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CHRONICLE AND SKNIigINEL.-
AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGI W 4 -
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe the incor
ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican—
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
for vice-president,
JOHN TILER,
Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of the school of 93
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, \ irtuous 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 GRANT LAND, 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.
p W T . 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.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
The Committee appointed to make arrangements
to carry into effect the object of the meeting held
to appoint Delegates to the Macon Convention, re
quest the Delegates appointed in each district in the
county, and those appointed for the city, to make
arrangements so as to meet at lenn s Budge, on
the Ogechee River, on Monday -night, the tenth of
August next.
The Delegates appointed from the county of
Burke,to the Convention to be held in Macon, on
the second Thursday m August next, are requested
to meet in Waynesboro’ on the first Tuesday in
August, to make arrangements preparatory to their
journey.
county. July 27, 1340.
The New York Express says:—“General Ea
ton and lady, late U. S. Minister to Spain, and
recalled on account of his rumoured disaffection
t to the traces of the little Magician, has left this
city for Washington, drum thence he proceeds to
the Hermitage, on a visit to his old and true
friend, Gen. Jackson.
The Peoria (Illinois) Register says that the
steamboat Corsican, that recently sunk near Mem
pftfs, Tenn. had on board $300,000 belonging to
the colony of German emigrants bound to Peoria.
The Whalers for Old Tip.—Nearly the
whole population of the hardy sons of the sea girt
isle of Nantucket must have turned out en masse
the evening of the 23d, to listen to the popular
Whig orator of the granite State, Gen. Wilson.
There were 4000 present.
The Madisonian of2Bth ult. says: “ We tike
the first opportunity to correct an erroneous state
ment made in our last paper in reference to the
release of Mr. Bynum from arrest. The error
consisted in stating that Mr. Bynum was “ dis
charged on the ground of privilege when he
was in fact, released on the merits or the case.”
Tennessee. —Thirty five changes in a single
precinct in Warren county. The names have
been published. Twenty five in Lincoln county. .
In the western district, on eloquent leader of the
administration party is said to have left the track,
and to have come out for Tip. and Ty.
The Parkersburg Gazette, Wood county, Vir
ginia, has abandoned the cause of Van Buren
and hoisted the Harrison flag.
A Slight Change for the Better,
Since the Harrisburgh nomination, five states
have held their elections. Tnesefive N, Hamp
shire, Connecticut. Rhode Island, Airginia. and
Louisiana, all voted fur Mr. A r an Barca in 1836,
and now all but one have voted against him.—
Look at the difference between ’39 and ’4O :
1836. 1840.
V. B. H. V. B. H.
N. Hampshire,. .7 7
Connecticut, 8
Rhode Island,. • .4
Virginia, 23
47 —7 40
In these States, alone, there is an aggregate
gain to Harrison of EIGHTY ELECTORAL
VOTES! —Baltimore Pilot.
The Territorial Representatives.—The
three Territorial Governments are represented in
Congress by the Hon. Mr. Downing, of Florida,
Judge Doty of Wisconsin, and the Hon. Mr.
Chapman of lowa. These Delegates were all
elected and took their seats as supporters of the
Administration. But the course of that Admin
istration has been so destructive of the common
welfare—so reckless, wasteful and profligate, that
these three Representatives have been constrain
ed by a sense of duty to their constituents, and
c 4he country, to abandon Van Buren and support
Gen. Harrison. —Albany Evening Journal.
A Revclctionahv Hero of the rale grit.
—Married, at Mabou, Nova Scotia, on the Isth
ult. Mr. Reuben Young, a Life Guard of Gen.
Washington in the Revolutionary War, aged 82,
to Miss Sarah Reineff, aged 25. With the deter
mined spirit of’76 flashing from his eyes, the old
hero fearlessly entered, against such fearful odds
the desperate engagement, and wc guess she
wont come the tyrant over him any how she tries
it.
Meellng7itt Carroll Comity.
A poition of the citizens of Carroll County, op
posed to the present Administration of the General
'Government, having assembled in tbe C ourt House,
at Carrolton on Monday the 27th of July, 1840,
agreeable to previous notice, the meeting was or
ganized by calling John Long, Esq., to the Chair
and appointing J. H. McClure, Secretary.
The object meeting was then explained
by Thos. ChandlOTjEsq.
Preamble and Resolutions were
then offered by Dr. D. B. Palmer, which were
unanimously adopted.
Whereas, great distress exists in the land, and
that we believe it depends upon the tnal-adminis
tration of the general Government. And whereas
great enormities exist in the government at this
time, owing as we suppose to extravagance and
corruption. And whereas new principles are at
tempted to be initiated and inscribed, and our Con
stitution and Laws tending to thejultimate des
truction of our common 'government and country.
And whereas, we set our seal of disapprobation
and opposition on all such measures and principles.
Be it therefore Resolved, That we disapprove of
and oppose the altering of the general government
to reduce the prices of labor and produce in this
country, by forcing upon us the Sub-Treasury,
thereby imitating the wretched hard money gov
ernments of Europe,which in a word,is to impover
ish the country, or make the rich man richer, and
the poor man poorer.
Resolved, That we highly disapprove of, and op
pose the attempt of the Executive to sanction the
introduction of free negro evidence in this free coun
try, and his former advocacy of free negro suffrage,
believing it tcuds to the worst kind of abolition
ism.
Resolved, That we disapprove of, and resent the
attempt of the administration, to saddle upon our
country a Standing Army of two hundred thousand
men. believing it tends to Monarchy in its worst
shape, and to the rearing of a Crowned Head, and
Princely Monarch.
Resolved, That we consider the expenses, ex
travagancies, and corruptions of this administra
tion, double to that of any other, and we will
do all in our power to effect reform by fair
means and reasonable arguments, and for this pur
pose we will send as many delegates to the Macon
Convention as conveniently can go.
After which, the following Preamble and Reso
lutions were offered by Thos. Chandler, Esq., and
were also unanimously adopted :
Whereas, we are shortly to be called upon by
duty to ourselves and to our country, to cast our
votes for a Chief Magistrate of this great confede
racy, and as the distress of the people and the de
ranged state of the currency of the country, are
disasters brought upon the people by some unusual
cause, it may be proper to inquire what that cause
is, in order that by removing the cause, the effect
may cease. We think the spirit of speculation, the
over trading, and the bloated credit system to which
all our disasters have been attributed by some,
have not been main cause of those disastersi
but have only been seconda y springs. There is
one great main spring the cause of all these ef
fects, and that main cause has been the policy
pursued by ttie Government. It will be admitted
by all, that the country was prosperous until the
experiments were commenced, and until the Presi
dent took the responsibility. After the depos
its were placed in the State Banks, large issues of
the Bank Rags were encouraged by the late Ad“
ministration, and if we are not mistaken, the
deposite Banks were instructed by the Govern
ment to make loans to the pcopla on the strength
of the deposites, and the State Banks throughout
the Union were taken under the especial care of
the Government Party, and the Credit System was
encouraged by that party, both in and out of office.
Money was plenty every where, property sold
high, and Banks sprung up as thick as mmhroons
alter a summer’s rain.j And when, after it was as
certained that the hist experiment was a failure,
and the deposites were taken from the pets, the
party in power, passed an act to distribute the sur
plus among the States, for the purpose of being dis
libuted among the people, and it was the policy of
the government parly,at least in some of the
to loan this fund out io the people,on accommodation*
still encouraging speculation, over-trading, and
the bloated Citdit system. After encouraging all
these things, to get the people deeply in debt on
the credit of their property, which in such plenti
ful limes of money, was of great value, the gov
ernment party all at once discovered that specie
was the only constitutional currency, that there
was too much speculation amongst the people; that
the b: nks and the credit system were ruining the
country. The administration commenced a war
against all banks, which in self-defence have been
forced to call in their circulations, to collect debts
due from the people. Thus the shafts pretended
ly aimed at the banks, have been hurled against
the p ople, and the government, as though bent
upon bearing down all befoie it, refused to pay the
last installment of the surplus to the States. Thus
the government, after encouraging the banks to
excessive issues, and the people to .an in debt for
speculation and other causes, suddenly turned right
about and used all its influence and powers, to cur
tail the circulation in order to reduce the piice of
property and of labor, the main stays of the great
majority of the people. These facts are fully veni
fied in the argument of the leading mem.ers of the
present administration in the Senate, on the Sub-
Treasury Bill. This Sub-Treasury System, is the
great favorite of the administration; the test ques
tion of parties. Its advocates have avowed that it
would have the effect to bring the country to a
specie currency, and to reduce the price of proper
ty, and the wages of labor. If the system has the
effect its friends ascribe to it, we at once see the
effect on people now in debt. The price of prop
erty is already reduced one half, and is still to
be veduced-rnore. Their property when sold, will
go into the hands of the money holders and office
holders, to pay the cost. The debt will still be
unpaid, and all this brought on by the policy of
the government and its meddling with the curren
cy. If the present state of things continue, what
will be our fate i Our property sold, our labor of
no value, and we still in debt, subject to be ham
pered by our merciless creditors. But Mr. Van
Buren may provide for us by gratuitously grant
ing us a place in his Standing Army, where lie
may require us as loyal subjects, to march in
his wars against all that may oppose the man he
may appoint for his successor. If it comes to this,
that the President may tinker with the currency,
until he ruins the people, and then openly recom
mend Congress in direct violation of the Constitu
tion, to give him a Standing Army in time of peace,
to be raised out of the people, and be put under his
control, to be officered by him, thus increasing his
power and patronage, what hopes have we, that
this country, our own proud and boasted republic
will longer be free, unless the people rally to the
standard of freedom.
But the principles of the present administration }
which we hold to be oppressive and anti-republi
can, donotstop with the measures we have named.
Much might be said of the extravagant expendi
tures of the public money, and the taxing of offi
cers to raise an electioneering fund, of the admit
ting negroes to give testimony against free
white persons, of the disfranchising a sovereign
State, of the disgraceful management of the Flori
da War. of the arrest and trial of officers df the
Army, for purchasing subsistence from Whigs who
sold cheaper, instead of Administration men, who
sold higher, with many other measures which
have been either attempted or carried out b} the
party in power. Therefore,
Resolved. That we will use all honorable means
in our power, to encourage a reform in the admin
istration of the government of the United Stales,
and for that end believing General William Henry
Harrison, to be an honest man, and a true patriot,
and we will suport him for the next President
of the United States, and John Tyler, of V irginia,
for Vice President.
Resolved, That we do not hold the doctrine held
bj' a late President of the United Stales, that the
President is theimmediate representative of the peo
ple, and that the people, by electing, sanction all
previously expressed opinions of the man they
elect.
Resolved, That the meeting send a delegate to
the anti-Van Buren Convention, to be held at Ma
con, on the 13th of August next, from each Mili
tia District in the county.
On motion of Dr. D. B. Palmer, Resolved, That a
Committee of live be appointed by the Chairman,
to recommend to the meeting one Delegate from
each Military District, to represent tliis County in
the anti-Van Buren meeting, to be held at Macon
on the 13th of August next, under which Resolu
tion the following gentlemen w r ere appointed that
Committee, to wit :
James Baskin, Esq , Sloman Winn, Dr. Thos. F.
Roberts, Henry S. Chance, Esq.,Thos. Duke, Esq.,
The Committee recommended, Dr. Thos. H,
Roberts, Amos Hetton, Henry S, Chance, Esq.,
Elijah McPherson, John Robinson Esq., Thomas
Pruzer, Esq., Col. Win. O. Wagnon, Thos. Mc-
Gucrd, Esq., H. P. Mabry, Esq., and Thomas
Duke, Esq.
On motion of Henry S. Chance, Esq.
Resolved, That all persons friendly to the cause
of Reform, that can convenienly, be requested to
attend said meeting at Macon.
On motion of Thomas Chandler, Esq.
Resolved, That the Secretary forward the pro
ceedings of this meeting to the Southern Recorder,
and the Reformer at Augusta, after being signed
by the Chairman, and countersigned by the Secre
tary, with the request (hat they publish them, and
tiiat other Editors friendly to Reform, be requested
to publish them also.
JOHN LONG, Chairman.
J. H. McClure, Secretary.
Meeting in Paulding County.
At a public meeting held by a respectable por
tion of the citizens of Paulding County, at the
Court House, in Vanwert, on the 17th ult., Wood
son Hubbard was called to the Chair, and John T.
Colquitt appointed Secretary. The Chair then
proceeded to explain the objects of the meeting,
which he did in a brief and appropriate manner,
and suggested the propriety of appointing delegates
to the Macon Convention, to he held on Thursday,
the 13th August, to represent the views and wishes
of the citizens of Paulding county in said Conven
tion, with regard to the promotion of Wm. Henry
Harrison, as a suitable person for President in the
approaching Presidential contest-.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to
nominate delegates to the Convention at Macon.
Tire following gentlemen were nominated as that
Committee: David Clopton,G. W. West, Asa Pry
or, John Curd, and James M. Ware.
The committee then retired, and after a short
deliberation, returned and reported the following
named gentlemen, as suitable delegates to repre
sent the views of the citizens of Paulding county,
in the Convention to be held in Macon.
Thomas Sparks, John Y. Allgood,
Alfred Shoiter, Joel L, Flanagan.
John Curd,
Resolved, That this meeting believe the faults
alledged against General Harrison, of his being an
Abolitionist and Fe .'eralist, arc bare assertions,
unsupported by truth, or even the color of it; and,
hence this meeting regard not the parly slang,
false accusations, and abuse, against the Hero of
Tippecanoe, teeming through the Administration
presses; for what better could we expect fiorn
those venjl partizans, lugging ast o r, and sucking
at, hat fountain of abominations, the Treasury tit.
Resolved, That this meeting believe that a word
to the wise is sufficient, especially to ail those
who regard not Van Buren and the surplus revenue
less, but the libe.iy, prosperity, and future welfare
of our common country more.
\\ GODSON HUBBARD, Chahman,
# John T. Colquitt, Secretary.
Heavy Damages.—A few days ago an im
portant case was tried at the United States Dis
trict Court, held at Columbus, Ohio, Judges Mc-
Lean and Leavit, presiding. The parlies were
McKenney vs Neil, Moore & Co. stage coach
proprietors. It was shown satisfactorily to the
Court and jury, that Messrs. Neil, Moore & Co.
were very extensively concerned as stage coach
proprietors, and generally gave entire satisfaction
to the public. Yet, in this instance, it was evi
dent that the grand injury sustained to the plain
tiff was caused by the upsetting of a coach while
in the charge of a driver who was incapable of
, taking charge of the horses. The jury returned
a verdict of damages for the plaintiff, Jive thou
sand three hundred and twenty-three dollars.
Van Blues Democracy.--Three gentlemen,
all \an Huron men, were lately applicant : for
the vacant post office, in Columbia, Tenn. The
paople took a vote in order to signify tneir prefer
ence. \oorhes had 127 votes, Herndon 40, and
M alker 5. Walker was a writer for a Van
Buren paper, and got the appointment—though
least acceptable to the people. — Cin. Gazette.
I he Suu Treasury. —The operations of the
act establishing a Sub-Treasury exhibits a singu
!ar contrast, altogether in favor of the new plan
ot keeping the public money secure. Before
Gen. Jackson removed the deposites from the
Boston Branch Bank, the public money wasun-
th w C n re GarcJmer Green, John Parker,
John M elies, Abbot Lawrence, William Apple
ton, \\ illiam Sturgis, Ebenezer Chadwick, and
a few other individuals equally irresponsible
whose names we do not recollect. The treasure
was ueemed insecure. After several years of ex
eS°n’ 3urCn has P saced the care
of Isaac HiH of New-Hampshire, for safe keeping!
—Boston Courier. “
For the Chron'cle and Sentinel.
‘‘Blow, wind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!” i
King Liar.
“And why! tell met Where are your champions
of Harrison, Retrenchment and Reform. Are they
here? No, sir! They dare not shew their faces 1
to this enlightened assembly. They shrink from r
our call.” j
Such was nearly the language (for I was at some r
distance from the speaker) ot a rhodomontadc orator g
and office expectant, at a political meeting lately 1
held in Madison, Morgan county. |
I looked around me duiing a kind of pause made t
by this all subduing, knock-em-down speech ma- g
ker. I whispered to one of my neighbors, “sure- ]
ly,” said I, “it is a gone case with us. Are none t
of our Tippecanoe boys here to give him a blast?’’ (
“Hush, Simon,” said he, “let him get through, and' 1
I will tell you all about this meeting.” He then *
J => t
took me aside. “Mmon,” said he, “we ought not
to have been here, (however our ignorance may be i
some excuse.) I have just heard that this is a \
meeting, and a free barbecue is to be given this 1
evening, to all opposed to the election of General
Hrrrison. Several Harrison men in the village
r
were anxious to be present, and made all reasona
ble advances for an invitation; but they got the i
cold comfort of (his reply, from one of the head i
men of the party —‘ No gentleman will be expect- 1
ed to be there without an invitation; if they arc* 1
they will be looked upon as intruders.’ Os course
we cannctexpect to hear the eloquent gentleman j
answered.” I fell rather small; if I could have a
vanished I should have been glad. But surely, £
thought I, if they have any light to throw upon 1
the subject, those whom they think love darkness’ c
ought to be permitted to see it. This is rather a |
Missionary spirit, according to my notion of things- ~
This blast you have just heard was delivered for %
the sake of effect, that the audience might believe \
that they were invited to hear a discussion, and no t
answer being made, they will think they have c
vanquished all the Harrison men of Morgan, and r
V
that they dare not appear to advocate their cause. t
“They are now holding a caucus .” No; stop, said f
I, not a caucus; they go their death against ran- p
cussing. Don't you remember they have used c
this word against us on all occasions. “Well,” *■
said he, “that may be so; but never did cattle fol
low the bell of a 'beast' oetterthan they follow the
acts and commands of their junto.” I went away
ashamed and mortified—l had been an intruder.—
However I htd this consolation, that it was the
first great political meeting that 1 had ever heard J
of, where free citizens, who desired to behave
themselves, could not have a silent view, without
being considered “no gentleman.” You may easi
ly imagine I didn’t go to the barbecue. t
About a week after I was in the village, and (
looking over the papers, I found that seveial re- 1
spectable citizens of their party had taken decided 1
stands as friends of Mr. Van Buren; they stood (
pledged to support him, as well at the great meet- ,
ing in Milledgeville, as at the one I have just been i
relating. A challenge had been made by the Tip- i
pocanoe Club, to discuss the question of right, in !
the greatcontest for the fust office in the nation.— 1
It was accepted by the \an Buren men, on condi- ,
tion that they, “the Harrison men, would withdraw
their pledge," and stand before them, the pledged
Van Buren men, discuss the merits of their favo
rites, be convinced and clothed with the pure rai
ment of Van Buronism. What, said I, and do not 1
the Van Buicn men also withdraw their pledge in
(he offer for discussion. “Why no, that would be
yielding too much,” said a fiiend. Well, tnought j
I, there is said to be no “two ways” in some peo
pic, this proves it. 1 have heard of inside and out
side, and one side and tother side, if this don’t beat 1
all sides that I ever saw, my name aint
Simon Scraper. (
P. S. I expect to hear of the creation of a pro
fessor to teach the art of deception, political in
trigue, and instructor of the science of abomina
ble prevarications, in some of our colleges. If 1
do, I will recommend your neighbor G. to that of
fice. S. S.
Nailed to the Counter,
The followingaffidavits from Gentlemen of the
first respectability, which we copy from the Cin- \
cinnati Gazette, nail to the counter, finally and 1
conclusively, the base charge that Gen. Harrison
was a Federalist and wore a black cockade in
1300. t
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Deposition of General James Taylor, of New
port, Kentucky, Quarter Master Gener aland r
Gen. Hull.
I came to Kentucky in the spring of the year 1
1792. In June of that year, I came to visit the j
tiacl of land on which I have resided ever since,
(opposite to Cincinnati ) As there were no ac- j
conunodations to he had on my side of the river,
1 spent several weeks among the officers at Fort "
Washington. 1 did not meet Gen. W. H. Har- (
rison, on my first visit, as 1 understood he had !
gone on to Philadelphia.
I came again in the spring of 1793, and set
tled where I now live, and became acquainted
with Gen. Harrison, and from our being from the
same State (Virginia,) we contracted an intimate
acquaintance, which has continued up to the pre- )
sent time. (
Alter Gen. Harrison retired from the Army he (
was appointed Secretaiy of the Northwestern ,
Territory. The intimacy still con nued, and wc <
were much together, for our residences were with- (
in less than one mile of each other. I know
that Gen. Harrison’s political opinion agreed with
my own—that of the Jeffersonian School. Gen.
Harrison was the Republican candidate to repre
sent the Northwestern Territo y as a delegate, 1
and was elected. I understood he was opposed j
by all the Federalists. Judge Burnet was then
a member of the Territorial Legislature, and al
though a warm personal friend of General Har
rison, voted against him—this was in the year
1799. ,
As to the story of the black cockade, I am
sure he never wore one except he might be in
his military dress on review nays.
I have always considered General Har.ison the
most military man in the wes ern count .y, and at
the period of the late war, doubt if there was
his superior in the United States, for he had had
great experience under the gallant and experi
enced Wayne. I had frequent conversations
with our patriotic and distinguished veteran Gov.
Shelby in relation to IT opinion of Gen. Harri- .
son’s military capacity and management as com- ,
mandant of the army of the West. I under- ,
stood him distinctly that he highly approved his
conduct and had the most exalted opinion of his
bravery, prudence and untiring vigilance; and
this appeared to me to be the opinion of all per
sons, officers and others, in the W;. tern country,
and indeed generally in the East as far as my
knowledge extemfeu. I have said one hundred
times or more that it was my deliberate opinion i
that it we had had General Harrison as our com
mander at Detroit, that with that gallant little ar- ,
my we should have conquered all Upper Canada, ,
and I know it was the general opinion of all the
officers of that army. James Taylor.
Bellevue, Newport, 7
July 11, 1840. 5
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 11th '
day of July, 1840.
Samuel W, Davts, Mayor.
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Deposition of Griffin Yfj.ilman , for many
years and now Recorder oj Hamilton coun
ty.
I have resided in Cincinnati from the year
1793, to this lime. I was well, I may say inti
mately acquainted with General Harrison, when
he was Secretary of the North Western 1 errito
ry and when he was elected the Delegate to Con
gress in 1799.—At that time I kept an Hotel in
the city, and many of the members of the Terri
torial legislature boarded with me. I, of course,
had a favorable opportunity of hearing their sen
timents in relation to the two candidates tor the
appointment of delegate. Ido know that Gen.
Harrison was selected by the parly who suppor
ted the political opinions of Mr. Jefferson on ac
count of the coincidence of his opinions with
theirs—whilst Arthur St. Clair Jr. Esq. was con
sidered the Federal candidate. Ido not at this
time recollect the names of all the members;
but I perfectly remember that Gen. N. Massie,
Angus Langum, Col. Worthington, Dr. Tillin,
who were all from Virginia, and of the politics of
that State, were the warm supporters of General
Harrison on the grounds I have mentioned—and
during my whole acquaintance with General Har
rison, I never knew him to wear a black cockade,
unless when acting in a military capacity, and
being part of the uniform that was worn by all
military oflicers. If such had been .the case, I
must have seen it; as from my intimacy with
the General I saw him almost every dav.
In corroboration of what I have said, I will men
tion the following circumstance: Some lime
before the election of Delegate, Capt. of the
army, came to Cincinnati; and at a part}' of
gentlemen at the house of my next door neigh
bor, Major Zcigler, this officer uttered a violent
denunciation against the Republican and Demo
cratic members of Congress. This was resented
by Gen. Harrison, who insisted upon his making
an exception of the Virginia Delegation. This
was refuse )—violent language ensued, which
would have terminated in blows but for (he in
terference of the company. By the exertions
of mutual Iricnds. die dispute w as settled without
recurrence to another mode of settling it which
was apprehended. I was not present at this par
ty myself; but I had the particulars the next day
from Gen. Findley and other gentlemen who were
present —and also from the Captain himself, who
expressed his regret and said he would apologize
to General Hatrison.
GRIFFIN YEATMAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
Tho mas H. Ykatman, Notary Public.
July 13, 1840.
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Deposition of John Matson, Esq. late Associate
Judge of the county of Hamilton, one of the
most respectable men and most substantial
Farmers of the country.
I was a resident of the county of Hamilton in
the North Western Territory, from the year 1791
until : t became the State of Ohio,and have con
tinued to reside in the Township of Miami, in
the said county and state from that lime. I be
came acquainted with Gen. Wm. H. Harrison,
then a Captain in the army, upon his marriage
with Ids present wife, the daughter of Judge J.
C. Symms, in 1795; in whose family I was then
and continued to be upon the most intimate terms;
and my acquaintance with Gen. Harrison was
continued during the time that he was the Secre
tary of the North Western Territory, and when
he represented the Teiritory in Congress as the
Delegate. I have always considered General
Harrison a Democratic Republican of the Jeffer
son School. In the year 1799, Gen, Harrison
was elected the delegate as the Republican Can
didate in opposition to Mr. St. Clair, the son of the
Governor, the federal candidate. In that year, I
lived a near neighbor to Gen. Harrison, and I
solemnly declare that I nev« r saw’ him wear a
black cockade or any other cockade after he left
the army, or ever heard of his wearing one un
less w’hen acting as Governor of the Territory
and reviewing or training the militia.
JOHN MATSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 18tn
day of July, 1840.
Samuel W. Davis, Mayor.
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Statement of George (lordan. Register of Ham
ilton County under the Territorial Govern
ment.
I removed to Cincinnati in the fall of the year
1793, and soon became acquainted with General
Wm. H. Harrison. Ho was always considered,
during the Presidency of the elder Adams, a Re
publican of the Jeffersonian School; and I do
not think he has ever abandoned the political sen
timents he then imbibed. As to his wearing a
black cockade, 1 do not believe he ever did, ex
cept on parade. General Harrison was always
tree in declaring his sentiments.
GEORGE GORDON.
July 13, IS4O.
The V icksburg Whig, a perfect ‘‘horse” on the
Harrison side, thus alludes to a ‘‘figure of speech”
lately used in that part of the country :
“A man waslately boasting of the speed ofhis
horse, and wound up his eulogy by declaring w ith
great emphasis, that ‘he could run as fast as a lo
coloco could tell lies on General Harrison.’ If he
can, he is hard to beat. We’ll go our pile on
him at any rate.”
From the United States Gazette.
Tho Sub-Treasury in Russia.
A recent tiaveller (Mr. Robert Bremner) in
forms us that the paper money of the Russian
government stands so high in public favor, that
on reaching Moscow, he found his notes worth
seventeen per cent, more than at St. Petersburg!!.
“This,” says he, ‘ arises from a defective system
of banking, or rather Rom the doubtful state of
private credit. There being” he continues, “ho
Ban l as in other countries, and little corres
pondence among merchants, it becomes necessary
for a trader at Moscow, or any part of the pro
vinces, who has a payment to make in the capi
lol, to buy government paper to the amount of
/'s intended remitter, e, there being no other
mcc um through which remittances can be
mad?. This operation makes bank notes in those
places always at a premium, varying according
to the amount of payment due at the time.”
It iscurious to observe how identical are the
measures of the Great Democrat, of the United
States, and the Great Despot of Russia.
The Despot of Russia requires a large army,
that can be recruited only by conscription. So
does Mr. V Buen.
The conscription of the De po L t ikes all who
are too poor to purchase exemption. So tvill
that of Mr. Van Buren.
The Russian conscription imposes the same, or
a greater tax upon the poor man, whose family is
dependent for their daily bread upon his daily
exertions, as upon the man who rolls in his
wed'h. So will that of Mr. Van Buren.
The Russian Despot squanders upon wars
with the savages, his neighbors, the taxes wrung
by sub-treasurers and receivers general, from his
impoverished subjects. So does Mr. Van Bu
ren.
TheDespct of Russia is exceedingly careful in
the collection ol statist;, il information, that he
may know where to impose taxes f or the main
tainancc of wars carried on for the gratification
of his own vanity, and of the cupidity of his re
tainers. So is Mr. Van Buren.
The Despot of Russia requires that cverv man
engaged in the public service shall feci to at he is
a “hireling, and that devotion to lim-elf can
alone secure a continuance of his salary. So does
Mr. ran Buren.
The Despot ot Russia issues paper monev re-
deemable only when presented in „
es. Bo does Mr. Van Buren pa^nie nt
The Despot of Russia does not *
the establishment of Banks bv tho! Un W,
s her does Mr. Van Buren. I>eo Pk- \
Tho Despot of Russia is to
pie of association. He is alarmed uJ K
the small capitalists, owners of a
of a few thousand dollars each un • feii ’
purpose of improving their means G *
transportation, or exchange. bccaus- • Cli# " J
people associate, they learn their own M
the last knowledge that Despots desire H
jects to acquire. He is afraid
wealth.” So is Mr. Van Buren. ,
The Despot of Russia is steady i n a 1
of measures tending to establish and
low wages throughout his empire v eO! % ' *
Van Buren. 0 %
In fine, every measure of the Despot !
concentrate power in his own hands* to L H
by him for the advantage or > I \
people, as may be most agreeable t 0 p L ,
Such is likewise the case with Mr v 81
J Un Vi, yfi
The Secretary of State in his I e u e | J
Federal Locofoco Convention recenti,.^ lo gjj
Milledgeville, the metropolis of hj 3
gives, en passant, a slap in the chops to (t ' jfl
erable sciibble-s who, without posse?;! K
character them-elves, are busily engaged " 8
cing General Harrison. Mr Forsyth a” H
his “long acquaintance with General U
and, their “kind personal intercourse f ur 8
years,” and intimates that it would bean-* 8
to that acquaintance and intercourse if he« *1
“call in question his [General HarrisonV M
or DISPOSITION’ TO PROMOTE THE
rn L’ETUTT OF His countrt, according w I
p> inciples and opinions that have governed t 8 *
political life.” It was undoubtedly
fact that the Secretary of State refused t 0 ;'? 1
the history of e country, and to falsify 9
suit of his ova n personal knowledge and oW* J
lion in regard to General Harrison,lh alike (;v*
while noticing, with plaudits the cour.-e , : , |8
Georgia Locofoco Senators and 1 1
and others, who are active in pushing the r/ il
of the Administration in that State, omitted
reference to Mr. Forsyth.— Madisonian, ' I j
From the Philadelphia Inquirer of the%#\
More of the Riot in Kensington, 1
We gle-n the following additional partied;#
relation to the riots in Konsiglon. flu • !
were driven from Mr. Emery’s house early
evening, at the risk of their lives, and S
compelled to spiing from a third story d||
The cries of some of the rioters were of tie**’ 9
incendiary and sanguinary kind; and we fears! 8|
had any member of the police been
his badge on, murder would have been comma! fl
This is tiie more remarkable, as in the atV*
j the lioters seemed disposed tw be contenti'i- 9
j present. They had tour the tail loedun,
the timbers, and the boys were onzn ed inf' 88
up the grading with paving stones. Thus iu* kil
appear, that all positive cause had disapt* J
No workmen were engaged upon the spot
disposition was apparent to lay the rails r jfl
time.
Mr. Emery had committed no offence-4?
was said that the house in which he lesidt .. il
longed to Mr. Naglec, the President of stet
Road Company. The police also stopped su li
house as a sort of head-quarters butallwas.ig
in the evening until the mob appeared; 1
they commenced a riot, the motive for wkia;; I
we have shown above, must have been
malice end revenge. The house was then so
to and burnt to the ground, and the lives of sui al
who were within wantonly endangered, *
they were assailed with paving-stones io t.e» SKI
murderous manner, in endeavoring to m |
Several of the firemen were knocked dowij. |
severely injured. The hose was also cut »a g
knives, and burst with paving-stones. Littlecie 1
resistance was made, as the mob was all-powr 1
Women and children mingled in the scene, arit SI
burning house, the shouts of the
destruction of pioperty, and the occasional
formed at onee a view, truly deplorable ancbp||
graceful. The police did every thing theyr;T|
and had they attempted, some of them v oukis *
been murdered. The name of Mr. Naglee wa ;: J
quently mentioned, arid coupled with thetofe |||
threats. =
Two of Tin: Rioters Convicted—Pno«niaß|
Pr aiseworthy.—We learn tiia t the Court ofC:|H
inal Sessions postponed all filter business ye• f’Vd
day, and proceeded to try such of the riotersas Hi
been arrested. Two were c* nvictcd. one
ting the premises on fire —the othei forsc:;w|B*
ofa similarly criminal chaiaetcr. (neware 3
tent ed to srven years at hard labor —and the;? 1
to ten. This is the true couise. A few sue*
amples, and rioting will soon cease to Leap l - 1
business. Judges ilaiton and Conrad wereoH i
bench.
03* The names of the rioters \vhe wove ex V ‘
ted and sentenced yesterday, are Joseph Je
convicted of riot —and David Urban, convire.|B3
arson. A number of otheis are under
and their tiials will begin this day. The
officers are still busily engaged in makings.t:
We learn that ten of the rioters are ar* J
in ai . They will be tried without delay. • j
From the .Ve;o Orleans Bee. 1
3lississippi. 1
The progress of Haurison and RkfmP
our sistir Stale surpasses the most
peclation.—No Stale has hitherto been wE w A
ed more certain for Van Buren than
pi—none can now be mentioned that is/iwru, -
certain. The democratic republicans of |
sippi are organizing with efficiency andze*--
are in the finest s-pirils, and are [
wrest the Stale from the gripe of loco-focoitf
November. In the northern counties- ltSt |
V an Buren was wont to exert
the standard of the spoilsmen is shivering
wind. The people are leaving it by bußcr^
In order further to concentrate public
the republicans of North Mississippi,
with those of South Tennessee, hold »coi
tion in Marshall county, on Thursday /
August. It will be most numerously
and will exercise an auspicious in..uen« •; .
that portion of the State.
That the federal loco-focos are
dent from the lone of their organs.
chie, after the Waterloo defeat in \irgnu* S
April, they make frantic appeals to the M
bestir themselves, to organize. But ttiefd
will not hear. They are dispirited
warn, 'i’hey cannot be brought to the
They are frightened at tho astonishing |
asm, unanimity and energy that prevai |
the Harrison democrats. 'Fhey vvill, R 0 g
muster courage by November, and make J i
perale fight, but that they will be beaten,
every assurance.
Fl un the National Intellig( ncer '
Governor Pope, in his speech ( not ' VC ?
fished) on the sub-Treasury bill, i sl |
opponents of Gen. Harrison that |
principles were not clearly avowed, w® B : :
he had no personal knowledge of I
son’s opinions exce pt such as was Jcf .
his published speeches and letters je ‘
world; and from them he would atteni
his creed, as he understood it, and a? er #B|
every candid and impa lial man inu&tu
it, as follows: oft ?*
“ Ist. He is for limiting the L
President to a single term. »| 3 ) g
“2d. Although he will not raeun-w \H,
tional Bank, he vvill not veto a hill
proper limitations, and framed to *<■ •;
stitutiun against the control ol■
made sufficiently responsible to ton- Jj
“ 3d. He is for keeping the pu D | iC I
actual settlers at a reasonable P rIC ’ fl -M
General Jackson, opposed to making
of national revenue. . . . a
“ 4th. He is opposed to ad 111 e
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