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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16. FOR PRESIDENT, ’ WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman—the inflexible Republican — the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. FUR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, j Os Virginia; i 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 ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden, JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee." JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. j CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark] SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. , i JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. | j E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. ; j 8 s FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENICS 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. FOE SENATOR, ANDREW J. MILLER. 1 I TOR REPRESENTATIVES, I CHARLES J. JENKINS, J GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, WILLIAM J. RHODES. ® British Gold. As usual, the Globe, Albany Argus, and the N. k . Evening Post, have commenced their ijarangues about the influence of British gold upon [the elec tions in this country, and the whole papk of the pensioned presses have joined in the cry] This is an old trick, and the people of this countijy are be coming too familiar with such things entire eve of important elections, to be alarmed int) the sup port of the Locofoco party by this device. Time was, when such things had their infiu ;nce upon elections, but the people have learned that they have been the dupes of the artifice of hese pen sioned libellers. The trick is too old, jnd too fa miliar, and hence its charm is lost upon fie people. It requires something more than the a sortion of such organs as the Globe, and others of li ;e kidney, to induce the people to believe that tie money changers of England would spend three or four millions of dollars upon the elections idjthis coun try; the thing is too absurd. Accustirjied as the Locofoco party is to the purchase of menjand votes, by the power and influence of patiblage, they make such charges byway of warding Iff the ef fect upon their own bought menials; find hence, they expect to escape investigation, fnlthis, how ever, they aie equally mistaken, the people have aroused from their slumbers, and a spijrij of inquiry is abroad, which no such insinuations ban arrest or « control. li The Tallahassee Floridian of the 12ph, says “ We have just learned that, on Thursday morning last, the Indians attacked the house bl’ Mr. Mar shall, in Gadsden county. Theie wai no person in the house at the time ; but they ired on the overseer, who was at the barn. He in ade his es cape, and the Indians set fire to the ir use. The overseer saw four Indians. Mr. Mari! all’s house was situated some five or six miles by ow Davis’, cn the Chattahoochie road.” f For the Chronicle Sentint- John Forsyth, Secretary of State, sac? in conclu sion ol his most able address to the-freemen of Georgia, Mr. Van Hurcn will veto a HI! to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, ffor he has “ said so.” General Harrison has ne jer said so, \\ under if Mr. F. thinks the people of ! ieorgia care what Van lluren or Harrison will do < n this sub ject; for if he is of this opinion, he has, learned lit tle, with all his reputation for talent. Georgia has the constitution of the country for 1 • guide and guarantee, not the “ say ”of a prr izan Presi dent, and will never consent to a submission of the question. But Mr. Forsyth must knftw General Harrison has said, “ he knew to abolß i slavery in the District of Columbia unconstitutional,” and further, that he would rrfoall unconstii itional acts. Even in Georgia we know this, and wonder our able friend—the Secretary of State i :i Washington City—should have been ignorant of s ie fact; but presume he pays no attention to the ;■ Writings of a plain citizen like Harrison—aothirj short of a correspondence with the Pope, can Jommand his honorable attention, or a party addresl, •« Georgia. For the Chronicle Seat jljeZ Gen. Glascock takes in high dudg(!|nmy notice o ofthe fact that the census of our co||ity has been delayed so lung as to render it at leal! problemati cal whether it can be properly eorrJfueted within the legal time, if Nothing is easier than for an offper, who has been rather negligent in his duty, prate about the baseness and malignity of tho«!|who remind him of it. This is not the first, the second time, that this matter has been merJfoned in your paper; and yet the former hints neujier availed to expedite the business, nor to produc;l any explana tion. The General has now come ;*ut, under his own signature, and promises that this duty shall be done. If it be done, we are satisfied. But he need not be so violent in denouncing a writer, whose language, towards him, wa* -lerfectly deco fs rous, and who did not go out of his way to talk about « motives.” What have been the “motives” for the General’s delay is best known to himself. But for him, of all men in the world, to work him self into a passion, and call hard names, because he supposes himself attacked for “ political purposes ,” is really most supremely ridiculous. Political purposes ! Did he never make an attack for a po litical purpose ? Take care. General. When you throw r a stone at random, it may fly in the direc tion of your own house. Richmond. Poinsett out again* The Richmond Whig of the 12th, says.—Secre tary Poinsett, in compliance with a very urgent letter fiorn the editor of the Enquirer, is out again in that paper in a letter occupying eight of its col umns, in explanation, extenuation, and mitigation of the Standing Army Bill, and President Van Bu ren’s equivocal declarations in respect to it. The main design of it apparently is, to relieve the Pre sident from the imputation which in the opinion of many lies upon his veracity, and “ Poins ” works veiy hard, and no doubt very conscientiously to extricate his superior. This lengthened and dread ful effusion will have just the same effect with Mr. Van Buren's long winded Janus faced Eliza beth City letter; it will make matters worse. Population of Nashville, 8,133. The capital in vested in the 84 stores, dry goods and groceries, is estimated at $1,841,400. There are 504 horses, 546 head of cattle, and 506 swine in the place. It is stated in the Kingston U. C. Chronicle, that that town is to be the seat of government heraaf ter, instead of Toronto. “No Changes.” —The Wayne County New York Whig of September 4th contains a commu nication signed by FORTY-SEVEN residents of the town of Arcadia, renouncing Van Bure:, ism and declaring their determination to vote for ol 1 Tip. The last Otsego, New, York Republican publish es the renunciation of 15 citizens of that county who have heretofore supported Mr. Van Bureu. Hear Madison and Monroe—the Contrast. The reader will call to mind the late letter of Gen. Jackson, to lavor the election of Mr. Van Buren. We ask him to peruse the following let ters from Mr. Madison and Mr. Monroe, declining to lake part in a Presidential controversy, and re flect upon the contrast. We forbear other com ment : Copy of Mr. Madison's letter to Judge Brooke, Montpflier, Feb. 22, 1828. Dear Sir:—The mail of last evening brought me your circular communication, by which I am informed of my being nominated by convention at Richmond on the B'.h of January, one of the electors recommended for the next appointment of Chief Magistrate of the United States. Whilst I express the great respect I feel to be due to my fellow-citizens composing that assem bly, I must request that another name he substi tuted for mine, on their elechorial ticket. After a continuance in public life, with a very brief interval, through a period of more than 40 years, and at the age then attained, I considered myself as violating no duty, in allotting for what of life might remain, to a retirement from scenes of political agitation and excitement. Adhering to this view of my situation, I have forborne, dur ing the existing contest, as I have done during the preceding, to participate in any measures of a party character and the restraint imposed on my self, is necessarily strengthened by an admonish ing sense of increasing years. Not with these considerations could I fail to combine a recollec tion of the public relations in which I stood to the distinguished individuals now dividing the favor of their country, and the proofs given to both, of the high estimation in which they were held by me. In offering this explanation, I hope I may be pardoned for not suppressing a wish which must be deeply and extensively felt, that, the discus sions incident to the depending contest may be conducted in a spirit and manner, neither unfa vorable to a dispassionate result nor unworthy ol the great and advancing cause of Representative Government. With great esteem and respect, JAMES MADISON. Francis T. Brooke, Esq , President of the Convention, &c. Copy of Col. Monroe's Letter to Judge Brooke. Oak Hill, Feb. 22, 1828. Dear Sir:—l have, by this day’s mail, received your letter, announcing my nomination, by the Convention lately assembled in Richmond, as an Electoral the ensuing election, in favor ofthe dis tinguished citizen whom they designate, as Presi dent of the United States. For reasons, which I hope will be satisfactory to you, to the members of that body, and to my fellow citizens generally, and which I will frankly communicate, I consider it a duty to decline the trust in question. After the long and laborious ser<ica in which I have been engaged, and in the most difficult conjunctures to which ourcountry has been expo sed, it is my earnest desire to cherish tranquility in my retirement. Important as the object is to me, I am satisfied, if I become a party to elections, to the high office of Chief Magistrate of the United States, that I cannot accomplish it. In the pen ding election. I have motives of a personal nature, which would make it particularly painful to me to interpose. Having held, in the office from which 1 lately retired, a very friendly relation with both the candidates, and given to each strong proofs of confidence and regard, it would be very repugnant to my feelings to take the part of ei ther against the other. Other considerations drew my attention at an early period, to this subject, and confirmed me in this decision. As a permanent rule, I was led to conclude that it would be better for our country, and contribute more to the success of our excel lent system of government, that those who have held the office of Chief Magistrate, should abstain in their ratirement from becoming partisans in subsequent elections to that office. Instances may occur, in the course of time, and in the vi cissitudes of human affairs, in which the opinion of those who have had long experience may be useful. Every government that has existed, has been exposed to trying emergencies. All those that were strictly republican have been subver ted. Ours, will, I trust, experience a different fate. Should an emergency of any kind ever oc cur, it may be important that there should be, among the people, some men unconnected with either of the contending parlies, and among them, those who have retired from that high office, whose voice might be heard. To render service, they must enjoy, in like degree, the confidence of the whole community in their disinterestedness and impartiality. If they embark as partisans on ei ther side, they would have no weight with the other. By remaining neutral, it might be oth erwise. On full consideration, before my retirement, I concluded that the course suggessted would be best adapted to my own peace and tranquility, and contribute most, as a permanent rule, to the welfare of ray country. Under this conviction, I then formed the decision stated, have frequent ly declared it since, and cannot depart from it. With great respect, I am, Your obedient servant, JAMES MONROE. Francis T. Brooke, Esq.., President of the Convention lately held at Rich mond. Steamship Neptune.—This ship was sold at auction in N. Y. last week, by Messrs L. M. Hoffman & Co to James Reed, Esq. of N. Or leans, for £3s,ooo.—She is intended «o play re gularly betweenn that city and Galveston, Texas. f From the New York Times of the I Ith. ’ The Great National Gathering at Bunker Hill. The mighty gathering of the people took place c yesterday, and appears to have surpassed in phys , ical and moral grandeur the most enthusiastic an ticipations. The Boston Mercantile Journal ot i yesterday says: “No description even from the - pen of the gifted Scott, could convey a faint idea i of the glorious sight as tha procession moved . along the streets. The trampling of steeds — the sounds of martial music, the waving of the American flags, and the great variety of banners, with their appropriate and pithy mottos —the - great number of spectators, who cheered them t as went along—the beautiful women, who , animated by the joyousVoccasion, thronged the doors, the windows, the balconies, and even the house tops, in those streets which the procession passed, greeting the membeas of the Convention with their sweetest smiles, and waving their spot : less handkerchiefs as they passed along—all - formed a grand and magnificent picture, which f will remain indelibly stamped on the heart of ev . cry person who was so fortunate as to be pres ent on this momentous occasion. The Transcript estimates the number in the procession at vpwards of twenty five thou ‘ sand. This immense body was formed in pla * toons eight deep, extended about five miles, and was one hour and forty-eight minutes, at quick march, in passing the City Hall. The proces sion reached Bunker Kill at 2 o’clock, P. M., » having been two hours on the road. Franklin » Dexter, Esq. acted as chief Marshal, assisted by a great number of aids. The multitude on the t ground at the opening of the Convention was - variously estimated at from 50,000 to 75,000! — Nearly every State in the Uuion was represented. New England poured in her thousands. New ' m York and the States to the westward had large f delegations present, and even the extreme South 1 made a gallant show. This countless host of freemen was cabed to - order by Robert C, Winthrop, Chairman of the Massachusetts Whig Central Committee, after which Daniel Webster appeared, and surrounded by venerable soldiers, who fought the battles of the revolution, and by distinguished men who have nobly contended for the principles which 1 glowed in the bosoms, and prompted the actions of the Whigs of’7s and ’76, addressed the peo ’ pie in his clear and manly voice, and read a long and eloquent declaration of the principles of the democratic whig party, and the occasion and ob jects of the meeting. After Mr. Webster had ’ finished reading this noble production, copies of it were struck off at a printing press which form -1 ed a conspicuous object in the procession, and 1 distributed among the members of the Conven -1 tion. We shall publish this able document here -3 after. The Transcript thus closes a short description of the thrilling scene; This was one of the most glorious days ever witnessed in the city of Boston. It would be im possible to conjecture flhe number of people now assembled, but we venture to assert that never be ’ fore were so many people at one time, within the bounds of its territory. Most of the places of business are closed, and the day given to witness 1 its glorious pageantry. In the history of popu s lar meetings, this far surpassed any tiling that was ’ ever before seen in this country. To give any thing of an idea of this pageant, is impossible. > W T ecan only say in four words, 1 the people have co.he I The effect of this Convention will be felt in every section of the Union. The north has spo -3 ken to the South, the east has exchanged con gratulations with the west, nnd the result will be 3 universal activity, universal confidence. Fifty r thousand have gone down from Bunker Hill im -1 hi bed with the spirit of seventy-six, to the second ■ Wares Independence, the issue of which shall be a bloodless revolution. e t From the Richmond Whig. an and the Abolitionists. * The subjoined letter from New York, is a beau 'j. tiful commentary upon the attempt made yester s day morning, by the Jesuit of the Enquirer, to taint Harrison with Abolition. We hope it will be read generally, and seriously, assuring those who may read it, that it emanates from a source incapable ot dishonour of misstating or per verting/ac/5. There can be, THERE IS, no doubt, that \an Burenism is courting the Abolitionists in New York and Ohio—wooing them in every j possible mode and manner. There is just as lit e Be doubt, that the insidious game of that party 1 from the first, has been to gain the Abolitionists in these two States especially, by stimulating Gen. Harrison to denounce them ! WithouUAcir j aid, both New A ork and Ohio were hopeless— s with their aid, one or both might he earned for 3 the trickster of Kinderhook ! Need we here re ’ capitulate the stratagems they have resorted to, to call Gen. Harrison out against the Abolitionists ■ —the false versions of his opinions, the direct t charges against him of an alliance with them, the taunts, and the insults ? All were directed to the } same end. None of his accusers really believed him tainted with abolitionism—his public life, ’ his recorded votes, his former and his recent acts and declarations all contradicted the assumption, refuted it ind laughed it to scorn. What was desired by the managers of the intrigue was to J commit him against the Abolitionists—to goad ' him into a fresh denunciation of them and their j schemes; and the object of it was to lose him r those of that party who were inclined to be Whigs, ! judged to be enough to turn the scale in New York and Ohio. Well, Harrison has denounced them, and what j i® the effect 1 Do his Southern traducers give j h'u* any credit for, it I Do they abate of their j detractions ? Let the incessant assaults upon him in every hireling print in the South give the answer. He has renewed his condemnation of , Abolition and Abolition practices, and the result , is just what the tactics ot Van Burenism antici ! paled and intrigued for. The Abolitionists of 5 Ohio are so strongly against Gen. Harrison, since his Carthage Speech, that the Administration { hopes of carrying that State have revived. In . Vermont, they were very generally united in sup ; P ort the Administration cause, and the letter which follows shows what is going on in New ; York. ’ For ourselves, we are glad of all this. Harri son will be elected by the American Peop e. He needs not the Abolition vote. He will come * in, in despite of it, though it be backed by the influence, corruption and gold of the Administra ’ lion—He will not only come in, but come in by ' the vote ol 20 States; and his election, besides 3 other Reforms which it will consummate, will j consign Abolition, and those who traffic in its . wares, to the “tomb of all the Capulets,” B “Thot, 24th August, 1840. “In corroboration of the opinion expressed by me, in a late letter to you from Saratoga Springs, I that the \an Buren Party in the North were B 7WW courting the Abolitionists, for the aid of their votes, especially in this State, where they aie e muc b needed, and by which alone they can have lt an y h°pe of turning the tide, I must state to you . what I have this moment witnessed here. A cavalcade ot about thirty vehicles, of various de scriptions, preceded by a Marshal on horseback, (a portly personage, whose soubriquet, from a union in him ot certain qualifications, is Prince of fechagticoke, a real Knickerbocker, who, in l- ederal times, preceding the War, represen ted in C ongress the then Federal countv of Hen sellaer, the Pairoon’s tenants) followed' by a full .1 band ot music, and then all the Loco Focos, to :. be drumed together in this quarter to attend their meeting, held to-day, in this city. In the proces «- siou were two negroes. In an'open carriage, dri >. ven by a white man, I saw the disgusting spec- tacle of a self sufficient negro, seated by a white man—all in the carriage hailfellow well met Lo co Focos. I wish our V irginia Loco Focos could but see such an exhibition, such as I suppose are becoming frequent, in these times, throughout this State—as the only chance of their political sal vation, the Locos well know, depends upon the Abolitionists. Should they have made their bar gain, of course they will have a right to claim their share el the spoils, which they will have a right to expect. Who is the Candidate of the Abolitionists now 1 Certainly nut Gen. Harri son. Their recent movements are, to some ex tent, injurious to him. But, as I have before said, he will not lose by them more than 3000 votes, which can be spared in this State, and yet leave him a handsome majority. “I am told that a goodly proportion, and most of the leading men at this meeting, were called, during the late war, “Blue Light Federalists,” and were as vehemently opposed to Madison then as to Harrison now. And notwithstanding the abuse of Banks and of the credit system is the burthen of the song. Presidents, Cashiers and Directors of the Banks, as well as Old Federa lists, are the leaders of the Tories here. Not withstanding, too, that distinguished orators of the Party came from a distance to address the meeting, (two Senators) it was bnt a slim affair, 385 all told. The county majority against them is estimated at about 800.” From the Savannah Georgian. From Flordia. By the steam packet Forester, Capt. Wray we have received from our Jacksonville, correspon dent the Advocate of Tuesday last, and the St. Augustine News ol the 4th. We extract from these papers particulars of Indian intelligence before noticed, and other transactions not heretofore transpired. Jacksonville September 8. Indians. —On Sunday, the 30th, the Express Rider between Pilatka and Fort King, was shot in the wrist, when about 8 miles from the foimer places. There were five Indians. A scout was sent in pursuit, hut the trail leading towards the Oclawaha, became indistinct and the scout re turned. On Monday 31st, a sick soldier, under an es cort of ten men, was being conveyed from Fort Tarver to Micanopy. and were fired upon by In dians.—Three of the escort were killed upon the spot; the rest, with the invalid, escaped unhurt. The sick man, during the conflict, discharged his musket at an Indian, who came to the back part of the wagon, which wounded him severely. They burned the wagon aud one mule. The Indians were in considerable force. On the aiternoon of Wednesday, the 2d, Hil lary Parsons, a young man of about 18, was shot by a party of Indians, about 7 miles from Black, (’reek, on the Ncwnansville Road. Upon the first fire of the Indians, he was perforated by five balls. He had been hunting, in company with his step father, a Mr. Tucker, and returning when their dogs ran towards a branch, and com menced a futious barking. Parsons went to as certain the cause, when the Indians, numbering about 15, rose from their concealment, and fired upon him. After shooting him, they mangled his body in a horrid manner. Tucker escaped. ' St. Augustine, September 4. A private of 2d. Dragoons, who was taken by the Indians some time since, when the corn fields were destroyed, escaped, and has returned to the post at Fort Reed. He was one of the guard lett with the horses; his companion being killed and himself tied to a tree, after being a prisoner seven days to be shot. Their guns missed fire several times, when the party was alarmed by the near approach es Lieut. Lawton, 2d Dra goons, on a scout. The Indians fleeing left him bound, and, after some difficulty, he succeeded in getting free from his cords. For fourteen davs he has been wandering about, and his mind is said to be destroyed, as well as the sufferings en dured have renduced him to a mere skeleton. We learn that he states that there was a mulat to and a white man with the Indians. On Sunday, the 23d ultimo, a small party of mechanics left the depot at Pilatka in a sail boat. On r;-urning, they met with a heavy head wind, and having no oars on board, they fell down to Post No. 10, an abandoned garrison, for the purpose of following the river’s course home. The distance being twenty-two miles, and very circuitous, they struck an old trail leading for Black Creek. This they abandoned and were lost. After wandering about tor five days with out food, they found their way back to No. 10, where, in an exhausted state, they hailed the steamboat Cincinnati, which boat conveyed them to Pilatka. They saw a large party of Indians, and were about to give themselves up to their generosity. One objected and they returned as above stated. A few instances ot this kind will serve as lessons of experience to those unacquailned with the woods in an enemy’s country. Pilatka is healthy. Phe Depot is in rapid pro gress, under the superintendance of Col. T. F. Hunt, an efficient and intelligent officer. Log Cabins and Hard Cider. Extract from Mr. James Dunlop's speech at Pittsburgh, in defence of Log Cabins, M hy is the Frigate Constitution so dear to our countrymen 1 Why does every one of us covet a cane or snuff box fabricated of her bulwarks 1 Mhy does every man desire her preservation as long as a plank remains of her 1 She is but a mere combination of iron and wood. But she embodies in her history the bravery and skill of our navy. She carried our flag trumphantly over the broad ocean, and brought terror and destruc tion upon the enemies of our country. Yet she is nothing but oak and pine, the very materials of a true log cabin. She is the Log Cabin of the Hero of the Sea, and ours is the Lou' Cabin of the Hero of the Land. Rally around h, Dem ocrats, it is the emblem of the hardy, straight out, hard-fisted, rugged pine knots that keep up its fires. \\ hy should we abandon this emblem of pa triolism, and integrity, and freedom 1 It is rough and humble, it is a mere pile of logs; but it is associated with a thousand pleasing images and joyous aspirations. And what is the flag” of our country 1 Mere hunting, rneie bits of striped bunting, as the British sneeringly denominated it betore they fully learned to estimate its tremen dous power. Is there no enthusiasm breathing from its folds as it flutters to the Heavens I Are no patriotic associations connected w ith it 1 Is there any man, not dead to the glorious remin iscences that play in brilliant coruscations around the stripes and stars of his country’s flag—whose heart does not bounce, at beholding it streaming like a meteor to the wind—floating over the ships and battlements of his country ? — the star spang led banner tnat floats over the land of the free and the home ot the brave ! It has borne our armies and navies in pride and triumph in the strife of battle It rushed to victory at the glorious con flict of the Maumee. It waved defiance over the entrenc iments ot Fort Meigs, and scattered dis may at the battle of the Thames, billow-citizens, the sneers of the destructives at the Log Cabin edifice are like the sneers of the English at the bunches of pine boards and bits ot bunting of our frigates, till Decatur, and Hull, and Perry, and McDonough, turned their smiles to sighs—as will Ohio, and Virginia, and Penn sylvania, and New York, induce our misguided friends to show respect to and seek their shelter Farmer h ° Spitable roof lhe Lo S Cabin I like, too, the hard cider cry; we owe it to the enemy. It i s a pledge of temperance. The u ec e pretext ot its leading to indulgence, as urged with grief and bitterness, comes well from those who once had danced around the poles o hickory, and tossed their caps in excited revelry to its branches 1 Who drink hard cider 1 No one who can get anything else. Where would you go to a public gathering less likely to be intem perate than to the Hard Cider, Log Cabin, I ip pecanoe raising ? At Beaver, on the 4th of Ju ly, the only public meeting I have attended, there was nothing to drink provided, I am happy to say, but ice water. At the raising ot the Log Cabin, in Alleghany, a few days ago, where it is said thousands of hard cider men were active ly engaged, no stimulants, I am told, were pro vided or drank. Hard Cider is a mere appella tion of amusement, and is as good an antidote to intemperance as a friend of temperance could desire. Make the Loco-focos swallow it—put it at them, and put it unto them. It will cut the phlegm; it will purge their humors; it will wash the bile off their stomachs, and improve their eye-sight. Though intended, like Y ankee Doo dle, as a password of contempt, u has been turn ed, like that exhilarating tune, into the rallying cry of freedom and reform. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of South Carolina, who was an officer under General Har rison in 1812, and was with him at the battle of the Thames, written to a friend in Hawkins ville, Ga. Stateburg, S. C., Sept. 2, 1840. Dear Sir — l am informed by your brother that you wish to know my opinion in regard to the claims of General Harrison for the Presidency of the United States. Such I will give you with much freedom. I would warn you to make some allowance for my partiality for that distinguished individual, was it not that my attachment for him has grown out of nothing, otherwise than a per sonal knowledge of his merits. I most unhesita tingly declare in favor of Harrison. In such a dec laration, it would seem of necessity that I should assign my reasons for doing so. I will not under take an expose of the merits or demerits of the present incumbent: many of his acts have come under your notice, and the records of the country will show the balance. lam aware that it is well known to you that I was with General Harrison in the war of 1812. Yes, I had the honor of being under his command the most of the time from Au gust 1812, until he resigned his command in the Army: sometimes separately detached, and at oth ers, under him immediately. I was with him at the battle of the Thames. Thus situated, 1 had an opportunity of becoming an eye witness to many of his acts, and a good opportunity to make the necessary inquiries into such as did not come un der my immediate observation. I find, that after a lapse of many years since the fair fame of our hero has been fully scrutinized, and left untarnished, there are many rising up in rebellion against his character, not only- among hired scribblers, but even on the floor of Congress, we see him assailed. Some time ago, I saw a speech from a member Congress, which makes Gen. H. out every thing but worthy ; and more especially on his conduct in the battle of Tippecanoe, I was not witn Gen. H. in that battle, so cannot bear testimony as to his conduct there; but I was acquainted with many who were with him, all of whom gave him ap plause. Furthermore, even before the weeping widow had disengaged her twining arm around the latherless child; yea, ere the battle ground had lost its crimson hue, almost within sound of the en gines of death, where Indiana and Kentucky had lost many of their favorite sons ; these two States in solemn Legislative session, voted unanimous thanks to Gen. H. for his skill and courage in that desperate battle ; and in a short time afterwards, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the North Western Army. This to me, was ample proof of his approved conduct in that sanguinary conflict. Again, I have seen him accused with tardiness in his movements in the army. Lei any man who was acquainted with his situation, whilst on the Canada border, his want of supplies, of men, provisions and munitions of war, which were with held from him by the Department of War; meas ures beyond his control, that kept him so long con fined in forts, that his opperations, in consequence, were materially paralized. I say that man would be wanting in candor and truth, to call our hero lardy. He has been called a coward. If he was such, he had a wonderi'ul tact in concealing his fears, for I am sure he has deceived his whole army, who thought otherwise of him. I presume it is meant that he acted cowardly at the Thames, when it is said that he was not in that battle, that it was fought by Col. Johnson. I would be far from disparaging the military fame of Col. John son ; it is enough to say, that the Col. discharged the duties of a brave man and obedient officer, ful" ly obeying the orders of his General, from whom all orders issued, pertaining to his station. It would be just as much of impropriety to give Col. Johnson the credit of that victory, as to any of his privates in the regiment, who had done his duty; or to one of Napoleon’s best Generals, in any of his Eastern victories. How far the Gen. may have been from the enemy’s line at the time of the bat tle, I am unable to say, for we were too busy to spare one to survey the distance; but I presum he was near it, as he had it it in his power to mak such rapid changes in Jonnson’s charge. I was told by one of his aids, that at one time he was within the enemy’s musket shot, and literally was pushed in the rear. I will tell you an anecdote of him, as related to me by one of his staff. At the time that he was cooped up at Fort Megs, with but a handful of men, comparatively speaking, Proc tor was on one side throwing bombs into the Fort, greatly |to his annoyance, and Tecumseh on the other, with his horde of red men, menacing a des truction of the garrison. Proctor sent a flag of truce to Harrison, stating, that “ His Britanic Ma jesty’s Commander-in-Chief in Upper Canada be ing desiious to save the effusion of blood, demands a surrender of that garrison at discretion, other wise it will be put to the sword!” The message was scarcely delivered before the bearer was dis missed with the followirg reply: “Go tell your General that one capture will give him more honor than one hundred surrenders .” Indeed, I have never seen any thing in Gen, H, that bore the slightest resemblance of cowardice; and besides, I have always looked upon him as a sincere patri ot, a skilful Captain, and above all, an honest man. It sometimes fills me with mirth, mingled with dis gust, to see men only of the growth of the other day, who had never heard an enemy’s cannon, nor even an enemy’s pop-gun, after a lapse of Lear thirty years, as if, like the prophets of old, had the girt of inspiration, rise up and give us a history of General Harrison’s Military career, and a most mangled one too. Let me ask those cockatrices— when Great Britain insulted our flag on the high seas—impressed our seamen on board their ships of war—committed spoliations on our trading ves se^s M ’h* n our infant settlements on the fiontiers were desolated by a ruthless savage—when their triumphant yell was the song sung when return ing to their Chief with the bloody tomahawk, and scalping knife, and number of scalps of women and children, as trophies of their midnight massacres I say, while this work of destruction was who was he who girded on his sword, ar.d never sheathed it until the tomahawk and scalping knife was wrested from the Indian, and their vile arita tors humbled. Yes, the defeat of Proctor and his red all es at Moravian Town, invited the mother with her babes to return from their hiding ph C( ., to the little spot where she had once before con.’ templated to make their bread, and repose with quiet nights. Ingratitude ! Ye assailants of the fair fame of one who lias entwined around tl brow of our country the most beautiful laurel Eot obtained in the festooned drawing room, norin the courtly palace,nor at the festive board;’ but when you were in embryo or rolling on your downy piH uw our hero was at places where “ danger appalled the stoutest hearts.” Where his path led him through dismal swamps and morasses, and over the ashes of huts desolated by the midnight toich, whose for mer inmates could only be designated as human beings, by the impression of calcined bones of the children oi Adam, His “ sweet home ” son*, th e savage yell; his castle, the howling wilderness • his bed, the chilling earth ; his pillow, a billet of wood ; his covering, the wide ethcrial heaven, anj his zephyr, the pelting storm. From such considerations, my dear sir, you can not, I think, say that I am wrong in proferrio* General William Henry Harrison to Martin Van Buren, to preside over our great and ought *o b happy country. a I am, with very high respect, ROBERT E. YATES. The Perils ofthe Sea. Perhaps the records of the human race do not present a case of a more narrow escape from app*. rcntly inevitable destruction and death to the whole of a gallant ship’s crew than in the case of the Peacock, one of the sloops of war in the Ex ploring Expedition, when she sustained the inju ries winch obliged her to return, early in lust March, to Sydney, (New South Wales,) to repair and refit. Tne lollowmg extract of a letter irom a person on board that ship will give the reader some idea of it, though the nautical terms will mako it less clear to some of our readers than tu those who are familiar with them:— Eat. Intel. Sydney, New South Walks, "March 16, 1840. ‘‘Before this reaches you, you will piobabiy have heard of our return to this port for repairs, having been compelled to do so by injuries sus tained by the ice, by which we were contined tor forty most anxious hours—for twenty hours with the imminent fear of most awful death. So close ly was the ice packed around us, and in such vast masses, that even under a p.ess of canvass, assis ted by ice anchors and every other means that experience or necessity could suggest, we at times remained motionless lor hours—the ice cutting into the vitals of the ship, and threatening to grind us to powder. “On the evening of the—(date forgotten, and, being now in town, cannot refei) —having pro cured sounding and seen appearances of land, cheered with the prospect of reaching it, we work ed in through heavy drift ice ; and next morning, about 9 A. M. in endeavoring to avoid a largo mass ahead, we gave her a stearnboard which almost instantly brought the rudder in contact with another mass, and so violent was the shock, that the rudder-head was wrenched off, and the rudder fixed immovably athwart ships, render ing the ship almost entirely unmanageable. We used every effort to wear her, but, like mad, she drove on through the ice, till it became so close as to be impassable. We then furled sails, planted ice anchors, and resolved to lie quiet fill we could repair our rudder, when suddenly a large body of ice under our stern shifted its position, the anchors came home, and we drove down on a range of icebergs masthead high, and overhang ing the decks, and with breathless anxiety await ed the shock, (wffiich nothing human could pre vent,) —an immense impending mass tottering to its fall, and threatening to crush us beneath it. Our spanker boom struggled for a moment, and then broke like a reed ; the stern-boat crushed like an eggshell; and then went stern davits and all the upper works on the starhord side, as tar as the gangway—every stanchion broke short oil. The ship rebounded ! We breathed again, and hauled alt jib and staysail sheets, and gave her a cant off from our inhospitable neighbor. We then made sail, and, by great exertions, had a most Providential escape, after thumping off our forefoot, and cutting into the stern within an inch and a half of the ‘woodends,’ or (in as good English) within an inch and half of our liver. Had our confinement been prolonged another hour, we should all have gone to Davy Jones. “I have mentioned the anxiety with which we viewed the overhanging mass tottering toils fall. —As soon as a sufficient space had intervened between our stern and the iceberg, it fell! harm lessly in our wake.” Lime and Marsh Mud. —The editor of the American Farmer adduces the evidence ofagen tleman distinguished for good and great qualities to show that on a sandy soil, lime is a great fer tilizer. A poor field was planted with corn, it yielded ten bushels, it was followed by oats, and the crop was light. Wheat was then sowed, but it yielded not more than the seed. It was then limed, and the next crop of corn gave forty bush els to the acre.—Experience has taught him the great value of marsh mud, especially when used in combination with a small quantity of lime* He keeps a small force specially assigned to the collection of marsh mud, weeds, leaves, mould from the woods, &c., and is amply compensated for it—he cannot too highly recommend the use of marsh-mud. He has covered several acres with brush-wood. The fertilizing effect is very obvious, ana be thinks poor land may be re-clai med by a covering of brush-wood, very speedily, and with great cnconomy as to the labor and the results. He is very careful to have all brush, not large enough for firewood, even the pruning his orchards, reserved to be spread upon the 08081 exhausted portions of his land. Extraordinary Law' Case.— Some *' years ago, an Irishman married a young woman, his junior by 15 years, in Liverpool, Ens land, set up a tavern on a large scale. A fine looking brawney fellow, fresh from the “Green Isle, be came a lodger, and in a short time, made lo' e 10 the hostess, and prevailed upon her to elope to America. 'The lady, being the factotum of hotel, converted every thing she could conven iently into cash, and with her lover , and all lllC | tangibles that were portable, set sail for America,| leaving her husband with the empty house, an | as she says “ to lake care of the contents. 11 elopement was so well planned and execute .J that her “ where abouts” was unknown for near,y i 18 years, when her forsaken lord obtained of her arrival and marriage in this country to b er l lover. A few days ago he arrived here, and * n a short time sought and found his lung lost wile- She immediately dropped on her knees and re newed her allegiance, and swore that she wou f be his again. Accordingly, she packed up goods, took several hundred dollars which her husband had in the house, and eloped with t !f ' first husband. When the last husband fr unJ out his position, he commenced a suit in the preme Court, last Saturday, had the first husbaj arrested for crim. con. and seduction. The fendant was thrown into jail, and yesterday ni° r | ning the parties had a friendly conference, q u ' et | ly compared notes, balanced accounts, discount 1 j ued the suit, released the true husband, and into a tippling hole and made merry —it bei% mutually agreed that the first husband shou flj have precedence.— Sun.