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I—■— —ii CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. -j A 1 G I ST A . j * I SATTRIrAY MORNING, Ji :?rE 13. / | sos | 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— .: '.. i- .=. . r.■ • : i- i.t|; eb:.-.- 5 ...v one of America’* toast ngiriwii,, vptaows Mi patriotic fta.:e«nxs. . - rt*» Ett : .- • ■:---- - ’ } 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. " f I TZJ. Ctyt-ZX-3. . { w:ll: : i g.vs :• : l«*e 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 :f.te. -.••.. . i :»;• ; “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 -jl I 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. , 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 rr- . _ 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.