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CHKoMCLk ANU SE-XTITsEjU X U<• 1 S T v . 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