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1 From the Bouton Post .]
We have been favored with the perusal of a
private letter written by this gallant officer to
a relative, and have taken the liberty to pub
lish some extracts from it. The responsibility
of the publication must rest entirely with us,
as the author had no idea of its being seen b v
any one save his relatives and immediate
friends; and hence the reason that it contains j
so minute a history of his personal move
ments :
Headquarters Ist Brigade 3d Div. It.1 t . S. A.,
Mexsoque, Mexico, Aug. 2. , 1M(.
*Since I left Vera Cruz to this hour, I have
hsd-no means of communicating with the
States. Although but a few months in the i
service, I know what is fatigue, anxiety and ,
exposure. Contrary to my expectations, and
* contrary to my orders from the department at
Washington, I was compelled, for the want of j
the requisite provisions for transportation, to ;
remain for more than three weeks at Vera
Cruz, axd more than four in lerra C alieute,
(the vomito region as it is called.) I left the
dreaded city on the 10th of July with 2,500
men of all arms and a train of wagons, which
Wheif closed up extended more than two miles.
On the 6th of Yug. I reached Puebla, without
the loss of a single wagon, with my command
m fine condition. My command was attacked
six times on the march, but the enemy’s force
in each instance was easily dispersed, with
trifling lessen our side. The National Bridge
afforded the enemy great natural advantages,
•. t > which they had added breastworks on a
high bluff which commanded the bridge per
• fectly; across the main bridge they had also
thrown a barricade. I soon discovered that
there was no way in which his position could
be turned, and that my artillery was inaffec
tive from the most commanding point where
it .could he placed. I determined, of course,
to cross under the plunging fire of the ene
my’s escopetas. My order to advance was
admirably executed. At the moment Lieut.
Colonel Bonham’s battalion rushed forward
with a shout, the enemy poured down a hea
vy fire, by which several of my men were se
verely wounded. Col. Bonham's horse was
shot near me, and a ball passed through the •
rim of my hat, in very disagreeable proximity
to mv.face. Our men leaned the barricade,
fpMowed by Capt. Duperu’s pompahy of cav
alry, and in less than ten minutes the enemy
■were in flight in every direction, and the
American flag waved upon the high bluff
which they had occupied. The Mexican
. force, as they said afterwards.consisted of 5000
.=. raei, - Had they possessed courage and skill
■; in: the use of arms, our loss must have been
very great. You can hardly conceive the
* strength of the natural defences of the road
. over which I have passed. Rumors came to
L tne almost every night that we would bo at
• tacked by large forces the next day, but they
made no where anything like a brave and
stern resistance. The official reports of the
great battle of Mexico will probably reach you
as soon as this letter, and I shall therefore not
attempt to give minute details. It .was fierce
and bloody, beyond anything that has occurred
in this war. The battle differed in many res
pects from that of Buena Vista. There, Gen.
Taylor received the enemy in a strong position
selected by himself. Our force bn the 20th
consisted of less than nine thousand men; the
Mexican force, within supporting distance and
engaged, undoubtedly exceeded thirty thou
sand. We attacked him in position upon
ground of his own selection, admirabfy forti
fied. You will distinguish, so far as numbers
are concerned, between the battle of the morn
ing and that of the afternoon, although spo
ken of in official reports as one engagement,
under the designation of “the battle of Mexi
co.” We took, during the day, thirty-five
pieces of artillery, an immense quantity of
ammunition, eight hundred mules and horses,
and more than two thousand prisoners
among them eight generals, and any number
of colonels.
The Mexican loss in killed mid wounded
must have been immense. Our troops buried
6QO Mexicans upon the field of battle, com
menced in the morning at Contreros, and the
loss in the afternoon was much greater. Our
loss has been heavy. With this small army
we could not afford to purchase many such
victories at such a price. One of the regiments
of my brigade (the 13th) lost, in killed and
wounded, onc-third of its entire force. In
killed and wounded we number not less than
1,000; and among them, I lament to say, an
unusual proportion of valuable officers. The
■. New England regiment suffered severely, and
behaved throughout in the most gallant man
ner. My horse, at full speed on the evening
of the 19 th, when leading my brigade through
a perfect shower of round shot and shells, fell
under me upon a ledge of rocks, by which I
sustained a severe injury by the shock and
bruises; but especially by a severe sprain in my
left knee, which, came under him. At first I
was not conscious of any serious injury; but
soon became exceedingly faint, when Dr.
Ritchie, surgeon of the 12th, (a portion of my
command,) who was following the advancing
columns closely, overtook me, and administer
ed to me as well as he could under the circum
stances. In a few moments I was able to walk
with difficulty, and pressed forward to Capt.
McGruder’s battery, where I found the horse
of poor gallant Lt. Johnson, who had just re
ceived a mortal wound, of which he died that
evening. I was permitted to take him (my
own having been totally disabled), was helped
into the saddle, and continued in it until 11
o’clock that night. It was exceedingly dark,
the rain poured in torrents, and being separated
from my servants and baggage, I was without
tent or covering; add to this, that during the
afternoon of the 19th, we had gained no ad
vantages oyer the enemy, who remained firmlv
entrenched with 7,000 men opposed to about
4*ooo on our side, without the possibility of
bringing our artillery to bear, and you will
readily conceive that our situation was not the
most agreeable. The morning of the 20th was,
however, as brilliant as the night of the 19th
iyas dark and gloomy. Soon after daylight
the enemy's works were carried with the bay
onet; and of their 7,000 men, regular troops,
under the command of Gen. Valencia, probably
4,000 cannot be found to day. As we passed
this field in pursuit of the fugitives, the scene
was awful, the road and adjacent fields every
where strewed with mangled bodies, of the
dead and dying. We continued'the pursuit
until 1 o'clock, when our front came up with
• the.enemy’s strong works at Churubusco and
San Antonio, where the great conflict of the 1
( afternoon commenced. At San Angel, disposi
tions having.been made to attack v m reverse
the enemy’s works on the San Augustin road,
• General Scott ordered me to march my brigade,
in concert with that of the intrepid General
Shields, across the open country between
Santa Catarina and the above-named road, in
order to T*tit off the enemy’s retreat. We
gained the position sought, and although the
enemy’s line was perfectly formed, and ex-
I tended as ‘far as the eye could reach in either
I direction, they Were attacked vigorously and
j successfully. Arriving at a ditch, which it
was impossible tor my horse to leap, I dis
mounted, and hurried forward without think
ing of my injury, at the head ot my brigade,
: tor 200 or 300 yards, when, turning suddenly
upon my knee, the cartilage of which had been
seriously injured, I fainted, and fell upon the
bank in the direct range, and within perfect
i reach of the enemy’s lire. That I escaped j
I seems to me now providential. The rout and |
overthrow of the whole Mexican force soon j
became complete, and we could easily h;ue j
taken the city; but General Scott was met with ,
f a proposition for an armistice,(after demanding
the surrender of the city,) with a view to open
' negotiations for peace.
In mv judgment, the army, full of ardor
and confidence, was humanely and wisely re
strained. Major Gen. Quitman, Gen. Persi
i for F. Smith and myself, were appointed com
missioners to meet the Mexican commission
ers to settle the terms of the armistice. I had
not taken off my spurs, or slept an hour for
two nights, in consequence of my engage
ments and the pain of my knee. I obeyed
the summons; was helped into my saddle, arrd
rode 2h miles to Tacubaya, where the commis
sion assembled at the house of Mr. Mclntosh,
the British consul general. Our conference
commenced late in the afternoon, and at 4 o’-
clock the next morning the articles were
signed.
That I was thoroughly exhausted you will ;
readily imagine. I slept an hour or two that i
morning at Gen. Worth’s quarters, and my
sprained knee which was by far my most se
rious injury, has beqn daily improving; and !
to-day I ride without much inconvenience. I
have lost several dear friends, although our
acquaintance had been of short duration. I
visited the hospital yesterday, and saw officers
and men with shots in all parts of their per
sons. Although all who were not really dy- i
mg, seemed cheerful, and many who had lost
limbs in high spirits, still I sickened at the
sight. My general health has been good. I
have been either in my saddle or on my feet
every rod since I left Vera Cruz, which can be
said by few officers in my command; for almost j
all were obliged, at some point of the inarch,
in consequence of the change of climate, wa- j
ter, exposure, &c.,ffo avail themselves of the !
ambulance. Colonel "Watson, with his ma
rine corps, accompanied me and has been uni- 1
formly well. He is an excellent, agreeable
gentleman, and an admirable officer, and I re-.
gret that, having been left with General Quit
man’s division at San Augustin, he had no
opportunity to participate in the battle of the
19th and 20th. ; " '■ ’
Now a word with legat'd to the great object
of this war— peace. There is no doubt that
Santa Anna is sincerely desirous of peace.—
"Commissioners 10 treat have been appointed,
and met Mr. Trist this afternoon at four. My
belief is that peace will be the result, although
no mart, can speak with confidence.
f Finm the New Orleans Delta, 22 cl irtsL)
Mexican Aflairs—Paredes arid Santa Anna.
We learn that one of the Mexican prisoners
now in our city received, via Trimpi'Co, by the
last arrival, a letter from a friend in the City of
Mexico, dated on the afternoon of the 28th, in
which it is stated that Gen. Paredes had en
tered the city of Mckico with a large iWfie.ahd
arrested Santa Anna and imprisoned him in
thecarcel San Jago. We give the report for
what it is worth, neither denying nor endorsing
its truth. It is by no means improbable, as
Paredes at the last accounts was at the town
of Toluca, near the capital, ready to take ad
vantage of any mis-step of his old enemy, or
any confusion in the capital, to regain his for
mer position and influence in Mexico. The
temper of the mob is adrairablv suited to such
a movement. At our last accounts they Were
much incensed against the Americans arid San
ta Anna, and were ripe for a revolutionary
demonstration. Paredes is just the man to
snatch the goldeil opportunity and profit by it.
He would no doubt rally all parties around
him, and arouse a warmth of zeal and enthu
siam which it is vain for Santa Anna to en
deavort o excite. He is a Plan of gallant, dash
ing and commanding address, and will no
doubt attract the general confidence of the
multitude. He comas, too, under circumstan
ces which demonstrate his sincerity and pat
riotism. At the darkest hour of his courtly
history, when her powerful enemy has grasped
her body in his mighty talons, and is pressing
them home to her very heart—when foreign
armies environ her States, and foreign fleets
blockade all her ports—then it is the. gallant
Caballero de Guadalajara leaves the country
circles of Paris and Madrid, and forgetting the
recent ingratitude and harshness of his coun
trymen, rushes to her aid in the hour of adver
sity and peril. There is certainly in this some
of that spirit, for examples ol which we are not
wont to look to the Mexicans. May not this
spirit prove contagious, and infuse a little
more vigor and firmness into the Mexican re
sistance to our arms.
It is very certain that if the movement re
ferred to by us has not been made, that Pare
des will not delay in raising his red banner,
and rallying an insurrectionary force around it.
If he does so, we consider the serious difficul
ties of this war, commences then. If we were
to succeed in making peace with Santa Anna,
Paredes would immediately overthrow that
chieftain,and organize a party which would war
against us as long as a single American citi
zen could be found west of the Sabine. It would
be the “war of Texas,” as this war was styled
at its commencement. How long it would
last, and how much annoyance, loss and injury
such a prolonged and indecisive border war
would produce to our country, may be ima
gined by those who arefamilar with the obsti
nacy of the Mexicans and the pacific character
of our policy and institutions.
We see but one mode of avoiding these se
rious evils and ending this war. It is by oc
cupying the country, and organizing a gov
ernment, whiph, from its central position and
our other great advantages, can reduce the
Mexicans to one or the other of these alterna
tives —a satisfactory and conclusive peace, or
the continued occupation and possession of the
country.
[F rom Hie CassriUe Pioneer .]
For the Pioneer.
DALTON, Sept. 18th, 1847.
Messrs. Hoods;— l have been asked very
frequently, who will deliver Gen. Clinch's
inaugural address, should he by some chance
luck be elected governor. It has been asked
so often that 1 desire through the medium of
your paper to make the er uiry.—lt has
brought to my recollection, a scircunastan.ee
which was told me about the old general at a
dinner given to some volunteers, or probably
hero himself, just after his resigning
. ll : or command in the Florida war.
he-aimicr was given in Camden, and during
tne festivities, the old hero was called on for'a
sentiment. Instantly some friend arose and
I a l ddl ' c ; ssed m Geting in a laconic apccch for
the General—this, however was not satisfac
tory. Some enthusiastic friend called on old
j Withlucoochie again—whereupon, the Gen
arose, and remarked: Gentlemen, it is of no use
to reiterate —my friend who has just taken his
seat, has expressed my sentiments exactly.
Well, I have thought should the General be
elected, (but the prospects are much against
him) he would get his friends Preston, on the
Hon. William C. Dawson to deliver it for him,
{'and then certify that it was exactly his senti
ments. I should like to hear from you or the
subject, because it would be a grerat gratifica
tion to the curious and enquiring to know hat
you think about it. Permit me while making
this enquiry of you, to give you the idea ot a
friend vesterd iv, relative to the generals dull
name —this friend says his name is Duncan
Luck Clinch—that he has had more good luck
than any man living agreeable to his Talents,
and mentions the few following items:—that
he had good luck to get to be a general —he
had good luck to fight 72 hours with the In
dians, and killed ! : t—he had good luck to have
I General Call close, by with 500 volunteers—he
j had luck to resign after the battle —he had
first rate luck in having the soldier to protect
his property, and to sold them his produce of
! one years grbwth for $25,756 9.s —he Rad ex
cellent luck' in putting his note in the St.
Mary's Bank lor jjkl.OOO, and returning it as
specie funds—he has had better luck not to pay
it, and in conclusion my friend thinks he will
have the good luck to get beaten about 3000
votes in the coming election, and much more
lucky for the credit of the State of Georgia.
AKIS TIDES.
ua u s ia , (Georgia.
TUELDAY MORNING SEPT. 28.
FOR GOVERNOR
HOH. 6. W. TOWN S.
___ OF TALBOT.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
Ist Dist.—Chatham—Thomas Purse.
2d “ Bryan 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
Blh “ Striven and Effingham—W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. f*. C Morris.
j 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Reynolds.
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
17th “ Macon .and Houston—John A. Hunter.
19th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan.
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
I 21st “ Washington and Jefferson—B.S. Carswell.
| 24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—S. Buffington, Jr.
25th “ Jones.and Putnam—James M. Gray.
2tith “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
I 2Sth “ Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn.
1 32 d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
35th “ Wilkes and Lincoln—lsaiah T. Irvin.
3pd . “ Newton and Walton—Warren J. Hill.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey,
39th u Gwinnett and DcKalb—Jas. I*. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobh and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
■ 43d *“ Habersham and Rabun—Eow r l) Cofue.
44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
WILLIAM SCHiIY. JR.
Democratic Ticket for Wilkes County.
For Senate 35th District,
ISAIAH T. IRVIN.
h'ar House of resentatiees.
Lewis s. brown.
HENRY P. WOOTTEN.
I " " ~ ” ] ‘ ~
i Northern Mail had not/arrived last
I evening when the Post-office closed, 9 o’clock.
The Price of Military Services.
j <; Ynu have obtained great pensions anifynucU praise;
Glory like yours should any dare gainsay.
Humanity Would rise, and thunder ‘Nay!’”
, Don Jh&Hk
Thus did England’s noblest Bartl apostro
phize the Hero of Waterloo—the conqueror |
of the great Napoleon. The splendour of his
achievements did not so dazzle the imagiua-
I, “ O
! tion as to conceal the fact that the honors and
i the estates that his country’s gratitude had
! showered upon her laurelled hero, had kept
down in a remarkable degree, the debit side
of his account against his country, for military
j services. The glories of Apsley House and its
magnificent hospitalities, sustained by thej
“great pensions” bestowed as rewards of
great deeds, attest his country’s
have caused his most exacting admirers
: content. W
Let us now inquire how stands jfiie case
between the Hero of Withlacoochq/ and the
public. Can we not truly exclaimjbf him,
‘Ton have obtained great pension* and much
praise.”
For that thirty years service did he not rc
| ccive his pay—a very gentlemanly income, I
| fr° m the government, an ample requital for
most of that time, as it was spent in, luxurious
inaction. For that one battle—that famous
M ithlacoochee battle, wherein those fourteen
hapless Seminoles were hurried untimely
without shift or shroud to their last account
—incontinently killed outright with villanous
gunpowder, lias not the victorious Hero been
; a Presidential Elector—and a member of Cou
i gress —both very honorable positions, and the
latter, one in which the occupant gets “great
pens ions” any how, and “much praise ” if he
shows himself of sufficient mental capacity to
win it. For his “whole souled and generous pat
riotism” in the furnishing of Corn at $1,50 per
bushel and Sugar Cane at 8 cts. per pound,
standing in the field, he has received $25,756
25-100. A reasonable man would suppose
that the people and the public treasury had
pretty nearly balanced those old accounts.
The very last item is of eleven years standing.
It does not seem that there have been any more
items charged “public services,” in the last
eleven years , still unpaid. Nothing extra was
done by the Hero in Congress requiring extra
pay.
But it seems that General Clinch and his
friends are still not satisfied. They demand
for him the office of Governor of Georgia, and
they bring before the public Judge Dawson’s
certificate that General Clinch is capable of
discharging its duties. The people are getting
a little impatient under these continued de
mands. It was thought that this old account
had been footed and paid long since. We
now propose an inquiry which the occasion
suggests. How much will satisfy the account?
If elected Governor, will one term pay it? or
must Governor Clinch have another term after
that? Will this get from him a receipt in full,
or must it be followed by a seat in the United
States Senate —or a place on the general tick
et of the whigs as Vice President—or guien
sabe! Perhaps they will demand for him the
Presidential Chair, to follow General Zachary
Taylor. A great country this for military
% - %
chieftains. The new military dynasty will
begin perhaps with the Hero of Palo Alto,
Resaca, Monterey and Beuna Vista, and be
continued in the person of the Hero of With
lacoochce. But who will be great enough to
follow in the footsteps of the illustrious Hero of
T V ithlacoochee?
Governor Crawfoi’d’s Administration.
We do not here propose to review the offi
cial career of this gentleman. Let us concede
that he went into office a man of talents—a
man of intelligence, of business capacity, and
knowledge of the sort rightly adapted for its
duties, and that his administration has been
a successful one. We now ask, does all this
prove that General Clinch is fit for the officer
D yes it prove that General Clinch is capable
of discharging the duties of that office with
success and with credit to himself? Talents,
intelligence, business capacity and knowledge
ot the civil duties attached to civil office, are
net necessary concomitants of a General’s
epaulettes, nor are they transferable. They
are not heir looms of the office to be handed
over by one Governor to his successor when
lie hauls him the Great Seal of the State. If
so, we might suppose that Governor Crawford
■ would be patriotically willing to the transfer,
particularly iii case Os the election of his friend
General Clinch, provided he had no further
use for those endowments. But when Gov
j ernor Crawford quits the office, he carries his
: talents, business capacity and all along with
! him. Col. Towns will not need them. He
has got a plenty of his own for all the exigon
-1 cios the office may require. General Clinch,
however he may be in need of them, should
he be elected, must rely on his own resources.
Gov. Crawford will not play Lt. Governor to
him and assist him in the office. He will no
doubt be otherwise engaged. Though others
may occupy that position towards General
■ Clinch, in case of his election, yet it is not on
| the strength of their talents and business ca
pacity that the people expect to vote. It is
not with a view to any such back stairs influ
ence the intelligent constituency ever bestow
office.
Now because Gov. Crawford is a whig and
a man of talents, and makes a good Governor,
it does not follow that every other whig that
may be a candidate for the office is a man of
talents, and will make a good Governor also.
In England, where a hereditary Peerage exists,
men are born legislators. The elded son of
a Peer is born to be a Peer of the realm, and
to a seat in the House of Lords. But it does
not follow' that he is born xvith an y more
brains than the son of his father’s boot-black,
nor that he will ever have sense enough to
make a statesman. Yet the constitution of
that country makes him a law maker. The
people of Georgia are not prepared to the ab
surdity that Whigs will necessarily make good
Governors and Democrats bad ones. They
' do not understand a logic which by its very
{ terms would allege that a party line so divides
the population into two parts that on one side
of it is found all the talents, respectability,
business capacity and intelligence suited for
public office, and on the other none of these
requisites. They will not vote in such away
as to indorse any such absurdity.
If the Whigs could show such a system as
| a Whig system of policy in this State, that
their party seek to carry out and which the
Democrats oppose, then they might ask with
some propriety for a Whig Governor, as ne
cessary to carry out that policy. They might
even be justified in voting a very inferior
man into the office because he is a Whig, in
preference to an able and efficient Democrat.—
But this not being the fact, they cannot carry
thp State against the talented, efficient and
Democratic candidate
GEO. W. TOWNS.
The Magnetic Telegraph.
The Agent of the Company was engaged
yesterday in setting the posts through the
city. We understand this Company is pro
ceeding with energy in the completion of their
task. The posts are up on a considerable part
of the line between this city and the Central
11. Road, and by the middle of November the
whole line to Macon and perhaps to Colum
bus will be leady for the wires.
[communicated.]
A Candidate’s Campaign.
( Con tin ued.J
Sunday.—Went to camp-meeting—a great
place for electioneering—got together in little
squads in the outskirts of the congregation, and
keep up a chat during service—unfortunately
the preacher put a veto on it this time—said
we had better get under the arbour and be
quiet while he was speaking, or go further off,
if wc must have a confab, and not disturb the
rest —guess I did’nt gain many votes that
day.
Monday.—Started out to visit the wavering,
and bring them back to the right faith—that
is, to vote for me—met my old friend Hardin,
who goes it strong for temperance—no chance
to ‘dodge,’ and was compcll’d to take about with
him—well, says ho, I suppose you have broke
the temperance pledge,, and treat as much as the
rest of the candidates—to be sure, says I, my
opponent treats, and I should have no chance
to be elected if I did’nt do that same—ah, says
he, you expect to get elected by drenching the
voters with whisky, and then go to the Stats
House and swear (mind that, says he) that
you hav’nt gained your election by treating,
oanvassing, &c.—and he look’d at me right seri
ous, but I thought I’d stand up to him—now,
says I, your whig candidate treats, and I know
you will vote for him—besides, says I, there
have been better men than me down there, and
I never knew one turn back because he
could’nt swallow the oath—then I thought I’d
give him a poser—you profess to be a whole
hog temperance man, says I, why don’t you
carry out your profession, and vote only for
temperance men, whether they be whig or de
mocrat —he look’d pretty sour—said he coul’nt
give up his political principles, for that plight
bring ruin upon the country—so we parted.
Tuesday.—A barefooted urchin came into
the store, and wanted a good knife—selected
one of my best, and pocketed it—“ Pap,” says
he, “don’t drink any of your treats, and you
mought give me a good knife,” and off he
went. Knives and jews-harps, and sundry
other articles, are vanishing daily, and what is
perplexing, the whigs spunge on me as well as
my own good friends,
Thursday.—Went to a barbecue—found
Jemmy there—between us, we bought out all
the liquor, and set it out for the company—a
jolly set —towards night they became very
belligerent—had several battles—eyes and
noses suffer’d considerably—got Jim off about
dark—came to a fork in the road, and we and
our horses differ’d in opinion as to which prong
we should take, but we were just in a condi
tion to be, not very wise, but very obstinate —
took the wrong road, and soon us’d it up en
tirely—push’d on thro’ the woods till we es
pied a light gleaming through the crevices of
a log cabin—in trying to get to it, we bogg’d
down in a swamp, and then we shouted—a
dozen hounds cut out from the cabin to salute
us, and we saw the man of the house come
out with his rifle—then we thought best to
keep quiet lest he should find our whereabouts,
and a random shot might do mischief-—when
he got near enough, and the dogs hush’d up
a little, we gave him our names in pretty loud
English, and the old fellow seem’d right glad
to find we were not thieves and robbers—put
up with him for the night—found out one of
Jim’s electioneering tricks—always carries a
flask of “old peach” in his pocket—man, wife
and children, all round, drank out of the bot
tle—l saw I was in the back-ground—get no
vote there—started home early next morning—
wife said I look’d as though I had camp’d
buti
Saturday—Went to Justices Court again—
same old scenes acted over —lots of voters tip
toing about, and some flat on their backs, with
their faces turned up to the sun—spent one V
to-day —came across a good old whig, who
was quite friendly—‘got his skin pretty full,
and he was just in the right stage to be open
hearted, that is, to tell family secrets, and all
such things as he had’nf ought to —when sober
he was a shrewd old fellow, and knew a thing
or two —he took me out one side, and confi
dentially advis’d me to take my name down,
for, says he, Jim is a wheel horse in elections,
and he’ll beat you —you don’t know the secret
of success about here —you have never been
to the wars and Jim has, so he has a little
military fame to push him ahead, and mighty
little docs these times—ho was out under Jack
son in the Creek war and saw several Indians,
and ever since he’s been a warrior and a hero,
and now when he finds a fellow rather lean
ing ffiie other way, he takes him off and tells
him how he fought for his country —what he
suffered in the howling wilderness among sav
ages —how he liv’d on parch’d corn, an Iso on
—then his eyes become very lachrymal, and
the truant voter is sure to give in-—we sent
him down to the Legislature last year, and he
made a pretty good member, for his name be
ing low down in the alphabet he could’nt mis
take in voting—but he has no taste for poli
tics. and much prefers discussing the qualities
of a bottle of Cogniac—he “don’t take the pa
pers,” so he is rather ignorant of the position
of his party—don’t know the strange compa
ny they’ve fell into, and when he gets deep in
his cups, he is sure to abuse Webster aud all
the federalists for giving “aid and comfort” to
the enemies of his country, while he was fight
ing her battles.
dint, says I to my whig friend, do you ad
mit that your part}' depends on military fame
for success in the important elections for Gov
ernor and President? Certainly, says he—
what else can we go on—besides, all our old
principles that we contended for in times past,
have slipt away from under us, one after an
other, till we have nothing left to stand on—
coons and cider barrels w'on’t take now—so we
have struck at the “Generals” to keep our
heads above w'ater —as to principles, w r e must
“keep dark” just now, for old Zachary wont
let them out —but when he gets time to go in
to the A 13 C of politics, and gets through the
Spelling Book and along up into Dictionary,
he’ll give us a set, and if they don’t fit us,
w'e’ll try mighty hard to fit them. Then he
gave me a knowing wink—now, Judge, says
he, you can keep a secret, so w r e’ll go and
“liquor” on that old peach you were bragging
bout. CvVD.DU'U.
[communicated.]
Mk. Editor : — An article in your paper of
the 23d inst. headed “Tolls on the Augusta
Bridge,” is calculated to produce an erroneous
impression, respecting the charges of the So.
Ca. Hail Hoad, for the transportation of pro
duce from the Augusta to the Hamburg De
pot. Whatever may be the nature and extent
of the concessions occasionally obtained from
Draymen, I imagine that there is no custom
better established and more generally recog
nised, than that of charging 75 cts. per load
from Augusta to Hamburg. The elements of
that sum (as the article to which I refer cor
rectly states) arc toll crossing the Bridge and
returning 50 cts., Drayage 25 cts. lam also
informed by Merchants in Augusta, that they
have not only paid during an entire season the
above price, but in many instances even the
higher sum of 87£. It may be, and I have no
doubt it frequently is the case, that Mer
chants in Augusta having produce at the Geo.
H. Hoad and merchandise at the Hamburg
Depot, are enabled to contract somewhat un
der the regular rates. But I apprehend these
are the exceptions, not the rules; and I sub
mit, that it is hardly fair to compare such
cases, with that of the So. Ca. Rail Road, in
the receipt daily of thousands of bushels of
Grain, forced forward not only by the promises
of the Company to the public, to permit no de
lay, but also by the rules of the Geo. Rail Road,
which compells produce to be removed within
twenty-four hours after its arrival. The same
is true of the quantity of Grain commonly
considered a dray load. I find it variously
stated at from 20 to 25 bushels. But admit
ting the highest figures (25 bus.) to be cor
rect, w r e still find the Bridge-toll to be Z cts..
per bushel. For whether there is, or is not,
return loading, the- deduction, if any, is made
upon the return load, unless, indeed, which
is not the case ninety-nine times in an hun
dred, the return loading should also belong to
j the shipper of Grain from the interior. So
much for the drayage, and for the So Ca.
R. Road Co. This Company, as is well known,
has agreed to receive Grain at the Augusta
Depot and transport it to Charleston for 10
cents per bushel. Seven cents is the charge
from Hamburg, w'hich, deducted from 10 cts.
will leave 3 cents per bus. as the -sum assumed
to cover toll drayage. Now without a soli
tary exception, the So. Ca. R. Road Company
whilst it has charged its customers only 3 cts.
per bus., has actually paid and is now' paying
3% cts.; in other words, 75 cts per load of 20
bushels. So far from considering the dravage
between the two Depots, as a job out of which
money was to he made, it has never de
rived (and does not desire) the slightest ad
vantage from it. On the contrary, as I have
shown above, it has paid out of its Freight ac
count (over and above w hich it has charged)
I cts. on every bushel of Grain received from
the interior.
If then there has been bleeding, it would
appear the So. Ca. Rail Road Co. has been
bleeding itself, not the country Merchants.—
AVhcther it is for the interest of those living
in the interior to consign their produce to the
So. Ca. R. Road Co., or to the Merchants of
Augusta, is for them to determine. Os one
tiling they may rest perfectly assured, that the
So. Ca. Rail Road Co. will discharge all its
obligations to the public, to the best of its
ability and with perfect good fatth.
JUSTICE.
An Honest Fellow, Truly. — The N. Y. Com
mercial tells a story of a good man—he must
have been conscientious and verdant also—re
siding in the country and employed as a sort
of agricultural laborer, who, having contrived
to scrape together fifty dollars,took it in to his
employer with a request that he would take
charge of it for him. The request was com
plied with. The year rolled round and the la
borer applied to another friend to know what
would bo the interest upon it. He w r as told
three dollars. “Well,” said he, “I wish you
would lend me three dollars for a few days.
My boss has been keeping fifty dollars for me
for a year, and I scant to pay him the interest Jor
it.” The Commercial says this is true.
Daring Fell. —The American frigate Mace
donian, formerly conquered from this country,
and now sent over here with a gratuitous sup
ply of provisions, was waiting at the tail of
the bank on the 27th of August, when the
Queen arrived in the Clyde. Just when the
Queen’s steamer, was about to pass the Mace
donia, and while cannons were roaring from
the shore in every direction, and the atmos
phere resounding with the huzzas of the mul
titude, two seamen w ore observed on board the
American frigate, the ode coolly sitting on the
summit of the foretop-royal, and the other on
the mizeil tdp-rdya! mast.’ Immediately a
third sailor was observed mounting the main
mast; he also ran up the rigging to the top
royal mast, which he nimbly ascended,-and
then standing on its very top with One foot, he
d 1 berately took off his hat, waived it three
timesround his hedd, add give a cheer to her
Majesty.
A seaman on board one of the Queen’s ships
w r as next ascending to the sfirrindt Os the top
mast; but when he bad rieafly reached *ho
top, he was to appearance ordered dow n by
the officer, who very prudently, we’ conceive,
countermanded the imitation of a most brave
and daring, but certainly a very foolish feat.
Some of the papers add “ that the Queen
sent an invitation to Commodore De Kay and
his lady to visit her yacht. —English paj>er.
DEATHS. 7T
At the New Orleans barracks, on the 19th inst.,
Capt. Robert Fen nkr, aged 34- years, Assistant
Commissary U. S. A. He was a native of Halifax,
North Carolina, and for the last twenty years re
sided near Conrtland, Alabama.
At the Red Sulphur Springs, Va., on the 7th in
slant, M ss Julia, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Bach
man, of Charleston, S C., aged 19.
Special Notices.
I. O. O. F.
A regnlar meeting of Miller Lodge No 10. will
be held This Eccnisig (Tuesday) at 7 o’clock. —
Punctual attendance is requested on business of
importance. By order of the N. G.
J. E. MARSHALL, Sec’y.
Sept. 28
{FT Female Institute.—Rev, Mr. HARD
designs to resume his duties on the FIR-ST MON
DAY IN OCTOBER.
The course of studies will be as liberal In this
as in any similar institution in the country. There
will be assiduous efforts to secure the improvement
of his pupils by thorough instruction, by the use
of the best text Books, and by a faithful exaction of
perfect recitations,
BOARDING.—A few young ladies can receive
Board in his Family.
Terms may be known on application at his resi
dence, Broad-street, METCALF’S RANGE.
Sept. 28 }
O’ We are authorized to announce
WM. SCHLEY, Jr. as a Candidate for the
House of Representatives, to represent Richmond
county in the ensuing Legislature, Sept. 26
INFORMATION WANTED.
NICOLAS HENRY ZENGE, of’Oberdor
la, (Germany,) is requested to give some informa
tion about his present abode to the undersigned,
who has received news of the highest importance
to him respecting a succession. Any person who
knows anything about N. H. ZENGE, w'ill be suit
ably rewarded by communicating it to
F. LAM BACK, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 12 3mo 66^
W. MUSGROVE 8080, *
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMBURG, S. C.
Office opposite Smith &. Benson’s old Warehouse.
June 9 ly i
STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR
GIA.
[p~p > This Company having been re-organized
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay all freight
that may offer. !
Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS, Ageivt
at Savannah, will be forw'arded free of Commis
sions.
The connection of R. M. Goodwin with thi<
Company has terminated.
JOHN B. GUIEU,
June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta.
ITT DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
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
Four months after date, application wifi,
he made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Burke county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell a Negro Man belonging to
WILLIAM R. ROBERTS, a minor.
JAMES A. MURPHREE, Guardian.
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