Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 32, Vevay, Switzerland County, 9 July 1840 — Page 2

VEVAY TIMES AND SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

prostration of the interests and prosperity of (he country. This was tho result of a combination 6T causes, By tile"abuse of llic paper credit sy«|cm both in Kqropc and America, and the consequent depreciation of the currency, property of nit kinds attained ah extravagant artificial value. A'universal delusion prevailed upon all subjects connected with trade, and the nature and theory of wealth. The machine of production had been stimulated to the highest exertion in every country, and in every branch of industry, peculiar to each, without reference to tbo amount of similar products in either, and without regard to the probable demands for them. Such was the cfleet of tho steady advance in the prices of'all descriptions of property and produce, in this country, up to 1910, caused by tho state of the currency, that a great portion of society began to imagine that a golden age had set in, which would have no end; dial prices would continue to rise without limit, and that the readiest way to wealth was bv trade or exchanges. The whole country became a nation of traders or exchangers, as well as the producers of the commodities of trade. The fall of prices in 1310 found a|rni it every individual of the country either a debtor or a creditor, (o an amount far beyopd the bounds of a moderate adventure. The revulsion of 1SI9 was as sudden and unexpected as a clap of thunder in a fine day. It was as (cirific, too, to thousands. Tbo consequence was genera] consternation and dojircssion.”Second, lion, Henry Olay, in a speech delivered in lu24, reported Jn NiJefVjtcgisicr, vol.30, pages iltS aijd ;J57,'says; "In casting our eyes around us, the most prominent circumstance which fixes our attention, and challenges our deepest regret, is the general distress which prcvadcs the whole country. It is forced upon us by numerous fads of) tbo incontestable character. It is indicated by the diminished exports of native produce; by the depressed and reduced state of our foreign, navigation; by our ■diminished commerce; by' successive un threshed crops of grain, perishing in opr barns and barn yards for the want of a market; by tho alarming diminution of tho circulating medium; by the numerous bankruptcies, not limited to tbe trading classes, but extending to all orders of society; by an universal complaint for tyic want of employment, and a consequent reduction of the wages ofhbor; by the ravenous pursuit after public situations, not for the sake of their honors and the performance of their public duties, but as a means of private subsistence; by the reluctant resort to tho perilous use of paper money; by the intervention of legislation in the delicate relation between debtor and drediior; and, above all, by the low and depressed state of the value of almost every description of the whole mass of the property of tbe nation which has, on an average, sunk not less than about fifty per cent, within a few* years. "The truth is, lint no class of society suffers more, in the present stagnation of business, than the laboring class. That is a necessary effect of the depression of agriculture, the principal business of the community. Tho wages of able bodied men vary from five to eight dollars per month; and such has been the want of employment, in some parts of the Union, that instances have *not been, unfrequent, of men working ■merely for the means of present subsistence. If tbe wages for labor hero and in England are compared, they will be found noito be essentially different,”

THE' TIMES.

COMMUNICATIONS.

democrat bare a free white roan sold into slavery' for’fiboor coats-mr for the sale of ale, beer, or hard cider, in a less quantity than two gallons! Would*a democrat have a delicate lemalc publicly’given Ihrte hundred lashes on her bare back well laid on! No, never. Nor would a democrat ever countenance a roan that has approved of such barbarous laws. Tell it not then that my own democratic Iloosier Slate will go for General Harrison. It is a'foul accusation upon her good sense and fair name: she will give to Howard and Van Buren triumphant majorities. In the name of all that is dear, in that much abused word Democracy, I beg of you to increase your Argus-eyed ami Janus-faced informers, lest front incorrect intelligence, Indiana and one or two other little States should slip you unawares.

let correct information and correct principles be liberally diffused among thd people and all will

ircmucnillc Itcptiblicaii Nomination.

Tor the Vcvatf Time*.

go right.

inn fiuv-imrsT, MABTIN VAN SUREN, ('OB VICE I* It KRlU E S T, RICHARD M. JOHNSON,

Once more, I say to the yeomanry of ibis county, be vigilant—call primary faieotings in your townships ami neighborhoods; discuss freely the great political topics that are now agtlaficgaho country, let the people be correctly informed, and my word for it, you will be enabled again to Shout victory, over the hard cider parly| that are making such- strong efforts to mislead and gtill the credulous of all other parties. * If you suffer your adversaries to succeed, pro- 1 scripliou for opinions sake, will be tbo of tbo day. Indeed, already they have said that the loco focos shall feel the weight of their power, {if they titeeeed;) such will be the length to which yon will bo proscribed, that not a Democrat in the country will be thought worthy of holding an office, tho proceeds of which will be worth a quid of tobacco. Then I say,up and be doing, “now’s the day and now’s the hour,” the 1 minions of parly strife and party warfare, are busy sapihg the foundation of your dearest rights, your best tmesis— your are contending for the glorious liberties, handed down unimpaired' to 'you by y.opr revolutionary sires; hold on then t» ’ your inestimable inheritance and let it pass unsuIlietUhd untarnished to yowr posterity. Every thing is in your power; march on in solid phalapx to the polls, and again victory will perch on your standard—The' star spangled banner Will continue Irtjimphamly to wave, o’er the land of tiie free, and the home of the brave. * Yovay, July 4, !S|0. WAVAE.

To Ike Hon. Nathaniel P. TallmaJgc.,

Deis Sis:—

Your private letter to * Richmond correspondent, which from its transcendent merit has been made public for tbe benefit of the Harrisonians, otherwise colled in whig phrase, the “people” deserves all the popularity which it is gaining. 1 regret only.that sorao.miitruit of the power of its contents, on the part of your friends, should have led to the publication of your name appended to tho latter. It is well known that but one pen in the country could have indicted such & communication—and who but your powerful and talented self could wield it! 1 regard it therefore, as derogatory to your merit, to deem tho publication pf. your name necessary. It is a happy thing fbr our cqontry that you parry with your great’ political power, such steadfast political honesty, such constancy, and so firm and undevialing a consistency. Had it bcfeKotherwise, sad would have-been the fate of our beloved country at this alarming crisis.-

ELECTORS FOR INDIANA. William IIknduicks, of Jefferson. t.’Lo'ina; \V. Hwimjj of Miami. ‘

1st. District. Uudebt Dale Owes, of Posey. y,L " licoKUc Boon, of Sullivan. ;{J. “ Thomas J. Henley, of Clark. . •lib. “ Jons Li Robinson, of Rush. Jitli. ** . Andrew Kennedy,of Delaware, ftib. . William J. Peaslee. of Sbolby. 7th. ,f John M. Lemon, of Laporic.

' (t An IsDcriishunt Treasurv—whom officers, rcsptmldc to the people, instead of privildgwl corporation*, shall guard (he"peoplo’j money. Uonidcracy nsks in vain—w!iht,clnim have the Banks to u-c tins public treasure as their to convert it into an enginejif-ruinoii* expansions and contrnciidm of the currency, anil of new political panics and pressures. (i^cnforcesubmission to the money power!”

Had you confined yourasscrliOns to your own Stale, they might have borne some appearance of plausibility in other parts of UidUnion; but nnforlunatly for your position si ruler of tho Presidential election, in many'of - the States where your letter -shall bo seen,It will betray its ignorance by ha assumption knowledge, As regards Indiana, Twill only say that you. have told -an arrogant and unpardonable falsehood, r • ■

loading men of tho Federal party are constantly bowling in the nm;i piteous tones, that lire country ia mined, \lial tbc picsent diatrfifG ib caused by tbc party in power, and the veto of the United Slates Dank. lint from whom does tliis cry of distress, which so frequently salutes the car, emanate. 7 The following jot* end forcible remarks, taken from 31 r. Lowell’s speech, clearly proves the inability of a National Dank, to avoid the loo frequent recurrence of the general distress which has hereto fore s'o deeply afflicted this country.' It ts the extremp of folly,

For years you have acted as the representaliro of the Democratic party wbo-havc elevated Mr. Van Huron, Now, having become associated with his enemies, from your own declarations, we draw tfio gloriouy conclusion that you have actually carried tbe root.andstem of Democracy with you, and transplanted them'into the of the whig party; while with cqual niagic*power, tho Van Ijuron party have suddenly*, been transformed by you into Federalist*.' Not .only so— majority, that great balance that rules bar' country, is lifted from tho head of the, former Democracy and placed upon the new.*: Numbers as well as principles obeyed /our mandate.-* . 0, most potent .wizzardl Thus you have not changed your principles, but your party only; anil that in n ncW> way. ' Instead of tbe parly changing yon. it.is you who have changed, reformed, femoddlcd’ the-party. Into the old body, youjbave infused ? nq\v soul. The measures formerly most threatening to ibe Conftitution and our liberties, have also been invigorated with tbe healthful spirit of Democracy. Old things are become new. Federal doclrincs arc now Democratic; a National Bank is Democratic, a high protective tariff, monopolies, assumption of State debts, a consolidated General Government, have all become.Democratic measures, and Northern abolition, democracy for the South and West, ,

I bavu the, honor lo.be,' : * ; r .-: ' A HO OSIER, Swltzerirrid Co, Indiana.

For the Ferny Timet.

Messrs. Editors-.—

; TIio sudden flip-flap of Editor Gray, reminds me of two remarkable circumstances I have read about in ray life!. One is,.the asidmshitig feats of agility, ground and lofty |u tabling,'slight of band, legerdemain, and oilier never before equal* ed tournaments, by three 'Egyptians; Chim, Cbam, and Chum;—after .'.swallowing all lire chairs', '.table*, sideboard and oilier furniture of ihq room, Chilli was to turn a lofty somerset, and jump .down the throat of Cham!—after .which Cham 'was to take three grand and mysterious circles round the room, and conclude hia feat, by turning nineteen somerset? and (thus incumber* qd with Chim'and allthe.furniture in. the room) tfcap down the throat of Chum!!—when‘Chum ’.Would conclude the evening’s entertainment, by placing himself before the audience and itiaWnner never, before equalled by any of his art, turn fifteen somersets backwards and swallow iiim~ self, and all would disappear in' a.: majitlance cioud/'/—I leave the application to be made .by. those skilled id necromancy.'.. ‘ * ’• : The other is a passage from a very bid bo6k, which reads somewhat like this:—Wb unto you scribes and Pharisees, bypocritst . for ye, compass Heaven and Earth to one proselyte," and when you have made him) ho is'tenfold -indre a child of deception than before!!—Explanation unnecessary/ Alas! alas! for Ibe depravity, and deception of poor human nature. Who would have thought that the once.respectable editor tff a Democratic journal, could for the pitiful consideration of filthy lucre, be tdnfpted id .descend from the lofty eminence be once held/to ped;'dte slang whang, and falsehoods; for a "Corrupt parly. But so it is, and so it has over been. There has always been Esau a,-and Judas’ and Hulls and-Arnolds, who would sell their.birth right for a mess of pottage, or betray.their best .friends for a few'pieces of silver, or themselves and country, and every thing sacred, for the gratification of their own diabolical thirst for revenge, or some other unholy passions, closer allied if possible to the father of alt evils, than any 1 have mentioned. •

and evincing either ignorance or political corntp--Don, to charge the present administration with the present distress of tho country, or that the United" Slates Bank could have prevented it— If-thM institution; had all the remedial power .tp'savo tho country from such distress, why did

Gen, Howard*

1 II is wiih pride and pleasure,' say* the Richmond Jeflcnonian,that wo read the favorable notices of our. distinguished candidate for Gov-ernbr,-which ant multiplying in every quarter of tho Union, and in the papers of both political parties. 3If. Weed, editor of the Albany V.) Journal, tbo Stale paper, and whig organ in that Slate, speaking of .Howard, tayat ’Mle ia one of the ablest men from .west of the moun-

she not exert herself to thwart the universal calamities and prostration of the interests and prosperity’of-Uio country in 1819, 1S20, and iS31f . .She either had, or had not the ability to Lave prevented it. If she had the ability, it was extended—-or if it was, then we have conclusive ovidchcc that she had no suchdiolin* gpishqd power. ‘.‘The shrill cry of distress which so often Salntea -our. car, comes not from the poor, the destitute,' and the suffering. It comes from those’gent (emeu who are connected with, and have t,Iie control of, the nine, hundred banks and tranches iu.lhis country; from bank 'presidents, tank directors, and bank dependants, and their political associates, who desire to, ovetthiow the Administration. It comes from the Whig merchants tn Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and other largo cities, wt\o ride in their carriages, drawn by gay horses, surrounded by rich equipage, who liv? in marble palaces, furnished in the most splendid and magnificent' atyle, wlio £aVe sumptuously every day, sitting down at gables winch groan under the weight of the luxyriei, and the dainties of the season; and while ■ partaking of rich \tinds, and sipping pJd and choice wines, they will" mourn oyer the .hardness of the limes, the pressure in mppey market, the distress wliipli prevails In ilia country, and the folly, extravagance, corruption and of the present Administration! . Such men cannot be pleased, while the Government is administered on Democratic principles. Though the Administration were as pure as the angels in Heaven, it could not command their approbation. They could not bo satisfied. Like, tho horse leech’s daughters* they would ‘‘cry, give, give, and never say enough. 17 In the judgment of a certain par.iy, this country has been ruined many times within tho last tbrly years... They considered ttruined, and tbe Institutions of religion overthrown, when Thomas Jefferson was elected President—ruined again, when James Madison was elected—ruined tybenTho embargo, non-intercourse, qiid nonimportation acts were passed—ruined when war was declared against Great Britain for the prate ction of our rights on the high seas—ruined vhen General Jackson was elected,President — when he vetoed the bill to rcchartcr Ihe Unitcd Slates Bank—again when the depositee were removed —when the specie circular waa issued— When Mr,,--Van Buren was elected President—and is about to be ruined again, by the passage Oflhe bill now under consideration; and notwithstanding it has been so frequently ruined, I most seriously and Solemnly bchevc it is still the best co'untiry on Lite globe, with the, best pecfftle, and the best Government. With all this distress and rum, wo have gone on from prospering to prosper; enlarged our borders until they extend from the-Dan ad as to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to ilia Pacific; have increased in population and weahht.erected institutions of learning wvi r&V.£Va\v throughout the land; and established a gallant navy, which compunds the respect and admiration oflhe world, . Wc have increased our power by land and wafer, until our commerce whitens every ocean, ami our star spangled baifner waves triumphant in every dime. ... . I admit that many persons are laboring under pecuniary embarrassment,, and that there, is a depression in mercantile aflairs, which has fallen with great ecvprity upon a portion of the community; but it is not confined to this country, or Piiglaiid, and'is more severely felt in those cmrnuies which. depemlj,on a paper currency titan in any other. ‘ 1 , • Wc have.been told that qo such depression of business occurred during tjte existence of- a United .Slates Bapk; apd here J take iistto with those gentlemen, qnjl wjlt maintain pud prove, by ihd.-most distinguished men in the Opposition, tbit there were two auch revulsions during the existence of the Into United States Bank, namely, in 181? and in 1821 \ and yet further, 'jJini lhc*j were cauted bythe banki. Piral.Tlie tIon. John Bell, of Tennessee, tn a speech delivered in’tho House of Representatives, June 8,1833, which.is reported in .Gales and Seaton’s Register, vol, 8. part 3d, pages 13304 and 5 t usei tho following language:. ’* “In ,1019 camn that sudden eclipse of • tbtt glorious scene.I have described, which, for b flhUo, was supposed to fotbode a permanent

tains; and. is possessed of that amiableoess of character* that candor and honesty, which render him the.favorilo of-the people of .all parties. 1 * Ho says he is the ablest and most popular man of cMer. parly in. (his. Slate, and says it is conceded hy'the.whigs, in itial State, that he will run ahead of his party, bn the ground of his known opposition lo onr high - nxes, and the past profligate management of our slate affairs. He .in fact, cvncedtt hit election; but tells his wbig frienda that bis election'wilt result from his' personal .'good quail fits, and his judicious views uf State policy. -

The now galvanic party which you have created, laud your exceeding candor. Such praise cannot be denied you. Modesty in case might be deemed hypocrisy, A mau who has wrought such wonder* over *uch masses of men, might naturally incur the Imputation! deceit, did lie talk differently from the language in jv-T celebrated letter. Accordingly, your prescience is unerring, and in your hands the States become the mere marbles of a truant boy—your “ebaney titles and taws.” “I have predicted the result for the last two years, with an accuracy almost equal to tlio official canvass. 1 have given Mr. Van Buren iNew Hampshire—(generous too amid all your greatness] which I know will be matter of complaint with our friends there. Perhaps I might too make a similar apology in regard to Arkansas; (considerate) 1 have also given -him South Carolina.”—unbounded liberality!. Why are you so tantalizing as to give Mr. Van Buren those three States! 1 think your friends would not blame you, (seeing that even on a point of delicacy to a fallen foe, they could do Mr, Van Buren no earthly good) If you had kept them all. Assuming the privilege of into friendship, one of your own attributes, unflinching candor, Ido admonish you that your language in regard to South Carolina, os a sister of a solemn and majestic union of States, is unworthy of your high station as a Senator in Congress.from the Empire State. None can respect, honor and revere the Hon, Jno. C. CaMioun. more than 1, but it launjust and degrading to ourselves to speak of an independent npd intelligent State, as stolidly uniter the control of any one Individual, however pure, however lofty in talent. And were I a representative in Congress, or a.citizon'of that gallant little State, I would hold you personally responsible for your foul libel on her character. You may probably hivff Been deceived by soma over-zealous friend in regard to the political character of Indiana, upon that ground alone do I withhold froin you a merited chastisement, I wil\ now therefore give you warning, that in yoqr next private letter evidently intended (like the last) for the ‘‘public oye,” to give Indiana to Mr. Van Buren, or 1 will moitaMurcdly give you a caning. . What! Indiana go fur the Harrisonians, wh fi n she has been ,plunged into almost irretrievable debt by.thotr policy! . She is weary of the drain upon her resources, . The-Harisoniana is shuffling off the coil *.of Whigisrn cannot escape the responsibility,of for-mer-apts under another name. They are still the same men as thp federalists always hare been, seeking the aggrandizement of the ,few, and the levelling down of the many. General Harrison himself cannot go unscklhcd from the censure of our State. Whilst be was Governor of Indiana .Territory, act* passed oyer hi*, signature which were not in accordance with the character of a far-seeing, patriotic' statesman. Would a democrat require a frea-hold of fifty ttcres of land to qualify an elector! Would *

Glorious indeed.

' The following ,appeared, on the 20th instant* as the leading article in a (iit/e Federal paper, published in Georgetown, D. C. It-is more likely that Thaddeus Stevens would be the Secretary of War, The Aboliuonista will not be content without a representative in the Cabinet, unless it is thought sufficient to let them hare the President. Alas, poor Clay! He must fight the battle, and be banished!! , s “The Glorious Prospect.— We have been handed llin following by oho of the olden and most respectable citizens of'Geofgetown and lay it 'before our readers ask prophecy of what wilt be ln-1841. Let our Vali Buren friends' calmly and honestly contrast this galexy of talent and ability-with tho present cabinet, and we are sure they will all. hope to bo.-bealpn in the coming contest; Such a cabinet will reatbre the country to the good old, spirit of-*76, when the Government/was administered for the good of tho people; W, H. HARRISON. President. . JOHN TYLER, Vice President. , Daniel Webster, Secretary of State. Nicholas Biddle, Secretary of the Treasury. W. C. Prestos', Secretary of War. S. L; SouTHXKD. Secretary of the'Navy. Thomas Ewiso, Postmaster General. ■ J. J. C'RrrrEXDEX, Auorooy General. ; Hkset Clat, Minister, id England, -

And.third. Hon. Daniel Webster, in a speech delivered the same year, which is recorded in the same volume, at the 41 Uh page, discourses as follow:

‘.‘The paper system of England had certainly communicated an artificial value to property. It bad encouraged speculation and excited overtrading. When the shock, therefore, came, and this violent pressure for money acted at the same moment on the continent and in England, inflated and unnatural prices could bd kept up no longer* 4 reduction lookplace/whichhas been estimated to have been at least equal to a fall of thirty, if not forty, per cent. The depression was universal; and the change was fell in the United States severely, though not equally so in every part of them. There are those, I am aware, who maintain that tho events to which 1 have alluded did not cause the great fait of prices; but that fall was natural apd inevitable, from the previously existing state of things, tho abundance of commodities, and the wanl-of demand. But that would only prove that the effect was produced in another way,valher than by another cause. If these great and sudden cal!* for money did not reduce prices, but prices fell, as of themselves, to their natural state, stilj the result is tho same; for we perceive Ihar, after these new calls for money, prices could not be kept longer at their unnatural height.”

. But Democrats, you will not bo surprised when 1 tell you, that the scales.fell from’ the eyes of this modern Judas, right in the midst of a great champaign party—yes, a great champaign patty. He had only seen before a glimmering, as through a glass, darkly. Here in the-midst of the uprorous convivality on that occasion, suddenly a light burst in upon him brighter than.the sun at' noon day, and be could behold L’a, XX’s X’s, and ‘V’s, almost'innumerable floating before his astonished vision,and when be could not speak, so great was his surprise, lo! there was d. voice heard-behind .the brightness of those obltmg pieces of beautiful vignetio paper, saying, all these wilt I give unto thee, if thou, wilt -fall down and worship me; and‘so powerfully convincing were these said arguments, thaV when the power of speech returned, htrwas .heard-lo say. Sirs, I am youn—yea, yours, wholly;,solely and bodily; and let others do or say as’they please'; as for mo, I am determined to go.my whole length, jn dealing out abuse against the party T. hava once deled with, and w.hosd confidence ,1 once enjoyed. In answer to - which f would ts Davy Crockett said to (ha man who asked his consent to ‘marry his daughter; “Go ahead,” You have sounded tlio tocsin, now collect your forces, and you will find us ready to meet you, on any and every asaault you may see proper to make; -Tfo Democrats wo would say, be not disconcerted —suffer not yourselves, for a moment lo bo found off your guard, have on your armour of truth, which is the cause' of your country, and of equal rights. You can afford to lopso a. few more such big bellied bottles of smoke, as the former editor of the Madison Courier, and yet come off more than conquerors. Sucn. milk and fvater politicians are a dead weight upon apy party; you are happily rid’of him. Lei every Democrat‘in-, tha county and State, take some respectable Deuiocrati^journal;

~ A new'Federal Fraud. -.

The follow ip g is from a gentleman of respect lability id Kemocky: *" V! , ■

J-V “Newcastle, May 23,1840.- ‘ . ■ “I perceive that the Harrlsonites are parading through the'Western country a fraudulently got--teo'up life of-'Mr.. Van Buren, which they represent as his life by professor from which they read garbled opinions and expressions of bis to the* people. How can you send .me an .authentic one! If you can fail upon a plan to do ad* one immediately.” ’ We were told yesterday that a gentleman from'Louisians,] on his way to this city, heard thatMr.Bear, tne Buckeye blacksmith, as he is called. by; the National,- Intelligencer, in the twitsoov feSs VtvtelUag bManju.es.Tcad disparaging passages in regard to Mr. Van Buren’s con-' ducij from a book .which he called Holland's Life of Van Buren. There ate no such passages in the work of .Mr. Holland. It is probable that Mr. Bear has been furnished with o&e of the spurious volumes by his federal friends as a text book if there be no mistake in the information stated by thb gentleman from Louisiana.

• These three gentlemen, occupying, as they do, high and responsible stations in the nition, and being at the head of the Whig party, will, I presume, be regarded by our opponents adcotnpeieni and credible witnesses.”

We lake the - following from tho Olive Branch, a paper printed in Rockville, Parkoounly, where Gen. Howard resides.

Misrepresentation, The “SpivU of *‘?6" <\u<l Daw SigUr.

.Wo observe an article circulating .very freely in the whig papers of this state, copied from that infamous mck-ilouted journal the‘-'Spirit of ’76,” with' the caption of vTilghman A, Howard’s position defined,” which,’i* roado up of base fabrications and malicious falsehoods, fn pur next paper, wc shall place such testimQtiy beforc the public as .will be entirely satisfactory on this point, and provq that Gen. Howard’s views have boon motl grasily mitrepretenUd in relation to Internal Improvements. Mr. Sigtef’s„ position will .be defined, and'that too in such 4 -way as will make him feci very; unpleasant.

' ‘SraATV® SH° w WHICH WAT THE WIRD BLOWS.* Oii Friday, the Sift of May, the Federalists of the city of New York held a celebration,'in.bonor of their 'Abolition Hero/ Harrison; and, what' is strange to toll, tho British ships port > hoisted their colons, in honor of tho This, phowa the sympathy which exists between? them’, and proves indisputably, what we hare® often asserted, that lha principles of the Feder-J alista aro, with Monarchy, “one and ineutcii/e/*t —Jhrpertfirry CcntiUulinualUt. •

The Missouri Republican etatep that a letter, dated 5tb inat., from Fort Winnebago mcotionF that Gen. Atkinson has succeeded in removing 1C-13 Winnebago Indians from the Portage. ■ This [s tho principal body of that nation, and had been .residing at the head waters of Rock riyer and the Wisconsin river. • A few .scattering lodges yet to be collected, will, when removed, close Ihe'entire Iransfer of tho Winnobagoes to ihcjr own lands west of the Mississippi.

Dad msws prom ■ Florida.— The St.. tine News of the 29th ult. says:—“There is. ay rumor in town,and generally credited, that thoT Indjantf madeanatiack on one of Ihe eelUoraehts, oh Sunday .night last - killing. tceit families, and garrison of si* men. The air tacV was madeM.night, and is represented as a complete surprisse.”

• The Homa.v HEABT,-!-The heart of a. man is said 1(> weigh about nine ounces, that of a woman eight. As age increases, man’s heart grows heavier, arid a, womanbr lighter,, afttir pho is tlurIfr , ; ■