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r : ! - U I .iuunt my horse and ride him ihither. ITatn - ib!ed iiiuation. Th& younmnn ; after rgeot solicitation, placed himself! in the sad V-flle, and the plain, entlemlotpoktt a loot 1ihe rest of the x!istace to Vjonnes, where lhey arrived abobt jwghtlal l.;3;"f t'? f;' 1 In Jhe morning; "the stranger again t accost : Sd.the youog man :' You told me yesterday ourj objejet ras to enter a piece of land.! 1 Have some knowledge orltKis;chtry, its! lo cation' and advantagesif you will accejrt niy - Itijdt I will go with yoa to he Land-ofHce tnd i, Irelect a piece fonyou.- Itiwill-save yoa j 'jood deal of trouble and some expense., The :; lier wefs cheerfully accepted, and they pro . ceeded to the office and made the. eotryl ,But imagine the chargrin a'nd disappointment -;tj the young man, when he- came to pay the ' noney to the receiver, to leara the amount tyas deficient five dollars, owing to a counter f?it to that amount. A friend in need is a , ffiend. indeed." The stranger perceiving the ct5leminaJof th young mau, immediately said i-iie of cheer you informed me that you itere an orphanthat you have come several )Wdred miles in 'search of a home lor your t6lf and brother and .sister. You shall not he disappointed it gives me pleasure 'to as .cist the orphan and destitute. Here are ten pllars which will enable you to1 clear out yburlaad and pay your way. uniii you can cbtain employment, and as "j have many ac Jaintancehern 1 shall seek out a place lor Vcu.". lz aid soj and obtained one and the ' ytung man continued in it until he had acc nlujated some money, which :. he remitted ! to ' hjs brother and siwter, and enaWecI them to ' jtjin -him. The piece of land proved to be a laab one how finely improved and occu J -pied hy his elder brother and his family re apected and esteemed by their neighbors. The sister was happily married,and is enjoy ing the comforts of a life, on a farm in the came neighborhood. The younger brother but the WHICIS are lor strengthening' the Representative .Branch; as -the bulwark against Coosolidation, which must ultimately generate monarchy. V -V - : A DISCOVERY. " . ''''f . v It appears that the icelebrated I bill which is falsely designated as the bill proposing to sell poor whitetm'ea for debt, and for -votinz'- in favor of which General Ha rrison'has been so much'censured by the lories, was introduced into the Legislature of Ohio by Thomas Morm, one of the lato loco loco Van Buren Abolition Senators from that State. ; .; R&lcigk Star. A POLITICAL CHANGE! ING. ) There is scarcely a measure which is bow condemned by'Mr. Van Bufen but what he formerly supported. He is opposed to the United States Bank, yet he once joined in a petition praying that a branch of thai Insti tutiom should be located in the city of Albany. He cottdems all Banks, yet himself and I the party of which he is the acknowIet'ged head contributed to build up the savins banks dc trust companies and loan offices' and an end less train of moneyed institutions nor exist ing in the State of New Yorjc. He now pro professes to condemn the Federal party and its measures, yet'it is a well established fact that he united with the Federal party in try ing to defeat the election of Ir. Madison,the Deraocratic candidate for', the Presidency. It is equally well known that he Toted for Rafus King the Federal candidate for the U, States Senate, in preference to Ambrose Spencer, the Democratic candidate for that distinguished station. It is known also that he voted for the erection ot toll cates on the Cnraberland Road a meagre decidedly fed eral in its character. He new Dretends to possessing the confidence of his fellow citi. llu" '.V L. 7. " n.rno ho. hnnn Alonlorl nnrl is nnur npplirminrr I . . T . . ' ' "r:.: ZZZZZ' bandoned ho system in partand because the i v - iiilii ' iiiirri mi i ih'.h ii w iiiii iiiiih aw n n m wwn n that stranger, that . . ".'. "r"1""r.V? V " n If u UnAtun tr Ilia luhnln mm,.m U . 1 r TO who was tiS Header ! " ,! 1' . S i j . r mem 'supported the laritf.jn its most odious ;n$ed asskted these orphans, and enabled them to fix themselves comfortably in life 1 Does !nl)fc your bosoms swell with gratitude for so .coble a deed ? ; i . i4' 51 My frieads, that stranger, that good plain Tipubhcaa was GENERAL HARUlSUrM. lie who had been Governor of 'a State, the Commander of armies, bad fough t many bat .tfes in his country oause, and never lost oo, did not acquire the supercilious, demea nor, which those in power too frequently do. ife is stilt the plain republicanr, ever ready to ntsial the poor and needy with the purao and fO8 council. . ;' " f 1 - I : ' Reader the above is not a fiction. There aie. those yet residing in Fayette county who ireiT.em)er these orphan children; and stioud you ever meet with them, they will relate to The report having been read. Mr. Butler. of Ky. moved that tha report and tMtimony be printed, which 'wst agreed to, and the House adjourned. ' ,z :'t : Correspondence of tit RalllUfUUr. t ; ' , -i. - ; . ' ' ; ? vl. aikingiSni April U, 1840. -Mt Bxait SniThe question has been frequently asked, rhat will Georgia do in the approaching Presidential contest 1 My reply bas been, "go for Van Bareo, i presume, as the State Righu party in December lat t re solved to support neither Van Buren nor Gen. Harrison." This will be the result if that "stana aJoofVcourse be perterered in., tyhen Gen. Hafrison was first nominated, I confess I thooght that the proper: course for the State Rights party. But, from a full and fair examination of the political opinions of the General, I am now willing to support him in preference ? Mr. , ; Van Buren.' To ei ve vou the reasons, 1 deem unnecessary for the last three months have been -chiefly emoloved in developing his merits and demerits. My prejudices were against Vim, afnd 1 so expres- sea myseu : uui justice, to rnysett torbias me to remain silent, when an old tS: gallant man has sunered Irom under an improper wo a- dice. . . i if I should be asked my opinion as to the course the Slate Rights party or the State should adopt in the Presidential contest, un hesitatingly I would say, go for Gen. Harri son and John Tyler. I do not design to abuse Mr. van uuren l (never have, nor shall 1 new do it. But his policy and his adminis tration generally, as John P. King said, are 'whitening the head of this young Republic most prematurely," Look at the country, wo does cot feet for jt he people! and who docs not perceiye the ruin, desolation, and distress which irtiow overwhelming the Peo ple T vno can .tell the wretchedness which ithe debtor class of the People are doomed to suffer T ; Who does not know lhat the policy of this Administration has been prostrating the credit cf the country t That it has closed L J r i i i. - . .... . tuc uwfi ui mc ihdu w prevent creuu oeing extended to honest 6t industrious men, whose property is or will be under the sheriff's lit m marl JJuU sir, IwiH stop." lam DrenAtcd to defend my 'choice and I am ready to give my constituents and the people of the Stare my views from the stump any wav any where and if rav-preference for General Harrison over Mr. Van Buren is an objection to me, I will aay to my constituents,thooso one whose opinions more fitly accord . It is not at all surprising that thtfe nonld have been & difference .of. opinion' among us in making the choice ; time will bring ui to- f ether againrat least ihe mass of the party, will be pleased to hear how. far you accord w -vmdai jny' extensive correapon oence, i nave epr..,A wy preferewre evr for standing aloof tht i, going for neither Mr. Underwood, from the! Committee np but roy opinions are now differenl.,. The and oppressive forms, because he sought some Denent under the measure being pos sessed at that time of 20,000 sheep. He now condemns John Quincy Adams, on the ground mat iic is u i eueraiisi, wnen u is a well au thenticated fact that he was ;in favor of Mr. Adams in the year 1634,,when that gsntle man was v elevated to the . Presidencv. and when it was probable that he would continue in the ascendant in the politics of this coun try. 7 Mr. Van Buren has in truth been eve ry thing and every thins to uit times nd charges as interest might dictatn. . . I Raleigh Star ... - -1 From lie Raleigh Register. THE OLD DOMINION 'isjFREE FREE FREET . Ail the good news from Virginia is con firmed, and the last link that chained her to the' throne is unbroken, and millions of free hearts bail her release I The tide of power and corruption has been turned back with an iron rebuke and a giant arm. Vikoimx is r ! VIRGINIA IS FREE 1 Her gnl lant sons have dooe their duty, and disdain ing to put off their armor while the stain of oppression remains, they are ready and pant ing lor tne great battle of the Presidency. Theeyes of the whole Union were anxiously bent on Virginia, and gloriously has she come to the rescue. The vrecite majority "or the Whigs is not vet known, but the re sult is such as to settle the political character of the Slate for years to come. It make a diUerence in the Presidential estimate of 48 votes against MrVan Buren. It exhibits a clorioua rallying point for the Whipi. and will infuse animation into the bosom of every irresolute man in the 'country. The impor tance, therefore, of this triumph -cannot be over-estimated, or over-stated. It. thunders from the political ramparts to every section of the Union "ALL'S WELL 1" We insert here, as cermain to the matter in hand, the following neat effusion ; not of our own, bat oT a mend's Muse. It is, de cidedly, one of The -happiest hits we have ev er seen t . VIRGINIA'S &IVAL9: Two suitors lately to Virginia came, Dissimilar in stature, as m fame V The one, a e Northern cian "tho long, he said, "He'd been a Southerner m heart and head;". Tho -other teas a Southern man, of scftffid ripe Whose deeds 'ro nlaxoned on Colombia's fcsee : One moment ttoubtfat fair Virginia seemed, 15 ot switt her bright gfance on her Ilfcuo beamed t Tltcn turning on a NorYhern man a looV, That made him wish himself at Kinder hook; Aaway I she cried, your words and acts de f note, k ou lawnd and flatter d nut to gain my vote; Whilst this my choice, will, midst the world's applause, UpVoid my welfare and onr Country laws. GOVERNMENT feDlTORS. . Xcchn't hal at length exposed, what ha been long tutpected. The appointing powe of the President, is freely ied to keep him self in office, y first making an .able writer) q an omcer witn a snug salary, then converts ing him into vt Editor o Government ad vocate. E. W. Rohinson, Editor of the Ken THE WHIG BANNER. IL W. GUI0N, Editor. REPORT UPOX PRIVILEG ET. HaXJSILXTtroiT Sta (9a , tucky. Yeoman, a Tory paper oiT the vilev tump, printed in Franlcfrrt. Kenttiehv. Unued to'draw his salary of tixlre hvndrti ww.r m s U CICT AT oi ine I'M UUlCZ a? a uepartmcnt at WathtngrOt 'city. One At arews nas lor several years drawn $1200 i year as a clerk in the 'IYdsary Drparment and duriog the whole time ha been con' nccted with the Globt, as Congfesonal ReJ porter. PI1ILO WHITE, a Purser in th Navy, stationed at Pcr.saco's, Florida, rel ccniiy came to Salisbury, and earnest! commenced editing the Western Carulinia yile rccklrts and Tory ahett. H Bt?-cu " uuuw, tu escape eiposure as he dd ia 1834 and 35, 6tc, when editing "th Raleigh Standard. He was then Purer i U. -a- t .. mu 4, ua wncc wonn uy ait otrn ac counts ikrre tkovtand dollars a year. He continued a terser doringns editorial career J j and received his nay in a twofold ctDieiir) ' m w r - -' j By a Document frintedny order of the Srci retary of the Navy f.r 1940"we learn that rniw iv nue orst entered the iSavy emce? the llth May", 1830, that he is still in tho lervice, and had leave cfvftrrrxce. When thd. Docnment was nublwhi-d. hot frfr wht L n.h of Time we are ioi tuld. V areTarthrr mnl vioced that Philo would not hare exchanged; his rArre thousand a 'year, for the Jntrful prorj . its of the Standard office more especially Ji too, wlren the Purser occaionallr et frort ' governrrient, an xxtra allowance fordo'mg hia : regular business. Lttt year the 23d of July! j Philo reccsived one of these extras as appears from Doc. No. 24, pae uFor labor Natj 'ardtat Pensacdla, and PoslageA . t The value of this labor and postage was oaJ tou1attb;eighl hundred and srifenty nine doll I lars 'and 2 cents. For the last fen years he has been feeding upon Tieasury rap and a". ponion nf that time 3 or 4 years-, has beerij returning fce kindness of Government, b wuiicwaimng us conauci. i nesn vlx. navt been discovered by mere accident. How w - . k V! you from overflowing and grateful hearts.this pointed to report od the facts ofthe late Ren Slate will go for Gen Harrison Hhd John rREpUBLICAN- WHIG CANDIDATES. Worthy dee'd of the good Gen. HARRISON, countre between Messrs. Bynum and Gar 1 Tyler when their claims are fully known. FOR GOVERNOR OF N. CAROLtrfA, JOHN M. MOREHEAD, OF OCILPOBI) COUTTi ton r&Esiofcnf, WlLLiAM HENRY HARRISO bk onto i This. is the man whom me -i eopie are land, ot L.ouisiana, made a Report, contain- Juex tne uonvenuon m June survey the ground apout to cairto preside over the destiniesiof jng a statement of (acts, fcasdon the written and do their duty Tell your friends, Mr. 1 tkio moo Rnnnlitic. I 1 9 he not Worth V of it. tnctimnntr nfn mimlwr aP wiinosMta hili Van Buren hS a Watering At?mt m,.A . l tic KJixmixn. testimony accompanied the Report. The But he is a magician, in the opinion of many Committee recommended no resolution, nor perhaps he miy avoid it. . Fertonally l' ao iney accompany tne narative wun a stn-iesieem mm. gle remark, conceiving it their duty to con tine themselves to a naked statement o facts The substance ' of the Report so far as it could be caught from hearing it read) amounts I irom 'the Cincinnati Ohio) Weekly Repuh- 7, 7 , -7 lican. , THE GERMANS ARE COMING. The Allfremeine Zeitungi one of the pnn to this i A certain Exhibit ofthe comparative nal German uaners printed in New. xorkj Expenditures ofthe present dad past Admin has recently raised the Standard of Harrison istrations,together with some 'other documents and Tyler, and has i become a 2ealou and pertaining to the same subject, having been hlf advocate of honest Democratic pfirici- put forth by gentlemen styling themselves an riles. We have also the gratifying tntelli- "Executive Committee, and published with Pnpp that F j.J. Griind. ths Biographer and their names, had been referred to by Mr. Your friend, WM. 0. DAWSON Georgia Messenger, mnfifrvriat; of Van Buren. and President of th German Van Buren Convention at Pitts rwrff. in 1836. has come out for Haffison Tyler, and commenced the publication ot a German paper in Philadelphia, to be devoted to their support. We find the' notice of the paper ana its Editor lin the'New York Signal: i "MrjGrunaVs New Paper.We have re ceivecfthe first number of TAe PennyZcanii " fVernian, a new weekly paper, edited and published every Saturday in Philadelphia J by Francis J. Grund, at the rate of $2 50 per annum. One half of the sheet in German.dc the other in the English language, and it nnlrpo a verv handsome appearance, it is Sevatedto the support ofGeneral Harrison for .-.the 'Presidency of the United btates. W ise, and, at his request had been read at the Clerk's table. After which Mr. Wise made some further remarks in which hesla ted that the paper just read had been drawn tip by his colleague (Mr. Botts) who had gone to Richmond; , Mr Wise, having resumed his seat,-Mr. Bynum rosey and walking up the central aisle ofthe House, came to the seat of Mr. Gal braith, and observed to him, that "this was an Electioneering partf trick.n HV then advanced upon the narrow aisle which pro ceeds from the central areajtill he came be tween the scats of Mr. Bankiand Mr. Gar land, ofLouis'ana, and looking at Mr. Banks, who then sat in the seat next to his own, ob served, f'that this was an unfair party trick, intended to be used in Virginia, just on the eve of an election, and that .the paper was a L li . j. ' I j Ji i: t I - i At. Workinc Men, remember one o; me prm- u u, u uuui wgiuwuc . ... JMrtnl nrrrurnrntS III taVOr Ot tne SUD-ireasurj , uinniiu, wiu na5 vw A""- l5i o Euafm i. ihat it will REDUCE was attached to the paper) turning Irom a THE WAGES OF THE LABORER;! gentleman with whom he i was conversing, Will vmi to ffratifV the oftice holders ot line ano looKing ai pin wynum. Baiu, -ini kjctj government, reduce yourselves to the depen hPndence of the laboring classes of hard mo- iey countries T If so, then vote lor the par- ... : nn..,Afi aiH vmi win ne crau icu nc ,ih-Treasurv is now in prospect, and if you . T . , . - ; . 'li.vf 'a 'foretaste of its etlecls. uo you gei mr,ur tiPllPT now. when every thing is low, lhan v.mi did when every thing was at a fair 'price !"; If you do not, then depend upon Jt, '4'ou will et along Ipr worse wnen we suu Jr .. 1 f.tll nnpratinn. . J tfiKCinnaii .cpuum;un. word in the paper was strictly true, and added, that no gentleman would say other wise ; or, as others testity, "that what Mr. B. said was a lie." On tins Mr. Bynum re plied, "that's a d d lie,1? or, "you are u d d liar," at the same moment reaching FroTrt the Charleston Courier, (Van Hufcn.) Gen. Haxnison .and Abolition. We give place, with pleasure, to the following letter, from a distinguished Georgian, as a nother to thd already multiplied proofs ol Gen. Harrison's soundness on the slave 'ques tion, i : " I ' - j " Satdnruth) April 11 1840. : Gentlemen l You call: upon me", in your paper ofthe Qth instant, to make public a let ter, addressed to me by Gen. Harrison, on the subjectof Abolition 1 havp already re plied to similar request, made by the Edit or ofthe Daily Telegraph, a paper published iri this city .: but ss 1 know not if that paper, (which has been recently, established,) is on your list of exchanges and feel that the lib erality of your conduct, towards a. political opponent, gives you an undoubted claim to the respect and courtesy of his friends! I re peat the substance of that answer : - j j ! - The Letter,in question, was written in 1836, in anticipation of a state of things, which did not occur It waa therefore not made public, and I fear has not been preserved At least. after a diligent search among my papers,-1 have been unable to find it Its' contents; however,are perfectly within my recollection, and I do all that is in roy power to comply with your request, by stating them, as I have done to the Editor of the Telegraph. The Letter embraced three points : ok vice rftcstoExf, ! JOHN TYLLRi OF VIROINlA. Electoral Ticks?. DAVID RAMSOUR, of LincolnlofU many similar castts there are, is yet a mys-? tery. The Treasury is empty and the go t -mrrM fcLdebu Should it be vnindercd atl 3 when hqndrcd ol oncers are tmDloiid:J whose services" arc hot necessar) to admihis! ter, and who arc employed only to defend lhV Government. The President tikes the pcofi pie's money, and with It pays a set ofmcn'td! blind and deceive the people. Who does nofcf perceive the necessity bfrtlorm! Wh ! Aonrrif man can ibide these things ? 4 I ' -Did hot Romulus Mi Saunders, -procur tho Editorial services of Philo White I!11 1334 at Raleicht m V Now tiark.-t-tor. Stanly oblainej the floor U and made an eiTort to prote that Gen. Jlarri-f son was not an abotitlonlat. i .... - - .t "JI the gentleman last above named did not feci sore on the abolition question, would i nave suggested itself on such an occasion! (appropriation bill.)" Lincoln lie publican No donbt Htantly did tad doss feel sorsl : dihamed that Southerners cao be better sati a a "Biitnow it had come to this (and he lisfied with Van Buren's letter to Junius AmifJ meant nothing personal to any one) that the in which he saVs it is Constitutional to ibo!-V tab Slavery in the District, that with Harri- 4f-.. it - rt- ..- . - . I r. oioo. siaiinr u to nis onin-t the assent of) IlE.at V. CoxnoB) the thoughtful has made a s peach; arid in that speech, he has dragged his constituents before the Nation's eyes, as the lowest sua dsrd of vulgarity e abuse... Hear hi mi most disrespectful language was used, not on. I V In undercurrents, but in the house i indeed he might saftlti venture to say. that be had heard as much vulgarity and abuse, as. he ever heard upon court greens, or at ihe tails of a mutter in the District hk betk- aEiEMTKD. ' li he did think his constuu ents patterns of Blackguatdism, be should have kept it to himself, an dnot published it to tho World. "That it a mean birdce." son lettrr io M ion unconstitutional without Maryland, Virginia, and the Citizens of th District. Every true candid Southerner, is sore aaKamed at such hjpoency. i Our ultra Federal neighbor hi! recently learned that "Harrison lives in a firm hodse, and receives sit thousand dollars a year Car not performing his duties as a clerki and (hat ! L '. :t t. I "I itf j ABOLITION. Toryism still raves with the charge of ab-j olilionism against Gen. Harrison. It should, be recollected however,that the o.xtr vii- nerczof the charge consists io a Forgery. of the llyporrats, in which they maVe bim say, that at 1R he joined sn abolition society. . 1. Gen. Harrison denied the right of Con he. is as rich as any man ought to be. "Here. D. , . v. m , . ; u i .u .1, ,. . i . . . 1 in Richmond Virginis. To be aura thty alao gress to abolish slavery in the states, or in tha Distriet-ol Columbia. ! 2. He expressed the opinion that the Tari V I IVI1IS AND TORY towards Mr. Garland'a cane, which lay at compromise ougnwo remnn unoisiuroeo. the back of his chair. On 'this, Mr. Garland I 3 ' H repudiated the practice of making seid the cane. Mr-iJ, raised it as high as appointmenu totnee, tne reward or partisan cane fell to the floor, and tho two parties en gaged. : ' Mr. Garland struck Mr. Bynum a blow, which the latter returned; when the gentlemen about them interfered & succeeded in parting them. Mr. Garland picked up bis cane and returned to his seat. Mr. Bjnum, . m. : "T - T Cf ' - . I . .t . ' . 4 1. 1 I.LL. I- .uiipr written by 1 nomas jciieraon w oeing ai ine narrow nisio nci io wo iwjuj, " m ' . . . . J:-..: '.: 1. lit.' r t j t.:. friend he savsr that the proper aisunci;on i or m me loooy near ino ure piacp, utcw mi virMia, in n Kenublican trovernment is in- penknife from his pocket, and appeared to : rvrr nH TORIES. - endeavor to ooen it, hot did not succeed- lie Mr. Jeflorson then goe on and defines the 1 then'called out to Mr. Garland, uttering vio. follows "THE 1 lent and renroachful epithets. Much cool u- ffri iwmvs. are in favor of strensth- I sion was produced in the House, but the uW i be General Executive Government, Speaker succeeded ia re ata r log order - This was the purport of the letter. 1 did not ask' Gen. Harrison's opinion because 1 doubted it "Having been in intimate rater course with him tor several years, I knew that his views on these subjects were accor dant With my own. ' 1 I am very respectfully, ' J. MACPHERSON JJERRIEN. he contradict a ooe of his leaders in 'the late town candidate caucus, who ridiculed Gen. Harrison is a poor man, who, if elected, he euppoaed would have to tralio Washington on a barrel of hard cider. whhEle feathers in his cap, &c. How rapidly has. the -Gen eral grown wealth? Twd weeks ago he could not travel decently, now be is worth six thousand dollars a year. - O I bypocrats when shall we believe yoor statements. quote a passage "of his Cheviot speech, but: The. darkness is passing away even from Kentucky. Globe . - i ' Ah. and so you hate . heard at last of the elopement ol Col. Johnson's wii-Lott. Jour, puUicin thinks so . The Republican says that the Pkdbsal irrshsve carried Virginia. Old Rctcbu caw Virginia , the land of Washington, JtiTcr- aoa, Bladrsoo and Monroe, turned out to be a Fadaral Sute at last. What a pity the Rs the very next sentence, (which of. coarse t omitted by Tory Editors,) in sobttsnee ds-J cla rer it unewnst itutional to aid jTnancipaiioq tcltkoitt'thg const nt cf the slateholdinr States This is I be only evidence, 6c against it may be arrayed the . strongest testimony ; consisting of speeches, and. letters, acts ntj j deeds sf the most undeniabU character. How lands the case with the Jim Crow President t In 1910 before be bad cast hia eyr-4owardt 1 the sooth, for Southern votes, whibt be was seek(ng prottKittoo in his wn Slate, wuh bU eje filed upon the Governors chair of New- York, be look & warm part with the aLolitwja j Uui. and sieisled in passing the following prei m . amble and rcsolatioos as sppears of rccorc 1 i
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