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BORROWING AN INDIAN.
By lit* way, we m that tome or tho "intido”
Democratic presses ere ditpoted to uk« a short
hand procett of getting rid of Mr. McAllister's
"wheat-growing” speech. Finding that tho whita
hosts story will not answer—and looking with con.
fuaion and theme upon the shallow and impotent
•acute bated upon the “ variation of circtmth ances
and teatoat" which liaa been issued by lh; u orgun
i* ibis city—they have determined to escape from
tho whole difficulty by pronouncing Ihe extract u
hfgWf! — Wobave new before us a loiter from the
western part of the Slate, requesting us to publish
the entire speech, for the reason that if the extract
he not qualified or explained away by other parts of
the oration, there uro certain prominent Democrats
there who have determined to abandon Mr. MoAl-
iiater’e support. Although we think any one ought
to be satisfied with the correctness of our extracts,
from the simple fact that they have not been called
in question by the paper from which they wero la.
ken ; still, as the whole speech it a rich specimen
of Mr. McAllister’s State Rights principles, and
OS it will doubtless servo to quicken tiio energies of
eome of those unchanged Nullifiers who aro-now
supporting liim as their "standard bearer,” we will
give the Address entire to-morrow, in tho mean,
time wo append one paragraph which iuoks a little
ns if Mr. McAllister had in those Nullification days
a kindly feeling towards tho Tariff. It is true, that
in this extract the word does not appear. With
characteristic caution his expressions are all select,
ed from the Van Buren vocabulary, it so happens
however, that the only oppressiont complained of in
the days of Nullification, were supposed to arise
from the Tariff laics, and the onlyfellers recognized
wore those furged in the same shop.
It may be gratifying to those Nullifiers who arc
now in the support of Mr. McAllister, to know that
in’34, he looked with so much complacency and cool
ness upon tho fellers which they supposed wore
chafing their patriot arms, and that lie could even
(aunt them by calling upon them to shake them in
his ears, in order that he might know of a truth thut
they were not holding out false pretences. “Show
us your fetters—skoxo us your fetters I” was his
language to the old State Rights men in 1834 !—
Now that he is a candidate, and as his orgun lias
said about his “wheat-growing speech, as "circum
stances and seasons vary,” he most modestly takes
the poor enslaved Nullifiois into his embraces, ap
points them to posts of honor under him, and is
proclaimed by his organ—the grent “ vindicator of
all those republican principles which were sustained
by the old State Rights party in 1832” ! Oh, hush !
We have read the laughable hoax about (he re
nowned Mr. Fig—the real Tecumseh killer—and
the mun who borrowed the Indian from Col. R. M.
Johnson—we have understood that the whole com-
inunity havo been laughing in their sleeve for the
last ten days at the most amiable temper displayed
by our opponents in regard to a certain letter—but
we never dreamed that the democratic ‘‘standard
bearer” would be compelled to borrow that Nullifi
cation Indian for the campaign ! Is it not too bud
that nobody will loan Mr. McAllister an Indian in
his distress. We are inclined to think that by the
aid of one he might even be able to get over that
impossible gulf which seems to exist between him
and his celobrnled letter to Johnny Q. Indeed wo
almost fancy that we hear him with husky voice
. U F° n Sanford and Neison, for aid,
>.«. exclaiming:
“An Indian! an Indian!
A kingdom lor an Indian"!
However, we will not longer keep our readers
from the Tariff extract of ihe celebrated Fourth of
July speech of 1834, Tho whole speech will ap
pear lo.morrow ;
“Should you be called on by the advocates of exclu.
•ive State sovereignty, to contradict the evidence of your
own senses, and be required to believe that you arq a „
enslaved, or oppressed people, point them to the n a s t and
pmsent prosperity of your Stale, ani Wo^hem a
oajdtlel in al history for tho raj, aity with whicl , tl)C
fifteen individuals who a'JliomBarked on yonder strand,
nave expanded into a population of half a million of
.IC-omcn! Demand from them a sight of your fetters—
and if they point to any inequalities in the legislation of
Congress as Buch tell them to look abroad upon the sur
face of their extended country, to contemplate the di.
versity of her soil, her climate, her productions, the
extent of her territory, and tell them that it is as much
to be expected that the waters of the Atlantic will bear
equally at the same timo upon every part of the coast,
as that the legislation of Congress will operate with
perfect equality at one and tho same tiino upon every
portion of this wide spread confederacy. Tell them
that these inequalities have been endured by other
portions of our country, and that a redress for them
is to bo found in that spirit of forbearance and conces
sion of which our Constitution was the offspring, and
by a timely application ot those remedies so amply
provided by that instrument.”
[From ihe Macon Messenger.]
THE TRUE ISSUE.
A plain, common sense man, in determining up
on the comparative meritsof the candidates for llio
office of Governor of the State, would determine
in his own mind, before lie bestowed his suffrage
upon either, which of the candidates, Irom his per
sonal qualifications, and his views and opinions on
our State policy, is best adapted to the office of Gov.
ernor. If a reasonable man, he would be satisfied
with the faithful and capable steward, who admin,
isters the affairs of his household economically and
advantageously to his interest, without stopping to
enquire what were his opinions upon this and that
quoit ion, and in which he had no immediate and
direct concern. Mr. Crawford may bo in favor
of a Tariff for Revenue, considering it as the least
exceptionable, and lessonorous mode of taxing the
people for defraying the expenses of tho General
Government. Mr. McAllister may bo opposed to
a Tariff, and prefer the system of Direct Taxation.
Then again, Mr. Crawford may be an advocate of
the distribution of the procoeds of the public lands
among the several Stales, to be used by them either
for the support of the State Government, and thus
diminishing the taxes of the people, or for promo
ting the cause of education, or building up works
of internal improvement. Mr. McAllister, on the
other hand, may bo in favor of the proceeds of
these public lands going into the National Treasu
ry, lo pay the salaries of public officers, keep up
the Army and Navy, build Forts, Navy Yards,
Light Houses, &c. But what has this contrariety
of opinions upon these questions of national policy
to do with the respective qualifications of the can.
didalos for the office to which tho people of Geor
gia are to elect them f Will Mr. Crawford’s opin.
ions in favor of, and Mr. McAllister’s adversu to
the Tariff, and tho distribution of the proceeds of
the public lands, qualify the one, and disqualify the
other,for the office of Governor ? Common minds,
men of good hard practical sense, cannot see the
relevancy or application of a candidate’s opinions
upon these general questions, to his fitness for (lie
office of Governor. But politicians can; They
cannot only manage their own affairs, which they
generally do to their own advantage, hut they can
regulatu all the concerns of their neighbors. As
suming a superiority over the uninforinod and vul.
gar crowd, they are competent to instruct them,
and point out to them the causes cither of their
prosperity or adversity. This class of people can
see at a glance, how it is that tho Tariff con make
a good or bad Governor, and they aroemploying all
their logical and reasoning powers to show, that
Mr. Crawford cannot be the Governor tho poople
of Goorgia want, because the Tariff is oppressive
lo Southern interests, and Mr. Crawford is in favor
of n Tariff. Most people can not see the force of
the objection, promising Ihe facte to be as repre
sented. Mr. Crawford i* i
i not a candidate for thu
Presidency, but simply for the chief magistracy of
a Stale. Whatever may be Ida opinion upon this
oro‘.h:r measures of a national character, (hey can
not sfleet, one whit, our national policy. The Tar
iff of 1843, so odious to Southern Democrats, and
■m hoceptt'blo to Pennsylvania Dnmocrafe, will not
“• continued one day longer, ehould Mr. Crawford
M re-elected ; neither will It be modified, or re
plied one day sooner, ehould Mr. McAllister be
elected. And yet wo have in every Democratic
paper we take up, windy and verbose dissertation
■JwnUial “ neVer end * n 8 * l ' d beginning” subject, a
If the people be not impervious to all the lights
of knowledge, they must havo been long ago edifi
ed upon this stale tltrico told story of u Tariff.—
For three Presidential canvasses, they Itnvo been
surfeited ad nauseam with editorial disquisitions,
and oratorical philippics, nguinsl this many headed
Hydra. And yet it lias all been “love’s labor lost."
Tito poople cannot bu made lo belicvo, by tho most
ingenius sophisms, that they ore grounded lo the
dust by n Tariff— that they arc taxed to death for
all the necessaries of life—that limy pay for dry-
goods, shoes, hats, iron, sugar, ntolasscs, coffee,mid
every thing they cot, drink, and wear, one hundred
per cent, moro than the article ia worth in conse
quence of the Tariff. They know it is not so.
Every day’s experience satisfies them of the falsi
ty of all such statements,made by demagogues de
signedly for political effect. Tho Democrats thorn-
selves know better, else why has not this odious
Tariff, this hill of nbominations boon repealed by
the Democrats—tlioy Itnvo had tho power, why
did they not exorcise it ? And yet Mr. Crawford is
opposed by the Democracy on the ground of the
Tariff. This is one of the feigned issues they have
made tip, we shall attend to the others in their or
der.
THAT LETTER!
BURSTING OF PA1XHAN GUN—No. 4!
THE Ct UR ATE ST EXPLOSION YET!!
After a vust amount of vaporing, and tho usual
display of hard words, tho organ of the Democratic.
“Standard Rearer” has finally settled down into a
kind of hysterical fit of laughter, in regard to that
letter. This is not an unusual trick, and wo have
confidence that even its political friends are some
what mortified at its shallowness,
When we first threw a suspicion on the correct*
ness of Mr. McAllister’s statement in regard to the
conditional tetter of acceptance, we were referred
with an air of triumph to the correspondence of
Mr. Habersham* When we suggested that Mr.
Habersham's expressions were so equivocal as to
incline to the belief that he suspected foul play.
we were told that we had made n grave charge
ngainst Mr. McAllister—we had insinuatea that
he had been guilty of deception and falsehood.—
When we gave our rpasons in detail for the belief
that lie hud never sent such a conditional letter as
was alleged he had sent to the Department, at
Washington, wo were referred to his well known
characterand standing in Savannah,for forty years,
to prove die impossibility of his being guilty of so
dishonorable and outrageous an net, When we
called upon them to produce the letter, tho reply
was—“Youonnnot have it—Do your worst.’'
Well, wo have done our worst. A loiter has
been sent to Washington. Enquiry has been
made nt the Department of Slate for the celebrated
conditional letter and lo ! it is not lo be found ! A
letter from one of the chief clerks in the Stale De
partment nt Washington, written under the author
ity of Mr. Buchanan, Secretary of State, is now
before us, and is open to the inspection of any gen.
tleninn, Whig or Democrat, who may desire to
read it. This letter, after mentioning that “the
Secretary of State desires the writer to say that the
practice of ihe vv 1 f' hnent forbids tho compliance
with tho request to furnish ft CPpy of Mr. McAllis
ter’s letter ACCEPTING the cff.Ci if Eislriol At
torney," <Stc., odds:
U M ?
“Were it not for the precedent, there could lie no
objection to it in ibis case, as the letter (NOW
BEFORE ME) contains NOTHING BUT A
MERE, SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
THE RECEIPT OF THE COMMISSION !”
t h t h h
“Toll it not in Gath 1” that the Democratic can.
didato for Governor of Georgia, the man who is
now afraid of the unnatural embrace of Federal
Massachusetts—tho man of pure and spotless repu.
tation as a citizen ofSavunnah for forty years, has
been proved guilty of the charge we made against
him. It is not for us to name it—that duty lias been
performed by his own friends. Let us see how
his declarations and tho proofs will lit together.
Mr. Habersham resigned the office as is declurcd
in his published letter, because he could not longer
hold it without personal dishonor.
Mr. McAllister, iti attempting to excuse himself
to the people of Georgia, for accepting the office,
says:
“A letter of accepta nce was penned by me, sub.
milted to and revised by yourself, [meaning Mr.
Habersham,] the terms of which we deemed such as
to authorize my instant resignation of the office, if
called on lo prosecute the surveyors.”
The Clerk of tho Department answers :
‘‘The letter (now before me) contains nothing but
a mere, simple acknowledgement of the receipt of the
commission !”
Again : after giving his reasons for writing sucl
a letter, Mr. McAllister says:
1 Such were the considerations, at all events, which
induced me to decline taking the office clogged with
the condition of performing that duty.”
Again: the Clerk of the Department responds:
••The letter (now befoul me) contains nothing but
a mere, simple acknowledgment of the receipt of the
commission /”
A third time, Mr. McAllister, says :
"/ ref used,'in 1827, to take office without reserving
to myself the right of instant resignation, should a
duly be required of me, which I deemed, under the
circumstances, incompatiable with those claims.”
A third time the Clerk of tho Department res
ponds :
“ The letter (now before me) contains nothing but
a mere, simple acknowledgement of the receipt of the
commission /"
A fourth time, in his speech at tho Indian
Springs, on tho 20ihult., Mr. McAllister is report
ed as having said that—
“He accepted the office on the express condition
that if called on to perform tnc ‘ungracious office of
prosecuting the surveyors, he would instantly resign."
And for the fourth time, the Clerk of tho Do.
paiTmcnl responds :
‘‘The letter (now before me) contains nothing
but a mere, simple acknowledgement of the receipt of
the commission !"
F.-r the fifth, and the fiftieth time, it has been
stated und reiterated by Mr. McAllister’s organs
and apologists, that—
“His Idler of acceptance of the office of District
Attorney under loan Quincv Adams, contained the
condition that if called on to prosecute the surveyors
lie would resign.”
And lor the fifth or fiftieth time, the Clerk of the
Department rosponds :
“The letter (now before me) contains nothing but
a mere, simple acknowledgement of Ihe receipt of the
commission!”
And this is the point upon which Mr. McAllis.
tor’s apologists are disposed to have “a little fun” !
They are welcome to enjoy all the amusement they
can draw from such a source. All wo can suy is,
that we candidly believe that “what is spurt to them
will be death (politically) to their standard bearer.”
Tho facts, as far as we havo been enabled lo ob
tain tItem, are now before the people. The Dem
ocratic nominee “has docoivod them once—that
was his fault, if he can deceive them again it will
bo theirs.”
One thing, we think, is apparent from tho de
velopments ulreudy mndo, viz . that Mr. McAllis
ter's object in Ihe whole transaction, wns“toliold
with tho hound and run with the hair,” to make
fair weather in Goorgia on the one band, while be
enjoyed tho “unnatural embrace of Federal Massa
chusetts," on the other.
The trick (local! it by no harsher ham*,) ha*
been exposed. The public will no longer be “in e
fog" in regard to the withholding of that letter by
the Democratic nominee and his friends. We
only trust that they may be able to appreciate Ihe
motive, as well na tho transaction itself.
Savannah Republican.
Mili.edgeville, Juno 10,1840.
At a meeting of the Central Committee appointed by
the Democratic Convention, held tins day, on motion,
Col. II. V. Johnson was appointed Chairman, and
Fred. H. Sanford, Sec.
On motion of William L. Mitchell, Esq.,of Clark.
Resolved, That the committee adjourn to meet at
Athens, Clarke county, Ga.. on Thursday, tho 7ih of
August next.
The mooting then adjourned.
II. V. JOHNSON, Cli’n.
Fred, II. Sanford, Sec’y.
In accordance with the above resolution, tho Chair- j
man requests the Central Committee to meet at the time i
and place therein specified. j
We give publicity to tho above, not that wo have I
any objection to the bedding of political mootings
in Athens, but to show up the consistency of a cer
tain gentleman, whose great piety is horror-stricken
at every thing like inconsistency. It will be seen
that Col. H. V. Johnson flourishes in the above
proceedings. This is the identical Hershol V. of
Central Bank memory, tho very same man that
lately wrote a letter withdrawing his name from
the Democratic Convention ns a candidate for Gov
ernor, when lie hud never been seriously thought of
for that office by the first mun, woman or child in
the State ! But these era not all the exploits the
aforesaid Herschel V. bus been guilty of. Not
mnny years since, a communication appeared in tho
Georgia Const!.utionalist, suggesting the propriety
of an Anti.Clay meoting in Athens during Com-
mencement week, That same your, 'he great as
tronomer had to deliver an oration L'cforo the
Alumni Society, and objected, in an article.tver bis
own signature, lo holding political meetingsa,* Ath-
ons during Cninmencemuni week. We remen.'ber
his letter distinctly, and have not forgotten tide
manner in which lie spoke of the “ morbific stimu
lants” and ” the heat of party conclave.” We
thought, and so expressed it at the time, that lie h ad
been very successful in muking himself suprenuily
ridiculous. His present position only proves that
wo wore right. If he has any magnanimity, he
will thank us for having pointed out his errors, a ltd
if he lias any capacity, he will profit by the les
sons we have ondeavored to teach him.
This is what tho aforesaid Herschel said of p d-
litical meetings at Athens, in 1842 t
“It may gratify the ambitious and afford a little pr ib.
ulumto those who have not the intellect to digest who le.
some mental food, and must needs, therefore, feed up on
such morbific stimulants, as arc usually served up in
the heat uf party conclave.”—Athens Whig.
wm
ought tw rast sstlsArd with what the repulalibnof Congress, hi Kit" the Sato's sxeeptWat^taad W
■ - • which voles in October, and Mississippi(4) in No-
THE GOVERNOR’S ELECTION.
We do not pretend to know that the people of
Georgia will re-elect the present distinguished oc
cupant of the Executive chair, GEORGE VV.
CRAWFORD. This we do know, however, the re
is not a sensible man of either party, who objects
to the manner, or denies the complete success, of
his administration, So far as Air. Crawford is.
concerned, the future is guarantied by tho past:
The people know his policy, and understand t he
principles that govern his administration. He denis
out equal aud exact justice lo all. Public fr motion,
aries are expected, and required, so far as His Ex
cellency has authority, to discharge protr ipfiy and
fully, their entire duty. There has bo< Jn jf e j UlCr
waste or extravagance j n public dix\>ur Clients,
x tie uest interest of the people havu been promot
ed, and the credit of the State restated.
Partizan obliquity can conjure up no charge of
delinquency against him, and the high e xpectations
of the people of Georgia, have bee’.i fufjy realised.
Confusion has been brought to ordf ir, tvrnl the State
and tho people of the State, are : in a. fair way, of
again exhibiting the life and vige u- rjf— legitimate
prosperity. The people will dete' rmixie whether it
shall be enduring.
In all the essentials, in which. Mr. Crawford, has
been so eminently successful in ’■.the general good,a
Democratic Administration exhfi hilcxl a signal fail
ure. It did not, it could not mnna ge successfully, the
interests of the people of Georgia. Mr. McAllis
ter, an accomplished gentlema' n,as he certainly is,
must fail, if elected, in advnnc ing the great objects
of combined socioty. His pa .rty associations for.
bid.the idea of his acting the part of a conserva
tive. Under a democratic ad .ministration, thore is
danger of too impulsivo action. Discreml men must
doubt, and distrust will prevail. Can it be other-
wise ? Impossible, utterly impassible, utterly im
possible.
We have before said, that the people know what
Mr. Crawford will do if re-elected]. But who can
loll what Mr. McAllister will do ?• No one. He
may carry out Whig principles, and make a good
Governor, but this is not probab Jo. The course of
one is known. The oilier is not
If men desire u good Govern .ment—if they desire
promptness and justice, there is not a man in Geor.
gia, who has tint conclusive evidence that the elec
tion of Crawford will sucur e it.
They do not know what they will secure by the
election of McAllister.
Columbus Enq tiirer.
Of it Iws don* fur me, end am now willing dial you
should reap all the advantages from it vou cnn.—■
The girls bag to be remembered to you. and we
would be pleased to aee you at tho Great Croee.
tags. Yours, truly,
R. M. JOHNSON.
With this permission thus f rankly given, the Mn.
jar occupies three columns of the Bardstown, (Ky.)
Gazette in proving that ho, Figg, did really und tru
ly give a lust quietus to tho Indian known us To-
eunuch.
Wo bcliove thut Col. Johnson did never actually
allirm or declare that lie killed Tecumseh ; but he
never said, publicly at least, that ho did not. The
‘•reputation”of tho act ho wore very quietly and
used successfully. The generous Figg remained
discreetly silent—not being ambitious. But the
iove of glory ul length has fastened upon his heart ,-
lie now clnims his own 1
We understand that tho Burdstowu Gazette con
taining the whole matter hus been issued in numer
ous extra copies for tho benefit of debating socie
ties bofore which the question may come—Who
killed Tecumseh ?
Tho Baltimore Amei dean furnishes the following
which we lake to bo n.icrely a Kentucky pleasantry
perpetrated al the expense of the “ hero of tho
Thames—in fact be,ing merely the spinning out in.
to “three columns r ff the Bardstown (Ky.) Gazette,”
of such familiar yhraseas ‘a fig for Jounson !”—
But bore is tho-story.
COL. JOHNSON, TECUMSEH, AND MAJOR
FIGG*
The great unknown is likely to become known
Tlte man wl.io killed Tecumseh, it appeurs, was
not Col. Joh'.ison ; thu Colonel lias been trading on
borrowed capital. When history, hereafter, shall
record tho nume of the hero who did this feat of
fame, she will write upon Iter enduring puge the
name of Figg!
The revelation lias hnppcned thus : Major Lew
is Figg is a candidate before the people ; he wishes
to be 'popular—to bo elected in fuel. When lie
killed Tecumseh ho was not a public man ; his
friend and messmate, Col, Johnson, was. With
generous liberality ho made over to bis friend all
his right and title to the credit of having dispatch
ed the Indian Warrinr—witli this proviso, that if
he, the said Figg, should at any lime becume a
candidate for popular favor, an event which lie
he thought not likely to happen, the aforesaid con
vcyance should be null and void, and the right and
title as aforesaid should revert to the grantor, as
though tiie sumo had never happened. Col. John
son accepted of these terms ; the credit became
capital; he wore a red vest and was made Vice
President of Ihe United Slates. Let Ihe cones,
pondence of these illustrious personages tell the
rest of the story.
Major Figg writes to Col. Johnson. “In the
course of human events,” says the Major, “it has
become necessary for me lo present myself bofore
tlte people for office, I opine that I shall need al!
the external aid I cnn get. I am therefore com-
polled to usk your permission to mako public the
true secret of the death of Tecumseh, and the
slayer thereof. I hope this will put you to no pub-
lie inconvenience.”
- To this friendly andconsiderate epistle Col. John,
son replies. Hero is his letter:
Great Crossing!, June 0, 1845.
My Dear Figg—Your note of tho 1st inst. was
received by me ibis morning. 1 hasten to reply.
After declaring in all sincerity, my delight at hear
ing once more from my old friend and messmate, I
wilt say, I well remember tlte circumstances ol
that eventful day oo which Tecdmseh uas slain.—
Now that I am no longer a candidate for public
office, and having retired to the shades of public
life, I have no cause to regret your making known
to the public the real Tucuaueh killer. I surely
[From the ball. American.)
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER NEWS FROM EU
ROPE.
Arrival of the Cambria•—Extraordinary passage
across the Atlantic.
'The steamer Cnmbrin, Capt. Judkins, arrived ut
Boston on Wednesday nftornoon from Liverpool,
which port she left on the 19ih uf July—thus malt.
Ing the passage in eleven days and tiino hours, the
shortest passage on record.
Tiie intelligence is important in a commercial
point of view.
There has been a decided improvement in cot.
ton. The sales have been very large, und the
prices are one-eighth of a penny higher.
The corn trade exhibited an improvement in
arices in consequence of the variable stute of the
weather.
American stocks were improving.
Monoy in London was plentiful and the market in
> healthy stute.
There has been another decline in iron, and the
■jndency' was downwards.
The intelligence from Algiers gives an account
uftho massacre of a ti’.'pusand Arabs by the French.
I’lie cavern of tiie Daltro, wiiCI'e the Arabs bad la*
ten refuge was tho scene of this horrid affair,
(lore they wero hemmed in. faggots were lighted,
ud tho unfortunate wretches were burnt and suf-
icuted in their place of refuge. *
Tlte French papers contain the particulars of an
outbreak in Catnionia. Some of tiie small towns
ouod Barcelona itad been called upon to conlri-
mtc their levy of men to tlte army. Spain is in u
drendful condition.
Tlte two Queens of Spain were at Barcelona.
Tiie Paris dates are lo the lfith of July, tho
jreat topic of interest having been the Jesuit ques-
'ion. After M. Thiers’ famous appeal to tiie Go
vernment to put tho laws in force against tho disci-
,des of Loyola,, ,M. Russi was sent lo Rome to
lersuado the Pope to recall the Jesuits from Franco
>.nd tints save tlte Government the scandal of bo
ng obliged to expel them. In this M. Rossi sue.
euded.and all their communities are to be broken
- p, die greater portion of them ordered to leave the
.Kingdom, and their houses and property disposed
The Orange processions of the 12th July in Ire-
niiu itad been attended by riots ; in one instance,
■ t Armagh, resulting in tlte loss of one lifo and
he Hounding of several persons. The Liverpool
News Letter says—
It appears from ail accounts, and even from tlte
dmission of Mr. O’Connell, that in the actual col
ision, the Orangemen only acted, as all men, under
ic circumstances, would have done. Tho conduct
if the Roman Culholics,in being the uggreosors
was, Mr. O’Connell declares, such as to disentitle
ncm to “any sympathy or support from the repeal-
is.”
Sfain.—The French papers contain tho parli-
ulnts of an outbreak in Catalonia. Some uf the
mall towns round Barcelona had been called
• pon to contribute their levy of men to tiie
M-my. This district, it appears, unlike tho oilier
■ rovinces of Spain had hitherto been free from this
ireed contribution, and its exaction was the cause
■ fa general ferment, which resulted in blows, when
ho government demanded a fixed sum in lieu of the
mun who were not forthcoming. Excesses were
resorted to, and some of tiie agents put to death.
Al Tarassn,tiie Alcade was assassinated. At San
Andies, tho authorities were dispersed with musket
•hots. At Molins-de Roy, tiie people stopped the
•oat, the public conveyances and cut offall com.
tunication. At Sabadell, fivo leagues from Barco-
oim, tiie insurgents and tho authorities commenced
n open rupture ; a conflict ensued, and the people
•osl 25 men, while many were taken prisoners.
The two Queens are at Barcelona ; hut that place
■ad not been visited by tiiese displays of popular ir
ritation. This would seem to be only a beginning
o an end. The wonder is, then, considering the
leverish stute in which Spain has been of late, thnt
the spirit of subordination has been so long preser
ved within legal or roasonable'limits. Al tho latest
dates, Catalonia was quint.
The Russians again whipped by the Circassians.
—Accounts from tlte Causcasus, by the steamer
Cambria, bring tlte important intelligence thut the
Circassians have taken from the Russians, after
vcinboi. I he Stales of Maine, New Hampshire,
and Massschusatls, haw one member of Congress
each to elect to supply Vacancies lit the delegations.
On the political complexion of tho Tennessee
Legislature depends the choice of e Sea at or ot the
United Stales.—Baltimore Patriot.
NEW COTTON! . ,
A tin!,! of New Cottos, weighing 410 lbs., was roccivrd on
the 4(1) iimt., from tlm Plantation of Gad* Mtkick, or iliis
county,ond sold lo Messrs. Weight &c Stetson, nt !t| c»s.
per II),—Ga. Jour,
[From the Southern Recorder.]
School House, August 1, 1845.
“Before I am proven wrong, tho record must be
disproved.”
These nro the bravo words of the School master,
uttered calmly, and sustained fully. Their effect
is to bo ascertained ; their impression to the ex
tent ofagoneral observation, has been to awaken
no positive and direct deniuls, but more excuses
ami explanations. Of these, tho whole scope and
tendency nro to exhibit thut the present adminis
tration has not been moro frugal thuu tlte one
whicli preceded it—at least, ns I have concluded
from ihe numbers of a person whoso war name is
"l’iney Woods."
I may not thoroughly comprehend the logic of
politicians, but I do profess a knowledge of the vcn.
urublo I’iko. With their skill at syllogism, I am
afraid that llte public may be puzzled with some-
tiling like tiie eutcli of the Sophomore who proved
to his father and mother, that two birds are three
birds, after this manner. The boy had just return
ed from College, and maintained as a startler to the
old people, that his proposition was true. When
two birds had been prepared for supper :
Now, says the father, prove that these two are
three birds.
If, says the son, I put one bird on your plate,
that is ono bird ; and then place the other also on
it, that will ho two birds ; “ttttAunv and two make
three.
You arc right, my son. Wife, you take one of
those birds, and I the other; tho third is left to Bil
ly for his logic and supper.
But upon figures I stand witli eternal confidence.
We have had an acquaintanceship of some thirty,
seven years, and 1 have found them always as true
ub some of the friendships and enmities of life.
You can’t cheat them, as was said of a Survey
or’s compass, by a man who had bluzed a new line
o n his neighbor’s land. They will go their own
wa y, and that is always the same way. To them I
appeal in the examination of the tables it has pleas,
ed “i°iney Woods” to put forth, 6nd see whether
lie lias not done up the thing a little too brown.—
Now for his figuring—
To pay Poi.'iteirtiary debts, $32,000
Stock of inetfiria Is on hand, 44,452
Appropriations for repairs and subsistence
for 1844 and 184J,
TQCHar Morning, Augwi m
THE rkopec's CANDId7tVfo7
fiEOKGE W. CHAlvS^
18,000
$94,452
He immediately say s—
Tho Penitentiary has been a tax upon the people of
$12,000 each year since its creation jn 1816.
Gov. Crawford's two years, $9-1,452
Average for two years previous, 24,000
Let us stick a pin here, O’ $70,452
Again, he says—
Expenses and expenditures of the Whirr Legislature
of 1843, $227,217
Expenses and expenditures of the Demo,
cratic Legislature of 1842, 160,055
In favor of the Democrats, $58,162
If by tho second of tiie fivo fundamental rules of
arithmetic, the sum of $100,000 should be added,
(it being spent in part payment of tho public debt
by Gov. Crawford.) I asseverato and maintain, ac.
cording to the doctrine of numbers, that they make
in the total two hundred and twenty-eight thousand
six hundred and fourteen dollars.
As above.
Paid on the public debt by Gov. Craw
ford,
$70,452
58,162
100,000
$228,614
Grand total,
Now, l nslt in tho name of tho lax payors, where
did the money come from ?
lfGov, Crawford has wasted, and paid so much
more than his predecessor, the next enquiry is,
what did his predecessor do with the public money?
Tlte tax law of 1844 and 1845, is the sumo as that
of 1843, and yet in the latter year, no part of the
public debt was paid. Of u surety these Whigs
and tiieir Governor must be, as wo often say in
school, smart follows, if from a pile of money* of
the same size, they can waste more, and still pay
more, than any of the tried Democrats ! Try it
again, Mr. “Pincy Woods,” your fox skin is too
fat! you have done great harm by sinning against
figures. Slick to them truly, and they will truly
stick to you; pervert them as you have, and they
arc more innocent than yourself.
You remind me of Billy Schlipo, a vain dreamy
buy, who novor could correctly recite his lessons,
1 remember once, when Billy had advanced from
spoiling to reading, and was called up by my side
to read the first fuble in Webster’s spelling book.
At the same time one of the pupils brought his
writing book, that I might set a copy. Billy and
myself took an oven start. He squeaked out, “An
old man found u rude hoy on one of his trees steal-
ing apples”—and I commenced writing, “Evil com
munications corrupt good manners.” When I had
some hard fighting and great bloodshed, tiie Castle j Imishod the copy with great care, (as I am very am.
of Sotclm, on the coast of Abascia, Sheikh Shamil ^ Litious that my boys and girls should be as expert
had arrived at the head of tho River Kuuban with j ' n l ' ,e elegant art of penmanship as myself.) I look.
30,000 men, and had called upon the inhabitants to j cd around and saw my school in a litter; (and here
furnish one man per house, whicli would make a I la k 0 occasion to remark, that in all well regulated
.ery large force. Woronzoff’s troops hnve been schools, tho boys and girls soon learn tosmolh-
lieaten by (he Daglilstaulres, and three or four ship ; er a laugh, and change it into a wheezing giggle.)
loads of wounded have been sent to Crimea. Ma-! Billy Lad Lis eyes turned to the ceiling watch*
'ty ol tiie Poles in tlte Russian army had deserted ' n g the work ol a dirt-dauber, rattling away about
to Sltnmil, so tlial Woronznff, being in want of men, crab apples, horse apples and apple brandy,
ordered a carbovanx (each worth 3s 3d steiling.) ‘Stop, Billy,’ said 1,‘is that in the book.’
to raise reinforcements at Akhcsku, without being ‘I don’t know,’ wns the innocent reply,
e.bie to get many. I ‘ You made it, Billy.’
Ho further sen: a number of Mussulman ulemas
(doctors of law) from Crimea, with their mufti, lo
Shumil, to try if they could open negotiations to
treat for terms of peace, of course merely to set
the Circassians to sleep. Shamil, aware of the —;
treachery, had three of them put to death. Tiie > .” u "?,* P rov ® *')’ f 'p ure ". Messrs. Edit ors, tint the
, J : Democratic pile was larger liy reusuu of the Bate of reverted
Russian army was suffering dreadfully from a scar- | loads; aod payments of military claims of the Stain by the
.-ity of provisions, and the soldiers will huve to wait f’“deral (jnverhment 1 I warn the liguroa of aritlimetjc, and
for the now crop before they will have n sufficien- “ llm ' , '
cy of food. The crops of Circassia, though very
scanty last year, are very good tliis season.
From Belgium there is no news.
The Cotton Trade.—Tlte demand for cotton is
large, but tiie requirements aro fur the legitimate
purposes of trade. The spinners keep themselves
well supplied, tiie principal inducement to wliiclt is
tiie low price of the staple. Great as the stock in
hand is, it is giving way under Ihe immense regu.
iar demand, and heavy as are tho new crops, tiie
current business premises to swallow it up in due
course. Speculators are not inactive. The de-
mund for export is large, and undor these combin
ed causes American lias advanced l-8d per Ib.
Brazil is also an 1 8 better, while in Pernarn and
Egyptian there has keen a good deal doing.
The total aalos of tiie week amount lo 72,699
hugs. The cotton trade, at all times the best coni,
mercial barometer in Euglund, indicates wlmt we
have olscwherc dwelt upon more in detail—tho
highly flourishing state of the country.
Elections in Aug st.—Tiie elections take
place in seven States, as follow* :
North Curolina, August 7, Legislature and 9 M. C.
Tennessee,
Kentucky,
Indiana,
Alabama,
Illinois,
Missouri,
| ‘Well, I reckon I did.'
‘Take your seat, and get your lesson accord
ing to tlic book.’
SCHOOLMASTER.
7, Gov. Leg. ond 11
4. Legislature, and 10
4, Legislature and 10
4, Legislature and 7
4, Legislature.
4. Legislature.
These will complete tho elections for tlte 27th
Uncivil.—The inhabitants of cities entertain
the opinion that they are much more refined in
their manners titan are country people. We ima
gine this is a mistake. We have seen more in
civility during ono day in N. York than wo have
witnessed jn the country for years. Observe in
the si reels two consequential personages ongaged
in conversation ; they place themselves in the cen
Ire of the pavement and there remain although
hundreds of passengers are compelled in conse.
queticc, to turn off llieir path, and sometimes to step
into the gutter lo pass by.
Get into an omnibus, and see with whnt reluct
ance a scat is given to the-last incomer. Y'ouwill
often find three or four people monopolising tho
shady side of tlte vehicle, by the sprawling riispu.
sition of their lower limbs, although thore is really
space fur several more persons. Notico how pas
sers by stare at the windows of dwelling houses,
particularly if thore lie iudies silling there.
Marx how in theatres people crowd past you,
through tho narrowest opening, hltliough thore is
plenty of room at a little distance beyond.
Lot a stranger enter a church and see who will
riso to give him a soot, even if the pew be compar.
ntivcly empty, at whioh tie has directed an inquiring
glance.
Enter a hotel arid observo the rush for places, er
if famine was M hand, and human existence was at
stake.
We might enumerate many other examples. Let
these suffico.—N. Y. True Sun.
XTNo. 9, of tho Loafer, has been r«ri te 77T^
regret to state, too late for insertion this week ** *'
ItrTlie Constitutionalist, in noticing onr retn> 1
last week, touching the “Algerine Law" and& M I
Crawford, has an article of sen* length, in rep|» T*
it, bb we have not time te in more, we will ^
one sentence, which we offer as testimmu in a. I
The Editor says: V
‘ We are under the impression Governor C ilw -
stated, that had he been a citizen of Augusta h
have been' pposed to the law, or any lawmakine /h?
nuaiuus distinction recognized in this law." * M * I
COTTON.
The news by the Cambria is favorable to Catton
The advance will be seen in the extracts which wa T
lish. Before the arrival of this steamer, Cotton
to look up. The certainty of a short crop made heU^
firm, and it scarcely needed foreign advices toermh
rise. To what extent the present crop will be iwj*
ed, we cannot say. In some sections of the State m
a half crop will be made, and in moat part* of it a,
prospects are very bad. f
“THE OLD SCHOOLMASTER."
j We copy from the Recorder of last week, the m|
j of the "Schoolmaster,” to ‘Piney Woods.’ R J
•muse the reader to see bow cute tho old gentle mm i
nd how firmly ho plants himself upon old
l whose figuring does not lie. The old gentleman, it *j||
be seen, knew what he was about when he ponned bii
first article, and the “false logic" of his assailant, he, io
I lie merry vein, exposes, as he would one of hie' * c boi-
; lars, caught at a harmless trick in school. Red ,(, t
! article, gentle reader, forit is well worth your altemiou.
• THE FEDERAL UNION.
This paper has changed hands. It is now published i
and edited by D. C. Campbxli and H. V. Johmos,
Esqrs., who assumed its conduct last week. '
THAT LETTER! THAT LETTER!!
The exposition made by the Savannah Republican,
which will be found in our columns to-day, must fill' i
upon the ears of Mr. McAllister, like a clap of thunder. |
Con it bo possible that thore has been an attempt to de.
ceive the poople on the part of this gentleman, in regard I
("this acceptance of the office of District Attorney no.
Jer Mr. Adams 7 That people, as well as ourself, will |
“pause for a reply f” Time and time again, have we
noticed the calls made by the Republican for the pobli.
ration of Mr. McAllister's letter of acceptance. We
also joined in the cal), for we were desiroue, among
Other things, of knowing whether the Federal Admin,
istration, in bestowing office, would permit terms te he
dictated to it by the recipient of its favor. But these I
j -alls were unheeded, and, in fact, the Republican was
informed that the letter should not make its appearance; I
Little did we imagine why, until tho exposure made by
[ ‘he Republican. We shall await, though, tho expim.
. ation, before we make any further comments. In (be |
j -noontime, we rofer the reader to the article of the Re-
J publican. It will bo found on our second page.
| THEY WOULD, IF THEY COULD.
; How well the Democracy would fix it, if they alone I
1 could control the present canvass for Governor, aod 1
I ■embers of the Stato Legislature! They, of course, I
would havo nothing to say about such trifling matters at [
' Si ate affairs ! Oil no '.—the Central Bank, what is that I
{to the people !—The Slate Treasury, the Penitentiary,I
the Public Debt, the State Railroad, the Taxes to he |
(imposed upon the people—why these are ail, in their I
estimation, a mere bagatelle, not worth noticing in the [
canvass for State officers! They would have it differ. I
ently—they would talk to tlte people of more important I
topics—they would tell them ol Texas, of Oregon, of a I
National Bank, of the Distribution policy, of the Tar
iff, of the lately elected President, and his cabinet— I
these would bo themes for them to dilate upon—but is
for State affairs—pshaw ! how, ignoble to confine the
discussion to subjects of dollars and cents!—hovr be. I
! neath them it is to take any notice of former extravi- |
\ gance, or of present economy !—how the uiind ia tram-
‘I melled; how stump orators, and village politicians,
’ and prating demagogues are prevented from discoun-
■ ing lofty themes, by the manner in which “ the Whigs
conduct the canvass!” This is the issue, said Mr.Mc
Allister, Texas and the Tariff—this is the issue res
ponds his subalterns, but alas! for them, the psopli
echo not the 6liout, and alone, in their glory, they are
left, while the people wisely turn their attention to other
topics.
If they could, tho Democratic press, and the leaden
of the party, would most surely divert the people from
the consideration of any thing relating lo State ajfwt,
and why 7 it requires not extraordinary foresight toeee.
For almost ten years in succession they hold the keya
of tlte Treasury of the State, and managed the afliin
of the Central Bank. They found both of these rich
in capital, and rich in resources, and they loft them,al
most without a dollar, and with no resources, ssst
what could be ground out of the people by heavy taxa
tion! Sore indeed, to them, must bo a reference to
these subjects 1 Well may they avoid them,and urgs
upon tho people,“the Tariff and Texas 1” No prodigal
ever ran through his estate with half the speed, tW
the Democratic leaders did with the resoureei, th*
wealth of Goorgia. Millions at Itor command io 1633,
and in 1843 tho Treasury was bankrupt, and thecredif
itself of the Stato 40 per cent below par! Andwbat
lias been done with al! this wealth 7 Where bu it *11
vanished tol Why was the State dishonored abroad!
Why wore her “promises to pay” below par at hom ! !
These i
and i
friends may well shrink. But meet them nwr~ I
Despite their exertions to the contrary, they ns-
cuunt/or ten years of misrule. Deopite of '1'cWb ^
i must answer tiie people's demand for light upc"
i past. And despite of Oregon, they mu st account k*
squandering of the Slate’s wealth ! We know that
would, if they could, avoid all tbess topics, hat»k»P'*'
pie wont lot them, and they had better grappl* Wllk
them at once, for, ere long, it will be too late.
But thore is yet another issue which is as diaagr****
ble to the leaders of the Democracy, aa those e** 1 '* I
which we have alluded shove. It is an iniporUol<**
too, and cannot bo avoided, no way in tho world
allude to the successful administration of Gon** 0 * I
Cbawforj)—his vigilance in correcting abuiaa—6* I
economy,hie retrenchment, hie reform, and hi* car* I
tho people’s interests. Compared with any preri*!****J'l
and no administration lias been so signally stccs" r
in restoring order out of oonftision! The peep!'
grateful for the change, and herald forth bis pr***-" I
Unwelcome is this theme to our opponentsi **" I
cape from it, though they would, they canaafi and I
might as well abaiidou thoir war cries, if! I
these issues like men. We tell them, that * I
for Georgia is to bn elected, and that the affairs of I
gia are the true subjects for discussion. Upon ta***’ I
peopio want light, and so far as the Whig V tttt ]
corned, they shall have that light- And. if our ofPM
nents abandon the affairs of Georgia..conflntaf^
selves to Federal politics, they will soon find 1
peopio have no use for their chiefi. not. lav lb** >
In either cave, then, (hey axe imaursible q*
from whioh they can only be aatiavod, hV ** *V
morn of Ihe canvass. Tin# they will »*• ^ £s *** ,
must therefore bear those iii» that partizan* M *
lu, until relief eoauce to tha.UI.iu the shape olvft
ny wore ner--promises to pay oeiow par •> — -
esc are questions which agitate the public mind—
I it is from their consideration, that Mr. Me A 1 *
that i
r »m* 1 .
aba.**
