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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. SATURDAY MORNING* MAY 23. CC/’No mail north of Charleston last night. Organ izarion. The Ward meetings on Thursday night in the 2d and 4th Wards of the City, were numerously attended, and the best feeling manifested. The meeting in the foarth Ward, was particularly in teresting and enthusiastic, at which Major Nel son, an old companion in arms and Congress of General Harrises, presided, who also met for the first time in twenty years, his old associate in Re publicanism, Major Joel Crawford, who happen ed so fe« in the city, and wax invited to attend the meeting. In the course of the evening, Major Crawford was called on, and bore testimony to the devotion of General Harrison, in the cause of sound Republican principles, which was received with rapturous applause. Many good things were said by various other gentlemen, and the meeting adopted the most effective means to “car ry the War into Africa.” The meeting in the second Ward, we under stand was numerous, but as we were not present, we are unable to give any account of its proceed ings. Judge Colquitt’s Circular. We have endeavored to aid in supplying the “great demand" which was manifested, a few days since in this city, for the Circular, and shall circulate eight or nine thousand copies. We hope his friends will not accuse us of a wish to keep it from the public. June Convention. The preparations which are indicated by the proceedings at Milledgeviile for the reception of the members of the Convention, are highly cre ditable to the citizens, who are engaged therein. We are truly gratified to perceive that they design to exhibit their hospitality in the true Virginia style —a Barbecue. There will be “ a feast of reason and flow of soul,” from the master spirits of the land. The following gentlemen were, on Monday last, elected Directors of the Branch Bank of the State of Georgia, at Augusta, for the ensuing year. John Phinizy, James T. Gray, Philip McGran, Isaac S. Tuttle. Robt. McDonald, Geo. M Newton, Wm. 11. Turpin, R. C. Baldwin, Adam Johnston, Chas A. Greiner. And at a meeting of the Board, Mr. John Phini zy wag re-elected President, for the ensuing year Gov. Cass in favor of Harrison.—The New York Morning Chronicle says, it is stated that GovJ Cabs w in favoi of the election of his old Fellow Soldier, Gen. Harrison. Tho followers of Van Buren are clamorous for hi* recal, but the little man dare not “take the responsibility.” From the New Orleans Bee. Things to be Remembered. Under this caption the Globe of the 2d instant contains an article, composed of the most spicy falsehoods manufactured by the “ five hundred horsepower” of calumny of that delectable print. Let us see if they cannot be counteracted by a few wholesome truths, which it were well if not only the wbigs, but honest men of all parties, would examine and retain. Let it be remembered that the question to be de cided at the next presidential election is, shall this be a government of the people or of the ex ecutive ? That Van Buren is the Northern man, with ■ no principles at all, while Harmoo is the south ern man with southern principles. That Harrison is the candidate of the people, while Van Buren is t he candidate of the office holders. That under the present ad ministration, corrup- | tion, fraud and peculator, have pervaded every channel of the government; and that knaves, notoriously dishonest, are retained in office, with no regard to any qualification, save the active ' support which they to the administra tion. That ever since the elevation of Martin Van Buren to the presidency, along train of disaster and suffering has followed, and that .he country has become impoverished by the misrule and mla administration of an iuefficientexeculive and un wise cabinet. That Mr. Van Buren and his party stand forth the pledged and inexorable foes to the cre dit system, and that the blight which has fallen upon the nation can be clearly traced to the sys tematic and untiring efforts of locofocoism to crush commerce, annihilate credit, and destroy public confidence—effbi Is in which they have sue ceeded to a deplorable extent. Let the people remem oer that Gen . Harrison is the candidate of REFORM. That he has declare d in favor of a siogle pres idential term, thereby avoiding the intrigue, cabal and corrupting means so commonly employed to secure a re-election, aad thus inducing ttte execu tive to eonfine hims«<f;&>» the strict line of his constitutional duties. That he is a republican of the old school—the favorita of Washington, Jefferson, and Madison —the patriot and hero of forty years standing— a man without fear and without reproach. That on the abolition question his ACTS have tested the sincerity of hir southern feelings, while those of Mr. Van Buren have proved him to be a negrophilist in fact. Let the people remember that the administra tion is the sworn enemy of state rights, which it has spurned and trampled upon, by disfranchising a sovereign slate ot her right to be represented on the floor of congress—disregarding and despising the great seal of that state, by which she at tempted to enforce her indefeasible claim. That under this administration the popular ! voice has been sliced, the purity of the elective 1 franchise vitiated, and its value incalculably im paired, by tho intermeddling of office holders— acting under secret instructions—in political con tests; and by their efforts in all the large cities, to bribe, co-rupt, browbeat or seduce the people. That for these purposes the officeholders have been taxed considerable amounts, and where the ' levy has proved insufficient, money has been drawn trom the treasury, and vast sums have been : thus indirectly filched from the people with the express object of defeating their will. i i hat the President'has recommended and en- ’’ dorsed the proposition of the Secretary of War, to create a standing army of two hundred thous and men in a time ol profound peace—a scheme of overshadowing despotism worthy of the auto crat of all the Eu>sias, or the ruler of the Otto man empire. Let the people pander well these incontroverti ble facts. It is stated that there were about 2000 cases on the docket of tho United Stales Circuit Court i. for the Southern District of Mississippi, which recently commenced its session st Jackson. Meeting of the Friends of Ha» risen and Tyler of the 60Gth District. At a meeting of the friends of HARRISON ami TYLER residing in the 600ih District, held at iht Richmond Hotel, on Thmsday evening. 21st May 1840. James Harpkr, Esq. was called to the Chair and E. W. Doughty appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting having been staled bj the Chairman, on motion of A. J. Mill k», Esq. i Committee of five was appointed by the Chair consisting of A. J. Miller,C. B. Hitt, Isham Tbomp son, J. J Cohen, and D. P. Russel, to prepare and report a Constitution for the government of lh< Tipoecanoe Club of the 600th District. The Com mittee reported the following Constitution, which after having been read, and thr question put un each article separately, was unanimously adopU d. Article Ist. This association shall be called the Tippecanoe Club of tho 6JOth District, and shall he auxiliary to the Central Tippecanoe Club of Richmond County. Article 2nd.—The object of the Club shall be to promote, by all honorable means, the election ol William Hexry Harrion and John Tyler to the offices of President and Vice President of the United States. Article 3d.—The officers of the Club shall be a President and three Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, elected or appointed at the fir.t meeting ; and any vacancy occurring in any of said offices, shall be filled at the next regular or called meeting alter such vacancy occur. 'I he said offi cers shall continue in office during the existence of the Club. Article 4ih.— There shall be appointed by the Society a Committee of Vigilance, whose particular duty it shall be to disseminate information, and procure additional members of the Club. Article sth.—Tho Club shall meet monthly at such place as shall be designated by the President, who may call extra meetings. Article 6th.—ln case of the absence of the President, ora vacanny in his office, any one of the Vice Presidents shall be competent to act in his place. Article 7th. The members of the Club will contribute, from time to time, as may be required, such sums as may be necessary for the purposes of the Association. Article Bih.—This Constitution may be amend ed ot any regular meeting, by,the votes of a major ity of the members present. The same Committee having been appointed to the duty of nominating suitable persons for the offi cers of the Club, according to the 3d article of the Constitution, reported ; For President— Maj. Thomas M Nelson. Vice Presidents — Isham Thompson, Robert Phillip, Edw. Collier, Sen. “ Secretary—E. W. Doughty. “ Treasurer — J. J. Cohen- And for a Committee of Vigilance, required by the 4th article ol the Constitution, the following seventy-six names; Jam -s Harper, Porter Flemming, Peter Bennoch, J G Marshall, H C Bryson, KB White, Jesse Clarke, Robt Carter, Wm Voodhury, D W Calhoun, David Caven, David Boutett, D McCormick, Trevor Caven Dr A S Holland, James Higginbotham, Robt Goodman, D L V\ eeks, B L Nehr, W H Howard, R P Spelman, Edwin Snyder, Charles Payne, Leon P Dugas, R D Ham'.en, J B Hart, A J Miller, W A Beall, Francis Spears, Thos VV Freeman, A VV Smith, Bissell, Nelson Carter, 1 ho*. W Miller, MP Stovall, JD Crane, J J Barton, W B M;Koe, \V Williams, G A Dugas, Benj Branlly, Pleasant Suvali, E C Scranton, E P Beall, VV il Goodrich, VVm Nelson, Wm Jones, A Phillips, Wm Hously, J C Green. S S Brown Hiw kins Huff, J Snyder, D P Russell, W B Clarke, Charles Dwells, W C Berry hill, T M Simmons, W K Kitchen, E C Tim ley, J C Snead, S B Brooks, C B Ihtt, Martin Hitt, Wm Harper, John Cashjn, Marcell us Stovall, John M Dow Geo Lott, Jon n Meigs L Hopkins, Edward Thomas, A J Massengale, John Riley, P A Scranton, Wm H Gordon, Which nominations were unanimously confirm ed. Major T. M. Nelson, the President, having been conducted to the chair, addressed the meeting in ft few appropriate remarks, in the course ol which he sta ed that most of the prominent acts in the dutin guuhed career of Wm. H. Harrison, as a soldier and a statesman, as recorded in the history of the lime*, come within his personal knowledge, having been associated with him, both in the field and the coun cils of his country, and that his devotion to the cause of the South especially, entitles him to the wannest support of all Southern men. Major Joel Crawford being present, and enthusi astically called for, addressed the meeting in his peculiarly tbicible and happy manner. Col. W. T. Gould, M. M. Dye, Esq , and Doctor J. J. Wilson, were presented to the Club, as a com mittee from Ward No- 2, and having been received W'ith the utmost cordiality,announced the formation of a Tippecanoe Club in their ward, and congratu lated the Club of ihe 600lh District on their organi* zation. On motion of A. J. Miller, Esq. it was Resolved , That the Clu subscribe for 50 copies each, of the Reformer and Log Cabin newspapers, with the view of aiding the Committee of Vigilence in their duty of disseminating information in regard lo our candidates for President and V ice Presieent Thomas W. Miller, Isham 1 hompson and John Milledge, Esqrs. were appointed a committee, on motion lo that effect, to report our organization to the Tippecanoe Clubs w hich have been, or may bo formed in other Wards of the city. The suggestion of the President that Joel Craw ford be received as an honorary member of the Tip pecanoe Club of the 600th District, was adopted unanimously and with acclamation On motion, it was Resolved , That those of our friends of the 600th District who are not present have the privilege of becoming members of the Club, by subscribing their names at any time. Resolved , That A.J. Miller, J. J Cohen, E. W. Doughty, James Harper and C. B. Hitt, be a Com mittee to confer wiih similar committees from other Clubs in this city, for the purpose of selecting an or ator for the 4th July, and to make arrangement* for the celebration of the day. Resolved, Thai Ct e proceedings of this meeting be published in the city papers,—and that the 4th Thursday in June, at 8 o’clock r. M.,be appointed for our next meeting. The thanks of the meeting were returned to Jes se Clarke, Esq. for his kindness in providing accom modations for the meeting. After which the meeting adjourned. T. M. Nelson, President. E. W. Douohtx, Secretary. I Thk Log Cabin and its Effects. — No better evidence of the consciousness of conning defeat , need be asked than is manifested by the temper of our political opponents. They grow crabbed as e they approach their end, and even our neighbor of j t the Pennsylvanian permits momentary conquests r of his kindness, and givesup himself and his bet ’ ter feelings to the influence of disappointment. It is natural to all, though not frequent in our neigh y bor. a In reply to some remarks fad hrminemj which r we a few days since made upon the propriety of » the Loco focos railing at log cabins and hard cider, when they themselves rallied round a hickory pole 1 and a porter bottle, the Pennsylvanian uses the e following language: “ Alas for federal whiggery ! —alack for com mon sense and “original” genius ! Is this all it *• can say in the premises ? Has it no other excuse, i no other justification, for its degrading mumme ries, raasqueradings and hard cider debaucheries, , which are di'gusting the people from one end of the Union to the other ?” d As for originality , we believe the Whigs do not » pretend to any in the log cabin and hard cider. — They do not, however, adduce the hickory poles and porter bottles as the origin of the cabin and e cider —they quote the movements of the enemy 'f in justijication to that enemy. 0 But the origin of the log cabin and hard cider is e of later date than those palmy days of Locofoco ifm when processions of stolen hickory poles and imitation porter bottles, by federal office holders, e were daily occurrences. These new emblems were f adopted by the Whigs from the ill-tempered sneer t of some pulled up Locofoco aristocrat w ho, to ex , press the palace contempt of the Hero of Tippeca noe and the Farmer of North Bend, and to sneer at * bis want of wealth, said that “with a small pen * sien, General Harrison would sit con tent for the re f mainder of his life, and drink hard cider in a log cabin.” Stung to the quick by this insult to a veteran 8 soldier, a sound politician, and an honest man, the r yeornaxuy of the country have resented the coid -1 blooded stab, and are determined to make the con temners of their candidate and his virtues feel the full elfect of their insolent bearing. They have t not attacked the man who used the language, nor , mobbed the office from which it emanated in print —they have used no physical violence to the party that approved the sentiment, nor assaulted to death 8 any one who might bear testimony by public pa » rade against the Whig candidate; out, adopting a 3 practice sanctioned by history, the W'higs have seized on the very words of the insult, and made them their war cry The log cabin that was to * be the abode and reward of the derided Fanner is , made the emblem and standard symbol of the victo f nous candidate. The rude construction of unhewn wood that was the object of the Pharisaical taunt with the Van Burcn letter writer, is elevated to the * dignity of a party, almost national, ensig.i, while - the linger of the peop e, from Maine to Mississippi, and from the Lakes to the Atlantic, has inscribed above their log cabin rallying point, in letters of > fire, in hoc signo vinces. In this sign we snail conquer, and the palace at Washington shall owe ; its renewed purity to the despised log cabin of North Bend — Philad. U. S. Gazette. The Gold of Character. —The character of Gen. Harrison, like gold, grows brighter the harder it is rubbed. The better he becomes known the bet ter he is liked by the people. The harder he is rub bed by assaults of enemies, the brighter he shines. His proves to be a character that will stand the most rigid scrutiny. He comes out of the crucible of examination, when heated seven fold hotter than ever, unscathed by the fiery ordeal. Every assault upon him so far has been triumphantly re pelled. Every man of his political enemies have given, and still continue to give their public admi ration of the man, and acknowledge his impor tant services and great worth. And we venture to say that no man ever received such honorable tes timony of worth and excellence from his political enemies as have been displayed to Genera! Harri son. Honorable men, who although they differ with him in politics, nevertheless break through party shackles, come forward and testify to his great services and worth. W hen a man possesses Rcharacter to draw forth such praise and testimoni als of excellence from his political enemies, in times like these, when partizan feelings consume almost every thing of an antagorist’s ill character, we say he must be a man truly. —Memphis Jinq. From the United States Gazette. Propensities. A writer in the Richmond Enquirer thus de scribe* the leading propensities of the British Whig*: “ Bragging is their forte. It is with them, high brag, low brag, I brag, you brag, we brag, they brag, all brag.” The Editor of the Richmond Enquirer must feel greatly flattered at the currency which his brother loco-focos give to his remarks; but, most unfortunately for the Richmond oracle, his own prophecies prove to he brags, and even where he ougnt to know, and where, indeed, if ho knows any thing about politics, he does know a little of what is to be, there his promises of success most signally fail of fulfilment—there they become brag, high brag, and low brag. For example, just before the late election in Virginia, the En quirer bragged: HIGH brag! i “ We shall succeed in gaining ten or fifteen k counties, and we can scarcely lose more than 3or ( 4.” This is a clear gain of about 12. i LOW BRAG ! ! “ The horizon is brightening around us. Let 1 the People only turn out, and we carry the State. * We were never better satisfied of the fact.” I THST BRAG, AND ALL BRAG ! ! ! .' “ All our accounts from the seaboard to the . Ohio, are of the most cheering description, j n a 5 word, we look for the happ^ st results in the old Dominion.’ It appears to us that the result of the Virginia election is a prelcy mortifying commentary on the , bragging paragraphs and bragging propensities of the Richmond Enquirer. r - Humbug.—On the eleventh day of May, in j stant, Vlr. Benton, complaining in the Senate that officers and contractors had been induced to ex -1 change gold received from the Government for Bank paper which they paid out, among other things said, as appears by the Globe, “As to contractors, they stood in a relation to the Gov ernment, a little different from officers. It might g be, in consequence of the disclosures now made, (the fact that they had sold the gold received from the U. S., and received paper of the Bank of the U. S. which they paid out,) that a clause would J be inserted in future contracts, requiring the con tractors to pay out the hard money received from i the Government.” Now we charge the fact to be, i and stand ready to prove it that Mr. Benton him j self has sold the gold which he has received this 3 session of Congress, to the amount of 10 or II hundred dollars at one time, for depreciated pa per money, which be calls filthy rags, pocketing the premium of 10 per cent, at that time, and ’ thus doing the very thing which he denounces I in a government officer or contractor. [Madi sonian. A meeting of Locofocos in Boston has passed resolutions declaring that the elections in New * York, Virginia, and Connecticut! have been > highly favorable to the Van Buren party. Is this whistling to keep up courage ? A New York paper gives the following as a r resolution offered by Mr. Van Buren, in Hudson, Columbia county, during the last war: r Resolved , That the war is IVIPOLITIC AND DISASTROUS, and to employ the militia in an offensive war, is unconstitutional. 5 „ _ j You can’t stop them.—The Buffalonian says it would as soon try to go to sea on a shin gle, make a ladder of fog, chase a streak of light h ning through a c.ab-apple orchard,|swim up the * rapids of Niagara river, raise the dead, slop the tougue of women, or set Lake Erie on fire with a loco foco match, as to stop two young getting married when they take it into their heads to do so. i Fire. The Charleston Courier of yesterday says: About half past 1 o’clock this morning, the alarm of Fire was given, which was asceitainod to have proceeded from the three story wooden building at the south cast corner of King-street and Horl becks-alley, owned by Messrs. Moffett 6c Calder, and occupied by Messrs. Silcox, Brother 6c Co. as a Furniture ware bouse. We could not ascertain the exact position of the Fire, but the flames appeared to proceed from the lower story of the building, which contained a quantity of Furniture. The firemen were quickly on the spot, and from the well directed streams of water poured on the building, it was soon got under, after considerable injury to the inside of the building, and the destruction of a quantity of furniture. We have not been able to learn how the fire originated. From the Charleston Courier. John C. Calhoun Rejoicing at a Harri son Victory. In 1835, the whig* of Maryland achieved a glorious victory under the Harrison flag. In consequence, the whigs gave a grand festival. Among a large number of distinguished gentle men, Mr. Calhoun was invited to attend; to which invitation he sent the following letter : “ Fort Hill, 4th Nov., 1835. “ Gentlemen—The mail of yesterday brought me your note of the 21st ult., inviting me, in the name of the ciliz *.ns of Baltimore, opposed to the President nominating his successor, to attend a festival to be given on the 11th inst. in honor of the late triumph in Maryland, by those opposed to the executive nominee. The great distance, and the shortness of the time, put it out of my power to attend. No one can look with greater alarm than I do, on the attempt of the Chief Ma gistrate to appoint his successor. Should it suc ceed, open and undisguised as it is, and resting , as It almost exclusively does, on the avowed sub serviency of the nominee to the will of the Presi dent, WITHOUT THOSE HIGH QUALIFICATIONS AND SERVICES, ON HIS PART, CALCULATED TO COMMAND THE REGARD OP THE PEOPLE, OR TO FIT HIM FOR THE BUTTES OF THE HIGH OFFICE to which he aspires, it would afford conclusive proof of the consummation of Executive usurpa tion, over the other departments of the govern ment, and the constitution and liberty of the people. Entertaining these views, I regard with plea sure the decided victory achieved by Maryland in the late election, over the President's nominee , and, of course over Executive dictation. It is the more honorable to the State, placed as she is so near the Jocus of influence and corruption. while others more remote and less exposed, have yielded such ready obedience to the rod of power. Her victory cannot but have an important bear ing, in deciding the present struggle favorable to the cause of liberty,- but a regard to truth, compels me to say, that, in my opinion, whatever may be the result of the pending contest between the people and the President, the time must come, and that far sooner than it is anticipated, when Executive influence and power will forever s - lence the popular voice, unless, indeed, the friends of liberty and free institutions shall zeal ously and honestly unite in a common effort to eradicate the causes which have given such ex traordinary power and influence to the Execu tive department of the Government and placed the country in its present dangerous condition. They mat be almost traced to the same ORIGIN, THE FISCAL ACTION of the GOVERN MENT. While millions on millions are heaped up in the Treasury, beyond the expenditures of this, the most extravagant of all administrations, con stituting an immense fund to act on the cupidity of the mercenary, and to unite in one solid and compact band all, in and out of office, who pre fer their own advancement to the public good ; any attempt to arrest the progress of power and corruption, must end in disappointment and fail ure.” [ln consequence of the length of the letter— and fearing we may trespass too much on your columns, we omit the conclusion of it.] Messrs. Editors—The fond hope expressed by Mr. Calhoun, was realized, in th t triumphant election of the Harrison Electoral ticket in Mary land. A similar result awaits the same ticket at the approaching presidential election. And we could hope that fact, would afford hit) equal plea -BUr - Hatne. The People versus their Representa tives. —Os the twenty-eight Van Buren mem bers of the last General Assembly of Rhode Is land, only thirteen could be brought up to vote in favor of the darling project of the Administra tion—the Sub-treasury. Os these, only six have been re-elected. Such is the verdict, not mere ly of the People, but of the Democratic party ; for, of the seven men who have been left at home, the place of only one has boen supplied by a Whig. I heir own party has turned against them. Their own men cannot support this measure of the Admin-,stration so opposed to all the true interests this State. The men who voted for it have therefore been abandoned by their own party. So of the men who voted against the public land resolutions. Os the twenty-two men who voted to give away the inheritance of Rhode Island in this vast domain, only ten have been re-elected. Ofthese ten, only three have been replaced by Whigs. The other seven have been turned out by their own party, and other men of the same gen eral political principles have been put in their places. How truly does this show that the People have been deceived. And as soon as they ascertained the extent of the fraud that had been practised upon them, they dismissed their unworthy ser vants, and have placed others in their stead. Let those others see that they do not ‘ follow in the footsteps of their illustrious predecessors,” in their votes or the People will compel them to follow in their footsteps at the polls also. The Democrats now only wish to have it fully explained and made eviden tlhat the doctrines for which they ex pelled those men are the true doctrines of the Administration, and they will turn against Mar tin Van Buren precisely as they have turned against these men in the General Assembly. The People only wish to understand the prin ciples of the party in power, in order to repudiate them. —Providence Journal. Rogir Minot Sherman.—Many years ago, while the legal reputation of Roger Minot Sher man was yet in its infancy, and he himself a young man of twenty-three, he was a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, He has been a member of the State Senate, and was very highly respec ted ; but the party adverse to him in politics sud denly gained the ascendancy, and determined to bring him down a peg or two. A “ town-meeting was to be held, and town officers to be appointed; among whose number, in old Connecticut, is an official personage de signated a “ Hog-hayward." The duties of this dignitary are not exactly synonymous with those of the “ High agator," of the sister State of New Jersey, (whose business it is to take the curls out of pigs tails:) but are much more responsible, though perhaps hardly as laborious. The hog hay ward's duties are to “ captivate” all stray pjo-s put rings in their noses, and imprison them m “ the village pound.” To this high office his en emies resolved to elevate Mr. Sherman. The town-meeting convened, despatched its other bu siness, and came to the election of petty officers, at the tail of which list stands the officer we speak of. “ Gentlemen,” said the moderator. “ nlease to nominate for hog-hayward.” “ Roger Minot Sherman V exclaimed half-a dozen voice*. The moderator, being a worthy man, was somewhat amazed,; but could do no less than put it to vote, by requesting “ those in favor of the nomination to bold up their right hands.” The majority of elevated hands was over whelming; but the moderator felt inclined to give the matter the go-by, and said it was “ not a vote.” ■ The voters immediately clamored for a division , of the house. Mr. Sherman, who had remained I quietly seated in a corner, now rose, and with , gieat frankness said:—“ Mr. Moderator, this | seems to me most decidedly to be a vote; and , nevertheless, I would thank you to allow the . house, to divide , in order to show me ho-w many i hugs I shall have to take charge of!”— Mirror. . —' Court ‘Dignities’—The Catacombs of Pa ris —Nothing has more painfully affected me, in the whole civil hierarchy of England, than the ( | tenacious retention of these barbanotis offices, rae , 1 nial in title as its fact, about the Court, and :he i avidity with which they are so ight. Among the ; s gns of ihe times, this is, in my opinion, one of 1 ' ihe most inauspicious ; lending to degrade the class i I of society w hose independence and true pride of . j charactei are thus sacrificed, and—though this es . J feet cannot of course be any subject ol regret to a republican observer—co-operating powerlully w ith ottiercaub.es to shake the edifice of British Aris tocracy. Mr. Burke said, very pungently, that “:t is not proper that great noblemen should bs keepers of j ; dogs, though ihey were the King’s dogs ” But so ' | dot s not think Lord Kinnaird, for a London pajier i } of the last week says—“ Lord Kinnaird, lh« new 1 master of Her Majesty’s buck-hound-*, has just ta * ken for four monies Col. Cavendish's mansion at 1 St. Leonard’s, within about ten miles of Windsor, lor the purpose of being wit hin the irara ;diate neigh borhood of the place of his offic.al dulits.” His .j‘official duties,’ indeed! A P«er of England, a hereditary Iceislalor, a hereditary judge of the court of the last resort, a k-eper of the Queen's dogs I ’ —Nor is this an extreme, nor even a very strong , 1 instance, of the disgraceful absurdity here ailu ■ ded to A most instructive as well as amusing chapter might be written upon the history ol these Court ceremonials, existing and extinct, which have here tofore controlled, in a greater or less degree', the 1 destinies of nations. 1 have been told by one who spoke from his personal recollection, that when the : imlortunate Marie Antoinette entered the French Court, site manifested a mixed feeling of dislike and contempt for the rigid etiquette which pre ’ vailed there; and sought, in the gaycly of Iter 1 heart, to withdraw herself from i>s observance. He considered this disenchantment as the first in her long series of raisibrtunes, and as the com -1 raencement of that system of obloquy w hich pur sued her with relentless fury tilt n laid her head ! upon the scaffold. I can well appreciate her feel ings in desiring to u walk abroad into nature out * of the artificial atmosphere in which she lived. But 1 must confess that I surveyed with surprise s one place associated by tradition with her name, . and which assuredly 1 should have thought pre . sented the last scene a young, beautiful and accom plished woman would desire to visit. This was & stone bench in the catacombs u-iderthe c : ty of Far > is, w hich our guide told us had been constructed for the temporary repose of the Queen and the gay and gallant Count d’Artois, when naming that im pressive repository of the mortal remains ol many generations w hich have died in this great city. You know these immense excavations extend under a considerable pait of the capital, and that they have no doubt furnished its building materials since the I earliest times Tney are no longer worked, because the streets and many ol the houses having been ; undermined, the surface of the ground as well as buddings occasionally fell in, and the government felt it necessary to check the farther progress of the * evil. Ftllars have been constructed m the most ex- | posed situations,and as it is some time since 1 have heard of any accidents, 1 presume there are no far- s I ther apprehensions. ’I lie entrance is secured, and admittance is obtained with some difficulty, for in H | Europe the public authorities are more careful of m life than we are, and persons having been separated from the guides have become lost and perished in i; this vast field of the dead. VV hat end can be more L frightful ? To wander in this immense charnel- t house, surrounded by the most revolting emblems ■, iof mortality, to perish in the midst ofdepart. d gen- ; erations, is terrible indeed. Pillar alter pillar, and ;i I wall alter wall, ol arras and legs and ribs, hedge m j I the visiter, and form a narrow path, along wnich {: Ihe follows the guide in impressive silence ; and as ft ! tbe torches which are carried, and widen alone ,1 light up these regions impenetrable to day, shed j their feeble and flickeiing rays ufKin these sad me- | monals of humanity, the scene is painful beyond description. And then come i lie column of skulls, and you may al uost fancy, as the filful light strikes f! them, that they are grinning upon you with diabol ical muitce. The whole cavern resembles the Vai j 1« y of the shadow of Death, so powerlully describ ied by the prophet, rendered still more strange by |j the display of a kind taste in the arrangement of K the materials. c I breathed freer when the portal of this great tomb (. closed behind me.— Cass' * France, Its Court,' etc. Horrible Adventure. At the period when Murat was about to invade Sicily, the Chevalier K , Paymaster General of the Neapolitan forces, was travelling through Calabria for the purpose of joining the army, hav ing oeen to Naples to make arrangements for the transmission of a quantity of specie. He had sent on his servant before him, to prepare his quarters at the town of , expecting to arrive there K himself by night-fall; but the day being very sul- : try, he had loitered on the road, and at nine o’clock in the evening, found he was still a considerable J distance from the proposed end of his journey. ; 4 He was so much harrassed and fatigued that he de termined to put up for the night at the first con venient house. He at length entered an old ro mantic building on the road side, inhabited by a man and his wife, the former a stout muscular figure, with a swarthy countenance almost wholly shrouded in a mask of bushy whiskers and musta ! chios. The traveller was received with civility, and after partaking of a hearty supper, was con- L ducted up an old crazy staircase, to his apartment f for the night. Not much fancying the appearance } of the place, and finding no lock on the door, he [ fixed a chair against it ; and, after priming his pis tols, put them carefully under his pillow. He had not been long in bed when he heaid a noise below„ as if persons enteriag the house; and, some timer j afterwards was alarmed by the sound of a man’s: I footstep on the staircase. He then perceived a light through the crevice of the door, against w*hkfo the man gently pressed for admittance, but findiag: some resistance, he thrust it open sufficiently tu, i admit his hand, with extreme caution, removed [ ; the chair, and entered the apartment. The Chev- j alier then saw his host, with a lamp in one Stand. | and a huge knife in the other, approaching the bed on tipto *. The Chevalier cocked hispisiols beoeaih | j the bedcloths, that the noise of the spr ng mtgfetaot \ ■; be heard. When the man reached the side the \ ' bed, he held the light to the Chevalier’s fate who • pretended tj be in a profound sleep,but c©a£ri#«<k I • neveilheless, to steal an occasion*. 1 glance at his i fearful host. The man soon turned from kira > and j after hanging the lamp on the bed post, went to i the other end of the room and brought tatlse bed- [ side a chair, on which he immediately mounted, } w r ith the tremendous knife still in hi* kandt At i ■ the very moment that the Chevalier was about to. stait up from the bed and shcot him, tbe man in x ■ hun led manner, cut several enormous slices from . a piece of bacon that was haging over his bed stead, though it had been wholly unnoticed before by the agitated traveller. The host then passed the light before his eyes again, *ud left tbe room 1 in the same cautious way m which he had entered it, and uneonscious of the danger he had escaped, returned to a crowd of new and hungry guests be low stairs, who were of course not very sorry to perceive that he had saved his haeou. “Put that and that Together.”—W’m. H. Harrison has resided in Cincinnati, has held office there, and is better known there than m any other p.ace ; and Cincinnati gives a majority of nearly seventeen hundred in his favor. Mr. Van Buren has resided much in Albany, has ! held office there, and is belter known there than any where else, and Albany has given a majority of nearly five hundred agaist him . Harrison gels most votes where he is best known ; Van Buren most where he is toast known.— Rochester Demo | crat. ; The Legislature of Prince Edward l»)uud (N. i S.) has voted £I2OO in aid of steam navigation | to that Island, Newfoundland has granted £2500 i towards the support of navigation between that Island and Halifax. Corsets.—The "Boston Transcript against ihe ladies being squeezed in ■ee the drift of the fellow ; if any \ l»e done, he wishes to do it himself. u- n ® ’* h a lady’s waist never appears lovelier eCotlf> H when it is broad and large ; a good cornstalk figures are scarcely palpal ** brace them is analagous to hugein- 6 '! 10 »&. needle. When a lady’s bosom i* j.* with cords and canvass, how can the h and dilate with generous emotions ? if such a bosom feel friendship, or SV m °i* love ? A large waist i s generally * sign of lu. ing and loveable qualities t^ 8,1 tiona.e of the thing is as plain as sunsK’ * small waist is the indication ol a small I * a small heart will seldom be found those noble and expansive sentiment., vyk? I * lll stitute the essence of all female loveliness Tv* fore, girls, if you wish to be beloved, do n *** I and compress your gentle bosoms. Du n*?* the sweet emotions of your hearts i n hempen rigidity. Do not choke up the so?? * of feeling and sentiment with bitsofh ar j UDlaiD ‘ and stakes of stubborn whalebone. No Tv* 5 do nothing of the kind, and be assured’ O fT that the fellow who admires a female i n '' | of e *cruciatingagony, who by his j would impose on her an undeserved r*na **'* ; such a foolish fellow, we say, and his (mod"'*' | ion are not worth a thought. Men of j like a large waist in a wife, but very fa.i. • »» ‘fie family. There is no economy i n i trig up your persons; but we have often ob*T that ladies who make a practice of doing M * nevertheless waste-ful and extravagant Ledger. *“• The slate of education in Cannada i judged of by tbe fact that the petition fromst, Districts of Quebec and three R.vers agamntt union of the (Janadas, out of 39.028 petition* 9463 signed their names,land 2,9J*65 marks. Asirms or Burns.—To a person who frugal of bis wme at the table, and who wj standing bolding a fresh hotlle, saving “do j|! w me to draw this one cork more; I a:k it as a (». vor?” ‘* Sir,” so id Bums, “you hold the sr r « over tbe cork like Abraham, holding the over Isaac—make ihe sacrifice.” From the Baltimore “ Log Cabin Advocate.'' New Comic Song. Tane —•“ Her, com e alotsg, jjsev ” Com listen to me and I’ll sing you a sung, ■Which 1 pminus you sh?ll not be long; i And 1 know you’ll say u’s a fust-rale thing. And tits is the inne dal I wib sing : Hey, rum along, imi along, Ju»ev, Hey, cuxaakiug, jim along io. ] spose yrm know do VVkigs next fall Are gwoin to slop «ie Like ball; Lin*rawl Harr’s, a he teo «ro«« W Martin, And at tk k-is hi in wtii beat kia siartm; Hey, cam along, jim along Juicy, iley, com afong, _pm along Jo. De *p*l«s say dey will no hah him, Kasc bow he lib is a log cabin ; i But de peple say dry do not kere, | lie ahail habde white itouse ’C>re a year ; Hi y, cum along, Ac. S ■ De Lotos say he drink lard nder, ■ But ciey only spreid his fame d© wider ; s Awl dey may ober dere shainpane • Make tun ob bun, hut it’s all in wane ; Hey cum aloog, Ac > Yes,Jet omJafand call him granny, 1 B»t it’s well for yoo my little Vanny, Dat be druv de Injuns and British far ) While you were talkin ’ginst de war : Hey, com aiosg, Ac. ; And as de enemy den Sew ! Al Megs, at Tames, at Ttpp’canoe, | So he will make de hirelings ran I When he is sent to Washington ; • Hey, cum along, Ac i Dcfui will den wid a sheepish look | Sneak back to de hole m Kinderhook ; Ami de leg-treasurers wtU make track© ' As ii de debhii was at derc backs ; iiey, cum along, Ac. ’ j Awl b» who at ’’Cotnsey pull de trigger, ’ Ahosewifrwai to dis nigger; | Then dat vrwu s-ive him, fur de nashun j Say dey not fi»r amalgamation, Jkley, cum along, Ac. } * White roan, white naan werry unsartirv,” ] “•How yoa off tor soap,” my darlm .Martiin;’ Next March de kig cabin boys will sl.oat, i “ i>«v-3 yove anxiauu mammy know you’re out V Hey,cum along, Ae. ; 1 «vtow I pity yom condition, >’oryo» were tor debobbolkhuo, i Afii vot?d i>r duckies cum oh ago- Tuhabue right ob free suffrage Hey, cum along, , Ams now gentle folks I bid yoo good-bye, ’ Dutd let de Lokos fro chalk in your eye : A»d «nex to de city de (im’rawl you bring, -• I>» u>g.gur wiU be dere all ready for to sing, 5 Hev, curualong, Ac. SA>I BO* Fvsderick City, Md. New Whig Song. Tune — u Yandee Doodle-’ The- Hero Ploighman of North Bend,! According, tu my notion, - Who did our cabins long defend, ? Js. worthy of proimtioa. Then tor tka ploughman we-’U array L Oar gafianl Buckeye forces— Von Buren s coliar men K. K. They sooa will fly their courses. Van cannot bribe t» with his Price, Ner wili we he Sicurlwoutcd ; I We’U stick to- Tip like any vice, Umii the vs routed. T hen tor, Ac. ; Cocae ooe, come all, the spoilsm-m clan, h Wko jump at Matty’s order; [: W’eTl clear Ids kitchen to a man.. And boist themlcoroonr borders. Then for, Ac. The tasve Mugusum long has play’d. Mis Utaes ot bocas poeua ; ; Has congregated and airay’d. His raiud loco locos. But for, Ac. I Legs freas’mrs scent bis old Dutc h cheeee. The smell whereof so loud is; | 1* naakes them jump and snuff and sneeze— Th*k»eo-toco rowdies Tbru for, Ac. & The Tre tdry-craut is wholly spoil’d, ll never was half salted. But spoilsmen gulp it down unbolt’d. But ju-a a luifo scalded. Then W, Ac. Our Bia keya ller», true-and tried. Is rightly nam’d old granny ; T< deliver,.is hw pride,! The houses ol little Vanny. Tlwu for, Ac. Eat grajmy never works by halves He’s eke a famous doetor. He’ll ease the mutton ut her knaves, Ashe ditl General Pcocior. Tneu fox, die, r . tj Tbe apeda»*a wifi be forc’tf to slope, Tu lake wn o I heir scrapers; Okl Up will giant ihtm, soon 1 tmpe, Autbsnlic walking papers. So for, Ac. And th-sn the fata >t» Kiailerltook, Sir Martin will resido m : He’ll finit i-«me crany nook, or crook, Hi* tufomy u> Ud© ui. The a &■>, Av. Noav here’s, a health to Harrison : Mia fomn keeps circling w iJer ; Ohip’s boast, Virginia’s son — , We ll toast hits, m hvd «ui«f. - *