Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 25, Number 42, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 November 1834 — Page 1

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VOL. XXV. VINCENNES, (IA.) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1834. NO. 42. BY ELIHU STOUT.—Main Street...........Price TWO DOLLARS per year, payable in advance; TWO DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS if not paid until the expiration of the year.

BATTLE OF THE THAMES. The following correspondence which originally appeared in the Indiana Democrat of the 17th October, last, I had intended giving in my paper of last week, but the copy was mislaid, and its publication necessarily deferred to the present time. —[Ed. Sun. Great Crossing, 1st Oct. 1834. Gentlemen,—l have this day received your invitation to attend the celebration of the Battle of the Thames, on the 4th (the 5th being on Sunday.) If I had received your invitation in time, every exertion would have been made to comply with your request. It is difficult for me to express my feelings of gratitude to you

and to those associated with you, for the honor which you are about to confer upon the gallant regiment which I commanded on that occasion. I place a very high value upon your invitation. It gives me continued evidence of the gratitude of my fellow citizens beyond the merit of my services to my country. Please to present me kindly, and in a manner most acceptable, to all who are associated with vou, and accept for yourselves individually the sincere devotions of a grateful heart. With great respect and esteem, your friend and fellow citizen, RH. M. JOHNSON. Messers. A. Sr. Ckair, A;c. Committee. The State of Indiana. Enlightened and patriotic; may her attachment to the principles of the revolution increase with her wealth and population. North Bend, 27th Sept. 1831. Gentlemen Your letter of the UOth inst. inviting me to be present at the celebration "of the victory of the Thames, at Indianapolis,'" on the 1th proximo, by "the citizens of that region of country," has been duly received. I must beg you, gentlemen, to accept my unfeigned and cordial thanks, as well for the invitation, as "or the honorable manner in which you have been pleased to sneak of my civil and military services to our common country. Favours of this kind have been eo frequently received from my fellow citizens of Indiana, and so frequently acknowledged, that I am unable to find any new terms to express my gratitude. They arc however, fully apprised, that I consider myself more largely indebted to them, than I could ever repay, even if years of life and health were extended to me beyond the ordinary lot of mortals. With the expression of these feelings, gentlemen, I would have concluded my answer to your flattering invitation, by in forming you that the situation of my private aflairs would not permit me to be present at your celebration. But having seen in the Indiana Democrat of the 19th inst., the proceedings of the assemblage pf the citizens convened at Indianapolis. and who determined upon that measure, I ftnust candidly declare, that from the manjer in which they are drawn up, I could on no account have attended as your guest, on the occasion. The object of the meeting is there declared to be, to "celebrate tho victory obtained over the combined British and Indian armies, under the command of Generals Proctor and Tecumsch, by the American forces under Gen. Harrison and Col. Johnson, on the 5th October. ISEV If it was found necessary to associate any one with mc in the command of our army, why were the general olliccrs passed over, and whv, particularly, was the magnanimous, ami patriotic iMielby omitted! 1 ne hero, who, at a most advanced age, put himself at the head of his fellow citizens, at a most inclement season, to preserve that liberty which be had so eminently contributed to establish in the war of the revolution. If I had un associate in the command ot the forces.it was unquestionably Gov. Shelby, and not Col. Johnson. But gentlemen, I had no associate in the command of the army. I was as completely clothed w ith tbe character of "commander of the forces" as the British designate their generals, having an independent coinmand, ''Commanding General or "Gene ral in Chief" as we, after the manner of ,as was Genthe French, designate them iral Brown or General Jackson in their respective districts, to each of whom I was the senior in rank. In the most celebrated of the distinguished battles, won by the former, (that i f Niagara) the contest wa decided by a most desperate char ge made on the enemy's batteries, bv the gallant Col. James Miller. llae vou ever seen, gentlemen, a reference made to that victory as haung been gained bv "the forces under Gen. Brown and Col. Miller!" Vou have no doubt, been often, gentlemen, engaged in celebrating the battle of Orleans; would it have been tolerated by any company assembled for that purpose, to have it said, that the command of the armv which achiexed that glorious victorv, was a co;aruKTsmn aiuur icivccn

General Jackson and one of his Colonel? I j cessful one of the w hole action, and that If the impropriety and injustice of such of course it contributed nothing to its suean association of rank be manifest in these cess, but was onlv the commencement of

instances, in what do they differ from that rf which 1 now complain? 1 will not pre tend to say, that I possessed the nialitica tions for command equal to the uistinmUlird oftirrrs w horn I have mentionedv r- - - -bwt 1 will assort, without fear of contradiction, that all the military arrangements, fr the two North Western Campaigns (that which failed m 1MJ, as well as the one which succeeded in the following year) and all the orders of inarch and battle, where I was personally present, were the result cf my ow n mind, unassisted by Ihe counsel or aduceef any one whatev

or, with a single exception, an-that was ! in relation to the route by whieffthe Brit -: ish army should be pursuedTrTpTestion which was submitted to a board yof General officers. You cannot but know gentlemen, that the laws and military institutions of our country do not admit of any such association of command as that which has been assumed to have existed in the North Western Army; that General in chief in our army, is perfectly unshackcled in his operations, by any authority but that of the President of the United States; that even his second in command, although he may possess the iame grade of commission, is as well as any other of his officers as completely subject to his or

ders (given under the sanction of military usage) as the common soldiers; that it is even contrary to military etiquette for officers of any grade, to intrude their opsnions unasked upon their commander, and that even when asked and given, it is entirely competent to him, to act in accordance with it, or direct opposition, as he may think best. As he, and he alone, is responsible to the Government for the success of the operations committed to him, his authority, within the sphere of his command, and within the limits of the martial law is omnipotent. But perhaps, gentlemen, instead of complaining, I ought to felicitate myself for having fallen in the hands of my friends at Indianapolis and vicinity, who have kindly assigned me a share in the command of the army , which achieved the victory of the Thames. I have not always been thus treated. A work styled an Epic Poem, written and published in Kentucky, a few years ago, and purporting to give the history of our late war with Great Britain, has boldly assigned to Governor Shelby the station of General in Chief of the North Western Army. The venerable Governor is made the Agamemnon and Col. Johnson the Ajax Telemon of the poem, and this not onlv in the campaign w here the former actually served as second in command, but in that of a previous year, and at the siege of Fort Meigs, at which time the Governor was quietly seated by his fireside at Frankfort. But it appears this arrangement of the command, did not suit all times and all circumstances. On the 5th of October last, the day was celebrated by a collection of citizens assembled at the Tammany Hall, in the city of New York kin honor of the victory achieved by Col. Johnson at the river Thames.'- No more nolice is taken of Governor Shelby or myself in the proceedings of the company than if we had not been present in the action, or being present, had surrended our authority into the hands of Col. Johnson. Commentary upon such conduct would appear to be unnecessary, as it regards Governor Shelbv: bis eminent torvirr his exalted worth (both as it relates to his public and private character) have embalmed bis name in the affections of the American people. He is beyond the reach vf envy or malignity. But it is otherwise with me. The object of unremitted and untiring persecution, from the era of the battle of Tippecanoe, 1 have not always escaped being its victim. But now, that 1 am in no one's way, that I am no longer upon the political arena; that my cfiorts are necessarily and exclusively devoted to the maintenance of a large family; it is difficult to conceive the motives which induce a continuance of this hostility. But it appears that neither time, the circumstances which I have Mentioned, the repeated refutations of these calumnies, by testimony the most authentic and unimpeachable, have in the least reduced the number or diminished the malignity of the attacks, direct or indirect, with which I have been wont to be assailed. You have ; no doubt seen, gentlemen, a publication in the course ot tho last autumn, extensivelv circulated, purporting to be an authentic account of the battle of Tippeca noe, written upon the spot and from "the reunion u respeciaun; e witness in in whh it is asserted in direct terms that "the army was completely surprised. That dismay and dispair seized upon the i commander and his men; that all was given up a? lost, when a officer, calling upon his Kentucky field upon tus own command ot mounted Rangers to follow him, rushed upon mc enemy, ami wnn me toss oi nis

own lite, gained a complete victory, and (who has no lack of duty, no error of : ot tint kind, fully to appreciate the anxi- j opened it, and as soon as he saw its con-1 friends of the Bank, their incendiary insaved the army. The author of this in-! judgment with w hich to accuse himself, cty of his mind from the awful responsi-; tents, went to his house, took his gun, re-' vocations, and their vindictive spirit. " Wo famous fraud could not have believed that i in the various and complicated arrange-1 bilny which rests upon him. To the or-! tired to his stable, and shot himself j submit the deed to the judgment of Uio it would bo credited here. It was inten- j tncnts and combinations which tho occa-' dinary considerations of the interest and j through the heart. 'nation. ded to operate at a distance. Because it J sion called for; how cruelly wounding honor of his country committed to him The extent of his frauds is still un-j In kaddition to the democrats shot in was known by every person in the action, ' must be the reflection, that his claim arc , (and which is common to all command-; known. It is ascertained that many of; Moyamensing, we are informed that seiethat, 1st, although the attack was sudden postponed to that of a subordinate officer, 1 ers.) was superadded, in every case in re-j those for whom he has been drawing pen-' ral were w:ounded with dirks knives and uncxpee'ed, the army w as w ell pre- J w ho acted under no responsibility but that ( lation to m self, one of a peculiar char-jsions are dead, and some of them died sword canes, and other deadly weaponj. ' pared to receive it as it could well have of doing his own duty, and (with whatcv-; acter, and well calculated to add to the in-j twenty years ago. Others are supposed! been; VInd, that there was no such troops er gallantry it may have been done) sue- tensity of uiy feelings. I allude to the never to have existed. It is conjectured j "It is a part of political wisdom to found

as Kentucky liangerscmpioyed in me ex - pedition The corps commanded bv the officer named. bein; properly equipped Dragoons, two thirds of which were of Indiana; ttd. that the charge made by the t otheer in out stnn-t. wn tho on v nnsufthe close and desperate contlict, of nearly two hours continuance. B it this attack of an anonymous writer, false and infa -

uious .is ii i, w.i! mil so w ouuomg to mv j bv me aumor upou iue iuunorny ot a w or - feelings as the proceedings in New Yorkjthv Kentuckian whom he met with in a to which I have referred. 1 must believe, steamboat descending the Ohio) that that there wero in tho assemblage, at when the enemy were discovered in their Tammany Hall, many respectable cia- position on tho 5th October, lSl'l, bv the

zens, and 1 am humiliated by the re fleetion, that 1 am tho only successful corn ma tide r, cither by sea or land, who could be tints treated. Would it be permitted in Boston to have the anniversary of taking of the Guerierc celebrated "m honor of

Lieut, (now Commodore) Morris who a-! chieved the victory?'' Would the New ,

lorkers themselves permit the memory of; at least eight General officers present, their own Brown, to be insulted by an- j who would have claimed and exercised nouncing a celebration of the victory of the right of making the arrrangements, if Niagara as being "achieved by Col. Mil- I had absconded) that Col. Stone the cditler ? and yet Colonel Johnson stood in the i or, in a subsequent paper, exposed them same relation to me, as Col. Miller to Gen. ! in an eloquent editorial article. I am, I Brown. The services render -sbv the I think, indebted to the individual who

two Colonels were strikingly pallel. j Both were ordered to execute thernost hazardousduty, and both most heroically performed it. I know of no officer of the armv, lor whom I have a greater respect and friendship, than for Col. Miller, and yet I must say, that the achievment of Col. Johnson and his Regiment, was more difficult and hazardous than that of Col. Miller. The latter was at the head of j highly disciplined American Infantry, and the assault was made upon British troops of the same description, with the advantage it must be confessed, of being inpgsition and aided by formidable battecj. But the corps of Col. Johnson was in a great measure, undisciplined. They had been in service only a few weeks, and being constantly in motion, there was little opportunity of acquiring a knowledge of formations appropriate to cavalry. There w ere, moreover, but few of them that were properly armed for the services they were required to perform, and their efforts w ere directed against highly disciplined troops and justly considered among the best of Europe. To make up for these deficiencies the Kentuckians had to rely upon their valor. The event showed that of that ingredient enough and to spare was brought into the conflict. Is there anything unreasonable, gen tlemen, in my wishing to be placed upon the footing of other American Generals? My term of service in active warfare far extends bevond that of any of them. My heart tells mc thatniy fidelity to my country has been as great. And although I will not dare to place myself by the side of them in point of military talents, 1 may be permitted to refer to the published testimony of Governor Shelby, for the opiuion, that he "had never know n duties so difficult and arduous, confided to the execution ot anyone man' as those as signed by the government to me. I may too (considering the manner in which I have been assailed) quote the conclusion of his remark, that "there were hundreds in Kentucky as well as himself, who believed it could not have been confided to better hands." The exertions w hich have been made to depreciate me, for the purpose of elevating the fame of Col. Johnson, is in the eyes of every military man exceedingly ridiculous. The claims of the subordinate officer of an army for the gallant performance of his duty, can never come in conflict, in the estimation of those who have the least knowledge of military affairs, with those of his General. Their spheres of action arc altogether different. Would you understand them, gentlemen, look at the message of President Madison to Congress in December 1813. He there informed them that w hat thc one "prepared,1" the other "executed?.' If evidence is necessary to show that tile entire plan of the battle of the Thames was "prepared" by myself alone, I refer again to the venerated Shelby. In the letter above quoted he says "Your arrangements for, and order of battle were such as to gic confidence to all that wo could not be beaten by double our numbers." Miserable indeed must be tho situation of a commanding General , if the pretensions advanced by Col. Johnson's friends are admitted. Being invested with absolute pow er over the movements of the armv, he is alone responsible for them. Should they result in misfortune, his reputation, if not his life, is at hazard. But should they be successful, the merit of the success is considered as alone due to those who execute his orders. Who would command an army under such circumstances? o no w ouiu incur uiuureauiui ru;uu:?ui ity. which any commander of sehiW must feci, on the eve of a battle, from the reflection that the lives of so many hit - man beings, and those of his fellow citizens, depend upon the wisdom and skill i with w Inch Ins measures have been taken f . . . . j To one w ho has been fortunate enough successfully to pass an orucai oi mai Kinu ; ) cesstullv executing an order given to him bv his superior, liut it appears that to Hector Craig, Eq. and his associates at j Tammanv Hall, it is right and proper that ( it should be so. It is ifot, however im - probable, that ome of these gentlemen may have imbibed an opinion of me from a publication which was w ritten some vears ago in Washington and sent to the 'editor of tho Commercial Advertiser, by ! w hom it was published, as he assured me, ! inadvertently. In this piece it is asserted J advance of the armv, an officer w as sent to apprie me of that circumstance, but that I was no where to be found, and that Col. Johnson w as obliged to take upon himself the arrangements t r battle w hich resulted in tho victory. The absurdity

contained in this piece, and the malignity of its object were so apparent (there being '

wrote the article alluded to, for another j and recent attack in a Washington paper, j called the American Mechanic. What the motive could be for writing the last, I am at a loss to conjecture, unless it be that amiable humane feeling which induces one to trample to death an adversary he finds already prostrated. I am certain that no man more heartily disapproves of these acls of his injudicious partisans than does Col. Johnson. From him I have ncv er withheld the tribute of applause duo to his highly meritorious services. As an evidence of it I annex an extract from my answer to the letter of the committee of arrangement inviting mc to attend the celebration of the battle of Thames, last October, near Frankfort in Kentucky. The extract will further show the feeling with which I commenced the action and to which 1 have already alluded. I trust that there is nothing in my conduct or character to induce any one to believe, that I am actuated in any part of my course bj' envy or jealousy of the superior fortunes and prospects of Col. Johnson and the other olficcrs who successfully served their country in the late war. Far, very far different are the feelings I entertain. Let them continue to bask in the warm beams of executive and popular favor, and whatever may be my lot, I will still rejoice in their prosperity as 1 would have wept over their misfortunes. For mvself I ask nothing of my country but justice, naked justice nothing that is ev er denied to the meanest criminal that my conduct should be determined upon, not by the voice of rumor nor the writing of men who dare not avow their real names but, in relation to the battle of Tippecanoe, by the testimony of every officer and soldier who served with me, by the Resolutions of the Indiana Territorial Legislature, and that of Kentucky passed at the moment of their assuming the garb of mourning for the loss of many valued citizens; and in relation to that of the Thames bv the testimony of the mass of those who served on that occasion ; by that of your Shelby, your Perry, and your Wood, and the amiable and impartial McAfee (himself an officer of Col. Johnson's corps and present in the battle) who is now living and prepared to defend the accuracy of the history which he has given to his countrymen. I fear, gentlemen, that it may appear to you, that in the remarks I have made upon the mode in which the Resolutions to celebrate the approaching anniversary of the battle of the Thames were adopted, that I have been somewhat fastidious. But I pray you to recollect that I was a soldier from my earliest youth; that there are principles recognized in that profession which every one belonging to it i bound to defend, which he may not on any occasion surrender or abandon without dishonour. For his friend, a true soldier will willingly part with bis wealth; in his defence shed his blood or loose his life, but his right of command he will give up in no one. vuisucn .an issue "he will cav-j il for the ninth part of a hair." B.it if I had I een willing to abandon my own claims, could I pass over those of tho Generals who served under me, several of whom are no longer alive to protect their own rights. Examine, gentlemen, an authentic account of the battle of the Thame?, and you will find that the hero of King s Mountain was neither false to his country nor recreant to his former fame. ountry nor recreant to his former fame, I have the honor to be gentlemen, with igh consideration and regard, your fellow itizen, h citu W. II. HARRISON. Clair, &.c. Committee. Messrs. A. Sr. Extract of the letter to the Kentuely Com-' wi.Vr, alluded to above.

bucliappnbati)n,gentlcmen,isthebest;ney enclosing his own anonvmous letter

1 - ... . ; ana msi appropriate reward oi an Amcr - j ican commander. It is difficult for any ; "" iinuas noi oeen piaceu in a situation composition and character ot the troops i commanded. In almost all other countries the commander looks with a single eve to the achievment of a victory, with- ; out regarding at what expense oi numan ; lite it mav be obtained. The profusion ot blood through which he mav wade to en . circle his brows w ith a halo of glory, is a ! matter scarcely worth regarding. In mv ' case even victory might be too dearly purchased. A partial advantage l the counj try, which would clothe a whole state in , mourning: w men wouiu ueprn c u oi me : j ornaments of its legislative halls, of its' j experienced judges, of its venerable cx-j J ecutic Chief Magistrate, was not to bo ! thought of without horror. Judge then' ! gentlemen, of mv feelings, when I was a - ! bout to lead into battle, on the 5th of Oct. IS 13, the citizen-soldiers of Kentucky, a - gainst an army in position, composed ot

! disciplined soldiers, protected on one flank i dent for "seizing on the Treasury? as Dans by an impassable river, and on the other, iel Webster himself! Why should he be.

by a numerous body of allies, the best ! light troops in the world, and which, as !

ht troops in txie world, and which, as there posted and then commanded, would have defeated double the number of the choicest troops of Europe. I might have recollected too, tnat I had been blamed. nay persecuted, because I was unable, on j a former occasion to obtain a victory without loss: because, in the course of Providence, the balls, to which all were equal- j ly exposed, found their way to the hearts J of distinguished men. Judge then, gentlemen, of my feelings on the occasion to w hich I have alluded, and when I was under the necessity, too, of relying, in a great measure, upon an untried expedient. But a single reflection dissipated every doubt. The execution of my plan was committed to Kentucky valor, and Kentucky valor, when achanco for its proper exercise was afforded, was a rock upon w hich a commander might safely build his hopes of victory; might safely commit his own reputation and the interests and giory o: nis country. 1 he glorious result j Miuws uiai commence was never neiter ; placed. The charge of the volunteer corps of Cavalry, in manner and effect, was never excelled by the boasted Cuirassiers of Napoleon, or the Scotch Greys of Wellington. The hero who led it was not in my view at the moment of its execution; but hi- scars and maimed limbs, afford full evidence that he performed as well the duty of the soldier as the able and skilful leader; but I saw with pride of feelings and exultation not to be described, the equally heroic brother, as with irresistible impetuosity he precipitated the wing which he commanded upon tho bristling bayonets of the astonished foe. PENSION FRAUDS. Several shocking cases of frauds on the Pension Office have been discovered within the present year. An Attorney in Kentucky, who has held a respectable station in society, is now in confinement upon such and other charges. A number ! of persons in Yirginia have been detected, among whom are individuals of high standing, and one member of the Legislature. But the most shocking case is in Vermont. The guilty person was Robert Temple, Esq. formerly Pension Agent, President of the Bank of Rutland, and a man of great wealth, and the first character in that part of the country. Alarmed at the prospect of a publication of the pensioners names, he came to Washington, and attempted to bribe u Clerk in the office to alter the books and make out false lists for the printer, so as to conceal his frauds. The Clerk succeeded in drawing from him a list of about sixty cases in which he desired alterations to be made, or the names omitted. He promised to write under a fictitious name, and left Washington. The affair was then disclosed by the Clerk to his superiors, and an investigation took place in the War and Treasury Departments, in which many circumstances were developed tending to strengthen the disclosures made bv the Clerk. Mr. Temple had been Pension Agent in Vermont, until he was removed by Maj Eaton, w hen Secretary of War, and it was apparent that he had beeu playing the same game while in the 6eriiceof the Government. The Clerk who had made the disclosure w as now despatched, w ith a companion, to k uiu.ii, iu f Liiii; un: nrrcM 01 i empie . .1... . - i T 1

and investigate the cases there. After his j Two were captured, one of whom had tho departure, a letter directed to him from ! madness to fire from the roof, after tho New York was taken out of the Post Office, ! house was taken, and with deliberate aim, inclosing a fitly dollar note, and promising ! wounded a young man on the opposite a liberal reward if he would accomplish i side of the street. the object. It was from Temple, under a j The prisoners, unhurt, were handed ofictitious name. This was forw arded to ! ver to the civil authorities an instance of the District Attorney of Vermont, under j forbearance as surprising as it is crcditathe frank of the Commissioner of Pensions, ble to their captors.

j The messengers from Washington ar- ! rived in the vicinity of Rutland, where the j j United States court was sitting, on Friday. ! Some delay occurred in consequence of the! i consequence ot the I lyismci iiiorney oeing occupiea in a cn - 1l..t.. 1! ! ininal case, and thev did not enter the vil lage until night fall on Monday, and then found that Temple bad committed suicide. It appeared that be had observed in the j Post Oitice the letter to the District Attor-i ... " ...... : with tnc sou note, and induced the Post- ' master to give it to him, under pretence , mat nc would corner it. tie undoubtedly me amount mus abstracted trom the I rea - sury cannot be less than 10,000, and is , probably more. . ives us pain to notice this transacuon, as :nc guilty individual made his at - ; onement with his heart's blood, and has left an amiable and estimable family to suffer under the double affliction of a fathers death, and its still more distressing j cause. Public sentiment will not, we trust, after the expiation of his criminal ' conduct with the sacrifice of his lite, visit me sins oi i empie upon ms umonuuaie and innocent children. Globe. Robert Temple, who has lately shot himself in Vermont, in consequence of the ' detection of his frauds upon the Treasury, ! was one of the proscribed bv Gen. Jacki son's administration, was a leading bank ; IV i, and as vociferous against the rresi-

condemned by those who justify the Bank in applvini? to its own use ftl5Si)fof th-

in applying to its own use 158,000 of tbe Government dividends? The killing of one man makes a murderer the killing of thousands makes a hero. The Peonle of the United States would have put Ternpie in the Penitentiary for heloin? hi mi IT to a few thousands of 'their money but what will ihv An with th VrvlA Directors of the Bank for openly seizins on four times the sum? That remains to be seen. Able lawyers are retained to defend them, and the leaders of a powerful party are ready to sustain them.—Ib. From the Pennsylvanian. FEROCIOUS AND BLOODY OUTRAGE. Democrats shot down in the streets! The murdered democrat Perry is scarcely laid in his grave, and we are again called upon to record a scene of ferocity and horror enacted by a horde of Bank assassins, unparallelled in history of civilized nations. Our streets last night resounded with the roar of musketry levelled at unarmed democrats! It is supposed that at least fourteen of our friends were basely shot in the streets!—many of them we tear, are dangerously wounded!—They were fired at, too, while standing on the election ground. Wild and incredible as it may appear, it is a horrible reality.— Within the hour, wounded and bleeding fellow citizens have been carried past our doors or to their homes! The bloody drama took place last night in Moyamensing. in front of the place of election. The circumstances were as follows: The Bank Head Quarters for the township are directly opposite to the Commissioners1 Hal!, in a tavern kept by James Peebles. Oa the east side of tho Hall the democrats had erected a than tee, to serve as a political rendezvous, in front of which a hickory tree was reared. In the course of the evening, the Bank myrmidons rushed from their house, destroyed the hut of the democrats, beat Air. Bath and his wife, by whom it was occupied, drove tho friends of the administration from the ground, and completed tha outrage by hewing down the hickory pole, and burning a figure of tho President, which was placed near. Alter these achievements the mob of ruffian returned to their house, and tho Democrats, who were inferior in number, approached. Stones and missiles wero thrown when suddenly a discharge of musketry wag commenced from the window of the Whig Head Quarters. The Democrats, unarmed as they were mored in m mass to the front of the building, nd endeavored to effect an entrance. The firing was continued from the windows, tho shutters being opened to allow the discharge of the Whig muskets, and quickly closed as soon as the fire was delivered! At one lime four muskets were protruded from a single window. Many of our friends were shockingly mangled, the firo arms being charged with large shot insu.au in uuiicisjuy wmcn at so short a I distance, hideous wounds were inflicted. In less than an hour between forty and fifty discharges of musketry were made by the dastardly ruffians from their lurking places, and as before stated it has been ascertained that at least fourteen Democratic citizens were severely hurt. At length the doors were forced, and the armed ! I I 1 I I I r i i scouiiureis iieu lino incnlened slieeD -! The oconle. incerurd nt thn m',r,V,t P The people, incensed at the sight of their bleeding companions, and maddened at the cries of the wounded, as they wero Ixirne from the ground, burnt th VhJ j ixirne trom the ground, burnt the Whir i - . - C i pole and insignia, and gutted and destroy - ed the buildings from which thev were fired upon, but abstained from all personal I violence. Such are the brief details of this shock ing outrage, and revolting as our sketch shows it to be. we have rather fall W ! - OMW. of reality than exceeded it. Comment is ' superfluou luous on this second example of tho ; results ot the tnenzied course of th3 J government upon property "Daniel Wehstcr. Comment.—Benjamin Franklin, in the Pennsylvania Legislature, in a debate on a property qualification of fifty dollars for each voter, asked this question: "If the whole property of a citizen consists of an Ass worth fifty dollars, which yesterday entitled him to a vote, but by the death of which Ass, to-day he loses his vote, in whom was the right of suffrage, in the man or in the Ass?—Westchester Spy. The Chinese lady, with feet only three inches in length, has arrived at New York from Canton.--Baltimore American. Suicides, always numerons in Paris, are said to have increased frightfully, owing chiefly, it is supposed, to the ruin brought on so many individuals and families by gambling in Spanish and other stocks.— Ib.