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TO THE PUBLIC.
Ha.vt.rc been ilio anbject of on unprovoked
•Hack in Ibo nowspnpors, I innko no apology for
my tlelei
or lo make
Hood him
en lit Fn«
simli'niAmpreeaToii. That limy
to oay in substance, "Ihnt lie Iwl
Meigs shortly nflet Ibo batllo-t’vtt ho know Gon.
Hnrrlion—ihalHa had tmthhftlo .ay against him
that ho wna loo young to judge til In* merlin,
id now Ion old to appreciate them.
•. a a fall ... .. P til — ..., aaenlatl
and
lining u similar channel to convey my
BusiiiCH* ofgrcnt importance required my pres
ence in the-State of Alabama. Whilo engaged
in the transaction-rtf this husino**. in Wctuiupkn,
I had mv attention ended to nn old man by the
name of Drummond, who had become an ohjeet
of some interest from representing himself ns
a noklior who had fouchtin the deduce of Foil
Mci^s under General Harrison, in the spring of
1613/
Having myself been at Fort Meigs a few
diys after tlie sortio which has given to the de
fence of Ihnt post so much fcclnt at the present
time, I indulged a natural curiosity in hearing
the statements of Mr. Drummond.—I asked him
•everal questions, and become convinced that he
was present at the siege, ns he had stated. I
did not treat him with the slightest intentional
disrespect, and so fir ns I knew or believed, part
ed with him without the least feeling of anger nr
ilUwill nn either side. Judge then, the astonish
ment with which I met at Columbus,on my return.
homeward, the following publication in the En
quirer ofylmt city:—
[Here follows tho statement of Mr. Terry a-
gainst Mnj Fannin, substantiated by numerous
certificates, which appeared in our paper of the
20th nit.}
^IfUie reader has gone through this long and
ridiculous array of certificates ami statements, he
Ifos no doubt discovered that the object ofthe pub
lication is to effect thn elections now going on
and approaching, in the country, bv making itap-
pens: that Mr. Vml Buren has sanctioned a system
of electioneering hy those holding office tinder
him, degrading to him ns a pnblic man holding the
highest office in the'United States. The deep
malice which sought its gratification in exposing
me to pnblic censure, others may not readily per
ceive. Who or what Mr. Drummond is, was
never a question of the slightest moment with
me. I dispute nothing they state in regard to him.
The statements they put into my mouth ore incor
rect, ns I shall how proceed to prove.
Wktompka, Ala., Aug. 22,1840. \
This is to certify that I was present at a. con
versation which occurred before Mr. Lanier's
Hotel, in thisplnce, on the 14th of July Inst, be
tween Col. A. B. Fannin aud-Mr. Grief Drum
mond. Col. Fannin and myself had been en
gaged in conversation, at Crane's American Ho
tel; and, nt my request, he accompanied me to
the Post Office—tho next door to Mr. Lanier's
Hotel, f had obtained my letters and papers and
was standing with him in the Post Office door,
when Col. Sampson W. (Iirris came Up, re
marking to Col. ^annin—“ There is an old Fort
Meigs soldier silting close hy.” *• I was there
feself.’’ observed Col. Fannin, “ and know
wjmfcthing about whnt happened there.” On my
sqggesfuig that iu. there were numerous persona
claiming to have’ seen service, under Harrison,
yOmeoftJiem might be impostors; he also observed,
**ye s sir; no doubt there are impostors, and they
•» Jicsolctd, Tliat a copy of these resolutions be
placed at the disposal of A. B. Fannin ; nud that
they be nigited hy the I*re>!d*»ttt* Vme President
and Secretary, on behalf of those members, who
were present oh Ike occasion to which they re*
for. ALItAINA. MoWHOUTER,
President Dmotratie S. It. Club of Coosa ami Au
tauga counties, Alabama.
R. M. CHERRY.
Vice President D. S. R. Club of Coosa and Au
tauga Co. Alabama.
.Cried M. Jennings, Scc.proUm.
I hove ollior loiter,corrohorating tho stalomanli
of Mr. Yoncoy ond Ilio rasohilieua of lint Do-
mocrolic Slain Right, Club. I deem ii nnnecee.
oory to swell Ihi, piiblirailon to o ((renter length
by their insertion. That some of thnso w ho have
signed certificates against me, are in error ftnm
inattention, I willingly believe. All I claiin of my
friends and tho public, is, to give to the testimony
its due weight. Mr. Ynncey was my intimute ac
quaintance, and 1 had with him many conversa
tions. Ho was at niy elbow nt the conversation
wjiich has been so much misrepresented; and his
character is above suspicion.—Hi o statement he
makes, is true. The resolutions of the Club,
passed unanimously, are certainly conclusive n-
gainst the statements of those unconnected with
this association and not engaged iu its proceed
ings. If these statements are the subject of
doubt, it appears to me that human testimony
must cen«e to have any value. So much for the
statementst made to Sir. Drummond ondnt the
Democratic Slate Rights Club of Wetumpko.
1 come now to tho extraordinary letter of my
old friend Col. Hamilton, and il*endorsement by
James Abercrombie. William Dudley, A. Aber
crombie, Thomas Hoxey. and John Townsend.
On this subject f present the following statement
from Col. Hamilton, made by him after seeing
tho proceedings of die Democratic State Rights
Club, of Wutumpka.
Macon. .August 31,1840..
I am gratified to discover from, a copy of reso
lutions passed by the Democratic State Rights
Club of Coosa and Autauga counties and in a
regular mectingatWotumpka, August25tli, 1840,
which I have just seen, that Col. Fannin is re
lieved ofthe charge of bavin? stated Uiat lie was
at the battle ol Fort Meigs. In the resolutions a-
hove referred to, lie is represented to have only
said in substance, “that he had been a Fort Meigs
shortly after the battle, and that he knew Gen.
Harrison—that he had nothing to say against him,
&c.” 1 knew from the fact of Col. Fannin's not
belonging to the Northwestern Army, that he
could not have been ill the battle of Fort Meigs—
and from my long acquaintance with Col. Fan
nin, I have ever considered him incapable of
wilful misrepresentation. I also know, ns pre
viously stated. that Milledgevillo was his place of
residence in the spring of 1813,and had no recol
lection of his absence during the spring of that
year, nt the time of my writing to Mr. Terry, (on
the 1st inst.) nor have I any such recollection at
present; however, from what 1 have been inform
ed. I nm induced to believe that he was absent
some six or eight weeks on a visit to Washington
City, (nnd as ho represents.) dience to Fort
Meigs. My long friendship for Col. Fanuin, in
duces me to make the foregoing statement, aud 1
shnll be highly pleased to see hun entirely reliev
ed from the unpleasant altercation.
E. HAMILTON.
should be exposed;” or something to that pur<
port.' About*thiitltne I understood Capt Conch
wholly unexpected. But that you- \ycre unable
to procure mi advance in your rank In thqirmy,
which had been tho object of you; visit to Wash
ington. Those statements have been so often nl-
luded to by you, in grntoftiI remembrance to Mr.
Madison, and especially to Mr, Monroo, thnt it is
nearly impossible I should he mistaken, urtbut
this statcmrntAontains any matoriul error.
With great friendship,
Yours. *0.,
TOMLINSON- FORT.
Mili.kdokvu.lk, 1st Sept. 1840.
Col. John Bozeman.
Sim Having been publicly attacked in tho nows-
papers, in relation to st'itflinniit* attributed to
me, touchinga part of my history with which I
know you wore well ncquaitud at the tiuio, 1 ask
the favor ofyou.asnn old acquaintance and friend,
to state whnt you remomhor of my employment
in tho spring ofthe year 1813; nnd especially if
you recollect my being absent from Milledgo-
villo on n trip to Washington City, and from
thengp to tho Northwestern frontier whero the
armies of tho United States wore then opora-
ing.
With great respect and esteem.
A. B. FANNIN.
MiLLKpaKViLLK,3d Sept. 1840.
Col. A. B. Fannin, *
Sin: I hnvo received and carofully perused
nnd reflected on your letter of tho lot Inst. Time
lias so far obscured the impression made hy the
events ofthe year 1813, that it it wholly out of
my power to state them with much minuteness.
A few circumstances in relation to yourself at
that time, have, however, not yet escaped mo,
aud 1 shall state only such ns I remember wills
great distinctness.
I well remember your absence from Milledge
villo in the spring of 1813; and am equally cer
tain that on your return I heard you repeatedly
mention your being at Washington City—your
introduction to the President oftho United States,
nnd tho great kiudnees extended to you by him
aud .Mr. Monroe. \
These fncts hnvo never left my mind, hnving
been impressed on it by frequent repetition when
we were both employed in the Stale House,
sleeping every night in the same apartment, and
spending many ol our leisure hours in conversa
tion together. They- were qualified to strike me
forcibly, as we had just returned from the cam-
f uign under General Netvnan, in Florida; and
understood, that in consequence of your
services in tiint campaign you had received n com
mission in the regular army. The intense inter
est felt in the events ofthe war then raging nt the
North, and Cjoardor ol u youthful mind gave to
these events a permanency in my memory not to
be educed.
Very respectfully,your friend,
JOHN BOZEMAN.
ANN All.
•bdP-
'RNINO, SBPT. U, 1840. -
Uuioitof tlie Whig* for tho sake
of tho U til tin.
NOMINATION
BY TUB Irma RATIOSAl COKVKNTIOS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM IIENUY HARRISON,
of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, .
JOHN TVLER, of Virginia.
For Electors of President and Vice-President.
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oololkorni
II, of Con
Gun. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Cninden.
Col. JOHN \V. CAMPBELL. ofMtiscogeo.
Mnj. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, ofClork.
SEATON GRANTLAND, nfBaldwin.'
Gon.ANDREW MILLER. ofCnss.
Goti W W. KZZARI), ofDoKiilb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD,ofBnrko
Gon. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
For Congress.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
RICHARD W. HABERSHAM.ofllabenlmm,
JULIUS C. ALFORD, nrTroitp.
KUGENIUS A. NISBKT, of Bibb.
LOTT W A RRF.N, of Snmter.
THOM AS BUTLER KING. ofGlynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, ofJelfer»on.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER.or Potnnm.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
If yon vote with the South,snld
friend to Gon. Harrison, you
ill destroy yourself.
“ Thnt Is probable,” he replied,
but It is better thntlshonld de
stroy myself than to destroy the
Constitution of my country.—Il'il-
iam Henry Harrison.
lorctnnrkto-me, “that Drummond woo really o
Fort Meigs soldier,’* lo which I replied thnt “ Col.
Fannin woo there, loo.” Mr. Terry, in his ac
count of this matter, -ay, that “ W. I,.-YunCf-y,
one of lim Editors ofthe Argus, remarked to Mr.
Couch, that Col. Fannin was at the battle of Fort
Meigs.” While 1 entertain a doe respect for the
memory of others, ns to what I might hove said,
I must be permitted to entertain very serious
doubts ns to tho correctness of that recollection
which would make me nssert what, at the time, I
knew was tint true. In a conversation with Cul.
Fannin, a half hour previous Ins going to the Pest
Office, lie had distinctly told nte-thnt while the bat
tle wus raging before Fort Meigs, he, as hearer of
despatches to Hnrrismt, “was several miles oJT,
though within sound ofthe gune.“ Others might
have tinder,lond Capt. Couch to say, “ that
Drummond was in the battleI did not so inider-
etand hint—and my reniy, distinctly remembered,
“ Colonel Fuiinin war there ulsn,”liad refercucc
to Fort Meigs, and not to die sortie.
. I requested the Cuionttl to walk tip and con
verse with Mr. Dnnninniid. He oppressed u
decided 'reluctance to do so; saying, “ I am a
stranger, and do uni like, to appear su forward,”
oraonietliingefsitnilarpuiport. He was hnwevee,
persuaded to do so. ! He asked several questions
*f-«r. Dm ilium iitl in a doubling manner—all’ of
which tho old gentleman answered cleatly und
unhesitatingly. Among other* he asked him.
“ Whore was Gen. Harrison during tht buttle 1"
“ In the Forts' roplied .Mr. Drummond,” “Aye !
in the Fort—in tho Fort,” exclaimed Col. Fan-
' tun. “Yes,” Rays Mr. Drummond, somewhat
nettled, “just where he ought to hate hun."—Onr
a iiostion elicited the fact from Mr. Drummond,
iat ho was “wounded iu the sortie." Col. Fan
nin observed. “You had better go and tell Gen.
Ifnrrison of that; lie may do soinctliiwg for yon.”
They then conversed concerning tho characters
of several officers that were there, both in and
out of the battle, whom both knew- M r. Drum
mond, now fairly launched upon a fororite theme,
went on describing several minute iucieents of
the battle, which Colonel Fannin replied to by
laying, “Ihave not t/us least doubt, sir. hut that you
were inthebattle. I If'AS NOT IN IT MYSELF.
I woe, however, a few miles off, wil’dn sound ofthe
guns." Tho conversation hero closed—-Col. Fun-
Xlin walking Off with Col. Harris.
I was present also, when Col. Fannin was
made un honorary member of theDemocrntic Suite
Rights Club, a few nights after. He thanked the
Club, in a few appropriate remarks, for the hon
or conferred upon liUn-r-iemarked that, as hud
been said by the member who had introduced
him, he was at Fort Meigs, under Harrison, in
■n bumble capacity, that of a Lieutenant; and
spoke kindly of Hurrison as a man. He was
cheered by both Whigs nnd Democrats. 1 did
not hear him suy that “he was iu the battle of
Fort Meigs." I sat next to him in the Club, und
he stood within a few foet of me while speakiu
W. L. YANCEY.
TIPPECANOE CLUB, No. 2.
The regulnr weekly meeting of Tippecanoe
Club No. 2, takes place THIS EVENING, at
the Cabin of No. I, Court House Square.
All friendly to Harrison, Tyler and Reform,
aro invited to be present.
This statement of Col. Hamilton, I receive as
satisfactory. I believe he has made it from a con
viction that liia memory had failed him in regard
to the fact of my visit to Wosington, and thence
to the Northwestern Army in the spring of 1813.
I never thought his statement intentionally er
roneous. To the presumption of his endors
ers, two of whom, if I ever knew, it was in very
early fife, aud the remaining three, Doctor Hoxey
and Jatucs and A- Abercrombie, 1 saw for tho first
time, lo th« best of my recollection, in the army
under General Floyd, in the fall of 1813,1 feel
le*s inclined to extend such charity.
The history of this case is very*short. In the
winter of 1812-K3, ( received from the President
ofthe United States, a commission as third Lieu
tenant in the first Rifle Regiment, then under the
command of Colonel Thos. A. Smith, with orders
to report thyself for service st Fort Meigs. Dis
satisfied with the rank assigned me. 1 consult-id
iny friends. Governor Mitchell nnd Judge Early,
who was afterwards Governor of the State. They
both advised roe to go to Washington with letters
they would write in my behalf. With these re
commendations I proceeded to Washington,
where 1 remained a short time still hoping for
promotion from tlie proffered services of both
Mr. Madison and Mr. Monroe. At this time it
became necessary to send dispatches to Gen.-
Harrison, then in command of the Northwestern
Army, and Mr. Monroe proposed to me to be
come the bearer of these despatches. He accor
dingly introduced me to tho Secretury of War.
I was soon dispatched, and (ravelled in company
with Lieut. Stallings, who I hope is still alive,
and will unquestionably recollect tho circumstan
ces. When I arrived in the neighborhood of
Fort Meigs, the country was in the greatest »tnte
of confusion and alarm. Communication with
the Fort had ceased, and our npproach nearer
was thought to be full of danger. Wo distinctly
heard tlie sound ofthe artillejy. for the battle or
siege, was then going on. As soon as the com
munication with the Fort was opened I carried
in my dispatches—delivered them to General
Harrison—returned to Washington—resigned
my commission of third Lieutenant, and returned
to Milledgevillo. And now, after the. lapse of
twenty-seven years, gentlemen w#i whom I was
then unacquainted, endorse n certificate to prove
that l was in Milledgevillo at the time I was in
in fact at Fort Meigs. 1 know their endorse
ment lias been given improperly and in violation
oftruth. But the proofnffiict* so distant in re
gard to time, is not always in our pow er. I have
written to Gen. Harrison for such evidence ns he
may yet have in his possession, and to a friend in
Wusfiiifgton to have the records of tlie War De
partment examined for the discovery of such re
cord as may h:iyi been made of the transaction.
The burning ofthe War Office nt a subsequent
day, renders the discovery of this testimony
doubtful III the mean time I submit the best
collateral evidence in niy reach, and mnka this
publication nt this time, fearing my friends miglit
tin uk a longer delay improper; nnd fully befie-
viug that the testimony I submit is of itself suffi
cient to satisfy every unprejudiced mind. By
the following correspondence, I prove that I was
absent from Milledgevillo in the spring of 1813.
fora considerable length of time; and tint on my
return I then stated that 1 had performed the ser
vices so oftnn referred lo. It follows that tho
certificate of the cndoisers of Colonel Hamilton's
letter is untrue.
I deem this evidence entirely sufficient to estab
lish the facts it relates to. I could increase the
nnmherof witnesses to these facts fori hn\e one
onnore female friends who w*ell remember them.
Iyethopa to obtain the recorded testimony
which I have hut little doubt i« yet preserved in
some oftho officesut Washington.
I have thus I trust, to the satisfaction oftho public,
disposed oflliis foul and malevolent attack on
my veracity and honor. The conflicted statements
of certificates, cannot, 1 think, weigh any tiling
against the superior force of thoso I have produc
ed in my favor. Tlie spirit in which this thing
has been got tip is obviously of the most loath
some and abhorrent character. Violence is to be
expected in every thing turned to the account of
political capital, but in this we find no redeeming
trait—founded on malevolence, it is carried out
with cunning, and attempted to be supported by
falsehood;
A. B. FANNIN.
Millkdokvillk, September 7,1840.
(£7* The Northern Mail failed ogam yesterday
from beyond Charleston. The repeated failures
ofthe Mail from the North, has created so much
dissatisfaction iu Charleston, that the Chamber of
Commerce of that city, has taken the subject in
hand, and appointed a committee to petition the
Post Master General in relation thereto. We
hope our citizens will also take proper measures
to remedy nu evil ofsuch magnitude to our com
mercial community.
The following is from the Charleston Courier
of Saturday morning
Failurk or the Mail*.—The recent repented
failure of tlie Northern Mail has hecoiuea subject
of great complniut, and it is taxing the patience
ofthe community to such nn extent as to render
it absolutely necessary for them to remonstrate
iu Die strongest manner against such gross neglect
on the pnrt of the contractors,
r Plml St !■ eornaa nanlnnl nnn
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 8.
On tiie afternoon of Wednesday, the 2d, Hilla
ry Parsons, a young man of about 18, was shot
for a party of Indians, about 7 miles from Black
Creek, on the Newnansvillo Road. Upon the
first fire of tho Indians, he was perforated by five
balls. - He hud been hunting in company With his
step-father, a Mr. Tucker, aud returning, when
their dogs ran towards a branch, dhaCo mine need
a furious harking. Parsons went to ascertain
ihe cause, when tho Indians, numbering about
15, rose from their concealment, and fired upon
him. A(W shooting him, they mangled his body
in a horrid manner. Tucker escaped.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 4,
A private of 2d Dragoons, who was taken by
the Indians some time since, when the corn fields
were destroyed, escaped, and has returned to the
f iostatFoitReed. Ho was one of the guard
oft with the horses; his companion being killed,
aud himself tied to a tree, after being a prisoner
seven days, to be 'shot. Their guns missed fire
several times, when tho party was alarmed hy the
near approach of Lieut. Lawton, 2d Dragoons,
on a scout. The Indians fleeing, left him hound,
and, after some difficulty, he succeeded in getting
freo from his cords. For fourteen days he hai
been wandering about, and his mind is said to be
destroyed, as well ns the sufferings endpred, have
reduced him tou mere skeleton.
We learn that lie states that there was a mu
latto and a white man with tho Indians.
Pilot lea is healthy. Tho Depot is in rapid pro
gress, under the superintendence of Col. T. F-
Hunt, an efficient aud intelligent officer.
toJeroM tlio river at Attfuita, with tho!r road.
Mr. D’AntIohac was the only member qfu oom-
mittco appointed tq^xainlua tho subject, who
mportad against tho proposition. Wo aro not
awaro whether any local interests provftllfed, which
should influence tho opinlpns of nine In ten gen
tlemen composing Um committee, but we sup
pose not. We beli&ve that the ftirlhor consider
ation of the matter wan finally postponed till the
return of numerous oilmens who were interested
in the question, who wero absent.
Wo have not yet learned, why application
should hnvo been mado to the City of Augusta,
os on net oftho Legislaturo would be indispensa
ble in order to onable a corporation of another
State to extend their rond into the State of Geor
gia, but it is subject of profound surprise, that
any citizens of Augusta could havo so for mistaken
thoir trno interests. We hazard nothing in say
ing, that the moment Charleston is suffered to
have a continuous line of Rail Road from har su
burb, crossing the Savannah River into tho inte
rior of this Stato; the prosperity bf Augusta wil*
decline. That town derives her importance
from the tribute which tlie Savannah River
brings to her wharves—every bag 6f Cotton that
goes through the town to Charleston, instead of
being stored there for the market, abstract* some
thing from the apiount of lierncti^businosi.nnd
the reverse of this is equally
chased in Charleston,
streets without stoppinj
age, whurfoge, drayugo,
It is the peculiar characteristic
that they bring remote places near together and
tints virtually annihilate distance, and the mer
chant from tlie interior, who for * trifling addi
tional expense, and with tio more time can visit
Charleston, will not order supplies from Augusta,
which must be sold at the latter placo for a profit.
Tlie enterprising city of Augusta then occu
pies at this time au interesting position. The
Savannah River is to her, what the fertilating
Nile is to Egypt, the fruitful, the beneficent
source of her power. The Charleston and Ham
burg Rail Road by making her almost a suburb of
Charleston,hasgreatly diminished Iter importance.
Thut Road has doubtless dispensed blessings and
advantages of a certain character to Augusta, but
these benefits have b£cn much more than neu
tralized by the tendency of tlie Road to make the
city hardly an entrepot; much less a commercial
centre or mart, containing in her bwn bosom the
germ and active principle of commercial pros
perity—tliis last character she derives from the
Snvannah River alone, except so for as the wants
of her own citizens are concerned.
As soon as the elections are over, we propose
to examine the importance of die Central- Rail
Road*more at large, and we shall endeavor to do
justice to the efforts of those, who have been
mainly instrumental in promoting this great en
terprise. We shall attempt to glance also at its
moral as well as physical effects, both of which
are almost incalculable.
of
That it is gross neglect, appears to us clearly to
bo die tact. There are now four mails due from
llie North, while passengers from New-York have
cotne through within that time hy the Portsmouth
route. If any untoward accident, or uniisul oc
currence had taken place to prevent die arrival
ofthe mail, it is due to the public that diey should
be made acquainted with them, or else the con
tractors aro amenable to the charge of neglect.
They have engaged to transport the muil daily,
and the Department expects them to fulfil dieir
engagements.
The subject has been taken up bv the Chamber
of Commerce of Uiis city, and we hope they may
f irosecute it with energy, and accomplish a re
brni before the business season commences.
GLYNN COUNTY.
A corespondent informs us, that the State
Rights Party ofGlynn, beldameetiiigo’n Monday
last, to nominate candidates to represent that
county in the ensuing Legislature. Major U-
DxnT, received tho nomination fur Senator, and
A.L. Kino, Es<i. for Representative.
THE WEATHER.
Cool! very cool! The.air clear and sparkling.
Night* good for sleeping. Wind from the East.
The summer for some weeks past has been lit
tle better dion a Northern one described by Jean
Paul Richter as “ a winter painted green."
KT We have received an address from Major
Fakxin, to die 'Public, in reply to the charge made
ngainst him by Jas. M. Terry, Esq. According
to-our promise, we give itnn insertion.
We have omitted the statement of Mr. Terry,
published in the Columbus Enquirer, as well as
the certificates and letters appended thereto, as
they have already appeured in die Republican—lo
which our readers can refer.
THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
We were much struck by a remark in the Geor
gian of Saturday, that “ the receipts fur freight of
goods forwarded up the country, have been one-third
more for the lad month than for the corresponding
month of last year, and hate so continued up to this
Extracts from the proceedings ofthe Democratic State
Rights Club of Coosa and Autauga Counties, in
hgular muting,at IVelumpka, August 23th, 1840.
" The adoption of the following resolutions
R been moved and seconded, die Club whs
dlyoddrei * ‘ ' r
ddressed in support of them, by Dr.‘
m, MGftjjrM. Jennings, R. M. Cherry,
.... .. Mr. John Crane, Mr.
Yancey, Esq., C. Judge, and A.
' pf whom were present on the
i die resolutions have reference.
\pusly adopted,
*his Club lias seen with regret
“ nado against one of its
A. B. Fannin, of 8a-
ertain language which
ring used in asliort address
e to this Club, on the lodi ult.
otveil, Y/iut it is the decided opinion of
tembers who were present on that occa-
cording to liio hi-st oftlialr -
B. Fannin did not say tn
e Was In the battle of Fort *
Millkdokvillk, 1st Sept. 1840.
Col. A. B Fannin,
Sin: I take great pleasure in stating what I re
member of your residence und employment dur
ing the year-1813.
I knew you as a citizen of Milledgevillo dur
ing the year 1812, and till you joined the urmy un
der General Floyd, in tho fall of the year 1813.
Wo had served together in the Florida campaign,
under Gen. Nownan, in die summer of 1812,
and noiirejta) my fadier’s residence in Twiggs
county, in January 1813, where I remained sev-
era! months for rucovery from a wound received
in that campaign. . Our intimacy uud frendidiip
from that timo to the present, have nut me in
poHACssion ofthe leading facts of your life, for the
whole period.—Time has, however, dimmed the
recollection of the eveutsof 1813, ond the stotement
I make will be restricted to such only as I removii-
ber with great clearness and confidence.
On my return from Twiggs, I met yon in Mill
edgeville in the summer of 1813, and learned
from you that you had been to Washington City,
and bad been die bearer of dispatches to die
Northern Army. In the frequent conversa
tions we had about that period, I understood
that tho President had received you with great
kindness, and dial Mr. Alonroe, then Secretary
of 8tatai had expressed for yon the greatest friend
ship, and treated you with u civility and attention
From the Log Cabin Advocate.
POLITICAL HUMBUGS.
No. 1. Rotation in office, exemplified hy those
who held office at the commencement ol Jitck-
son's administration, still retaining their places.
No. 2. The noil-appointment of Senators and
members of Congress to office, exemplified hy
placing in lucrative offices a large portion of the
administration members of both li ouses succes
sively.
No. 3. Retrenchment ond Reform, exemplified...
discharging honest and faithful servants from of
fice. nnd supplying their places with such ns
Swartwout, Price, &c., and in the retrenchment
department by increasing die expeuses of Gov*
eminent threefold.
No. 4. Improving the Currency, exemplified hy
two successive suspensions of specie payments,
and the substitution oftho vilest shinqiiisters, for
the gold and silver circulation that existed prior
to the promise made of giving us a bitter currency.
No. 5. The grand Benton Humbug, exemplified
in the almost total disaapoarntico of his highly cel
ebrated and precious mint-drops.*
No 6. The State Bank humbug, tfliich wc
were told by President Jackson and hi* deposit-
moving Secretary, that it really had given us u
good currencvi though no one hut themselves
could perceive it. exemplified by the treader in
the footstep President denouncing it, and all gov
ernment connections with Bunks, und recom
mending
No. 7. The Inst and greatest humbug of all, tlie
famous Sub-Treasury, which lias virtually, though
not legally, been in operation several years; the
fruits of which have been displayed already by
some portion of the Sub-Treasurers giving leg
bail, and notifying Uncle Sam that they had re
tired to their delighful countty sent* iii Europo,
nnd that they shortly intend to publish a treatise
on financeering, ill which will he strikingly exem
plified the utility of nn Independent Treasury,
ond (lie glorious privileges enjoyed by an Inde
pendent Treasurer! ANTI-HUM IBUGS.
A Lucky Throw— 1 “Heads, take a shave: tails,
take a drink," said a loafer, tossing up bis lastbit
to decide.
up.
Down came tlie dime upon the side wulk, heads
No go! no go! said the loafer, “it slipped.”
Up went tlie dime again, and down it came n
tail.
rhnre, by jTupiter, III have to drink,'' said tho
fonrer, “well, fair piny's a jewel, here goes for the
drink—U, honor bright!"
Thk PnwnST of Dkath.—Amnnff tho
crime, .til! punt,liable withdoath in Greet Britain
—-nelm-ay robbery, with violcnco—biirqlarv,
tolenco to tho pereon—piracy, with vio-
-homing nut fitUe light, t 0 ' C0I1M .hip.
-witling fire to .hip., to building, to the
ir of human life.—murder, treason, end em
bezzlement by officers of the Ranlt of England.
This is a .singular and most interesting fact—
the more so, os there is at this present speaking,
aud has been all the summer, a good boating riv
er to Augusta. Such statistical facts shew the
prodigious effect which this Rail Road iB to have
ou the fortunes of Savannuh, and we ir.ay add,
upon those of the whole Stale.
We onco wero a doubter on this subject, but
those doubts have been dissipated more than
a year since. It is susceptible of proof, and of n
proof which we intend to furnish our readers
when the olections are over, thnt this road is to be
beyond all comparison, the most important and
the most profitable one in the whole South, with
perhaps the single exception of a road leading
from Brunswick to the Mexican Gulf.
Some years since, some interesting papers
signed “Effinghamfrom the pen ofthe lament
ed S. B. Parkman, contained many prophetic
statements relative to this project. Mr.
traced the cause ofthe increased prosperity of
Charleston, to the construction ofthe Charleston
and Hamburg Rail Road. Similar effects, from
causes almost similar, are briugiug about tlie re
generation which we arc witnessing in this town,
The Savannah Rail Road, however, leads to the
geographical, a* well as tlie great business centre
ofthe State. It is the great trunk, towards which
convergo rail roads and ordinary roads from all
directions. Those who have travelled in the up
country mny have observed, that the tendency of
trade in the western portion ofthe State, is more
and more towards Macon. We ourselves, have
met ponderous cotton wngous,one hundred miles
North of Columbus, and nearly in the longitude
of that place, going to Macon for a market-. The
low murketsnf. Apalachicola nnd St. Josephs, the
high freights and insurance from ports on tho Mox
icon Gulf, as well as the uncertain navigation
the Chntlahoo'dieo, are some of the important
causes which will continue to induce groat changes
in the direction of trade. To these causes, we
ought to add tho ever increasing fucilitie* of pro
curing supplies from this quarter.
Tho present is an era ofchnnge*, end of un
formed opinions. The results of Rail Roads
particular, have kept for In advance of the expec
tations which havo been formed of them.
About a year since wo were surprised to ob
serve tho proceedings ofthe City Council of Au
gusta; ip reference to an application of the Dl*
»rectors ofthe Charleston and Hamburg Rail Road
IXJ* Wo beg leave to inform our friend of the
Georgian, that we shnll not exult extensively till
the New York elections ore over. It is true thnt
dnwn is nt hand already, but when NmYork
speaks, we shall be able to exclaim— 'flHfc
“ Now is the winter of oar diseotitenL^^
Made glorious summer by tills sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house,
In the deep bosom of tlie ocean buried."
Used up.—Gen. Thomas Glascock hy the Edi
tors ofthe Augusta Chronicle Sentinel.
K3*YVe observe that the As tor, Wnvcrly and
other Hotels in the North, have lowered their
prices to correspond with the state of the times.
(CPWe are greatly obliged to the Editors ofthe
Chronicle Sf Sentinel, for a number ofthe Reformer,
containing Gen. Harrison's letters to Sherrod
Williams and Hamer Denny.
[communicated ]
Tell Chapman to crow.—Editor Forsy ’h.
The Van Buren cocks have stopped crowing
in Indiana and North-Cnrolinn. In Georgia they
•nnm to be troubled already with the pip: sore
eyes will follow, and then black pepper and burnt
bfandy can't save 'em. The fact is, they n’nt true
game any way you can fix it. Better chunge the
breed. TIP.
ICT It is with much satisfaction that wp give
place to the following comiifuuication from an
esteemed friend, who has, till u very recent date,
supported the cause of Van Bureuism. We re
joice that his heart iB touched at last, and are al
most disposed to take to ourself in part, tho cred
it of his conversion. We fear, howevor, that w
have had but little to do with thi* change. Ono
thing is certain—we have “ battled the watch" with
him for more than three years post, each one of
us sturdily maintaining his own ground—some
times getting excited, aud anon stopping to take
breath and a new start. We welcome him most
cordially into our ranks, and shall ever be grate
ful for contributions from his ready pen, either
political or literary.
To the Editors of the Savannah Republican—
Retired from the excitements of political strife,
my mind no longer governed hy tho magnet of
party attraction, I havo examined with delibera
tion and candor, the principles and the practice
ofthe two great parties, whoso contest now eon
mlses the land. The result of my investigations
is, the rennneiation ofthe measures aud the prin
ciples of the present administration.
In 1830,1 voted for Mr. Van Duron. At that
time, both parties conducted the war with but
little vigor, and the present iucumbent of the
Presidential Chair, was elected with no enthusi
asm on the one side, aud no bitter disappointment
on tho other. He received tho votes of the Jack-
son Purty, because he had been nominated by the
Baltimore Convention, and he was nomiuatod
out of complaisance to Gen. Jackson, the most
extensive and expensive compliment ever paid
the pt Vitalities of u people’s favorite—in foci Mr,
,Van Burf.n owed his election to party
| I|f* fliHli-iWW . ..
have never seen a solitary individual who ever
e*pr«rted tho slightest omliusiaim for his cbi*.
tar nml ittllorta. Parhapt this intUOWanea u
worth tho irfoti, haaen.blaU thapo oplo toacrniig.
Izn hia maaanrea more cloaoly and int B1 .
Hally Ilian they otherwlin would l ava dona. p 0 ,
my part, I IVanltlyown that the military .owi^
of Gen. Jackaon had than an influence on' gw
mind, Which ot tho tiirio, prevented me ftotn
judging impartially hit violent act..—Mr. Van Su
ren hat ’no magic word, areooiated with hia caraat
to mnko “Ilio pnliea boiiml," and to draw out
Hik'd, ftnm tho rigid wrutlny, with which the con
duct or un eminent public tarvuntibould be view
ed. Having onco voted for him, It may be nlj
•that ha la thirty In poaaeaalnn ofthe field and Mrn ,
good renaon ahonld he aialgned, before I refbu
to vote for him again. Mart ditlilte to ehaure'
their political opiniona, and tlie aaaoclatinm which
grow out of them; nnd#la acurcoty lobep r „ lm i
od ihatiheao would bo given upwlthout,uflj c j e „i
cause.
Thla feeling Ihmlliar to ovary borem.l. oniMW
o guaranty,thot I hnvo not examined Mr. Van Bu-
ren'a cour«e with a prejudiced aye, but on the
contrary thot my prejudicca and predilection,,
hove been altogether in hia fiivor. Prevlonile
hia election, ho pledged himself “to follow intka
footstep, of hia illuilriout predecearer.” Thi.
declaration haa been made a subject of ridicule
' contumely ,by hia onemiee. I aco nothing
mr about it, oacapt hia total diaregard oh'
plo. Jiatingu thing hia predacoaaor , i
ition. Gon. Jackaon deolared himaolf,
[ebrotedveto menage, a friend to a Ha-
tumal Bank, though nppoaed to the re-charter of,
tho Into Bonk ofthe United Btotca. In the fol
lowing year, ha avowed hit friend,hip for Stale'
Banka. Hat Mr. Van Buren followed in the-
ttopa of hia illnatiioua predeceasor!
On thecontrary, ho haa bean firm in hia hoatill.
to all Banking Institutions, nnd tbu objact
hia leading aiipportere in Congreaa, and
through the proaa, have.been to excito tho people
agninat the Banking ay,tom.
Now air, I oak myself, how I can conaiatenlly,
widt my former opiniona euataiu on individual,
who tliua oppoaea all that ho promiaed'to maintain.
Again, during the adminialration of Gen. Jack-
aon, HIS Secretary, Mr, Taney wrote to tlio off.
cere ofthe Pot Banks, thnt they were expected n
discount liberally on the public maniei deposited
with thorn. That the Bank oftho United Statu
hod been partial in its favors, that the advantagu
acornoing ftnm the depoeita hod boen monopo-
fixed by a few friends ofMr. Biddle, and that by
dopoaiting in State Batiks, the advantagea befara
alluded to would bo more fairly and generally en
joyed. Tbit wot one of tho atrongest reaxoai
given for removing the deposita.
But Mr. Van Buren now contradicta and om-
throwa thia system, and broachea the illiberal doc
trine that the revenues of the country are nerei
to bo tlio baaie ofextondlng commercial facilitiu,
that while thia revenue is the effect ofcemmerce,
depending on thatTor its existence, it ix |o offer
no aid for Ike prosperity of diet which gave it
birth.
We are intended for a commercial nalion-t
wide extended aea coaxt, a fertile and bonodleii
territory and avigorouapopnlationpwcnretoaiaD
Utoae elements on a rightful combination of
which depends tho life blood of Com-
merco. That policy therefore which tend!
to cripple the operationi ofCnmmerce, ii mimi
cal to the welfiireof our country and require, from
ovary citizen a determined opposition.
The Sub-Treasury I otn forced to believe, ft
jurious to the Commercial operations ofthe cone-
try, in aa much a, it ia a Bank of depo.it and not
of discount. I ennnot but conaidar it a dangerour
ayatem.ae it of neceaaity extends Executive patrol-
ago, already more powerful tlinn it should he,!
believe from the declarations of die friend, of Ik
adminialration, that it ia but tho firetof a ecrimf
measures intended to dektroy tlie present Bilk
ing system, which with all its defects is so Inns
porated into the fremo work of Society, lint 4
cannot bo removed without destroying the nhek
fabric.
These sir, ore die reasons which indues rueU
leave the Party, with which I have for msay;
aeted, end to joiu that party which is friendh
a Bank of tho United States, under proper cluck
and of a Banking system properly regulated, l]
consider Mr. Van Bnren and Gan. Harrison
the type, of certain nntagoniat principle,, 01
view the cinmor for, or ogaiustcither of them it
their personal merit, es childish and eenieleu. I
shnll vote for Gen. Iierriaon, not because he irk
hero of this or that battle, but because his electiefl
secures the chartering ofa National Bank undo
Constitutional restrictions, and I shall vote spiS
Mr. Van Buren, nqt beeauso he hat .FngfikJ
coachmen and gold plale, but because the mesi
ures he deems for tlie welfare of Ihe connby,!
nm conalrained to consider iujnrions alike to n#|
ufaetures, agriculture nnd commerce.
A Van Buren Vorltl or W,
PROCEEDINGS 0F COUNCIL,
Thursday, Sept. lOfii, 1M& I
Council mot—Present tho Mayor, Akbr«*|l
Posey, McAllister, Dillon, Butler, and
The minutes of file laat meeting were r‘
and confirmed.
The following reportaftom standing co»
tees, wero read ond adopted:
The Committee ou Health, report lhal
are no deposites in file atroets ofa chnncnr***l
onsiy to impair the health of the ck/- 0 I
committee are awaro thot the complete
ing ofthe city, flooded aa it has ^ en ^ I
•howoro this year, ia a waste of time, *■ I
tire Marshal and Suporintondant of Stteek 1 ■
Lanes have been indelhdgnble in the* 1 1
and havo done all they could with the «,
their command. But your commits*
that tho city cannot bo properly drained I
temporary expedients which in ordinary ,
may prove sufficients they merefore « col ” f j
tho oarly couinmnooinont and completion ,
brick culvertJwilh the construction of w
committee baa been lately chorged.
Your oommitteofnrther recommend to U>»
eatattontion ofthoao whoehallaucceedfiie
aituationofthe Eaitoara wharveii also W«'
lion oftho low lands iu the vicinity ofW
The condition of both tlio onslern an
portions oftho city demand mat something
bo done to insure file eonfiminnce of lb«
with which it has pleased tile Disposer at ^
to bloxx our city tliua lUr during tho pro
sun in un especial degree, if “•£ e “ g t
lion be required to enforco upon C ^
Importance of attending to those .1
oily efficiently, it will bo found in lb -
tho inhabitants xre comprised of tbo«e
main permanently lit our city oud o ^
llyo,pored nnnnally to all dlscd«.o g l*“?
local cahre.imm.diat.ly in