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OUR FLAG.

i from all parts of the Union, mot together to ratify his nomination bv the Harrisburg Con-

! vention.

The scene upon the ground beggars desciin- ; lion, and we shall make no ivjiempt to describe jit. The numbers present were variously esti- ! mated, from twenty, to thirty thousand; but the ; mos; prevalent opinion among those with whom (we conversed, and who were situated so as to .have a survey of the mighty multitude, was, j that there were 25.000 on the ground. It w as, jas was well remarked by one of the. speakers, i a vast pea of human beings, all animate;! alikp

"A sound National Currency, regulated by : with an arder.t nitachment to the wlorious prin-

the will ana amuoniv 01 we nation.- icipiesol our Constitution which are idei.ti"An adequate revenue with fair protection ! cal v ith those of the Whig party and deterto American industry." j mined to "do or die" in their support and tri-

A Itiruier resinuuiMi dm me exercise oi me timpiiant vindication

Veto Power

WHIG PRINCIPLES WE ARE IN FAVOR OF

An honest and economical adm.iaUtration of

yhe Government. j Freedom of thought amof the right of suffnse to public officers, but with suitable restraints against improper interference in election. strict accountability of fiscal, ministerial, executive officers. One President wi Term. Distribution of the proceeds of the Public

Lsnds.

From the Lafayette Journal.

THE t!R RAT RVTfF-ICA'NON CONVEN

TION OF INDIANA

Held on the Hat tie Ground of Tippecanoe on

Wednesday, 29th of May, 1811 The vast multitude, assembled on the Tin

pecanoe Battle Ground on the 29th davof Mav.

1811, (for the purpose of ratifying the nonii-

From the X. O. Tropic. DESTRUCTIVE CONFAG RATION IN NEW ORLEANS. Ten Squares Destroyed 210 Houses Burnt

Immense Losses of Pn-pertu.Out city has

once more been visited by one of those dreadful conflagrations which every now and then occur, causing immense losses of property, a

areauiiu amount of suffering ad misery, and casting gloom and melancholy, not only on

tne immediate victims, but on all classes and condition of men in the vicinity of the disas

trous calamity. The fire which occurred on Saturday, was, we believe, one of the largest, i aot the very largest, which has ever spread ruin and devastation in our midst. At all events, the number of sufferers by the ravages of the devouring

elements, exceeds, so far as we can ascertain,

that by anv former conflagration. Un Satur

day about 12 o'clock, the alarm of rrre was given and we hastened down Royal street, following the engines, but soon returned on ascertaining that there was no fire. We had barely reached our office when another ak.rra. was given by the deep tneJ bells, and on hurrying, out we found this time at least, there was cause for alarm. The fire broke out in Mr.

in Jackson street, between Robinson nd Com-; iSC . streets, and no one being able to render j her the least assistance, such was the inlensi-1

ly of the heat that the house was unapproachable.

A PLEASING INCIDENT. Di:l'AaitE FKOM BALTIMORE.

The papers have teemed with accounts of ihe spirited proceedings in Baltimore, on Thursday of Last week; and all that could be said of the enthusiasm and beanty manifested in Bnltimore street, has teen tittered. Never i.7 tbis country, was there such a display. Rut we are happy to state that the enthusiasm of the ladies was not exhausted on Thursday, nor was it confined to Baltimore street, the great artery of the city, along w hich the 'process! moved. But whenever and wherever an op-

portunity presented, there were exhibitions of

nations of the Baltimore Convention and, ex

changing congratulations upon the auspicious j Gnu's carpenter's shop in Canc.1 street, between

Extract from the Speech of Mr Stevcart. of Pennsylvania, on the Subject of the Tariff. But, sir, said Mr. Stewart, if more revenue is wanted, why not increase the duty on luxuries consumed by the rich, rather than thus strike down the poor man's labor and take the bread from the mouth of his children, to make

room fortheimportation of fifty millions of dol-1

lars worth of foreign goodsl-Is this,i,r, an Amer-;con,imied sympathy in the objects of Ihe Con-

can measure, can it receive the support aa j veii'jon. and of encouraging nj.prov,:;; ui- lue American Congress, or the rrpresentatives of COndtict of, fue deiegai.es. the American people? I call on the authors of j () jVrKjay morning, the cats left the depot this ruinous measure to come forth in its de-' jn ,ne western rati of Pratt street, with about,

fence. I call on them to assign some reason j pve l,undrpd passengers; and these were deor us adoption. I can readily discover rea- j a nearly an hour in a low er part of the sons enough why England should desire its 1 Cllv u i,ere the engines are attached to the cars,

adoption, but they are the very reason why we should reject it; just so far as it benefits them it injures us; this is a contest between foreign and American mechanics, farmers, and manufacturers, for the American market, ar.d

the question. i, w hich s'ule shall we take? The

and then the movement was recommenced.

This brought to the window s, doors and gates, old and young, rich and roor, mistress and servant. From the upper windows beamed iorlh smiles oi beauiy.andwhitehandkeiehi.efs

were waved bv ppariy bands, iteads noa-

Therishtof Petition the freeJom of speech 'si-"s of t,,e Hi"! horizon.) were called to

and the Press. lOruer oy me lion itenry S. Lane of Montgom

ery cwjuv, wbo, irom the Committee appointed for ihe purpose, recommended to the Convention FOR PRESIDENT.

We are orros.s to A Sub-Treasury a Standing Army Annexation of Texas gold for office kolders and raasforthe people one man power disregard of public opinion and public interestsof British Free trade, and all the advocates British interests ta the destruction pf Amercm Interests.

WHIG Ef-KCTORS

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Sih 9th 10th

dist. CI

((

Hon. R. W. THOMPSON, of Visro:

j w hich nomination w as unanimaul v confirmed; and Mr. Thompson being called on, adj dressed the Convention, returning to them j his thanks for the distinction conferred upon i him. j Mr. Lane, alia from the same Committee, j recommended the following as tha remaining

BaACKEMUDGE, of Warrick :ofliT. of the Convention; who were unani-

For the State j lr 5" f Jos. G. Mj

FOR IXDIAXA.

Laxe,

ARSH ALL.

fremer and Franklin streets. The cause was!lhe Americans the market; this, bill proposes

the carelessness of a journeyman carpenter, t0 repeal the tariff of 1812, and give it to the w ho, after lighting a cigar with a locofoco foreigners; to open our ports and again flood match, threw the match on the floor which 011 r country with foreign goods, and export was thickly strewed with shavings. As might I nioney by ship ioads to pay lor them, and w hy? be expected, the shavings took fire, the flames i 1 aai" ask ,he committee upon what princi-

ad with rapidity, the shop was instantly P'e of national policy this measure is sustained?

latirf of 1812-shut out the foreigners and gives j dej lime ,0 t,e Clav Bands of music in the

LA

James Collins, of Floyd

John A. M atson, of Franklin. Sam. W. Parker, of Fayette. Hugh O'Neal, of Marion. Geo. G. Dcnx, of Lawrence. Richard W. Thompson, of Vigo Albert L. Holmes, of Carroll. Horace P. Bicdle, of Cass. Lewis G. Thompson, of Allen.

Fivmthe Lafayette Journal. THE GREAT WHIG GATHERING. ''Hurrah, hurrah, the country's rising.

For Harry Clav and Frelixgiu ysen !" I Would that we had language appropriately' ta describe the glorious and exciting scenesj which have been Iranspiring around us and!

in our midst for the last two or three days

But we are constrained to acknowledge, in thej

onset, that any thing tre co;UJ say, would fall infinitely below the reality, and fail to convey to the distant reader an adequate idea of what

our eyes have seen, our ears heard, and our hearts felt, within the last sixty hours. Proud tire wa li.at wa are an Indianian and still prouder that we are, and ever have been a Whig. As early as Monday, the delegations from adistance began to pour into and pass through

our town, round for the Battle Ground of Tippecanoe, the place appointed for the meeting of the State Convention of Ratification and we are gratified in being able to say, that the hundreds of flags with which the house tops were decorated assured them that our latchstrings were out, ar.d Jlat they were heartily welcome to Lafayette. Three Steamboats arrived early on Tuesday corning, crowded with Whigs, good and true mostly from the lower Wabash counties. Soon after, came a delegation of some two or three hundred from Montgomery county, in wagons, displaying appropriate banners, as in

deed did all the delegations. Several delegations came in from the North by canal and later in the djy, a tremendous string of wagons, richly freighted with Whigs, and with now and then a live Coon, "A setting on a tree," came in from the east. It w as from Clinton and Boone counties. Thousands passed up

towards the Battle Ground, and although two

boats were in constant requisition at the ferry, two miles this side of the Battle Ground, we were assured bv a person who rode rn w ith

mously appointed:

Vice Presidents. Gen. J. Iv Steele, of P.irke; Gen. G. W. Ewing, of Miami Samuel Emerson, of Knox; Capt. Elias Murphy, of Huntington; C. F. Clarkson, of Franklin; Oliver Cromwell, of Clay; Mr. McAckaran, of Putnam; WilliamSims, of Tippecanoe; Christian Coon, of Montgomery; Lnciui II. Scott, of Vigo; Obadiah Harris, of Marion; Judge Lasselle, of Cass; Dr. S. A. Rose, of Laporte; James Switzer, of Gran! ; Alexander Wilson, of Miami; II. W. Jones, of Allen; Col. Hugh Hannah, of Wabash; Mr. Webb, of Madison:

spread

one mass 01 name, and tne wind, wtncli was blowing afinebreeze from the southeast, quickly carried the flames to the adjoining dwelling, occupied by Mr. Gott, w hich in turn became a heap of smouldering ashes, and from thence communicating to other tenements in the immediate vicinity, it soon acquired such force

and power, that it was apparent to every one, that all efforts to stay its ruthless course by the ordinary means wpuld be totally useless, and so indeed the result proved, for becoming more voracious with w hat it fed on. the fire spread

with inconceivable rapidity in every direction, and never stopped, n Us relentless course until 10 squares were laid in ruins about 210 houses destroyed, and an immense loss of property occasioned. O.ving to the long drought, the buildings, which for the most part were of wood, were become so dry, that tli?y ign-ted ag though

they were so much tinder. JSpreadinig along

Franklin street, which those of our readers

ears, and boquets were thrown towards the returning visiters. At the first door the housewife, who had hastened from the breakfast table, held a child in one hand and w aved a napkin with the other. At the gate, the sen an, had t iiust fourti her hand and lent her approval to the scene, while tne t r' slone was

lined with boys and gills, whose screams of

joy and rejoicing w ere as sharp upon the ear

as an octave (lute. Another section, a different Cass Lad been drawn to ihe door a' matron, swing'iog aloft a pert of the diess of her child. Her next door neighbor had. come to the doo" empty handed; she looked round for something expiessive of her feelings, and seizing ther apron, she gave a flouiish of approval. Her next neighbor w as no less patriotic in feel

ing, but was slill more scantily supplied will;

The Tariff Democratic Free Trade Monarchic ha I. Mr. Droomgool replied to enable bate-head ed people to boy cheap hats To enable bare-headed people to buy cheap hats! Sir, let me te!'. the gentleme.i if he carries this measure, the poor people of this country would not only go bare-headed but barebacked; they would be doomed like the paupers

ofLnrope to go half fed and half clad. The to.-; r v;- ; u.i, ,.. 1 n : .1...

and this alone that nives him employment and mean, of expres.,n2 her fc-rl.ng. fbo

wages. J 11st as tl;e tariff goes down, the w ages o! the laborer will go down wild It. P(epeal the taiiff a lopt the gentleman's favorite plan of 'Tree trade," and you will bring down the labor here in every department of industry, to the level of the serfs and paupers of Europe. This is certain, it is inevitable as certain as the luws of gravitation as inevitable as that the removal of obstructions between two equal

j bodies of water, will reduce the one to the lev-

acquainted with the geography of our city are el ()f lhe mher Rp , (he ariff and u ktt-it-A rutiB nnr'ilfl with I nm ttinn mill I .ini ... ...

...... u. . .... w . . - 1 mere to prevent our country from being

John S. Wutts, of Monroe;

Dr. Davis, of Boone; Dr. Smalley, of Vermillion; H. Greenwood, of Fountain; Col. Eli Brow n, of Pulaski; Joseph Sf rogy, of Clinton; Lazarus Miller, of Warren. Secretaries. Wm. G. Ewing, of Allen; John B. Semans, of Tippecanoe; Schuyler Colfax, of St. Joseph, Dr. John J. Speed, of Montgomery; Mathew Simpson, of Parke; John F. Croft, of Vigo; Edward Kercheval, of Putnam; W. W. Conner, of Hamilton; R.C.Green, of Carroll. On motion of Mr. Barnett of Mari;:i, a com

inittce was ordered to be appointed by the Chair to di aft resolutions expressive of the desires and principles of the Convention: and the President, in pursuance thereof, named the following gentlemen as such Committee:

T.J Barnett, 01 Marion; Wm. G. Coffin, of Parke; Sani'l. W. Parker, of Fayette; Hugh O'Neal, of Marion; Jesse Conard.of Vigo; A. h. Holmes, of Carroll; Wm. Millikan, of m. Joseph. Hon. HENRY S. LAN E, of Montgomery,

being loudly called for, took the stand and ad

dressed the immense multitude in exposition

of the principles and aims of the W hig party

in defence of their gallant and noble hearted champion from the slanders and calumny now

the intention of crossing, and who w as unable 1 heaped on him by his reckless defamers; and to do so, that by the middle of the afternoon, I in vindication of the course and acts of the 27th

it.ere were several hundred wagons on this ! Congress, being often and loudly interrupted -; 1 - . r . t . . . . ., . ... ... I 1 . 1 1 r 1 r . 1 . , .

fui- ui me river, aw ailing tneir tLrns to pass j o ir iihki vuiiicuius anu irrtcui pppi.tur.

over.

streets, and between them, slartmir at basin

street and thence running through to the swamp, the die swept down Jackson slreel, the flames shooting across and communicating to both sides, enveloped the houses in one mass of fire, rushing and roaring like ten thousand demons, devouring every thing in its impetuous course, and l?a'ing not a. wreck behind, so fierce and terrible were its power. The

heat at this time became intolerable, and u any who lived in the vicinity or within tow or three

squares ofthe place where the fire commenced, had for a while remained passive in the expectption that they were safe, quickly found that their fancied security vas invaded, and that no time was to be iost. Now it w as that on all sides and in everv direction were to be

The Lafayette Blues were on hand, and performed their duty as an escort to the several

-eleganons, bands and military companies, in fine style. They were joined, in the afternoon by the Light Company from Yorktown. ! Many hundreds were carried up in the course of Tuesday, on the steam boats, which p Hitd t;p and down several times. And although thousands went to the ground by land And water on that day, the town was still cowd?d in the evening. Stirring speeches were made, at intervals, in the Ig Cabin, and ev?ry tuing indicated a depth of feeling and a frrvor of zeal which Amos Kendall might have ictistrued into something "ominous." Early on Wednesday morning every thina

"as motion, rour steamboats were in te-

Hiisition, and constantly passing between La

layette and the Battle Ground while the

The President then introduced to the Con

vention. Hon. SAMUEL W.PARKER of Fay

ette, w ho enchained the audience w ith an able

and impressive address; reviewing the effects

ofthe Whig Tariff and exposing the lolly of

the pretended Democracy of the present loco

foco leaders.

in

stantly inundated with the productions of the lowest priced labor of Europe. When hatters.shoemakersjblacksmifiis.and all uiuutcorne down and work as cheap as they do or give up

the market! With the present facilities of intercourse by steamships, you might as well attempt 10 establish higher wages and higher prices on one side o( the street than the other, as to establish and sustain higher prices here than in Europe,

under the delusive and Ulop-.an scheme of

"free-trade." But, air, this scheme would brins

in its train other and more fearful consequen

ces. Adopt this scheme, and you will bring

down and degrade the free and prosperous la

bor of this country, not only to the moral but

to the political condition of the slaves and serfs

of Europe. By reducing their wages. j-ou de

prive the poor man of the means of educating his children and fating them to be free. By thus depressing one class of your people, you

necessarily elevate another You divide society horizontally iiUq upper a.td lower classes distinctions and titles supervene jealousy

and finally hostilities follow, and liberty itself

is in the end swallowed up in monarchy. Such

111! IIIV X .X V V WUV'll v H av .1 l- 1 a . m

houses which escaped bv a miracle) bounded i ""." " V111""1 c,tl J

Canal and fiiininuu uauc. . nc j-iw-

seen the unfortunate occupants of houses, assisted by hundieds who came forward to render their aid. tumbling their furniture into the streets, in many cases to be there consumed by the advancing flames which rolled onward w ith such fearful rapidity that every thing

was instantly swept aw ay before it. Thus it advanced, leaving bleak desolation in its wake,

and in the space of about four hours, the whole ofthe district, (with the exception of a few

Old Veto Xew Follul The Madisonian of

the 21'h inst, contains the following postscript. This istke latest direct information from Capt.

Tyler. It furnishes no evidence of a lucid interval in the President or his advisers: "Wg can (from what we have just learned) "say to the friends of immeitiate annexation, "be of good cheer. The English and Aboli"tiou party will yet be defeated. Texas will "te annexed to the United States before the

"adjournment of the present session of Con

gress. It is said mat mere is no nope inai

road between these two points, was crowded ''two thirdsof the Senate will vote for the Trea

l v Franklin. Claiborne

streets, were one mass ofsmoking ruins.

The follow ing are the only buildings left standing on the burnt district, which on Saturday morning was occupied by the residence of a tolerable dense population. Dr. Stone's Hospital, commonly know n as the Maison de Saute at the corner of Canal and Claiborne the Public School House on the 4th w ard at the comer of Treme and Common streets, and the dwellings occupied by Messrs. Sweeli.ij, Lang. Prats, Sebritchts, Kcntoy, Skaats, Allen, and Affleck. and lour others which are slightly damaged. M. Affleck and some of the others

had the outer buildings belonging to their houses burnt, and Mr. Affleck also sustained a great

oss estimated by him at not less than S1000

in the destruction of his valuable collection of

rare and beautiful plants and flowers.

Thepatienti were timely removed from the

hospital in safety. At one time the charity hospital was in great danger, having, as we understood, caught fine on the roof, notwithstanding wet blankets had been placed there and men were stationed continually pouring

waier on it to keep it cool and prevent ignitiqn from the flying embers which were carried across the street by the wind. It is useless for us to attempt to give any, even a faint idea of the pitiable sights which

on all sides met the view during the progress at the close and subsequent to this destructive

conflagration. We must leave our readers to fill up the outline. Only imagine 300 families there cannot be less who are suffering by this dreadful calamity. True, some are opulent, but many are in indigent circumstances. Some have resources, others have lost their

all every thing but the scanty apparel in which

tective policy is therefore domestic in its character and tendencies, it is a policy which promotes equality, protecting the labor of your own country against the ruinous and degrading effects of a too free competition with the low

priced and depressed labor of Europe. These are views which belong to this subject, and should not be overlooked or disregarded by

those who represent the free labor ofthe coun

try, and especiall by those who make profes

snms of democracy and love ofthe people. Now is the time, and this is the question, to test

their sincerity. Those who represent stares

may be excused, but those representing free

men will beheld to a strict accountability

Encouraging. -In the memorable campaign of IS41, the Locofoco abuse of Gen. Harrison

and the Whigs increased in virulence and

quantity, in proportion as the prospects

van Huren became desperate. Just so now the continued outpnring of slander and false

hoods upon the head of Mr. Clay and his

friends, clearly indicate the entire prostration

ofthe Van Burec party. Cin. Gazelle.

ha I no handkerchief at hand, and she looked down for her apron, but even that w as missing so the took what came next to hand, and flourished away at n girnt rrle. These demonstrations of feelings were, of course, not allowed to pass unnoticed by the delegates who applauded, laughed and huzzaed to the top of their lungs while the band kept up its enlivening airs. Near Canton, on the suburbs of Baltimore, thece are a few squares of net brick houses.' pretily furnished. While the cries of -'Huzza for Clay and Frelinghuysen." were sent up from the curb stone, w aving handkerchiefs and smilesmarked the windows.. Here the cars paused a minute, as it was found diil'eult

to overcome the li;b grade with such

load, and we nil had a belter chanco of look

ing out upon the people. We noticed in one

small but neatly furnished house, that no one occupied either the lower windows or the door,

and we thought probable that a Locofoco lived there. At length w e saw a handome

young woman hastening to the window to wave her keichief. She was suddenly inter

cepted by a young man, who shoved iter buck.

Just then a middle aged Udy was seen running to the open front door, it swing her ii.-.odk er-

chief. The young man snatched the hand

kerchief from her, and shoved her back.

Meantime the young woman was coming forward again, but she was again stopped by lhe youth. And this was repeated a great many times, to the great delight ofthe passengers in one ofthe cars in fiont of ihe house. At

length the yojnj woman sprang to the window; the young man was not quick enough to

prevent her, but he turned short upon the other female, who, not liking this interference, seised the youth by Jiis collar and placing her

knee against his uacK, gave mm a snove ui:u lauded hm flat upon the side walk. The good woman then swung her handkerchief at the door and shouted "Hurrah for Clay" "and Frelinghuysen," said the moreMp'.caiq

voice at the window, while the thunders of huzzas rose from the delegates, and the

Band poured out their strain of ' Clear the

wa for old Kentucky," aud the cars went on.

Phil. V. S. Uiuate.

We learn from the Lexington Enquirer,

that when Col. Johnson heard of the nomina

lion of Frelinghuysen to the Vice Presidency

he exclaimed, "Mercy on mel I had rather

run against uy oilier man in the United States,

Col. Johnston knows that his moral character

is without a blemish. IVabash Courier.

Ijouisiana Election. Gov. Mouton has is

sued hi 1'rcclamatirn for an election in Lou

isiana, on the first Monday of July, of mem

bers of Congress, Senators and Representatives

in the State Legislature, and Delegate to the Convention to revise the Constitution of tha;

State.

of

Scnter.ce of Death. Samtel Di a, who has been a second time convicted of the murder

of George Brock, in Vigo county, on the 6th

iihpilcrnms windin their wav to the conse-i "ty, and therefore it will be rejected by that, they escaped. At the least calculation there of October last, has been sentenced by Judge

cnted snnt where the lamented Hairison. . ' patriotic body. But Texas can be annexed ; are 12UU persons Durni out. un Saturday

"ire than thirty years ago, with a band of as uby joint resolution of the two Houses; and who ( night, three hundred of these poor people glant and patriotic spirits as evet trod the i "can for a moment doubt but that Old Veto J camped out in Canal street below Dr. Stone's s Jil. camed a victory over a treacherous and "t if permitted by yon) will be found fathful to hospital. The loss of property is estimated at

savage foe the same spot, where, in 1S35. the, "the end?

hero 0r that sanguinary, yet glorious conflict,: ' 'Immediately upon the rejection ofthe Treats nominated Tor the Presidency, hy a Con-!uty, the President will unquestionably (we ention of 4.031 true hearted Indianiaus and ! "think) call upon Congress to annex Texas by v'?re. in a Mass Convention of l'lOV joint resolution. "

S300,000 at least of which about one half on

ly is supposed to be covered by insurance

We heard that a little white girl about six

years of age, name to us unknown, wa3 burnt

Law to be hanged on Friday the Hth of next

month. The Terrre Haute Express said the, sentence seemed to effect the crowd of spec-! tators far more than it did th? prisoner, whose' stoicism seemed to be more the result of un- ;

cultivated and undeveloped moral and intel-

We learn that among the contributions at recent meeting in brhalfol the American Bible Society, of which Rev. Dr. Holmes, of New Bedford, is agent, hclJ at the Central church in that city,' was a SI0 banknote on the back of which were written the following lines: THE BIBLE. Thou truest friend man ever knew, Thy constancy I've tried; When all were false. I've found thee true, My counsellor and guide. The mines of earth no treasure give, That could this volume buy. In teachtng me the way to live, It taught me how to die. From the Providence Journal "Have you read Cass's Texas letter?'' "Yes and a statesman such as he,

Would shew his pharacter the better To write his name without the C!"

The last version we have seen of the classic motto, "Root, hog, or die," runs as fol-

lectual faculties, than of a heart hardened by j lows "Perforate the soil with thy proboscis,

o death, reir buried in the nuns cf a houe der cf crime. rrr7. Sictt ScJi-.el.

the commission and reception ofthe higher or-v thou Queen City qnadruped, or relinquish thy

v:ta!'irv. '