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his department for the despatch and success of
liiy eipedition.” If more was wahted, qomu-
lated proof might be drawn from the same
lonrce—your own correspondence^—to show
not only that.tiiis charge against me has no
foundation in truth, but that you can have no
apology for having preferred it.
After showing how unfortunate you have
been in your specific charges, I may with pro
priety meet those of a general and sweeping
character with a less particular detail of proofs
to show*their groundlessness.
gh the “ten vessels’* were not, for the
THE PATRIOT.
CAlbati|i, (Sccrgia:
SATURDAY MORMXG, JUKE 3, 1848.
FOR PRESIDENT, i
LEWIS CASS.
OF VlCniQAS.
very sufficient reasons i have assigned, sent out
f in ballast from the Atlantic cities; Jet a very
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM O. EUTLER,
OF KENTUCKY.
We tliis rveck enter the arena of the Presi-
largo number were sent thence with stores,
supplies, and troops, to co-operates in the ex
pedition.
In General Jesup's letter to mo of the 17th . . ......
tost, a copy of which is sent herewith, ho Jential contest, and announce the nhmes of the
states that fifty-three ships, barques, brigs and! distinguished and able men who have been
schooners, were sent from the north, and the j selected by the Democratic National Conven-
department actually furnished at New Orleans, i tion ns the standard bearers and representatives
Brazos, and Tampico, for the army, before it! of the inci Ie3 - of lhe Democratic „ arty in the
took up the line of march into the interior, one I .. ‘ . . , .
' hundred and .sixty-three vessels. | approaching Preside.,t.al election. They are
I have alluded to the large number of surf jtried public servants, men who have borne
boats, and the great diliieulty of procuring I distinguished and honorable parts in their coun-
them, as the cause of the delay in their arrival.; try’s history, and are eminently qualified to fill
I have also a similar reason to offer in reply to! the stations(0 whi , h ,> havo bec , u nomillatcd .
your complaint for not having seasonably re- , T , ... , •
ceived the siege train and ordnance supplies.! l lle u:lmoi of C tss alld BuTLEH "- 111 tIlc
Tho delay is to be ascribed to the enormously rallying cry of the Democracy, and their char-
large outfit you required. If it was necessary , acter and principles will insure success. We
and despatch was used in procuring it, no one i at C ur earliest convenience lay before
is in fault If too large, you certainly should | our rc . uk . r3 sketcIi of ^ bUc sm .; ces &c .
not regard as a reprehensible delay the time [ _ *
necessarily taken up in preparing it. To show j ^ Wc are ^ oU i gaUons t0 the Macon
that it was large, anu required much time to < . °
procure it, I will select from many a single) Georgia lclegrnph,.the Messenger and Journal,
item* You demanded from eighty to one liun-1 the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, for slips
dred thousand ten-inch shells, and forty or fifty ! containing Telegraphic news,
mortars of like calibre, This enormous qua
Arrival cf General Scott in New York.
General Scott arrived at the New' York quar
antine in the brig St. Petersburg, from Vera
tity of shells—about four thousand tons—\i
mostly to he manufactured after you left Wash
ington. All the furnaces in the country, wil
ling' to engage in the business, were set to . , , , , .
work; but, with the utmost diligence and dbs- j ^ n:z » 0,1 “ ie u *^» an “ proceeded lnimedi-
patch, the supply of this one article, or even ately to Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
two-thirds of it, having to be manufactured and | - - —
transported to the seaboard from the furnaces, j General Worth.
(located in most instances in the interior of the | The following letter, written by Gen’l Worth I said committee.
country,) at n season of the year when water I to j 05el) i, yjill, Esq., of Pennsylvania, contrasts! T!le States wore then called and a committee
Convicted.
Dr. E. V. Munroe, who was tried last week
Leo county Superior Court for foe murder of
J. A. H. Macon, was found guilty by the Jury,
and was sentenced by Judge Warren to be
hurtg on the 27th of July. Application was
made on Monday for a new trial, which .was
refused. We learn that the case will be carried
to the Supremo Court for alledged error* Dr.
Munroe has been committed to the Jail of
Baker county.
We have room for only an outline of the
proceedings of the Convention which we find
prepared to our hand in the “Federal Uiiion.”
The delegates from New York did not vote.
But after the nomination was announced the
States by unanimous consent of the Conven
tion were called agaiu and members of various
delegations rose and pledged the votes of their
States for Gen. Cass. The nomination was
unanimous, except New York, (not voting,)
Alabama, 5 for Cass, and 4 for Woodbury,
and Florida, voting 3 for Woodbury. Previ
ous to tlie balloting a communication was re
ceived from President Polk declining a re-nom-
ination.
Tlie Convention was called to order at 1
g«g'.w»Y -.m
Lee Connty—-Improvement «f Flint River.
We are gratified to lfeam that the Grand
Jury of Lee county, in their general present
ments, have recommended the, adoption by
Baker county of the law of tlie last Legislature
providing for the improvement of Flint River,
so far as tlie authority to assess a tax on freight
and passage money is concerned. We regard
tills as a wise and liberal policy on tlie part of
our sister county. She is equally interested
with Baker in tlie improvement of the river, and
she comes forward nobly and expresses her
desire to assist
[Correspondence of the Patriot.] ,
IIek.nakdo,>Ii., May Htii, 1848.'
Gentlemen,—Our crops both ol corn and cot-
top, look w'orse now than for many years past’,
owing, to tlie cold and backward spring. We
liad no rain from tlie 7th of April untilthe 10th
of this month—tlie consequence was that our
cotton never come up until since the rain; and
thus far our stands are very inferior, many (
farmers having in the intei ior v pIowed up their
cotton and planted over; very few have even
commenced scraping cotton. On the whole,
we are nearly three weeks behind tho seasons
of last year, as at this period, then, cotton was
brought to a stand and half-leg high, while now
in its improvement in proportion, 0
to the benefit which she will receive. We bas only two leaves, aud what was up before
. . the ram looked yellow and sickly, lhe “cut
Apalaclu- worfll ” j, as a [ so nia( j e j ts appearance and is labors:
learn from undoubted authority that Apalachi
cola will render efficient and liberal assistance
in the improvement of the river, so soon as we
shall have adopted tho means for helping our
selves. '
The Flint is the natural outlet and the cheap
est highway to market for the produce of the
country on its borders; the ease with which it
may bo improved and made permanently navi
gable has been repeatedly demonstrated, and
every one knows .that the result of such im
provement would be favorable to every interest
in the country.
o'clock precisely Delegates were in attend-: General Scott autl Mr. Marcy, Secretary
anco from all the States ol the Union. On mo- .
tion, Hon J. S. Bryce, of La. took tlie Chair. 01 liar. i
After various motions were discussed, the Con-1 hast week we published the letter of General
vention finally adopted asubstitute offered by j Scott to Mr. Marcy, complaining of bad treat-
Hon. I. II. Cone, as follows: meat from tlie War Department and charging
Resolved, 1 hat a committee be appointed to , U p 0n th© Govornmcnt the most unpatriotic and
examine the credentials ot delegates, aud to „ „ ......
report to this body, the-number of ?otes to which 1 r; | sca,I J, as wel1 f the most s % * nd contempti-
each State is entitled, and the number and J ^' e mo ‘* vc>s which ever actuated the human
names of tlie delegates present from each State ; breast. We this week commence tlie publica-
m
Latent Foreign News.
The U. S. mail steamer, / Hermani
at New York on the 22d inst, briar •
one day later from Europe.
The Hermann brought over 72 D
and twelve camels with two Arab
to be direct from Egypt The pro. ',?’ ‘•id
thoffirst day’s sitting of tlie p re ‘JS*'(
tional Assembly are given. The HcputJ- **<•
been proclaimed and unequivocally ^
by tlie Assembly ‘ ac '‘ : '';u-
The following proclamation wag --
on the walls Paris, on Friday, 5th iustw
cm Recorder.
“'Pile National Assembly, the faithf i •
preter of tho sentiments of the people b ^
it has been elected, previous to coim^/e ■
doing much damage, added to which is the
prospect of a low pi ice,for what, may be made,
as it is only worth now in Memphis from 2£ to
4 eents, as per quality, with a downward ten
dency. Should there be a short crop arid short
price the country, here at least, will be in a
truly awful condition, for year before last and
last year in consequence of cotton being worth
10 cents, lands and negroes went up to a cor
responding price—land 810, negro fellow's
81,000 to 81,100, mostly on a credit, which to
pay for at present prices would be ruinous.
“Declares, in the name of tlie French
and in the face of the entire world, that
public, proclaimed on the 2-lth ’of fJl 6
1848, is, and shall remain, tlie form of th ^
eminent of France. • e ' JOt -
“The Republic desired by France has
l- . (
ed the motto, ‘Liberty, Equality, Fratcrn m
“In the name of the country, the ■
Assembly entreats Frenchmen of evervnnT^
party to forget former feuds, and to form ;!*?
ture but one family. The da
Representatives of the people met is f 0r
11 in ft
a J °. n ^hich the
a ken altogether, North-Mississippi is not as | citizens the feast of concord and fraten? 1 ^
ood a country as South-western Georgia, par- ‘ Viva la Rcpubligue /’
* Donations continued to be received e
divfduals. Citizens Choisnard of l ,d ’
addressed 25,000f. (£100) to Cituea r j
Rolfin as a gift to the Republic.
ticularly Baker, parts of Early, Lee, Sumter,
and Stewart. It is true here we have the ad
vantages of the New Orleans market; but if
you would take the time and trouble to make
the comparison you would find that cotton has
ranged higher in Charleston during the past
ason than in New Orleans, and higher in pj^g^Yedk w^ ««
Cotton Circular.
M aeon than in Memphis. It costs us frequently
three dollars a bale to get it to New Orleans,
say at a distance of forty miles from Memphis,
it over that* distance, three and a half and often
who are entitled to seats in the Convention ! tion of Mr. Marc/s answer, which will be eon-! !SphKd d'S'aUffie wh'ter'one doTaJ
Resohed further Hut soul committee be i chided in onr next paper. There is not a single and fifty cent's per bale was paid to have it
composed ot one member from each State ex- , , , 11 „ i„ i .. 1 , "
cept tlie State of New York, the delegates from | ehar S e madc b >' ( '™ l Scott against the War hauled there, then one dollar to Ne
each State to appoint one member of said com. j Department or the Government but w hat is so
Resolved, That the-States be now called for clearly refuted as to leave the mind in amaze-
tho purpose of making the appointments fgn | ment and regret that he could have been so
blind to his own fair fame, or so forgetful of
favorably with the letters written by Gen'l Tay- N" ‘° credentials of delegate,
J J \ l ho Convention then iniionrnpil tn r» 1* M I 1
facts as to pen them. ■
lor. Gen’l Worth is a Democrat, and however! Tllu SessTox.' 1 to 5 ' 1> ' JI 'j WiscOESilS—Ttc Tllirlietll Star ill IhO
our AVhig friends may disagree with him in The business in order was a resolution to of States,
principle, they cannot fail to admire the frank I appoint a committee of one from each State to I This new State comes into the Union sound-
and explicit avowal of his opinions—it is evi-1 ro l ,ort 011 tJl ° proper inode of permanent organ- j 1 y Democratic. Her first election for members
donee of an ingenious and noblemind. ’ ® ;tio ": „ A to tha ‘ "as adopt- of Congress and State officers, resulted in a
ed anu the committee appointed. Deinocr-ti
City or Mexico, January 10, 1848. Duiing tlie absence of the committee the *' 1
My dear sir: I11 ‘acknowledging your favor j following gentlemen were called on to address
communications were obstructed by ice, could
not be ready to be sent forward to you in many
months after your departure from Washington.
Had your requisitions been moderate—-md un
doubtedly more moderate ones would have suf-
• Heed—they could have been furnished at a much
earlier period.
Tho memorandum which you left “for the
t Beige-train and ammunition therefor,” was sub
mitted to me by the Oiilnance Department, on
the 26th of November, w ith
it could not be complied wit
‘expedition to go forward as early as yon had a desire for preferment out of tny own profes- i Hanuogan, Yancy of Alabama, Senator llou.
contemplated. I endorsed .upon it, “comply sinn, probably because of conscious want of t° n . and -Mr. Iiryce of Louisiana.
with the abme as far us practicable,” and this; qualification, and distaste for the means where-
joritv of not less than live thou
sand votes. Our friends, says the Cleaveland
intimation that of November 12th, it is due to candor to say j the Convention, and spoke with groat effect Flain Dealer, have made a clean sweep, carrying
ason for the that 1 urn not aware of ever having entertained I and were enthusiastically cheered—Senator the State ticket entire, electing nearly all of
n profes- j Hanuogan, Yancy of Alabama, Senator llou.s-' both branches of the Legidature, securing the
x, 1 ... lection of two United States Senators, four
Gen. Howard, chairman 01 the committee 1 , r ’
order, I am satisfied, after full examination, was! by preferment is usually attained. • " | on credentials-then made a report in part, liav-1 fel JP reme Judges, &c., &c. I his w ill be grati-
faithfully executed.^ ^ 1 Tlie subjects 3’ou pay me the compliment to 1 * l, n fi rs t asked and obtained leave for the com-1 O' n o nows f° the Democracy throughout the
« What could be clone at asliington, was 1 present, are of high national concern and inter- j mittee to sit again. The report which he sub- j tlnion. The Great West is sound to tlie core,
promptly done. You had with you the Quar- <_*st, in respect to which my humble opinions are ( ,n itted gave simply a list of all the District and j Kvery new State adds to the Democratic
pially unimportant and uuinfluential: and it: State delegates except those from New York. I stren<ytla
to report ' ”
.vith
termaster General, with all the means at the e
command of the War Department, and with un- i,
restricted authority to do whatever you might ].
require. He was under your supervision, and 1
subject to your orders, able and willing to exe-;
cute them. You have never intimated that he, war, and do you believe it an unjust one ?
in any respect failed in his. duty; but, on the I War, ever "to be deplored, should be avoided
ith an impoved tone offeefin
which continued during the early part of y
week, and k a ’ atlvanco was obtained 011 ,
nietican descriptions. Since the anival of,?"
Hibernia with accounts showing a considenlL
increase in tlie receipts of the crop, the maA
has become quiet, but without much chanrei
prices. We continue our quotations fo r V
aud upwards; middling qualities are i
titan last week, and ordinary sorts j. ,
descriptions are without cluinge. 8peeul»im
have taken 800 American and ‘iOO 8unit; .
to-day are 0,000 bales, and the market steadv.
of G
Democratic Stale Convention.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21st, 1848.
We again call the attention of the Deniocrari
•gia, to the subjoined resolutions, j,],,'
courtesy to a generous, althougli un-
>wn friend, that, with tliese remarks, 1 pro-
d to answer your interrogatories, viz:
l.-t. -*\\ hat are your views of tlie Mexican
Tho committee asked further ti
conflicting delegations: DemocraUcHcftins (
A debate then arose on the question whether I , mectm « a P ort ' on die Democratic party of j
General Commander, who was sent as a dele-. 1,1 ' 3 county, !ie!d at the Court House in 'J’iiornas- j
gate from South Carolina, by the Georgetown j ^^le. on Wednesday r.he 24th ultimo, Pliny Shef-I
contrary, you have Spoken to Highly couunen-: so long, as may be‘consistent with national i ‘meeting, siiould be entitled To due vote°or the; fiol!l ’ Ei 1’ wa3 c:llieJ to the chair and Jared Everett, I “ ,oat > ^J 1 ".
datory terms of his efficient services. I honor and national rights. In my opinion I whole nine votes of that State. ' | requested to sict as Secretary. On motion of J..im i t>aco “ there
Ilnrst it i
- — my opinion.
I have already quoted your acknowledgment, there has been no war in our history, (always j The report of committee was received ( . c
that lie had taken all proper.measures with judg- excepting that J'or independence, which stands ! adopted with loud acclamations, giving General: ,ni, |™ of d ‘ rc0 to rI 'P l irt
inent and promptitude to provide everything de- out aud will through all time, a case bv itself,) Commander the whole nine votes.
pending on his department lor the despatch and nor in that of any other people, commenced un' 1 — :
success of your expedition. In an issue of fact der great provocation
between you and the head of the War Depart-! humanity. Regard
Orleans
independent of storage, wharfage, drayage, l'vc.,
which from this section makes it cost mar 83
per bale to get cotton to market. The high
freight is owing to the bad state of the roads, A . . , )ln . . —
& ^ th °- e PriU ° S t0 haUUnS U Sl/Maranh^aiS'kdraK
Last winter cotton was hauled to Memphis a
distance of 100 miles, at a cost of five dollars
tiie bale. Why, sirs, when you get your rail
road completed from Macon via Albany to the
Apalachicola you will have a country vastly in
every respect superior to North-Mississippi. In
point of health it is about the same, sof with j k‘d by the convention held in December las.
water, and as to climate and soil you have the ! In some of tlie Congressional Districts, arran®.
decided advantage; also in tho juice of land, J nients it seems are being made for the appoint,
for our lands vary from 81 25 to 815 per acre, nient of Electors, if each of them should *
which the highest maximum will not yield as tact its elector, there are still two others to b»
much cotton as some of the Baker lands in the \ appointed. The State Convention thereforeii
2d district. \ou have pine lands in Lee and I indisjiensiblo. Let each county then vitUc:
Sumter that out juoduce some of our best oak | delay, select its delegates; and let us have a
and hickory. \\ e have no pine here. The j Convention at the Capitol, which besides tie
average crop of cotton here may bo put down ! appropriate business, will effect a complete or-
at 70u lbs., though many farmers gather more, I gauization of the party, and impart to it tk
in some few instances 12 to 1503 pounds have [ energy and confidence which is the sure for-
been picked to the acre. The average for corn hinger of victory.
is about bushels. Wo raise no wneaf, from ! We are authorized to say, that the corre^
Uio tact ot there being no mills in tiie country i ponding Committee have designated Wednes
to prepare it, and tanners preter buying it in i day, tlie 21st June, as tlie day tor the meeting
Mcmpnis even to raising it. Such has been j of the Convention.
the mania for making cotton a few years past] Resolved, That the Democratic party of the
that tne fewest tanners even raise their own j State ot Georgia, will hold a general con-
phis for it. Last year I vention, for the purj.ose of nominating Electors
one time woitlv 10 cents for President and Vice President; and thatsaA
th from 4 to 5, while convention be held at tlie.Capitol inj MUledgi
' tho hog round—no
nrid- cotton 2.j to 4—Hour
The committee on organization made their
ition of the i
tt, A. 13. Pa
mmittee
r waged with higher I report, which was adopted, recommending CO!n,nlttee 1
ion wnr ac on»i. i Hon. A Stevenson, of Vii.. as President ni^tlie I Shiner. After di
that the Cii
resolutio
Tiie Ch
.unore,and Uriah Braswell as that! our vycs, and induce us to raisi
neeting was then adjourned for flour. From the best data 1 can form my im-
ier tlie meeting was.again called pres&ion is that more laud is planted in cotton
appointed Jared ! quality. The present price of
to 6A, as jier
)fton will open
our meat and
ready for Ids operations. Tiie quarter
department, I find, is called upon to do a
deal that should be done by other brand
the staff. So far as <
I shall have everything done that is necessary, I interest. During"!its struggle for a re-charter, | was decided,
whether it belongs to my department or to otli- i and when writhing and reeling under the blows j This report was laid on the table, and by a
er departments to do it.” j of the patriot President Jackson, my judgment I unanimous vote, it was determined that botl
You had with you, and subject to your or- was instructed that such an institution, however ; delegation.^ should be heard—two speakers oi
ders, not only tlie Quartermaster General, buti wisely restricted or cautiously guarded, must, ’ ' ’ ’ ’ *' *
f officers of the other staff departments. They 1 of necessity, have within itself elements danger-
did not look to the War Department, but to ous to public and private virtue, if not to the
yourself, for directions ; and it was your; appropriate and healthful action of government,
duty and not mine to see that your re- j so the people seem to have regarded and ac
quirements were complied with. That they I cided the question; and it is difficult to cou-
were so, to the utmost practicable extent, I j ceive a state of affairs to tempt any sane, or
i J ‘" L “ but if they were not, j excuse any honest man, ‘to give it vitality a-
ille, at tho earliest convenient day, after the
candidates for President* and Vice President
shall have been nominated , the time-of the meet
ing of the convention to.be fixed by the corre
ponding committee of the party.
Resoived, That a committee of eleven, be a;
pointed by this convention, to be called the Co
responding Committee, whose duty it shall lie
to designate the time of holding said conven
tion, and to attend generally to the interests of
the party'.—Federal Union, 21#/, inslanL
Horrikle Suffering at Sea.
In the recorded instances of suffering h
neck at sea, we have never read of a moreife-
have no reason to doubt
the fault, if any, is not with the War Depart
ment You also gave the instructions in rela
tion to providing the means of land transporta
tion, and the officers charged with that duty
were under your immediate control; and if
there .is blame anywhere for any deficiency in
this resjiect, it cannot be imputed to the War
Department Your whole corrcsjjondence with
me, and the staff officers with you, shows that
you very properly took upon yourself tho whole
charge of giving directions in *this matter. In
a letter to Captain Hetzel, senior quartermaster
at the Brazos, speaking on this subject of the
land transportation which may be needed after
the descent on tiie enemy’s coast near Vera
"■t Cruz, you say: “I have already discussed ntid
arranged with you the detail of tlie early land
transportation train,” On the 19th of
March, you furnished General Jesnp with your
estimates and directions on this subject The
staff officers being with you, and under your
orders, nothing further was, or properly could
be, required or expected to emanate from
Washington, beyond the supply of funds; and,
this being done, if y’ou were disappointed in
not realizing your expectations, you have not a
colorable pretence for imputing blame to “die
head of tho War Department.”
As a just ground of complaint, and a matter
A <of accusation, you refer to your deficiency of
means to make the descent, and to capture the
city of Vera Cruz and tiie castle of San Juan
c^Ulloa, and assume that the extent of that de
When the question *was agitated as a mens- i taken the jdedge imposed by the committee, 1 u,,!,n * ,nol,s ty : | wo, ta without
at lure of financial and political expediency, 11 to sustain the nominations of die Convention, Whereas, We deem it accessary in the present! Our lmlo town of Hernando lias a‘fine court
of j looked no further into the subject than to keep which die other delegates refused to entertain , Pt5l,c political affairs in the First Congressional house, which cost; $30,000, and four fine . .
n. Scott’s operations go myself informed generally on matters of public i at all until the validity of their claim to seats j Dlstrict to express fully and frankly our sentiments Churches, a Mothomst, Cumberland Presbyteii- i case than that mentioned by Captain
i,i: .1 .... . 1 in relation to a system of Internal Improvements by a, b baptist and Ljnscopuliati—n Masonic Lodn-e | 1 ot 'b °* the whale ship James Murray, recentlr
tho General Government, whereby the money of the ! numbering over 50 members, ancKtn Odd bel-1 j'Chirncd from Honoliulu. lie states that he fiS
people is appropriated to build up artd sustain works taws’ Lodge, and a Livi-ion of the Sons of i * !1 v *dth, at sea, last May, lat, 42, N. lat, 150,
for the benefit of private individuals, or incorporated Temperance—the last was organized last De-! a Japanese Junk of 200 ton9, dismasted,
each side, ini hour to be allotted to each speaker, 1 companies; and inasmuch-as recent indications cember and has now over 100 members, and ™ d <tar gone, and otherwise injured by a tv-
Wkdnesjuy. P°‘ n t to the fact, that the Hon. Thomas Butler increasing rapidly. They have .already saved | fi* 10011 men vwnlhs previous. The original
The representatives of the two sets of dele- Kin S and his coadjutors are attempting to make it a many: valuable victims from that worst of all i number, of die crew was- seventeen, but "bn
ates from New York addressed the Conven- test of P 0,itical principle and commit tlie people of; vices, intenijierance. In point of morality De ] V’aptam Pool discovered them they were rtdoi
tion, when it was determined by a majority of ,his dislricl to the iniquitous system of public plun- Soto county stands equal to any number of 1 to four and in a famishing condition, lb*
one vote, that both sets of delegates should take j dcr ’ bc il therefore ' I inhabitants south of Mason and Dixson’s Line. | crew liad dra 'vnlots for some time past as w
their seats and jointly cast tlie"vote of the State. RvsnUeJ, That we consider the exercise of this 1 The county contains about 1700 voters, with a ! wll ° s, * ,ould be killed and eaten ; the one upw
Tiiuusuay. power by Congress as clearly unconstitutional. Democratic majority of about 50. The State! w ^ ,om d,c tat fell, if able fighting for his life
The* Convention proceeded to ballot for a ' Rooked, That we regard it as a stupendous sys-! you know is Democratic—may she always con- j and m S011,e instances succeeding in killing one
4 —li:_ — .... ..... a ‘ "emainso. By-the-bye, we have two I others, in which case tlie murdered m*"
gam.
3d, “Are you in favor of the present inde*
pendent treasury ?”
Decidedly in favor of the principle ;—of its
orking in respect to economy and conveni
ence, in receipt and disbursement of the public
moneys, uninformed ;—although under tiie im
pression that, in those respects, (its machinery,)
modifications may be desirable :• and if so, that
the wisdom of Congress will apply the remedy.
4th. “Do you favor, or op{>ose, the distribu
tion of the jiroceeds of the sales of the public
lands among tlie different States V*
Were 1 in a position to vote, or exercise per
sonal influence, ojipose it to the utmost How
ever hofiestly designed, it is difficult to imagine
a scheme fraught with greater evil, or more in
geniously devised to corrupt individuals and
masses—States and Congress. Besides, will
not such a disposition of tlie proceeds ojierate a
fradulent stewardship of the great trust thus
confided to government for the general good i
5th. “Are you in favor of, or opposed to the
tariff* of 1846 ?”
Absence, since the passage of that act, has
deprived me of the opportunity of informing
myself, by observation, or by communion with
others, as to its practical ojieration. As a gen
eral principle of economy, applicable to our
institutions and circumstances, I should hoj»e
to see a tariff for revenue, critically adjusted to
tlie various interests and rights of every part of
the country, limited strictly to the means nec-
banffidate. The balloting resulted as follows:: tom ° r P" !,Iic l,riber y>
flciency was the difference between what you | essary t0 ' an economical administration of tlie
affairs of the country, including every projier
and constitutional intcrnhl improvement—pro
tection regarding as purely incidental—trust-
nevertheless, to see the day, and- that not
received and what you required. It would bfc
quite as correct reason to say, that what you
had having proved sufficient for the purpose,
that difference showed the extent of the errors
in your estimate. I he truth lies, perhaps, be- j remote, when trade will be free and unfettered;
tween the two extremes. You had less, proba-1 when no interest of our countiy will need, or
bly, than you should have had, and you re- desire, aught of protection against foreign coni-
* quired much more than was necessary. That petition. °
you did not have more, and, indeed, all you
asked for, I have already shown was not the
fault of the War Department.
‘ * [To be concluded next tcccL]•
mV> — ——-■
t-
Hon. W. Sebastiari has boon appointed by
the Governor of Arkansas, United States Sena-
• tor, to fill the. vacancy occasioned by-tho death
of tlie Kon. Charles Ashley.
5 4 " '•• 4 - * •;
have thus, my dear sir, in a plain way*
frankly answered your questions, truthfully,*if
not satisfactorily.
Cordially reciprocating your kind expressions
of personal regard, believe mo, veiy respectful
ly your obedient servant,
Joseph Nu.l, Esq., .
,Pa.
'the integrity ofjtmue to r;
FIRST BALLOT.
Cass
Woodbury..
Buchanan
Calhoun
Dallas...
Worth...
SECOND BALLOT.
Cass..
Woodbury.
tlie citizens and the safety of the Union, leading tn
• 125 corn, pt' on ' n our public rnen and tending to the
53 -°di°us federal principles of consolidation.
• 55 j Resolced, That we can see no substantial ^ffer-
g I ence between appropriating the public money and
• granting the public land lor the same unconstitu-
^ tional purposes.
I Resolved, That we make an agpeal to the good
Buchanan.
Dallas.....
Worth
...150
... 53
TIIXHD BALLOT.
C-ass*
Woodbury..
Buchanan.
Worth-..
FOURTH BALLOT.
Cass
Woodbury.
Buchanan.
Butler.
Worth
Whole number of votes.. • *
Necessary to # a choice
So General Cass was nominated on the
fourth ballot, by one hundred and seventy-nine
votes for President
133 ‘ c'ffzcns of all parties in this district and especially
54 of the Democratic party, to use all reasonable means
50! in their power to defeat Thomas Butler King and
his unconstitutional and unrepublican projects.
Resolved, That we hereby suggest to our fellow
Democrats in other parts of this district to consider
the propriety of not naming a Democratic candidate
for Congress this campaign, it being our opinion at
40 I P rescnT > that in consideration of the' large majority
against Us we could accomplish nothing desirable by
it, yet bolding ourselves open to chan]
. 3
. 1
.254
170
General Butler was unanimously nomi
nated for Vice President
President.
Savannah.
The City Council of Savannah has determin
ed to subscribe 860,000 to the Washington,
Wilkes county Rail Road, which is to cross the
Georgia Rail Road and connect with tlie Cen
tral Road.^ The City Council recommended
that tlie parties in interest should agree upon a
connection of the Georgia Rail Road at Augus
ta with the Central # Raii Road in Burke county’.
We believe that the amount deemed necessa
ry for tho construction of the Washington,
Wilkes county Rail, Road is now subscribed,
W. J. WORTH. and we presume the work-will be immediately
i
commenced and pressed forward rapidly to
I’spnpers published here, both Democratic! i was ® rst naten. The sUrvivors were shocks^?
ticii l Taylor lias a great many warm admirers ' * carre d with dirk and knife, wounds, as it d**
in this fctate, irresjiective oi' party, but not j had beeu often attempted by their
enough to get the vote of tlie State, as she will I P a, ‘tans. Captain Pool kept them on boards
cast her vote for the Baltimore nomination.-
That you may set down as a fixed fact II.
pose if subsequent events should warrant it ami i P nce<
■From lhe Chronicle and Sentinel, Extra
BY TELEGRAPH.
Arrival of ^hc Steamer Hibernia.
W e have just received through our Charles
ton Correspondent, the following telegraphic
despath, dated—
' Baltimore, Saturday, May 17,)
* 5 o’clock, P, M. ^
Tlie Hibernia lias arrived.
Cottox.—8he brings intelligence of a de
cline of id. per lb. on tlie lower grades of Cot
ton. Higher grades steady, without change of
sliiji for thirty days, and then put thcnionbojri
some fishing boat, elose in shore, about hM.
N. They were exceedingly grateful and mam-
tested much emotion on leaving the whaler.
with this view we call for the opinions of our breth
ren throughout the district on this subject
Resolved, That we have implicit confidence in the
principles the Democratic party, and the wisdom
of the administration of James K. Polk, ami we
hereby pledge ourselves to support the nominee of
the Democratic Convention now assembled at Bal
timore with all our energies, confident that he will be
asound republican and true to the south upon the
compromises of the constitution and the infamous
Wilmot Proviso. \
Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed
to select thiee suitable persons to represent this
county in the Electoral Convention about to assem
ble at Milledgeville. The Chair appointed Col. J. B.
F, Dixon, John Hurst, R. A. Pearce, John Slater,
and Jared Everett, on that committee. After con
sultation the committee reported Pliny Sheffield,
W m. H. Reynolds and Jared Everett, E.-qrs.; as
delegates to the Electoral Convention, with power
to fill any vacancy which may occur in the delegates.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be published in the Albany Patriot*, and that the
Federal Union and Savannah Georgian be requested
to copy them. The meeting was then adjourned
PLINY SHEFFIELD, Chairman!
Jared Everett, Secretary.
Tlie Treasury notes outstanding Ut Mav
amounted to813,139,739 31.
Flour.—In consequence of the fine weather
Flour has declined, to 27s. a 28s. for best Wes
tern. Wheat quoted at 8s. 2d. per *30 lbs.
Indian corn 27s. a 29s. Corn meal 12s. 3d.
Provisions.—Pork, Mess, 55s. a 70s; Lard!
prime Western, 43a. a 55s.
Consols closed at # 83a. There had bfeen a
general improvement in the money market
The, French coast was bpino- ;
coast was being placed in a
strong state of defence.
A London paper makes an observation in an
incidental way, which ought to have a great
deal ot meaning in tlie minds of reflecting men
every where. « The fact,” it says, “ that it the
American people were polled to-morrow, from
Rio Grande to the St-LAvrenro. sin.
the Rio Grande to the St-LAvrenceVen^'!^
glc individual tr otild vole for precisely the form
o/ goicrnmcnt which he now possesses, is vn
aouulca.y a strong argument in favor of that
government.” v J
Wj>iS Rational Convention.
1 he Philadelphia Inquirer says that tho com
mittees charged with the business, have already
made ample arrangements for tho Whig Nji
tional Convention, ayhicb wiU-assemble in that ffeSehitiob that
cdy on the 7th of June. The Upper Saloon of ' ^chon.Ihat
the Chinqtie Museum has been engaged forllie
pelegute^and the Ratification meeting will be
oeia in independence Square.
The Rev. Mr. Pepper, a Presbyterian ctargy-
man of Albany, New York, has invented a
poiftid of clay, called Argillo, which rcsem«*
in structure and appearance the richest van*?*
ted agates. It is to be used for door knot*,
[lavements, table-tops and other druan*
articles. It surpasses*in brilliancy .any kno^
rai iety of. marble, and is equally cheap.
Hartford Whig speaks of it in the
terms: “ No one, who has not seen it, can f° ^
an idea of its beauty and illimitable - vaaet * T . ^
color. It is so hard as to * resist any
except that of a crystal or diamond. •
Mr. Calhoun has introduced in the
resolution, which passed histantly,
to the ^
that all the floors of die public offices i
Capitol should be made of this he-
material.
The Wheat Crop. ^
We learn from various sources that the *
crop of upper Georgia and East Tenn^j
was never more promising than atprt . fl
The Orection of a • number of merchant mi ^
tiie* Cherokee country, within the fart J®
givet) an impetus to the raising of whea » .
section'of the State, which will do ^
velope the' resources of the country,
wind work of a dozen Rail Roads.-—^
Eagle.
Election In Oregon.
The Oregon Spectator announces
returns of thd election for Governor, ^ ^ ^
George Xheniety, 536; A L.
George Abemety, 536; A. L. J
scaitering 18. Xbortiety'splnnJiV 1 ®-
■ Tho poetWoodsworih is sai^'"Jenc'ii
a imbecility sitting often in 11100 J
his gaie fixedon vadanoy,