Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1839 : Weekly), 1840-08-19

              VOLUME XXX. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1810. NUMUEIl 69. COLUMBUS: Fill DAY EVENING, At'GUHT 14, 1810. ELECTION RETURNS. KENTUCKY. The Louisville Journal of August 11th, gives returns from 53 counties out of 90 in llio State, in which Letcher's majority etandj 15,101!! Tho Whig majority in tho Legislature is overwhelming. We shall wait full returns. Locofocoism is laid on the shelf in Kentucky, never to revive . INDIANA. Wo have returns from two or llirco additional counties in this State. Digger's majority will not vary much either way from 10,000. Tho Legislature is so decidedly Wliig that no account is taken of the Loco-foco Representatives. ILLINOIS. ' Wo had prepared a table of some fifty counties in this State, received from different sources, with a view of ascertaining the popular vote, and tho representation in the two branches of the Legislature, as determined by tho late election. On comparing our various returns, we find them so contradictory, both in tho popular vote and in the representation, that we have thrown it by in despair. Not only do the majorities differ hundreds, but some election districte are set down for three representatives, and in other accounts for only one. Under such circumstances, wo cannot venture a statement. As well as we can gather from the conflicting accounts, the representation so far is nearly divided, gains having taken placo both ways. From appearances, however, it would seem that the State has probably gene, as heretofore, for tho Administration. Our accounts from Chicago are of fheoth Vanda-lia, 7th Allon,8lh Louisville, 11th, and Cincinnati, 1 3th. A letter published in tho Statesman Extra, of yesterday, dated Springfield, Aug. fi, puts down the political character of the Senate, SG V. 1). to 11 Whig, and claims a majority in tho House from the returns received, with a gain in the popular vote in 31 counties heard from, of over 2000. Our accounts do not show this result, but wo confess our inability to correct tho statement for the reasons stated. NORTH CAROLINA. One or two additional counties have been heard from. Two districts voted on the Gilt, and the balance of the Stato voted yesterday. Tho result in the State cannot bo inferred from any returns yet received. The counties heard from are amongst the strongest for the Administration. They exhibit a gain for tlio Locofoco candidate for Govcrnour. ALABAMA. We have returnsfrom only three counties in this State, Mobile, Lawrence and Franklin. Thero is a gain of two Whig Representatives in Mobile. The two latter are Locofoco, Lawrence by an increased majority. This Slate will no doubt remain as heretofore, witli (lie spoilers. She is beyond the region of light and truth. MISSOURI. Our friends in this State have done tlicii duty manfully, but thry contended against too great odds to make any serious impression on the overwhelming majorities of former years. The Cincinnati RcpublU tan of yesterday says : 13 counties have been heard from, giving Clark, the Whig candidate for Govern-our, a majority of 2,189. Tlia Whig majority in these counties in 1830 was 181, This would seem to be an immense gain ; but comparing the same counties will) the vote of 1838, when tho Van Durcn majority in the State was upwards of 0,000, the gain is something less than 1,000. We suppose the Van Bu-ren vole in tho rcmoto counties on the Missouri river will more than overcome this majority though the contest in November will be doubtful, OUTPOURINGS OF THE PEOPLE. In addition to the mass meeting at Circleville, noticed in our last, tho Whigs of old Fairfield assembled in force to hear Mr. Cokwin, on Tuesday last. They were Joined by their brethren from the adjoining coun ties, and presented a host with banners and devices, numbering at least 10,000 ! The scene is represented ns grand and imposing in tho extreme! We hivo no means of giving further particulars. Mr, Corwin'a address is spoken of in terms of tho highest commendation.A large meeting was held at tho Market-house in this city, on Wednesday, to receive Mr. CoRwiN,who was on his way to fulfil an appointment with the people at Delaware. Ho spoko for an hour or more, in a most eloquent strain. He was followed by Mr. Ew-ino in a speech of great force on the currency question and " Rank Reform." The eager attention paid to the speakers is the best commentary possible, on the merit of llieir perfurmanees. In the evening, the Log Cabin was filled to overflowing to hear Gen. Munrtir, of Chillicotlie, and Mr. Thompson, of Indiana. The cheers of the throng followed their patriotic addresses. At Delaware, on yesterday, we understand that at least 4,000 persons assembled to receive Mr. Corwin. He spoke for three hourB. Wherever he goes a multitude gather around him, to hear the words of w isdom and truth. His addresses are producing ihe most powerful effects on the sober reflecting portion of the public mind. He addresses the people to day at Marion, and Ihen passes on to Tiffin, in Seneca county. ARRIVAL OF THE (ill EAT WESTERN. The steamship Groat Western arrived at New York at ten o'clock on Sunday morning, having made the trip from Bristol in about f urtecn days and a half, and brings advices from London to the evening of the S lib, Liverpool to tho morning of the 21th, and Dristol to the 2.'lh. Tho English money market was much depressed. American Slalo slocks had considerably improved. It has said that the Western has brought out considerable orders fur flour and wheat. From prospects of the growing crops falling btlow the average, tho duty on wheat and flour had been much reduced, and n still greater reduction was nnlicipalcd. The priro of Cotton remained nbn-it iho same, and dull. Oxford, who fired at the Queen and Prince while riding, has been acquitted on the ground of insanity, and confined in a lunatic nsylum. Tho civil war in Spain Is at an ond, Cabrera having entered France. Mo was arrested by the French authorities soon after passing (lie frontier. A quarrel between the Queen Regent and Espartcro, who is new in disgrace, had led to some excitement among the holders of Spanish bonds. Nothing later from China. Professor Espy has been lecturing at Liverpool, Col. Thornton, who went to Liverpool for that purpose, found no difficulty in cflucling an linmediste loan for Ihe-Slatc of Illinois of one million ol dollars, and relumed in tho Great Western. Illinois 0 pur out. stocks, 1800, 75 77 Ohio, 130, $00. THE GOVERNOUR ONCK MORE. There ore features in the letter of Gov. Shannon to the Editor of tho Statesman, that deserve a passing notice. In order tq understand tho position of the question at issuo, it is only necessary to go . back to the original charge, to wit "lhat our Bank Reform Govcrnour borrowed money of thit Mr. Cole or his agent.1" Has Ihe Governour met the charge? He has not. When we used ibis language, we understood what we said. The Governour says, in answer "I have to state, that I never borrowed any money of Mr. Cole of any description that I never nbked Aim for the loan of money, or hod any conversation, written or oinorwiso, with uole in relation to my nor-rowing money frcm him that I never had any pecuniary transaction, or any private business with him, of any kind, in my life." Wo havo given the languago of tho Governour, bearing on this point, in full. It will be seen at once that it does not meet the case, although by the elaborate use'of expletives, and in tho seeming precision of terms, it is intended to convey the idea that it fully covers tho whole ground. ( only covers half! It is a miscrablo subterfuge, and one through which he cannot escape. The explanation of Ihe whole transaction ia simple, and easy to be understood. The Govcrnour Is a lawyer, we bolicve, and he understands tho principle in law by which the act of the Agent is made to become the act of the Principal. When, therefore, he was making such n parade of terms, why did ho not go a little farther and say "I never borrowed any money of Mr. Cole or his Jlgon Tho reason may be gathered from what we have on a previous occasion said, and from tho following extract from the Toledo Blade of tho Slh inst. " Among the assets found in tho f Manhattan! Dank by tho Commissioners appointed to lake charge of its ooneerns, among oilier kindred things, is his Excku.kn-cv Dank Rkfoiim Wilson -Shannon's note cok $3,000. Ilowenine line note in this remote corner of the .Stale, if his Excellency had no connection wilh the Coles transactions! Can he cxplainl The people are anxious to know. We do not wonder that Governor Shannon was sodcvolcd an advocate of Bank Refurin; for it now appears that no man has been more familiar witli Ihe frauds and corruptions by which tho people have been swindled out of their hard earnings through the abuse of the banking privilege.' The Govcrnour farther says, in answer to the distinct asseveration of Mr. Renick that he saw him on several occasions in, and coining from Cole's room "This cannot be so, as I have no recollection of ever being in Cole's room, except on one occasion," ic. To this denial wo should attach no importance under ordinary circumstances. The charge was originally made, not becauso there was any supposed criminality in an acquaintance wilh Cole, but because such ne-quaintance was denied, thereby implying guilt. The Governour found great difficulty on one nceasion in recollecting who thit Cole toot! He now was onee in his room, and did meet him "at parties and at the public labia" anil he might have added, on terms of the most perfect intimacy, drinking wine with blin, and riding with him: And as to Ilia being once in his room, ho might have added many lima more, if hit memory had not failed him, as we are assured by several who witnessed his exits and entrances under circumstances exciting attention, from tho nature of Cole'a operations and his talk on the subject of his business. Those who feel any curiosity on the subject, can easily find the means of gratifying it. We have no desire to press the subject; but we can assure his Excellency that hie reputation for truth and veracity would stand much better with those who had an opportunity of observing the course of tilings last winter, had his recollection been a little brighter. As it now stands, people about hero during the advent of Cole, are obliged, in charily to suppose, that the Govertiour has at leatt a very very trcuchcroui memory. The Governour is not expected to give testimony against himself, nor is it necessary that he should in tliis affair. .'In homtl man, however, fcart not to tell the whale truth. He speaks of Cole's visit "at the Executive office on tome official businctt," an a certain well recollected (how well will appear from Mr. Renick'a letter) occasion, and leaves it to be inferred that that was tho only visit. The connexion in which this visit is mentioned, is intended evidently to reflect on Mr. Renick. There is a pbrao sometimes used in the law, "tupprcuh tcri," which tho Governour will find no difficulty in bringing to mind. He could recollect that he was once in Cole'a room but can ho recollect how often Cole was in hit roomt Thero it a public office opening into tho same passage with that leading to tho "Execulive Office," and if ha has any short coinings on this subject, perhaps his memory might be refreshed on due inquiry. We have made none, nor do we need to do so wo male the reference for the benefit of the Governour'e curious friends. As to the Uingbainplon Post Notes, whether he ever owned one or saw one, it sffecls not the main issue, although wo have no doubt he has, nor do wo think the public will doubt after the proof we have adduced. This much Is clear to the public understanding t Tho Agents of tho Slate wilh whom he was in daily intercourse a Canal Commissioner, charged with Ilia supervision of an important public work, prepared tho way for, their introduction by mrnna that could not have escaped his observation: And it is also well known that certain individuals with whom the Governour has been connetced in land (peculations on the Miami Canal, did borrow of Cole largely in this very currency whether on joint account or not, they best know. If ho did not circulate which we never have charged ho permitted the introduction of this currency under eircuinstancoa that bring homo Ilia transac tion as a measure of policy Involving Ihe credit of the Stale, and subjecting the labourers on the public. Works to a loss on lis depreciation from which lliey were only saved by tho firmness and obliging care of tho Tree' surer. This stale of facts warrants nil wo havo said on the subject, and more toe. As to his " urging up on several members of tho Legislature the propri ety of passing a law which would prevent thclr'being put in circulation," it ended, if true, where it began in inero talk. Mr. Furnn's faniousbiU to prevent the circulation of unaulhorixcd Rank paper, w is Introduced long beforo thero were any llinghainplon Post Notes to he put in circulation. That hill was in tended to save " Bank Reform" from qnilo another ovil the odium of having put afloat Post Notes o, certain Democratic Hanks on the lino of our public works, by Democratic Stale Agents. Wa mention ibis merely in passing, to show up " Dank Reform" hum- buggery in all its phases. There is nno other point in this nilserahlo r'leco of chsrlatonry to which wa will allude, and wa have done. 'I ho Governour interposes his denial to that part cf Mr. Ilenick's statement derived from Cole, which assigns the rnxnn for not filling Ihe vacancy In tho Board of Dank Commiiitinners. His version may ba eorrocl we can't decide But it seemed strango at tho time, and it seems striuiga awn now, that tho Legislature ii not fill the vacancy, as it was their du ty to do when in aession. teas nut JUlul, that is certain, and an attempt was made lo fill it by the Governour, in aid of which the services of Cole and his friends were called into requisition, To this fact we have posiiive proof through Mr. Renick. Now, tho motive for not filling the vacanry by the Legislature, is one thing the teuton for not filling it by the Go vernour, is another. They both go to show the miser able humhuggery of " Hank Reform" in a light to bring down upon the actors the contempt and ridicule f every reflecting mind. The' whole thing had de generated into broad firce. It had becomo a burden to the party, as it was a blighting evil to Ihe country, There was nothing to " Reform" but their own frands upon the people. Ilut how to got clearof an unman- gcable humbug is sometimes harder than to start it. So the " Bank Reformers" have found it. To aid the public mind in coming to right conclu sions, wo will here give the affidavit of Major John Scott, a highly respectable citizen of Richland county: But whether the facts disclosed will go to explain the motive of the Legislature, or tho reaton of the Governour for not carrying out " Bank Reform" on approved principles, we leave others to determine I his affidavit was first published in the Richland Jef- fcrsonian, and wo had laid it by for the purpose of using it in some such knotly case as the present. Gen. McLaughlin, it will bo rccollocted, was the worthy Speaker of the Ohio Scnato last winter, and may bo supposed to havo understood the true value which the parly placed on " Bank Reform." His estimate, and that of the Govcrnour as disclosed by Cole, it will Jbe found on examination, do not widely differ. Here is Major Scott's statement, with which, for the present, we tako leave of the subject : Ily request of a number of the citizens of rinva. ville and its vicinity; and in consequence of a personal attack, mode by (Jen. Wm. McLauhglin on me, in a speech, delivered by him at this place, a few days sinco, I believo it lo bo a duly which 1 owe to myself and llio public, to slalo under oath, tho conversation the General had wilh me in Columbus, last winler. I asked the General what he thought of Gov. Shan-non's message! Unsaid to me. "What do von think of ill" I then told him w hat I tlinnnht nf ii. I la then commenced end said: "G d il il, o Message! By J s, 1 believe it will split our party!!" "When wo made tho law unci nnnr.iiiti.,1 ltnb Commissioners, wo never I nti nded thai they should do any thing and you know they have done nothing." "Wo did not intend lo dialurb llio banks. Ilut it was a popular move with tho people, and we all got into office by it and this year we should have skipped over llio banks, and no I havo said one wmd about them. Here are the red-hot loco-focos from about Cincinnati, who are all for hard currency and personal ret-ponsiblily, mid they can never make any such uai,n, iui neiincr vou or anv oilier mrmovn n,n would tako stock in such a bank." JOHN SCOTT. Sworn lo and subscribed In fnrA mo. lliia oo, .l-m ,,f Juno, A. D. 1810. PETER ECKI.EY, J. P. We the undersigned do hereby certify that we w ere present at a conversation that took placo in John Scott's store in Ilaysvillc respecting Hie conversation that look place in Columbus, as staled in lliofnreo-o-.ir..l..i. -tf l-i . ....... n ... J : -- - r ting present, made answer, and said lhat he hud heard Gen. McLaughlin make the same assertion. iA I. IIAMMOM), J. D. (STEPHENS, II. ARMSTRONG, WM. HARVEY, JOHN Mt-CRORY. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this lih dav of June, A. D. 1810. PETER ECKLEY, J. P. THE LAST REFUGE. In his speech to the peoplo en Saturday last, Sena tor Allen had much lo say about Federalism and the Federal parly. Ho virtually abandoned the defence of ihe administration, (for il is indefensible,) ami resorted to contemptible quibbles and unsupported statements involving tho principle!, not tho praclii-es, of tho Whig party. Il is ruleahle, we believe, to judge men by their own declaration of principles, when their praclicet do not belio llieir prifessions. Dy this rulo wo are willing the Whig parly should ba judgod by it, wo judgo our opponents, and we find them ultra-Federal in all things, seeking to strengthen tho Lxecutivo power, by assumptions at war wilh every principle of Republicanism, and verging towarda monarchy in lis most startling form. Ilut as importance is attached lo the courso of Ihe old Federal party, and llio conduct of its prominent men, in addition to previous incontrovertible facia heretofore given, showing where tho leaders of the old Fcdorul parly now are, we submit for the edifi-cation of the honest and reflecting portion of the Vun Uuten party, the following extracts from a 4ih of July Orniion, delivered hy Senator Bucuanan, at Lancaster, Pcnn., in 1813. We have before us the wholo Oration. Hear how this apostle of patent Democracy discoursed at that lime: "There was a powerful faclion in the United Stairs opposed lo tho adoption of Ihe Inderal Constitution, The individuals of which il was composed, were called anli'f drralisls, ami were the founders of Ihe nt:Mo- nunc partv. THE Y (ihe democrats) (Jl.OKIED IN SETTING THEMSELVES IN ARRAY A GAINST OI'H PRESENT ADMIRABLE FORM OF GOVERNMENT. The authors of this opposition were SIMPLY DEMOCRATS, who might Havo risen lo inn nciia ot a Mate luctinn, tiul who li lt conscious that their talents would be rclipsid w hen the luminaries 1 the i-intra Males should lie collect ed around the General Government." "True to their nrininnl principles and llnir first love, the DEMOCRATIC PAR I'Y of that day became more the friends of France, ss lliey heusnto more the ENEMIES Or SOCIAL ORDER. "THEY, (ihe ilrmrwrilhi party nf lnn. under ffl'or-m,,,) BEGAN WITH THE DKsTRVOl'ION ()!' THE NAVY." "Tim DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION (n. Mr. Jelferson) nrrt deelirrd ivir airuinit thmmeiee. They wcro not sall-lieil with depriving it of Ihe protection of a navy, hut Ihey nclrd its though thry had determined upon its annihilation. "wur Bhips were iini up 10 mi, n mr t-ancholy monuments of I he WEAK and WICKED policy of our Government, "Time w ill n il nll-iiv me In enumerate all ihe other W ILD and W ICKED PROJECTS of i,e DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION. Suffice il to anv, tint after liny had deprived us of Ihe iiic.int of defence, hy ilcslmyiug our navy and disbanding nur Armyafter Ihey it-id taken away from us the power of ro-creatiug them, by ruining eniiitnerce, tho great source of our national and individual wealth; after Ihey had, by rrfminit Ihe Honk if Ihe Vi.iled Stales a continuance if thrir charier, embarrassed the financial condition of Ihe Guvernnient, and withdrawn the only univemnl paper medium for tlie country from circulation; nflrr Ihe people had become unaccustomed to, and of course unwilling to hear tnxo. and without money In the Treasury, THEY RASHLY PLUNGED US INTO A W AR, wilh n nation muro able to do us injury than any other in Ihe world, "Thniik Heaven, we have obtained peace, HAD AND DISGRACEFUL AS IT IN otherwise tho beautiful structure of the Federal Government, supported hy the samu rktiu.t hands, might have sunk, like llio Capital, into ai ms." JOHN BROUGII-HI.S FAIRNESS AND VERACITY.On the evening of Wednesday last, this personage held forth in the Market-house; and although it was known to some, at least, rs early as six in the morning, that ho had "determined to catch Tom Coiiwin in a lie" i. . expose him as a falsifier he commenced by saying that he " had not tho remotest idea, until within a few hours, .that he should bu called upon to address his fellow-citizens, nor was it of his seeking, or in pursuonce of any wish of his, that ho then stood before them but," said he, "it is not my creed, when tcrvicct are to be performed, to resign in the midst of tho war!" Ho then went on to stale, (his voice tremulous, and betraying great agitation and excitement,) lhat ho felt called upon to deal somewhat in personalities, a nccessiiy which he always deprecated ; that a question of veracity, between him and Mr. Oonww, compelled hhn to depart froia his usual course; and said that in settling lhat question, ho should not trust to his memory, nor ask them to tako his word alone, but would mad from tho records. Ho explained the difficulty lo be, that in a recont speech by him made in Pickaway county, ho hod charged Mr. Corwin wilh voting, in 1835, in llio House of Representatives of Congress, for Mr. Robertson's proposition lo dispense wilh the ogency of Banks in transacting the fiscal operations of tho Government which chargo he now repeated and which Mr. Corwin denied, in his speech at Circleville on Monday lost, declaring, that thero bad been a division of tho question, in the motion of Mr. Robertson, to recommit with instructions, and ho had only voted to recommit from hostility to tho bill ; he had never voted upon the instructions. Mr. Rrourh then proceeded, wilh an air of triumph, lo read from tho journals the record of proceedings, which, indeed, might mislead persons unacquainted wilh parliamentary usages and journalizing; but he would now, we doubt not, if he did not prefer his present facilities for obtaining "bread and butter" to distinction ns a man of even common abilities, choose lo bo known as "a mass of political putridity," rather than be considered so mentally imbecile that, Willi his experience in ch-iking and legislating, Ac remains so ignorant ns to he unable to distinguish between taking the question on a mn. tion to recommit with instructions, and Ihe simple question to recommit, from the reading of tho journal. That we may not be misunderstood, however, by ei-cn the Audiior of Slate, late Clerk of the Sen ile of Ohio, and moro late member ef the House of Representatives, w o would stale ; That it is tho daily practice of members of legislative bodies, when a moiion is made lo recommit with instructions, to call for a division of the question, so lhat thoso who are in favor of recommitment, for any purpose whatever, enn veto upon that motion nntraiiimeled hy obnoxious instructions. This was tho ca3e wilh tho ipiesiiou for recommitting the bill lo regulate tho public deposit) s in certain local Banks. Mr, Robertson moved to recommit with instructions; which motion must ho entered on the journal : and in the course of the debate. Mr. Fillmore, asked a division of the quos- iu,i, t. ...'mr,- -y . wtimi, hb.it nnprnrw " on the journal in express terms, unless tho first question of recommitment bo decided in the af firmative; in which event the question immediately recurs upon Agreeing t.i the imlrucliont, which may or may not bo adopted. If, as in tho present ease, the motion to recommit be lost, the instructions of course fall; and this fact is set forth and indicated in Ihe entry upon the journal, in this form: "And the question being taken upon recommitting the hill to the committee of Ways and Means, it was decided in the negative." Had the question been upon the instructions also, it would have been specified, hy the addition of the words "with the instruciions," or, mora properly, by introducing them in form. It requires, therefore, no ordinory exercise of charity to bring ourselves to the belief that, wilh his crpcriatee, Mr. Broiigb can shelter himself from the charge of w ilful misrepresentation for political effect behind the phiful plea of ignorance, of the facts; ond wo are irrei-istihly led to the conclusion that he has sought lo fix upon Mr. Corwin a charge of inconsistency which ho knew to be untrue. The charge, in a general form, has heretofore been started against Whig members of Congress, and ns often refuted by reference to llio newspaper reports of tho d lily proceedings, and an explanation of the nindo of keeping the journals of the House. The question being divided as a matter of right, and the only question before the House being that of recommitment, tho mode of keeping the journals sdopted by the Clerk does not minutely detail tho fact of division, inasmuch as tho question on recommitment, although an independent question, necessarily carriea with it that ef instructions, upon being negatived. The following report of the proceedings, luKcn from the National Inleliigenar, shows how this subject waa disposed of, ond leaves the reader to fonr his own judgment in the premises, S.-e Intelligencer of tb. 1 4, 1833. HOUSE OF I! E P Es E NT ATI V" E S. WsnNicsiiAV, Fib. 11, 1833. The House resumed Iho consideration of the hill in regulate the public depositcs cf tho United Slates in ecrlaiu local Banks, Mr. Robertson resumed his remarks in opposition to Ihe hill as reported from the Committee of W ays and Means, and concluded by moving thai the hill bo recommitted lo the Committee ef Ways and Means, with instructions lo report a bill divpens-inj with Iho agency of Hanks in Conducting the fiscal utljirsof Ihe Government, Some considerable discussion followed upon this moiion, in llio course tf which Mr. Ilatincgun moved the previous question, which was lost ayes !Hi, noes 100 3 Tim question then being on the motion to recommit Ihe bill with Instructions, Mr. Polk demanded the yeas and nay, mid Ihey were ordered, Mr. Burges obtained the floor, and having common-ced n speech, moved that the House adjourn, Mr. Polk asked the yeas nti-l nays un this moliou; whereupon, Mr. llura.es withdrew it. Mr. Fillmore now demanded n division of thcqnes-lion, and il was accordingly put ; first, simply un recommitment, ami deeidid hy yeas nod imya, us follows : Yeas !lt, nays 11,1, So the House refused to recommit the hill, f.-i( ti, quttlion was taken on the imtnlctiunt. Salt. Wo learn from tho Elyria Alias, that beautiful salt has been manufactured from a saline rpiiug lately discovered on the farm of tho Rev. Joel Tuleot, in the lownship of Sullivun, Lnraiu county. The biiueis said to bo tf sufficient strength to warrant Iho bell-filial salt can be profitably iiiniiufaciund from it, and moreover, Ilia supply of saline w aler Is very abundant. J Twenly-two citiaens of Greenfield township Huron county, have puhlitlicd in the Reflector llieir Miuncisiou nt tho "lav wagce" parly, jr'Tha following communication was received a week or two since, hut waa mislaid and overlooked. Wo hope lis publication now will answer Iho object of our correspondent, whose purpose scorns lo be mainly to 'defend himself against the scurrilous at tacks of anonymous aoribblcra a profitless task for a man of good character, as wo understand our correspondent to lie: I'or llio Otilo Plato Journal. An articlo has appeared in tho Extra Statesman of July 1 1 tli, referring to mine published in your paper of tho 3d. The writer says that 1 deny Ihu correctness of tho copy of llio preamble lo the Constitution of Iho Harrison Club established in ibis place, as published in tho Statesman. -Ho says he did not copy nor compare Ihe papers in tho case; but he is of tho opinion lhat il is n correct copy, and that ha is strengthened in this belief from the opinions of members of said Club, expressed since said publication. I In concludes hy saying that he will deposile one dollar wilh the editor of tho Statesman, and if I will make out and swear to a correct copy, said dollar to be paid over to me, in case there shall be found a material diffnrerioo between that published and llio one which I shall furuUh. This siibinrfugc is miserable. If tho wriler will relurn the stolen papers which ho acknowledges he knows something about, ho can be easily answered, lie is safe in proposing terms which himself or his partners only can comply with. I will double the reward, if he will twear lhat tho copy m has published in the Statesman is correct! Until ho does this, or returns tho stolen papers, I can lake no farther no-lice of his propositions or duimjs on this point. His bare word, in his present dmhtful position, will not bo taken by the public. My antagonist signs himself Sor.triTnn. Why did he not pivo his oilier tille, by idling us thai he was a Militia General? There i n "Solicitor" in Marion, who has turned mure political somersets than any other man, (John C. Calhoun not excepted,) for the purpose of being t-lecled 1'rutecuting Attorney, but slill ho remains a private citizen. I am not in the habit of nolicing amnnmout terilj. blcrn, hut before I close I must say n few words in reply to the writer of n low, dastardly articlo (in ihe same veritable paper, the Statesman) addressed to mo, headed "To William Fisher, Runt-digger and pounder, heretofore Quack Doctor, one of the surviving home of Fort M.iriah, Abolition Lecturer, etc." How dignified! how gentlemanly!! He commences wilh n flourish about "thuntk'r-sh.itlercd countenance" how sublime! ! I have such a countenance us tlm Cr. alnr has jiiven me; nl least it is sin-li as can look a man in Iho face, nn I it requires a different kind of "thunder" than lhat produced by a gun of such calibre as the writer of that article to nlfi ct even a muscle, for the article is too absurd to prud n-o even risibility, lie in xt says I have "raised myself fioin obscure origin." If so, it implies s'liini merit on my part it is what said writer never can do. Ilu never can raise himself above the level of n conceah d, cowardly assailer of reputation. Usefulness and worth nro terms which hn knows only hy name lie can never comprehend lin-ir meaning. Whatever my origin be, 1 am not a-diatiicd of il. Tho writer next w arns mn lo "tread lightly over llio uslies or the illustrious dead." W herever tread, I h ivn been in tho habit nf tlning so wilh a firm s'ep. und I know of no " ashes" thai 1 should "triad lightly over." He next says I am safe so long as I "cat out of my own trnuoh, and do not ihmst my snout into oilier peop'ti's dishes." I h ne meddled wilh nobody's business bat my own. An urticlo appeared in Iho Statesman, containing falsehood, in which my name was mentioned. I was ! )-rsil' Jly nut-. 'I. -.1. Jlnl (Vr an 1 ... t rep. II, J ihe charge d staled ihe fu-ts in the case. I nilaekt d no one hut an unknown individual, w ho had iiulen privaii-itiapcrs.nnd pulili .1,,.,! iheoi wilh a false, hood, and luil only in self defence. If tho wriler tj the nrtiuli! is the one reft rred to, then have 1 disturbed his "dish," and not without if so, let him give his name, -and if he is not, (as all must believe.) bn-neaih a decent man's contempt, I may noiicc him in some way hereafter. To my communication I aiirned my name and g ivo my placo of residence. With tho course I pursued, contrast that of the person to whom I am replying, and lot tho community j,ue B ,i0, j, 'ho'inost aeiitleinaiily which of us is hi st entitled to he epithel of "meddler," or guilty of i, sntfflWnij trivia. ' The author of Ihe precious article I am considering, then goes on to iminuutc divers and aunclry things which he pretends he knows against my eharae- u-i, out cnuaruiy wretch neiiiicr gives his name, ' nor the place whence Ihe nrlit-lo originated. What a valiant man he must he! h would make an excellent soldier, especially in tho lll.oilhound Regiment. If he knows any thing ui;aiut me, let him ,jmle mil. I shrink from no invcsihalion; I usk no concealment. Il will bn time enouKh fur me to repel charges, when they lire brought in a tangible form, and supported by the nullioiity cf at least tome name. The classical writer, who closes with a Latin phrac, says, if I "d iii'l remain quid, lie will make me feel ns ihoiinh was tickled wilh a pitchfork." What a terrible fellow ho musi be! wond.rif ha ever n ad llio story of Jack the Giant-ICilh-rl llnmust have been under the inspiring influence nf Rucclmn, or ho would not havo lelt armipoieiit enough to make so dreadful a threat. Hut I can follow him no farther into the sublime. If ho chooses to remain enscoct-d, lei him sputter forllt his filth from behind his conct slment. Tho Post-musler, poor, persecuted man! will probably frank his eiinimunicatious.aud the Statesman will publish lliem, if they contain a sufficient quantity of falsehood and few, dirty abuse. With reuard to the editor of the Statesman, in publishing st-urrib us attacks upon char-jemr without Iho responsibility of ihe author's name, I have nothing lo say: it is a course peculiar lo himself, And ns f r Iho author of ihe nriiclo under con-sideraiion, 1 would not was'e the feeling of nner upon liiiii. Tho only sensation that lie can excite is mingled feeling or pity and contempt, with the for-nier Rrcally pri-doniiniiimr; and probably I shall never again sloop to notice him, fr no r-enilemnn can read his article without iho stroiinesl leeliiors nf dis-" WILLIAM FISHER. Marion, Mamon Co., July, IS 10. GEN. HARRISON IN 1793. The miserable nltempta making by the Federal press, backed by lVllicnat Allen and Price's affidavit, to create the impression that Gen. Harrison was a Federalist in '08, weigh nothing against such testimony ns tho following. General Joseph Darlington, of West Union, O , one of the ihreo surviving members if the Territorial Legislature in Cinciunali, In 17110, , has written a letter lo Win, Creighlon, Jr., Esq., of Chillicolhc, in which ho states thai General Harrison was supported and elected a Dclagate lo Congress as the Republican candidate in opposition lo Arthur Si, Clair, iliti fi den.l candidate. Ho says: " Dining thai session I was well acquainted with General 1 Unison, and well know lhat list was believed hy all the R. publican un inborn of that Legislature io he a linn Republican and n nupportt-r of Mr. Jefferson's poliiienl principles, uml under lhat impression wits eh elt d a D, -It yule to Connrt-ss hy ihe Republican mt inbers of the Legislature of 1 70'.'. It will not ho necessary tor luu lo say lo yon, who have been acquainted with me forniotii than forty years, that 1 waa at lhat lime a Republican, and well acqiiaiulcil with and rueaged in all the nets nod pn-e-iedlligs of the Ri publican parly in the Legislature, " Knox Coun'y. The Knox County Ri publican, puhlitlicd in Mount Vernon gives the vote fur a Justieo of ihe Peace in thai township un the lib inst., the result of which was tho election of a Whig over his Van Duron competitor, by majority of 3H. This is par ticularly gratifying from tho fact that Van Duron car-1 rind Ilia township in lfi.lij, and thai nt lbs last Spring election the Adiiiinistrnli'-n had a considerable majnr- ily. Yuti can add this lo Newbury, Mr. SiaUaiuu. Marble-Cliff, Auo. II, 1840. TO 1113 EXCELLENCY, WILSON SHANNON. Sm Having just returned from Circleville, where I learned wilh soma astonishment, mingled with re-grois, lhat you, Iho chief Executive officer of tho Stale, had so far forgotten Ihe dignity of your station and your obligations to truth, as lo pronounce my statement, published in the Ohio State Journal of August 4 ill, totally faUe and without foundation from beginning lo end. You did, ns I was informed by your friends, so far qualify this sweeping declaration as to say, that Coi.k might have told to me the facts therein related but beyond this you did not seem willinj to go, leaving it to be inferred that those things which 1 slated on my own knowledge, came under the ban of your denunciation. Now, Sir, where we are both known, and whore our individual standing in community can be estimated by our mutual friends, by those rules which govern honorable men in judging of character, 1 should not fear to risk my simple word against yours. Rut, in lliis case, conceding to you tiie adventitious aid of official station, thero is another difference to which tho public attention will be drawn, and to which I wisli to call your attention s I have verified my statement on oalh ; and, when you shall do the samo thing, it will become me, perhaps, in conscquenco of the first difference to which I have alluded, lo go a step farther, and hack my individual statements wilh tho testimony of others. Until that necessity is imposed on me, your disclaimer will not satisfy the public expectations, notorious as is the fact to dozens I might almost say, hundreds lhat much of what I do state on my own knowledge can be backed by tho strongest and most irrefragable proof. The samo thing may be said, so far as circumstances will go, of what I stale on the authority of Com. Undur this state of the case, I take the liberty of propounding to you tho following questions, and ask from you answers, plain and direct, verified by your oath. mn uuuibu is (linen in mt, exercise ot a prt- vate right, being unwilling to concede to you. on Ilia qucsijon of veracity you have raised hetween us, any advantage from your official atalion; and believing that the acts with w hich you have mixed up your course in your official character, deprive yon of any higher claims to respect ihan the humblest individual nmong us : 1st. Was you, or was you not, interested with JoriN II. j,mks, President of the Urhana Bank, in Ihe purchase nnd speculation of lands, in ihe neighborhood ol Iho Maumeu riverl and was yon not indebted lo said James, or the Urhana Rank, this spring, for some portion of your share of tho purchaso money, at tho limn mentioned hy Colki 2d. Did you, or did you not, at tho time before referred to, have a conversation with Cot.t on this subject, and other land speculations; and was not a negotiation opened wilh Coi.k lo raise the amount of money dun said James, or the Urhana Bank 1 3d, In your general denial of my statement, do you mean to be understood assaying that I did not see an instrument of writing in Cole's possession with your name attached thereto I and if you do not, can you state what lhat instrument wast 1th. Did I, or did 1 not, ever sen you in Colo's room, and havo wo nnt passed each other whon you was coming from said room! 5th. Can you satisfactorily explain to tho public why it was that the vacancy in the Board of Hank Commissioners was nnt filled by Ihe Legislature! flih. Did you, or did you not, select the individual to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Manypeniiy and was not the individual so selected to your koowlt-d're ineligible by reason of his indebtedness lo Banks 1 7th. Was it not w ith your full knowledge and ap- --o.-fr.....l l,,o A inula wcie catted Upon ttl remove such ineligibility, with iho undemanding Hint when so removed he should be appointed to Ihe place! As lo the reasons assigned by you to Cole, for not fulfilling the nrrangeineni last alluded lo, it is a matter of small consequence to me, or to the question of veracity between us. Tho vacancy did exist ihe Legis-I iture had the power to fill it they did not exercise lhat power, for reasons which will be understood when you answer llio above questions. So far as Ihe movements lo render the individual selected eligible to the place aro ii volved, 1 know from my own knowledge that they are true and the reason for snch movements are plain and obvious, and were openly avowed by Iho actors in them. Hoping to hear from yon at your earlioat convenience, both for my own satisfaction and an expectant public, I remain, yours, &c. S. G. REXICK. P. S. .fmr. 13 On my arrival in Columbus this day, my attention w as called lo the letter of Governor Shannon, published in Iho Ohio Statesman of tho 1 1 th inst. The t xaminaiion which I have been able to give it, only increases my astonishment al the recklessness of his Excellency, lie stales "I have no recollection of ever being in Cole's room, except on one occasion," &ai.; when it is perfectly notorious to the inmates of tho house that he was a frequent visiter to his room, and was on terms or the greutest intimacy, o far as appearances would warrant the inference. Any persou at nil curious on this head, has only lo mako the proper inquiries to be satisfied. There is another point that strikes me as singular : He says Colo was introduced lo him hy inc. This is not so. If ha . will take the trouble lo recollect himself, ho will see lhat he is in an error, but I charitably hopo not intentionally so. At the time, my acquaintance wilh Cole was scarcely of an hour's duration, and I was induced to call at Ihe Executive office, with Gen. House, of Gallia county, when llio introduction was made by Gen. House, ami not by me, as staled. From the manner ill which this introduction is mentioned, it is left lo bo infer red that Mol ia the only occasion on which Cole visited the Exocuiive office. I would ask the Governor if he means so to be understood 1 And i I distinctly propound to him Ihe question, whether uuie was not a very Irrqiieul visiter si hit outre alter this period t The Governor further states, that he " never haj any pecuniary transaction, or any private business with hint, (Colk,) or any kind, in his lite." As to the fjcrutimriy transactions, when ho answers my previous questions, and aalisfactnrily accounts for the exislei.ee ef his note of 3,000 dollars in the hnnds of Colo's sgenis at Manhattan, it will be time enough to raise this question anew. As to his " private business" wilh Cole, wh.it does he cull bis negotiations carried on thrnunb him for the purchaso and control of the St, Clairsvillo Bank! And here I will lake occasion to ask the Governor this plain question: Did you, or did you not, ever havo any private conversation wilh.C, L. Col.B about Iho purchase of the St. Clairsvillo II ink 1 snd was not said Hank, when secured, to bo managed by Ihe members cf the Shannon family and your political friends! The remarks of tho editor ef the Statesman must pass for w hat Ihey aro worth, When I shall he reduced In the necessity of defending my reputation or business character, in this community, from assaults from Ibis quarter, I shall havo but lillle led worth living fir. Ileeniiiint expect any other notice from me hut such as the habitual libeller and a public nuisance always receives nt the hands of those in whose way ha thrusts himself. I have lived to but IikIa purpose, if slander from such a qnnrler can now nllecl me. And 1 abk pardon of my friends for this slight noiicn of him. S. U. R. (Ill l. THH inililk are rmtlrtitcit tuilti! pTllnir tvitll ttm NiiIm nf tin, lltuk tif rlrrlcvlllc, c.'inrlrrdl In 111 111. r.,r Icm tlinn lin-ir lull larw, ns llio lisuk Ins iwvar rl tcfiiMsl lo rmlnin Its nolai lit rnln, ur iltsOt un llio Knit. Tlio tlink Is In ronulllun in fiilSI oil lis rnfJin nii-iits u llli tlio rni!lc, mut will niiilliuia to iln mi, 'I'M, rnnl U iuMI,lieil tit ont iint'iHV or irisoelleM nt-ssiIIi.iim riniisiiieil In tti nnvmicri, llmt -lot llnnh loi.l rm-ciitly sull'i-rt-,1 M-fleu, tiwei. Nn lo,-g li.,v bet-li lacnrrcd t tliq Unuli, ml licr ritiitl rcninlna iliilmpnliril, Aim. I I, i:0. P. 0. UT.Mi'K, PrM't. pi'iiLiHimn ry CHAR I.K.S HCOTT. TVici Kttk itriij: Iks .S,,"-n nf Ht l.n iWslsl-f, SRil rrclly Ikt tmnin4rr ef tlif tear. At ititco Dolltui year, liiVNilaiay In mlvnuce. Vf on Mi-sir f Ihgk .i4 IW- ' 'J, Itsllii' RiU.i