Ohio State journal and Columbus gazette (Columbus, Ohio : 1825), 1836-10-08, WEEKLY.

              Mm SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1836. WEEKLY. No. y, Vol. XXVI Whole No. 1481. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SCOTT, fc WRIGHT. Office on State-stroot, third door went of llic Clinton Bank. J. DAILIIACIIE, EDITOR. l' TERMS Two Dollar! nd Fifty Cents, in mivmtj or Three Dollars, t the end of the year. No aubacrfher allowed to discontinue while hn rematna Indebted to the office. A eml-ff eekly paper la also Issued from tlila office, nt the rate of Two Dollar! for 52 nouihera, or Four Dollnra cr year. Lettera on bnaineia ihoitld be addrened to tlie Publishers, and ehould be post-paid, eicet when coming froti Agents. COLUMHUS, OCTOBER 4, 1830. DESPERATE MENDACITY. We bave observed in tbe last number of llio Hemisphere, an Editorial article in relation to tbe assessment of property in this Congressional District, which, for willful, deliberate, and fro-meditated falsehood, equals tin y thing which has hitherto appeared in that infamous publication. For tbe purpose of injuring Mr. Ridoway in the estimation of the volors, it is there stated, that this gentleman, who was a member uf tbe State Hoard of Equalization, which met in this city in the winter of 1834-33, ''permitted strangers to paralyze the interests of his constituents to an extent which, when viewed in its proper light, nvust forever stamp him as an unworthy public servant." To prove Ibis assertion, a table is inserted, purporting to give the amount added by aid Hoard to the value of llio taxable property in tbe counties of Pickaway, Franklin, Dela ware, and Marion, which ehows an aggregate of TWO MILLIONS, FIFTY-SIX THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED ADO THIRTY-KIUllT DOLLARb! Now, will the honest reader believo it possible that the conductors of the above paper, who, in another part of the sheot in which tho state. nent in question is given, solemnly declare that "it lias heretofore been, and shall always he, our (their) first aim to adhere strictly to llio truth,' have actually overrated the amount so added us foresaid by ONK MILLION, TWO HUN DUE!) AND NINETEEN THOUSAND. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS; or, in other words, increased it nearly two hundred and fifty per centum Such, however, is the fact. We huve now before us, a copy of the official Report made by the Hoard of Equalization to the General Assembly, giving tbe total amount of all the personal aud real property of the State, as appraised and returned by the several counties, and equalized by said Hoard, to which the certificate uf the Auditor of State is annexed, which shows that the whole amount added in four of the counties composing this Congressional District, falls CONSIDERABLY SHORT OP ONE MILLION OF DOI, labs! To place tho matter beyond the reach of cavil, we invite tbe attention of the candid reader lo the following table, exhibiting at one view tbe amount added in each county as given in the Hemisphere, and the true sum as reported by the Equalization Hoard, with the difference between them, being the amount overrated: rv.,...-.. Added by Added by n o. CoUnt'"- Hrmiyhere. the Hoard. D'ff"'- Pickaway, 610,033 179,608 431,027 Kranklin, 704,803 320,872 377,701 Delaware, 475,0110 247,663 228,023 Marion, 265,356 82,343 183,013 Total, 2,056,338 836,4114 1,219,854 Now, ye voters of I'ickaway, Franklin, Delaware, and Marion, what do you think of the men who have made this deceptive statement? In order to lead yon lo believe that a citizcu, with whose intelligence and unimpeachable integrity most of you are acquainted, has, through bis "incompetency or gross neglect," suffered a large sum of money to be "annually taken out of your pockets" by taxation, these "lying em bassadors" we can call them nothing else-kave deliberately, knowingly, and designedly, overrated the amount of tbe addition inado to your taxable property by the Equalization Hoard of which be was a member, by upwards of TWELVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. We as sert, and fearlessly challenge a denial, that this has been done "deliberately, knowingly, and designedly;" for it could have been done in no other way. No such sums, as those given in the "addition" column of the Hemisphere, are to be found III the Report of the Hoard; while the ge neral accuracy of the three other columns clear ly proves that tbe writer must have had that do cument before him when he prepared his state' Dient. Will the intelligent freemen of this District suf fer themselves to be imposed upon by bo infamous, o palpable a falsehood, manufactured expressly to mislead theml Will they be induced, by such barefaced misrepresentations, to withdraw their confidence from a meritorious citizen, in ordor to bestow it on another, who does not possess one sin glo qualification, intellectual or moral, for tho office to which he aspires, and who has recently given the strongest possible cvidonco of his total unfit ness for it, as well as of his contempt for the opi nioni and interests of his constituents, by bis vote against the distribution bill! Will they continue to support a faction, which resorts to such means in order to retain its ascendency, whose past sue cess is a foul libel on tho American name, and whose history will fill the darkest page in our po litical annals! We hope not. On the contrary, WO confidently anticipate that this base attempt to injure an honost and deserving man, will increase ' his majority by several hundred votes. To doubt it, would bo to call in question the retributive justice of Heaven. Let the reader bear in mind, that even if the statement in the Hemisphere were 'as true as it is notoriously false,' it would afford no just ground for complaint against Mr. Ridoway, unless it was equally evident that the addition was unjust, and thai he could have successfully resisted it, but did not. Having only one vote in the Hoard, he was necessarily obliged to submit to the decision of his colleagues, even if it happened to bear oppressively on his immediate constituents. This is not, however, believed to have been the case. On the contrary, we are persuaded that, if the equalization were now to be attempted, there would be a large increase in the value of the taxablo property in this District; and if some addition wae then made in each of tho four counties above referred to, it proves nothing except that the county appraisements were considered too low, by a majority of tho Board. It should be further observed, that this was not the only pait of the State in which the value of property was raised. Ross county alone, for instance, the total value of whose real and personal property as returned was upwards of $S00,000 less than that of Fronkiin.had an addition made to it of $41,!)25 over and above the whole increase in this District; and tho value of tho property in Cuyahoga, Trumbull, and several other counties, was raised in nearly the same proportion. So much for this falsehood. F. S. Since the above was in type, wo have received a communication from Mr. Riduway, on the same subject, which will be found in unother column, nnd is respectfully recommended to the attention of tho honest inquirer after truth. MARYLAND. We stated in our last, that a public meeting had been called in the City of Baltimore, for the pur- poso of taking into consideration tho refusal of the nineteen Van Huron Electors of the Senate to discharge the duty required of them by the Constitution of Maryland. The meeting accordingly took place on Monday, the SGth lilt., and is said to have been the largest ever held in the City tho number of persons in attendanco being estimated at not less than five thousand. Tho proceedings, as reported in the Baltimore papers, are in the highest degree interesting; and we should be gra tified to give them a place iii our columns. But as our limits will not permit it, wo insert below the resolutions appended to an address adopted on the occasion, which will afford a pretty correct idea of the spirit which animated the vast assemblage pre sent. Similar meetings have been held in other parts of the States and wo are greatly mistaken if the election for members of Assembly, which took place on Monday last, has not given a signal rebuke to the anarchists and disorganizes, who are endeavoring to prostrate the institutions of tho country at the footstool of Van Buronism. The following arc the resolutions referred to: Resolved, By us citizens of Baltimore, in Town Meeting assembled, that the nineteen electors of the Senate, in their refusal to elect that body, in our judgments nave tlisoucyeu tho express com mand of our Constitution; have disregarded a high public trust, involving the very continuance of Go vernment, and the security of our persons and property; have committed a high misdemeanor by their willful abandonment ol'a high public duty, to the discharge of which they stood pledged by their acceptance ot it; and merit tho severest reproba- tion of tho people of .Maryland, and of tho friends ot liberty, order, and good government, throughout the Union. Resolved, further. That in their attempt to overthrow tbe Government of this State, and to introduco anarchy and revolution in its stead, the said nineteen Electors havo warred against the peace, order, and happiness nl society; havo sa crificed tho best interests of the people of Mary land; have endangered the present prosperity, and blighted for a time all tho fair prospects of this city; and that in so doing, they bave given us just causo to doubt their claim to tho title ot lie- fiirmcrs. Resolved, further, That in their proclamation of Revolution, and in their attempt to dictate to the people of this State the manner in which they shall lurin a new Government, to escapo the conse quenecs of anarchy, the said nineteen electors have usurped the sovereignty ot the people ot Maryland, and put in jeopardy tho vital principles ot all re publican institutions. Resolved, further. That in the attempt, by the disregard ot a high public duty, to prnstrato the Government, laws and institutions of this State, for the accomplishment of mere Party ends, the said I!) electors have lostall claim tothe support oil tho virtuous and patriotic ot all parties, who abhor the uso ot wrong means to accomplish any end, nnd who hold tho welfare of their country, and the permanent prosperity and happiness of their State, and City, above the mere expedients of party. Rrsolred,furthcr, That tho 21 electors of the Se nate, who have qualified for the discharge of their duty, and who are still continuingthcirscssions at Annapolis, from day to day, fur their endeavors lo pruscrvo to us the inestimable blessings of peace, order and government, are entitled to tho confidence and affections of tho people of Maryland; and that it is tho most earnest wish and request of this mooting, that the said electors will tlioro remain, prepared to discharge their duty of electing a Senate, until tho pcoplo of Maryland shall have had timo, by the power and majesty of public opt nion, to quell revolution, and toroturn their agents to the port of duty. Resolved, further. That tho said twenty-one Electors, in refusing to receive propositions coining irom individuals who would not assumo the ollicc under color of which they professed to act; and propositions, too, involving a degrading surrender of their duty, and asking nothing less than the commission of deliberato perjury, in the surrender of their own right of choice, havo acted tho part of! Honorable men. and laithlul public servants. Resolved, further, That we aro for reform, and against revolution. Resolved, further. That to make manifest to tho people tif the State, and to our fellow-citizens throughout tbe Union, that Baltimore prefers peace, order, good government, stable institutions, nnd inviolate public and privato credit, to fiction and revolution, this meeting will proceed forthwith to nominate two suitable individuals as candidates for the offices of Delegates from this City, to tho next General Assembly of Maryland; and that for that purposo the President of this meeting be requested to nominate forthwith, a committee bf twelve, to seloct and roport to this meeting for their approbation, two suitable individuals for thoso offices. Resolved, further, That from this period, until the first Monday of October next, we will devote our time and energies in tho endeavor to make manifest, by tho success of our candidates, "that Baltimore is aoainst REVOLUTION;" and that that day we will set apart as a day sacred lo the cause of peace, order, and tho preservation of our institutions, persons and property; and on that day, closing our shops, our stores, and our offices, and abandoning all othor avocations, wo will de vote ourselves to the endeavor to sccuro the success of tho candidates whom this meeting may select MORE PROOF. The following correspondence, for which we are indebted to a late number of the Richmond Whig, affords additional proof, if any were wanting, of the utter groundlessness of the last ca lumny promulgated by Mr. Van Buhen's " lying embassadors," against " the people'icandidato" for the next Presidency. As it is now reduced to a certaioly, that the office-holders in Ibis city are busily engaged in manufacturing and circu lating false and deoeplive statements, calculated to lead the uninformed to believe that Gee Harrison, when a member of the Ohio Senate, did actually vote in favor of selling poor white men for the non-payment of their debts, with tbe view of flooding the wbolocountry with them on the eve of the election, we do most earnestly intrcat our Whig brethren, and all those, of every party, who love their country, and rospect the truth, to adopt prompt and energetic mea sures for putting down this most vile and detes table slander. A full and complete history of tbe origin of the bill containing the provision which has been so basely misrepresented, as well as of its progress through both branches of tho General Assembly, was given in tbe Semi-Weekly Journal of the 13th lilt, and in the Weekly of the 17th. The vile calumny has been likewise most ably and conclusively refuted in several numbers of the People's Press, and especially in tbe last; at well as in the Cincinnati Gazette and Whig. There is, therefore, no want of material for tho triumphant vindication uf the venerable patriot, against a charge which is at variance with tho whole tenor of his life; and ire trust that the opponents of the spoilers throughout the Union will see the immediate necessity of making such extracts from the different articles to which we have referred, or publish such information derived from other sources, as shall enable the people to decide justly and equitably between a citizen who has spent almost the whole of a long life in their service, and his base and unprincipled accusers. Richmond, September 15(t, 1836. DtAn Sin: Your political opponents in tho Stale of itinryianu navo, lor somo lime, been actively urging against you a new charge, that of selling while men, which probably had no inconsiderable effect in tho re cent elections in that State, and which is evidently much relied upon to iufluenco tho approaching elections throughout the United States. I cncluso you a paper (the Baltimore Republican) containing the charge i n l ull. and 1 Dcg 01 you, us an act ol justice to yourscll and your friends, to enahlo mo to refute a chargo against the uniform tenor of your life, which, I am well aware, has been replete wllh instances of distinguished private liberality and public sacrilicc. With the highest respect, I havo llio honor to be, your leuow citizen, JOHN II. PLEASANTS. Gen. Wm. H. Harrison. Richmond, September 15, 1836. Dear Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your favor oi mis uato. 1 nave Delure Heard ol llio accusation to which it refers. On niv way hither. I mot vesterdnv with a young gcntloman of Maryland, who informed mo mm a voir ui iiiuiu in me agnate oi vnio nau uecn puu-lished, in favor of a law to sell persons imprisoned under a judgment for debt for a term of years, if uuablu otherwise to discharge the execution. I did not lor a moment hesitate to declnre thnt I hnd never ifivoti any such vote, and thatif a vote of that description had been puousncu ana ascnoea to me, it was an inlainous forgery. Such an act would have boon repugnant to my leciings, and in direct conllict with my opinions, public and private, through the whole course of my life. No such proposition wns ever submitted o the Legislature of Ohio none such would for a moment havo been en tertained nor would any son of hcr's havo dared to propose it. So far from being willing to sell men for debts whirh they are unable to discharge, I am, and ever have been, opposeu to all imprisonment tor debt, f ortunately, 1 have it in my power to show that such has been my established opinion; and that in a public capacity, I avowed and acted upon it. Will those who have iirelcrrcd the unfounded and malicious accusation, refer lo the journals of tho Senate of the United Slates, 2d session, lUth Congress, page 325 it will there be seen thai 1 wue one of the committee which reported a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt. When the bill wns before the Senate, I advocated its adoption, and on its passage voted in its favor. See Seunto journal, 1st session, 2Uih Congress, pages 101 and 102. It is not a iiltle remarkable, that if the effort I am nc- cuscd ol having made, to subject men to sale lor the non-payment ot their debts, had been successful. 1 might, from the state of my pecuniary circumstances nt the time, have been tho lirst victim. 1 repeal, the chargo is a vile calumny. At no period of my life, would I have consented to subject the poor and unfortunate lu -....i. - .1 I..: i i . . . i,- "in u uugniuaiiuii, nor novo oiiiuieu to exert niyscii in their behalf, against such an attempt to oppress them. It is sought to support the chargo by means of garbled extracts from the journals of the Scnnto of Ohio. The section uf the hill which is emnlovcd for that purpose had no manner of reference to tho relation of creditor and debtor, and could nut by possibility subject the debtor lo tho control of his creditor. None know heller than the authors of the calumny, that the allcdged sec tion is utterly at varianco with the charirc which it is attempted to found upon it, nnd thnt so far from u proio-sition to invest a creditor with power over the liberty of ins ucoior, it una respect only to tnc inodcot disposing of public offenders, who had been found guilty by a jury of their fellow citizens, of sonic crime against ihr laws of their Slate. That was nxclusivnlv the immirt and design of the section of the bill upon the motion to strike out which I voted in the ncirulivo. So vou ner- ccive, that in placoof voling to enlarge the power of crcuuors, Hie veto which 1 gavo concerned ulone tlie treatment of malcfaciors, convicted uf crimes against the public. It would extend this letter to an inconvenient length, to go fully into the reasons which led mu at tho lime to an opinion in favor of the promised treatment of that class ol offenders, who would have fallen within its ope ration, nor is sucn an cxh)su called lor. The mensuru was by no means a novelty in other parts of the country. In the State of Delaware, there is ail act now in force, in similar words with the section ol the bill beforo llio Ohio Senate, which has been made of Into the pre text of such insidious invective. Laws witli Bomewhat similar provisions may probably be found in many oilier of the States. In praclico llio measure would have ameliorated the condition of those who wcro under condemnation. As the law slood, they were liahlu under the sentence to coniiuenient in the common jail, where offenders of various degrees of profligacy of different ages, sex and color wcro crowded together. Under such circumstances, it is obvious thnt the hail must become worse, whilst reformation could hardly bo expected in respect to any. The youthful offender, it might be hoped, would be reclaimed, under the operation of the proposed system; but there was great roason to fear his still greater corruption amid the contagion of a common receptacle of vice, Resides, the proposed amendment of the law prcsuposod that tho delinquent was in confinement for tho non-payment of a tine nnd costs of prosecution (the payment of which was a part of tho sentence) it seemed, therefore, humane, in respect to the offender, to relieve him from conhncmcnt which deprived him of tho means of diseh irging the penalty, nnd to place him in a situation in which he might work out his deliverance, even at tho loss lor a time, of his personal liberty. Hut I loriioar to go farther into tho reasons which led me, sixteen years ago, as a member of tho Ohio Senate, to entertain a fnvorablo opinion of an alteration, which was proposed in ihe criminal police of the Slate. It is certain that neither in respocl to myself, or those who concurred with me, was tho opinion at the timo considered as the result of unfriendly bias towards the poorer unfortunate. Nay, the Inst objection which 1 could have anticipated, even from the eager nnd reckless desire to assail me, wns a charge of unlriendlincss to the humble and poor of the community. I am, my dear sir, with groat respect, your humble servant, WM. H. HARRISON. J. II. Pleasants, Esq. GOV. LUCAS. , The following letter to this gentleman has been written by one of hit old personal and political friends, who, in common with every citizen, alive to tbe honor and dignity of this Slate, has obsorved with deep regret her Chief Executive officor descending from the elevated posi tion which he occupied a few months since, in ordor to electioueer for tho " spoilers," Tho worst enemy tho Governor ever had and he has had many could not wish to sec him in a position more humiliating, than that in which he has voluntarily placed himself. His puerile charges against the Whig candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency will fall harmless at their feet: for they will be attributed to nothing but mean personal spite, towards men as superior to tbe accuser in point of intellect, as they unquestionably arc in honorable and manly feeling. Of tho publication of his most silly speech in support of Mr. Fithian's motion whether actually delivered at the time, or manufactured for the purpose of sustaining a baso aud malignant falsehood--it may lienhserved, that it abundantly proves that so long us his Excellency shall live, there will he at least one " WEAK, IMBECILE OLD MAN" in Ohio. s to the "Jighting," in which the writer supposes Gov. Lucas tu havo been engaged during the last wnr with Great Britain, we beliovo that like his battles in tho late Michigan campaign, most uf it was done on paper, and even that by proxy. To Gen. ROBERT LUCAS, Governor of Ohio. Slit: Having read your letter of September 0, 1830, published in tho Western Hemisphere of a late dale, the writer of this communication, proposes to notice ils contents in the spirit of candor and sincerity, hoping that by so doing a more full exposition may he had uf matters of fact and principle, than is to be found in that communication. In relation lu your political opinions, you inform your correspondent, " thai any change is out of the question " " your opinions have been too long established lu undergo any change." Now, as to political opinions such as you recite. I doubt not your sincerity. But as measures arc ever connected with muii in the Administration uf our Government, I hope you will excuso me when I ask, what was your opinion of .Martin Van Biireu, nt tho commencement of the late war, when yourself and Gen. Harrison were found among the foremost patriots who were fighting in defence of their country! What was your opinion uf his opposition to the war, uf bis oppositiun lu Ihe ro-elcctiou of .lames Madison, and of his successful cfforls in placing Riifus King in the Senate uf tho United Stales, at that important crisis! WaN not Mr. Van Burcn in those days found in the ranks of the Federal party, fighting against ihu spirit of palriulisin that nerved the heroes uf the lalo war to vigorous and successful action in defence of our country! Your opinions on these poinls, together iv i lb your views uf the causes which induced .Mr. Van Huron to cease his opposition to the war, will be eagerly read should you think proper to lay Ihciii beforo the public. Again, sir; it would be truly gralifying to many of your friends, (among whom I have always placed myself in the foremost rank) lu learn your views upon the course uf your favorite candidate fur the Presidency, at the time we were struggling with might and main, to elevate Gen. Jackson to tho eminent seat he uow occupies! Is your opinion now, what it was then! And, sir, as yui have thought proper lu express an opinion upon the rota of Mr. Granger, lunching the interests nf Ohio, permit me to ask your opinion upon the course of .Mr. Van Buren's opposition to the general interests nf tho West, his oppositiun to tho Cumberland Road, his opposition to malting any appropriations fur western objects and purposes; and finally, upon this head, your especial opinion of his opposition to the " distribution of the surplus revenue" is solicited.Now, sir, that I may nut seem unreasonable in my demands upon you, let mo rnmarlt, that I fully agree itith yon in believing that "officers are only the agent' of the people, and are hound to discharge the trust reposed in them." And having been informed (with what degree of truth I will not pretend to say,) that your name will ho before llio Legislature, at its next sossion, as a candidate for United Stales Senator, yourviows upon these great national questions will enable many lo cast their votes fur Representatives who will, if elected, act out their wishes in choosing a Senator with an "eye singlo" lo the interests uf our common country. You have ever, I bo-licvo, been friendly lothe right of inlerrogal.'ng a rcccgiiizcd between tho common cili.cu and the candidato fur office; and, if an, I hope you will feel no reluctance to answer on the present occasion. But, without further delay, permit mo to Bay a few words upon tho V ice Presidency. You are certainly well enough acquainted with the biography of Col. 11. M. Johnson, to know whether it bo really true, that ho has lived for many years in a state of concubinage with his own negro slave, with whom ho has ruised a family of mulatto ciniiirciii is tins report true! and it true, do you beliovo that in elevating him to the scccml olhco in tho gift uf the American pcoplo, your party would be conferring irpnn us ns a nation, that "happiness and prosperity," and I would add, that respectability, which is so devoutly wished by all true lovers of their country! Upon this subject I should nut have m:nlo one singlo remark, but for tho mention which you have thought proper to niako of Mr. Granger's Abolitionism. Now, sir, if Mr. Granger is an Abolitionist, I am at a loss to know wliuro you loiind your ovidenco of the fact But admitting .Mr. Granger to be an Abolitionist. and R. M. Johnson an Amalgainationist, it strikes mo us soini'tliing passing strange that your bowels nf compassion should flow out towards llio latter, and tint your pent up abhorrence should bu reserved for ihe former. Two more interrogatories, nnd I have done for the present; and though they da not allude tu any tiling embraced in your letter, I hopu your candor will insuro a prompt answer: Did you not know, previous to, and during the progress of legislation upon tho apportionment bill of last winter, that the apportionment was to he made to answer party purMses; among which the exclusion of the Hon. Thomas Eiving Iroiu the Sonata of the United Stales, was a leading object!Sinco it appears that you havo lent not only yonr namo, but your speech, upon the bill nroviil incr for tho salo of convicts, not poor men, as your party alleilgc, for electioneering purposes against Geu. Harrison, nllow me, in the lust place, to ask your opinion with rospect to the consistency of your party in siipporiing r.u Baldwin, inoir candidate for Governor at the ensuing election, who voied in support of that pruvisionl And if that vote is considered sufficient to provo Gen. Harrison unworthy of the suffrages of his fellow-citizens for the office of President of the United States, should it not also sullico to render Judge B aldwin unworthy of the ollico of Govornor of Ohio, at tho ensuing election! Your opinions upon the foregoing questions will no doubt enlighten many democrats, and enable them to vole understandinghj. With great rcspect, I remain, ONE OF THE PEOPLE. ANOTHER FALSEHOOD! The fullowing has been handed lu us as a cor rcct translation frum part uf an Editorial nrli-clo which recently appeared in a German paper published in tho town of Dayton. Being totally unacquainted with the language in which llio join nal ill question is printed, nnd having never even seen nny number of it, we aro unable, from our own knowledge, to vouch for the accuracy nf the extract. As we understand however, that such a paper is actually in existence aud that it is issued under tlie auspices uf uuo ur moroof Mr. Van HtutrjN'i, " lying embassadors," we presume lint the translator ha; given it its true and legitimate meaning. Uuder this impression, we therefore add this lo the numerous fabrications of the oflico-huldcrs; and pronounce the author a willful and deliberate slanderer. 03-TheOhio Slale Journal uf Columbus, assorts that the Emigrants me the cause of nil the riuts, and that therefore, no one should be allowed lu vole, ,vho cannot road and write English!!! Recollect, ye Germans, this Journal is a 05" Whig paper JQ AND STILL ANOTHER! Tho last Hemisphere, in a labored attempt lo "make tho worse appear the bettor reason," has tho bulducss to assort, that Gen. Harrison was "Ihe leader in the Senate" in supporting the proposition to sell the labor uf convicted criminals for the purposo of discharging their fines. This assertion the " lying embassadors" themselves know to be false, if there was n " leader" in Ihe case, Judge Baldwin was ihe man; fur he gavo tho first voto in favor of tho sale: and as, notwithstanding this uiidcnulife fact, they still keep his namo at the head of their Ticket, ns the office-holders' candidate for Governor, it is evident that they do not in reality consider the voto referred to as objectionable. Let these slang whangeis first take Ihu heath out of their own eye, by refusing to support Eli Baldwin, and then we shall begin In believe in tho sincerity uf their denunciations against William Henry IIaiiuixok. POLITICAL SUICIDE. Mr. Van Huron's "embassadors," for the purpose, if possible, of preventing the election of the "people's candidate," have given in their last "organ," a catalogue of tho various offenses which, according to their allegations, would have subjected the pcrpetratur to bo sold, after conviction, in din-charge of bis fine and costs, in case the section for which Judge Baldwin and Gen. IIaiuusjn voted , had been retained in the bill "supplementary to tho act fur the punishment of certain offenses therein named." Hut, mark their dishonesty! They have added to this catalogue a list of the various offenses enumerated in tho act "for the prevention of certain immoral practices," with which the section referred to had really nothing to do. It is said that the rattlesnake, when g really irritated, is sometimes observed to inflict a deadly wound on itself with ils own fangs, while ils intended victim escapes unhurt. So tiro these vile miscreants subjecting their own chosen can didate for Governor to a false and slanderous charge, in the impotent attempt lo injure ihe Whig candidate fur tho Presidency! They display tho venom of the serpen!, without ils magnanimity. A SIGN! The Greene County Gazelle a very respectable, and well conducted paper, published in the nourishing town uf Xcnia, by .Messrs. G.u.i.o way and Wrioiit which has hitherto observed a strict neutrality " in regard tu the great political parlies of the day," has avowed ils deter minatiiin "henceforth, lu tho best of ihe nhili ties uf ils Editors, and with Ihe use of all hull-urablo means, to advocalo, urge and promote the election iff William Henry IIaii:inon lo the Presidency of Ihe United Stales, and uf Francis Granuer uf New York to tho Vice Presidency." This decision, we doubt not, is in perfect accordance with tho wishes and sentiments of Ihe independent voters of Greene nnd the adjoining counties, whose opposition to the spoilers is deity becominginoruaiid more irresistible. Tho Whig majority in that Congressional District, at the approaching elections, will probably bo larger than in any other in tho Slate. ANOTHER SltiN. We announced a fuw weeks since, that a pub lie meeting had been bold in the nourishing iiiu ii uf Alton, Illinois, at which Gen. IIauuimin was nominated forlhc nexl Presidency, and measures adopted to lay his claims to Ihe public confidence immediately beforo the people. This lirst stop has been promptly fulluwed by similar movements in different parts of the State; and tho lust Western mail has brought us I lie first num ber uf a new political paper, recently commenced ill Alton, under tho significant tillu of the " Voice (f Illinois," for ihe mowed purpose uf advocating tho election uf our distinguished fellow citizun. It is cnudiiclcd by S, L. Miller, Esq. heretofore uu ardent supporter of General Jackson, but now equally zealous for the Farmer of North Demi. In Misuuri, Gen. IIiititiHtiN also appears lo he gaining ground: and, notwith standing the iinpropilioiis result of tho lata elec tions, we should nut he surprised if ho wcrj lo run tho "spoilers" very hard in both uf Iho above Status. TO Till'. lXKtTUI!!! of Till-: I'.ICHTII roi;IU'.K-llN- Al. inti run T. Fr.LLow-CmziiMH: Having; seen a statement in t'i! Western Hemi sphere of the 2sth ult. relating l my s. much as a member of the Statu Hoard of Kqnaiiy.ui.inii for this Congressional District, in IS:I4 , containing an important mistaltu in relation to ilic tiiunuui added by said Board tothe value of landed property ill four of tho r ities of this District us re turned lV the Appraisers and Commissioners of said counties; 1 doom it a duty which I owe tu myself, ns well ns to tliu owners uf properly interested, to correct such mistake. Tho Stale Hoard nf Kipi tlizution, in the performance of their duly, I. mud it noccssaiy to add to the assessed value of property in som counties, while a deduction was iniiilo in others, besides those which me comprised in the Eighth Congressional District; mid I would usk, 1' 'or what pur- pose was this Board appointed, if not to correct the returns imidu by the several counties to the Auditor of Stuto. wborcver, according to tho best of their judgment, discrepancies might appear in such returns! The Uoird did not nresume. for a moment, to impeach .the judgment or intepritv of a singlo Appraiser whose duplicate was placed by the Auditor of Stato beforo tl.eni, well knowing-that different individuals, acting under the same law, are liable to put different constructions upon such law. Discrepancies did obviously nnrjoar to tho Hoard in the valuation of property in counties comprised in the same Congressional District: For instance, in the county of Ross, there was 49 per cent, added by the Stato Board to tho amount as sessed by the County Appraisers; whilst in the ad joining county ot Piko, in tho same District, there was M per cent, deducted from tho county valuation; and this District was represented by Judge Recti, n farmer, of sound judgment and much intelligence.Hut to the mistake. 1 lie Editor of tho Hemi sphere says, be has been politely furnished with a statement in tabular form, "showing the average valuo per ncro of nil lands in tli3 counties of Pickaway, Franklin, Dolawuro. and Marion, as assessed by the regularly appointed Appraisers, and as equalized by the County Commissioners of tho respective counties." It appears that this table sets lorlh, that tho State Board of Equalization added to tho valuation of the County Boards as follows: To Pickaway, '.' percent. Ami. added, 010,633 Franklin, It " " 704,003 Dolawaro, " " 475,680 .Marion, 24 " " 20.3,350 $2,000,338 I will now give n statement of the additions made to these counties as furnished and certified to by John A. Bryan, Auditor of Slate; which stateinent, in tabular form, embracing all the counties in the State, can bo seen by any gentleman' who will take the trouble to call nt our Foundry ollico. Tho correct statement stands thus: To Pickaway, 12 per ct.was added, making 173,000 rraiiKiiu. n .'l),Jiy Delaware, 37 " " 247,001! .Marion, 24 " " b2,:!43 This ninount taken from tho amount ns falsely stuted in the Hemisphere, shows u mistake o'f I,2l',),o4 dollars. , In conclusion, permit mo to remark, that the Stato Board of Equalization, after due deliberation upon tho subject placed before them, fixed tho v.i'uition ot property in each county in the Stato according to their best judgnieut, and without reference to sectional feelings, noting, as they wore ootiiid 10 act, solely tor the (rood ot the State. During the session of the Hoard, I am not con scious of having been remiss in my duty, nor of Having been absent a single IialNicur during business hours. As beforo remarked, it was to be expected that additions would necessarily be made to the vuluntiun in some counties, ami that deductions would lie made from ulhcrs: 1 will merely call the altenlion of the public to the additions made to tho several fullowing counties, viz: To Ross, tho Stale Board added (,87ia,009 " Cuyahoga" " " 7!U,0:t5 " Columbiana ' " " 030,077 ' " Ashtabula " " " 420,04.'i " Trumbull " " ' 4;!0,787 By the above statement it will bo seen that more was added by the Board, lu the (ingle county of Ross, than was added to tho whole four counties iiumcd in Ibis district; yet will any one call in question cither the ability, judgment or integrity of Iho gentleman who represented Iho district in which thai count; is situated, ur of the gentlemen who represented the counties named above: on the contrary, I cannot doobi but that they nctcd under tho honest conviction that they were performing their duty faithfully, both lo Ihcir respectivedistricts and to theSlate. J. R IDG WAY. October 1, 1H:;0. Mit. Editor: As a correspondent of tho Hemisphere is desirous uf ascertaining tho manner in which Mr. Ivullhy has accumulated his furtuno, I ask yonr permission to apprise him that I will give tho desired information, provided ho will let ine know, through Ihe same medium, by what moans Ilia prcscnl Auditor of Slate has contrived to realize $1110,11(1(1 In less than fuiir years. When first elected lu the ollico he now fills, that gentleman was ns pour as a church mouse. His salary is barely sufhcicul for his support and yet, if public rumor ho correct, be is now one of our wciillhiosl Aristocrals. Being very anxious to become rich, as llio officer in question appears lo havo done, without the necessity uf laboring for it, I shall be thankful fur the informal ion requested. AN INQL'IREK. For Ike Ohio Stale Journal. SAM TATCII AND MARTIN VAN BUREN. Sum Patch's jump at the Geucseo Falls is well known to every body. It resembles .Martin Van Huron's jump nt tho' Vice Presidency. Here Sam and Vim hotii succeeded. Sam's Genesee ilium ; went oil' with grout eclat; so did Van's. Sam an-jiioiiiiced a second exhibition i mighty jump; so i has Van. Sam's) is completed; Van's is yet to be, I seen. It wae observed, on that day, tiiat Sam ; Patch exhibited strango svmiitoins in his conduct: soducs Van at the present timo. His feelings were fagged, and worn out; so are Van's. He, thero-tinc, resorted to the stimulus of thowhisky-bottle, the very worst sort of stimulus for man of gonitis that this world produces. Sam, regular to tho hour, was on tho staging at the edge of the falls; so is Van now on liie staging, ready liir the final jump. All Rochester, men mid women, wero around him ho iooked over in confidence he doubled himself he took the fital jump the final spring, and plump ho went, head foremost, into eternity, lie never roso again. The whole immense mull itude were horror-struck. Theytrem-hl-d in riery joint, in every limb. Ashamed, erest-l'allcti, alarmed, cuiiseionco-sinitloii. the immense crowd crawled homo, likoso many foolish dogs, wild Ihcir tails between their legs. Just so will it ho with Murlin Vnti Hur.in, and his forty lln.u.-aiul hireling ollice-iiolders, when the day of the jump comes. NlNcg. y-'il ihr Ohin jlutrjmmal. Tu heuhusoil with the most contemptible, dirty ' lies, (Hie consequence uf malignant sinte, and des-i p"nite uicfimu'M,) in a paper notorious fur its false hoods and slanders, and in company with such men G nil Harrison, Thomas Ewi'ng, Alfred Kol- Icy, General .Murphy, nnd Hie Editor of the Journal, is far from disturbing, ur disgracing such mi luiiiiblo individual ns Yonek. Still less am 1 concerned, when nssaile ', with others, l.y an ungrateful, niNiTciNTii,ti,ii.i,i:i si iiiderei whose own recollections uf scimol-keeping it muy bo necessary to refresh. This is all the attention thai this dirty attempt to "coinu paddy oyer me,"' shall receive. Yoain. , AlAliltlEI), On l!m 21t HsplrmilKT, lit- I'lioinaa WooJ, Rii. ROIIERT LINCOLN, loJAMi IIULMOT. on tli .i Instant, by the tamo, OWEN Tr.'.LItl to MARY r.UIFMTIIS.