Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-08-02

would have two to one, aud won il. Our woubv o,no
ncni was thundors,uck when he found tina, soma of The
party, from honest convictions had cbanpcd fon, u
son to Adams" '"
The same letter adds
Every day-nlmost every hour furnishes proof unon
Jack son ranksn " e '"o
From Lancaster eointy-A friend writes US tina, the
vote OF that county certain for Adams; and tina,
oan"d Hetoites acknowledge it.-B,1hannn !, !. ..J =
completely Frustrated. nay have bare ma;o,;, h,
chss'er and Delaware will seal his doom-Be1k, Jo,,
'7"oner German Couniy.-York is doing WELL :, IL.
borough, the Adams ticket will have /, s.aS , - ~
oil 200 votes least. '"'!''i's
U"a haS lie Isl colume Of Tie Port folior-The fol-
LOWING curious article is extracted from the Ro
chester IN " Telegraph, of the ED July. Those
who can answer the question a; the head of this ariic,s
aiFnatvey, would CRAFTY much by sight of The Is.
vol OF the Port Folio.
Gen. jackson and his friends have commended that he
was the Hero of Two Wars. RI Eaton NAV bo de,or-
oed upon, he was born in 67--at the commencemen, -,
e i'''o'u'ion was no more than eight years old, and
al Inc end OF the fighting in '3, only fourteen, be
TO az 'ourteen' was something still extraordinary
'han Barraticr or Master Betty. Doubtless there
are thousands of honest people, who believe that he
Tue hero OF two wars! Either however he must har.
oeen hero OF fourteen, Eatons biography is apoc
rypha! or the two alternatives we confess we ,bintx
Inc last is the most rational. Abandoning Eaton,s
work as unworthy ofhistorica credit we are left TO f;x
'he dae OF his birth from circumstances, aud these
render 1t highly probable, that he was born in Ireland
before the emigration of lis parents 10 the u States II
The address from the Port Folio is Cen Jacksous and
we credit what Ire himself says this superstition an
proaches to certainty.
From the Rochester Tsegraph. of JuIv % 7
ne 6irfh place and ugc Of General JacksosL-We
publish the following article from the York (Pa Rs
corder, corroborative of fact which we have of, m
heard stated, but of the truth of which we never ti,
now mad any evidence within reach, viz thar Gen
uesoh oas not corn in ms country Though his bio
gfapher asserts that he was and a. no,o he il mare
man seventy gears Of age. We have heard this fac,
asserted as coming from who int innate E,,o7rx
the General, and is of about the same age and who
was associated with him in his plans vital importance
on which rested the and welfare of the naticn in
leoo lie ia no1e the political friend of jackson. IJ
self. ''A' "'"'-
The time aud place OF Cen Jackson,s bir,h ar. .,
VOWED III oosSity and neither nor his friends hs
disposed to enliahten the public on those mimi. m
"axa% settlement in South Carolina, has been generally
,'e as inc place Of his nativity, and the years
1885, 1867 and 1868, has been named as the time yh
ne came INTO this mortal breathing world But no an s
factory evidence has been produced To sus,a; H.
u OF PROBABILITY OF these suppositions and suggestions,
and to be feared tina, when The hero dcscends 10 h
TOMB OF the Capulcs there will be much cnn,ep,ou
S"''''' thPrEA
was IN case OF Homer that worthy Greek Bard-who
sang oil heroes, and OF mice.
luckily for the cpose of the world we have in our ,rn.
session an article which may assist ting the
'ery' IL is nothing less than Address from Gen
SOM 10 MS ieSw- citizens, previous his IN a
ms seat IN the Senate of the Cnired States This Adde'S
IS TO be found IN the Port Folio Derember 19,b 1ao
iao which 1t was copied from Savannah psper edited ,
Nessrs Seymour AZ Woolhopter. The precise date of m
ueVefy not giveI but the latest period which can be ~
shed the autumn previous its pub ca ton: tbouob e
ajor Ea'on be correct in saying that the General pe;
co us seat ," the Senate in $780, il must hav been -
hounced al much earlier day. i
At 'he age OF fourteen came 10 TINS rouo,r,, :. t
M SIXTEEN shouldrred my uusket, and Cen Green ,
saw IN me me presGses future grenncs' Again he say
= om near .tYtyg'nrs Of age.'
me Add'eSs can he utr Office by anv u,b, 4,
" 10 peruse ". here scents be reason to oues,;
le ""'hentey OF the publication, or to doubt the cor
rec'hfsS OF me report Phe deserves To he fr,ba
investigated. According to Major Eaton Cen Jactsnn,
d'"e eSrated to this country in wear J765 a.1 Is
.ne eI" was near fifty years old long ago AZ The
,unn OF 1911, he must have been horn about TIC -
81 OF o.: and hence he could say with ,aYfoc, 80
"a. we age OF fourteen, came this cou1try a bo
ihc materials for closer investigation Of bic c,,; .,
american birth, thus before the pubic o, ,ha
eury be pursued that the truth ma be ELECTED ,,h.
VINO nave hle Of le Port Folio, will find the Addross ~
ed Dec. To- 1901 " FuO's''
u ne entire address qne literary curiostv ana
VIII oe inserted when we have room for it,
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