Newspaper Page Text
THE WEEKI.Y UKOUU1AN
mump ip thi
City or Bnvannnh,
II
WUXI An II. BULLOCH*
millNKM or TNI LAW* or THI CRIOki AID
citt ash room rnis rti-
WEEKI.Y PAPER—Twtaa Oollam, l*r an
. .10,—Payable in ad- anr- •
AnVKtlTISKMKNTS InMrwiI M Ik. CUlW-
ton rain*.
BTlWc mu.tk. p«H m .11 Co.«u«lcA-
TlnK, rih! leltere nfbuslnes*.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER M, 1840.
MR. VAN DU REN.
Martin Van Duren U • man of seknawledgcd
talent. Wa have Mtrt seen it seriously qurstloonl
that hit ability a* a puMie man wa* and isof a high
ort.r..Millh.«T»Wi(«,,of FH.I.J. --P—'
lu firm imao* Aitmlnl.inluH. k»w
not got the talent* nquUlleto conduct public af*
lair*.”
\ *W* presume that tlm Republic** mean* by the
charge of want of talent*, that Mr. Van Buken ha*
nnt recommended a National Hank ami a High Pro
tective Tariff, two measures against which tlm South
haw been and at'll ahould bn strenuously nppo*.d.
It Ufbr their oppesit ion to the Bunk of tho United
State* that Mr. Webater inveigh* against the pa»t
and present Administration*. The Republican, if
wra underfund it, approve* of Mr. Webstct a Inver*
live*.
Mr. VAN Boren wa* believed by the people of
New York a man of “talent,” .when they elevated
him—a poor “cabbage boy,” a* tlm IVUga hove
contemptuously atyled him, to tire chair of Govern-
or of hi* native State. He wa* nlsohelieved a man
or "talent,** when he occupied the con-picunu* ata*
tiant of Senator In Congress. Secretary of State,
Minister to England. Vice President of the United
States anti ex tjficio l*ie*ident or the Senate. He
i* now believed by aurh men aa Clay, Webster, and
other distinguished politician*, a« a man oftalent.
Could any other than a man of *• talent” liave *o
ably sustained himaelf in dm trying situations in
which the favor or a discerning people ha* placed
him*
But the Republican, not content with charging the
Administration with a teonl of fo/raf. remarks lha‘
"they are too much steeped in iniquity and ba*ene**,
to carry on the Government honestly. ’
There wa* a time when we would n»thave been
surprised to lwve read snchlanguage in the column*
of the Republican. hut wa confess that wo were
n»t only surprised,but regretted to *.** therein such
expression* of opinion at thn pie*ent dny.
Nothing we could say, would convince lira Re
public*n that it Is controlled hy party spirit, when
it utter* such clmtge. against the AdminUtration,
f»r
"He thatl* convinced against Id* will,
Is of the name opinion still.’
XV. did hope when th. prw«nl ulllnr wnli up lh.
quill nflWi.fiin.lihm. "ur».rr»Wr<f/i./«r."v.n.
in >nw» fur nil, .nil lh«t uijtumrnt und fncu wiuil.l
Ai.he tin* (dun* uf uiuruwig.m u.rtiltuu. fc ul *‘lhr
kiln. h,v. fulfill uwny » Cut •« wr hn.u weipud tu
approach tltem."
Itfthuuldhnw l«*n Mr. K. F. Count .ml
uni B. T. Cuulift, who wu« yuMrldny mrnliunrd »•
under.rre.lM Bnllimure. Thn nrmr occurred In
tlm rxcha.ge papet, whenm wn copleil. nnd may
,ire rlre lu mi.,p,irehen.ion In rejnidlolhn Indh
vidual implicated.
MAINE ELECTION.
The Advocate of Freedom, an abolition paper,
pnbiidicd at Hullowell, (Me ) suy*. (3d Inst.)—
••The inquiry U frequently made by nhulilioi.Utn.for
wlmm theyehnll caat lltcir vote* for Gov. rnor. W*
cm only apeak fur ourselves, and that we do freely.
We shall vote fur Mr. Kent.—ami we shall do It on
thi* ground, that two year* ago. when questioned
to hi* view*, ho fully ndopted nil the principle* we
asked, and Its* integrity o! diameter i* sufficient a.-
surance that he would exercise tho full power* of
that office In favor of impitilutl liheity. Thi* i* all
w-e have n right, ns an nbolith»ni*t.»«» domund.
Mr. Kent is the Federal Whig Candidate i
President efilm Banger Anti Slavey Society.
W.H.HARBISON.
The Philanthropist, an attolitiim paper, while It
disproveaof Harrison’s “•nWrvience.” ncknowled-
gc* that lie will he supported by many ah..lilb»ni*i*.
The editor remark*—There i* no tlmgcr of theii
•erring for Mr. Van Bnren. Hr is known and read
of all men. It i* alwnys taken for grunt.-d nocnc-
mv of slavery will give him support. But, wo know
that many altohli 'nist*have resolved to eo for Har
rison. and are willing to he deceived with regard to
hi. nations on slavery. They say lie is an *nti ala
UK*
Voi- 'II—No. 89.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1840.
Wiwlo No. 81.
FUR THE GEORGIAN.
N°. V.
From the seige of F«rt Meigs. *o humiliating to
American pride," I turn” in the word* of Christie,
•• to a more cheering *ccnc.” which if it did not re
trieve the reputation of Harrison, establish! the
f-u i beyond doubt that nis want of success was nut
fnun any lack of bmvety in tho troops under hi*
command. Before I give an account of the brilliant
defence of Fort Sandusky, sometimes called Fori
Stephenson, it will l»e necessary in order to continue
the series of the lending facts of Harrison’* cam
paign, to notice a few events subsequent to the
•eige of Fort Meigs.
So soon as the British had retired from For*
Meigs. General Hatrison left the command of tlmt
post to General Clay, and immediately repaired to
.upper Sandusky.
Here wa* a consuleiahlo forre of regular* and
volunteers ami after giving it a direction, he con
centrated the greater part of hi* force, including
most of the regular*, which had been at the seige
oi Fort Meigs, about the lower Sandusky bay.
Proctor after bi* return from Fort Meigs, waited
•ome time at Malden for the re-enforcement* prom-
i*ed him by Sir George Provost; but as the Amrri.
tan* had possession of both *ide*ofth« Niagara, it
wsa not until the Utter part of July that the re-en.
forrement could be sent, nnd then, a* Sir George
wa* hardly pressed on that frontier, he could *pare
so mope than 400 men.
The American Squadron at Erie under Perry wa*
fitting oat with all expedition und tins boats building
«• Cleveland under the direction of Major Jesup
for transporting our troop# across the lake to Mal
den were daily increasing in number.
Tha British saw tbe necessity of an imroedinte
Taitack while our squadron was not in sufficient for-
waidnesato defend itself; and on the llihJuly,
Sir George Provost gave Prodor orders to make
the attack, and-General D* Rottenbere on ih 18th
ordered Commodore Barclay to cooperate with
Frecter. See Armstrong, pp 228 9. The latter
; », moo a* he could leave Malden in safety, set fur
ward by watar on tha intruded expedition, with
• such regular and militia force as he bad at band,
mnan«tag to near 1U00 effective together with
^huot 3000 Indians.
To mask bis'design, and aa a mere feint. Proctor
beseigrd wo the tins 2*id July Fort Mrig* a second
txar, expecting to draw Harrison forward to its
t, and *f course further from the intended
wnt of attack.
■ring be would advance, Proctor sent f«.
irb aasvli 2000 Indians into tlie swamps which
I between positi-m and Knit
a* an amtarcade. Tbe taller, when he af-
I forward* teamed from prisoners the snare set fot
11cm. cbucUed wkb the thought that by lying still
atfimeca. he bad kept eat af tha way nf Proctor’s
~ i pal 4 rf~ iee bis tat tec, Bnseaae, p JW, Procter
r writing tbnwerfiMrc d^sta the netgbberboed
i f*n Metf • 1* the remit bta *» retag eat, finally
, J-^s w tl^- Is* e, so I on tfviet*j nlu rm-o*, th e
1st August, appearesl boforo Sandusky, thn store*of
which and the scalps of its defender*, the Indian*
demanded before they proceeded fun her.
Thus far all aermed propitious to Proctni’* ulti.
mate *ucre*a and nothing esrenrial had oceurre.1 to
mar hia plan*. Harrison, at hi* approach, had fill*
len back to his entrenched camp at Seneca, thereby
acknowledging his inability to act offensively, ami
and leaving tin- lake shore open to the enemy'* en -
terpriaes ttgain*t our naval utmanteni further down
the lake. But hen* the scene eltnnge* { fur one of
h<»«e incident* occurred which often decide not
only battle* and rnmpttipn*, but even the fate of em
pires, nnd arrested III* further progret*.
This wa* the act of n young hem who had tbe
temerity in an old wooden furtilirarion with Ifil)
men to despise the tamo enemy with a superior
force, which his General ninety duysltefore inanaw
furtifiention, with 2000 men, had manifested so
much tlread of.
Major Crnghan. a young man nf 21 year*, with
150 men, nil voting like himself, wn* placed in com
mand of thi* era*) old fort, ten or eleven day* be
fore the enemy’s ap|tearance before it. Why a
youth should have been selected fur this difficult
post, is a ptizxle, unlevs hi* lighting propensities had
become offensive to hi* sedentary General, nnd hi*
exile to a distunes', necessary tu tho repose uf hi*
commander.
Croghan wns no sooner in rommand of thi* post,
than he with the forccaset of a veteran of an hundred
battle*, commenced to improve it* defence*. For
decayed pickets, he anhstituted new ones—<uch a*
were lose, he fastened, and dug a deep wide ditch
entirely around his fortification. Another mean
more jndiciojs and important than these, \va«, lit*
clearing nwny nil trees and underwood, within 200
yards, by which he deprived the British when they
arrived, of all assistance from their Indian*.
In thus adopting his means of defence to the
enemy to be opposed; the military forrenste of thn
young hem wns conspicuous. The labor performed
oiuld be incredible, whs the fact unknown, tliul lie
and his youthful band wutki-d day and night, and
yut all intended was nut done, when the enemy ur-
rived.
In the afternoon of the 1st August. n» already
mentioned, Proctor appeared before the fort.
His first measure was to suiround the fort with
hi* Indian*, nnd tbe next to summon Cntghnn to
sutrender. The ni| ly of thelalterwaa. tlmt he was
determined to defend hi* fort to tlso last extremity*
Proctor, during tho passage of tho flag, was bu»y
landing his nrt'ller?, nnd ns', anon n* Croghan’*
unswer wua received, commenced bombarding the
f»rt front hi* gunboats, and caun>uiading it from on
shore, which continued through the whole night,
with little injury to tho besieged. The next morn,
ing, he opein d upon the fort, a tii e front a six pound
battery, within 250 yards, which he imd erected
during the night. The fire u, un the fort wa* in
cessant during most of the day; but at 4 o’clock, P.
M., the whole fire wa* concentrated on the North
western angle. Croghan from thi*, underslu'd the
inti-ndcd point of attack, and hastened to strength
en that angle by bags uf flour, sand nnd such uther
material* a* he had at hand. At 5 o'clock, the
British were discovered, advancing in solid column
to assault the expected angle.—at tho same time
making two feints, oi o'her ungle*. Their main
column, of about 350 ra-n, wn* so enveloped in
smoke, that it had advanced within fifteen or twen
ty paces of i lie work before it wns discovered. The
party within, being at their post, now commenced
so heavy and well directed u fire, os to throw t|ie
Mssailants into some confusion. These however,
being quickly raided, advanced to the works, nnd
Itegan lu leap into the ditch; it tlmt critical nioinent (
a concealed embrasure in tlm fort was opened, nnd n
*ix pounder, charged with huff a load of powder
and n double load nr grope ami slug- wn* discharged,
within 30 or 40 fret uf the assailants, raking the
whole diich. and with so much effect, that with the
constant discharge fiom musketry, the enemy wns
cnmpelk d to retreat to the Woods, with thp greatest
precipitancy—leaving their leader, Colonel Short,
and near 150 killed and wounde I. and spreading
such error among the Indians, thnt most of them
left immediately. Proctor continued the bombard
ment anil cannonading of the fort, hut in the fore
pint of thoni-ht, he withdrew as many of the de-id
nnd w ounded from the ditch, n* he was able to do
hy the aid of Ids Indinns, nnd nt 3 o’clock in the
morning, left Fuit Sandusky foi Malden.
Thu* was saved, hy the brovnry of thi* young
hero ami hi* companions, tho squadron of Perry for
future glory, and 500 miles of lake coast, from In
dian butchers ami devastation. Crogliau’* noble
hearing during the whole seige, in*piied every one
under him with confidence ami courage, and daring
the two nights nnd a dny of cons'nnt bombardment
and wntcliine, Ids vigilance nnd fortitude were ex
amples for tho imitation of hi* companions.
His victory need* no gorgeous trappings—in it-
own simple greatness, it stands n victory nntuscell
ed in brilliancy by tlmt of any other c untry. Hi*
|.hu during the thirty six hours of b'lmbnrdmvni,
wns one killed and seven slighily woundad. Here
my narrative recur* to Harrison.
It has already been seen that Hnrrison on the fiist
approach of Proctor retreated to his entrenched
camp at Seneca, nine mile* at-ove Fort Sandusky.
Here he held n council of wur, at which some of
his principal officers were present. He stated to
the council, that the enemy’s force wa* tipwnrds of
5000 fighting men with a large train of artillery-
Litd as a conjecture thnt his ultimate object was the
entrenched camp they now occuyied. Upon this
statement «-f facts and conjecture a majority con.
curred with him, that it wns expedient to collect
and destroy the stores, and to effect an immediate
retreat to tbe upper Sandusky.
I have In former numbers had occasion to speak
of Harrison’s constant over estimate of tbe enemy’s
numbers, as in this instance, for something less
than four thousand, he estimated it to' be upwards
of five thousand. Let tne sav here once and for all,
that if Harrison did not know the actual force of the
enemy, regular, militia and Indian, it was inex
cusable ignorance. For the French population about
Malden and Detroit were friendly to the Americans,
and hotitile the British—many of them had been
Indian traders, *p»ke their languages fluently,
were personally acquainted with the warrior*. He
had therefore only to have availed himself of tliefr
services, to know the number of Indian warriors to
a man: tbe regulars might have been counted, and
a« to ihe militia, it was known that if called out en
matte, they could nut exceed 500 effectives. In
truth. Harrison, ever after the battle nl Tippeca
noe, appears to have *e«n double whenever Tecum,
srh’s name was mentioned, and to have thought i|
no tm 'll merit to keep out of the wuy ol this red
devil.
But to return: The retreat of Hatrison would
bsva commenced forthwith but for the Coon cr action
giwn to it by Croghan, which will bo noticed to its
p'aen. S ty* Armstrong, while commenting on Har.
risun'a conduct at thi* moment—"Having sufficient,
ly assured Itlmrelf with regard to the numlter and
equipment of Proctor’* force, ami suspecting that
thi* formidable array might I e directed against In*
own entrenched camp, be determined to tollrrl and
4enr»jf bit tne/iln* t tor ft abandon bit prtt-
tut fOtUlnn. and make good a retreat lo C'ppei
Bandntkf, tat via j t» tl# fate tha* mirbt
|Uvu>» lb» eellfr otenlf on (In toviiuru »lnn*
take; the hunt* built and store*collected nt Cleave*
land, and Peny's fleet then fitting out and nearly
ready for service at Kile.”
"But though willing and prepared tn make these
sacrifices,* he could nothin perceive that a mere pre
sumption uf danger to hi* own camp, would not jus*,
iffy the abandonment of Croghan'* detachment,
without »on« effort an hi* port lo extend to it the
event mil security ha sought for himself On this
point, however, the General's sense of duty was
soon satisfied”. Proctor hnd been expected three
ir four days before he arrived at Sandusky, nnd
Harrison believing that ^an Investment of thnt post
ulrondy existed, dispatched to Croghan n second or
der, commanding him to set fire lo Fort Sandusky,
and repair to Henr Quarter* that niihl, but, If he
ihoiild find it impracticable to mnke good his march
to Seneca, to tnkolhe road to Huron | but thnt hu
should retreat 'at all knsariU' nine miles through
»wood which ho supposed filled with Indians -
while be himself took no tlep to cover, or other,
trite tnttain the movement. Armstrong says, in
relation to thi* order—"n* If the tn*k thn* imposed
wn* nnt. in itself, s'ldir'endy perilous, he further
prescribed—thnt thn Garrison, instead of employ
ing ull possible means lo mask the operation*,
thnuld begin by netting fire to their ttoret nnd
bntrnekt, nnd thus viitimlly announce their inten-
ion to the surrounding enemy.”
This second order, Crghnn, by the ndvicp of hi<
officers, refused lo «,lwy. The next dny ho wns ur-
rested and cnrried.to Head Quarters, nnd detained
some hmir*t but ns the General ntlw, probably by
advice of Captain Wood, consented thnt he should
try his fortune in its defence, ho wns returned to
Ids command a little before it* nctunl investment.
Fee Duncan's letter. Perhaps, there wn* another
consideration which had influei ce—the Sandusky,
by wutei, covered his post nt Senecn, and a brave
d>’fence of the first, might deter the nnemy from at
tacking the latter Bcsi Ins, his officers had net-
been unanimous for a retieat,hn hesitated, nnd
was .nved by Croghuu's victory, frutn u disgraceful
flight.
But a victory obtained like Croghnn’s, while the
General Imd his stores piled up for conflagration 5
nnd to commence n disgraceful flight,ho only wait
ed for the arrival, or for the news of the destruction
of the youthful hero, wns well known tonll the army.
Nor wns it forgotten, ilinl the General, though hav
ing n large regular force wl.h him,and within hear
ingof the cannon, made no movement, either tn
sustain the little parly, or to intimidate the enemy.
Every mad from the army carried details uf the uf-
fair to the adjoining States. These circumstance*
—together with-the repeated evidences of Harri
son’* inrnmpetency, which the previous incidents of
his cumpnign furnished, produced a high suite of
dixsntisfnptiun and discontent, both in tho army
nnd in thu Stntes, upon which ho wns immediately
dependant fur Ids supplios, both of men and provi-
(NT ItKqUEXT.)
To the Editor of the Doily Telegraph.
Dear Silt—A friend has shown me the Repuhli.
can, of this morning, in which soma anonymous
scribbler speak* of tho " Irish Democratic Repub
lican Association”#* being •• duped” by a “ clique.”
The writer of t hat piece knows nothing of the Irish
character. An Irishman enn *e* matters, and judf*
himself, as well as any other man. He doe* not
need to he shown the difference, between the Harri
son Party and the Democratic Republicans.
On the Republican aisle of thn question, he sees
Equal Rights, Equal Laws, and nglqtiou* Constitu
tion, beneath which every human being, be he Turk,
Pole, Jew, Gentile, Swede. Dune, French, Dutch,
English, Irish, nr Native, Cen recline at ease, with
out aquUseing in the will nf a Despot, and ha got
rned only by the law* which he bus had a hand in
ranking.
On the Harrison, or Federal side, h« sees mono-
|Kily supported. Corruption tolerated, and a Repeat
ifthe Naturalisation Laws, intended. He also see'
that the same men who supported the infamous char*
ncturlsilc* of John Adams' Administration—the All
ennrid Sedition Law*, wldrh wnujd reduce the free
citUens nf this Republic to the condition of the 8erf.
nf Russia,—tho very tame men now support Gen.
Hnrrison. An Irishman, then, enn never hesitate
on such a subject, when Freedom U thepriie.
I have to inform Mr. " W.” thnt I nm tho person
who called my countrymen together, nt a crisis wh* n
it wan necessary to " winnow the wheut from the
chsff”—that we might sea what Irishman would be
found base enough to "sell.his birthright fora mess
of pottage.” 1 hnd no concert with nny clique. For
more than halfa century Ihavu battled for freedum,
nnd I am only humiliated to think that a single snn
of Green Erin can be found, who would link himself
to the federal car tlmt Wm. Henry Hnrrison, thel r
greatest foe, should be drawn in triumph to the
Capitol.
For myself nnd my eountrymen, I inform this
scribbler once more that he is mistaken when he
any* lrishmun " are duped.” It is a foul calumny.
J. B. GUMMING, M. D.
A United Irishman of 1798.
Afore Cotton.—A few bale* were received in this
city yesterday, from the plantation nf W. D Stone,
Esq. of Jefferson County. Quality, Liverpool Cl|**
ificntlnn, good fair which was sold readily «i l I ct*
per pound.—Augnita Chron. of Friday.
More New Colton.—Vwenty bales of new cotton,
consigned tn B R. Smith, were roneivod yesterday
from tho plnmnilnn nf W. I„ Lewis, St. Matthew’s
Parish, Orangeburg District.—t'h*r. <7owr., of
Friday.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1040.
Ohio led rite wnv in clamor ugalnst Hnrritmn. nnd
the army wus almost in a state of mutiny, at the
thought of the disgrace that hnd been proposed for
it.
Tn this extremity, when the army from its di*|»o.
sition to throw off the authority of its General, wns
ubmit to be duprived of n head, Harrison, through
the members of his military family, mnde npplicn
tion to Croghan. "Tho good nf his country," they
said, " required flint tho commander should, durin*;
tho present cumpnign, stand well with the country
and army, but that nt the end of it, ull should bese 1
in its true light.” Hit patriotism and his sympathy
also were touched; and ho readily, without reading
them, signed letters und u-Jdressus which they hud
written.
Harrison now pretends, thnt he had always la**
iievnd in the ability of Croghan to defend Sandusky
nguinst Proctor, whh a force which he i-stimniL-d to
bo upwards of 5000 men. But that such wns not
his opinion, ho hirn-elf furnlilicd the strongest
proof, boih prb.rlo and contemporaneously with the
defence. 1 will first give an extract from his letter
toihe Secretary of War, dated 21st April.previous:
‘ Butin the event of their film enemy j landing
at Lower Sandusky, thalpotl cannot be saved. I
will direct i , in such an event, to b« evacuated.—
The stores there nre not of much nonscquonce, ex
cepting 5IJ0 stand of nrms, which I will cause to be
removed as soon ns the roads aid practicable—at
present it i* impossible."
Yet into thi* fort, whose defence* ho had done
nothing to improve and something to impair, wiih-
out promising or intending to support it, lie thi u-t
Croghan with 150 U. $. Irjfaniry, with only one
imull piece,if cannon, (six pounder,) seven cunnon
cutridgos, and forty cut ridges for small arms, and
of course without ittnuniiion to repel repented as
sault «,or to stand n 'ongsiaaa, with order*/e maintain
the post, unless the enemy landed in force with
cannon, in which event torelreat, if retreat should
then be practicable." And if retreat should be
impracticable, this gullum band wns devoted as n
consequence, to thn Indian sculping knife.
Harrison in his letter after the victory to the Se
cretary of war, says—" In my former litter (refer
ring to the above extract) I informed you sir, tha t
tlmt the post of lower Sandusky could not bo defen-
led against heavy ennnun.” Yet he did not men-
tion cannon in that letter as the extract shows, nnd
which is all of that letter which refers to lower
Sandusky In this lust letter he says too, “In the
course of the 2d instnot, having heard tlm cannon*'
ding, I made several attempts to ascertain the foi re
and situation of tho enemy. Our scouts were unable
to get near the Fort from the Indians thnt surroun
ded it. Finding, however, that the enemy had onlt/
light artillery, and bring well convinced that it
could make little impression upon the works,
that any altampt to storm it would lie resisted with
effect, 1 waited for the artival of 250 mounted vol
unteers.”
Now niHfk—independent ly of the incredible story
of his having been aide to distinguish at nine miles
distance the report of 5jJ inch howitzers, often dis
charged simultaneously with cannon, from 12 to 18
pounders, such wn* the agony uf his despair, that
ha was frequently heard to exclaim during the can
nonudo, "the blood be upon his own head (Crog
Itan’a) I wash my hands of it.”
Ever since Crnghnnfo victory, Harrison lm* been
his s,-cret enemy; thu greater tlm debt of gratitude
thu more anxious he has been lo expunge it by cal
umny.
So much Imwever has been published lately that
I need not enlarge and but for their recent publica
tion would ben propernppendix to this.
In closing this number, I will give en extract from
a letter to thn editor of the Zansvilie Messenger,
dated September, 1812. " Harrison promised the
Indian* protection, at thn same time assuring them
n Innguuge which struck terror to all heaits, that
the name ufun Indian Too should not long b«* known
amengus—that the American army will be no Ion.
gcr commnhdud by a« old woman."
In eleven month* after, the ladies of Chllicothe,
on racciving tin* new* of tlm victory of Lower San-
Husky, wiih Its xilnn Ung c.in inmiance*—more dis
criminating than thu fair daughter* of Ureal, whon
they so provokingly sang in their dances," ttaulbft*
slain hi* thousands, und David Ids ,ten thuusands,"
voted a swurd with their thank* to tlm youthful
Croghan, and a |*nrty colored petticoat to Gun-mil
Harrison, as an old granny. How much Utter
|( in tans' ivhr-a puld'-g -iff iU »wnfd. * it *•• •• b.
gird ii^ it on- X 1 • /•
COMMERCE.
Mr. Webster, In tho iato Bunker Hill Declaration,
reiterates tho ahurrcful n*s«-rtlnns of the modern
JVAfg party, thnt tlm tm-nsurea of the Administra
tion have paralyzed the industry of the counfty,
prostrated commerce, reduced wages, Ate., Ate.; by
dcrlnring as his belief, and that uf tho whig* of
1340:
" That In order to maintain tho principles unnn
which tho system of tlm Sub-Treasury is founded,
iIip friend* of thn administration have been Ipd to
espouse opmb-na destructive of the eonn'ry. pninl-
yzing to iis whole industry, tending to sink Its Inboi
limb In price and In rhnrnrier, ,Vcf., Ate.”
Now, if tliia assertion bn correct, why do we nut see
evfery merchant in tlm lumTupposod lathe adminis
tration? - . . .
But this is not so; many high minded, intelligent
moicluints approve uf tha policy of the administra
tion, nnd ure piepuredtu give it llioir hearty support.
The N. Y. Evening I* *t of Tuesday Inst, notice*
tlm happy method bit upon by thu Wldg prints, of
explaining the present revival nf business to inuke
it support their fnvorlte theory, that the country it
ruined. They find business reviving abd they must
account for it, in tluir way'.o, the old stale ciy that
the country it ruined, will have to be abandoned.
Hear tlm Baltimore Amuiicon:
" The cause uf tlm present briskness—what i»lt?
If the enquiry is tnudo ofbusinesa men, they will
reply that the prospect, now certain, of General
Harrison’* election, hn* given tilings n new sjnr
Lot the belief become pro volant that the pre-ent
administration will be continued, nnd un instanta
neous depression would take place ”
Again:
“ Thu trading community have teamed hy sad
experience that ihev uro tu expect nothing at the
hands of the administration but i mburrassment and
oppression. If lift) and activity nre returning to
business it i* not by reason of any tiling which the
ndministration has done; it results Irum the belli f
ihntjhoadministrutiuu is lu be cliuugtd—ond that
ipeedtly." •
The Evening Post observe-:—
“This urgument les-mbles whutis called a whip
row on the old game uf twelve rm-ii-niuri is; there is
no escape for the Democratic party, which ever nl-
t'-riiaiive you tuke. ll'ou the urn- hum! uo business
is done, thn country it ruined of course; if on the
other, business is active, it is only a proof that
the country is ruined, and the pi ople are sensible
of it.
“But we must suggesttothe Baltimore American
that it does nut appear quite tu understand the slate
nf feeling among commercial men. Here, in New
York, a very decided change has taken place ill
their opinions. The ferocity of their opposition in
moat cases is gone und in . ninny instances it hus
been converted tu ebsuluio approbation of the pol
icy of thn administration and its friends. Were
it nottiiat we have no right to bting tho names of
private individiml* before the public, we could men
tinn many persons nf great eminence in our com
merer, nut long since tbe enemies, but now tbe
friends nf tlie independent Iren-ury scheme. We
could give tbe nnme* uf others, who from being the
most implacable haters of the democratic adminis
tration, are now become extremely moderate and
temperate In their opposition, A new set of mcr
chants have a Iso sprang up, among whom are many
democrats, ami otiiera’are far from being imbued
with the bitter prejudices that were so prevalent in
their class a year or two since, . In fuel, there has
not been a time since the y»ur 18,33, when the mcr
canlile community stood *a well affected towards
tlie administration as now. It is nut a fact that
there lain tlm mercantile world a strong desire for
the eketionof Harrison. On the contrary, there is
great ooldness towards his cause, n ft eling of un-
certainty|o* to the measures he will pursue, and a
doubt whether Ids policy will not disturb thnt hap
py regularity to which the treda ami business uf the
country under tlie auspice* uf tha present national
policy nre tnanift ally tending. It is. ridiculous un
der such ciicumstance* to say that tho revival of bus
iness is occasioned by the hope that Harrison will be
i-lected. It is occasioned by tho mutual wants of
lifft-rent classes of man and by the abundant rcsoor
res of tlie country.”
But we turn from the inquiry whether tho revival
of business is to he nscr ibed, assay Whig prints,tu the
hope of Harrison's election, to ask If the country
it mined t The ftdkiwing evidences nf tlie asser.
tion. if introduced hy the Whigt, will work again*'
them. They me only a specimen or i wo of what may
l»n produced to convict litem of barefaced and reck
lets assertions.
road from thence lu I'ortland It alto going un ra
pidly.”— Boston Pott,
*’Ship Building —The Albanian, a fine ship of
550 Ions, was launched from the shipyard of Cipt.
Samuel Badger, on Thursday last, at I’orttmmith,
N. H. She is owned hy Messrs.Coffin At 8. Shi afo,
and Intended for freighting.
"Another vessel, of 600 tons, was to have l-een
launched on Sntu-dny Iasi, owned by G. B. Cum*
niing, Cowes, Goodwin, and W. A. llare.”— N. K.
Fiprrtt, 14th inti.
The following denunciation* of some of the mer*
chants, which site New York Time* At Evening Star
of Tuosduy put* foiih in advance, show that there
% some apprehension on the part of the Whig prints
that the New York merchant*may do justice tothe
Administration. These facts speak volume*.
” !• i* proposed to call a meeting nfthe merchants
for to marrow, to approve of the measures nfthe ad
ministration, when it is expected that the Hon.
Silas Wright nnd others will address them. Is It
possible—can i< be riiat tlie Merchants of New Ymk,
who have been insulted by General Jackson, by tlie
•reader in tho/oofofips, and spoiled at by tlie infa
mous Glolw—can it he that these men will attend
such n meeting nnd enuntennm-e the administration
m their destructive course? “Tell It ran In Gntb,
publish it not In Askelou.” Ilnw are the mighty
fallen! Let the finger nf atom, of burning contempt.
Iw pointed at the recreants.”—Af. Y. Times, and
Foe. Star, UHhinst,
Rrcreunts! These nre the terms with which
Idghminded moo nre reproached, In advance, by tlie
Whig presses.
Burglary.—'The Counting- Houses nf Messrs. J.
H. Reid At eo. nnd Jo* Gumming At c-*. were bro
ken Into on Suturdny night lu*t. Nothing we under
stand, w as carried off by ihchurglar* except xHurre!
of Sugar nod sumo paper from tlie Utter House.
Our Citizen* should he un their guard mb there is
evidently a gang of robbers infosting the city.—Re
publican af yesterday.
CENTRAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN
ASSOCIATION.
A Regular Meeting of the Central Democratic
Republican Association, was he'd nt tlm Lyceum
Hall, on the evening of the 18th inst. Col. Fleming,
of Wetumpkn, Al l., wa. Introduced to tlm meeting
hy Col. Fannin, and by an unanimous Resolution
was made, an Honorary membi r or this Association.
Thn following Resolution wns offered hy Jacob Shaf
fer, Esq. and unanimously adopted.
Whereas an attempt has been made hy nqr politi
cal opponents to iqjure tho reputation and impugn
tlm voracity of Col. A. B. Fannin, n native ofotir
State, and who for many years has resided nmong
us with a character unassailed by party malignity
andcnlumn}: And wlirren* wa havn the ehaiga
made agninst him contradicted by tho evidence of
honorable men, who were present nt the Democratic
State IligliteCluMn Wettimpko, when it was ad*
dressed by Col. Funnin,
Be it therefore Resolved, That the Central De
mocratic Republican Association afCliathnm enun
ty. entertains undimibished confidence in, and re
spect for tbe nharacter of their fellow cl hen. A R.
Fannin.
Be it further Resolved, Thnt this Associxrinn
does not Imlieve he declared in hi* Address to lira
Democratic Club, in Wetumpkn. “He wns in the
battle of Fort Meigs,” "nor did he endeuvur to
make such nn impression.”
Be it further Resolved, That ihl* Association
give* fttllcredit lo the sluirment made bv the said
Club, In Wetumpkn, which-fully exonerates Col.
Fannin from tbe cnlumnj uttered against him by
political opponents, who in their avidity for power,
««ry means, and prupngate every calumny,
which rumor with envenomed tongue recklessly clr*
•mtales.
Col. Gordon moved that the hour ef meeting fm
rlnmgril Irum eiglil o’clock lu half (lul »VM1,which
was carried.
Tlm Hireling wns addressed by Col. Myers, M.
H. McAllister, Ksq.nnilthe President, and adjourn
ed uftt-r giving three cheers.
R. M. CHARLTON. President.
J. N. Lewis, Secretary.
VIRGINIA.
A large nnd respcclabln body of Delegates re
cently met nt Chuiiuitt-sville a* n Democratic State
Convention.
Hun. Linn Banks ws«elected President, sever*
al Vico Pn-siddnts were appointed, and twoSecre
taries, one uf whom was the veteran editor uf the
Richmond Enquirer,
Tlmt paper of Tuesday Inst says—"We have nc-
defonnt of llarri*ont*iits^iUg*tiltanMHhn«ktMiwis
edged hy sill to posses fine talent*—u keen and dis
criminating mind, and although not by na
ture with that faculty which atresia and enchalnvtbe
intention uf a-promiscuous assembly, y« t, would he
llstennd to with pb azure as a good argumentative'
•paaker In the cause nf correct principles, but in tlm
cause of Harrison lm seem* to he pressed down as
If by some Incubus.
Ho repeated the oft refitted charge* against Mr.
Van Huron and hi* ndmlnl*tratinfi-«whfch foil upon
thn audience like an old song—nnt eliciting one
burst of applause, nr a single stamp of approlMiilon,
—Those things have had llwir day—there is too
•hitch intelligence in the people to be led away from
the support of correct principles by such contempt!
ble liumbuggery as is resorted to by tlm Harrison
party. " The sober second thought of the people'
is now working, and it is “always right.”
" Truth crush'd tn earth will rise again,
Tlm eternal years of God are hart—
But error wounded writhe* in pain,
And die* amid her worshippers.”
Col. Mill n, of Snvannsli'helng present, was then
culled for, he ascendsd the stand, and by Ids wit,
liumur, oliHpmnce awl tatintl reasoning, amused, de
lighted and instructed hi* hearers.
It has suldnm been our fortune to listen to a pret
tier and more agreeable speaker. By Id* eloquence
nnd anecdote* he railed forth the worm plaudits and
eiiihmdnstic cheers of hia nudience. Boor Whifgrry
lay blredihg at kls feet and some of the Whigs look
ed a* though its mangled carcase was disgusting
even t? them. Every Democrat went home that
evening determined to “hold on” to the good old
ship of D> mourncy, and with renewed confidence In
the correctness of hi* principle* and of their success
at tlm approaching contest.—Canaille (da.) Pio
■err, 17/4 Inst.
o\
Small comfort for the Whigs I OilI
A Whig paper in New York, says—"A writer in
the Baltimore Patriot says “a* a 'little sign’ In ad*
d'tinn tothe grout numlmr of conclusive ones, going
to show ihut Martin Van Bur-n will not bo re-nWted
to the I’r sldenoy, there nttyer has Imen a President
of rim United States re-elected in whose name owes
not tlm next to the terminating letter.”
Okra Cotton.—Mr. Gen. Twiggs, qf thi*county,
has placed in our office two stalks of till* specie* of
cotton raised on hb farm in tlm pine woods, which
surpass any thing nf the kind we have ever seen
grown nn nplnnd. They nre full sevpn font high,
and f r surpass in tlm number of boll* any cotton we
hnve *• en this season. Tlm staple b said hy those
whit examined it. to lm much liner than rheordihn-
ry Cotton, and altogether a much superior article,
nnd from the specimens we have seen, wn regard!:
much mure desirable for our planters, whnthi-r we
regard the quantity ur quality.—Augusta Chronicle
of Saturday.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. I84U.
THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX.
We were yesterday visited with a steady rain,
whloliremlndcd u# that we had reached the season of
storms, for cold and comfortbs* were tlm drop*
which buttered our rasemepls, while our *lr--ets,re.
eeutly loaded »ith tlm dust so ntinoying to the pe
destrian, were flooded with wa er, rendering them
nnv thing hut pbnsunl to those whose avocation*
called them from tho clieuriul parlour, lutrcud their
watery pntlis.
Such a dny compel* tlie man of business to look
-r Ids lager for recreation,and tbe man ol leisure to
turn over tlm pages of u new novel to forget, if pos
sible, hb dependence on tlm smiles of Nature for a
cln-eifid and contented di«jm*itlnn.
How happy he, who need* no stimulus at such a
period. Exercise:of body, that grent Invigotatifr of
the frame, being out of the question, he can summon
a well regulated mind to rescn M him from ennui,
and anticipate tlm comforts of the winter hearth,
where friends collect alier tlm lubius o the day, to
hold sweet communion, nnd lo kecpulivo t|m flame
of sympathy which renders life joyous at home,
when tlm piercing winds without are battling for die
minion.
But we would not indulge a strain of rrflreiinn,
for if we take up our pen, we feel it gliding through
our fingers, to wander into the field of politics, where
misrepresentations stare us in the face. But we
are in no humor to indulge n wnlk in that well-best-
fioht. We find there no flowers with which to
ver seen a more august and Imposing Convention In
Virginia—one , which assembled In finer spirit, and . - .,. . . kii , tM
niliimmi.il < n ....... i. • 1 ’ weave a bouquet for some smiling tail one, but we
Biijnumeu in greater harmony and more buoyant - -
••Commerce of Boston.—The Boston Post states
that there were sixty nine entries id vosm-Is from
foreign port* at the nnsiom house, lo Boston, 1x4
week, and many of them with valuable cargoes,—
Four ship* cbared daring tha week for lira West
Indlrf.”
"Business.—Business, wo learn, ha* not beon so
milk hi Newbuiyj ort tor a lung time as it b now.
There are no let* ilian six veaewlt now on the stuck*
. n- % noe nl' which -i»e nf 'he t issesr Ha**. Be-
v-tul line 4 selling o-u#e* an li * good', i In ti.li
hnpes. None has dune more service to die Slate.
Itionl* henceforth thu fate of Whlggery in the Old
Domiuiun.
"A Committee was constituted of23 Delegates,
one to each Electoral District. It wits computed of
gentleman of the greatost discretion and highest
character—Dr. Buttlcr of Smlthfiled and of the lira-
Electoral Dforrict at their head. They took evory
pnin* to ascertain the probable vote in each county
in each District, without forcing the result—They
nppanledfor iho most ncrurate information to the
Delegates of every county—and thay assured
that their calculation wns mad* upon the bad* of a
lllmral allowance for tbe whig*; and of a moderate
nllowment to the Repcblican*. The balance sheet
presents a majority for tbe Republican part» in 15
Districts, and eighteen to tho Whigs—and
summary majority to Mr. Van Duren of5,9IS.—
For our own pans, we huve scaled Mime eflhelr
calculations by tha Inforintainn we had previously
received from numorous counties] and we have come
to the conclusion, tlmt if our triends do their duty,
we shall carry the whole State by at least 7,080.
Wo learn thnt our cause b gaining in all direciions,
as light pours In upon the People,nnd the Humhugi
of tbe Whgs dissipate into thin air.—There was
nnt a Delegate, with whom we eonverred, and we
talked to at least a hundred nftlism on the result in
Virginia— who did not *«em to liavo made up a defi
nitive opinion—and there was nnt one of i hem who
did not count upon a strong and triumphant majur.
ity. We, therefore announce to our Republican
brethren every where,!lint Virginia is safe, perfectly
safe, for Mat tty Van Buren "
CAinTHTw. POOLER.
This gentleman wry unexjieciedly arrived In this
village on last Thursday evening, on Ids way to at
tend an appointment at Carnasville—being detained
at this place, at the solicitation of his fi-taed*!
consented toaddre** the people on Friday evening
—although the time wns very limited to give not lie
to tl>e people in the county, yet, at 3 o’clock, a very
respectable number, composed of members of bath
panic*, assembled in the Court Housa. Well in
deed ware tlm Republicans, at least, repaid forthri?
aitendence. Capt- Pooler In a chaste, and elmpien
address, pointed out the true issue involved in the
present earnest. His effort was peculiarly interest
ing. frem tlm foci 'hat be has been personally a<
qiiNimnd with Mr. Van Buren and Gen Harrison
Hi* defence uf Preridaiit Van Buren and Ills admin
istration wa* able aitd entirely satislaetory to that
gentleman’* friend*—mid we think >t was suck rat
would convince any tnsn, who did not view things
with a jaundiced eye, that it iiihadutyofthetiouth
to rally around that dUtingubficd statesman, who
lias made tlie Constitution of hb countjy tha gaida
of hltadndalslraibui.
Ctpt Preder was followed by Mr BhacktKardin
view only the wrecks of many ambitious hopes and
high aspirations, which uuce inspired the ardent
politician, and a* a Looker-on are called nn to de
plore over those, who in their strife fur supremacy,
liavo nothing wherewith to con«ole them, but nr- 1
left to repine over " tho e*he« of a burnt out heart.”
But w*> must pausn to gluir.i- over the Western
paper* which mir excellent locomotives have brought
along i lie liailrond, in'he face nf the Northeast rain,
xhildiing die transcendent power of gealus and art
in supplying our want* in thn hour of our naeil.
Long live the Central Rail Rood, say wn—long
live its projector* I
MAINE ELECTIONS.
The extract yesterday from a Charleston paper,
requires correction. Instead of 25 •'Counties"
heatil from, it should Imve Imea towns, as. it seems,
I lie te are hut twelve countia* in the State, whil
there are 380 townships nnd plantations.
52 towns liavo been beard from In thrse towns
the vote uf Fairfield (Dcm.) .and Kant, (W.) fot
Governor, is equal, being 11,600 vach, if we add
up tlm return* in tbe Evening Post. The Journal
ofCumnictov makes Fairfield’s majority eight in
these towns.
Tlm same paper «ay«. The returns which coma
in la*t, are usually most favorable tu the Adminis
tration.
Tbe II'higs Imve gained# few votes, and claim
he gain of ii memlier of Congress in ihe 2d Db*
triet, which b hy no means certain. Smith’s (V,
IL) majority in 1838, was hut sixteen, Thig Dis
trict was llierel'ore dehateable ground.
In tlie first District, Nathan Clifford (V. R.) is
ra-elerted to Congress. Irai the 3d and 4th Dis
trict*, Benj. Randall and Gaurga Evans, Whigs,
have been re-eb»led<
Tlm four remaining Districts have nof been heard
901.
The Whig* “ calculate" they, hare gained the
Senate. If their calculation is correct, they «anoot
succeed hi electing a U. 8, Senator, lor tlm Van
Buren majority in the Molise, last year, was about
50. . .
(Frew ths If. Y. Evening rest, !7<* last,j
Main#' Election.—According to thu ucc- im's
contained in Uo*tnn papere received this moraine,
thu returns from Maine do not justify the uxirava-
.-ant juldlaifofi* in which the Whlga jestanlay in
dulged. “ It I* still doubtful,/ says tlm Day Scat
Deuv oral, " whether any Senators are rlioson l.
Cumberland county, or if any choice lias beon afleetc
• il in lira CongressinuNl Dbirict.asiherunb-iwcfu
Fessenden and Smith is olos--, and tha scauarlnf
vote* are said Hi hi* numerous.”
Tlm return* fiom Comber.aud and York counties
aro nearly c-mmls-u-, and show tha following rambt
In l’uinbcrtaml,84 towns gire Falrfiekl 5884| Kent
•I 3l«-iltasnmn luwusiri 1138.***•• 6WI forKalr*
field^>md 5620 for K’cui. I« Ywh. b.wn* gave
FailAe,d 4104. and K« mi 4IPI-'« l«W »»m *am#
towns gave 5211 nw Kalrflald lu 4M5 for Kant.
™» «» -«-• WiW K.IiImU m m
t«»M h«„ d from, ..\V„ an
lln D.HU1CIU,.. Ih.1 th. StSlnm I. M
NSW YORK, ft* It.
Mxl«cn dny* later from E«N|M,
ARRIVAL OF TUB BRITTIBH QUEEN/
Tb.«nm>paekM BriliihQuwn, ,
trrlmd I,.l A%ht. We here recaWwl by bn GW.
of London papers to flttf fst September inelustva;-
with Liverpool papara of the Slat of Atigust. ’ TlW
Brinish Queen repot is fourteen days* aad- thtaaetf
hours from the Needles to Sandy HeoL
The prop.isltinn made to Mehemet All, the Viesf
Roy of Egypt, by the four courts of England, Russia) ‘
Prossluand Austria, has been reacted by him. It
appears by a latter of Lord Paltnataton to the Freaefo
ministry, that Franca had declared to.Engtafldliliar
•he would not oppose any arrangement that thr
four power* might make between the Sultan and* 1
Vice Roy,if the consent of Mehemet CMld^a ebtahr
ed, 'The inference will therefore be drawn ty sow*/
that if Ms he mat All should refuse hb assent, the'
French government would object ttr tha attempt to*
coerce him by military force. Our Paris correspon
dent however, due* nut hold this Inference to tm
‘ *1 «is, . .
ftQYff. . ,
Thr Lomfmt Times ui tho Wt of BeptemW)
announces in n postscript that Mehemet All had re
fused to acouietoe in the ultimatum af the four pow
ers. Tba Time* *ay*>
We have received by an eafraordinary orprf*
the Paris papers of Sunday niibr,August 31st,with/
a lettci from uur correspnndant dated 10o’clock P,
**« - - • i • .. m 1,,.* ;
The Monheor Parislen f the official paper of .
the French Guvernmani, contains the foltowmgant i
plast* Li i<t» -abl\ • v .-;,j
“Intelligence from Alexandria .wet-fired by GTo?>
ernment states that the Viceroy of Egypt has replb
•mlby a refusal to lira notifications which Hlfcat Bey
Aaschtuged tncwivay.fohim. Ho declared-lAucHw
would repel force by force,but that be would eom»
mlt no act ofagsreidon.”- • • t < 1 j i* i
Thi* news wn* brought hy tbe Tartare, Wnicft left
Alexandria on the 18th of August, and arrive*a«.
Toulon on the 29th. The arrival of the steamer af
Marseilles, with tha overland mail frees India baa
mityailn-en announced.
A latter from Wnrsaw,- dated AogisrfOfsf. profee
ses to detail the plan of the four powers for exeea|
ting the treaty of London nnd forcing Mebemdf Alt
to accept the proposition mnde Mm. Itsayst
"Warlike prentrationt nre making with eonside
rnhlenctivUy in Warsaw, nnd extensive magazines
were being 'established in the suuiharn province* of
the empire Thn Russian troopsr.ul(acted between
Kicw end the ' Black Son amount in 80,001) mnnw
lids corps isle take tlie name of "Army of cflra
South,” to distinguish it from thnt of the East,
which occupied lira Transcaucasian provinces, nndf
was estimated nt 150.000 men. These two enrpe
are to be shortly reinforced by 50.000 menenrla—
War is accordingly deemed inevitable in Warsaw,.
m In-re a general belief prevailed tlmt Francs- would!
confine hrrsell tom-re demonstration*. Tbe Pow
ers will begin by blockading Syria, and taking pun-
seisiun of the Golf of Scnnderoon, in order to men
sen Ihrahum Pasha's flanks and intercept hi* cona
munications with Syria. Should Mehemet All re-
• 1st these measures, Syria and Candia are lobe la f
vailed hy Knglbh and Austrian troops, wldht eRar
sian and Ottoman force will march through Asia Mi
nur and seize on St. Jean d’Acre. In lbs event of
the advance of Ibrahim un Constantinople, Mehem
et All is lo be attacked in Egypt bvan English army,
sent from Bombay und landed at Swz, at tbo same -
lime thnt the Russian fleet from Salmstpoei will lunrl
nn the hanks of the Bosphorus a force suffiefent to'
cheek the progress of Ibrahim. Tin* Xmpmtr ■
Nicholas, nccnmiiHnied by tlie Grand Duke hie son,
was supposed tu have arrived at Kiew, where Gene --p
ml Paskewit'ch Imd eitnblislrad hi* lietssi quarters. •
The report of the death of Gen. Witt, who had kvea -
appointed the chief of his staff la-confirmed.”
Tlie iilllmntuin of the four courts reijuircd the lm
nreilitite evacuation.nfgyrin, with the exception of
the pn-lmlin ofSt. Jean d’Acre, which Mo|ienw|
will Ira (a-nniitcd to retain on the same conditInna '
a* tho uther Pa«hn« of thn Pnrt-t'he island of CaA
diu U also tube given up; in return for all whiefli '
Mehemet AH isioliold Egypt In hereditary passe*-
slrn on the payment of an annual tribute. Th*
strength of tl.e Pasha’s nrmy In Syria is estimated
nt upwards of 1110,000 men, all properly iquippt^l .»
and disciplined.
ENGLAND.
The wrnthrr has been favorable re the corn bar
vest,! the crop is expected lo bean average one,nnd
tlicte is thereforeu gradual decline hi tbe price of
grain.
Tlm state of trade in most districts appear*'to
have considerably improved, und the cotton miffs hr
many place* give their workmen full omp.oymenf, 1
Cotton, however, has suffered n ansisll decline.
London drain Market.—Monday Ang.'31.— ‘
The weather continue* highly foverable f t getting
in tlm remainder of the crops, and Urn (mile was e»
ceialiiigly dull fur nitsj-ecies of Corn this tnotnlngt >.
The best qualities of old and new Wheut were taken
ff by tin* miller* ut a reduriiou of 3s, whilst the In
fei lor kind* wen* difficult of diaposal, tboOgh offered ’
3*. u»d even in some iustanci-a 4s per quiver kriref ‘
iliau on rid* day se'i.lglit.
In Foreign Wheat scmc-dy a frariMetltmtook
plure.
Money Market, Lon-lon. Monduy evsnihg, Aug,
31—Upon refeieiicetu the trunsucifuns of Uu* under ’
writers nl Lloyd’s, which may be received as u test ’
among oilier* of (Ira State uf pulilie opinion on thu
subjeet of war. it npia ar* that in dm csseofFn-neh
risks, and risk* likely to be involvvd iu thu tohsh
quence* of a war. (here ha* been tf Oonsulerable al'
tenition. though not ut present of a very deflniur
cliarac’ar, ea>'binsurer being disposed to act oft his*
own view# of the Impending-luogei , With regard
to distant voyages, which are (aimed "esptnra
■ i*k*," are daily coming forward. Some pollclel
have Iraen entered into, inclusive nf capture risks,
but accompanied with a cundtiinn Id return that
pnrtimi uf die premium should no dechiNitiUb of tta*
take place previous to termination of ihe voyage,
Consols closed at 90l (sellers.) Fira RttmedisU
delivery, after fluetuauiig bvtweaft S9l to that
closed 801 (seller's.) Exchequer lill.d relhalii 18s
to 20*. It wn* selling day in'tbe foreign house,but
so little excitement was ueeaitoiH>d; 'uuti'this tikif
nut to be distinxulslrad from an ordlimiY day*
FRANCK.
Tlm vineyards In Pronce present a most premia
ing ^apjraarunce and the prims of wine casks hMs
The *Car in French Africa.**A letter from Al
giersoftira 15lh inst, states, that Col ChamploU,
having sent from llltiCatnp uf (joleah a detachment
uf 150 infitniryamt 40 Cavalry to the redoubt of Med
ttbere r k was attacked Hi a ravine by 4110 Arabs off
foot and 900 horsdmeM. The dhasirUr* and the
Modi ish gendarmes stood (heir ground walk but* ad
cording to this account, were all killed,
Paris Bourse, Ann 29.-“LM*i prices uf Rented
5 per cents f ll3 to? 3 per ceele f IfO^Oi «.
SPAIN,
Insurrection in ValtkCid. BesiguaUou tsftkt
Spanish Ministry,—The Paris' MoniteUr of AugUst
30th. he* snanlclatotlra folltiaihg effect!
" On the Offd of AUtflist some dtdorder# uecured
nt ValemflM, A purtion of lira population dcsihd
to give tt sarenode to the Queeh, Grnhp* Wefe in.*
mediately formed (o prevent It. thd Council .
Minister* essembb-d. and di-eld^d lhai (he servnw
should not take plat!*.
"The Ministers alb-fwXfds demanded of llut
Quran authority t» annoaned by clwulars (hat thn
taw oh the AyuutarttieahK (nrmunii ipallaw) should
not be enlorcuduntil it should have been taken tare
ruusiderdiinn hv new Curt*# The Queen refused,
M. M. Oni,-fl C.MIo (Mlnl.W- 6r r™»,,n
AIT.it. Mil f»f «.» ,»ii..."*r .wp. «Uv.lj)btti.,i,f,
A^MnS’lMtorlh.1 M.n IliU hwHiflM,
H no n«.« up.0 til. f.» .pnm-.tMi I. IW
f,»J..M.i.bWMTort«il.•"W .
lermined nol 10 wo— —iltl ill. IIi|»Wm|mi .loiuld
li.n l.k.n phc. .ml wMoh.onlduimiTMir...
Mn.nl.,. (i,,n-rd»y.) On. |*l»ie MTumI S m.
r.ul,. .1 001 I0.i GM mi jwrtnw ipprni,.
,#lt.r. from Ct3ni(,Mt.iipt,o( UwSib of AH—i
.i.ir,ontli.CBiharJalr,Wbll.ilw SnliMMi n ",
*1.. In, Mfml ImiuMmi, uf inni]i., ,i, .hi., w,i. -
lil,J .1 him f.wn It, l.nk,, nl, ... rln.ll ... pbn.
r.llil lm hilS tW.rr.1 xAImi. nrm nnr.r.1 in,
MUM nl limit,,mi,wn, llnl linn «» .