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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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WILLIAM HESRY HARR LS©N,
Os Ohio;
Ti» iarioci\le Hero of T.:oenr.- : ~e —the ioeor
f»ptt < Stait-rs s_: —tie .nflexir. 1*;. R<epsz~*zvi —
let paLTflt fi.-rr.er of C:.:.
roa Tia-nuisirii,
JOHN TYLERI,
Qf Virginia.;
A State Rights Republicss cf tae •;?::*?<*; cf ’>s—
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one of America’* toast ngiriwii,, vptaows Mi
patriotic fta.:e«nxs. . -
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GECKS£ R Gll ME, .: 0-r. epuorpe,
DENJAN L. CLINCH, of
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of 8c: j.
CHAKLEt DOUGHERTY :: f]«k.
JOEL CRAWFORD, cf Hu -:c.
SEAT OX GKA.VTL AND, of tkiliwm.
CHRISTOPHER £ STRONG, ei £.:■:•
JOHN W CAMPBELL, cf TTiljwqpi
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of'Tijrugp,
ivunr miller -.: c*e <
WILLIAM EZZARD, of De£ajb.
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E. A. NISBET, cf B.bb.
J. C. ALFORD, of Troop.
R. W. HABERSHAM, or H&br-rthaa.
T. B. UK, of &jn.
LOTT WAR REV, of sos m.. j
WL L. GAMBLE, of Jefferwcu \
T. F. FOSTER, of Mmtagte !
J. A. MERIWETHER, of hlpt
A Bail for \ an Boren !t|cn.
We ore xteiad to *ay, that there are Its
taowaobd it. ars ttwis usjs c:-.j. wijilcsi We bo'der
• i :*■ rv.'; *: :•?: .:-:i toe rre;.;ecw. L ecii n
Any geiir in who :« aetiroo? v- r-e: that W.. jul,
Henry Harr itc w— toot _-e e*orte*d **r-r«jdcet cf
rbe United State* a: tie ert*c.jti e ecG&c, can be
innuwiitß in aj aowt to sail cne
up cc- two tao-iici del or* cai.ws at
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“Selims White Men for: Debt. r ’
la tins day’s paper, will be found tile refutation
cf Aii efaarye General Hai|n»|<n, to which
we write the attention of our rr«d>f'm. It w a
: -.:.z : ipecii ' : —* r.oae wno
hare devoted ?ae beat port run of p«u.» hie. the.r
early manhood, and matorer jean, u| the service
of their country.as well as to all rtlv-th cr men, to
witne»» the cal imnies which a - ; . jpon one
of the pure»t men of tf.e present a!;«,J —that man
wbo ha* devoted bis time and serv < ej> to the best
interests of bis country for near hi (\ century,
and has served the people in man}; offices of the
hrst magThtuce in the mofi atcebU-aie manner.
Why is this, is it true that the wh>; : people are
ungTitefi 1 No. they are not aagra(ef jl.—The
true answer is to be found in the; fahi, that tb e
friends of General Harrison have tlijught fit to
place him in oppositicn to the Ctuefof “the
spoils-men” for the first office ini tfcje gift of the
people. Hence, it is that these ca monies are re
peated by tbonsands of persons, who |iot only be
lieve them untrue, but who know .b<fm to be un
founded and fase. Bit :n the hope, that by im
posing upon lha honest and unsuspe<|t.ng portion
of the people, they may succeed id ifraying ibeir
prejudice against General Harrison, tind securing
the support of such for Mr. Van Bumi, they are
driven to the uttering and publishing the gross
est calumnies. We repeat, we ask t|l« people to
investigate this matter, to scrutinise |l cloiidy. do
not suffer yourselves to be deceived h;j men whose
very livelihood depends upen the deiception they
may be able to upon you. jsoffer jour
selves not to be deceived and dup< ■ $ ::y the bare
assertions of such men, and the garbled extracts
from those documents. When the if present you
with their proof to sustain the charts, ask them
to give you tbe whole section, in oi |Ur that you
may form a correct judgment upon |bc matter in
and should they fad to lay ij before you,
lake it for granted, that there is soirjething kep
back, which, in all probability, wou. J .hrow some
light upon the question. }
In addition to these document*;, We shall ere
long publish the speech of Mr. Maupn, of Ohio,
made during tbe present session ofC|/ngrcss, with
which we shall content ourself, anil Have the mat
ter to the deciaion of the people, pijriectly confi
dent that every man who will Lrr|ectigale the
matter, cannot come to any oihet conclusion
than that the charge is a gross caluriny, and has
been got up for political effect, by receiving the
honest unsuspecting portion of the teople.
Public Money, j
Tbo people have heard much a «i>ut the appli
cation by the administration par ty !cf the public
money, the people’s money to electiiieeriog pur
poses. We have long been satisfie|l of tbe truth
of this charge, but we did not suppose that the
Senate of the United States coulci sprop from its
high and dignified station to be gui-Uy of appro
priating by a resolution, the public rjunay to such
purposes. We are aware, that m ufy like ourself
will be unwilling to believe such aithing of that
body which has been so distinguiUrijed in the past
history of this country, yet it is r evj theless true.
What are the facts. They are ijimply these :
At the beginning of the present mission of Con
gress, Mr. Van Buren recummendcfi to the favor
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a» e a&m6er*U9* oi Congress taa project oi *-W
SecrrUrs- of War, for as arrr j of 200.0C*0 axo-
Thi* project w»* in doe Ease laid before Coa
r-ewaud referroi in the Senate to the M.gutt
CosusiUte, who reported iknesa on the Sth
m-r,—of which report Mr- Roane to
print tij TSoriiVß cop»es. and Mr Norvau
tvivtt TSur»as». and a iter torae at
lie request of Mi. PatsTCV, the motion to pint
deSemd catii Wednesday, the lOik msu
Mr. Presaoo cow moved that the ureal num
ber e pies of Mr. Pc.nselt'f pr jeet as to the rai
. ria be printed for the us? and information of tbe
•Se-cate. that it rc gh; be on the title w ,en the
•object should coose up oo Wfdaodij
Mr. Csy of Alabama, mover tbe printing at
the same uasc of the seme comber oi General
Harrisoo's three reports for the use of the Senate.
Tpoo tuese propositioas a dehite a-o&e. and
the Senate finally adopted both nooucus. sc* tuey
Rive agree! by a reaUatioo of their tody to p.-tet
f>r the use of tbe p-eseut Cor.t'tii. three report*
ui-e by Gene~a: Harrlsc'U. while CtsL_rr.atJ o:
the Mi.uarj Committee nirj years ago. V ill
tbe people, we ask. submit to tt.s sycauier.: z of
the public mouer . j a recaies* rusjoraj .u tbe
Senate for such purposes 1 It ain our c-ptruon
the most h uh Lanced outrage cj-oo the rights of
tbe p-eopie that oocv has been geihy of, since
tue ucgra:_ig act of ext-ur.gng its records. Is
it at all astonishing that the Treasury is empty,
when each a scene as this is op»eu;y enacted m
the Senate Cha~-h«r. an: for tbe ciearij -mpuec
of elorti-ouee-ing I Let the people in
vestigate this matter —let I hem asi themselves
vruat relation tie retort of General Harrison
las to the project of .Mr Van Burea and lit
Secretary, that they should be pub..sued and
pa id for cut of the public treesurj. auc te.i these
apous-men they will not submit to sock outrages.
Tie New York Express cf tbe 4tb iusisars: i
•-Tie recipta at our Custom-ho-se, for the
mouth of May, were in amount but one fsunk
of tc\aJ they inert in the roonih
of 1533 Tne w-be rect.pu here s nee January
are lau than at tlrd of thsee ts a einulcr period
last year.* 1
Central Tippecanoe Club of Richmond
Coaatf.
Jrsx 11, 15-40.
purtuart tn to tire gtv«i by tie Cna-rmix., a
saeetmg of tc-a AasociatK.a »u held at the C.tr
Hat, thus eveaiog, tbe Pres lie cl, Thomas Dawson*
taking the chaa, aai appointing Andrew G. Bull
Seeretary pro tear..
Tbe rnoeung being then ergarired, oo a tali ;
from tbe Caa.:, Janes W. Jones, in a few words, I
addressed me meeting ai one of xbe delegate* to
t~e Slate Rights Cocvenuoa, and »-taailied to
tr.e Aivx.ia.t-un tie result of lotir procet>:.ng*.
W&m Andrew J, Mirier, Esq. offered the foS
it»: Z Resoilitiofcl:
ReuAtod, Tnal Use Club approve of the Domini
ti->n made by the late Convention at Muiedgertlle,
and wiii zeafo.iij co-operate with tae fiicsds of
Reiona m toeu efforts to secure tbe election of
tbe Candidates selected.
Routed. That a« a mean* of securing tr.aa
pisant success in lae great cause .n which we are
engaged, the candidates nominated by Use Conven
tion, he reqoe-ted to canvas* tbe State, and ad
dress the ;e:3le, upon the important is*oe mvo.vcd *
in tbe present Pie* *.iectiai couteil
Mr Mi; er so lowed them in his usual liesd, for
c.:.e and energetk martner, advocating the adop
t.on of the same —which resoiuUons were unani
mously adopted.
Will.am T. GouiL, Esq. addressed tbe meetmz,
stst.QZ that Jo*jge Cnarirs Dougherty, one of tbe
nvmmated Electors, was present, and moved t'*at
be jberuid then commence the war, giving the corn
el i city an earnest that be was ready to buckle on
his armor, and do battc in defence of tbe mstilu
-1 tions of our common country Upon which Judge
, D jugherty aro«e, and in a speech of great force and
power, exposed the abuses of the General Govern
ment, —drawing a parallel between the two candi
dates now before tbe people, for the highest gift in
Teir power to be«tow, —bnngine against the pres
ent incumbent a mass of objections that must have
carried conviction to the hearts of a t within bear
ing, that t .e Magician is not tbe man to whom we,
as Southern men, nor even Northern men, should
cast our suffrages. The JuLge closed amid general
. acclamation.
Dr. F. M. Robertson then remarked that A. H.
Stephens, Esq., of Crawfordvilie, was at tbe meet
■ ing, who being loudly and cheeringly called for,
addressed the meeting w tb eloquence and effect,
portraying in the most vivid colors tbe state that
our once happy country was reduced to, from the
acts of the preseut office holders, and showing coo
; clusively that they were not tbe true Ilepubkrans
j of the present day, but that with Harrison and
Tyler for a rallying point, our institutions would
again flourish in their pristine strength and purify. !
On motion of Dr. F, M. Rouertsoa, tbe associa
tion then adjourned, subject to the call of the
Chairman.
THOMAS DAWSON, Chairman.
Andrew G. Evll. Secretary pro tern.
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From the Louisana Advertiser.
The Loco Foco Looking Glass.
In order that the locofoco’s may have a better
, insight into the acts and opinions of Martin Van
Boren, we have compiled from various sources
the following mirror, so that in one glance, they
may see reflected the character of the man they
1 support for the Presidency. Tbe newspapers for
a length of time, have teemed with notices of
I the life and opinions of General Harrison, and
we think it is butfair, that the “life and opinions,”
of Martin Van Burea should receive a notice.
Mr. Van Buren opposed strenuuosly, the last
war, and endeavored to defeat Mr. Madison’s elec
tion on the ground.
He has never made a sacrifice to bis country,
although he has had frequent opportunities—
when his country was at war, he was found at
his residence.
He voted while senator in the senate of New
York, to instruct Kufus King, than a senator in
Congress from that state to vote against the ad
mission of Missouri as a slave holding state.
He voted in New York Convention for giving
negroes tbe right of suffrage, and for placing
them on an equality with the white men
He advocated in the same Convention, the aris
tocratic measure of preventing all persons from
voting for members of the legislature who were
not worth at least $250 —thus depriving the poor
j man of the privilege of voting.
“He sought, while MioUler to England, to
propitiate the favor of the British Administration,
by disgracefully proclaiming the party divisions
existing in his ow;i country, and, that too, at the
expense and discredit of a large portion of his
own countrymen. — N® official dignitary of this ,
or ary ociier c*>aat’y wimc a:-r»:. ever beiore
u bimw " A'ttu
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He voted ! r the resir. cUon c: s.avery n F:x
->o* ; tod if foe qu-s'_i:-n cam-e up. before » ix<Jy
b* bad t rwoe in, for ber aims*2i«i into t--e
' onw, ke woeld tot naive ber as a slave state.
We bare bos i.raef act*. as evidence en ti.*:
poiat*
“He is foe author tod advocate of he proscxip
tnt poiiry, and of so« vile doctrine that to the
-victors tve.oag toe «>xls." —Ciarfetba .Ver
cwy.
“He was the advocate tad supporter of that
illeg*l. end usurping measure. foe re
moraJ of ike public depos.:cs from tbe United
Su'^sßatt.~ —Ckiriertsn Mercu
He actr/oa .edged himself t slave. by pro
cfoitr,’s: it to be r s nr e*xM.-a to trrrt under s-ca
a Blister as As but Jack. sat.
He .« foe advocate trfo supporter of a system of
nationa! ext-avagance, swelling the annual J:i-
Uirsefneci of ine government, in the as eleven
year* from thirteen miHtaos to foe coorovo'n* sum
of thirty seven millions of 00 lars !
He opposed. an enquiry id to foe frauds trd
corruption in:*s to exist to an alarming extent,
ia foe public .and offices.
He never o'g..>aied or carried through a mea
sure ia a kgis! ature worthy of an eminent states
man.
He has been pa; I out of foe puhhc cnb about
one hand red and forty thousand dollars. and ex-
Lit-.tec ht* fondness sot-a n>:L bv pu'cnas.ug with
part of this money, tec thousand therp.
He :u retained men a office and still does
it) when he knew they were defaulters but, be
e-use ’her were **pii.ar» of democracy" and rus
ts, ned foe temple, be would not remove them lest
the temp It should fcIL
He has re.noveu otner* from office, because
they safe-red with him in opinion; notwifostan
dtr-z they were honest, and had aiwavs served
the country faithful y.
He nas declared teal “tbe people expect too
much from foe government ; T ' and he ha« declar
ed that odious measure, foe rab-treasurr bill,
»f,: .i be passed • n spite of the ia.nenuu >r.s of t
foe people.”
He has ssktd i*crmtsaaon -to keep among us in
ume of peace.” a standing army of 200.(«f>u men;
no doubt forking, mat foe pa~*e and the sword ,
in hi* -and. foe peopie woe*] no longer “expect i
too much from the government.”
He na* declared, tbroaph hi* rascal, that foe
wage* of .at»r must com* down, and has cited
a* an example twenty-seven foreign countries,
where labor ts paid a: tbe ate of shoot from dim I
to twenty dollar* a a-nth.
He now pays the Giooe. in order to create an
eiecuon fund for h ncse.f. two per cent mo- 1 for
wort than other printers have uffered do oit for.
He has hai issueo million* of dollars ofTreaa
ory Note*. notwithstanding. be goes in for an
exclusive specie currency; thereby declaring
-specie for the office holders paper for me peo
pk.”
Let foe people now judge, if such a man is fit
to be President for this enlightened nation.
C canes.
“Selims While 3fea for Debt,”
Extract from the Journal ts the Senzte of Ohio,
Tuesday, January 30, 1&21
The Senate met, pursuant to adjournment.
The Senate then, according to the order of the
day. resolved itself into a committee of the whole
upon - foe bni from me H- use entitled an act for j
foe punishment of certain off*uce», therein
named, ’’ and after some ume spent therein, foe
Speaker, Alien Trimble, resumed the Chair.
Mr. Fahian then moved to strike out foe 18th
section of said b.ll, as follow • :
Be it further enacted That when any per
son snail be imprisoned, either upon execution or
otherwise, for the non-faymeot of a toe or cost, j
or both, it shall be lawful for the sheriff of foe
County to bCLL OUT hUCH PERSJON A.S
A SERVANT, to any pe'soa aith.n iti* bute
who will pay the whole amour -ue. lor foe short
est period of service, of which sale public Do
uce shall be given at east ten days, and upon
ruch sale being effected, tbe sheriff shall give the
purchaser a certificate thereof, and deliver over
the prisoner to him, from which Ume foe relation
of such purchaser and prisoner shall ha that of
MASTER AND SERVANT, until foe time of |
service expires, and for injuries dime by either
remedy shall tie bad in the same manner, as is, ,
or may be provided by law m case of master and
apprentice. But nothing herein contained shall
be construed to prevent persons from being dis
charged from imprisonment according to foe pro
visions of the 27f0 section of the act to which
this is supplementary, if it shall be considered
expedient to grant such a discharge. Provided
that tbe court in pronouncing upon any person,
convicted under ibis act, or the act to which this
is supplementary, may direct each persons to be
detained in prison until foe fine be paid, or tbe (
person or persons otherwise disposed of agreeably
to tbe provisions o) tins act.
And foe yeas and nays were required, those
who voted in the affirmative were. Messrs. Beas
ly. Brown. Fithian, Gass. Jennings, Lucas. Mat
thews, M'Laughlin Heaton, M'Milton, Newcom,
Robb, Russell. Scofield, Shelby, Spenser, Stone,
Swearington, Thomson, and Womeldorf— W.
And those we voted in the negative were Mes
srs. Baldwin, Cole, Foos, Foaler, WM. H.
HARRISON M’Leao, Oswail, Pollock, Kuggie*
Roberts, Wheeler and foe Speaker—l 2.
Now mark how triumphantly foiscaluronly is
pul down by Gen. Harrison btmself, in a plain
and frank statement of bis course. In reply to
the charge first made against him and bis eleven
compeers of the Senate of Ohio, in 1821 be ad
dres.-ed the following letter to foe editor of tbe
Ciocinuati Advertiser;
Sir: In your paper of the 15th icsTant, I ob
served a most violent attack upon eleven sther
members of the late Senate anJ mysell, lor a
tuppoetd vote given at the last session, for a pas
i sage of a law to “sell debtors in certain easts.' 1
\ If such had been our conduct, I acknowledge
that we should not only deserve foe censure
which the writer has bestowed upon us, but the
execration of every honest man in society. An j
act of that kind is not only opposed to tbe prin
ciples of justice and humanity, but wou'd be a
palpable violation of the Constitution of the State,
which every legislator is sworn to support: and
sanctioned by a House of Repretenafoes and
twelve Senators, it would indicate a state of de
pravity, which would fill every patriotic bosom
with tbe most alarming anticipations. But the
fact is, that no such proposition was ever made in
foe Legislature, or ever thought of. The actio
which tbe writer alludes, has no more re elion to
the collection of “debts” than it has to foe dis
! covery of longitude, ft was an act for the “pun
ishment of offences” against the Slate ; and that
part of it w hich has so deeply wounded the feel
ings of your correspondent, was passed by the
House of Representatives and voted for by the
twelve Senators, under the impression that it w as
the most mild and humane mode of dealing with
tbe offenders for whose case it was intended. It
was adopted by the House of Representatives as
a part of the general system of the criminal law,
which was then undergoing a complete revision
and amendment; the necessity of this is evinced
by the following facts; For several years past it
had become apparent that tbe Penitentiary Sys
tem was becoming more and more burdensome
at every session ; a large appropriation was ca.led
for to meet the excess of expenditure above the
receipts of the establishment. In the commence
ment of the session of 1820, the deficit amounted
to near $20,000.
This growing evil required the immediate inter
position of some vigorous legislative measure.
Two were recommended as being likclv to produce
foe effect: nr*i, pacing foe tc.suuition u&dtr set
ter management; an;, secondly, lessen s nr tbe
nemoef of convicts who were sentenced for t-hort
periods, and whose labor was found of course So
be bv« unproductive. In po*>uance of the lit
ter principle, thefts to the amount of SSO or up
vmrjs. were subjected to punishment in the Peo~
I itectiirv. instead of $ .0. which was foe former
minimum «um: th s was essely dcae. But foe
■real difficulty remained u* determine wbml should
j be the punishment of those numerous larcenies
below tbe sum cf SSO. By some, whipping was
! proposed ; bv ©thers. punishment by \-ord Icbvr
\ in foe PountT jails; and by others, it ws* fooegbt
best to make them wo;k on foe highways. To
' all these there appeared insuperable qbjectiocs:
: line arid imprisonment were adopted by the
House of Representatives as the caH altemat-vr:
1- - ts t . " -rs vexatieuafffKenngs
were generally perpetrated by the more worth lea
vagabonds in society, it was ajded thft when
j they con’d not pay foe fut* end cat* which are
! Avavs part of the sentence and tbeir
‘ service* should be sold out to any persgn who
! would p*v their fines and costs for them. This
w z? foe clause that was passed, as hcneae.by a
unanimous vote of the House, and stricken out in
the Senate, in opposition to foe twelve whp have
been denounced. A s.tlle further m übie |n ex
amining the Journals would have shown your
j correspondent that lh;s was considered as a siitisli
tute for whrpp ne. which w as lost only by n sin
gle vofe in foe Senate, and in the House a
small majority, after being vnee passed.
I think. M-. Ed. tor, I have *a;d enough to w
that :h:s obnoxious law wouW not have applied
to—unfortunate debtors of sixty-tror yea*s." but
to infmm*uc offender* who deprecated upon the
property of tneir feilow-ciuxcn* and who. by the
' Consti! jtion of foe Stale, as well as the principle
of existing law*, were subject to inroianlmry ser
vitude. I most confess I Cad no very sanguine
expectation* of a bent fie.a. effect from this mea
sure. as it would apply to convicts who bad obtain
ed the age of maturity ; bat I had supposed that
a woman, or a y oufo. who, convicted of an offence,
remained in jail for foe payment of foe fine and
costs imposed, might with p-ea: advantage be
tran?ferred to the residence of some decent, vir
tuous private family, whose precept sod example
wooid geci.'y lead them back to the paths of
rectitude.
I would appeal to the candor of your corres
pondent to say whether, if there were an individ
ua! confined under foe circumstances I have men
tioned. for whose fate he was interested, he would
not giady see him transferred from the filfov en
closure of a jail, and the st-.i more fiiiby inhabi
tants, to the comfortable mansion of some virtu
ous citaien, who*e admonitions wood check bis
vicious propensities, and whose authority over
him would be no more than is exercised over
thousands of apprentices id our country, and those
-round, servant* which are lob-rated in oar. as we.l
as in rvery other State ia tbe Union’ Far fnm
cdtocatirg ike abom.'uihiepr-.ncpUs attnlm’ed
to me by your I think that *m~
pritonment for debt, under any circumstance* ,
but that where fraud is alleged, ts at war tri'4
the best principles of our constitution, and ought
Is be abolished /
lam, sir,your bamb.e servant,
W*. H. Habbisox.
.Vo-lA Bend, Dee. 21, 1821.
In 1836, foe charge was revived, and whiie
Gen. Hsmsxj was in Virginia foe fofojwtng cor
respondence took place :
Richmond, Sept. 15, 1836.
Ds*« Bia, Vur political opponent* in tbe
State of Maryland have, lor some time, been ac
tively urging against you a new charge, that of
selling white men. which probably had no in- !
considerable effect in the recent elections in that
State, and which is evidently much relied upon
to influence foe approaching election* throughout
the United State?. I enclose you a paper jfoe
Baltimore Republican.) containing tbe charge ia
full, ami 1 beg of you, as an act of justice to y our
self and your fnen i*, to enable me to refute a
charge agamst foe uniform tenor of yoar life,
which, I am well aware, has been replete with
instances of distinguished p hate liberality and
public sacnfice.
Wuh the highest respect, I have foe honor to
be, your fellow-citizen.
Jobx H. Ptßsaam.
Gen. Ws. H. Haksivox.
Richxobb, Sept. 15, 1836.
Deail Si a :—I acknowledge foe receipt of your
favor of this dale. I have before heard of foe
accusation to watch it refers. On my way hith
er, I met yesterday with a young gentleman of
Maryland, who informed roe that a vote of mine
in foe Senate of Ohio had been published, in fa
vor of a law to sell persons imprisoned under a
judgment for cebt for a term of yean, if unable
otherwise to discharge foe execution. I did not.
fur a moment, hesitate to declare that I bad nev
er given any such vote; and that, if a vote of that
description bad been published and ascribed to
me, it was an infamous forgery. Such an act
would have hero repugnant to my feelings, and
in direct conflict with my opinions. puMic sod
private, through the whole course of my life. No ,
su« b proposition was ever submitted to foe Le
gislature of Ohio—none such would, for a mo
ment, have been entertained—nor wou.d anv son
of hers have dared to propose it.
So far from being willing to sell men for debts
which they are unwilling to discharge. I am, and 1
ever have been, opposed to all imprisonment for
debt. Fortunately, I have it in my power to:
show that such has been my establishes opinion,
and that, in a public capacity, I avowed and act- '
ed upon it. Will those who bare preferred the
unfounded and malicious accusation refer to the
journals of foe Senate of tbe United States, 2d
session, I9fo Cong less, page 225 ? It will there
be seen that I was one of the Committee which
reported a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt. 1
When the bd! was before foe Senate. I advocated
its adoption, and, on its passage, voted in iu fa
vor. See Senate Journal, Ist session, 2Ufo Con
gress. page* Id I and 102.
It is not a little remarkable, that if the effort I
am accused of having made, to subject men to
sale for the non-payment of their debts, had been
successlul, I might, from the state of my pecu
niary circumstances at the time, have been the
first cictim. I repeat, the charge is a vile calum
ny. At no period of my life would I have con
vented to subject the poor and unfortunate to
such a degradation ; nor have I omitted to exert
myscif in their behalf against such an attempt to j
oppress them.
It is sought to support the charge bv means of
garbled extracts from the journals of the Senate
of Ohio. The section of the bill which is em
ployed for that purpose had no manner ot refer
ence to foe relation of creditor and debtor, and
cou'd not by possibility subject the debtor to the j
control of his creditor. None know belter than
the authors of the calumny that the alleged sec
tion is utterly at variance with the charge which
it is attempted to found upon it; and that so far
from a proposition to invest a creditor witn power
over the liberty of his debtor, it had respect only
to the mode of disposing of public offenders, who
had been found guilty by a jury of their fellow
citizens of some crime against the laws of their
Stale. That was exclusively the import and de
sign of the section of the bill, upon the motion
to strike out w hich, I voted in the negative. So
you perceive, that in place of voting 10 enlarge
the power of creditors, tbe vote which I gave
concerned alone the treatment of malefactors
convicted of crimes against the public.
It would extend this letter to bh inconvenient
leng-h 110 gc fully into the reasons which led me
at the time to an opinion in favor of the propos
ed treatment of that class of offenders who would
have fallen within its operations, nor is such an
I expose for. The atemmrt was by no a. r apf
I a nc* eiir ia other part* of the cobeltt, In the
"La*e c> I>e aware. there is an set bow ;r. fovre
j in similar word* with t:.« section of the btlS be
fore the Ohio .Senate, wh.o l.*s heeo ns4t of
late the pretext of soda ixit!-ifoos :c»eeii« , e- Law*
with K>aKwLat s-.zj2uzt pr.>Tj«»oci» j -orab T
be found in ciot other us lie 'ti cs* la ; rac
hce the measure wouki Lav* ameliorated : e ooh
oi'.ioo of those who were under concern nation.
As the law stood, they were liable under the
sentence to conn corner,* in the comro&a jail,
where t lenders of raruK* degree-- of prefi .acj
—of different ages. rax »t-j color, were crowded
I together. L rxder such circumstances, it is ob
vious that the --ad must become worse, whilst
leibnnaboo could ha-dly be expected ia respect
to any. The youthful offeo.er. it m gat be
hoped, would be reclaimed under the operation
of the proposed system, but there was great rea
son to fear h;s -till greater con-up* on amid the
contagion of a common race; tacle of rice. Be
- des, tne proposed amendment of the law pre
supposed Uist the delinquent w is in c*Wifioemelt
tor the non-payment of a fine and costs of prose
cation—'the payment of which was a part cf
' the sentence : it seemed, therefore, bortaoe. jo
respect ta the offender, to rel.eve h.m from con
finement which deprived b;m fro m ihie means of
discharging the penalty, and to place h m in a
situaiioc in which he might work out his deliver
ance, even at 2 loss for a time of his personal
liberty.
But I forbear to go farther into the reasons
which led roe, sixteen yea*s ago. as a member of
the Oh.o Senate, to enterta.n a favorable opinion
of an alteration which was proposed in the crimi
nal police of the Jrtate. It is certain that neither
w respect to myself, or those who concurred w.:h
roe. was the opinion at the lime considered as the
result of unfriendly Lias towards the poor or
unfortunate. Nay, the last objection which I
could have anticipated, even from the eager and
reckless desire to assail me. was a charge of un
frieodliness to the humble and poor of me com
munity.
I am. my dear sir, with "rant respect, vour
bumble servant. Wx. H. Hakrisox.
J. H. Pleasants. Esq.
Frcmtke Tailahaatee Floriduui cf the 6r*u
From Florida.
We are happy to say that the gallant Colonel
Bailey has met with a success :n hi* expedition
which augurs at .east a torn in the tide of our
fortune*. Hi Las just returned to camp, after
some twenty-eight days stent, with great "to;; and
fatigue, in beating the swamp# and hammocks
from the Oc.ll j to the Sawauaee. and fcas brought
with aim ten prisoners—s.x women and four ch.i
dten. In pursuing the Indians, one woman was
*hot, mistaking her for a war tor. We ha»e be
fore stated that a wimor was killed previously by
• Capt. H*lL The men attached to the parv
captured, were absent hunting. The-e Indian*
were taken bye detachment of s.xteen men un
der Capta-us Ha,, and Townsend, who, after the
troop* sa; destroyed the crops of corn, etc, de
termined to maae one more effort after the Indi
ans
The captive* bare been treated with every hu
manity. the men even g nr.j up the:: horse* to
them on their return march to camp*. Their own
Uusoaad* woulu rather iave made mem pack hors
es cp on such occasion*.
The whole detachment couawted of two ha>
dred hundred mounted sod one hundred
on foot- CoL Bailey and bis officer* h**e done
well. The troops, during the whole scoot, under
went great fatigue; hut titera was do fi induce —
ai were d.sposc'J to do their du y to the uuermoat.
The hammocks have been well scoured, and ~r*-
ny tuw os tm-kec op mad crop* destroyed, in
Pumpkin hammock, near Cook’*, where the pri»-
erner* were captured, the corn wan, in some pla
ces fit for roasting. It is no easy matter to pen
etrate these fasti,esses epos the coast; hot this ex
periment shows, that ti can he dent. sad we hope
id future, it will be more frequently attempted
end accomplished —though, we are told, oar men
mahe but a entry figure on tbeir retain from the
•wamps, their ckxbe* m tetter*. and Jhroueives
badly searched with locs of shoe*, etc.
Gen. Brown. (commonly known as “ Canada
Brown, ) Mr. Green, (son of Coione! Green, of
the 6th infantry.) and Meears. Parramore and
Smith of Thomaaviise. Gs_ volunteered thetr ser
vices on the scout, mod did thetr doty with the
reel of the men.
Col. Bailey ortngs back ail of bis men, though
a number are * aft-wag from sickness aod falie ue.
There was no fatting back upon prometons.
The arrangements of the able aad industrious
Colonel J. B. Collin* prevented that.
W e shall probably receive the official report
of CoL Bailey in time for our next paper. We
are inclined to believe that this is one of the most
effective scouts yet made against Indians.
Alabama State Convention.
The Mobile Chronicle of the Bih says;—A
gentleman direct from Tuscaloosa, byway of
Selma, who left on ednesday evening last,
bring* us partial information relative to the pro
ceedings of the Wb.g Convention that assem
bled in Tuscaloosa on Monday last. We learn
:rom him that the Convention was organized by
choosing the Hou. John S. Hunter, of Lowndes
county. President, and the appointment of seven
\ ice President*, and five Secretaries, More than
ONE THOUSAND delegate* ate estimated to
have been present, and hundreds of Ladies graced
the Convention w;:h their presence,—The Con
vention was conducted with most perfect good
order, and the greatest unanimity prevailed.—
The following gentlemen were nominated for
Presidential electors:
Arthur F. Hofrixs,
Jakes Abucmiiie,
John Gatle,
Hexht W. HILLIARD,
Tao* AS WILLIAXS,
H«rrt J. Thovxtox,
Nicholas Davis.
Uvfopclaeitv or Gtx. Harsisox ts Cax
ada- —The loyal portion of the citizens of Cans*
da are strongly opposed to Geo. Hamssn. A
friend who has just returned from an excursion
through the Provinces says that the Tory party
is waimly enlisted for Mr. Van Buren, who ha*
so many, *‘feedr.gs in common" with them. The
Royalists in Canada call General Harrison a
"Coward" and a "Petticoat Genera;" with tho
same bitterness that distinguishes their Tory
friends in America. They say. as the opponents
of the General here say, that the American Offi
cial account of the Siege of Fort Meigs and the
battle of the Thames, are untrue. They agree
with the Globe, Argus, and New-Era, that the
American Army was defeated in those Battles,
and that although Proctor and bis Allies were
beaten aod driven hack into Canada. Gen. Harri
son won uo laurelsl —Albany Evening Journal.
In England an electro magnetic telegraph has
been established al>out twenty miles along the
Great \\ eslern Railway. The velocity of elec
tricity has been ascertained to be the same, or
nearly the same, as light,
Bkxdablk Stoxe. —ln the museum of the
Asiatic Society at Calcutta, one object of curios
ity is a bending or elastic stone. The stone is
apparently of granite, is about two and a half feet
by six inches in length and breadth, and about
an inch thick. This stone being lifted at one end,
yields to the pressure, and from the half begius to
bend as if lilted, aod as the lifted end is raised,
the bend approaches nearer to the lurtaer extrem
ity. On the lifting power becoming relaxed, the
stone reverts to its former level.— Calcutta pa
per.
V.*»CCK« l«i ATLAXTtC
rwa Qtiik. —The Brig He-.. - ,
N- F. &rvcz-.t 2? D^-se-r,f, ~ ...
the At antic, o' which event «. - m 7 J
I tfce following psrtieaiarsThe mam .
i-tk of Perth. team, Aw
. tar. Daocee to vfcabec, w.. -' .
go. ran on K-ore r,-.- Ca;>? fi-. y .*> :i '
o« ibe Sight of T jamdsj. 6th Mn 7 -1,
zen twenty-seven ia taax’ t
- ‘ “ - - .j» c~‘ -a v ,
a anracukms cscite. wt a ! w*uxf* >. .
ashore with the except Km of 1 2%;
enfortunaely drowr-cd, n:, ?l
art .le cf dething was saved frt>~ , - 135
the fox of the ip hav.ag bees L: r ’ .-
of an instant, and the ci-car '?***
ding every but the
Se. many got tc sh re as they xLi jt - **, **
hew* cr. jemg arc-used from : h? ihvV \ X **'
I Courier. * K
A LiTEmit Teaxslatiop. —T»
a Is, a srs&ewha: ic xfc ."‘* 4 * ::o *
ne<r « shop on Bo r zt-ndv ?• 2 ~ : «*
stopped to ascertain the ta-r« of J? 5
wfcch vu fettered, on * fc --. p * r -*
with the addenda of- modiste ...
moving cff. one of them enquired ;f *■ t
the vgrraca km of *-mocire «.r c* -
berephfcd. • I barely kr fuffLiec: Fre*'
to trans.ate cnrrwly. kit, lam bal - nl to
in this case, nehber sore d nr i***
dcsiy is unr,Ud:ner* .
Ls I'lT ivy TO LIS-f REAS’" tjri —.
towns:in Wfecoftsn, ram- :tl
Thera Las neer. a :t.mn c c E? - - ... ‘ j * oci
large poruoa of it for t.e a*e of *
absquatulating defaulters. We wo,
swggcst to that -large and rcspecta *'^.* C?er :
cnasmanitv. that tne-» k i — r .V*** o: '
" « 0:c« ft
i :.c osiz cf zav-Tttwnt i.
try *»d make tiua a urc : -
Will fly for p- ■ ; a -.racks tb-ccj
Jl * ra ey sat. md ’
j:* east y taken witfcst rs -loodboandi
is osaaing towa-ii .* acaßishing,
Methodist Gexiral Ccxrtxvsc t _ TK
Genera. Cocfereoc*. wL.ch t»« --
a: Baltimore t' om toe fi*s: of Miv. t .
a late hour on edaesjay r. rLL 'ih e f -q
--ence resolved not to iocre.v EC "
Bishops. ’ "
Tne fiilowiDc acpo.ntment* vr' - r .v
t OMRQtt :
Book ageuiS at New Yc-k Re*.T. Mason «od
G. L&r.e,
EJIU-.-S of the Chrtskisn Advocaa and Sucrav
scnccl -oos*. Rev. Dr. Bon_. of Bahuawe, Rev.
Geo. Gj,et
Ectu>r of Review, books and tracts.
Rev. Geo. Peck.
Corresponding Secretary of the missionary
Society at New York. Rev. D*. Ea rs.
CVrrespon-iing Serreury of tbs’
Society at Charleston. Rev. I*-. Capex.
Cor'espo?) nrig Serretary of tke Miwinoin
Society at Ciodouti, Rev." Mr. Ames.
Editor S. W. Caristiaa Advocate a: Nasavflt
Kc t - C. A. Davis.
£d,ti>r i';ti>:«c’'gb ChruLian Advocate, at P.u*-
borgh. Rev. C. Cooke.
Ecitor S. <_ b-ist;an Acvocate, at
Re*. Mr. VI ighlinan.
Editors Western Christian Advocate, &t Cus
rinnati. Elliot and Hamilteoc.
agents at I mcicnatj. M right arte Svk>
stedt.
Tbs Rev. Bishop Heddtng was appoinaecf tie
delegate to Canada Conferences of 1541. and
the Rev- Bishop Soefe delegate tv England j
attend the VV er'eyan C«oferrort m itv. IS4I.
Bishep Soule, on being requested to contmateliij
•••oeiote, named the Rev. Thomas B. Sargrafiof
the Balumore Conference who wss cxtfnßee
tiy lhe Conference.— Coat. A Jr.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dales from Liverpool Me . 15
Lsztest dates from Havre Apni 39
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. —Our Cotton market for the p*i: ta*
days have teen eiceedmglv animated, sxc Lire
advanced fully j oa the rate* current ia on: rrpo"
of Thursday last, we alter quotations acccithsgh - .
: i Ordinary to middling, 6 io "j
Si to H
Good Fair, &4 tc hj
Fine and choice in Square Bales, if on sale nszd
eommaod 9 cents.
Groceries, —We hare ao change to notice. TLj
{market is geaeral’y well sapp.ied with iL the
leading articles, and prices arc as low r, Lie
ranged state of our currency and tbe exortia:
rales cf exchange will allow.
Bosom — Is is better demand, and :s so".: freely
from wagons at 9 cents, hog round.
Freights —To Savannah, 50 cents pe: hah.
feCbariertoc. by rail road, 25e per H>o i::
and Soc per 100 lbs. for round bales.
Exchange. —On New-York, at sight, —a I- F <:
cent for current funds ; Charleston at —a hj per
cent; Savannah perct.; PhiiadelpLii —» *!? fr
't-; Lexington, Kj. 4 a 4 j pcrcL; Richmond 5 1 ■ J
cent; specie commands 9 a 10 per cent. prc:ru«ic
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 2 per cent-prt"
Columbus Insurance B*k 5 ** “ 6
Commercial Back, Macon, 5 ** ** “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 9 “ ** “
Agency Brunswick,* 4 9 ** “ “
Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank, Columbus, 2j “ “
Central Bank, 6a 6 M 44 **
Miltedgevllle Bank, 5a 6 “ “ “
Ocmulgee Dank, 6 “ “
Monroe Rah Rosd Bank, 1 44 “
IlawkinsriTe Bank, 6 “ u
Chattahoodue R. R.& B’k
Company, 2 j u 44 *
Darien Back, 20 “ “ *
Dank of Rome, 5C
All oiner Banks now d.fing business, at par-
Specie Paving BosJts.— Mechanics* Bank, Id s- "
| ranee Bank of Columbus, Commercial Bank of? ls '
on, and Brunswick Agency in this city.
MARINE IXTELLIGENCR__
CUARLESTOX. Jn nC '"•
Arrived yesterday —brig Globe, Mi.ier, Boslfl«>
! brig Moses, Loveland, New York. .
Cleared —Ship Catharine Jackson, Porrev, L 1
erpool ; nark Madagascar, Berry. Antwerp;
Cathsrine, Rose, Havana; steampackel, N'ep’ l - 1
Penncyer, New York.
fCent ta sea yesterday —ship Cordova. 4r * 1'
Havre; packet ship Chicora, Hcgeix,
ship Catharine, Berry. London, via New
steampacket Neptune. Pennoyer. New \ oiii; ste
packet James Adams. C bare. Norfolk.
In ike cfkng —A >hip, unknown.
Savaxxab, tone Hl
-d —Br bark N IJndsaj’, Wihscn. t
ton.
dm'rri —ship Pactotu®, Harding, Havre; 15 ■,
Philura, Sherman, New York: achr r*ats , B
Thomas Boston.