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SPRING HILL MACHINE SHOP.
A FOR BVILDIKO AND RKPAIR
ING all kinds of COTTON ANI> WOOL
INERT—makiiiL' larirc SCREWS
i i' iii.iruii —in ising large •nr,»» **
AND GEARING, of all kinds—TURNING
IRON, WOOD, &c ,
six miles from Augusta, on the Louisville road,
where the proprietors will be grateful for .all orders—
or they can be left at G. W. LAMAR & CO.’S, Au
gusta —or directed t»» Richmond Factory P. O.
ap’G-Iy DANIEL HACK & SONS.
CHERRY PECTORAL.
II IS IS AN ELEGANT and surpassingly
excellent remedy for COLDS, COUGHS,
CONSUMPTION, and all atfections of the Throa
and Lungs.
"L J* Fnce 75 cents per bottle. Sold in Augusta by
HAVILAND. RISLEY de CO., in Charleston by
Haviland, Harral &. Allen, in Hamburg by T. (J.
Rieley. au2B-wlo
TO THE COTTON PLANTERS OF
GEORGIA
rjIHE SUBSCRIBER continues to manufuc-
JL lure his
SUPERIOR COTTON GINS,
at his factory in Morgan county. l'he experience </
two years past his proven his gins to be superior to
any others made in the State—Cotton ginned upon
them bringing the highest price in all the priu< ipal
markets. I use none but the very best of materials
and the workmanship is done in superior style, and
they are warranted to perform wi ll in all .esperis.
My Gins will f»r delivered at the purchaser’s resi
dence. free of charge for transportation. Contracts
may be made for my gins with Messrs. Adams &
Hopkins, M. I*. Stovall, and Bustin ami Walker,
Augusta, or with Walker & Pierson, Hamburg, S. C.,
where also the Gins can be seen.
Repairing done in the be. t manner and at .Jiort
notice.
All letters addressed tomcat Madison, will meet
with prompt attention. JOSEPH WINSHIP.
Lite Winship & Johnson,
I Cert i ileal es. |
I hereby certify that I purchased last year, a cot
ton gin from Messrs. WinshipJohnson, and ginned
my last crop of cotton with it, and will say, that it is
the Best Gm 1 have ever used, mid | have never seen
a betu-t one. t t»«»l«t my .»«' r- Madison
tor an eighth of a cent over the top of the market. Iy
would prefer it to any < ’arver < Ln.
CHARLES P. SHOEMAKER.
.1/orgun County, April 13, 1816.
I certify that 1 have purchased a Cotton Gin frour
Messrs. Winship, King A Johnson, and have given it
a fair trial, and I have no hesitation m saying th.it it
ia the best Gin I have ever used, or seen. I have
seen several of the Carver Gins, but would give this
Gm the decided preference over them.
HIRAM WALTON.
Jasper ( 'ot-nty, August 21. I l 1 -wiMhlU’ IS
COTTON GINS'
IMPROV ED ON XV II Vl’ XX AS BEFORE
CONSIDER ED PER FKCT.
11l A V E heretofore labored that my cotton _in a
should be thought superior to any manufactured its
Georgia. By oilvrmg to the public such an article I
have been liberally patronized, for winch I feci grate
ful. I have warranted all my fine gins. I have neves*
had one returned as not coining upto what 1 promised.
It is known I have, an«l do promise that my gins injike
superior cotton. I have no travelling agents. I rely
on my gins telling a better tale tor mi’, and one that
will be sooner believed than a travelling agent; in
short, I ho|»e to m.ike my gins sell themselves. 1 foe I
confident in >taliug th it I have made valuable- im
provements in my line gins, and th it I shall liere il .-r
ftii'uisli an improved gm to anything heretofore sold.
I would also inform citizens of Warren, Washington,
Wilkes, Columbia and Burke counties, that I nave
purchased Simpson's improvement lor band ma--bin
ary, and those who purchase iuy gms in the cot mii<*s
named will have the use of the patent free; lb e ma
tenal, when desired, will be pul on the head block,
free of charge. It will require a small outlay of ma
terial on tfie band wheel, which will be furnished at
the lowest possible rale, and which, when used, re
duces the draft t<» an astonish ng extent; the character
of the improvement is simply by propelling the ma
chinery by a slick band, instead ot a tight one. My
tint's! Friction Roller Gms arc sold al j>.» |w r saw.
My plain gms are also greatly unproved, and will
tn* according to kind, from $2 to 62.50 per
saw. My finest gin* have heretofore sold higher than
other gms, and yet. heretofore, I have not Iwen able to
supply the demand, whilst I h .vc been unable to sell
but few plain gms.
Order* or letters, addressed. to m C t »t Sc art a. w ill be
promptly attended tv, andgi us delivered at purchasers*
resiliences, tree ot charge
GARRE IT !'. OGI.ESBY £ BROTHER.
Sparta, April 3.
Cr rtltlcatra.
Sioales of IJiftcr.tec, (»a., March 17 th* 1847.
G. I'. Oglesby, r'sq. [tear Sir:- —Belowl hand
my certificate, agr»:eat»ly to your request, stating pre
cisely the ojmiuou I entertain of their superiority over
any I have ever seen. I have alsa> obtained the
certificate ol Mr. Wilson, our Superintendent and Ma
chinist, who is the best judge of the quality of cotton,
as he'chews the bag.' Very respectfully v.vur friend
ruly. fuos. <’hk kiey.
SYauZs q/' O/ccrier, <».i , 1817. Vhis is io certi
fy that I have used two of Mr. G. T. <>glesby'*s Anli-
Fricttun Cotton Aims, (the o.ie 60 and the other 45
mvt*,) fur several years, and can truly say they are
superior to any thing of the kind now m use; and form
an eaceplUN* to what is said about this being an age of
improvement, at leas: as tar as gin making is con
cerned. Thomas Cheelky.
Ifrv&'i. . > . - '< > . i • 1/. , ;
17£\ 1847. I'his is to certify that one of C». T.
Oglesby’* 60 saw \n:i-Friction Cotton Gms is now,
and has been in use tor the last fourteen ui.Hi'hs at
this place, and I can say w ith confidence that it is the
beat article of the kind tltat I have yet seen.
B. J. W ilson. Super*land Practical Machinist.
JSuran’iu.'i, Ware* ld.'i. 1817.—The undersigned*
dutmg the past seaAMi, have frequently noticed the
superiority of cotton, received from those planters w ho
u*e gms manuHctured by G. I*. Oglesbv, Esq.,
Sparta, over that firoui other gins. It .has invariably
commanded the highest price, and verv frequently
one-fourth ot a cent |vr (x>uud more th in other cot
ii \ . X .v I . -x.
J. L. Swinney.
Augus/a, Pebruary 21th, 1847.—The undersigned
Factors and Comuuauon Merchants, take pleasure in
recmumendmg to the planters generally. G I . Ogles
by X Brother's improved make of gms. and d » n t
hesitate to say that the cotum ginned on them is equal
to any received in this market, and m every instance
commands from an j to j c. above highest quotations,
and in punt of durability think thev cannot in* > r
pmsed. I>yk X Robertson.
Is.*. 1847.- This is to certify that! nave
now in use one ot Oglesby's improved cotton gms, and
that I consider it altogether superior to any gin i ever
used, running easy and making the cotton tine and
clear of motes. Wm. I'exk l.
Augusta, A’t6ruary 2bZA. 1847. \V» takep > onre
mns .unending to planters generally. Messrs. Ogt. s
by X Brother's improved cotrnng ns, and do net hesi
tate to say the cottmi ginned on them is equal to any
received m this mmrket, and will .Mwavs command
‘ • a. Ik \ A Be u -
\PAMS, H. i KINS Jk Co.
Heard X Pavisox.
ZVSruu.-y
that I have owned .e . Mr. Ogi.-sbv's ur.pr . t \t
eotlon gms tor two years, m i can s.tfelv recommend
hia g'.n* t x two rr.twmx I'he hr>:. that thev do n■<
cut 'he lint or Maple as xn* r gms. The neat. I coq
.hem the moe-t d im; g. ; -,x ■ , ;i; | have ever
M. G Harris.
Fre-ttjrx AVt. 1847. Me d • cert ~ that *-
have usrxi l»t tt.e last twoyeais Mr. G. 1 Og ' v'?
Anii-Fr uoq Gins, and are dec ale y of the : r. on
(hat they are the bM< g;::s new .>»> this 8 .
both tor the tinenew of the coUoo and their dumb . y.
and take great pleasure --i rV i **4M*mend.mg ihetn t »ur
- K.. . t .■ P 'ovt ■ .
F.OW AKb I BkKXR JoSKTM B " < Xf
J MF. SvEXE J IX 1 H ... - s.
W| X . - M I ,X
Me have iaed thee* j ‘ow seas-'ii w.'h m-
aquried cuccawa apd-w t;
Augusta, 0co.:
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 14, 184-7*
i Northern Opposition to Slavery—Norf It
em XVltigs.
“They have showed themselves imbued with the
quintescence of fanaticism on the slavery question,
and to have made common cause with abolitionism.”
♦ ♦ * “The first great blow aimed is the Wil
mot Proviso. That principle established, and the
knell of Southern influence and power is sounded. A
cordon of free States will in time encircle, and over
p »wer and crush the slave States. They will do this
both by legislation in Congress and in the free States.”
* * * “ Against this grand scheme of injustice
the democratic party of the North is rising and comes
en ma se to the rescue.” * * ♦ *
The South may in future r»*ly upon the democrat
ic party of the Empire State to stand firmly’ by her,
and, united with the democracy <»f the other North
ern States, breast the stnrm of fanatical legislation
with which Northern whiggery would a sail her.”—
Constitutionalist.
The idea put forth in the first paragraph
above, is mere assertion and nothing more.
We will prove this by the action of the last
Massachusetts Whig Convention. A resolu
intion was offered for the adoption of that bo
dy by Mr. Palfry, in the following words:
“That the Whigs of Massachusetts will support no
men f t the office of President and Vice-President,
but such as are known by their acts or declared opin
ions to be opposed to the extension of slavery.”
The Hon. Robert C. Winthrop from Ros
; ton, tftade a speech against the resolution, and
it w«ts voted down by n eTittsTdefablft majority.
Is this the conduct of abolitionists ? Do they
f/tus act, and refuse to declare that they will not
vote for a man for President who is not in fa
vor of the extension of slavery? Why, the
abolitionists have a candidate of their own for
the Presidency, and have separated themselves
as a political party from the rest of the people
of the Union.
Paragraphed. If‘‘the first great blow' aimed
is the Wilmot Proviso.” who first aimed it?
Wilmot, a Democrat. Who said in Congress
that a “cordon of free States” should encircle
the South? A Democratic member. Who
has declared that slavery will not be eradicated
from the country, unless it is done by Northern
Democrats? The New Y’ork Evening Post,
the leading Democratic paper of that city. Did
not Mr. Wright, shortly before his death, de
clare himself in favor of the Wilmot Proviso ?
But the Constitutionalist relies upon the late
action of the New York Democratic Conven
tion, livid at Syracuse, to sustain his declara
tions in the second and last of the above ex
tracts.
The following resolutions were offered by
Mr. Smith of Wayne, a friend of Mr. Van
Buren :
“ Resolved, That we believe in the dignity and the
rights ofFree Labor: that Free White Labor cann<4
thrive upon the same soil with Slave Labor; and that
therefore it is neither right nor wise to devote the tcin
fierate climate and fertile soil ofFree territory (to be
hereafter acquired,) t • Slave Libor, to the exclusion
of the Free Labor of all the States.”
“Resolved, That we adhere to all the compromises
of the Constitution ; that we will maintain with in
flexible firmness all the reserved rights ofthe States;
but we declare uncompromising hostilty to the exten
sion of Slavery to territory now Free by the act of the
General < iovernment.”
Opposition was made to the considt ration of
these resolutions, because they were not sub
mitted in time, ami they were laid upon the
table.
Mr. Fiei.li, another friend of Mr. Van Bi -
kes, submitted the following:
Resolved, That in the crisis which has now ar
rived it istite duty of Northern Democrats to declare
their iiiiconipromising hostility to every act <>! the
Ft?deral Government tor the introduction Slavery
into Free Territory hereafter to be acquired.”
No question was taken upon this, as the pre
vious question was called upon the original re
solutions, which cut oil* all amendments. The
Convention consisted of one hundred and thir
» 3 - stirtv-five constitiitvd aquorum,
and yet only fifty-three voted. This was tile
vote over which Democratic papers at the
South are boasting so much.
“ A letter from Syracuse to the New York Tribune
says:—‘The Hunkers meant to .-lurk the question all
the time, while they pretended a willingness to meet
it. Probably, if they were brought to the test, not a
half dozen of them would dare to vote against the
principle of the Proviso. Indeed, some who did must
to prevent a vote, stated privately that, if brought to
the necessity of voting on the subject, they should be
obliged to vote f«>r th- Pruv iso ’’ ”
The Hunkers constitute the anti-\ \n Bt iif.n
party. The friends of Mr. \ \n Bcken in the
State of New York arc in favor of the Proviso,
as are doubtless the other branch of the Demo
cratic party, who were disposed to avoid a de
claration on that question from motives ot e.\-
pedieticy.
j The Albany Was alluding to the proceed
“ mgs of the Com ention. said:
• They have finally seen the mock maj -rity. wea- ;
ri <l and shamed by the constancy of injustice which
I* the organizati-ni cvhibited. and disgusted by the la.yer
St.-put degradation t.» which each h ••u seemed to in
vitr llicmjabandoii th.- Convention, till it dwindled, at
e the moment when it was to give authority to its action,
to a feeble minority, t»o small to constitute a quorum.
* tnd incapihle of any other or higher action than an
adjournment from day to day, or front hour to hour.
! Was this then an expression of the real seti
lt timen’s of the Democracy of New \ ork, with
, r whom Mr. Van Bvkkn and his friends are
known to be immensely stronger than their
- Democratic opponents. Scarcely were the
II proceedings of any Convention ever character-
l -c»
ized by so much violence, and such harsh and i
ofFeiwive epithets passed to and fro among the
members. Jons V Bruns, a member, at one ■
time mounted a beneh and m his otfieial char
acter as \ttornev-Ueneral. •• coniiMUiidid thr .
peace." Tiiisi was certainly n very wise, con
siderate. ami prudent body of men. Nothing
can equal these, their special traits, but the in
nocent confidence with which Democratic edi
tors look to them for security and support to
Southern rights and institutions.
hi our opinion ail parties at the North are op
posed to the extension of slavery. The Dem
ocratic party is in favor of acquiring new terri
tory- ’They will insist upon making it free
when it is obtained. The Whigs are opposed
to anv further acquisitions, as dangerous to the
peace and. harmony of the I nion The \\ hig
policy is recommended to the South by sound
reason and a true devotion at once to her best
interest and the good of the Republic.
Our Exchanges*
Wk adopt most cheerfully, as well from a
sense of justice, as regard to our own interest,
the subjoined regulation put k»rth yesterday by
the Constitutionalist, in reference to our l.x
changes:
Ovr Exchanges.—We shall m future send c ;r
daily paper only to publishers of dailies, and to sueh
weeklies and tn-weekhes as will pay us the dtfler
enreof exchange. To tri-wceklie» we will send our
tn-weekly, and to weeklies our vvevkty. subject to
the exception in favor those who prefer.
W« will ateasend ourtri-weekly only to trl-week
lies and t' th<we weekhea that desire it, and will pay
the ditference.
This plan is adopted in pursuance ot an understand
iw to that erfect at ttw Edit r. tl Convention at -
Mmntain. It ieadepted in view of the heavy ex
neneee of a daily paper, won to be greatly enhanced
t>v theeoetef telegraphic account* when the line is
ciMaplrandthrough this cityand Savannah,
w elt views of economy ami just.ee.
Kailroad IHvidend.
Wk chronicle will' great pleasure the divi
dend of three per cent . declared by the i.eor
s: t Railroad Company from the protits ot the
last six months. This must be eqtta .• gratin,
pis to the friends m 1 Sto k - the road
land in. in ottr opinion, a Ibretastr • rut
'reward this great work will bring to them in
fuMU-e.
The In- an; Stale J urns that < y
ftaae's new regiment of volunteers >r»m ®at
State is made up. Madison has been selected
:ts the place of reu.ic . v eus
T :: ceipto of Flour at Boston •
BSt were ’ l ; ■<' s ■ S.tSOOhaif do
The receipt* of <ir;iin during the quarter
<I ,w . - - - 8
The :<*:xl value of domestic produce export
" a •
I >47 v* *• •14
Natiouul Feellug*
The greatest calamity that can befall a people
is the loss of a feeling of nationality, lor all other
calamities follow in its train. War may ravage
a country, the iron tread of a conqueror may be
felt in its every part, but while national feeling
survives there is hope. The compieror will
eventually become the conquered and be driven
out. and the people will again assert and main
tain their dignity and independence h was
this feeling that enabled the Low Countries to
resist successfully what seemed the over * helm
ing power of Spain when in the height of her
glory, which enabled the comparatively feeble
colonies of America to achieve their indepen
dence, and it now animates the Circassians in
their heroic contest with Russia. No people
that cherished it have ever been forced to suc
cumb to a foreign Power; none without i*
have long maintained an independent position.
The loss of a feeling of nationality, of a
sense that we are linked together as a band of
brothers, with common interests, with one con
stitution. one destiny, is the great danger tn
which th? American people are pecuiiary ex
posed. There is no reason to apprehend that
the American people will ever become defi
cient in enterprise and spirit, or that they will
tamely submit to any wrong. They are apt
to err in the other extreme. But there is dan
ger. unless proper countervailing means are
used, that in a country so widely extended as
ours, with its differences of climate and man
ners, and vast variety of products and indus
trial pursuits, we may forget, in view of what
seems great advantage, temporary though it be,
that we area people indissolirijly bound to
gether, with a common courjtry and-govern
ment worthy' our undvingTbve and support.
This bond of national feeling has been great
ly relaxed by the events of the last few years,
and but for the operation of causes whose in
fluences have been too much overlooked, this
loss of nationality ami the substitution of a sen
timentof almost exclusive devotion to one pe
culiar section, as the North, the South, or the
West, would he seriously ominous of future
ill. We would by no means discourage a
watchful regard for sectional interests. With
in proper limits it exercises a salutary restrain
ing power, and keeps the Government from
pursuing a line of policy calculated to enure
to the special benefit of any one section to
the injury of another. But to this point public
attention is beginning to be turned, and, as
we trust the event will show, with the best
results The causes to which we have adver
ted as exerting a great influence in control
ling our centrifugal tendencies, if that phraseo
logy may beailowed. are purely physical ones,
but capable of and arc actually exerting a migh
ty moral force.
They are the canals and railroads and the
accompanying magnetic telegraph, which, by
the facilities they proffer, invite personal inter
course, and interchange of products, and give
to our broad laud all the advantages of the most
compact territory. They are doing, and have
done, in the space of a few years, lor our coun
try, more than would be accomplished in an en
joyment for centuries of the dreams ofvisionary
reformers, who propose to elevate a people by
means of cunningly devised institutions. Such
institutions are well, are highly valuable, but
when by them we have secured “ hie. liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness,” we must tru>t
to other agencies to work out those results that
characterize a great and prosperous people.—
In other countries life and property have been
as secure as here. In England the highest sta
lion, except that ol the monarch, is open to the
ambition of the humblest subject. Bovs of the
meanest parentage have grown up to .-it on the
woolsack as Lord High Chancellors of th«-
realm: but no where and in no age has been
seen such physical progress ami corresponding
per-onal ami national prosperity as in the Uni
led States of America. To this progress we
look with confidence as that whereby we
shall be held together, be made a great homo
genous people, ami which, ere long, will de
velope moral influence most salutary in then
character and worthy our great renown.—Buf
falo Comnif rciul Advertiser.
t'rom the Journal Messenger, \Ath inst.
'i’lic Female Collette*
The friends of the Wesleyan Female College
will be pleased to learn that the exercises w ere
resumed last week, under circumstances pecu
liarly fl ittering. Upwards of ninety >tmleut>
entered the College classes, ami applications
have hern made for between thirty and l'ort\
more. We would not be at all surprised if the
thirty and forty in the Primary Department,
not inelmb din the above estimate. Tin’ insti
tution, we are informed, will continue under the
charge of the same able and indefatigable pro
fessors, whose labors were so signally successful
last vear. Dr. Ellison, of course, continues to
hold the position of President; while the Rev.
Messrs. Myers and Thoma- occupy the same re
lation to classes as heretofore. Piofessor Gut
lenberger. assisted by others, will haw charge
of the Musical Department —Miss Rogers will
continue to give instruction in Drawing.
French. Ac., while the increased labors will be
-hared by the Rev. Mr. ('one ami his lady, both
of whom have been added to the laculty lor the
coining vear. They are represented to us a
experienced teachers, and as in all other re
spects, eminently worthy of the confidence and
esteem of the public. Too much credit cannot
he given to those having charge ot the College
under its new organization, as they -eem re
solved to rentier it entirely worthy of the pa
tronage of the friends of education both in ami
I out of the State. Every increase of income i
therefnre devoted t » increasing the capacity ol
the Institution lor furnishing a substantial and
finished education to those who seek it- advan
tages. To this end. there has not only been an
increase of professors, but a considerable nd
dition has also been made to the chemical and
philosophical apparatus —suflicient we under
stand tor present purposes. T’he citizens ot
Maron and of the State have very many ren
sotis for s.istuining this iii-titiiti<»n; as it is evi
dently d ung much to elevate the standaid ot
Female Education, and to diffuse proper view
and sentiments among the rising generation
It will be recollected that during the late com
mencement exercises, the want of a proper
chapel was made sink ingly apparent. Some ’
of our correspondents have already moved up
on thill subject, ami it is to be hoped that they 1
will renew ami continue their efforts until the
object is attained. Another want we are in
formed is most seriously felt by the young l.i-
’ dies. They have no Library ,or at least not a
sutlicient or proper collection ol books tor their
ainusment ami instruction during their leisure
hours As well might a Hotel hope to prosper
without prov isions, as ;i (. ollege without books.
A proper library ought to be. and can be.
procured in a few mouths. Could not the la
dies ol Macon give an impetus ’ Could not a
tew hundred doilara easily be raised by privak
contributions, and as much more by a public
Fair ’ The basis of a fund thus being laid, tire
Churches in the State ami private individuals
would at once supply tire deficiency I pon
this subject, we unite < »>mmum
cations from coirespou lents. trusting that *ome
immediate action may Lie taken upon the mat
ter. In the mean time we take pleasure in
commending the 1 em.de (. ollege. as at presen
organized, as one of the best seimnar.es of
learning in the South.
Ttie I tiion gives a ” flat denial to the state
ment of the Mexican commissioners ilia: Mr
Trist indicated his willingness to abate his
claim to a part of I’pper California and the ter
ritory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande.
•• It would not only (affirms the I nion.'' have
been a violation of his instructions; but the
idea of consulting his government upon the
propriety of surrendering a portion of tire
territory of the sovereign Stale of T< \ h
too absurd to be entertained fora moment by
am person except a rabid Mexican W
Mr. Trist is an able firm and truly patriotic
man; ami we confidently venture the assertion
that he never made any such suggestion to tin
Mexican commissioners.'
we don't know to what spec es of the
genus homo. Mr. Charles Jared Ingersoll c m
be said to belong, but are very sure he " ouiu
dislike to be calh : a • rabid Mexican " 8
Yet the I nion plainly gives him this title: lor
no less personage than he. was the very
to announce the doctrine ot the Mexican t om
unsMoners. that this piece of disputed ternto
rv was the great natural boundary between
Mexico and Fexas
W e suspect the able, firm and patriot < Mr
TriMwiH be found to have made precis y the
concessions which are staled in the Mexican I
document. W e can see no reason for the r j
.m-representing hun a* to the partien’ars i-'- .
ques:.on. since the greater ins iibtra ty was
mad • to appear, tin weaker tn.K have been
the Mex can argument —Hirh nond Times.
Wise jsstN —Governor Dodg
Extra Session of the Territorial legislature, to
a ■ . ■ - st. tor the pn r-
pose of originating a new attempt to procure
S
t’nion.
Pitiable—The wife of Capuin Thornton,
w hose Lite ,t w io sacrifice his life in the ca ise
•fns c • i::*ry. .- now >n a county poor h se.
in Deltware, ' ast te < fparti i ■ -•
the result of the unfortunate lots of her hus
band
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 1847.
From the Richmond It hig, of the 1 Ith inst.
Destructive Fire in Richmond*
On Sunday morning last, onr city was visit
ed by the most destructive fire tha‘. has probably
ever occurred here. It was discovered about
five o’clock, in the large and splendid building
—perhaps tbe most extensive establishment of
the kind in the United States—known as Galle
go’s Mill, situated at the lower end of the ba
sin, ami owned by Messrs. Warwick & Barks
dale; and in a very short time, a high wind pre
vailing, the flames were communicated to se
veral other buildings by the flakes of tire which
fell in showers no,t only upt>ri the tenements
contiguous to the Mill, but a considerable dis
tance from it. By-the extraordinary exertions
of onr firemen and citizens, however, several
valuable buildings nearest to the Mill were
saved, while others more remote were entirely
consumed. At one time, indeed, it was appre
hended that the entire range of tenements on
both sides of Gary Street would be swept off,
so rapid was the progress of the flames, and so
numerous were the points threatened : and we
give utterance to the universal opinion of the
spectators in ascribing the arrest of the first, in
a great measure, if not exclusively, to the in
trepidity and skill of a single individual—Cap
tain Lamuel Freeman —who richly deserves a
substantial testimonial of the gratitude, not on
ly of those who have been more immediately
benefitted by his well-directed efforts, on this as
on other similar occasions, but of the whole
city; for, had the fire extended to the North
side of Cary Street, it is impossible to conjec
ture the extent of the destruction that would
have ensued, >•. ,*
At ’imie/rt was. not without reason, ap
prehended that the flames would extend to
Main street; and indeed, more than one build
ing several hundred yards from the scene ol’the
conflagration, on Main street and beyond it.
(among them tha Universalist Church.) were
set on fire by the flakes that were carried thither
by the wind, which, however, fortunately lulled
in lhe very midst of the conflagration. In view
of all the circumstances, it is a matter of con
gratulation that the loss has been so small,
rather than ofcomplaint that it has beenso large.
Estimates of lhe value of the property destroy
ed, vary from $175,000 to $250,000. Most of
it, however, is covered by insurance.
The books and papers in the Gallego Mill
were saved, and we learn that the stocks of
wheat and flour in the building was not large.
Messrs. Warwick A Barksdale’s corn mill ami
the new buildings adjacent to the flour mill es
tablishment are not injured. We are informed
that Messrs. W. & B. are pretty well insured
in the oilices in this city and at the Nortn, but
not enough to cover the whole loss. They
will make arrangements in a lew days to grind
wheat at the Rutherford Mills, and to rebuild
their own as soon as possible.
The brick portion of Shockoe Warehouse,
near the Gallego Mill, was entirely consumed,
together with about 30 hogsheads of'Tobacco,
mostly of inferior quality. The damage sus
tained by this building is estimated not to ex
ceed 7or which is covered, as well as
the tobacco destroyed, by insurance.
'l'he following buildings, fronting the Basin,
were also consumed : 'l’he tenement occupied
by Mr. Alfred T. Harris, containing about 20
iihds. of tobacco, and the three adjoining —one
occupied by John A. Robinson, another by
Xlessrs. 1 (avail & Brothers as a counting room,
and the third vacant. These tenements be
longed to the estate of Mr. David Bulloch, and
ue believed to have been fully insured.
On the south side of Cary street, the tene
ment occupied by Mr. J. B. Butterworth as
t Tin Manufactory, the two below occupied
by Air. Myer, one a* a Tailoring establishment
m<l the ether as a Grocery, and a fourth by
private families, all belonging to the estate of
Ur. Bullock, and insured, were entirely con
sumed.
The two next tenements, occupied by Mr.
Win. Williams, (on the corner of Cary and 13th
-treets,) and the two adjoining tenements on
•he cross street leading to Shockoe Warehouse,
occupied by Mes-rs. Winfree A Sheppard ami
by Mr. Miller Woodson, were likewise de
stroyed. Those buildings belonged to the es
tate of Joseph Mark, and were insured.
The loss in M rehandize and other property
was not very considerable, we understand— I
and a large portion of that was also covered by ;
insurance.
'l’he lire is supposed to have originated acci
dentally.
Lieut. Col. Isaac G, Seymour.
Our readers will be pleased to learn that his
Excellency Gov. Crawford has appointed Cap-
Editor of the Messenger, to the cdinmaitd* oT ’
the Infantry Battalion four companies of which
recently left Columbus for the seat of war. A
more popular or judicious appointment could
not have been made. Col. Seymour is pos
sessed of many amiable and companionable
qualities, and yet is gifted with that peculiar fa
mily which is so essential to a commanding of
ficer. Ile can enforce the strictest discipline
without offending his men or his subordinate
officers. He is prompt, manly and punctilious
—w ith a clear head ami generous heart, and
we predict for him. distinction and honorable
preferment in his new calling. He will carry
with fiim amid the privations of the camp, tiie
toils of the march and the dangers of the battle
field, the respect and regard of thousands of his |
fellow-citizens of Georgia, whose most earnest
prayer will be that he may win laurels worthy
of his distinguished ability ami that he may re
ceive back al least the reflection of that honor
which they feel confident he will confer upon
foe sen ice and fits native Slate. Col. Seymour
does not go into the army w ithout some ex
perience. having served a campaign in the
Florida war. and won by his manly ami soldier
like deportment not only the admiration of his
men. but the especial confidence and regard of
Gen Scott. — Jour, and Mrs. 9tk inst.
Northern Mississippi Coi n rut. — Territo
ry of Mincsota.-We have been much interested
in listening to Gen. Verplanck's description of
the L’pper Mississippi country, which will be
comprised in the new Territory of Minesotn. 1
He is the fourth white man. in an official char
acter. who has visited Leech Lake. His prede
cessors were Gen. (then Capt.) Fike, as far
back as 1-Ob, Governor Cass and Mr. School-
craft.
From the month of Crow Wing river, he
travelled for one hundred and thirty miles
through a series of small lakes. but in making
the portages they found themselves in swamps
sometimes two t»*et deep.
Leech Lake.so called by the Indians from
the number ami size of the leeches in it. is most ;
beautiful. Gen. V. does not hesitate to pro-,
nounce it the finest sheet of water in this conn- |
trv. It is about twenty-fives miles long, and j
m’places, from eight to twelve miles broad, but .
at points it narrows almost to a river
From Leech Lake, he proceeded to Cass .
Lake ami Winnebigoshish Lake, to the Oberlin i
mission station, where they obtained wild rice |
and sugar. By the way. the wild rice of this |
emintrv he deems better than the Southern
rice It ripens of August, and is
the mam reliance of the Indians, during the ;
winter month’-, for their sustenance. The sugar
is of course the maple.
The country on the Mississippi from the ,
Peters to the Crow Hing river-, is mostly oak- |
opening, with some small prairies, and is evi- |
dently a fine agricultural region, capable of
supporting a dense population. Above the
Crow Wing, to the head waters of the Missis
sippi, and around Cass. Leech and Winnebi
goshtsh Lakes, n maybe called a pine-opening
country The species is mostly of the yellow
pine, and is excellent for ship timber. Extensive
mills are now being erected at the Falls of St.
Anthony, by a Boston company, to saw this ,
pine timber v cry largely. lor l h e southern Mis
sissippi Valirv. There is comparatively very .
utile white pine in that section.
A part of the cession (ol 'OO.IOO acres) is to ■
be tiie future home of the Winnebagoes.—Dai- i
ly Hisconsin.
Gen. Scott akd his Troops.—A Thrilling j
S \ X Y Journal < ■
merce from a field officer of the army, describ- i
.ng the battle of Churubusco, says:
The conflict lasted two hours and three quar '
ters. during lhe whole of which time the deaf- |
ening roar of artillery and small arms was con
tumens, and tremendous—such as no man pre
sent ever witnessed. It was a time of awful
-uspen-e. bin the i--ur was not fora moment
doubtful. When it was over the general-in
chi* f Scott ro ie in among the troops. I:
would have done your heart good to hear the
shout w ith w men they made the welkin ring.
Sever .1 old -* id:t rs seized tiie general’s bands
with expres- ous of enthusiastic delight. Sud-
I denly • it a motion from hi< hand, silence en-
I sued, w hen in the fulness of his heart he poured
forth a few eloquent and patriotic words in
commendation of their gallant conduct—-
When lie ceased there arose another shout that
might have been heard to the grand plaza of
Mexico. During this thrilling scene I looked
ip to tne ba conj of the church th it had been
so bravely defended. It was filled by Mexi
can pri-oners. Among them were Gen. Rincon,
a venerable old soldier, who was leaning for
ward. his countenance glowing and his eyes
sparkling with every manifestation of delight
I verily believe that the old veteran, with the
spirit us a true soldier, upon beholdmg the
v •ctoriou* general so greeted by the brave
men he had jus: led to victory, forgot for the
moment his own position, (that he has defeated
and a prisoner and siw and thought only of
tne enthusiasm by which he was surrounded.
■ - . M J-,. ——
3.ugiistu, .
FRIDAY MORNia®T OCT. 15, 1847.
The Wax|- Peace.
“A wag in tho said that the United
States ought never to maa.eßeace with Mexico, until
she will agree to take baeg all we have conquered,
and take Texas to boot; and I assure you there is
more souqd sense intbeaasfog than you imagine.”
We copied a part ofxlettcr a few dayssince,
from the Lynchburg in which the
writer, an officer relates the above
saying of a wag, and to it some degree
of sound sense.
The Coust straightway copies,
and asks. “Does the Chronicle approve of
this “ sound sense V’ itis evident that the
saying was a jocular on*t, intended to express,
in that way, a very pooftopinibn of New Mexi
co, the Californios and even Texas. As the
Constitutionalist is d|gra|£dto be serious about
it, and asks us a civil quesliqn, we will answer
it. It is unnecessary spy us to say, that we
would not give up Texa|£ That is now a State
of the Union, and wewifWd defend it as such.
■ Jq. the last extremity.
- We cannot concur the wag that we
ought to fight MexWj would consent to
take tie rest that if
tneseMfcXidan El (fefrad osi ba v e been correctly
described, it would be far better to let Mexico
keep them, than to obtain them at such immense
sacrifices of men and money. This view is
very greatly strengthened by the danger to our
domestic peace from their acquisition.
But it is proper to say a word or two about
the justice of the acquisition of Mexican
lands by force of arms or conquest. Sever
al questions here arise of great solemnity and
magnitude. Did the United States have a just
cause of war against Mexico? Was the war
begun according to the usage of civilized na
tions, by a public declaration of war? Was
the war offensive or defensive on the part of
this country ? If the United Statesdid not have
aju.-t cause of war against Mexico—if it wasbe
gun by them, and without theasual declaration,
then it is manifest that we cannot claim indem
nity of Mexico for our expenses. All wars
are either offensive or defensive. Did the
United States begin the war, or have they en
gaged in it in self-defence ?
Every intelligent reader will perceive that
the most of these questions wi 1 depend for their
answer upon this great and important point,
the rightful ownership of the Valley of the Rio
Grande. Iflhat Valley beh.nged to Mexico,
then our Executive committed aggression up
on that country, by taking military possession
of it, and this became an act of war when per
severed in against her protest. Will any man
deny this proposition ? Then the question of
the right of indemnity will depend upon the
ownership of the Valley, to which we have re
ferred. Iflhat Valiev belonged to Mexico, our
Executive commenced the wir violently, rash
ly, and unconstitutionally. If it belonged to
Texas as one of the States o’our Union, then
our Executive had the right to occupy it and
Mexico commenced the war by invading Tex
as and attacking the American troops.
But it is at once evident, that the right of
Texas to it was not clear, or even admitted by
our Congress, for that body, ,n the act of annexa
tion, refused to recognise lhe east Valley of the
Rio Grande as belonging to Texas, but left the
I boundary an open question to be decided by ne-
I gotiation.
Hence, if it belonged in reality to Mexico,
lhe enormity of the President is doubly
great in the act ofaggression, and his wilful disre
gard of the expressed views of Congress, and
the clearest injunclionsof the Constitution-
‘orflie r 'property of Mexi-
co, our Executive committed an aggression
upon her soil, and the United States has no
right of indemnity for the expenses incurred in
the prosecution of lhe war.
Such have been our views upon this ques
tion. that we would have been willing at any
period of hostilities, as we now are, to make
peace and let each country bear its own ex
penses. We are willing, then, to give up all
territory which has been overrun, and leave
Mexico where she was at the commencement
of this war. Os course we would favor nego
tiations lor the establishment ol the western
boundary of Texas.
The Constitutionalist says:
‘‘Mr. Benton says annexation would be a d reel
aggression. lhe ( hrunleU says inarching to the R■■
Grande was an aggression. These are two distinct
i To which do the Georgia Whigs hold?
That annexa’i«»n was the aggression, and caused the
war-or tint the march of the army from Corpus
Christi ? Mexico has decided this point, by uniform
ly declaring, in every form nfsolemnity, that the an
nexation of Texas was the provocation tn war, and
caused it. It was, she declares, sufficient cause of
war, and for that she took up arms and attacked our
troops. **hc was preparing to invade Texas before
the marcii from Corpus Christi. ”
Mr. Benton’s language was this:
“ That the incorporation of th? left (or eastern) bank
1 of the Riedel V>r;»- into the American Union by vir
• toe of a ire it y with Texas, comprehending as the said
inc >rpo at ion would do a part of the Mexican de
partments of .Vctr Mexico, Chihuahua. Coahuila and
; Tamaulipas w -Id bean act of direct aggression
«n Mesico, for all the consequences oj which the L ni
ted States would be responsible. ”
In this. Mr. Benton expressly declared, that
the left or east bank of the Rio Grande consti
tuted portions of four Mexican States. That
i portion occupied by our troops under Gen.
Tailor, was comprehended, according to Mr.
| Benton, in the State of Tamaulipas.
If then. Mr. Benton is right, we are right in
i saving that it was an aggression upon Mexico
i to send our army into Tamaulipas and cause it
• to seize upon Mexican soil. The annexation
of Tents was not the aggression in Mr. Ben
ton’s opinion. It would have been an aggres
sion in his opinion, to anex something that did
not belong to Trxas, but to Mexico. Congress
refused to annex this very country to which Mr.
Benton alluded, and yet Mr. Polk, by the most
! high-handed usurpation of power and preroga
tive ever known under our government, de
clared it to bt annexed, and seized it with a mili
tary force Mexico had no idea of waging war
on account of annexation.
•• Fancy may bolt bran and think it flour.
This is the condition of lhe Constitutionalist on
this point. He certainly cannot forget that the
Mexicans tried to avoid war\sy urging our army
’ to retire from the soil of Tamaulipas. They
: gave up Texas and were prepared to give it up
without a struggle. The whole world will be
I satisfied of this- If she could not conquer Tex
‘ as. and made no effort to do so for six or eight
I vears. she knew that it was madness to think
: of conquering it when annexed to the I nited
i States and backed by our tremendous power.
’ This Democrat idea ofa Mexican invasion©!
■ Texas after annexation, is about as strong sup
i port to Mr. Polk’s miserable provocation of the
| was. as * Grantham gruel! nine grits and a gal
| lon of water ” was to a poor laborer of Gran
i tham : There was no danger, neighbor, of the
: nfortsmd inration
I He savs Corpus Christi "as on the disputed
territory. It is true it was just ac os. the Nue
ces. but Texas had conquered that far and held
it in possession, was. therefore, entitled :
to it: but the case was different in reference to |
: the immense territory between Corpus Christi
; and the Rio Grande, in all of which, there was
I not a Texan habitation or inhabitant.
1 I: is true that we have advocated a vigorous
' prosecution of the war till peace could be ob
tained. Blit we have ever insisted that peace
■ could be and ought to be obtained without de
lav Everv regular reader of the Chronicle and
, Sentinel knows that tins has beea our position.
. It seems to have been the determination of Mr.
- Polk to proceed according to aDe vonsnire pro
-1 verb,
1 • Firs: han? and draw.
Thea hear'the cauH by Lidtord Law,
with a mental reservation all the lime, that right
or wrong, Mexico should be at least quartered.
We believe that peace could be made with
out delay, but for the mad project of Mexican
dismemberment, and it behooves the country
to say, whether for such an object, it will con
tinue such a war.
We may go farther and fare worse ; for Hea
ven’s sike, let us pause and reflect, more espe
cially as bleeding humanity demands it.
From the Nashville Union.
Our Railroad.
Mr. Stevenson informs us that, in his recent
tour, he succeeded in getting S2<SO,OOO of stock
subscribed. The total subscriptions now a
mount to near $1,000,000. Mr. 8. has kindly
permitted.us to copy the following letters from
Mr. Calhoun and Mr. King, which he has re
cently received, and which, although not in
tended for publication, will be perused with
high interest:
Fort Hill, 18th Sept. 1847.
Aly Dear Sir: — I hasten to answer yours of the
sth inst., received by the mail yesterday.
It is with unfeigned regret that 1 am compelled to
decline the invitation of yourself and ex-Gov. Jones,
to visit Nashville, at thistime, in consequence of an
engagement which I cannot well dispense with, and
which will engross all my dis|>osab!e time until I
leave home for Washington. Had it been in my pow
er to accept, I assure you it would not only have af
forded me much gratification personally to visit your
city, but I wmiid have fejt it to be my duty to do so,
in connection with the highly important object towards
which j-« my -Apujil con-
tribute.
There are few objects which I have more at heart
than the construction of tbe road from Nashville to
Chattanooga, where it will meet the Georgia road,
and through it form a continuous connection with the
Southern Atlantic jjorts, and, in time, with those of
the Gulf of Mexico. In whichever light it is view
ed. whether in reference to the prosperity of Nash
ville, Savinnah, Charleston, and other cities connect
ed; or still more broadly, that of the Southern Atlan
tic, and the South Western. Western and North Wes
tern States ; or broader still, the whole Union, in its
commercial, political and social relations, I regard it
the most important ofall the railroads to be construct
ed—as time will show, when it is completed ; espe
cially if the Cumberland river can be made as naviga
ble, at all seasons, from Nashville to its mouth, as the
Ohio is from that point to its mouth. This is no new
opinion of mine. 1 have long entertained it. Indeed.
1 may say, 1 believe with truth, that 1 was the first to
point it out, as the best route between the centre of lhe
valley of the Mississippi and the Atlantic, and,
through its ports, with the rest of the world. That it
was not originally adopted, instead of the one that is
direct from Charleston to Cincinnati, was no fault ol
mine.
That the stock will be very profitable to its holders,
if it should be judiciously and economically conslruct-
ed, I do not in tin-least doubt; ami that it will be so
constructed, I feel confident, from the ability and bu
siness habits of those who have taken it in hand. Such is
iny jierfect confidence in the road, that, if I had at my
disposal, a half million, I would not hesitate to invest
it. 1 would regard it as the safest and best invest
ment that could be made. It w ill not only be vastly
profitable hereafter, with the growth of the country,
but wdl pay from the first legal interest, ami make
Nashville one of the first cities in the great valley of'
the West. So strong is my conviction, that 1 would
regard it as a matter ofjust pride to have my name
associated widi the noble work.
Entertaining these impressions, I shall feel it my
duty to give any aid and encouragement in my pow
erto lhe work, lam decidedly of the opinion that
Georgia and this State should both lend their aid in its
construction ; and feel confident it may be done with
out the least hazard, while they will be every way’
bene fitted by its completion. Th*.* amount of sub
scription necessary to secure the charter must, by all
means, be secured. I would be glad to know w hat
progress you are making, from time to time, in that
respect.
I received y.tur letter shortly after my’ return from
Washington, giving much valuable information as to
the relative cost of transportation from New Orleans,
and from New York, and other pain’s on the Atlantic
to Nashville, compared with the probable cost from
Charleston and Savannah by the projected road, when
completed. It is very favorable to the road; and 1
have been prevented from preparing a memoir in re
ference to it, agreeably to my promise, only in conse
quence of the extent of my engagements since my re
turn from Washington, and the unfavorable state of
die money market lor such works, in this country
from the Mexican war, and in Europe from the scarci
ty of provisions.
I have not heard from Mr. Nicholson.
Yours indy, J. C. CALHOUN.
V. K. Stevenson. Esq.
Augusta, Sept’r 12, 1947.
Dear Sir:— l was not apprised, previous to the
receipt of your letter, that your Legislature meets so
early as October. It would be to me a very pleasing
duty to be with you about that time, but I fear that I
' - only to
country to which I belong, to give -~’y
nient in my power to an improvement which t bell- 1 vr ’
to be the most important of the age—at any’ rate in
our country. I h ive, however, no serious apprehen
sions about this work. 'l’he whole line from Savan
nah ami Charleston to Nashville, will be continuous
and complete at no distant day. It may be delayed, but
Ido not much fear even tint. At the worst, however,
it is only a question of time. Sooner or later the
work icillbe done. The prospect of heavy profits wdl
be a sufficient motive to individual effort. If this fail,
it will not be for want of motive ami will, but for want
of ability. If this latter fail, the States interested, it
is hoped, w ill be too enlightened to allow the work to
slumber. In this improvement there need bo no sec
tional jealousies of superior local advantages at the
Genera! charge, for whether built by Stalos or indivi
duals or both, it will be no burden to either, but will
pay more than an interest on the investment. The
road is obliged to do an immense business, ami yield
heavy- profits to the stockholders. It wdl be the west
ern or valley link, and therefore the&es/ link, in a line
of railroad >ix humlr- •! miles long, running most of its
length through a thickly settled and productive cotin
’ tty, full of mineral and agricultural wealth, and con
nected with two important seaports upon the south
Atlantic coast. This is not all. It will top, at its
v.e-fern terminus, a navigable tributary of the Mis«
‘ sissippi, on a line to St. Louis, thereby connecting the
heart of the great valley with the Atlantic, by a route
five or six hundred miles nearer than any other; add
to these the important advantage of a connection be
tween the populous districts of East Tennessee and
the State capital, and you have a combination of ad
vantages possessed by no other location in the coun
try. To doubt the profits of such a mad, we must be
very stupid by natur*-. or w ilfully blind to the teach
ings of experience elsewhere.
Yours, very respectfully, J NO. P. King.
f V. k. Stevenson, E-q.
, Mount Vernon.—Au effort is to be made at
the coining session of Congress to secure an
appropriation of .SIOO,OOO. on certain condi-
- . -
dition*. for the purchase of Mount Vernon. It
is said that Mr». Washington, the present pro
prietress. is willing to dispose of it.—Philadel
phia Bulletin.
New Species of Fraud.—The Mobile Reg
ister of the 9th instantsays: •• Mr. Levy, cloth
ing merchant on Dauphin street, has been made
the victim of a new species of swindling or
stealing. His brother m New York purchased
goods to the amount of some $llOO, and ship
ped them to this place. In due time the vessel
arrived here, and the packages with all tlm
marks specified in the bill of lading delivered
to the consignee. Ou opening trunks and
boxes, however, they wen* all fooml to contain
nothing but old rags, tailor’s clippings, etc. etc.
The question arises now. whom shall Mr. Levy
look to for the recovery of the value of lhe
goods he purchased—to the seller, to the dray
man who transported the goods to the ship, to
the owners of the ship. or to draymen i tins
citv? When it is settled we will publish the
decision.”
Order of Agriculture.— The King of
Prussia has just created an order destined ex
clusively to agriculture, that is to <ay. to culti
vators and persons who distinguish themselves
in this department of industry. 'I lie decora
tion bears on one -ide the effigy of the King of
Prussia, on the other the motto. ** I or agricul
tural merit." surrounded withacrown of wheat,
with vines and olive leaves. The exergue
be rs the name of the designer. These classes
are to be established in this order: The King
reserves to hirnself the exclusive right to dis
tribute the order of the first class; the second
and third will be granted to farmers presented
by the College of Economy. The distribution
will take place annually, on occasion of agri
cultural festivals and the solemn «essions of
Agricultural Societies in the Prussian Monar
chy.
An affray occurred on Thurs lay night near
the Waveriy House, in which Mr David Wal
ker. formerly city marshal, was severely wound-
ed from several cuts mfl eted by one oi the | (
Georgia volunteers.— Mobile Peg. ( dtii inst. < ,
From Brazos Santiago.—T •• - looner I 1
Florinda. Capt. Gammon, from B r azos Jiaii- , '
tiago. the 24th ult.. arrived yesterday. We j ■
learn from a passenger that a portion of Gen. |
Cushing’s brigade arrived at tiie Brazes on the i ;
23d. and the remainder was expected to arrive ; 1
on the 26th, when lhe whole would embark for !
I Vera Cruz. Capt. Gammon reports the C. S.
steamer Telegraph going into Brazos on the
day he left. Lieut. Fogg and Dr. W ashburn.
I teers. and Mr Biers, sutler, came on the Fio-
I rin la pass< ng< rs — Pic . inst.
I Maj J.P.Gaiwf.s —A letterfrom thisintrepid
officer under date Tacubaya. Mexico. August
2*th. has been received in Covmgton. Ky In
it he says his health is good, and he expects to
look upon his beloved Kentucky by the Ist of
November We was hourly expecting the ar
rival at Gen. Sco.t’s cunp. of Capt*. Clay.
Headv and Smith, and Lieuts. Churchill. Bar-
■
Maj. Gaines great perils and hard
ships, alter be had made his escape. He tasted
nothing, not even a drop of water, for twenty
six hours
i From the N. O. Picayune, \)th inst.
From General Wool’s Headquarters.
By the arrival of the schooner Sarah, Capt.
Brown, from lhe Brazos, we have received a
package of letters from our correspondent at
Gen. Wool’s headquarters, and give them be
- low. We have no later intelligence from Mon
terey or the line of the Rio Grande.
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
Camp Buena Vista, Sept. 10, 1847.
Well, here am 1 back again after a seven days’
scout, and allow me to assure yon that the four walls
of my tent were not by any manner of means an un
comfortable sight. The object of the expedition which
I accompanied was to hunt up guerrillas, who were
said to be in the neighborhood of Messillas and Pes
-1 queria Grande, which places lie to the north of the
• Monterey and Saltillo road. It is scarcely worth while
to inform you that we saw no guerrillas or obtained any
' traces of any, and were perfectly satisfied that no or
i ganized band exists or lias existed for some time past.
Yours, &c., j. e. n.
( Buena Vista, Sept. 11, 1847.
News of a local character there is none here, and
has been little since 1 left, a week since. In fact noth
? ing of moment has occurred, except rather an exten
sive-desertion which occurred a few dayssince. Two
} lieutenants of the Texas companies stationed at En
cautada deserted a few nights since, with nineteen of
i their men, taking the direction of Monclova. They
I have been so much trouble that Gen. Wool did not
I think them worth sending after, and suflered them to
go their way in peace. 1 fear they will -.ominit some
outrages upon the route. Maj. Chevalie has gone be
low, on his way to Texas. Gen. Wool has ordered
an election in the Mississippi regiment for the purpose
J. of filling the vacant office of colonel; it comes oil' on
the 2uth inst. A teamster, “ tired of wars alarms,”
in borrowing jibQnt §SOO in money within
t a week'or two past from different indivfdil*ls, and on
) the morning of the 7th decamped therewith towards
Monterey. He was pursued, taken soon after he ar
’ rived in Monterey, and brought into camp this morn-
I ing, where he will have to “hold bis horses” in the
provost guard for the present. Everybody is elated
with the now promising prospect of peace, and are ar
ranging plans for going home. If peace is declared 1
shall endeavor to raise a party of a dozen to proceed
from here to Mexico through the interior, visiting San
Luis and Queretaro; it cannot fail of being an inter
esting trip, and will enable me to visit all lhe glorious
spots where our gallant army has distinguished itself,
to say nothing of peeping into those oft-mentioned
halls, once the property of a gentleman named Monte
zuma. If I succeed in my design, you shall hear
more of it anon. Intelligence was received from
Monterey this morning, and among the items of news
was the sweet crumb of comfort that no mail had been
received there for twenty-three days. Proceed with
the junk. Since commencing this letter I have seen
Capt. Lane, of the Texan Rangers, who has just re
turned from an expedition to San Miguel, whi’her he
was sent by Gen. Wool to apprehend Gonzales, the
proprietor or lessee of a hacienda, who attacked an
atujo of mules loaded with corn intended for the
Quartermaster’s Department—a circumstance which
I linl'n L*» rot ulnrn mantinn.ul >|> Ann n. . • lof a r-- I 1..
l have heretofore mentioned m one of my letters. Up
on the arrival of Capt. Lane and his troop Don Gon
zales was ‘‘found w anting,” having left some days pre
vious. It was discovered that he had not been fight
ing on his own hook, but held a regular commission
from the Mexican Government as a guerrilla captain.
In his house was found secreted a considerable quanti
ty of goods, contraband under our tariff, which were
seized by Capt. Lane. Capt. L. came home by the
way of Parras, having been absent nine days. He saw
no traces of any guerrilla bands, and found the inhabi
tants all peaceable and quiet—at least so far as could
be judged from outward appearances. A paper has
been received to-day from San Luis as late as the Ist
inst., containing an account of the action at Contreras,
written by Gen Salas from Tlalpan, where be was a
prisoner, and accompanied by a list of the generals
and other officers killed, wounded or taken prisoners.
The San Luis people are apparently in a great stew at
Valencia’s defeat and the prospect of peace. The
Governor of the Department of San Luis, in a procla
mation, says it is time for the Coalition to act and or
ganize a central government of their own, and recom
mend lhe passage of a law most stringent in its provi
sions, against all Americans, or those aiding ami abet
ting them, and repudiates the idea of peace. The
press also not only scouts at the idea of peace, but de
nies the right of the Central Government to make it.
Our old friend, the Estandarte d los Chinacates, in
a burst of national indignation, thus says to the worthy
people of San Luis “ them’s my sentiments,” in an
article which I have translated for the express benefit
of the American public. lam afraid that it must
have been his “ last dying speech and confession.”
“ At length is about to be accomplished, if «t is not
already consummated, the ruin, the shame and I he dis
grace of this unhappy, of this unfortunate Mexican
nation. An indefinite armistice has been entered into
with the Americans occupying the borders of the cap
ital city, the points where they have al last appeared ;
an armistice which Gen. Santa Anna has complacently
accepted, when he had calmly seen sacrificed the
tlower of the army commanded by Gen. Salas, and
the choicest portion of the National Guard at Churu
busco! This is the prelude of a negotiation for peace
which is |>crhaps to be concluded, and which will cover
the poor country with the blackest slain. Thus has
Gen. Santa Anna complied with the holy and elevated
.which, he has received from the generous Re-
all those generals who have for years been living off
the public treasure, spilling the blood of their brothers,
interfering in intestine questions, and disposing of the
destinies of the country, have they thus performed
their duty to their country? Shall we makepeace
and shall it be made in an unworthy manner, a man
ner which shall make ub ashamed to be Mexicans?
Such is the mournful fate which we fear. And among
the States—what are they doing? What have they
done? What does San Luis Potosi? We fear the
replv with anguish, and repeat once and a thousand
times, ‘ Either to exist with honor or not to exist?' ”
We may well exclaim as Hamlet did to the fussy
ghost of his respectable papa— ‘Rest, rest, perturbed
spirit !”
Our Mexican population in Saltillo, who talked so
loudly a few days ago, and spoke wit'i confidence of
Santa Anna’s whipping General Scott, are now as quiet
and peaceable as flagellated spaniels, ami quite as
fawning. Peace is looked for with confidence, al
though there was a slight depression in the market this
evening in consequence of a rumor that Santa Anna
had retreated with his army to Oajaca, which I -.an
not credit, for he must have had a greater start than I
should suppose Gen. Scott would allow him, know ing
his propensities for running. He may, however, like
the celebrated Mynhete Von Flam, renowned in song,
have engaged the services of some Mexican genius
who like the Rotterdam artist,
Had made cork legs his study and theme,
Each joint was as strong as an iron beam.
And the springs were a compound of clock-work
and steam.
Such a combination of circumstances, united with
the power of the American propeller in his rear, may
have enabled him to fly to Oajaca, Quien Sabe ?
Every thing now is involved in doubt and uncer
tainty here, and the events of the next month are
looked for with great anxiety. In either event, peace
<.r war, this column can only look on with open-mouth
ed wonder, and marvel at the deeds enacted in other
parts of the country. Y<<urs, truly, J. e. d.
.Sep/e/nder 13.—-Nothing whatever or inter
esting up to the present time, or likely tWie for the
next month tnc-ane. Peace stock is very much be
low par this morning in consequence of the ncn-arri
va! of news from Mexico.
From Frontera an’d Tabasco. —The schoo
ner Anetis, Capt. Martin, arrived yesterday
from Frontera. near the mouth of the Taba-co
river whence she sailed on the 22d ult. W e
are indebted to Capt. Martin for the following
memoranda of the news brought by him : —TV.
O. Pic. *dth inst.
Frontera. Sept. 22, 1847.
The V. S, bomb brig .fltna. Com’r G. J. Van
Brunt; sch<x>ner Bonito, J. M Berrien, lieutenant
commanding, and steamer Scourge, arc lying at l-’ron
tcra, near the mouth •>! the Tabasco river, wherp. up
to to dav all has been quiet. The importation of log
wood is prohibited. Latest accounts from Tabasco
state that everything is quiet there, and that a great
many of the Mexican soldiers are deserting <»n account
of not receiving any pay fir their services—and that
those who remained were under the command of the
famous Miguel Bruno, who, it is said, has been ap
i pointed commander-in-cbief of the Mexican forces in
! the State of Tabasco. Quite a number of our men
I have been on the sick list, but are now rapidly reco
-1 venng. There is no very late news from the interior.
. The greater number of the inhabitants, who had left
■ | this town on account of “ war’s alarms,’ are now
I returning, ha-ing become satisfied that the Yankees
dn nnt eat Mexicans—when they keep themselves
i quiet. Com. Perry was, at the last accounts, !y ing at
Anton Liz.ardo, but daily expected at this place.
A man named Carbajal, who is said by some
to be a brother of the famous Mexican chief,
was arrested a few’ days since in N»*w Orleans
on the charge of having attempted to give aid
and comfort to the national enemy, by shipping
I on board lhe schooner Mi-sissippi five barrel*
■ of powder, consigned to a .Mexican merchant at
■ Vera Cruz. Carbajal said it was all a mistake
I —be intended to ship five barrels of cigaritoes
tn Vera Cruz. and the five barrels of powder to
Havana, on the brig P. Jjoule . taking for
granted the truth of this statement—especially
a> there was no evidence to prove that the pri
> ti .. .. J.. J n.t- e.•• i J ,i/l r> unilrirt '
soner really intended to give “ aid and comfort
to the enemy—The Recorder simply imposed 1
the customary fine for lhe infringement of the |
city ordinance relating to powder, which fine j
amounts to the very pretty sum of $3200!! —
which not being able to pay, nor give bail for ’
his appearance, Mr. Carbajal was taken with a 1
bail writ, to await iti prison the result of a civil j
suit lor recovery of the amount of the fine.—
Mobile Beg. ‘dth inst.
Nvture —Surely there is nothing in the
world, short of the most undivided reciprocal
attachment, that has such power over the work
ings of the human heart. as the mild sweet-'
ness of nature. The most ruffled temper, i
when emerging from the town, will subside in- ;
to a calm at the sight of an extended landscape •
reposing in the twilight of a fine evening. It
is then that the spirit of peace settles upon the
heart, unfetters the thoughts, and elevates the
soul to the Creator. It is then that we behold
the Parent of the universe in iiis works; we see
His grandeur in earth, sea, and sky; we feel His i
affection in the emotion which they raise, and
half-mortal, half-etherahzed. forget where we
are in the anticipation of what that world must
be. of which this lovely earth i« merely the
shadow — Miss Psrter
VOL. LXI. -NEW SERIES, VOL. XL, NO. 42.
Augusta, ©co.:
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 16, 1847.
L
t - - -
“Men would live quiet if these two words, Mine
and Thine were taken away. ”
The Constitutionalist says:
“The reply to this is, that poor or rich, it (New
Mexico and California) is the most desirable to this
country of all the territorial possessions of Mexico. It
s is just what our people want, and all that they want,
with the exception of those who insist on taking it all.
i Proximity, geographical position, the conveniences of
» boundary, and lhe wants of commerce and emigra
tion, dictate just the line which our government,
s through Mr. Trist, proposes. ”
In this case, the word thine is in the way, and
it must be displaced with mine.
Some of our people went all, do they ! We
sincerely hope that our neighbor is wrong, and
that there are none who are so rapacious. To
1 covet, with some people, is a perfect tyranny of
disposition. They will even go so far as to
' prefer unjust gain to no gain at all. We hope
the people of the United States who want all
of Mexico, (if any there are who do,) will not
forget that the civilized world is looking on,
upon the game of war, profit and conquest which
is now being played. There are some things
[ unlawful for nations to do, as there are for in
i dividuals. Heaven preserve onr country from
the of rapine and plunder! Those who
l would teach iuo stainitsescq:cheon thus, would
; be unsafe depositories of its morality and hon
or.
“ Proximity, geographical position, the con
veniences of boundary, and the wants of com
merce and emigration, dictate just the line which
our government, through Mr. Trist, proposes.”
Ah! is that it! We thought the object was
to get indemnity' for the war expenses. It is a
little singular that the expenses would be satis
fied by just such a line as would afford all of
these enumerated advantages. But we are a
little too fast. Mr. Trist proposed, or rather
suggested, that the United States might be wil
ling to pay some fifteen or twenty millions of
dollars, and relinquish all claims upon Mexico
for injuries done to American citizens.
It is manifest, then, that Mr. Trist, in behalf
of the Administration, proposed to include in
this cession of Mexican territory, indemnity for
war expenses, and an equivalent for the claims ,
and the fifteen or twenty millions of dollars.—
Because Mexico refused to accede to this pro
position, she is charged with an insolent rejec
tion of fair and equitable terms. Was ever in
solence more glaringly manifested than in en
deavoring to force Mexico to sell territory with
which she docs not wish to part 1 Ought not
national annihilation to be preferred by any
people, to the ignominy of submitting to a dic
tation so degrading ?
Is there a citizen of Georgia, or the United
States, who would submit to a forced sale of his
property because “a haughty and rapacious
neighbor wanted it?
It is the duty of the Administration to make
an honorable peace. Can peace be expected
of Mexico upon terms like these?
Mr. 1 ’olk charges, that the war was the act
of Mexico, and therefore claims remuneration
for our expenses. Admit this to be true for the
sake of argument. Had he a right, then, in
seeking the indemnity, to force Mexico to sell
her lands? He could morally and honestly go
no farther than to exact just as much as in his
opinion would meet those expenses. Therefore,
in trying to force Mexico to sell a part, he has
himself been unfaithful to the country, by
enterposing obstacles to a peace, and doing it.
too, in violation of all right, and every princi
ple of justice. Is not this manifest? We ask
our readers, we ask our political opponents to
relied upon it.
Has not Mr. Polk, instead of markingout a
line for indemnity, gone beyond it, and marked
eastern despot be more imperious, the autocrat
of the Russias more unjust? Can a brave,
free, and generous people sanction such atro
cious injustice. Is not such conduct in our
• President sullying to the morality and honor of
the nation ? Neither reason, nor international
law, nor necessity, d manded it. It is wantonly
wicked, and shamefully disingenuous. We
use strong language it is true, but we do so to
call upon the people to rescue their country
and its fair fame from the pollution which our
Chief-Magistrate is bringing upon it. With
him arrogance obstructs wisdom, and covetous
ness of a neighbor’s lauds prostrates the pillars
of justice. The nation is suffering by such
wilful misrule. Nations are accountable as well
as men, and will feel the power of retribution
if it sustains political criminality so monstrous
as this.
We cannot consent to toy with the nation s
honor. We want a national memory, that will
look back upon a path of unsullied glory. This
would mitigate adversity, and the deepest mis
fortunes which might befall the Republic. Let
1 the land of Washington have at least a bright
historic page, so far as honor and justice are
involved.
‘‘ln order to force the Mexicans to sue for peace,
some of those who do not desire the destruction of her
nationality and her permanent absorption by our coun
try have suggested that her principal citiesanouiu oe
razed, and utterly demolished. This severe alterna
tive may become necessary. We shall not be among
those who would protest against the proceeding. In
fact we think that the time for taking that step has
nearly arrived.”
Our neighbor has slept upon this statement.
We hope that he was not disturbed by dreams
of Mexican cities set on fire by citizen soldiers
of this great Republic. That would be a glo
rious vengeance upon a people against whom
an unnecessary war has been waged, and, more
especially, because they have loved their homes
and altars too well to be forced to sell them for
silver and gold .'
Our Hook Table.
We have received from Mr. Richards No.
29 of the 4 Pictorial History of England."
Also, from the author. Joseph R. Chandler,
by the hands of Mr. Richards, .1 Grammar of
the English Language ; adapted to the Schools
‘ of America.
Mr. Chandler has an enviable and wide
; spread reputation, acquired as Editor for many
I vearsof the United States Gazette. Such has
i been his acknowledged critical abilities, as a
' grammarian, that we have seen applied to him
the soubriquet of the ‘‘Grammar King. ’ IVe
' presume, from his known acquirements as a
; scholar, and his great experience as a teacher,
! that no one is more competent to perfect a sys
| ! tern of imparting a knowledge of grammatical
i i science. We have been struck with the sitn
t | plicity of his method. Nothing could be more
j plain, and easily comprehended than the iu
, structions imparted in his work, so lucid are
r ; they, so simple, and yet so comprehensive.
I This is the great art of teaching any science.
The most important feature of Mr. Chan-
dler's Grammar is his introduction of parsing
lessons at the very outset, by which the pupil
is made familiar at once with the parts of speech
and their important uses. We have no hesita
tion in believing, that this Grammar is a great
improvement upon the old methods, and that,
it adopted, it w ill advance learner* much more
rapidly and with far less labor to teachers as
well as themselves.
* Hon. H. A. Wise, late Minister to Brazil,
arrived at Norfolk on the 11 inst. on board the
IT. S. frigate Columbia, in 39 days from Rio de
Janeiro.
Judge Wm. B. Campbell.—The hixrh com
pliment was paid this gentleman on I n ay. >y
the Tennessee Legislature, of electing him
oiianirnousZy to the post of Judge of the 4tn Ju
dicial Circuit, in place of Hon. A-Lariuhers
resigned. Judge Campbell, it vr.il be recol ect-
I ed bv our readers at a distance was the gallant
j Colonel of the Ist Tennessee Regiment which
| so distinguished itself in the stoi ming of Monte
I rev He has also represented the Smith conn
i t. District several times in Congress.—.VosA-
I ri/Zs Z-'nwa, IDA last
The Literary Messenger.
“ The Southern and Western Literary Messen
ger and Review” for October, is upon our table.
The following are a portion of the contents of
this number:
Introduction to the History of the Colony and An«.
cient Dominion of Virginia, by Charles Campbell.
The Student of Providence, by S. S Bradford.
The Fortunes of Esther, the Jewess, by Alfred
Duke.
The Legal Profession; Lawyers and Lawyer’s
Fees in the Old Dominion, by the Editor.
Poetry and Religion.
The Late Richard H. Wilde.
These, and other pieces of prose and poetry
and critical notices, make u p the contents of this
interesting number of the Messenger. With
this number Mr. Minor’s connection with the
Messenger as its Editor ceases. It will here
after be conducted by Mr. Jno. R, Thompson,
who has become proprietor and Editor. Mr.
Thompson’s excellent salutatory address ap
pears in the present number, in which lie ap
peals to the South particularly, to sustain it,
and we hope it will not be in vain.
Death of Chancellor Harper.
The Columbia Temperance Advocate of
yesterday brings us the melancholy news of
the death of the Hon. William Harper, who
expired at his residence in Fairfield district on
Sunday last. In his death the bench of South
Carolina has lost its greatest jurist, and the
State one of the most gifted men that has ever
adorned her annals.
Chancellor Harper’s distinction dates back
to the very commencement of his manhood.—
Quite early in his career he went to Missouri,
and for a time held the highest judicial office in
that Slate. Returning to South Carolina, ifo **
was elected to the office which he held to his
death, and where he has exercised
and more undisputed supremacy than perhaps
has ever been attained by any other Judge in
the State. And this he owed solely to the
depth, clearness and comprehensiveness of his
intellect: for no man cared less for power than
he, or was more entirely free from all suspicion
of abusing it for selfish purposes.
With manners unaffectedly simple, and a
heart alive to all kindly and genial sympathies,
he won, and has long enjoyed the love as well
as the veneration of the whole Stale ; and per
haps there is not one among the distinguished
men of South Carolina, whose death would be
more universally and sincerely deplored.
We do not now attempt any biographical
sketch of Chancellor Harper, for we have not
the materials at hand, and the office belongs to
some one belter qualified to do justice to the
worth of the distinguished dead.— Charleston
Mercury.
Caught a Tartar.
The Government Organ, in its anxiety to
manufacture public opinion for the President
in his present sore straits, garbled some ex
tracts from the Philadelphia Bulletin, a neutral
paper, hitherto leaning strongly towards the
President. The course adopted by the organ,
has long been such as to alienate the more con
scientious portion of his own party; this in
stance, among many, will show how much its
statements ean be relied upon.
The Bulletin thus refers to the manner in
which its testimony has been perverted by the
official journal:— Sav. Rep.
“The Washington Union copies one of our articles
on the Mexican war with expressions of approbation ;
but gives it, very disingenuously, as the opinion of a
converted ‘ opposition print.’ Now there is no jour
nal which better knows the position of the Bulletin, —
In the very article which the Union copied there was
a distinct assertion of our independence of both parties,
so that the declaration of this being a Whig journal
was made in the teeth of our own words. Abr did
the Union mislead its readers without design, for
the paragraph to which ire allude was struck out by
its editor before publication. If the article from the
Bulletin had been published entire, it would have
gone to tho Union’s subscribers ns the opinion of an
unbiased newspaper, speaking impartially the senti
ments of all patriots, in the emergency in which the
country finds itself. But, in the mutilated condition
in which the Union presents it, especially when pre
faced by a misstatement, the article appears ns that of
a Whig journal, coming over to the administration
side. Now it may suit the purposes of the Union,
to misrepresent us. but it does not suit out purposes
to be misrepresented, and we do not intend that it
shall be done.'* ******
“ With respect to the conduct of the War Depart
ment we have always contended, and we now repeat,
that there never has been a sufficient force
in Mexico, and that our army in consequence, came
near being sacrificed first at Palo Alto, then nt Monte
rey, afterwards at Buena Vista, and now at Mexico,
or htty -J,' r ,r .1.; .
I the famous “Soup” correspondence ; and we uro sat
isfied that if his advice had been taken originally, the
war would long since have been over. We arc, there
fore, inclined to blame the Administration, rather
than the Generals, for the scanty force in Mexico
“Washington was accustomed to say that the
cheapest way to wage wnr was to raise a large force
at once, and by showing the impossibility of resist
ar, ce, awe the enemy into submission immediately.—
In this manner he acted in the dangerous Whiskey
Insurrection; and, in consequence, what might have
been a rebellion, terminated only in a riot. // ice
had even thirty thousand men on the plateau oj
Mexico,there would bean end of the war in a
week. But our scanty foree, holding out the pros
pect of being cut up in detail, invites obstinacy and
deludes the enemy with hopes of victory. We have
no tears, it is true, ofa defeat; for our troops must be
exterminated before they can be whipped. But it is
melancholy to think of the thousands of lives lost in
battle; the thousands of widows and orphans made;
the thousands of hapless soldiers sacrificed to an
unnatural climate —and all because there has been
mismanagement somewhere, in not at once sending n
force into Mexico sufficient to crush all opposition and
prevent the necessity of such terrible battles a; Bue
na Vista, Churubusco, Monterey and Mexico! There
is a fearful reckoning Io be paid by some one. Can
Mr. Polk lay his hand upon his heart and say he is
wholly guiltless 1
The Epidemic.—The report of Interments
in the city for the week ending Saturday morn
ing at 9 o’clock hliowh a total of 133, of which
48 were from yellow fever. The correspond
ing figures for the preceding week were 141
and 57. Tais shows a slight amelioration in the
health of the city. Scarcely any charge is in
dicated by the Charity Hospital r port, the total
number of admissions for the week ending at
/■ >1 .1 t l l»« i,i.r I Qfl
6 o’clock last evening (Oct. 9th) being MU
against 197 the week previous, and the deaths
from yellow lever being 21. the same as during
the preceding week. The discharges of yellow
fever the last week at the Hospital were 59
against 78 the previous week.
We are persuaded that the epidemic finds a
great number of its victims among strangers
and unacclimated residents now returning,
though cases do constantly occur among tho.e
who have been here throughout the season.
The fever appers to fluctuate slightly with
! changes in the weather, if we may rely upon
s the reports made to us from respectable sources.
. We regret that we cannot pronounce it sale for
absent friends and strangers to come amongst
us. But as the disease is falling off by degrees
we may hope that it will soon become extinct,
unless it .is fed by the imprudence of those
who are so anxious to retun to town.—.Pic.
KU/rinsf.
Pcrchasf. os IsiHAN Tekkitoky.—We lerrn
from the Milwaukie. Wisconsin that Gen. Isaac
V. Verplanck, who has recently been appointed
bv the President a commissioner to conclude a
treaty with the Chippewas of the Mississippi,
has been entirely successful in the object of his
mission, nnd has formed treaties, subject o f
course to the ratification of the Senate, with the
Chippewas and the Pilager Indians in the new
Territory of Minesota. The following are the
boundaries of the lands which have been ceded
to the United States by these two Indian
tribes:
The first treaty was concluded at Fond dn-
I.ac, at Lake Superior, on the 2d August,
1847, with the Chippewas of Lake Superior
and the Mississippi. The land purchased is
bounded on the east by the Mississippi river,
on the north by the Crow Wing and Long Prai
'■ rie rivers, on the west by the boundry line be
tween the Sioux and Chippewas, and on the
south by the Watab river. This land is to bo
the future home of the Winnebagoes. *
The second treaty was concluded at i.eer i
Lake, on the2lst August, with the Pillager In
dians. This purchase is adjoining tlie i*“
purchased of the Chippewas, and lying betv ten
Long Prairie and Leal river.
” _
Mf}# I afayette.—’!« ,784 - Mr - Adam *»
JI RS. , Pre.-ident of llie United
who was France for. season. His
States, was re. v WOrt jiy woman, called one
dJt im tlmlady ol '.em Latfajelte and soon
Ihis I adv visited Mrs. Adams tn return. Mrs.
laifajette was very modestly dressed, while the
American ladies present were mostly in very
gay attire. While at the table, one of those
who sat near Mrs. Adams whispered to her,
saving *’Good heavens I how awfully she is
dressed.” Mrs. Adams rebuked the observa
tion. and returned lire whisper by saying that
‘•the lady’s rank placed her above the little for
malities of dress.” We wish it was the ease
now that all who occupy honorable p.aces wjuut
■ feel themselves above such small matters and
. indeed that every one would eons-der that a
, brilliant ami well trained mind, good conduct,
and agreeable manners set those off that pos
sess them to almost infinitely better advantage
. than costly array and sparkling diamonds.
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