Vincennes Gazette, Volume 7, Number 39, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 February 1838 — Page 1

t VOLUME VII. VIXCEINXES, SATURDAY MORNING, l-EIUUJAItY 21, 1808. NUMBER 39

"TRUTH WITHOUT TEAR..''

Ue of tho West, received ihe immediate benefit of his talents, skill raid success: but it was not coniiiifil to t:s every seetiou of the country participated wherever his victories were recited, they elevated our national character, and inspired our officers in every quarter, to emulate hi

GREAT Mrs TING OV THE CITIZEN OK HAMILTON CO., OHIO, Frisndiy ta tho nocai-.ir.ticn of WXX.X.IA.PS IlaSNRif IIARKISOM to Tat; i'Ki:sii)i:.i; . Pursuant to a public call, a meeting of the people of Hamilton conntv, friendly to tlie nomination of William Henry Har

rison for the Presidency, was held in the pected w herpver mentioned, and as he passCourt House, on Tuesday, evening Jan. cd through the country. the people eolloet16th. The meetiny- wa organized, bv call- ed to see ami to greet him: his services ing the Hon. Jacob Unmet to the chair, were fresh in the niernorv of all. Hut A committee of five, consisting of Mess--, what a change had taken place! a change J. V. Yost, Allison Owen, Wm. Wood, which verifies the adage 'out of sight. W. C. Stewart. A. G. Ce.rt, to nominate out of mind." Having passed ti.ro' the Vice Presidents r.nd Srcrelaries; who af- scenes to which i have imperfectly alluded, ler retiring, reported the follov'ir.g named and which occupied the most valuable

caecl- vcars o! his hie, without t..o accumulation

and r.ehl ;it an early day, and pledged themselves to abide by the decision of mat convention, whatever it might he; and

rt. 7ii. v.1 (, That the recommendation at Columbus, on the 4th of July last, to hold a national convention in Pittsburg in June

whereas, this recommendation has not' next, met with our approbation at the lime, been eenorally responded to elsewhere though in inv of us believed that an earhby correspondent action: and whereas, the lor day should have been named. We iupeople of Ohio are thus compelled to ' d'dge'd the most confident hope th-a t!ie consider their proposition of a national ! 0a'd would be responded to without delav, convention as declined, and therefore toj,.j)J would be met with a prompt and coract in future as if it had not been made; lUll approval; hut lo our great disappoint-

and w hereas, in the opinion of that por- j nient it seems not to have met with favor

tion of them here assembled, our national ul cverv qv.aitcr. Although more than six a Hairs have reached such a crisis, that months have elapsed, we have not heard there is no hope of relief, except in a j that it has been accorded to but in a single

cuange oi men ai inc. neau oi mee nu.urs; state; on the contrary it lias Deeu or.ject-

ind u licrciQ i o order To hri ivt : r.i: t lmsh.,1 -U.-rMlu.r nrmnitnr.i lr- r.0

pent. emeu, who were unanimous. y

vick rnrjiinr.NTs. Thoma Smith, of Springfield township. Charles Cohen. Crosby. Joshua WarfacIJ, Cincinnati. Oliver Lovell. do. Aron Ysletuive, do. S. J. Browne, Mill Creek. John P. Garniss, Cincinnati. Henry Jones, Sycamore. Joseph Pierce, Cincinnati. Andrew Lvnd, Miami. Ohar'es Libeau. Cincinnati. William Cary, Mill Creek. Robert Buchanan, Cincinnati. Miles Greenwood. A. L. Voorhees.

change wit'.i certainty, the rived when definitive ex pre:

of wealth ;.o portion of the millions of i lie ser.v.nu'i.t, resneeiini the

:c m'UH'v that hrd passed thro.igri his 'date fcr the next Presidency, can no Ion

h n . s i cr! it i 1: i 1 "i -rp r he return. ' rrer v 1 1 h a;-, t. I v he ii.isl li.i net

, ed to his I'-rm as dependent on its products for subsistence, as when he left it. !Soo:i lite shade of retirement hid him from J public v i"w. The victorious hero was ! disguised by the phi.'i habiliments of a I laboring man. I'nabie to compete with

the wealthy in show and equipage,

courted retirement, and gradually

portant services ceased to be remembered.

he

and wtiereas.

the. experience oi the hist 'residential canvass, and sail more the iesi.lt of the recent State elections, convinces us, beyond a doubt, that the opposition can elect any candidate, upon whom their suffrages shad be ultimately concentrated; and where-

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Vs'-,

SSCRCt I.. WliiTprran, D. T. Monsarra', W. O.

ATIES. Joseph Graham, Ihil'us Hodges, Shawls.

his im-: he republican

Win. H. n.;i;t;oN of t)!iio, from

implicity of his character,

f.om the unsullied integrity of Lis life, from his long and various experience in civil a (fairs; from his great military servi-

the staw Iec:s!.!ture he represented his.ees; front having recently stood com parastate in the Senate and House of Uepre- lively aloof from the bitter strifes and ani-

Occasionallv, he was called to serve in

political life he represpnted bis county in

fob

Tho PicsiJent then delivered the

rct-tow Citi.7.i:n: We know thit tb.s o';jc. of our friends, v. ho signed (he caii for a meeting

inis even ;

was to deliberate and deci

sentatives oi t'.e l niteu states, ana ins: country, at the court of the ambitious I Bolivar. In rd! these stations, he vindica

ted the claim w hich his earlier services j had given him, to the confidence of the j nation. otie were found so hardy as to j dispute his talents question his integrity.

or denv his ei ihn to public gratitude. lint rtl the termination of each term of

blic service, he sought rctiremen; and

sen to believe, that to this .have been the forgotten

' Vrr it I . t 1 1 lint s !

public service, there is now re hour, he would fanner of Nor:

fi some course to be pursued in reference '. Pennsylvania, Ohio and i

a !tw in , who 'r:nd

so .tie it'll presidential i

nnsation w.-.a to me memis m i.e-t. iiar-j resclvcu to v.riw (urn

t n that you are such, and that the mo-! as the rr.orLn's iamhdai;: v l.ve whi'-:i brou Jiit vou here is to deliver-' rur.sirr.Ncy.

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mosities, w liichhave induced so many to commit themselves irrevocably against oilier candidates, and from being tinpleslgcd, in word or act. lo any men or meas

ures, tint such as ins well tried patriotism and sound republican principles, suggests, appears most likelv to unite ihe suilrajres. not only of these who have lo.ig and syslematieally opposed the party in powei. but also of that numerous and patriotic

class ol citizens, wlso have recently manifested their determination to uphold the ruinous measures of that party no longer; and wi.e teas, we, the teole of his r.etiih-

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tuts ((j to ;-.s altogether premature, or editors

time has ar- :iml others in the easier:? aiid middle slates

sion ol p:io-jt jS true that those oHjections express Vv hig candi- willineuess to submit the nomination to a

eeiieral convention, to be calied at some

distant dav, we know not when, but they have utiiteciiv disapprov ed the call made

bv the State of ()hio. .e are therelore

constraitied to consider that call as reject

ed, and the Whijs of the State at perfect

liberty to pursue the- course wliicii may seem lo. them most proper. We have reason lo believe that the convention which made the proposition would not have consented to a more distant day, as they were fullv impressed with the importance of an cailv nomination. They are not. therelore, under the slightest obligation, arisiii" from anv act of theirs, to accord to a proposition from any quarter (ontbciin with (heir own; and more especially so as there is too much reason to believe that the object which prompts the 1 ! - 1 1 .

(e jectors to resolve on ueiay may ueicat the object of the convention in f.xingon an earlier day.

J'ran the Gvnncssr I'armer. Experiment ia tho culture of Carrots

1 went to say a few words on raising

Carrots as th s year is my fust experiment. A friend of mine last winter was advising me lo sow some carrots. Prom

ol thousands fine houses tine horses and tarriajes gold watches and gold chains piano fortes sofas and other fine things, were all the theme. But a great change come over tho land. Lands failed to advance in price. Bonds and mortgages and note failed lo be qiiita ss good as the ready cash. Many failed to meet their engagements, and not a fevr failed to be quite as rich as they had snticipated. The specia currency failed; th banks failed, and it is evert said some ladies failed of marrying rich husband,; and some failed of getting married at all. In a word every thing failed. Hut, Mr. Editor, I have said every

tmng failed. Not quite so fast. I hava

ins experience lie neiicveu i. e couiu raise jno, failed to take the Genesee Farmer, more carrots than turnips from the same neither have I failed to derive treat advanlaud, and he believed they were worth tn,res from ,jle l1urusaj of lk .am(. r

il election. The ! not ctd v seen, but shared in his exploits, i borhood, w ho r steen-. him mofi. because

oTiS-.ra'o beyond question, that the oppo

nents of the measures of the present administration are 1:1 a decided majority; that

liotriin.T but unanimity is wanun? to ren

der their ti iu-.mh certain: and that th

surest way to secure this unanimity

MMM It IJLl.l I 11 1CIIU 1W lill. Ill Id ll, a was slow to believe the carrot could be made as profitable. He succeeded in getting me to promise to sow an acre by his 'nvin' me the seed. 1 sowed about

:-8ths of an acre in the same field where

I sowed mv turnips the year before. I

sowed about the lOtiiof May. I had so

little faith in the crop, I would not sow more than half the seed my friend gave

me. I gave what I had left to one cf my

neighbors. Mv carrots came up veiv

well, but I was so faithless in the crop

that I neglected them until after I had

hoed my corn. I examined them and thought it not worth while to weed them, but I was over persuaded by my hired man. We spent nearly four days work in hoing them the weeds had got such a start that we destroyed the carrots "altogether on one third of the piece. This is all the cultivation they bad. This fall to my astonishment, on gathering them, I found 1 had a little more than two hundred bushrds. It was not uncommon to find them weighing from 7 to .) lbs. I was 'ed 10 wcijh some of them by seeing

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1,

e:t i;i him c

fern 111s ns:-ici:-)V!

re-

we know mm best, nave oeoi.tt-

eunibent on u.;. to he fncitiost

m'T the estimation 1:1 v. h;e:: c .v.i.j

therefor''1. 1. .VWrr-, That we, the neighbors cf William Ilenrv Ilai rison, do nominate him a our candidate for the Presidency at the approaching election, pledging

ourselves loins si; pnortttid do respeeimi-

v but earnestly rceom:

d it

Tit 1:

ill c.

In th.is nomination. Prints vlvar.i .1 Ohio (oilowcd. ami irenerons Itidiae..!

came to tnr ir

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And, fellow citiens.

v m i dei.-u.j wi.e.tier it be cxpetiient :o f-- t him ia nomination as a candidate for ''nthiih responsible of.ice. j

Soi'ie of us hive known him nanv what was th? result of the contest? 1k! ears, 1 wo have all known him a suf-jnot the mas'ie of his n me carry us to the f . i-nt lee6".h of time, to form opinions 1 very verge of victory ' Did not iiis stterjrh for ourselves as to his fitness for tb.e situa-! surpass nr hones, ond surorisecur onno-

it is proonsiii u itommate 11 'nt

Hi-

;'ti;

i,;n for whiil

-and thall we. now abandon hii

I 1

ivp ycrr

Lnn.

His mcifr cf p'ibllc historv, that early ; before vou '.e

n t!ie s'.rngjte between the first ad ventu

rers tv the north western lertitorv, and 'ue Indians, who were then po .erf ii and

f rro'-ious. Wamscn ion a v outh njd'ed 1 he was enlightened, faithful

in the study of a n'ofession under Doctor ! o'l have seen him in '-the foremost

to snswer t!i ourst.o;:. Hut

i : i . let me remind on. that

vou have seen him i:i private life, where he is amiable, humane, and benevolent. You have seen him in petition! lib', where

and, firm.

front

end him as soen,

Push in P'oladelnhi t. Th ar nv un.!er of the liot'est battle.' fighting for the safe-

he comina'i ! of Gen. ll.tfinr had been tie-' tv cf

1

whe

re !'e won ini!

fea'.ed, and the little ba id of n;.n-ers were! for i;;s country and veil have

mij glurv :con htm

in danger ol extermination, when Ge-tei-.j! St. ("lair was sent tot;iir relief, wit'i f.v i or three regime.its of tr-'ps. At thai critical period, Harrison Icari the siumion of the infant settlements in the frriiorv, and without hesitation ie:o'ved to ro to

ristr re.te

f. Ih

e abandoned ins hoo ss, o'

tamed a subaltern's commission in the srmy. and hastened to jnin Gen. St. Clair. Voder These circumstances, and w ith these view-, he cam-? to the Western Country, which has since been th theatre ol his brilliant exploits. Here he has spent his life, f to -a the beginning of manhood, and lure lie w id end his div; arid we risk nothing- it saving, that if Iiis contemporaries will not do him justics now, postfritv will isO it her"aner when they learn his biography from the pages of faithful history. He has been so identified with the important trans actions of th" Tcrritorv Biv.l the State, that a narrative of his life, would form an int. -resting portion of the lti:ory of the country. When hs retired from the army after the treaty f IT'.)-"), which terminated the war, an J gave peace and security to th" territorv, he direetud his attention to agrtculto.re, and becsmn a practical farmer.

war

b-iiiiT ( titi-'d.! return to his farm

h

11s pmuc i.tiie uie--Mt!!'s ;, li.e people

resting on las head, and the cold ingratitude of the government witherintr his heart. Yon cannot lot get the alacrity '.vith wiiich !te hastened to the rescue, when hop" was giving away to despair. You cannot foi-ect the confidence his presence inspired, when he stood between us and the enemy, nor will yon ever forge, lire train of br;tlia-.t victories whi :h marked Iiis progress, rtt every staire, from Tip-

captured

to the favorable consideration of our falIiw ciiizens of ihe several States cf tha In ion.

ti. iVsoihTi.'. Taat in making this r.ominatinn. at this time, we have 110 other object or desire, than to promote the success of those great principles oi public policy, in which we believe the welfare of the

country to be involved. 3. iVn'i'."(:', That -while in a conflict between principle and men, we would always sacrifice ail personal predilections fur the sake of orinci oles. vet when as in

the present case, the support of a particular man, appears to be identified with the

success of great principles, the sooner we

pce-moc to me 1 hames, wnen

an entire Hnitsh army, recove

ntorv surrendered by tiub.

ted the

can question the talents, or patriotism of the man, who has won more ictoiies than anv of his coctempornries, and who never lost a battle'

red the ter

ami leimma-

war in the western counf-y. V. ho

announce our preference tue better, since in public affairs, open frankness is always preferable to concealment. 1. ft'eso?rrrf. That in times like lite

present, when vital interests are at stake;

in the result, it behoves the reor '.e to do ji!

among the people, is to ma.te an early nomination, in some quarter, and invi'e others to express their assent or

ssent. 10. Jtcso'rct!. That we earnestly recommend to our fellow citizens throughout the. L'nion, to meet together in primary assemblies, wheie alone their voice can It? authentically expressed. and declare, as we now do, their preferetv.-c for a presidential candidate; and since the abuse of executive patronage is the greatest evil thus far developed in our political system; and sineo we believe thai the most elfcet-

ual check atrainst sucli abuse would be

jm amendment of the constitution, ue

clrring the president eligible, for only one

term, we further request our leiiuvv citi

7ens; to express their opinions upon this

interesting ftiojeet. in connexion wit! their presidonlivd nop-i:nr,tie.n. il. i.Vxo-.'rt (. Tii.it '.Ik- conservatives

as a party, ,n ueeim; i.u.-.hmjh v.-j mu.i political dictation and executive control, as demonstrated by the recent elections, deserve our warmest praise, and that we hail their conduct as an omen ofasliil loit

er resolve to act only for ihe good ol their whole country. After the. reading of tho report, Messrs. J. W. Gaz'av J. C Yanchn ami Wil-

ph'co in the Parmer of some one show-

mv von some mat were very nice weign-

ti 1-vi to :! lbs. , by '200 buthcls Carrots, at 23 eU. ?.')0 00

Dr. t" prepanrg ground ana sowing.

Si fn)

weeJinjr and thinning.

six day

s iathermT at To c'.s.

4 00 4 oO

have not tailed ol making it a source of profitable investment, snving much mora than the cost of it annually, by adopting the great improvements of the day. I har not failed to grow a good crop of ruta baga turnips. 1 have not failed of clearinc my bam yard in the spring instead of fall, thus saving the whole value of the manure. 1 have not failed lo fatten my hogs mostly on boiled apples, potatoes and pumpkins, and from this attempt alona I have not failed to save more than th cost of all the papers I take, five in num

her. In a word, I do not fail making mr "three or four hundred dollars a year,'"' and with industry and Perseverance, t hope I shall net fail in a year or two mora of paying the last installment of my land speculations. And now, brother farmers, let me eay one word to you, and this too from experience. When you are doing well, just

leave it for others to do better. One word more, dw not fail to take soma good agricultural paper. You neglect to to fake one, and you neglect your own interest. It is worth much more than tha

cost. 11 you ihmR you are not able to take tiie Genesee Parmer at $2 then take the Monthly Parmer at 50 cents a year only one cent a week. I say again do not neglect your interest. rYRL'S. Hufiaio, Dec. ISr.T.

Etymology cf the names of Countries. The following countries wero named

by the Phovneianr, the greatest commercial people in the ancient world. Thesa

names in the Phee ncian language, signify something characteristic of the place's which they designate. Ciaopu signifies a country cf a whita complexion so named because ths inhabitants were of a lighter complexion, than those of Asia or Africa; Asia signifies between, or in tha middie from the frt that ceo-rranhera

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their own nominating, as well as (heir own voting, and not wait for the dictation either

;:!ative bodies, feel bound in

ol presses, politicians, or iC;

0. AVvo;-e

employment. Hut his activity, intellij'nee and probity, were loo we I known and too highly appreciated to suffer him to continue long in retirement. In 1793 he was -acting Governor of the territory, afterwards a delegate to Congress; in 1890 Governor of Indiana and superintendent of Indian a (lair. It is known that he filled those offices till 18 It", when having secured the frontier of the territory of Indiana, bv bis v ictory atTip-r-icanoe, be resigned and came to Ohio to render similar services to us. Our frontier was was exposed and he came to peril bis life in its defence. Let the families i who formed our border settlement at ihe gloomy period declare the protection be! offered them, and the safety they felt, while ha stood between them and their savage foe. His name at tha. dav carried terror to the stvage - while it gave hope and confidence at hope. W!i?n danger threatened any particular pest or settlement, the first

r o-ieslion was.

Purine f Judge Horn

( delivery cf this aiU.rcrs 1 was fre.iuaruiv interr.ipiei

by toe maiKsol approbation Wiiieti wen spontaneously offered bv his heartr", am at the close, was warmlv a-mbiuded. On motion of Mr. Grcor.c, it was iY.Wcc . Thfit a committee of llftee; be appointed bv the. chair to dr dt n-sohi lions for i'io onsider-'tion of the meeting Th-? committee consisted of the. icl'.okvin.

! eentiemen:

honor to redeem

Th-

.1.

t wo

Iv addressed

Hiding the general call

ihe

the mectine, resp:

cf their names. J he. remartis o sneakers were herrrfdv welcomed,

their advocacy of the objects of ihe meet in", found manifest i-rprobalioii with al

p'.edce. given ut (he j present. We had not an opportunity

ol

termination of the contest in the ffi cf t;ikinn notes of tho speecie. .a r. rceiie. 1?:50, that Gen. Harrison should have sm the ChrMrmart of the Committee, tiicn sugopportnnity of measuring strr ngih with the j ousted the omission of a passage in tiie presert incumbent of the llx.-cutve chnir prcamblp and two cf tho resolutions, not a pledge, which wa spontaneously j relevant to their chief matter. Mr. ti. made under a strong conviction that thei followed his suggestion by some pertinent iniluep.ee of his name at the first trial of j observation upon the feelings ol tiie his strength, had t i'tenus to the very friends of General Harrison towards other

' 1 1 00

Xett proceeus of l.iree eights oi an

acre of land, - ou ) have made calculations according to

to the prices that I sold them in the field.

find tin in lo ni very valuable: lor iiulcli

cows. i siraa m:ne smut; r.i n-in..i.

iti feeding turnips and carrots and the re

sult I shr.ll record. Y ours rcipccttV.1".'. UOIM). .Tr

Union District, Michigan, Dec. 11,17 P1"'! il pP-- "f Africa.

1 iH"Onlv 3 or 4C0 ISoilars a Xoar."

"Making only three or four hundred dollars a year,"' says my friend "Only three or four hundred dollars a year; truly this is slow getting along." Now my fiiend was extensively engaged in money operations and laud speculations and wis probably making his ten perhaps fifty, thousand a ycai; & wb.cn in answer to his inquiries I informed him that I was makU! some three or four hundred dollars a year, he w as astonished at tiie smaliness ,!' the amount; with bun it was meiely ihe work of a day or an hour, Not so w i'.b me, 1 had purchased a small fam

in tne very suoiuus 11 a nuu ginning ciy, and had been looking forward to the tiii'ie wbrii I should finish paying for ihe

rht then I should be happy

nair

Willi on Grfcene, H. Storcr, Wm. M. Corry, D. Gwvnc, J. Salon, J. A. Wiseman, H. Morse, G. W

s t ; c "

J. Jit

A. II

S. V. Leadmau. S. E. Pleasants, Jas. Wiliiams, J. W. Gazlay, H. E. Spencer, Nel".

Harrison tiiertT and i

urinative answer secmet:

1 to

r?:riorc a:ipre!iension. I do not exagerate, fellow t it'zens . when I say, that his name inspired hope his presence created con

fidence

The report of the committee contained the annexed PREVVirtLK AND RESOLUTIONS: Wiiereas. ihe people of Ohio, opposed to the present administration of the national government, in one of the most numerous conventions ever held in this State, while thev avowed their preference for their own fellow citizen. Wm. H.

Harrison, as a candidate for President of the United States, at the next election, nevertheless declared their willingness to sccrifice rdl personal predilections fr the sake of the creat Whig Cause;

verge of victory, and that the fstilt of the disiingn

contest clean v proved that be was Lie favorite of the people. We have neither seen nor heard any thing which ought to postpone his claims to those of any other c.indidale;and we unhesitatingly affirm that after the influence of his popularity fins shaken ihe union of our political opponents, and hrongh. them by thousands to

our tide, we should be ungratelul to cut Sum adrift, and transfer th? frui's of a conic-;, sustained by his name and influence, to the supc.art of another. 6. ir. sorci. That so far a- otir observation has extended, we are warrrauted in saving, that the Conservatives, general'lv, in the Western States, are prepared to unite (heir destiny with ours, the moment it shall be ascertained that the 1:vitit of aNonrn Hfnd w ill be our choice; on the other band, we as firmly believe

that if the po!iti-ians of our party, deter

mine to pass him bv lor r.nv otner, me

beneficial result of the strength we gain ed at the last contest, will be lost.

7. I.'csnlval. That we have seen with deep regret, a disposition manifested and

expressed, by many of our friends, particularly in the Atlantic States, to deler

the selection of our candidate lo .1 distant dav. In our opinion, a more dangerous

course could not be advised. The delay

and whereas, with a view to ascertain, in

the most authentic maimer, which of the threaten the disunion of our parly.

distinguished men, then and now before

It was known that victory had 1 the people, could unite the greatest nuni-

iravs followed In his train, and it seemed ber of suffrages for the high office, they

which has already taken place, begins to

The

friends of each of the candidates are becoming more zealous and more sanguine to obtain the nomination thev desire; and

t b ta,en oc??rt h.rn

or e-vitc

he cct;'d r.otj recommend a National Convention, to be! in proportion as that hope is strengthened

shed men. whoso names arc also

before the people, ill CO P. U '.' X I oil Wlt.l '..IC

,re;.!p.:ial election. The liberality of

,t.o ne:i'i.prs views, found p. ready and

sincere response, and tiie re.-.ohitioos wit

b. nkc-.-ntions noted with bv tha Chair-

ma!, were pass 'il unanimously.

On motion of Major Owyune, it was

resolved that the Chair appoint a corresponding coir.mrntf.ee consisting of five, and an executive committee consisting ol twenty-four, with power to increase their number. On motion, HesohrJ, That the proceeding of the meetings be published in Whig -upcrs of ihe city. Tiie meeting :'.ien adjourned. Prom the numbers present ami the enthusiasm that characterised their procecdi vs, the friends of General Harrison . . 1 .1,.., i,.,o In

abroad, may rest assuicu m-.i ... ...

own county, where in ail respects

virtues and abilities are most cert

known, ihere is no d

same; ana thoi

ai.d contented. y,,.:n a'Acr this I raid the last instil

ment due on mv farm, and instead cf be

atg happv and contented, 1 put tins down as ihe most uneasy period of my life.

hi

iinlv

fl ere nee of opinion

upon the propriety, the justice, and the

elccimg ram 10 um M"i-

Thev invite investigation of his

and thev feel confident, with the

dene v. deserts

hand tide mv f

iccuiatioti

. c s s 1 1 v

of P

ro vide nee upon

their

cause, of his success, and the triumpo m the principles, for which the friends ol ihe constitution, lb-.! laws and tha country, are now contend .ng.

was now 1:1 the lu

nt' successful operations many of

iends ai.d acquaintances had v. rhit

a few months or a year, made ten, twen

iv, tifiv and some their hundreds of thou

sands of dollars. J.very thing was locomotive and who could be content to t o, -i f irm, and onlv gain "three or

four hundred dollars a year." There was mi.ch shorter way to wealth. The

merchant entrusted his business to the ,;;e.-k the mechanic left the work to the onnvantice the farmer, too, in haste to

be rich, left las business and engaged in land speculation. Some few, to be sure,

staved nt home and attended to their busi

ness: but they generally were considered

as men without enterprise and almos destitute of common sense.

Hut to return to myself. 1 engaged in laud speculation, and in a short lime found

rev. elf not. a few thousand dollars m cebt; 1..,'. r .w KMr.r.cfi:l. nrniiertv was on ihe

rise and soon niv purchases were worth more than double to what I had paid; and ,u i:.-i r.-.v, which a fev- years bc'ore

h-.u cost me some fourteen or fifteen bun

o,.,.l .i::, -s. was worlli as manv thou-

ccls I detcrminsd (0 sell was offered

ten, fifteen, eighteen thousand dollars. I consulted my freinds, but one said it is not enough, another said, do not sacrifice your property, it is worth S25.000; a third said, hold on to it, and soon yon will get

I did so, and now began to

'0.

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-!-, rr',m'nnn nnnci .Lines, w.ie v...r; ,, . ,.,.?r - . ,.. man. and every uouv

.-an t.i ............ , i o 1 Ul .V m . a a " v

m a.

j the p-"pect of a cordisl union is weakened.! to iViine"

c.ii.i-crncH in the n-.ijnioT ot I !

1 C,.. ,l wa incc. anil 1

were taken en l.cj i.imi....' ... . ,i.o , fw huri , 1 rU- Thev will be earned : pv en a lew mm

1IOT!IIMI l.Ui:.-. ... ,,..,-.C

for tr.a!. .Vi,rr.un J puouctm. j naiu vwu.-a..-

about me wits rich, a lew uouars, or

drp.-U of dollars, were ol

Africa signifies the land of corn, or ears.

It was celebrate.! lor its abundance, of corn and ail 3orts of grain. Iaybira signifies thirsfv or dry very characteristic of (he country. Spain, a country of rabbits or cronies. 'Phis country was once so infected by these animals, that they sued to Agustus for an army to destroy lliem. Italy, a country of pitch from its yielding great quantities ot black pitch. Calabria, for the same reason. Gaul, modern Prance, signifies yellow haired, as ytllow hair eharactreise its first inhabitants. The English of Caledonia, is a high hill. This was a rugged mountainous) province in Soothe!. Hibcrnia, is utmost, or last habitation for beyond this, westward, the P.ha niciana never extended their Voyages. Hritain, the country of tin as thera

were great qualities of lead and tin found on the adjacent islands. The Greek called it Albion, which signifies in ihe Phfcnieian tongue, either white or high mountain, from the whiteness of ita shores, or the high rucks on the western coast. Corsica, signifies a wooden place. Sardinia, (he footstep of a man, which it rescmLles. Iihodes, serpen's or dragons, which it produced in abundance. Sicily, the country of grapes. Scjlly, the whirlpool, is destruotion. Syracuse signifies bad savor, called 10 from the unwholesome marsh upon which it st00(j, Etna signifies furnace, or dark or smoky, The above, were gathered from a very ancient history of Hriiain. Siiluru'ai Evening Visitor. A voung man named Pish or Fislier, of

St. Charles Mo., was found murdered nepr St. Genevieve on the 1st. His trav

elling companion, who was a foreigner

ind a blacksmith by trade, was supposed

to be the murderer. One hundred dollar have been offered by the citizens of St.

Genevieve for bis apprehension and conviction. Lou. Juur.

m . O 1 e of Senator Nile's loco-faeo friend

in Hartford, Ct., was heard boasting tha

other day, that ihe Hon. Senator had tho promise of being appointed Ministtr to

the Ptmlintlary of Russia.

Lou. Jour. C'r There ti a f,.II of mitw In Xrw OWo

Thousands and tens Jon the morning 01 the J inet.