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Wr'.nnoiter of the Adnunisuuo
Won -rr , . on the contrary,
CSTredaiLyjnadobyciti.
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to1 ".?h.,ld.are known tm
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rSKto thU course by the
gSaUlt. upon tbo character of
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Itis iimlhcrenti of the Va Buren
hSasithas been,' end Is, to the
Wrtv on every -sub cct, - will desert
K I mooer "d hoStility t0 b"?k foh?th
irofthe party creed, and they have
fZmbv recommendins for GoVernor
KKXBOCB.J.themtothe
SriuiaohoBUlUy, tojuternol im
,mt. The party yj the country b-
ISte of tho city, and a 1 their works.
tZtine dUscntion ragc. .in Ujcirarnp,
Tif silenced at the approach or On doc.
S iU P01?1 thclr eflort8 nd
Anthem from exertion. - , ,
We need not repeat the remarks already
wade to showwhat a different aspect is pre
sented by tho Whig phalanx t and wewill
Ml add, that, having acted as a Whig
State Committee io 1638 and 1839, we
w bad reason to test tho accuracy of our
information, and the soundness of our cal
culations.' The results of tliose years con.
fcrmcd to our expectations and to the assu.
lancet we give our distant friends.
, . We now assure them that the Whig ma
jority in this State at the next election will
exceed 7,000, and may reach to 12,000 or
15 000. We have thought it due to tnem
:pd our cause to furnish them with this in
formation as tho means of defeating amrex.
nosing theattcmptslnow making to deceive
the people on this important point..
Ve7 respectfully, your ob't serves, z
John Towhsesd,
Samuel Stephens, .
Sanford Cobb,
Johx Gboesbeck, ; :
Robert Thompson, , -State
Committee.
- DEFAMATION,OFCEN.IURRISdN-
The Contest befoeb tjs. The abomin
able slanders, which the Jt cderal . presses
and leaders are casting upon General Har
rison, are utterly: astounding in number
and vilcDcsa. . The warfare which is car
ried on against him. is unparalleled in reck-
. Jessncss and guilt. Ho ia branded as a
coward," ';British Whig," a "blacki
' cockade Federalist," and an ' Abolition.
rjsL" in theeiyiacfl oflratbTheyilc8t
purlieus of infamy, grog-shops aoiTgnming
7 houses,"are ransacked lor- tools "i. to" prove
him to be, what hundreds and thousands of
: living men know he .is not. We said there
isguik" in the course- pursued towards
biffl ; aad we repeat it, there is deep and
i terrible cuat ! What is eood character
, worth, if that of one of the pnrest ' men of
.. me country, may thus be defamed with im-
jramiy :. w ny is uenenu iiarrison io oe
. thus made the obiecLpf assaults and epi
. thets,as unjustifiable as they are insulting 1
Art his gray hairs no refuge T They have
grown gray in his tountry's service. Is
toe blood ho has shed in heir defence no
thing ?. Go, ask the battle-ground of Tip
pecaoee! - Are bis scars nothing ! He
won them in driving back the savaxreS from
. their butchery of flio women and children of
t we Aorth-wcst - He was no "coward
: ttes.-He was no "British Whiff"'-and
, Vbladucockade Federalist, when he con.
-queted the blood-thirsty Proctor and his
eruci alKcs at the Thames ! .- The frantic
.; mother thought not so, as in the ecstacy of
r J"y sne clasped her inrant to her breast ,
nen the cry of "victory !" rung upon the
; air. The honest Irish school-master thought
not so, when the mail boy swept by him
with waving hat and Avin tmt. n.l .Kri-
, ed tflO thrillintf - WOrHn. Hnfrunn hna
""H'peauiejBriUsh and Indians TV "Boys'
w ywhear UiatCL Old JET-ribn Snyder,
Governor ofPennsvlvnnm tlnwWrKt nnt ar
when in memory of th ovont V,n ,l,xnrH
,.,7 Vlct!mg y numand of women and
Wdrtu reMmHarnm and his gallant
Amy. The inerrwho TiawrdiTamfiTifm
ere, many of them , then sleepinff mufctly
In their cradlwi.T .-Wl-1'
&8 TJl' "Oey not tcll us of the good
oeedsofMr. Van Buren 1
i f Pnlto a aingle measure of great pubh'c
-r-.u wiucu meir candidntn hn tmrt't
oneinated. H tin. u r
vueni ior nearly four years, andto
, -uw conoiuoa has he brouirht the eountrv
1 if ? ?"d diatn!ss which every where
i - j r, """ Jacer answer. Why, in
.sieaa of hurlinu thA fnuW .v
' ffi.en!at.,the veteran patriot of
tr wmey not explain the ex
FT??? corruption of the Govern-
' m1.' wuJ steward should always be
Z1FL et ?P m aoo account of his'
'TT8' UnaWeto defend the Ad-
aUo". e pardams of the President
1 SfnT"10 re80rt t Personal detrac
Sfw Harrison.-If they-are per.
i ?tnamph,we may bid adieu to the
J?Pw-of the nation. The issue is with
People I It i tKoi. . i.:v
holde - P01'011 of the Oflice-
WUjuhx us mat they reel their
pyo the strings of power giving way.
nuiunng appeal of an old soldier ! At
;: IfaS08 rf the 4th of July, atBarrc,
cerirfiko ,nezer Mattoon.an ofii
- aearl . ilwolution. whose years number
"uuunw, made a brief address to
the people' . lie was a General in the RcV.
olutionary war, and afterwards a member
of Congress. lie was so bora down, by
the weight of years, says the Boston Atlas,
that he could scarcely support himself urr.
on the stand, and so blind from the effects
of age, that he could scarcely see a person
before him. " He spoke to this effect :-
T "Friends and fellow -countrymed f" Baid
hej cheeffullyi ."I rejoice to meet you
would to God, I could see you! There
are few of us old soldiers left- we are the
last blood of the Revolution -and we have
not long to remain with you. For myself,"
he added, '1 will assure you that I am a
good Whig, and a friend of Gen. Harrisoa
I was a Whig of the old school ; I have Urnnnabla to lay before oar reader,) ahew eancliu
edaWhig; and, by the blessing of God, I
willdio aWl. g! 1 call upon the young
men of the country the hone icf the world
to come, forward at this crisis in tho pub.
he affairs, and rescue the high places of
power from the enemies of American liber.
ty. ;I3Ve must not give up the hope of re.
taking that good ibrtress, yet .And, my
soutf, if the Old Soldiers of the Revolution
canH help you, they will willingly throw
themselves Into, the duch, that you: may
march Over their boMies to glorious victo.
Tj."Watch. Tower. ' - -' '
THE JV1ESSENGER.
Friday Morning, Angnst 7, 1840.
The Election.
Tliis b the last paper which will be iMOed from
our office, previoua to the election in North Cam.
link. - We bop and expect, that every man who
regards the wclfaref our common country will
be at hi port, and perform bis duty on that day.
We have almost every inducement which can ac
tuate the feelings of man to urge !ue on. W
ee our Treasury o recently overflowing, by the
extravagance of a profligate) AdminiitrationTlrcdu.
ced to bankruptcy the price of erery specioa of
produce, and of labor, already much reduced, and
till rapidly declining, and are told by those high
in authority that the intention is to reduce them
to tho European atandard. The specie of the
country is locked up in vaults, and the circulating
medium greatly deranged and depreciated.. And
to cap-the eliniai. we bear it declared, on the
floor of Congress, by a friend of the Administra
tion, and one presumed to be intimately acquaint.
c'd wfrWtfp that
okmocbatio doctrine. From ,thia and other indi
cation we have every reason to believe, that if
the present dominant party remain in power, oi
rect tax will be resorted to before another year,
r or our encouragement, from Uie udicauons in
the political atmosphere in every -direction, East,
WeV North and Sooth, we have Jbe fuUcat aasv
ranee, that nothing is wanting bat union and con
cert among ourselves, to hurl from power those
who have thus trampled upon the' people's rights,
and by electing otherimore worthy, rcstorothe
country to its original purity. Though the iaeue
is not directly involved in the present election,
yet it must be apparent to all, that it U1 hare a
great effect upon it. We say then, let every man
be at his post, and perform his duty to his country
and his conscience, and we nave no fears of the
result. ' ' ;-,t:; f ' ' ' '
... ISP The Administration party, almost onani.
moody, have been laboring asaiduoasly, to excite
m the minds of the Southern people, the opinion
that General Harrison ia, at leant, doubtful on the
subject "of abolition- The 1 only grounds upon
which they pretend to found this opinion, are, his
being S resident of a non-alaveholding State him
self, and the (act, that he is supported by some of
the non-aiaveholding States. This, in the ab
sence of all other testimony, we admit would he
sufficient to create some doubt ; but we are not left
here we have the strongest evidence which any
man is capable of giving, that on this subject he is
fully with us. -First, in evcryactof his We, when
this matter has come in question, he has clearly
and openly been with the South. " In addition to
this, we have his public speeches and letters, in
which he denounces abolition in terms as strong
as any Southern man has done. He declares it
not only fanatical, but unconstitutional. .These
opinions were expressed at a time when he could
have had no motive for deception, and are, there
fore, entitled to the fullest credence. To these
letters and speeches he has recently referred, ss
containing his present views on the subject.
We admit that this is a matter of vital import
ance to the South, and one on which they should
act undcrstandingly. We call upon them,' then,
to examine how Mr. Van Puren stands in regard
to it. . He, also, is a citizen Of a non-alaveholding
State ; and we know, that in Congress, some of
the rankest abolitionists are his warmest friends
and supporters Duncan, Tappan, ice - Theonly
objection which can be urged against General
Hsnisu therefore, lies with equal foros-agaiMl
him. : Mr. Tan Buren also, declares, that - he
thinks it inexpedient for Congress to interfere with
Slavery, m the District of Columbia; but at the
same time says, he is not prepared to say they have
not the constitutional power to. do so. He also
Informs os that his mind ia open to conviction on
this subject. .With regard to slavery in the Tcr
ritoriei, ifjye remember right, he3 sflefflEThese
declarations, were all made too, at a time when
he Was a candidate for the Deoolc's suffrages. Are
they theta sustained by hia acts t far from it. Ev
ety act of his life, down to the making of these de-
eJaratSons. has been in direct opposition to them.
And since any declaration has been made by him
on the subject, he haa performed another act
which some of the: Northern abolitionists claim,
and we think, with some show of reason, as en
den cine a change of -opinion. Wo refer to the
caie of LieuL Hooe, which wewnppoae is familiar
to W our readers., i If the Administration JJerty
were ainser in manifesting their fears on tile sub
ject, we think here are real grounds for alarm.
the old adage be true, that actions speak louder
than words. Martin Van Buren a rank aboli
tionist.
Wew Jersey Contested EleeUon
We have published in oar paper, to-day, the final
action of Congress upon the New Jersey election.
We bone our reader will not be deterred by its
length from giving it an attentive pcrusaL Thrf
we cannot suppose they wul derive much pleasure
fmtn it an, Ihink il nnmv lt tbev should be in.
firmed of the manaer in which thjs businesa hay
been managed. Never before, within oar know
ledge,, bare the members ; of any Legislative
body either in Uie United States or elsewhere,
been called upon, and compelled to tote, on a
question, without first bavins; an opportunity af
forded them,' of examining the facts involved ia
the case which they were called on to decide.
This piece of tyranny and outrage apoa the rights
and consciences of Uiemiiurity, was reserved for
the majority of the Congress of the United States.
The fact is, they dared not permit the fact to be
discussed ia the House, and thence, published to
the people, because their injustice was s glaring
they feared the light. --?;?i'
Tbe report of the hiinority of the committee,
(which we ferret, on account of its length, we are
i vely that three" of the rejected member were
clearly entitled to their seats. t i
But it was resolved on before the eomroen ce
ment of the Session, that the 8ub.Treaaurjr BiO
mustbepasaed. This, it was ascertained, notwith.
tanaTnjjf TlreaxTcewion brought to their nukka, by
tha coalition with Mr. Calhoun and his party,
eoijJd not be done, without still further encroach.
ments upon the rights of the people. The New.
Jersey case presented the most plausible pretext;
and it wafc therefore seized upen, and acted oat in
a manner worthy of thefarty with whom it ori
ginated.
' A Democratic Trltunptat
The Editor of the Lincoln Republican, in the
last number of that paper, boasts . largely of the
victory obtained by Judge Saunders over hia com
petitor, at Lin coin ton, on tho 22nd nit. We nap.
pened to be present to witness this triumph. We
saw Judge Saunders writhe under the sarcastic laab
of hit adversary;and witnessed the naeasinea and
perturbation of mind which he suffered, while the
misrule, corruption and extravagance of the Ad.
ministration were pourtrayed in vivid colors by
Mr! Morehead. If they claim this as a .victory
We do not wonder at thfcir bayjiig Ojmany to
boast of. .'.v. v f
inicaJaliT. Hawkins V W. ITIBt-
If these gentlemen resJly are, as they profess to
be, so indignantly opposed to selling men for fines
snd cost," their benevolence might have been
much better exercised, and would have bad a more
practical effect, if instead of searching the crimi
nal codes of Ohio and Indiana, and publishing
garbled extracts from them, in order to excite
prejudices in" the minds of -the people, sgainst
man, 'whose conduct tiro"gh" tlcourse of a long
life, has been so pure as to defy' the malignity of
bit enr mict to bring ajnL carjwst jhjra 1
founded in truth, they bad attended to the code
of the District of Columbia, Where it is their legit.
imate business to act
In that part of the District, eeded by the Bute
of Maryland, we are informed there is a law still
existing, the 16th section of which reads as follows:
HSic. 16. And h ii furtier tnaettd. If an
person committed for non-payment of anv pens
ty, fine or lorieiture, snail remain in prison above
thirty days, and shall not within that time enter
into recognizance, with such securitv as an v one
of the said justices may spprove, for payment of
sucn penalty, line,, or lorieiture and cost, within,
six months thereafter, that it shall be lawful for
the Sheriff of thossaid eountr to SELL such per.
son at aucno as a servant, for a term not ex.
eeeding one year, or such less time as will produce
the penulty,- fine, or forfeiture and costs; or, if so
directed by any two of the said justices, for any
time not exceeding two years, or such lee time
as Wittproduce the penally7 fine, or forfeiture and
costs; and the money arising from the sale shall
be applied to the payment of such penally, ne,
or lorieiture and costs."
. ' Over the J)istrict of Columbia, it is well knosm
Congress has the sole and exclusive right of le
gislating. Thus it appears, , that while Messrs.
Montgomery and Hawkins were making each
sympathetic appeals, to the people of the United
States, ia behalf of the oppressed citizens of Ohio
and Indiana, the very persons for whose benefit
they were bound to legislate, were liable to be
sold. . And so far as we are informed, there is no
section in this law which prevents them from being
purchased by free negroes
Mr. Tan Bnrea'i Abolitionism.
Having", satisfactorily, as we trust, is-
posea ot every ennrge wmcn we nave seen
which the ingenuity of themalice of the
enemies of. Gen. Harrison could bring
against him, it is high time that we make
tho leading object of consideration,, the
charges " against Mr. Van Buren;. -which
hare not been disposed of. It may be the
policy of the friends f this gentleman to
Ward off enquiry in relation to his acts and
opinions, by a repetition of stale and un
founded charges . against his competitor.
But it ' is neither our policy, nor is it our
intention to humor them in their sinister,
wishes. It is high time our opponents
should exert their ingenuity more laudably
than they nave been doing heretofore, not
in villifying one, against whom they can
substantiate no serious charge, but in dis
proving, explaining or palliating the very
serious charges against their own candidate,
We charge Mr, Van Buren with being
ffljayor ofnegro suffrage.
-W--clwrgehim-wiih-being aMissouri
restnctiomst.
- We charge him with being in favor of
restricting slavery m our adjoining sister.
t londa.
We charge him with the same oilence in
relation to Arkansas.
We charge him with being of the opin.
ion that Congress-has-the constitutional
right to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia. J " - '
1 We charge him,jastly, with a very high
misdemeanor against every Soutben feel
ings in not expressing his disapproval of
the introduction ot negro testimony agnmst
the officers of our navy , as lately set forth
in full in this paper, in the case of Lieuten.
ant Hooe. ; .
.Thus much for this time, and all on one
subject Come to the scratch, neighbors
of the opposition, directly on these points;
no equivocation; but come to the. point, and
make up ,the issue. s If you want all the
charges proved in detail, deny them if you
dare. souinern neeoraer.
The Baltimore Patriot says, "the effects
of the passage of the Sub-Treasury Bill
already beginning to phow itself. This
morning a specie cheek for $147 00 was
dishonored the Sot, i reasury agent m
whom it Was drawn, having no binds to
meet it
' From the KchrnondWbis;. , -SOUND
VIEWS OF A PLAIN MAN. : .
The iblkiwing renunciation of the Ad-
ministration by a plain man, is as good a
thins as we have seen. The reasons are
unanswerable. But for a false pride of
opinion,. thousands. and thousands would
follow the 'example of this man : -
TO THE PUBLIC,
I am brousrht to a dead halt I have
just been examining into matters a little,
and I find Uiat "all's not gold that glitters."'
No mistake about it Calling an owl an
eagle don't make it so. The. Admimstra.
Hon of Mr. Van liurcn w claimea oy its
friends to be Democratic, and I frankly ac
knowledse tliat I have been fool enough to
believe it -but it's all stuff mere humbug
and, " I take the responsibility" of de.
clarine to the world, that.I won be eulled
any loncer! I'm a freeman a Democrat J
of the Old School none of your patent
soft sawder animals. ,1 go tor my covmtn.
Names may frighten some silly folks but
I don't regard such things. I hold that
names are nothing principles every thing,
There, is'nt an" honest man in the whole
couitry who won't admit that there is some,
thiriirout of fix.- And everV bod v" knows
Q . ..r - r
that the pesty Whigs hnv'nt had tho power
for nearly twelve years. What's wrong
comes of bad management no gainsaying
thaL, -.Wellwho s had the management
time out of mind? The present party in
powex. I said I was a Democrat and I
think I am.. But what is Democracy t is
it to give all power into the hand of the
Presidents and to bow the supple hinges ef
the knee at bis nodi Is it to make his will
law', and to merge the Legislature and the
Judiciary in the Executive? ' If this be de
mocracy, then 1 take it back. 1 was edu
c&ted 1n a different school--I was taught to
believe the PEOPLE jovtereigns and the
officers of Government their servants and
agents; and I'll stick to it, if I die by it.
Hut 1 must not enlarge I cant go tor
tho sub-lreasury it J Anti-iJcrnocratic
and frightfully dangerous. I believe in en
couraging American Industry in fostering
and protecting Domestic Manufactures. ' I
go too for a I ariri that shall keep at home
the millions of gold and silver, that are an
nually sent abroad to pay for articles that
we could manufacture just as well at home.
I go for economyjand LretrenchmcnL-Timea
are hard; money scarce, I go for fewer
officers, and for lower salaries, so that all
things may lie on anquaUiJotlog,,.And
lost, though not least, 1 go for -on honest
poor man for President and I find jn tho
veteran and rnueh nbuscd Harrison, one To
my ulung. I add no more.
- UALV1N WOOD.
Defiance, May 28, 1840.
Further Depreciation pf prices of al
most every kind, must follow the Sub-Treai
sury. Jt is in vain to pretend that with
specie currency, we can compete with Eu
rope, rhe proportion of their active to
their fixed capital is too much larger than
the same pro(ortion in this country. They
will break down American industry mere.
ly with the lefuse of their productions.
Our prices will continue ruinously low.
I All kinds of business niusl be contracted to
the narrow limits of a specie currency,
Nobody will be benefitted but the rich men
of active capital, and the office-holders ap
preciated salaries. 1 here can be no more
Srosperity in American commercial towns,
'oir precisely at those - periods when the
country would he most prosperous, the
Government will absorb and hord in its
subterranean vaults the entire specie of the
country. - f
But the Sub-Treasury fn go into op
eration. The Executive is bound to see
the law "faithfullyxecuted." We call
UDon him todo it Ifitisto work all the
good its frinds for three years have claim.
ed for it, let the country forthwith have the
benefit of iL. But, if on the contrary, it is
totally impracticable, and cannot beexecu.
ted at all , or uf executed, is to work a panic
and extensive disturbance, let it still go 6n
as it must, and have its effects the sooner
overT The Executive has not executed the
law as he is bound to, do. It is true, some
$366 have!bcen deposited in the subterra
nean vaulLthere (in the I reasury) byway
ot christening, but we deny tnat me puuuc
denosites have been withdrawn from the
banks as thelaw provides. Far from it
the public fnoeys asc not onlyjcontinued
in really pel banks, but the collecting oth.
oers continue contrary to law,' to deposite
the public money ' in those banks. We
hope the mends of the conntry wilt :watcn
the movements of these bub-treasurers.
Let us see what security they give against
robbery Who is to run the risk and be
antaTssTlA 1 tVB11lfsTQ s TvliKll O T1 1 tl at I IW-
VVlinj UWUI tIRIn IIIM I H linn I sjS isjsisi mmrnt
of the millions that must go into the Trea
sury I Maduonian.
'Remarkable. It is worthy of remark
aaf illustrating the glorious character of our.
institutions, not, less than the genuine Ke
publicanism "'bf"the ""Whig party, that two
Vhig candidafes for Governor, who are
now canvassing their respective states
were in early life . Wagon Boys! We allude
to Mr. Coewin. of Ohio, and Mr. More.
head, of this State. We heard Mr. More
head, in conversation; detail the circunu
stances of his first visit to rayettevilie
twenty-six years ago, and compare it with
his second visit, a few days ago. . On the
first, a youth, unknowing and unknown, he
came in charge of his father s wagon. Un
the second, he was escorted into tho town
by many of its citizens, and called on to
address hundreds offirccmcn, as a candi
date for the highest office within their gift.
Tho facts are well calculated to inspire
both parents and sons with hope- for pouti.
cal preferment; and with a determination
by industry and virtue, to make their own
way to the same or some other high distinc
iiuii. ray. xjos.
" The Presidential fedion.-May all be
mindful that the struggle is to to put those
out of office who have left nothing to the
country which they could appropriate tq
themselves 4 -l .
The TxEASriY-FED DEMOCaaTS. Mr.
Moncure, in his speech, at Stafford Court,
expatiated very much at large on what he
was pleased to call Democracy, and the
Ucmocrauc party, unuung mat i iuj uppw
nents of the Administration were if ederaJU
ists, and his own party the- true Simon
Pures of Democracy, j Mr. Newton, in. re
ply, whilst he exprewed great respect for
genuine Democracy, saia tnat the gentle
man's remarks called to hiind an anecdote
that he had heard of an did Dutch Farmer
and his son. The boy said to the old man
Father, if I should call that cow's tail a
leg, now many tegs would she navel
"YVhy, five to be sure, you blockhead,
why do you ask such a simple question?"
a a a AM
The boy replied, No, it would'nt, father,
for my calling the cow a tail a U g, would nt
make it a leg, would "v(great sensation.)
"Now, said air. iMcwton, "tnero is
about as much resemblance between tho
gentleman's Treasury-fed Democrats and
the genuine Democracy, as there is be.
tween tho cow's tail and her leg. The gen-
tlemon's Democrato-not support Uw bo-,
dy politic, but lik tlio cow's tail, ire do.
pendants and hangers-on upod it,' (im-
menso applause.) ' -
Mr. Newton continued llio gentle-
man s democracy resembles , tno cow a
tail in another parUcuIar, 4t is growing
downwards." 7 4 -t.
Upon this, the cheering became so great
as to prevent his .progress . some time.
This is a sign ot feeling ,itlie genuine
Democracy of old Stafford. Fred, Arena.
More money wahted ! Tlie five mill.
ions of 1 reasury .Notes obtained' last win-.
ter, and tlie six millions of revenue since
January, and tlie other resources of the
Govcnunent, have proven insufficient for
the purposes of our economical Adminis
tratoin. The communication of the Sec-
retary,of the Treasury to Congress refer
red to in our lost, asks, we understand, for
a loan, of treasury Notes, to tlie amount
of ybir, millions. It cannot now be said
that the banks have caused the deficiency;
tlie banks have been discarded since May,
1837. and now are comnletelv divorced
from the Government ; and yet,', twice this
present session, have we seen t the I Presi
dent's message and the Secretary's report
on this subjectbelied bythcir-oemaiid
upon Congress. They told us tlie expenses
were to be reduced, and: that there would
not bo any further necessity to borrow mo-
iSelKfyetJwlCc sYneW 1 ifii vtJ"" lftCy!Ii &c-
manded a loan. I ney have divorced them-
selve t froiathc-banlu, and married them
selves tothe- brokers. These notes are
sold to the brokers the members of Con
gress are paid at the brokers. Verily the
money changers have taken possession of
sury" turns out to be a shaving shop, de-
pendent on brokers I Madisonian.
The Louisville llOUrfial states that after
Mr. Bear, the Buckeye Blacksmith,- had
made his speech at Washington, the Globe
asserted that he was no blacksmith but a
broken down lawyer. Sliortlyaffer wards
he attended a Whig meeting in Philadcl-
pnia-8lJa'luch,a Mncksnuth- forgo, anvy
and bellows having been placed unon the
platform, he walked up and hammered out
la horse-shoe at a single heat "And now,"
Tsaid MrTBear,; IkildingTip the shoe, "I
should like to have a chance of nailing this
to the foot of the jackass that has said I am
no blacksmith.
f 'Is not Mr. Calhoon a man of truth T"
1 " : - - - Globe
If he is, you are a liar; for you said three
or four years ago, that.; he never told the
truth, when falsehood would serve his turn.
A few days ago. .the Post master at Mon-
Toe3ficTilgan,Tiad hIsTong. nose twistedTthe i persons to whom Ihey are add
round and round, till n looked like an au
ger, for calling Gen. Harrison a coward.
Some Locofoeo in North Carolina has
started a paper, :hich he calls "The Cri
sis." He says -"We intend that a knave
shall thll at every discharge of our political
piece. , Jet tlie follow use a blunderbuss
that kicks smartly, and his object will be
attained. - - .
Liberia Potatoes. Capt. Waters i of
the ship Saluda, has . left at this office a
respectable looking sweet potato, which he
brought from Liberia. He informs us that
three crops can be raised there in a single
year. Jour. Com. -
To" what do Ukj 8igns"of the times point
now? Globe.
-L They point to Gen. Harrison's election
as true as -the needle to tlie pole, or a leg.
treasurer's nose to -Texn'j, Prentice,,'
The Abolitionists speakine for themselves!
AVe-eopy the-following- dtnuncfatfotr; -of
General Harrison from the National Anti-
Slavery Standard , a leading Abolition Jour,
nal." ' .
"I defy Wm. Slade to put hi? finger up
on "the ma ofinrewho.-has-Ione
more to rivet the chains of American sla.
very than WILLI AM HENRY HARRI-
SON.",
. . . -'"V" 1 , Inm " ""
Direct 'Tax(es. Tlie following toast
was transmktcd 'by " the HohT NatbanFel
Jones, of New York, a friend and support
er of Martin Van Buren, and undoubtedly
in his confidence, to an Administration c t
ebration of the 4th July, at Goshen, N. Y.
and was drank with entire approbation.
"Straws, &c.
I ABtrirtlconstracliori oL
tion of the Union an entire separation of
the Government and ,its revenues from
banks DIRECT TAXATION for ordi
nary EXPEXDiTUEES to insure an economi
cal Administration a system of universal
education of youth to be maintained by the
proceeds from sales of public domain-Ie.
gislaiive protection to all privileges to
none," r v
Nine' negroes, the property of the Hon.
H. Middleton, of S.Carolina, were killed by
one flash of lightning on the 17th uk.. Five
other were stunned, but recovered.
1K EASTntX tAL-"
RnKsat hAtrtAtiswl tfas-ktta fka aaJ .t.t
, su-uauw iiuoivuvvi aa-V'SV' sssi l is I J 11" llssa
Many robbers were about; and he feared to
be overtaken by night befosw he reached
the little town of Basaa. . He was i poor
merchant;" and his scanty stock' in trade
was all pucked on the back of4ne a
The tired beast went on slowlytisasi
quite dark before they reached the waJbJ X
IJassa the gates were closed for the night;
In vain Sabat knocked fin vain he besought
the guard to let him and his poor beast
.pass in ; the only answer no received was.
flat refusal. ' Robbers, the gnard told him:
were in the neighborhood; he was periitrha
one of them at all events, the gate should
be opened for.no one until Uo nwrninsj
light Sad news this for poor Sabat who
hadas hiuch reason as any of the towtstU
folk to fear the robbers. "He consoles!
himself, however by his favorite proverb) '
" God is good , and what hoboes must bo
for tho best, whether we see It or not. '
Commending himself, therefore; to thti
good. God, he tied hie ass to atreeatft little
distance from the town, atnTwith his bun:
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die, which coritaincd all his wordly treasure;
fi,r a pillow,, be laid himself- down, torest '
on tho bare ground, and slept securely arid.
in peace. At break of day he went into ;
the town, but what was Ins surprise to find ' ,
it a scene of ruin and confusion. At mid,
night a troop pf robbers had. broken in!
through a gate opposite-, to that near by
where Sabat lay $ and while he slept qui
etly, tliey plundered the town and slaugh ; .
tered the inhabitants, il God -is indeed
good," cried Sabat, clasping his hands ; '
" and all he dees is for the best ; but we
do not see sometimes till the morning, why ',
our evening prayer is refuso3 !".
Restoration op the Jews Accounts ,
from Syria, give some curious particulars'
of Sir Moses Montefiores proc!tlings, du
ring his late visit to Palestine. Some yeart"
ago, there were rumors of Mr.,Rothschild'rr'
design to employ his wealth in the purchasrr
of Jerusalem. If that scheme,, amid it
sublimity, savored ap the romantic ; tho
positive acts of Sir Moses exhibit an anxie-
ty to gather the wanderers to the neighbor. -hood
of their ancient home, and future' '..
hopes, that they may-await events on tho
grou nf where tliey can best be made avail." -able
to the fulfilment of the promise. "Du." : -ring
his pilgrimage, .he sought his way to
the hearts of his countrymen; and having,
instihitfid strict innuiries resnectinff tlie va
nous biblical antiquities, and ascertained
the amount of duty .wbicljf the sacred places
and ,villages padto,the Egyptian govern
mcm to be about,4,000 purses t about se- j
en hundred and t wenty thousands of dollars
be proposed to the viceroy of ligypt, that
uo-birJUoscs. would pay that revenue out- -
of his own pocket, as the price for that
Prince s permission ...to him to colonize all
those places with tlie chifdre'nr of lsreaL
The offer, it is said, has been accepted r
subject, to the condition, that tlie colony
shall be considered national, and not under
European protection. Scottish Christuai
LlefaldMay 30,' 1840. " ;
Texas Post Office REGOLATiol'-:-Forr
flienformation of 4i6se-who have-rrKnds
in Texas, we publish the following notice-
which has been issued by J. IL Jones Esq.
the Post Master General of Texas 1
From the many letters which there is
no doubt are daily .writtenin the United
States and Texas, and in vain anxiously
looked for in the post office of each, it has1
been deemed projier to give public notice;
that by the' post office Jaw of Texas as well
as that of tho United States, the postage is
required to be paid on all letters intended
to be conveyed by mail through the territo
ry of one republic to that of anotlier.
If the requisitions of the law are com
plied with, many letters will be received 1
which are otherwise forwarded to the Gen
eral Post Office as dead b:tti
The following statistics are from the
American Almanac for 1840. "" We cannot
vouch for their perfect accuracy, but pre-
l-eume they are tolerably correct :
' Newspapers, magazines and other peri-!
odieals, "-' nv 155
Daily papers, , 126' ,
Locomotive and Rail Road Engines .
in tlie United States, 350't
Power, 6,980
- In this place, on Sunday last,- of inflammatory
frvrr, Mr. Eskseieb Stsadlct, in the 19Ui year
of fiiaigc; - ; t
On French Broad, in Henderson county, an uW
morning of tho tut instant, Mrs. .Nancy NbiuL
consort of Col. O'Koaca C. NeiiA, in ific ,48th. -year
of her age, after a protracted" disease of
more than twelvemonths. She. left a husband1,'
and tarpe family of children to lament her los."
The xleeeased was a pioos member of tho Prcsby-" '
tr rinX'Uureh fntjumJitw twelve years, wn gf
affrctionatc motlier, careful in teacbing aer cijj
dreh piety fend industrr; her loss will be felt by '
the Church, her neighbors, and a numerous fioa.'
nexion, by all of whom slie was nnivenalry b
loved. She often expressed her willingness to
meet the change which she well knew would sooy
come; ttmt she kficw Irt whom sh-had b Ik-red;
and that he was able to keep that which' she had
committed to him until that day. There is every
reason to hope that she haf gone 16 that rest which
remaineth for the people of Ood. - ;-
" cOMMiniilCATSoI
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF THE MAILS,
At and from Asheville iW C.
aasivAL..
.. uaraaToas.
Tuesdays, Friday and
Mondays, at 4 o'clock;
Southern Monday,
IliursdayB Bt Saturdays,
by III o'clock, p.m
A. . - .
Western', via Warm
Wedneadavs. FrMst
and Mondays, at 4 e'efc,'
Tharsdays &. Saturdays, a. "
.'- ... L .'. . . j
Western, via rranUtn.l , r ndays,doclocK, A.BI.
to Ga.-Wedncsdays 7,
r. k. -:
Eastern, via Mornuiton
Tuesdays and Satur
days, a. r. Vj!
Mondav. Tnursdafs.
& Mondays AiFridays,
9 r.M.
Kastem, vi Rlither-
and fitaturrdays o'clock,
Tuesdays and Fridays
a. m. ;
ate, r. . . .,
Eastern, via Burnsville
&eMondays, tr.sj
Wednesdays, 6 a. j.
' Mondays, at 6 e'clock.
Southern, via Cathey's
Creek, 4e.-Tucdaya,
r.S M.
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