The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-07-30

- ,.nsundlsg offers and Their lhen
nd fslsrs rank. thls old msa said, q
IIaakel ii II.rns0n's eye 81 he LINE BE
uss siElpg hss orders % Cos, Shelby, and
| 4 knos there vss % lear there. He I'D
Coz. Shelby be musi defend The eroehei
q al hazard and afier he had gone
through lie lurned 70 Col. Davenport.
llhea not - high ~ rsnkl and remarked
10 Dsssnpot 9Th = smile. you UNDER
stand %, lie ghea said that Iahnson wss
wailing lof his anlers and dashed Cd N
The Direction u gahasoh's line"
Many oihrT stsieaenls Of similsr IN
porl IN relation 10 his eoaduci - this and
olher balales, psrlirularly - Iippeean"e
and kon Mslgs, wsTe made. IN all Of
.hieb he most SIMPLE testimony vas
barne 20 The skill and bravery Of Gen.
Hsrrisan. Nearly I'll the witnesses were
from Kenlacky; men who had salapleef.
ed. and whilst they assrded toiheir seis.
tan commander The skill and courage Of
! good Genera. they attributed 20 him all
tie humaniiy and smiabillly OF . good
man; in . word. their applause oil ham
as soldier and a citizen Was enbounded.
An old soldier. ne Believe Of The name
&c Smell, stated thai he hal fought under
Gen. Jaesson in ihe south. and had sup
ported The Administration party; bul
shen he beard them suempiing 10 abuse
man vho had done so much Tor his
country. risksd his life. his reputation
and his fortune in iis defence. he would
not stand il, and he was determined 20
support hin. lie said he knew that .
man wbo had done 50 much for his eopn,
Try 10 his younger days. as Gen, Harri-
son had done, could not now knowingly
DO any thing 10 injure her. lie would
not bsliese The ISLANDERS on Gen. Harri.
son. IL al the loco foeos in The United
States would swear 10 them. so long as
The old men who served under him said
what ihey had said about han.
Aiier q number Of these and similar
statements had been made, an old man.
an Irishman BY birth and a plasierrr by
profession, now 81 work on The Sla,s
House. who had volunteered under John.
son and was in the battle OF The Thames,
and subsequently, with Gen. Jackson ia
the south. rose, and after giving detail
Of what be knew OF Gen. Harrison. in IN
emphsiice manner. which none but :
warn hearted lrisliman can display, ex'
claimed, . Mr. President. | here chal.
lenge any locofoco. from " Msuy" dosn
10 the lowest sycophani who crawls al
his feet. 10 cone forward and deny tie
truth OF one word shich has been here
uttered" A pause ensUed, when il was
again requested ,hs, Il any one knew any
thing contrary 10 The statements made.
or Of any fac, dsroga,ory 10 the charac,er
Of Gen. Harrison. thai they would come
forward and state il. No one, however,
seniured 10 DO IT,
Mr.. Newton then requested permits
sion 20 addfess his brother soldiers. which
was readily granted, and being called 10
The stand. he spoke Cor about half an hour
in words iha, must have fallen on ,hs
ears OF every locoloco like melted lead
He traced The history nf Gan. Harrison
dawn, step by step. and al every period
shaved where he was and how he wal
engaged in rendering service 10 his coun
Try. AZ the sane periods Of time hs
showed ,chere Maity pas. and how
instead Of serving his country, he wa,
en,leayoring 10 advance his own polliics
or pecunisry prospects, u is true tina
he spoke with the brogue. and frankl,
stated that u was the second effort ol th,
kind he had ever made, but in the fer
minutes he occupied the stand he SAID
more TO The purpose. and touched on {
greater variety Of topics. Than any o,heI
man. Of The history Of Van Iuien and
his poliucal jugglery he appeared ID
possess an intimate knoslrdge, nor wss
he less acquainted with The life Of Hsr
rison and the pqli,ics Of tue copnr,
generally, We took copious notes Of hi,
speech, but have MOI TINE to write it our
in fact. half is interest is lost in III,
absence OF the manner 10 which il wa:
delivered.
Il will readily be supposed that III,
statements Of these old men drew forll
pesls Of shouts; men and women, old AM
young, every body caugh, the en,husiasu
and mingled 10 The hurrsh, Qne fac.
which we presume every one presen
noticed, more positively Than any Thin,
else, protlaims The thrilling interest o
the scene. The remarks Of the speaker
we're nothing more than plain narratives
bpI they we're made with such candur
sa,. the speakers seemed TO symna,hIz,
so deeply with their beloved general, ,ha
in the vast assembly we do not see al
e.e from WHICH The tear was not starting
Men win grim yIsages that bespoke lh'
slernest natures. tnrned aside to brusl
away the chrysial drops as they slolI
over their sunburnt cheeks. A scene o
such intense interest we never expect Il
witness again. Every now and then
man would rise aud Tell his tale. wheI
another would spring up in another quar-
Ter, and in an iuslsn: The hearty shake o
the hand told yhat friend and old com
rsie had been recognized. Thus mel
who had served together, shared IN,