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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUS T.A .
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 25.
Sub-Treasnry Bill.
We perceive by the last Washington City papers
that this bill is at last before the House, after
sleeping in its oommittte room and on the table for
some months and if the friends of the measure can
agree upon its delr ils, it will no doubt ere long be
come a law.
31eeting in Hamburg.
The meeting in Hamburg on Saturday was
well attended, composed of the citizens of the
place and surrounding country, and some from
this city. The meeting was organised by calling
the intendant Mr. Green to the Chair, and ap
pointing Secretaries. Major Staike moved the
appointment of a Committee, which, after retir
ing, returned and reported through him a Pre
amble and Resolutions expressing their prefer
ence for Harrison and Tyler. Major Starke ad
dressed the Meeting in a very forcible and cogent
speech, in support of the Resolutions. After
which, at the call of the (.’hair, A, J. Miller, and
Dr. F. M. Robertson addressed the Meeting, urg
ing the importance of the support of Harrison
and Tyler for President and Vice President. —
When Dr. R. had taken his seat, Major Starke
remarked that there was present an old revolu
tionary patriot, Col. Hammond, the acquaintance
and former friend of Gen. Harrison, from whom
he should be pleased to hear, which was received
with the most rapturous applause.
When the applause had subsided, Col. Ham
mond rose and approached the Chair, and address
ed the meeting in a voice so feeble that we could
not distinctly comprehend all of his remarks from
our position. He was understood, by us, to say
that be had known Genl. H. in early life, had
been associated with him, and knew him to be a
uniform and consistent Republican. The ef
fect upon the meeting, to see a patriot of (he Re
volution, borne down by age and infirmity, testi
fying to the virtues of the friend of his early
years, is more easily imagined than described.
After Col. H. had concluded, the Chair called up
Mr. Adam Johnson, who entertained the meeting
with a few very appropriate remarks, showing
the necessity of a different man at the helm,
when the question was taken on the preamble
and resolutions and tmanimously adopted.
When, on motion of Mr. Jeffers, the meeting
adjourned, *o meet at the call of the Chair.
Correspondence of the Philad. North American.
New-York, 3 P. M May 19, IS4O.
Western flour continues to be a great article.
Tlte demand pres- 3S upon the supply, great as it is,
and to-day factors ask G cents advance, though the
commonest brands of Genessee have been sold this
morning at $4 75; Ohio in flat hoops, Genessee
style, at £4 75, rovjud hoops 12j cents less. Good
brands of Genessiee common §4 SI a SS; Corn is
plenty, so is Rye,-and without change in price.
The sales of Co:ton go on at a fair rate. To-day
there are at least 1000 t ales, prices firm.
The packet ship Columbus, fer Liverpool, is de
tained, the wind being ahead. She has thirty pas"
seogers, and more want to go. The “movement
party” is gaining |aily.
New-York, 3 P. M. May 21, 1840.
There is not much to say about business to-day
The sales of Cotton are 600 or 700 bales, at former
rates.
The flurry in Canton Flour is over, and the arri
vals are now worse than was anticipated, and the
prices I quoted jesterday are very firm. All brands
are readily taken at £4 75 a 4 81, Very little is
doing in Southern Flour; Com and Rye are plenty.
Southern Corn sold Ikis morning at 25 cents per
bushel. Pennsylvania Rye 55 a56 cents.
Domestic Exchanges. —Philadelphia o£; Balti
more s|; Richmond 63 a Charleston 4 a 4<;
Augusta 12 j a 13; Macon 14; Savannah Sa9; Mobile
1 a 12; N. Orleans 7} a St. Louis 10; Louis
ville 9; Cincinnati Sr; Nashville 15.
Bills on London 7 a S; bills on Paris 5,274.
_
Arrest of Price and Newcomb.— We
learn from the NY Y. Courier and Enquirer of
the 20lh, that Wjfllam M. Price, late U. S. Dis
trict Attornry, who has recently returned to this
country from Franee, was on Tuesday arrested
at the suit of the; United States, by the district
marshall. After some hours detention he was li
berated on hail to the amount of §82,000, w inch
*
he readily pro; ued.
Colin C. Newcomb, late Teller of the Manhat
tan Bank, whose absence has for weeks past been
the town talk, came on Tuesday with an officer
accompanied by his father, to the police and sur
rendered himself a prisoner. After consulting
with the magistrate, bail for his appearance was
fixed at §IO,UOO, which he procured, and was li
berated from custody.
Exemplification of hard times. —When
two Bank Presidents arc seen riding into town
in a salt-box on a dray. J.
Acc I BEST TO Ex-P RESIDE JIT ADAMS. Mr.
Adams the distinguished Representative in Con
gress trom Massachusetts, sustained an injury by
accident on Monday afternoon, which at first ex
cited serious apprehension for its consequences-
During the afternoon sitting of the House, in
moving from one part of the House to the other,
one of his feet caught in the straw matting on the
11 tor, and caused‘him to fall with such violence
as to dislocate his right shoulder. After being
conveyed to his residence, however the shoulder
was restored to it* socket, and, regardless of what
most men would consider a very sufficient reason
for remaining at home this failhlul Representa
tive, with his bandaged shoulder and disabled
right arm, was again at his post in the House of
Representatives at the usual hour of meeting yes- :
terday. —Nat Intelligencer, May 20.
The “ LOG CASIN’* is a symbol of nothing j
that Van BurenisiK knows or feels, or can appre
ciate it tells of virtue that lives in obscurity—of ]
the hopes ut the hi ruble—ot the privations of the
t’oor —ot toil and danger—ot perseverance and pa
tient endurance—< f f hospitality, of charitv, and
Irugahfy—it is the emblem of the rights that the
sain and insolent Aristocracy of federal office hol
ders have lost sigh: of, or crushed and trampled on
T t ts an emblem ol the simplicity that should char
acterize Republican Institutions, and which the
People have determined to bring back to the ad
ministration ol I hr-1 r affairs Let our opponents
scoff at a device which the untutored sagacity of
the people is painting upon then* banners. It will
he found etc long Rial there is a meaning in it that
Mall convey to tbVnii a sahitarv lesson. —Albany
Evening Journal. *
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Public Meeting.
At a meeting of the r itizens of tke second Ward
friendly to the cause of Harrison, Tyler, and Re
form, held at the Eagle and Phoenix Hotel, on the
21st of May, 1840. On Motion ol Col. Wra. T.
Gould, Man in M. Dye, Esq., was called to the
Chair, and on motion of Capt. Wm M- Frazer,
Robert Clarke was appointed loect as Secretary.
Col. Wm. T. Gould, then stated the object of
the meeting, and offered the following resolution,
which wag seconded by Mr. Hatch, and unani
mously adopted :
Resolved , That a book of minutes be now opened
for the subscrip! ion of such persons as desire to be
come members, of »lie proposed associat.on.
Book of minutes was then opened and signed by
those prescm, after which Marlin M. Dye, Esq. was
chosen President, Jesse Kent, Ist Vice President,
and Dr. Wilson, 2d Vice President, and Robert
Clarke Secretary.
The following resolutions were then offered, by
Col. Gould—
Resolved, That th<-se persons who sign their
names to tkc bst of members iu the hook of min
utes,he, and they are hereby organized into the
Tippecanoe Association ol the Second Ward whoso
object shall br. to advance I y all honorable means
the cause of Harrison, Tyler, and Reform.
Resolved , That this association will co-operfits
in this cause, with the associations formed, in the
other Wards and with the Central Tippecanoe
Ciub of Richmond county.
Resolved, That the Secretary be cx-oflicio Treas
urer of Ihe association, and receive from tine? to
time, all voluntary contributions from members and
others, for the purposes of our meeting, but that no
assessment be laid on members, and I hat all pay
ments be made by order of the association, or of the
acting President during the recess.
All of which were adopted.
On motion of Robert Clarke it was
Resolved, That tlie President ba requested to ap
point a commilttee of eight members, whose duty
it shall be to present the book of minutes to our ab
sent fellow -citizens of (he Second Ward, who are
| friendly to the rau~e of Harrison, Tyler, and Re
form for their subsciiption.
On motion of Col. Gould, it w as
Resolved, That the President, or in Ids absence a
Vice President, be authorised to call a meeting of
this association whenever he may deem it necessary.
On motion of Col. Gould, it was furl her
Resolved, That a delegation,consisting of all mem
bers present, to call on the meeting of the Bloody
6 )0, understood 10 bo now assembled, and to con
gratulate them era their organization, and that we
adjourn to meet again tins night week.
The President appointed the following members
a* the Committee to take the names of those in the
2.1 Ward who wish to join the association :
Dr. Charles I). Dilr, Cap . Wm. M. Frazer,
J. G. Dunlap, Esq. E. D. Cooke, Esq.
John Kirkpatrick, Esq. B. F. Chew, Esq.
C J. Coo e, E;q. John Holmes, Esq.
The Association then adjourned.
M. M. DYE, President.
Robert Clarke, Secretary
Trial or Green. —The Richmond Whig
of the 22d says : the cross-examination of Mr.
Uabnev’ was continued yesterday, without closing, i
As much curiosity has been manifested to know
Mr. D’s account of the beginning of the deficit, I
we will give it as we understand it. The first
over-checking was permitted by another, then an
officer in the Bank.—When it-came tohis,(Mr.
D’s.) knowledge, he consented to conceal the
fact, for the purpose of screening the officer, under
i a promise from Green to make good the defi
| ciency next dav, or in some very -short time.
{ That promise was not fulfilled ; on the contra
ry, it was alleged that more money was neces
i sary to prevent exposure—and so it continued
from time to time—bankruptcy and consequent
i exposure being threatened as the means of cx
; torting larger sums—until the deficit readied tlie
: present amount*
Appointments bt the Pit esident. —Our
Washington correspondent writes that the Sen
ate, in their Executive session yesterday, confir
med the appointment of UHURCHILL C.
LAMBRLLENG of IVew-York, as Minister
Plenipotentiary to Russia, and of .Mr. NILES of
Connecticut, as Post Master General. Ihe mes
sage was sent to the Senate at a quarter past two,
and before half past two the appointments were
confirmed.— Baltimore American, 20 th insf.
Sub-treasury Whigs.— The Cincinnati Ga
zette says: We have a few of these anomalous
personages in this city, among our personal 1
friends, and we believe that the following para
graph from the Louisville Journal describes their
case exacll} 7 :
“lam in favor of the sub-treasury,” saida
worthy old gentleman of this city the other day, 1
‘but I shall vote for General Harrison. Igo for;
the sub-treasury, but I want an honest man to I
superintend it.' 1
“ The ruin or prosperity of a stale,” says Jr- j
i n 1 us, “depends so much upon the administra
tion of its government, that, to be acquainted
with the merits of a ministry, we need only ob
serve ihe condition of the people. If we see them
obedient to the laws, prosperous in their industry
united at home, and respected abroad, we may
reasonably presume their affairs arc conducted by
men of experience, abilities and virtues. If, on
the contrary, we see a universal spirit of distrust
and dissatisfaction, a rapid decay of trade, dissen
sion in all parts of the empire, and a total loss of
respect in the eyes of foreign powers, we may
pronounce, without hesitation, that the Govern
ment of that country is weak, disti acted and cor-
I rupf. ’ •
In how remarkable a manner docs the present
| condition ot our country illustrate the above max
im of Junius. Our halls of legislation have be
come arenas for the exhibition of violence and
outrage, our industry is prostrated, our best citi
zens are calumniated and proscribed ; our credit
abroad ruined and our honesty suspected; in a
word, a universal spirit of distrust and dissatis-1
faction, a rapid decay of trade and dissention in
all parts of the Union, art; indisputable evidences
that the government of the country is weak, dis
tracted and corrupt."—Newark Sentinel.
1 The Great Arctic Problem Solved. —The
New York Journal of Commerce says that Messrs.
Simpson and Dean, of the Hudson’s Bay Com
pany, after two previous attempts (in 1837 and
1838.) which were but partially succesful, have
; at last succeeded in effecting a complete solution
of the problem relating to a ‘North West Pas-
I sage’ to the Pacific Ocean. They have ascerfain
’ ed that such a passage exists, and that Boothia is
an island. This great island is separated from
the Main laml by a strait from 3 to 10 miles wide,
running from the S. E.to N. W.and connecting
the Gulph ol Boothia with the Northern Ocean.
'Fite Journal promises to give particulars.
The Vote of Pennsylvania.—Fifty thousand !
was General Jackson’s majority in 1824, twenty
six thousand in IS2S, twelve thousand in 1832,1
four thousand for Mr. Van Huron in 1836 ! Divide i
this last among the fifty-four counties of which the I
State is composed, and a change of fifty votes in
each cquiity will defeat him next fa For a change i
of two votes in each election district in the State, j
anJ the Keystone i» redeemed,
1
Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.
Washington, May 17.
Mr Van Buren, During the War of 1812.
It is frequently asked—what was the policy pur
sued by Mr. Van Huren during the war at 1812 ?
His friends boldly reply he was the zealous advo
cate of that measure, and supported the admtnis'ra-
I non of the general government in its pros ution.
His opponents speak doublingly, and give evidence
in their answers to the interrogatory of a want of
fj correct information on the subject, Nor is this
>t strange or wonderful. The acloisinthe scenes of
those by gone days, are rapidly passing olf the
stage ot life. Ano.her generation has sprung up.
Men born after that war was declared, may now be
I in the councils of the nation ; and thousands of
are amongst the most ardent, and are of an ago
to be the most efficient, in the mighty political
struggle that agiiales our country. They are older
• than a majority of those gallant spirits which com
! manded our battalions on the bailie field of the
revolution, and shed a lustre upon the land of their
i i nativity.
t| No man s position was more easily defined, than
j Mr. Van Boren’s in 1812. A very few historical
; tacts, which are matters of record, will remove all
| doubts on this point: and no matter how much
| they inay r be absorbed by sophistry and roetaphys
. ical refinement, they stand m bold relief, placing
; him in the ranks of ihe opponents of the war and
'I Mr. Madison, and the champion of the 1 peace party,'
' candidate for the Presidency,selected and nomina
! ted -y the New England high-toned Federalists,
1 designated in those times, as the * Essex Junto.'
i In April 1812 Mr. Van Buren waselected a mem
ber of the Benate of the State of New York. —
The whole country was then convulsed with the
question of war or no war with Great Britain. In
those days the democratic parly designated presi
■ d.ntial candidates by Congressional crocuses
They were the test of party men. In lias way
Mr. Jefferson had been twice nominated and elected,
and Mr. Madison once. On the 23d of May, 1812,
Mr. Madison nas nominated a second lime by the
Democrat c members of Congress lie was elect
ed by ikem a a the known and acknowledged war
; candidate.
j On the 29ih ol May, seven dai/s after the nomin
ation of Mr. Madison, the Nee. England federal
ists, with certain distinguished Federalists of the
I State of New York and elsewhere, held a caucus
in Broad street, in Ihe city of New York. Their
| d.liberations resulted in nominating what they
j termed a ‘pace party,' candidate for the Presiden
-1 oy, in opposition to Air. Madison, the * war path/'
candida e. On the 7th June, 1812, war was de
i dared against Gieat Briiain ; and from that time
until die meeting of the State Legislature on ttie
3d of November loilowing, Mr. Van Buren denoun
ced the war and its authors. fie was actively en
i gaged vviih the Federalists in disparaging Mr. .Mad
ison, and in untiring efforts to defeat his re-election.
At that time the Legislature of the '-tale of New
York chose the Presidential Electors. .Mr. Van
Buren was a member of the Legislature. The
Electors were chosen viva voce. Each member
rose in his place and read off Ihe ticket for which
lie voted ; the clerk taking down the names of itio
persons voted for, and by whom, and then enter
ing them upon the j mrnal They could not he mis
taken, therefore, as to whom the members voted
lor- War had now been raging for nearly five
; months. The disasters which I lie country bad ex
perienced, were well calculaied to awaken the rm
tior.ul feelings of every pitriotic American, and to
| prompt him (if he had any sympathy in common
t w ith the administration) to act in concert with, and
i give his support toil. What was Mr Van Boren’s
course ol conduct at this eventful period ?
C'n the 3 1 of November 1812, 'he Legislature of
New Voi k con vened in I lie city of Albany. It was
a special session, held tor the purpose of appointing
I presideeiiai electors. On the evening of the 4 th, a
I cam us was held in the Senate chamber, for the
j purpose ol designating can idules to be voted for
| as elec!or.-. There were three parties in the Legi«-
J lauire. First. The Democratic party, I fie friends
j and supporters of Mr Madison and the war
I Second. The party which has since acquired, and
; is in possession of the administration wl the Feder
al government —self styled now as then Democrats
j —cu!iso!idationist«--the advo. ales of the executive
power—professing economy, hut practicing extrav
i agance : And third , Tim high toned federal pany.
I 'J he two first met in caucus together. Great vio
j lrnee ensued. Mr. Van Huron's speech o i sonic
leitgih assailed with violence, Mr. Madison; the
I staie.-man ol the South, the war, and all its sup
porters. He then lauded in a most fulsome man-
I tier, the Presidential candidate of the ‘ I.ssex Jun
to,' and avowed Ins determination to support that
candidate, winch pledge he redeemed. He was re
plied to by Gtaerai Rout, now in the Senate of New
Y« rk, by the late C'bancellor Sanford, and by
1 others. General Boot and the other friends of Mr.
Madison, finding themselves in a minority, with
drew from the caucus. Each of these pa ties sep
arately nominated tbeir candidates tor Presidential
Electors; and on the 'Jib of November, 1812, with
i Mr Van Buren’s influence and vote,electois fur the
; ‘ peace parly’ candidate were chosen.
Such was Mr. Van Buren’s position, preceding
and during the first year of the war. Subsequently,
; when Mr. Madison had been re-elected —when
i brighter prospects began to dawn on the path of
glory which was opening before us—when he Had
received from ilie gov ■rninent lifieml fees as a
Judge adv-.cate, and when “certain oilier good
j causes thereunto moving him,” had full force and
effect, lie suddenly dodged tits Federal party, and
; by an adroit summersti, was found in <he ranks of
j Democracy; but not during ihe year 1812. I will
i pursue this subject no further. These facts are of
record. The Bi>y in Washington.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The New York Courier contains I lie followin'*’
i item of news by Ihe British Queen,
j Mr. I jc vis, the Cashier of ilie Schuylkill Bank,
had been arrested in Paris, and was under thesur
i veillanreof tHe Frericn Police,
j Letters received in this city state that lie was re
leased after a confinement of a few hours, on ac
j count of the want of authority. This glarin'* de
i tect of imen alional law should be so rectified, that
fugitives fiom justice from one friendly power
should not find a safe refuge in another. Other let
ters stale ihat a Dr. Brown an American residing in
I Paris, who was a stockholder in the Sehuy kill
Bank, had instituted proceedings against him—but
of what character, does not appear.
:
Some sav Gen Harris >n is a Federalist, if he is
he » a Madisonian Federalist, as is proved by lit >
I annexed extract from his letter to Mr. Madison, on
resigning the command of the North Western Ar
; m >’’
“ I have no other motives for writing this letter
than loassjreyou that my resignation was not pro
ducer) by any diminution of ihe interest 1 have al
ways taken in the success of your administration or
of re-pen and attachment of your i erson Tho
1 former, can only take piacc when I forget the Re
publican principles in which 1 was educated, and
the latter, when 1 shall cease to reg ird those princi
ples which most actuate every honest man who is
coi of favors that it is not in his power to re
pay.”
St. Augustine, May I.7—Gen. Armstead has
i ordered a concentration of 90i) men at Fort King,
on i lie 22d of this month They will he compose 1
| of footmen and horsemen, and operate in divisions
I of one imndred each, independent of each other, in
the enemy’s country. The season lor gathering their
grain is nenrat hand,as well as assemblages for their
: preen corn dance , when purification for war and a
j relation of their enterprises, strengthen them to re
, iievved efforts in their aggressions on the whites
Should these scouts, now charged with the duty
of hunting: fir the enemy, com? upon them, we
i may hope for results, differing at least from those
; which have been had for the lasi twelve months.
| If ihe enemy' shall have dispersed into email parties,
; a great and invaluable gain will he effee'ed in the
| dest; ucti >u of his planting grounds and he will
learn with trembling, lint though lie lias sown in
i quiet, be shall not reap in security. (Jen. Armstead
has taken hold of affairs in Florida with a Vigor
1 ous hand. Success must, an I should accompany
I such effort ; acd if he fails, lie will have the proud
j conaoJaiion of having deserved it.
Harrison’s Birth Peace Unanimous !—Let
the honorable fact tie proclaimed through the land
that J.-.mes < ity Go , the birth place of Gen Ham’
‘ son and Jdm Tyler, gave the Whig, a unanimous
vote. —Newark I). Adv.
A Burning Mountain.- ihe Aimer’s Journal
says; “The Burning Mountain, at the head of tin
West Branch Kail Bond, which attracted so much
attention last yen, is s;il! raging. even mote furious
ly than ever. It is burned out about 3)) yards
Irum i’.s place of starting, and os it reaches the crop
where ventilation is more freely afforded, it increas
es in intensity. The water running from the mine
is very hoi, ami so strongly impregnated with alka
line substances as to have eaten off all the iron
Irum tin- rail road track. It is well v onh a visit
from l<>c curious.
From the National Intelligencer.
Gen. Harrison’s Poverty.
Those who wrongly claim the name ol democrats
when Gen. Harrison was presented as a c.md date
for tha Presidency sneered at tlie obscurity ul h s
office of clerk, at his humble residence, and frugal
fare. They soon found that such positions were
not likely to be favorably received by those who es
teemed honest industiy and republican simplicity
of life- , _ ,
Then the tone was changed, and we h-'ard of the ;
princely revenues of the “ obscure clerkship ihe
splendid magnificence of the “log cabin, and the
luxury of the fanner’s beverage ot “ hard cider.
A letter from Gen. Harrison hims-df, addressed
to a friend, without the intention of publication, on
the 13ih of February last, has been prmied in the !
Boon's Lick Times. The correspondent of the
gallant soldier, prudent statesman, and true-hearted
farmer of North Bend, believed that be might take
ihe liberty of giving to the public a comrauncation
designed for his own eye alone, lor the purpose of
refuting »heslanders which have been so unjustly
circulated.
Look at the extract which follows, from a letter
containing statements made with the sincerity with
which friend speaks to friend, bearing the evidence
of truth in its plain and direct style:
“ I have actually from necessity, been obliged to
give up the correspondence of nrany ot my best
friends. Having given up my office to my son-in
law, which, from tiie creation of a new circuit, with
similar civil jurisdiction, affords only to him a de
cent support, it became necessary to raise the fam
ilies ol three deceased sons, and one living one
solely dependent upon me, and to pay ihe interest
of some ten thousand dollars of debt, to make the
greatest personal exertions with the means w hich
my farm afforded. 1 accordingly mule contracts
for supplying large quantities of stone and lime,
arid wood lor burning three millions of brick, for
tlie use of a tunnel of a canal which is being made
through my land. Throughout the summer and au
tumn J was employed almost daily, from early dawn
until night, in this business. Every moment of my
spare time w’as occupied in the attempt to keep up
my correspondence, but it was in vain. .Many other
letters, 1 assure you, besides yours, of the same pe
riod. remain unanswered to this day ”
Those who claim to be peculiarly democratic re
proach Gen. Harrison with the crime of poverty.
They say that, a man vvh » dorrs not lake good care
of Ins own individud interests is not tit to be trust
ed with those of the Public. It is unhappily too
true that Jefferson suffered under pecuniary embar
rassments —that he parted with his noble library
to supply his necessities —and that he permitted
measures to be taken whuh were real.v appeals to
the graiitude and charity of his native •’State and of
the nation.
Do the modern pa ri its mean to assert the general
principle that a poor man ought not to receive the
confidence of ihe People?
Whatever troubles ra iy have disturbed the pri
vate affairs of Gen Harrison have sprung from
causes so honorable to him, that even those who
have sought to cast reproach upon his character can
no' fail in their secre! th uglits to admire th ■ manly
spirit which has furnished them with occasion for
the indulgence of the bitter hatred of party hostili
ty-
The explanation of some circumstances in th"
private affairs ot General Harrison given hy one of
the most respectable citizms ot Cinc.nnat', his been
published in one of the Western papers, and wifi be
read with interest
Whose Funeral is that?— While some 20,-
000 of the members of the Whigs National Con
vention were’*listening to the impassioned elo
quence of the speakers in Monument square Balti
more, on Tusday, and while all were engaged
with the most devout attention, a small band of
some hundred or hundred and fifty, were seen
slowly wending their way across the square. As
they passed along, two and two, with eyes bent
to the ca'lii, and ears apparently closed against
all that was going on around them, the sight
is said to have borne a very striking resemblance
to a company of mourners met to perform the last
sad office to the remain sos a departed friend. Ail
was a busy throng around them ; but tney appear
ed to move along altogether unmindful, and to be j
looking to the earth as the final resting place of
man ! Thus they moved—when some one in
the crowd through which they were passing,
more knowing than the rest, called out in a loud
and thrilling voice: “Whose funeral is that?"
j —The truth struck in a moment upon the minds
of all—and with a most hearty and well-timed
response, they answered “ MARTIN VAN BU
REN'S!” for the procession proved to be none
other than that of the delegates to the A*an Buren
convention ! !—Auburn Journal.
From the Boston Monthly Chronicle for May.
The French Host Office.
In sorting letters to be dispatched to the de
partments. at tho Paris office they are mostly
handled three times, first in distributing them
from the roads; 2d, on account of the number
01 post towns, for portions of each road ; and
3d, tor the post towns. At the London office, 1
from the greater number of roads and smaller
number of post towns, the second process is un
necessary. In assorting the letters at the Paris
office, they are thrown into boxes; at the Lon- i
don office they are laid on a table in such a man
ner as to keep them,‘faced,’or with the directions
uppermost, to faciliate the subsequent operations.
In assorting the inward letters, including as
well those from the department, as those of the
banlieue, and of the pette paste, thev are first
distributed, in these distinct offices, for nine dis
tricts. They are then carried into the letter car
riers offices, and the letters for each district are
thrown upon the centre of a separate table, round
which the letter carriers of the district (generally
about 20 in number) are seated, each having be
fore* him a portion of the table, divided off by a
space reserved for the purpose in the middle.—
Each man takes a handful of letters from the j
heap in the middle of the table, and deals them j
out like a pack ot cards, to tlie several compart
ments ot the table to which they belong, putting i
into his own those which belong to his own walk. 1
As about 20 men are thus employed at Hie same j
lime at one table, the letters cross one another in
all directions producing a very curious appear
ance. The process is carried on with great ra- )
polity, and by long practice each man learns to ,
aim w ith sufficient accuracy at the proper com
part merit ot the table, without taking his eyes, I
from the parcel of letters in his hands. If mis
takes arise, as they occasionally will especially
from two letters meeting each other in the way
and tailing into the wrong box, these are correc
ted when each carrier arranges his own letters in
order tor delivery.
Tnc postage on all letters, in the French mail,
being charged according *o weight, the clerk, in
taxing them, first taxes those which appear to be
single postage letters,laying aside, as he proceeds
tnose which he supposes will weigh grammes.
He then weighs the selected letters, marking on
them their weight as he proceeds. On au ex
periment tor determining the average time re
quired in taxing the letter of ordinary delivery,
it was equal to one minute so letters. A
greater length of time is occupied, than would be
required it the subdivisions were less minute.
It was tound on investigation in the Loudon
Post Office, that the time occupied in taxing let
ters in the English mode under the last practice
was equal to one minute for 33 letters. Under
the present regulation, the practice of taxing hy
weight is introduced, J oz. being allowed for the
weight of a single letter, every letter weighing
over h oz. being taxed os a double letter.
In Paris there are six deliveries of letters by
the carriers per day—the first commencing at 7
o’cloc v, and the others following at intervals of
two hours.
Provision is made in the French Post Office
for the registration of letters, when demanded.
As a security against the loss of valuable letters*
on the payment of double postage in advance up- '
on any letter, it may be registered; in which case
tiie party to whom it is addressed receives, free
of postage, a printed notification of its despatch
j and on application at the office of his district he
j § lves “ receipt, and obtains his letter. If the Ict
| ters be ioM, vvha ever may ho its contents, the
Post Offlac indemnities the parly to whom it is !
add-essed, hy a payment of fifty francs.
Provision is also made for the transmission of i
valuable articles, of small dimensions, in the 10l- 1
lowing manner. The aiticle must be brought to
the office open., I s value is agreed upon, not to i
be less tn in 30 nor more than 1000 francs, and
a commission of 5 per cent is paid. It is then
enclosed in a case, which mud not exceed ccilain
established dimensions and weigh*, and is seded
with the seal of the sender. The Post Office
gives a receipt, the sender paying for the stamp.
This receipt is sent to the party to whom the ar
ticle is addressed, who gives it up on receiving ;
| the article. If the article he lost, the Post Office
pays the price at which it was valued.
Money orders arc also given hy the Post Office,
for any sum not less than a half franc. What
ever be the amount of the order, a co omission of
5 per cent is paid, and the office takes the respon
sibility of its being safely transmitted. The util
ity of this provision is proved hy the extent to
which the public avail themselves of it. In the
year 1837, the amount paid into the Post Office,
throughout Frame, for orders, was 16,157,871
fiancs. A provision of this sort would be of
great convenience, if introduced into this coun
try, for avoiding the hazards and trouble of ma
king remittances of small sums,
A Beautiful Extract,— We copy from a
sermon by the Rev E. Peabody, of New Bedford,
lately published by James M unroe & Co., the
following exquisitely beautiful passage, illustra
tive of the blessings of Christianity :
‘ Go abroad in some great city in the night.—
Behold, before you brightly shine the lights in
that stately mansion—where pleasure has collec
ted her votaries. The dance—the song are there;
and gay voices,and exultant hearts, and fair fea
tures, that grow fairer in the excitement, and all
goes merry as the marriage hell. And most nat
ural and filling is it that the hearts of the young
should glow with vivid pleasure in the whirling
and dazzling scene.
But here is hut a part of the scene. At this
very moment—within sight of the brilliant win
dows—within the sound of the rejoicing music,
sits in her dreary room, a widowed mother; and
to her frame, consumption has brought its feeble
ness, and to her cheek its flush, and to her eye
its unnatural light. Her children sleep around
her—and one that ever stirs with the low m ;an
ings of disease, slumbers fitfully in the cradle at
her feet. Her debilitated frame craves rest; yet
by the light of a solitary lamp, she still plies her
needle that her children may have bread on the
morro w. And while she labors through the lone
| ly hours, her sinking frame admonishes her that
this resource soon must fail them, and she be call
ed away and leave her children alone. And
while her heart swells with anguish, the sound of
rejoicing comes on the wind to her silent chum- i
her. Not one of all that gay circle whose eyes
will not close before hers this night! One by
one the wheels that bear them to their homes, de
part —the sounds of mirth and pleasure grow si
lent in the mid-night hours -the lights of the
brilliant mansion are extinguished—but still from
her chamber shines her solitary lamp. The dy
ing mother must toil an i watch !
All this in substance might have been seen be
fore Christianity, in Athens or in Koine. But
there is something more which maybe seen evc
jry day in a Christian city. And it shows how
Christianity lias modified all social relations—sos
: toning the pride of the high—making those ternpt
! ed to daily self-indulgence, self-forgetful—and
giving hopes, high a» heaven, to those that sit in
the darkest place of earth.
When the morning, and brighter than its foot
i steps upon the mountains, behold one of that gay
| throng—in the bloom of youth, and fitted to lie
| the idol and envy of gilded drawing rooms, has
left her home—she has entered the narrow lane,
and opened the door of that obscure chamber.
| She has gone to sit with this poor widow, to car- j
ry her needed aid, to watch for her over her fret- !
I ful child, and to whisper to her the sweet words S
of human sympathy. Blessed is she who can
i thus forget herself, and find her highest happi
ness in carrying happiness to those who sit un
friended and alone. And the heart of the lonely
mother is warmed by her coming—for blessed to
the desolate is the fresh sympathy of the y ung
and happy! She is no lonerr alone. They
have a common hope. They can bend together
before the same father. —they read the same gos
pel—they visit the cross together—and together
watch at the tomb on the morning of resurrec
tion
And when she is again left in her lonely cham
j her, she is not alone. And her visiter retires,
I grateful thoughts of human sympathies linger
behind, liite sunset in the air. The sense of
God’s kind providence rests on her soul. To her
faith, the distant are brought near, and the dead
! live, and await her coming to a belter land. Her
i mind goes forward to the future.—She rises above
the clouds. Serenely shines the sun. Gently
j falls the love of God on her heart. Sitting amid
j trials and darkness, and the ruin of earlhlv pros
-1 peels, with calm spirit ‘she builds her hope in
heaven.’
The prosperity—the adverse fortunes—the joy
—the grief—all this might be seen in every age.
j It is Christianity that lias brought sympathy to
j suffering, hope to the bereaved, and resignation to
the afflicted; which has brought light to dark
hours, and faith in heaven to those that dwell
amid the sorrows of earth- It is Christianity
that has softened and melted the ice of prosperity
| —which has smitten that rock and made it a
fountain of living water to those that dwell m
i the valleys below.’
| The following is a humorous specimen of Tex
las editorializing. It is a leader, under the head
1 of‘Aquatic Scenery,’ in the Morning Star, of
j Houston, April 3d, and is full of quaint humor, a
, la 13oz ;
Baring the hardest of the storm the day before
; yesterday, we took a lounge down to the steam
boat landing;—while standing on the brink of a
j deep gulley that emptied its torrent of water into
the bayou, our attention was attracted to the bot
tom of the gulley, where a drunken loafer was |
, stemming the torrent, holding on to a root fast
anchored in the bank. The poor fellow, not
knowing any one was near him, was combating r
his tate manlnlly, and in calculating his chances
, of escape, gave utterance to the following;
‘ Haynt this a orful silivation to he placed in,
nohow ? If I wos a steamboat, a rail, or a wood
pile, I’d be belter worth fifty cents on the dollar
than I’ll ever be agin. Unless I’m a gone case
now, there haynt no truth in frenology. I’ve*
weighed all the chances like a gineial, and find
only two that bears in my favor; the first is a
skunk hole to crawl into, and the second a spe
cial inter persition of Providence; and the best
chance of the two is so si m, if 1 only had the
change. I’d give a premium tor the skunk hole—
them’s my sentiments. If I could be a mink, a
| raushrat, or a water snake, for about two months?
prehaps I would nt mount the first stump tothcr
| side the Bio, and flap my wings and crow over
evorlastm life, skientifically prcservaled. But
what s the use holdiu’ on this root? There haynt
no skunk hole in these ere diggins; the water is
gtUing taller about a feet, and if my nose was as
long as kingdom come, it would’nt stick out
much longer. Oh, Jerry I Jerry ! you’re a gone
sucker, and I guess your marrn don’t know you’re
out: poor woman! won’t sheesy the glasses out
ol her spectacles when she hears her darlin’ Jer
ry has got the whole of Bulferki Bio tor his cof
fin ‘ What a pity ’tis some philanthropic or
member of the humane society never had fore
sight enough to build a house over this gutter,
with a steam engine to keep out the water ! If
they’d done it in time, they might have had the
honor anti grati Nation of saving the life ol a feller
*
being; but it’s all day with you, Jerry, and a hi? %
harbor to anchor in. It’s too bad to go off
in this orful manner, when they knows I oilers
hated water ever since I was big enough to know
’iwant whiskey. I feci the root givin’ wav. and
since I don’t know a prayer, here’s a bit of Watt’s
Doxologer, to prove I died a Christian;—
“On the hank where droop’d the wilier
Long time ago.’
Before Jerry got to the conclusion, he was
washed into the bayou, within a few fret of a
large fiat that had just started for the steamboat
his eye caught the prospect of deliverance, and he
changed the burden of his dirge into a thrilling
cry of ‘Heave to ! pass :ngcr overboard and sinkt
ing, with a belt full of specie ! the man what
saves me makes his fortune!” Je.ry was fished
ashore by a darkey ; and to show his gratitude
invited Quashy to ‘go up to the doggery and h
quor.’
American Home Missionary Society
This Society held its Fourteenth Anniversary j n
the Broadway Tabernacle last evening, Henrv
Dwigiit, Esq. of Geneva. N. Y. President of the
Society, in thechair. From the report of the
Society, it appeared that 6SO missionaries had been
in commission during the year,—ls. more than
in the year preceding. The fields of labor oc
-1 copied are in 22 different States and Territories
I arui ihc Province of Lower Canada. Added
|to the churches during the year, 4,760, 890
; morf> than in the previous year. Number of Sab
■ ,>a th School Scholars 60.000. Subscribers to
i Temperance pledges, 70,000. Receipts of the
j year, $78,345 20. Addresses were delivered by
Rev. Thornton A. Mills, of Cincinnati, Ohio
Rev. Hubbard Winslow, of Boston: Rev. Tho
mas Brainerda of Philadelphi, and Rev, Br.
Peters, of (his city.
The occasion was one of deep interest to the
friends of the cause, and the prospects of useful
ness before the Society arc highly encouraging.-
Jmr. of Com.
Brock’s Monum knt. —Some exertion is mak
ing in Canada, to have the monument to the
memory of Gen Brock, which was destroyed a
short time since by some miscreants, repaired,
and a committee has been appointed at Montral
for toe purpose. At a meeting in that cilv, a Mr.
Wier said it waspleasing to hear of the cordial
and almost unanimous feeling of Jetestation
which has been manifested by their American
neigh hors,against the infamous perpetrators of the
outrage.
Great Pedestrian Performance.— West,
the celebrated pedestrian, yesterday undertook for
a wager of 60/., the amazing task of walking
twenty miles in three hours and twenty minutes
—a feat twice before attempted, but without suc
; cess; and for a further wager of hi. to pick up
j My stones a yard apart (the distance being 2550
yards) in thirteen minutes. He started at twenty
minutes to three, and at eighteen minutes past
four had walked the first ten miles. At this period
he appeared much fatigued, but continued his
I labor with great perseverance, accomplishing the
whole twenty nidcs hy two minutes to six, win
ning by two minutes. He tlrtm rested for a quar
ter of an hour, and won the other bet. —English
paper.
Corx Piaster.—A celebrated corn-doctor, at
present in this city, happened the other day to be
at a public bouse when anion, who had worked
his elbow too f eely, fell, and bruised his head ra
ther severely. The doctor made his way to bitn,
and immediately applied one of his plasters to the
the crown of the drunkard’s head.
‘ What are you doing that for ?’ asked a by
stander.
‘lama corn docter,’ was the reply ; «this is
my celebrated corn- plaster, and, as this man is
most shockingly corned, I know of no belter re
medy.— Balt. Clipper.
A man has been bound over in the sum of £SO
at Richmond, \ a. for kissing a married ladv!
Well may the editor of the Boston Post exclaim,
“ Oh ! human nater!”
Two Hibernians conversing on the subject of
working evenings, one of the 1 exclaimed, “bad
luck to the inuji who first invented working bv
the dirty fight of a lamp, when the blessed light
ot heaven is enough for any man.” “Musha bad
luck,” rejoined the other, “to the dirty sow! of
him who first invented working at all! ’
The Last Invention—The ever fertile brain
ol Ihe \ anl.ees has mvenicd a new kind of ink cal
led “the love letter ink*” The virtue of the ink
1 consists jn its being a sure preventative agiinst ail
; cases of “ breach ot promise,” as the mk fades
away and leaves tlie sheet blank again in about four
weeks alter being written upon.
-Neighbor A. do you know whether Mr. Van Ba
reli has to pay any rent lor the “While House?”
i siipp ise he uoes, a.s the p 'oote, I understand, m
icnU to send in their "But" n xi spring.
( ahgnani s Messenger in noticing 1h 5 arrest of
/ evis, styles Him “Cashier ot the Banking House
of Messrs. Xchuyl/.tll, at Philadelphia.”
From the New Monthly fur April.
Spring.
BV MBS. C BARON WILSON.
Spring is hoisting irom each bud,
Spring is blooming in each 11 j war ;
Dancing un the crys ai iluod,
Blushing in the verdant bovver;
Every bright and joyous dung
Heralds the app.uaeh of spring.
But, the Heart, whose bloom is past,
.Vr a second spring can know ;
Co!d eternal Winters cast
O'er Ua wane uimielting snow;
Nai lire s smiles can bloom impart,
An I makes all verdar.t, save—rhe Heart !
DIED. 7
On Monday morning, 1 Ith inst. in the fifth year
of ids age, Mr John Howard, one of the oldest
and must esteemed residents of this city-. 1 its
uniformly exemplary condm t in all the relations
ol liie, had endeared him to all who knew him.—
lie was a kind husband,an affectionate father, and
, an iudu gent master; and his loss has produced a
chasm in the domestic circie which can never be
tilled Yet those who mourn his death, sorrow
not as those who have no hope, for God gave him,
even in bis dy ing*hour, a ful I assurance of his par
don and acceptance through the me'its of Jesus
Chr.st.
COMMERCIAL
Latest dates from Liverpool, April 30
Latest dates from Havre April 29
Charleston, Mav 23.
Cotton— On Saturday last, and in the early part
of the present week, there was an evident disposi
tion on the part ot buy ers to operate, which was
as readily met by holders, and a good business' was
consequently dune in all qualities, at the full rates
quoted in our review of the loth inst.; but the ad
vices from the other side, received ouTuesd y last,
being considered of a decidedly favorable character,
has somewhat changed the aspect of affairs.
Throughout that day the Upland market was in a
feverish stale, anil the operations, which were
chiefly confined to the middung and infeiicr sorts
were atan advance of fully £c. perlb. on the sales
of the previous day. Cu Wednesday and Thurs
day, however, the excitement had subsided, and
tiie market yesterday was rather quiet at the fol
low quotations, viz : interior and ordinary C a 7fi
mid. to mid. lair 8 fair to fully fair 8f a9,
gool fair to good 9A a 9;, and strictly choice and
fancy lots 10 a liM per lb. j lie week’s sales arc
6552 bags at the following pi ices: 17 at 5/.. 58 at
s|, 92 at 6. 187 at
125 at 7, S 3 at 7], 24y at ?i, 92 at 71, 291 at 7),
,10at 7j, 9-33 at 7 4 ; , oJ at 7|, SO3 at 8, 418 at &s»
