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AUGV S T A .
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18.
Whig Prospects.
The subjoined letter from a gentleman in the
up-country, whose opportunities for observa
tion have been very considerable, gives a flat
tering account of the Whig prospects in the up
per counties of the State, and but confirms our
previous intelligence. Indeed we were not un
prepared lor such gratifying intelligence as to
me our candidate for Gov
ernor, lor we felt well assured that it was only
necessary for him to see and mingle with our
up country friends to secure lor himself golden
opinions.
Clarkesville, Ga., August 15, 1843.
Mr. Editor:—Dear Sir—The good citizens
of this county have had the pleasure of a visit
of two days from the Hon. Geo. W. Crawford,
the Whig candidate for Governor. Many of
our Whig friends here had never before had the
pleasure of seeing him. The impressions made
by him were favorable, and will be lasting; the
fruits of which will be seen in the October elec
tion. From what I can learn, Mr. Crawford
will get every Whig vote in this county. The
old members ot our party, who have not voted
since IHfi), say the Ides of October will find
them at the polls—they will respond to the call,.
“Once more to the breach, dear friends, once
more," to hurl the party whose motto is “to the
victors belong the spoils;” and their ally, by
whose treachery the country now bleeds and
groans, from place and power. All, old and
young, seem fully alive to the importance of the
political issues involved in the approaching con
test. Not so I leant with the opposition ; they
show conclusively by their conduct and conver
sation, that if they vote at all, they must vote
for a man not of their principles. The party, (or
I should say the set of individuals,) that nomi
nated Major Cooper, will find that although
they efammet him upon the partv on the Con
gressional ticket, many of the old Vnum men
throughout the State won't take him single
“fisted;” they cannot swallow the pill of Nulli
fication, mixed, sweetened, salted, and seasoned
with him whom they once delighted to call John
Cataline Calhoun—“too much of a good thing,
&c.”
Our friends in all the up country have high
hopes of .success, and they promise astrong vote
for Crawford and the Congressional ticket.—
Indeed, the great majority ot the people in mid
dle and upper Georgia, where I have travelled
are in *ayoT of electing members to Congress
by the district system, and as it is generally un
derstood that Cooper advised Gov’. McDonald
to veto the bill ot the last Legislature, the gene
ral impression is that he would veto a similar
bill if he were Governor. Hence, I am inform
ed he will lose the support of many very deci
ded democrats, who w&t .not miau
who opposes the district system. I have con
versed with a good number ol these, men, and
they reason very sensibly upon the subject.—
They say, “we do not like this system of voting
blind for men w hom we do not know and never
saw: we want to vote for men whom we have
seen and known, and talked to; and then we
can judge for ourselves whether we are doing
right or wrong.”
• Tjjere is no replying to such arguments as
these, and I assure you they arc in the mouths
of every man who is not a drilled hack of the
party. Yours, &c.
The Elections.
The mails of yesterday brought us so few ad
ditional returns, that we will not enter into de
tails.
From Alabama we hail nothing later: indeed,
we consider that State hopelessly lost.
North Carolina is yet in doubt-'—each party
has elected four Representatives to Congress,
and the contest tor the ninth man is yet unde
termined, by any news we have received.
In Tennessee, the lew anditional returns but
confirm the impressions that the State is thor
roughly Whig.
Indiana and Kentucky.—The returns are
too lew to justify the formation of any opinion
as to the final result. That Kentucky will he
Whig, no one questions; the only anxiety is to
know who have gained or lost, as compared
with former elections.
Another Patriot Gone.—Mr. John Noble,
an old revolutionary, died at the residence of his
son, Dr.. James Noble, Calais, Me.-, on Friday
the 4th instant. Mr. Noble was born in the
count)’.of Sussex, in the State of Delaware.
While a young man, he entered the army ol the
Revolution, and continued to bear arms for his
country until made prisoner of war at Gate’s de
feat.
Trade and Business of the Mississippi.—
Some idea ol the extensive trade and business
upon the Mississippi may be learned from the
following fact.-, which we find in a St. Louis
paper. It says last year there were -150 steam
ers navigating that liver, live.'•. ■ ing each 200
tons, and makingatr average tonnage of 90,060.
They cost above 47,000,000, and were naviga
ted by nearly 10,000 persons—about 35 each
Besides these steamers there are about 4,(XX) flat
boats, which cost each about $l5O, managed by
five hands each, or 20,(KM) persons, and makes
an expense ot $1,380,000. The estimated an
nual expense of the stqpm navigation, including
15 per cent for insurance, and 27 per cent for
wear and tear, is $13,618,000.
Exports or Cotton Mancpactcbes.—The
following statistics, compiled from official doc
uments by a correspondent of the United States
Gazette, and at full in the August No. ot Hunt’s
Magazine, are highly important. The entire
tables embrace f rom 1827 to 1811, but we give
tflb last year only ol the exports to different
States of white and colored cottons:
Colored. White I
Mexicoss2,o79 $61,583
Central Republic 5,539 46,311
Texas 51,393 43,030
Honduras ■
Chili
Cisalptine Republic (>,548 l‘-.n>c
Buenos Ayres... . 21,622 131,342
Venezuela and New Grenada. .
South America generallyl7,769 5i>051
China 1
Turkey, Levant, and Egypt.. ~ 81,780
South Seas in 1810 6,371 19,174
Sandwich Islands 45,3*3 60.128
Mamba & Phillippine Islands
Asia generallv 2,029 183,577
Dutch East and West Indies,. 2,000 86,162
French West Indies 3,536
British East Indie- 157,560
Italy 10,274
Africa generally 33,097 84,266
CapedeVerds 8,487 16,179
Hayti 6.100 34,111
Cuba 4,884 42,554
Danish West Indies 4,751 35,478
Many other States and Colonies are mention
ed, but the amount exported to them is too small
t o be noticed.
From the Geoirgsa Journal.
, Lortitbco Calumnies.
The industrious efforts ot ti.e opposition toca
■ umniate tlie Whigs, are persevered in withou.
\ny intermission. Inspire oi'faas staging then
1 .n the lace, contradictory of almost every assei
ion thej- make in reference to the Tariff an<
internal Improvements, by the Federal Govern
1 .item, they go on evidently laboring under th<
delusion, that they can deceive the people onc<
more into sustaining their sinking cause. Bo
seldom are their presses heard advocating any
measure of tiieir own party. With them it t
all opposition, opposition. They are oppose*
<o a Bank—opposed u> Distribution—opposed tv
a Tarirt—opposed to Internal Improvements—
opposed to Henry Clay—and opposed to eve
iy thing but their own party success. Declaim
mg against all these measures, some of which
the W lugs support, and others which they du
not, with an industry worthy of a better cause,
they are only playing a game which one, with
naif an eye, who is at all watchful of theii
movements, or has any knowledge of political
warfare, may easily detect. Their own meas
ures they know to be odious to the people, hence
their silence in reference to them. They can
better, under these circumstances, assail than
aetend—they can create, by reckless denuncia
tion, alarm among the people, when they would
mil to m ike pro.-elytes to their schemes. Take,
lor instance, the Sub-Treasury. Does the read
er ever hear them, now-a-days, advancing any
argument in lavor of this, their once darling
measure ’ No—they are as mute as mice up
on it; and the reason is a plain one. By per
sisting in its advocacy er showing to the people,
what is their true intention, in relation to this
measure, should they be successful, they' well
know, that many who are deluded by their artifi
ces, would abandon their standard at once—that,
as I. was in ItMlt, they would do all that men
could do against those who would impose upon
the country this outrageous financial scheme.
Knowing this leeling to prevail—knowing that
this Sub 'Treasury scheme is an odious one to
the people—they, instead of using argument to
sustain it, direct all their artillery against the
Bank! the Bank! Yes, it is at thtsmonsler they
Jet fly’, and they Mould fain make the people be
lieve, that though tha Government never lost
one cent by the late Bank—though it proved to
be a most laithful agent, furnishing the people
during its existence, a most excellent cutrency
—they would fain make them believe that the
creation ol a new one would be the creation of a
most hideous monster, destined to eat up the
prosperity and destroy the liberties of the peo
ple. But these are mere party tactics ot which
trie people are advised.
The Democracy well know too, that the Whigs
ot this State are as much opposed to a AtgA pro
tecteve tariff as they are. U pon this subject, the
party to which we are attached, stand upon the
same ground they did in 1832, and from it they
shall not bedriwn. They’ kno.t no change, and
have experienced none on this head. They
advocate, that revenue should be raised by du
ties upon foreign importations, and they sup
port a tariff that goes this far and no farther, all
the slanders of their opponents to the contrary
notwithstanding. But if danger is to be appre
hended from a tariff —if the interests of the
South are in jeopardy from such a measure—let
the people look to facts, and see from whom the
danger is to be really apprehended I Let them
determine in their own minds, whether danger
is to be apprehended from the Georgia Whigs,
or from the Georgia Democrats—from the sup
ported ot Martin Van Buren and John C. Cal
houn, or the supporters of Henry Clay—from
those who follow the fox in all his crooked ways,
or from those whose leader is ever honest, never
deceiving whosoever may’ put trust in him.
No ! we are no fa voters of a high j>rolective
tariff. Tiie charge is a false one. True, our
Presidential leader has been an advocate of
such a policy, and so have been Martin Van
Buren, John C. Calhoun, Richard M. Johnson,
Gen. Jackson, Mr. Buchanan, and a host of
others, leading Democrats -now. But Henry
Clay is iiow in lavor ot keeping down the du
ties to within the limits of the Compro ise—to
this he stands pledge,/ to the country—and thus
standing, every Georgia Whig will maintain
and sustain him in it, despite the revilings of
his foes.
The/ree trade party, or rather those who are
ultra in their notions of free trade, from Henry
Clay and the party that sustains liim, need hope
for no auxiliaries, or converts to “Direct Tax
ation." It is either a Tariff for Revenue, or
Direct Taxation lor Revenue, lor all the oppo
sition 61 the Democrats to a Tariff results in
this. 'l’rue, tiie choice is pot now directly be
fore the , eople; but elect a Democratic Presi
dent, ant it will soon be. No one can doubt
tills who has-read Mr. Van Buren’s letter to the
Indiana Committee. Ttrsave ttre-<—•miry- iron* -
all the evils of Direct Taxation, the Whigs
look to their great leader, Henry Clay. By
him they will stand or fall—with him they will
sink or swim.
The hutnbuggery which is practised by the
Democracy in relation to the Tariff question, is
also attempted to be play ed off, upon the ques
tion of Internal Improvements by the Federal
Government. Thettuth is, ail these assaults
ot the Democracy, upon the Whigs, about the
Bank, the Tariff, Internal Improvements, Dis- :
tribution, and what not, are mere inventions,
forming a system of political tactics, by which ,
they hope to carry the State in the next Presi - '
dential election. ’ Our duty is discharged when
we warn the people'of them rnd their move
ments. But we have no serious fears as to 1
tiieir efforts. There is 100 much intelligence
among the people to be deceived, and too much
virtue, and love of con'ntry among Georgians,
forthem to pin their faith, in a Presidential
election, to Martin Van Buien or John C. Cal
houn, when Henry Clay ot Kentucky, is in the
field. The others, though able and intellectual,
are mere politicians—but Henry Clay is a
statesman, a ir.an— one upon whom in any or
every emergency, the whole country may safelv
rely.
Mr. Crawford and the Centra! Bank.
And now liehpld the prophecy fulfilled. In
spite ot their wicked report —in spite of the
smarting of the people under severe loss—in
spiteol the refusal of the legislature to levy as
Mr. Crawlord would have had them, a lax for
the reitcuiplton of the bills of Ike Central Bank -its
credit has risen, and its bills no longer pass at
ruinous sacrifices.— Federal Union.
We are rejoiced to see this improvement in
the bills 01 the Central Bank. And we doubt
not that Mi - . Crawford, and the whole Whig
party rejoice, and partake equally in the bene
fits of lheir appreciation. Hut we would be glad
if the Federal Union, in its zeal to exhibit the
condition of this bank, would inform the public
how huge an amount has been tedeemed by the i
issuing ot 8 per (ent. Bonds, and what is the •
yearly amount ot interest constantly accruing, i
It is very pleasant to t::e imagination, and doubt
less beautitul to look at, this conllagiation of
Central Bank bills; but, the burning of the
parchment Bonds with the big wax seals attach
ed, will be a far more splendid sight, which we
hope we may live to see. it is deceptive t > per
suade the people that they arc benefitted by this
change ot' the nature of the State’s debt. The
poor amt needy’ parted with the Central Bank
money ;.t its greatest depreciation. It is the
banks, brokers, and the wealthy only, who have
exchanged lor the bonds, or who hold the little
ot the money now in circulation. But the poor,
as well as the rich, have tu.pay the yearly in
terest u,n the Bonds, -and in ti few year- will
have to;'- vibe principal of the Bonds also.—
Wiialtlren will bedone'l Wbat new expedient
to delay taxation .’ Then nth is, that taxation |
must eventually be resorted to, and how much
more willing or able shall we Ire to pay these
bonds, with their accumulated interest five years
hence, than we are now ?
Mr. Crawford acted with those intelligent and
state? manlike views for which he is so justly
distinguished, he advocated the immedi
ate redemption of the Central Bank bills, by a
resort to the only method by which it ever can
be effected. It is idle to attempt to injure him
on this ground. The people are honest, and
have learnt by experience that it is the very
worst policy iii public as in private affairs, to
procrastinate the payment of just debts. Better,
far better would it be, if the State would adopt
some permanent system of taxation, which
should embrace the whole of her public debt,
and give over resorts to expedients, which but
accumulate the burlhens upon the people.—
Never until this State (indeed all the Stales)
learn to look the question straight in the face,
and provide with ail the means under their con
trol a permanent and regular system to liquidate
the public debts, will their credit be fully restor
ed. This, however, will never be done, so long
as parlies secure their ends by concealing from
the people the real necessities of the State. The
Democrats went into power with the cry’ of re
lief from Taxation upon their lips, and have
ended by increasing the taxes 35 percent.? and
now, with a lull knowledge that taxation must
be continued, the -'Federal Union’’ is endeavor
ing to ring the ciyot No Taxes against Mr.
Crawlord, to defeat him. But the people have
been too long deceived by the promises of relief
Worn this organ, to be. longer imposed upon by
it. Mr. Crawford has uniformly been the un
ceasing opponent of extravagance in the admin
istration ot Government. But when the ques
tion arises of paying deb's that exist, or must be
created, he does not hesitate from any fear ot
popular prejudice that might be excited against
him to perform openly, fearlessly, and honestly
his duty. The credit'of the State must be sus
tained.—Knowing this, he will be found the ad
vocate of no procrastinating expedients to put
the evil dav afar off. While his recommenda
tions are followed, a firm, uniform,decided, and
therefore less burdensome system of taxation
will be pursued, and the credit of the State will
be surely and speedily restored Rome Courier.
Rhode Island.—At an adjourned meeting i
be Law and Order Convention for the Hasten
Congressional District of Rhode Island, held it
Providence, on Thursday last, Henry Y. Oran
•ton was nominated as the candidate of th:
listtic; lor Representative in the next Congress
Jlisha R. Potter is the candidate of the sam<
party for the Westein District. Tnc election i;
to take place on the 29th instant.
More American Manufactures goingabroad.
--Troy and Canton.
One of our “Canton nferehants,” (think o
hat Albanians,) made a purchase on satiirdat
I'so dozen razor strops of the celebrated manu
acture ot our fellow citizen, Mr. Isaac Hil.
man, No. 188 Congress street, lor the Canlot
market. The same gentleman carries out ;
large amount of American cutlery and lead
He informs us that he found it extremely diffi
cult, when in Boston last week, to obtain a suj
ply ot domestics by the 15th of August; the oi
ders already received by the manufacturers be
ing so full as to keep them constantly at work.
There have already been exported from Bostoi
io China, the present year, 15,000,000 yards oi
cotton goods, while from Great Britain to Chi
na, tiie export lias only been 12,000 yards. Thi
Celestials giving our cloths the preference.—
Trmj B>ig.
UnifcdStatcs Mints.
We have before us, says the Baltimore Ame
rican, the annual report of the operations of the
Mints of the United States during 1842, from
which we condense the following facts:
The coinage of the principal Mint at Phila
delphia, in 1842, was $2,426,351 40. Os this
amount, a 160,017 50 were in gold; $11,442,500
in silv.r, and $23,833 90 in copper. Total
number of pieces 7,483,180.
There was ilepositcd at this mint during the
year, $977,911 in gold; cd which, there were
obtained from the mines of this country, $273,-
587; coins of the United States (old standard,)
$27,124; foreign coins $497,575; foreign but
lion $158,780; and jeweln $20,845. The de
posites ol silver were 51,567,420, of which there
were obtained front the U. S. mines, $6,445;
foreign bullion $153,527; Mexican dollars 1,-
085,371; dollars of South America 26,372; Eu
ropean coins $272,282; plate $23,410. The to
tal amount of silver and gold deposited was $2,-
545,331. The principal supply ol silver, it will
be observed, was in Mexican dollars: $208,826
worth ol worn French crowns and half crowns
were, for the first time, introduced from Canada
for recoinage.
At the branch mint in Dahlonega, Georgia,
the coinage in 1842 was $309,647 50, viz: 59,608
hall, and 4,643 quartereagles. Deposites $323,-
The deposites at the branch mint in Char
lotte, N. C., were $174,508; and the coinage
was $159,005 in gold, 27,480 half, and 8,642
quarter eagles.
The coinage at the branch mint in New Or
leans in 1842, wa581,295,750; $405,500 in gold,
and $890,250 in silver coins; or 4,159,600 piec
es. '1 he deposites for coinage during the year
were $588,274 in gold, and $932,655 in silver.
The following are the deposites at the branch
mints at New Orleans, Charlotte, and Dahlone
ga, tor coinage in 1842:
Gold—United States coins (old standard)
$2246; U. States bullion $501,264; foreign
coms $572,811; foreign bullion s9B33—totaj
$>1,086,151.
Silver—Foreign bullion $30,350: foreign
coins.s9o2,3ls—total $932,665.
Total gold and silver—s2,olß,Bl9.
The operations in 1842 exceeded those of 1841
at all the mints. The coinage at the whole
mint establishment in 1841, was $2,240,321in
1842 it was $4,1b0,754. The deposites in 1841
were only $2,166,723; in 1842, the}' amounted
to $4,561,150. The reportsays that' “the opera
tions el the Philadelphia and New Orleans
branches were m uch.increased towards the close
of the year, in consequence of trade leading to
the introduction of specie trotn Europe.”
The production of goidfrom the u rines of this
country tor coinage at the several mints amoun
ted to $777,097. The increase from Georgia is
very great. That State furnished the mints in
Philadelphia and Dahlonega in 18 42, withs473,-
648 of gold bullion.
We annex an account of the progress of the
deposites oi gold for coinage at. the principal
mint and branches from the U. S. mines:
The first deposit al the U. S» Mint was from
North Carolina, of SSOOO, in 1821. The whole
amount received from that State up to 1842, in
clusive, is $2,876,864, besides $682,917 at the
Branch at Charlotte, since 183,8. The largest
aiiniiiitt -.' ,ts '475/»<iO iu IKd.,
In 1829, the first deposit wa $ made from Vir
ginia, of $2500; since then to 1842, the whole
amount received at the U. S. Mint, is $646,494.
Sirutli Carolina also madte the first deposit in
1829 of $'3500; and up to 1842 inclusive, the
whole amount received from that State is $355,-
782.
The largest amount in any one year (1833)
is $66,000; in. 1842, only $223, probably being
sent to one of the branches.
Georgia commenced, her deposites in 1830,
with $212,000, andhtbs. upto 1842, deposited
$2,201,385, besides $855,939 received at the
Dahlonega branch fomlß3B to 1842 inclusive.
In 1831, Tennessee deposited $1000; anil
since, the whole amount is $15,516 up to 1841
inclusive—none in 1812.
Alabama, in 1839, supplied SSOO, and up to
1812 inclusive, $12,373.
From various other sources, there were re
ceived in 1831, $1000; in 1835, $12,200; in
1838, s2oo,'and in 1842, sl3,7l7—total $27,117.
The deposites at New Orleans commenc’d in
1838 with S7OO, since when the amount receiv
ed up to 1812 is $17,852.
The whole amount received from the United
States mines is as follows :
Principal Mint.
1821 to 1812—North Car01ina52,876,864
1829 to 1842—Virginia646,494
1829 to 18-12—South Car01ina355,782
1830 to 1842—Ge0rgia2,201,385
1831 to 1842—Tennessee15,516
1839 to 1832—A1abama13,373
1831 to 1842—Other sources27,ll7
Total at U. S. Mint 56,135,531
Branches.
1838 to 1812—Charlotte... .'.682,917
Dah10nega...855,939
N. Oileans.. .. 17,852
— 1,556,708
Tot. from U. S. mines, 1824 to 1842. $7,692,239
The following is the tolal coinage at the
branch mints since their establishment in 1838:
Pieces. Value.
Charlotte, N. C 162,118 ....$666,030
Dabloneca, Ge 0178,534 827,638
New 0r1ean514,179,656 3,155,443
14,520,308 $4,649,141
Wanted.*—A lew spruce young gentlemen
to stand at tne church door at the assembling of
the congregation, for the devout purpose of star
ing the ladies out of countenance.
Neither qualification than a good share of
impudence is requisite for this employment.
If, However, to this should be added a complete
lli-stituiicu <if a sense of propriety, or a talent
for making public remarks upon each lady as
she pas. s, or even a capability of exciting a
latig-ii a i:.:'.'g his coml adcs at her expense, the
applicant will be considered as more eminently
qualified for Iris station.
Persons desirous of engaging in this business,
will please to take their stand before any of our
churches, at the ringing of the bell this Sabbath,
for the purpose of giving a specimen of their
powers.
A Forger Caught.—Win. G. Knight, a
member of the London bar, who absconded in
January, 1811, and came to this country, with a
large amount ol money, the proceeds of sundry
forged bills ot exchange, which he sold in Lon
don, has been recently arrested in lowa, by
James Young, of the Philadelphia Police. A
suit was brought against him in that territory
for twelve thousand dollars, and judgment ob
tained for the full amount. The whole amount
of the forgeries is $27,000. Ninety-one of the
forged bills of exchange, uttered and passed by
Knight, are in this country. — Balt. Sun.
A Large Telescope —Mr. Paine has fur
nished the Worcester Palladium a description
of a telescope which he is constructing, the
tube being forty-eight feet long and four leet in
diameter. This tube, made of Russian iron, is
supported on a cast iron frame like the sides of
a heavy gun carriage. The frame is made to
traverse, bv means of wheelsand pinions,on a
circular railway eighteen feet in diameter. The
concave mirror at the power end of the tube is
forty-six inches in diameter, and its local length
is forty-feet, the lenses are six inches and a quar
ter in diameter. Mr. P says bis instrument,
owing to the form and combination of the lens
es, instead ot being limited by eighteen hun
dred powers, which many assert distinct teles
copic action is confined to, claims a magnifying
power of eleven thousand.
Fully Committed— Babe and Matthews,
the pirates of the schr. Sarah Lavina. They
will, perhaps, be tried at tie next term of the U.
8. Court in this city, but it is most likely their
onneil will manage to stave off the trial a term
' >r t wo. Two or three persons have been arrest-
I ec, in the western part of this State, suspected ol
> I tving the accomplice, Webster, but it doesnot
1 I appear those suspicions wevre well founded. —A".
. I Y. Sunday Bulletin.
AUGUSTA, GA THURSDAY MOVING, AUGUST 24. 18-13
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19.
4Vhig Prospects.
Almost cvety day’s mail brings us som<
dieering intelligence from the interior—some
.dditional assurance of the rapidly increasing
lopularity of our candidates for Governor an<
Congress—indeed, of the Whig cause general
y. The truth is, the people are fast opening,
heir eyes to the misrule and humbuggery oi
Locofocoism, and they are determined to be re
levedfrom its influences.
Extract of a letter to the Editor.
“During a recent visit to Cherokee and thro’
he Coweta Circuit, I could not but. observe tht
flattering prospects of the Whigs lor success ir.
October, particu lately* for Governor and membet
to Congress.—“ General Apathy,” for the first
iine for a number ol years, is exerting his in
fluence over the d emocracy. They have given
repeated evidences that they were not hard to
please, but Cooper, Colquitt, Black and Cal
houn, are too mi ich for one dose forthem—they
complain bitter! y of Cooper, as not one of them
—they proclaim open opposition to his views
on the congressional district system, and many
of them avow their determination not to support
a man for Go vernor who is opposed to district
ing the State.
“On the ol her hand, the nomination of Craw
ford is greeted every where most cordially by
the Whigs ; and many, very many Democrats,
who are .’.uperior to the manacles of party,
openly avow tiieir determination to vote tor
him, while they generally express the highest
admirati on for his talents, integrity, and high
honorat .Ic bearing, both as a politician and citi
zen.”
Cow REcrioN. —In the first line of the fourth
parag raphof the “Wtttu Address,” for 1838,
read 1833.
For the Chronicle Sentinel.
Questions and Answers.
V /ho borrowed money on the credit of the
Sta te at 8 per cent, and lent it out at 6 per cent ?
'Tub Democratic party in 1837.
Who authorised the Central Bank to suspend
sf ecie payments, and to issue bills to twice the
a'mount of its capital, when it could not redeem
what it tiien had in circulation?
Tire Democratic party in 1839.
Wh<3 INCREASED THE TAXES, AND THEIR OWN
pay as members of the Legislature, at the same
time?
The Democratic party in 1842.
Wan the increased compensation merited by
omen t services; or was it the self appropri
ated r eward for humbugging the people ?
Fat her Guieu will answer this question.
Hear what he saYs:
Fi om the Augusta Constitutionalist.
“It cannot he aisgmsed, and it is use/.ss to de
ceive oiurselves, the proceedings ot the last Legis- ’
latitre ‘nave been condemned by the people of
Georgia. The members of that body have trr- ,
fled with the best interests of the Stale; they
coii'id have restored confidence in the credit and j
fait hol the State; and l/i-y have not done it.— j
They eould have placed the paper issued by the
Sta.te institution on a par value, and l/icy have
not: dime it. They could have Called on their I
constituents for sacrifices which would have ,
been cheerlully met, because sensible ot their
ur gent necessity; and they have, not done it.— '
Tiiey had it in their power to choose upright, ’
abfe and honest citizens to fill several offices j
wirflrin their control; awl they have not done it.
They had it in their power to conduct the pro- 1
ceedingsol both branches with dignity, economy, ’
despa tch- and Usefulness, and thxy have not done ,
it. 7.’he people are not blind or deaf; they have
seen and heard o how their Representatives be- 1
haved themselyes.” <
A TAX PAYER. ,
Election Ret urns. i
Tennessee.—The mail of last night brought s
no la ter papers from Tennessee than we had be- <
tore. A slip from the Nashville Banner of the t
Blh instant, says: f
All our information continues to be lavorable r
emor Jones is re-electeilby an fncreasetl ntajor
ity. This ol itself is a great and important vic
tory.
The returns from Middle Tennessee are all ’
in ; and considerable portions from the two oth
er divisions of the State. They leave no reas- a
on to doubt that the Whigs will have a majori- 1
ty in each branch of the Legislature; and we '
may add our confident belief that they will have 1
also a majority of the members of Congress. |
Indiana.—The Madison (la.) Banner pub- s
rishes the returns for that town and county, and \
remarks:— 1
They will probably astonish the Locofocos no ,
less than the Whigs. The majority of the <
Whig ticket is less than was anticipated by any 1
intelligent man of either party —and the defeat .
of Judge Dunn lor the Senate, and Mr. Wood
ward lor the House, is a.result entirely unlook- t
cd for by us. ‘
The majoriiy ol Mr. Henley, the Locofoco ,
candidate for Congress, will probably not be
less than BUO in the District, and from the tall- ’
ing of!' m Bigger and Bradley’s majorities in all
the counties heard from, compared with former (
elections, we shall not be surprised to learn that
the Locofoco candida.es for Governor and Lieu- '
tenant Governor, are elected, and that modern (
democracy has swept the State as it-did in ’39. '
Kentucky.—The returns from this State are
very unsatisfactory. Tiie Cincinnati Chronicle :
says :
-From Kentucky, wc learn that Stone, Loco
foco, of the sth District, Thomasson, Whig, of
the 7th, Davis, Whig, of the Bth, French, Loco
toco, of the 9th, and Tibbatts, Locofoco, ot the
10th, ate probably returned to Congress, being a
Locofoco gain of two members.
It is also stated that in the third District, the
contest is very close between Grider, W.. and
Irwin, irregular Whig.
Illinois.—We have nothing definite from
this State. The rumors whieh had reached
Cincinnati state that the Whigdefeat was com
plete.
North Carolina.—The result may be sum
med up as follows:—Whigs, Messrs. Deberry,
Rayner, Barringer, and Clingman. Democrats,
Messis. M’Kay, Reid, Daniel, Airington and
Saunders.
Dea oi:ratio Promises and Whig Promi
ses. —The Democracy came into power in 1828,
with 11 e promise ol retrenchment in Govern
ment expenditure', which under Mr. .Adams
.amount* J to an averatte of about twelve mil
lions o', flollais |or amium. These expenses
increased until underthe lour years of Mr. Van
Buren’s Administration, the arcrage annual ex
penditure was thirty three million three hundred
and thirty she thousand dollars. (See Pub. Doc.
No. 265,249, 464 ami 165.) But for the vast
resources al their command, that administration
would have saddler! the countrj’ with a debt of
sixht four millions of dollars. This would have
occurred if they had found in 1836 a “uarkrupt
treasury,” as the Whigs did in 1840.
The Whigs came into power with the same
1 promises of retrenchment. They have reduced
1 those government expenditures to less than
' seventeen millions of dollars a year, or just about
’ one hai sos the average of Mi. Van Buren’s
four years, notwithstanding the open opposition
’ of Mr. Tyler, and his resistance to inquiry into
the New York Custom House and other abuses.
This is the work of men, whom, as has been
J well observed, “treason and desertion could not
’ dishearten, denunciation paralyze, nor corrup
tion pollute.”— Saznnnah RepiMican.
Debt of the United States.
The following is an official statement of the
i °
. present condition ofthe Debt of the U. States:
> Statement of the U. States Leans, July 8, 1843.
L Nesociatedin Parable after
1841 Dec. 31. 1844....55,672,976 88
’ 1812 Dec. 31, 1862.... 3.118,109 87
1 1813 Dec.3l, 1862.... 4,883,358 36
- 1813 July 1,1853.... 7,01X1,000 00
> $20,971,445 11
Amount, at each rate of interest.
Al 6 per cent. At 5 1-2 per ci. At 525
1811. $2,143,030 02 $3,213,791 86 $16,155
1842, 3,418,109 87
‘ 1843, 4,883,X>8 36
? 1813, (payable in July, 1853.) $7,000,000, at 5
per cent.
T. L. SMITH. Register.
( Treasury Department, )
r Register’s Office, July 8, 1843. \
ir The above statement shows the Stock Debt of
n the United States to be $20,974,445 21
t- To which add Treasury notes is-
>1 sued under act 31st Aug., 1842, 3,025,554 89
jt
C Showing the total debt of the
United Slates to be 524 000 000 00
Sunday Work*
The annexed very approprinX’ remarks of the
Charleston Mercury, on the itibjact 3t workjnj
on tiie Sabbath, have induftef to determini
promptly on what we have. ft*Some time, hai:
n contemplation, viz: to.afrjjfh the practicr
Heretofore pursued by usof qpour Mon
lay’s paper on Sunday. We ilierefore adopt
he article of the Mercury, iuiiJwdl, in future,
nake it the rule ot this office it please oui
patrons, we shall be wecanno:
uelp it, and shall not give «®Ssf any trouble
about, their displeasure.
“After much have deter
mined to try the experiment offtolishing Sun
lay work in the Mercury Offi«®.vu r Monday
morning’s paper will hcncetl>i’»JW ,nai ‘e up on
Saturday, with a postscript he®,* under which
will be given all important nwS rby Sunday s
mails. Our customers, if tW approve our
plan, will send in their adventement-s on Sat
urday.
\\ e hope the eommunitj’Avi®« s tain us in a
move which we considerol'.rtdjl:importance to
the comfort and character ofi®® w%empk>y.
We should have adopted it lot?/since, but lor
die want of assurance ontnis jwHt* and ue do
it now, not without anxiety result. To
all others but printers, Sundayjp: day of rest
set apart lor sacred objects in accordance with
■he general religious faith of® community—
wii. sliuuid it b<- us a rlavjwen ot unusual
labor and care ? To others, W day of devo
tion and rcligiims inslructiwl-®?. 'l )ou 'd prin
ters, alone of all, be deprirpd'aßg good influ
ences. of its rest, its suppoft ; ® K Ahstructions ?
Tiie evil is a double one.
tho-.,' employed in the .
boys and voung joumeynHj^B®'WFrore?
characters.' Alter a.Kc'AQMHWc* labor and
coniincmen', they are throw-lSpon their own
resources foramusement on Spirday, when ev
ery bod}’ else is busy. Is it stimge if they are
tempted to dissipation, and fcju a course of
years, this circumstance slialfei|ve exerted the
most pernicious influence upoiHWircharacters?
We have long deplored the latsSeffeet upon too
many, ot this Sunday laboranjjfeimday rest—
and ifthere were no other reasnj'forllie change,
we would attempt it for the sififef the printers
alone. But there are many otl=W”-obvious and
cogent reasons, that will' be ;)^ sent t 0 every
one’s mind, and that we needimeratmeiate. —
We shall use every the change
may not impair in any respfhfrtlie interest or
usefulness of our paper—andiiixlm full confi
dent e that wc are and
n uch needed reform, we rely c'ftfbe approbation
and support ofthe communitjari
From the Augusta
“It cannot be disguised, ind it is useless
to deceive ourselves, the proc4«ngs ot the last
Legislature have been condempxil by the people
of Georgia. The members ot that body have
trifled with the best interests tffwe State; they
could have restored confidence:#! the credit and
faith ofthe Slate; ana'then tuiveli^done it.. They
could have placed the paper issSed by the Stale
institution on a par value, have net done
it. They could have called on their constitu
ents for sacrifices which would have been cheer
fully met because sensible of their urgent neces
sity; und they hare not done it. They had it in
their power to choose upright, able and honest
citizens to fill several offices withinlhercontrol;
and they hare not done it. They had it in their
power io conduct the proceedißgs of both branch
es, with dignity, economy, despatch, and useful
ness, «nd they hare not dime it. The people are
not blind or deaf, they have seen and heard how
their representatives behaved themselves.”
We suppose, says the Savannah Republican,
that the late election of Mr. Crawford to Con
gress, and we honestly believehis approaching
election by an increased nutjirity, >s a clear
vindication that “the proceedings ol the last
Legislature have been condemned by the pe< pie
ol'Georgia.” The veteran of the Cimstituhonalisl
was abundantly able to form an opinion of the
Democralie. doings ot his party there, which has
received the sanction of an immense number
of the people of this State. When the oldest
Democratic Editor in the State speaks thus, there
is no room for doubt. That the'above is his
sincere and true declaration may be remember
ed by our readers from Ihe fact that we publish
ed last winter the editorial, from whieh the above
quotation is extracted. The .Mactm .Messenger
referring to
H- ■ .'hi ure the so -’ . -’. iwrftjgWtßWP 1
what every one else posseting ME piiwErs of
vision, with the exercise of their faculties, must
have observed, but had not the independence to
avow, an assemblage of tm n, who for ignorance,
incapacity, uielessness, and faithlessness, are
without a parallel in the legislative annals ot
the State. Every charge of our Democratic co
teinporary has made against the Legislature of
his party, is true. Their proceedings arc univer
sally condemned by the people. They have trifled
with the best interests of the State. They have
failed to restore confidence in the credit and faith
ofthe State, which they could have done. They
have failed to restore the paper currency of the
State to a par value, which they promised todo.
They havi: tailed to choose upright, honest and
able men to public offices. In conducting the
legislative proceedings of the State, they ircrc
deficient in dignity, economy and despatch. Vve
repeat, all these charges are true; and no one
with common sense and common discernment,
will presume to gainsay them.
What is the moral ol this lecture of the Con
stitutionalist ? Why, to profit by experience,
to buy wisdom from the past, and to avoid re
posing trust and faith in tnose who have once
deceived us. Three years ago, we were promis
ed relief from allourembarrassments; the times
were then hard, but a remedy was suggested
—the people in debt, embarrassed oppressed
and discouraged, ever ready to catch at any
thing, a faint hope of relief, was enough to ar
rest the wavering and distracted multitude, they
listened to the syren voiceo of their betrayers,
and what is now their fate—the credit ot the State
is as bad as ever it was—the people as much in
debt, the 7taes, aye the TUws, which the Loco
foco Legislature were to reduce, are increased
percent, auA the times harder, and growing
harder every day. Noone has been uenefitted
but the blood'sucking officeholder. His tenure
of office depends upon the insensibility of the
people, to the causes of their embarrassments
and distresses; as long as their party prejudices
can be operated upon, and their eyes closed to
the trickesiesand manoeuvres ot their leaders, so
long will these leaders enjoy the full and undis
puted fruition of the sweets of office. They are
good Democrats, and Democracy like charity,
evvers a multitude of sins. It the people are
oppressed by heavy taxes, deceived and betray
ed—they have the consolation of knowing, that
their task masters are good Democrats. It is
certainly a source of pride to us, as well as some
little coiisolation, that although we bear the bur
thi'iis in common With others, no Whig has
been instrumental in laying them upon us.”
Tur. V/ahhino'i-on Monument. —We are glad j
to perceive tii.it a National Monumet t is to be ’
erected to the memory ol Washington. During i
the last winter an act passed the Legislature of I
New York incorporating the “Washington
Monument Association;” and we learn from
the Knickerbocker tnat the design of the mag
nificent structure fc now completed. It is in the
form of pentagon,Jtoad is to be erected of granite,
in or fronting on Union Square; lobe finished
in the Gothic style of architecture, richly and
elaborately ornamented, with spacious rooms
below for a historical library, gallery for paint
ings, etc. Its rich Gothic windows, columns,
friezes, cornices, and balustrades—its buttresses,
turrets’ tower, and pinnacle, partake of all that
is sublime in architecture; and when the struc
ture shall have been finished, the crotchet of the
pinnacle being 420 feet in the air, it will be pro
nounced the noblest monument in the known
world. It is to be built by the volui tary con
tributions of the People ofthe United States of
one dollar and upward. Some of the wealthy
citizens of New York have alreadj’ headed sub
scription lists with five and ten thousand dollars,
and arrangements Ibrtbe immediate commence
ment of the enterprise are last maturing.—
Pennsylvanian.
Extensive Fire.—About nine o’clock on
Thursday night last, the Naii Cutting Estab
lishment, connected with the extensive Iron
and Cast Steel Works of Messrs. G. & J. H.
Shoenberger, in Pittsburg, was discovered to
be on fire, and, notwithstanding the determined
and unremitting efforts of the firemen, was to
tally destroyed.
The damage is estimated at about, $10,060,
uncovered by insurance.
The property destroyed consisted Os the build
in/, contain ng 13 nail-cutting machines an ex
celient engine and boiler, two rivit machines
(used for the iron revenue cutters,) about eighi
hundred kegs nails, a quantity of rolled iron
and the machinery for rolling 'it.— Philadelphia
Fomm.
State Debts. —A letter from Harrisburg
mentions that the funds lor the payment ot the
interest on the State stock, where the amount
does not exceed twenty dollars, are in the Bank
of Pennsylvania.
Another letter says—“ The Auditor General
of the State will be in Philadelphia on Monday
with certificates for interest due on the Ist iMt.
The Bostonians, says the New York Courier
& Enquirer, have placed a handsome marble
nonument over the remains ofthe Old Veteran
Cleveland, who died during his pilgrignage to
Junker Hill to join in celebrating the comple
tion of the Monument erected in commemora
tion ofthe first great battle of the Revolution.—
I’he old soldier’s bones are deposited at Mount
Auburn ir. a spot generously given for the pur
pose by Amos Lawrence, and the tablet placed
o ver the grave bears a most appropriate inscrip
tion ; containing a brief history ot his character
and career, with the glorious conclusion of it.
Nothing could be more touching than the cir
cumstances that attended the closing scene ol
his life, and nothing more beautilul than the
taste with which the same vilified Bostonians
have recorded them. Captain Cleveland was
taken ill the day after the celebration, and was
immediately carried to house of one of the citi
zens, where he was most tenderly taken care of
till he died. What was then done is best told by
the Boston Atlas. “It having l>een understood,”
says that paper, “that the old man was deficient
of the money fur defraying his expenses home
ward, a collection had been made for that pur
pose previously to his final sickness. Thetund
thus collected, with additions made to it by sev
eral generous individuals, has been appropriated,
in part, to the payment of the funeral expenses
and, with the balance,'a handsome marble tablet'
#as .beeu placed, tystia'
deposited at Mount
AjGreat SThf.—The Providence Chronicle
says, there is now building on Eddy’s Point in
this city, by Messrs. S. & A. B. Arnold, one ot
the largest and best ships ever built in New
England. She measures neatly 1000 tons, and
is capable of carrying about 3,500 bales of New
Orleans eotum.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Ma. Editoji—l was oils of the Ibrtunates who
was present at the Pic Nic in Columbia county
on Wednesday last, and a truly pleasant affair
it was. The morning was fine, and the ride to
the ground exhilerating, to a person who has
spent some time in the monotonous scenery of
the low country. The views al some points arc
extensive and picturesque, as the country is
broken into hill and valley, and so much culti
vated as to relieve the landscape of the supera
bundance of woodlands, which so generally pre
vails in American scenery. But truth, to say,
a little of that levelling system, which is, in my
opinion, superabundant in one of the great po
litical parties of the day, applied to the knolls
and ruts of the old Washington road, would
have made the trip saferand more comfortable.
No accident, however, that I have heard of, oc
curred ; but this may in part be accounted for
on other grounds than good luck— there was no
liquor or mine On the board.
Long before I reached the spot I could hear
the music; and when J approached the scene, I
assure you I was much more fortunate than
Tain O'Shu ntr.r, lor there were no “ witches or
warlocks in a dance,” but young belles, “all
plump and strapping in their teens,” by the
score, who, if they are not queens, the}’ should
be, every on? of them, if that could make them
happier. It is a lovely sight, to see the young
and beautiful congregated together, and inno
cently enjoying, while they may, the pleasure
which belongs to that period of their existence.
There they were, shaded by the foliage ofthe
“brave old oak” or towering mulberry, appa
rently as happ}\and as tree from all care, as the
gay butterflies which flit from flower to flower,
gathering sweets while they last. Who can say
that such a scene is displeasing in the eyes of
their Creator!
If all were not highly pleased with the enter
tainment and theamusepients, then “the human
face divine ’ was not a fair index ; for 1 have
never seen people, to all appearance, happier.
jQjri qien and matrons appeared as much pleas-
in “ exemplifying fbc
remark ot Pope:
“They love themselves a third lime in their race.”
But, Mr. Editor, I will not swear that all
went home home perfectly satisfied. There were
no doubt some who thought Old Time had put
on hisseven league boots, and would have been,
if allo wed, willing to bid good night till the sun
had reappeared.
I would lie afraid, Mr. Editor, even to des
cribe some of the eyes which I saw there, as I
just happen to recollect that you are still a bach
elor. Let me advise you, if you wish to remain
in that state, never go to a Pic Nic in Columbia.
I promise you, however, jf you do go, and should
happen to get fascinated by some charming
creature, that it will not be the glitter of the
diamonds, o- the killing mode in which the lady
dresses of paints, with which you will have
fallen in love. The dance is performed ip broad
daylight, and tiie dresses so plain, as to leave
you a chance to admire the lady, not the milli
ner who dressed her. You will not be compell
ed to exclaim, as the poet did, when he was
smitten—
“ Adorning thee with so much art,
Is but a barbarous skill;
’Tis like the poisoning of u dart,
Too apt before to kill.”
In a word, you will, if you should ever go, and
be as fortunate as I have been, find the dresses,
as well as every thing else, in the best of taste,
and exactly suited to the occasion.
Alter saying so much of the happiness pro
duced, need 1 add any thing in praise ofthe
committee tor the admirable arrangements they
had made, and the abundance they bad provid
ed? You may set it down, that the feast was
not altogether ethereal, when I inform you that
one item consisted of eighteen barbacued hogs
and sheep, I gathered this piece of information
by chanee —and how many other animals were
| added to the list, I did not inquire.
’ Long live the projectors of this Pic Nic! If
. I I ever should be. afflicted with ennui or hippo,
i ye gods ! give me just such another.
CIVIS.
. | Exi'i h.ments at Sandy Hook.—On Thurs
-1 ■ day last, one of Mr. Hubbell’s thunder bombs,
: j fired by an eight pound cartridge from a 32
:' pounder gun, at this gun-practice station, explo
ded the instant of impact, midway in a target
i the thickness ol the side of a line of battle ship,
1,0110 yards distant, and tore it in thousands of
: pieces, blowing some ot them 110 feet from the
, target. A piece weighing 150 pounds was
I tdown 60 feet distant. The destruction extend-
I ed ten teet lengthwise of the timbers ot the tar
> get, and a board target laying on the ground 30
feet distant, was also shattered to pieces by i*.
, Also, one of the 212-lb balls was fired from the
, immense wrought iron gun with great precision,
t
A Sensible Paragraph.—The Saratoga cor
: respondent of the Charleston Mercury, (August
■ 4) writes—“ There are fewer Southerners here
i than have been customary in former years.—
What is the reason? Have you found better
C places of entertainment, or have you grown wise
enough to spend your surplus cash among your
- own people? If the latter, let me congratulate
, you upon the acquisition. Depend upon it, that
- absenteeism ot any kind is not the best way of
- promoting prosperity. The thousands of dollars
which your rich men have been in the habit of
spending at the North, will be much more use-
i fully employed at home.”
, The Journal ol Commerce notes a most re
markable change in the condition ofthe Banks
j of the city of New York within the last six
] months, and asserts that the actual aggregate
of specie in all these Banks at the present time
issl I,(KD,O(M). and the deposites $25,(XX),000.
’ Sj’The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
are about erecting another mill at Manchester,
‘ N. H. It is to be 440 feet in length, and will
be sufficiently large to contain from 460 to 480
: looms—double the size ot the mills now in op
-1 eration at that place.
i. '
'i Beacon Course.—The trotting match foi
81000, between H. Woodruff’s bl. g. Cottage
Boy, and William Wheelan’s b. m. Fashion
g came oft’ Monday as advertised. Fashion took
i he purse, winning two straight heats. Time—
it first heat, 5,29 J; second, 5 36. Immediate!}
!• liter, Oneida Chief and Lady Suffolk, started
for a purse of S2OO, three mile heats, under the
ri •addle. Oneida Chief won the racp in two
■}' straight heats. Time—first heat, 7,44; second
heat, 7.52.— Y. Pletaan.
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21.
The Tarlfl' In Georgia.
What is the distinction between the two par
lies on this question in our State ? The Demo
cratic presses have assumed a tone which woul
lead one to suppose that their adversaries really
ntertain opinions adverse to the Constitution
and the best interests of the country; whilst the}
are opposed to a Tariff in all its phazes, ana
reject protection in any and every form. Let
us ascertain the truth.
Mr. Clay is admitted to be the Whig leader,
and it is his “ultra. Tariff doctrine” of which the
Democrats have such a holy horror. What
does Mr. Clay say ? In one of his latest speech
es on that subject in lhdL.(jUte, he holds the
following distinct and patSL c language:
“Let me not be misundeWood, and let me en
treat that I may not be mWrepresentert. I am
not advocating the revival of a high protective
Tariff. lam for abiding by the principles, ol
the Compromise Act: 1 ttSi for doing what no
Southern man or candid ißnd has ever yet de
nied—giving to the conmry a revenue which
may provide for the economical wants of the
Government, and at the same time give an inci
dental protection to our home industry.”
The Whig Address of 1842 sustains the same
position, in language to the following import:
“We shall be taunted, no doubt, with the
adoption of a Tariff candidate. The taunt is
welt enough for those who argue for victory,
not for truth, and therefore appeal only to pre
judice or passion.
“ Tp those whp can, reason, and ,p>ill reason’
faffly,‘there is* nothing alarming ui tfils'eihpt.y
sound-.
“ Since the Compromise Act, fol which wc
are indebted to his magnanimity, the opinions
of Mr. Clay do not greatly, if at all, differ from
our own. The question is no longer one ot
principle, but degree. Revenue is wanted to pay
the debt entailed upon us by our opponents’ im
providence, and a Tariff lor revenue is legiti
mate, and must be graduated according to the
amount ot revenue required. Who would not
prefer to see it levied, so as to preserve rather
ihan destroy the manufactures first created by
southern policy, or at all events so as to retali
ate on the selfish and narrow spirit of foreign
legislation ? We believe, as Mr. Clay believes,
Free Trade to be the universal interest of na
tions, and we are ready to trade freely with all
who will trade freely with us. But we are not
prepared to graiq free trade in exchange for
prohibitions and restrictions.
“We are not ignorant, indeed, that retaliatory
measures recoil to some extent upon those who
adopt them; but to give them up fcr that reason,
were to abandon se 1 defence, because the guard
of our weapon is apt to chafe our hand.
“Without at all abandoning our objections,
therefore, to a tariff for protection, we are wil
ling that a tariff for revenue, (and with a view
to so much revenue only as an economical ad
ministration ol the government may require,)
should be so levied as not wantonly'to destroy
existing establishments, and to retort on foreign
nations some part of their restrictions on the
admission of our produce.
“In discussing this question with our brethren
ofthe East, we must forget a little jur private
interests and past disputes, and remember that
Southern Presidents and Southern politicians,
our own included, were among the first promo
ters ofthe American System. We drove New
England from the ocean to the spindle. Het
stubborn industry has benefitted by our folly.
She has made the spindle profitable. To what
employment must we force her next?”
Upon these views, and these declarations of
them, Mr. Clay and the Whigs in Georgia are
charged with being the advocates of a high Pro
tective Tariff; and yet the late Democratic Ad
dress adopts our opinions to their fullest extent,
uses almost our identical language, and yet is
so unjust, so regardless of truth and propriety,
as to reiterate the charge of protection, and en
deavor on that account to fasten odium upon the
Whigs. Read their language and determine.
“To support our General Government, duties
upon imports arc properly regarded as the most
equitable, and the least burthensome mode by
which taxes may be imposed. It is indirect
taxation, and if judiciously laid falls with equal
Ibrce on all classes ot th“ community. And we
may add, that a Tariff thus constituted, neces
sarily affords -incidental protec'ion to th?great
manufacturing interest ofthe. country. To such
a larifl J? c no ojeclion,and have an abid
i -
same time by its yiennitncifcy; give Rib bhlvpro
tection which can constitutionally be given to
the manufacturers of the North and West.”
Can the men who thus wantonly deceive the
people, be serious In their professions of friend
ship, or honest in their professed attachment to
their interests ? Justice.
COMMUNICATED.
Father Guieu has at last alluded to State pol
itics. He condemns the Whig Legislative Ad
dress, because it is confined solely to “local
matters," and “touches not those national ques
tions which must always have a controlling in
fluence,” &c. He also says that “ini the ap
proaching contest the Democrats seek to unite
national and local politics,”
Now if this be true, why was the Democratic
State Address silent as death upon local pilicy?
We have looked through its ample proportions,
and find it devoted exclusively to tariffs, banks,
coon-skins, pepper-pods and topics ol kindred
dignity and importance ! On all hottie ques
tions there is a studied, an ominous' silence.
Why has a similar course been pursued by the
partv press and parly orators in their harangues
before the people? Do these circumstances go
to sustain the correctness of Mr. Guieu’s asser
tion ? We think not.
The Address of Messrs. Joombs, Miller and
others, is precisely what it ought to have been.
It emanated from a committee ofthe Whigs of
the last Legislature, charged with the especial
duty of considering local matters, and exposing
Locofoco deception and misrule. It has done
it boldly, pronifitly and efficiently, and at the
same time has not interfered with the duties
and of the State Committee appointed
by the Jupe Convention, and from which the
public will shortly hear upon the national side
ofthe question, when it is hoped the venerable
editor will be gratified.
The Whigs have never sought to separate the
consideration of national and local politics in
the present canvass. They have again and
again charged that purpose upon their oppo
nents. They have contended that the depressed
credit and character of the State abroad—the
deranged condition of its affairs at home—the
multiplied burthens and oppressions of Locofoco
legislation and misrule, would justify the people
in turning their attention temporarily from ques
tions of speculative and national import, to con
siderations ot a more personal and domestic
character. They have urged the masses to be
ware of the attempts ol the Democrats to lull
them into security upon home affairs, whilst
they are binding increased burthens upon
their backs—attempts to deceive them with
visions ol future oppression from the National
Congress, whilst they are enslaving them with
domestic debts, created not for the publie bene
fit, but to enrich political favorites and perpetu
ate their ill-gotten power.
Thus far the Whigs have gone, and it is new
too late for Mr. Guieu to divert them from their
course, by talking of a “prohibitory tariff," which
he is too intelligent not to know is neither ad
vocated nor contemplated bv any party in the
country. His open disrepect for the people’s
common sense will recoil upon the venerable
editor, if he is not more careful.
LOWNDES.
American Manufactures in Canada.—The
Toronto Herald says, that the imports from the
United States into the port of Toronto* from the
3th to the 25th of July, were 930 packages, the
luties on which will amount to between £756
md £BOO. Some cotton fabrics of the United
States have been imported, and this is probably
1 trade that will increase, unless the Provincial
Parliament augment the duty on the present
rates. The coarser cotton goods of the U niteo
States are likely to rival the manufactures ol
. Great Britain in this market.
FYotn the New Orleans Picayune.
Latest from Texas.
Arrival of the Sarah Barnes—Tioenty-lkrec Days
Later News.
The packet steamer Sarah Barnes, Captain
lones, arrived at New Orleans on the morning
if the 13th from Galveston. Her papers are to
the9thinst. We give a full and well-digested
synopsis of the news.
The revenue cutter Santa Anna sailed the Gth
»inst. for Matamoros, with Gapt. Galen, the bear
er of despatches from Mexico to the government
of Texas; the first Texan vessel whieh has
visited a Mexican port, with peaceful intentions,
since the Declaration of Independence.
Her B. M. sloop of war Scylla, Capt. Sharp,
arrived at Galveston on the 22d ult., in ten days
from Vera Cruz. It is believed that despatches
come by this arrival to the British Minister,
touching, as it is supposed, the negotiations be
tween Texas and Mexico.
It is denied on the best authority—that of
Captain Elliott, we presume—that that officer
had been instructed by his Government to firo-<
’pose, or did propose to the Government of Tex
as, the abolition of slavery, as the price for the
active intervention of the Government of Great
Britain to compel Mexico into terms of peace.
Despatches had been received from General
Adrian Woll, to the Texan Government, desig
nating Laredo as the place at which the com
missioners from the two governments may meet,
and arrange matters in relation to the two coun
.udes, on the immediate frontier to which his
command extends.
The negotiations with Mexico are progressing
as satisfactorily as could be expected.
Money begins to circulate more freely in Gal
veston.
The Convention of Representatives from the
Western section of the Republic, which was to
have met at La Grange, on the 17th ult., turned
out a failure.
We understand Brig. Gen. A. Somervclle is
a candidate for Major General.
J. C. Eldredge, General Superintendentiof In
dian Affairs, has written from the west side of
Trinity river to President Houston. He ex
pects to be able to effect a treaty ol peace with
the Camanches, the Wacoes, the Keachies, the
Caddoes and the lone Indians. The President
has left Washington to attend the treaty, which
is to be held at Bird’s Fort.
Both Com. Moore and Capt. Lothrop have
been dismissed from office, by order of President
Houston. The reasons given for the discharge
oi Commodore being disobedience of orders in
the cases enumerated in the Proclamation, and
Capt. L. lieing dismissed for refusing to take the
command when the Commodore wassuspended
and ordered to report himself to the Department
of War and Marine in arrest.
On the 25th they left their vessels and went
ashore at Galveston. On the 26th the remain
ing officers resigned, with two exceptions, and
the vessels were delivered up to the, Naval
Commissioners. The men were allowed the
privilege ot remaining on the vessels and being
provided for by the Commissioners or coming
ashore. Those on the brig remained, but about
two-thirds ofthe ship’s crew came ashore. The
circumstance caused much excitement in Gal
veston.
A number of the officers and men belonging
to the Texan Navy left Galvestion for this city,
on the 7th inst., on board the brig Sam Hous
ton.
Sam Houston, President of the Republic of
Texas, has been hung in effigy at Galveston!
in consequence ofthe course of action pursued
by him in relation to Com. E. W. Moore.
They talk ol sending the Commodore to Con
gress from Galveston county.
A secret law for the future disposition of the
Navy has been passed. Although the precise
tenor of this enactment has never been made
public, the prevailing impression appearrsto be,
that the sale of the vessels have been ordered,
without regard to the attitude of Texas towards
Mexico.
On the 28th ult., the citizens of Galveston
gave a public dinner to Com. Moore and the
officers under his command, in order, says the
Galveston Chronicle, “to testify their high ap
proval ot Com. Moore’s conduct against the en- |
emies of our country, and also to show their de- •
cided disapprobation of President Houston’s
whole conduct, and particularly his shameful
proclamation against Com. Moore.”
The Commodore has published an address to
the people of Texas, explaining and justifying <
his alleged disobedience ol orders and his pro- ,
fessional conduct generally. He says:
‘’Before the proper tribunal, 1 again say, that *
!fyi*Uj£9 ve that the charge of disobedience and •
of treachery, mutiny and pira- ,
privately.circulated against, me ddring my ab- f
sence, by means of which I am led to believe
that the minds of my country’s representatives in
Congress were poisoned, are totally false, and
were invented for the purpose of sacrificing an
absent man, unheard and undefended, on the al
tar of secret legislation.”
Col. Morgan, the commissioner who accom
panied the Commodore on his cruise, has a still
longer address to the public. His effort seems
to be to prove that President Houston, Com.
Moore, ana he (Col. Morgan) were all three
right! If he succeed, cleverness at least must
be conceded to him. He says:
The act of Congress [the secret act] confined
the President within certain limits, and he may
have instructed the commissioners accordingly,
and been thus far blameless; and if the commis
sioners are able to show that they could not car
ry out the instructions ol the President, without
subjecting the vessels under the command ot
Cora. Moore to the risk of being destroyed,
[fritrw/] and that there was less risk in taking
the coastof Yucatan on their course, than in go
ing direct to Galveston,—then the commissioner,
who took the responsibility of sanctioning a
cruise along the coast of Yucatan to Galveston,
may not deserve censure from any quarter.
Com. Moore may likewise be cleared of all
censure, and to crown the matter, President
Houston may prove undeserving of censure al
so I
This is certainly an accommodating way of
arranging the difficulty.
A quarrel recently took place in Austin be
tween a Mr. Nolan and Capt. Mark B. Lewis,
in which the latter drew a pistol, and shot the
former dead. Lewis is said to have been taken
into custody, when two of Nolan’s friends came
upon the | risoner and killed him.
One of the Indian agents who was sent by
President Houston to Galveston, some weeks
since, to purchase beads and other trinkets for
the Indians, has decamped with the public mon
ey placed in his charge. He made tracks for
Mexico.
A new college is about to be established at
San Augustine, under the auspicesol the cler
gy and members of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The people of Texas having learned that the
present high tariff’on imported goods is not on
ly acting oppressively on every branch ol indus
try in the middle and western counties, but that
it is shutting out trade from Galveston, and oth
ei seaport towns, have determined that it shall
be reduced to a standard making the present av
erage duty on goods of 35 per cent not to exceed
10 per cent.
The harassing nature of our customhouse
laws have turned the attention of the Texans to
the subject of shipping their coUon from Gal
veston direct to England.
The barque John Barnes sailed for Liverpool
on the 6th inst., with a full cargo of cotton; the
first Texan vessel which has ever sailed for En
gland.
The cotton and corn crops throughout the
country promise to be abundant.
The committee appointed by the demo
cratic convention,^which lately assembled in Mil
ledgeville, in their address to the people of
Georgia, speaking of raising a revenue for the
government, say—“ They have no objection to
a tariff', which affords incidental protection to
the great manufacturing interests of the coun
try.” Why boys, are you not mistaken in what
you say ? Don’t you know that your party are
perfectly savage on this very subject; and will
hardly allow a man to protect his country when
invaded I you talk about incidental protection,
when your nominees are venomous about free
trade I Get out. You don’t know what you are
talking about.— Columbus Enquirer.
O’ The Van Buren men ate loud in tiieir
denunciations against what has been termed the
distribution act. Will any of them have the
■ goodness to inform ns, what disposition Mr.
Calhoun proposed to make of the public lands ?
. Did he not make an offer to barter them for the
votes of the new States f In other words, did
I be not advocate the ceding of these lands to the
States in which they are situated ? Which
would have been the mote just anti equitable,
this precious scheme of his, oran equal division
of the proceeds among all the States? Will
; sny one inform us? We ask for InlorniatiotL
. Columbus Rnquirer.
VOL. VII.-NO 34,
/•'ram the Baltimore Aniertr.unqf
Election Returns.
I TKNfiHSSKE.
We have at length complete returns from the
i whole State, furnished us in proof slips Uom
, the offices <>i lire W nig and Banner, Nashville
The result is the triumphant election of Go
vernor Jones ( w .) oy it tmtj ufity iffffooj
1 ;1 loltow ‘ n K Uiesmemberiiot Congress
IV HIG. Los Uf l >C ,I,
ry 'vlj *° 2dlJls - A - J<’bl “W ili-Gt Dis.
■ ?• u V -J7th. .1. W. BWwe,i in 3d.
]• o’ ,n Bll '- A - Cullum in 4th.
{- f B u Asfie ’ in «»W. Jone*, In sth.
Al. Brown, in 11th. A. V. B row#) ’ ta & h.
so . *-'• Johnson in 9th.
Although the Whig candidate m me Third
District was defeated, the Whig majority jl. r
Governor in the District is 67(1. J
In the Slate Legislature the Senatenuuds 14
Whigs and 11 Locofoeos,, a»l the, House of
Representatives is composed ol 40 Whigs and
35 Locolocos—making a majority of H on joint
ballot, which of course secures the. election of
two Whig Senators in ObngreM.
KENTUCKY. US
The returns, as far as received, show the fol-
, lowing results:
From the first four districts' nothing positive
is ascertained.
In the Sth district, Stone (I*. F„) $ elected, in
consequence of two Whigs
tion.
in the flth district, White (W.-) is elected
without opposition.
In the “th district, TJ>omas»ou (W-i)iselecled.
In lhe Bth district, Davis [WA.is ejected.
In the 9th district, French. (L. FA is elected
over L_. W. AudlWvs, hy a small majority.
In the 10th district, TibbaUs.(L. F.) is elect
ed.
Being three Whigs and three Locqfocos as
ccttamed to be elected.
Indi mu.—The returns are too incomplete to
give particulars, From the aspect of the result
in the counties heard from, Gov. Big-mr an
pears to have lost his election. intwentv-four
counties the gain of Howard (L. F.) Big .
gcr(W.) eotnparedwithxhcvoteof iMiq issllß‘
votes. il.
The members of Congress believed ttibeclec
ted arc as follows:
District L.Robert Dale Owen', L. F.
2. ThosJ Healev, L. F.
3. Thos Smith, L. P;
4. Caleb B Smith, W.
5., Win J Brown, L F.
7. Edward McGaughey, W
Four districts to hear from.
Illinois.—The eleelion of Wentworth (W.'j
in the Fourth Congressional District of this
State is now placed beyond q doubt, FJis ma
jority, with the returns'that have been received,
is 1000, and the counties to bear from will in
crease it to 1500. The Loco Foco majority in
this district last year was 1301.
The St. Louis Republican of the 9t)i inst has
the following returns of majorities from portions
of the First District:
„ „ .„ Morrison. (W.) Smith, (L. F.)
Belleville .158 ....
Illinolstown, 94
Ridge Pairie 50:
Lebanon; ‘95., ...
Cahokin, ........... 50
Centreville, ... . 1'75
Higgins, 70
Ogie’s 120
The Locofoco majority in this District at lhe
Presidential election in 1840 was 209.
We have received partial returns from one or
two ol the other Districts in the State, but thev
are not sufficient to indicate the result.
For the Chronicle q- Sentinel.
Speaking of the Indiana elections, the Con
stitutionalist, of Saturday last, says:
“With regard to members of Congress, 10 in
number, to which Indiana is entitled, Mr. RO
BERT DALE OWEN, democrat, is stated to
be elected, as well as Mr. Healy, another demo
crat.”
Mr. Owen’s democracy is not lobe questioned.
He is the man who has openly advocated the
most odious agrarian doctrines; who has devo- .
ted all his energies in carrying out the princi
ples of hisfatherand Miss FANNY WRIGHT
who squandeiwi his substance in attempting to
to estab’ish a “community of property” at New
Harmony, Indiana ; who jointly with Fanny
Wright, edited a paper at Boston, called the
“Free Press,” which was wholly devoid to the.
“ march of mind,” the “ age of improvement,” ’ .
the “rights of man,” and the “prick of skin
who reviled Christianity; who scoffed at(reli
gion, and contemned the institution of marriage. 2>
learn.” O temporal O mores' ft.
Direct Taxation.
The following, says the Macon Messenger, K
is a faint coloring ol the grievances attending
Direct Taxation. The sticklers for f-Vre Track W
may form a slight conception of the extent of jx
misery and suffering, to which their country
men would be reduced,'co.nld their theory be ' r
carried out in practice, from this enumeration
of taxable property, which an Englishman holds
at the mercy of the Tax gatherer arid excise
man. The eminent political writer, (Rev. Kid
ney Smith,) from whom the follow ing extract is
made, may well warn Brother Jonathan, against
pursuingsuch a misery producing policy. Z>«-
rccl Taxation is incompatible with liberty.—
Our brave forefathers so pronounced it, and de-
, generate as their sons may have become, they
i never will peaceably submit to be made again
1 the victimsof domestic Tyrants. The tory ad
: ministration of Great Britain., employed the
pen of the learned Dr. Johnson, to convince
the American rebels, that Taxation teas no 7 1/-
ranny. The advocates of Prec 7’r«rfe, who are
I opposed to the policy ol defraying the ex] enses
of government, by imposts on foreign products,
are insidiously preaching the same doctrine—
that Taxation is no Tyranny.
“We can inform Jonathan what ate the inev
itable consequences of being too fund of glory
—Taxes upon every article which enters into
the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed pn
der the foot—taxes upon every thing which is
pleasant to see, feel, smell, or taste —taxes upon
warmth, light and locomotion—taxes on every
thing on earth,and the waters uhliei the earth—on
every thing that comes from abroad, ot is grow n
at home—taxes on their raw materia!—lax son
every fresh value that is added to it by the in
dustry of man- taxes upon ibe cause which
pampers appetite, and the drug that restores him
to health—on the ermine which decorates the
judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal—
on the poor man’s salt and the i ich man's sj ice
—on the brass nails ol the coffin aud the rib
bands of the bride—at bed or board, cyuchant
or levant, we must pay. The school-boy w hips
his taxed top: the beardless youth manages his
taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a ttyxed road;
and the dying Englishman jours his medicine,
which has paid seven -per cent, into a spoon
that has paid fiftein percent; flings himself baek
upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty two
per cent; and expires in the arms of his apothe
cary, who has paid a license of a hundred
pounds for the privilege of putting him to death.
His whole property is then immediately taxed
from two to ten per cent. Bead’s the probate,
large fees are demanded lor burying him in the
chancel, his virtues arc handed down to posteri
ty on taxed marble, and he is then gathered to
his lathers, to be taxed no more.”
Santa. Anna. —Having so often had occasion
to condemn, in the most indignant phrase the ac
tions of the President of Mexico, we make it a
rule to omit no opportunity to co hint justice
when be performs a deed of'generosity or moral
worth. We have before us at this uipmint a
document entirely in the handwriting ol the
President bestowing a lice pardon to A.-a Hill,
one of the Texans made j risotter at battle of
Mier, it was a son ot this Mr. Hill, who dis.
nnguished iumsell so signally in that desperate
fight. He was but a lad ol 13 at the time, but
he dealt out death to the Mexicans 1 ike a veteran
killing Id of them himself; and it was with dif
ficulty that he could be i mu. ed to desi t IrOni
filing, upon receiving 0.. .-rs to that pnrjose
from the commanding ouicer. His gallafiiry
caught the attention of a Mexican Colonel, ;.nd
was reported to Gen. Am; ndia, iv whom the
lad was at once set at hbi.ity. linuei the pro
tection of Ampudia he was taken to Mexico,
while the father and another ion were conveyed
thither ns prisutieis ol war. The Ihil was j re
sented to Santa Anna, with a statement ot his
exploits, and the I’iesident is irtAy ecucaling
him at bis own expense, amt as- in ds the lather
, that l,c will look well to his future interest .
The pardon which has been gianied to .Mr. Hill
1 alleges in the body' ofil.tlii.t it is in consideration
I ofthc advanced age and the numerous family
. that it was conceded. kVc stis| eet rdmiiation
of the young son had quite as much Io do with
1 it. Mr. Hill reached cur city yesterday. and
was to leave last evening for his family in Tex-
> as. He seems very well satisfied iiv leave his
I boy miner the protection ofthc President, and
confirms the opinion very gt-nera'Hy entertained
- that all the Texans now confined-la Mexico
wHI be liberated in September next.— D..ainn<.