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4 1 mmaamms ■! J l■ 1 " CHROMCLFJ AND SENTINEL. AUGUST WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 13. =L=—= 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. |—J 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 | f—j 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