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CHROMCLfci AM I SENTINEL. A U GUST A > THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6. 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 T 1 LEU, Os Virginia; A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— —of Virginia’s noblest sons, ana 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 EZZAR.D, 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. 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 cit} 7 , to make arrangements so as to meet at Fenn’s Bridge, on the Ogechee River, on Monday night, the tenth of August next. It is really amusing to seethe efforts that th e Van Buren prints of the day are making, and the charges that they bring forward, against General Harrison,all of which have been socompletely re futed. that one would suppose that it would be an insult to the understanding of the people to repeat them at this late day. And yet what is strange, and no less strange than true, Mr. Van Buren is ob noxious to all the charges of a political nature that have brought against Gen. Harrison. We would like to know which of the great questions of the day he has not both advocated and opposed. He has advocated and opposed a high tariff; he has t been for and against internal improvements; far iher than this, he acted with the party opposed to the war and Mr. Madison’s Administration, and af terwards supported his administration; he has es tablished the right of negroes to testify in the case of white men—witness the case of Lieut. Hooe; he voted to give them the right of suffrage; he has appointed an abolitionist to a foreign mission—wit ness the appointment of Leggett; and3'et they hold him up to us as a Northern man with Southern principles. We desire to be delivered from such principles; and if we are not wofully mistaken in the signs of the times, the people of Georgia, and the Union, have taken this matter into their own hands, and will, on the first Monday in November next, rid themselves of this corrupt and corrupting administration. We would say to the friends of Harrison and reform, onward, onward —the news is cheering from all quarters, the cause is gaining daily. We were presented the other day, by Gen. Thos. Dawson, with a twist of Morgan’s Premium To bacco, and, agreeable to our notions, it deserves the name. To those who are lovers of the weed we would saj', call on the General, and taste it for yourselves. • - ■ 1 Extraordinary Pea.—We were presented, this morning, by Mr. Thomas H. Roberts, of War renton, with a Cow Pea, measuring twenty eight inchesdong —the most extraordinary thing of the kind we have seen; and, as our friend observes, may well be called a Harrison cow pea. From the Richmond Whig. Gov Wickliffe, of Kentucky. This gentleman was some time since seized ~9 upon by the Editor of the Enquirer, and pressed into the ranks of the Feds, in the list of converts or new recruits. The fact coming to the knowl edge ot Governor Wickliffe, he addressed the fol lowing letter to the Editor of the Enquirer, which he requested might be inserted in the Enquirer, to correct the misrepresentation the Editor had given publicity. This the Editor declined doing —and the friend to whom it was enclosed has handed it to us for publication, in the hope that it may reach some whom the Enquirer has mis led, and whom that paper is unwilling to unde ceive; Frankfort, Kentucky, July 7,1840. Thomas Ritchie , Esq. Editor of the Enquirer: Dear Sir—Some friend enclosed me by mail, a few days since, your paper ot the 19th June, and invited my attention to an editorial article in which you were pleased to quote my name as one in Kentucky who had “come or was coming’ to the support of the present Administration, and of Mr. Van LJuren’s re-election. I cannot suppose that the fact of my supporting the one candidate or the other would impart to the contest anv in creased importance, *rgive to the strength of eith er any additional force beyond my own vote; but as you have attached some importance to it, not because of my official relation to the People of Kentucky at this time, I have deemed it due to you, and to the readers ofyour paper, to correct the error into which you have been led. by reques ting an insertion of this and the letter in your j aper. Ido this under the belief that your Jove ofjustice and truth will not permit you to be made the willing instrument of perver- ting facts through the medium ofyour paper. In conclusion, permit me to assure you that, of all the reasons and objections which have been urged against Gen. Harrison, that rs his being an Abolitionist and a Federalist, in the odious polit ical acceptation ot that term, has the least foun dation in truth or just'ce. My pe.sonal ac quaintance with Gen. Harrison enables me to sjicak upon this subject, I am, with great respect. Your obedient servant, C. A. W ICKLIFFE. Bunker Hill Monujwlnt. —The ladies of Boston finding that the men cannot succeed in erecting that monument on Bunker Hill, have taken it in hand themselves, and are going to ho d a great Fair for the purpose of raising the means. The ladies in the neighboring towns are joining in preparing articles lor exhibition and sale. From the Savannah Telegraph rs the 3d. Fire in Darien. —A friend has favored us withe fallowing extract of a letter received from Darien, and dated yesterday morning:—“ Hun dalfs store burnt up last night with all his goods. Insured I learn for §6,500. How much his loss will be I cannot say. Supposed to be set on fire by lightning, but I think it was done by some of t he rogues with which this place is infested.” A Good Receipt—try it. — The following is the receipt given by the the Vicksburg Whig, to measure the quantity of falsehood in any “given loco foco statement.” “ Observe the nature of the evidence brought forward to sustain it. If it has a tolerably good foundation a mere assertion is considered suffi cient; if it has a very slight one, it is bolstered up with certificates; but if it has not a particle of truth about it, they swear to it.” Meeting in Old Warren. Pursuant to previous notice, a very large and respectable portion of the citizens of Warren coun ty, convened at the Court House, on the 4th Inst., for the purpose of nominating Delegates to the Convention, to be held at Macon, on the second Thursday in the present month. And on motion, Adam Jones, Esq., was called to the Chair,and Al bert Paris, appointed Secretary. Upon request, Joseph W. Thomas arose and ad dressed the meeting in relation to its objects, in a very able manner, and concluded by offering the following Preamble and Resolutions, to wit : Whereas, at the Convention of the State Rights prrty, held in Willcdgeville on the first Monday in June last, for the purpose of nominating an Elec toral and Congressional Ticket for the State of Georgia, said Convention did select and nominate such persons to compose said tickets, as by their long tried patriotism and devotion to Southern rights and interests, are strongly recommended to the confidence and suffrage of the people of Geor gia. Be it therefore Resolved, That we do congratu late our State Rights friends upon, and do most heartily approve the several nominations made at said Convention, and that wc will use our best ef forts to cany out the proceedings of said Conven tion, and do most earnestly recommend all the friends of Southern State Rights, to co-operate with us by every honorable means, ip effecting the eletion of said Congressional Ticket, and prevent ing the re-election of M rtin Van Buren to the Presidency. Resolved further. That among other reasons, why we should not extend our support to »he pres ent incumbent of the Presidential Chair, we recog nize the following: Because he was found in the first years of his political life in company, and acling with the Fed eral party, in his support of De Witt Clinton for the Presidency, in opposition to James Madison, the former being the notorious Federal and Peace candidate, and the latter the deserved favorite of the entire voice of the Republican party, and in favor of vindicating our claims to national honor and respect. Because we believe him to be un sound and opposed to the interest and prosperity of the South, in his principles and opinions, on the subject of Southern domestic institutions, manifes ted in his opposition to the admission of Missouri into the Union without restriction ; the same in re lation to Florida—in his course in the New York Convention, upon the question of negro suffrage— in his inability to find any tiling calling for his inter ference in the matter of Lieut. Ilooc, in which he recognized the policy ol admitting negro testimony against free white men in a slave holding portion of the Union—and in deliberately expressing his opinion, that Congress has the power constitution ally, to abolisli slavery in the District of Columbia. Because he has manifested a disregard for the spir it of the Constitution, and a desire to usurp power by claiming to be a constituent part of the National Legislature. Because of his recommendation of Mr Poinsett’s Bill for raising a Standing Army of 200,C00 men. And in short, because we believe that his Administration has been, and is character ised by a corruptive profligacy and disregard of the public weal, which we consider to be subver sive of our liberties, and the perpetuation of our institutions and our national prosperity. Res lved, That we consider Wm. Henry Harri son, as a man whose personal and political hones ty and integrity, numerous and valuable public services, republican orthodoxy and simplicity, high-minded and exalted palriotism, and his virtues as a man, and abilities as a statesman, recommend him to the support and suffrage of all who desire to be freed from the power of corruption and mis rule, to see our government administered with that economy and simplicity, which is consistent with republicanism, and the return of that national prosperity, and haunony of feeling, which it is the object of our peculiar institutions to secure and perpetuate, but which has been exiled by the influ ence of a weak, misguided and corrupt policy. And Resolved further. That upon these considera tions, we will most gladly contribute our influence and exertions, in co-operating with the friends of reform, in electing the said William Henry Harri son to the Presidential Chair, and the noble, high minded, unflinching, and patriotic statesman, John Tyler, of Virginia, to that of the Vice Presidency, believing that it is the only course to retrieve the falling fortunes of our country, and restore it to iis former exalted place in the scale of nations. The above Preamble and Resolutions were unan imously adopted. Whereupon Joseph W. Thomas, Esq., offered the following additional Preamble and Resolution: Whereas, it is considered by this meeting expe dient that the County of Warren be represented in the Convention to be held in the city ol Macon, on the 13th instant. It is therefore Resolved, That the Chair do ap point a Committee of ten, to report to this meeting a suitable delegation to said Convention, to consist of one hundred and seventy members, \\ hereupon the Chair proceeded to appoint said Committee, consisting of the following persons, to wit: i Thomas Lockett, Sion Hill, Thomas Rivers, 1 Capt. Elijah Jones, Amos Walden, Thomas S. I Latimer, Esq-, Dr. Wi liam P. Butt, Henry Hight, 1 Esq., James G, Swain, Eilsha Burson, Esq. Who after having retired a short time, repeited the following named persons as a suitable dclega ) tion, which report was confirmed by the meeting, [ to wit: Col. John Stith, *) spjrw°u.frss: n - William Carson, J. lijib.. . .., i 1 James A Chapman, Philip Chalker, 1 W Mi:o Clin, Thos. L Latimer, ‘ Gideon Putnam, Starling Eavans, I 0 O Moore, Ignitias Robinson, Augustus Wilson, r i homas Wheeler, r Robert W Hubert, Adam Ivy, John Swint, Thomas Holland, Henry Me Kenney, Wm G Walden, Henry Pool, James McNiel, ; B Newsom, James Pilcher, i Abner Norris, Richard Rhodes, Wm W Anderson, Asa McCrary, Simon G Harrell, Henry Scott, E T Synah, Charles Wilder, 1 Anthonj* Jones, David Lowe, Jno. Veazy, Henry Lockhart, James Braddy, James S Jones, ; Thomas Kent, Robert A Hill, Daniel Holomon, James W Thomas, Jas. Kelly, Henry A Jones, Samuel Tompkins, Wm P Butt, Daniel Dennis, Thomas Lockett, Hugh Armstrong, Reuben Lockett, Green Beall, R R Palmer, Thos. H Roberts, James Hobbs, Bradford T Chapman, Solomon Lockett, Curran Battle, Franklin Roberts, Joseph II Butt, Sterling Rate, C C Cody, Barnaby Shivers, T P F Threewits, Wm Smith, Wiliiam Abbott, Wingfield Wright, Thomas Ivy, Reuben May, Henry Pool, jr. John Snider, Nathaniel Chalker, Charles Logue, C.'airborn Thigpen, Curtis Lewis, , John Cheely, Fielding Suvis, Thomas I Beck, Thomas Jones, Fielding Hill, Thomas Persons, jr. Francis Rivers, Elias Lazeuby, Thomas Rivers, Elijah McMath, Shadiict Bradshaw, George W Ray, Matthews Caron, Thomas Rourke, Wra R Story, Augustus Beall, Berj Brooks, Erastus Beall, Jeremiah Perryman, Esq. Eli Brinkly, Wiley Carter, Stephen Jones, Lawrence Barnley, Jasper McCrary, Wm Avery, John Heath, John Barksdale, Henry Crenshaw, Chapel Brooks, Benj Crenshaw, Perry Burnley, John Bishop, Joshua Lazenby, Allen Sturdivant, Andrew J Story, James W Langham, Joshua W Hanford, Daniel Hutchinson, Marion M Cody, Richard Powell, Jesse M Roberts, Allen Kelly Ezra McCrary, Elias Wilson, John Camp, John M Lazeuby, Thomas Jones, Nicholas Jones, Starling Jones, Archibald Smith, James Wynne, Johalhan Huff G M Huff, S R Wilson, Henry Hubert, Woodson Bradshaw, George S Alien, Joseph Smith, Adam Broom. Thomas Grier, James M Broom, John Fettz, Benj Broom, Samuel Jackson, Samuel Lazenby, Henry Baker, John R Eavans, Pierce Baily. Col Wm Jones, Elisha Perryman, George Underwood, Walter D Wilson, John F Johnson, Richard S Lazenby, Francis Jones. Wm Watson, Erastus Parham, Elisha Burson, Thomas Hadden, Robert Lazenby, James M Rivers, John McCrary, Robt ."VlcNier, James Fowler, John F Cason, Adam Jones, Esq. Joshua Harris, Esq. Samuel Camp, Septimus Torrance, Esq. Jesse Beall, Enos N Hill, Jethro Durden, Jesse M Elliot, Joseph Barksdale, Wm Stone, Irby Wynn, Robert Hall, Payton Harris, Uriah T Lockett, Edwin Baker, Sampson Culpepper, Abraham Heath, Abner Chapman, James G Swain. Gazway Duckworth, Thomas Wright. On motion of Gideon Putnam, Esq., the follow ing Preamble and Resolutions were adopted* Whereas, The country of oppression and distress claims the most immediate and decisive means in the power of every true republican, to throw off the chain, and restore to purity the Go Vermont. For this object, Resolved, That a standing committee of five be appointed from this town, to be called the Central Corresponding Committee, for the County of War ren, to co-operate with the committees now organ ized in the adjacent towns and counties, for the promotion of the cause of Harrison and Reform. Resolved, That a committee likewise of three bo appointed by the aforesaid committee in each dis trict in this county, to act in accordance with them in every lawful way, and by every just influence to promote the interest of the people, by actively supporting the election of Wm. Henry Harrison. On motion of John Harris, Esq., it was Resolved, That every citizen in this county, opposed to the re-election of Martin Van Buren, be recognized as delegates to the Macon Conven tion. On motion of Joseph W. Thomas, Esq., it was Resolved, That the minutes of this meeting be forwarded to the Chronicle & Sentinel and Re former for publication, and that other papers friend ly to Harrison, be requested to copy the same. On motion the meeting then adjourned to meet again on the first Tuesday in September. ADAM JONES, Chairman, A. Paris, Secretary. Waynesboro, August 3, IS4O. Pursuant to previous notice a meeting of the delegates to the anticipated Macon Convention, was was held in Waynesboro, Burke county, on the 3d inst. On motion of John Whitehead, Esq., Mr. A. Lewis was called to the Chair, and Wm. U. Sturges appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting being made known, the following resolutions were offered and adopted by Enoch Byne. Resolved, That each and every citizen in the county of Burke, not alreadv appointed as dele gates, be and he is hereby invited to attend the contemplated Convention to be held in Macon on the second Thursday in this month, as delegates from this county. On motion of Elijah Byne, Resolved, That Mulford Marsh, Enoch B3‘nc, John Whitehead, and Thomas Moor Berrien, be appointed a committee to procure a suitable flag for the delegates, with this device —“Old Burke, true to her faith ” —and to raise the necessary funds. On motion of John Whitehead, Resolved, That Thomas Moor Berrien, Matthew Carswell, Muiford Marsh, and Capt. Harman Hurst, be appointed to precede the delegates to Macon, and to make suitable arrangements for their ac commodation, and to nortify the same to them on their arrival. On motion of Mulford Marsh, Resolved, Tlia* Mr. Eli Byne, John Gordon, and Ezekiel Williams, ne appointed superintendents, to conduct the delegates to Macon. On motion of Elijah Byne, Resolved, That the delegates from this county are hereby requested to meet at Mr. Hardwick’s store, at the Double Bridges, on Monday night next, and proceed from there in a body to Macon. Resolved, That the minutes of this meeting be published In the Chronicle & Sentinel at Augusta. On motion — Resolved, That the meeting tender their thanks to the Chairman and Secretary. On motion the meeting then adjourned. A LEWIS, Chairman. Wm. U. Sturges, Secretary. From the New York Express. The Question Settled. The election in Louisiana being over, we now give the following statement for the cncourage mentof weak brethren , and a token for those who “ look before they leap. - ’ In 1836, it will be recollected that Gen. Harri son received the votes of the following seven State viz : Votes. Majority, Vermont, 7 6,951 Jifew Jersey, 8 545 | Delaware, 3 SSO Maryland, 10 Ohio, 21 . 8,457 Indiana, 9 .8,803 Kentucky, .*..15 3,662 Total, 73 votes, sure for Harrison in 1840. flections held in the following seven States since the nomination of Harrison and Tyler, in dicate that they will vote for that ticket by about the majorities named: Votes. Majority. Massachusetts, 14 8,000 New York, 42 15,000 Connecticut, 8 5,000 Rhode Island, .4 1,500 Virginia, 23 2,500 Michigan, 3 1.000 Louisiana, 5 2,000 Total, 99 Add Harrison’s capital in 1836, S 7 i 172 Whole number of electoral votes 294—neces sary to a choice 148. We have therefore 24 votes to spare from the above list. Should we lose more than that number, we will give “ the grand hailing sign of distress,’’ to the following respec table Stales, all considered good for “ Tip and Ty North Carolina, 15 Tennessee, 15 Illinois, 5 Pennsylvania, 30 65 “ A word to the wise,” is sufficient. Jacksonville, July 28. Indian News.—On Tuesday, 4th instant, two discharged soldiers left Fort Fanning for New nansville, and after remaining over night at Fort While, recently abandoned, they left this latter place on Wednesday morning on their journey. After having travelled about six miles eastward, near a place called “Cow Creek,” they were kill ed and scalped by Indians, where their bodies were found bythe*exprcss rider from theSinvanne. Capt. Ellis, in command of Fort Gilliland, as soon as the intelligence reached him, repaired to the spot with twenty men, and interred the bodies. He found it impossible, however, to trail the In dians, and returned to Newnansvillc. It is sup posed they followed the creek to its mouth, where it empties into the Santa Fe, and there crossed the river, about two miles from the scene of mur der. Signs are also reported near Alligator. Still further. —On Thursday, 16th inst. two dragoons, hearing the express from Pilatka to Fort King, were killed when about nine miles from the latter post. After they fell from their horses, they ran about a hundred yards, when the Indians over took them, and cut and mangled Uieir bodies in a horrid manner, the head only of one being found, and of the body the other. On Sunday, 19th inst. two men attached to the Infantry Corps, were passing between Fort Fan ning and Fort White, and were killed within about seven miles of the latter place. On Monday, two others belonging to the same Corps, were killed about 19 miles from Mican opy, being on their way to Fort Fanning. On the same morning (Monday) the express rider, after having left Micanopy about a mile, saw two Indians standing in the road, but man aged to elude discovery until he had passed them so far as to be beyond the reach of their rifles. They discharged he supposes, about fifteen rifles at him, after he had got beyond them. The re port of the rifles, and yell of the Indians, was heard at Micanopy, and on repairing to the spot, signs of from 80 t > 100 Indians were found. From the Savannah Telegraph of Ihe 3 d. 7 he steamer Gen. Clinch, Capt Brooks, arrived this morning from- Black Creek, brings the news that the ten horses taken from the Dragoons, near 4 ort Mellon, (the particulars of which appeared in the Georgian of the 29th,) had been recovered. One of the dragoons was found dreadfully man gled, the other missing. Some of the latter’s clothes were found fastened to a tree, but no signs of blood appeared. From the National Intelligencer. Opinions of Senator Tappan. If there be any one individual in public life who more distinctly than another personifies the politics of the party now in power, and w*hich is seeking to perpetuate its power to carry into ef fect the projects that “ lie behind” those which it has already consummated, it is perhaps Mr. Senator Tappan, of Ohio.—Of this. Senator per sonally we know nothing, and have nothing to say. But of his political movements we have not been inattentive observers. We have no ticed his course in the Senate, in reference espe cially to his anti-bank and anti-credit doctrines, which he carried t« such an extent in the case of the District banks, that,domineering in the pride of party power, he could not forbear adding of fensive taunts and sneers to the oppression and injustice he was assiting to perpetrate upon the District. Wc have nowr before us the evidence of that Senator’s real opinions, and of the pur poses which “ lie behind’ his support of the Sub-Treasury scheme, and the measures which have been avowed to “lie behind” it; among which purposes the reader will perceive, from the subjoined testimony, is to put down the Banks, I as a moolis of uemtcixc the wages oi la* non to eleven pence a i>AT. ( he price ot WHEAT TO SIXTEEN CKX7iB A lILSHEL, ami tVtriJ thing else in proportion. Read what follows, and reflect upon it . From the Steubenville Gazette. The Globe having recently asserted that it had authoiity for denying the statement heretofore made by Mr. James Wallace, of a con versation between him and Benjamin 1 appan, Esq., in which the latter expressed himself in fa vor of a specie currency, the effect of which, as stated by Mr. Tappan, would bo to reduce labor to twelve and a half cents a day and wheat to sixteen cents a bushel, <fec. we have been furnish ed with the following affidavits Irom Mr. James Wallace and Mr. James Little, both respectable woollen manufacturers, and Adam W isc, Esq. at the time of the conversation a machine maker, and now a justice of the peace, all of Steuben ville. W*c understood also that the facts sot forth in these depositions can be sustained by other individuals. Any further remark on our part is | unnecessary. DEPOSITIONS. Personally appeared before the undersigned, James Wallace, who deposes and says: That a short time previous to the last October election he had a conversation with Benjamin Tappan, Esq , one of the Senators in Congress of the United States from the State of Ohio, during which con versation Mr. Tappan remarked : “You manu facturers, Mr. Wallace, stand very much in your own light, that you do not go with us for the hard money system; and you woujd go with us if you did not look through other peoples specta cles.” This deponent inquired how the manu- j factures were to be benefilted by the adoption of i that system? Mr. Tappan replied that “wages were entirely too high in this country, and that there was no reason why labor should not be as cheap in this country as in Europe. It is the banks (continued Mr. Tappan) that keeps up the price of labor and the price of produce; if you can put down the banks, labor will be reduced to eleven pence a day, wheat to .sixteen cents a { bushel, and every thing else in proportion. The The Sub-Treasury will produce this icsult; it will put down the banks, and reduce the price of labor and the price of the produce of the coun try. It will be the best tariff the manufacturers can have ; and instead of being compelled to ask your Government for protection, it will enable the American manufacturer to compete with the En glish manufacturer even in his own market.” JAMES WALLACE. State of Ohio, Jefferson comity, ss. Personally appeared before the undersigned, a notary public, within and for the county of Jef ferson, James Wallace, who being duly sworn, deposes and says, that the foregoing statement, by him subscribed, is true in substance and in fact. Witness rr.y hand and official seal at Steu benville, this 20th dav of July, A. 1). 1810. J. COLLIER, [l. s.] Notary Public, Jefferson county Ohio. At the same time and place came James Little who being duly sworn, says: That sometime previous to the last election, the deponent had a | conversation with Benjamin Tappan, Esq., in I which Mr. Tappan observed, that it was the banks that kept up the price of labor and the price of produce, and if we could put down tbefbanks, and bring e'ery thing to the specie standard, in stead of foreign goods being brought to this coun try, we could take our goods to Europe and un der sell them. JAMES LITTLE. Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th Ju- i ly, 1840. J. COLLIER, Notary Public. At the same time and place came also Adam Wise, who being duly sworn, says : That some time since he had a conversation with Benjamin Tappan, Esq., in which Mr. T. remarked, that the banks were a great injury to the mechanics; that they (the banks) kept up the price of pro duce, and that every dollar which banks received for interest on loans was just so much out of the pocket of the laboring man. Mr. Tappan also said, that the banks ought to be put down, and then we should have nothing but a specie currency, and it would be much better for the mechanic if itweieso. ADAM WISE. Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th Ju ly, 1840. J. COLLIER, Notary Public. From the Baltimore Po sf. Sargent Joel Downing to General Jack sou. » Downingville, away down east in the Slate of) Maine, July, 1840. 5 Dear Gineual:— In respect of your letter, dated at the Hermit age, 23d ofJune, and sent to the editor of the Nashville Union, I think down along here it’s all working ’tother way from what you meant it; and it seems to me our cause and Mr. Van Huron's is getting along about as fast as a crab would run, and pretty much the same way. Co where you will, it’s all log cabin and hard cider, and there’s no stopping on’t. I found it so all the way from the Hermitage here, and it’s been so here ever since I got here. It aint now as it was a few years ago, when I and my cousin the Major used to be fighting for you. Then we could carry every thing jest as we’d a mind to. All we had to do was to hurrah for old hickory, and folks would turn out and give us a lift, and carry any election we wanted to, all over the coun try. But folks down this way say they’ve got tired of Mr. Van Buren. They dont think he’s sich a great President as you’ve cracked him up lobe. Uncle Joshua says he dont come up to Mr. Jefferson or Mr. Madison, no touch to it. I bad a serious talk with uncle Joshua last night about matters. You know he always went for you through thick and thin, all weathers; and when we had a tight pull here in Maine, he was commonly the main spoke in the wheel for us. So when I see him chairman of the log cabin meeting the day I got here, and see him swinging his hat with the rest of’em, I begun to feel a lit tle streaked, and was afraid we was a goiu to lose him. So I got a chance to get him alone last night, and had a long talk with him. I went right at him in what I thought would be his sorest pint, in the first place, and says 1., ‘Uncle, you’ll lose the post office, as sure as your name is Joshua Downing, il you go to wa vering about and giving up Mi. Van Buren, and taking sides with Old Tippecanoe.” At that he snapped his fingers at me, and says he, ‘Joel, you need n’t think to come here to teach me politics. I knew politics before you was born. I was a republican of the old stamp, and was the first one in Downingville that come outfor Jefferson against, old John Adams. Then was the days. Joel, to larn politics. We used to have it hot and heavy, up hill and down. I went right into the front of the battle and fit it out, till I brought over three quarters of Downingville to my side, «o ’twas pretty much all over the country. When we begun the battle, most every body was for Adams. He come in under Wash ington, you know, and every body thought of course he must sarve eight years jest as Wash ington did. But when he begun to have his alien and sedition laws, and gag laws, and I dont know what all, why, by jings, the democratic re publican blood of the country was right up. You could hear the rumbling of the young earthquake clear from the District of Maine to Georgia; and alter fighting like tigers, we brought Jefferson in. ‘ Well, now,’ says I, ‘uncle Joshua, whal does a t is rigmarole about Jefferson aqd Ada ms I amount to ? . I want you to stick to Mr. Van Bu ren, so as not to lose your post office.’ At that he snapped his fingers in my face again, and says he, ‘I veil you, Joel, I dont care that for the post i ?!“ ce ’ com Pared with the good of the country. 1 Weare fighting over almost jest sich a battle as wo did in the days ol J.ff erßon Here’s Van Buren, you know, Coln j A( V Hickory, and in the first on’t h G ma 7 Un,!tr okj the country in his favor, and if h e 1 ); , I C , a|J ought to, he might a stood hj» eight v' ° n * asf ie only see what a pickle he’s g.,t u .' ' Us ’ turned the whole country topsy-turv** 110 ’ every body’s business, and made usall’i And I think it’s high time to have .S' And I tell you what ’lis,Joel, the j c “ dla f;i publican blood of the country has got ° ad,:c if it dont put things straight again'Vin° U * e<,,a *l There’s^been little kind of flußtrati ons " llStakt ' a goon many limes in this country sin" been a government: hut there has’m bT three times when the republican blood I ? ° ! " f over. The first time was when it John Adams and put in Jefferson;arid tl I D, °H time was when it turned out John U * ains, and put in old Hickory; and lothe now, when it is Idling over to turn out V 'if “ and put in the old hero of Tippecanoe do it, Joel, and no mistake.’ ‘ •i’ll ‘ Well, now, uncle,’ says I, ‘what f an i. , find with Mr. Van Buren? it is’m - o ’ l brought on these difficulties. Biddle’s K I done all Ihe mischief.’ iaD * Us At that, unde Joshua rolled up his eyes and puckered the corners of his mouth?*’ was half laughin, and says he, • Joel, a man that’s been about the cou ’ much as you have, ought to have more sere V s ; that. Squire Biddle’s bank has been out y I government this long time, but things (?. ! growing worse and Wbrse all the time, : quite too late now to shoulder ilollon to j ‘ Well,’ says I, ‘uncle after all your talk have’nt brought up a single thing yet against? | \ an Buren or his government, and until v 0u ‘ r ' do that, I think you ought to be in better W | ness than to be coming out against him.' { ‘ There’s one fact alone,’says Uncle la ! ‘ that ’ s enough to satisfy me that things aimS i at head quarters and that is, (he expenses of ! ! r >’»ng on the government. About a dozen v? ! ago, our government expenses was only ih,?* or fourteen millions of dollars a year " it. , . . J "I'd Kow | they ve got up to between thirty lions a year. Now, Joel, you cant make me? 1 lieve that things is all right when money i 3s „,, ai ' dcred away at that rate, and the people nothing about where it goes to.’ Uncle Joshua run on in this way, and h!k f about the Florida war and the sub treasury sich like, and said he thought it was lime togr to have honest men in the government, till I, gun to feel satisfied we mus’nt expect any help from uncle Joshua. And, to be honcstaiwr it. Gmeral, I’m really afraid the jig is up whhfe for I find uncle Joshua aint alone in turnii*,' gainst the government and coming out for c Tip, I find sich ones all round in every q Uan( , I was out electioneering ’(other day, and along through Baldwin. the4lh of July, 1 n;t! ’ great crowd of people out a celebratin. There* was full of’em, marching along with theirii* ners and their mottoes, and one of’em r,; large printed letters, ‘lsaac Dyer and forty* others.’ And I asked a chap what that me an J he said Isaac Dyerand forty-two used to be Jackson and Van Buren men, but * bad come out for old Tip. You may depend upon it, Ginera!, Down:;;, ville is gone as slick as a whistle, and I’m afiaid the State of Maine is gone too. I thick 1 shall be off soon in some of the other States,® try my luck at electioneering there. I wish t,-j would write to me and let me know howyoca along out west, and whether the tide is goii? gainst us there too; but I would’nt send any» letters to the printers to publish, for I dont ihim it helps us along a mile. I remain, your old friend, Sargent Joel Dowxnre, History vs. Tory Slang. “ On the Niagara frontier there was much ban fighting, but every campaign opened under i new general, and sometimes before its close tbs: general was superceded. After the fall of Gen Pike, the war was carried on without any seltiei plan, and ended without accomplishing any ok of its objects. It served, however, to affordcp portunily to a number of officers to dislinguii * themselves for their military talents and inlrcpdi-1 ty ; among these, Generals Brown, Scott, Miller, Ripley and Towson, are deservedly nent. To the North-west our military afiaia were conducted on a systematic plan, ams under a commander who was completely successful* what he undertook. In the South the war** 1 also confided to a single individual, who ws found abundantly competent to (he duties» 7 signed him. HARRISON and Jacksox, fore, are the only persons who canbesaiit have conducted an entire plan of operation In successful issue, and their names are dccidti the most conspicuous in the history of them- Brackenndge's History of the War—page i * “ I his (the battle of Tippecanoe) is one of tk I most desperate battles ever fought with tbeln : ans, and but for the caution and cflcitnajdfo Commander-in Chief, might have j the night attack on Gen. Sinclair. UesoluM were passed by the Legislatures of the States Kentucky, and the Territory' of complimentary of Gov. Harrison, anti the office and troops under his command; and the rcpifl tion ol the commander-in-chief as an ABU | AND PRUDENT GENERAL, was establish- v ed on the most sold foundation.”— Bra f M 1 ridge's History—Page. 2G. From the New York Star. Steamboat Accidents—Frichtfci P tails. —It is to be regretted that (he law lot mend the statute of Congress on this subject' 1 " not passed in the long session of eight month* just concluded, and during which there was r prodigal a waste of time and the people’s root" by the administration party. The statistic* the committee of the house show that but lit good has been affected by the law. During 1' . there were on the western waters alone 41 i> tC I dents, 23 of which were a total loss. Loss property one million of dollars; lives, 46; f which were by explosions 1 There were • ; snagged. Yet add to these the losses by i eluding the Lexington and 150 lives! f , have occurred 272 accidents in the United since Fulton put his first boat afloat. O' 1 .;, 103 were explosions, and in all a loss of souls! and 450 wounded. Greatest number of Jives lost at any one l ' by explosion: , On the Pulaski, coast of Carolina in 1838, jj On the Oronoko in the Mississippi, in 1838, ‘ On the Moselle, Ohio River, in 1838, Greatest number by collision: On board the Monmouth, on the Mississiffi 1 * in 1837 Greatest number by fire : The Lexington, in Long Island SounJ, 1840, about $ The Ben Sherrod, in the Mississippi) 18 > Greatest number by foundering : The Home on coast of Carolina 183/, Os the 272 accidents, there occured on Western rivers, f! On the Eastern waters and the lakes, The aggregate loss of property by t ters is estimated at about mount of steamboat tonnage in th jgjjti l ' 3 ’ according to the returns of 30lh Sept -199,668. . . Per Contra.—Though Great BnW gjjtcs a minimum of steamers compared to the 0 ( yet the chapter of disasters is greatly 1°