Ohio State journal and Columbus gazette (Columbus, Ohio : 1825), 1836-08-06, WEEKLY.

              fifB mUU SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 183G. WEEKLY. No. 64, Vol.XXV.....Wiioi.e No. 1475. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCOTT fc WRIGHT. OQlce on High-street, second door south of Armstrong's Hotel. J. BAILIIACIIR, EDITOR. TERMS Two Dollar! and Fifty Cents, in doac; or Three Dollan, at the end of tlio year. No subscriber allowed to dlicontlnue while lie remain! indebted to the office. A semi-weekly paper Is also iuued from tills ofnee, at tlio rate of Two Dollnri for 52 numbers, or Four Dollar! per year.. Letter! on buaincn ihould lie addressed to the Publisher!, and should be post-paid, except when coming fro-n Agents. COLUMBUS, AUGUST 2, 18:i0. OLD NEWSPAPERS WANTED. The undersigned, formerly Editor of the Frtdonian, published In the town of Chillicothe during the late war with Great Bri tain, will give a liberal price for a complete file of Hint Journal his own having been accidentally destroyed several yoars since or an equitable compensation for a.iy ofthe numbers issued from the surrender of Detroit, In August, 1812, to the victory of the Thames, in October, 1813. Being persuaded, from his own collection, that the papers referred to contain matters which, if In his possession, would enable him elTuctually to refute the slan ders dally propagated by the Van llurcn press, in relation to the conduct of Gen. IUkriiox while Coinninnder-in-Chicf of tho Northwestern army, he trusts that any friend of that mnch cat umnlated patriot, or even apolitical opponent not unwilling to ce "fair play," who may know where they can bo obtained will favor him with such information as ihall enable him to (procure them. lie also requests his Editoriul brethren in this State to aid him In effecting an object, as necessary at least to the honor of our common country, as to the reputation ofthe eminent citizen by whom she has been faithfully served for the pace of upward! of forty year!, JOHN BAII.HACIIE, Columbus, July 30,1836, ARISTOCRATIC NOMINATION. We understand that tlio Aristocratic County Convention, which met in lliisCity on Saturday ftornoon, made choice of Col. John M'Ei.vaink as their candidate for the next House of Representatives:. This is probably as good a nomina tion at could have been made from the Van IS il ia: n ranks. The Colonel is a prelly clover man and if elected, will acquit himself far more crcd ilably than his predecessor. Here, however, the aristocracy showed their"c)ovcn foot." There (were three candidates before the Convention Two of these Jacob IIauk and Miskixl Sai n jDers are plebeians; never having filled any of fice of importance. The nominee, on the con trary, has seldom, if ever, been without one, for some twenty years past, and moreover belongs j.4amily which has been moro honored in that , than perhaps any other in the Slate. Yet t) a i'attor obtained the preference over tlio for mer. We do not mention these facts, which are well known in Frank."'" Coty, for the purpose of exciting any prejudice againet t.":? ?ntlcman selected; but in order to show that, Pot.'i standing their flaming professions, our opponent uniformly prefer the rich and powerfully connected to such as do not possess these advantages. The rival candidates are now in the field. Let their political principles, as well as their talents and qualifications, be diligently compared by the independent voters of the county; and to the impartial decision of "their common judge tho people" ko are perfectly willing to submit their respective claims, with out an additional word on our part, provided our opponents shall do the same. N. B. Since the above was written, we have casually learned that Col. MT.lvaink lias de clined the nomination, and does not wish to be considered a candidate. Are the grapes sour! den the heart of the patriot, and give the officeholders an earnest of their approaching overthrow.Statu. A"a. Vatts. When Held. Maine .....10 November 7 New Hampshire 7 do 7 Massachusetts 14 do 14 Rhode Island 4 do 23 Connecticut 8 do 7 Vermont 7 do 15 New York 42 do 7 New Jersey 8 do 7 Pennsylvania .30 do 4 Delaware 3 do 7 Maryland 10 do 14 Virginia 23 do 7 Nort h Carolina .... .. 15 do 17 South Carolina 11 Georgia 11 do 7 Kentucky 15 do 7 Tennessee 15 do 17 Ohio 21 do 4 Indiana 9 do 7 Mississippi 4 do 7 Illinois. 5 do 7 Alabama 7.. do 14 Missouri 4 do 7 Louisiana 5 do 8 Micbignn 3 Arkunsas 3 Total 294 The day of election in this State is appointed by the Legists- MASSACHUSETTS. The following article, extracted from a late number of the Boston Atlas, cannot, we think, fail to be generally acceptable to the opposition party. It shows very clearly that our political friends in tho old "Day State," notwithstanding their marked preference for Mr. Webster, do not intend to throw away their votes, either on a candidate who cannot be elected, or "on the individual pledged to follow in the footsteps of Gen. Jackson;" but, on the contrary, to exercise the right of suffrage "in a manner which will be acceptable to the great Whig party throughout the country." Willi this assurance we are perfectly satisfied. Dcing persuaded that tho pledge so freely given will be fully and honorably redeemed, we are willing that the patriotic citizens of Massachusetts shall pursue that course which, in their opinion, will most certainly defeat the machinations of thooffice-holders; and to their prudence and discretion we most cheerfully commit the whole matter. From the Button Atlat. THE COURSE OF MASSACHUSETTS. We have noticed with regret that two or three Whig papers in this Commonwealth have deemed it expedient to recommend, in effect, the withdrawal of Mr. Webster and the nomination of Ge neral Harrison. One of these papers is tlio Boston Ccntincl and Gazette a journal which stands in adctni-ollicial relation to the party, mid in which the laws of the Commonwealth are published "by authority." Are tho conductors of that journal aware that in urging the recommendation to which we havo referred, they are advocating a measure which is directly contrary to tho expressed senti THE DIFFERENCE. We observe that the "organ" of yesterday morning labors to rebut our charge of Aristoc racy against the Van Buren Slate Central Com mittee, by stating that the Ilarriion State Central Committee it composed also of "federal lawyer: Admitting this to be true, there is yot this es sential difference between the two Committees that the members of the former are office holders, as well as practitioners of law; whereas of the latter tbero is not one, we believe, who liolds a lucrative office, either under the State or under the Gonoral Government. Our object moreover, in alluding to the profession of Messrs Bryan, Harlan, and Latham, was not in ordo to bring it into disreputo, or to denounce "law yers" as unworthy of public confidoncc; but to show that, according to the doctrines heretofore advanced by the dominant party, in this Slate their acknowledged leaders are real Aristocrats As our political friends, however, havo never avowed the same sentiments, the objection to members of the bar, can nover bo properly applied to us, or to tho party with which we act, although conclusive against the offico-holdors and their partisans. A MODEST REQUEST. Tho "organ" of tlio Aristocracy in this city do-, sires us to "give the names of tho persons" whom wo are "pleased to stylo Mr. Van Uurbn's lying embassadors in Columbus." Wo will cheerfully comply with this modest request, whenever the authors of tho numerous falsehoods which appear in the publication through which it is mado, shall affix their real signatures to their respective productions. Till then, wo must beg to bo excusod. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. The following tabular statement, showing the number of Electoral votos to which the several States are respectively entitled, as well as the day on which the cloction is to bo held in each will doubtless prove highly accoptablo to our readers. It will be obsorved, that precisely one half of the whole numher, giving 119 votos ono over tlio exact majority will choose theirelcc tors on tho 7th of November, tho annivorsary of the victory obtained by Gen. Harrihon over the Indiana at Tinnecanoc. in 1811. Ohio, as we have heretofore takon occasion to state, to but little purposo, we fear our Whig colempora-,, xies appearing determined to change the day, in lienor- of " the reoplo's candidate" votes on the 4th of the same month; as also docs l'onn-sylysnia. These two powerful and influential members ofthe Union, therefore, take the load ' of all the other Slates; and it is to be hopod that the .exajppla they shall give, on that interesting sod lolorcn occasion, will be such as to glad- mpnt ni"!io dominant party in this Statel A year ago last January, ft Convention ofthe Whig party of Massachusetts was heiu',- and Mr. Webster received the nomination not only of that LC'al-ive Convention, but of all tho Whig County Conventions. A year afterwards, when another Conven tion was held, and the question virtually came up whether that nomination should be reconsidered, a otter from Mr, Webster was read, in which he expressed a Btrong personal wish not to bo a candidate, but at the same time man Tested a readiness to sacrifice his private inclinations, and abide by whatever decision Ins triends might make with a view to the best interests nf the Commonwealth and the integrity of the Whirr party. Notwith standing this knowledge ot tho private wislies ot Mr. Webster, his nomination was reasserted with out a dissenting voice. 1 he aspect ot parties throughout the country was much tho same then that it is now. 1 he considerations which induced us then to adhere to our original candidate, aro in full force at the present time. In renewing their determination to adhere to their political organization, tho Whigs of Massachusetts were actuated by a regard to tho interests of the entire opposition throughout tho United States. Whatever private predilections and preferences they may entertain, they are prepared to sacrifice them on tho altar ol our common country. Tho defeat of Mr. Van Buren is tho primary ob ject of tho Whiffs. To effect this, thcro must be a union ot tho elements oi opposition; ana we agree with tho Harrison Convention of Virginia, that such an opposition may bo effected without any sacrifice of feeling or of principle. The plan which has been approved by this Convention is tlio nomination of tho same ticket of Electors, which has been recommended by tho friends of Judge Whito. This ticket will bo voted for by the friends of Gen. Harrison in the same manner sb it it had been an independent ticket; and if it should be chosen by tho joint voto of tho two parties, they have the assurance that tho vote of Virginia will be given in accordance with the will ofthe people as expressed at tho polls, or in such a manner, as, if possiblo, to prevent tho election from being transferred from tho Electoral Colleges to the Houso of Representatives nf tho United States. What would havo been thought of tho friends of Gen. Harrison in Virginia, had they adopted the suicidal policy of recommending tho withdrawal of Judgo White! With regard to Massachusetts thcro is not an intelligent friend of Gun. Harrison in tho country, who, knowing tho precise circumstances ol our situation, would not adviso ub to support the Webster electoral ticket. Let it not bo supposed that by bo doing tec arc throwing atony our vole. On the contrary, we aro laboring as effectually for tho eventual triumph of the opposition, as if General Harrison were nominally our candidate, in tho present stato of things, it is admitted even at Waslunirlon. that Massachusetts occupies an im portant position a sort of vantage-ground, from which, sate in her own imprcgnauility, sno can watch tho movements of tho various combatants in tho field below. Should her assistance bo re quired tocompleto the triumph of tho party, with which her principles aro laeniiiicd, win sue nesi-tato in nureuinii a courso consistent with her true honor and her past prnloBsions! 1 hat slio is liKeiy to hold tho balance of power, is manifest in the anxiety of tho administration to win her over. Tub doubhe or iif.r representation ixCoNanEss IS A PLEDGE, THAT SUB Wll.l, EXERCISE TIMS TOWER IN A MANNER WHICH Wll.l. BK ACCEPTABLE TO THE (1REAT Wlltn P.VllTV. THIIOUOHOUT THE CoUNTRV Should tho Presidential olection bo carried to the House, it would be a libel on the character of our Slato to suppose that, in any contingency, she can bestow her vuto on the individual pledged to lollow in tho footsteps of General Jackson. THE DISTRIBUTION BILL. We insert below some further extracts from j leading Van Buren papers, as additional evidence of the bitter hostility entertained by the office-holders towards the late "Act to regulate the deposits of the public money." The hope is confidently cherished that the freemen of Ohio will bear this in mind that they will recollect that the Aristocratic, office-monopolizing, land-speculating gentry are, one and all, decidedly opposed to that wise and salutary measure; and that, if a portion of their Representatives in Congress ultimately gave it their support, it was not becauso they were ploased with its provisions, but becauso the people had required its passage in a voice which they did not possess hardihood sufficient to resist. We wish the independent citizens of this Stato to be fully persuaded that the office-holders will never consent to release their grasp on tho national purse if it can be avoided; that no means will be left untried for the expenditure of the enormous sum now in the Treasury, in order that there may be no distribution; and that they are now, through their pensioned journals, laboring to prepare the public mind for such a result. It isdesirablo that the subject should be well and thoroughly understood at this time, because the period is near at hand when a remedy can be applied to any existing or anticipated evils. At the approaching elections, the whole power ofthe Government, both State and General, will revert to the people. They may, if they please, by continuing to give their confidence to the "spoilers," throw away the only opportunity which they will perhaps ever enjoy, of recovering what they have lost; or, by making choice of honester men, insure to this great Republic, humanly speaking, a long and glorious career of greatness and prosperity. Let them mark what we say. Every adhering Van Burcnitc -we do not mean every original Jacksonian by virtue of his political attachments, is necessarily in favor of keeping every part of the national treasure out ofthe hands of the peuplo, in order that the wholo of it may be lavished on particular favorites. They all wish for a large increase in the annual expenditures ofthe Government, because it will enable them still more to bring its immense patronage " into conflict with the freedom of elections;" and they intend, if possible, to keep the people in a stale of abject dependence, in order to break down their spirit, and reconcile them to the yoke to which it is intended to subject them. From the AViK York Timet. If tho distribution lnw he not arrested, the U. 8. Bank will bo as firmly and widely established as it was in its palmiest days. Did sny friend of that bank vote against this law? Hud .Mr. Biddlo any inlluenco upon its course in the Sennte? No matter; after the law will come tlio monster. But that is a minor consideration. The question is, will the consequences suggested follow from this law, and if they will, cannot the cause be averted, the law arrested! Let business men consider those points, From the Petersburg Constellation. Wo deem it a duty weowo that portion of the people of Virginia, who have fostered, susluincd and clieorcd us on by their patronage, in what wo respectfully deem to havo heen a patriotic, as well as ueniocratic course, to avow to them that wo, without hesitation or qualifi cation on our part, condemn, on the pnrt of Congress, the passage of, and on tho part of tho l'rcsident the appro val of a hill which never should have been conceived or brought forlli ilia republican country. (kJ-We find the following Bingular articlo in the last Zanesville Gazette: Wayne Township, July 25lh, 1836. Mnssrcs. Parke &. Bennett: I wish spaco enough in your columns to tender my compliments to tho publishers of the Ohio Stato Journal. 1 am glad to learn that they have not forgotten me, as I have just received the January numbers of their paper, all in one bundle: and, if nothing happens, I expect soon to reccivo the r euruary numbers in the same convenient manner. The proceedings of the last Legislature must be of absorbing interest, received here near tho first of August ; especially, to come in hit of old newspapers. For sending me, thus early, reports of what was done in Columbus last winter, they, or the Postmasters, have my acknowledgments. GEORGE W. GIBBONS. Wo were as much surprised at the information conveyed in the above, as our respectable subscriber could possibly have been at receiving tho January numbers of our journal in July. Wo can assure him, that during the whole period of the lato session of the Legislature, as well as at every other time, his paper from this office was regularly directed and packed, with those of our other subscribers in Zancsvillo and its vicinity, and depo sited in tho post office here on the day of their publication; and that wo have every reason to be lieve that the packet seldom failed to roach the Zancsvillo post office in due time. What disposition may have sometimes been mado of its con tents, on its arrival there, we are of course entirely unablo to say; but inasmuch as we havo good reason to think that tho duties of that office arc not always discharged in the most careful manner, we are inclined to bolicve that the fault, in this instance, lies with tho Postmaster there, to whom our subscriber is respectfully referred for further information on the subject with the hope, that tho abuse, if any exists, may be discovered and exposed. For the Ohio Stale Journal. Listening the other day lo an argument be twecn a friend of Harrison and a Van llurcn man, about the relative claims of their respective candidates for the Presidency, I was alarmed to hear the Van Huron man say that he knew and nolieveu that .nr. van llurcn was dishonest in politics, and was sali3liod that he never gavo a vote on any subject, without looking out to see how it might affect his own personal views and interests. Yet, after all, he declared that lie would vote for him, because it was his interest so to do, as in the event of his election, he would reap some share of the spoils of victory and fatten on the ill gotten gains of party. Spi rit of our fathers! has it come to this, that such doctrines and principles are openly avowed, and that a candidate for the Presidency of these States is now seeking to attain that once honored scat by bribing the people yes, by bribing them! for to this, and nothing else, dues the admission ofthe Van liuren man amount. Fellow citizens, awake from the lethargy which op presses you. Arise in your strength, and shake from your body politic the cormorants that are now eating out the very vitals of your Constitution. Look at the fate of all ancient Republics, and take warning. Corruption now stalks forth in broad day light, and with as bold a face as it ever did in the most degenerate days of the Ro man and Grecian Republics; and soon, unless arrested in its course by the timely interference of the people, mint this mighty fabric of Republican Government fall like them, and be remem bered only in song or history. SU1U1U. From the Uallimore Republican. It is because wo arc opposed to a distribution of the revenue among the otatcs, lor tlio roason that its tendency must be to impair their independence, and rcn der thorn in a ureal incisure stipendiaries of tho Gene ral Government i and becauso wo conceive that tho ef fect of this bill will be very much the same as an actual distribution of the money among the States, for the rea son that when they once obtain it they will scarcely ever return it, that wo regret the passagoof this bill; and regret it as much, noiwiiiisinnuini! tne support u hub received from many of our political friends whose judg ment we highly respect, and in whose good intentions we place the most entire commence, as wo snouia nave done had it passed in opposition to their united votes anu lucir milieu eiions. From the Albany Argus. If this bill shall bccoino a law. we nmv expect to seo nverv measure uf public utility, material if not indis pensable to the protection of tho interests and the osscr-tion of the rights of the nation, a sacrifice to tho claims of local cupidity to tho strong appeals ofthe local population upon tho representative to " hold what he has got, and get what ho can" to tho pervading desiro to share in the spoliation of the national treasury, regardless of the claims which, in a national point of view, ought hrst to be satishctl. From the Georgia Courier. Under any point of view wo can take tho subject, we arrive at tho same conclusion : that the plan adopted by the Government to deposit the surplus revenuo with tho states, is pregnant with iliemost uniciiuconsequences. Witt Clinton, as "purring over petty schemes and sinister designs"! Who seek his election? Tho President that his beautiful system of reform, retrenchment, and economy, of which we have seen something, may bo perpetuated by a successor who will "generally tread in his footsteps." The Albany Regency that the politics of the New York school may become the politics of tin Union, and the Empire State may dictate the policy of the whole nation. The office-holders that they may continue to feed at the public cost, and gather the spoils of victory. The office-seekers who hope to displace incumbents, and come into their places. These are the suttlers of the camp, who will glean up tho frag ments of plunder which they expect will fall in the new distribution. These are the elements of the party which aims lo elect Martin Van Buren President. Shall they succeed! From tho Ohio People's Press. ELECTION OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND SHERIFFS. An intelligent and virtuous Justice of the Peace is one of the most valuable men in community. He is the judge and the arbitrator in all matters of neighborhood dealings and difficulties. He is a peace-maker, to quell and appease the angry passions of imprudent men. He is the poor man's friend, and his protector against the oppressions of th e rich and powerful. In short, he is indispensable to the well-being of society, and he it one of the people, being always among tnein and acting lor them. Who, then, could believe that such a wonderfulpeople-loving democrat, as Martin Van Buren, would la bor all in his power to deprive the people of the privilege ofelecting their own local magistrates, with a view to establishing a cent'ul appointing power at tne capital nj the Stale! Hut such is the fact and those who doubt it, may find Ins vote recorded against this privilege in the 356th page of the rroceedings of the JNew lork Con vention to amend the Constitution of that State He was also opposed to the election of Sheriffs by the people, as may be seen in page 100 of the same book. I'.ven under the llritish Monarchy the people are allowed to elect thoir sheriffs. But Mr. Van Buren is afraid to Irutt the people with any power. He is afraid to trust them with a fair and unbiassed decision on his -claims to the Presidency. And for that reason he seeks to climb to power on the shoulders of a popular Uld soldier, and also by using the people s money to buy tho votes of land speculators. What a beautiful, meritorious pink of democracy! We are informed hy a gentleman whose vera city cannot be impeached, and whose opportu nities are very great for knowing well the truth ofthe matters about which he speaks, that general reform is going on in Adams county, and that it is confidently believed that tho Har rison Ticket will triumph there on the 4th of November next. ISolhing remains to be done among the friends of Harrison and reform, but to preserve concert of action, and the victory is ours. Brown county is doing well in the good cause; and Clermont is safe, if the Whigs are not too backward in the southern border of the county. There can be no doubt of these facts. Let eve ry man be true to his country and to himself, and victory must and will decido with the 1 co pie. Batavia Courier. Tho Guernsey Times, a firm supporter of the candidate of the people, has passed into the hands of Lambert 1 homas, under whose man agement it will be conducted in future. It will continue to support sound Whig principles We are pleased to learn from the last number of that paper that tho friends of Harrison are not only numerous among JacUsntrs supporters, adjoining Muskingum, but that North, East, and South, indeed all over tho country, tlio friends of Harrison are increasing, and that at the Presidential election, Guernsey county will give the Van Ilurenitci a Waterloo defeat. Aanef ville Repub. ' USED UP." Tho "organ" requests to "be off," under pretence that our noighbor of the People's Prctt is its "man." Very woll: it may go. Wo never have coveted tho honor of its acquaintance; and most certainly shall not break our liear.t bocause it soei fit to select another antagonist. THE SUN-NOT EXTINCT. Tho Van Buren press have been in high glee for somo weeks past, on account of the suspen- ion ofthe Sun an ably conducted journal, pub lished at Washington Citv, and a zealous sup- portor of Judge White, as Gon. Jackson's successor. They have affected to consider the temporary discontinuance of that paper, which they designated " a total eclipso," as ominous not only of tho defeat of the candidato it preferred, hut also of the entire success of their own fa-vorito; and consequently set no bounds to thoir exultation. Now, howover, they will bo obli ged lo commence another tune. 1 he Sun, after a short obscuration, has roappeared, and again bines forth with increased brilliancy, undor the influence of Mr. Thomas G. 1-ouster. We trust that it will hereafter continue to perform its periodical revolutions with perfocl regulari ty; and while it diffuses the light of truth among tho people, that its rays will contributo to drive to their dark abodes " tho party" owlots and bats which hnvo so long hovered about our poli tical horizon, to the soriotis injury of tho conn try. INFORMATION GIVEN. Wo observe in a late numbor of the Paul Pry, that Mrs. Royal anxiously inquires about the People's Press, and asks, with great Jim'ticfe " whether Croppy, of the Hemisphere, has usod him up!" As our neighbor has hitherto neglect cd to answer for himself, we shall take the liber ty of quieting tho fears of the fair querist, by staling that the object of her soltcitudo is no only " alivo and kicking," but fully able to din- patch at least a dozen of Croppies any mornin before breakfast. From the Cleveland Daily Gazette. THE APrilOACHINO ELECTION. In other parts of tho State, our political friends arc oriranizing with spirit lor the coming campaign Nothing is necessary but for the Whigs of Ohio to como out in their strength, and tho day is their own. In tins neighborhood, tho wings nave wan cd long enough, They should now begin to pre pare. Never was thcro a moro important election The quostion to be tried is, whether tho President may nominate his succossor, and wield every power which pertains to his office to effect his election; and whether tho people will sanction such a procedure. Against tho unbiassed will ofthe peo-plo, we find arrayed a host of dependents upon the Exocutivc; every officer, high or low collectors of tho customs, deputy postmasters, tido waitors, clerks, and contractors all handed together to de feat a free choice The Regency system is at work to accomplish tho desired end. No officer of tho Government may daro to question tho decree which has gono forth. "Off with his head," is tho sentence which Is executed upon tho official functionary who expresses his honCBt prelorence for tho people's candidate, w ill tho peopio ol tins Stato ask tho hirelings ol power lor whom inoy may vote! Aro wo come to this, that we dare not opposo tho dictation of Now York, and givo our suffrages tor our tellow citizen! 1 lien is our inrat-dom at hand. Wo may call ourselves froomen, and retain some of tho forms of a republic; but tho spirit of freedom is no longer with us. What claim has Mr. Van Buron upon the West, that he asks our support! Docs he point to any measure of public policy in which we aro interested, with which his namo is connocted! Not one. Not an act of Ins public life can bo shown, in wnicn ho has regarded tho interests of Ohio, or any greut national obioct any thing, in Bhort, Out ins own advancement. His is tho cautious, self-seeking policy, which looks upon all measures as good or bad just as they tond to promote his selfish views. Will tho people of Ohio neglect thoir own pure-minded and high-Boulod statesman, to further the ambitious designs of this political "grimalkin." aptly described by ono who know him well, Do From the Cleveland Daily Gazetec, EAST MARENGO. Mr. Editor Will you permit a friend, though personally interested in the matters about which lie writes, to stale, for the information of the public, a few facts rekting to the city (that is to be) on the Maumec river, bearing the above name! that (am interested, will not render what I say less true, nor less deserving public at tention; for we are well aware that the numerous puffs so freely circulating in public prints, with out responsible names, proceed, directly or indi rectly, from those who are deeply interested in the projects they so lavishly bestow their encomiums upon. East Marengo, then, is laid out on the north side ofthe Maumee river, at the head of uninterrupted steamboat navigation; or, in othor words, just below the Delaware shoals or flats, between which point and the lake, all surveys and charts show us that no impediment is found in the channel. Certain persons, therefore, some few weeks since, purchased tho site of this town from the Rev. James Gilruth, by whom it was entered, and to whom it was patented by the United States; and forming themselves into a joint stock company, ordered a town laid out on the premises, and intend, ere long, to offer tho lots for sale. The name East Marengo, is adopted on account of its proximity to the town recently laid oil hall a mile anove, tinner the name of Marengo, the site of which is just below the rocky bar. Above this point, the proprietors at least, and 1 may say the well in formed public, do not believe any serious at tempt will ever be made to carry the larger class of lake vessels, should the sand liar shoals, above mentioned, be removed, then there will be free ingress and egress for all lake craft, as far as the rock bar, or the site or Marengo proper; and in that case, the narrow strip of land intervening between the two towns will be laid off in lots, and tho whole be united in one city As it has long since been conceded, that at some point in the Maumee valley, a great cily would instantaneously spring up, as suon as the final termination of the canal should be deter mined upon, I shall shed no ink on that subject The proprietors of East Marongo havo at least made sure uf the point whero is now tho heai: of uninterrupted steamboat navigation; and i the canal is carried below them, it is well tin derslood that it must keep the high level, in which case it will create an immense water pow crat East Marengo, and still leave us with free access lo the lake, should tho Commissioners dctermino to stop the canal above the rucky bar. individual enterprise will lorlhwiiu com oleto it to this point. But should the State de termine to continue it below all obstructions to river navigation, they will extend it lo this pom and no further. On the oilier hand, should it b extended to Toledo, or even below, still, as lak vessels could, without let or hindrance, ascen the river to this point, they would, as we believe avail Ihcmsclves of this privilege All expert ence has hitherto shown that it is to the advan ta"e of commerce to extend the transporlalio of freight in sea vessels as far inland as tho larg est class can pass without interruption, sue we believe, will be the result in this case. The situation of East Marengo is high, dry and healthy, and affords as fino a site for a larg town as anv other on the river. 1 he uelawa run, a fine living stream, flows diagonally across the whole tract, and enlers the river a few rods below, affording every facility, by the fall and high banks, for using the water power, which will be created by the passing ol the canai on tue uign bank: or. what is of far greater importance, of fering a natural channel for the termination of the canal, this being tho first accessible point below all obstructions to river or lakenavigation. I am aware, Mr. Editor, that the public look upon all communications of this character with a jealons eye. I am willing that this should not bo an exception. I Ireoly admit thai 1 am in MERRICK'S HOTEL XENIA, O. The following notice of Merrick's famous Ho. tel. was handed us by a friend whose opinion is of value. Some weeks since, re published from the Greenecounly Gazette, a commendatory no- tice of the same house, which, making: oroner allowance lor the feeling of town pride that indu- ccd the praise there bestowed upon the establishment, still left a favorable impression upon the reader. Our correspondent, however, has fully sustained the favorable account given by the Gazette There has beeu, it seems, no exaggeration in the praise of those who feel proud of me Diniuing as an ornament or their own village. It certainly deserves tho good name it has re ceived and the enterprising ciiieen (Mr. Ew-ing,) who upon his own resources and on tis own account, erected the building, has afforded an example to men of wealth in the "neighboring towns," winch stand in more need perhaps of large and commodious public houses, thau Xenia, which should prompt them " to go and do likewise." Dayton Journal. Messrs. Editors: 1 have lately visited our sister town of Xenia, 15 miles from this and cannot refrain from bestowing high praise on "Merrick's Hotel," lately erected there. The house is not only very spacious, convenient, and commodious, but is furnished with tustoand elegance, particularly the parlors, which are furnished in a style suited to satisfy the finest relish for elegant quietness and repose, which the visitor is sure to find. The sleeping apartments are furnished in a corresponding style, and every department was in the neatest order. If any thing which I witnessed, tended lo lessen my high respect lor the house, by which 1 in-elude the polite and worthy host, it was the tasteful magnificence of the bar which presented lo the eye every delicacy for the palate and I could not but wish, that such an establishment could become perfect by being the resort and mansion house of perfect Temper-ance, as it was to me ofthe kindest hospitality. I cannot but wish that such a building, erected, as I was informed, by private munificence, without regard to reward, but such as spring from deeds well done, and conducted by a gentleman of courteous and urban manners, may meet with that support which such an endeavor to merit it requires and deserves for its prosperous continuance. As to myself, I hope frequently to afford my feeble sup. port lo it by frequent visits to the pleasant town of Xe-nin, niodo doubly so to visitors by the splendid mansion I havo described, which pleasure I would gladly divide with my friends and the public, by inviting them to do likewise, with tho assurance that they shall not be disappointed. g, g. g POPULATION OP THE UNITED STATES IN 1836. The population of the United States, at the present time, may be approximately estimated as follows: Maine, the Northcastcrnmost, 555,000 New Hampshire, south of Maine, 300,000 Vermont, burdering Canada, 330,000 .Massachusetts, must densely peopled, 700,000 Rhode Island, with the leapt territory, 1 10,000 Connecticut, the most agrarian 320,000 Aggregato of the Northeastern States, Pennsylvania, the banking State Delaware, the narrowest State,- aryiunu, tue water Stale, Aggregato ofthe Middle States. 4,950,000 Virginia, the largest State, 1,360,000 North Carolina, tho modest Stato, 800,000 South Carolina, the palmetto State, G50,000 corgia, tho Southernmost, 620,000 Aggregate of the Southern States',-Ohio, tho thrifty State, Kentucky, the Dogging state, nuiana, tne improving oiaie, llinuis, tho prairie State, Michigan, the lako Mate," 1,300,000 . 800,000 550,000 320,000 120,000 Missouri, the Northwesternmust State, 250,000 Aggregato of tho Western States 3,340,000 Tennessee, tho central State, 900,000 .ouisiana, the Southernmost State,.. 3o0,000 Alnbama, the cotton State, 500,000 Mississippi, the river Slate 4uUO0O Arkansas, the least populous, 70,000 Aggregate of the Southwestern States, 2,220,000 District of Columbia, 50,000 londa, with the most extensivo coast, 50,000 Wisconsin Territory 20,000 Oregon, or the Fur West, 5,000 cw York, the most populous, 2,400,000 ew Jersey, the thoroughfare State, 300,000 2,315,000 1,600,000 ao,ooo 500,000 3,430,000 Aggregato of theTerritories,-Indians, 125,000 400,000 The entire population within the limits of the I'mtcd states, Indians included, amounts, therefore, to r 16,780,000 OCTOBER ELECTIONS. The following gentlemen havo been anmunced, either by nomination or otherwise, as candidates for the offices annexed to their names respectively, in the Districts or Counties in which they severally reside. This list will be continued and enlarged weekly until the election. EOJt CONOR MS. Third District Patrick G. Goode, of Shelby. Fourth District Thomas Corwin, of Warren. Fifth District Owen T. Kishback, of Clermont. Twelfth District Alexander Harper, of Muskingum. Fifteenth District John W. Allen, of Cuyahoga. FOR TUB STATE SEN ATS. JVianti, Dark, and Mercer William I. Thomas. FOR TUB HOUSE. Clark William V. II. Cushing. Clinton Amos T. Davis. Franklin Alfred Kclley. Miami, Dark, and Mercer Stacy Taylor, Hiram Bell. Piekmcay John L. Green. Wood, ilrnrv. H'illiams. Hancock. Paulding, Put nam, Lucas, I 'awrert, Allen, Hardin, and Shelby John tlollister. MARRIED, In Rrwclnlc, Mn.h.on enmity, on the 20th utt., t-jr the Rev. Jolin Itntlisliiin, Mr. Join DcarLiNuia lo Miss JiksFoi, all sf tliat town. Ill ED, On Hie 2Blli ult., at the boarilitif house of Mr. HIM, In this city, altera short Illness of hilious fever, Mr. Rosbkt CiTsnaa acil alwut io years; laic of nurks county, Pennsylvania. Religious Notice. THE Rev. A. A. P. vis will preneh at tlx Court-IIonse, In Co-htnilius, on the llr.t Humlay In August nut; and Rev. Mr. Jour on the eveidngof the soconil Sunilay of the same month. Ktlltors In the eily will please give the aliove an insertion. tcrestcd initio result! I would not knowingly! deceive any one; and if this communication shall be tho means of exciting inquiry, I shall havo accomplished my object; for I fully believe I shall thereby advance my own interest, with out in the least preying upon tho interest of others. It is only necessary lo remark, in con-elusion, that this communication is mado with out the knowledgo or approbation of any other person interested. A BI'ockiioi.okr. Cleveland, .nil; li, in.itt. Notice. THE unaVnlgneil. not exncettnR lo be engaged in mercantile hiiitlnCM for the present, on his own account, and being located in Ilia eily of New York, will attend to purehnsiuf Dry Goods, t.rorerirs, Hnrilwnro, Air. on commission. From Ills long ax pcrtoiiee In : lie ImplncM, his knowledge of the wants of this market, and his extensive aripiniutance tn the Eastern cities, he flatters himself he may he ahle to give general satisfaction to Ihosa who inny favor him Willi orders. Comm'sslona for purchasing. narking, and shinning a slock for retailing, 5 per cent.; for lots of goods in entire packages, 2 J per cent Persons wishing par chn.es uiiidn nn credit, and not hetng known either to the under, signed or lo the New York merchants generally, will be aspect, ed to give renpeelahle references. For further partieulara In quire at the old stand of Ellis It Corwin, No. 108, Main street, Cincinnati. B. ELLIS. August ..3t ft 10 Reward. 200 Packages Dry Gootls, COMPRISING a very RHicml ftMortmiit, received, wind tiered wholesale and retail, at roilurrd price, hy B. rV8. B FT ANTON, Corner of Unhand Rlchni.,ond No. 4 Commercial Row June 21 HTRAYET) from the iihterltier. In Etna towiuliip, Ltektng county, rtrHHit erven week ilnrr, a Dark Bay Mare, all yeara old, liipuhot In the rlshl lop, and about 13 handi high. Awn. four colt, of tlia follnwlui dracrl,ttion; One fray mare, two yenn old, anil a lortf rilntfl In her face; a black mare, two yeara old; a hny horae colt, otic yrnr old; and a bay horte colt, two yeara old. Tliatthove reward will be paid for their delivery to the nulwrther, one mile and a half eait of Etna, near the National Road, or a reasonable reward for any la for mat ton that will lead lo the recovery of any or all of them. AugueU G A OKI EL WINK ELM AN.