Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1839 : Weekly), 1839-10-16, WEEKLY.

              Stole mm COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1G, 1839. WEEKLY. VOLUME 30. NUMBER 7. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1839. OHIO ELECTION. The Whigs have not succeeded in gaining the State. "All's lost!" as . Napoleon exclaimed when ho saw his Old Guard slowly borne back by the British bayonets. "All's lost" in Ohio and Bank Reform is destined to reign, in terro-rem, for another year. The Locofocos have done ' up their business handsomely, and they have a right to exult over their work. The only thing of which we are afraid is, that they have not beaten us enough. If they only show us a genuine Locofoco majority of some fifteen or twonty on joint ballot, we shall be satisfied. Tho Whig Press of this Stale has done its -duty, nobly, and no blamo can be attached to it. The stake for which we played was a doubtful one, and, if we havo failed in the game, why, thousands have failed before us therefore, let us bear our mischance with philosophical composure. With all our griefs, we have glorious consolation. THE CENTRE OF THE STATE IS SAFE! Old Franklin, like her glorious name sake, "Old Ben," has been true to her principles, Site has rebuked the spoilers on their own stage she has bearded the lions of Bank Reform in their own den. Though the extremities may be paralyzed, the heart is sound! There is still a littlo leaven of political righteousness left us the Whigs of the State have still a point iTappui upon which to rally. Then let us await the result of Bank Reform in patient cheerfulness. It has already been felt in bitterness, but not enough to brine our citizens to their senses. Let us, there fore, WAIT! CALM REFLECTION. While tho Locofocos of Ohio are celebrating their triumph, and making merry over the wine cup, it may not be amiss to give a few moments' cool consideration to tho circumstances by which the Whigs of the Union are now surrounded. Pennsylvania has not been heard from, but the Whig defeat there must be still moro thorough than in Ohio. Is there any hope for the Whigs of the Union in the coming Presidential election? If there is any hope, on what is it founded? I it to be found in any State, excepting New York Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, and Kentucky? We opine not. It seems like madness to contend against an overwhelming fate against a force that is sure to crush us. What, then shall we do? Shall we cease all opposition to the common enemy, and sit down in inaction and despair? Can tho operation of a Whig National Convention give a new impetus to our exertions or indicate any fresh prospect of ultimate success? The future looks dark enough, Heaven knows ! and yet, if our Whig cotcmporarics join us, we shall go on with the war caring neither for the jibes and jeers of our enemies, nor disheartened by the luke-wannncss of our friends. What says the Whig Press of Ohio and of the Union? Shall we stack our arms and surrender at discretion or shall we " die with harness on our backs?" A DUN. The Stale Journal has never been guilty of dunning its patrons through its editorial columns. At this moment, however, its proprietor feels that it would be extremely convenient to have some money out of those subscribers who have owed him longer than eighteen months or two years. In tho present slate of politics, he has no treasury pap to depend upon and he therefore hopes thnt liis readers will take this momentous fact into serious consideration. MAIL STAGE ARRANGEMENT. Neil, Moore, & Co. have made an important improvement to their Pilot line of Coaches between Wheeling and Cincinnati, by the addition of a Guard, who accompanies each coach of this line. His duty, is to see to the comfort of the passengers, to insure the arrival of the coaches at tho end of the roulo in the specified time, and tho faithful performance by tho drivers of their duty, both to tho passengers and tho proprietors. MURDER AT CINCINNATI. A barkeeper, named Noblo, employed in the Broadway hotel, killed a man named M'Can, on the morning of Wcdnosdny last, at tho Lower Market. They had a dispute about the purchase of some turkeys a fight ensued Noble was beaten and, in revenge, struck Mr. M'Can on the head with a brick bat, which terminated his existence almost immediately. The election over, we mean to be a littlo easy, and withal, a littlo idlo, until we shall see how the public mind bears itself under the pressure of the recent Whig defeat. We shall not, however, consent to submit to any very severe slang from either the Statesman or tho Bulletin. In the course of a woek we expect to bo on good terms with the Confederate. If the Statesman and Bulletin undertake to bore us about tho Whig defeat in Ohio, we shall direct their attention to tho result in "Old Franklin." With all their combined power, tho Confederate to back them, and with all the talent and energy of the Auditor of State, f id omne genui, we dished them up handsomely at home. Northern cities. The following is from the Herald and Gazette, of Cleveland: " Macomb Cuunlu Hank. We are informed that the notes of this bank are received on deposite, and in payment of debts, by the banks ol this city, same as Ohio Bank notes." The Patriot, printed at Mount Clemens, where the bank is located, has the following: " Bills of the Macomb County Bank continue to be redeemed at 3 per cent, discount." " The above islrom the Uullalo Commercial Adver tiser, of September 3. Mr. Emerson, the Cashier, who has had the management ot tne anairs 01 mat in stitution, is richly deserving ot much credit lor tne manner (alike honorable to himself, and honestly to wards the public) ne lias pertormed nis various au-lies. The Macomb County Bank is undoubtedly as solvent as any bank in the State." The New York Herald, of the SCth September, says: . " The bills of the Macomb County Bank are re deemed at the office of D. Franklin & Co., Wall-street, at 5 per cent." The banks of Ohio are redeemed in New York at from 6J to 7 per cent. Thus it will be seen that the notes of the Bank of Macomb County are better by 1 J to 3 per cent., in thatcily, than those ol Lolumbus. A writer in the Statesman, over the signature of "A Real Citizen," quotes a letter, purporting to be written irom Lrciroit, in wnicu u is Biuteu iiiai iiiu ui-ficers of the bank themselves procured an injunction, and then refused depositors their deposites. I know not whether that letter was really written in Dotroit, or manufactured lor the occasion, to suit the purposes ol the writer; but I am persuaded the author, in view of the fuels in the case, would be very unwilling to publish liis name with the statements made in the letter, or to attempt any satisfactory proof. The injunction was not procured by the officers of the Bank of Macomb County, nor was it proeured by bate meansi and I challenge "A Heal Citizen" to prove the contrary. But mv obiect was not so much to expose the false statements of that writer, as to show your readers that these notes, however much they may ne discredited by the banks of this city, have as fair a credit in the as this, at a timo of unexampled distress 1 We are hereafter to be treated as a part of the territory of Me able to name one bank only, but it is charged that all hemei All.. are alike culpable. Such management deserves re' prehension. PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS. It seems to me. that a very correct view of the op position strength and bearing, is presented In the sub joined CBtimaies, of the probable cast of votes, in 18411, lor President and Vice rresi'ieni. tnai me administration is sustained by a minority only of the country, seems clear to my understanding. And ot that minority it has not the hearty gooa win, nor tne honorable confidence. Its support is that of a base service, of which hosts that perform it feel all the abasement. The union of action necessary In defeat Mr. Van Buren, ought to be brought about, without As our readers would doubtless be interested in an account of this extraordinary man, who is at this moment attracting the gaze of all the crowned heads in f.urope tor his daring and successlul enterprizes, we have abridged from a foreign magazine (the United Service Journal,) and tho excellent work of Stephens on Egypt and Arabia, the following particulars of the life of the Viceroy of Egypt: MeliemetAli was born in the year 1769, at Gavala. a small seaport town near Phillinpi. His father, who was an inferior officer of the Turkish police, died, and left him, at the age of four years, totally unprovided for. The Aga of the place, a Turk named Tout-son, was his ancle; and by him Mehomet was received and educated. Hiscducation, however, extend i-rt- i it a .? ic ii j-tr .hin. ... tl'1,cu Buu ucd tu. niBuuucaiiun, nuwevur, extent difficulty, and I flatter myself all difficulties are to be , , hor,emanshi and 10 u8t) 'of ,,,, Kead MmniuH in iltia H.mn . J, . . . removed in due season. The estimate in nnestion gives un Pennsylvania and Virginia to Mr. Van Buren. This is a very liber al concession. It requires but a little healing, in both these States, to turn their votes to the opposition. Cin. Oaz. From the Euitcrn Argtti, The sub-division of the opposition to Mr. Van Bu ren, may be said to consist of the different interests represented by 1st, Clay men 2d, Harrison men 3d, Abolitionists 4th, Conservative Republicans. These are the nrimarv characteristics of opposition politics; and if they shall become so conciliated, as to act in concert on the single question of Presidency and Vice Presidency, they cannot fail to be successful against Mr. Van liurens administration. iow, we wish me reaoer to criticise hub proposi tion ; Tor we wish to make no statement lo innuencea single mind, without furnishing the data upon which we found it. The Tecord of the election of President in 1936, shows that the opposition carried the following votes, viz Eastern cities as the notes of the Ohio banks; and 1 trust, in the above quotations, I have done this effee-tually. L. F. From tho New York ExprtM , October 7. CALAMITOUS FIRE. THIRTY-SEVEN BUILDINOS DK8TROVrD LOSS OVER A MILLION OF DOLLARS. Yesterday, Sunday morning, between 13 and 1 o'clock, a fire broke out in the live story store of No. 189, Water-street, occupied by Messrs. 8. JJ. Ilalsey & Co., which, before it was subdued, destroyed, with one or two buildings excepted, the entire block bound ed on Water and Front streets, and Fulton street and Burling; slip. W hat was on Saturday a must beauti ful block of fine brick four and five story stores, is now a heap or smoking and mouldering ruins, situ ated as it is, in the Second Ward, and in one of the most business portions of the city, there are no fami nes, one or two eating nouses excepicu, in me square. The flames were so hot that the stores on the opposite side of the street, both in Water and Front streets, were frequently on tiro, but were fortunately saved. The United States, better known as Holt s Hotel which is opposite, was frequently on fire, but by the activity of the citizens was saved uninjured. The wind being N. E the cinders blew down the street, and unfortunately took the dormant windows of the line beautiful live story stores, occupied hy Messrs. Brewster, White, and others, which were utterly de stroyed. The walls having fallen out, the bricks are in piles in the street, each one separate and as clear from mortar as if cleaned off with a trowel affording a beautiful commentary on the strength of the mortar and the faithfulness of the mason. On three wooden roofed houses on Fletcher street, the fire lodged, and they too were consumed. Various stores in the neighborhood were covered with flames, but they had no wooden dormant windows, and they are safe. The loss cannot be less than a million of dollars; we judge so, because two stores had in them about three hundred thousand dollars value. Most ol tne buildings are entirely destroyed. A large amount of mer chandise was saved, but in a damaged state. Had it not been that a fire was raging up town, this would not have been so disastrous. 1 he hydrants were ex hausted. We are sorry to learn that a good deal of property was stolen and destroyed. J here was a great deficiency in the Police. From ilia rttuburih Advocate. MONEY MATTERS. There is difficulty here as elsewhere in the money market. We hear much complaint of the course taken by the banks; needless curtailments and quar rels among themselves, are the subjects of severe ani mail version. Be these things as they may, we feel assured there it more complaint than there is ground Tor: more apprehension than is warranted. I ne Dusi' ness of Pittsburgh is so intimately connected, through various links of communication, with the sea board, that embarrassments in the money market of the Atlantic cities must disturb ours; it is impossible it can be otherwise. Thus when the banks of the Atlantie cities are struggling against a demand for specie, that is draining their vaults or the precious metals, cur tailment of discounts, and diminution ot their eircu lalion becomo necessary. These measures of defence are instantly felt here; perhaps they are the more in' stantly perceptible, because of the existence here of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina, Geoigia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, 14 7 8 3 10 11 11 IS 15 SI 9 This left Mr. Van Buren 170 votes Total, 894 requisite majority, 118. Suppose it to be granted, that from the above oppo sition vote, there be taken, as tost on subsequent elec tions, the 9 votes of Indiana, the 15 votes ot I enncs- see, the 21 votes of Ohio, and the three votes of Dela- ingand writing were left to be learned as they might. The uncle was murdered for his wealth, and the nephew was again left destitute. He then passed some months in the shop ot a tobacco merchant, and here gained some knowledge of trade, which was afterwards of great advantage to him. In this situation he gained a small capital, and opened a shop for himself. He was successful and became wealthy. When Napoleon invaded Egypt, Mehcuict joined the Egyptian fiVces against him, He distinguished him self by his bravery, and in the subsequent difficulties Detween the ounan and the Mamelukes, he received from the Viceroy of Egypt, Mehemet KusrnlT, tho rank of general. In consequence of some accusations made against liitu by his envious colleagues, he was soon dismissed from the service. He then joined the Mnmelukes, against whom he had been fighting;, and at length compelled the Pacha, Mehemet Kusriiff, to fly lo Uamtetta, where he took him prisoner. A new I'acna was appointed by llio Millan, but was soon put lo death by the treachery of Mehemet Ali. After various stratagems, Mehemet accomplished his purposes, and in 1603 the Sultan declared him the Pacha of Egypt appointed in compliance with tho wishes of tho people. He now determined lo restore Egypt to its rank among the nations. He attached to liis interest the Oriental tribes; improved the decipline of his soldiery, and took every measure to strengthen himself in his power. The Sultan became jealous of him, and issued an order deposing him from his office as Govern or of Lgypt. But Mehemet All resisted the order, and the point was yielded. In loll he determined to clear his country of the Mamelukes. He invited their chiefs lo a feast at Cai ro, where they were assassinated, while the body was cut off by a general massacre. He then sent out his armies under the command of Ins sons to pursno his conquests in Asia, and in the region of the Upper Nile, mehemet himself was occupied at homo in the improvement of his military affairs, lie intro duced French officers, built an arsenal at Cairo, estab lished a mililary hospital, provided gunpowder man ufactories, &c. At length the Greek war broke oul, and the forces city. As in regard to individuals, those persons are grievously mistaken who suppose that, in point of interest, even towns and cities are independent of externals. But, to leave mere matters of taste to the progress of things, we pess on lo those ofsubstance. If we add Wheeling, at one extreme, to Columbus, at the other, and include the mean points, we have, in distance ol one hundred and twentv-seven miles, a population of about thirty-five thousand on a line of country the writer of this article saw a wilderness. Wheeling; was- founded 5y Ebenezor Zane and bro thers, in 17C9, but in 1793, twenty-four years afterwards, when first seen by the writer, there were at the place thirteen or fourteen dwelling-houses, only two or three of which were frames, the residue log-houses. The city of Wheeling now contains at least twelve thousand inhabitants, if we include the environs on bolh sides of the creek from which the name is derived. Then, 1793, an Indian war was raging, and only two years before, in 1791, the United States army under Genoral Harmar was more than once de- lea ted very near where the fine city stands in which this is written. The ensuing year, 1792, on the 4th of November, a still more signal defeat was sustained by another United Stales army under General St. Ulair, not one hundred miles from t-olumhus. "jn this fatal battle full 38 commissioned officers, and Wilson, of New York, in which it has been reported. ertl ! I l-rt! 3 - . .--.A I ! .-. .. . . . . . I . 593 non-commissioned officers and privates; 21 com' missioned nmcers, many ol whom afterwards died ot their wounds, and 212 non-commissioned officers and privates were wounded." ueneral Acntt, with a lorce of about one thousand Kentucky militia, soon afterwards surprised the Indi an victors on the same ground, and chastised them, pose of resting my horse and taking some refresh to the opposition of the number given in 1836: 48, added to Mr. van uuren s 17U votes in IB JO, were as follows: waJe-48. These, deducted from 124, leave 74 votes f. E8VP were Put in requisition by the Sultan, lbra- nun, wim iiguiuu pu (iiuiuiiiciiiiy in mat war, is an adopted son of Mehemet Ali. After the determination of this war, Ihe Egyptian military strength rapidly increased. Mehemet allow ed Europeans to take rank in his army without re- icrence to creed, and expended vast sums or money in military and naval preparations. Down to 1830, Mehemet Ali had rejected all offers of assistance in throwing off allegiance to the Sultan. He had paid large tribute to the Turkish Government, and had fought in its behalf. He now determined lo take possession of Syria, which had been promised to him lor his services in the Greek war. In October, 1831, he put his army, between 40,000 end 50,000 strong, under Ihe command of Ibrahim. This army advanced into Syria, and, in the course of an eventful yesr, achieved a complete conquest of that prnvinco, and opened the way to Constantinople. The Turkish uovernment was now alarmed. It called on Great Britain for aid, but was refused. The Russians were readv to assist, lint Ihn Turk fp.iri.ft llm result nf siih Now take, as lost to Mr. Van Buren in subsequent , alliance. A dreadful entrapment took nlc In elections, the 43 votes of New York, the 8 votes of Asia Minor between ihe forces of tho Sultan and those Connecticut, the 15 votes or North Carolina, the 4 f Ibrahim, in which the latter were victorious, Rus- votes of Mississippi, the 5 voles of Louisiana, the 5 ,ian aid wa, then accepted, and an immense Russian votes of Illinois, and the 4 votes of Rhode Island force wa, brought into the Turkish dominons. After total 83 which, deducted from 318, leave! 135 only various mniiim nf Hinlnma,... ihn Sulun vil,lel 13 voles less lhan the majority requisite to re-elect ,enl t0 , tnilJ w,jrh Ee l0 Ibrahim the whole of mr. van uuren, i io.) i...,jy-..irte iuuki . ."" Syria. J he iroops ot Ibrahim and ol Kmiii then above 76 votes of the opposition, make a total of 159 ,ook ,her departure. The interference of Russia re- being 1 1 majority over the number requisite to elect ,ted in the formation of a treaty of mutual protec-the opposition candidate. I lion between Russia and Turkey, which was concluded According lo the loregoing data, me oiates, upon on , gth of July, 1833. This treaty, which is cal led the treaty of UnkinrSkelnsti, placed Turkey in a situation of dependence on Ktissta, which is humilia Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, . Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, 10 7 4 8 43 30 33 15 5 4 5 7 4 3 3 170 the Presidency, stand thus Van Buren. Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Michigan, 7 4 3 3 135 Opposition. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York,-New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kontucky,-Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, It will be seen, that although in Tennessee a ma ting, and which ia displeasing to other Powers who are jealous ol itussia. The rigorous government of Mehomet Ali over Sv lis produced disquiet, and frequent insurrections have occurred, these are of course encouraging to the sultan, who still aims at recovering syria. During the spring and summer of last year, the Turkish and Egyptian governments seemed lo be preparing again for hostile movements. In August, Me hemet Ali announced his determination lo declare .. himself independent of the Sultan. England, 1 J i I.- A .' I,, 1 . 1 ' J I . r iniitv, misiiia, biiu nuniB, an iipnnscu tin ui'tinnv u .: I .i - :.!. i ... n i iiuii, ami mis opposition irmaica mo i acua. nin hemet Ali wishes his power to be hereditary, and is determined to gain this object, feuch a determination he made known to the powers above named. 1 o the astonishment not only of fcgypt, but of r.u rope, in the midst of these threatening events, Me hemet All leu his subordinate omcers lo manage di 159 sianny perccpnoie, necause oi tne existence nere oi ... , . .m. ... f r ",.. -i.-j ,n nemei mi icu n auooruiiiMei oncers 10 nunnge oi t... U?a.Pch ofthe United Stat Ba.k ,h,oKh which JJ .e'ith "tnU." UorSi.vort P- P' 'r,.",!: "r:1 .Pii,..,ihJ WHEAT. This article is every where going down in price. At Massillon it is down to 70c. In Columbus it sells dully at 02 ). J (he Editor of Ike Ohio Slate Journali Si.- It mav be interetinii to some of your readers to know how the credit of the Bank of Macomb Coun ty, Michigan, about which several articles have been written. I. mli in vour liaocr and the Statesman, calcu lated and intended to depreciate its paper and injure ta circulation, standi In soma ot the tasters enu the vacillations of the eastern money market are more directly conveyed to us. Admitting then, that this call for specie reaches and affects our banks as it does the eastern banks, they are compelled lo put themselves in a posture of defence. They mutt call in their debts, ihey mtuf curtail their discounts, they mint rwliii-A their eirenlniinn. sn that tliev mav be en abled to meet without difficulty any and all calls upon Ihem for specie. The late suspension of specie payments, although so far as this city is concerned if was imited by leaden of the ImuJoco party, has taught the banks that the people will not tolerate another suspension while they have silver in their vaults, If the banks have not drawn that much from Ihe indications of public sentiment, they are wanting in sn- Sacity. Una thing we most nrnuy oeiicve, mat is, tat were a general suspension to occur, Pennsylva nia would not have a chartered bank within her bor ders in the course of a twelve month, But we have no fears of a suspension of specie pay moots, although a Locofoco candidate in conver sation at Noniestown, on monoay, expresseu a onier ent conviction. We have no fears of a suspension We havo no fears that people are going lo be broken un bv hank curtailments. We are not the apologists ol the banks, and have mora than once Shown thai we had little love for them. Yet we are Tree to say that tliev are curtailing no more than is needful and safely practicable in self-defence. They will hurt noboilv. Tliev will not suspend, because the Loco focos will not arain invite a suspension, as they did in 1837. The Locofocos are so vociferous and earnest in Iheir professions of anli-bankism, that they will not hug liis banks and burn their fingers again. The Whigs are anti-bank and will lend no countenance to the banks: they remember the kindivu of the banks in tho summer of 1H38. The banks see their irue position, and aro relying upon Iheir own prudence and management to sustain themselves. They can do nothing lo this end hut curtail and call in, and who shall deny their right. With all our anli-bankism we shall not. Hut there is another matter of complaint that de serves notice. It is. that the batiks of our city are quarreling among themselves, and their measures of petty attack and retaliation, neeoiessiy, aggravate tne embarrassments of the money market. We know not which of all is most to blame; but we have am' pie evidence, before us, that there ia truth in Ihe charge. Two instances have been named to us in which the Bunk of Pittsburgh refused lo receive in payment of a note, tiufti of bankt which the teas Men taking on dcjMiite, because they were paid oul ny en. other citv bank ! What apology can be found for such wanton trifling posed lo the administration of Mr. Vu Buren, we nevertheless have given him the 15 votes of that Slate in the above table. We set down North Carolina as lost to Mr. Van Buren, because in the last election of Representatives to Congress in that State, the aggregate of the popular vote tor the administra tion candidates was 30,833, and that for the opposi tion candidates, 35,365, showing an actual majority of the people of 4,534 against the administration. W ith these datas nemre nun, we sunmii to tne juug. ment of the candid reader, whether it be not an estab lished truth, that according to the latest elections in all the Slates in Ihe Union, the opposition ol mr. van Buren. if kept united on the Presidential election, he not considerably more lhan equal to his defeat t We A MYSTERY SOLVED. Truth, it is said, is stranger than fiction. Certain ly, we have nevsr read any fictitious narrative more straugo than the subjoined, which we copy from the Alexandria Gazette of yesterday. The fatal duel to which it refers was announced some months ago in this paper upon the authority of a Norfolk paper, in which it was published wiilv very natural expressions of sympathy lor the mental sufferings said to be felt and expressed by the survivor. Soon afterwards, and ' frequently since, it has been hinted, from different quarters, that the whole slory was a fabrication, no such duel having taken place. Belief rn the story has, however, been re-affirmed, and it has been again contradicted, so that until now we have not been able to satisfy ourselves whether it was Irue or not. The initials signed to the following, are those of a gentleman who lias been repeatedly referred to aa authority for : ihe story, which n nf course completely exploded by ! this publication. Nat. Intel. From ths-Aloundila Oszetts, Beat. 30. THE "NORTH CAROLINA DUEL." In accordance with a promise made some time since, ; I send the following statement of facts in relation to the reported duel between' Messrs. Joseph Seawell Jones, ot ftiiocco, Norm uarolina, and II. Wright and is still generally believed, that the latter gentle man was mortally wounded. About 13 o'clock M. on the day of the reported du- el, whilst travelling from Elizabeth City to Norfolk,! stopped at tne Dismal twamp Hotel on the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina, for the pur- witti a loss of upwards of two hundred of the sav ages, and with veiy few whites ; but 1793 opened with Ihe Indians being, with the exception or a Tew detached points, masters of the great region northwestward of the river Ohio. The war was one involving every horror incident to human contention; and, if not before, after St. Clair's defeat, it became a conflict on the part of the whites for personal defence against death, with every dreadful concomitant. I he government, justly blamed lor not appreciating the enemy, or the difficulties opposed hy an uncultivated wilderness, and for not exerting itself to remove the British from Detroit and other northwestern posts, was now reduced lo the point of honor. Gen. St. Clair resigned, and General Wayne was appointed to the command on a theatro where Indian victory seemed the inevitable result of every conflict. With Wayne, however, the scene changed; but 1793 pass ed rather in reorganizing a scattered force, and in pre paration to insure victory, than in sny military movements of actual hostility. The inflated and misguid ed savages refused every offer of peace, and murdered Colonel Hardin and Major Truman, sent lo them under the safeguard or a flag; tho issue was then rendered desperate, unless such an enemy could be crushed by arms. In the debates arising on the fearful occasion, it was proven that, in seven years, from 17BJ to 17VU, not less tnan nilecn hundred persons, men, women, and children, had been massacred, or carried into a captiviiy only less terrible than death itself, Irom Kentucky; whilst few, if any less numbers, suffered a like fate Irom Western Virginia and Pennsylvania, lint the hour of savage triumph closed with 1793. On the 8th of August, 1794, Gen. Wayne reached the fatal field of St. Clair's defeat. named it Fort Recovery, advanced upon the savage lorce, and gave it a decisive defeat on the 30th or the same month. Such was, nevertheless, the confidence and exasperation of the savages, that another year had to be employed to bring ihera to terms ; but on the 3d of August, 1795, was signed the highly important treaty of Greenville. Highly important, however, as this convention was to the whites, it was, by all odds, more so to ths Indiana, as, had the war con tinued, not a remnant of them could have longsurvived. But. leaving; what some mav deem hvnolheticat. let us return to the field of realities. The peace of August, 1795, was amongst the most productive of great results. The eastern side of Ihe Ohio rivor was altogether relieved from Ihe fearful apprehension of savage barbarity ; and Ihe immense regions trans-Ohio opened to civilized immigration. I was then residing at Wheeling when the glad news arrived of, as it was then called, "Waync a Iriatv, and can fully endorse the following expressions : I ho news of it Waynes treaty! was received every where with the most lively joy. Every one had cause of graiulaiion. The hardy warriors, whose exploits we have recounted, full that Ihey were relieved from the immense responsibilities which rested up on them as tne guardians anp protectors ol the lnlanl settlements. The new settlers could now clesr Iheir wild lands and cultivate their rich fields in peace without fearing the ambush rifles of a secret foe; and the tenants of the scattered cabins could now sleep in safety, and without the dread of being wakened by the mid-night war-w hoop or Ihe savage. I hose who had beeu pent up in forts and stations joyfully sallied forth, and settled wherever the soil and local advantages appeared the most inviting."! 1 hese words, so vividly descriptive of the times, ments. I had not been seated many minutes, when I observed Mr. Jones, of Shocco, North Carolina, enter tinder much apparent perturbation, and evidently after . a hard and long chase. After some few introductory , preliminaries, Mr. Jones asked me out, ant) immedi-! ately informed me that he had just fought a due), ! about eight miles ahead, with a gentleman from New ' York that he had killed his opponent at the first fira ; was pursued to the boundary line by the officera who had received intelligence of the fight, and that ihe I unsettled state of his affairs- compelled him to return lo Norfolk, to aid him in reaching which place, un-' discovered by the police, he-solicited my friendly as-; sistance. The reasons urged'in behalf of this request 1 were of such a nature as to decide me, at once, in rendering him any aid in my power that might be likely to facilitate his visit to, and essape from, Norfolk, and I accordingly agreed to his plan, that I should take his clothes and name, and accompany him to Norfolk, and, in case of arrest or danger, pass myself off as Mr. i Jones, until he was beyond the limits of Virginia. , Mr. Jones then planed in my hands copies of the letters which, he said, had passed between the parties alt of which I carefully and attentively perused which copies are now, if I mistake not, in the possession of Ihe Norfolk Beacon, under the frank of a member of Congress from North Carolina. These letters were all indicted in the usual form of a challenge and acceptance; and, together with disclosing the fact that Mr. Jones had pulled the nose of his antagonist at a public meeting in Petersburg, contained) as ooncerned in the duel, the names of several gentlemen distinguished for their valorous and literary achievements. Although 1 required no further evidence of th unfortunate and fatal duel than that above referred to, through a fear, perhaps, that I might be a little skeptical in the matter, Mr. Jones conducted' me first to the duelling ground, which I found " fairly and honorably measured," and stained in several placet with blood, and then directed me lo proceed to a house, some short distance from lha spot, and ask for a handkerchief, which a woman, who had been brought to the field by the report of the pistols, had picked op, and which he feared might be used as evidence against him. This I did ; and, after having received from a woman such a handkerchief as Mr. tones had desert-bed, stiff and red with blood, I was farther informed by her that she saw a gentleman gallop away from the field after the shots were fired, that they carried off a dead body in a sack, and that the whole neighborhood was in a state of the greatest excitement. Of course there could now exist no doubt in any reasonable mind as to the fact of a fatal duel having been fought; and it only remained for me to assist Mr. Jones in carrying out the plan he had devised for his visit to Norfolk. Tlnthther we arrived in safety; and, was to be expected, found the whole borough on the tip-toe of excitement and inquiry about the fatal duel. Mr. Jones managed to escape publio notoriety until about 13 o'clock at night, when, pursued from Norfolk to Portsmouth by a whole troop of officers, who, he informed me, had just returned from the dual ground a dit-tance of about twenty-five miles he called at my lodgings in Portsmouth ; and, having spent a few minutes with me, sel off for Norlh Carolina on a I swift horse, which my solicitude and apprehension of i a pursuit had already provided for his departure. I j stalled next morning in the North Carolina stage ; , and, beingdressed in Mr. Jones' clothes, felt no slight apprehensions for my own safety, when, about eight miles from town, I met some nine or ten constables, wiln green 6nc, and a grave looking coroner, return- cannot be foil in all their force by the now flourishing ; ing after their' fruitless search for the dead body of the and happy generation, but only by the remnanti of i unfortunate Wilson. They passed me by, however, those times of deprivation, want, peril, and death, who and 1, of course, congratulated myself on my hsppy yet survive, and who can cast a retrospect on days ; escape, now passed forever. Of these remnants I am one, j . , but despair of imparting to many others the deep feelings of interest and delight with which I remember the pott and view the preient. When this commutation was commenced, my intention was to fill it with 1 Mr. Joues and I met some weeks after he on his j way to Texas, and I to Ihe apot of " painful remem-' hranee," where the duel took place, to remove soma statistical details, but for the life of Boon, the great ; misgivings Which, In the tace of all the evidence to - I e I." - ..!.-- . J I - I I ). .inl.n.M wa Jail. .l.n 1- J ,, regions on the Upper Nile. The account of this singular expedition has recently been given in the publio prints. That ho should unterlake such a journey at the age or 70 years, through a torrid climatt, and among warlike people, is remarkable. He returned from the expedition in February last. From that time down to the latest accounts, diplomacy had been busy in Constantinople and at Alexandria for ths preserva tion or peace. I lie buropean powers have a aeihsh interest in the mailer, and it is not an easy thing to understand Ihese complicated relations." From the Corresnonrteites of the National Intelltfenesr. Columbi's, September 14, 1839, Messrs. Gst.u & Scaton: In my last I gave some shall be ready lo stand oorrccled by any exposition of brief views of the geography and geology of this, in an error In the data here relied on. both respects, as well as politically, new country. But, mark the fact, we do not believe that, In ease i ne most important, inuocu muici auujeci, nownver, Ihe opposition are united, Mr. Van Buren can carry in such sketches is the population, and, in order lo the vote of Tennessee, General Jackson carried it in preface some remarks on that particular subject, the 1828, and again in 1833. But Mr. Van Buren could subjoined tabular view is inserted : not carry It with all Jackson's influence in 1836, nor j,i,le of the lownt and tiVnpfi on the National road, for Representatives favorable to his policy in 1839. from It'ktclivg, in Virginia, to Columbia, Ohio, with ihtir reklire ditlantee from each other, general distancefrom Whuling, and indieidual population. Fnm Popu- Froraths N.Y. Whl MEHEMET ALI. PI.: nniAnUla a tut ma In Km on lliA kiirri mai to imnennl dominion! and if not arrested in his ca- Bridgeport, Uermont county reer hy some of the great Powers, he may yet wear Vt,AiasviLi., do do tho diidem of Constantine. His success against the Morristown, do do Sultan, in a most every movement, hit splendid des- r"'.T.,"' J . - . . . i 1 a ,.1.1 .Intuai potisni, and his studied flattery ot the passions and 1 . .- - t.. 1 1 ..J WaaliinirtnWU, S I I , . ua.nuif .In ft with a power over their minus, inai acts aa a ennrm - - in the hour of battle. They look upon him ,, the New Concord, Muskingtirn county, 10 man of destiny. His uniform successes, their fatalism conslrues Into the special protection of the Prophet, The total defeat of tho Turkish army, the detection r A,,.,, anil th death of the Sultan, art, all nro- plliotis for Ihe fortunes of Egypt; and the accounts Lunty, from that quarter will continue lo be looked for with a J',,n Norwich, do 7.ANiavn.i.i, do llrownesville, Licking county, Hebron, do do do Reynoldaburg, Franklin eounly, Columbus, do Wheeling. I 11 30 31 33 39 48 58 60 73 87 100 103 109 11(1 137 lation. 500 1300 300 800 800 81)0 850 800 COO 0000 150 600 800 150 350 8000 piuneer nf Kentucky, called un recollections which. I am proud to say, bore my mind away to the heroie age in which my infant years were spent, and to immagi-nary converse with the mighty dead, many of whom I personally knew, and whose graves I regard as sacred repositories. Paying to them my humble share of a debt of gratitude, 1 shall leave to another day notices of cities, towns, churches, schools, and asy lums for the insane, blind, and deaf structures whose foundations were laid in fuel by those rough and har dy hands now mouldering in dual. A THAV r.LLc.11. Fliat's Life of Duilel Boon, p. SIS. t lb. p. HO. The Texan Wild Hone The mustanz or wild horse is certainly tho greatest curiosity lo those unaccustomed to the sight, that we meet with upon the prairies of Texas. They are seen in vast numbers, and oftentimes of exceeding beauty. The spectator ia compelled to stand In amazement, and contemplate this noble animal, as he bounda over the earth with the conscious pride of freedom We still meet with many In the low countries; and during summer hundreds were seen in the neighborhood of Houston, darl ing over the plain, and seeming to dare the sportsman for a contest in the chase. There was among those that were sometimes seen near the city, one remarka ble above the rest for his perleot symmetry and great beauty. Many an eye was fixed upon him, but he fled before his pursuers like the wind, and to long as I snew any tiling oi turn no naa not met wnn nis equoi In speed. eood deal of interest Since the Sudan's death, Intelligence has been re-ciiiul tlmt tin, I man of Sana, the sovereign of the fi nest and the most flourishing Part of the coast of 83,600 Southern Arabia, after having; for six vears success- Preciso accuracy in respect lo cither relative dis- fully resisted tho powerof ihs Viceroy of Egypt, has tsnces or population is not to be expected, but, in suddenly thrown niinseii into tne arms oi nis power- nriinor nso n more, mim, mij ruai uevianon irom Iful foe, in whose favor he has offered lo renounce his own sovereignty, on condition of receiving a pension and retaining his ecclesiastical dignity, I he v teerov of Egypt has consented lo the terms, and sent hlsul-fieers to receive possession of the country, which is fact. There ia one circumstance in the contrast between the towns east and west of the Ohio river, which must strike Ihe most superficial observer; that is, Ihe very superior external appearance of Ihe latter, This it theciae from the smallest village to lha largest the contrary, were daily rising in my mind with re gard to ths mysterious sltalr. 1 reached the spot, and ; there found a solitary mourner lamenting the fata of an unfortunate pig found a short time before near the ' duelling ground, whose mangled throat fully indicated whence the blood flowed, by which the ground and handkerchief were so abundantly atained. When I returned home, Mr. Jones was "over the hills and far 1 awa" and not having an opportunity of demanding an explanation, with himself must, of course, yet remain the secret motive that could have urged him to eonceive and play off, with so much ingenuity and t labor, a hoax that has called forth so many paragraphs . and homilies on duelling from the press at large, and ' deluded so many of his acquaintances and friends. ; II. C. McL. i life in New Orleans. If In winter we are the gsy-: est people on this continent, with more variety of life ! and manners than any oilier eity presents, in the sum-i nter we are the dullest. The monotony of existence) caused by the very general absentees, is only varied hy the fever and the exciting scenes it creates. Wa , proceed to mention one, the relation of which eaused , a chill through our hearts, and struck the "electrie chain" by which wa are strongly bound. It surely must have thrilled the heart of the beholder withsud-1 den horror. Dr. Lambert, an excellent as well as an eminent French physician in this city, relates that during his frequent rides through the different streets, his altan- Generally speaking, Ihe Amcricsn horse, especially " e almost always been attracted as ha passed a 3U1W111U 1110 I", iiiij ii.. ... ..... .J suii- such as have been raited on trrain, will outw mustang in lha chase, and many are caught with the Inzxo or lariat. The skill of the Mexican in the use of this instrument exceeds belief. He will dart like a falcon into the midst of a drove of mustangs, single out one that pleases his Taney, and at tho distance ol twenty or thirty paces throw the lariat with unorring certainty. IludrovhMa at the South The Now Orleans Lou- Isinnian, noticing an account of a youth of 19 years, in New York, who was bit ny a mau oog, and dica with hydrophobia, has Ihe following remarks, which we do not recollect of ever having seen smgeslcd before, but which deserves to be fully authenticated, if an Investigation sustain Its truth: iV. Y. Express. "It la singular that this cruel disease is known only by rumor in this part of Ihe country. We once heard a physician of very extensive practice declare that he had never seen a esse of it, or heard of one that was well authenticated, having occurred in New Orleans, during twenty yeiri that he had resided here." fliBted of a man and hm wifa. bnlh rather vnnnn. ami ! the latter good looking, with a little infant smiling in ( beauty, and about len months old. He was led to no tice them from Ihe appearance of content that lived there, and their being frequently on the banquette before tlie house. After the fever sel in, he still saw thorn for some days, happy ss usual, but at length ha "missed mem Irom the accustomed place. ' this ha did for two dsys, until on the third, reeling uneasy for them, he stopped his gig before the house alighted rapped at the door. No one answered; silence wss lit ihe mansion. lie puttied open the door and went in. There lay the husband and the wife on the floor-both dtad of the fever, and Ihe former decaying. The child was aliva, and with its little arms round Ilia dead mother'a neck vainly trying to draw the sustaining fluid from Ihe breast. Dr. L. says that familiar as he ia with scenea of death, nothing before has ever shocked his feelings to half the silent. Withspraiae-worthy benevolence he has taken measures lo have ths infant proteoted. Such is "life in New Orlesns." N.0.7m.