m1 ? 11111 1 nid.Mje
whoh? story about the wh^Morse
was entirely false, and that the>g tttant Konfffckim
h no connection wh.vover wi'll
ttki-siri'', * ?fh. hv acci loot,
tt\?s mo? role on a tieea^on l?y on*, hi
fr'tTtuik'tHl *fhn ill.; sU-rlt rs i-iimi'd <i
*?i U^u**' biirle ot I* |^#v*aiiiio, he s ?i i. their
refutation, me? * t??li|, w;<n fomel i>i the pro?e?*tjngs
of Ti??: fceaisla ffre of Ketru kv,
aiKl'espt ally ini-the p\irloriinary eoritL
4?*oeo fefiostnl ip hm?, "by the gall iot Guv^
?Thtjy^in<Jrpoople%f tliah when they
. 0 - mb*e*pfon. Iv iionore I liiin -41 uh jJai rn/ni5tutidiof
th? ?r army, comjKiVe I of ine choice
pipits afjW land, the lieat blood of Ken
-> tucky^ H irrison - spoke with ih ep
>. ?mi? wn nf i4i"?trust reposed ?n l?rrr> r?y K mi
? -w .
t?fkr on tlih ocasion ailu^d to, and said
' that tiw commission whfrh inade^uf^ the
camcwndi*r? of that pwru^ic nrrity of
K'MOtUi kiiins, lie had always held ffttiie most
fr^nol^W'' comniissioiy which 4l had been
si rtj* for.uce of Jiis* life to h#v? conferred
*fci Kj*"*" *- , "< *
lie r*f<rqpd to n vf-r? Kc^nt sftory?501
t?pi his own ii''i?liborhrKrf, tgi-l sent forth
* to 4b?v*w*rM# corroborated Irv the sane itv
alH 1 tvi'?Which r^A'-tent'!'! him a*
? oonfk-s ?g to n yw:iiv? man on n steamboat
thitt fefVas an aho'cioicsvaiid that althonjli
ho voted against res riel'on* on Mssotni,
h** did 1?n in opposition to die su-;-?esj ions o!
))i*ffhktrirnPf. far.. He said, ti?; n arra iv?
b*?f? on ?|s face the proofs of its absolute
falsity; and when he pronounced it a fabrication.
wtlHont tlie semblance of a ' fart or
b wo?d for i s baxic, it was not lu can^e h thought
if r?*qiiir? rf a coniradiejion, hut to
evinc* th?* reeklessnes* and desperation o'
his political enemies* who seen?"d to have
given up every ground of ho;?e save tha:
wliieh th-y found in vifidying his a mi". *'lt
I* 1 ?fc?d Htctvi.'y-f iof. fdoW.ci i35- lis,'" Said
^" ?"? ;l??? iiJviuMti'* of Mr.
ll'KI, -YanRi
arort *>onld so f ir forget w'vitfin'oogs
? tn wirac er of an Ain ruraii, and i/o so
. moon vjoUtnmHn the it itdr* of our 1r?*? i<? Wttitiens,
?* ?<> phnti tin* grf*at political <*on.
Nw w which we are imw-striving Mjma an
immo aoch ax this. t.waiti.i a?t nccc^ilif
lofty rwton t?? whhdx nam* ofyxrare prom.
i*ing ru elevate me, if it cutnc to ino tp
stK'h nvtans.
f would no", rf I frad lh'? power to prevent
in allow the fair ia-iv of m v comp' ti Or tn
b? uojiM ly assailed and* *w)ua led mr?*n for
thwtritaimncnt ot that lofty aiin of a nohle
ambition. Nay, I have ofhjrdefen ded Mr.
Van Buren wg-iinat whir I believed-to be the
mKlrepresetkiaiioii* of mv own mwtvk -n
frienda-ond others. PeHow-?,int"Us,i' Mr.
Van Bwrno he the beter s'?tK?mVi. let us
'ny **-* ! shall ho rli** l>r%i rrtm to yuixe an
fSjoCtton :tf{ iiist it, or to desire to impose
" iwatntut* upon the utmost independence of
though and action, a ml tin4 freest eXprossiou
of fo?hnK aa 1 opinion. J love a fnmk and
generous odrotgarv-?au*jh a nv?n I-deliglu
to embrace?-and will serve him, according
to my ability, aa <'li"erfully aa my pfnf?*s*"d
friend. B)il that political warfare which
fka tucivos by h>ul detraction, and striven
for ascendency ri,ll> i)r>r,MU)a' c!,ar
cter, merits the indignation of hourgt mem
M hateful to every gam* rows mind, ami tend#
loo surely to the ties! motion of putdic virtue,
and. a* a consequence, to the dowafuit oi
public liberty.,
G??n. lJ?rr?sa i npnln^'zed for snoopy in <j
his fellow.CitiJUMW so lonj. Flo said, h*
would hut imition one more of tta jutes'
lan k*r* wtiic.h had como u? tnfc knovyl?-(j;j?.
^ G?rmuri paper pnhlisned in Ciuoinn 1:1,
almost under his own <?ye iwrt it foifi with
uiymrrnt s iIc r 'v. :U't ~G? n. H-ims.o,
Sow a c iq for tlie Pn^HMjcy <?| tue
U. in-uiy. yam ago, when a
young iflan.jtn Hid in4i?-n. Wayim\ during
h?n Indi hi w:?rs-^and tint wn never y>nnj
N orison louu.l that a Initio was routing
rm. tiM aii4?i Vvrun otT into the Wrmd*-"?
"*"T ^ ? .
(Again tlHtrn was loud and ifrrpre?jpb|e
i*ogater.) The ditor (orgnUferd the Gr,n.
t*mt, wi.cii tie served up tins l??fio c| iti, tint
?lie oilty possible s 'ourcy to y?nng If ?rri.
son's *Calp, on the appmac > olii b;i:tl?> wit it
the Indian*, w<ui in kta<i?ju<r out of.tln'
woo-w Such a atory us rli-s jcmi: ? k
*x?iie a.Muujo lur?^ it is ipy, sird G ?. if.
hi thin paper circulates wot alo.*? in tlx*
. ? ttuit -d S nt.'ii?'copi' s of* it iir?-/ pmbatHy
4N?ed in. Europ- , wh re hut limtory iw less
known, and wtx-r* the contradiction of ihkIi
?ifly faU hocki m?y poasfldy never come
p Ins |?u2 Im in priocrbkit of old snl.
dir*. frHnWtri x us." con ioii'd G? n. 11,
tbnt tln-y delight to go back to oih- r di)?
end fight tlner ha#* unr again. When I
**? > Ibis address to ?. ?, I intended to
peak only of my tiwyfantni ^eoromi le?-?d
Ot OH)ttii-k r?c.'.kt!. |HTSM mid ilw* **ron cag1*"
in frtueh il.ey corfiue me, but I have MH*r.
tingly taken advantage or ynufjfcmd diepo.
e**?a 4<) lis'oo n? ex *?o<W my m
marks to oth?f though kin Ir< diopi.*a, I w II
fcxod that, although they i.av* mule ?
wide mistake wtio make me dw?U io an
"iron thM unlucky w got who put me
in a log cabin was a In!** neftr<r the trutii
tferiu probably supposed himself io be. Ii
Hi. true tli-H a part of my ??w? lling house is
a lo2 eabm, hut n* ;o ihe bar I cider. (.he
wh?c|j Inflow" i the allusion to h>>
"ban! cHor" branch of diu a orv drowned
Ike Voice of the *sp"ttk r )
But,* .id Gunerd H <rrson, ud.nooished
Wu kite. uhH imIi Siut niii in t v -nserilui rnv
WJ V?" ??l / ? "/
long speech !o iK<; common nifirmii v of an
old soldier, and b;ii?rj m?- ulider the suspicion
of ttiA hspiucity of age. I will conclude
those IwtHiy and unpremeditated r-marks by
thanking ?ny h ilow-ei e^ns ot Columbus fur
ihft'f polneness on the present occasion. as
well as for the friendly feelings of which
My have uniformly and often heretofore
#g*mi mo so-rnmy grat fying proofs.
The General retired, leaving the crowd
which, had continuodto accumulate w ale
he epoke, th ligh ed with the very sttislac.
tory manner in which he hud met the
wishes of the citizens.
- ? - ? *
The Connecticut Courant. publ'shed nt
Hertford* has more than 1,000 subscribers
who Iwre taken the paper, or whose families
have taken it, for upwatds of f ?r?y yoart.
A Family consumed.?-The Perth (t
C.) Courier #iv??s the partiru'a t of tii
burning of a *!? ?n?y in Sou h 8 i?*rh o ik
i I) !?? i^'u^ to a in ?n u iiii'vi P ?;r ok K<? t?j
j bv' A'ii.Oi six o.iiiMrou, in? HiItMi u ir'rl i
1 > y us ot ii^-', lust tlieir lives. Th-* pui
puis liming bt]<iu?ivs ?t Perb,' |. fi tii
shinty aul children io charge of tii er ?*Mh
<1 iug rer, a<ul 0:1 th?*ir return fotin I uotuin
but a hoop of ashes, in which wnre four
sviifi?i?of t'lo bones of iho ciiiMr?an. It w#,
supposed that th? sh.an'y had taken fii
wihiw they wt?re asleep, .as the hones wci
found near where the b ;?ls stood.
?
* COTTON CHOP?TO THIS DATE.
Received. S o k.
1340 2,0JW24 337.MW
v 1839 1,318153 210.948
18 <8 1,082,038 208.316
The history of the cotton market last y'*i
is a v.-rv stikiug illustration of the uuce
? t iintyof ili bnsi speculative reasonings t
.in liters of ir td?\ Tile crop was larg")
. ^iiort, and it waa-inf Teril that of conn
! juices mis largely 'advance. Burn dd u
IT- ..l rlim rnasoriliicr C
> urn odi so, n?i 0
j rietf op prices curly in tlio S'-ason, Um
were itotiu J o b o her eanss h! worl
, winch fin t!iv cr?imi?ra<,leii fbe nflu>,n?,c,,i
a short crop mid dis ippionled the hopes i
f speeul ilors. >ni J rum?i<r soui? of tbe?n.
Sjiecul itiou is always dangerous. Mai
fortunes have b?-ij made by it, but ino
ofibein have Imco lost a^rnu by the sail
game, for sp -culators always play d'op
ami ilecjier, mi that wh n affairs take s
J adverse iuni, as llitiy are sun- to ?'o soon
or l.itcr, then all goes Ivy (lie fioi d. M*
Who m ike sm dl profi s nro always rio
b.lt K|mepIitors, however SU'-HSsfll, lire ?rp|
ernly poor, \vl?i e they engage to p
more money timn iUey hive. S ?specui
tors gejier illy live in (lerpkxitv nod !
. poor, w nit'hi ?n ol rego! ?r un I sm tH or >fi
, 'tvein qui'-tiide?& are muck more l.feely
: teave on inheritance to tliier etnldreo.
Jour,* of (Joinmerce.
1 ? ' 1
Froiu trie Carolina Punter.
, THE STATE JVGRICrLTURAL SOClSTy OP 80tJ
CAROLINA.
Article 19. > Tiuire oliall b? a nnmm
tee on Stock, wlioso duty it ahull lie to repi
. - i?. ? j.. ,.c ..lurihn ili,, t,e?r valient
f me u>pt tin??i7*i. . .
an I to examine and award, at Im* Show, il
premium* for dins un".
j Art. 14. I' shall be the duty of the Prei
d<,ji,,"4<> publish six monies l?eforu the inn
in<?, the kind oH tlie stoftk <? be show?
" al>p, of the pro'lue a to b?-exhibited j.and
sp-vily n? said neiice, the ivspeolivrf pjvii
inn*.
AlftT. ]6. The Society, in prescrihii
premiums for sroek jdnll have refcrenc*?
improvement in the stock of the country.
In nrcordanee wiih the foregomg Ariel
of tl?* Consti /ition, tile following is the
PREMIUMS LIST FOR 1340.
Iris hoped. Unit at the next session. 8
fftiige<t)afuU nviy be Htude fitr a more exitsive
let (tf premium*: nt present, tlw fun
of lite S ici ly will uot warrant more.
1 For the bost Mare, a Silver Gup, 3
, For the second-best Maro, a Silver Cup,
I For the best Coll, a Silver Cup,
Fur the best iuH blooded Bull,.? Silver Cup,
For tho second best of any Slock, a Silver
I Cap.
' j For the heat two yoor old Ball, a Silvor Cup
' For dw host y -arling Bull a Silver Cup
I For the best Gow, full blood-vd, a Sdver Cup
j For the secon I best of any Stock a Silver Cap
' Fur the beet Heifer under 3 years old a Silver
1 ?UP
, Fur tfn second bit Heifer under 2 years a Pi).
,er Cup
For til- bust yesrling Hufer a Silver Cup
For the tiest Dull Calf under 9 months old a
Silvo: C up
Fur-tl>? > mi heifer Calf, under 9 months old a
Stfvor Cup
For the be*t Bo ir^. a Silver Cup,
For Hie seel Sow u Silver Cup
For the best pair of Pigs,' *? weeks to 2months
? hid a Silver Cup.
For the best Rain a Silver Cup
ri?ar the second best R un.s Silver Cop
For the.best Euro a Silver Cup
For the best pur of Limbs a Silver* Cop
For the best 2 year old Mulo a Si ver Cap
Tho no*' mating of the Society will I
? IHd on the fourth Mo-ehy in Novemh
next, in 6 uVIihJc, P. M. The c*Htilo ?hci
will take place on VV'odmitday, alier tl
niooyii^ By oi.tl'T.
R. VV. GIBBES.
Recording Seiruian'.
. ?
flARVE-TlNG KUTA BaGA-?MESSRS E
itors?I do hoi reuemhor to h?v? wn ?ti
deueripion of th? method which we-!>?*'
pracii* d for the la?t Uo years, to harv*
lint ri.in Khm. It nt iv toil ho to w to I
; / ? your
roadrrs, hu: if too e, it will do ton
I od, audwiU [my that person lor hisyeai
iimkii MI fctiiirt _ . * . m
strw n|?rWT?
We cut tiiH 'op* before pulling, with
nommnii ItO'*, ground sharp; .then raker
in'o h? ?p<. end puli the turn'p with what
railed lierea dung book, bring mu"h like
two "roag (I lotk bent at rigut angle to tl
handle. I think we %a'v? at least half tt
labor of h?rves:iug in this manner.
As wo did not raise lefts, or carrots,
cannot s tv whether the same plan won
work equ dly wi.lt lii- ni so fur us cu ting i
the tops'
VVit lost several bushels of our roo's |
their tv iug buri d too do--p. I am sit sfi
ftiete is more danger to bo nporehendt
from too deep than too shallow covering.
From the experrieuee whicn we have ha
| I befit vh there is not ?iiffi' i<*nt attend*
paid to the root culture in this s>*'t'nn <
the It is gaming f?vor slowly wi
th" farrti'TS mirl has increased wiilnn tl
last five yars in 'Ins region nearly an liui
dred per cent.?Trie public favor is at pri
sent divided between the sugar beef, ll
carrot, and ill" ruta b .ga. Li rge crops <
each kind have come under my.' knowied<j
iti the las'two years. On wheat /arms
consider the root cu tore as indispmtsnhk
inasmuch as it enables 'ho f trm-r to mak
h s straw a good stilish ute for hay and ih<
a bl greatly to the productiveness of h
larm. Siuct relv yours,
J. C. Peters.
Darien, May 16, 1840. Ky. pap.
V(,
IMPORTED PIGS.
ie It ?t *11 times jj:v?*s us pleasure to record
% uc * of pulilic spirit u' iifiy of our fellow.
i no 7, s in non .evon with the ngrinul oral
if! uiipr ivuuiKi.t nor couu'rv. \V( li tIt so
. feeling., h?; no !< ?? tllO linivlll 111 lilt* sh'p
,h C<?viii".5of). c ij). Cooksey, (rum lljo, mi.
st port?"l fi?r F. H irrsmi, of this ni'y.
(r Ot il Si)W of Hut pull.' OilineS" breed;U R?,r
t<j crossed by a hoar of the Parkinson breed
is of England, out of a sow of the pure ('aire
n'tse breed; and ? Brazil sow. The fi s is
e S ank and white, the se- oud white, nnd the
. third Idue, blank and white, and being
young, is much smaller than di t Cuim se
sow. W:tb these additions to his s'ook.
Mr. H irrison will, we hope, be enabled to
render essential service to the agriculluraj
pubIL*.?Amcr. Fur.
*r Fredericksburg. (Va.) June 24.
r Most of the Wheat crop hi Virginia wih
in probably be reaped during the pres -nt and
lv next week. Some injury was sustained
<e (from the flv', and more latterly fioin th"
r>i rust; the crop, howeve , will h an avenge
r- on**, atxl tne qn dity of tlio grain v?tv
p,? gup I. 'flte last S ijtunton paper- says;
|c, T >e Rye rnp in t:^ e ?rly part of ?h"
dI s aspu tin* h 'an alnveT1 en ir-ly des ro\ed
?f tiy tlic rus*. Tti t wli-at alio, vro r to
_ learn, is smartly taken with ii iu some ports
,v of jjie country.
x> ! FltOM FLORID V.
it We aro iiiflto ili?* polrene?*J? of a
in twssejiger in tliu schooner S'rphrn &
r Friincix% for the lorn of die Si Augustim
n pt !'>? 26ih nil. from which we lake
I:: 'i?? following items of in eUgenc: Liout.
u- AsVton of 2 I Dragoons, writes from bis
ry Coup near W ilioo S vamjl. 'hat .in ledum
a -quaw with h r elidd cat no in, and leaving
lie' U'T r||i i, she m ni out ag on, promising to
s return. T i?* next <1 iy sue hrougli in two
to warriors, who info-m -d L eu'. Aslieion
that l!iey would bring iu tiiiry warriors
and iii if jamil"** on Tmirsdnv. 25 l? ?
Tim * earner Stnlec, l\?ias?Mt, arrived h- n
oil Tuesday lifst. from Sou Ijeru Post*.?
ril F.ve fildniliM hill sfiftwil t'??MT|selvi'S iu
*-igtit of indent River bar. Oil tho liiglu
't- ! of the 18 n .an Indian tip|)roa?*h?*d wi h.ii
>rt fifty vards nl For D nl is. an I pii' a book
r?. iu me road wto two sucks laid ilcrnss i-,au<J
to nri*l?' S'-vithI marksarouud. The book had
the nam- of Col. Harney wii t-n in it, sup.
jiosed to have h?*en tak-u at Cooslati iteliic,
u- |i i*sod the Indian give a y-H after havt
* tug phce l the l>o ik til re, and retreated.?
t'? Wo art* also indebted to too gentleman
)i. fin- 'he following ad linou d In.'orui .tarn:?
Q
Col. M inify has brought Black
ij! Cork the child of CWocIh: and his
to* mother, together with a r.e^ro. who can
r?*ad and w:it<s a'?d who say* that the
Indians are r'?t?ilnrly supplied will 'he
< ? St Augustine pa,?er* and ammunition by
some person. The S -out ?s broken up iit
consequence of sickness?12'd S*ddt?Ts
if- btnng si<k af Fort iCnivf. vG''ii Ariiiiste.i l
n is''Xpeeted at 'Augii*tin'* ru ufw days,
ds It <? contemplated ?o remove the principal
Depot located at GirryVF? rv, to Piluka.
Char. }kr.
15 ?
10
20 Savannah July 7.
We are indebted tn our uitentive correa.
pondent for th? following:
10 Fort J. R. Smith, (June 30, 1840.
|g- On the 2Uth inst. a train of six wagons
(?*8'*orted by six men, unoer the command
15 noncommissioned otlWr.) m proceed*
in^ from F*?rt Finning to Fori M Cntbh
10 wore fir-d upon by a par'v of tw??ri'v
Indians, concealed ne ?r Old Tn*n Mam
10 mocks. The Wagon MisI'T who i*m
allied of the tra n bad his norr* shot frnr
10 j tinder him. Ono mule belonging fo th?
j*j $m?n was killed, but no nrvui injured. The
Indians carried off the wagon covers, an'
1q finding themselvs pursued by a party oi'n g,
15 uLra Kent out for that purpose. crossed th?
10 Suwannee above Old Town. A detachment
of regulars are now hot in pursuit, and u n
jj, to be hoped their efforts to overtake then
may prove successful. In haste.
ill* f
Twenty-ninc locomotives and 1500 ran
are now running on (lie Bilhmoreuud O m
Rail Road.
tie
How it is done.?The Cincinnati G >7/*U
says th d a merchant of Indian ?, p c?mii|>
puirhis?*d Sd.MOl) of goods ill New York 01
D credit* inPT'i'pred ihem at Cincinnati, sent
,y diem to auction, and raised die wind to tlx
9t. tune of *1100! H s creditors, of course
?* ' may whilstle lor tlie?r money.
all ' . ? .
A Wire Suspension Brdge isfo 1m? erer?
>*K I' d ovrr the Schuylkill at Fciruiount.
a Th 11 oil. Wm.-L. Sforr?, appointed
>ff Judge of the Supuri r Court ol Connecticut,
j? itas resigned h.s scat ill Congress,
a
i? We learn from the St. Louis Bulletin o!
ii. Jun 2l)ih, t ?ai Mr. James WiLo .clerk ol
the Kt-.'iner Pr ?iri's has absented huiis- ll
| with $4000. an I the chile of die seuui
j,i Daniel Webster has gone off wiili 914.U0 J.
Thirty- wo hundred waggons weiacnun(V
ted at the late celebration ut Tippecanoe.?
d Detroit Advertiser.
W? rejoice to r?ror I a grand movement
(j among him Cnurches of him city n
M. the temperance c ?us?*. It can be no inum-r
nf of offence to s ?y. n* it is universally known,
i, hiui the foreign populan *11 among us Inv
chiefly con rihuied 10 fasten upon the wli le
, pvojil '!?? charge of tutuinp.Tuiuxv?Philad.
Nat. Gaz.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Harrison,
wife of G<*n, II ir ison. his bem dangerous|
ly ill, but was considered yesterday, as pas;
the crisis of tier disease. "T'te numerous
^ visitors at tlio Norm Bend, iui?-rru|?t tne
K quiet of the fhni iy. and retard the recovery
( of the invalid ?CincinnaUi Gazette.
Gen. Santander, Ex-President of New
Grenada, died at Bogota on the 0th of
May.
.n %
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4 4 . THE
GAZETTE.
&ssms.w9
\VED.\ESU^Y ,MOHiVi.\ , JELY 15.
I
Tin? speech of G n. Ilutiison, at Co'utnbus.
though somewhat out of season, is
. I
inserted us the most appropriate answer to
charges against ;.im in sumo of the ar icles
which we have inserted from the party op.
posed to hirn.
A copy of the excellent oration delivered
by Mr. John A. Inglis, on the fourth o(
July has been procured by .the Committee
of Arrangement, for publication, and h.:s
te en haudcJ to us but too late for our pre.
sent number. It shrill appear next week.
The flon. Thomas D. Siunt'T and John
S Richardson jr. l\sq. are announced in
the C imdeu Journ if, us candidates fur Con.
gp'ss.
Gsv McDcffie li? (?:? ! ??-o I invited ro
a V im B-iren dinner, in Mtllt-f*r HUe, G.?.
?n li" 4th in a letter deeliniog the invert.
<i m avoias hirnseT against Geti. Harrison I
for the Presidency.
fllGHFiKLD CocooNERV.?Til German
town Telegraph states that Mr. Phillip Pay.
su-k is feeding at his cocoonery s'x million*
of silk worm-, turd that he cxpecs to
feed Jnurtern ml/tons more this seanon.
Only Uii hands ,ir?? eugag (I in the building.
Iiougti a large proper iou-of the worms are
winding, and some are three weeks oil.
Mr. Pnysirk has manifested mu''li perseverance
hi ilie in itier. and.lhe suceesstid result
ol li s eff ?r s will a source of gratification
to Ins friends. ?h wef as aptihlie benefit to
tne cominiiui y.?Norlli American.
This statement cannot he trti-\ win ther
the error arose from a-'cid'-nl or design.?
Two hands might at end :osix mdlioiis ol
i
worms lor the f? w first d-.ys but not a:i-TI:
would renin re several d<?z -ns of
- "I
hands during flu? last age.?Eu. Cjaz.
Messrs, Strange and Drown, U. S. S?-nHtrfht
from North Carolina, have resign -d
i their sea:a. the resignation to talve effct at
the next meeting of the Legislature, whirl?
will be in Novem'ier. Tno letter containing
their resignation wis so much burnt
(tho mail bag probably, says the Rd-gh
i Register, having been ignited by a sjmrk
1 from the locomotive.) thai some parts it
1 were illegible. The reason of their resigning
probably :s, that tho ninjoritv of the last
L gwlatuoe of their Btito was Whig, an I
pissel strong resolutions disapprohifing
their course in the S?*n e, Tney now appeal
to the peopl? to pass upon ?bi ir conduct
at ihe ballot boxes. Even this better
than to have resign- d at onco, as soon as
the Legislature censured their course; but
it would !>e still better to conform to the
constitution und retain their, scats, as the
pco !e intended when they adopted thin
instrument as their <orm of Government,
, till it should be I'tii at thn ?nd of :2t?*ir rot?
htmrioiml frill whether change in pnhlir
optii'on was deliberate and permanent. or
( w is only temporary. Tho people of the
United SiatHs in adopting the constitution,
i flhost unquestionably intended t'?? S?*? a:e to
' be lots influenced by sudden changes in
popular opinion than the Mouse of ll' pre.
I s? nta ivej?. Rut the doctrine ihni the Sen.
5 ntors must resign whenever a major if \ of
' their Rla:e Legislature happens to d fler
from ihem, renders ii even more liable to
5 clnnge than the o'her House, *o far ?s the
i latter is composed of memlxrs from Slates
where the elections are annual.
So many errors occurred in the classification
of votes in the House of Repre,
sentatives on the passage of the Subj
Treasury bill, as it appeared in our co
I iumns of last week, that we insert it
again, corrected.
, Skitcs Yeas 1Says Absent.
M <ino tt 2 0
.J N. Hampshire 5 0. 0
I Vermont 2 3 0
, M MsacliusctU 2*9 ]
R. Island 0 2 0
Co. n licut 0 5 1
f N-.'W York 20 18 2
r! Mi'u/ J?-rs?*v 5 1 0
f Pi*f)iiH\ l%aui:i 17 11 0
Delaware 1 0 "*U.
.M iryl'titd 5 3 . 0
Virginia 13 5 3
, N. Cirolina 7 5 1
S. (J ifoliufi 7 2 0
(i-nr^a 3 6 0
Alabama 3 2 0
M<ssi>sppi " 2 0 " 0
Louisiana 0 3*0
'IVIIII^MJO 0 7 0
K?'nitJ<*ky 2 0 2
Arkansas 1 0 0 |
Missouri 2 0 0
Illinois 12 0
Indiana 3 3.1
Ohio 4 10 '7 2
Michigan 10 0
124 103 13
A Mr. Bkar, a blacksmith from Ohio,
has for several week*, been figni in" in t!m
northern ci.ies, as a political linrnugucr, at
the public meetings and public ^dinners of
tho Whigs. f
- -u.<
Judge Smith, formerly of this State,
died at Huntsville, Alabama, on the 2ftth
June. He had for many years sirved
this State, as I ircu'.t Judge, member of
the State Legislature, and Senator in
Congress, and was appointed to the Supreme
Court of the United States during
Gen. Jackson's administration, but declined.
He removed to Alabama several
years since.
Wo noticed two we.rks ago, an article
copied from the Washington Giobe into.tie*
Charleston Mercury, which,charged lieu.
Harrison with hdving iutrndu ed into the
S nate of O io in January I32i) n r?solu_
lion requesting the Senators and Uepr-sen.
tuiives from that state* in Congress to take
measures to prevent tho extension of slavcrv
in the t? rr tora s of the United S a cs; and
as it was in the spring of that year that
Missouri was admuted into the Union, and
we supposed that G?*n. Hairison had vo'eil
in Congress at this hup* for the bill to admit
u, we nsk' d how it happened that he was
mi Congress and in the Sena t? of Oa'o lit
I times so r.ear together. To itiis enquiry
the M'jrcury replies as follows:
Toe Gazette In wholly rriisrak**n by
reason uf tailing in o a single ?rror.
Harrison was not in Coujtrss winm Mi"
s< ?ut i was fldnnt tr?i into tin* Union, lis
t'Tin expired on tlm 4tb of M >reh# I8H9
ami in the 'olh>wtl1<r wint'-r lie (rimed as ?
member ol the ?3*:i?te ol O no. wnere l?*t
iliNfia jois'i'-cl bnns- ll ?i<?! only in favor o*
j ih?* A on Slavery Uesolv s r< f rred to l?y
! tue Gazette, but also in favor of iiiiotler sol
of r-solvos avowing die iiihs' ultra .Tariff
;>fiii(*i|iIcK. one irt vv'iicli wool so I ?r as to
I iloriar*' that the Government not-lb
pay off flu* Nation >1 Debt last- r I ban way
thsolutelv insisted on by the publie en*<lm?ra%
in orcbrthai tb?? surplus in tin* Treas.
nrv might b appropriated to the prot<h*:ioii
I of in-lHstry an I Hie prosecution ol internal
imp'ovoiimmits.
'Foe contest about the admission of M ssonri
agitated (* ?! S Nsiooa of Gongr- ms?
though a direct voe on tbe qifst'oii o
a bnission was n??t taken in the IS ssion hI
1818-19 wb'Mi G n. 11 irnson was a m'ein.
o r?'?ut resolutions em ng?t the. principle
and of course involving the q?r s ion of ibo
ad.n s>lon of ltio( S ate were brought up
and it was upon iln-se tbat Gen. Harrison
voted. Taking tarn I.is votes m Congress
and in tbe Senate of Ou'o lojjet.ier. -ve learn
tliat he was in favor of me admission of Mis.
souri witii tbe right to bold sik.Ii slaves as
vveie .ben in her territory?arid also o' pro.
bibitiue her from allowing tlie tntrodii" ion
of slaves from o ler S ot''s l?v n?*\v s-ltler?
or in In" way of tra le? dsn that b" was in
' 1 ....
avor of pro iliwujr no larrcr o:iow;i -ikui
of Slaves into ' Southern Territory friun
tlt?* adjoin i??? Stat '>?an I this nil toe fX"
press ground t oil slavery w is an nv.l vvliji-ii
it was ill'* du y of Congress to contract
widen thn narrowest li??? s, wiihoui gnu ?
the length of actually*robbing men of their
piop?ny.
We are indebted to the Augns'a (G i.j
Chronicle & Sentinel, of tln? 2 I and 7fli
Jus*. for un re lull a voiiu: of ihf prnri edinfSi-m
the Senate of Ohio to which 'he
M miry rulers t mn ore Iwtvo any where
else seen.
Tan Chronicle & Sen inoKs account we
ropy, oiiii ling n few paragraphs, wi'h'Mit
winch the votes of G n. Harrison may be
understood. The jalioit, after retfring to
hi alleged u if ir i -ss of a cotemporary
proceed as follows:
Vo establish ibis fact, nnd to make it-plain
to our re.id'-r.s, we iKust refer tbem to stie
early history ?>f the country, and statu a P-w
lac s coon cted wiibt'iai lusiory. Tin* fnst
-? ?ir . *p .
iK, taut ihc INorin western i rriiorv, is
*li.ti portion oi Terr lory Fast of lit' Miss's
aipjn riv? r, und- North of the Gbm Kiver,
winch now loruis die Stu'e^of G no, |||
diaii'i, Illinois and Wih?*??iu<iii Terriforv.?
Tin: Northwestern* T rri orv was or^anr
Zed hy Congress, on the 13 It day o! July
1787. Toe 6 ii Article of ific ordinance oi
orgH'iiziiion is in .In: following language;
Ai^. 6. 4,Tnure ah ill b- net ln-r slaver)
ior **iiivo ijutary servidtite in tin: said Tor
ritory, (die Nor liw? stern 'I err^ory.) otherwise
mail in piinis'iiifiit of crimes, wli'-r-o
the party shall have been duly convict# d;'
ALfarn, t|i?* Territory of-Louisiana is ill n
|Mtr:i'in olcirtiutrv , lying w at ot tlie Miss s
sjj)|ii, and North ut lit-* Gull Mrxico, atu
now forms llit* Suites of Lou.miium. Aricaus
is in.d Alissoiiri. Tins IVrri orv was
d d liy tlits French to i ie U. Slates. T?u
3rd uriiclo oi that treaty is m the :o i .war#:
iuUguHge :
"Art 3. The inhabitants of ih" coded
territory shall ho incorporated in ?|j?* U uou
of in#* United Srates, and admitnd as soon
as possible, according to the pr ncijdes ?>l
the l'*d?Ta| eons ittition, to ill#* enjoyment oi
! all (lie rights. advantages, and iinmuniti?>
of ritiy. iis of die United Slides; and m tl>?
ni'-an time dry shall be maintained and
protected in lir* free enjoyment of ||?eir
liberty, prop# rty, and tuu religion wnicl#
I hey proresxj-'
Tuen, we p- rce.'vc. fhnt according to the
Ordinance of Congress, which was in a<\
'Old nice wilti tne treat) stipulations, ceiling
lie No.tii Western Territory, ilm mIiv#ti
could not he m:rodjc-"d in any ol.Ih" Tarn.
nrjy, which-, now forms Ohio, Indium,
Illinois and M cdi'a >? ?
again, h> tli urin-1" ?<f iJhi Irenfy which
reded die Territory ?*f Louisiana, ill *(iovt'riMitt'Ot
of the United fcjfuns ??e I itscjj
in the 3 I art c!e of the 'treaty, u> prof***;! the
property of iht* cfi! z* m of that territory, and
nose Cit ZimiS vvi*ro Jup owners of tdnvo,
and flint Territory now fiirins tliHSt?tea of
Louisiana, Arkansaw and Missouri.
' GeiitT.il Harrison entered Congress on
the fouriS of miteh 1817, and his term
i ""i i yr
expired on the 4th of 4fh of Mafch WI9
?(luring that session of Congress the Missitici
qu"S'ipn was indrnriueed, nnd G?n. ^
; IJ:jtrris?in/v?riedror II?T (mission allowing
i siav? rv, t-wl as not thru admitted.?
J AMhO II' XI ?rss (III oil the 6lh day of Mtfrh
|o2J. she wu? admitted in acorjlance with
ii i' rins of the Tfi'iitv, After Gen# Marj
rison^s hTHi in Cmigrea* expired on theklth
o< ]8l9.*he WH*ef.fcjd u? the Sen.
.ate ul'Oli'o, mill in that body on the
3rd of March 1820. Mr. Thompson a
Senator. introduced u Ptnlution ftpicffing
ill-ir Senators and R-'pnucnta'tvea in Con.
rp'ss to oppose t'?e introduction of Missouri
mil) tire Union unless Slavery was prohibited.
[Here the Chronicle and Smrtfoel of th*
2 I furnishes extracts from the Journal of
ih?'O iio S nmo takrn from another paper;
j bir having nferwurds procured a copy of
I the Journal, it copies more at large, on ibo
7th as follows:]
From the Journal of the Senate of Ohio,
1919-20.
"Sntutduy. J.nuiry 1, 1820,
"S'-nnte rpef pursuant to adj'HJrnmcot.? >
Mr. Thompson irmvisl tiie ndophon ofa
resoltit'on, for the nppo nmefrt- of . Joint
I commit ee, to draft a oi'-niorhri IO:Co??i
gross. on tin' sittijoft of udmi ting new State*
| in the Union the Constiutions of which ail>
tiiorizu involiin ary -lavery.
And on tuotiou^.said r<*s dutio i was rom.
I milted to a cmniiftee of the whole Senate,
j and made the order of des day."
*'Monday, January 3.185%
subject Doing out of thu commute*
! of ihi* Wind.* nod now before ih?* S nam,
\t-. T-bompson niovi tl the* adoption of (to
Col O A 1,^1 preomfde arid resolu ion:
ibe exist*ni<*e-of slavery In our
country. ban ever Un.n deemed a great
l?obii??l evil, and its tendency, d-reedy ^
! calculated ii? nnpa r our jiaf-oual character,
! and materially n fleet our^gUMi-rial happi:
: ami inasmuch as |l:p <x tension <?f a
slave pbpnlaMoii to ilie (J. States, is fraught
a it i ill'* nios ! arl'ui c?Hise<pwnees to (to
perm mency and durab Iby of our republic
'Mil ins i ti ioas; and whereas tin* subject of
i a* admission of slavery in the new Sm:e
of Missouri, is al this t me Irefnre the Con.
gr'As of the United Stubs; Thei#'fort\
-R solved, by I be GvnerHl Assembly of
ill St de ??i'0 io. That dur Senators and
j 11 preseotaMves in C'>nj?r?sa, be rquesied
10 use tlteir z alous endeavors to
to prevent the adopt on of so od<ous and
dangerous a measure.
On (ifnt.on of .Vlr. Harrison, toatriko out '
all .diei the vvoid "Re8oford%% in sai l resolution,
an i insert in lieu ihercofthe follow",g;.
Tliat our Senators nnd Represcnth'ives
he requ stcd 10 use their inmost exer ions,
and lake every means to pr< vent the ext<*n.
sioH of slavery within the Territory of the
Un led S ales, wes' of t ie tMsrflfwippi, and
tli : new Sups to be formed wi.hm diet
^ rntpry. which the consiuliui aj)J (to
treaties made under it uiH allow."
ti** etnL'i. suit
\J I I IlllllltfU ?\l
The yens were,"Brown, Furnasa, Hani*
son, Hook?TNew com, Pollock, Rohb,Rug.
. tf'cu, S*i< Ihy, Swear ingen and Suili.
r van.*'?Ik
, | The n ?yt were, "Baldwin, CamphuH,
Fnhiim, Foos, Jojvs. L'ichm, NfwUara,
.Mclamjl.lm, McLean, Rti*sel, Simpaon,
Sj>' u''i r# S c?ii', Thompson, and (Speaker)
, Tr rr.?.|e "?16.
*W-h.*r?ii|im?, Mr. Harrison nw>vj?d to
nv oumn t ;lte s*id r<-*olurini) an I p-Humble,
j to a Si l-v. C nnrniJt?? ol three member*,
j ;o report tJ trump?which motion wan do1
j eld- <1 in tliM i?egalive.M
i j Tlf yeas were; "B?own, Foo*. Furnnaa,
Harrison, [looker, N^woom, Pollock, Rtifc'j
j?|e? Knssel, S e'hy, Sw-.irinjen, Sulbvoa
land t'rimhle, (SiM-eker")?13.
i 'j The nays w?ti / "Baldwin, Campbell,
' Fnhan. Irwin. Jtn'inmjjs. Jones Lurna. Ma.
' rl.iirn, M L niyhhu. McL-nri. Rol?h, Siuip-on.
Spew r, Storm ai d Tnumpsoti"?15.
i "And on motion to agree to and reaolu.
' tiou, with the following,"
. j "It solved further. Trial his Rxcelk ney
, the (4nv?-rnor Im instructed to aen^a copy
| of the loreeoiiit! -amble and'resuluion,
' j in each of our Representatives ir^ Congress
. j oft'ie Untied Sums."
i { 0 i thi? motion the yeaa and nays were
ordrp d." :?nd wen*.
' Y? ?s. B tldwiu. C imphell. F thian, Foot,
Furnas*, Irwin. Jennings. Jones, Lucas,
; M ??!**;?r.ii Mt'L'tuifnliu, M L an, Robb,
l Riiss?*l. Simpson, Spemvr, Sulivun, S (in**,
' Thomson mid-Trimble, (Sp oiker'')?$0.
i Nays, "Bio*n, Harrison, Hook r* New.
. com, IN) lock, Rugglu*,S:ielfcy#aiid Swear*
I ?8,
OuJered, That the Preamble and R*sn~
I lu ion sunt to the Iioo.sc for roneui renew."
'! II re hi ij we s? e (xen. Harrison otlcrg
[ J ail aiii* lidmcOt which proposes to admit
Missouri in o the (Jiiion with ?| tvenr bn.
I ; ca.ise in ilit; treaty wli.rll win entered into
I u/...ri fr.inro nnd Hut United Statectt the
i J iin?* ilie territory of Missouri waspurchased,
j iii- Lit ted S ate* expn?s*lv nitqyxj by the
' | 'bird a?i.c c, In protect ihc citizens ?p told,
i big their slave propmty. (See 3JL, article
of I lie irenty.)
C?>ns-quendy, if G"n?'ra! Harrison's
vmendinent had been adopted, it would
a iv?* been in f.?vi?ur of >1 veiy in M hso rf.
| A Sain uImti foiled i:i hi* amendment, be
j proposed to recommit the mutter to a ape.
j eial eoiniii tire of tiiree?in tins again, ho
i was voted down, be.then voted against tha
send i g copies of them :o the Senators and ^
Ilepr* s ntn ives in Congress. a?d finally
-'gl'itttt lie* preamble and fe#olutions. Uwt
we des r?* partien.'arfy to point our readers
to die yiiaK and nava,and wo if G *n. Harru
.son is not always found voting in opposition
'o those Missnuri pMnctioniB's, Lucas and
Thompson.
Thursday. January 6, 1*30.
"The Senate took up tie ^mudmeots
made by 1 be House of Representaives, to
'ho resolution requesting pur members in
Congress to oppose ttifc extension of sJaaery,
tn the Territory of the United Staiesj and