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“ Liberty uow and forever! DEMOCRAT’S TEXT BOOK. Below we publish, and shall keep in our columns, facts for the Democrats. They have only to refer to them to see what Gen. Harrison is, and why they should prefer Van Buren. With these sound principles instilled in their minds, they may defy all the arts of “ Whiggery” or hard cider , and laugh at log cabins :— GENERAL HARRISON'S OPINIONS. F reauien of tho South, real what follows. Pondor deep ly and well on the WORDS of Gen. Harrison. They stand uncontradicted, and until they are proved to he false, they shall occupy a place in our columns. Head also what the NOTORIOUS GARRISON says of him—and the favour he finds in the eyes of the organ of Arthur Tapp as, & c., in New York. CT* Head and think for yourelves. TO THE PUBLIC. rtT*“ Fellow Citizens: Being called suddenly home (Qr*io attend my sick family, I have but a moment to answer few calumnies which are in circulation concerning me. lO“ 4 ‘ lam accused of being friendly to slavery. From £7*iny earliest youth to the present moment I have been DCPthe ardent friend of Human Liberty. At the age of [CTeigl.teen,l BECAME A MEMBER OF AN ABO- C3*LiTION SOCIETY, established at Richmond ; the Kl*object of which was to ameliorate the condition of (£J*slaves,and procure their freedom by every legal (CTMy venerable friena, Judge Gatch, of Clare .aunt fO*County, was also a member of this Abolition Society, fcXand has lately given me a certificate that I was one. C7THK OBLIGATIONS WHICH I THEN CAME UNDER, I C7HAVK FAITHFULLY PERFORMED.’ 1 * * * CT“ WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.” •* Whereas,the existence of slavery in our county, has tver been deomed a great moral and political evil, nod in its tendency directly calculated to impair our national cha rseter. and naterially affect our national happiness; and inasmuch as the extension of a slave population in the United States is fraught with the moat fearful consequen ces to the permanency and durabili’.y of our republican in stitutions—and whereas, the subject of the admissiou of slavery in the new State of Missouri is at this time before Ilia Congress of the United States ; therefore, “ that our Senators and Representatives be re qaasted louse their utmost exertions and take every means to prevent tha extension of slavers within the Territory of the United States, we3t of the Mississippy, and the new Slates to be formed within that Territory, which the Con stitution and the treaties made under it will allow.” From Garrisons Liberator. Nomination of Gen. Harrison.— The National Whig Convention, assembled at Harrisburg on the sth December, nominated William H- Harrison, for the office of President es the United States. On the first and second ballot, tli* vote stood, for Henry Clay. 103; for Harrison, 94; for Winfield Scott, 57. On the third ballot, the vote was, for Harrison, 148 ; for Clay, 90; for Scott, 16. All the slave States vent for Clay. We regard this as another im portant sign of the times—as a signal defeat of the slave nolding power in this country. —Had it not been for Abolitionism, Henry Clay would undoubtedly have been nominated. We have faith to believe that, uo slave-holder will ever again be permitted to Jill the Presidential ojfice in this Republic. From ths Emancipator , the organ of the Abolitionists in New York. The Harrisburg Convention.— Well, the agony is over, and Henry Clay is—laid upon the shelf. And no man es ordinary intelligence can doubt or deny that it is the anti slavery feeling of the North winch has done it, in connexion with hie own ostentatious and infamous pro-slavery demon strations in Congress. Praise to God for a great anti-slave ry victory. A man of high talents, of great distinction, of long political services, of boundless pesonal popularity, has been openly rejected for the Presidency of tins gneat He— public, on acconnt of his devotion to slavery. Set up amo nuinent of progess there. Let the wind tell the tale—let the slave holder# hear the news—let foreign nations bear it— let O'Connell hear it—let the slaves hear it—A slave-hold er is incapacitated for the Presidency of the United States. The reign of slavocracy is hastening to a close The re ed ion of Henry Clay and the nomination of William Henry Harrison, by the Whig Convention,taken in con nection with all the circumstances, is one of the heaviest blows tkat the monster slavery has received in this Country WHY EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD VOTE FOR VAN BUREN. Because, from a poor friendless, and unaided boy, who labored during hi, youth as a hireling on a farm, he rose to the highest office in the world, by his own merits, and by his oicn exer tions—thus proving that no matter how poor a man may be, in this country, he may rise to the highest distinction, if he pleases, by his good conduct and utclligence. Because, from his earliest youth he has gone for his country with zeal and energy. All the principles of the Deinoeratic party, have ever found in him a supporter and champion ; while all the federal gull traps and falsehoods have been by him as staunchly and as effectively opposed. Because, although the unceasing ob ject of federal virulence and rage, they have been unah 1o to detect one blot ill his public character, “to mingle admiration or to gratify hatred.” Because, he has always raised his voice against the onward strides of the money power, Because, he has never hesitated about avowing himself against the madness of the Aboli tionists, and as utterly opposed to all their schemes. Because he has never shrunk from an avowal of his political creed. His letter to Sherrod Williams and his whole history prove that he is not a lunatic under the control of keepers, or fallen into second childhood. Because, during the late threatening difficulties between this country, and England, lie managed the affair so patriotic-likc and so fearless of consequences, that his own enemies, placed, by their own votes in Congress, ten millions of dol lars at his disposal, as the sinews of expected war, and authorized him to raise an army of fifty thou sand men! Because, in all his public transactions, io vote of censure was ever preferred against him, on accounfof neglect malfeasance, or deficiency. Because having risen from naked po verty himself die is the fit representative of the poor Laboring-man and mechanic. “Gen. Harrison, while Governor of Indiana Territory, approved a law passed by the Legislature, to NELL MEN for FINE or COST. Thisf same law decreed the punishment of TIIIRTY NINA STRIPES, to be inflicted on any person thus sold Jwho should abscond from his PURCHASER’ Rcadstr how do you like this specimen of Harrison iin,iq addition to the Ohio case, and oven worse thtfnrhat; for the law specifically includes WOMEN as well as MEN to he WHIPPED to full THIRTY NINE STRIPES.” - k f aia Jfarrison says the hejjd of the “ Black <Jockadc” administration wal u pure patriot. Hear Mr. Adanpg, (old John,) said Mr. Harrison, ißDtained nt the time, (1799 and 1800,) and have ijHmnce entertained, tho greatest respect. 1b- to be an honest man, and a pure patriot, conduct during that notion proved him — Speech in reply to Mr Randolph,Tf^th ggHTi m i Harrison and the Elective Harrison’s Democracy. Franchise. “It is therefore enacted, [Nee Territorial loirs. That every free male in - revised code, of 1807, pages habitant of the age of HI 39 Sr 40, sections 30 and years resident in the Ter - 31.] ritory, and who hath been “ Sec 30. When any a citizen of any State in person or persons, shall on the Union or who has been conviction of any crime or two years resilient in this breach of penal law, be sen * Territory, and holds a tenced to pay a fine, with freehold in fifty acres of or without the cost of pro land within any county of sedition, it shall and may the same or any less quan - be lawful for the court be * lily in which lie shall re - fore whom such conviction side, which with the im - shall be had (£7* to order provementi made thereon, the Sheriff to sell or hire shall be of the value of one the person or persons so hundred dollars, or has convicted, to iervice, to any paid for and in virtue of a person or persons, who will deed of conveyance for fur- pay the saidfine and costs ther assurances from a for such term of time as the person vested with the. fee , court will think reasona is in actual possession of hie. five acres of land subject to And if such persons, so taxation in the county in sentenced and hired or sold, which he shall be resident, shall abscond from the ser shall be, and are here- vice of his or her master or by declared to be duly qual- m i stress, before the term of tfied electors or represe/r such service shall be ex. tatives for the counties in pired, he or she so abscond which they are respectively ing , shall on conviction resident. before a justice of the peace, Jesse B. Thomas. be WHIPPED WITH Speaker of the House of THIRTY-NINE Representatives • STRIPES ! and shall B. Chambers, moreover serve two days President- of the Council, for every one so lost. Approval Sept. 17, 1807. “Sec. 31. The judge of W. H. Harrison. the several courts sf record in thin Territory shall give this act in charge to the grand jury at each and every court, in which a grand jugjt.jhall be J a s. Speaker of RepresenMJKKKm’ President of the Council. Approved — Sept. 17, 1807. W. H. Harrison. John Tyler's Democracy. John Tyler—The Federal candidate for the Vice Presidency—when a member of the Virginia Convention, voted against the ex tension of die right of suffrage, contending that the only true and legitimate qualification should be a freehold, thus virtually placing all power in the hands of the few, that they should control the many. Extract from General Extract from the letter Harrisonsletter, dated of Gen Harrisons conji- Cincinnati, Sept- 17,1822 dential Committee daie.t Sir, In your taat tetter Cincinnati, Feb 29.1540. you recommended to the can- The policy it that the didates at the entiling elec General make no further tion, topitblith their politi- declaration of hit prinri cal creed., that the electors pic for the public eye whilst may have a fair opportun ■ occupying hit present po ll H of choosing those whose sition. sentiments best accord with their own. I have ever be lieved that every elector hat a right to make this call upon those who offer their service to the people, AND THAT THE CANDIDATES ARE BOUND TO AN SWER IT. Job Printing. A I.L kinds of Job Work execuetd ut this office with promptness, and in a workmanlike style. Orders attended to from the country, accompa nied with cash, or a city reference. No accounts kept, but all work done nt the lowest possible cash prices. United States’ marshal’s Office, > Milledceville, August 27, 1840. j is hereby given to Assistant Marshals i™ appointed for the purpose of taking the Cen sus of Georgia, under the acts of Congress of the 3d March, 183!), and 20th February, 1840, that no penalty is annexed to a refusal to give the statisti cal information, which the questions propounded are intended to elicit. This must bo left to the voluntary disposition of the individual who ren ders the account of persons in each family. It is not expected that any friend of his country who would he pleased to acquaint himself with its re sources, will either refuse tc comply with the sim ple request of the laws, or be instrumental in inducing others to object. I understand that it is alleged in some places, that this information is sought for the purpose of levying a tax on the peo ple, and in others that it is intended to expose the poverty of individual citizens. Such allegations arc wholly unfounded and intended to mislead those who have not read the laws for themselves. However desirable the information expected to be collected by the execution of this law may lie to the enlightened patriot and statesman, if any refuse to afford it, as a matter left entirely to the pleasure of each individual, you will resort to no coercive measures to compel the statement, sept 4 200 W. J. DAVIS, Marshal. To Contractors. Engineer’s office, Central Railroad, ) Savannah, August 28, 1840. J IJROPOSALS will be received by the subscri ber until the 20th of October next, for build ing a bridge over the Oconee river, for the Central Railroad, and also for erecting about 4000 feet in length in truss work in the river swamp. The site of the bridge is about 18 miles below Milledgevillc; it is to be of lattice work, with two spans'of 125 feet each, and supported by two abut ments mid one pier of masonry, at an elevation of about 22 feet above low water mark. The amount of stone and lumber required, will be about 500 perclie of the former, and about 112,000 feet of the latter. The truss work will be supported by piles, at a mean elevation es about 18 feet above the swamp, and will require 500,000 feet BM of Timber, ex clusive of piles. Plans and specification of the work, may be seen, and all necessary explanations will be given, on application to the undersigned, at this office. Application may also be made at the Company’s office, at Macon, from the 10th to the 15th of Sep tember, and from the 10th to the 15th of October. Mr. E. P. Holcomb, nssigtent engineer, now en gaged in locating the line west of the Oconee, if applied to, will point out the site of the work, and give nny information touching its locality. Bids will be received, for either the masonry, the superstructure of the bridge, or the truss work aionc or for the whole together. L. O. REYNOLDS, atig 29 Chief Engineer. Quinine. OZ. Quinine. DU 1 rascJ^^^Hkni. received for OFFER V n t r folio of a do do Portland 50 do Rye Gin, 10 do Peach Brandy, 10 do Aniseed Cordial, 10 boxes Lemon Syrup, 11 do ad cavendish Tobacco, 10 to lb, ang 14 182 Indelible Ink. 1 GROCE Kidler's Indelible Ink, 6 doz Poysolt's ,10. do. just received and for sale b TIIOS. RYERSON. apt 3 198 ILY TEI.KGRAI’If. SEPTEMBER Stf, 1610. FOR PRESIDENT, MARTIN VAN BUREN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. JOjHN FORSYTH. Electoral Ticket. THOMAS WOOTTEN,of Wilkes. W. B WOFFORD, of Habersham. W. B. BULLOCH, of Chatham. JOHN BATES, of Murray. MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton. SAMUEL BEALE of Wilkinson. JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper. SAMUEL GRO VF.S, of Madison, SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee, EDWARD HARDEN, of Clark. JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke. For Congress. ROBERT W. POOLER, of Chatham. D. C. CA MPBELL, of Bilib. ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee. JUNIUS HILL YER, of Clark. J. S. PA TPERSON, of Early. J. H. LUMPKIN, of Floyd. W. T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee. MA RK A. COOPER, of Hull. ED WARD J. BLACK, of Scriveu. Democratic Republican Nomina tion, of Chatham County. For the Senate. WILLIAM W. GORDON, For Representatives. JOHN MILLEN, FRANCIS M. STONE, WM. H. STILES, JOHN W. ANDERSON. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION. SOUTH OGLETHORPE WARD. A regular meeting of this Association will be held THIS EVENING, at 7 o’clock, at the house of Mr. Richard Scanlan, on Spring Hill. Members of this Association are re quested to be present, and the different Associations are respectfully invited to attend, as business of importance will he laid before them. 1 “WHIG g2jn t S!” Cast evening- tve had guns for a Whig victory, alias a defeat of Hey publican principles. Ere tlic “ harvest moon” Mr. Xochc hath allowed a man to reap with a hook (?}tlic guns of “ Old Chatham will speak, with a voice ot THUN DER, FOR DEMOCRACY! FREEMEN, BEWARE OF WHIG LIES, MANUFACTURED FOR THE GEORGIA MARKET. “ THE COLUMBUS ENQUIRER.” We liuve_before alluded to this infamous slicct. It is a libel on the name of a newspaper. It does not enquire for truth, but seeks falsehood. Its editor is a contemptible piece of humanity, who officiated us a pedagogue in this city. He was a subordinate teacher in the Chatham Academy, and any of our citizens who remember his ram rod pedestal apparatus, cannot forget him. We never knew “Chapman to eroief’ as the saying is —but always thought he could run! This insolent creature has attacked the collector of our port —Col. A. B I'a.vnin. Ho first gave circulation to an “ omnibus of lies,” against him. Ogle’s brother calls his lying brother’s speech, an “ omnibus of lies,” hence we take our cue. If there was a spark of manhood or generosity, in Chapman, of the Enquirer, lie would have at once published Col. Fannin’s reply, and complete exoneration from every charge made against him. But “ Chapman can crow” only over falsehood, and therefore can say nothing when the truth stares him in the face. We arc disgusted with such men. For the Daily Telegraph. Mr. Editor:—l was exceedingly surprised upon enquiries yesterday afternoon, to find that the roar of cannon in our city was the rejoicing of the Harri son party, at the election of Kent, as Governor of Maine. lam well aware of the lengths to which party spirit will sometimes carry its votaries, and the strange combinations produced by politics, but I confess I was entirely unprepared for this result. Have tile people of Savannah forgotten who this Governor Kent is Do they remember the outrage committed by Fhilbrook, and his companion. Do they remember the abducted slave of Sugars. And above all do they remember the refusal of Governor- Kent to deliver up for trial those who had outraged our domestic institutions, and trampled upon the laws of our State ? lam no party man, hut Sir, my blood boils in my veins at this insult upon Southern rights, Southern feelings, and Southern laws. Is Savannah so fallen, and her sons so steep ed in the mine of man worship, that they can for get the injuries that have been inflicted upon our peculinr institutions by Governor Kent, bis disre gard of that comity, which should always exist, even among nations hold together by a common league, und his utter contempt for the Constitution of the country. Ifthcy have forgotten theso tilings, I have not, and I pray God I may never do so. Upon this subject, I know no party, and en trenching myself behind Southern rights, and State remedies, I hold every man who is not with the South, as against tho South, and I call upon the • tin- i. dH r, ’"■i thi-. .Mi i.iH Hi.l .‘Mill ill tilt: [l|| V - ’ . i . li.Miml in flu ii mi 7®|j • ‘lrr, ami : .ihcring to aSH - lire, llius ;,r.i. I .lllli tu tiiH - principles. ■’ Is there a slm ehohler i J w hilst I writ.-) are rending tn| P f I trust not, for the j Governor Kent, will live to see the the South changed to the marshy fen, her country desolate, her cities dilapadated, and the rank grass growing in the streets Is there a Nullifier there— from my soul I trust not, for then are principles but idle, unmeaning words. Talk no longer of State remedies, and State rights—where are your rights —what avail your remedies, when you exult in the triumph of that man, who lias trampled on your dearest rights, and eontemned your remedies. I would entreat you to pause in this career— good can never come of it—your legislature has de nounced the conduct of Governor Kent. Georgia may again be called on to assert her rights, when trampled upon by your present favorite, and how will you battle for your nativo land. I repeat lam no party man, but I entreat my State Rights friends to pause and reflect. To-day you sing hosannaii’s to the name bf Kent, and the welkin rings with your shouts of joy for his triumph—to-morrow you may have to curse his name, and weep over your own short sightedness. AN UNCHANGED NULLIFIER. For the Daily Telegraph. NACOOCIIEE VALLEY—GOLD MINES— PONEY CLUB. I left Clarksville for Richardson’s, at Nacoocliec Valley, near the foot of Yonah Mountains, 13 miles distant. I arrived there time enough in the after noon to see his Gold Mine in operation. It is in the valley about 200 yards from his dwelling—he hasten hands working it, and they nett him each about $3 per day, or something like eight or nine thousand dollars per annum; his mine is one of the most productive in the State, and I had long ago heard of it. lie is a clever communicative man, und is not ashamed to acknowledge that in Ids own State, N. Carolina, he followed deer hunting for a living. He emigrated to this State in 1833, with barely money enough to purchase tho lot of land he now lives on fora mere song; at that time, lands in the valley were not at all prized ; they arc now worth one hundred dollars per acre, and can rarely be had for even that price—and no wonder: it is what is called bottom land up here, and what we call deposit in the low country; it is the deposit in the valley for ages of the overflowing of the Chatahoochec River, which runs through it.— It produces the finest Oats and Corn in the world, the latter producing from 50 to 60 bushels to the acre, and requring but little work. Mr Richardson told me he had the curiosity last year measure one acre of Corn, and it yielded 82 bushels, —this, lie acknowledged, was an extraordinary yield, which induced him to measure. I only mention this as an evidence of what the land can be made ; to produce under proper cultivation. The valley is about 7 miles in length, being completely surrounded with mountains, and varies from 1 to 3 miles ill breadth towering overall the neighboring mountains is the Yonah 1500 feet in heigth. After residing in the Valley a few years, Rich- . ardson amassed money enough to extend his pur chase of valley lands, and also to make extensive purchases in the mountains. About this time gold began to be found in various places in Habersham county. On one of Richardson’s mountain lots a mine was found that yielded him in one year ijiilß,- 00 or SI9OO to the hand nett—the greatest yield over had from anyone mine in this country. That mine he has abandoned, from what cause, I do not recollect, but suppose it failed to produce as for merly. The mine ho is now working, lie sold some years ago to John C. Calhoun and others, for $30,- 000. They failed to make payment at the stipu lated time, and the mine never passed out of his possession—lie lias since (ill six years) netted out of it $23,000, and there is no computing how much more lie will get from it, for it appears to no inex haustible. I have been thus particular to show you how fortune has pursued this man—he docs not ap pear to be puffed up by his sudden accumulation of wealth, hut bears his good fortune meekly as a good Christian ought, being a member of the Meth odist persuasion. Dalilonaga, Lumpkin county, is quite an im proving place, having 800 inhabitants—it lias only been settled four or five years, and has improved faster than nny village in the State, it has an U. States Mint, which was in operation, coining half eagles, whilst I was there. On the road from Clarksville to Dalilonaga, the bed of every little stream, and they are not few, and every spot that had the appearance of yielding gold, has been turn ed up and washed —at a distance they have the ap pearance of potatoe stacks, and I found that even the bed of the Chistater river, which is quite shal low, did not esenpe their searching process, for that lias been washed out for miles. There arc not as many persons mining now, as formerly, (but I be lieve the business generally, proves more profitable us people have acquired a better knowledge of the process of washing, &c.) A great many find their corn fields to be the best gold mine after all. Mr. Richardson told me, that when gold was first dis covered, there was a great influx of vagabonds from the four quarters of the Globe. They wej generally too lazy to work, and the majority hv stealing horses, breaking open stores, were known as the celebrated Policy CluliJ’ jjfjl were regularly organized, having and eaeli one having Ins respeetive duJH*sgv|inS him. Sonieiiii.es they were ciiugl|HsjCt(KHH it was an impo—iluluv . would always have son !hei testify for them, and they wotihl^^HHHHH| of them would be on tho Jury. stood high in the county, woro strongly suspected to bo linked in with them us agents, treasurers, &c., and more than one lawyer lived by defending them as they feed well. It was an impossibility fi>r the Indians to keep horses or cattle, and so sure as a traveller came into tho countiy, so sure was lie to lose his horse. These horses were run off to Au gusta, Charleston, Savannah, &c., oud sold. They did not confine their depredations to horses solely, stole cattle also, and I have no doubt, you and many a time masticated a bit of genuine Club beet. This state of things became that the orderly citizens determin- out, as they say up here, at all entered into a voluntary assu- by each other in all law suits and They went to work, organized a Court, I*udge Lynch presiding, and at a concerted time ipomiced down upon all they could get hold of Kvho were strongly suspected of belonging to the Tony Club, would tie some up and give them two or three hundred lashes, when they would confess upon each other, and upon this kind of evidence, went to work whipping dozens at a time, never giving them less than one hundred, nor more than five hundred lashes, then allowing them a certain time to dispose of their effects and obsquatulate, after which, if they were found in the county, the dose was repealed. By those means this section of country was rid of as great a sett of rogues as ever congregated together in America. From this section they removed to the Chatahoochee coun ties, such as county Carroll, &c., which had just commenced settling, and practiced the same game until tiiey were werded out there—they then shifted quarters to Walker and Murry counties, where they robbed and murdered on as extensive a scale as ever, but that section has settled up so fast with good orderly people, they have packed up their duds and are off with the Indians to Arkan sas. I have heard a good story about a fellow, who applied for admission to the Club ; a principal qual ification 1 was of course to be a good thief; he was asked if he was good at stealing? He answered “yes.” There was a man going along the road at the time, with a sheep on his shoulders, and he was told if lie could steal the sheep from off that man’s shoulders, he would be admitted a member. The rogue takes a cut through the woods, and gets ahead of the man with the sheep, and having on a pair of good shoes, drops one of them—the man with the sheep comes up to the- shoe—passes, and passes on—what was an odd shoe to him—lie left it —a quarter of a mile further, on lie comes to the follow of the shoe, and picks it up—by going back a quarter of a mile, tile pair was his—it was too far to carry the sheep, he lays it down, secures the other shoe, and returns—the sheep was gone. Os course the thief was admitted a full member of the Honorable Poncy Club. Was not that a cute trick, as we say in the up country. 1838. RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. A number of citizens of Pittsburg recently ad dressed a letter to Gov. Porter, to which lie replied under date Aug. 24. We quote the following from his reply : So far as relates to tile resumption of specie pay ments, I have already, in the letter above referred to, addressed to my democratic friends of Phila delphia, stated that the period fixed ill the resolu tions as they finally passed, was more remote than 1 thought expedient; but as the time (provided it was reasonable,) was not a matter ofprmciple, and as 1 considered some definite and speedy legislation indispensible, I sanctioned the resolutions. Had I defeated the adoption of those resolutions, lapprc licndcd the hanks would be too potent to allow of the passage of others more reasonable, if indeed any others could have been passed. 1 signed them as the least of two evils. This is not the first law I have sanctioned for the sanTe reasons, and no man in his senes can expect the executive branch of the government, which merely approves of what is done by its two co-ordinates, to have every mea sure precisely its oun wav- I have exercised the veto power without hesitation whenever I consider ed a queston of principle, or of vital public policy concerned, Imt not in cases of less import. As I considered the suspension of specie pay ments extended to a longer time than was neecssa rv, I shall not sanction any further extension. If the hanks cannot meet their engagements oil the 35th of January next, it will he a serious misfor tune, hut it is one in the production of which I have had no share, and lor the consequence of which 1 shall tool no oflicial responsibility. The hanks themselves must answer for the result, tor it must he perfectly obvious to the world that any bank which cannot then resume, with such notice and indulgence, will never be able to resume at all. From the Charleston Mercury, 2Sth. MAINE ELECTION. The Whig papers still claim the success of their candidate for Governor—but it is remarkable that from day to day their majority grows smaller even by their own reports. It is now settled that tho Whigs have elected four members of Congress, the Democrats two, and two vacancies, owing to the lat ter running several candidates. The following paragraph from the Boston Post of Wednesday con veys all that our readers care to know of the general result. Maine Election.— Wo can only add the vote of two plantations to our table published yesterday and, therefore, think it unnecessary to give it again to- T lle vote * n le towns now heard from stands I airfield, 45,167; Kent, 4->,152. The towns to be heard from, in 18:36, gave Fairfield 103 Kent, 33. If, they come in as they did then, Fairfield’s plural ity over Kent will he 95. We fear that the scatter ing votes may prevent a choice. From the Globe. VERMONT. Extract from a letter dated Rutland, Sept. 14,1840. 3 lie affinities of Northern Whigery with the most odious doctrines of Abolitionism, were illustrated by an incident which occurred at our recent State election in the town ofllcnsoh ifothifc county. The Constitution of our State requites that a general oath of allegiance to the State shall be taken by every freeman, before his admission as such, and provides that no person shall be admitted to that oath unless he is either a natural born citizen of this or some ono of the United States, or lias been only naturalized, agreeably to the acts of Congress. At in Benson, a negro man presented liirn- board of authority who superintended tho rv to ht ’ Admitted to exercise the frcl - ,ma ". dii* right to do so was oh-j of 1,10 ~tlnorr' 'lic party, on the !l fugitive slave, u ho had esen ragKfi£^Viidet and, being liable to beret laiin- to eili/cnsliii). It appeared that or” a slave in Virginia, and that in 011838 he eseaped from Ins and by Ihn agency of the Aboli jS&jfepSjdiMWhclped along through the country till ho where lie has lived over since. But conclusive state of facts before them, tho TOnrd, (every member of which that acted was a VVhig,) admitted this SLAVE to the oath and pri vileges of a FREEMAN, thus deciding that he was a citizen, and,as such, entitled to eligibility for any offico in the gift of freemen ! This decision was ndvocated nnd justified by Isaac Norton, one ol the Whig State Senators elected from tho county Rut land at our recent election, who was a member of the board. Accordingly, the oath was administered to the slave, and he voted for Stato officers and for Congress, and deposited the Whig ticket (which was printed on yellow paper) in both boxes. His rote for Congress leasfor WILLIAM SLADE ! !