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eliisCemaleous. From the Yorkrille (S. C.) Conpiler. ELECTIONS. To elect a man to ollice, is to chocse him in preference to another. Election is the act of choosing or selecting one or more persons from a greater number for any of fice; in other words it is a voluntary pre. ference given to one, or more, among oth crs. Public election, is the ceremony of public choice. From the above dcfinition, it appears that in making an election the will is con cerned, therefore, there can be no election, unless the will of a man makes a choice. In the civil institutions of our country, a fundamental principle is that the people choose all their offices either inmmediaLely, by an act of their own; or mediately, by their representatives. So that no man can be empowed to rule over its in any sense, whom we do not choose; nor, laws cannot be enacted and enforced which we do not approve, it follows that tce the people go vern ourselves. This is an invaluable blessing, and can be richtly appreciated only by an enlightened and virtuous com munity. The price of this privilege ar gues, its great value. Our fathers brenme impatient of the unjust restraints and bur dens which were heaped upon them; and being unwilling to suffer it longer them selves; and least of all, to entail the evils thereof upon their posterity, they de termined to throw off the yoke of tyranny at all hazards; and relying on the Protec tion of Divine Providence. mutually pledg ed to each other, theirlives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in support of their declaration for Independence. Very ma nV valuable lives and fortunes were sacra ficed on the altar of their country; antd we the children of the frce are duly called upon to sustain and cherish that which was committed to our care. If we ahuse our right to choose men to office, we stand committed of a high of. fence against oi'r country. If we neglect to attend at the time and place appointed to give our suffage; or. if we be led by partiality to vote for persots uwhorthy the sacrel trust; or, ir by prejudice we deny an office to the most whorthy: and above all, if we biy, or sell -in ollice for the price ofselfish interest;t we never can stand as acquitted of treachery before God, nor man. How then will the popular mode ofelec vioneerintg stand the test? Wat, shall freemen he made stepping stones for the slaves of Fa't.et or, the votaries of money! Nay rather let the fawnina sycophantt he driven frotn our presciiee in disgrace, for having eonecived the thutcl: in his heart. to buy the cift of God and price of precious lives, with flatteries and lies; and least of all, to purchase with a dram the votes of simple men. Let every cantididite stand upon his mer it; let him possess moral north. There are hut two great principle< which prompt men to act, first, the fear ofGod seondiv, self-interest. lie i ho rears his God, and will deny himself fir the public good, can not be a dangerous man; yet tie may err through ignorance; .the'ufore, let mental VWrs * .... I.. ....- ....... . . .. - ground of merit in him who w(oild serve the people. When we make our choice then let us measure all our candidates b this; viz: that the% know what to do, and that they be good enough to (o what they know to be the best; and let us condemn to infamy and disgrace, him who offers to rise to olfice by cunning and deceit; thus taking advantages of the ricc of the age, to serve his selfish defigns. He who has niot morarll courage enough to stem the torrenit of am vicious pttblie's opinion at home, and take his ta ndl ont principle; never can he safe', nor truco his trust abroamd: hieeanse lie catreflly I watches the mo~vintgs oft lie risit:g thouiighi, in his colleagues, andl wh et her thuese he wright or wronig, he will go with the struuf side: thus~ leaving the weaik sice. where truth ofteu lies, atnd whlo are in their tna ture defenceless, to join the strong who defend themnselves. VroTE.u Fromd the eln .Ia::rnal. lIA R RI SONI SM. There must lie somtething peculiarly charming in Harrisonism, which we have never been abile to discover. Without ar gumnent, ni blout the aivowal of a sinigle prinicile, eiilher by the Ge'ineral hinmelf. or by the party by which lie is sitpporteid. his popularity, if w~e may credit the pre ses which sustain him, is continually in creasing. We are at a loss bow to accout for it. 'There tiuist be some caiuse opera. ting other than mieets the '"pulic eye' Immaediately after the adjournment oif the Harrisbnrg Cottvenmtiont, in [Decemiber last, tee Aug.ustai Chronicle and Sentinel, held the following ligciage, "'desirouis as we have beeni to support the opposingr candi dlate to Mr. Van Duren tee Cannot go for Harrison, and we thiink. ii timie andi labor spn in vain to attemipt to elect him. Hie rannel possil9 gel a role Soiuth of thme Po lomaC" On thme 1:2th of December. the Macotn Messeniger, ptublishes~ the nomitnatio~n oh lIarrison, and adhds "it is hardly ne'cessa ry to renmark that lie catn tnever receive the s'upport of the Wtiig party of Georgia, and probably in no paurt of the SouithernStates."' The Geoagia Jloutrnal of the 17th Dec. noticing the ntomination says: "THEY HuvE: NIGGLED IT w~iH A vENGFAYcE !! We would as soon think of supporting Arthur Tappan, as this nominee for the Presiden cy of the liarrisburg Contnentions." All these pritits are now open mouthed sup porters of Harrison. Their colitmus are full of hlard Cider, Coon Skins atnd Log Cabins. What new light has broken in upon them since December, we repeat, we cannot tell, but that they mtist know some thing, with whicht the public is unacquain ted we can hardly etn:ertain a doiubit, The editors certainly have too iuineh respect for their readers to trifle with them thus without some more powerful reason, titan has yet met the "public eye." What is the charm which hsas opetatedl so marvel lously in openuing the eyes of his old oppo nents, to the trancendant merits of the ie ro of Tippecanoe? WVe should like to know. We trtust it is not of sneh a char eter that an honest man would be asham ett to own t. "I'm getting fat," ne the loafer said wheen he wasstaling lard. Correspondenc of ie Charleston Courier. ASHVILLE, N. C., Sept. 21, 1840. This was the day fixed for the meeting of the Stockholders of the L. and C. R. R. Co., and of its Directors, at this place. Of the Directors, the followin2 attended: Col. JAMEs GADSDEN, of Charleston, President. Directors-Judge Reese, M1r. Campbell, and Mr. King; of Tennessee; Charles Bar ing, Joshua Roberts, Mlr. Rutherford, and Dr. J. F. E. Hardy, of North Carolina: R. G. Mills, Win. Rice, and Vardy M'Hlee, of South Carolina. Aud of the Stockholders, there were present, Gov. Butler, B. F. Taylor. and Dr. Gibbes, ofColumbia, S. C.; E. G. Palmer, of Fairfield S. C.; Wim. Sloan, of Pen dleton, S. C., Gen. E. H. Edwards, Treasurer, A. S. Willington, Alex. Maz yck. Dr. Blake, Wm. Patton. and Col. C. G. Memminger, of Charleston, S. C.: Col. Chunn, J. W. Patton, J. M. Smith, N. W. Woodfin, and Mr. Vance, of Butt combe, N. C. In order to ascertain if the Stockholders present and their proxies they held, con stituted a quorum for the transaction of btusiness, GoV. BUTLER was called to the Chair, and Dr. Gibhesappointed Secretary. it proving that there was not a quolum for hu-iness, those present resolved to request the Direction then in session to call a meeting at Charleston. on the day ensa-ing the general annual meeting of the Bank Corporation in Charleston. itt November next, and that they eive dte notice thereof to the Stockholders. The Stockholders and Delegates will remain here until to-mor row, to see if a sufficiency of Stocholders arrive to form a quorum-but such a result is not at all probable. There is no doubt the Directors will call the meeting in Charleston as requested. I understand that ifa quorum had been formed, the Ten nessee and North Carolina Stockholders would have made some proposition to withdraw, anti to have had their subscrip tions refundod. Bank of the United Statts.-Tn the Dis trict Court fer the city and -ounty of Phila lelphia, at the July tern, judgmetnts were obtained against this institution on its pro tested hilts and post notes, to the amount 4'donc million, eight hundr d and fifljy seven thousand. one hundred dollars. The court deided tiat the Bank was bound to pay ttreee per cent interest, according to its charter, and not six per cent, according to mhe legalizing the suspension upon those Judgmentts, it is said the hanti has takenout writs oh error; and gisen security to double the amiount.-Camden Journal. Ilorrill.- As asination.-Under this head the Clinton, (Lou.) Democrat of the 9th, aives the liillowinta accounto. -On Mon day mornittg last, about daylight, our es eeetd fellow citizen, Col. Warre.; C. Whitaker, was inhumanly amurdered by being shot down, while standing in his yard given orders to his neg-roes for the day. A number ofhuick shot took fatal eI feel near the region of his heart, and he feel dead with a sinle exrhmation. Fnor ofl hi;.egroes are now.iu jail under suspi b1lood-as yet, however, but little is ktown, hough no doubts are entertained bit that the murderer or murderers will be i-covered .-Nw - Orlans Bulletin, 191t instant. SAvANN.t, Sept. 19. Front Florida.-By the steamer For rester, Capt. Wray. we yesterday received the .Jacksonv-ille Advocate of Tuesday from whic-h we make extracts, and subjo in at lettecr from otur corre~puinden t.-Geor. JfAcKsoNVtLt.E., Sept. 15. Im/iacns.-Lieute-nant H anson, at Wau camhootat, ha% rer-ently hadi an enagement wvith the enmy in which he lost otte man, andi~ had four woutmded. Sante day, 6th intst. a youngt mnan by the name of Geiger, w~ at rdered at thle stame laic. Oat .aturamday. thle I 2th, atn itdian w'ith two pies," was scen about seventeen muiles of this place. One of thme ponies wats tatken, tbut the [tmdian withI the othier escapted. lIe is supiposedI to be onie of a large party concealed in a large swamnp tnear tat ptlace. A scout if Citizen voluin reears stairted this mot-ning to scour the hiammoicck. C'ortesepondence oif thec Georgian. .JacKsoNvalLix, Sept. 16. Dear Sir-In addition to what yoti will find ini the Adcocate, I have learned the hollowinig p-articulars, whichb I send you. I haveajust conversed with a getlemnatn direct from Ncwtnansvillc, who states that the body of Geigetr was tnot founid until Thursday 10th. WVhen ibundI it exhibited one of the most revolting spectacles of fiendish vengancee, seen sinceo the comn m-enent of the wvar. lHe was first " htpped utntiilhis batck was a mass~ of clot ted gore-; his legs were tripped from his feet to btia hii p, then cut w'ith a kntife entirely round umtil hi-s tippet- part were nearlv sep. arate~d lfrotm the lower, his heart taken out, atnd his head cut off. He was one of a party of v-olunteers stat ioned :t Fort W alker, who c-arried the express to Liieutnnt Hanson, infsioming him, of thme Itdian signs. H1is conhmaians hadi left WVtaaoota but a few minutes becfore, and passed the battle Crond tutmolested. There were about 10t) Indians. APALAcutcoLA, Sept. 12. By an arrival from Ceder Keys, wve leat-n that on thte 4th inst. the second Re ment of Dragoons, Capt II. L. Beal, stur prised and attacked a party of abotit 30 In dians, ott the Wacassassic River, andi sue ceeded in capturing Hula Too Chtee, a sutb-chiecfofthie Micasukies, Hosan Major or Cratggyi Moss, HanTe Mathia Chee, anid No Cos Cilia or Bears foot. The others fled to the hamnmocks, whither, ac cording to ourt iniformat, Capt B. wiith the troops tinder his command, intended to puirsue them, tatking te prisoners with thetm to assertain if possible their place of retreat. WVe lear-n also that a party of Indians hiurnm a house a few mtiles below Chatma hoochiee a few (hays simiee; its occupants had previously fled from apprehension of ani attack.-A dvertiser. The Postmaster General has revoked the regnihationl which forbade the carryinig of niews papers by other conveynce along mail rotates ,han the reginlar mail. WHIGS LOOK AT THESE THINGS. 1. Gen. Harrison's letter to Mr. Evans, of Maine, in January, 1840, declaring him self an Abolitionist. 2. Uis letter in 'lie hands of W. B. Cal houn. of Massachusetts, February5, 1840, declaring himself an Abolitionist. 3. His letter to Mr. Lyons, of Virginia, June 1,1840, declaring himself not an Abo litionist. 4 His letter to Gov. Owen of North Carolina, February 16.1840declaring him self not an Abolitionist. 5. The reply or Gwyne. Wright. and Spencer, his committee in February 1840, tdeclarinig his non-committulism. 6. His reply, the 10th of April, 1840, to Messrs. Chambers and Van Buskirk. of Kentucky declhring his non-committalism. 7. That part of his Fort Meigs speech. relating to his said committee. 8. His letter to the Hon. J. Williams, of Tennessee, as to his said committee. A HARRISoN Wilto OF 1836. Democrats.-Look through the whig press from Maine to Georgia, and can you find any DENUNCIATION of old feder almeasures? Can you fid any ONEof the present whig journals disclaiming that they have in their ranks the GREAT HODY OF THE OLD FEDERAL PARTY? Can you find ONE of the whie editors INDIGN ANTLY DISOW NING FEDERAL PRINCIPLES? When AUSTIN and DUANE, and others of the old denocrates were defending MADISON and GERRY from the fierce assaults of RUSSELL -,nd CALLEN DER, where then was DANIEL W EB STER, who stands forth as a LEADER of the whig procession on the 10th of Sep temher? 07 Defending the actors in the HARTFORD CONVENTION!.4f Denottcing the 07 measures of MADi SON'S ADMINISTRATION! . Is there now a whip press that does not ENDORSE WEBSTER'S PRINCI PLES? 07 Democrats REFLECT and then AcT.-Boson Post. I1arrison's Populrity.-IUarrison run on the Adams clectorial ticket in Ohio, and was de feaed. ie run on the Federal ticket for Congress in 1R32, and was defeated by six hundred and fifty-three ma.;ority. fie was rtn for Governor in 1820. against a very unpopilar tman. anli he got otily 4,348 votes onto80,0010. Ilarrison did not get a single vote in his own county. He was run for the lower house of the As sembly in 1831, and was defeated by a peddlar ofgingerhread in Cincinnati, who is none the worse for that. but it goes to show that Harri son entitsiasm is all a humbug. Martin Van Buren, at the election in 1836. beat Ilarrison in his own county .ight hundred and t" enty two votes, anal which county hag been ini favor of Van Buren ever since, and hps rettrned Dr. Duncan to Congress.-Salem fle gister. [From the Standard of Union ] William H. Crawford's Opinion of Gen. Harrison.-The following extract from a letter wrirten by Mr. Crawford front Paris, in May, 1814. to a distinguished citizen of tlis coutitry, is recommended to ite eu, m1ider , itihe people of Georgia itsI realat gq tarther prosecution of te 'war. Ihere are the Generals who are to meet the able and experienced commanders who have distinguished themselves in the Peninsula, for the last six years? Is it Wilkinson? Is it Harrison ? I have heard with surprise and much pain, that Ilarrison has heen appointed Lieitenant Genera! of the army. I have examined with attention, all his letters naald icial statements, wvhich he has writ en sinace be entered tho army, and I con fess thatt every thtitng wvhich has fallen from his [ten savours of' the low demagoguie, rather thtan the patriotic, enlightened and skilful General. It has appearced to me, that from the tmotment he entered the army, he placed his hopes ofptromot ion upon the influence of the Western people, and nut upon his talents, or the military services which he hw~I rendered, or expected to render." WVith high respect and contsidIerat ion, Wmn. II. CRAWVFORD. A MORSEL. When the whigs at a table hegitn to feel 'hip ! Thev roar out right boldly, 'hurraafor old Tip! Whben anthetir glass smts to itndicate high! "'is three lust y chree rs for 'old Tip and old Ti!' Alas. what a tmishnp is eney neqtmred lit the mouth of November 'twill be 'Tip'-sy and ' Ti'-rcd ! S-rtcxs. Boston Post. Romantic Incident-Major H. 0. WVats, the husband of the lady lattely captured by thle Catmanches, at Linnville, was not hkil led in the skirumidh at that place The persona reported as killed anud suapposed to bue him. wvas his brother Captain WVatts. Th'le Major wats severely wvoundedI, amti in cotnsequtence was unable to protect his la dy, who with at servanit and little negro girl, wvas taken as far as the battle grotund ont Plump~ Creek; where after an ineffect ual attempt tmadc by the savatge to take her lifo, she was recaptured. anti prtobably ere this hats bteen restored to the arms of her hus~bandl! it is pleasing to notice int eidents like this beamittg out thurough the clouds of mtisfortun.-Huston (Texas) Telegraph. Ilcaldh.-Sickaness in this section oftheconn try. atnd indeed in every other that we can hear froum, is on the increase; and thme eases also at tenaded with more obstinacy. This year will bong be remembered as a fatal otne, even in the high, dry, and hitherto healthy pine woods of the country.--W'etumpka ( Ala.) Argus. The 'eathr.-The weather dttring the last eight or ten days has been very pleas ant, with cool nights and fair days-yes terday mortning it commenced raining, and we are likely, front all appearances to hav~e a wet spell-which will he very much against our farmers in saving their Hay. Yorkrille Compiler. Gen. James Hlamilton, was, at the latest dates, at the Hlauge. on the eve, it is ,iaid, of concltuding a treaty with the Go v'ermanen:t of the Netherlands, for the re cognition of the Repumblic of Texas.-Pilot. Punning.-A person named Owen Moore, once lefl his tradesmen somewhat uinceremo niously, on which occasion a wag wrote "Owetn Moore has runt away, Owin' more thant he can pay." N. 1Y. Sunt. QUALLIFICATON OF VOTERS. Maine.-Residence in the Stato three months preceding any election. New Harnshire.-No quaIlifiCatioUs re quired but to be 21 years old. Vernont.-One year's residence in the Stae,a quiCet and 'peaceable disposition, and will vote as he shalijudge will con duce to the best interest of the State. JAlassachuselts.-One year's residence in the State, aud to pay state and county tax. Rhode Islan-.-Must be a resident of the state, three mouths, and own a free hold of $131. Connecticut.-Must have gained a settle ment in the stdte, own a freehold of $5 per annum, or to have done military duty, paid a state tax, and taken the prescribed oath. New York.-To be 21 years of age, an inhabitant of the state fior tie last yeat, anti a resident of the county for the last six months. A colored man must hold a free hold of$50, have paid taxes thereon, and been five years a citizen, New Jerscy.-A citizen of the state one year, and worth $250 proclamation noney Pennsylvania.-A citizen of the state two years, and paid a state anti county tax The sons of persons so qualified, between the ages of21 and 22, uay vote, though they have paid no tax. Delaware.-Same as Pennsylvania. Maryland.-One year's residence in tile counrty where they shall offier their vote. Virginia.-Own a freehold of $25. hav ing been a housekeeper one year and been assessed. Some other qalliflrations are require'd of those whio have no freehold. North Carolina.-A citizen of the state one year. who has paid taxes. may vote for members of the louse of Commons, but must own 50 acres of land to vote for Senator. South Carolina.-Residence itn the State two years, and in the district where he of'ers hts vote six months. Georgia.-A citizen of the state, and six monts residence in the county where he offers his vote, and must have paid all taxes imposed ot him. Alabamna.-A citizen of the United States, one year in the state, and three months residence in the county where he offers his vote. Mississipi.-A citizen of the United States, one year's residence in the State, and six months in the couniv, and have paid taxe's or (lone military duty. Louisina.-Residence in the county where he olyer< his vote otteyear. tid hav. ing paid taxes within the last six months. Tenncssce.-A citizen of the United States, and six montths residence in the country where he offers his vote. Kentucky.-Two years resitdence in the state, and in the entity where he offers his vote pne year jtext preceding the clec tioti. Ohio.-Otie year's residence in the state next precedina the election, entitles him to vote in the county where lie resides. Indiana.-Otne year's residence in the state imiteditelv preceding the election, entitles him to vote in the county where he resides. . .. t..1 UIIS7 9 I t sit ne IU .iitt where lie actually resides. Missouri.-A citizen of the United States, and one year's residentre in the state next preceding the electiotn, and three months in the county. Arkansas and Mlichigna, not known to us. Fron the Carulina Planter. CURtING AND aiTACKING FODDER. MIR. I'IDtTuR:-Utntil last year, I was in thte habit of' cUritng my fodder wholly in the ,un atnd pttting it ntp in dtuble staecks. This, I call the olI pilan. The obhjtctions to it are, in this lace, that tmany of the leaves dry. crumble, anti are lost, ere the stems and succulent portions ate fit to btesatneked. In the seconid phi~ce, that an itnten'iely hoit sun is hurtful to the fodder, that enred in the shadie being always the most fragrant andi nutritious. Itis the pratctice of the best Engisht, French, and Fletmish far mers, itn curing teir hay, to expose it as little as possible to the sttn. It is carried in dry, but it preserves its greetn color; ant you see hay two or three years old in their tmarket ofso bright a green color, that we would scarcely contceive it to be curedl, yet they ere in the practice of preserving it for years. attd value it tnore for its age. Cur ed in this waly scarcely a leaf is wasted. atnd that thte hayv treser~ves its l'reshttess and fragrance; and it is satid that at least ten per cent is gained int gttanttity, and~ as much in quality, A thtrd obtjection to the old plan is, that the fodder is more lia ble to be ser'iously injured by dews and rain; atit the fact is, itt a season like this. whvlen we have had rains almost every day, if we are to depend upon curing outr fod der wholly int the sun, we shall not have one good stack int tn. If therefore, wev can fall tupon a plan bty whtich we can make bet ter fodtder and with less ettnshine, wve shall ofecourse, be runntintg less rink, and stand a better chance utf getting itt that ptart of the crop. WVith this view, I htave thme fodder that is pullled in the forenootn, stacked in the eventing of the same day, provided there hits been tno ra'n abot tt. Ii'it is wet, I allow it to beconmo perfeedly dry hefore it is stacked; and mty plan of' st ackintg is sitzuply this: A pole is placed in the ground, at the spot where yotu intend to stack. Fouir other poles, or fence rails, ifyour stacks he small, are placed rotund tbe centre ptole ab)ont a foot or more from the bot tom, atnd t hent all tied together at the top, witht a grabe-vitne or any thing hatndy, forming a cone. Place some brush or few rails at the bot itm, so as ho rise the fodder a little off' t he ground. Theti commetnce layinig your fodlder in single bjundle's arotttd this cone, and whet you have finished, it will he a hollowo stack. The atir havittg free pas sage unlderrcenth the stack, will circutlate in thte hollow, atnd the fodder will finish curing in the shade and uniexposed to the Weather. Yu may core and stack pea vines int the satme way. For this improvetment, as I conceive it tto be, I am itndebted to an old agriculture rriend who has hadl 40 years ex perience tn ptlantting, atnd whtt had all his lifie follo'ved the "good old way'' ofeuring antd stack ing fodder, unttil ahtot two years ago hap pened to learn from on Agricult ure paper ntot an "old negro," that the best mode of Icttring hay &c. was tn nennoe it but litle to the sun, he conceived his plan of stacking fodder so as to have it partly cured in the shade. He hasadopted the plan for the last tWil years, and thinks he makes bet ter fodder by it, and certainly runs less risk of weather. I have alo had fodder siacked in the same 'ray and am much pleased with the plan; and I inow send it to you to make "book knowledge" of it. FCNUM. EDGEFIELD C. H. THURSDA., OCTOnBa 1, 1840. Towx ELECTboV.-At an election held at this place, on the 14th of September, the following gentlemen were elected Intendant and War. lens of the town of Edgefield, for the ensning year: P. F. Lahorde, Intendant; E. J. Mimus. fohn Lyon, W. J. Simkins, Geo. Pope, War lens. We have published this week, the proceed ings of the political meeting which took place it Greenwood, Abbeville Dist., on the 23d uilt. In conseluence of not receiving them qooner, we cannot publish all the letters written by differct gentlemen who were hinited to the dinner which was given, until onr next. TO OUR PATRONS ANI FRIENDS. We are compelled this week, to work off a larue portion of this edition on yellow paper. Htumaiiliating as is the confession, we must de inre publicly. that we resort to this step. ont ac count of a lack offunds! HaIl our subscriheis and patrons paid is. that which they have so long and so jnstly owed us. we would not bave been brotght into our present ditlienkties. There now stand on our books, between threc and four thousand dollars. due this establish ment! About three thonsand are due to tis, the present Proprietor. This sn indonbitless siunds small to large capitalists, bitt it is a great one to us, and sadly do we feel in need of it. We earinestly reniest our friends to pay its wit hoiut ddeul. as mur daily expenses are very considea. ble, and without timely aid. we shall be cout pelled at least, to suspend our publication. For n-uy reasons. this would be at sibect of mnuh regret mid mortification to us, and doubt less, to mlaowy of our patrons. The Cottt of. Common Pleas will soon be in session sit this place, and during that time, a imst hivorable apportinity will be presented to numbers o mur delinquent snbscribers, of paying their ar rearages either in person, or sending the money by their frieuds. We intr,-at them not to neg. lect it. Sub-scribers mnay a'so forward remit. Lances by mail, at our risk It any mi-ey thus sent. should be lost, all that c wold re quire would be a certificate from the Post .us ter, with whom it was dejo ized, shon ing tit it teas forwarded. AUcUSTA .irnaon.-We received a few days R4ince. the first number of the third volume of the Augusta Mirror It contains nmuch inter veloped in a neat cover, on which are to be foumd selected miscellaiiy and advertisenits. We again commenl this heanttiful Peri.odical to the patronage of the piblic. Mnch money is spent by individuals at the South, in the Snlp port oif Northern papers and litermry journals some of which are high!y ohjeetionah!e on ac. count ofic pi.itical seitiments they coitain. Now, we are tnot dlispoised to cenisure those l'er whlich are niot hoistile to Sonuther~n iinstitiuti'itu. Bitt wve think, thant snueh jnrnals a.- the Auguista .Mirror, presentt-uperior claimis. It is emitneni ly a Souithen Periodicah. It was estabtishedl to build tip anJ support Southmernt Literat.;re. Dnt for it, manyt a beantifutl poem aind essay. lie offspring of Southern ge'nitns, would never have seen the light, or would have Wasted their sweetness ott ihec desert air." To the ladies, the afirror is lpeentliarly adaptted. It is to he hoped that they at least, will give it a lielping hatnd, and extend its circulationi as far is they can. I:.:ora.-Ohlicial retiurns of the Illinois elee ion, show that the D~emocratic majority is nmore than (3000-a larger numitber thau was claimed by them. Wa sTO-roo o conWeRn.--This motto wn inscribed on one of the hainiiers ot' the Wihig Convention, which was hield at Bahtimiore. in Mtay last. Does not this tmean, that the WVhigs as a ptarty, conisider ii condescension, yea, deg radat ions, for them to triumph over their oppo nents. the Democrats, ini oilier words, the p~eo. ple ? Let thme people remember their insulting nmotto. Let them at the puolls, put the seal of condemnation upon a party, which is aristo eratic enotngh to use the words, "W stoop to c-ongnter." It is kntown to mansy ofotir readers, that Gen. Haririsoni has been travellitng about the West ern country, for some time, makitng electioneer ing speezchies, abusing the Admtiinistration,. antd indirectly praising himself. In otne of his late orations, he s-poke about the various public of tices which lie had filled, and seemed to clnim great mterit to huimsolf, thaut when actian as Governtor, "le nerer tetos d a bill in his life!" Really, the old getitlemiant has a pterfect horror of the veto power. There is somethinig he titnks, terriblc-revoluttiotiary itn the exercise of it. In his opinuiont, the aict4 of Legislatures, and of Congress, are too sacred for a Governor or President, to set himnself tup int ippuosition to them. ohniuxiotus as the~y may be. Etitertaiinitng such opinioies, what security, have we. that General Ilarrisoin if elected Presidcnt.wilh veto any bill however odions, tunconstitiitionial, or op~pressive, which Congress nmay pass? If Conigress shoild pass a hill niTcting thei deair est rights of the South. what security have we* that such a President wvotuld refuse to sign it ? Notne, whatever. We kntow that General lHar. rison has declared himself favorable itt extra ordinary cases, to the exercise of the veto ptow er. But so gnarded is he in this matter, andh such mierit does he aruogate to himself, for neeer havitng exetcised it. that we are cotn strainedl to regard bhim ats enitirely opposed to it. He virtnnllyv denies thie right of the Presidenti to exercise ft. TsrisoN YiF . oAN flr.r rVRicA..-Tlao reader will find below, Rome extracts from tie trter of Gov. Tazewell of Virginia, who a short time isince declared his prefereice for ir. Van Buren. It is scarcely nece4sary to say, that Mr. Tazewell is an o!d Republican or the JefThrso school. Ile says that when Ie served in Congress, with Mr. Van Bisren and General Harrison, he gcunerally agreed with the former, and inrarinbly ditTered with the latter. Tell us not after this. that the Whig candidate for the Presidency is a disciple of JefTerson, though he says it himself. "I have an acqunintance of some standing with both the candidates, founded upon a ser vice with each of then for several successive years in the Senate of the United States. This ac(iiainiance justifies me in saying of each, that lie is a well-breri gentlenan, of mild and aini-ihle manners and deportment. and so far as I either knoew or belioeve, of irreproachable priv:ste charac-er. Gen. Harrison is my senior by several years, I know, and therefore, he cannot he mich short ofseventy: Mr. Van Bu. ren is myjunior by more years I believe, tlan Gen. Harrison is my senior. In their political course. these 'entlemen have generally differed; a:.d while we were all associated as memben (t the Senate of the United States, it was my tortun, to diter sometimes with both. The oe. cisions of my liffetence with Mr. Van Buren were fw aid rare; but with General Harrison, I do not remember a single suject, inviitinf any rqusstion of Constitutional law, or of high itical expediency. as to which wec ever concurred. And oii the few occasions in which I diffiered with Mr. Van Burm. he was associated with Gener. al Harrisoni. Ilence, it cannot be matter of surprise to any, that when placed in a situation where I ai t) choose beiween two persons, with neither of whom dfi I agree entirely, I should prefer him with whom Ifhave often uni ted both in opimion mid action. to him with whom i have inrariably differed. -I state these things. that knowing the effect which is sometimes produced upon human minds by frequent and long continued conflicts of opinion iupon subjects of much interest, yot may appreciate as yon please the sentiment I have oltten titered, aid will therefore again re. p eat, that in my judgment. General Harrison is both physically and zntellectually incompetent to perform the nunny. varied, arduous. and :mortaxt duties wchich must decolce upon every President of the United States. That it is noit prudent to ex i ose our country to the certain perils which unst await it, shoul its destinies ever be com miitted to i Presidetmi hy accident. in times of ditfieilty and high excituntt and that such a catastro-phe is atways pribable, when one is -ht-vated to the Presideutial chair who has al realy reached the fis term ordinarily consid. ered as the limit of man's life. "To a kind le'ter from friends in a distant Sia'e, inpiring what were my ospinions of Mr. Vasn Lnren's ad.iistrationi. I have recently re plied. A copy of this reply is iow before me; an as it truly repr'esents my sentiments ijupon this subjest, I will transcribe ay anower to the eiqitry propounded. "I was opposed to Mr. Van BIaren whet, he was first a candidate for the Vice Presisleitial chair, and my opposition to him wass continued when he was aflerwards a candidate for the station he tow holds. Upon each of these occasions, there were candidates who, as I th'onglht, agreed with my opinion imoire exactl-., and who therefore I preferred. n,,ertaiiii sut I sentiments. Ihave watchrd his eurse since he caine into power With a rigilmnes that mlight not perhaps have been used by me Un der other eircumstanccs. Yet, With all this vigi lance, I have not been ible to detect a single un constitutional act that hiss been done or proposed by himduring his Administration. This is not a slight nerit. at least in my eves, and whent --'3c t '.i3 .1 tim -. .--454 0rhmna of his policy in regard to our relations whether for eign or doniestic. has evinced much sagacity, pridenc- and forbearance. and this. too, under circumstaices ofgreat dificulty, I cannot with hold my approbation from such a course" Coininunications. Mr. Editor, At your regnest, I send yost an account of the snmtsner in whichs,I keep tny sweet potatoes. That part of tny cellar, ini which I put away my p~o:::tses, fronts the South. I place, at the hsottoms, and ariunid the sides of this apartment, a coastng of pine bark. Otn the bark covering the floor. I place potatotes its a bed a foot deep and cover theis over wvith dry sand. This pro csss is continsued until they arc all put away. After a week or more, when a cold season comsses on. I cover all over wish dry corn stalks, and as the weather is multI or severe, I uncover or cover she bed during the whbole iiter. Ins this wvay, I have, for eight years, kept my pa tatoes wvith mitch suecess. Of 80) busnels, that I Pitt away itn this matter, last year, I do not think tint I lost more than one bushel by rot, or any oilher meains. The pine bark preserves the potatoc from the injnriotns influcence of the dampness that mighst risc from the earth, in a wvet season. Anid the dry sand absorbs the moisture from the atmosphere, and that also iwhieh the potatoe it self gives ont dusring the process of its preser vation, or being cured. Respectfully, WA. P. S. They shouldi be gathered in a dry sea son, wheni the vines are completely dead, and put away as soon as dug. Greenwood, Abbesillc, Sept. 26, 1840. n. EDrrOa.-A public Dinner was given by his constituents to the Hon. F. WV. Pickens, at this place on Wednesday the 23 inst. 5o which nll citizetns of his Csingreseiotnal District, withiout the dlistine lion of parties, were itivited. Theo inclem ency of the weather prev'ented the attend ance of am great sinmber of persons, who otherwise would have been present. Tlhee w 'ere preent about 1500 persons 300 of whoum were ladies. Mr. Pickens gav'e nn absle and eloquent speech, deligh sing an attentsive andsience for more than two hours andh a half; clearly setting forth the danger aund inexpediency of establish ing a Uniited States Batik sit this time, and idlentifying the great Democratic party of the North with that of the South, on the subject of Shivery: also proving, by docu mnrtary evidence, that dhoes not admit of ranvil, that the Aholitionists warmly and zealously support the clais of Gen. H ar risont io the Presidency. A fter she delive ry of the adldre'ss. she President of the Day gave notsice, that ain opportunsity wouild be given dumrinig, the reading of the toasts, to anly one oif the opposition to reply to the nrcsuments shait had been, or might be aud dutcedl. Th'le cornpanty then sat downa to a sumflpttnans 1)inner, prepnired bhv she Committsee of Arrangeme'nts-the utmost dlecormf and hilarity prevntilinsg the while. A fter Dinner, the company again repairdi, to the Statis, when the following toasts wvere read, 1. The Crisis.-deifted~i with the ,tmes in tho history of our coutntry; appro