From the Cincinnati Gazette.
A GOOD THING.
Gen. Harrison was among the invited
guest*. to the dinner „given to Geo. Van
Rensselaer, in this city, on the second inst.
Hu could not be present for reasons assign
ed. The following is his letter, 'declining
the invitation. It is one" of those good
things which frequently fill from the pens
of American statesmen, and from non' more
often than Gen. Harrison's. Good taste will
relish. and correct judgments approve it.
NORTII BEND, Ist July, 1940.
GENTt.cmcx: —A recent domestic enc.
lion in the death of one of my sons, and the
p r esent illness of Mrs. Denison, will prevent
me from enjoying the great plensure of be
ing present at the dinner to he given on
Thursday next, to my beloved friend and
old associate in arms, General Solomon Van
Rensselaer. It is niw forty•seven veers
since 1 first met this distinguished soldier in
tho army of Gen. Wayne—he -in the cape.
city of Cornet of Dragoons, and 1 as an En
sign of Infantry. Associated mall the toils.
and diffinalties incident to a war, the then.
tre of which was an unbroken wilderness; of
ages nearly cot respondent; and of disposi
tions and tastes which induced us to seek
the same employments, the same amuse
ments, and the same fellowships. our friend
ship thus formed by prepossession end knit
in common danger, could not be ephemeral.
It was such indeed as though we had owned
the same paternity, and, had been, nurtured
at the same bosom. And I may say with
Castello of his brother,
..When had I a friend that was not Polidore's,
...Or Polidare a foe that was not miner
I will not attempt, gentlemen, to give You
even a summary of the services of Gen. Van
Rensselear. I will not tell you of 'the deep
debt of gratitude which is due to him from
western men— of his gallant `raring in the
-battle of the Rapids of the Aflame, and the
blood which 1 saw pouring from his manly
bosom upon the soil ofGhiteor his still more
glorious achievements . upon the heights of
Queen,town, ennobled, like 'those -of Abra
ham, by the blood of the contending heroes.
All this you know. It is to he found in the
records of your country, and furnishes some
Of 1110 brightest ;sages of its history. Aye,
what is he now? Whet and who is tholtero
'of two wars, the conqueror of the heroic
Brock, of him by whose management or
gallantry, so deep a wound lied been inflic.
ted upon the military character of our coun
try?
A year ago I would have answered you,
fellow-citizeMs, that he was living in humble
retirement, in the bosom of alarge and hap
py flintily, suriported by the - emoluments of
en humble office, the gin of a President who
had liimselljeop irtled his lice, and shed his
blood in achieving the independence of his
-country, and knew howeo-uppreciate a Ile-
To's services and reward a soldier's toils.
Such, gentlemen. was the ettuatiomof my
friend, the defender of Ohio cabins from the
furious savage, the bearer in his body of the
marks of seren distinct wounds,—when the
spoilers came.
When the disbanded legions of Augustus
were suffered to eject the happy husbandman
of the faireet portion of Italy, we have rea
son to believe, we know indeed, that some
were spared. The ruthless warriorwas not
suffered to usurp the seat and violate the
.groves which bad resounded to the songs of
the greatest of poets. We may conclude
also, that the scarred veterans of 'former
wars were exempted from the otherwise
general proscription. Indeed, we must
suppose that the sympathy naturally felt
between men of the same profession, would
have induced the usurpers to spare the war
worn followers of the were Pompey, al
though they had been the soldiers olliherty,
and the sworn enemies of their own faction.
But, gentlemen, let me ask vou now to point
to en exception in the proscription which
has raged in our country for the last twelve
years? Who has been spared that profess
ed any thing which could tempt the cupidi
ty of the suoilersl My Eiend is the last
victim. The reason of this honorable dis
tinction I could not tell. It is somewhat
different Com that which induced the giant
Polyphemus to intend the like honor to the
king of Ithaca. But you may perhaps be
anxious to know the reason which has been
assigned for this outrage upon the feelings
of the American people. Why, it was pre
cisely that which has been given in all ages
and in all countries for alt the violent and
unjust acts of tyrants: "The public good."
Iniftis case, "the advantage of the democra
cy." In the midst of such abominations,
how nppropriate is the exclamation of one
of the distinguished victims of the savage
Robespierre, "Oh! democracy, how many
crimes are committed in thy name!" •
It may be proper, gentlemen, that I should
add that Gen. Van Rensselaer has accoun
ted for every cent of public money that ever
came into his hands, and that he dares the'
strictest investigation into his conduct as an
officer. What cause of deep reflection,
gentlemen, does the case of my friend, con
trasted with that of others known to be pub
lie defaulters, who have been retained in
office, present to the patriot and the, friend
of Republican government?
I conclude, gentlemen, by ofFming you a
sentiment: "May Solomon Van Rensselaer
be the last victim in our country of party
violence; and may
_the services which are
to bo the future passports to office, be not
those rendered to a party, but to the whole
people.
I am, gentlemen, with great respect,
Your bumble servant,
WM. H. I 1 A ItItISON.
TO SAMUEL W. DAVIES, etc.
The New Orleans 'Times of the 7th inst.
says: , *The Cashier of the City Bank at
N etch itoches,suddenly disappeared on Tues
day lust. Ills absence was shon discovered,
and an examination of affairs took place
when it was found that he was in ,trrears,
TOOMP 20 to 25,000. lie was, pursued and
overtaken, and brought back the next ddy
In fact he had only gone a short distance
from town, having been engaged in taking
laudanum, and waking other attempts at self
deetniClitte."
From the Ohioßepublican ,
RICHARD M. JOHNSON.
The present Vice President, R. M. John-
son, is a man with whom we have some ac
quaintance. Some of our Harrison editors
have said n few hard things about Colonel
Richard M. Johnson, without knowing that
they were unintentionally slandering one of
the bravest soldiers of the last war, end one
of the firmest friends that ever Gen. Ilarri
son had the honor of possessing. We know
them both intimately, and we speak by au•
thority when we say there is nothing but
the most kindly feelings entertained in the
.breasts of these honorable and distinguished
men, towards each other. Richard M.
Johnson has been kicked to one side, by
his Van Buren friends, but that makes no
diff-ience to us. We mean to tell a tale,
the incidents of which we can prove by one
of the mast high minded and respectable
men of Cincinnati, Elam P. Lnngdan is
the man we allude to, and although there
are some hundred of others upon whose tes
. timony we might rely, we name him in pre
ference to all the rest, because, although a
supporter of the present administration, tie
possesses a soul, on which in eight years'
acquaintance we never discovered a single
stain or blot. But to our tale, which is not
one of fancy:
'On a certeie occasion, not far from the
dog days of MIS, it was rumored among
some of us Jackson men of Cincinnati, that
Dick Johnson, as every body familiarly cal
led him, was about to perpetrate a stump
speech in Covington, which, as we persurne
all our readers know, lies exactly opposite
to Cincinnati, in the State of Kentucky, a
Stew too well known in history and tradi•
lion to require our feeble attempts to eulo
gize. Well we crossed the river in the
ferry boat, went to the hall Where Dick
Johnson was to hold forth, shook him cor
dirtily by the hand, and then sat down, along
with Elam P. Langdon to hear his speech.
Stump speeches in Kentucky are riot pre
cisely like those in Ohio. It is somewhat
difficult for a Kentucky stump orator, when
be commences his speech to guess with
much exactness as to its duration or its pe
roration. he ,Kentuckians dislike to be
humbugged, and they very frequently ask n
stump orator, even in the very height and
flow of his eloquence, a question that throws
him out of his own prescribed track. Such
was the case with our friend Col. Johnson.
'He began a desertation on matters and
things in general and Democracy in partic
ular. He was moving on as smoothly as a
square rigged brig, with all her canvass
shaken out, when somebody in the crowd
yelled you,
"t 1 ere you at the battle of the Thames?"
"I was, and what of it?"
"Are you the hero of that battle?"
"That's a very singular question'to be
put to me by any gEntleman that has read
the history of the last war. My brother
James end myself—and the Colonel dashed
a tear from his eve when he pronounced the
name of his brave and departed brother—
my brother James and myself rimmed a re
giment of mounted riflemen and joined Gen.
Harrison on the Maumee. We asked him
for the post of danger. the very moment it
could be obtained, and he told us, it it were
possible, and it would not conflict with the
general operations of the troops, he would
grant it to us cheerfully. We were short
ly on the trail of Proctor. We caught him
on the Thames. Our mounted regiment, as
a matter of course, was in the advance, and
when we descried the enemy, my brother
and myself rude up to General Harrison and
reminded him of his promise."
"Have your mounted men ever been prac
tised to charge upon infantry?" said the Gen
eral.
"Certainly;" said we.
"Then," said the. General, "the post ei
danger as well as of duty i 4 before you.—
One half of your regiment will, charge
through the British regulars, and the other
half will, simultaneously, commence an at•
tuck on Tecumseh's Indians in the swamp."
"So said the General—my brother James.
and a braver and a better man never lived.
charged through the British, with one half
of the battalion, wkile I, with the other holl,
undertook to rouse up the Indians in the
swamp They were not hard to rouse up,
for Tecumseh, a man transcendently stye
rinr to Proctor, in point of real bravery, as
'Hyperion to a Satyr,' had determined to
make that his best and most conclusive bat
tle ground. We met them and fought them;
and, when they learnt the Proctor's British
regulars had been demolished by my broth
er James they began to retire. At this
moment my body had been perforated by
five bullets, and my horse could only be
kept on his legs by the greatest exertion of
my bridle band.. In endeavoring to make
him leap over a log in the swamp he fell
and died, with two more balls in his carcase
than were in my own. A tall, good looking
Indian approached me, with his tomahawk
ready for a throw. My horse lay in a po•
sition that did not permit me to be exactly
dismounted. I pulled out a loaded pistol
from my holsters and shot him.
They say it was Tecumseh I shot. I care
not, and /know. not. 1 would have shot the
best ludian that ever breathed under such
circumstances without inquiring his name,
or asking the ages of his children."
When the Colonel reached this point
there was a deafening roaerif applause. A ,
ennp!eton, present, who did not know the'
true calibre of the man he was about to in
terrogate. and who wished to make himself
popular among the enemies of Harrtson,ex
claimed in a
was
voice—
" Where General Ilarrisen then?"
The Colonel gave a calm survey of the
crowd; until .he singled out the free of the
querist. Looking him dead in the eye, as
the Kentuckians say, and drawing himself
to his utmost height, with his eye dilated,
and a countennance that plainly shoWed
that there was to be no hypocri4y in what
he was about to say, he replied in tones, as
calm but as portentous as the incipient rum
blings that precede a volcanic eruption—
"lie was in the very spot where the Com•
mender-in chief ought to hare • been. Her
was in the spot where his duty called him:
He was amidst the whizzing of rifle bullets,
overlooking the movements of our mounted
men—ready to charge over the dead bodies
of my brother and myself, had we proved
unfortunate in the onset, in order to avenge
us. No one must attempt to tickle my fancy
by intimating in my presence, that General
Harrison is a coward!"
There was a pause—and then there was
a silence, so profound, so indescribable thnt
it was painful. in that vast crowd, for the
space of ono minute—and that is a long,
'dreary lapses of time, to men who are list
ening to a stump speech—the ticking of a
watch might have been heard, as horribly
loud as it has grated on our ear in the som
bre chamber of the dying and the dead.—
But, anon, there was a slight clapping of
hands—and, then. there was a deafening
thunder storm of applause, that seemed to
shake the building to its very foundation.
This is the same Richard M. Johnson
whom the Locofricos, at their late abortive
Convention in Baltimore,retused to re nomi•
nate as their candidate for Vico President.
He was too honest for them!
....• • *«.--
HEAR GENERAL MILLER.
Every body, certainly every one who
cherishes a recollection of the Revolution,
has heard of Gen. Miller, who, on being as.
ked whether he could take a battery that was
pouring n galling fire into the rank., of the
American army, replied, "W E'LL TRY."
The testimony of such a man will weigh a
thousand times more than the vile slanders
of the political bragizart. Hear, then, what
' he says, in' the following letter, which we
copy from the Boston Atlas:
BOSTON, June 29, 1840.
DIY DEAR GENERAL: 1 address ynu with
the frankness which one old friend may use
toward another. My object is to learn what
you think of the recent attacks on the mili
tary character of Gen. Harrison. I believe
you wete in the army in the West. in the
campaign of Tippecanoe, although I do not
remember that you berved with him alter
the declaration of war against England; but
as a military man, forming your judgment
impartially, and whey► the facts wore recent,
your opinion would be of great value. 11
there ba any blot on his military fame, ►t
ought to be known: if there be not, you will
feel that an old soldier ought not to be un•
justly and rudely attacked.
Gen. Harrison is before the country for
the Presidency. I do not know that we el►al
elect him, but I can say, in your own lan
gunge, my dear General, that "we'll try.'
Yours with unceasing regard,
DANIEL W EBSTER.
Gen. JitlifEs MILLER.
SA LE Vii, June 30, 1840.
MY DEAR SIR - : / have the honor to have
received your letter of yesterday,requesting
,me to state what I think of the recent at-
ache on the military character of Gen
Harrison. In answer I can truly say, thu
I have noticed with deep regret attacks.not
only nn his well-earned military fame, but
al-u upon his private and moral character
My first acquaintance with General. Harri
son was in the year lal 1. I was on duty
in the 4th regiment of infantrv, then cum.
mended by Col. John P. Boyd—afterwards
Gen. Boyd—under orders to proceed to
Vincennes, and there report to Gov. Harri
son. We did so. We remained at Vincen
nes some days., and united ourselves with
the volunteers stationed there, devoting our
limited time to purposes of organization and
drill. We then took up the line of march
for the Indian country, and proceeded by
slow and cautious marches, until we had
reached about seventy miles op the Wabash
toward Tippecanoe, where we halted and
threw up a stockaded work, which we called
Fort Harrison. Here 1 remained until the
army returned from Tippecanoe, after the
battle.
Althotrgli I was not in the brittle, still
took great interest in it; had much cotorer
action with all the officers ori'lheir return;
and made every inquiry I could think of
respecting their movements and encamp
inents, the attack and defence, and the ope
rations of the battle throughout—and I made
up my mind, unhesitatingly, that the cam
paign bad been conducted with great brav
ery, skill and judgment, and that nothing
was left undone, that could be done, consist-
ly with the General's express orders from
the War Department, which 1 saw and read
Nor have I ever known or heard of any act
of his, which has, in the least degree, alter
ed the opinion I then formed of him. I will
add, that if I ever had any military skill, I
am more indebted for it to Gen: Harrison,
than to any other man. Soon after the
Battle, I wrote a letter to Getel Benjamin
Pierce, late Governor of New Hampshire—
my military father, as I call him—giving a
somewhat detailed account of the campaign
of Tippecanoe. That letter was preserved
by Gen. P. and might now probably be
found among his papers. If it is in exist
ence, it will show what were my opinions at
that time, as would also several other let-
tern then written by the to various friends
In those days I never heard that Gen. Har
rison was a coward, or wore petticoats.
To courlude, 1 freely express my opinion,
after following him through all his civil and
military career, after living with him in his
faufily, more thin six months, that Gen.
William Henry Harrison is as free from
stain or blemish, as it falls to the lot of roan
to be. I am, dear sir, your old friend,
JAMES MILLER
Hon. DANIEL W EBSTEL
The Newark Daily Advertiser states that
when Col. Johnson arrived at the Railroad
depot in that city. a plain man introduced
himself to the Colonel, and inquired if Gen.
Harrison was really in the baffles of Fort
Metto and the Thames, "Yes, sir—and ha's
as bravo a man as ever lived," was the
prompt reply.
The New Haven,Herald save, to remove
a tight tropple from a decanter; phial. &c.
wet a cloth with hot water, and apply it to
the neck 'of the bottle; the glass will expand,
and the neck will be enlarged, 90 as to allow
the stopple to be easily withdrawn.
CONFESSIONS OF THE ENEMY.
The following extract of a letter from a
Van Buren man travelling in Indiana, to
the editor of the Richmond Enquirer,
abounds in truths which should stimulate
every Whig to still further exertion. How
powerful are Our incentives to action when
so strong a tribute to our candidate and our
cause is wrung even from the reluctant lips
of a political enemy!— Lou. Journal.
"I left my home in Virgin'a in February
last, in pursuit of a villian who has much
injured me. I travel on horseback. I have
visited nearly every town and village in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. I have travel
led extensively among the farmers in the
country, and I assure you the enthusiasm for
Harrison beggars all description. Children
five or six years old singing Tippecanoe
songs on the stage—the street children do
ing the same—Buckeye canes in the hands
of men and boys—Hickory canes thrown'
aside! These are small things, to be sure,
hut they are minions signs, and I mention
them only to undeceive my democratic
friends in Virginia, with regard to the feel
ings of the west. 1 have ever been a warm
friend of Gen. Jackson.
1 have voted for Mr Van Buren, and ex
pect to do so again; still, I must confess,my
opinion of Gen. Harrison is much altered
since I have been travelling among those
who have known hint long and known him
well. This man does not now, nor never
did exist, who sustains a more unsullied,un
blemished, irreproachable character than
General Harrison does among those who
know him best: therefore I ~ .wish to say
to my old democratic Irienduto be up and
doing—our cause is a doubtful one, at best,
to say the least of it. Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Kentucky, and Louisiana, are certain
tar Harrison; Tennessee and Michigan,
perhaps equally certain. Mark that! Ala
barna, Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas,
very doubtful. Mark that! Missouri, I hope,
certain for Van Buren; though, even there
'shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon
us.' If we loose Virginna we are gone,
arid I much fear that even Virginia can't
save us. Onr cause requires the utmost
energy end exertion. Let none, then, be
lulled into security."
S..
From the Southern Churchman, a religious newspa
per of high standing, published at Richmond. Va.
GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE.
A few years ago a weary traveller stop
pod late in the evening,at the door of a man
sion, possessed by one who had knight and
bled for his country. The waylitrer, too
was a soldier, but a meek and unassuming
soldier of the cross. The kindly welcome
and hospitality of his host swat renovated
the exhausted stranger. Dui ing the night
his horse sickened and died; this saddened
the good man, for his home was still far (Its
tant, and his slender meanAiorbade the pur
chase of another. He prayed with the fam
ily, joined them at breakfast, and rose to
depart—thankino them for their kindness.
Having bade them farewell, he proceeded
with his saddle bags on his arm to the gale,
where to his grMat surprise, he was met by
a man leading a horse, prepared with his
own bridle and saddle. Being told it was
for him, and desired to mount, he declined
assured that there was some mistake.
Returning to the house, ho was met by his
kind host, to whom he related the mem
stance—adding that he was a Methodist
minister, returning from a circuit to his
hone, (still 200 miles off) and that though
he would gladly hire or purchase the horse,
he was too poor to do either. Hecould not '
e%en be sure of devising means to send him
back, if a loan had been kindly intended.
'Sir,' said the gentleman, have lung-since
learned, that lie who giveth to the poor len
deth to the Lord. The horse is yours. Our
God is abundantly able to repay me: The
good man penetrated with gratitude; went
on his way rejoicing!
Render, the worthy Bost was William
Henry Harrison
Aw INCIDENT.- Walking up Chesnut
street with an old friend from Indiana, on
the rim nine of the 4111:of July, just at the
moment when Mrs. Felix Grundy was ad•
dressing the tide•waiters and post office
clerks in the State House Yard, our atten
tion was attracted to a crowd standing under
the trers. We stopped a moment to ascer
Lain the cause, and found it to be a discus
siem between a friend of General Harrison
and a supporter of Van Buret,. We were
on the point of turning away. when our In
diana friepd pulled my by the coat with a re
quest to remain. He immediately elbowed
his way into the centre of the throng beside
the disputants. After listening a lew mo
ments, he accosted the Van Buren man and
enquired, "Did I not hear you style Gen.
Harrison a coward?" "Yes," replied the
man, "1 did call him a coward, and 1 have
a right' so to call him. for I know him well
and served under him at Fort Meiga."—
"Do you know met" asked our friend from
Indiana. The man replied ho did not.—
"Yes" said the Indianian, "you do—you
certainly must remember Captain of
the company in which you say you "sere
ed." The poor old wretch immediately be
came pale with fear! "I would not expose
you," continued our friend, "if I had not
caught you traducing your Commander and
uttering things which you know to be as
false as your own heart. 'Turning to the
by standers,the Indianian continued—" Gen•
tlemen, this white headed old wretch be.
longed to a company commanded by mo at
Fort Meigs; under Gen. Harrison—he was
publicly drummed nut of the Camp after
the retreat of the British and Indians, for
theft and the grossest cowardice." The
effect upon the people may be easily imagi
ned. The poor wretch crawled away amid
the scoffs and jeers of friend ai.d foe. This
is the kind of persons whose accusations of
cowardice against the great and glorious
Harrison are daily paraded in the Federal
presses.—Daily Standard.
The assessed value of all the real and per
sonal property in Pennsylvania, according
to the valuation of the present year, is 3248,-
'295,5198.
yesterday's paper
TREMENDOUS STORNl—Destruction of "No CHANGES."— In
Property and Lou of Life!! A letter re- we gave "the documents" showing that in a
ceived at Baltimore, dated Shrewsbury, single township of Jefferson county, Ohio,
York County, Pennsylvania, on the Bth there were SEVENTY SIX known and ascer
inst., gives an account of a most tremendous tainod changes against the present Admin.
storm which occurred there on that evening, istration. Fts-ri NINE of there were indeed
causing great destruction of property, per. public renunciations; and the remaining
sonal injury, and loss of life. It commen. seventeen were not so, only from an nppre
ced about half past eight o'clock, with ruin hension of injury to the business of the par
and high wind, blowing with the force of a ties, in case they should bear public testimo.
hurricance from the southwest. In a few ny against Van Burenism.
minutes the whole town was thrown into To day we observe in the Cleveland Her
confusion and uproar, and horror and con- aid, as copied from the last Harrison Banner,
sternation took possession of every b reast . I II card, signed by TIIIRTY•THREE "former
Nearly every house in the place was sub- supporters of the A dministrations of Andrew
merged, and a number entirely destroyed. Jackson and Martin Van Boron," in which
t
The roofs of many were blown off, and the this say that the policy of Mr. Van Buren
street presented a most deplorable scene of in regard to fiscal matters, is ruinous to the
ruin. On the main street the houses were Interests of mechanics and farmers, and they
declare their firm resolve to support W. H.
unroofed. The Methodist meeting house
Harrison for the next Presidency. The
has been destroyed. In one of the back
streets is dwelling house was entirely thrown renunciation of the thirty-three Buckeyes
down, burying two families under the ruins of Licking county, is dated, New Ark, July
—those of Mr. B. Grevell and of Mr. Nal 1, 1840. The same paper has six other
public renunciations of Van Burenisin, by
gerously hurt, and several of his children so
ler. Mrs. Grovel! was killed, Mr. G. dun public
many good men and true of the vicinity.
severely injured that it was not expected Thus,.we have seventy-six, yesterday, and
they could survive. All the buildings on thirty-nine, today. And yet, the cry of the
an nlle ,with the exception of two squares spoilers is, "there are no changes.' Wo
have been prostrated. y
. like this sort of no change! It is just the
hies of the writer of the letter, Isaac Collins, thing, to Produce just the result intended
and determined on by the people, namely, a
Esq., were blown down and scattered about
the lot, his carriage was broken into pieces thorough "change" in the administration of
name public afrairs.—Bolt. Patriot.
under the ruins, and his colleaoue,
not Oven, had a horse killed. Tho account
►s but partial ns at the time, and under the
circumstances, it was impossible for Mr. C.
to ascertain the full extent and all the par
ticulars of the devastation which the next
morning would reveal. Even while he was
yet writing, ho could hear the groans and
shrieks of his neighbors, m;ngled with the
roar of the elements, that wore sweeping
their property to destruction and putting
their lives in peril. This visitation which,
had it come in the day time would have been
eminently horrible and heart-rending, oc•
curling as it did in the darkness, increasing
the confusion, and rendering the preserva
tion of persons and property the more diffi
cult. It is to be feared that the full revels.
tion of the next morning will show a great
addition to the amount of damage given
above.
Correspondence of tho Baltimore Patriot
RALEIGH, N. C. July 0 , , 1840.
To day the State Convention of the Loco
Feces met here to nominate Col. R. M.
Johnson. They numbered about sixty, and
only one half of the State was represented—
one member said he represented six coun
ties!! I was quite amused at the singular
ity of their proceedings. There was but
one speaker. and he did all the business.
'Rey proceeded, however, to nominate or
ballot for Johnson, when all voted for him
but two—one of these MN for Polk, and the
other for Col. Wm. R. Johnson, (a Willa of
Virginia) This was a clincher. The
president asked who gage that vote, and re
quested the member to'rise; but all "sat
still in silence." The secretary then stated
that he thought the member who cave it
was in error as to the first name. It crea
ted a good deal of amusement among the
Whigs present,./ind showed that some of
these Locos even preferred the gallant ra
cer to Tecumseh.
This State is safe for Harrison, certain.
Our friends are in high spirits, and are dis
puting about the majority. They have just
completed a very large log cabin in this
town, and last night dedicated it with hard
cider. The Van Buren party here admit
that Morehead (Whig) will be elected' Gov
ernor, but that the State will go for Van. I
can assure you that Mr. Morehead is per.
serially very popular, and will get the whole
Whig strength; but when "Old Tip" comes
on the course in November, he will take the
track and distance the Kinderhook jockey.
An OLD TYPO GONE.—The Cumberland
(Md.) papers announce the death of Thomas
Grieves, Esq., in the 74th year of his age.
Mr. G. was a native of Scotland, but has
lived in Maryland nearly fifty years. He
established the old Maryland Herald at
Hagerstown, shortly after he arrived in this
country.
!lOW TO CM: A Wan+.—A friend ofours
chewed us one of his hands yesterday, from
which he had just removed an enormous
wart. He hod tried every ordinary remedy
in vain, and at length got rid of his tormen
tor, by scraping a carrot, mixing the same
with salt, and applying the mixture every
night fresh to the excressence when he re •
tired to bed. Five or six applications cured
it. As there are thousands of persons trou
bled with these disagreable things who are
very anxious to remove them, and as the
remedy is extremely simple, we would ad
vise its immediate trial.
' AN INCIDENT THAT SPEAKS. —On the
morning of the 4th, says the Bosu -, Mercan
tile, about 1500 children of the different
Baptist churches of that city wore assem
bled at tho church in Baldwin place, and ad
dressed by the Rev. Mr. Stow. In speaking
of the present Chief Magistrate, he said, in
substance, as follows: "Mr. Van Buren, on
the fourth of March, 1841, will have served
four years as PresidePt of the United States.
Who will be our next President---" If he
lied been allowed to proceed without inter
ruption, he doubtless would have said some
thing to the following effect: "Who will be
our next President it is impossible to predict,
as there are two prominent candidates for
the office, Mr Van Buren and Gen. Harri
son. But he was not allowed to complete
the sentence, for the Sabbath School pupils,
supposing that an interrogatory had been
proposed, with wonderful promptitude, shou
ted out from every part of the church, liar•
than! HAnnisors !! HARRISON III:
There are two elm trees in Springfield
Mass. which have currant bushes growing
from their trunks. Thu branches grow out
of the crotch of the tree, about twelve feet
from the ground, and have within a few
days been seen to have on them red currants,
apparently ri'e.
SINGULAR SUICIDE.—The York (Pa.)
Press of Monday, bays: —"On Monday last.
Dr. H. M. M'Clellan, coroner, held an in
quest on the body of William Shultz, in
Windsor township, who hung himself while
in a state of intoxication, and made his wife
hold the candle while he performed the act."
An obedient wife, truly.
tun THE FACTORY G raLsl—The editor
of the Vt. Patriot recently stated that the
wages of the.girls. employed in Col. Paine's
factory in Northfield, Ms. had been cut
down. Sixty-eight girls, under their true
signatures, immediately published the fol
lowing card. The Locufocos had better
"leave the girls alone."
"The undersigned would take this meth
od of tendering our thanks to the editor of
the Vermont Patriot, for the interest which
ho has of late taken in our affairs, and espe
cially for his zeal in giving us the first in
formation we have received of the impor
tant fact that our regular wages have been
reduced by our employer.
We have to request of him that he will
continue his kindly offices to un, and give
us the earliest infortnation possible of the
success of the schemes of Messrs. Buchanan
and Walker, to reduce our wages to the
hard money standard of France and Ger
many; by doing which he will prove him
self to be the true friend of dm "FACTORY
G IR LS."
A GREAT YIELD.--The Natchez Free
Trader say,;—We were shewn a few days
since, at the residence of Mrs. Margaret
Smith, a stalk upon which were twontyfivo
ears of corn.
ELECTRO. MAONETIB.II•- Mr. navenport
has a printing press at work in New York
which is driven by means of electro magnet•
ism, or '.lightning in harness." 1-le issues
a paper called "The Magnet," printed by
this means, which is devoted to scientific
objects. The impression appears to want
strength somewhat, but as the Journal of
Commerce says, it is something tot Mr.
Davenport to be able to declare that his
press is impelled by lightning.
A LISARNED MAN Goys.—A Mr. Thom
as Manning, died lately at Bath, England,
who was considered the best Siamese echo.
lar in Europe, Dr. Morrison and M. St. Jo.
lien, being his only rivals. He was able to
speak fluently 15 languages, and maintain•
ed a correspondence with the literati of the
world. For months he resided atllasa,
in the kingdom of Thibet—the only Eng
lishman who ever penetrated to the Larna's
metropolis.
U. S. SENATORS RESIONED.--111 0 two
U. S. Senators from North Carolina, Messrs.
Brown and Strange, have tendered their
resignations, to take effect from the next
meeting of their State Legislature. This
movement will give greater interest to the
elections to be held in August, as the fede
ral locos, have "set their till upon a cast."
It appears to us, that there is just ground
for hope that Old Rip Van Winkle, will be
thoroughly aroused, and will repudiate the
Sub• Treasury and Standing army schemes,
by an immense majority.—Pu. Tel.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says—lt is
believed that the amount abstracted from
the Bank of Pennsylvania by Mr. Benjamin
Smith, whose mysterious disappea ranee has
been alluded to in our columns, was about
$lOO,OOO. The money was taken at vnri•
ous limos in the course of seven years. It
was invested in property in the city, which
together with the securities of Mr. S. will it
is said save it from loss.
MORE CIIANGE9.-A Detroit paper pub
lishes a list of ninety ind vidunls who have
abandoned Van Buren and the Sub Treasis
ry, and espoused the cause of Harrison and
Reform.
It is computed that there are in Englund
one million of horses, used for lubor—and
two hundred thousand for pleasure—all of
which are supposed to consume the produce
of seven millions of acres.
A Smells CuARoE•--Thomas White,
EIN., a highly respctable citizen of Jefferson
county, Ohio, has published a letter, In
which he alleges that Governor Shannon
recently obtained a loan of 8400,000, In
New York, to he laid out on the public
works, and so managed as to secure the
votes of all the laborers. Mr. White was
formerly friendly to the Administration, but
being opposed to such infamous corruption
is now out for Harrison. •
REPUBLICAN DANNER.
GET"( I'SHUP.G. July 21, 1840.
PEOPLE'S C.S.VDID.ITES.
FOR PRESIDF.NT,
GEN. WILLIAM N. HARRISON.
FOR V ICE• D EisiT,
JOHN TYLER.
Our Manner. —.W E UAL a FLUNG TII
DitoAu BANNED oF LIBERTY AND TOY. CoN-
ITI rUTION TO 'l'd E UUEEZP., IMMO] DEO W ITO
TOE MIN RING wound :—ONE PRESIDEN
TIAL TERM-THE INTEGRITY OF THE
PUBLIC SERVANTS-THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC MONEY-AND THE GEN
ERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE."
We ere indebted to the lion. JAMBS Cooren
for public documents.
Louisiana Election.
The Baltimore Patriot alya that New Orleans
papers of the 10th inst. give the returns from that
city and many of the adjoining parishes.
111 New Orleans, the Whigs carried their whole
ticket for the Legislature by a majority of about
1100!
In the first Congressiotril district White (W.)
is re-elected by an immense majority !!
In the Second Congressional district, so fur as
heard from. Morgan (W.) has a majority of 100
votes—three parishes to hear from, which gave
Chinn (W.) ut the last election, over 300 majori
ty. Theo three parishes, however, in 1836 gave
a large majority fur Vun Buren, and the result in
the district msy now be regarded as doubtful,
though until now it bad been conceded to the
Loco Focos.
LEorscATons.—ln regard to the Legislature,
the New Orleans Bee says: "So far, the Whigs
have neither gained nor lost. If the rest of the
State has done as well, the majority in the Legis
laturo will be very decided. So far, the popular
vote is for Harrison by hundreds !"
The New Orleans Bee of the Ihth inst. says:—
"Never have we taken up the pen with prouder
feelings than those we now experience in chroni
cling the most unprecedented triumph ever achiev
ed by the Republicans of Orleans. The Harrison
banner floats from the spires and domes of the
crescent city. The great mart of the South has
spoken. She has rebuked the spoilers with a
mighty voice. She has strewn the impotence of
the miserable revilings of the Executive against
a great and good man. She has spurned and re•
jocted his calumniators."
Gen. Harrison has been called a COWARD: But
the shameful creatures, who have detected them
selves in uttering this calumny, recollect not that
they were whimpering upon the nurse's lap, and
hushed to rest by the harmless billaby,unconselous
of any danger, when the Hero of many Wars was
walking the ramparts at Fort Meigs, pointing the
cannon and defying the enemy, while shot were
falling thick and fast around him. They forget
that on the very night that Gen. Harrison was
engaged at Tippecanoe,—snufling the smoke of
the cannon and musketry, and greeted with their
roar, amidst the din of battle—Mr. Van Buren was
engaged in leading off a minuet in a Bull in New
York, in the midst of colognes, perfumes, and po
maturns, with the sound of stringed instruments,
and participating in the giddy rounds of a fashion
able ball-room.
Vaii Buren's Democracy!
If democracy means "the best mode of restrict
ing the right of suffrage"—the "cheapening of
this invaluable right"—entertaining such an opin
ion of "rational liberty" ne would not confer it
..indiscriminately upon every one," Mr. Van Du
ren ought to claim the title. But has ho in all
his life ever shown that ho is either a Republican
or a Democrat! What public acts of his life can
bo pointed at to sustain his pretentions to the sup
port of '•the Democracy"? We can adduce a few
(with the book and page where they may be found)
that show him in quite a different light. When
a member of the Cohvention to revise the Consti
tution of the State of New York, in 1821, Mr.
Van Buren voted against the extension of the
right of suffrage to poor men who were not house
holders!—thus prohibiting clerks, young mechan
ice, and laboring men from enjoying that privi.
lege. Soo Holland's Life of Van Buren, page
181, 184. Hear what- Mr. Van Buren said in
that Convention. (See Journal, page 277..
Mr. Van Buren observed. "that it was
evident and indeed some gentlemen did not
seem disposed to disguise it, that the amend.
ment proposed by the honorable gentleman
from Delaware (Gen. Root) contemplated
nothing short of universal suffrage. Mr.
V. B. did not believe that there were twenty
gentlemen of that commit tee, who, were the
bare naked question of universal suffrage
put to them, would vote in ite favor; and he
was very sure that its adoption.was not ex
pected, and would nut meet the views of his
constituents." (Mr. Van Buren represen
ted the r deinl county of Otsego in the Con.
"Wa had already reached the verge of
univermil mange. There was but ono step
beyotol. Arid are gentlemen prepared to
take that Sit 7 , .We were cheapening this
invaluable right. He was disposed to go as
tar as any man in the extension of rational
liberty; but he would not consent to under
value this precious previlege, so far as to
confer it with an undisctimmating hand up
on every one, black or white, wh9 would
be kind enoungli to condescend to accept
it." p. 2:27.
On the 28th of September, Mr. Wheeler
offered an amendment extending the elec
tive franchise to "every male citizen of the
age of twenty-one yf ars an inhabitant of
this State, and for one year a resident in
the town or city where he may offer his vote,
(paupers and persons under guardianship
excepted )
'•Mr. Van fluren occupied the floor for
Game time in exnressieg his sentiments de
cidedly against die amendment end egefigt
universal suffrage. We were hazarding
every thing by going such Irngths in the
amendments---thu people would never sanc
tion them."—p. 234. The ayea and noes
were taken on Mr. Wheeler's amendment,
an,' r. Van Buren'm name stands recorded
in the negative."—T. 237.
In that same conventiol he voted against the
election of Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, &c. by
the people. "Some had said (said Mr. Van Bu
ren) that Magistrates ought to se elected by the
people, but se had at all times been opposed to
their election." Holland's Life of Van Buren,
page 199. A sterling Republican truly! Who
has no confidence in the people, but would swell
Executive ptitPonnge to such an extent that a
'follower in the footsteps" would always inherit
the seats of power.
Mr. Van Buren has never shown any attach
ment to the people; his manners and habits are
of that haughty, and aristocratic stamp which be
longs to the Peers of the realm in England; and
his most prodigal expenditure of the people's trea
sure, for gew paws and Royal trappings. evince
his utter disregard of their interests. In short,
ohe is no friend of the people." He has never
done ono act in his public career for which ho has
received even the praise of his constituents; and,
until he played the fawning sycophant, and secu
red by his winning and servile conduct the good
wilLof Gen. Jackson, be was sea•ce known to the
world. He has been sailing under a borrowed
passport, the magic of which has ceased to act.
If these facts be true, is Mr. Van Buren a De
mocrat? Is he able or willing to rule over Us ac
cording to the spirit of our old-fashioned Republi
can government? If not, let us try another. Test
the Republicanism of Gen., Harrison. Reward
him in some small degree for his priceless servi
ces to the nation. Bustain him in routing the
people'ir enemies—Van Buren and his office-hold
ers—who are now arrayed against them; end that
done, we will have perpetuated to us the privilege
of chosing out own rulers, and will yield to the
laborer the hire of which he is worthy.
ruAnuoug.
You can't conic It, LOCOS!
The Loco Foco papers from Ma , no to Louisi
ana are boasting much of accession to their party.
Recently they claimed Judge Jolts Bewail of
Kentucky, as being one of the distinguished indi•
viduals of that State who had embraced their faith;
and accordingly his name has been paraded before
the public in every Loco Foco daily and hebdoma
dal in the country, as indicative of a change in
favor of the Administration in that qnarter. Tho
Judge, 'lts true, has been appointed by the Presi
dent one of the comadsnioners to settle the boun
dary line between the United States and Mexico,
by way of compensation for what Mr. Van Buren
readily believed to be “change." This turns out
to ho a hoax—no such change having taken place!
The Locos have been playing at their old game- , --
LYING. Judge h•wan has expressed his determi
nation to give his support to Gcn. Harrison, as
will appear by the following paragraph, taken
from the letter of a Cincinnati correspondent of
the Baltimore Patriot
"In riding in a stage throuuh Kentucky.
it was my good fortune to meet Judge John
Rowan, u Senator in the United States Sen
ate during Gen. Jackson's first term; and
tor conversational powers, he exceeds any
man with whom 1 have ever met; not only
able, but willing, to entertatn his compan
ions. In the course of conversat ion, politics
were introduced, and he said, in extenuation
of some remark he was about to make in de
fence of some charge urged against the Ad
ministration, that, although he had not voted
for seven years, if he did vote this full, he
should certainly vote for General Harrison.
tie then proceeded in his remark, which it
is unimportant to relate. I. mention this,
because it is an expression of hie opinion
since his appointment, in conjunction with
Gov. Marcy, of New 'York, as tt conferee
to settle the difficulties with Mexico. His
son also declines to run as elector for Van
Buren. Judge Rowan and his son have both
been looked upon as opposed to the iVhias;
and the appointment of the former to office
by Van Buren, and the latter as an . elector
by the patty, is proof enough--such are the
emphatic signs of the times. Missouri,
Mississippi mind Arkansas are shaking off
their shackles, and will be ours."
Much noise is also made about the Hon. Ben.
Hardin's having seceded from the Whigs, and
avowed his intention to support Martin Van Do
ren. The assertion is altogether without founda
tion. This distinguished Kentuckian is still a
firm supporter of Gen. Harrison. The following
article from the Louisville Journal, shows this to
be one of the many errors which the Locos not un
frequently fall into :--
"The Hon. Ben. Hardin ("Old Ki:chen
Knife" they call him) Was seen going from
the Bardstown Post Office the other day in
a terrible passion. "Pray what's the mat
ter?" said a friend approaching him.—
W hy"—said old Ben. "1 never was so mad
before in all my life: here l have actually
got orders from the White House instruct
ing me to make loco loco speeches through
out the State and telling me that it is the
administration's only hope I the d—l take
the scoundrels !"
Cun our loco loco Centtal Committee
throw any light upon this singular business?"
Martin Van Buren in the New York convention
for amending the Constitution, opposed the right
of poor men to vote. In the debate on that ques
tion ho used these words ! !!
"But what is the character of the Poor?
Generally speaking, VICE AND POVERTY GO
HAND IN HAND. " —See Convention Journal,
page 284.
We have ever cherished the warmest friendly
feelings for an honest, industrious poor man.—
Poverty is no disgrace, save in the eyes of this
President, who they Impiously call "the poor
man's friend." If, after such a slanderous impu
tation, our industrious, hard-working poor men
can vote fur Martin Van Buren, or 'assist in at
tempting to re-elect him, they may not expect to
he pitied when his six pence a day will reward
them fur remaining his leige subjects.
Farmers, Mechanics, Manufacturers and La-
Larers, read the effects of the SuirTreasury,
e d down to plain English," by senator Tappan
o f Ohio, a prominent Van Buren federalist:—
WWI
"The price of labor is entirely too high.
TOP !ABORE'R, IN Till 3 COUNTRY
POOR =EN, READI I
Effects of the Stib•Treaeury.
CAN AFFORD TO WORK FOR eleven
pence a day AND THE HARD MONEY
SYSTEM WILL BRING DOWN WA
GES TO THAT SUM. WILE T WILL
ALSO COME DOWN TO SIXTEEN CENTS
a bushel, AND EVERY THING ELSE
IN PROPORTION. THIS IS THE
BEST TARIFF YOU CAN HAVE, AND
Tin: ONLY ONE THAT CAN ENA•
BLE THE MANUFACTURER TO
COMPETE WITH ENGLAND. The
Sub Treasury will effect objects—lT
WILL PUT DOWN THE BANKS, Ann
bring Wages and every thing else dawn."
bbbbbt.t
The assertion that Gen. Harrison'. opinions
are not known to tho people, and that he disre
gards all attempts to draw from him en expression
of them on the distinctive measures of policy
which are now In agitation, has received its per
fect quietus, from tho following remark of the
••Spirit of the Times," (the most rabid of all the
frenzied Loco Foco papers,) in relation to the
alleged concealment ! ! of Gen. Harrison's senti
ments:—
"The REAL SENTIMENTS of Harri
son, however, notwithstanding all their
caution CANNOT RE KEPT PROM THE
THEY LIVE IN HIS PRINTED
LETTERS AND SPEECHES, AND ARE
READ IN EVERY HAMLET IN
THE LAND."
PUBLIC.
Mechanics, Read!
We live in a community where we ore surroun
ded by industrious, persevering Mechanics, most
of whom are sustaining their otvn interests, while
they advocate those of the Union, in throwing their
influence on the side of Harrison and Reform.—
Rend, then, the following candid record of the
party. who ask you to vote for their candidate—
Martin Van Buren :
"Resolved, That the British Whigs
are willing to stoop to a level with the
COMMON PEOPLE---THE TAG, RAGS AND
DOB-TAlLS—the FILTHY MECHAN
ICS of society, in order to enlist their
suffrages in an unhallowed cause."
Good Advice.
Wo cut the following excellent piece of advice
from the Madisoniani Wo would recommend it
to the perusal of every one, and more especial to
correspondents. It is good, sound, wholesome
doctrine, and if well applied, will be of great ad
vantage to the editorial traternity:—
1. Condense your arttcles,aad make them
as brief as possible.
2. Never send us a communication unless
you are sure it has point.
3. Never expect to see your communicn•
ions it, print unless you can write gratntnat
cony, and can do your own spelling and
tutict ua t ion.
4. Never *rite an both sides of your pa.
per, if you intend your article to be printed.
It is a great inconvenience to the compositor,
and can scarcely be tolerated, unless the
communication is from a distance.
A. Never bore an editor by reading your
article to him. Leave it to his discretion,
and bide your time. . .
6. Never ask an editor the news—it is
like getting professional advice without fees,
or smuggling goods. Take his paper, pay
for it, and then you will get the news with•
out inquiry.
7. It is a great mistake to suppose that
an editor's sanctum is a public reading room.
To tumble and read an editor's exchanges,
is as bud as riling the fountain where the
spring folks are dipping water for their cus.
tomere.
R. ‘V hen 3ou 'fish to discontinue a paper
do it with as. much decency as you ordered
it, always remembering that an editor for.
ever sets him down as no gentleman, who
after his requesting his paper compels the
postmaster to send an abrupt notice, that the
paper "is refused," and, that an editor can
never regard him an honest man who die
continues his paper without paying arreara
gee.
9. Never flatter yourself that an anony
mous communication, addressed to,or touch.
ins persons, will be noticed.
Mn. NAYLOR CHOSEN. — A letter was re•
ceived by the Southern Mail,last night, from
which we are apprised of the gratifying in
telligence that the rights of the people of,
and the member from, the Third District
have been recognised by the House of Rep
resentatives; that the Honorable Charles
Naylor has been continued in hisses( by the
votes of a majority of the members.
U. S. Gazette.
Loco Foto INSOLENCE.—The Old Tory
Spirit.—The Baltimore Republican, in a
late number, speaking of Mechanics, sneer
ingly says, "they should stay at home and
mind their own business, and leave the than
dgement of oovernment to those who are
more capable." 1l this doctrine is to be tol
erated, sastamed and promoted by the lead
ing organs of thaadaunitatation, then indeed
it will require a standing army of two hund
red thousand men to curry on the operations
of government.
The following resolution was adopted at
a Van Buren meeting recently held in one
of the wards in Baltimore. It needs no
comment, as it is in character with aristo
cratic Van. Buren BuchsnanismlStandard.
Resolved, That the British W higs are
willing to stoop to a level with the common
people, the, tag rags and bob' tails, the
FILTHY MECHANICS of society, in
order to enlist their suffrages in an unhal
lowed cause.
CANAL Tor.m.—The amount received on
the Nevv York State Canals during the first
week in July is $23,143 66.
AN OLD'UN.—The Deputy U.S.Marshal,
employed in taking the census of the Fifth
Ward of New York, reports that there iN
-
residing in Duane street, an old lady 112
years and 5 months of age. The old lady
still retains possession of all her faculties,
both mental and physical, to I truly remark •
able degree.- -
JUDOS PORTER'S TOAST.—TOSSIe against
Gen. Ilarrison—ridiculing, slandering and
defaming him, were the order of the day at
the Van Bu An celebration on the 4th. We
beg leave to call tho attention oft hese slan
derers and libellers to the following toast,
given by James M. Porter, at a celebration
in the fall of the yenr 1813, in honor of the
victory of the Thames.
"By JAMES M. PORTER. lit Vice
President. Gen. WILKINSON: May his
success be equal to that of the BRA V 1
HARRISON—and may Chauncey, like
Perry, after beating the enemy on water,
aid the General to beat them on land."
When the Federalists digest the above,
e will give them some morn pills.
Inttzamintz Paoor.—"The Buckeye
Blacksmith" addressed a large assembly of
the Harrison men, of Philadelphia, on the
4th inst. On being introduced to the com•
pony, from the platform, on which a tem.
porary forge had been erected, and the ne
cessary tools prepared he stated to the meet.
ing that but a few months past ho was
unknown ten miles from hos humble cot, but
the moment he took an active part in the
election of General Harrison, his name rung
from Maine to George, and all the ignomi.
ny Mint falsehood could invent was heaped
upon it. Among the many false reports,
they had published him as an impostor, and
no mechanic, but a broken down lawyer.—
He was pleased to see that his friends had
prepared a temporary smithery on the wage,
and he would practically demonstrate' to
them the falsehood of that report. He wont
to work, cut his iron from the bar, and at
two heats made a horse shoe ready to fit to
the foot. While the shoe was under inspec-
Won by the company, he made some horse
shoe nails, all of which was p,onounced
good work. He then riveted the attention
of the meeting by a speech of an hour's du•
ration.—Boston paper.
VAN BIIRENIENC—The Claremont (N.
El.) Eagle publishes the following letter
from Senator Hubbard to the Postmaster at
Claremont, the original of which the editor
of that paper has in his possession. That
little document—short and sweet—was en
closed Ina package of franks covering Hub
bard's speech, Xendall's address, dm., re
ceived at that post office:—
SENATOR HUBBARD TO JONATHAN NTH,
Postmaster at Claremont.
"Will friend Nye have the kindness to
superscribe the enclosed franks to such of
our party as lie may select, and oblige
HENRY HUBBARD."
The Eagle says: "Friend Nye being et
his time altogether too feeble and imbecile
o do any thing, the above has been handed
o us as his committtee."
What next?
R ENUNCIATION& —The Tippecanoe Club
of Cincinnati hove reeceived the names of
THREE HUNDRED AND THREE cit-
izens of that Congressional District, V. 13.
men at the last election, who request that
they may be publicly announced as sece
ders from the administration.
IMILTIMORE PRICES CIMREXT.
From the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday last
Ft.oun.—Howard o.—The receipts ore ex
tremely light and the stock in market reduced
very low, although the sales are chiefly confined
to small lots fer city consumption. We quote the
car end wagon price at $4,75 to $4,873,
\'Vua►r.—The last bales of Pennsylvania reds
wore at $1,06. There has been none of this de
scription in market for several days. Good wheata
dell descriptions are scarce and wanted.
Cosa.—Up to Wednesday inclusive, Safes of
white were made at 59 cents, and of yellow at 54
cents. We have now to note an advance, sales
of white having been made to Jay at 53 a 54
cents, and of yellow at 55 a 56 tents.
Ryx.—Last sales of Pennsylvania were 55
cente—the article is scarce and wanted.
OATS.—We quote Md. Oats to day at 27 a 2EI
cents. Sales of Pennsylvania 31 cents.
n L — r - i - r7o - i n
JUAItRIEI).
On the 16th inst., by the n0v.13. Keller, Mr
John Hahn, to Masa Susan Young, both of Ma
ryland.
On the same day, by the same, Mr. David 80l
ler, to Mikw Harriett Feeser, both of Maryland.
OBITUARY itICOORDd
DI Ella
Suddenly, in Columbiana county, Ohio, on the
10th inst. Mr. Jacob 'Wentz., (formerly of this
county) in the 82d year of his age,
On Thursday night last, at tho residence of the
Misses MTherson, in this borough, John Rey
nolds, infant son of Dr. John M'Dowell, of Mei
cersburg, Franklin county.
On the 10th inst. at Frederick, Md. Mr. Wm.
Lenharl, formerly of York, in the 54th year of
his age:
JAMES DOBBIN, Esq.
WILL be supported for the office of
BRIGADIER GENERAL, at
he next election, by
MANY VOTERS.
Gettysburg, July 21, 1840. to—l 7
ATTENTION!
GETTYSBURG TROOP!
You will parade at Mr. Bunir,nommn's
Tavern in Menallen township, on Sat
urday the Ist of August next, at 10 o'clock
A. M.
ROBERT M'CURBY, Capt.
July 21,1840. tp-17
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber would respectfully re
quest all those "rho hate unsettled accounts
standing on (he Books of Ronewr S. PAZ.
Dori (late editor of this paper) to call upon'
him and settle the same immediately.
HEZ. STAN ORSDEL.
July 21.181105 tf-17
1+ *TO
THE School Directors of Berwick town.
ship will meet at the house of Henry Gut,
in said township, on Saturday the 15th day
of August next, for the purpose of receiving
proposals from those persons who are anti•
ous to take charge of five public schools in
said district, to whom liberal salaries will
be given.
July 21, 1840.
Penna. Thiel.
CEMELMAN & LEHMAN,
02736 1 3,11,Vaie
RESPECTFULLY inform the citizens
of Gettysburg and its vicinity, that
they have opened a Store at the room of M.
C. Clarkson, opposite the Store of S. Fab
neetock, where they offer for eale
44+2 ;1 1:daWaeivalraaa
With Gold, Silver end Tortoise•ehpll F Tames,
With a new and improved assortment of
Glasses of their own manufacture. These
Glasses are of the best kind for presetving
and improving the sight in continued read.
ing or writing, wherein they do not tire the
eve, but strengthen and improve the vision.
They are recommended by the most cele
brated Doctors and Professors.
Also Spy Glasses, of every size and goal•
ity; Magnifying Glasses, of every descrip
tion, Microscopes with different magnifying
powers, together with a variety of articles
in the Optical line, not mentioned.
("Optical, and other Instruments, and
Glaser', promptly and carefully repaired at
short notice.
O ::7-They can always select Glasses to
suit the sight of persons, as soon as they
see them, upon the first trial.
(Q - They will remain in Gettysburg for
three days only.
July 21,1840.
HARVEST HOME.
By a resolution passed at a recelit meet
ing of the Harrison Club of Shippens
burg, the undersigned wero appointed a
committee to make arrangements for a gen
eral meeting of the friends of Harrison and
Tyler, and have fixed on
Wednesday the 29th day of July, inst:
for the holding of said meeting. The Clubs
of Adams, Cumberland and Franklin coup•
ties are especially invited to attend. The
friends of the cause from every quarter will
be cordially welcomed. The Committee
tiust that the spirit of patriotic enthusiasm
which burns in the bosom ()revery friend of
his country will bring crowds of freemen
together on that day from all parts of the
country.
A number of distinguished Gentlemen
have been invited to attend, and address the
meeting. Among others, Mr. Baer, the
Buckeye Blacksmith.
WM. F. CA R EY;
W. STURM,
JOS. MIFFLI N,
. D. COBAUGH,
GEO. M. PHILLIPS,
Committee.
July 21, 1840. . td-17
GEOUGE
WS now getting in leadineas for the fall
mt. sales the greatest variety of stoves ever
offered to . the public in tins ranee, Meetly o
his own irnantifacinring, and (thined iti the
neatest and best manner; ALL WARRANT•
ED. Among which are a great variety of
NINE PLATE DO., ALL SIZES;
PARLOR, FR43,NHLiki'4iND
COAL STOVES,
all of which will be sold at prices to suit the
times. Old stoves and tild Metal of eVery
kind taken in exchange for new stoves.—
All persona wanting Stoves are invited to
call.
Gettysburg, July 21, 1840. 0-17
P. S. Among the above Stoves are Dome
of a very large size,. calculated for Church
es, Bar and School rooms.
TAKE notice that I have applied to the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of
Adams county, for the benefit of the Insol
vent Laws of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, and that they have appointed the
27th day of august nate, for the hear.
ing of me and my creditors, at the Court
house, in the borough of Gettysburg, when
and where you may attend if you think
proper. I. D. RUPP.
July 21, 1840. tc-17
TIPPECANOE CLUB.,
AREGULAR meeting of the Tippecanoe
Club of the Borough of Gettysburg,
will be held at the Eagle Hotvl, on Satyr.
day Evening the 25th of July lest, at half
past 7 o'clock.
A general attendance is requested..
M. C. CLARKSON, Prat.
H. D. SwEratte,
Secretaries. "
W. RUTURAUFF,
July 14,1840.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. L. NOEL, Pres't.
td*-17
(FROM PHILADELPHIA,)
a dio mavamlg
acca-sTovita,
TO MY CREDITORS.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sheriff's Sates.
IN pursuance of a Writ of Veditleni Ez
pones, issued out of the Court of Corn.
mon Pleas of Adams county. and to me
directed, will be exposed to Public Sale, at
the Codrt hodSe r , in the borounh of Getty*:
burn, on rnesday the 11th dtim of August
next, at I 0 1 / 4 10a, p. lit.
.1 Tract of Zand,
situate in Huntington township, Adam
county, Pu. containing 40 Acres more or
less, adjoining lands of Thomas Craighead ;
Jacob B. Lyon & Co. ALSO
- A TRACT OF LAND,
containint 14 Acres more or less, situate
Huntington township, Adams county, Pa.;
adjriining lands of k% illiam Meals, Temple.
ton Brandon and others.
ALSO—The interns! in a certain
'fillet of Land,
situate in the aforesaid Township, Adams
county, t'a , containing 60 Acres more or
less, on which are erected a
IMO
et I
TWO STORY
Stone Douse,
and Stone Bank Barn with an nut tenant
%OUSE' adjoining lands of William Mea ls
James Robinet and others. Seized and ta•
lien in execution as the Estate of Ludtvick
Waltemyer, deceased.
-ALSO-
A TRACT OF LAND,
Situate in Germany township, Adams coum
ty, Pa., adjoining lands of the heirs ofJohn
Weikert deceased, Illallabaugh Huff, and
others, containing ltd) Acres more or less,
on %%Inch are erected Two one story Log
a Dwelling ➢Mouses,
a lug Barn and a log Stable, with a spring
of water near the door. Seized and taken
in execution as the Estate of Thomas Wmpi
son, deceased.
A LSO
`AR lree-est of
A TRACT OP LAND,
containing FIVE: !acres more or less, situ.
ate in Straban tolthithip, Adams county. Pu
adjoining hinds ef Daniel Longenaker, Ja.
cob Orndorff and others, on which are eree.4
led a aNa, STORY Lao
Dwelling House,
Ir. and Log Stable. Seized and atom
io execution as the Estate of Jacob Utz.
The undivided fourth part of
al Tract of -.Land,
adjoining lands of David Rhode, Georges
Patterson and others, containing 103 Acres'
more or less, situate in Freedom township,
Adams county, Pu. on which are erected
A ZiYO EITORIt LOU-
• P.!
- DV cling Louse, ;;;;
.
and double log Barn with a well - .
of water naar the door. Seized and taken
in execution as' the :state of Abraharn
Branner.
G. W. NI , CLELLAN, Sherif.
Sheriff's Office, Gettys- Z
burg, April 21, 1840. )
OL&ICP NEETIVIO,
A CAMP MEETING will be held by
1311 - Ministers and members of the Metlyr‘
dist Episcopal Church, on the ground of
Mr. Gce. WAITER, mike from Gettys4
burg, to commence on Friday the 7th of
August nett.
N. B. Nn peisini will he alloWed to ride
or drive in the enclosure during the meet.
ingi eAcept those who come to remain on the'
ground. The lof will be put in force against
all persone i coming near the ground to sell
those things that ere prohibited.
THE ,COM I T rEE.
July 21, 14340.
CALL AND SEE!
MTV MCDODOCe
THOMAS J. COOPER
FIAS received n large and general eta
ointment, t•dnsisting of
DRY AND DOMESTIC
(t
6UCH Ad FuLLOWei VIZ:
Cloths, Cassimers, Carisinets, Kentucky
Jeans, Summer Cloths, Calicoes, Lawns;
Ginghathe, 'Picking& Checks, Cottort
Stripe; MuSiiits,.Ainetican Nankeens, I
rish Linens, Valencia, Burlap and Mar
seines Vest►ngs, Pittsburg Cords, Velvet
Curds, Shoes,. &e.
--ALSO-
U. in DAV ANCIPA4
4tueensware BSc GrOcekictil
All of which will be sold at the most redo.
ced prices fur Cash or Country Produce on
accomodating terms.
Gettysburg, July 14.
COLONIE L•
THE Enrolled Militia and Volunteers of
the 80th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia,
are notified that an Election for eolnitel
of said Regiment, in the room of Colonel
COBEAN, resigned, will ho held on Salve;
day the Bth day of August nest, between
the hours of 10 and 0; for the Ibt Battalion s
at Keckler's Tavern; for the 2cido. at Cap
lain Kurtz's, in Gettysburg.
D. SCOTT, Brig. insp.
July 14,1846. to-16
AUDITOR NOTICE.
V HE Subscriber having been appointed
Auditor, by the Cou'rt of Common
Pleas, of Adams county, fo adjust and ap
portion the asserts in the hands of John
Wollord, Titmice of James Walker, ha
has appointed for the crtAttors to meet at
the house of Mr. Moses Myers, Innkeeper
in Petersburg, on Saturday the Ist of Au•
gust next, at 1 o'clock, for that purpose.
%V M. GARDNER, Auditor. • ,
June 30,18,10.