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DEMOCRATIC FINANCIERING.
Mum. Editors I—I hsv* noticed in the Geer- '
iim • very giaraing fraud which a writer under »h«
eigneture of “Pinoy Wood*,*’ hat attempted upon
the public in a eoniparieon of (lie expense* of Gov.
McDonald's admlAislration in 1843 and Governor
Crawford'* in 1844. Such barefaced attempt* ut
deception betray* the weakness of hie cause, ana'
nothing but aheer desperation would induce him.
(hue shamelessly to pervert the truth.
This expert financier thus “polls hit book*”:
Expenditure* and appropriations of
the Whig Legislature of 1843, $241,254 Of)
Expenditures end appropriation* of
the Democratic Legislature of
1842, 8175,847 07
tlie Penitentiary and the contingent fund, and 810
000 of interest, due which Guv. McDonald was un
able to pay. They have, besides, paid 9100,000
In favor of the Democrats, 805.407 02
The particulars of the expenditures of the Whig
administration arc thus specified ;
From Ihe Public Lntos and Resolutions of 1813.
To pay Civil Establishment, 835 525 t>0
“ Speaker <St President’s Warrants, 70.078 00
Contingent Fund, ‘20,000 00
Arrearages, 15.000 00
Military Fund, 0,000 00
Printing Fund, 18,000 00
Lunatic Asylum, 2,000 00
Henry Darnell, 125 00
Clerk of House Representatives, 500 00
Clerk of the Senate, 500.00
Inspec tor of the Penitentiary, 500 00
J. Gardner, 300 00
C. W. Howard,
C. W. Rogers, 90 62
A. M. Horton, 8 10
N. Phillips, 15 70
John Gardner, 2 50
Executive mansion, to buy extra Furniture, 400 00
Wm. P. McConnell, 39 00
J. McAffee, 39 00
Thomas Hoxey, 432 00
William Morris, 27 00
N. McBuin, 75 00
J. Mitchell, 00 00
William Jones, 175 00
Hutchinson & Co. 120 00 j
M. H. McAllister, StalPs Attorney, 300 00 '
A. Reese, 300 00 ;
S. Riley, H. Starkes, and J. L. Baker, 10 00 i
W. Wyatt, 2 50 \
Electors,
O. H. Prince, 50 00
Beautifying the State House with Soot,
Lime and Water, 7,000 00
A. J. Nichols; 49 19
F. Canup, 2S 75
Do. do. 19 50
M. Wright, 04 00
Charles Dodson, 5 00
N. Jester, 22 12
F. Smith, 95 00
A, B. Bosttvick, 2 50
Silas Bowen, 5 00
David Williams, 2 50
W. B. Williams, 2 50
Thomas Davis, 2 50
Samuel Back, 50 00
Charles McDowell, 19 00
Daniel Hullen, 15 80
Georgia Railroad Company, 7,500 75
Penitentiary, 41.000 00
Aayluin—$50 for each inmate, say fifty, 2,500 00
W. Derry, 250 00
J. D. Daniel, 1,060 00
N. S. Glover, 109 00
Richard liarlotv, 20 00
N. B. Wheeler, 10 73
C. Addison, 25 82
Wm. A. Hotchkiss,
Securities of T. Porter, 3,213 00
8241,254 09
Now, Messrs. Editors, I will show that Mr. “Pi.
ney Woods” has charged 888.870 54*100 that
does not belong there, and a portion of which bo.
longs to the Democratic expenditures of 1842 ;
Arrearages of Contingent
Fund, 15,000 00
Arrearages of Mil’ry Fu’d 3,000 00
Do. of Penitentiary, ,32,000 00
850,000 00
Amount of Contingent
Fund unexpended, 10,820 00
Amount of Printing Fund
unexpended, 8,743 54
Amount of Military Fund
unexpended, 1,000 00
— 20,003 54
Expenses on Slnte House
paid out of Contingent
Fund, 7,000 00
Georgia Rail Road and
Banking Co. appropria.
led by Legislature, 7.500 00
Securities of T. Porter, 3,213 00
M. Hull McAllister, 300 00
A. Reese, 300 00 18,313 00
of the Stale debt, restored the State credit.paid the
interest for 1844 and 1846, and. if' Piney Woods”
don’t lie, actually (pent 9125 000 more than the
Democratic administration of the previous year.—
Any schoolboy can seetho fallacy of such u state
ment.
Guv. Crawford has introduced economy inlnev
ery department of the Government. In 1842 the
Stato was bankrupt and unable even to puy her in.
tercst—yet the Legislature paid themselves the
highest wages. The Whigs,on the contrary show,
ed tiieir honesty of purpose by beginning with
llioinselvcs uud culling down their own pay. The
following statement is Irom lliu appropriation hills
of 1842 and 1843, and shows the pay of some
of the public officers itt each year ;—
Governor, Whig—$3,000 per annum, Do. Demo
cratic—$4000 per annum.
President of Senate, Whig—80 per day, and $4
fur 20 miles travelled. Hu. Democratic—80
per day and $5 fur 20 miles travelled.
Speaker of House, Whig—86 per day und 81 for
20 miles travelled. Do. Democratic—86 per
day, and $5 for 20 miles travelled.
Clerk nf Senate, Whig—8500 per annum. Du.
Democratic—8600 per annum.
Clerk of House, Whig—500 per nnnuin. Du.
Democratic—600 per unnum.
Members of Legislature, Whig—84 per day and
84 per 20 miles travelled. Du. Democratic —
84,50 per day and 85 tier 20 miles travelled.
Two Judges, Whig—81.800 each per annum.—
Do. Democratic—2,100 each per annum.
The Whig Legislature had to legisluto for two
years instead of one, yet according to 11 Piney
Wood’s” own statement it cost the people less limit
tlie Democratic Legislature of a single year.
Expenses of Democratic L-gisluture, 893.347 97
la the character of mr overseer w ho bus act) td . jimuinid un the suhjoet n| slavery, Have pul hit feet
treacherously to his employer, and given away, ««r t jp their horderi “with header til," Mr. McAu.iX-
purloined hi* crop and eold it at half price to hu's v tie goes now under very'-differtnt colour* " und
enemies. And now, they who Iihvc profited by tin j is it too much to suppose that, like Mr. Clay, he
roguery, are saying that he is a very clover fellow, j " ’ “
although they despise him in their hearts at thw i
Do. do,. Whig do.
Saved by tlie Whigs,
Democratic Contingent Fund,
Whig do. do.
Savod by tlio Whigs,
Democratic Printing Fund,
Whig do. do.
70.978 00
$46,369
97
25,900
00
©
00 I
® 1
1
09
15,820
00
17,000
00
9,000
00
88,000
00
$88,870 54
The arrearages fortheContingenf, Military trad
Penitentiary funds, are particularly specified In the
Actof Appropriation ; they aro the amounts which
were owing by McDunuld’.s mhuiuisirutiun to these
accounts, consequently they belong to the expenses
of the previous year.
Tlie amount of appropriations unexpended at
theeud of the year was 20,563 51, consequently
that must be deducted. The 87,000 spent fur re
pairing the State House was paid out ot tlie contin
gent fund charged above—consequently “ Piney
Woods” lias charged the sum twice. The amount
of $7,500 paid Georgia Ruilroad Company tvus
credited them by the Legislature in 1842, and wns
for losses sustained in negotiations with Gov. Me.
Donald, as tlie Act specifies, so that is not a charge
on Crawford’s administration. Tito amount of
93,213 for Securities of T. Porter is no where to
be found in the appropriation Bill, and of course is
a false charge. The amount of $300 paid to M.
11. McAllister and A. Reese, were their fees in
prosecuting the Securities of T. Haynes, Governor
McDonald’s Treasurer, who was a defaulter.
Surely that charge does not belong to Governor
Crawford's administration.
Now, Messrs. Editors,“Piney Woods” slaters
tlie expenditure of the Democratic Administration
at $175,847 '07
Add to this the amount which the
last Legislature Imd to appro,
ate to puy arrearages, tlmt is,
the debts unpuid when Gov. Mc
Donald left oflico. $50,000 00
Amount paid GeAgia Ruilroad
Company, * 7,500 00
Amount paid Mr. jftcAlhster, 300 00
•> » A. Reese, 300 00
$233,947 07
Amount of expenditures
of the Whig Adminis
tration, $241,454 09
Subject to tlie doductions
specified above, 88,876 54 152.577 55
Excesa of Democratic over Whig
expenditure!, $81,369 52
Now, Messrs. Editors, there is no humbug about
this. “ Piney Woods” has endeavored to show
that Gov. Crawford’s administration has spent
$125,000 more a year than Gov. McDonald. Let
us look into ibis matter.
The taxes aro the same now ns tlioywere in 1642,
and Gov. McDonald received front the General
Government and oilier sources 9128,000 more than
was received by Gov. Crawford. Gov. McDon
ald left the Government head over heels in debt;
The Whigs had to pay 950,000 for the debts of
tame time. And they only find fault with the fuith-
ful overseer because be would nut steal the corn
and potatoes for their benefit. But Mr. McDowell
ia no such overioor. lie works faithfully und ii*
ready to give an honest account at all times to tt.
call from proper persons j but may feel under no-
obligations to liston to the impertinent demands of.
one whu lias no claims to dm confidence of oillter
political party.—Macon Messenger.
[from the savannah republican ]
THE PILGRIM CANDIDATE.
Those persons who have read the laughable de*.
cripliun ol the “Stundurd Bearer.,’ ns lie euterec I
the classic city of Athens, and who Imve contrast- -
ed it with the gold-chain scene in New York, las' t
year,will not he puzzled to understand the real oh .
ject of Mr. Me A I. LIST!! it, in his present pilgriinugt i
to tlie "Wheat-growing regions” He is, in plain
English, I reversing the State in search ofvntos.—
Now, the lime has been when such conduct ns tills
on the part of a candidate for public offi-o, tvoubd
nave called forth die Indignation of the tvhoflo
“will display Id* tact and talent, in promisingoflicea
to the men, talking flattery to the women, and kiss*
teg children by the score.” Is it loo much to sup
pose that he too, like Mr. Clay, will suffer ftom
his former connection with John Quincy Adams’
administration and that even the "old clothes,’’ and
“broketrlopped barouche," will not save him from
popular condemnation. If to be an itinerating
candidate in 1844, was sufficient 10 call form such
denunciations ot Mr. Ci.av, us we have presented
from the Democratic orgnn, wlint will be said in
defence of their own candidate who bps placed
himself substantially on the same predjeamput?
“Alns I for the Republic, and, ulus! for the hon
or of our Stale, if such u politician, by such menus
cun secure tlie vote of Georgia.”
Military Movements.—Yesterday morning
five compunies of Col. Dukm’s now regiment of
Volunteers for Texas, were reviewed in Lufayctte
Square by Gen. Gaines, accompanied by his Stuff.
Tito Lone Star Guard, which organized in the
Third Municipality on Saturday evening, muster
;d at the same lime, together tvitli several compa
ties of the Irish Br-gudc, under tlie command of
Democratic press, and exposed tlie person guilty il Lieut. Cnrrigan. Alter the review, Gen. Gaines
Saved by the Whigs,
But the Penitentiary exhibits the mismanage-
ment of the Democrats in the strongest light.
In 1S42, they appropriated $9,500 lor the Pen
itentiary, amt $10,000 more to puy off its debts.—
Yet in Otto year, when the whig* look possession,
they itad to appropriate $32,000 to pay its debts
cguiit. The first quarter ol 1844, before the wltigs
got control of it, it lost over 811,000, and the last
three quarters it made $6,000. Gov. Crawford,
with 89,000, rebuilt the Penitentiary, and worked
off the Democratic debt of 11.000; and this year,
it will, instead of running 832,000 in debt, pay tt
handsome profit into tlie Treasury. Now, Messrs.
Editors, it In because the people have elected such
financiers as this ‘ Piney Woods,” that the whole
of the surplus revenue over one million of dollars
has been squandered, and a debt of $1,600 000
saddled on them. They are too intelligent tied
too honest to desire the return of such a state of
tilings.
Gov. Crawford by his prudent and skilful man
agement, 1ms saved the State thousand of dollars, lie
has established Iter credit upon a firm basis trad
rescued iter from tile shame and disgrace of repu
diation. He lias paid for the debts of Gov. Mc
Donald’s administration 875,000, ho lias reduced
the State debt $100,000—and on die first of Jan
uary hud $84,000 in the Treasury in specie funds.
The people liavo suffered too severely from De
mocratic management, to elect Gov. McDonald’s
right Land matt, M. Hal! McAllister.
CHATHAM.
mr. McDowell and tITe"Jefferson-
ian.
We notice an article in the lust Jeffersonian, nt.
tempting a severe comment on Mr. McDowell, the
Whig candidate for Senator for Pike and Monroe
counties, beenuse he pays no attention to a call
made on him by the Rev. Thomas <^. Trice, to meet
him, and discuss certain topies winch were before
thu Legislature of 1843, of which both were mem
bers. It will be recollected by most of our rend,
ers, that Mr. McDowell und Mr. Trice were elected
ns tvhigs, from Pike in that year. Mr. McDowell
acted as be has always done ; I ke a consistent, up
right roan—duing in tlie Legislature wlmt lie hud
professed to the people he would do before bis elec
tion. Mr. Trice pursued a different course.
Whether he intended uittl premeditated to deceive
those who voted, for him, or from other considera
tions, adopted tlie course of a revered wolf, of an
cient times, who wore sheep's clothing until he fin
gered thirty pieces of silvor as his reword for his
most accursed treachery—or whether ho offered
his services as a legislator to represent a certain
political party, professing known nnd defined prin
ciples, without knowing his own mind, is tu us un
known. If the latter is the case, he is entitled tu
no moderate share of pity. If his defection to
the principles of his friends is based on any of the
ollier grounds, lie is unworthy of notice ; nnd be-
yuud the pale of that common respect which is al
ways due to honorable nnd consistent political op
ponents. He stands before tlie public in tt most
unenviable light—as a mero political mercenary, a
betrayer and deceiver of his friends—or n man
who would incur a solemn responsibility without
knowing how ho would act. Whichever be bis
character, it matters not. Ho lias ns little of the
confidence or respect of those who are blustering
in bis bchulf, as of those lie lias deceived und dis
appointed. Both detest nnd despise him as they
do nil others of this class of political weather.cocks.
The parties benefited may mete out to them a re
ward ; but while the hand may give, the heart re
coils with loathing and disgust.
To bolster up such a chuucter, sometimes the
individual, us it appears in the present instance, as
sumes a course of impertinent boldness, nnd seeks
to make himself conspicuous fur that which should
to every modest recreant, give only “slmnie nnd
confusion of face.” There are two striking exam
ples of this character on thu pages of holy writ,
which should itnvu peculiar weight tvitli certain
people who aspire to high or responsible stations
One wnstlio counsellor against his royal muster,
David ; who made himself conspicuous by a pub
lie speech—the oilier, the man of tlie thirty pieces
of silver—he made hut it very brief address but a
most appropriate one for all such characters; nnd
both applied a most appropriate antidote to disturb
ed nnd guilty consciences.
Mr. Trice is, no doubt, like nil political apostates,
very willing to convince the public that bis treason
was a meritorious act; uud perhaps has the as
surance to believe that lie could convince the
whole world of it, if lie could get the people
to listen to him. This wns the case witii Bene
dict Arnold. He published a justification of his
acts, and no doubt would have made exculpatory
speeches ull over the country but far the fear of
hemp, which always haunted his imagination. Al
though the challenge was given, Washington did
not think it worth tlio lime and trouble to take any
noticu of, or to ju%ify himself against the uttacks
of such a contemptible miscreant.
Tlio Jeffersonian would have Mr. McDowell nc
count to certain pooploof Bike county for his nets
in the last Legislature, who neither nided in send
ing him to it, nor would again aid him in going
there—and thinks lie should account lof/irmnsan
overseer should to his employer. Mr. McDowell
was never employed by llteso men, and he owes
them no more obligation than a man does to those
who have attempted, and are still attempting to
drive hint from his premises. And in denouncing
a faithful aervant, they aro sucking to foist into
honorable notice, one who stands before the public
of it, to be attacked by the whole force ol the Ed
torial corps. Few, if any, of otir readers havi a
forgotten the vigorous attacks which were made
upon Mr. Clay no longer ago titan Inst yuar, ot i
this very account. Even in this city, his transit
was tlie basis of some most patriotic hursts from
the Democratic press and its correspondents. W e
will invert the order of things u little, and give tin t
lust of these precious morsels first. To begin tliet t (
with Father Ritchie himsolf. Tlie following froir t j
his then paper, the Richmond Enquirer, we find in , ’
Mr. McAllister’s orgun on thu 17th April, ”44 : j
-‘Psha-v/ these shallow devices—and this pretence ?
of Li it i e i ness, are unworthy of the genius of Henr- t
Clay. Instead of advancing his pretentious, they onl y I
show that he is unworthy ol the lofty station to wltic It j
he aspires. He should have remained in "tlio quiet re - j
pose of Ashland”—and there, if lie were really worth y j
of honor, the peoplo would have found him, like Cir,.
cinnatus, at tlie plough, and thrown the Dictator's man .
tie over h:s shoulders. But to seek il, as is now dom
and lo cover his real object under the device of busiues: t,
is unworthy of him, and unworthy of the office.”
The next article in the reverse order of time.,
which strikes os as a little rich, is a communica
tion in Mr. McAllister’s organ, April 3d, 1844 .
VV'c confess it is not bud duclrine considering il s
Democratic origin ;
‘•The charge lias been made, that Mr. Clay, a cand i-
date fur the Presidency of the United Staten is travel I-
ing on an electioneering tour: an attempt las bee n
made lo refute that charge. The friends of Mr. Cla y,
well knew that the freemen of this land, would v,s it
with reprobation such a course. The people hat e
been loo >ong accustomed lo regard the Chief Mugit t-
tracy, as an office that should be ‘‘neither sought am r , ,
nor avoided.” They have been accustomed to content ,- *■ 11
plate the man who, Cincinnatus-like, would attend t o
itis domestic nlfairs, until called from his privacy b y
the acclaims of tlie peojile. as the man to whom the belli t
of tlio ship of Slate should he confided, to relish tin j
idea, that the itinerant politician should tie called to
the first office in their gift. Benge, the strenuous el - :
forts ol the Whigs to relievo Mr. Clay from lh« catcgi i-
ry in which he is placed. After tvhat has transpire d
within the last few days in this city, can that gentlt-
man he relieved from tlie imputation of itinerating th e
country, and making speeches, standing at tlie sain e
time before Ihe people in the attitude of a candidati i
for the Presidency!”
Pursuing our way along the dusty files of the op- i
gan, we fell rather liuit ot finding the following
under date of’39ih March, copied in tt very rac*/
article from the Charleston Mercury. The editor
I iriefly addressed tlie gnllnm fellows, anti compli
neuleii them highly on their efficiency in their
tew duties. Cnl.Dakin responded in n few words,
titer which the whole body, comprising 257
nen, ull told, marched down St. Charles street to
’oydras, thence through to Camp, down to Canal,
issuing down to St. Charles, and up again to La.
ayeite Square, where the companies separated.—
i Cite majority of the men, though unaided by the
u ,utwurd display of military uniform, yet appeared
i, .Hide of such "stud'" as will prove them to be no
e asy foe to conquer. May they be victorious in
e 11 their engagements.—Bee.
Major Gen. Ga.nes—Our Relations with Mer
it o,—It is understood here that (lie requisition re
el tnlly niude upon the Executive of this Stale for
tr oops tu reinforce Gen. Taylor, was made by tlie
o/ tperienced and distinguished officer commanding
tli e Western Military Division, upon his own res-
po risibility, and tlio emergency of the occusion.—
W e have, of course, no means of ascertaining pos.
iti roly the nature of the intelligence which reach
ed Gen. Gaines, but our advices from Texas are
tilt tt on the 13th instant. Gen. Taylor was. by some
m sans, advised of the Declaration ol War by Mex
ic a against the United States, nnd that a large bo.
dj • of well.appointed Mexican troops were advanc.
in g in three divisions Inwards Texas, in addition
! to tlio command of Gett. Arista. At that date
G en. Taylor Imd only ulmut 990 men fit for ser-
vi ce, and was without artillery to defend himself if
«' ,tacked. Tlie rest of tlie truops were ut St. Jo.
ipli’alsland, but great exertions were making
concentrate them with the main body at Corpus
C hriV.i. Throe companies went forward on tlie
h Ith inst., tlie remaining two companies were to
to llow the next day, leaving only a small guard to
pi otect the depots of provisions at St. Joseph and
Sh iell Island
This information may ho relied on as strictly
eo rrect. We presume something of tlie same na-
tui e must have reached Gen. Guines, upon the
aogtli of which lie made Itis requisition.—Jef.
P-
From tiir Caw u» Good H«m—The Button
Daily Advertiser lie* received Cape Tu***, pepers
to June 21. The British ship uf-wsr Helena, of
10 guus, had arrived in 9i. Shnou’e Bey. having
captured e dhow, off Cepe Deigdete, with 83 davos t
Alsu, the Mutino, of 12 gurit, having on the 26th
April captured the Brazilian barque Princeza, of
400 Ions, with slaves ; and on the 5th May an
Aiab dhntv, with 221 alavea.
The Governor, Sir Peregrine Maitland, had
beon for sumo weeks absent Irom tlie capital, on
an excursion to tlio frontier for tlie purpose of qui
eting the disturbances ol tlie Boers. His presence
Ituri produced lilt) most favorable results in quiet-
jug tint disaffection among the emigrants, und there
seemed lo be a prospect of a settlement of nil dif
ficulties, and of preventing further disturbances,
without bloodshed.
A Sad Picture.—The following paragraph
which wn copy frum tlio Ashville (N. C.) Messen
ger , of 22J inst. curries with it, thoughts deep und
lasting. Who could have believed a year ugo,
that such us tiiu uimexed presents, would be enact,
ed in this fertile Innd ! And yet it is so ! Many,
very many of our citizuns uro compelled lo leave
their homes—tlie resting place oflheir fathers, mid
quit forever, perhaps, the sacred ground that hold
the bones of fathers, brothers, sisters and kindred
dear, trad seek u land wherein they can obtain
bread for their furnishing children. Alas! and
can it be thus I Drear and solemn must bo tlie
hour when this happens! But we pass on and
leave tlie scene with hopes of a belter future. An
over-ruling Providence, knoweth best wlmt is for
our good; and vve must submit lo the chastening
us becomes dutiful children. This darkness will
yet disuppoar, und our morning of happiness bo
clear and enlivening.
Numbers of wagons pass through litis place
daily on their way from South Carolina to Ten.
(lessee lo procure corn, as tlio crop of that article
in u largo purlieu of South Carolina is entirely dcs.
titulioti uf tlie people when it is known that these
wagons are sent Irom a hundred nnd fifty to two
hundred miles fur corn ! Greut numbers of poor
people ure leaving tlie State mid going to Tennes
see. A hundred nnd fifty persons, consisting eu,
tirely nf pour families, passed through this place
one day Inst week.
Re
“We felt sensibly the degradation to our Repaid! •
can Institutions on Friday last, when wo saw a volet -
an as Mr. Clay is, in the service of Ins country, hawk .
ed about as some great beam of wonder, to catch a fuv .-
votes for that station which should be the reward a lout i
of the lofty Patriot nnd pure Statesman."
In tlio organ of March 18th, wo again find st
correspondent down upon “Harry of the Wem/"
on this wise :
When wo see a candidate (or one who only await s
tlie formal call of Itis party to he one) for the Presiden •
cy, itinerating the land oil the eve of the election, ac .
cepting parly invitations, what is tlie necessary infer .
once 1 Why, that he is electioneering. No man o f
sense believes that Mr. Clay’s object is private. Ever y
one knows his journey is connected with oilier views.— -
Now, how stands the case ? Here is a candidate for at t
exalted station which, in tlie language of the aged pat .
r.on of the Hermitage, 'should he neither sought site r
or avoided,’ becoming an itinerant politician, solicit inj j j
by his presence the‘most sweet voice' of the people. |
is such conduct to be tolerated? Is it dignified ? Is it \
sanctioned by precedent! Ought such a course to r( - |
ceive the countenance of any Republican ? Ought ar .y i
Democrat, by Itis presence, give a sanction losueli a 1
procedure? We have heard In times past, of ‘travel d-
ing Presidents’ and ‘travelling Cabinets,’ and (althuuf rh ;
the charges were then false.) the Federal press tvi is
loud in its denunciations of them But things a c
changed, and hosannas aro now shouted t:i thu mtt t
who, with his eye on the first office in the Republic ,
proceeded by two travelling political hucsterers, |him •
self comes to solicit and to conciliate! a people whor it
he was ready to crush by detachments of the reguls r
army of the Union, when those people were content I-
ing for their territorial rights, guarantied tu them t y
the solemnities of a treaty.”
Now wo would like to know wlmt render cs u
peruse this paragraph without having his though is
directed instantly lo the Attorney Generalship of
1827—to that letter, which it seems was writli n
but never sent, and to tlie wheat growing speech .nf
1834, and then buck again to the pilgrim candidal c
nnd Itis broken topped Barouche ? ‘-Here is it can -
didaie fur an exalted stuliun becoming an itinoran t
politician,” soliciting by Itis presence tlio "mos t
sweet voice of lito peoplo.” “Is suclt c,induct tt i
he tolerated,” especially by gentlemen who con.
demned it in Mr. Cla v ? "is it dignified?” "Is it
sanctioned bv precedent?” We trust ull thost*
who wish to understand tlie true Democratic doc
trine on this point will revert tu the above para
graph. Il will enlighten them especially as to the
duly of voting for itinerating candidates.
But wo may ho told that these are only extracts
and communications, w hich do not reflect the true
opinions of Mr. McAllister’s organ. Let us look .
h littlo further into tlie mutter. In that paper of
23d Feb., 1844, under the Editorial lurad, w-<i
read:
Mr. Clay appears to be accepting invitatio ns Dorn
every quarter of the country. There is scarcely a pciot
witlnn the lim.ts of the Stale of Georgia, which he lias
not already determined to visit. However grattifyiag
this may be to Ihe Whig party which has based all «ts
hopes of triumph, of power, of office, upon his el eotijn.
it must certainly be a subject uf regret, of indigi lalitn,
of disgust, to all intelligent and patriotic citiziuie of
the Republic, that a prominent candidate for the TV-as-
idcncy, ehoiiId travel through the country, spe Iking
upon alt and every occasion, in every kind of place, and
with no other possible object save his own eleva Lion.
Wo do not know what Ins visit lo Georgia will efie ct.
He has never cundesccnded to visit her before i iat
wo aro aware of. At one particular period of bis
history, tve doubt whether he could have put his f Kit
into her borders with iicad erect. Ho comes now u n-
dcr far different colors, it is true, and, no dotilbt,
full ol professions ot attachment for our State, emtl
admiration for] its citizens. We presume that
lie will display his lact and Ills talent, in promising
ofiicos to tlio men, talking flattery to the women, amd
kissing children by the score. The Clay Clubs will
run distracted, and office scekera will hang aroui-jd
him like a pack uf hungry cormorants. Alas! for L ne
Republic, and alas ! fur the honor of our Slate, if
such a politician, by 6uch means, can secure tlio vasr.e
of Georgia.
Now this is what a plain countryman would cai II
“clinching tlio nail." Wlmt u parallol may be
drawn between tlio two men and their actions ?• —
When did Mr. MoAllister before condescend ,to
spend his summer in the up-coumry of Georgia ?
If health wns his object, why did be not go la Neiv
York, or Federal Massachusetts, as has been libs
custom? Could lie, in 1834, after accusing the
people oflhe "wheat growing regions," with bein.g
UNITED STATES NAVY.
' A’u find in the N. \\ Journal of Commerce the
full, swing statement shewing the present position of
our naval force :
U. S. Squadron in Gulf of Mexico.
1... Frigate Potomac, Corn. Conner’s Flag Ship.
2 . Steamer Mississippi.
3 i. do Princeton.
4 ;. Sloop-of-war Saratoga.
E i, do Falmouth.
f I. do Jolin Adams.
" 1. do St. Marys.
I B. Brig Somers;
9. do Lawrence,
1 0. do Porpoise;
1 1. Schooner On kn-liy e, mail boat.
U. S. Squadron in Pacific Ocean.
1. Frigate Savannah, Com. Sloul’s Flag Sitip.
2. Sloop.of-tvnr Warren.
3. do Portsmouth.
4- do Levant.
5. do Cayene.
C. Schooner Shark.
U niteil. Slates East India Squadron, about being
relieved, and intended, as is supposed, to render
vous in the Pacific.
J. Frigate Brandy wine,Com. Parker’s Flag Ship.
2. Sloop of tvar St. Louis
3. Brig Perry.
4. Frigate Constitution, Capl. Percival, on her
return frum an independent cruise.
Tlio last tour named ships may he considered, in
;ase of emergency, us a part of tlie Pucific Squad
■on.
U. S. Squadron in Mediterranean.
1. Frigate Cumberland, Curn’re Smiths flag sitip
2. Sloop of war Plymouth.
U. S. Squadron, Brazil Station.
1. Frignte Raritan, Com’re Turner’s flag ship
2. Sloop of tvar Boston.
3. Brig Buinbridge.
East India Squadron, on its way out.
1. Columbus, 74, Com’re Biddle’s flag ship.
2. Sloop of war Vincennes.
U .S. Squadron on coast Africa.
1. Sloop of tvur Jamestown, Com’re. Skinner’s
[ling sitip.
2. do Yorktown.
3. do Preble.
4. Brig Truxlon.
Fitting out, (precise destination unknown.)
Norfolk 1. Frigate Congres, Cupt. Stockton.
2. •• Columbia.
3. Brig Dolphin.
4. Frigate United Stales.
5. Sloop of w ar Marion.
0. Brig Boxer.
N. York 7. Sloop of war Dale.
Tlie following ships, in port, require repairs,
nnd Imve been examined with that view, preparato
ry lo being fitted for servico, in case of enter-
ney :—
1. Frigate Constellation
2. Sloop of War Viuidalin.
3. do Fairfield.
4. Razee Independence.
5. Frigate Macedonian.
Total number of vessels in a condition for ef-
ant service at short notice :
Gulf of Mexico 11
Pacific Ccean 10
Brazil 3
Const of Africa 4
East Indies 2
Mediterancnn a
Fitting for sea 7
Under cxnmiuation 5
Boston.
Norfolk.
Bosion,
N. York,
-^JrrT-TT-jt
44
California.— Tito Louisville Journal notices
(tlio proposition of some of tlie demuralic journal*
^to annex California, and adds ;
"Wo seo no necessity uf acting in a contempti.
- hie, narrow, picayonhli way in this greut business
of annexation. Wo are utterly opposed to tlie
United Stules tuking any more of thu Mexican pus.
'.■(sessions in a stylo corresponding to the gran
deur of our territorial notions. Let us boh the
whole of the Alexican Empire at u swallow just os
» boa constrictor bolts a hulf.grotvn sheep.”
The total amount of comugu at the U. S. Mint
and its branches during (lie month of July tvus
$469,981 17. Of this 9101,737 60 were tn gold ;
J264,090 in silver, nnd $3,343 67 in copper.—
T'.to total number of pieces coined was 2,840,382.
The Oregon Question— 1 The London Econo,
mist, speaking of tlio uppointiner.t of the Hon.
Louis AIcLune as Minister io Londott,iii place of
Mr. Everett, sav.“il w ill lie found, when tlie facts
are clearly staled, that the discussion of this affiiir
ttt Washington has readied a point which renders
it desirable to 1 uve n particular proposition nub.
milled to British Government, and Mr. M'Lane
takes the mission on lids ground.”
We understand that Air. AI’Lane, tlie new A-
merican Minister lo the euurt of St. James, who
arrived in the Acadia, entertains a confident hope
of hrivging all tlie questions at issue between Greut
Britain and Ainoricu loan amicable and satisfac-
lory termination. Hu spake very cheerfully on
he subject to one of our first merchants, shortly
after Inn urrival. For the sake of humanity, and
tor tlie best interests of two countries united by so
many ties ofblood, language, religion, und institu.
tions, tve hope 1 lint Air. Al’Lano may he rigiil ;
but wo huvo our fear*. One tiling, however, is
certain and that is, that our self-styled ''best prac
tical statesmen” Imve, by their bungling and in
capacity, imperiled till the best interests oflhe im.
lion nnd gone fur to render Greut Britain the
inughing stock of tlio world—Liverpool Mercu
ry, bth, August.
The New Orleans Courier of the 16th instant
says—Texus, on n sudden emergency, could raise
*. least five thousand troops, brave, hardy, excel
lent riflemen, und all better adapted than any oil).
er» in Ihe world for operations against a Alexican
urmy. All (Iv y want is ammunition and provis
ions—arms they tiave in abundance and of good
quality—pay they want not, and would cheerfully
fight without it, as they have been accustomed fo
do—although, we doubt not.it would be acceptable
if offered.
MILLEDtJEVlLLE;
TwwtMlay MtMTt.li.September 9, „ n
ME taorta's CAMDtUAlE TOR an V M^~
GEORGE W. CRAWFORft.
TO* sknator,
Atiuirraus II. KEiux.
ron rbsefpentative,
ITEHWOW 1^ IIARBIW.
LAND REVERSION, AND TEACHER^
POOR CHILDREN. ° r
Corn Fro tects.—Wo liavo conversed with
several gentlemen from (lie upper districts uf this
Stale, sittcu we issued our lust paper, and tve are
rejoiced to hear, that tlio ‘‘corn prospect” is not
quite so gloomy as il lias been represented. There
will beu scarcity among many of tlie planters in
the districts where tlie drought has been most se
vere ; but taking every tiling into consideration,
there will no one perish who endeavors to raise
supplies for tlie ensuing—economy und strict fru
gality must ho practised. The poor class will be
the greater sufferers ; but it must be tlie incumb
ent duty of the mure wealthy to give relief. Tlie
rich are abler lo buy provision enough for them
selves, nnd those of their few indigent neighbors.
The banks ought to come forward and offer facili
ties to those who will buy and distribute tlio ne
cessaries. Each party can be made secure in the
outlays that may he required for provisions; and
thus a mutual benefit will be effected, which can bo
repaid with the net year’s crop. From Hamburg,
Columbia, Cheltew, Camden, <fcc., tbuse person*
who will have to purchase, will obtain an abun.
dant'o ol'corn, Itay, oats, <Szc., at fair prices. Tlie
transportation will bo light—the pluniers will have
to send down their cottun ; and then they can take
up corn.
Then cheer up Carolinians ! Stay upon your be-
loved soil ; hope for belter times, drivo melnncho-
ly away ; and turn about to re.instate those dreary
looking fields, and learn wisdom from the past.
Madison, (Oa.) Adg. 22.— The Cotton Crop.—
Wo have conversed during the present week, with
planters from various portions of our own county,
and feel warranted in saying that the Cotton crap
has been cutoff at least two-ihirds by tlio drought.
Uulers our people cun realize something like the
value of the nrticio this full, tve fear many of our
friends will find it a difficult matter lo keep them,
selves, and hands, in bread, until they can make
another crop.—Miscellany.
Montgomery, (Ala.) Aug. 29.—The Cotton
Crop.—From tlie best information that tve can
gather, tlie incoming crop of this pail of this Slate,
and indeed of the Stato nt large, must be a very
short one. The frosts in the Spring, the “lice”
n little later, nnd the lack of anything like a season
since March or April, together with the appearance
of the plantations, so far as they have fallen under
our observation, convince us that the present crop
will fall far below any preceding one for tlie last
five or even ten year*.
Marion, (Ala.) Aug. 29.— The Cotton Crop.—
From the best information we can obtain, tve are
convinced that Ihe Cotton crop will be a short one.
We Imve conversed with many of our leading
Planters in the course of the past two tveoks, and
find them nearly unanimous in tile opinion that they
will not make over half a crop, u good many say
not more tlmn one-third. Cotton is opening rapid
ly,on most plantations. The weed is smaller Ilian
we ever satv it in this State, not being more than
two nnd throe feet high, where wo have seen it six
and upwards. Above this we are told there are
fields where the weed is not over 18 incites high on
an average.
More Volunteers.—We understand, savs the
New Orleans Bee, that Capt. H. S. Harpex. Gain,
ville, Miss,, will arrive in this city by tlio steamer
J. Dupre, on to-morrow, witii a company of 156
volunteers, destined for the Mexican frontier.—
They style themselves tlio .Mississippi Riflemen.
They are well furnished with ull the necessary up
pointmeiits for the campaign, and will hold them-
solves in readiness to be mustered into the service
of the United States nt a moment’s warning. It
is their intention, we understand, to join lire Regi
ment of Louisiana Volunteers under tlie command
os Col. Dakin.
To-day, the grant fees art reduced to t* tm ,,
dollars per. lot, and it is believed that I.S,
will bs immediately applied- for, and taken ***
very largo number of persons aro prosont, and-it**’ *
sonable to anticipate that there will be r’eteivc-H' L.
Treasurer, with what is already on hand, moiaffT
enough to pay the Teaohtrs of Poor children
services in 1842, and 1843. This useful clan of
zone, it affords us pleasure tn Bay, are indebted,
Whig Legislature, of 1843 and to a Whig J
tive, (Governor Crawford) for a polity,.which ^
fics their claims agaiust the State! Neglected, lo""'
tlie least of it, by the previous Democratic towr***!!
Democratic Legislature, they will notv reap
ward. How much more honorablo and wise' is t*
provision for the payment of Teachers of Pwr Chi
dren, than for the name amount to bs placed, in t|
Central Bank, lo be loaned-out to parly, favorite, '
be otherwise unprofilably disposed of!' While' 0 ' 1 *
this subject, we will a'so take occasion to remaVST
the Governor will and does see the law executed i„
lation to the reverted lands. An anonymous writer"*
the Caesville Pioneer, whom we have been reque ted
by a friend to notice, arraigns his Excellency for
manner in which he executes the law. Whai**-. ■
is that this writer is not Governor himselft R 0 "
unexceptionable would be his course! llow carcfu | *
he be, not to violate his sworn duty ! Hmv much
competent to understand the law and to provide kTii!
execution, than Governor Crawford ! Lei him but
write ever his own signature, and possibly hi, executive
abilities, appreciated so highly by himself, may entitle
him to a nomination for the office of Governor, n,m
day or other!
But to bo serious, which we really find it hard to b,
with the article from the Pioneer’before us, we will
merely state that the rules adopted for receiving »pp|j.
cations on Ihe first day of nr reduction in prices, are ab.
solutely requisite in executing the law To.day, for
instance, there will be at the door of the Trenury.a
least three hundred persons, Rotnc thirty or foray of whom
are applying for tire same lot. Suppose as soon as the
door is opened, one calls out that he applies fur a certain
lot, what is to prevent fifty of them from calling out for
the same number T And, as soon as the door opens,
how are the weak lo protect themselves front lhe strong,
when allure rushing to get in at the door! Why!
without some system, some rule, oa sach occasions
the State House would be a perfect Babel, and 1
would handle eaoh other like bears. Complaints, then
like the one we are noticing, are idle, and are ignorantly
made, or the writer of them thinks, that he is rendering
his party some service. In either case, he may aa we"
be content lo 1st the subject upon which he touchee.dr
a natural death. He nr»y rest assured that CoTEnnoa
Crawford will execute the lavras he finds it apon the
Statute book; and, in seeing it executed, that he t
protect all the interests involved. Rich and poor will
have even handed justice meted onl to thorn—then
will have protection from the assaults oflhe strong-soi L
in carrying out the intentions of the Legislature,
few speculators have not quite so good a chanco to nisi
motley out of their poor neighbors as they would t
to hnve, they may rest assured that no alteration can'
made for their special benefit. The Governor will on-
cute the law, faithfully and honestly—and what is more
the people have confidence that he will do sir—'■thehi
de clap trap” of tlie Pioneer’s correspondent to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Before wc close, we will also state, that Ihe ruin
now governing the Department in the Stale House, in
identical with those established by Guvernor McDon
ald at the reversion in 1842. Here then are Its
against one—two Governors of Georgia, acting under
all the responsibilities of the chief office of the Govern
ment, against tm anonymous writer in the CassvillePio
neer! “ALL CHEROKEE” we are certain, will ex
claim with us—“cease viper, you bile atafile.”
THE AUGUSTA CONSTITUTIONALIST.
The distribution of the fund lo pay tlie Teachers of
Poor Children in 1842, and 1843, by Govetaur Craw
ford, appears to be a sore subject with the CoMlilu-
tionalist. The Editor says it looks like eleclmttrine,
—asks“u% has this money been laid bad !''—.million
comments as follows:
“Why lias iliis mousy been held burl ’ Will il be inert
ed Mint there is none oh hand from this lui.,4 providediu 1st",
nnd will not be eurlier then I lie I/O Mi Sepli-inliernexlt Bui
ndlnitting (or argument soke Mint it nuiy lie mi-asural.ly nw,
thin no very large stmt bad until this j-e»r been realise,! Iruui
Ibis fluid. By the third eeclion of lire act of 1843 attuded lo,
a fund ia appropriated ns a permanent education fund, lo be
distributed among the several comities. Out uf this .accord
ing to tlio provisions of ilm Sth Beet ion, these meritimui
cieditorsmiglitlinvebecn paid, biiiI the amoiinte so puid.iu
anticipation of the funds to bo received from sateaot refut
ed iunds,replaced. But no: hodihi.-i been done in 1843, or
at any period much earlier tlmn the 20th September nsit.it
might not have come so imnit diulely in point nf time, under
tlie class of -subjects connected witii lino Gubernatorial riel-
lion.' "
In reply to the above, wo tsko -I o l-berty of saying
that tho money has not been held back at all! The
fund to pay Teachers, has been accumulating since
about the 1st of Alay last; by far tho largest p»rl no*
in the Treasury, wns received since the first of July
last; and, on to-day, as the grant fet-s aro reduced to
$25, there will he received enough to satisfy thess
claims. With a knowledge of Itis resources, Governor
Crawford, some months ago, called upon the Justice*
of the Inferior Courts, to present the accouotaof th*
Teachers, as lie intended to pay them by the 20lhof
September. If this be electioneering, it is electioneering
under the law—in our opinion, a kind of clectiMteerioy
that the people will highly commend.
Tho Constitutionalist is again at fault, if it *upfO*e*
that ihe “permanent Education fund” has not been dii-
triluMed by Governor Crawford. Tins vv,u done the
first year of his administration, and paid over t» the
Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several counlie*.
as they applied for it. Il was done too, in strict scad'
ance with law—bnt if the Governor's enemies cboo**
to set it down to electioneering, all that wc can »»J *'"
not prevent it. But we have a right lo assert that both
these acts—tho payment of ihe Teachers, and the tin-
iribution already made—are the fruits ol a Wlug*^
ministration of Ihe Government, as wo are su*taio*<J
in doing so by tho record and by facts.
THE CANVASS FOR GOVERNOR.
A fetv months ago, our opponent* of the pre**i **
well as opponents elsewhere, in many instance*, bo' (
testimony to the gm-d conduct of the preeent Execu
tive. His vigilance and ability—bis economy and t*-
tluslry—his devotion lo the people’s interests, and k*
correction of previous abuses, all spoke so loudly f*
liisadministralion, that willing testimony wa*
ofitf.
BO
ed in support of it even by the Democratic pres*,
within a few weeks, a mighty change has taken pkc*-
Contrary to the w i-hes uf the people, ihe leaders of 6*
Democratic Party determined upon opposing him, •
soon they managed to have in thu field H»th**
Hull McAllister. A party rally was then aM*s>P , "j
and il was first uiged upon the rank and file, tbataltko
••Governor Crawford had made a good Governor,” y* 1
was right lo stand up lo their owu party, under Uf J*
every circumstance. This logic wa* not so well
stood by the people. They murmured loudly •* **
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