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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.