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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 17.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe the incor
ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican—
he patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN T V LE U ,
Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of the school of 9S—
one 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 G RANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, pf 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.
A meeting of the Central Tippecanoe Club
of Richmond county, will be held at the City Hall,
THIS AFTERNOON, at half past three
The meeting will be addressed by the Hon. Wsi. C.
Preston, of South Carolina. Ihe ladies and citi
zens generally of Hamburg, Augusta and the sur
rounding country, are respectfully invited to at
tend, without respect to parties. aug 17
When we penned the remarks of Saturday morn
*tig, we were under the impression that the Gov
ernor of a Territory did not possess the veto pow
er, but we have since been able to put our hands
upon the Law on that subject, and find that he did.
But this is not material to the issue, this \\ hipping
Law about which so much noiss is made, was
passed when Indiana was a Territory, and before
she could have had other and better regulations tor
punishing offenders against her laws. But let us
look into the acts of the party who are now raising
this hu3 and and cry against Harrison. As late
as the year 1831, the Legislature of Georgia passed
the foliowing among oilier Laws :
“And be it further enacted, That if any offences
shall hereafter be committed, for which the offen
der would upon conviction be imprisoned in the
Penitentiary of this State, and for which no pun
shment is prescribed by tiiis act, the same shall
hereafter be punished by line, or whipping, or im
prisonment, at the discretion of the Court.”
Among those who voted for this law, we find
the leaders of the present administration party,
one of whom, is now a candidate for the high office
of Elector, and another, who but lately withdrew
his name from their Congressional Ticket, to m ake
room for one of the “ Baby Dcmocats,” to wit:
Bates and Glascock.
We shall make no comments on this act, thfy
have made them themselves —but we will say',
that those who live in glass houses, should not
throw stones. Those who desire to see the votes
on the law, will find them at page 217 to 251 in
clusive, of the Journal of the House of Representa
tives of the Georgia Legislature,
The Governor of the State of Kentucky, (Hon
C. A. Wickliffe,) has issued a Proclamation, un
der date of August 3, convoking the Legislature of
that State, to meet in extra session on the 19th of
this month, “ for the purpose of taking into consid
eration the subject of enacting a law providinig
lor taking the vote of Kentucky for President and
Vice Piosidentof the United States, and such oth
er subjects as may be communicated to them, or
which, in their judgment, the public interests may
demand.”
1-r.vis.—A passenger in the Great Western
informed the editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
that although Mr. Levis, late of the Schuylkill
Bunk, has not returned with Mr. Newell, yet he
is said to have made important disclosures and
communications lo tKat gentleman*
From the Columbus Enquirer .
We take the liberty of replying to the interro
gations of several friends in different sections of
the State relative to Col. Bonner’s present posi
tion. They ask us if he has gone back 1 they
say the Sentinel has made an impression, and
members of the Van Buren parly are extending
ihal impression, that he has recanted his Harri
son notions and gone back to Van Buren! It
affords us pleasure to say such is not the fact;
we have it from Col. B’s. own lips—he has not
recanted—but is firmer than ever in his opposi
tion to the party that has blighted and mildewed
the country. So far from going back, he author
izes us to say he will not on y go in heartily for
our Electoral Ticket, but will vole for and do all
he can to elect the full Harrison Congressional
ticket. This is going back with a vengeance,
and it he keeps going back at this rate we bid
him God speed.
From the Sew York Courier $ Knqvier of the Bth.
Abolition Nomination in New York.
The Abolition Convc uion, held at Syracuse
on Tuesday and Wednesday last,denounced both
General Harrison and Mr. Van Buren, and nom
inated Gcrnt Smith, of Madison for Governor
Charles O. Shepard of Genesse for Lieutenant
Governor; Arthur Tappan of Kings, and Ben
jamin P. Johnson of Oneida for Senatorial elec
tors, with 40 District Electors, pledged to sup
port James G. Biroey for President, and Thomas
Earle for Vice President.
Alabama Elections.
The Montgomery Advertiser, gives the vote in
full for the Senate, which is, Whigs 13, Democrats
20. It also gives the returns from 46 counties, for
the House of Representatives, w'hich give the
Whigs 46, and Democrats 61. The Advertiser
sets down both the Representatives from Pike, as
Democrats, while the Whig papers claim one.
North Carolina Election.
The Wilmington Advertiser of the 13th, states
that all the counties that vote in advance of the
general election have been heard from, and gi ves
the result not varying materially from our state
ment of Saturday. It appeals that the adminis
tration candidate for Governor now has 2430 ma
jority. The Advertiser states that there has been
a Whig gain in these counties of one Senator and
5 Commoners, and that the administration have
gained 2 Senators and one Commoner. In the last
Legislature the Whigs had 10 majority on joint
ballot. The general election throughout the State
took place on Thursday last.
Indiaua.
Whig majority for Governor in fifty nine coun
ties is 9384.
Congress.—ln the seventh Congressional Dis
trict a special election was held for a member of
Congress to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re
signation of T. A. Howard, the A an Buren candi
date for Governor. The candidates for the vacant
seat were Lane, (Whig) and Hannegan, (V. B.)
There appears to be no dcubtthat the Whig candi
date has succeeded. The Inadianopolis Journal of
the Gth inst. says—
The talented and eloquent Lane is undoubtedly
elected to Congress from the 7th district to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of P. A.
Howard. His majority in Parke, is 331, in Tip
pecanoe 275 ; and in Montgomery 200.
State Legislature.—ln fifteen Senatorial dis
tricts, there have been elected 14 Whig Senators
and 1 Van Burenite. In the same districts last
year, the Whigs had six and the Van Burenites
nine Senators.
At the recent election, 53 Whig and 9 Van Bu
ren members of the House have been chosen in
42 counties. Last year, in those counties, they
stood 24 Whigs, and 39 Van Burenites.
.Kentucky,
Whig majority for governor in thirty nine coun
ties is 10,735.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer .
Louisville, August 5.
Messrs. Gales <s• Seaton —I have the pleasure to
inform you that the city of Louisville has given
the astonishing majority of eleven hundred and
twenty votes for the Harrison ticket, and the c iun •
ty adjoining (Jefferson) will, for the first time,
elect her Whig ticket by 300 majority. Kentucky
will give for the Harrison candidates, Letcher and
Thompson, a majority of sixteen thousand votes at
least. Indiana will elect the Whig candidate for
Governor by 8,000 votes majority. No mistake.—
“Gen. Harrison will come into the Presidency like
a whirlwind.” The people have aiisen in the
majesty of their power. 1 never saw such rejoic
ing in my life. Our city will be illuminated to
night. God bless you both! Success to the glori
ous cause! Yours. &c.
Indianapolis, Ind., August 5.
Messrs. Gales Season —We have returns from
over thirty counties of this State, leaving no doubt
of the election of Judge Bigger over Gen. Howard
by a decided vote. Our Legislature w H be chang
ed from twenty against us last year, to at least
two-thirds for us this year. We feel that the tri
umph is complete and overwhelming; but as all the
returns are not in, and as the first you receive are
most favorable to us, a few days will tell the whole
story. Great efforts are made on both sides. My
information from Ohio gives assurance that Corwin
is safe , and Harrison more than safe there. In a
word. I feel that I risk nothing in saying that the
whole West is largely for General Harrison, and,
instead of a waning popularity, I find it daily gain
ing strength. Respectfully, &c.
The News and the Market.
The New York Express of Monday, 2 P. M.,
says:
‘■ The news from Europe has had a very favora
ble influence on flour, and has carried up prices
full 25 cents a barrel.
There are a numner of orders in the market, and
several thousand bbls. of Ohio and Western have
been taken at SJ-. Holders here now put prices to
5$ to for Western and Ohio, and Southern.
Van Buren and Harrison.
Martin A an Buren, in 1840, when he wished
to form a Sub-Treasury Bill, tells us;
‘ From the results of inquiries made by the
Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the prac
tice among them. I am enabled to state, that in
twenty-two out of twenty-seven foreign Govern
ments, from which undoubted information has
been obtained, that public moneys are kept in
charge of public officers. This concurrency of
that system is perhaps as great as exists on any
question of internal administration.”
iren. Harrison, in 1817, when he reported a
Militia Bill, said;
‘Tn searching for landmarks to guide us to onr
object, it will be in vain that we direct our atten
tion to the modern nations of Europe. From
them we can borrow nothing to aid our purpose.
Governments formed upon artificial distinctions
in society, which estimate their security by the
inability ot their subjects to resist oppression, can
furnish a free people with no guides in origina
ting a system of defence which shall be purely
national.”
State ot the Canvass in Virginia.
All goes well. Jhe \\ higs find no fault with
the condition ot things, except this—that the 2d
of November is still ninety days off. They pant
tor the day o! Austerlifz. They are armed up to
the teeth, and they sleep upon their arms. 'They
will rush to the polls in masses. Xo weather
will pievent them. No encouragement, no sliin
u anon will be required as heretofore, to urge
\\ cm l ° the P olls - Ao dependency now weighs
them down no unmanly despair of victory as
in tormer contests, shears them of their strength.
2^le m mat° ne Ti Pirit t ’ °“ e S ° U ’’ ““"ate.
whole mass The deepest and most religious
conviction of the goodness of their c Use
most unconquerable determination to “free their
country from domestic tyranny and Federal cor
ruption-the most cheering and universal assu
rance that a brilliant triumph awaits their gene
rous efforts for an oppressed and insulted country
these are the motives which animate eve.y
\A big bosom. All their petitions a--e to Time
to speed his march, and hasten the glorious day*
second only to the 4th of July, ’76. when the
j American people will be emancipated from the
j swa - v ot corrupt rulers and bad men. They ask
nothing oi Fate, but to spare the life of General
Harrison—from the chapter of accidents,
at all. 1 hey do not like their opponents, rely
upon that opponent’s apathy for victory. * No •
they are prepared to meet and overthrow him in
all his strength.
To whatever g.and division of Virginia we
turn our eyes, the evidence of the progress of
sound op.nions and the rapid advance of Whig
principles, is entirely satisfactory, and we now
hazard the prediction, that the Whigs will carry
a majority below tide water, between the tide and
Blue Ridge, in the Valley, and in the North
. e !j* * be South West alone, we concede to
the Federal parly, and that by a meagre majority
compared with the sweeping vole of 1836.
■riicnmond Whig,
From the New York Courier and Enquirer
Another Letter from Mr. Van Buren.
The Richmond Enquirer of Friday publishes
some four close columns of what it styles a ‘ veiy
frank and able letter from Mr. “Van Buren m
reply to four citizens of Virginia.” ft developes
‘ his views on the subject of Abolition, the Taritt,
Internal improvements, and Mr. Poinsett’s Bn
for the re-organization of the Militia. The ob
ject of writing it was to discuss the latter topic,
solely ; and of this only the Enquirer undertakes
i to say that it is “perfectly new and satisfactory.
! As the Administration presses will doubtless ap
peal to this document as a chart of the Pesident s
opinions, and contrast his course in the premises
with that of General Harrison, we propose to
’ present an analysis of the letter, with a full state
ment of all that it avows or disavows. It may
appear, after all, that Mr. Van Buren has not told
so much more than General Harrison, as might,
have been expected from the parade of his frank
ness and sincerity. The questions submitted to
Mr. Van Buren by the four citizens of "N irgima,
were in the following words :
1. Will you, if re-elected President, veto any
bill having for its object, the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia; or would yon
sanction any bill granting appropriations oj /e
public money, to any State, soliciting aid fur the
emancipation of their slaves ?
1. Do you think that, at this time, the safety
of the public money requires a re-chartenng of
the U. States Bank; or would you sign a bill
chartering such an Institution] <
3. Are you in favor of preserving entire the
Tariff Compromise!
4. Wouldyou sanction any bill granting appro
priations of the public money, tor the purposes of
Internal Improvement, by means of canals, rail
roads , &c.
5. Do you approve of Mr. Poinsett s scheme
for the organization of the militia?
1. To the first branch of the first enquiry, Mr.
Van Buren replies that his views on that matter
have been given before, in a letter recently ad
dressed to a committee of citizens of Louisville,
Kentucky. “I have not deemed it advisable”- —
he adds, “to repeat that answer here—but will
cause each of you to be supplied with a copy
thereof, and cannot doubt your being satisfied
that I have at least fairly met the subject.” So
Mr. Van Buren, after all, is no better than anoth
er General Mum. Precisely after the fashion ol
the old “imbecile” —“granny”—and “coward” of
North Bond, he refers to “ copies ” of previous let
ters to furnish his views on the abolition of slave
ry in the District. To the second branch of the
enquiry he unhcsiatingly” says that the consent
of the slave States could not confer on the Feder
al Government the constitutional power to apply
the public funds (o the emancipaiion of their
slaves; and that he could never give his sanction
to this measure. We do not apprehend that he
is in imminent danger of being called upon for
such sanction. With a large and daily accumu
lating Public Debt, and a daily deceasing reven
ue, which must bo supplied by the issue and re
issue ofirrodeemable government paper, and with
the reduction of the trade and commerce of the
country to a metallic standa-d, there is no reason
to fear that the General Government will be able
to raise more money than will be requisite for its
own urgent and immediate necessities. As for
ainy chance of a “surplus” for the next Presiden
tial term, to be applied in the emancipation of
slaves, it would puzzle even Mr. Woodbury to
figure it out.
2. In reply to the second interrogatory, Mr.
Van Buren states that his opinions on the sub
ject of an U. S. Bank, in every aspect, which it
can be made to assume may be found in his let
ter to Sherrod Williams of Kentucky, “ which
has been extensively published, and are therein
thus expressed.” Then follows three-fourths of
a column of the letter to Sherrod Williams.
How can Mr. Van Buren’s friends justify this
appeal to old documents ? When General Har
rison points out his letter to Sherrod Williams,
and says that his opinions on the subjects there
in expressed have undergone no change, forth
with there is an outcry from Maine to Louisiana
—“Down with the dumb candidate !” And now
forsooth, the speaking candidate says never a
word more! The main objection of Mr. Van
Buren to a U. S. Bank, rests on its “ unconsti
tutionally”—a point in which he differs unfor
tunately from all his predecessors in (he Presiden
cy, with perhaps a single exception, the Supreme
Court of the Union, and all the subordinate ju
dicial tribunals in the country, State or Federal.
3. In regard to the Tariff, Mr. Van Buren
again appeals to printed doc uments, and quotes
a column again from one of his old letters. He
professes an approval of the Compromise Bill,
and a disposition to carry into full and fair effect
His general views on the subject he embodies in
the recommendation by President Jackson of “a
modification of the tariff, which should produce
a reduction of the revenue to the wants of the
Government, and an adjustment of the duty upon’
imports with a view to equal justice in relation
to all our national interests, and to the counter
action of foreign policy, so far us it may be inju
rious to those interests”
4. For his views on the subject of Internal Im
provement Mr. Van Buren again copies from the
old text book, as they were “given at the same
time and on the same application ” As far as
we can understand the time ami application refer
red to, it was in reply to a letter from certain ci
tizens of North Carolina, and at a time when
Mr. Van Buren was a candidate for the Vice Pre
sidency. He was then of opinion that Internal
Improvements, as far as practicable,should he left
to “STATE EFFORTS AND PRIVATE EN
TERPKIZE,” —How it happens that with their
restricted notions on this subject Mr. Van Buren
and General Jackson stiould have managed to
increase as largely as they did our expenditures
on works of Internal Improvement, we will not
undertake to say. We should be well satisfied,
with Mr. Van Buren, to leave a large portion of
them to “ state efforts.” But Mr. Van Bu
ren has made war upon the States for pursuing
this very policy. He has assailed them in his
messages for underlaying these very enterprizes
which he at one time emphatically commended
to their care. He has attempted to arrest and
break down these “efforts” of the Slates, by
depreciating their credit, and volunteering a refu
sal on the part of an insolvent Federal Govern
ment, to give their securities the endorsement of
a bankrupt guarantee. We do not think that
the People of any section of the United States
entertain any particular desire that the General
Government should continue to occupy to any
extent this field of improvement. They will be
satisfied if it will only pay over to the States “ the
fourth instalment,” and distribute among them
the annual nett proceeds from the sales of the
public lands—to expend the money under their
own state direction.
b• Os Mr. Poinsett’s scheme, Mr. Van Buren
i endeavors to shirk the responsibility ; without re
gard to the assumption of his “illustrious prede
cessor, that the President is responsible for the
sayings and ooings of the Cabinet. Mr. Van
Buren does not admit this responsibility. ** It is
but lately says Mr. Van Buren, in the letter
befoie us“that my attention has been “particularly
j • llrawn to this subject; and, as there is no doubt
tnat the great men to whom I have alluded con
templated the organization of the militia, and
provisions lor its better instruction, embracing
>uostantially the principles contained in Mr.
r’oinsell s plan, it becomes me, in the face of so
much apparent authority, to hesitate before I
pronounce dejimttly upon its constitutionality.
I shall, I am confident, in the opinion of all can
did minds, best perform my duty by refraining
to do so, until it becomes necessaiy to act official
ly in the matter. In the mean time, I wi|l con
tent myself with saying, that the inclination of
my mind is, that the desired measure cannot be
safely accomplished, in the form proposed, un
der the Federal Constitution as it stands.
With reference to the standing army, Mr. V. B.
of course denies utterly the “ soft impeachment.”
He has never entertained the idea, not he, of re
commending a standing army of 200,000 men;
or as he most elegantly and felicitously expresses
it “If I had been charged with the design
of establishing among you, at the public expense
a menagerie of two hundred thousand wild beasts,
it would not have surprised me more, nor would
in it nay judgement, have been one jot more pre
posterous.”
We imagine that the people will hold the Pres
ident to the responsibility that attached to him
in the Jackson creed for the course end policy ol
his subordinate officers. Mr. Van Buren s par
ticularly mild and gentle manner of repudiating
this project, without denying its constitutionality
leaves him ample room of apology if he should
be favored w: h an opportunity of urging it on a
subservient Congress. Gen. Jackson’s first hint
of a Government Bank was hardly more positive
than this seeming objection of Mr. Poinsett s
scheme; yet within ten years that Bank was es
tablished, “ on the credit and revenue of the Gov
ernment,” precisely in the fashion that was ori
ginally suggested. So it will be with the standing
army. The name is now repudiated. The fact
is denied. If Mr. Van Buren should be re-elec
ted, the project will be carried out in conjunction
with the Sub-Treasury scheme, to which it is an
appropriate appendix ; and the present dynasty,
through the potent agencies, of the combined
forces will perpetuate itself till it is shaken off
by some popular convulsion, excited by its gross
abuse of the powers of administration.
Gen. Harrison among the People.
Gen. Harrison, on his journey to ike Green
ville treaty celebration, was every where met and
received by his fellow-citizens with the greatest
enthusiasm. He addressed the people at Hamil
ton and Eaton on his way.
On his approach to Hamilton, he was met five
miles below town by a cavalcade of the military
and citizens, and escorted in. The Intelligencer
says , the people “had turned out in thousands,
and the noble enthusiasm with which he was
received, showed unerringly that the heart’s best
feelings went up in the mighty shout that hailed,
and gave him a most generous and hearty wel
come.”
The General addressed the imense crowd, of
both sexes, at the court house, for an hour and a
half. Os the character of that adi.rcvs we shall
sav very little—preferring to let each hearer form
his own estimate. It was evidently entirely un
premeditated. He gave his views of the causes
of the present embarrassment, and suggested a
remedy. Reflecting the spirit of the immortal
Washington, he warned the people against an
excessive indulgence in party spirit. He con
demned, in glowing terms, the concentration of
power in the hands of one man, and quoted up
on this subject Gibbon, Patrick Henry, and Jtf
ferson He paid a manly tribute to those old
soldiers who composed Wayne's army, and con
cluded with a lofty appeal to his calumniators
and slanderers, to give him, not sympathy, hut
justice. We cannot avoid quoting his closing
sentiment. It was in substance this; “I only
ask of those opponents who are disposed to in
vestigate my career to throw off the mantle of
prejudice, in which the spirit of party has enrobed
them, and to give to my actions the calm, dis
passionate investigation which, as jurors, they
are bound to give to a fellow-citizen on his trial.
Do this, and should my countrymen decline sup
porting me, I shall remain contentedly in the
retirement I once thought would be perpetual,
and never cease to ofter up my prayers for that
country which I have long endavored to serve
faithfully, and whose prosperity is ever the dear
est wish of my heart.”
The General’s health is excellent. He spoke
with great case, and in a voice that was heard
distinctly throughout the whole assemblage.
He left on Sunday morning, under the escort
of a number of our citizens, who accompanied
him to the Preble county line, where he was
met by the Preble delegation, 300 strong. God
speed him.
General Harrison at Fort Greenville.
The celebration on Tuesday, the 28lh ult. at
the Greenville treaty ground, on the site of tne
old fort, drew together an immense concourse of
people from Ohio anu Indiana, variously estima
ted from twelve to eighteen hundred. “By noon
(says the Messenger) our open and extensive
commons were covered with the waggons, car
riages, banners, streaming pennons, and heavy
masses of freemen. Indiana did nobly, rallying
by thousands, and with an enthusiasm peculiarly
characteristic of the warm hearted and generous
Hoosiers. There was a fine troop of horse from
Randolph, and from Connersville about sixty
mounted on white horses, with blue sashes.”
The meeting organized by choosing Wm. Behb
as president, eleven vice presidents, and five se
cretaries. After the president had made a short
address of admirable pith and eloquence. General
Harrison was presented to the people by H. Bell
Esq. and was welcomed be a deafening shout
from the multitude. Gen. Harrison addressed
the people for about two hours with much elo
quence and feeling.
He said that he was not here of his own choice.
—When the partiality of his country had placed
him in his present position, it had been his pur
pose to remain in the quiet of his home, and take
no part in the canvass. His services and opin
ions on all important topics were open to the
scrutiny of his countrymen ; but a torrent of cal
umny had brought him from his home. He then ad
verted to the various slanders promulgated against
him. His answer to the charge of federalism
was truly happy, and entirely conclusive. He
defined ederalism as understood in 1798. From
his youth upwards, he said he had been a repub
lican. A jealousy of federal power, particularly
of Executive power, was among the first lessons
instilled into his mind by his venerated parents.
Those early admonitions were indelible, and he
trusted that he had made them the rule of his
life. When he was appointed Governor of In
diana; he remarked that great, even despotic pow
ers were vested in him. He was authorized by
the ordinance to lay off new counties, and to or
ganize them by the appointments of county of
ficers; among others, the office of sheriff. ' He
considered, however that he had not received his
office from the peope, and he felt bound by duty
and by proper sense, he trusted, of the spirit of
republicanism to give to the people of the terri
tory a voice in the administration of affairs in
every respect within his power to do so. When
a sheriff was to be uppointed. and application
was made to him for the office, he would say,
“ Sir, I cannot give you this office; you must go
to the people of your county, and if in an election
you shall he successful, it will give me pleasure
to give you a commission.”
He then told \arious anecdotes connected wilh
these elections, and, among others, some inci
dents connected w ith the organization of Wayne
county, Indiana. In this account of the admin
istralion of the territory, he was frequently in
terrupted by the grateful recollections of some of
the grey headed citizens of Indiana. In the ful
ness ol their hearts they would frequently ex
claim, “General, it is true.” “We know it to
he true, General.” Surely such republican prac
tices speak volumes; conduct, actions are every
thing, and professions nothing. This line of
conduct was in strict keeping with the true spirit
and a departure from it
y the lederal Executive has done much to
bring upon the country those complicated evils
under which the country now suffers. But time
w.l no permit us to follow the Genera! through
al» the topics of remark.
Gen. Harrison was followed by Arthur Llhott,
of Butler county; Judge Test, of Indiana, and
J S Hawkins, ot Preble. An address and reso
lutions were adopted, and the assemblage ad
iourned in the evening. After supper various
addresses were made made from the porch of
Mr. Brower. Judge Test, of Indiana; Bebb and
Campbell of Butler, and Mr. Green, of .ndiana,
were among the speakers, and the multitude con
tinued to cry “ go on. go on,” until a late hour
of the night. Early this morning ( Weonesda> )
General Harrison at the head of a numerous es
cort, departed for home. And now (12 m.) our
village has resumed its retired appearance; the
multitude has departed, and the thousands that
were here, in all human probability will never
again see “ Old Fort Greenville.”
The day was pleasant, and order and good feel
ing prevailed to a degree scarcely to be perceived.
No accidents happened, and every one returned
home well pleased with the trip to “ Old Fort
Greenville.”
A Sketch from Life. — Jhe editor of the
Baltimore American thus graphically sketches
the shadowy outlines of Martin Van Buren.
But Mr. Van Buren cannot be called incon
sistent. It is true, at one time he supporled
Clinton and opposed Madison, and shortly after
wards opposed Clinton and supported Madison ;
it is true he was once against “thehonest and in
trepid Jackson ,” and afterwards declared it was
“ glory enough to serve under such a chief;” it
is true he voted for the Tariff policy which he
r now denounces as a Federal measure; it is true
i that he once was so far hostile to Southern rights
as to resist the entrance of Missouii into the
Union except upon terms f.tal to Southern in
terest, and that now he proclaims himself a Nor
thern man with Southern principles. But in all
these particulars, and in others that might he
mentioned, Mr. Van Buren was not inconsistent.
In every case of change throughout his political
career it will be found invariably that he either
gained something by turning, or expected to gain
something. If there can be pointed out ole in
stance in which Mr. Van Buren abandoned a
party ora principle without gaining or expecting
to gain some political or other ad van i. ge to him
self personally, then we will acknowledge that
in such instances he ivas inconsistent, l.ul as
it is not likely that such a case can be shown,
wc maintain that Mr. Van Buren is the most
consistent of politicians. For he has but one
principle to be consistent with—and that is his
own interest. He can be a Democrat or a Fed
eralist—a friend to the North, ora friend to the
South—the upholder of Banks or the denouncer
of Banks—the advocate of a Tariff or the author
of direct taxation—yet consistent amid all these
changes. For with a variety of means, the end
js always the same.
IxTF.HFKHF.jrCE OF OFFICERS WITH THE ELEC
TIONS. —The Evening Post calls on a naval
officer to resign his commission, because he lias
ventured to make his voice heard in the din of
politics. Now what better right has Mr. Van
Buren to electioneer for himself than any officer
of the Army or Navy to exert him- If in favor of
any other candidate for the Presidency] Mr.
Van Buren is in the field, with all his power and
patronage, writing electioneering li tters, secretly
and openly, to secure his own re-election. Last
year he consumed the summer in a political lour
to affect the New York elections. If it be wrong
in an officer of the Army or Navy to participate
in political affairs, can it be right in the Com
mander-in-Chief of (he Army and Navy to do
what the subaltern is forbidden to do] If the
Cominander-in-Uhiof sets the example ot elec
tioneering for himself, his partisans must not
complain if his subordinates follow in this respect
the “footstep? of their illustrious predecessor-”
iY. Y. Times.
Greene County.—A friend in the town of
Hunter, Greene county, N. Y., who would not
deceive us. writes that thirty live of the friends
of the administration in that town, one of the
strong holds renounced the administration and all
its works.—They have sitrned their names to
their declaration, which will soon be published.
Numbers of those who have thus renounced have
been prominent men in the Van Buren party,
and their withdrawal will he felt. Not a single
M hig in the town has gone over to the enemy.
Commercial Advertiser.
A Second Daniel Lambert.—liichard
March, laborer, of Dunkerston, near Bath has a
boy only twelve months old. of the following
dimensions:—Two feet nine inch's in height;
two feet one inch round the breast; two feet four
inches round the stomach ; one foot three inches
round the thigh ; twelve inches round the calf;
head proportionahly large, and rather well formed.
The child walked by itself at six months old.
Many persons have of late been to see the hoy,—
English Paper.
From the New Orleans Bee.
Important from Mexico.
We are indebted to a commercial firm of this
city, for the following extract of a letter, received
yesterday by the schooner Emblem, from Mala
moras:
“Matamokas. July 31st, 1810.
“ Mexico was thescene of another revolution
w hich broke out on the 15th inst. The city de
clared itself in favor ot the Federalists, who are
commanded by General Urrea. The President
was taken prisoner in leaving the palace. There
was some fighting going on in the centre of the
capital, at the time of the departure of the extra
ordinary express, who brought us the proceeding
news three days ago.”
The intelligence ;s highly impo-tant, and we
anxiously await further accounts from that quar
ter.
A new Signer to the Second Declaration of
Independence. The Harrisburg Intelligencer
says:—We learn that the Postmaster at Liver
pool, \ ork county, w'as arrested on W ednesday
last, on a charge of robbing the mail.
Cincinnati, (O.) August 6.
The Court of Common Picas closes a term of
five weeks, as a Criminal Court, this dav.
Eleven broke - s ot the city have been convicted
of acting as officers of banks not incoiporatej by
law, and fined a thousand dollars apiece. Their
real oficnce is, issuing the common currency that
Hoods our city—as to which we may take occa
sion to speak more at large hereafter.— Daily
G azelte. 3
From the Detroit Daily Advertiser.
Steamboat Disaster.
This morning, at half pist 11 o’clock, an explo
sion took p'ace on board the steamboat Erie which
caused the death of two persons, and injured four
others, two of whom will not probably survive
ong Ihe accident was caused by the bursting of
the steam chimney, which forced the steam do°wn
through tne flues, under the boilers, and into the
firemen’s ho d, where the following persons were
engaged in their capacity as firemen, & c .
Wm. Dely, fireman scalded’
Charles Hamberlin do. scalded, not dangerous
Edward Irwin deckhand, scalded, since dead
Timothy Buckley, do. ( jo Cle ‘ Ul *
«• P assa ge,
Jam dCCk *“*•"««• bad *
All the persons who were
SKSSS- no,i£ ° ,b ? b >™s
SSS?JSZSS£ u e c dea ' b * »n
--boat into the river s,ern of the
lowered ’ , e^ore the boat could be
lowered, which was done with all possible des-
patch, and rowed to the place where him* u • f
Hamblin, who had also jumped into « “ an<l
were, he sank. llle »»«r, '
Hamblin was picked up and taken to o v.
shore. house on .
Old School vs. New School \y
that a case has lately been argued beforp 6 r-u rri
cellor Walworth of this State, involving »i an ‘
question of legal title as that which trEi f me
deep an interest in Philadelphia. The Ch 80
lor takes the same view ot the matter with I? 1 '
Rodgers, before whom the case was first k
Philadelphia, that is, he adjudges the IW?? m 1
General Assembly of the Presbyterian rl, ‘ l 1
bethe legal body. So we hear from soured ‘° *
which we rely. We are promised a renori r? n i
case shortly.—-JV*. Y. Jour, of Com. ° !tlle j
The following is a very fair ve^fc nofth
ident’s decision in relation to the finding of***
Court Martial in the case of Commodore °
MARTIN’S LETTER TO JESSF I"*' 1 "*'
Translated for the Courier * Enqvi rer
Although the Navy you’ve disgraced
Its interests set at nought, ’
The rules of honor have effaced
And in low r tricks been caught.
Still I the President perceive,
By arts I’ve practised long’
That I can make ah men be.iVve
That you have not done wrong.
And out of evil good shall romp.
What e’er “ your peers" may say
Four years you’re free the world to roam
And you shall have full pay. m ’
If you’ll serve me, I will serve you
My willing tools I’ll gild; ’
This rule has always brought me «nou»h
And did my fortunes build. ’
I’ll wink when e’er my friends apply
Unto their private use 3
The public purse and property
And shield thorn from abuse.'
They may enjoy a taste for “Jacks ”
And dim our gloiious stars,
Display their valor on the back
Os our defenceless tars.
And then that “ lazy idle” set,
'The Lieutenants and“ Midi
Your acts iO them 1 dont regiel,
Their “ uselessness” forbids.
Go on and the gorgeous plate display
: Twas begged from seamen poor!
Who earned it toiling night and dav
Amid the o’cean’s roar.
Lo ! he who raised “ the figure head”
Is worthy of the spoils ;
Repose now on your laurcl'd bed
And rest fiom all your toils 1
Consignee* per South Carolina Kail Road, \
Hamburg, August 17, IS4O.
Gaidelle & Rhiud; Force, Brothers & Co;Havi.
land, Rislcy & Co; 1 Mthse; F il Cooke; heesi
Beall; R C Baldwin; T Richards; F Spear>; f j
RuJler; J F Bcnsoa; JOB Ford; Ho waid k fiat
many; Stovall, Simmons & Co; G T Dortic; JU’s
WS Jones; Anderson & Young; F Lamback; ii L
Jeffers.
COMMERCIAL.
_ 1
Latest dates from Liverpool , July 24
Latest dates from Havre, July 23 «
Charleston, August 15.
Cotton —The advanced state of the season, to- f
gethcr with the limited stock on sale, have neces
sarily checked operat'ons iu Upland for the present.
At the close of the ast and in the early part of the
present week, there was a little inquiry for the
article, and buyers Ifipk about 400 bags at the pri
ces quoted in our review of the Bth instant, on
Thursday last, advices Iroin Liverpool to the 24th, < .
and Havre to the 23d July wore received, per the /
Great Western, at New York. These accounts
show a slight decline on the article in the former r
market; but as there has been nothing d.mgin ;
cotton since the receipt of tnis intcl igeuce, it is
impossible lo say what effect it will produce on n
our market. The belief is, however, that We £1
very small supply on hand will prevent a gene.il I
decline.
Rice —There has been but a limited demand h r Si
Rice dining the week, the transactions, with one#t S
two exception-;, having been confined to the retid I
dealers.
Grain —The receipts of the week of Com hate
been 3000 bushels Virginia flint, which changed ;
hands within quoted rates. Two lots Maryland
Oats were also received, and sold at 33 (d> 34 cent?
bushel. About 350 bales North River Hay weje 1
sold at auction at £l£ tp 100 lbs. Peas—quotaiioii |
nominal.
Flour —There his been a goo 1 demand for sere- 1 1
ral descriptions of this article, but solely fort,e I
home trade. About 400 bbls new Baltimore How
ard street have been sold at ii and uj; .200 do R.ca- |
tnond at and 6.
Salt —ihe receipts es the week arc 2500 bu-hels
Turks Island, whic.i were sold within the vi inity
of our quotations. Liverpool sick, <o.rse a:J "f
fine, has been selling at our quotations, viz: 130 ‘d
There arc several lots of tins desc.ipfioa
in market held as high as $1 75 p sack.
Groceries —There has been an active demand du
ring the week in one of the leading a:titles .1 |
Groceries, viz: Sugars. About 300 hhls Mus.-ova- fe.
dos have changed hands at prices ranging t'rom >i j
to 9 cents lb; several other descriptions have al- J
so met purchasers. We quote Sugars, extremes— I
Muscovado, 7(d Poito Rko and S , Croix, 7& |
Havana brown, 0 8$; Louisiana, (i $ N 1
nominal. There is none of this description atpre- j
sent in market. We have also advanced some of
our quo lions for Coffee. Cuba inferior to fair,9} 1
(d IUS; good fair to prime II (d 12; choice green
do 1 (d 12; Porto Kico 10.} (d an 1 Hio 10}
Id) 12 cents & lb. We have not heard of asy
transactions in Molasses.
Fxcha.ige —We quote 7 <3 7| 4* cent prem. for
sterling Exchange. On France nominal. Sig't
checks on New \0; k Were yesterday scilixig at If
id 2 per cent premium. I
Freights —The only engagement during the week
has been to New York at for square, and
and $2 per bag for round cotton.
Savannah, August 14-
Cotton. —Arrived since the 7th inst., 556 bales
Upland, and 13 bales Sea Island, and clearedin the
same time 552 Upland, viz: to New sork 556,t0
Baltimore 116, and to Boston 152, leaving a stock
on hand inclusive of all on shipooird, not cleared
on the 14ih inst., of 1068 bales Upland and »
bales Sea Island. The continued scarcity of ship- 1
ping has rendered our market so stagnant tun
week, as to confine the sales to 101 bales at price’
a fraction under 1 .-t week’s rates, viz: 3 at <, 41
at Si, 4at9, 6 at 9* 14 at 9A. We close very
du 1.
Rice. —The demand since our last has been
principally confined to small parcels for home use
without any r change in price. We quote
at which rate holders continue firm.
Flour. —The demand is solely for city eonsorop* / |
tion. Sales of lUO bois at st>B> (
bbls Canal at 6h a ns .
Corn —ls selling tram store at 75 aBO c., aCL ° r
ing to quantity.
Groceries. —ln Coffee, Sugar and Molasses, there
is a fair retail business doing in former _j
Spirit s. —ln domestic liquors, sales of N- k* vU
at 31, and Gin at 35.
Exchange.— On England, 11 al2 per ct.no®*
inal. Drafts on New York, at sight, Gi 3 1 i )el
premium. . il
Freights. —To Liverpool, none ; New* 5 or*, v
a H per bale cotton. _
marine intelligence.
Savannah, August H-
Went to sea —Brigs Opelousas, Forrest, JL a1 ’
more; Lincoln, Crocker, do; schr Daty Chase, Thom
as, Bosto*.
Charleston, August lo-
Arrived yesterday— Ship Gardner, Jackson, *-**
verpool.
At Quaraaiine — Schr Delight, Thrane, Harann;
brig Howell, Leslie, Matanzas.