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CHROMCLFJ AND SENTINEL.
AUGUST
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 13.
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The work goes brajelj? on.
Seventy-five names were addfid to our list yes
terday for the “ Refobhke,’! with assurances
from every quarter that Harrison and Tyler are
In (he ascendant. |
Mr. Webster, Gen. liaUison.
The Van Boren press the counfiy
have been placed in an unenviable p osition, by the
following letter from the Hon| Daniel Webster.
For a consideiable time they pa|idejl at the head
of their Editorial columns, a {tauj slander both
upon Mr. VV ehater and Gen. .Ranjiaon, in which
thsy charged that .Mr. W. had oyntejaptuously spo
ken of Gen. H as a can lidrue &tr lie Presidency,
and caUed upon theoppiisilion lif-oii|hout the coun
try to know howtfcey could support a man foi the
of whom Mr. Webstlr h*d thus spoken,
and urged it as a reason why ! erf 11. should nut
be supported. Finally however >|r. Webster was
called on to know if he ever ga e utterance to such
a sentiment and his reply is bei w.iwhan lo and be.
hold! the Van Daren press thr<*agl*out the country,
convicted of the basecalumnyi|de4are now that he
i, j
is unworthy of support becaustvMrj, Webster thinks
bin worthy. Comment is unnelesslry. The people
cannot be long gulled with *uc| ra:|ierabie and con
temptible efforts to impose upo|t tfieir confidence-
To the Editors of the Telegrapt ar*i Intelligencer :
Washington, fMajch 28, 1840.
Sim:—l have this evening? received your let
ter, calling my attention to U statement which
has been circulated in the ri‘|wsv-.apers, upon no
authority whatever, that in 1 S3s,ion it being pro
posed to mo talbe on the same tickM with Gen Har
rison, I refused, observing th|t h|i was the “ pity
of his friends, and the scorntand derision of his
foes.” Although it would fcjl in; vain that a man
in public life should set about contradicting, i.y
his own direct authority, evcly £?,ionymous state
ment or declaration to be foiindjin party presses,
yet this paragraph was circula!c|i so widely, that
I was induced to take notice it, and to author
ize adirect contradiction oft, ir? the National In
telligencer. For the benefit-of |iuch as ma_) not
have seen that denial, I here* repeat it, as I have
done in one or two other leliJrs,|ivhich I presume
are, or will be, made public those parts of the
country where the gentleman Preside to whom
they were respectively writ|mJ The whole sto
ry is utterly fklsa. Friend)| relations have exis
ted between Genet al Harry-on* and myself for
many years. Nothing has <|vei|occurred to inter
rupt these relations. On ml re urn from Europe,
late in December, I heard of lu nomination ny
the Harrisburg Gbrrventionl an 1 I took the earli
est opportunity to declare t|ibl cly that I appro
ved the nomination, and sh Aiid join heartily with
with my fellow citizens in |giv ng it support.—
Gen. Harrison has long be*|n Ls-sore the country,
in war and in peace. Tb* history of his life
•hows him to-be a brave soldieS, a patriotic citi
leu, and an honfekt* man,. lit |s too late, quite
too late, for detraction to dtiita Jdfice upon his re
putation. either military u?|c:vjl. He has now
been selected by the generel vcfccof those whose
political principles agree v* Ah llis owa, to go lo
Ahe head of the column, aril tc? bear up and ad
vance the flag, under which \t is hoped those
principles may be maintained! and defended. I
not only wish his nomination success, but intend
also to do all that may becimefa good citizen to
insure it. It may fail; bit if it should, I verily
believe that failure will IxJ ominous of a long
tram of political evils to Mho country. If sus
tained, on the part of thos<| wl£o have made it, by
a devoted spirit of politicailduff and Jove of coun
try, it may succeed, and I|ihonld regard that suc
cesa as the welcome harbi?gei| of better times.
Y ours re|pe|tfully,
DA*IF|l WEBSTER.
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Another of the Thou*an|i and one Ilnm
bucfl. r
Mr. Jones—l noticed t&e fallowing in theCon
at'tuiionalist of Tuesday |rno|ning, taken iromits
Fellow-Hurabugger, the Jpneft Globe.
“ The advertisement ffecretary of the Trea
sury for an ex hange ot |»nef million of Treasury
notes for specie, has results* fin en arrarigemci t to
lake the notes, payable in tnef'ear, with permission
to redoam them soonc", i!;>onJsiiiy days’ notice, at
less than five and a half pgr Centura interest When,
before, has the credit of inf Government been equal
to (his ? much for til; t Ijraor of Federalism a
gainst the Executive, fur fiiullenng with the credit
system.” I
So, it is a matter of r»j|oic ng that the Govern
ment of the United StmL, it a time of peace, can
borrow money at 51 per clnt. premium, when 4 per
cent, has been thought hti'eit ore a fair rate.
Thesa Treasury Notes fre ieposited in the Bank
of America, or some oih|r E ink in New York or
Boston, for which this ‘‘{fir cering Currency Gov
ernment ’ f ays said Ban I fc ■ the privilege , at the
rate of 5i per cent, premiint' aer annum. The said
Bank pays out its notes brie Government stocks,
and this is called by the-*; excellent Gentlemen
who manage the affairs <fflb s country, exchanging
Treasury Notes for spec:* at the low rate of 5i per
cent- 1 Shame, shame t ' fell may it be said
** Countrymen, arouse fr|m jour lethargy,” or we
are worse than humbug, i j?d | Q.
Conn Jet. cut.
The New York Ex|| ’Sf says, the Leghlaturo
met at New Haven on i-Ve Inesday , when a quo
rum of each House wa so med. In the Senate,
the Lieutenant pi ;rides, .Mr. McCandy,
from Lime, was cho* n Speaker. Gov. Ells
worth delivered his n essige himself, after the
old fashioned Trumbul scllool. The message is
spoken of in the highest i|?rms. It is open and
inanly in relation to t p ifacision in Congress,
relative to the New Je^eylfoembers. All branch
es of the Government *are* Whigs, and it is be
lieved a more | enlightened body of
legislators have selJo;ft. n&embled, even in Con
necticut. i |
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from the JVltr Herald,
Canala News.
Matters are tolerabl j tr nquil in the Canadas.
The destroyer of Brocif’s i lonuraent has not been
discovered ; the Roy a t h: ve 'eft Montreal for the
London District; the lllth regiment is on the eve
of leaving for Englarp. j The 56th has arrived at
Halifax from the Wesljln t?s. Lieut. Col. Lyster,
of the Grenadier Gua’is Ivas found dying in his
bed on the morning of ithct first inst. at the Globe
Hotel, Quebec, Befor: th| medical gentlemen sent
for could arrive, life ’ias latterly extinct. Lieut.
Col. Lyster had arriv<? the day before in command
of the battalion, and |od| at its head from the
wharf to the citadel. WUSiough very weak he was
able, on alighting at tln| hotel, to transact some
regimental business. I *
A special messenge | is In his way from Quebec,
bearing petitions to til: B ithh Parliament against
the union of the proijmc s. He will embark in
the Great Western, jj
The 43d and S3d Rfgii entsof the British troops
are ordered to the Loidoi District, U. C.
V
Fatheb Matthev|B -|The Tamperen.-e Refor
mation insti l pn»gre-i'*ng|m Ireland. Father Mat
thew* recently adrnr* «uied the pledge to 32,000
persons in Wexford, a rid o 20,000 persons of all
ages in the small towi of Ennucorlhy. This inde
fategable philanthrop it t unquestionably one of tba
fieatesl moral leibtnt. rs tba age.
Fair akd Honorable. — Moaea Dawson the
Editor of the leading Van Buren paper in Cin
cinnati, some five years since, wrote a biography
of General Harrison. He is now opposed to his
election lo the Presidency and supports the cause
of the present incumbeiit. He has begun, in his
paper, a series of letters to the old General on the
policy of the Whig parly. In the first of
he uses the following language, which forms a
rare and honorable exception to that employed by
most of the opponents of General Harrison.
” That it is a painful as well as an ungracious
task to give opposition to the elevation of a friend
to any office, I am free to declare, and more par
ticularly is it so to me when that office is the
highest lo which any man can aspire; but I flat
ter myself that this circumstance is the most con
clusive evidence of my disinterestedness in the
case. In the work alluded to, I have represented
you as a brave and capable commander, a disin
terested patriot and an honest man; all of which
I did and do yet believe you to be, and I to the ut
most of my weak ability defended you against
what I conscientiously believe to be the foulest
slanders, and of those counts in your favor, I have
never yet had reason to repent. It in my future
remarks, then, I may iu pugn your political opin
ions, or contest your judgment on constitutional
questions, I must not be considered as doubting
of the purity of your motives or the honesty of
your intentions. ’
Such are the opinions of one who knows Gen.
Harrison intimately, and who opposes his election
to the Presidency. His opposition is based on po
litical considerations alone. Dawson is a loco
foco, in favor of the Sub-treasury, and an exclusive
specie currency; of course, opposed to Banks and
the credit system. Gen. Harrison differs with
him on these points, and of course, cannot re
ceive his support. Such opposition is perfectly
legitimate and honorable. We desire our readers
to mark the testimony of this political opponent
of Gen. Harrison. He says “Ihave represented,
you as a brave and capable commander , a disin
terested patriot, and an honest man ; all of
which 1 did, and do yet believe you to bey \ei
there are not w'anting reckless partizans ot Mr.
Van Buren who deny Gen. Harrison all these
qualities; who even charge the old He:o with
cowardice! Moses Dawson, a locofoco, pronounces
this, and other charges, “THE FOULESsI
SL ANDE RS,” —Mobile Adveetiser.
From the Louisville Journal.
The loco foco papers say, that Mr. Van Buren
is explicit in the expression of his opinions upon
the subject of slavery. We admit, that the fol
lowing declaration in a letter of his to a committee
of his fellow citizens in North Carolina is perfect
ly explicit:
“ I cannot come to any other conclusion than
that Congress possesses the power to abolish sla
very in the District of Columbia.”
Several gentlemen have inquired of us as to
the politics of Dabney, the absconding Cashier
of the Bank of Virginia. He is a loco foco—so
at least says the Wheeling Times ; and the insti
tution, Dr. Brockenbrought, is one of the prin
cipal loco foco leaders in the old Dominion.
The Bank of Virginia, like the Manhattan Bank
of New York, Surtees’ Bamc in Cincinnati, the
Commonwealth Bank and Franklin Bank of
Beston, and nearly all the other Banks in which
peculation and thieving have run riot, is a thor
oughly loco foco concern. —Louisville Journal.
The Citt Trust and Banking Company.
—The New York Journal of Commerce says a
lawyer who has had occasion to examine into the
condition of this short-lived shaving shop, says
that the claims against the Company amount to
SBOO,OOO, and that there is not SSOO to show
for it all.
Was Gen. Harrison ever wounded whilst he
had command ot the Army I— Balt. Rep.
No! Was Gen. Jackion or Gen. Washing
ton I— Prentice.
The darkness is passing away even from Ken
tucky.—Globe.
Ah, and so you have heard at last of the elope
ment of Col. Johnson’s wife.— Prentice.
The Hocking County (O.) Republican has hoist
ed ihe Harrison flag. But a lew weeks since the
editor was a sup|»orlef of Van Buren. No changes
eh ?— Cltveland Herald.
The Baltimore Convention. —One of these
assemblages, meagre and spiritless as it was, is
characterized by ihe Globe (the Government paper)
as democratic, and Mr. Grundy is represenieu as
addressing the Convention “in explanation of the
principles and policy ot the Democratic party.” In
the same pap*r the vaat corrourse of patriotic
young men, assembled in numbers and in a spirit
never before equalled, is ailemp _ 1 to be stigmali
zed as “ grand army of Federalism." Names can
not alter principles, although they should be indi
cative of them. Our Government is a Republic,
or Representative Democracy Those who main
tain the true principles of the Government, as esiab
lished hy the Constitution, are Democradc Repub
licans. The Whigs and Conservatives, recently
assembled at Baltimore, are maintaining those prin
ciples against the usurpations, and abuses, an 1 mis
rule of the Federal Executive. They resist asy s
tem ol measure* and a course of party discipline
calculated to concentrate ail power m the hands of
the Fxecutive, and toconveitour free institutions
into a practical despotism They are, therefore, in
principle as well asinne Democratic Republi
cans—a name broad and comprehensive
enough to include Whigs and Conservatives, and
all who go for the Constitution and tho Laws in
oppos.ilonto the encroachments of Executive pow
er. If the term Federalism, in its modern acce_DS3-
tion, is the opposite of the principles of the Demo
cratic Republicans, as above stated, then it is pecu
liarly applicable to the present dominant party, of
which the Globe is the official organ.
In speaking, therefore, of ihe two Conventions,
which have just closed their sittings at Baltimore,
we cannot better characterize them than to say, that
ihe Federal Convention, compos. <i of the tmpj.of
fers of the anli-decocratic repubMcan doctrines of
the prese.-t Federal Administraiion, was very thin
ly attended, and went off with a consciousness of
defeat in the coming contest, whilst Ihe Democratic
Republican Convention, composed of thousands
and thousands of Whigs and Conservatives from
every part of the Union, was conducted with the
u most enthusiasm, and adjourned under the confi
dent assurance ol a glorious and triumphant victory
in November next.— Nat Int
From our old Democratic friend, Ritchie, 1813.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
“ Joy—Joy in London Now !”
W’e have not words to express the joy w hich we
feel for ihe Vicsory of Harrison. Never have we
seenjlie public pulse beat so high. The shouts and
cheers of the immense multitude which had flocked
to the Coffee room and Fost Office on Saturday
night, on reading the official news from Washing
ton were loud and beyond deserption. Yesterday
the scene of joy and congratulations continued
“ At 11 o’clock, Captain Stephenson’s corps cl ar
tillery fired a grand federal salute. In the evening
the city was illuminated.”
And well may we rejoice. W’e rejoice not so
much for ihe splemior ot this achievement, as for
the solid benefits whch it will produce Vet in
point of splendor we have no reason to believe that
w hen we receive the official account, we shall re
ceive any disappointment 'lhe skill with which
the plan Wts contrived for overreaching the flying
enemy, the small portion of Hanson'* three w hich
was able to come up and cope with him, consisted
principally of mounted Rangers under Johnson and
Ball, and the short period ,n w hich the victory was
achieved, will we are inclined to susj.ee!, impart lo
it the character of a most gallant and brilliant a
chievement. But its solid effects require no official
accounts to emblazon them ; it gives set uu y to the
frontier. Ohio may now sleep in security. The
trembling mother that nightly used to clasp her in
fant to her breast, may rock it* cradle in peace.”
Capital,capital, iiow ,we!l the entter wrote in
ISIS. ‘ '
Vote* mb Piuioiht abb Vick Prebibeht.
—The following table, which we hare prepared
at the expense of some labor, will be found use
ful for reference. It exhibits the electoral votes
given for the most prominent candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President of the United Slates, at
the different elections since Gen. Washington’s
retirement :
1796.—President, J. Adams 71, T. Jefferson
68.—Vice President, T. Pinckney 58. A. Burr 50.
1800.—President, T. Jefferson 7J. J. Adams
64—Vice President, A. Burr 73, T. Pinckney
58.
1804—President, T. Jefferson 162. Charles C,
Pinckney 14—Vice Presidents, G. Clinton 163.
R. King 14.
180 S —President, J. Madison 152, C. C. Pinck
ney 45—Vice President, G Clinton 118, R. King
47.
1812—President, J. Madison 127, De Witt
Clinton 89. Vice President, E. Gerry 128,
Ingersoll 58.
1816—President, J. Munroe 188, R. King 34
Vice President, D. D. Tomkins 113, opposition
scattering.
1820—J. Munroe 218, no opposition, except
one v >te given from New Hampshire, Vice Presi
dent, D. D. Tomkins, 212 opposition divided.
1824 A. Jackson 99, J. Q. Adams 84. W. H.
Crawford 41. H. Clay 37.
1825 President, A Jackson 178, J Q Adams
83. Vice President, J. C. Calhoun 173, R Rush,
83.
1832—President, A. Jackson 219. H. Clay 49,
John Floyd 11, Wm Wirt 7. Vice President,
Martin Van Buron 189. John Sargeant 49. Wil
liam Wilkins 30, Lee 11, Levi Ellmaker 7.
1836—President, Martin Van Buren 170, W.
H. Harrison 73, H. L. White 26, W. P. Man
gum 11, Daniel Webster 14. Vice President,
R. M. Johnson 147, Francis Granger 63, scatter
ing 84.
The electors meet at the capitals of the res
pective States in which thev are cliosen, on the
second day of December, and gave in their ballots •'
1 for President and Vice President. -
T rotting match. —The trotting match be
tween Forrest and Lady Suffolk, at the Hunting
Park Course, was won by Forrest after a close
contest. The winner ran both heats in the same
time— as follows; first mile 2 minutesand a half,
second mile, 2 minutes, 36 seconds.
The Last Puffke. — A Countess Merlin has
arrived in this country from Europe. She is the
author of the Memoirs of Malibran, one of the
most trashy productions of this age of trashy
books, but which a New York paper declares
has “ placed her at once in the first rank of the
purest and most delightful writers of the age.”
Had it been written by a plain Mrs. it would
have fallen still-born from the press, but being
ushered into the world as the production of a
countess, it meets with marked approval. One
thing that strikes a stranger as most disgusting
in our country is the mania for title hunting,
and the obsequiousness to titled authors and vis
itors which our people exhibit. No tuft-hunter
at Eton ever pursued the game with more avidity
in England than we do in this country. —Phil N.
Amer.
Pitching of a Ship at Sea. —And now, my
dear Gerard, imagine us all to creep like the ex
clusive lady into our own narrowjJormitones, not
that we are sleepy, but the violent pitching of vhe
ship made it difficult, if not impossible, for any
more landsmen to sit or stand. Indeed, it would
not have been easy to sleep, in spite of the con
cert that prevailed. First, a beam in one corner
seemed taken in labour, then another began groan
ing, plank after plank chimed in with its pecu
liar creak, every bulk head seemed to fret with an
ache in it, sometimes the’ floor’complained of a
scream, next the ceiling cried out with a jKiin in
its joints, and then came a general Squeezing
sound, as if the whole vessel was in the last stage
of collapse. Add to these, the wild howjing of ’
the wind through the rigging, till the demon of
the storm seemed to lo playing coronachs over
us on an harp the clatter of hail, I. e con
stant rushes of the water around and overhead,
and, at every uncommon pitch, a chorus of fe
male shrieks from the next cabin. To describe
my own feelings, the night seemed spent between
dozing and delirium.— Thomas Hood's Tour up
the Rhine.
Seven Wives. —Sir Gervase Clifton, a gen- -
tleman of Yorkshire, near Leeds, was “olessed
with seven wives”—so the epilogue of his own -
writing says. The first three, who were maidens,
he calls honorable. The second three, who were
widows, he calls, worshipful; and the seventh,
who was a servant-maid, born under his own roof,
he calls his we 11-beloved. Each of the six-agreed
to the ma-riageof the next, before her death, and
at that awful period were attended by their suc
cessors. Sir Gervase had several children by
his last wife, some of whose descendants now en
joy the family estate. He lies buried at the head
of his wives. *
ThkWat to Win a Kiss.— The late MHt .
Bush us*d to tell this story of a brother barristeflL
As the coach wm about starting before breakfast,'
the modest limb of the law approcs’.ed the land
lady, a pretty quakeress, who was seated near
the fire, and said he could not think of going with
out giving her a kiss. “Friend,” said she, thee
must not do it.” “Oh, by heavens, I will!”; replied
the barrister. “ Well, friend, as thou hastsworn,
thee may do it? but thee must not make a prac
tice ot it.”
China.
The late arrival at Philadelphia brings a Procla
mation issued by Lin, Viceroy, setting forth tMc
wrongs experienced from the course of England
The following oJhacts will give some idea of its
quaint language, and singular phrases, as well as
ihe inflated egotism of the Chinese :
The revenue is trifling, and is not to he mention
ed. My dynttty sooth* s and tranquilizes Ihe out
side barbarians, and ray favor flows most wide
The said foreigners do not know gratiluJe, but on
the contrary are like the bird that ignorantly pecks
the hand that feeds it. They are crooked ; but I
am straight; this both Chinese and foreigners know
these foreigners themselves have produced and com
pleted this business—how then can they be pitied ?
lake not their bonds. Where then is the murdered
man arid the murderer It is unnecc ary to have
the latter delivered over
• * * * * *
We of the Heavenly Dynasty cherished these
foreigners from afnr with the utmost kind :js and
benevolence, but these said foreigners know not to
frel gratefil! They on the other hand act the
part of the unftltal she bird, (which attacks and
tries to destroy the mother as soon as hatched) th t
they are in the wrong and we in the right, u is a fart
known alike lo those of the inner land, and to those
from beyond the seas .'—Since then, these said
(English) foWigners, by their own act, put them
selves out of the pale of the laws, what oocas on
is there for us lo feel any sorrow or regret ebout
them ?
******
Doyeihen, oh! all ye foreigners of other na
tions, look up with great awe to the great Emperor,
as you receive his foolishly tender and unho ind
ed goodness in permitting you to continue your com
mercial intercourse as of old, know that, in order to
preserve in *afetv your per ms find properties, ye
must reverently observe the laws and prohibitions !
If ye dare, however, clandestinely to give ear to
the industrious cou »ele of the English, or convey
up the g ds brought on in their ships, or dispose of
the said goods, [for them,] the moment that such
clandestine proceeding is discovered, will your
crime be visited with the severe . punishment !
We shall also duly raentoralize the Emperor that
the trade of the said off-nding nation be in like
manner put a stop to ! W hat ihen w ill your after
repentance avail you ? Trleveryone tremble*ud
ob**y ! Do not oppose !
A special proclamation !
Taoukwang I'Jih year, I2ih moon, Ist day
Canton, sth January, 1844. . -t
Hrar thr Enfmf.— The Philadelphia Ameri
can Sentinel, an Administration print, alludes to the
great Harrison Contention at Baltimore, and arys :
“ History mentions no such gathering of people
since that in th»- Champ ile Mars to -tfwear to the
constitution. Whether we speak of the nrnnbe s
present, their boundless enthusiasm, or the vast
territory from the most distant points of which they
assembled, we may, as chroniclers of passing events
mention it as a surpassing pageant, and a thrilling
demonstration of the intensity ofthat feeling which
animates the supporters of Gen. Harrison.”
The great cloih seizure case, recently tried at
Philadelphia, before Judge Hopkinson of the U. S.
District Court, has resulted in favor of the United
‘Mates. The amount involved tn this suit is said to
be from SBO,OOO to $100,0(0.
What has Martin Van Boren done ?—A
country paper asks, what has Martin Van Bu r en
ever done in the course of his life that was calcu
lated to benefit ihe, farmers, merchants and manu
facturers South and V\ est ? We cannot answer the
question, unless it is to say, nothing ; but we can
tell w hat he did for the Stale of New York. Martin
Van Buren once voted against giving ffCr WHITE
M the right to vote unless Vey owned a cer
tain amount of taxable projtertif. —See Journal of
Proceedings, page 202.
From the May Knickerbocker.
Reminiscences of the Late War.
‘The Americans certainly exhibited a good degree
ofcourace in several of t heir obstinate contests with
the mother country; but in general, on land and sea,
they showed little training, and less finesse. A
successful rusede guerre was a rare achievement ;
yet sometimes signal advaettges were obtained by
an emulation of the arts and small cunning of our
Gallic neighbors.’ > De Hoos.
In the sutt merof 1811, I wps passenecr in a ship
lying at Long Hope, in the Orkney Islands, waiting
for a convoy gun-brig, daily expected from Leith,
in Scotland, lo protect us to the Baltic sea. The
detention of a week swelled our fleet to about twen
ty vessels, of various nations, among which were
threeortour Americans. Becoming impatient with
the delay, seeing no prospect of a speedy deliver
ance, and fearing thi French cruisers, which then
infested the German Ocean, w e had no choice but
to await the arrival of the expected brig, or form a
convoy of our own, sufficiently formidable to de
fend ourselves incase of attack. We determined
on the latter; and a Yankee commander of a brig,
which rejoiced in the security of fourteen wooden
*guns, and myself, undertook the management. We
selected this brig as a look out vessel, and a large
American ship, painted entirely bla. k, as our com
n odore, who was require 1 to carry by day a large
red flag at the main, and a lantern at the peak dur
ing the night.
Our next difficulty was to obtain signals, to in
form the fleet from time to time of the intentions of
our commodore. This cau ed some perplexi y; but
my Yankee friend ami myself, after some delibera
tion, contrived, with three pieces of different color
ed bunting, and the et.sign and pendant, to tbrm se
venty-five quotums and answers, including a lew
points of the compass, in our course to Leith.
Walking one afternoon on the highlands overlook
ing the Pentland Frith, 1 met a gentleman, a pas
senger in one es the vessels fortu.ng our fleet, lo
w hom I mentioned the arrangement* w t had enter
ed into, and exhibited a plan of the signals. He
examined them attentively, was amused with the
contrivance, and reicarkina that he had a taste for
paieting, asked me if I had ever seen the signals
used by the British navy, 1 answered in the nega
tive, wishing him to explain what they were. We
sat down, and with my pencil, on the back of a let
ter, I marked down, with I nes ami dots, used by
helßldry pamteis, each signal ea he described them,
including the cornpMs-signals. 1 never knew the
name of this gentlemm, but presume be was a Bri
tish naval officer, on furlough. I thought no more
ol these signals; but on going on board ou? ship,
threw them into my trunk, among various loose pa
pers.
- Our fleet sailed, making a truly formidable a»-
peaißnce, with our biack commodore and his blooey
flag, the look-out brig ranging ahead, and sometimes
tar astern ; ai.d our vessels,of all nations, firing al
mostevery hour tn the day, and running up and
down signals, byway of amusement. Inthis man
ner we passed along the coast of Scotland, within
sight of the land, and sometimes sufficienty near lo
discover the towns, observing, what we then con
sidered remarkable, that no vessels were lo be seen,
save at a great distance, and th.ss standing in for
the shore.
Thus we continued quietly on onr course, until
the afternoon of the third or tout h day, w hen our
attention wa- drawn to a vessel bearing down upon
us. At the time, her top gallant sails were only vis
ible, but soon the top-sails made their appearance,
when our commodore run up the signal. 4 A large
merchantman ahead !’ Having cha ge of our sig
nals, and observing that the stranger’s yards were
very square, and her canvass dark, 1 answered, A
man-oj-war!' Immediate prepaiations were now
made for action, by our fleet coming together haul
ing up courses, and taking in top-gallant sails ; but
not a flag was displayed, save the bloody one of
the commodore. In a short time the hull loomed
up, and we then discovered the v»s<el to be a large
gun brig,displaying the English flag: and if any
doubts existed as to her charac'er, they were soon
dispel lad by a hearty shot 'V’own directly across
our bows, when we hove to, as did all the fleet,
and disp’ yed ourn aional colors. In a few monied' ■*
a beat was alongside, and I lie officers, mounting
the side-ladder, exclaimed, ‘ln the name of heav
en who are you ?
We informed hi.o of what the reader already
knows, and entering our cabin, explained the plan
of our operations. Being one of th .se jolly fellows
vviih which the British men-of-war then abounded,
he laughed heartily at the idea, helped us to finish
a bottle of w ine, and staled that the fishermen from
all parte of the coast north of where we were then
. lying, had run into Aberdeen, and repoi ted an Al
gerine fleet near the coast! They were certain of
the fact, from the circumstance of a large black ship,
carrying a bloody flag ! This rumor was transmit
ted to Leith by telegraph, and his vessel was des
patched to ascerf- n the cause of alarm.
In bidding ns good afternoon, lie observed that
he would pay r a visit to our commodore, and simply
request him to haul down nis red flag ; ad ling that
we were sufficnntly formidable, without it, to
frighten all the Frenchmen we m ght meet, before
our arrival at Leith. Such proved to be the fact.
We continued our course, falling in with no vessels,
until we reached * ith Roads, where we were an
nounced us a large fle-1 of merchantmen, under
convoy of a United States gun brig.
But the reader will naluially inquire, “ What has
all this got to do with the !a:e*vvar with Great B it
ain 7” To which I answer, it wvs merely given by
way of in reduction, to show how I came in posses
sion i f her signals, and the use I subsequently
m ide of them
In the summer of 1813, the frigate President,
Commodore Rodgers, arrived in Boston Harbor,al
ter an unsuccessful cruise.
'I he war was extremely unpopular among the
people, and the uric bantabie portion charged his
not capt :rng any cf the enemy’s ships, more to
cowardice, ihan the difficulty he had encountered in
finding any thing worth capturing, that was nut
conveyed by ti force superior to his single frigate.
Fer the first time it occurred to me that the sig
nals, obtaind two years previously, migfe be ofse -
vice to the commodore, in decoying some of the
et ray's vessels within reach of his guns ; and the
t bought no sooner entered ray mind, than I sought
them Irom among my papers, and p t ray plan into
immediate exe ution 1 drew a compass in the cen
tre of which was represented the President, lying at
anchoi in the karbor, " ion the points, the thnly
two signals by which the men-of-war designajed to
the fleet the course to be steered during the night,
to evade a pursuing enemy; below ! painted tho
Ir t numbers, reprsvsnted by as many flags, with
two others, forming the affirmative and negative
I was nor personally acquainted with Commodore
Rodgers, at the time, although intimate with most
of his ward room officers, by one ol whom I sent
the picture, with a letter addressed to him, showing
how the signals were to be us«d, and observing that
he should obtain the number of one of tile largest
class of British frigates, by hoisting it when° an
enemy was in sighi.it would without tail decoy her
within his reach.
Meeting the officer intrusted with these despatch
es a few days afterward, he informed me that the
commodore, soon after he had taken them into his
cabin, appealed on deck apparently highly pleased,
and ordered one of his warrant officers to have'
some blue bunting painted black, very much to the
surprise of the officers, who could not conceive for
what purpose he intended it; but I was satisfied
that the signals were to be made, one of them
being black-and-yellow.
1 he ‘President’ sailed, and I thought no more of
the aftair, until some weeks after, taking up a
newspaper, I therein saw it stated that she had
taken the British government schooner Highflyer
by 4 stratagem. - '
Soon after the peace, dining with Commodore I
Rodgers, at his house in Washington, he related to
me the fo : lowing circumstances, which I give
nearly in his own words.
‘I acknowledged the receipt of your letter,’he
observed,‘and was determined to hive the signals
made on board, and to try the experiment, none of
my officers understanding for what purpose they
w’ere intended. I cruised some time without meet
ing an enemy, until one afternoon we fell in with
a schooner, some six or eight miles to windward
of us. We hoisted the British ensign, which she
answered by displaying another, and at the same
’ time a signal at her main-top-gallant mast head,
which I immediately discovered was like one of
tho*e you had given me. From the list of English
frigates, I selected the number of the ‘Sea-Horse,’
one of their largest class, and known to be on our
coast, and hoisted it. She bore down at once, and
came under our stern. I ordered her to heave to,
and I would send a boat on board of her.
‘This order was obeyed,and I despatched a lieu
tenant to bring her signal-book ; enjoining on him,
and the crew, the strictest secrecy respecting our
character. He was politely received by the captain,
whose schooner proved to be the ‘Highflyer.’ Our
lieutenant’s coat attracted his attention, not being
of the latest London fashion, although theerown
aod-anchor was on the button ; out casting his
eyes on the frigate, seeing the British ensign, and
now and then the red-coat of a marine appearing
above the hammock-netting, his mind was appa
rently set at rest.
‘The Lieutenant Informed him that he was re
quested to bring his signal-book on buard the ‘Sea-
Horse,’ in order to have some alterations made, as
there was a rumor that the Yankees had possession
of something like the signals, and it was therefore
necessarj' to change the numbers ! This ruse had
the desired effeci, and our lieutenant returned with
the book, which placed me in command of the
whole correspondence of the British Navy I then
sent the gig for the captain, requesting him to come
on board, and bring any despatches he might have
in charge.
‘On reaching our deck, he seemed surprised at
the size of the vessel, praised her cleanliness, and
the order in which every thing appeared ; admired
the new red-coats of the marines, and on being in
vited into the cabin, handed me a bundle of des
patches for Admiral Warren, who, he observed,
must be within 40 miles to leeward. I ordered re
freshments. and, in company with several of my
officers, we entered into general conversation.
“ I asked him what object Admiral Warren had
in cruising in that neighborhood ? He said, to inter
cept the American privateers and merchantmen, but
particularly to catch Commodore Rodgers, who, he
unders'ood, had command of one oi the largest and
fastest-sailing frigates in the American navy ! I in
quired of him what kind of a man this Rodgers
was, and if ever he had seen him ? He said no ; but
he had understood that he was an odd character,
and devilish hard to catch. After conversing on
several other subjects, I abruptly put this question
to him —
‘“Sir, do 3 r ou know what vessel you are on
board of ?’
“ 4 Why j-es, sir,’ he replied ; ‘on board his Ma
jesty’s ship Sea-Horse.’
Then, sir, you labor under a great mistake.
You are on board the Uiited States frigate Presi
dent. and lam Commodore Rodgers , at your serviced
* The dying dolphin never assumed a greater va
riety of colors, than did this poor fellow’s face.—
‘ Sir,’ said he, ‘ you are disposed to be humorous,
and must be joking !’ I assured him it was no joke :
and to satisf3' him on that head, handed him my
commission. At the same moment the band struck
up “ Yankee Doodle,’ on our quarter deck ; on
reaching which he saw the American ensign flying,
the red coats ot the marines turned blue, and the
crown-and-anchor button metamorphosed into the
eagle.
‘ This affair,’ observed the commodore, ‘ was of
immense importance to our country, We obtain
ed in full the British signals; the operations of Ad
miral Warren, by the non-receipt of his despatches,
were destroyed lor the season ; and it probably
saved the frigate, for the course I was running at
thetimeof my failing in witli the Highflyer, would
have brought me into the midst of his fleet during
the night.’ G. B.
New York, March, IS4O.
Presidential Presents.—Among the cargo
of the Muscat ship Sultanee are two Arabian
horses, a case of otto of roses, a package of Cash
mere shawls, a Persian rug, a small box of pearls,
a sword, and live demijohns, contents unknown
—nil presents from the Sultan to Vlr. Vanßuren.
—New York Cum. Adv.
The subjoined (oast was given at the late celebra
tion in Connecticut:
“ The Nutmeg Stile--Where shall we find a
grater ?"
The Rallyin g Song,
They are rousing, ihey’re rousing in valley and glen,
The noble in soul, and the Ida/less in heart ;
At freedom’s stern call, to the combat again
'i hey rush with a zeal she alone can impart.
From wild Madawaska’s dark forest of pine,
To the far lertile glades where the Illinois’ flows,
True sons ol i heir lu turns ! The people combine,
To shake off the chains of iheir lyrants and toes.
They’re gathering, they’re gtthering, on hill and
pi ii n.
They sw arm cv’ry vale and o’er shadow each river
Each hamlet and dell is made vocal again.
With the soul thrilling cry ol “ Our Country for
ever."
The flag of liu free to the breeze is unfurled,
Around it they rally to guard its lair lame.
And well may ilie foes ot corruption be bol i.
In the glory and strength ol iheir Harrison s name.
Where the nobie Ohio in wild beauty sweeps
VN here lovely the Savannah bears onward its
wa\ e.
And e’en where the Hudson in culm grar.deur sleeps
Thre ate thousands of freemen who scorn to bo
slaves.
Arouse then true hearts ! to the battle once more
And the spoilers shall quail at our gallant array !
Despair fades beh'/id u-> —hope’s morn dawns before,
It will brighten full soon to a shaclowles day.
Magnanimous.—Something to touch thk
Heart. —Coleridge somewhere relates a story to
this effect:—“Alexander, during his march into
Africa,came to a people dwelling in peaceful huts,
who knew neither war nor conquest. Gold being
offered to him he refused it, saying, that his sole
object was to learn the manners and customs of the
inhabitants. Stay with us, said the chief, as long
as it plcaseth thee. During the interview with the
African Chief, two of his subjects brought a case
before him for judgment. '1 he dispute was this r
1 iie one ha 1 bought of the other a piece of ground,
which, after the purchase, was found to contain 1
treasure, for which he felt bound to pay. The
other refused to receive any thing, stating that
when he sold the ground, he sold it with all the
advantages, apparent or concealed, which it might
he found to afford. Said the Chief, looking at the
one, you have a son, and to the other, you have a
daughter—let them be married, and the treasure
be given to them as a dowry. Alexander was
astonished. And what, said the chief, would have
been the decision in your country > We shou d
have dismissed the parties, said Alexander, and
seized the treasure for the king’s use. And does
the sun shine on your country ? said the chief—
does the rain fall there r and are there any cattle
there w’hich feed upon herbs and green grass ?
Certainly, said Alexander Ah, said the chief, it
is for the sake of these innocent cattle that the
Great Being permits the sun to shine, the rain to
fall, and the grass to grow in your country.”
Change of Fashion often causes great distress
among woikrncn. In 1795 the peace of the metropo
lis was disturbed by the peruke makers, who went
in Precession to petition the king against the innova
tion of wearing their own hair. At the recovery of
George 111. after his first illness, an immense num
ber of buckles were manufactured; they were
spread over the whole kingdom All the wealth of
Walsall was invested in the specu ation. The
King went to St Paul’s without buckles. Shoe
strings supplied the place of straps, and Walsall
was nearly ruined. The disuse of wigs, leather
breeches, buckles and buttons, is supposedto have
affected the industry of 1 ,(.>oo.ooo persons Wade’s
British Museum.
BANK REPORTS.
Rank of St. Marys. ~
. St. Marys, 9th April
Sir,—l herewith enclose a statement of the co
dition of this Bank, on Tuesday morning is.
inst.; also a list of its stockholders. ‘
Respectfully, 3 our ob’t, servant,
H. R. Sadler, Presidcnt’pro
To his Excellency Chas. J. McDonald, Governor
Statement showing the condition of the Bank
St. Marys, on Tuesday morning, 7//, 0 j
DR.
To capital stock paid in, . ?35
Notes in circulation, 29 Sio no
Individual Depositors, 34021 oq
Due to other Banks,
Time checks, 6 193 £
Profits and surplus, $3,552 47 ’
Dividends unclaimed, 853 51
Excess in cash account, 12 si
CR $165,(46 73
By Cash in hand ; viz., in
Gold, Silver, & Copper Com, $15,697 12
Checks and Drafts, 3,113 59
Notes of other Banks, 630 00
Due from other Banks, on
Drafts in transitu, A
Banking house and lot, 7 93^
Notes running to maturity, $72,517 39
Do. over due. and not in suit, 47,159 74
n-r rr k H 9.677 13
Bil s of Exchange, 12,379 58
Over drafts, 56 - 3 ,
Expenses, 1,395 50
$165,146 73
Georgia, Camden county. —Appeared H. R. Sij.
ler, President pro. tern., and A. J. Bessent, Cashier
of the Bank of St. Marys, who being du!v sworn
depose and say, that the v\ ithin shows a true state-’
ment of the condition of said Bank, on Tuesdav
its opening,) the 7th inst.,to the best
of their knowledge and belief.
H. R- Sadler, President pro. tern.
A. J. Bessent, Cashier.
Sworn to before me, this 9th April, IS4O.
Geo. W. Woolley, Notary Pub’ic
List of Stockholders in the Bank of St. Mary's on
Monday evening, 6th Apt il, la4o, *
Stockholders. Shates. Amt.pd.in.
Horace S. Piatt, 160 $4,800
Do. Trustees of H S Pratt, jr. 5 15Q
JDo “ Jane Pratt, 5 15;)
Do. “ I. (4 W Pratt, 50 1.500
Do. Guardian of John W. Pratt, 50 1,500
Do. “ _ Isabel J. Pratt, 50 1,500
Sarah Drysdale, * 50 1,500
Francis Rudulph, • 5 353
Do. Trustee of M C Rudulph, 5 350
Do. “ EF Rudulph,” 5 350
Do. ** M M Rudulph, 5 330
Do. “ J J Rudulph, 5 350
Do. ** R L Rudulph, 5 350
Do. “ V M Rudulph, 5 35(J
Estate of J. Honiker, by M. H. Heb
bard, Adm. 5 200
John Hebbara, 15 450
Sarah Clabb, 4 400
John Bachlott, 2 200
Do. Trustee of H M Bach’ott, 2 200
Do. “ John L. Bachlott, 2 200
Do. “ Mary M. Bachlott, 1 100
Do. “ Jos. C. Bachlott, 1 IhO
Do. “ Rich. H. Bachlott, 1 100
Do. “ CO Bachlott, 1 100
Alfred Doolittle, 30 900
Do. Trustee of M A., J H., J 5.,7 -
. M A., &M J Doolittle, 5 0 150
Henry Bacon, 20 1,000
Do. Trustee of C A Bacon, 2 100
Do. 11S
Do. “ E 31 Bacon, 2 100
A. J. Bessent, 32 1,600
Do. Trustee of Eliza Bessent, 10 500
Do. “ William Bessent, 2 209
Do. “ Eliza 31, Bessent, 2 200
Louis Dufour, 141 12,200
Do. Trustee of Louis Desclaux, 30 3,000
Edmund Atkinson, 50 1,500
John Bessent, 2 60
Do. Trustee of M O Bessent, 2 6J
Do. “ M A Bessent, 1 30
Do. Guardian of E Williams, 5 150
Do Adm. of the of C Spriggs, 5 250
Joseph Arnow 2 60
Do. Trustee of C Arnow, 2 60
Do. “ Prudenlia Arnow, 2 60
Do. “ George Arnow, 2 60
Do. “ Jos. Arnow, jr. 2 60
Willis Lang, 10 300
Do. Trustee of G Lang, 1 30
Do, “ Mary Lang, 1 30
Samuel Clarke, 69 1,780
Do. Tiustee of Ethan Clarke, 2 60
Do. “ O A Clarke, 2 60
Do. “ E M Clarke, 2 60
Do. “ HP Clarke, 2 60
Do. “ L C Clarke, 2 69
Do. « M S Clarke. 2 69
Do. “ J F Clarke, 2 60
Do. “ S Clarke, jr. 2 60 d
Do. “ 118 Clarke, 2 60 }
David Seaburg, 10 200
Sylvester Silva, 20 1,000
Jacque Vocelle, 28 2,000
B Barratte, 10 1,000
Do. Trustee of A Barratte, 10 1,000
Samuel Flood, 2 69
Do. Trustee of Rebecca Flood, 1 39
Do. “ Ann V Flood, 1 39
D«. “ Elizabeth F.ood, 1 30
Duncan L Clinch, 149 3,9S'J
Do. Guardian of JII M Madison, 51 1,520
Lemuel Church, 25 750
Do Guardian of Harry King, 35 1,350
Do. “ Tilley King, 3 150
Do. “ Harry King, jr. 2 100
William Proctor, 5 259
Do. Trustee of xMargt. Proctor, 5 250
Do. “ Margt. Proctor, jr. 2 100
Du. “ Virginia Proctor, 2 100
Do. “ Wm. Proctor, jr. 2 10J
Do. “ Daniel Proctor, _2 100
Do. “ Louisa Proctor, 2 ICO
80. “ Theodore Pro< lor, 2 100
Do, “ Isabella Proctor, 2 100
Henry R Sadier, 10 300 .
Do. Trustee of H R Sadler, jr. 2
Do. “ Eliza M Sadler, 2
Do. “ C A Sadler, 2
Do. “ H M Sad er, 2 60
Do. “ Mary A Sadler, 2
Do, “ Nicholas B. Sadler, 2
Edmund Richardson, 21112 1
Do. Trus. of Elizab. Richardson, 2
0 ;VI Dorman, 10 300
Samuel R Williams, 1
John Warren, 20 690
Ross & Merrick, 40 1,200
Julia A Morck, 15
Archibald Clarke, 10 300
Ralph King, 91 2,730
William King, 100 3,900
R& W King, 242 7,260
Wm. ri Clarke, Trustee forWm.} n
J , Lucine V, & Sam’l. F.f 10 30U
Clarke, J ,
Stephen McCall, 10 3W
John Johns, 10 3'
Jeremiah Johns, 5 J-
Alexander Kean, 5 D
John Bailey, 99 2,970
George W Thomas, 50 l»®r:
James Moore, 5 W
James M Smith, 10 3W
George Lang, 5 L
Nancy Lang, 10 31
Do. Trustee of Isaac Lang, o *7:
Do. “ Catharine Lang, 5 J ,
Do “ Isabella Lang, 5 * .
Susan Hopkins, 50
William T. Hopkins, 106
Do. Trustee of E H Hopkins,
Do. “ W T Hopkins, jr.,
Do. “ Susan A Hopkins, 2 \
Do « R H Hopkins, 2
Christopher Brown, 25 'g
1 ommis, of Camden Co. Academy, 20 -9*
Hannah Cozby, 40
Harriet Ann Elbert, 20 >
Robert Stafford, K»
Elizabeth P Magill, 4 _
Heen Z Magill, 559
Mis. Eliza Mclntosh, •* -o,
Mrs. Sadie*, 15