The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, October 03, 1840, Image 2
ADDRKSS
TO THE l'FOPLE OF GEORGIA.
I'kkpkkicksb rito, Ya. Aug.29, IS40.
On my way io iht' Indians Springs tn
meet such of my lellow citizens as might
comply with the inviiaiior, to be preseut
tit a dinner to* lie t?> our Nemilnrs J
and three of our Representatives in (Jon-1
grcss, on the 2d of September, 1 am de-j
tained here by a painful disorder, incoin-.
jmtible with the prosecution of aiy j nir-;
m y. In my own judgment, the detention ,
is of no importance except to myself, as 1 I
cannot presume that my presence or ab
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SCIIOU *? III III nit 3IIKUICSI l,ct7*tc ulRl't I
opinions anil actions-of any of the j>cr-;
sons who may compose tint assemblage.
I regret-it, nevertheless, as I am deprived
of an opportunity to meet valued friends,
( nil am unable to do ihut which others lor
whom 1 -entertain a strong affection, and
whose prudence and good sense give
weight to^thcir recommendations, have
thought would be t:sefult in the present
agitated state of our country.
I have seen nothing to shake my confidence
in the power of truth; nothing to
make me doubt the futility of all attempts i
to delude the people by ingenious cquivo- .
cations, artful exaggerations, blustering, j
pretentions, or open falsehoods. Whenjl
' iIip- Biiirit nf innin'rv is awakened, llic I,
people are not to bo turned from the pur- i
suit of facts by processions and parades, j
by travelling orators and ballad singers, i
by fiddlings and revelries. A careful in- ?
vesication of those faols, and calm re- I
lleciion upon thcin at home, give to the i
humblest citizcus the power to decide I
wisely in whose hands the Chief Magis \
tracy of the nation can be safely intrusted i
for the preservation of eternal peace, and t
a perpetuation of those domestic inslitu- j
lions with which are-inseparabJy connected 1
the harmony of the Union, and prosperi i
ty, national and individual. These will ?
be used, and being used, the result will c
be right. If it tvere necessary or proper, I
I could bear my humble testimony to the U
fidelity with which the declared opinions, t
?>f the present incumbent have been acted I
upon. Necessary ?t is not. since the chief i
ground of objection to him is, that he has s
performed his engagements, and "fol- t
lowed in the footsteps of his predecessor." s
Proper it will not be considered, as I have \
been intimately associated w iih his ad- t
ministration, and identified in feeling and g
judgment with the great measures of its d
fiscal ami foreign policy, and would lie I
looked upon as a volunteer and interested s
witness. Instead therefore, of speaking c
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wnai I know nun uciiwe in uw jiisi ?i? ju r. , c
Van Burcn nnd of General Harrison, I jr
will use the right of every member of the i
community, to refer to things of common ic
notoriety, which wil! aid my fellow citizens J h
in Georgia in discovering to which of e
these persons they may safely confide the v
Executive power, as it may influence or fi
control the great questions? '1
Of a protective tariff; a
Of Internal Improvements; 11
Of appropriation and expenditure; t!
Of the mode of keeping and disbursing c
the public funds;
01 s^reryv as it exists from the nor- g
tliern confines of Maryland to the Sabine fc
and-Red rivers.. a
(Questions of foreign policy are omit- tl
fed. for, strange to t-y, they are not topics c
in the Presidential canvass, and on that u
subject the advocates of universal reform ci
intend to make no change.) 'i
On these questions /lie opinions of Mr. cl
Van Burcn and Geneial Harrison have p
been in various forms and ut different pe- ci
riods asked for. What ttheir |ans\vcrs w
were, at what time and in what manner u
given, are well known facts. My fellow n
citizens can readily decide, with these fact:! v
in view, which of these gentlemen agrees h
. with them on these important and vital 0
subjects. By comparing the explicit, frank,
pTOBVpi, pUUUC, UUU uiuiurm tuu;iJiuiiii.a-i ^
tibns of Mr. Van Buren, given with like j
readiness to friend or foe, with the reluc- j
tant, equivocal, and not {infrequently con- i
iradictory, givings out.of Gen. Harrison,(j
?sometimes by'reference lo former decla- t
rations, sometimes bv letters from friends !t
and friendly committees, again by speeches jo
at arranged meetings, end thru by private jv
letters for use but not publication?they j c
can/without difficulty, determine which,s
of them deserves their confidence. Should (
any doubt remain, after this comparison, I j
there are two other facts not unworthy to j t
be remembered in forming h correct judgr t
mcnt; Mr. Van Buren has imputed to him c
by his advocates every where, the same j t
opinions and the same principles; the opiti-' ^
ions and principles imputed to (icn. liar- i
rison by his friends and* supporters are a
variant and contrasted?chameleon like, 5
they take their hues from the objects upon l
which they rest, while you arc colled upon i
t.v cxaroinn them, and* show a color to!(
suit.the region where they are presented j?
to view., t
Should the belief be entertained that \
the declarations of the parlies themselves,' i
or those of friends anxious to promote |i
their success, .'trc not safe guides, the mo-ir
tire to concealment, equivocations, or dc-j|
reption being so powerful, try the parties t
by the experiment it in crucis ji
t *i mrintic ciuiimi ,m?rI> Was Jippii lipfiirr- ; i
tli-e public fir inorc than thirty years?.? ';
Compare their professions with their acts,11
and then the results of each couipuiUoii. .1
Jf-atill not satisfied, there are ether broatl
facts? thai I'auuyi fail to bring conviction 1
to the honestly inquiring mind. A better |i
jiitlgincitl of ;ho prohibit coioluet of iinji
administration in this country is to belt
formed by looking at the parties by wiioiuj
it's chief is brought foivt art!, and by ivliotn
he n il! he if they 'Of'ccc.K I ban
\
by a sciutiuy into the particular opinions
and political course of the person who is J s
proposed for llp.t station. Mr. Van Buren s
is the candidate of that party in all the (
States, who under the lead of Gen. Jack- (r
sou, arrested the gigantic and mad schemes ' t
of universal Internal Improvement?who | s
wrested the public money from the hands \
of irresponsible and doubtful corporations, \
and broke their power?who seek to re- t
duec duties and taxes to the wants of the i
Government?and who believe that those 1
wants admit of diminutions of the public ?
expenditure; of a party every where ar.- t
rayed against Abolition, and ready, at all j r
hazards, and at all times, to see that the i
constitutional guaranty of Southern pro-, f
j.c ty is fairly and faithfully maintained. 1
lie is equally acceptable to tbat party in II
the Southern, Western, Eastern, and Mid-:
die Slates?has been forced upon neither
by combinations or intrigues.
General Harrison is the candidate of all
the parties in the United States who can
be brought to act against the present Administration
by the common instinct hatred.
He was forced upon the Southern
portion of these parties by the combina
Lion of Anti-masonry and Abolitionism.
Not one Southern vole was given to him
in the llarrisburg convention. Among
'tis supporters are ranked the high Tariff
md Internal Improvement men, under a
die banners of Mr. Clay; the liigh-ioned c
politician of the New England Sta'cs? t
ivho construe the Constitution like the n
tommoii law, which, contracted as it may v
jc seen, expands indefinitely according to i
lie supposed exigency of the times?who ; a
jolieve there is no safety or Tprospcrily i
vilhout the agency of a National Bank to t
nanage ilie fiscal concerns of the Govern-1 u
went, and furnish a currency for the peo-. i
)lc?who opposed the late warrant! csla-11
ilislied, according to opinions expressed J t
u^llic British Parliament, a sort of under- jn
itood neutrality with the enemy during its i c
iontinuaucc?who acknowledged as their 1 ]i
cader and standard-bearer, Mr. Webster, h
if Itn^ion* rhn Aholitinnists. of all colors. I <;
inder Slade of Vermont, Seward and C
Jradisli, Governor and Lieutenant G: - ti
-ernor of New Yoik, under whose au- y
ipices a deliberate attempt litis been made, 'I
>y State Legislation, l?? evade that pruvi- A
ion <?f the Federal Constitution Which t
vus adopted for the protection of South- e
to rights: the Conservatives, under the I
[uidance cf Mr. Hives, who has abunioned
their former friends because the n
toys of the vaults where the public trca- b
tire is deposited arc kept in the pockets si
if oQiccrs of Government, and not by tt
ashiers of Slate banks; aud who predict st
uin and desolation to the country because j tl
hat treasure can no longer, under the : fi
ontrol of all sorts of State bank directors, (i
e made the basis of loans to estimate J tl
very species of corporation folly or pri- b
ate speculation: a fragment of the Nulli-11>
ors, under Mr. Preston and Gen. AVaddy : a
'liompson, who have been whirled, like ' rr
toms of /lust, from the chariiot wheels "tt
f South Carolina, as they rolled into
icir ancient tracks in the ranks of Demo- u
racy. ai
The supporters of the General in Gcor- P
ia, 1 need not designate. They are al
nown?what they have been, what they
re, and wliut they wish to he. Sonic of 0
icrn have had, and have lost, popular sl
oufidence; some yet enjoy it; and they ni
nite in their endeavors?the one to rc- ,e
over, the other to retain, popular favor. Cl
'o effect their common object, they are
loscly allied to politicians whose princi- I"
Its they have solemnly rejected; whose hi
nnduct they have repeatedly denounced; "<
hose objects they have always professed *v
) abhor. If there is any truth in the ^
laxini of noscitur a sociis, it will not be rt'
cry difficult to decide, from this array of
is friends, what reliance can be placed 01
n Gen. Uariis in by Georgians. g1
Tlie only Chief Magistrate to whom the
iouthcrn States can safely trust themselves 'J1
s one who will .use the influence of his ^
dace wisely to lead congressional legisla- '
ion on the subjects that must arise fur 11
liscussion '.vithin the coining Presidential '1
crm?the apportionments of rcprescnta- a
ion, the system of revenue, the admission v
if new Slates into the Union; and one who al
t ill use his power fearlessly and fully to g
ontrol all attempt at legislation on that l'
uhject which is conclusively Southern. 0
)u litis there can be no parley, for it adnils
of no compromise. Those who agi- 11
ate it, do evil, whatever he their pre- <"
enrcs or their motives. Those who usso- ?
iatc, combine, and act with those agita- l'
ors, must look to have the finger of sus
ticion pointed at litem. No Southern '(
nan, who will read dispassionately the d
iddress to the people of the slave-holding u
stales, and the accompanying evidence, it
rurn the Democratic members of Conn-ess
from those States, can have nnv
:xcusc for mistaking his ilutv, when hej
icts on this question. To the iiubodicd :
tvidcnce presented of tlic movements:
vithin the United States of the disturbers j
?f Southern repose, may be usulully ad-1li
led a reference to what is going on abroad.. "
The Government of Great Britinn, which j b
tas always permitted the Canadas to be i''
he asylum of runaway slaves, has, within ]11
i few years converted all its West India |v
possessions into {daces of refuge for Ihcin,!r
md has formally declared no claim for Is
hem will be availing, although they reach ! *
their possessions by fraud or violence.? ! f
rite same Government has been lately n
employing itself as the volunteer or selec- 1
ted agent of the Pope, in presenting an a
Tpostolic letter on slavery to some ol the P
Spanish American States?a''letter which e
M k not : ! nil i i ti i > r 111,: 1111 r> vvn? nrPlllirCl]
under influences proceeding f'rutn the 13ri- v
lull isles.
Under its convention tvi'.h Spain, re.
ipecting the slave trade, it has cominisdoners
in Havana, scrutinizing into the
somniercial pursuits of all nations, and
naking all vessels, not British, bound to
he coast of Africa, as suspected of the
ilavc trade, when loaded with rargocs
vhich are lawful commerce in English
I'csscls from Sierra Leone to any parts oj
he slave coast from whence the slave facorics
are supplied uith them. It has
>lack regiments in its service in the Canalas
ami the AYest Indies. It is filling tif
he ranks of its army by the enlistment ol
e-captured Africans. Some of the states'
- - 1 It . r n 1 I -
nun aim fjau:jmiuieurs ui i^ugiuuu airnr
|aged, since emancipation in the Wcsi
ndics has diminished the productive vaue
ol their West India islands, in demising
schemes to giv c a present prefer;nce
in their markets to the productions
>f free labor, (like that in British India!]
mil gradually to exclude from them the
iroduets of the- labor of slaves. Of the
em per and intentions of the agitators ol
he question of slavery, and the means to
>c employed, abundant evidences are tillered
in the proceedings of the ' World's
Convention,, which met in Loudon on
he twelfth, and continued until the tweny-lhird
of last June.
Ttvo rssolulions were unanimously
dopled, too significant to require much
omment. Those resolutions denounce
lie removal of slaves from the old to the
iew States as an unrighteous traflic, of
rhich eighty thousand are annually \icims;
as exciting detestation. Surprise
nd abhorrence arc acknowledged, that
t should be protected and cherished by
his Government. That it involves hardicss
of heart in the traders, and cruelly
o the negroes; is asserted;.and that cfl'ecual
means should be immediately taken
o remove this stain from the character
f this nation. Was there ever such a
otnpound of ignorance, folly, and insotjnee?
The brutal O'Conncll was quite at
oine in such a convention; and liis inulis
to the representative of a Foreign
iovemmcyl near his own, his vitupcraion
of two of our eminent public men;
a re quite in harmony with the occasion,
'lie transportation of our property front
"irginia to Louisiana, the intcrnul slave
radc, mark you, is "unrighteous,'' and
fiectual means ought to be taken in the
Jnitcd Stales forthwith to remove the
tain ffoin this nation. "NY11at arc these
leans? We can guess. First, prohibition
y Congress of the transportation of
laves by land or by sea, from one Stale
) another; next, a prohibition of the
i!e of slaves hy one man to another in
te same State; and then we shall be ripe
tr either the late Mr. Kufus King's or
(eneral's plan of gradual emancipation;
te Government purchase ol the blacks
y the proceeds of the public lands, or
y the use of the surplus revenue?taxes
lid duties being properly increased to
take that surplus large enough to cll'ecjaie
the object.
The shadows of the troubles in store for
s, at heme and abroad, are darkening
nd stealing upon us. What note of prcaralioti
is heard? The gravest thought
ml most anxious deliberation are demaned,
to meet the dangers which w ill sooner
r later come. NY hat others may pcrtade
themselves should be dung, I cauitl
tell; but no step would seem lobe bct:r
adapted to bring litem upon us at an
trlv day, and when we shall be utterly
"siitute of nrenaration, than placing the
iwcr of the Geifurul Government in the
ituls of a heterogeneous coalition tliat
:>w seek to obtain it in the person of one
i'.liont the requisite qualifications for the
liief Magistrate of a great republic, and
ho is accused with too much appearance
r truth, of having, in a public address,
igaged, if elected, not to llnrarl Con'ess
by the use of the veto row: r.
The veto power! a portion of the aulority
given to the Executive by the wise
luwcts of our Government, which the
icuinbcnt of the Presidential chair can
either surrender.nor trammel himself in
ie exercise of, williultl personal dishonor'
ml treachery to the Constitution. The
eto power! the safeguard of the people
gainst improvident legislation, or cunressional
encroachment on the rights of
ae Slates and of the co-ordinate branches
f the Government. The veto power;
ie ark of safety for the Southern Stales!
scd for them, it is impossible, while the
quality of senatorial representation retains,
and the present relative proper011
ot the slave Slates is preset i cd, for
ie phrenzy of fanaticism and the reck:ssncss
of associated party prolligacy to
isturb our repose, or assail our firesides,
ndor the sanction of congressional enactmtiis.
Mr. Van Buren is pledged to use it for
mt purpose?General Harrison is nut.
JUili> r uao i i ii.
The Reviews i:i the (liftercut Regiments
1 lieu. Thompson's Brigade have just
(ken place, and the gatherings at the:
pper and lower Regiments in this District,
oih gave cheering and conclusive evicnce
nl' continued strength of the De
ineratic and Republican cause in Grcenille,
The candidates for Congress, a!
ach Regiment in this District made
perches to the people: Major l'crry also
ddresscd them. (?cn. Thompson conned
himself to makin<! /;/liihtri/ speeches
nercly, in this District, but ii is rumored
liat he spoke political!]) to ihc Regiment
l Hunter's, in Pickens; and it' so at that
dace, it is highly probable lie has follow
d it up throughout Pick on and Ai dcrson
Gen. Thompson said in l.is u!ar,
iriltcn last April, that In* did not "mean
enter into Uit can?">? *>" but he is mom
as active as if lie was a candidate himself.
"The mind of desultory man" is subject
to change. There is probably sufficient
reason, however, for Gen. Thompson's
entering into the canvass at this lime, as
i he iinds that all his constituents did not
i follow his kind hints for them to take np
: j General Harrison. but a very formidable
r: number have utterly rejected the Northen
; Whig candidate; we are not mistaken at
; least on our side of the Saluda* And it is
reasonable to suppose that the imlcpcni
dent people of Pickens and Anderson,
r who are so notoriously opposed to " ric
tation" and the slightest interference in
elections, would repudiate Gen. T's. efl
forts to drill them.into his new Harrison
j party.?Greenville Mountaineer.
! Reverses of Fortune. ?The followijing
statement should teach lis a salutary
|! lesson. The changes of a day are indeed
: j wonderful:
I A subscription lias been opened ni Paris
fj lor the benefit of Richard Leoir, once, it
i, is stated, the first manufacturer in France,
; now an old man of 74, ill and destitute?
ij Ue once possessed forty inannfaclorics ill
different parts of France, employed 10,Gl^
workmen. " My jiroj crty," lie says,
| in liis memoirs, the first volume of which
has been lately published, " was on (lie 22J
j of April, 1814, about eight million of
; francs (or nearly 320,000/.) O i the 21th
I wss a ruined m The only cause of
this reverse, lie states to have been the
: sudden suppression f the duties o. r..tiou
by an ordinance of *i.ut date made by the
Count d' Arlois, since Charles X. then
Lieut. Central.?London Much. Muff.
From the Ifartford C'ouraiit.
| Execution of Major Andre.?Duct.
IIall,x>f East Hartford, a surgeon in the
, army of the revolution, was mi eye witness
to the execution of Major Andre,
, standing within four or five rods of the [
I scene. Noticing some inaccuracies in the ]
i article w*o published from the Kuicker-!
boekcr a few davs atro. be has called and I
f CI ' 1 j
j related to us ..the following particulars. ]
I lie states that Andre walked to the place
i of execution behind the cart, aceompa:
nied by two officers, one on each side,
and stepped under the gallows. Arrived
'there he stepped into the cart, when the j
the officer of the day, Col. Seammcll, said
to him, if you have any thing to say, you j
now have an opportunity. lie replied 11
have nothing to say, but to have you bear,
witness that I die like a brave num. Col. j
S. then said to the hangman, do your duty.
He went to work so awkwardly in attempting
to put the noose ovei Andre's neck,1
that Andre took it from him and made an
efiort to do it Inmwclf. But his hat bring
in the way. he let go the rope, took ofl'his
hat. and stock and laid them on the coffin,
and unbuttoned bis shirt collar and turned
I it down. He then put the noose over his'
: head, and adjusted it to his necli, took out
1 of his pocket a white handkerchief, with'
wh'cli he bandaged his evos; and a blue
O ? '
ribbon, which lie handed to the exccu- (
tioiicr, requesting him to lie his hands behind
him. This being done, Col. 8cam-\
J niell directed the cart to be driven away,
i Andre was a small man and seemed hardI
Iy to stretch the rope, and his legs dangled,
I so much that the hangman was ordered
! to take hold of them and keep them,
I straight,. The body was cut down after |
i hanging fifteen or twenty minutes, and
I buried near the gallows. From the locaI
tion of the grave, Andre must have passed
I it in going to the place of execution.
! The Doctor thinks the account relative
! to the attempts made by Washington to J
secure Arnold and liberate Andre, must,
' be incorrect. The L art which sentenced '
| Andre to death having been held on the
29th September, only three days before
| his execution, the time allowed was not
tby any means sufficient to permit such1
(plans lobe successfully carried out,
I peeially the one in which Champo was
said to have been concerned.
i
Bathing in Jordan?A letter from'
I Bcvcrout states that en Easter Monday,'
; 4,000 pilgrims bathed in the river Jordan. j
! They were escorted by the Governor *?f,
'Jerusalem and a strong detachment of,
! troops, during whose absence the Arabs
| took possession of the Governor's tent and ;
| carried w fl* several objects belonging to the
! kitchen.
, 1
! Ladies Fashions for September.?:
The following capital ju de'esprit is from |
the New York Mercury, and admirably:
i hits oft the nrevailin<* mode of describing !
I ...... ? I " o o /
the various fashions of the month.?Tlie)
mingling of bad French, and worse Eng-!
lish is humorous in the extreme: Chapeau j
coleur do buttermilk, omamcntc de potato
, tops, et cabbage; sleeves flouncified, puc!
keroc pressed elbow, frocks silk or calico,
; par convenience, tolerably clean, orilink |
' spoulincc borcgcs eumsque; waist com- j
! pressc, a la pismire, des liver squeezer
pard* usage de la patent bed-wrench; bat'stcs
all the go chink fiddlemedec peifume i
extract de l'onion et asscfeotada, stick out
: behind, legs expose, ainst lc bosom pour
caicuc I noinmcs ct garcons, green norns,
et such cm in apres matrimonic lcs torture
jiisijuc la mort commc n'il fault linkum,
i'einntc lauuxle.
! IHr'We are authorized
io announce THOMAS P. EVANS, asc
j candidate for Congress, lor this Cong res
si"iiol District, at: he- ensuing election.
^AiatDtasr 3mm? &
CAM3JEM, S. CAROLINA.
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 3, 1840.
ffj' Candid itus wishing Tickets printed, will
please send in their orders, as early as possible.
O* haturday the 10th of October is return day
I for tluB District.
We insert to-day, the address of the Hon. Jomr
Forsyth, tO/thc people of Georgia, and beg the attention
of our readers to it. It is an able, dignified
document, and"although addressed to the Georgians'
alone, cannot fail to arrest the attention of every
South rn man. We are mistaken in our estimate of
the Southern people, if thoy can read this paper,
i without having their confidence conrfirnied, in the .
j soundness of the present administration, and ex.
I citing their distrust in tjie principles and quaiificu|
tions of the Whig candidate for the Presidency.
We again ask that it be read.
REGIMENTAL REVIEW. , .
On Saturd 'V last, the 2Qd Regiment of Sooth ' l
Carolina Militia, under the command of Col. IIailk,
; were reviewed in this town.
i Tho Regiment turned out as numerously, as wo
have seen it for tome years, and we are pleased to /
' learn, from those well qualified to judge in such mat,
tors, that the evolutions ptformcd or. the occasion, '
' were executed in a manner highly creditable to tho
: ofiiccrS and mon.
I Tho nppcarar.ee, for the first time, in Full uniform,
I of the DlKa lb Rifle C carps, added greatly to the
I _r .i._ i ur..?
i ihluicfcl ui luu lu'fiuwt ?? o uuvv p|*vo,vii v*
i the zeal with which the members of this company
were preparing themselves for the performance of
duty; and their splendid appearance on Saturday,
far surpasse d all our anticipations. The uniform is
not only neat, but elegant, and the precision with"
which their movements are tirade, would reflect
honor on older soldiers; we doubt if there could
bo belter.
The company [consists of about one hundred men, '
and we question if there is to be found in the State
a corps, wk-ro more of the truo military spirit
exists, and which is making more rapid improve,
ment in the performance of all the duties which go
to make up a well organized and well drilled volun.
tcer company.
Tiiom..s S. Anderson, Esq. one of tho members,
was elected, previous to the dismission of the corps,
to deliver the first Anniversary oration.
Abolition.?The recent excitement in the South,
cm portion of Virginia, adjoining North Carolina,
on account of the discovery of a contemplated insurrection,
and the more serious demonstration in
Louisiana; the former of which Was strongly bus.
peeled to have been urged on by fanatical cboli.
tioiiists, and the latter known to be, admonishes tha*
whole South to be upon the alort. Every town and
village should be prepared to protect themselves
promptly, froin the evils which may be brought upon
llicm, by the insidious movemonts of these raving
philanthropists. This suirceslion applies to no place.
with which we arc acquainted, more strongly, iliajj
to Camden.
The organization of the Dt-K.u.n Rifle Guards,
at this juncture, has presented to our mind a plan
which we thii:k could not fail to meet the views, of
the public spirited Captain bf that corps, and road'u
ly adopted by its patriotic members.
I.et a portion of them, particularly those who
rcsido within the limits of thejCorporation, be organized,
as an alarm guard, -and in c^sc of any alarm,
let them repair promptly, armed and equipped to
a regularly appointed rendezvous, in some central
position, which shall be known to all our citizens.
Should the alarm proceed from fire, they may per.
form good service in protecting the proporty which
may be saved from its ravages; and if it should arise
from any thing more serious, they will be equally
prepared for the emergency-. The details of the
arrangement, will readily suggest themselves; we
merely throw out the hint, and trust that it may bo
acted 011. The Guards have already won the admiration
of all our citizens; they may yet entitle them,
selves to their gratitudb.
Mai>e Election.?It is impossible to ascertain
ns yet the truth in relation to the election for Governor,
and Members of Congress in Maine. Both
parlies claim llic victory vr\l\\ respect to the choice
of Governor. We are inclined to the opinion however
that 110 election has been made by the people.
IVe think it probable tjiat the Whigs have a majority
in both branches of tlio Legislature. IIow the
delegation to Congress will stand, is yet uncertain,
though it is likely they will have the majority there
also. If the fact should be so, .there can be no
doubt, but it will be found to arise from the zeal
with which the abolitionists entered the contest.
Here, as in Vermont, their whole force has been
rallied for-the purpose of defeating tlio democratic
republican party.
Interesting to the Ladies.?"We notice in oor
exchange papers, the prospectus of a musical work,
to be called the "Southern Hart,'' by Mrs. M. S.
13. Dana, "the widowed daughter of the Rov. Dr.
P.almen, of Charleston." '
It will consist of "sacred Poems adapted to the
most popular airs of the day, with music arranged
for the Piano and Guitar," The work will be pub.
lished this full in one volume of about 100 quarto
pages, handsomely bound, at one dollar per copy.
Wo have seen several beautiful poems' from the .
pen of this gifted lady, and do not doubt, that the
contemplated work will merit the patronage of our
fair friends.
The charm of Music, is doully inspiring, when
it falls upon the ear from the voice of woman, and
how all important then that the language, tl:c senti.
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in niy which u conveys, suuu-u oc puru uuu viviu?>
ting in its character,
Mrs. Dana's " Harp" will, we think, supply a
deficiency in this respect, which many persons of
refined taste have long lamented.
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN.
The Great Western Steam Ship reached
New York on Sunday evening last, bringing dates
nine days later than those prev iously received. We
do not uolioc nny tnuie-ial change in the cotton
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