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vr re. THOMAS J. LEMAY, EDITOR AWD jPROPRIETOB. ; SvMciimw, Urv dollar per easm- h '- pratt-siding without th Suit will b re- ir4 py weeuaaoaat ( the yor'i too , ariptioaHiadcaBC., .- --" ' RATES OF ADYERT1S1N0. eaeTC7aoar(a exseeding If lioesthl . type I rat tasrrtioa, eae doHari subscqoeBt- Steartioo, tweatt.fitr scot. :.' ' Th atf.crtisemcBl of Clerk ad Sheriff will hm eharged 85 Mr eeal. higher i esd dedualioB of S3) per MM. will be made froe lb regular prl a few-advertisers by la yesr. CT Utter to lb Editor ates be fr"- J. BKAIWAK . OLD DOMINION CLOTHING STORE. Obboiite Meure. AlUn ti Wattt China Sltre, Maim Street. WE would beg la to inform our Need and. ihe public generally, that w keep conelaoily on band Clothtlisr of all kind, and luiubl for all aeaeone, which w will ell low for cash; W would invit all to call and eiamini for Ibamselvee, whether they wan,t ta purehaw or not. All good old by tt that do Rat answer io every particular, can ba returned, and the money refunded, provided "Ibejf ahall hot Stt'6eB worn" ----". . Richmond,' Va.. Match 30, 1841. 13 12m. rrrrr t H BIKer a uicrniarriuieoiiiii n- Wftdbr " "TUiiwcR ox nubnfA 7eb. 3rd. v 6 tf MEff PIANOS FOR OLD ONES. 1A4 wilting ttahJ-eoiid.hBnd Punor in tt hang for new one and allow whatever judge of tb article may consider them worth) ay object u not to mk money on (he feeond-band Pianos, and would Ihorelore either lake them at iheir valuation, r sell Ihem to the beat sdosntsge lor their owners. . 1 bare auw on head a beautilul assortment of su perior Piano-Forte, Tar ting ia prie from 875 to f00. V Thoee who favor me with their order hali be pleaaed or ao par ahall be required. K P. NASH. Nov. 19 Book ad Piano Seller, I elcraburg.V. VALUABLE CITY PltOFEKTlT For Sale. ; I Mibteriberaniioaa of earn log into execution bit long cherithed inlentino of reniov biff, to th Will, offer fur tale that iv valuable Ealahlinh mcnl. in the eity ol Kalcigh, known a the CITY HOTEL. Having had personal charge of Ihe Ho tel lor eeveral yeart, the tnhMriber can ieak from hi own knowlrde a to the productveneit and va me ot the properly. To a ieron who ia well ae 'qnnied whh llje butinet, the certainty of a profit able iuvettment of hi money will be ensured. It alwoy ha commanded, and, from it eligible lru timi, alwaTT-mult okrhsnd fair' iroprrti3n of Cttstooi. lis advantages as a piiblia himse, are Ino auineroa I be detailed in an adeeriiarsaent. but ran be denmostratad In any one indidf nwrhma, The term of tale, which will b very aceomrnoda tioa ma) be known onaiiiilieaiinn. ' " UANIEL MUR'iAY. Rleigh. Jaa 27.18H, 4 . N- B, l'heuritr will alw sell a Bjlaatatiow ol aere of land, ailuated whhin 9 1-8 mile ot JUIeigh. known a th G It NT track. " ' NOTICE. WILLbeaaldoaTuexlay, ihe 18th day of May next, betorc Rale Court House door, in (inteaville, lb following Tract ol Liiid, or a mini, as will perth amount ot 1'axc due for. the year 139, to gether with I he eost ot ad.ertisia;, k. H3 Acre Itrtito Abram ' . 0 40 50 S69 Si 70 150 100 50 i 177 555 lilt 900 100 Horrell Gilbert - Hurdle .la; T. r , Hunter Klisha R. Hurdle Dartu l . Howell David I Hotter Levin Kmc Nomina in Lassrler Kailer Udora Thomat Parker W Hey Powell James, of Mo. Pere Abraham Parker Isaee Kngeraon Anal . 1 .. Pmair Kubln r . White Rnberton. Cut I Richard ' , ' JtMM K KlDUICK, Sherin. Gateavill N. C. April I. (Pr.Ad t TO BUILDERS. THE Undersigned are appninled by the Connty :ourt of Johnston, Cammietloner lo contract Io the builiHng of a Fir proof Coun.Hnusc, in the Iowa at Smkhlield. They, therefore, gie this pub. lie nolle I persons desiraes nf anderraking, that they will reeie Hrnpetals tor doing the work, on IH th 9Mm day of May. . They, hav a dralt of lb , Plan ready lor xninon. The building will be fotiy-foor feet long, and ! thiriy-aist feet wide two stories j Court-ft wm a. baft;,' with th offices below msteriali to be brick, except the baemvt WhmI.iw and door-sills to be 1 of steaev an abnndancf of which it-in th vieinitv. . Th bailding n to ae completea In a year, or leas, Iter the cunlraet. t A large portioa of th payment wdl be give during the progress of tb work, under ftrooer enarantce. ' JOHN MeLKOD. 10 iw - DVID THOMSON J O WATSON. BYTAN BHYAN itl.field, N. C (3th Apiil.tSiU Sinte of Nortli Carolina. N OTH A MPTON COUNTY. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions ftlarehterniViSlI. Jeha W. SoutbtllS, ' . . .. VOalginal Attachment levied Sarah Petty. 3 on I anil, thi Case & appearing' toUiaM Court, that Ihe defendaai ia not an inhabitant of this ftalgfri-h Hrtarefoe wrirered ay ih Cowrt 'hat I aaoliaatioa he made m th Raleigh (Star for six eeaa, aoiiiyatK td delendant to be and appear bclor lb Jeatiac of our aai'1 Court, to be held for the Coamry of Northampton, at th Court House in lb Town of Jackson, on 4h Brat Monday in June next, then and there rrplea or plead to rata, otb- I " j"gmew pre nnlcaa will a Ukea aail ta prnpeny ,ewd 0 Matira)M( I lifs reeoiery. i odcmaed aubjeet lo tbo plaia Witnes. Wn lUi."ru -J .1. 11? "ne-grot Monday at March, 1UI, 45tb jear ol America ladependenea, . W M.. BOTTOM. Cllu -u ... . . . , . U 4w '' Price adv. f,t 68. pniirivinw TH B Trarlre of tb rJmtthfichi Academy Johnaton ICeantnr .have enrnrad the aereieaa of U . a u Brocks for lb Beit year, to auperintenl th abov aatitution, and would call tb atUntioo of ParenU a. J r .a . ... uiwixiuuM to to MTintafe whlci oiirplCMw l illg e, good rociety, tnd b.librult.tu4.tion afford- lr dor.liorr ibcir rbiltJrVn n! Wiidft. Mr. UnwajV. - i 7 . m . m . '.ewaaj m m aTrwanUrllfl HI VT rffllrll tlaBtrOl. 1DII m im m miMni MnimuBM anrvrti MriiaV'iirfi I jj. . n waaw WVr Ua1 SJXSW w lebool teaching tb main bueine ol hi tutor Ufe, I" will cpara no pain to procure for himelf ocb r Twatioa will alwev inaur buaines In hi RetelaaaBealua t f . . . . . a at F4T m bfttl in ik. rrw..i;. il ..4 .k.. .l. ;ii.m . - aBjiac au aarw www waaaaj P " P moo'b. Constant altenlioa will pogtvwn by th Teecher and TraaMea to th good fMagment ,(, KBOOj ,,1, f tb. etu- KT" ,V,f"ofTniiion, a. follow! , IforBpe nJ, fay ,n Writing, par an. $H 00 ' a J a . rw,",.wingie Arunmetie iw Arithmnie, Uaography and Eogluh wrwimar, JO CO . i . i. -.. ... . . 1 " ""I1"!"!'' any otntnato8f oo 1 Algebra, Philoaonhe. fMnaalre ae tK.l.n-' addiiional charge of tan dollar. . .;. I7 3m5.ni . Norm Cakouwi VOL.XXXII J - Assistance In procuring: Female Teachers. Htjng baao applied to frequently by new oi lamil cs and pnncipsls ol ecnooie. lor. assistance in procuring euitatd female Teacher, and ! by th Teacher themeelve in want of eiluationa, and having it in my power, from Ihe nature of my bu-1 aineaa, to b utelul In ucti caaea, I brjf tear io oner my arvrc. tree ol cnarge, to boita pariina Congrea. I wilt therefore take pkweara in andeaeering to The Obervr, If it goaa into operation, will crit obuingood and efficient InatrOctreaaecW Ihoe icio freely and ODreaerrtdly, the action of lb woo mmj want wieros enu ,iiu in nan r-, g rrr of pleaeur in procuring aituation for uclt Teacbere a majr Mand in need of (berg " Lettera, pnet paid, aildreaard t the aubrcriher, will b atteniled to. E. P. JA8H, Book and Piano Fort 8eller, Peteraburg, V. F- S- Ofder (of lloak bod Piano Forte, will b prompt!? attended to. Agreement in writing will .ij in. iii.iiuiii.iii uviurs ajriug ivr i, aim 10 cen.ur dv , long ago pramiaeJ my con return it if not good. , ! ' ' aciaiie never to be a man wrehippr. never I WHn it la dewred, I will agre to put up piauo , hi ine panuura oi any inoi.tuuai, reauy tor car, a alipulated price, end at my own rink. I bav aent off Piano in thi way, to place 3 or 4 hundred mile distant, without being the least injured. E. P. N. ' RARE CHANCE. On Thursday June 3, will be drawn in ihe ' ' City of Baltimore THE GRAND STATE ARMORY AND TOWN HALL LOTTERV. C'la No. 12. The cheme is published now in order to allow country apeeolatorl lime lo send in their enters i and aa.it happens but aeldom that an opportunity it given to distant adsenturer to try their luck in so rich a scheme, they are retp ctlulW requested to, end on their order at once, directed to JAMKS PII ALEN k Co. Waahingten or Kichmonil,.or'to JAMEi It. COX. , Haltimort. 73 Number 13 Diawn Ballot. - SCHEME ":"T" 110,000 10,0 o 5,000 75,00 I4S- - 4.500 4,550 S 900 4,500 5,300 M3U0 sru.iuo 313'J6 prise, amounting to ' . $608,401 . Tickets ftO-Hal.es $5 Quarter 3 50. April 81 IS t ;; ci3 ox&ivixx t ; " The Pobli Analvercary Kxamination of the Stu. dents ol th University of North Carolina, will be held at Chapel Hill, on Monday, ih 84th day of May ensuing, aad be continued irons day to day un til Thursday th 3d day of June, being the. first Thursday in lb month, which laal mentioned day ia appointed for th Annual Commencement of the College. Th following Trustee com pose th Com nit tee of Visitation , His Exay Jko.'M, MoaKaaan, Preet ex. ff, Hon: U. b Swiir. Preudenff1ltre. William J. Alexander, Matlhia Manly, Geo. C. Mendenhall, Hii(h .McQueen, Henry Potter, William B. Sbepard, William H.. Haiti, Henry S. Clarke, James W. Bryaa, ' -John R. Donael, . Weston H.Galc7-" John Giles, William A. Graham, Kmanuet snotter. Joseph B. 8kinr, lluglt wailtlell, Jame Webb, lonathan Worth. ' - Jam U. Johnston, Cadwalleder Jones, Jr. Andrew Joyner, " . By order, . ' ' - CH AS. M INLY, Secretary. - ' Raleigh, 30th Aped, lH. IS 5t FRANKLIN SCHOOL, , ; (CLASICAL A(D KNOL1SH.) A My School Koom being now ompleted, I take the opportunity to make known ibe terms anrT coo dition uen which I ahall hereafter aonduct my School . 1st.': Every Clasaieal r Mathematical Sluden wdl pay me $17 00 a session of fit month. 'All other $13 00. . ' - ; 8d. No wadent aver sixteen will be received without an, assurance on the part of himsell or pa rent, of good behaviour, atteutioa ta katmeaa, aad an orderly obedience to the role of the school. 4J No deduction of price to be made lor absence, unleea caused by protracted akknes. , ' . 4th. Only thirty ttu'lcali to b nt any lima m th school. : . . . ' ; 5th, From A pril lo Sp!jibcr,;iim ocenpied In aehool, 1 hour The remaining part of each sea 4MMS, praortionably lea. ..-rt-jr - ' I take thi publi n-anaer f pledging myself la th faithful performance of my own part, m prepar- iig'fa)r';frg'4oW'wk'-5da naefal knooledg to otherti jlways herin la mind Ihpae fardinil branches of lrarurng to wut, Utad. inr. einellin. Encliah Grammar and Arithmetic . The first session will close on Friday, the 88th nf i May I ibe aecond will aomuienc on Moouay, Uie 14x1s of Juue.r- vW. t". '"' ' ' ' v-,---v--.-;---''H..i,.,--J0nN! Y, HICKS. Raleigh, April I, !S4t , 14 4teow T. U. FKNTK E8 8, - . -.- -: MERCHANT TAILOR, -- - FAVSTTEV1LLK STREET, RALEIOH, K. The Subscriber ha commenced tho Tailoring buiine, An all lis riou btsnchtr, in the buikU in; formerly occupied by Mr. 1 bompaon a a Jew ellery 8torr, and two door totith of the North Carolina Book Store; where he ha very recently received s splendid assortment of auperfioc Cloth of almost every color, Cassimerca, Vetings, and all fancv articles. Usually kept In ocb Ettabliah- menla. - These article were selected by himself from the latest importation in the Norther mar kets, - Hi atock consists in part or , Sup. wool dyed Black Cloth. - - .- t OIim, laeiawl aad Botll Creea do. Ol, e Hrowi and London da. Blaek Diamond ttsavcrs, suitalil for Froak aad M!mteertya!,t,w CASSIMERES. - Sup, Woot-D)ed HI aea ' . Blue, Diamond aad Viet oris. ' ' Washuigioa Mixed, Drab, lluft", kn. 1 - ! VESTING. . Black, plain and figured Velvet, Braced do. figured scarlet Valencia, plain and figured Satin, (superior quality ) Alan, a ewneral assortment of fancy Articles. vixi 8lock, Suspenders, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Crsvats, eJtifTnrrs, Merino Shirts ana Drawers, Bottoms, Collars, kc . The stibaenber ba in his employ, first rate workmen, and a he intends devoting bis unre 1 do .I0 0XX) 1 do 5,0(10 I da - - v -B.tOi -J 75 price of 1 900 75 do . t . W 75 do 5(10 .57 do 250 -ty.-.-Ao-'''- -IU0- - ti do 70 , ' 45 do - 7 CO 130 do 50 130 do 40 4615 do SO . a7o4tr..db . . . io mitting personal attention lo the business, he hopes, by punctuality and despatch, to met it the patronage of s genrrau public Call and try me. . T. R. F- Jan. 16. 1840. 4 Sa Powerful in moral, in inteTiectuatTihd Tn Dhvsical resource the land of mir aires, anil th . . RALEIGH N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1S41. To the Virginia and F. S. Public. I "Iliaft BlllriaVrrilMr nrnnrua If nalmnaaA saw ill aa - , stliarpUe 0 pubiiah in th Cur of VV.ab- jngton, a Daily. Political Journal, to b called the 1 -OBSERVER." lftubaeripliona will jurtify bira, hi wih i t imu U 6nt number on tb firat Monday of Jon next on week or two at fartheal, ( ,f, 1w eommencemenl of th Extra Seawion of t uerl Uoverment. without 'tear .favor, or aOeo. lion.'. It will look foraupportlo the Peop!, aAd th-Poplnlyv Having taken an H part in lb eli'clion of Gen. Harriaion, ardently hoping and confidently believing that thi Admittiatratioa' will juelify to geuerou confidence, tod fulfil th pat riot! eipeetatinna of the American " People, I yet pledge myeelt to ailend to it no anUieeriminaTing auataln any man or at of men, (gainat lb Const i totinn of tbe country . Ttiis vow 1 mean to keep to the beat of m ability, ao help me God! If lb -People will eualain me in tbia attempt, th froiu ol near 20-year of editorial experience ahall ba dedicated diligently and laboriously, to render the Obeerver worthy - of Iheir favor. I promt, tbem and I will redeem it, that they shall ha a political print at Washington if not able yet hon t, faithful nd tro lo them and lit cause of the country, and tb Right of lit Stale and of lb People. Whether a print is or ia not required at th Federal Meiropolia, whoa leaning ahall be lo th Slate and not to tb central authority ( I leav it to ih country lo say . I throw out these proposals now, intending in a abort tim to be more apeoifia. I wieh lo ascertain if there exist a diapocition to eupport a paper at Waahington which will giv a eoajlial eupport to General Harrison or any other President, wbil be entitle himself to it by . lb Conetitationalily of his cours. but which will primarily be jcalou and dietruellul of Federal power, and certainly more prompt to attack Ha icsee bn to arquicac IB them, let who will be at the head of the t3orern meot. . A th tim i limited, I request tbo wb ar disposed to support so in ibis mMrprise, te an nounce it by letter. JNO. H. PLEASANTS. Richmond, Mtrch JCd, 1841. State of ""forth Carolina, : Hertford County, Court of Pleaa and Quarter Sessions, Feb ruary Term," 1841. Coiicn W. Barns) " " ' - - va. (Or'gl. atUahm't latied on land. Martha B.. Beal. J It anpearkir lo th satisfaction of 'lb Coart that Ih defendant m this aaa reside without th limits of thi State, it ia ordered therefor by -the Court, that publication lor tlx week b made in Ihe rta ligh Star aad North Carolina Gazette, gieing Ih said Manh E. Beal nolie thai ah be and appear before the Justices ol ihe Court of Plea and Quar. terSesaions, at the' next Court to be held for the County of Hertford, at the Court Hons m Whilon, on th fourth Monday m May next, then and there lo replevy th property attached and plead, other wise final judgment wdl ba entered up against her, and Ihe property levied on- condemned subject io the recover of th plaintiff, agreeably to act of A aembiy In such ease mad and provided. r . Tw, - U M. COW PER, Clk. Price adt. $5 68. 15 ZMPoaTitD Hoasn Rowrox. Winner of Ihe Great St. Leger. 'I'lllS eelebratcd and unsorpaascd Eagliah Race . I horse and capital Stallion will stand it,' present season at Wilton. Granvill eouniy, N. C at $50 a mare, and C75 Insurance, with One dollar lo the groom.' Tb aeisoo money wdl be due Ihe 1st July, at whhib lime th ae.ao cxuirea, th inawrana a so as lax mar is'aaeerUined to be with lol, or parted with.-: Mares wdl be hid for 33 scuta per day, whiah mast b paid before they are removed Black person aoiuing whb mare will be boarded free of harg. Great attention ahall b used lo prvnl aecidenl a id scapes, bat a responsibility for any which may happen. I pledge myself lo my friends and patron, lo do them iuatie ia U reiels if they will send lo IUwtox. Foe his muaing la fcuglsad and that el hi Colt, ae band bills. . - EW'U H. CAHTF.R. Wilton, Marsh 89, 1141. ' . w. GREAT IMPROVEMENTS. '---rtAwk foiites -rr-r" E. P. Naaa, aols Agent for V. and NorthCaroHna . .It baa bees Tmtke4 by o-i!r.f Jb ma4 di lincuihd muaiciana In tbr United Bute, that few instrument r to be found in any roontty . dual ti' tboe nuid 1 Btodart, Wofcealer Sc Dun' bam, Nw York. Their tone i remarkably soft. a arret and mellow, and at Iba earn tim powerful. They ar made with particular referaoc to durabili' ty aod keeping io VmV- 4 1 E.P. NASH, Petersburg. February I - ' , H ; I 'HE SUBSCRIBERS oner for tale privately, Iheir welt kaowa Farm led Meroaniil atandj which ia believed to b Ih best aounlrx, stsnd any where, in the JUeunty.l he farm i. amply u8U aieat for three or tour Banuaj in welling a large and commodious, with three room below atairs. and three room Vitb fiv fir plaaesi framed kilab mm and Si one chimncT. with lood haute for eer Tsnts' us. Th Store tloas I sixty-two feel long,' with tw fir r lass, and th Htor thiriy-eigtit leet ia leaetlL. aad suleea leet will, and not too laigs for Ihe busiaca ol th vicinity. Also a Gin House, tweoty-ioer feet square, and a Church close by Ih Star, whhin seventy yards. Therear beaiilcs.all necessary Out-bouses. Further partieulai s i deem ed nnewraaary. On application, any person ca examine for therasel.es. II we should not tell ly Ih 1st of May, ws ioay o CO business again oar. sl-rv.-- January fth, 1141. A SITUATION WAHTED'I ' V A GcBllsmsn, who is qnslifisd to prepare stu denta fmr admissiosi Into any Colleg ia tb United Stole, and who ha bad vcral yar of mccwss. ful experience in teaching, bath ia tb North and ttouib, wwbe losxcbangs hia preseof location for a mora healtbv on. He i willing to Uk charge of either male or faasale Seminary- but aa hi ) dy, who I peprd to toacb tb solid and ojnamen lai brancbea el leuisl education, b desirous 0 con linuing hew present employment in leaching tb latlsr would b prelerred. 4 SCliaJactory testimonl- la, aa to character, abtlitie: aod f-dlhful diacbarg of dulie will be tberiblly furntslied. Addrees A H. 41. Beaufort, Carteret, S. C. April 86, 1141. . 17 lewp 1 , . ... AN ORATION. ON THE DEATH OF. WILLIAHI II. IlAltRISON, Lata President of tho United Stale, delivered, on the SClh of Apiil, 1841, in lit Iowa of, Newborn, N. V. BY JAMES W.BRYAN, ESQ FiLLow-CmisNs: Why those -plaintive sonds, "'i plraiing, yet so mnurnlul (u the loul?" Why these habiliment of wo? Why dues esch counttfnance, in. this vast axseml)'-; weir the settled sntl muurulul expression of gloom and sorrow? a nation, truly, mourns: A great man hath faHen in Isriel, and " " "broutJ" and in 1 eh it Deonle bto werwnr for-hiirir"Titia "Rachel of old for her cbildven, because he is nnt The bravf, lhemd antl ihe virtuous Willi aw II enrt Harriso.- has firtte down to the tomU! Well rosy we weep! Well may we prayt 0 .rise, some other such, ' Or all we've gained is but the empty void Of old attainment, and despair of new! Brief, my friends, as hss been the time allotted to me to treat of the life and char acter of this distinguiahed citizen and patriot, I cannot permit the present op portunity to pass, without refreshing your memorirs, and attempting to embalm in your affections the virtues and services ol this tlistincuikhetl .champion of our lib erties. He was born at Berkley, in Charles City county, on the James river, in the State oi Virginia, on the 9th day of Feb ruary, A.. D. 1773. lie was the son of Benjamin Harrison-that man, who, in ihe darkest hour ef our infant republic. bid defiance to the- sriaf d my wii'idoiis of Britain, and hurled back, in the sp'rit of proud defiance, the threatened vengeance of the mother Country upon her rebellious .ubjects the son of nun, who, on the death of his brother-in-law (Peyton -Rsn uoiph. ) was ihe Uvurite caniluUie 1 tit southern members ot the Confederacy, fori the Presidency ol that continental Con gress which astounded all Europe by the daring boldness of that. Declaration of In dependence which constitutes the deed of rtnancipat.on ol a great and happy people ind who, -in that memorable contest lor the chair wilh John Ilsncork, Willi Ihe self-tavcrirtcing spirit of a devnted patriot, exerted all his personal lonuence lo secure the election ol his illustrious competitor; and when he hesitated, -from the natural modesty ol his nature and the conscious ness ef Ihe responsibility of the station he was called to fill, to - take lite chair, ' seized the modest candidate in his ath letic arms, and placing; him in the Presi dential. chair, turned 10 the members and eictslmed, Jwe will show mother Britain how little we care for her, by making a Massachusetts man our President, whom she has excluded from pardon by public pru lauution.' " From su.ch a parent stuck, no degenerate branch could spring. Wit lisitwtlenry Harrison was his third J and youngest son. He was literally ' rocked T ii -ci-i !.t in me crauie 01 noei tvi nis juuutiui mtnti was imbued with a just conception of our lights, and a consciousness ol our wrong. ami from the lips ol his honored sire he early learned that a people, to lie great. must be liee, snd that : liberty must' be purchased, however exrrssive the price. .Yoour Harrison waft edutsfeel at Hump. . ,1 . ; m.-;' ' ' " 1 ucn pniuey . ioueger in , irjmia, ami upn the death of his . father, was placed under, the guardianship of Hubert Morris, the great. hnancier. of our Revolution. He devoted himself to the study of . medi cine, but ere he he had attained to any e ; .1. . . , t , pninctency in mat nouie science, ne nesru of ,4wara and rumors, of wars." 'The p'n eous cries of 1500 men, women and clsit dren who hail fllttn-vietios hciteatb.jheJ murderous blows of the merciless turns- himk arid scalping kiiile, up..n tlis bordyrs o(ths beautiful . Ohio, mingled with the startling v and- ppsUtng ?yils - of 't infurited ' Savages, borne . on the wings of thefwind 'lreatlic d bis "peacelul sbnde and at .the age ofninetecn, forsaking his studies, ant) his books, and all the: social endearments of his home, he. buckled on his armour to do hia country service and to avenge the wrongs of her insulted and injured citizens. , En- Ires tie antl expostulations, both from his iruardian and ft lends,' to abandon Ml uaf - ingand perilous underlsking, were alike unheeded- and disregsrdi-ilj it ; tvsfTBuffl cient for him thai his country needed his aid, and that the friend of. hia father, the g'cat and immortal Washington, approved his design - and , conferred upon him a commission of Ensign in the first regiment ol lha United Slates Artillery. The peace ol 1783 found the Indians of the North west still under British influence, and jealous of, and opposed to, the , interest of the United blsies. the wilderness, and j unsettled stale of that tountrja were well adapted Ior. the rud aaiL-aavage,, warlar of sut h merciless foes. Generals Hsrmar and St. Clair had already sustained; two disastrous defeats, and impending ruin seemed to threaten all that beautiful coun try and its defenceless inhabitants. 'The sad reverses of fortune which hsd atten ded our arms in all oar conflicts with the Indians, had dispirited, our tioops, and spread consternation far and wide through-! out their ranks.- The keen ana ssgscious eys of Washington, ever watchful of his country's good, was prompt to perceive snd resdy to" remedy, the apparent defects. II is discrimins'itig mind soon" selected from the well-tried antl war-worn veterans rinm nf-niir afTurlinna " ISO, 19 of his country's defenders, Ihe brave, the chivalrous and daring. Uetierat Anthony Wayne, to command the armies of the IrrpTibiic in this Northwestern war. The impetuous -daring and recklrss disregard of his life in his cuu 11 try's defence, gave to this distinguished soldier the appellation of Mad Anthony To him Ensign Har rison rrpnrted himself at. ' Fort Wash'n g ton, which occupied ihe site of the pre-ent beautiful and almost magic city of Cincin Ball. "He fouhtl iht intemperance, dissi pation and immorality prevailed through out the camp, and however repugnant to that fevatcd and renglout leeUug hkh i mnthers esrly " love hail cultivated ami cherishtd in his youthful bosom, we're scenet like thin, he wss nothing daanteil, bur with . the pet severance unknown tb de-(fat,- he resolved, if potiSiWe, "to correct these anuses, and to make morality the chivalry of a soldier. "As psnts the heart lor cooling streams, when heated in the chase,", so Ions his you'hful soul lor the chivalrous glory of combat with .the ene my, lie sought, on all occasions, the front rank of danger, aa the post of hon our, and coveted the command of an ex pedition fraught with danger and almost certain death, to regain the battle ground where St. Clair was defeated, lis the colli and cheerU-ss month of December, over a trackless expanse ol snow, and through an unknown and savage wilder ness, ha set nut 011 that memorable expe dition, a mere boy, in the command of veterans. It is useless to dwell on the sufferings an.1 pstirnt endurance of ilia to which Jim .gallant JiuU band nJ ill youth ful Commsnder were subject on thi peri lous and hazardous expedition tlicy ie- gained the battle ground, and with sorrow ing hearts collr cted. i tbe. bones ol their mutdereu fellow-soldiers, and depositing thetn in one coiiimoii" thenr nine volleys from theTVeTf artitler wntcn ine inutans nan raptaren irom mj ainui laiieir auu uTiciitu 01, iir. AH eyewitness and companion of Harrison on this exnedilion. on writine home. de. dares 4,I would as soon have thought nf putttngmy wile into the service, as thisboyi but 1 have been out: with jhiin,,and I find those smooth cheeks are on a wise hesd.aud lhi slight It sine is almost a tough as my own weather beaten carcaseL" It would be needless to repeat the commendations of regard and piaue bestowed upon the gal lant Hirrison bvhis veteran rommandrr, or to recount his deeds of iijibte darinf in the great battle of the Miami, which pro traieJ fur a season, the poweiof the In tliatis, and served that friendship and al liance which subsisted . between ihem and (he Etielish. an alliance more akin , to cold and deliberate murder, a.ttl the grat ifit ation of all the tiendlike, hellish pas sions of depraved and corrupt human na tore, than to a league for even barbarous warfare, and alike discreditable and igno minims to the honor and glory of a great and glorious nation.; . , Oh England! if there ever cam O'er tbee the blush of generous shim, . , if, through some dim but coming year, , " When musing oa thoughts like these, ' i Thy glowing memory linger here, ' -'Twill redden sll thy ielfid sea. .. ,a ' Probably uo battle (ousht since our in dependence was productive of more iitt- poilant results to ihe country than that of the Miami. . The hopea of Great Britain of a final overthrow of our institutions. through the'aid u( the Indians, were crash edi their confidence in her strength anJ mighty power was impaired, and her tam pering and procrastinating-policy lit' rc ga'rd to the conclusion of Jay's treaty was quietly abandoned. After V this de cisive and fatal battle to the hones of the Indians, iioung Hsrisnn was promoted lo a k aptatticy, and, at Ihe age ot twenty two year, married the -daughter of - John ami settirments." ?...v.,v s'kl. General "Way lie having dte In 1 79f, Captain Harrison received .tho civil ap pointment pf Secretary of the Northwes tern Territory, and ex-oflicio 'Lieutenant Governor. Reared in that severe school of military discipline practiced by Grner al Wayne, and learning from him the art ofsr, Csptairi Harrisw soon became f miliar with alt the neculiaritin of ihe' In dian character, made-hityself master of thst system tshich he so successfully prac ticed, either to check thtir turbulent e and insolence, or to secure and eommand their reverence and respect," One year rafter his acceptance of this civil appointment, he was elected by Ihe people a delegate to Congress from the Northwestern Territo ry, and whilst there, became the author of the present system of selling; the pub lic lands, whereby the poor, as well as the rich, were enabled to purchase a settle ment Snd a horrie. His unbounded pop. lr. acter, his ardent and uareasing devotion to the best interest of hia constituents, snd hia exalted patriotism, called loudly for his appointment as Governor , of the Northwestern Territory, and Mr. Jeffer son readily conferred en him this impor tant sppoinmeni. With an extent of ter ritory larger than that of the whole south, ern States, ' comprehending the present Ststes of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan. Mis souri, the Territory of. Iowa and upper ituuieiaiia, nu wun powrrs ruuauru win j by ihoae of an ; eastern Satrsp, Governor Harrison entered upon the discharge of bis high and imnortaut duties. The cul- ??a3Tam tiva un nt the heart' best aftections was ever with him the surest guarantee ol hap -piness and the greatest aurrit-e of itn -provrmrnt in the social eyitlition ef mn. He promptly furbade the distribm tion vf spirituous liquor among the Indi ans, sought thnr frientiahip, relieved Iheir wains, never deceived ihem, and wss al ways ready to alleviete . their disti ssrs.' H- disdained the enjoyment of i fii-e for its miserable sjioils, and altlit.wgh he Te crivrtl his successive appoiiuments of Governor of the Northwestern Territory frnro Presidents Atlanta, J,AVron snd Madison, and was appointed by ihem to negtitiate various treaties with Ihe Indian. 10 perform highly important and valuable servicer, and. to disburse immense sums Lof money, lor alt iif which he was rntiil.d iu eaira comenationv - yet lie promptly -rejected all but Vis salary, belieting that thus to enrich himtelf at' the expense . of his country wss but political robery, ' j But as peaceful, as happy," and as wise s was tho administration of Governor Harrison, and as painfully anxious as was his desire to smehurate the condition of (he Indians; all his humane and benevo lent exertions were thwarted by the in fluence of British gold, antl the bountiful distribution of spirituous :;liquori Iffittug them, and the resort to all those insidious anil deceitful practices which tempted the illiterate savages to violate their faith to avenge imaginary wrongs,: and to turn anna against their natural friends and protectors. 1 tie arts or our enemiea pre vailed, and the Indiana were Instigated to demand an abrogation of. the trestles, and, -a surrender of the country to them, as the nrst and natural owners. Ihcarttul ana wily Tecumseh sought an interview with " Goneinor Harrison, at Vincennes, the capital, of the Territory, professedly to in duce him to surrender the lands, but ru ly for a m-ira nefarious purpose, Th Oovernor granted the interview, but di rected him to bring only thirty warriors, this the artful savage disregarded, and rame with over three hundred followers, all completely armudi and then ensued a scene, the moral grsnJeur of which has not been equalled by any similar transac- . tion on earth. ' , . , M.Fmcv. if Von ran. the nnhle and rnm. mantling person of Tecumseh.rising in tho T council in all the' majesty of his native dignity, anl addressing Governor Harri- . rison m that natural eloquence which ap ; peals with truth to the heart and carries coviction to V4 judgment. What I am I have become by my extrtions.snd I would " that that I rnul.l anaka lha rail main a . . . -i i j i a iv,iv. it,v,u uj uiitiia, wiicas 1 think of the Great Spirit, and his wish ' to render all his people n66la and happy. -Were such the case, 1 would hot come to. General Harrison beseeching him to annul the treaty j but I would say to him 'broth. , er, you are at liberty to - return N to your : own country,-There was a time when the foot of the whits msn did not crush the fallen lirr.bs in our paths This coun try then belonged to sll the red men. 1 It was crested for the red msn and his chil dren. We were all united, and the Great . Spirit placed us here and Jilkd the land with fruit and game - for our ase, W''. were then happy. ' We are now made miserable br the white man, who is never contented, but ssks as (or more and 1 more land. The white people have drivi en as from thermal salt lake. ' They fol. low us over the mouhlalns a we retire to the setting sun.. They would force us In : to lha takrai wa are daterminnl to e-n no farther. The march of the white man must be stopped, - The land : belongs to sll the Indians, antl all must , still awn it,' It wss our fathers. We must give it to our children.." It cannot be dividrd.' To which Governor Harrison,- with - that 5 se'f-rulleetetl 'calmness snd disnssVianale coolnese- for which he was soremsrkab!e in ihe hour, of danger, replird that the country was purchased from the Mismis. and the shawneeshsd no right ft in er fere with - ft.;-.' Uponf which, Tecumseh bnundnl from the esrth, and shouted. ' it Is false." He gave a signal," and hia three hundred warriors leaped upv with a demoniac spirit darting from their, eyre, snu scizeu tneir wsr nuns, - j ne gnsro, whiihrnnsisted of only twelve persons, ! immediately levelled their firearms, but 1 were instantly checked by the Governor, ' ind lurwo3"tu.Truipf b with that .look of. I - I 1. '.'' I'"' I...'' -:uft :l. ciHii,rairn anil tiurnninru courage Allien . s wed the savage into tsmg ubniiMon, said ' to i im' Yiu are a bad mu.- 1 will have -no further talk sjiib you yott ut reern In your camp antt lake your departure , from tho. settlements immediately." a hub ws inr gnwniict inriiwp iiuwh irwus - strrn necessity, "nhich Governor HTri son gallantly rrderriTed at the battle of ' Tippacanoe. I slull not stop to recount tfkaw a i. fi t a as mim amt at a a a Ih taS til a ft -r-l . .1 . I , ru.M characterized that memorable bat fie, or , to describe the part which the master spir it ot that fearful contest perforir-edt.but briefly to call youraltention to the Isct, . that lite Legislatures of Kentucky and In- -disns, by resolutions, and President Mad- i ! Li- i n i. .r.e. 18, 1811, highly commended and sienallr " expressed the gratitude of the country fori the gallant ' and . meritorious services of Gen. Harrison, nn this snom'urahl nrra. sion. . . . In June, 1813, war was declared by the United States against Great Britain. ' General f tarriann waa a n mil n led Cnmmaa. drr-in-Chief-lti retrieve the sullied honour' ' '"' ;"' '" a" i " a ' ir a ' ' I a oi our arms wntcn nan neen tarntsitea oy the inglorious surrender of Hull, . on the , northern frontier. It would bo a tedious rirotixify'indeed, to dwell upon hia gal- ; snt achievements at Fort Meigs, the 7 splendid victory of the sThames, the civic , honours which were Conferred upon him -the pesns of triumph which marked hia progress through our . country! er to call j to your mind the Human Itrmnest ana as. votinn to his country, when the knell of ine union WSS wrung wlron lamnua Missouri qnestion. snd he, Curtis like. lesped into that awfbl gulf of popular In (lignation, and preferred to de right, with
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