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OIIRoMCI.K ANU SKNTINKL.
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i JE PHE-IDEST, '
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os O no; |
The invincible Hero of Tippecaii M —the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexibly Republican —
the patriotic Fanner of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PKESIOE^ir,
JOHN TUE«,
Os Vtrg inia;
A Slate Rights Republican of the school of : 9S—
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, at;d emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious;, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VjiCE-FREsIDEN'T,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Cajnden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.]
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, M Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, olj Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cals.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DUKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Brake.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggy
FOR CONGRESS, !
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIL S 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.
FOR SENATOR,;
ANDREW J. MILLER.
FOR HEPHES NTA^IVES,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
Lost.
The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for
1536 has been borrowed from ou:r office by some
person who has emitted to return it. We would
therefore thank th:* individual y ho has it in po
ses oon to send it home. In the £ vent that we are
unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to
purchase or borrow a file for that year, and also o
the one of the Augusta Chronicle.
No mail Noah of Richmond last night.
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Senatorial Veracity.
There has recently appeared .in the columns of
tHe Globe, a long address to ti e slave-holders of
the South, prepared by a committee, appointed at
a meeting of Locofoco members of Congress in
Washington, to which, wiih many others, we see i
the name of Wil.s.m Lumpkin,olj Georgia, prefixed.
The very first sentence of the seddress is in these
words : ' “* *• 'C‘P
“ It is not as members of a political parly that
we m.ow address you.-'’ •
V\ hit will the plain, unsophisticated, pious mem
bers of the clrurch, think of «|uch a declaration
corning from a committee appointed at a pir.y
meeting ? Verily, senatorial veracity is at a low
ebb. With such a beginning,what may not be ex
pected of the remainder of this address 3
Kentucky.
The final returns in this Suite give the Whig
candidate for Governor, a majority of 15,720 votes
over his Locofoco competitor. The Whips have a
majority in the Legislature of 61 votes on joint
ballot.
General Harrisonpeecir.
If it were possible to suffuse .the cheecks of loco
focos with a blush of shame, the following extract
from a speech delivered by Gen. Harrison at Car
thage, in Ohio, would accomplish it, to which we
invite the careful investigatibn of our readers*
Although Gen. Harrison was Previously regarded
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by every candid and honorable man, perfectly
sound on the subject ot Abolition, this speech places
him on the highest possible grorind, ami enables his
friends to hurl back into the iteetlr of those who
utter them, any insinuations ;upon that subject.
But it is .iot alone on the subject of Abolition that
we would call a tention to Uri* important and in
teresting speech, there are avowed other principles
relative to the rights of the respective States, which
in ist be congenial to every true and genuine State
Rights republican in the Unioji. And these prin
«iples are expressed in a style which must convince
every impartial reader, that the writer is not onlv
well versed in the science of o?jr Government, but
thoroughly imbued with soumi republican princi
ples. li.S.f
Having recently received u letter from a per
sonal friend, who is a member of an abolition
society, proposing to me two questions, which
he requested me to answer; but having from ne
cessity, arising from the absolute impossibility
ol my answering the numeral s letters I receive,
requiring my opinion upon political subjects, de
clined to answer any fiom individuals, I willing
ly embrace the opportunity wf answering them
which this occasion lias given me, w-ithout viola
ting the rule I had found myu-lf under the neces
sity of adopting. i. n
The questions are the fallo wing, viz :
I st —Do you believe the people of the United
States p<i*s« ss an unrestricted right to discuss
any subject, that to them may seem worthy of
consideration 1
2nd—Do you believe the people of the United
Stales have the right to petition their Legislature
for the redress of whatever thev may deem a
grievance and for the adoption of such measures
as the petitioners may thirl conducive to .he
welfare of the nation 1
I do not hesitate to answer both these ques
tions in the affirmative. The Constitution of
the United States, and than of our own State,
have secured to lire people til e enjoyment of the
rights referred to in both questions, entirely un
restricted but by their own seaise of propriety, and
the legal rules which proteef the rights of others.
The freedom of speech and of the press, are the j
distinguishing characteristics of free government.
Without them, we might call our country a iwr
public, but it would be so only in name, like that
of Koine under the Emperors, it might be a mask
to cover the most horriole despotism. Ihe right
of the people to write and to speak openly and
freely upon all matters of public policv, 4
palladium of all civil and religious liberty. Ihe
authors of cur Constitution must have know o
th.it it would he subject to abuses, to oe used h*
imp oper and indeed sometimes for criminal pur
poses; vet thev declared it without rest ru non.
More than half a century has passed away since
it came into operation, and although upon one
memorable occasoir it was lesorted to t >r t. e j ur
pose of giving effect to councils teuu.i-g to par
alvze the efforts of the nation, in the midst oi a
! dangerous war, and to encourage the enemy to
persevere in supporting their unjust pretensions,
still these declarations ol rights in relation to
writing, speaking and publishing, have been sul
fered to remain in ali tneir pristine force. I should
be the last person w o could, under any cireum
s'ances, consent to restrict them by legal enact
ments.
I must, however, take this occasion to repeat
what I have before declared, that the discussion |
of the right of one portion of the Slates which ,
compose our Union, to hold slaves by an assem- j
olage of cit.zens of other States, which held none, |
i? in my opinion not sanctioned by the spirit of j
the Constitution. If it is tolerated by the broad
and unrestricted declaration in the Constitution, j
to which I have referred, it is foibidden in the
general tenor of that instrument, and the funda
mental principles of the government which it has j
established. Our government is certainly one
of a very complicated character, difficult in some
of its aspects to be well understood. To foreign
governments it presents, and was intended to
present, a power clothed with the most impor
tant attributes of sovereignly ; and so lar as »ur
relations with them may be concerned, they are
to see nothing beyond that which is described in ;
our glorious motto “ E pluribus Vnuni.” M e
are, however, not “ one,” in the sense that it
would be understood if applied to other nations
which have been formed from disjointed and sep
arate parts. Our union is not that which, like
marriage, merges the whole rights of the parlies
in a common stock. We are not
Which roll into the sea, or e common flood.
And are no more distinguished.”
Our union is more properly like an ordinary
copartnership composed of a number of individ
uals. who each furnish a por.iou of capital, to be
subjected to the control of the majority of the
partners, but who each also retains another por
tion under their own exclusive management.
With the latter, neither the partners collectively
nor individually, have any more right to inter
fere than if there existed no sort of connection
between them. Tnis is. also, the theory of our
Geneial and State Governments. Over the pow
ers retained by the States respectively, neither ,
the General Government, nor the other States,
nor the citizens of the other States, can exercise
the least control. If ibis opinion is correct, it
follows, that discussions in public assemblies, in
relation to the institutions of other Slates, with a
, view to alter or affect them, was not in the con
templation either of those who framed the Con
stitution. or those by whom it was adopted. Let
us apply the theory I endeavor to maintain to
this assembly. We are here, some 3000 per
sons, in the double character of citizens of Ohio,
and citizens of the United States. In the first,
we can undertake the consideration and discus
sion of any subject belonging to our State policy,
embody our sentiments in Hie shape ot resolu
tions or petitions, and in the event of a supposed
j grievance, present them to the appropriate Slate
( authorities for redress. As citizens of the Uni
ted States, we are competent to consider and dis
cuss any subject of national policy, and by a sim
ilar process submit tne result of our delibera- i
lions, if wc should choose to do so, to that de- !
partment of the Federal Government, which
possesses the power to give us relief. But in
which of these characters, cither as citizens of
Ohio, or citizens of rhe United States, could we,
i consistently, with the theory and spirit of the
' Constitution, discuss a subject exclusively be
-1 longing to another State 1
There are many principles to be founded in the
constitution of some of the States, (other than |
the toleration of slave ry) which are very much ,
Htdike those of Ohio. The property qualifica- (
lion of voters for instance. This is a restriction
upon the right of suffrage to which personally I
am opposed. I would accord this important pri- |
vilegeto every citizen. Having ascertained that J
he was a citizen, I would not proceed to enquire :
tiie amount of money he had in his pocket, or i
what other species of property he might possess, i
With these sentiments I might offer fur your ad- 1
option a resolution declaring that the restricted :
suffrage in some of the States was an aristocra
tical feature in their systems of government and
should be abolished. Such a proposition could
not fail to create much surprise and bring to the
mind of every man in the assembly that neither
in his capacity as a citizen of Ohio nor of the
i L niled Slates, could he interfere with the people
of Massachusetts, Virginia and Louisiana, in the
management of their domestic concerns. Should i
I be asked if I thought that any harm could arise
from such a discussion, I answer, decidedly, in
the affirmative. Harm, in more ways than one
It w ould tend more perhaps, than any thing else,
to destroy the ioca of the perfect individuality
and distinctness of the Stale governments, which
has ever been considered as one of the most im
portant features in our system, and prepare the
minds of the people for the prostration of the
barriers which have been erected with so much
1 art and care, between the General and State Gov
ernments, and those of tire States respectively,
and finally lead to that dreaded consolidation,
' which, in the opinions of our wisest and best
, statesmen, would be the immediate precursor of
: the downfall of iilrorty. It could not fail, also,
I to impair, if not entirely destroy, those feelings
of confidence and affection between the citizens
of the respective States, which is the only effec
tual blind of our Union.
From the discussion of any question in an ab
stract form, no possible injury could arise.
I conclude with the repetition of my opinion,
that the right of the people to write on, speak on,
and discuss, any subject which they may deem
worthy of consideration, and that of petitioning j
for the redress of any thing “ which they may i
i consider a grievance,” are secured to them both
by the Federal and State Constitutions, and that
I these rights can neither be impaired nor restrio
ti J. Ihe abuse of these rights is no argument
I for abolishing them. In the forcible language of
| the late distinguished Chief Justice of the Uni
ted States “It is an evil inseperable from the
good to which it is allied, a shoot which cannot j
he stripped from the stalk without vitally wound
ing the plant from which it is tore.”
3lore Changes,
The Lancaster, Ohio, Gazette, of the 19th Inst.,
contains a call for a public meeting of the “ demo
cratic citizens of Fairfield county,” opposed to the
re-election of Martin Van Buren, and the call is
signed by three ijundbf.d original Jackson men.
No changes!
The North American, a leading Philadelphia pa
per, states with confidence, that all the Banks in
that cit}*, the U. S. Bank included, will resume
rT >ecie payments on the loth January, the day re
quired by jaw. All the balances of tra'c confirm
this. The Banks of the Atlantic cities are increas
ing their balances in New York, and to a very con
sumable extent, says the N. Y. Fxpress.
The Ofrostgii or ‘ Mikmebt.” —The Louis
ville Journal of Wednesday says:—On the U-t
dav of the great Nashville Convention, Gen. Jack
son gave a barbecue at the Hermitage. Four or
five hu d;ed of his friend'! appeared there, with
hickory branches in their hats and poke stalks
hanging over their shoulders. As often as one of
their orators allu Jed to what he called the mum
n'.erv of log cabins and hard cider, they shouted - J
shook their hickory leaves and flapped their poke ;
stalks f
The South Bend (Ind.) Fiee Press, says: —The
Lorclocos about these “ diggings ” say that Poin
sett’s “ army worm” has made powerful inroad?
in the ranks of their party. Shouldn’t wonder j
if the plagy critter would devour the whole crop,
root and branch, before November.
Only three laws were passed by the Legislature
of Kentucky, at its recent extra session, ihat in
relation to the election of Presidential Electors, ap
points the time for holding the same on the ui?t
Monday in November next, and on the same da%
in every fourth year theiearter.
Col. K. M. Johnson.
The labors of the Locofoco organs and speakers j
! seem to be very much thwarted by the old Colonel.
They, poor sinking, dying creatures, have labored
j for months in endeavoring to attack the milita.y .
fame of General Harrison, and have even elevated
themselves, for it is an elevation ab ve their usual
i course, to garble and mutilate the speeches of Col.
Johnson, to accomplish their purposes. And just
at the moment when the deluded victims of their
own folly, are flattering themselves a harvest was
' to be gathered, lo the old Colonel, in the honesty
of his heartfelt devotion to hi?oid<ommanier,pays
the following just trioute to his bravery and gallant
bearing. What an overwhelming rebuke this
would be to any other man but a Locofoco. But,
reader, just glanre at the following correspondence,
and then you will be enabled to place a just esti
mate upon the disgraceful efforts ol shameless par
tizans.
From the Cincinnati Republican.
Colonel Johnson at Cbilicothe.
We expressed the other day our strong convic
tions that Cel. Johnson could not have been cor- ,
rectly reported in tire speech at Cbilicothe, which
was contained in the C’fnlicothe Advertiser, ot tire
9th inst., and in proof of our having just grounds
jor this belief, we arc gratified in the opportuni-
V of spreading the following correspondence be
fore our readers.
It is well known in Keniucky, as well as in
this Stale, that Maj. Carneal is probably on terms
cf greater intimacy with both Gen. Harrison and
Col. Johnson than any individual in the West.
His conduct in the following correspondence
adds to the claims which his services as a Quar
ter Master under Gen. Harrison in 1812, and as
a Senator of Kentucky, gives him to public re
spect :
Cincinnati, 24th August, 1840.
Dear Sir, —It is my object, if practicable, in
addressing the enclosed letter to Col. Johnson, to
prevent any unpleasant feelings between two gal
lant officers of the late war, who from my per
sonal knowledge, entertained a high respect for
each other. lam more than gratified to find I
have no' been unsuccessful in the attempt. With
out communicating with either of these gentle
men, I take upou myself the responsibility of
authorizing you to publish the correspondence,
and am, yours, respectfully,
T. D. CARNEAL.
Col. C. S. Tonn.
Cincinnati, August 241 h, 1840.
; Gen. W. H. Hauuison:
Dear Sir, —I immediately after reading the
substance of a speech, said to be made by Col.
R. M. Johnson, at C hilicothe, I addressed a let
ter to him, a copy of which is furnished. On
yesterday I received his answer, which with
pleasure I enclose to you.
I view it is putting lo rest now and foreverthe
! foul slanders that have been and now are circula
ting against you as regards your conduct in the
derisive and glorious battle of the Thames, and
1 in my judgement leaves no good giounds for con
, troversy or unpleasant feelings between two brave
j officers of that gallant army.
Truly your friend,
T. D. CARNEAL.
Cincinnati, August 24, 1840.
, Sir—l have read the correspondence between
yourself and Col. Johnson, relative to him at
i Cbilicothe.—From the perusal ot Col. Johnson’s
i letter I am satisfied that he intended me no in
i justice in the speech referred to, and that his
opinions and sentiments must have been misre
presented. Thanking you for the interest you
have manifested in this matter—l return the cor
respondence. W. H. HARRISON.
T. D. Caiineax..
Cincinnati, August 12, 1840.
My dear Colonel. —l enclose your speech as
published in the Cbilicothe Advertiser. The re
porter of your speech so farasyou speak of Gen.
Harrison, has surely misconceived you. I not
only so think, but have so said. An inference
may be fairly drawn, that you are not only in
doubt as regarded his courage, hut that you had
hut little respect for him as a commanding Gener
al. My personal regard for you, induces me a
k>ne to call your attention lo the subject and
furnish you an opportunity of correcting what I
conceive to be an erroneous and garbled report of
what you did say in Cbilicothe on the 9th inst.
From the enclosed remarks of Cel. C. 8. Todd
you will at once discover that you take issue and
widely differ. If consistent with your feelings
furnish me with your views on this subject.
They will be published or not as you may desire.
Truly vour friend,
T. D. CARNEAL.
Col. R chard M. Johnson, V. P. Mansfield,
Ohio.
Mansfielo, August 18th, 1840.
My Df. \n Sin;—Your favor has been re
ceived, in which you observe, that by my repor
| ted speech, an inference may l»c drawn that I am
not only in doubt as regards the courge of Gen.
Harrison, but that I had but little respect for him
as a commanding General. lam happy to have
1 this opportunity lo inform you that during my
service with Gen. Harrison, I had no cause to
doubt his courage, but consider him a biave
man, and I have always expressed myself io
I that effect —Nor have lever disapproved or cen
sured any of his measures as commanding
. General in the pursuit of Proctor, or in the
bailie of the Thames—every thing I saw met
{ my entire approbation, and I have never spo
i hen of it in any other terms. In speaking o.
the liattle of the Thames, and the part acted by
my regiment, I did not intend to increase tho
merit of that regiment, or to diminish the merit
claimed by others, much less did I intend lo im
ply that Gen. Harrison, or Gov. Shelby, or any
officer attached to the army, avoided duty or dan
ger. Lach had his part to act, and I should fei
my sell mnch degraded to suppose that they dii
not perform their duty fearless of dange r, —no
have I ever doubted, that these gallant office)
were precisely where duly called them. 1 regn
that in such a battle, where our country was vit
torious, that there should Ik? a controversy abut:
the merit due to the actors in that battle,
j I claim nothing above the most humble soidit
I who performed bis duty on lhat occasion, no.
«haH any earthly consideration ever induce me
knowingly to do injustice to the commanding of
ficer, Gov. Shelby, or any other otficer in that
army. I have thus confined myself to general
remarks, not knowing in what particular fact, in
justice is supposed to have been dune to General
Harrison. I should be glad lo know what parlic-*
alar issue is made as to the fact stated in the re
ported speech, respecting which I had no agency. ■
I I shall feel no difficulty to state facts as far as j
• mv own personal knowledge extends, and what J
. I understood from others, and not to censure or |
criminate, but to state the truth as lar as I know j
or believe the facts. I expect to be in your City I
on Sunday, the 23d, on my way home, arid I
shall be happy to see vou.
RH. M. JOHNSON,
i Maj. Tho. D. Carneal.
From China.
The New York Courierand Enquirer contains
the following, from the Canton Press, at Macao.
Macao, 13th April, 1340.
There are rumors of an intended expulsion of j
all foreigners from Canton, but wc know not 1
whether they deserve attention. It is now conti- |
j dentiv asserted that an Imperial edict addressed j
to Lin has been received, in which the Imperial
i displeasure about some of his acts is made known •
to him. The ;Sae tuc or Admiral is said to have j
a share in this reprimand, which probably is on j
account of the affair at the Bogue, and the lalse
reports forwarded lo Pekin regarding it. it is al
so said that the true state of the alfair at the Li- j
banic has reached the Imperial ears. Lin i» said
to be degraded three degrees in rank. A Chi
nese boat laden with raw silk and silk piece gooes
destined for Macao, has lately been seized by the
Mandarins, on the pretext that her cargo was iu
! tended for the English.
Mr. Snow, the American Consul, Las arrived
here from Canton. Os late, several vessels have
experienced difficulties on entering the Bogue,
the Chinese refusing to allew them to pass, on
the plea that they have taken in .heir cargoes at !
Tunkoo. In some instances these difficulties
have been overcome, but several vessels are wai
ting outside.
Correspondence if the Journal of Commerce.
Canton, April 13, 1840.
Wc have advices from the I nited States per
Akhar to 16th November, and from England per
moil via India lo 4th December. The intelligence
i brought of hizh prices ot teas and other produce
of China on both sides the Atlantic, and the appa
rent determination of the Britis Government to
proceed with rigorous measures against the Chi
nese, have produced a very cosiderableeffect upon
j our market, both for imports and exports. Our
, English neighbors outside have disembarked
from their ships, and are quietly residing at Ma
i cao. the local government seeming to have relin
quished of late their attempts to force them to
1 leave that place. The arrival of H. M. ship Dru
id, of 44 guns, makes the British force nowhere
sufficient for the protection of persons and pro
perly rs the British subjects ou'side. The Chi
, nesc are expecting the arrival of a British fleet
and troops, but as far as we can see and hear, they
have full confidence in their ability to maintain
their own ground, either in negotiation or in ac
tual warfare. In the meantime, the trade at pre
sent carried on by the Anericans resident here, is
subject to constant interruptions upon the most
frivolous and absurd pretences; additional Juries
and taxes are levied from time to time, upon
both imports and exports, and we cannot anlici-
I pate either safety or regularity to our trade in fu
ture, until some means shall have been found to
j get from the Imperial Government some sort of
| commercial treaty whereby we may be relieved
from the aroitrary exactions of the local author
ities.
From the Chinese Repository, published at the
end of March, we copy the following paragraphs:
At Canton the number of residents is still
small, and their position is not likely to improve.
- A spacious brick building is now rapidly being
i built on‘*the Point,” in front of the factories, and
will be a great eye-sore to their occupants. New
duties, moreover, are in contemplation to pay the
soldiery f And another new bond has been re
quired, certifying that there has been no inter
course with the English ; the penalties are con
fiscation of ship and cargo, and “personal punish
ment.”
At VV hampoa there has been another serious
1 affray between the local officers and the town folks,
who resisted their authority. The disturbance
j rigiuated in the measures on foot to suppress gam
j hling.
At Tungkoo some anxiety has been fell for
the shipping, occasioned partly by rumors of a
fleet of fife-ships being collected, and partly by
an edict published at Canton, prohibiting the
ships of other nations from anchoring with the
English.
Military and naval operations are in progress,
at various places in this vicinity. Some three or
rour thousand recruits are being drilled near Can
ton; fire-rafts and boats are being prepared; and
: a dozen or two of guns, of various calibres, have
| been collected at the temple Leenhwa, beyond
Mongha near the Barrier.
Rumors from abroad, not in a very question
i able shape, at length, leave no doubt that the Lion
of the west is waking up. The Dragon, 100. is
rousing; and to himself is seeming lo be secure
in his greatness. A meeting is inevitable, and
the onset will be watched with anxiety. We
hope it may not he a mere trial of brute force.
Both are reputed sagacious; it is. therefore, to be
hoped that w isdom and reason will, with both, be
the order of the day. But, seriously, the question
I issue is of the gravest kind, and one of the
most difficult (we think) that ever exercised the
councils of men. Regard must be had, at once,
to the past, the present, and future. The wel
fare ot kingdoms and empires is at stake. At
such a momentous juncture, how devoutly ought
| the subject to bow to the Lord Paramount, who
, alone is the ruler of princes, and from whom all
power emanates.
From the New Orleans Uee us the 31« f ult.
. Mexico,
i On Saturday morning last, we received some
i news trom Mexico by the arrival of the schooner
j watchman, Capt. Murray, from Matamoras.
; The civil war in Mexico is at an end, at least
| lor the present. On the 26th ult. Urrea asked
lor a conference, in order to explain himself on
the principal points ihat disunite the insurgents
from government. Valencia consented thereto
immediately, appointing the place and time to
hold the conference, and the same evening the
basis of a convention was agreed upon, granting
full amnesty for the past and promising a reform
in the constitution. On the following morning
I. rrea gave up the command of the Federalist ar
my in favoi ot Don Manuel Audrader. It is
generally believed that Urrea will retire to the
province of Tamaupilas; and it is easy to foresee
that the strife is merely put off, provided the
federalists find so.i.e sympathy among the people.
In fact, according to the terms of the convention,
the insurgent forces are not to be dispersed, but
are to march to a place to be appointed by the
coramander-in-chiel of the Centralists. In the
meantime government had caused a Te Deum to
be chanted on the occasion.
It is said that Arista was expected at Mutamor
as m order to defend the city against Canales,
who, «t is believed has the intention of attacking
that place. °
CANDOK.--The “ Western Steamer,” is anew
ifhtZr[hT a n r Urnal » just slarled at Cincinnati,
It know* the old General, and says:
cJirpn A |i WE " aL MEVER Do >* —We will never
hr.vP ? n a COWard> for we believe he is
£!!!• w, ‘ l "ever call him morally dishonest,
foiwe believe ne poiscsses sterling integrity
compared to the mass of wan kind.” 5 '
A Negro Revolt. % '
Abolition incendiaries are creeping about
among us like molts in the ground. as blind, as
difficult to cak-h, and as mischievous. I* our
hundred happy and peaceful slaves, having been
wrought upon by some of these sneaking pesls
to onr well bein-, broke out in furious revo.t an
the 251 h u’t. in the Parish of Lafayette ; hut the
poor misguided blacks were soon taught their
error, and %l> of them were placed in conune
! ment, while twenty were sentenced to be hung
i upon the 27th. Four white abolition rascals
‘ were detected, acting as leaders in conjunction
with one vellow fellow, who is notorious tor being
♦ a great scoundrct. It is the white incendiaries ,
I that ought to be hung, or, if the poor misled
slaves must suffer, double, treble should 1c the
punishment imposed upon these heart.ess emis
saries of a fanatical and reckless sect. Ntw Or
leans Picayune of the is/.
The Hon Mr. Grundy was to address the
citizens of Mii/frees borough, Tennessee, on the
20lh. Some of them adddresstd a note to him,
proposing such an arrangement, as would enable
j the people to hear both sides ot the question, to
• which he made the following reply.
Gentlemen :—I have received your note of
! this day and return the following as my answer.
I have been invited to address the people ofßulh
; ford countv on this day and shall do so at about
I 124 o’clock, I shall not detain the people more
; than 3} bouts, so that the time specified in your
t note, as my limit will not more than have arrived.
My private business requires me to leave fur
, Nashville this evening, so that so far as I am
concerned, anv one may address the people who
may choose to remain.
I am gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your ob’l servant,
FELIX GRUNDY.
To Messrs. Const. Hardeman, H. Norman, J.
| F. Fletcher, T. C. Black. 13. W. Fa.mer.
I The reply of Mr. Grundy, it will he seen, was
' a virtual refusal to enter into any discussion. —-
1 Mr. Peyton happened to be there.
Accordingly as scon as Mr. G. had concluded
his remarks, ht started, “I hope,” said Mr. Pey
ton. “Mr. Grundy w ill stay and hear me.’’ Mr.
G. kept moving. Mr. Peyton raising his voice
—“I hope Mr. Grundy will not be like the lame
Captain.—The lame Captain went out to fight
Indians, and coming upon them unexpectedly,
‘Boys,’ said he 4 there they are—they are very
numerous —my opinion is they’ll whip us—but.
said he. fight hard—retreat in good order—as I'm
a little lame, I’ll go now’—and away he went.
Here a shout went up that rent the air and
shook the Inils, Mr. Peyton, after expressing
the hope that the other Van Buren men present
would not follow the example of their lame cap
tain, proceeded to address the audience, who re
mained until sundown, in a speech replete with
sound argument, impassioned eloquence, rich
humor and biting sarcasm. Our correspondent
writes us that Mr. Grundy has greatly failed in
spirits, eloquence and effectiveness as a slump
speaker. The ancient 44 Felix” trembled at ihe
eloquence of a speaker who stood before him.
Our modern Felix “cut” without waiting to hea r .
New Jersey.—The great gathering at Salem
on Thursday last, numbered between twelve and
thirteen Thousand. The people were there, from
every section of the State. Marshalled in close
order the procession extended upwards of two
miles. The farmers .-uppiied the vast assemblage
with provisions, of which they had brought abun
dance in their wagons. Captain Stockton,
Hon. Mr. Randolph and Hon. William Halstead,
with several other gentlemen, addressed the meet
ing. New Jersey is summoning up her energies
for the November conflict. They will trenihlo at
her vengeance w ho d sdained to listen to the story
of her wrongs. —JVew York Tunes of ihe la/.
From the Baltimore American.
The New \oik Journalol Commerce contains
a distressing relation, piej ared by the first officer,
Mr. Dodd, of the voyage of the ship Portia of
New Bedford from China to Amboyna in the
Moluccas, to which port she was driven on the
19th December last. She left China on the 12th
August 1839. for the United State’s, alter having
been on a trading voyage in the Pacific Ocean.
On the 241 hof that month she was struck by
lightning, and two of her crew injured, several
ot the men being at the time sick with dyseuteiy.
On the 23d September they broached a reserve
of water below, which was of such abominable
i smell and taste that utter necessity only induced
' j them to use it, and when they did they suffered
sickness and an aiaaning debility. The mate,
| Mr. Dodd, and four seamen were confined to
1 ; their berths from its use until the ship* arrived
at the straits of Macassar. Af.er suffering many
privations, and the want of provisions and water
, especially, they were driven to Amboyna, leaky
| and dilapidated, where the vessel was cumdemncd
j and sold. Here they were all attacked with the
| J ava fever, of which Captain Pitman, Charles
1 Gilmam, passenger, Joshua Bake and Richard
| Hooper, seamen, died. The survivors with the
t cargo were subsequently conveyed to Batavia m
| an Arabian ship, where they arrived April 12th
j 1840, fitly days on the passage and eight months
from China.—Mr. Dodd and suca of ihe crew as
i chose to return, arrived at New York last week
‘ from Batavia in the British ship Charlotte, alter
j the underwriters had despaired of ever hearing of
; the ship again, and the friends of some of °tho
survivors had put on mourning for their supposed
loss. The Portia was a small ship of 330 tons,
and was insured with her cargo in New Bedford.
New York and Philadelphia.
A Reminiscence.—-Ihe little paragraph
which appeared in the Sun a few davs since re
lative to the original Declaration of Independence
in the office of the Secretary of State at Wash
ington, has eliciteu from the* veteran chirographer,
Mr. B. O. lyler, an interesting reminiscence re
lative to that document. All the Union is famil
iar with Mr. I'ylcr’s/ac simile copr oi the Decla
. ration, lakrn by him in 1817, at which time Jo-
I Stas \\ . King-. Esq. then clerk in the Stale De
j partiuent, had charge of it more than twenty
! ljvc > ears * At tha l lime it was kept enclosed in
I a l>“ case; and when the capitol was burned by
j the British during the late war, Mr. King took
I the Declaration, ail the treaties, and as” many
other valuable papers as he could carry, anti fled
with them to Montgomery Court House, Md.
thereby preserving them from the general dcstruc
lien. W hen J. Q. Adams came into the State
Department, he had the Declaration taken out of
its tin case, elegantly framed, enclosed it in a mn
hugany case, and hung it up in the Secretary’s
room—the case being provided with a floor, "by
opening which any one can see the original
The splendid full length portrait of Washington
by Stewart, owes its preservation from the “com
flagralion to Mrs. Madison. When that heroine
saw the capitol in flames, she took her carving
kmle and cut the portrait out of the frame in
which it hung, rolled it, up got into her carriage
and drove with it to Montgomery Cou.t House
where it, with the public documents, was preset
ved.—A. Y. Sun. 1
Another Revolutjosart Sox.ni Kn gone !
Died, at Lexington Court House S (' , „
14th inst., Mr. George Hillan. He called A he
house of Mr. A. H. Fort, some fouTjfi™ ,
ago and remained until his death. He seemed
to be merely passing, and for the satisfaction of
his friends and relatives, if any are living I would
say. from his certificates relative L- 1
•locument (an. ha(l i ZT!Z
«eU 110 »■« ™«iin Bu?n
T I, T ' Carolina, and in the war,
occasio ''? ll >- " ilh Gen. Ma
> tuysbuig; sometimes in North Can-7
Una ; anj sometimes under the command of C
Clark; was a trooper, and fought with C°
Washington’s cavalry, and accompanied \ ■ '~ C '"
the twelve mile ci>asc of Tarlton, fromthe (T in
pens, in Chester, 8, C., in which District V e I°*'
many rears after the war, and thence rr,
Kentucky, &*. ce removed to
A Yankee pedlar has been selling UuhJc ],
at the \V est as the liie ol \an Buitn' Jj *s
Great Washington Theatre.
SI MMER SEASON.
The public aic informed that the WhiU u
ha? teen fitted up with splendid french fj
magnificent Royal Wilton carpets, with ent " UU: ''
scenery, decorations, kc. The East }{, > ‘ rent *
been covered with gold leaf, and zb en;
service of gold plate, including geld spooa«\*f*’
kc. Several tabourets have been °t">
knives have been freshly ground, and ii.K ■ e
mended at tiie public expense. * ■ o ’bs
rrff A new thundeidium has been added t-
Globe. Thecandie-snuffimg department i.r
direction of Mr. Blaii. Costumer. Mr.Cdh*
Wiil be perfomicd very shoit. v . zi ■- , Q ’
(hard noncy,) the sterling comedy c-i "“'* lce ?
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
G O’ Treasury shinplasters wiil Lc given > u t f
charge, in all cases, so long as they hold out ° r
Dramatis Pebson e.
Joseph Surface, Mr. V:, a d.„
Charles Surface. Mr. C or * ‘ eD ‘
Sir Peter Teazle Dick
Sir Oliver Backbite, Mr iicL ff^'
)i n3ke ’ Ainc ' kendaik
Inp,. . . . .. -dr. Pickens.
Moses (the Jew,) Vr. BncW
( rabtrte, Mr. Gninev
Mis. Candor, Thos. U it hie * *
Scone shifters, supernumeraries. Jcc.. v j! f(
Hill, Benton, Wright, Bynum, Parmer ter w-i?'
iams. &c. ’ 1 *
In the fourth act the great Lo o-foro
will fall down, and the line spun DLMOCR\fir
i£ Sentiments ” of Van Buren exhibited in jh tu;,
hypocritical defoimity.
In the third act the followin' s-r» -
3 *•“» be SOIiIP
Here’s to the Loco that’s barely .xteei.
Here’s to old Grundy, that’s'cightv • ’
Here’s to Van Buie-n so s;im and so rntrn
And lure’s to Dick Lewis -o u\ ’
Let the toast pass, though we Junk to aa rss
I’m sure you will find an excuse tor »i a .V
Here’s to the Place-men who Lb all they car.
litre's to sub-tieasunrs who spend all • *
Here-’* to old Blair who can’t nageLc Globe
And here’s to grhn Auros Kendal!.
Let the toast pas-, though we dunk to an a--,
i m sure you w:i. irnd an excuse lor Lie glass
After which wiil be a.I Jed the fine corned vcall«J
THE HYPOCRITE! \
Dr. Cantwell, Mr. Van Buren.
Mawwoim, Amos Kendall.
Sir J. Lambert (tnis time 0n1y,;.. .Mr. Caihoun.
Old Lady Lambert. Mr. Grundy,
Betty. Mr. Bynum.
£3* The Marine Band wiil Lc oidered up toper
foun during the asts.
(rff Doors open at 10 o’clock, A. M,
Q 3 The puulic are particularly requested not to
applaud Peace officers will be provided to pre
serve mder.
(Tj'Nopea nuts, lemon peals, or munched apples,
must be thrown on the stage.
In preparation
“TIIE DOG OF MONT ARG IS.”
Pompcy,. Mr. Poinsett.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, August 4
Latest dates f rom Uaere , July 31
ClI RLESTuN, Sept. 5.
Cotton —The L'pland market has been lather
quiet throughout the week, but 700 bags of all
sorts have changed hands. 'The bulk of which has
been taken lor the New York market. Prices have
iecn well maintained, in fact severd lets an ato
advance on our quotations have been realized,
she transactions aie as follows: —17 at 7; 13at
7+ ;72 at
9, 56 at 9s; 73 at 9J; SS at 9g; 64 at 2* at?|;
and 79 bags at lu cents .b. A small
island brought 45; and a lot stained do at 14; and
12 bags Maines at 3& cents p lb.
Rue —1 he business of the w eek In this article
compiises transactions to t:.c amount of 509 tierces;
owing to a very small supply on sale | rites hare
gone up an £ HU advance, on icnner quotations.
J he salt s a.e I>7 lieices at 3g ; 372 at luOat
3 9-»6; and a small lot at JSf) UO.
Crain —Tire receipts ol the week of Corn are
22 0 bushels Maryland, which sold at 57centsy
bushel; 1000 bushels Virginia Oats have also been
received, and taken at 33 cts bushel. Hay quo
tations nominal. We have h.d no arrivals of ffas
since our last. Quotations nominal.
Hour —There has been an active demand for
Flour since our last. About 1(00 bids Baltimore
City Mills, and Richmond, new, have (hanged
oands, at about £6 bid, the buik o, which is des
tined for the West Indie;.
J.acon —T here has been a moderate demand for
Bacon. \\ e have advanced our quotations to cor
respond with actual sales, viz: Hams 12 (S Mi
shoulders 8 a 9; and Sides 9 a 10 cts {> It).
Lard —lias also improved in pi ice. >alcs have I
been made at 13 (d l-i cts., which Is fully a cent
lb. advance on previous piicc<•
Halt —Sal s Iroin store, line a. d coarse, at prices
ranging fioiii IL’O to
Crtcc; ies —About 540 boxes and 70 lbs. Havana
brown Sugar sold at prices ranging from 7 to 7^;»
let damaged do. biought 6r. 4> lb. About lOOhhd;
prime Muscovados sold at, prices ranging from 9,
to 9b cents. A lot New Oilcans sold at 64 cts.
10. sales have taken place in Cuba Codec at ltd
and cts lb. Rio has been selling at 11 frl
We quote J»io at 104 a cts. 4? lu. We hue
no trimsaclions in Molasses to report.
Domestic liquors —Several lots N. E. Rumk
hhds and bbls have bten sold at 30 [d 33cents?
gallon.
Exchange —Bills on England J 4 a 7
On France nominal. Sight checks on New LT
have been selling out of doors at 1 isl- U- e
Hank of Charleston Check; at 14. We quote 1
I ct. prem.
Freights —There is no Height offering at presen
for any foreign port. To New York engagement-’
have been made during the week at 75 els ana ju
t> square bag cotton—and uv 14 tor round
—and 75 cts and §1 tieixcjo^rice^^^^^
M A RUSE UN'L'ELLIR K-NCK.
Charleston, Scptembci 4.
Arrived yesterday —Fi. barque Grand bon 1
Rogeric, Caen : brig Cathaiine, Rose, Havana.
Cleared —Lrig Howell, Leslie, Matanzas;
brig Cervantes, Ryder Boston; schr. W. A. '
well, Miepfieavd, Jialtimcre. „,, n
Went to sea yesterday —schr. W. A. vaid" •>
Shepheard, Baltimore.
September 0.
T * Cleared —Line sliip 11. Allen, Wilson, -) c *
York ; Line brig Cervantes, Rider, Boston; L- ’;
Mail Packet Haync, Griffith* Havana, via re .
West.
Savannah. September f.
Cleared —brig L. Baldwin, Sauncrmun, *
York.
Arrived —steamboat Mary Summers,Gould, - u
S usta *
Went to sea —brig Win. Taylor, Hoe} ? * e
hoik ; brig L. Baldwin, f uli4 '
AIJGUSTIiS KEGS,
A 1 Tolt NE Y AT LA W ,
septs-ly Madison, Morgan countyA^T
JOHN 11. STANFORD,
A TJTORJSEY AT LA W,
jy 17] ciurkesvillo,^-
B. 11. OVI2UHV,
ATTO It NE Y AT L A W ,
feb 25 J e lie is on, J ackson county? (,a ’
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