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Harrison and!Abolitionists.
In reply to the maia}! slanders which are cir
culated against Gen. Harrison, charging him with
being an abolitionist and. the candidate of the ab
olitianists, we do not tyrifiw that we could render
better service, or afford a more triumphant vindi
cation of our candidate*, than by giving an occa_
sional extract from th r !Abolition Journals, which
will show how he is; regarded by them. The
following article we c-op} fromthe Vermont Pa
triot of the 18th a paper which has hoisted
at the head of its cohijutas the name of “Martin
Vast Buren for We have a two
fold object in presentjrig this extract. The first
object is to silence thh Charges that Gen. Harri
son refuses to endenjo the sentiments of his
speech at Vincenncb.,' which you will perceive
is clearly done in the iter of the Committee of
the Cincinnati Whig ‘Association. The second
object is, to show than portion of our citizens who
have been induced tci Ibelieve that the Whigs are
the only abolitionists ;aj; the North, that they have
beed misled. We our readers to give this
article aa attentive pAt'isal, and then reflect that
it comes from an abAl'tion Van Buren paper.—
Certainly the editor; jarculd not appeal to his
“Abolition friends”-fif the abolitionist were all
Whigs. We ask thijpkin unsophisticated lovers
of truth, who are idejn|iacd with the Van Buren
party, to read and cop pare the extract with the
charges which are daily made by the Van Buren
party of the South, that Gen. Harrison is an ab
olitionist, and the candidate of the abolitionists.
Here we find him deruiunced by an abolition pc
per, in the support o; Mr. Van Buren, who calls
upon his “ abolition \fritnds ” to read his speech
at Vincennes as conclusive evidence that he is
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no abolitionist. Continent is unnecessary.
From the Vermont Patriot.
Harrison and h.s keepers again.—Dr. H*
Alexander, of Palestine. Illinois, under date of
March 3d, 1840, wroi.‘e ; G;en. Harrison, with a view
of obtaining answers id the following questions :
“Has Congress the nght, without tne consent of
the people of the District and of the States of Vir
ginia and Maryland, to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia ?
Or, if President, wbfild you veto or santion a bill,
passed by Congress i>i * compliance to the petitions
of the abolitionists of the present day , abolishing
slavery in the DistrU:tjof Columbia, or Territory 5 ,
or prohibiting the removal of slaves from State to’
State.” i j
To which Gen. Ijarnson’s guardians returned
the following ansve* :
Oincinnati, March 20,1540.
Dear Sir—Your leper of the 3d inst, addressed
to Gen. Harrison, h;is been placed in our posses
sion, with a view to,early attention. This is ren
dered necessary in cofisqquence of the very many
letters received by tip General, and to which his
reply in person woui'd hu altogether impracticable.
For a correct anq [full understanding of Gen,
Harrison’s views upbii. the different subjects re
ferred to in your leljUh-, we call your attention to
his Vincennes speech in 1835.
This committee aije[iiyw embodying in pamphlet
form, all the expressed opinions of the General
upon the important: piestions of the day, which
will be forwarded y|>u it the earliest moment.
Respeiitui !Jy 3 ours, Ac.
1 DAVID GWYNNE,
; I J- C. WRIGHT, .
, t# F ■ , j i I f Cor. Com.”
For the benefit of;our abolition friends, we make
an extractor two ffoim the Vincennes speech re
ferred to: * |
“Am I wrong, fellow-citizens, in applying the
terms weak, presumptuous and unconstitutional to
the measures of the Emancipators ? A slight ex
amination will, I thir;kj show that 1 am not””
Again: \ i
“Eveiy movement .which is made by the Aboli
tionists in the non-;jUiveholding states, is received
by our Southern brethren as an attack upon their
rights, and which, it persisted in, must in the end
eradicate those feeblbijs of attachment and affection
between the citi Jijsiot all the states wliich was
pioduced by a comihunity of interests and dangers I
in the war of the Revolution, whicli was the foun
dation of our happy[ u nion, and by a continuance
of which, it can aiojie te preserved. I entreat you
. then, to frown upoi( Ufo measures which are to pro
duce results so rauc|h|to be deprecated.”
The reader can his own comments.
llon,| ; JE, A. Nesbit.
W e are indebted* to this gentleman for a copy of
his speech on the |f' easury Note Bill, which we
have had on file for publication for some time, and
shall endeavor tojfiudroom for it, although the
hill has long since fiassad.
Hon. -E. J. Black-
This* gentleman;, following in the footsteps of
his associate, the W. T. Colquitt, has issued
a Circular, addivsjspd “to his constituents, and
particularly to the State Rights Paity of Georgia.’*
It is quite the sa-ne ;as that put forth by Judge
Colquitt, except t|u|t he does not, like the Judge,
pretend to tell an ■ dnnvarnished talc.” Our re
view, therefore, of |hp former, will apply gener
ally to the latter, f;xpe|pt in one or two particulars,
which we shall rnitrpi in due time, and leave the
Hon. gentleman to pcl'upy his appropriate station
among his new allifea and associates. It is a gar
bled production, and Would not, as it does not
merit, receive any "ic tice at our hands, but for
Us attempt to iraposeupon the People of Geor
gia by suppressing truth, and thereby suggesting
falsehood. ; ?
At a ' -ting of the State Rights party of Scriv
en county, the follOjWjng gentlemen were appoint
ed delegates to Hie June Convention George
Pollock, Jnoi F. lio v<;-tl, and Benjamin Prescott.^
It is now ascertained that the destroyers of
Brock’s monument Were some British officers, anx
ous to kick up a dpst between the turn countries
by throwing the blame on the Americans. The
rascals have been delected.
i i St. Augustine, Mat" 15.
Indians.—The atjunes of tliose persons who were
killed near Newnt*nsville, (mentioned in our last,)
are Alexander Saunders and John Austin. A Mr.
John F. Miller was; mortally wounded, on the same
day. —These on the 29th April.
Oil tlie 30th, Mr ; «|o!m B. Stanley’s residence was
burnt, his plantains destroyed, hogs killed, and
about SOO bushels o,f corn burned.
On the 2d inst.,iMr. Solomon Warren’s house, -
within the limits c;f the town of Newnansville was
robbed of every jbmg. Fortunately, he and his
family were absent! Indian signs were numerous
through the country.
Sandy Perrymai?} the “Chief-maker,” to General
Macomb who to have been killed in
the massacre of Cjir-loosahatchie, went into a negro
nouse at Newnins|vul-:e } and demanded previsions
recently' ! : *
The wife and tlriie children of M’Leau, living 1
on the Tologee ciejelr, Middle Florida, were re
cently cruelly murdered by savages. j
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For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Messrs. Editors: —Some of the friends of the j
present administration contend, as did “An En- i
quirer” in the Constitutionalist, that Gen. Harrison, j
in his letter to Mr. Sloo, surrendered “thi princi
ple” when he said that Congress could not abolish |
slavery in the District of Columbia, except at the
suggestion, and with the consent of Maryland,
Virginia, and the people of the District. They also
are very careful to make it appear that the “Demo
cratic” party at the North, with which they' identity
themselves, are perfectly sound on this subject. —
They are not satisfied with any thing short of a
denial that Congres- can exercise authority under
any circumstances whatever. Well, let us apply
their own rule to some of their own party at the
North, and see how it will work, —see, if we can
prove that they go no farther than Gen. Harrison,
whether these disclaimers will be as ready to heap
abuse and denunciation on their own ranks. Here
is a resolution which I have copied from the letter
of Judge Colquitt, passed, as he says, by a numer
ous* assemblage of Democratic Delegates in a State
Convention” in Ohio, “with but three dissenting
voices.”
“ Resolved ', That, in the opinion of this Conven
tion, Congress ought not, without the consent of th
people of It he District,and of the States of Virginia
and Maryland , to abolish slaver}' in the District of
Columbia; and that the efforts now making for
that purpose, by organizing societies in the free
States, are hostile to the spirit of the Constitution,
and destructive to the harmony of the Union.”
This, sirs, seems quite sufficient, coming from
their own party, but it will not answer when de
clared by General Harrison. Oh, no! he is our
opponent —raise eveiy cavil you possiblj' can !
Now, I must confess that the above resolution is
perfectly satistactory to me. And as long as it is
adhered to, we need not fear any interference in
our peculiar institutions. lam convinced that the
principles held forth in the above resolution, are
such as arc maintained by all the opponents of
these ultraists. And how can a party who cannot
be satisfied with such opinions w hen expressed by
their opponents, claim fellowship with any paity
who do not subscribe to their views to the very
letter. Such, however, is human inconsistency,
that it will “ strain at a gnat and swallow a camel'”
frequently. These facts, ’tis true, are but small
matters, yet they serve to illustrate the base tricks
and contemptible truckling of the corrupt advocates
of a more corrupt administration.
Bob Short, Jr.
From the Baltimore American.
The Currency and the Administration.
On the subject of the currency, the past and
the present Administration are one. From the
time of the first attacks upon the United States
Bank until now, the same identical spirit has
been active in directing the policy of the Govern
ment in this particular—at least we may believe
so, if uniformity of purpose and a systematic
adherence to one design be any evidence of such
identity. In “following in the footsteps” of his
predecessor, so far as the financial policy is con
cerned, the. present incumbent of the Presidential
chair may be supposed to be doing nothing more
than going on in the path which he himself
marked out at the first.
The end in view throughout all this course of
action vve need not advert to now. But it is worth
while to note some of the steps successively ta
ken in the progress of the wonderful reformation
which was promised in a matter where no refor
mation was needed—a reformation which has
been marked hitherto bv none other than de
structive measures—which has destroyed a bet
ter system than any which it can ever build up—a
scheme which has been evil from first.to last—evil
in its principles and in its details—in "conception
and in execution—evil, only evil, and that con
| tinually. Such a scries of promises made but
| to be falsified—of specious professionsending in
nothing but disappointment—such a succession
of pledges unredeeinded—such a reception of dis
aster, each :n turn accumulating the burden of
public distress and turning into bitter mockery
the delusions of proffered good—such a catalogue
of merciless inflictions coming in the name of
blessings, never before we believe attended any
system of policy recommended to the .voluntary
adoption of a free people.
We once had a currency than w hich there was
none belter on earth. How was it destroyed 1
What promises were made to the people to re
concile them to the overthrow of a system which
then we knew not how to prize, because we had
not then suffered the miseries which have follow
ed upon its destruction 1— We were promised
“ abetter currency." It was declared that the
State Banks could furnish this better currency
that there were no need of a centra! controlling
institution to regulate the extensive banking sys
tem of the country—an institution which might
become dangerous by reason of its great power,
although that power had been exercised onlv in
the sphere of business, to facilitate commerical
transactions, to equalize exchanges and to keep
up easy intercourse between men of business in
all parts of the United States. The Secretary
of the Treasury, then in office, proclaimed this
promise in an official paper from the Treasury
Department. Every body knows how well it was
realized. The utter inefficiency of this device
was demonstrated to all men by a terrible disrup
tion of the ill-constructed fabric, am mg the ruins
of which lay the hopes and the property of mil
lions who have ventured their substance through
faith in the frail structu: e, founded upon the re
presentations of Government. Again the delu
sive cry of a better currency was raised ; and ma
ny hearkened to it out of a belief that a worse
one was hardly possible. Gold and silver, glitter
ing to the eye and clinking with a precious sound
were held up to attract the eyes of the people
and all Banks, whether State or National, were
denounced.—The predictions of coming pros
perity with which the project of a currency ex
clusively metalic was heralded, are familiar to the
recollection of most persons. Every measure,
as it was recommended in connection with this
scherpe, was accompanied by these delusive re
presentations. The total lailure of all these
measures and of erery prediction on the part of
the Administration leaders up to this lime, may
be seen by any one who will look upon the state
of things now existing in the country. In re
ference to one project which was loudlv com- j
mended at the time of its adoption, but which
in its operation proved utterly inadequate to the
accomplishment of any good purpose, we can
not do better than submit the following from a
speech lately delivered at Abingdon, Va., by the
Hon-John Campbell, formerly for many years
Treasurer of the United Stales—a man whose
experience entitles him to be heard on this sub
ject with particular repect —He says :
“ • witnessed the practical operation of the
celeorated specie circular as it was called ; which i
was an order from the Treasury Department un- I
der the direction of the President of U. S. that i
nothing but specie should l»e received in pay- i
ment oi the public lands. To my certain knowl- j
edge it did not bring one specie dollar into circu
lation among the people. The lands were paid
lor in specie, in the Treasury office, and to the
receivers. and then the specie was taken hack
into the Bunks in-tead of going into circulation,
and the public-creditors who had the Treasurer’s
drafts upon the Banks, took the notes of the
Banks in preference to specie, because they were
more convenrent. Any one of them could have
had the specie, if he had oht sen to receive it, but
ho preferred the notes.
“ The drafts that were given upon the receivers 1
in the West, were negotiated with the Banks, i
| and the Bank notes were taken, and the specie in
the hands of the receivers, went into the Banks
instead of into the circulation. I disbursed
when at Washington, about 300 millions of the
public money before the banks suspended specie
payments, and nearly the whole of that sum was
' paid in Bank notes, when the public creditor had
I his option to take specie or the Notes. Why
did the public creditors, who had my drafts upon
the bank take the notes in preference to sp'cie
! when they could have had the specie if they had
demanded it. No other answet can be given
i than that they preferred the notes because they
i were more convenient.”
| The people may see in this brief paragraph an
I accurate account of what the operation of the
! Sub Treasury would be if it were carried into
execution according to the desisn of the Admin
istration. To say that it would result in supply
ing a specie currency, is as vain an assertion,
and as unfounded, as any that has been put forth
to delude the people within the last seven years.
What the effects of its operation would be in re
ality, as it respects the subjection of the whole
finanicial system of the Union to the will and
direction of the Executive, we shall not stop to
consider mw. The topic is one of ;oo deep an
interest to be touched upon at the conclusion of
an article—for a ‘volume might be filled with it.
We would merely commend the subject to the
friends of the Administration in the South —to
those of them w r ho are opposed to the increase of
Executive power, and who in entertaining ob
jections against a National Bank are likely to be
made instrumental in establishing a system ten
fold more formidable to constitutional liberty
than any which has yet been designed since the
Government went into operation.
Steam Explosion on Connecticut River.
—The new tow boat Greenfield, plying between
Hartford, Connecticut, and Greenfield, .Massa
chusetts, blew up on Monday last, about six
miles below Northampton, ana nearly opposite
South Hadley. The boat was constructed to
. pass through the locks and canals on the river,
drawing but little water, and quite narrow. At
the time of the explosion she had three freight
boats in tow, and had stopped to attach a fourth.
Both boilers burst at the same time, and the boat
was so much rent that she sank immediately, car
rying down one of the freight boats, in six feet
! water. The captain (Crawford) was thrown
high in the air, and fell upon his head in one of the
' freight boats and survived but a few hours. The
engineer (Mr. Wood) was killed outright in the
engine room, and one of the firemen was thrown
some distance, but fell in the water and was not
materially hurt. Mr. Lallin, the inventor and
I constructor of the boilers, was on board for the
1 purpose of observing their operation, and was so
I severely wounded that there was little reason to
j hope for his recovery. Two or three of the men
I belonging to the freight boats were slightly in
jured. The smoke pipe of the steamer was
; thrown into an adjoining field. The Greenfield
belonged to Slockbiidgc, Allen, Root 6c Co., and
cost about SIO,OOO. The freight boat which
went down was chiefly laden with salt. Capt.
Crawford was well known and respected on the
river, having been engaged in the same business
I for ten years past. —Journal of Commerce.
ATr kmevdous Explosion.— We learn from
the St. Louis Bulletin, that on Sunday evening,
the 10th inst. about nine o’clock, an out building of
the St. Louis Arsenal, situated about two Hides
j below the city, blew up. In the building there
, were about I0i),0U0 cartridges, all of which, togeih
jerwilh the house, were completely demolished,
j In an adjacent building there was an immense quan-
I tity ot gunpowder, whic h was only saved, by ibe
j cool Mid intrepid conduct o) the soldiers. ’Hie loss
is estimated at about S!O,(J(X) —supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
From the Portsmouth Republican.
The Standing Army.
This wild and tyrannous scheme is operating
disastrously for its mover and endorser. Feder
alism was never more high handed than this
measure. It comes from the Bureau with the
President’s endorsement,clothed with the odium
of conscription, fines, taxation and prison-cells.
1 The Virginian who hesitates, or is unable to pay
his fine, is to be dragged into prison, and there
• held in duress at the pleasure of the U. S. au
thorities. This is the very madness of the moon.
; Fortunate indeed are the People of the United
States, that the day ot deliverance is nigh, and
| brings with it the re-establishment of constitu
| lional government in the elevation of Gen. Har
; rison. To his high character and the favor it
1 has met in the eye- of his countrymen, is the
I republic indebted for the hope which is left,
! and the prospect which dawns so gloriously.
| Under this mild and bencficient administration,
I the Virginia farmer will not apprehend a removal
| by Executive command to the forest of Dela
ware, or the North Carolinian a hasty summons
to the wilds of Georgia or Florida. Every man
will sit secure under his own vine and fi Mree,
for the career of govermental folly and misrule,
will have closed.
From the Madisonian.
“The Excitement of Composition.”
The following is the Ex- Post master General’s
first movement “for the benefit of his health.”—
Twenty thousand copies of the following precious
confidential letter are at this moment preparing
for the mails. Amos calls upon all the office
holders to help him put down “the da ing effiorts
now making” by the People “to conquer” those
who are in possession of the Treasury. It will be
seen that he says, if you can’t spare a dollar, send
a half dollar. If this appeal does not enable dir.
Kenda l and bis Federal Locoloco conspiralois to
put down the daring efforts now making by the
People, we advise him to take a commission under
Genetal Potn>ett, and call out the ; Ending army,
and if the People won't give way before the
2(10,000 militiamen, thou bring out the bloodhounds
and “let slip the dogs of war”:
Washington, May 20, IS4O.
My Dear Sir; Having embarked with conscious
ness of right and heaity good-will, in d. fence of
the Administration of which 1 have formed a part
I earnestly invoke your assistance in rendering mv
efforts effective by disseminating the enclosed ad ■
dress,and obtaining subscribers to the Extra Globe
throughout your region of country.
Every farmer, mechanic and workingman should
have one ; and if they cannot well spare a dollar
each, two or more should unite together to take
one.
Stimulated by an enthusiastic devotion to the
pure principles of democracy, and by tiie daring
j effiorts now making to conquer them, and to extin •
j guish forever the beacon-light which our beloved
j country is holding up to mankind, I shall endeavor
to take care that the true-hearted men who may
aid me in reaching the minds of an honest People
shall have no cause to repent their exertions. ’
Your friend and fellow-citizen.
AM US KENDALL.
We do hate—nil men have their hates a
i whiskered, mustachioed, long-haired fop, one of
the monkey breed, possessing no brains, but a
| v ast dea* of impudence; or, provided he has brains,
j they are akin to those of a calf, with which
j animal he has a full right and title to claim con
! sanguinity. We frequently, in our daily prome
nades through the great fashionoble thoroughfare
of the city, meet with the animal in question,
and the thought will come across us we can’t
help it—that some menagerie has been robbed of
its inmates, that the apes have broken loose from
the cage in which they had been confined, that
i there is a general turn out of the “wild beastesess”
so we pass by, like the Levite, upon the other
side, and though we think a great deal, we say
nothing. Shame upon the effeminacy of the
present day ! In these hard times, “ hard hands
and honest hearts,” should be the motto of all
| the sun burnt countenance the best passport
1 into good society.— Philadelphia Chronicle.
A London correspondent of the Boston Post says
that the statement that England has proposed to
settle the Boundary Question upon the basis laid
down by the King of Holland, and to pay Maine
JE20(.’,000 for the right of a road, &c., has been pro- 1.
claimed to be without authority.
Most Infamous and Stupendous Frauds.— | |
The Detroit Advertiser of the 9lh instant, states j
on the authority of a gentleman just arrived at ’
that place, from Seneca county, N. Y., that the j £
Farmers Dank at Lodi or Romulus, an institu- ; )
lion organized under the General Banking Law : '
of New York, has issued post notes and certifi- (
cates of deposite to the amount of nearly one |
million of dollars , which have been put in circu- j .
iation, mostly at the South by the purchase of j |
cotton, and other products of the South, and ship- (
ped to New York and Europe. Large quaiili- (
ties of it has also passed in Indiana and Illinois, ‘
for the purchase of grain, pork, cattle, horses, &c. ■
—Some $60,000 have also been used in Ohio. I ,
There is no security given, for the post note and ]
certificate of deposite issues, and the stocks !
pledged for the redemption of notes on demand, j
will not more than redeem what the Bank has
out.
Vert Ominous!—The National Intelligen
cer contains thr following advertisement:
For Rent —The house on Capitol Hill occu
pied at present by the Vice President. Posses
sion will be given on the 18th of June. Apply
to Henry Daingerfied, Alexandria.
Col. Johnson i? not the only great man who is
preparing to break up at Washington. Mr. Van
Buren, in anticipation of a “ coming event” is
“ casting his shadows before.” Mechanics of this
city are employed in finishing his Kinderhook
Mansion. A distinguished Florist has been com
missioned to adorn the Green-House. The 4th
of March will find Mr. Van Buren on his “wind
ing way” to Kinderhook. —Albany Eve. Journal.
The mission to Russia has cost the govern
ment within the last three years about $67,500.
To Wilkins outfit, infit and salary, $22,500. —
Dallas outfit, infit and salary, §22,500 —and to
Cambreling $22,000. The policy has been, that a
minister should only remain about twelve months
—the period for which he would receive th°
greatest amount of pay. Outfit 9.000, it fit,4,500
and salary, $9,00. This sum pocketed, the Exe
cutive tool gave way for some other waiter upon
the bounty of His Majesty. —Richmond Whig.
British Steam Vessels. —The English corres
pondent of the New-York Journal of Commerce 1
writes —
It appears scarcely worth while to repeat, that
the steamers Liverpool and United States, are go
ing into the service of the Government on the Med- I
iterranean station. The Unicorn (about 600 tons) j
will leave Liverpool on the 16th May, for Halifax
and Boston; between which two latter places, she 1
is to run in concert with the Post Office steamers :
hence to Halifax (Passage 33 guineas.) The
Brittannia, the first of the line, may be ready '
about loth June. She will be followed by others,
viz: Caledonia, Arcadia, and Columbia, in due!
course; all strong vessels, of about 1000 tons.
Those for the West India service are said to be
larger, and calculated to carry heavy guns. They
will not be ready for several months.
Machinery is now going on board of a fine, stout
vessel, to run to Dublin with the mail, constructed
to carry heavy guns.
The President has about half of her machinery
on board. A passage in the British Queen is now
fifty guineas.
A boat has been propelled on the river Neva by '
Electro Magnetism; with what degree of success
is not stated. v
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A Shout method with the Tories.—Q.
Who said that General Harrison had done more |
for his country, with less compensation for it,
than any other man living 1
A. James Madison.
Q. Who said that Gen. Harrison, during the
late war, was longer in actual service than anv
general officer, oftener in action, and never sus
tained a defeat ?
A. Richard M. Johnson.
Q. Who said that the victoiv of Harrison at
the battle of the Thames, was such as would have
secured to a Roman General, in the best days of i
the republic, the honors of a triumph ?
A. Langdon Cheves.
Q. Who, in writing to General Harrison of
the battle of the Thames, uses the following lan
guage : “ The prompt change made by you in
the order of battle, on discovering the position of
the enemy, has always appeared to me to evince !
a high degree of military talent ?
A. Oliver Hazard Perry.
Q. \\ ho enjoyed the friendship and confidence
of the first six Presidents of the United Stales.!
and as a necessary consequence, the enmity of |
the eighth 1
A. Gen. Harrison.
Q. W ho said that he imagined there were two I
miluary men at the West, and that General Hur- !
nson was the first of the two 1
A. The gallant Major Davies.
Q. Who was unanimously elected the first
delegate in Congress from the North Western
Territory, at the early age of twenty-six?
A. Wm. Henry Harrison.
Q. Who has evinced through the whole of his
life, the most uncompromising integrity, the
most ardent patriotism, and the purest republi
canism ?
A. Gen. Harrison.
Q. Who will be the next President of the U.
States ?
A. \\ illiara Henry Harrison.
Mines in Mexico.—A Zacatecas (Mex.) pa
per says—A petition has been sent to Congress
for some aid in favor of the mining business.
The mint of this city last year coined $4,745,233
ot this amount the government received jp the
shape of duties and one way and another, from
1,500,000 to 2,000,000. This groat dimunition
ot our great staple shows something wrong in the
j administration of affairs, and it ought to be looked
I into with the closest scrutiny.
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From the Albany Daily Advertiser.
General Washington, in a letter to General Knox,
dated Maxell iB, 1 <B/,expresses the lot.owing cor
rect sentiment.
“It is among the evils, and perhaps not the
smallest of democratical governments, that the peo
ple must always feel before they will see. When
this happens, they are roused to action. Hence it |
is, that those kinds of goveinments are slow.”
Ourcitizens have long felt the evils of the pres
ent administration. They begin to see them clearly i
and distinctly, and they are determined to remedy i
the m by wise and energetic action.
Capital.—The “Spy in Washington” has
lost none of his original pungency. He frequently j *
preaches a long sermon in a short paragraph. *
We gave one or two such, from him, a few days '
since. Here is another—equal to any dish of lea 1
or coffee in the land: *
“A friend was conversing with a Locofoco *
member of Congress, from a Locofoco State. 1
Said the gentleman to the honorable member ' c
“How do you think the people of your state now 1
are! Do you suppose that they are yet Democra
tic.?” The honorable member paused for a few
moments, and then replied—
“l suspect my people are in the situation of a t
traveller that I once heard of.—He slopped at an e
inn to breakfast, and having drank a cup of wha» o
was given him, the servant asked, what will vou I
have, tea or coffee?" To which the traveller an- j b
swered— j |
“That depends upon circumstances.— If what e
you gave me'la.t was tea. I coffee. If it was r
coffee I want tea.- I want a change .” I v
* 1
From the New York Mirror,
A Visit to the Cells.
FROM TSK FIIKNCH.
Two strangers of distinction paid a visit, shor'
ly after their arrival in Ferrara, to the hospita’
or rather prison, of St. Anne, in which the ut
happy victims are confined. The elder of tl
two was bald, and bent by years, and in bis fe;
tures might be discerned a singular mixture *
simplicity and shrewdness, of dignity and goo
nature. His keen eye seemed to read the ver
soul of the rude, stern jailor who acted as the
guide, and to anticipate his answers before tin
were delivered. His companion was a gcntl
man not yet advanced in life, whose perfumt
locks were covered by a silken cap glittering wit
jewels. A short mantle of scarlet velvet, rich;
embroidered, hung on his shoulders, and displa;
ed a doublet lined with ermine, on which rep
sed a triple chain of massive gold. His left ham .
clad in a richly-fringed silken glove, rested i
the pommel of his long sword, and the clink <
his silver spurs broke sharply on the silence i •
the long corridor in which they were walking.
“Stephen de la Boetie,” said the elder genth
man, in French, “ this jailor seems to be as sti
pid as he is hideous; and assuredly he can leat
us nothing about the place or its inmates. It is
pity, for much matter for reflection might I
found here.” He had hardly spoken when
young Italian approached them, and offered i
become their guide through the cells.
“The oiler is too polite a one to be rejected
either by the Seigneur de Montaigne or myself, ’
replied La Boetie.
Strozzi (for it was no other than he) led the;
through a long gallery, and his just an I feclii
observations, clothed in poetic and imaginati'
language, gave an additional interest to the nu
ancholy scenes before them. The three visit*
were making sad reflections on the wreck of it
tellect and the weakness of man’s na’ure, whi
they were interrupted by the hoarse creeking ■ .
an iron door beside them, A man crept carefti
ly out of his cell, covered with rags, and bent I
suffering more than by age. He looked fearful
around him, and in spile of his wretchednes
there was an air of dignity on his pale and ha;
gard features.
He advanced mysteriously towards the strai
gers, and producing a letter, said in a low ar
solemn tone, “Ifyou are Christians, convey ih
letter to the Princess Leonora d’Este.”
Boetie exchanged a smile with Montaigne ar •
Strozzi, and took the letter, to humour the it
sanity of the unhappy being.
“Von think me mad,” ho continued, “an
confound me with the degraded wretches amoi
whom my lot is cast 1 Alas! I hardly kno
myself how I have kept my senses through all t!
tortures I have had to suffer. Hurried from
brilliant court to a noisome dungeon, torn froi
my dreams of glory, love and friendship, to groa
away seven years alone, or among maniacs an
tunnenters; cursing bitterly my fatal gift ofgenit
and the glory of my name—where is the ma
whose brain could endure all this 1 In the nan
of the blessed Virgin,” he cried, clasping Moi.
taigne’s knees, and bathing them with his tears
‘ in mercy put an end to this terrible existence'
Tell Leonora how I groan in anguish, and sh
will hasten to deliver me—but you hesitate, yo
are afraid of her brother. Ay, you may well sea
him, for his vengeance is fierce and deadlv
Well, then, tell Alonzo, tell the prince of Mai
tua, tell the friend of my youth, the worthy Cai
dinal Cinthio, that I am heie, under a false nam<
and . All at once, the hoarse voice of th
jailor was heard and his heavy step on the ston
floor. The unhappy man paused and trembler
and then ran in terrour to hide in his dungeon
the door of which his careless keeper shut upoi
him. without interrupting the canzonetia he wa*
humming.
I he madness of this man,” said the voun,
man, “consists iji believing that he is loved by .
great lady. Sometimes he steeps in tears th
letters which he fancies she has sent him; somt
times he raves about festivals, poets and prince*
sometimes he sings, and scratches his verses o
the w alls of his cell, whenever the keeper allow
him a light, which he docs sometimes, for his in
sanity is by no means violent. It is rather •
profound melancholy, a gloomy, perpetual sac.
ness. His verses are always devoted to the irr.
aginary object of his passion, and I am sure th
letter lie lias given you is lull of a lover's-com
plaints and protestations.”
“ It‘s even so,” said Montaigne, when he ha
read it. “He writes to the princess of Ferrari
as though the august Leonora was actually i.
love with him ! He speaks of the nightly met .
ings she has vouchsafed him, and docs not doul
but that she will Hasten to deliver him, as soon <
she knows he is here. Poor human nature !" h
added, wilii a sigh; “from what I have seen her
might be drawn a strong argument in support o
that bold saying of Pliny’s, that nothing is mot
vainglorious and more contemptible than man.
While they were talking together, a con his*
noise was heard in the prison; and a few minul<
after, Cardinal Cinthio, whom Montaigne he
seen at court the evening before, entered, follow
ed by the prior Antonio Mosti. The cardinal’
face was flushed with anger, and his motion
were quick and eager. The prior took the hug
bunch of keys which the jailor wore at his belt
and opened the door which had just closed on th
maniac of whom she strangers were speakim
Cinthio flung himself, weeping bilterly, into li
arms ot the poor prisoner, who gazed at him wh
an air of dud and doubtful joy. 4 Oh, my triend!
cried tne cardinal, as soon as his sobs wmuid a
low him to speak, 4 wes t thou to be restored t.
me in this state!” then turning to the visiters, ii
a transport of indignation, he exclaimed, “tSlrai
gers, see how the duke of Ferrara • e wards gentu
Tell your countrymen, tell the whole world, th;
Torquato Tasso has languished far seven year
in this vile dungeon, while Europe was lament
ing his death! Come, my noble friends, come,
he added, “let us fly from this land of cruel'y
Rome has laurels and triumphs in store for you.
After they left the prison, Montaigne, a littl
* onlused at the mistaKe he had made, was silet
for a few minutes; then, turning to Strozzi. that
ked citn affectionately for his kindness in actin
as their guide. “How is this 1 do you mean t
go away without worshipping me ?” asked th.
Italian, gravely. Montaigne stared at him in sur
prise. “Dull mortal! ’ continued Strozzi, “hav
not my sublime genius, which has called forth
your admiration, and the gift oftongucs I possess,
have not these revealed to you my mysterious di
vine nature 1 Down on your knees!” he cried
in fury,catching Montaigne by the throat, “down
on your knees, impious wretch, aud worship me.
or I w ill strangle you on the spot !’
Boetie and the jailor soon rescued their friend,
from his mad antagonist, and while the latter
was d.agged oft’ to his cell, “My friend,” said
Montaigne, adjusting his doublet, 44 verify we
ought not now to hold up our heads proudly, nor
be vain of the strength of our reason, inasmuch as
we have admired the good sense of a maniac, and
mistaken the greatest genius of Italy for one.
Surely, Socrates was right when he declared that
lie knew but one thing, namely, that he knew no
thing; Pliny, when he wrote, there is nothing
certain but uncertainty, and I, when I repeat af
ter them, what do I know ?”
From the American Sentinel.
The Beauties of nature — No, murmur
though we may, this bright and heaven-gifted
earth that we dwell on, is not a thorn field, but a
garden. Why should we sow' it with thistles ? It
is an Eden, compared with our deservings, and
but for our follies would be a heaven. It is still
the earth that was built for our innocent first par
?nts , at the laying ot wdiose foundations angels
rejoiced; and though the primitive tenants and
we have abused and forfeited cur title, the main
features impressed upon it at first bv ir.fi •
ness, still remain. Its original
lure are unremoved. The sa^e arul Sir*
gave to Adam his first impressions i
ness is spread out before us. T ; i e i
singing among the branches. The ***
and quiet stars are looking dowi H
The same glorious sun rules our t™
same moon that gilded Adam’s even'^"’
its silver streams upon ours. • ' n^s ’ No
world ! Nature, unsinning and true * &
And we are here, schooled amidst ts?
the spheres—taught mildness if c
light, and summer breezes and sell
elnfes by the heavens and the n j„ ht
by the and the gushing
the paintcWiower, and the green »r.
melody of singing birds.
bright and how heaven-gifted f
we shrink from leaving it! w ° n< kr
one weakness, sin, ÜBPpn
deatlUVom its and sunny^erjp", o*ll^ 0 * 11^
“We capping, linking look beh^*
Consul ,Tkist. —We understand
worthy functionary of Mr. Van Buren j 4
arrested at Washington, by Capt.
charge of false imprisonment, and held tC! 1
thes um of thirty thousand dolors
Smuggling Device—The P B ris
oflicers remarked lately that a Wfli.d r * oßltl *
parsed every day, followed by a
infant in her am s. 'i bis infant wore a
robe, a hat w Inch came far over its faoe ani?
appearance of being arieep. At last,’
became suspicious of these promenades
was l heii surprise, on examining th«
it was made of siiaw, * overed with skin 111
taming buttles of spintous liquors I—A’
The Grf.atest Man.—The greatest V,
he who chooses the right with invincible r**
lion; who resists the sorest
within and without; whom burdens chtri
whom is calmest in storms, and most
dcr menaces and frowns; whose reliance oiv
on virtue, on God, is most
ning.
Unparalleled Precocitt.— 4l Isn’t he ;
child !” ‘-aid a young mother to a visitor, » s
exhibited her first born. “The handsomest
I ever saw,” was. of course, the reply 0 f
bachelor to whom the appeal was made, -t
bless his little heart!” exclaimed the better
author of the little bantling; “and so very
of his age, don't you think ?” Very f. )rR .
said the echo. And, as the young malrtr
moved the cap from her Bobby’s head tht
pericnced bachelor continued, in evidently
ment. “Bless me!—he is forward! I nevt
fore saw a person bald headtd so soon
Pretty woman.— “Of all other views,j
--[ may, in time, grow' tired, hut in the counter
| of women there is a variety which sets
jat defiance.” The divine right of beauty a
Junius, is the only divine right an Engk.
can acknowledge, and a pretty woman the
tyrant he is not authorized to resist.
“A Shocking Bad /at !”—We find th»f*
ing capital lines in the Cleveland Herald. T»
were written by a farmer of Portage County,(;
When This Old Hat Was Sew,
\V hen this old hat was new, the people usedtos’
The best among the Democrats were Hanim:;
Clay;
The Locos now assume the name, a title most a
true;
And most unlike their party name when thisoic:;
was new'.
j When t is old hat was new, Van Burcnwmli
1 An enemy to every man who labored for his bit;
And if the people of New-York have kept their?
cords true,
! He voted ’gainst the poor man’s rights wher.l
old hat was new.
1 W hen this old hat was new, Buchanan wa«thf ar
. Best fitted in the Keystone State to lead the hi:
clan,
; Hoswoie “if Democratic bloo 1 should makes
veins look blue,
i He’d cure them by Phlebotomy,” when thisoldh
was rvew'.
When this old hat was new, (’twas eighteenbn
died eleven.)
Charles Ingersoll did then declare, by all bis be;
in heaven,
“Had he been able to reflect, he’d been atorvtr
And ne’er have thought it a reproach, wheat
old hat was new.
When this old hat was new, of Richard Rush It
said.
To figure well among the feds, he wore a bit
cockade;
Deny this Loc’s,ifyou p’ease.for every word is tr
I knew full w'cll old Dickey Kush, when tht
hat was new.
When this old hat was new,the Senator from Mu
j Destroyed by fire an effigy, t’immortalize hiscu
The effigy was .Madison’s, if common fame bet
So P.euel Williams was a fed when this oid;
was new.
When this old hat was new, ’twas in theGa'
State,
That Henry Hubbard asked each town to send
delegate,
To meet in council at the time when Fedfru
blue
Made Hartford look like indigo, when Unsold
was new.
Mr hen this old hat was new, Sam Cushmandiii f*
ciare.
j “That shou’d a -oldier cross the line:, he heg
he’d perish there.
And leave his bones in Canada for enemies to vie*
So much for his Democracy, when tins old bat*
new.
When this old hat was new, old Governor Provi*
; The States invaded, at the head of numerous P
ish host,
, 1 hen mark, ye Locos, what did Martin Chitted'
then do ?
j Forbid Green Mountain Boys to fight!
old hat was new,
' When this old hat was new, Woodbury and c
b. ess,
j E. Allen Brown, and Stephen Haight were of *
Federal mess,
A. H. Everett, and Martin Field, ami Sam. CD
len too,
i New Patent Democrats, were Feds, when this •
hat was new.
When tliis old hat was new, those worth)* 5 *
oppose
The cause, and friends of liberty, and stood a®''
their foes ;
I Not so with “Granny” Harrison, for at Tipp^ 3
lie bravely fought the savage foes when tbi>
hat was new.
When this old hat was new, the friend* of I*'-' 6 '
Knew well the merits of old Tip, while fightu#’
Maumee :
Come now, huzza for Harrison, just as we®*
do*
When first we heard of Proctor’s fall, trAen
old hat was new.
Consignees per South Carolina Rail A O,ll,
Hamburg, May 20,
G W Cannon; J W Bachelder; S Bicknell*:
Stovall, Simmons & Co; \V Vincent; Ree.-e &
W D’Antignac; Rankin, Boggs &Co; A f>
B W Force & Go; Gould & Bulkley; T N
& Son; A Frederick; E Robertson; W E
I S P.eers & Co; J Pomroy; J CS Bones; J C.
lap; Scranton & Smith; T Dawson; >1 R 4
J F Benson; Q Parrott; K Wray; Sibley & Crt: ‘
ton. jkAji
£j?» Consignees will please attend * IUW
furtbci notice.