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\ t • ———f ~~ “ C OIIRoMCI.K ANU SKNTINKL. A I) (• & MONDAY ■■ 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. -j“:.* 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 I J 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 ’ TIIE READING ROOM Attached to this olfice is open to subscribers, strangers introduced by them, every day and e ning (Sunday evenings excepted) until 9 °’ c o< .j' t i Subscription $5 ; for a linn of two or more r