sing but the cos;} gnndino^s never useTul,
and sometimes it is improper; boiliiia: does
seem to im rove oats, and, ofler the first
week, high-fed horses prefer them raw; g?Vnii
lation Js rarely practiced, and o*dy for
sick horn's. In Lincolnshire; oats are m illed
in salt waiter, and given for throe weeks
or a month in spring. *
.Oats ar<^ sometimes given in. tluc str;**-,
either cut or uncnt. The cost of thrashing
is saved, but that is no great ^iin. It cannot
be known how much the horse gefs.
One may be cheated altogether out of a meal
nod another tn-iy be surfeited. Tiicre is a!
ways some waste, for the horse must he
pelting very little cowi if he oat3 nil the straw
he gel? along wi?h it, and if he gej rtiorc,
some of the eorn is left in the straw.
The Daily Allowance of oa's is very variable.
Hunters and racers receive aImpost
as mu h as they w II eat during the
season of work. The quantify for those
horses varies from twelve togixtOcu pounds
pur day. S age and mail.horses get about
the same allowance. Some will not consume
above fourteen pounds, others will
manage nearly eighteen. In most stacks
some other corn is used. For ev^ry poyyid
of wrley or beans that rnoy bo^iveif, rather
more than an equal weight is taken o*fl' the
ordinary allowance of oats. S i.IJfcHiqjses
receive afjpttt.t we I v?. pounds of oats, carthorses
from ten to" fo'ffrteen. Tons ; employed
on the farm get from four to twelve
pounds. The ordinary feeding measure in
Scotland termed a lippy, holds from three to
foor pounds of heavy oats.
Substitutes for Oats have beep frequently
nought. Many experiments have been
made to ascertain how far their use might
be dispensed, wi'h. Roots and bone! have
bath been fried, and the results have shown
that horses of moderate work, pr even laborious
wotk at a slow pace, cm be kept in
% pood condition on oarrofs or potatoes, with"
some fodder and no corn. The bread has
been made from pom", but it does not se- m
*- W...... Knuti. i\M.?tti/>liuii nf f?nv? unnnnm
IU nave uvg?r |/iuuuv.M?'i wi vvvi.wfi^ ,
Barley, beans, peas,yarfd wlfi&at are par:in!
substfutes for outs.' They may form u
iarge portion of the corn; and is Spain barley
forms the whole of it. But in this coutrry
oats are in ^ftoerul as'ch*ap any of the
other kinds of corn.' It has been alleged
that oats contain some aromatic, mvigdratuig
property, not possessed i>y*o;her arncles;
and it does appear that horses* fed on roog.
to 3the exclusion of corn, are not so gay as
ccrn.fed horses. But whelier oats, in yquul
Weight, give the horse more on'mationthan
t other kinds of corn, is not known with eortaioty,
although common opinion is in their
favor. 7
Corn Dust is. a dirty, brown, useless.like
powder, removed from :h"oat in converting
h into mnal*. It is sometimejf**mixed with
th? boiled food. It does no; appear to contain
any nutriment; and it i9 blamed for
producing balls in the bowel&aud obstructing
'them.
OaUmeal Se&ls.?The husk of the oat as
it is sifted from the meal, is sometimes given
m,. ,
?o norses* 1 fits stun is termed scuds. it
always contains n little meal; but it is often
adulterated by adding wji.it are called The
shelling s' edsvtho husk wjjiout any meal;
It does very well ns aymstican*; aifd may
be mingled with oats, beans, or barley.to
make the horse grind ijhem, but it cannot
yield much nutriment, and many hursts
will not eat it. ? ~ '
Gruel is made from oa'meal. It as very
useful or sick horsus; and, after a'day of
severe exertion, when the horse will no*
take solid food, gruel i$ the bust thing he
can have. Few stablemen are able to mak'*
,it properly. The meal is never sulficien.lv
incorporated with the water.* Ohe gallon
of good gruel may be made from a pound
of meal, which should be thrown into, cold
wafer, set on the fire and stirred till boiling,
Mid afterwards pcrmim-d to summer over ?
gentle fire till tlie water is quite thick. li
not gruel at ail if the meal subside, and leave
the water transparent, ft racy Clark re
commends ih'it the meal be well .tributeJ
with a little cold water, in a beechcn bowl,
by a heavy wooden pes: it v. lie thinks the
trituration necessary to-c&?t a union between
the wa er and some constituent ofthc
rnsal. This seems to be one of the ' not a
lew useful a ad impor ant discoveries", for
which Mr, Clarke so clamorously demands
our honaage.
Oaten Bread is sometimes siven to s:ck
Rhrses. It may tempt the appetite and excite
a disposition to fi e J.? See Bread.
BARLEY.-There is Hiuchdilfivrrceofopiu.
ion concerning this article. Some consider it
quite as good as onis in evry respect; others
aHcge that it is too laxative; Others that it is
heating: some that it is cooling: and some
that it is flatulent. In Spain, and in some
other places, horses and?mules receive no
corn but barley; in this -country it- is very
often boiled and given once n-duy, and
sometimes a little is given raw with e.verv
ration of oats; and one or two proprietor*
have used, and perhaps still use it to the
entire exclusion of oats. I cannot, from
personal observation, tell w*!ini are its eftecis
when givenjha bit u ally without mixtu're. But
when given ulOng with a few oa:s or beans,
bo us to form only a part of the feed, I know
that barley has none of the evil properties
ascribed to it. I am daily among a larg"
number of horses, bo'lh fast and -slow workers,
who receive a cons durable quantity in
the course of the twenty-four hours. At
first, it relaxes-the bowels a little, and unless
it be mingled with chaff thd2fiorsr,s swallow
trie gram wnoie. Jr'tiey seem, lo swallow it
more readily than oats. A Or a week
or two the bowels refurn to their ordinary
state. The skin and- coal are almost
invariably improved' by barley, particularly
when boileJ and g:ven warm. Like every
other kind of corn ii is somewhat indigestible,
until the slormch heroines accustomed
to it. If much b ) gwen at first,-the horse
is likoly to take cholic. 13ut by gradually
increasing the quantity from day to day,
deducting the oats in proportion, the horse
may be safely inured to barley without any
other corn.
White tells us of a Southampton postmnsterf
wiio fed li s hers s cntneiy on barley
'and cut s raw. Tlw^we*e iriveli tbgfctfieiy
and the b irley was steeped in water twelve
hours before it is given.-J Two specks of
I barley and one bushel of straw formed the
j da:iy attowance. It is said thai. upon this,
, the horses diJ more work, and were, io
better condrion, than otliers .at the same
toifc upou the ordinary feeding." This is
the usual sfory whenever any new ijiofle or
tirade is rocorronendecL But, nevertJusless.
it seems sufficiently clear that barley is not
J much, if at nil. inferior to oats. Thelprice
j should influence the choice. Spotted'or
, dark-colored barley, though r; jeoted for
I malting, may be q n c good enough for corn,
and it-is often to b-1 bought at the price ol
oats. It weighs about4&LV pounds the
Uusliel. Giving weight for weight of oals.
at- fo rty pounds th<? bushel, "hero are only
. ien feeds, while birl 'V gives twelve an-.J
! one ha!?".
j Boiled Barley is'used chiefly among
stage, cart, ao l ropd.horses. IT is rarely
given to ihe racer'or to the hunl?*r, except
when sick. Boiled to jelly, it is good for a
ba'rd dry cough, wlv n there is no fever.
Barley Ma*h?just barley steeped cr
boiled. ;
Malted BarlQif is jjjint which has been
germinated* It is steeped or moistened,
and spread in a lover till it sprout. In that
state tt is given, though not very often.
I .1. i;.
Horst^are very tonu cm ir, f.nu nry wm
take a litt-lo of this when fliey r>'ii.se almost
every thing else, But J du not know how
they wouM do upon it for constant use.
itl'iIt is used ?\go??d dfcnl on the continent,
ancf is supposed to- he highly nutritious
more so than the raw barley. But in this
country the heavy duty upon malt forbids
its use-for horses: and it is not certain that
the process of mhhfng improves the grain
so much hs to pay its cost.
Malt Dust, in some places-termed cumins.
is that portion of barley which sprouts in
germination. It is generally given to ca'.tle,
but horses sometimes get it mixed with the
boiled meat. Tney seem to 1 ke it very
well. I do.not know any more about it.
Contents of the Southern Cabinet for July.
I Notes on European Agriculture. By a
j Charlestonian.
' Agricultural .Survey of the Neighborhoods of
I Society Hill and Chcraw. By the Editor.
I Reporc read before the Agricultural Society of
Barbour.County, (Ala.) P?y J. L. L. Hunter.
Emigration?Preparation of the Land, &c.?
By a South-Carolina Al.ibamian.
Agricultural Surveys. By the Editor,
i Queries to Abbeville.
Cotton Ginning. By Robt. Chisolm,
Report on the Soils from the St. John'?, Colleton,
Agricultural Society, Edit-to Island.
Charles Upham Sliepard. " ^
Anniversary Meeting of Horticultural Society.
Drying Fruits.
? ?r . v. f r, t
; Frotracied v iiaiiiy 01 c>eeus.
| Ruta Baga for Horse?. *
I . TALES, SKETCnKS &C.f \
A Sketch of the Isl*ndxof Madeira in the
year 1936. By Capt. G. T. , of
South Carolina. I ?"
Lines on Napolean Bonaparte tftiile at St.
^ Helena. By W. P. M.?
Francis Olderby.?A Tale, By a plain
Gentleman.
The Pacha's Daughter. By the Author of
"the Duke and the Bayadere,"
Secret Tribunal <JfGermany.
Vesuvius, Ilerculaneum, and Pompeii in 1940.
"We are not what we s'eein tube.'' 4'y L.
A. D. " *. .
Wild Scenes "in the Forest and Prairie. By
C. F. yoilman, Esq.
Antidotes for Poisons.
AGRICULTURAL TTt'.MS.
Clarifying Beet Sugar?Cow'h Udders?Management
ofPig??The Two Farmers?Deep
Ploughing?Lime in Agricu ture?A Bushel
of Grain Hints to Farmer^?Draining?Irni
portant Discovery?A Large Green Iluuse.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
As it should be?Newton investigating the
* nature of light and cofcrs?Expenditures of the
French Government?Tea .and Coffee?InTeasing.
Population?Tee-Tot.al Procession in
ublin?Gin in the metropo'is of Groat Hrit.
ain?The Chinese Admiral?Different Colours
of Mourning?Finale to a Courtship; Valuable
Ileceipo?Rapidity of Communication
by Telegraph?Life saved by Laughter?Pun.
ishment of Drukenness in ConstantinoplePhotographic
Drawing?Simple Remedies?
Taste for Reading?The Libretto Farrin* Hi.
Contents of the Fanwr's Register, No. VI.
Vol. VIII.
0original Cor,unwiicalions.
Analogy of ihe gensration and reproduction
j yf plants and-animals.
Dr. WillianrFJ.'Srmtb-'s ''Remarks on the ve getable
kingdoQiiV^ls, &c.M
i Silk.CuTture.in IlrHnswick county.
Explanations.
Editorial remarks oa .calcareous earths and
?pa* . .
The results of marjihg in the country about
Williamsburg. ^
Insects. Indian corn-. .Millet.
Extracts from priyateicorfespondence and remarks
thereon.
Investigation of tbe effects of marling,
Monthly commercial report.
Selections.
j The Peanston frequent drain system,
j Scalding seeds before planting.
Agriculture 01 r ranee (conciHUca ).
Notes on northern sillc.culture (concluded)
' Ploughing in crops for manure.
' Corn sown broadcast.
Woodland rye.
Lucerne.
.Spinning petforated cocoons,
j ilaying. Early gathering,
i Hjpnch bug.
Indian cotton. .
j Remarks on calcareous earths and soils.
Profits of sheep, and other good notions.
H#eing ruta baga.
Sunflower serd oil.
The striped bug.
Bees.
Formation of the lagoon islands
Of growing orchard grass with red clover
University of Virginia
Wiliiamand Mary College,
i Improvement by rail-roads and canals.
, j Growing apple and pear trees by grafting
upon the roots.
.Method of cropping one.quarter of an acre.
Proper regard to, and management of, slaves,
Journal ot a recent visit to the principal vineyards
of Spain and France.
IIanting a negro slave in New 11 amps ire.
Out Worm.?One of the intelligent geu*
tlomen in our city, has kindly given os lire
result of his*experience, in keepiog ike Cut
Worms from his Cabbages.
In transplanting two hundred Cabhagb ^
PlahtTinto * bed, he made the boy% place
a circle of Pride of India Berries aroun'
each Plant; one only of these two hundred,
was touched by the Cut Worm, which upon
examination, was found not to have been
fully encircled by the China Tree Berries.?
This gentleman had previously used these
*,Berries with a !;ke result.
A lews days cfer planting the bed al)ove
mentioned, he set out in another bed, along
side of the others, about three hundred more,
which from want of tim<\ were not encircled
by the Berries"; of these, the Worms destroyed'
every one. Try this cheap defence,
(iardeners, and communicate the result for
the "OI"aning<" Pefhaps these Berries
.rnav prove serviceable brother cases.f
" Gleanings of Husbandry. ' (
Dd*p Ploughing.-Many a farm, when fresh, ?
his been rendered stcf.le and unproductive
in a few years, by skimming the surface.?
Deep ploughing brings up latent animal and
vegetable particles favourable to* the growth ;
of plants, rend* rs the soil loose and friable, and
above-all, prevents the ground frotir washing,
fiiily hind, should always be ploughed in a
circular drrecuen, and if, at same time, it i?
. broken deep, is is rarely the case that hills will
not reUfn all the rain that falls upon them.
9 * OS *
J v
Curious and Important JHscovrry.?It
is stated in a foreign periodical, that
Signor HertelIi,- a rich landed proprietor
in Piedmont, Iras discovered a method
i by tvi?ich lie can make silk-worms spin
red or blue cocoons at pleasure. Stflfiiat
silk thusobftrijied is dyed naturally with
one or the other of these icolors, not only
of surpassing beauty but indestructible.
Signor Bert fill keeps his discovery a
secret: but iti fs-supposed to consist in
some particul.lt'preparatiomof the mulberry
leaves on which lie feeds bis
worms. %
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Political.
LETTER OF MR'. V*AX BlTfcEX*
f We publish to.day the letter of die Pros
idcnt in reply Jo an invitation given him to
he present at a public meeting and enorlainment
which was held at the While Sulphur
Springs, on the 11th of this month,
hv the Democratic citizens of the counties
of Fayette, Woodford, and Scott, in Kentucky.
%
TVashinglon, Tdy 4, 1840.
GontlemenU^-I have had the honor to
receive the- mvitation which you. have been
pleased to give me in behalf of 1b? Democra
ic citizens of the counties -of Fayette,
Wooofurd, and Scott, to Wb present as a
guest at a public meeting aria fintertainrftent
o he held by them at "the WhUfc Sulphur
Springs, in Scott county, Kentucky, on lite
-1 Wains'.
Truly grateful for this mark of their
respect and kindness, I can but-regret that
my public duties will not permit rue Id express
my gratefulness face to face.
That I have been so fjrtunatc as to secure
"the entiro approbation of the Democracy
of Kentucky," that they look upon me
as." rue to the Constitution of tlie United
States," 4,the representative and advocate
of their principles in the Executive department"
of our Government, cannot but
afford me peculiar satisfaction, coming, as
u does, from a highly respectable portion
of ihe ancient and timer-honored patriots of
thai noble State, and from the sons of those
who, in their day, were the pillars of the
Republic. llis ory, gentlemen, must be
take to her du*y wh*n she ceases to inform
manhiru), that it was by Kentucky that the
"first e(i .'Ctual blow was struck at the dun^( roiis
principles introduce J into the
administration of our Government s'oon after
the^adopdon of the Constitution?grind- J
r.los which had already led to nets of featful
usurpation, and threatened speedily to
destroy as well the rights of the M ates as
lie hljortins offffe people. It whs tho Ken.
lucky Resolutions bucked-by those of her
patriotic parent State, which changed the
current of public opinion and brought back
the administration of the Government to the
principles of-the Revolution.. For forty
years the Democracy of the Union have
-'ooked upon those resolutions as the creed
of their poli icul faith; political degeneracy
has been marked by departure from that
standard and like tlie or ginaUlanguage of
the Bible in mutters of religion, they are the
text book of every 'reformer.
Nothing coald more effectually prove the
purity ol'ihe principles then annoonced than
the progress th'*v have since made in the
minds of men. While evpn the nnjnejof the
proud and powerful party which opposed
. - i
t'leni. iiiis come 10 ue consiucreu u icjwi ?m
reproach, if nol of ignominy and insult, the
principles of the Kentucky resolutions, in
profession if not in fact, now enter into the
ere- d df evcj$' political sect, and the once
(Jerid d name borne by their apostles and
advocates, is considered an essential passport
to'popuhrity and succos? Nay, more,
the p'-oplb ahnost with one voice have recently
recognised and cousecra'.ed the jrrineiptes
of those resolutions by an net as impressive
and emphatic as it is* possible for a
nation to perform. Since your letter has
been lying before me waiting for a reply, it
Ims become my agreeable duly to confirm,
the fiat of the nation settling for ever the
unconstitutionality t)f the sedition law of
179^, by approving an act for the.roliofof
the I e rs of Muthew Lyon, refunding to
them a.fine collected of their ancestor under
the law in. question. Party prejudice, judi"
r-ial au'hority, dread of the precc ent respect
for thai which haSj^sumed the form of law
for forty .years, jfjrve successfully resisted
this act oijtaljcgkut at length all are swept
away by ttouulffesistible current of public
opinion, nnd'Jfo sedition act-has been irreversibly
decided to be unconSitu'ional by a
tribunal higher than the court., of justice?
the sovereign people of the Unites! .States
?The patriarchs of Kentucky and Virginia,
t'?e men who n that day, amidst obloquy
*
and insult, voted for or sustained tlic Ken-1
fucky und Virginia resolutions of >799, cannot
bgt rejoice w.th a joy unspeakable in
witnessing tho*finaMriufroph dfthe pure principles
to which they then announced their
allogianco. They and their descendants
nave a right to glory in seeing those principles
recognized, even at this late day by the
acclamations of a nation, and one of the .
tyrannical acts against which they protested
virtually bx panged from the records of the
country;- While to aged patriots it is a
subject of congratulation and joy, it teaches
the young that efforts of reform in the Gov.
ernment of their country ought never to be
considered hopoless, as long as there is anything
to improve, and that, if the fathers do
not enjoy the fruits of their exertions in the.
rouse of Democratic principles, they are
certain to fall in blessings upon the children.
' - ^,
I am most hhppy to inform you, gentle.,
mem That I hav?Mhis day signed the bill for
the establishment of an Indepedent. Treasury,
a measure of which you speak in
decided commendation. By this measure,
the naanagsment of art important branch of
our nntionaf concerns, after a departure of
nearly half a century, will bfr brought back
to tho letter, as well as the obvious spirit
and intention of the Constitution. <-The
system now superseded was in fact one of
these early measures devized by the friends
and advocates of privileged ordefs for the
purpose of perverting "ihc" Government,
from its pure principles and legitimate obvesting
ail power in the hands of a few,
and enabling-them to profit at the expenctf
of iht*? many.<? I need not inform yoii,
gen -lumen, that the effect of depositing the
punlic money in banks,'was to lend it'to
thosojnstituti.ons, generally without interest,
to ho used as a part of their capital, and that
they Jont 1t out upon interest to their-custorhfas
thereby largely increasing the profits
ol the *KockhoIders. Thus the few were
enabled to enrich themselves by using the j
money which belonged to the many, and the
public funds were in fact drawn from the
Treasury, without tin appropriation in Congress,
in clear violation of the spirit of a
cons'itutional proiiibition.
Trie manner in which this abuse crept in- J
to the government.and fastened itself- upon i
the country with the acquiescence of. the
who!'! people, is an impressive- lesson, teach
ing tun necessity of perpetual vigilance and
en'-rgy in selecting and resisting the firs!
encroachments however seemingly tri/liag,
upon the principles of our govt rnnvuit.?
Fronfthc depostie of the public money in
bat.ks, it did not necessarily follow that the |
b inks shbulJ use it. lis use was never until
lately, then only to a limited extent, directly
authorized by an net of the government.?
But as the banks were in the habit of using
depositee, they silently treated those of the
Government like those of private citizens,
and the government as silently acquiesced in
the practice. As for many years the revenues
of the government jvere moderate, and
the surplus.was wanted to pay tlre'p.riftcipal
and interest of public debt, the amount
loaned out by the banks was comparatively
small, and the profits of the stockholders less
considerable. But in the progress of the
Government its revenues increased, and the,
amount unexpended became greuter, until;,
it'amounfed to five, ton andnfter the extirtguishm'tit
of the public debt, to nearly
thirty millions. The disastrous effects now
became apparrent. Aa extensive interest
had sprung-up deriving wealth from the use
of thejpeople's money, and having powerful-inducements
so to act upon the governments
to increase the source of their income;
"^Tlieir influence was first directly
felt5 in interferences to prevent the payment
r *| .1..?
OI lll'j jJUUI.C UCUl, (lieu III \2lloili7, IIII'/IS,? J
the use of ihq public press, and ih attempts
to secure the influence of leading politicians
and of men in authority, to procure a
prolongation of their, chartered privileges;
and finafy in p:mie and pressure, inflicted
upon the country with the hopeofcontrolliug
the action of the government through the
alarrps and tiro sufferings of the people. By ;
shifting the d*posifes from on6 great institution
to many smaller ones, the unity of this
in'erest was destroyed, but not i:s power.?
Though enfeebled, it still existed in a force
which the boldest might fear, and has made
itself felt in the contest of the last few
years. Hut the intelligence and v:rtue of
our people have triumphed over art, panic
and pressure, and the act of deliverance is
this day consummated.
It is hoped that the business of the country
Will no longer be disturbed by the strugglesof
the banking interest to get possession
of the money of the people, Unit they may
inak<* a profit out of its use, but that they
will settle down contented with- the use of
that which legitimately bekmgs to them
leaving the funds of the government to be
~ n
kept and expended according to the letter
and spirit of the constitution. . But should it
be otherwise, the intelligence and firmness
of our people are equal to any emergency.
They now understand the whole subject.?
Tliey see no reason why the stockholders
and debtors of banks should have an exclusive
privilege to make themselves rich out
of the use of the public money. They see
no reason why they should be taxed to raise
money for puch a purpose. They see that
its effect is to build up a rich privileged order
at their expense to control the government
and destroy all equality among the
people.? Seeing all this, and that the plan
for which that interest has so long struggled
to the derangement of the business of the
country, is in palpable violation of the spirit
of the constitution, their firmness will be
equal to every effort nccssary to prevent i:s
re-establishment.
In the progress of our government the
most gratifying evidence has been furnish,
ed that our p?-opleare, in intelligence, integrity
and determined resolution, equal to the
task of self government, In that administra.
tion which has been appropriately named
"the riegn of terror," so appropriately that
men of all parties now repudiate its acts, and
are prompt to redress, as far ns they can,
the wrongs it inflicted, the force, of statute:
a v and the arm of Ju Jfciary were called in j
t
to aid the influence of Ihc Executive nnd r
the advocates of a strong Government, in- ?
putting down the rising spirit of the people, r
and controlfng the current of public opin- t
ion; but ail these combined powers were f
exerted in vain. The S tmpson of Demo- v
eracy'burst tiie chords which were already r
bound around its limbs and in the election i
ot Mr. Jefferson vindicated its principles, its
firmness, nnd its power. A web more art. [
fuliy contrived, composed of a high prou-c- ?
tive tarifff,-a-system of internal improve- v
n*ents, and a National Bunk was then \
twined around the sleeping giant in the vain I
Iiope of subjecting him forever to-the do- (
minion and will of the ambitious and grasp- s
ing few; and you have seen -how he has ;
scattered the whole to the winds when rous- r
ed bv the warning voice of tin; honest and i
in'repid Jackson. Again, in the triumph ol I
the Independent Treasury, we witness the I
triumph of the popular intelligence and" i
firmness over the arts, arguments, apphan- I
ces and alarms of ihe interested few who .
desire to enrich themselves by the use rrf' ;
the public money?another and most grat- I
ifying evidence that the people, when a- I
roused, arc competent to mnintian any jus! j
principle, and correct any abuse however, i
^hnctioncd by precedent or sustained- in
wealth. .. + f ^ . i
On these .evidences of popular infelli t
gencc and firmness, the Republican patriot t
rest with well grounded faith that all means t
which may be used or mislead of intimidate r
the people, now or hereafter, Into a surrender
of their Cons'iiution and their liberties, '
? .
will, as they ever have done, meet Willi h t
signal and vtfthcring rebuke. I
I am, gentlemeft,- \fith thanks for tin- \
friendly spirit in which you Have Judivi I- t
uatly pi!f(brrriecl tho fluty assigned to- your f*
very respectfully' your friend and obedien'
servant. f
. M VAN RCJEIBN: t
To..Messrs. John M. M'CilU, T. M. ,<
flick" v* R? Taylor, and G \V. Johnson, y
Esqs. Committee. - j- ' ' J
CORRUPTION OF ELECTIONS.
The following publications we find in I
a Whig paper. Whether Iruc or not,
we have no means, now, of ascertaining. But
we have lately seen so many imsre- ]
presentations, false statements,, and for- t
gcries, published with an intention to influence
the elections, that wc are suspi- ;<
cious of all statements implicating, the ,
character of respectable individuals, uiv- i
less well authenticated. We hope Jthe *'
aiaf??mpnt? in the rircsent case, mav
'a' 1 ' "
prove to be untrue.' If so, we siiall ireform
our readers of it. Iu the mean j
time, we copy the statements as part of [>
the news of the day.'
from tiie st. clairsville (oiho) cronicle.
Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., ,j
June 12, 1940. I ' a\
Mr. Editor?Sir, Will you pleifse to ?
permit me, through the medium of J'our '
paper, to renounce publicly, ail farther I
communication wiih'Jhjj Van Buren Loco' i
Foco party, and give my reasons for so- 1
doing.
I stand appointed ns one o.f the comfnitmitteo
of correspondence, and also of the
comrnitttoe of vigilance, for that party in : 1
Mt. Pleasant township. I- have faithfully
attended to the duty of those appointment
and more particularly tiros?" of the commit- i
tee of vigilance. I saw that many of our
short sighted editors, as well a number of
our bar.room,.sfump and other jspeeijjs of!
orators,were only furnishing your party with
political capital, by declaiming sgriins ihe
character of General William Henry Mar. !
rison, and, as in duty bound, by ^virtue of
my appointments, I exerted myself to dis.
suade those of our party to whom t badaccess,
from pursuing that course, assuring
them that if they did not desist from defa.
ming General Harrison, wo wouiiLloso th?? |
State of Ohio, and all other-Slates that Imd
furnished soldiers for Harrison's army du.
ring tho Into war?because soldiers, who'
knew him, and who had scanned his action"
at different times, would not bear to hear
either the military or private character, of
their old commander attacked and defamed
?they would all leave us, and take large
numbers with them; for they would consider
themselves disgraced as their commander.
In reply fo this, I was informed that there
was no danger of losing the St tte of Ohio,
because Governor Shannon had been to
New York, and had obtained n loan of
$400,000, which was to be laid out on the
public works and so managed as to si cure
the votes of nil tho laborers. At another
time I was told there was no ilan^-r of io.
c5 .
sing the S ate of Ohio, because tie* price of
produce, (wheat, &c.) would advnjice all
along the line of the canal, before tire elections,
and that "all that the Dutch wanted to
make them good democrats, was nldifmore
money." On inquring, how the
price of produce could be raised, at a time
I ke this when there was no money. I was
told, in reply, that the off ce holders would
have money, and that they would have t?>
contributo to assist in raising the price of
produce,(by beinglnvish of the^$40t),0Q0.)
And on lust evening; being informed that
the infernal machinery was put in operation,
and that a certain post master was called
upon for his quota, I resolved to h ive nulling
more to do with a party that can stoop
1 * ? ? ' ^ M%"' ?-?* % n(Tor\f ifc r(a
lo SUCH oastilltss IU vni l jr juiu vupui no vjv,.
signs and purposes. I therefore desire to
be distinctly understood, I can no longer
serve upon either of the above named com.
mirtees, nor in a political point orvieiv, with
the party io po\iver. i know there are
many high.minded, honorable men among
them, with many of whom I havo*had tlx;
most friendly intercourse; and k is Aviih
much regret that I feel bound, iiyfuty to my
country, to leave them. Governor Shannon
has heretofore received my warm support;
and J regret thht circumstances have tran.
spired that put it out my power to continue
that support. I have long b.cn iniknal'ly
M * ^
^ 'sp
irqtiainJed with him. I consider him ft
;entleman ol the first order, but if it is hit #
nisfortunc to be so hard run as to be under
he necessity of moving use of the people'#
unds for purchasing up votes as a butcher
vould purchase stock /or the market, as
ny informant assures me is to be done,
ny opinion of him must change. ^Vith#
Irnwing that support, which has heretofore
>een liberally extended, frorft Governor
shannon, I m-us* say that.no honorable man
vould resort to such meanness?no man of
principle, having the distribution of the pubic
moneys, would deal to political partisans,
)r to those who will pledge themselves to
iupport him in office, (which my informant
i V^ri Byron man, stated was the mode of
Txinagement to he pursued,)1 to theexcluson
of others. No, sir, no high-minded,
ronorahle and "patriotic statesmen, such asl
iave believed Governor Shannon to be,
.voufrMw guilty of pursuing such little end#
>y such little means.
i have been slow in giving credit to the
ibovb re poet, but it hus come from one bf
lis warm supporters?the plan of operation,
Dy ah old-and influential member of hie
larty, wlios? name shall, if required, borne
firth under the solemn sanction of an oath.
Mr. Editor. I remain, in sehyftient with
ny old Van Buren brethren;as it relftteftlo
he corrupt hanking institutions ofourcoun.
ry?but it is evident to m?r, at least, that'
he officers of our government are much
norc corrupt, nr.d need reforming.first.?
Therefore, adieu to that democrncy which
vtil use the puhlic funds and tax its officers
o buy votes, and who will insult the people
>y.offering thorn employment on the public
vorhs, on condition that they will pledge
hemselves to its Support.:
THOMAS WHITE, r
P. S.?1 send this to your office, because
t will be likely to-meet the eye of our Gov.
?rnor sooner than if sent to the Hertid
jffice in S ouhenville. If my informad&n
vas ineo'rrecf. and if the Governor desires
t,. I will give the name of my informant.^T.
VV.
Tij? this added the. following from the
2irictnnati Gazette : *
IfLfonnectiort with these devtdopements,
end the following communication, which
ve ropy from the Dayton .fouranl ofthe7ffi.
t Js strongly corroborative of lhe.stftteme.nt
>f Dr. While. ; * . :
' MiAMisetfRo, June ^
44 Messrs. E4*tor DayUms Joi&nql:**.
We send you for publication, the following
uatemcnt, made by one of the parftftiietjof
he prcscn^ administration, which will ArK
firm the fact tliatthe eioyaifoq of tji? party
and the spohs of offidv ftp* -more regarded *
than iho pledge mbde to tlie dear people* ,
In conversation with a person a few days
since, Epinnu'-hGephiiyf, of Miami Towd*
ship, stated that the $400 OOCf loan, lately
obtained by tlvc officers oft bis State, jtovhl
ho expended in this district, ao<| that no 4ft? _
..? ..i.i i... ?!-.^.,1 ?mmuw
uuit r wuui't vc cuimurcu wiiii iuvw?;
who wouljj nut vot? tiie whole democratic
nuJ in this Wiiy," says GephwVWe
3\pt?j^i? (2?in fromorp tp-two
votes for Sawyer and Sbshnon. ^GftphtftviO
further stated that tlto.se hands wouli be ob.liri'd
f'rofo'Indiana, as the putohe works
a ore abandoti"d there.
Shc)niiti}^i^'a:giic:ii be denied, proof is
it hand. j?u
Hy-ord' rnfthe Mi.tmiSbucg Tippecanoe
blub** " * ? ;T
, * MVD, VVHdTRIDGBi
ISLY YiPEflHEU' M.
3? BLOSSOM, ^
Cofrerpoiultug Committee.
>m , gaeg "i' IMBMO
Fat*/. ?ff ray at IVoodpil/e,
serious affray occurred' near Wooc|virte? ^
Miss., mi Sunday morning the 28tbof
June. As we have learned the partzcu?
lars from a^gentlernan who was at Wooh- *
villc at the time, it seems that a
Woodward, with his brother and a man
t^jixcd Glass, waylaid a carriage contain
i'ng f'ol. W's. wife, and two other ladies, . *
.Atfti' n \4Prv/ior ?? cfon crtn nf WV
Willi (I I'l I 1 I UMUt ^ u o\V|Z WVU1 va ?r w?
by his wife, and two or three small children.
The first mentioned party oydered
the 'direr to slop, and Col. W. immediately
fired a pistol directjy at the persona
in the carriage, wounding onfe of tKe
ladies in the cheek. Young EYazier then
jumped from the carriage and fired at
Col. Woodward, wounding him badly
in the face. With another ht lodged a
ball in his .body, which killed him in*
stantl v. The brother of the Utter im.
mediately shot Frazier in the back as he
was returning to the carriage. Glass, in .
the meantime had lied. A brother tff
Frazier, who was on horseback behind
the carriage, now came up, wttn wmo.
ward fired a gun at him, shattering his
arm badly with buckshot. At the last
account Frazier who was first woutcL
ed Was not expected to live.
One of the ladies in the carriage show.ed
great presence of mind, by ordering
her thihiren to lie down. She then
picked up a pistol which had been dnpp.
ped, and threatened to slieot one of Col.
Woodward's negroes, who had seized
(lie horses, induced him to let go, and
their drove off. Is
seems that there had be<fc& difference
of long standingbetW|guUoi>tt
Woodward and his wife,*iB which her
children bv a former husbandA the tw#
Fraziers", had taken part/ A reward of
$l5t)0 has-been offered for the apprehep.
sion.of Wood-ward's brother, who is now
at Urge. C? lass'has been app$phenilfA
and'is in jail. ^
. i A & r
China.?Major Noah remarks:?H
very evident that grcdt cluages are about
to take place in that Empire. Without
believing that England has qu'iigt ctaae
in this war, we nevertheless tnmk that
great good will grow out of thecqpteitj
We think China on the verge of %ureafe*
tartipn; that th<? Tartars |?iin endeavor
to recover their inffaefite, and
that civilization will ^-aduaMy bespread
over that vast empire. JJfc shall look,
with great interest to'cyints in fut?|p
from that couutnr<*
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