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o Mr. Rotts, of Vn.
Cm, flnpt. 23d, 1840.
n rontl with much plc.i*-
.. ratwtitoenl*. tvfattvn la
f l*nin*cu, mid thw Hooe
! President nnd Ilia 8 cere-
i themselves *" ridicultiHa,
fives from public indig*
‘ iconaW.iicien nudcon-
, vvhfoh cannot bo recon*
mve handled well, and noth*
'any.
i my » word rulativn to tho
..jiry'CoromUtec- Tim Pro*
Mitering letter, to Mr. Burra*,
•* tint this rommittee arc silent upon the
|em» w After Mr. Storm, oj Connectiont, re*
icd,I wtw placed on thnt committee to anpply
vacancy. The cn»o of Lieut. Ilnoo wnatlinn
1 to im. and the committed, worn out na we
, by tho warm weather. silting up Into nt
t, end the prow of hneinem. found it hhitos-
‘ little time nt our cunimnud, lo consider
iPttf dm oilier tetri-
t remember, them wn* not n'Titil
j comniittce after I became a mum-
oriT. ...»
Hut wlint was It proposml that tlm Judiciary
Commitlw almuld do t I linvo lately wenun ar
ticle in the Government organ, commenting nnoii
the vnto in tho House, bn die resolution of Mr.
Chapman, of AIiiImiiih, nnd of cniirne miarepre*
aiming tho whole nlTuir. By reference to the
jonmolyon wil obaerve thnt tin the 14«li of July,
*•» motion wna mndo by Mr. Chapman, of Ala*
hnma, that tho mlea in rotation to the ordernfbn
ainoaa Imj anapmided, to eunlile him to move the
- following resolution:
•• Resolved, That tho Judiciary Committee,hav-
ing chargn of the case of Lieut, llano, do forth
with report it hill to this Mouse, prohibiting tho
enlistment of negroes or colored persona in tho
service of the Navy or Army of the U. Stales."
To this resolution I tvua decidedly opposed and
gave my reasons for it. lu these, if 1 remember
right, yon concurred. By reference to the jour
nal, on the 1T«I» July, yon will find I aucceded in
having tlicso objections entered on the jonrmil.
I asked to he excused froth voting, dial I might
he enabled to assign my reasons, which were os
follows:
•* Mr. Stanly asked to bo excused from voting,
because the Judiciary Committee had not time
at this period of tho session, to examine nnd pre-
S re any law on any subject; because tho Presi-
M and tho* Secretary of the Navy had already
foil power nml authority to exclude them from
giving testimony against n white lunn, nud to set
aside tlm proceedings of cunrts martial, if they
saw any thing requiring their interference; nud
because ho (Mr. 8.) could not consent that tho
Navy ahmild Im deprived of tho services of ne
groes, na cooks, stewards, nud servants; for them
is no necessity they should be witnesses; mid be-
cainm, to enact audio law ns the gentleman from
Alabama proposed, would, in elfecl. make white
men negroes, by imposing on them the necessity
of discharging unties heretofore discharged by
negroes."
This explains my opinions as a Southern man,
and aa a member of thn Judiciary Committee.—
And after deliberate examination, 1 believe these
views are correct: and I know a large majority
ofSondiern men think with me.
TW greet laboratory of lies, the Glnhe, gives
tha names of those who voted agains* Mr. Clmp-
man's resolution. t
If yon will look at the Journal, yon will find,
on tlse 14Ui of Jnly, Mr. Chapman introduced
his resolution to have die tnles suspend), and die
yeas and nays are there given. The Glolie would
nave the South to believe, that all die Loco Fo-
Cos Who supported Mr. Chapinnu in-fci* motion
are good Democrat*.-nml friends of the South.
But to expoeu this unfounded and hypocritical
pretension, I ueeil only call your uttoiiiion to tho
nes ofll- Williams and Win.
i, I rolitirotl ti
Til’. Ifn.Unn 1
Mat,. Mr. E.
diil.ti! Tortli..
during Urn flctwtte, that Mr.
nnd nn abolitionist, and in reply to
the following statement :—
" But, Sir, in die district reprei .
member, tlm Vnn Btiron abolitionist* had n con
vention, and dm *8i»cretniy of thn And-Slnvery
Society, 15. 1). Bnrber, opposed his (Mr.
Slade's) nomination. I nnderstnnd this 1.. D.
Barber is wall known na n devoted friend of this
Administration, tlm editor of n paper, nnd nil un
disguised abolitionist, There nro two Adminis
tration members imm Vermont mi this tloor,
linih of whom nro abolitionists. Ono of them
wns here at thn lust Congress, (Mr. Fi.gTCitW»l)
Im is in favor of abolishing slavery in tho Dis
trict nf Columbia, thinks that Congress ought to
prevent tlm hnyitig nnd soiling slave* between
dm States, oikT has expressed a willingness to
enter into tlm customary international relatifms
with llnytl."
Tttffta reinnrks, I repent, were made in the
Mouse of Representatives, in the hearing nf the
Verniontinemliers, they were published, ond have
never been. and will not Imaimicd.
In tho Vermont election, which, i* recently
heard from, the abolition candidate for die olllce
nf Governor. Mr. Dillingham; dm abolition roudi-
datefur dm olllce of Lieutenant Governor, Mr. K.
D. Baiirnr, nnd tlm nholitioiiisut, Smith and
Fletcher, were nil Imatcn.
Some week* after tlm publication of the speech
referred to. 1 received, through the mail, two
pamphlet* from Mr. E. I). Bnrber. Onu of them
wan ‘‘air Barber’* oration, delivered before the
Addison county Auti-Sluvery Society, on the 4th
of July 1836,' 11 nud the other wns, "An oration
ii'mfix !sr™ii,»i!w,' l «s , iirrtiipii
by Howard I). Iterher."
On one of lliesn pamphlets, wliich this im
pudent L»oo-roco seiittouiu, lie wrote, “From
the author," mid informed mu that whnt 1 had
been told, ns to his opinions wns "true beyond
all possible denial,"* ns I would perceive by rend
ing dmsn pamphlets. I think 1 exhibited the
pamphlet* to you when they were received by
thn limit. 1 have them now before me and this
Mr. Burlier, over whom defeat tho Iaico-
locesare mourning, writes on one of his oration*,
thnt Im is *V» democrat, true, to his principles, as
taught by Jefferson, himself nn abolitionist!" I
quote his own word*. Aud this is one of the
men, the Secretary of nn Anti-Slavery Society,
nnd n devoted friend of Mr. Van Boren's, wlio
calls Jefferson nn abolitionist, this is the man whom
tho Van Bureti party supported as their candi
date lor the office of Lieutenant Governor, in
tawdnea not say he ahull be a while "chief
” According to thoProtidvta'4 Wfutnent,
..id he nuthorixml to appoint a negro Sec-
of thu navy! Again, tho act of 1800 which
,ixcd tlm employment of an additional tmvnl
authorized end* empowered tlm President
United States, “to appointnndcauso to Im
engaged and employed ns soon us may ho, three
hundred midshipmen, threo thousand six hundred
able seamen, ord innry seamen and liny*, c.
Nothing said nf white midshipmen, or white able
seamen. N'n one can doubt tliat under this law
many white midshipmen wero employed, nnd ma
ny black sailors. But according to the nrguinuut
nr thu President nud his Secretary of tlm Navy,
“ there is no net nf Congress which prohibits tlio
ndmissioii of colored portions," as midshipmen in
thn navy. And leannot see according to the
views nl dm President, why tiff should not appoint
a few negro midshipmen, In tho navy ofiho Unit
ed Slates, olid 1 should hnguld to hour any sup-
porter of hi* give any reason for his doing so, that
would tmt with vamil force apply ogaUttt tUew be-
ing admitted ns witnesses against whim pursuit*.
And if n President should appoint a negro ns
hi* Secretary of the Navy, I should like to see a
southern Senator who would confirm dm nomin
ation, mid then return lo hiscoiistitiitenta aud tell
diem “there wna no low fnrbiding it,” and he
might say so, with a* much truth and propriety
as dm President has said in the enso of Lieuten
ant Hone. A President who disregard* the mor-
nl sense ofiho whole southern country, who pays
no respect to their prejudices, except so far a* Urn
law or Congress compels him, is unlit to preside
over the destinies of these United States, which
could never have been united without concession,
and which will be disunited when that patriotic
spirit of concession jhall depart from among us.
The President understands hi* gaum with Uni
Abnlitionii-ta. They may quutrcl w ith hhu for his
promised vnto, hut then, n* in the ease nr william
Leggot, who boasted he was an abolitionist, Iw
ran wimU tendon abroad n* foreign
'liminlrrs. I lie Illlolni-^S-» .lira«,l}< |inS«a li,w
for his conduct in tho cn*o of Lieut. Hone, nud
die Emancipator remarks, “ unless the President
has given some very foolish reason, (which is not
unlikely) his conduct in this case will redound n*
much to his honor, and afford him a* much satis-
f*ctinn, in a foturn day, as ouy one measure ol
his administration."
As to Mr. Secretary Paulding, hi* feelings
have nlwny* been of an uufrieudly character
toward* die Smith. Smu« yeat* ago Mr. Pauld
ing wrote n book called “Letters from tlm
South," in which he ondeavers to make tlm peo
ple nf Virginia contemptible in the eyes of her
sister States. In the first volume ofthis bonk,
hi Letter the lltli, Mr. Paulding give* the fol
lowing account, which 1 copy from Urn book
before me:
“Jogging along from the house where we left
the cniutf, who will one day 1 fear bring down
"llio Company will hnva oT 2000 loin I demniul nod competition. ).<*l Qonrglmi, limit
•■■J IUVI nmoo. In vnn nil lliia rilllln. mill I i .11 I..., .1 II .1. . l -.il....
nud GOO hurso power to run on tlii* rontn,
other* of Um same description between 1 “
and Alexandria."—Horton Post.
SAVANNAH.
lest they sell the it WnUtiiUt lu der tin
mess of pottage
of ConiKU, porpotniiul (nolle »«ypcMod)
WISUNMSDAY MOltNlNU,OCTOBBIt»% 1*10.
llio suko
Uulou of the Wlylii, fop t
of (ho Union;
NOMINATION
or TIIE WHIU NATIONAL CO.VI'A.YI'IO.V.
Panuenter, both
of whom are found voting witli Mr. Chapman.
Both of whom, therefore, the Globe intends lo
palm upon the Soutn as friends to tlm institution
of Slavery, and in favor of excluding uegroe*
from entering tjja service.
I have befiue tme copies of the letter* written
by Messrs. Parmenter and William*, before limy
' idled members of Congress, nud I give
extract from each. The almas I hen
tj / read in the House of Representatives,
were ruA denied by Panuenter and WU-
of a later from Wn. Paiu*exter to Dr.
Fakswortm, dated. East Cambridge, Oaober 16,
"That the existence of slavery is nn evil of
great magnitude is not disputed, excepting by u
very small portion of the citizens of tne Union.
In my opinion, die* power* po**cs*«l by Con-
should be eternised to prohibit interstate dace
and la abolish slavery in the District of Co-
whenever such measure* can be adopted
■** *“'» the safety of the nation; and I
'* Congress to regard the re-
I and humatiity ns well ns the
ofiheConsUlution ortlie United
States."
"I am not in (itvor nftliendmiMionofuiiynew
Slate whose Constitution may tolerate slavery,
and in this sentiment 1 believe Um people of this
section of the couutry almost unanimously coin
cide.
“Rweeffliliy p.ud trulyyonrs, . •
WILL. PAltMENTER."
Extract of a later of H. Williams to Rev. P.
Ciuxoall. Pall litter, dated Taunton, Noccm-
V 1,1838- •
Dealt Sir t (have this day received your let
ter of tlm 31st ult. propounding to me iuterrogu-
lories in behalf of the Bristol Comity Auti-Slave-
ry Society, and for answer refer you to my course
iu the Massachusetts Satiate, ami to a letter writ
ten to Andrew Robeson, Esq. about nuc year
eince, and published in the newspapers of that
time. That letter contains opinions I had long
entertniii&d and often expressed. I have since
ecen no reason to change them. I still believe
ducry to be contrary to the laics of Cod aud the
best interests cf man; that it ought not to be extended
by the admission of new Utates, into the Union, irith
Constitutions tolerating so great an evil; and that it is
the imperative didu of Congress to adopt immediate
measures for its oLolaiou in the District of Culum-
■+im. -*,---- ? 1L WILLIAMS."
Now. both tlw«*m«n, Paom mnymu-mih! Wa,*
I*, are full-l> looded Loco Focos, and accord-
to Globe logic, are geiiuitm friend* of the
and if they are defeated nt the uext elec-
idinll hear that AlioliliniiistH have Iri
Itese immuciilatd Democrats! r
resolutions were introduced imb
Legislature. Tim question
nud nays upon euch resold
o of Uteiti
at Congress, having exclusive
District of Colituihiu, possesse*
‘ -ory and the slave-trade
urfy oxerciso of sudi a
i enlightened sentiment
by die principle* or die
. ring tin admitted
I political evil, whoso continuance
it exists, is vindicated mainly on tlm
l of necessity, should’ be circumscribed
tha limit* nf the States where it has Iihkii
jj |(U U() ||ew ^ ||o
tied into tlm Union
ivermueiit shall iciiictiou
“ * rnestic slavery."
r these resolution*
FOR PBK81DKNT,
WILLIAM IflENRV llARRISON,
of Ohio-
FOR YlOR-PUBRIDt NT,
JOHN TYLER, of Vlrjfluln.
For FMors qf President and I ire-President.
GEORGE R. GM.MEU. of(|glellmrpe.
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBEIJn ofMnscogee.
Mai. JOEL CRAWFORD, if Mnwock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, #fClark.
8EATON dUANTLAND, orthldwin.
Gen. ANDREW MILLER. ofCnss.
Gen W W. EZZARD. ofUeKnlb.
C. 11. 8TRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD,ofDdrko
Gen. E. WIMBERLY, ofTwgg*.
sioii. The sun wns shilling nut very hot and
iu turning nn nngte of the road, we encountered
die following group : first a little cart drawn hv
mm horse, iu which tivo or six half nuked, black
children were tumbled like pigs togedmr. The
curt hud no covering, nud they seemed to have
becu actually broiled to sleep. Behind dm curt,
marched three black women, with their head*,
neck and breast uncovered and widiout shoes
or slocking* 5 uext came three uieu bare henked,
half naked, and chained together w ith nn ox-chuiu.
Last of all came a white matt—a white man I
Fra.ik, on horseback, carrying pistol* iu hi* belt,
and who, as he passed had the impudence to
look its in dp fare without blmdiiug. I should
like lo have seen him,hiinted with bloodhound*.
AUbe house where we stopped, a little lurther
‘ hod b. ' ‘
abolitionists
....... .... M*** w, l.muicutUH '■ Ill ■ * , , . g., ,*' t ,
Vermont! and still, we shall be told that the abo- *otnji great calamity on thecountry of In* birth,
lilionists are nil Whig*,nnd have beateu the“de- «bwa» our fata to meet with another example or
mnemts" in Vermont. / " ,Bn P ,n 7 "heloro high Heaven,"when
The Whig victory in Maine, ha* overwhelifL not only custom Imt the laws sanction oppres-
ed the Tories here. They confess dteir astonish- 1 rrl '" * l i
incut ut the result. Judging from what dmy have
already said, nsio die Vermont election*, (should
not he much surprised, if they boldly charge dm
Whig victory in Mniue, ns an abolition triumph.
You may expect to hear Uii* next. Of course die
Whig majorities in Kentucky, lamisiana, and
North-CaioUna, will all likewise be imputed to
abolition influence.
As in Maine, it umy he as well to refrush the
memories of Uiase who have forgotten the cir
cumstance*. Mr. Albert Smith, of Maine, who
was recently;defeated, gave satisfactory answers,
to the uholitionists before hi* election. Mr.
Smith said in his letter: " No man can Ire more
decidedly opposed to slavery iu Ute abstract, or
more deeply desire the freedum of the whule hu
man family tlwu mytclf." Mr. Smith wasutsa
opposed to the admission of Texas, and in favor
or the right to petidon.
Mr. Fairfield, the Governor of Maine, wlm
has just been defeated, was a member of the last
Congress: he also wrote a letter to die aboliti
onists, in which, he assured them Uiat he regard
ed slavery as a “ moral and political evil," to
which ho is, and has ever been, bndt iu principle
and feeling, utterly opposed, and that it* entire
abolition could afliird to no one, more sincere
pleasure titan himself. But he is now regarded
a* one whom the abolitionists havn defeated. Mr.
Fairfield was in Congress when Mr Calhoun, of
Kentucky, on the 13dt December. 1839, intro
duced the following resolution, which I copy from
the journals before me:
“Mr. Caluou.v, of Kentucky, that the
rule* be suspended to- «a«bln him to move the
following resolution:
"Rescued, Tliat tho Committee on the Judicin-
ry ba instructed to report a bill making it uulaw-
fnl Tor any person to aid fugitive dares in escap
ing from their owners, and pruvidiug for the pun
ishment in the Courts of the United States of ail
persons who indy be guilty of such offence,
“And that they be further instructed to report
a bill making it uulawful for any person in the
nnn-slavelioldiug Stale of this Union to n*e any
mean* to induce slave.* from their owners, and
providing for the punishment, in the Courts of
the United State*, of all person* who may be
guilty of such offence."
Now, surely, no matt friendly to the rights of
tiio South, no good “democrat" could object to
the passtge of such a resolution, but os the entire
abolition of slavery could afford lo one more sin
cere pleasure than to him, bn was found voting
against Mr. Calhoun's motion. The names of
H. J. Anderson, Thomas Davee, John Fairfield,
nud Virgil D. Paris, Loco-foco*. from Maine,
will be found iu the journal, with names of Alex
ander Duncan, Isaac Fletcher, William l'urmen-
ter, aud William Slade, all opposing this reason*
able, just, and honest proposition.
Before concluded. 1 wish to exntniue a portion
of the President's letter—a letter full of subter
fuge and prevaricatimi, the reading of which fill
ed me with shame nt the thought Butt its author
was President of the United States. The Pres
ident say*, “There is tie act of Congress which
prohibits (lie ndmissioii of colored person* a* wit
nesses in Courts .Martial." Again he says: “If
U l 'e wr**»s to admit them, the fault i» in the law.
and the remedy is to be found only iu its altera
tion."
I have selected these passage* for remark, a* tho
letter b M « "Iraady • ecu fully expored, and iep-
etitiou is useless. The President tells us, with
a* much distinctness us hu can, that in all cases
hereafter, where negro testimony is admitted a-
gainst a white man, lie cniiimt interfere. This
should lie understood. If Martin Van Buren i*
re-leected (of which thank Heaven there is now
I believe no danger,) lie will never interfere in
setting nside thefproceeding* of Courts Martial,
In which such testimony has been admitted. And
he expect* the votes of Southern States with this
insulting declaration!
Now, in all this, I think the course of the
President, merit* the severest reprehension. Ac
cording tn the inclination of my mind at present,
I should feel bound to oppose such a law, and for
several reasons. In the first place. I trust we
shall never have a President again who could be
pithy' «f •noli conduct, unit tieewnsu I pre
fer to let the matter rest where it now does—
upon that spirit of concession, by which, ns Gen-
eprfHurrismt said our union was effected, and
/without which, it could not lie preserved. If we
'are to depend upon Legislative action for the
E rotection of our right*, the Union had ns well
e dissolved. Them tire obligation of u high
er character jlmn mere acts nf Cofigms*. Be-
sides if Congress turn puss a lawmaking negro
testiniouoy illegal. Congress can repeal the Inw.
Suppose a hill should be introduced m the House
of representatives, declaring tliat Congress shottId
not during _ die next two years, abolish slavery
in this district! Would nuy Southern man vote
for it? Surely not, for it concedes tn Congress
the right to abolish slavery in this district. Or
supposes a bill should lie introduced, declaring
tliat the people of Virginia should uot he
molested in taking their slaves from thn State
of Alabama. What Southern man would vote
for it' Noun, because Virginia hold* her right
much moro eecarelp than if it was only pro-
lected by an uct of Congress. The President,
therefore, to my mind, does not regurd this ques
tion as a Patriot should-his* southern principles"
are not found in operation hem. The right of
a white man, in u sluvo-holdiug State, to object
totlid admission nf the testimony of negro ser-
vuuts, bn cannot effected by un uct of Cougres*.
But let me illustrate the niiRonndness of the
Pm*ident’* argument further. The act of cott<
gress of 1704 which provides for a naval ortna*
mum, dime!* that there Hhnll be employed nu
hoard each of the ships nf44 glum,one Captain,
a3 y Lieutenants, 5fc. S(c. The ant suyi nothing
tchile Contains, or Lieutenant*. What pre*
vents the President from appninlit/g n negro
Cuptain or Lieutenant? Tho act of1798, which
cxtahlisti'ml tlm department of the navy, ill the
first section provide* as follows:
y. Sec. I. De it enacted by the Semite anil House of
Representatives of the United States of America,in
Congress assembled, That them shall be uii Exec
utive Department, under the department nf the
navy, the chief qfficcrol which, shall he called tho
Secretary of the Navy, »tc. &c. &c.
Ify ou vote with the !oiith,snl<l
n rrifiMl to Gen. Iliirisoiir you
will destroy yourself.
“ Thnt Is probable,"be replied,
"but it is better thatItliotild de
stroy myself tlmn to destroy tlic
Constitution of my caiutry.—H’il-
ism Henry Harrison.
extract trom Mr. Webster’* delivered on the
Mb ion. at Kicbniord, Vs.
Ilell, I wilt suy it again, tndl trish yon to rr-
member uhnt I say. / rriirmeat it—and I with
you to tell it tchcrerer yougo—spnad it alroad
upon the trings, of the icinUkil /, Daniel ll tb.
ster, here in the front of the capital nfUrginia—
in the month of October, iMo—,r«/A yon October
nm shining upon me—in lhAnV,t of thisassrm.
Idy-b^bntheiehoUeountryJnml irith all the res•
ponsibdity that attaches to »**-wr to my name in
any tray—declare that then is jo poicrr either in
Con grits or the General (imernnent, in the slights!
degree to interfere irith Iheinsttutionof Domestic
Slavery! ITremendous ckerimr, and cries of
“ That's tieo thousand cotesJir Harrison
The Presidentiol election will
take place In this State, on INTon-
da^tho 2nd day of November,
' FREEMEN! TO TIDE POLLS!
Harrison & Reform Principles,
ONE PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
ExKcunvr. power nud patroitaoe confined
within llio limits prescriled by the Constitu
tion
Ecokoxiy is public expi.hbitures.
K*au» ACCOUNTABILITY O* PUBLIC OVnCEtW.
Thu patronage of Ura General Government
sot to bn brought into coufct with tlm freedom
of elections.
The Gkxkral GovKHNVxsVto abstain from
iuterferiug ill Ute domestic afljira of the State*.
No conscription law, aor»!uiidiug armies iu
time ofpeuce.
The same currency fur the Ornce Holders
and for the People.
The encouragement ofnnoecTivz VNOUStrt .
and the securing of tair vases to the labor
er by the prudent use of a system op credit
AND THE RESTORING OP CJXF1UENCK BETWEEN
MAN AND MAN.
CTTIte Members of .the several Tippecanoe
Clubs of Savannah, ore requested to assemble
this evening, at the Cabin of <1 lob No. 1- A gen*
etnl attendance is requested, as business of im
portance will be acted upon.
KJ* The very excellent letter of Mr. Stanley,
of Nortb-Carolinn, addressed to Mr. Botts, of
Virginia, published thn morning, will well repay
a perusal. -
Thp. Wrath lew—We hate had *-bard frost
for the lost three night*,—cold even to freezing,
The night* have been cold tnd still, requiring
three extra blankets, or tws, according to one’s
politics.
on, we learned tliat he bud bought these mi«er-
ah lo beings in Maryland, nnd wa* marching
them ia this manner to some one of the more
southern State*. Shame on tho State of Mary
land ! Isay, ilnd shame on the State of Virginia,
nod every State, through which this wretched
cavalcade, was permitted lo pass ! Do they ex
pect that such exhibitions will not dishonor them
in the eyes of strangers, however they tony be
reconciled to them by education and habit T"
Then Mr. Paulding speaks ofthis picture drawn
from his iuiaginalioti, us " a ftagruttiand indecent
outrage ou humanity." This I copy from his let
ter published soon after his journey through Vir
gins. But afterwards, in 1835. Mr. Paulding
published a new edition nf his work, nud in this
edition of 1835, all tliat I quoted is entirely omitted!
In thn old edition, thn letter 11th “occupies more
than thirteen pages,* um In ihe eUiuOQ_of 1835,
(published after Mr. VunBiiran hooMine a “North-
em mnn witli Southern principles,") tins letter
tlm 11th, occupies only three pages! No wonder
such a matt will say the President had nothing to
do withtl e proceedings in Hooe’s case, ond also
wiy that it had been the uniform practice to admit
negroes to testify against white men, when he was
not able to produce a single instance.
This letter has nlreatly extended much further
then I expected, Imtbeiore I conclude, let me ap
prise you of some of the contemptible, designs of
the Locnfocos.
I have teen two letters from gentlemen ofchnr-
nctarml\mtftlltg«nce, couitnuuicattng the fact,
that the Van Buren party intend, shortly before
the Presidential election, to issue bund bills,and
start reports of intended m-urrection* iu tlieSoutli.
I have no doubt that some Mich plan is in contem
plation. We know that many of them are wicked
enough to do any thing. They are uot only
struggling for bread, uud they fear the investiga
tion which is to come. Let our friends, therefore,
be prepared for these villainous tricks; but let it
bo understood that when the insurrection takes
place, Benjamin Toppan has promised to furnish
five hundred dollars to buy powder uud allot for
Uicue-roes, aud he is a good Vau Buren demo
crat.
Our friends, everywhere, are full of confidence
and feel assured of victory. No mail cun doubt
any longer, thut Geiier.il Harrison will be elect
ed; elected iu spite of the persecutions or unprin
cipled officeholder*, nud tlm furious assaults of
lit > Globe, ami Uie abolition pupers, which con
tinue to denounce. him nwst violently- I hope,
iu this most important struggle, Virginia, tho laud
of Washington, Mudhon, Henry, and Marshall,
will be found as she was in the revolution, among
the first, in resisting, nimnnoiuly, the encroach
ments of power. I trust she will, not only,
in defence of the character of her own distin
guished son, hut for the sake of Uie whole coun
try, express her opposition to the man who has
by wretched experiments, brought a prosperous
couutry almost to ruin, who has by pitiful equiv
ocation, .caused every patriot to leel ashamed for
bis country, and who has sanctioned die admin-
siou of negro tevtiniouy against one of her own
sous, and declared he mu*t continue to do so.
I have travelled through the State of New
York, and, of course, saw many of the people of
tliat State, and many from New England; 1 saw
them in private social intercourse, aud saw them
iu public meetings, consisting of ten thousand uud
twenty thousand persons, and I assure you, eve
ry decent man 1 met. with whom l conversed up
on the subject, spoke with contempt of Uie aboli-
tionixk, wihI mii prise ilmt any nonlli-
ern man could imagine the majority of thu people
were infected with that villainous heresy. This I w * v ‘"7‘'“ MU "l a .„ u B,,,un
speak of my own knowledge. (keeping howover within prjper limits
1 believe nearly nine out often of the cut-throat
abolitionist*, are real '•barn-burning" Locofocos.
I congratulate you upon Ute glorious prospect
before us, that our couutry will soou be free
from the dominion of Uie plunderers, who have
so long neglected aud crushed her best interest*.
Very truly, yours,
EDWARD STANLY.
IIon. John M. Botts, Richmond, Va.
CRISIS.
Wo nro told by nonte of our opponents, that
tho presold is nnu social and polllletil fVrmenta-
tion, lint n tumult—lltal the Whigs nf this coun
try, although they are Air tho present wellnrgan-
iscd, nro not bound together by n common prin
ciple ofcomhtetwbich willlustiratn litem united
action hereafter--that *nch u party, composed of
such heterogeneous materials will split asunder
into tho sepomto atoms which now nro kept in
juxtaposition, liOt b) n cohesive oltradiob be
longing to tlicso atoms, but by n pm**ura from
without. Our principle* say they will yet prevail,
your roign will ho a brief ono. •
I Ad tmt forgot who tlwy rto that hold thit
language. They am men wlm have ffbnwl for
gotten allfiginnco to tltair country in their devo
tion to party tactic*, men who Imvo forgotten the
admonitionsofhistory,and whnhuving witnessed
the sticccs* nf their party for tho Inst twelve yeara,
linving been accustomed to success altogeth
er beyond tlio limit* nf n just expectation! have
attributed to their system of attack and dofenco,
properties which it does not posses* t who delight
in Ute intricate nnd subtle dcvelopomcnt* of a
machinery, 1 which although it may work well for a
season is liublo nt any moment to bo thrown out
of genr, nnd full into irremediable confusion.—
Tlii* devotion to a system I* exactly liko tho fond
ness with which any sclieemer or theorist regatd*
the product of his nightly Inbor and secret toil.
Du *niiitd philosophical objections arise? still he
enu with admirable self deception, parry all tlio
tierce and carte thrusts which more skilfol hands
Ids own are ever making at the Aivourite
creation of hi* mind. He views every thing Horn
a single point. He does not ascertain truths, by
fact* hut hy an oracle set up for tho nonce in his
own mind.
Philosophically speaking such is tlio present po-
liticnl position ol tho d iniinant party. Their vote-
ginnniug machinery is out of gear, and not one
among them can rearrange it. Hence timir stir-
prise nnd profound and n*tonishinoiit. A clap of
thunder in a cloud less sitininor day is not so start
ling ns this tornado which is raging around them.
Their confidence in their system wa* as strong a*
life or death. Their predictions were mode with
an ex cathedra nir of importance as lo the result!
their dismay and surprise are now exactly emu.
niensumte with the former vain glorious confi
dence. One would suppose thnt the office hold
ing, party, adoring gentry, hud adopted fur a lead
ing political maxim the remarks mnde by Oxen-
stiern, Prime Minister of Sweden, to his son.—
" It is astonishing by how little wisilom the world is
governed' They have proceeded upon the ground.,
tliat pure, untiriug. ardent sacrifices to the inter
ests of party, aro entirely paramount to all other
considerations, tliat historical instruction, useftil
and wise precedents, enlarged views, the lubours
ofothnrs, were matters of entirely secondary im
portance, when contrasted witli tlio finesse and
stiblilty of their new and improved method. As
for sound, honest legislation for tho'whole coun
try they have had nothing of it. Their every re
quisite, their every object hn* been party—pnrty
—party. Intelligence nud political wisdom, they
have rejected. Scarcely one of their measures
has corresponded with their expectations, and
still they have the hnrdihood to assume thot all
their operations are wisely designed for Ute pub
lic good. They remind one of Ute early chemists,
who in attempting new and untried experiments,
always did it wiUt the imminent risk of having
their retorts blown up, their faces scalded and
their eyes put out, by the new and explosive
combination*. The only difference is that the
latter class of operators produced accidental re
sults which were beneficial to Ute human race,
while the former bring about nothing but mis
chief.
in icy, chilltug, dreary sway of Mmv
Buren. Wltnt a Iim*oii to dumngogue* and poll-
tlcnl gambler* I Why, tlio time 1s nt hand when
this interregnum of our republic will be regarded
liko n IVightftiI meteor Hilling at night, nnd arous
ing Ute sleeping inmates ofn city silent in its re-
poso. Whnt oan stand befofo the power of truUi?
It I* otanml, immutable—But the fictitious
thaorles, piled up like I’ftltnn upon Ossa by tho
busy artifioos of tin hour, melt twayheforo thn
hlaxo oftruth like glacier* under n tropical sun.
Thera Im one thing whioli Is constant—Umt is
truth | and ilto still has her kingdom on this fltir
earth, end will linvo it when they who daspisod
Iter warning* " hate strutted their brirf hour on
the stage," and sleep wall among things thnt were.
The party in power! It will soon bo n pnrty
without members, without aniraaiiotti a sort of
mamouth Stib-Troasnry skeleton, to beragordod
na n atrango lusns nntnra, hung up for from the
glimpse* ofiho choorftil day,liko cnndemtiaii spir
it* in Turtanta, between heaven end earth, where
the cold breath of popular eenm shall awoep
through its unco cunningly dovised porta, now
disjointed, hare, misahnpen. Talk nf tlio demo
crat^ pnrty os it now oxlstat The popular in-
difnation has already overwhelmed it. A few
short months, a yenr nt most, will see Ute cun
ningly devised fabrio of its power blown into tan
thousand atoms, and dissipated into fragment*so
■mall, that the founders of a new party will in
vain attempt to collect ond arrange again the
disjecta membra bo scattered|tid dispersed. Why,
it, veil! toon bo liko tbo yellow outworn loof,
home along on tho broad an'd brave bosom of
the mountain torrent; which jiimpaandronra ond
laughs onwnrda, ea it seeks die great ocean where
its destiny carries it. Apt symbol of mart's efforts
—the leaf shall perish and no trace remain of it—
the torrent flows on forever. The parly in pow
or! we shall soon say of it—
" Stat nominis umbra"
iv—. ■r.nnoibVAniA* jfc.
Marti* Va* Tlm AmorimSm\Vltml,(V.tt> mnkcstiio Veit
Huron majority on.tho popular vote, 4003—ell
the counties heard Horn, Iu this estimate, more
over, the entire vote polled for Gen. Helm in
Berks, I*put down, namely, 4033. Deduct a
moderate estimate of 1500, and according to
tlm Van Burmiites, tho majority in die Stale
will not iiniali vary from 8500, ‘
PENNSYLVANIA.
prepared by Whig jiupers. make diff vole as
averaged on oil the t.cketi, in fovnr of General
Harrison. View It a* wo may, however, wn fi-el
Other accounts
itko diff vole ea
fltvnr of General *
* 'V .towaver,w« foal
* r ,h<
.i,. 1 r5Lwiw 0 ““"‘’ “ r "‘“
IMlNNSYI.YANtA POPULAR. VOTE.
$?."*% M-. «?•
111480 1I38H7 184400 131605 80611 90608
111480 (84460 80611
L.F.moJ. 8378
0045
.1.1.1 h 0 " rnnlontrofi the Conirinlon.'
ftlticket, I, only 3,.178, tnd Venango eniml, lo
“•J.tej; ”• ™. v ttllnlMe die entire iiiajnr-
" ° eMy 10 nmam ° ‘ hi *
/.wit/eler,.—TKn relume nf die election of
lii.iti.beB of d>0 LngWeinro i> now cumpleln.
In Uticlce, die nKicInfmiirn. >bnw tint 1 Whir
mul.l Inn, !■...... "ro,.|oc,ml lo thu HoiiK.und a
RTfa- -- -
nud 3 Loco Focus
Whig lo ihe Sonata,
as follows!
Senate,
Ilonse,
two UoutB w* dvridctl
-
Whig majority 0.
Members if Congress from South Carolina.—
The following aw Um membm «l»ct to Uv»,
ne^tCongre**, from this State—hmc E llolnu-s
R. Barnwell Rbott, John Campbell, F. W.
I ickens, Thomas D. Sumter, Snmpsou H- But
ler, Patrick C- Caldwell, James Rogers, and Itm
Rutter.
Messrs. Caldwoll and ButlRroronew member*,
elected respecUv«ly in die places of the'Hon. J.
K. Griffin and die Hon. Wnddy Thompson, both
of whom declined e re-election. Dr. Butler is the
only Whig in the list.—Charleston Courier.
Over Land Mail from India.—The convey
ance of the Eust India Mails, by way of the
Mediterranean and Red Sea, at an uccellemted
speed, commenced on die first of September.
The contract lies been taken by the Peninsular
nnd Oriental Steam Navigation Company, ono
uf whoso steamships leaves Falmouth on dm
first of each mouth, proceeding to Alexandria hy
way nf Gibraltar, Malta and dm Ionian Islands,
uud touching at Uiese places. On arriving ut
Alexandria the mails are conveyed by the river
Nile, lo Cairo, nnd thence to Suez by laud. From
Suez to Calcutta Uioy aro conveyed in slenumrs.
Tho company receives for diisscrvico £36,(100
per uiitiuni; thu contract is made for six years
cortaiu, uud to continue farther until eitlmr of
tho contracting parties [gives die other twelve
months’ notice to discontinue it. The Oriental,
u splendid steamer of 1,673 ton* and 450 liorso
power, rigged a* u direu-mnsted schooner, left
England iu pursuance of this agrenineiit, ou the
1st mst. with about 60 cabin passengers, freight
aud pusjuge money amounting to about £3,UU0.
The venliladon of this ship i* secured, nn im
portant item, considering die heat of llio climate
m which she sail* ut some Hummus of diu year.
She goes to Alexandria, which port site is ex
pected to reach ill fourteen day*, including stop-
jiaeiw. The Ntcnm-shipjludiu of J*300 lou*, wu*
to leavn England or* die 15th iust. fur Culcutta.
She is destined to ply between the latter port
uud Suez. "Iu 1843," says dm Loudou-IIeruid,
THE SAVANNAH AND MACON RAIL
ROAD.
It will be seen by our adverfsing columns that
the letting of the last 48 miles of this stupendous
work is offered to the enterprise of contrac
tors. 122 mile* of tho road are now in tt*e.—
From the 122 mile station to the Oconee it is
nearly graded, and the superstrncUiro will soon
bo laid down. Tlm Inst forty-eight mile* now ready
for grading, i* that lying between the Oconee and
Ocmulgee, opposite Macon. It lus not yetbeen
determined whether to cross to Macon by a via
duct, nr stop the road on this side or Ute river-
The wonderful success of the Central Rail
Rond ha* astonished even iu friends, and we as
sert that otto year more will prove that there is no
stock at present in the whole south comparable to
this Rail Road, as presenting opportunities
for investment. Wo speak frsm no dteorics,
statistic* and facts speak lir themselves. The
work is not more titan two thirds done, and yet
the business is enormous aad continually increa
sing. The merchandise forwarded to thn up
country oil it for some months past, hn* been
twice a* much as during the corresponding time
last year.
We have examined witli cue the plans and lo*
cntiuiui of thnt portion of th^rond now offered to
contractors, aud wa caw asdira stockholder* and
all others interested ill this great and useful en
terprise, tliat among all posifole routes, Mr. Rey
nolds, the Chief Engineer, ha* selected the very
best. Hi* plan of location, which cannot bo loo
much admired, insures this. In the first place,
he ho* run his lines over each individual route
considered at all practicable. A comparison of
these reveruI routes, enables him to select tlm best
ono of all. Having selected tho route, the next
questiou i* to locate tha rood ulo insure ii min
imum quantity uf excavutionjand embankments,
as to cur
vatures.) Tlii* is doue by running a linn of levels
at right angles from the real at every 100 font
station, so tliat Uie whole ciraunjncenlcouutry is
divided into aquores of ono bludred feet. Every
point in tho angles of these squares is then refer
red to the same horizontal plane, and from this
an accurate topographical ikitch is made on tlio
working plan, end llie linn of location carefully
adjusted, Uie maximum gradations being 30 feel
to Utn mile. Too much credit cunnot bo given
to the cautious nud scientific labour* of Mr. R«r-
nolds, for hi* economical administration of Uie
Engineer department. Tho plan of location spo
ken of, has seldom if ever been adopted in this
country. It bus saved thousands of dollars to Ute
stockholders.
The exnct length of the road front hence to Ma
con is 100] miles—nn important reduction of dis
tance from Uie prclimiunry surveys. So far, tho
expense of construction agrees almost to a dol
lar wiUt Mr. Reynold’s estimate*. There are not
many persons in this town wo believo, who fore
see tho prodigious results to follow the construc
tion of Uii* road. Wo now commence to roaline
them. Lot every Georgian put Id* shoulder to
to Uio wheel, uud determine to unite tho moun
tain* wiUt tho seaboard. Lot our Cherokee
friends scout ut Ilia idcu of tlio Tennessee pro
duce injuring their market. Thn moro pioditce
that comes down, die grouter the demand. When
, heproduceofTeiiues*ee cornea to Savannah, Uto
market for Cherokee produce will bo at leastoiio
fourth higher Uinij without ii.on tho ttuiversul prin
ciple Uiat llio lurger tlio market, tlio greater the
And these men say, " Your power will be
brief." What! the power of an insulted peopln
bo brief? Is there nn principle of aolf-exulenco
and duration in the millions who*o voice* now
summon unfaithful agents to deliver up thair
trust? Who i* it that calls. Tho party? No!
Yon yourselves sny that we are only united by a
pressure from without, aided by the crisis nf a
temporary efl'ervescence. Thank God we are no
other pnrty titan the American party. Why; these
men havo been slumbering, and both their phys
ical and mental strength havo deserted them for a
season. They have taken substance for shadows,
they have looked nt Uto bubble on Uto bosom of
tho stream, ami imvo forgotten tlio source
from which Uie glittering Uting drew it* epheme
ral existence. Talk of Uie Kmderhook Dynas
ty as a party? Why! Uto time will soon conic
when that man cannot be found so hold a*
to defend Uio heresies nf thia political Mountain,
when it* measure* will be regarded with horror,
and children shall be tau^A to learn from
political class-books, the solecism of avv actual
monarchy, temporarily erected on a substratum
of republican institutions. " Your power will
be brief." You might as well say Umt thin greoti
earth will cease to revolve in her orbit, ortho
sun to rise on thin domain of Liberty, os to use
such unmeaning gibberish. The power of the
people is not brief. And did Uioy then suppose
that after tho human race had learned wisdom,
and Uio art of government from the historic* of
Greece and Rome, wiUi Uie night of the dark
ages, the dawn of the Reformation, tho Repub
lic* of the Middle AJjes, tho Stern Monarchies
of later time*; tho horrors of tho French Revolu
tion nil before us, ond tho Anglo-Saxon blood
*tiil throbbing in our veins, we could rest supine*
ly under the control of a dictator ? Could Uioy
suppose Uiat when Uto whole history of Uie bu
man race is ono struggle for liberty, wo
should allow this Brinreiia of party to stretch
out his hundred arms and crush our energies?
Could they imagine that Uie light of truth would
bo allowed to expire on a million of family altar*,
that we would allow those great men to bo tra
duced, vilified,cast into the shade, who were serv
ing their country, when these painted butterflies
thnt float on liquid air in thechoorful sunshine of
the palace, were in Uteir nurse's arm* ? Could
they even havo drenmpt in their wildest, must
fanciful, most visionary philosophy, that thread-
linre sophistries, whimsical, Roleinu, nnd absurd
specuiutton*.quibbling aud duplioity, schoolboy
logic, palpable ful*nhood*, and Uie reakiug mists
of prejudice and dulunimi generated iu the Sty-
giun recesses of I^icofocoistn could be ullnwed
tn assume the Utle, claim tho respectability, aud
wear Uio habiliments of truth ? Did Uioy flatter
themselves thnt their monstrous absurdities could
havo moro thun a temporary reign ? that a free
and intelligent people had not the strength, aye,
and tho courage lull to nay to the minions of
power, “ Thus far shrill thou come and no far•
thert" Could they axpoct Umt a succession ol
broken promises, of crude experiments, end
ceaseless attacks on Uie integrity of this fair re
public would go' iitirubukud ? Did they never
four amidst their orgio* Uiat the voice of an iu-
snlted nod ubused people would sound liko a
trumpet in Urair ear*, and that tho efficacy of
time which dissipates the illusions of opinion,
would withdraw Ilia deceitful veil of a false de
mocracy which screened their real designs.
But tho people slumber no longer. They aro
uwuke, mid tho millions havo in one limn! the
American Constitution uud iu thu oUtcr the acta
KJ* Tho packet ship England, which snilod
(Vom Now-York on the 21slinst. for Liverpool,
had a cargo of nixleon Utousand, five hundred
bushels of Wheat, nnd flifteen hundred barrels
of flour.
KT Braham, the celebrated singer, has arriv
ed nt Now-York. We should rejoice to see him
hero. Hi* beautiful duet, “ When thy bosom
heuves the sigh." is enough to imortalize him.
Cavalry election for major.—An election
wn* held on tho 20th instant, nt the Old Court
House, in Bryan ronnty, to fill the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of William Law,
Esq., when Cupt. David Andemon, of the Li
berty ‘ IudepetulotU Troop, was unanimously
elected Major to commnnd the Squadron of Ca*
vnlry attached to tho lit Divisiou, Georgia militia
(CFThe Globe *ayg tlmt because Harrison ha*
carried his own state, Ohio, Van Buren will carry
his state, New York. Really these are desperate
times for argument, Thero is ouo small comer
of Now York coiled Kinderhook, prolific In enta
foages, which Mr. Vnn Buren will bo oblo to se
cure for himself.
03*Will the administration papers thnt copied
tho “ Crnghntt .Correspondence," obtained hy
Uto Globe under such infamous circumstances,
publish the recent letter of Col. Crogltan to Gen
eral Gaines, and the General's reply? It ap
peared itt the Republican of Saturday morning
Inst.
Harrison at Home.—lit 1836, Hamilton
County gave Van Buren a majority of 837. It
now give* General Harrison a majority of 160.
So much for the judgment of Harrison's
burs aud iiMOcintQs on the vile calumnies which
have been unsparingly heaped Upon film.
(□“The Baltimore Sun iay» thot tha cause of
'tho late suicide of the Hon. Wm. J. Ramsey,
was aberration of mind, produced by recent ex
posure while laboring under groat physical do-
bility. ^
RAIL ROADS.
Much misapprehension exist* end has existed
on Ute subject of transportation on Rail Road*.
While the Savannah nud Mucoti toad wna bring
ing down thousands of hags of cotton, persons
were to bo found who would gravely question
Uto ability of Rail Roods to transport heavy arti
cles nf merchandize.
In truth, tlm Liverpool nnd Manchester, aud
tho Boston nnd Lowel Railways, had fairly solved
Ute problems of transportation, while the opin
ion seemed to be almost universal,’thnt tho utility
of Uteae Roads would be limited mainly to Uie
transportation of passengers nnd light freight.
From the Journal of Commerce.
TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS BY
RAIL ROADS.
Tho opinion thnt Rail Roads arc of little or no
value for the purpose of transporting goods, al-
though very common, i* entirely erroneous.
Experience has ulready shown, and is daily
rendering it more and moro apparent, that in the
busy and densely populated parts of Ute country
u very large portiou of Uie receipt* may he de
rived from Una source.
A statement of a few facts in relation to some
of tho principal New England Rail Roads, taken
from Uio Annual Roporta in Junuary last, before
the Legislature of Massachusetts, will show Uie
importance of this kind of business.
Tlio receipt* on the Lowell Rail Roud from
the transportation offreight nnd pnssetigers, were
$240,219 94; of which $105,182 59 were for
transportation of merchandise; exceeding by
moro Utnn $13,000 tho entire expense* of the
Corporation of every kind during Ute year, ond
this although Ute road is a very short one (26
miles), and the Middlesex Cunul is in operation
betweun tho *amo point*.
Tho proportion of Uie merchandise receipts on
the Boston and Providence Rail Road i* Ikhh; but
tiw amount is by uo moons iiionmitierabta, being
$72,939 II during the name year.
Un tho Boston and Worcester Rail Rond tho
receipt* for pa**ongors were $122,405 92. Tho
freight, mail, &c.$106,25] 16. Leaving about
$100,000 from freight alone.
It is also stated that similar result* aro shown In
the Imsines* on tho Norwich nnd Worcester Hull
Bond,which commenced its operation* only in Uie
Spring of the present yenr.
The principal expense on the Rail Rond* of
moderate inclinations, is the loading and unload
ing of the good*; and it is thu* up pure nt tliut if
by one continuous Rail Road, or the union ofn
number of distinct Rail Rond*, a lung unbroken
line i* obtained, thn expense of Rail Roud trans
portation is essentially diminished.
Ex-Pbesident Jackson.—The last account*
from “ Old Hickory," report him to bfi on an
. NEW-YORK.Oct.2I.
Almost every description of stocks had a down-
ward tendency to-day and prices fell off J n 1 per
cent. The United States Bank declined }; Del
aware and Hudson, Mechanic's Banking Asso-
cintion, Fanners’Trust |; Phenix Bank, New-
Jersey Riiil Rond. Stenington nud Harlem, 1 j
Manhattan Bnnkc osed at 95, and Vicksburg };
North American 1 rust 1; which is 1 tiorcentnd-
vance on tho sale or yesterday.
Exchange.—$5,OOOon Philadelphia were sold
atttfj, and $50i)0 at 97J. On London. 8| a 9.
OCTOBER 22.—But a moderate Imsines* hn*
been done to-day at the stock exchange, and nt
prices varying very little from yesterday. Uni-
ted State* advanced i, nnd StonittKton £ t white
Vicksburg fell off 24; Delaware uttd Hudson I;
North American Trust, Harlem, nud Long Isl
and j.
Dividends of the United States Rank.—A most
mistaken idea prevail*, that the Director* of the
Bank of the United States, are prohibited (Vom
making a dividend of the profits ofthe Bank, un
til the capital stock is whole.
Thi* would be a difficult mntler to decide.—
Ono Director might set one value upon its assets,
and nnoUter Director nnother value.
The charter nf tho Bank declares that Divid
ends nf so much oftheprq/fts as the Director* tuny
deem advisable, shall fa declared twice n year, &c.
But such dividt-nd shall in nn case exceed the
amount of the net profits actually acquired hy thn
Bank,so that tho capital alack of tlio said Dank,
ahnll never thereby be impaired.
It will he seen, therefore, that the Directors
arc only prohibited by low from dividing the ca
pital, under the name nf profit*.
But they are actually instructed by the charter,
lo divide tho nett profit*, whenever they deem it
advisable.—Phil. U. S. Oat.
“THE INTREPID DUNCAN."
GUbe of Saturday.
Mary Rogers are a case.
And ao are Sally Muttkin.
Martin Van'a a used up man,
And so are Dr. Duncon.
Poor Duncan I* left to catch minnow* upon tho
Hanks of Uio Miami. HU jwliiUil -•occupation'*
goue."—We should not bo surprised, If he should
abandon tubing for minnow*, and employ bla
time for the ftitnre in throwing stones at the bull
frogs, because they will diaiurb the tranquility
of his pursuit by keeping tip, as they aro said
to do in Ills neighborhood, the cniMUnut cry nf
“ llppecanoe—Tippecanoe— Tippecanoe!" 6c Hard
Cider!—Hard Cider!!—Hara Ciderll!
Tho discussion between M. Banks ond Mr.
Bntta took plarc on Monday last in Fredericks,
burg. It is admitted th*t Mr. Bank* wn* coni*
pietcly floored. The Richmond game cock fought
and wipt this opponent, and, left his (Viends tn
crow for him. Mr. Bunk* did not “shoot the nit,"
buthe will never go in with Mr. Bolts ogam—
Alex. Gat.
Tho Boston Transcript has bet (lie Boston
Post $500, thnt Pennsylvania does uot cast her
electoral vote for Mortin Vnn Buren. Ilto
money has been deposited.
Commercial Journal*
LATEST DATES.
From Liverpool, Oct. 3—Ftom Havre,.... Sept 83. •
Charleston Exports, Oct. 24.
Etw-Orlcans-.-Ship VUe de Paris-—05,000 feet
Plank, 50 tons Hoy, and 800 hbis. Potatoes.
//aroNa—.Brig Lancet—-3G11 cask* ltice, and 882
kcgiLard.
AxUew-York. on the Stab instant, V)5 abate*\J.B.
Bank Htock-sold at65); 150do65|,83do 05.—-Outlie
81st, SOOdnfHi; 85doB4|.—On the 88d.l00do65;
85 dn Gtf, 5Udos.au daysGli, 100 do 64], 50 do a.
3 days til.
BALTIMORE, OCT. Sl.-Cglw—At auction to.
day 1581 bags Ulo, cvrgoof barque Kunomua. were
EoldatU al8}rent*. Tho sale went off briskly, the
price* obtained being a fraction higher than those
obtained at thu last public sale. ,
i'/onr—-The demand fur Howard street Flour from
•tores is very limited, and the sales are principally
confined to uie city retail trade. Holder* are now
offering to sell freely at $5, and the sales that havo
been Hindu this week have been uniform at Uiat price
for gocxl common brand*. We quote the receipt
price at
We note sales of several parcel* of City MilUFIour
yestorduy, at $4,871, nnd on time with interest added.
We 4|uoto while corn at 5U a 58 cents, snd of yellow
at 53 a 54 cents, ,
VrntMont*-The provision market continues very
dab.anti ontqvkov»to»n» ntnonly nuuamL vizi
Pork at $17; Prime at $161 Mess Beet at $14; No.
1 at 19and Prime nt$l0. Tho operations in Bacon
aro confined lo tmali antes lo the city trade, Thcitoulc
of all d»«i riptions is very light, ana price* are with
out idiange. Wo continue to 4iuoio Western Ham*,
at 181 to J 5 cent*, a* in quality, Middlings at 10 to 101
cents, and Shoulders at I* conta. Baltimore cured
Hams are selling at 15 cents. Wo are advised ot
•ales nf No. 1 Western Lard In kegs ot lfl| cyntt. In
Butter there is nothing doing. Western in keg* ia
held at 10 to H rents. , ,,.
WhVhty— Sates or bbtis. al conta, and ©TbbYs.
ot 86 cents. Tlio wogou price of bbla, ia83cents, oz*
elusive of tho barrel.
NEW YORK. OOT. SI.- C,d™"* 4
quite moderate, butthentock is unusually
holders exhibit much firmness. Tlio sale*
400 bogs Brazil at )0j a llfa, with some
rlor at 18; 800 Lnguayro 10J; 800 Sumatra tOJ a H*.
all 4 iiiiih.; ottd 40U8l. Domingo 01 a »4«» CB, “V .
• . , . ... .. Comm—The market for Cotton here »la«a o«r t«»u
electioneering tour to tho Western district of hat presented the vacua appearance nf foMtivuyao
long previously noticed, with an increased daalreo j.
Tennessee. Tho Clarksville Chronicle states,
good authority, thnt at Charlotte, iu a public bnr
room, uiuong oilier tit ing* ho said:
" Thnt Webster was sent over to England to
negotiate it great mamouth Bank in America,
nnd that the Dukes and Lords and Ladies of Eng-
tend wore to lie tho Stockholders, nnd (lint tho
Whigs oftlte United .State* hud defruyntl tho ex
penses of thoir convention* ottd barbecues with
British Gold, which hud burnt sunt over to this
couutry for these purpose*."
Commnnti* uttitoco**ary. “ The ui.d Lion"
"till raves! Fortuuutoly lie has uot tlio power to
injure. t
Maruiaok and Death.—In our Chronicle of
•4t«4th itiM. wuannounced tho marriage, altera
courtship of four days, of James Iloltbins, Esq.
of Cliiiddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, to Har
riet, youngest daughter of Air. W.Chambers, of
thu New House, lliuihleton. Tho bridegroom
was in his77th year, anil the bride in her lUtli
yenr. On Monday week, whilst Mr. Hobbit]
wus stopping into Ins carriage with hisyoitng hrioe,
ho lull down, uud wits tukmi up u corpse.—
Shrewsbury Chronicle, ScpL 1849.
long previously IKwccu, wn* r •
tlio port iifholders to realise, and during to« test' tan
days a decline of fully 4c may be considered *•
lislied. Tlio sales embrace 400 bales Vpland sml
Florida at 8J a 10c.;50 Mobile 0 a 10| ;and.l50 New
Orleans 8 n 11—together GUO bales. , _
Flour—We linvo advises from England to 4th Oct.,
Thoro was no change in that market. Jjrce *mur.
continued dull at34a35s perbbk Thedutyou Wheat
was advanced to 18s 8d perquartor; lUi'Imi Flour
ill sales of Aoisriaan Flour.
to Us Sid.per bbl. Small samui
toUvjf*TYrariwitotsvOvA.tA'A'A .
The market here for Western Flour has cominusi
very Hun; there beluga good steady demat'd (or tho
eastward mid city'us*. The receipt* o Ceneijeeaio
large, but of Ohio, ice. they continue 1W|I* vomi n n
brand* western canal sell freely at $4,OTJ,
yesterday ami the day, before, owing to the JW
favorable weather thece was less amiarenl ac ivi y j
the good and fancy brands command $4,04 a - , umo
maybe quoted at $4,871 *4,114; Troy$4,87 ;*na
Michicaii §4,811 with sales to the extent ol allfrrlt -,
ing. iluUler.tlsjwll.ro, In »l«» M' lwu
mill minimal. hm1i«w«1imWw. ^ ,
Ui«.r mou.Mi.tid. •J.a» l
anil MouUi.tn WU ami. u,iwanl. Coro M.iil
Wi fc n l/itoo g do.na«.d is still .•oulincd to smallpat!
for hows use. without ehnngo iu prices.
SuaaM—Wn have no change to noi.cu in this at
tlio swchof Muscuvodu ia v.vry light,. amlUoideti
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