THE HUNTINGDON JOURNAL, "One country, one constitution, one destiny." 131Etanusaaam....2aUeDm, Wednesday morning, Aug. 21, '44. r y V. 13. PALMER, Esq. (Ni. 59, Pine street below Third, Philadelphia,) is authorized to act as Agent for this paper, to procure subscriptions and advertisements. "Once more our glorious Banner out Upon the breeze we throw; Beneath its folds, with song and shout, Let's charge upon the foe!" FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY , [Of Kentucky.] FOR VICE PRESIDENT, TH EO. F R ELIA 6 HUYS EN, [Of New Jersey.] ELECTORAL TWEET : CREST. BUTLER, TOWNSEND HAINES. Senatorial Electors. the Electors. Representat 1. Joseph G. Clarkson,. 2. John P. Wetherill, 3. John D. Ninesteel, 4. John S. Littell, b. E. T. M'Dowell, 6. Benjamin Frick, 7. Samuel Shafer, 8. William Heister, 9. John S. Heider, 10. John Killinger, 11. Alex. E. Brown, 12. Joh'than J. Slocum, 13. Henry Drinker, 1 14. James Pollock, 15. Frederick Watts, 16. Daniel M. Smyser, 17. James Mathers, 18. Andrew .1. Ogle, 19. Dan'l Washabaugh, 120. John 1.. Gow, 21. And'w. W. Loomis, 22. James M. Power, 28. William A. Irvin, 24. Benj. Hartshorn, FOR GOVERNOR, General JOSEPH MARKLE, [Of Westmoreland County.] CANAL COMMISSIONER, SIMEON GUILFORD, (Of Lebanon County.] COUNTY NOMINATIONS. ASSEMBLY: Henry Brewster, of Shirley, R. A. wrimurtrie, of Hollidaysburg. SHERIFF : John Armitage, of Huntingdon, COMMISSIONER: Sohn P. Miller, of Huntingdon. AUDITOR : William Caldwell, of Tyrone. CONORESSIONAL CONVERZEI John K. Neff, of Woodberry, Adam H. Hall, of Henderson, Joseph Higgins, of Allegheny, and Benjamin Less, of Shirley. To meet the conferees for Centre, Mifflin and Juniata counties, at Brown's Mills, on Tuesday, the 9rd September next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. of said day. SENATORIAL CONFEREES: James A. af Cohan, of Blair, Samuel Royer, of Woodberry, and Abraham Long, of Shirley. To meet the Bedford county conferees at Freedom, Bedford county, on the second Tuesday (and 10th day) of September. ERRATVM.-" James K. Polk is not in favor of a Tariff for protection." In our article concerning the Locofoco meeting at Alexandria, in our last, the word not was erroneously omitted in part of the papers. Rev. Dr. Bascom's opinion of Mr. Clay. Mr. Bascom, who is justly esteemed the star of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the U. States, speaks manfully in vindication of the character of Henry Clay. It may be that some well-meaning I men have been deceived into the belief that the moral character of our candidate is such as to ren der him unworthy of the support of a virtuous peo ple. If any such there be, we invite their special attention to the letter of the Rev. Dr. Bascom, Pre sident of Transylvania University, which will be found in another part of this paper. It speaks the language of the neighbor and acquaintance of Mr. Clay as well as of the Christian—the friend of truth and justice ; and must for ever silence the tongue of calumny. No one will have the hardi hood to say that Dr. Bascom would assert what lie did not know to be true; and he declares that Mr. Clay is any thing but a Sabbath-breaker—gambler— profane swearer, &c.; that lie has been in intimate and confidential intercourse with the Hon. H. Clay, both in public and private life, for more than twen ty years," and knows these charges to be utterly and basely false ! Who dare gainsay the word of the Rev. Dr. Bascom 1 Locofoco County Convention. This body convened in this borough on Thurs day afternoon, and adjourned without forming a a county ticket. Henry L. Patterson, John R. Hunter, William M'Nite sad George Grimly were appointed Con- gressional conferees. Dr. R. W. Christy, Col. Geo. Gwin and Maj. John Burket were appointed Senatorial conferees. For the Journal. MR. EDITOR 1 True to the instinct of Locofo coism, certain ill-disposed Locos from Hollidays burg, endeavored to disturb the Whig meeting held in the Old Court House on the night of the 14th inst. They urged the boys end full-grosvn black guards to go about the house and annoy the pea ceable meeting of the Whigs by hooting andgroan ing. This is our of the characteristics•—perhapsl Opal Pay- , pritio'ple," of the Lorain.° party. The County Ticket. The ticket formed by the delegates convened on ' Wednesday last, in County Convention, is given, to-day, under the appropriate head. The Conven tion was full and complete, every township, borough, ' and district in the county being represented by del egates theory by the people in their sovereign ca pacity. The nominations, from first to last, are well received by the friends of Clay, Frelingliuysen and Markle; and all endeavors to distract the par ty will make its lean friends but stick the closer, and become more active in its support. The at tempts of a disappointed and dissatisfied aspirant, and the "unhooked" demagogue, who make it a business to oppose all nominees for the office of Sheriff, because sell is not gratified, prove abortive. ' The disorganizers are too well known as the leaders in similar movements heretofore, to have any effect at this day. HENRY BREWSTER and ROBERT A. M'MURTRIE, Esq., the nominees for Representatives in the General Assembly, are gentlemen who ore well and favora bly known to a great portion of their fellow citi zens. Neither of them has ever sought or held an otlice. They are fresh front the ranks of the pea ple—" honest ant capable"—firm and unwavering advocates, as they ever have been, of Democratic Whig principles. The interests of their constitu ents, and of the State, will not suffer when entrus ted to their hands. JOHN ARMITAGE, the nominee for Sheriff; is extensively known throughout the county ; and were it not for the fact that certain vain and. envious enemies have con spired together, and are fabricating and giving wings and " forked tongues" to stories in order to preju dice the minds of voters against him, it would be unnecessary to say a word in his behalf. Mr. A. is about 26 years of age; and we aro well acquainted with his history from his boy-hood down to this time. ile was left a "fatherless boy," and thrown entirely on the care and attention of a widowed mother; and that mother and a sister are now to some extent dependant on the dutiful son and bro ther for support and protection. We knew him nine years ago, when he was an apprentice in this place, learning the printing business, which he pur sLed here and at Hollidaysburg until the year 1836, when he was employed as Clerk in the Prothonota ry's office. In 1838 he was employed as Clerk to the board of County Commissioners, and remained in that employment until about February 1841, when ill health compelled him to relinquish it.— During the next spring and summer he travelled through some of the southern and western states, and returned home with his health but slightly im proved. In the fall or winter of the same year, he was employed by our present Sheriff to assist him in the execution his office, at a small salary ; and in the performance of the active duties of that sit uation he has gradually recovered his health and strength. He always had and maintained the con fidence of his employers, both as to qualifications and honesty. He never held an office—never, un til new, asked for one. No one will question his qualifications for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of High Sheriff of Huntingdon coun ty. And no one will doubt or question his politi cal principles. His first vote and his last, and all intermediate ones, were cast for the regular nomi nees of the Whig and Antimasonic party of this county. lle has always supported the ticket—the whole ticket and nothing but the ticket. All the facts hero set forth are not only substantially, but strictly true. JOHN F.'MILLER, is presented to the people for re-election to the office of County Commissioner. It will be recollected that one year ago Mr. Miller was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned in that office by the death of Mr. Robert Moore. He has been tried and found a good officer, and the people wish to retain his cer vices longer. WILLIAM CALDWELL, the candidate for Auditor, is a gentleman in every way qualified to discharge the important duty for which he has been selected. The above areall ogood men and true"—friends and supporters of Clay and Frelingliuysen, Markle and Guilford—and untiring and consistent advo cates of Democratic Whig principles. We hope that the whole party may be firmly united upon them, anti ratify the nominations by a majority of 2,000 in October. Is Pima BLACK LEG ?"---The Cincinnati Gazette states that the Hon. Thomas L. Hamer, formerly a member of Congress, and the most able man of the Locofoco party in Ohio, gave evidence of his knowledge of James K. Polk, at a meeting at West Union, in the following language: am acquainted with James K. Polk. I have slept and PLAYED CARDS WITH HIM !" What say the sanctimonious hypocrites who falsely assail Mr. Clay as a gambler, to this ac knowledgement of a leader of their own party I Mr. CALhOUN and his friends, remarks the U. S. Gazette, are among the most ardent supporters of the "Pour, DALLAS, and Taxes" ticket. Mr. Holmes of Charleston, says: Ist. I am in favor of the election of Mr. Polk and Mr. Dallas, and am decidedly of opinion that South Carolina ought to vote fur him. 2d. I have no diaild of Mr. Polk's sincerity— when he declared his opposition to the entire sys tem of protection, and if elected, he will endeavor to SUBVERT it." What said Mr. Calhoun, in his address to his political friends, withdrawing his name front the list of candidates for the Presidency, dated 20th Janu ary, 18441 We quote him— "Under no circumstances shall I support any candidate who is opposed to Free Trade and in favor of Me Protective Policy, or whose prominent and influential friends are." Why does Mr. Calhoun and the Southern de mocracy support Mr. Polk? Because he is in fa vor of the Proteclive Policy? We pause for a reply. CAMP MENTING.—A Crap Meeting of the LTnited Brethren will be held on the farm of James M. Kinkead, at the Yell,. Springs, commencing on Friday the 30111 of August to 1. The Locofoco Mass Mooting. County Democratic Whig Conven- The mighty Mom Meeting of the Imcofocos on thin. Tuesday of last week, requires some notice. By This body met in the Old Court House, on dint of false placards, announcing that the Hon. Wednesday lost, and organized by calling David James Buchanan, Col. James. Page, Gen. George Caldwell of Gapped to the Chair, and appointing W. Bowman, a pardoned libeller, and others would James Saxton, jr., of Huntingdon, and James En attend and address the meeting it was made totem- trikin, jr., of Hopewell township, Secretaries. bly respectable in point of numbers; and the throng The following delegates appeared and produced incident to the August Court, and the facilities for their credentials, to wit: Locofocos to travel, swelled the snare to the num- Allegheny tp. Joseph Higgins, John H. Stuffier. her of six or seven hundred. Antes 44 Wm. Wilson, Stephen Gorsuch. Barree " David S . Bell, Samuel Barr. The meeting formed in procession and marched w ok 44 Jame. A. McCall., Alex. Knox. through our streets, displaying a variety of banners Cass 44 Joshua Greenland. John Long. and devices, such as peke stalks, leaves, and berries, , Cromwell 44 David Entire, Aaron Stones. Dublin . 44 W Cly mans, Matthew Taylor. hickory saplings, &c. On one of the banners we Franklin 44 Hays Hamilton John Marks Frankstown 4 4 Geo. Elliott, Samuel Smith.. noticed, among other things, 44 the Tariff of 1842," very near the upper frame work, and nearly covered Henderson 44 H. Cornprobst, A. J. Campbell. over with hickory leaves, as though they were a Hopewell 44 Wm. Dean, Jas. Entrikin, jr. Huston 4 4 J. H. Clapper, M. White. little ashamed of the theft they were committing. Morns 44 Chas. E. Kinkead, M. Wallace. On another banner we saw "A Judicious Tariff," porter 44 Thomas Hamer, Abner Lloyd. which every one may shift according to his own !Shirley " Abraham Long, John Potts. Judgment. They carried a coffin or a monument SP' ingfield 44 W. H. Gorsuch, J. Gherrett. or something else "sacred to the memory of the Snyder T. W. Estep, J. Burley. Tell 44 David Hackedorn, A. Beers. murdered Cilley," which made some of the children I Tod 44 Jonathan Lies, J. Taylor. think the procession was "Cilley's funeral." One Tyrone 44 James Logan, Win. Caldwell. fellow carried a large poke stalk with five prongs Union 4 4 G. W. Hampson, John Vona illustrative of the principles df the Locofoco party;vender. Walker " Jno Householder Thos M'Cahan one prong pointing to the five loaves—the second West 44 Benj. Brubaker, John Rung. to the two fishes—the third to Polk—the fourth to Warriorsmark 44 A Stephens, N. Green. Dallas--and the fifth to Texan ; and this was the W Al °.dherrY 44 Samuel Dean. Dr. A. M'Kamey. only thing connected with the meeting that indica- 1 ii r e Z i n g d h ri L bars „ .. John Bisbin , A. M'Clure. ted the principles of the party. Another fellow, Gapport " John Gorsuch, G. Y Low, David Caldwell. known to have strong propensities for the poetical, Hollidaysburg " J. W. M'Cord, E. M. Bingham. carried a pole with some soft of a foul, perhaps a Ijaciyurng f i l a lsj 3 isii i e n r r , ri ! as. Saxton, jr. buzzard, perched upon it, feasting upon the hide I petersburt; " James Davis, Ab i r ' a k 2m . R ß e r ri e n w e n r: of a dead fox ; and as the unsophisticated "demo- Murry's Run Dist. Joshua M'Cracken, Benjamin cracy" of Huntingdon and the adjacent counties did I Corbin. not understand what this was typical of, it is ex- I ll"berrY " Isaac Wolverton, John Kemp. pected that this week's "Globe" will favor the I Every township, borough and district being fully world with a poem, illustrative of the wonderful I represented, the Convention proceeded to the nomi device. This is the same party that manifests such! nation of a Sheriir, whereupon, on the first ballot, a holy horror at the sight of "log cabins," "hard , John Armitage received 44 votes, Jacob Renner 11 cider," and " coon-skins"—these the same men I and John Whittaker 13—Thomas Bender having that put on long and sanctimonious faces and preach previously withdrawn his name from the Conven elaborate homilies on Whig flummery, Tom-fook. lion. The Convention was composed of 68 dele ry and humbaggery and yet they can see no gates; 35 constituted a majority ; and Mr. Armitage h harm, but much sense, decency, wit and cunning in having received 44 votes, was declared duly nomi poke stalks, hickory bushes and saplings, staffed nated. Hdnry Brewster and Robert A. M'Murtrie fowls and "varmints." Upon another banner ,were nominated Representatives, the former receiv ing 37 votes on the second ballot, and the latter 48 was the inscription, "Si, White Slavery." Wheth er this was intended as a revival of the old white on the third. John F. Miller was nominated for C slavery slander against Gen. Harrison, which was Commissioner, receiving 47 votes on first ballot; displayed so conspicuously upon the Locofoco ban- and William Caldwell was nominated for Auditor ners in 1840, and whether it is to be alleged against by acclamation. The Convention then appointed Senatorial and Congressional conferees. all the candidates the Whigs nominate we cannot j say, nor is it worthwhile to inquire into. At present The Ticket, together with the list of Conferees it is generally understood to have reference to the ex- will be found ht the head of this paper. The can tension of Black Slavery by the annexation of I dictates are men against whom no reasonable objec- Texas to the United States. ~ Polk, Dallas and lion can he made, and as might be expected, they F Texas" was emblazoned on several of their banners. meet the approbation of the people, and will be When the procession passed this office we coon- I elected by an overwhelming majority—perhaps ... . . . ted the number in it-543—and it was counted at I without opposition the upper end of town, where we are told it num bored 666 according to the counting of a resileciable Locofoco; and it did not increase after that. TIN " Globe" man, however says, "the number in pro- cession amounted to between one thousand and fifteen hundred." This wav certainly an uncertain and probably a bad count; but we know that this is the way all Locofoco meetings are magnified.— It is a part of the game of brag. The meeting was addressed at 4 . Cypress Cot tage," above town, by a person calling himself the Rev. Mr. Shepperd, said to be from Bradford coun ty; and he let out such a brilliant burst of slander and blackguardism on Clay and the Whigs, we are told, as to throw all the eloquence of our Hunting don orators into the shade; and our up street neigh- bor was so disgusted at the speech of his reverence that he neither gives the name of the speaker nor a word about his speech, while he says " the immense multitude was ably and eloquently addressed by T. P. Campbell, Esq., Dr. J. M. Gemmill and d, R. M'Farlane, Esq„ who done justice to the prin ciples of our party, and placed the humbuggery of the Coons in its proper light." None of the speakers that we heard, Dr. Cemmill and Mr. M'Farlane, advocated any principles— abuse of the Whig party was the Walton of their We are satisfied, from all we can learn, that the Locofocos will gain nothing by this meeting. The more honest and sensible portion of the party were indignant at, and disgusted with, the proceedings. Many went home displeased and disappointed, feel ing that they had been brought together under 1 1 false pretences. They expected to hear James Bu chanan and other " great guns" who were promised I • to be present; but instead of that, they had mono but their own demagogues to speak to them. Polk an Enemy to Protection. If any more evidence is wanting to prove James Knox Polk an enemy to Protection, the following letter from an eminent man, whose character is above reproach, is worth attention. It is from Gov. Jones, of Tennessee, who twice canvassed the State against Mr. Polk, and twice beat him on the two simple issues of Protection and Distribution. The letter, addressed to a gentlemen in Pennsylvania, was read at a most numerous meeting in Chester county, a few weeks ago. Nesnviu.s. July 26,1841. Charles Gibbons, Esq.--Dear Sir: By the mail I enclose you two publications of Col. .Colk's dur ing the last summer's canvass on the subject of the Tariff, Oct. From these publications you will per ceive that the Colonel is dead against Protection, and particularly opposed to the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, because, he says, it is a tariff measure. It sounds strangely to us who have been accustomed to hear Col. Polk, to hear it stated that he is a Tariff man, or in favor of Pro tection. I have met him in more than one hundred and fifty fields, and I never heard him make a speech in my canvasses with him, that he did not denounce the principle of Protection. Indeed, this was the main ground on which he and his friends relied to defeat mo. I was far Protection ;—ho against it. I fu• Distribution ;—he against it. I would any, do your duty•s-we will do ours.— Tennessee will maintain her position. Respectfully, your fiery% JAMES C. JONES. n's Remember tho Coon meeting this evening. From the Harrisburg Telegraph, Mass and Dastardly Insinuation. l it The Democratic 'Union Extra of the 14th Mat., c gcannouncing the death of Mr. MITIILESIIMRG, makes the following base and contemptible comment: "It is the general impression of his neighbors, that the recent. foul calumnies uttered against Mr. Muhipnberg, by the federal press, weighed heavily upon his, perhaps, too sensitive spirit, and produced the catastrophe. He has passed through a long career of eminent private and public usefulness, and his reputation had never, until now, been made the subject of vituperation. He was a man of high and noble bearing, alive with the keenest emotions of honor, and has probably sank under the fiery or. deal of federal persecution. We do not envy the feelings of his traducers." Could anything be more wickedly false, and ma lignant than the above. We shall not stop to die puce as to Mr. M's. "long career of eminent pri vate and public usefulness." On this head our opin ion has been heretofore expressed, and it will never he retracted. But as to "his reputation having ne nor, until now, been made the subject of vitupera tion," we beg leave flatly to contrrilict the Union. Not a single charge was made against him in the Whig press, during the present campaign, but what was uttered by the Wolf press of 1835, with every possible amplification and exaggeration. He was then declared a recreant, an apostate, &c., and (up on much slighter testimony titan the Whig press recently had) a gambler, drunkard, card player, and profane swearer. It pains us to revive these matters against one whose spirit has gone to its final ac count, but we submit to the public whether the vile course pursued by the Union, in the above extract, does not fully justify and demand it of us. If Mr. Muldenberg's spirit was of so "sensitive" a nature as the Union would make it out, he could never have survived the Wolf campaign of 1835, when one of the present editors of the Union pub fished a paper which was among his most bitter and I reckless denunciators! And if men are thus killed by telling the simple truth about them, how con Mr. CLAY be expected to survive under the torrent of lies and personal abuse which is daily and hourly poured upon his devoted head by the Union and kindred prints.— Probably the Union thinks Mr. Cloy a block of wood—a cast-iron statue—a thing insensible to the ordinary emotions and feelings of a man—that, in a word he has no " sensitiveness." In the last Union we find a figure intended to represent Mr. CLAY, headed by a brandy bottle, a pistol, pack of cards, &c.; while underneath he is called a "mur derer--a common brawler—a perjured gambler—a Sabbath breaker—whose political prin ciples are blood and murder." In other parts of the same paper we find a reiteration of this disgus ting ribaldry and „ vituperation." The Locofoco press, grown desperate at the sure prospect of de feat, intend, it would seem, to kill Mr. Clay in ad vance, by their outrageous "calumnies." But they will fail in this, as in all their other nefarious projects. Mr. Clay is armed too strong in conscious rectitude to be overcome by their miserable false , hoods. O- JOSEPH KEMP, Esq., of Hollidaysburg was on Saturday last admitted to practice in the several Courts of this county. The Whig Meeting. The meeting at the Old Court HOlre, on Wed nesday evening, was well attended. Previous to the organization, the people formed in procession, preceded by martial music and two large pampa- i rencies. Upon one was inscribed, in letters of light, "Protective Tariff--Distribution—National' Currency," and on the other side, Freling huysen and Markle." On the other was emblazon ed, "No Free Trade," "No Disunion," and “No Bub-Treasury." The procession moved to the appointed place, where the meeting was organized by appointing the following officers: CONRAD BUCHER, President. Secan, Esq., CHRISTOPHER WIGTON, 4 AL.. STEEL. JACOB VAN TRIES, Tu.).. W. tETEP, De. A. IVlCAmsir Jonathan T., :as. Geo. A. Miller , Secretaries. John P. Jones, JOHN a MILES, Esq., was called for. He responded ins forcible and effective speech, in which he reviewed the rise and progress of the Democratic alias Loeofoco party in the United States, showing the inconsistency, the deviations from the principles of democracy, and the final abandonment of all principles but Free Trade and the Annexation of Texas. Mr. M. remarked with much severity upon some of the banners and devices carried in proces sion by the Locofocos, theproviona day, and partic ularly upon the half concealed inscription on one of the banners, of "The Tariff of 1842." This, said he, looked as if some of the Locofocos yet pos sessed a small degree of shame, for they endeavored to conceal from daylight what they had stolen from the Whig party ; but they exposed the "Texas Bubble," which they stole from John Tyler, to the blaze of the light of a noon-day sun. The petty lar ceny of Texas they could all join in; but the grand larceny of the Whig Tariff of 1842 they were ashamed of, and hung hickory leaves over it, as a modest lady draws a veil over her face to hide a blush of shame. "The Tariff of ]842" on a Locofoeo banner ! Indeed this is carrying the joke too far. It caused Mr. M. to enter fully into the history of the Tariff, and of the connection of Mr. Clay and Mr. Polk with it. Ho proved, most con clusively, that Mr. Polk is, and always has been, opposed to the principle of protection; and that he is utterly and entirely opposed to the Whig Tariff of 1842—that Mr. Clay, on the other hand, is the father of the protective system, and that he is oppo sed to the repeal of the present Tariff. Mr. M. read extracts from the letters and speeches of the two candidates for President, and from the accredited organs of the respective candidates, all of which aided in proving the truth of his position. The speaker also commented on the Currency and Distribution questions in an eloquent manner. He spoke for about two hours, and was listened to with great attention, and his remarks called forth frequent cheers from the crowd before him. S. S. BLAIR, Esq., of Indiana, Pa. also addres sed the meeting. We did not hear the speech of Mr. 8., but we are told that he is a young speaker worthy of the cause he espouses. The proceedings were enlivened by singing 3 number of Coon Songs from the "yeller kiver."— The Meeting adjourned with three cheers for Clay, Freliaghuysen, Markle and the County Ticket. Death of Mr. Muhlenberg. The Hon. HENRY AUGUSTUS Multxxxnuno is no more. Ho departed this life on Sunday the 11th inst., at 4 o'clock P. M., at his residence in the bo rough of Reading. The Reading Democrat Extra under date of Sunday afternoon, says " Several gentlemen from abroad had been pass ing the last evening with Mr. Muhlenberg, at his house, where they staid until probably about ten o'clock. When they left he accompanied them to the front door, at which after they had gone, he seated himself upon a chair, as was his custom, to enjoy the coolness of the night breeze. Several gentlemen who passed between that and half post ten or later, saw hint sitting there. At about eleven he was found prostrate and insensible upon the step —with his head down, stricken with APOPLEXY. Every effort that medical skill could suggest, was made—but in vain. He never spoke after he was discovered, but remained insensible until he expired, which was at four o'clock this afternoon." Mr. Muhlenberg was 62 years of ago. He was buried on Wednesday last, at 10 o'clock A. M. For the Journal, Tom Moore out did ! Bring on that wreath,— Of Polk-weed let it be; Oh ! place it on his brow, Twin'd with the hickory. Mn. EDITOR: I take the liberty of furnishing your readers with as beautiful a specimen of " Polk Melodies" as ever " came up the pike." The song was written by a young Locofoco Lawyer of our town, and it certainly reflects great credit upon his literary attainments. It is characterised by a sweet nese of expression, a refinement of thought, and a verdancy of conception, thatis delightfully refresh ing this hot weather. The contents of the book with a" paler !river" dwindles into absolute insig nificence when contrasted with this dazzling pro duction! It is, undoubtedly, as far superior to any of the Clay songs " as the meridian splender of a noon-day's sun is to the fiery coruscation of a lightning-bug's posterior"—it is! Read it and then in " tumultuous raptures die away"—if you can. "The Whigs have the white house now, And you'l find their blackest sheep, In the great east room I vow Whe're the Coons their revels keep. The Coons, the Coons, Voting alone or in groups; We'll stick to our party lines, And we'll beat the silly dupes, Of that Coon that slinks and 4ines. That Coon, awl Coon, &c. Whig hopes have gone to the Woon, Their tricking now must fug, Then death to that same old Coon, That Coon with the rittgA on its tail. That Coon, that Coon, &c. Beautiful, hint it TWAY ! The Testimony of a Good Man and a Christian. It is humiliating to us, as Americans, to know that such a malevolent spirit nctuotea any portion of our fellow citizens no has been manifested In the columnica set afloat against Mr. Clay by the Locofoco press, and by men whose position in so ciety, ono would suppose, would have placed them above that sort of warfare. Mr. Cloy has been for nearly forty years in public life, and a great port of that time one of our most prominent public men ; a man who has filled a largo space in the eyes of Europe as well as of America, and whose splendid abilities and eminent public services have called forth the plaudits of the world. For many pears ho has stood confessedly the first statesman in Amen.- ca, and unsurpassed as such in Europe: even his political opponents have been made to feel proud of him as their countryman. And this is the man against whom, when brought forward for that office for which he is pre-eminently fitted, all the Adis which Falsehood can forge,Envy sharpen, and Mal ice poison, have been hurled with furious energy and malicious intent. Because he stands in the way of that party which has heretofore fattened upon < the spoils,' and brought the country to the brink of ruin by their ignorance, corruption and profligacy, they would rob him of that good name which he has acquired by a life devoted to the ser vice of his country, and which has become the prop erty of that country ! They let loose upon him the dogs of war, and every petty scribbler who can cry