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Ms, not to expend the avails of their loans
it) aid of productiveindustry,birt to purchase
to-day, .for a high price, property which
it was bettered some other borrower would
purchase to.morrow at a still higher. In
a process^of this sort, employing hundreds
of m9ltooa of credit, rn the shape of bank
paper and-bank dbcounis, tho amount ol
Iatereet anmially accruing rn favor, of :he
banks was enormous, while the property
upon which the money was expended was
actually producing nothing.
. Influences of this powerful character,
communicated to the great body of the citizens
of our country, could not fuil to be felt
in the Legislatures of the States of the Un
ioo. They felt the impulsion, and acrea
under it.". Large loans were proposed and
it soon appeared that the increase of banks
ami other demands, had nbs rbed so much
of the Americangcapifal as to enable thero to
find a ready or a cheap market in our own
.. country. The markets of Europe were
naturally sought^ as not the Federal Government,
and not the Governments of the
States alone, but local corporations in our
commercial cities, had tbef? found such a
market for large loans upon the.r credit, t
For a lime the State stocks of all desCrip'tiona
,we greedily taken} but,- Q9 in all
eaaea or over tasked credit, the supply became
more than equal to the demind, and
the market fell. The consequence was
electric throughout our countjy, and the
depressions we how feel in commercial
transactions in every branch of trade in the
prices of property, in our demesne industry,
in the wages of labor, flow from these ex.
cessiee uses of credit at home, and these
attempts to overstock the foreign markets
with our credits abroad. .
We are aware that these are plain sug.
gestions; but can we be mistaken in placing
them before our constituents, and asking
thrir awakened attention to them, when we
see the mere tankers of London publishing
to the American puolic a proposition that
tne Uoked States shall bocome endorsers
(bribe individual States, a smvty for their
engagements, as a condition not simply to
(heir obtaining farther loans, bat to the favorable
sale in the British markets, of their
stocks and bonds, now resting there in
* pledge for advances of nione)7
Such a proposition as seems to us, should
startle the whole American people. It is a
bold attempt upon the part of* foreign tank,
era, to compel (be Government of the United
States again to assume u fearful amount
of debt, or to punish the States of die Union
by a refusal of further loans, and a depression
of their securities no w in the foreign
marked
lVe have spoken of the dunger of a foreign
io^oonce pervading our country, and
exevtod through (ho power, of money. Can
wo hive stronger evidence of the existence
of that influence, and of the disposition. to
exert it, than we have already given. When
foreign bankers call upon the Federal Gov.
eminent to eodorse for . the States of this
Union, and threaten them with a suspension
of tbeir credit, in cuse that endorsement is
not procured, can we measure the influence
which is exerted from the same quartef
over private and corporate debtors in this
countr>/ s
If then these influences of a foreign debt
are an evd to tardhprrcated; if our expansions
ofcrodit at home have been excea.
sive, and requ reto be checked; and if both
are objects which call for the serious con.
on/t ?"tinn M iKa nnnnln nf th?
&IUV.I flllVli auu iwiivuv vtv v. ....
country, to which of the existing political
parties are they to look ior a remedial policy*
i #
The univtHPil suspension of the banks, io
May, 1837, met Mr. Van Bnren at the
threshold of hit administration; and from
that moment to this he has been laboring
assiduously to lay the foundation for a
more stable basis for currency and bust
nets; a foundation equal and just to all, and
resting upon tho Constitution of the couatiy.
It has not been the object of his policy, as
k falsely alleged, to destroy credit, but to
wake credit safe and dependable; not to
.overthrow the banking ins buttons o(
v the country, but to separate them from ih?
management of the public revenues; not
Overthrow the hanking institutions of the
ooantry, but to seperare them from tlse man;
agoment of the public revenues; not to
cripple commerce, but to give commerce a
standard of currency, so far as the action
of the Federal Government can do it, which
shall not distnrb it by expansions and con.
traction dictated by private interos:s and
monopolizing efforts; riot to suspend trade.
but to restore it to a fKalunui activity, ana
five k Mound and stable circulating modi.
*jm to susferfo it; not to depress the wages
of tabor, but to afford the honost laborer
full and constant employment at fair wages,
and to aecure to him the pay for his sweat
?nd Im toil, In a currency upon which h?
may deep quietly, without the fear of finding
it dross in his pocket when he rises in
the mornig. Such is our policy, and that
of the Ado frustration we support.
Of O jn. Harirson and his policy, upon
all these important subjects, wo hatfe already
declared wg can say nothing. Silence,
profound and unbroken, is the order at pres:
ent resting upon him, and wo have already
expressed our inability to raise the latch
whtrh closes the door upon his opinions.
Of the favorite policy of ho party, however.
we can speak; because in this ancient
party dating its existence from llie admin,
istration ot the elder Adams, and never
more apparently confident, since the time
of his defeat, than at (his moment, there
have been, and now are open doors and unsealed
lips.
This party, then, would create a new
National Bank, with the vain hope of stdl
iarther expanding our present sysem of ex.
cessivocrodiia. They would not only in *
crcaso the State debts, but they would
prosecute a system of internal improvements
undei the authority of this Govorn.
men', to bo extended within and through
the States at its pleasure. They wou d
take f om the General Government some
of its proper sources of revenue, at a time
when the oa'ionn! Treasury is driven to
duty, of ail who value the independence c
J tneir country, who would exclude fureig
interference, under any form, from on
elections and our councils, and who regar
the purity of the cleciivo franchise ns th
best safeguard of our free institution*, t
meet the crtsis with unslumbering vigilnnct
and with the determination to expose an
frustrate all attempts to control politic*
results by any other influences than those c
reason and argument.
. But our opponents do not atone d^pnn
for their anticipated triumph over the Demo
cratic party on the influences to which w
have referred. They are associated wit
one of the most dangerous political-sect
that has ever been arrayed against th
sacred union of the States, which th
Father of his Country, in his last address t
his children, thus solemnly commends I
their care:
"ft is (he soys) of infinite moment the
- you should properly estimate the immen3
value of your national union to your codec
tive and individual happiness; that yo
should cherish a cordial, habitual, and im
L,? umn?f in it aci-iicnmin i
I Hiuvrauio auawaiuwm iw ?%f ? <
yourselves to ihink ?nd speak of it as of Un
palladium of your pol.tical safety and pres
ervatiorv wi:h jealous anxiety* discount*-*
nancing whatever may suggest a suspicioi
that it can in any event be abandon^; an<
indignantlyfrowning upon any attempt t<
alienate any portion of our country from th<
rest, or to unfceble the sacred ties whicl
nqw link together the various parts."
The candidate we present as the expo
nent of our principles* has been tried
His views upon all these quest ions'are dis
tinctly known, and have been severe!;
tested. As to him tltereforo, the peopl
may act with confidence and certainty.
Cincinnati, May 27, 1840.
This city is overrun by artists, who hav
come from distant parts* comm&stoiw
by bodies of Whigs to take the porlroi
of Gen. Harrison; some from Illinois
some from Boston and tonus from Net
York." A young Mr. ,Brackett has take
a very exact bust indeed. . I sa.v it yestci
day for the first time in wet clay. Nothin
could he more exact and spirited; no fan
can be found with it. Dr. Hay ward of Bo
ton, (Judge McLean's son-in-law who ha
taken up painting as a profession) ha
taken a full-length portrait, which is mot
excellent. Mr Hoyt of Boston* is now tuk
i ng one not inferior to it. Chester Har
- - - e i ..i. _ _ _
ding's portrait oi n:m laaeo a j<?ur
was unfortunaiely destroyed in a steamboa
.together with his fine portrait of Judg
Marshal], This, is a serious loss. Bol
were placed face to face, by mistake an
the heat of the boot, on her trip to No\
Orleans, melted tliern fast together, so tha
nothing remained ol either!
Gen* H. is sadly beset. Let:ers pour ii
upon him through the daily mail by th
hundred. Some of them most shameful I
insulting, signed **A Democrat," or u i
Locofoco," postage not paid. Sometime
a large packet, with two or three doilm
postage upon it, will arrive, with nothing bi
coarse blank paper, and in the centre a lei
ter with such words as 44You are a d
old granny.. Yours See. a Democrat," o
something of that sort. There ore som
men who make it their business to-sun
such letters <o distinguished men.
* *
We continue to h^ar melancholy nc
counts of the effects of the tornado ut Natcl
ex. Timothy Flint passed through h< r
lately 5 he was one of those buried under th
ruins of the hotel, from which, by a miraclt
he escapod unhurt.. Ail his account of
was deeply thrilling, and is interesting i
another light, as snkingly corroborative <
jEspy e theory. First, a deluge of rail
with flashes of lightening; next n eras!
which broke in the windows from the norll
west; next another crash of the like kin
from the southwest; aud, in the interrim, n
upheaving of floors nnd roofs, and a burst
inu rutf r?f wnllit nn nil sidns. All ihe WQr
of three minutes, and a populous ciy wa
reduced to a mass of rubbish! Far of
and probably on the outer circle of the storrr
immense hailstones fell, as if from a pre
digious height, killing animals ?nd destroy
ing crops. The tornado approached Nu'ch
cz from the southeast; and pissed off int
the los^st beyond the Mississippi. The los
cannot he estimated, they say, at less thai
$6,000,000.
Important to Speculators ?On Suturdii;
forenoon, iho.court had occasion to refer i
nn opinion of Judge Story, recently pronounced
in Portland, which is of the hi^.hes
importance to the timber land speculaora
it was the case of Otis Daniel, v. Wm. C
Mitchell and others, ft was a bill in eijuit;
ill which the plaintiff*claimed to recover 01
the ground that there was a great and ma
serial mistake in regrad to the value of th
land which he had purchased. The c?s
y/ai argued by eminent counsel, an J Judg
S'Ory gave a long opinion occupying ovf
i loans to supply the ordinary demands upo
if, and would borrow money in Europe
t or increase the taxes upon the people, c
both, to carry out tbfeir plan of a, wis
i administration. And, finally, thoy woul
> deliver over again to the banks, State o
National, ail the revenues of the eouwtr)
subject to be used by them wiih the inevhu
i ble consequence ofineroasing bank expan
sions, until the appropriations ofCongres
i should call for the money, and then to b
the cause or, or the apology for, bank con
tracions, an extent far beyoud the amour
of money involved.
Before we dismiss this subject, we can
not forbear to refer to the well known faci
large sums of money have, within n fev
years past, been expended upon election?
with a view to overrule and defeat the wish
es of the people. These contributions ar
manifestly, from th^ evidences of their el
fu/<'o an Inrtra in amnnnf in ptriln lh
moat painful suspicions a? to th?? source
from which fftey are derived. Time wi
determine what ground there may be fo
such suspicions. But from whatever qu?u
ter th' so pecuniary aids may come, it is th
0 acceptable to the public, are not inose
who are most anxious to divert public
* attention from these points.
1 IRISH POTATOES.
TO THE EDITOR.
% Dear Doctor:?I send you herewith,
,f another parcel of Potatoes, which I think
" you will pronounce larger than those
^ which you noticed in your last paper.?
j The preparation of the ground, and the
5 mode of culture, were perfectly simple;
' but in one respect, entirely subversive
of a theory sometimes advanced, that
. ground can be made too rich for Potatoes!
. It may be so, but no such doctrine has
" proved sound, in my experience, when I
^ have put it to a practical test, in the culture
of any thing thai I have ever tried.
The land on which these potatoes were
raised, is a spot of ground which has
j been used as a cow-pen for a number of
it years. Last winter I fattened, a good
), many hogs on it, and in January slgnghv
tered upon it 200, or more. It alsofc$s
" received, for years," the greasy water
^ from the kitchen, soap suds, &c. In fine,
It I think it as rich as it can be made. The
* last of February it was broken up, two
3 ways, to the depth offourteen inches, with
lt a plough; tlied laid off in rows, three
> feet at d a half apart, the plough making
* the furrow about eight inches deep. The
potatoes were cut and' dropped in the
'' row, about twelve inches apart, and co.
P** t
I, vered with the plough, about level with
d the surface of the ground. Tliey came
v up handsomely. 1 had them worked well
u with the hoe, leaving the ground about
n level. The next working, was with a
e daggon [dough, and hoe, elevating a bed
y about six inches above the surface. A
^ short time after, when about half grown,
* 1 had all the vines topped, as some farmK
ers do their cotton.
I. Yours most truly,
<M AUG'S. P. LACOSTE.
.
r . - _
JULY 7, 1>S4U.
e
j [The potatoes accompanying the above,
were superb. When washed and dried,
some of them weighed 12 ounces, and a
~ large proportion more than 10 ounces.?
'e They were mealy, well flavored, and
e without rotten spots.]?Ed. Gax.
19 V
j,' Congress.?This body has passed a
n joint resolution to adjourn on the 21st
>f inst. In the Senate a resolution was
adopted to appoint a committee of five
' members, whose'duty it should be to
d inquire into the expediency of choosing
n four reporters for the Senate, two from
* each political party, who should be sworn
* to report the proceedings faithfully.
p The Sub-Treasury bill finally passed
i, the House of Representatives on the
? 30th June, by a vote of 107 to 124, all
'* the administration, members being pre^
sent and voting, except one, and a few
s opposition members being absent,
n The Vice President, retired from the
Senate on the 2d July, informing that
body that he should be absent for the
y remainder of the session. WmJl. King^
0 of Alabama, was the next morning elect
ted President pro tempore.
' Messrs. AI ford, Dawson, Habersham,
1 *
* Kiug, Nesbit and Warren, representa^
tives from Georgia have addressed a
very long circular to the people of that
e State, recommending Gen. Harrison for
B the Presidency, and answering charges
e brought against him by his opponents.
?
?SBgM??MEM
n two hour* in the delivery, in 'which he set ' '
?, aside the purchase on the ground of the
,r mistake. Tlie opinion, oh account of its
e important practical hearing, will be given to
11 the public before long, nnd we shull tliOO.
r' again refer to \V?Boston D. Adv.
THE GAZETTE.
e ' . /
WEDNESDAY ItIOHNIN?, JULY 8.
A young raan who has just closed hi^
. apprenticeship in this office, wishes emh
ph>yment as at. journeyman printer, in
v some healthy situation in the up-country,
** till winter. Communica ions on the sub?
ject, mayjbe addressed, postage paid, to j
f. the Editor of this paper.
U ' " .
s Oar readers are not to suppose that we
it endorse every thing of a party character
r in politics which we copy into our columns.
Wishing to let our readers see
^ the ground taken by both parties, we
n copy from the publications of each,
ir articles most commended and relied
d upo.n by ihe parties themselves respeetively.
The chief points of difference
between the parties are Hie Currency and
d Sub-Treasury, as every well informed
>1 man knows. On these points Federald
isfs and Democrats, Tarriffites and |
, Anti-Trtrriffites, Union men and Nullifiers,
Abolitionists and Anti-Abolitionists
o are divided and arrayed on opposite
11 s'des. Nor does it require a wizard
* to perceive that those who entertain the
R strongest confidence of being able to
o render their true principles and policy
' " '
Southern Chronicle;?We have
received the first number of a paper with
thi9 title issued by Messrs. *S. Whir &
,H. Raiford in Columbia. It is of large
size, neatly printed on good paper, and
strenuously advocates Gen. Harrison as
a candidate for the Presidency. Mr.
Weir is already favorably known to the
public as Editor and publisher'"of the
Times and Gazette, the predecessor of the
South Carolinian.
We are indebted to Messrs- Calhoun,
Campbell and Sumter for various public
documents. One of those from Mr.
Calhoun is the report of the committee
to whom had been .refered the bill to
cede, or rather sell to the new states the
public lands within their respective
limits. The substance of this report we
shall present to our readers as soon as
we can make room for it.
North Eastern Boundary.-?The
President sent to the Senate a message
Oil the 29th June, containing a letter
/hom the-British Minister to the Secretary
of Statp, with the answer to it, on the
subject oF the North Eastern Boundary.
The British Government have accepted
the offer of the President to appoint a
joint commission for surveying the line,
with the conditions that all points on
which "the commissioners cannot agree
are to be referred to a friendly power for
arbitriment; and that the decision of such
power is to be final and conclusive.?
This, of course, must lead to an adjustment
of the question.
Gen. Harrison's opinion in regard to
8lavery.
So much evidence has already been given
to the public on this subject ihat more
would seem superfluous. Somo persons
however profess still to douht; we therefore
copy from the Raleigh Register the follow,
ing extract of a Ietto?- from a nephew of the
General's to Geo; E. Badger, of Raleigh.
The position of Gen. Harrison before
the public is now such as to render
his-opinions an object of interest to all
honest Farmers of whatever party.
\ Berkley,
Charles City County, Va. )
June 9th, 1840^ $
' I believe, it has been objected to Gen'l.
Harrison, that his hostility to the Institution
of Slavery, first induced him to leave Vir.
ginia. This is a great mistake?Gen. H.
srhon but a bov, barely 19 years of age, assumed
the profession of arms: not for the1
purpose of exhibiting his fine figure arrayod j
in the splendid uniform of his country,
ei, her in the Drawing Rr*>m or on the pa- j
rade; hut to uns^eath his youthful sword, to
pnril his nohle life in deadly conflict ..with
the wild and ferocious savage of the West,
whose thirst for blood wns not yet glutted
by the slaughter of the Armies of Herman
and St. Clair; nnd disinterested eye. witnesses"
have, said, that tn the noble hearing of
this gallant youth, was mainly owing the
neons* of one wine Af the Army.- Of his
greet Instructor in ibe art. of War. thechi.
yalrnai General Wavne. W. H. Harrison
was sun a soldier in the West when ho mar.
rled Miss Svmmas of that country, and
thus became one of its citizens.
Before his (W. H. H.) "Vnarrisgn, the
Father of Gen. Harrison d;ed leaving 'o his
son William, a small land ! property. The
nnrsonal estate was entirely consumed m
the discharge of his deh's; th#? pnrmv having
twice during the Revolution, been sta.
fionM nt Berkley, tho fimilv nest, which
s'rjnned of every specips of proper'v, in.
chiding "nil the nhKbodied negroes, with
the entire house furniture. This cruel eonduct
on the part of the British, left Gen*
FT'* father in his ol(| ngp. barely enough
to obtain the comforts of life. I thought it
as well to say thus much. Now. Jet us turn
to the charge of Abolition against the Genernl.
On the 29th May. 1821. at the conclusion
of n long familiar letter, he writes,
"I am not at present in nny political appointment
excepting the. honorable ono of
being designated, or. the pnrt of Kentucky,
to settle a dispute with Tennessee about
their common boundary. I was. last fall,
run for the Senato of the United Status,
and nftor a number of balloting* lost it by
a few vofpn; hut I lost no honor bv the conlost."
For this failure, he aligns three reasons.
Af'er mentioning the two firs', he
snvfl?4'buf fhesp consideration* would have
availed nothing, if thirdly. I had not. in op
position to the whole State, adhered to the
vote I had given aguinst the restriction on
Missouri."
In another le'fer of a precisely similar
character with the former, he concludes
thus,?"1 am a candidate for the next Con.
i/ress?I believe there is no doubt of my
election, but I have a warm opposition?
mv vote on dte Missouri question will do me
most injury." This is dated 3lst August,
1822. In a third letter of the 10th Sept.
1835, lie states?"The whole course of my
Congressional career, and my conduct in
every situation in which I have been placed,
affords, I think, ample evidence' that I
could give my sanction to no mcasue calculated
to injure and oppress the section of
the Union in which I was born and educa?
ted?from the People of which my Family
have so often received evidences of the*
highest confidence, and where etdl reside
many ofmyncurest and dearest connec.
nons. The truth is, that in my political
course, I have suffered severely for what
has been called my Sou'liern feeling?, &e.
In relation to the Tariff, ho gays?"that
question must be considered settled." On
the topic of Slavery, he adds?"My Speech
at Viucemies on that ?ubj$Sjj?wu* not dc
v'V . ' - >'j
in
livered for the purpo e~of publishing what
my opioions were; those long since known,
but to counteract the mischievous attempts
of the Emuncipators."
In a letter, as late as the 7th October
1838, ho says, in allusion to the late
Presidential election?-u h was proved that
I had always been tho warm and ardent
supporter of 'he Southern Slates in relation
to their Slnve property?that in opposition
to air the other members of the Defegnlion
from Ohio, as well as Indiana, I voted
against the Missouri restriction, and for
that act, lost my election to Congress. Twoyears
after, I was amongst the first to
come out it^a Speech at Viucennes against
the Abolitionists. These facts are all
known, and not the least ground has been
given to indicate any change of opinion on
my part, &c. , ' \
I am Sir, Very Reaped fully,
BENJ. HARRISON.
P. S. Please recollect the character of
these letters?they are written in on easy.
famil;art confidential style, and were surely
never intended for publication, but on the
inalevoleoce of his enemies, 1 rest my justification
in giving them publicity.
Sub-Tbeast;ey.?The following are the
yeas and nays in the House on ord ring
the Sub Treasury bill to its third reading:
I Yeas.?Messrs. JU'ison Allen, Hush J.
Anderson, Atnerton, Banks, Beaty/ B< irne^
Black, Bfackwell, Bovd, Brewster, Aaron
-V. Brown, Albert G. Burke, Sumpson H.
Butler,-William O. Builer, Bynum, Carr.
Carroll, Chapman, Clifford, Coles, Colquitt,
Connor, Mark A. Cooper, William R.
Cooppr. Craig, Crary, Cross, Dana, Davee,
John Davis, J. W. Davis,Dickerson, Doan,
Doig, Dromgoole, Duncan. Earl, Eastman,
Ely, Fine, Fletcher* Floyd, Fornance, Gilbraith,
Gerry, Griffin, Hammond, Hand,
Hawkins. Hill of N. C., Hiiicn f-iollemnn,
Holmes, Hook, Hopkins, Hubbard, Jackson.
jMmeson Joseph Johnson, CavC Johnson,
Nathaniel Jones, John W Jones,
i K?im, Rumble, Kille, Leadbelter, Leef-,
Leonard, Lewis, Lowell, Luens, McCtriloh,
McKay, Mallory, Marchand, Medill. Miller,
Montanyn, Montgomery, Samuel W. Morris,
Newhard, Parish, Parmenier, Parris,
Paynter, Petnken, Pickins, Prentiss, Ramsey
Reynolds, Rhetr, Rives, Robinson, Edward
Rogors, Rvnll, Samuells, Shaw, She'p.
nrd, Albert Smith, John Smith, Thomas
Smith, Starkweather, Steenrod, Stroj>g,
Sumter, Swoaringen, Sweney, Taylor,
Francis Thorrtas, Pndlip, E. Thomas, J3.
cob Thompson, Turn-y, Yanderpoel,
I Vroom, David D. Wngjener, Watterson,
j Weller, Jnred W. Williams, Henry Will'
inms, and John T. H. Worthington?124.
Nays,?Messrs. Adams, Alforti, J. W.
Allen, Andrews, Baker, Barnard, Bell, Biddie,
Bond, Botts. Briggs, Brockway, Qui.
houn, John Campbell, William B. Campbell
Carter C.isey, Chinn, Chittenden, Clark
James Cooper, Crabb, Cranston, Crockett,
Curtis. Cush ni?. Davies. Garret Davis. Daw
son, Deherty, Donnis, belief, Edward*
Evan^ Everett, Fillmore, James Garland,
RiciP*Garlanrl, Gates, Gentry, Giduings,
Gogggin, Goode, Graham, Groves, Green,
Grinned, Habershnm, II til, W. S. Hastings,
Hawes, Henry, Hill of Virginia, Hoflm?n,
Hun', James, Jenifer, Chns. Johnston, William
Cost Johnson, K"rnpsh;iil, King, Lnc.
oln, Marvin, Mason, Mitchell, Monroe, Morgan,
Calvnrv Morris, Nnlor, Nisbet, Ogle,
Osborne, Palen Peck, Pope, Proffit, Randall,
Randolph, R.iriden, Rayner, Ri'Jgway,
Russell, Saltons all. Sergeant. Simonton,
Slade, Truman Smith, Stanly, Stuart, Tali,
afcrro, Waddy Thompson, TiHinghast. To.
land, Triplotl. Trumbull, Underwood, Petei
J. Wagner, Warren, Ed word b. White
John White, Wrck, Thomas W, Williams
Joseph L. Williams, and Chris'oplrer H
Wiliiams?105.
classification by states.
States. . Yeas. Nays. Abscn
Maine .6 2 (
New Hampshire 0 5 (
Vermont 2 .3 (
Massachusetts 2 0 ]
Rhode Island 0 2 (
Connecticut 0 5. 1
New York 20 18. 5
New Jersey 5 1 ?
; Pennsylvania 17 li t
I ?~v . i n i
lAtiaware * .
Maryland 6 3 . (
Virginia 13 5 J
N. Carolina 7 5 1
S. Carolina . 7 . ~ 2 .(
Georgia '3 6 C
Alabama . 3 2 (
Mississippi 3 3 (
Louisiana 0 3 C
Tennesee 0 7 C
Keutucky 2 .9,5
Arkansas 1 0 (
Missouri 2 0 1
Illinois 1 2 (
Indiana 3 3 (
Ohio 3 3 5
Michigan 1 .0 ?
124 105 li
The thirteen members absent or not vo.
ting, were Messrs. Lawrence of Massachu
setts, (resigned, if we mistake not-); Storn
Connecticut, resigned; Anson Brown o
New York, deceased: Granger of do.
Wise and M'Carthy of Virginia ; R. M. T
Hunter, Sp?*aker, of do.: Fisher of Nortl
Carolina: Sherrod Williams and Simeer
W. Anderson, of Kentucky; Howard, Var
Buren candidute for Governor in Indiana
*"*- ' o ? i _ i_
(Jorwin, Whig cnnaiuaie iot vjovernor it
Ohio; John Hustings, of do. Of these gen,
tlemen, not more thun four would have vote*
for the bill, viz. Howurd, Hustings, Huntei
nnd Fisher, it is not certain that all thus*
would have gone for the bill. Hustings die
in fact vote, but afterward got permission t<
withdraw his name, as it.appeared he wui
not strictly within the bur when the vote wu:
t&ken.
Mr. Hopkins of Va. elected as a Conscr
varivo, voted.for the biH, as did Messrs
Black, Colquet and Cooper, of Georgia, el
acted as VVnigs. Mr. Casey of Illinois, wh<
bus been usually claimed by both sides
Mr. Wick of ludianu, who was coufidentl;
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claimed by the Van Buren men when elec.
ted, nnd partly conceded by the Whigs :
and" Mr. Campbell, of S. Carolina, whom _
claimed as a Whig, but who was gonerally
set down for the Administration, voted
against the bill. With these exceptions (if
they l>e exceptions.) every member voted
according to hi* political affiohiVs.
Jour, of Commerce.
A FACT.
Not many years since, there lived in hi K
city a virtuous nnd respectable mechanic,
lie received an education such as persons
in that station of life generally receive, and
had tlie advantage of religious instructions
from his parents. Ho hud married a young,
and beautiftfl lady, to whom hewasardehdy
attached, and with whom ho promised bimi
so If a life of unalloyed hippineas*
( Time rolled on. He had been blessed
with two children, and had, by indefatigable
irufus'ryv amassed considerable wealth ; bu%
unfortunately, he became acquainted with - some
idle and profligate young men, and in
an evil moment allowed himself to be led ' *'
away from the p iths of virtue, and frequently
accompanie-d them on their M sprees"
and " pleasure excursions," as fhey termed
them. Perhaps he lulh d himself into' a
false jecurity, nnd indulged the delusive-'
hope that, he could at nny lirne forsake tltefr
company. But, alas ! slowly, though sore*
Iy, lhe habit of injemperance grew upon him.
11 He acquired a fondn?ss for liquor, nnrf r<Jeoc*-??
tod to that of a more, stimulating nature, to gratify
the morbid nppeiite produced by ^
excessive indulgence. Ho vis ted grogshops
and taverns, and became in commeti
parlance, a drunken sot." His mental ;
and physical energies were piostrated, his*
weal h was expended, his reputation ruined *
and his family hnnoverisbed ood disgraced.
f l% 1 ' U.. J L*.,n A.smo i-_
His leisure time, wihcii ??u u**-u
ty devoted to the mental cultivation1 of hit
children, and the profitable "society of^hit
wife, was how spent in revelry and debuach- ^
cry.
In vain did hi^ wife remind liirn of the respectable
situation whi?-h he hud formerly
occupied, and of the happiness which they
had enjoy<^d.?In vain did she implore him
. for hie o wn sake, for the sake of herselfand :
her children, to forsake ids d ssolute Com*
panious, and enjoy again that happiness '
which had ho long ceased to smile upon
( them. frequently promised Iter, that h%^.
woukh not drink aivy more, and for some '
flawy they experienced the good result; hut
so strong whh the temptation, and so weak
was poor human nature, (hot.he relapsed
into his bud habits; he r.\ 1T
' Child his phystiiim,
And hugged the foul disease."
By thistimnhe wa9 deeply inrolv?d iq.
debt; and lir.d it not been -fur the money r
which ffis wife earned by her needle-work,
they must have experienced inexpressible
? suffixing. His landlord, to whom he was
? much in arrears, was urgent in htsdemsmis
> for piymeuf, and finding these unavailing,
' he resolved to seize (he furniture. Bis ten.
> ant begged him to grant a lit le longer in>
diligence, avowing his willingness ?od in?
tent ion to reform, to work industrious!/*
> ul unnely, to pnj every bribing he o.weoT^
To this the landlord replied, that he had so
frequently made such promises, and had invariably
broken them, that he couM no long
c'r piece confidence ?n him; but that if'he
' would pledge himself, unconditionally, 1o
i m'gn the temperance pledge,bnthe first op'
ponunity, he would noisiez", his furniture,
and would gram hint whatever time
> he might specify, in which to liquidate the
drbt. He assented, and d/'d sign the pi? Jge?
and fortunate for h m was the day on which r
lie absolved himself from ulh'giance to that
? re mora less despot, that spreads desolation
and ruin wherever he sways his sceptre;
that has brought to a premature grave so &
many men of the most transcendent talents?
44 Men that the roJ of empire might have
ivayedi
Or wuk'd to ecstacy the living lyre."
Suffice it to say that he was a new man.
fie abandoned vicious company, obtained
employment, and worked assiduouslybut
soon aff r determined to leuve the city, nnd
go to some oher place, where he would not
jabor under so many dsudvuntngos from ft
bad reputation, (laving discharged hit
debts, tic rented, on (he Eastern Shore, a ?.
small farm, which he has since purchased,
and on which he lives, though somewhat
iidvftfMted in yeariu.io the fruition of as much
i happiness as any. innm in bimilar circum?
stances.
,[ J. C.N.
J C33P.A7T AOAtfSttT.
I fMlHE Trustees respectfully announce that the
v JL duties of this Institution will be returned
on the Ut of October next (he Male depart.
' ment under the superintendence o Ml. E, Hall,
) the Female under that of Mr. J. Sewers. The
) courso of instruction in the mete department, wi)l
j be that required to enter the South Carolina Colr
logs tho course in.the female department will
' be, to make thorough scholars.
I The scholastic year will commonceon the Tit
J of October and end the 1st July : the year is
. again divided into two sessions : iho, flrst begins
. 1st October and ends 15th February (lie second
begins 16th February and end? 1st July.
Terms of Tuition per Session are,
For Spelling, Reading and Writing $12 00
i The above with Arithmetic, Engl.sit > .g ^
[ Grammar and Geography JV w , ?
The above, with the Classics, higher 1.
branches of Mathematics, Logic, > 20 CO
Rhetoric, &c. . \
} Five dollars each will be added to-?ihe above
j for Painting and Drawing, or the Modern Languages.
_ '. . - ..
All payments are in advanco; the pupil wiH
! bo required to pay for what remains of the ses)
sion at the time fie or she enters, nor will deduction
or drawback be made for lossuf time,
j J. W. BLAKENEY, Scc'y & Treas.
P. S. Mr. II. T. Chapman has taken charae ?
p of the Boarding House, near tho Female Acade*
VAnn? T ,/Jia. mnv obtain board st a
WJTf w ',0' ? * wuiig juuui^O u??*j ? . J
moderate price.' ^
> Sept. 20, 1839. 45 . . tf
? $tUO it eward.
5 FWlfJE Subscriber's Store was broken into on
JL the night of the 1st July. Sundry articles
. and money were stolen therefrom. Among other
things, upwards of two hundred cent*, which
may lead to the detection of the . theif. The
above Reward will be paid for information,, and
* proof sufficient to convict by law, tho theif or
; theives. - - '
? CHARLES VANDERFORD.
July 7, lSl'J. 34?2t
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