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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A I (i ISTA. I
MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 15.
FOR PRESIDENT, :
WILLIAM IIEMIV HAIMUSOX,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the incor
ruptible State?.nr au —the inflexible Republican —
the patriot Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PHESi DEirr,
JOHN TY L Est ,
Os Virginia;
State Rights Republican of the school of *9B—
—of Virginia’, noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious,, virtuous and
patriotic statesmen.
FOE ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUN* JAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
SEATON GRANTLaND, of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, cf Bibb.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of {Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, cl! Twiggs.
ANDREW MILLER, of C;ri
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
FOR CONGRESS, j
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, o's Greene.
E. A. NISBET, of Bibb.
J. C. ALFORD, of Troup. ;
R. W. HABERSHAM, of ijlalersham.
T. B. KING, Glynn.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumpter.:
K. L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.-
T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.!
J. A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
Mr. Lawson of Burke.
The Constitutionalist of Saturday contains a
communication from this gentleman, which de
mands from us a notice. What can be the object of
Mr. Lawson we confess ourselves unable to divine,
it is, however, very apparent from the spirit of
his communication, that he is writhing under our
review of the circular of bis friend Colquitt, nnd
that he hopes t) make capital in Burke County,
either for Mr. Van Buren or against us, by raising
the cry of persecution of himself for opinions sake.
If he already winces as toe jaded horse at our re
view of his friend Colquitt’s circular, we regret on
his account, that wc shall be compelled rather to
lacerate than heal the wounds. Anil we think we
shall be entirely successful in foiling him in hR
designs on Burke. The citizens of Burke are too in
telligent and high minded to attribute to us what
# was never designed or intended by us, although
charged and based upon the assertion of Mr. Law
son, unless he should afford them some proof of the
truth of his charges.
The communication was handed; us seme days
prior to its appearing in the Constitutionalist, by
Dr. Garvin, with the request that we should give
him an answer whether it would*life published by
us. We forthwith read the same, mi*! .nformed the
Dr. that Mr. Lawson had wholly- misconceived us,
and had consequently fallen into error, in relation
to the letter written by us from Milledgeville, and
showed the Dr. our letter. He then waived an
answer from us as to its publication, until Mr.
Lawson should come up, which he skid he expect
ed would be shortly, and we retained the commu
nication- On Friday the Dr. again called, and re- !
maiked that Mr. L. had not come to town, and we
must give him an answer. We immediately re
plied that, we would not publish the communication»
that we had two reasons for declining, and were
about proceeding to give those reasons when we
were stopped by the Dr., who remarked that we
need not mention then to him, we of course de
sisted. W ith this decision of the Dr., we of course
could not complain. Nevertheless,'had the Doctor
heard us, we think he would have served his friend
more effectually—that however, i; not our busi
ness.
Thus much as to our refusal to'piiblish the com
munication, and now for our reply. 1 Wc pass over
all the insinuations of Mr. Lawson about secret
committees in corners, as unworthy of notice, and
only remark that we heard of no jsuch meetings,
either in committee rooms or Cornells, and we be
lieve there were none such, and pass at once to the
charges he makes against us.
He charges first, that we could tell some time
before the nomination, who would be nominated
for Congress. We beg our reader-; to turn to
our letter, which we republish iii this day’s pa
per, and sec if their is an\ intimation of such a
knowledge on our part And we should reitainly
feel obliged to Mr. Lawson, or any; of bis friends,
to point out any such an insinuation, in any word
or sentence of the letter.
His second charge, is, that we misrepresented
him, and suppressed truth, in saying he had “ re
maiked in substance that he desired more light.” tcc.
To thischavge we answer. That as ike are very con
fident Mr Lawson would not knowingly make a mis
statement, we have charity enough to believe that
he has forgotten what he did say.i This is a very
reasonable construction, Mr. Lawson is lie said, “ a
plain farmer, not accustomed to speaking in public,”
and like all other men, he was no doubt somewhat
agitated. But as proof of the correctness of our po
sition, that Mr Lawson has forgot!,*;! what he said,
we refer to his own letter, in wni«|h giving his re
marks on Mr. Cobb’s resolution, h : e says:
I remarked that I wished to be informed whether
or not, it was the intention of the State Rights Par
ty, to give up their good name; because I had dis
covered from rearing the minutes of the Conven
tion, that they were styled the Anti Van Buren
Convention.
Now we hope the reader will bear in mind that the
resolution of Mr. Cobb, was introduced in the eve-
I Ding ;e*'ion, ao-i before the minutes ui the Con
vention had boen read to the tody—they were first
real at the evening session ats o'clock, and then
wi* the fir=t time Mr. Lawson was made acquaint
ed with the fa t, that the Convention was styled
j the Anti Van Kuren Convention, and then it was
j he said something about the good name.
Mr. Law*or.s admits that he aAed "for infor
! mation” in hi* re.narks— now we wish it borne in
mind, that we said, that ‘Lie remarked in substance,
that he deiired more lijht,” which is figuratively
the same—Lu: we do not wish it to be regarded as
a figurative expression—for we repeat and we as
sort it without the fear of sucessful contradiction
that Mr. Lawson did use The terms “more light,”
and in the sen*e we attributed them to him. We
know that Mr. Lawson has forgotten it, it is per
fectly natural that he should do so, for no man who
speaks in public can be expected to iccollect eve
ry term he uses, unless he has his speech written
out before hand.
As to his charge, generally, that we suppressed
truth, because we did not stive the remarks entire
" 1
we reply that we did not pretend to even sketch the
debate on any question, and his charge therefore, is
as unjust as illiberal.
He also charges u? with making a ‘fatal mistake’
in saying the report of the Committee "f 2! was
adopted with but “ one dissenting voice,” and re
maiks that the two delegates from Wilkinson told
him they voted. We will not say that the Wilk
ins m delegates did not vote; we will say, how
! ever, that they were not heard to say no by us or
by the Chair, and Mr. Lawson does not say that he
heard them.. We maintain, therefore, that our
position is literally correct, because it is the same
as the decision of the President would have been
if he had been called on to say how many voted in
the negative. The Chair heard but one nay, and
so stated in this city, as we understood on his re
turn home. May not the Wilkinson delegates
have'eonfounded this question, with some other ;
This is to our mind the most probable, for if they
voted at all on this question it must have been in
a very low tone, as they were not heard by any
member of the Convention with whom we con
versed, and we spoke to a good many on the sub
ject
And lastly, Mr. Lawson charges us with a dis
position in our letter to hold him up to “ scorn and
ridicule and to let him feel the force of our
“ irony.” To this charge we reply by asking our
readers, to read the letter written by us at Milledgc
ville, an 1 if any man can discover any indication
of an attempt to hold him up* to “ scorn and ridi
cule,” or at any effort at “ irony ”we confess
that we are ignorant of the import of those terms.
It will be seen therefore, that oyr refusal to pub
lish Mr. Lawson’s communication was founded
in the facts that, no injustice had been done him in
our letter from Milledgeville, and that he had
forgotten what he did say, and thereby fallen into
error, and that he misconceived the whole tenor of
our letter, to all of which we might have added,
that his communication was not even in corteous
terms? Hail any injustice been done Mr. Lawson,
we would have readily and cheerfully corrected it,
when convinced of it —and had he been here for
us to point out to him the errors into which he had
fallen —or had L’r. Garvin permitted us to have
given our reasons for not publishing the communi
cation, he could not have failed to see that no in
justice had been done His friend, and as an act of jus
tice and friendship to Mr. Lawson, would not have
permitted it to be published even in the Chronicle
and Sentinel. We could say much more, but we
deem it unnecessary—we therefore close, and hope
that we have been sufficiently explicit to convince
our readers, and particularly our friends in Burke,
that no injustice has been done, either inten
tionally or inadvertantly to their countyrnan, Mr.
Lawson ; and if they will carefully read the letter
written by us at Milledgeville, they will see that
he has no right to complain of any “persecution for
opinions sake.” We are aware that in a contest
before the citizens of Burke, Mr. Lawson has
great advantages over us, from the fact that he is
personally known to all, while we are compara
tively a stranger to all, nevertheless we confide in
tlieir good sense, and their discrimination to mete
out to us even handed justice, and we know that
our confidence is not misplaced.
The following is the letter referred to by Mr.
Lawson, which was written by the Editor of this
paper. Read it, citizens of Burke, and see if you
, can perceive any effort to point the finger of scorn
at Mr. Lawson, or any attempt at “irony.”
Editor's Correspondence,
Milledgeville, June 2d, 1840.
As the mail closed yesterday, prior to the ad
journment of the morning session of the Conven
tion, I could not give you any account of the pio
ccedings. T here are at out seventy counties repre
senled in the Convention, which is under the cir
cumstances, Lorn tiie late destruction of bridges on
the high ways a rcmaikably full Convention, and
I may add, without fear of contradiction, that it
combines more talent than I have ever seen in a
deliberative assembly of Georgia.
The delegates assembled in the Representative
Chamber at eleven o’clock yesterday, and proceed
ed to organize by calling Major Joel Crawford to
the Chair, and appointing Messrs. Steele and Del
ony, Secretaries. After the preliminaries of or
ganization were complete ,the Hon. John M. Berri
en was by acclamation,elected President, and on be
ing conducted by Messrs. Strong, Clayton and
Montgomery to the chair, returned, his acknowl
edgements lor the distinguished honor, in bis most
eloquent and felicitous maimer. He adverted brief
ly to the objects of the Convention, and in a most
fervent and e'oqurnt appeal to the patriotism of
the members of the Convention, enforced the im
portance of harmony in their deliberations,and
concert in carrying out the decisions of the Con
vention.
Mr. Thorn’on, of Hall introduced a resolution
which was adopted, that tho-e counties from
which there was not a full delegation in atten
dance, should be entitled to their full number of
voles.
Also, that the Editors be invited to take their
seats within the Hall, for the purpose of noting the
proceedings of the Convention.
( n morion of .Mr. Osborne, of Harris, the Con
vention adopted the riles of the House of Repre
sentatives for its government.
Mr. Cobb, of Houston, introduced a resolution
which was adopted, 'J hat the Chair appoint a com
mittee of 21 to form and report as early as practi
cable, an electoral ticket for the support of Harrison
and Fyler.
On the introduction of this reso’ution, Mr. Law
son of Burke, remarked in substance, that he desi
red more light upon the subject before he could
yield his support to General Harrison.
Mr. < obb replied briefly, that the proper lime
for debate would be on the report of the Commit
tee. to which Mr. L. assented.
Here the Convention took a recess till five o : -
clockj P. M.
5 o’clock, p. M.
The Convention assembled, the President in the
Chair.
The President announced the names of the com
mittee of 21, among whom was Mr. Lawson of
Burke. Mr L. immediately thereupon asked to be
excused frem acting on the Committee, and was
excused.
Mr. Hudson, of Hancock, introduced a resolution
which wa* a'.opted, That the Convention proceed
to-morrow (this day) at 9 o’clock, to ballot for nine
persons to be run for the next Congress.
I Ti.-c Con' enu*.o aijoumec. liL S o'clock ibis Jay.
1 1 Tuesday, S o'clock.
The Convention met, and after the house was
1 osganized proceeded to the orders of tbedav,, The
. committee of 21 thiough their chairman presented
, their report- —The names submitted to the Con
vention a:e
» D. L. Clinch, Jno. W. Campbell,
Geo. R. Gilmer, Ezekiel Wimberly,
Ckas. iX)cchehty, C. B. Strong,
! Joel Crawford, Jno. Whitehead, I
1 Seaton Grantland, W.m. Ezz ard, M
, A>drew Miller, of Cass.
Cn the adoption of this report a very interesting
delate aro-e, in which Messrs. Lawson, Cchb,
Strong, Meriwether, Bell, Hud cn of Putnam, and
Lemlie participated —and the repoit was adopted
with but one dissenting voice, Mr Lawson Os Burke.
I he Convention then went into a ballot for n ae
persons to represent Georgia in the next Congress,
' and are now progressing in counting tne votes ot
the fir-t La Hot —which Las requited thus far, near
ly thiougb, in a unanimous vote for the present
1 deiegati.n. Cooper, B ack and Colquitt excepted —
they Lave very few votes.
I cannot close without mentioning the great
unanimity and harmony which has marked the
proceedings of the body. I must here conclude, as
the mail is about to clo-e.
The Convention will adjourn sins die to-dav.
. J-
From the National Intelligencer.
We have great pleasure in presenting to -nir
j readers the following Letter from Hon. Joseph L_
Williams, a respected Representative in Congress
from the'btate of Tenne-see, which explodes the
-1 foundation of one of the contemptible efforts to
j disparage the Republicau candidate for the PresL
; dency :
| To the Editors :
1 - Messrs. Gales & Seaton; Plea=e publish in
: the Intelligencer the subjoined extract of a letter
■ from Gen. Harrison, under date of the 28th ulti-
I mo. It is in answer to a communication which I
; addressed to him, relative to that ignominious sub
jection to the Cincinnati Committee which has Leen
so often ascribed to him. He repels the imputa
tion that his thoughts are subject to the keeping
or dictation of a committee.
The,publication of the annexed portion of his
letter is due to Gen. H trrison. It will be appre
ciated by the candid and the just of all parties..
To give it authenticity, is a sufficient motive for
connecting my name with its publication.
Yours, respectfully, *
JOSEPH L. WILLIAMS.
North Bend, May 28, 18th.
Sir ; All the connexion which I ever had with
! the Corresponding Committee of the Whigs of
j Hamilton county which I suppO'e has teen
! alluded to) is, that 1 requested the committee,
; through its chairman. Major G Wynne, to give the
! information sought for, in some of the numerous
letters I received, in relation to my po’itkal o »in
; ions, aril events in my past ife. This was to te
done by sending to the writers of there letiers the
| documents which contained the information they
reu.ht. He was, also, authorized, in cases where
further opinions were asked for, to stale my ue
; termination to give no other pledges of wnat I
would or would not do, if I should be elected to
i the Presidency.
The reasons which had induced me to adopfrthis
determination are contained in a letter written to
a committee in New York, and which will, I pre
sume, be soon published. \\ ith neither of the
other members of the committee, did 1 ever ex
change one word, or by letter, give or receive any
suggestions as to the manner in which the task I
had assigned to the committee was to be perform
j ed. indeed, i did not know, until very recently,
j who were the members of the committee. I could
! have no doubt of their being my political and per
• sonal friends ; and such 1 found them to be.
“As it has been asserted that I employed this
committee to write political opinions for me, be
cause I was unable to write them myself, it may
be proper to say, that 1 was never in the habit of
I doing this ; and that in all the Addresses, Letters,
Speeches, General Orders, &cc., which have been
published under my name and with my sanction,
there is not a line that was written or suggested
by any other individual. I do not claim for these
productions any merit ; nor would I consider my-
I self blarneablo had I received the occasional assis-
I tance of rny friends in this way; but I mention it,
to show how totally reckless are my political ene
mies in the assertions they make in relation tome.
W.m. H. Harrison.
From Florida.
St. Augustine, June 5.
A cordon of post® are to be established across
the peninsula from Fort King west to the Withla
| coochee, and east to Smyrna. These posts aic to
; be garrisoned by regulars. — News.
I An order has been issued by His Excellency,
| Gov. Reid, to laise 500 mounted men, and 500 foot
! men, for the delence of the frontier. Capt. Mick
j ler has been mustered into service, as well Captain
| Pelirer, of this city, with a mounted force.
| Capt. Mickler with 25 men, is ordered to the
I head of North River, and to take such position as
will answer the purpose of defence.
Capt. Pulliser, with 20 men, has been ordered to
garrison Six Mile Post.
Indians have been around the posts on the Pico
j lata road during the last week.
I A scout under Capt. Bonneville, 2d Dragoons, j
j and Capt. Ho mes, 7th Infantry, recently left Fort
j King, for an examination of the Big Swamp. guid- !
ed by an Indian woman. The distance marched
was 20 miles. Capt. Holmes came upon large Helds
under cultivation and over an hundred Indians pre
paring for their green corn dance. They immedi
ately fled, leaving an infant asleep. A large }
amount of their plunder was obtained, consisting, \
among other things, of soldiers’ dresses, and a ring
recognized as belonging to the late Lieut. Lander
son. Capt. Bonne vile unfortunately did not come
up in time, by o istaLing the trail, and they effected
their retreat. This place is only 7 miles, in direct
line, from Fort King, and has been for the first j
time visited by white men since the war.
We see it stated in several papers that Mr. Lyne,
of the dramatic corps, was among the killed in the
late murderous attack on the wagons, in which he
was a passenger. An error of this nature is ealeu- j
lated to afflict his farnih severely, and we trust
that it will be speedily corrected, in the assurance i
of his entire safety. His escape was most miracu
lous.
Disposition of Troops. —East of the St Johns, [
Forts Peyton and Hanson are to be abandoned, and
the, force removed to Forts FulteA and Brown, for
the purpose of strengthening the fatter posts. i
On tiie West, all the outposts will be broken up, ]
and the troops moved to Micanopy and the other
forts on the frontier.— Herald.
The White Flag. —lnformation has just been
received in town that Indians to the n mber of
about 30, are prowling abou* the Mandarin settle
ment. Mr. Shelden,a resident there,says that the
trail of a body of Indians was seen leading into the
head of Goodby’s Lake ; and 5 or 6 Indians were
also seen in the neighboihood of Sloan This
evidently is the same early that was at -Mr.
Tenches’. Can they be caught,or will they icspcct
the white flag ?
Indians. —Major General McAllister of Henry,
Ala., received intelligence by express from a gen
tleman if high standing in Geneva. Dale Co. that
some families were massacred, between Chactaw
hatchee river and Marianna, and requested him to
adopt some measures for the defem e of the south
ern portion of Alabama. A volunteer Company
was formed, and waits for further orders.
The General is now gone to inquire more par
ticularly into the matter. The citizens of the
country suffered severely by Indian depredations
in 1837.— Fort Gaints (Ga.J Lightwood Torch.
From the Louisiana Advertiser*
To the Mechanic and the Laborer.
Our rulers at Washington have declared, that the
“ price of labor and produce must come down /”
that the people are paying the mechanic and labor
er a greatdeal too much for their work —that the
mechanic and laborer ought to work for much less
than they have been receiving—and that they
ought to live in mmii plainer style, and on much
coarser food, than they now do.
They are a', out passing a bill having for its im
mediate object, the reduction of labor; and not
withstanding the facts, that a majority of the stales
have declared again«t it, nnd lhat it ha« thrice been
ihrown out of I ongress, they have at last, through
corrupt means, re ained the requisite majoriiy lor
its pa.sage, and they are now determined it shall
become " the law of the land,” “in spi f e of the la-
mentations of the poopie here ami ebewhere.”—
This famous suffi-t reason- bill has, for one of
it* objects. ;he collection of the dues of the gov
ernment in specie; officers will be appo nted by
the President, as receivers of this specie, and will
rececive.as a compensation for their services, sala
ries varying from r-2,siaJ to ; these salaries,
of course, will oe paid in specie Will these office
holder' pay you for your lauor in the coin
paid in ; No They will sell their specie, and pay
you in depreciated bank paper; this, they call an
incidental benefit ?”
But the edict has gone forth, - lhat wages of la
bor and the prices oi produce cannot be reduced,”
a.though nd' law has been passed by (.'ongress on
this smject; lhat favori e ban ling of the adrdu
btration, the sub-treasury scheme, has been in ex
isten e for the last three year-; true, that its op
eration' have been but partial yet, but still with
sufficient power to do much harm. What is the
stale of things at this time ? Remember, the sub
treasury scheme has. as yet. been but partilly in
operation : labor and produce do not command
much more than one half what they previously did.
“The government cannot yet command all the
money of the country. But when its new system
gets fairly to work, it will control it entirely—and
j then enterprlze will remain motionless, and indus
try suffer from pressing want.”
Laborers and mechanics ! Your President has
rrommended to you the sub-treasury scheme, be
cause - twenty-two out of twenty-seven enlight
ened despotisms of Europe ” have it in force. Not
satisbed with the financial arrangements of our
country —arrangements made and entered into by
those who drafted our constitution —arrangements
sanctioned by the “ immortal father of our coun
try,” and which, for nearly fifty years, answered
the most sanguine expectations of the public;
your i resident has thought proper to dest.oy them,
and substitute others, more congenial to his feel
ings—more in keeping with that aristocratic pride
whiah has ever been his bane. He has made the
wondeiful discovery, that labor is too dearly paid
for here ; and, after racking his imagination for
some plan to effectually reduce it, and bring it on
a level with the twenty-two enlightened despo
tisms of Europe,” the sub-treasury bill was found
the very instrument to work so great and good a
change.
Laborers ! You all know what you have been
paid for your services, and what you are now paid.
What do you know you will be paid when this
sub-treasury k bi 1 i passes—when we adopt for our
financial policy the financial policy of the “ twen
ty-one enlightened despotisms of Europe r” Do
you know what you will be paid for your labor,
when they get this bill fair'y under way ; Do
you know what price labor commands, m the
twenty- two enlightened despotisms” which Mar
tin Van Buren wishes your country to emulate *
If you do. you cannot support him. If you do not.
it is proper ihou should know in order that you
may- see what will be the slate of things in this
country, if this bill is p issed and persisted in thro’
the re election of Martin Van Buren. We will
give the price of labor in nine of the enlightened
despotisms, Mr. Van B uren has quoted:
PER DAY
France 20 cents.
Italy, 22
Sweden, 15
Bavaria ~... 15
Germany, 12^
Belgium, )2.4
Saxonyq 10
South Uo.land . .1$
West Flanders, 2
How lie you the picture ; Upon these wages
you and your families are expected to subsist; you
aretotoird yourself, clothe yourself and your
families, educate your children —and in i ne, live
as miserable as you possibly can. In the mean
whi e. your rulers, the office holders, the aristoc
racy of the land, will live as rulers do in -en
lightened despotisms,” on the very fat of the
land !
Perhaps some of you, have once resided in one
of the above mentioned kingdoms; you know,
then, something about the price of labor in a coun
try where they have an exclusive metallic cur
rency, and the manner in which the laborer lives.
Just imagine to yourself, then, in this happy re
public—this once prosperous country, wages are
reduced to what they are in Europe ! Are you
any better off, then, than you were before you left
your native country ! Why do thousands leave
foreign countries, and seek our hospitable shores,
if it is not to hnd here, what they could not find in
Europe —the proper reward for the laborer's indus
try. Are you prepared to relinquish your rights—
to see t our adopted country reduced, by the mis
management of its rulers, to the state in which
you left “the twenty-two enlightened despotisms
ot Europe !” If you are not, assist in removing
Irom office, men who are no longer fit to fill them,
and place in their stead, good and true men; re
move Mr. Van Buren, the enemy of the poor man,
and place in his stead, the farmer of Ohio, the
known friend of the poor laborer—the honest far
mer, Wm. Henry Harrison. America “expects
every man to do his duty.” The July elections
are near at hand: it is for you to see that the loco
focos, the authors and advocates of the vile doc
trine that “ labor must be reduced,” are no longer
your public servants. Let your watchword be —
Reform ! Honest industry shall have its proper
reward. Curtius.
Another Convert.
Samuel N. Gantt, Esq., Detroit, an active
| and influential supporter of Jackson and Van
j Buren, has resigned his place as Secretary to the
j Van Buren “General Committee,” and comes out
i boldly for Harrison. His Letter furnishes a
triumphant vindication of his course.
Convention in Nashville.
The Whigs of Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky, Illi
nois, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Missouri, and Michigan, will hold a
Convention in Nashville on the 3d Monday in
August next.
From ths New Orleans Bee cf the B th.
From Texas.
By the arrival of the steam ship New York
from Galveston in 48 hours, we have received
our files of Texas papers to the 3d instant, inclu
sive. The president of the young republic was
in Galveston. Steamboats were coming in from
the San Bernado and Brassos rivers with loads
of cotton. The Trinity river was very high, the
water flowing beyond Us natural bounds nearly
the whole length of the stream.
It is understood, says the Galveston Courier of
the Ist, that arrangements are making, or already
made, to have an agent of our government at
New Orleans, who will have the power and au
thority to fund in that place the promissory notes
of Texas in conformity with the act of congress,
the same as if those notes were presented at the
treasury department in this country. This meas
ure, it is believed by many, will enhance the val
ue of our money at least twenty per cent, on
present quotations.
The Galveston papers published the act for-the
redemption of the promissory notes of the gov
ernment now in calculation, and for providing
for the other liabilities of the government. The
Ist section provides for the engraving of certifi
cates of stock in the funded debt of Texas ;
second provides that all sums of the promissory
notes presented prior to the first of July shall ne
admitted for funding, and certificates of stock
issued to the holders bearing interest at 10 per
cent, per annum, and redeemable semi-annually
in gold and silver—the first payment of interest
to be made on the 15th December next —and said
certificates to be redeemed after Juno, 1845.
The third section allows eight per cent only on
certificates, issued upon the notes paid in after
the Ist July. The first payment of interest to
be made on the 15th April, *1846. The fifth sec
tion provided for the preparation and preserva
tion of the proper vouchers.
Another backer out. —Mr.Childress, the
Van Buren candidate forelector in the Blh dis
trict in Tennessee, has backed out. Private busi
ness is slated to be the cause.
A VS estern Editor speaking of Freshets snvs,
that the stream which passes by his village, is i
higher than it has been known to be since the j
adaption of the Federal Constitution !
Tbe Great Ce’.ebiatii.n on the Tippccnnoc
liatile Ground.
FIFTEEN SOLID ACRES OF MEN.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Indianapolis. June 1,1840.
Presuming thnt some account of -real Con
vention of the 291 h u It. on the Tippecanoe battle
Ground, may be interesting to you, I hasten to
g ve you a faint sketch, such as I have obtained
from several intelligent delegates now here on
their return home.
For several days previous to the 291 b. every
avenue leading towards the battle Ground, was
tilled Avilh wagons, loaded with delegates, horse
men, and foot passengers, wending their way to
this proud spot for oar American arms—and
when all were assembled, such a multitude has
never l»een beheld in the interior of the Cnitfd
States—tiie number cannot with any approxima
tion to certainty be ascertained—it is variously
guessed at from 40.000 to 50.000, all aurec that
there were FIFTEEN ACRES OF MEN; be
sides, from 3.000 to 0,000 females, -and the en
campment might not inappropriately, be compar
ed to Darias’ vast encampment preparatory to his
descent upon Greece; and this vast concourse of
citizens spontaneously assembled at a season of
the year when the agriculturalist h is much to do
at home, when ail classes are ground down, as it
were, to powder, by an iron administration '. But
such an universal enthusiasm pervades this sec
tion of country, in favor of Gen. Harrison, that
| nothing couid restrain the people from seizing
this occasion to do him honor.
Over this immense meeting Jonathan M’Carty
formerly a member of Congress from this State,
was chosen President, and six o'her citizens. Vice
Presidents—these presided over the fifteen acres ,
each county having its separate organization.
Yucatan.
We have conversed with a gentleman who
came a passenger in the Mexican schooner Mon
tezuma. from 6-isal; who gives us a flatre. ing pic
ture of the progress of the Federal, or liberal par
ty, in Yucatan, The whole of that .State is in
the power of the Federalists, who have constitu
ted a Provisional Government on the basis of the
Constitution of ’24. A!! the officers of that date
have been reinstated in their former places, and
the civil government is in full operation. The
enthusiasm ot the inhabitants of Yucatan, is with
out parallel in the history of Mexico. They have
an army of militia consisting of six or seven thou
sand volunteers, who serve without pav, and live
,at their own expense. The city of Campeachy
was closily besieged by land, and strictly blocka
ded by sea; and the several forts in the immediate
vicinity of the city, were in the possession of the
Federalists; who had given notice, by proclama
tion, that they would open the batteries upon the
city on the 24th of May, if Campeachy was not
surrendered to them previous to that dav. All
the citizens of Campeachy. with their families,
were moving out; and the Federalists were deter
i mined to carry the place by storm if it held out.
1 he Lnited States Consul, Mr. McGregor, was
prepared to lake his famdy on board the Levant,
which was lying in front of Campeachy to receive
Kim.— N. O. Bulletin.
True, too True !
There are, occasionally, says the Philadelphia
Gazette, to be found among the political com
positions of those who have some inborn taste
and culiured rules with regard to style, and who
shun the inflated verbiage of mere party, two or
three paragraphs, which become history. Such
will be the following or its equivalent, hereafter.
We take it from the National Intelligencer,—
scarcely needing to say, that it furnishes as with
a diamond dipt in the sunbeam, the whole history
of the present adinistration, and a true biography
| of its head.
“W e challenge any one to show, within the
range of the diversified duties pertaining to the
ProsiJency, a single act of the present Adminis--
1 | tration, involving principles of any magnitude, or
| consequences of any moment, that has bettered
| the condition of the country in any one respect. If
that Administration were this day to close, the
I faithful historian would necessarily have a blank
page on the credit side of Ms account. Not only
has not the present Administration done any
thing positively good or praise worthy, but it has
deliberately retuseu to do good when the opportun
\ ity was lair, and the means of doing it were plain
and obvious.
Never has a Presiden* come into power, us Mr.
Can Buren did, with means so ample, under
circumstances so auspicious for a peace.ul, pros
perous, and glorious administration ; and nevei
were golden opportunities so recklessly disregar
ded. Infatuated with the servitude of power
rather than animated w ith the lofty aspirations of
a public benefactor,be has sacrificed great interests
of this country to idolatory of his predecess* r,
and to schemes for the perpetuation of the same
selfish influence by w hich he was himself brought
into power. He has in a word, preferred the
fleeting fame of a cunning politician to the endur
ing honors of a devoted patriot.”
Wl-OXVILL TOTE THE HaRRISON TICKET?
i All who wish for an improvement in the financial
! and business condition of the country.
Ail who wish to havc’property stand at its fair
• value, and labor receive its just recompense.
| All who wish to have young men of character,
| but without property, stand an equal chance with
] the son of his wealthy neighbor
j All who believe that the condition of our wor-
I kingmen has been better than of the working
men of Europe, and who wish it to remain so.
AH such as prefer the interests of the people
' to that of the office holders.
All vr ho are willing to try the experiment of a
change of rulers, and are not so bound by the
I shackles of party as to be afraid to do so.
In short—all who are opposed to the hard mo
| nev sub-treasury system.
1 ’
Removal of the remains of Napoleon I
Paris papers are wholly devoted to enthusiastic
pongratulations upon the idea that the Remains
j of Napalean are ti be transported to France. The
capers say that Generals Bertrand and Gourgoud
and Count Las Cases—those faithful followers
, who deemed it the highe-t privilege to be per
mitted to share the exile of their fallen chieftain
| and ruler—are to accompany the Prince de Join
ville to St. Helena. Genera! Petit, of <r. hom
Napoleon took so affecting a leave at Fonlain
bleau. in 1814, wifi likewise proceed. Lithe
Chamber of Deputies, on the I2lh, the Minister
! of the Interior, having ascended the tribune, spoke
| as follows:
Gentlemen: —The King has commanded his
Roy >1 Highness the Prince de Joinville—(de
monstrations of attention and curiosity)—to pro
ceed with his frigate to the Island of St. Helena,
to obtain the last mortal remains of the Emperor
I Napoleon. (Loud applause in the Chamber
and the public Tribunes.) We now ask you to
grant us the means of receiving them on the soil
of France with dignity w orthy of his name, and
to erect a tomb to his memory. (Great acclama
tions.) The Government, anxious to accomplish
a national duty—(Cries of yes, yes.) addressed
! itself to England, and requested the surrender of
I that precious deposit which fortune has placed in
their hands. The wish had hardly been express
ed when it was complied with. These are the
words of our magnanimous allies; *• Her Ma
| jestv’s Government hopes that the promptitude
j with which the answer is given will be consider
i ed in Fiance as proof of its wish to erase the last
I (race of those national animosities which, during
the life of the Emperor armed France against
i England. Her Britannic Majesty’s Government
j wishes to believe that if any remains of such a
; sentiment still exist, they will hebtried in »he tomb
where the fast remains of Napoleon shall be ’
posited. (Loud ami long acclamations )
land is right, Gentlemen % lh s noble lestituikn
strengthen the bonds whieh unite us. and will
tribute to efface our painful recollections of
past. The period is arrived when the two tub
(should only have the remembrance of \h .
1 The frigate charged with the moral reraai-,, 7 'e
| Napoteon will arrive at the mouth of the |sX°
; where they wifi be removed to another
j which will convey them to Paris. They w ’ J
deposited at the invaiides. A solemn cere me nr ’
a grand religious and military p>rnp— w
guralethe tomb which is to re- eive ihern for/v V
It is important. Gentlemen, to the m = of sulh
a souvenir, that tbu august sepulture s h a i;
j be in a public place, in the midst of a a i
j inattentive crowd. It is proper mat it shou’d ;
in a silent and sacred spot, w hich can e v
with awe by tho-e who respect glory aad-e-hn
grandeur and misfortune. He was Emperor and
King. He was the legitimate sovereign „f
country. With such a title lie could , : e I
at St. Dennis ; but Napoleon muM not ha*e t P
ordinary sepulture of kings.—(Hear, hear.) ft-*
must still reign and command in the building j
which the soldiers of the country repose. * n jj t 0
| which all who may be called upon to defend it
will goto draw their inspirations. His sword
. will be pLced upon his to nb. Under tae dag*
j in the midst of the temple consecrated by re!-®^
; to the God of Armies, art will raise a tomb, wor
thy, if possible, of the name which is to 1* en .
| graved upon it In future, France, and France
: alone, will posse-s what rernainsotNapoleon. The
grave, like the memory of Napoleon, will belon?
| only to his country. The monarchy of 1830 is
jin fact, the only and legitimate heir of all the
souvenirs of which France is proud. It belonged
U • tiessly, to this monarchy, which was the first
to rally all 'he strength and concilia'e all the wish- t
es of the F reach Revolution to raise and fearless
jly to honor the statue and the tomb of a popular I
rcro; f..r there is only one thing which does not
: dread a comparison with glory—it is liberty.
rrighs and mars were the first audiole responses
j ci'en by the Deputies to this heart-stirring Ad-
I dress. Afterwards they crowded round the Min
inters to congratulate them upon a measure so
glorious to F ranee. The Bill was then read as
follows :
Art 1. There is opened to the Ministers of the
Infenor. upon the estimates of 1840, a credit of
1,000.000 francs for the transportation of the
rnertal remains of the Emperor Napoleon to the
Church of the Invalides, and for the erection of
i his tomb. I
Art 2. The expenditure authorized bv the pre- L
sent Jaw shall be provided for by ti e resources
granted by the law of finances of August 10,
I 1839. for the estimates of 1840. Given at the
; Tuileries, May 12, 1640.
“ I’ll not stand that, ant how.”—A stur
dy o!o Whig Democmt of the Jeffersonian school,
was asked a few days since, will a sneer, hv a
friend of the administration, bow ho liked to be
called a*• British Whig.” *• It is of no conse
quence to me.” said the friend of a good govern
ment, ‘‘what they call me—whether a British
W hig, a Traitor, or a Renegade, so long as thev
do not call me a Van Buren man! I’ll not H
stand that x any how.”
A \ eteran Pensioner.—Samuel Winchester
of North Danvers, Mass, completed his 100th
year of age on the 13ih of May last. He was a
sergeant in the revolutionary army, and was at
the buttle ot Bunker Hill. He has 157 descen
dants. two of which are great great grand children. I
He retains his intellect remarkably, but is unable j
to walk without help, his lower limbs being a Ll- EH
tie stiff. as he says, in consequence of hav;/?^tra
dedin the swamps of Canada some 80 veats I
since.
■
A Western orator recently declared from the I
stump that he •‘was born at a very early period I
of his lift ! ’ Me should presume su—when he I
was quite small.
SctriNTiNG. —A most interesting and delicate '
operation for the cure of stabismus, or squinting, 1
has been lately applied to the human eye. with I
the most perfect succes, by Mr. Bennett Lucas. *
The report of the cases in the medical journal I
show?, that the operation is unattended with the |
I slightest danger to the organ affected. It simply pi
consis s in dividing ihe muscle which draws the Fj
eye in the wrong direction ; and when this is ac- |
complisl.ed, it is impossible to delect, after the 1
lapse of a tew days, which of the visual organs
hod been the subject of operation.
I
Yankee Enterprise.— The project of estab- 1
lishing a regular steamboat communication along I
| the Pacific coast ot B?outh America, from Valpa- rB
i nuso to Panama, is soon to go into operatwn. .3
'The honor of this important enterprise belongs I
loan American citizen, Mr. William Wheelright B
| of N. wburyport, Mass, formerly U. S. Consul at ■
Guayaquil.
mt
Appointment nr the Puesiuf.nt,— By ri
and with, the advice and consent of the Senate■ tml
Abraham B. Fannin, collectors of the C us- || |
toms, of Savannah, Georgia, Mrom 10 h July, 1840,
when his present commission will expire.— 1
Globe■ 9B
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dulcs from Liverpool, May i
Latest dates from Havre May 13 1
Charleston, June 13.
Cctfon. —There has been quite an active demand
throughout the week just closed, for all qualities £
ot Upland, but in consequence of the 1 ight
rn market the sales aie necessarily limited. The |
inierior kinds have gone up a fraction on tae ph - I
ces of the previous week, while the better j j
ites have fully m.rintainec our quotations. Jt vvnl
be seen that our rates rule from from 6) to 9s; hat 9
we must reiterate the opinion expressed in our last,
that there are several lots in market, which ** ■
held at something above oor highest quota*' oos - pß|
(;f the 1b.909 bags on hand, there aie but about ||Bi
bags on the market for sale. The tianssc- g
! tions are 33 bags, at 6 ; 73 at 6i ;21 at d|; -63 »t ( •
6i ; 458 at 7;l2at7| ;93 at ; 171 at 7j;''
at 7g ; 77 at 7| ; 24S ai 8; 259 at 8j; iSSatSjj 1
132 at 80; 411 at S£ ; 432 at 9; 13b at 9F; a«» M
i 463 bags at 94 cts. per lb. in all 3347 bags._ De*
ers in Long Colton have taken about 274 :it-‘ gsy
Bea Island at the following prices —J at 21 ; *3I
23 ; 93 at 25 ; 53 from 26 to 39; 59 from. 30 to 4b <yt
ami 40 stained do. Horn 9 to 13 cts. per Ib.jacd *
small lot Santee a s 20 cts. per lb.
R ce. —Our liice .Maiket has undergone SI
change since our last. 'J he operations of the wft '
! although limited have been at full prices. -L' J “ j
757 tierces have been sold at the to lowing F r i c .
viz—Bo :.t S2O ; 287 at 2| ;ISat 2 13-1 6; P° al jg
2g ; 235 at 3 ; and 40 tierces at 30 per ICO.
Grain. —The re; eipts of the week hare 0 ,
but 1590 bushels .Mainland Corn, which cha-'3 £j Rl
hands within quoted rates viz:—ss a 57 cts
bushel. About lUO bundles of Hay have been a Lr,-
ceived since, our last, and sold a95 cts. cash. - ■ fy
arrivals of Cats or Peas. . ... - "ft j
Flour. —Our Bakers have purchased l‘ ct
during the week. Several hundred
Howard sC have changed hands at prices taC 7. j ’s JE
■ from to s|; Richmond county has been se ; 11 r |f
at 6 ami CO-, and Ilaxall as7 pei barrel. , tfer
Salt. —Receive 1 this week 1500 sacks
We quote Liverpool sack, fine and coarse, ?■ An
150 per sack.
j Lard. —About 300 kegs Boston, was sold ll ||| e
We quote Lard a 130 cts. per lb. , *6
Sugars. —The only transaction within ourtie
ledge, is the sal.- of about 70 hiids. i
from 6 to 74 cts per lb. jt
< ojfee. —Cuba has been selling, in small 10 ’p H
9| and 10 ;< *nd about 200 bags Klo, from Uj ‘ t j
| cts. per lb.