Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 15, Vevay, Switzerland County, 14 March 1840 — Page 2

, :;VEYii¥ : TIMES'£ND : SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT..

■ - v (From Vie Indiana Dtmonal. Democratic Meeting.

THE VEVAY TIMES:

V ' ■' important 'from Chinny i . / Fire A in idred. Ch \nete killed by Ihe cannonading ’ of their boat I byn BritiTh'Siiop'of)far,—By the ship Talbot j-wjiich left Cauloq Nov. 0, we have advices ihcncfc to Oct, 29.- The English all departed from Macao August 26, rather than involve the j*o;lugueEo, ns the Cbir|csa,liid threatened (o starve them alt out'if. they did not leave. They went on board the shipping at ■ Aong Kong.j Thq outsjde transhipment trade ‘ by iho British through American vessels, is broi ken up, and the liritish ehipsj at Hong 1 .Kong • quitted their anchorage by order ofCapt.’Elliott, * Oct. 20, and proceeded to Tongkoo bay, which is mote safe; ,the Uhioeee pomnment-having ordered them to co no up to .Whampoa] or leave ■ iho country in three days. They .w ere Jtdfd they i .might trade asibefrre if they..would give* up a 1 matt tor the China nmn killed, which Capt, Ell ti ott relufied,and in niedlately sailed for|iha Bon* ■ BUe, in the British sloop*of-war VoUgp, accom* - pained by'anothcr >!o< p-of-war, to siopj all other - British .vessels cot ring up to Whampoa. Capt.’ E. sent a lettdr on shore to the Cutnshl, which was' returned 1 unopened, and shortly kfler^iOO i gun and lirc-boald surrounded the Vojagc, qnd , pcfsisiing, in remaining",. though ordered off,they wvru tired in'lp front both sides, and a hdr- ’ rid slaughter ensiled, 51J0 of .she .crews being 1 killed, and the rest escaping m their shattered barks wit limit malting ajiy res [stance; vCantqn was to be blackadfjd.immediately. - This i ■malion coijica Iron) piipt. Story, of llio Talbot, who derived ilffom persopi who were eye-wit-nesses to iho carnage. ’ j” •• . The Americans! are on good lertrisl with the Chinese, and are driving a profitable|bu$iriess. Two or three English ships have signed the re* quired bonds, H -j., It appeared that the difficulties witlj tlie English had been aggravated by (lie high: commissioner discovering that the contraband'trade iti opium had been tenovyed, and Lin had demanded the surrender of. two ships that brought- it, that they might , be burned, and.the erew\executed conformably to tbe decree, , ; Copt. Warner, I of tbe British ship • Thomas Conus, is. censured for coming-ijuohhp river, and jeoparding/ the lives of bis crewt She is closely gUardedi.bj the Chinese from all communication willuho[e'. . . • : 'j * • ’ ■ Capt. Elliot is tin the other hand censured for having, with tlie autliorjty ofihoBritUbgovcnimciu,mado the following concessions lathe Chi•ncees ' . v I . < S j • . That .tire opium Iradq !b piracy. 2. That ,lio bkviliing that an% British'vets hi discovered to have any:6n bdard shall jbe confiscated.: . :I ■* - > j *'' ' : ' 3. That he prillrproctirefroth BiUish merchants a declaration that they’hard no concern,direct or indirect, wiihdpiujn.' > ' J ‘ K 4. That uulpfsjilio commander'and jeonsighee of every, vessel qn her arrivll f make'eaolepin de*-clnratioo-iu Chinese amh thatdhe^has brought opiuoi, has none on; board,'and will receive not trade. • i ; • 5. Cajit, Elliott, will accompany phiocse ofhebra to search British’vessels suspected of •, v, j’ }< 0. That the measurement, pilote!}and -linguist fees will be paid by British outside, the same as if the ships went up to Whampoa. 7. That vessels going,to shall be searched. - .. j ) These concessions are" deetaed disgraceful, and look .very unlike the tone .first assumed by Capt. Elliott. , . A- • fcn thc2Dih,of October it'appears that Capt. Elliott, takjug a Tight view of.the Chinese, proceeded, with the. British sloops*of-w'ar Volagc, Capt. Smith, and Hyacinth, Capt. Warren, and the cutter Louisa, to' the Bocca Tigris; to prevent the ship B)jal Saxon, Capt. Towns, Who had signed the' bond, Jfroni entering Canton. The attack on tire fire boats iq HongKohg.bay" must bare been Immediately subsequent to ihri; A young English servant boy o*f tho Mermaid British ship, wont'among lire. Chinese boats in Hong Kong bay| and three days after fils body was picked up shockingly mutilated. TtvOother dead bodies of English subjects were found in d similar way mSeptember. . *y - 5 ■

commerce, building a commercial city second only to New York in-the-New World, paying twemy-qrio millions of dollars annually \n direct and indirect-contributions to the Government, paying high for labour, produce, and property,, and doing the whole open gold of the commercial bill of exchange, I say, and repeat, uporf gold alone, and this bill of exchange; for a bank-note-of any kind, and a piece of stiver, except of twenty-five ceplsand under, is not to bo seen bn tho island, '

In 1195 another Maroon war broke out and the inhabitant! anticipated all the horrors of St..Domingo. But the timely arrival of troops kept tha-JIaroons in check", until in. September the Assembly sent over to Cuba for one hundred dogF, ■ On their arrival in December, such accounts were spread of thfm as made a made amost unexpected, impression on the Maroons, wtoin great humility sued for peace, and the same.month they agreed to live in such part of the island as should be prescribed for them. 1 In 1796, about GOO of them were sent .to Halifax—' lauds We rq purchased (or them, and they were all comfortably, settled at the expense of 25,0001. voted bribe Assembly.” Mr. Edwards rema’rts— It js picking,to add that pot a drop of blood was spilt after the dogs arrived on the island.” He says of them, ‘{that .they arc not in general larger than tho shcphcrd's doga ih Great Britain—that they are eqUal to the mastiff in bulk—to the bull-dog in courage, toihe bloodhound in scent—and to the greyhound in agility.”.' ■ ,

At a meeting of. the Democratic, members o[ the legislature, in (lie Senate Chamber, February 21, 194U, llie following Preamble and Ucsolution were unanimously adopted. - *' Whereas, the coming election is the only-pe-riod in the course of the next twelve years, at which time the citizens of the State will he in the possession of thu 'constitutional right to ex» press their opinions relative to the propriety of holding a Convention, for the purpose of re vis.-* iog lhe Constiiuiion ; and whereas, eviUhave grown put of our present Constitution that no human foresight .could have foreseen, not only in consequence of latitudinoiis constructions,imposed upon it by a Whig leg Mature r that ha? entailed upon us an interminable debt anti endless and oppressive taxation,.and llialloo, undo 11 lie spurious garb of “Public, Good,” hut**evils growing out of the system-of banking; tho correction of which we deem of thh utmost hfiporu ancc, and immediately connected with the future happiness pnd prosperity of the people. Therefore be it resolved, That we recommend to the great Democratic patty of the Slate to give ihcir votes on the .Monday-.in August, in favor of a Convention to revise the Constitution, that the strong arm of constitutional power may be interposed between the people and the power of their reprcscmativeMo do them harm. ItetolvpJ, That the foregoing preamble and resolution~he signed by the Chairman bud Secretary, and'published in all tho Democratic papers iu this Slate.. W. A, BOWLES,'Chairniari.' ' W. A.'Gdruas, Secretary. ,

ISAAC STKTKta, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Price, %2 Ov a jeat A adrancp,“$2 CO in six niontbsl or«3 at the end of the year.

DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE,

ELISHA'GOLAY,' - WM. ARMINGTON, JAMES M. KYLE, P. M. KENT. C. TH1EBAUD, J. - MENDENHALL,; JULIUS DUFUOR, MAI. P. OETTENS, - ISAAC STEYEf/9; LEWIS GOLAY, F. L, GRISARD, .U. P. SCHENCKV *

FOR SWITZERLAND COUNTY.

■ Such a currency only Is necessary -for any country under iteareo, To the bill of exchange, written or engraved, plain or* ornamental, or for any amount, from one dollar upwards, we have no objection. It is invested with nb legal and nefarious privileges above the intrinsically valu-able-coin among which it circulates, and it is not only harmless .bat useful; But-it is not a currency; it makes no part of it; it‘is dot'a standard of valnel for ithasjfone In itself. The precious-metals only, with Juetico to the wotting man, carl be made this- standard, because they are worth the -labor that produced them and'no raore.^—AT. TV Jftw .Era. ‘ ' * -V‘ • = - X.

Gen. Iloprard.

By the following correspondence, it will b‘e seen (hat' Gen. Howard expects to make his first speech in Dearbdrn county, and that timely notice will be given of the time arfi place : j LawrenceburghVDeb.Sl, 1840.Hon. T. A. Howard, • Sir,—We, your political] friends, would respectfully invite,you to open tho canvass for Gov r ernor,: by’making.your fivt speech in “Old Dearhorp',” ’. We believe she is entitled to this honor,, as- she is the ohlji county in the state that gave to'our present worthy and respected chief magistrate an increased majority over that obtained by hitillustrious predecessor.” If it is possible for yeti to accept this invitation, we will expect you’to fix a day certain, and wo will endeavor to have all the citizens of Democratic Dearborn to'hearyou. : - [Signed by 58 citizens of Dearborn co.]' ,G(n. Jhvard't Reply, Washington'City, 2d March 1840. . 1 DearSir.-rlhave the pleasure to acknowledge tho receipt.of your idler cf the 24th ultimo, transmitting a request', on behalf ot a coosideriii bis number of yout fellow-citizens of Dearborn" county, that 1 will-address the ejtizens of that con my on thy return., from Washington I have jntended to do so,from the tjme i accepted the . nomination, and:-unless some circumstance should*’prevents my that way, [not now foreseen or expected,) I shallavail myself ofthe 'invitation, and give the necessary notice of the lime; before 1 leave Washington. l aro,dear sir, very respectfully yours, i , . ‘ T, A. HOWARD, : .Jades H. Lark,

IheMwOrlearu Timer. Sound Doctrine. /

Rhode Island Election*

Van Suren has. never filhchejf from declaring, Calmly, fully, and to every inquirer, his opinions bf the abolitionists, and the powers of Congress to legislate on the slave property of tltp southern states. ' Long before he thought of becoming a candidate,for the office of. President of the United States, he said, In reference to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia: i ** I do not hesitate togive|o.you, as my 'delibcrate/and .well-considered opiniou, that there are .objections to the exercise of this power against the wishes of the plave-hoIding-Staies, at ■ imperative their valure and obligntitmria regulating of public men, or the palpaple uahl of conitilulionai power teouW be/' , After-he was brought out by his friends as a candidate for.the Presidency,-he gave the followjrig explicit.avowal of hU sentiments upon ibis subject: . * . V >

The'foUowiogiiB aleuer addressed by a Whig of 111) ode Island, lb one of - bis friends In Washington City.' Il'shows the means by'.'which jhc. “landholders of Rhode Island*’ gain their blasted victories ” rabble.-rout/’ It Is worthy of record as exhibiting the purity, and honor, and.honesty of.federal[politicians;.,«-,: *' ; Trovidence,R. I, Feb. l&iO. “I am constrained to 'address yop this letter that you may be apprised of the difficulties with which we have how .to contend.^'Our annual clcctioo. iakes place in April; ts you- are probably apprised-,. apd wo.are to* bo hard run, apd unless wc have thpaitldf the party abroad we shall be .defeated. -'Wo want money sit'd * raiiil have it. • The' last year, we had well-nigh" lost the election for tire want of fund*, apt) if'fiur friends abroad howto met o our aid; I fear we shall be lost.-; '' .; ‘ - ’U*'.' ' • V -

/ * V ThcYice-Prcsidenci*.

• Some weeks, since wo 'copied an article'frorti a Georgia paper in relation to Cot. Johnson am* the Vico .Presidency. The old soldier would go into the V. I’rciideniial Chair triumplmntly if tic should toceivc the nomination of the National Convention ; and of that we have not'd doubt. Mr. Forsyth, wo repeat, lias; many friends in . Ohio and in‘the.West, who would not wish' to press his claims in Opposition.to those of Cot.' Johnson, The future prospects df Mr. Forsyth, which are full of prDmiSpJforbid such a course. If, by possibility,.'Col. Johnson should not receive the nomination of‘thc Convention, the .rote of the Ohio delegates yvill be thrown, if tbrownin accordance.wiihlhcviews of the Democracy of Ohio, In favor ol MfJ Forsyth.—0. S. Biiitelin, , ,‘ \

* , The loco ftcos hayeput Mr* John B. Francis in the fiehias a candidate for the office of .Governor, add Mr. R. N* Bullock for (lie officrvof Lieutenant Governor. .Both of' these gentle^ qien are men of great personal popularity, poesessed of largo fortunes, apd are not to be deem; ed opponents of an insignificant description.' Mr. Francis it a host within himself.andwhat is more,V(B allied' to all ihe wealth Pest families in. the.Stale, and'has acquired a wonderful pop-, uliriiy among the landholders! • We can only hope to gain the election in the Spring by the application' of money; and the unonoy we cannot raise among ourselves. \ <r- . ' 5 In the large* towns of Providence and Newport, we can get along very well. The banks will “shell out”, to take carrot 1 us there; but in the country towns we wish to operate with the cash get from abroad,:

”1 must gd into the Presidential chair, the itift jUfe.ORtf uncdmprmiiitts opponent of any attempi on thf part of Congress to abolish slavery fa lhe I)iilricV of Columbia, again il the will of the with the determination’, equally decided i to' resist the slightest in* (erfcrericojvith tits subject in ch*e states where it CXIjlS.” * ■ Again, he declared—. ’ - . ■

‘ ■ .** Thai it is ' the sacred duty of thoio whom the people of the United Stales intrust with the control, of its action, so to use the comtitulioual pouen with which they are in Tested as to pretent il” —(iliat is, abolition in the District.) :• These pledges wire reiterated with redoubled force iVi his inaugural address, when he was about entering upon the Presidential functions ; and he has nerer been suspected of a design to violate or evade them, T . , ,

Mop ix Natchez.—The St. Louis papers of the Sib inst, give the following particulars ol a mob which rcccntlyj took place in Natchez, Jllias,, growing out of tee disordered state of the currency.' * ■ • • . * ” . ‘ . "We .greatly regret talearn that the spirit of .mobocracy is rife in our neighboring city of Natchez, growing out of the miserable and justly lo i be deprtcaied condition of the currency. It. aeems ihat on Thursday evening last there was a meeting of the working men of that city in reference tojlhe recent re nasal of the Shipping Comany to redeem her which have indeed een large, and supplied fo & great extent the demand for change,-’and which.had consequently found its. Way into the pockets of many an honest and hard working man. : * After the adjournment, the.crowd, doubtless wrought upon by Mine reckless demagogue and excited by improper appeals to their prejudices an<ffreling«, concluded to tear down the buildings of the Shipping Companyjand on the way to fulfil their unlawful-purpose,‘they met with a locomotive belonging to the Natchez rail road, . which they broke and injured; and before any ‘Other or farther injury was committed, they dispersed, in consequence of the military of the city being called on tofestore and preserve order. \\e understand that Iho volunteer companies hayo been patrolling the streets ever on Thursday evening were ql) under arms* j

I ' ' The Eagle of.llictory. .• The piehaldj made agreaa parade on Friday, by"freighting two steamboats to carry , 16 North Bend an ehgle caught nc/r. Fort Meigs and to bo presented to Genera/ - Harrison. • After the affair was over, a knot/u spectators heard read the notice in the Chronicle of Thursday, in these words i' / ' ' ' ’ *• He is the Eagld of Victory. Already.lie assures ns, that as no foreign enemy could triumph on the conquered soil of America, so'no domestic usurpation shall be allowed to Overcome the liberties of the people. .Bird ,of the free thy enien is true.” . One oftbe hearers remarked that the fowl had got one of his legs broke, and turning to on honest Irishman, said lohiib, ‘MVhat’ornon id that Paddyl” “Oh! by the powtfrs,” said Fat, “it is an omen that Whiggery has but one leg to stand upon.” —Chi. .‘Ida. , ”

K For Instance, in 'the town, of New Shorefiam we ean purchase a majority, and a ty: too, if. every suffrage on the island, for the round sum of $000. ' To apply to the wanls of the . to tvn of Bristol $250 will be necessary. In the town of Smithfield.we want $200; in Foster, $300 at least. From the best information in my possession, I am of opinion that if wc tan gel $2,500 abroad, to bo added, to whal we can raise among fcurselves,wo shat! be able to. purchase a decided majority in the state, and may b0 ( deemed safe. I pray you, make our condition known to our Whig friends at Washington ; see what you can do for os, and lei me know at an'early day, what we may depend on; You will do us a very great service if you wi]| cause us to be furnished with sue)) .documents ahd )Vbig speeches as are available to you, and which you niay .supppso calculated to produce a favorable effect ..upon 'our prospects. Messrs, Knight and Dixon, of the Senate, and Messrs. Tiiliogbtst and Crist on, of. (he House of Representatives, are'singularly remiss in supplying its with public documents, and we must look to our friends Tor the attention and dounesy 'Which we have a right to demand at (tie hands of ohr agents, Send us newspapera,dpcumehti of any, kind that will operate on the election.: I repeat, that unjess wo get funds from abroad, we must be defeated. And will hot that be too bad, when 1 tell you, that we can, If we v pnly have the money to' purchase, a majority, qt the rate of five dollars ahead, or six at least, for that was iho_ largest wa paid, last year, even bn Block. Island,—car rylhe Stale.’.*: - v >' <r '■ -- '-'**■ V'*- * : '- ;r v

■But where ,are the pledges of Mr. W. II. HarHis opiuion ori this topic, so rital.ro all* important to the people of the South, havo been earnestly and repeatedly sought. . But where are tbeyl In the name oT the, independent and intelligent electors \of Louisiana, we demand them—and wo aisuro Mr. Coombs, Mr. Gibson, Mr,.Peyton, Mr* Peters, Mr. Hodge, Mr< MazureaUj’Mf.’Magnoi MKWeise, and all the other apostles of federalism, great and email, citizens and aliens, friends and enemies,* that their great chief will never receive the votes of a-t ingle parish of this enlightened state, till those opinions are known,-and known to be favorable to the best inlercsia of the‘South, and the union of the States’, i . . ‘ .

Harrison and the East War. —It can never be forgotten that General Harrison refused to serve till the end of the. war. He throw up bis commission, and retired from all danger in the boor ofliis country’s utmost need. The illustrious Jackson gained all bis laurels after Harrison had left tho service. The resignation of the one, and the appointment of the other, was contained in‘the same order. It was'issued by President Madison, in the midst of the war, and read as follows:

Fedeeai.'Farmers'— The Indiana Democrat grres, as the result of the examination of about 2Q counties, represented in the federal conventioo’of the 10m of January* the following: 70 Lawyers, • 40 Physicians, . 128 Merchants,., . . 113 Officeholders, . 10 Bank officers, 23 Contractors and officers .on the public

"Andrew Jackson, nf Tennessee,is appointed a Major General in the army of the United States, in the place of William Henry Harrison, of Ohio resigned.” ■ . This short paragraph, from the pen of President Madison, is the severest comment-that could be made upon the military services of the present federal candidate for the presidency. Aew Haven, Register,

Hard Money Countries With their ut uat mistaken calculatlousnpon the ignorance ai d credulity of tho people, the Opposition pape a have made a' point of asserting that tint tio prosperity or the classes of all nations, has been in nearly, aij exact ratio with th* extent of their paper currency t and that hard me ney is alerm practically synonmouswith slavery.. ■ ■- -v The decidedly democratic prints, howeVer—alas, liow few their number—• we few, rre happy.few.we bamj of brothers’—assert the directly contrary fact, ( and maintain that even-'in (hose comfities who?o' forms and mode of government are most adveisfj to popular liberty, there is,.deapile this ordinary cause of oppression -add'general poverty, more true' happiness, doWatio coinfar i; and.prosperity, with a metallic currency—’ intrinsically valpable'in Itself, .and, therefore..as honest a standard of the valuo of labour aapfall other commodities—than can be found in cduntries where tho governments are far more liberal; ifcursctl, fur any considerable length of'lime; with'that most oppressive of alt systems of taxation, "a paper currency. The geography of-the whole civilized world may be.appealed.loin confirmaiiotiof the proposition,.and not-Vsingle exception to It can 1 " be found.* Olir own'Working population have been obviously and:,ftpti)ly descending to llho wretched condition'orthd English laborer, without detecting the cause of their deterioration, whilst the intriguing'politicians, of both countries,'have been accumulating and mpnopolizing the fruits of their toil, ■ I ■ . ‘ *

The Atlantic Steam-Ships.

WPtka, 11 Whig postmasters!!!! Farmers with a vengeance! Wonder if these .11 whig postmasters are in favor of Crittenden’s famons gag law!

passage of the Great IVettern from Bristol to New York, last year averaged sixteen days and a : half, and from New York to. Bristol thirteen days and nine hours. The longest passage to New* York was twenty-one days and aj half, and the ehtfrtesi thirteen days. • The longest passage from New York was fifteen days, and 1 the shortest twelve days and 1 a half. . ‘ ‘ \ The Liverpool averaged from Liverpool id Ne w York seventeen days and a quarter, and from NeW York ncar'y sixteen days; 'The longest from Liverpool was eighteen days and a half, and the shortest, sixteen days: .The . longest from New York was seventeen days and a half, and the shortest thirteen-days and Three-quarters. ‘ The average length of the western! passages of the Britiih Qntea from Portsmouth', was seventeen days and eight hours. The eastern ‘passages sixteen days and 'fourteen' hodrs. The longest western was twenty days add pine hpurs, and the shortest nearly fifteen "days. Tho longest eastern' passage was twenty-two days, and the shortest thirteen days and a half.'

* ; ' [JVom die Conunerte. The Bloodhounds, j ; • •

Something nptv under (be sod. /The first number-of the South-western Sentinel is'the first'newspaper,'probably, in the world, which was ever printed on nconrt/mour «Arel.,' ; ’ Our press, or printing machine, is the invention of.Mr.- Josiah Warren, of Nvw Harmony. Ho has just brought a series of experiments, extending through 9 years/to a successful close ; aoil thia invention, which hocalti his ‘‘ Speed Prcss/M* one of the results. It receives the papof from a reel, prints it by meansofa roller, and winds it, as it is printed, on a second reel.- It is Worked by a man and a. boy:t : at a somewhat slower speed, by a man idone.- . ‘ ‘ ; It is supplied with self-inking 'apparatus, by of ink is strictly under control/Ita cbnstniciion 'Is,- throughout, very simple. It ha9 r Do't a single. geared wheel about it. It Is chiefly composed of rollers,'twenty-three in nomwith /several pulleys. • Its form is elegant, vahd its appearance substantial., 'A'more detailed :account of.-this p.ress and of. Mr. Warren’s pthhr irtprovemeuts'/iD the printing art, will be ‘given-in afuturenumber. , _ 1* . Tfio paper used, which.is cot into sheets afitr iris printed, is’from the roaoufactoiy of Messrs. G rahain , v of Cincinnati,- Who ,*re prepared to ypa nu failure paper in’rolls of any deajrable length and breadth.: ■ - t ■ /..* / . , A - Should the experiment, which has succeeded otlmirably .thus fay. carte the introduction ofWarteVs printing, machines throughout the Union, the printers’ vocabulary will be somewhat changed. - We order, not so many rconr, but- so many ihoutand yardt of paper; and it comes to oi like broadcloth, in rolls. We hope lo’extend 6ur circulation to several milcf t ai the raloofeeTeotcen hundred and sixty Senliadt to Iho mile tind if/ljrubifriend to the cause-will only hdpfisftflwoor'three yards—who would oru d * o .a id-i for/stf short a distance!—a mile or two wilt ibbn,l» raade up.— Wedem Sentinel.

> It appears from the statements made; in the U. S, Senate, oh Tuesday,by Messrs. lluclianan and Benton, that *t ho bloodhounds, about which somuclfhas been’said, were imported into‘.Florida without the (agency. or (knowledge • of thb general ■goVernrtenl. ’ the.( case,* it may ( falrly be Questioned whether-lhe addition' 6/ bloodhouifds'tp do the meant of warfare bitltend in use i is an)' thing very dreadful alter alt.;' \Ve do hot’say that we wbdld Vecommend it;;but wo' are'inclined > to believe 'laid ■dogs would do but lilile mischief,as.tho Indians would readily 'piek thetn off with their-Tiflee, or if prefeii 1 eJ l they could own-doge, of which ; they"' usually haVe‘-plentyl 'upon the ■Hounds,'and so have a as a Srelude to the man fighu If, however, the Intins should,. by .any. chance,(be as; much frightened’by thendeaof bloodhounds at the'Maroons df Jamaica were, and ep give up the contest without further resistance, if might be better both for themselves and others. Some of the leading, faote i in relation to. the Maroon warfare are thus stated by a correspondent i * ( .

of the whig editors in this state are publishing a numberof «7/y and Wo-mamsh ‘articles, purporting to bo the ‘‘sayings and doings” of the women,' relative the nominees of the reap active conventions.. The following, in reference to the Canoe in which a crew of the Feds wiled to the Convention, is going' the rounds: "A lady on horseback, carrying a child, meeting tho "Tippecanoe,” was induced To alight, from her horse for feaV he would frighten at the singular exhibition. . After the vessel had passed * her, one of the delegates assisted- her in regaining her seat, when handing h6r tho child he remarked—" This is a WHIG baby, Madam, I presume!!” The lady replied with'emphasis, "yes sir, / hate no other kind! and. if I should - have forty I’d do my best to hive them alt vihigt!! 1 How patriotic the old lady wasr J"No doubt, if , ehs should ike to hive forty babiet, (by the, by .that would be ralnera Utile loo extravagant!) aho’d make them all feds, give them a trainin’ evdry'day; and make ’em all throw up their hats and hurra for Harrison. The Indiana Journal thinks there i« no fear of "Old .Tip’s" election, . seeing os bow so many patriotic heroines have

Mississippi,— T(te Democratic Convention ofi this Slate con varied at'Jackeon on the 14lh ihat'.,i and selected (he foiloWling tickct‘of. far President and Vice President:— Rogers Barton, of Marshal,'Jho. A* Quitman, of Adams,, Joseph AsMarahftU, of Kcippej, ind Chapman Levy, of AUala.''Delegates were also appointed, to the Rational Convention to bo held,at Baltimore.

Senator Ben(on,,in Iiit speech on (he independent on'the 17ih inst.—onoof (be ablest of the many memorable ones that he has made—thus meets the great conservative, seiniWhig bugbear, an exclusive metallic currency— . - ’ ; \' f Yes, sir, tlifs is Holland,*tbs specie migajune of Eutopo and|Americp, the meadow slid garden.of Europe, (ho happy home.of a rich, metal, and tranquil/population of 200 to the' square mile,and whichhas made-itself what ic4a, not by building paper- credit banltB, and borrowing money’ort the rcsWces of posterity, hut by In* i)tJSTRW ECONOMY, HAilD MONEY, AND SHORT-CREDIT.

CUBA BieODflOUJiDS.

The following account, from “Edwards's West Indies,’! shows that tlje employment of these animals to hunt men, iVnol now. done for .the first time. • . ’ , ‘ “ When the English iaptured Jamaica from the Spaniards in 1665, in the time of Cromwell, the Spanish negroes, called Maroons, took ref* pge k among the mountains, from whebed, for more than eighty years, they waged a destructive war'against the British. At length, in I?.*!?, Qovcrnthent established severe!.fortified poets in the tpounloine, and each post.wps furnished with-a pack, of by tht Churchvardent of tacK panth* From pursuit the negroes cpuM-no longer escape, and the hpzt, vsar. Government made, a tormal. treaty with'thQm.and allotted ih«(b lands for their eupport.*, \ ■ ■ ‘ /'

Drowsed.— Mr. Jacob Henley, a highly respectable citizen of this couHtyj was accidentally * drowned in the Ohio rirer on Tuesday the ad infl. The decked, with several other persons, was engaged in lahiog a boat up the riser a phort distance, with a view of loading-it, and while ascending, Mr. H. fell overboard, and though ho rose several tithes to the top of the water, .those In the boat were hnablejo afford - him any timely assist an ce. Hr. U. wis wnnd in a short time afterwards, hnd was interred the nejtday io the vicinity of his late residence, attended by. a Iprge number of'his relatives and friends. The deceased was, leant, about 44 years of age,. Ito was ah' honest.roan, a good neighbor,. and kiaf pirSnU' He bis left a wifi) and 7children to mown thhit los*—Jhdianwh. .

. .Qoxra.—The Bay Slate .Democrat anys—- , »'TbB. whigs,' after baying fed. and clothed Mr. • Webster for yean, nod but recently*sent him bit a visit to Miss 'Victoria, at an expense of come $60,000, have now got up pocket badkerehiefa, bearing la tbs centre a busud the Great Expounder, on which to, wipe ‘their aristocratic noses, Verily, he well exclaim, to wbat ‘ ba|s purposes do we combat last.”

■ Bask.— It irf$>id that official comrpauicatinniliave bdeii received front Vicksburg, under dato'pfihe Uib'ull., stating thatfcdqed of assignment ofallite affects had been exiled by the President and Directors of the Commercial and Rail-road Dank; loW. Wi Traiiii, Tho». E } ‘Robbins, ap'd'.W. Esquitef, for the benefit of the crqdUbr< qfthat institution, without pleference or favor to any one. , - * '* ■ .

ftoTM.—The, amount of Treasarynoles- outstanding bn the 2d inst< was leja than two and a quarter millions. The whole amount lined exceeded nine tee it and a half millions. This looks riko getting out of’debt. -v .

> .Black Hawk's, Rbuatjt#;—The Burllnatoa, Gazette of ihe-23(h‘ ultimo states* that the grave of- Indian thief baa bgen plundered apd bis bqpw earned off.

‘ Holland Js.tW epuntry for our statesmen 10 study;'but if is too distant, let them cross overlo.ihO island of Cuba, and ass a.populalioo. of lees'than one million carrying on an irtmenas