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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUST A. :
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20.
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Foil PRESIDENT^;
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio ; I ■
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican—
the patriot Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,,
JOHN TYLER,
. Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of thy school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblest sons, uad emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious:, virtuous and
patriotic statesmen. ;
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUN JAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Or-ike.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY' of Clark.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of ILuicock.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER B. STRONG' of Bibb.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, Twiggs.
ANDREW MILLER, of das*,
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
FOR CONGRESS, •
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
E. A. NISBET, of Bibb.
J. C. ALFORD, of Troup.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
T. B. KING, of Glynn.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumpter.
R. L. GAMBLE, of Jcffemn.
T. F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
J. A. MERIWETHER, oFPutnam.
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General Harrison’s j|*S;tter.
It is with unalloyed pleasure; that we lay be.
fore our readers, the following correspondence
between Mr. J. Lyon’s, of Richmond, /irginia
and General Harrison. We have no room for
comment, and indeed it is unnecessary, the letter
is full and to the point, and puts-forever to res t
the slanders of the Loco Foco organs and leaders
about Abolition, Federalism, &c.
Quere —Cannot the Loco Fcccs handle the
General’s Committee for letting him run at large ?
Richmond, April 1 1, 1840.
Dear Sir : The circumstances which this
letter will explain, will excuse m I hope, for in
truding myself upon your attention.
Among the numerous charges w hich have been
put into circulation against you by the
and partizms of Mr. Van Buren, the two roost
relied upon and deemed most potent in the South
r.re—that you are a Federalist ar.jd an Abolition
ist. Satisfied, from the evidecoe before them and
the whole country, that these chtn;s are equally
unsustoined by truth, your iViends have met, de
nied, and as they believe, refuted them. As the
prospect of your election increases, however, and
the heart of the patriot revives with the hope of
the success of one, from whom he expects a wise,
economical, and Republican Administration, the
malignity of your enemies soeras to increase, and
the spoilsmen become more reckless and desper
ate in their efforts to retain the power by which
they make their spoil—Of this, the conclusive ev»
idence will be found in the Richmond Enquir®
of the lOSh instant, in a production purporting to
b* an address from the Van Buren Central Com
mittee here. In that address, it is roundly aver
ted that you are a Federalist and an Abolitionist,
and that your friends in the South support you,
knowing that you are »o. This »4a»ment u
made here with a knowledge of the views enter
tained by the Whigs of Virginia, as expressed in
the address to the people of the State, published
by their Convention, which waj held in this city
in the month of February last, of which I send
you a copy by the mail of this day, I regard the
charge, therefore, as an impudent falsehood
against you, as it certainly is against the Whigs
of Virginia, at whom it is especially levelled; and
if made by an anonymous scribbler in a newspa
per, might be passed by with contempt. But as
the charge is now put forth in an imposing form,
and the subject of Abolition is one of absorbing
interest and paramount importance—and as I
could not, and I am sure the Whigs of Virginia,
and the South generally, would not vote for any
Abolitionist living to be President of the United
States; (scarcely sooner than they would for a
Florida Indian,) and as I have been placed before
the People of this State for the office of Elector
upon the Whig Ticket, I have thought it due to
you, to the Wtiig cause, and to myself, to ask you
to furnish, under your own hand, your denied of
the charge, in a letter to me, which I may pub»
Usb.
I beg leave to say, that the denial which I ex
pect will, in my opinion, advance your caues,
with ail good and reflecting men through the
land; but whether it will advance or injure it, is
equally due to yourself and to us, that you should
furnish it, as I am satisfied that j mi \vould be M
unwilling to advance that cause by:any fraud, as
we should he to be made the instruments, appa
rently, or dupes of it. Be pleased, therefore, to
say to me, whether you still ente ttin the senti
ments upon the subject of Abolition expressed in
your speech in Vincennes in 18S£; whetheryou
ever were a member of an Abolition Society in
Virginia, and whether you have designated the
Richmond Society as an Abolition Society, and
what was your politcal connection, if any, with
the old Federal party.
With great rsspect,
I am, sir, your friend, See.
JAMES LYONS.
To Gen. W. H. Harrison,
Cincinnati, Ohio,
GENERAL Harrison’s WSPLT.
North Bend, Isi lune, 1840.
My Dear Sir —When I received your letter of
the 14th April, I was very Rnwelj with a violent
cold in the head, which terminated in intermit
tent neuralgia, or sun pain, as it. is commonly
called, which was so much increjtasd by writing,
Ihatl was obliged for some time to do very little
in that way. When I recovered, my unanswer
ed letters had increased to so fearful a mass that
I have not yet been able to get through it, even
with the assistance of my conscience keeping
committee. And although I have adopted the
method of getting rid of a large portion of them
by committing them to the flames instead of the
committee, such are the constant intei ruptions
to which I am subjected by a constant stream of
visitors, that I am able to make very little pro
gress in lessening my file. You have in the
above my apology for treating you with apparent
neglect which it was impossible that I should do,
as well from your high standing in sc«jely, as
from the regard I feel for you, in consequence of
the long and intimate friendship and connexion
between our families. But for these reasons, can
dor induces me to sty, that I could never have
brought myself to answer the political part of
your letter at all. I am convinced that upon
reflection you yourself will think that it was iao*
tally unnecessary, for I cannot suppose that my
personal friends and connexions in my native
State, could think that I was less of a gentleman
or an honest man, than thosja ardent politicians
farther South, Stanly, Alford, Legate, Dawson,
King, <kc., &c. They take it for granted that I
could not suffer my Vincennes sp&gch and others,
to be quoted by my friends, to show my opinions
on the subject of abolitionism, if I did not hold
those opinions at this time —they have therefore,
treated with scorn and contempt—the charge of
ray being an abolitionist, and truly that I
have done and suffered more, to support South
ern Rights, than any other person north of Mason
and Dixon’s line. 1 have had, indeed, at great
number of applications from individuals, (nine
tenths at least, my opponents,) requiring me to
reiterate what I have said or written upon the
subject of the U. S. Bank, Abolitionism, &c. I
have declined to answer them, of late, at all;
amongst other reasons, because it was physically
impossible that I should do it; and, as they all
require my opinions in manuscript, particularly
addressed to the writers, they would not be satis
fied wfilh my writing one letter and sending a
printed copy to each. I WAS DETERMIN
ED, HOWEVER. TO AVAIL MYSELF
OF THE FIRST FAVORABLE OPPORTU
NITY, AND REFERRING TO THE LET
TERS AND SPEECHES I HAD MADE
ON THE SUBJECTS I HAVE MEN
TIONED, TO ENDORSE THEM ALL. This
I have recently done, in a letter to a committee
appointed by the Whig members of the Legisla
ture of New Y~ork- You will p obably see it
published by the time this reaches you.
In relation to the discussion between Mr. Ran
dolph, and myself, in the Senate, of which a
satement is annexed to the address, what better
evidence could be given 1 at there is no possibil
ty of satisfying my political enemies by any
thing that I could write, than the garbled account
which they have given of that discussion 1 If
the charge made upon me by Mr. Randolph is
authentic, taken from a newspaper report, smrflly,
my answer to him should be considered so a&Sb
It is worthy of remark too, Mr. Randolph made
no reply to my answer to his attack, and that he
was not a man to leave a matter in that situa
tion if he could avoid it.—The truth is, that I be
lieve he really regretted his attack upon me. He
repeatedly told me so, and frequently solicited me
to bury the hatchet at a friendly dinner, with him,
which I agreed to do. At the dinner were Mr.
Calhoun, Mr. Hayne and General Hamilton and
many others, all but myself, of the then Jackson
party. Our friendly intercourse was never after
wards interrupted. In reply to your inquiry,
as to my connection with the old Federal party,
I will state to you the circumstances under which
I received two appointments from Mr. John Ad
ams. In the year 1796, Gen, Wayne left the
Army on a visit to Philadelphia. I had been re
cently married and tendered to him my resigna
tion as his aid-de-camp, but he declined receiving
it; saying he could very well dispense with my
services in his
that he obtained the promise of Gen. Washing
ton to give me a civil appointment, as I expressed
my determination to leave the Army. This pro
mise, the President repeated to my brother, Car
ter 13. Harrison, then in Congress, with some
very kind remarks upon my conduct in the Army.
When Gen. Washington left the Presidency, I
have reason to bclive, that he obtained a promise
from Mr. Adams to fulfil his intentions. When
the office of the Secre-truy of the North Western
Territory became vacant, Mr. Adams appointed
me, although I wasoppoawd by Co!. Pickering.the
Secretftry of State. In 1799, I wag selected by
the Republican party of the Territorial Legisla
ture to be their candidate for the appointment of
delegate to Congress. Between Mr. Arthur St.
Clair, Jr. (the son of Gov. St. Clair,) the Feder
al candidate and myself, the votes were divided
praaisely as the two parties stood in the Legisla
te re, with the exception of one Republican who
was induced by his regard for the Governor to
vote for his son. The vote was 11 to 10, notone
of the nine Federalists voting for me. Before I
lefl Cincinnati, the Republican members made me
promise not to suffer my known opposition to the
measures of the Admistration to interfere with
the attainment of the great object for which I was
sent. Upon my arrival in Philadelphia I was re-**
ceived by Mr. Adams in the most flattering man
ner. At bis dinner parties, where I was often a
gucsS, he ST4».med to take great pleasure in speak
ing of my &&her’s services in the Revolutionary
Congress, relating many anecdotes to shew his
devotion to cause, and the effect which his
pletterstr»« prO*lu«ad in cheering them in the
gloom which the occasionally unpromising state of
their e£S*urs c&en produced.
I had no convention with Mr. Adams on
polices, farther than to explain to him my views
in relation to the change in the system of selling
the Public Lands, which I was giad to find ho
approved. As soon as the law was passed for
the division of the North Western Territory, I
was informed that it was the intention of Mr.
Adams to nominate me to the Government of In
diana. I hesitated not a moment to declare that
I would not accept it, although very much press
ed to do so by several leading members of Con-
I was not long in discovering the motives
c£ those gentlemen. There had been some meet
ings of the people of the Territory, in which
resolutions had been adopted recommending me
to the President for the Government of the Ter
ritory, (North Western) instead of Gov. St. Clair.
Those resolutions, with correspondent address
es, had been forwarded to the President and So
nate. Now it so happened that two distinguish
ed Senators had fixed their eyes upon the same
office. One of them, who had b?sn most urgent
for me to go to Indiana, had large p in
the North Western Territory, which was proba
bly one reason for his wishing to go there. But
the main object was to secure the Territory to
the Federal pasty,when it should become a State,
which it was known would soon be the case. To
carry out this plan, it was nesessary to get me
out of the way. The appointment was pressed
upon me, notwithstanding my refusal to take it.
At length, my relations and friends, the Messrs.
Nicholas, Wilson Cary of the Senate, and John
of the House, prevailed on me to accept it. They
pointed out the advantages to myself, and assured
me that there was no doubt of Mr. Jefferson’s
election in the ensuing November election, and
that I would be continued Governor of Indiana,
and some Republican succeed Governor St. Clear
in the North Western Territory.
I therefore accepted the appointment, with a
determination, as Indiana had no voice in the
choice of the President, that I would take no
part in the contest.
I have thus given you a full account of my
connexion with the Presidency of Mr. Adams. I
will conclude by saying, that Mr, Jefferson lost
no time, after his inauguration, to assure me of
his favor and his confidence, and I think there is
sufficient evidence that I retained bulb to the end
of his administration.
In answer to the enquiry why I used the word
“Abolition'’ in designating a society of which I
was a member in Richriiond, in the year 1791,
instead of the word “Humane,” which is known
to be the one by which the society was really dis
tinguished?—AH that I can say upon the subject
is, that if I did really term it an Abolition Soci
ety, a fact which I can still hardly believe, (for I
have not been able to see the paper containing
my address to the people of the District in 1822,)
it must have be«a from forgetfulness, which
might easily happen aSter a lapse of 31 years. —
At any rate, the word Abolition was not under
stood to mean in 1822, what it now means. —
There can be no doubt that the society of which
Mr. Tarlton Pleasants was a member, and which
in his publication in the Richmond Whig, he
calls the “Humane Society of Richmond,” [and
by this title Judge Gatch, who gave me the cer
tificate in 1822. also designated it,] was the same
of which I was a member. Mr. Pleasants was a
member in $797, I in 1791—Mr. Robert Plea
sants was the President at the former period, as
he was when I was admitted,
I do not wish what I have said above to be
published, but I have no objection that the facts
should be stated, and reference made to me as
having furnished them.
I have written to a friend in Congress, Mr.
Jos. Williams of Tennessee, showing the con
nection which existed between the Hamilton
county corresponding Committee and myself, and
authorized him to make it public.
I was about to make some further observations
when I was interrupted by a party of gentlemen
from Louisville, and must conclude by assuring
you that I am. Very truly, yours,
W. H. Harrison.
Ward Meeting.
Tippecanoe Boys, to your posts—the Third
Ward meets to-night at Lafayette Hall, and de
sires your attendance.—Therefore, no ceremony
but you arc right, “go ahead.”
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
To the First and Second Speakers of the
Democratic Meeting of Thursday Night:
You say the “Harrison” party is made up of all
sorts of people—“ Whigs,” “Federalists,” “Aboli
tionists,” and all other sorts of men; that this com
bination is not of the great and patriotic party of
1800. Let me ask you, sir, to refer to the history
of your country, and see if no patriots of Ameri
ca lived and acted, not talked, before 1800. Let
me ask you what the Van Buren party is made up
of ? Will you read the call to your last meeting?
Let me take you by your own data of time; and
will you answer where the Jeffersonians of New
York, the living members of the then Legislature
of Mr. Van Buren’s State, and of the Convention
that supported Jefferson, now stand ? Surely they
were republicans. They are now, to a “fraction,”
Harrison men. Os course they have ceased to be
patriots!!!
You say Harrison is an anti-bank_man, (I thank
you for the admission,) but if ’tis expedient to
charter a national institution, he will; and if on
this question he thus acts, he will or may say, it
is expedient to abolish slavery. Well, sir, did
Madison say a bank was constitutional? and he
w T as a patriot of 1800. Did he not sanction it on
the grounds of expediency ? Does not Calhoun say
now he e' r er considered it unconstitutional —has he
not voted for it? Whatsis Mr. Forsyth’s position?
The majority being against it, he votes against it*
Yen forgot these facts the very time you should
not. Were these not good and true Democrats—
Southern Democrats? and would they vote for the
abolition of slavery if expedient?
You say Harrison is a tariff man, granted. But
he says also the compromise should be observed.
Do you place Van Buren or your party on higher
ground ?
You say Harrison is an Abolitionist. Deeds,
sir, speak louder than words. t Van Buren’s
words against Harrison’s deeds. Which is best
evidence in a court of justice? Decide as a lawyer.
The gentleman who made the second speech,
told the meeting, among other things, that Judge
Berrien was a Federalist, “dyed in the wool
that he, Berrien, was a member of the “Clarke
party,” (of which party the speaker himself was,)
but was dove-tailed into the party of, as he said,
the “ Illustrious Chief, Troup.” I was pleased to
hear the praise of Troup, as well as of the State
Rights party —time and interest wear away many
feelings—but I would like to know how the
“ Clarke party” had a Federalist among its num
bers, or if the party was not generally denominated
the Federal party, and claimed many among its
ranks. Ido not carry you back to 1800, but to a
mush more recent date —if this was the case, as I
think it was, 1 only hope you will consider the
Federalists of this date, no worse than whed you
numberei them among your political friends.
A NATIVE SOUTHERN MAN AND A WHIG.
For the Chronicle 8f Sentinel.
Messrs. Editors.— The Locos held their meet
ing on Thursday evening at the City Hall, for the
purpose of appointing Delegates to the Van Buren
Convention shortly to be held at Milledgeville. As
we were passing som.3 distance from the Hall, our
car was struck with the distant sound of a human
voice, which seemed to blend in its ravings, the
startling tones of rage, with the wild and bitter
shrieks of despair. We drew nearer and nearer to
the spot—at length we entered the City Hall, and
found the Gen. in possession of the floor. Although
half the assemblage was composed of Reform men,
for the benefit of those who were not present, I
will touch on some of the prominent points of the
General’s harangue: He said the friends of Harri
son. Tyler, and Reform, had no principles, no
creed—he wanted our confession of faith, so that
it could be tested with their own: that some of
our friends at some of the Tippecanoe Clubs, had
boasted that they were Hamiltonians, &c., and he
talked much effrontery. The assertions con
tained in the last clause, required an extra quantum
of that quality—and we believe the gentleman was
never suspected of having too little. He alluded
with great venom and bitterness, to certain officers
who carried books under their arms, &c., Sac., and
on the pages of which, people had pledged their
names, &c. Does the gentleman forget that he set
the example to those individuals ? and that many
of the names which he obtained, are now openly
pledged to oppose the re-election of the little thing
at Washington ? Or, perhaps, as it is the order of
the day and of the party to which he belongs, he
would arrogate to himself some higher prerogative
than these, his fellow-citizens. Does he wish
them gagged because they are officers ? Have they
ever neglected their duty ? We appeal to the pub
lic. Who watched, and toiled, and suffered with
us, and for us, when pestilence and death over
shadowed our city ?
The General tsld them that he had discovered *
that to live in a log cabin, and drink hard cider,
did not qualify a man for the Presidency » It is
said that in the morning when we rise, that our
heads and intellects are the clearest. 1 hope all
the gentleman’s h;arers will rise early, and set
apart that particular hour for deliberation on tbi g
question.
He spoke much of coming to the rescue; he
bitterly traduced Mr. J. M. Berrien, because be
had called Martin a “little crawling thing:” If't
said the General, he crawled into the Chief Magis
tracy by the voice of the people ! Query—is the
nomination of his successor, by a President of the
United States, already become the will of the peo
ple ?
He did not venture on the subject of “ selling
white men for debt”—and we marvelled at that •
He said much about abolition and federalism, on
the ons hand, and of pure democracy and love for
the people, on the other ; he said there were twen
ty-nine abolitionists at the Harrisburg Convention,
&c. The Abolition Convention in Genesee coun
ty, N. Y., recently, passed a resolution that they
would not support the Harrisburg nomination, be
cause no abolitionists had lot or part in the nomi
nation ! Pardon us, General, for bringing you
into such company —but, inasmuch as your mutu
al object is abuse, and opposition to Old Tippeca
noe, 3’ou will readily excuse me. The General
wound up this part of his harangue, with a solemn
exhortation, and concluded by solemnly swearing
and calling his God to witness, that he believed if
General Harrison was elected , that slavery would
at once be abolished in the Dsstrict of Columbia /”
Query—does he believe it ?
He shuddered at the name of Mr. Webster; —
that gentleman will open his eyes, as soon as the
sentiments he expressed at Alexandria shall reach
here. Mr. W. has at least an equal chance with
Mr. Van Buren,of being a “Northern man, with
Southern principles ”
The gentleman closed by fondly entreating his
hearers to vote for the present incumbent —he
told them how well he loved them, and how well
they had loved him:—he told told them that if
they would elect Mr. Y. 8., that they might lie
down in rest and quiet under his protection. Can
Mr. Van Buren protect his own nose ? Query—
he mean to say that Mr. Van Buren intends to em
ploy that standing army to protect our slumbers ?
We never could conjecture what he w*anted with
them before ! But might he not serve us like the
fox did the silly fowl which he persuaded to put
its head in his mouth, to pyll the bone out of his
throat ? ’ RICHMOND.
Concise Statement of Fac
Relating to the charges against General Harri
son of “ Voting to sell White Men for Debt.”
The vote which has been the subject of so
much misrepresentation was given by General
Harrison in the Senate of Ohio, at the session of
1820—’21. Previous to that time, a law “for
the punishment of certain officers therein speci
fied” (passed February 11, 1815,) ami had been
in force. This act defined and puirishcd crimes
or offences considered less heinous than crimes
which were punishable by imprisonment in the
Penitentiary : such as petty larceny, house-bieat
ing, rescuing prisoners, and offences of the like
grade. These offences, were by this law, made
punishable by fine and imprisonment in the coun
ty jail. This law also provided that if the offen
der refused to pay the fine imposed on him by
the court, and costs of prosecution, and the she
riff could find no property of the offender that he
could levy on and sell to pay the fine and costs,
then he should imprison the offender in the coun
ty jail until the fine and cos'?? should be paid.
But it also provided that the county commission
ers might order the sheriff or jailer to discharge
the offender imprisoned for the non-payment of
su h fine and costs from prison, if they were sat
isfied that he was unable to pay the fine and
costs. It was found in practice that the convic
tion and punishment of offenders under the act,
added greatly to the expenses of the counties,
and consequently served to increase the burden
of taxation on the people.
Most of these petty criminals had little or no
property, or adopted means to keep it out of the
the hands of the sheriff’, so as to prevent effectu
ally his collection of the fine and costs imposed
on them for the violation of the law. The
suit was, that in a majority of these ca as the
counties had to pay the cost of prosecuting the
offenders, and of sustaining them in prison ; thus
compelling the innocent to pay for the conviction
and punishment of the guilty. At the session
of 1820—’21, a select committee was raided in
the House of Representatives to examine this
and report to the House what amendments, if
any, were neceseary and proper. The commit
tee reported a bill supplementary to the act above
referred to, the principal object of which seems
to have been to diminish the expenses imposed
on the counties by the prosecution and punish
ment of these offenders.
This supplementary bill was recommitted to
the Committee on the Judiciary, and was after
wards reported back to the House by Mr. Morris,
(late Senator in Congress,) with sundry amend
ments, containing provisions for the punishment
of certain additional offences, not contained in
the original act, and containing also theoboxious
section, authorizing the sheriff’to sell offenders to
such persons as would pay the fine and costs for
which the offenders were in prison, for the short
est period of service of such offenders. The bill
passed the House, with this obnoxious section in
it, by a vote of 42 ayes to 21 noes; Thomas
Morris, late Senator in Congress, Thomas Shan
non, now Senator in the Ohio Legislature, bro
ther to Gov. Shannon, M. T. Williams, late sur
veyor General of the United States E. Whittlesey,
late member of Congress, among others voting in
the affirmative.
When this bill was under consideration in the
Senate, Mr. Fithian moved to strike out the 19th
section of the bill as it came from the House.—
This section, as had been previously stated, au
thorised the sheriff’ to sell the services of the
offender who was imprisoned for the non-pay
ment of the fine imposed on him by the court,
and the cost of conviction to the person who
would pay such fine and costs for the shortest
term of service, and secured the offender from
cruelty or abuse from the purchaser, during the
term of service, by giving him the same remedies
as are provided by law, in the “ case ot master
and apprentice.”
This section was stricken out in the Senate by
a vote ot 20 ayes to 12 noes ; General Harrison,
Eli Baldwin, late Van Buren candidate for Gov
ernor of Ohio, with others, voting in the nega
tive. In addition to the privilege secured to the
imprisoned offender who should be unabled to
pay his fine and costs, of being liberated by the
county commissioners, if they consider it expe
dient, the bill contained, when this vote on strik
ing out the selling section was taken, a section
providing that the offender might discharge his
fine by labor on the public highways, at such
rates as might be prescribed by the court passing
sentence on the convict.
By this statement of facts, it appears,
First, That the selling, so much complained
of was only the selling of the service of the
convicted offender, for a limited period of lime.
Second, That the offender, during the period
of his service, was secured from injustice, cruelty
or abuse, in the same manner as apprentices are
secured against abuse from their masters.
r i bird, That if the offender was able and wil
.ing to labor, he might discharge the fine imposed
on him for this violation, by labor, on the public
highways, and thus avoid being sold out to ser
vice.
Fourth, That if he was unable to labor on the
highways, and so poor as to be unable to pay his
fine and cost, be discharged by the county com
missioners, without either paying or being sold
for the payment of his fine'and costs.
Fifth and last. That the selling had no refer
ence to honest m r n , or to debtors, in the ordinary
acceptation of the terras; but only to convicted
offenders against the penal laws of the State.
And even in these cases, it was only substituting
temporary service in lieu of imprisonment, for
an indefinite length of time, in the noisome cell
of a county jail, where the ofiender could earn
nothing to pay his fine, nor to support himself or
family.
This bill was under consideration at a time of
great pecuniary embarrassment in the State of
Ohio. So difficult was it for the people to raise
money for the payment of taxes, that the collec
tions'were inadequate to meet the ordinary expen*
see of the Government. The Legislature were
engaged during a large part of the session in
consideiing various plans for reducing the current
expenses of the State, and a law was passed au
thorizing the Government to borrow a sum of
$20,000, in aid of the proceeds of taxation.
During the pendency of the supplementary
act, for the punishment of offenders, above refer
red to, attempts were made in both branches of
the Legislature, to subsitute whipping for im
prisonment in the County jail , as a method of
punishing offences less expensive to the coun
ties; and the plan of selling the services of the
convicted offender, for a limited period, to pay the
fine and costs imposed on him as a punishment
for violating the laws of his country, was advo
cated by many resj«ectable members of both bran
ches of the General Asesmbly, as a mode of pun
ishment less expensive to the public than that of
imprisonment, and less barberous than that of
whipping the offender at the post.
From the Cincinnatti Gazette.
How it Works.
The subjoined extract of a letter from a mer
cantile house in Fayetteville, la., to a dry goods
house in this cityr, dated 27th May, 1840, justly
portrays the condition of affairs throughout the
country.
“ We are extremely sorry we are not able to
meet our engagements. Money never was as
hard to get hold of, since we have been doing
business. We collect very little, and get none
on sales. You must show us all the favor you
can.
“ With respect to the Presidential election, the
matter is safe here. Van Buren puts us in mind
of the Quack Doctor, who was called to visit the
sick man. He first gave him a dose of lobelia,
then tartar; but it would not do. He then gave
dog fennel and poke-root, alternately, without
effect. The patient’s wife asked the doctor, at
length, what ho thought the complaint wasl
‘ Indeed, madam, I don’t hardly know, but I am
try : ng to throw the patient into fits, if I can, as
lam all * * * * in fits,’ This is the way the
sub-treasury bill operates—its administration will
throw the people into fits. Before that is quite
accomplished, we hope the great family of the
people will «a!l in Doctor Harrison, who better
understands the disease and proper medicine
for it.
Log Cab is-.—We were presented this morn
ing, by Capt. N. H. Nucomb, of the canal boat
“ William H. Seward,” of Rochester, with a
miniature log cabis’, the plan and the archi
tecture of which is perfect. It calls up a world
of youthful recollections, ft carries us back, in
imagination, to the log cabin in which we Jived,
some thirty years ago, in the town of Cincinna
tus, Cortland county. It reminds us of days of
toil, of privation, of frugality, and of hope—of
times when, our day’s work done, we eagerly
devoured the contents of a borrowed book by a
pine-knot torch-light: tallow candle*, in those
days, being among the luxuries rather than the
necessaries of life.
We thank the enemy for giving us the LOG
CABIN as a Whig emblem. It is a most fit
ting illustration of our principles. It carries the
mind back to a period of republican simplicity, -
when our rulers were faithful and honest. For
tunately, our country is not so old in years, nor
our people so enervated by luxury, as to forget
their log cabin origin. We all know that pa
triotism resides among our yeomanry. The
watch fires of liberty are guarded and fed by the
dwellers in log cabins. We are proud, therefore,
of the opportunity of supporting a log cabin can
didate for President. We joyfully accept the
log cabin as our Whig coat-of-arms. —Albany
Journal.
From Michigan.
A Letter received in this city from a gentleman
in Michigan, under date of May of 29, says: “I
have just returned from a tour through the south
ern and middle tiers of counties in our State and
a portion of Northern Indiana, and can assure
you that converts from the Destructives are com
ing over to the hero of Tippecanoe. In Kalama
zoo, Calhoun, Jackson and Washtenaw, they
are turning almost by scores.”
Anther letter from the interior of the State,
says: “ All’s well.”— Nat. Intel.
From the Mobile Advertiser.
A Predictioh —The New Orleans True Ameri
can thus speaks of the Abolition movement of a
locofoco paper in this state. The idea that the
Van Burei party, if defeated in November, will
throw themselves into the arms of the Abolition
ists and take ground with them, lias for some time
been entertained by us, and our belief has been
strengthened by the undisguised stand taken by
the State papers at Tuscaloosa. That paper has
boldly endorsed the sentiment that “ THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY PUTS FORTH PRINCIPLES
WHICH MUST IN THE END ABOLISH SLA
VERY,” and instead of receiving merited rebuke
from its Van Buren cotemporaries, it is sustain
tamed by them, or, at least- the extraordinary and
dangerous doctrine put forth by the Flag of the
Union istreated with levity by the locofoco organ
in this city- If a private individual had preach
ed or circulated such rank abolition doctrine as is
contained in the State paper of the 13th instant.
Judge Lynch would have been called upon to try
the culprit. But to the preniction ;
“ The Tuscaloosa Flag of the Union, a bitter
Van Buren print, has republished an article from
the Boston Quarterly Review, written by O. A.
Brownson, in which the broad ground is taken the
spread of the principles of democracy, as advocated
by the president and his party, will lead inevita
bly to the total abolition of slavery in the Uni
ted States. Now mark a prediction. The defea
ted Van Buren party will organize after Novem
ber on the open abolition ground, as the true demo
cratic platform, on which our future political bat
tles are to be fouught. Southerners, are you ready
to support a man who, in heart and soul, is an abo
litionist ? The Flag of the Union proves him to
be so,”
The Cobra de Capello, hooded oh spec
tacled snake. —This deadly serpent is so de
nominated, from its being in the habit of ex
panding, when irritated, a hood over the face,
similar in appearance to the cowl of a monk.
There are also two large livid spots, resembling
a pair of uniform lenses, connected by an arch,
alike complexioned, which correctly represents
a pair of spectacles. The bite of this snake oc
casions death in somewhat less than half an hour
after it has inflicted its wound. It is very com
mon in most parts of India, and during the rainy
seasons is extremely apt to steal into houses, to
shelter itself against the inclemency of that de
structive element, proving a dangerous inmate
among families, who are not aware, until it proves
too lato, that this deadly reptile is living unob-
served, in the midst of them T’
ever, one vigilant little enemy is ’ W J
which is ever in pursuit of him.' ' hls |
“ mon S°? se ’ or snake weazel Tk• 11 18 tk I
is about the size of a ferret, n a ‘J hls Cr %-I
the odor of musk, and is capable ,ar Se!jl|
ticated, so as to become as famii: I ' n S<W‘ I
cat. When a “Cobra ~e >£l
this weazel, he coils himself Up . ,?<W|
same lime a most foetid effluvium t ?’ Uln s
feet of terror and alarm. The 1 Dal *»BLj*B
round his enemy backwards and s or °” gooSe %l
being fixed intently on ha victim, anj^’ “«*?«■
critical opportunity oilers itself, ’ e jr d
spring upon his scaly foe, seizing *
the “ occupit,” and passing its teeth th bfh N
spine. Should the weazel be* bi Ue • th, !
ately scampers off into the garden Ui!liC5 «4
near at hand, and medicates upon *°® e *°od
which proves an antidote atramst .i Cuilar herH
of .he serpen!. There are few -1
that are without these little useful arT m I
run about the house and are I
in their habits. They are equally del? Sfc I
rate, mice, and other quadrupedal v er I
are a certain class or rather “ caste ” f I
termed “ Sampe Wallers,” or sn i “Sr
These men are in the habit of
hibiling a variety of venomous serDem t!o ' Ut, ' l
they carry wi h them in fitly construe
This is a dangerous practice. About
since, one of this vagabond fraterniu
amusing a small assemblage ofsnerttJ
exhibition of his feats with six lar eP
CapcHos,” during the act of charmL
the modulations of his pipe, ot,o of th
contrived to seize him on the wrist
itinerant immediately felt conscious of p
ble fate ; brandy was copiously adminiu ,
him, but without producing any salulaw' * I
He was conveyed to an adjoining 0 t k
where in less than twenty minutes he • *
under the most agonizing convulsions
The New Orleans Sun Says: “The 1
New Orleans are better * organised ’ \
of any other city in the country. Th**' I
hurdy-gurdy grinder at the corner'deach^!l
Novel Mode of applying Lkechf.s Vi
ing the mania for leeches which prevailed I
years ago in France, a country doctor in UrT*l
had oidcred some to be applied to one of hi'l
tients suffering from a sore throat. On caill** ’
see the effect of his remedy, the first person k!
met, on entering the house, was the peaiM ?|
wife. v
Wel *’ £°°<l woman,” said the doctor A#, I
is your husband to day ] better, nodoubl!’’ L
“Ob, res, surely !” answered the woman *|
is as well as ever, and gone to the field." * I
«‘I thought so,” continocd Monsieur le Doctom 1
“the leeches have cured him ! Wonderful e3edl
they have ! you got the leeches, of course!” I
“Vh J es . Monsieur le Docteur. they did hie I
a great deal of good, though he could not uk,
them all.”
Take them all!” cried oar friend, "why how
did you apply them V*
“Oh, I managed nicely,” said the wife, looking
quite contented with herself; “forvatkty’g gale
1 boiled one half and made a fry of the other.
The first he got down very well, but the second
made him smk. But what he took was quiteeti
ough, continued she, seeing some horroi in th
docto-r s coua&tenance. “for he was belter the kb
morning, anal to day be is quite well."
“ Umph r’said the doctor, with a sapient sbib
oi the head, “if they have cared him that issuS
cient ; but they would have been better applied a
ternaUy.” r
From Vie Dublin Review.
The Nlgkling»le,
TR©S* 3HE FRENCH OF LA MARTINI |
When-thy song ’mid the silence and beauty of mdt
Winged bard ol my solitude! thrills,
How little thou knowest the glow of delight
Thy minstrelsy round thee distils!— 3
How enchanted my ear by thy singing;—
Ifow I touch not a leaf all around;—
Hew my breath to my bosom is dinging,
That S mar not the magical sound.—
Huw a poet, whose lyre cannot waken, like thine,
The loftier accents of song,
Repeats, as thou poorest thy warbling? divine,
Tar the fields and the forests along.’
Bat the star of the night, if to listen.
O’er the mountains she loves to delay,
From the branch, where her mellow rays gisto,
Thou silently ftittest away.
Air! thy s-taiais upon earth are too holy to fell, f
And to heaven sublimely they flow—
Aa essence of harmony blended from all
That is music above or below:
Tke valley of shadows and slumbers,
The blue skies that over it shine.
The eavs with its echoing numbeis,
And the trees, have a voice; —it is thine/
From the mcrmuiing s-srge—fiom tie rustling at f;
leaves —
Fiona the sound, in the grotto of stone,
When the azure below from the cleft rock receives
Every drop, with a musical moan—
From the voice which the nigkt-breeze,in sigiM
Brings out fiom the forest all o’er —
From the sound of the billows, in dying,’'
’Mid the reeds on the murmuring shore—
From these—from their music of sweetest delight"
He who made thee hath made thee a voice; I
And thou poorest it foith to the groves every wg« |
And the graves in its magic rejoice.
Ah! the scenes and the flowets so enchanting" j
Every leaf, every breere-shaken bough—
Can a> voice to thu ir beauty be wanting!
Their voice—it is thou! it is thou!
That voice which is heard by the angels andot
With mine, sweetest melodist, blend;
Fee alike Heaven hears us—but sooner to tow
The ear of its mercy will bend.
Far thine are the songs that betoken
Peace, purity, feefings divine;
Bxit ours by our wailings are broken;
We breathe but to weep and repine!
Third Ward Meeting-
The friends of Harrison, Tyler and ?•-
ire requested to meet at the Laftjett*
THIS EVENING, at S o’clock. A gW' eTa
SenabnceisdeskcclL Jno. Carmichael
juae 2D __
Fonrtfr Ward Meeting- i
(Ts THE TIPPECANOE CLUB, of tW
Ward, will meet at the RkfemoadHoteLon-
DAY EVENING next, the 24th inst. a* s ° J
j|in« 20
The following gentlemen have been
she Corresponding Committee of the Cents 1
i rjecsmoe Club of Richmond County •
Ajia.m Johnston.
Wm. T. Gould.
F. M. Robertson. •