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From (it Cincinnati Republican.
CIVIL WAR RECOMMENDED.
Two of the Government paper are urging upon
the people Id resort to eiail war, to prevent Gen.
Harrison from being installed as President, provi
ded he should be elected. We request ever; re
flecting man to examine carefully the extracts we
give from the Globe and the Albany Argus, and
then ask himself if we have nut cause fur great
gratitude and joy, when we contemplate the awful
condition into which our country must have been
? dunged, if the administration had been continued
n power, which could retain such organs, and en
dorse auch INSTRUCTION ARY DOCTRINES.
The Globe says :
"What are to be the consequences of an dec
tion contaminated, in many of the States, by in.
famous frauds, which can and will be proved?
Will the people submit to such an election?
Suppose it should be proved that enogh of the
electoral votes were controlled Dy traua to delea
the election? Will the People submit? will
Ihey assemble in their respective ' States and
DECLARE THE ELECTION FRAUDU
LENT AND VOID?"
Here, the official organ of the President, after
having virtually admitted that Gen. Harrison will
bo elected, asks his party "if thoy will submit to
uch an election," "or will they assemble in the dif-
Jerent Stales, and declare ruch on election void?"
Is not this an onen and daring invocation to rebell-
ionl The Albeuy Argus, the organ of Mr. Van
iiuren in JNew York, seconds the treasonable sug
gestions of the Globe. It says:
"ORDER, PEACE, TRANQUILITY, are
BANISHED, and those who cheerfully submit to
the will of a MAJORITY, constitutionally ex
pressed, will RISE, in their WRATH, if the
spirit of tho Revolution is not extinct, to resist,
to overcome nod to prostrate, the factious and
fraudulent rule of a conceded MAJORITY
The Locofoco papers throughout the country for
me last montn, nave been tilled witn charges or an
sorts of frauds upon the Wine party. The leaders
of the party have discovered that Van Buren's de
feat is inevitable; and they have resorted to slander
forgery subornation of perjury, and every infa.
nious scheme that could be invented, to induce their
followers tu believe that Gen. Harrison's election
would be the cause of corruption and fraud. In
New York city, men holding some of the most iuv
portant offices in the gift of the President, have of
fered a most tempting bribi, nay, have even offered
to "divide their last crust" with a member of the
Whir party, if he would oeriure himself, and testi
fy, under oath, that some of the prominent men of
his own party were guilty of bribery and fraud
They have instituted extra judicial unauthorised
courts, and dragged before them numerous individ
uals, hoping to elicit or extort from them some
Kina ot answers that wouiu give color to the inla
inous chorees,
The Mayor and Recorder of the citv entered t he
dwelling of a Whig, who had token an active part
in electioneering, at tlie hour ot midnight, and with
a recmessness and disregard ot all law, character
istic of highway robbers, seized upon and carried
off the whole of his private papers, with the vain
hope of finding something to sustain their nefari
ous slanders.
Ia the midst of these base attempts at misleading
and poisoning the public mind these attempts at
inducing the whole of their party to believe thntthe
Whigs are the most corrupt and vile men on the
face of tho earth, and that Gen. Harrison will be
elected by fraud, bribery and corurption, the official
organs of the administration enme out in the lan
guage we have quoted, and call upon their party to
assemble and declare the election void, and not to
be regarded. Felluw-Citizens, pause and ponder
this malter. Suppose for a moment, if such a sup
position be possible, that the whole of the charges
made by tho Locofoco papers are true, what then.
Suppose Gen. Harrison to be elected by fraud, what
course would every citizen recommend, who de
sires to preserve our republican form of governments
Most unquestionably it would be to submit the whole
matter to the legal investigation of the proper tri
bunal for deciding such questions. This course
does not suit the leeches who have fastened them
selves upon the treasury and power of the govern
ment. They know that the whole of tho infamous
charges they have made are without a shadow of
a foundation, and that with all their perjury and
forgery, th is would soon appear before an inlelligen t
tribunal, under a coo) and candid examination. It
is for this reason that they attempt to deceive, mis
lead and inflame their partizans.
They do not wish the matter to be submitted to a
cool and deliberate investigation. They know thev
would be overwhelmed with infamy and disgrace,
and they seem to entertain the vain hope that their
party are 6ase and corrupt enough to sustain the
present rulers in their places by open force: in tlii
ooiisn supposition, mey uo injustice to the great
majority of their party: but no man can tell what
might have been the state of feelings at the end of
tour years trom tins time, it our present rulers had
been permitted to continue the exercise of their cor
rupting influences. Look at the suggestions of the
Globe and Argus, in their naked deformity, stripped
or an vcrmage; and wnat are they; nothing les.
than a proposition to subvert the who's of our cherish
ed institutionsto trample the elective franchise in
the dust, and by a resort to mob violence and civi
war, to retain V an Buren in office, UNDER THE
NAM C OF PRESIDENT, WITH ALL THE
POWERS OF A DESPOT.
From the Ohio Statesman, October 30i.h.
'Our boasted freedom is a buries q up, and THE
ouutn itlt 1'i.UIXJi AKfc. HJUM) WITH
AUiYJJS IN THEIR HANDS AGAINST THE PER
JtJRED USURPERS, THE BETTER!"
While we read and reflect on these exhortations
10 violence, let us recur to those made here, by
our Congressman and Prosecuting Attorney, to for
eigner to VVADETOTHElRKiSEtSIN BLOOD.
TO OBTAIN THEIR ILLEGAL VOTES ! !
Le
soth o' pays A memoir ail,lnl
10 tne Acnnemy oi Sciences at Mnnieh, by
Dr. Tenzen, contains the following notice
v.i mo .uiiui or aays in the principal cities
of Europe. At Berlin nnd London the long
est day has sixteen nnd n half hours, ami
the shortest seven and n hull'. At Stock-
noun ana Upsul, the .unrest dav hns ei
fppn ntiH n l,oll A, 11 l .c
V "iimuurg, uantzic,
uiiuoiriuu, me longest nay lias seventeen
hours, nnd the shortest seven. At St. Pe
tersburg and Tobolsk, the longest l as nine
teen ana the shortest five hours. At Tor-
nea, in inland, the longest day has twenty
one hours and a half, and the shortest two
and a half. At Wardorbus, in Norway, the
day lasts from May 21 to July 22 wi'ihout
interruption; and in Spitsbergen the long
est day lasts three months and a half.
Why should the editors of papers in Eng
land surpass the editors of American papers?
Because we are often in want of a subject, but
Ihey seo a tuhjeel in every person they meet.
There's a man out east who ia to small that
he frequently gels lost, and is obliged to go a
bout with a candle and ring a bell, to find out
what's become of himself.
The Batcj Rouge, La , Gazette states that on the
la inst., tho Ui 'v of a white man u fonn flut
ing in the river, about ten miles below that place.
It appeared to have been in the wa'er about two
days, and on one side was perforated with buck shot,
from the hip to the bead; It is supposed to be ihe
body of some unfortunate traveller, waylaid and
murdered by robbers.
Mi snout! Lrgiclatiire.
fcVWe find the following remarks prepared to
our hand in the St. Louis New Era, of the 27th ult.
"The Murder is out." We have got the treason
able letters. Col. Benton brought thorn from Jet-
fcrsun In his pocket, slipped them into the Argus
office on Tuesday, and the same afternoon cut and
run for Washington not daring to stop to see the
explosion of indignation which was to follow their
publication the next day. It was well for the Col.
that ha struck in an unusual number of capitals,
so as to indicate the parts which were deemed ob
jectionable.and excited so much of the bile of Hans
Smith and Speaker Price; othorwise, we are sure
plain, common folks, such as compose the pope
lation of Missouri, never would have been able to
see any thing villainous in the letters of the Lon
don Bankers. No party movement of modern
times can equal the folly of this petty attempt to
distort the correspondence of a Banking house in
London into a conspiracy to bring about the elec
tion of Gen. Harrison. Col. Benton and all en
gaged in it ought to be ashamed of themselves
The whole matter is supremely ridiculous, and we
do not wonder that the better informed men of the
parly here, should express their disapprobation of
the course which has been taken about this corrcs
pondence. It is not in their nature to stand every
thing especially when they know that such follies
as these have placed them in a hopeless minority!
It is not yet satisfactorily settled how these let
ters found their way to Jefferson City, and their
contents to the knowledge of the public. That is
however, an unimportant matter. No objection
could have been made to their publication in the
usual way, on a call from the Legislature, and in
connexion with other portions of the correspond'
ence. They are published, however, and it is with
the letters that we have to do.
We venture to say, that no case is on record
where so grave a charge has been made upon so
slender a foundation. What are the facts ! The
State of Missouri, to pay up its stock in tho Bank
the expenses of the Mormon ecu Osage Wars, its
State House, and other liabilities, was obliged to
resort to the borrowing of money. The Lcgisla
ture authorized the issue of State Bonds. They
were sent to the Atlantic cities, and there hawked
about from one Broker's shop to another, without
being touched by any' one, to any extent. Capitalists
were afraid of them. They did not doubt the anil
ityofthe State ; but they did question whether her
fuith would be kept with them, so long as it was
under the control of Col. Benton, who, they knew
laughed at the inviolably of contracts, had derided
Slate credit, and advocated every measure which
had a tendency to destroy it. Effort after effort was
made agent after agent was despatched to the
East, but no body would touch our Slate Bonds,
It was then determined to send an agent to Europe
to see whether Capitalists there were willing to
trust to our good faith. It ivas a six months job
cost some eight thousand dollars, and ended in get
ting nothing. The Capitslists of London and Pari
as it happened, had their pick of American Stocks
all of which were much depressed, and they did not
care about dealing in a new security, the character
of which was unknown to them, and about which
if they did make inquiries, they could have learned
nothing very favorable. Mr. Smith selected the
house of F. Huth &. Co., as the Agents of the
Bank, and left the Bonds with them. It was
hoped, that some change in the money market of
Europe would occur in a few months, end early in
the spring of this year sales were expected by th
Bank. In the interim, systematic attacks were
made npon the credit of all the States, first by Mr,
Van Buren in his message, and then by Benton
Grundy, and the whole tribe of Loco Foco orators
and presses. The knowledge of these extraordi
nary attempts to disparage State securities, made
part of the creed of Mr. Van Buren's party, speed
ily crossed the water, and, as they were mainly
owned in Europe, excited more interest and were
better understood there than at home. They at
once saw, that if tne Stales of this Union were
to prove faithless in their contracts, they must lose
not only the interest hut the principal of the stock
which they held; and it is not surprising that they
were very chary about making new engagements
and looked with much solicitude to the course of
events hero. In Mr. Van Buren's administration
they had no confidence, for he had already been in
struinental in deteriorating the value of the secu
rities which they owned. They knew that a fierce
struggle was going on between the Whigs and the
Van Buren party. They knew, also, that it was a
canon of the Whig party, that the public faith
should be preserved inviolate, both State and Na
tional. As a matter of course, they perceived the
advantage which the defeat of Mr. Van Buren
would bring to them; and, as prudent business
men every where would do, they determined to
await the issue of the election. Their money was
their own, and they had the right to invest it in
American securities, or not, as they pleased. This
was the general feeling; and Messrs. F. Huth &.
Co. in answer to the pressing solicitations of tlm
Bank for money, and wishing, as its agents, to sat
isfy them of the inability of effecting sales at that
time, frankly stated the reasons which controlled
Europeau Capitalists in declining to purchase State
securities. How they will be surprised to learn,
that their frank, business letters, have been tortured
into an attempt to bribe the democratic people of
Missouri, tarougu their demor.ratic Bank, to voto
for Gen. Harrison as President; and that a distin-
guished Senator has gone off to Washington, full
charged with these letters, as incoutestible proofs
or a concerted design, on the part of European
Capitalists, to iuterfere in tho election, and make
General Horrison President of the United States!
How much they will be surprised to hear, that the
Lcgilalure of Missouri has made their letters the
basis for the withdrawal of the bonds from their
band, and from Europe altogether! How much
they will be shocked at being told, that we will
not borrow your money at 0 per cent, per ann.. for
25 or UO years, although we are paying ten per
cent, for it in New York, returnable in less than a
year, and have pledged two dollars for one in order
to obtain it. After a knowledge of all the facts to
catch Trice, Hans Smith, and Col. Benton, yoke
them together, and send them to London, accompa
nied by a veritable account of all their savings and
oings in this connexion, and our word for it the
.egislature will realise more monev bv tk. .u,.
than they can borrow upon the State Bonds for ihl
ucai leu cars i
Per Great Western.
London, June 3, 1840.
John Smith, Esq., Pies't of the Bank
of the State of Missouri, St. Louis:
Sir: We refer to our last of May 15, and
have now the pleasure of acknowledging
tne receipt oi your esteemed letter of. 17th
Apiil. The box with the coupons of the
lionds in our possession has also reached us
within these few days; the contents have
not yet been examined, but we have no
doubt ol these being found correct.
we assure vou that we are not unmind
ful of your anxious wish either to realize
your bonds at a satisfactory price, or to
receive an advance upon them, but we re-
gret to say this is still out of our power;
mere are hardly any transactions in Amen
can securities, even m the most current
stocks, and as to the introduction ol any
new stock in the market, we should noi
consider it either advisable or even credita.
ble, nor can we as yet foretell the period
when a material improvement may he ex
pected. We should consequcntlv in ina-
kincan advance, lock up our cnpitul for an
indefinite period, and for this, we confess,
the value ol money is too great at present.
THE ATTENTION OF UUIt CAPITAL
ISTS AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN
AMERICAN AFFAIRS IS NOW TURN
ED TO YOUR INTERNAL POLITICS
AND IF THE PROSPECTS FOR YOUR
NJJXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
HELD OUT liY THE LAST AC
COUNTS SHOULD BE REALIZED,
THIS CIRCUMSTANCE WILL CON
TRIBUTE MORE THAN ANY OTHER
TO RESTORE GENERAL CONrl
DENCE. The payments of the dividends
on Pennsylvania stock has produced a good
elfect, but even now that stock (which a
few years ago was preferred to all others
and sold as high as 120,0 0) can be pur
chased at trom 7b to 78 0-0, which will show
you what could be expected for Missouri
Bonds. Indiana dollar stock has been sold
at 66 0-0, Illinois 6 per cent, stock at 74 0-0,
but even at these rates no large sales could
be ellected.
We remain respectfully, sir,
Your ob't serv't,
FRED. HUTH & CO.
Per Great Western.
London, Sept. 11, 1840.
John Smith, Esq., President of the Bank
of the State of Missouri, St. Louis
Dear Sir: We have duly received your
favors ol July 9 Irom St. Louis, and July
29 lrom JNew lorn, and must regret we
still continue unable to meet your wishes
as regards a sale of your Bonds, or a loan
on the security of them. The war with
which we are threatened by France again
diverts the attention of our capitalists from
permanent investments, and all American
securities appear quite foreign. Indiana
per cent, dollar stock was offered to us at
674 0-0, and Missouri, being less known,
could not even be sold in the same propor
tion. IF, HOWEVER, YOUR ELEC
TIONS FOR THE PRESIDENTSHIP
SHOULD HAVE THE RESULT NOW
ANTICIPATED, IT IS VERY PROB
ABLE THAT AN IMPULSE WILL BE
GIVEN TO ALL STATE STOCKS,
AIMD THIS MOMENT MAY THEN
ARRIVE WHEN YOUR BONDS CAN
BE INTRODUCED UNDER FAVORA
fir ti TTn-nir-in.i . ....
nun AUoniyiiO, though not at the limit
you have fixed, whilst Illinois 6 per cent.
sterling bonds can be purchased so much
ower: the price asked at present lor this
latter stock is 87 0-0, being nearly 10 0 0
under your limit. AFTER YOU HAVE
WAITED SO LONG, WE THINK IT
WOULD BE A'PITY TO RECALL THE
BONDS WITHOUT SEEING WHAT
EFFECT A CHANGE IN YOUR EX
ECUTIVE WILLPRODUCEJN WHICH
POINT WE MAY EXPECT TO FORM
A'FAIR JUDGMENT ABOTT THE BE
GINNING OF NEXT YEAR. If, how
ever, you wish the bonds, or a portion ol
mem, to ue returned, please eive us vou
instructions and they will be punctually fol
loweu.
i j
We remain respectfully, dear sir,
Your ob't serv'ts,
FREDERICK HUTH & CO.
Immediately after the letters were read
and ordered to bo printed, Col. Price offer
ed the following series ol resolutions
Resolved, by the House of Repiesenta-
ues, ami tne oenate concurring liHioin
i ri 1 1 . i. i 1 i- . i , . .- ...
iai. iii,h inc uunusoi tne estate oi mis.
souri in the hands of Frederick Huth
Co., in London, be re-called, and taken out
ot the European market.
2. I hat the two letters from Frederick
Huth &, Co., dated London. June 3d. and
oepi. ii m, 1B4U, disclose the evidenced a
direct lnterlerence on the part of Biitisl
capitalists in the internal politics of the
United States, and especially in the Presi
lenlial election of 1840. and in favor of
changing the American Executive.
3. I hat the said letters contain internal
evidence of a belief in the minds of Biitisl
capitalists that the value of Americau
bonds and stock in their hands will be in-
creased by the election of the federal can
didate to the presidentship in 1840.
4. That the said letters contain internal
evidence of a design on the part of the Bri-
nsn capitalists to onue the American peo
pie with their own monev.
5. That any legislation on the nart nf
r .. . . . r - --
uugiess io increase tne value ot American
LSonds and Stocks in the hands of British
ipitalists will be an nlarmihor comnliann.'
with the belief and expectation of the said
capitalists, anu win oea reward to them fn
,i,:- :. i- : ..
wen juicucicucc in our elections, ami nn
ncouragement to continue their interfer
nee in time to come.
6. That any assumption or cuarantv ol
said debts, or any provision for paying them
on the part of the General Government, or
any attempt to appropriate the public land
revenue to tneir payment, will be nn invita
iwn ii jjiuibii capitalists to inteiere in our
egnlalion as well as in our elections, and nn
n lucement to them to use all the mnn
nown to the monied power to obtain the
passage of laws favorable to their interest.
md tending to enhince the value of the
locks and bonds held bv them.
7. That of all the modes of assuming,
guaranteeing or providing lor the pavmeni
of the fcstate debts in Europe, the mo'st h-
ianti,,..!,!- wnA . IJI .
jcuiiiiiiiuig nuu uijuiiuus would uo Dy Bp
pnuting me puunc iana revenue to that ob
ject, as thereby, in addition to all the evils
of an actual assumption of laid debti, lh
public lands would become virtually mort
gaged to foreigners who would immediate
ly leel an interest in the sale and disposition
of saidlands, adverse to the interest of the
people, and would use their influence in
Congress to procure the same to be sold for
the highest possible price, and to prevent all
equitable reduction of price, and also all
donations and pre-emptions to actual set
tlers.
8. That it is unconstitutional, degrading
to the character ot the stales, tending to
consolidation and involving corrupt practi
ces on the part of foreigners for Congress
to engage in any schemes to sustain Slate
credit in Europe.
9. That a copy of these resolutions and
of the two letters to which they refer be
furnished to the Missouri delegation in Con
gress, nnd thnt the same be spread on the
journals ot this House.
Mr. Doniphan said he wished to have
time to reflect on the resolutions. He
might support some of the resolutions; oth
ers he was opposed to. He moved, there
fore, to lay them on the table and have
them printed. 6000 copies were ordered
to be printed.
As soon us this matter was disposed of,
Gen. Hans Smith o lie red the following res
olution:
Resolved by the House of Representa
tives, That the Committee of Criminal Ju
risprudence be instructed to report a bill to
prevent Irauds at elections, with the follow
ing modifications:
1. To fine any person who votes at ti
ny election in the State of Missouri who
has not been one year in the State, and
three months in the county or district.
S. To fine any minor who votes at any
election, and if the fine be not paid, it is to
remain as a judgement against said minor
until he be 21 years of age, and that it shall
be the duty of the clerk then to issue an ex
ecution against said voter, and the sheriff
shall collect the same, if the voter reside in
the county,
3. To punish by fine or imprisonment,
or by both tine and imprisonment, any per
son who Knowingly gives a printed or writ
ten ticket to nn elector who cannot read,
contrary to his known politics.
4. 10 punish with fine any person or
persons who cause to uo primed ana circu
lated any false Or fraudulent tickets, whicl
from their face appear designed as a fraud
on voters.
5. To punish with imprisonment in the
l'enitentiary any person or persons whot
ther give or receive a bribe, either directly
or indirectly, in voting at any election in
the biate ot Missouri.
6. To punish by imprisonment in the
Penitentiary any person or persons engaged
in, or endeavoring to bring into the State ol
Missouri, voters Irom other States, with the
design of controlling the elections of the
State of Missouri against the will of the ma
jority ot the voters, and in violation of the
provisioos ofthe Constitution of our State
Mr. Smith said that he proposed these
changes in the existing laws, because he
wanted to guard against frauds in elections
as far as it was possible for the Legislature
to do so. On this question he hoped thai
party feeling would be disregarded he
should certainly lay it aside himself. In
other countries overt acts, to revolutionize
tne government were punisnea witn death
In our country similar acts of fraud and vi
olence, to subvert the will of the majority
should be severely punished. The Drac-
tice has crept in upon us of transferring
voters irom estate to otate to control elee
tions where they have no right to vote.
This was making the minority govern, not
the majority. He was one of those who
believed that the people are capable of self-
government he thought they had the in
telligence, the virtue and the patriotism to
hold the sovereign power in their own
hands, and wield it wisely and safely. H
deemed it their power to be in danger
."uiuuime proper time ne snouid be pre
pared to show, trom the numerous instan
ces in which elections have been lately
controlled by fraud, the absolute necessity
ol further laws to maintain the purity ofthe
elective franchise and the sovereignty ol
tne people.
The resolution was adopted.
The following resolution, offered by Mr
iiunt oi tauaway, was likewise adopted
Resolved, by the House ofRepresenta
tives, that the President of the Bank of
Missouri furnish to this House a list of the
names of the directors of the Bank of the
Slate of Missouri, to correspond with the
numbers,!, v, 3, etc., contained in there
port of the examining committee, if it be in
the power of the President to do so. If the
President cannot furnish such names, that
he be instructed to lay before the House, so
soon as practicable, the names and liabilities
oi the Directors of the Bank of Missouri.
Mr. II. Smith explained that the Pics
dent was not able to give the information:
when he was directed by the House to
write to the Cashier and obtain the infor
mation required.
Ihe Law of Newspapers. We learn
Irom the Boston Courier, that Judcre Wil
hams in a late caso belore the Common
m... i..:j j .i i -- i .-
i icas, iuiu uuwii iue iavv in relation to a
question interesting to editors of newspa
pers, as lollous:
i. nere a suoscrmer to a newsnaner
:. i.- j: , . '
mucin it, iu ue uiscoriiinuea, and it contin
ues to be left at his residence, the presume
tion is, in the absence of any evidence to
tne coutrary, that it is lelt by the subscri
ber's orders, and upon a promise to pay
for it.
2. If a newspaper is left from dav to dav
for a person at his place of business with
his knowledge and censent, though not his
expressconsent, and if he has leasonlo be-
levethat it is so lelt under the belief, tho'
a mistaken one, that he is a subscriber, and
under the expectation that he is to pay ft r
it: in that cuse he will be bound to Dav
for it, uulesa he gives notice to discontin
ue it.
"Who is that ragged and forlorn critter vonder.
Jack!" said a couutryrnan. "Why that's the Prin
torhe's just returning from a dunning expedi-
Ml. JACK DOWNINQ'S LAST.
FROM THE LOG CABIN, NORTH BlfND.
Ib my fellow-citizens from New-Orleans tn Down
ingtille, and from Salt Water to the Laki Wa
ters, tip and down the country and cross-wise.
Fellow-Citizens : Ever since the world begun
all the hunts and chases tdll'd on in all parts of
creation haint beon only a mere flea hunt to the
rale fox chase that has just been completed in these
United Slates, by the grace of God frae and inde
pendent at last.
It has been known to every body that for the last
ten years it has been impossible to hatch eg;, or
raise poultry, or to trust any thing at large of that
natur night artcr night and day arter day nest
arter nest and chicken artor chicken, was destroyed
by the foxes, and they got so bold and brazen at
last they would come into the poultry-yard in open
day, or any where else, and kept the bull feather'd
tribe a kackling pretty much all the while. M
first the folks got traps and dogs ; but it got so at
last, that the foxes got so numerous, it was jlst as
much as a dog's life was worth to attack 'em -and
folks begin to despair especially as it was
found out that all the younger foxes got their direc
tions from one rale sly fox, who as yet never had
been tracked, or trap'd, or driven to his hole; he
was every where, in every State, almost at the same
time. And wherever he was reported to be, there
it was found all the other foxes was most knowing
and most impudent. So it was concluded that it
was no use to try and trap the common run of
foxes, but, it possible, make a general rally in all
the States, and give chase to this old fox especially
and not give up till he was run to his hole, and
then dig him out for it wis thought if he was
only caught, all the rest would be pretty scarce.
Well, this matter being agreed upon, the first
thing next to be done was to select a good long
winded leader of the chase one who would not
give out, and whose horn could be heard furthest.
And so we all agreed upon Old Tip, and we got
hi in pretty well mounted, and he sounded his horn,
and its echoes went up and down rivers, and across
vulleys, and over mountains, till folks all about
creation got well acquainted with the sound, and,
on a given day, they assembled at all their sta
tions, and put in practice theftio general rules of
mo cnae, capering a nine round, ana navir.g a
few sham chases, iist to git nimble, and then on a
signal from Old Tip's horn they all started, and
sivh a chase, as I said afore, as then began, the
hull created world has never before seen for it
was an everlasting wide and lung country to chase
over, ana no one knowing yet where the fox would
nrsi oreaK kiver, an bands at first went to work
beating the bush. The first track was struck in
Louisiana, and about 3,000 give chase there, and
run him out of that State and he streaked away
North as hard as he could clip it, and knowing all
tne secret by-ways, escaped till he reached the
Mate ol Maine. Ihe Maine Loys were wideawake,
ana as soon as tney struck his track there, they
raised an almighty shout and headed him off. He
then sheared off to New Hampshire, where they
are pritty much all fox and there for a spell took
breath. But hearing the coining shout he struck
for Vermont in hopes the "Green Mountings"
would furnish a kiver, but they were all awake
there, and about 8000 folks jinedin the chase, and
ne remained no longer in Vermont than he could
get out on't. "Well," thinks he, "this is pritty
me worn, ana i m on ooum agin, tor they must be
irienaiy to me mere, seeing as how I tell d all the
foxes tube civil to the Southern Chickens," and
so lie slipt along to Georgia. The Georgia folks,
however, not liking the natur of the breed, had
already called their fox hunters together, and on
the first show of a track they all opened and about
o.uuo give cnase tnere in a most noble stile, and
he turned tail and run towards the middle States.
In passing through the old North State of Carolina,
he finds things too wide awake there to stop a
minit and jist so it continued all the way through
Aluryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania though he
Kr.tU 1 L- I . 1 :I f n .
wmeruu ma iiumurs plaguy in rennsyivania, lor
they dun t underainnd fox hunttnsr much in that
Stute except in alew counties especially in Bucks
county, and that is the reason why in that county
they always have good poultry and plenty on't. So
he continued North. In Connecticut and Rhode
Island they gave him an amazin? close run and
no time to stop or double, and eenmost caught him.
As for Massachusetts, he knew pritty well he stood
no chance there, and so you see but one strait
chaso across and taking a bite in Now Hamp
shire, he tried for New York and run considerable
well and comfortably along the Hudson but such a
howl as met him in the west was a shiverer for him
and he sheered off for Ohio, but that was out of the
frying pan into the hot ashes and looking around
him and seeing all ready in the Slates-some 10,000,
some 15,000, some more, some less scouring the
country and prepared to track thinks he "its
nouse 'to the victor belongs the spiles' was the doc
trine of my party and I may as well go for it to tho
last," and he made a dead 'track to the Log Cabin
at the North Bend with about 30,000 Buckeves
n kin. J CM., 'P " . . 1 1 . -
i-.ci uuu mm uiu Aip- lung ena on em. j. was
standing near the door and I seed him coming, and
now thinks I here goes for Log Cabin mercy and
hospitality and I opened the door and in he streak'd,
and just then carne up Old Tip all of a lather.
"He is safe," says I, "Gineral we have got him
snug at last."
"Well," says the Gineral to his friends, "fellow
citizens the chase is up; the old fox is in my pos
ession, and I hope that you will be satisfied that
tha Major and I will take good care of hirn, and
give a good account of him. He is not in condi
tion just now to oe held up by the tail he has had
a hard run and is considerably siled: but he'll dn
no more harm, let all go home and let their poul
try out as in good times. You will not be trou-
ui u Dy ioxes lor a good spell to come, and if vou
are, its your own fault, not mine." And with that
all join'd in three hearty cheers for "Tippecanoe
and Tyler too" and thus ended one of the greatest
fox chases ever heard tell'd on afore, and I have
only told a very small part on't.
Yours, fullow-citizens,
J. DOWNING, Major, &C. &.c.
The position we have already assumed, that
Gen. Harrison will bo the President of the
whole country, and not of a party, of itself es
tablishes a marked contrast between the new
Administration and that which it will upr.o,i
and carried out to its legitimate consequences,
includes, necessarily, a return, a real and bona
fide rolurn, to the true standard of appointments
to office. "Is he honest, is he capable, is he
faithful to the Constitution," will now be the
nrsi question in rilation to every applicant; and
when this cannot be answered nflinnntivfilw
supplementary merit of party services, or per
sonul devotion, will be permitted to avail.
The standard of official appointments will be
raisedand more will be reauired to fill il. r.sr,
ces they hold. But, more than this they will J
uo ic.juni.-u vo oueua 10 rneir duties, and leave
all those connected with electioneering, with mis
sionary service as partisans, attending Dublic
meetings, making speeches, feigning, or forming
or superintending consniracies...nr mi,.,...:...
bringing the "patronage of the General r,Mn.
went into conflict wiih freedom of elections,"
all such duties they will be renuirerl in I
others, or to lose their offices.
The doctrine of "the spoils" will ha rnnnA'tainA
as a rule of action. Ciiunges. indeed. sLnM k.
made, must be made, not only in cabinat xn.l
liploiuatic appointments, which, for the most
part, must tuke uheir hue and color from the
head of the Adminiotration. but in all
where the incumbtnti have made themselves butu
... r... v,.. ,i mmll uo geen mat men
who do not step out of the line of Hti. , ,:
gle in parly strife, are punished for their mis
deeds, those who shall succeed them will Jearn
the invaluable lesson of minding ihnir h,,.;n.u
ad letting tkt people minag tksirs. '
We are the mora emphade on ttiia po1
from the brazen and notorious Impudence, with
which the Custom House officers of this city
have interfered, both in this State and in other
Slates, in the recent Election.
We have seen them at the polls buying up
voters.-slangwhanging, betting, bullying and
challenging volers.-.and we have felt that such
insolent interference on the part of federal office
ought to be severely rebuked.
On the contrary, however, when men in office
have confined themselves to the simplo exerciser
of their rights as electors, without obtruding
themselves offensively upon their neighbors, or
seeking to interfere with them and are diligent,
competent, and faithful in the execution of their
public trusts, we hope, we presume, they will
not be disturbed, whatever their political prefer
ences.
The new Administration will succeed to power
under great disadvantages.
The Treasury is not only empty, but largely
in debt. We presume, indeed, that a debt of at
least ten millions is now hanging over the coun.
try; and if as we have reason to suppose, the
buildings and repairs of fortifications, barracks,
&c. on the sea board, are carried on credit,
for engagements payable next April, the debt
will be larger.
The revenue for the current year will full
short of the estimates, and that of the year to
come, nnd available within the year, will be
much below the expenditures which the new Ad
ministration will find entailed upon the country.
Its first step, therefore, must be to create re
sourcesalways a difficult and delicate under,
taking and after a period of such general stag,
nation and interruption of business as we have
suffered under, much more difficult.
But we have faith in the wisdom of Gen.
Harrison, both in the selection of his Cabinet
and of the measures of public policy he will
suggest; and above all we have faith in the pa
triotism of the people, that they will accomplish
the work they nave so well begun, by lending
their hearty and zealous co-operation in whatever
just and proper measures may be proposed by the
Government of their choice. N. Y. Paper.
POPULATION AND STATISTICS OP
HOWARD COUNTY.
White males
White fema'es
Fiee negroes
Slaves
Total
Schools Academics
No. of scholars
Primary schools
No. of scholars
No. of persons over SO years of age
who can neither read nor write 36
No. of printing offices 2
No. of weekly newspapers 2
Horses and mules C,S60
Neat cattle 10,947
Sheep 11,371
Swine 19,502
Poultry of all kinds, estimated value $9,095
No. of bushels of Wheat 33,043
" " Oats 62,870
" Iiye 97
" ' Indian corn 61,795
Pounds of wool 15,318
Bushels of potatoes 12,354
Tons of hay 1,819
Tons of homp and flax 109
Pounds of tobacco 981,001
No. of bushels of domestic salt made 6,400
Productsof orchard, estimated value $13,163
Value of home made goods $19,102
Value of products of the nursery $350
Retail groceries, dry goods and other stores 17
No of small arms made 150
Bricks and lime, value manufactured $19,321
No. of tanneries 7
Sides of sole leather tanned 2,620
Sides of upper leather tanned 3,1 14
All other manufactories of leather,
saddleries, etc. 4
Value of manufactured articles $3,315
No. of distilleries 5
Gallons produced 9,950
No. of rope walks 1
Value of produce JK4.G00
Carriages and wagons Value manu
factured 6.300
No. of flouring mills 19
liarrols of flour manufactured 4,550
No. of Grist mills 20
" Saw mills - g
" Oil mills 1
Value of manufactures of the above
mills $45,365
Furniture Value maufactured ftlO .220
Houses No. of brick and and atone
houses built 12
No. of wooden houses built 39
Value of building $43,050
All oiher manufactures not enumer
ated $19,985
Census op Cape Girardeau Codntt. Wa
are indebted, says the Republican, to Mr.
ueo. 11. onen, the Assistant Marshal of this
county, for the following information.
which we presume, will not prove uninter-
esting to some of our readers:
White males, 4154
" females, 3904
8058
1233
9390
Slaves, male and female,
Total population,
STUCK.
Horses & mules, 5335 Neat cattle 12857
Sheep, 10203 Swine, 38528
Amount ol cram produced in 183f).
Wheat, bush. 41235 live, bnsh. 825
Oats, " 111383 Corn, " 461635
Potatoes, " 24577 Wool, lbs, 15821
Tobacco, lbs, 229191
Value of poultry of all kinds, $13428
" home-made coods. 494 r7
Total capital invested in manufactures of
all kinds,
In the above enumeration we have omit
ted some items, but have embraced such aa
will show pretty correctly tho population
and resources of the county. We have
not included the capital invested in dry
goods, groceries, and other stores estimated
at 80,000.
Operation For Squinting. This delicate opera
tion was successfully performed on a young lady on
Saturday last in the presence of Drs. Wilkes, Coze
and HuSHck, by Dr. Ctrnochan of this city. The oper
ation consisted in dividing the intcrnal-rectus musclt
of the eye, a contracted state which produces the de-
lurmily. i. lie division ot me muscle was no soon
er made than tha eye took a straight and proper
position in the socket, and the patient's expression
was immediately and favorably changed. Dr. C.
has also operated with success for clubfoot in Ihe
adult. This gentleman merits high praise for his
dexterity. fhilad. U. S. Gazette.
Gov. Pom, of Tennessee,, has issued bis proc.
lamation announcing the election of tha Harris. u
Elector ia that State.
6,059
4,665
43
5,763
13,430
1
se
so
657