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Messrs. Editors : I enclose you a piece of
poetry highly descriptive—l might say as e,x
crutiatlngly so as some oft be portraits drawn by
our city bards. It is enhanced by the singu
larly emphatic and poetic attestations of the
day, which give the modern poet a vast advan
tage over those of other times. How faint,
comparatively, were the protestations in vogue
at the era when wrote AEschylus of old and
Sophocles and Euripides ? I).
“All About Ilcr.*
Yes, she was lovely, she was fair,
As mild as summer even;
An angel form, a spirit bright,
A star that dropped from fleaven.
Well s4*e was.
And O, those bright and lovely orbs,
That beamed with holy fire;
Those auburn curls, that lovely brow,
Noire, none but could admire.
Well they could’nt-
I knelt before her and I swore
I’d have one burning kiss;
She said, “Until you wash your face
You can’t enjoy such bliss !”
WcH, she did'
I swore she was an angel, too,
Who’d fallen Irons the sky;
She cries—“O for a pair of wingi
Once more to soar on high!”
Indeed she did
“What! what!” I cried, “and Would you thus
A lover true desert!”
“Oh heavens!” she cries,“the clothesline’ broke,
There goes my brother’s shirt ”
Weil she did, hoss.
I felt just then as if I’d drapt
From Chimborazo’s snramit,
I felt my budding passion crapt—
“Twas plain 1 could not come it.
No SIH-EE.
And did I quickly snatch my bal
Without a thought of kissing?
And did I ever after that *
Come up among the missing?
I didn’t do nothin shorter.
[Front the Sacannrth (renrrnnn. 1 fifh fnsf.l
STONE MOUNTAIN, )
Aug. 11, o’clock. )
D ear Sir:—The day, contrary to expectation,
is favorable to the Agricultural Show. I slept
last night in a room in which there were 25
human beings ; many of whom broke the still
ness of the night by snoring. Deliver me,
sir, from sleeping in an apartment of snorers.
To day the hotels are filled to suffocation.—
Pedestrians, carts, carriages and wagons are ar
riving every moment. The ladies form a very
large proportion of visiters. The exhibition is
hardly commenced, but I have just returned
from the room in which the articles are dis
played. Some beautiful baskets, made by Miss
Holden, of Cass County, were much admired ;
yarns from thcßellville factory were universally
acknowledged to be very line. A bundle of
brooms made in the vicinity of the iron works
in Cass County, received much praise.
Captain Hardwick, of Hancock County,
exhibited a sample of rough chaff wheat, 66
pounds to the bushel, making 43 pounds of
superfine flour.
The editors present are to meet to-day, in
referenee to matters connected with the Mag
netic Telegraph. I doubt, however, whether
such arragements can be effected as the Edi
torial corps will desire- Two elegant samples
of embroidery from the hands of Miss E/.zurd,
of Decatur, were the subject of unbounded
applause. I must endeavor to see this young
lady. I have no doubt of her accomplish
ments in other respects. Mrs. Eve exhibited
a bedspread and a centre table cover, which
reflected credit on her ingenuity and taste. —
Mr. Atkinson exhibited specimens of Chero
kee marble. Mr. Ilylander, of Columbus, a
straw cutter upon a new fashion. Good speci
mens of silk were displayed by Mr. Evans of De
Kalb County. Many fine horses are on the
ground and attract great attention. At 12
o’clock the Society met, Mr. Stocks, President,
in the chair, for the purpose of business. The
committees have just made their reports. The
Committee on Stock, awarded to W. J. Eve,
Esq., of Richmond County, a premium for the
best three year old bull. This was a noble
animal.
To Dr. Calhoun of Decatur, and Dr. Wright,
for the best horses.
To J. Webb, Esq., of Newton county, who
exhibited a three year old Stallion, the Com
mittee awarded praise; there being no compe
tition they declided giving a premium.
To Dr. Calhoun, premium for his blood
mare Victoria.
The Committee on Agricultural implements
spoke highly of Mr. Rylander’s straw-cutter,
and ploughs, exhited by Mr. .
The Committee on flowers made quite; a
flattering report in reference to the flowers ex
hibited by Mrs. Starks. The Miss Ezzard, a
premium was awarded for specimens of em
broidery. To Mrs. Eve, the same honors
were awarded for samples of needle work. Va
rious other reports were made, but their char
acter I have forgotten.
The election of officers then took place, and
the Society adjourned to meet at the Rock
meeting next August.
I do not think there were less than 3000
persons present. Gen. Clinch and Col. Towns
attended the meeting. Mr. M. A. Cooper was
the principal speaker, and really appeared to
be deeply interested in the meeting.
Dr. Hamilton made some remarks in regard
to the successful experiment which he had
made in the cultivation of grasses, a copy of
which was requested for publication.
The crowds have dispersed and the hotels
are quiet.
I understand that more extensive arrange
ments will be made by the next season for the
accommodation of visiters. Mr. Mitchell, of
Augusta, has purchased the property of the
late J. W. Graves, Esq., with a view of carry
ing out the intentions of that individual in re
gud to this place. Mr. Mitchell pledged him
self tht£ day before the assembled multitude,
that every arrangement which luxury and con
venience require will be made by him at the
n«xt meeting, and I have no doubt tnat from
the peculiar fitness of Mr. M. for this depart
ment, that the expectations of the public will
be fully realised.
Whilst at Athens, I was much pleased with
the speech of Mr. Ferrel, one of the young
centletaen to whom the Ist honor was given..
His address to the President in his valedictory
TV;
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particularly pleased me. It was as follows:
“And as we utter to you, Mr. President, this
solemn word, we would pause and reflect upon
its meaning. Its import is written in the sad
and bitter emotions, always attending the se- i
paration of the best friends, and the dissolution
of the most sacred ties. Though these ties are
not ties of blood, yet we feel the emotions of
this occasion not less sensible than him of our ,
class who stands related to you by so sacred a !
connexion. It is a farewell not only to this 1
consecrated spot, and those classic scenes, but
also to those words of wisdom and cofreolation
which, coming from you, have ever breathed 1
peace to our troubled minds, in the midst of !
their greatest difficulty. The works of a Phidias ;
or a Raphael, though admired by thousanck,
cannot recognise the hand that fashioned them,
nor feel grateful to the genius that gave them
birth. They cease to exist with time;®but
yours, sir, is the duty of moulding - and mod
elling the immortal —the ever acting mind, j
'which can feel grateful, and which, vvgteh pride, (
will recognise and appreciate your
labors. —The impressions which you have made
i stop not at the grave. No! they will live with
i the soul, and form part of its existence in eter
nity. Farewell, Sir,”
1 have nothing more to say this evening, and
therefore say adieu.
ocorig i a .
AUG. IC.
FOR GOVERNOR
HD:G S. W. TOWNS.
*or *r Alia or.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
sth Dist. — Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
I 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox
Blh “ Striven and Effingham—W. J- Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Eiftanuel—VV. 8. C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur— Wit H. Reynold!
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wj? J. Joß ns o N*.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nelson'.
17th “ Macon and Houston —John A. Hunter.
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
25th “ Jones and Putnam— .Tame* M. Gray.
9Cth “ Munroe add Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
28th “ Merriwether and Coweta— Obe. Warner.
31st “ Rayette and Henry —Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
38th “ Clark and Jackson— Samuel Bailey.
i
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb— Jas. P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass— Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee— Wm. H. Hunt.
43d “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Coffee.
; 44th “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihu S. Barclay.
I ■ - ——— -
State Policy-State Finances, and the Is
sues they involve.
j When the canvass involving the election of
j Governor was going on, in 1345, the Whigs in
; slsted that national politics had nothing to do
I with the matter, and that it was unfair for the
j Democrats to discuss them before the people,
i The trite issue; it was then insisted by the
Whigs, were State policy—State principles—
Governor Crawford’s administration, and his
fiscal abilities;
The electiofi took place, and not only was
Governor Crawford re-elected,but a majority of
1 i Whigs was returned to the lower house, suffi
i °
cient to give the M bigs a majority on joint
ballot. What was the result? The Whigs
then insisted that national politics were in
volved in the State election—that a Whig
Governor, and a Whig majority in the legisla
ture having been returned, it was a decisive
expression of popular opinion in favor of
Whig principles generally, and an endorse
ment of the protective tariff, and National
Bank, and Anti-Texas views of that party, in
particular. The Whigs were therefore desi
rous of bringing on the election of U. States
Senator to succeed a term not expiring till
March, 1847. But the Democratic Senate fi
nally concluded to take the Whigs at their
word, and refused to go into an election which
must have resulted in the election of a Pro
tective Tariff, National Bank, Anti-Texas Sen
ator.
During the present canvass the same cry is
attempted to be raised. Yet if Gen. Clinch
be elected, and with him a majority of Whigs
to the legislature, the Whigs will of course in- i
i sist upon it as a triumph of Whig principles, j
! and that two thorough-going Wmos should be j
elected Senators to Congress, The Whigs are j
not forgetful of this. They are not forgetful
of the fact that two Senators are to be elected, \
though they pretend that this should be kept i
entirely out of view. Let the Democrats bear ;
this also in mind.
The following language, from the Coosa '
Journal , a Whig paper published at Rome, j
shows the effort sought to be made to flinch
from national politics, and mislead the minds ;
of the people in the Cherokee region:
We again insist that the Democratic presses,
in the present canvass for Governor of Gcor
gia, depart widely from the true issues before j
the people. The question the people of Geor- |
gia will be called upon to decide in October
next, is, not whether the war with Mexico is
justifiable, not whether the Western bounda
ry of Texas is the Neuces or the Rio Grande—
nor whether the tariff of 1846 is a free trade
measure, and established on sound and just
principles; these, among a multitude of other
questions, purely of a national character, dis
cussed by the Democratic papers in Georgia,
are not, we repeat, the true issues before the
people. But the question is, shall the able and
enlightened policy which has distinguished
the present Whig administration be continued, i
or shall the State be again placed in danger of j
being involved in the degradation and ruin in
which the Whigs found it? It is no difficult j
matter to divine the motive of the Democrats j
in trying to draw off the people’s attention I
from the consideration of their own State af
fairs. The truth is, they dare not discuss |
them—they cannot do it with any safety to I
their own candidate. —Coosa Journal, Aug. 14.
“The truth is, they (the Democrats) dar*
not discuss them (State affairs) —they dare not
do it with any safety to their own candidate.”
We rather think the boot is on the other leg.
The truth is, the Whigs dare not discuss na
tional affairs, so important to be discussed—
so important for Georgia to speak her senti
ments upon at this juncture. For this reason,
they insist they are not the true issues before
the people. But we 'will examine one point in
reference to State affairs presented by the fol
lowing question.
“Shall the able and enlightened policy
which has distinguished the present Whig ad
ministration be continued, or shall the State
be again placed in danger of being involved in 1
the degradation and ruin in which the Whigs
found it?”
We will now, in reply, submit our comments
under the following heads:
Ist. Whit was the condition in which the
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Whigs found the State in November, 1845,
when they came into power?
2nd. What had been the legislation of par
| tics for a few years previous on the State fi
nances? .
3rd. Is not the restoration of State credit
attributable chiefly to the Democratic party?
We shall submit facts to prove the affirma
; tive of this last proposition in discussing the
i other two points.
We assert firsk that at the advent of Gov
i ernor Crawford to office, in November, 1843,
the credit of the State was nearly at par. It
| was advancing rapidly to par—was destined
inevitably to reach that point, and that Gov
ernor Crawford, or as it is termed in rather
| grander phrase, the present Whig Administra
tion, had no agency whatever in producing this
state of things. This had all been done before
Governor Crawford came into office. It was
done, too, by the measures of democratic legis
latures.
Let us recall a few facts. In Nove aber,
j 1843, State Bonds and Central Bank Bills were
at about 6 or 7 per cent, below par only. They
| had been as low as 50 per cent. The lowest point
I of depression of Central Bank Bills in Augus-
I ta, in 1813, was about 45 per cent discount.
This was in February, 1843. They, and State
j Bonds continued, from that time steadily to
advance pari passu till they reached par. Did
j Governor Crawford cause this? lie was not
iin office. Did the whigs cause this? They
j were not in power, and had not been for two
j years. The legislatures of 1841, and of 1842,
were both democratic. We find State credit
j steadily appreciating before Governor Craw-
I ford goes into office, and continuing to appre
| elate Under the influence of causes in opera
' tion which he did not create —did not suggest
| —did not have any thing previously to do
with, except to oppose them Causes that, with
i out any aid from him, except in carrying out
I legislative measures which his duties as Gov
ernor required him to do, did eventually (Arry
| up State Bonds and Central money to par,
i and therefore beyond the sheers, and jeers,
, and ridicule, and sarcasms of the whigs.
j Let us now examine the legislation of par
-1 ties for a few years prior to November, 1843.
One of the fruitful sources of evil to the
finances of Georgia, the whigs have alleged to
jbe the Central Bank of Georgia. Perhaps
; they are right. Perhaps this institution Should
! never have been created. But who created
it? The Troup party of Georgia. It was the
especial protege of that party. Who intro
! duccd the bill for its creation? Major Joel
Crawford, a prominent member of the present
whig party. We will not truce its history,
though prepared to do so from 1823, when it
was created, to 1838; but at this time we
find a whig Governor in office and a board of
| whig directors managing the Bank, the 1c
! gislature whig. We find that whig legislature
extending the charter of the Bank for twelve
I years longer—to 1850. We find in that, or
the following year, as the result of whig fi
nanciering, the State under protest for a debt
of $300,000, due the Phoenix Bank of New
York City. The Democratic Governor, Mc-
Donald, went into office November, 1830, and
\ found the State under protest for this sum.
He found not A dollar in the treasury from
tuxes; these had all been given to the counties.
The legislature of 1339 (democratic) required
one half the State Tax levied by it to be paid
into the treasury; This measure, opposed in
every stage of its proceeding, was strongly oj -
posed by Hon. A. H. Stephens, and other lead*-
j ing whigs. In 1840, the legislature (whig)
I voted those taxes back to the counties-.
Gov. McDonald recommended to that legis
i lature, in his message, to resume the whole
; amount of the State taxes for the use of the
treasury* He also advocated and advised the
i revival of the tax act of 1304, making it per
petual, and not requiring an annual revival.
These two things were done. These acts re
ceived his signature. But they brought no
money into the treasury prior to November,
; 1841. These were beneficial acts, but could
not immediately relieve the credit of the State.
| Let us look at some of the other whig legisla
j tion of that whig legislature, and its effect on
Central Bank nates. The Central Bank was
| required to pay, in current funds, the scrip is
sued by the Commissioners of the Western
; and Atlantic Kail lluad not payable in State
i bonds, and on cash contracts. It was requir
ed to pay the appropriations and defray the
current expenses of the political year 1841,
1 and to meet the warrants of the President of
the Senate and Speaker of the House for 1840.
It was required to pay the interest on the pub
lic debt, and $75,000 annually of the princi
pal. See acts of 1840, pages 20-21, 150-195,
sec. 20 and 26, Appropriation act of that year.
These several measures, as a matter of course,
broke down the credit of the Central Bank,
and placed it at the mercy of the Banks and
Brokers who controlled exchanges* They
were whig measures following close upon the
| act which wrested from the treasury the tax
brought in by the act of 1839, passed by a
j democratic legislature. Under the acts of
| 1810, there was thrown into circulation, not
i less than $700,000 Central Bank money, esti
mating these disbursements at par. See page
I 12, Keports and Documents of Cental Bank,
' there had been paid out $189,397 02. This
was done notwithstanding the warning which
will be found in Gov. McDonald’s message,
of 1840. See House Journal, page 12.
Let us come now to the legislature (demo
cratic) of 1841. This legislature consummat
ed the biennial sessions act, and made it a part
of the constitution, and thus saved about
$70,000 annually to the State. It is true, it
had previously been passed in 1840 by a whig
legislature. But it is also true that a Biennial
Sessions act had-been passed by the demo
cratic legislature of 1839, and was repealed by
the whig legislature in 1840, which substituted
another, and thus delayed the act one year.
But the inception and consummation of this
j measure of retrenchment and economy, were
both by democratic legislatures. Among other
acts of retrenchment of the legislature of
1341, wore reducing thtir own pay —suspend-
.... i
ing the work on the State Koad —abolishing
the Board of Commissioners, and reducing the
number of Engineers.
In 1842, the legislature (democratic again)
added 25 per cent, to the tax act. It passed
the act requiring drawers of land to take out
their grants or the lots should revert to the
State. It reduced the number of Central
Bank Directors down to One. It prohibited
the further issue of Central Bank notes, and
required those to be burned as they were
paid in. Against this law Governor Crawford |
voted, and not only so,' but protested, and his
protest, in which nreny other leading members
of the legislature united, stands recorded on
the Journals of the House. Yet under this
law, a vast amount of the Central Bank money
was brought in and burned, and this with
other measures tended much to elevate the
credit of the bills. That Bank had struggled
against the fierce opposition of rival Banks,
which were exceedingly anxious to displace
its circulation to get a circulation for their
own bills. Partisan zeal was also fierce a
galnst it, because it hoped by embarrassing,
crippling and crushing the Bank, to entail
odium on the democrats. The Supplementary
Report in 1842 of Gov. Crawford to the Re
presentative branch of the legislature did much
—very much to depress the bills and place
them below their intrinsic value. Speculators
bought them up, and made money on them.
For a short time these bills went down very
, low—in February, 1343, as low as 45 per cent
discount, as we have already stated. But they
soon after began to rise, as did State Bonds,
under the effect of democratic legislation, and
were nearly at par before the whigs came into
power. They would certainly have gone to
par. It required no whig financiering to place
them at par. They who had done so much to
prostrate and so little to restore State credit,
were not peculiarly gifted with sagacity and
financial skill to complete the work so nearly
its final triumph.
We now leave the reader to judge of the
correctness of our 3rd position.
We think we have adduced facts to show
that the restoration of State credit is attribu
table chietly to the democratic party. What
; the whig legislation of 1843 did, and what the
i whig Executive has done under its authority,
i we may speak of at anot her time.
[ It is very certain, however, that nothing
more was done than the easy task of carrying
; out the work of restoration of State credit,
. which was already so nearly complete under
Democratic legislation. The Whig journals
t are very profuse of laudations in general terms
of the great financial skill of their party, and
; their remarkable achievements in financiering;
, But they never go mto details; They never
f prove what they say. Their tirades against the
misrule of Democracy, and the degradation of
. State credit which it has caused, would be en
; titled to more consequence if they could vill
i' dieatc its own party from some of its own fi
. nancial errors, and elucidate the process by
■ which it has produced the brilliant results of
which they so loudly boast.
Bank of St. lYlarys.—cfen. CJinch’s Pleas.
[ It is with great cheerfulness we publish the
following letter. It is from the Attorney of
Gen. Clinch, who filed for him those memora
ble Picas in the Bank of St. Mary’s case. We
• do not see that it mends the matter much,—
- Be it true that General Clinch never suggested
the points of deiencc, or saw the Picas; his
• own acts furnished these points. It was his
■ act that made the note sued on. It is not de-
I nied that it was a note given in place of mo
ney, which should have been paid in, in order
to make up the capital stock pursuant to the
requisitions of the Charter. Therefore this
■ was an evasion of the Charter. It was exact
ly the reverse of the compliance with the re
quisitions of the Charter.
In the second place. It was General Clinch's
act, that payment of the note was refused. It
was pending the action on the note that he was
absent. He was, perhaps, then pursuing that
“brief and brilliant” career in Congress, and
leaving the Bank of St. Marys to take care of
itself, and run down its delinquent stock-hold
ers as best it could. But it does not appear
that he was absent before the action was com
menced. It should never have been com
menced. General Clinch ought never to have
given such a note for a purpose so openly a
vowed. But having committed the wrong,
and thus virtually defeated the legislature, by
evading one of its restrictions incorporated in
the Bank Charter, he should have paid it with
out a murraer. He is, and was a rich man, and
could have done so. He had credit, if he did not
have money, for we hear from one of his eulo
gists, that about that time he was offering his
individual credit to the State when it wanted
to borrow money, as the Bank of St. Marys
had none to lend. No wonder, seeing how
one of its stock-holders, and he the President,
refused to pay up his subscription. With
such an example before them, we should not
wonder if some o€ the others likewise refused.
One word as to Attorneys and their Pleas.—
We are fully apprized that many picas are
matter of form only, and that the General Issues,
if literally taken, would often be found to be a
flat denial of a palpable, plain, undeniable
fact, and therefore might in this strained way
be charged as involving the guilt of falsehood.
But Mr. Preston we presume, in the three pleas
which-we published, only one of ichich teas
the General Issue, disclosed two facts, both of
which were matters of substance. One was
that the note was given for stock. The other,
that payment was refused. In both of these
particulars we asserted that the conduct of
General Clinch was not free from censure.—
We have seen nothing yet to change our posi
tion.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 13, 1847.
To James Gardner, Jr. Esq.
Dear Sir: —As you have seen fit to publish
the defence which was made in the case of “A.
J. Bessent for the use of the Bank of St. Marys,
vs. D. L. Clinch,” and to insinuate charges
against the character of that gentleman, based
upon the Pleas which I, as one of his Attor
neys, thought proper to make, I owe it to him
■ 'I
’ and to the Public to request that you will also
publish the following statement.
It is not necessary, I presume, for me to en
ter into a detail of all the facts connected w ith
that case. It will be sufficient to say, that
Gen. Clinch is in no-wise responsible for the
defence which wus set up. He neither sug
gested the points of defence nor did he ever
; see the pleas before they were filed, nor do I
r-‘member that the substance of them was ever
made known to him. The Pleas were made
rather as a matter of form than with the ex
pectation of contesting the suit, an l I have but
little hesitation in saying that but for Gen.
C.'ff absence from the State on public service,
during the greater part of the time while the
action was pending, it would scarcely have
made its appearance on the docket of the
Coiirt, but would have been settled by arnica
ble conference between the parties, as was
i eventually the result. Every one, whether
lawyer or not, who is at all conversant with
legal proceedings, knows that attorneys habitu
ally file pleas which they have no expectation
of making farther use of, but which a sense of
professional duty prompts and justifies. If
attorneys, and through them, their clients are
to be held to the strict, literal meaning of their
| pleas, there is not a lawyer nor a client in the
State who is not guilty of downright falsehood,
nearly as often as he pleads the “General Is
sue.”
I repea’t, then, that Gen. Clinch had nothing
, to do with the picas filed in the case referred
; to, nor is he responsible for their merits or dc-
I merits, they may be.
It is not my intention, nor is it necessary,
to defend Gen. Clinch’s character for upright
and honorable dealing. He is too well known
and too highly esteemed by bis fellow-citizens
as a man of scrupulous honor, for charges
against his personal integrity to injure any but
those who venture to make them.
I am, sir, respectfully yours,
J.W. PRESTON.
The Central Bail Road anl the Chicago
Convention.
The Savannah Georgian, of the IGth inst.
says—“We are requested by a Director of the
Central Rail Road to state, that he was not
present when the vote was taken to appropri
ate five hundred dollars to defray Mr. King’s
| expenses to the Chicago Convention; —that as
soon as he heard of the appropriation, he pro
tested against it in the strongest terms —ex-
pressing his opinion that the Directors had no
right to mingle politics in the affairs of the
: Company, nor had they the pow'er to appro
priate money for such a purpose. His opinions
are Unchanged, nor does he believe that any
other private corporation in the Union was
represented in that Convention.”
| • , Alabama—Pinal Result.
The Montgomery Flag and Advertiser of
I the 14th instant, says—“We publish to-day
i the result of oilr election complete—from
Henry, and Coffee and Dale we have only re
! ported majorities for Governor,— blit we siip
pbse they may be relied oil as correct. Far
Governor the majority tallied with our calcu
lation. when there wore nine counties to be
heard from. We then estimated it at about
7000 —it is 6909. This will d » vary well for
; Governor —and proves tile wisdom and judg
ment of the convention which selected Mr.
Chapman as the standard bearer of the Ala
| bama Democracy.
“For Congress, Gayle has a majority of 502;
our table of votes in this district is official,
with the exception of Washington and Wil
cox, which we copy from the Mobile paper.’.
It may, therefore —although it does not tally
wdth the majority reported by the papers in
the Ist district —be regarded as the true ma
jority for Gayle. In the 2d district, Hilliard,
whig, had no opposition. The majority for
Harris over all in the 3d district is 3,460. For
| lage in the 4th district, 153. For Cobb, over
I Acklin, 643. For Houston, 2,709. For Bow
don, over all, 461.
“In the State Senate, there is a democratic
gain of three and a loss of six : In the II vase,
a democratic gain of seven and loss of six.—
The majority on joint ballot will be twki.xy
nine votes !
| “Alabama is not quite “re-yf’i-eratcd.”
The remains of Mid’n. T. Bradford Shu
brick, w'ho fell in the trenches before Vera
Cruz, arrived at Wilmington, (Del.,) on Thurs
! day. They wore received and escorted to St,
Peter’s church by a funereal cortege, consisting
! of the family relatives and friends of the de
ceased, the Mayor of the city and other au
| thorities, detachments from the various vol
unteer companies of the city composing a
guard of honor —officers of the army and navy,
and a large procession of citizens at large. The
final ceremonies of interment were to take
place yesterday.
The grand jury of the Court of Sessions, at
| New York, indicted, on Wednesday, A. L.
Kellogg, captain of the steamboat Niagara, and
i Ilosea Birdsell, the engineer of the said boat,
for manslaughter in the third degree, in caus
i ing the death of two firemen of the above boat,
°
! and scalding several of the passengers, by car
rying too much steam. Birdsell has been ar
rested and held to bail in $5,000.
. Steamboat Speed—Another Challenge,
Geo. Law, Esq., of New York, the owner of
the steamer Oregon, says that he will run that
boat over the same route as the one selected
i in the race with the C. Vanderbilt, or any
| other to be agreed upon, against the Hendrik
Hudson, for two thousand dollars against one
thousand, or if the above should be deem ed
insufficient, be will offer in addition, as follows:
S3OOO to 2000, S4OOO to 2500, SSOOO to 3000,
S3OOO to 4500, SBOOO to 6000, or one hundred
dollars to seventy-five on any amount up to
fifty thousand dollars. If any of the above be
accepted, Mr. Law offers to run the Oregon
with only one wheel against the Hendrik Hudson,
for one thousand dollars.
Death of ajo^Q : eT^l^zenrofjPhiiaaelphia
Alexander Henry, Esq., one of the
aged and respectable citizens of Philadelphia,
died last week. His life was characterized
by the most benevolent acts and kindly deeds,
and a religious faith cheered and sustadiue
him to the last.
i
Two IvSorc Jersey Veterans Gone,
Colonel Daniel Kemper, a veteran officer of
! the war of the Revolution, expired at his resi-
I dcnce in New Brunswick on the 6th iaist., at
j y
, the age of 88, having been born in August,
| 1750. He served the cause of independence
faithfully, and lived the life of a Christian pa
triot. The next day death claimed another of
the old worthies, in taking off Captain Lewis
| Johnson, also a soldier of the Revolution, who
| had nearly reached the SBth anniversary of
I his birth. They were entombed on Sunday.
A Good Suggestion.
A correspondent of the Boston Transcript
suggests the substitution of an octave or so of
musical pipes, in place of the steam whistle.—
The engineer, he says, might then entertain
| the passengers and the surrounding country
! with favorite airs. “Old Dan Tucker” is sug
; gested for road crossings and passage through
populated districts, on account of the appro
priateness of the chorus, “get out of the way.”
The yellow fever is on the increase in Nevr
Orleans. 16 deaths were reported for the 24
hours ending on the 11 th inst.
We learn from undoubted authority that the
caterpillar h is made its appearance in some of
i the plantations on the Chattahoochee River,
j near this place.—The statements we have hcrc
! tofore given in regard to the prospects of the
j present cotton crop, were those of persons deem
ed adequate to a correct knowledge of the facts.
The effect to be produced by the long con
tinued raius and the subsequent scorching sans
|of August, could only be conjecture—but
from the information received from various
sources, we incline to the opinion, that the
crop will fall far short of a medium one. —
Fort Gaines (Ga.) Volunteer, 14th inst.'
Funeral Notice.
07 The Friends and Acquaintance of JAMES
G. STALLINGS, arc invited to attend bis Fa'feral,
! from the residence of John H. Mann, This After
noon, at 4 o’clock. Aug. 18
O’ The members of the Masonic Fraternity;
are requested to assemble at the Lodge Room*
This Afternoon, at 3 o’clock. P. M. for the purpose
of paying the hist tribute of respect to our deceased
! Brother, JAMES G. STALLINGS. A punctual
attendance is requested.
By order of the W 31.
I August 18 C. DWELLE, Scc’y.
£ommcr c i a I.
! f. ATE ST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL JULY 14
|
j LATEST DATES FROM HAVR'J JULY 13.
- ■ ■ ... ft
Aujasta Market, Adjust 13.
COTTON.—On Wednesday, Thursday aad Fri
day there was a good demand for Cotton in this
1 market, and the quotations given in our la it were
freely paid for ail offered; on Saturday, however,
i the demand fell off, and purchasers demanded a
reduction of $ a cent, which holders refused to
| submit to. On Monday and yesterday the market
j was quiet, with few or no sales—purchasers refus
ing to give the prices demanded by holders, and
sellers holding on. In this state it closed last eve
ning, with but little Cotton offering. The sales
during the week sum up 10J0 to 12 >0 bales, within
the range of last week’s quotations, which we con
tinue, with the remark, that w file holders are
j firm at them, purchasers refuse to operate unless
at a reduction of fully f cent.
| Inferior....*;; Ifljall Middling Fair 12 a—
-0rdinary..........i itali ? Fair l-jja—
Middli/g..,.’10ja1l J Good Fair none.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON.
Aroin ike isf &yti, 1840, to latent dates received.
184/4-7. IP 45-~.
X«*r.‘ 13...‘.‘1933,098 173,Utd
Charleston, Aug. 14. , 344,347 248,12.*
Mobile Aug. 11 ,’319,GG5....’'. 4 1c5,0»7
New-Orleans. Aug 7, ..-..’702,812 i ,037,997
Texas: June 23. L i... J 8,432 00
Tl.ifida, J U ‘V ?1. L ,: 127,391 138,645
Virginia, Aug G.'....... '. '„• 11,130 12,123
North Carolina, July 3L . . ~G,073 9,375
Total. ;;;;::;;:::::: 1,75:3,97a ?, 437,434
STOCK OF COTTON
Remaining on hand at the laUif dtiter received.
Savannah, Aug. 31 6,157 7,126
Charleston, Aug. 14 28.031.;..,. 9,148
Mobile, Aug. 11 .’ 3«,;vV2.'10,277,
New Orleans, Aug. 7 bl ,247 ' 22,93ty
Texas, June 23, 5 0.; :! 00
Floral a, July 31, 3,441 .... 4,04.7
j Augusta & Hamburg, Aug. 1, 19,7 )3; , .18,25 '
Macon, July 1, 4,775..;.. 3,T58
Virginia, Aug. G 251 : 209
North Carolina, July 31, s*o 1,209
New York, Aug. 10 113,158 49,00?’
Philadelphia, Aug. 7 5,24 * 6,03 P
Total, 281,81,3 131788
•
GROCERIES.—But a limited business has been
transacted this week in the grocery line. Many of
our merchants are North laying in their Fall aup
-1 plies, and by the first September they will have for
; sale one of the largest and best selected stocks
ever offered in this market.
! CORN.—The demand for this article is confined
principally for home use, and the few lots selling
bring from 50 to 55 cents according to quantity.
FLOUR.—Country Flour is getting scarce, in
consequence of the limited receipts of the last two
weeks. That of good quality is in demand, and
would meet with ready sale at a 6, by small
quantities.
THE RIVER—I s in excellent steamboat con
dition, and our friends north will risk nothing by
sending their goods by that route, as there is every
( prospect of its continuing navigable for the re
mainder of the season. There is not much down
freight offering, and we have no change to notice
| in rates.
BANS STOCKS. &c.
j 2:
.Original Present .Divid’s
1 I cost. value, jperano
I Mechanics’ Bank, 100 105 a 8 per ct.
1 Augusta Ins. 6l Bk’g. C 0.... 100 85 a Hperct,
i Bank of Brunswick, 100 105 a 8 per ct.
; Bank of Augusta, 100 90 a Gperct»
Bank State of Georgia, 100 85 a 6 per ct.
Geo. R. R. &. Bk’g. Co 100 80 a 4 per ct.
Iron Steam Boat Co 100 82 a 8 per ct.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 17.— Cotton— The Up
land market, during Saturday and yesterday, has
j remained quite inactive; on the former day no
sales, and yesterday only 93 bales changed hands
for coastwise shipment at 11£ a Ilf cts..
Rice. —Factors firm, with some transactions at
%b\ on contract.
Stepping intelligence.
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Ship South Carolina, White, New York.
Ship Hanover, Rogers, Mobile.
MEMORANDA.
The ship Anson, Burr, for Charleston, sai ed fm
New Y r ork 13th inst.
The brig Gilbert Hatfield, Kingsbury, for
Charleston, cleared at New Orleans on the 11th
inst., with the following cargo—6l hhds. and -
cases Tobacco; 100 bbls. Whisky, 100 do. Flour,
16 tcs. Hams, and 14 casks Bacon.
CHARLESTON,
dale, Sherman, Camden, Me.