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CH|tf>MCUS AND SENTINEL.
A L G V S T A*
MONDAY MORNING* At (.1 > T .0.
for president,
WILLIAM IIENUY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republic an
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JO H N T V 1. Ell ,
Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of the school of '9S—
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR EIECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND 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 DcKalb.
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.
FUGENIUS A. NISBET, c " Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
The Burke Dinner.
We were among those who attended Lie dinner
given by the friends of Harrison and Tyler, in
Burke County, on Saturday last, at Waynesboro,
and we confess omself gratified at the cheering
evidences which old Burke gave of the truth of the
motto on her flag, “old burke is true to her
faith.” Notwithstanding the gloom}- aspect of
the morning, the occasional showers of rain, and
the general health of the county, the number of
persons present was variously estimated at six to
eight hundred, the smaller number we think nearer
the true estimate. When the people had generally
assembled, a procession was formed and they mov
ed out to the grove, near the Methodist church, in
which a rostrum had been reared and seats arranged
fur ihe hearers. The people were addressed by
Roger L. Gamble, and George W. Crawford, when
the dinner was announced to be in readiness, to
which all hands immediately repaired and partook.
Os the dinner, we need only remark it was in the
true Virginia style, was abundant and well served
After dinner the company again assembled, and
was addressed by Wm. T. Gould,and C. J. Jenkins,
Esq., and our enterprising mechanic, John W. Wal
ker, who closed the speaking vcrymuch to the de
light of the audience.
The speeches on the occasion were plain, forcible,
well adapted to interest and enlighten, and were
received with general demonstrations of applause.
In Burke, as e v cry where else, we were gratified
to perceive that the fair honored our cause with
their presence, a goodly number of whom turned
out to witness the proceedings, and were attentive
listeners. Tins is as it should be, and augurs well
lor our success, there is a potency in their smiles
when the argument is exhausted, that no honest
man should resist.
The proceedings will be given as soon as re
ceived.
lion. K. \V, Huber-sham.
\\ e take great pleasure in laying before our rea
ders the following extract of a letter, written at
the reques'of this devoted son of Georgia, to the
Editor. We sincerely hope that he will soon be
able to mingle again with his friends in his native
State, all of whom havefelta painful anxiety for
his fate.
Washington, August 23,1840.
“ Mr. Habersham is I think getting bolter, but
very slowly, he was very low, and it requires time
to recover his strength.’’
(O’we understand that Exchange on Philadel
phia is offered by some of the Banks in this city
at 2 per cent.
For the Chronicle Sentine'.
The New-bom Democracy Again 11 !
Some second handed politician in fact, and no
doubt also in appearance, has at last been hitched
into the Democratic tracts, to pull a pai t of his
Master’s burthen. As seen as it was discovered
that the truths in my last carried “conviction,
strong as proofs of holy wilt,” in relation to Hi;
Barbecue on the Lafayette Course, it was deemed
suddenly advisable to ship off - belli General Glas
cock and Mr. Black, although the latter gentleman
stood accused before the country, with a distinct
breach of public integrity, in assaulting the repu
tation of one (not present.) with charges recog
nized and known to be false, by his own party.
Let us however, for the moment, pass this circum
stance by, and glance hastily (for it deserves no
® other notice) at the scribbling of “ Check Mate,” in
the Constitutionalist of Saturday. Do not be a
larmcd, gentlemen Editors, that I intend to wage a
newspaper warfare with any of the little political
insects. If we arc to fall, let it be by the paw of
the Lion, not the sting of the Viper. If “ the par
ty,” headed by General Glascock and Mr. Black,
have engaged this “ thing” to do their bullying,
we would have them understand, as far as tee aie
concerned, that his King may be put in check be
fore he has time to consider the motive of our
move. The author of this, of all others, most clas
sical and poetical effusion, is unknown to us, and
we wish him to remain so. With him particularly,
we have nothing to do. We never accept the glove
of the man, when wc can meet the blade of the
master. Issue was joined with Mr. Black, the
I great “ head and front” of the offending democracy
and with him we arc yet willing, under any circum
stances, to discourse the matter ; but certainly not
with one of the picked up, half drilled, recruits of
his regiment.
This article was no doubt, a maiden production,
for it reminded us foicibly of some romantic school
boy's first effbit, as saying a gieat deal and mean
ing nothing ; but that it was chaste, classic, spir
ited, hijh-tened, extraordinary and rechr chc, no
literary man will pretend to deny. Its refined
character in tho>c essential requisites, is pk-ced
beyond reasonable deputation, i ime rna\ rollon,
and ages dwindle into forgetfulness, but “Check
Mate” will still live “ unhurt amidst the war o;
elements, the wreck of matter, and the crush oi
worlds.” Beneath the “ Here lies”, on his tomb,
this precious morccau should be inscribed, in oiuer
that future generations, in looking back upon the
monuments of time, may tow dov» n at this uGtin
guished shrine, in respect to his cxalied pre-emi
nence.
This “ thing” has been pleased in his way, to in
troduce me before the Augssta community, as a
“ note taker,” for the Chr nicle Sc Sentinel. * Al
low mo fellow citizens, to reciprocate the compli
ment, by making you acquainted with one, who
has maliciously cd that which Las not the
appearance of tiuib, and in reference to us. is
stamped with falsehood, in every feature. V> e are
amenable to no tribunal, for our attendance at the
meeting. The invitation purported to be “to the
public,” (although it was wed understood that free
discussion would be prohibited,) and wo thought
lit to be present, and also thought fit to give the
lie to what we knew deserved it. Here it is,
where the democratic shoe pinches. Ihe “ Dine
table,” and “ the defaulting” stories have explo
ded, like most other of their inventions, and their
Captain, Edward J. Black, is left in no becoming
plight by the result.
This “ thing” has charged us with “i idiculing the
plain and simple garb of Democracy.” If there be
in our communication any such insinuation, it un
questionauly is more than we are aware of, and
was not in heait intentional. W e respect too
much the “inward man” of any part}-, to have been
guilty of so gross and vile a slander. It was not
yesterday we ieamt that “buckram” made not the
man, and it is unreasonable that wc would commit
ourselves to-day by any such insult. But who
composed tin’s so much disc issed assemblage? How
many of the hard hands and honest hea.ts of the
yeomanry of our county were thcie. ; and how many
more of the tailor made gentry (and probably
“Check Mate” among the number,) looked aghast*
when addressed as “the piney woods boys,” by
Gen. Glascock?
There is one portion of this Check Mate “thing”
which we will honor with a particular comment.
“Again says this‘trimly dressed’popinjay, when
speaking of Mr. Black: ‘he boldly asse. red that
Mr. Dawson had used his name c a deserter from
his party and principles, but that he would make
him personally responsible for that conduct.’ Here
we discover an evident disposition on the part of
‘Veritas’ to mischief makmg. lias he deliberately
reflected upon what he has said? —a child may lire
the magazine, but who can control its explosion?”
We repeat again, the denial of this recruit to the
the contrary notwithstanding, that Mr. Black did
make use, verbatim et literatim, of the sentence
above quoted, and it was expressed so forcibly, that
we recorded it at the moment, and called upon gen
tlemen standing near us to bear testimony to the
assertion; but we admit, as “Check Mate” ob
serves, that it was afterwards qualified by Mr.
Black, when alluding to his “former fiicndsiiip with
Mr. Dawson.” Once more we charge it home to
Mr. Black, and let him dare deny or disprove it if
he can.
The allusion to the “trimly dressed, smelling so
sweet popinjay,” is so far below- the conduct or
serious notice of any gentleman, that we would
demean ourselves by any interference with such
filth. Let him who was its author have all the
honor, for richly has he earned it.
This “thing” has been pleased to allude to our
“cars and brains.” Let him learn that our eais
were attentive, and that our lips have spoken “the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.” As far
as our brains are concerned, of course w r c have nut
rashness enough to put them in competition -with
any man who claims “Check Mate” as his only
epitaph. One word in conclusion, “Cease viper
cease, you bite against a file.” veritas.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Difference.
Martin Van Buren says, “With the light s
now before mo, I cannot say that Congress has net
the right to abolish slavery in the District of Co
lumbia.” He however promises to veto any bill
that may be passed for that pm pose.
William Henry Harrison says, “I do not be
lieve that Congress can abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, without the consent of the States
of Virginia and Maryland, and the people of the
District;” and “I consider the qualified veto upon
the acts of the Legislature,” (Congress,) “confer
red by the Constitution upon the President, as a
conservative power, intended only to be used to
secure the instrument itself from violation, or, in
limes of high party excitement, to protect the rights
of the minority , and the interest of the weaner mem
bers of the Union.”
The former would be governed by expediency,
the latter would act up to the Constitution, a. z.
For the Ci.ronicle V Sentinel.
“ Hurrah for Van Buren !” shouted a ragged ur
chin on Ellis-street, the other day; and turning
towards a Locofoeo standing near, “ Please, sir,
give me a thrip ?”
The currency was forthcoming, and the Fut’e
fellow went on his way rejoicing.
As I continued my walk, this trifling incident
magnified into importance, and beca ne a subject
of serious reflection. When I called to mind
who aie the principal and active leaders, rnd mem
bers of the Van Buicn party; who arc the loudest
in their denunciations, and most shameless in their
slanders upon the fair fame of the Hero of Tippe
canoe ; and icho are the most fulsome in theii
adulation of the Federal Executive ? I could not
help thinking, that their “ Hurrahs for V: Bu
ren,” were but the ushers of “ Please, sir, give
me an office ?”
“Hurrah for Van Buren!” sirgs Isaac Hill
“Make him a Receiver General,” orders the Pre
sident.
“Hurrah for Van Buren!” says Ex-Gove, o
Marcy. “ Make him ditto,” orders the President
“ The Sub-Treasury s’ til pass—Hurrah for Var
Buren,” roars Churchill C. Carnbreleng. “Di
something handsome for him, let him have a for
eign Mission,” whispers Martin.
“ We’ll ’ culate the Extra Globe. Hurrah foj
Van Buren,” is echoed by thousands of Postmas
ters, from Maine to Florida. “ I shall take care
yau do not repent your exertions!” is re-echoed
, fjcm the mouth-piece of the Administration—Amos
- Kendall.
t “ I have rot changed —'tis the Whigs have
f changed—-Hurrah for Van Burcn !” roare a Con
gressman. until he is black in the face. “ Make
, roam for him on our Congressional Ticket,” return
1 the nominating committee.
“ Hurrah so Van Bureo !” thunders an Ex-C on
- gressman. *• You shall be Deputy Marshal for
a taking the Census,” smi’es the admiring Execu
i tivc.
I And as mr mind’s eye wandered through the
, lonrc perspective of partisans, alike serviceable to
: their country (?) and alike rewarded. 1 became lost
f in wonder and admiration, of the prccoci y a. l
f genius of the bo}', who had at so carl}' an age, io
. tuitively discovered all the sagacity and disintcr
;■ ested attachment to Van Burenism, which charac
> tcrise the most devoted of his followers. !>•
For the Chronicle 4‘ Sentinel.
The Georgia lliiing ami M hipping Law.
Some of the leaders of the Van Huron party have
been endeavoring to make jrolilical capital out ct
1 certain laws sanctioned by Gen. Harrison, while
| Governor of Indiana.
Without any thing more than a reference to the
5 fact, that similar laws are or have been in force
3 in many of the Slates, it is proper to state what
5 has been the course of legis’ation in Georgia.
3 : In Watkins’ Digest, at page 376, the reader will
? 1 find an act passed on the Ist February, 1798, “fer
D the punishment qf vagabonds, arid other idle and
- disorderly persons ,” wherein it is provided, that
1 if they failed to give bond with sufficient security
3 for good behaviour, and for engaging in some law
’ : ful calling or honest labor, the Supreme Couit was
; empowered to bind such vagabond to service or
‘ wages for one year, 4 c .but if such vagabond should
r be of such evil report, that no person would receive
■ him into service, the court was to order him a num
ber of lashes, not exceeding thirty-nine, to be well
laid on his bare back, at the public whipping post,
' and then to be discharged, subject to like prosecu-
I lion and punishment for every o Fence of vagrascy
afterwards committed.
This law was in force until the 19th daj r of
I /• * 1
■ February, ISI6, vrhen a general system ol punish
• ment by confinement in the penitentiary, except
as to minor offences, was adopted by the Legisla
’ ' tore.
On the 24th day of December, 1331, the peni
tentiary system was abolished by an act of the
; General Assembly, which made of force in lieu of
it, the laws in operation on the 18th of December, -
1816. Thus the act of 1788 became again a law
in Georgia, and individuals might have been, (if
they were not.) hired out and whipped under it,
until the 2Sth of November, 1832, when the peni
tentiary system was restored.
New, the reader knows that at least one of
the leaders, who makes such ado about the hiring
and whipping laws of Indiana, did actually vote
for the act of 1831, which restored hiring and
whipping to the penal code of Georgia.
__ Lex.
North Carolina.
The Fayetteville Observer of the 26ih says:—
,; We have the pleasure, below, of presenting our
readers with the full retut ns, of the late election,
showing a majority of 8,353 for our patriotic and
talented Whig candidate for Governor; and a clear
Whig majority on joint ballot in the legislature, of
1 36.”
Illinois.
The Peoria Register of the 14th, from returns
received and estimated, says that the Senate will
consist of 15 Whigs and 25 Van Burenites; and the
House of 42 Whigs and 49 Van Burenites,
.Missouri.
In 36 counties heard from, the majority for the
; Van Enron candidate for Governor is 760, So far,
the Whigs have 43 members out of one hundred,
j of which the popular branch of the Legislature is
comprsed —being a nett gain of ten. The Senate
stands 15 Whigs to 17 Van Burenites, and one va
cancy, being a gain of two in that body.
Indiana.
Complete returns Lom all the counties except 4,
siiow a majoiity for Bigger, the Whig candidate
for Governor, of 9983 votes.
Kentucky.
In all the counties but 11 the Whig majoiity
’ stands at 19,084. Pretty well !
Steamboat Explosion.
We learn from the Lichmond papers that the
. steam tow boat James Gibson was blown up, cn
Friday last, in consequence of the explosion of her
boiler. The Captain’s wife, two children and a
servant were dreadfully scalded. Two of the hands
arc missing,—Cne of the children, a little boy, five
or six years old, died a short time after the acci
dene. The others are considered out of danger.
The explosion is reprensented as most tcritic, the
boiler being blown entirely out of the boat on to
an ark which was in low, and the escape pipe was
blewn over into the woods.
Population of Columhia.— We are indebt
’ ed to the politeness, of Dr. Fitch, the United
i States Deputy Marshal for taking the census of
? this District, for the following statement of the
- population of Columbia, with the different sexes
and colors, and the number of w hite children un
der ten years of age :
White Males, 1168
Females 955
Free colored Males, 65
Females,
• Male Slaves
1 Female, 1033
Total,..
White Male Children, 245
Female, 248
Being a fraction over 23 per cent, under 10
t years of age. —South Carolinian.
Infamous.—We have seen a letter from Ken
tucky, staling that contracts are offered to the far
t mers for this year’s crop ol hemp at six dollars
it Harrison be elected, and four dollars in the
1 event of Mr. \an Buren’s re-clection.
As no man of sense can believe that the elec
r tion ol the one or the other will affect the price
t ot hemp a single dollar, we take t! ’ tobeacunn
. ing scheme to BUY THE VOTES and the
c political exertions of the farmers. It is sup
, posed that those who take the bait, will not only
1 vote tor Harrison but make efforts to induce their
*■ j neighbors to do the same.
Kentucky farmers will spurn the bribe and
those who of r it .—Globe.
>r .Y e ® u PP ose that the el tion of Gen. Harrison
t . “afreet the price of hemp,” as it will every
otocr article, at least thirty-three and one-third
j P er cent » and probai ly much more ; consequently
,0 h<3m P w ‘ ll be worth six Jollars if Harrison is elec
- ted, not more than four dollars in the event
ot Mr. \an Buren s re-elec von. But the infamy
Ir of [he , thln S se * m8 > w ‘th the Globe, to lay in the
article it is hemp ! He appears to regard it
with dreadful horror.
? » “Rogues never feel the halter drawn,
d With good opinion of the law.” *
Tho Crisis of the Country.
PY JUNIUS.
THE CREDIT SYSTEM AND THE NO CREDIT
SYSTEM.
How the Credit System offer is the Poor.
The poor man’s family is sick, and ho wants a
doc'or. The doctor comes, and wai.s till the poor
man can pay. He wants medicine at the apothe
cary's, an I the apothecary docs him the same fa
vor. Suppose lie can never pay. The doctor and
the apothecary can both alforJ to forgive him the
debt; they consented to the lisk ; distress has been
relieved; and society is boncfiucd by a vo notary
lax on those who could afford it. Besides, tie
man may be able to pay; and in nine cases out ol
tea, or in nineteen out of twenty, he will.
Hold the no credit system affects the seme case.
The doctor don’t come ; the apothecary refuses
the medicine ; the sick members of the family may
live; but more likely will die. There is dis'rcss
aggravated; there is perhaps loss of life; on one
part, there is a sen e of unkiadness. and a want
of hum mity, despair, death ; on the ether is hard
ness of heart, a consciousness of wrong, at least to
humanity ; society is injured ; nobody is benefited.
How the credit system affects a young man setting
up i‘i life.
We will suppose he has earned a good charac
ter, is respected, esteemed, and in all respects
qualified for this, that, or the ether kind ol busi
ness ; but he has nothing to begin with —no capi
tal. Ho has friends, however, who are able and
willing to supply his wants, and wait I 11 his suc
cess in business may enable him to rotund. Ihe
parties who help him know there is -omc ns c, but
they can afford it, and they have a good feeling, a
gratification in the matter. If they lose all, they
are not embarrassed by it; whether they lose or
not, they are better in heart; they arc conscious
of having done a good thing; and society is bene
litled. It is in no way injured, became the pro
perty is somewhere in use, though it may not
come back to them. But in most cases of this kind,
the young man succeeds, pays ail, is thereby put
forward in life, obtains a standing, has credit of
his own, can do the same favor to others, will be
disposed to it from gratitude, is respected honored,
blessed. He is also enabled to do a great deal of
good in tiie various relations, and for the most im
portant purposes of life, because he has the means.
He may be honored with public trusts, and dis
charge them for public good, lie is a made man,
and made by credit; a blessing to himself, to his
family, to society.
Hoiv the no credit system affects the same ca*e.
The money lent by there kind friends to this
worthy young man, would perhaps otherwise have
been hoarded up as dead capital, to do nobody any
good. At least it would have been retained fur
selfish ends, instead of being appropriated for gen
erous objects. The feel ngs of these parties, who
have come to the am of so worthy a person, and
by that means made a thrifty, useful, happy man,
would, in the case of tiie no credit system, have
failed of this high giat'fication, and been oound up
in selfishness. This young man would have been
doomed to remain where he was, to look this way,
and that way for help, finding none. He would
have failed to get into the business of the case
supposed, which I clongs to the credit system ; he
would have encountered hard-heartedness all a
lound him, grown selfish himself, perhaps discour
aged. The cliances are many that he wou'd never
have come to any importance in society, that lie
would have got in o low pursuits, and a low con
dition, perhaps been abandoned to vice, or ended
his days in crime.
What proportion of young men in our country
are so favored as to inherit capital ? Probably not
one in a hundred. Will they not, then, he in favor
of the credit system ? Will not fathers, who look
with an anxious concern on the sons to whom they
can leave nothing but their blessing, be in favor of
this s\ r stem ?
How the credit system affects the mechanics.
Take for example a journeyman printer of good
character, who is offered a chance, with good pros
pects, of placing himself at the head of an estab
lishment in his line of business as proprietor; hut
he has not sufficient capital. The credit system,
however, comes in, and enables him to conclude a
purchase, lie rises at once to importance, with
every prospect of doing well. The credit system
has given him a place and advantages in one day,
which, it is possiole, he could not have acquired in
all his lifetime under the no credit system, and
nobody is injured by it. They who have accom
modated him were perhaps as willing to do it for
their own interest, as he was to accept it for his.
This may the case of ten thousand,
more piobably of a bund cd thousand mechanics
in mu-titles and country, who are as deeply in
terested in the credit system, as the individual
here supposed. The same may be said of youm r
men and others engaged in agriculture, in manu
factures, in trade, in any calling of life, requitin ' 1
some capital to begin with. On the no credit sys
tem most of them might.give up all hope of being
able to establish themselves, within a reasonable
period, in a respectable and advantageous position
for the business they have chosen.
How the credit system affects those who arc already
established in business, and arc worthy of credit. I
It enables them to enlarge their plans on a pru- I
dent basis, as iliey may judge best; to attempt and J
accomplish many things which active minds prompt
to, which are essential to happiness, possibly to
the greatest usefulness. It i-> a right which they
have earned by their piobi.y. by their good con
duct, by their diligence in business, and which is
conceded to them by the respect and good esteem
in which they are held. Their good name is as
much capital as their money ; in acquiring the lan
honestly, they have acquired the first, ar.d with
the same pains. Tney.ajre, therefore, as fairly en
titled to trade upon one, as upon the other.
How the no credit system affects the same cases.
It is a libel on good character; it is a libel on
society ; it is a quenching of the spirit of lia
ble and generous confidence ; it is cramping the ex
pansive powers of sound and noble morality ; it
prevents the accomplishment of great good ; it
chocks activity and limits useful enterprise ’ it
curtails individual and public wealth ; and in a
thousand ways lobs society of benefits and advan
tages it would otherwise realize.
How the credit system affects a poor young man nf
promising abilities, who has lost his iheallh that
he cannot work, and wants to get a liberal edu
cation.
His Iriecds take him by the hand, and help him
with the understanding, if he should be able that
he should remunerate them. The young man <ret s
his education by this assistance, enters his proses
sion, is successful, and returns to his benefactor”
to redeem las pledge. Possibly they may be in
circumstances not to want it, or so gratified with
the good they nave done, as to say, “No you arc
ave come.- and ofler to cancel the obligation,
-til he maj insist upon repayment. Who will de
to Sty? grcat blessin 6 the Parties. and
liutsuppose tho young man dies in the course of
his education, or is unsuccessful, Lis benefactors
had this contingency in prospect, can gen
eia,l3 afford the loss, and there is no complaint
v\ ho is injured? y
How the no credit system affects the same case.
The unfortunate young man is cut off from aT
prospects in life, left to want, perhaps to misery
and starvation. His supposed benefactors must
now be supposed hard-hearted and selfish - kind
ness and morality are so much the less; and it L
possible that society is deprived of one ol its
brightest ornaments, of a more useful public char!
acrer, and the country of one of its most illustrious
How t, e ere system ■ the honest and strong
though poor man wno goes with no e*late but his
d**ness ' ° H S,loulder into the western wil-
It is possible that even his rifle and axe were
lorn is bed by a Kind neighbour, who said, “ pay for
it if you prosper; if not, you are welcome” In
he first place, 011 the baffs of the credit system
chooses! ° f «
“au opening ”as u le ' s k m li 1
his cabin, tiles don-n m n "est-and built
through the forest to the
settlers, who had in like eof Redder
now large openings a barn fin a TT ! anner 5 hut has
Pigs pool, „;™|«e,''whfr’ CaUI , e ’
hour, "ho perhaps he had never seell j
seed,piiS fowl, a cow. perhaps a voxc oj oxen
all on credit—for still he has no money, flic loo*
and beams; of the man are sufficient rccommenua
tion, the barjaiu it doted, with no other scconty
than the common, generous faith ot lie W est,
« Pay when you can.” Not even a scrap - ot paper
is demanded. The obligation is writ enonlhc acwt,
the best of all securities in such a ca>e.
bless vou neighbour,*’ says the generous creduor,
who knows how lo sympathize with such a case,
“let us sec you when you can;” and they pait, n*
pioneer takes care to assert the pre-emption iigiu
i f a squatter, has booked to him at Inc Govein
ment land office as much land as the terms of sale
will a low, or # as he may want, lie works away
upon credit, pays for his seed and first supply ot
stock, meets his engagements at the land office,
after two, three, or four years, is well o:t, though
still in debt, still living and prospering on credit.
He revisits his native place, marries the daughter
of the kind neighbour who gave him the axe and
rifle, who welcomes his return with all the gener
ous feelings of a benefactor.
We may have supposed our pionccis to have
squatted on the prairies of the est, and by adapt
ing the scene to the circumstances, the result
would be the same.
In the succession of events, this man, long be
s ire he dies, is first a justice of the peace over a
surrounding population, whose history corresponds
with his own; next, perhaps, a member of Con
gress ; and finally, it may' be, is Governor of anew
Western Slate. He has lisen from nothing lo
wealth, lo consequence in society, to dignity, to
happiness ; all on the basis of the credit system.
This brief story is not fiction, but fact. It is a
true copy of the history of our“ Great WcT; 1 it
is exactly in accordance with Ihe whole history of
our country. Nearly ail our best citizens and
greatest men began life with nothing —started on
credit. Ciedit has been the spring of our enter
prize, the nurse of our prosperity, the cause of our
grea.ness.
Flow the no credit system would affect the same case.
Clearly tiiis noble-hearted man would never
have gone West, for he had not the means to get
there and cut down the trees. Nor coul 1 the gov
ernment have allowed him to squat, on the no
cred t system. Neither could he have obtained
his pre-emption right. Not one of the results ot
this interesting narrative —which would apply
equally' well to a thousand, to ten thousand cases
of fact, to the whole history of our western world
would have transpired without the credit system.
Without this, the Western States would have re
mained a wilderness to this day. The prosperity
and greatness of that teeming, active, go-ahead
portion of the American Union, are founded on the
creative, prolific principle of credit. The prosper
ity and greatness of our whole country, of this P«.c
pubfc, are founded upon it. In describing a few
of these cases, we write the history of this nation,
so far as respects the causes of our unprecedented
growth and importance.
How the credit system affected the early history of
the North American Colonies.
Our ancestors came here poor, just a* our pion
eer of the West, above described, went into the
wilderness. It is true they had some patronage
from Government, and from other quarters, but
patronage is one of ihe forms of credit, in the same
manner as cur pioneer had the pationage of the
good old man, who afterwards became his father
in-law. (>ur ancestors had almost nothing to be
gin with, 'The whole enterprise of settling this
! western world was a < redit enterprise, not only in
respect to the hopes criteria! ied, but also in res
pect to the foundation on which it was based.
The discovery of America was eliected on the
credit system. Was not Columbus a beggar for
| credit at the Courts of Europe, through the whole
history of his great, sublime and gloiious underta
kings ? Arc not the whole of his achievements to
I be ascribed to the effectiveness of to it principle ?
! Undeniably. The grandest conceptions of man
that are executed, are ordinarily done on the basis
of credit. '1 his we shall find to be true in every
department of history, whether we icier to those
who have acted only on mind, or wielded empire
over the world of nature. The reasons are, first,
I because they who conceive the greatest tlrngs are
I not the most fit for the prudent calculations of bu
siness ; and next, because they who are already
possessed of wealth and independence have no
motive, are too sluggish to entertain great enter
prises.
It was the poverty of our ancestors, and other
social inconveniences, which diove them lo this
new world. Some of them may have had a little
wealth. Cut what was it all compared with the
greatness of (he undertaking? It was credit on
which they sta led, in hope of future income; it
was credit on which they worked and traded,
I fought and died, the inheritance of which they bo-
I queathed to their children; it was credit on which
| they' achieved ail that gives them honor in our cs
; teem, icspect among mankind, renown in history.
; Our ances.ors were always in debt to the mother
| country as individuals, and as Colonies, One of
the chief causes of the war of the Revolution,
i were the diffi ulties raised in the management of
| these accounts.
! How the no credit system whould have affected the
early history of this country.
In the first place, America would not have be n
| discovered. Rut passing that, these United States
| would never have had an existence, because the
i Colonies would not have been planted, or if plant
ed, could not have been reared without credit.
Roth private and public credit was used cm a large
scale, during the whole ot our colonial history.
The Colonies were begun, carried forward, and
raised to all their importance, such as it was by
that means.
('To be Continued.)
From the Savannah Georgian.
Indian Murders.
The report hitherto published that “portions of
five or six families have been muidercd near the
Georgia line,” iias, in the following let 1 ers receiv
ed by yesterday’s mail, been painfully confirmed.
The citizens of Camden have a military leader
in Floyd, who will, we doubt not, give good ac
count of the revengeful and deadly foe.
Jeffersoxtox, Camden Co. Ga., >
August 24, 1840. 5
To the Editor of the Savannah Georgian .-
Dear Sir—You will please publish such por
tions of the enclosed letters as relate to (he hos
tility' and movements of the Savages, for the in
formation of the community at large, and oblige.
Respectfully yours,
GEO. LANG, P. M. Jcffereonton.
Cextukvillage, Aug., 19, 1840.
Dkau George:—l am sorry to inform you,
that the Indians have done a good deal of mis
chief on the Suwanee, and it is thought that they
have again come into the Okefenoke; last Friday
they killed Joseph Howell’s wife and two child
ren, and Daniel Green’s wife, and shot his dau'"U
ter through the shoulder; they have robbed a°nd
burnt out the inhabitants as they went. Defin
ing at Green’s, they have burnt nearly' all °tbe
dwellings up to Fort Gilmer. —Joseph Howell
and George Johns got in here to day; they follow
ed them up the Suwanne several miles, and found
1 I dwellings burnt. They all are furled in at
old Bill Cone’s and Capt. Sanderlain’s. The In
d. fired on Sanderlain’s house, all night on
F y night; the next morning took the road up
the river, and only went five or s x miles, to old
Sumall’s place, and killed some hogs and cattle
I and stay all night. This is the most bold and
daring act they have committed, since the com
mencement of the War; the people above this are
generally very much alarmed, and some of them
aie already moving off—whether with sufficient
cause, I cannot soy. Absalom Cossey’s children,
six in number, were killed last Wednesday, on
the South Prong of the St. Mary’s; some suppose
by the same party. I nave nothing more warth
your atte:.. on at present
I remain, yours mo d truly
„ . STEPHEN McCALL.
Geo. Hang, esq.
P. S. Thomas Wright is burnt out amongst
the rest. b
Cexthevillage, August 23d, 1840.
Deau George: All is excitement and alarm
up t ns way; the Indians have kilted Thus. Davis
and two of his children, and John Patricks’ wife.
Ihiey nad all gathered at Arch. Hog an’s (Monia.)
U d ° n Wednesday just abmt night fall, they
a li | c e v the place and killed the above persons,
an urned every building on the place except
the one that they defended. They have burnt
Davis’ place and Miney’s and one other in p
county. It is about 30 milts from here. I
not think vve are in danger here as yet. thou h
others think different. There is a part of f
companies of Dragoonsfrom Black Cr*c'- .i°
ready scouting about the Okefenoke, and T-/*
is trying to raise fifty men for thirlv days
an order from Gen. C. Floyd. What will lv
final issue, lime only will show. If I thin'- "
i i run 1 unnK there
is any danger here, I shall at once take rn yf
ly away, \ours, in haste,
STEPHEN McCALL
Geo. Laxc. Esq.
Since the above were in type wc have thruu
the courtesy of the editors of the li''publican '
rived the following additional information-
More Indian Murders in Georgia
A gentleman who arrived in town last event „
from Camden County, informs us that a£ra !n " I
about 100 Indians have made their way front ft,,
ida to that county, passing noai the Sunw
murdering a part of Mr. D. Green’s family,
G. had his leg broken while in the art of r • '
ing the remaining part of them from the iv/ U '
of his burning house.
A whole family by (he name of Davis, on| ,
St. Marys River in Camden County, was m i /!'
red a few days since, not one rema ning ti |,
the awful intelligence. Several house*
same neighborhood, (deserted through fear) hav
been burned to the ground. They have also kilt
led a number of cattle.
This statement has been confirmed hi
press rider, J 1 ex ’
Our informant slates further, that several
young men in the vicinity of Burnt Fort, | me *
chosen Dr. Barnaul their Captain and gone in
pursuit of the enemy.
Since the above was in type, we have been per
mitted by the kindness of a friend, to lay before
our readers the following extract from a lem>r
dated. ’
Jeffersoxtox, 241 h August, 1340.
The Indians are again on a visit to Camden
county, murdering aud plundering our frontier
settlers, burning their dvvellinga and destroys r
their crops. On Vr ednesday evening, Fort Ma
niac, a descried U. S. post, to which several neigh
boring fa i ilies of whites, consisting of five rnen
aud twenty-five women and children, had moved
for mutual safety, was attacked, and four of iu
occupants killed : viz: a Mrs. Patrick and Mr.
Davis and two of his children. Mr. Patrick in
forms me, that the attacks was made about daik.
At the fire of the first gun, Mrs. P. who wasstan- I
dinghy bis side, fell dead; a general discharge 1
linm (he savages was immediately after given,
which kili-d Davis and his two children. Allot
the whites occupied and were at (he lime collec
ted in the central building of theppot, s t, and the
savages were thus enabled lo approach within
gun shot, under cover of the outer buildings
which they fired in - secrecy and safety. It ap
pears that the whites, though apprised of the vi
cinity of the Indians were completely surprised,
having taken none of those precautionary meas
ures to prevent it, which common prudence should
have suggested. It was impossible, says mv in
formant, lo state the number of the Indians.
Twenty werecounlid by him, marching ofl'in In
dian file, from one of the fires at the time of
their leaving ; but from the number of shot* fired
and their yells, he thinks their number must have
been much larger.
Several deserted dwellings in that neighbor
hood have been burnt, and the crops of the win
ners laid waste.
On Saturday night, a large fire was seen from
Centreville, in that direction, and it was repor
ted by persons who came in (he next morning, lo
have been the remaining buildings of Fort Moni
ac. The frontier settlers are retreating to Cen
trcville and its vicinity much alarmed,
Gen. Floyd had, previous to (he account ot
these last murders, (of which he could not have
heard before last evening or this morning) he or- jfl
dered out Capt. Tracy’s command, which had
not ieft yesterday.
Ma ny of the citizens of thi*s neighborhood have
left this morning as an independent corps of vol
unteers, to secure if possible, the safe retreat of
those settlers, who have not yet come in.
An adequate force at this lime, placed under
the command of an officer so gallant and indefat
igable as Gen. Floyd, would secure our Pontiff,
and compel the enemy to surrender or carry his
murderous attacks elsewhere.
Albany Evening Journal, Extra. \
Saturday Evening, 8 o clock, i
A filleting Calamity !
Tall of the Draw of the Stale St. Canal
Deis in Bridge !
Our city is the scene ol a most distressing and
calamitous dispensation. At 5 o’clock inis as
ternoon, just as the steamboats were departing i
tor New York, and when hundreds of people |
were crossing the bridge over the Canal basin, I
the draw broke and precipitated some seventy to I
eighty persons and three nr four horses and carl? I
into the ha-in ! They fell about twenty feet in I
twelve feet water. The struggle for life, among
the sufferers, was brief but awful. We shudder |
at the horrid recollection of it. Hundreds of j
citizens, with a dozen boats, sprang to the relief
of their drowning fellow citizens. At 7 o'clock
18 dead bodies had beo« recovered, of which we
cun only learn the names of the following:
James Hinnaan, constable of this city.
Mr. Driscoll, merchant of Palmyra.
Charles Lyons, tobacco pedlar of this city.
A son of Jacob Henderer, of Columbia street,
14 years old.
A son of Sybrant Kettle, of this city 16 years
old.
Roderick Davidson, an interesting and proruis* «
ing youth, employed in this office, 16 years oid.
Groesbeck. a boy belonging to the boat
Mohawk.
Mr. Cavcner, an insane man from "Westmore
land, Oneida County, under the charge of Mr.
Stevens and Onn I. Fuller, of Rome, on his way
to Hudson, Cavcner and Fuller were lost, and
Stevens saved.
James Van Buren, of German Flatts, a canal
driver, who was assisting Fuller to get Cavcner
to the boat.
Samuel Fisher, lamp lighter of this city.
Francis Roger, laborer, of this city.
Wood, a boy about 14 years old, oi m ls
city.
Thomas McDowell, of (his city.
W illiam L. Morey, of Vermont.
Juries, of this city.
H. L. Hot. an, of Fultonvillo.
Smith Matthew's, of Troy.
A part of the craw fell after most oi l h e a SU *
ferers were in the water, from which many were
injured.— Others W'ere wounded by the stru s
glug horses. The body of Mr. II in man ana
that of a boy* show severe wounds.
Capt. Jacobs, of the boat Col. Little J 0 ‘’J’
who was assisting with the insane man, thou.- 1 4
in the midst of this destructive scene, was sa’-f -
James Henry, bookseller, fell outside of l -'
crowd and saved himself.
Among the hats recovered was one with a fi
ler directed to “Jonathan Hart.”
Mr. Carr, ofthe Pearl street House, was sli§
ly i ured, but saved himself.
Thomas Greene, of the firm of Rathbonr.
Chapin & Green, who was surrounded by
gling men and horses, swam ou‘.
A young man (Samuel H. Ranan) saved !n
sell and an old man who was exhausted & 11
sunk.
Mr. Wilson, of Juliet, Illinois, son of J*
M il-son, of this city, swam out.
Captain Morgan, of a canal boat, saved him
self.