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JoHS Metcalf tskuUiiurg, Chari Pot. Esq. "idL Dr L.C. M-K..S.T, i> J. A. Wakefield. ~ Ulrich, Esq. Yellow S/on', E. A Hall, Esq. niIDE MILDLY THE ERRING. ur CAPT. G. w. PATTEJf, U. S. ARMY. Chide mildly the erring! Kind language endears; Grief follows the sinful, — Add not to their tears. Avoid with reproaches Fresit pain to bestow ; The heart which is stricken Needs never a blow. Chide mildly the erring; Jeer not at their fail! If strength were but human How weak ly were all! What marvel their footsteps Should wander astray, When tempests so shadow Life’s wearisome way ! Chide mildly the erring! Entreat them with care ! Their natures are mortal ; Th< y need not despair. We all have some frailty. We all are uawise. And the grace which redeems us Must shine from the skies. •WRITTKM FOR TUR TRIBUNK.] NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. No 3. 1 *m,l iti a former number that the In- ; • - believe in the immortality of the soul, I • ! in iufure rewards and punishments 1 iiu will appear in the sequel. That they i • lieve in the resurrection of the body, • ' mething equivalent thereto, is a matter 1 y plain inference, as will he manifest by ’ 'iiptam of their manner of burial, which • "'ll notice in a future number. ’ is a universal opinion among them that ■'I 1 future there will ben good land, abouti - with choice game, which will be easy t * ess. Their children are thereforestim '• dto a virtuous life here, with tiie nssu -1 r that they will be rewarded by a place •"that land, and abound in all that heart On the contrary, mi immoral in is threatened with something like an t;‘ i. a: best, or with a place in a land of *• where, with the greatest efforts, suffi !o°d cannot be procured to satisfy hun • h.at they will be doomed forever to .v.ags ol an insatiate appetite. bold that there is a place beyond "' .< rc Ml must of necessity attempt to t stream ot black, turbid water, verv an.l rapid, the banks of which arc of t atu: perpendicular, or leaning o ■t or’y means of crossing this ; and that none "bo can look back on a life well ■ H: > approving conscience, can -an the opposite shore. Conse '*** "bo feel self-condemned, will f ' V ’‘ ,he ori> of the good land, but be > *'n.iul by tlie vibrations of the log diem, are precipitated to the bosom below, and carnet! on the >bt.v,u forever; or if they by any ' out< 11 ,s lur from the land of the -■ ll y lire doomed torever to starva j '*.' a mded to the offering the nnr deity. Hut there are / ’^ mfdb y them *•The feasl of the ’ * nen anv routh, who has • regular lasts, and entered ‘ ttuioi •- r v A 4 1 ~u;n - brings in his first 11 r - whether it be a bird or [<!oa '.r* 1 >s a feast made on the 1 " - nds of the vouug hunter u * tssjjej s „ i . . s ’ alter it is served up, and _ ■ * . |>red out, thev all par q & er congratulations to t - ■* l -rasions many are thehear j.4 * s?d that he may become re .. . . c ;asp - aa d the success of his . , s v v-te hundy before his time, ; w ' rs to be the deity held most r** b * nd oi Fond du Lac, they o: -control of ah. the ani - 5" a ‘ a ’bat to displease him •*. H ... , WISCONSIN TRIBUNE. VOL I. bears became scarce some years ago. being a bout th- time the Presbyterian Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions estab lished Missions along Lake Superior, it was easy for the Indians under Catholic influence to render them unpopular by asserting that their presence was displeasing to the bears, and that they had all gone under ground till the Indians tavoring those Missionaries would come to their senses. Nd more effectual means ot retarding their usefulness could have been devised by their opposers, for very many of tile Indians shunned them as those who would bring starvation upon themselves and their families. \\ hen a bear is taken a sufficient number is usually invited to consume it at once, and ; it is prepared by boding or roasting; but great ; care is taken that co bone be broken. Alter 1 it is consumed, or at least the feet and head, 1 which are first eaten, the bones are carefully I collected and carried to some secluded spot j without the camp, and placed as near as may ! be in position. They are then left with the : impression that they assume flesh in a short 1 time and supply the wants ol the hungry in * that or some other location. It seems that ■ they look upon the bear us being so benevo- j lent that his sole object in life is to feed the hungry with his flesh, nd that he is immor tal, and though consumed to the delight of one or more families, is ready in a short time j to prove equally kind to others. 1 could not learn that this belief prevails in reference i to any other animal, and presume it does not I from the fact that though the bear is not the i largest animal, it stands atthe head of their I local gods. T. M. F. WOMAN’S RIGHTS—A CON VENT ION. The Seneca County Courier contains the proceedings of a Convention ol women held i at Seneca Falls on the 19th and 20th iust. j The object of the Convention was the declar- ! atiou and protection of Woman’s Rights, i They state tiicir grievances very much in the j spirit and stj'le of the American Declaration j of I ndepeudence. Their Declaration of Sen- j timeuts contains the following: The history of mankind is a history of re prated inju its and usurpations on the part ol man towards woman, having in direct ob- 1 ject ill' 1 establishment ot an absolute tyrany 1 over her. To prove this, let facts be sub mined to a candid world. Hr has never permitted her to exereise her j inalienable right to t ic elective franchise. Hr has compelled her to submit to laws in the formation of which she has had no voice, i Having deprived hero/ this first right of | a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leav- ■ ing her w ithout representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides. He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead. He has taken from her all right in proper- | tv*, even to tlie wages she earns. Hr has made her, morally, an irresponsi- ! hie being, hs she can commit many crimes with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband. In the covenant ol marriage she is compelled to promise obe ; dii me lo her husband, he becoming to all in tents and purposes her mast* r— the law giv ing him pow. r lo deprive her of her liberty and to administer chastisement. After depriving her of all rights ns a mar ried woman, if single and the owner of prop erty, he has taxed her to support a govern ment winch recognizes her only when her property can be made profitable to it. He Ins denied her the facilities for obtain ing a thorough education—all colleges being i closed against her. He has endeavored, in every way that he could, to destroy her confidence in her own powers, to lesson her self-respect. and to mak.* her willing to lead a dependent and ab ject life. The signers to this document, who num ber some hundred, are decidedly of the opin ion that ‘all men’ and women -are created equal’ that ‘Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed’ vVc. The members of the Convention “antici pate no small amount of micouception, mis representation and ridicule” as they “enter upon the great work” btfore them. They intend, however, to employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the Slate and National Legis latures. and endeavor to enlist ihe Pulpitand the Press. TORTOISE SHELL. Ihe following singularly barbarous pro cess lor obtaining the tortoise shell,is abstrac ted ironi an Indian newspaper, called the Singapore Chronicle, This highly prise I aquatic production, when caught by the Eastern Blunders. is suspended ovei a lire, kindled immediately after its capture, until such time as the effect of the heat loosens the shell to such a degree that it can be re moved with the gr-aiesl ease. The animal, now stripp-d and defenceless, is set at liberty, to re-enter its native element. If caught in the ensuing season, or at any subsequent pe riod. i! is asst rti and that lie ■ B| •;) IlfaMl .s subjected to a second ordeal of lire, re warding his captors tins time, however, with a v ry thin shell. Tins, if true, shows more policy and skill than teoderaen in the meth od ti ns ad >pted by the islanders; it is ques tionless proof, too. of the tenacity ot life in the animal, and must further be accounted a rer\ s.ngular fact in natural history. Question. —Who is the man best cal culated as President, to restore the Gen eral Government to its former purity ? Anstrrr. — lie, of all others, who has . u ses to a v • ;—; party projects to bu.id up—no enemies to punish—nothing to serve but his country Ibat m>a isGenkbvl Zaou vuv Tav lok. — I.ou.sri'U Courier. MINERAL POINT, WIS., FRIDAY, AUG. 25, 18-18. REMINISCENCE OF J. Q. ADAMS. The Hon. John Quincy Adams concluded his argument before the United States Su | preme Court in the Amistad case, with the iollo\ving touching reminiscence: May it please your honors: On the 7th j of February, 1804, now more than thirty seven years past, my name was entered, and yet stands recorded on both rolls, as one ot the attorneys and counsellors of this Court. Jive years later, in February and March, 1309, 1 appeared for the last time be fore this Court in defense of the cause of justice, and of important rights, in which many of my fellow citizens had property to a large amount at stake. Very shortly after wards I was called to the discharge of other duties, lirst in foreign lands, and in later years, within our own country, but in differ ent departments ot her own Government. Little did I imagine that 1 should ever be required to claim the right of appearing in the capacity of an officer of this Court. Yet sucii has been the dictate of my destiny; and 1 appear again to plead the cause ol jus tice, and now of liberty and life in behalf of many of my fellow men, before that same Court, in a former age, I had addressed in support of the rights of property. I stand again. I trust for the last time, before the same Court, '• hie cnes/us artemque reponu." 1 stand belore the same Court, but not before the same Judges, nor aided by the same as sociates. nor resisted by the same opponents. As I cast my eyes along those seats of honor and of public trust, now occupied by you, they seek in vain for one of those honored and honorable persons whose indulgence lis tened then to my voice, Marshall, Cushing, Case, Washington, Johnson, Livingston, Todd, where are they ? Where is that elo quent statesman and learned lawyer who was my associate counsel in the management of that cause—Robert Goodloe Harper? W here is that brilliant luminary so long the pride of Maryland and of the American bar, then my opposing counsel—Luther Martin ? \V here is the excellent clerk of that day, whose name has been inscribed on the shores of Africa, ns a monument of his abhoirence to the African slave trade—Elias B. Cald well? Where is the marshal? Where are the criers ot that Court? Alas! where is one of the very judges of the Court, arbit ers of life and death, before whom I com menced this anxious argument? Gone! gone from a world of sin and sorrow, I trust —to that blest abode, “ where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary aro at rest.” And it is my ardent wish and fervent prayer, that each and every one of you may go to his final account with as little ofearthly frailty toanswer for, as those illustrious dead ; and that you may every one, at the close of a long and virtuous career m this world, be received at the portals of the next with the approving sentence : “ Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.’’ FROM THE MOUNTAINS. The Bertrand, Capt. Morrison, arrived last night from filly miles above the mouth of the AgUow Stone, a higher point than had been achieved by any former boat. The Bertrand left St. Louis on the Ist of June; has made the trip, con sequently in fifty-three days—the shortest vet accomplished. Our friend, Mr. A.K. McLean, who came down clerk of the Bertrand, has obligingly furnished us with the items of interest from the wil derness. The Yancion Sioux continue in a stale threatening discontent. In consequence of their attack on the steamboat Martha, (in which they killed one man, then be came alarmed, and breaking up their lod ges t>> the number of five or six hundred fled,) the Indian Agent, Major Matlock, has forbidden the traders to send goods or have any dealings with them ; and an outbreak of evil passion is apprehended unless some United Stales troops be sent into the country this winter. The traders going to the diff< rent out posts are most likely to be waylaid cud attacked. It has been staled that the cause of the late attempt upon the Mar tha was the non-payment of the annui ties. This is not the case. The traders themselves, in their spirit of rivalry, have been to b arne tampering and holding out delusive prospects to the Indians. It has been ascertained that the Assiu aboines, last Winter, suffered horribly from starvation Thev devoured* their horses and dogs, and in a great many in stances devoured one another! At pres ent toe country is quiet ; the goods have been <rct up safely; the river is falling, all tie way down to Yellow Stone. Ma jor Cl- C. Matlock, U S- Agent, came down passenger, wita other gentlemen from the posts. Cass AND THE WILM IT Proviso.— The Uuion ol Tuesday says : •• At all events, we are happy to understand by private letters that Geo. firmly stands the ground he has taken. Being ap plied to formally by a unn or two of the Wdmot stamp,he ih dared unhesitatingly that he adhered to his Nicholson letter and to the Baltimore platform ; and that if elected President, he would veto the Wilmot Pro viso. Dare Gen. Taylor make such a dec laration V* What say the Free States to this ? LATE FROM OREGON. New-? from Oregon city to the 8!h o: March has been received. A letter from Gov. Palmer, dated from the army, at camp 25 miles west ot Umatilla, speak* of meeting a party of thirty Indians, who had been engaged in the battles with M ij Lee, at the Dallas; they say that they were forced into it by Cay uses ; that all their property had been taken and their lives threatened if they did not join them. ! The Cayuses have forted and had expec- ' led to fortifiy near the foot of the Blue Mountains on the Saw mill stream. Furtherfrom the Indian Country. The I i following letter written by Bishop Blan chet, addressed to the commander of the Oregon army, brought, here hv Quarter master Jennings, contains some items of intelligence, which we lay before our rea- I dors. Sir:—l have had some intelligence from Walla Walla, which I got from two Indians yesterday. I communica ted it to mv Indians, the Yakamons, an and they have requested me to write you a- I gain. They are more than ever resolved ■ not to join the Cayuses, especially since ! they have been informe 1 that the Cayu j ses were angry with them, because they i had refused to make war on the Ameri cans. The two Indians whom they sent to you are to learn what is going on, and bring the intelligence to the camp. Whatev er may happen, I think that they will not i change their present intention. I have I told them that the Americans were very j numerous, and that the Cayuses cou! i ! not kill them all ; and that Yakamons ! had no reason to fear that the Cayuses could kill them on their lands. The Indians report that only the Pell onches have joined the Cayuses, and that Yellow Serpent had not joined them. The first chief of the Yakamons, Ci dies, requested me particularly* to inform Mi. M Cay, that he has been Ids friend lor many years, and that he will remain so—lds brother Aourhale, whom Mr. Mc- Cay knows well, is detained by the Cay uses, who have threatened to "kill him if he attempted to return to his lodge—he is a good Indian, and 1 wish he could re turn home. * Up to (he present, I had hoped that peace could be made with the Americans and Cayuses, but after what has been written to me it appears to me improba ble. It is unquestionably true, that all the property lelt by the emigrants at Barlow’s gate, has be en taken away by the Indians. Before Col. Gilman lelt Fort Wascopam, in accordance with the instructions, be d*!putch,-d ci p;:r y to bring in and so. cure this property, but it was all found to be gone. It will be seen by a communication from Captain Scott, published in this pa per, that Jesse Appleton, Esq. hearer ol depatches to ihe United Slate* authorities in California for assistance in the pres cut difficulties with the Indians, has re turned, being unable to cross the moun tains at this season. Whether Mr. Meek i who was sent by the Legislature with I despatches to Washington, will succeed j in crossing the mountains, remains to be ! heard. The Brig Henry, Capt. Kilborn, will i leave bore in a few days, direct for Cali ! foruia, and it is possible that he may c ir jry to the home Government the first li | dings of Indian hostilities in Oregon.— j The people of Oregon feel sore and sick i in heart at the hands of Congress and the | people of the United States. Several of the Dalles Indians have ar i rived in this city for protection, as they sav. It is said that they have been strip ped of their property by the hostile In | dians, because they were friendly with the w h if es. The Spectator of February 24th, con tains reports from Col. Gilliam, dated Fort Wascopan. February 7th, and des ! cribtng two skirmishes with bodies of In dians, in which the latter routed with a loss of some 20 or 30 killed and wounded, j and property to the value of 81,400,which i had been sold and the proceeds paid into the military chest of the expedition. The whites had three killed, one by accident, , the other two by the Indians. GEN. TAYLOR—SLANDER RE FUTED. Some time ago a story was fabricated ands t afloat, that Gen. Taylor was the owner of a large tract of land in the dis puted territory between Nieces anti the Rio Grande, and that an age it of his had i been recently in Washington City p ir l chasing negroes to stock it. This faUe allegation has been industriously' circula ted, and we think has bet n repeatedly [ published or alluded to in the Enquirer —and in that paper of y esterday, it is al luded as fo’lows. Gen. Tiiylor nn 1 the Proviso. —O r neighbors of the W tug press, and prob i b!v other neighbors nut connected with the press, have labored punf.lly hard to delude themselves it.to the belief that G--n. Taylor is opposed to the c.\t'nsion •f slavery, and w <Kid not interpose hi veto to a prohibition of it in the new ter nlones. We do not suppose they have succeeded in tins etTorl—Gen. Taylors ’..cation —a is *2' i o <1 iv -s—ins recent pur chase of more laud and more negroes to stock it—’he very atmosph re of slavery with which he is surrounded—all are ponderous facts standing obstinately ar ■ aved against this attempt at self delu sion.” Col M tchell. of this city, wrote to Gen. Taylor several weeks since, refer- ring to the allegation, and enquiring as to its truth. We annex the reply. It puts this vile slander at rest, as an unmit igated falsehood. Read and judge ; Byton Rogue, La. July 14, IS4S. Mv Dear Colonel: Your kind letter of the 13th ultimo has been duly receiv ed. In reply to your inquiries, I have to inform you that I have no land on the Rio Grande, nor have I sent SIO,OOO or any other sum to the District of Colum bia to purchase slaves; and I trust that if I had such a sum in my possession, I could put it to a better use than buying lands on the Rio Grande, or slaves in ashing ton. Among the many accusa tions brought against me by my oppo nents, I should he much gratified to learn that they had succeeded in substantiating the charge that I have in my possession so large a sum for any purpose as the one above mentioned. 1 beg that you will not put yourself to any trouble to meet the objections ur i ged against me, by those opposed to me if they are as groundless as the one in question, they see fit thus to dis regard the obligations of truth, it is use less to contend with them. V\ itli my best wishes for your health and success, I remain, sir, Very respectfully, Yonr oh’t servant, Z. TAYLOR. Cot. A. M. Mitchell, Cincinnati, Ohio. GENER A L TA YLOR—I )E HOC R AT 1C TESTIMONY IN HIS FAVOR. Circular of the Democratic Taylor Cen tral Corresponding Committee, At a large and enthusiastic meeting of I Democratic citizens, held at Harrisburg ion the 2tkh of June, 1848, the following I among other resolutions were uuanimous i ly adopted; Resolved, That this meeting of Dcmo ' cratic citizens, recognizing the omnipo tence of the wi>l of the people upon sifch | a subject, and deeply impressed with the , peculiar qualifications of Gen. Zachary ; Taylor lor the Presidency, do hereby ! p.esent him to the democracy of the peo ! pie of this State and the Union, as the | Democratic candidate, and the real can didate of THE people, for the office of President of the United States at the en suing Presidential election. Resolved, That in (he attachment of j Gen. Taylor to Thomas Jeffek-on ! in his warm friendship for Andrew Jack son, and in his determined opposition to a Bank of the United States, his known patriotism, and the whole course of his life, we have the best warrant for our firm belief that he will administer the Gov ernment upon those principles which have formed tiio policy of every Democratic Administration, and whose object is the I greatest good of tiie greatest number.” Resolved, That a Comrnitte of Cor respondence be and are hereby appointed, i for tlie purpose of interchanging senti ment with their fellow-citizens through out the State, with a view and for the high purpose of promoting the nomina j tion ami election of General Zachary i Taylor for the Presidency: and that ; the Committee are clothed with full pow er, and are instructed to use all proper exertions to effect such political organi zation in Pennsylvania as may be calcu lated to vindicate and carry out the pub ; he will in regard to the next Presidency ; and that the officers of the meeting ap point said Committee.” Thirty-six persons were then appointed said Committee, who have issued the fol low ing address : Instructed bv the foregoing resolutions, the Commute beg leave to address you, and ask your co-operation in carrying out the objects therein set forth. Satisfactory information from all parts ! of our Union leaves no room to doubt that Gen. Zachary Taylor, the hero ; of Okechobee, Palo Alto, Keseca de la Palma, Monteray, and Buena Vista* is the spontaneous favorite of the “toiling millions” of America, for the office of President of these United States; audit is a just cause of congratulation that the People, they wdio pay our taxes, fight our battles, and make our Presidents by their votes, nave taken the matter of the selec tion of a candidate into their ouh hands , and are calmly, but resolutely, moving forward m tbe exercise of one of their dearest ngiiis, guaranteed to them by tbe blnod of tlieir revolutionary fathers. This right should never be delegated airay or cn ti usted to the management of others, ex cept when necessary to procure a con centrated action in sustaining great and ; ess ntial principles, by the selection ot one from a number of talented and equal ly worthy an 4 patriotic men, presented and urged from different sections of our common country, as an appropriate stan dard barer—thus avoiding division and consequent defeat. No such necessity exists at the present time. Achievements trie mo-t brilliant, talent the most undeniable and exalted, and patriotism the most devoted, super added toa life and character entirely s >o*- less. have marked out one of our citizens, raising him from above tiie level of even the great men of our country, producing a concentration of tiie public gaze, and an unanimity of the public voice, wluch places the matter beyond all reasonable doubt, and tnus dispenses witn tiie orJiii i ry machinery of yar;y g -i icians. No man holding the principles which i pervade our Declaration of Ind< pendence, which sustained our fatheis in the con flict which terminated in the adoption of | our inimitable Constitution, but must re cognize in the events of our history since that epoch, the same guiding Hand and overruling Power upon which they relied, leading us onward and upward, as we are i rapidly advancing towards destinies far beyond the reach of mortal eve. Twice, at least, in our political history, when 1 dangers, at the time both seen and unseen, threatened our domestic peace and wel fare, have the affections of the people at large been drawn towards an individual as to give unerring indications of his be ing the mm for the exigency of the time. A \V ashingtox, in whom all confided to settle and arrange our federal govern ment ; and Jackson, with instinctive toresight, to apprehend danger, and more titan Roman firmness to meet and dispel it. Who, but Grn. Washington, who had led our feeble armies to victor}- over the proudest of earth’s nations, could have reconciled the conflicting interests ot the States, build up from a general bankruptcy a national credit, and cement such seemingly discordant elements into a perfect union ? And who but General Jackson, who had closed a second war of independence in a blaze of glorv, could have, without a war, compelled Franco to do us long delayed justice, or with a purpose as unbending as late, have deliv ered our country from that most powerful, dangerous and corrupting institution, the United States’ Bank? The price of liberty is unceasintg- vig iience, and we fear the day is yet far dis tant when the friends of freedom can lay aside their armor and fold their arms io security. Are there not some clouds hanging al>nut our political horizon, which, although yet small, betoken to Ulo observing patriot a storm which require not only wisdom and strength, but cour age and unshrinking firmness in him who issafely to hold the helm ofStatc? States men in every section of our country are looking with intense interest upon the setilement of the questions which must grow out ot the war in which we are now engaged. Who is the man for t!ve occa sion, is no. sooner asked than the public voice, from the St Croix to the Rio Grande answers. General ZACHARY TAYLOR! The people believe that (he man who lean lead armies, advise cabinets, and win 'the whole affections of our citizen sol diers, by his energy, moral courage, wis dom and humantty, is best fitted to fill the offie which the Father of his country and the hero of New Orleans have shown by their successful and glorious civil ad ministrations, can be most safely entrust ed to those who, in their own time and | age, are “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen ” We shall not in this circular write tho eulogy of Gen. Taylor, nor attempt to enumerate his brilliant services. They are written in letters of living light, not only in the pages of our country’s histo ry, hut in the hearts of our fellow-citi zens. They are s ien and read by all men, except by those whose jaundiced eyes cannot bear the sight. Gen. Taylor is not a professed politi cian. He is descended from a Demo cratic stock, and his associations, sympa thies and sentiments, as well as his acts, show that he is a Democrat at heart. ! His father was a warm and unflinching supporter of Jefferson, the father of de mocracy ; and he as unwaveringly sup ported Gen. Jackson, who more than any other of his age, walked in tiie paths which Jefferson had marked out. The affection and confidence between them was so strong, that a short time before his death, Gen. Jackson (minted out Gen. Taylor, then, like Cmcinnatus on his farm, as a man for the times, whom ho . would endorse to the country. Gen. Taylor is not merely a warrior, a j“ military chieftain,” (an objection which I Mr. Clay urged against Gen. Jackson, And holds against Gen. Taylor.) but (ho j acts of his life, the records of the War i Department at Washington, as well as I his kite model despatches, show him to he i ripe scholar and an accomplished wri- I tor. Ilis well known views in opposition j to a Bank of the United States, and in 1 favor of a strict construction of the Con- Istitution, with the whole course of his i life, are sufficient to satisfy any honest and reasonable mind as to the principles that will guide him in the administration lof the government. The people, tho ! honest yeomanry of the country, who ask ,no office, but desire the greatest good of tiie greatest number,” arc satisfied, and ici/h singular unanimity are present ; ing him as their candidate for the high test and most responsible office in tho world ; and at tho electron in 18 IS, they will as one man rally to his support. After a consultation among ourselves, we have concluded to invite our fellow, feitizens to assemble in Suite meeting, at Harrisburg, on the glorious 24th of Sep. j temher next, the. anniversary of the hatil • inti victory of Monterap, for the purpose of adopting such measures as may be ieem and expedient and proper to promote the election of General Taylor to the {’residency of these United States. Come, tlrnn, fellow-citizens, and let us consult together as to the proper means to curry out the undoubted will ot a large majority of the people of tho Union, in the mean ti ne, let us from you, and have your views upon the common object we have in view, an 1 the best m rt ans to be adopted We would also suggest tho holding of public meetings in your towns tnd districts, for the purpose of carrying out the public will in regard to the Prcai denev. SETH SALISBURY, Ch n, J ixns Peacock. > B „ n i J>2crctanes. | BenJ. P.ItSKE, \ Harrisburg, August 8, IBiS. ISO. 51.