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fflE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JA (VI ES CARD NER, J R. TSKIVIS Daily, per annum 5 s Tri-Weekly, per annum G 00 If paid in advance 5 00 ■Weekly, per annum 00 If paid in advance... 2 50 To Clubs, remitting %10 in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. who will pay up arrearages, and j send four new subscribers, with the money, can get ; the paper at $2 00. fTr’AH new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. yyppstage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [From the Ncic York Herald .] Washington, July 24, 1817. James E. Polk. The President of the United States is con stitutionally an industrious man. Generally, it is your lean men who are the most invete rate workers. We might cite Jackson, Wel lington, Brougham, Guizot, Clay, Calhoun, Walker, and others, as examples. But, on the other hand, there are the cases of Napo leon, Taylor, Webster, Benton, Buchanan, and others, men in good condition, whoso lives pre «• sent the same evidences of untiring assiduity to business, to say nothing of Cass, (who is rather what the farmers would call grass-bel lied than fat,) Dixon H. Lewis (who is a hona jide fat man,) and others. Still, we think the balance is in favor of the leaner sort. Cassius, Cesar, Hannibal, Scipio, Suwarrow, Prince Eu gene, Talleyrand, Metternich, Bolivar, and an innumerable multitude of active business fel lows. may be classed among the lean kind. The Popes of Romo, and the Emperors of C'hina, have been, almost without an excep tion, fat men; and their lives, “If ancient tales be true, Nor wrong these holy men,” have been as uniformly quiet, luxurious, vo luptuous and monotonous. The wives of the Moors arc fat, indolent and luxurious. We have but the examples of Napoleon and Louis Philippe, to prove that fat men arc not gor mandizers, or at least devoted to the good things of the table, and as choice in their se lections of a cook as in appointing their offi ci il subordinates. And we hold this will be without exception, (excepting the emascula ted attaches of Oriental seraglios,) that where there is a surplus of adipose or oleaginous matter, the animal preponderates over the in tellectual man, however strong the intellectu al grasp and capacity of such man may be. — The case of the illustrious Falstaff, is a strik ing instance in proof of this hypothecate. — Your burgomasters of Amsterdam are notori ous for the abdominal rotundity not more than for their proverbial somnolence and torpidity. They cat, sleep and grow fat. The enterpris ing Arabs of the desert, on the other hand, are little and long. Our alderman are proverbial ly fat, while our lawyers are characteristically thin. The one class partake largely of good dinners, the others subsist upon the atmos pheric sustenance of the law. Your cooks and butchers are fat; while your editors, men of thought and constant labor, are as attenuated as John Tyler. Therefore, we consider that we have made mit a strong argument that between your fat and lean men, the latter class, in all ages, in all countries, under all governments, in every capacity, and in the achievement of all great results, have been the working bees of the hive, the builders of cities, empires, systems political and religious, the propagators of revo lutions, and the great agents in every depart ment of the work of progress. James K. Polk, President of the United States, is a lean man. Our argument in favor of the tribe presents in his behalf the strongest vindication. His whole history corroborates the postulate, that for a man to be thin, with a good living at his command, is prima facie evi dence that he is a man of industry. Such is the history of Col. Polk. At college he was an example of diligence in his studies. In his subsequent career, especially upon the stump in Tennessee, his competitor had to rise early and travel hard to keep pace with him during the dav. A half dozen stump speeches of an hour or two each, and forty or fifty miles ride on horseback, were an ordinarv day’s work for a July electioneering excursion. His recent holiday visits to North Carolina and the Eas tern States, we can bear personal testimony, were the severest labor to his fellow travellers, who were mere lookers on, at the oppressive weight and amount of holiday duties imposed upon him. The time of the President is arranged and classified with the rigidness of the business hours, and half hours for meals in the facto ries at Lowell, where the looms and operatives work as a general system of machinery. Go to Lowell —step into one of those great mills —select one of the thousands of the fair daughters of the North, who are there em ployed, as an example. Observe her attention to the 100m —her face may indicate all the vir tues and high and amiable traits of the true American woman, but in the mill, and the mill going, and at her active loom, her eyes have no expression, save the expression of total ab straction. She looks an animated piece of machinery, as careless of your intrusion and vour fixed observation, as the loom she is tend ing. For thirteen hours in the day she is thus cut off from all exchange of thought and sympathy, but with the machine that is before her. Yet in the intervals of the day, and in the short evening hour that she may steal from sleep, we doubt not she may be found at tractive, from her intelligence and sprightly conversation, and charming from the vitality and expressiveness that arc diffused over her features. May her happiness never be less. The daily routine of the President is under ft somewhat similar regulation as to the time. He is up with the sun, even during the long days of summer; and ahead of him in the win ter. Then he has to read over his morning letters, and then his breakfast follows, and the morning papers, then he receives his official visiters on official business, then the public in general, (if it be not cabinet day) a large proportion of whom call in relation to offices, from all parts of the Union, and from all parts of the world. Frequently an old friend will bore him for an hour or two about nothing at all, which is a great infliction. Like the factory girl, the President of the United States soon learns to go through the duties of the day with the mechanical stolidity and re gularity of a spindle. He hears what you have to say, he answers it with brief politeness, he turns his head to the next customer in waiting, and you are at leave to depart. It may be, that from the force "of a habit imposed upon him, he will answer your appeal for an office, (if an utter stranger) entirely to your satisfac tion; but call the next day, and you may per haps discover that he has utterly forgotten the previous interview, and remembers not a word of the conversation at that time. Necessi ty has imposed the duty of dismissing trifles without a thought, and office seekers are dis missed the more readily on the ground that il is not his duty to take care of their cases, but their own. The President has other matters to absorb his attention. * Tipon. the more important question of the ! general policy of the administration, we be lieve that Col. Polk has administered: Ist. According to his oath to the constitu tion. 2d. In consonance with his pledge to the Baltimore (Convention. 3. In obedience to his obligations to the par- ' ty electing him. 4th- With a view to his personal popularity I in the Presidential catalogue. To the first of these articles we may attribute the defeat of the River and Harbor bill. To the second, the tariff of ’4B, the resurrection of the sub-treasury, the demand for the whole or none of Oregon, and the war with Mexico. — They were the offsprings, not of Col. Polk’s I administration, but of the Baltimore Conven- I tiou. To the third consideration may bo set , down the discharge of all the Tylerites, bc- I ginning with Mr. Calhoun; and to the fourth, | the marked attention and untiring diligence to j duty of the present incumbent, day and night, since the day of his inauguration. To the full extent, we can conscientiously support the President upon this issue. As a man, Col. Polk is emphatically a repub lican. His easy, neighborly and communica tive manner with the people at large, is too natural to be assumed. His style of conver sation when off duty is lively and agreeable; and his knowledge of the distinguished men of the generation going out of power, makes him to a younger man edifying and instructive. He is fond of a good anecdote, and will laugh at it like an honest man, with his mouth wide open. He is yet dignified without ostentation; and with all apparent concliation of temper, is rigid and inflexible in his opinions and deter minations. He will not suffer long an uune- I cessary encroachment upon his time, and il I you don’t leave him when your business is I concluded, he will perhaps have a foreign min- I ister in the next room demanding his imme i diate attendance. Though not an exclusively | cold water man. Col. Polk is abstemious, and s never tempted beyond a frugal dinner how- I ever tempting the bill of fare. : As a public speaker, his voice is clear, mnsi i cal and well modulated —his manner earnest, 1 animated and impressive—his style plain, strong, methodical, and eloquent, from its strength and simplicity. He involves you in no overwhelming torrent of lava; but bespeaks extempory what a man of good taste would write upon deliberation. We regard him as among the best off-hand speakers of the coun try. By and large, as President of the United States, he is studious, industrious, and indefa tigable, with a dignity becoming the station, and a simplicity as proper withal. He is cere monious only from necessity, and at times bluff in his “good morning,” only from the pressure of time. As a party man, he is faith ful to a hair; as a politician, a believer in the tactics of the party discipline. As a man, the highest character of all, he is affable, and yet, perhaps, constrained, frank, and yet reserved, but withal an agreeable and intelligent com panion all day long, if he has the time. In every character he has done good service, ex cept as a man of family—and we hope that he will spcedly get out of this war with Mexico; and never try the experiment again. M e have no time to read over this long story to see what it is, but will trust the types to make it out. THE DOCTOR. [From the N. 0.-Boc, 2 d i'/w/.] From Tampico. By the propeller Washington, last night, we j received a copy of the Tampico Sentinel of the j 25th ult. It contains no news of particular ! interest, except an official report by Col. Da j Hussey, of the battle of Tantayuka, and also the engagement at the river Calaboso. “The report says that each and every officer acted as brave men and good soldiers. You | will first notice the brave and gallant conduct of Capt. Wyse, and of the cool and deliberate manner in which he conducted his piece of ar tillery.” To Capts. Mace and Segulne, too much cred- j it cannot bo given; they were always on the alert, and whenever the enemy gave them an opportunity (which was frequently) they im- 1 mediately charged upon them so impetuously as to route them in every direction. Braver nor more skillful Captains are not in the serivee, and we might say without fear of contradiction, that better, were never commanded by Col. De-Russey. In fact, every officer acted well—the names of Lieuts. Campbell, Hcimbcrgcr, and Linden berger, will be remembered, and avc hope their services appreciated. Lieut. Campbell was al wavs at hand and rendered service. The non-commissioned officers must not be forgotten, especially the names of Moore, Woodey, and Geissert, all of whom deserve the highest encomiums. The privates acted as became soldiers and j Americans, and whenever they Avere ordered to a charge, they done it willingly and sue- | cessfully. There Avere many Avho won laurels, even among the ranks. The officers who accompanied this expedi tion award great credit to Col. Dc Russey for his brave and gallant conduct during the whole of the engagement. The following is a list of the killed and avouq ded: Louisiana Volunteers. —Ist Lieut. Heira -1 berger, severely wounded; 2d G. Schmidt, kill ed; 3d, G. Colson, killed; 4th, LD.urnan, mor : tally wounded; sth, L. Davis, missing; 6th, G. Zeller, killed; 7th, L. Lambino, missing; Bth, John Brown, killed; 9th, L. Scott, killed; 10th, Ogg, slightly Avounded. Boyd’s Company. —lst, Capt. Boyd, killed; 2d i Lieut. Toneyhill, mortally wounded; 3d, Sergt. Barker, killed; 4th, Corporal Bruner, killed; > sth, Private Tubiff, killed; Cth, BroAvn. killed; i 7th, Mullican, killed; Bth, Burke, killed. Ist 5 Luxton, slightly Avounded; 2d, Wilson, slightly l wounded; 3d, O’Hara, slightly Avounded. I Wyse’t Company.—lst, Private Allen, mor tally; five privates slightly Avounded. r Non-Commissioned Staff. —Principal Musi r cian, Hose, missing. Decisions of the Supreme Court We extract the folloAving from the Columbus ■ Enquirer: ; We publish below a feAv of the decisions of the Supreme Court, sitting at Amcricus. The > balance will be published next week if they I are received in time. i i J. D. MattheAvs vs J. Pollard. 1 When an execution comes to the hands of > Sheriff and the term of service of such Sheriff 1 expires before he collects the amount duo 1 thereon, and such sheriff becomes the deputy t of his successor, holding such fi. fa., and the J said deputy collects the same, the successor is 1 liable for such collection, though such li. fa. f W as not trured over to him by schedule or in ' denture. Affirmed. J Smith arid Towns for plaintiff. B. Hill for ; defendant. 9 , Jesse Pitts vs. Whortcr & Bullard. 1 Where A sells a tract of Land and gives his » bond to make titles, and the A r endee pays the ■ Avhole of the purchase money, the equity of ‘ the vendee is perfect, and is subject to levy 1 and sale by virtue,.of a fi. fa. against such ven a dee. When a deed is made by a party not in pos s session, the possession being held by another, adversely, such deed is void. Reversed. Strong and Giles for plaintiff. Eli Warren * for defendant, s W. B. Hall vs. The State, e 1. Keeping an open tippling-shop on the Sabbath day is a misdemeanor, though the | statue does not so declare it. 2: When it is alleged that an offence is com mitted in a certain year, the Court will pre- I sume that the Christian Era is referred to. 3. The gist of the offence is to keep open the shop, and not in the sale of spir its. 4. Where a verdict is not entered at the I Terra at which it is rendered, but is on the file ; in the custody of the proper officer*, the same may be entered mme pro tunc, at a subsequent term under an order of the Court. Affirmed. Miller for plaintiff. Patterson, Sol. Gen., I for defendant. Seaborn Smith, et, al., vs. Ellzabath G. Thomp son, per pro. ami. 1. Where a cause is not reached in the or der of business, such cause is continued by op eration of law. 2. An order of publication is made, such or der must be published once a month for four months, before such absent defendant can be j called on to plead; but though four months hava not elapsed before the first term after ta i king the order, and at said first tenn the cause is not reached, the succeeding term is the term j to which such defendant must appear, and | such publication is in conformity with the law. i Affirmed. Platt & Taylor for pl’ff. Perkins for deft. Moses Alexander ad., vs. J. W. Sutlive, cx’r. i After demurrer to sci. fa. to make parties has i been overruled, it is in the discretion of the j I Court to allow the defendant to plead over. Affirmed. I Holt and Penning for pl’ff. McDougald and Thomas for defendant. Augusta, Georgia. Sunday'morningT august s. FOR GOVERNOR HON. G. W. TOWNS. OK TAJ.ito r. Democratic Nominations for Senators. stli Dial.—Lowndes and Ware—(Jen. T. Milliard. 7tli “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox. 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—VV. 8. C Morris. i 19th “ Thomas and Decatur—VVm. 11. Reynolds. : 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. I4th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nelson. j 17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter. 20th “ Twiggs and Bibh—W. W. Wiggins. 25th “ Junes and Putnam—James M. Gray. 26th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. 28th “ Merriwethcr and Coweta—Ore. Warner. I 31st “ Fayette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn. 32(1 “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters. 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey. 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalh— Jas. i*. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin. 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee —\\ m. H. Hunt. 4.‘{<l “ Habersham and Eabun —Eow’u Coffee. 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay. Daily and Tri-Weekly subscribers, who have their papers left at the office, will | find them in the Post Office on Sunday mom in S s * ; We would be much gratified to know what became of the funds of the Augusta Be nevolent Society on band at the time it bc i came disorganized. 'Hie Society, ave believe, | has ceased to exist, but we hope that the mo ney in its treasury has not likewise evaporat ed and dissolved “into thin air.” e are in formed. that it had, in the last days of its ex istence, several hundred dollars. "W hat has become of it? If it can be made forthcoming, and placed in judicious bonds, it is capable, at * this time, of doing a vast amount of good. There arc many cases in our knowledge of j sickness and destitution —many helpless tami- I lies afflicted bitterly with the combined ills of ' poverty and disease, which appeal forcibly to the benevolence of the community. Private charity has done and is doing what it reason ably can. But if there be a fund already cre ated by the organized efforts of the charitable i in times past, it ought no longer to remain idle. It has not for <\ long time been more wanted —it may never at a future time be more I i useful. «TWe had the pleasure of receiving by the steamer Hibernia, a letter from our friend, , Judge Gamble, dated Paris, July 1/th, 181/. He writes that he made an agreeable tour through Great Britain and Ireland—had spent j | two weeks in Paris, and was about to leave for Switzerland —thence he would go to Germany, Belgium, down the Rhine, &c., and would probably return to the United States in Sep tember, (next month). As a matter of inter ' est to the numerous friends of this highly es teemed gentleman, we take the liberty of in serting the closing paragraph of his letter: “Dear Gardner —I wish to say much to you about the countries, men and things, I have seen; but it is contrary to the advice of j my physicians at home and abroad for me j ■ either to read or write much. I therefore yield. If any of my friends should feel sufficiently i interested in my welfare to inquire for me, you may say to such, that my general health I is pretty well restored.” General Clinch—lVlorc Certificates. A novel mode in the history of political cam paigning-has been adopted by the advocates of General Clinch, to establish his claims to the mental capacity sufficient to discharge the functions of the State. This mode is by the certificates of his personal friends and of i anonymous correspondents. This is certainly a very convenient mode, but perhaps not the ' most .convincing. One of the objections to it is that an innumerable host of would be candi dates now all unknown to fame might spring forth full fledged, each his pockets full of certificates, certifying that he is in every re spect “a marvellous proper man.” Any quan tity of these certificates could be supplied to order. lie must be a very obscure, or a very deficient man, if he has not got a number of good natured friends who would certify, and whose partiality might actually lead them to believe that he possessed many qualifications amply sufficient for the Executive Chair of Georgia. Some might even conscientiously go so far as to certify that he had abilities | vastly above the requisitions of the office. Again, if certificates of anonymous correspond ents of newspapers, are to form a legal tender for the votes of the people for this high office, ; the amount of that sort of currency that could be put in circulation passes all calcula tion. It would require one of Col. Robert Hoe’s new patent power presses to throw them off as fast as they could be fabricated. They might bo clothed *in vogue generalities i,jjl j j «ju» aKjMraggra and published with blanks for the names which | could be afterwards filled to suit the exigency. We are inclined to think however that better evidence will be required than the say so of writers who arc wholly unknown to the pub lic. We give a few specimens of this sort of certification furnished by an anonymous writer in the Augusta Chronicle signing himself Aris tides, who quotes the language of an anony mous writer whose communication over the signature of “Pike” appeared in the National | Intelligencer, Eeb. 2nd, 1836. “In his excellent letter to the Adjutant Gen- : oral, of October Bth, expressive of his views, SOUND AND COMPREHENSIVE AS THEY WERE, General Clinch recommends the calling into the service of the United States one hundred j and fifty mounted volunteers.” Again: i & “In his next letter to the Adjutant General, written with the same judicious forecast and ! discernment, dated October 17th, General Clinch now asks for three companies, ’ &c. Again: 1 “With respect to the gallant Clinch, all that ha* been affirmed in his praise by the writer of the letter, be Justly and richly deserves. That HFi IS AN OFFICER OF HIGH DESERTS, and has ■ well conducted the arduous and important service with which he was entrusted, before and after the breaking out of hostilities, ought not to be doubted.” The ancient Athenians may perhaps have been induced to bestow high civil offices upon j this sort of irresponsible recommendation. But the plan will hardly take in modern times, ; under republican institutions like our own. The people will require some grounds on which 1 to form opinions of their own, and then they j will give fheir own certificates at the ballot box. But the writer, Aristides, as if conscious of the lameness of this anonymous certification, introduces in the winding up of the list the following Clincher , as perhaps he considers it, in the shape of a certificate from Gen. Win field Scott: Finally, General Scott, in an official letter to the War Department, dated May 11, 1836, in referring to the resignation of General Clinch, says; “The resignation of Brigadier General Clinch ! was forwarded a week ago. 'lhe army will LOSE IN THIS OFFICER ONE OF ITS BEST COM | MANDERS.” Now this is a sort of stereotyped form of compliment, on the occasion, of the resignation iof an officer. There is nothing very superla ! tive in it. It has not half the flourish that we would have expected from the florid pen of this veteran Commander and famous letter writer. A certificate coming from him, had he intended any special laudation, would pro bably have abounded in the mast elaborate choice of eulogistic terms. But we do not design, or wish to detract from the military pretensions of Gen. Clinch. We do not doubt that he is personally a very gallant man, and a very good General. In j thirty years of military service, he must be a 1 dull man indeed if he has not acquired con siderable military knowledge and skill. But | we can not sec in all this, proof of his effi- | cicncy to discharge the civil duties which must I devolve on the Chief Magistrate of the State. ; It is certain that his friends cannot, by their j certificates, establish his mental qualifications i | for the office. They are pushing this game to | a ridiculous extent. One anonymous writer, a contributor to the Chronicle. , signed “A Vol unteer,” is so amusing as to assert, that Gen. ! Clinch, as a writer, proved himself an over match for Governor Cass. As to the battle of Withlacoochie, which is, in fact, the exploit upon which are placed the claims of Gen. Clinch for the suffrages of the people, we do not desire to depreciate the ex ploit itself, or Gen. Clinch’s share in the hon or —we will add, tub glory, if that is not too big a word —of the occasion. We '" iB even publish in full the account of it furnished by “Aristides” for the Chronicle. It appears, according to that, that 762 Ameri- , cans, regulars and volunteers, whipped about 300 Indians in about 70 minutes, killing 14 of them certainly, and perhaps about 50 more.— Oh, Sacramento —“pale your ineffectual fires.” Oh, Palo Alto, Resacca, Monterey, Buena Vista —hide your diminished heads. The Battle of Withlacoochie. —This battler was fought on the 31st of December, 1835, and is thus described, by an eye-witness, in a num- i ber of the Savannah Georgian , published in ; January, 1836: “Gen. Clinch’s army consisted of 212 regu lars and 550 volunteer militia, who left Fort Crane 29th December, and on Monday, the 31st, by daylight, arrived at the Withlacoochie river. They there found, instead of a ford, as j reported by the guides, a rapid and deep stream, | and crossed over, 7 men at a time, in a canoe. : i I The regulars first crossed over and marched < j back from the river about 400 yards, and there posted themselves; they remained quiet for two hours. The Indians were marching down 1 the hammock to the river, for the purpose, no doubt, of preventing the crossing of the party « of volunteers, when the sentinels, posted in 1 the edge of the hammock by Col. Fannin, dis covered them, tired, and retreated to their lines; ; i then Col. Fannin maxched his men to the ham mock, and received a tremendous fire from the i Indians. Col. Fannin, at the head of them, returned the fire and charged the hammock; by this time about twenty-five volunteers came up to tbe battle ground from the river. Gen. Clinch then also came up, again charged the hammock, and the Indians were dispersed. Fourteen dead Indians were discovered, but no doubt, many more (supposed 50) were re moved. The slaughter must have been dread ful among them —the regulars having fired 1000 rounds of ball and buckshot during the action. “A small party of Indians had fired on the volunteers on the banks of tbe Withlacoochie, which was returned, and three Indians were found dead. “The action between the regulars and Indi ans lasted about 70 minutes; 4 regulars killed, 56 wounded; of volunteers, 4 wounded. Gen. Clinch received in his cap and clothing sever al shots, and his horse received two shots. The j battle ground was peculiarly favorable for In dians. “Late in the clay, Gen. Clinch, finding no good ground for his camp, determined to re cross the river, and did so in good order, and reached Fort Crane on the 2d January. All the volunteers immediately returned home, their term of service having expired. “Capt. W. M. Graham, of the Army, was badly wounded in the shoulder and leg. Lieut. C. Graham was very severely wounded in the chin and leg. Lieut. Ridgely received a se- ; vere wound in the arm. Lieut. C. Graham had command of his company, and after he j fell the command devolved upon his first ser geant, (there being no other commissioned of- 1 asFWg? f-nvLiumw l v-:. ' ficer,) who grtllinlly led them to the charge Maj. Lyttle, acting as aid to Gen. Clinch, hat his horse shot under him. Col. AV arren, o the Volunteers, received a severe wound in tin breast. -Dr. Clarke also had his horse sho under him.*’ The part which Gon. Clinch enacted in tin engagement is more fully detailed in the fol lowing extract from a letter, written by “an officer in the army, to his friend in Washing ton,” dated January 13, 1836, and publisher in the National Intelligencer of January 30 : “You will see from Gen. Clinch’s officia i letter, giving an account of the battle, that h< j »ays nothing of'himself. I was in this battle and allow me to say to you respecting bin what I saw and know to bo true. Throughon the engagement, he was in the hottest of th< fight. Ilis horse was shot under him in twr ; places—neck and hip. A ball passed througl his cap, entering the front, and passing out ai I the back part of the top. Another hall passer I through the sleeve of the bridle arm of his coat j This was my first battle, and I may not be tin best judge, but I do not believe that any mar 1 ever displayed more intrepid courage thar ; Gen. C. did on this occasion. At one mornen a little confusion occurred among the troops in consequence of some soldiers giving tin word Retire! The General immediately threw himself in front of the men, and, his hors< staggering under him, he dismounted, acl vane ed to the front, and, amidst a shower of bullet; from the Indians, said that before he iron'd shim his bach to the enemy he would die upon the field The high and chivalric bearing of the Genera kindled among the men an enthusiasm whiel I believe was never surpassed. A gallant charge followed, which routed and drove tint enemy from the field, and they did not a gab | show themselves. We kept the field abort three hours, and then rccrossed the river ir good order and without disturbance.” Such, then, was the battle of Withlacoochie And when we consider the deceptive and mer cilcss character of the foe; their numlter, (es timated at 300,) their concealed and favorable position, and the gallant manner in which, af ter repeated charges, before a galling and de structive fire, they were finally repulsed with ; ! severe loss, this engagement, so far from brim insigniefiant , reflects the highest honor upon the ; General and his men for their Intrepid am ! chivalric spirit. The Halls of the IVlontezamas Entered. The New Orleans Dee, of the 2d inst., con firms the report of the National, published ir our paper of yesterday, of the entrance o Gen. Scott into the City of Mexico. Aftci noticing the slip of the National, the Dee, in i poscript, says—“ Since the above was in type we learn by passengers from Mutamoros, or board the propeller Washington, which arrivec last night from the Brazos, which place sin left on the 27th, that on the day they left Matamoros an express arrived from the city of Mexico, with letters to Mexican merchants of that place, stating that Gen. Scott met the Mexican army at Dio Frio and had a battle, in | which the enemy were defeated and totally routed, with a loss on the part of the Ameri - cans of 300 men; after which Gen. Scott, with his victorious troops, entered and took pos session of the city of the Montezumas. The news was publicly read to the troops at Matamoros, and although it savors somewhat of improbability, may, nevertheless, be wholly true, for our readers will bear in mind that of all the battles fought and victories won on the fields of Mexico, our first news of them was received from Mexican authority, and af terwards confirmed through American sources. Wo incline to the opinion (though somewhat doubtful,) that our army under Scott lias again been victorious, and werethen, as now, in pos session of the city of Mexico.” Alabama Election. We have returns from Mobile, in?a slip from the Advertiser office, from which it appears the Whigs have elected their Senators and two out of three of the Representatives. The vote as far as heard from (three small precincts behind, which will not change the result) stands as follows : For Governor. Whigs. Democrat*. Nidi. Davis 1207 ( 11. Chapman 997 For Congress. John Gayle 12J3 ( .John T. Taylor..lo4o For State Senator. Geo. N. Stewart. 1277 | Jo. Seawell 1010 For Representative^. E. Lockwood. .. 1245 P. Walker 1214 P. Hamilton.... 1199 P. Phillips 10*17 W. J. Ledyard ..1113 D. McAlpin 1015 For Tax Collector. D. C. Eowan.... 1044 | Geo. E. H01t.... 1125 The National Intelligencer indulges in the following lugubrious strain on the the prospects of the Congressional election, in Kentucky. The present delegation stands 9 Whigs to 1 Democrat. The Democrats arc sanguine of electing 5 members. Should it turn out so, it may reduce very rapidly the number of whig candidates for Speaker, Clerk and other offices of the House of Representatives to which the greedy eyes of the whigs are now turned. “In these elections there would exist no doubt in our mind of a gain by the Whigs suf ficient to give them the ascendancy in the popular branch of Congress, were it not that there are causes operating in the State of Ken tucky which will prevent the Whig interest in that State from being represented in Congress in proportion to its known strength. We do not understand exactly what these causes are, beyond the too common one of the Whigs hav ing in some one or more districts two candi dates in the field; but that these discords do exist we are assured by the papers of that State. We mention the fact, to prevent our readers from being taken by surprise by the result of the election in this generally sound and steady State.” New uses of the Telegraph. Tire New York Sun says: “Dy a scries of experiments, performed in Washington by S. C. Walker, in Philadelphia by Professor Ken dall, and in Jersey City by Professor Loomis, of our University, the difference of longitude of New York and Philadelphia is shewn to be four minutes and thirty seconds. We under stand it is the intention of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, in due time, to extend this method to all the principal cities along our coast. We are not aware that this me thod has been attempted in any part of Eu rope.” Money Paid for Cotton. Mr. McQueen stated in evidence before a committee of the House of Commons last month, that in the course of the last twenty five years, England has paid, for cotton alone, to the United States, 208,000,000 sterling, or i $1,300,000,000. i * v. . v i °® cc Stam P s a Circulating- Medium. -I 1 lie Philadelphia Inquirer has received in |* e Payment for subscription to that journal, from )t a S oll tlcman residing in "W ashington, (wh<f | was puzzled to make up a fraction of eighty is five cents,) eight Post Office Stamp of the de- | nomination of ten cents each, and one of five n | cents. All things have their uses. d : The amount of Treasury N^teT^tstandmg i on the Ist inst., it is officially stated, was $14,- I I 274.239.51. It appears from the Monthly statement of the* lt | Secretary of the Treasury that there were on e deposito in the various Government deposito -0 l ies, on the 2G£h ult., subject to his draft, $2,. d Troops far Mexico. t. Company K.of the 13th Regiment U. S. I tl . c | fantry, arrived here yesterday afternoon in tin; n steamer St. Matthews, from Florida. The n Company numbering oJqncn—all of them rc it cruitcd in Florida. They left town last night 5, ■ in the Cherloston Boat for .Charleston, where e they will embark for the Brazos. The detach er ment is commanded by Major Johnson, ofTal ;e lahassec. The other officers are Captain Clark f •- (the son of our friend Major Clark, of St. Marys,) ■s Lients. Heywood, Dummctt and Hulse.—-.Sa te vannah Republican, Oth inst• I. | d Central Rail Road Stock. ] 1 We are informed by one of our merchants, q that he sold on Wednesday last SIO,OOO worth e of the 8 per cent Central Rail Road Stock at 5 n per cent premium. Wo are gratified to notice Lt this exhibition of the confidence of purchasers. n | -a. ___ Paulding Democracy. y We visited Paulding the present week, and ” j arc happy to state, that we found the Demo j. cracy wide awake, and leaving no stone im turned. Paulding will do her duty—we only hope, that every county in tire State will do as well, and if they do, Towns will be the a i Gover nor by 5,000 majority. We are deter q mined in Cherokee to carr y the “wav into the enemies camp,” and route them “horse, foot v and dragoons.” — Pioneer, oth inst. We have learned, with pleasure, that Mr * Wilson, who lias been painting portraits with great success in Georgia, and who has been II commissioned by the Legislature of that Suite d to copy Yanderlyn's portrait of Gen. Andrew v Jackson, in the City Hall of Charleston, has recently arrived for that purpose, and has ob tained every facility from the Council for cxe curing it. He is now engaged in making his u I copy. Mr. Wilson has taken rooms at the d Pavilion Hotel, where a few of his works can c . be seen. His portraits are executed with . great skill and truthfulness, and justify r the reputation which his pencil has acquired f for him. Whilst in Charleston, we understand f that he would be willing to prolong his stay, „ should encouragement bo offered him, in the practice of his art as i\ portrait painter. — ! Charleston Courier, oth inst. . | See nr- on a South Ferry Boat. — A member of x that fine company of French citizens which paraded Broadway on Wednesday with a splendid band of music at their head, was crossing the South Ferry to his residence in t Brooklyn, after parade, when lie was assault . j ed with extremely gross language by a shabby 1 genteel half-slewed man, about forty years of ■ j age. This fellow walked round him in the f cabin, eyeing him on every side, while at the ? same time the word puppg was kept constant ly in use. The Frenchman did not appear to know what to make of such conduct, as his ac quaintance with the English was rather limit - . eI. He appeared extremely embarrassed and t stupified by his awkward condition. There t were a number of passengers present, but no one opened his mouth to rebuke the contempti ble rascal who was violating the hospitality of the country and disgracing its citizens, by such gross and shameful behavior to a stranger. — Every soul left the cabin, leaving the Freuch -1 man in a most pitiable condition, standing in 1 | the middle of the floor, hearing the assaults of I ; the rowdy without answering a word—at . which moment, an elderly genleman who had I not yet come forward in the cabin, and who ! witnessed a part of the abuse, came forward * ; amt asked the rowdy where he belonged, j and why he abused that unoffending man ? : He answered by repeating some more abuse, i whereupon the elderly gentleman with his ■ glove on gave him a jjose* under the ear that knocked him against the railing of the boat, producing the most profound silence with 1 the highest degree of astonishment. 'Hie row - dy instead of making fight, carried himself as quick as possible out of the way of the old j man’s glove to the other end of tire boat, when ; he hissed like one of Milton’s serpents on the .waist of sin. The elderly gentleman t hen* oh* 1 served to the bystanders that he could not feel himself worthy the name of American, w ere he to stand by and tamely sec abused an urn offending man, the countryman of Hi Fayette, who stood by the Father of his Country in the j time that tried men’s souls, 'without offering l some chastisement to the contemptible scoun drel that was disgracing his-country. A burst of approbation then followed from the passeu . gers. — Y. Sun. ~ DIED. - In this city, on the 3d Inst., C>eorge Ctisros ; Gordon, aged 36. a native of Newberg, Orange j county, N. Y., but for a number of years past, a | resident of this city. To his numerous friends it ■ w-ill be a source of gratification to learn, that Ik? re ceived, while living, every attention that friendship ] could bestow, and w r as accompanied to his last , : resting place by a numerous concourse of his fel i low citizen. Special Notices. STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR GIA. 1 Ujr’ This Company having been re-organized and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre pared to send forwarded without delay ail freight that may offer. i Goods consigned to W3VI,.P. WILLIAMS, Agent at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commit,-. . I sions. | The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this. ] ! Company has terminated. I ’ JOHN B. GUI EL. June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta, UTDR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at-. f tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in, Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Ehttance one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store..^ June 13 6m . . . *■* 315 i-> i — : — • PLEASANT STOVALL Renews the tender of his services ijn the STOU ' AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTH t ER PRODUCE, at hi« Fire ProsfXVareluiu**- I j Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 1817. 8 mos. 35 , ? [CFDoctors EVE and CAMPBELLS will at tend to my Professional Business during my absence for the summer from the State. ■ July 17 PAUL ALEXANDER McKENZIE, JJL? attorney at daw; a WAYNESBORO’, GEORGIA. t April2o ly '. *- r7B - J C ; VRDNEH, j W *4 ; ATTORNEY AT LikW ( ,r r AUGUSTA. GEORGIA v- -3 * Feb a , . v - •». * ; v