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I 111'IHI Hill Tht? Federal Administration began hs war against popular rights by enacting laws caLul.ued and intended to repress and pun. ?sh tno free eterctso of thy pr.tflege o! apeec 1?, and the jus! complaints of tit: p'Ople?measures which were /ottowed up bv standing armies, to overawe t>??Win the exercise of their su/Triges. Tho$<% and other man.festatious of their designs, roused >ite -people to defence; they-rose in th'ir trresistilde naighf, and the ed fioe of Federal power fell prosi t a-'e before them. . From Hrs perioJ, system ttic jndii'c.d contests havti been carried on b;,\\v<*e,u the two grcai pirrivs of:ho country, the m?rkt-d . characteristics in each und all ij J*t*?*u. confidence in the honesty and of the people, and their capacity for s If' govermn<3fVj rwi-i!iepne*side, r.nd dis:rdsl on the o heV ; a desire for an extension of the elective franchise to everv f,*(*e cniz n of the country', on |he n:i? sfcfe, an.I tor i;a ahridgmen*, by proper y, rp;<:i>fic rfions, and o.her res: fictions, on lite oilier ? a struggle for popular equality, on the on-J fc, and for peculiar and monopolizing rights, corporate and private on liio oth r. l.u short, a contention for popular sovereignty* on the oats side, apd for a Government controlled by favoroil uilerests und pr.v.feg d classes . on the ot^ier. These contests have ail b,4en brought to the polls of elccJon, and. by uiutosi a ricce&saiy consequence, have vofe nearly an entire u .iforirihy of dects.nii t?? re ?tl?-- prevalence of the popular over ton ans ocratic principle. Ttio Presoi?i.tiid d< clion, at the period to nheh wo have referred, proved that tee uriVoeratic prrn<"ipfe was not to be concluded b; the fair and distinct-decision of iho p'Ojdc -without a struggle behind the polls of election* to reverse their vole; and to gain, by j'(direction, or fraud, or hht.T'y, or force, wh*i it had huled to secure ia thoopeu field ?' twVmilar discussion, lieuce ti e "ft:arhi! W ? and trying cnoiroveisy, for tho Presidency he.'ween Mr. SciTtwu and Mr. Burr, in J ho House df fi?^r?'son?u;ivi s in 1501. Tin* ioteniuu of the poodle, as expressed by t!?0 pupuhv vtM", w;ws not a mat . i\ of doubt or question : but when it w as founJ t'vat power was dearer than principle to one of thoSTuididmes upon tho Democratic tick-*;, tlit rule, H 'jividi'nnJ tfouquer," bccnrf>e that foi the action of the Federal parly, in their effhit to uverdirow the. clociiou, and make that man President of tW whom, from a mistaken confidence. too p a?p!e had mfexHed to m.,ke Vice Pr<*gidk?ot. The limits of an :tudres? wiN not permit ail enti neraiiou of the in.slntices, shlee the memorable one above nam-d, in which .!? aristocratic party hagJittemph'd to (Meat the popular will oy kindred efforts. Sufficient for our present purpose it will be lo refer hi .passages in the history of the elections oftiie people, in the patriotic Slates of Penn1.11(1 M?w Jersey, of recent dale, t%J ! * * , find yet but |mrJjJ!y developed io-Uie uston. isrn?J view of oyir yuuug couniry. Tbey sufficiently ?h<?*u.that ino principle wh cii g ?ve rise to tiie contest between JeO^rson, and Burr yet extsts is still in active exercise, and is one of ibe strong depend noes Tor We ure fiot alarmists. Toe ca?.>o office Democracy bas nothing to g on from representations of imaginary b' n . ft s to be derm J fiom the action of llie Government or to lo?e from similar lepTesentufions of strtfi r. ings, equally imaginary, to fl.j.v from tbe ?one source,' Tim people are, in effect.* tne Government of our country ; iucy are its sovereign and tite r wiii is i s l.iw. When wi?? nntiH.il m litem, we so under a de/ p con ~~ "i i? ? vtctiou of these truths, u?d an qu *iiy *je? p consciousness that ;v? npj>eul lu ru.io-.al, m, leil-gent, . patriotic wcu^ possess ng judgment to discriminate betwceuiruth anlfalso. hood ; firmness to pursue the cuurso oj principle, unswayed by prejot/ic^or passion, or int? res', and in'egMyto de&hd a:.?i p.<;servo those constitutional r ghis upon ivj?ich their U-tuig prosperity so aaf.-ly reposes. To that people u? iio?v appe'.ii am i standing among ihe?n, des r< mis lo submit our Mst) he r culji'relleciioii unJ judgment, we entreat them to look mnjl to ill' rr rights mid interests; to guard the eiccuvtf franchise ms ihesiioet anchor cflheir liberties Jo protect thomsidvesiVoni imposition uikMUIsm "h'?od, and, as necessary to*ih's groat object, from tms:v and unduo excitements, artificially stimulated, and ??t?< i*ipt?.*ii to be supported by 'he povFCr of money, no* the force of truth. We also entreat them lo look lo the conduct of tlv ir representative s? rvant*, nnJ see wh ther, in the discharge of the r high denies, insidt*ou* upprouches may net bo gradually making, if not upon the hottioiri of popular ejections,. at loast upon their eiftcicwcy rrs the firsr consti.utionni slnp un-i?.r cur systems, Slate an J National, in cany nig niio i execution the ^popular w.li.. The course ot tile opposition in Congress calls for the-most serious coiis.aeraiiou vi the people. Charged as thai bo jy is w th the guardianship of the gn at iniercst* of the counny, the public 1?avc n right to expect that those * ho Compose it will devote thmm spires w ith undivided atten ion and Unremitted seal to the execution of tint high and , responsible trust, in what manner tl.:s just expectation-ha* been fulfilled, \vJi b< seen in tlie history of th? present and the the threo preceding sessiotw. Its proper delib'ira;ions h;tve been perpe.uuily disturbed by discussions having no relation to' tire subject matters of legislation before it, produciug inienninuul delays m the transaction of the public lousiness, and embarrassing and postponmg ordinary and indispensable jimmsores, essential io Uie common defence and general welfare, nud clearly demanded by tlte expressed wishes of the people. Nor a-e these the worst f utures in this pic'ure of degenerate legislation. Controversies of a personal cluutncter have rnbro than once umrped the place of calm reasoning an J fair debate, mat bed in their progress by an. gry recrimination, hud some limes tenilimiting in acts of violence ; thus convcebng t ilult,-wbich should be deUicnted to the sacred purposes of legislation, to the pi'otec tion ot tire rights of tke people and the preservation of the public honor, into a thod'.n for the exhibition of vindictive passions. ^ j MIL ~ V ggjjggagw yteggntu i?ye nuil ear on every,$j.le. Ie t our rend ers supjio-o sotne h'U or twenty oi'ifie larges Camp Meetnijs they t*v? r it lien Jed a thrown in:o one, wiift all the acefimpatiyin; exhortations and singing, these hoightene* it) effect t?y the music ol innum-Table hands and they avjII he aide To form a better idei ol'tho aspect t>f Fort Meigs the night o! tin 10th than we could jiFe by the most la. bored descrijiiiun. About midnight tin camp was aroused by an attack Irom som< hundred Indians. Tise <kurns heat to quar fers, skirmishers went driven off the ronrji cannon was minjjl d \v th vol lies of mus. ketry, and du:i.ig.nr? hour or more, m;ur ..f ft-,,* m?ut utlfl IIHT PVOllfX l.{ l!lO tVPTI ** ' - & y * * ; The brief review which we have given i of live conduct of thn Opposition in Congress, is in . perfect accordance with, lb* ; rcourse of Federal parly during our second war of independence. They propose no ; | measures, tltough professing nn earnest dosire lo relieve the country from prevailing 1 embarrassments. They have steadily restated every effort of the Administration to cSrry into execution the pltfn whicb-it lias proposed for separating the fiscal operations oi the Government from incorporated institutions, and winch has u direct tendency to J restrain that dangerous,"' banking power ( which by their agency, and under the influj once ol titter counsels, h id grown up nlmos' | to an equality web the Government itself. I Thus have the cons ttuied iHit!forj:i? s of the J ! land been left powerless as to the control of: 'tlie moB' y of the people, and the punishment Lofdefaul ers, who have violated the trusts | confided to their hands. They have ?har. j ged ;he Democratic party with wasteful exj boyagance, because the expenditures under this, mi / the preceding Administration, have been necessarily increased by a removal- ol the inJi ins fioin withui our settled bordciS, a measure abk t wise, and essential to the j | safety of our citizens, ani distinguished by ! j the most paternal cletii.*ncy to ihe urifjrtu- i nate savage. They have founded a simular j I accusation upon tiie exertions of the tJbv~ j. ' eroment to arrest the buntings, the toma. j I hawk, and the, scalping knife, which have ' j covered Florida with Mood and. desolation, j Tney have super.vied to nil this, attempts to l ob>lruct the regular course of legislation, by I technical objections and motions, and by 1 every strategy which- parliamentary forms ! would permit, and the most fertile ingenuity ..j could invent. By this course of conduct, ! . tnirt. ?n iuiimircd the hiffh ahmitv and ! , ^ J ?"*'v j. D o | .1 ueur!ri? of tin; great representative-body of 1 ih ? people, as to excite the most serous up. prehensions in the bosoun ofevery lover of j did :r, und of every iVtcpd of his country, us j to its moral consequence^ and its tendency to l^ssun the confidence of the world in our 'free institutions. .|^ [To BS CoNT tNUED ] 1 CELEBRATION AT FORT MEIGS. The following is an abridgment of the account of rlr's celebration furnished by the ; editor of tlie BuflMo Commercial Adverts| *r who was present. It having been understood that Gen. Harrison,, who, with li s companions and former aids, Col. To ld, and Majors Clark- j son and Oliver, had spent the nighf preced- j \ iriff hi S mdusky, tvouu arr.ve in mu uom I of the same name at Toledo, in the afternoon, the Committee of Arrangements j delegated to a committee consisting of Wf .ssrsT.ivk)r,C!K)u'es,.CI ij?;> an/J 3;ngg, of j litis city, bfi<I >t detachment of the DtitfdJo ! l-Voijnl'-er Mi:rary Corps, under command j | of.CUfit Auughn, the pleasing task of reoeiviug the hero nnd escorting hint to Perrysbuiy. They left in ho Perry -soon after , our arrival, The interval between their departure and return we spent in viewing their localities about the Fort, and noting i the fresh arrivals, iirnnense multitudes I were already on tin* ground, and tticy con. tiiiii -d to pour in by thousands. More than i five hundred wagons come in one sing'o f procession. The van ofthe line was formed 'by the Ricld.md County Delegation, who Tcanie a pistanceof more than one hundred j n?i!? s, in one hundred and twenty three wagons. WQ ntienipted at first to pnrfic. J : ular zj each different delegation with their ' equipages, banners, mottoes and badges, j but*wo were soon obliged to give up in despatr. ' ? - - a j About Six O'ClOCK me sirumuu.n i dusky and Perry came in sight, and as they I i approached the lowft, the trees, the roots i ot houses, ihe decks and rigging of the' j steamboats ivmg at the wharves, were co'vj ered by th? fUronging thousands anxious to ! obtain a view of the venerable chief. He I lauded untler a salute of 17guns, fired by \ detachment of the Buffalo Frying Artillery, | i which was responded to hy tt<e cannon on j board each of the tenor dozen steamboats, ! and the still louder sheers of the immense , multitude. The Gene ral was deeply affhc. ted, but lite Idleness of lite hour and the fa. i uguft ot the journey, precluded any thing (bore than a sin.pie acknowledgment of die ; <iei?ioivstrations-of atfecliunate attachment vu;h which l.o was greeted. Entering a barouche, and preceod< d by Iris escort, ho im. ' medial* lv rcpnir'u! to tlio Pert, followed by j \ the thousands w!k? had asserr.bLu !*?' w:tu* ss i ..is embarkation. There lie was welcomed ,-by another salute of 17 guns from the Buf. ! falo Artillery." Twenty.seven years had I el a used smeo Gen. Harrison had visited the Fori, arid as ho vi wed tho scene of so J much piivution, suffering and triumphj and marked in their turn the spots where the 1 desperate struggle or successful sully hud been ruiidtynjj will pardon *he sensibility I that would not retrain a tear for the memory j ; of those who so gallantly with him man., j tained the honor and defence of the country j ; in its hour of most iminenl peril. After j riding slowly found the Fort, and pass ng ; ! in review, (he troops drawn up to receive i '! him, tho General .in company with his suite, i i r< turned to town and look up his quarters at tho hospitable mansion of Judge Hoihstcr. As the night came on, the old Fort pre. seated one of the most p'cturesqne views | imaginable. Gfrat numbers of people had 1 come in during the afternoon, from the neighboring states of Indiana und Michigan, and the more distant counties of Ohio, and by 9 o'clock, thecrs could not have been less iban 20,000 on tho ground. These were divided into groups, of from 1,(500 to 5,000 men lis'ening to and cheering some favorite ; speaker, or singing Tippicanoe songs. I j On the brow of the ibank, und on the .' edge of the neighboring forest were ranged the white twits of tlie military and nit z*ns. II The heavens, wore without a cloud, the . f moon was up, an l under the softened and . : meilow radiance of its blessed light, the riv. - er, tho valley, and the whole scene seemed j reposing in quiet beauty, forming a tyrange contrast to the sights and which ml the HI I liU iuuji o"? ?"^ net d o'- r with un nil" ol s ailin g reality.? Tne Indians were finally dr.veu back, sorrr were cap'ured, the seutin*Is were placed and the camp sank into profound repose. By early dawn (he morrfng of the llih t'w? whole population of t'.e valley of ih Muumef, and the country in a circuit of 2! or 3d miles, began to pour in, the hundrei bands which accompanied the different dele gations were playing, m. n mustered^ hundreds and thousands under their respec tive banner*, and all proceeded to lite Fort where, at about 10 o'clock, tho vast ttssem blage was organized as a Convention by tin appointment of officers: Soon after ibcjnrganization had been thu completed, Gen.* Harrison reached lb< ground and ascended the stand, where wen collected many of tho veterans of the Revo lut'oir and his companions in arms und<* Wayne, and during the last .war. His ap pearance was greeted with rounds of tin most tremendous cheer*. The thror.e o Gruce wag then addressed in an &fl*jctio| and appropriate prayer by the Rev. JosCpl lludg^r, whose head was whicned by tin frosts of some 90 winters, and who riearlj 50 years before was a chaplaindn Way ne' army. The prayer concluded, Gen. liar rhvon advanced to address the vast assemb lage. As we learn that his speech will b< published at length, wo will not anticipate bj giving the meagre sketch of lbs remarks wt were able to make. He spoke for neat Jj i 1- i.. ir ?n uitlumf ; an nuurauua nun, v.., ?. moments hesitancy, and wi ll .1 forco nn< ppw- r not surpassed by one in iKefcHpriim and vj?<>, of manhood. We honestly con? fcssjtha.', notwithstanding our perfect con/1 deuce m the integrity and puri'y of his char after find principles, ami with a jtwl appro ciatiori of his eminent miliinry find civil aer. vices, the attacks upon him had been rnndi with sut:h boldness and per inacity, they har linen r pdtHed ui.-so many thousand forms and frdrn so many sources, that though w< gave them no credence, we*!ill had n.isgiy ings, I st age, the resporfsibd Pes, service! and hardships of h s eventful I f-, h ?d some what impaired his pin s.cijil foot inh'ilecttia energies. But whatevr r inhgivings we hat on that score, were dissipated af:cr listening to the first few sentences of his address. Du ri:ig the whole of his long speech de!iv#r< ( in the open ?ir, under n humingsun, not fo one moment did lit* falter. The trumpetl.ke s on? s of his voice rang out as clear a the clohc as at the conun 'ncerocnt,* find l>j ad lie mighty host gathered round, not les: tliah 25,000, every word could bodisbncilj heard. YVc have lis ened to many of tlx best public speakers in our country, um from none, either in style, < loq ienc<\ choice' ness or fluency o! language, did We evoi l)t*ur a morp? effective or appropriate speech Tl.o ! pics touched upon were such in might naturally be supposed would be th< subject of remark on such ari occasion. Tune has touched Gen. Harrison with 1 lenient hand. Thy re is a vigor and elas'iei ty about him which aided by his hubiis o strict temperance, promise to last ihesi twenty years. His eye yet sparkles will the brightness of youth. 1 ? Prom the s;anu w<r survryi-u mc u< and mighty crowd, all hymnal in o almos ckiath.likc silence, or breaking forth i: spontaneous ami thunder hko cheers. Bu once in a man's lifetime can" h? t expect tc look upon a s<hine~ I'ke that. There \ven the People ga'hered in their nuQhsty an< might, ^oine liad come expressly to lx present, from a distance of more than 80( miles. They seemed to oe composed a I most exclusively of firmer* nod working meni 'lit: hone and sinew of the country, wh< li id mot, no! for purposes of war or to repe a foreign foe, but on a peaceful errand, t< consult on the common vreul. Gen. Harrison was followed by the Prcs ideal of the duy, the Hon. Thos. Ewing His remarks wire addicted more part cu larly to the men of Ohio, and were worth' the repulsion of one of the most distinguish od sons the Bu- kerf Siae c in bhast. Mr Schctick, ofDaylun, was t!.f!? loudly ca!le< for.JMr. S. enjoys unenviable reput>?ilon his own Statu us a lawyer and public speak er, and if we mist-ike not,bis name erelonj will be equnl'y \tv!l known throughout' tin Union. At the close of his remarks, tin Convention was adjourned for dinner?she thousands left the ground, the number seem ed scarcely sensibly" diminished. Net speak- rs were railed for, the appetite fo lirfc iofr ?rrovvinr bv w hat it fed upon, nni ' D O c? ^ various gen ifiUMi occupied the sf:md unl the Convention forrnally re-assembled. I is impossible to give the names of nil th speakers, but among tho number who ad dressed the mul itude in the course of th day, were Mnj. Clarkson, Gen. Harrison' aid in the war, Messrs. Haddock, Love ani Chamberlain, of Buffalo. Taylor and Eieu llierus Cooke, (?! Qiiio, Dawson of Michi gnu, bes des other gentlemen whose name have escaped our recollection. In the afternoon rcsolu ions were udop ted in favor of the elec'ion of Harrison an Tyler, mid a few addresses were made. . Capt. Hamilton, of the British Navy,'late! visited Texas in the sloop of war Pilot, in dr del* to procure the release of eight negroe who were conveyed to Texas some years ag from Barbadoes. He accomplished his obje< in regard to five of them. One was dead; th other two were supposed to have gone to th V. States, ' f ) I J5*, f,-T y "j* r*% * ^ ^ . x< 9 3y ? _*u " i?" ' ~" '*rV^r * aiamvjtfMPftwe^^BWBnwMWBjawwwwwwpw^wMP^^g 1 YHEGAZBTTE, | 11 "-. ' ?&&8l&W9* ; , .J ? > ' -r~^ " ' j HESXIiSDU JdOBNlX", JtLY 1. ' ," , . &1 -? -: rrr?. ' " * i We J a tely."received from Mr; A. P. 1 - Cacoste- of.thistown, a parcel ofthelar" j - gest'and best frish Potatoes'which we I * have have ever seen of southern growth. . _ They were equal at least to the very best f of die largest, ever brought to this mar- ket from the north. We last year re- ^ ' ceived some from Go!. D. S. Harilee, ' 12 ' ** * . nearly as large. Thesc-two parcels prove I : that as fine Irish Potatoes may be raised \ i here as any where else, and that too, ' * "T* - ^ * whether the season be very dry or very ' ! wet, very hot or very coot; Will both gen- \ ) tlemcii favor us with an acco&trt ol their ( J : mode of planting and cultivating? To make room for the long political arti_ I cles which wo urn now publishing, we are 1 '? obliged to abridge, for week or'two, our 1 . ' | agricultural department. .* " ' ? ? * J " fOl'HTH OF JVJLY.V , * Tlie Committee appointed to make ar- i u rangemcnts for celebrating the approach- \ * ing anniversary of American Iridepebr dence, communicate the following: . < At half past 10 o'clock, A. M. the t f'| procession wilffbrm in front of the Plan- * * ^ ^ i / ter's Hotel, .under the direction of the 1 Marshal of the Daj. - 1 , " At 11 o'clock preciselj, the procession < ' will move down Market street to 2nd: 1 t . along~2rul street to Kershaw; ujf Kershaw ^ - street to Green, and thence to the Kap- ( - tist Church. I [ The Belt will toll at intervals of five 1 f minutes, from 10 o'clock until the pro ' ? *'* ' J i cession arrive at the Church door. 5 ORDER OF PROCESSION. Cheraio Light Infantry. : ( Committee of Arrangements. \ . Officiating Clergyman, Orator and Reader. { Clergyman of the Town and vicinity. " CUizeris and Soldiers of the Revolution, ( Strangers and Citjtehs in order of two and two. ORDER Of EXERCISES. 3 March, by the Rand. . , pr aver, by the rev. vtm. potter. * v s Hymn by the Choir. Reading of the Declaration of Independence ] by mr- alexander gregg. .< -National Air. , [ ORATION?fly Mr JOHN A. INGLIS; . j Mu-k. . r ~ " , ' , The Negro TESTi.MONV.--We copied J t last week, among the proceedings of ] r Co. gress, a preamble and resolutions in ,, 5 relation to Mr. Van Buren's refusing to i 1 interfere in the case of Lieutenant Ho e, J ' ? l.-t a 4aol!man?f /if a ol a vrt ^ J ilgftlUSl WliUIll lilC ICSIUIIUIIJ VI U iluiv - hail been admitted by the court martial [ ' r which tried him. - A correspondent of 4 ' the Charleston Patriot says that the rea- j , son why the President did not interfere was that the charges, or specifications x on which Lieutenat Hooe were con demned, were proved without the negro ' testimony, and that the negro was not 1 examined at all on these points. The. "Extra .Globe'* by Mr. Randall ' has 20,000 subscribers, and the 4 4 Log 1 Cabin Advocate" published in Baltimore t has 15,000, and the try is from both, ' "still they come." Mr. Kendall receiv* I j ed 1600 in one day. . 1 ??; 5 \* Congress.?In Senate, the committee i j ' on Finance, on the 22d June, reported 1 favorably a resolution referred to them > by the Senate to allow two banks in | 1 Natchei to retain money deposited with , 3 them by the Government, for three year9 from Sth July, provided the banks will, 1 " for that time, lend the same- amount to ir r. .L_ *? M.i.k 1 Slinereus IIUIU UlC iaic ludiauu tu iiuivuy cz. On the 24th, the Bankrupt Bill was I ' ordered ;o be engrossed by a vote of . ?4 (e S3. The time of the House of Representa; tives is still mostly consumed on the Sub li Treasury bill. A motion on the 28d to fix upon the 11th July for adjournment of Congri9s failed, 75 to 94. It is u?v derstood that the majority will not agree ; r to fix a time for adjournment before the [J Sub-Treasury bill is disposed of. ' Since the above was in type we have 1 e received information that the bankrupt - nna6?>d its third reading in the Senate by I"~ ' O . . ? 0 a vote of 21 to 19. 3 ? d Mr. Rayner has been indicted for !" striking Dr. Montgomery, and'fined fifty dollars. s ! I I. I ? We see in the Charleston Mercury an article copied from the Washington Globe, in which it is alleged that Gen. Harrison moved in the Senate of Ohio, >' 'on the 20th January, 1820, a request to * the Senators and Representatives of that o State in Congress "to take every means ^ to prevent the extension of slavery withe in the territory of the United States .west of the Mississippi, and the new States to ft T '-* r ^ ? ? , i-vV * y ^ * -: So formed within that territory, which the Constitution and the treaties made irnler-it will allow." ' *': *Now the act of Congress, for the admission of .Missouri into the Union*, was ipproved March 6th, 18*20, and on its Passage in the House of Representatives, 5em Harrison was.presentas a member, tnd voted. Will any of our readers inform us how it happened that Gen. Harrison was a member of both die Legisla? 'L J >m y > * ; ; ;ure erf* Ohio, and the U. S. Congress, in ihl beginning of 1820? > - _ 7 ' *' . > S t " ' ' -% /* v Senator Davis has been nominated by ;he Whigs of Massachusetts .a candilate for Governor of that-State. A Horse with a living something a? ais eye.?A horse of the feminine gender s now exhibited in New York witli a iving creature-! floating in one. eye.? A correspondent of. the Journal of Cnmnerce having expressed some d,oubt ol Iiefnct, the exhibitor publishes a reply from, ivhich we extract as follows: The horse exhibiting by me at T-itlertails, has a living snake, eH or nondescript infmal, ubou1 four inches long by onc;ighlh<in circumference, constantly swimning inside of her left eye badl, within the iqueous hutivpr of the eye. Flow it rante here, and-why it docs not irritttlu the eye" it destroy the -sight, are among those my*, erics- of nature** works that arc unaccuon*' [ecHor. He has been examined' wi.hu the iist few d.iyn hy hundreds of your nie'dienl and scientific men, hITof tvho.m "havebeen gratified and astonished; among whom were Drs. Hosack, Rogers. D lufi< Id, dec. dir., to whom 1 r-der y<? ir cm-respond in and readers for the coricctnesstrf-my s'atrments. * 4-In conc'usion, gcntlpmcp, if one of you or a friend authorised, win null and *< e tinhorse, and 1 do not convince him of'ihe :ofrectness of these asMtTjions, 1 w.ll intee to admit all The subscribe rs and jmI ons of the Journal of Comfm.rce, without jompens.nUm. -. Respectfully Yours ENOCH E. CAMP. Attempt m Murder on a large-scale. A most wautoh and wickejd assault was ately made by the Captaittof a Hudson Steamer upon a rival boat, the following iccount of which is taken from an article n the N-Y. Express. i The De Witt Clinton is one of (he old tSortli River line of boatsvof the ca/>aci'laanf u/hirh f?r arrnmmwl.ition/strenirth. I jpeed and comfort, we have hadytd'ten jccasion to rpeak?and touch aT> we egret to utter any other remarks than those of.approval. We have been atv :ustGmed to consider the owners and :>tficers of this line, all "honorable men," and it is with sincere pain that we find uccaion to record any facts or rumors against any person connected with the line}" which tend to stamp them a different character. i The JJapoheon is an opposition bofrt, owned in Albany, frrnl put unon the river with the avowed purpose, of of reducing the fare; and with he real pOr pose, undoubtedly, of a great number of passengers, the same money that could be made with fewer, at a higher price. We have no.confidence in the universal " opposition" humbug of public spirit; and labor for the public good; because we have always noticed that when 9ueh Ubor ceases to be profitable, .the disiiiterested laborers cease to work.? Well, this opposition boat, a<tuaed bythe unfriendly feedings which exist betwen rivals of this class, on reaching the city Saturd ty^morniog, placed herself in t<xj way of the Clinton,, in huoh u manner as to compel the Clinton to seek k. J _j_ ^ auorier qock. At5o'elpck in llie al'Tnoon the U.'Cn Ml her pier, rind proceeded Dp the river. The NapfiLfon also started with ;*bout feur hundred passengers on board, lo follow. Just as the "Nfrpolvon got abreast ofilie pier where the Clinton laid, the lat er shot out from the wharf, and plumped directly into (he side of the Napoleon. The blow Caused the .Napoleon to creen so mu<h that tin: water is said to have run over h?r deck, and the confusion, fright and excitement of the pnssnngets on board was. appaling. The shouts and screams tint went up beg. ger description. So unexpected was tl.c collision, or rather the assault, that .the bo!, deston board the Napoleon lost their pres. ence of mind. During the confusion it is stn'vd that the captain of the Napoh on fired at the pilot of the De Wi:t Clinton, it is also reported,, wounded him. The report, however, we Iinve good reason to brieve, is incorreoit though two if not three, shots were fired.? After hunging together by the bo.ws a few seconds, rt)o~bdais were disentangled?the Napoleon slipped off, die Dn Witt struck up Yankee Doodle, and proceeded up the river, and the Napoleon followed, after, rcceivingnnd returning'-three cheers from tfre crowd on shore. - . * SPURIOUS HALF DIMES. A gentleman showed ug, yesterday, some half dimes which have been pronounced spurious coin, and it is said there are a Considerable number of them in circulation. They can be easily detected, as the vignette of the Goddess of Liberty, on the legitimate coin, is surmounted by 13 stars, whereas the counterfeit has not any?otherwise it would be difficult to distinguish the one from the other.?Char. Courier. ** ?r - ' -B * m*. JV v ** ? I *" * *y%' :'+r ,. ^ j Correspondence of thfe Jcurnal of Commerce. / Washington, Moac'ay, June 22?" 1 Tl?c British Government has accepted tbd hist proportion of our government* tp^fwftitya * lo the Adjustment of the Bmiodafy qoestton witb some *hght^nd unobjectionable" rnod'rfu cation. J* This inteljrgeifce #r!l boimly gruth. fying Ui the Whole * American people?whose J policy i? peace, where it.can be maintained | consistently ?ith dhtiojian?pnoJ'and interefts. I . If I understand the airangement, therein to .- J| be aiJociv >ntion for an exploration and purvey "X j of the boundary, accordfhjf to the Treaty of 1783, uith an Umpire to decide on aJf quea? tions, as to which the Cmnmissiondrs dmagreq, /" C ongren, therefore, xVill not tie detained*** hour on this subject, and re action in regafd to it will be required from them. Whrai Crop in Western Michigan.-*-Extract of a fetter dated '.Vtfcs, Mich. June 17, 1840. T vJEfc. ^ < A regret to say that the army vermin is <fe-9 ^yt^g thousands of acres of a* good growth sof wheat as human eye ever beheld. The fly works some. Where' the growth indicated . thirty bwheb per acre threo weeks ago, now <? the farmers say ib wfll not be worth harvesting, R-qin all sides of us the complants are general ?wherever the worm fl?, the wo k of deat?j<L fion 'is complete?-people. are mO'wing dbirn whole fields for fodder." r The above is confirmed by several gentle, mqn, who bsvc recent ly; travelled through western Michigan, with whom'we haveeooi versed. There can be no doubt that immense ? quantities of growing wheat liaVe been de. stroyed in thai quarter. It fortunately happens, however, that so . much wheat was sown last fail, that a failure ofthe crop in. any particular district cannot affect the general result:?Buffalo Com. Adv. In 1834, Mr. Calhoun made the following remarks' in- (lie U- 5. Senate Qn the removal of Ihe deposits by GeTi. Jackson. Jp* "I might say with truth, that the Bank owes as much to me, as to any othetin- I dividual in the country; and 1 might everf add that, had it not been for -ray ^ efforts, it would not have been chartered. * k%It is s ?id that the Bank had no agen cy, or at least no efiicinnt agency, in the restoration of specie, paynients in I9f7, agd th|? it has failed to furnish the country with a uniform and solid currency, as had been promised at iTs creation. Both -of these allegations I pronounce to be without just foundation. . To enter into a minute examination of thein would carry me too far from the subject, and I inust content myself with v- saying, that having-beeR on the political stage without interi action, from that day Jhr this?having been an attentive observer of the question of the currency throughout the whole period?that the Bank has 'been&n- indispensable agent iu .the restoration specie payments; that,-^ without it the restoration could not have >. been effected, short of the utter prostration of all the moneyed institutions of rhe country; and an entire depreciation of Hank paper; artel that it has not only | restored specie payments, but has given a currency far more uniform, between the ; ext.eines'of the country, -than wirt anticipated or even dreamed of at the time of \ its cueatiun." . *' the chops. ' , Tl^e yearly predictions as to the pr<-spective character of -the "Crops,1' are generally on the gloomy side. VVe have kteard and read much of the devastation caus-d this-?ea$u*i: to the whedt and the rye by'the rust, the fly and the arjny woi'iftr-*and the evidence is indisputable. We have conversed -with many from Fayette and lie adjoining counties, of whqm but one expects an average cropami -the rotat do-not libpc for more than h.ilfof it. We notice.simiIar reports from a Ohio, Virginia, Indiana and I'ennsyivania. VVe are told that in some parts of this county tire rains.of last week did great injury to the hemp, s'o much, that many are ploughing their fields, sortie. I for the nurjiose of re sowing, and others to plant corn. This is a gloomy prospect. "Rut w? hope for sbmo atonement irotn the late-crops, winch with the superabundance o' last yeai^ may supply any deficiency. Wc may yet hope tor sufficient dry weather to enable us to I conquer the weeds in the corn, and to bestow what other care human industry can, to insure the usual returns. ' Franklin\Ky ) Farmer June 18. Strange Women in Sweden.?A simple minded old dame, residing near Rdinburg, was attentively listening to her grandson reading a statistical account of the proportions of males to'females in various portions of the world* She easily comprehended how that in Great Britain the women exceeding the_ men by six in a hundred, and in Spain by one fn a thousand; but when it was stated that in Sweden the females exceeded the m les by seven and a half in every hundred, she exclaimed, "l?h? preserve us!"heard ever any body the likes o* tbat!-*-hae they hUf women in 3 wed en?" * > TflE RETORT DIRECT. Some time ago, my friend Aminadab . paid me a visit fiom the country. He wanted to purchase some agricufhimt books for his boys'. I accompanied to the bookstore of 44my very particular friend," Mr. - Aminadab hack on a full suit of home made dFab, coontry manufactured brogansand the identical broad brim hat tjjat had shefTered Ki? h?>fld and shoulders from sun and ^ storm* tor five years. die could not fintl the books he wanted, and probably waB a little troublesome, at least so thought the salesman, a pert youitg man, in starch and buckram. "You are from the country, are you ?iot, eir ?" sa.d he a little imprudently. *?Yes.?r 4 "Well, here's an Essay on tlie Hearing of Calves." ?-_ "That," said Aminidab. as he turned to leave tlje.slore, hud better present to Ihjf-mnUi&f?' . ' . * ?