Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1839 : Weekly), 1840-04-29

              VOLUME XXX. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29. 1810. NUMBER 53. , PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCOTT, . At three Dollars a year, Invariably In advance. Tieiee a Keek during ike Senion of the Legislature, and Weeklu the remainder e-f the yew. Ofllco mi Bints itrect, Two ilnori West or the Clinton Dank. FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1810. VIRGINIA ELECTION. . The progress of tho canvass in Virginia has been closely Wiilclipii by both parlies, and various have boon the spiicnlations on the result. The election look placo ycslerday. To the OITme holders it is an event of absorbing interest. IT Virginia goes against them, their game is blocked they cannot even make a respectable show of strength without her: To them, thcreforce, the result is all important every thing-power and place, the hope of political life, hang suspended on the issue and should they succeed in maintaining their position, thereby securing a foothold for prolonged resistance against tho certain doom that awaits them, we may expect to hear loud boasting and confident predictions of future successes. Not so with the Whigs: To them, the election in Virginia is a matter of interest only so far as it will show the progress and ascendancy of oorrect princi ples in one of the oldest and most respectable Slates of tho confederacy. Tltcy can got along without Virginia the Office-holders cannot even continue the battle without the aid and countenance of the Old Dominion. This they know, and hence their anxiety. Mr. Van liurcn has thrown himself into the anna of the .South, and should the file-leader amongst tlinno Slates cast him off, be has no hope no rcfugo. The North, and the Hast, and the West, have repudiated hisdocliines where then would ho turn for aid and tupportl It may bo asked what will probably be the result of the Virginia election 1 To this question, we would emu. .ly answer, we have hupu, but only faint hopes, of the success of the Whig cause in that Slate. We know in what light the Administration view the issue-end we also know that every possible influence has been brought to bear upon the result, With the whole strengih of the Government officers against them, from the President, down to the petty tide-waiter, operating upon tho hopes and fears of their former friends and partisans, the success of the Whigs in Virginia will be as glorious as it is doubtful. We repeat again, therefore, that our hope is small, and we shall patiently wait tho usuo without faltering for a moment in our belief of ultimata success, whatever may be the result. "IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT." Under this head, the nflico-holders and their menials, are making a loud outcry against the Whig members of Congress for contributing their money to the dissemination of correct political information amongst the People. For ourselves, we rrjoice in this manifestation on the part of the Representatives nf the People, of a determined resisinnce to Executive and official dictation. In what other way could they so well serve their country and promote her interests! On the part of the office-holders, no disguise is practiced in the shameless waste of the Prople't mo ney to sustain their party machinery and pension their presses. When an attempt wa3 made to reduce the price of the public printing in Congress, it was ro sisted by the majority, notwithstanding there was cv idenco before that body that some 20,000 or 30,000 dollars a year might be saved to the country, by the plan proposed. The surplus was wanted at an elec Hoiiaring fund ! So in this State, a liko attempt was p it down by a party vote, and SOOO dollars placed at tho disposal of the State Printer for partisan service! Moth at Washington, and in this State (and from the systematic operations of the party, we presume In oth er Slates) the amount of public printing is increased to a prodigious extent, by the publication of useless documents in numbers beyond all former precedent This too goes to swell the profits nf the printer, and increase the electioneering fund. Add to this the great increase of Custom-houso officers, and other public a jen is at important points, whoso salaries are taxed a Tegular percentage for electioneering purpout, and the fearful condition of things will be at once understood. Can it be wondered at then, that the friends of lb country should feel themselves called on to make extraordinary exertions to stay this torrent of corruption? Hut they use their own money, and not that of tho I'eo-pit! At the recent charter cleclion in New-York, rising of 17,000 dollars were contributed by the officeholders, to defray the expenses incurred. The contrast between this wanton use of the I'eaple'i money, and the (irons making by the Whigs to sustain the cause of llio country, is palpable and disgusting tho latter using their private means, and the office-holders sh inielcssly plundering the public treasure, and using the money thus obtained to corrupt the puhlio press and stiflo tho free expression of public sentiment! l'ENNSYLVA X I A POLITICS. Wo do not profess so far to understand the subject named at the head of this article, as to be able to discourse very learnedly about it: Hut, nevertheless, it is one which, just it this time, is aitraeting a good deal of attention from all parts of the Union. Wa have, therefore, crpied from the United States Ga- telle, an account of a recent meeting held in Philadelphia on a call to "the Democratic cilizena of the city and county of Philadelphia, favourable to our patriotic and enlightened Chief Magistrate," published in tho American Sentinel, and signed by 800 per sons. The result of ihu meeting, and its effects, may be gathered from the published account, which seems to be fair nnd impartial. This movement, with the isaus of the Soulhwark oleclion, will enable the reader in form a prelly correct opinion of "coming events" " in tho Key-Ston Slate. fa tneiJml, At a recent grand parade of the ofhVo-holdirt at llagerslon, the following ludicrous incident cccurird as related in the Torch-Light: "One of the Marshals of the dnv. at the close of the procession, as We hare beer informed, addressed ihe committee of arrangement thus: Geuileuirn of the committee, I thank y.u fur tho maiked sltenllon you have paid mo. You presented me wilh a s.ish I put it on. You gave me badge of ofnVc 1 took it. You off, red me a splenitis gray horse for the day I mounted him. I have map-bed wilh you. I have assisted you through the day. 1 have voled and I have acted and fought with you for twelve years. I can go wilh you no longer i wish to quit your party in peace. I return your sash, your badge, your horse; end again thank you fur the ilihurli' n yun ,ovr conferred upon me. Hut, gentlemen, I'll bo d-d it I don't vol f.,r Harrison. I am just on my way to join tht Tippeoanoa Club. And h did Join it. There's no mitliVe. . THE SEASON, Like the diurnal tides of ocean, the year, from the southern center of perennial vegetation, has rolled in upon ihe fortieth degree of north lalitudothe tide of spring, Branches lately bare have spread out their green and blooming beauties to the eye, and their fragrance to the breeze. The robin, perched upon the tree top, has long been pouring forth upon vacancy his day-dawn carol ; the soft and plaintive vuico of the dove is-again "heard in our land," the pipe of tho black bird, and all Ihe thousand voices of the grove. The insect tribes are at their feast of flowers, and the shrill chirp of the cricket is heard in the grass. All is animation all is joy. Apropos to the season, i9 the cause of correct principles and stability nf domestic institutions. From the east and from the west, from the north uud from tho south, have gone forth the thunder-tones of freemen. The north nnd the west have spoken; Ihe east has caught up the sound, and, swelled with her own loud voice, has rolled it upon Ihe south; and from the south, Ihe rumblings indicato a doepening peal which shall utterly prostrate tho air-built castles nf hope which the Spoilers have reared. The treo of Liberty is blooming with tho Dlcketk; oad as the Hickory flings his dead leaves npon ihe breezo of autumn, the , i brealh of popular indignalion will sweep away the sear and yellow leaves of Locofocoism, and leave but the golden fruits of Republican Whig principles Ihe seeds of which, as the winter of misrule is dissipated, shall spring up into life, freshness, beauty, and blessing! D. EXPIRING GROANS. Tho Torios of Princeton, New-Jersey, burnt Gen. Harrison in effigy one night last" week. This is the genuine Tory spirit nono but a Tory would offer an insult to tho character of his country's defender. On the night previous to Ihe charter election in New- York, there was a Tory procession with a banner on which was the figure of a Woman in Petticoats, in the act of fleeing from tho British which figure was intended for Gen. Harrison. The Standard hearer was a Deserter from the British army in Canada! This was appropriate, No true hearted American could engage in such a proceeding. Wo publish these facts fur tho information of tho honest and reflecting porliou of lbs Van Uuren parly. A COMPARISON. An original Jackson man, speaking Ihe oilier day of the influence which the General exerted in favor of Mr. Van Iiurcn, und of tho election of ihe latfr upon his reoommeiulation, compared the former lo "a great stream lhal has overflowed its banks; the land drinks in lo saturition, and, after he has returned within his proper bounds, is left in a drowned and unhealthy condition the large Ireei may havo been benefitted; but tho weaker plants are prostrated, and the industrious ants that rear their dwellings on the plain, or toll in the earth, are entirely destroyed ! " 47" Sub-Trsisury. This abominable measure has been suffered to sleep, awaiting the verdict of the people through tie ballot boxes. So fir, the popular demonstration has been strong against it. In Virginia, the influences which it would secure lo tho government have been put in practice, in advance. If they should prove successful on ihe election, we may then expect the iminediaie passage of the bill. On the oilier hand, if the administration should he defeated in Virginia, we thall hear no more of the Sub-Treasury and the outrage on the sovereign rights of New Jersey, which was eommitted lo wcure its passage, will stand as a monument to mark Ihe desperate policy and character of Mr. Van U aren't administration.ly Frauds at F.ltrtion. The most abominable frauds practiced at Ihe New-York charter election, ara being brought lo light. One of the two lb lusand persons naturalized the week beforo the election, on being questioned at llio pulls of the 4th Ward, slated that he arrircd in the country in October last! He could neither read or speak English, and had been urged into the measure by "friends," Ho was suffer ed to go without arrest. Hut a still greater outrage was committed in the Gih Ward; two individuals from thetily Prison Wire marched between their terpen to the pnlli, and were permitted to deposit their votes ! Can it be wondered at that the friends of the country, and of law and order, require a Registry law! What it the right of suffrage worth when shared in common wilh imprisoned felon il The "largest liberty" boys which means liberty wilh nut law call this 0. K. (all correct!) J"7"Mr. Vauian's Majority for Mayor, In ihe city of New-York, is slated at 1M7. This shows a reduction of tho Loco-foco majority from last fall on tho Senatorial ticket, of 308, Our own "Queen city of tho West" can beat that, and give them ojdi. . J7 renmylrania Legislature. This body Is again in session on a special call of the Gnvcrneur. A resolution had been adopted to adjourn on the Kith the usual messages were sent when the Governour replied by sanding a Proclamation to the two Houses, convoking them fur an extra Bullion to commence on lha 17th, for the purposes set forth in tha fallowing extrnci: "The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with her vast resources, and her magnificent system nf internal improvements, owes it to her own cbarcler for steadiness, strict observance of engagements, and n hih sense of Stale pride and puhlio faith, lo pay wilh punctuality the interest becoming due on the puhlio debt Ihe respective ilebls duo lo those who have labored to construct and keep her puhlio improvements in repair nnd lo exert nil her energies lo continue thosn improvements in a fit condition m transport upon ihem whatever products her own citizens and those of neighboring Slates may have crented or purchased on the failh, and will) the rxpeciatinn and assurance, that these improvements wero to be and reman their highway to and from market. Should there bo no remedial legislation in Ihe present emergency, the confidence of Ihe world in the engagements and legislative constancy of this great Commonwealth must be deeply shaken, if not ultimately lost. Therefore, 1 have fell it In be my solemn and imperative duly lo convene Ihe General Assembly again, on litis extraordinary occasion."The amount required for these several purposes is '1,373,809 dollars, most of which would become necessary fur Ihe public service before Ihe next meeting of the Legislature, Ily this step, Guv. Porter has earned for himself I In credit of a vigilant and faithful public servant. 17" The Legislature, after passing a bill to raise by loan 00,000 dollars, to carry on llie government, adjourned to meet again on the 1','th of May. JyTh W big Young Men of Indiana hold a Slate Convention on tha Qpih of May, on the old Tippcrano Battle Ground. 1 ' , , . : 'k , CORRUPTIONS OF THE POST-OrT'TCE. The attempt mado by Amos Kendall, in his correspondence with tho Clerk of the llouso of Representatives, to fasten by implication on the Whig members of Congress a charge of abusing tho franking privilege, is likely to f rove a soro job for Ihe Administration.' It was notorious to every one at all conversant wilh the management of the Post-office department, and the pmclices of the Government officials, that the charge, was without fonudalion to any extent, so far as the opposition was concerned. To say nothing of rtieir restraining sense of honour, it was impossible to carry on such practices under the eyes of I the Post-office agents, without certain detection and exposure: That such exposure has not been made, is sufficient evidence lo clear them of Ihe charge for no one can doubt the partisan zeal of Amos, and his Deputies scattered through the country, whatever may be said to disparage their official capacity or honesty Not so with tho Heads of Department, Clerks, uud Members of Congress, of Ihe Administration eide of the Uouae. Possessing tho disposition, there was nothing to restrain the abuse of the franking privilege and it is hnown that it has been ahuxed to a most alarm-inir extent, not nnlv bv Mcmhern nf Cnnrrrpss. hut bv . m ... j -j o - j Post-Masters, ond olher puhlio agents. This Amos mast havu known the public knew il, felt it, and saw it then how could ho plead ignorancel The exposition coniained in the following extracts from a Idler of the Hon. John M. Dorrs, aRepreeen-. tative in Congress from Virginia, lays bare a scene of iniquity which must slartlo every honorable minded man. This letter was called out by an attack on Mr. liot'.s, through the columns of tho Richmond Enquirer, whose editor sought to corroborato the wholesale charge of the Post-Master General, by calling in question a particular act of that gentleman. After defending himself, Mr, 1), carries the " war into Africa," in a manner that must awaken woll grounded suspicion in ovory quarter against tho agents of the Post-Office Department. That our political letters and papers do not reach their destination, is llui subject of complaint from all parts of tho country : Why has long been impeded can we longer doubt ! Head and relied. "On the second day of February last, I sent to Ihe P. 0, in this city several hundred copies of my first speech on the New Jersey contested election, directed to tho Richmond Post Office on the 1.1th of the same month, I went to Richmond myself, and had many applications from personal friends, for a copy of the speech I had sent nearly a fortnight before, I repaired lo llio Post Office of that city, to ascertain wheiher those docu ments had been slopped in Washington, or II they had been received in Richmond, why they had not been distributed. Nobody could give mo any inform Hion on the subject; but, on looking about Ihe office, I observed a mail-bag under the counter, filled wilh something, and the tnoulh of lite bag unind; I akcd what it contained; one of tho clerks said he didn't know; I looked in it, and found my frank on every paper in view; I then asked how long that hag bad been In the office, hul no one could tell; on emptying its contents it was found lo contain nothing else but my documents, bv which It would appear thai they had heen separat ed from every thing clsf: whether in Richmond or Washington, 1 know not. "Does any man in his sober senses believe that if those papers had bocn frankrd by a political friend of Hie administration, they would have been unceremo-neously laid under the counter! if lie does, he is la' mentality ignorant ol the present stale ot things. "Uelieviug that there could ho no design on the part ot tho young gentlemen in llio oltice (who are all young men, taking little or no part in politics,) to arrest the distribution of document franked bv me, 1 complained to Ihe post-master (Col. Gooch) himself, who said ho did not know how long they hail been there, but it was possible iliey might have been detain ed by the state of ihe roads. "It is not possible for me to say how long Ihey had been in that office I only speak of the facts as they occurred; but I know lhal oilier paper, mailed subse quently to them, had been received and distributed al that cilice, anil that thosa papers hail been detained improperly for ten days somewhere, nnd I also know that iliey should have been distributed as soon as re. ceived, and that the bag had been opened and laid aside under tho counter, wilh no purpose of having the documents distributed at lhal lime. "Is it remarkable, then, that I should prefer, to send my documents as freight, rather than trust them throu' the Tost Ulltce again, it I was anxious tor their tin mediate and certain delivery! "Hut more than this I havo daily applications from friends in different seclions of the Stalo for documents I sent them many weeks ago, which shows that thero are oilier olhees where the same sehemo is practiced "Now hear! Is it not remarkable that Mr, Rilchio should have the unblushing effrontery to charge me wilh a fraud on the Post Ollice Department, (when, 1 venture losay I have been as scrupulous in tho use of my privilege as any other member or Congress, n matter who he is,) because I have declined the privi lege of sending my papers through the publie chnn neis, which I am authorized by law to use, whilst he, entitled to no such privilege, is daily practising the grossest and most uupardonahlo frauds, hy sending his uewspnpers nnd other documents lo members of Congress, in be franked by them throughout the Unit ed States! "What are tho fuels! No member of Congress is allowed hy law to frank any paper, save public docu mnnis, weighing more th in two ounces; and the Post Master General has recently addressed a circular to members of Conpress, complaining of it ns a fraud, that Ihey get Ihe Clerk of the Mouse lo frank for Ihem in some instances, when the package contains more lhan two ounces: Ann yet thero ere at this mmnmt, filly pounds weight of ihe "Crisis," and proceedings and address of the Democratic Convention, lying on the onunlcr of the Post Office of the House of He pre. senlativea, in bundles weighing (not Iwo ounces) but two pounds, and two pounds nnd a hall each, directed to various members ot I. (ingress ol tho Aomiulstra-lion parly, all received through the mail nf this morn ing; and hy yesicnlay't mail, thero were ten bushels nf lbs "Crisis" directed lo a single member of the House. (Mr. Hopkins,) each weighing Iwo pound and a half, and no postage charged. I speak wilh certainly of their weight, because I hart them weigh' ed myself, in the office. These were all sent by Mr, Richie, or from bis office, and of course hy his direc lion. "Il appears, then, thai the seventy-five pounds of printed mailer from Mr. Richie's ollice, containing the 'Crisis" nnd Ihe proceedings of tho Democratic Convention, in packages or bundles neighing Iwo pounds snd upwards each, have been received through Ihe mail al Ihe Pent Ollice of the House of Representatives, in two day; and no postage charged! "I understand from the Posl-Masler, thai tho legu- lar rale of postage established by law, would require postage lit the rate of fifty cents an ounce on all over two ounces in each package. "Seventy-fiVH pounds would contain twelve hundred ounces, there being thirty packages; only two ounces in each, or sixty in all, were entitled to on free. Sixty deducted from the gross amount of I JOO, leaves 1140 minces to be paid for, nt 50 cents an ounce, which amounit In MO, that llio Post Office Department was entitled lo receive from some intarter, and of which it has been defrauded and robbed by tomctiotly. "Now, let Mr. Richie turn his vigilant eyo to this outrage, and set hit wits nt work to ferret out the if-fndrr, and hold him up lo the public view, and lotbn corn and indignalion lhal ha merits, through ih" columns of llio Enquirer nnd the "Ciiis," nnd if he can't find him out, I hope Ihn I'osl-Maslcr General will, and that ho will in. .lie nut his uceouiit against Mr, Richie, nnd tend it on In Richmond, and if he don't pay it, have a suit Immediately instituted apon il, ana have mi summoned as a witness, together with the Post-Master of the House, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Craig, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lucas, and fifty oilier members of Congress, whose names I will furnish, if necessary.""Lei il be understood that I havo given Ihe amount of postage due for two days only, because that only hai come under my own eye. How long it has been practiced, I know not nor do 1 know how long it is lo continue. I understand, howover, that it has been practiced ever since the "Crisis" was established, "It was but a few days since that my colleague, Mr. Wise, received through the mail a small package weighing five ounces, nnd was charged one dollar and fifty cents postage. Now, if these facta don't satisfy every man, woman, nnd child in tho country, of the mode io wliich ibis Government is administered, then I confess I am at a loss to conjecture what will." "The systematic corruption and espionage of the Post Office Department of this country, has reached a terrible and alarming extent, nnd Fouehe himself, did not, during the reign nf Napolean, exercise his power for tho benefit of his master in a more fearful decree, lhan is now exercised dailv for this ndtninis. tration. I am authorized by a highly respectable member of Congress to say, that envelopes that hvo been franked from Washington containing Whig documents, when they reached here, contained other doc umeiils of the vilest Loco-foco character Ihus show ing clearly that they have been broken open in ihe Post Office, and robbed of their contents. Is it wonderful, then, that tho People are not enlightened upon mat- rs connected with their dearest interests, lint wilt it not be more wonderful still, if they do oot correct these abuses when they get to their know ledge!" "And now 1 am about to commit another hand in Ihe Department, for instead of sending this leller through the channel thmirnnled tie the law nf the land. free of poslage, I shall commit il to the hands of some friend, who will he sure to deliver it tale and without elay, for fear it may find its way under Ihe counter, until after the elections are over, ns it will be directed to the Editors of a Whig news-paper, and may be supposed to contain important political mailer." "Very respectlully, your obedient servant, "JXO. M. HOTTS." (tlrTHE PEOPLE'S MAIL. The following Report, suggesting a remedy for Ihe present abuses pracliced through the Post-Oflices, was submitted to an adjourned meeting of tho citizens of Columbus, held at llanford's ware-bouse, on the 19th inst,, and unanimously ailupled. The Report speaks plainly, and the remedy propos ed seems tho most feasible one that can he adopted. The difficulties complained of are not imaginary we could wish that Ihey were! Complaints are too frequent to admit of their being all set down to the account of mere amVcn.' Tho evil must bo counteracted, or there is an end lo Ihe free interchange of senti ments and the dissemination of intelligence amongst the people. What a commentary does this report pre sent on our free institutions ! We hope our friends in the surrounding counties will heed tho suggestion it contains, and give efficiency to the plan. Something must be done, and that too immediately, ere it is loo late. The committee to whom was referred the subject of establishing private post routes in tho county of rranklin, respectlully report I hat the mends ot licneral Harrison desire nothing but free, open, and fair discussion. That Ihey wish only to disseminate among the people their doctrines, and the reasons which Induce Ihem lo support their candidates. They believe that their principles are cor rect and republican, and need only lo be known to be embraced. Wo have endenvored lo spread this intelligence among the people hy means of the public maita, but our etfurtB have been in vain. Many, if not a majority, of our papers, circulars, and letters, of a political nature, have, Irom negligence, or Irom somo dishonest and corrupt purpose in Ihe Government officers, been stopped in their passage, or destroyed, upr.n llio principle that burned tellers and papers, like dead men, make no disclosures; while those ol our opponents reach their destination wilh unerring certainty. We renrel Ihe necessity which compels ut to do that fur ourselves which the Government ought lo do for us. Hut when the Government becomes corrupt, and its officers refuse to do their duty, and use their oflieial staiions for llio purpose of benefiting a parly instead of the People, it is a right and a duty of the citizens to adopt such measures as will counteract their deep-laid designs, and expose their misconduct. Mnnv of our papers are tilled Willi complaints that their subscribers do not receive their numbers, and thnt Idlers are suppressed. There must, therefore, he guilt somewhere. And as the mail passes through Ihe hands of no ono except ihe officers of the Government, wilh ihem resis the responsibility. The Post Office department is one great branch of Executive power, and is under Ihe control ot the I re sident. lis abuses and corruption, therefore, may bo traced to him as the poison of a stream may be traced lo ils fouiilain-heud. ' Your committee would therefore recommend the fol lowing organization, as Iho best mode of distributing our papers, Ace. among the inhabitants ol tins connly: 1st. That a committee of five he appointed, (to he called the Independent Mail Club Committee,) whoso duly il sliiill bu First, To procure horses and riders; nnd Second, To receeive all Ihe papers which Iho cili zens of Ibis neighborhood may be disposed to furnish them, and wrap them up in packages and direct Ihem to such person or persons as ihe committee may think best In each township, lo be distributed, oy tucll per son or persons in said township. Sd, That a post-boy bo aen once in each week into overy township in the county, lo commence the first week in Tlay, and continuo until llio rrcsMenllal eleC' linn. 3d. Thai Ihn committee make such arrangements, that our post-boys will meet thosn ol other counties. should Ihey adopt a similar oruainzalion. 4th. That iho above committee be also empowered to distribute Ihe papers published In Iho city or t o lumbus friendly to the election of General Harrison according lo llio above arrangement, should tho Edit ors request it. And your committee would earnestly recommend similar organization lo the oilier counties, that papers &o. may thus be circulated throuuhall parts nf Ihe State, Jl.lir, ll.ll all.M.K, .U.MIl.N IIA.V FORI). JONATHAN NEEREAMER G. EI.PH IN STONE, JS. L. DATES, RHODE ISLAND ERECT. 130 0 w ii i o majority!!! True (o her principles and her honor, Rhode Island has spoken out Irumpct-tongucd in defence of the Whig cause. Most cheering indeed is Iho result of Ihe election, Samuel Wahii Kino is eleeled Guver nor hy 1300 majority rWng- the largest majority ever euro ins rWM,if tiuhrrniitorint election. The enliro W hig Senale is elected hy about tho same majority. A recapitulation of ihn vote from the Providence Journal, gives I ."'.In in 'ionlv, Ono town remains to he heard from. It will probably bo about ruually divided. Wo have, Iherefote, over 13110 majority; and com paring the result wilh the election of candidates for Congress last August, we have a Whig gain if near-ly one mot sand MAjoiiiTV. A comparison w ith the Gubernatorial election of last April would show a still larger g. in for Iho Whigs. The Providence Journal says Ihe majority w ill ho increased Immensely ut the rrcsitifnti.il vteciion. Of the Representatives elected, the Whigs havo 10, I.ocos '.'I, I he majority in grand committee will be 3C Well nnd nobly has Khuile Island redeemed hi pledge, lhal, although not the first lo noiiiinatn Harrison, she would bo among the first In respond lo II! Il must he remembered, Inn, that she gave her elec toral vole for Van llnren. She is now lust lo him forever making, wilh Connecticut, a nett loss of twenty-four votes half his majority in the Electoral College from New England alone. MR. BUCKINGHAM, Tho celebrated1 oriental traveller, has announced a courso of Lectures on Egypt, to be given nt the Hall of the House of Representatives in this city. Mr. II. was prevented from commencing last evening, by in disposition, which' detained him at Zanesville. The interesting character of these lectures may he inferred from Ihe great suceeBS Mr. ii. has met wilh in our eastern cities, and from published sketches which have appeared in oar newspapers. This will proba bly bo the only opportunity which our citixens will ever have of gratifying their curiosity by listening to the glowing descriptions which Mr. B. is enabled to give of this interesting portion of Ihe old world from personal observation. itTlTue notice will be given the coiniiicncuient of the course, which will now depend on the state of M. B's. health. A Idler from Mm this morning announces his probable arrival this evening, but not in season lo lecture. 03- THEATRE. Messrs. Parker. & Muzlcer, with their company, announce themselves to our play-going citizens for a few evenings. Should iheir efforts to "drive dull cart away" prove successful, they will deserve llio thanks of ihe community. Go and try them ! MAJ. DOWNING AT NORTII-BEND. The Major has "arriv'at his jnumey's end for the present, and appears to he snugly quailed at the Cabin with tho "Old Hero." We shall let the Major speak for himself as soon as we can find room for hitn. LIFE OF HARRISON. We neglected in our last to call attention lo Ihu Life of Gen. Harrison, by Chas. S. Todd, late an Inspector General in ihe U. S. army, and Uunjatnin Drake, of Cincinnati. This work is published under the di rection of the Harrison Execuiive Committee of Hamilton county, and may therefore be relied on as authen- Our enterprising publisher, Mr. 1. N. Whiling, having taken a portion of the edition, is prepared to fill orders from abroad. A'eui Musick. Mr. Harencourt, on High-street, has just received "The Tippecanoe, or Log Cabin Quick Step," composed by Henry Schmidl, Boston, and respectfully dedicated to Gen. V. II. Harrison, Hero of Tippecanoe and Farmer of North Rend." It ia embellished wilh a beautiful vignette title page, com posed of the coat-of-arms of the different Stales, wilh an excellent miniature likeness of the General at Ihe apex. Township Election!. Additional returns show the same gratifying results wilh those heretofore given. They are too scattering, however, lo bo given in de tail. In many counties a contest has boen avoided by compromises on local interests. Until this year, this has been Ihe general practice throughout the State : Dul the pro'criptive policy of our opponents had arou sed the people, and most signally have they taken vengeance. Gen. Carroli,, of Tennessee, one of tho Van Bu- rcn Electors of that Slate, and who has been canvassing ihe Slate with great zeal, has withdrawn from tht lists! Mr. Andrew Ewiug has been nominated in his place. Wo state Ihe fact on the authority of the Louisville urnal. What docs all this mean! Fundalism. Brock's monument, which crowns the Height! of Qucenston, in Canada, was blown up on the morning of the 19th inst. The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says it was rent and ahattered from "turret lo foundation stone." The wretch who eould perpetrate this deed, deserves not to live in civilized society. Jy"Eight good reasons why every original Jackson man should support Gen. Harrison for the Presidency: The Old Hero eight times recommended that the Pres idential term should bo limited to one term. Gen. Harrison ia the one term candidate. J7" J'Ae Baltimore.Imerican, tho oldest established paper in that city, heretofore neutral in iia politics, has come out strongly for Harrison and Reform. W bail this as a favourable omen the "Maryland line" is doing Ils duty. For the Ohio tlte journal. A CERTAIN CURE FOR SCARLET FEVER. In the first symptoma, give a dose of calomel nnd jalap, and after il has operated give salts or oil to work it off: afterwards, give freely of cayenne or red pepper tea made palatable, or saffron prepared in the same way. If tho throat becomes tore or swelled, apply the outside of the rust of bacon, being the fat and smoked end, which lias the peculiar and desired virtue. In case Ihn throat continues tore or ulcerates, make a strong decoclion of greeen privet and tngo, or either; sweeten it with honey or loaf sugar, and put a small portion nf alum in, so that it may taste quite percepti bly; wash nnd gargle il in tha throat. If an infant is the patient, il will he perhaps necessary lo make a little mop with which lo keep Ilia Ihroal clear from the corrupted mailer that gathers. From thirty years' knowledge and experience, I can tesiify that I have never known Ibis remedy to fail, when thoroughly ind properly applied. The prevalence of this disense nt Ibis time, in this neighborhood, induces me to make this remedy known. HUMANITY. Columbus, JprilQO, 1810. t or the Ohio Plate Junrnil. THE APPROACHING ELECTION. The nation is 'roused, in ils powor snd ils might, Ils mandate is uttered, for freedom nnd right: At iho ronr of tho winds, in the wilds of the West, So speaks, now, the voice of a tuition oppressed. Prom Pcnobpeoti'e liqhl wave, to tho Grent River's tide, The tocsin has sounded, its echoes sprend wide; From the lakes nf ihe north, io iho gulf of the south, Deep thunders have nill'd from ils inm-longucd mouih. The lyrnnl has heard, who w forging his chains, To shackle the free, on iheir own nitivo plains: As the finger lhal wrote upon (label's proud walls, So, Ihe sound of ils coining lb' oppressor appals. The wing of onrrnglo no longer shall droop, Nor again from his home, 'bovotbe storm shall he stoop Dul, pluming hie pinions anew for Iho flight, He'll soar to the realms of iho Sun's cenelesslighl. lint see, ns he rises, a symbol's display.d 'Ti the hnnner bem aih which our nation's arrayed: 'Tit the feminist in hat lie, in pence e'er the enme, Ah! TREMBLE oppressors, 'tisHARRISON'8 nsme, J. S. B. Couiiiouj, .Jjiril 10, le 10. ( - - I, i rO,, - - L - . Fer Hie Ohio State Joumsr. POLITICAL MEETING IN PLAIN TOWNSHIP. On Saturday last a meeting for the drsouesion of political subjects was held in Plaii tp., which It will be) recollected is the strong bold of Van Burenism in this county. Although Ihe day was extremely unfavorable there were about one hundred electors present; several cf which were from Reynoldsburgh and from the adjoining townships. The meeting was first addressed by Mr. Kelley, who adverted to tho "prosperous and happy" condition of the country at the lime tbe present incumbent took, possession of the presidential chair, and contrasted it wilh the present prostration of all the important interests and pursuits of ihe American people. This stats of things he attributed to the nidation of the currency consequent upon the deposits, of the Government moneys in llio local banks, and the encouragement held out by the Government to those banks, to make excessive issues of their paper to the creation of new banks by the Administration party in this and olher States to tho sudden discrediting of their currency by Ihe Government after it had caused it to be thus, inflated and to the wanton and ruthless war upon the oredit system generally, by the present adminslration. Mr. H. also adverted to the departure of the administration from all the fundamental doctrines of true Democracy as laid down by Jefferson, and by Jackson in his inaugural address, especially in regard lo the interference of the officers of the General Government in elections, After speaking fur something more than an hour he gave way fur dinner. After dinner, Mr. Patteison, IT. S. Marshal, mounted the stand, and, ofier promising to be brief in hit remarks, occupied it for about Iwo hours and a half, as was stated by those who referred to Iheir watches fur Ihe time. His object teemed 'to be to occupy tha whole time until the people thoukl beeome impatient, and anxious to leavs for their homes, so aa to prevent , an exposure of injustice and falsity of his personal remarks, nnd the absurdity of hia wholesale denunciation of the supporters of Harrison as Federalists Dankcrs Abolitionists and Anli-Maaoiw. He dealt much in personalities reaffirming the ttal and oft refuted alander that Mr. K. hed made a prinoe-ly fortune by speculations on the line of canal: which was promptly and unequivoeally denied by Mr. K. and the proof challenged, to which Mr. P. could only reply that "he bad eo understood it." Mr. P. attempt-ed to excuse hia Loco-foco fiiends in the Legislature for voting for banks, by saying that they were instruct ed lo do to by Iheir democratic constituents, who were cajoled by the cunning Whigs, and instructed their Re presentatives to vole lor even Crouce s batch ol banks, i'his excuse was the more extraordinary, as he had jusl before stated "that it was a fatal error of lb lugs lo under-estimale the intelligence ol the people and to believe them capable of being duped and .1 k. .i;nM. n Mr. Patterson occupied much time in attempting to prove that the doctrine of Jefferson and Jackson in regard to the Interference of Ihe officers of the General Government, at active politicians, in elections, was a most Bhomiflahle and ant-democralio doctrine. "My God" aaid he, "ia it come to this, that a man's mouth must be closed against electioneering because he holds an office under the General Government!" When Mr. P. asserted "that all the abolilioniais were Whigs" he waa met with a flat contradiction by some of the inhabitants of Plain, who said "that there were abolitionists among them that were Van Buren men." Although Mr. P. spoke till near sun set, ha was, (according to arrangement,) replied to by Gen. Reynolds in a very able and effective address, which placed Ihe U. S. Marshal in no very inviable predicament. He commented wilh much severity upon the court or those holding oincet oncier tne present administra tion; showing that Instead of interference with eles-tions by officers of tbe General Government being-considered good cause of removal, it was considered by Mr. Van Huron, good cause of removal that an of- fiiMr Aid nnl exflrt lilinse t tn Inniieneft nnd control elections. In commrntine on Mr. P's. assertion that Ihe Whig parly was made up bf Abolitionists, Anti- Masons etc. Gen. K. relerred lo Mr. r s. running for Ihe Legislature ss the Jnti-Mutonic candidate in Adams county some years ago, ono! putting forth an JiUi-Masonic hand-bill to aid in the canvaes. Mai. Morgan, (a clerk in tha Post Office of Colum bus at a salary of J? l'JOO a year, as we are informed,) replied in a short speech lo Gen. Reynolds. Ha ad verted lo lien. Harrison s "white tlaverv vole at 11 Is called. Ho however had Ihe candour, which is not common with his parly, to admit that the selling was on ly a soiling ol Ihe services ot II, e culprit to pay tines imposed by the court fur Ihe commission of f rime", or ollences against Ihe criminal laws ot Ihe Slate. Mr. Kelley closed by proving from the reeorda of tha New-York Convention that Mr. Van Buren advocated the insertion of a clause in lha Constitution of that Slate, requiring a man to be a hotstt-kvlder in addiliou to the payment of a road tax, in order lo make him a legal voter; and also voled for rendering negroes and uiulatloea legal volera. A Mr. Martin from Columbus, played lha part of leading uffaa many of the locos as possible while lha higs were speaking, so as to prevent them from im bibing any political truths a gentlemanly and honorable employment for which ha appears to be peculiar ly well adapted. Our Irienda say me Harrison tieXct will receive from 60 to 70 votes in Plain Ibis fall. They havo heretofore nevar given more than from 30 lo 40 Whig voles. From the National Intelligencer. Macon, (Ga.) pn7 13, 1840. I write to eonvev you vlad tiding: Gkorou hat al last made Its incipient movement in Ihe cause of lhat distinguished patriot W illiam Hcnrt Harrison It is but tha kindling of tha Are that will era long blaze up from Ihe shores of ihe Savannah to Ihe bsnka of the Cattahnochie. eslerday, Ihe I lib inatant, In response lo call for "all heartily opposed to the pres ent administration, without distinction to old party questions," the most numerous political assemblage look place ever witnessed in this city. In that meeting, a preamble, giving a aucrincl history of Goneral Harrison's lite ana aervieea, sun accompanying resolutions! recommending hitn lo the People of Georgia at the palriol-ciiiiea best calculated to rescue oui common country from thai maelslroom of bankruptcy and rmn inlo which the disastrous mnaiuret ot Mr. Van Buren and hit coadjutors have plunged ut, wars passed amidst the most overwhelming enthusiasm.. Never hare I witnessed, even amongst Southern men, such deep and heartfelt expression of sentiment. MEETING OF VETERANS! A meoting of soma of Gen. Harrison's old Soldiers was held in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, on the Uth instant, They were twenty-five in num.-her, and lha assemblage was one of great interest. Sundry speeches were made by iho old veterans, and the slanders ot the V an uuren leoerai press nnuoea in a becoming manner. Wa should like to see a meeting of Van Daren's Soldiers; and hear a recital of lha' valorous deeds of their mighly chief! Oh, il would he a rare spectacle 1 Only think of tha Cuba dogs, (employed by Van in the Florida war) raising thtir melodious voices in hit praise! The melody would be at least equal to a good concert of cats. Wabash Cimritr. . i a 1)1 F.I). In iMteltr.oa Monrfsr the tflih ln Mr. MITCIIF.I.L C. HOWARD, formerly of Colertln, Mn., In the SIM year of his ISC. By this Bltllcltni alimentation of Divine rrovldenet, tht family and friends of tha 4kskiI have tusttlneil ta trreptrtblt low but lhiy hive the eonmllni reflection, thai whilst hit body nilnli with lie kindred eanh, aveilMtlei petce rttte apon kit lispry spli It. " nietiwl are ihe deed which die In ihe Lord, from htnrarortli;yes,eallb the Spirit, tint they may reM from their labours; an I tlielr uroiludo follow then." t'oxaraniciTO. In Urtiivllle, Ohio, on Monday tiotnlni, Lllh Intl., Mm JAN1 F.M7.A FMIT1I, wile of A. I. Smith, I'eihler of tht Oranrllle lUnk, lit ihe 34th your of her tie. tn Warren. Trumbull county, March 31K, ALFRED tt-KINB.etn of Oca. Simon Ptrklnl, tied tS. On board Ihe eteembnat Norfolk, tear Wlwellnf , Ohio (Ivee, on the let Inst, RALPH H1CKOX, faq .Cethler of tht VTeatera mve lenk.afed 34.