The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-29 00:00:00

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E N _LNG "E'D I TICOIN:
GENERAL HARRISON, THE PRE
SIDENT ELECT OF' AllllThe following sketch of the life and pug's
this mo-
General Harrison will be read with interest al services of
sidate
nint, when he has just been raised by his felloo• "citizta*
to the highest office of the Republic :--
.‘ William Henry Harrison, the successful cat
for the Presidency of the United States, is a nat rtTe ,?f
Virginia, and was born in February, 1773. His fa `32'l.
one at the oldest and most distinguished of that Sta te%
i!is father, Benjarnfa Harrison, was a prominent men. N.
her o!'tlie. first Congress;..one of the signers of the Decla-
ration of Independence, Chairman of the Board of
War, and Governor of :Tirginia. He died in 1791,
having expended a large for:une in the service of his
country. Young Harrison early devoted himself tattle
profession of arms, and entereel the army, unilor
the auspices of his father's intimate friend General
Washington, at the age of eighte.m. The north--
western frontiers of the United States' were at that
time devastated by the savages, tefeo had not-
after the war of independence, laid down deli,- arms, but
hail obtained, during two campaigns, signal'. successes
over thoe troops of the Republic. In 1794- Harrison
was aideaste.camp to General Wayne, at a decided.
bra'fic geineif pvcr the Indians and their Ca.ladion
allies ,:t 1W iatee;. Ile received on this occasion the
thanks t hits Gown:ander in General Orders, and v.lll
promoted to the renk ote Captain. In 1797 La was ap-
pointed Secretary to the t2erth-western territory, and, in.
1799 he took his scat as dele,eate from that territory, in
the Lower House of Cone •eess, being then attlty
twenty-six years of age. In lt2oo he was appoiateet
Governor of Indiana, to which was added Loni—
siana, when that portion of country acquired bye
the United States. He continued Govera‘a."
of Indiana
twelve years. In 111 the allied Indian natio'ns'
under
the celebrated chief Tecumthe, laid waste the north- •
west frontiers with fire and sword. Governor He'rrisun
hastened to protect his frontier settlements, rano the
Indians, attempting to surprise him at Tippecanoe, s,
tf
fercd a s'tgtral defeat: In 1812 war with England veal
declared, and General Harrison was appointed Conte
mander-in- Chief of the N.W . army, a command cover-
ing an immense extent or country, and extending ham
Lake Erie to the Mississippi. On his left were the ;
hostile Indian nations, on his right the allied Brits
and Indian forces of Upper CanaLk. The first months
of the war were occupied ;n skirmishes and affairs
of outposts, with various results, but generally advanta-
geous to the British arms. In the sprit): of 1813, liav-
rison having concentrated his forces, assuoed the com-
mand, and took a position on the river Miami. where he
was attacked by the British and Indian forcec, wider
Gen. Proctor, flushed with previous success, but eteey
here suffered a severe reverse, and were obliged to retreiti•
Shortly afterwards tine British fleet on Lake Erie was
defeated by the Americai: squadron under Commodore'
Perry. This event enabled _garrison to cross the lake
into Upper Canada, to take MaMen and Sandusky, to
retake Detroit, and to march in pu7suit of the Brit'sls
forces. Harrison cams up with the .'rtny of Generale
Proctor on the river Thames, in Up ..r Canada, in,
position, and notwithstanding the advantago of which
he determined immediately to attack him. 'l."be resat
was the defeat of Proctor, the capture cf his ,yag,gassa
and artilley, the rout of his Indian Allies, and the cheats
of their chief, Tccumthe. This was one of the
most celebrated battles fought during the war, and
vastly important in its results. •On this occasion Colonel
now General Cass (the American Minister to France),
acted as aide-de-camp to General Harrison. For his.
distinguished services on this occasion, Harrison re-
ceived a vote of thanks, and a gold medal front the
Congress of the United States. After the peace of.
1815, General Harrison retired to his estate on the
Ohio, having been engaged, during his ,c-tive
iris, ra
more battles than any of his contemporeme, wiiireet
having ever sustained a &feat. In 1816 he iente elected
a member of the Reuse of Representatives, and in 1824.
he represented the State of Ohio it, the Senate of the
United States. In 1828, he was appointed Minister to
Colombia. He soon, however, returned to private life.
from which his countrymen now propose to recalhimean4
to invest him with the highest dignity in the gift of the'
Republic. General Harrison belongs to what rimy be
termed the Conservative party is the United States.
Bred in the camp, his manners are easy, frank, mid
even polished. Endowed with an early classical educe-
lion, he is a ready, correct, and strong writer. As a
speaker, he is more remarkable for the clearness and
correctness of his style than for his elocution ; and
though most respectable, he is less distinguished
for the brilliancy of his talents than for the soundness
of his judgment, matured as it has been by forty years'
experience in the civil and military service of his
country."

A Correspondent in Syria rvi ites us an amusing
account of the performances of Commodore Napier.
" imagine (says our Correspondent) our old friend the
Commodore, his vissge umbrcilaed hitli a straw hat with
nipping brims of irimicnse dimensions. di.ested of his coat,
mid mounted on a jackass, with hi= shirt sleeves turned up,
as if for the purpose of slaughtering a pig, cantering at
the head of a Marine battalion, ai its command.r, and
wonder if you cm tit:A his own blue j rackets should Joug
ago have tiv_d upon hint the soubriquet of ' Mad Charley,'
Arid imagine, if you can, all this, and a body of rOitary
' men led on by such a commander, inster.d of one of Os
own gallant and oft-tried senior (Anis." The thing iA
ectt:inly httyond the stretch of any ordinary concsption,
but we are told that it oeenrted, nevertheicso;—United
•S'eli,,ice Gazette.

The Prefect of Police, by decrees of the 14th
a d 15th instant, has fixed the fares for the conveyance
of carriages, horse, and cattle, by the railroads between
Paris, St. Germ lib, and Versed es. This traffic will socn
efford an important Addition to the profits of these ender-
t•kings. Ae the transport of horses for the whole diataace
to both St. Germain and Versailles is to b no more than
2f. aOe., the forest of Sr. Germain and the woods of Ver-
will become favourite resorts for equestrian exer-
cise, particularly as the Buis de Boulogne is now cut up
by the brtifications.
A report has been spread at Valenciennes that
a cool-pit at Boussu, in Belgium, has been suddenly
flooded by the breaking of part of the drainage pipes, and
that 100 workmen are believed to hose perished.
E. S. CAYLEY, ESQ., M P.—We had the
satisfaction cf stating in our paper a fortnight ago, that
the worthy Member for the North Riding had so far re-
covered that he would be able to attend the opening of
Parliament. Although this is the case, the state of Mr.
Cayley'e health will prevent him from taking that activo
part in public business which he was accustomed to take,
b it the Honourable Member will be able to watch over the
interests of his constituents with the seine fidelity he has
ever evinced.— Yerkshireman.
Tue Droit states that during the crush at the
valides, the day before yesterday, a lady was :eparated
from her husband, thrown down, trampled on. and only
saved from serious injury with the utmest difficulty. On
the same day a poor woman, in an advanced state of
pregnancy, who had been rash enough to get into the
crowd, and was hush, d about, was taken with premature
labour, and was delivered, in the garden itself, of a fine
boy. The mother has had him christened Napoleon
Sauveur Bienvenu I—Galignani of Friday.
A NEW FEMALE ACADEMY.—A remarkable
solemnity took place a few days ago at the Hotel Caster-
lane, in the Rue du Fauxbourg St. Honore. A splendid,
thjeuner was served in the spacious dining-room of this
magnificent hotel, and forey ladies were assembled to
enjoy the feast. M. de Castellane, the host, was the only
male present, and after breakfast lie addressed his fair
guests, saying that he had invited them for the pur-
pose of founding a Female Academy. After the
merits of the project had been discussed, it was at
length unanimously agreed to, and M. de Castel-
lane then called upon the eldest, lady present to
come forward and take the chair according to the custom
of the Chamber of Deputies. But the ladius.tbought
this custom would be more honoured 'in the breach tban
in the observance, and all stood aloof : not one was found
to claim the chair. Here the business was stuck on the
horns of a dilemma. But M. tie Cattellane, seeing the
hopelessness of bringing out the avowed seniority, at length
called upon the youngest of his fair and fickle guests to
come forward, when the ladies (to a man) all milled to
him en masse. "the worthy host foundthat he had avoided
Scylla to rush into Charybdis ; but after much squabbling,
chattering, and a profuse expenditure of protestations of
juvenility, the president was at length chosen, and the
Female Academy will henceforth issue their fiats on music
and literature from the salons of the Hotel Castellane.
SUSPICION OF CHILD MURDER.—Yesterdav
ever:int; an inquest was held at the Falcon, Old Fish_
street, before Mr. Payne, on the body of an infant which
eas discovered in a gutter in Old 'Change, Clicapside,
at an early hour yesterday (Monday) morning. It ap.
peered from theevidenee that the body ef the child was
discovered by a !about-tug man named Horne ;it was in
the gutter, and was at first supposed to be the carcass of
dbougdy7weitaitl a
which it asppseoamreedthtiock b
harvoewbneeiap
been
wrapped.
near
the
It
ergscaoi(ni
it was
a sOal Old
Lisghr-Crown
was I.:moved to the vaults of the church. Mr. Holmes,
su
aw
at least eighteen months or two years; he sae unable to
child;s i t the
mustb ohdayv have fhtecernwallsa;
discover the sex ; the body must have been kept in a dry
place,
or eblsodee:yecomposition must have long since destroyed
t.
and occasionedmutilatedwas
abboy dogs.utth T
the head;
case but that
was very wasrecent,
adjourned until next Monday.
WITCUCRAFT.—I told the Bishop of WOWS::
ter that li's diocese is infected with notions about witches;
he intends his clergy shall rectify their mistakes in that
part;cular. lie told me sonic of the topics he would have
argued. He dun's much controvert the power of devils in
the Gentile world, and their extraordinary operations may
,still take place among the Pagans. lie is inclined
enough to believe what some authors have writ of the
strange effects in such places ; but he thinks the Gospel,
as fur as it reaches, has destroyed the works of the devil,
and those who are in the covenant of grace can receive no
hurt from the infernal powers, either in their persons,
children, or goods; that a man may be so profligate as to
give himself to the devil, but he can have no assistance
from him to hurt any body else in a supernatural way.
1 think we may 'resent to tins latter part, and leave the
devi and the Gentiles to argue the rest among thellSelVes.
—James's Count a.,d Times of' William HI,
SINGULAR INCIDENT.—A short time ago a
person in Paisley, member of a funeral Society in that
town, presented to the treasurer a forged line, certifying
the death of a child, and oa the faith of it obtained 11. 403.
The child was in perfect health at the time this deceit was
practised, but in a few days after it fell fro
died of the injuries. The father has since
the society. _Scottish Pilot.