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TINE GILIILAN H.
1.4 c2O"
-"Witlki sweetest flower•enricled ,
Foam waairaasza.rdecs call'd with care."
lUE morrzur.ragnss.
MIT Mali. ♦B:VS
11:Q.1.1 es ta T dian Mourning boy,
With tile 5 , :=.-.1. 1 i0g step and the glance, of joy,
And! gay is sit.a aely sister fair,
Ai. *Le Emits back the curls of her sunny hair;
A stritz,ps I=l.tilat rsoose thy sports to see,
Ared amine
the pirmre f laealth nod glee;
Ilat I si,c® dig. gladness in deep distress,
Tor I =am= tbe late of the Motherless.
Thum Ltstaaneril tits% nuatLer's clay-cold cheek—
horn lkmanest :Lai her accents, kind and meek,
Iron al:Leen - mat aly 51.tening ear na . in;
Maui Lain jzimaZ tile gloomy funeral trail),
Alma el- tears Lame Cowed o'er the silent dead—
thatie trams seem Lanistiva as shed:
0„, thDe iinciringt Esaatt. its slow to guess
The vents aame fox ale Motherless.
Thy f - t^Nor paw thee, but earthly cams
Hlnve ivretallin his way ticir engrossing snares,
HHe tdai. fur aloe in the svoild's vast mart,
But t ac .Cy pies thee a share of his heart;
'Tien•_• Lune crave ED paint in.:t thy budding charms,
Or ED ;Lure :hoc ff.-.:1; an his arms,
Amy Cccs pesr.rzgsash and brief address
CLm Erl&e. Feuer the IlDtherless.
Cat eil CEL " laf, gloe is a blessed boon,
ThG_ kmrairel.pec.f silicon= all too soon;
Thom shaZtt tumid in Srnity's rugged ways,
Yet a:man:m~ cia) fascia Eamilior praise;
That astzsit mitt ipaiirt:in thy dream of bliss,
The elarvi=z; arm Der ale thrilling kiss,
A Lame r rx Il 11,on Mill possess,
Flat Zama Es ale Lome of the Motherless.
Ealeaumg world shall thy steps invite
Ta arwery path w:l3 it, halls of light,
cria =;.l ths precious *lifeguard bear
Gra gtratf:e 311-zzllaYs whispered prayer.
Those ararurs ihall perish. that light decline,
co-E tCe usu.tr.s t trEgh:e , hope Le thine;
Rate hop anu.lll patg th".. a Airs distress!
Mere 2:T f!-`3IV - r the Motherless.
ccriy & er.e. Iftumr4.l2 slar.ats
That ,FlalP.3 ta sly future way;
c-,sa: Pont L-s:; elna a 'travel-1y arm
.Iftx. ILn.,JCw el. ' n. frtm wrong and harm
0 mem. d.'esz +.4a. all At.
cza:Te iti/121 1 AJEL•23I
clad' 111 , 9, E42,31,r7 ttan so:Abe and bless
ttliarrzy rocb mSelle 11 aim less.
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Firma t Pezastlrania Democrat
TM; ORPHAN ‘Vo01) CHOPPER.
ALa.aa foicen it eigineen years ago, a
family irw_daner in Fayette County, the
father rami arnwliber tJt whom died of an epi
&rain tbe.-la prevalent, leaving three chit
&err, two soc--- and a daughter, in u l'orlorn
an.le!..-.aarzalettaation- By this melancholy
event!, atite arianug.-a-stand support of the
furri.ly Ir./ma-Ay nested en the elder brother,
the-. 1 Lab , tat I ,3te.en years (1 ag.e. Brought
ui, to, ir..40.4av by Ls poor and pious parents,
he dial in tar a moment despair. but be
lieved that albs Almighty who had deprived
them of abuir earthly protector, for a pur•
ease kran,ara ,(41Av tt4 himself, would watch
liver th-za an their friendless and destitute
thrzatiara„ wad pr.-Aside for them, with proper
iaamtary eco their part.; -At that tune, the
choxiirag.uf tie trams at the furnaces, offer
ed the catraL4 eon/slant employment. and he
could Ease aloe company and assistance of
his littiLa brother aicalsister,to whom he was
much antatlinall. flawing left the small log
catrira cir'airh llama he ,e for many years occu
pied Fay iisWar parents, and which was en
treact'll " obeza ih- recolkction of post
etrentg„ taey berocak themselves, with their
Eittle asEll, to ibe coaling ground of a neigh
boring fianara , -r„ and became the tenants of a
axe:ie.-as temenveza. compared with the one
theta. had Daring the day, the elder
chapt-.edl woad„ and the younger. assisting,
astir as his strength amid permit, while
the ffuttetrattecoleil to the domestic concerns
of their 11412. 10 the evenings, and or. days
when the weather could not admit of out
clotor e> .swarm, the elder brother, wh o
I=l, received a tolerable English educatton
sn the hfe time r 4 bis parcutt ,, , taught the
brother and Baer—and his exertions were
eat spnit in vain es the sequel will show.
With traceray rod proper management,
mt INe of a few years; they had
accumulated a small lur.d in money; and
:upon consultation, they deterneued to le
i vest it in n piece of Western Land. At
Idea time the attention of emigrants was
dii?cted, principally to Indiana, us offering
'the ffreate-4 inducements. 'I hither thou,
.
tho elder brother way to go, for the purpose
of locating n home.
flaying taken an Abetment° leave of.
those he most dearly loved on eat th, depar
ted to the Monongahela river, where he ob
tained a passage on a flit boat bound for
Cincinnati, and in due time at rived at that
place in safety. lie was then directed to
seok tho Wabash country, for the most fer
tile lands in the state. Early the next
morning he set out. tor Vincennes, where
the principal Land OtFice for that region
Was then located. Little experienced its
journeying on foot, and buoyed up with the
pleasing idea of getting a home for himself
and those of whom ho had left some hundred
miles behind, but vithoso welfare and happi•
ness, identified with his own, kept a place
in his recollection—he pushed on at a rate,
too great for even an accomplished Pedes
trian to withstand. Ilia ankles became
swollen and his feet much blistered. A ware
of his scanty means and his great desire to
accomplish his end, he felt unwilling to lose
time, and continuing, aggravated tile impe•
dement, until he was scarce able to hobble
along.
Thus situated, he became depressed .1;
spirits, and almost ready to sink under des
pondency. when he was overtaken on the
road by a plain farmer looking gentleman
on horseback. The horseman, upon corn-
ing up, thus accosted him in is benevolent
and kind manner, "Young man, you appear
lame and not well calculated to make much
progress on a journey." To which ihe
young man replied, informing him of the
cause of his lameness—that he was bound
for the land office at Vincennes, for the pur
pose of entering a piece of land as a home
for himself and a younger brother and sister,
whom he had left orphans in Fayette coun
ty, Pennsylvania, but that he tilmobt• des
paired of reaching it in his present crippled
situation. The gentleman on horseback
quickly replied—.'We have the same des
tination, 1 am also bound for Vincennes—it
is yet twenty miles—here mount nay horse
and ride from hither. I am much more
able to walk than you, in your disagreeable
situation." The young man, after urgent
solicitation placed himself in the saddie,aed
the plain gentleman took it a loot the rest of
the distance to Vincennes, where they arri
ved about nightfal. In the morning, the
stranger again accosted the young man,—
"You told rue yesterday on our jou rney,tha t
your object was to enter a piece of land. I
have some knowledge of the country, its
location and advantages—if you will accept
my aid, I will go with you to the land office
and select a piece for you. It will save you
a good deal of trouble and some expense."
The offer was cheerfully accepted, and they
proceeded to the office and made the entry.
But imagine the chagrin and disappoint
went of the young man, when he came to
pay the money to the receiver, to learn the
amount was deficient five dollars, owing to
a counterfieit to that amount. "A friend
in need is a friend indeed." Tho stranger
perceiving the dilemma of the young man,
immediately said—"Be of good cheer—
•ou iuformed me that you are an orphan—
hat you have come several hundred miles
n search au home for vourself and brother
and sister. You shall not be disappointed
—it gives me pleasure to assist the orphan
and destitute. Bore are ten dollars which
will enable you to clear 'out your land and
pay your way, until you can obtain employ
ment, and as I have many acquaintances
here.? shall seek out a place for you." He
did so and obtained one—and the young
roan continued in it until he had accumula
ted some money, which he remitted to his
brother and sister, and enabled them to join
him. The piece'of land proved to be a val
uable one—now finely improved and occu
pied by the elder brother and his family
respected and esteemed by their neighbors.
l'hu sister was happily married, and is en
joying the comforts of life, on a farm in the
slime neighb3rhood. The younger brother
possessing the confidence of his fellow-citi
zeus, has been elected and is now perform
ing the duties of a highly responsible office.
Reader! who was the stranger,that good
men, that plain republican who so disinter
estedly stept forward, and in the hour of
need assisted these orphans, and enabled
them to fix themselves comfortable in life.
Does not your bosoms swell with gratitude
for so noble a deed?
My friends, that stranger, that good plain
republican was Gen HARRISON. Ha
who had been governor of a State, the
commander of armies, had faught many
battles in his country's cause, and never
lost one, did not acquire the supercilious
demeanor. which those in powor, too fre
quently do. He is still the plain republican,
ever ready to assist the poor and needy with
his purse and has counsel.
Render—the above is not fiction. There
are those yet residing in Fayette county
who remember these orphant children, and
should you ever meet with them, they will
relate to you, from overt wing and grateful
hearts, this worthy deed of tho good Gen.
H A ILItI 'SON.
This is the man whore the "people" are
about to call to preside over the destinies of
this great Republic. Is he not worthy of ill
ORPHAN.
The population of France, since the year
1700, has increased 18,980,S80—an ave.
rage of near 1,000,000, annually.
G. WACHINGTON BOWEN, EDITOR Zr. PROPRIETOR.
d 4 The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, to above all other libertiee.”—Mtvron.
extpcertaalwama, wraanoQialr e Qareraaz ada, aeas%
Itomn, lieceinbet 10th. 1F , 39.
Pope Gregory XVI. makes public tlo
following Apostolic Letter against th© trat
tic in Sluvi.a:
Grepvius PP. XVI. Ad Foluram Rei
Memorifi
Elf•voir , d 10 Ow highest degreo of Apos
t nuth,r;ty, but without any merit of
our 0 , V(1, and J vvus Christ, the
St,u of God, who, to trie fulness of his mer
cy, beritme man, and gave lii7ns-11 for the
redemption of the whole world, we esteem
it Atl a part tit ttUr r.astoral duty to use a
our effots to abolisn among Christians the
commerce in the black and coloured race
which is carried on to so great an extent.
As soon as the evangelic light began to dif
fuse itself, the unfortunate beings who fell
into severe bondage during tho numerous
wars of that epoch found their condition
sensibly ameliorated, for the Apostles, in
spired by the Spirit of God, taught on the
tine hand, the slaves to obey their temporal
masters, and to resign themselves sincerely
to the Lord, and, on the other hard. corn•
mrwdrd the toasters to extend to their slaves
kindness nod mercy as would be just and
equitable, and not to treat them with anger,
us tie, who is in Heaven, is Lord both of
one and the other, and is no respecter of
,parsons.
Soon efler the etoingeficaff fundamental
law, was established in universal love and
charity to all, and the Lord Jesus having
declared that he regarded all acts of bene•
ficence and mercy extended or denied to
the poor or the weak as if done unto him•
self, it followed naturally that Christians
not only regarded them as brethren, espe.
ciully when they became converts of the
true faith, but that they were also Inert) in
clined to give liberty to those who rendered
themselves worthy, which it was usual to
do at the solemn feasts of the prisauver, as
is reported by St. Gregory of Nuysse.
They were actuated by a spirit so ardent
ant full of love, that they threw themselves
into chains in rder to reclaim their breth
ren, as an apostolic man, our predecessor,
Pope Clement 1., of sainted memory, at.
tests to have known. It was thus, through
charity and love, that the habits of barba
rous nations were operated upon, and the
darkness and superstition of paganism dis
sipated, so that for many years slavery had
been mostly abolished. It is, however,
with profound grief that wo have seen a
mong Christians, men who,, blinded_by a
sordid desire for gain, have, in foreign
Lands, reduced to servitude the natives, and
established a commerce in human beings,
or aided in this unworthy crime, where the
miser able are loaded with chains and treat
ed with the utmost cruelty. A great num.
bor of Roman pontiffs, our predecessors, of
glorious memory, forgot not to reprimand
the conduct of these men according to all
that laid to their charge us opposed to their
spiritual salvation, and withering to the
name of Christian, for tl.ey saw well that it
was one of the causes which continued
more and more the hatred of the infidel
nations for the true religion. It was to
this end that the Apostolic letters of Paul
111. of 29th May, 1537, were addressed to
the Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo, under
the seal of the Apostles; and other letters,
much more ample, of Urbino VIII., of 22d
April, 16.r9. addressed to the Collector of
the Revenues of the Apostolic Chamber of
Portugal ; letters which gravely reproached
those who were reducing to slavery the na
tives of the West Indies, and the South,
where they were bought, sold, and exchan
ged, husbands sep grated flout wives, and
parents front ciiiidien, despoiled of their
goods, deprived of their liberty and their
happiness, and taken into foreign lands to
undergo a cruel set vitude ; also, those who
gave aid or couutimance to these things in
any way whatever.
Benoit XIV., afterwards confirmed and
renewed the injunctions of the Popes alrea
dy mentioned, in the new Apostolic letters
to the Bishops of Brazil and of some other
regions, under dam of 20th December,
1741, which excited the same solicitude in
their minds.
Before this, another of our predeCessors,
more ancient, Pius 11. in whose pontificate
the empire of Portugal spread over Guinea
and the country of the negroes, addresied
the letter dated the 7th October, 1462, to
the Bishop of lime, in which he did not
tail to give to this prelate the ability ade
quate to exercise the sainted ministry with
the greatest profit, when be took occasion
to reprove with severity the Christians who
were reducina to servitud. the new converts
to Christianity.
Finally, in our days, Pius VII., animated
by the seine spirit of charity, and the reli
gion of his predecessors, interposed with
zeal his good offices with men in power, to
abolish entirely the slave trade among
Christians. These advices, and this soli
citude of those who have gone before us,
with the aid of God, has not been without
its service in protecting the aborigines and
others against the barbarity of conquests,
and against the cupidity'of dealers in human
flesh.
But, although this barbarous trade is in
part abolished, yet that the Holy See may
rejoice in the full success of its efforts and
of its zeal to remove the foul opprobrium
from all Christian countries, after having
maturely consulted with our venerable
Brothers, the Cardinals of the Holy Roman
Church in Council assembled,and following
the footsteps of our predecessors, in virtue
Apostolic authority, we do advertise and ad. ,
monish in the power of the Lord, all Chris
tians, however strong their Condition may
be, that hereafter they cease from the cruel
traffic in Indians, negroes, and ether human
beings, by which they have been periled ns
if they were not men, but bought, sold, end
doomed to the most severe labour,like mere
brutes, fomenting in their own country in
cessant wars, by a thirst for pin, first
instigated by their own despoilers. It is
on this account, and in virtue of the Apos
tolic authority, that we prohibit these things
118 absolutely unworthy the Christian name,
and by the sumo authority wo do solemnly
interdict all ecclesiastics or laity from re
ceiving any support winch is the produce ol
t rado in human beings,nr from proarhing or
teaching, in public or iu private, or in any
manner Whatever, contrary to these Apos
tolic letters.
And that these letters may he more pub
licly known, and that no person plead igno
rance, we direct and ordain that they be
published and affixed, according to usage,
before the door of the Prince of the Apostles,
the Chancelry Apostolic, the Palace of Jus
tice of Monte Citnrio, and at the Chump de
Flora.
Given at Rome, at Sainto-Maric-Nlnkume,
. under the Aptistolic Seal, the 3d day
of November, end of our Pontificate
the ninth.
ALOYSIUS,
Card. Lambruschini.
SWEDEN.—The speech of the King o
Sweden,at the opening of the Diet at Stock
holm, in January, Is as long as an American
President's message, a thing unusual in
royal communications. He represents the
Kingdom to be in a state of high prosperity,
and states that, although the taxes have
been annually diminished, there has since
1814 been expended in public works up
wards of fifteen and a half millions of dollars.
Particular attention has been paid to the
moral and religious education of the people,
and the states are recommended to author
ize the establishment of a primary school
in each ofthe 1200 parishes. His Majesty
enumerates all the improvements made in
the government since his accession. Among
these is the extinction of the whule foreign
and a great part of the home debt; an in
crease of the profits of the bank from 248;-
000 dialers banco to 700,000; the forma
tion elan army of 100,000 effective men;
the creation of a coast guard of 250 gun.
boats; an augmentation of the fleet; an in
crease of commerce and manufactures and
general industry; and, filially, a perfect
union between Sweden . and Norway,which
had been previously divided by a mutual
spirit of animmity. His Majesty', at the
conclusion of his speech, made a feeling
allusion to his own advanced age, and the
great happiness which the actual condition
of the country afforded him. There is pro
bably no monarch in Europe more popular
among his subjects than the King of Sweden
and Norway.
The Canadian tlebellion has almost cea
sed to be spoken of; but we note in the
Swanton, Vt. North American, on the fron
tier, edited by Canadians and Americans,
that the feeling, of bitterness and recrimi
nation has not entirely subsided. That pa
per is indignant at Mr. Lafontaine, who
was among the most active to rouse the
"habitans" to revolt for having accepted of
the proffered courtesies of Gov. General
Poidett Thompson, and also against P. H.
Morin, Jr. of Upper Canada, for signing
his name to an address to the famous Col.
Prince, to run for the county of Essex.—
Morin, it appears, has but little sympathy
for those of his family, who are now expia
Ong their crime of rebellion as miserable
transported convicts, viz: his lathe!, Capt.
Pierre Elector Morin ' and brothel of A. G.
Morin, both of whom have been sent to Van
Dieinan's Land.
A CHINESE MAP oFTIIa WORLD. --it is
two feet wide by three and, a half high,
and is almost covered with China I In the
left•hand corner, at the top, is a sea, three
inches square, in which are delineated as
small islands, Europe, England, France,
Holland, Portugal and Africa.— Holland is
as large as all the rest, and Africa is nut eo
big as the end of one's little finger! The
northern frontier is Russia, very large.
The left corner, at the bottom is occupied
by " the western ocean," as it b, called,
containing the Malay peninsula pretty well
defined. Along the bottom are Cainheja,
Cochin China, ezc. represented as moder
ate sized islands : and on the right is For
moso, larger than all the rest put together.
Various other countries are shown us small
islands. I should have given au ngra•
ving of this curious map, but that a true re.
duction to the size of a page would have
loft out most of these countries ultogether !
The surrounding ocean is represented in
huge waves, with smooth passages, or high.
ways, branching off to the different coun
tries, or islands, as they represent them.
They suppose that ships which keep along
these highways go safely ; but if they,
through ignorance or stress of weather, di
verge, they soon get among these awful
billows, and are lost I
PENALTY Fon SWINDLINO.—L. F. Whit.
ney, second Lieutenant of the U. S. Ma
rine Corps, was lately tried by a Court Mar
tial at the Navy Yard in Charlestown on it
charge of fraud or swindling, found guilty,
and sentenced to be dismissed I rein the ser
vice. Tho sentence has been approved by
the President. • Mr.W Lawny is said to be
the son of R. M. well known to our readers
in consequnce of his financial connection
with the government as agent of the deposit
banks.
Sixotmen.—A Soldier of the garrison nt
Vallenciennes a few days ago, swallowLd
five franc piece. At first he was very en.
comfortable. but appeared soon afterwards to
become quite at ease, nod now walks about
gaily with the money in his stomach. On
this occasion a local paper states that a med
' ical man ofVullenciennes, says thst about 40
years ago an old invalid died in the hospital
of Lille. As soon as the breath was depar
ted some of his relations came, and begged
his body might be opened, as when he was
engaged in the Hanoverian war* he had swal
lowed a crown piece,then worth six francs.
which might still be recovered. Thu opera
tion was performed in their presence,and the
crown was found lodged at the entrance
of the intestines and given to them. They
went away rejoicing with the only inheri
tance that fell to them.—Paris Paper.
Selma) REFLECTIOIM—When we see a
planter whose tobacco will not pasa the in•
apection, a farmer whose wheat will not
command full price,l grazier whose bees
are the poorest in the market, a gentleman
whose riding horse is never fat, a physician
the gn•ater part of whose patients die, or a
lawyer who habitually loses his clients' caw
se; we shall not be tar Wrong, if we conclude
that bad management cr 141 play, has had
a greater shire in the business than bad luck.
The Romans had a, saying which, translated,
runs thus: "The prudent ever have fortune
nn their side."—Richmond Whig.
OWENISM IN ENGLAND.—The Bishop of
Exeter moved en address to the Queen, pray
ing her to take measures for "preventing
the diffusion of blasphemous and immoral
doctrines"—meaning the doctrines of Mr.
Robert Owen, and his idea of "socialism."
Atter some debate, the address was a
greed to. In the discussion on this matter,
the Bishop of Exeter and the Duke of Well
ington stated that the dissemination of these
principles were doing great mischief in Eng
land.
Lord Melbourne stated that they were
blasphemous and licentious."
Eoos.--The duty in Great Britain on for
eign eggs is ten pence per 120—and the im.
portaticn of this Valuable commodity in
cooking, contitutes an important source of ,
revenue. It appears that the number of tor
etgn eggs imported into the kingdom for the
year ending January 4, 1839. was 83,747,-,
723—and the gross amount ofduty received'
tor the same, was X 29,111. The English
may truly be called an egg-eating people.
A DISGRACEFUL SCENE.—The Little
Rock Times of the 19th instant, says,—
" It becomes our duty to notice a disgrace
ful affray, which occurred in the Circuit
Court, on Saturday last, between two of
our most diatinguishod lawyers, when the
lie was repeatedly given, and leaden ink
stands thrown from one to the other, until
not only the records, but the by-slanders,
were completely bespattered with ink and
blood.
A %VEDDINO CAKE.—Queen Victoria's
loyal subjects in New York, are bestirring
themselves for celebrating her marriage.
The wedding cake ordered will be of 1000
lbs. weight, and will contain 125 lbs. flour,
125 lbs. sugar, 125 lbs. butter, 1250 eggs,
250 lbs. raisins, 350 lbs. currants, spices,
etc. A large amount of money will doubt.
less, be expended in trumperies of this sort,
which these liberal and loyal gentlemen
would do better, we think, in appropriating
to the poor.
PROGREpEI OF TEM ARTII.—It is said that
from the present construction of the mortars,
used in the, French artillery, the shells
nearly always burst before they reach their
object; but from trials made at Vincennes,
die Belgian mortars have not the same fault,
and consequently their form is about to be
adopted in France.
The Nantucket Inquirer states that a
whale ship recently arrived a' that port from
the Pacific, is estimated to have cleared
more than a dollar an hour, besides the in
teresi on cost, Etc froth' the time she sail
ed, until the hour of her arrival.
NEW Yon LzotbiaTtrup•—ln the pres
ent Assembly of the State. numbering 128
members there are 59 farmers, 23 lawyers,
19 merchants, 7 physicians, 2 cabinet ma
kers, 2 lumbermen, 1 farrier. 1 gardener, 1
mariner, 1 joiner, 1 blacksmith. 1 postmas
ter, 1 saddler, 1 mechanic, 1 grocer, 1 aea
wan, 1 agriculturalist, 1 teacher, 3 with
blank occupations, and 1 with none. Of the
whole number, 74 were born in the State of
New York; 22 in Connecticut; 19 in Massa.
chimeras; 10 in Vermont; 3 in New Hamp
shire; 2 in Rhode Island; 2 in New Jersey,
and 1 in Prague, Germany.
A melancholy commentary upon the "ex
periments" and experimenters is furnished
by a paper published at Raymond (Mississip
pi) of the 11th of March, now lying before
us. Its whole- space of four pages is filled
and crammed with advertisements of Sher
iffs' Sales to the exclusion of every thing
else, except a few lines announcing two can.
didates for State offices.—Nut.
He who acts on the principle° that hones
ty is the best policy will always find himself
blessed with a clear conscience—a condi
tine more to be desired than wealth.
The bill to abolish imprisonment for debt
n the state of Louisiana has passed into a lay.
' ;
LEPIECEPIthriI cEPth egiEN
Tun REKILT IN NEW Youx —Harri
kon Triumphant.--The Albany Evening
Journal gives the result of the Town Elec
! !ions in that State for 1839 and 1840. In
the Whigs carried 240 supervisors—
the Van llurenites 250. In 1640, the
Whigs carried 25R--tlie Van Eurenites
230. It will thus be seen that the cause of
Ilarrison is fulls• tiiutuphatit. The Journal
adds:
c.i'he Whig party i 3 healthier cud noun•
der than it has ever been. ind withal, it is
firmly united, for the first time, upon the
Presidential question; and goes into the
conflict with a perfect conviction of its pow
er to cninmand success, and an indomitable
resolution to exert that power to its utmost.
Those who doubt, if such there be—that
New York will cast her forty-two Electoral
votes for Harrison and Tyler, misread and
misinterpret all the Signs of the Times.
Those who know this State—of whatever
party—see the handwriting upon the wall,
against Van Buren; as legibly-and as fear
fully as it was revealed to an Oppressor of
the People in another."
IEAREISON /Di VNIGIINIA.—The medicine
for hard times, which our rulers hove dealt
out in such liberal doses, thoughout the
country, producing its effects in the Ancient
Dominion, as well as in other quarters. A
letter from a citizen in Portsmouth, Va., un
der date of March 25, to his friend iu Bal
timore, says:
'Times aro very dull here; mohey scarce,
and many persons out of employment. Pol
itics run high. The . Administration party
are alarmed; and some are found who are
willing to go any length to support the cor
rupt and tottering cause. Others again, I
am pleased to say, disgusted with the ad
ministration of Mr. Van Buren, are leafing
the party and coming out boldly for Barri.
son. I think the prospects highly encour
aging fur this State going for Ilarrison-"
RECANTATION.—The New s ork Eve
ning Post, a locofoco paper,having published
the infamous story, that Gen. Harrison vo
ted 'to sell poor white men into slavery for
debt,' magnanimously publishes the follow
ing recantation:
"A letter of General Harrison's has been
lately published, from which it appears that
I in our remarks on the subject of this attempt
to introduce white slavery into the State of
1 Ohio, we did him some unintended injustice.
,
The letter is dated, Dec. 2d, 1621, and up
' pears to have'beon drawn forth by a newspa•
per attack upon his course in the Legisla
ture in relation to the same law. We are
glad to see, that according to liarrisat's
explanation of the matter, neither he nor the
gentlemen who voted with him, were in fa
vor of selling human beings for civil debts."
The Buffalo N. Y. Commercial Adverti
ser says, that the hard fisted' mechanics of
Buffalo are now testifying their attachment
to democratic plainneis,• end equality, by
erecting a most substantial Loo CABIN in
honor of the "Likin Candidate for the
Presidency." It going up,in true log
cabin sty le, in frontbribe Eagle•street The
atre. There are'some forty teams drawing
Togs and other "fixings," and the work goes
bravely on, with klittle "hard cider" to wet
the whistle of every man, that goes for fair
wages to honest industry—and the working
man's candidate for the Presidency.
The New York Commercial mentions an
extraordnary sale of real estate, made in
the vicinity of that city, the terms of which
were that the purchaser is to pay for the prop
erty, SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS,
in the event of GENERAL HARISON'S
election, and only thirty thousand, should
Mr Van Buren be re-elected. This purch
aser can well afford to spend money in elec
tioneering for Mr. Van Buren.—Pa. Inq.
Fr is CHEERING.—We hear daily of
changes in this county. We have a letter
before us which states that seven Van Bu
ren men gave in their adhesion to the good
cause at a private meeting, one day this
week. The scales are falling from the eyes
of the honest portion of the Van Buren men.
They are fast beginning to discover the true
cause of the pressure."- Men will not al
ways be duped.— Washington Rep.
Gen. Carroll of Tennessee, one of Gen.
Jackson's boot-licks, has charged that Gen
eral Harrison was never in a battle. This
is pretty nearly as bad as the Detnoct at in
Pennsylvfinia, of whom Mr. Jno. S. Pendle
ton tells the anecdote—who denied that
there had ever been any war wi.h Great
Britain, and pronounced it a Whig lie.
Richmond IVhig.
The editor of the V icsburg Sentinel, who
is a thoroughgoup , n friend of the National
Administration, thus blazes away at the
Governor of Pennsylvania, whose course
we need scarcely state, has been sustained
by a State Convention:—"Porter ought to
be burned in effigy, and then rode on a rail,
for his baseness in selling himself to the
bank,, like Burden, Penrose, and Cunning,
ham."—Pa. Inquirer.
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The last Fashson.—The prevalent ma
nia here, at present, is the fashion of ladies.
haviug walking sticks I They are extreme
ly beautiful: some -of them are of ivory„
some of ebony, some of Indian cane. They
are almost covered with arabesques of sold.
and the tops are of gold richly carved,sad
sometimes jeweled. Is note this an outtilt
fashion for the fair eez