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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUST A. : SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20. —_ , g— / ' i fl 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. Q Q 9 j § 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. •