it so, who made it so]
and my reason told me that those who had power,
must have made it. The wuigs have no power—
they could not have brought about this state of
things—the Van Buren men have had all the
power and they must have done it.”
This reason seemed to us a good one. He had
come to the point that he would have done had
he waded through the whole field of argument.—
Alex. (Jaz.
The New York Evening Post (Adm. paper)
says; “As to the result (of the election) we
confess we are somewhat disappointed. We
had hoped that we might congratulate our friends
on a majority of two thousand at least."
Valuable Loiter.
Hearing, a few weeks ago, that a very distin
guished citizen of Indiana was in possession of
certain facts calculated to pul to rest at once and
fovcver, especially in that State, the charge of
abolitionism against Gen. Harrison, we addressed
him a note with a view of drawing from him a
letter upon that subject. His response has come
to hand, and we give it below. It is indeed a
most conclusive document. If any of the friends
of the administration in Indiana, after perusing
it. still persist in connecting the charge of aboli
tion with the name of Harrison, they will deserve
the scorn of the nation, not only as politicians
but as men. How infamous must they appear
in their own eyes—having, three years ago, oppos
ed Gen. Harrison on the alledged ground that he
was the advocate of slavery and now opposing
him under the pretence that he is an abolition
ist !
To the Editors of the Louisville Journal.
Bedford, la., March 30, 1840.
Dear Sins—l had the pleasure to receive
your letter of the Ist some weeks ago, and my
delay in answering it has been occasioned by cir
cumstances which I cou d not control.
You ask me, “ what were generally understood
to be the opinions of Gen. Harrison in regard to
slavery so far as you have been able to ascertain
them, in the history of Indiana ]”
Having been myself reared and educated amid
the institutions of slavery, I learned, early in life,
to regard it as a question indissolubly connected
with the union of the Stales. With these opin
ions, I feared, some years ago, when abolition
was assuming a political character, that it would
ultimately produce an alarming excitement; and
influenced by those fears. I then determined to
cast rny vote for no man for the Pres:dency who
would lend the influence of his administration to
an interference with the domestic institutions of
tiie States. I experienced this feeling in 1836,
when the contest for the Presidency was between
Gen. Harrison and Mr. Van Buren. Indepen
dent of many other insurmountable objections to
Mr. Van Buren, his course upon this question
alone had been such that I could not, whatever
may have been his subsequent pledges, give him
my support, without an entire disregard of all my
settled convictions. He had favored the Missouri
restriction and voted in the Convention of New
York to extend the right of suffrage to negroes
possessing a property qualification—and thus find
ing him lending his influence to a question which
had well nigh dissolved this Union, and placing
the negro in the enjoyment of the same political
privileges with the white n an. I could not do
otherwise than regard him as an enemy to the
slave States; at least, if not an ememy, a most
dangerous friend !
Between him and Gen. Harrison, I could not
hesitate, for the latter was known to have oppos
ed the Missouri restriction and to have always en
tertained opinions adverse to abolitionism. In
deed. at an early time in Indiana, and while she
was in her second grade of government, the ene
mies of Gen. Harrison (and he had but a few)
were industrious iu endeavoring to fasten upon
him opinions adverse to the institutions now re
cognized by our State Constitution. I am told
by some of our oldest citizens, that he was then
charged with having attempted to introduce sla
very into this State. There is no evidence of this
kind, however, upon record, that I have been able
so find, unless it is furnished in the accusation
made against him by the friends of Mr. Van Bu
ren in Indiana in 1836. At their Convention,
which assembled in Indianapolis on the Bth of
January of that year, they adopted an address,
upon the 21st and 22nd pages of which is the
following :
“ But we have another and graver objection
to Gen. Harrison. In 1803, when invested with
the almost unlimited powers. “ executive, legisla
tive and judicial,” which had been conferred on
him under President Adams’ administration, he
as Governor of the Indiana Territory, in conjunc
tion with the two territorial judges, made a law,
compelling all negroes, mulalioes and even white
persons not being citizens of the United States,
coming into the territory under a contract of ser
vice. to perform the same! thus, virtually, legal
izing slavery even for life!
“ And subsequently, in 1805, and again in 1807,
he gave his executive sanction and approval to
bills of the territorial legislature, authorizing the
owners or possessors of negroes or mulattoes un
der fifteen years of age to bring them into the
territory, and hold litem in slavery, if males, un
til thirty-five years of age, and, if females, until
thirty-two years of age, without their consent, and
that if the negro when brought into the territory
should be above fifteen years of age, be might be
doomed to slavery forliic, if an agreement to that
effect could be extorted from him in presence of
the clerk of the Uourt.
“ This law being in direct contravention of the
ordinance of Congress of 1787, prohibiting slave
ry or involuntary servitude in the Territory
north-west of the Ohio, was clearly unauthori
zed. The Supreme Court of the State subse
quently decided it to be of no validity, on the
ground that it authorized slavery. And it is ob
vious that if the territorial government had pow
er to enslave a man until 35 years of age, they
could, by an extension of the same principle, rivet
on niin the chains of bondage for life. What
claims for political support has that man on the
people of Indiana, who dimmed her escutcheon
with the foul blot of slavery, and desecrated that
soil with a degraded population, w.iich the fa
thers of the republic had decreed should remain
forever the exclusive and hallowed abode of free
men !”
This address was written by James Whitcomb,
Esq., who is now commissioner of the General
Land Office; ana was unanimously adopted by
the Van Buren convention. Among the promi
nent individuals who composed that convention,
I recollect V. P. Van Antwerp, who is now a
land officer in Iowa; A. C. Pepper, recently and
at that time holding an Indian agency, George
Boon, now Van Buren elector in the 2d Con
gressional District of this Slate; Samuel Milroy,
formerly land officer at Crawfordsville; Jesse
Jackson, now land officer at La Porte; Wm. J.
Brown, now Secretary of State ; Nathan B. Pal
mer, now Treasurer of the State ; Elisha Stout,
editor of the Vincennes Sun. and James W. Bor
den, recently Post Master at Richmond and now
Receiver at Fort Wayne land office. These
gentlemen are all, at present, supporters of Mr.
V m Buren, but how far they give countenance
to the charge of abolitionism against Gen. Har
rison, lam unable to say. Front the opinion I
have always bad of their integrity and honor, I
should hesitate to believe that they could now be
brought to so complete an abandonment of their
opinions in ’36 as to lend themselves to a pur
pose so unfair in itself and so unworthy of them.
From the extract above, you will perceive that
here the contest of ’3O was fought under this
charge, which was denominated a “ graver ob
jection" than all the others made against Gen.
Harrison; for il was the last in their extended
catalogue. How it comports with the charge ot
abolition now made against him, an intelligent
community must determine. Certainly, he has
expressed no opinion since then, which could
change bis relation to this delicate question ;
and I am at a loss to know how he can now be
other than be was in ’36, without such change.
The truth is, however, that to such an extent has
the “ spoils ” system been carried, that its advo
cates have brought themselves to believe that
they can practice the grossest deception with
barefaced impunity. Many of those, who pro
fess to he the leaders of that party, without stop
ping to enquire after the truth, industriously re
tail the wholesale defamation of abandoned hire
lings and endeavor lo palm them oil’ upon an
honest community to deceive and mislead them.
And no accusation, that they have made, gives
stronger evidence of their determination to prose-
J cute the most dissolute and abandoned warfare,
than the one which I have noticed. Gen. Har
rison is not now, and never was, an abolitionist.
His whole conduct gives the lie direct to such a
charge, and, if additional proof is wanting, it is
embodied in the extract above.
You can now see clearly that the main ques
tions in this contest arc to be kept out of view by
“ the party” and false issues presented to suit the
character of the several states. In the fee states,
we are to he met with the charge that Gen. Har
rison has attempted to “ dim their escutcheon
with the foul blot of slavery,” and in the slave
states, he is to be treated as an abolitionist. Can
such means prove effectual ] Can the intelligent
and generous voters of Kentucky—aye, of the
whole south, be imposed upon by such a shallow
artifice] Can S mth Carolina even, for the sake
of her ‘ specie clause,” lend her “ chivalry” to
the prostration of a man, who is thus attempted
to be sacrificed in another part of the Union, for
devotion to the very vital principle of her exis
tence. Nous verrons.
Let the South do as she may, upon this ques
tion. Indiana will not be duped. The intelli
gent freemen of this state will spurn such attempts
to mislead them, and, even with the charge of
ultra-slavery, which was made in ’36 against
their favorite candidate, they will speak in a voice
of thunder when the “ ides of November” shall
come, which will startle the plunderers in their
unhallowed warfare against the best institutions
of the land. The majority for Gen. Harrison in
this state will fall but little short of 15,000 :
mark that!
With consideration of high esteem,
I am, respectfully, your friend.
North Eastern Boundary.
The following brief and lucid statement of
facts respecting the Boundary Line on our North
Eastern Frontier, is copied from the Madisonian :
La hounding the United States, the treaty of 1783
begins at the northwest angle of Nova Scotia,
meaning that angle made by a line drawn due
north from the head waters of St. Croix River to
the highlands which divide rivers that run into
the St-Lawrence from those that fall into the
sea, thence along said highlands, to the western
most head of Connecticut River, &c.
There being no monument at the northwest
angle of Nova Scotia, it becomes necessary to
find it by running out these lines.
We have agreed upon the head waters of the
St. Croix and set up a'monumeni, about which
there is now no dispute. All that remains to be
done is to run a due north line thence to the
ride of the highlands which divide the waters as
described in the treaty, and there is the northwest
angle of Nova Scotia.
That there are such highlands, so dividing the
waters, every body knows who has bestowed a
thought upon the face of the country. Every
map shows it. It is easy to run a north line, and
yet Great Britain refuses to do it.
The history of this line is easily traced and it
can be proved beyond a question that the north
west angle of Nova Scotia was as well known as
; any spot could be, where there is no monument
: long before ibe making of the treaty, and hence
it was selected as a stalling point, it having been
established by the British authorities.
In 1621, the King granted to Sir William Al
exander Nova Scotia, which included New
Brunswick. The charter hounds the west
lino, beginning at the extreme west point of No
va Scotia, now Cape Sable, thence across the
mouth of a great inlet of the sea, now Bay of
j Fundy, the mouth of the river St. Croix; thence
I up that river, to t te head waters of the same, and
thence in a north line to the great River of Can
ada. now the St. Lawrence. Thus Nova Scotia
came to the St. Lawrence, and the northwest an
gle was on the hank, and the colony bounded
north by the river. Maine. New Hampshire and
Vermont were alike bounded on the north by the
river, and the Canadas, then held by the French,
on the south by it. Thus matters stood till 1763
when Great Britain conquered Canada, and it
was ceded to her by France.
In that year the King issued his proclamation
organiz ng a government in Canada, and bound
ing the territory, in which he moved the south
line of that province from the river to the high
lands south, thus taking the whole valley of the
river into that province, and cut off a large terri
tory from N. Scotia, Maine, New Hampshire,
and Vermont. Some of the provinces objected to
this, but without effect.—Thus the northwest
angle of Nova Scotia was taken from the river
and placed on the highlands, which are described
in the proclamation as they are in the treaty of
1783. to be the highlands which divide the wa
ters which run into the St. Lawrence from those
which fall into the sea.
These boundaries were established in 1774 by
act of Parliament. They were also recogn zed in
every commission of the Governors of the sever
al provinces who have presided over them from
that day to this. The west line of Nova Scotia,
(now New Brunswick.) is in all official papers,
and upon all maps, a line due nonh from the St.
Croix to the highland, and the northwest angle
of Nova Scotia is the point of intersection of these
lines.
Thus it is plain that the provincial west line
of Nova Scotia has been well known since 1621,
and steadily adhered to by Great Britain, on all
occasions where she speaks of it or describes it.
It is equally clear that she has never assigned
hut one south line to Canada, and that is along
the highlands which divide the rivers which run
into the St. Lawrence from those which fill into
the sea
It will be equally plain, on looking into the
treaty of 1783, that these lines were then adopt
ed and established as they had existed from 1763
and as nearly by the language which had hern
employed hitherto todescribe them as it was pos
sible to make it.
We have already adverted to the treaty in de
. scribing the northwest angle of Nova Scotia as
, the starling point for the line along the highlands.
■ The east line of the United Slates and the west
line of New Brunswick is equally identical. The
treaty says, cast by a line from the mouth of St.
Croix in the Bay of Fundy o the head waters
. thereof; and thence due north, to the aforesaid
■ highlands, which divide the rivers which run in
. to the St. Lawrence from those which fall into
. the sea.
. No truth can he more apparent than that the
northwest angle of Nova Scotia is on the ridge of
[ highlands which divide these waters, and at the
[ point where the west line of New Brunswick and
. the south line of Canada intersect.
Nor can any truth be more obvious than that
. the treaty lines anil the colonial lines are at this
point the same, and hence, it is assumed in the
treaty that the northwest angle is a well known
} point. Nor can any thing be more certain than
. that there is but one range of highlands which
, can by possibility divide such waters.
It is equally certain that the highlands dividing
1 ; these waters exist, and that a line due north from
L | the monument can be run, and will fall upon
’ ; them, and reach a point answering exactly to the
1 | treaty.
These are facts which no ingenuity can ever
; i alter or moii y, and we are ltd to inquire how
• j Great Britain can evade or resist their force ?
3 j She can neither do the one or the other success-
I fully.
t | She contends, first, that there are ni highlands
1 I so dividing the waters, because the rivers running
’ i towards the Atlantic all fall into hays of the sea
* | instead of the sea itself. She thus contends, that
a river running through a hay into the sea, does
* I not fall into the sea, and that bays are not parts
1 of the sea Bays are, however, only parts of the
• great sea which have had names assigned to
3 . them, and are not less a portion of the sea be
" cause of these name?. It might as we'! be said
the Gulf of Mexico is no part of the sea. Beside*
it is agreed that the commissioners who made the
treaty, had before them Mitchell’s map of this
part of the country —on w.iich all the rivers a -e
laid down a* runningthrough hays—which proves
conclusively, that in speaking of rivers falling in
to the sea, they meant those flowing through
bays, and could mean no others.
Then Great Britain has concluded that by
highlands is meant mountains—while the treaty
only requires laud high enough to divide the wa
ters. But in truth, the general range is elevated
as has been ascertained, over 2,000 feet above the
sea.
This is all the justification Great Britain has
for all this delay and controversy. A jurv in
Westminster Hall, of her own citizens, would
decide against her without leaving the box.
Now, let us take care that matters do not get
confounded by the ingenuity of the diplomatists.
W e are at this moment, in danger of falling into
a controversy about an agreement made last year
about the occupancy of what is called the dispu
ted Territory. Let us take care that the attention
is not diverted from the true question by this im
portant matter. We should hold firmly to the
treaty, and the line described in it, so- Great Bri
tain can never put us in the wrong here. Our
right is clear—strong—decisive. It is easily un
derstood by the most careless observer, and there
is no possibility ol mystifying it or rendering it
doubtful.
Fatal Shipwreck.— Capt. Hatch, of brig
Charles Miller, at Portland. 15th inst. from Ha
vana, reports that on the 29th ult. at 6 1-2 A. M.
12 miles N. of Viper Key, near Florida Reef, he
fell in with the wreck of schooner Emblem, of
New Bedford. Capt. Leonard Russell, which had
sailed from Apalachicola 18th ult. for Havana,
and was thrown on her beam ends on the 251 h,
at 6 A. M. in a gale. After lying thus eight
hours, her masts went by the board, and she right
ed full of water. She was knocked down about
50 miles west of Tortugas, and had drifted 180
miles when fallen in with by the C. M.
'I he Portland Advertiser says :
“The following is a list of her crew and pas
sengers; Capt. Leonard Russell, lost, New Bed
ford; Wm. H. Barren, lost, Philadelphia; Alex
ander Andrews, saved, England; Richard Single
ton, s ived, New York; 11. Lord, saved, Holland j
“ Passengers . —Emanuel Judah, lost, Rich
mond; Marietta 8. Judah, (w ife.) saved. New
York; C. N. N. Judah, (son.) lust, do; Jack E.
Juiah, (son,) lost, do; C. 11. Leland, (supercar
go,) lost.do; Robert M. Lopez, Philadelphia.
“The last mentioned individual was saved, but
died the next night, from fatigue and bruises re
ceived while on the wreck. Captain Russell and
Mr. Judah, together with the two sons of the lat
ter, and Mr. Leland. died on the first night, and
Barren on the third. While on the wreck, they
had for their subsistence only two lemons an ap
ple, and a little brackish water. On the 28th,
having lost the water, they were destitute of all
food, anu the sea was continually breaking over
the wreck.
After the rescue of the survivors Capt. Hatch
tacked ship to the SSE and at 10 A. M. tacked
again, stood for the wreck, hoarded her. and fish
ed up w ith a pair of grains, a leather trunk, be
longing to Mr. Leland, containing hills of ex
change, and specie to the amount of $8232.
| Some sails, rigging, and a few articles of clothing
belonging to the crew and passengers, were saved.
'The Portland Argus says: “Mr. Judah uas
a theatrical gentleman, and had been a manager
for some time. His wife, throughout the four
i fearful days she passed upon the wreck, had
I manifested great energy of character. She as
, sisted to sustain her husband upon the wreck,
j and he died in her arms—as did also one of her
, children ; the other died in the rope by which he
| was lashed.
This spirit lasted her until she was saved,
when nature gave way, and she sank lifeless as
;it were upon the deck. She stales that, as she
I hung, with her feet in the water, upon the wreck.
1 constant vigilance was necessary to draw them
| frequently up, as the sharks, that swam in fleets
| about the wreck, were ever on the alert to seize
I them.”
[From a volume published by a French Tourist, in
1825.
General Harrison.
Are you personally acquainted, sir, with Gen.
Harrison ]
Begar, sare, I have Je grand satisfactions, to
| have tie plaisare, sare, to have de grand inlroduc
tiong, sare, to tic brave hero and citizen. I make
: you introduction!*, sare. to dis genlihorame, who
i vdl tell you de grand story of de old tShenerall
and de wood leg soldiare. Aid foi ! it is ver
good.
With great pleasure, sir, I will relate it, said a
| very respectable looking gentleman in black, who
j I afterwards understood was a clergyman. It
I was in the year 1820, if my memory is correct,
: that I was travelling in Ooio with the view of
purchasing a tract Jot land for my son. when 1 tell
in with a gentleman who was a stranger and
| whom I found a very intelligent and agreeable
; companion. A thunder storm drove us in ;o a
neat log cabin, a little distance from the road
j side, lor shelter, where we found a lion, e full i
| childern, a sick and very interesting look ng wo
! man lying on a humble but clean looking bed,
; and a young, pretty maiden sitting near. The
j husband and lather, with a wooden leg, and a
deep scarn across his brow, was bending over the
| bed and pressing the hand of the sick woman be
tween both of his. His eyes were intently fixed
j on a young infant, apparently a few mouths old.
j The whoh group had been indulging in tears,
j and I saw one stealing from the dark and daz
zling eyes of the young damsel, as she listening
apparently to some tale of woe which her father
told. Their tears were suddenly wiped away as
i we approached, and we were given a cordial wel
; come.
i You seem to be in distress, said the stranger,
! my companion.
I have faced the enemies of my country, said
the host, as he swung his wooden leg round to
close the door, and 1 have felt all the pangs and
privations of a mill.ary life, but all this was no
thing compared with what I have suffered to-day.
Stranger. Pardon me if I ask the cause : for
‘ I will relieve you if it lies in my power.
Host. My wife is afflicted with an internal dis
ease which renders it dangerous to move her;
yet, for a debt which I cannot immediately pay,
the man who is agent for another declares that if
I do not pay it before to-morrow at twelve o’clock,
| he will seize what little I possess, and turn us all
out to the mercy of the elements. I can neither
| raise the sum by that time, nor obtain a shelter
j for my poor wife and children, who must perish
; to gratify the malice of a man whose heart is a
| Granger to mercy.
j The whole family melted into tears a? he con
-1 eluded and even the soldier himself, who had
| faced the cannon’s mouth, could not refrain from
weeping.
Stranger. You have fought the battles of the
country 1 May 1 be inquisitive in asking
Host. Oh ! yes. I fought under the brave Har
rison at the Thames, and in other battles. I speak
of him with pride, lor 1 have seen his sword
glittering in the thickest of the fight.
Stranger. Would you know him were you
to see him 1
Host. (Gazing in his face.) You resemble
him very much. Were he to know my sUI ‘ r
ings, he would instantly assist me. 1 hate seen
him do several generous deeds.
Stranger. Where did you lose jour eg
Host. It was shattered by a ball at the glori
ous battle of Tippecanoe.
Stranger. Weil, my brave fellow, mate your
mind easy ; a hair of your head shall not a 1,1