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CHiinMCLK AND SHN r l INEL.
A U (• l T S T A .
THURSDAY MORNING, ALGUSI 27.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HE WRY lIARRISOX,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe-the incor
mptible Statesman-the inflexible RepubUcan
the Fanner of ( hio.
for vice-president,
JOHN T Y LEU,
Os Virginia ;
A State Rights Republican of the school ot OS
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
, patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF FMBWWEKT AM) VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee/]
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of JciTerson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
Lost.
The file of the “State Rights Sentinel” for
1536 has been borrowed from our office by some
person who has omitted to return it. We would
therefore thank the individual w ho has it in pos
session to send it home. In the event that we are
unable to obtain our own, we should be glad to
purchase or borrow a file lor that year, and also o
the one of the Augusta Chronicle.
The Nomination.
The meeting yesterday to receive the report of
the Nominating Committee, was well attended, and
ths report of the Committee received with every
demonstration of gratification by those present.
The Committee nominated for the Senate, Andrew
J. Miller. Esq., and for the House, Geo. W. Craw
ford, C. J. Jenkins, and W. J. Rhodes, Esqrs.
Messrs. Miller and Jenkins, who were present, in
a brief and appropriate manner, accepted the nom
ination, on their part, and a committee was ap
pointed to notify Messrs. Crawford and Rhodes,
who will no doubt likewise accept.
Our ticket for the Legislature, therefore, may
cow be considered before the people of Richmond,
and combining as it does, so much talent integri
ty, and devotion to the cause of Reform, we confi
dently anticipate that a most decided aud triumph
ant victory awaits our efforts.
B. is informed that his communication cannot
have a place while his name is withhold.
Pennsylvania.
Gen. Harrison’s prospects are brightening daily in
the Key Stone State. A few days since we publish
ed a call for a meeting of the friends of Gov. Porter
who had declared lor the old Hero, in Pittsburg,
and we observe by our exchange papers that such
meetings are becoming common in other sections
of the Stale. This augurs well for the cause of
reform and leaves little room to dou. t that Pennsyl
vania will give her vote to Harrison and Tyler
Extract of a letter to the editor, da ed
Danburg, Ga., July 26, IS4O.
Gentlemen: —l become more convinced, every
day, that Harrison will get the vote of Georgia.—
indeed,if the work goes on as it is now moving’
the majority will be overwhelming. I do not say
this t> you without having sufficient grounds for
doing so.
Ist Because it is my fortune to live on the
great thorough fare of the upper part of the State-
I have not failed, for two months, to make inquiry
of every man I see, and, so far as opinions can be
formed in this way, I feel justified in repeating
that Harrison must and will get Georgia.
2d. In my neighborhood, and so far as my ac"
quaintance extends, and professional duties callme^
I know- not a man in the ranks of the people , who
has changed from the good to the tad cause. So
far from it, they all seem as firm as the rock of
Gibraltar.
3d. Many—l say knowingly —many of the for
mer supporters of Mr. Van Buren have forsaken
his cause and joinca our ranks. And a great many
of the old and respectable men who have been firm
supporters of that party, are dissatisfied with their
candidate, and we daily hear such expressions from
them a> clearly evince that they will not support
him. Others say they wash both the candidates
were in Texas, &c. Sec.
In conclusion, I think I am safe in making the
assertion, that one third of the Van Buren party
that I know at this time, are not only luke warm
? and indifferent as to the issue, but half of that third
will, 1 have no doubt, by the time the election
comes on, vote for Harrison.
When soldiers begin to loose confidence in their
chief and shrink from duty, and a whisper of mu
tiny is heard, my limited historical reading tells
tnf that the commander is in danger of a defeat;
and more especially it he has been hoisted into the
offi e by an “illust.ious predecessor.”
Mr. -an Buren’s decision in the case of Lieut.
Hooe has given his friends here a task to perform
that is more difficult than the gordeon knot. It has
done for him what his Southern friends can never
undo. In short, in the opinion of all cool thinking,
unprejudiced men, he is set down as carrying the
doctrines of abolition farther than has been pro
posed by Tappan and Garrison.
it is netdlt-s lor me to say to you, go no, gentle_
men, in the good cause, for from what wo >ce of
you, there can be no mistake that you arc up and
doing. Yet we have seen horses when apparently
join -r their best, a word of encouragement would
improve their .speed. Then, we say again, go on.
We have cheering news from South Carolina. —
Abbeville and Edgefield are moving. A gentle
man just from the former district informs me, that
in the course of the last week, seventeen of his
neighbors had quit the error or their ways, an J en
listed in the ranks of Tip and Tyler.
Should South Carolina throw of the political
shackles that have so lately been forced upon her,
and rise above the paltry cons! Jeration of men aud
go for measures, what can her once favorite son
sav when the voice of Carolina shall say, John C.
where art thou? He can only reply, here am I,
pinning together leaves of the sub-treasury, piocla
mation and force bill, to hide my nakedness.
Yours, See.
Argument of a Van liuren Editor in favor
of Harrison.
Mr. Haynes, of the Standard of L'nion, scorns to
express astonishment and regret at the expendi
tures, &.c. of $370,000, as he supposes, contingent
upon the immense assemblage of the People, at
the recent Convention at Macon, and that too, in
these hard times.
Why, indeed friend Haynes, we are equally sur
prised at your ignorance. Uou certainly do not
understand this matter. You must know that the
money is the Peeples, and proves as plainly as the
noon-day sun, the deep interest they feel in Re
form, and you must not think it wonderful, if in
1840 they spend their money in battling for Inde
pendence, when in 1776 they not only spent their
money but their lives also, in the sacred cause -
You are yet destined to be more astounded. The
people are waking up. They begin to see the dan
gers thickening around them. They are rising in
their majesty. Only give them light and truth,
and ere long, thel. shouts of victory for Harrison
and Reform, will so thunder in your cars, that you
will be constrained to cry out, “ The half hath
ne’er been told me.”
One of the People.
Extract of a Letter dated Savannah, August 21,
1840, to the writer’s Correspondent in this
City.
“ Tunes are dull, but the glorious news from
various quarters, keeps the Hard Cider men buoyed
up in fine spirits, and the Locofocos stirring under
high excitement. Last night oar delegates from
Macon gave to us their report. The Theatre was
prej arod for them, and handsomely lighted. At
8 o’clock, the Theatre was crowded fiom Pit to
Gal lei y. The lower tier of Boxes was reserved
for the fair, and a more beautiful scene never dis
played itself within the walls of this Theatre.
Judge Berrien opened the meeting in one of his
lucid strains of eloquence —he spoke one hour and
a half. lie was followed by Young Bartow, who
for his genius, eloquence, beauty of language, and
profound reasoning, has received the title of the
“ War Horse of Chatham .” He spoke for about
an hour, in which time he exposed Martin Van
Buren’s treachery and fallacious cunning, in such
a polite and reasonable manner, that not a sen
tence grated harsh upon the ear. In his compari
son between the two, he left Harrison the truest
patriot of his country —the brightest example for
correct principles, and the one most calculated to
bring our country once again under measures of
the Jeffersonian School. 1 never in my life, saw
so much order and respectability in a political as
sembly. If you gazed at the speaker whilst
speaking, you might imagine no one present but
yourself, for a phi might be heard to fall. Old
Chatham will do tor the Whigs, what she never has
done before.”
From the National Intelligencer.
“ A Lucky Circumstance. —In the midst of the
last war, the following order was issued by Presi
dent Madison:
Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, is appointed a
Major General in the Army of the United States, in
the place <f William H. Harrison, resigncd. ,,
*• This short paragraph, from the pen of Presi
dent Madison, is the severest comment that could
be made upon the military services of the present
Whig candidate for trie Presidency.
“ Thus it is probable that ‘ if it hadn’t been for
what happened,’ the battle of New Orleans would
have been fought Tippecanoe fashion, or not fought
at all, and the troops of Bir Edward Pacaenham
would have revelled in the ‘ beauty and booty ’
they were promised.”
A letter from a gentleman in Salisbury (North
Carolina) has called our attention to the above
publication, transferred from some other paper to
the columns of the Carolinian published at that
place. We have only to say that the “ order ”
attributed to Mr. Madison is a sheer fabrication.
General Jackson had been in the military com
manu in the South from the beginning of the
war, under a Militia commission derived from
the State of Tennessee. As the war advanced,
it was thought proper, in order to enlage his au
thority, to commission him as a Major General
in the service of the United States; and on the
Ist day of May, 1814, he was appointed a Major
General in the Army of the United States, with
no reference to the military command ot General
Harrison, which included a district of country
separated by hundreds of nr.les from that in
which Gen. Jackson commanded.
General Harrison, in consequence of a misun
derstanding between him and the Secretary of
War, the particulars of which are of no conse
quence to the question now before us, resigned
his commission of Major General in tne Army
by a letter dated at Cincinnati, on the llth day
of May, 1814. General Harrison's resignation,
and General Jackson’s appointment, could there
fore have had no military connexion one with
the other.
We subjoin extracts from the records, estab
lishing the facts above staled :
From the Army Register, to October, 1814.
GENEUa l staff.
RANK. DISTRICTS, STATIONS, &C.
Names Rank Dates of 4 Stations
appoint- £ and
ment. 2 remarks.
General Officers.
Henry Dearborn Maj. Gen. 27 Jan. 12 1
Thos. Pinckney do 27 Mar. 6
Jas. Wilkinson do 2 do 13
Morgan Lewis do 2 do 3
George Izard do 24 Jan. 14 9 Ist divis.
Jacob Brown do 24 do 9 2d divis.
Andrew Jackson do 1 May 7
From McAfee's history of the Late War in the
Western Country.
“ Head-Quarters, j
Cincinnatti, May 11, 1814. 3
“Sir—l have the honor, through you, to re
quest the President to accept my resignation of
She appointment of Major General in the Army,
with which he has honored me.
“ Lest the public service should suffer before a
successor can be nominated, I shall continue to
act until the 31st inst., by which time I hope to
be relieved.
“ Having some reasons to believe that the most
malicious insinuations have been made against
me al Washington, u was my intention to lit'®
requested an inquiry into my conduct, from the
commencement of my command. Further reflec
tion has however determined me to decline the
application —because, from the proud conscious
ness of having palpably done my duty, I cannot
believe that it is necessary, either lor the satis
faction of the Government or the people, that I
should pay so much respect to the suggestions
of malice and envy.
“ It is necessary, however, that I should assure
you, sir. that I subscribe implicitly to the opinion
that military officers are responsible for their
conduct, and amenable to the decisions of a court
martial after they have left the service, tor any
improper act committed in it.
“The principle was established in England,
in the case of Lord George Sackville, after the
battle of Minden ; it was known and recognized
by all the ancient republics; and is particularly
applicable, I think, to a Government like ours.
I therefore pledge myself to answer, belore a
court martial, at any future period, to any charge
which may be brought against me,
“I have the Honor, &c.,
“ W. H, HARRISON.
“ The Hon. J. Ahjwtkoxc, &c. ’
(Same date )
“Dear Sin—l have this day forwarded to ti e
Secretary of War my lesignation of the commis
sion I hold in the Army.
“ This measure has not been determined on
without a reference to all the reasons which
should influence a citizen who is sincerely attach
ed to the honor and interest of his country ; who
believes that the war in w hich wc arc engaged
is just and necessary ; and that the crisis re
quires the sacrifice of every private consideration
which could stand in opposition to the public
good. Hut, after giving the subject the most
mature consideration, I am perfectly convinced
that my retiring from the Army is as compatible
with the claims of patriotism, as it is with those
of my family, and a proper regard for my own
feelings and honor.
•* I have no other motive for writing this letter
than to assure you that my resignation was not
produced by any diminution of the interest which
I have always taken in the success of your ad
ministration, or of respect and attachment for
your person. The former can only take place
when I forget the republican principles in which
I have been educated ; and the latter when I
shall cease to regard those feelings which must
actuate every honest man who is conscious of
favors that it is out of his pow'er to repay.
“ Allow me, &c.,
“ W. H. HARRISOxN.
“James Madison, Esq., President U. S. A.”
A Good Letter from the Eloquent Legare.
Charleston, July 12, 1840.
Gentlemen—l should be very happy to accept
the invitation I have had the honor to receive, to
a “Gathering of the people,” of Spotsylvania and
some of the adjoining counties, at Fredricksburg,
on Friday (July 17th,) next, but circumstances
forbid it.
Gentlemen : On this, as on every similar occa
sion, great multitudes cannot act toge her with
out compromise and accommodation on similar
points, with a view to carry more important ones,
i et in my opinion, there is no question likely to
take a practical shape and be made the subject of
serious discussion within the next four years, on
which old party difference will be revived. The
opinion ot the country seems to be entirely made
up as to the inexpediency—to say nothing of the
unconstitutionally—ofwhat are called Internal
Improvements, according to the plans projected
under Mr. Monroe’s Administration. All parties
seem equally willing to abide by the Compromise
Act , as to duties on imposts. As to the Aboli
tionists, no candid man will deny that Gen. Harri
son’s professions upon that suoject are to the full,
as large and satisfactory as Mr. Van Huron’s and
that his post conduct furnishes pledges on which
we may more securely rely—and I see no differ
ence between the parties in this respect. The
single issue presented by the Government is the
hard money system and the withdrawing of their
deposites from the uses of Commerce and the
custody of Hanks.
Were this measure even desirable, as its advo
cates pretend it is, and as I, for one, think it is
very far from being, it would make no difference
at all in my views of the Presidential election.
That the currency of this country is in a con
dition that calls for our most serious attention—
That it is altogether one of the most difficult pro
blems which remain to be solved by science and
experience, I have never pretended to deny ; on
the contrary, it is because of this very difficul
ty and importance of the subject, that I protes
ted against it being made a party question, to be
managed by demagogues with a view to inflame
the pr judices of the people, instead of being dis
posed ol by statesmen with a view to their real
interests.
But they would have it so—“it was necessary
to gammon the Whigs,” said somebody. They
had been once ‘‘gammoned” by playing quite the
opposite game ; by scattering the immense de
posities ot a nation out of debt, and prosperous
beyond example, among hundreds (wasn’t it) of
State hanks scores certainly—w ith orders to la
vish them upon their customers. They got the
nation drunk with the spirit of speculation, and
disturbed, while they multiplied infinitely, the re
lations of debtor and creditor, and those of vendor,
incumbrancer, and holders of property. No soon
er did they see the terrible consequences of this
profligate game—not on the W higs, whom they
had, however, '‘gammoned ’ very completely, but
on the property, the commerce, the morals, and
the wellbeing of the country, and especially of
its industrious classes, and that a vehement
indignation against the authors ot all this evil was
likely to be awakened in the public mind, than
thev had attempted to make the very banks which
they had seduced the “scape goat” of this odium,
and were the first and the loudest in the cry
against the victims of their own perfidious debau
chery.
i hey had carried their point once by sending
out into the high-ways to compel the blind, the
halt, and the lame, to come in and borrow of
their Pet Banks, as they are called.
i bey tiow pronounce all trading whatever, on
borrowing capita], fraudulent and criminal.
They had used the Slate Banks—or rather
abused them—as artillery against the United
States Bana, assuring their friends that no
thing could be safter than these engines, which
they were loading to the muzzle and heating even
to burning—and when, at the close of a victori
ous acl ; on, they all burst on their hands—as was
ot course, inevitable—they denounce the whole
system as, even under the best management, de
testable, and propose, for a fanatical, clamorous,
party support, one, inconsistent with all our pre
vious habits, and of the successful operation of
which, the only guaranty they give is their total
failure in ail their previous schemes.
Now, gentlemen, what Isay is, that the true
* t,S ra' lS ’ nGt w^et^er this scheme is good, bad or
indifferent, are they fit to be trusted with the man
agement of that or any other instrument that
may prove so powerful for good or for evil 1 •
Are a cabal, who see in all tae mighty interests
o society—in the morality, the happiness, the
estinies of a great nation, only the means of
carrying t e next election, to be trusted, under
■ any circumstances with the administration of the
1 Government.
’ , financial as P ect of measure, impor
tant as u is, is as you know, but a subordinate
consideration Its political tendency is the point
to which public attention, especially in Virginia,
ought to be seriously awakened. It is in this re
sped, in perfect keeping with all the rest of their
po icy, t en svstem of rapine and spoliation,
t their abject submissiveneEs m regard to popular
demagogues, their despotism, intolerance and
inquisitorial espionage, in respect to the great
body of their office-holders.—their war of exter
mination, declared against the independence ol
the Legislature (and now the Judiciary) and
against every effervescence among public men,
of ficedom of thought, manliness of conduct, or
elevation of sentiment. In puttinganother instru
ment of such power into their hands, shall we
shut our ryes to its visible tendency to strength
en and arm that Executive authority, which as I
hope for salvation, I declare to you to be, in my
opinion, far more callous, intolerant, insolent and
unscrupulous, than rtiat of any constitutional
monarchy lam acquainted with ? Some people
w rite from France that M. Thiers and his party
wish to reduce Louis Philippe to the condition of
a President of the United States. It is just the
contrary. Louis Philippe wishes for nothing
better than just to govern like the President of
the United States, in spite of parliamentary ma
jorities ; whereas M. Thiers & Co. think he ought
to reign without ruling, and give up the helm to
responsible ministeis, who shall go out whenever
there is a majoriiy against (hem in the Chamber
of Deputies. Louis Philippe would give his
whole civil list for the privilege of keeping a
Woodbury in office for 3 years, against obstinate
majorities, and at lest bring the Legislature down
upon its knees before his throne. — Then indeed,
would he be “every inch a King.”
As to the slang about “ federal-republican” par
ty, it is too despicable a fallacy to be worth re
plying to.—Don’t talk to me of Mr. Van Burcn’s
professions —look to the record. To say nothing
of the Missouri Question and the Tariff of ’2B,
let him put his finger upon any expenditure ol
public money, foi local purposes, that he has ei
ther directly or indirccty, opposed. Look at the
yeas and nays. See how his friends vote on the
Cumberland Road and Harbor bills, &c. It is
time these old scare c'ows were taken down —
ihev are worn out —and it is indecent to treat the
people as if they were still in their nurseiy.
I must apologise, gentlemen, for the length to
which this scrawl is run out, and beg you to re
ceive the assurance of the dist inguished consider
ation with which I have the honor to be,
Your obliged and obedient servant,
H. S. LEGARE.
To Messrs. Hugh Mercer, &c-,
Committee of Invitation.
Another Negro Witness Case.
It is probably well known every where that the
testimony of negroes is not admitted in the courts
of the slave States in prosecutions against white
persons. The consequences of making such tes
timony competent in such cases, and where the
insituttion of slavery exists, can be easily imagi
ned by any person of common sense. If the
Hooe case was a strong one for the Soufh
against Mr. Van Buren, we have now to present
one which seems to us still stronger, and which
seems to have been attended with other circum
stances not at all creditable to Mr. Van Buren’s
abstract sense of justice. The letter below, de
tailing the circumstances of the case, was trans
mitted to us by a gentleman well known in th?
councils of the nation, whose name, if publish
ed, we are sure would be a sufficient warrant for
reposing in the statement entire credit.—Madi
sonian.
Newcastle Cocnta, (Del) Aug. 3, 1840.
Dear Sir : That the South may be informed
correctly in regard to Mr. Van Buren, I send you
for publication certain facts in relation to his ap
proval of negro testimony, in the trial of an of
ficer in the revenue service, before the collector
of this district, in June, 1837.
At that time charges and specifications of them
were preferred by a certain Henry D. Nones, a
captain in the revenue cutter service, against Jo
siah Murch then first lieutenant in the same ser
vice. The collector of thedistrict, Henry White
ley, Esq. was ordered by the Secretary of the
Treasury to conduct the examination. Mr.
Murch was defended by counsel, and the prosecu
tion in behalf of the Captain carried on by coun
sel emploped by himself. The character of the
testimony, on the part of the complainant, gener
ally, was such that the counsel for Mr. Murch
deemed it unnecessary to enter upon any defence
—it was composed entirely of the crew and offi
cers under the immediate command of the com
plainant, Nones and of negroes, his own servants,
employed in the ward-room. Five negroes, if I
am correctly informed, were brought forward to
testify; the moment the first was called to the
stand, Mr. Muich and his counsel (protesting
against such evidence, it not being competent in
the courts of this Slate for negroes to testify
against white persons) left the room. The col
lector proceeded, however, to take the testimony,
and, after closing the same, forwarded it to Wash
ington—the whole of which I presume you can
find in the office of the Secretary of the Trea
sury. A copy of one of the negro depositions I
now have before me. Mr. Murch had his com
mission taken from him, the testimony having
been laid before the President and “ approved by
him”
So unexpected was this decision to Mr. Murch,
and indeed to every one who knew the character
of the testimony adduced against him, that Mr.
Murch thought it proper to appeal directly to the
President for reinstatement: he did so both per
sonally and by letter. To impress more fully
upon the minds of the powers that be at Wash
ington the injustice done to him, Mr. Murch for
warded to the Secretary of the Treasury a depo
sition of one of the negroes, taken at the negro’s
own request, after his discharge from the cutter,
by a magistrate of the town of Newcastle, in
which he states that what he testified to before
Col. Whitely, the Collector, was false; “that
he was compelled by threats made by Captain
Nones to give such testimony,” &c. Upon the
receipt of this deposition by Mr. Woodhuiy, the
Secretary of the Treasury, he informed Mr. Murch
in substance, by letter, “that this testimony of
the negro could not go to rebut his first deposi
tion, but might be made the ground-work of new
proceedings against Captain Nones.” [I have
not the letter before me, and therefore merely
give the substance.] I’o which Mr. Murch, un
der date of September 10, 1839, made the fol
lowing reply. After acknowledging the receipt
ot Mr. \\ oodhury’s letter of the 6th instant he
says: “ I have to say that the affidavit of Wm.
Kork [negro] was sent to the Department, not
for the purpose ot commencing new proceedings
against Capt. Nones, or any other person, but
with the object of showing to the Department the
character ct the evidence on which my dismis
sal has been founded.” Several letters were
written to the Department and to the President
by the friends of Mr. Murch, and, I think, a
formal remonstrance sent by his counsel to the
Treasury Department.
On the 4th of January, 1840, the Secretary ol
the 1 reasury wrote to me (who addressed a letter
directly to the President in regard to Mr. Murch,)
as follows : “Sir, in reply to your letter of the
27th ult. to the President of the United States,
which has been referred to this Department, I
would inform you that Lieut Murch wasdismiss
ed from the revenue service, by the President, on
satisfactory evidence, for improper conduct,
which, though the cha-ges and proof have been
once or mice re-examined, has never been satis
factonly rebutted or explained,”
These proceedings are now matter of record,
or ought to be, m the Treasury Department, co
pies ot most of which I took the precaution at
he lime to retain. If you think any good can
re had by publishing it. please do so, and make
whatever remarks you think proper. I will only
sffe’fnr n 00 1 fficer ’ hoWf>v er high or honest, is
n moment, if the Government is to tolerate
negroes under the immediate control of an officer.
lm ° ny aga,nsl ;inother whom he has
thought proper to prefer charges against.
ou wifi perceive that Woodbury was
willum lor Murch to make the deposition of the
negro Kork sulllcicnt ground to commence pro
ceedings upon against Nones.
Profligate {Extravagance.
Let the fact !>e made known to the people, and
repealed until every man lias it l>y role, erff ’ t 'at
Martin Van Buren expended $2,550,78- -6
cents more of the people’s money, in one year
than John Quincy Adams did in three years.
Baltimore Evening Gaz tie.
A Patriot’s Legacy.—The late venerable
Judge White of Tennessee, wrote the following
Letter to a friend a few weeks before his death.
He was a good man and’ a true JPatriot.
men, all over the country, to the extent of its
power, are prescribed and persecuted by the V an
Buren Administration: —
Letter from Judge White.
Mr Friend If towards any man I ought
to use that te rm, I know of no one towards whom
I can apply it with a deeper conviction that it
is merited. \ou have stuck to me through
good and evil report, without ever faltering or
making a false or foolish move. The object of
this letter is to give you all, now in an old man’s
power, and one who feels on the verge of the
grave, ray most heartfelt thanks for your kind,
able and efficient care for me and my reputation.
lam now through. On the 13th of January
my political life was terminated by my enemies.
I have no faith in the political resurrection of old
men: but think not I am either mortified or de
pressed. Although I may be placed hors de com
bat, I hope that some seeds have dropped even
from the last limbs of my decayed trunk, which
if watered and cherished may yet bring forth
fruit for the good of the country.
Late letters irom some of my colleagues in
Washington assure me that from every quarter
the news in relation to Gen. Harrison’s prospects
are most encouraging.
I like your electoral ticket with the exception
of my name. That I think unfortunate, con
sidering the stale of mv health; but time will
show what, ought to be done, and my rule is, ne
ver act in haste.
Would to God I could be with you a day or
two. I wiite now to show that there is yet some
thing of me left, although you will see there is
very little of either mental or physical strength.
" Sincerely,
HU. L. WHITE.
A. A. Hall, Esq.
Incidents at the late Lancaster Con
vention. —President Buchanan, at his recent
Convention, said when elected to preside over
its deliberations, “ I hope all that I now look up
on are good democrats, I feel conscious that if
you were not all democrats, you would not be
here.”
A few moments afterwards Gen. Differ gave
the following precautionary advice:—“Gentle
men, I hope you will all take care of your pock
et-books ; there are a great many pick-pockets
amongst us.”
We know not which most to admire, the nai
vefe, of the Senator or the General.
Mr. Dixon 11. Lewis of Albania, the FalstalTof
locofocoism, appeals to have made a bad specu
lation. He subscribed foi 600 or 800 copies of
the Extra Globe, and his district has gone against
him by about 700 majority. If he would double
his subscription, he would probably double the
Whig majority. —New York Times.
The j-imrit of Locofocoism I—One of the ban
ners carried in the Oneida County Van Buren Sub-
Treasury Procession, boie the following infamous
incription:
“ TRUE DEMOCRACY SPURNS THE BROAD
SEAL OF NEW JERSEY.”
New Jersey will “spurn” the wretches who
thus insult her sovereignty. Her soil has never
yet been polluted with impunity. She avenged
herself upon the Hessians and Tories of 1776. She
will avenge herself upon the Hessians and Tories
of IS4O,
New York.—The Buff alo Commercial, after no
ticing the proceedings of the Utica Convention, and
the nomination of the Whig Gubernatorial and
electoral ticket, says:
“ We have only to add our honest opinion, that
the unbought and unpurchaseable freemen of New
York, with a clear understanding of the great prin
ciples involved in the contest, will elect the whole
ot the above ticket by an average majority of
TWENTY THOUSAND.
Sub-Treasury Bread. —We were yesterday
shown a sample of Sub-Treaury bread, just re
ceived from Germany, where the wages of the la
borer have been reduced to the hard money stand
ard. It was as biack as ink, and as hard as hicko
ry.—Phil. Enquirer.
The Absolute Necessity of a Change.— Ames
gives the following summary of the state of things
under the present Administration :
“ Laws are violated with impunity ; moral obli
gations are scoffed at and derided ; knavery walks
the streets with the bold face of honesty, plunderers
of the public, and of public institutions, obtain sym
’ pathy, and forgiveness — Kendall’s Address.
Horrible.—The Boston Post states that the
Easton, Mass. Almshouse was discovered to be on
fire about 3 o’clock on Saturday morning, (the
15th,) and such was the progress of the flames, that
j four of the inmates were burned alive, and another
, has since died from injuries received. The fire
i was the work of an incendiary.
Slanders Refuted.—The loco focos say that
1 Gen. Harrison is an abolitionist.
(fff 1 he people of Louisiana, by a majority
5 of more than TWO THOUSAND—the people
‘ of Kentucky by a majority of more than FIF-
I .LEN rHOLSAJND, and the people of North
■ Carolina by some TEN THOUSAND majority.
r declare it to be FALSE.
! The loco focos say that Gen. Harrison voted
; to sell white men into slavery.
be people of Indiana, where they say
that the vole was given, declare, by an over
-1 whelming majority that the charge is a VILE
3 AND INFAMOUS CALUMNY.
• Jhe loco focos say that Gen. Harrison is a
1 coward, a granny, and a petticoat hero.
' (£/* The people of Kentucky and Indiana,
whose citizens he led to battle and victory, and
e whose soil he saved from Indian ravage and
British aggression, declare, that the loco focos
e utter a shameful SLANDER on a brave soldier,
I a triumphant commander, a liberal and enlighl
a ened statesman, and a pure patriot.
BOYS, DO YOU HEAR THAT]
The Press and its Influence.—The Ro
man Catholics of this city are collecting money
) tor the purpose of enlarging and sustaining the
New It ork Catholic Register;” and we undcr
r 6tan d the Rev. Dr. Brownlee held a meeting in
his church for thq_purposo ot raising a fund in
: aid ot ll,e “Protestant Vindicator,” and the sum
of two thousand four hundred dollars was iinmc
’ diately subscribed on the occasion. A 7 . Y Conr -
II ier.
>’ f‘ 1K Sea Island Cotton Crop in Georgia.
Wea re informed that the Caterpillar has made
lt its appearance on St. Simons’ Island, and also on
n some plantations in Camden County.
e We know not when our Sea Island Planters
y are to see good times again. The last few sum
s mers ave exhibited all the alternations of drouth,
e tempest and flood, which the delicate Sea Island
r ’ h 3O £ dn,lot withstand. One consequence of
s these short crops is inevitable, and that is, a rise
in te puce of this staple.— Savannah Republi
a can. 1
Hard Swearing.—Amos Kendall pronoun
ces Mr. Ogle’s “awful disclosures” of the p res j_
deni’s extravagance, “hellish.” Arnos, Aino»
don’t swear so; you will frighten your children*
They will begin to smell sulphur, and think it ls '
Whig gunpowder. Read you Bible, which i n .
streets you to “swear not at all,” Keep y OUr
temper; be calm; the truth will come out, an j
is no use for you to fret and foam about it. ]f
there docs now and then appear something u h,- ut
the measures of the Administration which
not sit well on your “democratic” stomach, whv
you musl’ul let it fret your gizzard out. Acci
dents will happen in the host regulated families
and if Mr. Van Huron was a little too extrav a cr an |
in his household furniture for tne pinching times
and Mr. Ogle was so impudent as to blab about
it, you should’nt let your angry passions rise, am!
swear about it; its decidedly vulgar, if not “hell
ish.”—Republican Whig.
The Damascus persecution.—The persecu.
tions which the Israelites at Damascus, have been
suffering for some months past, in consequent
of the supposed murder by some of their brother
hood of a monk and his servant, have created great
excitement in Europe. A great meeting Was
recently held in London on the subject, and We
understand a like movement is on foot in this
city. The accounts of the tyranny and perrccu
tion suffered by the oppressed Jews are really an
paling, and cull loudly for the interference, not
only of their brethren throughout the world, but
of all Christendom.
Since writing the above we learn that a very
large meeting of the Hebrews of this city was
held last evening at the Synagogue in Elm street
for the purpose of taking measures to co-operate
with their religious brethren in relation to the
Damascus presecutions.— JY. Y. Sun.
Mr. Grundy, with his colleagues. Anderson
Turney, and Watterson, on their way west
ward, addressed the People at Blountvillc, Jones
borough, Greenville, Kogersville, and Rutledge,
and were met by General Arnold at every place
with the exception of the first. An incident
which took place at one of these meetings is
worth telling. Mr. Grundy alluded, in one of
his speeches, to the BaUunoie Convention of
Whig Young Men as being composed ofthc “silk
stocking gentry.” General Arnold made a very
practical reply by directing the attention of the
People to the Senator’s ruffled shirt, pumps, mas
sive gold rings and breast-pin, and asked “if he
was’nt a pretty pink of Democracy to talk of silk
stocking gentry V’ The answer was conclusive.
Befoie his next speech. Mr. Grundy had borrow
ed another shirt. — Times.
Taking the Census. —The following inventory
was handed in by a Western editor to the Census
taker:
Item Ist. A superannuated ram.
2d. Three little pigs and a bohtailed sow.
3d. An old Muecovy drake, with one leg broke.
4th. A tom cat, rather vicious.
sth. A billy goal, perfume rather strong.
6th. Two “ old soidiers” of tobacco, rather
weak.
7th. Ten thousand morus mullicaulis trees, val
ue inestimable.
Bth. Five hundred thousand head of red ants.
M A R R I ED,
At White Hall. De Kalb cou ity, Ga., on the !9th
instant, by the Rev. Josiah Giesliam, Dr. Joshua
Gilbert to Miss Elizabeth D. Humphries,daugh
ter of Maj.C. Humphries, all of DeKalb county.
DIED,
In this city, on the 20th instant, Mrs. Mary
Celeste Sabal, aged 63 y ears, and a resident of
this place 18 years.
Without indulging in unmerited eulogy, we can
didly declare t lat few of our acquaintance have
descended to the grave more revered for her virtue',
than the subject of this notice. A most affection
ate spouse, the most loving of mothers, the kindest
and most devoted of friends, whether in the fami
ly circle or room of sickness. Endowed by nature
with benevolence and sweetness of disposition,
she cultivated through life the divine virtues of
faith, hope and charity, and in deatli gave up her
soul into the hands of her Creator, in the well
founded hope, through the merits of her Redeemer,
of a glorious immortality. May she rest in peace
—Amen. A-
mu 1,, #
COMMERCIAL.
iMfest dates from Liverpool, August 4
Latest dates from Havre, July 31
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Wednesday Evening, August 26.
Cotton —Our Cotton market is turn at old prices.
The late Liverpool accounts to 4th August, has had
no effect, although we find more enquiry. The
holders of cotton are not disposed to sell at the
current rates. We quote 609 cas extremes; lit
tle for sale, and a very light supply arriving.—
To-day wc received the first bale of new cotton,
from the plantation of Charles T. Beall, Esq., of
Columbia county'. The quality ordinary to mid
dling, and was sold at Sc lb.
Bagging —Considerable advance has taken place
in this article in the New York, Charleston and *
Savannah markets, and holders here have advanced
■ their prices, and the article is now held at from 20
(a) 28 cts.
Groceries —Our merchants are now daily receiv
ing their fall supplies, and already our stock of the
leading articles is good, and our merchants are pre-
J paring for, and looking forward to, a heavy
1 trade.
r Salt —The stock of this article is good. No sale?
at wholesale lately'. It continues to retail at 62$
cents bushel.
Freights —To Savannah, $1 bale; to Charles
ton, by railroad, 25c $»- 100 lbs for square, and 35c
lbs for round bales,
i Exchange —On New York, at sight, — 0® P
! cent for current funds; Charleston at — ,(l
\ cent; Savannah 2A cent; Philadelphia —(S ‘
cent; Lexington, Ky. O5 p cent; Richmond 1
cent; Specie commands 7 (S' 9 cent premium.
Bank Notes. —
5 Savannah Banks, 2 0 - pitW'
I Columbus Insurance Bank... .6 (d> - “ “
e Commercial Bank j Macon, 6 0 - “
• Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 7 0- “ “ 1
: Agency Brunswick, “ 7 0 - “
1 Planters’and Mechanics’Bank,
Columbus, 5 0 - “ disc at
Central Bank, 10 “ “
Milledgeville Bank, 10 0 - “
Ocmulgee Bank, 10 0 - “ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 10 0 - “ “
Hawkinsville Bank, 10 0 - “ “
Chattahoochie R. R.di, B’k C0..5 0 - “
Darien Bank, 25 0- “ “
Bank of Rome, 40 0 - “
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank,
St. Josephs, Florida, 5 0 - “
Union Bank, “ 50 0 - “ **
Southern Trust Co. “ 30 d - “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank, Tn* u
ranee Bank of Colutnous, Commercial Bonk ol M 3
on, and Brunswick Agency in this city.
New York, August 22.
Coffee —The stock of Brazil continues light an
gradually decreasing. Holders are very firm, some
of whom refuse to sell at present rates, and since
our last an advance on this description of
i* lb has been obtained. The sales embiace B'W
bags Brazil at 9$ 0 12 cents, the latter pr*. ce .i? r ,
. choice, principally 10 0 II ; 550 Cuba, 10 0 I°7'
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