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u CBNEKALHARRISON IN CONGRESS." s f ( Continued. J ; i The following valuable Extracts are given from a small I j lpamphiet with the above title. juAmong the acts which passed during Gen. ' Harrison's term of service was one which seems almost to have been contrived for the purpose of defining the extent to which Con gress has rightful authority3 in regard to pub lic works which are. within the jurisdiction . of a State, and not beyond the means of the State itself. The obvious rule is, that the improvement proposed . be necessary and proper for the regulation of tmmerce with . foreign Powers or among the several Slates, fojr the transportation f the mail, for the uses , of the army and navy, or for theexecution of ' any other of the substantive powers of Con gress; Jin the case before us, bWinggthe act for removing obstructions to the navigation of the river Savannah in Georgia, the power .exercised was considered by some Senators as incidental to the war power, the obstruc tions in question consisting of old hulks sunk .luring the Revolutionary war, round which he sand had accumulated. The bill was jpported, however, by the chairman or the 'ommitee on Commerce (Mr. Lloyd, of Tassachuselts) on its true ground that of vetad vantages which; Would result to lh& ' mmerce of the United States at large by removal of these obstructions, and upon ;V"SifjtistKft, of granting to Georgia that assis 1 oce, in this case, which had been granted '. . so mahy other States on similar oi analo rjus occasions, TJiis bill fpassed the "Senate by 36 yeas to ' ?. nays, , Amopg the yeas, along with the i -ame of. General Harrison, we find the name f ; every frieqfothe Administration of Mr. A()ams, m cofrrpany with the names of Mr. '! 3 n ton, Mr. Berrien, Mr.'Branch, Mr. Chan cer, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Dickerson, Mr." Find iriV1. Mr. Harper, Mr. Hayne, Mr. Johnson (of Ky.,) Mr. Kane, Mr. King, Mr. Rowan, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Woodbury, &c The ; pays were Mr. Macon, Mr. Tazevellf-and Mr. Van Buren. tn debate, about the same time, upon a bill for laying out roads in Michigan, Gene rat Harrison, after insisting upon the expedi ency of making such roads a3 were necessa ry to majke the public lands-accessible, said, T in replyito ah objection'raised to. the bill on i account of the stte of the Treasury, that " if retrenchment must be made, he would pro , pose that it1e made in the expenditure for ' fortifications, rather than, in that on roads." I .11.3 could not have expressed himself more :," sirpnglyfiafavpr of roads, for he was known to .be a great advocate generally of fortifica ! ; lions. I On the 9th of February, 1827, in. debate tipn the bill to appropriate six sections of land fori the purpose of aiding the State of Indiana in opening a canal lo;onnect the wa ters of the Wabash river with LakeErie, the liberality and nationality of spirit which have ever marked the public character of General Harrison ihone out with fresh lustre. He caid that He knew well the whole Western country, from a l&ng residence in it ; and he could safely say that he j knew of no project which promised to be more exten sively beneficial to the country than this. He would .allowihat there was one .exception it would injure ' rather than benefit, the State of Ohio canals. Not- withstanding this fact, he should not do justice to his .own sentiments, or those of his State, if he did not give this bill all the support in his" power. It was a principle which he hoped he should never violate, to support 'tony meosurwhich promised grcatpnd uni veral, good, at the fxpense of any local-o inferior interest, a , Jf they looked at the map, gentlemen would . be convinced that the United States were deeply inte i. ' rested m the prosecution of this great work." ". ' In tbe course of this debate, Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, said, in opposition to the bill, that "lie would not accuse the people of the West of a want of modesty; but he believed - that the Western Stales had received more than any other portion of the country from the munificence of!the Government. Be sides the five per cent, from all sales of lands for the construction of highways, every six teenth section of land had been given to them for the support of schools ; and he thought that with these acts of munificence on the part of Congress they should be satisfied." To these and such like remarks, General Harrison replied, triumphantly, we think, in defence of the great West, and of the policy of internal improvement, as follows; Mr. Harrison remarked, that, whenever any bill was brought forward for the Western States, "they were always twitted ,with the gifts they had already received; and told that they were not entitled to any further indulgence. They had just been informed by thor gentleman from South Carolina'that the Western States had received the boon of five per cent, on all sales of public lands. But (said Mr. H.) it is not cor rect. This grant of five per centwwas bought by the States of the General Government at a greater rate of usury than was ever before paid ; and gentlemen would find that a compacFwasr entered into by which, as an equivalent for this boon, as it was-called the lands of the United fctates were to be exempted from taxation for five years after they had been sold, and the domain of the United States was also to be exempted from taxation. Mr. H. woald ask the gentleman fcpm South I Carolina to point out to the Senate how this thriving bargain for the United States could be considered -as a boon granted to the States. It had been said that lands were also reserved for roads. It was true that such reserves had been made, and the people had gone -n and finished the roads, and theTesuIt had been that settlements were promoted, and the lands of the Uni ted States sold at high prices, and with increased rap ; lity. The General Government were gainers in this argain also."' He' would allow that there were also j.nda allotted for schools in the Western States, but i iat was a, matter of national concernments And if ; hey look to our neighbors, they would find that re serves (ft this purpose were far greater than in this country In Canada the appropriations of land for : " the purposes of education were more than double those given tq the Western States. These allotments were absolutely necessary ina new country, and it tva-i fhe best policy of the Government to make them". The gentleman from New Hampshire had, a .few'daya since, spoken in high terms of the seamen of New England. He had said that, during the late war, they poured put their blood like water in the cause-of their countryi And so did the men of the West, and so they wete ready to do againi' and it was a great in terest o the Government to diffuse amongst its citi zens lhe means of obtaining tJiat general intelligence which teaches men to appreciate the liberty and privi leges they enjoy, and prompts them to endurg danger and death ,i their gefence. For this great object the poor boon, of which so much had been said, was one section in each township. He hoped this was the last tim$ he should hear of the munificence of Congress in g rioting' five per cent, on the sales of the public lands, or of its liberality in prdvidinj for roads and schools." Quotations to the same effect might be mul t) pliedy if they werUjpot unnecessary, to show the constant eal of General Harrison in fa- vor of beneficent objects falling within the f ik ftpneral Government. Nor were hi efforts in respect to that class of ob ject of a partial or exclusive character. The limits of the Union were the only limits of his devotion to thera. As he said, in reply ing to Mr. Branch, of North-Carolina, in re ference to some proposition for the improve ment of Ocracock Inlet, ' He was not only willing but desirous to show that his feelings were not of a sectionaj knd; and he knew it, was the wish of his constituents that all such objects, where they were but very re motely interested, or where indeed they were notfiniercsted at all; should be advanced and carried into effect."' .'General Harrison; thus showed himself by is actions to be, in every sense, a high eninded National Republican Statesman. We have heretofore had occasion to pre sent General Harrison to our readers as the efficient advocate, in the House of Represen tatives, of the provision made, in 1818, for such of the survivors of the Revolutionary war as were then in reduced circumstances. That was an act of beneficence, of gratitude, which (we hope it is not irreverent to say) Heaven itself rewaiided with ita approving smile. We must now exhibit the same indi vidual in the other bjranch of the Legislature, ten years afterwards1, dvoeatingthat oher measure, demanded by justice, of paying to the surviving officers of the Revolutionary army the debt due to -them for their service in the war, which their country was too poor to pay, and therefore did not pay, at the time it was earned. ; The foundation of the proposed provision was the resolution of the Old Congress (Oc tober 23, 1780,) "that the officers who shall continue in the service to the end of the war shall be entitled to half-pay during life, to commence from the time of their reduction;" which resolution had been no further carried into effect, up to the year 1828, than by the commutation act of March 22, 1783, whiclr allowed to each officer five ypars' full pay, and even that commutation he was compell ed to receive in a certificate, which was not worth more than a tenlh part of its nominal amount of value. ' , The bill to 'provide for the discharge of this sacred debt had been zealously (and ably) supported by-rMr. Woodbury, (chairman of tbe commiltee which reported the bill ;) and it was in reply to objections made to it by Mr. Branch, that General Harrison (afnem ber of the committee) addressed the- Senate in a speech distinguished for its "ability, its knowledge of the snbjecU its clear sense of justice, anu tne implicit connuence wnicu i author has ever entertained and invariably expressed m: the intelligence, justice, an sense of honor of the'great body of his fellow-citizens. His narrative of the circumstances under which the half-pay for life was promised to officers who should serve to the end of the war is so full of interest that we think it will be acceptable to our readers entire, as follows: " The commencement of the fourth year of the war (1778) brought with it no encouraging prospect of its speedy and successful termination. The gigantic pro ject of the enemy for cutting off the communication' of the Eastern with the Middle and Southern States had, indeed, in the preceding year, been entirely, defeated. But, although astonished at the unlooked for intelli gence of the capture of their numerous, gallant, well appointed army the British Ministry were neither ap palled nor disheartened. ' If another attempt was made to conciliate, it; was attended with the most vigorous exertions to achieve by arms what could not be ob tained by negotiation. Germany, that store-house of armed men, was ransacked for hirelings to wage war upon a distant, and, to them at least, unoffending Peo ple. The guards of the King were put in requisition. The dock-yards and the arsenals resounded with the din of warlike preparation for the sea as well as the land. Information of these events were carried to America. It produced, it is true, no disposition for submission But it was far, very far, from producing measures corresponding to the crisis which was ap proaching. The enthusiasm which had distinguished the five years of the war, and which had given rise to efforts and to results so glorious, had, in a great mea sure, subsided. Languor and imbecility pervaded eve ry department connected with the supplies for carry ing on the war. The very circumstance which should have aroused bath the General and State Governments to rrreater exertions, seemed to produce an effect the most opposite. The rumors of an acknowledgment of our independence by the powerful kingdom of France had reached this country early in the year of which I am speaking, and was confirmed by the actual arrival of a treaty,. offensive and defensive, in the month of May. It was received, as it ought to have been, with the greatest demonstration of joy. But, unfortunate ly it produced 'an opinion in those who administered the Government, if not with the People themselves, that their emancipation was put I eyond the reach of contingency. " The effect of this fatal security was immediately felt by the army. The amount of its supplies, before scanty, partial, and inefficient, was now almost entire ly suspended. It is most fortunate for the liberties of the country that the calm and discriminating mind of the Commander-in-chief was not led away by these deceitful appearances. He saw that the contest was yet to be protracted ; that many bloody conflicts were to be sustained ; and that a successful issue was only to be looked for by new and great sacrifices upon the part of the People, for effecting an entire renovation in the condition of the army. This opinion was form ed from a knowledge of "the character of the British Ministry, and the immense resources at their disposal. He also knew that the assistance which we should receive from our allies would be measured by the efforts which we should make to sustain ourselves. And, if even this should not be the ease, theideawas to.be explosively achieved by the army and treasure of an ally, and that ally a" despotic King. These views; were pressed upon Congress in repeated remonstrances; and all the resources of his mind, and the'great influence Of his character, were put in requisition to make them effectual. Such at length they were, and the usual course of calling for aid upon the State authorities was adopted. For the most 'part, however, these fcalls were not more successful than that of Glendower on the spirits of the deep. The hope of relief being thus Rpeatedly disappointed, the suffering of the army segmed at length to have reached its utmost point, and its immediate dissolution to be apprehended. 1 beg leave, said Mr. H to read a part of several letters of General Washington to the President of Congress, describing the situation of the officers at this period. " T The extracts of the letters of. General Washington, here read by Mr. H. described, in the strongest terms.the situation of theof- j ficersy destitute of the common necessaries, and even of decent clothing. ! . "Such, sir, (said Mr; H.,) is the official account of the Commander-in-chief of the situation of that army, upon, which the fate of America was to depend, "it was my fortune (said Mr. H.) to be associated, in the early period of jjiy military service in the Northwest-' em Army, under the command of Generals St fclair and Wayne, with many of those who had served in the Revolutionary Army. From those veteraps, I have often heard minute particiUars of their situation, known, no doubt, to jth ommander-in-chief but which could not well enter into his official letters. What think you, air, of a iaess, consisting of four or five officers, unable to furnish, from their common wardrobe, a decent suit to a comrade, who was to mount the honorary guard of their beloved command er i One tolerable shirt alone, the property of the mess, and thai performing the round of service to them all ! The first Captain under whom I served, the late Colo nel Kinfrbnrv. of Connecticut, than whom Sparta nor Rome ever produced a better soldier, informed me that j -t . XXT 1 . 1. n nnFUl ne joined itenerai; ai"ii-i muiy wim a mantua filled with clothing, which, becoming the conv mon property of his brother officers, was soon so re duced that the portmantua was dispensed withf and the remains of his wardrobe stuffed in a stocking, and carried in the knapsack of a soldier. It must be re marked, however, that all the officers were not in this destitute condition. Some of them were men of for tune, othera had wealthy relations, who furnished them with every necessary. And this made those who were without any such resources (which was the case with the great majority of the platoon officers) much more discontented with their condition. At the very time when the officers of Ihe highest grades were dis puting for rank, the elevation of a captain to the rank of a field officer was, in many instances, no longer re garded asan advantage, because it brought with it a demand for additional expense and equipments fof the new character he was called upon to support, arid which he had not the means- to supply, without ex hausting the ole resources ppon which his family de pended. The younger officers upon whom the glow and glitter of military life, the pomp and circumstan ces of war, make so strong an impression, shrunk from the gaze of the stranger, or even of his brother officers, as, in tattered garments, he slowly and mournfully took his post for the duties of the grand parade a scene upon which the Accomplished officer delights to exhibit itself, and which, in all armies, will pr$g?t a true: picture of its discipline and its efficiency. This degrading state of the officers of our army became known to the enemy, and was a subject for their mirth and ridicule. One of the great questions of public policy, on which. General Harrison wasjcalled upon to make manifest his opinions during his ser vice in ther Senate, was that of ill e gradua tion of the price of the public lands. On the question of or(h;ring to a third reading the bill to establish that principle, General Har rison voted in the affirmative; the bill being rejected by 25 votes to 21, (all the Senators but two being present.) The yeas and nays upon this question exhibit, in reference to party divisions, an independence as rare as it is honorable. In the discussion of a bill to extend the Ju dicial System (by adding three Judges to the seven who then com posed the Supreme Court) General Harrison look an active part. Up on a motion to amend ihe bill by adding a provision that " any Judge of the Supreme Coujrt of the United Stales, before whom any case has been or shall hereafter be triad, shall aiot give hte opinion on the same in tne Supreme Court," he voted in the negative, as he did also upon a proposed amendment " that no member of either House a Con gress shall appear to aet intthi Supreme Court of the United Slates- Jraaffittorney or advocate in any case, bringf the;, period for which he,shrall havef been elected"." Though not himself a lawyer, General Harrison. was not willing to phice on the statute-book a stig ma upon a profession so indispensable in a land of liberty and order, as though lawyers were less worthy of trust and confidence than; men who labor in other vocations. On a bill to abolish Imprisonment for Debt, General Harrison expressed himself decided ly in favor of the principle of the bill, and against making a reservatibrf (proposed f)f Mr. Berrien) in favor of the General Gov ernment against its debtors. One of the leading trails of General H.'s Senatorial life was the zeal which he display ed in support of the Navy of the U. States. On all occasions, he took pleasure in bearing testimony to its eminent services, and to he gallantry and good conduct of its pfficers. Attached to the Army by all the ties of.asso ciation and common service, he yet placed a just estimate on the national importanceof a Navy, and availed hirhself of every opportu nity to uphold its interests, and expatiate up on its merit3. It was in debate upon the bill for the gradual improvement of the Navy (in cluding aplan for the establishment of a Na val Academy, and for the erection of Dry Docks) that General Undistinguished himr self by a series of arguments which would do' honor to the-most enlightened statesmen ,of the age. Mr. Chandler, taking exception to the whole bill, had moved to lay it on the table, for the purpose of defeating it altogether; up on which motion General Harrison is report ed to have spokeu as follows : " Mr. II. said he admired the plan which had been proposed by the committee ; hut did inot pretend to speak of its details, as he was himself very little ac quainted with nautical affairs, and lived at a distancol from the seaboard, but, notwithstanding these cir cumstances, he believed he could appreciate the true interest of his country. To him this scheme seemed essential to our future national peace and safety ; so much so that, much as he felt interested in the cause of internal improvements, he would resign the hope of obtaining, this year, the means of completing the Cum berland road, rather than fail in passing every part of this bilk Much as the people of the interior complain ed that a sufficiency of the funds of the country was not applied to internal improvements, he should have given the bill his support, had it goneeven farther than it does, in applying the means of the country to the increase of the navy. Indeed, he thought no"policy could be better than to apply the whole of the surplus fund to that object. No one could be more fully con vinced than he was of the absolute necessity existing for the increase of that most valuable department of our national defence the navy. He could have wish ed that the gentleman from Maine had gone further, and shown that it was not necessary to preserve tim ber. As to the subject of the dry docks, he considered them equally necessary as the ships themselves, being required for refitting and enabling vessels to take the sea with despatch. The gentleman from South Caro lina, (Mr. Hayne) hadgone into a most satisfactory explanation upon this portion of the bill, and he should add but a few words. The necessity of being able to refit ships of war at a short notice, had been exempli fied often in history and had, doubtless, at times, de cided the fate of great victories. It, was known that, when the English and Dutch were contending for the mastery on the sea, afte having fought many battles, and become crippled in some degree on both sides, they retired into their respective. ports, and contended with equal vigor for thetnislery in refitting. On the sub ject of naval education, Mr. H. disagreed with the gen tleman from Maine. Ho had said ihat navigation could only be learned on the ocean, and on board ship. This was certainly true's to the mere mechanical part of navigation. Our ships could not, it was well k be brought on land and manrenvred, as were those of tne old iiomans, preparatory to then- being carried into action. But did it follow that navigation could not be learned on shore. as weli as other sciences t Thp were documents before the Senate to show that mid shipmen, while but of employment, enjoyed no means of improving themselves for future service, or for cul tivating tnose natural abilities which might eventually increase the renown of our country. It had been elo quently said, by the gentleman from South Carolina, that the brilliant victories of our gallant: navy were mainly attributable to the intelligence of our officers. This was a just tribute to those officers who gained, dnrinrr the lnot war. avirh MrmaBent elory for them selves and the nation. If, then? so much, had already resulted from Xhe employment of officers possessed pot only of bravery, hut of intelligence, there could hardly be a doubt of the vast utility and eminent policy of es tablishing a seminary where the minds of our young naval iafficers might be tutored in the science to which their lives were to he devoted." Chandler's motion being negatived, the debate upon the bill proceeded. Mr. Smith, of South Carolina, moved W strike out all 'that part of it which provided for the erec tion and government of a Naval Academy; in support of which motion, he delivered a speech in his usual vein of caustic humor.- He-ridiculed the notion that education was necessary to constitute efficient naval officers. The celebrated Lord Nelson, he said, was not bred to the profession of which he was so bright an ornament: while playing on shore, he was put on board a ship, and there learned to conquer the enemies of his conn try.' The genius of men was often dis covered by chance; and to this the United States was probably indebted for much of her naval talent. r Perry, McDonough, and Rod gers, were not educated to the profession. He believed the latter had been a farmer un til he was of age," &c. To this course of argument against scien tific acquirement, and' in favor of relyittg up on charice for the development of nautical skill, General Harrison replied triumphantly in a speech,' of which we quote the principal parfas follows: " Mr. Harrisojt said he should content himself with a few observations in reply to the gentleman from South Carolina, and should confine himself chiefly to the remarks of that gentleman in relation to the Mili tary Academy and its results, and the bearing which those remarks had upon the project of a Naval School on similar principles. He has called on us to say "whether the events of the late war do not show that such institutions are needless. To this, as a mililary man, I cannot refrain from putting in a nt'tative dec laration. Whateverthe experience of othv generals may have been, (said Mr. H.,) I can say imy self that, had it not been for the science and skluwtained at a Military Academy-, I should probably nevehave enjoyed the honor of addressing this body. I feel" proud to say, that the defence of fort Meigs, at which I commanded, chiefly depended upon the scientific ex ertions of a man to whom it is " due that his worth should be here attested by jme I allude to the late Major Wood, a man who combined many valuable qualities, and who hade fair to have risen to a high point of professional -eminence. lour commander had not sufficient science to have so successfully de fended the post without the assistance of thai indi- viauai. - o iar as my experience goes, 1 am totally at variarfce withhe genUeman from South Carolina. He thinks that an army can as well be commanded by an ignorant as a learned man. ThiscikidfH deny to-be correct ip itkary .anyJmore than in other affairs. There have been uftnces, it is true, both in ancient and modern history, of ignorant men who cut a con siderably figure in military pursuits. But experience has shown that the fame acquired by such men has generally been obtained in operatiqgs against greater blockheads than themselves. No unprejudiced man can have accompa nied us through this review, without acknow ledging to himself that the high repute of General Harrison as a Soldier, a Territorial Governor, a Commander of Armies, does not constitute his only claim to the gratitude of his .fellow-citizens, nor his best title to the confidence whhih the3 are now asked to re- Lpose in him. AVe -place his claim to public I i i i - - . , r connuence on loiuer groumi, wnen we rank him among the most eminent of his fellow citizens, as a man rich in intellectual gifts and rare acquirements ; uniting in his character the wisdom of age and the buoyancy of youth, elevation of soul and humility of pretension, a strong sense of justice and a diffusive hu manity. Are not these the elements of true greatness ? Are they not qualities such as justify the distinguished honor conferred up on General Haarison, in being placed, by the most illustrious hody of Republicans that has assembled in this country within the last fif ty years, as their candidate for the Chief Ma gistracy ol the Nation ? Melancholy Accident. It becomes our painful duty to record a most heart-rending occurrence which took place here on Tues day last. As the train of' cars from Raleigh was corning into town on Monday . evening, in' mte res ting lad about ten years of" age, a son of Mr. James Lea of 'this place, attempted to gtupon the train for the purpose of riding to the depot; but unfortunately, his legs be coming entangled in the wheels, he was dragged under the cars, and mangled in such a shocking manner as to cause almost instan taneous death. It is to be hoped that this dis-tressig occur rence will be a sufficient warning to boys n the habit of getting upon the cars, of the great danger attendant upon the risk they make to obtain a ride; that in future we may not again be pained with the recital of sueh dreadful accidents. Petersburg Star. GEN. DUNCAN L. CLINCH. The Military Committee of the House of Represen tatives of the present Congress, reported, a few days since, a joint Resolution to present a sword to Gen. Dofcax L. Clinch. -; :" " ' . WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOK AND STATIONERY ESTABLISHMENT IN PETERSBURG, VA James Woodhouse & Co. deal extensively in Books in the various departments of Literature. Country Merchants and others will find at their Establishment, in addition to the many Books soiled to their wants, a large and general assortment "of Sta tionary and Fancy articles '; and pronounce that they will compare in price lo quality and kind with any house, South of the Potomac. Music.Musical Instruments and Musical Merch andize of every description at wholesale and retail. June 16. 49 jy. '& Co. UFFALO SPRINGS. -These Springs, situa ted in the County of Mecklenburg. Va.. are again ready for the reception of visitors, with some additional improvements, since the last season. Of the healing effect of these waters in cases of djspep. sia," liver complaints,, and cutaneous affections, it is needless lo say any thing, as the numerous visitors who hvexperiejiced their benefits will attest their efficacy and virrues, more fully and satisfactorily than can possibly be done by an advertisement. With other amusements for the entertainment of visitors, we have provided a select band of Music, and every necessary to render the visit of ihnse who may choose to patronize us, both pleasant and beneficial. Mr. Field mM again take charge of the establish ment, and flatters himself, with the experience of the past season, will be able to give general satisfaction. The charge for board per day Si. for a single ine.iJ 50 centschildren under 12 years of age, and ser vants, nau price Uorscs 7o cents per day. JOHN S. FIELD, ALEX. 8. JpNES. June 13. 49-w4w THE REGISTER. TUESDAY, ' JUNE 16, 1840. We are compelled to omiV this week, a num ber of Paragraphs, Advertisements, &c. prepared for this paper. SUPREME COURT. The following gentlemen have been admitted to Superior Court Practice, viz : Perrin H. Busbee, of Raleigh, and Thomas C. Dowd, of Franklin. Todd R. Caldwell, of Bufke, John W. Cameron, of Moore, William Hooper, of Chatham, Frederic H. MacDow ell,nof Mecklenburg, and W. J. Keahey, of Mecklen burg, to County Court Practice. q3 It is a fact worthy of notice, that but very few of the Loco Foco papers have .published Mr. Poinsett's Army Bill which Mr. Van Buren endorsed so cordially. Why is this 1 What ought the honest supporters of the Administration to say to it ? Are they willing to be kept in the dark on so important a subject ? fXj Wm. L. Storrs, now a Representative in Con gress from the State of Connecticut, has been elected to fill the -vacancy on the bench of the Supreme Court of that State, caused by the election of Judge HtrxT ikgtoit to the Senate of the United States. GREAT WHIG MEETING. An unusually large meeting of .Republican Whigs was held in Randolph County, a few days since, for the purpose of nominating a Whig Ticket for the Le gislature. The nominees, of the meeting were Joha thah Worth for the Senate ; Dr.. War. B. Lask and Alfred -Brower fbr the Commons a strong Tick et, and certain of success. The meeting had unex pected interest given to it, by the accidental presence of old Guilford's favorite son, Joair M. Morehiad, who addressed the meeting with great effect. A large number of Ladies assembled to hear Mr. Morehead, and gave audible signs of their approbation. In con clusion, Mr. M. complimented the Ladies hamdsome ly for the lively interest they had manifested for their country's cause on the present occasion. And point ing to the opposite side iof the canvass, where the names of "Harrisoit, Ttxer and Morxhzad," in flaming capitals, blazed against the horizontal beams of the seiting sun ; he said, and apparenlfy without the least vanity or ostentation, that he trusted and believ ed the Ladies would always find sure and safe projec tors whenever they were enlisted under that banner. Extract from a letter in Cherokee County, N..C. " Two upon one is foul play. The Coalition of Va"n Buren and Calhoun to beat and defeat General Harrison, will fail and recoil upon themselves. It re minds me of the stratagem of two Cherokees to win a race. A white man made a race with two big Indians ; One of the Indians was right-handed and the other In dian was left-handed. They wanted their Pony well rode and well-whipped,- so they both mounted the Indian Pony with good keen hickories, one to whip on the fight side, and the other to whip on the left side. After they were all mounted and the horses about to start, the white man spoke to them and said? " Now, Mr. Ingians,I reckon if I start a good piece behind and come out a good piece before, I shall win the race, and the money will be mine, won't it 1" The Indians said? " they didn't know so. well jet ; - they would see about it, when the 'race come off, a good deal depended on the Judges as well as the Horses. Van Buren and Calhoun have both united and jumped on the old War Horse, (Gen. Harrison) the one to whip on one side, and the other to whip on the other : one, is to try and defeat him to the North, and the other, is to try and defeat him to the South. But it won't all do. Old Tip will start a good piece behind, and come out a long distance ahead! And Mr. Ingians (the con spirators) need not flatter themselves; that? any Jockey tricks or foul-judging can prevent Tippecanoe from winning the race. The office-holders and party poli ticians may jockey and juggle, and try to perform all sorts of slight-of-hand trjfcks, and use false names and democratic devices to bamboozle the people : but it won't all do ; the tax-payers and working men have taken their own business into their own hands ; they have determined to reform the abuses and corruptions of the Administration, and change their rulers. The Indians and their allies might as well give it up. Harrison licked the Indians at Tippecanoe ; and then the British joined them, and doubled-teams on them ; and he whipped and defeated the Savages an British combined, and drove them clean out of our Country. Squire Van Bdren and Captain Calhoun, wont make one single priming for old Tip! No they wont. It will be no go at alh I'm done ; now give meyour right hand ; Good-bye. N; B. (I believe these words mean No Banks.) In the name of house andjhome, meat and bread, what is to become of the Teople in thja section, who purchased the Cherokee Lands from the. State of North Carolina 1 These Lands sold for about three hundred and fifty tkousandldollarsl on a credit ! ! What shall we do to save a cabin and a patch for our wives and children 1 Wges are low, and all a work ing man makes by his labor, is very: little ; we can't sell onfstock and property fojr one-third of its value. There is no gold and sttver circulating here, anu we can get hut little Bank paper 'money, and that little is about to lose its value and circulation, because the U nited States Government wont take any money but gold and silver. Why, what does the President mean) Does he intend to sell every! poor mari out of house and home, because he can't pay his Debts and Taxes in gold and silver? That's mighty wrong ! We can't live that way. If the President dont quit that hard-money-yankee-notion, andm- away the Sub-Treasury, and make money more plenty, we must change our Rulers, or we shall have no change and money to buy necessaries, or pay Taxes,! or pay the State for our Lands, Farewell again, , 3 Your Fellow Sufferer. "Opinions are small beer what are hi deeds says Bennett to the inquisitive loco-focos, who are so awfully anxious about Gen. Harrison's opinions Glorious deeds can only me from correct principles. General Harrison has Written his opinions onthe banks of the Wabash, the Maumee, the Thatnes, the Tippe canoe, and over the whoje West, j There are proofs enough of his valour, his patriotism;, Ms honesty, and his intelligence. In this Ioco-foco, sub-treasury, hum bug, bankrupt age, what do we Want more 1 - ii . Will the Whigs meet us 1 If fa them appoint the time and place. Democrat, f Have not the Whigs already !met you ; and are taeeting you every day, like a consuming firc be fore which Loco-focoisra vanishes like dry stubble' meet you. indeed ! yes, we will, and to vour sad disl comforture Columbus fMi. j Argus'. CONGRESS. We are compelled to abhreviate or condense Washington Correspondence in this paper, which ' can well do, so little of importance has transpired in a few days. . " In the House, on the 8th, Messrs. Ramsay, Stro and Marchand, all Administration members from Kew York, delivered their views in favor of the Sub Trea Bury bill 'i" In the Senate, the whole day was consumed in Je bating a motion to' print 20,000 extra copies of aa parte Report, made by the Military Committee, on the subject of Mr. Poinsett's Standing Army, which waj finally postponed to the 10th. In the House on the 9th, the consideration of th Sub Treasury bill was resumed, and Mr. Underwood, of Ky. took the floor in opposition to the measure His Speech was a very able one, and some" parte of the argument exceedingly ingenious. -The Constitu tional question of the currency, especially, was discuss ed with thought and tact. Mr. Lucas, of Va. followed in defence .of the bill. In the Senate, the morning business was the cos. sideration of a bill to abolish certain Land Offices, which finally passed and was orderedto be engrossed The bill for the relief of the Heirs of FuItor next came up, and was opposed at great length by Mr. Hub. bard, of New Hampshire. The bill has beenTor ma ny years before Congress, and the claim is by four pe. titioners, three of them women. The amount of jhe claim is $100,000. "Mr. Phelps followed in defence of the bill, and the subject was passed over. In the House, on the 10th, Mr. Marvin, of N. Y. spoke at length in opposition to the Sub Treasury bill, and Mr. Parrish, of Ohio, ht defence of it, until ad journment. In the Senate, Mr. Webster offered a Resolution to reduce the rates of Letter postage. Mr. VV. said it was not his intention to ask action upon the" above Resolu tion at the present session. He offered it in the hope of bringing the attention of the country to tne subject, which he considered of general importance. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain, a letter of an ounce or under, travelled the whole length of the Kingdom. Mr. W. would not say how far this subject the pea. ny post system of England could be adopted in this country. England was much more densely populated, and we much more widely extended than she was.-. He believed, however, that the system could be in part safely adopted in this country, and the effect of it would be greatly to reduce the private letter carriage of indi viduals between city and city. The question of printing 20,000 copies of the Re port on the Army bill, again coming up, Mr. Clay and Mr. Preston advocated further postponement, because certain papers connected with the subject and ordered to be printed, were not before them- The matter wai accordingly postponed, and the remainder of the day was spent in miscellaneous business. On the 11th, in the House, the Sub Treasury bill was again taken4 up, and Mr. Parrish continued bis Speech at great length, and finished his remarks. A bill relating to the mileage of members was ordered to be engrossed. It proposes that after the present ses sion of Congress the members shall be paid, not in circuitous routes, but.by a direct line-drawn upon the map and fixing the distances to and from, the seat of Government, and their places of residence. The bill is the labor of Mr. Williams, of Conn, and its passage will save the Government -fifty thousand dollars, per annum. Mr. Black, of Georgia, moved to lay the bill upon the table. The Yeas and Nays were called, and the House refused by a vote of 130 to 26. Mr. Dram goole then moved the Previous Question, and tbe bill was passed by a vote nearly unanimous. In the Senate, the calendar tf Private Bills was en tered upon, and a large number of them passed to en grossment Od the 12th inst. in the House, after some morning proceedings, the private bills entitied to precedence by the rules were unceremoniously thrust aside, and the House again proceeded to the consideration of the Sub-Treasury bill ; when Mr. Babhabd addressed the Committee of the Whole, at great lengti), against the bill. In the Senate, besides other business, Mr Ckittej dih, from the Select Committee to which had been re ferred the subject of the Bankrupt law, reported a new bill, which was ordered to be printed, and made the special order for Tuesday next. l WELL DONE, OLD GUILFORD ! The friends of Harrison and Reform in the patrio tic county of Guilford, have recently held a large mee ting in Greensboao,' for the purpose of forming a Tip pecanoe Club, and- of responding to the invitation of the Whigs ot Rowan, to meet them in grand council, in Salisbury on the 4th of July. We insert several of the Resolutions passed by the meeting : Resolved, That this Clubvill accept the invitation tendered to the people of Guilford by the friends of Harrison and Reform in the county of Rowan, to vis it them on the 4th of July, Resolved, That the Greensborough, Guards' be re quested to go m their uniformand that all the citizem of th county of Guilford, who can conveniently do so, be earnestly invited to co-operate with us. Resolved, That we will carry with us, appropriately fitted up, a "LOG CABIN," that we will build it on the Battle Ground of Guilford, and cut its timber off soil enriched by the blood of 'Whigs' of the fle'volu tion. . . Resolved, That the Officers of the Club be a Com mittee td select mottos, banners, devices, music, songi, &c for the' procession, in going to and returning from Salisbury. Resolved, That we wi 11 never tire in well-doing that the spirit, now kindled in our bosoms shall nettr flag, and we pledge to each other, our cordial and con stant efforts for the furtherance of. the great cause in which' we have embarked. A lot of 30,000 Moras Multicaulis was offered in.; Jfew York a few days since for $20. No buyers. A few years ago it would have brought fifteen or twenty thousand dollars. "Oh! what aJall was there, my countrymen !" And silk worm's eggs have fallen in proportion, And speculator's hopes are flat as both. So wags the world ; now up, now down, we 0, Like noisy boys that do at see-saw playi VV nose Iroucs qlt, in dolef ul tumbles end, Vexing the hearts, of their poor anxious mother, Who, it may jbe, scarce know they are out. A great Harrison Convention was held f Westchester, in Pennsylvania, on Monday last; at which it was' esli mated there vert from eight to ten thousand people on thp ground, being almost entirely farmers an working men. Gen. Waynk, son of " Mad Anthony," under whom Harrison served a' a lieutenant, presided; and among others w Proffit (the Representative in Congre? from Indiana) made a most powerful and con vincing speech, which was listened to wlt the greatest attention. -National Intel' '1. '.....- 3 i
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