Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 43, Vevay, Switzerland County, 1 October 1840 — Page 2

VBVAY TIMES AKD,- SWITZERLAND' COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

“Sub Trcaannl”—Mim5tetn”«“Hiiiti!Il”

The Cotton Crop auain. —We mentioned in our Inst that lho Now Orleans Dee had contradicted the icporl that tho ravages of the army worm had been generally destructive to the cotton crop in the South. That paper has sine© made the following correction; ‘•We inadvertently penned some remarks a few days since in relation to tho ravages of this destructive insect on the cotton plantations in cur Stale, which wc are convinced were based on very imperfect information. At the time, we considered the reports of tho injury done to the cotton crops an highly exaggerated, and to cx-prcs.-cd ourselves, \V.c have since learned from iiiMhgeiu observers, that the army worm has inflicted almost irreparable damage on a very large number of plantations, in many instances hundreds of acics have been cleared in a single night, and the prospects of the planter totally blighted. We stated that the price of cotton would not be affected by these losses, this may be; but it is certain that every planter whose grounds have been in lea tod by tbc army worm, will sulfur very seriously. A gentleman who is bim-elf a sufferer, tells us that person's at a distance can ecarccly< conceive the amount of destruction and loss occasiooed-by the ravages of the myriad hosts of these worms.*’

Mnlnc Elections.

Description of a. Wnio Elector. —A cor res-' pondcnt of the N'ashvillo Union, writing from .Madison umJer date of August 11, in giving t description of the Whig delegation which left that place to attend the great hard cider gathering licld in Nashville, tints comments on the person and chancier of J. L. White, elector cm the Whig ticket in this Stale: “Now for a description of Jos. L. White,' the Whig orator; who accompanied then); he is a man live’feel'nine or ten, black hair and eyes, rather corpulent, and wit hi) a pretty smart fellow, but is considered in this region the father of all lies; he is a Yankee by birth, and has made himself .quite celebrated in these '‘digging;”- he run IwiCe for the Legislature in this county, and twice wai he defeated; has been Hogged several times for his impudence and arrogance, collects money and forgets to make returns. You must know he is a lawyer, and by bis practice would scarcely keep a suckling babe alive. Before bo matured to manhood he attended a fourth of July' dinner at “Cherry Valley,” N. Y., and aAer partaking uftho bounties of the table and quaffing ‘.'hard cider” («.r something much better] to the health of Old Tippecanoe, or some reat hero , Iris, bill was presented, and litis patriotic repub • iiean young gentleman, refused to pay; suit was instituted against him, and not being quite 31 years of age “ho plead infancy,” or wbtl we Ifoosicrs call it, the “bady act.” Ha goes here by the name of the “baby acl’Miwyer. He has forced himself, against the wilt or withes of the Whig party, upon the Harrison ticket as an Elector. What is herein jslated cao be proven; every word is into.”

VEV AY:

The following abstract of all the returns of the Mains election which have come to hand, were furnished to the editors of tho Globe by a gentleman who is a citizen of. that State* and whose sources of information arc extensive and authentic. Wo are. of opinion the result will provd their correctness.'

[. In spite of ilia crt'orts of tho Federalists—‘thcii misrepresentations to the people, and abuse of the I lid e pc mien t Treasury system, or "monstr" 38 they term it, iis wholesome effects are beginning to be sensibly felt throughout the Union, to the niter dismay and thaumofits foul calumniators of the Federal parly who have tried to “humbug” the public In regard to its tendency. The following, from,the Louisville Public Advervcrt>cr, aru but a small portion of its salutary; cHeels on the burners of the country. { u \Vc learn from a recent number of the Pills-j burgher that, by nil arrangement among iron' matters, and those connected with the business,! in the city of Pittsburgh, entered into within a lew days, a now larilfof prices has Icon universally adopted til an advance of hai.p a cent per pound, or TEN DOLLARS PER TON, on all hinds of iron manufacture. A similar increase Is asked for pig lead, and white lead will also advance as a matter of course.

THURSDAY,;

OCTOHER 1, ISUl.

Democratic Republican Nomination,

for president,

MARTIN BTJREN, for vice president,

HICHAR3 IVT. JOHNSON, E LECTOTisFO U"IN DIANA. William Hendricks,. of Jcffercon. Gtiunut: W. Bwiso, of Miami.

Fairfield. Kent. York, complete, , . . 5,424' 4,527 Cumberland, .. .. . •. 6,503 •' 0.679 Lincoln, . , . 5,159 6,330 Waldo, . 4,730.,.-. 2.JH9 Somerset, . , . . 2,652’ - 3,507 Franklin, . . . • 2,001 1,807 Piscataquis, . . . . 1,219 1,250 Washington, all but one (own 1,082 - 2,140 Hancock, alt but two towns 2,509 2,413 Knnncheck, nil bui one towji • 3,018 0,700 Penobscot, all but four town* 4,340 4,135 Oxford, all but fire towns 4,400 2,914 Aroostook, complete V . 464 243 Reddington, town to’bo heard from in Washington county, ■' • . * gave in 1839 . . • . . 20 - 9 Clinton Gore, town to be .beard ' from in Kennebec county, gave in 1838 . . 17 ' . 2 Iluotrcasrille, town to be beard from ■ in Penobscot county, . < garu irf 1833 17 9 Greenfield, town to be heard from in Hancock county; gate • in 1839 . 20 \ 20 Fiye towns in Oxford not heard - ' / from, \vliich gave in 1S39 . • 93 41 One town in Hancock and three : ’ ' in Penobscot not heard from, • and no means of ascertainingprevious votes* but will give about ■ : " . " . . 75maj, ; Total/ 45.449 45,333 Difference against Kent, 110

Jst. District. Roiikrt Dale Owes, of Posey, 2d. “■ IIksrv Sei-riist, of I’nlnatp. J. “ Thomas .1. Hk.suiv, of Chirk. 4ih- .“ .Lins L. Roiiinnon, of HihIi. full, “ Andrew KenM uv,of Delaware, Uth. “ William J. Peasi.cc, of Shelby. 7th. “ Jons M. Lejios, of Lapono.

Maine.—Wc expected ere our paper went to prose, to have been able to giro euma satisfactory account of I ho Governor’s election in Maine, but Iiavo been disappointed. The Federalists, it appears, have elected a majority of Congressmen; but from a table of the returns as far as heard, winch will bo found in another column,. \re arc dtspoecd to think (here is no doubt of.the election of Fairfield, the Democratic .candidal© for Governor, by a small majority —say from'one lo two hundred. . '

"The Daily News, published al Brooklyn, N. V., says:—‘We tire informed by a gentleman on irlioic word wo have I ho utmost confidence, that the fairs of a house in New York, engaged in the wollon business, have been this'full /ram $:t,i;00 to $0,(100 per day, which is a great increase over their business of last year.’. “In ■ Boston, 'money is so plenty, that $5,000 have been collected at the Ladies' Fair for mere trifles; and, according to the Boston Transcript, the rush for tickets to see Fanny Elseler, at thj> theatre, was, such, that $502 was paid ns premium for the choice of boxes.

Laxd Slide,—A correspondent of tho NewOrleuus Dec, writing from Plaqueuiine under dale of the 1th ult. says: “We are in tlio midst of desolation: llie whole levee in Iron; of the town is gone; my newspaper office has taken a trip down tho river in company with several other buildings, and i have only had time to save the materials of (he printing establishment.'. 1 am completely exhausted with fatigue and beg you to excuse my.not giving mote ample details of this public calamity. lean merely'add-in a few words, that more than eight arpcnls front, by an average depth of about 300 feet, has been carried away, and it is my opinion that it will not stop there, for every thing, seems to indicate that the ground will continue to slide for several years to come.’*

Alabama,— The official returns from Alabama enow that she has given an increased aggregate Democratic majority, to the inno of nearly 9,000. • ‘(Boys, do you hear that!”

Great meeting of the Xew York Merchants at . the Exchange.'

We learn from the Now Era that on Friday afternoon, "the' 18th ultimo, pursuant to a call published in the Democratic papers of the city, the Merchants assembled in great 'numbers at the Exchange tor pxpresa-tbeir unanimous determination to support tlie present' Administration. The space before the Exchange, says the New Era, was densely crowded before the-hour of meeting, and at 2 o’clock an organization look place by the appointment of Geo. Douglass, as President of the meeting. Vice Pbesidests.— Robert Centre, Moses Taylor, Silas Wood, James Lee, Daniel Stanton, WiUiatri Chamberlain, Edibgham. Townsend, Edward U. NicoII, Charles A. Jackson, J. L. A;'McCracken, Joseph Alexander, Ira D. Hawley, Eli llart, Andrew Carrtgan, and the following gentlemen as Secretaries,— Ruel Smith, J, M. McCullough, Henry Smith, John Fawks, William. H. Wright;' Ilorace-Urowtt A. P. Stanton, Thomas MorreI,.\Vm. I. Staples, and Oliver M. Lawrence. ' The Hon. Silas Wright was then introduced to (he meeting, nod spoke at great lengthy He reviewed the course of the present administration in rererenco. tp the sub treasury Bill, and made a calm, eloqucntV and dispassionate appeal to the merchants of New York upon .the leading qiirilious which agitate the counliy. The source of the mischief which'had been fell silently but fatally working in all tbe departments of trade t were traced back in a masterly manner, to the effect .produced by the expansion and contraction exercised by the banks. - The Speaker then tqok up the question of a National Bank, having understood (as. he said) that U would form a leading feature in the policy of the Harrison adminin mien, if the General should be elected, and descanting upon the power' which it exercised upon the commercial .interest* of the country. His vindication of the Sab Treasury; tram British Whig slanders, and the charge of creating a government patronage were powerful and successful in the extreme, and were responded to with tho greatest enthusiasm. .. In conclusion, Sir. Wright asked, whether it was better to stand firm to & man who had been tried, tested, and found faithful, or to one whosd principles they did not know, or if tbey did, they were never told by him.

Stop that bawl.—Wo arc inclined to think the firlng atjU. njoicing ofthe Whigs on Saturday. evening, for the result of the Governor's election in Maine, wa's rather pram at arc. The little man who jumped so high and cut so many anile capers on (he occasion, has played .the very deuce with the Whigs, ilismoihcrshould have kept him in, •

“In the city of Mobile, two hundred now houses have been built this season. In our own city, twenty-two new and splendid stores have sprung tip, like a feat of.magic, from the ashes of the great conflagration which occurred last spring—all opening, alive with business, as if nothing had happened, “In St. Louis, the Argus assures us that journeymen carpenters receive two dollars per day, and so do nearly all of the numerous journeymen mechanics of every profession. ‘We think it sate la say,’ observes the Argus, ‘that more of the journeymen of tlie different mechanical professions receive onr t than under $3,00 per day for their labor. - All Journeymen pi inters receive $2,00 a day, amt many much more—the pressnun who prints this paper, receives three dollars per day for every day he works, and that is too frequently ieren in a week. Journeymen tailors can average nearly four dollars a day. Stump speaking blacksmiths, who labor at the political, instead of, and to the steady and continued neglect of, the shop bellows, And wages low and employment scarce. “ ‘More buildings are progressing at this lime towards completion than were ever seen before at one time in St. Louts. This affords excellent and abundant employment to till who are-wil-ling to work. At this time of hurry and bustle the lozy, and the trifling, and the worthless, find it difficult to obtain employment, for the time of employers is too precious to be wasted upon such objects; but tbe hand of the industrious wonderfully prosper. The “sky looks bright”—llarrisouisni dues not effect, nor hard cider stultify JHm. Ilia country is his idol' and humbug his abhorrence. “‘Every where labor appears to receive, a proper reward—all branches ot industry seem to bo flourishing and affording their pursuers competence and wealth. Yet ruin, disaster, beggary, and famine arc to flow from the blighting influence of (ho Sub-Treasury law. Wages are id be reduced, say the'' bard cider and coon skin advoca£||, to a shilling a day, and the laborer is to bo deprived of meal.

Fine is New Orleans.—Wo learn from, the Native American that a portion of lbs. roof in the rear and the attic story of the deft wing of that splendid edifice, the Su Charles Exchange, was destroyed by fire on the morning' of the lltH September.. The Exchange was insured to the amount of*$300,000,; The repairs can be .per* icctcd, says the American, at an expense nolex • cceding $10,000.' :• ' - •. '• Immediately after the alarm.at the Exchange, another fire broke ouViri ; lhercarof the lower cotton.press, in the third Manicrpatity, destroying three smalt frame dwellings and ono of tho sheds of . the cotton press. Loss estimated -at $8,000. . : . .. V- ' ' • : '

Federal Sentiment.— John Adams uttered din following sentiment, which breathes tho very essence of Federalism; ■ * ;

We quietly called for a glass of punch—discussed ju merits, and departed,— Statesman,

ha! Quietly, no doubt, you look'the liquor; blip how quietly you retired is another question, aint it Bob!

“The continuation of row£a.[in the hands of of the rich] will ho as curtain [in a Republican as an.llercditary Government,] but it Hill be accomplished by corruption’, which is worse than continuation by birth; and if corruption cannot etiVcUtbe continuation, tedilim and rebellion will be resorted to; for.a-DEGRADED, DISAPPOINTED, RICH and ILLUST1UOUS FAMILY would, at any time, annihilate Heaven and Earth, if h could, rather than fail in carrying Us point.” , ■ ' : ■ • ■ The same school of Federalists, i.‘ eMho selfstyled Whig party, are now making their last desperate,' gasping struggle for power,' nnd.it would seem that their acts and doings precisely accord with tho foregoing sentiment from their old prototype and leader. .

iitvito the particular attention of our .readers to an article in this day’s paper, from the Rochester Republican, headed "Scheme of the leading' Harrison Whigt ami {he English Jlritineracy,/or the subjugation of the matt of the dmerican People," Jt embraces a communication from the New Era, published al New York, in which Is embodied an extract of a letter from England to a commercial gentleman of that city* which must bo astounding to fivary American citizen. Let the farmer, the mechanic, the laboring man, and in short every individual in Switzerland county, old and young, read it and mark well its meaning. The influence of British aristocracy is brought to bear against the Democracy of America in the approaching Presidential contest, and Freemen who value the political mstitulions.of our country and the prosperity of a free people, will be roused with indignation at this base attempt to subjugate them to the will of a British monied power. Again we say, read the article alluded to, and carefully scan the motives which have induced the united exertion of the British interests of this country and England’to promote the election of the Federal candidate. General William Henry Harrison, to the Presidency. Read! read!! read!!!

ftj-In the last number of the Salesman wo find an article transferred from the National Intelligencer, the Federal organ at Washington, which asserts as a policy of Mr. Van Bbren and the Democratic party, that they are in favor of collecting the dues of Government by direct taxation. No such doctrine lias ever been promulgated by the Democratic party, nor even advanced by the President; and we defy’ ournetghr borto prove the contrary. ; - .

's'.' t " • • , mma - ( . * • • ' ‘ ' *- 1 Ab^atulated.—The Cincinnati Times of tbo 31st says: “Ford & Brothers, brokers on Third at., wbb \yero to redeem the issues of the St. Joseph Railroad C.o. have, it js rumored, followed in the fodUteepa of Gra?ee,'or the Ohio and Cincinnati Loan office, and sloped to ‘ parts unknown.”, Look out for iroAen ahead. ' -

Illinois.—By a statement made out from the official returns on file in the office of the Secretary of State, it appears that the followin' is a true statementof the Democratic majority given at tho recent election Iti Illinois:’ ’*'■ 1st district. Democratic dwjorily, . 5,097 2d V “ ** 1,005 \ ; 7,003 3d districtj Federal majority, 230 Democratic majority in the State, ,. -. 6,823 A correspondent, writing to the Washington Globe, rays:— > :/■ • *■ “You will perceive .that the Democratic, majority of the popular vote fis nr thousand eight hundred and /we«iy-/Ar«, and we shall be able,to reach from eight to ten. thousand.in'Novdihber. The Democracy of, Illinois to put forth' their strength'. Tho candidatei for electors are addressing the -people in’every part of tlie State. One of them, the Hon. Isaac P. Walker, has already visited most of the counties. He commands largo assemblies of the people to hear him, and in a most eloquent manner exposes the conduct of the motley crew under Harrison. Our people arc possessed of the right, spirit. All that is wanting is exertion on the part of Democracy to insure success every where.”

; “They '/allowed in the foolilept 1 of Price and * StcoWwo'ul loo',. .- • .Whtlo'the log cabin lings again, with old : • , >; “Boys, did.'you i hear that little brass baH'pup bark on Saturday-ovening!” ’

The meeting was then addressed by Benjamin F, Butler,'Esq.,'in anelotjnVnt and impressive manner, and spirited resolutions expressive of the'feelings of the meeting were unanimously adopted. .The whole affair was a complete triumph. In the very hotbed of the moneyed aristocracy and in the neighborhood of the Banks, (hemen whom tbo'BrUish Whig# represented as depressed bantrdpt, and ruined by the acts of (lie administration, convened together to give tlie lieV to tlie piUablo ehhder. The mer-' chants of New York have spoken out nobly and boldly;—Interestedas they are deeyty and entirely in the success of trade and commerce, they have said that neither are in danger froth the hands of the administration, and arc prepared at the forthcoming contest, to resist to the last eyery attempt to establish a dynasty, bought by, and sold to, a British" power.* The resolutions passed at the meeting were found loo long for insertion in our paper crowded aa.onr columns necessarily are, with important and interesting mailer.

Cor,. II. AI. Johnson; the real Hero of the Thames, is about making a tour through this Stale, la addition to Hie appointments heretofore made, we-perceive from a notice in the Indiana Democrat, ho will meeting fellow-citi-zens at Rockville on the 20th; at Terrc-llaute on the 2lst; at Carlisle on tbo 2Jd; and at Vincennes on the 2-lth of the present month.'

■“Vell. vot ov-it. The Viga were only.rejoicing. ai the defeat of M rl Smi th in Maine, by.that ran kA bo 1 ill on is t,'Fessenden.” • '

“‘When Government collects, its revenues, instead of .paying them out ofllio hands of the receivers, it must pay them out’ of banka, or wages will he reduced, the country injured, dee.! Can anything bo more fallacious, or more abeurd/”

Tennessee.—A gentleman writing from Knoxville, Tennessee,, to ,a : friend inthojeast,Bays:— “That wo shall carryjEast Tennessee Ihaveno doubt, and wtth U lhe'Sute,by from7 tq\lO,bD0 majority. Our friends may depend on thtsi The State is ■positively as. safe far Mr. Voh Burenas though U had voVed.: I-knpw. whereof I write, arid 1 also know.-that any contrary representation iA only inie tided for effect abroad.” t

. As Col.'Johnson intends visiting different portions of the State, would it not be expedient for the Democracy of this county to call a meeting at an early day and taka some' steps to insure the presence of the war-worn veteran among os. The Vice President has many friends in this section, and should he pay us a visit we tire sure he would meet with a hearty welcome from'the people of old Switzerland. We doubt not there are many well-meaning, honest Whigs among tis who would lake the old Patriot and soldier, cordially by the hand, and.hail him as the real “lighting Hero of the Thames.”

A coon one.— The Salem Observer relates the following incident, which is said to have, occurred at the Ladies' Fair in Boston.. Among the numerous visitors, was a noble-hearted jolly tar, who, after having wandered about for some time, viewing the rich and varicdartlcles of exhibition, suddenly came to the tabic of a lovely and rich young lady—when Jack, after viewing the table and eying (ho lovely damsel, could refrain no longcr. and said to a friend near by: ‘I swear, I would give twenty dollais to kiss that girl. 1 No sooner said than done. ‘You may,* said the young lady, timidly stepping forward, and receiving a sweet kiss—Jack, nothing daunted, planked the money, and left, feeling that ho had made a good bargain.

03“ The Statesman announces the important intelligence that “our newly elected Representative,” the Rev. II. J. Durbin, will make a political speech at AUctiEville on the 10th instant. Wonder if “our newly elected Representative” will declare the same singular notions about banks and banking at Allensville, that he did on a certain occasion at Patriot—the only declaration of policy ho was heard to express during the wliolc canvaes! Then the Rev. gentleman was for having bank loans made liberally to produce dealers, not for Meir benefit, ho said, (for they were, generally mined by them,)buifor the good of farmers. I

' The fall rains have set'in, and that too .in good earnest j as tbo mud in cur streets bear ample testimony. . ,

Remarkable.— The Chicago Democrat says, Mho difference between single people’s living at the East and at tbo West is, that at the West ladies can have any gentlemen they please. But at the East, the gentlemen can have any lady they please.* w ’Tii strange*what difference there should be, ’Twist tweedledum and tweedledco.”

Jackson’s Timely Wabmno. —The Belfast (Rep.) Journal says:—

Gen. Jackson in. his farewell address'to the people of the United States warned the laboring mao against laying down his arras too soon.- The money barons, he said, would make* one more prodigious effort to enslave those who labor. Nor money, nor pains, nor means of any kind do they spare to do this. Jackson saw the desperate game, and gave the timely warning.

Forced Life op Mr. Van Bures.— Sketches of tho Presidents have recently been published in Vermont, by a Mr. Lincoln, in which Mr. Van Suren ia most grossly misrepresented through-, out. The biography has been compared With Holland’s, ai:d it is found to bo totally false.

Tho learned “newly elected Representative” of Switzerland county must have been actuated by his own experience, when he.dclivercd himself of this wise essay on banking. If we misnot lie has been a pretty extensive dealer in produce himself, and for ought we know may have “ walked into the affections of the banks” to some considerable extent. However, ;ba that as it may; if so the farmpr has. not fared as wolf in the transaction as contemplated by bis doctrine. If madame rumor speaks the truth, the “niiu” of our “newly elected RcproselU alive,” from this cause, lias resulted in his taking Care of number onci. Docs tho Rov..gentloman takel

Tnc La'dies* Fair is Boston.— This Fair, tho object of which is to provide foods for completing the Bunker Hill ftfdnuraent, it is said, will probably yield a nett sum of $5,000. ,

A Mississippi paper says;—“The immense amount of money, stolen from tho Government by Swartwout and other Whigs, show, that if the party have all the decency and lalenlt, they llare not all the virtuo and honesty. 1 * As a general rule, the Federal leaders do not- censuro their brethren: for stealing from the government, but for being delected in the theft.

Sunday Mercury is one of the finest sheets for u tcrapt t efitpt and paringt,” cut of the mountains. We hope the editors won’t lake offence at this.

Thera is a man by tho name of Smith, travelling under the garb of a preacher of-lhc Gospel, doctor, garden seed pedlar, &c., vending these fllaodroua publications. Tho title of the work ia “Xuico/n'i Lira of ihePrctidenUf

Old Hamilton Farmers.— The Cincinnati Advertiser says: “At a bam raising in Sycamore township, on the i5tli inat., 30 farmers present, and but 2 whigs!' And another on .tho 18th, with 17 present, and but 1 ♦ whig!? The yeomanry support Democracy!* - J. P. *‘

During the month of August, G ships, 5 barks, 2 brigs, and 1 schooner, engaged in the whale trade, have arrived at the various ports of the United States, bringing 9,030 barrels of sperm oil, and 11,326 barrels of' whale oil—total 692, 412 gallons.

editor of tjio Statesman, in, his last number, publishes a few garbled extracts from Holland s Life of Van Huron, anil endeavors to make.it appear that the President voted for and is in favor of negro suffrage. ’ '

Census— In taking the census of the dthTward of the city of Cincinnati, says tho deputy Marshal j “1 found a mother of 35 years of age, with a bod of IF years. I have also met; .since 1 commenced the grandmother of 31, and another of 20 years. 11 They must have married young, tpiilcjoung indeed.

■■ A good rulo for woman’s .deportment snd instruction both, is to talk a little more with men, and a little less with women.

♦ GtvciAo/ child a gourd of ciderl”

The editor's for lying is so well known by the people hereabou t*, that *ucb wilful perversions of truth'-against Mr. Van Burcn, fall harmless tit his feet. ’ ■ -

Tho Britaijia steamship lately made a voyage from Halifax to Liverpool in some hours less than ten days. ‘

.. U, S. Bank stock has been going down, down, down!' In Philadelphia, it* t& dojvn to ,-$04a05 per share. ,* ; ’' ‘ ' ‘

Tho.nose is of great use as a handle to the face. A pump has a handle, and a teapot has a handle, ana why should not a man’s face, have t handle £