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"Vol. I.
THE PILOT,
EDITED BY
DUFF GREEN.
I. published at No. 11, Waters!. Baltimore, nearly opposite
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TOBACCO. SKIFF ASD SEGARS.
RVTHE SUBSCRIBED continues to manufacture the
A above articles, and is prepared to sel' ™ Uie: most. rea
sonable terms. He has constantly on hand SWESI &CENT,
BMAI.L LUMP. SMALI. TWIST, and all other kinds of
TOBACCO, and SCOTCH, HAPPEE and MACABAU
SNUFF of the best quality. Together with a large quantity
of the various qualities of CIGARS,
For sale wholesale and retail by { INGRAM,
ap2-3t N. E. cornor of Pratt and South sts.
THEATRE HOUSE.
THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs the publie
that he has taken the above celebrated Tavern. His
BAR is well stocked with the choicest LIUUORS, auti he
hopes by the personal and respectful attendance of himsell
and assistants to secure a share ot public natronage.
fhy-A largo ROOM, suitable for publie, society, or private
meetings, is attached to the premises, which can be had on
application to Uie proprietor, for sucli ocMSMins^eiviti-s.
ap2-4t Theatre House.
FISHING TACKLE-A GENERAL ASSORTMENT,
AND BRUSHES of all Descriptions, for Town mnl
country
BELLOWS, for Braziers, Jewellers or Blacksmiths, all st
and at reduced price,, &
g 268 Baltimore street.
FAMILY GROCERIES, &C.—Fresh and superior
Green and Black Te -s, Wines, Liquors, Cordialj, Spices,
Loaf, White and Brown Sugar,, Java and other Coffee, I ic
jtles and Catsups, white wheat Flour, superior Salad and
Sperm Oil, which with a full assortment of carcfuily selected
Family Groceries, will be sold at wholesale or retail, at the
lowest mar Set price, for cash by
a p 13 31 Baltimore street.
FH. KNAPP, DENTAL SURGEON, AT. W. Cor
oner of Charles ami Fayette sts., Baltimore, supplies
country Dentists with TEETH of all kinds. Gold Foil, Files,
lie. &c. all of which can be sent by mail, wlu-n ordered.
■p9
13XTRA SUPERIOR BLACK TEAS. Just re
gx J ceived, a small invoice of delicious flavored Pekoe and
Pouchoue TEAS, to which the attention of cor.noiseurs is re
spectfully invited. For sale by MARCUS DENISON,
ap 13 31 Baltimore street.
C" TREAT BARGAINS IN BIN EN GOODS—I
W am selling Superior Irish Linens, Do. Sheeting, Table
Damask end Diaper, and ltamask Table Cloths, at unprece
dented low prices. Call soon if you want bargains, at No. 89
Balto. St., 2 door, above South st.
ap 13 J. EDWARD BIRD.
APKR.-L ow to close sates.
92 ream. IMPERIAL TAPER,
60 do Medium do
12 do Red envelope do
For sale by JAMES BRUNDIGE,
ap 13 d 68 South street, Bowly's wharf. |
' COTTON.
\ BALES GEORGIA Upland COTTON
150 do FLORIDA do
in store, aud for sale by
WILLIAM CRAWFORD Jr. CARSON,
ap 13
' GROUND ALUM & FINE HALT.
*> BUSHELS G. A. SALT,
200 sacks, large size, fine do.
For sale by G. 15. WILSON & CO.
ap 13 Smith's wharf.
SPERM CANDLES. —100 boxes prime suuuntr made
Sperm Candles, assorted sizes, lauding and sale by
WITHINGTON EASTMAN,
ap 13 85 Bowly's wharf.
IN OR It fi v. a —A very comfortable two story BRICK
' DWELUS * HOUSE in Pearl street, a few doors North
of Saratoga street. This house contains a passage, two par
lours, pantry and kitchen down stairs; four chambers above,
and two rooms in the garret. The rent will be S2OO per an
num, and possession given immediately.
Apply to JESSE T. PETERS.
Next door below or at the
ap 13 Corner of Market Sc. North sts.
K\V SPRING GOODS FOR GENTLEMEN'S
WEAR—
Fancy Spring Oassiracrcs
Superior Summer Cloths, ribb'd and plain Crape, do
English Gainboons, ribb'd and plain
White aud brown drillings, ribb'd aud plaiu
American Nankeens
Silk, Satin and Marseilles Vestings
Super Silk and Linen cambric pocket Handkerchiefs
Toccther with a full assortmcut of west of England Cloths and
Caesimeres PETERS & BROTHER,
ap 13 No. 55 Balto. St. lower cor. Tripolett's alley.
BRUSH AND BELLOWS WAREHOUSE.
JK. BTAPLETON & SON, No 258 Baltimore
• street, have iu store a large assortment of GOODS—
which they otTer to couutry Mercnants and others on liberal
credit or discount, for cash—
Sweeping Brooms, No. 2, 3, 5,6
Scrubbing Brushes, C, 7, 8 and 12 rows
While Wash and Plasterers Brushes, all shea
Dux ing Brushes every variety
Plain and elegant fancy Hcartji Brushes
Common and fancy Cloth Brushes
Plaiu and fancy Head Brushes '
Painters Brushes and Tools warranted
Comraou and fancy Horse Brushes
Hatters, Tanner's and Currier's Brushes
Hal and Velvet Brushes
Elegant Cruinb Brushes
Fancy Nail and Comb brushes
Kitchen and Parlour Bellows, assorted
Blacksmith's Bellows, all sizes
Superior Blacking.
ap 13
FISHING TACKLE.—Just received all assortment
of superior TACKLE, consisting or
3,4 and 6 Joint WALKING STICK RODS
3,4 and 6IIAZLB RODS
3, 4 and 6 Ash butt FLY RODS
00, 100& 160 yards SILK HAIR dnd SEA GRASS LINES
BILK, llAlll and GRASS LlNES.furnished pergroa
Common THREAD and COTTON LINES, furnished per
ARTIFICIAL. FLIES, all sorls
Gilt, Gimp anil Hair SNOODS
Virginia, Limerick and beat Kirby IIOOKS, by the 1000 or
othorwiae
SWIVEL'S BOOKS, furnialied complete
Also —A general aaaortmcnt of WOODEN WARE, Twine
and Cordage, BRUSHES of all kinda, for aale at very reduced
price, by DUKEHART M CO.,
1011-2 Baltimore slrel, between South St Calvert sts.
Country Merchants am others are invited to call. Thank
ful for post fuvora, they so.icit a share of patronage.
ap3-lt* -
WINK. —100 quarter cask. Loring.' Sweet Malaga
WINE, wooden bound—lOOquarter caak. do dodo,
iron bound,entitled to debenture. Foi .ale by
NORRIS * FAIRKAIRN
ap B j2 Pratt, betnn u ''
THE: PILOT.
EUTAW HOUSE,
Corner of Rut air and Baltimore streets, Baltimore.
rsnHK HUBSCIUIikRS rcspet tfully inform the patron? l of
JL this establish in ent, their friends, and the public gener
ally, that they fcave associated themselves together for the
purpose of conducting the name. The EUTAW HOUSE
was completed and first opened in 1826, at which time it was
furnished throughout in the very best manner, and without
regard to cost. The comfort and convenience of its interior
arrangements, its high and airy location, combine to render it
proverbially pleasant and healthy. It is particularly well a
dapted for the accommodation of FAMILIES and LADIES,
having a great number of Private Parlours, Ladies' Ordinary,
and a splendid Drawing Room, with private entrance on Bal
timore street. !n every respect, the Eutaw House is second
to none in the United States, and it is the intention and firm
determination of the proprietors, to spare 110 exertions to
promote the comfort and gratification of their patrons, and at
rares at which no exception can be taken. The stock of
IVINMS and LIQUORS on hand, has been mostly imppited
expressly for the use of this establishment, or selected from
the private stocks of some of the most celebrated counois
eurs of the city. The B*lTHs attached f o the house are in
complete order, and open at all time/ for the use of the
guests.
ASAIIEL HUSSEY,
F. \V. ELDER,
(Late of the firm of 15. S. Elder U CO.)
Baltimore, April 2,1840.
OA MOUTH WITHOUT TEETH IS A MOUTH
WITHOUT CHARMS."
H. KVAPP, DENTAL SURGEON, N. W. Cor.
Oner of Charles and Fayette sts. would call the attention
of the public, to the preservation of the TEETH. Millions of
Teeth are now prematurely lost which might be preserved by
timely and judicious treatment; those, therefore, who value
the preservation of their Teeth will please give him, a call as
well as those who may require .artificial ones inserted, and he
warrants to perform his operations to the entire satisfaction of
those who may honor him with their patronage, ap 9 2aw
TltUsiTEE'fi! SALE.
BY virtue of Decree of the High Court of Chancery of
Maryland, the subscriber as trustee will offer at public
sale, on SATURDAY, the 2d day of May next, at one o'clock
P. M. at the Exchange, in the city of Baltimore, the residence
of the late Captain Kerr, situated in Thames street, near the
corner of Bond. The HOUSE is a three story brick, with a
large two story back Building, substantially built and coveicd
with slate roof—there is a smoke husc,stable, &c. fitc., attach
ed. This house is advantageously situated for a dwcl.iug and
store, for which it has been recently used.
The terms of sale are, that one third of the purchase money
be paid in cash, and the balance iu six and nine mouths from
the day ofsale, to be secured by approved notes and beating
interest—the title is indisputable,
WM. A. TALBOTT, Trustee.
*I^"OTJCE —The creditors of Archibald Kerr, deceased, '
Lxl will file the vouchers of theirclaims in the Chancery office
within four mouths from sail! day of sate.
WM. A. iOLBCTT, Trustee.
ap 13
I "NOR SALE—The subscriber will sel! at private sale,
the LOT and DWELLING HOUSE lately occupied by
him on Mount Vernon Place, near the Washington Monument.
The Lot is about 38 feet front by 160 deep. The House is
large, consisting of a basement and 3 stories, haviug 3 rooms on
a floor, the first two 26 teet by 18, and the third 10 by 19. It
has a good bath house and etery convenience for the accommo
ilatitm ofa family. Possession will be given immediately. For |
-terms ofsale apply to the subscriber.
Persons desirous to purchase may at any time inspect the
premises. J. p. KENNEDY.
ap 9
SHOE TTIUEA li.
EL. visit A IIEE, No. 20, s. CALVERT STREET.
a Importer and Dealer in SHOE THREADS, TOOLS,
and SI It)I. FINDINGS in general,has received by the late arri
vals from Liverpool,a large assortment of SHOE THREADS,
viz: llrown, Green, half Bleached, White and Yellow, war
ranted of the best qualities: and has lu store a fine selection of
Shoo I OOLS aud FINDINGS, viz: Shoe Knives, Pincers,
Hammers, Awl Blades, Awl Hafts, Shoe Rasps, Kit Files, Tegs
olall sizes, 800 l Welting, Linen and Cotton, Boot Cord, cut
and cast choc Nails, Size Sticks, Shoe Bristles, tec. Sc. Ac
The above goods warranted of the best quality, anil will be sold
upon as good terms as the same quality, cau be had for iu this
or any other city. -
Also on hand, LASTS of every description of the latest fash
ion,and made of the best timber. Duulop'sCelebrated PASTE
BLACKING.
Country Merchauts Will do well to call before purchasing
elsewhere. ap 9 eoßt
Pit t>SI J ECU' I I S —For publishing by subscription,
the (llama ol* WEST POINT; or, A TALE or
TREASON —by Joseph lircck, ES£J.
lit consequence of the numerous solicitations of his
friends, the author of the drama entitled " West Point; or
a Tale ol Treason," has consented to its publication.
This play is a dramatic picture of tbc hold and daring
treason of llcnetlict Arnold, and of the arrest and execu
tion of Major Andre, the British Spy, during the Revo
lutionary War.
It was adapted to scenic representation by Joseph
Bteck, Esq. The original tale is from tho pen of Pro
fessor Ingraham, as published" in the Democratic Re
view.
The dramatist has been kindly tarnished with a poet
ical EPILOGUE, by John 11. Hewitt, Esq and also a
PROLOGUE, by R. Horace Pratt,Esq.; which produc
tion t will accompany the publication, thereby enhancing
its value.
Subscribers w ill be furnislied with the work at 25 cts.
per copy, on delivery.
Qj-Copy-riglit secured.
As Monsieur LE SAGE once wrote in a preface to
his translation of '-LIKE OX - GUSMAN D' ALKARACHK"
so 1 copy.
I dare say there are many good things in this (transla
tion) drama, because they are none of tny own; and
some bad ones which I am not bound to vindicate; and
whoever lays them to my charge will do me wrong; for
without vanity be it spoken, there would have been many
more of the latter, il l had not abridged or omitted them.
I have also introduced several new (urns of thought and
expression, that the whole might assume a modern ap
pearance. It is not easy to make a Spanish suit, espe
cially an old one. fit a Frenchman, for lite antipathy be
tween the two nations appears in every thing. Though
this book be not exactly calculated for perusal ill Lent,
or on Church days, it will admirably well suit Cardinal
time. It is fitted to all shapes and sizes; a saddle for
every horse. It needs only to be tried, and many, who
believe it was made for others, will find that the coal sets
as well upon them, as if tho tailor had cut it out by thei
own measure. The misfortune is, that every one be
lieves himself tall aud well shaped; and yet there are
hardly, any but crooked aud humpbacked men in thu
world.
. ICpCopies of the Prospectus can be fonnd at the prinr
cipal Bookstores, where subscriptions are respectfully
solicited. JOSEPH BRECK.
ap 2 C s R
INOR RENT.— I The CELLAR under the "Pilot" Office
No. fl, Water st. will be rented on| reasonable terms,
Apply at tbc office. ap 9
HOOP IRON—Assorted sizes, from 5-8 to 1 1-2 inch;
just received and for sale by
A. R. BICKNER,
ap 9 No. 20 German street.
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS.
RICA RUM, BETTS & co. itso BALTIMORE
STREET, are just receiving per Leila, and by purchase
in this country, a handsome assortment of Spring DRY
GOODS, which in point of style, will compete with any other
inthecity. It comprises the following:
PRINTS, of new and beautiful styles,
-Plaid aud slriped Embroidered MUSLINS
Printed Lawns aud JACONETS
Cambrics, Swiss, Mull, Jaconets and Incia Lawn
Alpaca, Persian,and Sazouy CLOTHS
D'Orsay, Russell and other Cotton DRILLING
Plain and fancy Bleached aud Brown LINEN DRIL
LING
Black and White GINGHAMS
Irish Linens, Hwlland SiLESIAS
Apron Cher , > . :
Brow . ... c, |t.
"POWER IS ALWAYS STEALING FROM THE MANY TO THE FEW."
IIAL'B'IJUOR E, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1840
OBACCO, &c.—
. 650 boxes "J. Hare's" Sweet Cavendish TOBACCO
jBS do "Keen & Hare's" do do do
124 do "P. Labby" pound lump do
50 do Small Lump 12 &16 lbs. to the various brands
225 qr. boxes Havana SEGARS "Muda" brand
167 qr. aud eighth boxes do do "Jaques" do
104 tenth do "Cizarillo Embuelto"
500,000 Domestic manufacture, various qualities [benturc.
85 bales St. Domingo LEAF TOBACCO, entitled to d
-61) do Cuba do do do
For sale by S. D. WALKER 4' Co.
ap 13 eoßt P No. 50, S. Guy st.
HOLLIDAV & M'KINLEY,
VENETIAN BLIND MAKERS, No. 6 North
Gay street, opposite New Christ Church, Baltimore,
makes to order VENETIAN BUNDS, PATENT SPRING
SHUTTER BLINDS, SHADES,CURTAINS, and all other
fixtures appertaining to the screening of Windows cr Doors,
either inside or out. Also, Curtain Fixtures for Dry Goods,
and other stores, made in the best manner and shortest notice—
Country Merchants and others, dealing in the Venetian
Blind way, can be supplied with any quauity, at the shortest
notice and most reasonable terms.
j>Q[7old Blinds repaired or taken in exchange for new ones,
ap 13
From the Winchester Republican.
THE RIVES FESTIVAL.
The Festival to the Hon. WM.-C. RIVF.S,
on the 15th in3t., was and is admitted on all
hands to have been the most imposing and in
let esting occasion of tiie kind which has ever
occurred in the Valley of Virginia. Early in
the day, about 8 A. M., a large number of our
citizens formed in prosession and marched out
of town to meet our Berkeley friends, who
were approaching about four hundred in num
ber. The whole line of procession entered the
town about ten o'clock, with bands of music,
the log cabin drawn by ten horses, streamers
and ensigns, and banners flying, with inscrip
tions of various kinds, on one of which xve ob
served in large capitals, "I cannot forget I have
a country to serve, as well as a parly to obey."
The line halted in front of Bushrod Taylor's
Hotel, where Mr. Faulkner, of Berkeley, from
the roof of the cabin, introilucsd the Whigs of
Berkeley to Mr. Rives, in the following im
pressive and eloquent address:
"I am happy, sir, in having been selected as
their organ by my numerous and enthusiastic
felloyv-citizcns of the county of Berkeley, in
their name to bid you welcome to the Valley
of Virginia; and to expre-s to you on their be
half, their cordial approbation of your recent
political course. Whilst .such men live, and
can retain the confidence of the honest yeo
manry of the land, we need never despair ol
the Republic. The People of Berkeley coun
ty, in common with a large portion of their fel
low citizens throughout, the Union, have wit
nessed with uumingled pleasure lhat heroic
selt-devotedne-s, worthy of the best days of
the Republic, which lias prompted you to
I spurn the glittering attractions of ambition—
to sacrifice a high and commanding position in
| a then powerful and conquering patty, to en
i roll yourselfamongst the advocates of constitu
| tional reform. We applaud the motives which
have prompted your course, and we have
| seized this occasion to do honor to the act. —
We believe that we have, in the fearless intre
pidity with which you have resisted the stern
decrees of power, and in the consummat „ abil
ity with which you itave vindicated Ssonte of
the most cherished principles of the Constitu
tion, the most undoubted assurance, that all
the ends you aim at "are your country's, your
God's, and truth's;" and if, in this attempt to
preserve your country, it should be your late to
sink beneath the maddening rage of faction,
we have equal confidence that you are prepar
ed to meet thai result with the firmness and
the dignity of a patriot.
I pray you, sir, oil behalf of my fellow citi
zens of'the county of Berkeley, to accept this
expression of their confidence in the purity and
integrity of your political action, together with
their warmest good wishes for your future hap
piness and welfare."
Mr. Rives responded in his happiest manner
from the porch of the Hotel. He was repeat
edly, in the course of his remarks, interrupted
by the applause of the multitude. When he
had concluded his reply, the patriotic tram,
with hundreds conducting them, moved on up
the main street. In the mean time, Mr. Rives,
accompanied by David Hoffman, Esq., of
Baltimore, in accordance with a general senti
ment expressed, passed over to the Courtyard
square, where thousands were congregated
to hear a more extended and detailed view of
our public interests. The discussion wis then
opened by Mr. Hoffman, who, being acciden
tally in town, was invited by the Committee
of Arrangements to address the people. Mr.
H. spoke with great animation, and was heard
with deep interest for abont an hour. After
he closed, Mr. Rives rose and addressed the
immense crowd around hitn lor the space of
two hours. [We cannot, at this liine, attempt
to give evenjan outline of Mr. R's address, but
we hope to be atle to lake some notice of it ill
our next.]
THE DINNER.
At three o'clock, upwards of two hundred
gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner, of
which it is only necessary to say that it was
prepared by Mr. Bushrod Taylor in his best
style. Alter the cloth was removed the follow
ing toasts were drunk:
REGULAR TOASTS.
1. Our country: Our first offerings are to
thee.
2. Virginia: The land of Washington and
of Henry—of Jefferson and of Madison—of
Harrison and of Clay—foremost in every con
flict for civil liberty and the rights of man.
3. The Southern principles of theJPresident
of the United States; We do not gather grapes
,'roni thorns or figs from thistles.
•i. Our illustrious guest, Wm. C. Rives:
yxxl Lafayette.. '\e despised office at
tie expense of principle —"smiled at the drawn
dagger and defied its point."
[This sentiment was enthusiastically receiv
ed. After the cheering had subsided, Mr. Rives
rose and addressed the uieetiug for about a
quarter of an Imur.J
5. Spirit of' 76: Wake from thy slumber
and sound the tocsin of alarm to a nation ol
insulted freemen.
6. New Jersey: Arise, captive daughter of
Freedom, for the day of thy deliverance is at
hand.
7. YVm. H. Harrison: General—Senator—
President: the robe of the distinguished civil
ian and statesman conceals the armor of a sol
dier of his country.
8. The memory of Washington.
9. Public opinion: Like the air we breathe;
purified by agitation.
10: The Democracy of Jefferson and Van
Buren: The former resting on the soverigntv
of the people—the latter on the soverignty ol
a party.
11. An Independent Judiciary: The last hope
of our country—it can never eminaie from a
corrupt Executive.
12. The Army and Navy of the United
States.
13. Woman's bosom: If there be an Elysi
um on eartfi it is this—it is this.
[Volunteer Toast next week.]
A sentiment, complimentary to David Hofl
man, Esq., an invited guest, having been of
fered by the Committee of invitation, that gen
tleman rose and addressed the meeting in a
very felicituous manner for a few moments.
Mr. WM. L. CLARK being called for the en
thusiastically from all parts of the room, rose
and said, that he acknowledged the right of his
fellow citizens to call and his duty to respond
to the call made upon hint. Mr. C. said he
was ready to give the reasons why he occu
pied a seat at the head of one of those tables.
In the great eontest which had been waged by
the parties in the country on the subject of the
cuirency, lie had sustained that measure of
Administration called the Sub-Treasure bill.—
He had always thought that whether the pub
lic funds were kept in one place or another was
not a material question, The great and im- !
poriant question, in his estimation, was, the
character of the currency in which the reve
nues of the nation were to be collected. And
when, said Mr. C. the Administration, by the
passage of the Sub-Treasury bill in 1839, twelve
months since, proclaimed to the nation that the
policy of the Government was to remain un
changed —and that the revenues were still, un
der that bill, to be collected as they had been
collected ever since the resolution of 1816, in
the currencies of the gStates—when the specie
clause, by a direct vote of the Senate; was
sticken out, he for one was content. But said
Mr. C-, since the passage of that bill in 1839,
a change had eome over the policy of the Ad
ministration in that vital matter. As this mea
sure had passed the Senate within the last nine
ty days, the whole revenues of this nation, in
the space of three years, are to he collected in
gold and silver. The natural and solemn ques
tion, said Mr. C. is, where is this coin to come
from? Where, said Mr. C. but from the
vaults of the Banks. Where is it, said he,
but in the vaults of the Banks? If then one
half or nearly that quantity of all the precious
metals in the nation are to be drawn into the
depositaries of the general government in one
year—what is to be the effect of such a run
"for specie on the Slate Banks—what but lo
compel them (ifthey resume specie payments)
to curtail their circulation in a very serious
manner, and thus to bring down the prices of
laud, of labor, and the products of the soil?—
Sir, said Mr. C. the property of every man is
measured in its value L, the quantity of the
circulating medium called money. When mo
ney it scarce, or in other words, when the
Banks contract their circulation,prioes of every
tiling depending on a home market, fall until a
perfect stagnation ensues and nothing can be
sold. Thai slate of things must in his estima
tion ensue as certainly as the administration
succeeds in the passage of that bill which has
already got through the Senate.
I am not ready, said Mr- C. to try the ex
periment of the general government in collect
ing about thirty millions specie in one year—to
try such an experiment is to operate on the
value of the property of the country. Those
who wish to make such an experiment upon
their property will be consistent in supporting
this measure of the administration which is the
test of party. And yet it was strange how
the same man could support the the bill of 1839
and the bill of 1840, being as they were so vi
tally opposite in their policy—the former real
ly aiding the circulation of the currency of the
Slates—the latter repudiating that currency—
driving it back to the counterl of the Batiks,
and extracting by a force which could not be
resisted the precious metals, the very basis
without which not a dollar can he issued. Nor
said Mr. C. is there anv thing hut fallacy in the
idea that this ccin will be again thrown into
circulation. The drafts on the despositaries,
said he, will always he at par, for they would
represent so much coin, and probably above
par, which would render it against the interest
of the holder to present the drafts for payment
and the result would bethat the drafts would be
a currency themselves. Believing thus that
this bill would be fatal to the banking institu
tions of the states as well as to the property of
all the grain growing states —and believing
that its passage would be arrested if Virginia
should withdraw her confidence in the admini
stration, he for one would aid in affecting such
I a result, and thus it might be hoped arresting
; this lalal measure.
I VVe do not vouch for the entire accuracy of
the above, but believe it to be the substance ot
Mr. C's. remarks.]
By the Committee of Arrangement. Our
brethren of Berkeley —YVe hail their log cabin
and hard cider as tokens of their good fellow
ship and pure republicanism, and as harbingers
of our mutual success, in restoring the pure
principles of our forefathers.
Mr* Faulkner being loudly called for, re
sponded on behalf of the Whigs of Berkely.—
He said Berkely required no speaker on that
day to proclaim her Whiggery—she was her
self here, in all her majesty and power. He
would point to tnat long line of fearless and en
thusiastic freemen, which this day extended
from Fort Hill to the centre of your town. To
show her idle, it would be to attempt to im
upon such a county the shackles of despotism.
He adverted to his own course on politics for
the last twelve years—to the character, servi
ces, and qualification of Gen. Harrison to the
suffrages of the eountry, and to the brilliant,
prospects which now shone upon the friends of
constitutional reform. He thought
"Our winter was past,
And the hope that lived through it would blossom at last."
He would offer 110 sentiment himself, but
would discbarge a duly which the Whig dele
gation from the county of Morgan had this day
imposed upon him, of presenting them to the
meeting. He was happy to learn that the dark
designs and ambitious measures f this admin
istration had aroused in the county of Morgan
a spirit of resistance worthy of their illustrious
namesake. He was assured by the delegation
here, that a large portion of their countrymen
admired the political course of our distinguish
ed guest;—if so, they could not be bad men nor
very indifferent Whigs. He hoped and be
lieved that the day was not far distant when
every hill and every valley in that gallant
county, would resound with the war cry of
Harrison and Reform.
John O'Farrall, William Clark, Edwin S,
Ogdcn, and William Walker, as a Committee
oiTthe part of the Whigs and others of Mor
gan county, opposed to the present Adminis
tration, offered the following sentiment:
IVm. C. Rives: —The independent states
mar—his wisdom, bis zeal, his firmness, his
patriotism, bis prudence bis forbearance, bis
disinterestedness, and his love ofcountry, have
secured to hint the favor of a large propor
tion of the citizens of Morgan county.
By the Committee of Arrangements. Our
Jefferson friends; —They bear the name of
Jelferson, and they have brought with them
his principles, his virtues and his patriotism.
Mr. Hunter, the Whig Elector for the Jef
ferson district, being called upon, addressed
the meeting as follows:
Air. President—The duty of responding in
behalf of the county of Jefferson to the com
plimentary sentiment just drank, I had hoped
would devolve unon some one present other
than your already well worked circuit-rider.—
Remembering, however, the character of those
to whom the ill-judged derision of our political
fires has likened us—their humble pretensions,
their extraordinary zeal, and still more extra
ordinary success, in battling for a cause which
alone is holier than that in which we are en
! listed—it is not for me to shrink om the per
formance of any duty which may or offered.
The title thus sneeringly besu wc upon us,
I, for one, proudly accept, and, like Peter the
Hermit, (another name with which I have been
honored,) it is try highest ambition to go forth
holding up the fiery cross of a political crusade,
until the spoilers shall no longer desecrate the
sacred shrine of our blood-bought liberties.
Mr. President. — In obedience to the call of
mv Jefferson brethren here present, I rise not
to perpetrate, at this late hour, a speech, but
simply to give utterance to the lively emotions
with which we receive your kind mention of
the county of our homes. We deemed it pe
culiarly meet, that the county which bears the
name of the illustrious Jefferson, should not he
backward in welcoming his favorite and cher
ished disciple. That welcome we fiere tender
him, cordially and without reserve ; and we re
joice that he is here cherished by so many
around us who, like him, loving Rome more
than Caesar, have come out from the ranks of
our enemies, and ranged themselves around
the banner of Harrison and Reform. With
him we hail the auspices of this day. The po
litical horizon is brightening all around. The
march of our glorious cause is, every where,
onward. Let the veracious columns of the
Enquirer assert that our- adversaries in this
quarter of Virginia have been crowed over.
"Nous Verrons." With proud confidence in
the justice of our cause, we look forward to the
-Ith of March, 1841, assured that the cock
crowing then will usher in the day of our po
litical redemption.
lu conclusion, I offer you the following:
The County of Jefferson to the disciple of
Jefferson, greeting —We are assured that mod
ern Conservatism, engrafted upon the old stock
of Democracy, cannot fail to bring forth good
fruit.
Addresses were also made by R. W. Barton,
Robert Y. Conrad, anil P. Williams, .Jr., of
Frederick, C. C. Lee, of Hardy, D. G. Yitst, of
Hagerstotvn, Md., and T. S. Hall, of Fauquier.
The meeting broke up at an early hour, every
one with whom we conversed expressing him
self highly pleased with the festivities of the
occasion.
Want of space compels us to omit a number
of letters received by the Committee of Invi
tation.
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