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~[ F rom the New Orleans Della.]
Mother and Daughter.
Beneath a shed, upon some new-mown hay,
At noon in summer, when all things seemed gay,
A little girl was lying.
Beside her knelt the mother, wrapt in grief
Too deep for tears to give her heart relief—
Her only child was dying!
A hectic Hush suffused the downv cheek
Os Kathleen, as she smiled, and thus did speak
In innocent devotion
.Os him who slumbered in her native isle-
Os him whose naein’ry waked that placid smile, i
To calm death’s rude commotion.
"Oh, mother, say! can you, like Kathleen, see
“Our dear, dear cottage, and the old yew tree
‘‘That grew so like a bower?
u i think 1 see my brother seated there :
•‘Tie weaves a wreath of Shamrock for myhair-*-
“A wreath without a flower.
‘ Say, mother, do the dead return to e-erlh?
“Ah! see him smile-—his heart is-foil of mirth,
“While—-mother, yon are weeping l .
“Why are vou sad? You’ve told me many times
“That brother lives where joy and peace consigns
“Good children to God’s keeping.
Oh, Nature! mighty empress of the heart.
How frail, how beautiful, how pure thou art!
The girl had scarcely spoken,
When o’er the mother’s pallid cheeli of wo
The burning tears of anguish ’gan to flow—
Chaste Nature’s fount was broken.
The mother’s lips upon her child’s were press’d
With fierce emotion—Heaven! I was blessed”—
She said—“with this one only:
“And must she leave me too? Oh, Mighty Power! j
“Withhold thy wrath, revive this drooping flowerj
“Ah, leave me not quite lonely!
“My Kathleen, dearest! lift thy cherub heart
“in prayer to Heav’n that thou may’stnot depart
“From thy poor stricken mother.”
“Ah. weep not soi’ t said Kathleen, while a tear
Gushed from her eye—“ You told me not to fear
“Wliea I wept o’er my brother.
“Conic, smile on me—your Kathleen bids you smile.
“My head upon thy bosom hold awhile;
“Sweet dreams are o’er me creeping;
"My eyes grow heavy, but my heart is light;
[Tbe angels had prepared her soul for flight)
“Iknow I’ll soon be sleeping.”
Yes, lovely girl, thou sleep’s! forever more;
Nor can a mother’s kiss thy breath restore;
Thy latest word is spoken.
The mother droop’d her head and sighed a prayer,
Then cast one look to Heaven—it was despair!
She sank—her heart was broken.
RAMBLER.
[From the Macon Telegraph.]
‘‘Wav upon the Planters.”
Yes, Planters, the Whigs are endeavoring to
convince you that 11 cents for your Cotton in
1847, under Towns’ vote on the low tariff, is
a positive loss to you, of “20 f>er cent. They
must take you for a pack of grannies, and think
you never saw an arithmetic, and don’t know
the difference between 5 cents for Cotton in
1844, under a Whig or Clinch rule, and II
cents in 1847, under Democratic or Towns’
\’ote on the tariff. They have set up a hue
and cry about Towns’ Bagging, Shoes, Ker
seys and Salt, being 20 cents higher, “in con
sequence of Towns’ vote !” And call upon
the Colonel for an explanation, well, here it
is— 44" r '
Whig or Clinch Bagging in 1845, 18
“ “ Rope, 8
“ “ Shoes, I 00
“ “ Kerseys, 25
“ “ Salts ’ 2 75
$4 26
Democratic cr Towns’ Bagging in 1847, 18
“ “ Rope, 8
•; “ Shoes, 87
“ “ Kerseys, 20
“ “ Salt, 2 00
$3 33
Here is a difference of 27£ per cent, in favor
of Towns’ vote, or a saving to the Planter of
at least $750,000. Now let us see what the
difference is between 5 cents for Cotton in
1844, and 11 cents in 1847, allowing 350,000
bales for the crop in Georgia, which is proba
bly 50,000 or more bales than will be made
this year.
350.000 bales 400 lbs. each, in 1847, J ,
a K He. 15,400,000
360.000 bales 400 lbs. each, in 1844,
at sc, 7,000,000
$8,400,000
Now add the saving on supplies
for 1847, 750,000
$9,150,000
Which shows in honest Democratic figures,
the sorry sum of nine millions one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars clear gain, over the ;
Whigery and Clinchery of 1844, but “G. W. !
Bonaparte Towns” is confident that Georgia
Planters, if it were necessary to the prosperi
ty of the country and briskness of trade, would
be satisfied to pay the 20 per cent more for
"heir supplies and get over 100 per cent more
for their Cotton. It would then be handsome,
yes, an enormous gain over Whigery and re
stricted trade in 1844, and very far indeed from
a “war upon the planters,”* as the Whigs call
it. If such is Towns’ Bonaparte war upon us,
we say come on McDuff, and hurra for Towns 1
A PLANTER.
(From the Federal Union.]
Jno. M. Berrien vs. Win. C. Dawson.
Mr. Berrien’s taking the stump is confirma
tory of an opinion, which we have frequently j
expressed to our readers. It is, that Gen.
Clinch’s nomination was the triumph of Ber- (
rieuism in the whig Convention over Dawson-
Ism, showing conclusively that Mr. Berrien is
the l\oad and leader and dictator of the whig
party. Why does betake the stump for Gen,
Clinch I Would he have done so for Dawson?
Never. If Dawson had been nominated, it
would have shown the weakness of the Ber
rien wing of the party —that his mantle had
fallen—-his glory departed, Under this state
of things his lips would have been scaled, and
he would have mounted stilts, as high as the
Stone Mountain tower. But Gen. Clinch is
Mr. Berrien’s candidate —put forth by the
Bcrriep. faction—is the embodiment of Ber
rien wlpggery, and if elected, it is to be con
sidered a triumph of Berrien politics in Geor
gia. Hence, the distinguished Senator de
scends Bom his stilts to the stump. Who can
doubt iti Does it not strike the mind of
every reflecting man, with the force of con
viction ? As for ourselves, we have no doubt
of it. The issue before the people under this
aspect, is reduced down to a question of Ber
[ ricn or no Berrien. Shall his principles pre
-1 vail in Georgia or not ? This is the question
1 at last which will be decided at the ballot-box.
Aye, we will go further and hazard another
conjecture. If Gen. Clinch should bo elect
ed, will hebe the Governor of Georgia? We
think not. He will be . thb supple agent for
Savannah and Central Rail Road interests.—
He will be Governor de jure-, blit Mr. Ber
rien, and, in his absence the Savannah Repub
lican, will be the Governor de facia. Would
the people of Georgia elect either, if their
names were before them ? If not, let them be
ware how they elevate General Clinch to tbe
Executive chair.
These are weighty and grave considerations;
and we call upon the Democracy to bestir
themselves. The interests of Georgia are in
| danger of falling into the hands of the Berrien
| faction. If Whigery triumphs, Berrien is to be
j re-elected to the Senate of the United States,
j and is to be Governor de facto; of the State of
j Georgia. Democrats of Goergia, come forth
1 from mountain heights and gorges —from plane i
and vale —from city and country —from the
i flower-girt clime of the South to the Northern
; boundary, and from river to river, and gather -
■ ing all your energies into one harmonious,
I zealous and united effort, redeem your State
i from federal misrule, and on the ruins ofWhig
; cry plant your own glorious banner.
[From the New York Evening Post, 22d insf.]
Manufacturing sT*it.’trsss.
The newspapers teem with evidences of the
1 distress of the manufacturers. The distress,
; however, is of a very different sort from that
j predicted by Henry Clay and Abbott Lawrence,
' as the consequence of a mitigation of the late ;
; high duties- It is distress for water-power, a i
j distress for new spindles and looms, a distress j
: for iron, mines, forges and foundries, a dis
; tress, in short, for means of meeting the pro
' digious demand for American manufactures.
An eastern newspaper, the Bunker Hill
Aurora, gives an example of this distress, which
i has been relieved in a remarkable manner. A
Mr. Knights, of Saxonville, one of the new
| manufacturing towns which has been built up
j in Massachusetts Avithin a short time past, sold
j the water power of which he was possessed in
I the place, to the city of Boston, to augment its
j supply of water, for the handsome sum of
$150,000. In looking about for an opportunity
to invest this money in manufactures, for the
business is too profitable to be given up by one
i who has had some experience of its gainful- |
ficss, Mr. Knights found and purchased on « |
i branch of the Concord river, named Assabol, |
a water-power twice as valuable as that which
he owned in Saxonville, and has here construct
ed a large dam of a quarter of a mile in extent,
to be fed from immense reservoirs, and laid the
foundations of a great manufacturing establish
ment. The Bunker Hill print expresses the
expectation that here is the nucleus of another
new city, which will be reached by tbe con- j
teraplated branch of the railway from Concord 1
! to Lancaster and Sterling, passing directly by
| the new manufactory, along the banks of the
i Assabet.
It is not every manufacturer, who is so for- ‘
i tunate as Mr. Knights in finding an opportuni
j ty to invest his accumulated profits in such a
: manner that they shall in turn become the
source of profits equally enormous. Many are, i
i doubtless, obliged to sit down under the dis- i
| tress of piling up one yearly income upon
I another; without being able to obtain for the |
I gains thus secured, much more than the ordi- j
i nary return of legal interest. The case is a
hard one, no doubt, and the unfeeling world,
we are sorry to say, metes out to it but a very
stinted sympathy. It is not every one who
can rightly estimate the depth and poignancy
of this sort of misery. Hereafter, as the world j
grows more transcendental, these things
will come to be better understood. We shall :
then hear poets taking them for the theme of
their elegies, and novelists weaving them into
narratives more pathetic than Clarissa Harlowe. 1
Another Ovid will make them the subject of
five books of plaintive verse. Our circulating 1
libraries will teem with such novels as “The
Distressed Mill Owner,” and “The Sorrows j
1 of Abbott Lawrence.”
To speak seriously, the clamor which wc
yet hear, in favor of the restoration of the high
duties of 1842, is the most wantonly impudent
pretension that we have met with for a long
time. It is a clamor without the smallest ex-
I euse. The most prosperous class of the com
munity already drawing enormous revenue
from the great mass of the population who con
sume their goods, are calling upon the govern
ment to make ampler levies for their benefit. ;
We care not, however, how long nor hoW |
i vehemently they make this call. It will lead j
; to a more speedy consideration of the question
whether the tariff ought not to be revised with
a view of pruning away the duties that are ex- I
cessive and burdensome.
[From the Southern Patriot, 22d inst.]
Patriotism.
When the remains of the gallant Capt. Lin- I
coin, who fell at the battle of Buena Yista, were
brought home and arrangements were made
for conveying them from Boston to Worcester, |
Col. Edmands, the commander of the escort,
requested Gen. Appleton Howe, who was in
command of the Ist Division of the Massachu
setts Militia,to invite the officers of his Division
to participate in the ceremonies. The reply of
Gen. Howe is so precious a morceau of folly,
treason and malignity, that we give it entire,
lest one particle of the infamy which should
attach to such a production should be lost in
transfering it from the columns of the Boston
i Post, where it originally appeared, to our 1
i own.
South-Weymouth, July 5, 1847.
Dear Sir,—l have this morning received
vours of 30th ult, relative to the interment of
Capt. Lincoln, “who fell in the battle of Buena
Yista, and feel obliged to say that I do not
approve of the object expressed in your letter.
It seems to me that the cause in which he fell
is one which ought to cover with shame in
stead of honor, all who are engaged in it. The
Mexican war has“ been pronounced, justly I
think, infamous; and I do not know of any
reason which has been assigned in justification
of it, which might not i'e urged with equal
truth and propriety as a reason for making
war on the government of the United States.
If the government of Mexico have t>een per
fidious in regard to treaties, so have our>,’ if
that government have £Hled to pay their just
debts at the proper time, so have ours; if that
! government have trampled on the rights and
liberties of individuals, who desired to reside
' within her borders, so have ours. And what
adds to the enormity of the whole matter.fs,
the hypocrisy which has been manifested in
regard to the cause and progress of this war, in
assigning false reasons for its inception, and
the most palpable absurdities for its continu
ance. Who does not know that this war
would not have occurred had it not been for
the existence of slavery in our own country,
and a desire on the part of the present admin
istration and its abettors, to extend it into the
Mexican territory? The whole scheme was con
trived, as I believe, to extend and perpetuate
that system of slavery which now disgraces
our country, —a country, whose voice is loud
in the proclamation of liberty, while her hands
are busily engaged in the work of despotism.
In a cause like this, however cool one may be
in danger, however daring in exploits, or how
ever reckless of consequences, I can see no
reason which should entitle such an one to any
public honor,, which would not apply with
equal force to the case of a duelist or pirate,
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who should exhibit equal evidence of bravery.
I know it may be said that Capt. Lincoln
belonged to the regular army, and that his
duty was to obey the orders of his superior
offices; but I am not aAvare that the orders com
manding him to the Mexican territory were
repugnant to his inclinations, or that he made
any effort to be excused from the duties assign
ed him on that station, and in this view he
should be placed on a par with the volunteer
corps of the army whose infamy, -I hope, may
be as lasting as the cause they have espoused.
Had Captain Lincoln fallen in a good cause in
the defence of his country, no one would have
been more ready than myself to do him honor;
but in the invasion 6f another country he loses
all my sympathy, Arid nil my respect. Such
are some of my feelings in regard to the subj ect
matter of yoUr letter, and while I thus plainly
i and briefly express them in all honesty, and
with all due respect to those Who may deiffer
from me in opinion, I accord to olhers the
same liberty which I claim for myself, of think
ing and expressing their thoughts in accor
dance with their convictions of duty. I must,
therefore, decline taking any part in this mat- ;
ter, and leave it in your hands, or in the hands
of those who may feel an interest in the con
cern.
With sentiments of the highest respect,
I remain vours, &c.
APPLETON HOWE
Maj. Gen. Ist. Div. M. V. M.
Colonel B. F. Edmaxds,
Ist Infantry, Ist Brigade, Ist Division.
We have no knowledge of Gen. Howe, ex
cept what this letter gives us, but that is
enough in all conscience to leave us no desire
for an increase of the acquaintance. How the
i people of Massachusetts will treat this effer
vescence of Mexican feeling upon the part of
j one of their high military officers, we have no
powver of anticipating—but were a General to
writs s'uch a series of intemperate remarks in
any of our Western States where the warmth
of feeling sometimes goes a little faster than
the slower n.'Uion of the law, we fear that the |
General would be introduced to tbc acquaint- ;
ance of Judge Lynch. In South Carolina, we
know, a Court Martial would soon have di
vested him of the necessity of longer wearing
his epauletts, or sword. This ruthless attack
upon the reputation of a soldier, '''J lo ias
en in the service of his country, cf*n scarcely
be forgiven, and we trust that the galkUit vol
unteers of Massachusetts, whom he uncercnio
; niously consigns to “an infamy as lasting AS
j the cause they have espoused,” will on their |
return home call the “officer but no soldier”
i who has thus gone out of his Avay to insult
them, to a deep and terrible account.
We knoAV that in every Avar that has been
undertaken, since men first went out to battle,
there have always been some few who consci
entiously differed in opinion as to its expedi
ency and justice, and avc concede to every
man the right of enjoying and expressing, at a
proper season, these sentiments. But for a
military commander to calumniate the soldiers
Avho are risking life ou a foreign soil to uphold
the honor of their country —to abuse his coun
try in the hour of its danger—to declare that
he has no concern in its contests with its ene
mies—and to insult the mangled corpse of one
of that country’s bravest defenders —is to for
j get the duties of the soldier, the Citizen and
i the man. —It is to merge the patriot in the
! partisan and to lose all sense of those noble
| sentiments which alone distinguish the honest
j man from the traitor.
[ From the New Orleans Picayune, ZWi inst.\
Contreras and Churubuscot
The bare mention of these names, the scene 1
| of the recent bloody yet splendid conflicts, one
j associated with exhibitions of American skill
and valor, which for ages to come will aAva- I
I ken in the bosom of every lover of his country !
the liveliest emotions, the most heartfelt con
i gratillations- “The age of chivalry” has not
| passed a'.vay. The mind expands, and the
heart is made glad in reading the details of
the deeds of heroism, and the self-sacrificing
; devotion of Columbia’s sons oh the blood
| stained fields of Contreras and Churubusco.—
j These are names, and the feats of chivalry
connected with them, that will live—
“ Whilst the earth bears a plant
Or the sea rolls a wave, till
Time shall fade—until eternity.’*
These remarks have been elicited by the! pe
rusal of the subjoined thrilling letter from
Washington in the Baltimore Sun:
Washington, Sept, Id, 1817.
The battle of Contreras and Churubusco
j were indeed the most brilliant ever fought or
I won on the continent, and cover Gens. Scott
; and Worth, and the troops under their com
i mand, with eternal glory. There was no ruse
j de guerre, no advantageous position, no fortuit
j ous circumstance of any kind to take away
j from the laurels fairly Avon by a most extraor
j dinary combination of skill and valor, such as
has not as yet been exhibited in this Avar. —
i Winfield Scott did not storm the Pcnon;
he imitated Napoleon, who managed to leave
! the enemies fortresses ou the Avay to at
tack those points Avhich Avould lead to a more
j decisive action.
The battles of Contreras and Churubusco
I Were Avon against overwhelming numbers, fa
vorably posted, and defended by well appoint
ed and directed artillery. Our troops Avere
fatigued and harrassed, and had not slept, and
Avere obliged to bivouac without blankets in
the rain. All the advantages Avere this time
on the side of the Mexicans; only superior
skill and valor gained the day for the “stripes
and stars.”
I have seen several private letters from offi
cers of distinction Avho Avere in the battle, con
taining some interesting statements, which 1
cannot withhold from your readers. Gen.
Scott, his generals, and the soldiers under his
command, were remarkably cool, yet eager for
the fray, and every movement was executed
with the utmost precision. Gen. Scott, pass
ing a heavy Mexican battery, a Mexican pri
soner of rank and influence offered to prevent
their firing, but Winfield Scott answered that
the path of his duty lay there, and that he
must needs take his chance like every one
else. One of the batteries of the enemy was
remarkably well constructed and served, and
Avhcn stormed, exhibited the sorry spectacle
of a band of American deserters, taken fight
ing against those whose honor they might
have shared in victory. They will, of course,
be hung.
j But the noblest scene was this: in taking
' one of the Mexican batteries two cannon were
discovered bearing the United States arms. —
They >; ere two of the three captured by Santa
Alina at Akgostura, and strange! recaptured
by the identical company to which they ori
ginally belonged. The scene which followed,
beggars .->ll description. A lover beholding the
object of Iris first vow, a husband returning
to his bride, eonld not exhibit joys more ecsta
tic than our soldiers manifested in the presence
of these trophies! They all but hugged and
embraced them, and rent the air with wild
huzzas while drawing peals of eloquence from
the object of their devotion.
A Soldier Gone.
Patrick Shiels, of the Irish Jasper Greens,
was yesterday afternoon escorted to his last
resting place by his brother soldiers. Like |
many others of the brave men who went to
Mexico in the service of their country, after
escaping all the dangers to Avhich he was ex
posed in a severe campaign, he returned to his
home to die. He avos a most faithful soldier,
and in the prime of life, being only twenty- j
eight years of age. Let us hope that he has
cast aside the knapsack of life’s troubles, and ,
MMMMMMWMMMase-rrr imi Mil ■limal ■hwiicwii
laid him down to pleasant dreams. We were
gratified to see so large a concourse folloAV him
to the grave; evincing the respect Avhich avos
felt for his memory. —Savannah Georgian,2Sth.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
We have seen the M. W. Grand Sire’s Re
port to the R. W. Grand Lodge of the United
States at its late annual communication. It
opens with a congratulation to the communi
cation upon the continued prosperity Avitb
which the institution has been blessed. * Dur
ing the last year the number of contributing
members attached to the Lodges in the juris
diction has increased from 90,000 to 120,000.
The amount expended for the relief of breth
ren, and for purposes of charity has increased
from about $205,000 to about $300,000-/5.
Augusta, ©corgi a.
THURSDAY MORNING SEPT. 30.
FOR GOVERNOR
GEO. W. TOWNS.
i _ OF TA 1.80 f.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
Ist Dist.—Chatham—Thomas Purse.
2d “ Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden.
3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn— T. Mi Foßman.
4th “ Camden and \Vayne—Elias Fort.
3th “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
■/th “ Tattnall and Bulloch-^John A. Mattox
Bth “ Scriveu and Effingham—W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—Wi S» C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Re VNOLDSI
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nklsoni
17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter
I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski— Geo. M, Duncan-.
2Uth “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
21st “ Washington and Jefferson—B. S. Carswell. I
24th “ Hancock and Baldwin— S. Buffington, Jr. [
' 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Grat.
26th “ Mnnroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran,
23th “ Merriwether .and Coweta-—Ore. Warnbr.
31st “ Fayette and Henry’— Luther J. Glbnn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col, J. C. Waters.
35ih “ Wilkes and Lincoln— lsaiah T. Iktin.
33d “ Ntrwton and Walton—Warren J. Hill.
38th “ Clark and Jackson— Samuel Bailbt.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb— Jas. P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass— Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee— Wm. H. Hunt
43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d Corns,
4-fth “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihu S. Baiclit.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
WILiIAM^SCHLEy^JS.
Democratic Ticket for Wilkes County.
For Senate 35th District.
ISAIAH T. IRVIN.
For House of Representatives.
LEWIS S. BROWN.
HENRY P. WGOTTEN.
lgg”Our regular Carrier for the First and !
Second Wards is still sick, and the one by
J # i
whom he was replaced is also sick. Subscrib
ers in that section of the city will please send
to the office for their papers.
Charleston papers due by last eve
ning’s mail, failed to come to hand.
Col. Johnson’s Letter.
Why do not the Whig presses give to their
readers, the whole of Col. Johnson’s letter? j
1 They strive very hard to extract some little
consolation from passages in it in regard to
Gen. Clinch, byway of relieving him from
some awkward positions. They are nervously
anxious that his opponents should do justice
to their candidate—or rather, should be ex
cessively liberal and charitable to him. They
will snatch, like drowning men at straws, at
any thing that may be considered or tortur
ed into a favorable sentiment in behalf of Gen.
Clinch, his capacity or his conduct, as coining
from a political opponent. But they never
think it necessary, or incumbent on them- '
selves, to do justice to that opponent in any
way. They seem to pay their patrons the
poor compliment of supposing that it would !
not be figreabie to them to exhibit any ,
thing like a desire to do justice to; and
represent fairly a political opponent. Colo
nel Johnson wrote that letter to place him- I
self correctly before the public —to I
teract the injustice that had been done him
by Whig newspaper correspondents, and to
let the public know what he had said in his
speeches. He offered, in fact, an-outline of I
the tenor, and substance, and points of the
speeches he has made, and which have been so
grossly misrepresented. ‘ ‘Those who seek |
equity, must do equity.” But we have not
seen the least disposition on the part of the
Whig press, to give a Democrat the benefit of
this ru : e, nor do they seem to recognise in
their practice the force of this obligation.
We would recommend the whigs however,
if they wish Gen. Clinch relieved from a di
lemma into which facts have placed him, and j
in which the efforts of his friends to extricate {
him have only plunged him deeper, to call on |
him to write a letter of explanation as to that
St. Mary’s Bank business. This unexplained
transaction leaves him in a position from which
the indorsement of some liberal minded oppo
nents, that they believe him a gentlemen and
a man of integrity, cannot wholly rescue him.
The transaction unexplained is “an ugly trans
action.” We believe that his good natured
stupidity has been imposed on by others—men
who were sharper witted and quite unscrupu
lous. Others are less liberal; yet they think,
more just in ascribing to him all the odium of
an odious transaction.
Col. Johnson has been forbearing on this
point. lie has, like ourself been among the
liberal minded of Gen. Clinch’s opponents.—
But as the whigs insist that the Democrats
are, take them in the lump, a very illiberal and
unjust set of fellows, they should take some
pains to get justice from them, in place of lib
erality and charitable constructions. If how
ever, Gen. Clinch is advised to keep dark, and
remain silent whether for fear of exposing
others, or for fear he cannot vindicate himself,
neither he nor his friends have a right to com
plain of any judgment the people may form
with the lights now before them. We shall
adhere to our opinions that he is a veiy dull
man —easily cajoled though perfectly honest—
one unfit intellectually for the Executive
| chair.
lowa U. S. Senator.
Mr. Baker, a member of the Legislature, of
I Lee county, lowa, has resigned. His place,
i it is supposed, will be immediately filled by a
democrat, thus securing to that party the two
| XJ. S. Senators by one majority.
• *
Imports at New York.
The amount of goods imported and entered
at the Custom Houses at New York, exclu
sive of those sent to the warehouse, and the
amount of duties paid during the week end
ing on the 24th instant, compared with the
same period last year, were as follows :
1846. 1817. Increase.
Free goods 71,517 326,517 255,000
Dutiable goods 1,346,516 2,316,951 970,436
Total Mdze $ 1,418,033 2,643.468 1,225,435
Specie 2,712 38,814 31 102
Cash received... 300,436 595,390 294,954
Death of Major Popham;
The New York Evening Post, of the 25th
inst., says—“ This veteran officer, well known
for his services in the war of our indepen
dence, died this morning aged 95 years. lie
was, we believe, at the time of his death, the
oldest commissioned officer of the U. States,
and the President of the Society of the Cin
cinnati.”
Line G-ale.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, 2oth inst.
says—“lt has come at last, straight from the
South East, with abundance of rain. It com
menced yesterday afternoon, (a gentle rain and
moderate breeze,) but has since lashed itself
into a furious storm.”
Rev. Dr, King-.
A letter of Aug. 17th, from Constantinople,
published in the Evening Post , states that Dr.
| King, American Missionary at Athens, has
been virtually expelled from the Kingdom by
the Government. The Boston Traveller an-
I nounces his safe arrival at Geneva, Switzer
| land.
A Good Joke.
A private letter from London, tells a tale at
the expense of the lady of our Minister, that
is rather good. It is Said she made a pur
chase of a shawl, and Wore it home, leaving
the old one to be sent. She soon paraded up
; Regent street, at high noon, the observed of
I all. Much to her surprise, upon her arrival
I home, her dressing maid saw upon her shodl
| der a ticket pinned to the shawl, reading,
“Very chaste for 40 shillings.”
House s Improved Telegraph.
The Philadelphia Inquirer srys-—“The niag-
I netic telegraph with House’s improvement, is
now in full operation between this city and
{ Cincinnati. Messages are received and for
warded with perfect ease. This improvement
is of much importance, and greatly calculated
to facilitate the transmission of news and mes
sages of every description. The characters
are quite large, made by the Telegraph itself,
in apparently printed letters, and with the
| utmost rapidity. There can indeed be no
I mistake with regard to advices forwarded by J
! this plan. The icsu ts are truly wonderful.”
The magnetic Telegraph is now completed
to Louisville, Kentucky.
The Rice Harvest.
The Savannah Republican, of the 28th in- ;
stant, says —“It is nearly over. This week
will doubtless .see the crop all secured. The
weather the past few days has been divine :
skies without a cloud, and a moon so bright
that you can almost see the spokes of her
chariot wheels. The atmospheric changes
seem at last to have adjusted themselves at
that point on the cycle at which the ordinary
weather of the season may prevail. AVe can
not regret too much that this fine weather has
come along too late for a fair cotton crop.—
Nothing can now restore the ground which
has been lost during an unexampled season of
wet and cold weather,
Oen. Scott’s Speech to his Army.
! Thrilling and Exciting Scene, —A letter from
an officer of the Army, published in the New
York Journal of Commerce, after referring to
the desperate battle of Churubusco, which
finally routed the enemy, gives this thrilling
scene i
“When it was over, the General-in*Chief
(Scott) rode in among the troops. It would '
have done your heart good to hear the shout
with which they made the Welkin ring. Sev- i
eral old soldiers seized the General’s hand .
with expressions of enthusiastic delight*-
Suddenly at a motion from his hand, silence
ensued, when in the fulness of his heart he
poured forth a few most eloquent and patriotic
words, in commendation of the : r gallant con
duct. When he ceased there arose another
shout that might have been heard in the grand
plaza of Mexico*
During this thrilling Scene, 1 looked up to
a balcony of the Church that had been so
bravely defended. It was filled with Mexi
can prisoners. Among them Gen. Rincon, a
venerable old soldier, was leaning forward, his
countenance glowing, and his eyes sparkling
with every manifestation of delight. I verily
believe that the old veteran, with the spirit of
a true soldier, upon beholding a victorious
General so greeted by the brave men he had
just lead to Victory, forgot, for the moment,
his own position,—that he was defeated and a
prisoner,—and saw and thought only of the
enthusiasm by which he was surrounded.
The Chattanooga Gazette says—“ From fifty
to one hundred wagons are running regularly
between this place and the head of the road,
and yet wc are informed there is enough for
! all to do and more than enough. Taking this
! as an index of the fall trade, we may calculate
that our boats will be kept busy this season
and do a profitable business.
Rumor of another Requisition onArkansas.
The Arkansas Gazette, of the 9th instant,
states that a gentleman of Little Rock had re
ceived a letter from his brother at San Anto
nio, in which it is stated that the Quarter- |
master at that place had received instructions j
to prepare for the reception of troops from Ar- j
kansas. We have no doubt, adds the Gazette, I
that a regimeut of cavalry could be raised in
this State at short notice.
Arrest of Letter Carriers*
The Government have arrested two letter
carriers in Hartford, on suspicion of deliver
ing letters from Boyd’s Express Mails. The
New York True Sun says, however, that the
new mails will continue to go; and in a few
days will extend to Boston and Philadelphia,
Queer Exports.
A cargo of baby jumpers were exported
from Boston to the West Indies last week.
Connecticut.
The Democrats of Connecticut have nomi
nated Geo. S. Carlin for Governor, and S. C,
Seymour for Lieut. Governor.”
[communicated.!
L J
Another Roorback.
Mr. Editor — At the last moment, another
i pitiful slander is put forth against. Col. Towns.
• in the hope that the means of contradiction
i may be too remote to reach the various points
to which the mail of Wednesday will carry
j the dirty missile. I allude to the communi
; ; cation signed “A Voter,” in yesterday’s Chron
* icle.
i The following, is the material part of it.
> To the Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel:
Gentlemen ;—Col. Towns has recently been
caught and exposed in a game of duplicity too
low and contemptible almost for credulity, yet
it is true. On Tuesday last, (21st instant!) at
Elijah, Gilmer county, Cols. Bates and Chas
tain, the two candidates for Senate, both De
mocrats, had a discussion. They both became
animated and warm, each asseverated that he
| was Col. Towns’ favorite candidate (expecting
thereby to gain votes)—the He teas given and
retorted —so hot became the contest that both
Bates and Chastain exhibited letters from Col.
Towns, in which Col. Towns stated to each , re
spectively, that he (Towns) preferred him to his
opponent. The writer derived his information
from a gentleman of the bar of high character .
who was upon the spot. Bates’ friends called <m
Chastain for a copy of Towns’ letter, and Chas
tains friends called on Bates for a copy like
wise. It is said that both these letters will be
published. a VOTER.
This statement is untrue, whether it be de
rived from a “ gentleman of the bar, of high
character,” or low character.
Those letters, written to Messrs. Chastain
and Bates, asserted no such thing as is above
stated. Col. Towns has preserved copies of
those letters. Should they be published, to
which neither Col. ToAvns nor his friends have
the slightest unwillingness, they wall prove
most conclusively that “A Voter” has been
misinformed by his “ gentleman of the bar, of
high character.”
As to his other statement, that Messrs.
; Chastain and Bates had a hot contest, and that
the lie was given and retorted, this may be “a
weak invention of the enemy” to create dis
sension, or to alarm the fears of the Democ*
racy. Be this as it may, Col. Towns is in no
wise responsible for their wrangling*.
This thing can be said of Colonel Towns,
i and his skill in dodging. It will always be
found, w hen his opponents charge him with a
mean act, or ungcntlemanly act, that he has
dodged it* Whenever he is Charged with mak
ing false statements, it w ill be found that he
has dodged. In avoiding every thing that in
the least hiariner could reflect upon his char
acter as an honest man, and a gentleman, the
whole history of his life will prove that he
has been, in this respect, A Perpetual
, Dodger.
Try it again, Mr. Correspondent of the
Chronicle. You derive your information, as
you say, from gentleman of the bar, of high
; character. I derive mine from having seen
\ one of these letters —( that to Mr: Chastain, ) I
I speak from the Record, and deny the state
ment of your informant. You say, “It is
said that both of these letters will be publish
ed.” So be it. We will then see who is right.
In the meantime your correspondent’s story
will be set down as a Roorback.
ONE WHO KNOWS;
Special Notices.
AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING COM
PAM.
By order of the Board of Directors, notice is
1 hereby given, that an installment of 10 per cent is
required to be paid in by the Stockholders on Wed
nesday, the 10th of November next.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec’y A. m. c.
| Sept. 30 ' \
Sand’s Sarsaparilla.
Sands’ Sarsaparilla, which consists of the cura
tive elements implanted by the Great Physician in
this hygean root, fully developed and concentrated,
is known far and wide by the effects it has produc
ed. The unfortunate prey of scrofula, whose body
I was once honeycombed by that foul disease, testi
fies to its value; the rheumatic patient, who has
i cast aside his crutches and stands once more erect
and firm upon his natural supporters, acknowledges
its operation With gratitude : and the cicatrices of
unnumbered ulcers, of every type, had they each
a tongue, would bear witness to its efficacy. In
all cases where the impurity of the blood is devel
oped on the surface in the form of eruptions,
blotches, or sores of any description, the prepara
tion of Sands’ Sarsaparilla will be found in the
highest degree salutary.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. B.
AD. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists,loo Fulton cor
ner of William-street, New York.
Sold also bv
* HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.
And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni
ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for
55. Sept. 30
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry.
“While there is Life there is Hope.”
Instances like the following are almost of daily
occurauce, and render superfluous all further com
ment upon the efficacy of Wistar’s Balsam.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sept. 1845.
Mr. Seth W. Fowle;—
Dear Sir—The character of Wister’s Balsam of
Wild Chery is so well established throughout the
country, and especially in the state of New York,
that any further testimony would seem to be unne
cessary. Yet i have derived so much advantage
from it, that I am happy to communicate through
you to the sick and afliiclpd, what it has done lor
me, and I consider it a privilege and a duty to do so,
I have been troubled with weak lungs four years;
had a cough more or less every winter. 1 was con
fined to the house all last winter with a severe
! cough, pain in the side and breast, raised blood se-
I veral times, I consulted a physician, but hai e never
I taken any medicine which has done me so much
I good as
WISTAR’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY.
I consider it the best medicine in the world (or
Coughs, Colds and pulmonary complaints.
WILLIAM Bv S WARTS.
None genuine unless signed 1. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale aad retail, bv
HAVILAND. RISLEY & CO.,and also by I H /»-
AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicine*
generally in Augusta.
Sept. 30
JOHN H. RICE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law*
CASSVILLE, GA.
Will practise in the Counties of the Cherokee
Circuit. Collecting business will be thankfully
received and despatched promptly, .
Aug. 21 , iy 50