Vo Ott. 'Trom the Louisville Journal.. (30.1 L. WILLIA 9-I.RI§TVS ' s'; 4.L . E CoNVEN'irlpg. . . . 1 - - _(Reported by W. Sizetkeirof .I,oz.q.sial o . ...., . .... - . - General Leslie Ccfm . bs; in his addreAs.to - iliii - CroittiOn - ;" - .11 - avingjalluded - to . the - j act .of the'.bahners' being seenby hint floating OA the. batteries of Fort -Meigs, when he, as the 'messenger of Gen: Green Clay to • Gen. Harrison, was repulsed'., by, the Judi ' atis*:Mr, - Foster, the President of .t.he Con vention;•introduced-to the auditory Col,. Vlrtri.' . .tliints•rv . ;, of Lonisfaria, as the identi :Oat old ,soldier, who: nailed those- banners , -- - ; :--in-the..-ramparts by the, orders,of• the .com-. ' niander4n-dhief. • • This happy:incident ex '. eited-rntich feeling; in the.assembly and for • • ':'S'ome Minutes, the cheers and 'shouts of the \ • - bearers :Prevenfed• the . speaker from, pro ,-.. 'needing. -- 'Silence at length. being obtained, • several. deinanded.again the name of .the :=---__...-speaker,.whenigi:-Foster introduced him • , a "second: - •time* , - 0 01,,,2,Cliristy...addrerseil . , .. - the - Convention as follows.::.; ~•_-_," -.: . • _... • VaTENne AND F.',F.I.LoW-HauNTasink: -1 . --- :crave your-indulgence for a few moments; aisering you at the:sante time, that I shall. - • no inflict-upon . you .n_set-speech, at: this . , • .. -- late hour, although I dwappear as a. speak er .'at hOrrte, in my -own htimble way, in behalf of the cause, Which.has brought us Apgeilier on this , day.. I- am-happy-to-iw:, -,- form - you thaVinrown:state - , - gallant - to - n= --- 'Wenn has - redeemed herself.. She , . has •' . fired - ;he morning. gun in the - great:conteit - , •; .• now pending between the people and their Servants who are -ruling Over : this bleeding • . conntry,.aiid it 'is_ withpore . than ordinary •- pleasure; that-I point ,you to - the'rnatto on her - banner, a-banner which.Lhatl the lion- . or Of' bearing in the proceSsion yesterday,. • '"Louisiana to each of . -her sister. States; greeting ; -go, and do, : thou. , littewise,,"-- (Great applause,) epplause.) . . . •.:, ~ - _.. • . .. ~ Some of the allusions made by My:old - • - • in, :.. compatriot antis :who h'as' just preceded :me, have broughtme . unexpectedly befeire • you in- the •attitutle. -of: an eye -witness, to ... 'testify to.some of -the feet§ which he ms. ~ -- steted. • .(Cheering.) It is true my coon _ll-try:tit en ,- that:l : hott. the- honor -ofqhsink:_hy_l • •• the .side of the hero of l'iipPeeantie, 'during -sortie of the • . most Vying' peribds of ills •1 military. life, andi inok. upon the - present' moment, as one of the most happy of my -•- . • ' existence; thatl haipe:been .spared in..cont-• •...'• -. inon-with old - companions in arms, -.to. ~.- .. he Rerinitted - ,te 'stand fortli- - -tty--ilay, -as...a !.,, • living. wiittres:cif the Skill, - the - patietiEfiffri-. , iteas, the patriotistri, and the valor display .; 01 by :Gen.rliarrisojirin :dimes that tiled • - -rnen!S - Sduls... .(Cheers.) It'is.:.true; fel . low-citizens, that when the .first gun .was' fired upon Fort Alleigs, by the enemy, at . r---- the cemmerreetne4t:of7 the sibge . ,.:Gieneral . Harrison called he to his-side ' . (for. I - Was • . • neting:Qiiarter Master, and had charge:•.of oil the public - stores and flags) anti .nut : •• Sir, go and nail a banner upon.eyery, bat tery; where they. shall wave,- as long as ari - enemy . is in view!" (immense cheering.) .- 11_-T . tlitc kb; and witlr_ this .right hand,,,l-did 'the - - vict0ry..“.....,_ n.,1. As... ra , n enemy, until`liar perched .upon ' • then), - (Tremandons cheering.): ' - • •. . Itpromised, fellow-citizens, not to make - a. speech, (pries of ~go • on—go on) but-. I must take, the liberty of' explaining two hr .". three - facts - conneeted - witlrthe - seige; - . od - • . . --which have-notbeen,so-far•as-Litaveseen, properly_ brought to light. • op .. , . .• - - :-Ity - thp.speCial order-- of the' General; I was ail:is-side, night and day, during this . ' - memorable seige;'and I ,ant - . proud ,to de-. clare,-in the presence Of this great Con • • ve . ntion, and to the world,' that there-was .. co skulking, no' hrinking from. danger, -on . • his part, (applause) but on the. contrary, __ his smile snit encouraging_ countenance - ••• :were seen in every part of - .fort.- His - . addresses-to the sofdiers.from-thrie to-time were such.aa to-inspire the.most timid with • confidence, .and his. taample in braving', .- danger such as to .give,courage even to the volVard,, had one 'been present. ~But to the 3 . l;lett_the:_rob'ssenger,Lieut-tiamilton;l -•'::: - froric a GeniGreen-Chys-edipS'Of reinforce= ment, reached the-fort, I, was 'present and. --. heard :ev'ery l voo *at-, pea§id_be I,Wee n- h im-, - :..•antl the,Genera, The-plan of attack,:for 1 ' do purpose of . relieving the ,fort, was :the' prompt and ,sole work: of the General. It i in , . self, . There. were British batteries -0 either - . side -of, the - -fort, playing. Upon it by cross • fire,•The river InterveninglietWeen those On. erie-sido .. and-the - fort and-an,open plaiwbe-. ~ .I,Weett ui.and the enemy's.eannim, on thed ---- ,qtlini:., ".. - The';General was aware that * the - .'' main foree;of the enemy on. the opposite side, of, the river, was encamped: near ' tiro ...1 , Ofilei-belOW4dis-batteries * -in,which-therd, • • were only enough., to, the'-guns. Ile thereferzw - sont,ap, 'order, to .Gen, Clay, to . • land:: Oudley's Teglinent z - 0n . ,, the, opposite. pider,ef, th'e.riVer fromihe':tott, ,iv4h• - diree ! . ' tionA to, itOrni - ,the• - eneiny!s batteries, - to' .114 e and,eut, dawn_ his, cannon, retreat to '-... ' lheli,r-,)*1,.#3 and cross the.-river immediately-I '., td.-,flie folrt,whiel, he obSeried;could. be! ... . Aiine . ,_ . othoitt,:ihe.,loss of 4.Single,msp;.and . viVeli*O'st.'o *ne t as he had nn. force,. - .*.47o3iqii::tr(,spared from-the. fort to send , ta;tliefr, aid,insease .qf neetii.:, It • was • also. eigkitted„ici;ihttotessengeri that:a 'sertiti' ... it, - , ,0 tiltlbeigWe . : ilii.o 'fite;fort:nt.4.he -sante in .. _ menti;enti thq••battcries cifiliti-on! on 1 ' ..-. ihe side, ..,C. : the 'plain' be stormed..' 'Phis', . 7:--was-:doill :of: the - most gallant styl - sc - : - Th - eif` . itlOsii,±thSt.lhii American "arms -Were:born- 1 : lilsitett."viefoi-ititN, - and .:had . "COLDtrdleyri -obcipd. , tlfri'.Wliele••eu.ders,'Sent....tei :him, as , 7 .1 :'''' .-- .:15ra., , gimp .9.3.4 e.. tr. t z t h - eE S O I-5- I' l ' Mi itTI-. 1 4 3 ._.,W0 1 44.1 ''-'# 9 :4*or-iliti - Iliolat *tii:**o43eirittr:' :ii , ' Itttlit;fitary. hi s terY'of, 'the•,:cOnntit,tittrinki ' too, ,lie..itisi*o: - Butl fiteidecreed.otherWise, TN lit*'' . se' fai'''n'i C01..-thidley and` hil-gal:; ) ~.k:-'ra.101 3.0 0.t...) Were: concerned; for,•:after . . - 4 „,• Jiito.xeetitedsthe orders of his General v:•. , ,Mtarniiing, the liatterieS. : and spiking and - '''' 't tittlileii'''''ii i I'' • • . withc' •'' ' . t .,.-g , ~ ~,,, -, w ~t te,cannott,.out the, ,hiss, M':'• I'...),o44ViSiVbfaiti'Dii Mei 'IOU ntt 11,iiiiielfi 'Y'',flii4oo l Cilfir44f.ii'i 4 iiik : off 'the' impetuous X! , ,Zolllo4itir t Wlisi'ltaiPlintyet had nit' Oii•• ;2 ". :-i***__c..;*•.„ . ojOitiAilli.,_2l4., : ii!4...,.i i .b_i:V ; 4' : l ~,„ 45.r: ,- . , . ttfiti.ml: ; tt .A , ,fll,oo,tiTilyttnow; Atm lota' .:If?:#oo:44`6l4thitit.*tiliifi:' regiment ikf Ai., t . .., - -, -,4i.--0-4 , -- , q ,,, --g..,4:-:44f*:;Ai. , .. , . : :..' . .v . -: ~ • -. ;ATOtik*-41-rri1 ,,,,, n'.. , , ,, , .•§4;r--twi'.- ' :: ' If:t**446:.::: : l.4!:ji`':::.. *A '''' , ` l ; 7. ,:t;?'' , " . i4,o•:.T . ' .. ' Britiisl trobps,:Who likd marched "up - after,. the 1/esti:teflon `of Abu baiterieff;-,frOna',..their cam beloW,,as - Was,antieipated:bk,Ge.fierak ; Urjted he issue L l. the::Cirtleir for the, : regiinent' tin cross the.river • by:::all':•riiecips: immediately ulcer executing -their wOrk.if • 11 ,May beAvell,io observe htre,:that victory" h ach cro wand : tiro bUlf - ii - macle4roM = the . forti_. - b - uftwttre - . -- unfortonate issue.!ott,the. 0pp,0 7 `Sue side of the - river. Tam, perhaps,, the - 0n13 ,- . IIIT/ jwitifeSs - i - ;Who 'heard - - the-Gener: ral.deliver his plans and orders to;Lienf., ..the messenger. ' Ever) thing Was' clearly e'4lained,---the;absolote,,ne - : cessiiy, of 'a prompt retreat en the .part 'of Dudley after spiking the enemy's cannon, was pointed'ont,.- - ; In the energetic manner, General himself; he said-I0 Lieut. Hamilton: " Tell your commander,. 'that these .orders are to be obeyed, at the hazard.of •' (Gfeat applause:.)* 1 hatre now shown . .you, that, So far 'as this Order was obeyed,, vic tory' was mfrs• on both sides of the river, and •the for relieved frOm •tlie' only regular "seige which took - pipe during the last war, -and relieved..too_by...theexertions of an in- Hferior :force, ..underfilia.-Lifriparolleled_Tskilt -11 displayed bythe - cornmander-in-chietin this plan. Which I have tried to • explairk.o you. ,It has. been 'my-fortune alscko bear armsunder the celehrnted-Generals:Tromin add Jackson. - have also read- something of -the history of military men - - iv.ho have-gene before Us f and So, far us my public judgment enables me to decide, I challenge the, his ±ian to produce from thelorders andplans )Alexander himself, -- ericiCirifininiigh;Of ,llingion„of_Bonaparte,or_frorn 'those - of anYNTAiiierican ci - Tritain; one; Willehr,oll - the extent of it,, displays ~ more military, skill and judgmeilt, than .thiS of General Harrison's, for the relief of Fort CApplati'ie.) I will here - ask - witat •wbuld-have been : the fate of-the-great•gene-- rals, just 'named, if they. had ,been Sponsible, for te all resultS . ,_ : wliether. their ,or . 'Ors were-obeyednod.: The answer:hi acid yet-General Hertnion'haa been arraigned and compelled to. father re sponsibility of.'the _Oct, which led to Alm defeat—of Dudley, a responsibility never before required-of any Other - General! But whilst•thezminers and sappers were 'unable to demoliph the. fort - defendecl!by hiulful - of - men, buder.the inncaliate.command • of that . great and,koed men, -there were poiitf -cal min,ers and sappers the .White. House; who seized-npon theeircuinsiancesto whiclf- I have - alluded—clis'obedience on the part. pretext Thiel: 'they were - ,enabled-to lay- the hero olTippe - eanoe upon ,the slid(' as Military man with a view of - ad — vaneing• silk-steeking 'favorites: - For a' 'time; they •seceeedeCl in blinding. the eyes . of . 4llq.peopie - -; buflthe are: at last .Wal4iiiinp in the majesty of their ° power to te,:fder,justieertci:that, much - . 'injured, pa= triot anti fs - oldier,, who: shotiNt have - been elevateil••.:to - Alie command-in-Chief of the apny ofAbe:H. 'tate'S for 'the ' skill alone displayed in his order . to Col. Dudley, if for no other cause. (Tremendous cheers:) It is, due to tuybcti, foilewcitizens,.b'efore I . elase,.to give a brief explanation of the' causes "whip!: mo tint now. Occupied. by •m, warm supporter of General 'Jackson, and -thati..e.v,en.ioteil!for - Mr. Van, Buren. I kVI t o f / am found in the Whig ranks; to-day, net that 1. respect the less that gieat general and tick:n(l6.'6f his countefini - rthe plains of - Chtithette, -- but that T love .my . country more. • When the first• attack was 'made upon the currcncy-oftlic country; 'myfears were• alarmed for the result,- Effects 'fol lowed causes in:rapid succession; until the only circulating medium, we.,hatt. in this country,. was. destroyecl;runtil commerce was paralyzed; until . our rich, valuable and productive fields were waste, and the energies and enterprise of this great people prostrated at the feet of Executive . power, )cople, whose canvass had whitened I= 0 every'Sea and 'whose footsteps, had• been seen - in e,ve'ry- land.— beli - eVing: as--1 -7 ,then did, arid: as I -now de,' that these results were : the' effect; of a mistaken policy-in the • administration of our national affairs there via's : hitt one course left for a man of honor to', ptirsue for' one, who feels -a deep, in -terest-in-tite-prosperity •of - his native - laml; - airdillat course - I have ad,o fed, Whellfcf ' for Weal : or . forwoe,-time-alo ej.can-decide_- (Applause.) . -:-I hold-it:4) the imperative -duty - duty - of every ' freeborn . ' — American,:beldly to come . forward;, ivitenever - :a - crisis - like theliresent one . ' occursin .1.116 : . practical . af airs of the country and •to give his whole support to the cause 'of the...people, host feeble soever thafstippOrt may be, (Cheers.) : And 'now, my. countrymerr,,let me, appeal: to. you Vtlith . the - voice".of, one,,.whose, age I and experience have. entitled him,. in ;your kind eStiin'atiOn, to be heard .in . , this Con vention, to redouble your exertions in the -great-coritest - Veldit us, with The assurance 1 that on your conduct will - defieitd - , - in , .ari i r 'eminent degree',.•the success of, the cause I•under - Whose harmer. you have.enlisted! .. . , . Li Col. Christy sat dewn amidst repeated 1 .cries ofgo on on-but. after. some,trio.- 1 Mints, the ' President • iittretlueed.'Nlajey.., ' Clarkson;of Ohio, to the - -Conve tion; - ms. i one :Of. geMitirrisen!i, 0d....e0di. is; 'and, i IL T6 Whit his impreSsive testinieny;.wes .c sed the session' of.:the.prdfit Democratic. Conn-. Populv Vo4e of.lllingi,s7 - - - -4 - letter from Illinois to .a: gentlemen , .Cineirnvi, , ,as Igiyeit 'in the, last'Gazette of that city states , the aggregate p , oar vote, in $4,000,'-ont of.which . tfe Van Bitten party are,a majority o(lr,i100. , The , aggregite o I tilarvote at Cheeleetion immediately Vreeediitthe„presidentiat r el :don of 'thsilVirr4l43;ooo, out of whitif tht - T I :yan Buren pnrty had ,amajority of 11,000. And ,yet, shout some of 'the' more unecro-, purous of the , Locolneo prints, j'never were our ‘ piospeets brighter, ,&e. Illinois, in fact„his go'oe well, for, the. X arrisee„ .geroip:eause , , "Ae 'renailted,,hy the Ga-, ~zette-L.m.'One more effort will thoroughly 'break the trace s' of - VaijoiacYs the pre - ndly ;fortli,‘.tedeetned, generated, 'aud'disen thinned., :; A' s majority 1.80, eleven thoo . ut but, of fluty -114"C*0;Yeil4i4.:gii:L0,0-"tO:a :.I;?r 4 Y 043i/9-- ll ictfiatind eight -Ainufrego BM • . . . „.. . . ok.iNre:.".e, , -(--.ir 1..1 20.4 r. . , 7 .. ~,, !--1,. t' , .* , , . .... Wrt er- A V- „A~.1•• - , t .11:1r ao --- 1 - •to t • 4 .. . ... • • of eighty:.-finirdrouand I Let Olaf be - reT. niemb - ered,'.wherever, ,the Harrisonr demo..; have - y6t7iiorlt.7,lo - do. Itfis hill of encouragement to them, and.dist - tidy, to their. opponents," Cao'narlitiVil Em • Suppose•fitst we' give:Van 13urah ,the Maine, ' .10 New iltnpaire;''7 Pennsylvania; • '3O Maryland, ' 10 Virginia, 23 South Carolina, 11 Georgia;• , 11. Alabama, ‘ 7•• Miisiasippi, 4 Arkansas, 3 • „5, Missouri;: • . 4 Tennessee, 15 : • . • 140. -Now;- reas claim many of The'S above? 'ToTeliness EMMI Buren by. near 10,01 Cannon( Whig) eair (y, B.) 6 . y near 20,01 has beek temporaril, Whig cause by Polk with, his great pppu larity, and u cry against Whig corruption - • - - By what law of-logic dims lie. claim Yir glitiau-whioh--has.jtist-deelared,by,a:majori,:- ty on the popular Vote and in• its tegisla . - tore, for. fives and Reform; and 'against •Vau. Buren, a standing army, "and the - sub.: treasury ? ... • _ " • .How -does-lie-claiM—Maryland, which _Was against him bY 3,50 Q majoritv.. in !3O? How Georgiai - which gave 2,780 against . - - him in .'361, . . .These deducted-50 inalleave Van , Buren 81. s': -: - : --. : •:- : . NOw, , on -the other hand, what right has Harrison to the -Statei-n 101:voted-Mo:Van. Buren in '36? . • . -New York - he claims because he has had it for' 3 years, and the other partracknow ledges he will zarry it!' _ -I{,hoile-Island—Beeause_it_haslkeen..,with hiriCsinee.'36, and is-now Whig_,all.,oydr, giving a large increased majority, ".at -, its last; election—Governor, Sehate,7l - lOuSei and the •••''. North C4rolina-Because..4 has made at its. last Plection,l3rOWn feel strapige,.. and Strange turn brown, by giving - the -Whigs over 8,000 inajorityr.and a !Tame Majority bottillonses 6f - ice . Louisiana-1362 , m* .she has just giveii the hall a t,tisti,with 2000 W hig. majors y; Michigaii- 7 Because she- gave'-at her last. election alargh majority: for a Whig Gov-. ern - or, and elected a.. Whig Legislature; And all of the States which ih,'36 voted for "Old Tip," and which are in our list,, we elaim- • IlecauSe they have given_ at their late elections astounding majorities for him. The voice of Ilie .- -Stifep.pays—No! and not in a-whisper, but in a . •lond - and angry tone w-lrich-cannot - 4e-misunderstanil. Stbany lour. CONVENTIONIATW,IIEELING.... I -- , ,„ „ ---Tile-tnu7ol-eptellibt-t-WaS-d—gre4l-day ,ntWheeling—one of_thOse few days. that occur in a man's life, as remarked by the. Wheeling Times ; wlhich- "-will never - be forgotten." It was the (14 chosen, as correspondent expiessts it, for "a conven tion ofthr'ee States" at Wheeling=-Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. should„,have said four, for old Maryland was there also. And strongly Indeed were these States re presented on the occasion. It was by far l' the lara^ ^ tli it bl field lib largeatlnical assemblage ever tie, -that-part of_the_nount.ry. The estinnates,- indeed, made: under circumstances likely to favor cower resulls,- run -as high •as 'TIVgNTY,-FIVF I .71;ms/4ml-for—The—nu inber . present: Soe estimates, itideedrgo a s I high- -as 35,600. Joseph Lawrence, of ,-Washington county, - Pa:presitled FtliTtir hmighty assemblage of the bona= and-sinew ol..the: W2B_,assikted_bften_ vie& _presidents_ frem .Yirginia.;_,llVe_., from sylvania ; ten . from and.-two- from . _ - • • -The vast •assemblage • Was addressed in. succession, or' from different positions; at the same time, by Mr. - Lawrence, of Penn-;• sylvania ; Mr. Cox; of , Washington 'city; Mr. Southgate, ofKentucky; -Mr: Johnson, of- Cincinnati; Penrose, of, -Pennsyl vania- Mr. Pitts, of Maryland; Mr. Stokes and Air. Bingham, of Ohio;, and Mr. lamp ton, of Pittsburg.' - -Referring te.•this great atheriCg-,--the—Wheeling-ifintes of Sat OT:= iwwhich.givea=fol-detfiils i says: "What maybe done between : this time and .the day Of. election,- we• do net ,pretend -to say; . but we do say 'that theeffects of this 'convention will be salutary upon the 'vote,of this sec, ton of Virginia... That this portion of this • State. will give a vote'se -large for'Harrison and Reform, that---itr will • astonish both friends and , fees."' • • •• BOYS DO YOU BEAR TRIM—The Globe at last acknewledges that there is a potraibil ntthe•eleetion of General - Bar-' risen, and ,the leading tory paper.in'Phila-, delphia says, that, the result of •the coining contestie extremely doubtful. ,We have the::enem - ron the rareatderthere be one _ . more grand and a arge along the whole - lineP and isuch - a - route - tf — tirelory. office holdersand their followers.will never., .le - iniairisignificancti-compaietl=wittri .• , • • The, frienda of Governor Porter -in the l'coutity, of Philadelphia, ;being dissatisfied with the ticket. (brined by the. party, .as *din" the active friencht:or the Governor, ,have seceded, and nominated'; on their 'own book' thefollowing Thirty District .1 - , For Poegress t ;Niertoii z _County.—,For State :_ Senate;' Joseph S: Johns. Aseenibly;, Phoning ' D. , . Weyer; -RicharaJohn.D. Opothviii; F _raiik. r l ,thi-leei, , ,Francis 'Lyrics, Michael Pray, :4fidierr , /Wren b e ed ? . An Ilintr - give—llai•Ll i rison the following. 4 • MasiachUsetts, l4 Rhode-Island, . 4 Connecticut, , 8 New York,: . 42 New ';fersey,`B Delaware, = 3.. North Carolina, 15 Louisiana, . 5 Kentucky, • 15 Ohio 21 Michigan, - Indiana, - 9 EM This tvill_eleet,_Tio. on has --Vail Bureif - sto. tatos_ln his list ai'maile de, for instance,—Where tate in23oegaipst.V4ri DO majority,: and - ro . '37' led it againstArrnstyopgl 00 majority, and whichl ly stv.ung or from: the' hie vir.••• . , ICrFotir bundrbil . ,labOters ; are emPlOy-: ea.. 61 the .P.ennsylvarlin rail, road, relaying theNoit,lfiraelt lietiveetf;Wltite;• Hall - •and the mile stone About five Miles of .the - road , passes -through, this county:. • . • Darby 'Republican. •A od yet, friend: Waller; these•,are, not half of-the'laborei- - whO' will be on that Ifack, between this tinici,and."terudaya pre=;, ceding the election;7, The game . at ptake. in - : the fld Seriaiorial District fief : bap mueli itnporionce - -to the : friends. of the:state ad-: Ministration,. to 'be entrusted to the . infleL epee of so small a number as ; ui. fo. Mini/red laborers., . ' The, disgraceful means which Will be re sorted to •hr the St perintendenf of. repairs on the..Dolumbia .rail road, to• defeat, the Wishes of•a majority of • the legal "voters of t that district;" has,,become. a . matter of public notoriety. The. demonstration of popillar feelinglatelY manifestedy is too seriously felt: by 'the administration, - to „allow the .eleetien of two stale senaters•to out the interfimenre ,olits • powerful inflii- ence,_to counteract_a fair and. el-ndid. ex pression '-of the opinions Of the. voters, and .to'seeure honest at'd faithful representativei. L.- :Governor . Porter,."in 'his Message to the • Legislature, at their ": - special session, par ficulaily directed the•littention - of - That body to the decayed state of the.' North track of .the - railroad, -between the 22 mile stone and White Hall„,and 'declared that iii its _presentr_condition..-it-was_utterly_uselessi;_ and Upon) : the first of September, not - an er fort was . made to plaee% in repair, although propriation for it was Made. Whatscause can. be assigned by the proper -authorities for' this palpable neglect of the interests - of the state? It - was not that they were igno rant of - the faets:' urged' by the Governor2to obtain the apprOpriation, as it is known to' every individual connected with 'the ‘ ,mo live- power,'' that for. the ;past, year, such has been. the ,condition. of the North track of this section of-the road, that es i could not-be run:Open• i :unless with serious danger, With the Tulllnow-, ledge of these facts in their. possession, we , ask,:why were the'repairs• so long delayedi •after the appropriation had.licen made.- 1 ,The response may be heard, by reviewing the's - liteThf - parties•tin the - State Senate.—; That bodyja compOed-of 16 - whigs - ,' and :17leconfOos, of "Wh ich iatter,•The terms Of , two,expire•ori the 1.1b.,,0f October proxi- 1 mo, in thud-Senatorial District.. At3he , election in:1838, wheiLthere . was .a-lOrger vote. polled than ever before in this district ;. the're<ocoebl - Werc - :defeated ,by a majority - of 17,_out 'of a popular Vrite ,23,„fipo.` In 1839, two "6/ hig - titketi - w n o illation Chester contity,..and no serious . oppozi, tion -wos Mode in Delaware (geni : v. and the'conseptenee was, the election of a .loca foo _seoato - r.. In .1840, from evidences not to lie* intittitijt the slifeWtLealcula , ' tors !of the ad ministratiop •party, - they see a result similar, to that of 1838, unless a great 'foreign influence ean - be - breught to ,bear Open, and neutralise the choice of the re= qiilpitt _voters. D.no.n.th,q,,rdin f ire of se i na: ion of the next senate; - and it is -n nigireTrif surprise, .that_ an administration so. pro verbially ;corrupt - as. ours, would hesitate between the imperative interests" of the state,_and.thelsticcess--ofi . a--,party measure ,which would tend- toleneourage_nod screen -them--in- their-.future pro quo . of the laborers must be ren dered, and the. se to which, they will bb applied on the .13th of October, will show why the.repairs have been delayed to so ' latea day. • Let our friends'in the• Third District look to it.—Colunz.' Cour. THE IVIAINE ELECTION. The State electionof Maine,' is to take place on — tiro - ±4-41rpf - Scpjetalic I:7 — Tlre — re= much-interest,- although the Whigs are not sufficiently sanguine to indulge a hope- of success in that_quarier. Tlic/Mrasliington correspon dent of the National Intelligencer, who 'is a native of Maine, and well acquainted with character of that state, days That Ahem' ham-. beati changes. there; .and,thatithe_good...cause_ is :advanCing,EJ have no_doubt;_ but,..with.as_good informa. lion as -a man-can have; . who is - not cool and calm even - aifrifil the excitement inthp:state, I see no reaspu.to believe that we can de feat povernor Fairfield,.and it must not be expected. Be. has a popularity over 'and above that of his party, and will obtain ,a greater vote than' -Van' Buren' can get. If Fairfield. has not over 2,500 majority, the porSonal popularity of General - Harrison can take-the: state in November. for members of 'Congress, oughLte defeat illliert-smtih and to • gain a member in :Hancock and Washington; but circumstan ces render the. first - doubtful, and, in. the last, to 'effeat what we.: desire, there must have been considerable., change. __George. Evans, will be. triumphantly re-elected: , It is probable there will be no choice - in the district Mr. - Parris•repreeents,if he insists -upon being run again, If things. torn out better than- - expeer, there is- . stronger . under - current in ',Otfifivor than appears on the surface. .Alughdepends -upon WaldO county, the stroitgest..Vsn- Buren , eounty in the state, - im- width , there is said -to be a .decided :change '; and - as -- this`- County:has great interests at stake, in lime, the fishe-, may,lr _ground for ;the be ' • • The, Third Congressional Piitriet.: -alearn--thaViiiiFilltotte-tr-Nh'ylist liavin-g-4efin-erd re-eleetioryttrennrew the Damson Delegates of, the Tiard.Dia triet met yesterday afteinoon, 'and - unsni. ! „ :fitously - nominated Morton . 41.1eMielatel,: Esq. 'Phials''s powerful nomination, and will no doubt unite in its support a /very= strong . - • Van Buren's .pefrenchment—Let it bq . reinembered 'that John :Quincy Adams ex pended on an average Wt twelfe, thillions a 'year, and Mayan Van , puren-spprids -finans ttiat sni or Thirty-seen J.A. Adams paidof! . forty-five' Millions, three7,hundred•mid thieifilousand five hun- , dreg ire dollars ofPublic Debt: Martin' Van'-p n ren -,exhailated ,the_ TreaStfryj?,in iiik, - firat - year; although=. he 'found a anrphirs cif - forty millionei - and'are.;. ated a new Natienal.Debt„by issuing ten millions of Treasury - notes, and has been: increasing it ever since! - And yet dams' was turned out for extravagance, and Mr., Van Btiren Preterids:tn Reform:' ille-'reventie . of the Government - was'nOt Barthian-oer Mr... Tan Buren; whileAtAvaS _m'ord_thunvenougli for Mr.'Adania, andl,he: paid'off an old debt,'about,,ds.mucli,,aS 7 Spent. ,Look „at• theSe things--they are facts, and may. Lie• found in the .public eoids'ofpur country. The aremot•k‘whig lies;" they are melancholy truths . fisburg - Telegraph: • • • • . BUNKER - HILL CONVENTION. `The Boston Journal of Wednesday af ternoon, is filled With' an account of, the great frbig; procession. to-Burionit HILL, and of part of the doings there. A decla ration of independence, prepared and,read by Daniel Moller, appears in, the papers.: It too long for us this morning, consider ing the:deemed of-our Commercial articles: delightful. — We copy a portion Of. the deelaration. • • Finally, on this spot, the fame of . 'whieh began with our lihertyland can only end - with it, intim presence- : of these_roultitudes,_ of the whole country, and of the world, we declare our conscientious - convictions, drat: the . present Administration has proved rinc ati able :of-eond u ctin g•-the-pu bl of-• -fairs of the 'nation in such a. milker as shall preserve the - coristitution,..manitaio tbepub . - li - cliberty,T - orni -. sucure - teneral—prosperity , We declare With theAtrrbst . sincerity, that we - believe:its:Maio purpose to have been, to - conlinue.its o~.vn purpod, influence, and popularity ; that to this - end - , it has aban- -- - d0n411, - -indispensible: but=higliiTiesponsii_ ble constitutional duties ;. that it has trifled . with the great coheeins ,finance and cur; rency ;. that' it has used tliestmist reprehen• Bible means forinfliiiineing'publin opinion; that it has countenanced the'application of j .• public money -to : party pnipneesici that it seeks to consolidate and strengthen party. by every form, of Public patrohoge.-; dratit 'laboriously seeks to conceal the truth. frOni 'the _people_ on subjects.'of.great interest; that it has shown - 1001f to be, selfish in its: endlincl..coriuptin_its means; and that if it.shouldie able te.mactitaiiiitselfiniktiver thiough another terni, 'there is the most ithininentdanger'that it:Will plunge the Conn fry in still Tonkel' ililliculty, bring oti still greater,disofiler and- distress:, and: tinder; - mine 'atOnce - the (ouridations!of-the public prosperity' , athLtire institutions of the coun- . tFy; . . Men thus false to their Own professions, false to the principles of the consiitution; false to' the interests of the people, and false Ito the highest,. honor of their Country; are • unfit to; lie - the rulers Of this-Bepublie: The people ;of.the United 'State haVe a right-to good -government.---They- have _a right to an honest amLfaitliful 'exercise of all the . powers of'the constitution as under stood mid practised in the best . days Of the repUblie for the general gootL. . They have FL l zterii.l - w Meg / ilibire / ATetigirea; and-the benefits of that Union which their fathers established. • . • - • And standing here, this day, With, thq -inenitof those" . Fafliers fresh on our hearts, and with the field of their glory and -the , m,snuments-o F - their - famtrib rfiriltir view-with Blinker Hill beneath jtis;,and Concord, and - •Eexington, afid.•Horchester Heights; and •Fanueil• Hall around ,up—we here, as a part of the .people; pledge our selves to, each other.and to our country,.to spare no lawful and honorable effort tovin dicate and maintain these rights, and to remoVe•from the high places of the nation men who have thus contemned and violated them. • • =h nd - wo - earnestly-and-solemnlyinvoke allgood-men awl-tine -patriotit-throughqut_ the. Union, foregoing all considerations of party, and forgetting all distinction of state or section; to rally:more, as-our-fathers did i • in 1775i'against the common oppressors of our country,.and to unite with us. in restor ing dur ; glorious constittftioa to its true. in.; terprefation,' ,its practical - administration; and its kilt supremacy, . 7 7 -- 7 .1 - such--a-cause ; - principles every Thing; nothing: .".Y.erwe Can not forget that we have worthy, -honest,- capable, • candidates,. for the offices from which we-hope to remove the present' in cabente. • . ~; Those, who desire a - change, throughout The whole country, have ~agreed with ex traordinary unanimity, to support General William Henry Harrison. for the ,office of ~Eretiiomat.:. We believe him to be an - h&j , mstaro — faithful - ckfzetoctiliervcil 117— .115 countryTufeceiisfully, • in divers .civil trusts; and we believe.him a veteran soldier, Whose honor. and bravery , cannot be ques tidhed. - ,We_ give hirn - our nnhesitatidg confidence; and in that confidence we.shell support him, and , the'Tlistinguhilied citizen of ‘-Virginiai'wlio has been nominated-for the Vice, Presidency, with all - our Worts and all our hearts, through the present con test; convinced by their plectism. , the true spirit of the. constitution will. be- restored, the proaperity:of - the , people relived, :the stability of bur free institutions re-assured,. and the . hlessings of T.Jaiod and Liberty se cured to ourselves and our Posterity. - Theßostoii. Transcript SaYS— ' ' - , 9 - I —A„cavalcade te-the-procession4onsistin'i of - pwards -- of -2 fifteeu — h - tdidfe - d citizens, fouled," iii_fte!clock_on_the Western' Alen- Me, under the command of N. A. Thom - - son,'Eififf:VhieTThiiihall to the-cavalcade. l'hiEr - body - presented a-,-Aohler_fritittheinti well m — olnted'on . fine hories, in a imat uni form, dark coat, 'White', punts,_. ack.' hat, with plain 'but elegant trimmings; Mid 'a Harrison_Hmedal 'as' a 'badge.' . After..tbe cavalcade had taken their • position, Abe, whole -, bodY being previously formed •Oh der,the' command of the ' Chief ,Marshal _to the coliven,tiob, llon.,,pranklin Dexter, this immense', procession ' took up 'its line :• of . march' for thinker Hill, pasillig.down the 'Beacon : street, .Mall, -up , •Beacon, street, ihrough - PaYk•Commort;7ivap,hyikton, stiite' -. streets; Merchants ',- Row, round 'Fadeuil i Hell,throdgh South Market; Commercial;. i , 1 •_. . , Hanover, Bljekstone;:iiil 'Haverhill . , streets., to Warren Hridgc .77 th rough Chartes-,,' . 6qtre,,, unit, _High; stiebta; to Mciiiiiment•Square:- Yresident of the Converitibit, - .Hon. niel Webster. r • • • - • - • 'Among' tlielargest of these .boltes, we noticed ,particularly that: frinn . .Old. Essex, which forinedinCoinmercial street, under. the command . , the. Hon. Stephen C . . Phillips ? Chief 'Marshal of the county, pre ceded by : large cavalcade. "The-great leature,, hotvever;•itras - the-reit - shOtar)i,m - Lknn, mounted, on wheels • draviiii six beautiful white horSes. :the shoe :was seated, 'about twenty mei.' , -Fine, bodies otsailniii,.frorn. the city. and from. Salem,, wereieen the . prOcession; neatly :dressed in short jackets and white • trowsers; adding much the riovelty..of . . . . . thc, scene. .• , • arches, surmounted by mot= tos, and gaily..ilecOiated with evergreens; flags; and streamers; Were7thiown'oirer tbe tweets, at short intervals, throughlmt the whole line. of march.' The. truckmeh; to the nyinber.Of 300, , • dressed in their neat white frocls, , and will• mounted, presunted . aanoble:appeardrice. Every dwelling Window - , and houie4ep. on the -ling .- ivUS - filled with gaily drez_sed ladieS and Children, :waving -The stars and Stripesaiid white handkerchiefs, as the pro 7, cession passed. . •• • The procession occupied one hour -and forty minutes in passing-a given point, and was composed :of Upwards .of twenty-five Alrousarid - delegates - . _ At hslllrast 12. the. right- of, the proces sion -reached Blinker - Hill; at which time - . - The distandd.paSsed by the -Convention is, computed to be about fisie miles. ,This is A;)ne:.of . the most_ glorious days ever witnessed In tGe city of Boston. It would he impossible to:conjecture the num ber of : the people now aoembled,. hut we venture to assert-that never before were so many - people, at one tiineoiiithin thebouuds ofits territory,: _Most of the place's of busi 7 ndss:are'closed, and did' day given to twit nessita glorious Pageantry; . Ifitherliistory. Of POptilnfnieetings, this far surpassed at - i}• - thing that was - ever ,hefore - seen -in thlS cotuitry. To giN:e.any thing of an iti.earof this pageantls•impossible: We ,can .only say. in four words- - - TEE.'Pt - OPLE- HAVE ,EODIE.I s Two Dag* Later froin lEiagir s und. - • • MS -=- By the arrivaLat •Neiv Yorit, of the:ship_ Alexander, .Captain- . Copie, the:, editor •of theallerald ha'S- received *Liverpool papers to the 6th of August inclusive, They fur nish Several items of intelligence.-of con siderable_ interest'inii . w.i)l be seed from, the extracts iVen. • . 'therestilLgreat prospect of war 'with Vrauce.• - There - is nothipgrdeeisive -- -froM China. • The Arabs have - made an unsuc cessful attack=-on.- Aden. - The Rtissians have not-made, good their footing-at The Syrian insurrection As at an mid. Preadful_;Shipwl ecks.—Tbo Lyra Ham 13entinek, E . ast. intimmamwhich 'us. 9 4111.0 f Fel r , l , mrY• with - troops, was. wrecketl'_off Bombay, on• the'-'l7ill- of June; 7 passengers, 58, re-; crhitg,•and 20 of the officers were lost. On the,same_day,the-Lord.Castlereagh, from 'Earrack, troops, was also wrecked off Boiribay; and only '7o' eut Of 'fhb 201:k sons onTsoard ere Ca ptain ile,l of the 24th, 'Dr. Davies and Lieut. Walker, were-among-the drowned. • . . • . IMPORTANT NEWS FROM INDIA BY TI!E OVERLAND MAlL.—Admiral Elliott sailed theCape..of Flope-for-Singa-- pie, with the Melville, Blonde; and 'Mo deste;towartls the latter end of April. The l3lenheim had not yet reached there from Englantl, (April: 30) 4ut. was to proceed di-, rectly tothe generM rendeivous or The ex __ redttron against-China. • • . The Wellesley-and-Druid-were-already at-Singapore, where. the transports of part of the first : division of the Bengal troops -had-also-arrivett. The Chinese were actively engaged in - Makin - preparations of defgpce: .Volun teers were invited and encouraged ,to join Me celestial army, and the worrio of seve ral Of.tbe =rattan:, cities.had-beert removed into the interiorrfrom - lear - Of - -,an attack of the EngXish. No hostilities had of ;late - occurred-along the eoast.-• =- . Of the plan'.of operations nothing bad transpired, but it. was getter:Ally believed that the campaign , would open' by, the bom bardment of Canton. . EXPECTED WAR WITH FRANCE. -The London Times:of- August 6; says.: —The Paris papers of Sunday are, as might -have - been expected,' taken tip chiefly .w ith ,e - state - of - atriks (17 — ) Whie - h - tiep - o fey of Lord - Palmerston :had given. rise- - With- the. singie.exceptiOn of La.Prease, the- most complete, unanimity - appear .to preVail among -the - _Frettch, journalists, -- Of -all .ebades_ - and-- colors; ;on -this **iiibject. Even the Debate declares adjourned until .Thofinatarrangteenenf all-its" enmities and bostilities'of -a domestic 'nature: • Every , species of :epithet which contempt or re sentment- &Uhl suggeit;is levelled iu these' papers, at . the head of the ei.4levant"emi nent statesman who-wields the destiniee'of EngiantLl.'oEverypossible laudatorYphrase is .ptitin'reiliiisitiootii6dniiey approval and : admiration of the Wise, flrm;.and temperate Measures -taken' Iltidebitte'mfdated by -Thiers;;W-vinclicate-the:national-himor. 7- Of - the. priifelfial tnea,sure - S - 7so - 1 - ak -- Our pa ,—dmp-ftirniturc'-and T hospit, magazines , on 11 , .. most extensive stale, had been ordered:. litrlVl,inister of War so nouieed; on Saturday, to' the ,Committee, 'Artillery,That a sum of 6,000,040 f. (:240,- 000). was emproyed- in the z purchase of horses'and material for that, department.— "Already in , the, course-or the . day;" sPYB La . 'Presse; " saddlery to the amount pf . 1 ,700,060f.C.e68,000] was' ordered.'? ;General , [tiot „the MarshalGittlitior' is mentioned , as destined to havocniimperirmt ePthmantli-Prising,ent'of, stances, 'ln navy, very,Lextensivapro-_, nietions , :anCitominatiOnsi - add, it is also BM =I added, superannuations, 'are immediately ' - ~ , to - lake place. • _ . . --. • ' ''" All the offensive statements of the-most . ' , - , rancorous portion. of the French press, [we ' _ mean - the legitimatist ± journals3 are .copied into the ministerialand jests-milieu papers. They recapitulate the naval force of Fiance .---t----:: , already. at sea in. : the • :Mediterranean 13 - , sail:of the -line, :of 'which -3- are first ratesl.- , and may be forthwith increased . .te.,26 sail of the line,] and ; ,colitend that by dividing ' • - the superbly disciplinedicrews.9f.that fleet, :L"-which,the Erglishtheiliselves:.e.,9nfess are ,, ,•.: . . die 'finest in theworld;" , with',,the new ,le.; • . vies, they Will `form• a' perfectlY, efficient aud,.ailegtlate,b6dy . :of:seamen:, •,' •• •-••••,•,:--',:-. • The rangier and anianasity 'of the 'ls.a^ris ~ 'press arey however, benevolence and "amity •-, 'when compared with the feelings expressed by the provincial. papers, ,- Those . - of .Bor+ . , • deaiix. are: in an 'especial manner listin-• , ," . guished by' this course.. . utmost possible ~ anxiety . prevailed__ _._ , .___, The__ _ ~ in Pails. for the arrivals frorii London, 4er= '-' - liii,.iVienna„ and Si. Petersburgh . with 'in telligence'of the manner in . which the new attitude. : of FraAce shculd ., have' been re-. - .' -,.- ceived in .those capitals respectively: . This . • feeling,'added' to the carrying 'out qf the,' • ' .., bostile±preparatory , system of M.,Thiers, above referred to, preduced at TortusrK - erv -------- 7 Sunday; a new .fad in the. funds. The; Three per Ce,nts. Angled at B.lf. 60c. fell t0130f.. 80e. :and were at . 811. when. our . : correspondentilosed his letter: -: ~. - • A "priialeletter, dated Vienna, July 22d, _ - in-the-ILUniversal,--Gkiette Ale • Leipsic," , ' Slates that it.was 'believed in the best in-. •.• . forined circles that a secret, treaty existed -between-Mellame.AlLaniliFrance:_y_"The -, • - fact-likeiv ise. of. ari_understanding,,betwee v . • Marshal Marmont - and M. Thiers 'is 'CO 7 : : • .. firmed,". says that, paper,: " and it is. li r -. . derstood--that theAurshalislto-Marshal-,,appointr• cd--governoinfAlg,eria." , • . -.. . . The very latest on.the French Question: —The Idlest information which hSs readied us from the most .trustworthy qUartersrin , Paris, is of a.natutalo strengthen our.hopes clan amicable arrangement of--the - affairs Of tlia.Tilst - : — "The - oiders Width litive•;butit transmitted to the 'Frenchile - et - afer -. tinder -stood toibe—by no. means :of- an - aggressive ,character;.—The urmy, though considers-. bly increased,, will not,be tint on the 'full w,ar ; and the government seein tiforoUghly disposed to show as muuh discredo as eticigy, • =lt is pretty oliiv . iona that the stiotig . feet-r . --- ing• - whielt 'suddenly pervaded. the l French • • - commtirity, - -impelling equal . metiee .the Paeifid classes, and the : highest ranks- f -forced:upori. 41 . e . .icing and the government' the adoption - - of_a lield'attitude towards.F.ngtawd• :. So far compliance with the hasty impulse- of the people- was perhaps essential to ilia security:. -- of - the throne, 60 - it-is no less essential to. - .V.rance and every . to. other counTry i ,•that - T' — .ivealilins of such weight-,-cutil edge ahriuld he-handled with - very - great caOtion,-: The solution ..of: the lineation- lies- _longer in Paris,gr Loadt t m; that the parties -• on either sidee — must be Content to wait, though certainly not without great anxiety, the 'arrival of intelligence from Alefiandria. The nature of M. - de Walewski's to the .Facha has not transpired, but the se lection of-that individual for so important a service has excited the there attentieu.froth-. his -nlitural hostility to Russia: and in citooging-a Polish agenty-howeverillustri- - - onkins - origiidirath - ei - tespettaclVl - :! - Tific - ra -- 7 ---- '.thought to have given an - additional, , proof of his, anti4ussian-determinations.-• The decision- of the Paella will ,of course be ,influenced, if not determined, by the • hopes- lie - may entertain ollAtiving__Frande on his side: -But, whatever. may be the' policy of France in the event of a settle- • ment of the question by force, we may presume tinit site will not, support, or en courage the claims of the vassal, 'Which -site- h as : - beriel f- proposed-to- e irCu in scribe • control-against.the_rights_of_the_Borte, which she has,pledged herself to maintain. • Times.,-_ - PUBLIC LAND SALES.—The Wheel- ing Gazette . states_tliat a sale of 70,000 acres of finelands on the Wabash and Erie canal, between : Port. Wayne and _Logans 7 port, 4dianai.is ad'vertised by the • State •. qointnit3giieneruJorDM... part _of these lands will - be offered - at $3; - a 'part - and a - fetr choke lots $7 per '.aere f .--as'---the-,---- minititutil Priees. The terms of payment; ' .one-fourth at the sale; one-fourth in 12 months, and the reeiduciu 10 .years from sale: The- eanalle nowiin operation for 90. miles, and will be . comPlcted to .!,ake • Erie during next •year.. - _ : HILLAGE-IN—TEX-AS.—.-Thc -s----,- : ---- Houston Star has ,9e 'following anecdote. "And man, a hermit, sighed—till woman smiled." . . The last' marriage we' have Seen7lOOC place - yesterday. - A native, six feet four without shoes, coat sadly dilapidated; tied hat badly slouched, came riding in mr horse back with his Duleinea (a - fair -metal-in - - every respect) behind him.' He reined up , and inquired for. •the . I Squares.' We di-, yeeted him across the street to our worthy • neighbbr Col. F.—Suspeeiing frdut - : the down cast but unsteady glances ottheigiu rider, that something*.musual Was alxkut,tot' - happen; we dropped over.. , •. , "Is the , Square to hum?" enquired ;our would be Benedict itepping:into the - door. tiallowed byline ivoud- be Wel .17: 44 fq pre• mime& am,the man you ask for," said , the - • ,Colonelf:pointing-jo-chairelorff.theat-teltc--- - "Wal,"' said the swain, he seemed Itr'brelittte - Btiiggefd - Akriffe -- deliettity'cift hie _aituation, PI want to kno* if you. ever du, sick things as . marry folks?" "Certainly," was the' reply : :!;1 1.0 wish 4) merriedr , "Wal,tdon't accord."... rose the. blushing caul*, 'leases being prestotili6 awful terions- knot wae tte4 After inviting . the .04 - . 07- - :ovni to tavern.," to. tiite - 'imtaiithing,":and - finding:. -- the inritiMou• declined,. 'he mounted: his; rt horse; eqtkstbod' for hie spring'ntf,fichinify and 041happir : ttairAroct4 eOOO oin their Way, to liuiu:: -. ~. .. MO k=l=Al
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