The Wabash Courier, Volume 3, Number 39, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 June 1835 — Page 2

WABASH COURIER.

Terfre-Hautc, End,

THCfSOiT MORNING,JPXR 4, l«3».

RHODE ISLAND^ *,*'

We stated in a late No. oT the Courier that the Rhode Island Election* bad gone in f&vor of Mr. Van Buren. litis turns our to be a mistake. The fcWhigs have elected a majority to both branches of •the Legislature, and a Whig United States Senator will be returned from that State. The Whig ma

03* Since the above was put in type, a Senator has been elected, ftekcmiah R- Knight, (Whig) bat been chosen by a majority ot three votes over E. R. Potter (Van Buren.) So much for that Van lluren trimr-ph,* as they called ill

TliifVOICE^ OF WASH INGTON! People of Indiana do you jet holff dear the Memory of

the

immortal WasiiutoTon! Do Jou

prize, honor, and revere tho»e rich lessons of public and prirate virtne to nobly inculcated in his matchlcss career? Doos the warm blood of the Revolutionary stock course through your -veins, and arc you yet freemen? Somoofyou may have fough^bnder the guidnnee of the departed Hero—may have been at Monmouth, or Trenton, or York The fathers of many of you were there, and in tbe good cause of their country's Independence met, openly and in the faco of day, the hired minions of a tyrant Kiog. I', we again repont, the voiccof Washington worthy the notice of a People emancipated by his valor and prudence? Read the following solemn warning against one of tbo chief ubuses of the present day:

The real people, occasionally assembled, in order to express their sentiments on political subjects, ought never to be confounded wilhpermancnt self-appointed societies, usuariMo the right to CONTKOUL THE UNCOMSTITUTKD AUTiiuaiTias, and to DICTATE TO PUBLIC OPINION. YVIiilo the former is entitled to HKSFKCT, tho latter ii incompatible viith all GovK&NMENT, find must either *iuk into general dis' esteem, or finally OVERTURN THE KSTADLISHKD DFTUBR or

THINO*.''

t/ This, reader, is tho warning voice of WASHJNOTON'. What a withering rebuke to the daring body of pensioner*, placemen, and expectants now assrmbled in an eastern city, and known as the Baltimore Convention? With the finger of condemnation prophetically pointing at them, though the lapse of forty yenr«—with the withering rebuke of the Father of his Country, echoing through tho hulls of their unhallowed conclave—— these solf-condemnod political pedlars attempt to

UD1CTATE

TO PUBLIC OPIN

ION"—and claim the Presidency for Mr. Van Duron! Who elected tho Delegates from Indiana to iho

self appointed" Asiombly? Who

authorized any man to pledge Indiana—to pledge her 80,000 intelligent voters to any aspirant for tho Presidency? If wo enn bo thus sold—if wo are all to be hnnded over, per contract, to the highest bidder, in tho name of political righteousness let us know it! Are wo indeed freemen, nnd tamely submit io this daring insult? Spirit of the immortal Washington! reanimate once more the slumbering energies of those whose duty it is to guard tho rich legacy of thy match.Icss valor* ejjju. ...

At a lute election for officers in tho City of Albany, New York, the Whigs succeeded by a majority of about 100: Though this is a "small favor," it shows tho unpopularity of Mr. Van Buren, where he is best known.

PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR. Thsro are now three candidates before tho Peoplo of Pennsylvania for the offlco of Governor. 1st. The Anti-Masonic (Mr. RITNKS) nnd the Van Buren (Messrs. Woi.r nnd MUHLENBURGH.) The best of tho joko ii, that tho Wolfites, having got up a packed Convention at Ilarrisburgh, on the 4th of March last, and nominated their favorite, tho Muhlenbergians beoaroo dissatisfied, held a similar ono on the 8th of May, and nominated their man, Muhlenburgh! These Convention*, all must admit, are great humbug#, us is most conclusively pro von by tho attitude in which Pennsylvania now stands. Each one of the threo clainu to bo tho choice of tho People, according to the cant of tnodorn democracy.

A brace of writers at Vincunnes nnd Mounttfarmel (whore tho two Canal Commissioners roaide) take exception to the remarks made by us lelativo to tho expenditure of the Wabash Appropriation below tho Grand Rapids. Wo are by no means surprised at this. The manifest injustice dono the counties, commencing at the Southern boundry of Sullivan, and running up North to tho head »f Steamboat navigation, admit* of uo palliation, and must bo stoutly de. nied. Tho denial is in perfect character with the flagrant outrage which makos it necessary. Tho public treasure of Sullivan, Vigo, Parke, tcrmilNon, Fountain, Warren, Tippecanoe Carroll, Cass, Putnam, &c., to be sure, is wrested from them, to clear impediments, which are tie impediment* al ««, but we new apprise those •who have been instrumental in the cheat that their triumph will be of short duration. The populous couoties enumerated understand the object to be subserved by tho paltry manoeuvre, nnd, at the proper time,the whole matter will be put right. Theiwrtrwwn* for the accomplishment of all the glory of building up new towns and patching up old esses, may rest satisfied that his odiciad conduct ie perfectly appreciated. Tho upper Wabash counties will never rest satisfied till the "principal obstructions*1 to tho navigation of the river *h»ll be removed, and till they •hall be spared the mortification of making ri*trmrtunm*ef c«mmunication (asu now 'intended) and of storing their goods t« holt?*

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and under temporary shtd* at Mount Car* mtl. If the people of Vincennes can make a ifrail-road from their town to Decker's Ferry (four *t»ile» up White River)—we wj to them "Go ahead''—-©r if thcee of Mount Canncl, by the of land speculator* or other*, can build up S flouncing community—wo wy to them *leo~-

God speeds-bat we protest

4ifferent porpose.

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funds not their's to accomplish all ttus, to the detriment of those who furnished the

WABASH RIVF.R

The Wafcask is now higher than it W been season. Cofctimial fwilhiit the last hasdriven it out of its banks.

IIAS anven «W vn,

boat* are

fUomisiion1the

will suffer is now gvod. and parish of Brick*worth, Kngbnd,

LESSONS OF HISTORY.

History it Philosophy teaching by E»n4pl«-"

In a late No. of the Westminster Review we find an able and eloquent article under the head—^Toryism in Rome -Destruction of Universal Suffrage." It is an examination into the causes which led to the decline of Roman freedom, and the subsequent overthrow of Roman power. Let us read it with attention, and treasure up the lessons which it inculcates. We have room only for the following extract

Under Setvit#, a new acra commenced. This prince formed the design of transferring the chief authority into the hands of the nobility and patricians} but fearing the resentment of the people if he openly avowed his object, he artfully held out to them abait of considerable allurement to divert their attention from his real object.

Under the specious pretext of diverting the burthen of taxation from the poorer to the richer classes, he introduced the principle of the census, whereby the wealth or rank of each individual was for the future to be the measure of his political privileges. He then proceeded to substitute for the ancient Comitio, where the voice of the majority was decisive, a »*w MODI O* COIXKCTIHO THI VOTES, WHICH TRFT*W THS ACTaOKITt 1XTO THE

niSDS

or THI PATHICIASS."

The plan of Servius unfortunately succeeded. Deceived by the proposed relief from taxation, the people seem to have considered their secession from political power as its necessary accompaniment, and surrendered almost without perceiving it, the only means which could enable them to resist the growing power of the Patricians. The greatest pains, indeed, appear to have been taken to conceal from them the real consequences of the step into which they had been betrayed. THE* WE8X STILL ALLOWED TO HETAIW THS RIGHT OP VOTISO, WITH THIS IUGBT ALTE8ATIO!f,THAT TBEIH ori.iioss WOULD STEVES BE HEIUIBEB. Livy explains most accurately the measures of Servius, when he says, *that no one seemed excluded from the right of voting, but all the power was in the hands of the Patricians.' Thus it that tyranny steals in under the pretext of kindness, and assumes the mask of liberality to bide its nakedness. Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes appears to be the only motto which a people can safely assume for the spirit of despotism is as cunning as it is treacherous. The Romans seem to have been completely deceived, and to have overlooked their chains until they were riveted for ever. From this time the freedom of their state virtually perished, ron WHATEVEO MAT BE THE RANI or A HOVKBUMKST, IT CHA3TOE3 HOT ITS »ATUHK, IBB THS WHOLE ACTHOniTT WAS HEKCEFOEWABD TRAKBFEBRKD I IT TO THE RANDS OF AS OLIGA&CIIT. We read indeed of a republic and of republican officers, but the people had been cheated of their power, and dreadful were fated to be the consequences which marked the progress of patrician dominion." "Thus twenty-three years after the institution of the census and the comitia centuriata which, as has been seen, deprived the people of their political rights, the Stale is found so reduced from its former strength as to submit without an effort to the unsupported usurpation of a tyrant and a murderer. liow evident ia the Inference, that the as-j saulton the rights of the Commons bad ruined the liberties of all. Tarquin having thus gained, the] sovereignty, securcs it by military power. THE SxiTATE ABE IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED SEVERAL O* THE CHIEF AXOHQ TnSM ABE MADE AWAT WITH, OHLT BECAUSE THEV DAKED TO BEWAIL THE X1SEBT OP THBIll COUUTH*."

How admirably does this picture suit our own degenerate times! Have WE not a modern Servius? Is not the chief authority of the State attempted to be transferred to the hands of the nobility and patricians"—the office-holders and ofheeseekers? Like Servius, however, Mr. Van Buren fears the indignation of the People, if he avowshia object, and holds out abait of considerable allurement—the National Convention—where it is pre. tended the voice of the People will be echoed Like the scheme of the Roman tyrant, too, the change now attempted In' the fundamental operatiod of the elective franchise, will have the direct and inevitable tendency of making the wealth and rank of individuals the true measure of their political privileges." The farmer, the mechanic, and working man can neither attend Conventions, a thousand miles off, nor seek political distinction when power is in the hands of the patricians! The ancient CO.METIA is abolished—" a HEW mode of collecting the votes" is adopted—which "throws the authority into the hands of the Patricians!" IIow remarkable the similarity between this and the Baltimore Convention! The People, under Servius, we are informed, were still allowed to re tain the right of voting, with this slight alteration

THAT THEIR 0PI5I0HS WOULD HEVER BE RKdUlttSo it is with our Van Buren Patricians—

they still permit us to vote, but their Baltimore Junto kindly undertakes to form orisioss for us, and only expects the People to register1its decrees! God forbid that such tyranny should succeed! or that such a change should be effected in the features of the American Constitution!

"HONORABLE."

This title is now given indiscriminately to every ono—from members of Congress down to those of our Stnto Legislatures. Indiana Editors aro peculiarly fond of using the word—applying it to every blockhead who may chance to get a seat in our National or State Assemblies. We know of nothing to wnrrnnt its use, except a miserable nnd degrading spirit of servility to little great men. Tiltct should be dispensed with in a republican government.

The Ohioans and Michiganese are making themselves eminently ridiculous on the subject of their boundry line. They talk of fighting—"going their death for1' the disputed territory—and, in short, of nullifying all who come in their way. Our army swore terribly in Flanders."

SULLIVAN COUNTY, MAT 20th, 1835.

Dear Sir:—Will you have the goodness to publish this note in the Courier, apologising to the citisens of Vigo for my non-mttendence (with a view to address the voters as a candidate for Congress) at your place, during the lato Circuit Court. I had made my amuagements to attend tome mnstert to be held about that time, in the eastern part of the district under the belief that I should have the pleasure of meeting my fel-low-citi«ens of your county, at the battalion musters, which are generally hold in May. In this expectation, I regret to learn, I shall be disappointed, as no spring musters hare been ordered for Vigo. I shall, however, avail myself of tome opportunity, before the election, to visit yeur county, or at least the most densely populated parts of it, with a view to extend my acquaintance, and interchange opinions with the people. This duty, which custom has now rendered necessary, I shall seek to perform at a period when the formers are somewhat released from the pressure of their work.

Respectfully yours, Ac" JOHN W. DAVIS.

T. Downs®, Esq.

MERITED PUNISHMENT.—A smalt pettifogger, a harpy of the law, who bed carried on a pro-

Stable trade by ftirring up strife and litigation in

Fourth of JalJT.

Puiwantto notice in the Wabash Courier," a meeting was held at tike Court House, on the evening of the 21st ult.

JAMES T. MOFFATT, Esq. was called toAhe chair, and JAMES WHITE appointed Secretary. On motion,

RESOLTED, That a committee of five be appointed by the Chair, to make such arrangements as they may deem necessary for celebrating the ensuing Anniversary of American Independence, and that they be requested to report their proceedings to a subsequent meeting. %.-*

The chair thereupon appointed Messrs. J. Wasson, Thomas Dowling, V. P. Van Antwerp, C. T. Noble and S. Patrick.

On motion, The meeting adjourned to THURSDAY EVENING, the 28th inst., at early candle light.

JAMES

MOFFAT.T, Chairman.

JAKES WHITE, Secretary

BOLD ATTEMPT.

Y«*terd«y afternoon. a young fssllenss of ibis tT, accompanied the Falls Turnpike

citv. iiccompaaiad by a lady, wa» dnviag ool in a gir, lis Tarn pike, asd when about 6ve »il«s from town, h« was suddenly stopped by a desperado, wbo mpraax ialo the road, seised the rein* of bis bom. and dcosadsd bis moaey, oa pain of death. TW gentleman answered this danag appeal, by springing iTS tad attempting to a«iza tb« robber, wbo stewa'ately dtscbanm) a pistol at the former, the ball onnMCn passed through the cotler of his coal, bat doS*ghios no ptntasl injury. Failing tbo* io bis attemH upon the life of the CHtksws, the villain took to h» news and fled. T&s, ia broad daylight, and under all cstcaattaaces* is oa« of the boldest attempts at hijbwny roob*rr. of whicb we have soy present recoHea»oa ai»d it is orach to be wished that measures may be Ufraa far the apptabeasioa of the robber.—Baltimore Paper.

Northern C^ftdermcir_—W% isrrit* the attention of nr readers to aa article oa tfie first P"S£

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been

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rif:

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ftbgauiM, oa which we aAt rdy for that tbs wealthy tsranafrctwrets olNew Eagntade,oc are sbc*t making, a sawreiaeet in

£»»or of Van Borea as a •OKn* tariff states readaad refect ape* Ae afUekA«»i» th* by those who, having stared his COIB-

Sfcdfri&n KiMwkt' "Wife of Mantua" baa been trans- the dim twilight which clouded ths coafiw* of lib tated ialo the Dansah toagM.wsd perlbfwed wilh great sq aaa at the Theatre-royal of Copeafcagea.

THOS. JEFFERSON—GEN. JACKSON. We have heretofore published President Jackson's letter to the Re*. Mr. Gwi*,of Nsshville, on the subject of the next Presidency, and intimating the best MODE of conducting our elections hereafter. We regard that letter as a most unwarrantable interference, and, coming from Gen. J. as extremely indelicate. Mr. Jefferson (the patriarch of democracy) pursued a veiy different course, because he understood and valued the dignity of his place. When about to retire from office, the country was divided between James Madison and James Monroe, as his successor- The partizans of each were anxious to have the weight of Mr. Jefferson's name as political capitat to operate on, and to enlist him as a partizan in the cause of their favorite. The Sage of Monticello, to save himself from further importunity, had the candor and good sense to declare his determination on the subject. ,He accordingly addressed the following letter to Mr. Monroe "I see with infinite grief a conttest rising betwccu yourself and another, who have been very dear to each other, and equally so to me. I sincerely pray that these dispositions may not be affected between you with me I confidently trust they will not. For independently of the dictates of public duty, which prescribes nutraliti/ to me, my sincere friendship for you both will insure its sacred observance. *%ffcr no one to converse with me on the subject. I already perceive my old fried Clinton, estranging himself from me. No doubt lies are carried to him, as they will he to the other two candidates, under forms which, however false, he can scarcely question. Yet I have been equally careful as to him also, never to say a word on this subject. The object of the contest is a fair and honorable one, equally open to you all and I have no doubt the personal conduct of all will be so chaste, as to offer -no ground of dissatisfaction with each other. But your friends will not be as delicate. I know too well from experience the progress of political controversy, and the excerbation of spirit into which it degenerates, not to fear for the continuance of your mutual esteem. One piquing thing said, draws out another,that a third, and always with increasing acrimony, until all restraint is thrown off, and it becomes difficult for yourselves to keep clear of the toils in which your friends will endeavor to interlace you, and to avoid the participation in their passions which they will endeavor to produce. A candid recollection of what you know of each other will be the true corrective. With respect to myself, I hope they will spare me. My longings for retirement are so strong, that I with difficulty en. counter the daily drudgeries of my duty. But my wish for retiremeut itself is not stronger than that of carrying into it the effeetions of all my friends. 1 have ever viewed Mr. ftfadison and yourself as two principal pillars of my happiness. Were either to be withdrawn, I should consider it as among the greatest calamities which could assail my future peace of mind. I have great confidence that the candor and high understanding of both will guard me against this misfortune, the bare possibility of which has so far weighed on my mind, that I could not be easy without unburthening it."

ILLINOIS.

This State kickrfstrongly against the dictation of the Baltimore Convention. One or two of the Delegates appointed, refuse to have any thing to do with the proposed assembly. Witness the following:

TO THE EDITOR OF THE JOUNHAL:

A few day's since I learnt that I was appointed, at a meeting held in Springfield,to attend, what was called a State Convention, to be held at Vandalia. This was done without my knowledge. I believe when an individual undertakes to represent the people of a county, he should be the choice of a majority of its citizens: and if I should be a representative in any way, I would wish it to be by the consent of the people. The motive which led to my appointment, I am not able to discover. If it was to make use of my name in the nomination of Van Buren, the meeting missed their man. If Judge WHITE is to be the opponent of Martin Van Buren, I believe it is the interest of the WEST to secure the election of Judge White. Therefore, if those gentlemen are to be the candidates for the next Presidency, I shall undoubtedly prefer the Tennessean, as by experience I find him tsbe ef the true Jeffersonian school, and the friend of state rights.

I have made this publication «now, so that the public may know that I do not wish to wait until it is ascertained which of the candidates is th strongest before I avow my sentiments for, as heretofore, I am determined to act in this matter as a free and independent citizen.

JOHN DAWSON.

Sangamon County. May 2,1835.

STATK BANK.

We are gratified to learn that the State Bank of tndiana gets along swimmingly. Notwithstanding the expenses incurred in putting the Institution into operation, a dividend of 2^ per cent was reaPzed at the end of five months. This, too, after deducting all expenses. Some of the Branches did much better than this—and we now speak only of the average. Our own Branch, we understand, is among those which went beyond the average. That it will be good stock, none can now doubt for a moment. Under the prudent management which has heretofore characterized its operations,^ we anticipate the best results to the State and individual Stockholders.

The Free Press, at Lafayette, noticing editorially, the late circular of Gen. Tipton, says it is hinted that the rejection, by the President, of the late treaties with the Indians in the northern part of this State, will put into the pocket of a certain individual (Gen. Tipton, we presume,) the small sum of one hundred and ftfly Watchman.

If this be the fact, the public should know how this 150,000 dollars is to be acquired. By what means? It certainly sounds strange that a Senator of the United States could be so connected with the General Government and Indian treaties, as to pocket that or any other sum. As one whose "advice and consent" to the treaty is required, it surely cannot be true that Gen.

TIPTOH

has any in

terest in a pecuniary way in its rejection or approval? Such statements (affecting the honor of one of our Senators) should not be made on alight grounds, or to gratify mere personal pique. In this statement the Free Press may hint at facts, though we doubt it.

JHeft,

In Cincinnati, on the 24th ult., at the residence of S. FOOTS, Esq. in the 32dyear ofhisage, PETER T. CAVERLY, Esq. of this place. A resident of Terre Haute, during the last two years, the deceased was advantageously known to this community, as an excellent and deserving citizen. To a highly cultivated mind, well stored with valuable information, Mr. C. united those accomplishments which always giye a ready passport to the best society. Generous to a fruit—devoted to his companions—the idol of every circle in which he moved—few men could number so many devoted friends. The writer of this last sad tribute to his memory learned how to appreciate the generous sacrifices which he was always ready to offer up on the altar df friendship. Possessing a soul to scorn a mean actios himself, he coald never tolerate it in others. Those who possessed his confidence and esteem knew that, on this subject, he was inexorable, and it added much to those generous attachments which it was the good fortune of his friends to cherish. In bis last moments he was surrounded by friends—by devoted ones and died,

paaionship io Health, soothed bf their presence

earthly career.

MR. WEBSTER.

TP dor political tiew and opinions, l« expressed in our colums, are to be copied and commented on by the newspapers in Boston, let us, at least, stand RECTUS IH ctriuu. before the enlightened community of that city. We wish, particularly,

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misunderstood, in our present position, by tne intelligent editor of the Boston Courier, with whom, it seems, we are not hereafter to act, but whose good will, on that account, we are not th© less desirous of receiving.

As far as our individual predilections arc concern, ed, they would induce us, not only unhesitatingly, but ardently and warmly to support Mr. WKBSTP* to succeed General Jackson as President of the United States. Without agreeing with him in all his political doctrines, and believing him to be essentially wrong in some of his views as to the organization and action of the government, we yet have the highest regard for his

The reason, then, that we do not follom' the dietates of our personal feelings in this matter, is simply this: we believe that Mr. Webster's election is entirely impossible. Every consideration that we have given to the subject satisfies us of this fact. A paramount sense of duty, therefore, anil an obligation to what we believe to he the best interests of our beloved coutry, induce us, instead of striving to effect improbabilities, to endeavor to do the best we can in such a cause, and under the circumstances in which we are placed. We feel,of course, an inclination to unite with the opposition raised in our own section of country to caucus nomination and presideati.il dictation. We entertain a decided conviction that it will be more available than any other opposition that can be made. Whether eventually it will succeed in the accomplishment of its purposes or not, remains to be determined.

In coming to this conclusion, wc only act in the way that seems to us best, without, in any manner, impugning the motives or censuring the course of others. So far from finding fault with the friends of Mr. Webster in Massachusetts, we honor the principles which impelled them to his nomination, and the noble generosity which induces them even yet to persevere in sustaining their distinguished fellow citizen. We did commcnt upon the course of the Boston Courier but it was in reference to its severe censures cast upon Judge White, and not in relation to its uncompromising support of Mr. Webster. Why is it necessary to strike at Judge White* It seems to use both unnecessarly and improper.

Those who are inclined to take up Judge White in opposition to Mr. Van Bnren, may do so, very consistently, without, in any manner, compromiting their principles. It is not voluntary choice of the Judge in preference to any other man, but a selection made to effect a given object, regard inesty and capability, and a re liance placed upon

jje

PATRIOTISM, TAL»

SXTS and VIHTCK. His errors are, with us, however, mere theoretical ones. We believe him to be as true a practical Republican as ever walked the earth. Were we asked to mention a man with whom we could entirely agree in our political sentiments, we would certainly not go to Mr. Webster. But were to desire to choose a man with whom we could agree to differ, and whose character alone we should consider a guaranty for ®ur rights, Daniel Webster would be that man. We know not that we could pay this great statesman a higher complement. The warmest of his friends cannot entertain a more exalted opinion of his intellect, his acquirements, his service, and his worth than we do.

being had to his honesty and capability, and a liance placed upon his upright character. This is our case, at least, and ws doubt not that it is the case with thousands besides in the southern country and elsewhere. We here see that for the opposition to be useful it must consent to accomodate itself in some sort, to the attitude in which parties are now placed. We do not quarrel with others for not seeing as we do and acting as we have done. At the same time we feel grieved to see injurious remarks thrown out on any side.

We have briefly and honestly stated our views on this interesting question. We submit to the Boston Courier, if, as a southern man, he would not be willing to act upon them?—Alexandria Gazette.

LAW CASE—IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. *A case was decided by judge Williams, at Dedham, last week, embracing principles affecting landlords, and tenants, and creditors of tenants, in a manner worthy of being promulgated..

A creditor of a tenant attached and removed from the premises, the manure made in the ordinary way by him, and also attached and removed a fence procured and erected on the farm by the tenant at the special request of his landlord, and to be paid for from the rents growing due, at the close of the term. The action was trespass against the officer for taking and carrying away the pro perty of the landlord.

The defence rested upon two principal points— 1st, that the manure was made by the tenant for his own benefit, and like other personal estate was attachable? and as to the fence, as the agreement between the pliantiff and his tenant was not in choate, to be completed at the close of the term, the property belonged to the tenant and was liable to be taken to pay his debts.

The judge considered the point raised in the cause of sufficient importance to demand a deliberate opinion, and, after mature consideration decided that if at the time of the attachment the fence was erected under such circumstances as satisfied the jury that the intention of the parties was that it should permanantly remain, it becsme a part of the reality, and not a subject of attachment.

As to the manure, the judge laid it down as a general principle,that such as is made on a farm in the ordinary way, is made for the farm, rests upon the soil of the farm, is necessary to the farm and inseperable from it, and consequently not liable to attachment for tenant's debts. This decision is important to officers, that they may not buy wit too dear, and particularly to landlords, that they may understand the relation they bear to those who may occupy their lands.

From the Ohio Journal and Sentinel.

THE GRAND HUMBUG.

^ISfiTerol of the delegates appointed at the office-holders Convention, eighteen months ago, (only,) to represent this state in Van Bnren's Baltimore Convention, for (he sclcction and nomination ofa candidate for the Presidential Chair, left hcrea few days since, to execute tht.ir important mission—"fresh from the people," What a miserable, childish piece oftom-foolerr this is! They were insti

uf.ted.be

LANGUAGE OF ANIMAL8.

The scuteness of the sheep's ear surpasses all things in nature that I know of. An ewe will distinguish her own lamb's bleat among a thousand all bleating at the same time, and making a noise a thoassnd times louder than the singing of psalms, at a Cameronian sacrament in the fields, where thousands are congregated! and that is no joke either. Besides, the distinguishment of voice is perfectly reciprocal between tbe ewe and lamb, wbo amid the deafening sound, run to meet one another. There are few things which have ever amused me more than a shcepsbearing, and then the sport continues tbe whole day. We put tbe flock into the foklf «et out «n the lambs to the hill, and then send the ewes to them as they are shorn. The moment that a lamb hears its dam's voice, it rushes from the crowd to meet her, but instead of finding the rough well-clad, comfortable mamma, which it leftan hour or a few moments ago,it meets a poor naked,sbrivelling—a most deplorable looking creature. It wheels about, and tittering a loud, tremulous bleat of despair, flies from the frightful vision. The mother's voice arrests its flight—it returns again, generally for ten or a doacn times, before the reI concilatxm is (airly made up, JAH1JS HOGG*

JlUrion,^

it remembered, to rote uncondition

ally for Martin Van Bnren and what needs, theo, impose on themselves the trouble and expense ofa journey to Baltimore! Would not a certificate of the 'inrtractians' —a letter missive, answer every purpose? Expense— did we say? How patrioticVerily, there is not a roan of them that does not look to be remunerated for eveiy cent, ten-fold and for his reward in appointment to office. In the decline of the Roman Knipire. the Pretorian bands put up the impenpl purple for sale, to the highest bidder—and the Miatiess of the World is at present the scorn of every petty province. In the still glorious days of our own happy Republic, the free citizens of America, are now to be bribed with their own money,and tbeir own offices. Coming events, it is said, cast their shadows before them. But we trust not, with similar results, in the present instance, for the parallel is yet wanting. If tbe purple was sold, there were the armed Legions to ratify tbe bargain of their masters. But our ballot box it free —and who shall tell the people, reposing in their own sense of liberty and independence, that they have not the power to record tbeir soveieign will and pleasure, untrammelled by the commands of tbeir would-be dictators?

.BALTIMORE XX)NVENTON. 1 On Wcdnesdajr of this week, the Van Baron Convention is to meet at Baltimore. Then and there, bald farce is to be aoted before the nation by a oorps of oflfee-holders.

We regret that we fi'ivenot, for the amusement of our readers preserved accounts of the meetings that have been held in various places for the appointment of Delegates. Placed side by side, they would constitute the queerest pagoit® the history of the times. A few, a very few of them, are now before ns.

Delegates were appointed in behalf of Now Jersey by a meeting at Gloucester in that State. The meeting consisted, in all, of twelve individuals. Nine of these were office-holders and two -of the remaining three, though not nctuatelly in. ofliuu themselves, were near relatives of tho villiage Postmaster. Delegate# f#t Illinois wcro appointed at Vnndalia. At Jackson, in Mississippi, vacancies in the delegation of that Slate were filled by a meeting of nine. At Mobile, a few public officers,with their brothers and oonsius, held a meeting and appointed the whole Alabama

Delegation, tho citiicns of the other parts of tho State not having boe^ invited to the meetings or even notified that such a meeting was to Go held. In New York, in Maine-, and Kentucky, and in I.nuisana, tho business was taken in hand and dono by the Van Buren membersrof tho respective Legislatures without so much as tho pretence of authority from the people. In Now, York, forty-nine members of the Legislature appointed forty two Delegates ill behnlfofthe State in Maine, thirty members appointed eight in Kentucky, nineteen members appointed fourteen nnd in Louisiana, fourteen members appointed seventeen. The Delegates, whose appointments we have here noticed, amount to no less than ONE HUNDRED AND SIX in unmber, a majority probably of the entire convention, and jet the whole number of individuals, concerned in their appointments, wa9 no more than ONE. HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE all told!!!

Render, contemplate this state of things.— Whether you are a whig or a tory, Van Bu* rcnitc or a White man, contemplate this stnto of things. Whether you are hiritf or nnti tariff, hank or no bank, latitudinnrian or strict constructionist, contemplate this state of things. One hundred nnd six Dolegntes are selected by one hundred nnd sixty-fivo persons the greater part of the 10G, who are sc1ccted,irifrp among the 16.r, who selected them: and yet tho J06 go oil to Haltiinore, the representatives, against,and plcnpotcntiaries of, millions of freemen. They go fresh from the people,' as it is called—frosh from a people who havo never heard of them, who knew nothing and care nothing as to their partisan opinions or preferences, and who have had no more to do with their apointment than with the political proceedings of Nova Zemhla, Kaniskatkn, or tho moon. In Kentucky, as everywhere else, there is not ono in forty even of tho members of the Jackson party—no, nor ono in five hundred—-that can so much as tell tho names of the Delegates from his own State. And yet the Bnltimoie edict—that miserable mockery— that fiftieth echo of the dictation of hungry office holders——is to go forth to tho world as the voica of a free nation, ntul all resistance toil is to bo denounced as "treason to Democracy.''

PATRIOTISM.—'The recent Convention of "tha republican party," held in Albany, for the purpose of appointing delegates to proceed to Baltimore and appoint Mr. Van Buren President of the U. S. was one of the most patriotic and disinterested bodies of "republicans," that have peen convened by the Regency for many years past. On a careful in*, vestigation, it appears that the assembly containctt only the following officers under the General ana State Governments, viz:—

Eighteen Post mastersThirteen Judges of Courts! Seven Masters in Chancery.

Three examiners in Chancery. Three Sheriffs. Two Surrogate*. Ono State Prison Superintendent. The State Comptroller. It also contained members of both branches o£ the Stale Legislature.

We find that that body appointed a committee of one from each Congressional district to select dele* gates to the Baltimore Convention, on which com-' mittee we find tbe names of,

Twelve Postmasters. *,, Two Judges of the Courts. Two Masters in Chancery.

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From the Plough Boy. ,,

During tho suspension of our publications we hnfrt hml the pleasure of.vin'u'mg many parts of Putnam County—and, it is no longer a maltei of surprise to us, that, (notwithstanding il is an inland county, and does not possess the facilities for a commencement in,agricul_ tural pursuit that prairies afford) this county should possess such a hfeavy population. The multiplicity of springs—of water privileges—the excellence of tho tirtber, and the fertility of its undulating soil, is rarely equalled, and ennnotbe surpassed in any section of even the "Great Valley"—added to this, we have not seen the fourth of an acre, in any one place, of swamp, or marshy land. This fully accounts for the absence of pale nces, at our musters, so numerously attended by intelligent, temperate, and patriotic citisens.

Recently in the U. S. Senote.Mr. King, of Grorgta in opposing the Alabama 2 percent, billvety pleasantly remnrked that the western states were always hegfciag for the proceeds of the public lands, either for the purpose of education,oi some other object but that lfhe

could

judge by the learning of the members of congress from 'thoKe states they needed no surh assistance, Mr. Porter, of Louisiana, answered Mr. King: "Sir," said he. "1 much admire the pleasantry, the fine run of humour with which the honourable senator from Georgia opposes this bill—permit me, sir ^o meet Kim in his own way, and to answer him by sayihc thnt there aro but three ways of acquiring public lanu vii: to buy it, to steal it, or to beg il. We of the west need it, but nro unable to buy it, so we beg it, because, having no Chef okec lands, in the western states, we cannot steal it." "'.•-•i* mm—mmmm

Tendon ffitttuptiper Press.—Sdniie of ofif feeders will bo astounded at the immensity of thoao establishments. The value of tho Times almost surpasses belief. We scarcely know whnt idcn to form of a paper divided into twonty-four shares, ench share being worth 20,(WO/, ntcrling (480,000) which for ths whole, allowiug fivo dollars to the pound, yields the enoriuous product of two milliou four hundred thousand dollars! The salaries of itsoditors, and other expenses, nre upon a scalo of equal magnitudo.— Thus we nre told, that Mr. Sterling reciovcs 1500/, or about $6,000 per annum, for writing the leading article only Mr Humes tho mnnaging editor, receives 1000/. And tho writer of the city articles 800/. There ure also two subeditors, Mr. Bacon and Mr. Murray tho latter a very clover mnn, is recently deceased. Well indeed may we lulk of the omnipotence of the Press, and call it the fourth Estate of the realm/

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One Surrogate. ,7«W., One State Prison Superintendent. With a number of inembets oft he Legislature, Tbe list of delegates selected by the coaunittgc/ we find to embrace. 1,^7"

Five Post-master*. Five Judges of the Courts. Two County Clerks.

Four Masters in Chancery. One Examiner in Chancery. One Sheriff. C. ?, One United States Senator. One Canal Commissioner. With members of the State legislature, enough to make up a majority of the whole.*',

RHODE ISLAND.

All daabt is at length removed as to the po complexion of ibis patriotic little State, in

to 35 Jacfton Representative*. The Jar

vacancy ia tbe Senate

litical ascer-.

tsinad triumph of the VVhir part v. Ths contest has resulted in the election ofa Whig LieateMOt Governor, fewr Whit Senators, and (as heretofore stoled) 37 r. preventative*. The Jar kaon Go veraand 6aly two Jackson Senators are elected- rnere is a

kaon Govern.

mators are elected, tne re is

Board

of four, ^tberebeing^no

choice. These must remain so during the J£«r, as there is no provision by law to fill tbam. Tbe Whigs havag therefore majority of two ia eack House, and as jh« Lieutenant Goveraoria, a Senator, there is #g joint Whig majority oi five. Of course the election ofa Whig to l£e Seaatc of the United States sscara 2 6

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