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The following capital story is from the re-
marks of Mr. Goodrich at a late meeting at
Boston:
THE MORTGAGE AND THE SUB-
TREASURY.
Let us suppose a case- Of a Saturday
evening amechanic of one of our Norfolk
tmvns sits down with his wife for a comforta-
ble chat. The children are in bed—the
week’s work is done—its cares are laid aside.
The husbanrl has _just returned ‘from the
Springfield Convention, and his heart is full
of democracy. He can think of nothing else
—--lie can speak of nothing else; in the full-
ness of his heart, he calls his youngest child,
rlemocmcy. and as he kisseshis wife on his re-
turn," he calls her democracy -also. Every
thing he loves is democracy—-every thing he
hates is Hartford Convention Blue Lights
Federalism.
IV-zfe. IVell husband-—-you talk a great
deal about democracy--now I am a woman,
and know nothing about politics ; but pray tell
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me what democracy is .7 -
fifechanic. W'hy democracy is--——de-
mocracy!
IV. Indeed! who told you so?
III. Bancroft told me so. I heard him
say so more than fifty times--and Hallet say
so, and Rantoul and Everett; they all say so.
W. Well if they all say so it must be
true. But what does democracy mean?
lll. Pshaw! You women can never un-
derstand politics; Lyou have no head for it.
Now I'll read to you out of the Boston Post
what it means. Here are the resolutions of
the Democratic Convention prepared at Bos-
ton last fall. They were written by Brown-
son, or some ofthe great guns. Here it is.
“ Democracy is the supremacy of man over
Iris Accirlcnts.”
IV. I-‘V/iezo! .D6.’)I.0CTd.C]/ is the suprem-
acy ofman over his Accidents ! ! .’ VVhat a
critter it must be. But to tell the truth, I
don't understand any more about democracy
than I did before; I suppose it’s because I’m
a woman. But look here husband—I want
to talk to you about the Mortgage of Squire
Graball’supon the house and land. He called
here while you was gone, and he said a part
of it miist be paid. or he.’d sue for it, and
then the house and land would all go.
11!. Why didn’t you tell me of this be-
fore ?-
Ii’. Because your head was so full of de-
mocracy and the Springfied Convention, that
you would’nt listen to me. I’ve mentioned
it three times, and it went in at one ear and
out of the other. New husband, I’ve been
thinking about the ll/lortgage, and it worries
me; your wages have fallen off of late, and
some of the time you have no employment.
‘When your wages were a dollar and a. halfa
day, and you had full work, you could sup-
port the family well, and pay a hundred dol-
lars a year towards clearing the mortgage.
It was a pleasant thing to work, and be eco-
nomical and saving; wlien we had the pros-
pect of having a house of our own, without
Squire Grabrill’s clutches upon it. Now,
you can hardly support the fainily,and when
I ask for money, you say -you are running
in debt. This is a bad prospect if we are to
lose. the house and land after all.
M. Oh, never fear wife-—times will be
better soon. They’ve got a .S‘ub-Treasury
now, which is to make us all rich exceptthe
aristocrats.
IV. I don’t know about that. The times
have been getting worse and worse. It's
four or five years since you talked of having
better times,and now that they «have really got
a “iS'ilb-Tmasiirz/,” they say it is going to re.
duce wa'-.703 to fifty cents a day.
M’: VVell that’s true. but every thing we
buy is to come down at the same rate.
_ TV. And what advantage is that ? Be-
side. some people say that sugar, and tea, and
coffee. and spices, and all foreign things, will
be as high as ever, because theSiib-Treasury
don’t work in those countries where these
things come from. But if wages are to come
down, how are you to my the mortgage of
$501] to Squire Graball .7
./ll’. How am I going to pay the mort-
gage .7
IV. Yes, if your wages go down to 50
cents a dav, how can you ever pay it. It
will cost all that you can earn to support the
family.
ill. VVell, I must sell the cow, and the
garden lot.
IV. Yes, but these have gone down half
price, and they won’tgo far towards reducing
the mortgage.
M. W'ell, Iinust sell the house.
IV. But that has gone down half price
too! so that all the property you have ‘got
won’t pay Squire Graball’s mortgage. I/Ve
must be turned out of house and borne, and
still you are in debt. You are a ruined man
iftlie Sub-Treasury goes into full operation.
M. I never thought of all this before.
Thel‘e’s something wrong somewhere.
IV. There is. indeed, husband. VVhen
they made the Sub-Treasury to reduce the
poor man’s wages, and the poor man’s prop-
crty, why disl’nt they make it reduce the
.P°°T mau’s debt .7 Answer that. "When 'they
reduce a man’s means of paying his debt,
why did’nt they reduce the debt too?
J'i_I. I can’t say, upon my word.
‘ IV. VVell, these men, who made the Sub-
'I reasury, pretend to the poor man's friend
—but it seems to me that they are the rich
man's friend, and poor man’s enemy, You
agreed I0 give Squire Gralsall $800 for the
house and land. Now you have paid $200‘
and _“fi‘3" YOU have paid $200 more, he will
get it back for 3400. So Squire Grabal]
gem 3400 Out of you for nothing, just because
we must have a Sub-Treasury-—and you
must be ruined to make him rich. Seems to
me, this is grinding the poor to fatten the
rich. It is makingthe poor man noorer, and
the rich mini richer. I
M. VVL-ll, really wife, all that sounds
true, but Bancroft and Brownson did not tell
us that. .
PV. No, no—they riid’nt tell you,though
they know it well. They filled your head
with fantastic ideas of democracy and liberty.
They blindfolded you with names and words.
and led you astray with prejudices and pas-
sions. -
III. But why should they deceive us?
W \Vhy .7 Does’nt Bancroft get $6000
a year so long as Van Bu_re‘n is in, and the
Sub-Treasury supported ’.l' Does’nt Brown-
son get 81600 a year, so long as his inas-
President. The way for_Bancroft to keep
his place, tlierefofe, is to throw dust in your
eyes, and then he‘ll lead you up to the ballot
box tovoto for Van Buren, who supports
him, though he ruins you and your family._
III. Really, wife, you seem to be a poli-
tician after all. , . _ I ,
W. No, husband, I am no politician;
but sometimes a looker on sees. more of the
gamethan they who play it—I judge ofgov-
erment by its effects on our horrie,,——Former-
]y_ before this cry of democijacy——before
these Halletts, and Rantoul's,"'and Bancrofts,
filled,'your head with their humbugs-—every
thing went well with us. You were then
a happy man, and I a happy wife. Our
children were then well fed and well clothed.
Every year we added a little to our furniture
if I wanted a new gown you alwaysggave it
to me, and you paid $100-a_ year to reduce
the mortgage. You was industrious and
cheerful-—yoiir face was always pleasant }0
me——your voice was always kind to thecl11l-
dren, Those days are gone. I mourn, INS’
band, but I do not reproach you. You have
your cares, and I know your heart is right.
But how has the change come about.
M. I think I must ask you.
W. Well. then, I will tell you my opin-
ion. I think you with too many others in the
country, have been grossly cheated and de-
ceived. A set of men who only wished to
enjoy power, and oflice, and spoils, have been
entrusted with the reins of goverment, and
they have driven us over a precipice. We
only suffer with the rest of he country—
thousands and thousands are as bad of as
we.
M. Well, wife, Iam afraid you are right
but what can I do .7
I/V. You can do two things. The first
is to forsake those who have cheated you-
to withdraw your confidence from a set of
false prophets and false guides—men who
use you only to abuse you.
ill. And what next must Ido’?
I/V. First tell me whether you will do as
I request?
M. I never buy a pig in a poke. Tell
me what it is you propose. and if it’s reason-
able. I'll do it.
VV. Vote for old Tip!
M. I thought it was coming to that!-
VVell there’s no danger in trying a change.
Here it goes—Hurrah for Harrison and bet-
ter times! ! !
Such my friends, said Mr. Goodrich, is
my story.and who will say it is not probable.
Who will say that the wife, whose happiness
is directly, and perhaps fatally influenced by
political measures, has no right to use her
fluence in relation to this subject .7 The
Boston Post may indeed deny it—and, if
wives reason as well as the heroine of ‘our
story, the Post may fear it. We wonder
notthat men who fear the truth, should scoffat
the influence of clear-beaded and true-heart-
ed woman. You may beguile men with
humbug names—biit woman brushes these
cobwebs of delusion away with a common
sense. She tests things by results; she asks
herself whether the reign of Loco Focoism
makes ‘home happier; whether itbrings peace
to the pillow, and comfort to the fireside.-
The wives ofthe country have been applying
this test, and their decision is that the bum-
bug democracy of your Bancrofts. and Buch-
anans, and Van Burons, is an imposition of
half wages to the working men, and full sal-
aries to the office holder. It is reduction of
all the wages and property, 5.». all the means of
payment to the poor debtor, and no reduction
of debts; it is a system of pretended benefit,
but real ruin. to the poor. It is a pretended
war upon the rich, but an effective and
powerful promotion of their interests. It
is a reverse ofthe measures upon which our
government should be ailministered—to en-
courage the interests ofthe working classes,
ofthe poor--andjthe rich will take care of
themselves. It is not strange, that such in-
justice in the administration should make all
good wives good VVhigs. It is not strange
that Locofoco editors should try to ridicule
women out ofthe field of political influence
where that influence tends to substitute truth
for falsehood, prosperity for ruin. the reign
of reason for the dominion of party. and the
ndoption of sound and staple policv in place
ofjuggling tricks and fatal experiments.
WASHlNGTON’S OPINION.
In Spark’s Washington, vol. 9, page 358
is a letter from “ the Father of his Country,”
which contains the following passage :-
“ In a country like this, where equal lib-
erty is e_njoyed,where every man may reap his
own harvest, which by proper attention will
afford him much more than is necessary for
his- own consumption, and where there is so
ample a field for mercantile and mechanical
exertion, if there be not money sufficient for
the common purpose of life, not to mention
the necessary commercial circulation, it is ev-
ident there is something amiss in the ruling
political power, which requires a steady, reg-
ulating, energetic, honest hand to correct and
control. Ecergj mun’s ercperience will tell
him who-n such a state of things egisls ;—the
most melancholy; and unequivocal proof of it
being a general fall in the price of proper-
H
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Such are the words of W'ashingtnn. How
mourn fully correct! How certainly true
that there “ is something amiss in the ruling
power .7" And how true that it requires a
"steady, regiilating, honest hand, to correct
and control” and Reform the condition of
government? VVho so well fittedfor this
duty as the able and honest man of North
Bend, the son of a signer of the declaration
of Independence, and the disciple of Wash-
ington ?—Springfield Journal.
Hope deferred. " Go to’ bed, sir. in’ the
closet there,” said an enraged father, to a son,
who had given just cause’ of offence ; ‘ ‘were
it not that these gentlemen are present,[
Would give’ you a sound whipping, but you
shall have it before breakfast to-moraow, cer-
tainly.” The little rebel went in his crib
with a heavy heart. and the enjoyments of
the party continued to a late hour. ‘Just
when the party was about to break up, the
closet ‘door was quietly opened,and the young
offender put outhis head, requesting that the
sentence might -be put in execution. “Fath-
er, would yejust give me my licks gfiig
night, for I cannot sleepwitliout them."
ter. Van Buren. reigns 1‘ Now, you have 1! I.
vote, and the voters can say who shall be .
BY HIS EXOELLENCY
‘VVILLIAM W. ELLSWORTH,
oovmuvoa or,-rm: STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
A PROCLAMATION.
GOD is the sovereign disposer of all events.
The vast affairs of the human family are all
known unto him, and are embraced in his u-
niversal providence. The wide spread heav-
ens,the fruitful earth,the unfathomable ocean,
in their order and magnificence, and still
more the intellectual and moral endowments
of man, exhibit the power, wisdom and
goodness o£.theCreator. ~As his creatures,we
bow in humble reverence before him. And
as a community, we are constrained, in the
review of another year, by weighty and en-
dearing considerations, to confide in God ; to
adore and praise him; to“acknowledge his
rightful authority _and our obligations to
serve him. .
To enableus more deeply to cherish these
sentiments, and in accordance witha revered
custom of our forefathers, Ido appoint Tucs-
day, the nineteenth day of November nerct. to
be observed as a day of ’I‘banksgiving,Praise,
and Prayer to Almighty God. And I'invite
the people ofthis State, on said day, to re-
train from their accustomed employments ; to
assemble in their place of public worship,
and ther_e render thaiigs to God for his in-
numerable blessings. ..And especially that
he has crowned the year with an abundant
harvest and filled our gamers with plenty;
that we have enjoyed hegl_t_h throughout our
borders; civil and institutions of
unsurpassed excellence; h"rt’.*?‘equal and just
administration of the laws; the lights of
knowledge; the progress of truth, and suc-
cess in the many generous and philantliro-
pic efforts which distinguish the period in
which we live.
Let us also supplicate our Heavenly; Fath-
er, to forbear the infliction of merited judg-
ments for national sins, and to awaken con-
trition in every heart; that he will continue
fruitful seasons; protect and prosper our na-
tion, bind in closer union these States; on-
lighten our rulers,’ enkindle a purer patriot-
ism; difiuse the blessings of education; im-
plant a love of truth; bless the enterprise of
benevolence, and remove from the land infi-
delity, inteinperance and oppression; and a-
bove all, that he will graciously impart and
cherish, in every heart, a deeper and warm-
er gratitude forthe peace offered to our souls.
in the word of God, through the atonement
ofhis Son Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Given under my hand and the seal of said
State, at Hartford, this tenth daygdf Oc-
tober, in the year of our Lord 6n‘ethou-
sand eight hundred and forty. and of
the Independence of the United States
the sixty-fifth. "-
WM. W. ELLswoit'I1t.
By His Excellency’s Command,
ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary.
Mr. Van Buren’s-' Standing Army.--
When it was determined by the present Ad-
ministration to establish a standing army of
two hundred thousand men, an order was
given to a German house in this city to im-
port from Europ: plges of tl(i1e s‘edveral uni-
forms worn b t e o cers an so. iersofthe
European trodps. This order has been corn’
plied with, and the plates are now in this city,‘
We are told that the Secretary of \Var has
promised to authorize some one to ascertain
if the order has been faithfully executed.
from which it would appear that the Admin-
istration liave not adopted the scheme of a
large standing army.—Com. Adv.
Were we not steeled by the remembrance
of the ruin he has caused, we should really
pity Mr. Van Buren. The banner of Har-
rison flies over his strong holds, and there is
not a single garrison upon which he can re-
ly. Beaten in Virginia, he fell back upon
Louisiana; driven from that State. be cast
h_is imploring eyes toward the 'West, but
there was no refuge for him there, and with
the guns of North Carolina thundering in
his rear, he made a detour toward Maine.
Here he hugged himself in fancied security;
Maine, democratic -Maine. could not desert
him. The trial came, and she rejected him
vi et armis. Well. there was Deleware. a
tough little twig, that would stay his down-
ward progress until he could recover breath.
But lo! the twig snapped in his hand. and
precipitated him upon Maryland, where he
received a hoist which landed him into Geor-
gia, and now that State has drummed him
beyond her borders, to seek sympathy in O-
hio, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey. as may
best suit his taste. VVe fear they will prove
as uncourteous to him as their sisters, and
that he will be unable to find rest for the
sole of his foot. except among the granite
crags of New Hampshire, or in the rice fields
of South Carolina; and we are by no means
sure that his "retiracy" will be safe from in-
terruption even there.--N. Y. T ions.
9
The Superior Court adjourned on Friday
last, after having been in session three weeks.
There was but one criminal case tried in ad-
dition to those which we published last week,
and this was the case ofthe State vs. James
Norris. The defendant was informed a-
gainst for obtaining cattle sometime in the
month of January last, from various individ-
uals in this and neighboring towns, under
false pretenses. The cause excited consid-
erable interest, especially among those who
had sold him their (at oxen. 'I‘h‘ere were
four counts in the information. Upon two
of these counts, to wit : the ones in which he
was charged with obtaining by means of
false pretences the cattle of David Hoag, of
New Fairfield, and the cattle of Samuel H.
Barnes, of this town, the defendant was ac-
quitted, and on the other two counts the Jury
could not agree upon a verdict. So it ap-
pears then, that Norris stands acquitted of
half of the charge in the information and of
.the other half he must be tried again, unless
the State Attorney .should think he had pro-
secuted him far enough, and should, enter a
nolle. .
The cause was argued on the part of the
State, by Messrs. Belden and Dutton (States.
Attorney) and for Norris, by Hickok and
Bissell.—--Danbury Times.
Nearlyvatourth part of the revenue of
Russia is derived from the. sale of spirits, it
being a government monopoly. It is com-'
puted tbat 82 million gallons of brandy alone
are drunk by the pcsamry of that Empire.‘ ‘
SELECTED SUMMARY1
Military Academy. l'Vesl Point. The
whole number of graduates from the com-
mencement of the Academy to 1840 inclu-
sive, is 1058; of whom according to the
last official register, 396 remain in the mili-
tary service, besides the_gr-aduating class of
1840. Add to these the graduates now in
civil service"of the U. S. as engineers or as-
sistants on the fortifications, coast survey, and
improvements of rivers and harbors, and it
will be found that there still remains in the
public service nearly one half ofall the gra-
duates of the Military Academy, at the end
of forty years from its first establishment;
while no fewer Tthan one hundred died and
seventy-four of the remaindcrghave died in
the service, or been slain in battle.
Steamboat Eui'clca.—-'1‘his new s‘eamboat
is’-.itti'ai:ting great attention. Crowds ofper-
sons assemble whenever she comes in.or de-
\ ' I - v
parts. '1 he name is a Greek \_\0rd. S1gD1fy-
ing we have found 22,--co_rnport1n_g very Well
with the principle on which she IS construct-
ed._Althoughshe. is a large boat of about two
hundred feet in legth, she runs to Albany.
consuming the trifling and inconsiderable
quantity of only three cords of wood. Her
charge for passage is only one dollar; and
o ‘ . ~. .
as she is now running, this is ample auda-
bundant compensation. Fiilton.C0l1i<l he “159
from his grave, would hardly credit the fact
that a steamboat was running from this city
to Albany with a consumption of less than
three cords of wood, and charging only but
one dollar each passage.—N. Y. Express
New Invenlion.—-Ainoiig the new and
useful improvements of the day, is a newly
invented Reaping ]l'Iac/z'i'ne. by 3 M“ Lamb-
It is moved by horse power, like a coiiimon
cart, and cuts the grain by a series of horizon-
tal revolving sickles, it is capable of reaping
18 to 20 acres per day, or ofdoingthe work
of 6 or 8 men. 'I‘he large model, with which
successful experiments have been made, is
now exhibited at the Cattle Show of the Fair,
corner of Broadway and 13th street.
Yesterdav between 3 and 4 o'clock, while
Mr. Isaac Silmonson, a very respectable cit-
izen, was riding on the Bloomingdale road
with his family, which consisted of six per-
sons in all, they were fired upon from a piece
of woods, by somebody, and five of the six
persons in the carriage were wounded. They
could not ascertain who did it. An infant
was wounded in the neck and bled lreely.—
The gun was loaded with shot, of which a
considerable nuniber went through the cover
ofthe. carriage.--—E'.z:p ress of T/iursrlag/.
General Jackson,\ve underst.-ind, started on
Tuesday upon an electioneering expedition
to the VVestern District. We predict he will
come back with K.K. (kould’nt koma it) writ-
ten on his countenance. We have some ac
quaintance with the people of the VVestern
District, and undertake to say that they are
the last people in the world to bow to the (lic-
lation ofany ma7i.—Nash7;ille Bamzer,
A Dog wort}; ]i,ai:ing.—-'I‘he BaltiuioreSun
states that Mr. Knight of the Holiday Street
Theatre, while passing along the street the
other day, accidently dropped his pocket
book, containing 850. Vfhen he had pro-
ceeded some distance be discovered his loss,
and was about retracing his steps to se.ar<:li
for the book, when he met his dog running
up to him with the pocketbook in his mouth,
The only reward the sagacious animal de-
manded was a caress from his master.
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Tender Avowal in the way of Trn.zle.—
A young and pretty girl stepped into a store
where a spruce young man, who had long
been enamored but dare not speak, stood be-
hind the counter selling dry goods. In or-
der to remain as long as possible, she cheap-
ened every thing; at last she said, “I believe
you think I am cheating you.” “Oh, no,”
said the youngster, to me you are always
faiv.” “VVell,” whispered the young lady,
blushing as she laid an emphasis on the. word.
“I would not stay so long bargaining if you
were not so dear.”
Tiiizely Assistance.--The British sclir. Dol-
phin, Ctiptain Murphy, ofand for Yarmoutli,
10 days from VVilmington, N. C., with a
cargo of lumber, was fallen in with on 'Wed-
nesday last, having a signal of distress fly-
ing, about 40 miles E. by S. of Cape Hen-
ry, by pilot boat Baltimore, Capt. IV. B.
Thomas. On boarding her found all hands
sick and unable to attend to duty, and ‘the
schooner having 10 inches water in her hold.
Capt. T. with two pilots and a boy from the
boat brought her into this port yesterday.
Norfolk Beacon, Oct. 9th.
Registry of Vole7‘s.—Annexed is a state-
ment of votes registered in the diflerent
VVards of the city of N. Y.
lst VVard 1782 10th Ward 8168
2nd - 1355 11th - 2422
3d - 2237 12th - 91130
4th - 2333 13th - -2802
5th - 2680 14th - 2609
6th - 2074 15th - 2505
7th - 3588 16th - 2557
8th - 4143 17th - 2691
9th - 3556 O
' 43,711
The greatest number of votes ever polled
in the city was 41,113; which is 2598 less
than the number of voters now registered.
A Dreadful Dc(zth——A'n old min was cut
in half on the Philadelphia and Baltimore
Rail Bond on Monday last, a short distance
from Wilmington. He was not seen by the
engineer till too late. The locomotive dash-
ed against him, and all was over in an in-
stant.
Town Eleclions.—VVe have recei.ved re-
turns from 95 towns which elected their an-
nual town officers on Monday of last week,
and the result is, 62 are Whigs, 32 are Loco,
and one equally divided.—Pat. and Dem.
The expense up to January last, on Gir-
ard College, amounted to the colosal sum of
$1,272,712, and the college reported by the
architect to be about two-thirds completed.
A Tedious Mealicz"ne.—-W e see in a Mas-
sachusetts paper, an advertisement of a patent
medicine, which, to be ofany use, the adver-
tiser says must be applied internally and
elemallg/. , ‘
Governor Porter has signed the death
warrant of Robert M’Conarchy,-who for the
sake ola few‘ dollars, murdered the whole
of the Browne family, six in number. ' He is
to bexexeciited on the 6th of Noveinber.
; ’ . . _
GOOD NEWS FROM DELAWARE.
- \VAsHiNG'roN, Oct. 8.
“ Little Delaware” has done her duty,and
given the Whigs a larger majority than she
ever_before gave any party! VVe have just
received thereturns from glorious old Sus-
sex, which has given an average Whig ma.
jority of 229 1 “Te are now enabled to give
the complete returns from the state, which are
as follows 2
New Castle county, Vvhig m;,j_ 135
I{ent county, u is 343
Sussex county, " H u 229
Present Whig majority in this state, 710!
WASIIINGTON, Oct. 7'.
The Presidential question in this state was
decided yesterday, and we are now satisfied
that we shall exhibit to you in November :1
pattern state in Delaware—a state in which
every county will go for Harrison and Ty-
ler. The decision to which I refer was the
Inspectors election, which is admitted on all
hands to have been a test election, the lines
having been distinctly drawn, and the contest
the most severe I ever knew in this state.-
Thé' Loco foco leaders give up the stiite—-
We have our Presidential electors, two Sen-
ators, and a representative in Congress de-
pending, and we shall carry them all in No-
VefIlbt.‘f.-—C07"I’C.S]707l. N. Y. Express.
Mr. Steenrod, of Virgi-nia.——This Loco
Foco member of Congress from Virginia is
now stumping it in Michigan. In one 0
his recent speeches he observed that Gen.
Harrison was “never in a battle,” and that
he would probably be called a liar by the
\Vhig editors and Whig orators after he had
left the. city, but that they dare not do so
while he was there.”
The editor of the Detroit Daily Adverti-
ser thereupon denounced him as a “consum-
mate fool and deliberate liar" and to make
sure that Mr. Steenrod should be early ap
prised of his intentions in this respect, he
sent him the following note:
“DETROIT. Sept, 28, I840.
Sir——-I intend to publish you to-inorrow
‘a consummate fool and deliberate liar for
having asserted that Gen. Harrison had ne-
ver been in a battle’
I give you this notice now, because I have‘
heard that you have asserted that you would
probably be called a liar after you had left,
but that no one would dare do so while you
were here. yours, &c.
Gnonca Dawson.”
Mr. Steenrod was exceedingly indignant,
but concluded to pocket the affront, and hur-
ried offto Ann Arbor with Col. Johnson, to
reiterate his infamous slanders against Gen.
I-1arrison.——N. Y. Courier.
Another Boat Lost-—Sct:en Lives Deslro_7/-
erl.—.—Through the politeness of Capt. Ho-
inans, of the Rienzi, we received the partic-
ulars ofthe loss ofthe Pike, a light draught
boat laden with lead from Galena. The
Pike, was about two miles below Alton, de-
cending, in the night, when she met the
Glaucus and Fayette, coming up. The
Fayette was behind the Glaucus, and was
not perceived by the Pike until, in escaping
the first, she found herselfdoomed inevitably
by the Fayette. The pilot made the last
attempt in his power to save the boat, but his
effort was in vain, for the bows ofthe Fay-
ette struck the Pike ainidship, tearing her
almost in two parts, and sinking her imme-
diately. Seven persons are known to be lost,
and it was suspected that many more are
yet to be accounted for. Great Consterna-'
tion prevailed in St. Louis at the time the
Rienzi left. Reports describe the scene as
being most appalling. Drowning wretches,
screaming and gurgling in the hurrying
flood, in night and darkness-—victiins wak
ing from sleep and speeding into eternity ere
their minds opened to a consciousness of their
hapless desiiny—-terrible. l \Ve can know no
further particulais of this melancholy disas-
ter until the next boat arrives .
N. O. .l)lC(L_7/-‘L718, not. Isl.
'1'iii-:W1i\'i~;o1= T11EPASSOVF.R.—I[1 answer to an
inquiry from E. C. D;-lavan to M. M. Niiali,
Esq.,as totlie kind of wine used atthe Passover,
Mr. Noah made the following reply:
“I have your favor requesting to know
how the wine is prepared for the Passover.
If you wish to make a small quantity for the
comm union table, (for wine will soon grow
sour having no alcoholic body,) take a gal-
lon demijonn or stone jug; pick three or
four pounds of bloomvraisins; break offthe
stems; put the raisins into the demijohn, and
fill it with water; tie a rag over the mouth
and place the demijohn near the fire, or on
one side of the fireplace to keep it warm. In
a week it will be fit for use, making a pure,
pleasant, and sweet wine, free from alcohol.
It may last from Sunday to Sunday without
sour or tart; but it is easy to make a small
quantity for each time it is used. This is
the wine we use on the nights ofthe passover,
because it is free from fermentation, as we are
slrir:ll_-z/ prohibited not only from eating leav-
ened bread (on this occasion), but frouidrink-
ing fermented liquors ”-—Observ.-or.
Erccur£ion—E;z:tmorrlmarg/.—A small ves-
sel ofabout a hundred tons burthen, is being
fitted up near the foot of Main street, by
four or five young men, for an excursion of
five years to the upper lakes. Mr. VVilliam
Kenedy is to commazzd her. They intend
to set sail to-inorrow or Monday for Lake
Huron, where they will spend the. véinter
trapping fishing and hunting. Thence in
the spring they intend to cruise in the waters
of Lake Superior and Lake_of,Woods. This
is a novel enterprise, and we wish them
farewell, a pleasant Voyage and abundant suc-
cess —Bufialo Taltler.
The ladies, who were engaged in the
Fair of Quincy Hall, are much grieved at the
course adopted by the Monument Committee,
and are willing to pledge themselves to raise
a larger amount than has been obtained, or
is anticipated from the exertions of Mad’lle
Ellsler, if the money paid to the Committee
by Mr. Jones be refunded to him.
‘We have not seen any of the Treasury
notes, but it is said that Mercury, the god of
thieves, is the most prominent figure upon
them.
The number of white males in New Or-
leans exceeds the number of white females
- 10,292. The number of colored males 6222,.
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WEDNESDAY. OCT. 21. 1840.
FOR PRESIDENT,
VYILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. of Ohio.
son vice PRESIDENT,
JOHN 'l‘)‘LER, of Virginia.
ELECTORALTICKEfi'
REUBEN BOOTH. Faivfield County. '
HEZEKIAH SPENCER. Harlfimt County.
JAMES BREWSTER, New'H¢wen County.
ADAM LARABEE, New London County.
PHILIP PEARL, lVimIham County.
PETER BIERCE. Lilchfield County.
TIMOTHY GREEN. lllidcllesea: County.
JOHN S. PETERS, Tollanaf County.
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adjourned iiieeiing is 10 be held at the Hotel of
David Stevenson,on the evening of Wednesday
ilie 21st inst, at 7 o’clock, preparatory to the
coming’ election. BENJ. Isaacs, Chairman.
A. HILL, Secretary.
WHIGS OF WILTON—-You are request-
ed to meet at the Town House in Wilton, on
Monday the 26th inst. at 7. o'clock. P. M. for ,_
the purpose oforganizing for the coming election. I
Per order ofthe Town Committee.
\Viltoii, Oct. 20, 1840.
ATTENTION WHIGS l-—The VVliigs 01'
the town of Darien are requested to assemble at
the Academy of Charles H. Waterbury. on
Tliiirsday evening the 22d inst. at half past 6
o'clock, on business relative to the approaching
election. .
liciied. It is expected there will be persons pres-
ent to address the meeting. B"-y‘b'rder of the
Town Committee.
THE CONVENTION’ AGAIN.-—Our liiiiils last
week, both as to time and Ԥp_a_5_:e. prevented us
from giving a. full account of the proceedings at
Bridgeport. When the procession arrived on
the ground, the convention was organized by the
choice of Hon. Clark Bissell for President, and
several gentlemen from the various towns in the
county as Vice Presidents.
taking the chair, addressed the multitude in a
speech which was said to be clear, concise, elo-
qiieul and effective, and highly creditable to the
talents of its author. Indeed. some ofour towns-
men. in their pride, claim it as the best effort of
the day. He was followed by Aaron Clark, ex-
Mayor of New York, Daniel Uleman andWm.
L. Stone, also of New York. The address of
the latter gentleman, was somewhat in tlie*stylg.S
of a familiar colloquy, and created much merri-
ment. A couple of popular songs were sung
on the occasion, and the convention adjourned
about sunset to meet in the log cabin in the eve-
ning. At 7’ o’clock, the premises in and about
the cabin were crowded. Among the speakers
in the evening were the Hon. T. B. Osborne,
and Reuben Booth, Esq. of this county. The
«lay was characterized by sobriety, decency
and the most patriotic and fraternal feeling.
The VVhigs of Bridgeport are entitled to
much credit forllieir persevering eflbrts to pro‘
vide for the comfort and accommodation of their
guests.
We have no doubt that the influence of that
day will tell at the ballot boxes in November.
PRACTICAL Loco Focoisiir.--The views of
Messrs. Kendall, Duncan 66 So On, recently
promulgated in view of the prospective fate of
the party. were exhibited in practice in several
instances in connection with the late convetion
at Bridgeport. Those slanch supporters of equal
rights could not wish fora more faithful construc-
tion ofiheir theoriesthan those exhibited in the
scenes alluded to. Kendall in his Jacobin appeals,
has intimated that the time for putting down op-
position by brute force had not yet arrived, but
his worthy coadjutor who has “a spice ofcoarse-
ness,” discourses of blood knee deep. An ap-
proximation to the sentiments of the latter gen-
tleman comes the nearest to th‘e taste of loco fo-
coism in this region, as it will appear.
Our friends in New Canaan,-in View of the
convention, had prepared and left deposited in
a carriage shop, the Saturday night previous
to that occasion, the various banners and de-
vices with which it was intended to give effect
to ibeir iriumphal march into Bridgeport. To
defeat this intention an entrance was forced into
the premises and the vials ofloco foco vengleffiiuce
were poured out on the harmless emblems.
Another exliibiiion ofthe same regard for equal
rights was enacted at Wesiport on the return of
some of the members from this place. An old
gentleman, who had borne a bust of the Hero
of Tippecanoe, was assaulted and the banner
wrested from him and destroyed.
Still another ‘affair prompted by the same
spirit, came offin Greenwich, where two or
three individuals amused themselves by tearing
down the bills of the steamboat Nimrod, which
boat had made arrangements to accommodate
the Whigs ofihat town who might wish to avail
themselves of that mode of conveyance to the
convention. Such is the spirit_of Loco Foca-
ism—and Loco Focoism, we are lold,,is only .11-
noilicr name forDernocracy ! If this-is the kind
of democracy that Charles-J. Ingersollzwisbed to
rid himself of by the process of phlebotonifiwe
are not disposed to question the correctniish’ of
his choice. , I I 4
The Loco Faces in‘ the city of New.-‘York,
I have nominated John NcKeon, J amen‘ ,J ._ Roose-
velt. Fernando Wood and John Dimouilts their
candidates for Congress.
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A general attendance is earnestly so- I
The president on
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