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IK 1- r. ' 1 T ft 1 I'll r '1' f EXTUACT OF I- i L 1 -a Jlr.iPROFFlTS Speech in the House ofRe TV prtsUlaliiestFtb. J31840. f -' . ' i' Mf. Speaker, I, sir, wouldbe ihe last perr 1 son io Speak in disparagement of out gallant so!' -y- ditrs. or todetract fromjbe merit of any I man: r BMi;sif, I know of no? concealed victories.! 'jAt 1 preenti J recollect , of i but victory j gained; and that was on the : Witutacoochee, .where! the v gallant Clinch carved a high lankopon the scroll or even! r!d justice, was, as I am informed I j sot : Aharnefiplly treated by the Administration tbat.be I immediately resigned bis com man J. -And : ssj to Ihe scarred and . war-worn 6oIdiers who i have i greeted, the compassionate vision of ray colleague, t all that I can say is, that I have not met socb - rare, curiosities.- I .have, Mr Speaker, seen 1 fcotne yMmg-gentlemen' promenading oar lobbies, or dancing attendance! in our ladies gallery. . dressed; sir, in roost exquisite taste, wttb pro t fusions it beautifully arranged ringlets hanging on their!-shoulders, perfumed like a milliners i "' vtiib 'wti'.c fcd gJoves and rcassive rings on the miUideJand gold chain and richly chased quiz zing glasses hanging round - their necks. 1 ln : quired, sir, who the creatures were, w ben,1 to my astonishment, I was informed that it teas ihe X rerilaanl of. the Florida' arniy returned hereHoo: furlough.; (Great liughter. Bat, Mr. Speaker, I my astonishment wassomew bat diminished when, j upon inquiry , ! find that one, company of volo . teers engaged in this warcbarg'e the Govern j ment with Cologne water, Windsor soap, and ...j choice wines, &c. t and - it may be that,, upon examination, we may find sundry cosmetics, a!-; j mijoa paste, cfc. io preserve ine cuaipinsiunirgm "Jit.jnry. j V-- ' r V; ' .. ; - Andrew, Mr. Speaker, I "will, for the benejfit ! of my . colleague, who was so anxious to har I h irnself it a 1 k about t he glories of , the Florida war", jy tve jbe Honse soma further information of Its progtWs IFqr two or three years this Adwirijs ' tratitmHas been fighting the Indians, as It hae Uho n i; Jon, with Cologne water and Windsor; sinp; and now, sir, our rulers, have determined to ehanjjrt tbeir weapon, and to fight them wiih , idfigs. ' Yes, they have actually turned their at-; , lent ton to deg dealing. J And I understand that j i h" President is beset daily with, applications for : nh tiflicjs of dog-master general, an appotntmeM, 6ir tanking somewhat below the English title of -master of the si arg hounds. 1 notify gentlemen -I now, slri tbat ttone need apply , for the honorable ;fli!f-s of trainers and whippers in and kennel cleantsj and dog-feeders ; all those important Of ficers having been imported with the dogs from 'Cuba: jMr, Speaker, I wjll not now, for I hie not time, 'notice -the evasions and subterfoges r and denials and partial confessions of which jibe i AdminiHi ration has coift'cted itself on ibis snb ' 'ject. 1be time may come when- exposore ipay be necessary. Dot, sir, I will say. that I have no doubt, from all the circumstances and secresy attendant ;opon ;tiie purchase of these blood- i r hounds. as they that the intention was to ose the!m on- were used by Cortez land V Pizzarrio : and that what the Administration wanted in duct i; intended 'to make, up io crbelty. sir, I am1 not in the pathetic mood to day. humanity and good sense and correct feelin? of the Amerieaii People have ; spleen to , the Ad ruinisirajion in "terms not to- be misunderstood, and it has,1 fur the present abandoned its bloody aod rerujlung desigoB. Tbe country, sir, Ik nbt yet in ptjsaession of ofBcal information from tbe War Department of the maonot in vbicb Iheke 4 blood hounds arejo be used ; bat, sir, an hdnoTia- ble gentleman from V.irgtnia,,Mr. Wise,)wiip, 1 rt-gret io say, is confined by severe indisposition, ha comouinicated with the Department, a0d the Irtef of the Secretary bf War to that gentleoiin 6ays .ihat'be has given .Gen.' Taylor orders, from. which the following is an extract : ; j I ' I think it proper to; direct, in the event of those d being employed by any officer jbr jof fhers under your command that their use be cob fined altogether to tracking the Indians ; and, In j order to ensure this, and jto prevent the possibit ity of their injuring any pefson whatsoever that, limy up tuuzira wnen m ine ueia, ana neia wiio a loash while following the' track of the enemy .1 I Xow berei bit', is"a new. 'era in, Indian jfigbt ipffv The do9 have arrived, sir, and according tu the letter of M r.. Magenis, the tttp frob Cu ba to Florida did not agree, with them. In his ' HteY to the Secretary they are described'as ', bb mg.terymoch" reduced nd jeeble, foi - wariljof - proper fmid v Vell,?slr; w" will suppose the dug feeder to have dune 4)is ilutyr and tbat ithe dKfshave beeo properly' nourished and medicin ed and well .-fed; Idwjsir, fut the field fojp eratjons. -Thirty-three bloodhounds, all n fine spirit, with five Spanish trainers to make them Stnelf at the right place the dogs all muzzled, as per order "and thirty-three man all mourju ed, each leading a dog in leash, are in the field ; the veteraxdoga before, rid the more inexperienc ed puppies behind ; the officers of the dogregi- fnent ptve the order to march, and away tbey go, j colors flying I have not understood, err, wheth er a band; of? music ? is 6 ccomp3iy , them for their encouragement, or wheiher the marchf k- frreed uptn is our glorious old national air j of xankee ; Uoodie, or the rogue's march, or some new tune composed expressly lb befit the music al tar of ibis Spanish do . regiment. But,'str, i am delaying the operation of our army by this discussion, ' We will suppose tbetdgs" briqni a . trail of hostile Indians ;! as--tLe scent becomes strong, loeir owou-inirsiy propensities increase. Tliev are at all limes bard tf manage, and we must excuse our dog leaders tf they are notpro- hcien8 in the art. 1 bey are in tbe brush, amid Miieke'ts of the hammock : the dog runs od iojne fitie of a tree or brush, and the dog-leader the ft her ; the leash is entangled, and a parleyjmust jb held whether the dog or the-dog leaderjshall take the back track ; the dog polls one way and jthe man the other, aod the dog, fierce, impatient, land snuffing blood, growing restive onderj : this jrrstraint and bad management breaks loose, and away he goes, leashed and muzzled. Arid -then or tbe orders of the Secretary. They, are pos itive, sirv-and the dog leader; dreading a rourt iruartial for disobedience of orders, bellows at the ,top of his longs, " Stop that dog! stop tliaildog!' 1 he Secretary S3ys that "in no case must thel dogs be;let loose when tracking ibe Idians.'f Unt, jSir, the dog i gone, leashed and muzzled. jNciw, - iBir, this is no caricature. . 1 am told by on Well . arojiainfed with the ferocious character ofltbese Moyd-hnnds, that if once theysmell bloody or ', ' become excited in the chase, a dozen men can jBcarceljj TiohJ them. ( But, sir, suppose ih!at no accident of tbe kind occurs suppose that ihe tf'jgs behave very decently, and; obey orders 1 as ; strictly as any of their two-legged brethren, nd ' that alter pursuing a trail they come close upon a hammock where Ihe.IadiaDs"-are concealed. The Indian behind a tree tx secreted in the grass s taking deliberate aim opon tbe party as they approach." The whiter perceive them not. 1 At ihe firs fire, and before yoq are aware of ! their proxuniiy, down come all ypur Spanish j allies. some killed, the bailancewounded ; tue men Shouting to tbe onsluogbt, the r dsf bottling and away go the Indians' ; or it may he hat iter wilt stand their ground and drive. jour tjocn batrk to &. Augustine againAjtd then, sir. we will j I suppose, cease operations ;n ; lottda linlif aniemhassador who isi a good judge pf dog?, can be appointed to ytsit Cuba and boy Iresh car?o. io tue mean time ive win, a presume, t.l ,t...fj 'ift.V,i f holftuff a vaier ard Wind- sor soap.' ;Now, slrris not this a history oHhis dog 'experiment t s! ": ' . AI te!I yon, sir, that these cog r, U4,,B1" to let the Indians know.wbere yooxr,and Io let yon know where the? Indians were. I.will say nothing, sir. of a thousand other , defictences in this mode orwarfare.t - Mr.'Wagenis, who. I ooderMand,i-a very I estimable gentleman, in bii letter further says t That the dtgs rare ly or never g-ive, tongue to warn the Indians of the approach of their pursnera.'.' So, Mr. Speak er, these dog will aicasionolhj give a . howl when on the track, and then I supposewe all know what becomes cfi the Indiana.; And I would further suggest, Mri Speaker, that, if these Spanish trainers should not be. disposed to come tovery close quarters,! tbey bare bur to give the doga a hint, and a howl sufficient' to startle all ibe Seminules! in Fldrida will .be the consequence. But, Al n Speaker, if your army should be so fortunate as to defeat a handful of these naked Indians, and; one! warrior and two should fall in a Mravi O what a flurish of Administration trumpets we shall : hear pro claiming the awecess of this experiment. ' Sir, (said Mr. P.) if the House is not loo much fatigued, I willgive another of the, SecreUry's reasons for the use of dogs; (Cries of V Goon," go on.M; ! I' will quote his own language : "I have always been ofpptnlon that doa ought to be employed in this warfare to protect fhe ar my from surprises and mbascades. Now, Mr Sneaker, these dogs, if 1 1 understood the Secte tary, were io be used toftcbltbe Indians ; but, according to this ordertley are to be. baed tn keep the Indians from cilcbing os. I thought the difficulty was to find the Indians; bnt by this I onderstand that they are vto present the Indians from finding usj r at least from finding us aleep ; for the Secretary jspeaks, in another part of the tetter, of "-.dogs being used to guard the encampment," and jt prevent snrprises." Now, an enemy anxious o avoid battle does not often lake you by surpris. Sir, I am not well versed in this Florida 'waj business ; but I most sincerely hdpe for the Iface of the people of Florida, and for the safety of the army, that the troops do not all go to sfeep atlnigbt, and trust to the dog's to guard tbem 'which is certainly to be inferred from the worda used,! to " guard the en campment. , But, Mr. Speaker, I will criticise this matter Inrf further! at present ; but, did I choose to do so, I could !say much, sir, about the extravagant, and useless -expenditures made in in ihe prosecution of this war. ! I could: show that between twenty and thirty millions have been squandered j foolishly squandered ; and - that, in all probability,' as much naorejwill be expended if this Adminiatratioo remains in power. 'But, sir, I wil) at this time prosecute the inquiry no further ; bat will merely entermy protest against theaction of ihe Gorernmco t jwhen expending tbe money due the Cumberland road in the Cu ba dog market ' .'. -.J' - j- - I will, in conclosion, aod, that the day was, sir, when our Indian wars! weie. conducted with out the use ofdogs,or without applying to a de generate nation to send ds auxiliaries. When the gallant Wayne and bis illustrious scholar, Harrison, led on the armies of our country ; when such men as Davis, ancj j Owen, and Spencer, and Warrick, land Johoson, and their brare as-, sociates in arms, served in the ranks of Indian war, then, sir. we heard fnothing of dogs, and dog- trainers, and dog-leaders, j The laurels won on the Miami, at Fort Meigs, at the Thames, at Tippecanoe.were unsullied, by the nse of such rile means. And, sir, I agree with my colleague that if I were an officer of the American Army, rather than suffer my efforts to be pkralyzed, and my profession disgrnced by jjthf; imbecile conduct of this Administration, I, st7 would retire from the service." . .- K If " ' j . GOOD NEWS FROif j PHILADELPHIA. We are indebted to the New York Eve- mnz fosi ot fljonday tor the lollowing cheering inteilhgence from Philadelphia.- The source from wbieb it comes will, oi course, entitle ft to a conspicuous place in l ill .1 k-fLlL- i ; Af ra ins, coiumos ei iiiu jutwe iai jii. , "The elections for Alderman, Sec. being the first under the nevf Constitution, took place yesterday, and hae resulted rather un favorably to the democratic cause in this city and the incorporate district this js, in some measure owing to the division in the party, caused by the unsettled question of resump tion, and tbe excitement raised by the Whigs on the subject of bank's, currency) &c. We elected but one regularly nominated and true-blue Democrat: i all of the fifteen wards, viz. in Upper Delaware. The editor of the American Sentinel,!-an . ultra bank Democrat) received! a! democratic nomina tion in Dock! Ward, arid being supported by a portion of the jWjhigs,! and iri conse quence of there beirig two Whig candidates running, was: eiectea ;j out. jmtne inineen other city . wirds VVnigslweretIected ; in six of the seven w ards of the Northern Lib erties the VVhigs " tuceetld-ini threes of the four wards of Spring Garden three wards of Mpyamensing, and one in South wark. Should matters continue in tbe pres ent unsettled state, shall ot'belmuch as tonished, if the Opposition ! succeed in ; the city and cotinty h4xtffajl:iLast. fall our majority in tbe countyj was about twenty five hundred. So we go!"! : -w ' : h - ii - ! -t J ', e - . f t' , " . r I i-T i f .- -4. ' " - ''- "5 ) I TOE BOUNDARY QUESTION. It is a matter of gratification to find in the British Provincial papers language and sentiments partaking ipf a moderate .acd peaceful spirit in refernceto the question in dispute between tbe United States and Great Britain. The Quebec Gazette ex presses the hehef "that England would rath er relinquisba porior of sher rights than proceed to hostilities A Halifax journal adopts the sentiment, and says : From all we can learn of. the value ot the disputed territory, apart from other considerations, we think this wonld be the; mora iudicious course, as a war wth the fjnited States, let it terminate as it would, could not but be i .11. 1.. l..rJ: li auenueu wuuiue uiusi utsastrous conacquen rniDAyV APKit a, i84o. " : ; REPUBLICJjy JVHIG CANDIDATES - - - FOttt PRESIDENT,- " " ;' WIIiLIA3i;HJ3NIlY!UAnRISON, - : .'op Ohio- r ;: roajvipt IratsiuENT, - JOHN TYLER O TIEOI5U. VTOR' governor JOHN! M. MOREIIEAI5, OF. ! GUILFORD COUNTY. r I ,1 1 t l - We are authorised fto! announce Col. JOHN M. SMITH, a cacdidate fur re election id the office of Sheriff of iDavidson Counly. it I i w MEETING IN DAVIDSON. -1 j i - : Mr. Morehead addressed ajvery large assem bly in this county on last Tofesday, and from the manifestation of approbation expressed while be was speaking, and thi numerous warm and open declarations which we heard among the crowd afterwards, we should argue jthe .very -soundest state of feetiag in favor of Harrison and -More-head. Judge Saunders was not present: busi ness had called him lb Johnson Superior Court, where he thought: he had the whole field to him self and took distance accordingly : but we lean that he was encountered: by Mr Manly, who is on the Harrison Electoral Ticket for the district, and it is believed that he will look ou: for a soft place some where tlsi. j 1! v Mr. Morehead addressed the people of Davie and Sorry last week, pnd we find the Whigs in both these counties in Uhe very best spirits. We will say nothing, forthe present,, bnt if the spoilers do not find u breakers ahead1 in North uaroiina we wul contess our igourancetn nan gation. . "; v fr j : THE VOTE OF THE U. S. SENATE REFUSING GEN. HARRISON A MEDAL. Mr. Cushing.a Prober in Congress, has pub lished a letter referring to the journals and other authentic documents to show Uhe action of the Senate on that occasion,! and it turns out to be exactly as we have already stated. The charge which the federalists seized npon; and which in duced the first Tote, ii slated to have been that of improper conduct cancerning the commissary department of the JVofth Western Army, and was first put aflaatbjrtome obscure but malig nang indivdual belonging to that department. The call for an investrgaiion was made as we before stated, ihfi matter was referred to a Com mittee, of which Col. I Ri. M. Johnson, the now Vice President, wa tbe Chairman, and so tri umphant was hi9iiicatibnj that the vote cf thanks which we have already published was passed the same day p both Houses xcithout a division., Mr. Cushings letter is in the Na tional Intelligencerof 24th of March. J We are thas particular in referring to it, be cause our neighbor of ihe Carolinian has publish ed a garbled statement of this matter which leaves the impression that the final action of Congress was to refuse him this meed of honor. We have no doubt he was misled by other prints in this particular, but as an honorable journalist, anxious to publish only the truth, , especially when it does injustice jto a tiled soldier and a patriot, finding that heha3 been misled, he ought, and we hope Will correct this impression, by giving the whole truili. GEN. ! HARRISON'S AGE. Our friend, the Senior, in his last, as in di vers other numberst' refers to ! Gen. Harrison's extreme old age, & calls him "superanuated"'"a weak and pliant od man," &c Now it happens that he was just 67 years old on the 9th day of last February: but so active are his habits, and so abstemious has I been his life, that he retains his corporeal facilities hi a roost extraordinary degree. One not acquainted with his history to look at him would pronounce him not more than 55. But as to his intellect, it is useless to 6av a word. Aoy fair man,! who will peruse bis vari ous writings,"' will, pronpuuee bis mind of the very first order.; i j j ; . But a word to our cotempoiary. Is it not somewhat rash ahd unadvised in him to be talk ing about people's ages ? He ought to remember that he is himself tfalung into the ." sear and yellow, leap' of time, and one score more may bring him into the contemptible' predicament of the venerable Hero of the Thames. 'He ought to cherish his own gray! locks, and to claim for them the honor immemorial ly yielded them. He L. . t2';i'- -.1 I I 'II " .1 ougui uov to oo joining wun cnuaren in ido cry of " go up bald head,? If he does'nt mind the ces. As to the ,valueof th$ disputed territory," it is probable that England estimates it very highly. Yet there are other and better modes bj which she may procure jit than those of force, which latter, It may j be observed, can never prevail. The territory in question is worth far more to Great Britain than, to the Slate of Maine, since it lies between British Provinces - Let England offer a fair equiv alent, such as the navigation of theSL John's or a soitabje price) vf4.Mhe land. .There would, be hbj ditEculty. we presume, in eflfec ling a satisfactory negocialion,wbi!e attempts at intimidation result in widening the oreacn oetween tuc two naiion. Xfair. mi bears may. catch him.J 1 . EDITORf At ACCESSION. General Duff Greerii one of the very ablest writers in Americal has come out with a Pros pectus to establish a Harrison Daily and Week ly paper in liaiiimore, tie can ten as some things which wel ought to bear of Calhoun alS? his tail. We have no! doubt but th&t General Green has been. badly; treated y his quondam friends : the reason-for it he will io doobt make appear in the doe; course of his career. 'The Whirs oorbt not to lose so valuable an auxilia- ry for the want of patronage. If Gen. Green "... i. m . . r j ... frospecjtus, we win assure ninz will send us a ff some support kmdnjj his old admirers. THE GRAND IJURV MATTER. i We decline,! fcjf the lecture to. the .Grand present, to publish the Jarv on tbe naughtiness of their condact b expressing their tiews-.on political . matters, concocted, we learn by two gentlemen lateyfpa iFJoi1da (one an office holder,) and P?flf io'gjw 4 signed by five very estimable oitttenslof his Coontv, ennstttotinc a part of theJory; t VVe do this because the si?- natures io we copy loioisoea as, are not in tbe hand writing of the gentlemen whose names are ta ttv and bexaose we; learn there is serious donbt whether alyf iem signed it; or authortsed their names to bet signed to itii U these gentlemen will, however, relieve uj?rom this difficulty by sending os an aaiheniic copy! or Jn their proper hatul writing; request! us Co publish the one fur nished, or if they will call in person acd make the request, we - will ' publish i the paper' with alacrity, st j 1 f - , , j' ; By the bye. Low long is ft since the political squad Who got op this proteat.or whatever tt may he called, haver thought it sinful to make such recommendations ? " " ' THE COURSE OF- OUR NEIGFJBoW It is not in our natute to bo rude. -or un civil to our cttemporaties, especially to our friend 4 neighbor,1 thi Senior? who is left to wend his way as he best can with the re sponsibilities thrown upon bim. What f a figore-doe tno Caroltiiiab iV now present ? Louder than the loudesi a few years ago to reprobatioo! of , the corrdpt dynasty of Maf tiaVan Buren- violent almost to .fury a gainst the means by which', they came into power and were endeavoring to! hold it in dignant at the grovelling principles profess ed by tbe successor off Gen. Jackson and the practices based ont them, no paper in the Sonth tailed more loudly or gallantly to the rescue; But now,'alas, bow chanced 1 1 It is true, (pr very shamVs sake, it dare not name the dcecf it is doihgt nevertheless it is substantially and efficiently a Van Buren pa- per : it goes for all the prominent measures of the Administration-for the Sub-Treas- ury the surrender Dfi the Publie Lands for, the disfranchisement of New Jersey, and even apologizes for' the .employment of tbe Spanish; dogs against the Indians. It is trne, it does not hiizza for Van Buren, but (what is the same thing) it is more per- severing and unscropatpus in misrepresent ing the character of his opponent than any paper in North Carolina, and it goes for Van Buren'men for every thing. The Globe, the Richmond Enquirer the Standard and 1 i ii' ft - Albany Argus,; are weekly sources from which it draws for apologies and glosses for the vile birds of prey and . their doings. This is the 'course of the whole party here abouts : they are ashamed to own Van Bu ren, yet tbey are doing all tbey can to make converts to him. And why is this ? Have these obnoxious objects been changed ? Is Mr. Van Bui en less a sycophant now than formerly ? Are the spoils less the claim of victors than they were ?1 Are defaulters more punished I Are the expenses of tbe Gov ernment lessened ? .... In; a word, is there apy change for the better irt the men who ad minister the Government ? If not, why do we find pur neighbor so different in po sition ? Is it because tjta Nitllijier '.and the proclamatinisi hate stjakerr hands ? We trust not. For we cati'see no good, to come of a union Iso unnatural : Charleston may become a Navy Yard fend Mr. Calhoun's name lie patronized by Execu live influence for the succession : butlwhat can tve of the old North State hope for ? What1 can the South hope; for j from this chaffering and bargaining between hollow-hearted leaders at Washington! of tbe country!! and the Prices Look! at tbe present state See the Court Dockets Current and tell us what the ' hard money prospect has done ! What will the consummation; of the scheme bring to tne boutn. We answer ruin. Our Davidson Subscribers art informed that last week's papers were duely packed for them. We expect they have beep received by this time, as we learn they passed through this place from the South on Tuesday and Wednesday last. MS A bill legalizing marriages between blacks and whites, has passed to a jsecond reading in the Senate of Massachusetts by a vote of 17 to 7. ; j i . .g . The following are some of the extracts, which the Richmond Whisr has Culled from the files of the Enqairer, giving Mr Ritchie's testimony in favor of Geo. Harrison :jf fS From the Richmond Enquirer, Jap.; 0, 1813. " Gen. Harrison; in spite of the difficulties which surround him, seepns determined 'to press on to Detroit! Neither cold nor the badness of the roads .can deter him from hisi enterprise. If he fails, tbe world wll excuse htm, oo ac count of the i difficulties vhich . eocompsss his path, it he succeeds, f those very dimculties will enhance the lustre tf bis success. - " If he has been repolfWd rightly, Harrison js a ban of no ordinary promise. VVar has been his favorite study. !-At jt'. Very early age, he was with Wayne in his famous campaign against the Indians. A gentleman jof very high standing, who held an important post onder bim during the last fall, compares 1 iin: to IFaatngton. He is as circumspect as he ia : enterprising as pru dent in collecungahe ijifeans of an attack, as he is vigorous in striking the blow." t. Richmond ExutRcjal 1 9th. Oct. 1315. Referring to the Battle d! the Thames r '! We have not words toexpress thrjoy which we feel for the victory bf Harrison never have .Li LI" j JJ! S . . m. m. m mx wh kppi inn Tinniif nn ikmii en ninn ' her breast,' raay rock Its cradle in peact. The chain which hound the red man to the Koglish white man is broken, ,T tyc. iyc. " - i-" These benefits we owe to the intrepidity of Perry, who paved the way, and to. Harrison, whose skill, prudence, and Zeal, have at length reaped their just reward This gallant General has now put all his enemies to shame. After i Struggling wiiu uiLueumes uuuer wnjca, an or dinary man would have : sunk, after passing through a wilderness of morass and mud, sodif ficnlt ot success; that the wagon horses could not carry provender enough to support them du- of III his labors ;'repai8 the " vices :jof Hull j wipes off the stain which he had cast' upon our arms stands on the ruins of ; Maiden ; muzzles the Indian war dog ; and ; pioves to ; the, world, that Americans want only an opportunity to dis play the same gallantry on;the shore' which they have upon' the wave'" j : . ,C r But a?ain in the sonni! rof 1814i a proposition was made in Congress to create, the .office , of Liieotenant K uenerai. utsasters naa auenaea our arms upon the Niagara and the' St. Law- tence. No one doubted the valour of our troops ; bnt a General was wanted to inspire them vith confidence and lead them to victory. A Geo. Har rison bas been the most successful of- our com- mandets.; He therefore was nomtnaled for; the elevuted office in the following fervent and. pa triotic language written by the present Editor of the Enquirer. After referring to various acts of gallantry by our troops, t he Eoquirer proceeds : , On the Thames ihey were crowned "with a brilliant victory, because they bad a HARRI SON to lead them. ! New glories wonld have encircled them at Montreal, if their commanders had conducted them to the. walls. . Give us offi cers but worthy of these men, and no troops in the world wonld be able U vanquish them.. ; " Where are we to meet wiih such a leader ? By what qualifications are we to know him? He most not be merely brare, but bold and en terprising and decisive always seeking an p: portonity vto strike at his enemy. He must , be as prudent as he is brave always seeking for information to regulate the blow ; he must be abstemious in his habits, not too much: given to the pleasures of the table ; but his mind always devoted to the exercise of arms. He most have an eaglets eye, forever on the watch, inspecting the condition of his camp, and indocing every responsible officer to attend to the discharge of nis auty, oiotn ana inaoigence must oee irom his presence. ' His officers respect and fear him; while his men love and respect him. He is am bitious of fame, but he studies best bow to de serve it. He is attached to arms not so much because it is his business, as his pleasure.' , f If any one should ask where such a man is to be met with ? we answer to the best of onr abilities, in the man who has washed away the disasters of Detroit ; who bad every ihtnsr to collect for a new campaign, and who got every thing together ; who waded through morasses and snows, and surmounted the most frightful climate' in the Union .; the man who was nei ther to he daunted by disaster, nor difficulties on der any shape ; by the skill of the civilized or the barbarity of a savage foe, the man who won the hearts of the people by his spirit, the respect of his officers by his zeal, the love of his army by a participation of their hardships-the man who was finally triumphant over his .enemy. Such a man is WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON." Tbe most extraordinary; sitting that ever took place of the House of Representatives, or perhaps of any other Legislative body since the Creation, commenced on the 24th inst. It began at the regular hour of meet ing at 12 o'clock on Tuesday, and contin ued, without intermission all that day, and throughout the night .following, up to 5 o'clock last evening, comprising the space of twenty-nine boors. - . - The subject was the bill for an issue of Treasury Notes, and the struggle appears to have been between the Whigs, who de sired to be heard upon it, and the friends of tbe Administration, who desired to force the bill out of the Committee of the Whole, so as to bring it within the control of the Previous Question, by which the Debate might be slopped, and the bill put on its passage ; All parties were probably thoroughly wearied of the contest before it ended, but the Whigs appeared to have got the best of it, for the House at last adjourned, after so long a contest, xcithout taking the bill out of tbe Committee of the Whole ; with the understanding, however, on all hands (we hear) that "the bill is to be finally acted up on to-day. National Intelligencer. The First Gun from Illinois. An er tract of a letter from Vandalia, says: There was an election held in this precinct to-day. The Harrison ticket was elected by a majority of 42. Last fall the Van Bo ren ticket was elected by a majority of 30 votes. Total .Whig gain 72 votes'. The candidates were rtm on strictly parly grounds- : .pennsylva:; The result cf f elections in the el! . phia, on i FiidayJ: t, some slate of pub!; ject of the I'resi : crease of the mrr: the counly distric:: ensmg, Northern I Kensington, and C elusively that tSir t !. revolutionized the a lor, has 'been triu logersoll ss etnp! one! John Thcr: Duren electoral t;;' ed bnt iicche vc: . Third Ward, Sc. : canvass of about f i friends of the inter: communicate it to t ders itraore inp:: the rapidiy declir.i: Venism in Phi!aik!t ward in which Cel. ' more than 259 i. the. Van Buren tL ward has elected t fVe-assure cur V out the Union that tion, od the 30th cf hibit a gain in Pin! prise all parties. in what we see dzVr These things are r. are said in sinccrit ' 7 ' From l . ; . - FROM A I Extract of a letter f : . Alabaaa, C . "I deem it all-ir : of our cause in Al nil. ljl,t t. mail biiuuiu UC ViL,, 'Enthusiastic r held in almost ever to appoi nt delete t : Convention in Tur; frame an electoral t:..' son and Tyler, lit. mery. Judge John ii. and: Gen. Enoch I r liiuue eloquent and c County; last week. . of the times, the gr: composed of eight: . a vote- for President, for. Harrison. Van I hundred votes in that What is the Le; ! Helping Cbngres . What is Congres v Helping the Pre What is the Pre?i Spending the p ufactbnng Harrison or j-: From the VI A LOCO-FOCO i i A Loco-foco exclaims, Kcho responded Tip Of his services and Iri; mains t , Echo responded ll.: k Thames!! He still seeming inn; Echo responded Ft. ; I .- ' ' f ;' O where shall I find r t Echo responded At 1 Beiid!!!! ' "',-. i A year afteri this xlz: Where? ! Echo responded In t!.- Unparalleled. V passed over the lino Weldon Railroad a f New York, in 7 day, had 4 days passage I; ton, and s Ircm Cl n on the Wilmington : UVUmimrlr, A Gun from Dayton, (OAto.; At the charter electioa held Saturday 7th inst. in Dayton, Ohio, the Whigs elected their can didates by an averagemajority of 260, or two to one. . : Bloodhounds. U l do not succeed s' led that they find ii the diiTerence betv. c; or a. white man. indiscriminately. -- t . i - And well may weirejoice. We reioice not so macb for ihe nltndor ot this achievement as for the solid benrJUi which it will produce. Yet, in point of splendor we have no reason to be lieve that when we rBcetTe the official account we shall sostain any disappointment. The skill ! with wbieh the plan Was combined for over-; reaching the flying enemyi the small portion of I Harrison's force which Were able to come up and j cope wan Dim, consisttn principally of oloont ed Rangers onder Johnson and Ball, and the short period in which the victory was achieved will, we are Inclined to inspect, impart to it the character of ihe most gallant and brilliant a chievement.i Bot its soUd benefiis require no official accounts to emblazun them ; almost eve ry eye sees them, and almost every UrasneVcan tell tbem.l t gives aeckiri'y to lbe frontier.? O-1 oio uiaj iiuT iieep in security, xdb iremoiing mother'that rrjghily used1 to clasp her infant to A Whiz Triumph: The recent election in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, re sulted in a decided victory for the Whigs. They carried their candidates in a majority of the wards, and wherever there was any thing like a struggle, the triumph was sig nal and complete, The Whigs were sue cessfuUn five wards out of the sevens arid by a very handsome aggregate majority ' A Harrison Victory. The friends of Harrison and Tyler achieved a great vic tory at the recent election in Adams coun ty, Pa. Tbey elected a verv large majori ty of all their candidates, and by an aggre gate vole of the most satisfactory descrip tion. -" - An election lately took place in Robin son county, Tennessee. The Whigs have revolutionized the county. And they will revolutionize the State. The N. Y. Evening Post (L. P.) says- 'Tbe town elections in Massachusetts show that we have rather lost than rained in that State." . Trae enough ; bat tbe Globe will not own it. - From the Penn Vc:i , Distressing.- We r 29th ult , a daughter 14 years, of Barring! from eating; poisoner" r mission of school h c ars went inloa neigli tian and sweet SicTly : sufficiently acqoaint: J tbey mistook acuta t: : which they all are f the afternoon, the en j . and died in a short t ten more of both sexc, ble convulsions ; bm ' Strong hopes are enter, them all. j - The Michigan tt:. girl, about eight yesr: woman, resjding z . was frightened in b z : 1 on Wednesday of hit bout two hoars after ! sooalWad, dressed hi: chased her as she v, : house." ! A fine lad abdu: ten Philadelphia on Men sisting in dragging an the engine passing cv. fell at the same tin:?, bim crushing both cf Valuable Jmprcvz locket, Aiassactiuscr. . of forming the twist i i is said to be dpsti;:c ! of twisting. 'J'he t . trtp-hammer, con?cq ; ihe same size, and t i f completely ovcrrc:-: complained cf in ac . - liremsfclves properly.
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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