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Will—up—l . JL ■_i ! I " CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 19. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio ; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the incor ruptible Statesrr aa —the inflexible Republican — the patriot Farmer of Ohio. FOB VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, 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. TOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUN HAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. EOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. E. A. NISBET, of Bibb. J. C. ALFORD, of Troup. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Haoersham. T. B. KING, of Glynn. LOTT WARREN, of Sumpter. R. L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. J. A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. The Convention. We clip from the Georgia Journal of the 9th Inst, the following notice of the great unanimity which prevailed in the late Convention, it will be recollected that the Editor of the Journal was a Secretary to the Convention. The nomination of Gen. Harrison by the Con vention was made with a degree of unanimity that, we must confess, astonished us not a little. We did not think it possible, after the extraordi nary efforts which have been made by gome of our former political associates to prevent it, that there would be but one voice heard in so large an assembly, opposing this nomination, :and yet such was the fact. When the vote was taken upon the motion t« agree to the report of ithc Commit tee to whom had been entrusted the selection of Electors, but ONE, solitary NO ! wfas pronoun ced in the hall. \ The correspondent of the Columbus after mentioning that the committee- of 21 had reported a ticket pledged to the support of Harri son and Tyler observes: The report was accepted with bull ONE DIS SENTING VOICE ! ! Messrs. Colquitt, Cooper, and Black, have announced themselves in the Constitutionalist of yesterday morning, as candidates for Co ngress. This is what we expected, and just as we anti cipated and predicted, but the ruse won’t take; ali their efforts to avoid seeming to seek a nomi nation from the Van Buren party, will recoil upon them as a small game. The Central Bank.'! This institution has advertised in ihe Milledge villc papers, that it will loan out $750,000 —and will commence the operation on the 1 Gth July next. Our views of the propriety of th is meas ure have already been given, and thinr accuracy will soon be tested. ( Xj ’ The loco foco papers are making a great hubbub because General Harrison has too much sense to reply to their impudent aijul annoying letters. When they undertook to pray the same game with General Jackson, he ghve a similar reply to that of General Harrison, and for the same reasons. General Harrison’s opinions were before the country in 1836, and havii undergone no change. Why will not the loco foco papers publich the following letter of General Jackson, addressed by him to General Kay, of the Senate of Indiana, in 18281—iV. Y. Cour. fr Enq. Hermitage, Feb. |2B, 1828. Sii—l have had the honor to receive your ex cellency’s letter of the 30th ultimo, e-nclosing re solutions of the Senate of Indiana, adopted, as it appears, with a view of ascertaining my opin ions on certain political topics. The respect which I entertain for;the Execu tive and Senate of the Stale, excludes from my mind the idea that an unfriendly disposition dic tated the interrogatories which ar*! proposed. But I will confess my regret at being forced by this sentiment to depart, in the sm>UUst degree, from that determination on which I nave always acted. Not, sir, that I would wish to conceal my opinions on any political or national subject; but as they were in various ways promulgated in 1824, I am apprehensive that my appearance be fore the public, at this time, may be attributed, as has already been the case, to improper motives. A N DRE W J ACKSON. Going it too Strong. —The address of the Van Buren Central Committee of Pennsylvania, recently republished in the Loco-Foco press of that State, is so well charged with destructive doctrines and abuse of General Harrison, that Alderman Hay, of Philadelphia, wh o is one of the committee, refuses to endorse it, and has withdrawn from it his signature. T he “Sentinel,” of which Mr. Hay is editor, says of this Address: —“ We dislike its spirit; and have no hesitation in say'ing that some of its statement*- of facts are not supported by evidence.” Gov. Desha’s Opinion of General Harri son. The Baltimore Pilot says that an intelligent gentleman of Maryland, who lately returned from the West, has furnished the Editor with the following interesting account of a conversa tion held by him with the ex-Governor of Ken tucky. It certainly is lime, that the false and malicious charge of a want of personal courage, against a man who has braved so many dangers, and fought sira my successful battles, should be done away with. “ On the 28th May, 1840, on board the steam boat Albany, while ascending thf Ohio river, ex- Governor Desha, of Kentucky, thus addressed himself to me, concerning Gen. William H. Harrison, and he did so, in consequence of a re mark made by me, “that the administration par ty.—ceitainly their presses, were endeavoring to j make it appear that General Harrison lacked per- I sonal courage.”—“ This I know to be false. ” said ! the venerable and respected Governor, “because on the 20th August, 1794, I first became acquain ted with Generel Harrison, while he was acting as aid-de-camp to General Wayne. I saw him twice on that memorable day, exposed to the briskest fire of the enemy,—the bullets flying around him, and I saw nothing like cowardice or trepidation. I saw him also at the battle of the Thames, where I commanded the left wing. He was exposed to imminent danger, and I again saw nothing like cowardice or fear. —His course and conduct at the battle of Tippecanoe, ought to satisfy any and every one, that he lacks not courage. I think him and know him to be, a brave and good man.” &c. What adds more force to the opinion of Gov ernor Desha, is the well known fact, that he is in favor of the present administration, and was appointed by Mr. Poinsett one of the visiters to West Point. From the National Intelligencer. The Canvass for the Presidency. Another month has passed away, and we are ; another month nearer the time of choosing the } Electors of President and Vice President of the ' United States. The hour for action is at hand, j That great changes have taken place all over the j country, and in some parts of it to a most unex pected extent, in favor of the cause of Harrison j and Reform, w T e have already placed copious evidence before our readers, and every day’s mail adds to the amount of it. Rut much more may yet be accomplished for the Whig cause, if those who still stand aloof through a false notion of consistency, or who hesitate between the two sides, can be induced deliberately to look the question in the face, and make up an opinion from the operation of their sound judgment upon the ground of their own personal interest involved in its decision. At this eventful' moment every voter in the United Stales should ask and answer himself these questions; What has Mr. Van Buren done since he became President to entitle him to a re-elec tion 1 And what has he done that ought to pre vent his re-election 1 It is due to the times and to the occasion to meet these questions in a spirit of candor, and to answer them temperately, but in truth. The starting point in these inquiries is the condition of the country, bright and enviable as we know' it to have been, when the predecessor of Mr. Van Buren, with his full consent and ap probation, “took the responsibility,” and began to “experiment” upon the vitals of the Republic. Passing rapidly from that point of lime to the present, the state of affairs, as they exist now, must be looked at, gloomy as it is, and, in view of a continuation of the present order of things, ill-omened in almost every respect that can con cern a nation’s prosperity. We challenge any one to show, within the range of the diversified duties pertaining to the Presidency, a single act of the present Adminis tration, involving principles of any magnitude, or consequences of any moment, that has lettered 1 the condition of the country in any one respect. If that Administration were this day to close, the faithful historian w r ould necessarily have a blank page on the credit side of i account. Not only i has not the present Administration done any i thing positively good or praiseworthy, but it has ! deliberately re. js 1 to do good when the oppor tunity was fair, and the means of doing it were plain and obvious. Never has a President come into power, as Mr. Van Buren did, with m ans so ample, and under circumstances so auspi ous lor a peaceful, pro perous, and glorious administration; and nev er were golden opportunities so recklessly disre garded. Infatuated with the servitude of power rather than animated with the lofty aspirations of a public benefictor, he has sacrificed great inter ests of this country to idolatry of his predecessor, and to schemes for the perpetuation of the same selfish influence by which he was himself brought into power. He has, in a word, preferred the fleeting fame of a cunning politician to the endu during honors of a devotej patriot. In the record of the acts of this Administra lon, during the three years and a quarter of its exist ence, we find no act that claims a country’s grati tude, and nothing, therefore, on the score of ser vice rendered, to entitle Mr. Van Buren to a re ek ction. Let us now look at the acts of the Administra tion which are at war with the interests of he country. When Mr. Van Buren entered upon the high and responsible duties of his station, as if under the influence ol some strange sorcery, he yielded to the impulse of mischief. Not only did he withhold the fosteringhand it was his sacred duty to extend, but he persisted in the war begun by his “illustrious predecessor” against the growing prosperity of the nation. And so perseveringly ‘ and relentlessly has he prosecuted this war upon I the credit of the country, the current y of the country, the business of the country, and the en- ; terprise of the country, that they have all sue- I cumbed, unable to contend successfully with an adversary in whom they ought to have found a protector, and are now threatened with the last , act that can bring them lower or scourge them ; more—the thrice-condemned, thrice-rejected Sub- ! Treasury Scheme; The total disregard of the popular will in forcing this odious measure upon a resisting People, is one of the most daring out rages upon the fundamental principles of Repub lican government that has everViarked the con duct of any public man since we have been a free Pe»ple: and, should the measure receive the sanction of law, (which now appears probable,) then will it he proved how effectually the Execu tive power has outgrown those checks which, in the theory of the Constitution, are considered the safeguards of our liberties. Mr. \ an Buren has brought all the power of the Government to his aid in carrying out a sys tem (of which the Sub-Treasury scheme is de signed to be the crov l.ig act) that proposes a to tal revolution in the fiscal and financial operations of the country; bearing ruinously upon every in terest that yields revenue without oppression and lays a stable foundation for the success of every business, and secures a liberal rew r ard to honest industry. This policy of his is avowedly a sys tem of experiments. And mark how it has wor ked ! It has beggared tne Treasury, which, when Mr. an Buien came into office, he found over flowing. and it has broken down more effectual ly the thrift and spirit and enterprise of our whole country than it was believed to be in the power of man to accomplish, or within the compass of legislation to effect. In the midst of our country’s ruin, with cries of distress reaching the Executive from every quar ter, and ringing in his ears the pleadings" of the People to save them from desperation, we see the President stand unmoved upon the eminence of his station, saying in effect to his fartt, “ Go on to the accomplishment of my plans, cost what they may! Let my will be done,though millions sutler !” Is it to be believed that, under the rule of a President who thus exercises his official powers much more with a view to the success of a party than for the good ot the whole People, the coun try can prosper! Give him another term ofser vice, to perpetuate the power and the policy of his parly, and the present generation can never hope to see a return of those glorious times when we were the happiest and the most prosperous People that lived. We call upon the People, therefore, one and all, if they wish to raise up their drooping coun try; if they wish to enjoy those rich blessings which their Government, properly administered, will always secure to them, to unite their efforts to place the Executive power in the hands of a faithful veteran and proved patriot, whose policy, we all know and feel, will build up their broken fortunes, and spread a refreshing influence over the w hole face of their devoted country. From the New Orleans Bee. Important News from Mexico. Campeachy. —The schooner Oceana , captain Noel Padevani, arrived in this port last night, having left Campeachy on the 3d June. The pa pers of that city which we have received up to the 30th May, give at full length the details of the movements of the federalists, in the vicinity of Campeachy, and the progress they are ma king in the siege of that place. Captain Padovani informed|Us, that the town of Campeachy, after a bombardment of five days, surrendered to the Federalists on the 2d June. On the 3d, the victors were to enter the town the government troops were to be despatched the same day to Vera Cruz. The Federalists intend marching upon Tobac co, jwhere a great part of the population have declared themselves in their favor. A detachment of 400 men, garrisoned in Tobascc, had been sent by the commander to reinforce the besieged; | but before they had arrived at their destination the order was countermanded. Taxpico.—By the schooner Wetter, arrived j in this port last night, from Tampico, we are in i formed that the news of the capture of Campea ! chy had reached |tliat place, and that great en thusiasm existed in favor of the cause of Federal ism-1 Shortly after the arrival of the above schooners the Br. steamer Arguile came in ports rom Vera Cruz, which place she left on the 6th instant. We have received papers from Mexico and Vera Cruz up to the 27th May, which contain noth ing important. We have also received by the same arrival the following communication from our correspondent: Vera Cruz, June 5, 1840. Messrs. Editors of the N. O. Bee. Gentlemen, — A Mexican schooner escaped from the blockade of the Federalists entered this port last night and gave intelligence that, unless Campeachy received assistance from the govern ment, she would be obliged to capitulate on the 3d June. This news caused a great agitation in our town, as the event will necessarily be pro ductive of serious consequences on the coast. Al ready rumor has announced that Tobasco was blockaded by two Federal ships. From thence, they will naturally proceed to Vera Cruz, where they will find no opposition, the town and the port being entirely unprovided with troops. It is reported that the Federalists have a great ma ny frie ids in this town and in Tampico. This event will probably improve the commer cial affairs. The law of 15 per cent, which has paralized commerce so long, will undoubtedly be repealed if the Federalists succeed in their plans. The dissatisfaction against this measure is gener al, and loud murmurs were daily heard against i the government. Nothing else interesting. A Bad Business. Mr. Proffit recently offered to prove to Con gress, that purchases for the Florida War had I been made at New Orleans, of articles for the use of the army, amounting to over $500,000, and that the very same articles were sold for $53,000, and sold to the very same men of vohom they xcert bought Amongst the items were the fol lowing : Wood was bought at New Orleans and delivered in Florida at a cost of $65 per cord. There was plenty of wood to be had for the cut ting within one mile of the camp. Sugar was bought at 13 cents a pound and sold for 3 cents ; coffee was bought at 18 cents a pound and sold for 6 cents; corn was bought at $1 a bushel, and sold for 7 cents !! Mr. Proffit offered to prove this, all of which is derived from official documents ! —and he asked for a committee, even one favorable to the administration, to examine into the subject. The Van Buren majority re- I'USED TO GRANT IT ! I The Crops. —The Richmond Compiler of Friday says— A gentleman who has travelled from some dis- S tance above Lynchburg on the river to this place, | taking the South side route, represents the crop of wheat as very good. The lowland crops were extremely fine, while in portions of those of the uplands the bugs and fly had done some damage ; but he thinks quite partial; with that exception the highland wheat he represents as good. An Amusing Incident. —Yesterday, when the Rosalie was leaving port, a number of the Whigs of the city went down to bid the delega tions from the Upper Mississippi good bye. As the boat put out from the shore, the citizens gave three cheers. When they were through, a good sturdy looking fellow, standing in the street, sung j out solitary and alone, “Hui rah for Van Buren!” I He had scarcely finished his hurrah when a big dog jumped out and seized him by the leg. The ! fellow turned around, and with great humor ex claimed—“ By George, it’s time for me to turn when even the dogs bite me for hurrahing for \an Buren.” Such peals of laughter as followed tl.is expression, we have never heard on any other occasion.— St, Louis Republican. Want of Courtesy— A fault»of American Women. —Miss Sedgwick, in a recent produc tion, intimates that a want of courtesy is the “most striking and prevailing defect in the man ners of the Americans.” We presume she means American women —atleasther specifications point that way—as thus : I have often seen men in steamboats, in stage coaches, in churches, and other public meetings, rise and give their seals to women, and the wo men seat themselves quietly without a look or word of ackowledgment. And so with a thou sand other attentions which are rendered, and received without any return. Avoid such dis courtesy, my young friends—it is net only dis pleasing, but unjust. We actually owe some re turn for such civilities, and a courteous acceptance is, in most cases, the only one .hat can be made. These little chance courtesies are smiles on the face of manners, and smiles are like sunshine, we can scarcely have too much of eiiher.” If this want of courtesy is really a characteris tic of American women—and we cannot dispute Miss Sedgwick’s authority, who is one of them, it is, we are persuaded, a fault not of disposition but of manner. Having made this comment, we submit the matter to the consideration of those con cerned. A Fair Hoax.—A Belgian painter lately sent as his own, one of Rubens’ pictures to the Royal Exhibition in Paris, and it was refused admis sion. From the New York Spirit of the Times. A South Carolina Training. Frog Level, April 10, 1840, In the bosom of that beautiful valley which receives the sparkling waters of Oolanoy, the scene of the following sketch is laid; no spot on earth can be more enchanting. The majes tic Table Rock, rearing its bald front on your left, as if fawning upon the occupants of the world below—the variegated peaks of a thousand moun tains, which do homage to his greatness—and the undulations of the beautiful valley dotted with cottages, and fields of waving corn, present a tableau as enchanting as the valley of Kasselas. Had I the pencil of a Claude, with what enthusi asm would I dwell upon the picture; but it would be murde.* for an unskillful artist to soil its beauties. Nor is it my province to deal in the romantic —I skim the surface of life, and give thee the men and manners of the time—l belong to the school of Hogarth. It was a melting day in August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and— when tight breeches were all the fashions, that I chanced to “ drop in” upon the muster-ground of the Pumpkintown Particulars. Hitching the Black Dwarf to a black Gam, and twisting a few of the V irginia weed into my mouth, I sauntered up to the scene of action. In the space of a few years the mlitiary had experienced a complete revolution—an entire re-organization had taken place—new laws, new boundaries, new books, and new officers had come into existence like ma gic. Many a poor devil who had never dreamt of ambition, woke up and found two epauletts upon his shoulders, and a system of tactics in his hands, about the uses of which he knew quite as much as the “ Boston Notion” knew about the forthcoming Nos. of “ Marraaduke Myddleton.” The new notions of the day had even invaded the sanctity of Pumpkintown. New boundaries had been drawn for the beat, new officers elected and books prescribed. No longer would Jim Adel’s old chapeau, which was more like an in vented side saddle of ’76 than any earthly appur tenance, be an heirloom to the company. Their kingdom had passed away. But I said it was a melting day—yes, a man’s lip’s would fiz when they touched the bubbling fountain —but no matter, hot or gold, men had to do their duty; the new Colonel had come up to drill the boys and make a speech. Well, the Col. spoke to the Captain, the Captain spoke to the orderly, and the orderly, a frisky little black eyed, dark-skinned fellow, in a green frock and nankeen tights began. “Oh yes !—oh, yes All you what belongs to Captain Alsop’s company parade.” And a motely crew they were; there might be seen many a stalwart mountaineer, six feet two inches, with a coon skin cap, and tail flying in the wind, set carelessly on his head, copperas hun ting shirt and trowsers, his feet pinned into moc casins, and his trusty rifle thrown carelessly across his arm, a facsimile of Joe Powell’s *• bone and sinew of the Stale and there were all manner of forms and uniforms, and feathers, and sayings and doings, that characterize a peculiar and ori ginal people. “ Fall in men, fall in, tallest men to the right; step up there Jo. Gaskin, close to that Chesnut —you next, Jim Hoxey come up men—look sharp ! face to the right and order arms—stick to the corn row—theie now, that’ll do—how you come it! Front face—where in the hell arc you men looking to the left! you call that front! turn to me, I’m front—there now.” Keep cool, orderly,” cries Jo. Gaskin, “its mighty hot—you mout fry up sich a day as this.” “You be d—d, mind your business. Jo., and keep them men dressed on the right.” “ Who’s to take care of the left, orderly !” “ Let it take care of itself—it’s always wrong any how. Now when Isay in two ranks form company—th© 2d sergeant, you Tom Billet, and Josh Wise, there the next man, will hold fast, and all the other fellows as they come up will drap in you—each rar rank man kivering his file leader. Now, then—in two ranks form compa ny—march!—Hold fast there, Tom Wise!— didn’t I tell you! Hello there, Bill Griffin, keich a hold o’them d———d jackasses and fix’ era right.” Whereupon Bill took hold and jerk ed them into place in less than no time, one by one, as they came up. “ There, now,” says Bill. “And it’s very strange, boys, you have to be pulled in every lime,” fays the orderly. “We don’t like the work, orderly—the gear an’t right,” cries Jake Reese. “ Silence, men !” cries the orderly, and the orderly spoke to the Captain, and the captain came to the front and cries, “ Officers Post!” whereupon every son of a gun scampered off behind the rear rank, to lay down in the shade of the Chesnut. Capt. Alsop was a man of vast dimensions— a blooming personification of Jack Falstaff’s figure—with a propensity to take on fat like a Durham short-horn and to perspire like a cler gyman’s mare in dog days. He was a jolly soul, and loved his still beer and potatoes (with now and then a leetle brandy) far better than the mil itary, but his great ambition set him on. Ima gine such a person cased in a thick blue coat, with large plated buttons, begirt with a strap of brown leather of huge circumference, from which was suspended a rusty broadsword, which looked as if it had followed the captaincy since Adam was a boy, a blue stock round his neck, a striped homespun jacket, his nether extremities thrust into a pair of linen trowsers, all overshad dowed by a hat of huge dimensions, whose brownish front told a tale of better times, and you have the tout ensemble of the greatest cap tain of the age—Capt. Alsop, of the Pumpkin town Particulars. “ ’Tenlion, company—shoulder arms-rar rank open Older—Sargeant’sstep back—march, march back men.” “ Look sharp, boys,” whispered the orderly, “ hold up your heads, something’s to be done !” “ Right, dress !—All you men that hasn’t guns had better bring ’em next time, or I’ll be obliged to notice it.” “Supposa we can’t get ’em, Cap,” says half a dozen fellows, “wbat then !” “ Why, do without that’s all. ’Tenlion, close order, march—halt! ’tention—by platoons, right wheel, (wait for the word men;) march—stop there, boys, I believe I’ve commitled a slight mistake—as you were! Tell off—well, Jo Gy ton, are left of the Ist platoon, and Jim McCosh | right of the 2d. Now then, platoons right wheel ---halt, dress !” ** Dress where, Captain 1” says Jo Gyton. “ Why—oh, left dress—what am I thinking about!” “ Very well, boys—very well!” At this mo ment two or three boys appeared in front with game cocks in their hands for a fight—cocka dooledoo! “ Put up them chickens, boys—no fighting till muster’s over. ’Tention, men. Right into line, wheel, march—halt, dress.” “ We’re wrong, Captain,” says Jo Gyton, “ I ought to be in yonder.” “ Well, that you might expect by paying no attention to my instructions. About face !” and the about face threw Tom Diggins and Dick Williams to the front, each with a game|cock in hand pecking away. “ Damn it, boys put them chickens under a barrel—no fighting, didn’t I tell you, till the muster’s over ” —and away went Dick and Tom. “ Well, I believe we’re right now.” “No we aint, Captain, we’re wronger than ever.” “ Well, let it stay so, it only make it worse to try. Now show the Colonel how we can mus ter in a straight line—company, front!” “ Stand straight in line,” says Jo Hoxie. And away they went, harum skarum over the field, in every sort of a line in trigonometry. At length a fence came afoul of the left flank of the company, and the captain was taken all in a heap—a moment’s reflection and he cried out, “defining bis position” by the motion of his hands and body at the same time— “ Ease round here —ease round here—now you come it!” “ Hello there. Captain,” cries the Col. “where did you get that idee ?” “ [ give it up, sir,” says Alsop, “it’s all my fault.” “ Well, I said give it up,” says 8.1 l Griffin. “ And didn’t I say straight line,” says Jo. By this time the captain began to puff and blow bravely—“ silence in rank, boys.” The oil of life finding its way out of ever}' pore in the system, had “insinuated” the blue slock, and tracing its course down the shirt-bosom, made a perfect calico concern of Alsop’s linen. The linen inexpressibles even exhibited traces of the fluid, and it was evident that the captain would soon fling away the blue slock, or the blue stock w'ould convert the captain. At this juncture up came the Col.; Alsop puffing off steam, and tipping his hat said, “ if you have no objections, Colonel, I would be glad you would drill awhile; I’d like to take off my coat and cool awhile, ’ and, suiting the action to the word, he threw off the old blue, and retired to the right. Col. Keel was a strapping six-footer, as broad between the shoulders as Hercules, and long in the arms as a “ Rang a Tang,”—dark complex ion, and a foxey, grey and red, bushy coat of hair—a hat which looked as though it had fought through the floods and fields of manv years, and a broad-tailed linen coat and copperas trousers, and you have an idi a. He began. “Feller officers and sojers of the Pumkin-town Particulars—hem ! This is the first time I’ve been toyour muster since I’ve been elected, but don’t think’twas cause I didn’t like to come here. Ido like to come here, for—hem! this is my old stomping ground, and you all went for me for colonel. Well, I’m but an igno rant farmer, and most of you could know as much as me if you’d try', but—hero! as I was saying, I’ve come here to drill you a bit, and I arn’t gwine to keep you out long if you do right smart. I tell you,”—another cock crowed in ranks—“ boys you better pul them chickens un der a barrel, you’ll soon be brought to a stand with so many cocks in ranks.” “ Hurrah, colonel, it’s Jim Dillet here, a d—n e—n of a bitch, its jist his nateral crow,” “ ’Tention—as I told you, men, the main thing is attention—you can’t learn no bow with out it in mustering—you can’t succeed in any business without attention—l don’t care if its fishing. Well, now, the main thing is to learn the fust thing fust—you must learn to march fust. ’Taint no use trying to do without it. Capt. Alsop, fling your company into squads, we’ll drill awhile—hem! there now—you Capt. take that squad; Ist lieutenant, another; 2d, another; ensign, anolher. Well, go ahead now, and try the wheelings and turnings and march ings; and away they went, marching and coun termarching, after no other mode or manner of tactics but that of the Pumkintown Particulars. The 2d lieutenant—a very conceited fellow— in his estimation could do wonders; but he had an unfortunate knack of calling things by the wrong names—for instance, he always said for squad, squadron, which never failed to raise a laugh. “ Boys,” says he, “ have I said squadron this morning I” “ Well you haint,” says Bill Muggin. “ Well, tell me of it, if I do. You see, men, I’m thinking of the horse—l ana. Well fellers, you went that lock-step to a nal’s heel, just now —hold up your heads, now—keep steady and try it agin. Right face!—March !—(I ought to said by right flank, fust, but its too late now— never cry for spilt milk) —file right!—very well. Right wheel !— no, no, — file right! —there's the colonel, now show him a turn; we’re giving them other squads hell, I tell you ; just laying ’em in the cool. Pention, heads up !—now you come, we’ll file right round the colonel. Take care, Jim Gaskins—d—n your long le_-, don’t step so far—now, (rising tip-toe) squadron—right turn !” “By b—ll you said it,” cried Bill Muggins— j and the whole rank was in confusion. “ Hid 11” said the enraged lieutenant. “ Well, you did.” Well, d—n that ran I wish it was out of the Alphabet. Right dress ! Halt! Hello!—How in the devil’s all this—you’ve got mixed up so— there’s two or three rar ranks.” “All right, captain,” says Bill Wiggins, “I’m jist kivering two,” “ Well I think kivering one’s as much as you could do such a day as this, Right wheel!— countermarch !—hah ! D—n it, as you were, take your places men.” “ I say, Lefty,” cried Bill Muggins, “ you put your foot in it agin.” “ Silence, men. Dress!” The Col. took charge of the squad, and march ed it up to the big chestnut. The other squads followed the example—they formed line and rest. The Col. came to the front—“ Attention, com pany !—front faces!—heads up! Well,’fore I go any further, and fear I mougbt forget it, my neighbor Jim Slades* old Killbuck, the best deer , t dog in the county—[that’s a d—n lie, whispered ~ fifty voices, my dog can lay it on] —and as we can t do without him no how, if any of you has heard of him being tuck up, I’d be glad you’d let me know it, ’fore I leave. Well men. you’ve done very well to-day ; but when I say well, don’t understand me to mean so well that you can’t do better. Keep a striking, that’s my rule, and you’ll make a crop some time. I hope your cap tain will now take you up to the wagons, and treat you to as much gungers and liquor as you can drink, and all you that have wives may find them, when you go home, in a good humor, and you that have sweethearts find ’em wanting courting. Captain dismiss your company. Capt. Alsop—’tention!—shoulder arms!—about face! Dismissed till next muster day.” PHIL GILDER. “Ah, Eliza!” said a puritan preacher to a young lady, who had just been making her hair into ringlets. ‘Ah, Eiiza ! had God intended your locks to be curled, he would have curled them lor you.’ “ When I was an infant,” re turned the damsel, “he did : but now I am grown up he thinks I am able to do it myself.” Calhojx’s Portrait or Vas Burex.—Cal houn the main prop of the administation, expres sed the following opinion of his friend , Martin Van Buren; •He was not one of the race of the lion or the tiger ; he belonged to the lower order—the FOX and theWEAZEL; and it would be vain to expect that could command the respect or acquire the confidence of those who had so little admiration of the qualities by which he was distinguished.’ SIXGULAH F REAR OF NaTURE. A Calf is nOW living on the farm of Peter Sprinkle, Esq. of I azevvel county which may he ranked among the curiosities of the age. It has eyes and ears like an elephant; breast and forequarters like a horse; rump like a buffalo ; hair curled ; tail like an elk; short hind quarters like a bear; its back is so short that there is not more than the width of a band between the shoulder and the hip. The calf is about six or seven weeks old.— lll. State Reg. As most persons doubt the story published some times since, in some of the papen, about a tom, or male turkey, performing the duties of the female or hen turkey, so called, by setting; they may now witness the fact by calling at th e house of Mr. Benjamin Bowen, in N Ir ,u c ’ vidence, where the old fellow mav be fr j ' i ting on fifteen hen eggs, and is now on Kw*** and last week. Two years ago, the S1 j turkey, hatched a brood of chickens, and T j seven to full maturity. —Providence Jour^f* I.VTERESTIXG AX FC DOTE At the It Buren meeting in Philadelphia, Mr. D*-* the course of his remarks undertook to i, **’ ‘ n General Harrison, as a black cockade fed > ! >Unc * and shortly afterwards as the Philadelphia S* 5 says: “byway of illustrating whit he n such an animal, we presume, turned an.l i!! nt b ? I ! fed Mr. Richard Rush, the first man p- u ' delphia that ivore the black cock a. d* , , | dience.” ’ lo lh « a u . Tulips.—The London Courier savs- Mr. Groom, her Majesty’s florist at \V I has recently commenced exhibiting V: a w ° n^ I disp'ay of tulips, of which the pre-ent !* i annUßl fers a collection of 10,000 different °‘‘ : Amongst these are two valuable sorts hr h"* *’ unknown, and which Mr. Groom, who them, names “Prince Albert” and •‘Xourri' fendi,” The value of each of these sorts i i- ** ! I hundred guineas. s ° nt The law of love.—ln 1C47, the Court of Massachusetts enacted, that if i y( ung man attempt to address any youns Wo * D7 without the consent of her parents*, or, , their absence, of a neighboring magistrate ofV County Court, he should be fined £5 for the fi-* offence, £lO for the second, and imprisonrJ'l for the third. In 1660, Capt. D. Blake wasfi n 2 the first named sum, bullet off for £4,conditio* 3 ally, “for making love to Edmund Bridge’s daugh' ter, without her parents consent,” A New Dbixk.—A letter from New Orleans published in the Baltimore Patriot, says— have got up a new drink in this city, called *Ti and P > ’ which is made of pounded ice, best New ark cider, sugar and lemon peal, with a spring ling of nutmeg. Report says that our locofoco friends are getting fond of it—it cant hurt them’ “ What do you do for a living 1” asked a baker of a loafer in rags. “lam ot the same profession ; as yourself,” answered Peter, “ for I need bread.’’ MARRIED. In this city, on the 7th instant, bv the P.ev Mr Cunningham, R. W. K. Monroe, of Monroe'counlr’ Geo., to Miss Sarah S. Ames. MARINE INTEELIGENCfT aStaxnah, June 16. Cleared. —Br bark Henry Laird, New Bruns wick ; Fnmkiin Green, Smith, Providence ■ schr Daty Chase, Thomas, Boston. Went to Sea.. —Schr Daty Chase, Thomas Bos ton. Charleston, June IS. Arrived yesterday. —U L brig George, Hull, New York; Schr Olivia, Virginia, Rolling Fredericks burg, (Va.) Cleared. —Ship Benj. Morgan, Johnson, Liver pool. (Vent to Sea yerterday. —Brig Alexander, Rauch, Africa. PROSPECTUS OF THE REFORMER. The undersigned propose to publish in Augusta, Ga. a weekly paper, to be entitled The Rf.formes, extra imperial size, from the 10th of May to the 10th of November next, for One Dollar in advance. As its name indicates, it will be devoted exclusively to the cause of Reform, the election of WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio,for President, and JOHN TYI.ER, of Virginia, for Vice President, and the subversion of the present Administration, —the necessity of relorm in which is becoming every day more and more apparent.— It will observe a mild, dignified tone, and address itself to the common sense of every class of citi zens, for whose benefit it is designed. This Prospectus is issued under the impression that the friends of reform will make a united and zealous effort to give the paper a general circula tion, in short to send it to the house of every nun who reads. The People want light, and if our friends will aid us in our work, we shall be able to counteract the thousand calumnies of the Van Buren presses, and carry the “war into Africa. In the language of a distinguished co-worker, “All we ask is to be heard by the people. It is for them we speak, and if we can get a hearing, we have no fears of the result,” even in Georgia.- “The people will vindicate their wrongs, and hut* their oppressors from office.” We ask the press throughout this and the ad joining States, to insert our Prospectus,and we especially invoke the friends of the cause to be vigilant in procuring subscribers and forward their names by mail as early as possible. fk The paper will contain nothing but leading mat ter, being entirely free from all advertisements, and is placed at so low a price as to bring it within the means of every man. TERMS. Sinjle copy, - - $1 00 Six copies, - -- -- -- -- 500 Twelve copies, - -- -- -- 10 00 Clubs of twenty-five, - - - - -20 00 Clubs of fifty, - -- -- -- -37 50 CTj No P a per will be sent, unless the cash ac companies the order. All letters must! e postpaid- J. W. k W. S. JONES- Augusta, 29th April, 1840. A CARD. —In crossing the Savannah river in the ferry boat from Hamburg to Augusta,on Satur day afternoon, May 30, I threw (by permission) my blue broadcloth cloak into the one horse wairon of an individual, who, with his wife and a sm all child, was crossing at tae same time. The wife knew of the fact, for it was to her I addressed myself. When I arrived at Hie landing, I came off leaving my' cloak, which was carried off by the individuals aduded to. The lady, if I mistake not, told me they were moving from South Carolina to the western part of this Stale, (Georgia). If anr kind friend could give me the clue to their names* or the place to which they were travelling, so th*'* I may obtain my valuable cloak, he would confet a favor upon one who at limes is too forgetful for his own interest. JAMES SEWELL, june 7 __ DR. MONROE, Surgeon Dentist. Office on Washington street, near Ellis, residence at the house lately occupied by Mrs. Savage april 20 CfDr. GARDNER, formerly resident sunteon n the New York Hospital, and physician at helie vue Hospital, New Y’ork, tenders to the public nis professional services. . Office in Washington street, between Broad ana Ellis streets Residence, United States Hotel, ap 2 Kr Br. WM. FLINT, member f the Massa chusetts Medical Society, would inform his trier-.' that he has removed his place of residence to the boarding-house of Mrs. Camtield, at the corner o Jackson and Broad streets, where he may bo at all hours during the summer season. His pro fessional sei vices are respectfully tendered to t citizens of Augusta. tf—june (rj> EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK —At sight, and at one to twenty days sight. For sale by nov 23 GARDELLE & KHIM^. $y~W. G. NIMMO, Genera) Commission -*de f ' chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door toJ ! Con-stitutionalist. no ' 1