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AKiISTA.
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE S. ! •
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roil PRESIDENT, ;
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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Of Ohio; •
Tht invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the; incor
ruptible Stalest! a.v —the- inflexible Republican —
the patriot Farmer of ( hio. * ‘
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#OR VICK-PHKSIDKNT, *
JOHN TYLER, ! {
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Os Virginia ; i
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A State Rights Republican of the school of ‘9B—
—of Virginia’* noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriotic statesmen.
you ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRI StpENT,
GEORGE U. GILMER, of Oglelhorptj.
DUN JAN L. CLINCH, oi Cam leu. ■
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. I
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. |
JOEL CRAWFORD, f Hancock. I
SEATON GRANTL ND, of Baidwi|.
CHRISTOPHER B STRONG, of BitJ.
O UN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogej-.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, cf Twiggy
ANDREW .MILLER, of Cass. I
WILLIAM EZZAKD, of DelCalb. |
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FUR CONGRESS, \
WILLI VM C. DAWS')N, cf Grecaej
E. A. NISBET, of Bibb, |
J. C. ALFORD, of Troup, , *
R. W HABERSHAM, of Haber-liaiji.
T. B. KING, of G ynn. * •
LOFT WARREN, of Sumpter.
R. L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. * |
T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. j *
J A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam, j I
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Hon. Ldward J. Ulitch. \
We copy from the Recmdcr and J« ufri;‘sS the
following extracts from the letters of Ms. ; Bhu k
written while he Vvas a candid ite for (JoisgTess.
It is an important leaf in thehisto y of I’he* Hon.
gentleman anu will no doubt require soi effort
on his part to reconcile them with his iatj? t| rcular
of instructions to the S.aie r gilts party 01-Georgia.
It is somewhat strange, (if indeed any thin*; could
Ue remarkable in the history of some p.jpiijc.an*.)
. that Mr. B'.a.-k should allude to the cotr|bified op
position of the Southern Stale right* i mien and
northern Whigs to Mr. Van Buren in *iß3i, in
any other terms th in those of censure, and in 18 40
regarded such opposition to the measures; of the
same man with such horror. He has probably
had so tie new light upon ihe subject, and it may
be that Mr. V.m Buren has put upos, him ai d
Mr. Colquitt bis celebrated “Mag e Spectacles/’
■which Major Downming said he used wild such
signal success upon the old General. 1
Quers. cannot the Major inform his friends
* out South,’ whether those sectaries are yet in
possession of Mr. Van Buren. and whether th y
were in requisition when these circuitry bl Mes
srs Black and Colquitt were penned i iff they
were it will certainly atf j d some light on the new
position of these gentlemen and enable their for
mer friends to account satisfactorily for tfieir late
course. Let us hear from you major.
From the liccord r <
Pending the las‘ Presides tal election, when
the contest in this State was between; Martin
Van Buren and Hugh L. While, for the
vote of Georgia, our Congression d n oirjinatiou'
which was at the same time in the fieddin their
Liters of acceptance, entered somewhat lint-* de
tail, in relation to their principle?, and apolitical
partialities. The letter of Mr. Biail,. among
others, is hi fore us. and it contains his opinions
very forcibly expnssed, in re I alii n tc Kir. Van
Buren, whom he now informs us he intends to
support, we perhaps cannot do our readers a >
belter service than to place before hem such
extracts as may serve to remind them bf these
opinions of the gentleman in relation lojthe man
he intends to sustain. |
The first extract we make is one in which Mr.
;
Black delineates ihc principles of the psirty with
whom he is now going to act, on the presiden
tial question at least. It requires no comment;
it is clear enough, and very much to tla point*
Here it is : i I
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“ Tiiey acknowledge Andrew Jackson t as their
Jilt leader, and have over and over and over
again avowed their adoption of the prim lpies of
his Administration; an ample and lamentable
exposition of which is to be found irt tjie noto
rous u Pao:LAMATiov,” a micrer fai-tl.fully rc- !
fleeting Ihe enormities of their political creed.
We are old there, tbat these States are hot now,
nor ever have l>e< i n sovereign and indcpjndcn
they ware one col >ny before uießev luj.\on. and
since that event have eonstituied but ia single
State or nation; clearly attempting to iostablish
the deduction, that t e General Government is
the SiVJtregn, and the odious and monstrous
corollary that a majority in Congress chaff gov
ern, and consequcudy that the Sta*e|>, i,«eing in
ferior, must sub nit to the .acts of thjit;majority.
We a.e referred to the Supreme Couit, ja co-on.i
nate branch ot the saine Ger.c ral Government,
not only as a judge in law and eqtuj y but as a
high and ulti time arbiter in questions affecting
the political rights of the people ; and jo put the
finishing stroke to the whole sy-umij of State
Bights, we a e solemnly told tbat whatever act of
Ahe federal agency shall assume tbc form of a law
of Congress, snail a id will be execmti.l and en
{»rced upmi the people off Georgiii, by a hired
*o4d**ry; and that although pttbdciopniim and
public iutereft may .eject the act at destructive
of all the pcop e h «fed dear, yet thji *: Ou» Ro-
Mir.” wid iu tie -ter;ise .f ms putkrn tl au
thority, promilgale it among hi« ch|ld en, by
force of ai’tfH, and toe *tr,-ngiu oi giirip >w ler.
Os all this'they ha e*i»en us an earnksl, !»> the
enactment of a law, as they absurdly call it, au*
tbor?z : n<v General Jackson to declare and wage i
war up :» Lie Slate «.t Georgia if she should Ban*
to oppo-e ttie exci'ti’iun, wiunn her h niis, ot any
a. I ui Coi gres.-. however subversive ol Umi liv» t,
or the liberty of her peop e.”
Here are Mr. Black’s opinions of Mr. Van
Buren and Richard M. Johnson at the last Presi
dential election, three yea s and a half ago.
Comment would but weaken the power and ef
fect of Mr. Black's exceedingly graphic sketch*
Here it is:
“ You will readi’.y recogmze the foregoing as
an honest rehearsal of the doctrines of the Union
leaders. Now. sir, suppose, wnat in the present
critical juncture ot our affairs is quite a supposa
hle rase, that by ttie aid ol the abolitionists and
the voles of the Union electors. Martin Van Bu
ren and R.chard M. Johnson—the one an ulti
; mite abolitionist in principle, and jii advocate of
| free negro suffrage—the other a practical anial
j gamalionist, who has h en w< dded to two
i women, and is now honored by half a dozen
I mulatto children, of his own get. are raised to
the Presidency, and placed at the head of the
| Government —suppose that the abolitionists, who
aie nvDuedfy the f iends and supporters of V an
Buren and Johnson, go on increasing as tiny
nave increased, in numbers and influence, and at
length by their zeal and activity return a majority
to Congress instructed to treat all siavehol. eis as
“ man stealers ” and “land pi ates,” and Con
gress accordingly passes an act to abolish slaveiy,
not only in the U slrict of Columbia, but in the
States! * The deed is done—the Rubicon is
| passed—slavery is abolished ! The fair and
beautiful Sou.h, the “home” of our fathers is
threatened to be deluged with the best blood of
her patriot sons—our children to he offered up a
sacrifice upon the r.ekii.g altars of a bloody in
surrection. and our virtuous and helpless women
menaced with the horrors often thousand deaths,
in the hruul vio aiion which the half liberated
slave, drunk with the blood ot his master and
gloating with beastly passion up »n the person ot
his mistress, is ready to inflict upon them. When
this whiilwind is al out to rush upon our devoted
country, and the Mack clouds which already por
tentously lower in ttie distance, shall have o'er
cast our horizon, and the land is about to lie
overwhelmed in darkness and death, to which o!
these two political parties will you address your
self to rescue the country from impending ruin !
To which of these parlies will our too men and
children fly for succor and protection I”
We have but one remark to nu.e on Mr. J
Black’s pamphlet, in which he announces his
determination to support Mr. Van Buren. He
says to liis constituents: “ Remember if you lake
Garrison, you must take his principles along
with him.” Now. Mr. Black says in the above,
that “Van Buren is an ul unale abolitionist,”
dec. We will o ly rejieat Mr, Black’s words to
himself, “ If you take Van Buren. you must lake
nis principles along with him,” Mr. Black—and
according l» your own showing, one of his pnn
cip es among • thers, is, that being “ an ultimate
abolitionist m principle, and an advocate oi free j
negro suffrage”—a species of pnnc.ple forvvhicn j
1 the peoj le of Georgia have no particular fond
ness.
From the Journal,
Agiin.on the *Jsth Augu t, IS3B. in reply to
the comm ttees of Franklin and Taliaferro • oun
lies, ttie following is his language. We give it
; ju t as he wrote it with the italics and quotations
as made by him. Read it carefully, pe pie r|
1 Georgia, aad if you do not entirely agree with
: us, tnat Mr. Black, has abandoned the position
upon which he was elected, then we will ac
knowlt Jge that we do not understand the En<*-
, o
I hsh language. But hear what he soys :
“I am asked then, “to rna eknown rny 'chn'ce
for the next Presidency, between Van Buren
t’lav. Webster, and Harrison.” Being a Slate
Rights man. ami accustomed tro n the earliest
p riod ot my political career, to look to the prin
ciples of Thom is Jefferson a» the only true creed
in polhirs. I of course can have no choice be
tween the individuals alnive proposed. Mr. Van
Buren is a reconled advocate for free ne_rro -sul'-
frage; admits tl e r.ght of on gress to abolish sla
very in the District ot Columbia, and leaves us
i no safeguards for our .omeslic institutions, but
j his prontistd veto ; he voted against the Tariff’
! and rn ule a speech in favor of it ; he was an ad
v irals for the Proclamation and Force Bill; I e
approved the removal of the depletes of public
money, in violali »n of . listing laws; he advised
and approved Inc P* t Bank system, to which Ihe
State Righis party were unanimously opposed;
and lasi not least, he “paltered with us in » dou
ble sense. in relation to the removal ofourln
-1 d»an populati n. <’an it he seriously suppose d,
after this statement of ficts. th.it Mr Van Hur-*n
|is my “ choice ” f>r Pre ident T It there are any
among who c.oi choose tom with a lull know
ledge of hi* political character, all I I avy to say
is. they arc mu' h more e .-ilv satisfied h m I
am. It is true fie tenth's time, favorable to the
es ablishment <»f an Independent Treasury ; but
he has been forced into that position by t.ie suc
ces-ful opposition of the Stale Rights party of the
South, and the Whigs of ihe North, to /ns own
Prt Hank system, to which he clung as long as
; there was a ray of hope, to animate him Shall
his temporary ad ocacy of a single abstract pro
j position, involving a quea'iim. as much of expe
j dicncy as principle, outweigh I lie long list of po
-1 li ical heresies with which he stands so justly
) chargeable ? He has hail one fair trial Ixiforr
the people of Geoigia—his triends were then, as
they now are moving heaven ami earth, to ensure
his acceptance by the voters of this Stale, but af
ter all that was said in support of his pretensions
to their favor, they rejected his claims bv a tri
umphant majority. Upon that occasion 1 con
tributed nothing to his support, for ihe reasons
above staled ; and aware ot no reformation in his
principle; or policy since that time. I shall lie
free to leave him to the support ot those who af
fect to admire the elevation of his political char
ac'er. and his devotion to the nghlsand interests
of Georgia.”
Military Court of Inquiry.
A Court of Inquiry, consisting of Brigadier
Gene-al Wood, t 01. Garland, and Major An
drews, is now in session al Barnum’s City Ho
tel, room No. 103.
The cause of this inquiry, we learn, is—that a
committee, purporting to I -e delegated by the Van
Hu cii City Convention, have preferred charges
against Major Lendrum and Ca. tain Duseuhury
of the U. 8. Army, now upon the Baltimore sta
ti »n. ot using the influence and patronage of their
offices in t .e purchase of suppdes for tba army,
&c. to the benefit of the opponents of the present
adru.lustration, and to the ‘injury and great
wrong of ttie Democratic party,” &c. ic. Tnese
g ave charges were forwarded in a letter l« Pres
idunt Van Buren, signed by G. B Wilson. Thus.
L. Murphy, Samuel Harfcer. R. B. A. Tate, and
othc s. and reque ting the removal of these offi
cers so tnwith from this station. This we be
-1 eve to be the substmceof the charges. The
President, it would • era has not thought it ad
v;s»ble to take Lie step required; but an order
fro n the Secretary of War hascaa-ed the *ub
je< t to be inquired into and investigated, for the
purp >-e of future action.
Msj »r Lendrum is now before the Court, un
der ex imination, and has for his ounsel General
Wm. H. Marriott and Win L. Marshall, E q.,
both of the Van Buren parly. A great number
lof witnrwr* *re in attendance, and many have
| already bttn examined.
1 1 lie pro <•; tiling committee are in attendance
I n W. P. MauUhy. E. q. as couu-ti, al
so of the Van I urea party.
It is altogether one of the mo>t exlraonlinary
proce« dines of the kind, we imagine, in the polu
teal history of this country, o pertiap- ol any
other. As sooon as the proceedings have been
g me through with, it is to be hoped tha, the pub
lic will l»e made acquainted, in an authentic torm,
with the whole affair.
From the high character of the Couit for in
telligence an I honorable Ixaiing. there can t>e no
doubt that the whole concern will be sitled to the
bottom, and that entne juste e will be meted to
the committee as well as to the accused. Ihe
Court sits with open doots.— Baltimore Patriot.
The New York Commercial Advertiser says,
The offence of the ofli ers on trial is trulv aw
ful ! What! His it come to this I Give the
h >rses of the dragoons oats that grew on the
land of a rascally Whig! let a soldier have
whiskey, extracted from the rye that giew upon
the farm of a friend of General Harris *n ? Cora*
pel a soldier to sl.*ep under a blanket that was
woven in the loom of a manufacturer who be
lieves in the principles of Washington—the wool,
too. perchance growing upon the back of one of
Judge Cook’s Saxony sheep, back side of < ats
kill 1 VV hat in the name ol Tom Paine, and
Fanny Wright, and Tammany Hall, is the world
coming to T No wonder that the indigi ant
blood of Corporal Harker. formerly a little dou
ble and twisted indigo federal editor in Delaware,
is boiling at such a grievous wrong inflicted up
on the Democracy ! Well ; cashier toe rascals
at once. Indeed we marvel at the formality of a
Court of Inquiry. The olTenee is rank. Whig
oats may i boke the horses—Whig blankets give
the solJiers the Tippecanoe fever, worse than ihe
plague by hall ! And then, should the spirit o l
Whig rye make the Florida soldiers more valiant
than the bloodhounds, the war might he ended
before another twenty millions are fingered bv
favorite contractors. Cashier the rascals imme
diately !
PtjfifSTLT»xii I.icirnTißK- Inlhc House,
on the Ist instant, the bill to impose a di.ect tax
on real and personal properly was passed, 47 to
41.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says—
It is computed that the tax will put into the
trea-ury uj wards of jl OOn.iOOpera nuin. The
effect in tins city will be wholesome.— All our
sound s inks w.ii nnmediauly advance
Ft om the Sew I Qrk Herald. June 2d,
'I wo Days l.ai« r from Tia..ce.
By tne fast sailing ship Burgunov. Lewis,
j ju*l arrived, in 30 days Iroui Havre, we bav» re
ceived two days Ule' accounts Ironi Pans, and
thiee from Havre, than Shat received by the Bnl
isti Queen.
1 ae most important features of this news ts the
strong probability oi a renewal ol war m tire
East. The Pacu* of Egypt has concern rated a
va.-t army m styna, an.l from appearance we
should not t>e su prised lu sea blow atiuck soon.
Tt»e news expected by the way of Boston will be
iiilerenliug.
'i’bere i» nothing particular from Pa. is.
The handler ol L) putiea was very busy dis
cussing the provisions oi a new s>alt cull. The
t/Uaiiiiier in n proceeded lo ilie iiayuau Indent
nny Bill, bat did nut do any thing.
file French campaign in Africa was to he re
opened Tne tr.-ops weie matching to Buti.ih.
England and N .pics s.e still quamimg about
the Sulphur T.ade.
r H A x c £.
The day before yesterday, on the 2Slii April.
The Prussian and Aust isn Hini)sL*mA<ior* h. Id a
conference with Count Pahlen at tne Kussian
Emha-ay.
The King, on the recommendation of Marshal
Valve, has conferred crosses of the L. gnm of
Honor on Lieutenant Lcpic and toe n ii-c.»0.-
inissioned officers ot the Spins. who fought at the
bailie of Mis-erghm, and also upon Captain liar
don, Sub Lieutenant 1 icnon, and a private of
! the haUllon ot ii.lant y. wiiu contributed lo Ihe
success of the day. Many promotions in the
African army aie add to be waiting tus Majes
ty’s signature.
N APLES.
Tfie Sud of Marseille* confirms the coin nence
meut of lio.-nlitii s U' ween England ami Naples,
i'he Belleroplioii, Ja «ur. ai d Hyd.ia. it s,.vs,
we.e aheady in the Bay of Naples, giving chu.-e
to every vessel under die Neapolitan flag. The
Maiia Christina, (and not the Alana Anloinelu)
had been chased but aUcrwards released. Sev
eral Neapolitan ships had l*een already eap ur»d.
lor the Hydra Had on hoard many bailor* oi that
nation.
TEE EAST.
A correspondent at < unstantinople wri.es on
the Blh insl., one day later than our lasi ad
vices. that a sti amer had arrived from Alexan
dria, bringing the intelligence ol tne command of
the joint fleet having been given to the Ca } tain
Pacha, a cir. uin stance which bad caused the
gre-test irritation among tfie members of the
Ottoman Government. Col, Hodges is staled lu
have written by the same conveyance to i.oid
Pansonby to say that the obstinacy of Mehe.net
AU was exl r erne, and that it won unless to. him
in liis consular capacity to give any permits ol
1 d 'parture lor the officers of the 'Turkish fleet.
Ad ices from Alexandra, brought by the same
■beat to the Turkish capital, say that Mehemet
i Alt a.id Col. Hodges had iia.J an exlieniefy an*
I g-ry altercation on the subject of vessels from the
i lonian Islands, interfering with Egyptian vi sseis
sent off the \ibaniuii coast. Tins refers lo an
uffiir which our reude.s will readily remenffier
i’he Viceroy had threatened lo revolutionize ail
Albania and Asia Minor, and Hodges, on the
other hand had said that, if he remained so i.bsti
tnte, England would puivens • him before three
months should lie passed away. Some other
consuls, who had an interview with the Viceroy
immediately after Col. Hodges had left, lound it
very difficult lo pacify him.
The •“ Sud ” ot Marseilles has the following
from Bey ruth of the 271 h uli: —•• War is immi
nent, if we are to judge from the preparations of
every point of tne coast, as well as at this place.
Ibratiam Pacha is still at Marasch. The gams n
of Acre already re. k »ns 8000 men ; the lo.h and
28lh regiments of miantiy have enieied it with
1000 regular artillery men, and 1000 irregulars.
Very lately ninety five 3G pounders, and 117
! other pieces of artillery taken at Nezffi, have been
sent into this fortress.'’
'i’he Alexandrian correspondent of the *• Cou
rier de Lyon.” estimates th Egypt an forces imw
in Syria, at 80,000 men, and those in Egypt at
40 000. Besioe these, it stales there are 25,t)00
sailors on the coast who have been trained like
infantry, s»nd about 2t»,000 National Guards.
CHINA AMU INDIA.
*• Our correspondent at Alexandria.” says the
S nyrna J >urnal, “ nos sent us the following in
formation After the engagement between the
naval forces under Commodore Elliott and the
Chinese junks, -md as soon as the Emperor was
informed of the event, tie gave onleis t> massa
cre all the English that nngat he found within
these stales; and in consequence oi this, 200
[ English have perished. The news having been
■ * transmitted to the Governor General of India, a
reinforcement of 4ooo men ww immediately' em- !
harked for C dua with orders to give n * quarter |
to the natives.’ VYe pu dish this news just as we
aveirceived it, without guaranteeing tuuufheu- i
t city, ami the more so, stnev the Bombay Times, |
wh ch we have received up to 2Hth February, j
makes no mention ol it. According lo this jour
nal. n e lelieis from Afghanistan contain nothing
of importance. Prince Hyder Kahn, second son of
Dost .Viahom : ed Kahn, who was made p isoner
at Ghuznee. had aruved at Bomf.ay, and was
undet surveillance ol the Governor. Besides a
house, ser.ants. and equipages, he was allowed
1000 rupees a uwmth.”
“ A Fraction at I* ast.”
The raeetinus which have recently been held
in M..nroe, at Macon and in Augusta, have con
vinced me that a fraction at least of those with
whom I have heretofore been associated are deter
mined to hoist the Harrison "flog” and to ad
vance him,a/irf his principles, to the hi chest f
fice in the gift of the p oplc. — Extract front the
cirulur of E. J. B ack.
Commi nt. Ac nvenlion of those with wnom
the gentleman has heretofore acted assembled in
Milledgeviile, on Monday l ist to nominate a con
gressional ticket. On counting out the two hun
dred and thirty io’es polled it was discovered
that William C. Dawsuii received ihe-' fraction”
of 230. and Edward J. Black eight or nine.—
Truly this is a • fraction at least.”
Una Slone.
We acknowledge with much pleasure, the re
ceipt of the two following letters with their c in
tents, which were received du ing our absence,—
Eiiza, the object of tins chanty, has been removed
to thr neighborhood from whence she had been
i taken by the late disastrous freshet; but we will
• endeavor to carry out the object of the donors.—
The letter from E. C E. is in her own hand
wrilinc. and w e give it without alteration, with
the sincere hoj»e that the example she has so no
bly set, at her early age, may not Lie lost.
Charleston, June Ist. 1840.
Having perused your account of the late fresh
et. in yotii paper of the 30th ull. I was cspcc iall)
strut k with the incident you have related, as hav
ing occurcd lo poor little Et.zeSione, the daugh
ter of a widowed mother, now no more, — I pei
ccive she is throwi upon the sympathies of your
city, and have no doubt but that she will receive
every comfort that she may need, but fe ling a
desire l»* aid her in some small degree, will you be
kind enough to be the organ for me in disposing
of the enclosed I’eii Dollar bill in the following
manner: li st, purchase and present to her a small
neat plain B ole, and the balance that remain*
hand ovt r to some female friend who will lie kind
enough lo procure fur tfie little orphan some
clothes and shoes a? far as tne amount will go
and present item to her in the name of a
Friend anii Stranger.
P. S.—ls you are unable to find out the lilt'e
o pliun to do lor her as I have n quested you
above, you w ilt then lie please I to hand the ten
doflar biff to some benevolent society to be ap
propriated for the poor who have suffered by the
late great freshet.
Mono an Cu.. Oa. June 2d, 1840.
Mn. Editor—ln papa’s pap r of iatardav. I
ba’e seen an account of the little girl, Eliza
' •''tone, who was taken off the lop of a house in
theTiver. during the late fresh. Enclosed, I send
you a dollar, fir her benefit, which you will
be pleased to send lo her. lam sorry it is no
more, hut . hope it vv.ll lie of’s »ma service to her .
and that it may induce other little girls of her
age. like myself, lo contribute something for her
relief.
Very respectfully, yours.
Elizabeth Cook Emlrsom.
Editor Chronicle «Sc Sentinel.
Correspondence <f the Sat ion I Intelligencer.
N ew York, Jni I.
The British Q ieen sailed punctually at I
o’clock. She has on board about > 120.000 in
specie. The London and Liverpool packets which
sitled his morning had each about the «am#
amount; and this. too. with exchange full on and
a half per cent, in our favor. The fact is we
have a great deal more s(>ecie than is required
for purpose of business, and the sooner the t,ur
plus goes ha k, whence it was drawn by unnatu
ral means, and in violation of all the laws of trade,
the better.
There was a better feeling in Wall street this
morning than has been manifested for some lime.
Slocks generally improved. United States Bank
advanced I 3-
I mentioned the other day that Urge numbers
of emigrants were daily arriving here. From a
i statement before me it appear< that over IGOOO
i have arrived since the Ist of April—4.932 more
■ thin arrived in the same time last year. N’ear
i ly 11,000 of them sailed from Liverpool. Very
! lew stop here ; their destination s the West.
The following letter from Mr. Nicholas,a Sen
ator in Congress from Louisiana, we copy from
the New Oi leans Courier.
Washington C i tt, M iy 3d.
We had yesterd iy a scene of a most extraor
dinary and disgusting character heie. About 5
o’clock between 30 and 40 carts filled with ne
groes, with a foil compliment of black marshals,
mounted on horseback, paraded up and down
Pennsylvania Avenue. The odious pageant,
with the words *• H ard Cider.” lielu up conspic
uously to view, passed undisturbed. We have
hid several highly exciting party processions
among the people of this District, this winter,
anti a r e on the eve of the studiously gotton up p tr
ade at Baltimore. But one would scarcely nave
expected, that in a slave holding city the author
ities would have toiera'el such an exhibition. I
would have you and every oihei citizen of Lou
is ana. Witnessed, as I did, this scene,
sowed calculated l» gratify tbe fanatics, and to
awaken deep reflections- in slave holders.
Very respectfu Iv,
’ ROBT. CARTER NICHOLAS.
In answer to the above tlv* Alexandria Ga
zette presents the following, to which, it is to
;»e. h<<p*J, Mr. Nicholas if he can raise above
party bias, will give his attention and make the
“n**cesa«ry correction.”
Tt the Hin. A*. C N cho!as.
A teller ol yours to a f iend in Louisiana
has been published in the newspapers. This. ■'
presume, was done with your consent. I would
isk. if you have not learned, since that letter was
vriiten. that the profession, of which you com
phirf wis go*ten up under the auspice* of cer
fwn of the Van Suren purfy to insult ami rd
chlc the W.i g* — that the Whigs, indignant at
.o gr«ws an outrage, i a salve community, fell
•moo and d'persed the procession, and »hat the
legroes. who were hi.ed to appear, hardy escap
ed with toeir lives, for their audacity. It i« not
elicved thit any respectable portion of the Van
Bureu party was concerned in this nefarious bu
| «ine«. ff y«a have not heard th«*e facts, I call
1 upon you to ma l .« the neccssa y inquiries in
Washington, ai d asrnt.in them. \\ iieii that in
(lout*, as an honorable an>i high-ro.nd man, I
►ball expect to sec* you make the necessary cor
rection oi your letter, which as it aland*, does
| gross injustice to many who, notwithstanding dif
ferences in political opinion, look upon as
A FR.EXD.
The National Intelligencer gives the following
account of the proces-ion which seems so much
to ha e affected the nerves of Senator Nicholas,
I but who. by ibis lime, we suspect, has become
ashamed of bis bugaboo letter. The Intelligcn
-1 cer says:
On the day when, by the laws of Georgetown,
the owners of p'ublic calls take out their yearly
licenses, it is customary for the carter to parade
; through the town with heir useful vehicle-; and
accordingly, on the first Saturday in May la t, af
i ter the ren; wal of the licenses, the negro rartmen
■ formed their usual procession. A couple of wor
i thy but over-zealous Loco Foco citizens ofGeorge
: town, however, thought it a good opportunity
; f>r playing off a piece of waggery on the Whigs
: ot Washington, whose recent great mednigs
just then made the opposite party rather sore,
I'liese worthy Loco Focus, as we learn, furnish
ed the cavalcade wit h the “ odious hard cider” flag
and bribed them lo extend then- march info the
city, which they did some distance down Penn
sylvania avenue. Whether the “authorities tol
erated. ’ or e<cn saw the procession we cannot
say ; but so far from passing “ undisturbed,” as
! Mr. Nicholas asserts, it was violently arrested in
! its career by a number of Whig young men, mi*
1 ny of the poor duped cartmen soundly thrashed,
j and the * pageant” broken up, di-pers, d. and dri
; ven hack whence it came. And this is the mighty
j matte about which the honorable Senator, if the
i ah ivc alleged extract be not a fogery. h is thought
, fit lo transmit a grave a.id formal despatch lo Lou
i-tana. Had " every citizen of that State wit
; nessed the special !e. as .Mr, Nicholas wishes
| that they could have done, their only feeling
would have been that of pity for the poor negroes
; who had been lead into a scrape that cost them so
| dear.
‘•l'rfE Prospect before its.”— lnan article
I under this caption the editors of the National
Intelligencer says—
\\ c have not been sanguine, usually, in our
expectations o; public events, or great popular
movements, but it ail such signs and indications
as are commonly idled on should not prove
s'rangely deceptive, a revolution in pu.dic opin
ion is now in progress which promise* result* of
the utmost importance.
At the late unparalleled meeting in Baltimore
it will be reuieuionevJ, Air. Welister announced %
to the us»e.uoltd mu.liiutie* his own opinion in
these terms - -Toe cry of the nation is for change,
1 (trough all the channels ul intelligence and
cummun cation, waded on a!! the breeze*, borne
I trom every quarter on the w.ngs ol all the wind*
ltic cry is hji.xot ! Chingi! Change of
M fcaSCKA.It, AM), TO THAT LSD, A CtIiXCE OF
MEM !’ ”
1 ins seems to us nothing more than a vivid
picture ot the real trutli ot the case. All ti.at
we sec, and all that we bear and learn, conduces
to tbisneliet. Every mail which we open, every
letter whicu we re eive on poinical .-uljeci*. and
| ,>v e y newspaper which tails under our eves,
at«engltiens the conviction, la the phrase ul the
i day, tlie People ire wide awake, Their r\c*
and ears are open, and the tra-di and trumpery
wmen have hertlolure coniiibu’.ed o great a
poition ol itie political ma ier spread before them
ian not now satis;y them. They demand fa t«,
and liulh. and soi»er and substantial reason. The
-pint ol inquiry is ardent and eager. 'I he popu
; w»il. conscious ol its own siiec.-gili, anil reso
lutely bent on its effectual exercise, adopts to il
scll the cry ot lu« Grecian hero,
“ b)i.-pel Hie gloom, the light of Heaven restore,
GiV*. jci. iu see, and .Ajax asks no m.»ie.”
W« trust that this cad for l.giit will he fully
met, and suppl.ed. U e iiope that official docu
ment-, 1 1 Util tell ng papers, and able discussion*,
wd. spread tar and wide, end cover the .and.
L t principles la- discussed, let measures !>e dis
cussed; let the measures and characters of public
men be dis us*, d, always, indeed, with justice aud
I candor, and With n > vuw but to tiie ascertain
ment ot toe truth. O Itie result ol such a diffu
sion oi k »ow ledge, ot an c «rti«si inquny such as
•bis, we cannot persuade ourselves, at the present
moment, that any reasonable doubt exisis. In
addition tow oat we think a good cause, we have
perfect and hearty union, and a most respectable
an/popular candidate l»r the first offuc. To
wanls ins elevation to that otlice, a mig dy cur
rent is dovv settling widening and deepening at
every rod *1 Us progress, and t>earing down and
ovi whelming the embankments and barriers of
piejudice and party.
From Oi* Richmond Whig.
31 ore Evidence.
We have been permitted to take the following
extract of a letter written by General Harrison
in 1821. It was addressed by him to hi* nephew,
iienj until Hairison. Esq., of Berkeley and was
written m the ca«y. (anuiiar and confidential
strain of one near relation to another, and the
greater portion ol it is devoted to family ailairs,
&c. Ihe allusion to pubbe affairs i* only inci
dental, and partial ; but. so i;tr a.> be is concerned,
that little tells a tale lull ol honor to his firmness
and independence. In re<pecl lo his conduct on
the Missouri question, (his letter is coroborative
of the public lust iry of the country, and illustra
tive of t .e disint* rested mag ranimity of the Old
General. \N e knew tit-tore that he lost his re
election to the House of RepfesclatLes, in conse
quence of his >u, port of the rights of the South
—lkj\ we were not awa e that he had been de
j tested for the Senate for hi* patriotic opinions
and independent conduct on die same subject.
The man must be a hardened knave or an in
con igible fool who shall profess to doubt General
Harrison » views and Jeeungs in respect to Abo
lition, after seeing so many and overwhelming
evidences as h ive been adduced, of his thorough
■ devotion to the righ's and institutions of the
South—n devotion proved not by tvords only,
but by deeds also.
J he tact mentioned of his being apj oinled by
i Kentucky to settle a dispute with Tennessee
about her boundary, was new to us. Such com
i mission* imply the highest confidence in the
agent—involving, a* the subject-matter does, the
soil i*tid sovereignly of the Stale. We do not
recollect another instance where the Commis
sioner was not a citizen of the Stale which de
) puled him.
Extract of a letter from Gen. Ihrrison.
“ 29th May, 1821.
I am not at present, in any political appoint
ment, excepting the honorable one of being de
signated on the part of Kentucky to settle a dis
pute w lh Tennessee about their common boun
dary. I was last fall run for the Seriate of the
Cnit-d States, and after a numlier of balloting*,
lost it by a lew votes. Bui I lost no honor by
the contest, because there was no other man in
| the-State who could have run so good a poll un
der the same cin umstaners : Ist, my opponent
was m possession of the office in which his con*
J duct had l>een irreproachable; 2dly,my living in
the same section of the Stale with the other Sen
a»or. *£ that bad I been elected both Senators
would have lived in the West end.—But these
considerations would have availed nothin'*, if,
thirdly, I had not, in opposition to the whole
State, adhertd to the vote I hud given agamst
the nstrict on on Missouri 3
| The Philadelphia American ?*emk*»
j ministration paper, which suvj.c, t . t .
live policy oi Porter. iw ’Nt- £ ;
fairness, dignity ami o-agiwntaw, w k ,b i
is conducted. I.. «*<•..fc»j„ s ;•“«-« q
tam complaints which save k i if V otf ‘h .
general ct urse. among other retuxkl* !***““'«» ||j
the following:—We have been IrctiVif -
plained of also, for declining that R * f CQ * Jp
political warfar which relic* rfxufty U i*, of r'l
ai abuse of opposing candidates, ami I W *
guished men in the adverse j»arly. \\- , 1
war after that fashion. We can choo * Jfe 1 *
and w ith becoming zeal advocate f^ Ur ,n »o ; i
trust and power, but we dare not * ,hm *•
and goo-1 man who may compete wnh * J
ery suc h man is the property ofhiacaoijn.'
talents, his fame.hi* deeds oV wisdurn r ’ bi ‘ : 1
tn*H, or of valor in the field, all are his , u *
ami she, the proud mother of these
never more injured, never more r . en ' 1 *
chel-hke bereavement, than wh t .„ ,J’"" 1, t
would pluck them froai her bosum . ‘‘P s
their glory.” ’ ‘
'l'h- principle here avowed indicates a hbK 1
noble sense of justice *nd propriety ’
adoption by the pres* we can never boi*^ 1 1* :
for ho long as tfie lilieny ( ,f the press '* f; *
must submit to more or less of its liceiui. ** ■ 1
But vve hope at leant to see it more gener^' o **’ Mjj
ned out than it is at this ime. ' c * r ' | *
From (he < iac n.iati Daily Republican
Gklkbu* rtox at Fort Maigs.-VV e 1
stand that the committee of arrangement* !p -
rystiurg. which was the scile of old F„it \* •
have expressed such a strong sol'iclnd* l or
j Harria.au to be present at the celetTation
j l lib of June next, that he has conn ntec b
j ply with their wishes, provided the Aitnl,,?” 1 '
his family will pe.mit. lotl * j
The coron.mec at Perrysburg urge some e - ‘
sideralions wnich appear to have grp H { f or ,
auggesting the propriety of the General's Z f »
: that place. 'J his is proi.sl.ly the 0 "
; ity that will Sc afforded him to visit Uuf LteS.' ‘
■ ting spot, and of once more meeiii:g !KaI)V of '
j old comrades in arms, h was the scene' of £!*
earliest as it was of his later deeds of giorv. (j*
i l:,e rl b side of the Maumee he won imperisb ’ -
able fone under the veteran Wavne. and iV %
seige of Fort Meigs in May 1813, he exhf-ind
Urn combined heroism and military genim :
Tipjiecanoe and the Thames.
'J’he xcite of Foil Meigs is within the limit. of #
j this Sltate, and therefore nis compliance with lb A
; wishes of the committee wdl not te in violation Jk'
j ° rtlie r,ji « which he has p-rescribed to him* 1 . 1
) during the present canvass.
a: Hißhisov Mtt-nvGs.-In a!! p3rtl
‘ ® f ’ th e country, the friendsol Harrison ai*d Trier -v|
are assembling in thousands. We recently .L
; 1 uded briefly to the i nmense convention at W’m 1
Alexander, Fa. Another, similar in i.uml*ri *-
aud puqxj.se, look place in Wilmington, Ohio on :
| lil « 2:3J * «*’ l he citizen* of Warit-n, Cla.lsti.Mj
Highland counties, at which, at bast 10,C()Up.D. '
pie are represented to have been present. TU
edito* - of the Cincinnati Republican, who w«
present, says—
“'Such an exhibition of the citizens of
section of the counirv was never before witnes
, ed, and the irrc-i*nble eagerness with which thrr .
1 passed forward to the scene of action, m ,
pb a-ing sight to tiie spectator, and filled the
| mind with most agreeable thoughts.”
Another at lirookvtile. Ky„ on the 2CJ tilt, p J
Ito nominate candidates for the offices of the toss- §
j ship, was attended by 3000 peup.e with baimn
music, Acc. it was a gala ilay such as wa. nc'P -1
known in the township before.
(•exiial H a kuisos.—Am ng ihe many U‘
i sauh.s Winch have been made up«>u ti.i * pare pi- IK
| Mtol, lias been the charge that for n long pnioc v '
he has been a pensioner on the Tr«-a*u.y. Tim
| was re iterated by a .Mr. V> attentun ol i«. iineesfr jft •
in a recent speech in Congress, and he pnsiureti S
• ouc ers bom iht* Uifle>etit otiicers ul ihe govero-9
mi nt lo show the truth ol it he found lroa«|
these vouchers th-t du ing 3*j years, the lienm! I
had received J 82.224 85 !—being just S
15 less than .Mr. Van Burnt will nave rercmJ
on llie 4fli ol .March next tor tour veais m s-rfi* *
vice. VV e should not have alluded to mattersse
small in theiAiselve*. but to show the httleue-s »f
t-e ciiarge* brought sg-.insl Gen. Hirru«. |
During *9 ol the yt ais lhUs paid fur, he occupird £
the imporunt position of Governor ot IqiUalH
1 errifory. Delegate to and Member of l ougriss ffi
I . rS. Sena.nr, tiajv.r General iu the U. b. A rot |
i Minister to Columbia, lor all which iinporunc V,
services his public pay ha> av( raged j2.1638U *1
j > ea r barely .sufficient to maintain the stilwriln* I
: ales and clerks ot government who arc his ’oao* |
j hiouthed traducers \\ hen a party is rcilurftiw |l|
I exp.diency ol icsoiling to such iniseml*
; c larges as litesi*, we may it el pe tccllv satisW jjp
| -hat l.e who is assailed is far removed airuu* lb* jj
j muiioe ol hi?, traducers, and that his characterbsß
| in it nothing truly vulnerable.— North Ameriat.
Ax Old Ship,—'J'he St. Johns, N. B. Flrnlli
: a l a te dale says : “The curious in nival trrh*| ;
I itecture may have an opportunity of g'atifyiM '
j ttieir curiosity by a sight ot a vesstl now in tii : ~
harbour—the Volunteer’ o! Hull. This antiqu* i
specimen of British oak is lit) years old. ini |
was employed as a transport prior to the taking •
Qu»-becv b’he is the identical ship in wbid i
the t : mortal \\ olfe came to this contionT 1
Should she come in contact note w ith one ot ifc
[ province hnilt. vessels, she would lx*, found »W
( nut to craclt.”*
j Siox in Illinoik.— Ihe Feds, some 'i l *'*
| since, published a notice for a State conveniii* I
1 m Illinois, to meet during this month.
Central Committee have just announced thattk
Convention is po- tpuiud sine die The reasora r
assigned by the (’omraittce are significant. Tk’|S£
are, that the tanners are too 1 u-sy lo lea'p lb e ’ F B»|
j homes, ami i very few counties have J-,
j Delegates, and show n a disposition to
| necessaiy sacrifice!”
j TnvpHitAi)ELPHuFoHßi,«—lt i» pt*rh»p»
\ of the most extraordinaiv instances in the r«*cora» (
i of crime in this country, that an individualsh #u!u
i have succeeded in ba ftbng justice for so j
I pen.Ki as the young man who has been rcceutlt . j;
arrested in Philadelphia. Dr. Eldredge w**® 1 P|
a slight person, and rather an agreeable addf**- ;
much more «o than would have been ex{jcvteo
of a graduate of the penitentiary. li is now st s ’ ■
j ted that as early as 1831 he escaped or tva irt
| leased, from ‘ durance vile,”and betaine astudeci ,
j with Dr Mott of ibis city. Accompanying Ill<
■ doctor to Europe, he there made some Kt) llJl11
j tances which on bis return facilitated his
1 duction to a circle of society highly rcspc(m‘ ? '
It is vow confidently believed that he was g u:
ty of other eccentricities in Paris besides robl ):n »
Dr. Mott of3ooo fi ances. Our readers will retue* D m
ber perhaps tvvo or three remaikable lio*x M f
were played off on a distinguished American
resident at Paris, and the circle ot her vi»ite r ' |
Mrs. W——— had isued cards for a large p ari '' I
Sotn«*body obtained possession of her visiting
and sent round “apologies” just before the nig"
appointed, in const quern e ol a sudden deni*
the family. The lady of the hou«e was
sed of course to find that she had her lighted *
gar mdetf chamber* cli to bers«il : —ano
ball aid banquet rooms she was still " 80
and Atone.” A few weeks afterwards tins _?, \
ot mtschief circulated mviiatiuiis to the sau*« P f
ties, who created of course as much surpn ?,i l
. their um xpecudarrival, as previously a*U“‘ r “
accountable absence. A variety ol niaurf