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I! cd with; Gfi.rT'W t. . tfJ.'Um sorf , then' (V "(J-i j.-t th j .--.v -it tu.Tor- v. S f, .if 1 Kurtiose fctw ' iw?rfn , gfwi rsi6d la be, on ihnnt miynfcjiragfmad my acquain. " , i.fr-. 'i:b Ceneral Harrison was eontinu " ..-tiring tlic time that be was Secretary , of the North-western Territory, and when i- Iw represented the Territory in Congress as the Delegate, I have always considered , . Gen. Harrison a Democratic Republican of the Jefiursonian school. , Jn the year 1799, . , General Harrison was elected the delegate as the Republican candidate, ia opposition to Mr. St Clair, the son of the Governor, - the Federal candidate.; Iri that year I lived a near neighbor to General Harrison, and I solemnly declare that I never saw him - wear a black eoekode, or any other cock, .ade after he left the army," or ever heard of his wearing one, unless wficn actirfg as Governor of the Territory, and reviewing or training the militia. ; - joiin matson; 'f Sworn to and subscribed before me, thii '.- Utttday or July, 1840. ' ; 4 - SAMUEL WJ)AIS,Jor. u Statement of George Gordon Register of . Hamilton CMmty, under tAJerruorial Governments ' ? if i t removed to Cincinnati, in the fair of u -. the year 1793, and soon became acquaint - :ivd with- General William JlHarrison. .if He was always :cjiwidercd,; during he f Presidency of -thel elder Adams, a Kepub. lican of the Jeflersonian school; and I do not think he has ever abandoned the politi cal sentiments he then imbibed. As to his wearing a black cockade, 1 do not believe lie ever did except on parade. . General . . Harrison was always free in declaring his sentiments. - i GEORGE CORDON., July 13, 1840. S onlONS OF SENATOR TAPPAN. If tluireTbe any one individual in ; public ' lite w ho more distinctly than another . per sonifies the politics of the party now -in ' power, and which is seeking to perpetuate ' its power to carry into effect the projects ;-" that "lie behind those which it has alrea- ' dy consummated , it is perhaps Mr. Senator ' ' TafpAn, of Ohio. Of this Senator person ' ally we know nothing, and have nothing to have not been inattentive observers. We have noticed his course in the Senate, in reference especially to his anti-bank and anti-credit doctrines, which he carried to such an extent in the4 case of the District banks, that, domineering in - the pride of party power, he could not forbear, adding offensive taunts and sneers .to the oppres. sion and injustice he was assisting to per. iKitrato upon "" the District We nave now before us the evidence of that Senator's ' real opinions, and of the purposes which "lie behind11 his support of the sub-Treasu rv scheme, and the measures which-have been avowed to "lie behind" it f- among which purposethe readerwill perceive (rom the subjoined testimony, is, , to nrr DOWI THI BAITCS, 8S 8 JOeans of SEDUCING TH? WAGES Of LABOB TO ELEVEN PENCE A " pay, the price of wheat to sixteen cents A BtrsHEL, nnd every jJung cue m propor. lion!! . ."X . . .- - -Read what follows, and Refixct tjfos ., . ,. From (lie Steubenville Gsxette. ' Tbo Globe having recently asserted that it had authority for denying the statement heretofore made by Mr. James Wallace of a conversation between him and Benjamin Tappan, Esq. in which the lattejc expressed liimself in favor" of a specie currency, the effect of which, as stated by Mr. Tappan, would be to reduce labor to twelve and a half cents a da v. wheat to sixteen cents a bushel, czc we have been furnished with the following affidavits ' from - Mr. James Wallace and Mr. James Little, both re- spectable woollen manufacturers, and Ad am Wise, Esq. at the time of the conversa tion a machine maker, and now a justice of the peace, all of Steubenville. AY e under stand also that the fact set forth in these de positions can be sustained by other individ. unlsV- Any further remark on our part is unnecssory. r - DEPOSITIONS. Personally appeared before the under signed, James Wallace, who deposes and r savs : That a short time previous to . the last October election, he had a conversa tion with Benjamin Tappan, Esq. ; one of the Scnotorsm the Uongresa ol the united States' from fthe State of Ohio, during hich conversation: MrrTappan remarked: ' 44 You manufacturers, Mr. Wallace, stand ', very much in your own light, that you do "-Hot'gd with ns for-the hard morieysystem; and you would go with us if you did ' not - look through other people's spectacles. . This deponent tamflred how the manu facturers were to be benefitted by the adop- Uon of that system tIr.Tppat.hed thatiwt were entirely too high in this country, and that there was no reason why " labor should not be as cheap in this country aim Europe." It is the Banks continued Mr. Tappan) that keeps up the price of labor and the price of produce; if you eon. put down the banks, labor wiU be reduced to rfe ' venpenee a day, wheat to sixteen cents a bushel, and every thing else' w proportion. The sub. Treasury will produce this result ; it trill put down the banks; and reduce the price of labor and the produce of the country. T It will be "the best tariff the manufac turers -f can have i and, instead of being compell ed to ask your Government for protection, - it will enable the Amercan manufacturer to - compete, with the English manufacturer, -- even in his own market"' - -1 " r ; , JAMES WALLACE, State of Ohio, Jejerv County, ss. " Personally appeared before the under signed, a notary public, within and for the county of Jefferson, James Wallace, who . being sworn, deposes and says,' that the foregoing statement, by him subscribed, is " true ifl substance and in fact Witness my ;rl aad ofllciul seat, at StcubcnviUe, thJs v.i day of July A. D. 1840 , 1 , , - J. COLLIER, -I s. Notary Public, Jefferson county, At the same time and place, caroe Jas. Little, who being duly sworn, says J That, some time previous to the last election, the deponent had a conversation w ith Benja. min Tappan, Esq. in which Mr. Tappan observed, that it was the hanks that kej4 up the price of produce; and if we could, put down the banks, end bring every thing to the specie stanaata, tnsltaa of foreign goods be. tng brought to this country we could take our goods to Europe and undersell them. . JAMES LITTLE. Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th July, 1840. ? - . J J. COLLIEjirNotary PdhUc-: At the same time and place, eame also Adam w we, who, being duly sworn, says: That some timesince,he had a conversation with Benjamin Tappan, Esq. ia which Mr. Tappan remarked, that the banks were a great injury to the mechanics ; that they (the banks) kept up the price of produce and that every dollai which banks receiv, ed for interest on loans was just so much taken out of the pocket" of the laboring men. "Mr. Tappan also said, the bonks ought to bo put down, and then-we should have nothing but a spefneurreney; and it would be much better for the mechanic, if it were so. ADAM WISE r Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20th July, 1840. . ! ' . J. COLLIER, Notary Public iiei every noncst man every ' man whose desire it is to know and set the part of a true friend to his country himself and lamiiy read the following letter by Mr. Thomas White,' of Ohio. It will be seen that Mr. White stood high in the esti mation tf the friends of the Administration and held to the time of his renunciation' two important positions in their ranks, viz4 A committee man of Correspondence' and a committee-man of vigilance. ' We are persuaded that there are many honest and candid men who will yet find out the policy of the Van Buren party, and who will desert it as Mr. White has done, and enlist in the cause of their Country.- AaL Watchman. . , - ImpvrtasU Disclosure. . From the 8t CUinvOle, (Ohio) Chronicle. POLITICAL CHANGES HEAR AN HON Mr. PtEASAirr, Jeilerson county; Jcnb 12, ,1840. 1 j Mr.-Editor Sir, will you please to per mit me, through the medium of your paper, to renounce publicly, all further communl cation with the Van Buren Loco Pocq par. ty, and give my reasons for so doing. I stand appointed as one of the commit tee of correspondence, and also of the com. mittee of vigilance, for that party in Mt Pleasant township. I have faithfully atten ded to the duty of those appointments and more particularly to those of the committee of vigilance. I saw tint many of our short sighted editors, as well as a number of our bar-room, stump and other species of ora tor, were only furnishing your party With political capital, by declaiming against the character of ueneral William Henry liar- rison, and, as in duty bound, by virtue of my appointments, I exerted myself to ' dis suade those of our party to whom I had ac cess, from pursuing that course, assuring them that if they did not desist from defa ming General Harrison, we would lose the State of Ohio, and all other btatcs that had furnished soldiers for Harrison s army du. ring' the late warbecause soldiers, who knew him, and who had scanned his ac tions at different times, would not bear to hear cither the military or private charac ter of their old commander uttacked and defamed they would all' leave us, and take large numbers with them; for they would consider themselves disgraced in the same proportion as their commander. In reply to this, 1 was informed that there was no danger of losing the State of Ohio, because Governor Shannon) had been to New York, and had obtained a loan of 400.000, which was to be laid out on the public works and so nianaged.at7 secure the votes of all the laborers. At another time I was told there was no danger of los ing the State of Ohio, because the price of produce, (wheat, &c.) would advance all along the line of tlie canal, before the elec tions, and thai "all that the Dutch wanted to make them good democrats, was a little more money." On enquiring how the price of produce could be raked, at a tune like this when there was no money, I was told, in renlv. that the office holders would have inoneyindthatracy-would have to con- irtDuie 10 assusi in routing um pn n piv duee, (by being lavwh of the $400,000.) And on last evening, being informed that the infernal machinery was put in opera, tion, and that a certain post master was called upon IbTiunjcaTlTesvod-lo iiave nothing more, to do with a party tnat can stoop to such baseness to wry anto effect iu' designs and purposes. .' I therefore de. sire to: be distinctly understood, I can no longer serve upon either of the above named committees, nor in a political point of view, with the partyHi power. . 1 know there are mnnv hifrh.minded. 'honorable men amonir them, with many of whom I have long had .i . r n- . i - HK j : :d M.:.u me mosi inunujy mierwuiw , aim a. w mui much regret that I feel bound, in duty to my country, to leave theml Jpovernor Shan. non has heretolbre received my warm sup port; and I regret that' circumstances have transpired that put it out of my power to continue that support I have long been intimately acquainted with him. I consid er Mm a gentleman bf the first order, but if it is his misfortune, be so hard run as to be under tbo necessity of mating use of the people's funds for purchasing up votes as a- butcher would purchase stock for the market, as my informant assures me is to be done ; my opinion of him must change. Withdrawing that support, which has here tofore been liberally extended, from Gov. ernor Shannon, I must say that no honora ble man would resort to such meanness no man of principle, having the attribution of the public moneys, would deal it to po litical partisans , or to those who will pledge themselves to support him in office, (which my informant, a Van Buren man, stated was the mode or management to be pur sued,) to tha exclusion of others. No, sir, no high-minded, honorable and patriotic statesman, such aa I hdve believed Govern, or Shannon to be, would be guilty of pur suing such little ends by auch little means.' I have been slow in giving credit to the above report, but it has come from one of his warm supporters the plan of opera tion, by ah old and influential member of bis party, whose name shall r if required, come forth under the solemn sanction of an oath. - ,r . . , i J, Hit- Editor, I remaiojln sentiment with my old Van Buren brethren : as it relates to. (he corrupt banking institutions of our country but, Jt is evident to me, at least that, the officers of our Government are much more corrupt, and need reforming first? Inerefore, adieu to that democracy which will use tlio public funds and tax its officers to buy votes, and who wilt insult )he people by offering them employment pn um puuuo wiimu, uu couwiiou inui , jutey will pledgo themselves to its support. -T" THOMAS WHITE. . . P. S-I send this- to your office, because :. 1 1:1.1-. . .... r '. f ernor sooner than if sent to the Heratd of fice in iStcubenvillo. If. my information was incorrect, end iC the Governor , desires it, I will give the name of my informant - , . . - T. W. , Read Bad Reflect . To the Voters of the Thirteenth Congress. tonal District of Tennesee. Havingbcen sent by a portion of you as a Delegate1 to the National Democratic Convention' held iirthe City of Baltimore on the oth of May, conceive it my duty. however painful, to communicate to you the state of things here. tl - After the adjournment of the Convention I came to this city to await the publication of theAddress of AejCpnyentioi!,,in jox der that I might be enabled to send you copies. " ",J '"'w In addition to this, I transmitted to you such documents as I - supposed would promote' the Democratic cause in Tennest see.", lungs appeared to goon very well until the 14th of June, when Mr, Botts, of Virginia, presented to Congress Uie memo. rial oi ijieuu nooe, oi mo iiiavy, protest- ing against the testimony "of two negroes, who , had been introduced .as ,. evidence against him on his trial before a court mar. tial recently held at Tensacola. r After I had examined the cose most carefully, in which it seems tbo becretary of the Navy the Attorney General, and the President of the United States all concurred in opinion, it struck mo that the President had, per haps, been . misrepresented. 1 his decision involves at once the great principle for which the bourn is contending. , and on hich the President's popularity is founded, I, therefore, determined to call dnhim. and after a few remarks in relation to the trial of Lieutenant Ilooe , I inquired of him whe ther he knew at the time he approved the sentence of the Court that two negroes had given testimony in the case. To which he replied in the affirmative. I observed to the President ; that, . withou . tsome ex planation other than that which I had seen it would have a bad effect on the South. He then observed that a full explanation would be published by the House of Repre sentatives to-day.. I went to the Capitol, and on entering the Representative Hall I found the House engaged in the discussion Of the question; wmcn resulted in the post ponement of the printing of the documents. The day following, however, the Globe gave wnat trie rresiuent aeems a "iuu ex- planationj of the matter. . After reading the explanation of the Globe, I could not find a satisfactory explanation; but, on the contrary, it appeared to mo that the Presi. dent had assumed the ground of justifica tion by contending that it had been the usage of the Navy to admit negro evidence in courts martial. I am aware that under the common law there is no distinction known as to persons, yet I do contend that this President, in ap proving the proceedings of the court mar tial, ought to have expressed his disappro bation ot the negro evidence, I With this qualification his political friends would at least have been satisfied. It will not do to tell us that the President had no control of the matter1 that it would not have been proper for him to have in tcrfcrcdTbe case ls within the recollec tion of many of us where, after the court martial had decided, tlie General In com. mand reversed the decision, and ordered a new trial. , ' , - r-f Now, it it be competent that a subaltern can reverse the decision of a court, 1 pre sume no one will deny that the Commander mciiief has wothority; This is a question of vital importance to every white man in the United States and it will not do for the President to look with indifference, not to say with approbation, Upon it. 1 have watched this question through all its mutations. 1 he. Opposition will, no doubt, avail themselves of this false step of the rresident to promote their ownpohtical views. . . There is a strange indifference, a total absence on the part of the President, of that watchful and ardent solicitude which the very nature of the subject is calculated to inspire, & which it was his province to guard and: defend. It is now said by members of Congress that they will pass a law to" pro- moil in i uiuro vim ujixuuucuon h neirro tes . -li. : i v;. t. umony uLruiusi a wiiuo iiuiu. n a mo laie: the poison has been infused; alt the laws on earth cannot heal tire deadly influence. . Tell mo not of your fanatics and aboli tionists, when the highest officer known to your laws and the Constitution admits the fact that a negro is a competent witness against a while man. Is this your North. era man with Southern. teelingsT r And is this the man. we are to rely upon when the day ofpcril and of danger may come? ' But it b contended that Ltt-ut Ilooc was convicted without the negro -testimony. Then why introduce k! Was it to jeer and taunt the feelings of the South? . Wo are not now trying Lieut Ilooe, but testing an all important principle one intimately connected with our. Dolitical ana social relations The principle of the admission of negro testimony at all is the question; not what they did or did not prove. " And if it be a fact, as stated, that the respondent was con victed without the negro evidence; then it is a gratuitous assaVt upon the policy and institutions of the South. . , t The case presents to the mind the most singular. and extraordinary anomaly m re fere nee to that portion of the Union" sup posed to have Northern feelings and North. em prejudices on the subject oi slavery, in Pennsylvania, wun ner utmser population alwavs o noosed to slavery in the abstract she has ckwlaredthara "negro, within the purview of the Constitution, is not entitled fcrall the privileges and immunities of a free- white man. In Connecticut Chief Justice Dagget, in th Tappan negro school case, decided that a negro was not a free man or citizen within the meaning of the Constitution or the .United btatcs. : ,By thq laws ofSouth Carolina and, per haps, of all the Southern States, the ad. mission of negro testimony is prohibited in the Jriarof a white man. Yet, in the face of these facts, and within a Southern Ter- ritory. negroes are permitted to give tes timony, and the proceedings of the Court approved by the President of the United States! -"-." ' ' The charge of abolitionist illy comes from that quarter no, since the President has officially sdlared that he saw nothing wrong in the proceedings of a court in which two negroes had given evidence against a white man. 1 If wc, aro to have a rresident nolduig Opinions adverse to the interests, of the South, give us .one born south of the Poto. mac river one whose early associations, habits, and education would make him act I with caution, if not with propriety, however much he might in the . abstract be opposed to slavery. . --'"(' ' . ; ; '15, S UAVia.. Washington, July, 1840.? 7 : REASONS FOR A CHANGE The following are the nlain snoken rea sons given by Willi AM It Geat, Esquire, Efitoftncmtcsiimifr vay, in Indiana, for having abandoned Jus former association with the Van. Buren party, to lend his aid to the cause of liar rison and Reform: . . . - . : TO THE PUBLIC. As we have' been somewhat associated with the YanBuren party for some years past, it may occasion some little surprise, affected or real, in certain quarters, on seeing ftiir name at the head of this paper. A proper deference, therefore, to our for mer associates, compels us to frankly state that we have abandoned Jhe support of the present Administration, not because we are tired of. true Democratic principles, of the great mass of honest men with whom we have heretofore acted, but because we are tired", disgusted, and even alarmed at the anti-democratic and dangerous practices of those who enjoy the confidence of that par ty: because we can no longer support an Administration of corruption, whose prac tices are notoriously at war with its pro fessions, and whose pernicious influence, like the poisonous breath of the sirocco is now sweeping over the length and breadth of this land, carrying moral death and des. struction in its onward course! an Admin istration which, in the outset, laid down economy and the integrity of public function ariesas its leading principles, but whose practices have been so little in accordance with these principles that the public expen ditures have been almost trebled; and, in stead of integrity among public, functiona. ries, the modern Democratic principle that to the "victors belong the spoils," and the scrupulous exactness with which Mr. Van Huren carries it out, has rendered the tens of thousands of offices within the gift of the resident as merely so many means where with to reward partisan services; thus open. ly encouraging political and moral deprav. ty, and proclaiming to the world that, in thisjenlightened. and .Christian Republic, vcnaiity and party subserviency are quoted at a nremium bv its Executive! - ... ; iellow-ciUzeiu, this may seem very strong language,- but we inoerely. regret that the tacts lustily :it., Uw fiuth in the honesty and purity of purpose of the pre sent Administration was long since shaken; but party spirit, that incubus which infests miu muu, pnuc oi upuuoa, anu oioer causes combined, induced u.to overlook many of U. r..l : ' -t- i . . 119 Biiaiiiciui pnjeuctaj, iu uie vain nope that they were the results of temporary par ry excitement; but developments are daily making which satisfy us, at least, that such not the case, but, on Uie-contraryTTliat they are the inevitable results of a settled course of policy, which, if longer persisted inTwilThange the character, if not cause the entire-annihilation of our institutions. t is a wen-known fact that nine-tenths, if indeed not all, the appointments made by Mr. Van Buren have been as rewards for past, or as bribes for future partisan servi ces, without the slightest regard to the hon esty or capacity qf the individuals thus ap. pointed, and many of whoniare notoriouslv known as the most servile, unprincipled scoundrels, morally and politically, that this or any other ! country could pos&bry afford.- . f.--i. !. u Cotiocs SiGii:-Mn the two hour's soeech of Vice Prisidenf Johnson, at the Capitol of I'ennsyivama, on Monday Iast.be did not once name Mr. Tan Buren, or allude td his administration. Bemg...ceminded of his omission by one of the I faithful , after he had sat down, the Colonel rose again and gave it as his opinion that Mr. Van Buren was "an honest man." . But as to the abili. ty or success of his Administation or- ev. en as to the "honesty" of that from all accounts that we can learn of the affair the old Colonel still appears to have been mum.",. wtatsortofs4gnistaist THE JMESSENGER. Friday jAIornfc Angnst 14, 180. rj T all whtat lt snaycoBcens We have lately learned that therereja great many persons in this and Cherokee counties who say mat they fiive subscribed for'the Messenger aadhave never re ceived it" v To all such wedistinctly say, that we have not failed to forward our pa per" regularly to all. responsible persons whoie names have reached as a subscri bers. r We, however, did send out a great many copies of ourprospecturwhich.have not been.returned, and it k probabfe that the persons alluded to subscribed to those papers. ' We have reasons to believe that a number! of persons have subscribed for our paper; who have foiled to gefii. from the fact thai their names never .reached us; We would advise all such to give their names to the nearest J?ost Master, with a request that they bo forwarded to us imme. diately. :' 1 Iri Cherokee county, Post Master at Murphey and at Jamesville have hitherto been kind enough to attend to the receiving and forwarding of the names of subscribers, and we have no doubt but they will still willingly oblige us. - BaclNitjibebs or ocb Papeb We are almost every day called upon by some new subscribers for the back " numbers of the 'Messenger. To all such applications, we hayq to say that they cannot be furnish ed. Our subscription Est has increased from week to week with a ripidity wholly unexpected , in consequence of which we have not been able front the . first mber to furnish the paper only from the time of subscribing. - 1 ' . : , ' . Tobacco cowrnrczD. " We promised in our last to take a hasty view, of the effects usually attendant upon the use oi tobacco, and to remark upon the three cluef modes of using it, which pre. vail' amongst us, viz : snuffing dchewing. . We beginwith snuffing. Catharine, do Medicis, the personage who is said to have prompted the horrible massacre of StJiartholomew's day at Pa ris, is commonly regarded as the inventress of snuff taking. , : " In Russia andPenda,the penalty of death was annexed to the use ot'tobacco in every form, save that of snuff For this lighter offence, the punishment was' softened flown to simple mutilation no greater severity being deemed necessary than that ' of cut ting off the nose. One of the first effects of snuff is to injure the nerves of the nose, an incredible number of which are spread over the inner membrane of the nostrils. This membrane is Iubrica ted by a secretion which has a tendency to preserve the sense of smelling. By the almost caustic acrimony of snuff, this mu cus is often dried up, and the organ of smelling much impaired, and. in some in stances actually rendored perfectly callous. bunuar effects are produced upon the sail. va, and hence it is, that habitual snuff ta. kers are often unable to speak with proper distinctness, and the sense of taste; for the same reason, is much injured. Snuff also frequently occasions fleshy excresences in the nose, which in some instances end in polypi. ; By the use of snuff, tumors are fre quently generated in the throat, which obi stuct deglutition, and even destroy life Some portions of the snuff will involuntarily find its way into the stomach, where its per. nicious properties soon 'j manifest them. selves, being usually followed by; nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and impaired di gcstion. This is particularly the case with those who use snuff on the teeth, or in plain language, eat it And of all the forms in which tobacco was ever used, there is none so Derfbctlv jevoltintr mg of human nature, as tliis. .The devo tee carries the box as regularly as a handi kerchief -thrusting the stick used as a brush, first in the box and then in the mouth ecrubbihg and spitting. ting and scrubbing until the lips are'stained, the teeth decayed, the habit eonfirmed be. yond amendmant the health gone a train of nervous diseases , introducedthe mus. clesof the face rendered flaccid-tbe kin furrowed and corrugated a gaunt jaundi ced appearance given to the, whole counte nance, and the healthy-looking rosy cheek, assumed the enviable complexion of a cake of beeswax.' We have known many instances where good constitution and fine heftlth bnv been sacrificed to this unWural and offen- sive practice, and in' no single instance have we known the practice persisted in, but at the expense of health.' We shall say nothing at present of the expense and , consumption of time attend ant on Jiie practice of snuffing. Dr. Rush thinks that a habitual snuff-taker.consumes at least five days every year of his life in the indulgence of this appetite. Lord Stan. nope maices a more liberal estimate. and thinkf that n inVeterate snuff-taier con- sumes one minute and a half in every lea,- and allowing; sixteen hours to tlie sniij. king day, He will consume two hours twenty-four niautc in every natural ds ' 'orone day to every tea,; If, thfc roct, and the pTactiee persisted in for ' ycaryat tliesc rates, two entire years includes will be devoted to the laudable' ployinentof. UckUngtheynose, " a h more to blowing it to be coimjrcED.J ; , . ' - Temoe ranee It must bo graufyingtd every true frin of man fo ka rn that amidst the great poS;. cal exeftemea of our day, the tempera cause is . not forgotten-1 In t the westcf pajrt of our Stater it is I rapidly ' advancic We have.ourselvea, in Sie last few mont wifaessed the pledge taken by many km t- 3 i .u r'i.lLi:. . .j i irt greus. ju duuui wui jw wirnnce t. -j late, has, we thinks been unparalleled in t the Southern eoontry v From- "onr change papers wej'sise that there has 8. a general move Jon this subject among fl, ' Cuiiolics of Philadelphia, Baltimore t.' othereasterncitiesv In PhitadenfaaloDt' from twelve to fifteen hwodued Catholk ' have lately signed the pledgo fa frekn; OWE MILLIOI , TWO HTJIDBEI THOCTAirc) have enrolled themselves under the temper' ance banner. This is truly eapagiitopru yoke Protestants to good work ; Will air.' Protestants continue to oppose thereform j We would hope not ! but we fear parti. cularly n this region of country. , By the way, we must be'mdulged in r.' minding the iriends of-this cause ia country, that the time for the Tempercnct' Convention in fhispfaoc, is dose .by ; hope it will, be v well attended. -. Let Ilm wood and Macon and Cherokee send V their delegates Yancey and BuncomL have-ippointed tlieir's, -Let Ilendcrsx ' and Burke and Rutherford be awake, in' send out their delegates by scores. A num. ber of speakers are expected, and arrangf .' ments are being" made to ha ve among tk j rest-the great Southern Temperance. .Rci former j Judge O'Neal, of. South Carol nt J September next as an important - day fat the temperance cause in this country. I vNew PAreB. We have received tk second number of a neatly printed;' Whig paper, published at Paris, Tenn., called the' "West Tennessee Whig.Jijy.. The editor has our best wishes tat his success. fiw nanof will rm tn niM Kta Wl nr soon to give any account of tlie , result of the election id the Western part of the Staw we design to send out on rriuay evening or Saturday morning a slip containing tJr J results as far as we may have received them. V f--; :r ' .l":-u'"-"-r ' So far as returns from the Eastern part of the State have reached us, the result ba been an increased majority in favor of the Whigs. : h)''': p .f ' Inisfana Election. . The full and final returns from this State confirm the opinions wo some time since expressed. The Whigs have elected two out of three of the members to Congrea;! have majority in the Legislature, and i. large majority in-the popular vote leaving but little or no doubt but that the State wii: , cast her vote in the fait for Harrison and Tyler, by a large, majority. v . - - Cot. Wlckliffe. It has been for some time circulated through', the Administration papers that Hon. C. A. Wickliffe, Governor of Kes- tucky, had, or was about to abandon Geo. Harrison and support Mr. Van, Buren for the Presidency." In answer to this, the Governor has latejy written a letter to Mr. Ritchie of the Richmond Enquirer, in whidi he contraulcts the report, and affirms h undiminished confidence in Gen. Ilarrisoe. tTEahnatr Circular, jn A large bundle of estray circulars have found their way into one' of the public houses of this place, and it has occurred (o usTthat it might perhaps be doing a favor to advertise them," that they may- thereby be able to reach their destination. '. To de. scribe the aforesaid circulars 80 as To give an adequate idea of what they really are, WouUtJe next to an impossibility, in ap pearance tliey are " half a sheet and a col umn over? l$cUon bad, spelling worse, and printing' worst 'of alL V In matter, there is a war of words, a wreck ot Idea, and a crush of grammar. Said circuhn 8eem. have etartej on an electioneering campaign from somewhere "down east" to the ." fax west," all, however, withi tho'linutsofthe old Norti State. Orireacn ing this point, emaciated and worn do their journey, and being dreadfulrr afflicted with locqfobia, they were suddeV ry taken, worse and not meeting a kinJ physician who had been waiting some day for, their arrival, and Who had left in despair before they ieached--hey are now De fined tojtheir room, and are Actually abort to die for want of attention. - - This,- therefore,' la to notify the lather of said circulars (if he be living, if not, ki administrators) that his tender W&prjaJ IP Idth tbr hey CH -Si lis 1 Jida' iUt Juno bcti rutli lock Brot how X T .
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Aug. 14, 1840, edition 1
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