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SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2.9.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The iniKncible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican —
the patriotic Fanner of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
J OHN T V LEU,
Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
for fiectors of president and vice-president,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.^
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. -
Lest.
The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for
1536 has been borrowed from our office by some
person who has omitted to return it. We would
therefore thank the individual who has it in pos
session to send it home. In the event that we are
unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to
purchase or borrow a file for that year, and ulso o
the one of the Augusta Chronicle.
Edward J. Black amt his “Pine Table”
Story. *
A few days since we furnished our readers a few
voucl ers of expenditures for the President’s furni
ture, byway of showing what a special and parti- m
cular regard was observed for truth by E. J. Black
in his astonishing “ pine table story,” and to-day
we propose to continue the exhibition. The vouch
ers we now furnish, are taken from those on tile
in Washington, and are undeniably true. They
show an alarming and dangerous inroad of princely,
®magnificence and eastern splendor in our republi
can government. The friends of Martin Van Bu
ren assure the people that he is a plain, unostenta
tious republican, and E. J. Black has endeavored
to make them believe that he has no furniture in
the mansion but old pine tables.
To disprove theso glaring and barefaced asser
tions, let a few facts be submitted. During the
war, the Capitol and furniture were destroyed—
consequently it was entirely re fitted during the ad
miuistratioi of Mr. Monroe, at an expense to the
government of fifty thousand dollars for furniture
alone. After him came John Quincy Adams, who
laid out twenty thousand dollars more for furni
ture; and every Georgian well recollects what an
outpouring of the people’s indignation was visit
ed upon him for this alledged extravagance. Then
came into power the present party, pledged to “re
form and retrenchment and when the “reform
ers” came into power, the furniture of the Presi
dent’s house had cost the nation seventy thousand
dollars, which was asserted to bolder on regal ex
travagance. And lo and behold, the “reformers ,”
in the short space of eleven years, have expended
&( pf the people's money, seventy thousand six han
dled and eighty dollars and forty cents for palace
furniture; so that the furniture alone of the Presi
dent's house has cost the people $140,680 40
more than one half of which has been expended
by these reformers of the Van Buren party! And
yet Mr. Black would have the people believe that
the only furniture was “ old pine tables/” Verily
there must be a goodly number of them, if Mr.
Black’s story be true, for it appears to u 5 that one
hundred and forty thousand dollars would buy a
goodly number of such “old pine tables” as Mr.
Q
Black described.
B t we will show the people of Georgia for what
®kiud of furniture some of their money has been
spent by this “economical, plain republican, re
joining” administration of Martin Van Buren, and
lot them determine w hether it is probable, that the
rooms in the President’s house, a single window’
curtain of which co»t the trifling sum of live hun
dred dollars, is decorated with “oldpine tables.”
Read then the following bills for the President’s
furniture, w hich have been paid out of the neople’s
money:
“ Washington, June 14, 1830.
Major Noland, Bought of Wm. Buist.
@ March 22d and 28th : To 4 dozen of
large Daily Hoses, at §1 50 each, <72 00
June 7th: To 2 Vernanas, 75 cts. each ;
1 Petunia, 75 cents, $3 25
June 15, 1839. Rec’d payment in full. <,75 25
WM. BUIST.”
[Endorsed.] “Alterations and repairs of the
President’s House, &c., $75 25. Wm. Buist's re
ceipt for shrubbery, June 15, 1839, No. 3.’’
“ The United States to P. Valdaron,for President’s
House.
1 Divan and Cushion, £2OO
Received payment of T. L. Smith, Sept. 30,1*37.
... . ~ R VALDERON.
(' ouchcr No. 37.)
The President’s House to A. Lechamber
6 French Comfortables, made of extra ma
terials and extra covers, <l6O
4 boxes, at $2 50 10
Keceived payment in full $l7O
A. LEJAiMBER.
(Voucher No. S, embraced in abstract No. l,of
payment made to T. L. Smith, agent for purchas
ing furniture for President’s House, from April 15
1337, to May 6 1838.”)
i “ Washington, August 23, 1t37.
“The United States Government for President’s
House,
To Augt. F. Cammeyee, Dr.
453 Broadway, New York.
“For GOLD LEAF, GILDING MATERIALS,
labor, and expenses to the President’s
House, $2,000 OC
“August 25, received payment in full of T. L.
Smith, AUGT. F. CAMMEYER.”
“New York, July 3. 1837.
‘• The President of the United States, by T. L.
Smith, bought of Joseph Lowe, IMPORTER 01
ENGLISH Carpets, Oil Cloths, &c., 333 Broad-
of Anthony-street,
98 ya'ds Brussels body’, a JSs. $220 50
do do border a IS, 52 88
99 do do body, a 18, 222 75
23 do do border, a IS, 51 75
3 Imperial Rugs, ladies’ room
2 chambers, a $25, 75 00
$622 88
“Correct as regards quantilies.g| September 19,
1837. Ed. Burke.
Received payment.
“JOSEPH LOWE.”
“ Martin Van Buren, President es the U. S. bought
of W. W. ester & Co., 191 Broadway’,
1837. June 29, yards Srxony carpet
ing, a $4. $682
1 rug to match, 35
July 31,2 rugs, a 25, 50
$767
By remnants, say 1 yard, retuned, 4
$763
20th Sept. 1837. Correct. Ed. Burke,
Received payment of T. L. Smith.
W. W. CHESTER & Co.”
New York, June 7, 1837.
Major Smith, for the President’s House, Washing
ton, bought of T. L. Chester:
429 - yards Brussels carpeting, a 17s. 2d. $912 16
145* “ 5-8 wide bordering do a 14s 2d 257 43
30f “ “ a 17s 2d 65 61
17jf “ 4-4 ROYAL WILTON,a 32s 2d 69 50
241 “ 7-8 “ “ a 2Ss Co 75
$1,390 45
20th Sept. 1837. Correct. Ed. Burke.
Received payment,
T. L. CHESTER, per
Wm. Henry Chester.”
“New York, June 7, 1537.
T. L, Smith, agent, bought of Webb & Tenson,
IMPORTERS of Carpeting, Flooi Cloths,Hearth
Rugs, &c,, 177 Broadway,
226 yaids Wilton carpeting, a 24s $678 00
** 97£ “ “ a22 267 44
110 “ Brussels “ al7 233 75
1 hearth rug, 24 00
1 “ 28 00
yards Brussels 43 29
• $1,274 48
Received payment,
* WEBB & TENSON.”
Here is another official voucher, duly receipted,
for the following carpeting, purchased for the Pre
sident’s palace since the reformers came into pow
er:—
From Lewis Veron <s• Co.
515 yards IMPERIAL WILTON, $1,545 00
* 66 “ IMPERIAL SAXONS, 214 50
-4 wide for stairs, 105 00
Blue cloth for da. 19 12
107 “ Brussels carpet and border, 214 00
1 hearth rug to match, 25 00
498 ymids Brussels carpet and border, 1,058 25
4 Imperial rugs, 68 00
Oilcloth, 1,200 90
$8,499 68
Here we have the sum of $8,499 6S of the peo
ple’s cash paid by’ the “ retrenching reformers ” for
FOREIGN carpets and oil cloths to adorn the pa
lace. Now refer to tiie 2d section of the act of
Congress, passed the 22d of May’, 1826. It is in
these words:
“ That all f urniture purchased for the use of the
President’s House shall be, as far as practicable,
of AMERICAN OR DOMESTIC MANUFAC
JTture.”
People of Georgia, read the vouchers and ask
yourselves ii the following remarks of a Whig Ed
itor, in relation to this astounding expenditure, are
not strikingly true.
“It exposes a scene of waste and prodigality, in
furnishing and ornamenting the Executive Man
sion, which shows that our President is a Republi
can in name only. Luxury has made fatal inroads
upon the frugal habits of our Fathers. The princi
ples and examples of Washington and Jeffer
son, have departed. Mr. Van Buren,in furnishing
the Executive Mansion, has taken the Monarchs
of Europe for his model. Every thing is done up
on a sca'e of Royal Magnificence.
“We ask for these important facts, an attentive
perusal. It deeply concerns the whole People.
The Furniture in the President’s Palace, was pur
chased with money drawn from the Treasury’. We
are told that Mr. Van Buren is a plain Republi
can. Let him be judged by r the manner in which
he lives. He was elected under a pledge of “ Re
trenchment and Reform •” The money expended
by him for “ Royal' Carpets” “Imperial Cur
tains,” “Turkish Ottomans,” “ Daily Roses,”
&.c. will show how well that pledge has been re
deemed.
“England is cursed with a ROYAL HOUSE
HOLD, which grinds her People to the Earth.
Millions are doomed to toil for a scanty, wretched
subsistence, to enable the ROYAL FAMILY to
riot in luxurious ease. Mr. Van Buren basked in
the sun-shine of that Court. He there imbued a
taste for Magnificent Equipage and Costly Furni
ture. This taste, iu imitation of Royalty’, he is
indulging at the People’s expense. And what is
worse, while thus consuming ihe National Treas
ures, his measures are destroying the People’s in
terests. While increasing the public expenditures
he diminishes the prosperity’ of the People and a
bridges the resources of the Republic.
“Republics have been undermined and over
thrown by luxury. This fate awaits our Ropub
ic, if there be not an immediate and thorough Re
form. If the People, after such an exhibition of
profusion and prodigality as is presented, re-elect
Van Buren, the Republic is lost. But they will
not re-elect him. On the contrary, his wanton
waste and reckless squander of the People’s money
will excite theii indignation. They will band
themselves together to redeem their Government
from misrule and corruption.
“We do not, after this exposition of the Princely
style and Royal habits of His American Majesty’
wonder that his Household followers sneer at Log
Cabins ! The man who walks upon Royal Wil
ton Carpets, which cost $4 per yard, reclines up
on Ottomans which cost $250, indulges his feet
with Rugs which cost S3O, touches “ Bell Pulls”
which cost $lO7, and enjoys the fragrance of“ R
oses” at an expense of $72, must hold the occu
pants of Log Cabins in supreme contempt.”
The notorious David Iliues, recently’ convicted
at New Orleans, on the charge of n’-gro stealing
has been sentenced to fourteen years imprison
ment in the penitentiary.
Signs in Virginia.— The Abington Virginian
of the loth, contains the Harrison Committee
Vigilance for Lee county, numbering2o7! In 1536
there were only sixty two Whig votes cast in Lee
county’. No change! Ohno!
The Richmond Transcript declares that Ma
dame Roy all is a lady of gieat experience and
sweetness of temper, and says that “she would
make an eligible match for any body this side of
a thunder cloud. ’ —Or the other side either, we
guess.
From the Savanah Republican.
s We take great pleasure in presenting this day,
the following letter of Col. Jos. W. Jackson oi
this city. We hope our readers throughout the
; State, will give it a careful perusal. It is from
’ one whese name is intimately connected with the
0 history of this State—from one who inherits
.. from an illustrious father, those principles which
are eminently the safe-guard of our Republican
Institutions,
p To the Editors of the Daily Republican:
Gextlexex. —A friend informs me that it is
currently reported in the interior of this State,
that I have become a supporter of the present
Administration. My opinions are to others, ot
no importance; but to me it is of grave impor
tance that Ibe correctly understood. By your
permission, I avail myself of your paper to state,
that so far from approximating to this Adminis
tration, I am more opposed to it than at any for
’ mer period ; and that under no combination of
circums' ices within the range of probability, I
had almost said possibility, will I be found yiel
t ding to it the aid of my individual vote.
Frankness require the declaration, that I am
not an advocate of the election ot Gen. Harri
son. There is much in the opinions of Gen. Har
rison, to which, as a State Rights’ Man, I deci
dedly object. Should I, under a sense of duty,
as an American citizen, go to the Pells, my sut
age shall be cast in tavor of Gen. Harrison, pre
pared to oppose the first deviation Irom Repub
lican Principles, which, if elected, he may in my
judgment commit. If elected, and his Adminis
tration shall commence fairly, as his friends
promise, I shall have no prejudices preventing
my rendering it a just and honorable support, so
long as it shall so continue. I would not willul
; ly do an injury to Gen. Harrison. lam unwil
! ling to do it unwittingly and by implication. I
therefore state unreservedly, that after a very dil
-1 igent and earnest examination of the evidence for
1 j and against him,[on the subject of obolition, I have
come to the conclusion that he is neither an Abo
litionist, nor in 1 ’gue with Abolitionists, nor in
any degree favorable to their nefarious designs.
Indeed, I had at no time believed in the first of
these propositions. I well knew his course on
the Missouri Question. But it behooved me, as it
i does every Southern man, to investigate; in com
parison with Abolition, every subject short of Li
berty, sinks into insignificance. I think Gen.
Harrison lias jeoparded more for the Rights of
the South on slavery, than any other man in the
non-slavcholding States. Ido not believe him to
be imbecile, mentally or physically. Ido not
believe him io be “ a caged candidate,’’ nor in
“ the keeping of a Committee.” I do not be
lieve him to have been a Black Cockade Feder
alist, a friend to the Alien and Sedition Laws, or
“ an open, zealous End frank supporter of the Se
dition Law and Black Cockade Administration.”
I believe him to he no coward ; but to be a brave
and successful soldier, who has done much in his
country’s service, and is entitled to the gratitude
of that country’s «ons, and not their maledictions.
My objections to Gen. Harrison are confined to
constitutional grounds. They in no manner as
sail his honesty as a man, or his integrity as a
Magistrate. ' JOSEPH W. JACKSON.
A Sign fuom Northern’ Pennsylvania.—
The Susquehanna Register contains a card sign
ed by twenty-five of the supporters of Mr, Van
Buren in 1836, all citizens of the Great Bend, in
that county, who say that they cannot support
him any longer, out are determined to support
the “genuine democratic” candidates, Win. H.
Harrison and John Tyler. Their reasons for
this course, which are few and simple, are set
forth in their address. The first is, their opposi
tion to a standing army in time of peace. The
second is their objection to the Sub-Treasury
scheme, which gives the control of the monied
power of the country to the Executive, contrary
t » all sound notions ofliberty. The third ground
of opposition to Mr. Van Buren is his unwilling
ness to have the Executive power restricted in
his hands, by law, which they assume as neces
sary to the maintenance of our Republican institu
tions. And the fourth reason for these old sup
porters renouncing the Van Buren Administra
tion, and declaring for Harrison and Reform, is
because they “despise the idea of a reduction of
wages.” In conclusion, these twenty-five call
upon the old Republicans of Susquehanna to
“COME TO THE RE SC UE .”—Baltimore
Pat riot.
From the Nashville Banner.
The Convention.
Wc were unable to publish a paper at all }’es
terday, and shall have lo content ourselves with
a very few remarks this morning on the all-en
grossing subj tof the Convention.
The number yesterdey has been variously es
timated. Several gentlemen were present who
attended the Youiu! Men’s Convention at Balti
more, and all concurred in opinion that this was
the largest. Mr, Clay expressed the same opin
ion in his speech. The reception of this gentle
man, we are sure, was ail that he or his friends
could desire. With the exception ofthe welcome
tendered Lafayette, no public men ever met with
a more flatlet ing reception in Nashville. The
concourse of citizens who wont out to meet him
was vciy large, and he came into the City amidst
the firing of cannon, the ringing of bells and
the enthusiastic shouts of thousands of Ireemen,
The Convention organized yesterday at 1 I
o’clock in the beautiful Grove of Doctor M’Ga
-1 vock, a acent to town. The Hon. Ephraim H.
• Foster of this State was chosen to preside over
> its deliberali >ns, aided by a Vice President selec
s ted from each of the Stales represented in the
- Convention. Their names together w;tn these
of the Secretaries will he given hereafter. After
3 an appropriate and eloquent address from the
President of the day, Mr. Clay rose amidst the
cheers of the vast multitude before him. We
need not say it was most eloquent— most im
pressive. \\ hat we parti 'larly admired was the
genera! tone of kindness and good feeling which
. characterized the whole of his remarks. °His al
f lusions to Gen. Jackson were couched iu the
most respecttul language— such as distinguished
I individuals like himselt and Gen. Jackson sh d
always observe when speaking of each other.
A number of Air. Clay’s political opponents
were on the ground, and we are mach mistaken
1 if they did not leave it with far more favorable
t opinions of the speaker than they had previous
ly entertained. With the hope" that Mr. Clay
may be induced to furnish a copy of his speech
for publication, in which event, our readers will
all have an opportunity ofjudging for themselves,
we forbear further comment for the present.
• Speeches were also made by Judge Hopkins of
- Alabama, Mr. M’Pherson, of Arkansas, Mr.
t White of Indiana, Mr. Hogan of Illinois, and
1 Judge Underwood of Kentucky. Mr. Critten
den, Mr. Peyton, Gov. Gayle of Alabama, and
ether gentlemen will address the Convention to
day.
We have said that gentle Ten who attended
1 the Lalfimoje Convention unhesitatingly express
the opinion that the number of citizens assembled
on that occasion was exceeded by the number
present yesterday. How many there were yes
u rda\ ,we shall not undertake to sav. A gen
tleman who sat by us, in whose judgment we
f ® 10ult * place great reliance, remarked, that he
had seen in Germany, on one occasion, 30,000
j troops, and felt satisfied that there was fully that
j number ol persons then on the ground.
More Defalcations.— The Army and Na
vy Chronicle slates that in pursuance of the re-
of the 3d section of an act passed Jan
f ’ D * ’* le B res *dert had dismissed from
\ l „ he Nav J Pursers James Brooks, and Payton A.
: Southall, lor defalcations in their account. Tne
sums due by each to the United States we do no t
know. Rumor assigns that of Purser Brooks,
as high as $60,000. Purser Southall was dis
missed some time since, but his case suspended
for consideration and is now finally acted on.
From Florida.
“Fort Micanopt, E. F., 16th Aug. 1840.
“About the Bth inst. a party of Indians was ma
king a detour in these proximities, and acciden
tally, I presume, fell into Hope’s corn field; an old
negro being sentlo watch the environs of the field
while the others were engaged at work, luckily
discovered the chaps, fired and laid one cold in
his tracks, and discharged the second barrel of his
gun at another a short distance oil, who fled to
the hammock adiacent; two others came running
up in the mean time, and the old negro with
great presence of mind called out as though he
had others with him, to fire upon them, and they
too sought safety by flight. Thus you see that
an old stupid negro, put four Indians to fight
killing one of their number. The chap killed
lays in the field at this time —that is to say, what
portion of him the buzzards, &c. have leftofhim;
but here the scene changes. On the 12th inst.
1 went over to Hope’s with Col. Whistler and his
family, and upon leaving them in the afternoon
an express was sent to inform us that the Indians
had made a descent upon the place,and had killed
2 men. We returned with our escort of 20 men,
and upon going into the field, at which place the
attack was made, found one man killed (Smart
. by name.) and another (Lanier) wounded in both
legs. The next morning Capt. Booneville with
100 men left for the purpose of routing the ver
mints, and on the evening of the same day, the
13th two men were killed and one wounded be
tween this and Fort Wheelack, while Capt. B.
was in hot pursuit of them. They have now left
and gone in the direction of the Ocklawaha, but
not without playing some of their usual fantas
lics, and getting pretty well paid for the one kill
ed by the negro.”
The Columbus Enquirer says:—A letter from
a friend now in the lower part of this (the Chat
tahoochee) Judicial Circuit, dated August 17,
at Blakely, Early County, gives the following un
pleasant intelligence.
The people in this country are nearly all sick,
and that of fever. It is represented as the most
sickly year the country south of Muscogee has
ever experienced. In this county the complaint is i
very general indeed, and it is questioned by those I
who are best acquainted with the condition of
the people in Baker, whether it will he possible
to collect juries in that county. That the situa
tion of the people in this respect is most deplora
ble cannot he doubted. The rains have been al
most constant and very heavy. The consequence
is an abundant production of miasmata, with its
customary results.
Crops generally very promising.
Specie! Specie! Spicie !
Three Thousand and Ninety-Seven two horse
wagon loads, of a gross ton each, of Silver.
Martin Van Buren, the pretended democra
tic President of these United States, during the
last three years, has expended rising One Hun
dred AND ELEVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
This, calculating sixteen dollars to the pound,
would weigh 6,937,560 pounds. It would make
3097 tons gross. It would load 3097 wagons
with a ton each. It would make a line of wagons
96 miles long, and placing them only ten rods
apart the whole distance, and it would require 6,-
194 horses to draw the silver. It would require
the labor often thousand men, at 50 cents a day,
60 years, 9 months, and 25 days to earn the
money! Who earns all this money I The peo
ple earn it all and pay it all: Not a single offi
cer, as such, earns one cent of this immense
sum !
And who is it that is laboring with all his
might, to impose this vast expenditure upon the
American people, and, if possible, to increase
the expenditure I Each and every Loco Foco
office holder, and their supporters ! Tax-payees,
think of it—citizens, think of it —freemen, think
of it—patriots, honest men, THINK
OF IT. —Democratic Herald.
Destructive Land Slip.—Between three and
four o’clock yesterday as ternoon, an extensive slip
of the Levee occurred in the First Municipality.
The land sunk with sudden impetuosity, heaving
fish in the air,and rocking such watercraft as were
in the vicinity, with ail the violence of an ocean
surge. The Bayou Sara wharf is completely swept
away, and all the timbers of it, not two of which
remain together, are now moored in a floating raft
close up in the gap of the broken levee. The dam
age extends along the landing places two or three
hundred yards, and several olhei wharves are more
or less injured, some of them rendered uiterly use
less. Deep cracks in the earth are seen nearly
half way between the former edge of the levee
and the store doors. No further danger, however,
need be apprehended, and Plough an immense ex
pense will be required for the repairs, the levee
hereafter will no douat be more sustantial than
ever.— New Orleans Picayune of the 23 dmst.
From the Cincinnati Republican
Reign of Terror about to be Revived !
We ask the attention and unprejudiced consid
eration of every reader, to the article in this day’s
paper,from the Baltimore Pilot, addressed more
particularly to the “ original Jaekson men.” Read
fellow-citizens, the alarming proposition of the
Secretary of War, which President Van Buren tells
Congress “ he cannot recommend too strongly.”
Let no man flatter himseif that, because not a
single member of either House of Congress,friend
ly to Mr. Van Buren, hat had the audacity to rise
in his seat during the present session, and defend
his monstrous plan for the organization of a stan
ding arm}', that, theres, re, the plan is discarded
and never again be attempted to be carried out.’
VV e repeat, let no man who loves his country per
mit himself to be lulled to sleep, with the idea
that this preposition of the President which now
finds none to defend it, is hereaflei to lie quietly on
the shell ? No, no! lellovv-citizens—be not de
ceived. Re-elect Martin Van Buren, and it will be
deemed conclusive evidence that you are in favor
of the proposed organization of this odious stan
ding army bill. Can it be, that an intelligent peo
ple have so soon forgotten the past ? Will the
experience of the last eight years pass for naught
Look back to the years 183. 31. It was mins
annual messages of the e years drat the former
1 resident first took bold ground against tiro U. S.
Bank, There can be no doubt that at the period of
time referred to, a large majority of the people of
the country was in favor ®f that institution. Ma
ny citizens voted f orihe General, who were in
duced to believe that although the President had
declared against the in Tution, it would neverthe
less he chartered by the People’s immediate Repre
sentatives, who at that time was the acknowledged
law-giving power - s
But what said the President after his re-elec
tion ? ‘ /am the representative of the pe leofth*
Lotted States, as welt as arc th/meXri o/tot
~ ei>e P ec ple have triumphantly elected me
wild the previoue knowledge that I was opposed to
that instant ion—this is an evidence that the people
wire rv you* toit-I therefore put down my Vet ”
11m was m effect President Jackson’s language
fellow-citizens, docs not this piece of hisßmr till
an instructive lesson ? Now, re-e.ect Martin*Van
/ /o/rf /T ma >—; vhat WILL he his language
I told the pe le of the I Red States in mv
message of D > r , >39, that T could
PS L ' Y R 7 E , COMM , END ’ standing army organ-
VeZtf?
22 •sss^
ba ° m ‘ i™ un
deceired.‘ re whr/ ello ' V citizen5 > ‘ben, not to be
is commendable, yelt"e cannot ° f
over those i„ U 'l til , ’P 100 stnet watch
him witli the inn!! that Cotl giess shall invest
I e lormous power to control 200,000
lof the militia of the country— to put a padlock
upon their mouths when drafted into active service
—in short, to subject that militia to a law, in com
parison with which, the “ Sedition Law ” of ’9B,
would lose all terror.— For, let it be promulgated
far and wide —let all the people understand that
whilst under the act of ’9B, the citizen indicted
could no): be deceived of that modest gloiious privi
lege of a trial by jury — of that inestimble blessing
of having his ca-e submitted to twelve of the free
peers —by the present proposed plan of the Presi
dent, if a free citizen drafted into service, dare open
his mouth in derogation us the President, he is tried
by an officer, not of his own choosing, before a
Court Martial, and immediately made subject to
such punishment as the “ rules and articles of war
prescribe.”
Fellow-citizens, read the article from the Balti
more Pilot —and ponder well before you commit
the fortunes of the country to this alarming propo
sition.
P. S.—Since writing the above, and after it was
in type, we found, upon examination, that the veto
of President Jackson, was in ’32 — the summer be
fore the election. Still the point is not materially
altered; as in the “ message returning the Bank
Bill,” the objections urged were to the particular
provisions of the Bill, and not to a constitutional
one —leaving the impression that he still might be
in favor of one with proper restrictions.
From the Bristol Mirror,
Romance in Real life— Suicide.
An inquest was held on Tuesday, at the Hot
well Tavern, Hotwells on the body of Alfred
Dryden, aged 45 years.
A female servant of the house deposed, that
the deceased came there on the preceding eve
ning about six o’clock, lie first went into the
parlour and called for a pint bottle of porter; he
then went to the bar and ordered a bed. He dined
between six and seven. About half past seven
he went to his bed room, having ordered half a
pint of port wine and a jug of cold water to be
brought there. About 10 o’clock he rang his
bell and ordered a cup of coflce and a small glass
of brandy ; at seven the next morning he rang
his bell and ordered a little of the wine from the
bottle on the table ; he was sitting on the side of
the bed, undressed and seemed well. The servant
gave him the wine and retired. At 12 o’clock,
in consequence of his not coming down, the ser
vant knocked at his door several times, but re
ceiving no answer, she opened the door and went
into the room. Not seeing him in bed she re
tired, but in a few minu s es afterwards she went in
again, and on going towards the window she saw
him hanging by the neck from the tester of the
I beadstead ; she saw nothing extraordinary in his
mannei during the time he was in the house.
Another witness deposed to the cutting him
down, and the sending for a surgeon, who stated
that he had been dead some hours. On search
ing his clothes, which were all good and clean,
7s. in money were found, and nothing else but
a new spike gimblet. There was a letter in his
pocket dated Cheltenham, March 7, 1840, with
the name of the writer torn off, but the initials
to a poscript are “I. T.” The letter is addres
sed to “Mr. A. Dryden, 23, Trenchard-street,
Bristol,” and the writer excuses himself from as
sisting him in a pecuniary way. On inquiring
at 23, Trcnchard-strcet. the witness was told that
a man of that name had lodged there in March,
but they knew nothing of him.
Mr. J. Marks, of A ed-place, Kingsdown, de
posed as follows :—I have seen the dead body ;
it is that of Alfred Dryden ; he was an officer of
the French army; he lived with me about three
months up to about seven weeks ago, when [
got him into the infirmary for an injury in the
leg, the result of three shot wounds. 1 last saw
him this day week; he was as well as usual, and
was quite rational, but suffered much from pain.
He often said he should kill himself on account
of his pain but for the dread of self-murder. He
lived on nis wearing apparel, having no means of
earning a livelihood : he last lodged at Waterloo
plaee, Stapellon-road.
The juiy returned a verdict of Lunacy, and the
body was yesterday interred in Clifton lower
Church-yard,
The following naralive has been put into our
hands since the death of Mr. Dryden. It was
written by him at the request of the person to
whom it is addressed, and who became acquain
ted with him by his having occasionally called to
make trifling purchases:—
“ Bristol, April 27.
“ Dear Madam, —As you expr' sed a wish to
know the events of my life, I shall comply with
your request, and give you a succinct account of
them.
“ My father Alfred Dryden, was lieutenant of
artillery in the Republican army of Italy, undt r
Bonaparte. He married ray mother in 1795, and
on the 12lhof June, 1796, I was born in Paris,
where I was brought up under the care of my
mother and grandmother, who were both on terms
of intimacy with Madame de Beauharnois, after
wards Madame Bonaparte, and subsequently
Empress Josephine, and, owing to this circum
stance, I was a constant visitor at the Palace,
where the First Consul and his wife were very
kind to rnc. Bonaparte becoming Emperor in
1804, made my father (who was then Lieuten
ant Colonel) Colonel and Baron of the Empire ;
and I was not forgotten by their Majesties, for I
was sent as a pupil to a military college with a
full purse, (that it to say free of expense.) My
father followed the Emperor to the battle of Aus
terlitz, and being severely wounded he was sent
back to Paris and appointed Vice Governor of
the Deputy Grand Master of the Horse in Eng
land—Every prospect was then bright for my
family—a lucrative situation for my lather, the
private friendship of the Empress for my mother
and the favor of the Emperor for all of us.
“When Napoleon established the military
school of cavalry at St. Germain I was ten years
of age, and was sent to it a free pupil: I haa the
good fortune of making some progress in my ed
ucation, and was duly noticed by the Emperor,
who frequently visited the Establishment. There
I remained till I was near 15 years of age, and
alter seeing the second marriage of the Emperor
with Maria Louise of Austria, and the christen
ing ol the King of Rome, on the Ist of May,
181 I, I left the school, losing all the advantages
I should have reaped from it had I remained Till
I was 18, and entered a regiment of light cavalry
as a private, on the sth of May, 1811 ; I joined
the depot three years afterwards, remained there
six mon'h, and joined the regiment, then in win
ter quarters at Stralsund, in Sweden. I was made
a corporal on my arrival and when the Emperor
reviewed us, previous to our going to Russia, I
was made serjeant, and at the battle of Borodino I
rose to the rank of lieutenant; we then entered
Moscow, where I was mounting guard at the
Kremlin on that disastrous night when the Gov
ernor Rostopchin let loose all the convicts, who
infuriated by vengeance and strong liquors, too
strictly followed the instructions of the Gover
nor, and set fire to every part of the city. Then
began our retreat under a frost of ID degrees of
Reaumur under zero. Deprived of food and
shelter, our soldiers threw down their arms and
perished on the road ; there was no longer any
discipline in the army, and we resembled more a
lock of sheep without a shepherd than that bril
hant army crossing the frontier of Poland to in
vade Rrussia.
We came lo Borizoft, where we met with our
corps of reserve, commanded l,y Oudinot. Duke
ofßeggre, and we effected the crossing of the
Berezina, m spite of the 40,000 Russians who
were on the „pp„ sll0 side, and had blown up the
bridge. I was wounded in the action an/jfa
poleon made me a Knio-ht of r • ’ a ". „
or T ° ni oi the Legion of Hon
or. I effected my retreat towards Prussia in lire
hre. Ro I coulj ' . 1 haJ procured a sledge with
llTf" P , onl<!s ,' and was ' so for. comforta
and had b 1?* ' ™"° l a ld ‘ bread,
. . T lot ’ 6en * or some sugar I procured
ner h . Ce,l , 6hoUld ’ thousands, have
perished on the road. We reached Wilna, on the
frontier of Poland, where the treasury 0 f th e
my was abandoned, and plundered by b m
French and Russian soldiers. My man got °*
bags ol gold, with which he bought a lot of u'°
visons, which lasted till we came to Konigsl)'
in old Russia; there we expected to meet 5’
a friendly reception, but General Yorck. w
commanded the corps of Prussians, and for °
part of our last reserve, passed over to the
sians, and the whole of Prussia rose in
against us. I narrowly escaped several times be***
murdered at the houses where I was billet 1
at last I was obliged to travel day and w’h
stopping only at some miserable public
the road to get refreshment, for ourselves** °*!
horses; but either myself or my man kept w
whilst the other was asleep, so as to be atcfl
against treachery.
At last we arrived in Saxony, where tk
inhabitants received us with the greatest k' I
and paid us every attention our distressed
required ; then some order was restored a T** 6
of tendevouz was named for each regiment aCe
the men as they arrived joined their respect
corps. Os our regiment only 11 officers and 1 1~ S
men escaped out 1450 who went to R •
With a detachment coming from France^' 3
some horses we received from Hanover, vve <
tered 140, and entered the compaign of j j UIUs ‘
Butzen. I was next raised to lhe°rank 0 f UlZen
tain, although still suffering from ray wounds**!
took the field and was present at all the cnsa’J
ments which took place up to the armistic of hfj
1813. On the 15th of August following thl
armistice ended, and vve fought the battle of Leib
nitz on the Order, and began again to repeat m
til we fought the batile of Leipsic, on tho ig.!"
of October, when our regiment, which had been
reinforced to the nurnlier of 630, was reduce !
m r the battle to 5 officers and 160 men. Youn
as I was, I now found myself the oldest officer
remaining, and consequently took the command
On the 19th Napoleon saw the fragments of ovn
regiment commanded by his young friend, and I
was raised to the rank of major. At the battle
of Hanau, on the 2d of December following, I was
created officer of the Legion ofHonor,and ’on the
4th we crossed the Rhine at Montz. We then
retreated towards Franco, and I was engaged in
all the battles fought by Napoleon in person
being then attached to his Majesty as aid-de
camp.
“ 1 rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel at the
battle of Brienne, where Napoleon had been edu
cated, and which we fought with such courage
and constancy, that after the castle had been
taken and retaken nine times in the course of the
day, it remained in our possession, and the Em
peror was able to sleep in it. At the battle of
Monterau, Napoleon was kind enough to express
his satisfaction of my conduct, telling me, “ I
regret much that you are not old enough accord
ing to my own regulations, to have the rank of
Colonel conferred upon you, but I shall not for
get you.” The last event of that campaign was
the Emperor taking leave of the army, and abdi
cating in favor of his son at Fontainbleau. Your
government then brought us the Bourbons, and
it was the downfall of my family who from a
state of affluence and comfort, passed suddenly
to a state of poverty ; my father was deprived of
his situation, I was put on the half-pay, and we
retired into the country to live upon our scanty
means. In the course*of a few months the gov
ernment of Louis XVIII. offered a sum of money
as a compensation for their half-pay to all the
officers who would accept it. 1 availed myself of
the opportunity, and by doing so was not obliged
to take the oath of allegiance to the Bourbons.
“ We were living quietly in the neighborhood
of Lyons, when, on the 12th March, 1815,
heard of Napoleon having lauded in France,
after his escape from Elba. I hastened to join
him, with as many friends as I could assemble,
and we arrived in Grenoble on the same day La
bedoyere opened the gates to him. I then re
qssumed rny duty as aid-de-camp to the Emper
or, and never lelt h'm until the 20th, when we
arrived at night at Parrs. The next morning al
six o'clock, N apoleon reviewed the army, and I
was made a Colonel, and the command cf a re
giment was given to me, with orders to march
on (hat very day towards the frontiers of Bel
gium, and the Emperor addressed me thus:—
“Baron Dryden, I confer upon you the rank of
Colonel as a reward for your past services; nnd
I shall not forget the new proof you have given
me of your devotion. Farewell; we shall meet
again.” I need not say one word about the bat
tle of Waterloo; suffice it to say, that after the
return of the Bourbons I was obliged to leave
my native land, and take refuge in America, to
cs being shot, as,was the case with Marshal
Ney and Col. Labedoyere, who were foolish
enough Lo think that the Bourbons did possess
one generous feeling. I lauded at New Orleans,
and after endeavoring for live months to procure
employment, my resources being exhausted, I
applied, through a brother officer, who was aid
do-camp to Bolivar, for a commission in his ar
my. I was successful, and served for six years, j
until being severely wounded, I was obliged to I
relinquish military life, having earned many I
blows, but not one dollar. I then went to Bos- I
ton, where I obtained the situation of French I
teacher in an academy. I remained there a few J
years, and loft for Baltimore, where I was ear- j
ployed, first as an attorney’s clerk, afterwards |
with a corn merchant. I was then happy |
enough ; I had a comfortable house and a little
cash in hand.
“ At that time, (1835) a bill was deposited in
my hand for security ; a young woman, le whom
I was to have been married in the course ol
three months, got acquainted with a young man
who thought himself deprived of his right by that
will ; a criminal connection took place between
them, and he persuaded her to try to get posses
sion of the will, but it was rather a difficult un
dertaking, for I kept it in a strongbox lined with
iron, and the keys of which never left me. How
ever, they took advantage of my being ill* an( l on
the 27th of jMarch they administered to me, in
some coffee, eight ounces of opium; and, think
ing it would have killed me, they took the will,
and robbed me of all the property they could lay
their hands upon ; however the excessive quan
tity of the poison saved my life, and alter keeping
it for 18 hours, my stomach rejected it, but J
made a Fatal impression on my constitution, and
I have not since enjoyed good health, Toad
to my misfortnes. one of my countrymen, "h°
had beer, implicated in the conspiracy ol Fieacb’t
and sentenced lo 15 years’ imprisonment, naaoe
his escape to America; and, coming to Balti
more in the greatest distress, he applied to me
for assistance, which I readily gave him
sequently an amnesty was granted by L° U . |S
Pliillippe, but he could not avail himseJ of 6,
not having the means of paying his passage to
France. In August I took the resolution ot re
turning to my native country, and ending ,j iy
days quietly at Lyons; my- false friend then l' e s
ged ot me, upon his Knees, to take him with me,
promising that on our arrival in France he wool
repay me all the money I should advance for him-
I yielded, and we landed in Liverpool in October
last. We left for London, visiting Manchester
and Birmingham ; and on our way to Oxford
was taken so seriously ill at Cneltenbam, that
was obliged to stop in that town ; and while
was in bed, in a sta e of insensibility, the nrise ra
hie wretch robbed me of £'lo in gold, se' eral
valuable trinkets, aim two trunks, containing 3
bag of? 50 dollars, and other property to a large
amount. I was left so destitute that I was ob
liged to leave part of my clothes for the payment
of my rent. Getting a little better, I came to
Bristol on the IGlh of January last, since which
time I have been constantly- ill, and living on the
contents of my portmanteau. Now all niy re *
sources are exhausted ; I arn lying on a bed oi
sickness in the Bristol Infirmary , and, to crov' n