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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
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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.
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--- "': 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.
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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
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,ready for any eunergene ir., 1..
' AWN r.. 41 B. BRADFORD,
Pastor) of the Presiii.Orian, Church, Darlington,
Pa. 1 -1 1
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June qth, 1839.
Numeous other cert,i
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great us fulness.
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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
.
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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
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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.
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After the'returu of the army to Detroit, enakbrivia..z ,
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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 ! )
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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
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