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.
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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.
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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
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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, '
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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, '
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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,
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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
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agricultural department. .* " '
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" 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
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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? >
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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.
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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.
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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?"
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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?' . ' .
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