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VOLU3IK MI.
S!IKB()ROV(N, C.) FRIDAY, DKCKMRKH 27, 1K39.
NUMBER 48.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE WHIG CANDIDATE
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
For tlie.itiformatioo ol a large class
..- J ... . nlhlr firriVAri at an n, In !tl n' ....r ir
WO I'OUars per annum, in navance,r'i - J ""v w-'"vr"
or Tluce 'Dollars, if not paid within H fcpvt or active Hie. and may be
ikrMnAniha from tho dale of I he mcuneu 10 as w no is uenerai liar-
im nav-- mm 1 i ' t tr ...
first number received. I "'! we subjoin a urtel skeu n ol Ins
o subscription to be discontinued till character and -services, which we de
a a a . . I I IMA faS.m a aa n ....... B aa . ..a.aa.t .
all arrearages do paid; unless at mei " ! -uv",i'irjr.juiuau
Miami settlements a lod v in whom he of Hull, and exDres!,m!r'nn earnest wish
las ever found a faithful and affectionate that Harrison might , command the ex- j
companion, peeled reinforcement.
.1 hoJbLuUudiymmteeronctjrred
discretion of the Editor.
failure to order a discontinuance be
fore the expiration of the subscrip
tion vcar. is equivalent to a new
engagement. t "
living patrmts can produce a title so
strong to the gratitude and affections ol
their IcIIow-citizcns.
J Aafmnal Inttllitrrnrrr.
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n lt:it: n tr :
I Letters, Urnmun.cations. fcc to h m lhc nimUav 0-F,huarv. i,73
w,MVl I , inChartes Citv coun v. V rin a. at i h
1 1 "
PriW far 1J,rlhit. family seat o the James river, ca d
a - - - I tl t I I I I
ArfUnmrnt. will Im rnn-i.trnmwlv W"6')'" lDUr seventy nilltS DCIu
Id lundsmc!y iosc'tt-d at 61 00-per J5Vh"rM,nd- iH lajhfr W8S Bt'.jamn.
Urr.f lftlinA,. nnrlosront-'fnrcv. -nrr)M,n a ' meal . dcsccndiint ot the
. Vi. , . . I I I . 1 . . ... !. . I
...Kv.nt inW.on.-Xfi nrfvi-r. ccicuraita urncrai oi inai iiau-e, who
mr an II t i ..... a a.
. ... . I K a1 1 fl livnmtiuiiin an Ihn diir iniViAnl API
however hhorl, will bo charg- ' vm " """" i-a...; c.,.u.;
ihnn for n r,iiar urmies uurms wie ungiian civu wars.
nolirHirdcr. and Judicial advcrtlsctJ"ilfcrJJM
Zzm iZrr., on principles, pcriMied on tne ncattuld.
. k I citizen ol Viriini.i. imirli hunrxt'd and
r the pav.)
" . a a a ' iti
Those who advertise ry the year will
ntitled to a. deduction of 33 cr cent.
ovidcd they pay in advance.
In 1797, Harrison resigned his com
miaron id Ure army, imd was. appointed in ttfi$ wisli. but a difficulty -existed,-in
Secretary .f ilieN)rthwefein Yerrito- asmuch as his commission from the U
ry, and cx-oificio Lieutenant Governor nited Stales did not authorize him to
ttOUTHKRX C1T1ZKN.
highly trusted by his fellow-citizen.
lie was brothcr-in law ot Peyton Kan
dolth. the first President of Coneresx,
nd was him.elfa niCmbcr of that UkIv
during the ears 1771. 177.r, and 177G,
jit was principally through hisiitfluence
I thai Joltn Hancock wis crxFcen to pre
side over lhc 'engross, as sweefsor tn
Pevton Randolph. He w ag chairman
l.a a 1
o! tiieionimiitceol the unole ilouKC
-a, tr . . . I I WIHII IIIV J 'vV. 11 I ill UU Ul JlilU LtlHiUIH-
L ' .-L-i:-- I- k:u ,u ' was finally agreed tn; and his signature
pointed by President Adams minister
Menipotentiary to- tle . Republic of Co
ombia. He arrived at Bo-j'ia, and en-
tcred"oTrnh"euTfe9 TTh! mission, but
was presently recalled by General Jack
son. - .','".' '- . ':';' ; ' "
Since his return from South America.
he has lived retired upon his farm at
North Bend. Having never hecn ricn.
and having spent a large part of his
property in the service of his country,
as a means of providing for thoso de
pendent upon him, and of supporting that
plaia but ample hospitality in which ho
has ever indulged, he accepted the. office
ot Llcrk of the Uourts f,r thetounty in
which he resides. In the sane way,
and for similar ; reasons, ex-President
Monroe accepted the office and dischar
ged the duties ol a justice of the peace, r
a respectable and independent course,
which, the rich and. luxurious may ridi
cule, but which no true republican can
tail to approve.
In 1835, without previous concert or
ML? ngomejIU artf. vviuiioutJbc-aiii8tant,-of
auy party machinery." Gen. Harrison
was -unexpectedly brought lorward as a
candidate for the Presidency, and not
withstanding there were l wo other op-
wards trie seat or war. In-tlte' mean ; position candidates in the held, he ro-
oato tracts .f three hundred and twenty time, however, leUers carne from Wash- ceived a larger vote than the entire Op
Bnd oie hundred and si.xty, acres., Ttie. ington, written in ignorance of the sur- Position had Wen able to muster at oi
reptrt atiracicd great attention, as diJ render of Hull and of ihe doings in Ken j ther of the previous elections since that
lhc next year the Northwestern Terri take the command of any troops efXcepl
lory entered the second grade of Terri- those intended to operate within the
tonal U verrnrent, and t;cBme entitled bounds of his Jurisdiction, which at that
to a Congressional delegate. Gen Haf. time embrace! onlv Ihdiann nml Illinnin.
nson was chosen Jo fill this irDJHrtant Missouri and Michigan having been be
station. -He remained in Coiigress only fore this time erected into seperateTer.
one year, but forms that time he ren- ritories. In this delema. Governor Scutt
dered very essential service no his con- called together a caucus of influential
stitucnts. As the law then stood, the persons, atrk)Qgwhom were Mr. Shelby,
purine lands could only be purchased in Uoveinor elect, ttenry Clay, speaker ol
tracts 6fow thousand utrtt; a very the United States House of 'Represent a-
itui uuiuMiip upni i iic Bvuiv.19, iivr, unit Ai'unids iuu, juuge oi ine
wh' weie tjius obliged to purchase at Federal ircuit Court. In conformity
spcona-nann, ana ai an ennantea puce, to meir aavice, uovernor Scott cave
Harrison brought this subject before Harrison a brevet Commission of Major
Congress; and moved a commitiee to General in the Kentucky militia, nrid
consider it. Of that committee he was placed the detachment marching for De-
himatlf appointed cbairman; the only troit undet his command. This appoint-
instance, it is believed, in which such nvnt w as received with universal ap
an-boiMr -bsstH-Hmferiedjjoff-a"plau of
Territorial delegate. Hem idea report Hull now became known, and General
accompanied by a bill, authorizing the Hariison rut the tnxps instantly in mo-
public wniis to be sold in alternate nail -i ion, aud advanced through Uiiki to-
and quarter sections; that is, in alter
bva exceeded all precedent as to qr.an-
AN EIGHTY-TWO FOUNDER.
The late season has been emphatical-
the time of huge specimens of vegcta'
lis borne ufon that celebrated document.
! Having retired from Congress, he was
V I U ci Clivin-c vH uuauit , mail i . i v . . . i
1 . leltrlna a mcmtwrril lhc in-inia House
-re instances are on record, ot mon- r , ... , . ,.
rous size, as our editorial brethren do
Istifv.
Tlie Witor of the Southern Citizen
been presented with a pumpkin which
U rh pumpkinol punipLrnt.' He
iys that after its lodgment was effected
on his premises, by tlie donor fe me
Jinpson of a 'Squire in his county it
as so ponderous that he could devise
j way to move it, till tteom was sug
rstcd, which, being perseyejjiigly ap
ted for the space of n week, a pcrccp-
Sle change was effected in lhc pouion
L. a a ft .11 11
said pumpkin tnat is, ne put ms nan
motion.
Now. Mr. Citizen, there are two
kings in tbi connexion which do puz
cour poor brains exceedtfgiy now
i you raise the steam' and venert did
u move tlie pumpkin to!
After all. his tM yqlltr ptimpk n
iny wcigncu ,ei;iuj-iwu povuus.
roulda't begin to give our ico for it.
Gretmburo Patriot.
Harrison's b!.(;t( h in suptuirt of it, but tuckv, apimintmg General Winchester
the bill was vry vehemently opposed., to the command of the forces. marching
It passed the House, however, b) a large cn Detroit. Having by this time ad
majority, la il.e Senaie the resistance, vnnced far into Ohio, relieved Fort
was o gretit that at length a committee'. Wavne, which had been beseiged hv
ol Uelegates. over which body he pre
sided, an Sjeakcr, until 1732, when he
was cIcctcdGovernor of the State.
Benjamin Harrison died poor, leaving
three sons, 'of whom William Henry-
Harrison was the youngest. At his fa
ther's death he was a minor, and was
left by his father's will to the. guardian
ship of Robert Morris, the celebrated
financier. He had selected the prac
tice of Medicine as a profession, and
was diligently pursuing his studies with
that object, at llamden Sydney college,
w hen the disasters of the Indian w ar on
the Northwestern frontier, and the call
ofonjrqnee.. waj.8ppumttd. Harri
son w as one A the committee, and final
ly a compromise was agreed to, by
which the puMic lands were to be -sold
in alternate uiioit an I hall sections, that
is, in alternate tracts of six hiiiidicd and
forty and thn-e hundred and twenty a-
cres. 1 his was a great improvement
upon the fornttr lawr end as at this
the Indian," and destroyed the .1
towns on the Wabash,- Harrison surren
dered the command to General Win
chester, much to the regret of the Ken
tucky volunteers, whom he had great
difficulty in prmuad to submit to
their new commander.
Proper reuresentations having been
made at Washington, in a sliort
'ton, in a slmrt time,
time settlers began to flow rapidly into and greatly to the satisfaction of the
Ohio, its. beneficial results were instant- soldiers, despatches arrived Appointing
ly felt. General Ham on commander-in-chief
At this session of Congress a bill was of the Northwestern army, and granting
passed for dividing iha A'orih western him the amplest power for the conduct
Territory. Ohio became a Territory of the war.
by itself; while nil the rest of the North- Ii is impossible here to give any de-
western country, including the -existing tailed accoun; of the two campaigns of
Mates ot Indiana, tuintnsrnTd 'Michigan, I the ftcrihwcsicrn army, which resulted
Our inquisitive neighbor shaft" to in
i . u i .... ii.
rmca,is 10 now vc ricu i-.nu.
Jot by steaming in the technical. Grog
Jcal sense of the term, (as you might
'nnoi. but iusf liVo we tcrfomi all
I . 4 . . I
Clair, Governor of the Northwest Ter
ritory, and commander-in-chief of ihe
military forces in that section of the
country.
As soon as he received his commis-
M.Aa aAa t aa A as! mim rtll ll InM I akAM UirtfT t J O rl'laTrvra II'Ka U'flC ! 1 Kl al
Id hot blows. As to "when we moved "me dui mueicen years oi age, nastciieu
k pumpkin to
s well might
we,
ttf
rr.
jKscially when he has two himself..
and lhc Terrnury of Wisconsin, was in the recovery of Michigan and the
created into a new T rritory, by the annihilation of the -British army of Upper
; name ot Intluuiu. Alter the purchase Canada at the battle oUhe haics.
for men and officers for the defence ol i of Louisiana, that vat country was an- These campaigns were conducted in
the acltlrs, induced him to enter into I nexed to the Indiana Territory, anU so the midst ol the grcntest difficulties and
the military service. His guardian; remained for some time. Of this new embarrassments, tut at length resulted
would have dissuaded him from this I Territory General Harrison wajappoin- in a complete triumph. General Har-
determination, but Washington, bis fa-j led Governor. Ho became, by virtue rison was the only American general
tier's friend, approved of it, anl gave! of his appointment, Superintendent of during that war who penetrated to any
hima conimision of er-sign in the first j Indian Allans within his jurisdiction, considerable distance into tho Canadian
regiment of United States artillery, then j and in additirh he was appointed sole territory, who conquered any portion of
stationed at Fort Washington, on the I I'ommissioner for treating with tho In- that territory, or who gained a decisive
present sue ol the city of Cincinnati., dtans. We have not room lo go into a victory on British ground. Those who
and ui.der the command of General Sl detail of his territorial administration. wish to read the "details of these cam-
uffice it lo say that he was ra-appoin. paigns will find them, with many inter
ted, from time to lime, lor fourven years esting particulars in a little volume pub
alaysa lhe express request cf the in- lished by Weeks & Jordan, of Boston,
habitant?. His station" as Superinten- under the title of The People's Presi
dent of Indian A llairs and Iiidian Com- dtntial Candidate, being the Life of
missioner involved him in. complicated William I Ienrv Harrison, "of " Ohio," a
negotiations and disputes with the eel- book to which we arc indebted for the
bratcd lecumseh, and his brother, the materials ot this sketch.
rophet, I ho details of which, if we had After resigning his commission in the
room for them, would ba highly inte- army, Gen. Harrison was appointed a
resting, t'hese troubles at length re- Commissioner to treat with the Indians,
suited in the expedition of Tippecanoe, and he took a leading pait in the two
Which the schemes of fhft-Shn'rnr. treating nl i:rnylU-inYf-l Iftmifhy-h
lets were broken up, and their forces w men a nnal settlement was made of
dissipated. our relations with tho Northwestern
At the breaking out, however, of the 1 tribes. . In 1810, ho was eleciod Rcpre
war w ith" Great Britain in 1812, all the scntative to Congress to fill a vacancy,
dangers of an Indian war were renewed and for the next two years. Whilo a
and aggravated, and that dinger became member of the House, principally exert-
imminent when the inefficient conduct cd himself with regard to two great
of Ge i, Hull, upon the Detroit frontier, measures: one, a reform of the military
became generally known. A large bo- system, in which unfortunately he tailed:
dy of volunicers w as organizing in Ken- the other, tho relief, bv the granting o
tutsy for the protection, of the INorth- pensions, of the veteran soldiers ol tlie
western frontier, and General Harrison, Revolution, and of those wounded or
whoso conduct in the Tippecanoe a flair! disabled in the late war, in which he
iau ocen nigniy opprovcu inrougnoui sueceeaea.
TV, we beg to be excused. hi Fort
Washington slwrtly alter the disastrous
a known tharner ask an .i..r..., v. n..; ,i, i i ....
....p.-- luvicat vi roi. v,iaii, iivai 1110 nuau a-
fl mi... mishmr lua mnnpv ! I Wft 8TC I lra nf ihn VVnliauh Tl.ia uii a im.
rpriied that the question was asked bv of great danger and alarm. Shortly af-
was Ahpoimed lo command ihe escort
of a tram of pack-horses, bound for Fort
Hamilton, some twenty or thirty miles
north of I ort asluugton j w hich diffi
cult service he fierformed with such
ADMINISTRATORS.
CWM.h 'in Admii,istrator bound crif n to ttractffic particular notice
y his nnth to sue for a debt duo the estate
his Iiitcftale, wlwr there is no book
remit, note or other written evidence,
Hut where ho can prove the existence
IhodebtT
rfnsicer. -he Administrator is un
.i
of the commander-in-chief.
In 1782, Harrison was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant, and in 1703 he
joined the new army, under General
Wayne, in spirit, enterprise, anu sa
gacity soon attracted the notice cf that
able commander, who appointed him
icstionably .bound to sue in such a case ono 0f hi aids-de-cump, in which diffi
i that above tlalcd. not onlv bv his cult and responsible posf he served do-
'ill," but at his peril. Ho would 'be ring il.o war. His services, especially
at tho battle of the Maumcc Kapids, by
d,e himself, should e retort or org. whirh lho contest was brought to a
r't tO Slie. ' . n rn muni iinrl U'llti pmilhucl. In
Our Querist states the particular of (jei. Wayne', officio I account oi tlie
1 h --- ..... .Ml " . . . - a
jo case: but not explicit! enough lor victory. After the closo ot the, war,
f to understand
lliivnr .tiMit.l n.t
i - :. iron UMiiiiiriou, mo mutt hhwhuim
f must write again,, and more expn- . iu .he Western country. While in
i and we will give the matter further 1 this command, ho married a daughter o
tcniion. L John Gloves Symmcs, tlie founder of the
of 18-8.
In every public station which he has
held, whether as Territorial Delegate,
Territorial Governor, Indian Com..
sioner, Major General in ihe.Ar.inyv.Re- - -presentative
in Congress. Senator iu
Congress, or Foreign Minister, he has '
discharged the duties of it with deter
mined zeal and untiring industry ; and,
more yett with a patriotic self devotion
and an inflexible honesty which, after ;
all. are the best qualifications for public .
office. t --- -,'-----
At a meeting of the Board of Internal
Improvement in Fayetteville. on the 2d
insU the following gentlemen were an ,
pointed Commissioners, by , whom sub s.
scription, to the Capital Stock of the
Favetteville and "Western Rail Road f
Company, were to be opened in their
respective Couniies, viz: - f ' r r
Montgomery James Allen, J. Gar
ncr, P. Martin, John II. Montgomery,
S. H. Christian.
Richmond. J. C. McLaurin, Alfred
Dockery, F P. Leak, J. Ieak. I
Jnnon. -John A McRea, Thomas
M. Waddillt- Thomas D. Park, & AY.
Cole, John Medley. ' - 4 .
Mecklenburg. V Caldwell,' W. J.
Alexander, J. Erwin, John II. Wheeler, '.,
W. Allord. ' i " '
Cahurru. D. M. Barrmgcr, J. JPhi-
'er, Gen Allen, Giiorge Kiutts,' V S.
Harris. ... - '
Rowan. R. X: Long, D. A. Davis
William Chambers, Robert Macnamara,
H. C. Jones. . " ' i
' 'Dm ie. R. M Pearson, J. Codke,
C Harbin, John Clcrabnt, Thomas Mc-
Nccly. ' ' ' 0
Davidson. W. IL Holt, J. U liar-
grave, Roswell A. King, Charles Brum
mcll. J - ' " - '.'":.
Randolph. John Lone. II. B. EUiotf. '
Alexander Gray, Jesse Harper, Johna
tban Worth.
GuVford. Ralph Goi rel- Geo. C. - -
Mendenhall, James T. Morchead, John
the whole Western country, was sent
for by Cov.-.bcott to advise and aid in
tnoir crganizatton ana oisposmon.
While in Kentucky, where he was re
ceived wit ir the greatest enthusiasm, or-
In 1821, ho was elected from the State
of Ohio to the United States Senate, and
being appoinied chairman of the com
mittee on military a flairs, in the place
of. Gen. Jackson, who had resigned, he
dcrs came from Washington, placing a j devoted himself to the duties of that sla
nan oi tnese irooos ur.aer nis commana. : lion, ocsiues civing mucn labor io a con
lor mo protection oi ine inainna icrrno-isoimation oi tna pension acts, ana ine
ry. The rest were ordered to concen- passage of 'a uniform law to embrace
(rate, for the purpose of marching to the ; the cases of all those who should be de-
aid of Gen. Hull. , In the mean time let
tcrs were received from Hull's army,
complaining greatly of tho inefficiency
serving of this sort of justice from their
country. - t
la 1828, Geucral Uarrisotv was bjJ.
M Dick, J. H. Lindsay.
Iredell.-. P. Caldwell. G. F. Daj
vidson, Sam,f King,Thomas"'Anrsori.'"-'
Wilkes. Edmund Jones, S. F. Pat
tersorr, James Wellborn, Thos. Lenoir, '-
Anderson RJitcbclL t , v "
(3 Rev. S. COLTON, was appoin
ted General Agent, on tho part of the
State, to open Books for Subscription to
the Capital Stock. .
The way they make stump speeches ,
in Wisconsin isn't to be beat. A myste
rial sort cf a fellow came oit lor .the leg ,
islature, the other day, and said that 'to '
be a good member, one must be all things ,
to alt men: a husband to the widow and ,
a Hither to the fatherless, As soon as ,
he had done, a Hoosier looking chapv
jumps up and sayv 'Fellow-Citizens: I,
too, am out for Ihe lower house, and 1 ,
am willing to be a husband to every wid- .
ow in the. lerntorv in tirw, to be all
hings to all women, but curse me, if it
want votes bad : enough to. father sny
body's children but my own. . ;
VAicagd Vt&6cr& r