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STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
HECORDER
MIL L E D G E VI L L E ,
Tuesday* July 7* 1840.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WM. HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT*,
JOHN TYLER, of Virginia.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND TICE PRESIDENT,
Hon. GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
Maj. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
Hon. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
Hon. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
Gen. W. W. EZZARD, of DcKalb.
Hon. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
Col. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
Gen. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS.
RICHARD W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
The 4th was introductory, in this place> to R lively sen
sation at its recurrence, from the interesting incidents
v.hieh it brought about. A salute was fired in the morn-
imr. The Grets, under the command of Capt. M. J.
Kenan, appeared in full uniform at about 8 o’clock, and
accompanied bv their band, marched to the front of Maj.
Ilanscifs dwelling, where a beautiful flag, a gift from a
portion of the citizens of this place,-was presented to them
tlirough the hands of Miss Haxsell, preceded by a very
neat and appropriate address, which was responded to in
a becoming spirit and style, by <Cnpt. Kenan-
The citizens then assembled at die Baptist Church,
•where, after an address to the Throne of Grace, by the
Rev. Mr. Baker, the -Declaration of Independence was
read bv Air. E- B. Breedlove. Mr. Wm. H. Scott, a
member of the Greys, then delivered an appropriate
'Oration.
After this, commenced the Tar. Barer, celebration, at
the State House. After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Branham,
Gen. Sanford read the Declaration of Independence,
preceded by a few remarks. Mr. McAllister ill n de
livered his Oration, which has been highly complimented
by his partizans.
We regretted to hear most of it. partake -so .much of a
partizan spirit, particularly considering the day on which
it was delivered. Thetable -would have been a.more ap
propriate place lor the theme.
There were, we believe, from the best ’information we
•can obtain, about 1200 or 1400 individuals who.partook of
the dinner. This number, we have no doubt, •fell short
of l heir expectation. ;Qut of it about 400 were probably
delegates from the different counties, the residue bec.cg com
posed cf citizens- of this and adjacent counties.
The new accession to the Van -Buren party met In Con
vention in this place on Friday, the 3d. There were
about sixty in number, representing but a few counties,
and a small constituency. We leqrn they passed resolu
tions avowing tlieir political faith, denouncing the action
of the great mass cf the pnrtythrough their ulniost unani
mous nominations of the June Convention, and re-nomi-
naled Messrs. Colquitt, -Cooper and Black, who had pre-
-vionsiy nominated themselves. There w as not, however,
-entire unanimity in views among them and the old Van
Buremtes, hut we presume the most of them wall give in
-their adhesion, and ultimately “ go the whole hog."” We
look upon the effort as a failure, and presume-they a ll 1 so
hind it with the people.
The Tan Buren-Convention assembled in (His .place on
the 4th, according to previous arrangements. Mr. .Spald
ing, of McIntosh, presided. Tlio.tr main object appears
to have been to reorganize their Electoral and ■Congres
sional tickets. This they have done, .after their old fash
ion, by nominations from the ranks of .their hitherto po
litical opponents,-of such ns items thought would carry
most, strength to their party. But it will he found, we
.fancy, that this devke-has.lost its charm. The people are
writhing too sorely under the unwise and oppressive mea
sures of the Federal Administration, to be Jonger.deoeived
as to source from whence they have originated. They
have now determined to take the ilresitieutial question
into their own hands, ‘to judge -for themselves, End to
apply the remedy. And this they will most assuredly do,
'-unless we are more than usually deceived by 'the -signs of
the times.
But to the nominations. The Convention placed the
names of Col. Seaborn Jones, Gen. Jkdward Harden,
-and Col. James C. Anderson, on their Van Buren Elec
toral Ticket, in place of Gen. Welker of Richmond, Col.
Tenniile of-Baldwin, and Mr. Anderson of Franklin.
On their Congressional Ticket they nominated. -Messrs.
-Colquitt, Cooper and Slack, in place of Messrs. Glas
scock, Hulsey and Cone.
The dirty sheet, together Avith five members of Congress,
are attempting to {fix. Abolitionism open Gen. illrjrrison,
on account of a letter which they say was directed by Mr.
Vi. B. Calhoun, to his constituents, iu which he is eaid to
have stated that on the authority of a private letter of Gen.
Hnrrisonks lo Mr. Evans, the .old General so .intimated.
Air. Calhoun has corne out-with -a-divect -denial .of the
whole matter. “He declares that the five members have
“ altered a letter uf bis, to suit tlieir purposes, (inother
words, committed forgery.)—that lie has never written
“ any letter of the kind imputed to him—tliat'hehas.-eever
“ soon any such letter from Gen. Ilaurisou astheydkatge
“ —and that he himself not only does not believe thntflen.
“’Harrison is an Abolitionist, but lie does.not thiilk any
“ ether man so believes who-is cape hie of thinking, mead-
“ ing or judging—Me winds up by declaring that the-ver-
“ sions of the Globe and the five numbers are ‘-each -and
all of them, from beginning to -end—every senta ice,
■“every word and every syllable—false, .and only felse.
“ and that the inferences, each.and all.of itliom, jesuiticaliy
“ drawn, or attempted to he drawn, by thesGlobe, new.el]
as those deduced in tlie address of the live Jnemheim of
Congress, are as unfounded, as the charges tliemsolves
“ are false.' ”
\\ e wonder what lie desperate friends of this dmtken
•down administration zvill attempt next. Frobably some
tiling like what was declared ad Jofo, jQuiaey Adams, by
his opponents, among the Dutch in Pennsylvania , that he
had mon ied the oldest daughter of the King of England,
■old George the third. We recollect to have been amused
at the mode adopted to .neutralize the mischief by the
friends of Mi. Adams; it was not by any attempt at denial
ef the fact, hut by the solemn statement that Mr. Adams’
•competitor, Gen. Jackson, iuid married Itoo of the daugh
ters of the same family. One knows-not whether to laugh
at the puny efforts to injure Gen. Harrison, as beneath an-
gef, or lo feel that indignation which such univorthy at.
tempts should call forth against the perpetrators.
■The render will find in gnodicr place the spereh mule
by Gen. Harrison, at the late celebration of the defence of
F ort Meigs, it is imbued with eloquence; and if no-ather
specimen ot his vigorous and aceojiqdished mind ueneex
tant, tills would he amply sufficient to prove both. We
have no doubt our readers w ill derive nuicjt pleasure ilr-orn
the perusal of this off hand speech of tin; patriotic old
General.
It is reported that the yellow fever lias latejy re appeared
Sn Charleston.
The Sub-Treasury Bill has passed the House by a ma
jority of seventeen. It now only needs the signature
of the President; which it may have received ere this, to
bpcome a law.
We shall now have the system tested according to law,
as it has for a few years past been only informally en
forced.
We copy the following communication from the Nation
al Intelligencer. It gives the picture of a hard money
country, as drawn by our former fellow-citizen, the Rev.
Doctor Olin—once professor in the State University. It
is a truthful representation of the blessings of the grand
scheme of Van Buren, Kendall & Co. to make the Ameri
can people a nation of beggars ; and which, strange to
tell, still seems to have charms for many, who arc other
wise correct thinkers. The people will find it the charm
of ihe rattlesnake ; it fucinates but to destroy.
The Rev. Mr. Oi.in, a distinguished Minister of the
Methodist persuasion, formerly residing, I believe, tn South
Carolina, is now travelling in Egypt. % There has just fallen
into my hands a letter ol his dated 22d February last, and
written in that highly favored hard-money country, from
which I wish to quote some passages to show the results
ot the system where the experiment ha3 been fully tested.
And, first, us lo the wages of the working classes, the
writer says:
“ The pay of an ordinary laborer is jive cents a day; a
“ boatman gets seven or eight, alw ays furnishing himself
“ with food.”
A Pennsylvania working-man would think this rather
small doings, I fancy. Five cents a day, eh ! or eight
cents and find himself. But this may not be so bad, for,
if other things be in proportion, the subject of the Pacha
may, on bis five cents a day, get rich and forehanded after
all. As labor brings so moderate a reward in the hard-
currency, which is alone tolerated in the dominions of Me-
hemet Ali, we may naturally expect its products to be low,
and accordingly the same traveller has not failed to ob
serve that “ food is surprisingly cheap, and a man lives
“ well that is to say, he gets plpnty of bread, with a
“ relish of curds, onions, or something else, for about two
“ and a half cents per diem.’’
I bus v/c see that a man may live for just one half of his
ordinary daily wages, and there is nothing, that I can per
ceive, to hinder his laying up the balance, which, to my
mind, is clear proof that the reduction of prices has a ten
dency, as the Hon. Mr. Buchanan has expressed it. to
“cover the earth with blessings and benefits.” Upon the
principles of that distinguished Senator, Egypt ought to
be one of the most prosperous and happy nations upon the
face of the earth. It has no “ bloated expansion of
credit;” no “pestilent cordon of banks;” no ‘-‘inflated
paper bubbles,” to prevent the laborer receiving his wages
in gold and silver. The happy Egyptian is not compelled,
like the unfortunate bank-ridden American mechanic, “to
receive as money that worthless trash which may not, a
week or a month after, be of any value whatever,” and,
consequently, he cannot be liable to those fluctuations in
currency which, according to the Senator, are the bane of
the American manufacturer. But let us see the practical
effect of low prices, and learn whether they do, indeed,
“ cover the earth with blessings find benefits.” What
says the traveller of the people of Egypt ? Hear him.
“ Their poverty is extreme ; their mud wall huts, eight
or ten feet in diameter, have often no roof. Beds, uien-
sils, furniture, are conveniences unknown, and it is impos
sible, without constant effort, to look on this people as be
longing to a common family with the noble, independent,
truth-telling, and virtuous people of America.”
To commend his own sub-Treasury scheme, the Presi
dent has referred Congress to twenty-two governments
where the hard-money system prevails. I beg to call bis
attention to Egypt as the 23d.
NOTICE THIS!!
Look at some of the practical effects of the monstrous
bill to raise a Standing Army, attempted to be fastened on
the people of the United States, by Mr. Van Buren and his
^Uies. Read the extract below. Strange indeed will it
he if the people do not see in this attempt to possess
the power of a national army and the measure alrea
dy accomplished of the entire control of the public purse
by the President:, strange, we say, will it be, if the peo
ple in all this do not perceive the most audacious attempt
on the liberties of the country, that has ever been made
since the day of its independence. If the people tolerate
such assaults upon their liberties, they hardly deserve to
be flee,
“ By the 17th section of the Bill providing for a re-or
ganization of the militia of the U. States, (the recent stand
ing army bill of Mr. Van Buren) the President is author
ized to call forth and assemble such numbeisof the active
force thereof, at such places within their respective districts
and at such times not exceeding twice, nor ■ days
i u the year, as lie may deem necessary; and during sucli
period, including the time when going to, and returning
from the place of rendezvous, they shall be deemed in the
service of the United States.
By the 20th section, the militia when thus in the service
of the United States aie to he subject to “ the same rules
. and articles of war, as troops of ihe United States.”
Now, perhaps, few are acquainted with the rules and ar
ticles of war. Here then is article ninth of those rules.
“ Art. Sxb. Any officer or soldier who shall strike his
superior officer, or draw or lift up any weapon, or offer
any violc-nce against him, being in the execution of his of
fice, on any pretence whatever, or shall disobey any law
ful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death,
or such punishment as shall, according to the nature of his
offence, be inflicted upon him, by the sentence of a court-
martial.”
Thus it appears that any soldier who shall strike his su
perior officer on any pretence whatever—no matter what
or how great may be the provocation—the grossest of insults
to his wife—the most tyrannical treatment of himself—if
he dare to resent it, and strike a petty sergeant or a cor
poral, he shall suffer, death.
And to all this Mr. Van Buren has given his sanction,
for he said, “ I cannot recommend too strongly to your
consideration the plan for the organization of the mi-
! lilia of the U. S-
Gen. Harrison was in favor of punishing, in certain cases
I thieves and other criminals by whipping them. Mr. Van
i Buren is now in favor of punishing with death, innocent
j mpn—any one of us it may be—who shall resent an out-
| rageous insult.
The intelligent Nevv-York correspondent of the Nation
al Intelligencer, says:—
“ The picture of a hard-money government is here al
most. before us. Money is plenty with the rich, and with
the greatest difficulty obtained by the poor. Interest is
low for the rich, but there is no credit for the poor. Char
acter, honor, enterpise, spirit, prudence, muscle, go for
nothing as impulses to start up capital in the beginning of
life; for the capitalist now, as in hard money governments,
looks more to the cash ability tn return the loan than to
the general gnnacity of the creditor or to his will.”
He speaks thus in relation to the mad efforts of the fed
eral administration, to force upon us low prices for our pro
, ducts, by tlieir hard money system, anil their war upon the
credit of the country:
“ It is a great misfortune to the country just now that
an abundant harvest is hardly an abundant blessing, for in
the struggle to have “ low prices,” it is almost ruinous
to have great crops. To raise cotton, for example, at ex
isting prices, is but a sorry trade; and yet, who lias for
gotten the successful effort in the United Slates Senate so
to knock dow n American State stocks in the European
market, that cotton nor flour should have, as it were,their
■ shield, but be forced upon the European market, at Eu
ropean prices, with no American credit competition? It
-was successful; ay, and from South-Carolina to the Red
river, they reap the blessings of such mad legislation in
“ low prices*’ for great staples. “ Low prices,” by the
way, subject us to European robbery, as high prices ena-
ble us to drain Euiope ; and yet “ low prices” are. preach
ed to cotton planters as well as to manufacturers who have
many men in their employ. The fact is, the Administra
tion ha ve, as to currency matters, been powerfully struggling
to denationalize us Americans, and to Uuropeauize these
United States, and ihe passage of the sub-Treasury will
be but the legal enactment of already too much success in
the struggle.”
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington, June25.
The bankrupt bill was yesterday passed to a third read
ing in the Senate—yens 24, nays 29. Mr. Grundy was
not present, but will be to-dav. On the final passage of
the bill, there will therefore be a tie, 24 to 24. The other
absentees are Sevier and Spence, and there are two vacan
cies. The Vice President will probably vote for the bill.
If lie does not, lie will act very inconsistently with his
former course on this subject. The majority will tlius bc
very small considering the importance of the question,
and you will see, too, that more than a third of the majo
rity are Senators from the smallest States So, judging of
'he House by the votes in the Senate, the hill would there
be lost, for the Representatives of Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Virginia, will go against it. Somesupposc that the House
w ill be obliged to take up the bill, inasmuch as many of
the Slates legislatures have urged it. Ihe following are
the yeas and nays on the question: Yeas—Messrs. Clay
ot Ky.. Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Dixon, Henderson,
Huntington, Knight, Merrick, Mouton, Nicholas, Norvell,
Phelps, Porter, Haggles, Smith of la.. Southard, Tnll-
mudge, Walker, Webster, White, Williams, Wright, and
loung—24: Nays—Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Benton,
Brow-r, Buchanan, Calhoun, Clay of Ala , Cuthbert, Ful
ton, Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Pierce, Prentiss.
Preston, Roane, Robinson, Smith of Conn., Strange, Stur
geon, Tnppan, and Wall—23.
The act is to take effect on the 1st of February, and con
tinue in force two years, when it will expire by limitation.
Mr. Dixon moved to strike out this limitation on the ground
that, in anticipation of the expiration of the act, every man
in debt would seek relief under the law, and thus render
the act odious, prevent any fair experiment of its benefits,
and give a shock tc *ho moral and commercial credit of
tRe-count ry ; but the motion was lost. Another amend
ment was made requiring that creditors be notified in wri
ting of the application of a debtor. The sum of indebt
edness required to enable one to take the benefit of the bill,
is two thousand dollars.
In the House there was an amusing and at the same
time, exciting scene, during the morning hour. Mr. Crabb
of Ala., moved to reconsider a vote, accepting “ Ray
mond’s Political Economy,” presented by the author,
through Mr. Adams, for the Library. Mr. C. said the
. work contained atrocious libels on the South and her insti
tutions—much confusion ensued. Mr. Adams was anx
ious to reply, but was stopped. The House was likely to
get into an abolition debate. Mr. Crabb spoke under
great excitement, ar.d was peremptorily directed, as was
Mr. Adams, to take his seat. In the mean time, the ma
jority of the members were in an uproar of laughter. Mr.
Stanley happened to say something about the motion of
Mr. Crabb, as being ridiculous, and Mr. Crabb resented it
personally, and walked up to him in a menacing manner,
and with some insulting expressions Stanley dared him
to strike, and shook his fist at him. Both parties were
pallid with passion. Blows were prevented by the inter
ference of members.
Mr. Sargrant made a masterly speech against the Sub-
Treasury.
June 26.
The bankrupt bill has at length passed the Senate, yens
21, nays 19. Mr. Grundy had not arrived, and several
other members had “paired off.”
There was much debate on the bill yesterday. Mr.
Tnppan, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Lumpkin, opposed it as un
constitutional, and calculated to do more injury than good,
botli to debtors and creditors. They contended that the
States had ample power to do all that was necessary to be
done in the matter. Mr. Henderson, of Miss., was not
quite satisfied with the bill, but he would vote for it, be
cause it would afford relief to a large body of his fellow
citizens, who. were hopelessly insolvent, and who could
not be relieved by State laws, inasmuch as the State laws
act oniy between citizens of the same State. The bill
will be communicated to the House this morning, and its
friends will prohahly oppose its reference, but attempt to
keep it on the table, and push it through without the usual
forms.
Mr. W. Cost Johnson made an unsuccessful effort to
bring up the Senate’s bill renewiag the charters of the
District banks, stating that they would expire on the 4th
J'ltly. Many cried out, “let them expire.”
Mr. Sergeant concluded his masterly speech against
the Sub-Treasury bill. The bill, he said, had been advo
cated on the ground that it would check overhanking,
regulate and control the State banks, reduce the circula
tion of paper, and increase the value of money. He de
nied the right of the government to undertake, even indi
rectly, to regulate the State banks. All these banks were
established in conformity with State laws, and the govern
ment conid not interfere with them. But why should they
wish to interfere? Because there had been, as was said,
too much paper. But that was an evil that would correct:
itself. The Secretary of the Treasury told us, too, that
there was too much cotton. There is certainly too much
now on hand. But has the government any right to limit
the production of cotton, or of tobacco? No more than
they have to prescribe what we shall eat or drink. If we
have too much cotton, or too many banks, the evil will cor
rect itself, and the government,, by its interference, would
only aggravate the evil, while it impaired the rights of the
States, and of individuals. To increase the value of mo
ney was a barbarous policy. All writers agreed that a
gradual and moderate decrease in the value of money was
favorable to improvement and industry. Hence it was
that such advances had been made in civilization during
the lust three hundred years. But there wastievcr an oc
casion when it was more unwise to increase the value of
money than the present. The States owe two hundred
millions in Europe, and must pay the interest annually in
specie. The amount of individual indebtedness is very
great. Shall we then, by our legislation, double the amount
of the mortgage on the States, and increase the burdens of
a community already intensely suffering?
Mr. Hastings, of Ohio, read a speech in support of tho-
bill, contending that by infusing more coin into the cur
rency, it would give it more stability. Mr.. W. Cost
Johnson spoke about four hours against the measure. He
contended that no legislation would prevent lluctuations
in the currency, except by the adoption of a more than
protective tariff, in order to keep the money in the coun
try. A short crop for one or two years would drain us of
ail our specie, unless we prohibited importation. He
argued that the bill would drive us to a National Bank.
He said too that, by reducing importations, this measure
would drive us to direct taxation. Was the South pre
pared for this? He would answer for Maryland that she
was not. It would be extremely oppressive upon the
South, as she must be taxed for Iter slaves.
GENERAL HARRISON’S SPEECH.
Fellow-Ciizens :—I am not, upon this occasion, before
you in accordance with my own individual views or wishes.
It 1ms ever appealed to me, that the office of President of
the United States should not be sought after by any indi
vidual; but that the people should, spontaneously, and with
tlieir own free will, accord the honor to the man whom
they believe would best perform its important duties. En
tertaining these views I should, fellow-citizens, have re
mained at home. hut. for the pressing and friendly invita
tion which I have received from the citizens of Perrys-
burg, and the earnessuess. with which its acceptance was
urged upon nys by my friends in whom I trusted, and
whom I am now proud to see around me. If, however,
fellow-citizens, I had not complied with that invitation—
if I had remained at home—believe me, my friends, that
my spirit would have been with you; for where, in this
beautiful land, is there a place calculated as this is, to recall
past reminiscences, and revive slumbering, but not wholly
extinguished, emotions in my bosom ?
In casting my eyes around, fellow-citizens, they rest
upon the spot where the gallant Wayne triumphed so
gloriously over his enemies, and carried out those princi
ples which it seemed his pleasure to impress upon my
mind, and in which it lias ever been my happiness humbly
to attempt to imitate him. It was there, fellow-citizens,
I saw the banner of the United Slates float in triumph over
the flag of the enemy. There it was where was first laid
the foundation of the prosperity of the now wide-spread and
beautiful West. It was there I saw the indignant Eagle
frown upon the British Lion. It was there I saw the youth
of our lund cany oat the lesson they imbibpd from the
gallant Wayne—--the noblest and best an American can ac
quire—to die foi-bis country when called to do so in its
defence.
[At this moment the speaker’s eye fell upon General
Hedges, when lie said : “ Gen. Hedges, will you come up
here? You have stood by my side in the hour of battle,
and I cannot bear to see you at such a distance now.” Im
mense cheering followed this considerate recognition, and
crirs of “raise hint up,” “place him by the side of Gen.
Harrison,” had scarcely been uttered, when Gen. Hedges
was carried forward to the stand.]
The General continued ; It was there I saw interred mv
beloved companions—the companions of my youth. It
was not in accordance with the stern etiquette of military
life then to mourn tlieir departure; but 1 now drop a tear
over tlieir graves, at the recollection of their virtues and
worlh.
In 1793. fellow-citizens, I received my commission to
serve underGen. Wayne. In 1794,1 was his aid at the
battle of the Miami. Nineteen years afterward, I had tho
honor of again being associated with many of those who
were my companions in arms. Nineteen years afterwards,
I found myself Commander-in-Chief of the North-West
ern Army; but I found no diminution of the bravery of
the American soldier. I found the same spirit of valor in
all—not in the regular soldier only, but in tlie enrolled mi
litia and volunteer also.
What glorious reminiscences do the view of all theso
scenes around me recall to my mind! When I consented
to visit this memorable spot, I expected that a thousand
pleasant associations (would to God there were no painful
associations mingled with them) would be recalled—that
I should meet thousands of my fellow-citizens here—ar.d
among them many of my old companions—met here to
rear a new altar to liberty in the place of the one which
had men had prostrated.
[Here the General looked around as if for some water,
when the erv was raised, “ Give the General some hard
cider.” This was done much to the satisfaction of tho
multitude.]
Aud, fellow-citizens, (continued the General,) I will not
attempt to conceal from you, that, in coining here I ex
pected that 1 should receive from you those evidences of
regard which a generous people are ever willing to bestow
upon those whom they Relieve to be honest in their en
deavors to set ve their cuuntiy. I receive these evidences
of regard nnd esteem ns the only reward at all adequate
to compensate for the anxieties nnd anguish which in the
past, I experienced upon this spot. Is there any man of
sensibility, or possessing a feeling of self-respect, who asks
what those feelings were ? Do you suppose that the Com-
ipander-jn-Chief finds his reward in the glitter and splen
dor of the camp? or in the forced obedience’of the masses
around him ? Theso are not pleasures under, all circum
stances—these are not the rewards which a soldier seeks.
I ask any man to place himself in my situation, nnd then
say whether the extreme pain and anguish which I endur
ed, and which every person similarly situated must have
endured, can meet with any adequate compensation, ex
cept by such expressions of the confidence ahd gratitude
of ihe people, as that with which you, fellow-citizens, have
this day honored me ? These feelings are common to all
.commanders of sense and sensibility. The commanders
of Europe possess them, although placed at the head of
armies reared lo war. How much more nulurully would
those feelings attach to a commander situated as I was ?
For of what materials was the army composed which was
placed under my command ? The soldiers who fought
and bled und triumphed here, were lawyers who had
thrown up their briefs—-physicians, who had laid aside
their instruments—mechanics who had put up their tools
—and, in far the lurgest proportions, agriculturists, who
had left their ploughs in the furrow, although their fami
lies depended for their bread upon their exertions, and
who hastened to the battle field to give their lives to their
country if it weie necessary, to maintain her rights. I
could point from where I now stand, to places where I felt
this nuxiety pressing heavily upon me, as 1 thought of the
fearful conseqences of a mistake on my part, or the want
of judgment in others. 1 knew there were wives who had
given their husbands to the field—mothers who had cloth
ed their sons for battler and I knew that these expecting
wives and mothers were tanking for the safe return of
their husbands and sons. "When lo this was added the
recollection, that the peace of the entire West would be
broken up, and the glory of my country tarnished if I
failed, you may possibly conceive the anguish which my
situation was calculated to produce. Feeling my respon
sibility, I personally supervised and directed the arrange
ments of the army under my command. I trusted to no
Colond or other officer. No person had any hand in any
disposition of the army. Every step of warfare, whether
for good or ill, was taken under my own direction, and of
none other, ns many w ho now hear me know. Whether
every movement would, or would not, pass the criticism of
Bonaparte or Wellington I kuow not; but, whether they
would induce applause or censure, upon myself it must
fall.
But, fellow-citizens, still another motive induced me to
accept the invitation which hnd been so kindly extended
to me, I knew that here I should meet with many who
had fought and bled under nty command—that 1 should
have the pleasure of taking them by the hand, and recurring
with them, to the scenes of the past. I expected too, to meet
with a few of the great and good r.ien yet surviving, by
whose efforts our freedom was achieved. This pleasure
alone would have been sufficient to have induced my visit
to this interesting spot on this eqHallv interesting occasion.
I see my old companions here, and I see not a few of the
revolutionary veterans around me. Would to God that it
had ever been in my power to have made them comforta
ble and happy—that their sun might go down in peace!
But, fellow-citizens, they remain unprovided for—monu
ments of the ingratitude of my country. It was with the
greatest difficulty that the existing pension act was passed
through Congiess. But why was it restricted ? Why were
the brave soldiers who fought under Wayne excluded?—
soldiers who suffered far more than they who fought in
the revolution proper. The revolution, in fact, did not
terminate until 1794—until the battle wasfought upon the
battle-ground upon which my eye now rests (Miami.) War
continued with them from the commencement of the revo
lution until the victory of Wayne, to which I have just
alluded. The great highway to the West was the scene
of unceasing slaughter. Then why this unjust discrimin
ation? Why are the soldiers who terminated tho war of
the revolution, in fact, excluded, while those bv whom it
was begun, or a portion of them, are rewarded ? I will
tell you why. The poor remnant of Wayne’s army had
but few advocates, while those who had served in the rev
olution proper had plenty of friends. Scattered as they
were over all parts of the Union, and in large numbers,
they could exert an influence at the ballot-box. They could
whisper thus in the ears of those who sought their influ
ence at the polls: “Take care, for I have waited long
enough for what has been promised. The former plea of
poverty can no longer be made ; the treasury is r.ovv full.
Take cure!—your seat is in danger.” “Oh. yes, every
thing that has been promised shall be attended to, if you
will give me your votes.” In this way, fellow-citizens,
tardy, but partial justice was done to the soldiers of the
revolution. They made friends by their influence at the
ballot-box. But it. was different with Gen. Wayne’s sol
diers. They were but few in number, and they had but
one or two humble advocates to speak for them in Con
gress. Tlie result has been, justice-has been withheld-
I have said that the soldiers under Wayne experienced
greater hardships even than the soldiers of the revolution.
This is so. Every one can appreciate the difference be
tween an Indian and a regular war. When wounded in
battle, the soldier must have warmth and shelter before he
can recover. This could always be secured by the soldier
of the revolution. In those days, the latch-string of no
door was pulled in; when wounded, lie was sure to find
shelter und very many of those comforts which are so es
sential to the sick, but which the soldiers in an Indian war
cannot procure. Instead of shelter and warmth, he is
exposed to the thousand ills incident to Indian warfare.
Yet no relief was extended to those who had thus suffered!
After the war closed under Wayne, I retired ; and when
I saw a man poorer than all others, wandering about the
land, decrepit nnd decayed, it was unnecessary to inquire
whether he had ever belonged to Wayne’s army. His con
dition was a guarantee of that—was a sufficient assurance
that he hud wasted his energies among the innvbolsome
swamps of the West, in the defence of the rights of his
fellow citizens, and for the maintenance of the honor and
glory of his country.
Well, fellow-citizens, I can only say, that if it should
ever be in my power to pay the debt whicli is due these
brave but neglected men, that debt shall first of all be
paid. And I am very well satisfied that the Government
can afford it,provided the latch-string, of the Treasury
shall ever be more carefully pulled in! Perhaps you
will ask me for some proof of my friendship for old sol
diers. If so, I can give it you from the records of Con
gress. When tlie fifteen hundred dollar law was repealed,
I opposed it, as I opposed changing the pay of members
of Congress from six to eight dollars, until wo had done
justice to. and provided for, these soldiers. You will find
my votes upon this question among the records ot Con
gress, and ray speech upon it in the published debates of
the time.
I will now, fellow-citizens, give you my reasons for
having refused to give pledges and opinions more freely
than I have done since my nomination to the Presidency.
Many of the statements published on this subject are by
no means correct; but it is true that it is my opinion that
no pledge should be made by an individual when in nomi
nation for any office in the gift of the people. And why?
Once adopt it, and the battle will no longer be to the
strong—to the virtuous—or to the sincere lover of liis
.country; but to him who is. prepared to tell the greatest
rumber of lies, and to proffer the largest number of
pledges which he never intends to. carry out. I suppose
that the best guarantee which an American citizen could
hove of the correctness of the conduct of an individual in
the future, would be liis conduct in the past, when he had
mi temptation before him to practice deceit.
.Now, fellow-citizens, I have not altogether grown grey
under the helmet of my country, although I have worn it
for some time. A large portion of my life lias been passed,
in the civil departments of government. Examine my
conduct there, and the most tenacious democrat—I use
ward in its proper sense.;. I mean not to confine it to par
ties:, for there are good in botn—may, doubtless, discover
fnij'ts, hut he will rind no single act calculated to derogate
from the rights of the people.
However, to prove the reverse of this, I have been
called a Federalist. [Here was a load cry of “ The charge
is a lie—a base lie. You arc no Federalist.”] Well,
wh at is a Federalist ? 1 recollect what the word formerly
signified, and there are many others present who recollect
its former signification also. They know that the Federal
party were accused of a design to strengthen the hands of
the general governinenl at the expense of the separate
Slates. The accusation could not,r.or cannot apply to me.
I was brought up after the strictest manner of Virginian
Anti-Federalism. St. Paul himself was not a greater
devotee to the doctrines of the Pharisees, than was I, by
inclination and a father’s precepts and example, to Anti-
Federalism. I was taught to believe that, sooner or later,
that fatal catastrophe to human liberty would take place—
that the general government would swallow up all the State
governments, and that one department of the government
would swallow up all the other departments. I do not
know whether my friend Mr. Van Buren (and he is. and I
hope ever will be, my personal friend) has a gullet that
can swallow every thing; hut I do know, that if his mea
sures are all carried out, he wifi lay a foundation for others
to do so, if he does not.
What reflecting man, fellow-citizens, cannot see this?
The Representatives of the People were once the source of
power. Is it so now? Nay. It is to the Executive man
sion now that every eye is turned—that every wish is di
rected. Tho men of office and party, who are governed
by the principles of John Randolph, to wit: the five loaves
and two fishes, seem to have their ears constantly directed
lo the great bell at head quarters, to indicate how the little
ones shall ring.
But to return. I have but to remark that my anti-Fede-
ralism lias been tempered by my long service in the employ
of my country, and my frequent oaths to support her
General Government; but I am ns ready to resist the en
croachments on State lights as I atn to support the legiti
mate authority of the Executive or the General Govern
ment.
Now, fellow-citizens, I have very little more to snv,
except to exhort you to go on, peacefully if you can—and
you can—to effect that reform upon which your hearts are
fixed. What calamitous consequences will ensue to the
world if you fail! If you should fail, how the tyrants of
Europe will rejoice! If you fail, how will the friends of
freedom, scattered, like the fur planets of heaven, over the
world, mourn, when they see the beacon-light of liberty-
extinguished—the light whose rays they had hoped would
yet penetrate the whole benighted world !
If you triumph, it will only be done hv vigilance and
attention. Our personal friends, hut political enemies,
remind each other that "‘Eternal vigilance is the price of
Liberty.” While journeying thitherward 1 observed this
motto w aving at tlie heaflgpf a-processinn composed of the
friends of the present Administration. From this 1 in
ferred that discrimination was necessary in order to know
who to watch. Under Jefferson, Madison and Monroe,
the eye of the People was turned to the right source—to
the Administration. The Administration, however, now-
say to the People, “You must not watch -us, but you must
watch the Whigs! Guly do that, and all is safe!” But
that, my friends, is not the way. Tlie old-fashioned Re
publican rule is to watch the Government. See that the
Government does not acquire too muefl power. Keep a
check upon your rulers. Do this, and liberty is safe.—
And if your efforts should result successfully, and I should
be placed in the Presidential chair. I shall invite a recur
rence to the old Republican rule, to watch the Adminis
tration, and to condemn all its acts which arc not io ac
cordance with the strictest mode of Republicanism. Our
rulers,fellow-citizens, must be watched. Poweris insinua
ting. Few men are satisfied with less power than they
are uble to procure. If the ladies w hom 1 see around me
were near enough to hear me, and of sufficient age to give
an experimental answer, they would tell you that r.o Iovct
is ever satisfied with the first smile of his mistress.
It is necessary, therefore, to watch, not the political op
ponents of an Administration, but the Administration it
self, and lo see that it keeps within tho bounds ot the
Constitution and the laws of the land The Executive of
this Union has immense power to do mischief, if he sees
fit to exercise that power. He mny prostrate the country.
Indeed, this country has already boon prostrated. It has
already fallen from pure Republicanism to • Monarchy in
spirit, if not in name. A celebrated author defines mo
narchy to be that form of government in which the Execu
tive has at once the command of the army, the execution
of the laws, and the control of the purse. Now, how is
it with our present Extend ve ? The Constitution gives
to him the control of the army and the execution of the
laws. He now only awaits the possession of the purse to
make him a Monarch Not a Monarch simply with the
power of England, hut a Monarch with the powers of the
Autoernt of Russia. For Gibbon soys, that an individual
possessed of these powers, will, unless closely watched,
make himeelf a Despot.
The passage of the Sub-Trea3ury Bill will give to the
President an accumulation of power—the single additional
power that the Constitution withholds from him, nnd the
possession of which will make him a Monarch. This ca
tastrophe to freedom should be, and can be prevented by
vigilance, union and perseverance.
[“ We will do it!-” resounded from twenty thousand
voices, “ we will do it !”]•
In conclusion, then, fellow-citizens, I wonild impress it
upon all—Democrats and- Whigs—to give up the\idea of
watching each other, and direct your eye to tJie Govern
ment. Do that, and your children, and your children’s
children, to the latest posterity, will be as happy and as
free as you and your fathers have been.
[At the close of this speech, the vast multitude gave
‘ three times three,’ with an unanimity and heartiness
which spoke eloquently the unanimity of their sentiments
as to the force, truth and beauty of the speech, and the
worth, merit and virtue of the speaker.]
The recent speeches, letters, &c. Sec. from Gen’l Har
rison, must completely dumfc-founder the slanderers of the
good and. brave old man. 1: will no longer do to say that
he cannot,-speak or write. It will no longer do to say he
is an imbecile. II‘e proves in the presence of thousands
of his countrymen, that he wants no “ committee” to talk,
or to think for him. Indeed it is now acknowledged that no
man in the nation has been more underrated, by friends
and foes than Gen. Harrison. His voice is as eloquent,
and his pen ns vigorous, as they were 20 years ago. His
speeeh at Fort Meigs, alone, would stamp him a jrst rate
man. What device will now be restorted to? Gen. H.
will not remain silent. He will write, he will speak. Ho
will not be mum. He is so incorrigibly obstinate, that he
will express his opinions on all sub jects of a public nature.
Now, this is placing his calumniators in a predicament.—
The “ Committee,” the “ Iron Cage,” the “ Veiled Pro
phet,” are all exploded. What next ? What next ?
[Alexandria Gazette.
Illinois for Ever!;—We regret that we cannot in
any way make room for an account of the mighty gath
ering of the Old Soldiers and Young Men of Illinois in
Convention at Springfield, on the 2d> 3d and 4tli inst.—
Three hundred Old Soldiers attended, and from Twelve
to twenty thousand of the People of Illinois. The several
Delegations pitched their tents, and lived in them through
out, as well as on their journeys to and fro. Resistless
enthusiasm and c.onfidance prevailed- throughout.
[AT. Y. Log Cabin.
Savannah, June 26.—We grieve to record the foul
murder of our late friend, Alexander Atkinson, Esq., of
Camden county, by eight of Ids negroes. They were in a
field at the time, and subsequently attempted to escape m
a boat, but were fortunately arrested l» meet the punish
ment of their crime.— Georgian.
TIPPECANOE CLUB OF MOR&AN COUNTY.
A CHALLENGE?
Whereas the people of a free country ought to vote
knowingly ami under standingly upon all questions com
ing before then-.: and whereas we, members of the “ I ip-
pecanoe Club of Morgan county” are particularly anxious
to sustain the true interests of the country in the ap
proaching Presidential election :—
Resolved, That our Van Buren frieods of the county of
Morgan be, and the same are hereby invited to meet us
on Friday, the 7th day of August next, for the purpose of
discussing the respective merits of the two candidates.
Resolved, That if it be not convenient for our \an Bu
ren friends of tho county’ of Morgan to attend upon ilia
above occasion, we will meet them at such time and places
in said county, as they may please to designate.
A. ALDEN, President.
A. A. Overton, Secretary.
Juno 24th, 1840.
FOR THE SOUTHERN RECORDER.
Messrs. Editors :—One who seems to be very con
versant with the affairs of your Post Office, or in other
words, the Federal Union, informs its readers, that about
thrpe bushels uf Tippecanoe Biographies and Almanac;
have passed through that Office, franked by Col. Kixg,
and seems to think that- the citizens of Lowndes county
particularly, must be furnished with about three, each
man. We are not informed in connection with this, hoc/
many bushels of Circulars passed through at the sairnJ
lime, of the conviction, conversion and wonderful confes
sions of gentlemen Colquitt, Cooper and Black; and in
order that the people may be correctly advised as to tho
political capital fumshed Lowndes county, they are hereby
informed, that for every speech or other paper flanked
and sent to citizens of this county by Col. King, three
sent by these gentlemen, conic in at the same sime. S-i
that if our citizens each have three Almanacs or Biogra
phies, they have fo addition nine confessions of these hope
ful penitents.
A very fair wholesale business might be done in Harri
son Almanacs in this section, but unfortunately none have
come to our office, as wo have been informed. The Fede
ral Union may not, however, be mistaken as to their being
on the way, for such papers geneially march in the rear
of the Democratic speeches, &c. LOWNDES.
Gen. Harrison has returned home from the Fort Meigs
celebration, in good health. He traveled several hundred
miles, on horseback, in stages, steamboats, and railroad
cars—spoke for an hour at Columbus, an hour and a half
at Fort Meigs, and another hour at Cleaveland. At Fort
Meigs he spoke to 25 or 30,000 people, and “ his voice was
so good, (says a letter from a well known Van Buren man
of Rochester.)that nobody had any difficulty in hearing
him, although there was such an immense multitude
present.”
[CF* The Anti-Van Buren party of Baldwin county, are
requested to assemble at the Court House in this city, on
Saturday next, the 12th inst.. at 3 o’clock, I*. M., for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the General State Con
vention of the. Anti-Van Buren party of Georgia, (recom
mended by the June Convention.) to be held in the city of
Macon, on the 2d Thursday in August.
July 7, 1840.
Emory Coli.ege.—The commencement exercises of
this Institution will open with a s- rmoa from the Rev. Dr.
Capers, on the 19jh of July next.; and the exhibition of
the Students will follow on the 20th, 21st and 22d.
Savannah, July 3.
Cotton —Arrived since the 26th ult. 1162 bales Upland
ar.d 3 bales Sea Island- Cbtton, and cleared at the same
titne 942 hales Upland, viz : to New York 852 bales, Bal
timore 89 ; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on
ship-board not cleared on the 3d inst. of 10736 bales Up
land and 233 bales Sea Island Cotton. There has bren an
improved demand for Upland the past week, and prices
yesterday were higher by an J a cent than at the close of
the'last, and the market very bare. The sales are 1757
bales, viz: 11 at 6, 6 at 6^. 35 at 6ij, 5 at 7, 35 at 7£, 58
at 7J, 170 at 8£, 97 at 8$, 13 at 0£, 110 at 8$. 94 at 9,
132 at 9J, 14.0 at 9^. 261, at 9f. 68 at 9^, and 10 at 9}
Married, on the evening of the 25th nit, Mr. Singleton
L. Trawick, of Hancock, to the amiable Miss Angeline
daughter of William Hopson, Esq , of Troup county.
A LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post Office at
Greensboro’, Geo. July 1, 1840 :
A—James Atkinson, Nathan Atkinson. Samuel Akers 2.
B—John A. Baugh. Warren Boon, Valentine Brown, Ru
fus K. Bean, Morgan Brown. Elizabeth Bunkley, John K.
Barclay, Judy Benefield, Elizabeth Baldwin 2, James A.
Barr 2, Hardy Bridges 2.
C—Robert Craig. John Curtright, William Cone, John
Copeland, Sarah P. Creddili, Shiloh Church, Stephen Cope-
lan. Dr. Jno. G.Chambers, Creddille A Philips, Wm. Cred-
dille, E. C. Case. J. J. Coleman, Joshua Cook, sen’r. Wai-
ren Clark, Henry Cariker.
D—Reuben Dawson, Reuben J. Dawson, James Daniel,
George W. Dent, E. Doty.
E. F.—John J. Evans, JamesC. Echols, Wm. H. Fuller,
Evelina H. Foster, Joel Forrester.
G—H. B. Gleason 2. Wm. Garrett, Mrs. Hinson Gresham.
H—John H. Hopkins 2, Joel Hun 2, Tillinger Honeycut,
1. W.Hill, Thomas Harris, Thomas Hart, Maj. Daniel Hall,
Hopkins A Stockton, Jesse II. Heard, Hoadley or Wyman,
Sanford Hargrove, A. P. Hamilton.
J—Slaimiore Johnson, Peter C. Johnson, Thomas G. Janes,
Martha A. E. Jackson.
K—Y. P. King, A. P. King, Philip Kline, Robert T. Kick
er, Miss J. Kingsbury.
L—F. A. Loughtniller 3, Irbane Leonard, George Lassiter,
James Lee.
M—V. C. McLure 4, Mary Madden. William H. Morgan,
Gteen Moore, Maj. Thomas Mn.-ely, \\ m. McDowell, Mai-
cus Moore, Thomas S. Martin 2.
O. P—Aaron P.Oliphant, John Palme?, Edward Powell,
A. Perkins, Miss S. G. Peullain, Jas. M. Porter, William
Plunkett, Jonathan Prince, John Park.
R—Andrew E. Rogers, Berry Rooks, Absalom Revels,
Wm J.. Russell, Mrs. Sarah Ralls.
S—Miss Jane Statk, William Seymour, Wm. W. Snow,
Win- A Slaughter, Rosanna Stark, David Sayers, E. D.
Shelly, Wra. Sanders, Henry Stephens, Wm. Semans, Maj.
Thomas Stocks 2, Joshua Sayers, John Sayers.
T—O. W. Tibbals, James Thompson, Rev. James Tem
pleton, Henry Tillis, Tunis Tunison. Miss M. A. Tltomson.
V. W—John L Veazy, Wm. C. Veazy, Madison Walthall,
Mrs. E. F. Walthall, E. H. White 2, Alex. L. Walker 3,
John W. Wright 2, Martin S. Ware, George L. Willy, Rix
Wilhigat, Mrs Martha Wilson, William Watson, Edwin S.
Willia, Jenny Wright, Betheny Ward, Lowden Willis, Hi
ram N. Wilson, Duke Williams, J. J. Walker, Wm. bite,
Henry L. Wilkerson, S. Wright, Samuel Weir, 'William
Wright, D. C. Waison.
3t 25 \V. L. STRAIN, P. M.
i®? - SO i D ' to «■ order of the benora-
ble Inferior Conn of Ltoreu eon nty. when eittinp for
ordinary purpose*, before the Coon-house door in Forsyth
county, on the first Tuesday in September next, between the
usual hours of sale, one 40 acre Lot of Lend, No. 1043, in
3d district and 1st section of Forsyth county, astta property
of Peter Adams, deceased. Sold by the admin is tra ter.
June 28, 3840—25 tds LEVIN ADAMS, Adm’r.
ETTERS remaining in the Post office at Milledgeville,
i July 1st, 1840.
Alexander, Sarah
Altaway, Isaac, 2
Anderson, John S.
Arnold. Zephyr
Archer, James
Butts, Betsey
Bugg, Elizabeth
Belsher. M. A. S., 3
Bryant, Betsey
Blakey, Sarah
Balard, Lucinda
Butts, Sarah
Bayley, R. P.
Barker, W. H.
Brown, R. C.
Bissell, H. C.
Bennett. Wm.
BrundageVE. S.
Brown, F.
Butts, W.R.,
Bush, S. J
Badger, Dr. J. B
Bond, L. A
Bacon, E. H
Butts, J. P
Baley, W. A
Baily, S. A
Barfield, J. J., 2 •
Bowen, B
Byne, W. H., 2
Diggers, W. M
Brook, W
Banks, H
Cromes, Ginnett
Clarke, Ann
Cox, Jesse, 3
Craft, H. K. W,
Cornett A
Chambers, G. A
Cushing, I. T., 3
Cutter. P. B. D
Circon, Mr.
Chambers, J. H
Cotting, J. R
Conn, Mr.
Cantrell, S
Clements
Collins, Jacob
Cook, A. J
Doucin, B. F
Dancer, Jonas
Duncan, James
Decostar, Correa De
Davenport, J. S
Dougherty. C
Davis, W. G
Duncan, P. E.
Davis, Dyer
Evens, John
Evenes, Richard or J.
Evens, Walter
Evens, John or Walter
Eastwood, J
Edwards, E.
Ewing, Irwin
Eubanks, W. Sc. Co.
Fort. Abby R
Furman, Ann
Fuller, Wm.
Fulton, R. S
Ford, A. J
Freeman, Jumes, 2
Foster, Sterling
Gordon, Martha
Goodson, Cordy
Gary, Hemy
Grnder, J. A
Gaddy, Thomas A
Glenn, L. D
Hackley, R. S„ 3
Hoover, David, 3
Howel, Miles
Howel, Mabury
Huntou, John
Hunt, Wilkins, 2
Harris, J. G
Hardwick, S. W
Howel, Benjamin
Hamilton, J. W
Howard, J
Huson, T. R
Hudson, Hampton
Huson, John L
Higginbottom, T
Hudson, M. L
July 7, 1840—25 3t
Hunter, James
Harris, James, 2
Holcomb. F. P
Hollman, Isaac
Harris. J. C
Hardee. Thomas
Hicks, Daniel 1
Jackson, Levi, 2
Jones, J. V
Jackson, Barney
Jordan, Zacheriah
Kerklin. Vina
King, Elisha
Knowles, Green
Lumpkin, Mary
Little, Teresa
Lamar, J. A
Lord. H
Lathan, A. L
Latast. A. G
Lad, Robert
Minor, Francis
Mustin, J. L
Mallery, C. D
McKee, S. B
Minter, S. T
May, J. F., 2
McDonald, J G.
Maxwell, J. E
Millirons, S
McNeil, Mr,
McCay, W. P., 3
Malone, Matbey
Miller, J, N.
Moore, W. B
Moore, J. J.. 2
Mann, Mr
McMillen, John
Newman, Wm., 2
Napier, John
Ogilv : e, W. T
Prosser, T.iomas, 2
Prosser, Wm,.
Prosser, John O
Page, Wm.
Pike, Henry
Palmer, Mr.
Palmer, J. W.
Page, Robert.
Powers, J.H.
Parks, Randle,
Patrick, B. K
Purvis, Mary
Patrick, Oaten
Rape, Thomas
Rogers, Mary
Richards. Few]
Robinson, oarah
Rice, Wm.
Stapleton, John .
Smith, Jane
Spencer, Jane
Smith, Mansell, 2
Statham, A. D
Steel, W
Stewart, D. M
Sow'el, James, 2*
Sleeper, L
Springer, John
Smith, W. C
Taylor,. Matilda
Torason, Mary
Tuggle, Ransom,
Tanner, John
Tilford, G. M.
Veal, George
Woodruff. M.
Wilds, W. W
Williamson, J. N., 2
Welch. F. O
Wnodly, Sarah
Whitehead, J. B
Wright, M
Williams, D
Wright, J. N
Wilkerson, Julia
Wicker, W|
West, Mary
Winding, L
Wise, John
Xaupi, J. E
Youngblood, J
Young, James
Zacliry, A S,
E. DAGGETT, P. M.
A LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post-Office at
Eatonton, on the 1st July, 1840, which if not taken out
by the 1st October next, will be sent to the Post-Office De
partment as dead letters.
A.—John Avery, G. B. Allen.
B.—Eliza Bledsoe, Robert B. Broadnax, Gen. R. Bledsoe,
E. Butts, R. H. Bledsoe, John Barrington 2, W. Bryant,
Messrs. J. & C. Bell, Wm. Biscoe, W. F. Brooks W, H.
Bullard. W. T. Bradford.
C.—Clerk Infer ior Court, 2, Gravely Cole, J. A Cogburn,
Mary Copelin, S. S. Cousbey, Mrs. E. Caswell, Fanner
Ccolev.
D.—J. C. Denham, 3, Wm. Dally, L. E. Deupree, Mrs.
M. J. Dismukes. Mrs. Martha Dixon, Harriet Dent, J. D.
Deotnatarie, Wm. Danilly.
F.—John Fills, Jr., Thomas B. Fox,
G.—Thomas Glaze, Wm. Gilpin.
H.—B. F. Hubbert. F. S. Hearn, Margaret Heath, Miss
Martha Hurt, Wm. Hubbert, L. P. Harwell, Wm. Hall,
Benjamin Hearn, Benj. Headden, 2, Thomas Hawkins, A. H.
Harwell.
J-—Mary Jones, Williamson Jourdan, Thomas Jackson,
James Jones, Miss F. A Johnson.
K.—Jesse Kent.
L.—John Linch, Wm. Lee, John Lowery. Syntha A.
Lane, Thomas R. Lawson, Benj. B. Lane, L. H. Linch.
M-—A. C. Maddox, J. C. W. X. McKinsack, Hiram Mc-
Million, Pheby McMitifon.
N.—Skelton Napier.
P— Asher S. Potter, P. E. Prichard, 3, S.S. Prudden.
R John E. B. Rosser, Zacbariah Rouden, Mrs..Catha
rine Rivers. Dexter F. Richards, John Rooks.. Joirn Robert
son, L. W. Rosser, Mrs. Martha Rnber, Miss E. R. A.
Richerson.
S.—W. Spivey, 2, Joel Stanford, W. S. Scott, Samuel
Shields, P. A. Savouton.
T.—Isaiali Tedwell 2, Avington Turk, David Thompson 2.
V.—Nathan Vincent, Powell P. Vincent.
W.—Amos Ward, Thoma3 J. "Wells, John Ward, Thomas
B. Winder, Miss Caroline Wilson, Michel Whrsham, John
Welch, Sen., Wm. W. West, James S Western.
Persons railing for the above Letters, will please say that
they are advertised. B. H. WRIGHT, D. P. M.
July 7,1840 25 3t
T attnall sheriff's sale.—win be sold on a
first Tuesday in August next, before the Court hous
door in the town of Reidsville, within the usual hours
sale, the following property, to wit:
One two-horse wagon and harness, levied on as tlie pr<
petty of Stephen Williams, la satisfy an execution-issue
from an Inferior Court, in favor of Usage K. Courtier.
FRANCIS N. CASWELL, Sh’ff.
June 30, 1840. 24 tds
D ecatur sheriff sale^.—wm be sold before
the Court-house door, in the town of Bainbridge, De
catur county, on the first Tuesday in August next, witkin the
usual hours of sale, the following pioperty, to wit •
One negro girl by the name of Amey,'about 16 years of
age ; levied ou as the property of William Jordan, to satisfy
sundry fi fas issoed out of a Justice’s Court of the county of
Taliaferro, in favor of H. B. Thompson, surviving copartner,
of the late firm of Thompson <5c Towns, vs- William Jordan
and Edmund Jordan, and William Jordan, as Administrator
on tlie estate of Dempoy Jordan, deceased, and James Jor
dan, security on the stay of execution; also one issued from
a Justice's Court of Decatur county, in favor of Teptha Gil
bert, against William Jordan.
Also, two lots of land, No. 274, in the I6th district of De
catur county, levied on as the property of William Brown—
No. 273, in the 16th district of Decatur county ; levied on as
the property of Drewry Glover, to satisfy sundry fi fas issued
out of a Justice’s Court of Decatur county, in favor of Samuel
W. Patterson vs. John Malay, William Brown and Drewry
Glover. Levied and returned to me by a constable.
June 30, i840-24 tds DAVID FOSTER. Sh'ff.
( ^1 EORGIA, LOWNDES COUNTY.}
W Whereas Henry Blair applies for letters of adminis
tration on the estate of William Blair, late of said county,
deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and ap
peal at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should-not be
granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 18th day of June, 1840.
July 7—25 5t WM. SMITH, c. c. o.
W ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in September
next, at the Court-house in Dublin, Laurens county,
agreeably to an order of tlie Inferior Court of Montgomery
county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, two lots of Piue
Land, more or less, the place whereon Ezekiel Smith for
merly lived, and known as his mill place, in Laurens county.
Sold as the property of Ezekiel Smith, late of Montgomery
county, deceased. Terms on the day.
July 7, 1840—25 tds K. McLENNAN, Adm’r.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of Ezekiel Smith,date
of Montgomery county, deceased, are requested »o make
immediate payment - and all peisons having demands against
said estate are requested to present them in terms of the law.
July 7, 1840—25 6t K. McLENNAN, Adm’r.
F OUR months after date, application will be made to the
honorable Inferior Court of Oglethorpe county, when
sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell the real
and personal property belonging to the estate of Benjamin
Smith, deceased.
THOMAS MOODY, Adm’r.
July 7, 1840 4m
F OUR months afterdate, application will be made to the
Hon. Inferior Court of Oglethorpe county, when sitting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real estate be
longing to John Barker, late of said countv, deceased.
° WM. LUMPKIN, Adm’r.
J a ne 7, 1840 25
F OUR mouths after date, application will be made to the
honorable Inferior Court of Houston county, when sit
ting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell all the real estate
remaining unsold, belonging to the estate of Hopkins Lip-
trot, late of said county, deceased, for the benefit of the
heirs of said deceased.
HARDY HARGROVE. Adm’r. de honis non.
July 7, 194U 85 <n *