State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-08-30
TENNESSEE.

TENNESSEE.
The President is electioneering in Ten
nessce but he finds that The word Of Cte
sar can No longer stand against the world
The fcnnesseans say that they can elect
heir own Chief Magistrate wtho ut the
taid oI either n Rucker Caucus or ofaPres.
idential dlctaii0n. Dinners in honor Of
Judge White and Mr.. Bell have been ten
dcre1 throughout the State. II is quite
melancholy 10 see General jackson ravinu
against his old friends with all the iEbecli-
~ OF d0tHge aud The faulty Of passion. He
can never regain the influence lie once
welded IN Tennessee. His own State has
completely deserted him, and with all his
cccioncering Efforts he cannot hand her
over 10 his lavurte successor.-.Atids.
II was stated by the Hon. Francis Bay
lies, in his address before the citizens Of
Taunton, at the conSecraIiOn of Mount
Pleasant, thar he had seen in South Amer
lea many walls in one Of their cities, built
entirely Of human bones the bones have
been examined by persons who could not
he mistaken.
GENERAL. HAprIsox Political hostility
has gone the length Of charging General
Harrison with coloardice. 1t is not salsf-
ed vii h stripping him of laurels which for
twenty years have graced his brow, placed
there by grateful cotAtry. In his mes
sage OF December, 1877 President Madi-
son thus spoke ol the hrlle OF Iippecanoe,
ana 0f Gen. Harrison
"WhIe II is deeply &be lamented that
so many valuable lives I've been lost in the
action which took plHe on The 9th ult.
Congress will see with satisfaction the
dauuleSs spirit and inrtitude vctOriously
displayed by every description of troops
engaged, as well az the COLLECTED FIRM
NESS WHICH DISTINGUISHED THEIR coMMAN-
DER, on Al occasion requiring the UTMOST
EXERTIoNs OF vALoR AND DISCIPLINE. p
Richmond Wing.
.Meiamcholy.-.Ms. .Brtha, (aged %
ot this Guy, was drowned in Cascu Bay, on
Monday fast. As we gather lie facts from
Mr. B. they are as follows Himself and the
deceased were in a sail boat, when by
accident, the boat upset. He succeeded in
graSpng his wife, and righting the boat
several times. For two hours, he thinks,
he sustained himself and vile, by the aid of
the boal-which being full of water, was
most prccarions support. But his eXira0r-
binary rXerlinns did not avail his urlortu-
nate wife. He was compelled to see her
perish, notwithstanding his extraordinary
efforts. AT the expiration OF about two
hours, from the time The boat upset, Mrs.
b. died, from terror and fatigue. But
though she had persisted, he still support
ed her ileless body, an hour and hall
longer-ihat her friends might, ifby chance
he should be rescued, have the meIanchol-
satisfaction OF performing the last duties
I To her remains. His hercuIean powers, s.
heroic devotion did not avail. He could
sustain her no longer-and she ttoa,ed a
way from his grasp. On being asked il
| there was nonlher person in the boat, he
replied, 'noih,ng else al all but poor dog
/ and once when he BODY Of my wife es-
capped from my hold and was floating away,
he swan after it and brought ii back !
Mr.. b. gradually floated towards the shore
blu, from cold and exhaustalion became
senseless before lie reached ii. When he
| recovered his senses, he found himself up
um iiIe beach 1.-THE tide reCcding-and his
boat rod or two from him.
Tie London Morning Herald says
"Mr. Stevenson, the newly appointed Uni
ted States Envoy, is described To be gen
! tleman of most courlly manners, and likely
To bc popular with our Aristocracy." He
probably had letters otinlroduclion from \ q.
Blren. Atlas.
! One Term. The editor Of the Ohio Peo-
! ple's Press states that he has been auihori-
( zed by Gen Harrison to confirm the state
ment previously made, that she Gen. H.
was pledged to serve but one term, if cleo
ted President, and TO prevent his name from
being used, under any pre;ence whatever,
as candidate for reelection" Gen. Ii.
also fully co ncides in the "opnion express
Sed by Gen. jackson on this subject in 49,
%, and believes it should become The set
/ tied pracice Oilhe country, whether the con-
stitulion be amended To that effect, or re-
main as it ls.-Bgfalo Journal.
A Bible which formerly belonged to the
| Emperor CharImagne, written by the cele-
braled Alcun, was recently sold in Lon
don for $500.
Mr.. Van Buren's principles which he so
often alluhes tn in his replies ID public let
ters, put us in mind OF the boys question a.
bout The Leopard euer changing his spols.
son yes, when he is tired of one spot, he
goes 10 another. .4ibany Daily .4dv.
CAMP MEETING,