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UIIKOMICLK AND SENTINEL. AUJJUSTA. THU iSDAY MORNING, APRIL 23 - 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