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Il } i ’ i CHRONICLE AND jSENTIKEL. AU(i uis ila. TUESDAY MORISINw MAY IC. Gen. Harrison alnd (Abolition. The most barefaced conte Jiptible slander that has ome to our knowledge, Suring the present canvass, is contained in itl following article, which we cut from the |Ricl|nond Enquirer, to show to our readers the e;:Uen| to which the spoils parly are driven, to sitj’taiiy an administration which is receiving the denunciations of all classes of society. It carries a |ibe|on its very face, so indellibiy stamped that tbp m.-st hardened barefa ced Loco Foco, who has ijny *bgard to truth, can not summon sufficient I jat;suuo repeat the vile slander. The Loco Focj) liirty are truly hard run in Virginia to prop t'i’eir sinking cause, and they seem to believe tha; the -end will justify the means, however degrading. I From the defers ,nian. Mr. Editor—The following) is an extract from a letter written by a gentleman of the first re spectability, and who is r|tadyf to substantiate the truth of the charge maiLj against General Har rison. I hope every mar* wifi read it for him self, before he determines-Uo support a man enter taining such principles: ; • ••••• 1 afn assured, by a gen tleman of high standing jn society, who travel led .with Gen. Harrison, & few'days ago, on board a steamboat, from North Bind to Cincinnati, that he was brought out. on tbjj subject of Aboli tion, that he expressed bimse-f freely upon the topic, and advocated every pr nciple which char acterises this shameful di&trirje, (if it be allowa ble to apply this term to .such*a faction ;) but he explained his vote in Congress upon the ques tion of admitting Missouri into the Union as a slave-holding State, in ifre following way: He said that he voted :ui accordance with the wishes of that State, buiuntisnaled that he voted against his conscience; declared that he was en tirely opposed to tbe-extansfyn of slavery in the West, and boasted, that he pvould get the sup port of the Abolitionists. All this was in the presence of Abolitionists. and>l am further assur ed that all who heard him w jre satisfied that he was thoroughly and radn-allyt an Abolitionist. “So much for General garrison's Abolition principles. Now if the people are willing, with their eyes open, to take this /nan for their ruler, with all his odious doctrines, ;«nd his total want of capacity as a statesman, iji the name of God, be it so f In sackcloth and as|es will they mourn the consequence of their; consummate folly, and in tha bitterness of their gouLt will they be forced to cry * amen’ to their own r|un.” Some of the spoils party hjive been quite dis tressed because the Convention of Whig Young Men recently assembled! at Baltimore, put forth no address to the peoplf of the United States, setting forth their principles; and have felicitated themselves not a little under the hope that they would be able to raise ;i lifjtle political capital therefrom. We are avdare jthat they are par ticularly hard run for sonsjj “pin on which to hang a lamp,” just at this time, but we did not suppose that they would; be jdriven into this un fortunate corner. Perhaps they may plead igno rance of the object of Convention, we, theiefore, as we feci a jdeeii sympathy for their unfortunate situation, s>; bjoiji the following reso lution, which was passed by; the Harrisburg Con vention, calling the Convection at Baltimore: “ Resolved . That this |Cov|*ntion recommend to the Whig Young Men.)of She sevt/al States, to hold a Whig Convention ot| the 22d February, 1840, or any other day ihat,may be agreed upon, in the city of Baltimore,} f.rrjthe purpose of gen eral organization, and t.f> &d|>pt measures for the securing of success to tHe ticket nominated.” Correspondence of the Phil.i. North American. Nkw-Yohk, May 14, 1840. The sales of Cotton do-day amount to 1000 bales again, at steady •ate:, and most of fj exportation. Genessee flour is plenty on the docks at the foot of South street, ana on the North River, and although it is selling at 4,75 for the commonest brands, the dealers hold back, expecting that it will be cheaper. It is now coming down freely, and nothing but the English market can stop its decline, that I see. A gpod many mark it in prospect at 4,50. A jiareel of 700 bushels of Wheat, the only lot in sold this morning, the price I have noti learned. Corn and Kye stand as yesterday. Irj th| Stock market there is an extreme inactivity*. Ifhere is no disposition to sell, and but little disposition to buy. Money is so plenty that all caij hdld on. Domestic Exchanges—‘Philadelphia s|; Bal timore 5L Richmond 6|; Charleston 3| a 4; Augusta 12; Maccifi Savannah 8$ a 9£; Mobile 12 a 10; Louisville 9; CincinnAi 84; Nashville 15. Bids on London 7j- £ bills on Paris 5,27£. Connecticut. —J.l W.jHuntington, (W.) has been elected U. S. Sefatoi, in place of Mr. Betts, deceased. Mr. Hunt !igtc|a was formerly a mem ber of Congress, and if. nojv one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of State of Connecticut, and is represented to; be gentleman of fine ta lents. \ t ' * VAS ReNSSELAET.: ASjD MACKENZIE. The Albany Argus of Salfirdriy states that the Presi dent has remitted the |\ne|)f |250 imposed upon Rensselaer Van Rensjelat'r for a violation of the neutrality laws, it having been shown that he was unable to pay it. I Tlje residue of the punish ment imposed upon Win | Lyon Mackenzie, who was sentenced to eigl|lee!j months imprisonment from the 20th of Juaij lasi, and a fine of $lO, has also been remitted. | | Col- R.inJjoh^oii. “In less than three, months from this day, you will hear of Col. K. -VI. ‘Johnson electioneering for Gen. Harrison—.ilari the prediction.” So said a friend tel us fa few days since. We were, however, incrpdubus. But in less than twenty-four hours a<|erw|ards, we heard that the Colonel and Bentoji h|id had high tcords in Washington upon tlife merits of Old Tippecanoe. The conversation, aa reported, was to the effect, that Benton, in the fjrescvice of Col. Johnson, in his accustomed vulgar st> le, pronounced General Harrison a coward a|id granny. The Colonel replied, that he could no* reconcile it to his sense of truth and justice lu&r such remarks without expressing his dissejit. ’He knew General Har rison well, and he him to be neither a coward nor an imbitcilejj and whoever charged him with being either, sLted that which was not true. Benton grewjfurijms, and from his eye balls flashed the iiv.jig frt. The Colonel was » f | | i i cool and composed, and maintained that such charges against Gen. Harrison would make him stronger with the people, who knew their falsity. [.Richmond Whig. Appointment bt*the President —By and ■with the advice and consent of the Senate. Benjamin Bttkwood, Collector of the Cus toms at Beaufort, South Carolina, Vice David Turner, removed. The Mail Expedited. — Two days and fif teen hours from New York. On Friday last, we received at 8 o’clock A. M., New York papers of the Wednesday afternoon preceding, the mail leaving there at 5 P. M. This saving of time is a matter of much mo ment, and will be gratifying to the mercantile community particularly. From a letter which has been shewn us, we learn that the Wilming ton and Raleigh Rail Road Company, with an enterprize which has always characterized all their operations, and for which they deserve great credit, have undertaken to start their boats from Wilmington, so as to conform to a new schedule adopted by the Department, in order to expedite the mail, although by their contract, which has yet some considerable time to run. they are un der no obligation to change the lime. That the Company can, during the summer months, ac complish this object there is no doubt, but to con tinue it in the winter which will be still more important than in summer, the River below Wil • mington must be lighted, and it is to be hoped that measures will be adopted, and that immedi ately, to have this done.— Charleston Courier of Yesterday. The Tornado at Natchez—Further details. The Free Trader of the 11th contains further particulars of this heart-rending calamity. The estimate of a little more than a million and a quarter of dollars as the amount of damage, has proved far too low. It merely covers the loss sus tained by the city proper;—but the loss of mer chandize, goods of various kinds, and furniture destroyed, is valued as at least four millions—ma king the entire loss of property more than FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. The Free Tra der adds: “ This estimate, we believe to fce strictly with in the bounds of moJera ion. Tne immense q**"*iity of pork, bacon, but'ar, lard, and vegeta bles, lost at the Landing—swept into the deep ob livious river—would astonish any one not ac quainted with the nature of our trade. Many of our large ware-houses and furnishing stores ha ving lately been cripple J and restricted in their operations, the most of the supplies for city, country and the adjacent counties, have been de rived from the Natchez Landing. These now, with a very few exceptions, are whelmed in the ruin, or lost in the waters. There are numerous dwellings in the lower as well i.s upper city, where every item of furni ture and clothing, and ornament, was given to the gyrations of the whirlwind, and lost irrevocably. Many ladies lost elegant and valuable w and were dependent on friendship for the initial vestmeits with which they covered themselves, | a er they had been reduced to a state of almost entire nudity by a tornado which writhing “in the sweat of its agony,” and leaping from tower to tower “ with delirious bound.” The beautiful and splendid villa of And’w. Brown, esq, at which place the most gorgeous and splendid fete ever given in this city to the ci,y gue-ts from Vicksburg last year, is totally ru ined. The cost of its erection was sixty or seven ty thousand dollars.—The mansion of Peter Lit tle, esq, and Mrs. Linton, on the bluff, fronting each other at about a mile distant, out-rode the storm, being built of very massive materials, and esv.ped with the loss of chimneys and the dis mantling of some of the f. iezes and architeclu ornaments. The Natchez theatre is a pile of shapeless ru* ms, b’yond recovery. The entire square, f. > j rounded by the walls, and partly covered by the pile of Railroad Depot, late one of the largest and noblest edifices, of the kind in any city in the Union, is covered with the wreck of tower, walls and roofs. From this immense mass of rubbish, several wounded persons and dead bodies have been dug, and the work for removing the huge pile of limber and brick has been just com menced. From the immense ruins of Parker’s Southern Exchange, Messrs. Parish & Beamis were dug out alive alter a confinement of an hour or two, and the dead body of Moses, a most valuable ser vant ; it is possible that there may be one or two more bodies still in those ruins. The Planters’ Hotel, formerly called “Our House,” situated on the brow of the bluff was blown down the precipice. Many men were known to have been in the house at the time; and it has become painfully evident to the senses that the rapid decomposition of flesh is going on under the timbers of that house. Eleven dead bodies have been taken from the ruins of the Steamboat Hotel, which have all I en removed by the gangs of slave of Colonel Garget, Mr. Crossgrove, and others, generously, sent in by those wealthy planters.” The exact number of the sufferers has not yet been ascertained. The subject is in the hands of a committee of three gentlemen, who are to re port as soon as accurate information can be ob tained. Another Slaver. —Arrived on Tuesday, schooner Mary Ann, from Sierra Leone. Was taken by the British brig of-war Booeta*on the coast of Africa, being then under American coL ors—delivered over to Lieut. Paine, of the U. S. schooner Grampus, and by him sent to the Uni ted States, The captain died on the passage. N. Y. Cum. “ Attention the Universe I” “ By kingdoms to the right wheel , march /” Such are the words ofcommand which the boys ! sometimes utter, in iron/, as a commentary upon the swaggering of a pompous militia captain, i We were reminded of them by the bulletin issued | by Amos Kendall, on resigning '.he office of Post Master General, and addressed to the public, in j order, as he says, “to satisfy THE WHOLE WORLD that he is not dissatisfied with the Presi- j dent, &c. &c. &c. —Take notice, therefore, I King of Siam, and thou of Timbuctoo—Ali ; Pacha, and thou war-chief of the Snake Indians —yea, all nations, Esquimaux and Chinese— Turcomans andTuscaroras—Burmese and Brit ishers —Pindarees and Peruvians—and the Tex ans besides—that Amos Kendall resigned, though not dissatisfied — has turned penny-a-liner ( Xyf°r the Ghbe ! — N. Y Commercial Adc. U. S. Troops. The Erie, Pa. Gazette says:—“On Tuesday last, the Bth Regiment U. S. Light Infantry, un der the command of Col. Worth, passed up the lake on the steamboats Buffalo and Cleveland, destined for the Indian country, for the purpose of compelling the Winnebago Indians to comply with their treaty stipulations and remove west of the Mississippi. The tribe has refused to remove from their old ground, and for the enforcement of the treaty the commanding general has called up on Gov. Dodge of VV isconsin territory, for sever al regiments ot militia to act in concert with the U. Stales troops.” “ The Stale is safe for Mr. Van Buren ” So says the Albany Argus, in speaking of Vir ginia. Considering that the Argus deduces this consolation from the returns of the late elections, giving both branches of the Legislature and a de cided majority of the popular vote to the Whigs and Hanison, we are renrnded of an anecdote. An Irish cook on board of a ship, having dropped his tea-kettle overboard, ran to the captain to ac quaint him with the accident: “Captain, your honor !’’ said Pat. “is a thing lost when you know where it is 1” “No, you fool!” “Well, your honor, thin your tea-kettle is sa fa, for it's in the bottom of the sea !”— N. Y. Com. Adv. From the Savannah Republican. Edward J. Black. House of Representatives, April 15. Sir—A few days since I prepared and present ed to the House of Representatives, a Resolution instructing the Committee on Commerce to make provision by law. during the present session for the establishment of a Custom House in the Citv of Savannah. The resolution was objected to bv Mr. Proffit, of Indiana, a Whig, and conse quently it “ laid over” that is it was rejected in that shape and form ; as resolutions thus disposed of, are seldom, if ever heard of again during the same session ; or if taken up at all, at too late a period to e!&ct any thing. Bui although I was thus thwarted in my at tempt to aid and advance the interest* of Savan nah, our on'y **aport of importance, at this lime, I am pleased to have it in my power to announce for the information of our fellow citizens, that I have yet a prospect of procuring an appropria tion for the erection of a Custom House in that City. The Committee on Commerce, have ex pressed a wish to be put in possession of such pape r s and documents as will enable and author late them, to report a bill in accordance with out desires. Tbe« papers and documents lam now preparing and collecting, which, together with a letter from Jacob Chadbourn, Esq. of your city, upon the subject referred to, be laid before the Committee, with the hope that the final action of Congress, will result in a liberal appropriation. No eIT-rt of mine shall be wanting to effect so de sirable an object. I think I can venture to say, from the signs of the times, and from certain indications I have lately witnessed, that we may now entertain a hope of locating a Naval Depot, somewhere in the neighborhood of Savannah, and that a fur ther appropriation of money will be made for the completion of Fort Pulaski, on Cockspur Island. The fortress so important to our section of the Union, as a Key to all the interior of Georgia and South-Carolina, (adjacent to, or connected with the Savannah River,) is a work, in the comple tion of w’hich, every man, of whatever party must feel a deep interest. Its construction, as you know, has been placed under the supervision of Capt. Mansfield, to whose ability, energy, skill and intelligence we are mainly indebted for the . application of the funds heretofore appropriated. My intimate connexion with the interests and cil«ens of Savannah, will insure to them all the aid I can bring to the accomplish ment of these proposed improvements.—With the hope of their speedy and ultimate success, I have the honor to be vour obed’t serv’t. EDWARD J. BLACK. We have heretofore, published the letter of Mr. Black. Our remarks upon it then, were not quite so full mwe wished. It seemed to us, as if it meant something more than appeared on its face, but what that something was, we were en tirely at a loss to know. From a cursory perusal, we discovered nothing in it beyond a desire to ingratiate himself with the citizens of Chatham County, and the lower part cf the State, gener ally, whose confidence he felt was abused by him —togetfler with an exhibition of vanity which may I o na'ural to a child, hut superlatively ridic ulous in a man. We were, however, mistaken in Mr. Black. He not only desired to ingratiate himself wi his constituents, and thus acquire : an opportunity of humbugging them again, but he sought to accomplish has object, at the expense of doing an injusr.ee to one of the most honora ble men, an industrious Representative in Con gress i, Thom** B. King. Mr. Black informs us in his letter, that he *• presented to the House of Representatives, a Resolution instructing the Commiteae on Com merce, to make provision by law, curing the pre r- t session, for the establishment of a Custom House in Savannah. The resolution was ol> j :t J t>, says Mr. Black—“ by Mr. Proffit of In diana, a Y.^ig —and consequently laid ove .” ' This language of Mr. Black is one of the most ! contemptible tissues of low cunning and syco phancy, we ever rer 1. He arrogate* to himself al! merits of introdu/ng the bill, and tries to throw all e blame of its defeat upon Mr. Proffit, a V,. j". He ks to throw odium on the Whig j cause, and claims all the merit of endeavoring to subserve the interest of Savannah, for himself ; and the LocoFo:x> Nullifiers. Let us now - *e what were the real facts in the ! history of the bill. Mr. Bfcxk gives us to under stand that it origins ed with himself. What is the fact 1 It did not. The bill ahuded to, | was introduced by the Hon. Thomas Butler King, as early »s the 10th of February last, as may be seen from the following certificate from Mr. Gar land, Clerk of the House of Representatives: 26th Congress—First Session. In the K tte of Representatives, } Feburcry 10//t, 1840. 3 On motion of Mr. Thomas Butler King. Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce instructed to inquire into the expediency of erecting a Coitom House and Marine Hospital in the City of Savannah, and report by bill or otherwise. Office Ko. R>ps. U. S. May 2 d, 1840. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy from the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1 (Attest.) H. A. GARLAND, Chrk. We now leave it to the public to pass judge ment on the honor and candor of Mr. Black. For ourt-elves, we will say, that we never saw a more groveling attempt to deceive the public, nor a more unmanly or treacherous stab at the char acter and f le of a colleague. Were the politi cal life of Mr. Black, h elofore, pure as that of an angel, this act alone would cover it with Sa tanic darkness. Were, he until now, virtuous i and wise as a Licurrus, or a Plato, his decep | tion in introducing the Bill for a Custon House in Savannah, would place him, as a politician, i below the ! >vel us the veriest Jack Cade that ever annoyed a well regulated community. Mr. Proffit did not oppose the bill because he; Mr. Proffit—was a Whig, but because the bill had I been already intr Juced by Mr. King, and its se cond introduction by Mr. Black was unnecessary; and further, because he would not be a party to the mean and contemptible efforts of Mr. black to deprive Mr. King—then absent from the House —of the honor of first introducing the bill. We shall meet again, Mr. B. at Philippi. Battle of the Thames. The Van Buren party have a most extraordi nary way of effecting their purposes. It is their present aim to disgrace Gen. Harrison, by heap ing upon him the most opprobrious epithets, and branding him with the vilest charges. When, therefore, the friends of that well tried veteran, that faithful public servant and virtuous citizen, in order to repel the accusations, appeal to his companions in arras, aud his associates in Con gress, for their testimony upon the matters in is sue, immediately the cry is raised about Harri son's “certificate men !” They first make the necessity for the “ certificates,” by their own vile slanders, and then try to make capital out of them, by taunting the people’s candidate with stooping to such means of self-defence! Very well, gentlemen. Go on with your char ges, and we will go on with our “ certificates.” We have the certificate of George Washington in favor of our candidate, —we have the certifi - cates of all the American Presidents, except the last and the present one,—we have the ccrtitl t K ca'c of Anthony Wayne,—we have the certifi cate of the Congress of the United States, —we have the certificate of the Legislature of Ken tucky, and many other states, —we have the cer tificate of Isaac Shelby, and a host of othei gal lant officers, —we have the wholo history of the late war as our certificate; and far as you pro gress with your manufactured calumnies, we shall meet you with such “ cesxficatea” as ought to make you shut up the shop. A member of the Ohio Legislature has dis graced himself and his station by accusing Gen. Harrison of cowardice, and declaring that Harri son was not within two miles of the action at the Thames. In that battle Gen. Harrison had, as his aids, the Hon. John Chambers, Col. C. S. Todd, Col. O'Fallon of Missouri, and the Hon. John Speed Smith of Kentucky. Each of those gentlemen have met the charge against their old commander with the most emphatic detail, and in the most indignant manner. We intend pub ishing the “c . rtificates” of each of them; but for the present, we can only find room for that of Colonel Smith. In Kentucky, Col. Smith is known as one of the most intelligent men in the Van Buren party; and, better than that, he is known as one of the most accomplished and noble-minded gentlemen of the land. He is one of those who are, by constitution, by education, and by habit, above doing wrong. He is not afraid to be just, and scorns any allegiance that requires of him a sacri fice of his own convictons, and that would tet him to the abominable business of calumniating a man who has spent the prime of his days ki the service of his country. We recommend the letter of Col. Smith to the perusal of all descriptions of persons. After reading it, let each man ask himself the question —“ Who was the Hero of the Thames 1” and if he does not say that Harrison v» m, he is impene trable to the truth. We would say to our Van 1 Buren opponents, be patient with us in these “ certificate” matters, for we mean to keep at it until November. In the mean lime, we would be pleased, as a matters of curiosity, to see what American citizen certifiers, to the military, civil, or political services of Mr. Van Buren. If you have any such paper, you had better place it in Peale’s Museum, asu wonderful rarity.— Frank , f Ky.J Commonwealth. Richmond, Ky., March 6, 1840. Sir:— Your letter of the 17th ult. was re ceived on yesterday, in which you state, that “it has been openly avowed that Gen. Harrison was at no time in the battle of the Thames, no- with in two miles of the battle ground—that the en tire plan ot operations was projected by Col. R. M. Johnson —that he led the troops on to con quest, and that General Harrison had no part or lot in the matter.” My humiliation is deep, that a necessity should exist, proceed by party rancor, to prove facts attested by Ir stor j for more than a quarter of a century, and which have never be fore been questioned. That ignorance and creduli ty abound to an extent, to render such baseless assertions available, bespeaks a lamentable s ate of public intelligence, and portends no good to the republic. That Col. Johnson led the van, and brought on the battle, is true —that he behaved with the utmost gallantry, is also true: but your letter contains the first suggestion which has ever reached me, that “the entire plan of operations was projected by him.” The magnanimity of Colonel Johnson, will repudiate, with proud in dignation such an effort to cluster additional laurels upon his brow, thus unjustly torn from the brow of his General. Colonel Johnson re ceived orders, as to the form and manner of charge from General Harrison in person, in the face and in sight of the enemy. The i General was with the Regiment when the charge was sounded. As Johnson moved to the charge the General started for the line of infantry, which was drawn up in order of battle. He had not gone far, before turning to me, (and to the best of my recollection, I was the only one of his Aids then with him,) he said, “Pursue Colonel J»hn son with your utmost speed—see the effect of his charge, and the position of *he enemy’s Ar tillery, and return as quickly as possible.” Hav ing executed this order as promptly as practica ble, I met him on my return, pressing forward with the front of the In f antry. Upon reporting, that Col. Johnson had broke the enemy’s lino— that they were surrendering, and their cannon was in our possession —he exclaimed, in an a: i malfcd tone, “Come on my brave fellows, Proctor and his whole army will soon be ours,” Soon after this, an officer (I believe the late Judge John McDowell, of Ohio.) rode up and reported, that the leu wing, at or near the crotchet, was suffering severely, and in great disorder. This i communication was made in the hearing of the j soldiers. The General contradicted the latter part of the statement in the most emphatic man ner—but giving orders to the next in command to push forward, he dashed with the messenger to t..e indicated point of conflict and confusion, and found the contest pretty close and severe. A portion of Johnson’s Regiment, owing to the im practicability of the ground for horse, had dis mounted and was f ghting on foot and mingled with the Infantry—which had been, to some ex tent, the cause of the confusion. Order was soon restored, and the left wing closed to the Iront, (which formed the crotchet,) under the personal supervision of General Harrison. In the mean time, some of our soldiers were shot within less than ten feet of the General ; for the conflict here was sharp and animated, and con tinued for some time. With the exception of the charge made by Colonel Johnson’s Regiment, General Harrison was in the most exposed and cangerous part of the battle. It is due to the occasion to relate the following incident: The day before the battle, the army was impeded in its march by the destruction of a bridge across a branch of the Thames, up which it was a moving, at or near the branch. Col. Johnson had been ordered to cross this stream at [ some mills, two or three miles above the mouth. The road led him by the bridge. A portion of his regiment had a brush with a party of Indians posted in cabins, on the opposite side of the Thames and the branch, and also under the thick covert along their banks, to dispute the passages of the stream, and harrass all attempts to repair the bridge. As soon as the firing was heard, the General hurried to the scene of action, accompa nied by a portion of his family, of which Commo dore Perry was one. When I arrived, I found General Harrison, Commodore Perry and other officers, (I think General Cass was one,) in an open piece ol ground, nea- the bridge. Col. Johnson had paesed, and a small portion of his Regiment, previously dismounted, under the com mand of Capt. Benjamin Warfield, and some in fantry which had hurried up. were carrying on | the skirmish. Major Wood had been ordered up with a small piece of artillery. Commodore Per ry urged General Harrison, to withdraw, as he was too much exposed for the Commander-in- Chief. If I mistake not, Gen. Cass united with the Commodore, and offered to remain and see his orders executed. The General, with Perrv and the residue of his suite, started off; but Gener al Harrison went but a few steps and returned and retained his position rear the cannon, until j the Indians were dislodged aod driven, the bridge repaired, and the army put in motion to cross. During this whole lime he was as much or more exposed than the soldiers, being on horseback all the while. The Commodore afterwards remon strated with him against this unnecessary expo sure, observing, “that in the open sea he could stand fire tolerably well, but there was no fun in being shot at by a concealed enemy. The Gen • era! justified his conduct by sa} ing “the general who commands Republican volunteeis, in whose ranks the best blood of the country is to be found, must never think ot his own safety, at least until \ his troops become familiar with his/disregard of personal danger.” Hardihood itsrff has never denied Perry’s courage. Chambers and 1 odd of Kentucky, and O’Fallon of Missouri, .he other Aids of General Harrison at the battle,of the Thames, are still living, and can give you addi tional facts, if required. Although it is not in direct response to any part of your letter, I must be permitted to say, that mv intercourse with General Harrison left the conviction on my mind, that he was a gentleman a soldier, and a patriot, and I deprecate most sin cerely, the injustice attempted to be done him by a portion of that party with which I have always voted. I am, sir, respectfully. Your obedient servant, J. Speed Smith. M. B. Corwin, Esq. We understand the examination before the Commissioners in Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania to test the legality of the ejec tion of the Hon. Charles Naylor by the contesta 6on of his scat on the part of Mr. C. J. Inger so’.l w’as brought to a close on Friday last without eliciting the slightest testimony that could im peach the validity of Mr. Naylor’s election, or give color even to a suspicion of fraud on the part of his friends and supporters; thus fully sustaining the position which we assumed at the earliest stage of this investigation, that it was a wanton waste of the public time and public mo ney, to gratify the malignity ami ambition of the chief actors in the plot.— Commercial Her ald. Rhode Island. —The Legislature of this Slate convened at Newport on Wednesday, the Ctb, and adjourned on Friday evening, to meet again at the same place on the fourth Monday in June. On counting the votes f#r Governor, it was found that Samuel W. King, (Whig) had 4,797 votes ; Thomas F. Carpenter, (V. B.) 3,418; scatter ing 68. King’s plurality over Carpenter, 1,379; overall 1,311, Dimon’s majority for Lieuten an: Governor 1,333. Average majority for Whig Senators over 1,300. BANK REPORTS. Monroe Rail Road & Ranking Company. Macon, April 21st, 1840. To His Excellency Charles J. McDonald: Dear Sir—l herewith hand you the semi-an nual report of this Institution, showing its state and condition on the first Monday of this instant, at 9 o’clock, A. M., together with a list of the Stockholders. The extension of our Road above Forsyth, seventy-seven miles, to the terminus of the State work, is under contract for the Grading, which will be finished within this year, the laying down of the superstructure is now going on, and will progress at the rate of from three to four miles per month, until the terminus is reached. This Road will be used continuous on wooden strips, substituted for iron, until iron is procured; a contract for iron is in progress, 1000 tons to be delivered this coming winter, the remainder for the whole Road—l6oo tons the winter thereafter. W 7 e have every reason to believe this contract will he consumatcd. I am respectfully, Your obedient servant, L. L. GRIFFIN, President. Monrot Rail Road and Banking Company, on Monday morning, April 6th, 1840. DR. To Bank Capital, 502.495 “ Rail Road do. 502,495 “ Bank Bills issued, 586,000 “ Do. do. do. on hand, 108,655 “ Do. do. in circulation, 477,345 “ Interest and Premium account, 26,304 02 “ Cash received from Steam Mill, 1,651 01 “ Time Checks, 76,587 24 “ Amount due other Banks, 1,827 98 “ Unclaimed Dividends, 5,721 39 “ Rail Road receipts, 12,896 99 Individual Deposites, 41,549 63 “ Conditional do. 60,000 0J “ Difference in Account with Agency at Forsyth, 60 16 “ Do. do. do. do. do. Casville, 122 32 $1,709,055 74 CR. By Disbursements on R. R. and Real Estate, 600,054 67 “ Notes discounted run ning to maturity,good,2s6,Bo3 58 “ Do. do. lying over, do. 70,042 67 “ Do. do. do. doubtful, 2,994 73 “ Do. do. under protest, good. 7,766 37 * ** Do. do. in suit, do. 30,686 Bills of Exchange dis’d run’g to mat’y, good, 521,032 93 “ Do. do. lying over, do. 5.000 “ Do. under protest, do. 17,200 “ Do. in suit, do. 702 52 “ Repairs Account, 13,126 81 “ Salary do. 3,333 33 “ Expense do. 466 41 “ Protest do. . 203 “ Cash do. in Specie and specie funds, 96,292 64 “ Do. hands of Agents in Savannah, 18.017 24 “ Do. Bills of other B’bs. 47,160 “ Do. Certificate of dc positel'rom the West ern Bank, 775 i “ Do. Certificates of de posite, 2,685 50 “ Do. Amount due from the State of Georgia, 5,519 07 ! “ Do. Checks, &c., 9,193 27 $1,709,055 74 Georgia, > Came before me, Ahram Bibb County. 3 B. Adams, a Public Notary, L. L. Griffin, President, and Jeremiah Leak, Cashier of the Monroe Kail Road and Banking Company, who, being duly sworn, depose and say that the above is a correct statement of the Momoe Rail Road and Banking Company, on Monday morning the 6th inst. L. L. GRIFFIN, President. JEREMIAH LEAK, Cashier. Sworn to, and subscribed before me, Macon April 21st, 1840. ABRAM B. ADAMS, Notary Public. List of SUckholders in the Monroe Rail R oa d and Banking Company. Stockholders' names. No. of Sh's. am't paid. Allen, Robert 100 10,000 Alexander & Sale 115 11,500 Anthony, James 20 2,000 Brooks, Alfred 1000 100,000 Benton, Amos 170 17,000 Bedingfield, Robert 100 10,000 Bellamy, Alexander 60 6.000 Bartlett, Myron 25 2 500 Bronson, H W 25 2,500 Brantley, Benjamin 20 2.000 feoynton, W 7 illiaid 20 2,000 Bone, William 10 1,000 Blunt, Marshall 10 1,000 Burney, S W 10 1 Pqq Beck, William 6 gyp Beck & Dobbins 5 Charles Y Caldwell 105 Childers, John S 60 # Cozart, Anthony . 40 5,0^ Cox, O W 3y 40()| A H Chappell 23 3 -0(l() Collier, Culhber' 20 Collier, Hardaway 10 Caldwell, Matthew T 6 Daily. John Jnr 103 Day, Joseph 90 Dunn & Marlin 60 Duncan, James E 50 Durham, Hardy 50 Duncan, Robert L 25 Dyson, Thomas 20 Daily, David 15 Davis, James M 10 Daily, S M 10 •Dixon,James 6 Eason, Parker 15 Evans, Rufus K 10 m Evans, John P 2 Fort, W’illiam 25 Griffin, L L 1793 , Griffin, Daniel 100 Griffin, Charles M 100 Greene, F 100 Guerry <fe Ward 100 Glover, Kelly 100 Goulding, N A 100 Griffin, Larkin 57 ? Groves, John J 20 Gorman, Thomas B 25 Glenn, James 20 Hill, John G 1000 Harris, B F JOO Holt, Thaddeos O 50 T Harris, Amos 50 Hamil, Clark 10 Hopkins, Benjamin 10 Hill. Joseph 10 Jill, James A 10 Hi". S.r,h 10 * HiH, Mary 10 * Hill, Susan D 10 Hill, W’llliara M 10 Hill, DR 20 2 Hansford, George W 5 i Jordan, Burwell 100 j Jones, E W 100 Johnson, William 32 3., j Johnson, John 25 o’ Johnson, G W 20 j Johnson, James 7 Johnson, Abraham 6 Johnson, Jesse 5 r |( Johnson, David 4 4/ Johnson, Locbiin 1 Johnson, Daniel 1 King, Angers, M D 146 14^ Land, H & J 100 p).^ Leak, Jeremiah, Cashier 53 5^ Leak, Jeremiah 50 5 otu Lee, Jordan W 50 s’^ 1 Lake, Abraham 50 5 Lanier, Sterling 12 Mattox, Samuel 43 43^ Martin, John 33 3JW ; McKay, Daniel 31 3,1(« 1 Matthews, Timo.hy 30 3,0^ 1 Milner, John H 25 Sjflo ; McKenney. WMliam 20 2,0 M ! McLaughlin, NR 13 13 i Maddox, Benjamin 3 3i ; Milner, Pitt S 10 | Milner, Willis J 10 | Mercer, University 2 Sod j Nash, R N 65 65(4 Norris, William 32 3"00 Noll, N M 25 2.5 M Noll, W E 10 ijme Obear, B T 30 S M Parker, William B * 110 HDM Philips, T M N 100 10004 Pntehard, William H 25 25(4 Pinkard. John 25 2.500 Park & Fires 10 HK< Redding, John 50 50 Handle, Peter 50 5,t0 Reeves, F H 25 2.5« Rea &. Colton 20 2,0*0 Rea, Rebecca 3 JN Solomon, Henry 200 20.000 Solomon, James 50 5.000 Solomon, W’illiam 126 12,600 Sandford, F H 61 6.100 Stark, James H 47 4.700 Smith, James , 35 3.500 Strother, John W 25 2506 Stubs, Thomas 20 2.000 Standford, Daniel 20 2,000 Sinus, W 7 m 15 1.500 Shivers, Jonas 10 1,000 Swerengen, Edward 6 , 600 Still, Robert M 3 300 Sharp, Geo D 30 3,000 Thompson, Peter G 300 30.0 W Taylor, Job 100 10,000 Tinsley, James W 60 5,000 Thompson, ED 30 3.00 C I almage, Aaron 10 1-66* Varner, Hendly 74 7,400 W 7 ill is, Wm R 50 5.000 Welch, George W 100 10.00* Walker, Thomas D 25 2.500 Winship, Isaac 25 2,5$ W r ood, Igd 25 250* Wells, Eliab W 20 2,0« Wrigley & Hart 15 UH W’hitehead, W 7 ra D 25 SJt* Wheatley, James 12 1,20* Wilson, Wrn L 15 1,5(1' Weed, E B 4 4W W 7 hillock, Charles 2 Stf 9,400 $940,0« A List of Stockholders in the Monroe & Road and Banking Company — Extension . Stockholders' Names. No of Sh's. Am't P** Alexander, Elam 10 Adams, John 10 *6* Atkins, Joseph 5 Ayees, James B 2 Baber, Ambrose 100 Bledsor, Morton 10 Beck, & Dobbins 65 4.3 1 Burch, M N 10 1(111 Bartlett, M 10 ' Barnes, Gideon 5 Brown, Stephen J 5 Butler, D. B 5 1(1 Brown, Luke 5 I Barefieid, W’illiam 5 1 Brown, Thomas A 3 . , OjH! Covington, Seaborn 10 ' , Campbell, Charles 10 • raft, H 10 CJould, Ezekiel 10 Cloud, Levi 10 Chappell, A H 10 Caldwell, Robert 5 Cray, Scott 6 j Church and Strong 5 , Campbell, David C 10 Campbell, Jehue 2 Cook, Henry I, 2 Conden, Caleb 1 Compton, Pleasant M 1 Douglass, Thomas 5 Duncan, Henderson 2 Derrick, Andrew 2 Davis, James M 5 Ellis, JH&WS 10 Ev.ms. R K 5 Evans, John P I Furlow, Timothy M 15 Furt, Wm. 10 Foot, Hezekiah 3 Fitch, H 1 Flemming, A43*a 1 jjf Gorman, TW>uxae B