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Page 1: »V .Jnyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031856/1836-10... · O NEID A W HlC. inthe Utica Observer, andall it w.Tliismjin-opinionantsto finish It off handsomelyii,“ ’ Ponmy soulYis

O NEID A W HlC .

in the Utica Observer, andall it wantsto.Tliismjin-opinion

finish It off handsomely ii,“ ’ Ponm y soul Yis true

—what willyou lay ’tis a lie?” Bui he comes

prcliy nearly up to that

the gemlcmiyi in hi

ih a few lines fartlicr. H ear

'iit aj s own w ords:

downtlie mostsacred privileges to fit some luwlessi.Tliismjin-opinion

exigency, ii is time to place men in r

who arc able and rea ii^e li

the front r a nk,,

dy to vindiifee tl i ^ sacred

iranticd by Constitution. W ho canprinciples guart

do this beitcr tinuin the mennow presented,who well

know tliut liberty is ifpractical blc ssin^ iot an ab-duct

structright—nota mererhapsody for a 4th of Ju lyly ■

oration,but a real existingjiriyilege, lo be enjoyed|.-----——lired

cither in

Amer ican Mon t hl Se pt emb e r.Tliismjin-opinionyron

,, her is one o f unusual excellence. Wc confess it

comesnearerto ourideal of

thing we have yet s

1 monthly, than any

I.It is gciulemaiily, tasteful,

gliout, apd eiid entertaining

ab-duct of cultivated minds, and ofjici;seenservice.■i

lently the pi

3 which ha

the orders ofprieslliooda reverend deacon,about to

go on a niission to Mississippi.—A t 7 o’clock in tlie

evening he will administerthe riteof confirmation.

each o f these occaoioiis there will be*a ser-

gnonby tlie Bishop.—CommunicaUd.

An o t h e r St e a mboat bl?w n

up .—Wq learn

u“8horf*thne°H“r^

up«

Press we heard th at stroug reports prevail in the

thorities, to the North W est to the address o f thepeopl.n.j w, ,

u »Vp.J

i---......•-•. j

..'Ideut. .UoveruorjsAgent, passed Uiroi

I CALCuTTsfApril 5.—A letter from Barripore| '/

A t a village on the bordersof a jungle, a boy em­-

ployed iu cutting wood, was seizjid by one of the

ferocious monsters, when the mother attracted to

the spot by the screams o f the child, rpshed for­-ward aud seized him by the legs. In the strug­gle th at ensued the tig er was victorious, and suc-

t 9ome of ouritelligeuc.e.

Camden—Samuel' B. H inckley, George Trow-.'

-Kir![laQd-^.^tephen F . Blackstone, George

VtlcB« T a e id B jr, O c t o brr 1 8, 1 8 36

.W BXOx roxazx TATXOxrs.

such a chaicei when fall

■ T ^ r c ! r.fe s“ c;i'l,'‘Sa

F or P r e»l d« n t, 'W IL L IA M H E N R Y H AiAhS ON. |

.-----——liredcitherinat'^ lln ta iS Sn am T nw to bo

spceclior aelio ul If these ive the votes o ftireirpojjlicalfrieials/Acytrd/Aeelected. O f thisre-’

sult,noUlic leastdoubtc a n remain in tlie mind o f

any manwlio itijks at tlie condition o f ouroppo-j

nents in tlie district. Let every whig, then, a s he,

respects his own principles—as he believes in th em'

gards the best iilie regarc

lie values his

li

nterestso f his country—i

precious privileges,

ls ticket.measures toensure tlie success o f thi

as

take

; seenservice.■i| < Th

eKnick er bo ck eh f o b Oc t o b er

.-----—— number,but inferiorinourestimate, to some

f precetling. It seems tous to be

lale,tosc

isre-’ heavy materials. Itw aulseuse and vivacity, and,

f if wemistake not, polish. It wants at least the

oppo-j hitherto great attraction—a“ Letter from Puhhy-

’ W e regret to say, and our readers

m ' doubt regret to learn, that,tlie voice of th

e, ra-

digiiifiixl,.diid graceful Piso is mute.

Th e Thr e e Er as opWoma n ’s Lipe. By Miss

E. E. Smith. 1 vol. H arper & Brothers?

This is a story ofEnglishhigh-life—andone not

without interest It is well written, too; and the

genera] impression itleaves on tlie mind is salutary.

Ge o r g e BALCOMkg. A novel, in 2 vols.. Har­

per & Brothers.

In the authorof this workwe havea new caiidi-

dateforpublic favor. All weki

he is an Ariierican, and probably

ofthe southern states. He is evidently a practised

le philosophy

iphy, and sel­-

dom understood. In the departmentof litei

which he has chosen to appear, lie will take rank

■writer, but not versed,, we think, in the !

of human nature—a'difficult pliiloi

y a citizei

acknowledged to be so, I

Igewick, Kennedy,the Author of Qu

Fay . These, however.

is inferior, and will

-Cooper, Sedgewick,

Rivers, and even to fa y . T e r, a

traordinary writers. "The author of George Bal-

combe may not equal them, and yet affotd much

entertainment to his readers, and so he does.

p.fromthe Cincinnati Even

that the steamboat Niclu

from New Orleans, about five mi

phis, blew up, by which accident (for it is ahva]

ati'accidentIt, though

B M ..onl »wjjy up«

iles below Mem-1

lie to.* In EnglunU U«y »n d peopl.n.j

Botany B ay for s'ucA accidents) five personsi iiy h were'

Lee-aAnson D art, James Houston.

Haris—David J. Miflard, Schuyler Hubbard.Remseu—Thomas H.W hite, George A. Yeo-

Rom e—Ambrode Cone, Douglass E. Elm er.

T le* x mid«^

Trmvbrid” e''''"'*—Converse, Artemas

FRA N C IS GRANG

STATC ■LBCrx>R4.-

Gulten C, VerpUnck ami Luther Brndiife.

bert W. Mott, Joshua A.-Spencer.

s ii a

William H Avert

reive

'

m any of whom will not recover, and ten ortwel e|

jumped overboard, all ofwhom were drowned.s ii a .S k SII"’

I«anc M.SchemcrlK

F i r eS" ""’Daniel T.

S S I r" ’

John P Paiuson,

g a s

a a 'iiy fi.

rc r . eW c Icam from this, t

Buren doctrine, that edit

paper denial o f tlie judicial d l

of chancery that he is f

;h must be good V an

Dauby’s naked news-

eclarationof thecourt

o fgrand ju ry.

sixteen were his political friends, and oneo f whom

was his associate on thebank conmiission—“ is al l

EXPECTED OB HEaWBED OP HIM.” W e

doubt, however, i f Judge Hayilen will be o f that

opinion when the case of /Ac People vs. Dauby is

called for tria l at tlie next December tenii. W e

doni believe that tlie District Attonie

satisfied willi that—althou;

rney will be quii

Iwugh he is q_submissiv

and tlii? m ay be good rorthodox regency man,

Mrine, and“ the P ar ty” nia;

lice to his oirncase says tl

friend.” And indeed from present ajv

y, as M r.Dau-

hey will,“ nev-

nicy docti

y in^referC i

■s,they are-determined to shovf

lude to the

through t throughtliiii,I closer tlian a brolli-thick and

singing in full aborus.

■eask n oL ifguilt's In thy hca

Forwc'l^iick to ilice. Dauby, WH.kTEVI

■A foolish and discreditable qt&rrcl tookpiujar l lace

lad depot inNew­-

ton Mass, between Mr. Alexander H-Everett and

on W«

Regenct v Mo vement s .—'

Regencies have determined tostand by tlie Oneida

oommissioiiers, and force their part;

f hxwJhejiistribuiion o f the stock whether

orno. W ith Foster4 Stryker a t theirhead,“

_--_IWagtHoratioSeymour, P .Sheldon Root, David Wager—-

honest D avid ! who takes such especial good

of his constituents’ interests—Jo hn D. Leland, the

not often

the Constitution—J.

WatsonW illiams—J. M. Hatch, celebrated for his

military achievements—Rutger B. Miller, andothers

in theirtrain, havedeterminedto fight lo tiie last

tlier titan forego the privilege ot battening on

^ i l s oftheconquered, and gorging themselves with

ly other stock when an opportut

Tlieyliavem ade conmitm causewith thepoor

persccu/ed coiinnissioners—have resolved th at they

can and will rule the county, and tl^al-an who will,

not submit to llieir dictation,shall forthwith become

:ral-bani-idtig$, arid without ceremony be eject

the ranks of pure republicaiiisfii. T he above

named gentlemen comprise th

county, an(j arethe only

demociatic creeil.

federal-

from

lie democracy o f Oneida

le expounders o f tlie pure

another gentlehianwjiose nam'tria not given. Tire

ground o f disputew as political; from censurethey

insult, and from insult to the vois de-

exebangedbefore the

proceeded to

fa it, and some blows were ch

by-standers could part them. It they who call

themselves gentlemen, having the advantages of

education, good breeding, and refined society, can­-

not restrain their tempers from hurrying theiemnn

The following Resolutionsw ere introducedbydifferent members of the Convention,and ado|ited

(ns appears from bis HonorJudge Deoio’s opinion

and of which o n e^ I b e -̂ mm isri o ^ ^ iT ;; ^ ?^ :

mslf for the honor of the. county, and the purity ofthe tribunalso f justied; to put the seal of repro

who uphold them, o r associate with them, whe.

th er whigs o r Jackson men

Ite.s6lved, T hat it is expected that every W higEle ctor will be found nt lire pidls to vole for our

presidential Electors, Governor, mid Lieutenant

Governor, and to pursuesuch a course in relationto the Senateand Assembly ttekefs alrendv in no*

mination ns h e may think best calculated to en«

sure the investigation and correction ot abuses,and to pufan end to the reign of political gam­-blers and stock-jobbers.Resolved, T hut the cheerir

pore ClKOulele of^p ril 304. Th e elBiimer JOnOoe

thU aerTice, under orders of the Beiigul govern*

luent, WU8 nearly completed a t LalcuUu 'I'wo

in search of the marauders, who are said to be

more than usually bold mid numerous.

J E S S E P ^ B U E L .

,G AMALIEL U . BAR S T OW .

to such disgracefulexhibitions, how is it to he

pected that their bad example, rather than their

good precept, will not be followed by others less

favorably situated in life!—iV .Y. Corn. Adv.F or C on gressmen,

JOSHUA A. SPENCER,

JOHN GRANT,

J rt

o,rerafh!'n:'’by‘!i^reliug'^ o^

sger. aod OAo'rue, be?

e arrangement. Mii|.

against Messrs. Oauhy. Kug«fore they consummated the tters arecertainly not se///ed now. '. -'PAUL PRY

j, (G a .) Sept. S

IVbe coiisiderei

All the mnigrm.U me^dii their way e*!'

'o.,

;,—•

-----■?■” . -'

.Conv

entio ns.—Tlie proceedings of the Wh ig

County, and Congressional Convemions, lield last

week, will bei l found in another column.

lation of the readers ofContrary

tlie Utica Observer, who have been

edified in reading ■Judge Benio’s opinion

lently

I columns, the president c f the Onci.

It publish in his last paptt a copy

ent which the Grand Jury o f this

ind againsthim for

eida Bank did

o f the indict-

county ha'

vioLviionof his oadioffou

commissioner. W e presume, hbwe'

it must have been omitted from a press o f editorial

matter,and notfrdm any reluctance togive it to tlie

world, orany senseof shame at beingshown up to

the world from the records of a crimmal court. He

probably, as we judge from his editorial courie.

has got by that; andweshall expect in nextweek’s

Observer to read the document at full length. And

we presume it will not alter the opinion of any of

President Dauby’s acquaintancesas to his inno­-

cence,for as be witli great naivete has remarked in

hia editorial federof last week,“ the Grand Jury

acU entirely upon ex parte testimony,”and therefore

ofcourseit is alw ays tobe presiuned from the fact

that the Grand Ju ry have found a n indictment

against a man, that be is iunocent. ’ which presumj

tion he claims in 'in a favor. T he presumption i

his innocence in this case is still stronger from tl

fact, th at fourteen outo f sixteen of the Grand Jurj'

werepolitical friends of Mr. Dauby, and the fore­-

man of the jury one o f his associates m the bank

commission; and it is clem a s preaching that tliese

gentlemen'would nothavefoundthebill ofindictment

against their political oracle and chief, unless they

bad deemed him innocent of all dishonesty or dis­-

honor as a sucking dove, and wislicd by the indici-

ment to furnish to the republican party such incon-

testible and palpable proof of his innocence and

ring could witb$t^nd.

d editorial article,

eductions

purity, ai

A nd by-the-by—o f theafore

-It is in its own w ay oneofthe cleverest pro

'wehave laid our eyes upon in a good w hile; cor

exccller

po e try;-n o t quite so close logic as we have seen;

butt h e ^ h a t unparalleled conclusions! Th<

Bank begins in the epigrammati

dignified exordium—" It is not often that]?^eat^e speak

o f ourself. W e would at all times avoid doingso.”

Amiable modesty!est I f there is a trait in the cbaiac-

ter o f .a than distinguished for his immense moral

worth and purity, which we do admire, it is a re­-

luctance to trumpet his own praises, and an endeav­-

orto keep his meritsin the dark, though in ourown

view o f the matter, this-slioukl notncecs.taI

modest manto publish just such opinions of him­-

selfus the Vice Chancellor’s in the case of certain

bank commissioners, for which see the Observer

o f week before last. But M r. Dauby’s modest;

takes him a great w a y ; and so far a s even to le

taining a gooddeal o f truth and some

all mankind know all the crimes with which the

lyhole circle ofhis acquaintance accuse him, lest he

should be elevated too high in their esteen^ Prob­-

ably he has beard the sailors say, ‘-the higher

monkey climbs upon the rigging the easier

see his tail,” and perhaps fears that unless be keeps

his reputationand character dowjkby such ballast

incellor Denio’s o p i n i^ ^

high that, like poorji

culiar features will

pinio^j4t may get

jacito’s nether appendage,its ]

its owner. Well, Hfr.

ce ofus to complain.

'

Ho me, or Th e Ir o n Rul e. A Domestic story,

by Sarah Stickney. 1 vol. H arper & Brothers.

• W e have notread this work, but considering tire

established reputation o f the Autlioress. and the re-

of competent judges, we presume that it is

nteresting and instructive. Tlig moral of the

story, if not sufficiently obviousfrom thetitle, may

be gleaned fromthe following quotation from Lord

1.“ There is a great deal o f difference be-

goodm an and a goodfather: I have known

bad men■who excelled m y fatirer as much in pa--

rental care, as he w as superior lo them in real vir-

blersand stock-jobbers.Resolved, T hut the cheerir

Th th of tbisConven-

Cur.vTV Co.vvE.vnoN.—’T he proceedings ol

Whig County Convention will be found in our pa-

riie great fall o f

in t

snow on theday previousi prcviou

jeld,hadreiidere

sable, and consequently

iticipated. It appeared,I

the roads almost impa:

tliin attendance w as antici t

ever, that the corrupt and corupting acts o f the lory

party had excited a feeling of deep indignation,

which neither a succession of defeats nor clouded

prospects could repress. Delegates from nineteen

out of twenty-six towns were present, and the pro-

invention were characterised thro’-

spirit o f cordiality, unanim ity and harmo­-

ny which augurs well for the success, in this coun-

of tlie candidates now in nomination b y the

It^-as to be expMed that there would be

differenceof opinion in relationto thepropriety of

nominating candidates for assembly, but it was

found on comparing views, that the prevailing sen-

timeiit was, that no nomination should be made.

Thrri^distinct tickets werealready in nomination,—

the Regency,theBolters,and the LaxroFocos—the lat­-

terhavingby regency trickery nominated all whigs

—anda fourth ticket, it was thought, would ensure

theelection o f the toolsof the regency, andperpetu­-

ate the reign o f political gamblers and stock-jobbers

now in power. Such a consummation was devoutly

to bedeprecated;and accordingly,after a free and j

tull discussion, it wasunanimouslydecided, that“ it

time, tomake an-Cxpedient,at the,pr

imination.” T hus the field is open to tlie

conlentions o f the two factions ofthe party, and

shall now see whether the old Scotch proverb, that

■'hawks winna pike out hawks’ een,” bolds good o

El e ct ion s.—We have but little official intelli-

■nce fromeitlter PennsylvaniaorNew Jersey, but

the rumorsafloat prove true, they will be found

have rangedthemselves on the side of Mr. Van

'he majorities w ill be small whichever

have gone. T his, however, will be a

matter of small moment to the Baltimore nominee,

if he can snugly ensconce himself in the W hite

House. But the batte is not overyet, and ourfriends

have no reason to be disheartened. Returns from

Georgia show that lie has litde to hopefrom that

quarter, and Ohio is doing gloriously. A friend

arrivedin townthis moping direct fromOhio, lias

furnished us with tlie following

says may be relied on.

Oh io EhxcnoNs—Gea uga co u n 't v .

jfturns, which 1|^

Kesiilved, Th at the proceedingsof tbisConven-

Resolved, T h a t this Couvniiiondo

R. No r t h w a t, Jr.,

Seo’y.

CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

17th Dis t r ic t.AtTbe above worirs arefor sale a t the store o f G.

' o., ; ,—• -----■?■”.--------A-'lire 3d and 1st util prubalily be off as siioti os

return from tnknig the luJiuus down.—

. Pa-Five eoiiipuiiies ofAluliaiiiii troops bave been here

l w ~ &"?'and Ahwhret w"?e t J r.eU t

. E s S t F iH S SH S H j ,

lieiing a . ni.y b . a ,- '’

.AtaConvenjionof Delegatesfor Itressioiinl District romposed of lilt

17lh Con­-

g na c re roiin'ies o f

r,:f oS Xn ig. t,the purpose of mmihiating suitable candidates to

be supjxirted h> the "bigElectors fiir members

<ifCongress, Wiix k t t II. Sh ka n ma n o f Oneida,wasappointed Chnirinnn, aud Cuwia Thoms o n o f

'.S l S i V ^

(gatesappearedand pre,entedlth eir credcniiafo

e ,

.Shear-Orfd a-'T b d .S.Gold, ' iJIetl

s En g l ish Gr a mmar . T his is a

pretendingb utmost valuable work for ourcommon

schools. Th e difficulties o f teaching the English

e n kin

G rammarin our common schools are many and

felt. Th e loss o f time on the p art o f the

jf^h o lars,and the imperfect and ill-digested smatter­-

ing o f ihe languagewhich they acquire, is a poor

reward for the perplexing labors bestowed by their

teachers and themselves. Th is book will most ad­-

mirably relieve those difiicultics. It contains no

principles, bu t gives a clear, uniform, wcll-

ofthe lan-ig the parsing i

nd so e a s /i n i

Ig toil of“ learning Engli

loudly complained of, is

great measure removed. T his work

>n, th orbidding

ige on a plan so simple at

at the fc

Sel e c t Med ic a l Libra

Select Medical L ib rary e

Medicine, will be found m our advertising col­-

umns to-day. T h is periodical is edited by John

d published by Haswell & H arrin g ­

ton, Philadelphia. A specimenofthe style in which

the“ L ibrary” is printed, may be seenat this of-

---------------------------------------the boats returnPr in t in o i.vEovrr.—The Geouraphical Society ofPa-Five

iltlre B r'nr XM .

T ' l .

-

'.-'PAUL PRY

---------------------------------------the boats

th eir credcniiafotVillett H.Shear-O nrfd a-'Tb eodore.S.Gold,'iJIetl

be presented to the W hig Electors of the Dis

' .Towns. Gor'r, Whig. Gov’r, V. B .

Painesville Vance 360

Perry 170

Mentor „114

Cbardon M8

Madison 304

Barton 104

Baldwiff 1

s iESSSiSEt:on the Muiiduy or Tuesday preceding,

men, mcludiiig the 'I'emiessee

,was either ut Tampa ortne mouth ornhe \\ itlila-coochee.A of about 50 Indians attacked .b

from the late lernlo ry , received the vote of everymembero f the legislature pieseiit, and the latter,

the lale governor of the territory, received everyVote but four

K ht. A. VVnIkm* Vinsl AsS U .'" K 'T t i '.m n.nonw

.'taleforfouryears; and a law had passed the

by general tic ke t—yVa/. /iitel/iirrneer.''W — '--------------—...............-ed

jlast election

W hig majority in the above towns, 1047; a t the

Governor, in I

gave a whig majority of only 3!

St i forC le same towns

coochee.A party of about 50 Indians attacked a.b o us;

nearOrange Pond, not for from Jacksonville, or

t h« nmi b itIasvI t <s>rx r\.C le.K .kAft#s>.ff'"' i

l man aad womannamed I'pte gruve. Mr. Ilui

eluding the vigilance o fHie indinns. He remiiin-

...............-ed ill the uale r twenty-four Ilnurs. After Hie Ue-

parlure o fth e ludimis Ire left his hiding place in

tending to miike his way to tire neiiresi post, and

eJ-was met by the mail rider from Pall ', assisted him lo Alligator fort.

Correspondi-ncc of theFreHt-nrkalmig A

LATEST FRO.M FI.OnillA.. iLATEST FRO.MFI.OnillA.F"KTHf.i i .eo r t iu n ,i F i.o r ida i Sept.27.

T here aren»w at this post about ISO men only

fit for duty, out of eleven compnuies O f 90 men

who comport'd ihc ei»ii>pnny of dra^ooniv towhich

1 am JiltHched, only ten arc able to do d uty: nor

will they be ableto taketl.e field for several months

to come, being entirely'hroken down. Instead of

beitijt aW eto rmike a summercampaign,the meo

a re unahleto^aiid theclimate when statinnnry:instead ofb ein ^ able to advance In o the enemy’shave had to

Willoughby, H'Aig majority 121

Brooklyn 188

by general t—yVa/.''W

—'--------------—...............-ed

a t -t h k Su ui h —I he Nnlioiil Intelligen

cer, in Copying Ihe neenuntof the recent snow

storm in tbiis tates ny s thn lo n tlie s ame duy(W eJ-was

nesdny) it snowed formoreth an an hour, v io l^tly ,

lE3*Mr. Forsyth, Secret

Augsula, Geo on the eve

We trust that no true whig will stay a w ay from

le ^ ll s because we have no assembly ticket in

omination. There is enough at stake to call out

all who arethe friends o f th country. We have

electors o fPresident and Vice President, a Governor,

Lieutenant Governor and Congressmen in the field,

all worthy of thesupport and confidence ofthe whigs

o f Oneida. Lettherebe no recreanttohis country’s

ir ranks. Let the friends of virtue, of

justice, o f good order, and o f purerepublican princi­-

ples every where, buckle on their armourand

for battle againstthose who, in violation

n of our country, ofevery

precept of virtue and religion„,Bie. endeavoring

which is ourboast, and Ioverthrow that liberty ■

“red and bled, and to erectwhich our fprefailiers suffei

onIts ruins a d)-nasty o f demagogues and politit

gamblers, whose only object is to e nric h^cmseli

at the expense of tlie People,and to perpetuatetheir

by the destruction to every thing dear

Euclid

Warrenton

In Ashtabula county 5 to'wns have givena whig

majority offSO.

instead ofb ein able to advance In o the enemy’scountry,we have had to retrograde. Micnnnpv was

tbandooed in ronyequence of it» breakine 'dowD

th© mei> escorting wairorr trains ladeu with pro-vi.<rmn».We have had to tall 5.ick upon Black

creek. t*»which place provliriojur can be broughtin steambontA. General Scott fimeheen censured

!i r o u T ? ; ;v fh :e :. '’* i r rrr, 2 s : l ; ; ^ t T ^ ^ ^ ^

did all that an v Genrrnl could under the same cir>

wav, and notngninst theIndians, who hoverabout

deliver their fire, and fly off,Without the iKis.iibil-

itv of getting at them. They have trails throughtheir fnamense^hammockA, with which they nre

fhmilinr and in this way they harrass us with im­-

punity, General Jackson never advan<<ed intothese hammocks; he never penetrated fortheV

than the Suw-mee river, and he bad friendly Indi­-

ans who could ferret ont the hostiles, so th at he

could g et at them. Anew campaign is nboat tolie npened„hutno one can anticipate th e resnit.

Tliere ar e about 3,(100 men now in the territory.—G eneral Call has advanced ns farn s4he Nuwanee

in W est Florida, making I 900'men. Gen Jessn p'

l tr d ' 'g o o T j a n" :' ’;'.?de^

commandiiijr ofltcer at this Fort will ndvniice simiowith about200rciruJars, and form a junction with

Gen* nt Onmp King. •The Jacksonville Courier Sept. 29, in speaking

Depar t ur e o f Mis s io .v a r ie s fo r Afr ic a .—T his

oming at 11 o’clock, says the New York Commer-

nlo f Saturday last, the Rev. John Seys, Rev.

Bquire Chase, and the Rev. George S. Brown, the

last mentioned a colored man, sailed for Liberia, in

the schooner Portia. These genlleniienare all mis­-

sionaries ofthe Methodist EpiscopalChurch. Th ey

wereaccompanied to the vessel by a committeeof

The Young M en’ s M issionary Society o f this city,

with a number o f the Board of M anagers, two o f

Seys’ children, and several kind friends.

.fter embracing each other in token of afiection-

ateand Christian adieu,theykneeled togetherupon

thewharf, and werecommended in

to the God o f missions, when, with m any tears, they

parting scene'

one of our crowded w h a r

moreon earth. W e learn tl

irring upon ves,'

;hing indeed—so that the busy avocations

miployed upon the dock weresuspended,and

of the by-standers removed their hats, whileiny t

irs of sympathywet

orswho manned the boat which w as to convei

m in the eyes of the sail-

missionaries on board. It was a spontaneoustrib­-

ute tender and affectingscene, and onewhich

had not been pre-arranged. It

ny of the heart.

is truly a eeremo-

Mo n e t Mar xct .—F or several days past, there

has been a severepressure upon the money market

in New York, and stocks have fallen considerably

in consequence. T h e pressure is attributablein a

considerable measure,to tlie large amount o f surplus

up in the deposite banks,—upwards

!Sture tranquility. Prisoners were coming in, al-theo stdail^

,

fromvnrmus sections oMheinterior. Am y a io 'th e ri rn^inbe^of troops bad arrived from Pernambuco on|

al-the pnradisB o fthe tropics. 'They will have their

I siik manufactories, pnd theirbeetsug a ^an d Mr.

„.

| Eliphnlet^Averijl.of Har^tftird.^ts jio ^ a^ u t to it

.Itwo-tliirds grown,they cease growing and present

every appearance ofnot coming to maturitv, when

i to facilitate their growth a dropo f olive oil is put

upon th e ir blossom ends, which in eigh t or ten

days proiluces n most extraordinary effect in ripe-

j g 5 S

Georgia three a r - ^ ’

llions, besides nearly five and a half

in the hands of di.sbursing officers. The

lovementof the bankofEngland, and the

electionsin Pennsylvania, together with thewith­-

drawal of specie from the seaboard to invest in land

speculations at the west, have all contributed to

bring about this slate of things. It is lo be hoped

that tlie distribution o f the surplus revenue in Janu-

'fortyor

lillions

ary next, will relieve the existing troubles, and that

the next administrationwill be a little morecareful

in meddling with thecurrency

of the country. It

iscertain that there can be no stability in ourcur-

1, and but little confidence■y. t

business men,so long

lions are controlled by tlM"*

biers, who would

long capitalists

monied institu-

b y demagoguesand stoolf gam-

have no hesitation in ruining the

business of tl.e country, if by so doing they

1 selfishviews.promote their o'

f..„

" -..I, .

ington th at g eneral Gaines has been recalled, andis to he succeeded in his present commandby cnl.

Arhuckle. ANo that lire troops now stationed at

Nacogdochesare to retrace their steps and lakeist somewhere ivilhiii our ownterritory. Also

5H S

ir.u r. T nnv _ri n „.„i -

It is thought were kindled by incendiaries.

WHIG CONVENTIONS.

Can-d ida t e s f o r Congr es s .—Our fnends will ob­-

serve that the Congressional Delegates nominated,

on Saturdaylast, Jos h u a A. Spen c er,ttofill the va­-

cancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr.Beards­-

ley, and that they also nominateid him on the ticket

J o h n Gr a , Jr., of Oswego, forthefull

Tliereis nol e^

objeeiiontothisproceediiw^on tlie

conteary,it is perfectly legal, aixl is in theSiighest

degree conducive to the interests o f this distric t—

Sliould a person be elected only for the remainder ofi

Mr. Beardsley’s term, he will hardly have time to

acquire a knowledge of tl

forehis termexpires. N(

.n t

he forms of the House be-

K o new member can be of

much service to his constituents the first session, on

account of his ignoranceof the regulations which

govern the House o f Representatives. T his is a se­

TT»:Hun Amux.wv.—‘l'hrn nut Andruv lo

nu. penplr. ‘- Y2 Ilnve haunted luv, and lavcd mg;nemla her: ivMnrrm. my mluuled Jun; nuw mm-rm. I pray you, chomc Inim for yuur king

" Mu!nu people mid. “ wbn: mun um mun dune um

he should ml: om In." E ‘q , of Annsville, was called lo the chair, an

NoHTHWAT,|Jr. wasappointed Secretary.T he several towns werethen called over, vt

U ,Is and took their se.nts.

Rufus Bacon.

DavidNew Hartford—Truman Kellogg, John T

Gen* nt Onmp King.The Jacksonville Courier Sept. 29, in speaking

o fth e Florida war, pre<eiit.s this melancholy pic ­ture. South of St. Augustine, Picointa, Black

fVeek and N'ewnaniville. all is destroyed, and theIndian exults, as I e walks over ilio*c plains‘monarch of .nil he surveys.” Nor is th at nil.—

IVtirtli o f the line from St. Augustine lo Ricolatathe Ifldtan has ventured—hasmnd.e his mark o f

track has b'een marked by the ruin be wrought—

North o f the direct line from Carey s Ferry toNewnansvitle he has passed. He ramc no doubt

th e swampsto echo back his frightful yell. iTh**®*th e setllemenis of Alligator, and those within the

enclosure of the St. Johns, Black creek and St.

Marys, he hascarried dismay, fireanddeath. T he

blood of woman. God’s best gift lo man. is on his

Troops and Creek Indians, rs at *rampn oron the

Ouithlacoochee T he troops in ibis section, under

Mnjo” Pierce, nre expecting onler« daily, tomarcb.Col. Downing, aid to Gov, Call, will, with a proper

kiras nre beingdeposited at different points”

from the CoptniiTs office. He has confessed the

E H" E '2i H E E B 5 f 2E,

Bedford Mercury.

He further remarks,“ Our life has mrer beenstained .”J j 'I f Messrs. Foster and Miller,

dates for Congress, sustain the Oneida Bank com­-

missioners who have been indicted, in their flagi­-

tious course, w hat m ay we expect from them should

they be placed in cirCUmstancra of temptation 1 -r

Will those 'who uphold such conduct in

likely toescape

unscatlied themselves!

electors o f this District look to it and see that tlwy

send menlo Congress who will take careo fthe

terests of their constituents, instead of contriving

how they shall linetheir own pockets.

stained by a single actofd isho n o r or dl s h o ne st y.”

W e believe it w as Sheridan 'who said.1, the best advanced a trifle, and sales bave been made at S7,-

63 a 7,75.

Cotton.—Th e market is quiet,but well sustninerl

as to prices. T he sales of the week amountto 1300

balesatjiric es ranging from 131-2to20 cents.

,jokebe everbeard of, was of a man leaving a leg­-

acy offirepounds towardpaying llie nationalddit.

But if poor Sherry was alive and in a condition to

were about fifty Spanish slave ships to the south­-

ward oftthe coastofAfrica, and about thirty to the

northward, chiefly American built, engaged inthe traffic. Many Portuguese vessels.to the souilwSiels.tc

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arebutilt in Ihe northern sta les and sold, (thoughit built expressly) for the slave trade.

;h at a joke, wewouldwagera year’s subset

wcAild make himadito tliispaper.

that this line of editor Dauby’s w as a better one.

'We have imagined to ourselve

s countenance when be wrote

le little mi

s tlie comical

the chuckles of tlie county clerk, and the

indicted for an assault and battery, whom Mr.

Beardsley calls by a very amusing epithet—wlien

they read it Indeed, we suppose it was intended

as a witticism, and to show the genuine humor of

the writer, and if ever we undertaketo compile a

jest-book we sliall certainly extract it.

to keep up the fun, the editor very modestly cor

pareshimsell witli a certain individual whom tii

the Argus used to cal! mister Jackson.—(But that

was before Mr. D auby’sor the A rgus’s eyes were

■n to the General's merits.)“ Was nota bill of

liclmeni found againstkvmefor violotins his oath

office?”asks the President o f the Oneida Bank.—

Certainly.—There is no doubt th atGeneral Jack-

trosindictirdictedby thecriminalcourto f Louisia na,

a unlawful seizure’ofa ni l i

w as convicted of tlie offence charged

fined onetliousaDd dollars for it ; and th at he paid

the fine like a man. And we have always thought

the conviction a reason why we should

him, but the majority of the people o f the Uni

States havediffered with us.

Fhnir. T he demand for W estern is less active

than during the p r e v i^ week, although nodim inu­-

tion in price has 'tfikcn place. Sales of Canal,

commonto goodbrands, have been effected al fiS,63

-V 5 ; Ohio, 9,50.

New Hartford—Truman Kellogg, John Trenet,Mr., and James Groves

Paris—Henry CraneFrench, Ralph Head, and

Edward F. Shepard.Remsen—Heman Ferry, Thomas H. Hamilton,Rome—Virgil Draper, Abner B. Blair, and

riousembarrassm entto themost able man, who can­-

not, short of onesession,become familiar w ith the

many peculiar regulationswhich have been found

ary for tliedesjiatch ofbusiness. Every ses-’

sion shows this; eventheoldestmembers

(uently at fault, and those who are supposed lo be

veil versed in the“ the manual,” areoften at vari-

with oneanotlier. To send a man to. Con-

gress for a single session, i:

and money, and a sacrifice o f the weighty

listrict. The degleation,therefore, in c

it views in adtat, acted on just optingMr. Spenci

theremaimler of Mr. Beardsley’s, and for tl

term. In the single session, Mr.1, Spencer, if

elected, will obtain a correctknowicdgeof theforms

o f proceeding, and will securea ready acquaintance.

with the mdny intricate points of legislative prac-

etrifling obstacle to a young

The Ba n k Par t

■c’s a bank

ti-banleodfor you, any how, and under this anti k a minis­-

tration,too. With ■what bait will the regency

catch gulls 1

y . —On the Bank tory Electoral

Grain.—On Friday last, 15,000bushels foreign

wheat were sold a t SI ,98 to 2,00; 14.000 bushels

OdessaRye, atSL*^ 1-2,90 day s; Northern yellow

cornSI,06 l-4.a 1,10.

Provisions remain without alteration.

Rome—Virgil Draper, Abner B. Blair, andCharles Trnc'yTrenton — Ephraim Storrs, Pheneaa Btrdsall,

and Alexander Fraser.A I'lic -HPr epar iw o f o r Squ.ALLS.—QueenCbristtne,like some prudent potentates, is making prnvi.sionfor the possiblei onlingeiicyof her deibronement.

.She has remitted to her bankers nt Parts no less2.800000 francs uitoin the last tew months, be­-

sides 800,000 francs invested atAmsterdam, mid aB ni

..ler sum thmi all the above placed nt LoDdun.

These revenues accrue from donslioni lo the

73 niillioDs of re.-ds.

and AlexanderFraser.A I'lic a-H e nr

y IVliiie, -----Johnson, Ephraim

vssri ' i 's’ o.

CagwinWestmoreland—GeorgeBarber,EdwinLnomi.'Therearetw o“GraiUs," it will be noticed,

before the District for Congress; there is Joh n

GnANT.Jun.a whole-.souled whig, and A. P. Gr a nt ,

a whole hog regency man. Wc have no objections

to any votes forJohn Grant Jr. but some weighty

ones againstgiving anyfrom ourgide ofthe house,pgains

to A. P . Gi

Sn o w .—On Tuesda;

lost week, the snow

day night Inesday <

eight inohes. Considerable damage ha:

to the fruit trees, m any o f which have b«

jit and 1

;hl and Wcdnesdi

the depthof i

s been done

e een stripped

of theirfru t limbs together.

CagwinWestmoreland—GeorgeBarber, Edwin Lnomi.'

Thomas Richardson.‘ Hezekinh Carnii-Thomas Richardson..............-Wright Potter, Hezekinh Carnii-

Whitestown—George Balls, Francis Wilcox,Orsnmus WHIinmn.

o er ,1836.Presenf—Aid McBride, Church, Russ, Crafts,

,'n xlon. Burlrli 1‘oiid.Theitiayiir being nbsent Aid RIrBride was ap­-

pointed rhiiirman.'Theproceedings of Ihe last meeting were read

"" p E nT H lN 'S.-P O ’ .—From Mnsob Frniicii, fnr theSa f e t y Co a c h.—"The N Y. Express copies

from a Hull (Eng.) piiper the following noli-e of a

stage conch. . 'The mmiiier of suspending the

s ; r t w iK ' - ; sshould turn over, the bodywould only be seated.

road elevate I’h'e w\ree7’o^^

licafjlremot which U*haLn’ h^^^^ ’:

For HieOneida Whig.

Orsnmus WHIinmn.The following resolution, introduced by Mr.

Hart of Utica, was, afte i n full mid free discussion

“X »l t t i s inexpedient a, the presentlim

e, to nominate candidates for members of As-

Oii motion. Resolved, Th at a committee of one

fromeach town represented in this convention, he

aiipo'iiited to nominate Delegates to the Congres-Atonal Convention to be held nt Rome on Ihe I5lh

inst. T he following gentlemen were nppoiiited

"" p E nTH lN'S .-Pr r nO ’ .—From Mnsob Frniicii, fnr the

pnyment of ioture«ton tlieir-htft^rtimt, for rep air­-

ing t'm irt I'nu -e SIO, 45 - allowed.

W icker Philip-* forth© payment of account

’’H E PO ItT .ir'' Ard I tu ...fr.™ (h f on

EL.8IIA CaMp ,of Socket’s Harbor, oneo f the

most able and efficient whigs in the state, has been

[lirlale for CongressfromJeffer-nominatedas a candid

son county—the18ih district. W e trust h e'v ill be

alw ays voted with the

now' a Van Buren m

support the noniination exc

le single grqtiTHl. It is reported among

Messrs. Miller and Fost*'', the democratic

dates for Copgriss, are whh the commissionersof

the Oneida Bank, and intend to sustain them in

their unprincipleddoingsand supportthe institutic

Mr .Ed it o r :—I have

sekmn party

am willing

ng us that

lie candi-

: nr

If this is true, they are not honest men, and I will

not give them a vote, norany otlrer man

timents. Neither will theyobtain the vote of their

party in this town ifthis foci is generallybelieved.

I w antto throw my vote for capable and upright

men, and no man cc.”,be upright who will act withi ri 1

those menwhose doings have disgusted the count

If Mr. Miller and Mr. Foster expect our t^themcut adriftfromthe Bank Commissiopers and

let the count

everyreasonto think th at we are supporting those

OneidaBank Commissioneis.

therefore

re­

CONGRES.SMEN.—W e present to our friends of this

District, a Congressional Ticket which cannotfail

to rally around it every sterling Wh ig in the two

counties.

Jos h u a A Spf.nc e b iskno'wn to almosiet

iri ,

has won

Ills talents, industry at

malevolence o f party has foiled toTasten on his rep­-

utation a s i^ le blemish; he has passed throughthe

ordeal o f a ^ ii va s s ,alidcomeout looco/Aed. W hat

belter praise^can he receive th an th is!—

J o hn Gr a nt , Jr., o f Oswego, is one of the

efficient and intelligent whigs in the county of Os­-

wego. No oneknows betterthe capabilitiesofthat

Mr. Grant, nor better under;

in the District, and needs no encomium from

his way to his lofty pre-emi-

ICCby his nd integrity. T he

ile l ff is;

ty than 1

policy best calculated to developeis resources. H e

straightforward,dccidcd man—oneof the most

popular, on the ground of his general reputation, in

the district, and will carry n larger vote than has

everbeen done before.

’’H E PO ItT.ir'' Ard I tu...fr.™ (hf on

Puhlic'Irn[irnv-cmeots. reported iti favor of gran­-

ting the petition ofBenjamin llnrrison—accepted.Also in favor of nudping the occount of C,

Tir e ig n .—By <t late arrival from Europe

leam that the French Ministry h a s been reorgani­-

zed, and butt the followingare the appointments;

^"Annsville,

ll.'..iH P i.lev ’: I.ee Je-.i.. Itnvmm.H-J

Gro v es Ralph Head; Rrm^en ; rhoma« 11

.Il.n iiiiton: Romu AbnerB Hhitr;Tr»*ii!oii, Al­-exanderF ran Utica. E Hart* Vernon, John

-\V. ro«»k; Verona. Peler Worden; Vienna. John.; .

er;

George Rali^.

AOer a nhnrt recess, the committee reported the

Du n k ij ik, Oct. 4.—Steamboat Ohio.—This boat

t T u S e h? hiiiii

on, §h« wa* clrivjt>n a^lioie. She, howevj|^, was

harbor, w heie she lay omtil 'rhursday'morning,when the started outon her trip up tlie lake ; nT

tera few hours, it was ascertainea th a t some ofher machinery had faded, when she put nh< ut and

”■ 1 1,:" '. X ’ S , h.

gale, on Tuesday laM,

in endeavoringto reach the

iii l ™

n S al S SE s i l r E r ii£ois; mid when these were expended,barrels of oiland tallow were resortedto. All tirese proving

unavailing, she was under the necessity of puttingabout mid throwing herself at the merry o f the

winds, and fin lly made this port in safety.T he schooner Morris was struck by a sudden

squall and capsized. Her deck load b»ing of

grave stones mid other heavy articles, broke thro'_e

her bulwarks and sunk. 'ASdriven ashore oboiit half

± ! ',

That the stre etfrom Nail Creek lo the northerly line o f the city,be known and called Onurt street, commencing ntIhe present junction of Viirick and Court streets.

Resolved, T hat Benjamin Harrison lime per­-mission to put an addition to his buildingonFay-oelle street, piirsuiiiit to Ihe prayer o f his ;''"teso lv ed .T hat wntrnnt he drawn the Irea-

.The Editor then draws tlie parallel.“Our s e l^

too, h as had a hill of indictment found againstus

for violating o u r o a t h of office,” and like our great

chief magistrate, sliallwe hesitate to be convicted

1 fined 1 and to pay our fine tooT ’Twould be

glory enou

and

treasonto the chief -upderwhom it is k

to serve, to thinkofi t ! But he goes furth

theparallel between”o ur s e l f”and GeneralJack-

•on. The General's conduct was reprobated, and

just BO ix the conduct of the editor, and therefore

"and the g

dngtushed citizens, and fit and

:racy w hatto th

«o ur s e l f

tell the demo

u p their caps

'Thero arfi i

both equally dis-

for. CL E D.

ink and who lo throw

otlrer equally funny things in tire re­-

mainder o fthe article. One in particular attractfd

ournotice—a remark that the life of the pre.sidci t

ofth e Onciifit'Bank would be a burden to him with­-

out“ an unsullied rcjmtalion.'’ T his must haveuwu jnwctrtu xmalu i .

been wriueii oftcr a second jierusal o f JudgeDenio’s j

Count Mole, Peer of France—President o f the

Council and Minister of Foreign affairs. M. Per-

sil, Member ofj h ^ vy o g ^ e r of Deputies—Keeper

of theseals and Ministerof Justice andW or

Vice AdmiralDeRosamel, Memberof the Cl

herofDeputies—Minister of the Navy. M. De

Gasparin, Peerof France—Minister ofthe Interior.

M. Guizot, Member of tlie Cl

Minister of Instruction. And

her Of the Chamber of Deputies—Mini

hamber of Deputies—-^ M .D u^ate l, Mem-

''"tesolved .That a wntrnnthe drawnon theIrea-

•sury ill favor o f John Riley, for one hundred dol­-

lars. in part paym ent for bis services as stre et

following ordinance^ The Comnodn rou ncilofth a

reclinn of the street commissioner, and the ex

to the benefits resulting thereto n« nearns may be.

Ihe assessmentforgrading and gravelling Col-

umbia street having been returned by the asses­-

sors appointed lo assess the expense o f such -im­-

provement, on motion, it was resolved, that the

the reoort was, on motion unanimouslyadopid cu n«

K” ".™ !..,.;..............

from each town be appointed to correspond with

'Be n ia min RA-nuuNh as beenre-committedto pri­-

son by hisbail.

. stolk

Scheneclada

Cons e cr a tion .—Bishop Ondeidor.k,o f the Prot­-

estantEpiscopal Churcl

,

i, will consecrateas a chap-

el connected with Trinity Church in this city, the

Brood street, on Sundi

arrived morning i

building on

’be service will commence

M.—A tl l o’clock-of the som ed a y''Hard-o’clock, A.

j will hold an ordination in the church, and ndmi

Yours, &c. I. R. S.

Both of these candidates are well qualified by

their general merits o f character, to carry out and

maintain whig principles. A t tliis

oldest and beM recognised ri

lime, wlicn

. uiuu i aoe s i angiius nn: cuiiui in <

jtion,—whensubtle distinctions areinvoked to

St o c k s .—On Saturday Inst, U . S. -Bank stolk

sold at 114a llSdoIlars, and U tica 4 Scheneclada

Rail Rood, a t 110 aIII c

____________________adjoining

,

____________________adjoiningThepacket ships England and Orpheus,arrived

in New York from Liverj — - -

worefor James Dana &

rpool,England,

.Soil of this city

have Hard-o’clock,

'|‘hc commit-en wen npylninledn. fnllmn ;-

AnmIviIle—PnlrIck MIIIIIVII.-‘illlll F. Ahh‘

Aug.m.—.v..:...J. Km. William Jneknun.

i I nnonvm.—u.m.y Phiilips, Georg: Munehu.tr.

her bulwarks and sunk.A crate of crockery wi

a mile above this place

'AS drivenashore oboiithalf