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Irish Election Scene.
The canvassing of Parliamentary candi
dates, whenever a general election occurs in !
Great Britain, gives rise to scenes which, if
occasionally disgusting, arc sometimes edify
ing, and often amusing. Os the latter de
scription we select the following, which oc
curred at the recent election, which is a sam
ple of the freedom of the hustings in that
country. — National Intelligencer*
Tipperary Election.
Mr, Collett, an Englishman,had been brought
forward as the Administration candidate for
the fame d county of Tipperary. Archdeacon
Laffan propo ed Mr. Scully as an opposing
candidate, and in doing so made the following
speech, (as reported for ike London Sunt)
Archdeacon Laffan ros?, and was greeted
with a tremendous burst of acclamation, lie
took the Times newspaper out of his pocket,
and, throwing it with force on the table, said j
to Mr. Collett, “There’s your speech at Lin
coln, for you.” [Great cheering.] “My Lord
Suirdale,” continued the Archdeacon, “I never
in the whole course of my life, and it is a long
political life, stood up in the court-house with
feelings of more regret. Who are you bring
ing forward this day, Tory gentlemen of Tip
perary ? [Cheers.] I’m ashamed of you—
[ great cheering] —I always like to catch the
bull by the horns. [Laughter.] Who, I re
peat, are you bringing forward, respectable in
dependent landlords of Tipperary ? The man
who stood by in the House of Commons when
Roebuck called you murderers, and not stand
up to defend you.”
Mr. Collett. “I did.”
Archdeacon Laffan. Oh, gentlemen of Tip
perary ! Oh, respectable descendants of the
Tipperary aristocracy! Though you are To
ries, I love you better than John Bull, [laugh
ter,] who will laugh at you when your estates
are confiscated and your children beggars.—
(Loud cheers.] Those English fellows have
not one drop of the milk of human kindness
in their bosom. Did that ill-looking fellow—
(pointing to Mr. Collett)—and he is a very
ill-looking fellow—[laughter] —
[Here Mr. Collett commenced writing in his
tablet.]
Archdeacon Laffan. Put that down in your
tablet: carry that in your snuff-box, as we say
in Tipperary. [Loud laughter.] Ido regret,
my Lord Suirdale, to see any man of the old
stock of the aristocracy coming to the back of
a man whom they do not know. [Hear, hear.]
I care not for the Whigs or Tories: they arc
all alike to me, from snappish Roebuck to
Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel. —
1 Cheers.] They call you, landlords of Ire
and, wholesale murderers; and did that fel
low [laughter] stand up for you r [Loud
laughter.] Don’t be looking so angry at me,
sir; don’t think you’ll intimidate me, Mr. John
Bull. [Cheers.]
[lt was really laughable to see the astonish
ed, confused, angry looks of Mr. Collett, who !
did not expect such a laceration from the very
governed gentleman.]
The Archdeacon, [smiling.] lam glad Roe
buck is out of Parliament. When he charged
the landlords "with driving out their unfortu
nate tenants, and starving them, did you stand
up then, Mr. Collett, and call him a liar r—
[Loud cheers.] Do you know, my Lord Suir
dale, what a Frenchman said to John Bull:
He said, “he used you very well, for he eated
de oyster and gave you de shell.” [Loud
laughter.] But, Tory landlords of Tipperary,
your candidate was turned out of Lincoln, and
you thought him good enough for Tipperary—
out of the frying pan into the fire. [Laugh
ter.] Oh, gentlemen, are you—are you not
ashamed of yourselves? [Loud laughter.]—
I see the crimson mantling in your cheeks,
you can’t conceal it; your heart* are not with
your tongues; you are partly Irish, after all.
{Loud cheers.] If you return Collett, he will
augh with contempt at you; and, when your
estates are squeezed like a lemon, he will
damn you as a set of beggarly rascals. [Loud
laughter.] Collett, did you ever hear that
Irishmen had tails ? [Loud laughter.] Did
you ever hear that the brutal Times called us
the bloody priests r” [Groans,]
Mr, Collett, [good humoredly.] Do you
say your prayers ?
. The Archdeacon. We do say our prayers,
and I’ll make you say yours before I am done
with you. [Laughter.] It is a sad day when
we see men, with their ears and eyes open, se
lect such a man as their candidate for Tippe
rary. [Hear,] I would take ray political
enemy by the hand, I would shake hands with
you, Mr. Collett, if you’d let me, (laughter,]
but to friend or foe who would abuse me, I
would say, “Go along, you scoundrel.” I
could not support Lord John Russell, my Lord
Suirdale; and I will toll you why. Because
he starved two millions of my fellow-country
men. [Groans for the Premier.] A scoun
drel, who refused to send two vessels of war
to bring food to the starving people. [Groan
ing.] And what did the Americans do?—
glorious America —[loud cheering] —the land
of the brave, where freedom’s sod was never
soiled? [Great cheers.] What did brave
America do ? The President, the Govern
ment, the People, sent their best ships, man
ned with their noble Yankee sailors, [cheers,]
with food, not bomb-shells, to our shores.—
[Cheers.] Compare this with the conduct of
the pigmy Premier of England, the rotten
Russell. [Groans.]
Mr. Collett. Say something about your
own candidate. [Cheers.]
The Archdeacon. I am not done yet. [Laugh
ter.] One source of the great revenue of Eng
land is derived from their cast-off clothes, and
they scud us their cast-off member, saying;
“He’ll do well enough for Paddy.” [Laugh
ter.] Y r ou stood for Lincoln, Mr. Collett—
what’s your name? John? [Laughter.] I’m
sorry that they did not send us a handsomer
specimen of the cast-off clothes than you, anv
way. [Laughter,] You’re not half as hand
some as my man. [Loud Laughter.] I have
here the Times of the 30th July, that’s
the day you showed your nose in Lincoln,
[laughter,] and you made your debut very smart.
[Loud laughter,] Lincoln contains 1859 vo
ter i; Col. Sibthorpe opposed you; he headed
the poll. Surely they must have the mischief’s
opinion of you when they elected Sibthorpe in
preference to you. [Loud laughter.] Well,
how many voted for you? I’ll tell you: out of
the 1859 voters ycu got 272. [Renewed
Laughter.] And, after that, you come to Tip
perary, to try the Tipperary boys.
A Voice. Oh, what a chance he has! [Re
newed laughter.]
The Archdeacon. He has, indeed! Why,
I have here a list of voters for my own two
parishes, and there are in those two parishes
alone a majority of seven dver his whole sorry
supporters in the barorfy of Middlethird.
[Loud cheers*] Put that in your pipe, Mr.
Collett, and smoke it. [Laughter.] Electors
of Tipperary! lam going to propose as a can
didate a young man, and he not a bit the worse
for being a Roman Catholic. [Laughter.] A
man was never the worse for knowing how to
to bless himself. [Cheers.] He is a handsome
fellow, too. [Laughter.] I beg leave to pro
pose Francis Scully as a fit and proper person
to represent Tipperary. [Loud cheers.] His
father, the late James Scully, was, at the worst
of times, at the head of the Catholics of this
countv. [Cheers.] In 1828, they year before
Catholic emancipation—of which measure, my
Lord, your Lordship’s ancestors were the stren
uous advocates —
Dr. Burke. A cheer for the old Hutchin
sons. [Loud cheers.]
The Archdeacon. I remember in Dr. Burke’s
I present chapel the late lamented O’Connell —
may God be merciful to him! Pray for him
i Mr. Collett. [Laughter.]
Dr. Burke- If he knows how. [More laugh -
i ter.]
The Archdeacon. The late Daniel O’Con
nell was present: James Scully was in the
chair. “I am delighted,” said the I.iberator,
“to sec you in the chair, James Scully, as the
brother of the distinguished author of the
‘Penal Laws.’ ” [Loud cheers.] We must
have lair play; we’ll beat him into rags, so that
his English friends won’t know him. [Hear
and laughter.] They’ll say, “Can this be the
CoUectt that stood for Lincoln?” [Loud laugh
ter.] Electors of Tipperary, you’ll do your
duty; we want Ireland for the Irish. [Loud
cheers.] Our standard is the green flag of
Erin. [Tremendous cheering.]
“On our side is virtue and Erin;
The frieads we have tried
Are by our side.
And Collett is before us.” [Loud cheers.]
lam speaking at random; [laughter;] but I
had a very good speech prepared, and you,Mr.
Collett, spoiled it by coming Up at the 11th
hour with your bamboo head. [Laughter.]
I really believe it’s not the first good thing
you spoiled. [Laughter.] Sir Joseph Yorke
in the House of Commons, at one time said
that if Ireland was four-and-twenty hours un-.
der water it would be peaceable, and not till
then. Little Jo any Russell has adopted a
different plan; he adopted starving them in
millions. [Loud groaning.] You may go
home to Lincoln, Mr. Collett: do you live near
it? [Laughter.] Go home and tell them for
us we are Irish—the descendants of the old
Spaniards. [Cheers.] You are not a Spaniard;
you are more like a Creole- [Loud laughter.]
Tell them from Us wc are not to be trampled
upon; [cheers;] that we repudiate both Whigs
and Tories; and if old Nick had both of them
Old Ireland would be much better off. [Laugh
ter.] We are moral force Repealers. [Tre
mendous cheering.] We are the disciples of
the great O'Connell;. he of European fame.
[Loud cheers.] We are his followers; and
though he is dead, we will hoist his banner
for Repei k Liberty, and old Ireland* [Great
cheering.] I have great pleasure, my Lord
and Electors of Tipperary, in proposing Fran
cis Scully as a fit and proper representative
for gallant Tipperary.
[The Archdeacon resumed his seat amidst
the loudest demonstrations of applause. Mr.
Scully was elected.]
[From, the Athens Banner. ]
Keep up the Cam Trade.
Farmers of the up-country of Georgia I In
our last paper wc raised for your notice the
banner of FREE TRADE; and invited your
! attention to certain irrefutable arguments to
prove that it was to your TRUE INTERESTS
to hold on to the FOREIGN market. We
told you then, as wc tell you again, that You
can keep this market only upon one condition.
What was it? It was that you should take the
GOODS of England and other countries freely
in EXCHANGE for your CORN, FLOUR,
and provisions! We then assured you Eng
land would always be a BUYER of these ar
ticles from you, provided you would EX
CHANGE with her! !—We cannot but be
lieve that reasons so powerful addressed to yoUr
understandings, have wrought a deep convic
tion in your minds against a PROTECTIVE
TARIFF, by which the trade in foreign
goods would be restricted by HIGH DUTIES
—that such a policy would drive the FOR
EIGN BUYER to other countries who would
exchange with him for the products of his own
labor, and thus you would lose a great market
which is now open to you. We desire not to
weary you with the repetition of reasons which
have, no doubt, already convinced you of your
TRUE INTERESTS. We know that our tree
Trade banner is an eye-sore to the PROTEC
TIONISTS, and that they will use every effort
to riddle it. But THAT FLAG is founded
upon the principles of eternal TRUTH, and
we will defend it “with the last shot in the
locker.” Strong and undeniable as are the ar
guments we have addressed you, to rally to its
support on the first Monday in October, we
will now- confirm them by the following ex
tracts from other Journals;
Another Acknowledgment.—“ The fed
eral press at the north seem to be rapidly giv
ing in, to the strength and popularity of the
measures of the administration. Read the fol
lowing sensible remarks from the Pittsburg
Commercial Journal, which so confidently pre
dicted hopeless ruin to the farmers, in the tar
iff of’42 should be repealed.— Nashville Union .
“In flour and grain the calculation seems to
be—and it is apparently a sound one—that
even with a fair average harvest in Europe,
there will still be considerable room for ex
portations from this side, and hence flour, (the
best Genesee,) which had gone down to $5,50
is now firmly held at $6; and if the steamer of
4th August, should, by chance report clouds
and storms and rains, for a few daj's, all prices
would go up.
“As a matter of fact, at the ordinary rates of
i freight, and with such a crop as the IT. S. will
this year produce of grain, it seems not un
reasonable (the corn law-s in England contin
ing suspended) that we can undersell the
English in their own market! This fact, ta
ken in connection with the absorption of all
the surpluses in Europe, which will, we as
sume, be the case before the present harvest
becomes available, will, it seems hardly to be
i problematical, open away, this year, and per
haps permunentl}*, to considerable exports of
bread stuffs from the United States to Great
Britain.”
We call your attention to every word in the
above article of the Pittsburg (Penn.) Com
mercial Journal, and request you to read it
over and over again, and to weigh well the
vieWs which it takes of this subject. We sub
mit to your candor , whether it does not estab
lish the truth of the arguments w r e addressed
to you in our last paper, as well as in the pre -
sent. The editor says t ' , we can undersell the
English in their awn market," and if the com
laws in England remain suspended, as they un
doubtedly will, (for the free traders have
swept everything before them in the recent
election of a Parliament for seven years, hav
ing a majority in that body of 98 votes) —the
way will be opened **this year and perhaps per
manently to considerable experts of bread-stuffs
from the United States to Great Britain.”—
This is a confession wrung from him in oppo
sition to his own predictions of ruin from a
repeal of the protective tariff of ’42! We
will now give the opinion of an Anti- Tariff
Journal, but so much in accordance with the
views which we have addressed to you, and so
consonant to the plainest dictates of reason,
that we call almost say “he who doubts is
dkmned.” The very able editor of th a Rich
nlond Enquirer , speak in" upon this subject
holds tlie following language, which We re
commend to your niost serious consideration:
“The first effort of the American statesman,
should be to regulate our commercial policy so
that the products of our vast and fertile coun
try can be exchanged without further restric
tion than the necessities of the Government
require for the productions of other countries
and other climates. If We prohibit,' by heavy
duties, the products of European nations, it
seems a necessary consequence that we de
stroy in a groat measure their ability to pur
chase from us. The trade of the world is al
most exclusively a trade of barter, and. Unless
we are willing to receive their productions it
is impossible that they can receive mir own. —
Unless we exchange with them, there can be
but little trade between us.”
If you will reflect upon the facts and rea
soning brought to your notice above, you cafrf
not fail to perceive where your prosperity lies,
and unless you shut your eyes against the
lights which must have been shed upon your
minds in favor of the DEMOCRATIC POLI
CY of FREE TRADE, you will come to the
polls and proclaim by your ballots for TOWNS
and the DEMOCRATIC candidates for the
LEGISLATURE, that you will have no
WHIG Senator in Congress, who will vote to
cut off the FOREIGN MARKET for your
CORN, FLOUR AND PROVISIONS by a
protective Tariff, lessening you EXCHANGES
with those countries, and thus making you
hewers of wood and drawers of water to a set
of lordly manufacturers I! !
[From the Abbeville Banner .]
The Savannah River.
At a meeting of the citizens at Loundesville
on the the 21 inst, convened for the purpose
of Memorializing the Legislature on the sub
ject of the subject of the improvement of the
navigation of the Savannah river.
On motion of J, H. Baskin, Rsq., John Speer,
was called to the Chair; J. S. Allen Esq. and
Capt. T. Gautt appointed Secretaries.
The Hon. A- Burt having read the resolutions,
addressed the meeting in their support, in a
speech of much force, characterised by sensible
. and practical views, and urged the necessity of
continued exertion in the enterprise. Thos.
Thomson, Esq., also made some remarks, hav
ing reference chiefly to the Legislation of our
State, respecting tlie improvements of ,the
Rtser* The meeting then unanimously, and
with an evident hearty good will in the enter
prise, adopted the following resolutions: —
Resolved, That a system of convenient and
cheap Communications between the interior of
a State and the great commercial marts, is in
dispensible to the prosperity of agriculture and
commerce and all the other great interests of a
community.
Resolved, That this meeting witnesses, With
great satisfaction, the efforts which are now
making in varioiis parts of this State to davel
ope its agricultural resources and secure to the
husbandman the just reward of his toils.
Resolved , That amongst the projected en
terprises of a similar kind, the improvement of
the Savannah River above the cities of Ham
burg and Augusta is a work of great public im
portance to the State of South Carolina and
Georgia, and eminently worthy the regard of
the Legislatures of both States.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed by
the Chair at suitable points along the river, to
obtain signatures to the petition to the Legis
lature of this State, for the improvement of the
Savannah River.
Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and
resolutions be published in the Abbeville Ban
ner*
J. SPEER, Chn.
J* S; Allen, )r, ...
r, * > Secretaries.
T. Gantt, )
The following gentlemen htrve been appoint
ed under the fourth Resolution: —
Mojfattsville * —Messrs. A Simpson, A Reed,
Wm< Shcrard and Win. Pant.
Loumleivilie.—Dr. A. B. Arnold, W. R. San
ders, John S. Allen. T. Gantt, Samuel Lindsey
and SiimUcl Mitchell.
Cherokee Heights. —Win. Speer, Oco. Graves.
James Norwood and Isaac 11. McCalla.
Calhoun s Mills*— * Dr. 11. H. Towns, Col.
Talinan, Alex. Houston, Esq. and Louis Covin.
Willington. —W. S. Boag, Paul Rogers, Dr.
\V. Tennant and B. E. Gibcrt.
Baldwin and Hancock Dcmacratift Con
vention.
At a Convention of the Delegates, composing
the Senatorial District of the counties of Han
cock and Baldwin, held at Town Creek, at the
house of Mr. Jenkins, on the 30th ult. The
following delegates appeared, to wit:
From the county of Baldwin —J. C. F. Clark,
John Callaway, B. Sanford, R. L. C. Gunm,
Fred. H. Sanford, S. B. Brown, L. Swank, L.
A. Young, John Haas, Win. A. Moran, S.
Hughes, Geo. W. Rowell, John Petigrew, and
Robert Trapp*
From the county of Hancock—M. Johnston,
Judkins Hunt, A. J. Lane, Joseph Lilly, Mark
Sanuders, Elijah Knowles, John Mitchell,
Win. Ware, Benj. F. Palmer, N. Lanier,
Robert T. Ware, E. R. Brantley, and A. R.
Buckner.
On motion of M. Johnson, Esq. Judkins
Hunt, of the county of Hancock, was unani
mously chosen President of the Convention,
and Marcus D. McComb, appointed Secre
tary.
The Convention being thus organized.
, M. Johnston, Esq., offered the following
resolutions, which. after being sustained in a
forcible and pertinent address by F. H. Sanford,
Esq., were unanimously adopted, viz;
Resolved, That the present vigorous and
i efficient administration of the General Govern
‘ ment, by President Polk, while it furnishes the
i highest evidence of the truth of democratic
, principles, proves that the people were not
mistaken in the nerve or pluck of the man,
■ whom they called from reiirement in 1814, to
be the Executive Chief of twenty millions of
Freemen.
Resolved, That the evidence of this is palpa
ble in the unexampled prosperity of this coun
try,in its commerce, its manufactures and in all
the arts of peace, and its successes in war; that
these are unaccountable in any way, save as
the legitimate consequences of a vigorous and
efficient republican policy, in the hands of a
Democratic Executive.
Resolved, That we approve the policy of James
K. Polk, in peace and war, in the Government
at home, and its policy abroad.
R ; solved , That we hail with mingled feelings
of pride and admiration, the able and independ
ent letter of acceptance of our candidate for
Governor, the Hon. George W. Towns, as a
true exponent of Southern Democracy, and
Southern sentiment, in regard to the frightful
question of the Wilmot Proviso; and we look
forward with annimated hope and confidence,
to the time close at hand, when the strength of
Georgia Democracy, shall vindicate the honor
of the State, by elevating its boldest friend, * to
the chief executive office in the common
wealth.
Resolved, That Col. S. Buffington, jr. of the
county of Baldwin, be nominated by acclama
tion, as the Democratic candfdate for the Sena
torial District, composed of the ceunties of
Hancock and Baldwin. *
On motion of Fred. H. Sanford—
Resolved, That a committee of five be appoint
ed to inform Samuel Buffiington, jr Esq., of
the nomination just made, and request his ac
ceptence of the same.
Where, upon the Chair appointed Fred H.San- [
ford, George W. Rowell, M. Johnston, Andrew
J. Lane, and Mark Saunders, that Commit
tee.
On motion of S. B. Brown, Esq.— •
Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention,
be tendered to the Chairman of this meeting
and Secretary, for the able manner in which
they have discharged their duties.
Qn mosion of L. Swank, Esq.—
, Resolved, That the Federal Union, Georgia
Telegraph and Constitutionalist, be requested
to publish the proceedings of this meeting.
On tfiotion of Andrew J. Lane, the meeting
adjbiirned. JUDKINS HUNT, Chairman.
Marcus D. McComb, Secrctrry,
31 il £it£ t a, otot g i a .
I
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. G. W. TOWNS.
OK tA I. Bor.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
2d Dist.—Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden.
3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. Forman.
4tli Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort.
sth “ Itowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. MaTTox
eth “ Scrttetf and J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris
12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Reynolds.
13th “ Baker and Enrly—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
I4th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
I7th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter.
I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan,
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
21st “ Washington and Jefferson—B. S. Carswell. j
24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—S. Buffington, Jr.
25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Grat.
26th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
28th “ Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J, Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. f. C. Waters.
33d “ Newton and Walton—Warren J. Hill.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samvel Bailey.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb—Jas. P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
list “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edw’u Corns.
44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu £?. Barclay.
Supernumerary Candidates.
On this subject we designed writing an arti
cle; but we find what we would say so well ex
pressed in the portion which we quote below of
an editorial in the last Federal Union, that we
adopt it as a substitute. We call the especial
attention to it of those to whom it applies.
We think that the party has been too lenient
in times past to schismatics and little would
be great men in our ranks, who were each will
ing to risk the ascendency of the democrats in
the Legislature for the chance of securing to
himself a seat, or for the petty desire of in
dulging a personal dislike by defeating a rival
democrat id the same county. Such men
should be marked and punished where it is
plain that they have acted from such selfish
motives—in defiance of and in opposition to
regular nominations—in defiance of the disin
terested advice and COol judgment of sensible
members of the patty, and in defiance proba
bly of the expressed Wishes of the great ma
jority of the party. The contest for the Le
gislature is a close one. We mfiy gain or we
may lose it by one member. At best we can
only reasonably expect a majority of a very few
members. If we lose it, what a weight of re
sponsibility 7 ought to fall on the head of him or
them by whose selfishness, or bad temper, or
impatient aspirations for distinction, dissen
sions may 7 have been created which have re
sulted in the election of Whigs when there
was a clear democratic majority. This has
happened with us before. It may happen
again. We should be sorry 7 ever thereafter to
see a man calling himself a Democrat who
would cause such a disaster, elected to fill any 7
office he might covet, high or low. No
man should receive the confidence and sup
port of a party who does not always show him
self ready to sacrifice his personal aspirations
for office, when appealed to to do so for the
sake of union and harmony.
“It pains us to learn that in a few counties,
there are supernumerary democratic candi
dates for the Legislature. This ought not so
to be. There should be no contest among de
mocrats, except a contest as to who shall be
foremost in sacrificing all personal prejudices
and aspirations upon the altar of republican
principles. How exceedingly discouraging is
it, to those of our friends who are doing their
full duty in endeavoring to carry the elections,
to be told at this, that and the other point,
there are divisions in our ranks? It cools their
ardor, and paralyzes their energies. Judging
from the present aspect of things, the demo
cracy cannot be beaten by their opponents.
They may, however, defeat themselves. What
county, what individual will consent to be in
strumental in effecting such a result?
We can but think that, if our friends would
reflect upon the importance of the pending
elections, they would heal all schisms and
unite as a band of brothers in the great cause
of Democracy. Do they forget that the Le
gislature will have to elect a Senator to the
Congress of the United States—perhaps two
Senators? Do they forget that several other
high officers are to be elected? Do they for
get that if defeated, their defeat w ill be claim
ed as a Whig victory and a verdict of condem
nation against the Administration? We im
plore our friends to think of these and be uni
ted and zealous.
New and Fashionable Goods.
A few days ago we received from Bowdrc
& Clagett, a very neat little package which on
opening we found to contain a very tasteful
figured Silk Cravat, and a rich and elegant
figured Silk Vest pattern, together with an
invitation to visit their extensive assortment
of fall and -winter goods. We were pleased
with the style of the articles, and pleased with
the style of the invitation. We thought both in
excellent taste, and therefore did not hesitate
to pay the visit. Being at leisure yesterday
we strolled in and found friend Clagett indus
triously flourishing his yard stick, and “us
smiling as a basket of chips” to his numerous
customers, particularly the ladies, who were
thronging his popular counters. He soon
found opportunity to take us to the inner re
cess of his establishment, where beneath the
sky light he spread out before us as rich a va
riety of fabrics as ever charmed the eye of
taste, or won the heart of beauty. To please
the ladies, the looms of every country, from
gaudy and luxurious Asia, to refined and fas
tidious Europe, contributed their ne plus ultra
of skill. Silks, Cashmeres and embroidered
Muslins, in all the affluence of colours and
figures, vied with the rainbow in hue and kept
pace with the kaleidoscope in variety of com
j binatious. For morning promenade, for din- |
ner costume, all that can be imagined, of rich
and showy were displayed; and for the eve
ning toilette, dresses which would bear the test
of brilliant chandeliers that shed “a light
which maids look lovliest in,” and would both
borrow and bestow an added beauty.
We did not descend the scale of wants and
fancies to examine minutely what was the ear
liest age of customers, for whom selections had
been carefully made. But bachelor as we are,
we took for granted that the introducers into
this marketof the invaluable Baby Jumper
were not unmindful of the demands of the
most primitive of humanity.
To our bachelor friends, however, we ven
ture to commend the choice collection of Cra
vats, Casimeres, Silk, Satin and Cashmere
Vestings, mid, iii the language of the trade, “a
variety of articles too tedious to mention.”
We should not omit to add, for the benefit
of our country readers,that our city merchants,
generally, have the most abundant stocks, and
can me A every want, suit tastes the most fas
tidious and on terms the most economical
will not quarrel with.
Tho Revenue Under the Tariff of’4s.
It appears from the accurate and reliable
correspondent (Prentice) of the Washington
Union, that the low tdritf &t’46 hasfhus far ex
ceeded in amount of revenue that of the hfk
tariff of ’42. The Richmond Enquirer of the !
4th inst., also says,- “Up to the last advices—
the 10th July—^he revenue had increased
more than d rrtilliort of dollars over the' amount
received during the same time under the Tariff
of ’42.” Add to this that since the date men
tioned by the Enquirer , the revenue in the
month of August last, amounted to $3,500,-000
against $2,183,701 in the same month last
year ! ! ! Athens Banner }
Arrival from Europe.
Tlie bark Macedonian arrived at Portldiid,
Maine, in a passage of 20 days from Cork.—
She arrived on the 11th, which makes her ac
counts as late as the 21st August. She brings
o o
no news.
Telegraphic messages were transmitted be
tween Philadelphia and Cincinnati, on Tues
day, by one impulse, over a continuous line of
wires seven hundred and thirty miles in
length.
The Last Instalment is Paid.
We congratulate our brother of the Patriot
on his good fortune. He says below what a
' number of the profession no doubt, would like
to say, but only live in tho hope of being able
to do. “The last instalment paid !” This
sounds good—very good—and we are glad to
learn that the Patriot (a good Democratic pa
per) has been able to liquidate its debts to the
Government, without Government assistance.
Wo have often seen it charged in Whig papers
that the Democratic press received large fa
vors from Uncle Sam for the support given,
but so far as we are concerned, we can safely
say, we have never done a job of any kind of
work for the said relative, that we would not
have charged any one else almost double. If
there is any secret in bleeding the Treasury of
the Union, it is possessed by those who have
the -work done and not by those who perform
the laboL But hear what the Patriot says,
and live iii hope, (if yc die ill despair) all
Democratic newspapers*
We have paid the last instalment dh the
Bond for which the Southern Patriot Office
has been mortgaged to the U. S. Government
for the past thirty years. Little did we think
tAventy years ago, in our early manhood. When
the merits of the Patriot Office wore discussed,
and its known large indebtedness to the Gov
ernment talked of, that we should ever be
called upon to pay any portion of it, blit so it
is, and alter years of toil we have paid the last
dollar, and under hardships too; for at the
time we came into the offiue it was an under
stood thing that whatever advertising the U.
States Government might have in Charleston,
from any of its Departments, should appear in
the Patriot, and there is a clause in the Bond
which provides that any amounts which may
be due by the Government or any of its De
partments for advertising in the Southern Pa- j
triot, shall not be paid in money, but shall be
deducted from the Bond; but no such liberali
ty has been extended to us since we have
assumed the responsibility of paying tho
Bond.
The patronage of all the Departments was
by some means or other diverted from this pa
per, and we were left to other resources to j
pay the instalments as they became due, and
every dollar has been promptly paid without
asking or receiving any favor.
Wisconsin
A telegraphic despatch to the Tribune from
Buffalo, states that Tweedy, Whig, is elected
to Congress, (as a Delegate, having no right
to vote,) by 800 majority over Moses M. i
Strong, Dem.
Peaches. —We see it stated that the Reynold
family will net $40,000 from the sale of Peaches
in Philadelphia, this year. This is certainly a
fair business transaction.
Maine Elections*
The Portland papers of this morning con
tain a few returns from the election in this
State yesterday. In Portland the vote for
Governor was 952 for Bronson, Whig, 859 for
Dana, Democrat, and 70 scattered. This the
Argus claims as a Democratic gain of 279. The
gain for Clapp, the Democratic candidate for
Congress, is stated at 400 in the city, 129 in
Brunswick, Freeport 49, and Falmouth 40. In
Westbrook, however, the Whigs have made a
gain. Saco, Biddeford and Kennebunk in York
county, give a democratic gain of 274. For
i State Representatives, the Democrats have
gained a member in Cumberland. In Port
land, one Whig only is elected, by 7 majority.
In Lincoln county, the Argus also claims gains.
In Bath, Dana, 240, Bronson 408; for Congress,
Morse 435, (’lark 225—p011s not closed. In
the Cumberland District, Clapp, Democrat, is
probably elected. In the Lincoln District,
Morse, Whig, stands the best chance. —Boston
Traveller'.
The Autumn Business ami the Health of the
City, —To look at the great number of boxes,
bales, barrels, &c. of goods and merchandise
now in our streets end the small number of
inhabitants, one wouid suppose that commerce
was taking care of its own movements by
some superhuman agency. The demand for
activity is here, while our people are away—
many of them not to return for five or six
weeks yet. Many country merchants are in
town too, and one house in the shoe trade
sold in the week ending the 11th inst. more
by S6OO than they sold in the whole month of
September of last year.
As for the health of Savannah, it never w»u
better. In the whole circle of our acquain
tance, we cannot mention a single case of fe
ver. Healthy as it is here during our winters,
it has been stillinorc healthy thus far this pres
ent season.— Sac. Rep., 17 th inat.
Special Notices.
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 he 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 Cits
Council of Augusta, Sept. 4th, 1817.
W. MILO OLIN, Clerk.
Sept. 16 3 71
ALEXANDER McKENZIE, JR. y
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WAYNESBORO’, GEORGIA.
April 20 ly J7R
DtfRBLL s. Gregory;
D VHLONEGA, LUMPKIN COUNTY, GA.,
Will practice Law in the Cherokee Circuit. Hsf
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., Dahlonega; Gor. C/
J. McDonald, Marietta; Hon. Hiram Warner,
Greenville; Col. K. L. Haralson, La Grange.
SepU 13 fy
D ALTONHOTEL,
BY SAM’L. WILLIAMS,
[A COI.OREt* Iff AN.]
Under the supervision of Henry Bolton, Esq/
who is prepared to‘ tit:t'ofiittio date VISITORS irt
good style. A good table, prompt attention, and
good stables. Give me a call, and
** As you find us. recoramt'hd us/'
August 2V -”fy 57
JOHN H. RICE,
Attorney and CoiluseHor at Law.
CASSVILLE, GA.
Will practise in the Counties of the Cheroketi
Circuit. Collecting business will be thankfully
received and despatched pfdhtpfty.
Aug. 21 ly 50
John L. Cope. Oscar L. Shewmake,
COPE & SrfEWMAKE,
Factors and Commission Msrchantrf,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA .
Sept. 16 ths2irt
Election Tickets.
Those wishing to have Election Tickets
printed, can have their orders executed at this
office at 50 cents per 100. The money should
accompany the order. Sept. 7
o*The founts of Bourgeois and Long Prim
er on which the Constitutionalist was recently
printed, can be purchased cheap, if early ap
applicatiou is made.
Let all who arc afflicted with Asthma read
the following’ letter:
Mr. Seth W. Fowie
Sir—Having been afflicted for more than thirty
years with the asthma, at times so severely as to in
capatiate me from attending to business, and har
ing adopted many medicines without any but tem
porary relief,! purchased about three years since,
of Mr. Edward Mason,your agent in this eity, seve
ral bottles of Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry,
from the effects of which I obtained more relief
than from all the medicines I had ever taken for
, that distressing disorder. I have by the repeated
: use of your valuable Balsam been more free of
I pressure for breath, and opppression on the lungs,
j than I had anticipated, and indeed conceive my
j self cured of this most disheartning malady.
I do most cheerfully tender you this acknowledg
ment, which you will use as your judgment dic
tates. C. D. MAYNARD.
Argus Office, )
Portland, March 26, 1846. £
None genuine unless signed I. Burrs on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
HAVILANO, RISLEY & CO., and also by
THOMAS BAIIttKTT & CO., and Dealers in
Medicines generally in Augusta.
Sept. 16 3—f
Sands’ Sarsaparilla.
This unrivalled preparation has performed some
. of the most astonishing cures of diseases that are
: recorded in the annals of history, thus proving con
clusively that it is capable offuifiling the high aim
and purpose for which it is designed. Patient*
suffering for years from various chronic constitu
tional disorders, after trying different remedies,
spending thousands of dollars in travelling and doc
toring, and suffering all that human nature is capa
ble of enduring, have by the use of a few bottles,
entirely recovered their health. Chronic Rheu-
I matism, Scrofula or King’s Evil, Salt Rheum and
Ringworm, Ulcers and painful affections of the
bones, Ulcerated Throat and Nostrils, Scurvy,
Biles, Chronfc Sore Eyes, Blotches, and various
| cutaneous eruptions, Glandular Enlargement, Hip
Diseases, Ac., are effectually cured by its use.
For further particulars and conclusive evidence
of its superior value and efficacy, see pamphlets
which may be obtained of agents, gratis.
Prej ared and sold, wholesale and retail, A. B. A
D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton, cor
ner of Willi im-street, New Yc rk.
Sold also by
HA VILA ND, RISLEY & CO.
And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni
ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for
I $5, Sept. 16
Commercial.
| LATEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL AUG. 18
LATEST DATES FROM HAVRJ AUG. 14
By Telegraph.
[From the Rickmorul Times and Compiler .]
ONE DAY IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 16, 5 P. M.— Flour —Sales
of Howard street at $5 a $5 18| and 55 23;
600 bbls have been taken at these rates. Sales of
! 1500 bbis City Mills at 55 land of 300 bbU at
So 25. __
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IG.—F/owr.—The mar
ket is unsettled, and there are no sales.
Grain. —The market is at a stand.
Cotton. —There is less activity in this staple.
The market generally i* heavy.
For Provisions there is less inquiry.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16—P. M.—The Stock mar
ket is without change.
Flour— -Sales of Genesee at a °
sales of Southern|at 56,6£.
Corn— Sales of prime white at 63 cents per bush
el; and of prime yellow at 67 a 70 cts.
For Provisions there is less enquiry.
In Dry Goods there is considerable activity.
[CorresiyondrrieFt&Baltimore Sun.}
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 6 P. M.—The opera
tions in Flour are still light, but prices remain
without change. About 2000 barrels of old Gene
see were sold at 3 50 a $o 62£. Small sales of
new Genesee were made at <5.