el IS TEMPERANCE R CO relit WM *mas t anyittstait.. Mr. Enrro4.---Since the formation of ,the St. Patrick's Tempermce Society, I have witnessed with pleasure that you devote a portion of your va luables paper 6 that holy. 'cause. Tir aid therein, I beg to make aire few temarke in refence to the ques tion proposed in your last by ATlrs Fontana: whether Titters enjoy as good health when they .entirely abstain from ii . stosicuting liquors, as when they use iherntta moderation?. NoW I answer from my 'Own experience; I have green working tmdet ground as a miner for the last eight years, and have been in the habit of taking a -drop, as an antidote agiiinst the injurious effects of the black damp, the snlphur, the dust, and ponder smoke; and thought, I.ke many others, that it was absolutdly necessary to d , SO. 1 1 s la.hits gran stronger by i i slulgence", I sometimes took a little t • , Buttoa'muca. at the formation of 111 , .• Tesr.perassee Society. m y wife and friends advs4ed me to , Orr- the tenix.rance pledge, 7 -not the total abstinent e; hut cantrary to their wishe.q, I became a b tioalier aaCs, and th.thlr, Gotl, Ili the no rea-on to repent it. I never V? iS happier, nor enj led more atnoy the Ulessings of team and plenty. I know several of my neiglthorS who have als: joined the Total Ab stinence Society, and 'they have anperieneed the same himefiCial results; their health aid strength have been iirpdedly improved. It is further to he remarked that many of the rno.t deplorable a4;itlents that happen in and near coal mines are to be traced tu inebriety. A cliff-tiny or a danger presents itself, and the unhappy miner, blinded in 'his 'cups, bereft of presence of mind or eelf possession, is ingulphed in dirt destru,-tton, leaving a wife and chiklren in mourning and dis. dress. Drum-drinking has been well said to fie strengthi, In the beginning, hut weakness in the end. If. therefore, the miner thinks it fortifies his li"dy against the -ioxiQus influences to nhich he is fre quently exposed, ho ma 7, rest assured that whenever' the momentary stimuli.); is gone, his frame becomes more and More susc4tible of ihose influences. -The natural health, strength, and vigour of the body form the best preserv.itive fiMm such dangers, and these, t±th their u-ival concomitants, tranquil lity and pr. enee of mind, arc hest maintained and preserved univertal fetuperadce. 1 non Sir Yours truly. A MINER and I'o'l/TALLER. • Int nipera ta cc. ,f. The follucTing is the post graphic delineation of the nuseries 11,1 effects of intootiterance that we have ever seen.. It is from the arguments advanced by certain. citizens of Portage coui.tv, Ohio, in a mel tnorial to the legislatale on the sehject :-.- tt And yet its march of tout is onward still. It ;Teaches to aibers—mvades the family and seetal eir do, and spreads woe and sorrow all around. It cuts down you{tt in its vigor—manhood in its strength —and age; in its weakness. It lirvilks the father's heart—ben:lves t heh doating niuther 7 extinguishes natural afktion—eraseu conjog love--blots out filial attacli r riient ; blights parentid hope—and brings - .down moo ing age in sorrow to the grave. It pro , duces weakness, not strength ; sickness notchealtli . ; death, not (life. It makes wives widows—children 1 orphans—fa her's fiends—and all of them paupers and beggars. It hails fevers ;.feeds rheuniatisnis ; nurses gout—weled i mes epidemics—invites ch olcra—ini t parts pestilence, and embraces consumpti ms. It. covers ..the l a nd with idleness, poverty, disease and crime. It fills your jails—supplies your alms house's --and denlaids your as} lures. It engenders con troversies ; fosters mtarrels—and cherishes riots. It contemns IdW--spurns order—and loves mobs. It crowds you penitentiaries ; andfurnislies,the victims for your scaffolds. It is the life Nemd of the gambler ; the alimeni of the conuterfetter ; the rep of the highwayinak, and the isupport.uf s the midnight inced diary. It countenances the - liar; respects the,thief; and • esteems the hlasphemer. It iolates obligation; rev erences fradd ; and honors infamy. It defames be newdence ; 'hates love; scorns virtue ; cud slanders innocence. It incites the-father to butehi r the off spring; helps the husband to massacre his wife; and aids the clicid to grind , - his parricidal axe. It burns man ; consOmes worm); ; : detests life •; curses God ; and ilespiseki Heaven. It suborn witnesses ; nurses perjury ; defiles the jury hox ; one stains the judicial ermine, It bribes votes,disqualities voters ; corrupts elections ; pollute; our institutions ; and euilangeis our government. It degrades the citizen ; de:',.ises the legislat'er; dishonors the statesuitin and iiissrms the patriot! It brings shame, notfbunor ; terror, nut safety ilespair. not hope; miss c, not happiness. And 110IN ' ,11S with the malevolenc4 a fiend. it calmly surveys its frightful ' derelstions,[and insatiate havoc, it poisons felt city ; kill.. Peace ; ruu.s morals ; .bli4lits . ,enntidence ; slays reputatioti ; and wipes out national honoi, thi . 1 curses the syorid, and 14, , 11s at its ruin.'' EMI The "itiati of honor" gets it feint the Old Soldier. We cop the liillowing letter front' the Village Record. It is a letter horn The Post Master at Ma •- Mahon. (Jitester County, who it apnea rS was one 01 the brave riii:itis who as.isied to redeem ow toil ion_ al nano In the disgrace heaped upon it by Ilull's surrender. liVltat a rebuke this r+ from the mash n. legged patriot to the Ms Autos Kendall-1 be hired vilifier audit' adorer ut the brave Hari-Hui. For the imp9nentefand effrontery exhibited by ,this old pat riot in asking Amos Wit Ear FIE FOUGHT 01.9 BATTI.Bs, he may be expected to tie dischaiged twin the sertici , of the Bove foment : ,',-, ' Mit..A.m.) IC ENDAL I f. r _ An ; , : ,A a L , 1 j o T s O l N ::— Atl l g a . c l k o l:o l: l 4 c o d . ge of E , ' 'Glob, her' T ) the receipt r the package of _.tire . .ies which 4n you : vere,i We enough to send MC ; but as I consid er tt.wouldVNe an act of ingratitude to contribute to the support of a sheet, gat up for the purpooe of vili fying the c l haractir of the man with whom 1 had the honor tb share ri portion of the toils and dangers of the late war—an contending forthe liberties which we duel enjoy—you will not be surprised Li learn that If cannot become your patron: I have al. ways gone with the H..inocratic party : and it I am living andi r my crutch and one leg (the other leg having hen .lost while I, was fighting for my countr t kj will carry me. to the pills on next election da t y, my - vole shall be given for Win. 11. HAIM IiSON for President of these I'. States. He is a deiftocrat of the- genuine stamp—l know him well-11 have been a daily .witness, in common with his soldiers, of his noble bearing, goodness of heart,.and ilevulit n to his cmintry, and tt is with the I deepest regret toot have seen the-base slanders le. tered agaiiist min by the piny to which I have ev er been Minted. , God liabiti that I ,should do aught to pagate than. What: slander the pat. nut who bred his bosom in the front of battle In defence of fhp rights sled privdrges which 10U and your childien enjoy ! As I wish to avoid all impu tation of ark kind, I have thought proper briefly to offer you "fitly UnTialtficd &Kipp? oval of such a course.; ; sod will you pc rmit me to ask, in conclu sion, how !Tinny battles you have been engaged in, which 'shotild justify you in almost daily abusing etas who never faltered isilien his defenceless coon. try demanded his service, to protect their homes from the I-chides, enemies extending along the en. tire line tallow western frontier, N I - Yours, Sic'. t • f wet.. W A . I.K FR. The New York Star, says The population of the 14th E Ward of this city under the new cencus,' 21:42,31, via; 9190 males, and 10741 females. Shoo. lug en increase-of 2890 silted 1835, and 6969 slate 1880. TI ere are in this Ward 991 white 'persons, over 20 years of age, who can neither read nor write !" . POTTSVI LLE. Naturday •irlorning, Sept e 5. irritEmITTANcFS BY MAIL. "A postmaster may en •lose money in a letter io the pithlt,her ola newspaper, is pay the subscription of a third person, and frank the letter, if written by hiseself."—Amos Kendal/. , Some of our sub=cribers may not be aware that they may !aye the postage an Subscription money, by re _questing the postmaster where they reside to frank their letters containing such money, he being able to satisfy himselfbefore a letters noaled. that it crnaritus nothing but what refers to thelitihbc.nption. [Ara Farmer. • irr Ass current bill, free of poraas , c, in advance, will lay for three year's buli,cription to the Miners' Journal • 1-11.tialLISON, TYLER , AND DONIOCIIIIOII COUNTY CONVENTION. g N purr-mince of a re.clution passed at the late ti county Mr ruing, a County Convention.of the People. will he held at the II ruse of Frederick Haas, in Schuylkill Haven, on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19T,1116 at 2 o'clock. P. M. for the purpose of firming a ticket to be supported at the ensuing election. Turn mut Farmers. Mechanics, and Working Men —let the people take their affairs into their own hands, in accordance with the spirit of our free in stitutions, end in pursuance of the principles of real Jetiersonian Democracy Several addresses may, be expected in the Ger 'nen soil F,nalisl, languages. 1 sA WTI, D. LEIB, JACOB SHOCK, Jr. W. IL M NN, • JOHN K. SMITH, .10sEPI I N1012(1 AN DANIEL R HA %S. lIEN HY KOCII, JOS WEAVER. Esq. SHOLLENBE.RGER, JOHN YARNELL, , .1 t.cOB M tNTZ, ADAM HERB. JOHN BR LSE. MICHAEL A RTZ, Sen. RICH ARO ADD ‘MS, JACOB MILLER, PETER FILBERT, JUIN W. HETENER, HENRY ECKLER. CHARLES DENGLER, E.. Y. FA ItgEH.4 It . JOEL YUN DT. Y. FARQUII AR, Secret., ry of County Committee. CONITREIES. Counti. Committee, annonnce the following person as e'onferees to meet the Conferees of I,ehugh County. at I.llefl t ime and place as they may dirt !o nominate a cao,dudate to be supported at the ensuing election for C - ingrees in thus diAriet, In ,eut Mtn. Samuel it Leth. Andrew IL Wt h ee, CU ark SDengleu. E.ru . Charles Witrnan, Esq., and Clut. Ddruiel B. lier,tiner. The Commutyy have also appointed the follow. mg persona as Conferees to meet the Conferee. of Columbia County, at such time and place as they may designate, in nominate a candidate lilt Senator, o represynt this distrirt in the Senate of Pennsvl yaom, to wit : E. V. Farquhar, John T. Werner, Joel Yundt, John Rilley, and Levi . Reber. The Conti rees have power to fill uny vacancies that may occur. E. Y. FAEQIMAR, Secretary of County, Committer. Auzus! 29 To Our Patrons. • Our creditors are becoming so urgent in their 'demands that we are again compelled to call on all those indebted to us for subscription, advertising, stationary Sce., (which we con assure our readers are not few iu number at present) to call and discharge their respective accounts, with as little delay as possi ble. We have performed our part of the contract, and it now remains with them to perform theirs. Our engagements are such at present u to prevent us from calling on them personally. Those who are largely in arrears abroad, and who have had their accounts frequently transmitted, mint not complain if their names are shortly stricken from our list, and the accounts collected in the most expeditious manner. e r. ter our rea.ters to a call in another hut of Ihr ournat, healed Harrison, Porter and 1k crate." We can only state th.it a number of our ihost re,peetahle who have heretofore been active siii,porters if Martin Van Bur. n, hive authorized the call for said meeting to he inserted. M. ruing al Port Carbon.—'There was quite a norm rciva and, spirited meeting of the Working Men at the house of Mr: James Palmer, iii Port Carbon, on Saturday evening last. We learn that the meeting WAS addressed in a very able manner by Juhn :11. Ciaslcurd and Alfred Haswell, both Work- mg Men The Sub-Tramory.—Sub-Treneury Ville se low as ';;•:5, pay able one year after date, are plenty in New York. !ti this the gold and silrtr currency the people I,vers pfkLi,ieed Under the t4ub-Treasury 171 wit, ' IV s.—The Locus accuse Gen. liunmin of lii ing a (-award and a Granny. The elections ill Kentucky show that the people of that State, who fought under hint, and who know bun, don't believe it. The Locos charge Gf n. Hewitson with o voting in fiivour of Selling white men into Sla very !" The penille of Indiana are fr.-cmen, and they have repu (hated this charge le,gaiost the old Governor by up wards of 9,000 majority. They know him well, and don't believe it. The Locus charge G , •it. Harr.son with luting an Alpoliiinnist ; North Crootins is a slave holding state, and of course opposed to Abolitionists. They have nailed this charge to the counter by upwards of 8000 majority in favour of his friend, Mr. Moore head.' North Carolina don't beliove the charge. Fan Burcnism in Maine.—At a Van Buren elec tion, at Eastport, Me.,'on the 4th of J uly, the follow. iog was one of the regular toasts drank: ThO'rutling community —A CU RSE TO THE NATION !" The spirit of Van Burrinism is the same in this region,—they profess to heirefit the Working Man by adencatigg measures, ryllicb, it ea \ rried out, must inevit4bl) ruin his enipley,l. Mr. Baer.—So delighted were the mechanics and sorkingmen of Wilkesbarre, with their fellow me chanic, Mr. Baer, that they presented him with an ellg,ont rl,th coat.. The contributions fur said pur pose, we I.•arn. were male without distinction of party. be Lath, s also presented him with a beau tiful Log Cabin Rcticalc, made with their own hands, for Mrs. Baer. . r file American Sentinel, a Van Buren pa per, publishes Col. Johnson's recent letter, and ad mits it is a withering rebuke of the conduct of cer tain presses and individuals in slandering a man late Gen. Harrison, who has rendered such eminent services to his country, and who retained the un diminished' confidence of every President of the Felted states from Gen. Washington down to Gen. J ackson. Ceilsus fur 1 8 o.—Reading, Pa. Males 3993, f: males 4721—total 8714. Nereus(' in ten years ,( 4 2959. Colored population: Moles 105, females .116. Lancaster city contains e population or only 8419, being 29 less than the population of Read ing. Reading now stands third in point of popula tion in this state. THE MINE a 9 d JOIErRN-AL. State Conventions. i In addition to the State Conventions . callo 11 1 . Erie, Pa., on the 10th inst., and at La ncaster, on the 18th instant, the State. Centel Cor;ittee,t, have called two more State Conventions, ne to i " be held at WILKSBARRE, in Luzerne Coo ty, on the 30th of September, and the whey at BED RD on the 7th of October next. The People in motion. q .-.., `ac ij,\ ~ I 4 An Important Letter from 'ice I resident Johnson. We invite attention to the following letter. It possesses. the strongest interest, and refutes at a word, and in the aing emphatic language, the bainsin. nations of certain pressesagainst the courage f Gen. II arnson. Tto• later reflect* the highest honir upon it. author. It i: in reply' to a communication ad dres.eil to the Vic President, by T. D. Corneal, Esq., of Cincinnati:— MANortat.u, Aug. lBth, 1840 MY DeAn Sin :—Yotir favor has been received, in which you observe that by my reported speiech, an inference May be drawn that I am not only in doubt as regards the courage of Gen. Harrison, tnit that I had but little respect for him as a commanding Gen eral. iam happy to have this op. portunity ,of informing you that during my service with Gen. Harrison, I had no cause to doubt his courage,, but con sider him A BRAVE HAN, and I have always expressed myself to that effect—nor have 'Lever disapproved or censured any of his measures as command ing General in the pursuit of Proctor, or in the Battle of the Thames—everything I saW met my entire approbation, and I have never spoken of it in any other terms. In speaking of •the Hattie of the Thames, and the part acted by my regiment, I did not intend to increase the merit of that regiment, or to diminish the merit claimed by others, much less did I intend to imply that Gen. Harrison, or Gov. Shelby, or any officer attached to the army, avoided duty or danger, Each had his part to act, and I should feel myself much degraded to suppose that they did not perform their duty fearless of dan ger,—nor have I ever doubted, that these gallant of ficers were precisely where duty called them. I _re gret that in such a battle, where our country was victorious, that there should be a controversy about the merit due to the actors in that battle. I claim nothing above the most humble soldier, who per formed his duty on that occasion, nor shall any earth ly consideration ever induce file knowingly to do in justice to the commanding officer, Governor Shelby, or any °thy officer in that army. I have thus con fined myself to general remarks, not knowing in what particular fact, injustice is supposed to have been done to Gennal Harrison. I should be gladto know what particular issue is made as to the facts stated in the reported speech, respecting which I had no agency. I shall feel no difficulty to state facts as far as my own personal knowledge extends, and what I understood from others, and not to censure orcrimi nate, but to state the truth as far as I know or be lieve the facts. I expect to be in your City on Sun day, the 23d, on my way home, and I shall be happy to see you. RH. M. JOHNSON. MAJ. Tao. D. CAIINZAL. ( r-We commend the above letter to the parties lar attention of that base libeler of Gen. Harrison Senator Fraley. The: German Population of Ws eountry.—Some idea of the importance of this element of the Anglo Saxon race may be formed not only from the numbers of Germans our seaboard cities have, especially New York, but also the mass they form throughout Penn sylvania, and also in Ohio and all the West. Take this one item : The German population of Cincinnati is estimated by the agents for taking the census at 12.000—more than one fourth of the entire population. Irr The people have pronounced condemnation up.m the following members of Congress, at the recent elections, who voted for the Sub Treasury Bill: FROM INDIANA. John W. Davis, John Carr, William W. Wick, Thomas Tilghman A. Howard. FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Bedford Brown, F. NATORS. Robert M. Strange, ( (harles Fisher, ItEPREHENTATIVES. John Hill, FROM ALABAMA. Dixon H. Lewis. Total, 2 Senators, 8 Representatives. We look for more withering rebukes" in other States when the elections come on. rr Solomon flower, formerly of this county, charged with killing a man by the name of Eisenhower, has been found guilty of murder in the second degree, and was sentenced to two years' confinement in the Penitentiary, at Danville, on Monday last. The Phila. American Sentinel, in alluding to the county ticket for the Legiskture, says: We learn that .reat dissatisfaction has been ex pressed by many democrats from different sections of the county, at the ticket recommended by the delegates on Monday. It is alleged that all active friends of Governor POUTER have been carefully excluded from nomination, and that individu a l s p e . culiarly obnoxious, in consequence of their well known and violent hostility- to him and his admi nistration, have been placed on the ticket. [CO VIITCNIC•TED.I Mr. Banpan,—Please announce in your paper, Joseph Brohst, Esq., of Cattawissa, as a candidate to represent the counties of §chuylkill and Columbia in the next Senate of Pennsylvania. MART VOTERS OP COLUMBIA. Good Times Coming.—The increasing prospect of General Harrison's election has already caused an improvement in the aspect of business. Every thing looks brighter. As boon ar his election is made cer tain, by the electoral vote in November, and long befure his entrance upon the duties of his office, these will be a universal restoration of confidence, and a state of prosperity will commence, such as the country has not seen for many years.—N. Y. Star. A Mr. Butler has left the Whig party, Hi e re nunciation is published in the Palmyra, (N. y.) Courier. Mr. B , after stating that he has 6ov-rat, times been an unsuccessful candidate for office, en deavors to vindicate his motives for changing, and makes this very candid remark: To those who attempt to impugn my motives for making this tack, I will say, that if I had gone over to the strong ende'like some of their present favorites, then indeed 'there would be some ground for the charge, but I changed at a time when I had not a doubt of General Ilarrison'a election." The Locos may well exclaim, after reading the above, bring us no more such recruits. Senator. Franey. i d This i gentleman in ars overweening nxiety to abuse and 'villify Gen. Harrison; has plat himself in rather an awkward predicament , freak'. w ich it will require:all the ingenuity of his friends to extricate him. OUT readers are aware tha? we charged him with declaring at a public 'meeting at the Trap Hotel in this borough, on the evening of the Ist of August, that i. Gen. Harrison was nine miles off at the Battle of the Thames." The honorable Senator caused a contradiction to be published in the Orwigsburg German paper, in which he endeavoured to palliate the charge by stating that he said ii Gen. Harrison was nine miles off from Fort Stephenson." This is a mere subterfUge on the part of the Senator. Who ever said Lien. Harrison was at Fort Stephen son I Every school boy who has read the history of the country, knows that Gen. Harrison was at Seneca Town with the main army, and bad given orders for the destruction of Fort Stephenson in case the British made an allot*, not deeming it worth the sacrifice of life that would probably take place in de fending it. On the evening of the 22d August, at a public' meeting, held at the same place, Mr. Frailey again 'publicly denied the charge, and called his God to witness that it was a lie. He was followed by the Prosecuting Attorney, F. W. Hughes, Esq., who also denied it. Notwithstanding these contradic tions, we again charge Senator Frailey, with having stated at the meeting in question that .. Gen. Harri son was nine miles off at the Battle of the Thames," and we do so on the authority of the following citizens of our Borough, who, among a number of others, heard him make the declaration, and who are willing to make an affidavit to that effect But this is not neeessary,—their simple words, on a ques tion of veracity, no one in this Borough acquainted with them, will question, viz : JOHN M. CROSLAND, SAMUEL HARTZ, WILLIAM NICE, ALFRXEI HASWELL. Should the honorable Senator*aio deny it, we are ready to publish the Affidavits. icOMMUNICATED) PROGRESS OF THE BUCKEYE BLACK smiTii.—ExTRAcT OF A LETTER 'PO THE EDITOR, DATED BLoomsautts, August 26th, 1840 Dear Sir!—We had a very large meeting in Dan ville on Monday, and in Catawissa on Tuesday, and at this place , last evening. Here was supposed to be the battle ground, as it was reported at the Ca tawissa meeting that a reply would be made by S. F. fiend! y, Esq., a lawyer, and also by Mr. Webb, the Editor of the "Columbia County Democrat"— a large number came over from Catawissa to hear the reply, and at candle-light the meeting opened, and Mr. Webb was on the ground taking notes. Mr. Baer, at the commencement of his speech, said that he understood a reply would be made, and be invited one,—he challenged the whole party to deny what he asserted, and if his flocementa were false, he called on them to produce the real ones. Mr. Webb took notes all the time Mr. Baer was speak ing; when Mr. B. had finished he called for a reply and laid he hoped there would be one, and th•ot if there was none it wag a tacit acknowledgment that what' he said was true. Mr. Baer waited for a re ply some minutes; he then sung a song to allow the t.ocos time to get ready—then invited again a reply—they then called on Mr. Webb to reply, but he was nowhere to be found—" It was like calling forth spirits from the mighty deep." They called, but in vain—Mr. Baer here said, to give the gentle man time, he would sing soother song: having finished it, he again called on the Van Buren party for ai reply, and told them now to speak or ever afer•hold their peace. After waiting about half an hour Mr. Baer said " You can't come it Malty!" and ;then left the stand. The Bloomsburg Band, composed of both patties, (the Post Master of this place being one of them) turned ont and went down to Catawissa to meet Mr. Beer and escort hint 'to that town.• I am told a very threatening letter was sent to the Post Master warning him against turning out with the bend Co escort the Blacksmith. This, however, had a contrary effect from what was anticipated; be was . now determined to get—he said he was not to be dictated to by any set of men; he went, and in Catawissa produced the letter for the inspection of all parues.—Such a mart is Bernard Rupert, Post Master of Blooms bury, Columbia county. He is a strong Van Bu ren moan, but lie is his own master and intends to remain so. If we had more such independent spit its it would be better for our country. At Danville where nearly all the Office Holders of the county are, an attempt was made to disturb the Meeting by some few of the Barn burners—. but it did not succeed. I can cisme you that the medicine is working finely, but very severely on the office-holders. The people want to bear the truth, but the office-holders wish to keep it from them— Suceess to the Buckeye Blacksmith [COM HUN ICATED.) Port Carbon, Sept. 31 1830 Mr. Bannon,—l was somewhat surprised to hear the reasoning of the great and erudite Senator of Schuylkill county, on Saturday evening, at the Port Carbon house in this place—his elevated position rendered him conspicuous, and he so far transcended the level of his audience as to station himself in one of the second story windows of the above mentioned houSe, h horn whence, in his usual flow of eloquence, he poured fourth arguments which I have no doubt he considered irresistable in themselves, and would so play upon the minds of his hearers as to convince them that he is a Democrat. But I would inform the gentleman that he is mis taken, (notwithstanding all his malicious denuncia tions against the Man who will be our next Presi. dent) he has entirely failed to convince us that he is what he calls himself.—However, the office holders of the loco foco party may pervert the word demo cracy, or exert their ingenuity to change the true and literal meaning of that term, they never can succeed in making us believe it consists in defaiming and holding up to public scorn . the character of men who have fought the battles of our country, and risked theie lives and fortunes in extricating the American people from the Tomahawk and Scalpingknife. Such is the course pursued by the Democratic Senator—he is determined to prove the principles of his party by defaiming the character of Gen. Harri son; all his invictices are brought tolear on that dis tinguished veteran,—he says he is a Mock Hero and a Granny. and that these terms are applicable to hitri o because he was in the habit ,of delivering up forts to the enemy, a charge entirely false and plainly contradicted by the history of our country. Didithe Senator suppose he was speaking to a people that never read, if he did be is mistaken ; some who heard him, knew as much about the military character of Gen. Harrison as he did, and knew at the same time he was maliciously and falsely attempting to detract from a character he himself will never be able to equal or imitate. Any man who will stand up be forean audience and publicly abuse a person who has done as much for his country as W. H. Harrison has,; as recreant to every principle of humanity, des titute of every feeling of gratitude, and no friend to his country. A MINER. 03. Working Men—what do you think of Martin Van Buren's Standing Army GAG LAW I Don't ' it go far ahead of the Federal Gag Law of John Adam's Administration`' Yet the locos claim to be demobrats.—h it not a rhamrful prostitution of the word Democracy 7 1 (coxxoslCATan.l To TUX SCIIICILIC.II4L NAVIGATIOS men Director", I am requested to address you on a subject of considerable importance—not only as re gards the imposition practised upon the boatmen, but in regard to- the risk which boat owners and coal shippers are liable to, from the damage and de tention of boats. Due credit is awarded to the company, by the boatmen, for many improvements on the lino of ca nal; but the navigation of Fairmount Dam seems to deprive them of all advantages resulting from the former. It is well known that the canal channel in this Dam is the worst part of the whole navigation, when in its best state, and when boats are detained for want of sufficient water to carry them through it, others have preferred paying a Manayunk Pilot for steering them through the rocks or old channel. This busioess has now become a system, and I am informed diat no loaded boat can pass the canal channel on account of stories thrown in by persons interested in the piloting operation. This system of fraud suggests two matters (or the consideration of the Board: Ist. A strict inquiry into the truth of this matter; and 211 the propriety of clearing out the old channel, in a manner that will do away with the necessity of employing extra hands to navigate that part of it. Until this is done, the company should make arrangements with competent persons, at their own expense, for the safe navigation of their waters; and relieve the boat men of the $l,OO tax per- trip, now imposed on them. While writing on the subject of the canal, I might recommend the Schuylkill county superin tendent to devise the simple means of preventing the projecting irons, at Kline's Locks neer the toll gate, and at Hendricks Locks above Port Clinton, from tearing off the tender irons of boats, which are put on for the protection of the boat, and torn off' for the saving of one dollar to the Navigation Company. - Yaws Respectfully, J. AL C. We refer our readers to the article in the firat page from the National Intelligencer; read it care_ fully, and then decide whether we are not fully borne out in the assertion, that Martin Van Buren has put hie name to a wilful and deliberate fa/se/toot. Another Loco U.S. Senator Iterigned.—The Hon. W. Wright. of Indiana, has resigned his seat in the United States Senate, in compliance with a pledge made, that if Howard, the Van truren can didate for Governor of Indiana, was beaten in his own county, he would resign his seat. Tables for Reference. We give below several Tables of Electior.s, Votes, &c. which will be handy fot tefetenre. DM Election. Election Electors Maine Sept 14 Nov 2 10 N. Hampshire March 10 Nov 2 ,7 Rhode Island, April 15 Nov 18 4 Vermor.t Scpt 1 Nov 10 7 Massachusetts Nov 9 Nov 9 ' 14 Connecticut April 6 Nov 2 8 New York Nov 23 Nov .23 42 New Jersey Oct 13, 14 Nov 3 8 Pennsylvania Oct 13 Oct 30 30 Delaware Nov 10 Nov 10 3 Maryland Oct 9 Nov 9 10 Virginia April 23 Nov 2 23 Ohio Oct 13 Nov 13 21 Kentucky Aug 3 Nov 2 15 Tennessee . Aug 6 Nov 19 15 Indiana Aug 3 Nov 2 9 Illinois Aug 3 Nov . 2 . 5 Michigan Nov 2 Nov 2 3 Missouri Aug 3 Nov 2 4 Mississippi Nov 2 Nov 2 4 Arkansas Nov 2 Nov 2 3 Louisiana July 6 Nov 3 5 Alabama Aug 3 Nov 9 7 Georgia Oct 5 Nov 2 11 N. Carolina . In August Nov 19 15 S. Carolina Oct 12 By Legis. 11 294 The following is a table of electoral votes as they were given at the last Presidential election : Van Buren. Ilarrison. Maine 10 Vermont 7 N. Hampshire 7 N. Jersey 8 Rhode Island 4 Delaware 3 Connecticut 8 Marvlar.d 10 New York 42 Kentucky 15 Pennsylvania 30 Ohio 21 Virginia 23 Indiana 9 NI Carolina 15 Alabama .7 72 Mississippi 4 White. Lousiana 5 Georgia 11 Illinois 5 Tennessee 15 Missouri 4 Arkansas 3 26 Michigan . 3 Webster. Massachusetts 14 170 Mangum. „ South Carolina 11 lou re kc 123 The following is the popular vote plied at the last Presidential Election Van Boren • Opposition Maine 22,900 • 15,239 New Hampsfiire 18,722 6,228 Vermont. 14,039 20,990 Massachusetts 33,237 41,099 Rhode Island 2,964 2.710 Connecticut 19,284 17,719 New York 166 815 138,543 New Jersey 15,844 16,389 Pentis)lrania 91,475 67,811 Delaware 4,155 4,738 Maryland 22,168 25,852 Virginia, 20,261 23,668 North Carolina 26,910 23.626 South Carolina chosen by the Legislature Georgia 22,104 23.786 Alabama, 20,506 15.612 Missiasippi 9,979 9,688 Louisiana 3,654 3,383 Tennbesce . 76.120 85.962 Kcni tick) , 33,435 36,955 .._ Arkansas M issours Minnie Indiana Ohio Supposed vote in South 803,868 780,104 Carolina in 1836 • . 5,000 30,000 Popular vote against Vaninuren in 1836, 1,236 Popular vote at the elections in 1840 as far as held, compared with the popular vote in 1836: 1840 1836 V. R. Op. V. B. 8,000 6,228 18,722 12,710 2,964 17,719 19,284 23,368 30,261 3,383 3,654 41,281 32,478 36.955 33,435 23,626 26,910 4,000 14,292 17,275 3,300 7-337 10,995 1,000 15;612 20,506 N. Hampshire Rhode Island 1300 Connecticut 4500 Virginia 2000 Louisiana 2000 Indiana 9000 .; Kentucky 15,800 North Carolina b,700 Illinois Missouri Alabama The above returns are oot all qffecial, but the cor rect returns will not vary more than from 1000 to 1500. We merely give the majorities in 1840. These States. it will be observid, gave Van Buren a ,majority of 23.973 in 1836, and they now give Har rison a majority of 26,800, being a gain of up wards of 50,000. on the popular vote since 1836 in eleven States ELECTIONS Presidential No. of =I 2,400 10.995 17,275 14,292 32.478 41281 96,236 104,958 808,868 810,104 808,868 43,300 16,600 192,.511 216,484 16,600 192,511 26,800 The result, so far as compared with 1836 stands as follows: 1836. • 1840. Electoral Votes. Electoil Votes, Bar V. B. Hai. V. B. New Hampshire 7 —4- 7 Rhode bland, 4 Connecticut Virginia Louisiana Kentucky 15 Indiana 9 Illinois Alabama North Carolina &lissom 24 787`: 23 Thus, it appests that in these Stale Mr. Van Duren has already led 54 electoral votes, and by such decided majorities. that it would be idle to sup. pose he can possible regain them. Sind° 1836 he has also lost New York, which no well ; informed and candid man can now claim for him.! We may assert the same of Virginia, where 'Harrison's net gain hoe been upwards of 10,000 votes, and where the Whigs had a majority of 20011 at the last election. The following Stages, then, it may be pre. dieted most confidently, will give Harr i*on theirs. lectors! votes. Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut - Rhode Island New York Dela ware Virginia North Carolina Lousiana Kentucky Indiana Michigan Here is a majority for Harrison, leaving to Van Buren the following State. Maine New Hampshire New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland South Carolina Gcnrgi■ Alabama Mississippi Ai kansas Tennessee M issouri I llinois Ohio Of these States, Ohio, Tennessee, ; Mississippi, Georgia, Maryland, and New Jeraev, are as certain to cast their 69 elettotral votes for Gen.lHarrison, a■ Indiana or North Carolina, and Maine, Pennsylva nia, Alabama, and Illinois, may be diansidered as doubtful States. LT The fate sf Van Bunn is sealed; HE CAN NOT BE RE-ELECTED. THE ELECTIQNS. Kentucky.—The returns co r pieta give Mr. Latch er, the Whig candidate for Governor, 15,i341 majority. Legislature.—The Senate is composed of 38 members-23 of whom are Whigs, and 14 Adminis tration men, and one vacancy, The lionise of Re presentatives consists of 100 members-1 7 76 of whom are Whigs and 24 administration meri„ A Thousand Cheers for Rhode Island.—The Providence Journal gives the names of Representa tives elected from all the counties in tliat State, ex cepting five—from which it appears that 4S Whigs have been elected, and 23 Administration men- 7 . which, with 1 l majority in the Senetej makes a ma jority of 37 on joint ballot. Gatherings of the People. The papers from Georgia bear testimony to the good spi , it and great number at theiyhig meeting at Milledgeville on the 12th inst. It is said that the number present was 12,500. There was also a grand gathering at Macon.— Something of the fears, if not the despair, of the ad noinistration melt may be inferred from the follow ing paragraphs in the Milledgeville journal: A band of desperadoes in The county of Bibb, armed to the teeth, lore down a bridge, and erected a bulwark, behind which they posted Ehemselves, fur the purpose of preventing the pasaageiof the Mums: gee Delegation, unless they would lover the stand ard under which they were proceeding to the con. vention in Macon. The particulars we shall present to our readers next week. Suffice it, for the pres ent, to say, that the standard was not lowered at the command of the base art of / uffia fl, and that the delegation paseed over without personal injury More anon. Again, when Mr. Preston was add suing the pen pie, at the Contrat Hotel, a youth, wh . had been per suaded to the act by an older head, aPplied a match to a pack of crackers, and threw their in the midst of the crowd. Fortunately, no livesiwere lost, and but one learn of horses ran away. ut the distress of the ladies who were in their car t ages, and the 1 difficulty with which the horses were revented from running away, together with the ruts made by the— crowd, and the trampling of one, an then another, under the feet of so many individual . , rendered the execution of this act one of the most dastardly that we have ever witnessed. We presume that the press in Macon will furnish us with penicillin'. t Nashville, Tenn., on the 14th arid 15th, wail in a high excitement, preparing for the 50,600 %V hig vis itors expected there on the 17th, wilt Mr. Clay at head. The programmes of the G l and Marshals, Committees of Reception, for the acCommodation of the visitors 111 private houses, occuPy two or ante :. coknmns. There are G-and Marishdls to all inc 26 States. Such a time, probably, will never have been .! seen in the West. Henry Clay, made his triumphant entry into the City, escorted by the military, and about 1500 citi zens, amidst the ringing of ,bells, the firing of cannon, and th 3 shouts of the immense multitude. What will Gen. Jackson say to that. ; About 10,000 people assembled at,Saratoga, A. Y., last Tuesday. Mr. Webster adciresi , ed them for three hours. 1,238 7 337 A gatherrng of upwurds of 20,0001 Buckeye's met' at Hillsborough, Ohio, about two weeks ago, to build a Log Cabin. The State Convention at Trenton, New Jersey, numbered from 6 to 8000 persona.; Another Contention assembled at Salem, N. last week, which numbered upWards of 12,000 people. Unit:n of Texas and Alexico.—he New Orleans Bulletin concurs in our viewa on this subject : If Texas could be prevailed upori to join the Ferle-a ration, she would be an importalt acquisition, in fusing, as she would, inte the commonwealth, the; healthy, vigorous principles and eOlightened institur: lions of the Anglo Saxon race. We should regard' the amalgamatioh of Texas with M exico as the great; eel blessing a kind providence coubestow upon that' semi-barbarous benighted people. I A gradual remota • ting might then take place, civiliiing and elevating the population, and qualifying for the enjoyttent of the inestimable blessings of liberty. The ability of the Mexican end South American Spanish race to , maintain free republican inatitut ons may well be doubted. Every experiment has, as yet, signally failed, The best hope, theiefore, presented for the, establishment of a Republic in liliico, is the union of Texas with the other proiinc --, into one grand confederacy. The intelligence a d solidity of the American character might be im •arted to the Maxi.; cans, and the country would thus •e regenerated, and saved from the anarchy that now • reatena its desolsl lion. 23,973 =E 421 3 23 1 15 , 14ecluctorat 10 < t 7 -- 14 clectoral GEORGIA vote; Voter.
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