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VOTERS OF FREE ALVIERICA. READ:
The ex-Postmaster General. that obsequi—
otis Aid-dc.-Camp of Mr. Van Buren, in-his
third number of the Extra Globe. which I
l1.‘1V8 just accidentally seen. h_0ldS l3_“£_a’Ua8’9
“.j;;ch {‘u_uyv5hO“rs.‘t,l]g3. fiendish spirit that
rankles in the bosom of those who now r_ule
WM, -,1 rod of iron the Freeinen~ ofthis hith-
crto happy _c_ount,i'y._ Without further
lace I will 'here""give an extract from t_ c
number referred to. Read it. F9ll9W ‘Em’
zoos, and ponder on your aivful destiny .
‘(C Through your own right of suffrage,Demo(;
C!'€1lS0l‘Al1lel'l(i1fl-I llle e“.3”‘.Y . allacks you’ an-
in that is yonrpresent defence. Your W9l1P°”3i
as yet. are those of peace, and by a resolute use
or ‘ihein, the occasion for a resort to other.
means of defence may be forever averted. But
should you, by listlessness and indifference.
suffer the enemy to get p0S389{S10" 0f )'°l“' GOV‘
ernment, of its Treasury and itsariny, you may
not be a.ble.hereaficr to place in Congress, in
the Executive chair, or even in your Stat: L98;
islature, representatives ofyour choice.
Swear on the Fourth of July to avert (lzal ca-
1g_sp~opliy. Band together and prepare to mprcli
to the polls, not with aims. or knives. 01' Cll1-35_~l°
beat anti butcher your fellow citizens, but with
hearts firmly resolved, by an honest and inde-
pendent exercise,:of'tlie right ofstiflrage, to avert
lhepossiblc necessity» of marc/nng lzereafler in
BATTLE Aititiir to put down usurpation.
Now, Fellow Citizens,_what is the plain
.English of all this? Is it any thing_inore
or less than this: “ Go to the polls Demo-
crats of America, and by an honnest and iii-
dependcnt exercise of the right of Sl]fll't‘tg(:,
beat the \Vhigs if possible; for if you do
not succeed in that way, you will have to re-
sort to other means, namely, the musket and
bayonet l !’ “ 'l‘he ‘Nhigs must be put
down,” says this Jacobin General, “peacea-
bly if we can, forcibly if we must.” And
this, my fellow citizens, is to be the result of
the present campaign, if the Vllhigs shall
succeed in electing General Harrison to the
Presidency of the United States! Martin
Van Buren is to be kept in oflice at the
hazard of B. civil war! Yes, Countrymeii
the iussue is plainly tendered to us, that
limo t\I.-uirix is to be kept on his T/trone,
at the cost ofthe bloozl of tlie nation ! He
must be sustained in ollice, with his whole
crew of pampered minions, who now a-
buse the public confidence, even if it should
ciuse rivers of blood to flow in the streets of
Washington; and the.Potomac, which now
washes, its pure and limped waters. the base
of hallowed Mount Vernon——shall roll on
jig bosom the deep red gore of slaughtered
thousands! Soinc, no doubt, are ready to
exclaim, “Can it be possible that Martin
Van Biircn has become so infatuated with
power and place, as to be willing to see this
land drenched in blood, rather than suffer
their loss!” There can be no doubt of it,
fellow citizens: his aristocratic princi, ‘_s
have long since been manifested in his con-
tempt for the people. VVhat unsophisticated
American can think otherwise? Look at
the years of scheming and duplicity spent
by him in attainingthe Presidency, and then
IL-,c{;,;‘,;,l_ his conduct ‘S.il]t'¢.- See the more
than kiugly mannci‘1l!Wl1lCl1 lib.‘ ll"?-“i f0i1Sl-
iiig every day from silver dishes and gold
kuivcsiaiid spoons, and at night reposing his
wen.)-_z) democratic limbs upon a French Bed-
stead, which cost upwards of Thirteen Hun-
dred Dollars of the people-’s cash! Behold
him. too. pressing for three years ttpon a
reluctant people, his infamous plan ofa Sub-
l!‘co.sttry, tilgil he finally succeeded; and
then examine also his darling project of an
Army of Two Hundred Thousand men,
which he cottld not too “ strongly recom-
mend” to the attention of Congress; and
then ask yourselves if there is no danger
threatening the subversion of your Liber-
ties! Remember that Rome had her C(2-
sa.r; England her C-romwcl; France her
Bonaparte ; and unless we wish to make.
shipwreck upon the same rock we must a-
void their errors l-—IIa-raid of Freedom.
DEFINITIONS OF PLEASURE.
it is difficult to say what pleasure means.
Pleasure hears a different sense to every one.
Pleasure to a country Miss. just ‘come out,’
means ‘a race ball, so many partners, and
that she has danced till shecan hardly stand.’
Pleasure to an aspirant after fashion, means
‘a card for Devonsliire i~l.‘,use_, or :1 note from
lntly .' Pleasure to a sclioolbo ' T“..?0n$
‘tyiiig 8.1Sll'1llg to his scliool~fcllotv’s too when
he is asiecp, and pulling it till he awaken
lflm. .Pl€3$u1‘e to a in-in of an inquiring
mind means ‘a lU.‘.Cl inside of a stone, or a
beetle running with its head off.’ Pleasure
to a man of taste, ‘a first-rate artist and a
good dinner,’ Pleasure to a. laboring man
moans ‘doing nothing.’ Pleasure to a fine
lady means ‘having sometliing to do to pass
away time.’ Pleasure to an antiquarian
means ‘an illegible inscription.’ Pleasure to
a C0l1t]OlSCl1,I' ineans ‘:1 dark, invisible, very
fine picture. Pleasure to a philosopher, a
modern 'pl.lIlOS0pl]t31', a young philosopher,
means ‘liking nothing, despising every thing,
tillfld pj';)’VlDig:1t?¥'Cl'y qiic absimpleton except
imse . ensure o a eggar means ‘a
sovereign, by mistake, instead of a shilling.’
Pleasure toia sailor, a fresh breeze and a
sight of land.’ Pleasure to the afflicted, ‘a
tear.’ Pleasure to the sweetest of tempers,
‘the last word in an argument.’ Pleasure to
the social, ‘the human face divine.’ Pleas-
ure to the morose, ‘l shan’t see a soul for the
Pleasure to £11 ' l
‘the last rr fl’ ' l'au'H0r’
. pa_g_t_=-.‘_o. HS manuscript——bliss inex-
pI‘eSSlbl(}31-_-‘h inis.’ Pleasure to all, to t-_ve_ry
one in t eir own way, and that way a differ-
ent one.——A2tnc Grci/.
A Plain Trut/t.—'l‘licre is a plain but
solemn truth in the quotation which we here
make: ‘Vllhere one individual walks volunta.
rily into crime, a thousand are (leccivcd into
it by unsuspected villany, or forced into), it
by the pressure of irresistible mi'sfortuni~.’——
Let us be charitable, thcn, towards even those
who are apparently the greatest criminals,
for we know not but.tliat, after all they are
the wrong'+-d. It is better to err with charity
than to run the least risk with its reverse.
- The editor ofihe Madisonian asserts that
immediately aficr Congress had refused to
add fifteen hundred men to the army in F10,
i':_la, the Secretary of War ordered that num.
bar into the Florida service, and has appoint-
eil Gen. Read and the Governor of 'the ter-
ritory to the command of them. '
4:.
LOG CABINS AND THEIR OCCU-
PANTS.
To the Editor of t/ze.].jI1~cni7zg' Star.
Below I hand you an extract from M._ Di:
’1‘osqueville’s “ Democracy in America.
which -is _the best; description of._ the hardy
freeinen who live in Log Cabins that I
have met with; and by the clear and_philo-
sopliical view of the political institutions of
the United States.
“At the extreme border of the confederate
States upon the confines of society a_nd the wil-
derness, a population of bold adventurers have
taken up their abode, who pierce the solitudes of
the American woods, and seek a country there
in order to escape the poverty which awaited
them in their private provinces. ‘As soon as the
pioneer arrives upon the spot which is to serve
him as a retreat. he falls a few trees and builds a
log /tousc. Nothing can offer a more miserable
aspect than those isolated dwellings. The
traveler who approaches one of them towards
night-fall, sees the flickering of the lieartli-flame
through the chinks in the walls; and at night,
ifthe wind rises, he hears the roof of boughs
shaketo acfroin the midst ofthe great forcsttrees.
Who would not suppose that this poor hut was
iheasylmn of ignorance and rudeness? Yet no
sort ofcomparison can be drawn between the
pioneer anti the dwelling wltichshelters liim.---
Everything abouthiin is primitive and unforiii-
ed, but he is himself the result ofihe labor and
the experience ofeigliteen centuries. He wears
the dress and he speaks the language of cities;
he isacqiiaintetl with past, curious for the future,
and ready for argumentupon :lic present; lie.is
it: short a highly intelligent beiug,whoconsenis
for a time to inhabit the wild woods,_ and who
penetrates iiitothe wild ofa new world, with the
bible, an axe, and ti file ofnewspapers.”
[Page 316. Dciiiocracy in .Antcrica.]
It may do for such as live in marble
buildings, ainaid the allurcinents of wealth
and what is called intcllccttial refinement, to
sneer at the occupants of the lowly log ca-
bin; yet it only betrays their own ignor-
ance of the government under which they
live, and of the influence which the religion,
the manners, and the customs of tho. noble
race of men, so eloquently described in the
above extract, exercise over the liberties and
destinies of the country. 'l'hcy are the dc-
scendants of the pilgrim fathers who first
pierced the wilds of America, and who, in
the language of the historian of those days,
“which ivay soever they turned their eyes,
(save upward to heaven) cotild have but lit-
tle solace or content in respect of any out-
ward object.”
It was in the midst of this western wild
that they built their log cabins, and founded
a settlement which was the germ of a great
people. It was from those same log cabins
that they ofi'c‘red up their prayers to the
Most High, “for the glory of God, and the
advancement oftlie Christian faith,” and en-
acted for their own government “siic/t just
and eq.z_irt-l laws, as s/tall be t/iougltl most
meet (uzd cont-o7z.t'c2tf for [lie gcizevjfal good of
lite colony.” »_ T,
The same spirit of freedom ias been hand-
ed down from sire to son, andstill burns in
the bosom of the descendants oftlie caly Pil-
grims. lVhat patriot can sneer at the occu-
pant of the log cabin? Vfliat lover of his
I.‘-0t1nl.l‘_‘,' who does not revere the memory of
the bold pioneers who laid the foundation of.-
a government which stood, and stands alone,
withotita parallel in the history ofthe world?
For my part [ tievcr pass one ofthose dwell-
ings without inwardly saying “there is the
abode ofccntent and happiness, there dwells
the spirit of true reptiblicanism, which in
times of national peril will ever be found the
supporter of the principles of civil liberty, the
representatives of that race of patriots who
achieved the independence of the American
provinces, and reared the standard of self-
government ;” and above all I cannot resist
the recollection, that in just such a liurnblc
tenement was l born and rca red, that my
ancestors as far back as 1 can trace were til-
lers ofthe soil, the supporters of Democratic
Republican principles, and the habitants of
a log cabin. Hurra then, say I, for the log
cabins! Give me no protidcr heraldry than
that; it is glory enough for
A W'ns'rr.iiN l\'lA‘.\“.
E7. W s o F C o N rt E o -r"rc UT.
mssm) MAY SESSION, 1840.
An Act in addition to an act cntitled “an
act concerning promissory notes and bills
of cxcl‘ia'inge.
Be it enacted by i/ze Senate and House of
Iicprcscnlalivcs in General .z’lS$CINl)l_’l/ c0nt~c-nerl.
That whenever any negotiable promissory
note or bill of exchange shall be payable in
this state, atid the third day of grace on such
note or bill shall fall tipona dav appoint-
ed by the Governor ofthis State as a day of
public fasting and thanksgiving, then and in
such case, said promissory note or bill of_ex-
change, shall be held to be due and payable
on the rlayinext preceding such day of fasting
or thanksgiving.
Approved, June 6th, 1840.
‘vhf. W. ELLSWORTH.
An Act in addition to the Act entitled “an
Act concerning crimes and punishincnts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Ii'ep1‘esentativris in. General Assembly coiirenezl,
That no writ of error, brought to reverse the
judgment tendered upon a conviction for
any capital offence, shall supersede the exe-
cution ofsiich judgment or sentence, unless
the same shall be . made rr=tuai'nablc to the
first term of the Supreme Court of Errors
next succeeding the rendition of such judg-
ment, to which by law the same can be
tnade returnable, or unless the same shall be
signed and allowed by such judge of Court
as shall, at the time ofsuch allowance, con-
stitude rt mojority of said Court, qualified to
act therein.
Sec. 2. VVhenever by reason of the pen-
dency of stich writ of error, duly allowed
and served,- such judgment or sentence
shall not be executed at the time assigned
therefor by the Superior Court rcndc-ringthe
same, and said jiidginent shall .not be re-
versed on such writ of error, said Supreme
Court of Errors, afterthe final determination
of such writ of error, whether byjudgemeni
of aflirmance, discontinuance, or otherwise,
shall fix and appoint the time for the execu-
tion of such judgment or sentence, and the
clerk of said Court shall issue a writ of exe-
cution therefor, pursuant to the order of said
Supreme Court of Errors. .. '
Approved, June 4th,.1‘8.40, '
9
An acrin addition to " an act forming and
conducting the Millitary Force."
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf
Represcmativcs in (3?-encral Asscnjbly convened.
That a court martial for the trial of field of-
ficers of the Horse Artillery, and Light Ar-
tillery, ,shall be appointed by the Major
General of the Division to which they are
attached. '
Approved, June 5th, 1840.
. VVM. VV. Et.r.swoii'rir.
SELECTED SUMMARY.
Alteration Ladies !—Ati infallible means
of destroying black beetles and cock-roaches,
is to strew the roots of black hellebore on
the floor at night. Next morning, the whole
family of beetles and cockroaches will be
found either dead or dying; for such is
their avidityifor this poisonous plant,Lhat they
never fail to eat of it when they can get it.
Black hellebore grows in marshy grounds,
and may be had at all herb shops.
Pills by SIca.m.—Mr. Eli Hall has in-
vented and built a pill machine for E. Chase
<5: Co., which entirely; surpasses any thing
of the kind ever brought into use. It is
not large, and very simple in its construction.
It makes the pills perfect and turns out about
five bushels per day. Attached to the ina-
chine is :1 very pretty steam engine made by
Seward and Callender, ofthis city.
Roz:/iester Democrat.
As we should E:i:pccl.—-Tlie Van Burcn
men in Maine, recently held :1 Convention
at Augusta, and amongst other characteris-
tic exliibitions, /Lung Gen. .Ha.r-rison -in effi-
gy. The same party with Ruel Williams,
now Van Burcn Senator in Congress at
their head, on the 17th June, 1813, while
Gen. Harrison was defending our Northern
frontier, burnt Jantcs llIadison in cfligy on
the same spot.———Ezpress.
T/zc olrl Gua.-ral.——The lVliigs of Maine
have put on their Electoral ticket the name
of the Hon. Thomas Fillebrown, who ivas
an elector of Jefferson in 1804, and has ever
since been the Republican candidate at the
successive elections of Madison. Monroe, and
lolin 0.. Adams, for the latter of whom he
gave (among others) the vote of this State,
in 1824. Vfe now trust that he may be a-
ble to givezit to the old Patriot and Farmer
of North Bend, next December.
l/Vest Imlics,——-Samuel ldlliitmarsli, of
Northamptom, Mass. gives. notice in the
Gazette. that he is authorized by the Gov-
ernment of Jamaica, to offer a free passage
to all approved white or colored emigrants
to that beautiful lslantl, with subsistence till
employed and other advantages, the particu-
lars of which, will be cheerfully given on
application to him previous to the lst of
September next.
Collision on the La/l'e.———'I‘lie steamboat
Eric, on her passage up the Lake on Sunday
night, when within about six miles of Dun-
kirk, run into the schooner Iowa, and cut
her completely in two, when she sunk imme-
diately. The persons on board were all
saved by the exertions of the oflicers and
crew of the Eric. The Iowa had no cargo.
Nothing was saved from the schooner, but
the lives of her crew. ‘
Bi/fiizlo Rcpub, Aug. 4.
The Colonization packet ship Salurla sail-
ed from Norfolk for Liberia on the 3d ii.st
Rev. Messrs. Fielding &. Coiistantinc, with
their wives, go‘ out in hcr,. with a view to
the establishment of a mission in the valley
of the Niger. They are under the direction
of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Society,
Our No.2-_z,r Ya.rd.——We understand that
Capt S. H. Stringhain is removed from the
situation of Captain of the Yard on this sta-
tion, and that Capt. H. K. Paulding is ap-
pointed to succeed him.
Bf00l£l_IjIl (L. I.) Slur.
Tlze Siamese Tu.-iizs, have “settled down
for life,” on a fine farm in Trripp Hall, a
post town in Wilkins county, N. C. They
write its that they are delighted with their
farming operations and are as happy as
lords.— Transcripl.
Good Luc/.'.——A man engaged in carrying
away rubbish from the store which were he-
ingtorn doivn in Philadelphia picked up
what he tliouglit to be :1 button, but it turned
out to be a doubloon of an old coinage. anti
:1 person present handed him over $16 in
specie for his prize.
Terrible Fall.-—-Oiie of the servant maids
at the New York Astor House, threw her-
self, in a fit of derangement, from the fifth
story window into the area, on Saturday
morning. Strange to say, not a bone was
broken, yet she lived but half an hour after
the fall.
A great log cabin meeting was held in
Hartford on Thursday evening last. The
speakers from abroad were Messrs. J. Hux-
ie and Pierson of New York. Mr. Train.
bull also gave an account of the doings at
Washington the past 6 months.
An elderly young lady in Boston has
sued a school-master in that city for a breach
of promise. She inferred the contract front
the fact that he had taken tea at her house
twice a week for ten years.
The population of Germantotvn, Pa., is
4642, and strange to say, throughout this
rich agricultural district, the census taker
reports but one sheep, "solitary and alone.
Norwich and Worcester’ RailroaiI.—The
receipts on the N. and VVorcester‘Railroad in
the month of July, were $11,741 42.
]l1a7'l-_z/riZom.—-A fl-inatical preacher, in the
days of persecution; having bee:n_ gagged, a
poet reiriiarkyd that it was a striking case of
martyr- um .
As they who for every slight infirmity take
physic to repair their health, do rather im-
pair it: so they who for every trifle are ea-
ger to vindicate their character rather weak-
en it.
_Domestic Economy -—The Boston Herald
has the following infallible receipts:
T omalce pz'e.—Play at blind man’s buff
in a printing otlice.
' To lzare music at d-in7'2er.—-Tell your
wife she is not so handsome as the lady at-
cross the way. -
i To S(Ll'e b'zi.tte-r.-S-"lVlalre it so salt that no-
)Viii. W. Et.Lswoit'rii.
_._.. _ .-;~:§- -
body can eat it.
Business is Thriving! —The Newark
Advertiser says that a manufacturer
city, who employs. 01'_ has “'mP1°Y*7di, several
hands, and waits continually upon his Custo-
mers at his counter, said that his cash sales
for the past week, amounted to the enormous
sum of TWO CEN'l‘Sl gt/es! two whole cents
all told, not in bank mgs. 07_‘ 710105 P“?/“bl”
at niizety days, but in specie. the "1‘_*’f’;‘D
money currency” we hear so much of. . 10
whole amount of which he laitl;out_in the
most advantageous manner possible in put‘-
chasing stock to finish a job he had then 011
hand, not even reserving the prpfits to SKIS‘-‘
tain his family through the coming week.-
llluting/.——'Fhe ship Bingham, of Mystic.
Destin, master, sailed . from that port a few
days since on a whaling voyagf‘. bl” llfld
not cleared Montauk before 21 part_ of lot’-
crew mutinctl. The difficulty originated
with three boat steerors, who for some trif-
ling causcri-fused duty. The ship imme-
diately returned to this port, and the routin-
eers were arrested by Mr. Sheriff Avei'y,
and taken before Elisha Morgan. Esq» 0*
Groton, for examination. They were all
bound over for trial, and immediately con-
veyed by the Sheriff to New _[-lavcn. ‘As
the matter is to iindcrgojudicial investigatior,
we forbcar ct mments.—Ncw London Gas.
Supicion of Foul Plug/.—'l‘lie bjodyofnii
unknown man was discovered floating in the
East river about one hundred yards from the
Brooklyn shore. He appeared to be about
35 years ofagc. His body prrscnted ii hor-
rible appearance." The right arm was so-
vercil from the shoulder, two cuts on his
check, bruise upon the breast, four stabs on‘
his left arm above the elbow, which was al-
so nearlv cut from the lzody at the shouldcr
joint. ll-ilis hi.-ail was covered with cuts and
bruises, Mr. Devoe, the coroner, held an
inquest upon the body yesteitlay, when lllC
jury returnid the following vci‘dIC_l. that l_l10
deceased died in consequence of violence in-
flicted by some person or persons to the jury
unknown.-—Bruolrl;i/n Daily Nczrs.
The Present »S'olrl.——Tlic two Arabian
horses sent by the Imaun of Muscat as a
present to the President ofthc United States,
were sold on Ttit-sday at \Vasliington, as we
learn from the Baltimore Sim. The light
grey was taken by L. M. Powell, Esq. of
Virginia, at 8650, and the dark grey by
Gen. John M. Eaton, of Tennessee, at ii-‘»l375_
T/zc Mar’/2ions.—A number of citizens of
Quincy, Missouri, ptiblisli a statement, in
which they accuse the Mormons of a num-
bcr oftlcpredations, and say that Smith, the
“Holy Prophet,” in presence of soineof the
citizens, justificd the pliitidcrers in ;l.llBll' ne-
farious proceedings, atid wotil.l continue them
till they had rccompensed themselves for
letter in the Montreal Herald, tinted ‘ H. M.
ship Buffalo, Hobart Town, Feb. 14th,’ con-
tains the particulars of the voyage of that
vessel front Quebec to Van Dieinan’s L-.int.l,
with the political convicts from the Czinadas.
The prisoners are stated, on the whole, to
have h(‘ll{1\'L'(l well. The Buffalo sailed from
Quebec on the 25th September, 1830, and
arrived at Hobart Town on the I 1th Fcbi'tizi-
ry, 1840. She carried otit l-ll prisorit-rs,
of whom more than one-third wcrc Ameri-
cans. The Quebec Gazette thinks it proba-
ble that the convicts will be pardoned.
The recent stoaiiiboat collision, which re-
sultcd in the sinking of the North Ciirolina,
is attributed to the negligence of the mates,
who were in charge of both boats, and who
did not obey the regulation of tlic coinpriny
for their government The regular mode laid
down for the boat is to keep to the right; but
on this occasion the steamboat Gov. Dudley
kept to the left, which of course, caused the
collision.
By the census of Bl'UllS\\‘l(‘li', l\lc., just
coirplctcd, it appears that the two oldest per-
sons in that town are a single lady and an
old bacliclor, (a brother and sistcr.) The
former is 92—thc latter 90 years of age.
There are said to be fiftyilircc thousand
six hundred and twenty-five wido‘-vs in the
city of Paris, and sixty four tlioitsand and
eighty-two in the department.
The nuiiibcr of suicides committed in
London from 1770 to 1830, a period of six-
ty years, amounted to 7',l90——of which 4,-
337 were by men, and 2,863 by \\‘Omt’ll.
Abolition Nom.ina.li0ns.——'l‘hc Abolition
Convention which metat Syracuse on the
5tli inst., nominated GARRET SMI'l‘U, of blad-
ison county, for Governor, and Cii.\itLi~;s O.
SHEPIIARD, of Gent-see, for Licut. Govt-~i'n-
or. An Electoral Ticket headed by An-
Tiioit TAPPAN, was also nominated.
A man at l3iitavi;i, named Rcmscn Ti-llcr,
aged 67 years, in a fit of remorse for his
manifold transgressions of the moral and
criminal laws, put an end to his life the oth-
er day by cutting his throat. He had a sto-
en horse in his pos,"<:ssion at the time.
At Savannah, on the 28 tilt, a negro
natned l\-'londay, belonging to M. Detson, of
that county, was convicted of perpctrating
an outrage upon his mistress, under circum-
stances ofpeculiar atrocity, and was sentenc-
ed to be hanged on the 21st inst. ’
Gov. Mt-Nutt, of Mississippi, received a.
severe caning in the streets of Jackson, from
Gov. Runnels. The executive, it is report-
ed, gave a toast on the 4th ult.,.ofa personal
and highly offensive character, towards Gov.
Runnels.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity has
been conferred upon Rev. Joel Parker by the
Trustees of Hamilton College. '
The population of Upper Canada, which
in 1820 was 105,080, is now 450,000. The
population of Toronto is about 13,000.
Among the passengers by the packet ship
Europe, which sailed on Sattirday for Liver-
pool. was Mrs. Sigournev, of Hartford.
The population of Rochester is 20,129,
which show an increase of 5,725 inhabitants
since 1835.
Two lions have arrived at Philadelphia in
the ship Russell, being presents from the
Emperor of Morocco to the president of the
United States.
The relatives of the late Stephen Girard
are contesting the legality of that part of
his will which leaves considerable property
their Missouri difiicultics to the amount of
$3,000,000.
T/ze '-ra7z.s]ior[c(l Canada Priso-ncrs.—A
VAN BUREN AND. ,GEt*_{. Haiutisox-—'1‘h8
of that Pctersburg Intelligencer.inreviewing the pub-
dency, says: . . --
“ We have been led into these reflections
by a remark made by Gen. Waddy Thomp-
son, in his speechat Hanover’ on Saturday.’
After drawing a comparison between the
lives and services of Harrison and Van Bu-
ten, Gen. T. said :—“ I have it from the
lie services of the two candidates for the Presi-
of Tippecanoe, when Gen. Harrison" was
standing ankle deep in blood, when his camp
was illuminated by one continued flash of
the Indian-frifle. Martin Van Buren, per-
fumed like a. mil-liner, was leading offa min-
nut-t at a Ball in Albany.” VVhat :1 C-Onlmsl
is here r-resentedl If a volume had been
written on the subject,‘ it could not more
completely havcdepictcd the characters of
the two tncn. We fancy now that we can
see the two individuals'in their different
positions. There is General Harrison cheer-
ing, urging onand rallying his IDf‘fl. d1‘lV‘
ing back the savages from one position and
allantly attacking them in another; and
here is little Van rcclzing willi Cologne a_7zr1
5“;/]',,,,'g/, 7;0ma['(1.7}z_ as opprizssi.i:cly orlor1fc-
7-(ms as over was a civet cat, his dapper hotly
arrayed in all the habiliments of ii pcltl
m(z,itrc_ his ivliiskcrs curled “in the last ag-
ony,” and his siiiirking little face CllSlt‘)l'l€’.(l
by one cverltistiiig g'l'llllf1Cl_‘, leading oil his
partnr.-r iiitli the practised case and grace of
:1 l“i‘encli Dancing l\-luster. \Vho can
dwell on this picture without being sickcncd
and (llS9_‘llSl(‘(l, that such a thing as Martin
Van Biircn shoultl ever have been Chic!
Magistrate of this great nation !”
T/re Riot Co.scs.——lii the Court of Genet‘-
al Sessions applications were inaclc for the
buil of the [cisons accused oi pai'tic.ipat_ioii
in the l{t‘l'iSll'lQ'lOD riots, and the following
proceedings were bad : . j _
Calvin lliggiiigs was admitted to bail in
the sum of $15-()0; John Scott was admitted
to bail in the sum of $1500; \\"cslc_v Flav-
cl was admitted to bail in the sum of -‘}‘2:300;
Francis l’:ircly bailed 531500; John Ford
bailed, S15l‘0; James Me-.\:licliacl bailcd
81500; William Sillcy bailcd, $1500; Ja-
cob Friedly was dischargel, there being no
evidence against him; Samuel Mc(,‘orniick.
although tlicrc was no evidence against him,
his counsel, Mi‘. Neill, cntcred bail in the
sum of'-$1500. All the above had been in
prison since the riotous ptoccctiiiigs occur-
rcd. '
It is statcd that a bill was found against Mr.
Kcnsington, for an alleged participation in
in the pi'occcdings.—P/izl. U. S. (uz.:c.’.lr.*.
The Arabian ship Sullmicc, was we learn
struck by the lightning on Monday, at a-
botit 0 o’clock in the evening. It shivcred
the main and mizcn top-gallant mast passcd
down to the poop deck, splitting the front
beam, iiiinicdiatclv under the splendid barge,
knocked down and hurt the first licutcniiiit
and three or four of the iiicn-—tliotigli not
seriously; tore ofl the casing to the iron
knees and passed over the side. A person
who was on board, describes the shock :1
having l)CC‘ll most teri'ifying. lt is providen-
tial her powder had not burn sent to her, as
had it been on board, probably all would
have perislicd. The intention was to send
it on the following day, ycstcr-‘lay.
A gang of mcn was sent from the Navy
Yard, ycstci'd.iy morning to rcpaii‘ Lllt: dain-
ages, and it is expcctctl she will put to sea
on Satiirday. She is lying in the Nort.
River, having been COmpt‘ll("tl to quit l.ilt‘
Nai'_v Yartl, by the attempts, the Abolition-
ists tlicrc had an opportunity of making to
entice the crew away. ' Scvcn they liavtr
already got ofl‘ who are sccrctcil 30ll1C\\‘llt.‘l‘t'
in the city probably. Was there evcr suci:
stupid ll]ll1ltlI1ll0l1.——CUll-I'll}I‘.
Fl/imzcirtl 1_g/iorruu:a.—\‘.'lien the session
of Corigrcss opctictl, hlif. Van l3tirt'ii and
Mr. \-Voodbury iiiformcil us, in their rcspi-c-
live inessagcs and l‘t_‘]"Oi‘l, that if Coiiqrcss
were not disobcilicnt and i'efr2ictoi‘y, but l(t‘pl
within the CSllll“.Z:l«_'S of the excciitivc dc-pa rt-
mcnts, tlic &l[lllt'l|}illL’!vl ri-soiircrs of the Gov-
criimciit would be il(l‘f]ll1tlL‘ to all demands
on the Ti'castii'_v. But little more than thirty
days elapsed after thcse assiiranccs, when
Congress was asked for a grant of 5,000,()t')0
of ti'cnsur_v notes, with the promise that that
would be suflicie-nt. The grant was conced-
ed, and not only that, but perinission was
given the Scci'ctai'y oftlic Treasury to re-
issuc the treasury notes at pleasure. ‘Well,
he has reported that he has issued tipwaids
of 2,000,000, and yet with the power to re-
issue arl lll)llI(.2I1, he again comes and aslas
for atitliority to issue 4,500,000 morc. \Vliat
is the inference from those facts .7 Only this,
that ignora:*.t oftlie wants ofthe governitient
and of its rcsourccs, he has, in. 07‘rlt')' lo
1'o.iso mon€_7/, pledged more than 2,000,000 of
treasury notes which he was authorized to
issue last winter, in such a way that they
don’t return, and that owing to the stagnation
of business those treasury notes actually is-
sued have been seized upon by capitalists as it
temporary mode ofinvestmcnt, and they don’t
return to bc re-issiietl. [lcncc the necessity
of resortingto Congress again for permission
to issue another bitch of treasury notcs.—
Men competent to judge say that it will rt:
quire $15,000,000 to inert the liabilities of
this adiiiinistration, present and prospective.
Now we ask if the history of this or any
country can furnish a parallel ofthe financial
blundering and ignorance to that of Mi‘. Van
Burcn during the past year.—N. Y. Times.
D7‘. Dv.nc.-m.-—We are informed that this
noted individual addressed a portion of his
brethren in Clear Spring, on the 24th ult.;
on his way home to Ohio. He spoke, it is
said, three hours, tiring his audience with
ploded story of Gen. Harrison being in favor
of selling white men, and of his being an ab-
olitionistl At the conclusion of his speech,
there was not even an attempt made to cheer
him; but some wag of a \Vhig being pres-
ent, proposed three cheers for Old ‘Tip-—
which was responded to in right good car-
nest, by a large proportion of the Company.
This is, we understand, the second time that
lighten the “ Democracy” of Clear Spring.
to the city of Philadelphia.
31.4.“ _ __,__ _.
v
vors.”—-—IIa.ge rstoicn (.llrl.) Hemlrl.
3-
best authority that, on the night of the battle .
Paynter, ii Coiiiiiiissioncr of the District of
little else than the stale and long since ex- .
From the New- Orleans Bee. Jul?! 27-
TEXAS.
A million of dollars of the promises‘-
notes of the Government have been fut.
previous to the 1st. inst., drawing 10 per ‘..'-.-:'-.-‘.
interest. _ _ _ 4
5 Crowds of emigrantswere arriving’ in
as from Louisiana. _. Great sickness pr:-::~.i!s«.i
at Matagorda. ' ‘
' F rom the Bulletin. 4
Col. Carries was raising 1000 ; '-i-.-::. to
march upon the Rio 'Grand.‘ A gr=.:'~f._a!i!fl~
be_r of Texans have joined the Eede ‘ti:‘:."«"v'»----
They are stationed at San Patricio. -'::_-. r" -‘
resented to be 1500 strong. Will: 2: 5.; .~ ~-
it is thought they may march on 1' -.?.‘.'-.2“:-»:‘1i'-*2.
where the co-operation‘ of the. Texas ;.-avy
would enable them to accomplish something
ofimportance. From-the movements of the
armv and fleet of Texas, there seems a.prob-
ability that a blow at Matamoras is m€’(lll3l€d-
declined the D’.-D. conferred on him at the
late commencementof Union College, on the
ground that such titles, in his opinion, are
not consistent with the spirit of the Saviour’s
injunction, “ Bo ye notcallcd Rabbi,” &c.
_~.
nonwnctr enlzerrn.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12. 1840.
FOR PRESIDENT, .
WlI.LrAiVI HENI:ii' HARRISON, of Ohio.
FOR VIC]-3 PRr.siI>I-‘.:<'i',
JOHN '1‘! LEE, of 1-'1:-ginia.
ll.-XRRISON S'l‘A'l‘l£ CONVENTION.
ln piirsuaiice of a vote passed by the Whig
State Convention held at New Haven in Jan-
tiary last, directing 2:» 5'‘ cell 3 Suite Convention
at .l.'l.£llll~()rtl, duringihc ncxt autumn. forihe pur-
pose of nuininaiiiag Electors of President and
Vice President of the United States, Notice is
licicl)_1/gizicn, That a State Convention. for this
purpose, will be li(‘l(l at Hartford, on Thursday,
the 10ili (lay of St.-ptcmber next, at 10 o'clock
A. M. The Convention will be composed of
delegates frnin each town. equal to double the
f‘.UlIil)81' of its Representatives in the General
Asseirilily. The \Viiij_; Town Ctiiiiinitiees are
requested to call incctings oftlie Whigs, and pf
all others in their respective towns, who are in
favor ofihe election of General I“lARl'.ISOi'.\', on
Tiiesdav, the 1st day of September next, (or at
some olher ('0l)\’Cllit"Hl. time-) fur the purpose of
t~hoosiiig_v tlclegatcs to said (Lnnveniinn: and it
is panicnlnrly rt-qiir-sletl, that on this occasion,
t"-.vcry tuwii be fully l't"pr(‘St"nl(3ll. -
.lnrti—:iiiv lloitr>i.i:i', Whig State
l\'ll£LVI.\’ C0{’EL.-\~.'\'D. Central
F.zii.t S iiAi\I‘Il.'l'0.\', Committcc.
llarifurd, July 27th, 1840.
Ai:itivi;b.—'l‘he Steamer Great \Vrsterri,
reached N. York on Sunday Morriiog, about 8
o’clock. The news is 21 days latter than pre-
vous dates, but nofofspecial interest. She has
liroiiglit-a large numlicr of passengers. The
weather in Great Britain, has been rather tin-
propitiotis for the crops, for which some anxiety
existed. There had" not much been done in
Cotioi37—prir:es were rather dcc-lining. Tlie
itianufat-tiiring~distritts were still in distress.
though money was more easy. .
From China thez’c‘Tvas nothing later.
The fellow Wilt).-5,li_()l at the Queen has been
acqiiitied on tliegrountl of lunacy.
\\-"c have no room for extracts this week.
TH.'CELEC'K'10l~'S, of which we spoke last week
as coming on this Hinlllll, took place in part; nit
Moiitlay the 3-l. They are lndiana, llliiiois.
Mi:-isouri, and Alabama. These statt.-s devote
but one day to the business. Returns may be
expected, though perhaps vague and uncertain,
in a few days. Kciiiucliy, also commenced
with the states already mentioned, but oc-
cupies thrcc (lays. Friiiii North Carolirizi we have
heard ofsoiiie halfilt-zt:ii counties, which came
offon Tliur.-(lay and Friday. the 3f)ili and 31st
Ull. From the couniywisc manner of voting
in this State, anytliiiig conclusive of the state
will not soon be received. Sofar as the returns
have come to hand. they are given below, and
will be found ratlicr favorable to Loco Focoism.
hlosi. of ll'lC$C coutiiies, liowevcr, arc, and have
been the strong holds of the adtiiiiiisiratiou.
Q Governor. Governor.
§ lS-1'0. 1838.
.53‘. ‘Whig. Loco. \Vliig Loco.
U3 f\/\J'\ r\/\/\ rsx/x rxx/s
Pitt 108 637 275
\‘Va rrcn 88 705 1l)l 651
Grzi iiville 87:3 760 87:2
Etlgectimlic I l l 1298 G5 507
Nash '73 782 186 412
F ta 1: k lin "SIS 636 2-34 460
ANOTIIER Grtiisr OF PowF.ii.——Anotber step
towards consolidatioii rriav be seen in the closing
up ofihc business of ilielast session of Congress.
The Secretary of the treasury to meet the deli.-
ciencies ofihe revenues of the government ask-
ed congress to grant the pozverof manufacturing
another batch oftreasury notes. Instead ofthis
grant, another expedient was hit upon which
is worthy ofthc ingenuity of an ntlministration
which has become notorious not only for its ex-
petlicnts, but for the purity of its democracy!
This expedient was nothinglessthan of incon-
poraiinginto one of theappropriation bills 21 pro.-
vision that virtually clothes the president with
(liscrclz'onar_1/power to execute or not the various
appropriations made by that body. Thus the
president, is at liberty to squander at his pleas-
ure. either for electioneering or other purposes
as he may see fit, the amount ofsuch appropri-
ations. Who. does not see the dangerous ten-
dency ofsuch a power in the hands of an ambi-
tious, crafty, and unscrupulous executive? It
is a cloak fiir any enormity of peculation for par.
prises of perpetuating power. If his re-election
requires the use ofany extraneous means, here
they are at his disposal, and. where is the re.
sponsibility of such abuse’! What new illus-
trations of democracy shall we next have from
this pretending arid perfidious administration’!
How long will the people be seduced into the-
the redoubtable Doctor has essayed to en- s"l’l’_°'_'°f We" and me”'"e3 'l“"‘"° "°f°“lY
| d£‘pl'1VIDg them and tlieirfamilies a bread,.but-
Verily they must be "grateful for small fa- under the name of democracy are riveting upon,
th.e'm.thc shackles of despotism ? i ’~ '
Rev‘. Albert -Barnes. of Philadelphia, has .
Norwalk Chronicler