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ms> CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGCST A. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 11. I O V FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio ; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican— the patriotic Fanner of Ohio. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia; A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— —of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriot statesmen. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. ® JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee ■ JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. • # FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb. LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. ROGER@L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. JAiIES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. Corporal Mum. The “ wise and worthy Editor ” of the Con stitutionalist gave us quite a lecture on respecta bility, weight of character, respect of parties, good breeding, respectable associations, &c. &c., and finally, has retired from the late contest, which he provoked, acknowledging his inability to maintain it. He forsooth, as he very modestly intimates, is particularly respectable, possessing great weight of character, enjoys the respect of all parties, has been well bred, and has always associated with the best Society!.! This is all very well, and particularly, so coming from the source it does.— He is a marvellously well bred man, but who, un less the Editor had made the disclosure, would ever have suspected such a thing, and his asso ciations, they too, have been good. Astonishing ! positively astonishing ! We know nothing of his breeding, whether well or ill-bred, and quite as little o^!is associations, nor do we suppose if we had known them, that we should ever have courted them.—But the Editor has said, he is well-bred, and that his associations have been good, and we proclaim it, knowing that noweil bred gentleman would assert what was not true, that he says he has been well-bred, and that his as sociations have been good. And being thus bred, ® . • he is determined not to notice us in future, that iiSe cannot stoop from his high and dignified station, to notice any thing coming from the Uhrggiicle and Sentinel, unless it be misrepresen tations.—This is dignified, indeed, and it comes with re-doubled force, from such a dignified source (’) The Editor is a man, certainly, of ve ry great tact in matters of this sort, and always makes it convenient to draw himself into his shell very much, after the manner of' certain animals, whenever his citadel is about being stormed, or his digiflty infringed, and his assumed dignity re minds us very much of that peculiar animal. But he is dignified, and he conducts a dignified jour nal, a journal which commands the respect of 11 parties, by allowing and permitting attacks of the most virulent and personal character, upon all those who differ with their dignified Editor, and his dignified journal These are some of his and his journal’s claims to this high order of dignity, and the© respect of all parties, and they are, no doubt, in the estimation of the dignified Editor > very high claims. We very frankly assure the Editor, that his dignity will not shield him. When he again at tempts to garble documents, as he did the Ohio Journals, we shall again assail, altho’ he may have retired within his shell and be playing « Corporal Mum.” He wdd not again notice as except to expose misrepresentations. How extremely condescend ing, most potent, dignified,“wise and worthy Edi tor,”-—and then it will be very brief! Will you, most dignified, “wise and worthy Editor consider it a misrepresentation to repeat the charge ws made, that you were urging the claims of a man for President, who was a Missouri restrictionist, regardless of the plighted faith of this govern ment, —a man who opposed the admission of Florida into the Union unless Slavery was pro hibited, and a man who was in favor of permit ting negroes to vote in all elections of the people of New York ’—we do repeat the charge, and challenge your denial. m Hon. R. M. T. Hcnter. — This gentleman in a letter to his constituents, defines his position as that of a neutral in the approaching Presiden tial contest, and declares his determination, in consequence of not being able to agree with either of the candidates, to decline a re-election to Con gress. A Tan Buren State Rights Man. The last Constitutionalist brought to light this astonishing genius again, we are indeed very glad to find that he is still in the land of the living, for we did not know but that he might have been caught out, and like a young gosling in a heavy rain had been drowned.—“ Does your mother know you’re out]” He is a youth of astonishing genius and pre cocity, and has just discovered that we are accoun table for the Editorials of the Chronicle & Sen tinel, while it was under the charge of our prede cessor. He certainly deserves much of his “ real friends” and the contempt of his “ pretended friends.” The Redoubtable “ L. M.” It is not that we deem L. M. worthy of any far ther notice, but simply to secure him that position to which his merits will most assuredly consign him, that we propose to take a brief review of his course, which terminated in such a flourish of bravado, in the Constitutionalist of Thursday. In this paper of Monday, the 29th of June, we copied from the Steubenvitle Herald, an article giving an extract of the speech of Mr. Van Buren, on the qualifications of voters, and quoting Hol land’s life of Van Buren, page 187, as the work from which the extract was taken. In the Con stitutionalist of the next day, the redoubtable L. M. made his appearance, and charged the “whole” as “false” and then in order to make an attack upon us in his ignorant zeal, made us the endorser. He was not content with charging the extract it self as “false” and we as uttering the falsehood, as he would make us the endorser, but he even went farther, ami charged that the accusation made against Mr. Van Buren, of “ advocating a restric tion of the right of suffrage ” was “ utterly and unequivocally false,” and that he “might use harsher words.” He stopped not here,but charged the Whigs with having published a spurious life of Van Buren, and again called them forgers. Did he stop at this ?—not he, but while engaged in defence of his chief he attempted a defence of Mr. Van Buren’s vote to permit negroes to vote. We did not notice his attack upon us till we ob tained Holland’s life of Van Buren, and on Saturday morning, the 4th inst., we gave notice that we should pay our respects to the “veritable (?) wight L. M.” What then was his course ? —on Sunday morning, as he supposed that the exposure wmuld appear on Monday, we received an anony mous note, which we suspected to be from L. M., saying he was in error, and that he w-as ready to correct it. We wish our readers here to remark that the charges which L. M made, were made on Tuesday previous, and two succeeding papers had issued from that press, without any evidence of his high sense of justice, which would prompt him to cor rect his “ errors.” Nor did he discover the slight est evidence of any such disposition, until he dis covered that exposure awaited him, then it was, and not till then, that he makes known his readi ness to make a correction of his calumnies. We, therefore, disposed to give him an opportunity to be heard, patiently awaited his proffeied acknow ledgement until Tuesday, as the Constitutionalist would not appear until that day, that he might have an opportunity to make his correction of his acknowledged “ exrors.” And that he might be able to see all the errors into which he had fallen, we published on Monday the records of the New York Convention, showing Mr. Van Buren’s vote to ad mit negroes to vote. In the Constitutionalist of Tuesday his prof ferred correction came, and how was it made ? He stated that he had been led into the mistake in consequence of the Heralds’ having referred to the wrong page, viz. 187. He had examined 187 and there was no snch speech there. But does he at tempt or make the slightest correction as to his statements about Mr. Van Buren’s vete to admit negroes to vote ? no, not a word. The extract which we copied from the Herald is to be found on page 182, of Holland’s life of Van Buren, and not on 187 as stated by the Herald. L. M. examined 187, as he admits in his correction, and finding no such speech as was quoted, he therefore pronounced the whole extract ““sals a forgery ,” and made us the endorser ; and turned back from page 187 to 180, and quoted an extract from a different speech of Mr. Van Duren,to estab lish his position. Mark, reader, the speech as published by us from the Herald, was v on page IS2, and consequent’y, L. M. had to pass immediately over it, in passing from 187 to 180 to find the ex tract which he published. But let us turn to page 187, and see what he found there: the Herald had referred to that page as containing a statement of Mr. Van Buren’s course in relation to negro suffrage, and there it was, laid down by Holland, as the record we pub lished proves. L. M. then has no excuse for his “false” statements of Mr. Van Buren’s votes on that subject, he was referred to the proper page, and he admits he examined that page. Yet, notwithstanding his admission, he exam ined page 187 before his first article appeared, in which he grossly misstated facts, notwithstand ing our publication on Monday, of the Journal of the Convention of New York, showing Mr. Van Buren’s vote in favor of negroes—notwithstanding this, when his promised correction came on Tues day, not a word was said of his “false” statements on this subject. W e had then but one course to pur sue, and that was to expose him, which we did on Wedne-day morning, after having waited on him two days to correct his errors, when we could as well have exposed him in Monday’s paper. Now let it be remembered that L. M. had charged the wdiole extract from Van Buren’s speech as “false, a forgery,” &c., &c. If, therefore, the article was a correct copy, as he has admitted, he certainly should have no objection to have the same epithets applied to himself that he had ap plied to us, because he had himself laid down the proposition that we were the endorsers. In our article, therefore, we applied to him no epithet but what he had himself applied to us, and we quoted and marked as quotations his own expressions ap plied to us, and applied them to him. We proved by the record of the New York Con vention that his statements were “false,” and have now shown by his own admission, that he examined page 187 of Holland’s life, which con tains the account of the vote of Mr. Van Buren to admit negroes to vote, that he must have made those statements knowing them to be “false” What then was his course —does he pretend to defend his position ? Oh no, not a word of defence. Why so—the cause is very obvious, L. M. found himself cornered, and his statements proved by the record to be “■false,” and his only hope of escape from his dilemma was a flourish of Billingsgate blackguardism, and empty boasts about “high Southern honor” for the latter of .which he no doubt possesses quite as high a regard as we have shown that he possesses for the truth. He is therefore, perfectly conscious that he is well shielded. The best Joke, yet. The Constitutionalist is again upon its high house, Mr. Gieu reads us a long harangue about the “ independence, dignity and courtesypro per in conducting the press. Very pretty words these, and very sound doctrine, but before you plead about “ dignity and courtsey ” in others, learn to practice it yourself. Is that press digni jied and courteous, which crowds its columns with such ribaldry as the Washington correspon dent of the Constitutionalist, pours forth —with such articles as the last communication of L. M. or with such paltry efforts to play upon words, as Bill Breverty lately perpetrated, in an attempt to lampoon a respectable private citizen 1 And these are but samples. Get “an ounce of civet,” Mr. Editor, and sweeten your own person, be fore you complain of the course perfumes which others send “ betwixt the wind and your nobil ity.” Hal. Central Tippecanoe Club. The meeting having been organized, A. J. Miller, Esq,, moved that the Chair appoint a Committee of twenty to select Delegates to represent Richmond County in the Macon Convention, with full pow T cr to fill vacancies in said Delegation ; and that said Committee announce the names of the Delegates whom they may appoint, in the Chronicle and Sen tinel ; whereupon the Chair appointed the follow ing Committee: A J Miller, Wm Bryan, Sen., M F Boisclair, Jonathan Palmer, Wm M D’Antignac, Middleton Sego, Adam Johnston, Robert A Allen, Pleasant Stovall, John Skinner, John J Cohen, Wm P Beall, Edward Thomas, Daniel Walker, Eli Mustin, Wm J Eve, M M Dye, John R Tarver. G T Dortic, It was then Resolved, that the Delegation con sist of one hundred, and that the Committee of 20 be a part of the Delegation. Dr. Robertson moved that a Committee of three from each Tippecanoe Club in the city, and a like number from each Captain’s District in the County, meet on the 3d Monday in August next, for the purpose of selecting suitable persons a? candidates to represent the Count}' of Richmond in the Legis lature, and to report the result to a meeting to be called by the President of the Central Club, or in absence by tire Secretary, When, upon motion of C. J. Jenkins, Esq., the meeting adjourned. THOS. DAWSON, Pres. Wm. M. D’Antigxac, Sec’y. We are requested to ask the appointing Com mittee of twenty to meet at this Office on Monday at 4 o’clock P. M. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. Mr. Editor :—Among the toasts given at the late Loco Foco feast at Milledgeville, was the fol lowing, by Col. Seaborn Jones, of Muscogee Co.: George M. Troup, the patriot statesman; Let those who thought him worthy to be President, learn prudence from his warnings, and wisdom from from his counsels. It is said that one of the counsels of Governor Troup to a certain Aid of his, was, that “he could resign if he had any fears of a collision with the General Government.” Can Col. Jones inform the people of Georgia, whether that counsel was heeded ? Observer. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of the 6th Later from Europe. By the packet Sheffield, from Liverpool, we have a London paper of June 4th, and Liverpool of the sth—one day later from the former and two from the latter, than we had by the Great Western. There was a savage riot at Limerick, in Ire land, on the Ist of June. The people came down in immense numbers, carrying poles with loaves stuck on them, and shouting “ down with the forestallers.” They seized a number of carts and wagons, despoiled them of the vegetables and other provisions which they contained, and then bundled 16 of them into the river. A regiment of infantry could make no head against the rioters, and they were not dispersed until the artillery was brought to bear upon them. The report of the death of the King of Prussia is stated by the London Times of June 4lh to have been premature. New successes were continually announced as having attended the movements of the Queen’s troops in Spain, and the war was evidently drawing to a close. It is stated that new complications have sprung up in the sulphur question, and that the British Government had resolved on sending six ships of the line to Naples. A French squadron of the same force was also to proceed thither Admiral Baudin was to proceed to Buenos Ayres, clothed with military and diplomatic pow ers to terminate the differences with the Argen tine Republic. By advic-’s from Constatinople to May 15, it appears that the Seraskier, Halil Pasha, brother in-law to the Sultan, had been dismissed for some offence against morality, tending to bring the government into contempt. Paris was visited on the 2d of June by a tre mendous thunder-storm, which still continued when the mail left. The administration of the pompes funehres is now preparing the coffin which is to receive at St. Helena the mortal remains of Napoleon. It is to be solid ebony, in the shape ot the ancient sarcophagi, and large enough to enclose the coffins in which the Emperor lies at St. Helena, so that his ashes may not be disturbed. The funeral pall is in velvet, strewed with gold bees, and bor dered with a broad band of ermine; at each cor ner is to be placed an eagle, embroidered in gold, and surmounted with the imperial crown. Lord Durham arrived at Dover on the 3d, but was too unwell to continue his journey, and had taken apartments for a week. j. rem the Liverpool Standard June 5. We perceive from our shipping intelligence that the Thomas Courts which sailed from China on the4lh of February, had reached the Cape of Good Hope, on her way to London. She has brought intelligence that the Chinese were de termined to resist all attempts at accommodation excepting on their own terms. They had pur chased some European ships, with the intention of arming and manning them for the approaching war with Great Britain. The next overland mail, which may be daily expected to reach Eng land, will probably contain some very important intelligence —to a much later date. Testimony of an Enemy. Mr. Hiram Haines, the Editor of the Petersburg Star, well known as one of the most zealous sup porters of the Administration in Virginia, speaking of General Harrison’s views on the subject of Ab olition, says : “ We cannot permit the opportunity to pass, of candidly expressing the belief, which we have long entertained, that no man in the United States, public or private, is farther removed from Aboli tionism, in the fanatical sense of the term, than is William H. Harrison.” # From the Richmond Whig. The good work goes bravely on in this State as elsewhere. In the last Wythevillc paper, publish ed in Wythe county, we find the following renun ciation from six of the \ an Buren Vigilance com mittee. There have not been as many cnanges from the Whig party within the last six months, as are here chronicled. Our venerable neighbor would soon shout himself hoarse, if he only had half the changes to herald which we have. Wytheville, June 15, 1840. * The Editorof the Wythe Journal, will do us the favor to “expunge” our names from the list compo sing the (Van Buren) democratic committee of Vi gilance for the county of Wy he. As we do not feel honored by the compliment, avowing clearly, as we do, the support of the strictly Republican candidate,General Wm. H. Harrison. STEPHEN REPASS, LEONARD UMBARGER, HENRY GRUBB, JAMES DOAK, WM. DOAK, JOHN SEXTON. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. New York, July 5. The Fourth passed off in . a more quiet manner than usual. There were fewer rows, mishaps, and fatal accents than usual. There were four fires in the course of the day, all of which origi nated from the careless firing of squibs and crack ers. Not much property was destroyed, but there was a melancholy loss of life by the burning of a fruit-store in Fulton street, in the afternoon. The upper part of the building was occupied as a dwell ing house by Mr. Yvelin, the owner of the store, When the fire broke out, his wife and son were in the room immediately over it, and all attempts to save them were ineffectual. The remains ol Mrs. Y. were dug out after the fire, but those of her son have not been found. The Locofocos here had great rejoicings on the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill. A meeting was held at Tammany Hall Friday evening, congratu latory speeches made, and a resolution rora general illumination next Friday night adopted. A Voice from Burke—Harrison and Re form Meeting. In pursuance of public notice, a large and res pectable meeting of the citizens of Burke county, friendly to the election of General \\ illiaui Henry Harrison to the Presidency of the United States, was held at the Court House, on Tuesday, the 7th July, 1840, On motion of Enoch Byne Esq., Alexander Cars well, Esq., was called the Chair, and Thomas H. Blount and William M. Sturges, appointed Secreta ries. When Maj. Marsh, at the request of the Chair, read the notice which explained the object of the meeting. And he offered the following Resolu tions which were adopted without a dissenting voice: Resolved, That we cordially approve of the pro ceedings of the late Convention, hell in the month of June last past, in Milledgeville, and that we pledge ourselves to use all honorable means, to support the Electoral and Congressional tickets nominated by said Convention. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a Commit tee of sixteen, to report to this meeting, the names of suitable persons to represent the friends of Re form, in the Convention to be held in the city of Macon, in August next. The Chair appointed the following Committee, viz : Job Gresham, Alton Pemberton, Elijah Byne, Maj. John Gordon, James H. Duke, Weyly Wimberly, Robert I. Patterson, Matthew Carswell, Wright Murphree, John Rogers, James M. Reynolds, John Goodwin, Col. James Grubbs, James W. Jones, E. B. Gresham, Drury Corker. The Committee retired, and after a short ab sence, returned and reported the following names to the meeting, as suiteble persons to represent the friends of Harrison and Reform of Burke County, in the Macon Convention, to be held in August next. Which report was adopted. Dr. W. J, A. Hamilton, Needham Bullard, Maj. Mulford Marsh, Abraham Jones, Solomon B. Smith, Thomas Lewi?, William M. Sturges, Willis S. Brezeal, Thos. H. Blount, Dr. Thos, A. Parsons, Seaborn Cox, James Liptrot, Jno. H. Cox, Joseph Monroe, Edmund Palmer, Dr. A. C. Baldwin, Jesse P. Green, Abel Lewis, William B. Green, W. W. Hughes, L. F. Powell, Harman Hurst, Edward Hatcher, Dr. Frances Walker, John M. W. Hill, Allen Plor, B. D. Hill, James Smith, E. Williams, Capt. Pbilip Robinson. James H. Royal, Elijah Attoway, Seaborn J. Bell, William P. Taylor, Bailey Carpenter, Jno. A. Parsons, William Barron, James L, Daniel, Isaac J. Heath, Henry Saxon, Thomas I. Dixon, Col. G. W. Evans, Edward Tabb, Col. B. Fountain, George Hurst, James Caruthers, Martin Herington, John T. Brown, Dr. Baldwin B. Miller, James Worten, Benj. E. Gelstrap, John Rollins, CoL Geo>. H. Harris, Maj. William E. Evans, Robert J. Morrison, B. L. Kirkland, Jno. P. C. Whitehead, Henry Lewis, Isaac fdessex, Madison Roberts, John W. Carswell, Benjamin Lewis, Stephen Corker, Edward Kid, Joseph S. Reynolds, Benj. Palmer. Osborn M. Lowery, Job Brown, Alexander Murphey, J. Bradshaw, William Burch, C. Hudson, Isaac Cross, J. Rheyne, Eli Wooton, Charles Whitehead, Leaston Wimberly, Everett Sapp, Jesse Liptrot, E. B. Gresham, Eanon Cross, Dr. Green Powell, David Monroe, John P. Neyland, Charles A. Burton, John B. Whitehead, CoL H. T. Jones, On motion of Enosh Byne, the nominating Com mittee was added to the above. Col. R. L. Gam ble being present, was called upon to address the meeting, arose and delivered an eloquent and able address, which was received with repeated bursts of applause. On motion of Maj. Marsh, Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Col. R. L. Gamble, of Jefferson County, for the very able address which he made before the raeetiHg. On motion of Judge E. Byne, Resolved, That if we can procure a copy of a letter from the late Post Master General, to our fellow citizen Capt. P. Robinson, a Post Master in this county, we will publish the same, in orde that the people may see the means used by the present administration party, to elect Martin Van Buren to the Piesidency, than whom no man is more unfit for that high and honorable station. On motion of Judge E. Byne, Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to wait on Col. Gamble, and request a copy of his able address, that we may publish the same. The following persons were appointed that Com mittee: Dr. B. B. Miller, Major John Gordon and Major Mulford Marsh. On motion of Mr. Marsh, Resolved. That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to the Chairman and Secretaries, for the able manner in which they discharged their duties. On motion of Judge Byne, Resolved, That a Committee be appointed by the Chair, to address Capt. Robertson, and request a copy of the letter referred to in a previous Resolu tion. The following persons were appointed that Committee ; Major M. Marsh, Thomas H. Blount, and Wm. M. Sturges. On motion of Maj. Marsh, Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretaries, and be published in the Chronicle & Sentinel, and the Re former, with a request that the papers of the State friendly to the great cause of Reform, give them one insertion. On motion, the meeting then ad journed sine die. ALEXANDER CARSWELL, Chairman. Thos, H. Secretaries. Wk. M. Sturges, 3 Harrison and Tyler Meeting in Greene. A respectable portion of the citizens of Greene, County, having metat Greensboro, on Tuesday,7th inst, for the purpose of forming a Tippecanoe Asso ciation. On motion of Y. P. Ring, the Hon. Thomas Stocks was called to the Chair, and James B.Nick olson, appointed Secretary. The Chairman having explained the object of the meeting, and the by-laws for its goverment hav ing been adopted, James T. Johnson, Esq., offered the following Resolutions, which were unanimous ly adopted.: Whereas, This meeting regards the measures of the present administration party in the United Slates, as weak, profligate, and corrupt, and tend ing to the manifest overthrow of the Government: and whereas, we concur in the nomination recent ly made by a Convention of the State Rights party of this State in Milledgeville, of William Henry Harrison of Ohio, for President, and John Tyler of Virginia, for Vice President. Therefore Resolved, That as State Rights men, we mu<-t, in order to make our practice conform to our faith, give our support to the distinguished nominees of said Convention, as the candidates whose political faith and public practice, more nearly accord with ours, upon ail constitutional questions, whicli have agitated our country, for the last twelve years. Resolved, That we now organize ourselves into an Association, pledged to the support of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler, for the Presiden cy and Vice Presidency of the United States, whose elections we will promote, and if possible secure, by all honoi able means, and thereby redeem our country from the wretchedness and ruin brought upon us by the reckless policy of our corrupt ru lers. Previously to the adoption of the resolutions, the meeting was addressed in very appropriate and argumentative speeches, by James T. Johnson, Y. P. King, Henry Sanfoid and A. M. Wright, Esqis. On motion, Resolved, That the Chahman ap point a Committee of [nine, to select twenty Dele gates to represent us in the Harrison and Tyler Convention to be held in Macon on the 2d Thurs day in August next. Which Committee reported the names of the following gentlemen as Delegates, viz: Henry Sanfoid, Stewart Amderson, John E. King, Alexander L. Walker, Dr. John Curkright, P. W. Stovall, Wm. Porter, O. S. Furlow, Albert M. Wright, Dr. A. H. Randle, Wm. F. Wellborn, John Copeland, ! R. J. Dawson, Augustin Greene, Dr. Wm. L. Alfviend, James Jackson, j Wm. Daniel, Absalom Janes, I J. W. Battle, Dickerson Jones, The names of the following persons were pro posed and accepted as officers of this Association. Hon. TIIOS. STOCKS, President. C ° L - Y - P ‘ KIN °V ? v - Presidents. A. Hutchinson, Ksq. 3 James B. Nickelson, > Secretaries< Henry Sanford, Esq., 3 Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting , be signed by the Chairman, and countersigned by the Secretaries, and sent to the Reformer for pub lication. The meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the President. THOMAS STOCKS, President. James B. Nickelson, Secretary. Greensboro, Ga., July 8, 1840. Celebration of the Fourth of July at Skinner’s Mills. The sixty-fourth Anniversary of the Declara tion of Independence, was celebrated at the Mills of Mr. John Skinner, Senior, near the Quaker Springs, on Saturday last, by a large and respecta ble number of citizens, both from the lower section of Columbia as well as Richmond counties, with many from the city, with all those demonstrations of patriotic affection and universal rejoicing which have ever marked the annual recurrence of the birth-day of Freedom. Among us, there was a general enthusiasm in the festivities of the occa sion ; and we can only attribute these feelings to none other than an increased affection for the day, and the glorious event which it is designed to commemorate. Col. James Mitchell and Mr. John Skinner, Sen. presiding, —the Declaration was read by Master Joshua Griffin, a student of the County Line Academy, in a clear, audible, and masterly man ner ; an Oration was then delivered in an eloquent and patriotic style, by Master Thomas W. Thomas, another of the students of the County Line Acade my. After which, the table was spread, and filled with excellent barbecued meat, together with a variety of the productions of the country. The Ladies being seated, enjoyed with zest the boun teous repast. On their retiring, the gentlemen filled their places,—who showed a no less dis like for the luxuries before them. The cloth be ing removed, the following toasts were drank, through the acclamations of all present. Nothing occurred, we are happy to say, to mar the harmo , ny or dampen the enjoyment of the festival; TOASTS. 1. The day we celeorate —But an embryo spark at the day of its birth, has been kindled into a magnificent flame, shedding its light on both hem -1 ispheres. 2. The United States of America—May mutual interest bind them ; then will they bid defiance to their enemies. 3. Our Chief Magistrate—May justice, wisdom, and moderation be his Polar Stars. 4. The Heroes of the Revolution—They have a title to our gratitude which can never be effaced. 5. Washington and Jefferson —Parallels in every thing that was good, noble and patriotic. 6. National Liberty—Better secured to a people by a spirit of wisdom, benevolence, and modera m tion, than by all the split-hair theories 01 • verse. \\ j 7. State of Georgia—She is able to whatever she attempts ; may wisdom, 11101' ** and virtue be characteristic of her sons P® ( 8. Our Navy—-Every where invincible * °r' 9. Our Army Always victorious, bec aiL men are free men. J ’ e «e| 10. Agriculture and Commerce—The 0 St ing our fields with verdure, the other 1, ° tbe every sea with canvass. p® l 11. Intelligence—Let it be universally niff. over the vast field of the human mind ; nation, and our country will continue to ' flw proudly eminent, she will give enlightened [' 1 he to the world. t '- por 12. Virtue and Simplicity— ant "tt ~ the Hand m hand, t ak May they adorn and bless our native land ins' As when our fathers, freedom to obtain ’ ‘ ’Mid want and perils, brav’d the We-ter - f 0 ** 13. The American Fair—They should W * that theirs it is to rock the cradle and f O I ' J mind of our embryo statesmen and Heroes -7' «b cultivation of their own intellects, therefore -7 object of their first and greatest care; thi, s \ -fsr they rival the Roman matrons. wa A number of Volunteer Sentiments w er . * * •' by the company,and we are sorry that under the excitement of the occasion, charge W memories with them. A few have been pre *. thr on paper, which we give with pleasure. By the President— The Orator of the Day-May the bud of hi. IS winch he puts forth in youth, bloom in manhf ‘ wl and in riper years yield the full fruition oil P»< present earnest. By the Vice President— th* The Reader—May his talents be only ecli JV by his virtues. ' .. pn By the Orator— Long life and prosperity to Farmers and \ * h chanics, the bone and sinew of our land ; may; cess attend all their efforts. Jtl By the Reader— ./'Wfe ihe Human Mind Long may it soar prot 3| on, lofty as her native Eagle, beneath tne b *1 skies of our country. be By Major Joseph Perrine— U 1 The County Line Academy—lts preceptors Ms pupils are fit patterns for similar Institutions. pfl By Dr. C. M. Hills— t {j Our Country—May centuries pass, and Miiis bo iums roll by, before poets or orators shall spe is t 0 her decline. By a Lady of the Com pan y American V irtues —May they shine, not r ] u < the transient meteor blaze, but like the morns *»£ star, shedding its bright and steady lustre Tie . J every other liiht is out. " pr sir Hear Colonel Johson. In Covington, Kentucky, in 1825, Col, J i; d son made a speech, from which we make following extract. Read it, locos, and ceasej J,] uinniating Old Tip, if you can: rSE “They say that it was Tecuinseh I shot j 'W care not, and I know not. I would have ski Wk best Indian that ever breathed, under such| ] cumstances without enquiring his nameoraso , m the ages of his children.” ei ] When the Col. reached this point therews *£ deafening roar of applause. A simpleton, p gu sent, who did not know the true calibre oft man he was about to interrogate, and whom hi to make himself popular amongst theenemi Harrison, exclaimed in a stentorian vol«- th “ Where was General Harrison then?" ca The Colonel gave a calm survey of the cfc' bl until he singled out the face of the qaer- Looking him dead in the eye, as the Rente; ians say, and drawing himself to his fi his eye dilated, and a countenance that plwaF showed that there was to be no hypocriu \ what he was about to say, he replied, in tea ©i as cairn but as portentous as the |g| blings that precede a volcanic eruption: F “He was in the very spot where the Coma r( der-in-Chief ought to have been. He ws b the spot where his duty called him. He» k amidst the whizzing of rifle bullets, overlook ® the mounted men ; ready to charge over thea a bodies of my brother James and myself, hair | proved unfortunate in the onset, in order to a® h us. No one must attempt to tickle my fan? gi intimating, in my presence, that General Hart; tl is a coward!” tl —— V ® “ The Uev. Mr. Olin, a distinguished Ms *1 ter ot the Methodist persuasion, formerly res;: I believe, in&oOth Carolina, is now travellicr Wf Egypt. There has just fallen into my haife® letter of his dated 22d February last, and in that highly favored hard-money, country Irr t which I wish to quote some passages to .4 the result of the system where the experimenu wfl been fully tested. And, first, as to the wage * working classes, the writer says: I “ The pay of an ordinary laborer is Jive-fi | a day ; a “ boatman gets seven or eight, ai»i 9 furnishing himself “ with food.” r A Pennsylvania working man would & I this rather small doings, I fancy. Five ceim l w day, oh ! or eight cents and find himself. ; | this may not be so bad, for, if other things beiii? portion, the subject of the Pacha may, on Iw-’faJ cents a day, get rich and forehanded after all- * labor brings so moderate a reward in the hank- Id rency, which is alone tolerated in the domi®** -J of Mehernet Ali, we must naturally expect products to Ife low,and accordingly the same veller has not failed to obseive that ‘•food's’- , prisingly cheap, and a man lives “ I to say, begets plenty of bread, with a rew 1 1 curds,onions, or something else, for about 3 'j® and a half cents per diem.” Thus we see that a man may live for jost- 11 B half of his ordinary daily wages, and there i> - I thing, that I can perceive, to hinder his up the balance, which, to my mind, is clearrß that the reduction of prices has a tendency. T|| the Hon. Mr. Buchanan has expressed i«.J O er the earth with blessings and benefits.’ the principles of that distinguished Senator I ought to be one of the most properous and a*rj ; nations upon the face of the earth. It | j “bloated expansion of credit;” no “ cordon of banks no “ inflated paper fej| to prevent the laborer receiving his wages and silver. The happy Egyptian is not co Dl r h led, like the unfortunate bank-ridden 9 mechanic, “ to receive as money that M trash which may not, a week or a month a | e ? | of any value whatever,” and, consequent j cannot be liable to those fluctuations in | which, according to the Senator, are t~e ? I the American manufacturer. But let us J1 practical effect of low prices, and learn J j I they do, indeed,“cover the earth ..■jll and benefits.” What says the traveller people of Egypt 1 Hear him. , I “Their poverty is extreme; their wo JH huts, eight or ten feet in diameter, have 0 i I roof. Beds, utensils, furniture, are conT^ unknown, and it is impossible, without effort, to look on this people as bclongi common family with the noble, > j telling, and virtuous people of America- To commend his own Sub- Treasury f the President has referred Congress 0 two governments where tlie hard-mon ■ prevails. I beg to call his attention 0 ' j the 23d.