Correspondence of the N. Y. Expreii.
A VISIT TO THE NORTH BEND.
When in my boyhood, much after the
thrilling events upon our Southwestern iron
tier, though not so long that the events were
not fresh upon the memories of all, I read
the history of the last war as carried on in
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Upper Cana
ea, I felt a longing desire to see, not only
the theatre of these events, but the great ac
tors in them. Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs,
Sandusky and ale Thames, have been clas
sic ground in my fancy, as Thermopylae or
Marathon; and I have felt that it was as
much a duty for the American to make his
pilgrimage to the battle fields where the
West wrestled with the savage, or the Bri
tish and the savages, ns to Bunker Hill, or
Concord, or Lexington. It isnot the mag
nitude of the slaughter that makes the bat
tle ground immortal, but the magnitude of
the events it determines; and thus Tippeca
noe and the Thames aro as great events in
the eyes of the West as Bunker Hill and
Saratoga in the eyes of the East. I first
felt it a duty to pay my respects to the com
manderia chief of the army or armies that
liberated us from the savages of the North
west, freed Ohio, Indiana and Michigan of
the British, and ended his campaigns so
gloriously by the rout of Proctor and the
death of Tecumseh on the Thames in Upper
Canada.
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I met General Harrison in Cincinnati at
the table of a common friend, and having re.
ceived an invitation from the old soldier to
visit him on — his farm at the North Bend,
15 miles below Cincinnati, I had no dispo.
sition not to accept his hospitality and the
invitation. I was to meet him by appoint
ment on the levee, to take the steamboat
down the river; but being there first and
having time to look about, I could not but
be struck with the simplicity and repuhli
canism of his manners, as he approached
with his saddle bags on ono arm, and a tin
pale on the other, the first having his ward.
robe, I presume, as is the custom often in
the We..t, and the other some little neccs•
sarios, probably, for his family. As he
stopped to talk a moment or so with a friend,
a large group, stimulated by curiosity, soon
gathered about him; among them many of
the boatmen of the levee, strangers from
Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri, and other
places on the river,draymen and teamsters,
&c. &c. with whom the steamboat levee is
so often thronged. The crowd becoming
unpleasantly, though in the highest degree
respectful, and probably all his friends, for
he exchanged civilities with many, and he
seems to know almost every body--he with
drew to the steamboat, where, however, he
was followed by a considerable body of
teamsters from Indiana, who, with their
long stout whips under the arms of their
linsey wcolsey frocks, as they chatted plea
santly with the venerable old chief before
them, made a picture Rome in its best days
might envy. They told him they were his
"Hooshier boys" and bid him "good by"
only when the tinkle of the last steamboat
bell made them hurry awe).
In an hour, or a little more, we were at
the North Bend, so called from a northern
bend of the Ohio river. General Hurl.
son's farm encircles this directly upon the
river, and much of it is bottom land, all of
an excellent quality. It is a very large
farm,but has been much larger,once stretch.
ing over to the Miami river; but the Gen
eral has,sold some, and given away more to
his children, who are settled around him.
A large ditch now (to be the White Water
Canal hereafter) is upon the margin of the
river, and, in wet weather, it is muddy and
difficult to pass. A large number of labo
rers are at present at work upon it, (Irish
men and Germans,) who adore the Gene
ral, and who rally for him to a man; and
they are tunnelling a huge hill, on the sides
of which is his orchard, and through this
tunnel this canal is to stretch Into Indiana,
to bring the trade of the eastern part of that
State to Cincinnati.—By a contract, the
General has got out the stone, and is now
getting .cord wood to burn the bricks that
make the arch of the tunnel.
is we approached the rcsidence.of Gen
eral Harrison, all in view of the river, and
yet some distance from it, he remarked that
there was his dwelling; and he added that
when, in ridicule it was called a Log Cab
in, the starters of the story had more effect
to found their jeers upon than many were
aware of; for, in the range (and the resi
dence is a collection of small houses, all
bumble and yet all comfortable and neat)
of one of the buildings, is a bona fide Log
Cabin, now well boarded thtough, and well
painted, which he had kept, and connected
with the others, on account of some attach.
meat he had formed for it, it having been
the residence of some of his family. A
beautiful lawn is before the house, sloping
toward the river, and directly in front is a
fence of hewn posts, connected by plain iron
rods. The cattle were grazing about this
lawn in front, and among them were seve
ral milch cows as "fat as butter." A flock
of sheep were on the other side of the lawn,
just over a creek, now swollen by the back
water of the Ohio; and the barns and out
houses are in the rear of the dwellin , is
The farm and dwellings have the appear
ance of many in the valley of Virginia, and
of some in New England, though land there
is more precious,and farms more subdivided
among children. All looked like a good,
substantial farmer's home, who had all of
the necessaries, and many of the comforts,
though but a few of the luxuries of l i f e .—
Such is the retired dwelling of the now von.
°fable man, who left the happy home of his
lather on James river, Virginia, when but
a youth, to follow, as an ensign, the fortunes
of Sen. Wayne,wbom General Washington
had despatched, after the disasters of Har
mar and St. Clair, to retrieve our fortunes
upon the Indian fi•ontier, and to make Ohio,
Western Virginia and Kentucky habitable
for the white man. This,,is the home of a
son of the signer of the Declaration of In
dependence, and of that freeman of Virgin
ia; who, after he had risked his own es'ate
and life by affixing his name to that instru
ment, willingly trubte3l'llis son to the perils
of the savage and the wilderness to carry
NI th e e urpuses of Providence, in the ex•
tension and establishment of the principles
of the_Revolutlon.
I was soon "at home" in the House off
General Harrison. His wife was intredie 1
ccd, who told me Long Island was her birth
place—Southhold I think. She said she
had not been in Cincinnati for twelve years,
and she was quite content, and never wish
ed to go, so long as she could have her hus
band and her children mind her. Our
supper was soon served, at an early hour,,
before six o'clock, the usual supper hour of
the country, and we had on the table the
good and plain fare of all substantial Farm
ers,
the best butter, made in Genera! Har
rison's own house, Corn Bread and Flour
Bread, with milk in abundance and rich as
cream—and when this tea was over, Mrs.
Harrison herself though not unattended by
domestics, seemed to prefer the superinten
dence of the disposal of the affairs of Ler
own table. I passed the evening in social
conversation with General Harrison, at my
request, after relating to me a rich fund of
anecdotes respecting the Western country.
ho took a drawing I had of the Battle
Ground of Tippecanoe, and narrated with a
remarkable power of recollection, all thede
tails of that battle and of that interesting
campaign. At 9 o'clock, he said it was his
bed time, for "I rise at day break," and he
showed me my room, well warmed by a
comfortable fire, and bade me good night.
I took up the Biography of his Father, in
"the lives of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence," and read the good ser
vice of that distinguished man performed
for his own State, and for the whole Nation.
What amazed me in the reflection upon that
Life, considering also the services of the
son, was, that in a State with so much of lo
cal, historical and family pride as Virginia,
there can be a duubt as to a political result,
particularly when that family and its branch
es are now so extended in Virginia. being
connected by marriage even with the family
of Wasfungton.
Soon after the rising of the sun General
Harrison himself waked me up. "We rise
in the morning, in the country here," said
he. I was soon at the breakfast table where
the family was waiting. I found that the
General had finished his correspondence for
the day, and large parcels of letters were
upon his table before him. The number of
newspapers about were as many as in an
Editor's closet. Journals from Maine to
New Orleans being in abundance before
him. The Editors of the land supply him
liberally with their Journals, and he reads
what they have to say of him at length.—
The abuse though, he does not stand with
the fortitude of the politician. What on
earth, he exclaimed at one time, will they
say of me next? I have a letter of this sort
even,from a man in Highland county,(Ohio,)
wishing to know if I did not go through
there a few weeks since with a horse—and
they gravely call upon me to repel such a
charge as a calumny. There is scarcely
any thing I am not asked, and if 1 were to
answer all this correspondence—from per
sons too who are entire strangers to me, I
should have no time for any thing else.—
What would become of my farm? The fact
is the General is over-whelmed with news
papers and correspondence, and the bill of
postage is such as ought not to be put mil
such a man. His Post Office is "Cleves"
Hamilton co."—.but many of his letters
come to Cincinnati. He humorously re
marked, "I am glad that Major Downing
has got along,for I have constituted him my
sole 'Committee,' and you see how many
papers, and what a mass of correspondence
he has to reap." Papers by the way are
arriving daily, directed to "Major Down
ing, North Bend." I did not see the Ma
jor, but I presume he was out in the wends,
with his "axe," chopping wood for the
"Gineral." His presence, I may add, has
created quite a sensation in these parts.
In the course of the morning, a stranger
on horseback, with the green leggin, on the
Virginians often wear, and the Kentuckians'
and Tennesseans too, I presume, came ri-1
ding up to the House, which is far off the ,
common Road, and the General being infor- 1
med that a stranger was riding up, he met
him at the door. The visitor was an enure'
stranger, whom the General bad never seen
before,—but he welcomed him in, and be
was soon seated by the fire. When the
stranger had arranged his legs upon the
rounds of the Chair, and dropped his body
back, his head leaning ag ainst the wall, one
leg then thrown over th e other, the toes
pointing higher than his head, he opened
upon the General, with a round-about talk,
the substance of which was that he wished
to have some conversation with him.—
"Well," said the General, "1 shall be plea
sed to hear what you have to say." "But
some talk with you all alone I want," said
the stranger. "Some private conversa
tiod" repeated the General, "Well, walk in
here," and be took him into another room.
In a very few momenta, however, the Gen
eral and the stranger came back, the Gen
eral leading the way and remarking. "Sit
down, sir, we can say all we have to say
here. We have no need of having any pri- I
vete conversation upon Politics. Indeed I
never talk Politics in my (louse, if I can
help it. If you will atop and dine with me,
and take my fare, such as it is, I shall be'
very happy to welcome you, and I dare say
we can pass our time more agreeably than
in political discussions. I did not seek the
position in which the People have put me,
and I am not going to electioneer for the
honors of it,—and it seems to me there is
quite enough in my long - public life,in which
I have exprersed opinions upon all political
subjects, to satisfy the People much better
what 1 think or what I would do than any
promises coming from me just now." All
this in substance the General pleasantly re
marked, and the stranger crossing his legs
again, and throwing back his chair accept
ed the invitation to dinner,and excused him
self for such a political call, by itaying that
his neighbors in Onondaga County, New
York, knew he was coming out West, and ,
they wished him "Kind-of-Committee like
to call on the General, and see what be ,
thought about Abalitionl" Two Van Bu
rea men from Louisville called the other
day to catechise bim also, as 1 understood
in Cincinnati; and when they remarked,that
they were ignorant of his views upon this
subject, he jocosely replied, they could not
expect to be well informed, as long es they
cre.fitied their reading to one class of Pa.
'pets, and thereupon, he took some Whig
J our n a ls, m which his Cheviot speech was
re published, and recommended their peru
, l •
sal of that.
The dinner table had ether gueats-thau
the stranger and myself. .A large party
from Pittsburg on a pleasure excursion—
mark that, an excursion of I !wow not how
many hundreds of miles—from Patshurg to
the Falls of St. Anothony even—stopping
over night at Cincinnati, sent forward three
gentlemen to request of the General the
permission to wait upon him, and to present
their respects. Then Hon. Harmer Denny
was one, who introduced the others, and we
had a very agreeable Dinner Party—on a
good Farmer' s tare—with a fund 'of re
marks and anecdotes of times present and
past, in which no one led off with more vi
vacity than General Harrison himself.—
We talked of every thing else but politics
—all politicians as we were, such as the rai
sing of cattle; and the General proud of his,
particularly of a Durham Bull; the making
of canals, the amazing progress of this wil
dercess country, the growth of which all
General Harrison had seen with his 'MU
eyes; and by the time the dinner was over,
a band of music in the distance heralded the
approach of the steamboat Pennsylvania,
with a largo company of gentlemen and la
dies on board, and a body of U. S. States
Troops, on their way to Fort Leuvensworth.
The gentlemen soon landed, end_ their com
mittee walked with them from the boat to
the house, where they were introduced;
but the inclemency of the weather and the
difficulty of passing the mud of a new canal
just dug between the river and the house,
with the grass all saturated with rain, pre
vented the call of the ladies, and the Gen
rel gallantly offered to call upon them.—
The gentlemen depopulated the rose bush
es about of their buds, as their offerings
from the Log Cabin to their ladies fatr, end
in a few minutes the whole party were on
board again, with the General in their es
cort, the band of music giving him a lively
greeting, and the ladies a livelieVona still,
when a general introduction took place--
An half hour passed in social intercourse, in
the playfulness and tact of which, but few,
very few men are the equal of General Har
rison.—the company of U. S. Troops being
but briefly reviewed, whom he scanned with
a soldier's eve, and saluted with a soldier's
courtesy, he took his leave, amid the wa
wing of handkerchiefs,the cheers of the gen
demen,and the loud peals of a not inefficient
band the General standing upon the'dhore,
amid large bodies of workmen on the canal,
I who had rushed to see the, to them, novel
scene.
The hospitality of General Harrison was
not such as to permit me to leave his house
in one day, or two, or three,—and I have
Iseldom, if ever, passed any time in my life
so agreeably. To an Eastern man, his con
i versation is the most delightful H istory: His
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colloquial powers are remarkable, and his
memory is wonderful. To me it was more
entertaining than the most delightful ro-
Imane, for romance that seems wherein ho
has been Hero—his youth as an ensign, as
an Aid de campe under Gen. Wayne,—his
manhood as the Governor of Indiana, and
; Commander-in-Chief of our armies in the
West and North West,—"where Madame
Trollope'a Bazaar now stands in Cincin
nati," said he, "many a time have I wheel
ed and marched my company in what was
then fort Washington." "Philadelphia and
New York," he added, "were long after ap
proached only on horseback, through Ken
tucky, Tennessee and Virginia." "From
the Miami," pointing to the Miami River,
not far from his own Farm, and on which
his son's Farm lies, "Mr. Jefferson, by his'
commission as Governor of Indiana and
Upper Louisiana, vested me with an autho-
rity greater that a Roman Pro Cons'ul, and
a Commission of mine could make a magis
trate whose jurisdiction should stretch from
thence to Mackioaw, where it was too cold
for corn to grow, even to regions productive
of Cotton, and almost to Sugar." "1 think
I have personally obtained for the country,
I i
from the Indians, more millions of acres of
land than the sword of a conqueror ever
permanently won, and 1 trust never dishon
estly." To hear and see a plain Farmer
talk thus, all history more than confirming
his very remark, and that Farmer too in the
vigor of a ripe old age,—now reaping the
rewards of honest industry amid his own
well-earned fields, seemed to me like a
dream, and I can hardly realize that this
Ohio, this Indiana' is not a vision created
by Magi. When Napoleon conquered a
city,—when the tri-color was carried by his
legions upon the battlements of Berlin or
Vienna, Paris was in ecstacy, and all France
rang with acclamations,—but here is an
American Caesar at work on "his Fann,now
making for him his own Commentaries, who
carried tha Amencan flag,the furthest it was
carried in his own time, further than from
Rome to the Danube, among the terrible
savages too, and who only laid down his
sword,when the Forest was cleared of them,
and that Flag stood waving in triumph in
the uppermost Canada=further in advance
in the British Dominions than since the days
of Montgomery—and more that: all this
though, where the wilderness was, here is
not one city, but a wilderness of cities now,
the most beautiful of which is that where
this young Ensign wheeled his Company.
Farms innumerable among tl.em too, and un
Empire of People, among the happiest the
wealthiest and freest on earth! 1 say all
this seems to me like vision,---=and when I
dwell on it, and think of the service Of Har; - '
risen, and his armed Pioneers, I cannot
but feel that the true'glory of the Ciesars of
Rome and of France dwindle into nothing,
as compared with the wonderful achieve
ments of the man whose toil and blood have
made so many People happy.
We Eastern People know nothing allow
this country was won and settled oind hence
we cannot understand the enthusiasm with
which General Harrison inspires his friends.
We love those who have been brought up
with us at home and in sebool,but hew_ much
more islhe love of them who have been
rocked and cradled in danger, whose home
has been the common wilderness;whcise bed
the bark of trees,whose pillow their eaddles,
and whose canopy the sky, whose music
but , the yell and howl of the painted savages
whose welcome but the tomahawk and
riflo,and how intense is the love of the mass•
es for that slight and attenuated and youth
ful Leader who shared all this danger,whoso
valor is a pattern for them to 'action, and
whose pen records their worth. This is
' the story of Harrison, and upon such prin
ciples,
the 'action of the West for hi'm it
rounded. And now think of the terrible in•
dignation that awaits those who ‘ decry. these
deeds, and denounce the actor as a paltroon
or a coward, so many of the eye witnesses
being yet alive, and on the stage of busy ac
tion. "it shall cost any man his life," ex
claimed an Indignant Hoosier in my hearing,
when overheated by anger, "who calls my
old commander a coward."
1 took out of General Harrison's .Library'
the History of the last War in the West,
written by McAfee, printed in 1816, a val
uable historical work, which ought to be of
good authority at Court, McAfee being of
that Party, and now diving in Kentu4y., 1
read it, with the power to obtain nt the seine
time, the running commentary of Gen'. Har
rison upon the men and the events narrated
in it; 1 know not when
.I have found a work
thus read so agreeable,' for the events be
ginning with the battle of Tippecanoe and
ending with New Oi leans are all of thrilling
interest, and such as are but little known at
the East. 1 could not but remark upon the
impressive memory of General Harrison.
He seemed not only to know all his officers
' well, but all his soldiers too, and a remark
that he made struck me, of the ming:ed
character of Civillian nn Soldier he was ob
liged to have, in order to govern his army
for loading citizens, as many in the ranks
even wore eminent Lawyers too; the ton
gue and the pen were as necessary . for sue
cess as the Sword. Hence the wonderful
success Gen. Harrison had, in this varied
talent in being a good speaker and a good
writer as well as a good soldier. of attaching
to him all, both officers and soldiers, under
command.
There are many I suppose,who will think
I write but for political effect, when I say
Gen. Harrison is one of the best educated
men in the country, but I do say, and I sin•
cerely believe, there is no man with sounder
and a better education for the position to
which he is recommended, than lie has. In
the general literature of the day, there are
few men so well read, or who discriminate
in it so well, and in the true principles of
the Constitution, ho was most soundly im
bued by his Father,by Patrick Henry whom
he had heard, by George Washington, by
Robert Morrie,as well as by all the Virginia
Fathers of the Revolution. His reminis
cences of Virginia life are interesting and
fresh to me. He seems to be a link of the
present to the past,with sympathies for each,
and he can thus make himself agreeable to
the young as well as the old. I do not know
when I have met a man with so good collo.
quial powers, and at the same time, with
such a fund of matter and personal anec
dotes to give zest to his conversation. As
for his health, such men with habits like his,
of a life so serene, amid pure air, upon a
farm, they do not so much die, as their
frames wear out. Their modes of thought,
and their processes,of life, realize what
cero paints in his de Senectale, the serene
old age of a healthful exercise of body and
mind, time never hanging heavy upon them,
for they have enough to do, and death hav
ing no terrors, for conscience no stings.
I bade a reluctant "adieu" to this happy
home of a venerable man, after a prolonged
stay. It has been among the happiest visits
of my life the most instructive and the most
interesting. 1 have not said one word of
him I would not have said, if he had not
been before the People, with almost a cer
tainty of having their highest rewards, in
their highest honor. His rural dwelling,
the antique sideboard, the Lord's prayer in
its timeworn frame, the plain and home
wrought carpet, the spacious fireplace, ten
ded too by himself, and kindled in the morn
ing always by his own hand; the rustic, but
generous and abundant fare, what a contrast
is all this, with teeming and advancing lux
ury of our day! Here is a man who might
in the early settlement of the eountry,while
winning millions of acres of the Public
Lands, and disbursing millions of dollars of
Public Money, have had the wealth of a
Crcesus now, with a Palace for his habita
tion, his Halls hung with damask, and ilia
mil-fated with tapestry, while statues graced
his grounds, and velvet couches bore him
over them; but here he is happy in his re
tirement and simplicity, valuing more the
honors his country have awarded him in
the resolutions of Congress, and of the State
of Kentucky, which he has well preserved
end framed, arol a little telescope, his near
and dear friehd Commodore Perry gave
him, used in espying the enemy's fleet in
the battle of Lake Erie, When he wrote to
Harrison—"we have met the enemy and
they are ours;"--setting more value I say on
these testimonials, with the unimponched
name of an honest man, than upon all the
wealth of Crcesus, with all his luxuries. As
the steamboat approached "the Bend," that
daily touches there, I shook hands with the
Hera Farmer, whose sword had been so
emphatically turned into the ploughshare,
with the abiding conviction that the People
will almost unanimously in their electoral
colleges, request him to exchange his "Log
Cabin" and all its plainness and simplicity,
for the more splendid apartments of their
White House at Washington. •
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The• Albany, Journal states that Mr. W.
Younghans, of Sand-Lake, Renssalaer Co.,
has an improved Durham Bull, which, on
the day he became a yearling, weighed tea
httadred and twenty six pounds.
BAD TIMER IN PITTSBUROII.—Between
4,000 and - 5,900 persons have left Pitts
burgh for warn of employment within the
past year, an 4 the manufactured products
have diminished ono half.
From the National Traelligencer
"THE PROSPECT BEFORE US."
The inquiry is frequently addressed to us,
both at home and from a distance, for our
opinion in regard to the probable result of
the issue about to bo tried by the People of
the United States between Martin Van Bo
ran and William Henry Harrison. We
beg leave to refer nll such inquirers to the
subjoined letter. It was written, not for the
public eye, or for public effect, but in the
sincerity and freedom of private correspon.
dence,apd by a man whose extensive sources
of information, and whose care in sifting
and comparing facts and probabilities, com
bined with his clear judgement and known
candor, impart to his opinions a value and
weight superior to those of any other citizen
within our knowledge. The justice of this
tribute will be admitted by all who know the
writer when they perceive the name to be
that of the disting uished Senator of New
York, Nathaniel P. Tallmadge. The letter
fillet appeared in the Richmond Whig, and
wa'S addressed to a gentleman of that city.
The editor remarks : "The author will be
recognised without the publication of hiti
name," and adds, "It was written with no
expectation of its meeting the public eye."
Since, however, it has met the public eye,
Mr. T. has given his consent to its appear
ance with his name affixed, and no name
could give to such a statement higher claims
to respect and credence.
WASHINGTON, May RI, 1840.
.111 p Dear Sir : Your letter of the 26th
instant was duly received.
It is surprising to me that Ritchie's brag
ging in the Richmond Enquirer about New
York should give our friends one moments
uneasiness. It is his "vocation," and it is
the habit of the Federal Locofoco party to
brag the louder the more they are beaten.
Since their overthrow in Connecticut,R bode
Island, Virginia, and in certain local elec
tions in Pennsylvania, their prospects have
brightened wonderfully I They are looking
up, beCause they are on their backs! I un
derstand their game perfectly. They know
they cannot make a decent fight in other
States,unless they can persitade their friends
that Mr. Van Buren can recover New York.
Without it, ho has not the remotest chance
of success. As to his prospects in New
York, I have no hesitation in giving you my
candid opinion, that he will be beaten by a
much larger majority than that of the last
two years. I have the best sources of in.
formation. I have an extensive correspon
dence all over the State, and, from my pe
culiar position, am enabled to judge with
much accuracy of our elections. For the
last two years, I have predicted the result
with an accuracy almost equal to (he official
canvass—and I now say to you that Gen.
Harrison's majority, in my judgment, will
not be less than FIFTEEN THOUSAND. We
hope to swell it much beyond that. I have
not heard of a single man that has gone
over to the Administration since the last
election. But I know and have heard of
hundreds and hundreds,in different counties,
who have abindoned it since that time, and
are now co.operating with their old Demo
cratic Republican friends in putting down
Mr. Van Buren's old Federal doctrines.
Amongst this number, are men of the high
est standing and influence in their respective
counties.
What possible ground, then, is there for
Mr. Ritchie or any other man to claim New
York for this Federal Administration? It
is preposterous. What claims do they pre
sent to the People, from which they expect
to derive more favor than for the last three
years? The confidence of the People has
been more and more impaired during that
period, the mercantile, the manufacturing,
and the mechanic interests of the country
have heretofore felt the deleterious influence
of the measures of the 4dministration.—
Now, that influence has reached the farm•
ing interests—and you may rely upon it,
none of those interests will tamely submit
to have their goods, their manufactures,
their labor, and the products of the soil, as
well as their Innis, reduced one•half or two
thirds in value, in order to enjoy the bless.
ings of the hard money of Cuba, or of any
other despotism, whose example the Presi
dent has recommended for our imitation.
No, sir, the free laborers of this country will
never consent to have the price of their labor
reduced to the same level with the peasants
of Germany or the serfs of Russia; nor will
the tillers of the soil consent that the pro
ducts of their farms shall be reduced in price
so low as not to pay the cost of production;
nor will the farmers consent that le lands
shall be reduced two-thirds in-vallW—that
where they have purchased a farm, for ex
ample, for $15,000, paid $lO,OOO in cash,
and mortgaged it for $5,000, that it shall be
sold from under them for the amount of the
mortgage,nnd their wives and children turn
ed out of doors, without shelter and without
bread. Such are the legitimate effects of
the doctrines now maintained by this Ad•
ministration, and which its friends and sup.
porters are every whore urging upon the
country; and which will be established be
yond the hope of redemption, if Mr. Van
Buren shall be ro.elected.
Of his re.electioo there is not the faintest
prospect. In regard to New York—l speak'
without the least hesitation, and with the
most entire confidence—he has no possible
hope• of success there. Why sh o uld h e
have? The changes have been constantly
against him for the last three years, and .
none in his favor. At the extra session in
1837 I predicted his overthrow in that
State. At the November election of that
year he was swept away as by a hurricane.
At the next session of Congress he apolo•
gised to his friends by saying that there
were 40,000 voters who did riot come to
the polls, but would be out for him at the
next election. Well, 'sir, in 1838 these
40,00.0 came out, and 25,000 in addition,
and he was beaten by more than 10,000
majority. lie again consoled his friends for
this unexpecteddereat by saying that in the
next campaign he would take the field in
person. He did so; he traversed the whole
State,.on a mere electioneering lour, and,
with the exception of the city of N. York,
the result in the 'Legislature showed a lar
ger majority against him • thiin the yerir be-.
lore. In almost every contested county the
popular vote against him was increased.—
There was no falling c 0 but from local
causes, any where, except - in the old West
ern district, which is so immensely strong
that there was no necessity of giving a full
vote but at a general election. That old
district will give Harrison fifteen thousand
majority.
The late charter election in the city of.
New York has satisfied both friend and fern
that• under the registry law Harrison will
carry the city in the fall by a decisive vote.
You must recollect, too, that last year we
had every thing to discourage and disheart
en our friends. Many gave up all for lo t
after they heard the disastrous accounts from
Tennessee and Indiana. But there was
some indomitable spirits, that never doubt
or falter in a good cause. They rnllied,and
soon convinced the people that New York
could sustain herself; and was not to be in
fluenced by
_any-news abroad, however un
propitious. At ibis time, every man of the
Opposition is confident of success. It is
not an over-confidence that begets inaction;
it is a confidence which invigorates and in
spires,and which impels to greater exertion.
It is a confidence, in short, which will justi
fy expectations of our friends, and disappoint
the hopes of our enemies.
After all we have done in Now York for
the last three years, under the most unfav
orable auspices. it is not a little mortifying
to us now, with all our bright prospects be
fore us, that a single friend abroad should
for one moment permit a doubt of our trium
phant success in the fall to cross his mind.
New York is just as certain for Harrison
as that the time of election comes round.—
And if my old friend Ritchie, who goes for
men and not principles, would like to ven
ture a suit of clothes on the issue, I should
ho pleased to accommodate him; or if he
does not choose to venture it on New York,
I will take it on the Union; or if, as Bar
dolph says, ho will be "better accommoda
ted," I will take a suit on each.
A Democratic Republican State Conven
tion will soon be called at the old head:
quarters at Syracuse. it will be held about
the first of October. There will be a Con.
servative rally on that occasion,such as has
not been known before in the State. The
real democracy will be there, to take the
most effectual measures against the federal
usurpations of Mr. Van Buren. New York
adheres to her old Democratic Republican
principles, and will not be driven into the
ultra• Federalism of this Administration.—
From the days of Gov. Clinton to the pres
ent time, she has resisted the encroachment
of Executive power and the usurpations of
the Federal Government. She will continue
to resist them, whether urged upon her by
Martin Van Buren or Thomas Ritchie. It
is no reason, because these gentlemen have
abandoned their principles and turned Fed
eralists, that the Democratic Republicans
of New York or of Virginia should follow
their example. In New York (hey will
adhere to their old principles, and will as
semble in Convention at Syracuse to resist
the Federal aggressions as our fathers as
sembled, in the time of the Revolution, to
resist the Stamp Act and the Tea Tax. I
beg, therefore, you will dismiss all appre
hensions about New York, and set down her
42 votes as the capital on which Harrison
will commence business; and that I think is
a pretty fair beginning for a 'slog cabin and
hard cider" candidate. I have devoted
myself', for the last three years,to the reform
of this Administration; I have enlisted for
the war, and you may rest assured that I
shall not stop till the final battle in Novem
ber is fought and won. That accomplished.
and Harrison elected, I shall feel that our
country is safe, our free institutions restored
to their original purity, and that we may
once more enter upon a train of uninterrup
ted prosperity. And I shall also feel that
I can pay,with much greater propriety than
Mr. Van Buien said on another occasion,
"It is glory enough to have served under
such a chief."
I have written a much longer letter than
1 intended when I commenced; but, having
said this much, I will add a little more, by
way of giving my estimate of the Presiden
tial election. I have taken great pains to
get the most accurate information. I have
not only consulted members of Congress,
but I have had a very extensive correspon
dence throughout the Union. My sources
of information may be implicitly relied on;
and I say to you, with the utmost sincerity,
that in my judgment, Genet al [lordlier' will
be elected by a more triumphant majority.
than General Jackson received in his palm.
lest days. In writing to you as a friend, E
have not only no motive, but no disposition,
to mislead or exaggerate. I give my calk-.
mate below, on which I place the most im
plicit reliance, and sincerely believe the re..
stilt will fully justify it.
Harmon. Van Buren.
Massachusetts, 14 New Hampshire,
Vermont, 7 South Carolina,
B Arkansas,
4
42
Connecticut,
Rhode Islam},
New Yolk,
New Jursoy,
30 Maine,
3 Mississippi,
.Penneylvonta,
Delaware,
10 Alabama,
Morytand,
Virginia, 23 Miesouri,
North Carolina, 15
Georgia, 11
Louisiana,
Tennessee,
KontuckY,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Ohio,
Michigan,
Harrison, .. 248 Van Buren dcdotibtful4T
The whole Lumber of electoral votes is:
205—necessary to a choice 148.' You will
perceive, then, that HarriOn will have 100 ,
votes beyond the number requisite to elect
him. I have given Mr. Van Buren New,
Hampshire, whichi know will bo a matter
of complaint with our friends there; for they
have determined to make battle in a way to
shake even the granite hills. Perhaps I
ought to - make a similar apology in regard
to A rkanaal., ; have alga give 9, hAm South
DoubljhL
(*.twines, which will no'doubi go for him,
unless by - )ecember, when the vote is to be
east, Mr. Calhoun shall think the interests
of the country require it to be given to a
third man as heretofore ! Of the 25 doubt-
Val votes, I think Harrison's chance decid
edly the best lor a majority of them; and if
thn tide of public sentiment continue to set
as strongly as it has done, Mr. Van Buren,
by November next,will scarcely have a State
he cnn call his own.
I look forward to the above result with
the most . perfect confidence, and with the
most pleasing anticipations. What a re
buke will it be of the attempted usurpation
of all the powers of this Government. and
the practical subversion of its fundamental
principles! What a triumphant restoration
of the powers of Congress, when freedom of
thought and or action shall be once more
vouchsafed to the Representatives of the
l'ecple and of the States!
Excuse the haste with which f have writ
ten, under the pressure Of numerous engage.
ments and believe me very truly yours.
_ _
N. P. TALLMADGE.
REPUBLICAN BANNER
GETTYSBURG Stine ' le, 1840.
PEOPLE'S C.I.VDID.ITES.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
FOR VICR• ESIDVNT,
JOHN TYLER.
Our Banner.—.AVE HAVE FLUNG THE
tunoAn BANNER OF LIBERTY AND THE COAT
BTITUTION TO TUE BREEZE, IKRCRI BED WITII
THE Isßernlao worms :—ONE PRESIDEN
TIAL TERM—THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERVANTS—THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC MONEY—AND THE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
TALLMADOB ' R LIETTEIR.--We ask all to read
the attic letter of Mr. Tallmadge, the distinguish
ed Senator in Congress from New York. It rep.
resents the ..Little Magician" as being in rather
a critical situation.
We have been requested to state that the Mer
chants of Petersburg, (York Springs,) intend dos
ing their stores on the 4th of July.
The Tax Bill and the Improvement Bill have
received the signature of the Governor.
ADJOVIINMENT.—The Legislature of this State
adjourned sine die, on Friday morning last.
VISIT TO NORTU BErrn.—On the preceding
page will be found an article with the above cap
tion. The writer is Mr. Brooks of the New York
Express, the celebrated letter-writer known as
Major Downing. It will be found quite interest-
I, and well worthy an attentive perusal.
Thrashing Machine.
Our townsman, Mr. ti 7 AreftTEL H. LITTLE, has
invented a new Thrashing.Maelsine, to which we
would invite the attention of Farmers. We have
carefully examined the model, and, (as far as our
own judgment of machines of this kind extends,)
have no doubt but that machines constructed upon
Mr. Little's plan will be found to be far superior
to any other now in use. It is calculated for two
horses. and requires the attention of but two per
sons, and will thrash upwards of one hundred
bushels of grain per day! Mr. Little informs us
that he has already entered his caveat in the Pat
ent office, for the protection of his right. &o ad
vertisement in another column.
A Challenge.
We have always heard it said by teamsters,
that ..it's hard to conquer* stubborn horse." We
find the idea verified with men every day. We
despair altogether of being able to follow up, by
reprinting of teatiraony, the repeated slanders
which the opposition press are circulating in the
face of the refutations which we have published.
What is one week proved to he wilfully false, is
still held up as true.
Wo therefore aak the "Compiler" to sum up
and distinctly set forth ALL his charges and those
of his party against Gen. HAiittreorr, as.a can
didate for the Presidency, in his paper of the 22d
v.
vistant, that we may know what he persists in,
and hare something tangible. We shall have a
word or two to say upon them.
The Ball is Rolling!
GOF.AT,MCILTING IN SIIADPBIIOIIO, MD.—The
Log Cabin and Hard Cider meeting held in this
place on Monday the Bth inst., is said to have been
one of the largest and most enthusiastic assem
blages ever convened in Washington comity.—
The Hagerstown Tech Light says—“As to the
numbers present, we can only conjecture, for to
count them within hundreds were impossible.—
There might have been five, six, seven or eight
thousand—certainly not less than five thousand.
At one time a procession consisting of eighteen or
nineteen hundred, marched into , en adjacent field,
in passing from which they were eountcd;. and
yet so groat was the crowd that they were scarce
ly missed out of the streets, which remained
thronged by those anxiously awaiting and expect
ing the commencement of the public speaking."
The meeting was forcibly and eloquently addrerrs
vd by Wm. Prier, Esq.,. President of the doh
. igej. James M. Coale,
,John P. Kennedy, Eaq.
;Ind David liaffmari, Esq. The three last named
g,entletnera are Harrison electoral candidates of
the Btate,
The Wheeling Times states, on the authority
of a tenet:from Marietta, Ohio, that a young lady
from down the river, who was on a visit to her
friends in !hut plum, was last week thrown frum
x horse she was ridiug„, and dragged seven miles.
The horse yes Pnly Stellicii by the last of three
shots from It rifle, pud when so the Minable of the
onfortunate lady were an mutilated that they could
searpely be r‘ CPCtilACti pa those et a human being.
News from Tippecanoe:
Tremendous gathering of the People!:
We ask attention to the following interesting
letter which has been furnished us, written (by a
delegate to the convention during its session) to
a friend in this place. It is cheering indeed:—
That memorable spot has again marked an era in
our history almost as remarkable as that of the
7th of November, 1811. The plains of that con
secrated field have again been studded with the
soldier's tent. A boat of warriors in defence of
our common country, enlisted under their rid°.
rious General, have again encamped on the spot
"near the Prophet's town," and their camp-fires
have again been kindled, while the enemy were
scanned and almost counted. The host that was
there assembled is enough to convince us of the
report the western guns will give when they come
with their national salute. The camp-fires have
been extinguished—Me army have stationed their
detachments at their posts—the near approach of
the treacherous enemy has been announced by the
sentry's alarm—the Aids of the Old Hero are up
on duty—and a victory as glorious as was that
which followed the extinguishing of the camp
fires in 1811 is awaiting us. The hardy yeoman.
ry of the west have shown that they are not so un
grateful as to withhold their measure of reward to
that brave man who fought their battles without
compensation—who risked his all to rescue them
from Indian barbarity; and who saved them from
the fagot, the scalping knife and the tomahawk of
those grim monsters. Let us catch the flame,and
to the work in earnest.
ITIPPECANOE BATTLE FIELD, Saturday, /
May 30, 1640, 10 o'clock, A. M.
Mr 'Hesn Sin: I have retired for a moment
• from the stirring scenes of the day to attempt to
give you a feint conception of this Convention of
Conventions. The last few days have been proud
days for Indiana, yea for the Union! alike cheer
ing to the Patriot and Freeman! I was going to
say our Convention met yesterday morning, but
it was then only organized, thousands have been
on the Ground for several days. Yesterday morn
ing then it was organized, and has been in session
without intermission night and day, and still con
tinues—it may adjourn some time to-night. Ev
ery county in the State, and if I am correctly in
formed, every State in the Union, is represented,
not by delegates, for the people have determined 1
to be here themselves. They came on foot, on
horseback, in canoes and cabins, in steamboats
and schooners, every possible mode of convey ance
that necessity invented or ingenuity contrived has
been resorted to, for the purpose of bringing to this
consecrated spot the myriads of Freemen who
have assembled to do honor and reverence to the
illustrious living, and the honored dead!
The hoary headed survives,' of the memorable
battle have once more visited one of the proudest
fields of American glory!—many of them bearing
upon their aged limbs the scars of the conflict.—
They nave come and now stand before us es living
witnesses attesting the skill, the bravery,and cour
age of the gallant Chief that led them to victory,
and under whose banner they are still contend
ing for the advancement of the same principles
and the preset vation of the same country. The
tears that have flowed down their furrowed cheeks
as they recounted the events of that eventful day
ore more eloquent than human lips; and the con
sciences of Harrison's slanderers must be seared
indeed as with a hot iron if they had not melted,
had they been present to see what I have *eon, for
the last three days. Yesterday afternoon the in.
wresting ceremony of presenting the surviving sol
diers to the assembled multitude took place. The
effect it had upon all to see those conscript fathers
who have come down to us from another genera.
tion, may perhaps be imagined but cannot be de
scribed. It was thrilling! It was electrifyingl—
It was sublime! .
I shall not attempt to form any estimate of the
number of this vast concourse of human souls.—
All attempts to ascertain the number has hitherto
proved abortive, as huudreds are hourly arriving
and departing. Ido not wish to exaggerate, but
can safely say that not less than twenty-jive thou.
sand are here. It has however been ascertained
that 1900 wagons and vehicles of various duscrip
duns, together with 2000 tents aro strewed over
the vast plains of Tippecanoe! And you can rest
assured that American beauty is not unrepresent
ed, when I tell you that upwards of 4000 females
were counted on the ground.
We have all encamped and are living in tine
Log Cabin and Hard cider simplicity, no proud
mansion or stately palace has greeted our coming.
But the Hoosiers look fur no other reception— the
Log cabin men want no other entertainment: they
know by experience that the men of the Cabins
are generous, free and open hearted, no dissimu
lation, no pretended friendship, and they would
rather have the friendship of one honest heart
whose possessor dwells in a cabin, than the cold
regard of thousands that live in noble edifices.—
Such is our spirit and such has been the spirit of
the log cabin men from creation down.
I will not speak of the tremendous enthusiasm
that pervades this living mass. The enthusiasm
of the whole west cannot be more aptly described
than by using the emphatic language of the West,
"The Prairies aro on fire!" Taking into consid
eration that this is yet a new and comparatively
unsettled country and the difficulty of travelling
in consequence of the want of good roads or ca
nals we may safely conclude that this convention
is the largest ever convened in America for any
purpose whatever. Many distinguished persona
ges aro present, among whom I will mention
Brooks of the New York Express, alias Jack
Downing, who has several times addressed the
convention in a style of surpassing eloquence.—
The people are much gratified to hear and see the
Major especially since his late sojourn at North
Bend.
(llAneoon
From the m a nifestations of public opinion beta
we feel confident of electing our candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor at the August
election by en overwhelmning majority; and can
assure our Whig friends- throughout the Union.
that Indiana "will over cherish in her manhood
the defender of her infancy."
In haste, your'e dcm
GOY'S° IT TOO STuoso.--The address of the
Ven Buren Central Committee of Pennsylvania,
recently published in the Loco Foco press of this
State, is su well charged:with destructive doctrines
and abuse of Gen. Harrison, that. Alderman H.►T,
of Philedelphia, who is one of the committee, re
fuses to endorse it, and has withdrawn from it his
signature. The "Sentinely" of which Mr. Hay is
editor, says of this Address:—.Nile dislike its
tnd have no hesitation in•saying that some
of its statements o 1 feats are notsupported by evi
denco."
The Speaker of the House has issued writs of
supeseileas hi the eases of the eleceon in tineve
benne and Chastrr counties.
Falsehood Refuted.
- The following is a copy of_a Letter from Hon.
J. 1.. WILLIAMS; a Representative in Oongress
from the State of Tennessee, addressed to the Ed
itors of the National Intelligencer. It explodes
another of the many base and malicious slanders
propagated by the white-livered gentry of the
Loco Foco party. The "Compiler" has publish.
ed and re-published this slander to its readers.
We now call upon them to correct the slander
by publishing the following letter from Mr. Wil
liams, together with the annexed extract from
Gen. Harrison's letter. Here then, gentlemen, is
a chance for a display of your boasted magna
nimity:
Messrs. Gales 4. Seaton :—Please pub.
fish in the Intelligencer the subjoined "ex
tract of a letter from Gen. HARRISON, under
date of the 29th ultimo. It is in answer to
a communication which I addressed to him,
relative to that ignominious subjection to
the Cincinnati Committee, which has been
so often ascribed to him. He repels the
imputation that his thoughts are subject to
the keeping or dictation of a committee.
The publication of the annexed portion
of his letter is due to Gen. HARRISON. It
will be appreciated by the candid and just of
all parties. To give it authenticity, is a
sufficient motive for connecting my name
with its publication.
Yours. respectfully,
JOSEPH L. WILLIAMS.
WASHINGTON, June 6, 1840.
EXTRACT FROM GEN'L HARRISON'S
LETTER.
"All the connexion which I ever had with
the.Correseonding Committee of the Whigs
of Hamilton county (that which I suppose
has been alluded to) is, that I requested the
committee, through its chairman, Major
Gwynne, to give the information sought tor,
in some of the numerous letters I received,
in relation to my political opinions ' and
events in my past life. This was to be done
by sending to the writers of those letters the
documents which contained the information
they sought. He was, also, authorized, in
cases , where further opinions were asked
for, to state my determination to give no
other pledges of what I would or would not
do, if I should.be elected to the Presidency.
The reasons which had induced me to adopt
this determination are contained in a letter
written to a committee in New York, and
which will, I presume, be soon published.—
With neither of the other members of the
committee did I ever exchange one word,
or, by letter, give or receive any sugges
tions as to the manner in which the task I
had assigned to the committee was to be
performed. Indeed, I did not know, until
very recently who were the members of the
committee. I could have no doubt of their
being my political and personal friends; and
such I found them to be.
"As it has been asserted that I employed
this committee to write political opinions for
me, because I was unable to write them my
self, it may be proper to say,that 1 was never
in the habit of doing this; and that in all the
Addresses, Letters, Speeches, General Or
ders, &c., which have been published under
my name und with my sanction, there isnot
a line that was written or suggested by any
other individual. Ido not claim fur these
productions any merit; nor would I consid
er myself blameable had I received the oc
casional assistance of my friends in this way;
but 1 mention it, to show how totally reck
less are my political enemies in the asser
tions they make in relation to me."
THEY Costs."—The Chester County
Convention which assembled at West Chester, Pa.
on Tuesday last, was attended by about eight
thousand people. Gen. Isaac P. Wayne, son of
•Mad Anthony." under whom the gallant Horn.
son served as a Lieutenant, presided; and addres
ses were delivered by Mr. Proflit, Mr. Montgome
ry and Mr. Clarkson.
FROM HARRISBURG.
Correspondence (Slim Gettysburg Star and Banner
HAnuzianno, June 9, 1840.
Dana Sre The House have this morning con
curred in all the amendments made by the Senate
to the Improvement Bill as it passed the House
of Representatives. The Bill therefore only wants
the signature of the Governor to become a law.
The yeas and nays on concurring, in ether words,
on the final passage of the Bill, were as follovis
to wit-
Yass.—Messrs.Andrews, Bally, Barstow, Den
' ner, Bonsai!, Bruner, Burden, Butler, Carothers,
Church, Crabb, Crispin, Darsie, Evans, Field,
Filbert, Fisher, Flenniken, George, Goodwin,
Gratz, Griffin, liegins,(North'd,) Higgins, (Hunt
ingdon,) lieltronstein, Henderson, Henry, Hill,
Hinchnian, Hoge, (Mercer,) Holmes, Hummel,
Johnston, Jones, Kelm, Law, Lee, Leidy, Love,
M'Clure, M'Kinstry,Morgan,Morton, Neff, Park,
Penniman, (Allegheny,) Potts, Schoenen, Smith,
Sprott, Washabaugh, Watts, Wilcox.-53.
NAirs —Messrs. Albright, Brodhead, Cassel,
Coolbaugh, Flannery, Flick, Fogel, Ford, Gra
ham, Griffiths, Hartshorne, Herr, Hoge,(Greene,)
Hottenatein, Kauffman, Kinzie, Konigmacher,
Kutz, Loy, M'Kinney, Nill, Penniman, (Phila.)
Penrose, Ritter, Roberts, koyser, Snodgrass,
Snowden, Snyder, Stickel, Wilson, Zeilin, Zim
rnermair, Hopkins, Speaker.-34,
The majority party, as usual resorted to the
Legislative gsg, the Previous Question, to prevent
discussion or amendinent. The previous clues.
tion was called by Gen. Evans, a Loco Foco 'mem
ber, and sustained, several of the Whig members,
I. regret to say, Messrs. Watts, Fisher, and others,
voting to sustain it ; thus sacrificing their , consis
tency and sense of propriety, to their local' interest
in the passage of the Improvement Bill. .
The principal amendments made by the senate
'were, Ist. inserting an appropriation of $T5,000
for the survey of a Rail Road Route from Harris
burgh to Pittsburgh, 2d: striking out so much
of the section appropriating. $60,000 to tho Wis.
minim) Canal, as ,relates to the construction of a
feeder.- J. and principally, striking our the sec
tion, requiring the money appropriated By the; Bill,
to be loaned by the United States Bank at 4 per
tent; under its charter, arid authorizing the Gov
ernor to borrow it wherever he can get for 5
per cent
This Bill, thus passed by force of the Previous
Question, is really a "monster." It appropriates
over $3,260,000, every dollar of which has to be
borrowed, and will of course go to increase the
Mate Debt, making in all, an addition of about
.$.1,500,000 made by the present highly Demo
cratic Legislature, under the auspices of the pres.
ent economical administration! This, however,
is but a -prelude to what is to come. The Tax
Hill will come next; and when the people of this
Commonwealth shall come to be taxed, as they
will be, and that heavily too, on their land, monies
at interest, bonds, notes, due bills, watches, car
riages, house furniture, bank stock, bank dividends,
&c. &c., to pay the money thus extravagantly
appropriated, they will then know what to think
of our 'present rulers. Nothing but a speedy
change Of rulers, can arrest this poor country in
its rapid downward march to ruin ! Will not
the people awake to a sense of their true interests,
and at least try the effects of • change, which
cannot be for the worse, and may be much for the
better 1
I gave you, in a former communication, a synop•
sis of the contents of this Bill. Among other
things, it gives $600,000 to each of the Branch
Extensions, the Erie and Northßranch, as un
profitable and useless works as could well bo im
agined—six hundred thousand for Repairs, al
though of the $870,000 appropriated last session
for that purpose, upwards of $200,000 remain to
this day unaccounted foi. The Bill also gives
$lOO,OOO to a private company incorporated to
improve the navigation of the Monongahela river!
and a number of other appropriations equally ob
jectionable. At the rate we are now going,the State
Debt will be one hundred millions of dollars, in
less than ten years! Will the people say Amen!
to this I Next fall's election must decide.
HAnnienuno, June 10, 1840.
DEAR Sin : The Tax Bill lies just this mo
ment passed the Senate on final reading and with
out amendment; so that-ii now only wants the
signature of the Governor, which it will doubtless
obtain, to become a law. The majority on final
passage was, however, very Gruel!, only two.
Thus the two groat measures of this session,
the Tax Bill and the Improvement Bill, have
passed into laws. An addition of about four milli
ens of dollars has been made to the State Debt,
and the people are to be taxed, in their down
sitting and in their up-rising, their sitting, their
walking and their lying, in their meat and drink,
persona anti estates, to pay for it! Huzzah ! For
Von Burch, Porter, State debt, taxes, and low
wages !
The yeas and nays on the final passage of the
Bill in the Senate, was as follows :--
YEAS.—Mena. Bell, Brown, Caldwell, Case,
Coplan, Ewing, Fleming, Fraily, (Phila.) Hays,
MILLER, ( Ada ms,) Myers.Pearson,Plumer, Speck
man, Sterrett. STROHM. Kingsbury Speaker.-17.
NA YS —Messrs. Barclay, Brooke, Cochran, Frai
ly (Schuylkill,) Killinger , Maclay, Miller (Berks.)
Patterson, PENROSE, Purviance, Shortz, Snyder,
Sterlgere, Stevenson, Williams.-15.
The HOUBO have this morning bad under con
aidere:ton in committee of the whole, a resolution
appropriating the sum of $50,000 to . the Bald Ea
gle and tipring Creek Navigation Company, and
$400,000 to the Union Canal Company. An
amendment was offered to the Bill in Committee,
by Mr. Butler of Luzern°, and modified on motion
of Mr..Smyser, granting the right of trial by Jury
to the Contractors on the abandoned sections of
the Tunkhannuck line of the North Branch Ex
tension, was negatived, and then tho original Bill
itself was negatived, and the Chairman reported
the same to the House, and on agreeing, to the
report, the yeas were 37 nays 95. So this project
was again, for the fourth or fifth time, defeated
by the House.
Your'e respectfully, &c.
4`4444444
AN INCIDENT OMINOUS OF THE
FATE OF . THE LOCUS.
"What a fall waft there, my Countrymen!"
At the Convention held in Frederick on
Monday, at the very instant that FEtix
GRUNDY was pronouncing the name of
GEN. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
and was about saying that "it was a long
name and not much in it" down came the
whole stand and all that were on it, with a
most tremendous crash. "In—Felix 01
semper !" The "born veteran" Felix Grun
dy for once prostrated ! What a condition
fur the "democracy" to be in ! Looking up,
indeed, because they were literally and
physically, flat on their backs, and could
look no other way The platform on which
they stood, like the foundations on which
their arguments were based, was too weak,
and hence, with an alarming crush, came '
tumbling down ;
"The ponderous ruin falls;
Tumbling, with many • whirl,with thundering sound,
Down headlong oa its friends, and smokes along the
ground."
At length, from the depth emerging, like
Satan of old, from the gulf in which he had
been hurled, and cautiously examining to
feel himself, rt uninjured, this junior partner
of the much celebrated old firm of 'Holmes,
Grundy, and the devil; casting \ his baleful
glance around, with voice, thick with emo
tion exclaimed—"My fellow citizens, you
see the power of democracy crushes every
thing4before it," and never did he utter a
greater truth; for what he called "democra
cy," but what others call "loco focoism" of
the grossest character, does crush every
thing before it; the hopes, the interests,
the currency and the prosperity of the coup•
try are all alike crushed and degraded be•
fore it.
GOVERNMENT CREDIT Distiorronzo.—A
draft of the Treasurer of the United States,
.of the 20th of May, of only $lB 10, on the
receiver of public moneys at Cincinnati,
Ohio, was protested for non-payment, on the
4th inst.! So much for Van Buronismr
PArnica H. Flom Esq., late V. B. mem
ber of Congress from Harrodsburg (Ky.)•
District, has come out for Harrison, and has
made a most effective speech in hia favor.
We team• from Florida that the b114od•
hounds are about to be court martialled for
unsoldierly conduct..—Louisoille Journal.
The Journal is quite•out in its informa
tion. The court martiaL is for unparty-like
conduct, the dhge having patronised the,
bone heap of Whig. residents in Florida.
Riowit Anou'r.--Hon. Francis Baylice,
of Taunton, Mass., who was appointed
Charge to Buenos Ayres by Gen. Jackson,
has come out against Martin Van Buren,
and has accepted an invitation to address
a Whig meeting at Taunton.•
The lion. WlLti:t.it L. STORIR9, of Mid
dleton, at present one of the delegation in
Congress from Connecticut, has been op
pointed by the Legislature to fill the vacan
cy oil the bench of the Superior Court o
that State, occasioned by the resignation of
Judgo Huntington.
OLD SOLDIEC—Tbe veteran Gen. Gainei - t us
touts his brother soldier. General Harrison at New
Orleans :
By General Gaines. A perfect Union of
Principles. Principles such as animated
the Fathers of the Revolution—Principles
such as marked the charac:er of George
Washington—the first and only patriot of
America, who was indeed the President of
the United States, and never tho President
do Party. Believing Wm. Henry Hard
son will follow the footsteps of George
Washington, 1 desire that ho may be Presi•
dent of those United States.
A GREAT PERFORMANCE.-A Boston
horse, a 6 year old gelding belonging to Mr.
R. Demon—travelled 109 miles between
sunrise and sunset, on Thursday last, over
a hilly road, before a carriage which, with
the rider, weighed 470 lbs.—an achievement
for a purse of 8900. Mr. D. started from
Murdock's Hotel (Cambridge,) at 36 m.
past 4 A. M. and drove to Waltham and
back (16 miles,) in one hour 35 m.—took
breakfast and then drove to A mherst,(N. H.)
and back, (87 miles,) in all 103 miles, ar•
riving at the Hotel at 14 m. before 7 P. M.
amidst the cheers of some 4 or 500 people,
having 39 minutes to spare. The stops on
the road occupied over 3 hours.
Stops.—Four of the candidates on the
Van Buren etceteral ticket for the State of
Tennessee, HAVE DECLINED!
A Loco Foco Convention was proposed
to bo held at Springfield, Illinois, during the
present month, and great exertions were
made by the party to get Up a large gait].
ering. Finding however, no response on
the part of the people, and fearing a total
failure, the central committee have publish
ed a notice that the project IS ABANDON
ED!
The editor of the Cincinnati Advertiser,
the only Loco Foco paper to that city, has
stricken the names of Van Buren and John
son from the head of his paper, and has even
withdrawn the Van Buren Electoral Ticket!
The signs are omnious.—Harrisburg Tel.
Orr Dir.—That Mr. Van Buren has been
anxious to postpone the passage of the Sub.
treasury, alleging as a reason that.he could
accomplish more for himself and party with
that measure pending than established.—
That Mr. Calhoun had a serious interview
with Mr. Van Buren, remonstrating against
the postponement of the measure, declaring
that it was for that alone he came to his
support that he could effect nothing as his
"ally" without it, and that if he, (the Presi
dent) showed any equivocation or hesitancy
about it, he (Calhoun) could not sustain him
self in his position. Flint Mr. Van Buren
yielded through fear of losing Mr. Calhoun
--that a caucus was held after the interview,
and the bold step of abrogating the standing
rules, for the sake of keeping the Sub-trea
sury up till it passed, was resolved upon
and accordingly executed.—Mudisonian.
The New York Signal states that a gen.
tleman who arrived in that city a few days
since from Charleston, South Carolina,kept
a minute of the time taken up in performing
the journey—that is, the actual travelling
time exclusive of the stoppages in the cities,
and on counting up, ho found it amounted to
six'ythree hours.
OPINIONS OF A NEUTRAL.--ThO tie Ix
Orleans Sun, a neutral paper says, "people
want a change, and all the writings of our
editorial Whig friends cannot advance it,
and the ablest essays from the loco foco
editors cannot prevent it.
The edict has gone forth, William Henry
Harrison will be our next President, "whet.
ther for good or for evil," time can alone
disclose.
TAW
Fiona.—Howard aired Flour.--blince Mon
day fast the transactions from stores generally
have been at $4,50 to $4,58 for good oommon
brands. To-day we find the market dull and hol
ders generally asking $4,56, at which price we
note one or two sales. The receipt price is un
settled, but we believe that moat of tho flour that
ho been received has been paid for at about $4,50.
We quote at $4,44 to 4,50.
W IIEAT.—In the early part of the week a sale
or two of Pennsylvania was made at 98c. and since
then sales have been made at 95 a 97c. We quote
them to-day at 95 a 97c.
Cous.—Sales of yellow at the beginning of the
week at 47 cents, and since at 48 cents including
sales to day.
Ryz.—Sales of Pennsylvania at 48 cents—now
dull at that. We quote E. Shore Md. at 43 a 45
cents, as in quality.
O.►Te.—A sale of Pennsylvania at 28 cents.—
Sales of Aid. at 24 cents, end in an occasional in
stance at 25 cents. Virginia are et cent or two
Afadieonian
On Thursday last, at an advanced ago, Mr,
Robert 111"Laughlen, sea. of Hamiltonban town.
slip, a soldier of tho Revolutierr.
THERE have been arrangements made
for celebrating the day of our Nation•
al Independence, at NEW OXFORD; and
'the Friends of HARRISON and REFORRI
throughout the County are respectfully in
vited to attend. Several Addresses will, be
delivered by gentlemen of high political ,
standing--:the corruption of our General
and State Governments will be exposed—
and, therefore, a general attendance is•solic
ited.
17." 8. Gazette.
t
JOHN- C. ELLIS, ' COmrnittee
WM. D. 'HIMES, of
H. W. SLAGLE, Arrangeme4
June 16,,1840. 24.
.Ftrom thr lialtiindre Patriot q r Saturday last,
OBITUARY RECORD.
DIED,
4TE OP ZTIZT.
ADVERTISEMENTS
T 0 FA •
A VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT.
ripHE subscriber respectfu ll y informs the
JR- public that he has invented a new and
much improved
HonsE,POWma
AND ,
THRASHING MA,CEISTirs
Calculated for Two riciraes;
WHICH WILL THRASH UPWARDS OP
ONE HUNDRED DOZEN PER
To obviate all objections brought agninet
the plans of machines now iri use, he hal
been led to seek for a better one, both ,
ease to man and horse, and has succeeded
beyond his most sanguine expectations.--
As men are daily seeking , improvements to
lessen their labor by machinery in different
ways, the subscriber is convinced that malt
chines built upon this plan will, in a great '
measure, reduce the amount of labor; and
remove all objections which are urged
againstlhe machines now in use. These
machines are so construe led as to thrash in
the open field, or in bank barns . they can
also be removed with ease and placed under
tha over-shot, and the strap taken threbgh
the floor and attached to the machine. In
this particular these machines have a great
advantage over all others.
His work will , be done in the very best
manner; and his castings cannot be surpas
sed by any in point of durability., Being a
practical Machinist, ho flatters himself that
nothing will be wanting on hie Part to ren
der general satisfaction to nil those who
may see fit to give him a call. His shop
is in Carlisle street, n
,few doors north of
Mr. M'Clellan's Hotel.
SAMUEL H. LITTLE.
REPERENCE9.--.Wm. M'Clellan, Esq.,
Maj. S S. King, Joel It . Danner, Esq.
Gettysburg,June 10, 1840.
N. B. He will als s o furnish THRASH-
ING MACHINES, separate from the horse
power, to those who may wish them.
Vallis c ;-alit.
WILL be Exposed to Public Sale, an
v the premises, on Saturday the OM
of September next, at'l o'clock, P. M.
A FARM,
late the Estate of JOHN ELLIOTT, de
ceased,sttuate in Huntington township,about
two miles from Petersburg, Adams county,
adjoining lands of Nicholas ‘‘' ierman's heirs
and others, containing 120 Acres, more or
less; there is a sufficiency of Woodland.—
The improvements are a large
11011SEg
and Brick Bank Barn, and other 11 .
out-buildings; a young Orchard. Bermu
dian Creek runs through the Farm.
Terms will be made known ou the day of
sale by
JOHN NEF.LY, Executors.
DAVID LAREW, 5
June 16, 1840,
S ICKNESS.—There are many persona
that we daily behold,whose countenancer
and frail trembling limbs denote affliction,
which we find ha., principally originated from
neglect of proper remedies at the commence=
ment of afflictions. At first the patient com
plains of bile . on the stomach attended with
Sickness, Costiveness, 4'c. he neglects to
procure proper medicine—at length ho corn. ,
plains of pain in the side and stomach with
sour and acid eructations; his appetite. be ,
comes impaired, his rest troublesome,, his
mind harrassed, and all things around him
appear not in their proper station. He still
neglects himself, when in all probability the
disease may at length be so fast seated,that
no medical aid will replace him again. At
the first attack of sickness there should be .
"no time lost" in procuring DR. HAIL
LICH'S COMPOUND STRENGTHEN ,
ING & GERMAN APERIENT PILLS,.
which immediately remove bile from,.the.
stomach, obviate costiveness, remove disor--
ders in the head, invigorate the mind ;
strengthen the body, improve the memory,
and enliven the imagination; thus restoring
the body again to its proper functions. Prm•
cap( Office, No. 19 North Eighth street. .
For sale, in Gettysburg, at the Drug
Store of S. S. FORNEY, Agent.
June 16. 2t.
Six Cents and an old Paint
Brush Reivard • .
RANA WAY from the subscriber, about
two weeks since, an indented apprery
tice to the Chair making and Painting bus
mess, named JEREMIAH hPG AU G HY.
The subscriber hereby forewarns all persons•
from harboring said apprentice, as he is de
termined to enforce the law against any per
son so offending. The above reward, but.,
no charges or thnnks will be given for his'
arrest and delivery to•his master.
ADAM KITX:IIILLER.
Gettysburg, Juno 9, 1840.
TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED proposes will be received until'
2 o f clock, P. M. 27th of June next, for"
building a Brick Church in Litttestown,Ad-•
nms county, Pa. The plan of said' church)
will be shewn to persons wishing to propose;
by Dr. J. A. Shorb, and Jas. MiSherry Esq.
Littlestown, with whom, or with the sub..
scriberkroposals may
SPALOI,IO.,
Secretary to Boimitruecea.,
June 9,1840.
S. U. L.