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SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 23.
CCj’No mail north of Charleston last night.
Organization.
The Waul meeting* on Thursday night in the
2d and 4lh Ward* of the City, were numerously
attended, and tbc |«*C feeling maoiiested. The
meeting in the fourth Ward, was particularly in
teresting and enthusiastic, at which Major Nel
son, an old cocapacwxi in arum and Congress of
General Harrison, presided, who also met for the
first time in twenty ' ears, his old associate in Re
publicanism, Major 'ioel Crawford, who happen
ed to ha in the city,-and was invited to attend the
meeting. In the cyorse of the evening. Major
Crawford was caller' on, and bore testimony to
the devotion of General Harrison, in the cause of
sound Republican principles, which was received
with rapturo>is 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
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stand was numerous but as we were not present,
we are unable to giv.r any account of its proceed
ing*.
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Judge Cetjuitt’s Circular.
We have endeavored to aid in supplying the
u great demand ” whrich was manifested, a few
days since in this cit |, for the Circular, and shall
circulate eight or nijie thousand copies. We
hope his friends will accuse us of a wish to
keep it from the pubde.
Jane Convention.
The preparations which are indicated by the
proceedings at Milledi'eviile 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 sos 1,” from the master spirits
of the land.
The following gentle nen were, on Monday last,
elected Directors of thf Drain h Bank of the State
of Georgia,st Augusta?; for the ensuing year.
John Phiniay, \ James T. Gray,
Fhilip McGran, j Isaac S. Tuttle.
Robt. McDonald, Geo. M Newton,
Wm. 11. Turpin, |R. C. Baldwin,
Adam Johnston, I Chas A. (miner.
And at a raeeiing of |he Board, Mr. John Phmi
zy was re-elected Prescient, for the ensuing year
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Gov. Cass in patoiuof Harrison.—The New
York Morning Chronic* : 1 says, u is stated ihaf GovJ
Cass w in favor of th| election us his old Fellow
Soldier, Gen. Haeris-i.n. Tho feilowers of Van
Buren are clamorous foil his recat, but the little man
dare not “take the responsibility.”
From the Nexe Orleans Bee.
Tkings to be Remembered.
Under this caption the Glebe of the 2d instant
contains an article, composed of the most spicy
falsehoods manufactured by the “ five hundred
horse power” of calumny of that delectable pnm.
Let us see if they cannot be counteracted bv 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 nest presidential election is. shall
this be a government of the people or of the ex
ecutive!
That Van Buren is rbc Northern man, with
no principles at ail, while Harrwoa is the south
ern man with sou ; hern principles.
That Harrison is the candidate of the people,
while Van Buren is the candidate of the office
holders.
That under the present administration, corrup
tion, fraud and peculation 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 contribute 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 the country
has become impoverished by the misrule and ml a
-of an in-efficicntexeculive and un
wise cabinet.
That Mr. Van Buren and h.s party stand
forth the pledged and inexorable foes to the cre
dit system, and that the blight which has fallen
upon the nation cen be clearly traced to the sys
tematic and untiring efforts of locofocoism to
crush commerce, annihilate credit, and destroy
public confidence—efforts in which they have sue
ceeded to a deplorable e stent.
Let the people remember that Gen . Harrison
is the candidate of RElf ORM.
That he ba»<leclaret| in favor cf a single pres
idential term, thereby avoiding the intrigue, cabal
and coi rupling means sfc commonly employed to
secure s re-election, a<*| thus inducing me execu
tive to confine himse<f|« the strict line of bis
constitutional duties. *
That he is a republic' a of tbc old school—the
favsnt* of Washington., Jefferson, and Madison
—the patriot and hero of forty years standing—
a man without fear and withoet reproach.
That on the abolition question his ACTS have
tested the sincerity of hi*, southern feelings, while
(hose of Mr. Van Buret* have proved him to be a
negrophilisl in fact. s
Let the people remember that the administra
tion is the sworn enem | of state rights, which it
has spurned and trampl*L upon, by disfranchising
a sovereign slate ol her £ght to be represented on
the floor of cong r c«s—disregarding and despising
the obkat seal of thaLitate, by which she at
tempted to enforce her lidefeasible claim.
That under this administration the popular
voice has ocen stifled, fie purity of the elective
franchise vitiated, and lU value incalculably im
paired, by tho intermciij ling of office holders—
acting under secret instruction* —in political con
tests; and Ivy their effor j in all the large cities,
to bribe, co *rupt, browbeat or seduce the people.
That for these purposes the officeholders have
been taxed considerable and where the
levy has proved insufficient, money has been
drawn trom the treasury,' ind vast sums have been
thus indirectly filched fr| m the people with the
express object of defeating their will.
That the President h| s recommended and en
dorsed the proposition isf the Secretary of War,
to create a standing arm| of two hundred thous
and men in a lime of pil found peace—a scheme
of overshadowing despo'lim worthy of the auto
crat of all the Kmsias, ge the ruler of the Otto
man empire. I
Let the people ponde* well these incontroverti
ble facts. |
It is stated that there! vere about 2000 cases
on the docket of the Unfed States Circuit Court
(or the Southern District of Mississippi, which
recently commenced its Session «t Jackson.
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.Heeling of the Friend* ol Hairium mid
Tyler of the um h District.
At n meeting of the friends of HARRISON and
TYLER residing in ihe 600th District, held al ihe
Richmond Hotel, on Thursday evening. 21st May,
1 *4O. James Harper, F.*q was ©ailed ts the Chair,
and E. W, Dopohtv appointed Secretary.
The object of ilie meeting ha\ mg been stated by
the Chairman, on motion of A. J- Miller, Esq a
Committee of five was appointed by ihe
consulting of A. J. Miller,C. B.Hitl, Ishara 1 hump
son, J. J Cohen, and D. P. Kassel, to prepare and
report a Constitution for the government us the
Tippecanoe Club of the fiOUth District- llm Coat
raiilee reported the following Constitution, which
after having been read, and thr-question put on each
article separately, was unanimously adopt* d.
Article Ist. This association shall he called
the Tippecanoe Club of the ‘oth 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 ©lection of
William Henkv Harhion and John Tvler to
the offices of President and Vic© Pruidefll ul the
United States.
Article 3d —The officer* ofthe Ckibshall lie
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 ot said
offices, shall be fiiled at the next regular or called
meeting alter such vacancy occur. Ihesawl offi
cers shall continue in office during ike exislcnceof
the Club.
Article 4th.— There shall bo appointed by the
Society a Committee of Vigilance, whose particular
duty it shall be to disseminate information, and
procure additional member* of the Club.
Article sth.—The Club shall meet monthly al
such place as shall be designated by the President,
who may call extra meetings.
Article 6th ln case of the absence of th«
President, ora vacanny in his office, any one of lb*
Vice Presidents shall be competent to ad in his
place.
Article 7th.-The members of the Club will
contribute, from lime to time, as may be required,
such sums as may be necessary for the purposes ol
the Association.
Article Bth.—Phis Constitution may be amend
ed at any regular meeting, by,the vole* of a major
ity ofthe members present
The same Committee having beeu appointed to
tho duty of nominating suitable person* lor the offi
cers of the Club, according to the 3d article of the
Constitution, reported :
For President— Maj. Thomas M Nelson.
Vice Presidents- —Isham I hompwon,
Robert Phillip,
Edw Collier, Sen.
“ Secretary —E. W . Doughty.
“ Treasurer —J. J- t oHEH-
And for a t ommiitee of N igilance, required by
the 4th article of the Constitution, the following
seventy-six name# :
Jam s Harper, Porter Flemming,
Peter Bennoch, J G Marshall,
H C Brvson, H B W hue,
Jt-toe t, iarke. Hob* Can©r,
NVra Voodhunr, D W Calhoun,
David Caven. Ibivid Bcuteu,
D McConsnek, Trevor Caven
Dr A S Holland, Janaes ll gynbolham,
Kobt (ioodman. D L W cess,
B L Nehr. W H Howard.
K P Spekuan, Edw« Sr.v4er.
Charles Payne, L©or« P
R D MaßMrts, J B Hart,
A J MtiWr. W A BealU
Franc** Spear*. Tat* W f reemaa,
A W Sovth, Leonard Bsssell,
Nelwjrt Latttr, Tho©. W MiJei^
MPStovaU, J D‘ rane,
J J Barton, WBM.Kce,
\V Williams. G A Dugae,
Benj Brantly, Pieasam Si ivali,
KC Scraii'ors, K P Beall,
VV H Goodrich, W m Nelson,
W'ni Junes, A Phillips,
W ia Hous-y, J C Green.
SS Brown HiwkmsHuff,
J Snyder, D P KuxAeil,
W B Clarke, Cbar.es Dwell©,
W Berry bill, T M himmem,
W K Kitchen, E C Tinsley,
J C lSnea«l, fe B Brooks,
C B Hut, Mai tin Hut,
W m Harper, John Cashin,
Marceiiu* bio vail, John M Dow
! Geo I>ott, Jon n Mei^s
L Hupkuis, Edward Thomas,
A J Massengale, John Riley,
P A Scranion, Win H Gordon,
Which nornmations were unanimously confirm
ed.
Major T. M. Nelson, the President, having been
I conducted to the chair, addressed the meeting in a
few appropriate remarks, in the course ol w hich he
| sta ed that roost of the prominent acts in the diattn
cuu hed career of Wm.H.l 1 arriaon, as a sohher and
a statesman, as recorded in the history of the liras*,
come within las personal knowledge, having been
associated with him, both in the field and the coun
cil* of his country, and that his devotion to the
cause of the South especially, entitles him to the
w armest support of ail bouthem men.
Major Joel Crawford being present, and enthusi
astically called for, addressed the meeting in his
peculiarly foicibie 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
with the utmost cordiality,announced the iormation
of a Tippecanoe Club in their ward, and congratu
lated the Club of ihe 600lh District on llieir organi*
zatun.
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
1 in their duty of disseminating information in regard
to our candidates for President and \ ice Preaieent
Thomas W. Miller, Isham 1 hompson and John
Milledge, Esqra. were appointed a committee, on
motion to that effect, to report our organisation to
the Tippecanoe Clubs w hich Imvc been, or may b©
formed it. other Wards of the city.
The suggestion of the President that Joel Craw
ford be received as an honorary member of the Tip
p-canoe Club of the 60Wh District, was adopted
; unanimously and with acclamation
On motion, it was
Resolv'd, That those of our fnend* of the 690th
District who are not present have the privilege of
becoming members of the Club, by subscribing
their narres a! any lime.
Rtsolved, 'I hat A.J. Miller, J. J Cohen, E. W.
Doughty, James Harper and C. B. HiU, b© a Com
mittee to confer with similar committees from other
Clubs in this etty, for the purpose of selecting an or
ator for the 4th July, and to make arrangements for
the celebration of the day.
Resolved, That t» e proceedings of this meeting
be published in the c«ty pmpers.—and that the 4lh
Thursday in June, at 8 o’clock r. m., be appointed
fur our next meeting.
The thanks of the meeting were returned to Jos
se Clarke, Esq. for his kindness in providing accom
modations for the meeting.
After which the meeting adjourned.
T. M. Nelson, President.
E W. DouaHTT, Secretary.
I | Tint Lot, Cabin a.\d its Kri tcT*. —No belter
evidence of the consciousness of coming defeat
need be asked than is manifested by the temper ol
* our political opponents, i'hey grow crabbed as
8 they approach their end, and even our neighbor ol
, the Pnunsyhuman permits momentary conquests
of his kindness, and gives up himself and his bet
’ ter feelings to the influence of disappointment, it
is natural to all, though not fmjuenl in our neigh*
f bur.
a In reply to some remarks fad h minem) which
we a few days sime made upon the propriety ol
* the Loco focos railing at log eabins and hard cider,
when they themselves rallied round a hickory l*oie
1 and a porter bottle, tbe Pennsylvanian uses the
e following language:
“Alas for federal whiggery !—alack for com*
moa sense and “ original” genius ? 1$ this all it
1 can say in the premises f Has it no other excuse,
i no other justification, for it* degrading mumme
ries, masquerading* and hard cider debaucheries,
. which are disgusting Hie people from one end of
* the loioii to the olher
1 As lor 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 purler bottles as the origin of the cabin and
' cider —they quote the movements of the enemy
f in justification to that enemy.
i Hut the origin of the log cabin ami hard cider is
, of later date than those palmy days of Lot otoco
nia when processions of stolen hickory poles and
imitation porter bottles, by federal office holders,
1 were daily occurrences. These new emblems were
adopted by the Whigs from the ill-tempered sneer
of some pulled up Locofoco aristocrat who, to ex
press tlie palace contempt of the Hero of Tippeca
noe and the Farmer of North Bend, and to sneer at
bis want of wealth, s.aid that “ with a small pen
* sion, Genera) Harrison would sit content for the re-
I maiuder of his life, and drink hard cider in a log
cabin."
Stung to the quick by this insult to a veteran
1 soldier, a sound politician, and an honest man, the
yeomanry of the country have resented the cold
blooded stab, and are determined to make tlie con
temners of their candidate and his virtues feel the
full ellect of their insolent bearing. They have
not attacked the man who used the language, nor
mobbed the office from whiefi it emanated in print
—they have used no physical violence to the party
that approved the sentiment, nor assaulted to death
any one who might bear testimony by public pa
rade against the Whig candidate; but, adopting a
practice sanctioned by history, the Whigs 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 Farmer is
made the emblem and standard symbol of the victo
rious candidate. The rude construction of unhewn
wood that was the object of the Pharisaical taunt
with the Van Buieu letter writer, is elevated to the
dignity of a party, almost national, ensig.i, while
the linger of the peop e.fiom Maine to Mississippi,
and from Hie Lakes to the Atlantic, has inscribed
above their log cabin rallying point, in letters of
lire, to hoc signo vtnees. 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. V. 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 harderhe is rub
tied 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 healed 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 nt- 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
wuh him in politics, nevertheless break through
parly shackles, come forward and testify to his
great services and worth. W hen a man possesses
i xcharacter to draw forth such praise and testimoni
; ait #f excellence from his political enemies, in
j limes hue tnese, when partizan fer lings consume
almost every thing of an antagor ist# ill character,
we say be mast be a mas truly. —Memphis i.nq.
From the United States Gazette,
Propensities.
A writer in the Richmond Enquirer thus de
scribe# tbe leading propensities of tbe 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 mu?t
feel greatly flattered at the currency which his
brother loco-focos give to his remarks; bat, most
unfortunately for the Richmond oracle, his own
prophecies prove to he brags, and even where be
ougnt to know, and where, indeed, if be knows
any thing about politic#, he does know a Utile 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 tbe late election in Virginia, the En
quirer bragged;
HIGH BRAG!
“ We shall succeed in gaining ten or fifteen
counties, and we can scarcely lose more than 3 or
4.” This is a clear gain of about 12.
LOW BRAG ! !
“ The horizon is brightening around us. Let
the People only turn out, and we carry the State.
We were never better satisfied of the fact.”
THET BRAG, AXD ALL BRAG !!!
“ All our accounts from the to the
Ohio, are of the most cheering de^ r jp t i on> j n a
word, we look for the happiest result# in the old
Dominion.’
It appears to us that the result of the V irginia
election is a pretty mortifying commentary on the
b ra Sging paragraphs and bragging propensities
I of the Richmond Enquirer.
Humbug.—On the eleventh day of May, in-
I slant, Mr. Benton, complaining in the Senate that
officers and contractors had been induced to ex
‘ 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
, be. in consequence of the disclosures now made,
j {the fact that they had sold tbe gold received from
the U. S., and received paper of the Bank of the
U. S. which they paid out,) that a clause would
' be inserted in future contracts, requiring the con
tractors to pay out the hard money received from
the Government.” Now we charge the fact to be,
i , and stand ready to prove it that Mr. Benton htm
► . #eif has sold the gold which he has received this
, session of Congress, to the amount of 10 or 11
hundred dollars at one time, for depreciated pa
per money, which he calls filthy rags, pocketing
tbe premium of 10 per cent, at that lime, and
■ thus doing the very thing which he denounces
I in a government officer or contractor. [Madi
sonian,
A meeting of Locofocos in Boston ha# 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 I VIPOLITfC AND
DISASTROUS, and to employ the militia in an
offensive war, i# unconstitutional.
r
] You can’t stof them.— Tbe Buflalonian
#ays it would as soon try to go to sea on a shin
gle, make a ladder of fog, chase a streak of light
ning through a crab-apple orchardjswim up tbe
* rapids of Niagara river, raise the dead, stop the
tongue of women, or set Lake Erie on fire with
a loco foco match, as to stop two young lo*srs
getting married when they lake it into their heads
to do so.
i Fire.
The Charleston Courier of yesterday #«y#:
About half past 1 o’clock thia morning, the alarm
of Fire waa given, which was eaceiulnod to have
proceeded from the three alory wooden building
ul the aouth ea»l corner of King-street
liecka-alley. owned by Messrs. Moffett 6l Culder,
and occupied by Messrs. Sdcox, Brother 6c Co.
as a Furniture were bouse. j
We could not ascertain the exact position of
the Fire, but the flame# appeared to proceed from
the lower story of the budding, which contained
a quantity of Furniture. Ihe firemen were
quickly on the spot, and from the well directed
streams of water poured on the building, it was
soon got under, alter considerable injury to the
inside of tlie 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. C alhoun llejoicing ala Harri
son Victory.
In 1835, the whig* of Maryland achieved a
glorious victory under the Hakhison flag. In j
consequence, the whig# 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, 4lh Nov., 1835.
“ Gentlemen—'The mail of yesterday brought
me your note of the 21 si ult., inviting me, in the
name of the citiz ms of Baltimore, opposed to tbe
President nominating his succcs«or, to attend a
festival to be given on the 1 Ith 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
g slrate to appoint his successor. Should it suc
ceed, open and undisguised as it is, and resting,
as it almost exclusively dues , on the avowed sub
serviency of the nominee to the will of the Presi
dent, WITHOUT THOSE HIGH lit* ALI VI CATION S
AMD SERVICES, ON HIS PART, CALCULATED TO
COMMAND THE REGARD OF THE PEOPLE, OR TO
FIT HIM FUR THE DUTIES OF THE HIGH OFFICE
to WHICH tic aspires, it would afford conclusive
proof of the consummation of Executive usurpa
tion, over the olher departments of the govern
ment, and the constitution and liberty of the
people.
Entertaining these views, I regard with plea
sure th e decided victory achieved by Maryland in
the late election, over the President's nominee,
and, of course over Executhe dictation. It is
the more honorable to the Stale, 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, tbe
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
tbe counfry in its present dangerous conaition.
Thkt 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, bevond the expenditures of this,
the most extravagant of all administrations, con
stituting an immense fund to act on tbe cupidilv
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 100 much on your
columns, we omit the conclusion of it.]
Messrs. Editors—The fond hope expressed hv
Mr. Calhoun, was realized, in the triumphant
election of the Harrison Electoral ticket in Mary- ,
land. A similar result await# the same ticket at
the approaching presidential election. And we <
could hope that fact, would afford him equal plea
•ure. Him. 1
I.
The People versus their Representa-*
tives. —Os the twenty-eight \an 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- 1
lion—the Sub-treasury. Os these, only six have 1
been re-elected. Such is the verdict, not mere
ly ot the People, but of the Democratic party ; for,
of the seven men who have been left at home, the
piace of only one has boen supplied by a Whig. !
I heir own party La# turned against them. Their
own men cannot support this measure of the
Administration so opposed to ail tbe true interests
n . this Slate. 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.
I O r these ten, only three have been replaced by
W higs. The other seven have been turned out by
their own party, and other men of the same gen
eral political principles have been pul in their
places.
How truly does this show that the People have
i 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 4 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 man are the true doctrine# 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.
Roger 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, ho was a resident of
Norwalk, Connecticut. He has been a member j
of the State Senate, and was very highly respec
ted ; but ite party adverse to him in politics sud
denly gained the ascendancy, and deteimined 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- ;
signaled a*• Hog-hayward." The duties of this
dignitary are not exactly synonymous with those i
of the “ High agator of the sister State of New
Jersey, (whose business it is to take the curls out
of pigs tail*;) but are much more responsible,
though perhaps hardly as laborious. The hog
hay ward’s duties are to “ captivate” all stray pigs
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 it# other bu
siness, and came to the election of petty officers,
at the tail of which list stand# the officer wre
speak of.
“ Gentlemen.” said the moderator, “ please to
nominate fur hog-hayward.”
“ Roger Minot Sherman !” exclaimed half-a
dozen voices. The moderator, being a worthy
man, was somewhat amazed.; but could do no
kss than pul it to vote, by requesting “ those in
favor of the nomination to hold 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 (or a division
of the house. Mr. Sherman, who had remained
quietly seated in a corner, now rose, and with
great frankness said ;—“ Mr. Moderator, this
seems to me most decidedly to be a vote ; and
| nevertheless, I would thunk you to allow the
! house, to divide, in order to show me Aotp many
hogs I shall have to take charge of!”— Mirror.
Court • Dignities’—The Catacombs of
Paris —Nothing has more paudully affected me,
m the whole civil hierarchy of England, Ilian the
tenacious retention of these harbanous offices, me
nial in title us in tact, about the Court, and :he
avidity with which they are so ight. Among the
sgnsofthe times, tins is, in my opinion, one of
the most inauspicious ; lending to degrade the class
i of society whose independence and true pride of
< haractei arc thus sacrificed, and—though this ef
| feet cannot of course Ire any sut jeel of regret to a
j republican observer—co-operating poweriully with
| older causes Ur shake the edifice of British Aru
j toeracy-
Mr. Burke said, v«*ry pungenliy, that **it is not
proper that great nobteimn should be keepers of
ik gs, though they were the King’s dogs ” But so
I does not think l>ord Kinnaird, for a London pajier
of the hurt week says—“ Lord Kinnaird, lh« new
master of Her Majesty’s buck-hound*, has just ta
ken for four niomi s Col, Cavendish's mansion at
St Leonard's, within about ten miles of Windsor,
lor the purpose of Iteing within the imm ;diate neigh
borhood of the place of his offie.al dolus.” His
‘official duties.' indeed ! A Pier of England, a
hereditary legislator, a hereditary judge of the
court of the last resort,« k-epet ts the Queen's doss !
—Nor is this an ext n ine, nor even a very strong
1 instance, of the disgraceful absurdity here allu
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
desl lines of nations, i have been told by one » ;o
spoke from his personal recollection, that when the
unfortunate Marie Antoineite entered the Fiere *
Court, she manifested a mixed feeling of dj.i*
and coniempi lor the rigid etiquette wbach pre
vailed there ; and sought, in l»»e safety ol <er
heart, to withdraw herselt from i s obsenk-dc
He considered this discnchinisient as l‘-e first
in her long series of mis untunes, and as :h? f»
raenceinent of that svsieni of obksqiir wfiicii par
sued her with re'ei.l ess fury uj u i*s uea*i
upon ihe scaffold. 1 can wcl Hfrorult tmr w*-
mgs in desiring to “tcoik idfacg eJet. on;
of the artificial atmo-pbere ita v» met • red
hut I roust confess that I mrxrvoC wat surpnoe
one place aa-ociateu by uwcjijo* wnb aerm-tw
and which assuredly I sbotdd r»ve ifioorta pst~
sented the last scene a twi.boowtiu: anc re«i
plished woman would dewtre to rsa. Tkt i
stone bench m the c*iaeons.: * a-oeribe e:j of Par
is, w hich our guide tokf us Uac been fsorniracme
for ihe temporary repose ofibe Vko«B an- * t*e gmr
and gal.am Cbuoi u Artois, w hen * xaming ma. ins- j
pre&sive repository ot ibe mona! reaoatw at many
generations w Inch have died m ihis §re«; ruv. Vt»o
know thoe immense fuavaum txwoc tmocr a
considerable tan of the capi:j],a?4 ifial i her have
no doubt tarnished .!* building luatertaA ine
earhes-t tiroes Tiiey are re K>:ig-.-r wvrxod, bsarmaae
the streets and many ol tire h.mses harmg been (
undermined, the suture of the ground at veeti as [
balding-* occasionally ieij in, and the goremmen;
tell tl necessary to check ll»e tan her progrress of the f
evil. Foiars have been srruried in use most ex- I
;«otscd sii unions, and as n w s«.»tne lime since I have
heard ol anr accuitn s. 1 presume there are no far- 1
Ifier apprehensions. Ihe entrance i# secured, and
admittance u obtained wnh some difficulty, for m *■
Europe Ihe public authorities are more careful of »
ale than we are, and ptivons having been separated
Iroiß the gonies have become lost and penshed in
this vatt field ot tlte dead. NV hat end can be mare f
InghtluS ’ To wander in this immense ebaraei- I
bouse, surrounded by the must revolting etnherns ■
ol mortality, to perish in the midst ofdepart d een-
e rations, is terrible indeed- Piliar alter pillar, and
wall alter wail, ol arras and legs and nbs, hedge m
ifie visiter, ami form a nsirow path, along watch
be follows the guide in impressive silence ; and a* P
tne tore he* w hicci are earned, and whim alone
light up these regions impenetrable to day, -bed
H eir feeble and flickeimg ray* upon these sad me
morials of httiaamiy, the scene is pamiul beyond
description. And then come il»e coiamn of skill's,
and you may si uosl iancr, as the fitful light strikes
them, that they are gnumiif upon you w nh diabol
ical tun ice. The whole cavern resembles iba VaJ
l< y of the bhado.v of Death, so powerfully describ
ed by the prophet, rendered still more strange by
the display ot a kind taste in the arrangement of
the materials. i
I breathed freer when the portal ot this gre.v tomb
closed behind roe.— Cass' 'France, Its Court,' etc.
Horrible Adventure.
At the period when Murat was about to invade j
Sicily, the Chevalier K , Paymaster Genera*
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
himself by night-tall; hut the day being very sul
try, he had loitered on the road, and at nine o’c.ock
in the evening, fousd he was still a considerable
distance from the proposed end of his journey.
He was so much harrassed and fatigued that he de»
temuned 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 ius wife, the former a stout muscular
figure, with a swarthy countenance almost w holly
shrouded in a mask of bushy whiskers and must**
Chios. The traveller was received with civility,
and after partating of a hearty supper, was con- >
ducted up an old crazy staircase, to bis apartment I
for the night. Not much fancying the appearance 1
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 ha 4
not been long in bed when he herud a noise below,
as it persons entenag the house ; and, soare lime
aflerwards was alarmed by the sound of a raaa’<
footsiep on the staiicase. He then perceived a
light through the crevice of the door, against which,
the man gently pressed for admittance, but finda*£
some resistance, he thrust it open sufficiently au
admit his hand, with extreme caution, removed
the chair, and entered the apartment, ’i'he I'bx- •
aher then saw his host, with a tamp in one hau.l :
and a huge knife in the other, approaching tbe be-i
®n tipto.-. TheChcvaliercocked hispis.ob beweaih
the be dcloths, that the noise of the spr ug m igbi aot j
be heard. When the man reached the side of t2se
bed, be held the light to the thevali zr's face- who
pretended ti be in a profound sleep,but csst&'ivs-d ■
neveilheless, to steal an occasion-. 1 glance aX his
fcatful host. The man soon turned from kira > as 4
after hanging the lamp on the bed post, waul to 1
the other end of the room and brought Swtiae bed- ,
' side a chair, on which he immediately mounted,
with the tremendous knife still in h»>* aarw\
the very moment that the Chevalier was about to.
start up from the bed and shoot him, the man in &
hurtled manner, cut several enormous slices from
a piece of bacon that was Waging over kus bed
stead, though it had been w holly unnoticed before
by the agitated traveller. The host passed
the light before his eyes again, aud Jeff the room
m the same cautious way in whick he had entered
it, and unconscious of the danger he bad escaped
returned to a crowd of new and hungry guests be
low stairs, who were of coarse not very sorry to
perceive that he had sared Es hacom.
“ Put th at and that T^cethe*.’ I —Wm. H.
Harrison has resided in Cincinnati, fim held office
tliere, and is better known there than m ur other
p ace ; and Cincinnati gives a majority of nearly
seventeen hundred i» kis favor.
Mr. \ an 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 eels
most votes where he is best known ; Van Buren
most where he is least known. —Rochester Demo
crat.
The Legislature of Prince Edward lalatid (N.
S.) has voted .£I2OO in aid of steam navigation
to that Island, Newfoundland has granted £2500
towards the support of navigation between that
Island and Halifax.
Cohskts.—The Huston Transcript exebiu
against the ladies being squeezed in corsets VV*
see the drift of the fellow ; if any squeezing, .*
l>c done, he wishes to do it himself. We cons, °
a lady’s waist never apjiears lovelier to U g th ?*
when it is broad and large ; a good armful. Your
cornstalk figures are scarcely palpable— to r m
brace them » analagous to hugging a kmui r *
needle. W hen a lady’s bosom is compressed
with cords and canvass, how can the hcartthrob
and dilate with generous emotions ? How C a.
such a bosom feel friendship, or sympathy o*
love ? A large waist is generally speaking, a
sign of loving and loveable qualities. Thera
tiona.e ol the thing is as plain as sunshine. \
small waist is the indication ol a small heart, «nd
a small heart will seldom be found to contain
those noble and expansive srniimenH which con
stitute the essence of all female loveliness. There*
fore, girls, if you wish to be beloved, do not screw
and compress your gentle bosoms. Do not bind
the sweet emotions of vour hearts in ropes of
I h « m P en r «g> J'ty. Do not choke up the fountains
! of filing and sentiment with bits of hard canvas
and stakes of stubborn whalebone. N'o, UJi t .,
; do nothing of the kind, and be assured of this
that the fellow who admires a female in a state
of excruciHlingagony.whoby bis pernicious taste
would impose on her an undeserved penance
such a foolish fellow, we say, and his good opin
ion are not worth a thought. Men of good sense
, like a large waist in » wife, but very little waist
!in the family. Tliere is no economy in screw
ing up your persons; but we have often observed
that ladies who make a practice of doing so are
nevertheless tccuie-fitl and extravagant. Phil
Ledger.
The state of education in Carmada may be
judged of by the fact that the pel/U >n from th«
Dulricls of Quebec and laree Rivers against the
union of the Canadas, out of 35#.028 petitioners,
I 3463 signed their (games.laud 2.3365 made their
! marks.
Asiraori of Brava.—Tea person wbowt*
frugal of b » vine at the ta fie, ao*. wm> was
sxaocfc *2 a fresh racK'.ie s»x ‘;>r *-ek> allow
me a& craw u*as cork n».«rr, I a-* n » a fa
•orT* at j Tarss. j:*m bold the screw
» r.nlt Aurtixi.ru jrxj-ir ’.be knife
fiW fT ZL* ML t sicnfet.-
Promt me 'rrmv r ~r ~ L.s iAcrorste."'
Sew Cmuc Sows.
Tar m —“ Hit.cm i al(*k. i 'fti
Cm w»«® w tie s"«c 1 • . hsi y.»u a
w w.e-r 1 p--«nu> toe ns . u.*i t«e xxe :
Ak I (I. • you'h sbs s t a fw it t-mg,
| Atoi. co* w tot ;*r.je cm la; viftf
Ha* , rmn aumg. um si. >w:, Jaaey,
he? < BBtoto > m *kMs Jo.
I »»;•■* 'em dp W fe p. z* xr. fsl
j A• * £Wifc.k i* l •. P W has t to. :
Harr » wtow rsta kmw iy Ma-.n,
(am a Axaaisu :«n a m »itjr .
Hey, esa-a Wh.-u£. yir.. Yoiev,
lit v. < .jm ah*&£. fizu da
|Dr azt'trs t»_v Ary no bx*n
; Kt%e !«»w fi* nb ua a k»< emr. a ;
I n-ka o«c pep«r taev ury m l »rn.
\ ike Bbal &AD we wade kw a year ;
kit y. res a-*x r r At.
; Dr Lmi« say he dnnk I are! e»der.
tt«s 3er anr Ks feme ;
| A&o oey we v übe-r cere titxapue
I Make xaa oi> a.in bis u's ai] m wxae ;
Hey ciaa *1 .■ Eg,. Ac
Yr«, W srakaftorKt raj] Km granny,
“ Bw rt'swe. k r vob rnv ittise Vonnv,
Dm be dr uv de Injuns and Bm»b tar
tote you were talkin 'rmst dr w ar :
lit j, cum aKtsg, Ac.
Atod am fe* eacrev den few
: At Megs, at Tames, ax Tipp'canoe,
be will xaoke «i* ktreiwgv worn
H'fiesi be a> amt io 'k eiungton ;
Hen.ruai aioi.g, Ac
IJr Uw w,h vtco w.«i a sbeepssh look
Saras bar*, io oe ta.ie ui K.mter’imvk ;
An: d* kee-iiea*u.refs oaaxe irac.se
As U ue debei was at dere bat k* ;
iiey, caoa aiortg, £c.
; Atod be who at Tomser pull de
tVik-re vv k* vi as cuoeito to dis xiffur ;
Kbew dm wees sxve to :a. K»r ce uashoix
. Say dry ta«l i »r MnifUMto«,
Hey. cora skn». Arc.
; Wiwir nawn. w-hoe naan weery onsartin,**
] “■ I low yv« off t »r *>oAp,~ ray titer; :n Martin ;‘
Next Morrb dr k>e cabin boys »?.i shoot,
*• ks*r-s mntr oruwim roaromy know you're oat ”
iiey, cum ak*ns. Ae.
1 swow 1 psty wxjj rood:ton.
Furyoa were tor e fiobb disboa.
» And vatrd tor aarXics enrn «»b ago
To bubo* r ►at &mv suffrage
lice, cum along, Ac.
th
AaJ now grox3e sw’xs 1 tad you gowJ-bva,
Ls>oj k*l tie i\» chaik m your eve :
Asi*; *nea K» «e «.l> . e (>:n'ra»i vwi bring.
IH* nig-gur wifi toe cere all ready fur losing
Her, caois.a ijj, A;c.
SAMBO-
Pt*lerx\ City, \JLi
>cw x% tour Sous.
TstNE—“lcmiee DoodleC
Tbr Hero Plovihtam of Ni»;h Road,'
Acrunktig uv my notion,
• wbn did uur ,-aVi is . desend.
Is. worthy of pre»o» >£k>-i
Tbei) hrr the ptoagnivin we-’U array
j gsiitai/. Backeye three*—
Tan Baren s rouar ,uen K K
They aoua will fly their course*.
Van cannot barb* u* vv kb his Price,
Nnt w;fi vv® be Sm-\.niCQuiai ;
j; \ke’y siwk u> Tip like any vice,
L iud the is routed.
'I Wn lor, die.
• Cwae ooe, corneal!, thesp-iilsna'nckn,
h Vk tottjtump al Mauy's order;
j- Well clear kih-ben to a man,
Altai boost them from our borders.
1 hen for, ike.
1 The take tong has play’d,
I Mia teats ot borm pucus ;
Mas congeegatad and airay’ik
iiis roJuu kwo focus.
Bui fox, Aic.
Lasrs freos’rnra scent bis old Dutch cheeae,
i 4 !*c smell whereof so loud is ;
'■ B Bwwewihcia jump and snuff and sneers-
i Ik k *co • loc« row tJ tea
Ttocu kv, kt.
The Tre tiry-ermut is wholly spot ]’d,
li never was half salted.
But apudaroen gulp u down unbon’d.
But _iu-t a ttoile scalded.
Then fi»r,£c.
CbtF Bm kevr lltrw, fro* and tried*
U ntihily nuoi’d old granny ;
T< dah er,(is hss ptule.l
The bouses ol fieri* Vaany.
Theu tor. die.
Bat graany naver works by halves
Hc’s eke a famous doctor.
Hell ease vhe amtton ul her knaves
As be did Cieueral I’ruvlor.
Tfi«u tux, ke.
The apealaraew will be forc'd m 8 W
To take onto lheir scrapers ;
Okl Tip will giant tiKin, *>oll J hore^
Aui ben tic walking papers.
So lor, &c.
And ihsn the lauvow Kimlerhook,
Sir Martin w ill resnlo 01 :
He’ll fits! r «me crany nook, or crook
His vaiaaiy to- Ude ox.
lb«« k
Nuiv here's.» Kaahk 1 o Harrison :
Mis fiun* keeps circling w iJer :
Ohio’s lx»a«t, Tirginia’s son—
- We UL toaa; bun ui hard enter.