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mHIMlfiMiiiuwia iaiiau...j, rrinivive the motives which induce a eontma ance of tins hostility. Hut it appears that neither time, the circumstances which 1 hive motioned, the repeated rem aliens o. calumnies. bv the testimony the most authen-. lie and unimpeachahle, Ime in the least reduced the number or diminhed the ar.ity of the attacks, direct and indirect, with -!,irV, l hnv hppn wont to be assailed. You ivive no doubt seen, gentlemen, a publication in the course of the last autumn, extensively circulated, purporting to be an authentic account of the battle of Tippecanoe, written upon the spot and from "the relation of a respectable eye witness1' in which it is asserted in direct terms that "the army was completely siimriwi That dismav and disoair seized upon the commander and his men; that all j was given up as lost, when a Kentucky field I officer, calling upon his own command ot mounted Rangers to follow him, rushed upon the enemy, and with the loss of his own life, gained a complete victory, and saved the array." The author of this infimous fraud could not have believed that it would be credited here. It was intended to operate at a distance. Because it was known by- every person who served in the action, that, 1st, altho' the attack was sudden and unexpected, the army was as vHl prepared to receive it, as it could well have been; 2nd, that there tvas no such troops as Kentucky 'angers employed in the expedition The corps omrnanded by the officer mmed, bein properly equipped Dngoons, two thirds of which were of Indiana: 3rd, that the- charge made by tho officer m question, was the only unsuccessful one of -the whole action, and that of course it contributed nothing to its success, but was only the commencement of the close and desperate conflict, of nearly two hours continuanceBut this attack of an anonymous writer false and infamous as it is, was not so wounding to fry feeling?, as the proceedings in New York, to which I have referred. I jnust believe, that there v?re in the f:ssembly, at Tammany Hall, many very rp-ctt- j V.e citizens, and I am humiliated by iho reflection, that I am the only successful com-! minder, either by sea or land, who could be thus treated. Would it b? permitted in Boston to have the anniversary of ihe taking of the Cuerrier celebrated "in honor of Lieutenant (now (7 mm odore) Morris who achieTed the victory V Would the New Yorkers themselves permit the memory of their own Brown, to be insulted by announcing a celebration of the victory of Niagara as being "achieved by OoL Miller?" .ind yet Col. Johnson s ood in the same relition to me, as Col Miller to G'-nl. Brown. Th- services rendered by the the two Colonel were sukinirly parallel. 3 tb were ordered to execute a rrh?f hazardous duty, and both most heroicly performed it. I know of no officer of ihe late army, for whom I have i greater respect and friendship, thui for Col. Miller, and yet I mo si pay, that th i achiv -innr of C! Johnson and his Rcgi nent, w is m re drulcuit md hazirdous than that of Co!. Miller. The litter was at the h?'d of hig lily disciplined American Infant-: i assault was made upon British jy, and the assault was made up troops of ihe same description, wiih tlwadv m?age, it must bt? enfrssed, of being in position and aided bv formidable batteries. But the corpsof Col. Johnson wis in a great ;

measure, undiseUned.-They hud heen intarkin n Washington paper, called service only a tew woeks, and being constant-1 . mr ,,,, ly in motion, there w.s little opportunity ofj AmencUl Mechanic. What acquiring a knowledge of formations appro-j the motive could he for writing the prutetocavHlry. TW were, moreover, but j last a,n at a loss to conjecture, tew of them that were proporlv nrmed tor thi t i .i . t i t. mara - l. ; r r , .unless it be that annabie humane Sen ices they were required to pcriorm. and ... . the-r eifvins were directed :isunst highly di$- -feeling which induces O ie to tmmi)lmed troops and justly considered amongst ; pie to dead) an adversary he finds th- best of Europe. To m .ko up tor thesi l ur.H y prostratt d. 1 am certain dfhciencies tiw Kentuckins h d to rely upon .i . . , ,. th-irvilor. The event c'med that of tin, ; th lt no ,nan more heartily disapsngredient onoui;h and to sptrs was brought I proves Ot these acts of his ilijilfliinio ihe conflict. i cious partisans than does Colonel Is there any thing unre .sonable, gentle-1 Johnson. -From him I have never Xben, m my wishin? to bt; placed up -n the ' ,i u i i . . i r i i footms of other African hen.ls? My Withheld ttie tribute of applause dmterm of service in etive wirfire fr exun Is . 'to hi highly meritorious services.

oeyond that of -toy of th-m. My neart tells i ni'3 tint my fidrlitv to my conntry Ins Ivenas j gre w. And dihc-Uiiii I wi.l not d rc to pl.ico ; myself by the side of them in point of military talenis, I miy h,i pt:nnitted to refer to the ' pnhlishad testimony of Governor Shelby, for j his opinion, th u he h id never known duties so difficult and arduous, confided to the execution of iny 0:1 in tii" is those assigned by the Govi-rnnvtnt to m-. I m iy too (considering the m inner in which 1 have been assailed) quote the conclusion of his remirk, that "there were hundreds in Kentucky as well as himself, who believed it could not have heen confided to hwier hands." The exertions which have been made to depreciate me, for the purpose of elevating the fame of Col. Johnson, is in the eyes of every military man exceedingly ridiculous. The claims of the subordinate officer of an army for the gallant performance of bis duty, can never conre in conflict, in the estimation of those who have the least knowledge of military affiirs, with those of his General. Their spheres of action nre altogether different. Would you understand them, gentlemen, look at the message of President Madison to Congress in DecomIr 1813. He there informed them that what th- ons "prepared," the other "executed." If "viijenc is necessary to show that the entire plan of the battle of the Thames was "p p -rea" by myself alone, I refer again to th venerated SsblKr In tl.n lr q i .tfd he says "Your arrangements for, and ! Bl. n,, H.Utl IHfIIC order obaitle were such s to give confidence! our numbers." , noi oe oeaten by double Miserable indeed must be the situation ot ! a commanding General, if the nrptoncw.no i !

Ttnced I by Col. Jormm's friend, are ndmitt-! of men who dare not avow their reed. Bmg invested with absolute .v,.Pr n i i , - . vcr the movements of tl,e army, he is alone i01 1' 111 n,atIon t0 lhe responsible for them Should they result in i oal,"ft OI Tippecanoe, by the testimisfoi tune, his reputation, if not hig lift, lsjmony of everv officer and Soldier W h.zrd. Bui should ihev be successful, i who l.. u

merit of the success ts considered as a -

lone iue u. in-: ,u,o h.sor. Who would command an army under such

Circuuisiances no wuuiu wu ui the dreadful responsibility, which anv commander of sensibility must . UH, 1,1 ;.,,,r f j , f j iei l, on uie tve ui a iwim , i Election tliai Ute lives Ol &o riumj human beings, and those his fellow- :.: .depend upon the wisdom and skill with which his measure i have been taken? To one who has been fortunate enough successfully to pass an ordeal of that kind ; who has no lack of duly, no error of judgment with which to accuse himself, in the various and complicated arrangements & combinations which the occasion called for; how cruel ly wounding must be the reflection, that his claims are postponed to that of a subordinate officer, w ho acted under no responsibility but that of doing his own duty, ami (with whatever gallantry it may have been done) succcsstullv executing an order given to him by his superior. But it appears that to Hector Craig, Esq., and his associates at Tammany Hall, it is right and proper that it should be so. It is not, however, imnrobnhle. that some of these contleuu n may hive imbibed aii opin T ion of me from a publication which was written some years ago in Wa shington and sent to the Editor of the Commerciil Advertiser, by whom u was published, as he assured me in-idvrtetisly. In this piece it is asserted by the author (upon the amhority of a worthy Krntuckian whom h met with in a steam-boa l des -ending the Ohio) that when the enemy were discovered in their position on the 5th October 1813, by the advance of the anny' an ofhVer was sent to apprise is e ol that circumstance, but that I was no w here to be found, and that Col. Johnson was obliged to take upon himself the arrangements for 'he battle, which resulted in the victory. The absurdity contained in tins niece, & the malignity of its object were so apparent (there being at 'east eight General officers present, who would hive claimed & exercised the right ofmaking the arrangements, ifl had absconded)' that Col. fctoue, the ed jtor? jn a subsequent paper, exposed i - l ; iiietii hi rui i i juviii t uiioi idi ui itch?. I am, I think, indebted to the individual who wrote die article all(i 0A tt. for another and recent atAs an evidence of if, I annex an ex trart f,om my answtT lo tho eftr c i a trr ' of the committee ot arrangements lUVii tnaj me to attend tile celcbration of the battle of the Thames,last October,- near Frankfort in Kentucky.The extract will further show the feelings with which I commenced the action and to which I have already alludf d. I trust that thre is nothing in my conduct or character to induce any one to believe that I am actuated, in any part of my course, by env y or jealousy of the" superior fortune's & prospects of Colonel Johnson and the other officers who successfully served their country during the late war. Far, very tar d ifterem are die feelings I entertain Let t!?em con tinue to bask in the warm beams of fcxecutrve and popular favor, and whatever may be my lot, 1 vill strll rejoice in their prosperity as I would have wept over their misfortunes. Pr mivt'lf I ocU - . 1 n Country hut jastiee, naked i'lstice nothing that It is ever denied to the meanest criminal -that my conduct should b determined u ot, not bv the voice, ol niltior nor ihe writing ilution nf t, ,.' J r,, . i iiution ol the Indiana 1 crntonal ,

Legislature, and that ol lVentueUj passed at the moment of their assuming the garb of mourning for the loss of many valued citizens; and in

relation to that of the rl names by the testimony of the mass of those who served on that occasion ; by that of your Shelby, your Perry ,and your Wood , and the amiable and impartial M'Atce (himseii an omc r of Col. Johnson's corps, and present in the battle) who is now jiving and prepared to defend the accuracy of the history which he has given to his countrymen. - I fear, gentlemen, that it may ap pear to you, that in the remarks I have made upon the mode in which the Uesolutions to-celebrnte tne ap nrnnr!,jn,y anniversary of the battle l0f j,e Thames were v d opted, that I have heen somewhat fastidious. But I pray you to recollect that I was a soldier from my earliest youth that there are principles recognized in that profession which every one belonging to it is bound to defend, which he may not on any occasion surrender or abandon without dishonor. For his !riend,a F.oldier will willingly part with his wealth; in his defence .shed his blood or loose his life, but his right of command he w ill jiiveto no one. On such an issue "he will cavil for the ninth part of a hair." Hut if I had been willinc: to abandon my ow n claims, could I pass over those of the Generals who served under me, several of whom are no 1 aiger alive to protect their own riphts. Examine, gentlemen, an authentic account of the battle of the T hames, and vou will find that the hero ol King's Mountain was neither talse to his country nor recreant to his former lame. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, with high consideration and regard, Vour lellow-eiiizn, W.U HARRISON. Messrs. A. Cl,ALR, &c, Committee. Extract cf the Idler lo the Kentucky Comwitre, alluded to above. Such approbifion, gentlemen, is the best and most appropriate reward of an American Commander. It is difficult for any one who has not been placed in a situation of that kind, fully to appreciate the enxiety of li-is mind from the awful rrsjnibiliiy which resis upon him. To the ordinary considerations of the interests arid honor of hiscounlry committed to him, (and which is common to all commanders,) was superadded, in every case in relation to myself, one of a peculiar diameter, and well calculated lo add to the intensity of my feelings. I allude to the composi ton and character of the troops I commanded In almost all otuer countries the cornman der looks wiih a single eye lo the achievement of a victory, without regarding at what ox pens? of human life it may bb obtained. The profusion of b!od through- which he m;iy wade to encircle his brows with a halo of glory, is a matter scarcely worth regarding In my esse even victory might be too dearly purchased. A partial advantage to the country, which won Id clothe a whole siaie in mourning; which would deprive it of the ornaments of i!s legist; rive halls, of its experienced Judges, of its wnerahlc executive Ihief Magistrate, was not to he thought of without horor. Jungs then, gentlemen, of my feelings, when I w is about to lead into battle, on the 5th of October, 1813, the citizen-soldiers of Kentucky, ag unst ;n army in posilion,composeri of disciplined soldiers, protected on one flunk by -m impassible rivt r, and on the other by a mrmercus body of aih -s, the best light troops in the world, and which, as there posted and then commanded, would have defeated double the number of the choicest troops of Europe. I might have recollect ed too, that I had been blamed, nay persecut ed, because I Was unable, on a former occasion, to obtain a victory without loss; because, in tho course of Providence, the balls, to which all were equally exposad,- found their way to the hearts of distinguished men Judge then, gentlemen, of my feelings on the occasion to which I have alluded, and when I was under the necessity, too, of relying, in a great measure, upon an untried expedient But a single reflection dissipated every doubt. The execution of my plan was committed to Kentucky valor, and Kentucky valor, when a chance lor its proper exercise was alrorded, was a rock upon which a commander might safely build his hopos of victoiy; might safe Iy commit his own reputation and the inter ests and glory of his country. The glorious result shows that confidence was never better placed.- The charge of the volunteer corps of Cavalry, in manner and effect, w.is never excelled by the boasted Cuinssiers of Napol eon, or the Scorch (ireys of Wdlingfon. The nero who led u was not in my view at the moment ot its execution; but his scars and maimed limbs afford full evidence thai he performed as well the duty of the soldier as lhe able and skilful leader; but I saw wiih pride of feeling and exultation not to be described, the equally heroic brother, as wiih irresistible impetuosity he precipitated the wing which cmm.indwl upon the bristling bayonets of the astonish rJ b VV '

i'K'iTi the Sou titer ii i'ianter. Turnip Fly. Mr. Editor Looking over an old newspaper the otlur dav, I noticed some experiments tried on Turnip seed, to preve nt the destructive ravages of the Turnip Fly or Grub, which are sometimes very

destructive. 1 he experimentalist stated that he discovered the leaves were eaten a J most as soon as the plants were up, so that the field was as brown as before it was sown. He thought at first that the insects might have proceeded from other plants, or the hedges. Accordinglv, he took some earth from his garano placed it in a box, sowed his turnmsccd in it, and coverci. ii over with silk gauze, so that no m sect could enter; but he found them there as destructive as in tne open jfibj. He then took some earth & boiled it, and put it in the box, and sow d the sred, watering it with water ao boiled, with no better success than before. Having dins satificd himself that it proceeded neither irom other plants, nor was contained in the earth or water, he turned his attention to the seed, on whit h, by the help of a magnitving glass, lu4 found small w hite fi-ni?d) substances which he concluded were eggs. On seme eecds he found none; hut generally two or three, and in seme instances, five on a single seed. Tho difficult) now w as to destroy them. To accomplish this he made some strong biine and soaivien ine seen in u iwiuv-iour hours. It being dried thoiougl,he then sowed it with all the can1 mentioned above, and not a single fl was found, nor Turnip injured. iie found that if the brim1 was sufficiently strong, three hours soaking was enough. He say? UI now practit e this mc thod with Turnip Feed, Cabbage seed, and in fact, with all the crcciform plants in common uhivation, with very satisfactory success. Tho whole of these experiments were made on the SwcdishTurnip,w hichis generally inoro iidt-'Sfed by these beetles tiian other sorts. T. From the Maine Farmer. Wheat en Cicier &g& I am induced to lay helore the public my actual experience in r ising wheat on clover sod turned in, not because there was the greatest yield, hut to encourage others to do likewise, and if possible to render Maine independent for that necessity of life, bread. About the lOtlt ot November last, I paced of what I supposed. to he about one acre of land that had been nnnvod 2 years, which h ui been seeded to herdsgrass and clover, and had yielded a quod crop of that kind of hay the two previous years, say about two tons each year. The soil may be called a sandy loam, inclining to flay. In the spring at tho usual time, it was sowed to wheat; partly Malaga, and partly what it is called lake whc-at--when ripe it was gathered, and there were two loads of nearly equal size one of which I have thrashed, which gave about l3bushels,of the other w as 12,thero was '25 bushels this induced mc to have the land measured, and I found it lacked (taking out for stomps, &c.) 20 rods of an aero, adding for the 20 rods at the same rate, three bushels and a half, and we have 28 1-2 bushels to lhe acre. I put on after the land w as rolled down, one and a half bushels of plaster, ami no other manure was!

used. It is well seeded to clover UP me instalment then due thereon, and promises a good crop for two! Inesamc sna 00 forfeited and heyears to come, and then as good'rome taG propcrt of the proper

wheat as this vear. I rhinlc I nM have ploughed it for Seed and sowing, j . ... ... 82,50 3,00 1,00 TT:" rrrttvinrr ii rrA rin -r Harvesting, 2,50 0,00 35,03 9,00 28 hush, wheat at $1,25 Expense $26,03 It will he seen that I have not charged the thrashing, nor have I included the straw as fodder or ma nure. It will also be perceived that

I heve not charged the pWtor.n? L expect much more benefit than it was worth to the succeeding crop? of clover. Elijah Wood. Winlhrop, Sept. 15, 1831. TJr. JBjy tic's Ilesif nation. The. Republican announces the

resignation of Mr, Lytic ot the balance of his Congressional term. The propriety of this move may well be doubted. Suppose Messrs Webster, McLcne, Allen, Mitchell, and Spaugh r, are beaten an! resign. We are to have six extra, elections! Miould M r. Disney resign his Srnatorship, where is this i foolery 1 must call it o to stop?IJMlsIialispeaK again on un uu i , ii i .t i jecf . It is said Mr. Lytic means to ho a candidate for rc-t lection for tho balance of his tcrnk It so, we hope he may have1 no opposition. Le him walk over the track. We have had i nouch of turmoil for one Con gressional term. Th present House of Representatives ol the U. States have shown themselves incorrigible. Reform can only reach ihcr next ( 'iii(i nafi (Xazct'e. XJViifc Water :cnat. Mr. .1. , tit lA'i!-, canal En gincer,&, Mr, l. lrs:u canal CommisMt;ner,and two other gentlemen, passed through Conncrsvillo the fore part of tins week, collecting furtin r information : s to the practabilitvofthe proposed ciiri:i, and ivport very tavi.ivhly, solar. They find stone and timber, of good qunl ity, in abundance, as well as a .vuf);etent quantity of water. At 1I113 pktce they found upwards of fivo thousand feet ol water passing rc" minute, which is enough to feed fiftv miles of canal. Being con viaced of the sufiiciency of this article, they think it unnecessary to gauge at any other point, having previously guagrd at the National Road, ahove this. We are informed by thoengineer, that this stream is mora fivorable for canalling than the urabash, in proportion to its size.--Watehman. STATK BANX or iXDIAXA. We publish the following xtrac? from the Charter of the tutc Rank ot Indiana, in order that all those interested may be possessed of tho n ec os s a ry inform: lion r e;- pec t i 1 1 g the forfeiture for ihe non-paymens of instalment.-.: Lffjhyt He Free-Press. 'ec. 1)4. Should any failure of payment on the first, or any subsequent instalment, take place on tho part of any subscriber for said stock, then, and in such case, the pany failing shall forfeit and pay, if for the first instalment, the sum of ten dollors pcrsh-re, to the President and Die -ctorsof the Slat Rank, tobe recovered by an action of tithi ; and, in case of a f diure to pav any subsequent instalment at the" time required by this-charier, the President and Directors of the Branch shall be at liberty to sell and transfer anv such shares of stook at nnlv lie auction, after giving ten days notice thereof in writing, put up at the door of said branch back; and nnv surplus remaining, after paying the amount due and incidental charges w ith ten per cent, on the amountpaid on such share or shares en w hich such instalment shall bo due, shall be paid over to the owner or owners of such stock previous to the sale thereof: and it the same. cannot bo sold for sufficient to pavr orancn . A man at mob uisuim, -a general anaciv was mdo on the colored population, and several houses, with ther contents nearly destroyed, nnd some oftlir inmate? much injured. The land of Penn seems materially to have beon rln-t cnaracier ot us people, within a few yetrc past. i nes. The spirit of revoluion ig going caRfward ; tuoro has been an insurrection at Jerusalem. There are 78 chart0red Colleges zndVni: vcrsmes ia the United States.

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