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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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THURSDAY MORNING,! JUNE 11.
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WIL LI A3l HENRY lIJ RRISON,
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Th® inT;:,rilie Hero of Tipjycitoe —the incor
ruptible Sutesrr au —the ;afies..rie Republican—
the patriot Farmer of Ohio.
?oa vicF.-?ae?11> t Jfjr,
JOII X TV E J:| U ,
Os Viremia ; j
A ?tate I *- tie: uM. ar. :f fty.*'.'. of '
cr.e of V.rj.r.iiß noble? t <on». a . : 'e-np: it.'.ally
one of Arner.-.aR most - aga>. i* -*. virtuous »-i
patriotic statesmen.
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m Btitmiw nntoon *n ®icmuhbot,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of f^Beflwrpe.
DUN 3AN L. CLINCH, of Claim ten.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Bj.:.e.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, lo|f Clark.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Harjcock.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Kfefc.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, ot Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
ANDREW MILLER, of C
WILLIAM EZZARD, of D?ltlb.
for congress,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
F.. A. MS BET, of Bibb.
J. C. ALFORD, of Troup.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of ffeCer^Lam.
T. B. KING, of G ynn. 1
LOTT WARREN, of Sa.xpl|e : ;
K. L. GA3IBLE, of Jdfowil
T. F. FOSTER, of MuscozeU ;
J. A. MERIWETHER, ; lr Uam.
“ Roys do yoa hear tliat !*’
A meeting of the Tippecanoe 3or» will tak
plice at the City Hall this evening, at 8 o’clock
Every man is expected to be at fcig post,
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Selling White AfcitL
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It was our intention to bav ■ ,-fore oc
to-day the law upon whi| h this grav
charge is founded, and the eipianji'lons bj Get
Harrison himself which were madh, jnany yea
ago, hut the other claims upon our ? column* La'
excluded it. It will, howeve-.be sufficient at th
time to remark, that the explanation bj Gen. Ha
risen was sufficient to satisfy the venerable ed
lor of the Richmond Enquirer, that the charp
was a slander, and he accordingly expressed sue
an opinum in a letter to ’..is friend Dr. Power
an account of which will ba found; ro the arlic!
wecopy from the Richmond Whilp The othi
facts will be given at an early day. :
Address.
We hare received the add re-= ciS Messrs. A
fjrd. Dawson, Habers-.am, King) Nev.it, an
Warn, to their constituents, arpj in reply ?
the Circular <»f Judge Colquitt, flip an able doct
xa-nt, and cannot fail to carry conviction to th
mind of every man who comes to! the imayi
lion of its truths unp-e idiced, V.'e shall tak
the earliest opportunity to lay it before ou
readers,
Iloa. W, T. Colquitt.;
We Lave received the ‘•Rtpi.|’’bf this zer
feman. to our review of his C real if, with his
request to give it a place in our columns, and as
we desire the Judge shall have ample _ a slice doc
him through our columns, we shall make roon
for hi* “reply" and bike occasion tr. offer our
readers such comments as we deem tit. And we
I•! nrtiw 0 ;,h it that we shai-i triumphantly
fix upon h:m all we have said in ovir review, not
withstanding his “ reply.” The Judge exhibits
ed a correct knowledge of the ino port of ianguag*
by calling his document a reply, it certainly is not
an answer, nor it in the slightest degree re
lieve him from the unenviable position in which
our review placed him. His request, therefore,
to us to publish, was very unuece*sshy, for we
assure him it will af&rd us great;p!i|:asure, now
that he persists in defending his cirtiullr, “ to show
him up” to the people of Georgia.?
Air. Lawson’s Letter.;
The delay in publishing the following letter
of Mr. Lawson, requires a remark from us. 'I he
letter was received just after we had published
the address, accompanied by our review of tho
Circular of Judge Colquitt, and we supposed Mr.
L. did not desire it published, unlt-sa it could ac
company the Circular, we therefore, delayed its
publication until he could be heard from, in an
swer to our letter. And as he desi-ed it publish
ed, we give it a place, and will ony remark, that,
although Mr. Lawson may have regarded our
first notice of Judge Colquitt’s Circular, as
abroad and round assertion, u wc opine he found
something more than assertion in our review o
the “unvarnished tale ” of the Judge. But the
people must judge whelhe” we established our
“assertion” that the Judge “garbled, suppressed
truth, or suggested falsehood,” and by them we
are willing the decision should be rrniide.
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W.vTXF.sßOßoroii, May 19 th, 1840.
Messrs. Editors : —As I have been a sub
scriber to the State Rights Sentinel, from the
commencement of its publication, toyhe present
time, and as I have never before troubled you up
on any subject, you will pardon me I hope, for
intruding myself upon you at this time. In your
number of the 16th insl. I have discovered an ar
ticle, headed Hon. Walter T. Colquitt; in that
piece you say. that Judge Colquitt has declared
Lirnseil. a thorough-going Van Buren man. You
also say that he winds up a good long harangue
of devotion to his principles, Ac., rej iete with the
Slang, copied from the Van Buren press. Now*
gentlemen, will you be **s obliging as to give roar
subscribers. ([ mean those living in this section
of country a: least.) your notions of Slang ; do
you mean the recorded votes of Congress, upon
the reception of Abolition petitions, which Judge
Colquitt has pool, shed to the country, or his opin
ions relative to a United Stiles Bank. Von say,
you know that he has suppressed the truth, by
giving garbled extracts. Ac. Will you. be so
condescending as to give us the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, by publishing the whole of
Judge Colquitt’s Circular. I have it before me,
and I discover, that he has given the proofs, by
which h s assertions are substantiated. But in
your article, we oniv have your brcai. and round
a-s-rti >ns. unattended with any proof whatever:
tor my own part, I do not intend to be so unchari
table, as to accuse you of falsehood, or suppress
ing truth, but, I shall ever feel bound by every
honorable obi; cation, to pi ace the greatest confi
dence in favour of that side, which has proof to
sustain it; and further. I am personally acquam- j
ted with Judge Colquitt, and from what I know
; of his general character, it is the first time I ever !
heard him accused of falsehood. By complying |
with the above request, and publishing this letter,
vou w.Il greatly oblige a number of the citizens I
of this county, together with
Your obedient,
bumble servant.
ALEXANDER J. LAWSON.
Georgia Rail-Road.
We are gratified to learn that the damage
done to the Rail-Road, has been so repaired that
the cars will resume their passage at the regular
hours after Sunday next.
The St. Augustine yews of the 29th uit. says;
There is a rumor in town, and generally credited, i
that the Indians made an attack on one of the
Alachua settlements, on Sunday night last, kill- j
ing thirteen families, and the garrison of six men. \
The attack wos made at night, and is represented
as a complete rurpri se.
Howiaa's Hotel.—The success ofthis estab
lishment is, says the N. V. Courier, fully com
mensurate w.lh the expectation of Messrs. How
ards, as it is amply deserved by the excellent
manner in which the Hotel is kept, and a natur
al result of the many advantages is possesses.
These will be found more amply detailed m our
advertising columns, to which we particularly re- i
quest the attention of our readers.
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For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Me=-:b ; . Editoss: —lt seems that after beir.g
j very hard pressed, ard after allowing sufficient
1 time to elapse to concentrate ali the bitterness of
his nature, ‘ A hem/KTat" has at last consented to
g.ve us the authority upon which he made Lis !
I tell-gryunied assertion*, lint the gentleman i j
. qu.-e ns ur.f j.Mr.ate in t is, a» he has been in his
, first statements, lib c xplanat.on u far from being
satis; ictory, a:. 1 it conies with a very r.a ' gracc.
He has not thought proper to allude to the subject,
until ah -olotely forced to d, so. His first com
munication was entirely upon his own authority—
, not conta n.' z even so much as a hint that ..is in- i
formation was uc >nd hand. No, he knew in that I
shape it might not have the influence it would m 1
the form of a Void assert.or., that implied a per
1
a! knowledge cf what he state!. He, in effect, I
pledged himseif for the truth of what he said, and :
has betrayed an entire unwillingne-s to make any
explanation.
After ail, w .at does his letter amount to ; Mere
ly that he heard -ome gentleman of the Whig party
denounce Mr. Johnston’s as a h trh-toned
federal speech, ' —a er'neral charge fr#m which,
fjrsooth, he L pleased to draw sundry specif'. r.,n
cluiions. Truly, his '“a:>ertions were well-ground
ed ' I And he may well console himself with the
reflection, that if injustice has been dene,‘A Dem-
I ocraV does not plead guilty to the charge of doing
| it.” His mode of arguing puls me in mind of a
man playing ninepins,—he places his men to suit |
himself, knocks them down, and then expresses his !
satisfaction at what a beautiful scattering he has i
* made among them. A man may “write him-'lf an
, as*” but I think there is much more danger es
writing one’s self a knave.
“A respect for himself, an 1 a respect for the
columns of the Constitutionalist,” induce* him to
; retire upon their joint dignity. He seems desirous
not to burden its columns with “personalities ”
j A very friendly regard, that. It has been for a
long lime carrying an oppressive load of such mat
ter, and needs some mode of relief. I think, how
ever, that some regard should have been had to
that, in the first instance. His ill-natured sneer
contained in his play upon ray signature, I consign
to the contempt which it deserves. I excuse it,
for the gentleman seems a irritated. It shows
that he is not destitute of sensibility—that though
capaJAe of doing a wrong, he has feeling enough
left to be ashamed of it. (The .dea is from Junius.)
He quotes from Sir William Draper, byway of
winding up with “one grand flourish ” and like
that gentleman, seems to have mistaken the re
proaches of conscience for the bite of a “riper.” It
may be truly said to bite against a “file ”
I would advise the gentleman to be
cautious of too liberal a use of his “file” it may
chance to come in contact with metal of such a
temperas to destroy its rapping qualities. As he
has given me to understand that this is positively
hi* last, al ow me to bid him a respectful farewell,
hoping that he may derive some benefit from the
few lessons which he has lately had, by adding
something to his prudence. Bob Short, Jr,
June Sth, 1840.
From the Richmond Whig.
“ Selling White Alen for Debt.”
Seethe article in another column touching the
letter of the Editor of the Enquirer, written to
a gentleman in Westmoreland, pronouncing the
charge against General Harrison of having voted
to sell white men for debt, false and unjust. The
letter was not probably designed to come to the
knowledge of the public. We infer this from
two circumstances —one from the inability of the
gentleman to whom it was written, to find it;
and the other and more significant one, the stu
died refusals of the Editor to make the same con
cessions in his paper which he has made in pri
vate. The public mast judge of the candor and
fair dealing of an editor, who, to advance his par
ly and injure an opponent,is willing to profit by a
charge, which he knows to be false, and which, in
a letter to a political friend. speaking his honest
convictions, he has pronounced to be false.
There is a peculiarity about this slander against
General Harrison, which deserves a passing no
tice. There is none which has been more relied
upon by the Demagogues to deceive the people,
an i yet we have never heard of the leaders—one
pretending to he a gentleman—who would in
public p'-ofess to attach the slightest importance to
it. When Whig speaker* have exposed its fal
sity before the people, the Feds have invariably,
so far as our information extends, taken no no
tice of it, or professed a total igno-ancc that such
a charge had ever been made. Some, os in the
rase of Mr, Taylor, the Federal E;.?«nor tor the
Rockbridge District, have had the magnanimity
to progaunce it false.—But this is very rare. In
the meantime, however, the pot-house politicians
have every where, in grogshops and comer, been
unwearied in pressing this ba-e calumnv upon
tae uninformed portion of the people.
Bat it has had its day, and what of it is left
will be pretty will annihilated by.the fact, that the
•‘sink or swim*' Editor of the Enquirer has, in
the Enquirer in a letter to a Federal friend,
con.essed that it was destitute of truth and jus
tice.
From the Richmon-i IVkfg.
To the Public.
The correctness of a statement male in a let
ter to the Editors of the Richmond Whig a short
time since over ihe signature of * Westmore
land. having been called in question in an ad
joining county, a ««?n«e of duty to ravself as well
as to the gentleman a!lu led to in that communi
cation, renders it necessary that I suould state as
briefly as possible the circumstance* which led to
, the conversation, of which a part is g ; ven in that
commanciatioa. It was stated in N’orthcumber
land County, just previ us to the late elections,
that Dr. J. IS*. Powell, of th.s countv. had re
ceived a letter from the Editor of the Enquirer,
in which he (the EJitor) had repud.ated the
cha'ge preferred against Gen. Harrison of Laving
voted to sell white men for debt, and in which he
also remarked that the Administration Fartv
ought not to urge it any further against the Gen
eral. However, in consequence of some unac
countable misapprehension, the Doctor was in
formed, by a young gentleman, that u had been
reported in Northcamberlind that he had received
a letter from Mr. Ritchie tn which he (Mr. R.)
acquitted Gen. Harrison of the charge of Aboli
j tionism.
Now this charge, although less plausible, if
possible than the other, was a tat ente •* humbug’*
which the Administration party were determined
not to give up so peaceably ; and. therefore, the
worthy Doctor, although a most estimable man,
and personally ray friend and associate, is unfor
tunately. a ** patent, democratic, slate-right, op
to-the-hub Loco Foco. ‘dyed in the woo!,’ anJ a*
such, of coarse, felt no disposition to allow the
old General the benefit of his admission. But
unfortunately for his pariy, in his anxiety to ac
quit himself, and his friend Mr. Ritchie of ar.v
such Laudable intention towards Gen Harmon,
he admitted the truth of the statement which
had. in reality, been made in N'onhcumber
lard to wit: “That he had received a Utter
fro n Mr, Ritchie, in which he stated that the
charge of having voted to sell white men for d- bl
sra Munirue” &.c. I was very particular in no
ting the language at the lime, and feel confident
that I have given it vert>aura. in the art.de sign
ed u Wcstaiore and,’ I know I uave given it m
substance. The correspondence hereto annexed
shows that the Doctor used rubsianiiaLy the
same language to the ••'.her gentleman, and, there
fore. that there can be no mistake about it.
Os the actual content* of Mr. Ritchie’s lelte
I could not. nor d.» I pretend to speak, although
very much suspect the language used in it, i
much stronger than the party would like to bea
—my object is simply to prove to the people o
this an 1 the adjoining counties, that “ A genus
man ol the \an Buren party, and a member t
the Van Buren Convention,” did Use, tub*tan
I holly, the language imputed to him in the articl
' signed “Westmoreland.'’ Now I have beard i
' reported that certain ** Simon Fares” had sai>
that they would neither believe me or the D r['j
himself, if he should come out and posiiivth
assert that he h id such a letter, therefore, I hav
thought proper W annex the sur-joincd corre-q an
dence, with the hope that, taken irv conuectioi
with my humbie testimony, and the Doctor’s aa
missions, it might serve to remove their doubu
I hope they will now be satisfied.
I will here remark, that on the 25th instant,
addrc*sed a note to Doctor Powell, requesting
copy of the letter iclerrcd to, but it was unf j-
Innately out of place, and cuuki not be found 6
the time. The Doctor a:>out that lime was evi
dently in a slate of political* 4 mystification," an
replied in a very lengthy letter a!»out matter
and things i« general, and among other thing
says be has such a let'er in his possession, but ba
not seen it frr twelve months. Now, there ar
sundry per* .ns in these [ arts who have been ‘s:
ting on a rail!’ for some time past, and bavin
heard of the very decided etfect whica said letle
had upon the Doctor, would, no doubt, be ver
much obliged to him for a peep into it. Perhap
| it might cause them to jump down on the rigl
side; at any rate, it would relieve the poor fellow
from a very awkward situation. It certain 1
made a very deep impression upon the Doctor'
mind, an ! must have satisfied him thoroughly c
the utter falsity of the charge; for I will do hir
the justice to say that although twelve lon
months hate passed away since his eyes wer
with the sight of th.s precious documen
and the Administration party have been swef
by the board from Maine to Louisiana, yet ha
he been silent upon this subject; and I will d
him the justice to say that I have never heard hit
urge this charge against the old General, c.thf
in public or private controversy—but on thecor
trary. when some of his party had the hardiboo
to use it, just previous to the late elections, an
were endeavoring to impose upon the ignorai
and credulous, that h n denounced it as a mea:
and pitiful device, and one to which, as a genth
man, he would never resort, I must confess the
in those days I had strong hapes of the Doctor
hut, alas! he has become a “kinked’’ politicia
again. “ Ephraim is joined iu his idols,” an
there is no chance of reclaiming him.
It is here proper to remark that I would nc
have the public suppose for an instant, that D
Powell had denied the t-uth of what is containe
in the following correspondence, as its annexatio
hereto might at first sight seem to imply; on tl.
contrary, in the letter to which I have alludec
he admits the truth of what is contained in th
correspondence, which is substantially the san
contained in the article signed “Westmoreland.
But as the Doctor, no doubt with the very be:
intentions, thought proper to read me a homii
up m other political matters, having no connexio
whatever with this question, I have not though :
proper to edify the public with his letter. The
the Doctor has, or had, twelve months ago, sue
a letter, he does not pre end to deny—and thi
he told others, as well as myself, that Mr. Ritch
had acquitted Gen. Harrison of the charge i ■
shamefully* and basely preferred against him,
proved by the subsequent correspondence.
I deem it unnecessary to say any thing furth« *
upon this subject at present, but will wait p t ■
tiently until the Doctor, in his search after truti
shall have brought forth this very desirable an
satisfactory document. Many a gem lies hid i
the very bottom of much useless and unprofitab'
matter—and therefore, for the sake of faciiitat’m
the Doctor’s labors, I would suggest the proprit
ty of his beginning at the very bottom of h
“mass of evidence,” as be may accidentally hav
covered up this pearl of great prize with ll
“conclusive evidence” of Gen. Harrison’s Abol
tionism , Federalism, Bankism, and the thousar.
other isms which he urge* so furiously aga.nst !
the old Hero.
Os une thin?, however, I feel confident, that
shosjirf he be fortunate enough to find the letter
and give it another careful perusal, he will never
use the charge against the old Gen'l, although he
now boldly threatens to write lot* of “commenta
ries," and make "Democratic capital" oat of it
if the rascally Whigs do not keep quiet- 44 Our
army swore terribly in Flanders.” Dear Doctor, *
don’t use this charge, for I tell you as a friend,
that you will be “going to war with a shilling
pamphlet against a hundred ships in commission.*’
as a celebrated statesman once said. The letter,
Doctor ! the letter !
H. CHANDLER.
Westmoreland C. H., May t 2&, 1840.
Dear Sir.—You wi I please say, in reply to
this note, whether or not ycu ever heard Dr. J. N’.
Po.vell say that he had received a letter from Mr.
Ritchie, in which he (Mr. Ritchie) stated that the
charge of having voted to sell white men for d bt
was untrue ; that he was satisfied of its f Isily.
and that the Administration party ought not to
use i: against Gen. Harrison ? An homed ate
answer is requested by.
Your obedient se'vant.
H. CHANDLER.
Col. W. G. Walker.
Westmoreland C. H~, May 26, 18-40.
Dear s*ir—Your note of this date is ju«t recei
* ved. requesting me to say. “ Whether or nut I
ever heard Dr. J. N. Powell s ty. that he had re
ceived a letter from Mr. Ritchie in which A? Mr.
Ritchie stated that the charge of having voted
I to sell whits men for debt was untrue —that he,
Mr. Ritchie, was satisfied of its falsity, and that 1
th** administration party ought not to use it against
General Harrison ?” In reply. I will s ate, that
I did hear Dr. P .well make a statement similar
in substance to the one above referred to. As far
as my recollection serves me. it was in the follow
ing language : "Tnat he. Dr. Poweil, had re
| reived a. letter from Mr, Ritchie, stating that Ac, *
Mr. Kit h e. since seeing Gen rY Harrison’s let
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!ler or explanation of that matter, was satisfied.
ar.J had. abandoned the charge, and thought it
ought not to be used by the Administration party
against him. (Gen. Harrison.)
I Yours, verv respectfully.
W. G. WALKER.
I Dear Sir—ln reply to your note, requesting me
to snv. “Whether or not I ever heard Dr. Jno.
, N- Powell say tuat he had received a letter from '
Mr. Ritchie, in which he, Mr. Ritchie, stated that
the charge against Genera! Harrison of having
voted to sell white men for debt, was untrue,''
&c., I Iteg leave to make the fol!owing«tatement: j
About two months ago. I was at the Post Office. 1
(Rices Store) reading a newspaper, when Dr. |
Powell entered. After some conversation had pas
sed between us. I remarked to the Doctor, that I
j believed Mr. Ritchie had never endorsed the base
and infamous slander above stated. Dr. Powell 1
promptly replied that be bad not; that, with the
view of acertaming w hether the charge was true
or false, be had written to Mr. Ritchie on the sub
ject—that Mr. Ritchie, in reply, informed him that
he i-eiievcd the charge to l>e untrue —that be
should not use it himself, and hoped the parts
WiV-jld ,)Ot.
The t ireg ting is substantial y correct, in everv
particular, and the language ascribed U> tiie Doc
tor. if at all. i- not materially, different from that
w hich he used. I was very particular in noticing
his statement, as there w.i;a young man present
whose mind bad l>een poisoned by the slander,,
and I bo|>ed the ur> qualified response of the ven
erated organ of the \ an Buren party would ef
ectoally apply the desired antidote.
I remain, ve’y resp* ctfuliv.
Your obedient servant.
May 27.1840. KOBT ML’RPHV.
il. Chivuur, Esq.
The war it works.
The papers in Ohio teem with such signs as
the following;
From the Circlet die Herald,
We the undersigned, (heretofore supporters of
Martin Van Buren.) believing that tbe policy
pursued by the present A '.ministration is subver
sive of the beat interests of the farmer, the me
chanic and the laboring min. and beneficial only
to the office-holders, lake th s me'hod of mform
mg our fei!ow-cit tens that we can vote for no
man for President of the L . Slates who will ad
vocate the leading measures proposed by the pre
sent Chief Magistrate, and the party who act with
him—measures, the practical operation of which
m our opinion; brought llu present distress up
on the country; and further, we can support no
man or set of men, who, when embarrassment
and commercial disticss has been brought upon
the people by.the General Government, tell them
that the pe>pie expect too much fom the Gov
ernment —the Government mart take care of it
self. an i the people take care of themselves !
In short, we have resolved to support old Tip,
and let Mr. Van Buren take care of himself.
Wm. Lyon, Wm. McFarland,
John Day, Wm. Wallace,
Ebenezei Tilton, John Shannon,
George Hinkle.
Deer Creek Ip. May 20, 1840.
Coixru.—The first piece of testimony ad- i
duced to disprove the assertions of the Van Bu
ren papers, is an extract from the resignation of
the Van Buren Committee of Vigilance for Union
township, Ohio, published in the Belmont Chron
icle :
We can no longer support a party whose gol
den poiiicy is to make the "rich richer, and the
poor poorer,” and whose professions for the dear
people have been so long and loud, but whose
practice proves to us that they love the “loaves
and fishes” more than the people's rights. For
these and similar reasons we cannot support
Martin Van Buren for the Presidency in the fail
of 1840.
WILLIAM JAMES,
DORSEX FINCH,
JOHN POLLOCK.
MIDDLETON HARRISON,
JAMES M’FADDEN,
THOMAS PRUE,
JOHN BOMFANT,
ELI MARLOW,
JAMES MITCHELL,
DAVID ROSEBOROUGH,
WM. BRAMHALL,
DAVID MERCER.
The same number of the Chronicle also con
tains a similar resignation, signed by six members
of the Van Buren Committee of Vigilance for the
town of Colerain, Ohio.
Next follows the renunciation of forty-seven
Germans in a small town in Ohio,
Messrs. Thomas and Roman, of the Illinois,
and Mr. Andrew Pa’mer, of the Michigan legis
lature, all leading Loco Focos. have boldly come
out and renounced allegiance" to the magician and
his necromancy. Mr. P. concludes his letter to
his late constituen ts as follows :
44 My only desire, most fervent and daily aspi
tionra to my maker, is to see this*great Govern
ment of this hitherto prosperous and happy peo
ple. WRESTED FROM THE HaNDS OF
THE SPOILSMEN. RRSCUED FROM THE
GRASP OF THOSE VANDALS WHO
HAVE LAID THE AXE AT THE ROOT
OF THE SACRED TREE OF LIBETY
and to see it committed to the guidance of others,
CAPABLE. MOKE HONEST, MORE DE
VOTED TO THEIR COUNTRY’ S GOOD.”
The foolishest argument in the world is a bet,
and tbe man who makes it exposes himself to
the imputation that he has none better to offer.
Tar. HrauTi or Ntw York- -According
to ibeJfew York ."sn, t.*er<* are abont 135 mile*
ofpaved (itreet* in that city. a i ho'-i** 4 *.
The total expenses incurred ' 7 :.he r-.tr, d irir ;?
the three years corr.rr,«unr wr « ! 836. and eod
’ in? with I %.*B f for cleaning the at re' tv. was |255.-
501 75—makin? an avenge cmt of jll - .033 52
—that is, after deducting :r.a amour.', r a red • 7
the city from the sale of manure which has, da
ring the three years specified, averaged <45 55*2
S 6 per year. From these Jala it appears that it
j costs the city, for sweeping eacr, :r. le of street,
fB7 8 77 per yes', which is about 50 cents for
each raid. and f j.' e\z . fvot 7* cents ner rear.
The Morning .Star of Houston. :a Texas, oc
casionally has a clever article, a la Box. Here
lis one. It cisciosev a new phrase of toe times in
Texas:
Tiring 135 Wiors Box.—A gentleman,at
the late ball in town, undertook to do the air.-i
thing to a certain lady, wao, by some m state
had been otnated in the making up of the
company. He took much pains to select of tne
delicacies there a choice specimen, and care!uS!y
folding it in satin paper to lay it away. A wag
seeing the movement, sol stituted another p arcel
similar in appearance, in its place. In doe time
the p-es-ervetl delicacy was ban led by the careful
ga.lant to the young lady in question, on opening
the package, what should a pipe a;. but snipe's lers.
chickens bones and chees ! There was a pretty
fix for our young gallant friend—he left early, and
has not been seen in that quarter from that d y
to this.
Rome and JrarsaLE*.—Uj*on looking over
t “Euslice's Ulassical Tour through Italy.” we
were struck with the be.iu - y us the following pis
sage. which we transcribe fur „he gratis ration of
our readers;
•Tn the whole universe there are only two cit
ies interesting alike to every member of the great
Christian Cummin wealth, to every citizen of the
♦ civilised world, whatever may be Los tribe or na
tion—Rome and Jerusalem. The former calls up
every classic recollection, the latter wakens every
sentiment of devotion ; the one ’>efore our
eye< all the splendor of the present world, to come.
By a singular dispensation of Providence, the
names and influence of these illustr., ; us capitals
are combined in the same grand dispensation, and
as Jerusalem was ordained to receive, Rome was
j ordained to propagate‘•the light which Ka is to
Heaven.'' The Cross which Jerusalem erected
1 on Mount Calvary, Rome fixed on the diadem of
Lmp-e.ors. and the prophetic songs of Zion have
resounded from the seven hilis to he eitremelics
of the earth I”
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Establishment of a Bank i.v Esipt.—
1 The XewYork American gives the following
notice of a Bank which has been recently estab-
I fished in Egypt.
Sir Moses Monteflore, ex-sheriff of London,
has retimed from Egypt. after establishing a
bank with arapi-alof one million of dollars and
i obtaining from the Government and ruler* of
Egypt their consent and privi egrjto rebuild! the
Jbvnig .gut an;l .8choo! at Jeru-ulem, towards
which he contributed twenty-five thousand do
, lars and ten thousand dollars for rapport of the
Srh.K)!. Ills stay at Jerusalem was or.'v tor a
Ife w ( davs on account oEtbe plague. Sir.Mu»es has
an uncle in th* United Stales, the author of the
Commercial Dictionary. C Pi •.a
rial Precedents. and other works of utility on Law
1 and Commerce,”
j
Patino fun WdisTLisc.—A Xewark. X*.
j J* paper states that the expanse of bringing the
I Eiorula bfoodhounds from Cuba, was >506 &3.
TLe Bichnwd Whig of Thursday says—
Me have tearful forebodings of the damage
done in the Country by the recent heavy rains,
jsnrfsrrw arounJ our Ciiy have swoien ta rivers,
and we learn from the neighbouring farms that
great damage has been done by washing as well
|as by the had, which we learn has been large in
some sections.
The old Sugar House io Liberty street is in
the progress of demolition, being the last relic of
a prison u-cd by the British dur.ng the revolu
tionary war. There are some who yet live to
leli the tale of horrors and suffering of those gal
j lant spirits in that Provost, who took up arms
for American liberty. We should remember the
men. their sufferings, and the cause.— X YStar.
OBIT C ARY.
Departed this life on the 23d uIL in the 27th
year of her age, Mrs. Maigaiet J. Bassett,
cor.tart of Col. Nathan C. Barnett. Mrs. Barnett
was the only daughter of Mr. Josiah Morton, of
Clarke county,Ga. Her father died when she was
but ten days o;J, having her in her raising and
education to her mother and brothers, who u-ed ad
the means in t ie r power ; and having an y re
i.gLus education she u>ed the means of era e, and
at the age of ten years obtained religion. On the
2Slh
and in the fall of 1?36 she united herscif to the
Methodist fcipiscopal Church, of which she lived
and died an acceptai ie member ; and although from
her timidity never made a loud profession, yet Hie
uniform consistency of her life, and the assurances
of her last days, afford much comfort to her bereft
friends —they “sorrow not as those who have no
hope/’
As a daughter, she was dutiful—as a «ister, lov
ing and much be.oved —as a wife, prudent and kind,
in whose advice her beloved husband always sou: d
safety ; —as a mother, she was devoted —as a mis
tress, feeiing ami in ;u gcnt —as a friend and neigh
bor, her attachment wa> strong; and to the poor,
the needy and aiSiclcd, it was ever her delight to
administer. >he ha* left a disconsolate husband,
one son and two daughters, together with many
dear relatives, to lament their seeming untimely
loss. In the community a vacuum has beer form
ed, which will never be filled. Her deration as a
friend had drawn around her a numerous circle of
friends, who now dee; ly sympathise with her be
;caved family, and earnestly lament their own loss.
M'atkinsville, Ga. A Friend.
Consignees per South Carolina Hail Hoad.
Hamburg, June 10, IS4O.
R McDonald; Force, Brothers Sc Co; Stovall,
Simmons ic Co; T Doonan; Reese ic Beall; Jeffers
fe Boulware; G Parrott; J W Stokes; J F Benson.
MAKIM’ IVf'KI.I.Ki K\CK.
Charleston, June 10.
Arrived yesterday —ship Ocean us. Bourne, New
York; ship Mary Fiancis, Sherman, do; C L brig
Dimon. Mathews, do; schr South Carolina, Good
win. do; schr St Denis, Post, New Orleans; schr
Ajax, Wheeler, St Jago.
At Quarantine —brig Globe, Miller; and schr
Rowcna, from Boston.
In the Offing —ship Washington, Thurbcr, fiom
Philadelphia; and a bark.
„ G3 3 During my absence in the interior of the
State, Force, Brothers & Co. are mv dulv author
ed attorneys. ENOCH W. SPOFFORD.
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THE READING ROOM
Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and
strangers introduced by them, every day and eve
ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock.
Subscription $5 ; for a firm of two or more $lO.
<^j > Lr. GARDNER , formerly resident surgeon
n the New York Hospital, and physician at Belle
rue Hospital, New York, tenders to the public his
professional services.
Office in Washington street, between Broad r.nd
Ellis streets. Residence, United Elates Hotel,
ap 2
MM []\ir [ \ !
feitref date* fnrrn Liverpool.. ~~
ledttt dzte* I Litre ”'* a 9 )(
i * A P r d
AtGUS T A MAftlv h. f # -
Cot ten.— f xr market ytoterday Wa3
ported, buyen showing a disposition t 0 p
The ate Lirerp ol accounts ter 1
t- - t*4..er Lnjfita.'
.ia*e caaseti a setter feei.ng, a.id --- e ,. ’ ori
sustained at the rates current :n ou- ■ . w * : l
-v rey *t n
Osr stark o« sale is ihrht. We ~0 :e ‘
Ordinary lo rr..<Mliog. =.
hair. . -
r- J - 55 by
Good rair, 7 I
, . to si I
Prime an i choice, __ _ •;
Groceries. — We have no char - '*
notice t- 1
market l? general.y we snop icl t
leading artier?, and prices are as -•* , I
range: state 01 our currency and --- .. ' S
rates of exchange will allow, ,
Biron —Is m better demand. 3-1
7 14 suij t. H , a
from wagons at 0 cents,ho? round. ‘v i
Fre r.ti —To Savanna • do m*-
3 ' ter v,t I
to Charie«tow, by rail roai, 23c per ;■» I
and 35c per IOC lbs. for round I
Exchange. —-On New-York, at ;; j,,
■_ - I
i a-i I
r t* 7 Dexingbon, Kj. 4a 4 : per cl ; R IC
cec'; spec.e eommaads 5 a 10 per C e-L '
w. , I
Bine .% ,fe-.
Savannah Banks 2 ra
* * ccat p;», s
Colombas lm.aQct Blc 4 - « , 1
Cornm.ercial Ear.k, Macon, i « u
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 5 u „ f
Agency Brunswick “ 3 u «
Pianters’ and Mechanics*
Bank, Columbus, u « gi
Central Bank, 5a6 « « I
Milledgesille Bank, r, ig «
Ocmulgee Bank, g - «
Monroe Rail R.oab Bank, 7 « «
I llawkinsvißc Bank, o « «
Chattahoochie R. R.d: BTc
QwrpajJr, fl ' « .
Darien Bank, 2-j « u
Bank of Rome, 50
All other Banks now d lag . usine«■= 4t -..,
•• ■ 1
ranee Bank of Colamb is. Coxmerc.n I
cor., and Brunswick Agency in this c - r S
- -
r - «•—The sa-e« fora :ew Say* pasnavebn.l
rather more extu vc ; the ma.ket u :., e »- , |
however, is without animation, and a ksh ny*' I
ces I: wer .ate? have ecn accee el to. The
embrace 17 tags Bnxz. a: >i s h !
old Government Java. 13 a 13s ; Cuba, 10- ICO 1
Laguayra. 10J ; l r v Maraca: io ; ;
can, 16 cents, all 4 mos.
'‘ .
rr.ani has continues to 2 fair evert, at tU price*
cunent in the early prrt of the week. The
embrace 2100 ba.es L'plaod Florida, at 191 I
- • . . - ;
leans 6j a 11, wun 5 jme fine at a ex., tie-tz uu I
forming a total for ths? week of fu.iy .>:*,» tales, I
* er Uni
accounts from Liverpool to the lot Maj \zem\t 1
i ;.e prospect 1 r the approaching r ave-: atu- j
continued extremely favorable, the market far ten 1
V. beat and Four was exceedingly c.. .an: ska I
were tending down ward. Cn the loth. Fkh; T \
paid, was not sakab eateve 55s the raii.e in «*. j
was unccrt-iin, j a. ly 2is a 25*. per .:u la
above advice? have ; .ad little or no efiectijee,
not having been oer.craily disseminated pirnsait
the close of business yesterday. The 1 carers
:ie >ta 7 c oi the wcatneron Wednesday anc’Drew
day having prevented traa«acticn? *;n Westei
Flour lo any extent, there wa* an :n rei?e: »:is
ry yesterday, principally for the Eai-.-ns seaau.
an ‘ t ■“ pr.ces show an advar. ? of « 13- ce.r*
prii. ipa'iy cn -.Bio and Michigan, to which ie
scriptioos the derr-aud was mostly connned.Ct";; j
to good bran:- Genesee may e luoted $4.8*9 aG,
7' . -
; is no Ohio via New-Or’c-ans in market. Sottlmj
remains without change; Georgetown and Bor-j
ard street in 1 rts are steady at $0 ; and ter i:.> ;
merits, probably to the West Indies : SDi ::o. d\
th<* alter were taken at the same ra’e.
Molasses — The market fur a few davj par. ias
continued very inactive.and no sales of ixporat-a
have come to our knowledge. B_\ auction jest:-
ay, 15 hois New Urieacs sold at 237a24eesa
j9O days; and 7c do Porto Rico,2fs a2?♦ cash.
Md* —Frcta a recent imports:, r of Pebei»
cin Bran y, we understand sales cf 60 ..iif
have been x.ade freer the vessel, at $5,3i. adetn
, of 5 cents; Gin and Rum remain fu i at ferae
rates; of the latter 40 hhds Croix s d atKi
9u cents. Domestic Whiskey is dull, and prxts
of bbls have further declined; 5*.0
State Prison changed hands at _2 a 23j cen*_«.
Sugar —The demand f. r Muscovado ccrtnas
< inactive; prices, however, continue without isj
change. < f New Orleans, rs which tne siffi
was entirely : aic, about 2to i.nds have tees*-
ceived, which are cot yet landed. We notice a*
of 250 hhds Puito Rico aid a 7s cents-. 23 StCvd
bD, 130 box-.s ; mwn Havana,7; 25 white is- if
and 1- bags white Brazil, b cents,all on fix -•-*
lime.
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Ler. J. J. WILSON has removed for D
Summer to the i.ouse of James Gardner. Lsg-.l*
door below the Academy. jonet
•p~}~ Dr. iVyf. FLINT, member of the Massa
chusetts Medical Society, would inform .s fn-esa
that he has removed his place of residence to &
i-oardlng-bonse oi Mrs. Camlieli, at the cotter:<
Ja-rkson and Broad streets, where he n ay be fossi
at ail hours during the summer sea.-a. Hns pro
j fessionul seivicts are respectfully tendered m" 4
citizens of Augusta. * if—jane®
DR. MON HUE, Surgeon Dentist.
Ctf.ee cn Washington street, rear Ellis, re; - .*' sß
at the hou -c iate y occupied Lj Nlrs. fa»iA
apri! 20
nr THE FARMERS' REGISTER, a mostly
publication, devoted to the improvement of O
practice, and support of the interc-t, of Aftif-'
ure; published at Richmond, Va , at $5
Edmund Ruffin, editor and proprietor. JjJ!_
W. G NIMMO t General (. m TISSIOD I
chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door toU
I Coustitutiocalist. no*j^
■Zj* Dr. IF. S. JONES tenders h.s
sci i ices to the citizens of Augusta and its
He may be found at bis office. No. 214 Broach
orat ms residence. United St ites Hotel. _*PjpU
J3* NOTICE. —The Kail Road Passenger Trt*
between Cr.aricston and Hamburg, will lf jT£
i follows:
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before “ *•
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’ - s ‘ - 10 0
“ “ Brancbville, “ - 11 00
* “ Blackvilie, - “ - 100 r- M
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 5. »■
** ** Aiken
“ “ Blackvilie, “ - • 91^
“ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Bmnchvill “ - - 11 ’0
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 1143 s.
“ “ Summerville,“ - -1 lo p - *'
Arrive at Charleston not before -
Distance —136milcs. Fare Tlirou-'l'-—7
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. 10 rfrr 1 ,-,b
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner.
longcrthau 5 minutes for wo * and watera*- • ]
station.
To stop for passengers, when a rcOte .. -
| hoisted, at either of the above stations; a^ s b?p
Sineaths. Woodstock, Inabinel’s, 41 mile _ A .'
i Rives’, Grahams, \V dies ton, Windsor, Jobr.; ■
j and Marsh’s T. O. , . jjji
Passengers uo will breakfast at Wooc-h* 1
i dine at Blackvilie; aou'H. wffi ureasiast
lan d dine at Charles toe. 3lS > (