General flarrigoitls Speech at
Fort Meigs.
Reported bythe Editor of Me Detroit Advertiser.
FELLOW CITIZENS—I am not, upon this
occasion, before you in accordance with my
own individual views or wishes. It has over
appeared to me, that the office of President
of the United States should not be sought
after by any individual; but that the people
should, spontaneously, and with their own
free will, accord the distinguished honor to
the man whom they believed would best poi
form its important duties. Entertaining
these views, I should, fellow citizens, have
remained at home, but for the pressing and
friendly invitation which I have received
from the citizens of Perrysburg, and the
earnestness with which its acceptation was
urged upon meby friends in whom I trusted,
and whom I am now proud to see around
me. If, however, fellow citizens, I had not
-complied with that invitation—if I had re.
marred at home—believe me, my friends,
that my spirit would have been with you ;
for where, in this beautiful land, is there a
place calculated, as this is, to recal long past
reminiscences, and revive long slumbering,
but not wholly extinguished, emotions in my
bosom ?
In casting my eyes around,follow citizens,
they rest upon the spot where the gallant
WAYNE triumphed so gloriously over his
enemies, and carried out those principles
which tt seemed his pleasure to impress up
on my mind, and in which it has ever been
my happiness humbly to attempt to imitate
him. It was there, fellow-citizens, 1 saw
the banner of the United States float in tn.
umph over the flag of the enemy. There it
was where was first laid the foundation of
the prosperity of the now wide spread and
beautiful West. It was there I beheld the
indignant Eagle frown upon the British Li
on. It was there I saw the youth of our land
carry out the lesson they imbibed from the
gallant WAYNE—the noblest and best an
American can acquire—to die for his coun
try when called to do so in its defence.
[At this moment the .speaker's eye fell
upon Gen'l Hedges, when he said: "Gen.
Hedges, will you come op here? You have
stood by my side m the hour of battle, and
I cannot bear to see you at so great a dis
tance now." Immense cheering followed
his considerate recognitioo, and the cries of
"raise him up," "place him by the side ofhis
old General," had scarcely been uttered,
when Gen. Hedges was carried forward to
the stand.]
The General continued: it was there I
saw interred my beloved companions—the
eon:mamma of my youth. It was not in
-accordance with the stern etiquette of mill
'tory life, then to mourn their departure; but
1 may now drop a tear over their graves,
Alt the recollections of their virtues and
worth.
In 1793, fellow-citizens, I received my
-commission to serve under Gen. Wayne.—
In 1794,1 was his aid at the battle of Miami.
Nineteen years afterwards, I had the honor
ofagain being associated with many of those
who were my -companions in arms then.—
:Nineteen years afterwards, I found myself
Commander-in Chief of the North Western
Army; but I found no diminution in the .bra
very of the American soldier. I found the
Game spirit of valor in all—not in the regu
lar soldier only, but in the enrolled militia
-and volunteer also.
What glorious reminiscences do the view
of all these scenes around me recall to my
'mind ! When I consented to visit this me
morable spot, I expected that a thousand
pleasant associations (would to God there
wore no painful associations mingled with
them) would be recalled—that I should meet
thousands of my fellow-citizens here—and
among them many of my old companions—
met here to rear a new altar to liberty in
the place of the one which bad men have
prostrated.
[Here the General looked around as if
for some water, when the cry was raised,
"give the General some hard cider." 'this
was done, much to the satisfaction of the
multitude.]
And fellow-citizens, (continued the Gene
ral) I will not attempt to conceal from you,
tbat,in coming here I expected that I should
receive from you, those evidences of regard
which a generous people are ever willing to
bestow upon those whom they believe to be
honest in their endeavors to serve their coun
try. I receive these evidences of regard
and esteem as the only reward at all ade
quate to compensate for the anxieties and
anguish which in the past 1 experienced up
on this spot. Is there any man of sensibili
ty, or possessing a feeling of self-respect,
who asks what those feelings were ? Do
you suppose that the Commander-in-Chief
you
bis reward in the slitter and splendor
of the camp? or in the forced obedience of
the camp around him? These are not plea
sures under all circumstances —these are
not the rewards which a soldier seeks. I
ask any man to place himself in my situa
tion, and then say whether the extreme pain
and anguish which I endured, and which
every person similarly situated must have ,
endured, can meet with any adequate com
pensation, except by such expressions of the
confidence and gratitude of the people, as
that with which you, fellow citizens have
this day honored me? These feelings are
common to all commanders of sense and
sensibility. Tho commanders of Europe
possess them, although placed at the head
of armies reared to w sr. How much more
naturally would those feelings attach to a
commander situated as I was? For of what
materials was the army composed which
was placed under my command? The sol
diers who fought, and bled, and triumphed
here, were lawyers, who had thrown up ,
their briefs—physicians, who had laid aside
their instruments—mechanics, who had put
by their tools—and, in far the largest pro
portions, agriculturalists, who had their
ploughs in the furrow, although their fami
lies depended for their bread upon their ex
ertions, and who hastened to the battle field
to give their life to their country if it were
necessary, to maintain her rights. I could
point from where I now stand, to places
where I felt this anxiety pressing heavily
upon me, as I thought of the fearful cense
quences of a mistake on my part,or the want'
of judgment on the part of others. I knew
'there were wives who had given their hus
bands to the field—mothers who had clothed
their sans for battle; and I knew that these
expecting wives and mothers were looking
for the safe return of their husbands and
sons. When to this was added the recollec
tion,that the peace of the entire West would
be broken up, and the glory of my country
tarnished if I failed, you may possibly con
ceive the anguish which my situation was
calculated to produce. Feeling my respon
sibility, I personally supervised and directed
the arrangement of the army under my com
mand. I trusted to no Colonel or other offi
cer. No person had any hand in any dig.
position of the army. Every step of warfare,
whether for good or ill, was taken under my
own direction, and ofno other, as many who
now hear me know. Whether every move
ment would or would not pass the criticism
of Bonaparte or Wellington,l know not; but
whether they would induce applause or cen
sure, upon myself it must fall.
But, fellow citizens, still another motive
induced mo to accept the invitation which
had been so kindly extended to Me. I knew
that here I should meet with many who had
fought and bled under my command—that
I should have the pleasure of taking them
by the hand, and recurring, with them, to
the scenes of the past. I expected, too, to
meet with a few of the great and good men
yet surviving, by whose efforts our freedom
was achieved. This pleasure alone would
have been sufficient to have induced my visit
to this interesting spot upon this equally in
teresting occasion. 1 see my old compan•
ions here, and I see not a few of the revolu
tionary veterans around me. Would to
God that it had ever been in my power to
have made them comfortable and happy—
that their sun might go down in peace! But,
fellow-citizens, they remain unprovided for
—monuments of the ingratitude of my coun
try. It was with the greatest difficulty that
the existing pension act was passed through
Congress. But why was it restricted? Why
were the brave soldiers who -fought under
Wayne excluded?—soldiers who suffered far
more than they who fought in the Revolution
proper. The Revolution, in fact, did not
terminate until 1794—until the battle was
fought upon the battle ground upon which
my eye now rests, (Miami.) War continued
with them from the commencement of the
Revolution until the victory of Wayne, to
which I have just alluded. The great
highway to the West was the scene of un•
ceasing slaughter. Then why this unjust
discrimination. Why are the soldiers who
terminated the war of the Revolution, in
fact, excluded,, while those by whom it was
begun, or a portion of them, are rewarded?
1 will tell you why. Tho poor remnant of
Wayne's army had but few advocates, while
those who had served in the Revolution pro-
per had plenty of friends. Scattered, as
they were, over all parts of the Union, and
in large numbers, they could exert an influ
ence at the ballflt-box; They could whisper
thus in the ears of those who sought their
influents, at the polls: "Take care,for I have
waited long enough for what has been prom.
ised. The former plea of poverty can no
longer be made. The treasury is now full.
Take care, your seat is in danger." "Oh!
yes,overy thing that has been promised shall
be attended to if you will give me your
votes." In this way, fellow-citizens, tardy,
but partial, justice was done to the soldiers
of the Revolution. They made friends by
their influence at the ballot box. But it
was different with General Wayne's sol
diers. They were but few in number, and
they had but ono dr two humble advocates
to speak for them in Congress. The result
has been, justice has been withheld.
I have said that the soldiers under Wayne
experienced greater hardships even than the
soldiers of the revolution. This is so.—
Every one can appreciate the difference be
tween an Indian and a regular war. W hen
wounded in battle, the soldier must have
warmth and shelter before he can recover.
This could always be secured by the soldier
of the revolution. In those days, the latch
string of no door was pulled in. When
wounded, be was sure to fiild shelter and
very many of those comforts which aro so
essential to the sick, but which the soldiers
in an Indian war cannot procure. Instead
of shelter and warmth, he is exposed to the
thousand ills incident to Indian warfare. Yet
no relief was extended to those who had thus
suffered !
After the war closed under Wayne, I re•
tired; and when I saw a man poorer than all
others, wandering about the land, decropid
and decayedly intemperance, it was unne
cessary to enquire whether he had over be
longed to Wayne's army. His condition was
a guarantee of what—was a sufficient assu
rance that he had wasted his energies among
the unwholesome swamps of the West,in the
defence of the rights of his fellow-citizens,
and for the maintenance of the honor and
glory of his country.
Well, fellow-citizens, I can only say, that
if it should over be in my power to pay the
debt which is due these brave but neglected
men, that debt shall first of all be paid. And
I am very well satisfied that the government
can afford it, provided the latch string of
the treasury shall ever be more carefully
pulled in. Perhaps you will ask ins for
some proof of my friendship for old soldiers.
It so, I can give it you from the records of
Congress. When the fifteen hundred dol.
lar law was repealed, 1 opposed it, as I op
posed changing the pay of members of Con
gress from six to eight dollars, until we had
dune justice to, and provided for, these sol
diers. You will find my vo:es upon this
question, among the records of Congress,
and my speech upon it,in the public deates
of the same.
I will now, fellow-citizens, give you my
reasons for ying refused to give pledges
and opinions [Fiore freely than I have done
since my nomination to the Presidency.—
Many of the statements published upon this
subject, are by no means correct; but it is
true that it is my opinion that no pledge
should be made by an individual when iii
nomination for any office in the gift of the
t People. And wh}? Once adopt it, and the
battle will no longer be to the strong—to
the virtuous— or to the sincere lover of his
country; but to him who is prepared-to tell
the greatest number of lies, and to proffer
the largest number of pledges which ho nev
er intends to carry out. 1 suppose that the
best guarantee which an American citizen
could have of the correctness of the conduct
of an individual iu the future, would be his
conduct in the past, when he had no temp
tation before him, to practice deceit.
Now, fellow-citizeus,l have not altogether
grown grey under the helmet of my country,
although 1 havo worn it for some time. A
large portion of my life has been passed in
the civil departments of government. Ex
amine my conduct there, and the most tena
cious democrat—l use the word in its proper
sense; 1 mean not to confine it to parties,
for there aro good in both—may, doubtless,
discover faults, but he will find no single act
calculated to derogate from the tights of the
people.
However, to prove tho reverse of this, I
have been called a Federalist. [Hero was
a loud cr3 of "the charge is a lie—a base
lie. You are no federalist."] Well, what
is a federalist? I recollect what the word
formerly signified, and there are many oth
ers present who recollect its former signifi
cation also. They know that the federal
party were accused of a design to strengthen
the hands of the general government at the
expense of the separate States. That ac
cusation could not nor cannot apply to me.
I was brought up after the strictest manner
of Virginian anti federalism. St. Paul him
self was not a greater devotee to the doc
trines of the Pharisees, than was I, by incli
nation and a father's precepts and example;
to anti-federalism. I was taught to believe
that, sooner or later, that fatal catastrophe
to human liberty would take place—that the
general government would swallow up all
the State governments, and that one depart
ment of the government would swallow up
all the other departments. I do not know
whether my friend Mr. Van Buren (and he
is,and I hope ever will be,my personal friend)
has a gullet that can swallow every thing;
but 1 do know, that if his measures are all
carried out,he will lay a foundation for others
to do so if he does not.
What reflecting man, fellow-citizens, can
not see this? The Representatives of the
People were once the source of power. Is
it so now? Nay. It is to the Executive
mansion now that every eye is turned—that
every wish is directed. The men of office
and party, who are governed by the princi
ples of John Randolph,to wit: the five loaves
and two fishes, seem to have their cars con
stantly directed to the bell at head quarters,
to indicate how the little ones shall ring.
But to return, I have but to remark that
my anti federalism has been tempered by
my long service in the employ of my coun
try—and my frequent oaths to support her
general government; but I am as ready to
resist the encroachments on State rights, as
I am to support the legitimate authority of
the Executive, or the general government.
Now, fellow-citizens, 1 have very little
more to say, except to exhort you to go on,
peacefully it you can—and you can—to effect
that reform upon which your hearts aro fix
ed. What calamitous consequences will
ensue to the world it you fail! If you should
fail, how the tyrants of Europe will rejoice.
If you fail, hos will the friends of freedom,
scattered, like the few planets of heaven,
over the world, mourn, when they see the
beacon light of liberty extinguished—the
light whose rays they had hoped would yet
penetrate the Whole benighted world.
If you triumph, it will only be done with
vigilance and attention. Our personal friends
but political onemies,remind each other that
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
While journeying thitherward, I observed
this motto waving at the head of a procession
composed of the friends of t ho present admin
istration. From this 1 inferred, that dis
crimination was necessary in order to know
who to watch. Under Jefferson, Madison
and Monroe, the eye of the People was tur
ned to the right source—to the administra
tion. The administration, however, now
say to the People, "Ycu must not watch us,
but you must watch the Whigs! Only do
that, and all is safe!" But that, my friends,
is not the way. The old fashioned republi
can rule is to watch the government. See
that the government does not acquire too
much power. Keep a check upon your ru
lers. Do this, and liberty is safe. And if
your efforts should result successfully, and
1 should be placed in the Presidential chair,
I shall invite a recurrence to the old repub
lican rule, to watch the administration, and
to condemn all its acts which are not in ac
cordance with the strictest mode of republi
canism. Our rulers, fellow-citizens, must
be watched. Power is Insinuating. Few
mon are satisfied with less power than they
are able to procure. If the ladies whom 1
see around me, wore near enough to hear
me, and of sufficient age to give an experi
mental answer, they would tell you that no
lover is ever satisfied with the first smile of
his mistress.
It is necessary, therefore, to watch, not
the political opponents of an administration,
but the administration itself, and to see that
it keeps within the bounds of the Constitu.
tion and the laws of the land. The Execu
tive of this Union has immense power to do
mischief, if he sees fit to exorcise that pow
er. He may prostrate the country. Indeed,
this country has been already prostrated. It
has already fallen from pure republicanism.
to a monarchy in spirit it not in name. A
celebrated author defines monarchy to be
that form of government in which the Ex
ecutive has at once the command of the ar
my, the execution of the laws and the con
trol of the purse. Now, how is it with our
present Executive? The Constitution gives
to him the control of the army,'and the ex
ecution of the laws. He now only awaits
the possession of the purse to make him a
monarch. Not a Monarch simply, with the
power of England, but a Monarch with Pow
ers of the Autocrat of Russia. For Gib
bon snys that an individual possessed of these
powers "will, unless closely watched, make
himself a despot."
The passage of the Sub-Treasury bill will
give to the President an accumulation of
power—the single additional power that the
Constitution withholds from him, and the
possession of which will make him a Mon.
arch. This catastrophe to freedom should
be, and can be, prevented, by vigilance,
union and perseveiance.
["We will do it," resounded from twenty
thousand voices, "we will do it!"]
In conclusion,then,fellow.citizens, l would
impress it upon all—Democrats and Whigs
—give up the idea of thatching each other,
and direct your eye to the Government. Do
' that, and your children and your children's
children, to the latest posterity, will be as
happy and as free as you and your fathers
have been.
[At the close of this speech, the vast mul
titude gave "three times three," with an
unanimity and heartiness which spoke elo
quently the unanimity of their sentiments
as to the force,truth and beauty of the speech
and the worth, merit and virtue of the spea
ker.]
-4 • es.—
A CALUMNY REFUTED.
SELLING WHITE NEN FOR DEBT.
This infamous charge against Gen. Hen.
'mos, which haq again and - again been
shown to be destitute of a particle of truth,
is still, wo hear, repeated by some of the un
scrupulous demagogues in the service of
the Administration. We once again, at
some inconvenience, republish a letter writ
ten by Gen. Harrison himself in 1821,when
the charge was first made, and nailing the
falsehood to the counter.
To any man who shall hereafter repeat
this calumny, we beg to say to him, as the
Louisville Journal does: "Imagine us at
your elbow, and whispering in your car,
what you have said is false and you know
it to be false."
From the Louisville Journal
To the Cincinnati Advertiser
•
Silt: In your paper of the 15th instant, I
observed a most violent attack upon eleven
other members of the late Senate, and my.
self, for a supposed vote given at the last
session for a passage of law to "sell debtors
in certain cases. If such had boon our
conduct, I acknowledge that wo should not
only deserve the censure which the writer
has bestowed upon us, but the execration of
every honest man in society. An act of
that kind is not only opposed to the princi
ples of justice and humanity, but would be
a palpable violation of the Constitution of
the State, which every legislator is sworn
to support; and, sanctioned by a House of
Representatives and twelve Senators, it
would indicate a state of depravity, which
would fill every patriotic bosom with the
most alarming anticipations. But the fact
is, that no such proposition was ever made
in the Legislature or oven thought of. The
act to which the writer alludes has no more
relation to the collection of "debts" than it
has to the discovery of longitude. It was
an act for the "punishment of offences"
against the State; and that part which has
so deeply wounded the feelings of your cor
respondent, was passed by the House of Rep
resentatives and voted by the twelve Sena
tors, under the impression that it was the
most mild and humane mode of dealing with
the offenders for whose cases it was intend.
ed. It was adopted by the House of Rep
resentatives as a part of the general system
of the criminal law, which was tl►en under
going a complete revision and amendment.
The necessity of this is evinced by the fol
lowing facts: For several years past it had
become apparent that the penitentiary sys
tem was becoming more and more burden
some at every session; a large appropria
tion was called for to meet the excess of
expenditure above the receipts of the estab
lishment. In the commencement of the
session of 1820, the deficit amounted to
near $20,000.
This growing evil required the immedi
ate interposition of some vigorous legisla
tive measure. Two were recommenddd as
being likely to produce the effect; first,
placing the Institution under better man
agement; and, secondly, lessening the num
ber of convicts who were sentenced for short
periods,and whose labor was found,orcourse,
1 to be most unproductive. In pursuance of
the latter principle, thefts to the amount of
$5O or upwards were subjected to punish
ment in the penitentiary instead of $lO,
which was the former minimum sum. This
was easily done. But the great difficulty
remained, to determine what should be the
punishment of those numerous larcenies be
low the sum of $5O. By some, whipping
was proposed; by others, punishment by
hard labor in the county jails; and by others,
it was thought best to make them work on
the highways. To all these there appear.
ed insuperable objections. Fine and im
prisonment were adopted by the House of
Representatives as the only alternative; and,
as it is well known these vexatious pilferings
were generally perpetrated by the more
worthless vagabonds in society, it was ad
ded that, when the) could not pay thefines
and costa which are always part of the sen
tence and punishment, their services should
be sold out to any person who would pay
the finesend costs for them. This was the
clause that was passed, ns I believe, by an
unanimoes vote of the House and stricken
out in the Senate in opposition to the twelve
who have been denounced. A little further
trouble in examining the journals would
have shown your correspondent that this
was considered as a substitute for whipping,
which was lost only by a single vote in the
Senate, and in the House by a small major
ity, atter being once passed.
I think, Mr. Editor, I have said enough
to show that this obnoxious law would not
have applied to "unfortunate debtors ofsixty.
four years," but to infamous offenders who
depredate upon the propeity of their fellow
citizens, and who, by the Constitution of
the State, as well as the principle of exist
ing laws, were sobject to involuntary ser
vitude. I must conleso I had no very san•
guine expectations of a beneficial effect from
t`►is measure, as it would apply to convicts
who had attained the age of maturity; but I
had supposed that a woman or a youth who,
convicted of an offence, remained in jail for
the payment of the fine and costs imposed,
might with great advantage be transferred
to the residence of some decent, virtuous,
private family, whose precept and example
would gently lead them back to the paths
of rectitude.
1 would appeal to the candor ofyour cor
respondent to say whether, if there were an
individual confined under the circumstances
have mentioned, for whose fate he vi as in
terested, he would not gladly see him trans
ferred from the filthy enclosure of a jail, and
the still more filthy inhabitants, to the com•-
fortable mansion of some virtuous citizen,
whose admonitions would cheek his vicious
propensities, and whose authority over him
would be no more than is exercised over thou•
sands of apprentices in• our country and
those bound servants which are tolerated in
our as well as every other State in the
Union. Far from advocating the abomina
ble principles attributed to me by your cor
respondent, I think that imprisonment for
debt, under any circumstances but that
where fraud is alleged, is at war with the
best principles of our Constitution, and
ought to be abolished.
I am, sir, your humble servant,
NM. H. HARRISON.
NORTH BEND, Dec. 12, 1821.
SOUND ADVICE.
The following elegant paE sago we extract
from the Pastoral Letter of the most Reve
rend, the Archbishop of Baltimore, and the
Right Reverend Bishops of the Roman
Catholic Church in the United ,States of
America; assembled in Provincinal Council,
in the city of Baltimore, in the month of
May, 1840, to the Clergy and Laity of their
charge.—New York Paper.
"And here, beloyee brethren, whilst we
disclaim all right to interfere with your
judgment in the political affairs of our com
mon country and are far from entertaining
the wish to control you in tho constitutional
exercise of your freedom—we cannot, in jus
tice to ourselves refrain from addressing to
you a few observations equally demanded by
the love that we bear to our civil and politi
cal institutions, and the obligations of moral
ity. You cannot but be aware that our
views and sentiments,respecting the political
parties which divide our national councils,
are as little in harmony as are your own, or
those of any other religious body in our land.
You cannot therefore, attribute our moni
tion to any political bias, nor entertain the
suspicion that it is meant to produce any
political effect. Our object is exclusively
the respectability of our land, the stability
of our constitution, the perpetuation of our
liberties, and the preservation of pure and
undefiled religi*.
The periods Which precede our great elec
tions are unusually marked by extraordina
ry excitement. Associations are formed,
committees are appointed, clubs are organi
zed, party spirit is excited, the tongue and
pen are embittered by virulence, truth Is
degraded, and more melancholy and more
censurable still, freemen of every religious
denomination, electors, upon the proper ex
ercise of whose judgment we receive states.
men who may save our republics as from
ruin, or who may degrade them in the eyes
of the world, and may destroy our peace and
liberty; voters upon whose virtues and pru
dence our dearest rights depend, are brutal
ized by pampering their meanest passions,
are by vile bribery debased to the lowest
grade of infamy and recklessness; and thus
what was meant to be a blesssing is turned
into a curse.
Beloved brethren, flee from this contam
ination, keep aloof from these crimes; reflect
that you are accountable not only to society
but to God, for the honest, independent and
- fearless exercise of your own franchise, that
it is a trust confided to you not for your own
private gain. but for the public good, and
that if yielding to any undue influence you
act, either through favor, affection or the
motives of dishonest gain, against your own
deliberate view of what will promote your
country's good,you have violated your trust,
you have betrayed your conscience, and you
are a renegade to your country. Do thee,
we entreat you, avoid tho contaminating
influence of political strife, keep yourself
aloof from the pestilential atmosphere. in
which honor, virtue. patriotism end religion
perish; and be assured that our republics
can never be respected abroad, nor sustained
at home save by an uncompromising adhe.
rence to honor, to virtue, to patriotism,
and
to religion. How o ft en have we ha d to
weep over the havoc of morals, and the
wreck of religion which political excite.
ment has produced.
This letter is signed by
t SAMUEL, Archbishop of Baltimore.
t BENEDICTJOSEPILBtShOp of Bardstown•
fJOHN, Bishop of Charleston.
JOSEPH, Bishop of St. Louis.
BENEDICT, Bishop of Boston.
t MICHAEL, Bishop of Mobile.
t I' s RANCIS PATRICK, Bishop of Arath,
Coadjutor of Philadelphia.
t JOHN BAPTIST, Bishop of Ciocinnati.
t ANTHONY, Bishop of New Orleans.
MATHIAS, Bishop of Dubuque.
.1
RICHARD Pius, Bishop of Nashville.
CELESTIN, Bishop of Vincennes.
The Philadelphia Inquirer relates an aw
ful instance of sudden death which occurred
in that city on Tuesday. It appears that
Mr. John North, a respected member of the
Society of Friends,had attended the Friends'
meeting house, on Sixth and Noble streets,
where he addressed the congregation. His
voice was observed to be somewhat louder
than usual, and slightly altered in tone.—
During his address, it became more feeble,
mane at length sat down—was seized with
a fit—fainted—fell—and was carried to his
residence on a 'settee, where he died imme
diately after his arrival. Mr. N. was about
forty years of ago, and was esteemed and
respected by all who knew him, for the•good
qualities of his heart, and the virtuous and
exemplary conduct of his life.
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A vein of lead, about two feet thick and
yielding 70 per cent. has been discovered
in a limestone quarry, ten miles Crum Sun
bury, Pa,
GEN. HARRIsoN AR ABOLITIONIST.—The
Laces insist upon thia-L-and we admit that
the General will be an abolitionist• of the
first water; alter the 4th of March next.
He will abolish all sinecuted.
ao will abolish all extravagance in the
public expenditures.
He will abolish all hankering for Kingly
power.
He will abolish all effort, on the part of
office holders, to make a king of the Presi.
•
dent.
Ho will abolish this thing of a specie cur
rency for the office holders and paper cur
rency for the people.
Ile will abolish all attempts to raise a
large standing army in time of peace.
He will abolish the Florida war and the
bloodhounds.
lie will abolish all tyranny and oppres.
sion upon the people.
He will abolish the efforts making to ro
duce the wages of the poor man, and to
make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Ho will abolish loco focoism.
Ho will, in fine, be a•most thorough go
ing abolitionist—such a one as lie was last
war when he abolished and demolished
British and Indians wherever they shewed
their faces.
Now Messrs. Office holders, how do you
iko Gen. Harrison's abolitionism?
A Towmanr.—The census in Windsor
township, Berks - coUnty,haa just been taken
with the following result:
Males, 1370. Females, 1221. Total
2591. Number of Horses, 1338. Cattle,
1966. Sheep, 587. Hogs, 6292. Poul
try, 3661.
Produce in 1839. Wheat, 19,221 bush
els. Rye, 18,731 bushels. Indian Corn,
14,045 bushels. Oats, 21,883 bushels.—
Buckwheat, 2,739 bushels. Potatoes, 11,-
559 bushels. Hay, 2010 tons. W 001,622
pounds.
The population of Windsor, in 1830,was
2298. Increase, 293. The population of
Berks county, in 1830, was 53,857. If the
general increase is in proportion to that of
Windsor township, the whole population
now amounts to 60,160.
DEATH OF SEVEN HUNDRED SLAVES.-
The Cnpo of Good Hopo Shipping List con
tains the following dreadful account of the
lose of 700 slaves, and subsequent wreck of
the slaver:—
“The last accounts from the Mozambique
state that two slavers, one a ship and the
other a brig, were wrecked in Mozambique
harbor during a hurricane from the south
east, but the crews of both and 200 slaves
on board the brig were saved. The ship
had arrived the preceding day, and had not
taken in slaves. It was reported of the
brig, which was commanded by a Spaniard,
that she originally had on board nine hun
dred slaves, but during a hurricane the
hatches were battened down, and on open
ing them after tho hurricane had subsided,
it was discovered that 300 of the slaves had
died from suffocation and want of food
The gale re-commencing, the hatches were
battened down a second time, the conse
quence of which was an additional three
hundred slaves perished from the same cau
ses, and 100 of the remaining 300 slaves
died on the passage to Mozambique harbour,
whither she repaired for the purpose of get
, flog a further supply.
MORE CUANOES.—The P'rtland Argus
contains a letter, signed by FORTY-TWO Of
the citizens of the towns of Baldwin and
Sebago, who have heretofore supported the
administrations of Jackson and Van Buren,
but who have been compelled, as they say,
by the measures of Mr. Van Buren,to with
draw from his support,--.addressed to Fran
cis 0. J. Smith, Esq. and requesting him to
deliver an address to them on the 4th of
July next. Mr. Smith has consented.
TWENTR•SEVENTH CorioßEss.—The elec
tion of 3 Representatives to the next Con
gress, takes place in Louisiana on the 6th
of July ensuing. Illinois elects 3 members
on the 3d of August. Vermont 5 members
on the ]et of September. Maine 8 members
September 14th. Georgia 9 members Oc
tober sth. Pennsylvania 28 members, and
Ohio 19 members, on the 13th of October.
New York and New Jersey elect in Novem
ber; and in the course of the same month
the choice of Presidential Electors is to be
of throughout the United States.
A DREADFUL OUTRAGE.—We are infor
med, says the Peoria Register, that four
horse thieves were captured about two weeks
ago in lown Territory, somewhere nenr Da
venport, one of whom was instantly hung
up to a tree, where he had remained four
days, and was being consumed by carrion;
another was shot, and the remaining two
mutilated and set at liberty. We have heard
no further particulars,and trust, for the hon
or of the fur west, that the story is exagge.
rated.
PARDONING. — Governor Seward, of New
York, has refused the request of a largo
number of the citizens of Bufiklo (or the
pardon of Rathbun, the forger. 'The opin
ions laid down by the Governor are eminent
ly sound. He considers the character and
standing of the culprit in society previous
to his discovery as forming the strongest ar
gument why the law should be strictly and
vigorously enforced against him. Were
big culprits thus treated always,tho constant
records of crime which disgrace out annals
might be in semo degree abbreviated.
[North .4mericaq.
Certain persons in New York have ra•
cently been tried (and pronounced guilty by
a jury) for combining together to extort
money from the Rev. Mr. Verren, tho pas.
for of the French (Episcopal) church in that
city, by forging letters and other writings
which contained assertions and confessions
of nets very inconsistent with the character.
of a good man. These they threatened to
publish unless he would pay them a largo
sum of money; audits hp relusod, they were
published.— V. S. qaTette.
REPUBLICAN BANNER.
G ETTYSEIURG June, 30, 1810.
PEOPLEIS'C.I.NDIDJITES.
FOR FRESIDF.NT,
GEN. WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
FOR VICE•PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
Our Ranner.—"We uevz rcurra TUX
nno•n nAciEn OF LIUEBTT •Ra •rUE CoN-
RTITUTION TO THE nnEEzz, 'NBEIIIIIEII WiTII
THE I NEPIOINO WORIN :—ONE PRESIDEN
TIAL TERM—THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERVANTS—THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC MONEY—AND THE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
n• - •Wo have been requested to state that
the etores in this place will be closed on the 41/i
of July.
Wo aro indebted to the Hon. James Cooper
and Charles Naylor for a number of important
public papers. ,'
Gen. liarrison's Speech.
We ask an attentive perusal of Gen. Harrioon's
speech at Fort Mcigs, which will be found on the
proceeding pogo. The noble and patriotic senti
ments which it contains will render it well worthy
tho attention of all, and will, no doubt, be duly
appreciated by the honest, intelligent and patriot
lo of all parties.
Hoe Con. Harrison's lettter, addressed to the
Editor of the Cincinnati Advertiser published in
to-day'i, paper. It contains a direct refutation of
the charge of his having voted to sell white men
into slavery for debt.
Bankrupt Mill.
The Bill to establish a uniform system of bank.
ruptey throughout the United States passed the
f Senate on Thursday last, by a vote of 21 to 19,
and was sent to the House. The act does not
tako effect until the fourth of February next, and
tho creditors of every bankrupt must have per
sonal or written notice of the proceedings in bank
ruptcy.
The contest is at hand.
Our friends are buckling on their armor, and
placing their champions in the field. The nomi
nations have commenced. The Harrison party in
Union county have nominated James Merrill for
Congress, and Pier Middleswarth for Assembly.
In Allegheny, they have nominated Henry M.
Breckenridge, Esq. to fill the vacancy in the pres
ent Congress, occasioned by the resignation of
lion. Richard Bid]le; Wm. W. Irwin, Esq. for
the 27th Congress, and Messrs. George Dumb:),
W. Dilworth, Isaac Lightener and Daniel E. MC
C ordy, for the State Legislature. These counties
go it for Tip in earnest.
UNITED STATES BANK.--Joseph Cotyperevaile,
Esq. has resigned his place as Cashier of this In
stitution. Mr. C. has since been elected to fill a
vacancy in the Board of Directors. In order to
reduce the expenses of the Bank, the offices of the
three Assistant Cashiers have been vacated, and
several other changes have taken place in the mi
nor offices, by which the institution will save some
$50,000 or $lOO,OOO per annum. Alexander
Lardner, Esq. was on the 23d inst: elected Cash
ier of tho Bank in tho room of Mr. Cowporwaiie.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says—" This is an ex
cellent selection, and will, wo doubt not, afford
very general satisfaction to the stockholders and
friends of the Institution. Mr. L. is thoroughly
acquainted with the monetary and commercial re
lations of this country, and enjoys tho confidence
of our busidess community in an eminent degree."
Stacking Out.
Tho Compiler refuses to publish Mr. Williams'
letter and Gon. Harrison's reply, unless under cer
tain conditions; while in his same paper, stuck
in ono corner, is to be found a partial publication
of it—a garbled extract taken from the Globe.—
In the same way ho might prove the most execra
ble tenets of Infidels wore true christianity—the
grossest perversions of Holy Writ might ho prov
ed to be sound commentaries on the scriptures.
Possibly a part was intended to represent the
whole. We must have the whole, or none. Hon
esty is the best policy.
Van Duren's Standing Army.
Gon. Van Duren, who procured the importation
of a regiment of Blood-hounds to fight his exter
minating battle against the Indiins in the Florida
service, has since this experiment changed his
ideas of the militia system, and now desires to es
tablish a STANDING ARMY of two hundred
thousand men, over which he is to have the con.
trol. Hero is his grasp at the sword—the purse
will soon be in his power, by the operation of the
darling Sub-Treasury—and then look out free
men! Give any man these two levers of power,
and Republicanism will bid a final adieu to the
land of Columbus. Patrick Henry predicted it,
and so sure as that great man lived it will be veri-
Tied. Hazard not thie experiment— reject it while
you may. The Secretary of War has reported it
i fur adoption. The President has approved it; and
log re-election will secure its going into execution.
ICO3IreSS.
!rho Suh,Trcosury Dill is still under discussion
j r the House, We are gratified to seethe follow
ing notico of our Representative in that body.—
voiep has been raised to some purpose against
t h e pill. The correspondent of the I,laltitnore
p a t r iot thus writes under date of the 2.2 d lust;
Op !louse; niter some 'miscellaneous
businep of little importance, res.olved itself
into Committee of the %V hole, CU r. Ranks,
of Va. ip the Chair,) and resumed the con
sideration of the Son TpE.44urty Btu,.
Mr. COOPIM, of l'a. took the floor, and
made a very able .and efTectire speech, in
opposition to the measure. He commented
with great severity on the practices and I
doctrines of the party in power; and the
federal loco Incas found his animadversions
so hot, that they were prompted to raise
vexatioini points of order, and cut him off in
ihe midst of this portion of his remarks. •
Judging from the manner in which the repor.
tars of the House and numerous Washington cor
respondents speak of Mr. Cooper,we are warranted
in saying, that, although but entering upon public
life, and subject to all the disadvantages and back
wardness which are felt by a now member in that
body, he is an able, faithful and fearless public
servant. Hie connection with the War Depart.
mem, (being a member of that committee) has
brought to his knowledge many of the corrupt
schemes of the government. It is the presentation
of these corruptions of the Administration—the
knowledge of which arises from personal investi
gation into OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS—that our rep
resentative, summoning to the task his acknowl
edged ability, makes such expositions as are well
calculated to rouse the ire of conscience sfricken
convicts, and cause them to spring their °Ana, to
escape the lashes they receive from him. Ero a
second term has passed, Pennsylvania will have
discovered that in Mr. Cooper she has one of her
ablest representatives, who already is a terror to
Loco Pecos.
Wo hope to see Mr. Cooper's speech published,
that we may present it to our readers at an early
day.
P. S. Since writing the above, we learn from
the Madisonian, that on Friday last, ~M r. Clifford,
of Maine, offered a resolution, which was agreed
to, ordering that the bill shall be taken out of Com
mittee of the Whole on Monday next, and, on the
following day, be taken up in the House, and
considered, until finally disposed of. It is proba
blo, therefore, that this distinguishing measure of
the Administration of Martin Van Buren, con
demned and rejected as it has been over and over
again by the people, will become the law of the
land on Tuesday or Wednesday next."
[Mannoun.
"The Gold Spoon Candidate."
Wo are gratified to hear the general interest
that is felt in perusing the article to be found on
the second page of our last paper, with the above
caption. Wo neglected to point to it then as a
faithful, yet alarming representation of the domes
tic conveniences and extravagances of our Repub
lican President. If any have failed to read it let
them refer to the paper and learn in what manner
much of the people's money is expended. The
Hon. Charles Ogle is the very man to exhibit in
their true color the trappings which decorate the
walls and table of the Palace. Coming from
among the "frosty sons of thunder" ho would find
but little use at a intrasa TA nLE for Fanny Kern
ble finger glasses, damask napkins, hunches of ar
tificial flowers, costing $lOO each, pyramids of
finery, (COSTING ONLY FOUR THOUSAND DOL
LAHS,) GOLDEN curios, holding golden candle
sticks, &c. &c., to the end of the catalogue. We
aro informed Mr. Ogle is preparing his speech
for circulation. Mr. Van Bine* fricnds•ahould
tako some precaution to stoji•'this business of
allowing speeches like Mr. Ogle's to get among
the people, else their popularity might suffer.
Probably, a point of order! could be raised.
Tho Canal Commissioners have appointed Mr.
JACOB ZIBOLEII, to ho superintendent anti dis 7
bursing officer of claims on the Gettysburg Rail
Road.
The Pan Buren Party.
Perhaps no party that over existed in any coun
try, so far forgot the rights of the people, and des
pised public opinion, as the present dominant par
ty in the United States. Forgetting that they aro
the mere servants of the people, they plunder
them with the most impudent and shameless no
toriety. So confident ore they that the force of
party names will protect them in their infamous
poculations that they do not oven strive to cover
under decent pretences their public robbery. From
Van 'Buren down to Porter, wasteful extravagance
and unhesitating corruption are the same. From
the Globe down to the Keystone, the Compiler
and the Iron Gray, the same means—falsehood,
forgery, and calumny--are used to deceive and
betray the people. The same heartless attacks
upon the war-worn soldier, the Hero of Tippeca
noe, issue from the mouths of the hungry, gor
mandizing Kendall and Blair, who would swallow
a nation; of Barrett, Packer, Parke and Johnston,
who have swallowed and swamped a State; and
of Lefever and ltif'Clean, who would be content
to luxuriate on the hide and tallow of a flea.
Van Buren squanders thousands of dollars of
the people's money in gold spoons, knives, forks,
plates, and littlo gold-negroes to hold his candle
sticks. Ile spends millions to conquer the rem
nant of a tribe of Indians, who, instead of being
conquered, generally kill our men, and chase our
dog-soldiers. Ho appoints Sub-Treasurers to ab
scond with our money; and then tries to reduce
the price of labor to 12} cents per day, to help the
Southern nabobs. Ho increases the expenses of
government from twelve millions to forty millions
of dollars, and issues, continental money to pay it.
lie breaks down the tariff, which protected home
industry, that French silks and carpets, and Eng
lish cloths and iron might drive the American
fabrics out of the market; and by thus destroying
the manufactories of this country he reduces the
price of grain to one-half its former value.
But David Rittenhouse Porter, conceiving his
veins to be filled with as noble blood as Van Bu
ton's, scorns to suffer himself to bo eclipsed by
any of the views or follies which distinguish the
President. Elected under professions the most
thoroughly radical; threatening to destroy the
Bank of the United States, and chain up the oth
ers, be is no sooner installed amidst the ycllings of
a mob, than he deserts his party and his principles,
takes tho bounty, throws his protecting shield
over tho "monster" and the whole brood of little
serpents, and applies the rebuking lash to the
whole pack of cringing obarn-burners," who, in
obedience to the profesacd principles of their lead
ers, were shaking the • monster" to death. And
finally, to demonstrate how often ho could play
the hypocrite, and how often ho could deceive the
people, on the last moment of the session of the
Legislature, ho sends in a message censuring them
for not effecting that very "bank reform" from
which he had scourged them like yelping curs!—
He increases the State Debt (in sixteen months)
from $25,000,000 to $40,000,000 ! He appoints
more than treble the number of officers on the
public works than was over appointed before, and
increases the coat of repairs from $300,000 to
$BOO,OOO a year, Ho effects a divorce between
the State and the Banks by repealing all the pen
elites which compelled those institutions to pay
cash for their notes, and then borrows $5,000,000
of their irredeemable paper to pay to contractors
and laborers ! !! And to consummate the glory
of his first . year, and shcw the people what they
have to e;pect, ho !aye a Otir of t 4 MILLION OF
DOLLARS on every taxable thing, even down
to pole, kettles, spoons, fingcr•rings, and beds!—
Truly this is a blessed Administration, when the
government lives by borroWing and taxation; and
the people can find no market for their produce.
As a fitting accompaniment to the acts of the Gov
ernor, his Loco Foco Legislature voted themselves
pay at the rate of three dollars per day during
the time they were at home attending to their
own business.
But wo will stop, or tho people will hardly be•
lieve even those recorded acts of shame.
Our Proposition .Igain!
We intimated, in a former article, that it would
bo appropriating our columns to stereotype matter,
were we to follow up each week the slanders
which aro put on foot and published against Gen.
Harrison. Were we to refute them to-day beyond
all cavilling, they would bo blazoned forth in the
columns of a next week's paper, and the world
challenged to contradict re TIME DARE! Wo
have marked this mode of warfare, and deem it
well adapted to the purpose for which it was in
tended. In our paper of the 16th inst., we made
a formal request of "the party" who are opposing
our candidate through the Compiler,to sum up and
distinctly set forth In the next number of their
paper,all their charges against Gen. Harrison; in the
same number we requested that paper to publish the
letter from Hon. J. L. Williams to Gen. Harrison,
concerning the alleged keeping committee, with
an extract from the General's reply. The first
request is unanswered! And why? Evidently
for shame of themselves, lest they should be de
tected in endorsing, as their own, slanders, which
by the honest of their own party, are pronounced
as meriting "the scorn and reprobation of every
community in which the grateful remembrance of
generous deeds is not a crime." To the second
request we have the promise of publication, if we
will publish "the proceedings in the Senate of
Ohio on the motion to strike out of a certain Bill
the provision to sell white men as slaves." Wo
suppose the Editor refers to "on act for the pun
ishment of offences against the State;" but never
having seen it, ho adopts the phrases'of his friends
and gives it another color.
If Gem "Harrison is not esteemed by the Com
piler as a falsifier, and as wilfully misrepresenting
transactions in public life in which ho was en actor,
then our part of the proposition is performed.—
We were publishing at the time, and now send
forth the identical record of the proceedings which
we arc required to publish, under the hand of the
General himself, written in 1821, when none of
the political heat which now ferments the country
had mado_its appearance; at a time when there
was to intimation that he would be before the
people as a candidate for the highest office in the
nation's gift, or that his life and character would
be the subject of public scrutiny for which be must
needs hold himself in readiness. If the veracity
of the author is questioned, SAT so,without equiv
ocation; if there is any garbling of facts, say so;
if It is not true, say that Gen. William H. Harri
son has LIED to the world. But if it is true, as
we avow it to be, we have accepted and complied
with the "proposition" of the Compiler. Let us
see it complied with on his part; and, along side
of the letter of Mr. Williams and the General's
answer, lot ]rim publish, IY IRE DARE, this letter of
Gen. Harrison to the Cincinnati Advertiser, con
taining the proceedings in the Senate and House
of Representatives of Ohio, on "an act for the
punishment of offences." We hope to see it
forthcoming, without any quibbling. Let there
ho no backing out.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Extract of a Letter from a friend in Washington,
to the Editor, dated,
WAIIIIINGTOW, Juno 22, 1840.
The House of Representatives is still discussing
the Sub Treasury Bill, which will occupy them
till the train band will receive its orders, when it
will be made a law of the land. Your representa
tive did himself honor this morning in a speech of
nearly two hours' length iu opposition to the bill.
Mr. Cooper being a new member, and known to
have talents of a high order, and not having occu
pied the floor for any length of time this session,
there was a general stir when ho arose, and the
members gathered around him and listened to him
with much interest till ho closed. I need not tell
you that Mr. Cooper did justice to himself and the
people who sent him here. The speech showed
a thorough knowledge of the subject, and gave
correct views of the practical effects of this scheme
on the country at large. Ho spoke of the experi
ments which the administration has been making
on the currency, and proved conclusively that all
the distress and commercial embarrassments with
which we are visited aro chargeable to the mea
sures of the administration. Those of our farmers
who wish to know why it is that the price of their
produce has been struck down to half its real value,
should read Mr. Cooper's speech.
It is the daily cry of the loco-locos that the
banks aro the cause of our difficultiev, end they
think by keeping up the hue and cry against those
institutions to shut the eyes of the people to the
true causes of the distress which has visited every
portion of our country. But a spirit of inquiry
has been aroused among the people, and they look
beyond the empty assertions of the loco-Coco press;
they aro beginning to see who it was that destroy
ed public confidence, and gave to a few banks the
power to speculate and abuse the confidence of the
public—they know who it was that promised us
the silk. net purses with the gold eagles shining
through the interstices, end they know how that
promise has been fulfilled. They begin to see
that tho sub-treasury is nothing more or less than
an immense Government Bank, through which
the retainers of the President are to be rewarded
f n their devotion in gold and silver, while farmers
and mechanics are to take any thing that brokers
and shavers may choose to give them. They have
seen a member of the cabinet come down from his
high station, and mount the tripod to deal, out
abuse to one of the best men our country has ever
produced. They have seen the President himself
prostitute the power vested in him for the protec
tion of our common country to the promotion and
continuance of his own power. They have seen
him recommend the establishment of a power
never before heard of in this country, and which,
if carried into operation, would place the liberties
of the people at the disposal of one man. They
have seen high-handed acts of tyranny and base
subserviency to power in the halls of our National
Legislature, which tell them in language not to
be misunderstood what we aro to expect if the
present administration is kept in power. But we
hope for better things in future, and a return of
prosperity by the refusal of the people to keep in
power those who have so treacherously violated
their trust. • •
Flour is selling at Baltimore at ft 87i
MR. HUNT/IR, VIZ SPEAKER.—The edi
tor of the Richmond Enquirer, in the des
peration to which he [lnds his party driven,
is claiming every prominent Whig as a
Loco Foco, who, from his peculiar position
or indisposition to take an active part its
politics, will not come out in the papers and
denounce the Administration and its imbe
cile head. Last week it laid violent hands
on Mr. R. M. T. tinnier, tho Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and several other
distinguished risen, citizens of Kentucky.—
The latter have no: yet had an opportunity
of replying to the slander; but the former
has, and hence, in the Enquirer of Tuesday,
we have the following:
"We stated in the last Enquirer, on what
we conceived to be unquestionable author
ity, that Mr. R. M. T. Hunter, Speaker of
the House of Representatives, had declared
his intention to vote for. 511. Van Buren.—
We are now authorized to state that this is
a mistake; that his private vote is tincom
mitted—unpledged to any one. But Mr.
Hunter is no Harrison man; and we have
not the most distant idea that he will vote
for him."
The last portion of this paragraph is alto
gether gratuitous. In his present peculiar
position, Mr. Hunter deems it improper to
become a partisan in the political contest
for the Presidency; but the attempt to draw
the inference, from his determination to
occupy a neutral and independent position,
that he is opposed to Gen. Harrison, is the
effort alone of the editor of the Enquirer,
and not of his party at Washington. They
know that Mr. Hunter is no Van Buren
man, and they "have not the most distant
idea that he will vote for him." In this
they are agreed with the Whigs, who also
know, that without falsifying all the profes
sions of his political life, Mr. Hunter cannot
vote for Mr. Van Buren; and further, they
approve and applaud the determination of
Mr. Hunter to remain neutral in the contest,
and not to use the influence of his station to
party ends.
STILL THEY COME.—The Newark (Ohio)
Gazette &the 10th inst. publishes a Decla
ration of Independence signed by twenty
one former supporters of the present ruinous
administration, citizens of St. Alban's town
ship, Licking county. After a short and
eloquent recital of griovances,they "solemn
ly declare themselves absolved from all al
legiance to Van Buren,and that all political
connexion between us .s, and of right ought
to be dissolved."
The Portsmouth Tribune of June sth
publishes a card dated "Etna Furnace,
Lawrence county, May 25," signed by
twenty persons, imparting the information
that, "many of their old friends having gone
over to the Whig ranks," they have conclu •
ded to follow suit! The place from whence
these men date their card shows the nature
of their employment and their character as
citizens.
Tho Cadiz Organ, Harrison county, pub
lishes the renunciation of five more imprac
ticables! They assign as their reason for
a chaoge', that they are “fired of promises,"
and wouldlike a little more PRACTICE!!
Alas for the party!
INDIANA.-A Van Buren Elector out
for Old Tip!—We find the following let
ter in the last Louisville Journal:
To the Editors of the LotasvilleJournal.
Some time since, in my absence from In
diana, my name was placed as a candidate
for Elector in the 2nd Congressional Dis
trict of Indiana among the Van Buren can
didates for that office. Seeing my name
thus published in the Wabash Inquirer a
Van Buren paper—l forthwith addressed a
letter to the editor, saying to him, that I did
not thank them for the nomination; inform
ing him at the same time, that I was raised
by an honest farmer, and that thieving was
not in fashion when I settled and fixed on
my principles, and that believing them fix
ed and based upon constitutional and correct
grounds, it would be incompatible with the
doings of this administration for my name
to be used. This statement I wished to be
published in the Inquirer, where my name
was placed, but it was not, and in some
prints it still stands as an administration
candidate.
Your'e,
GEORGE SECRETS.
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A DEEr GAME.—The deepest trick of a
villain that we have recently met, is recor
ded in one of the Philadelphia papers. A
young gentleman of respectable appearance
accidently stumbled into a splendid china
store in Chesnut street, Philadelphia, break
ing one of the large plate glass windows.—
He walked into the store and coolly inqui•
red what damage he bad done, and was in.
formed that the plate glass cost twenty dol
lars. He presented an hundred dollar bill
and received his change, eighty dollars,and
deliberately walked off. The note proved
to be a counterreit.
HAIL STOR3I.—We learn that a severe
storm passed through a portion of this coun
ty on the afternoon of the 18th inst. In the
neighborhood of Evansburg much damage
was done to the crops by a tall of hail, and
trees and fences were prostrated, and in
some instances buildings unroofed, by the
violence of the wind. It extended some
distance eastward, but the path of its vio.
lence was very limited in width. •
Norristown Free Press.
OLD Ties PROBrECT9.-14' hot aro ''Old
Tip's" prospects now? said a Van Buren
man to us the other day. We replied that
one of the leading members of the. Van Bu
ren Central Committee in Richmond, had
said that "Old Tip would certainly be the
next president;" and that six of the Georgia
delegation in Congress, viz: J. C. Alford,
Wro. C. Dawson, Richard W. Habersham,
Thomas Butler King, E. S. Neebit, and
Lett Warren, hnd written a letter to their
constituents in favor of the claims of "Old
Tip" for the Presidency, in consequence of
which the State bad unanimously renomi
nated them again for the same office; while
the other three members of Congress from
that State who chug to the man that sports
a Northern scull ctip with a southren cue
tied to it, they did not touch with a ten foot
pole. Our friend did not seem to like such
prospects, and walked ofT like a man with a
flea in his ear.—Charlottesville (Va.) Rep.
THE HERO OP NEW ORLEANS AND THE
HERO OF TILE THAMES.—We copy the fol•
lowing from the Nashville Whig. We are
glad to be permitted to believe that Gen.
Jackson is not altogether as destitute of
magnanimity as some of the miscreant lea
ders of his party:
"We have recently heard it hinted, on
respectable private authority, that General
Jackson, though opposed of course to the
election of General Harrison to the Presi•
dency, is far from endorsing the abuse and
rudeness displayed by a portion of the Ad
ministrati6ti party towards that warn-worn
patriot. The foul epithet of "coward," he
is said to especially deprecate, as being
wholly unwarranted by the conduct of Gen.
Harrison during the war."
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.—The Na
tional Intelligoncer says:
Mr. Rush, of the American Legation in
London, and Mr. Schenley, of England,
arrived in this city on Saturday—the for
mer with despatches from our Minister in
England, and the latter with despatches for
the British Minister here. We are glad to
find that an impression prevails, which we
incline to think a well founded one, that the
general tone and aspect of the communica
tions from our Minister in England are de
cidedly pacific touching the North-eastern
Boundary question.
THE WlNNEBAOoEB.—Despatches recei
ved by the War Department from Brig.
Gen. Atkinson, announce the peaceable
removal of the whole body of the Winneba
go Indians, numbering about seventeen hun
dred, of the bands of the Portage,from whom
resistance was at one time apprehended.—
The presence of one thousand regulars con
tributed to this desirable result. General
Atkinson : proceeds in person to attend to the
final settlement of those Indians on the land
allotted to them west of the Mississippi
river.
Loco Foco RESPECT FOR THE MECIIAN-
Ics.—The Mechanics and the Laborers are
leaving the ranks of the Loco locos so fast,
that they can no longer conceal their vin
dictiveness, and in place of lauding the me
chanic and the laborer, as they previously
have done, just before an election, they
now come out with such resolutions as the
following at their meetings—this one was
passed at a late meeting of the Locos in
Baltimore city:
"Resolved, That the British Whigs are
willing to stoop to a level with the COMMON
PEOPLE, the TAO RAGS and 808 TAILS, the
FILTHY MECHANICS of Society, in or
der to enlist their suffrages in an unhallow•
ed cause."
"British Whigs" means according to the
Federal Locos, the supporters of the man
who soundly drubbed tho allies of Loco
focoism—the British and Indians. The
resolution is on a par with the reduction of
wages doctrino.—Lancaster Guard.
LIBERTY Olt DEATIII.--1110 Nashville
.Union relates an incident where a runaway
slave, who hud been arrested, rather than
return to his master's house, jumped over.
board from a steamboat and was drowned.
He first seized the constable who had taken
him and attempted to carry him overboard,
but failing in this ho made the fatal spring
alone.
CARRIER Pronorq.—A pigeon was shot
near Plattsburgh, a few days since, having
fastened around his neck a piece of paper on
which wag written, "Rocky 31ountains,
May 6, 1840." Wonder where he got that
letter.—Albany Bee.
, EIGHTY TWO CHANGES IN ONE WARD.-
An official notice signed by the officers of
the eighth ward Tippecanoe Club, of Now
York, Chas. H. Dolavan President, states
that the Club numbers one thousand and
ninety members-82 of whom voted the Van
Buren ticket at tho spring election.
DEATH OF DR. B. Henntsori.—We learn
from the Cincinnati Republican of Thurs
day, that Dr. BENJAMIN HARRISON, (son of
Gen. IVin. H. Harrison,) died very sudden
ly at the residence of his father,on Tuesday
evening last. The intelligence, as that pa
paper remarks, will be a very great shock
to the General, as the Dr. was in good
health, when ho started to Fort Moige.
The Mayor of Houston Texas, has pub-
lished an ordinance of the corporation,which
authorizes a fine of $5O, against any person
who shall wear deadly weapons in the
streets. This is creditable.
"Gen. Harrison'a Special Committee,"
is found at every Convention, at every
"Cabin Raisin'," at every gathering of the
People, and at the fall election, will report
progress, and beg to be discharged.
The Germantown Telegraph states that
Mr. Phillip Physic is feeding at his cocoon
ery 6,000,000 of silk worms, and that ho
expects to feed 14,000,000 more this season.
OBITUARY RECORD.
DIED.
On Wednesday evening last,after a long illness,
Mr. Peter Little, of Mountjoy township, in the
tilst year of his age.
TIPPECANOE CLUB.
AREGULAR meeting of the Tippecanoe
Club of the Borough of Gettysburg,
will be held at the Eagle Hotel, on Satur.
day Evening the 11th of July next, at half
past 7 o'clock.
A general attendance is requested.
M. C. CLARKSON, Pres%
H. D. SWENEY,
Secretaries.
W. RIITHRAUFF,
June 30,11840. .
ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE OELEBRATZON.
'PERSONS attending the Harrison Cele.
bration at New Oxford, oh the 4:h of
July next, are earnertly requested to be in
attendance at an early hour, as it is desired
that the procession shall form at the hour of
10 A. M., and proceed to a grove adjoining
the town, whore a dinner will be partaken
of, sufficiently early to allow the Addresses
to be delivered, and admit of the transaction
army other business that m y occur. A
gain we say—repair to the scene of action
as early as possible, so that all business can
be got through with, timely enough to suit
the convenience of persons from a distance.
JOHN C. ELLIS, Committee
Wll. D. RIMES, of
H. W. SLAGLE, Arrangement.
June 30, 1840. It.
CAUTION.
ALL persons are cautioned by the sub.
scriber, against receiving an assign.
ment of a note given by him to a certain
Samuel Eiker, of Adams county, payable
90 days after date, duo the 25th of May lust,
for 882 50 cents, as no good consideration
has been received for said note, he is deter
mined not to pay it,unless compelled by law.
BENJAMIN JODUN.
Emmittsburg, Md. June 30, 1840.
THE Subscriber having been appointed
Auditor, by the Court of Common
Pleas, Adams county, to adjust and ap
portion the assetts in tho hands of John
Wolford, Trustee of James Walker, he
has appointed for tho creditors to meet at
the house of Mr. Moses Myers, Innkeeper
in Petersburg, on SatUrday the Ist of Au
gust nest, at 1 o'clock, for that purpose.
NV M. GARDNER, Auditor.
June 30, 1840. st.
SICK HEADACHE is a very common
affliction, its attacks are - vory severe,and
are characterised by spasmodic pain, often
shifting from ono part oftho head to another,
frequently commencing in the morning, at
tended with sickness, nooses, faintingS, dim
ness and confusion of sight, &c. &c. This
disease is produced from various causes,per.
haps the "most common" is a derangement
of the stomach and digestive organs—"FE
MALES," are most subject to this affliction,
particularly those who lead a 'sedentary life,'
"Do. BARUCH'S COMPOUND STRENGTHEN
ING TONIC AND APERIENT GERMAN PILLS"
are sure to arrest this "troublesome disease,"
first by cleansing the stomach and bowels,
and "purifying the Blood," remove all ex.,
crementitious humors from the Liver and
intestines by the use of a few doses of the
"Aperient German Pals." After which the
Strengthening Tonic Pills are used to
strengthen and invigorate the nervous sys
tem, give tone to the stomach and organs of
digestion, thus imparting to Their fluid its
pristine tone; this is the only mode of treat
ing those annoying diseases by which it may
bo completely eradicatbd. Pamphlets may
be obtained gratis, whore much information
may be received while using these Medi
cines. MEDICAL OFFICE, 10 North
Eighth Street, Philadelphia, where the
Medicine can always be obtained.
For sale, in Gettysburg, at the Drug
Store of S. S. FORNEY, Agent.
June 30. 2t.
TO FARMERS.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the
public that ho has invented a new and
much improved
HORSE POWER
AND
TERACIIIIIIO IRAC=II\TE,
Calculated for Two Horses,
WHIUH WILL THRASH UPWARDS OF
ONE HUNDRED DOZEN PER PAY.
To obviate all objections brought against
the plans of machines now in use, he has
been led to seek for a better one, both in
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 ma. ,
chines built upon this plan will, in a great
measure, reduce the amount of labor, and
remove all objections which aro urged
against the machines now in use. These
machines aro so constructed as to thrash in
the open field, or in bank barns; they can
also be removed with ease and placed under
the overshot, and the strap taken through
the floor and attached to the machine. In
this particularthese 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
practical Machinist, ho flatters himself that
nothing will be wanting on his part to ren
der general satisfaction to all those who
may see fit to give him a call. His shop
is in Carlisle street, a few doors north of
Mr. M'Clellan's Hotel.
SAMUEL IL LITTLE.
RErestriccus.---Win. Esq.,
Maj. S S. Kinn', Joel H. Danner, Esq.
Gettysburg, June 16, 1E , 10..
N. B. He will also fiirnish TARABti4
ING MACHINES, separate Wry the horse
power, to those who may wish them.'
S. H. L.
JOB VIZINTING,
OP ALL HINDS,
Neatly and expeditiously executed at the office
'^HE STAR dr. RANNER." •