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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.