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Alln glees for meetings, Szalinil, othq'noticen which hero he tofore been inserted #atis.: will be charged • 25 cent each,exceptiiiiriagetqind Deaths. 1 l amphlets,G• • heckp Ca Lasting and of, every description; eatly printed at this the lowest cash prices: lEr liandbi Office al •1 . 1' - NEW I ' Il • 4 i • f - ' - i •, . 1 7 . 1 j ci. F4ghts to Readinrk. 'dti.svillf Redu ed..D:H ~. , I THE eubscriberluiving mad arrangements fo). a rumo r' f first rate' Covered clam will. forwa' d goods to Reth gat the tinitsu.allr 10, freight v of $2. . 0 cents l c per ton f 2000 Pas. (delivered on l . e. e !!. liarf4t e a l l i so e to 'Pottsvill for $l5O cents pbr fn ' f 2000 lbs. (4 . ver 'I on the ‘ 'hart:) . 'lla' Mereha is by leaving their orders v ith the subscriber, or at the . l ardware Store otMeSars. Parke*i . eim & Shewell-rW ket street aboveNth,o:l, have th r goods collected aif deilverdd at hi' t Ware louse o the Schuylkill for 5 dots per dray toad ; the .sameprice which is now paid to Broad ; street l Omni bused running from the Philadelphia Exchange ,p i ss the Ware House every 10 minuteii. ' i \VIOL, 4 M P 4. ORRikK, tsheOut ,street Wharf, SchAylkill. Phailidelphia March 14th. rO. 1 114-3 mo. ' . i ' . 1 .711IC IL)! EL If di U S S;ERJ: . . 2 :. i RESPECTE,HUIy returns Ithantdi to his - . .%t , -Leti- 4 " i ;.. friends and the pUblic, for the en r rourag6 , . --fot , 4 -.1.i: j ..,,. , ment extended to his establtshment.iand begs *4 leave to inkirni them that handl ciontinueS " I • to keep on hand, alarge assortment 4f elegant PARLOUR FLOWERS Of thel latest variety, which'he witl dispose of at the 3; lowest prices. Warranted Garden and FlOwer Seeds,,coh itantly f4ir sale at the Garden. and at the Stores of Q. WOakeley, and Ott" Wiiman. 1 i • 1 I SUG R BEET' SEED, of his own groWth, nbe had! Wholes le and Retail, at the r .abovetnennired laces., 1 His aSsortmentof DA I ILM ROOTS, are o in superi— or character. and of the lateSt variety, cdmitr i tsing up wards o r ONE HUNDRED ehrdse selectiekne--Ft?r further .articulars see catalokue of Dahliai. , Readi •g. March 14. ;' ... , 0 • American OraOrs 1 own ook and fur tia:ff. JUST.447I receive( Marti 21 Dr. Jayne's , xpectco.'nt. ,:,- z.itllzfinvaluable medic H, Is dailyxffee .‘rig . somie A of the most astimisli . ng, cures tire!: iave eve t - been known. ' All who halve ever Used It or Astir rna, Conli,Spitting of Bi4i, !looping, Co l ug , , Crriu p -1 or Hive , CtinsuM ti ption, Chronic 'Pleris . ilioarsr nese, Pan and Soarness Oil the Breast, Diticolly or Breathi g, and every otho! L disease of thetings and and bre st, can and do akteSt ,to its inirefolness., i Bronchi is, a ‘ disease wh O is annuallt .iiweeping thotisan i s upon thousandslo a premature drave, on. derthe mistaken name of Consumption,lo always cured b' it. The usual, yiii;iitorris of thi disease II (Brooch tie ) are coughiliscireness ;of `ti re' lona, and thri at, hoarsuess, dit}iculty of breat lira, asth ma, ireciic fever, a) soitting up of plilegin l or matter, and soinetiines- blood. , Nis an inflanimatlon of the fine sli which lines the:liiside of the wit Ole of the wind ill es nr air vessels, t .hich runs thrtuigh every . part 01 .he lungs. The 4 orPectorant iinmediately ~ suppresses the cough, -pal ', infiamation,lthver and difficulty of breathing, an -oduces , a friiand easy Expecto.ation, and er ),,n effeete 1 It alivays cures a. oor three arge doses _ will cure the Croup i 'children, i.... l troin fir. teen minutes to an [De. 'lr itoMediately subdues Idle violence ig cough, a4d effects a ~.; spe.edr t iore. Hunc ) havt beed l'given up ' by.' t thei physicians :able with -i'fionsump. Lion," have been resit trfect heahhiu it. ' t, --- "': r, Dr. Jonathan Go dent 0f..-theranville i.. College,lollio, (late c irk) in alle er to Dr. ;- Jayne, dated New :ember, lop, says— "He wals laboring' t. :vere cold, Clough and hoarsnets, and that-his c r .mculty of,breAhing was so great that he felt hiins l .l( in imminent tjanger of immediate suffocation, Init. , was peefectlyp , cured by - i using this Expeetorant. 7 I Mrs Dclk,s,;i,of Salem, New Jersey, was cured elf Asthma, of twtnty yerirs standing, by using two bottles of this Medicine.— Mrs. Wa rd, also :if Saletn, lwas cured offine same coMplai it by.one bottle. )' A. young lady, 41:4) of Sa lem, who was believed by her friends to Itie far gope with consinntit:ion was Perfectly restored by three bottled. ' Dr. Hamilton, e l f, Si.. James, Soiqh .Caroli na, was greatly affected ,by a cough, hoartness, arid soreness' of the lungs, andl on using a bottle'of this medicine found perinan—' -'ief. fl Ext of a Cer , ificab the• Rev. Dr 'Babcock, late PreSident of the lie College, Ilaibe. "Frurn intimate pers... . ..equaintanceivith Dr. D. Javre, a regular :4i/tr.:tit of the Medical Univer ,'sity Pennsy Ivania, And' an experiencedenceess. ful practitioner of ine4ie'ioe, was prep4d to ap preciate the nunieroni 'tez;timonials in faiOr of his different medical preparlitions, much mare highly than. the great niajority;lof those which are exten sively eulogised. On trial of 'them in inyl:own ily, andisonie of them pei;amally. I have Mine than realized • their , favor ablel; atittei pat ions. They are what they pr.:it - est , to beiH4-notquack riostrunis = but skilfully prepared antidotes for some oflthe • most afflictive of humait diseafies.' '1 know, that key are highly esteemed, and frequently prescribe' by some of the most respectable of ;be regulat pr 41tioncrs of medicine to this city and el,-eahere,attd: I do not hesitate to commend theni as a valmible ,iddition to our materia meMea, andl pl,safe, as well-asi'e'minently useful remedy for the diabased." fi U FUS 13 A DCOOK , Jr. Philadelphia, 7th und, ; 1838. • The Rio. C. C. P. Crosby, late Editor of the e Allier icgn Baptist, ttiriW as folio:144 e ..• NEW! YORK. June 15 1 , 1838. rTo Dr. Jayne—Dear ISir : I have made use of Your Expectorant, personally and in my thmily, for the last Om years with gent benefit. lnd t ed I may considerl my life proloniio by the use ot I this•val uable mrdicine, under the blessing of God, for sev eral years. 1 may slay 'alniost as 'Much in the , case' of my will., anJ also of the Rev. Mr. Tin son,-of the Isand olJamii ‘C3. For all cases of cough, milli - nation of the chest,lungs, and throakl do most unhesitating-ly recommetiti this as the best Medicine I have ever tried. My eixrnest wish is, that others afflicted as I have been;, may experience the same , relief, which I am pers4ded - they will, hv usin g your Expectorant. 'l. I' l ' Exi.raCt of a certificate from the Rev. Mr. Brad ford. - ' Dr. wJhen Sir -'' My child. owing to expo . sure, whn recently comnik up the Ohio, was attack ed by that horrible nittinq.y, croup. We landde in the night at. Beaverl - loint; and when Our fears were attained, least the Iniarise, septilehral cough was the forerunner of EllOili, we gave. hire a tea spoonfullof the "ExPeeto ant" (a bottle of which you ,presented me with miheit iki Plidadelphia)tand ap plied scOe. linament to lie throat and br4tall and before many minutes t e I haarsoess was 'gene, the child br7thed freely ati lept sweetly. Owing to t. ''‘' ‘ these cir'unistancOt e n ot be wondered; at why I have so hikti , ttn opinion f Dr. Jayne's Medicine, and shy I aclise everaif roily to keep it On Inind 1 . ,ready for any eunergene ir., 1.. ' AWN r.. 41 B. BRADFORD, Pastor) of the Presiii.Orian, Church, Darlington, Pa. 1 -1 1 • ; l June qth, 1839. Numeous other cert,i -the abov arc consiciuret great us fulness. Dr. .1 yne's office is Philadel' hia. where all tended tit ; ' Price 81. _,` Sold 13 „cleniens;& r Druggists, Centre sired, Jan ‘ 1 25 - . k: Stevens• t, ,Arabia,Petra `'; Editto . Just received', 5. March 1 t B. BANNAN. 12-". fiates might be lidded, but utheient evidence of its ; I. o. 20 South Third, street, viers Iwill he pro:l44ly at• , ' arlvin, and Win T. Epting, j! a ttsville. .. 1 II i ravels -' 1 n f d ,r ili ala H eby nly Land. Tenth p ,, ' 1 1 B. BANN4N • sr -, P . ri_ . . . . , 1 -- ,- 1 I will:each you to pierce the bowels ofthe Earth and bring out from thegaverns °rale Mountains, Metals which will give strength to our Hands and subject all Nature to our use and pleasure.—ns JOHNFON , k. I . VOL. XVI. LATER. FLIOM xvitor E. From Noah's, Correspondent. LIVERPOOL, M u rch 19,1840 So, we are to have a war with Criinit: It is said that Lord Antilsland has, in the , nurne‘of the Britisn Goverunieot, deelated war—ad%ertised , tor 40,000 tons or shipping, to convey the troops to. China, (14,000 f -tom Calcutta. and the rest from Bombay and Madras)—that 16,000 troops will be fir.t sent— that the Brandi are to take Canton—and that Lord A ticklano :goes to China it, chief command of the expedition. MI thisj do not believe. The Governor General of India.haa nut the power et declaring .ar of his own tree will, and the Government say they have not authoiized him, neither is he to head the eipedi- tion, But Admiral Gordon. chief in command in the Indian seas, dies go to China with the Squadron— one 74 gun ship and 8 '1 tgates, reintbreed by 7 ships of war direct from England, and should his remon , strances not succeed in getting reparation from the Emperor, then bets to declare war, and mike. war. England, and nut the East India Company, will pay. pie expense. The Queen's honey MOOll is over. She keeps her man tied to her apron strings pretty closely. They are very . °hen out together—have been to Covent Garden Theatre several tithes privately—have been at a Concert or two—gone to church to hear prayers —drive out in the Park, and all that sort of thing. She has had several levees and drawing hiatus at which - 'to show him off. She has given him prece dence next to herself (during, her life time) - She has made him Field Marshal over the head of Welling ton, whom she calls an old rebel,' because be said it was right the nation should know what the Prince's religion is. She has made him a Knight of the Garter. She has ordered that the Ilth Light Itragoons shall be armed, clothed, and equipped as Hussars, and be styles the 1 Ith (or Prince Albert's Own, Hussars. She wanted to get him £lOO,OOO a year, and nearly boxed Lord Melbourne's ears when she heard the Commons would give him only ..E35,000 a year for'life. And finally, she has made him Grand Ctoss of the Bath. An onclit runs that Prince Albert's brother Ernest, iz very sweet upon the Princess Augusta, eldest daughter of the Duke of Cambridge. j'his young lady is about 18, very „pretty, and cousin to the Queen, who is said to be extremely anxious that this marriage should take place, and it is said, hes even gone the length of saying that, if it does, the bride shall have a portion - out of the public Money. Once iition a time, and such thing's were ; but just now the public money is not to be wasted thus, and if the bride he portioned, It will be by her lather, or the Queen. The nation will not incur the. expense. As a proof that public money is not to he thrOwn away upon Royalty, I may mention the fact that Mr. Hume gave notice in the House olCominims, that on the 25th in,t. he sholild move that the pen \ sion of £21,000 to the Kingrf Hanover be-suspend ed while he remained the sovereign or that State. I do tint think he will press the motion, but .he would curry it if he did. It haslong been believed that when the -Dutchess of Kent Was enciente of Queen Victoria.-in 1819, her husband was most anxious that the child should be born it: England, and that, detained by his debts on the Continent, he owed to Alderman Wood the [means of paying them, so as to be enabled to return to England. The fact of Wood's getting a baronetcy shortly after the Queen's accessiun appeared to con firm this tale. A counter statement, however, was made at Gainsborough, in Yorkshire, at the dinner in honor of the Queen's nuptials. Mr. Clarke, a most respect. ' able gentleman, was in the chair, and said it was owing to the liberality of two Yorkshire noblemen, •1 and another whose name he had forgotten, that the - Duke of' Kent ,had bet% enabled to return. to Eng land. He then said that the late Lord Fitzwilliam, the first , Lord Dundas (the father of him lately made Earl. of Zetland) and the third nobleman, advanced the-Royal Duke .E 6 QUO each. With this £lB,OOO the Duke and Duchess paid off their continental debts, and came back to England. where Victoria was born. Early in the Queen's reign the loans were repaid with interest, and her Majesty sent au tograph letters to the three lenders, thanking them for the. kindness, and requesting their acceptance (eacli) of' a very handsome piece of plate, bearing-an inscription expressive of tier gratitude. From the N. Y. Signal. HUNTSMAN'S CHORUS IN DER FREISCHUTZ. One stormy might, at Vienna, a young man stum bled over a corpse . which lay in the kennel. He 'shuddered, for he fancied that he had trodden upon the victim of some misfortune or some murder; but on stooping to assist a fellow-creature, he-soon ascer tained that his foot had touched only a man who hat: taken too much wine. e Thou drunkard !" ex , :laitned he. At these words the brute, wallowing in the mire, raised his head, wi ped the mud off his forehead with the back of his hand, and, with a faltering voice, said, Don't go, I pray you, M. Weber. lam a drunkard; but it is no rea son why should be left to die here. Take me to my.horne : I live close by, in the new staadt. Have no fear; you are already soaked enough with rain not to dread being wetted to me." Weber, moved by compassion, took the drunkard by ihe arm, and proceeded with him toward the quar ter he had mentioned. Being put on his legs and in motion, - the tippler recovered some strength, and some small share of his senses. In the struggle be tween Miiqd and wine, various incoherent sentences escaped his lips. What a storm," said he o a splendid storm, in deed ! and yet I beheld one much more magnificent,. fifty years ago, in the environs of Torre del Greco, in Italy. Then, Mr. Weber, I was young, handsome, and, like you, had talent. I composed operas, as you do. Brute that lain, I then dreaMed of fame, glory and wealth, whilst doomed, in the pursuit of art, to fall into an abyss of gross intemperance and k!runkenness. Once plunged into such infamy, it is as' well to fall dead drunk into some kennel, and for get all for shine hours. Here he had a fit of laughter so-loud and bitter that the howling of three or four terrified dogs responded to it. Let me see," continued he, what was I just now saying Ah, I recollect. I was wandering a bout 'roue del Greco in as horrible weather as this. repeatedly knocked at the door of anirmlated house. At length, a < «has there r was uttered by a feeble voice. i• A stranger,•wlr has lost his way and wants shelter,' cried I. The door was opened, and I be held before me a pale-lookirg young Man, who had just left'his bed, where he Was suffering, to afford me a refuge.—Shelter' was all he could give, for I found in the room neither morsel of bread nor a drop of wine. When we had made 'incS little acquaintance, f could net help expresstag to my host my curprise at his loneliness. 4I have . come hither,' said he, 'to conceal my sharne, - And die unknown.' " i , ..Unknown!' exclaimed I. Yet I nee here mu sieal manuscript, with numerous corrections, which seem to denote that You are engaged in composition. It is a singular chance that brings us together! I al siidreato of a maestro's glory; and em seeking through poverty, access to the tanctuarjr of art. I have fled Weekly by 'Benjamin' nattutan, Pottsville, County, Penitsylvania. the shop of my father, a respectable' nd rich trades man of Vienna, and am travelling in Italy with a purse which never was a very round one, and which is daily flattening. But what care I I I have glory before me, and, guided by it, I walk on merrily.' .You have a family, a father, and Fiends, and you have deserted them to run after a treacherous and ly ing phantom ! Ah ! I should not have done so ! Listen to me, and the narrative of my life may save you from the fate that awaits you, and that has al ready ibefallen me.' e The poor fellow then related the events of his life. What a life it was ! A foundling of Casoria, brought up by the charity of a tailor, admitted through chari ty also, into t"e Conservatory of the Poor of Jesus , Christ' at -Naples. he had labored With a fantic fervor to obtain access to the scientific secrets of the musical art ; his master, Gaetano Gruaco, had carefully promo ted his marvellous disposition and persetre patience• and on reaching manhood he had proceeded to Rome and courted public notice. None had condescended to listen to his operas. Such as be bad succeded in bringing out, God knows at what cost, had met with a complete fiasco, and the unhappy musician, repuls ed, baffled and derided, had doubted his own powers, fled to the foot of Vesuvius, and. retired to the hum ble roof where I had found hilt. 'Come, come,' said I, when he had told his mournful tale, you must not despair thus. Success often awaits us when no longer hoped for. I'm sure the music you have just written will yield more glo ry thin your preceding works.' I now took up the music, sat myself down to a • wretched spinnet that Stood there, and began to play. It was a sublime melody, that you well know, M. Weber. It was the Slabat Mater of Pergoleze. By degrees a voice, at first feeble, but afterwards power ful and expressive, mingled with mine. Angels must sing in Heaven as Pergoleze sung. The voice sud denly became more splendid—and then I heard it no more ! I stopped: Behind me lay a corpse which had softly dropped upon The floor. Pergoleze was ending in Heaven the notes he had begun uttering on earth ! "I spent the nigh by him in prayer, for I then prayed.—Next day 1 expended my remaining cash upon the burial of the poor great composer, and left for Rome with his immortal Stabat Mater. All pro claimed that unrivalled woik sublime. Pergoleze's operas were revived at the theatres, and he whom the obscurity of his name had killed, became renowned after his death. This is a melancholy tale, M. Weber, and . yet I know one more woful still: it is that of a• rim who has relinquished. the life•ol a respectable tradesman to go in pursuit of fame, and who has found but unary, and opprobrium. In short, M. Weber, it is my own history. When overwhelmed with want and humiliations, I saw that I had mistaken my course, and that Heaven had not gifted me with the sacred fire of genius, I remembered poor Pergoleze'S advice, and would return to my father's shop. Alas! I could no longer breathe in it; it was unto me a nar row cage, wherein I felt as ill were dying, for hav ing rashly attempted to spread my wings towards the broad heavens. To quell my despair, to forgot all, I took to drinking. Such is the reason why the boys daily pursue • me in the streets, shouting out, , There goes the drunkard!' Such is the reason you hive just found ice rolling in the mire !" As he was uttering this he had reached the door of a wretched dwelling. His voice was no longer 'af fected by his potations; his steps had become firm and steady. Weber was touched with compassion on beholding his pale countenance expressive of deep despair. "laster," said the unknown," your voice and the recollections it has reiived have destroyed in me the welcome effects of wine. This is the first time, for ten years past, that Ire-enter this den not dead drunk. Heaven has doubtless ordained it to put an end to my DEEM "Yes," exclaimed Weber, whose heart melted with pity, and who had mistook his meaning, "yes, to morrow I shall come and see you. Yes, I shall assist you with my advice and the interest of my friends." The unknown shook his head, raised his eyes to heaven, and took leave of Weber. Next day, when the latter, faithful to his promise, approached the unfortunate man's house, he per ceived a large crowd gathered about it. He drew. near a party of police officers; they were conveying away the corpsi - Cif a man who had hanged himself in the night, and in .whose room, according to a neighbor's statement, nothing had been found but a wretched truckle bed and a large heap of burned pa pers. None knew the name of the man who for twenty years past had gone out drunk every morning and returned drunk every night; Weber recognized the dead body. Impelled by a sorrowful curiosity, 'he followed into the suicide's room a host of idie people who amused themselves in exploring it, and he happened to pick up a fragment of music paper. As he perused it a tear ran down his cheeks.—The half burned ftagnient was an ad mirable chorus of huntsmen. From a pious recol lection of the poor unknown musician who had thus destroyed himself, Carl Maria Von Weber insetted the piOce into the opera he was then composing—the immortal Der Freyschutz. He joined our gallant band On our frontiers, Harrison—Harrison— Give him three cheers, ' Hnz.za for liarrisori, Succesi fu4im, lie makes the Vanocrats Look rather slim ; He is the people's man, Away with our fears, Harrisun—Harrison— Give him three cheers: then let us stick to him, Young, old, and all, And, like Proctor's men, Malty must fall; Turn then, ye Vanoerats, Fear not their sneers, = Harrison—Harrison— Piro him three cheers•. SATURDAY MORNING , APRIL 25. 1840. Harrison Song. TUNE—Gaily the T r oubadorc Gaily did Harrison Come from his home, Whilst he was yet a youth, Not twenty•one; Hark, all ye gallant Whigs, 7 Firm, brave, and true, After he'd joincid thetband What did he to ? He led to victory, `Free from all fears, • Han ison—Harrison— Give him three cheers. Invitation to 'the LOg t'abin Boys to Old . Tippecanoe's Raisin'. Tura—The gOod old days of Adam ah'd Ere. Come all you Lug Cabin Boys, we're guing to have a raisin', We're got a job on hand, that we think will be pleasin', We'll turn out and build Old Tip a new Cabin, And finish it off with ehinkin' and &whin'. We want all the Log, Cabin Boys in the nation. Te be on the ground when we lay the foundation; And we'll make all the office linkers, thank it atria zin,' To sde how we work at Old cippecanue's On the thirtieth of next October, We'll take some Bard Cider, but we'll all keep who: ; We'll shoulder our axes and cut down the timber, And have Our Cabin done by the second of December, We'll have it well chink'd and we'll have on a cover Of good sound cl4boards, with weight poles over, And a good wide chimney for the are to blaze in : So come on boys, to Old Tippecanoe'a Ohio will find the houstlog timber, And Old Virginiia, as you'll remember, Will find the timber for the clatileards and 'Twill all be the first rate stub 'm thinkin'. And when we want to daubt it, it happens very rocky That we have got ,the best CLAY in Old Kentucky For there's no - ether State has such good clays in, 'l'o make the mortar for Old l'ippecanoe's For the hauling Of the logs, we'll call on Pennsylvania For their Conestoga teams will pull as well as any, And the Yankee. States and York State and all of the others Will come arid help us lift like so many brothers, The Hoosiers and Ore Suckers, and the Wolverine farmers, They all know now the right way to carry up the corners, A nd , every one's n good enough carpenter and mason, To do a little work at Old Tippecanoc's ratsii We'll cut out a window and have a wide doorm, We'll lay a good•l ' oft and a first rate floor in, We'll fi.x it all .complete, for Old Tip to see his friends in, And we know that the latch-string will never have its end in. ' On the fourth day of March, OLD Tte•e'ill move in it, And then little Martin will have to shin it, So hurrah Boys, there's no two ways in The fun we'll have at Old Tippecuncte's raisin' From the Ohio State Journal—Extra Gen• Ellarriion's Military Char acter—Slanders Refuted. The following correspondence was called nut in consequence of remarks relative to the character and 'conduct of Gen. Harrison, made by members of the House of Represen- tatives of the State of Ohio, in their places on the floor of that House. A letter was ad. dressed to each, of the gentlemen, whose re- plies are given , below, by a member of the House, who heard the remarks, stating their substance, and requesting from each a state- ment of the filets which fell within his person al knowledge, respectively. The high Char acter of the gentlemen whose statements have thus been : obtained, (one of whom_ has been a uniform and prominent supporter of the last and present Administrations of the Gen. eral Government.) is such as to put t the fdcts to which they bear testimony, etitirely be, voud doubt: .• . WASHINGTON, KY. 24th Feb. 18-10 Dear Sir:.-Your Direr of the I 7th lust reached me to . day by the Southern mail, marked " nos•sent, forwarded." This will account for your not having my answer at an earlier day. You have been correctly inform ed that " I was at the battle of the Thames, and near the person of Gen. Harris.on,from the commencement . to the termination of the engagement.and that 1 personally know what part Gen. Harrison took in it." • I had the honor to act as a volunter Aid•de•canip to General Harrison, (hiring the active opera tions of that campaign; and was at ne time more than five minutes out. of sight of him, on the day of the battle, until after the sur render of the. British army, and retreat of the Indians. You say "it has been avowed 141 the floor of the House of Representatives (o`f . Ohio) now in session, by members in their 1 places, that Gen. Harrison was at no time in the battle, norwithin two miles of the battle ground; that the entire plan of operation was projected by Col. R. M. Johnson; that he led the troops on to conquest, and that Gen. Har rison had neither part or lot in the matter." k'rom the reckless character of the attacks made upon Gan. Harrison, through the pros tituted and pensioned press devoted to the support of the , present administration, it is not surprising.'that that portion of its suppor ters, who read nothing else but the papers devoted to the , re-election of Mr. Van Buren and abuse of Gen. Harrison,- should make such statements; but that a member of a le gislative body, who, from his station, ought to be a man of information, and a gentleman, should be so ignorant of the history of one of the most impoitant battles of tli late war, or so utterly regardless of truth a's to makesuch a statement, truly astonishing. Every member of'vour legislature. has, I presume, read Gen. Harrison's official account of the battle of the Thames; and wanton and, un principled as:} have been the misrepresenta tions of Gen.. Harrison's militarY character and conduct,-I have now, (after a lapse of up wards of twenty-six years,) for the flnitlime heard the intimation that his account was in any particular, untrue. In that Mimi Gen. Harrison states correctly the position he oc opted at the commencement of the action; and he.might.have stated, with equal truth, that he in perion gave the word of command to the mounted regiment to "charge;" and that he advanced with it until it received the enemy's fire, and then passed rapidly to the left,' where the Indians still obstinately main tained the fight. Such, sir, T aver to be the facts, and feel perfectly confident that Gener al Cass (who.was'in the battle) and Gen. Hardson's other Aids'do-camp, will ataheei• lattaglY sustain me in the statement; and it happens that they are all yet alive. One of thenc, Col. .lohn O'fallOn, residesio St. Lea: is, MissourOmd the others, Cols. Charles S. Todd,'and Joalio Speed Smith, at Shelbyville au&Richmonti, id:this State. As le the state ment, that," the entirer of operations was projected - by 101, 3o usoc, 6 it tis like the charge that Gen: amnion was at no time. in .the battle nO tvo Miles cif the battler . • • • • II around, false, utterly false. The idea of t . charging the enem with the mounted men, was exclusively G n. Harrison's.' I 'Alias present when he &St announced it, and know that Col. Johnson vVas then at the head'of his command, and was not consorted on the sub ject, until after Gen. Harrison had expressed hi 4 determination to make the charge:: 'and if it is intended to state that the operations.of the campaign, or the order of batt!e, wits projected by Col. Johnson, it is equally un true ; and I am very confident That he has not and never will give the slightest sanction to 'such statetnentS, as yoti say have been made by members'of your Hoitse of Repre• resentatives. You nave "'my permission, sir, to make such use of this letter as you may think pro- per. • Respectfully, Your ob't serv't. JOHN CHAMatRS. Dear Sir—Since witting to you, in answer to yoe.r letter of the 17M inst.i . .lt has occurred to me that a principal object of the falsehoods, relative to Gen. Harrison, which have found propogutiou on the'floor of the Ohio House of Representatives, must be to make the impression that 'he is a Coward—and though you do hot state in yohr letter the cause as. signed by his slandereis for his alledged absence from the command of his army at the battle of the Thames, 1 presume no motive far it less charitable than sheer cowardice would have been imputed by one capable of such misrepresentation of his conduct. But whatever may -be the alleged inducement for I the conduct attributed to him, the relation in which 1 then stood to him, and my knowledge of what his actual conduct was, imposes un me the duty 1 have performed, of pronouncing the charge ffilfe—and I trust you will pardon me for suggesting the propric-' ty, (if an appropriate occasion prevents its‘.ll. or car. be made in open session,) of demanding of ihe meni hers of your House, who Bare made the charge, the authority upon which they made it; whether from 1 their own knOwledge or observation, or upon the in formation of others; and if upon the information of others, their names and residence.: The original inventors of the falsehood ought to have the advan tage of ell the celebrity it is calculated to give them. Oa the subject of Gen. Harrison's personal brave ry, is it not very remarkable, if he iv a coward, that none of the gallant officers or soldiers who served with him iinder Gen. Wayne, or those who fought under his command at Tippecacoe, at Fort ?flings, and the 'fliainea, discovered his cowardice; and that the discovery should have remained to be made by some'scurvy politician of the present day: for I will venture to predict, that no o ffi cer or soldier of res - pectability, who served with him, or under his com mand, ,can be found to " take the responsiLility" of charging him with cowardice. In connection with thus subject, perm:t me to relate a fact which occur red in my presence, and whicn is calculated to give some idea of the character of Gen. Harrison's pre-- tensions to firmness and disregard of personal dan ger. On the day preceding the battle of the Thames, when his army approached the last right-hand fork of the river, (called, I think, Nl'Gregor's fork,) Gen. Harrison, occompanied by Commodore Perry- and his aids-de camp, rode forward to examine the bridge which crossed the mouth of the stream, and which the enemy had partially destroyed; and while viewing it, several huridred Indians, under the command of Tecumseh, as we. learned afterwards, who were concealed at some cabins called Chatham, 11[111 in the bushes on the opposite side of the stream, commenced a bri-k fire upon the little party, in the midst of which Gen. Harrison was. At that mu meet a di.driounted company of Col. Johnson's Regi ment, commanded by Gard. Benjamin War held, who now resides in the neighborhood of Lexington, in this Stale, came up; the fire of the Indians was so I severe, as to induce the gallant Perry to expostulate earnestly with Gen. Harrisqn agaiust the exposure of his person to such a fire, when• no good could re , suit from it—but the General coolly replied, that he i could not set the example'of retiring from the fire of the enemy. The artillery came up in a few minutes and opened a fire upon the cabins, about wltizh 'the Indians were concealed, and Capt. Warfield, craciing Iwith his company on the timbers of the bridge to charge them, they ran off . Respectlully, your oht. servt. JOHN CHAMBERS. Alo , Es B. Coitwix, Esq Culutnbus, Ohio. lion. MosEs B. CORWIN, Sir: Your favor of the 17th inst is just received, and I lose nO time in giving_ it acknowledgement.— I You request me to commuinicate the information I possess in relation to the military conduct of General Harrison at the battle of the Thames, the arrange ments for the brittle, the position of the troops, as well as of the General, during the engagement, to gether with any other know:edge I have touching his military character In reply, I submit the following statement: At the battle of the Thames, Col. Charles S. Todd, after wards Inspector General of the Northwestern Army, and myself were the regular aids-de-camp of General Harrison. Majors John Chambers and John Speed Smith were the Volunteer aids. The battle, as is well known, took place on the right hank of the Thames, near the Moravian village. A short distance from this place, and whilst our troops were in rapid pur suit of the enemy, General Harrison received infor mation from an advanced party that the British and Indian forces had halted, and seemed to be awaiting us for battle. IA hen within half a mile of the ene my, after the American forces were formed in the order of battle, Gen. Trotter's brigade in front, Col. Paul's regulars, with the artillery, near his right, Col. Johnson's mounted regiment on the left of Trotter as a reserve, and the residue of the Kentucky volun teers covering the left-flank and rear. - Col. Wood, of the Engineer Corps; who, by order of Gen. Harrison, had approached,. unobsesved by them, sufficiently near the front line of the enemy to ascertain their position and the order in which they were drawn up, reported that the British troops, in order to occupy the high ground between the river and the swamp pa•allel to it, were drawn up in extended or open or der between these points; the Indians on their right, occupying the swamp and ground beyond it. Gen. Harrison, without one moment's delay or the slight est embarrassment, formed his purpose., I was alai in a few feet of hire when the report of Col. Wood was made, and he instantly remarked _that be would make a novel movement by orderingCol.Johnson's mounted regiment to charge the line of the Briii.lz regulars; which thus drawn up, contrary to the ha bits and usage of that description of troops, always accustomed to the !touch, could be easily penettated and thrown into confusion by, the spirited charge of Col. Johnson's Regiment. With a view to this in tended charge, Coll Johnson's command was ordered to the front, euppOrted in his rear as a reserve by Gen. Trotter's Brigade. I know that all the ,r. I =gement% and 9ery movement of the t roof ta,- ing -the battle, were made by, Gen. Harrison, whose position at.the commencement of the action was just in.reirr of Col. Johnson's command, and mainly af lefteirde near ilia crotchet funned by the junction • NO. 17 Washington, 28th. Feb. 1840, St. Lout's, Feb. 26th, 1840 Joliasoniqeft, with the Kentucky ir .Itititsera, dreWh up °tithe edge and in front of the Oramp, a l l pasiio! .conlideied y all as the moat exposed and•dinPro44l.:: i wittitti'the t ines of our army, and 4here tut battle ivaiuterml contested by the Indianit,until hiy dis covered •th surrender of the 'Adel British regular tote*: the ',happy result of the nodal and akillfal moveinerlt,"most gallantly performed he' Gel. Johnson and his.brave associates, but conceit d,. directed, by General Harrison,vhose superior milt- • tary judgment and ready skill nelihei• rireded„nor re- . - - ' ceived any aid. .. ~... - ... After the'returu of the army to Detroit, enakbrivia..z , . .... - veteran, that' just, good, and puro citizen; theiett, : ;, Gov. 'Shelby; on hearing . read Gen. Karrisoa's re po* ;. " of the battle, remarked in ray presence and with" utuch'emphasis, that the report did him (GOv.*l - more than justice, and that tis Gen Harrison alone was due the credit of the order of battle; the whole of the arrangements and plaini,which.;l4 (Goy 'S.) had contributed to carry out to the belt of his sti At the commencement of the beOe of Tihaecanoe;- w hen the first gun was firtd at our ',advanced picket. I was at the tent of Gen. Harrison, who wait then'up at the fire. I had an opportunity to okserve his . manner; he was red and edlecled,:and evtiy move- ment of his countenance, an,il eery word lie uttered at that trying moment—perhaps tho most imbarrus- sing in the life of a soldier—denoted the highest or der of personal courage. He mounted his} hawse lei-, ti tautly, and accompanied by his staff; hastehed in tlie. direction of the line first attacked. A part of this hue unable to witnattind the fierce and desierate on- • set of the Indians, the General met retiring within - -- our lines in some disorder and confusion, closely pressed by the Indians, some of whom were in the midst of them. Gen. Harrison led in persqn a com pany of the . 4th Infantry to the breach; anti l such was the effect of his bold and fearless behavioor, and so great was the confidence of his ar my in hiii'ability to conduct them td victory, that his presence.*}d voice at once rallied the retreating detachrnent,iand they took position at a point equally exposed, *hero half of their number, if not more, were eith4 killed or wounded. The battle commenced at ahou 3 o'clock, in the morning . , during a slight rain, and th• attack became general within five minutes ulterWards, and continued until the dawn of day; when by an almost general charge, the Indians broke and fledbefore our bayonets. The Dragoons • afterwards prciceeded to their village and burnt it. During the battle, Gen, Harrison was seen wherever danger was raost inrcni mirk.. wherever the fight was. the thickest. 1 His Aid, Col. Owen, was killed at his side, and ahnost at di*, same moment, a bull passed through the; General's hat, grazing his head. ' There was not a spot within our lines secure from the shot of the enemy: On this,. as on every other occasion within my observation, Gen. Harrison's conduct was thatof a brace and skil ful commander; always calm and cool in lila manner, and wholly indifllrent to his personal safdty, posses sing the peculiar faculty of at onco discerkfing what ever was wanting, and of promptly applying the re medy. A single instant of vacillation or Uncertainty of purpose; the slightest tremor of nerve or hesitation in mind, in the critical and appalling periods of the battle, would have been disastrous to hiSiumy. After the action, there seemed to by o universal admission by the officers and soldiers of the army, that there was nut another officer in the battle, capable of hay idg prevented a defeat and general masiacre. Alt seemed to regard General Harrison' as their deliverer from the Indian scalping knife. According, to my best recollections, Foit /trigs 1 , was cannonaded, day and night, with but little inter mission for about 11 days. Shortly after its com mencement, Major Chtunkers, of the British army, Was admitted into the stockade, the bearer from Gen. Proctor of an invitation to surrender the garrison with the honors of war, on the ground that so small . force, about 1,000 men, could not sustain there selves againstfeur times their number, the estimated British and Indian force. Gen. liarri.son at once re jected indignantly this proposition, replying to the insult iu terms worthy of his high character. Both Lay and night during the siege, Gen..4l.arrison was roost active, observing every movement of, the enemy, and evincing his usual coolness, dauntless courage, and his happy readiouss to perceive and apply every incidt lit to his advantage. lie succeeded iu accom plishing every plan and movement where his orders were obeyed. I recollect not one instance to the contrary. The detachment under Col. Dudley, effec ted, in part, the object intended, in drtvini the British Troops from their position; but they disobeyed order in not spiking the enemy's cannon, destroying theft ammunition, and thereupon immediately recrossing the river to the main army. The two sorties on the south side of the riser, and on the same (fay, planned and executed under orders from Gen. Harrison, were eminently seccessful, resulting in the okrec:ts design ed, forcing tht. British to raise the siego of Port Wigs. That conducted by the brave and acconiplished offi cer, then Col. John Miller, DOW a Representative in Congress from M issouri, intended to destroy a sunken haltery, that had annoyed us very seriously, by enfila ding our rear hue of pickets, as well as to prevent the almost entire Indian force, then investing the fort on thtit side of the river, from co-operating with the British against Dudley's aunt+, made at the same time, on - the opposite side, considering the very great. disparity between our force, and' that of the enemy, being as lour to one, was, I must be allowed to say: one of the must brilliant affairs of the last war._ Gen. Winchester's movement, to the river Raisin, where he was debate), was in disobedience of Gen. Harrison's order, which required him to proceed to the Rapids of the Maumee of the Lakes, and to re main there fur further orders. I have extended my remark. beyond what I de signed, when I commenced, but you will perceive ray object was to give a full and satisfactory answer to - your interrogatories. I aver, that on every occasion, who Gen. Harrison commanded, he ever disregard ed personal danger and sacrifice, in the performance - of duty, exhibiting all ate fine qualities of. a daunt less soldier, combined with those of a talented, skill ful, and most able General. Why, at thre remote period, when death has swept away so irtany.meittn rials of GeniHarrison's intrepidity and excellence, shcathl the poisoned spirit of political erivy;'attempt thus to tarnish the hard earned laurels of the.veteran soldi4 who, in public, as in private life, has lived ..without ar and without reproach." i This, sir, is what I have to say of Gen. Harrison.; I doubt whether there is anbther living*ho has pos sessed equal opportunities with myself Of forming a correct opinion of Gen. Harrison's milititry'clialacter. I served under 'him the greater part of the period he was in active service, near his person; commencing with the Tipplcanoe expedition, and continuing to its termination; rejoining his army in the fall of 1812 at Fsinklintort, Ohio, where, immediately on my se. rival, I became a member of his military family; as Secretary: In the winter, of 1812 and 1813,. was Op.' pointed his Acting Deputy Adjutant General; and in May, 180, immediately after the siege of Fort Mcigs his Aid-de-camp, which station I held to the lose . of his military service.. And in Fortclusion, can nfel) Kay, that I never in - rny life,f saw a braver man in battle, one more, collected, prompt and full of resources, l'•an Geneial William Henryllt I have the honor to be, with groat respect, your most obedient servant, , J. 01FALLON: (To be contiimed 'flirt toidf ! ) . _ Black and White.— AF'9OOl•4 as the oeots o' T ;41siatuie. they attempted to force a bill through, legalizing the mar t ziage, iof blacks and whites. Thn sa 4 nc thing wet done in the Senate of liocofoc l O Major, by_ a cots 're 17 10;7: I' 1 I • ) I I. 1.- El 1111112
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