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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUST \ . TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 9. FOR PRESmji’VT, WILLIAM HENRY jIIAKRISGN, Os Ohio ;' The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesrr an—the inflexible Republican— the patriot Farmer of Ohio. FOR ViCK-PBESiD£ST, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia; A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9S— one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriotic statesmen. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUN JAN L. CLINCH, ,of Camden. JOHN WHITEHEAD., jjf Burke. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Bibb. OHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY: of Twiggs. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, ff DeKalb. FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. E, A. NISBET, of Bibb. J. C. ALFORD, of Troup. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. T. B. KING, of Glynn. LOTT WARREN, of Sumpter. R. L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. J. A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. I : i ■ i For some days circumstances which we could not control compelled us to issue our paper on a coarse brown sheet. Our supply is now received and we present our readers this morning with a sheet superior to any thing we have seen at the South, —and shall endeavur to continue the pub lication on the same. Facts for the People. The following article which we copy from the National Intelligencer,contains some astounding facts for the consideration of the People. Uis a subject which comes home to every man who , consumes any article that is not made within the limits of his own Stale, and ailho’ many do not see the process by which they are made to pay their portions of the exchanges, let not such im agine that they do not pay any part of this vast amount ot money. No idea could be more falla cious or grossly erroneous. It is true, those men engaged in commercial operations feel it more ensibly, because it is a direct tax paid by them but does any man suppose the commercial man does not place an additional profit on his mer chandize to cover the amount paid forexebange 1 Most assuredly he does, and the result is, that whoever consumes goods, not only pay this tax, but they pay a profit thereon, to the individual of w hom the purchase is made. And we may therefore safely add, that the actual cost to the consumers of goods in this country every year, that the currency continues in its present deran ged condition, will be at least 35 millions of dol lars. How so] The reason is ob.-ious, the man who pays the exchange, not only puts on a price to cover the exchange, but he also lays the same profit on the amount paid for exchange, he does on the invoiced price of the article, for it is capital invested, and it is only reasonable to suppose that on this thirty million which is paid tor exchange, the merchants and dealers make a profit before the goods get into the hands of the consumers, of sixteen and two thirds per cent, which will make them cost consumers the enor. mous sum of thirty five mill ions of dollars pet annum, more than they would cost with a well regulated currency. These amounts are astounding, and will no doubt be questioned by many who arc not con* versant with the laws and operations of trade’ nevertheless, it is a proposition which requires the simplest calculation to demonstrate. We ask the people to investigate this matter carefully, and reflect that the mal-administration of the govern ment by Mr. Van Buren, is drawing from their pockets the enormous sum of 35 millions of lars per annum. For when he came into power we had the best regulated currency in the world* a currency, which has neveirjhad its equal in the history of any government. -Exchange could be obtained on any point in U.e Union for one per cent premium, a.id it was irjively as high as one per cent, and by his contlm|cd war upon that currency, it is now in its pieWmt deranged condi tion. Tne consequences of? this war upon the currency have been of the rliost disastrous char acter upon the whole countrjr, so disastrous in short, that no other country 16 i the face of the globe, could have withstood;!! even half so welj as ours, and it has hurled thei people of this coun try the most enterprising inhfec world, from the highest state of prosperity to tihe greatest pecunia ry depression. We repeat, |<H the people reflect upon this subject, and teach |hig reckless curren cy tinker, that they wih not! submit to such vio lation of duty with impunity, i From the National j\itell:gencer. Lost by the Veto of the United States Hunk Chafer. It is a well-ascenained fi»qt;(hat the entire do mestic exchange of this cbjiUtry in 1832 and 1833, amounted, in the a2#i|njjatr. to $600,000,- f | 000 per year, which cost less than one per cent, [ to those dealing in exchanges, or who had remit ; tances of money to make from one portion of our country to another. Although it did not amount to one per. cent, still we will just make an esti ! mate at that rate of exchange, and see how much j wc have lost and sacrificed dimply by the destruc i tion of that institution, for the four y’ears of i Mr. Van Buren’s Adm. (including the present.) j $600,000,000. at one percent, amount to $6,000. | 000. This is the sum it cost the trading and 1 other portons of our community, while that bank j pianaged our exchanges, per year. Now, this ! amount, multiplied by six, will show the ti ue state of the case. As all will allow that our exchanges, on an average, throughout our different Stales, for four years past, have been far above that per. centage, but meaning to be within bounds, I estimate it at lh.it rate. $600,000,000 at 6 percent is $36,000,000 Deduct the rate of exchange under the United States Bank, say 1 per cent. 6,000 000. This is the yearly loss caused by the destruction of the United Slates Bank $30,000,000 Now, multiply this loss by 4. for the last four years, 3 Total loss in seven years $130,000,000 Who has lost this $120,000,000 1 The an swer is plain and easy. Every one that buys a coat, or any garment; every one that buys any of the necessaaies of life, either food, clothing, or what not, has lost his portion—it has fallen alike on all. Can this be denied! I challenge an ex amination by any Administration or Van Buren man of our country. Let us have their statement; deny it they cannot, with truth. Who is aston ished that we have been hurled into a maelstrom, and whirled round, and round, until we have sunk into poverty and want! Do we not see, with such tremendous losses, piain reasous why we are thus situated ? Does it not conclusively show that a safe and healthy business cannot be conducted without a National Bank ! While we had one, did not our nation prosper. Were npt | our money transactions and business of every des i cription fairly and properly conducted 1 Were I not the remuneialien and income sure and suffi | cientiy large to satisfy any and every rational I business man! The response to this query is, in j deed, gloomy and sickening to every one who ! has the feelings of a man, but not less appalling, i not less melancholy than true. Go, visit the j hardy yeomanry of our la J, and see them sacri j firing their hard-earned productions to raise en -1 ough to meet their taxes. Go, visit the inanu- I factoring portions of this country, and then see | the thousands turned adrift from employment knowing no other business, poverty and beggary is their fate. Many of them that could raise money sufficent io pay their passage back have already returned to England, and obtained em ployment in the manufactories there. Why is that so ! j . • First Ward Meeting, The proceedings of the meeting in this Ward will be found in tfiis day’s paper. We are much gratified to learn that, notwithstanding the boasts of the Loco focos that “ there were I not fifteen Harrieon men in the Ward,” the | committee have already obtained the names of more than siixr legal voters, residents of the ward, which is now more than half the number of votes polled in that ward at the late election for Mayor, —and there are yet others. A close calculation that of the Loco Foco parly they have certainly had a lecture from Mr. Black on “ Fractions .” | The Steamboat Conversation. I Om readers will recollect that wc sometime ago published the letter from the Jeffersonian, giving an account of the Steamboat Conversation, when we took occasion to pronounce it a mere fabrica tion, a desperate effort of a desperate party. We therefore lake pleasure in commending to theU attention the article from the Richmond Whig, containing the letter of B. Drake, of Ohio, a gen- j tleman of the highest respectability, and who is much and favorably known. Public Meeting. At a meeting of the friends of Harrison, Tyler and Reform, in the Ist Ward in the city of Augus ta, on Saturday evening, the 6th inst., on mo tion of E. Muslin, Esq., Philip H. Mantz, Esq., 1 was called to the chair, and W. E. Jackson appoint ed Secretary. The object of the meeting having been explain ed, Mr A. Johnston offered the following resolu j lions, which were unanimously adopted. ; Resolved, That all persons who shall sign the book of minutes, of this Association, shall become members, and constitute the “ Tippecanoe Club of the Isf Ward,” pledged to the support of Harrison, Tyler and Reform. Resolved , I hat there be appointed a President, three Vice Presidents and a Secretary. The President, or in his absence a Vice Presi dent shall have power to call meetings when ne cessary. The Secretary shall act as Treasurer, receiving : all contributions, from the members and others, and paying out monies by order of the club, or the acting President; no assessment or admission fee shall be required of the members. The following persons were nominated to fill the offices of the Society, which nominations were unanimously confirmed. PAUL FITZSIMMONS, President. AMORY SIBLEY. JOHN M. TURNER, L Vice Presidents. PHILIP H. MANTZ, J W. E. JACKSON, Secretary. On motion of Mr. A. Johnston, Resolved, That the President appoint a vigilance ; committee of fortj', whose duty it shall be to use II honorable efforts to complete the organization of the Cl ;b, and promote the cause in which we are engaged. Col W T. Gould, from the committee of the Tippecanoe Club of the 2nd Ward, notified this : Club of the organization of that, and their desire ; to co operate with us in the objects of the Club i and addressed the meeting. The meeting was also addressed by Charles J. Jenkins, Esq., and Dr. F. M. Robertson. On motion of Mr. A. Johnston, Resolved , That a Committee of three be appoint ed by the Chairman to receive additional members to the Club. Messrs. A. Johnston, C. B. Martin, and F. Blodget, were appointed that Cornmitte. On motion of Mr. A. Sibley, Resolved , J hat when this meeting adjourn, ti adjourn to meet again on Wednesday evening the 17th inst. at this place. On motion the meeting adjourned. P H. MANTZ, Chairman. W. E. Jackson, Secretary. Legal Decision. —It lias been decided at St. Louis, that a stipulation for a release of a debtor contained in an assignment, makes it null and void. I , From the Richmond Whig. - Another Falsehood nailed to the Counter. r We are inebted to the Fredericksburg Arena 1 for the following conclusive refutation of a cal ’ umny, which a few weeks since, was paraded 1 through the columns of the Enquirer. These re ‘ peated evidences of the inveterate habit of lying f among the Federal press, will satisfy the public ) that nothing they say can be believed. '1 heir • game is to traduce and misrepresent General 1 Harrison in every shape and form in which they L can, and we need not be surprised at any false -5 hood they may concoct, however gross and mon ! stsous it may be. ’ From the Fredricksburg Arena, May 29. [ In our paper of the 15th inst., we published the following article, taken from the Richmond Enquirer of the 12th— > From, the Richmond Enquirer. The hard cider candidate has placed himself in the custody of a ‘“confidential committee,” — . and they have played Orator Mum. They say, that policy will prevent his answering any more questions. Witness the result of the correspon dence with the association of Oswego, with the I citizens of Mobile, and of Fayetteville, and with Mr. Andrews of Indiana. It would appear, how ever, from the following article in the last War renton (Fauquier) Jeffersonian, that the General i when not in the surveillance of his privy coun cil, will sometimes slip the collar, and speak out. We give the article as we get it: From the Jeffersonian. Mr. Editor—The following is an extract from a letter written by a gentleman of the first re spectability, and who is ready to substantiate the truth of the charge made against Gen. Harrison. I hope every man will read it for himself, before he determines to support a man entertaining such principles. * * * “I am assured, by a gentleman of high standing in society, who ! travelled with Gen. Harrison, a few days on board a Steamboat, from North Bend to Cin cinnati, that he was brought out on the subject of Abolition ; that he expressed himself freely upon that topic, and advocated every principle which characterizes the shameful doctrine, (if it be allowable to apply this term to such a fac tion ;) that he explained his vole in Congress upon the question of admitting Missouri into the | Union as a slave-holding slate, in the following 1 way:—He said he voted in accordance with the i wishes of the people in that State, but intimated j that he voted against his conscience; declared : that he was entirely opposed to the extension of 1 slavery in the West, ami boasted that he would j get the support of Abolitionists; and I am fur ther assured that all who heard him were satis fied that he was thoroughly and radically an | Abolitionist. “8o much for General Harrison’s Abolition principles. Now if the people are willing with j their eyes open, to lake this man for their ruler, with all his odious doctrines, and bis total want , of capacity as a statesman, in the name of God ! be it so! In sackcloth and ashes will they mourn j the consequences of their consummate folly, and in the bitterness of their souls will they be forced to cry amen’ to their own ruin.” We prefaced this precious document by some in which we looii the liberty of denoun ' cing the whole story as an awkward fabrication and impudent falsehood—and called for the proof which was said to be at baud. Wc did more. We wrote to a gentleman of the highest respect ability, in Cincinnati, on the subject, and have now the pleasure of presenting his answer— Cincinnati, May, I‘J, 1840. Dear Sir—Vour letter of the 12th of May, re ferring to an article in the Jeffersonian, repuh i lished in the Richmond Enquirer, of the 12th invt., touching General Harrison’s vote on the admission of Missouri into the Union, and his present views on the subject of Abolition, was received this morning. I have just had an interview with General Harrison, and have shown him your letter, as well as the article to which it refers, as repub lished in the Enquirer: and I am authorized by him to declare that the whole statement is abso lutely false. No such conversation as the one detailed in the Jeffersonian, and copied by the Enquirer, ever occurred between Gen. Hanison and any individual, on board a steamboat or at any other place. I am further authorised by Gen. Harrison to say, that the opinion which he entertained on this subject, at the period ol his vote on the Mis i souri question, remains unchanged; and that, from the time when that vote was given, to the present hour, he has uniformly and upon ell oc casions maintained the correctness of the doc- j trines then held by him, in regard to the consti tutional righ of Missouri to admission into the Union wittiout restriction as to slavery ; and fur ther, that in doing so he has never done 4 * \io- Icnce to his conscience.” As a further answer to your letter, I may add, : that I have be n a neighbor of Gen. Harrison for more than twenty years, and have enjoyed good opportunities of knowing his opinions upon the leading public and political questions of the day. I can assure you that he has been uniformly consistent on the subjects icferred to; and that he is not now, nor has he ever been, the advo j cate of the doctrines of the Abolitionists. His present views on that subject may be gathered most clearly and at length from his Vincennes ; Speech in 1835—a copy of which I send you. \ our obedient servant, B. DRAKE. Wm. M. Blackford, Esq.- Thus is another slander nailed to the counter. But what does it avail! The mint of party ha tred is in full activity, and every day witnesses a new coinage. The Enquirer copied the article from the Jeffersonian, not vouching for its truth. It knows now-, at least, that the whole story is fabricated from beginning to end, and that it did great injustice to Gen. Harrison in publishing such a tissue of malignant falschoood. Will it ; repair the injury by copying the above 1 jYotis Verrons. We will not oiler to pay for it as an advertisement, as the Tippecanoe Clua did for ! the insertion of Mr. Poinsett’s Bill. Nor will we I attempt to question the Editor’s tight “ to paddle his own canoe,” ,o use his phrase. We simply I appeal to his love for truth, which wc know to be stronger than his love for money. We appeal to his sense of tight and justice, which we should hojie is stronger than his sense of obligation to do the dirty work of parly, j Reference is made, in the letter of our friend, 1 to the Vincennes Speech, which contains Gen. Harrison’s present opinions on abolition. We republish so much of the speech as relates to this subject, and we ask if any thing in the course of our political literature can be produced more eloquent and effective on this topic? What man, at the North or the Mouth, has gone further than Gen. Harrison, when he declares that the mere discussion of the question in the non-slave holding States is against the spirit of the Consti tution ? Some have expressed their perlect sat isfaction with the sentiments of the Vincennes Speech; but affected to doubt whether they were now entertained by Gen. Harrison. These gen tlemen have no longer any ground of scepticism on that point. The speech is recognized and re issued by Gen. Harrison as containing his opin ions at the present moment, unchanged from what they were in 1835. Not B ad. —A Tennessee paper of u late date says : Conveising with a friend, the other day on the subject of the many political changes which have taken place lately, in favor of the Whig c-use, he observed that “ he would’nt be much surprised if Van Buren were to come out for Harrison, as he always likes to he on the strontr side.” From the Cincinnatti Republican. Gen. Harrison and his Opinions. The Van Buren press, in the recklessness of party spirit, is laboring to create an impression that there are measures of public policy connec ted with the administration of the General Gov ernment, on which General Harrison has never expressed an opinion; and that he is now in ihe keeping of a Committee who will not permit him to open or answer the letters addressed to him on these subjects, lest he should commit hi.nsclf up on them. Both of these charges are gratuitous and un founded. On the following matters, we fearless ly affirm that Gen. Haris-on stands publicly com mitted before the nation; and that there may be no further misrepiesentation on this point, we add our authority for saying so, in each case : 1. Selling the Public Lands in small tracts. — Speech in Congress 1800. 2. Policy towards the Indian tribes.— Corres pondence wiih President Jefferson, and Address to the Indiana Legislature. 3. Organization of the Militia of the United Slates. —Speech in Congress. 4. The Tariff. —Letters to John C. Calhoun. 5. Ban!; of the United States. —Letters to Sheirud Wiliams. Government.— Letters to Sherrod Williams. 7. Distribution of the proceeds of the Public Lands.— Ditto. 8. Distribution of the Surplus Revenue among the servcral States.— Ditto. 9. Power of the Senate to expunge and oblit erate its journals.— Ditto. 10. The Veto power of the Presidet.— D.tto. 11. The expediency of the President of the I United Sta es serving but one term.— Letters to ! Hurmer j Jenny. 12. Control of the Executive over the Nation '■ &1 Treasury.— Ditto. 13. Removals from office.— Ditto. 14. The Doctrines of the Abolitionists.— Vin cennes and Cheviot Speeches. 15. Interference of Federal office holders in elections. — Letters to Harmer Denny. 16. Pensions to Revolutionary soldiers.— Speeches in Congress. I 117. Nullification as held by South Carolina. Cheviot Speech. 18. The duty on Salt.— Speech in Congress, j 19. The Pre-emption Law in favor of settlers j on the Public Lands.— Letter to Church '-11, Edi tor St. Louis Bulletin, 20. The Sub-Treasury Bill.— Speech at Pi qua 4th July, 1837. 21. Power of the Constitution of the L’nitcd Stales.— Chevoit Speech 22. The necessity and justice of the late war against G eat Britain.— Message to Indiana Legislature , Siege of Fort Meigs,' and Battle of the Thames. If there be any other matters of public policy which General Harrison's opinions are not known we will thank the papers devoted to the Admin istration to designate them. The lolly, as well as the falsehood of the charge, that General Harrison is in the keeping of a Committee, who will not suffer him to an swer the letters of inquiry addressed to him, is abundantly established b\ the simple fact, that up on all the political questions now agitating the public mind of this country, his opinions have been openly expressed and widely circulated. General Harrison has no “ Confidential Com mittee,” —he needs none. Overwhelmed with letters from political friends and opponents from all quarters of the U aion, calling for his opinions on the foregoing subjects, or asking for the docu ments containing those opinions. General Har rison. at the suggestion of several of his friends, handed over to a member of the Harrison Cor responding Committee of Hamilton County, a few ot the many letters be was daily receiving, with he request that the Committee would pro cure and lor wand the letters, speeches, and other documents railed fur by but correspondents.— This we affirm to be the sum and substance of General Harrison’s connexion with Ibis Com mittee. notwithstanding the indefinite terms in which some of the replies of that body are couched, and notv. itastanding the calumnies of Senator Grundy, &c. We lake this occasion to say, that Gen. Har rison's mind is now as active, his judgement as sound, and Ins' pen as vigorous us at unq pe riod of lus life. As to bis physical condition, the thousands that so fiequently meet with Gen. HaiHaon, either on his farm or in this city, will j testily for us that bis constitution remains un- j broken, and that he is in the enjoyment of a green old age. And for the truth of our assertion. ■ j which is deliberately made under circumstances J of close and accurate observation, we boldly ap 1 pea! to the hundreds of his friends and fellow- j cil zens, who are in daily intercourse with him, either in the social circle or the transaction of l business. ! V\ e will thank our editorial brethren through oi.t the Lnion, to give currency to this aitic’e in J their rc • papers, and as far as we arc per- son ally known to them, to tell their rea ers whether our statements, in regnul to ‘•Gcncial Harrison and his opinions,” are entitled to cic- t | deuce. From the Baltimore American. Ihe House or Representatives.— The scenes ot turbulence and disorder, exhibited during this session in the House ot Representatives, are n«> less alarming, as indications of a growingspirit us violence than they are disgraceful to the hou->e 1 ilscll. During the evening session on Monuav a resolution was offered by Mr. Smith of Maine, going to escind a rule of the House, which en act* that no rule shall be suspended except ova vote of at least two-thirds of the members present —the object ot Mr. Smith’s resolution being to give to a majority the power of suspending the rules and orders ot the House tor the purpose of going i ilo Committee of the Whole on the stale ot the Union. Befoie this resolution had been read or its purport stated, Mr. Smith moved the previous question upon ts adoption. The debate which followed this strange proceeding was of t ie most exciting kind, in which wore mingled i discussions on points of order, appeals from the C hair, personal vituperation, noise, clamour and universal turhulance. The reporter of the Na tional Intelligencer in the record of proceedings say s: “A scene of confusion and tempestuous uproar followed, to which no parallel can be found even in the annals ot the Ist session of the 26th Con gress. 'I he voice of the Speaker was lost; the spirit of disorder, goading some members, as it seemed, almost to acts of present violence, was observed to pervade the Hall more generally than the reporter, with all his paintul experience, had ever before witnessed. The resolution of Mr. Smith, remarkable as it was and as were the circumstances under which it was pressed upon the House, was adopted without any debate upon the merits of the reso lution, Mr. ProffU, upon a motion to reconsid er the vote just taken, spoke, we fear, prophetical ly as well as true. He declared that the minori ty had no rights left, and that the resolution was entirely unprecedented. He predicted that this resolution would be followed up by another giv ing to the majori.y a right to lake the Sub-Treas- , ury bill out of committee when they pleased, to bring it into the House, and there, by the aid of the previous question, to pass it at once. The Editors of the National Intelligencer say in reference to the report ot Monday evening’s proceedings: “In the madness and fury of party, during | fifty years, we doubt whether any such violations i of the most sacred of the usages of Congress and of Rules established under the positive in' 1 junctions of the Constitution, have ever taken , place as are there recorded.’' Extraordinary or’ Temporary Expenses, This is the excuse of the Feds for their profli gate waste of the money—this their apology fur squandering more public money than any two administralions which have preceded them in time ot peace—and outstripping even the expen ditures during the war. They admit the fact that the aggregate ot their expenditures exceeds all former time—but their permanent expendi tures are small, they say. These, however, ac cording to the official table published yesterday, are nearly double the expenditures of the extra vagant Administration of John Q. Adams. They amount to upwards of 13 millions, while Adams’ were little more than 7 millions. But the excess over the 13 millions, running up to 37 millions, is allowing to the ‘•extraordi nary or temporary expenditures !’ Benton must suppose the people to be the veriest fools on earth to he gulled by such an excuse I These extraordinary or temporary expenditures are the very ones of which they complain. The permanent and necessary expenses for the sup port of Government, they are willing to defray. But these stupendous contingencies, lavished up on favorilies or employed in electioneering, are those which excite and justify the censure of the . public. The country is un ler obligations to Benton for calling upon Woodbury to seprarte theper manent or necessary expenditures from the tem porary or unnecessary, and placing them in jux taposition, that every man may see and under stand them. As will be seen by the Treasury i statement published yesterday, the permanent ■ expenses for the last three years, and the tempo rary or extraordinary, or unnecessary for the same time, are— Permanent Expenses. Temporary nr nnneersary 1837, $13,068,331 93 1837. $37,265,037 15 1838, 13,037,594 43 1838, 39,455 533 35 1839, 13,325,800 03 1839, 37,129,369 80 Subtract the first from the last, and the differ ence will give some idea of the immense amount of public money uselessly or corruptly squander ed.—Richmond Whig. From the New York Courier S,- Enquirer. One Day Later from Liverpool. We have received from Capt. Thornton, of the ship Alexander Grant, arrived yesterday, a Liver pool paper of the Ist ult. As might beexpected, it does not contain a word of political intelligence that has not already reached us by the British Queen. The 1 .test commercial and shipping news we copy. Liverpool, (Friday) April 30. The sales since Friday amount to 17000 bags, of which 4000 are sold to-day. Prices have re ceded ibis week about as much as they advanced the last, and the rnaaket is flat. Arrived, 24 ves sels from theUniled States, one from Maranham, and one from Bombay. \ enr Con fi nr.nt.—By the subjoined article, trorn the Petersburg fiazette.it would seem that President Van Burn hasgreat confidence in se curing the vole of Pennsylvania, which says, will “swallow him without greasing.” We shall see: 1 he American Sentinel (a Van Buren paper) says that much disappointment is fell because the late Loco Foco convention in Philadelphia .ailed to “ ex press the warm regards which are entertain ed towards the character and administration of Gov. Porter;” and intimates that “ possibly the interests of the parly may be jeoparded by so significant a neglect. ’ The editor adds, “we do not profess to be very knowing about the future but we have an opinion that the suffrages of Gov. Porter s fri mds may all be needed to carry the State for Mr. Van Buren. Phis opinion of the Sentinel sounds amazingly like one which, report says. was ex pressed to the President by a near friend of Gov. Porter, a week or two since, which drew from Martin the reply that Pennsylvania would swallow him “without greasing.’’ fnr it again.—Loco Foco'sm waxes des desperate. The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times winds up an editorial article against General Harrison with the following touch of the ir.- | vective ; “ Always a Coward, always a Foe to the People, always as Rapacious as Vkrres, and as INFAMOUS AS ARNOLD. we know not whether most to scorn his imbecility, to bate his principles, or wonder at his impudent effrontery.” The Wilmington, Advertiser, of the 4th inst., says:—“ We wilt remark, for the information of l U!-e interested, that the President of the Wil mington and Weldon Rail Road Co., is now in W ashington. for the purpose of urging the im portance of lighting the Cape Fear River, upon the serious conditions of the Post Master Gen eral. We are happy lo slat* 1 , further, that in a [ conversation with an influential member of the Administration party, who belongs to the House of Representatives, he assured us that he thought it evidently within the power of the Post Office Department, and promised to lend his influence in procuring its action, should it be necessary. New Hampshire.—The annual session of the Legislature of New Hampshire commenced, its session on the 3d inst. A Senator in Con gress is to be elected in the place of Mr. Hubbard whose term of service expires on the 4th of '•larch next. Dr. Duncan on the stand. —Dr. Duncan, a member of Congres, from Hamilton County, Ohio, is the great gun of the Administration par ty in I lie House. Whatever he says, would therefore pass current, among the faithful at least, without challenge. Premising this, we copv from the Slat and Banner, the following paragraph from a speech ot Dr Duncan, published in the Globe, and other Administration papers: “ I profess to be somewhat acquainted with the history of General Harrison’s political mili tary, and pri'-ate htc. lam his neighbor, and live in bis county. As to his private life, I know oj no stum that for a moment sullies him." Selling White Men.— While the Adminis tration prints, with a mendacity which would put to shame the “ Father of Lies” himself, charge Gen. Harrison with voting for a law to sell white men for debt, they entirety forgot to inform their readers that Mr. Van Buren has advised Congress to pass a law, one of the provisions of which will subject the citizens (£jT to be incarcerated in a common jail, for the space of one month, for every five dollars of militia fines which he in ay be unable to pay. —Petersburg Intelligencer. Admirable Rebuke. -The Lowell Adverti ser, in alluding to the late row on the floor of Congress, says, “ It seems to us that we might have our fighting done at a lower rate than eight dollars per diem. b Correspondence of the New York Star. “ I was passing down the Arkansas River I could not bit be amused at an instance of the perfect coolness with which the sturdy back woodsmen are apt to contemplate circumstances which one would think, to say the least, exceeding ly uncomfortable. Two or three men having been dislodged from their cabin by the rapid rising of t tie water, nad succeeded in constructing a raft of loose timber, on which they had embarked with furniture and cooking materials, precluded, how ever, by a thick growth of wood on the. natural bank of the river from access to the main curent of the stream. As we passed, one of them hailed the boat. 'I say, Capting, u thera a rise above” •Yes.’ ‘How rnich:’ ‘Twelvo • , Well, let it rise, ! reckon it wont ‘l**** J One anecdote is very ant tp « * I and t he above, though without mS* at * ot V * be tween them, reminds me of a ™ n . ne < by a friend of mine a few weeks ■ n W,ltle *w Springs in Arkansas, My friends hTI T lhe mg several days at the Springs, confn !!g row quarters by the incessant rains r. t 0r 4r. turally be supposed that he gladly n a . of the first intermission of the element walk out and see something of p,!* Str,le * to '| Having walked about a mile from tl C ° Uiu, J. f j where he lodged, he saw a »mall house‘!S . surrounded by trees as not to be observ K| C ? 1 the opposite direction, he per ce ved a iq* , 1 ■mg six footer, clad in a buckskin hum’ looi! - with a large Bois d'A rc strickinhis h an^*S dently not knowing his proximity ta a 1 any human being, this individual sndd e °r himself up to bis full heigbth, and with U * force of his lungs, produced a sound w v W|lo! « friend declares to have been the best h ■ the braying of a Jack that he evc/heard ** parently pleased with his performance, h the act of drawing himself up for ano'the *** when a stout fellow rushed out oftiic h,, f a rifle in his hand, and in no very i* polished terms objurgated him for horrible noise, which he said had alrnoat PIf 1 * ed his little daughter into fils. The other I gized, on the ground that he was not J ‘ his being so nigh a house. ‘lt makes ence,’ said the owner of the soil, ‘y 01l \, make such a noise here, and if you do It a ■ break every bonde in your body.’ h stranger,’ was the reply, -If you come' to t whipping that’s a game that two can rlav , reckon you ha’nt got much of the 1 me there. Iv’e been wanting to bray all da came clear ont here where I thought j | interfere with nobody. Ji pretty d K country, to he sure, that a man caw I brauP he pleases /” Africa.—The American settlement atU ria has been disturbed by a party of VtV * and many on both sides have been* killed r" is to be regretted although it creates no surp 1 the Colony is a favorite one, and there s ry prospect of its increase, but until it bccoll formidable by numbers, it must be exposed) * tacks from'the natives. —New York Star * Methodists. The increase of the Methodist E| iscopal Ch ’ 1 : during the four years ending in September list J | 515 mini ters and 89,781 church members, j- *’| the accounts had been made up in beptemiwr * | ascertained increase is 14,000, making a toti j “f ! crease ol upwards of one hundred thousands,£ M ; At the General Conference of 1536, the number l ministers belonging to the Methodist Kpisc'J I Church was 2,731, and of members 640.675 h M September, 1839, 3,299 ministers,and 740,4 W * bers. 1 H The gain of this donomi.iation of Christians not merely nor chiefly in a numoiica! view. ■ enlarged philanthropy and intelligence thereV; J marked advance. The strain of preaching hy. ; coming more elevate 1 and instructive, and at | same lime not less fervid. Seminaries of leirr’- ■ a high grade are receiving ample eucouragenas* and are sending forth yearly into the rainistj, i Christian scholars not inferior in talents andattai, ments to their brethren of any other branch of "J church. —Philadelphia Sentinel. ■ Conclusive Argument.—Soon after UeCor ican System of Astronomy began to be gener. understood, an old Connecticut farmer went to: parson with the following injury ;—“Doctor!:, you believe in this new story ihey tell of the esc J moving round the sun “Yes certainly.” vou think it is according to Scripture.’ li it'si.; ! how could Joshua have commanded the sun Ik/ still ?” * Ump*. !” quoth the doctor, no zled, “Joshua commanded the sun to stand still., j he ?” “Yes.” “Well, it stood still, did it not “Yes.” “Very well.—Now did you ever hear ta . he set it a geing again J?” MARR I E D . In Washington city cm the 4th inst. at St. | Church, by the Rev. Dr. Hawley, William'u don, tv»q. Treasurer of the United States, and rj. ilv, daughter of the late Nat aan ill Cii.ipui Hunter, Lsq. of Virginia. Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road. Hamburg, JuneS, ISft i 7 T Dawson; L Dwelle; Cress Turpi?; U Mullory & Co; C J Jenkins; Scranton & Smitb;> Wyatt; W L Roll; W H Hattie:; S Kneeiss ; Gould St Bulkier; Hand & Scrantor; G RJ«e j Stovall, Simmons i>c Co; Clarke, McTier tfo j Snowden & Shear; C B Hitt; Aldrich & Shove: K Galphin; I S Beers; T N Poullaine & Son; B i I k W S Jones; Rathbono & Baker; P Flett; ! Reese & Beal!; T II Plant; Jeffc., k Boulwat Tj* Consignees will please sttend ’ ! ther notice. I COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, April 1 Latest dates from Havre .Affti* 1 I J AUGUSTA MARKET, Cotton —Our Cotton market to-dav has quiet, with rather a downward tendency quantity for sale has been small, and thatsol*! |[l slight decline of j to i cent for prime, oa prices of our last report. We now quote Ordinary to middling, sjto*- | Fair, 8 toS} Good Fair, Sjto^ Prime and choice, — W?J j Groceries. — We have no change to notice. j market is generally well sunp icd with J* i leading artic.es, and prices are as lowaG f ! ranged state of our currency and the eso&z I rates of exchange will allow. Paeon—ls in better demand, and is so.- •ree : from wagons at 9 cents, hog round. | Freights —To Savannah, 50 cents pet j to Charleston, by rail road, 25c per 100 j square, and 35c per 100 lbs. for round bales- Exchange. —On New-York, at sight) H 1 ' | cent, for current funds; Charleston at — 3 -J I cent; Savannah Philadelphi* ( j ct.; Lexington, Ky. 4 a perct.; Richmomi h j cent; specie commands 9 a 10 per cent. P rt Bank Notes. — , Savannah Banks, 2 | | Columbus Insurance B’k 4 44 Commercial Bank, >iacon, 4 , Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 9 “ , Agency Brunswick,” 9 Planters’ and Mechanics’ „ .. _, t i « ii> Bank, Columbus, u Central Bank, 5 a 6 slilledge\i!le Bank, 5 a 6 Ocmulgee Bank, 6 Monroe Rail Road Bank, 7 • /' 66 4< Hawkinsville Bank, Chattahoochie R. 11.& B’k , ol “ ‘ Company, „ * • Darien Bank, ~ {> Bank of Rome, , 50 All other Banks now doing business) a Specie Paving Banks. — Mechanics ranee Bankof Columbus, Commercial an C 3«, and Brunstvick Agency in thiscJt’-