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Vor,.   V, No. 33-]
HUNTINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY,   JULY I,  1810.
[Whole No. 241.
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POETRY.
AGENTS.
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The Bnnlins,don Journal.
D.iniel Teip;ue, Orbisonia; David Blair. Esq. Shade Gap; Bi-i.jamin L-.;ase. .'ihirleys- burg; Eliel Sniith. Esq, Chilcottstoivn; in? Entriken. jr.   Ceffee  Run; Hii^li
JUNE. I ga«ed upon the glorious sky * And the green mountains round; Ai.d thought, thai when I came to lie
Wilhin the siUnt ground, 'Twei-e pleasant, that in flowery June VVhen brooks sent up a cheerful tune.
And groves a joyous sound, 'The sexton's hand, my gr.vveto make, 'The rich, green, m'.mntnin turf should break
A cell wilhin the frizen mould,
A coffin borne thro»gh sleet. And icy clods above it rolled.
While fierce the tempests beat- Away !—I will nol think of these— Blue bc the sky and sofithe breeze,
Earlh green beneath the leet. And be the damp mould gently prest Into my narrow place of rest.
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nafura, atid support her institutions, to If you are young, get married. Doctor roiling bones. Louk ye, that heap of dust fulfill lhe laws ofGod, and efl'fctthegreal Franklin advocated early marriages bc- and bunes vvas once ambition's tenement; object of his own being. In complying, cause a man who marries young can have how lovv il lies!—this man in dust vvas however, hu is assured ofa happiness 1 the satisfaction uf raising and educating j tHory's child, alas 1 how glorious is man, whieh he cannot otherwisB enjoy, and ! his children uelore he diea. which he cannot otherwise obtain.   There-1     Get Mjihbieb—Let your  plans  and
purpose" for future life be what they may, lhe business of getting married is one that shuuld bu attended tu first, as it neither nlerferes with yuur plans, nor prevents their execution.
Get Married—live soberly, be indus¬ trious, engage in nothing that wilt deieri-
Madden, Esq. Spri'ngfield; Dr. S. S. Dewey, Bir¬ mingham; James-Morrow. Union I'lirnr.ce ; John Sister, IVarrior Mark; James Davis, Esq. West township ; D. H. Monre. E'f[ Frankstoion; Eph. (Ialbreath. Esq. Halli- daysbure; Henry NefT, Alexandria; Aaron Bums. IVilliainsburg; A. J. Stewnrt, Waler \ And thick young herbs ai.d groups of flower
There, through the long, long summer hours The golden light should lie.
Street; VVm. Reed,"i'.sq. Morris tovJiishi/i; tioiomnn Hamer. Aeff's Mill; J imes Dysart, Mouth Sfiruce Creek; VVm. Murrny. Esq. Graysville; John Crum, Munor Hill; Jas. K. Stewait. Sinking Galley; L. C. Kessler. Mill Creek.
Iinporlant  IJiscovcrjr.
TUfc j.ublic are flertby directed to the me- iilical .idverlisemenls of Dr. H.-vRLlClTS Celebra!*d COMl'(3UND STRENGTH¬ ENING 'TONIC,and GEHM.d.NAFKR- lE.NT PILLS, which are a Medieine of creal value to the aflTuted, discovered by iXV. HaKLICH, a celebraled physician at .Mtdorf.'Germany, which hasbcen used wilh Iinparallelcd succe-is throughout Oermany. ''This Medicine consists of two kinds, viz: Ahe CERM \N a V E RIEN T, and the SjIMKOUND STRENETHENING TO- Nfte. PILLS. 'They arc each j.ut up in smalll packs, nM should both be used to ffTect A JiermaHei-st cure. 'Those who are aWictcd' vould do wflll to make a Uinl of thi invaluable Medicine, 13 tlu-y never produc sickness or nausea while u'»iiig. A sate and effectual rentcdy for „ ,„ „ „„ ,,,,,
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGES'IION, aiid all Stomach Complaints; Pain in the- SIDE, LIVER CdMTLAlNlS, Loss of Appetite, Flatulency, Pai/iitatioit nt thc Heart. General Debility, Nervous Irrti.ibi- lity, SICK HEaDaCHE, Female Disea¬ tes, Spasmodic Atfeclions. RHEUM.VTISM .•Vsthmns. CONSUMPTION, 8cc. The OERM.vN _\TERIEN'T TILLS are to cleanse tne st,.miich and purify the BLOOD The 'TonicorSTRENG'THENING PILLS are to STRENG THEN and invigoiate the iiErves and digestive organs and give lone to the Stomach, as all diseases originate from impurities of the BLOOD and dism-dered Siomach. 'This mode of Ireatmi; diseases is |iursued by all jiractical THYS1C1\NS, which experience has taught them to tie the •niy remedy to efTect a cure. 'They are not only recninmcndcd and prescribed hy the most experienced Physicians in their'daily practice, but also taken by llio,se penUemen themselves whenever Ihey feel the svmp- tnms nfthose diseases, in which they knovv them to be cflicacious. Th.s is the case in all large cities in which they have an cx- t-nsive sale, ll is nol to be undei st'.nd that these medicines will cure all diseases mere by purifyini; the blood—this tlu y will not llo; but they certainly will, and sufficient authority of diily prnofs asserting that those medicines, taken as recommended by the di- i-cctions which accompany them, will cure a Ri-cat m ijnrily of diseases nf the stomnch, lungs and liver, by which impurities o^f the VliMid are occasioned.
iiy-Ask for Dr. H.vnucn's Compound Strrngthening 'Tonic, and t euman Aperient Tills.
Principnl   Offire for Ihe  sale of   Ihis Medicinc.is at No. Vi North EIGIFPH Street, Philudelphia. Also—Fnr sale at the Store of Jacob Mil-
Stand ill their beauty by, 'The oiiole should build and tell Ills love lale, close beside my cell;
'The idle bulterily Should rest him there, and there be heard 'The housewife bee and humming bird.
And what, if cheerful shouls, at noon.
Come, from the vil lage sent. Or songs ot maids, beneath thc moon.
With f.iiiy laughter bent, .\nd what if in the evening light Betrothed lovers walk in sight
Of n.y lo V monument. I would the lovely scene around Might know no sadder sight m r sound.
I knew. I knew I should not see
'I'he season's glorious show. Nor would its brightness shine forme.
Nor its wild music flow; Bul if around my j.lace of sleep, The friends I love would come to weep,
'They miglit not haste to go. Sjfl airs and songs, and light and bloom. Should keep them lingering by my tomb.
'Tlu'.ie to their snfieiicd hearts .should bear 'The thought of what has been,
And.''Poak of one who cunnot share 'The g.'.'idiiesS ot the scenes
Who'-.e pan, i" all the pomp that fills
'The ciicuit of .the suminer hills. Is—that his gr.iv? is green;
And deci.ly would their hearts rrjoice
Tl, hear .igain this living voice.
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fore, il hu values his happiness—ifhe is a! judicious man—if he is nut selfish and misanthropic, he will act out the princi¬ ples ofhis nature and get married. Tiiere IS no man but feel* the inliueiice ofa wo¬ man, delights in her society, and worships, to a certain degree, at the shrine of her charms of personal beauty, and brilliant mental acquirements.
"Nature has given her an influence over man, more powerful, morepeipetual. than his over her; from birth to dealh. he takes help and healing from her hand, un¬ der all thc most touching circumstances of life ; her bosom succors him in infan¬ cy, lootheshira in manhood, supports hnn iu sickness and in age. Such influence as this, beginning at the spring uf life, and acting in all its most trying moments, must deteriorate or improve man's char¬ acter—tnust diminish or increase his hap¬ piness, according to the moral and intel¬ lectual gradation of woman. 'Thus, upon her iinproveinent in particular, depends human improvement in general."
Setting aside individual happiness, and all the pleasures ot the social circle, the comforts of domestic life, the cheering ol the smile and voice that greet the husband and the father, the nature of society, ur¬ ges strong reasons why men should get married. Because human improvement, lhe good of the world, depends upon vvo* man ill her proper sphere. Our lirsl les¬ sons are the instructions of her lips, and our earliest iinj ressions are taken trom ber e-iumjilei. 'Thus it is that we carry into society her influence which txtends tlirougliout all ranks and classes of in:in- kin.l.
Woman's influenct. therefiire, not only she Is a mild and cheering lustre over the hearts other friends, around the fireside ol her family, and within the narrow spheie in vvhich nature has placed her, but upon the whole world. It unlers the haunts ol vice, and drags forth the victim of the bowl, dashes it from his lips, and lestores llim to reason and a virtuuus life. It pie- veiits the prostitution ut those qualities vvhich enoble, dignify, and elevate man above all other beings
thii is the end i.f all. 'This loathsome earth was once the slave of love, wliy comes lhe dainty luver here to sleep! This lhe end ot love. 'This heap of dust was once thi bune and sinew ot a K.iiig, a King no niHie. O man. remember what tliou art. what thou must be; and vvhen thy brother man lifts up,his arm against Ihee, turn away, lorbear to crush a lellow
orate from your characlter as an honest vvorm. Lot kindness go forth from ihy man—a piue patriot, and a kii.d husband; heart, and fglailden every brother man. take our advice, and "wilh all your get- Let the "milk ol human kindness" flow tings." GET MARRIED. from thy breast like a river of love. Frown
not on a brother 'vorm. crawling in the
From the Ballimoro Palriot. REFLKCTIONS ON DE.VTH AND THE GRAVE. All must die,    'The monarch  that sits upou his throne and moves amid  all   the splendour of a golden court,  and  vviehls the scejitre over thousands of his fellow men—mast die.    Aye, this gilded worm, this dusl commundi'ng dust,   this  clayed monarch of his kindred clay   must   bow, and lay his head  upon the same cu Id pil¬ low on which  the  poorest   peasant rests ' is head.    'The grave knows  no disiinc- lion.    Crowns cannot bribe  stern  dealh. Gardens as fair as Eden —kingd.uns whose poorest earth   is   retini-il t^olil—all  coulil nol buy the crovvned   Km;; one broatii— one   i.oinent—inch—or ell ofiime.  .\l.ial Alas! we art all dust—all dust.     D.-atii breathes on us, vve scatter lik.- senr leaves before the » hi i Ivv nnt--vve aie knowii  no more.    Yes, my friends, you—ami you— and y-jii—musi at smne luture hoar, soon¬ er or later, shake hmiils with  death, anil kiss his  icy  brow.    'The   item  monarch will return  your   saiulntion, and  stamp Ujion your brow his  fearful  seal.    He'll take you to his bn-ast, wet with ihcdenlh sweat of his countless myrinda, nnd  hug you in  his bony  arms ns a fund  mother does hci iirst born babe.    Hive you  ever loved?    The shiny worm  shall   be your bed fellovv,yoursole companion, he alone shi.ll be your living vvatch, lie alUiie grow warm in the ashes ol your heart, he alone shall leniiiit this proud temple of ambition, tnine and   glory,    'This dwelling of the ver dying spiiit, this throne of reason
ability always to say and to do exactl/ wlwil is proper to be said and done. The reader vvill bear in mind, therefore, tl«t vve proless to give him the subject natter, nut thc style and expression ot
OEN HARRISON'S   KEM.^RKS'.
Gkk. IIakiiisok said he was greally in. debted to his fellow cili'iens of Colniribu* and Franklin county, ihe must cordial hospitalities had at all times buen accoi-^ ded to him by ihem. Su long as the tini* vvhen he was honored vvith lhe coininanil of the "North Western Army," aud lielil Ilis Head Quarters at Fraiiklinton, oa the- othcr side of the river, it was hia <'oi<tiiD» to find in the people of Franklin county, not only good cili-iens. but patriots and ame path, seeking thai same sunless coun Isoldiers.     'Their   unvaryi      '---¦>-	
kindness ta
try, Darkness--.)blivion—deathi
GKT .MARRIEt;.
'The editor ol.the .Norwich Aurora a'<k« of hia readers the very important quo:?- tii.ii -'whar is llie use of getting married?" V few 'lioi'j;hts .iiUal -live ou.r reasons wky nil iiirn should get married.
The grent object ol human life is haj.pi- ness. 'To this end, man bends every ac¬ tion, and gives birth lo every thought. Ii he loils, he toils for the accomplishment of this purpose only ; if he begs or bestows favors—if he receives or administers tike blessings of fortune—if he courts popu¬ larity, seeks for fame, or spends his whole life in accumulating wealth, he has but one grand active propelling principle with¬ in him, ever prompting to thought and ileed, and that is a desiic for happiness! "——our being's end and aim."
I this altar lo the Deity, shall be a habita- It prevents crime in its thousand Iorms, tion for the m.rry—vi^litjt.s.s—teastiiig and makes man vil tuous, wheu he wuuld worm. Seven leet bene h the cold and otherwise be vicious. It carries pence lieavy earth, bmii yoii ami I must rest, a and prosperity where trouble and adver- banquet for the worm, il-.vouring worm, sily woul'l reign, and gives birth to a thou Hush ~ • ark I se.- ye that ii.ortnl eagerly sand pleasures that would otherwise nev- scaling ilie moiiut of fume, on the preca' er exiat. '''ous ladder of vain ambition?—he mounts.
The young man vvho is fond of theso- he gains its loftiest summit; tha winds i ciety of virtuous I'umales, has a betler that fans th.-strs, and make iheiii brii>lit 'capital for his character, than a birth ol er burn.and sparkle »iih a deeper lus'lre wealth could give him. He is luoked up- ' >w.;ep through his golden lock>, and batln on as a moral and virtuous young man, his ieverish iiiuw; the nvnidcn dews ol because, generally speaking, unly such heaven kis ^hisglowing cheek. The clouds take pleasure iu the refinement ul feinale ''oH on beneath him—iie feels himself a sociey. Go'i—bui ah! ah!  me, he is a worm—a
Take It all inall, therefore, marriage is .mortal, kind Heaven dun't crush a woriiii neces-ary for man's haj.piness, for iln.'' His tellow men look, wonder, nnd nilmire true lormation of his charnctir, for the I—they scarce can see him, through thc peace ot his home, the comfortof his heart I mist that ruuiiil him thickens, until it the jny of his youlh. nnd the solace of his bursts into a wild flame of bright—burn- years. '"g—brilliant glory.  Glory'(jlory!   Alas!
¦ In fine, man never becomes a member cf he must come iluw ii from ihence, i» slum- fori.'tv until he is murried. UniiiHri ied. | her in the depths of dark fnrgetfiiliiess— h^. is looked up<in with distrust He has j 'here is a resting place for him, in the va'- no hoiJie no abiding ])lace, no anchor to ley of oblivion Behold the beautiful hold him la't. Ij"' '" » "«''''' P'^^e of lloat- anil the luvely ; they vv ither like lhe rose, wood on the t''"'^at tide of time. His in- they go dovvn to me still beilschamber terest is not with society, larther than the | vvith the crawling^ woi in accomplishmeni u.'' some selfish ol.ji-ci i
Man is a social being, formed for socie
 _  ty and interco-jisp, anil the very elements
tEH,  in the Bnrough ot Huniingdon.  Pa.. | o"f his naiure are opposed to a life uf soli
tude and ".-.ingle blessedness." He de¬ lights in having one boon comjianion. in whom he can confide with all the faithful¬ ness and freedom eT his own breast. It is therefore wiih a view to his social hap-.
whois agcBl for Huntingdon county. RHEU.MA'Fl-^M.
T^ntirely cured by the use of Dr. O. P. Harlich's Compound Slrenglhening nnd Ger man Aperient Pills.
Mr. Solomon Wilson, of Chester co. Pa., afHicted for tvvo years with the above dis¬ tressing- disease, ot which he had lo use his crutches for 18 monlhs. his symjitoms were excruciating paiu in all his Joints, esj.'.cially ¦ his hip. Shoulders and ancles, pain increas •g al ways towards eveing altended with k««l. Mr. Wilson, was al o .e time not able to move his limbs on account of the pain be¬ ing 90 great; he being -advised by a triend of his to jji-ocure Dr. Harlich's pill of which he sent to the agent in V\'est Chester and pro- ci-red som; on using the medicine the third daythei»»in disappeared snd his slrength Increasing fast, and in three weeks was able «a attend to his business, whicb he had not ien* for 18 months; for the benefit of olhers alllicted, he wishes those lines published that they may be relieved, and again en¬ joy the pleasures of a heaithv life.
l^rinciple office, 19th No'rth Sth Street. Philadelphia.
Al.so—Forsale atthe Store of Jacob Mil¬ ler^ Huntingdon, Pa,
piness. for the aiilnigemenl of his dome tic comlorts. and fur the pleasure of shar¬ ing his enjoyments and cares, that he se¬ lects that companion I'roni the opposite sex. 'The sexes are treacherous ainong themselves, but seldom to each other.
A certain writer remarks that, "mar¬ riage enlarges the scene ofour happiness or misery; the marriage ol love is pleas¬ ant, the marriage^f interest easy, and the marriage where bolh meet happy," Uis even su. Rut though there are cases, where men are so blinded by the ubject of their pursuit, as tu overlook 'liscrepan- cies uud disjiaragements whieh alterwards prove vexatious—is it a reason that there IS no "use in getting married? Man has the elements uf happiness within himself which, when rightly exercised, never fail
concerned, and he cvres not fur the wel¬ fare ofthe generatioiiBsp.nnging nparound him, and whoare to live .liter hire. He becomes embittered in his fee.Ucgs against all mankind, misanthropic, par.'imonious, morose and irascible.
To our friend of the iturora.aud to all young men wbo are leaking after happi¬ ness, we say, therefore, "Get Makkiwi.'*
Ifyou are desirous of wealth, get mar¬ ried, for a witii promotes habits of indus¬ try and economy, and prevents a grent many unnecessary expenses whicvi cannot be avoided iu single life.
If you are looking for places of distinc¬ tion and honor, get married, tor a good wife will teek tu advance her husband in the prosecution of nil honorable purposes, and lend him that aid and encourng'-ment which he can derive from no other source.
If you would beconie a good citi-zen, get married, fnr he is alone worthy of the title, vvho ia connecteil to thc great laniily of man by the ties of husband and father.
Ifyou arc furtunate. gut married, for a good vvife will increase your prosperity, and render you "twice blesued" in the enjoyment ol your riches.
If you are unfortunate, get li'.arrieil. The cares «r till- ro-Id are 'e.-.-eiiert by li..»ii.g a v«ife ««ho i .kev jjleusure in sha ring ihem with yuu.
Ifyou are <ii business, get murried, for the married man hns hi-, miml fixed on iiis
to pruduce it.   It lemaing with him alto-  business and his family, and is m»re likely I gether to comply with the reqiiisitioni of  of necess.
I he old and theyoung—the infirm aod thu vigorous— the king and the pe;-ani — the wise man and thp lorl—Ihe freeman nnd the slave —must sink b.-iieatii lhe clods of the val¬ ley, and sleej. the sleep of death. VVho is there lie'-e vvould die and be forgotten! jet alas! how shall jii.sierity knovv us? SViR they remember the resting place ol our boni-s when CPiiluiies shall have j.ns- sed away? Where do the bunes of the Caesar's repose? V\ here is the dust ot ths mighty of ages p.isl? Is the r.'stiiig place ol the greal mnrked by monuments of marble? No—lliey have long since crumbled away—thu tiust of'Kings and Princes are scattered beneath our feet. Empires have sunk into the grvve. VVhere are the cities ol the plain?—Ninevah and liabylon are no more. 'Troy's proud ar¬ ches are ground into the dust. 'Thebes nnd Delos are covered with the sluggish water-i of oblivion.
^f ell, ihen, seeing that all must perish, and be loigotten ; seeing that death is in¬ evitable, why shoald vve tremble at his aps proach? //hysli u.d we turn j.ale with ienr, when vve hem lli.* lUbtliiig ofhis sa¬ ble robe* 111 tin' chaiiibe" of de.illi ? We are slaves, de.uli com .s lo set u,^ Iree. This body is but a chuin that binds the nn uiuital spirit, ileHUi com-s tu break that chain. £,muncipalur of the iiev.r-ilyiiig suul '. i iiiiii.jj.uii oi liberty ! Dread dealii Let u. ^u liuwii an>l .look into thegrave^ ; upeu the door ot .its narrow huu-e, and diavy aside the rotting ghruud. Start nut It was • man, such as you are—such us you sfiall be.-a ii«at> of duw, anil of cor-
hiin bad laid his under many previous ob¬ ligations, and their generous attentions on the Tprescut occasion he cheerful^ and gratefully acknowledged.
He said he had no intention to detain his friends by making a speech—and he did so in obedience to what he underitooii it tu be the desire of those whom be ad¬ dressed, he vvas not surprised that pub¬ lic curiosity wa« awakened in relerence l» some things which had been lately pub.< lished concerning him, nor vvas he unwil¬ ling to satisfy the feelings ut his fellovv citizen by such proper explanations ai b» came him, in his present position before the country. He confessed that he (i«l sull'ered deep mortification, since he hat been placed before the people I'or lhe liigH est honor in their gift, nay. the roost ex¬ alted stution in the world, that any per- tion of his countrymen should think it ue cessarry or expedient to abuse, slander and vilify him. His sorrow arose not i» much from personal, dear as was lolTiM. the hunibld reputation he had earned, as. I'roin public considerations. Ht lui^kt dravv consolation, undei this tpccies olin. jury, from the rerelationa of history^ which showed that the best ot men. whu^ had devoted their lives to the public ser¬ vice had been the victims of tradnctien.. But virtue and truth are the foundations. of our Republican system, when these are disregarded our free institutions must full, he louked, therefore, at symptomsof demorilixation with sincere regret, as be¬ tokening danger to public liberty. Apsit ofthe political press, supporting the exis¬ ting administration, and certain partisans of Mr. Van Buren, also a candidate lor that high ofli CO tu which some uf thnse whom he addressed desired to elevate him had invented and propogated many cal¬ umnies against him, but he proposes on the present occasion to speak of one enly ofthe nunieious perversions and slanders vvhich filled the columns uf thc newspa¬ pers und misrepresented his character and conduct. He alluded to the stoiy oi his famous "Confidential Committee" a» they called it. "'The stnry goes," said Gen /Vnrrison "that 1 have not ob1t»- cominiltee ut couicience keepers, but tbat they put me in a cage fastened wilh iroo bars, and keep me in that." (To one whty luoked al his bright and speaking eye, the. light which beamed in its lich expression, the smile vihich played upon hig countea- ance, blending the lineaments of benevo- IcMCK and firmness, wha remembered also that he was listening to the voice ofa son otold Gov. Harrison, one of "the si"neis" the pupil of old "Mad Anthony;" the he¬ ro of Tippecanoe, the defender of Foit Meigs, the conqueror of Proctor—the idea uf W. H. Harrison in a cage I was irrisis- tibly ludicious 1 ^Vhcn the laughter had 'subside the General proceeded.)    "I have
from the Columbus [Ohio] Confederate.
Gen. Harrison in Columbus.
On his vvay to the celebration of Furt
.Meigs, this honored  citi'/.en anived here
in the alternoon of Friday last.    He left
the cily at 10 o'clock next morning, ac¬ companied by Col. Oliver. Col. Ciarkson,
Col.'Todd; and Mr. Davis.^ Mr. Schenck
of Dayton.    'The three  first named gen-.
tlemen were .-Vids-de-cainp or companions
in arms ofihe old hero at the siege of Fort
.Mei^s. to commemorate which they now unite wilh him and the thousands vvho are this day assembled on the scene of their glory.
The presence of Gen. Harrison at our ity is not ill itself remarkable. He has been olten among us and is known to moji of us. His pre,-.eiil relations to the couali-y. the jhopes and the confidence vvhich that country now concentrates in him, but especially the extraordinary means which the friends of a political ri- v.il employ to w-eaken the laith of the peo¬ ple in his ability and worth, du however, impart to all thnt concerns him a deep and universal inierest. It is, iherelore thnt •ve feel assured that whnt we area- bout to communicate to otir readers ol (iew Ili-.nr'Bi.n vvill be fo them quite as ac¬ ceptable as any iiitelligjiice, vvith which vve can occupy our columns. Particular¬ ly vvill Ihey ue gratified to know, and we have great pleasure in certifying them of the fact, that "the man ofthe people." to¬ wards whom are directed so many anxious expectations, is in Ihe enjoyment of per¬ fect health and, ina green old aye, still thinks and speaks and acts with the prom tituile nnd vigor and pnwer vvhich have dis tingtiished every epoch ofhis eventful life The writer never has seen one of General Harri?oii'3 years, more free from the in¬ firmities incident lo nge. 'The candle of intellect vviih liini, ns vvitii the Republican Chief of other days, promises to "burn bright to the socket," and his phytical energies seem almnst uniinpared.
Gen Harrison left Cincinnati on Thurg dny-i-he arrived here—a distance of 120 miles—at 5 o'clock P. M. bn Friday. He was on his feet, receiving the culls and congrnlulntions of our citi'/.ens for hours nl'ler his arrival. In thc evening here- paired by invitation to the Log Cnbin, where additional hundreds had congre¬ gated to meet this beliivc<l and venerable jiatiiot. Here, vviih thc Irankncss and un reservediiess which have marked his char¬ acter through lile, did he mingle for two ho'jrs vvitli the "Log Cabin boys" ol the Cnpitol. Long before the sun — and our youth vvas astir—ilie General vvas,  on the
morning ot the morrow, Hji and ouf. Hav- , ,      	
ing breaklasteil vvith a triend at a remote I no committee, fcllo* citi'iens; confidential part of the city, he was soon again sur- ns other- It is true that I employed mr rounded by the multitude of our jieople I friend Major Gwynne to aid me in retur-- who relused to be salislied without seeing ning rejdies to some ofthe nuinnous ques' and communing vvilh Inm. 'The period of tions propouu'led lo me by letters. But his depariure wasat hand, the crovvd in- to such only as any one man cnuld answer creased, it vvas impossible that in the brief one as well as another. 'There is scarcely interval every one could be presented in- a question of a political nature now agita- dividually to the Genernl, and all were an ting the public mind, on which I havelong xious. to   see   and hear him.    At the in-   since promulgated my opinions, by speech
stance ofa friend, who noticed the pojiu Inr solicitude, the General, from the pint- form of the door ol the National Hotel, addressed the people fur an hour or more. .Ve vvish thatevery man in America had heard that speech How vvould the defa mers of this great and good man div indled in their e-timation into merited insigni¬ ficance I IIovv wuuld the slanderers vvho impute to him motives whicii never actu¬ ated him, and opinions which he never held, and designs which he never enter-1 tained. the princij.les which he never clicr ished, and vvho infamously ascribe to him iinhecilily and decrepitude and cowardice, hovv would these slanderers been rebuked indignantly rebuked by the righteuus judii ment of an honest and insulted pdoj.le 1 Uut as they did not and could not he.lr ',, —wc will endeavor to jiossess ''.pm of its substance. VVc took ni. notes—Neither Gen Harrison nor any other persuii tlioii;;'.;', of his making a public addiess two minutes befure he commenced it. Il arose out ofthe circumstances which sur rounded hiin at the iHoment. ahd signally illustrated a quality ofhis character to- which we have have befar; ,jlluded—the
public letters, or otiicial acts. JV large majority of letters addressed to me pur¬ ported to seek my views of Abolition, tj\ States Rank, and other matters concer- lling which my views vvcre alreail^in pas session of rhe public. 'The mo'st suitable answer to these, and lo Wplj.inientioned persons the most salisft.ctory—was a ref¬ erence to the doc'jments in vihich my o-'. pinions alrcidy expressed wero to be lound. Si:cli answers I entrust to my well trioil anil Faithful friend .Major Owyii ne. Leiters requiring more p'.rlicularat- teiition I answer myself. Every body wl.o knuws Major Gwynne knows that h'e IS not one whom I would employ to write, a pulitir,,', letter. He is a self.made mjin " soldier and a gentlemnn, but neilher a politician or a scholar. I asked thc ser¬ vice of llim because he wus my Iriend, and I confided in him; and it was plain nn 1 s nijile. My habit is to receive, oj en .Ilid rend my letters mysell. Such as may b; easily answered by another, I hand o my flie id. vvitii an endorsation indicatini; ivliere the iaformation s*ua;lit may bi f.an', as thus, "refer the writer tu a sjieecii at Vincennes," or. "the  sii3weri»