The Greensborough patriot [March 10, 1840]

              THE QREENSHOROUGH PATRIOT,
VOLUME II. GREENSBOROUGH, X. C, TUS9DVY, MV.tCil I). 1840, NUMBER 4.
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'•THE MARKIi.D MANS EYE."
Hero is un admirable story until r ihis
title, in the l.i31 Knickerbocker, which
wo vonturo to predict will find lU wo)
into every part of the Union* How Hi'
ladiea, young and old, will chuckle oft i
it! And how husbands, young any old,
ami thoac who arc going to lie husbands
and wives, will ponder on r n ! Ii now
only remaina for some bachelor (and lliaj,
iro understand, has hern done, ind Weil
done for the K.) to give us '• The Mar-ried
Woman's Eye ;" but lo the story.
" Linen: Andover " is an old bachelor,
who has never been in.irned, because he
has always seen husbands, even the beat,
" scourge their wives with the eye ;" ami
for the same reason lie advisee a young
nephew not lo marry, if he can't do bi i-tcr;
and they finally silly oni on a walk.
to test the truth of Ins objections.—
Their first rail is on a nappy bride and
groom, helnre llie honey moon is over*
The newly-married couple w« rr 1111108
togc.her very lovingly, and every Ihii.-
eruiind tlh TO was brtdo-lrke ind com
forlalile. Tiny jumped up qui"klv to
wcleome us, for uiy.uncle, as i --.:tl was
a favonie. lie praised everv thing ovei
and ngi'n : even ihe. ugly cluck on (h<
inaniel pure li.nl Ins kind not ce.
" Yes 1 knew vou would like it," saw!
Ibc I'vclv little lady, " bul Jamea does
not mink it auilablt (or this small room.
It is rath' r large, '>■ be sun ; leu tin •
bronze is so much mor» iltshliuiable thai
gold. I in, aoTTV now sinee lie distlki -
it so mi. -Ii, thai I did not lake ihe gil'
one ; but, Mr. Andovi r, how cnuld I I' ''
then, thai be preferred lie- ir'li one?—
Then, he thought as I thii'iffhr, and 11s I
uniformly preferred Ihe br»*iir,e clock,
why he was onlv loo happy in spnrnv ;
was you nol. Join s ? I le-v.-r henril.
then, of his dislike* lo Ibis pi or eltirk j
bul a inonili after marriage mak' *ii groat
difference, yon know, Mr Audover "
While she VM laughing oul gailvj in
the pride and joy of a young bridi '-
heart, Oruishv was Irving 10 catch her
eve. I saw that her prattle disconcert
ed him, and lie Wanted lo stop her: hut
she ran on, nnd my uncle listened with
as reuch glee and Innocence as her*. If
Orm-bv walked across ihe room, so as In
get in fionl of her. undi r pretence of
bulbing ifie clock straight.
111 believe Jamea is satisfied with all
my purelnses," said she,'"Inn ibal fool-ish
clock ; and if I could I would Chang'
it, yet. for the gold one. Why only H
little before you erne in ."
.Her, husband eanifhl hoc eve this time.
and bis look quelled her; loi her laugh
and In r jovuiisness were at an end. Sin
was puzzled lo know whv her little nou
sense wits taken amiss now-, when il was
always so pleasantly listened lo before
her tnarriace. This was evidently the
first stroke of tie- married man's eye.. It
embarrassed her; she cast a timid glance
at her husband, and was sib nt.
" Did you see the fellow's eye ?" ask-ed
my uncle, when on our WAV 10 lie
next house. " Now Ihe poor child said
nothing amiss; she wasot.lv a litlle liri-dish.
Orrnsby did nol Iik" ihe pgnosiire.
Il shoM'cd he hajl struck Ihe false enlnr-of
Courtship, and bad nailed up Ihe red
stern flag In the masthead. Men are nl!
alike, Leo."
They proceed with llieir rails upon
the clrrgtman, llie phvsician, l|ie mer-chant,
ihe manufacturer, ami all with >a
riou.i bul perfectly natural circnin-'an.
cea, they trace ihe workings of " The
Married Man's Eve. The voting. 111 ph
ew is about yielding ili- point, as inva-riable
fact.
" You see," said my uncle, " that i»
runs through all rauka u I rh J«T« ; ami
if every one would keep a goo I In k out,
as you and I have done in-day. tie' in ir-1 n
rieil man's eye irould be seen in everv u
house. Il is so common n ihing, lint 11
is never noticed. It 1- looked upon a* a
part of the imrriau" eernnnnv, nrniih' r
03 having been encrafted upon a man in
consequence of llie ceremony."
" Yes ! I shall now In for ever wa'ch-ing
ilie married man's eve; but jusi f„r
fun's snke. if vou are nol loo tired Ii *
us no down illlo llii* ovsler ri liar, a»nl
In r bi st, ns nine wives out of ten always
do. .My dear Uncle, was quile " put
oul " about II, for lie was I. uui lo adinil
ih.11 Ibc mle did not hold good With all
men. tti- staid lull half uu hoiir.se led
on a clean bench, mur llie dunr-way,
chain 1 g u nli llie old man anil woman
whu. in llie lime ilis|Mansed two pail a
lull of oysters, ii.ci!) fried lo llieir cu>
lOUIITS.
My uncle, as I thought, made several
e fl'01 Is to provoke i BOO! Iri in I lie i ye nl
Oil Calo; bul 11 mud,- no iinprc-siou. 1
'old bun ibal i suspect'il In was pla.llig
false; but he lb meil it. ihongli In sun.
if llie giant e eoulil be obtaini (I, il wo ■!«.
mil siguily whether it was pruvoki d, ui
win iber il Came naturally. Il was iln
piu.eni «s In make use ollhee;e—tin
aulhort) ol 11:< married man's eye—ilia
In* rebelled against.
B ii ii ' II. luckf word 01 dei d from e'd
S)iuali had n.y ' H'. ei lumu n, r husband's
nn. Ill, Sri 'I I V< s. M v liuele now 4 s. I
111 lo talk,' hist in Caio and ihen lo Di-nah,
who was How'preparing a laird pan
ulovsiers, M I Will show you I'ato's , ye
y» I !" said iiiv uncle. %'l duubl il,*' I re
plu d.
" How many children have you Calo !
I um.ll lo 8< e lour or five playing aiioni
you, a year or two ago, and now I Oil!)
see ibe little girl Aho carriedoul the oys-ii
rs."
" We have nine, massa Amluv r, anil
all doing preitv HI II ta'ptlll't'larrissy,
who lost her BIHMI husbaiid, poor thing !
So I lold my Dinah lo lei In r ami de In >
e i.dreu come. Dm lillle girl is tier olil-
. si child."
" Tbis cuines very banl upon you ('a-
0 I musl t. II my si-ii r lo look IIHO it."
••Tnkv, massa, Tanky ; hui ii is not
n.r me to cumplaiii; onlj Diuali mv pool
woman, I tell b r she will Ir* In I ,,.-
out. 1 have in ii.m' to ,lu nut to sit ni'H
in. file luni aed open oysters! bill lank
iii.il we have a gr-ni run, niasra; ami
D' ah, I'loiiody c in pb-aso do CUBIIIIIM r«
SO tt' II ts she, UlaSSS. Dell, wen I llHVl
.ikt II out de shells, I tin*-* iitiibiii1 but go
■haul aid 'muse mysell in de garden,
■« an over de w icons, anil gel lings ojli 'p
Hut it corn's l-i r\ bird on injsTuoi wo
none di re ;" aiiil t'.iioe.ist a send'r, ht|.
in glance nl bis wife, Il iving ju-l tin
i.-b'il h> r oysters and was tuining them
ii a (Hole.
My iincli, looked al me from Ihe rot*
er of his eye, lo see ill had oh- r»< •
be old man's. " I saw il," -.aid I, *' Il
was a glance woith ,i guinea."
In a ui'iim ni D nah stood before us
i, lib a Irav on which Wi re iwo plat. ».
,:rh containing six ol tie finest oyster*
1 ever saw. A linle lable was plan, il
between us, on wheb was a snow Whit*
huh,bread, pickles, mustard, peppi r am.
-all
Sh lurried aside to look nl Calo ; and
b what a delights ' i ye the aSeCUonali
lliishaiid ca>l on In r ! He fairly rublu il
his hands with JOV, St llns in irk of alien
MIII in us,
"Dai's il, Dinah, dii's il ; now »lit
llillll'l I link oh dis loo I. it'll she I' il
ttnvs In forebniid wul me, mssss Ii icl e'o'
Xiulover. I link women ere oilers CU
■er dan nun in sued ting*; bul when |i
eomi s »o open oyslera, den we best 'em I
Yah! yah!"
"<t never mind il, Drtiih, wnm»u.''
-ud Cain, win ii lie- poor soul, in hi-f
baste lo baud mv uncle a glass of oral, r.
knocked our the musisrd.eup, ihe edti.
'••ills,.f winch iai» or h's Imols ; "neber
mind it, olil woman ; uei-si ilou'l rare,
for I can soon polish him up strain, and
I'll buy you another mustard cup."
" Here is a dol'ar towards il," said
mv uncle, " and here arc two,** said I.
•• for nol casting an a.'jry look al yen
Wife, when she kutsrkid III.' cup over."
" He look mad al me ?" said bones'
D'leib. "I.iekf!—why, vuung massa.
Onto III vi r look'd ni.id ai meoncciii Ins
life, as | can re inlu r."
" Well, who would hive llinu<jbl il '"
s lid int en si fain u uncle, as s/i I. fi iln-cellar.
"I musl own Ibat I Irn d hard,
ai ihe first going nn" lo provoku h's ev
lo do Us aeeilstouit d diilv.
The lessons of lb s slnrv are of tin
besl il, wiipi inn ; ami its truth to uatur<
cam oi In iloiib1' d.
HO: I.II.
fiirun r. When nl
Ihe master to iry a
nt» lie- lurch, an
;•'. plums : and ...
frying
see what kind of eye old Palo
hear the pan gfni'g. Ins wife i<
oysters."
"His ev will work, loe, depend up
on il!" said mv uncle, wiih s smile,**he
will quell her—be will om II her'"
II'I nn sueh thing. Tn our tlinsze
in. !, hiseve never shrl an sngr, glance
-• •' ■ nnnr, healed, tired, woman, doing
THE KEF
I was always a ri
•eh '"I I protms.il in
l.rlV - -'• 'il. lo givi
Ireat tin o, rnlj in m
aril was a sad threshing, and Ihe ad
.. t irm in' own manners hefori I
tried higher things. I lufi -■ hool and
went iii'n a store ; lb- re I found evert
lltiiiL' v. r II g, bul in sooner dill I pro|ne*i
a scheme, In winch le|ii-,rs wer I" '■•
copied WllllUUl labor, .lid llie stole lo In
«»' pi by a bir d in u. lliau mt ■ inploj •
. r luni- me swi on ihe couiiiiug room
TivieE a day. nnd pri pare triplicates "l
• v r leller In- ttreie. adding " Young
man, mend vour own wavs, ami ihen, il
maybe, olhers will bear tvhyii von have
10 sav," I iv nt lii'iu ■ disgusted wilh
ihe bigotrv of inaiiktml, and found mv
fitlli r jn«l si'lling out a peai Ire": I hi
Iree bad a gn <l in "it roots, and be tva-irt
i"._* in find places for idem all lolie in.
" Whv in ihe world," s -tl I. " don't ton
cut foiue of tin.in off. It I tvaaagard-euner,
I'd soon alter your old ways "
"Tin ophilus," said ihe old man, us
ing lu-ui his knees, "you Will a.id it e
noiigh labor lo aller your VI.INO ways
in prune your n f. runi.g, la,; uniuiprov-ing
i pi i." Thus thwarted in all my
plans of improvement, I guvc up busi-
III as, and took a a a tovage. While al
-ea I saw a " miiiiv things Ibal needed lo
he ehangi d, that my hope of In Iping
.iibers once uiore snrang up. I suggest
d in llie mate lo change a ro|s here sun
•hen ; lo lake in s. il now and ihen, and
he, In tin gn ai jot, followed mv hinl-.
Mow, thought I, my philanthropy may
Inn f.ll play. Bul one morning just n.-
I was abo.'l to liavi the studding.sails
rigged, though i' lonked a little squall' ,
■ In <" |ii iplh' eniiiii'iutoii way,
mil nipping i.pmy lieilssthnw me into
llie cabin ami ordi red llie sails downji si
HI lime iii save Iln in from ■• squall 'Inn
Wis close upon IIS. WlMSB he came be-low
again hi ilnenlcnid lo pul me into
irons if I tried any more reforms aboard
ol bis ship. Almost broken.In iricil, I
In enine a lawyer i.po'i IIIV ri'liiui lo drv
Is-.d ; anil ihen, in Ir'lb, I saw a u uli
Iii Id of n form In lore no-, and no sooner
*as I intrusted with a ease than I be-gan.
I found ihe bar and ibe beucii.
however jusi as higotlcd as ship masters
■ ml oilier vulgar pioplei-th. y fined me
Ibr eonleinpl of Court, and alniseil no
fur abusing theui, and one day when n
ele/gymsn was present in whom I ap-pealed,
be answered. " Physician, heal
'hi-. If." I married, thinking ih.il I
could rifoiin my wtf al any rate, umip-no-
il; but alas! she like all Others,
iiims round upon me with " mv dear The-onhilus,
suppose vm r, fo'in vour own
faults; give up talking scandal, sun
• nils* girs, p.vv viS'ls uu re Ii qu.'lilly,
■have ofiin r iiml cleaner, answer yoin
. tli rs and brush vour slim a*
So am I ire.ii. d ; such is'he bigotry
of'man I woman. 'I be whole woilil
- '' "/ii' il lo lorre unoi 'lie the ciinvii*
ion. Ibal lo ri form u ankiml I IDUal In -
gill bv reforming into. If. Tins pr ju
lice I tn-.-l trv 10 CnrriTl, for I 'nil -.iri
the world nenls lo he n formed upon that
point.
A SPEECH WORTH HEARING.
'I'll. Qilllicey (Illinois) Wbis*, ■•! Uu
1st K'lirnarv, eo.itainsl Iln futlowitig'ri
port ol a recent speech m ih" Senate ol
'liii SI.I: , on ihe lull for r. pialin;; inter-ml
Improvements; —
" \|r. S,e "k. r, I rise. Sir, nol 10 uiaki
speech—pooch-making is i ny itatli
mil In Ii l| nn III. nils of repeal h I I am
larnenl ih- m, although I haii ra Iroads as
. id as any on tins ii irib, nrrh.ip-, and I
hn. a good reason m bate Ihem, yei I
hall von agin n pealing iln m. I» k.isi- al
■ • v con.-lili.ei'ls on tins, aide ol Ibe rivei
hodiishlomdt are for tin in, and a tf'Kiil
in.mv on the oilier sub loo Il art A
lact, Mr. Speaker, I know very little a-
- I railroads, but I guess I know a-ni'ieb
a- some other fu ks do. Wo hav.
had a railroad in Clin'on lor » e y ar«,
•••loss Ih. biilloui tlnre al I'arlt le and
uui. over Crooked Crook linttnui, in Ma
nun, and of all infernal ro al- in crest oi
lor roughness, liny hangs the beater,—
^ nib men mat lau:'h—bul us ii" Joke,—
mv Constituents ba-e lost, in 111" sinjrh
item i,l bri ak'no ol i gga, -ir, a li.i'i('-i*iie
forlunv. Seo'l, tvho ki • p- takein inl'-ii-lisle,
and a nil" lav* ru loo, not one nt
tour Springfii Id grttiMtyes, bul i right
IHIII up eliickisWfiveu tavern, lold me ibal
uu lliorlal man I'ould tell ibe • gr/s th-i
had b' en broken, in brinying ihem lo
uiiiket, across thai infernal raiiroad,and
fully lold me the tamo llimg i x.ieily a-bout
Crooked Creek railroad—same
smashing ufeggs. Yuu know Hm-v, Mr.
Speaker I I wish you could havi imrt
lliiey curse, the lim" his carriage was
jiiltl d lip into eli rieil siua-li, crossing tins
same railroad, [lb-re tho Speaker uns
lib am longer to control bis ri-iblc fucitl-es.
11< g iiuglt bb-erved, 'Iln L nib man
iliual Confine himsi If lo the qm stum, and
io I hi me sol' ibe Senate.'I—W,.||,.-ii,
is* I wi'« saviluT, b" co-i, ami lie -wue
■ ml t ii Iv -norleil agin, but -nil, lie's for
- ilro-.i-. These ii" IIIV notions, Vli.
'sp. ik; r. ami I Could i nl sii ben-, wilb
out belching M on' i (Here the orator
iiirned his head, and in -ni audible vine.
addressed a Senelorlo In- right—' IWh
Peter, wlni's the naini of mur widfhill?'
hu* reee'viiig •wer.li-'h" ,siruigbf.
. II 'i ■! . : i p, again addressed Ihe
Speaker.] As I am now • p, Mr. S.n-iA.
ei I ■ i'l ii'v.. VIM mv nol'O son I'ucle
I' i. r"- ii oil' nili—[H'-ri ihe Sin aker in-
I'rriipled bun again, bv rcmimlipg him
:h i »be iro'/'q ii'Slinn was no* hi fine the
Sennle, mid lb-r-fore iis merits could
ni |." diseiissi I.]—Yo'i'i" mistaken in
your man, Mr. Speaker! I in nol a ens-
-i11;■ rbat leler, anil if I It I-'. I sltntild I"'
vert far from cussing I'ucle F.ter's wolf
lull. No, sir; I wanl you mid nil tin-here
S"ie te io understand that I am no
.1 .pi'ler Israri il. III thisnrsny other net-l<
T. I'm for that lull In ad ami ear-, no
mistake in shite tail,— I go it, sir, on the
loud. One more thing, Mr. Sneaker,
nnd I'm done,—Ihe gentleman from
ctinmrock countv—I rlon I think lint's
ili" name exactly eiihei—hot the tiro
'nailed gentleman uvot Mure, the other
day—[Ileic ihe Speaker, assuming ns
much gravity as possible, called the gen-ileuiaii
to order, and rcqui sled him to
take his seal.] Afier looking the Sjieak-er
steadfastly in ihe eye for at least Iwen-iv
seconds, t. uli a wince of askance, he
said—Are you in rale y. armsl, Mr.
Spcaki r, if so be you are, vou're into me
about a feet, I s'psise you ibink, bul sn
-look out—I warn you, sir, lo keep a
■kind eye lor terrapin trap- and OJMOas
sin tricks,— I have rights, sir, us the lire
lieadid gentleman our there, (poinliie.
lo the gi lilh man fniiii llaucis-k) sain
ibe oilier day, ibal shall not be irorldi u
on nor in-aleil wilh dvaCnri—I in dune,
sir.— I wmld, b"Wi ui, before Isolilown
say io in, I. lend from Union noi to ok
so serious, nben In n Ihj Ins lui.ny slo
ries, in b.- S|M * eh, bul lo give us a sort
ol smile, as I do, when he comes lo iln
'n.'i. or laughing p.rl, so ili.il W" mat
knuw win n lo I nigh loo. I have now
got all I was arier, Mr. Speaker, soil I
will conclude this spei eh."
make up Ins mind lo be defeated—Ibe
in iiiociact ol the country (we rm an the
real pure tlomorracy) will not sustain
bun against such a man as 1'yier of Vir-ginia.
Mr. Johnson's success is about ss pro-bable
as thai the people will be convin-ci
d that ho either killed Teconiseh, or
wrote tbe famous report on Sunday mails.
—.Veie York Star.
A hint to irkom it moy ronnrn.—Tin
H.iili.nureaiis talk ol establishing a new
paprt in h. di VOtl d IO the IIM-IUIII nl
(■'em ral Harrison. The) will do much
better to support the pap. rs thai llict
have already. A food W big paper has
JUSI Mopped in lh.it city for w oil of pal.
■ miage, after bating sunk $]50.01111.—
Some people have ar idea ilini lit ilirid-ni;
their patronage they can improve the
press. The idea is much the sum- as il
a mini having jusi corn and buy enough
lor une horse, should divide n amongst
'iro, and ke.p both half starved, instead
•i one III good condition. If one-hall
ui ibe m pVspaperi in ibe country eoulil
In stopped and iber palronagi given in
the Other half, ibe n inaunng ones would
be worth double what the whole are now
to 'lie communiiv.
Prnrirli vcr Joi.rmil
I)mil Weaver's opsninn of W. II.
Ilorrigon.—Mr. Webster, win n asked in
I -3.r> if he would be placed on Ihe same
ticket with Gen Harrison, replied, "I
c'lunot be piiilty of any act that shall, in
the n n-.oleai iK'gree, Mid to the i IcVii-ii
in of a man to llie Presidency who is
juftli) the irorn anil riilicule of kit foe:
and ill, pity mul conlem/it of hit friend■."
The preceding paragraph has been ex-iciisively
circulated in Ihe Admiuislra.
'ion prints. W'e arc authorized to sav,
as we now do most emphatically, that
ihire la no foundation whatever for the
assertion ill the above pjr.'iL'niph respect-ing
Mr. Websli r's opinions ofOen Har-rifOD.
The siati ni'nl is umjualifi. dlt
lalse.—-Vol. Iiileili<!< nrer.
Whnt mijht he done lenh the Money
tr.Utlit m War.—line die ilionet Ibal
i..s been spi nt in War, aud f will pur-chase
i vert foot of ' ind upon llie globe,
I will i .oilie every iirui, woman .;-.ii
child in an ailm il, il k uga and qn
would in proud ol; I will build n -el
house upon evert hill side and in . \ - -,.
valley --vr iln whole h.biiabls earth;
I will supply thai school bouse wii.'i n
''oinpeii nt trochi r; I will build an acad-
■■ID) in i very town, nnd endow n ; ■ col.
I. ge in ■ fry sian, aud fi I it wib aid.
professors; f will crown every i.ill with
I Church COII.el'r.l'ell III till promulffs
inuoi ih, gospel i f peace; I will sup-
■ ■it in ns pulpit an able teacher of
rig1 teoiismss, so 'hat on i very Sabbath
■■■•iri.iiig Iln i-him- on one bill should
answer to iln- clnm. o i another, around
.in- earth's broad ntrcuiiifen nee; ami iln
voice of prayer, and thi song nf pniie,|
bniild isneod like an universal holocaust'
o heaven. — Stelihin*.
The belt joke yet.—The Maystille
Recorder, a Van Buren piper, records
ibe i Ii elion of IJI nr \- Hives as printers
to ibe House of III pieseulalivi s, under
the head of •• Virtue Rewarded"
We once beard ai Id sail," who, il
we Ifmember rightly, tvas in llie engage-m'nt,
describe Uu subsequent sen.
"i hoard the brnvv IVrrt's vessel On.-
p ur fellow was sent Is low lo tin- Surgeon
•nili Ins right arm dangling liki ai ip
ty coat sleeve ai his side. It was shat-it
red aear the shoulder, and .unpul.itioii
pronounced unavoidable, H> bore tin
painful OM raimn without a groan or mur-mur,
although cold drops ol sweat stood
on his trembling flesh. An hour or iwo
alter bis arm was ainpulated, he ea e <
'be surgeon to his side, ami said, "I
-lionlil liki lo s.,. mv arm, if you ban
no objections." " None in the wnrlil."
re,iln 'I ibe -iiruoon, '' if you desire n.'"
The amputated lunh was brouifht, 'ami
poor Jack,pressing Ihe cold band, which
had forgo! ilacuillililg,in lls )• II, exr.hiiin.
I, with lears in bis eyes: " Farewell,
messmate! vou ami I have weathered ma.
ny a lough gab logether, and now Wi
uiu-t part. You have be u a i»ood friend
o me: I shall never find auch another !"
Mot H.iil. — 1'ii ntice of ih Louisvilli
Journal soyi;—" The lit lie a<|uad ol
Soiuli Carolina nuWili. rs in llie llouse of
l{. pii si IllaliVes,is known by the tub nf
• Mr. C.iUiou'i's isil.* There are certain
IM>I■ i,ra| qm -linns, upon which \|r. ('.
-i' in- aiiijinuatla avoid eiiuiuiiliing Inin-
-•itb'f''' ih tidtion ; but his moiiiuis
can a' all nines be ftscerlnined fruin tin
motions of hit I ■■>.' An old Kenuickt
mi vi in .- applicable lo his cast—■ Win n.
i ri r yon see a coon's tail, the CO0II Inn
»i If is sure lo be near bv.'"
Iinyri*on mi nt (nr Debt.—lu the Mas-
-iclius. us lb.II- i.l Iteprescnialives,on
Salurilat last, Mr. J uks. ol Nanlucket,
Irian a ""iniiiiit. e appointed on Ihe sub-pel,
to ulr s report, accompanied wiih a
hill, (not ulii g for ihe abolishment nt' ■ -
prisuiimenl fur debt on and nfirr the 4th
f July nest, in all cases not involving
fraud.
MR. KIVESS POSITION,
Mr. Win. ('. Rins has, in a letter lo
iIn CbarlotlivtlhiRi publican,(which fills
marly one side of Ibal paper,) declared
himself in favor ol tun. Harrison for the
Presidency. Mr. Rives's deservedly
great influeuce will go far lo redeem the
Stale from tilt- thraldom nf Van Rureuism.
We copy ihe following eilroct:
Regarding General Harrison, for tits
asons I hate mentioned, as llie true
Republican caiididalc for ibe Presidency
>t ihe two Mow pr< si nled lo the choice
if I!u country, I shall unhesitatingly give
uui my support. I shall do so with ibe
..ore cheerfulness becnusi, whilst besl
c ns lung thereby, as I hoiiestl) In In Vi ,
gn al Ri publican principles which
I havi r considered lo be inseparably urn-
Ii d tvuh the liappim ss of my couulrv, I
h.iikassist lo confer Us higliest meed en
an y'liiviictit eiuzen who has tendered il
ilf most signal arid itnpnitaut services al
ie, when lo sirte meant something
fir oilier than men !} lo reCsivr theemoi.
inn nis of ollio—on one who, having
successively enjoyed ihe confldi nee ol
Washington, Joffurson and Madison,
Would be naturally prompted lo i tnulaiC
their high eximpli—who. in all Hie va-nuns
and delicate trusts lie has held, has
ever shown that lie preferred his country
to himself, and has retired frnui them all,
a nid the ilium runs and alluring tempta-t
nns thev presented io private gain, with
cloan bands and unsuspected honor, nei-thel
guilty nf infidelity himself nor wink.
"•2 ill il iii others—and who now in the
honorable ri tircmont of private life, com-bining
the ennobling pursuits of the ag-ric.
ltiinst, the scholar, and die patriot-cilizen,
is empb.ilicallv eric of the people,
k owing how lo appreciate ifieir inter*
esis, as well- as io in iiiilaiu and defend
llieir riobls. I cannot doubt tlnl the
urincinl's we have bold in common will
have brnughl us to a co.emon "(ii.elusion;
hul whether Ibis -Inmlil be ihe case or
not, you will. I am sure, do me Ihe jus.
nee to believe that ii, forming the judg-ment
I have done, nnou the most delib-erate
ami careful reflection, I have been
actuated bv no personal foi ling, by no
mere pariv views, Ii it bv a sincere and
■■nxious wi-h for llie liberty, happiness
and honor of u y eouulrv.
I am very respectfully,
and Irulv. vour friend
WM. C. RIVES.
To . F-rj.
last three mouths are comparatively
nothing. All classcss suffer in this uu-
' xampl- d ptostration of trade. The
nn reliant, the lawyer, Ihe mechanic, ban-all
fell the disastrous consequences of
ihe ruinous policy of a mad Administra-tion.
Why is ihisl Is there no rente.
d»T Is there no 'balm in Gileadi" la
In re no physician to heal our diseased
country!1 Yes! Harrison is the man.—
We will apply lo him for relief.—jfat.
htelligmeer. A MERCHANT.
Richard M. Johnson.— The Virr I'm
idenry.—The word has be ■■ given ; old
Ti eiiin-i Ii has nn idea of hniu|, -h> Ived,
d is determined io be the candidate of
ihe parly, for ibe Vice Prcsiih ncv. A
I. w locos have commencedj operations,
*i,i! a convention at Columbus.Ohio, has
I'I. uly nominated him. We have no
objection : Ihe Colonel must, however,
Sh\\ lOKK.
Area) York, February 34, 1840.
•• The work iroes bravely on."
Il is impossible for you in conceivi
■ he excited Stale of public feeling, ami
In rapidly uieie.isuig strength in Ihe
Empire Sinie >f "the old hero of Tippe*
•■.inn'."' Thi W ings ot evi rv city and
village are wide awake, determined, in
'the language of Scottish aqng, "To Do,
or Dii ." They of '78 ballli d againsl a
foreign foe; the "more modern Whig-"
hate ibel iri d ''uncompromising hostlli*
it" in domestic usurpation. We confide,
iik" our if.ill'int ancesiore, in ih" justice
"f our cause, and firmly believe lhal
Heaven will aid IIS ill Iln: coming con-t'
St.
The present condition of lllis gr-ui
rommeieial citv is indeed distressing,—
Tin man who bis seen V'W York in the
full tide of her prosperity, when her ves.
-1- were crowded wiih merchandise
'rein everv clone —when her llpeoll wer.-
ihrongi «l with buvers and s- Hers—when
'rude was busk Ihmugh dl In rehannels,
•■aiinnl but be -irm-k with the mela-c'io-lv
change. Manv a gallant ship, that
•• Walk'd 'h" waters Iik- a thin-' nf life,
" \adseeined lodsre the elements i" itrilb,"
now Iii s dismantled of its beauty and
chained prisoner al bet shore. The ie-ccipts
at ihe cuslotn-houso durii ■: Iht
THE GRPAT oino WHIG CO.NVEK-i'IO.\.
COUntMW, (OHIO,) Keb. S3, 1840.
Mesara. Galet dj- Seaton: If Ohio is
not this day redeemed from Van Buren-isin,
write me a false prophet. If tho
spun of Seventy-six has moved sny peo-ple
since that period of our country'*
history, it has moved the Buckeyes ihe
past week. I know it would give your
nadirs joy to receive even a meager
detcripiiou of ihe scenes I hsve just wit-msscd.
Ii is not in the power of man
to pri sen', a full view lo one who was
m.l an eye-witness. I think it would be
impossible to create sucjt enthusiasm a.
iiiong Ihe ttuid people east of the moun-tains
as is now operating here. But it
musl be done throughout a vast portion
ol'oui beloved country, iii order to put
down the abominable1 misrule under
which we now groan.
General Jackson was brought into
power by moving the populscc ; and all
oilier means, I apprehend, will be futile
against tin- might, machinery in opera-lion
to sustain the present dynasty in
power. So believing, my conscience is
quite easy for the bumble efforts I have
bestowed, in eoniineii with my Whig
friends, in aid of the glonous Convco-lion
which has just cloned us lalwrs io
Ibis city.
I will iry to give yoii some idea of il.
For two days past tin re has not loe;.
less than twenty thousand of the real h-n-dy
noiuiiury in attendance of a—State
Convention. All the avenues to the ci-ty
i xhibited some strange sighl oa ihe
fir-i morning ol the Convention. Some
came 150 miles in canoes, mounted on
wheels, drawn by six horses, Containing
twenty to thirty men. In another diree*
non you might see stout log cabins,
uuuiited, moved and laden, in the e-.uu
way. Others had a model of old" Foi:
Meigs, on wheels, and thousands bv con.
vcyaucea aa variable ai the imagination
c in picture. Tin to vehicles wi re d cc
rated with banners and mottoes, so var.
ous that il would lake s volume lo de-scribe
them. In one place you might
see the American Cincirinatus holding
his plough on his farm at North Bend—
At a nol her, dealing out "hard cider"
from his log cabin, lo his canal laborers.
On one flag there was a first-rate likeness
of the man of Ihe White House, looking
despair, his countenance beseeching his
cohort of ofliceholdi rs to stop the" ball
just behind him, which Ihe artist bod so
placed as really to lock dangerous. A
better man stood behind, pushing the
ball wiih Ins foot. There were many
such palpable lilts and odditiea aa would
have made a stoic laugh and shout loud
and long. Tin Convention was organiz-ed
by ihe ap|miutment of General Boll, '
of Wayne county, President, and other
olhcers not necessary to mention. Hen.
R. II was an ensign a' ihsaarne time with
11 .rrison, under old Mad 'An'hony, and a
General.undot Harrison in the hi-1 war.
After taking the chair, he gave a short
bistort ol General Harrison from person-al
observation.
The convention, after bearing thrilling
speeches from General Murphcv, and
the "Old Bait-Boiler," (Mr. Kwin'g,) ad-journed
lo 0 o'clock this dsy, then lo
form a grand procc-aion.
At Uu- lime appointed the rain poured
down in torrents, and'the Marshals, (one
from each Congressional district,) it is
said, I bought best not to form; but tho
people, Uu ir masters, willed otherwise.
They could not be restrained ; and such
ai niier medley, I dare say, has never
been gathered logether since the enter-ing
into Noah's Am. There was not
wilier eno'igh io swim ihe multitude, but
mud enough lo have restrained ihe ardoi
of any bemgs except Hurkeye Whigs.
Rul onward they marched, through the
principal streets of the city. In the pro-cession
there were some of the besl uu-litsry
of our S'ato. Tin re waa a com-pany
oflrappers, from Mad Hirer, with
iheir cabin on win-la, decorated with
coon-skins, vVr. One company shoul-dereil
corn bi-.o ns, m military slvle—a
significant emblem for cleansing the Au.
gean stable. You can imagine how a
huge llig would look, representing the
twos. A treasurers tram New Ynrk"run-iiing
oil' tutli a million and a half of the
people's money. Some of t!,,. lug cabins
had merry fellows mounted on top nl
ihem, eating johnny cake, drinking hard
eider, and .-miring patriotic songs.—
There were oth"r emblems which had
referenre to mailers purely local. For
instance, there tins a large (in /««. tvilh
its bottom the worse fur wmr and tear,
hoisted i.'i a polo, [i alluded lo a r-nbul
in this city, which Ins held it- meetings
■ - s :off s h»'i= ".'.^ '/'/,,. TonHnr —