Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-03-26
HERALD OF THE TIMES.

The following extract from a letter to
the editor Of the Boston Atlas, by gen.
tlenan who has recently travelled from
Washington to Cincinnati, will give the
reader some idea ofihe prospects Of Gen.
Harrison in the West. The letter is
doted-" Cincinnati, (Ohio,) March I6,
1910.
"fou cannot have the most distant con-
cepiion Of the enthusiasm ! have seen msni.
tested since left Washington for Old Tip.
pecanoe. II seems 10 ME That the people are
coming en- mdsse Ia, the rescue Of the desc
cruied institutions Of our country. Men are
coming over by dozens, who have heretofore
been the strongest supporters of the present
Corr upt administration, and enrolling them
selves under the broad banner Of Harrison,
Liberty and Reform. ] have heard scarcely
any thing talked Of but politics since I left
WashIDston-On the rail road, in stages, at
all the stopping places, and on board steam
boats. the all engtossing topic is politics.
have scarcely found half dozen Locos on
my journey thus far-indeed. on board the
boat in which take passage, though there is
quite large number of passengers, there is
not single Van Buren, man. The captain
aud crew too, are all on hand for "Old Tip
One Of the boat masters on the Ohio lately
made the remark that the cabin passengers
used to be for Adams, but the deck passen.
gers for Jackson but now, said he. they all
&, in, both cabin and deck, for Gen. Harrison.
II u just SO.
There was q tremendous political excite
ment at UniontowD, Fayctte county, Pa. OF
The time came through there. This coun-
~ has been very strong tory-haviDg given
Gen. Jackson majority Of seventeen hun
dred votes. The Locos there, having heard
much about the great Harrison meetings,
very foolishly undertook to get up Van
Buren meeting and after rekng and scra-
ping every thing, they got together five
hundred, rcuding Office holders. The llar.
'i'"n.sns called meeting Immediately after,
and such meeting there was never before
known IN TINT section Of Pennsy syvsnia-ihe
people came from every part Of the country,
10 the number o: between three and four thou.
sand There were bands Of music aud Mill.
tary companies, Canoes log cabins and bar
rels of hard cider, Gags and motos Of every
description, besides the bright and beautiful
array of the Unontown ladies', who greeted
tho people from the windows by the waving
OF handkerchiefs, &c. The Locos Of course,
felt very much chagrined when they came to
sec the great meeting Of the people. aud so
they called another meeting, which was to
have been holden yesterday but il is very
doubtful they got 20 many as they did be-
T. re. The Wings nlso are to have another
great meeting on Tuesday next. was told
by gentleman at Uniontown, that the change
which was going on, was almost incredible.
! have always insisted that Pennsy vania
would go for Van Buren,, but from what
have seen and heard, have been obliged
to change my opinion. The old Key Store
will give the North Bend Farmer ten thou
sand.
The Buckeye State has entered herself for
the largest majority for old TippecaDoe oi
any State in the Union. In coming down the
river on Saturday, fell in with very intel
igent gentleman at Portsmouth. Ohio, who
was one of the Secretaries Of the great Co.
lnmbus Convention, and he told me that The
Harrison Ina lority in tho State could not be
ess than thirty thousand. He also gave me
tne result Of an election which has Just takon
place in the little town of Circlevillc, in this
State. In this town, the Loco majority has
never been less than sixty, bu, Of this cleo.
ton the Wings carried every thing bef1e
them by mnjori,y Of one hundred and elcv.
en-. The upshn, of the whole matter is this.
tha, the whole West is going for Gen. tar-
rlson with nnanimi,y and enthusiasm which
has never found q parallel in oil political
history. This county, Hamilton, will give
that great political scoundrel, DIR. Duncan,
leave TO stay at home. at the next election,
by n thousand majority.
have called upon your friends DIR. r. and
Col p, and found them in fire spirits, and
glad to hear from the old Bay State. Col
p. had just returned from the North Bend
where he had been making stump speech.
Gen. Harrison went down from this city to
his - log cabin at the South Bend, on Satur-
day. He is in fine health aud spirits,
Yours, &C. w.