Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 22, Vevay, Switzerland County, 2 May 1840 — Page 2

VEVAY: TIMES. AND SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

Switzerland County Convention.

“Pity the Sorrows of n'I’oor Old Man!”

<locry.

to the highest bidder as a.SLAVE!—astate than which none is more horrible and degrading, and 10 which iltath woitid be cheerfully prefered by ever)'American freeman. , Genera} Harrison is however, the “log cabin and hard eider” candidate for the Presidency! This will do. -

VEVAY, INDIANA:

I should like to know of Ihc federal whig leaders in this place what answer they have received from 1’rastis Root, of the New York Senate, to their enquiries about Mr. Van.Durcn and. the late war. , r Will,some of the parly answer.through (.heir organ the Political Beacon, and gratify A' Loco Foco.

O:: Hamrday last a Convcnlion was held in ■ Iim place for the tiomlnaiton .of a county ticket; to be supported by the Democratic party at .the ensuing August election. It was decidedly the largest assemblage of persons ever convened to; geihcr m the town.of Vcvay on any former occasion. TJio delegates turned out almost Jo & tfian, and every township in llic county was well represented. The day was beautiful, and the great rapidity with.wliich the hardy Demo* critic tillers of the soil commenced pouring in town about IT) o’clock, front valley , lull and plain, added vigor to the scene, and'fefcibly rcuiitided ns of the,expression made by a w\ig in one of our ritivi—that, “if you Want to tmd' the true Den>Yracy*jgf numbers, it is only necessary to gd/utXthjr, back: woods and beat the iuiAcs—they w ill twaniii like Lees.” In otic company of horsemen, from the upper townships'oF the' county, which passed by our office door. In regular order, two abreast, we counted' upwards of one I ImmJrcd. In another company, from a different - qudrier of the county, \Vhich entered the place I in jlie same maimer, there .were about two hunj dre>I. the large companies that entered I til el place in regular lilc -upon'horseback, there ) were groups to bo seen merging* from hill and dale ta every direction. It was d death-blow lo federal wliicgery.- There was no'great display of dug-ouU, log-cabins, ban ters, music,' and external pomp ami iAoio on the occasion. .The delcgalcs were'princi pally composed of the hardy yeomen oflhe county, and ilieliariiiotiy and propriety with' which they conducted things both in and out of the Convention/ denoted that they were the plain Democracy of the land. ■- Unlike the federal silk slocking gentry, they need no arhlocralictplender —nogreat prvemion i to carry them through. It is enough fur thorn id know they , arc battling in the good cause of equal imiit rs, anti have the numbers' to sustain* them'; Tho of the Democratic parly‘speak for. thenisejous—yea, they arc even so comprehensivo anfl plait); that the wayfaring man, though ho Ife a, fool, cannot misunderstand them'. The people Sc no wtheir rights/an J knowing will maintain them. • ' • ' . * " The Convention was organized about 11 o’clock, and ; c!oscd ns labors within, the short '•* • . t- - ■ -r ( • - i - period of one hour, the delegation from cacli township being unanimous in the following nominations; , .

The feds of this place, as well as those of all parts of the Union, are striving hard to make the people believe Gen, Harrison is a poor man,, and that lie became poor in the service of his country. The other day,one of the leaders of Uio federal part/ in this county asserted that Gen. Harrison was compelled to sell a part of his land, at or near North Bend; in order to pay the expenses he .incurred in the public service, Wlnjt, wb would ask, become of about 100,000 dollars ho received from the Government inpayment for his services!

, SATURDAY.

may 2, 1.510.

Democratic Kepublican Nomination,

inn ntC-lliCNT,

ICABTIN van ettben, FOR VICK IMir.Sinr.XT, H1CEARD M. JOHNSON,

A ■ JIcmor op War. —The Buffalo Sentinel of the loth inst, says: “A gentleman from Toronto, who arrived in Town .Monday evening staled that an express had arrived there, bringing the Governor intelligence that a skirmish had taken plac? on the invaded territory between the British and American forces, in which the son of Lord Wellington was killed,.: lie says that great excitement prevailcd at Toronto, and a war was looked upon as inevitable.” •

klectoiss i-oit Indiana

V.’iluam IlnsnutcKs, of Jefferson. ' Gimttui: W. lAviMi, of Miami. Dt. D 1st riel. UomuiT Dali: Owkx, of Posey, yd, “ (iuoiigk Moos, of Sullivan. .‘Id, “ ‘ Thomas .1. IIkm.kv, of Clark; 4th . “• John 1.. Uomxsox, of Hush.' fall. “ A M»ikw lvVssn>T, of Delaware. Oih. “ William .1. I'imhm:!:, of Shelby. 7tli. “ John,M. Lemon, of Capone. .i . - ft

“Spirit op Democracy,” is the title of an excellent little weekly publication recently sent forth to the Democratic world, from the office of the Madison Courier—ike 1st and 3d Lumbers of which we have the the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of. It is published until after the Presidential election, at 50'cents.

j The faliowing is a sprinkle of what he received from the general Government in payment of his public services: : • ' ; ■

Funeral op Mb. Betts.— On the Sth in»l. the funeral services of Hon. Tbaddeos Bella were solemnised in Washington. ■ Both’ branches of the National Legislature, the President, the Heads' of the Departments,- Foreign Ministers, citizens and strangers, filled the long procession. The family of the deceased weto in Washington during his illness, which was a nervous fever. The officiating clergymen were Rev. Dr. Rates, Chaplain of the Senate, and Rev. 3Tr. Cook man, Chaplain of the House. The latter gentleman delivered’ the discourse, from-the words, “Death, the last enemy, shall be destroyed.”- The services occupied more than an hour*

As Secretary of N. \V. Territory i;t 1799 and IG00, . $1,110 50 As delegate in Congress from N. W, Territory, v - 1,470 00 Salary as Governor of Indiana Territory, and contingent expenses, 20,734 63 As Representative in Congress from

Selling Free Men ns Slaves In the State of lndiannl!

for TI LG IIM A i\ A .110 W ARD.

Bhtg Light lAncso/the West—General Harritm i in faeor of.selling Freemen in Indiana —againtt aihieing the right of Suffrage to the Poor .Vnii un/etr jtoucsml of a Property Qualification!!

FOR LIKCTKSAST GOVERNOR, BENJAMIN S. ’i’CU:V.

CommGsioner*’ Court.

The May term of the Comm is* inner*’ Court nfj Switzerland county, will commence cit .Monthly; next, in this place.

1316 to 1810, 4,178 40 Senator in Congress from 1325 to 1529, 5,113 00 As Minister to Columbia in 1533-129, 23,439 50 As Crptuii), Fnsign, 4sc. in 1797-93 1,26941 As .Maj. General ffoni lS13lo l3M, when he resigned, 6,003 10

tVc. St. Mucli lias been said in defence of the charge against Genera) Harrison of Voting in the Senate of Ohio lo sell free white men as slaves; and General Harrison’s own letters of denial and exculpation,.hare been extensively published. The charge, however, remains well established, and j as tong as the records of the Senate of Oh to shall continue lo exist, so long must the testimony to established this charge be perpetuated, (See journal of the Senate of Ohio of J anti ary the 3lhh 1531, attested by.Cartcr II. Harlaii, Secretary of Stale.) ' ' ;■*. Bui. wo have resumed this subject to show,: that this section of the Ohio Legislature with all its odiousness, was-an oldacquaintanco of Gen, Harrison, and had ho new horrors to present to hfs mind; for .while Governor of “life Territory of Indiana,** he.approved*and signed “An ac: Respecting Crimes and Bunishmcnis,*** contain* ing sections more;odious than the section for' which he voted in the Ohio Senate: more odious, inasmuch, oh it made an escape from this most' degrading and humiliating servitude, a .criminal offtnce % punishable with'whiprixo, in the r full ineasore of THIRTY NINE STRIPES!!! and with a double servitude os toliiue. (Sec Terri* tonal /LaWs, Revised Code r of lS07, pages ;39, and 40—sections 30 and #1.) . “See. HO. When any perron, or persons shall on conviction of any crime, or breach of penal law, be sentenced re pay a line or fines, with or without the costs of prosecution, it shall and may be . lawful for the court before whom such convictions shall he had, (jfrlo order.Ike sheriff to SELL or Aire the person or persons so candcted, to '■ ter dee t to any person or persons who wilt pay the said Jine and costs for such term of time os the court w<|l think reasonable. v ■

Seminary Trustees.

Till: (JATlIKHUl:

JVe arc rcijuestcd to-say Uni there- wilt be a meeting of the now Hoard of Seminary Trustees elect, in this place on Monday the l:ti inst. A full attendance is desired. '

J *ttappcr up tij untontvUnd trijl't.''

For sundry services while Governor of . -

2,051 DO

A Icticr from New York,*dated April loth, says: “The-importers of -Moms MitllicauUs mo' doing ibid business indeed* At auction, 123;£011 trees/imported from Marseilles, from 5 to 7 feet long, in excellent order, have sold at $laT35, the thousand trees. It is rumored that France Ins ofTcrcd to mediate between this country and England on'the subject of the Northeastern foundin'.

Indiana Territory,

For house rent and Supcrinlcndant of | affairs, to lltli Feb. 1812, 1,177 S4 For contingents ini civil capacity,' 3,05100 “ do- in military . 9,173 51

' regret very much tint we arc unable this week to lay before otir readers the proceedings of the Democratic Convention. The late hour at which they came to hand, rendered it impossible to pul them in type before the usual time for. our paper, to go to press. A brief notice of the doings of the Convention* will be found, in another column, which must eltdice until next week, when the proceedings will bo given in full. The .preamble and are very spirited. ( -v' ‘ .

$«4,S76 00

By llic above we find that Gob. Harrison received Irom.tbo general Government the sum of $94,876 for Ins services; and. still, aa his friends and supporters, say, ho to sell a piece of land to pay debts by him In I o in the service of the country. Whalaapcnd thrift Gen. llartison.must have been itt his youth, 1 'or how badlyho must have managed his affairs. Where is did man in the, wesi that has received the third port of this sum; from Government, and whose friends arc now : crying from one: end of the Union - to the .other, "pilythe forroltcr 'q/' a p(tor old maul” ,\Vc pause for an answer. /

A Haro Osk—Dan. Marble (in t!>e Yankee I'ravel’cr) says, Ms grand-tailicr owned a firm, which jay so far east that he had tq split the trees to 1ft the Ftm rise.

■ -When a whig says lint lie is a democrat, what dobs he mean! D’ve give it up] He means to lie*

' 03-The opposition, in their u*ain efforts to manufacture Ceri. Harrison into h great military chicftian, go-even so far as 10'giVo him all*the credit for Croghan’s gallant' ijefonce of Fort Stephenson, and the. capture of Proctor at tUe Thames. The correspondence of Gov. Desha and others, on our first page, will show who were the men that, urged the attack, and saved the reputation of our arms from disgrace. ‘

In Queen Mary’s time, a proclamation was issued prohibiting the wearing of shoes more than Six indies square at the toes. The N. O. Picayune says a society has recently been termed at (.iritp'd Ctiif. cniiilcd the “Xiglnliowling Squcelologtca! Society.”

~ ’ . * ■ ■■ ■■■ | . ; i [ r x “Beacon” lid nailed to the wall.

Neighbor ‘.Milting,* of the Beacon, in noticing the federal whig convention held m this, county on the 10th April, says:: ‘ i\ : “The Convention was numerously attended; considering the, inclemency of tho weather—the lowest estimate we hoards made of the number, being from 5 to GOO,” ' : . According 16 ‘MjltingV statement, then.llicrc must have been upwards of 1500 persons.at llio Democratic Convention pn ; Saturday lost, for no whiggy In this place .will pretend to deny that there were at least one third, more, in attendance—and, speaking' within' bounds, .we‘could not conscientiously estimate the;number on (hat occasion much above GOO, which is considered a ( very largo turn out in this county, especially'at this season of the year, when the. farmers are busily engaged in ploughing.: '. ; ;: . Our ineiglibor’s observance of the weather, on tho day the federal whig convention met, ca well .as his eetinAte of the number in attendance; was certainly very wild; and nothing short of his. having left his specs at homo on that occasion, will excuse him, Tho day was very fair, and with the exception of a slight shower the evening previous, which rendered the groitnd a liltie mhddy in the taorning, it was cqually.as pleasant as last Saturday. Besides, most of; the delegates.Troin the far, townships, were either , here in attendance at Court, or canto in on Friday evening. So the “inclemency of tho weather*’ could, no {-ha ye deferred many from attending.' - 1 * ; 1 ..;

Y£3,wht uo.vtsiic.— Bennett asks “Why docs not Mifcs SliurrifT get married!” A very proper question, and one tint no doubt she has asked herself every night the Iasi fifteen years. ■. Kisses FOHEVKii!— On the night of the illumination in honor of Her marriage, at No. 10 Queen Square,'London, was a transparent painting of. spine vessels sailing about with tho motto‘‘Success to Smacks.*’.'

Tor Senator, MARTIN H. QUEEN. For Representative,

{£7-We are' gratified to Idarri that the Hon. Thomas S jut it, representative in Congress from this district, who bad been for some lime confined to his room by indisposition; has so far recovered as to .enable him to rcsu'mc hisseat.

Ajid ifeuch person or pereons,;io’ sentenced and hired or sold; shall abscond from the service’ of his or; her master nr mistress, before tho term brstich service Shall be expired; bo or she so absconding,'shall on conviction before, a jnslice of the peace; be;WHIPPED .WITH THIRTY NINE STRIPES! and shall moreover serve two days for every brie so lost," ■ ; ■: : Sec. JU.TiieJudges of the several courts of record in this /territory shall''give this act' in charge-to The Grand Jury, at 'cach arid every court, in which a grand jiiyv Shalt lo sworn: s ’ JESSE H. THOMAS, . Speaker of the J/oWc of Jlrprerenlittkcs. • - . I B. CHAMBERS. ■ ■ > ’ ; ' ' ■ ■fPrendent 'o/the Council. Approved—ScptemberT 7 th;ij?U7.

ELLWOOP FISHER. For Commissioner, ; DANIEL L; LIVINGS.

Fnoa North Uesd.- —The latest intelligence from North Bern! is, that ‘Old Tip’was taken with a very violent cold on the night of the 30th, and his ever watchful “confidential commit lee" deemed it highly expedient to. atop the old gentleman’s nostrils withdraw cotton, lest the substance in his upper story might leak out and run to waste. .

To llicso' nominations not a dissenting voice was heard. There seemed to be but one expression of feeling amid the largo assemblage, and that expression was—they are the men of our choice, and with them wemiuf.and will inccecil!Tho nominations haring been made, and the other business disposed of, (he Convention adjourned for dinner. At 1 o'clock; p. ii., the delegates, together with a large concourse of other democratic citizens of the county, assembled at the Methodist church, a very targe and spacious building, which Was crowded to overflowing,'where they were ably addressed by Jas.M- Kyle, Esq., P. M. Kest, Esq;,'and Our late efficient Representative, Em- wood Fisher. After tho conclusion of Mr. FisherVspeech, notice was given to the audience that Cot.'John W. Tinirrs would address the people in an half hour from that time, by special invitation of the Convention through a Committee appointed for that purpose. Accordingly there was a recess of about'half an hour, when Co!, Tibatts arrived from Ghent, Ky., where:he had been addressing an audience' of some 5. or OOP people for two hours and a half! The people having re-assembled aod.tho house called to order', Col; Tibatts rose and in a short but peniuent and scorching address, of about three quarters of an hour in length, laid baps the policy of the whig party—the principles of the different leaders of their party, for as a bo'dyj he said, they had no principles fixed and settled, as they were found advocating different. ; doc--trines in different Slates, and woundup by challenging any whig in the house to refute \lhe charges ho had made against them, Mr. Eggleston, tho nominee of the whig parly in this county for the Senate, taking this as a battler to him, rose in reply; but it was no go. Ho appeared to us like a strong man in a morass, the -more he attempted to cxlricato himself from the dilemma in which lie was placed, the deeper he sunk into tho mire, Mr. Eggleston's talents is worthy of a better cause. He is rather too much of a sophmore in the whig ranks lo defend their rotten policy with any effect, and especially where sophistry is their only weapon; for it rc : quires time and experience to wield that weapon successfully, Mr. Eggleston, wo have no doub:, was sorry he shot, - for in reply by Messrs, Tibatts and Kent, the tables were j completely turned. Even the anecdotes which he told, were wielded to tho infinite amusement of tbo audience against him.

Illegal Toti.xc—Several persons were arrested, in New York,»in conip'ajnt of citizcr.s, for having voted illegally on Tuesday, swearing in their tickets. The best of it is, they ate all whigs but one, and that one teas a woman.

F edcr.vlists hivc always mlda money out ofrags, and their great men out of paper. crats make money out of gold and silver, and men from lilciit and worth. . 1

Asotueh atox is Switzebeasu.— At a log rolling near Query us Grove, in Posey township, one day last week, where there were 35 persons present, a vote was taken and resulted as follows: . Van Buren and Democracy, 22. “ Harrison ond hard cider, 3.

WILLIAM IlEXR YJLlJtRlSOX.

Rut" was Goveriior llarrfsoa at this time dollied vv ; ith;llje veto poirerl his 'friends will ask.— Ape, howas: lie was more limply thanihoExecuuye of any state of this Union .was, See the “.Ordinance forthe Government of the Terri lory, of'ihe United States,- Northwest.of the River Ohio.” This ordinance my be fotyid in all of our revised laws from ].704 inclusive to the present day. We: quote from it the following words:—.':.. , .'. • ■ ■ . ‘‘And allbitla’liaving passed by a majority of the House, and by a.majority of the CouticiT, 'shall be.refered.to the Governor, for his owen/. bol no biRor legislative thail he of any force wilhout hit tuent. 1 ’ 1 Ilia veto- was absolute; No law could pass without his "oMenf,” though every member of the House of Representatives, and thc Council, might desire it most ardently.- — -Mr, Van Uuren has been, by the whig press, raosl murrpreieiifed and slandered in relation to his Woles and opinions in the NcwYork convention in 1321., Ho has been falsely, stated to have.fayorcd a property qualification' to entitle white men' to vote. Let us see, what were Governor Harrison's opinio neon that subject in'1807, (See sara o. He vised Code, pages 235—0.) . 1 ii therefore enacted, That every free male inhabitant of the age of 21 years, resident in the Territory, 'and who hath been a citizen of any state in the Union, or who hath been two' years resident in this Territory, HOLDS A FREEHOLD IN FIFTY ACRES OF LAND within any cdutity of the sapie, or any less quantity in the couniy in which he shall reside, which, with the improvements made thereon, shall bo of. (he value of HUNDRED DOLor who has paid for, apd in virtue of a deed of conveyance fur further assurances from a person vested with the fee, ii in*actual possession of fifty-acres of landsubject to taxation in the county in which hp shall be. resident, shall be, and are hereby declared to be duly qualified electors ■ of representatives for the ‘cou ft ties in which they are respectively resident. , « * * ' *S * '* ' ♦ * ' JESSE M, THOMAS, ' Speaker of ihe Home of liepretenlclicet, B, CHAMBERS, Prttidenl of the Council. Approved—September 17thV 1807'. ... -[ WILLIAM HESfRYIIARRISOX.

Distrcssisb.—A "cold water” man huzzaing for the “hard cider" candidate! ■

F nuer,\t. A RGfMnnts-1 A stiff drink of “hard eider" and a chicken coop sotg! •

The Swiss Boys are coming, “ hi, Ol hi, 0]!’!

Fldcral El ecti o ntui i no—A dandy lawyer on a show wagon, nibbling com pone in imitation ofa baboon!

Virginia Election.— The elections in Virginia for delegates to the Genera) Assembly, look place,on the t!3J ult. The returns received up to last night were but partial, and the only slatements to be relied upon as correct,'are those from Ohio, Alarshatl, Brooke, and Fairfax counties. The two former have returned whig members,'

- In'the Pennsylvania House of Delegates, on the Hlh,'the Internal Improvement bill, was T“i jcclcd by a vote of 34 to 55. f .

Dlackbciuues were plenty : at New Orleans* on the 10th inst.

and lhe : two loiter democrats.. In Ohio county the candidates were both wings. We have every reason to believe the “Old Dominion" will prove herseif true to democracy, when the final result

So much for dchu/ in this county.' If the spirit of lying thus .characterises him on his first visit, and writh such ah ill ghee, in the name of God where will he end! :

It is said a man will live one hundred year*, longer, if he pays, the printer punctually, and reads his.own newspaper.. Try it.. . . It is Clay intends to resign his scat in the United States Senate in May next, and retire to the' shades of. Ashland.

is ascertained, notwithstanding our federal con;

temporaries have thus early commenced the cry » of “gtoribiti triumph!'* Such jabberdash will - prove but a bubble in tbo end.

■ (tjr Wo have received the first number of the "Hickort Clcd, on Federal £j/fnhinu/ar,”a very neat.little weekly publication just issued from die office of ijio New-Albany Argus, at the low price of 50 cents per.copy until ifae 25th of July next, a period of three months. It contains a Quantity of reading matter but seldom found in pubfrjations.of the kind. > i ■ ■'

Mottos Multicau ns.—Mr. William Cooper, of - Newark, (N. J.) offers “ten thousand very young muUicaulio saplings, euilablo for pea sticks,Tor. sale cheap.".

More Swartwootum— 1 The Cincinnati Adt • vertiser of Wednesday, gives intimation of another whig absqualulalion, “not one hundred miles from Third street,” in the person of a certain individual of the Bank breed, who has taken his departure for parts unknown, to the great dismay and mortification of some of the federal whig gentry of that city. Tho amount of the defalcation, says the Advertiser, is ndt yet ascertained, but report says he has been pursued by a tip top Harrisonian. *■

Queer the Independent treasury, plan will "make the rirA richer” why do all the purse proud nabobs and aristocrats oppose ill They are nor usually found toting money oat of their own. pockets. ■ *■ .

Wo hope, the C|ub will be the means of ex/<rminaling. federal whiggory from the bonders pf Old Floyd, V - : ’ ..

.'Friend,* said a Quaker to an insulted neighbor, 'if a man spits to thy face, I advise thee not to go to law about 'it; but let liim hare a cud of thy tobacco, if thou cbewcat the weed. Give hm i quid pro quo.' (Tho mild, genial sun of love causes the flower of girlhood to flourish and bloom; but if it shins too brightly, it wilts down, like a cropped cabbage leaf. .

Poetical Pithtiox.—Tho followirig is giyen in one of our Eastern exchange papers, as the language of a petition recently presented to the Indiana Legislature, praying for a bounty on killing wolves. It is a rare production, and equal in point of poetic genius to some of the Harrison pongs going the rounds of the federal papers; "The wolf the enemy of sheep, Prowls about when we’re asleep, And in despite of faithful dogs, Ofi kill our sheep and junior Tioga, And. rob us of our wool and bacon. One by one—the imps of Satan! Hence, I pray the legislature To pass a law to kill the creature, And, by a unanimous-vote, .Make his scalp note.”

The New York Sunday Morning News'of the I9lh ult., appears in mourning for the death of its late editor, Sahucl Jesks South, who died at sea about fire weeks since. He was on bis way to England, whither he was 'destined for the purpose of regaining hia health.

Besjauis S. Bullfixcs, an intemperate genius of the “black art,’* was drowned lately, in attempting to ford the south fork of Licking river, at Newark, Ohio,

Cincinnati News says that Cucumbers .pnd new Potatoes have been for sale in the markets of that city for two weeks past. Ten cents each for the former, and twelve and a half cents 4 quart for the latter. Query—How many quarts of ‘praties,* at that price, would it take to satisfy an Irishman for dinnerl ■ l, ■ J :

And did Governor Harrison approve and sign this! A°d do bis friends still clamor about any thing Mr. Van Buren did, or could have done on this subjectl ■ Oh.ihamc!!! where is thy blush?

Jacqb Lacy, a soldier of tha .Revolutionary War, lately died at Morris county, N, J,, aged 100 years.

Eewabd A. Hakxeoah, Esq, has been nominated by a Convention of the Democratic party in the 7th district, as a candidate for Congress, to fill the vacancy of Gen, Howard. I

Out General Harrison is (he poor man's friend,* though he would not let the industrious pioneer vote unless he had the requisite number of acres; though he sanctioned a law to sell the poor man

A person who can live in this world without suffering slander, must be loo stupid orinsiguiflcaut to claim attention.

river is now higher than it haa been |bit 'spring.

A great quantity of‘hard cider’, is expected to flow from the whigprcufi until noxt fall.