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" THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. J A IV! lS G A KUNE R, JR. TSHJViS. Daily, per annum $3 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum G 00 If paid in advance...... 5 00 Weekly, per annum 3 00 •If paid in advance.. 2 50 To Clubs,-remitting $lO in al'Vasci;, FIV E ■COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa • per-in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. (m’Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get - the paper at $2 00. (L/*Ail new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. Jj*Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [From the IV. O. Delta. \\t\ ins/.] Death of Richard Hoary Wilde. It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that we record the death of that brilliant writer, profound jurist and estimable gentlemen, Rich ard Henry Wilde. He died of the prevailing -epidemic yesterday, at 4 o’clock, a. m. Mr Wilde was born of Irish parentage, in Baltimore, Md. At an early age, having removed to Georgia, he embarked in mercantile life, but finding each an avocation unsuited to his taste and talents, entered upon the study of the law, to which he applied himself with extraordinary perseverance and zeal. Admitted to the Bar . at the age of twenty, he established himself as a practitioner in the town of Augusta, Ga. Ills * first conspicuous appearance before the public, was in an argument against the Stay Law pass ed by the State of Georgia din ing the late war, the object of which was to suspend the collec tion of debts by process of law. His position in this exciting discussion, evinced hot only high talents as a constitutional lawyer, but also showed him to be a man of great moral cou rage. Shortly afterwards, he was appointed Attorney- General of the State. In 1815, when just twenty-five, Mr. "Wilde was elected to the National House of Repre sentatives. In 1828, he was re-elected to the same body, of which he continued a member until 1835. In Congress, he maintained a position which gained him the respect, con- , fidence and admiration of that body, to a de gree beyond that enjoyed by any other mem ber. He seldom spoke, but when he did, it was after the amplest study, reflection and pre paration —so that he always commanded the deepest attention of the House, and his speech es, when printed, were read and admired all over the country. He could not play the de magogue or par tisan, and having seceded from his party, was at the subsequent election, left out of the Georgia delegation. Availing hirasel of the opportunity thus afforded, and finding his health weak and declining, Mr. Wilde went abroad, and after a tour through Europe, set- ; tied down in Florence, and devoted himsel f entirely to literature. It was during this resi dence that he prepared his book, entitled the “Love", Madness and Imprisonment of Tasso,” which was published in 1812, and has been much admired throughout the country. He ■ has written other works relating to the letera ture of Italy, of great merit; and during his residence in Florence succeeded, by the zeal and perseverance of his inquiries, in discover ing a veritable portrait of Dante, by Giotti, on the walls of the prison in the city of Florence. This discovery produced a profound sensation in Italy, and gamed Mr. Wilde the admiration and affection of that ardent race. Mr. Wilde is the author of several able contributions to •or periodical literature, as well as of some very popular songs, one of which, “My life is like the summer rose,” has hap great celebrity. Shortly after his re turn from Italy, Mr. Wilde settled in this city to practise law. He had previously devoted much attention to the study of the Civil Law, of which he was a warm admirer. His success here was flattering; and although his retired and studious tastes were little adapted to the busy scenes of this commercial city, his pro found knowledge and fine capabilities as a jurisconsult in the higher walks of the legal profession, secured him a large and increasing practice. His arguments, marked as they always were with proofs of the amplest study, research and deliberation, expressed in a style of classical purity an d lucid elegance, and de livered with an air of gentlemanly ease and urbanty, never failed to fix the attention of our Supreme Court and to excite the admiration of tha Bar. Last spring, in organizing the Uni versity of Louisiana, the Directors displayed an admirable judgment by selecting Mr. Wilde for the Chair of Constitutional Law. Sucfi -was Richard Henry Wilde, whom, in the maturity of his life and talents, and whilst Buoyant with well-founded hopes of a brilliant and triumphant career in the new field which his ambition had selected, the fell pestilence which now desolates our city has torn from the •ociety and profession of which he was a con spicuous pillar and ornament. , [From the N. O. DJta, lllfit'ul.] Our DEesican Boundary. In common with many others, we have always maintained that the annexation of Texas, and p.ot the advance of Gen. Taylor to the Rio Grande, was the cause of this war; that Mexico always intended to resist, with arms, any at tempt of the United States to extend its boun daries west of the Sabine. In confirmation of this position, which by the-by has already been satisfactorily main tained by other facts and arguments, our Mexi can correspondent has sent us some extracts from Mexican documents, which, as relating to an interesting historical question, we lay be fore our readers. The Mexican Republiam, commenting on Mr. Buchanan's note, says—“We have read with the proper attention the communications which have passed between our Government and that of the United States, relative to that most grave question, the war, which at this moment absorbs the attention of the entire Republic. * * * * The Mexican troops attacked those of Gen. Taylor when the latter having invaded a territory which, even according to the acknowledgment of the Americans, was a disputed teritoi'y, planted his flag opposite Mata moros and threatened our port with his ar tillery. We say even according to their acknowl edgmtnts, because the Mexican Government does not recognize, and never has recognized any other boundary but the Sabine. * * * “Mr. Buchanan says that Mexico, in the act of repelling Taylor, began the war. No Sir! It was the United States who declared war, in the act of annexing' Texas; an assault which was energetically protested against by our Ex ecutive directly to that cabinet —by Gen. Al monte our Minister there —and through their agents in Mexico; through all these channels declaring that the annexation would be equiva lent to a declaration of war. By whom, then, was it commenced-” m Our correspondent says he has now before . him the Calendario do Cutivero , an almanac for ’ 1847, published at the city of Mexico. In the preface to this little book the publisher says: “The campaign of Texas being now fairly opened, I consider that I have rendered a positive service to our military class by inser ting a detailed itinerary from San Luis Potosi to the river «Sosme,both by the coast and byway of Saltillo, &c., &c.” Our correspondent adds: » sirs! “no other boundary but the Sabine,” i and “the campaign of Texas” —that is to say for the recovery of Texas “to the river babine.” This is the way they talked in Mexico sis late as the 22d of June of the present year. What then becomes of Mr. Webster’s and Mr. Cal houn’s theory, “that the war was created by our troops crossing the Nueces?” CX ufjus ta , 0 1 or 4i a . FRIDAY MORNING- SEPT. 17. FOR GOVERNOR HON. 8. W. TOWNS. OF TALBOf. Democratic Nominations for Senators. 2d DisU—lky an and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden. 3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. Forman. 4th “ Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort. sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard. 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch— John A. Mattox Bth “ Striven and Effin*rhain—W. J. Lawton. 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—VV. S, C Morris. 12th “ Thomas and Decatur — Wm. H. Reynolds. 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart— Willi am Nelson. 17th “ Macon and Houston —John A. Hunter. I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan. 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb— W. IV. Wiggins. 21st “ Washington and Jefferson — B.S. Carswell. •24th “ Hancock and Baldwin— S- Buffington, Jr. 2oth “ Jones and Putnam— James M. Gray. 2(>th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Vllen Cochran. 2Sth “ Merriwether and Coweta —Obe. Warner. 31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn. 32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters. 33J “ Newton and Walton—Warren J. Hill. j 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailee. 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb —Jas. P. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cas.s—Francis Irwin. ■list “ Cobb and Cherokee— Wm. H. Hum 13d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edvv’d Cos» ek. 44th “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihu S. Barclay. The Knoxville Convention. Wc would invito the attention of our citi zens to the call of the Mayor in this morning’s paper, to appoint delegates to this convention. Our citizens are deeply interested in this mat ter, and an able delegation should represent ■ the interests of Augusta. How Stood the Vote on the Wilmot Proviso? To prevent a false impression being made upon the unwary, we call attention to the fol lowing sentences in an editorial of the Chroni cle Sentinel of the 15th hist. Speaking of the "Wilmot Proviso, it says ; When it was put to vote, after being attach ed to the three million bill, what was the vote iii a Democratic House of Representatives, where the Whigs had but little over half as many members as the Democrats? It passed by a vote of yeas 115, nays 108— sixty-six North ern Democrats voted for it, to forty-nine North ern Whigs. Eight Northern Whigs voted against it to seven Democrats. Six Northern men did not vote, of whom one was a Whig and the other five were Democrats. This is probably a correct analysis of the vote on the three million appropriation bill. Mark the language of the Chronicle above,“When it (the Wilmot Proviso) was put to vote, after j being attached to the three million bill,” &o. But what was the vote on the Wilmot Proviso, BEFORE IT was attached? What was the vote on the direct plain proposition to at : tach —a proposition which presented the sim ple, naked issue, unembarrassed by any of those complicated considerations which would influence men to vote for or against a bill in its entirety, who might approve or disapprove , particular provisions contained in it. The vote stood in the House. —Against the Proviso—Democrats from the non-slaveholding States—Messrs. Strong, Black, Broadhead, Eardman, C. J. In gersoll,McLean,Chapman, Owen, Wick, Doug lass, Ficklin, McClernand, Cunningham, Mor ris, Parish, Sawyer, St. John —17. , Whigsf^NONE.^ Then, the question and the only question was the YvTlmot Proviso. Then was the time for a Northern whig to show his opposition to it, if he felt any. But we have yet to learn the name of the first Northern whig who has ever lifted a finger or raised his voice against | it. No such whig can be named. We have recorded the above names of North ern Democrats in meimriam perptiuam rei. They deserve to be emblazoned upon the face of every Southern newspaper. But party madness excludes them from Southern whig papers, or subjects their vote to mjsrepresen ( tatiou. We will here take occasion to record, also, the vote in the Senate, where this same ques tion came up, on the motion to attach the Wil mot Proviso to the three million bill. In the Senate. —Against the Proviso—Democrats from non-slaveholding States—Messrs. Breese, Bright, Cass, Dickinson, Hannegan. Whigs^rNONE.^i Where were the Northern whig opponents of the Proviso? Echo answers—Where? Opinions of Jefferson and Jackson. Under this head the Chronicle q Sentinel of the 14th inst., undertakes to show us up as making admissions in reference to these two statesmen, which exhibit them as substantial ly advocating whig views of protection and commercial restrictions. It is even attempted to exhibit us as admitting the doctrines of protection, the constitution to the contrary not withstand ing. The following is a portion of the Chronicle's | article; Byway of justification of Mr. Jefferson and General Jackson, for sustaining protective Tariffs, he says : “However different in some degree Demo crats may find the opinions of either of their two great men from their own, inasmuch as they may have leaned too generously to the doctrine of incidental protection,” &c.—Consti tutionalist. Here, then, we understand the Constitution alist to admit that both of them went for inci dental protection. That is all the Whigs go for now. But we proved that they went for pro tection for itself, and that Mr. Jefferson even recommended duties so high as to prohibit some foreign articles. That, we think, was some thing a little more than incidental! Again, our neighbor says, alluding to Mr. ' J.’s opinions: “In another, he discloses the real motive, which all admit will justify a temporary depar ture from it, as a retaliatory measure.” — Con stitutionalist. That is, departure from free-trade! Now, we ask seriously, do all admit that? Is it the Democratic doctrine that when the constitu tion forbids high duties for protection, they may nevertheless be imposed when other na tions place high duties upon our exportations? This is a new aspect in the Democratic creed, and looks rather significant if true. —i i H m i i i ; lit *• aaaßM— Ve have a short answer for this, and a few more comments “of the same sort/’ V. e have never considered that the non in tercourse laws, and the embargo laws oi Mr. Jeffersof/s administration were either anti-de mocratic,or violative of the constitution. Those were retaliatory measures in self defence. They were measures of protection'. But they : were not designed for the especial benefit ot j salt, iron, calico or homespun manufacturers | in this country. They were to protect tne j commercial rights of our country in which all I classes were interested. They were to protect . our national flag from outrage, our commerce , from depredations, and from unreasonable re- | strictions, such as were imposed by the cele- j brated orders in Council, and the Berlin and | Milan decrees. They were in short measures in defence of Trade and Sailors Rights. If our neighbor can extort from our views of this protective policy, a “departure from Free Trade,” he may make the most of it. M e are an advocate of Free Trade as one of the grandest of all philanthropic measures tor the amelioration of the condition of mankind —for the cause of peace, the advancement of civilization, of justice and good government. Around her noble flag clusters the best hopes of freedom, of progress, of improvement. Its broad folds will ever be found “encircled by the blaze of science and the glory of the arts.” That nation who most steadfastly pursues the elevated policy of Free Trade must place herself in the front rank of civilization, of prosperity, of moral and intellectual power. That policy is the policy of the Democratic party, and under its auspices our country is destined to attain this lofty attitude. M e are an advocate for peace. It is the true policy of every people. It is especially so of a free people having our pursuits, inter ests and form of government. Peace and Free Trade are kindred in philanthropic motives and results. But circumstances will justify a temporary departure from the policy of peace. The conduct of Mexico towards this country is a case in point. The sword having been un sheathed, it should never be restored to its scabbard, until such punishment is inflicted I and such terms imposed, as will prevent a re- I petition of the outrages which forced us to the 1 stern arbitrament of arms. Accompanying the amusing communication signed “A Backwoods’ Candidate,” is a pri vate letter, from which we give the following extract. The writer is engaged in a worthy crusade, and we think is adopting the most ef fectual weapon to abate the nuisance—ridi- i cule. The writer handles this weapon with great adroitness. Dear Sir : I send aiiother “extract,” which you can insert if you think it worthy. The object is rather to ridicule and expose the I present system of electioneering, which is de- ; moralizing and ridiculous iii the extreme, es- j pecially in this section—so much so', that our best men don’t like to submit to it, and as the I hard drinkers hold the “balance of power,” a decent man can scarcely expect to be elected, i Respectfully, yours. More Good Snootiugr. Dne of the Members of the Augusta Rifle Club (No. 3) went out the other afternoon to try his rifle, with a friend, and brought back with him the following target —distance 120 yards, at a rest, lie fired twelve shots, and the average Was eight and five eight inches. The first six balls measured 7 2-8, when he altered his sight—the last six measured one and three eight inches. This is what we call good shoot- i ing, and if it can be beat, we would like to be at the showing. New Cotton. The steamer Natchez, Capt. Leathers, arriv ed at New Orleans on the 10th inst. from Vicks burg, brought down 970 bales of new’ cotton, being the largest cargo this season. The Sarah Sands. We see it stated that this vessel did not prd- ! bably leave Liverpool on the 28th August, as it is understood she is to undergo some repairs there which will render her day of departure uncertain. Vermont. The New York Evening Post of the 13th j inst. says—The additional returns arc quite favorable for the democrats. The vote for Governor has fallen off from last year, but shows a democratic gain in the a os re £ atc * The whig loss ia Windham coun ty is nearly 200, and they lose more or less in in every county from which we have returns. The democrats gain the senators in Benning ton county certainly, also in Caledonia, and are reported to have gained them in Chitten den and Franklin. If so, they have elected a majority in that body. Sufficient returns have not been received to determine the state of parties in the Asscin- | bly. The Mounted Battalion. The Columbus Enquirer, of the 14th inst., ; says—“ The six companies composing this bat talion, took up the line of march for the seat of war on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ; last, under the command of Lieut. Col. James S. Calhoun. They would concentrate, we understand, at Society Hill, Ala., and proceed direct from thence to Mobile, byway of Mont gomery. The force numbered between 450 and 500 men.” [communicated.] DAHLONEGA, Ga., Sept. 11. Mg Dear Sir : —\ou would rejoice to witness the unfailing auguries of triumph, wdiich are evinced in the universal zeal and enthusiasm which pervade the hearts and glow upon the countenances of the indomitable mountain democracy. Col. Towns has been with us a few days, de lighting every one with his affable demeanor, courteous address and wholesome practical views and sentiments. His speech on Thurs day was a triumphant affair throughout, truly “adding vigor to the virtuous energies which now inspire the souls” of the democracy. lie contrasted the resolutions passed by the Dem ocrats and Whigs respectively at their recent Conventions, illustrating in a happy manner the frankness of the one and exposing the du plicity of the other. He exhibited the Whigs in a most ludicrous predicament in their futile attempts to manufacture political capital, by pressing into their service such uncongenial spirits,as John C. Calhoun and Zachary Tay ; lor. Though gently administered and politely j dealt, not less fatal were his thrusts at the in consistencies of Whigery. His allusions to Gen. Clinch, who was in town, but notpre : sent, were, invariably of the kindest charac- I ter. Indeed, he was sO respectful towards 1 his “honorable opponent” as almost to win the applauses of the Whigs—who conscious | of the deficiencies of their candidate, were delighted with Col. Towns’ forbearance to wards him. Neither the dark and mysterious vaults of the St. Mary’s Bank nor the wide and inviting fields of cane and com in Florida, could tempt Col. T. to enter the recesses of ; the one, nor explore the fertile expanse of the others, to gather legitimate material with which to assail Lis adversary. Perhaps the most effectual portion of this admirable address Was that in which ihe speaker reviewed the Mexican war. His vin dication of the President in relation to the i origin and conduct of the war was lucid and satisfactory throughout—lt will long be re ; membered as convincing and unanswerable. Our people were fairly in ecstacics at this part of the address. You will be surprised to learn that by an opportune accident, previously arranged, no less a man than the Honorable John McPherson Berrien now appeared in our remote village. : j hether prompted by a romantic desire to ■view our mountain scenery, or summoned to | rescue by old Withlacoochie, it is not for | the Uninitiated to know; but certain it is, that 1 on Friday he ascended the rostrum and ha- I rangued tne populace for three long hours. Judge B. did not think that Federal isstles j were at all involved in this contest. (I won- j dcr if his rc-election to the Senate would not be a Federal issue in more senses than one.) Oh, no—Wc had nothing to do now with Na- 1 tional affairs—we had a Governor to elect — | State policy, and that only, should be enquir- | ed into. He indulged largely in the usual M hig adulation of Governor Crawford—whose ! 1 administration, he said, had succeeded to ten | j I years of Democratic misrule, rags and degra- j dation. In national matters, he contended that ■ the two great parties were divided only on the subject of the war. The Whigs were couscr- [ vative—they let well enough alone—and there- ; fore they were not disposed to disturb the Tariff of 1846. As to a National Bank, he disposed of that question in a summary man- | ner. It would not be created until the people wanted it—capital had found other invest- | meat. It is a glorious commentary upon Dem ocratic principles that they have, at length, { extorted from Federalism an unconditional sur- I render for protection’s sake” is > now formally abjured—and the Bank, which ; has been struggling with Democracy since the days of Hamilton, its founder, has at length condescended to sav that its regeneration shall - ® await the call of the people. But if the Ex- ! Senator was lenient in his stictures upon othe r features nf democracy, he was unequivocally hostile to the war. lie denounced it as an “unholy strife” begun in injustice and “con ducted without energy 6t wisdom.” He also’very ingenuously told his hearers that the Northern Democrats were attempting to pass the Wilmot Proviso. This push which was in tended for the utter annihilation of Dcmocra- j I cy, has resulted greatly to its benefit. It ex- : | cites suspicion and alarm among the Demo crats, even to see among them this individual who was elected to fill the unexpired term of John McPherson Berrien. They remember that even the Whigs made an abortive effort to dis lodge him—and when they hear him denounc ing the cause of his country in 1847, they na- I turally revert to the days of Madison, when I an eaxdier war encountered a fiercer opposition. At night, Gon. Wofford addressed the peo ple, handling without gloves the anti-Aracri- | can sentiments of the great Senator, and show ing him up in the true and blue light which history assigns him. Again I assure you that the Democracy of Cherokee were never more eager for a conflict, I nor more sanguine of success. Yours, truly, C. [communicated.] A Candidate’s Campaign ( Continued.) Monday night.—Tom Burton called rather late —said he lived a long ways off, but right among my best friends—run well there, for he was using all his affluence for me—been rid ing hard all day without eating, but would’nt trouble us—wife look’d very sour about get ting his supper —hope he did’nt observe it. Tuesday.—A young lady called at the store, and inquired if I was the man what’s a candi date —yes, says I—“well,” says she, “I’ve got some homespun I want to swap for some of your plunder —I would’nt mind taking some of sugar and coffee for it—mother told me to come here to trade, for as how, being a candi date, you’d give mighty good bargains, for w’e are all gwine to vote for you.” (Men, women and children, I suppose.) I prais’d her home spun —told her she deserved a good husband, and no doubt would get one—gave her some presents for the “tvee bairns” at home. 'Wednesday.—Found out my lady voter was not so green a ‘gal’ as I thought—she Jives [n another county. Wednesday night.—Old Benson came in— glad I W’as a candidate—had twenty votes at his beck, and he’d see they track’d straight when the election came round—said he was quite unw T ell—afraid of the night air—knew j he wanted to put up with me—took him home —not sixty-five yet, but he was at the battles of Bunker Hill, Brandywine, &c.— “stript his sleeve and showed his scars”—must have been a Job in his day—wanted wife to I put her finger in the bullet holes to convince her of his “hair breadth ’scapes”—she declin ed—afraid I’d lose his vote —and if he votes the w hig ticket, them old scars will make him an “available candidate” for Governor next election. f Saturday.—Went to a muster—would’nt try another speech—learnt something from Jimmy about Tectioneering—took the voters j into the corners of the fence, and gave them private chats —I pilin’d some of them —made them promise to vote for me —towards night they got pretty full of the corn juice, and some of ’em shouted “hurra for Judge Martin”— | thou came a dreadful time for a civil man like | myself, for they all seem’d as familiar as if we j had been cronies all our lives —every drank | ard among them level?d hims If up to me, or . | I had level?d myself down to them—which was 1 it? Some patted me on the back, and sw’orel ; , was the bast fellow in all this Government— ; ! some curs’d me (in a friendly way) because I i i would'ut take another drink of my oivn liquor —others put their arms round my neck very lovingly, and talk’d with so much vehemence, that I was pretty well pepper’d with amber • juice, and then the breath of such walking ■whisky barrels—who could stand it? Well, it’s all right at last—if candidates will go round drenching the people with liquor just for their votes, they ought to suffer —I reckon this campaign will cure file of all aspirations for : high offices. That night I fell into a very profound cogi tation about the voting system, and finally that concluded it is all wroiig, arid when I get to j I the legislature I’ll have the constitution mend- : ed the first tiding. There shall be certain gradations of character, as number one. two and three. Number three shall include all ! the hard drinkers, from those w r ho get deep j | down in the gullies and ditches, and get their ; faces black’d by mischievous boys, up to those who got just gentlemanly tight, (and I think I | will have it debated in a “committee of the whole” whether candidates who treat shall j not be put in the same Class —I’ll sec what it will bear on my election next year,) and all ! rogues, and vagabonds, and loafers, &c., I will put down for number three, and allow’ ’em one vote. The next class shall include all law yers who think truth a ini consistent with their profession —merchants with rather short yard- i ; sticks —doctors who charge up (in all sorts of ; hieroglyphics) but as high as the patient will i boar —ministers who w ould rather make a pros elyte to their peculiar doctrine, than make I meri wiser and better —all politicians arid edi tors who think the end justify the means— | mechanics and farmers who are just legally | honest—all these (a numerous class) shall go into one catalogue as number tw'o, and have | two votes —and the highest class must be, in reality, number one, (a small squad, I’m think ing,) and they shall have three votes. Now, the tendency'of this system, will bfc | to raise men up in the scale of standing and | character, as it will give them more influence— candidates will not be so liberal with their money as to sink their fellow men into the gutters, because they will lose votes by it. , But if Gov. Towns should veto my bill, I’ll 1 introduce a substitute, to wit: The third class : shall vote only for Bailiffs, Sheriffs, Clerks and sick like —the second, for members of the Le ; gislature —and the first for Congressmen, Gov- i nors, Presidents, and along up there—so I’ll 1 carry my point some how. All new members, j they say, try to study out something to bring ’em into notice, and I think I’ve got hold of some bright ideas that will carry ray name down to posterity. Wednesday.—Went to a gathering out in “Dark Corner”—found a right smart sprinkle of voters there—half a dozen that wanted to i be door-keepers and managers—told them all they'could Le elect**! easy, for my influence would be poicerf id— (of course I promised each man by himself, arid told him to be mum.) My friend Simpson took me one side,- and whisper’d that a lot of voters out there in the shade of the tree, did’ut drink any thing, and he thought a small distribution of gingerbread Would tell w’ell among them —of course, says I, w’e’ll try it —I sidled up to a cake cart, and in a twinkling it seem’d to be a radiating cen | tre (as mathematicians say) of the w hole com pass—the entire stock of cakes and beer van ish’d in less than no time, and the old lady herself might have been devour’d merely for her association with cakes, had she not have been quite so hard favor’d. I saw friend Simpson stow' away a goodly quantity in his pockets—reckon he has some little responsibili ties at home—wonder if any of them whigs (so fond of gingerbread) will vote for me— sorry I put down any thing disrespectful of the old lady, the cake seller, for before I left she whisper’d in my ear, so that the whigs could’nt hear it, “I diskiver , Judge, you are get ting very populous.” After a hard day’s work, I was about to start for home, when an old man dressed in his own country homespun, his head as w hite as cotton, came up and introduced himself— “ You’re our candidate, I suppose—well I live up here in the ‘Cove’—got some mighty rich bottom land, and make a smart chance of corn, but I can’t sell it—now we’re a going for to send you to the Ligislater, and when you get thar, the first thing you do, you must make a Rail Road right down to that new city call’d Withla—something—dowm there by the Oak fonoka Swamp, w'here Gen. Clinch sells corn for one dollar and fifty cents a bushel, and I’ll roll my crap down there about the quick est.” I told the fellow’ it should be fix’d to his notion—l suppose all candidates promise every thing. Backwoods’ Candidate. [From the Macon Telegraph.] Mr. Ray.—ls any Whig Editor in Georgia, or any Whig correspondent, wishes to make j an issue of veracity between thejnselves and a I Whig, let the charge of speculating with Cen tral money by Col. Towms, be made again, and this gratification shall be offered at the short- 1 est notice. Like much else said against Towns ’ , too contemptible to notice, there is not one word of truth in it. TALBOT. ( Some of the papers in this State are very particular to warn the Southern wing of the Democracy, as the “Union” calls them, against the arts of the Whig press to seduce them from the support of Col. Towms. Spare your cautions, gentlemen, and take care of the right : ■ wing, the centre never gives way —it never flinch- ; ed in ’43—and never will while the right kind j of a rag floats over it, let w r ho will lead. 808 SHORT. arawrara wars [Correspondence of the Daily Delta.] Woodville, Miss., Sept. 2d, 1817. Eds. Delta— Gentlemen—l observe a req ue*t 1 \n!n t° t h ° plantcrs : m >' our Paper of the 23d 1 Au ust, to communicate with you upon sub ! jccts connected with agricultural pursuits gen | %*}}* an(l bkewise to apprize you of the state lof the present crop. I have no disposition to i enter minutely into the subject of igriculture' every planter differs more or less in regard to cultivation, and the success of the crop mainly j depends on the favorable seasons. This fact I is more perce])tible where the lands are verv much worn. The cotton crop is becoming ex ceedingly uncertain—every year brings with it I new difficulties and dangers to overcome, and ) I incline to the opinion that our planters will be forced to plant less, plant early and culti vate well, so as to make sure of the first stock of blooms. Apart from the danger to be ap | prehended by the army worm, the middle and | top crop of blooms is exceedingly uncertain, inasmuch as too much rain, or dry weather, at the season they come on, will make them tum ble off like leaves in Autum. Such is the fact iii relation to the crop in this part of the country. On the first of June our prospects were very good for art average crop; the weed was large and Well formed, and we had every indication, of being remunerated this year for our labor/ but since that time we have not had ton con secutive days of dry weather—the result will be a disappointiritni, both in the expectations of the planters and merchants. The army wo.n • which r has now made it* appearance in ev ry section of oilr cotinty will add Very much to the general disappointment, fam not wri ting for the purpose of producing any effect upon the cotton market— I have no cotton in market, ri dr .Will have for .some tiittd, and I am perfectly willing for to publish the fact to the merchants of New Orleans, to the brokers , and all others .interested, that my. neigHWdfchood will not yield more than three bales to the hand. The causes of this failure, some of theih Have been assigned above—another mason is to be found in the poverty of the lands. This sec tion of our State has been in cultivation for a long time, and there is a perceptible decline in the strength and energy of the soil every year. This I apprehend is the fact in relation to all tho oldest-potton growing country., In the western portion of this county the crops will be somewhat better, the lands arc richer, but the woi;ms having made their ap pearance there, first, I cannot inform you- as to the extent of damage the Cvops will sustain— very considerable, no doubt. . • . The corn crops are good, never were better, and if the New Orleans market will justify us in shipping, we will crowd your wharves with sacks of corn instead of cotton halos. A number of our planters have planted less cotton, and .more corn, no doubt with the ob ject of disappointing the army worm. Very truly yours, P. S. The Cotton Crop in Mississippi—Tho T Worm. , Jackson. Miss., Sept. 2, 1-847. Dear tfelta —The Cotton crop of the uplands of Mississippi,! speak ppw with tolerable accu racy of five or six counties (for what I have not seen myself, I am properly informed of by cred ible and competent persons) bids fair, with any thing like a dry and late season from this out, to make a good average crop.' It depends up on so many contingences, however, that it it impossible to say what the result will be. Tho cause* which have o perated on the crop so far have been against the plant making a large yield—it was late in the start; she heavy rains run it too much into stalk; and so rapid and luxuriant was the growth that many* very many, of the first forms were shed—and that makes the picking so backward as it is (forono reason) and as it will necessarily continue to be; yet if the weather is favorable from this out.cuough cotton M ill be gathered (for it is oa the stalk time enough to mature before No vember) in spite of the grass-worm, boll-worm/ ct id omac genus , to make a fair average crop.’ And now a few Mords to the Worms of this season: It is not true that the army-worm hat made any thing like havoc in this region. Tho grass-worm, so far as I can learn, has done tho planter as much good as harm during the long spell of wet weather they have bad—doing id part the M'ork of the plough, and kept the crop clean; and, except in some fen- cases, they have been content with a small portion of the young cotton. The worm from which most loss has been and will be sustained in this region is the boll-M-orin, and this in some particular neigh borhoods is alarming. For instance: I have it from half a dozen planters of the highest re s icctabiliry, in the* nc gbboihood of Clinton, that they estimate the damage already done by the boll-worfn at fully one half their crop, with out any apparent intention iff the aforesaid destroyers taking their departure; while again, in other neighborhoods, no further complaint is made except that it is too rank (overgrown) and too late in the boiling It is so pretty gen erally, I find, in Rankin, Warren, Hines, Mad ison, Yazoo, and Holmes; so that I think the calculation a fair one, that with good weather you may expect a fair average crop—say a bout a three-fourths crap of the best kind.- Special Notices; PUB HI C MEETING. The citizens are invited to meet at the City Hall, TO-DAY, at 4 P. 31., to appoint delegates to the proposed Rail Road Convention, at Knox ville, Tenn., on the 24th inst. Sept. 17 L. D. FORD, Mayor. (EJ’Resolred, That all Accounts against the City Council, and all Reports and Returns of Offi cers, shall be left with the Clerk of Council, on or before noon, the Friday immediately preceding the Regular Meeting of Council, that the same may be submitted to the examination of his Honor the Mayor, as required by the 83d Section of the General Ordinance. A true extract from the minutes of the City Council of Augusta, Sept. 4th, 1847. W. MILO OLIN, Clerk. Sept. 1G 3 71 John L. Cope. Oscar L. Shew make. COPE & SHEWMAKE, Factors and Commission Merchants, 8 A VANN AH. GEORGIA. Sept. Ifi tlis2m DURELL S. GREGORY; ’ DAHLONEGA, LUMPKIN COUNTY, GA., Will practice Law in the Cherokee Circuit. He will also act as Land Agent, where the land lies in that or the adjoining counties. References. —F. M. Cabot, Esq., A. G. Wim py, P. M., J. A. Smith, Esq., Dahlouega; Gov. C. J. McDonald, Marietta; Hon. Hiram Warner, Greenville; Col. K. L. Haralson, La Grange. Sept. 15 ly ly DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, wiuTit tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store. June 13 6m DALTON HOTEL, BY SAM’L* WILLIAMS, [a colored man.] Under the supervision of Henry Bolton, Esq. who is prepared to accommodate \ ISII Olto in good style. A good table, prompt attention, and good stables. Give me a call, and “ As you fiud us, recommend ut.” August 211 * —ly ol