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THUIUtDAF MDRZKIAIXi, 1 847.
Certificates of Ability.
“ 7/a.s it come to this, that the fitness of an indi
vidual for the Executive chair of Georgia is to be
established by certificates?”
Wf. think not. But when the Federal Union
and other papers, which ought to have more
manliness and fair dealing, continue to deny
suitable abilities to Gen. Clinch, because he is
not an orator, they may expect that his friends
will refute the misrepresentation and place the
General in a just light before those who might
be misled by it. When this is done, and the
detraction is exposed, these papers lake a new
tack and assert that the friends of the General
are endeavoring to establish his fitness for thc
Gubernatorial chair by certificates!
In the same way it might he asserted that oth
er candidates, whose praises are published by
their friends, are sought to be elevated by cer
tificates. When was the like ever known be
fore, that a whole party press can find no sou It
with a candidate hut that he is not a speaker,
and, in defiance of hundreds of examples to
to the contrary, assert that, because he is not a
speaker he has not the requisite ability for a
Governor ?
I* is but the fate of place and the rough brake
I’hat virtue must go through,”
whenever it submits to candidacy for popular
sit firage. But it would seem as if age and val
uable services, spotless reputation, and true
chivalry and patriotism would exempt their
possessor from the littleness of opposition and
give him a right to be treated with respect.
The old chieftain who feared not death in de
fence of his fellow-citizens—who risked his life
to serve them and to protect their families
from savage torture ami the tomahawk and
scalping-knife— cannot regard hut with scorn
the impotent efforts of his enemies to de
feat him by abuse and derogation from his abili
ties. Ihe cry that he cannot speak will no
more impede his onward march to civil triumph
than the hostile and trained bands of savages
impeded his march to the victories which saved
thc lives and preserved the property of his suf
fering countrymen.
Vain, impotent, ungrateful attack’ How
little do our opponents of tiie press know of
human nature! Do they imagine that they
can thus overthrow a noble and generous old
hero. er*>n< .U«l • ... «v. «»•*- pIHU.. .»
in the hearts of the people? How little do
they appear to know that they are exciting a
deep sympathy in his favor by their discredit
able assaults upon a venerable ami grey-haired
veteran and patriot, which will bear him with
loftier triumph to the station in which his friends
are seeking to place him.
These insignificant efforts are as much an at
tack upon the good sense of the Convention
which nominated him as upon himself. That
ronveiftion was distinguished for its purity ami
ability. Many of the strongest minds in the
State, from the various pursuits of life, were
there. They had at heart the good of the
State. They had elevated it. by their efforts
and by electing the present Governor, from
embarrassment to a position of prosperity. It
was necessary (if they were influenced by even
party considerations ami success) to pula suit
able man in the place of the present Executive.
The good of the State and parly advantage,
both, demanded a selection that would fill the
stiff on as it should be filled.
Many in that Convention well knew that
Gen. Clinch was a man of strong intellect, of
intimate acquaintance with State and National
politics, and possessed of that executive talent
so necessary for the station to which they de
sired his elevation. The people had confi
dence in their delegates, those delegates were
seeking the good of the Slate, and those who
know Gen. Clinch fipel that the destinies of
Georgia will be safe in his hands, whether it
regarils competency to guide her affairs, or
honesty and patriotism to direct his efforts in
the performance of his duties.
Wherever the people have had the oppor
tunity to speak, they have warmly ratified the
choice of the Convention and proclaimed their
determination to give their best energies to the
advancement of the old patriot hero. As Gen.
Clixch is a bright example of all that is pure
and worthy, as a private citizen, so will he be
a bright example of all that is faithful and hon
est.as the chief ruler of Georgia.
W lugs ! are you gathering up your strength
and gelling ready for the day ! It will soon be
upon us. Let us work now. Don’t put it oft*
to the last. We should begin muc. and never
faller till the notes of victory are heard from
the mountains to the seaboard.
Thr Rev. XV ill. L. McCall* v». J. K.. Polk.
The Philadelphia ••Sun” of Saturday con
tains. as promised, an address to the President
of the United States, headed as follows:
•• 11. I. McCalla to J. K. Polk. President of
the United States. concerning the Jesuit Spies
sent to Mexico, with the title of Chaplain to thc
trmy"
The only part of this address which bears
upon the question immediately al issue between
the reverend gentlemen and the President and
his friends, is the following part of the account
of the interview which the former held with the
latter, w hen an applicant for appointment as
one of the chaplains to the Army :
• • • »•! t.»ld you that the Jesuit piests them
selves had published their declaration that you had
appointed tbein chaplains; that the Roman Catholic
l»ajwrs had ratified their statement; that the Protes
tant papers had adopted the rumor; and that the po
litical jMjM'rs had commented upsi it as an indisputa
ble fact. These were historical phenomena which
we both scented to think required .in explanation.
That explanation you gave, by saying that you had
appointed them under the name of chaplains, but m
reality as spies; and that you had consulted Bishop
Hughes upon the subject, and frit that \ on hid a right
io do so ; but the plan had originated, vou a&nned,
with an eminent Presbyterian, u lit**- name vou meu
tioned. winch the next minute you were afraid vou
had no right to d. . \\ hen I heani your declaratKMi
about 1 Jell thankful to Providence that I had
in no indelicate efforts to extract from the
’ hiei-Magistrate of a great nation such an anomalous
anihHinccnient—an announcement made to a stranger,
in m itvd stringer, will suit a profession of confidence
"* * charge >orrv«y. director indirect, in whole or
pan. V | had ixx drawn it from wu, I treated it
«ilh r.’HH-armg and respectful silence. Under the
1 uiprvssb>n that my silence was -vcasuxie I
.•y .he '.leucth : vour new (nvution, v»m pursue.!
or Mir-c.-nes, , n d. tie rent "UexicM, that YOU had
MH.. lbe ia y th , ,„ w!wMion
y you a .. yo..t t fvs’avtrrsa<» c**uu*rlk»r that, without
Ajcnju., ta .. Me.,.-,,.. ..f
ibc.r ami «wpwun a th- rmer.l u.r lo !»-
«.».k agnuM H, w.nffil werwheha hill,-.rm. bv
lb«r z«d. Hkw. ami ■
\ vohintecr. who has returned from the Mex
ican war. *ay»T I have seen the elephant,
trunk, tusk*, and all; and aro more than satis
tied i went oul a Polk soldier and return i
Taylor Whig —Baltimore Patriot
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Who is Duncan L. Clinch 1 Can he write 1
Where are his Productions ?
Messrs. Editors:—l must again trouble you
to allow me a space in your columns to throw
“ a little more grape” into the squadrons that
have made, at least, a demonstration against
my friend the General. It affords me peculiar
pleasure to volunteer a round or two in his de
fence, as I am in no way connected with the
politics of your State, and therefore stand in a
position that will secure me from the imputa
tion of being actuated by a hope of political
advancement. My sole motive is, to vindicate
an old, consistent and valued personal friend,
without either his knowledge or consent.
I stated, in my last communication, that Gen
eral Clinch’s services to his country arose
from the purest patriotism; and bad his coun
sels been heeded, much blood and treasure
would have been spared our nation.” Now
for the proof—not from hearsay, but from the
record. When Gen. Clinch appeared as a wit
ness before the Court of Inquiry, which was
convened at Frederick, in December, 1836, to
investigate the causes of the alleged failure of
Gen. Scott’s campaign against the Seminole
Indians, the following is a question propounded
to him by the Court, and _his answer:
Cpueshon Zy tfie Courf.^WHat were the «uuses.~
in your opinion, that prevented the subjugation of the
hostile Seminoles, in the campaign conducted l»y Ma
jor-General Scott in Florida, in 1836.
Answer.— In reply to that question I am compelled
to state, that I am of the opinion that the failure and
the disasters attending the operations in Florida, were
mainly to be attributed to the want of energy and mi
litary forecast in the late head of the War Depart
ment; and in failing to order a larger force pnd a
greater quantity of military supplies &c., into that
country in 1835 —ami early in the year 1836. In il
lustration of this opinion, and to show that the Secre
tary of War was not entirely uninformed as to the
state of things in Florida, I beg leave to submit to the
Court extracts from several letters, addressed to the
Adjutant-General of the army, by the officer then
commanding in Florida. hen, at last, the late
honorable Secretary awoke from his dreams of politi
cal preferment, and turned his attention to bleeding
and suffering Florida, it was too late, owing to the
peculiar nature of the country, to effect a great deal
before the hot and sickly months set in : hence, in a
great measure, may be attributed the failure, as it has
been termed, of the campaign conducted by Major
< ieneral Scott in Florida.
[ The extracts alluded to in this answer were here
read to thc Couh, and accompany these proceedings,
document No. 151. j
Fort King, Jan. 22d, 1835.
Sib: —1 wrote you a few days since, via. St. Au
gustine, but as the letter may not reach you as soon
as by the regular mail route, I have thought it proper
to write you again, on a sucject which formed part of
my last communication.
In that communication, I stated that, if it was the
intention of the Government to remove the Seminole
Indians west, in the spring, with or without their con
sent, it would be necessary, in my opinion, to send
four additional companies to this post, and two to Fort
Bnxike, and two six-potin<lers to each post. 'The
more I see of this tribe of Indians, the more fully am
I convinced that they have not the least intention of
fulfilling their treaty-stipulations, unless compelled to
do so by u stronger fiirce than mere words. Their
minds have been so completely perverted, by a set of
interested and designing men, that no argument or
reasoning will have the least influence with them, ex
cept the argument of force; and if a sufficient mili
tary force to overawe them is not sent into the nation,
they will not be removed, and the whole frontier may
be laid waste by a combination of the Indians, Indian
negroes, and the negroes on the plantations. It is
useless to mince this question —it should be met, and
met firmly, if their treaty is to Im* carried into effect;
and I do not hesitate to state, and I do so from some
small knowledge of the Indian character, that a large
majority of this nation have not the most distant idea
of going West, and they will not do so, unless compelled
by a strong military force. I have, therefore, felt it my
duty to make known to the < iencral-in< ’hief my views
on this subject, and to call for a sufficient military
force, completely equipped for active field service,
(anil not with thirteen rounds of cartridges per man)
so as to enable me to assume any a titude that the
Government may think proper to order hip to take in
relation to this wilfully deluded tribe.
I am. with high respect your obedient servant,
I>. Ij. Clinch, Brevet Brig.-Gen. Com’d’g.
This warning, given one year before hos
tilities commenced, was unheeded, and in Oc
tober, 1835. we find him again urging iiis former
views npun <«»« <»• »*« r - *
from which the next extract is taken was writ
ten from St. Augustine :
St. Augustine, Oct. Sth, 1835.
Sir :—I have the honor further to request that one
of the revenue cutters, stationed on the Gulf of Mexi
co, may be otdered tocruisealong the coast from (.’har
lott’s Harbor to Tampa Bay, between thc first of De
cember ami the first of January next, to co-operate
with Brevet Major Dade’s command, in ordering ami
securing all the Indians they may find on that coast;
and on their arrival nt Tampa Bay. to remain subject
to the order of the officer commanding the troops in
Florida. A small armed vessel of that class would,
in my opinion, aid our operations very much, and
could be placed on that kind of duty for a short time
without the least injury to the revenue service.
The rervice assigned me, and the troops under my
commaml, is arduous, disagreeable, ami perplexing,
and without tin* least prospect of leaping any honor;
but it will be cheerfully |M*rfi»rmed to the best ot my
abilities.
I fell deeply anxious tn remove the Seminole nation
without resorting to force ; but, being on the ground,
and in possession ot all the facts, I feel it tnv duly to
state them lor the information of the (ienerat-in-Chiel 1
ami the department of war, ami to give it as mv opin
ion that we shall have to strike a blow at the Wicka
seekv tribe before thej will surrender the murderers
of Dalton or agree to comply with their treaty. This
however will be the last alternative ; but 1 earnestly
request that the Government will place the means in
my hands to enable me, when it becomes absolutely
necessary, to strike effectually, ami to give protection
to the frontier settlements; otherwise many lives ami
much property may be lost.
I have the honor to be, &c.
D. L. Clinch, Brev. Brig.-Gen. Com’d’g.
The predictions of Gen. Clinch were lite
rally full lied. No adequate preparation was
made, by the War Department, to meet the
coming storm ; and when hostilities commenced,
the entire frontier, then in an unprotected con
dition. was laid waste by the infuriated savages;
and all know, that the shrieks and cries of the
murdered women ami children, scalped and
butchered by the light ot the blazing dwellings
of the defenceless inhabitants, aroused the sym
pathies of the entire country. The well re
membered enthusiasm of your citizens, and the
records ot your own City Council, attest the
deep feeling that was excited by this state] o
affairs, and the promptness with which a cal
for help was responded to. There is not a re
flecting and unprejudiced man. who reads this
correspondence, but must acknowledge, that,
had the prompt, wise and judicious measures
advised by Gen. Clinch been carried out by
the Administration, the war with all its horrors
and profligate expenditures would have been
avoided. I have no doubt Mr. Van Bi ren has
wished a thousand times that the statesmanlike
views and policy of lien. Clinch had been
carried out by Gen. Jackson’s Cabinet before
he came into power. The old Roman indeed
bequeathed him the mantle of his power, but.
hiding under its folds this Florida war. into
which Gen. Cass had blundered, it proved a
curse to its possessor, and led to the utter over
throw of himself and Administration.
1 shall trouble you with one or two more do
cuments in my next and last communication.
A Volunteer.
More Trans-Atlantic Steankrs —A let
ter quoted by the Gazette de Cologne, states
that a Dane, long resident in New Y ork. has
prepared a plan for a line of four steamships
between New Y ork city and Gluckstadt, on the
Elbe. The project is said to be w armly sup
ported by the Kings of Denmark and Sweden
and bv the city ot Hamburgh, which will se
cure the prompt raising of the necessary capi
tal. SI.OOO.OiMV
Maine.—The Legislature of Maine has
passed a bdl and resolves for altering the Con
: • iftet Gow ernoi. Sen Hors,
and Representatives in the Legislature and in
-
as the election of Congress and County officers
is concerned, it will go at once into operation.
The others, being amendments to the Constitu
tion, cannot be adopted until they receive the
affirmative votes of a majority of the people.
Mr Ci v\ r.oiNo North.—A letter from
White Sulphur Spring-. August 2nd. says:
Mr Clay leaves here in a week, accompanied
M New O
:‘ie recreation to be found m sea-bathing at
Cape May. Long Branch, or Newport.
The Hon Edward Bradley member of Con
gress elect from the Western District ot Mich
igan. died on Thursday morning at the Croton
Hote! in New York IL* remains have been
taken to his late residence at M •tr*hall Michi
tan for interment
To tiie Fublic.
.Messrs. Editors of the Chronicle 4’ Sentinel :
Gentlemen : —Since my nomination to represent
the Twenty-First Senatorial District, a certain set of
designing men have commenced harping upon the
old string, that of charging me with being the head of
a lawless band of robbers, rioters, <fcc., thereby de
signing to prejudice the minds of the honest portion of
the community against myself, and those associated
with me. We, therefore, ask the privilege of making
our true position known to the country, that their vile
slanders and misrepresentations may be exposed.
The circumstances are briefly these. A few years
since, (as is well known to many,) the section of
country in which we live, was infested with a clan of
negro thieves, who not only stole the property of our
citizens, but exerted a pernicious influence among the
black population, and also over the youth of our land.
As they were too numerous for the vigilance of one or
a few to detect and bring to justice—hence the neces
sity and object of forming this association, by whose
perseverance and vigilance the country has been, di
rectly or indirectly, rid of several of them, who are
now safely incarcerated in the Penitentiary.
Gentlemen, in justice to those who had no other
motive than to subserve the public good, we ask the
insertion of this brief notice, together with the annex
ed Declaration, in your widely circulated paper.
Very respectfully yours,. George Stapleton.
August Sth, 1847.
Articles of Agreement entered into between honest
citizens for the purpose of preserving peace and
good order among them, andfor the preservation
of their just rights in the protection of their pro
perty against the assaults qf viilany.
Whereas, it is notorious that there is a certain
idle feilawK .through, .our country
upon whom strong suspicions rest,' they not pursuing
any of the common avocations of life to procure sub
sistence, being irresponsible in every light that we
can yiewthem, and by their conduct showing that they
arc independent of the law, and upon whom, (in many
cases) a due course of law cannot be brought to bear :
We, the undersigned, deem it to be our indispensa
ble duty, to use all possible vigilance to bring such
characters tojustice, anil as long as there is any |«>ssi
bility of bringing such pests and nuisances to abide
the decisions of the law, where justice may be done
to all parties concerned, we shall be perfectly content
with that decision. But when coming in contact with
certain characters of the loafer sort, such as it has
been the misfortune of some of us to meet with—such
as have proved themselves in every sense of the word
to be a pest and nuisance to any community, then in
that event, after we have sought and used every
means, and iiave resorted to every expedient to bring
such offenders to justice by the ordinary course of law,
and have finally failed to obtain that justice in conse
quence of a combination of false swearers, we feel a
consciousness that it is our right as well as our duty,
(though not until the very last resort,) to throw our
selves upon the law of necessity in resorting to what
ever means the emergency of the case may seem to
require to rid our settlements of such pests or nuisan
ces; and for the rectitude of our cause, we appeal to
the good sense and to th»* justice of every honest man.
But be it known to all. that we do not attempt in
any wise to violate tin* first principle of the laws of
our country, for we hold ourselves strictly amenable
to the laws of our land.
And be it further known, that no individual will
constitute a fit subject for the consideration of this
association, until he shall be declared a pest and a
nuisance, unworthy the confidence of any honest man,
therefore unworthy to be suffered to remain among an
honest community. We, the undersigned, do then
fore mutually and voluntarily unite and pledge our
selvesto each other upon the principle of honor to ob
serve and carry out the provisions contained in the
foregoing.
To this declaration some two or three hundred re
spectable citizens have signed their names, and n o
|H*rson has been mobbed jet, no law violated, and
much good has been done. (<. S.
From the. Little Hock (Ark.) Gazette, idt.
The Army Worm.
We have heard from Saline, Dallas and the
Southern counties generally. In Saline, we
have been informed that in some places they
have commenced their attacks by stripping the
stalk of every leaf and bud it contained. On
the plantation of Dr. Smith, of Dallas, where
400 bales have been raised, we learn that the
proprietor will not realize a single bale out of
liis whole crop.
The worm this season has made its appear
ance five or six weeks earlier than last, and
clips off the buds and eats into the young bolls
making complete havoc of tin* planter's pros
pects. In some instances, finding no cotton,
they have attacked the cornfields and injured
the young corn materially. It will be seen, by
the note of Mr. Keatts below, that they differ
from those with which our planters were af
flicted in ’hi. The people of Arkansas had.
t>H gL ul ~to »how of what our
*’li**e Maw capable, ano em—,
ted .ITTro- ,w cl *»-
were opening before them. \\ e sincerely
hope that this visitation may not be as general
throughout the cotton region of Arkansas, as
has been represented to us. If so a stagna
tion in every branch of business must be the
result. We have been told that it is the ••Army
Worm,*’ as known by this name in other States,
and right well have they been dubbed—for they
have already come to be more terrible than an
•‘army with banners.” We give the letter ol
Mr. Ixeatts, and hope our friendsin other por
tions of the State will write to us upon the
subject:
'Che H ornu-. — This scourge of the Cotton planter
has again made its appearance in the cotton fields in
this vicinity; tliey were firot discovered about the
*2olh ins.., since which time they have increased in
some fields to an alarming extent, destroying the crop
as far as they have advanced, and in others they
have made clean work. Capt. Hill's and Marlow’s
crop were pretty well destroyed several days since,
Mr. Adamson’s Badgett’s, H. Keatts’, and my own.
; arc seriously injured, so far as they have gone, and
unless their career is arrested, will be entirely de
stroyed. They differ in their habits from the Worm
of'46—by eating the boils and stalk ; whereas, the
caterpillar of last year fed on the leaves of the cotton
plant alone. The Boil or cut-worm ot ’47, first de
stroys thc grass, ami not until it is exhausted do they
attack the cotton plant. A casual observer wo.Jd
ride through a cotton field, and pronounce i’ fine,
when in fact it would prove on a close examination to
j be entirely destroyed, as they destroy or injure every
boil, square and blossom in their desolating course
through the field. Unless their work of destruction
can be arrested in some way, 1 venture the assertion
that the entire crop will tie destroyed in this imme
diate neighborhood.
I have turned my hogs into the cotton fields this mor
ning, under the belief that they would assist in demol
ishing a portion of them, and withall hands engaged
in tho same work, I trust 1 shall be able to stay their
ravages until arrested by other causes which will be
more effective in ridding us of a pest which must ev>
er prove a terror to every cotton planter.
I understand that Maj. Kawson and Mr. Win. Ash
ley are likely to have their cotton crops preserved, by
the aid of the birds, which have congregated there in
countless numbers ami made war on thc worms.
What lucky fellows they are to have the rascally
black bird accomplish what in in is incapable of
doing. Well. ‘itis a bad wind that blows nobody
anv good;’ while the birds arc engaged in waging a
tear of extermination on the caterpillar our coni crop
is treed from their depredations, as it has been a
subject of remark that not a bird has been seen in our
coni fields for several day s.
I send you up mine specimens that you may judge
for yourself how far our fears are likely to be real
ized from the depredations of these marvellous in
truders. In haste, yours. J. B. Keatts.
Army Worm. —A few days since we con
versed with an intelligent planter of Mississip
pi from the neighborhood of Rodney, who in
formed us that for the last three or four weeks
he had been making experiments to ascertain
whether the real parent of thc army worm— the
regular noc goss. as our favorite correspondent
styles it. had made its appearance yet. His ex
periment consisted in placing about twenty
lighted lamps in his cotton field at intervals ot
several hundred yards every night. He suc
ceeded in catching many thousand millers of
various species, but among them he confident
ly asserts were found ten or twelve ot the real
simon-pure army fly’, anil no mistake. He has
promised to continue his experiments and keep
us regularly informed of his success. \\ e
may add here dial this and die adjoining parish
ers’have exhibited as yet no appearance of the
approach of this terrible scourge, although we
have had several false alarms.— Concordia. La..
Intelligencer, 31 sf ult.
The Washington -Union. ’* it w ill be discover
ed from its paragrph [of July 21]. w ill not go
bevond last January m sustaining Gen. Kear
uev. All that lie did previous to that time is to
be disavowed bv the Administration: and thus it
hopes to get rid of the responsibility which has
resulted from the exercise of illegal and un
constitutional powers in New Mexico and C al
ifornia. But w e never felt more sanguine of
anv event dian that Gen- Kearney will be able
to find - instructions.” plain and incontroverti
ble. for every act which has marked his career
since he entered the territory of New Mexico.
It will not do. then, for Mr. Polk to endeavor
to shift die responsibility from his shoulder* to
those of his subordinate. Missouri Republican.
Thi Sickness i> Canada.— The Qnebec
Mercurv gives the annexed statistics of the
mortality among the Emigrants from May 10th
to July 24th. at mid-day : , -
Died in hoqMtel at Grow? Isle 100
Ou shipUnrd ou the inissage out Irwin Groat Brt
-2,366
Out - <« " I' ■
to their arrival, and buried on the island • • «- I
In the tents at the east end. where the healthy
are landed -
Total-4.572
The Montreal Courier furnishes the follow
ing report of the interments at that place tor
the week ending the 31st Joly :
In the citv Citizens
Emigrantsbo
- -
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1847.
Augusta, ®co.:
FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 13, 1847.
‘ Not only are the millions which Mr. Polk found in
the treasury gone, but many millions besides have
been squandered on a war which had not even a reli
able and respectable Mexican threat as a founda
tion for its existence.”
The Federal Union and Macon Telegraph
have each criticised the above language used
by us a few days since. Their inferences have
done injustice to our meaning, and we take oc
casion to explain it. It was not our purpose to
refer to the war as necessarily’ waged after the
conflict of arms on the Rio Grande. We do
not doubt that our views are fully understood
by those who have been in the habit of reading
the editorials of the Chronicle Sentinel.
We meant, of course, by the li foundation”
of the war, the advance of our army to the Rio
Grande; and this movement, we contend, was
not demanded by a “ reliable and respectable
Mexican threat.” Indeed, all the testimony in
the case, all the letters of General Taylor, and
the movements of the Mexicans, proved that
the inarch was not demanded by necessity or
even good policy. Democratic papers insist
that the Mexicans gave this country just cause
for cjeclaring war, fry ..rejecting Mr. Slidell.
i he friendship of Mexico nii<r uro o mvcd Stater"
has been dissevered not alone by serious diffe
rences of opinion, but by the shedding of the
heart s-blood of each other’s citizens; but not"
withstanding this, justice should be rendered
both.
The Mexican Government, professing to be
offended at the annexation of Texas to this
country, recalled their minister. Almonte, from
Washington. Diplomatic intercourse was thus
suspended. It was suspended for this act of
annexation. Mexico believed herself to be
deeply wounded in her honor by it. Under
this state of things, she agreed to receive a
Commissioner from the United States to settle
that difficulty, and that alone. But what did
Mr. Polk do ? He sent Mr. Slidell as a min
ister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary,
to settle not only the Texas difficulty, but all
ether matters of difference. Now mark it: no
nation receives such a minister from another,
while its honor is supposed ts be impeached.
The point of honor is first settled, and then a
minister with full powers is accredited. When
such an envoy is received, it is always presum
ed that the country receiving entertains toward
that sending him. feelings of friendly regard.
This was not the state of feeling on the part
of Mexico. Mr. Slidell was rejected, and
that is declared to have been a just cause of war.
Admit that Mexico was too fastidious on the
subject: was it not rather a small proceeding
on the part of our Government to insist that he
should be received as a full minister, contrary
to her express and declared purpose to enter
tain a commissioner? Can any man of can
did reflection say that the rejection of Mr. Sli
dell was a just cause of war ?
How much more magnanimous would it have
been for our Government to have yielded to
the scruples of such a power as Mexico, and
sent a commissioner. This, besides conform
ing to the expectations of the Mexican Gov
ernment, wonk! have flattered its pride, as an
evidence of respectful deference to its wishes.
We should not have bowed our honor by doing
so, and Mexico would have been put in the
best possible mood by it to meet us with a kind
ly spirit, and the language of early and restored
good will and friendship. We do utterly
despise the trappings of honor, especially its
warlike trappings, when it threatens to glut it
self with murder and carnage, not because wc
cesxirt/ifoHmpd.s it. but bucuuxu «
its baser passions and its superior power. Na-""
tional honor is never used thus, when greatness
and goodness and good sense have its keeping.
The other argument of the Federal Union,
that the war was demanded because American
blood was shed by the Mexicans on American
soil, has more speciousness about it. In the
first place it is not certain that the blood was
shed upon American soil. But the judgment
of mankind will condemn the Presidential act
that placed our troops upon the Rio Grande,
and, like the snares of the hunter to entrap his
game, provoked, yea, enticed the Mexicans to
a play of bloodshed.
We will close our remarks upon this sub
ject. for the present, with the promise, before
long, to review this whole 'natter in a series of
article s We feel induced to do so. because of
its great importance, and the consideration also,
that from the great accession to our list of sub
scribers. many have not had the opportunity
perhaps of seeing our former exposition of it,
or its full elucidation in any other journal. Our
army has truly been given
“ To deeds of fame and notes of fire ;”
but that cannot shield from public condemna
tion those who have placed the constitution un
der the iron heel of Mars, and given to wake
less slumbers the untimely victims of his car
nage-loving ferocity.
•• The Grand Junction Railroad.”
In reply to our correspondent ” Warren,”
who remarks upon our having published the
letters alluded to without comment, we deem
it proper to add, that we did so because we be
lieved our people are heartily tired of the con
stant wrangling kept up by the press and a
portion of the citizens of Savannah about bu
siness and Railroads. We had hoped, since
the two great roads are completed, an era of
better feeling and greater prosperity for the
two cities were rapidly approaching. That
Savannah would appropriate her surplus to a
communication with Augusta via. \V aynes
boro, particula»ly as some ot our prominent
! citizens, and Directors of the Georgia Rail
Road, manifest considerable interest in the
i completion of that work. This would enable
I Savannah to share, and perhaps engross, the
trade of Northwestern Georgia. With this
! road she would be the sea-port for much of
this trade, if she afforded as good a market as
the planter could obtain elsewhere, without
which she could not expect it. For wherever
| here is a choice of markets, the planter and
trader will go where they can do best, and so
far from impoverishing, they enrich the State
by so doing. Hence all the talk about -‘Slate
pride.” in our opinion, is mere gammon.
The letters were published as matter of news
to the citizens of Wilkes and Hancock, among
whom our paper has an extensive circulation,
and we did not choose to enter into a discussion
with the friends of the contemplated road from
Washington about the profits, though we con
fess we cannot see where such large profits, as
seem to be anticipated by the writers of those
letters, are to come from, especially without
the cordial cooperation of the Georgia Road :
and we cannot perceive how this can be reason
ably anticipated, when the whole scheme is
understood to have been founded on a dis
agreement with that company as to the terms
of a proposed connection with it. On this lat
ter subject, we may in conclusion remark,
i from die tone of private letters received in
this city.l that we believe the citizens of
Wilkes are laboring under a strange misappre
hension. We understand that they are under
the impression that the Georgia Road was
averse to any such connection, and in that spirit
proposed to them illiberal terms. This some
what surprised us. as we know from frequent
conversations with those most closely and inti
mately connected with this road, that they have
been always favorable to such a connection,
and expressed a willingness to offer every in
ducement consistent with the interest of the
company tor its accomplishment. Hearing
these charges often repeated, we applied to the
proper officer, and by his permission, was per
mitted to examine theactiM’ of the Committee
and Board on the subject, and we feel fully as
sured that they have been misapprehended;
otherwise such a feeling cctild not have been
excited.
For the Chronicle <nd Sentinel.
‘‘ Tlie Great Junction Railway.”
Messrs. Editors:—Youipublished in your
paper of the 9th two letteii® on the subject of
this contemplated road, taken from the Savan
nah Republican. You pablished those letters
without comment, butthesame paper furnishes
abundant comment for the planter, which I will
presently notice. As the object of these letters
seems to be the same, Uli quote only from one
of them. The writer that
“The only mistake made by the friends of the
road is, that they have not subscribed for the building
of a double track.”
For, he says— •
“An inspection of Bonner’s map will show that be
sides the 25,000 bales of Coiton from Wilkes, and its
neighborhood, which this rvgl'will secure, it will be
the cheapest and shortest sea for the whole
Cherokee region, the teeming west.”
I have no doubt of the ability of the friends
of the road to build ikajfey with a single or
double nigle track
nught-be
Ist. In the same nuaSMWFjronr p : ‘P er , you
give the state of the AugSfe market, and the
last weekly reports of the Charleston and Sa
vannah markets. You say of the Augusta
market, on Saturday:
“ Several hundred bales changed hands, principal
ly at 111 al2 cents. A crop lot of 113 bales, class
ed middling fair, was sold at 12 cents.”
The Savannah report says:
“ The past week has been exceedingly dull. We
have sales of 85 bales to report, viz :36 bales at 111 ;
1 Oat Ilf ; Bat U|; 16 at 11, and 15 at lOf.”
The Charleston report says:
“The receipts of the week reach 620 bales, and the
sales in the corresponding period comprise 2020 bales,
at the following prices:—200 bales at 10£; 318 at 11;
297 at 11|; 33 at Hj; 188 at 11|; 74 at 11’; 70S at
12; 170 at 12|; and 8 bales at 13c. per lb.”
From these statements it would appear clear
ly that Augusta is, fur the planter, much the
best market of the three, which is most com
monly the case, except when cotton is required
for immediate shipment, and consequently most
of the cotton coming on the Georgia Railroad
is sold in Augusta. But, if “the friends of
the road’’ will have it (for effect) a competition
between Savannah and Charleston, it will be
perceived that the Charleston sales will average
about $2 per bale more than those of Savan
nah. Ido not say that so large a difference as
this always exists, but, whenever it docs, at least
a portion of the 25,000 bales “ from Wilkes
and its neighborhood’’ would likely be diverted
from the proposed route.
2d. In the same weekly report from Savan
nah, we find:
“An inspection
sides the 25,000 bi
neighborhood, win
the cheapest and e
Cherokee region, 1
I have no dou
of the road to 1
“ (’urn— Is retailing in small quantities at 55 a 65c.
No sales of consequence this we»*k.”
The Charleston report says:
“ Corn.— The receipts find their way into so many
hands, that it is difficult to give quotations with the ac
curacy we should wish, but believe that 65 a 75c. will
cover all the transactions. We understand that the
•1000 bushels from Tennessee reported in our last,
have been sold at 70c. per bushel.”
Here is an average difference of about 10
ecu’s in corn, which 1 should suppose might
relieve this road of some small part of “ the
whole Cherokee, Tennessee, and the teeming
West.”
Upon the whole. I think one track might be
made to answer for the present; at any rate,
until it is ascertained whether any right can be
obtained lotcar up the Georgia Rail Road and
appropriate it to the use of another, in express
violation of their charter. Warren.
t/m At. Louis Republican, August Und.
FTm- JelhU’Wl J.liqill. ,
publishes a letter from Lieut. Eastin, of the
Code county infantry, dated at Independence,
where he arrived on the 23rd ult. He left
Santa I e on the 21st of June, and was thirty
two days on the route. A portion of the com
pany had been discharged; thc remainder
were yet in the service, and would be mustered
out at Fort Leavenworth. Lieut. Eastin left
the command at the Little Arkansas, two hun
dred and ten miles from Independence, all
making very good progress.
Captain Angney, who commanded company
A, was left in Santa Fe. So, also, was Lieut.
Irvine, who had not recovered from his wound,
lie had suffered much,and it was apprehended
that he might be a cripple for life.
Every thing was (juiet at Santa Fe. The
country was rife with minors of revolution and
rebellion, but no confidence was to be placed
in them. The people of Taos were said to be
discontented and restless, but Lieut. Col. Wil
lock had returned from his expedition to the
Red River Canon, and would soon quiet all
dissensions.
No news had been received of any troops
being ordered to Santa Fe. and Col. Price was
in perfect ignorance of what the Government
intended doing in this matter. He was dis
charging his men, or sending them back as fast
as their time expired. The other company of
the Infantry battalion was to be discharged on
the 27th of June, and Capt. Dent’s and (.’apt.
Fischer’s companies in two’or three days there
after. They were to start for home on the Ist
of July, and Col. Price’s force in Santa Fe
would then be very small. He intended to call
Willock’s battalion from Taos, and the two
companies of Dragoons from Albuquerque, and
to concentrate his whole force at Santa Fe.
Lieut. Eastin has attacked on the Ith of Ju
ly, by the Indians. They came on him in the
middle of the day, when he least expected
them, and succeeded in taking one mule and
killing another. Judge Brown, at the same
time lost seventeen oxen. Mexicans were en
gaged in this party, and the second day there
after a number of them came into the camp,
who were recognised as being from Taos.
They made professions of friendship, and said
thev were hunting buffalo.
The day before Lieut. E. arrived at Pawnee
Fork, a Government train of wagons was at
tacked. and the Indians captured twenty oxen,
and killed a negro man belonging to Moses
Payne, of Boone county, within 150 yards from
the camp. A white man narrowly escaped
with bis life.
The Indians are congregated in large num
bers on the Arkansas, and commit their depre
dations with impunity. It is high time. Lieut
Eastin thinks, that the Government was taking
some steps to protect her citizens and herself
from these repeated outrages. Mr. Hayden,
in charge of a Government train of wagons,
had lost two hundred head of oxen.
Lieut. Love was met eight miles this side of
the crossing of the Arkansas, going on. on the
10th of July. The Infantry Battalion, under
Col. Eastin, and Capt McNair’s Dragoons,
were met at Pawnee Fork, with a large train
of wagons. Four companies of Col. Ralls’
regiment were met on the 20th. at Cotton
Wood Fork —Capt. Simonds’ and Smithson’s
companies, a few miles beyond Council Grove,
on the 21st. Capt. Simonds was at the Grove,
very sick, though getting better.
The Ralls county company was met at Coun
cil Grove: and next day. met four companies
of the Illinois regiment, eleven miles this side
of the Grove. Soon after three other com
panies of the same regimental Willow Spring.
Some seven or eight of the company remain
ed at Santa Fe. The others were expected to
reach Jefferson City about the present time, af
ter an absence of thirteen months
The Washington "Union.*’ in reply to an ar
ticle of the National Intelligencer, denies that
the Administration considers, or ever has con
sidered California and New Mexico as annex
ed to the United States. Now, if the President
did not. in December last, regard those terri-
tories as part of the United States, we beg i
1 some of his organs to explain to us exactly |
i what he meant when ae congratulated the conn- '
> trv in his annual message upon -the recent ra
pid extension of our territorial limits." It he
did not mean Califoniia and New Mexico, we
prav some of his friends to tell us what on i
earth he did mean. The truth is. the function- I
aries at Washington did consider those terri-
I tories as already a portion of their political |
heritage, but they were scared away from the ;
spoils bv the indignant voice of the nation,
like a vulture from an ontasted carcass.— Boston ,
Charity Hospital. —From the Ist inst., last !
Sundav. up to 6 o clock last evening, the ad- I
missions into the Charity Hospital were 2S>. i
During that period 72 deaths took place, of
. which 52 were of yellow fever. As only 3-
! deaths from yellow fever occurred during the
previous week, it appears evident that the
• disease has now most certainly assumed the
I form of .in epidemic.—.V. O. Delta inst
From thc N. O. Picayune, of 6th inst.
Later from the Army of Gen. Taylor.
The steamer Ohio. Capt. J. Swiler, Jr., ar
rived yesterday morning from Brazos Santia
go, touching at Galveston. She left the Bra
zos on Saturday, the 31st ult., and Galveston
on the 2d inst.
The Flag says that Cgl. Gorman, with four
companies of Indiana volunteers, passed up
the river on the 24th ult., on the Big Hatchee;
Lieut. Col. E. Dumont, with two companies on
the 25th, on the Col. Hunt; and the remaining
four were on the Col. McKee, at the mouth of
the river, all bound for the Camp of Instruc
tion. The regiment is nearly 1000 strong, and
has suffered a loss of but four men since leaving
Indiana.
The Third Dragoons.— A letter was received
on Monday, by our commandant, from Gen.
Hopping, stating that he had received informa
tion that Gen. Urrea was on this side of the
mountains with some four thousand men, and
requesting a squadron of dragoons—but we
learn that their colonel chooses to remain here
until he has received his compliment of horses,
in the meantime drilling his men as thoroughly
as could be done elsewhere. A company of
mounted men from Ohio, who had recently ar
rived here, was, therefore, sent up by the first
boat, and will report to Gen. Hopping imme
diately for duty.
Col, Carvajal.— We understand from several
sources entitled to credit, that this worthy was
on Friday last at a rancho called La Vacaria,
some twenty-five leagues distant, on the road to
with a force numbering about 250
guerrilla chief.
a large number of mules loaded with corn, soap,
sugar, and other produce, destined for this
place, besides one hundred cargoes of goods
which had been sent from here to Monterey.—
They appear determined to spare neither
friends nor foes, but confiscate all they can in
tercept as fair booty—looking upon the interes
ted as giving “aid and comfort” to the enemy.
A party of sixty men are reported to have been,
a few days since, within two or three leagues
of this place, picking up deserters from the
Mexican army, and impressing others into their
service from the various ranchos in our neigh
borhood. A squadron of mounted men could
soon open the way for the traders; and we un
derstand that our commandant has an eye
upon the proceedings of these commissioned
parties, and we hope soon to hear that the roads
are cleared and made safe for the transmission
of merchandise of all descriptions.
Singular Phenomenon.— While at the mouth
of the river last week we were told that several
days before the waves washed heaps of dead
fish ashore, in numbers so great as to literally
cover the beach. They were of all sizes and
descriptions, and emitted so strong an odor of
sulphur as to afflict all the denizens of the
mouth with a cough. Some days before this
unusual occurrence, it is said a Mexican wo
man predicted that the phenomenon would take
place. As for the prophecy we will not vouch,
but the fish part of the story is “true as preach
ing,” for we witnessed the heaps with our own
eyes. It is supposed that by some volcanic ac
tion of the earth the sulphuric fumes escaped
and destroyed the piscatory inhabitants of that
part of the Gulf.
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
Camp Buena Vista, July 18, 1847.
I arrived at Saltillo from Monterey on Friday at
noon, in company with Gen. Cushing and suite, ami
came out here to camp in the afternoon. The Gene
ral comes to assume command of his brigade, consist
ing of the 2d Mississippi, Virginia and North Caroli
na regiments. The encampment really presents a
most beautiful and picturesque appearance, spreading
over a vast plain just sufficiently inclined to enable the
water to run off rapidly. The volunteer brigade is
encamped according to regulationsand every tent and
camp-fire is in its appropriate place. The artillery
and dragoons are on the left of the field, Gen. Wool
and staff’ in the centre, and the infantry brigade on the
right. The discipline of Gen. Wool is extremely
strict, and enforced; and discipline is nine points in
thc game, especially where volunteers are concerned.
Company drills take place every morning, battalion
and regiment drills every afternoon, and brigade re
views every Sunday. As regards the climate, it suits
me, being an Eastern man, to a degree—the air being
delightfully cool and bracing at all times, except du -
ring the middle of the day for a few hours; a shower
lays the dust almost every afternoon. With respect
to the health of the troops, I regret to say that the Mis
sissippi and North Carolina regiments are suffering
severely, and have been for some time, from chills and
fevers and diarrhteas, but principally the latter. The
average number of deaths in each regiment is about
three a day for a fortnight; the sick list of the North
Carolina regiment is now about 150—that of thc Mis
sitwippi regiment about 100- There are aitouL 120 on
up here. This sickness is mainly attributable to the
imprudence of the officers and men in eating too
heartily of fruit, which abounds here now, and in
keeping up the practice after they are attacked. Re
cently Gen. Wool has prohibited fruit from being
brought into camp, and the beneficial effects of this
proceeding have begun to be felt, thc sick list decreas
ing gradually every day.
Information was received here not long since that a
force was inarching down upon Parras to occupy that
place for the purpose of preventing our forces here
from drawing supplies from that quarter. The inhab
itants, dreading their own troojis more than ours, de
spatched this intelligence, and a company of Texan
Rangers was sent to occupy the place and scour the
country in its vicinity. A squadron of dragoons, un
der command of Capt. Rucker, and two pieces of ar
tillery, were also despatched to Mazapil, from whom
intelligence was received yesterday that all was per
fectly quiet, and they will be back here by the 20th
The Pleenix Company of mounted cavalry, number
ing about one hundred, commanded by Capt. Meers,
late Lieutenant C’olonel of the Arkansas cavalry, are
stationed in the Palomas Pass, below Saltillo, to pre
vent a surprise from that quarter. Pickets are sta
tioned on the road to Agua Nueva, and every vigilance
is exercised to guard against any sudden movement in
thii direction.
It is reported that Urrea has gon j to Matehuala, and
that Minon’s cavalry are on their way to Potosi, a
small place about seventy-five miles from here on thc
San Luis route. It is also stated on good Mexican au
thority that the troojw which have been occupying
San Luis, joined by 2000 from Zacatecas, are on the
march to the city of Mexico. Some degree of credit
is attached to these reports, and they are not at all
improbable. Various other reports are in circulation
touching the movements of the enemy in this direction
which are not generally credited or entitled to credit.
There is no more immediate prospect of an onward
movement than when I wrote last. If the troops pro
mised this column arrive, we shall go on without a
doubt. So for the sake of an early peace, do “hurry
up them cakes;” stir up the Administration cooksand
accelerate the movements of the new volunteers. If
thc Ohio, Indiana and Alabama troops “come out
strong,” we can “push along and keep moving.”
Yours, truly, J- £• d.
Sunday Night, July 18, 1847.
Since writing my letter of this morning, Captain
Rucker has returned from his expedition to Mazapil,
and confirms the report received from him. He found
no troops there, but had every reason to believe that
Minon’scavalry (under whosecommaml is not known)
were at or in the neighborhood of Matehuala. An
express was despatched by the Mexicans at Mazapil,
immediately upon the approach of Capt. R., to the
enemy wherever he was, informing them of his ap
proach that they might be cut off. Capt. R. saw
nothing of them on his return. Information has been
received from Parras to-day to the effect that Don
Manuel Ibarro had received an express twodays since,
announcing the approach of a body of upwards of 300
Indians, who had burned and destroyed three ranches
on their way and kdled three hundred Mexicans. It
is very likely that this report is correct, as it was
known that a large body of Indians were in the neigh
borhood. The number of k : lled is probably greatly
exaggerated. 1 suspect that the force al Parras, one
company of Texans, will be increased. An extraor-
I diqary Mexican express has arrived intown from San
, Luis Potosi, en route for some point west of the moun-
I tains, but what its purport is of course has not leaked
i out. It is thought that a movement is on foot. The ar
i rival of this express is only known to a very few, but
i that a courier has arrived there is no doubt.
A great portion of the supplies rtf corn, flour and
cattle are derived from Parras, and you will be sur
prised to hear that an English house there, claiming
protection of the flag of their Government, go into the
j market and buy up everything that we can want, fore
[ stalling us completely, as they immediately demand
i higher and unreasonable rates, in some instances
| amounting to exorbitancy, such as our Government
' never ought and probably will not pay. If they do
, not consent to take reasonable rates their produce
ought to be seized and their claims left to Govern
ment to settle. The Mexicans who have produce to
sell fear the punishment «4 their own Government if
they supply our forces with provisions, and actually
! pay certain English merchants therea heavy premium
! to have the sale made through them, or else sell them
:at replaced prices. Com brings now 33 a fanega, and
816 isdemanded for corn a cargo, about 300 pounds;
•314 is considered a fair price, but the speculators arc
seeking for 320 and will not sell for less. The wheat
■ and corn crops aro coming in well and there is every
■ prospect of an abundant crop. Yours, truly, J. E. d.
When you hear a Democrat say Gen. Taylor
! advised the removal of our troops from Corpus
Christi to the Rio Grande show him thefo.low- ■
ing from the President's message:
"A portion of the army was ordered to ad
' vance into Texas*. Corpus Christi was the po- ;
I sition selected by Genera! Taylor. He en- |
' camped at that place August. 1 W -L>. and the ■
■ army remained in that position until the 11th ,
day’of March. 1*46. when it moved westward. !
andon the 2-th of that month reached the east
! bank of the Rio Grande, opposite to Matamo
; ros. This movement was made in pursuance oj
, orders from the War Department, issued on the
■ l'3th of January. 1-46."
' i New Cotton.—Two bales of new cotton nr
' rived here vesterday on the steamboat Rain
bow. from the plantation of Gen. A. G. Carter,
of East Feliciana. We have received a sample
of it which is bright, clean cotton with fine
lons staple — Pw 1 < nh inst
Augusta, ©co.:
SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 14, 1847.
Democratic Declarations.
To one unacquainted with the wiles of De
mocratic leaders and journalists, it would real
ly seem, at times, as if Whigs were the very im
personations of hatred to liberty and the con
stitution, and Democrats the impersonations of
devotion to them. Strict construction is en
twined around the very souls of the latter, and
no man can be found or has ever been found
in their ranks so deeply corrupt, so politically
abandoned, as to favor a Protective Tariff, a
National Bank, or, in the language of the Fe
deral Union, “ other kindred Federal heresies’”
We say it would seem to one unacquainted
with the patriotic and solemn protestations of
Democracy, as if such were the case. He
would be struck with horror, he could never
believe if told it that all the early Presidents,
that Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madi
son and Monroe, were in favor of National
Banks, Protective Tariffs, and “ other kindred
Federal heresies!”
He would be prepared at once, without a
moment’s hesitation to swear by all that is good,
that Major-General Andrew Jackson never
for a moment gave the sanction of his judgment
ana ms„ ,p rotectiKft .Tariff,
a National Bank, and the distribution of the
proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands.
Notwithstanding his infidelity upon the sub
ject, he would be compelled by the testimony
to admit that he did! And now we ask the
Democratic press to answer the following ques
tions :
Did not General Jackson acknowledge the
constitutionality, expediency and utility of those
three federal heresies ? Was not a tariff’for
protection voted for by republicans, as well as
federalists? Was not the establishment of a
United States Bank a republican measure, and
voted for by the republican party ?
W e might ask a number of other searching
questions, but these will do for the present.—
Will the Democratic press publish these ques
tions and answer them? We do not intend
now to argue either the constitutionality, or the
expediency of these measures. It is unneces
sary to do so, and we shall deal only in a few
general statements and facts. It is a judicious
test ol any question or measure under our con
stitution, to ascertain what was thought of it
by the good, the wise, and the patriotic founders
of the Republic, and/ramers of the national
compact.
The first public act passed by Congress after
the adoption of the constitution bad for one of
its objects t/ie protection of domestic manufac
tures. It was signed by whom ? Shall we give the
name, and subject it to the charge of treason to
thc constitution, and an infamous sacrifice of the
rights of the people ? If it was a federal heresy,
the truth must out. It was signed by one
General George Washington, who captured
the British at Princeton and Trenton, who took
Cornwallis at Yorktown, and closed the Rev
olutionary War ’
We still must be permitted, however, to en
tertain at least as much respect for the judg
ment, patriotism, and love of liberty of this
greatest of all men, as for the slippery leaders
of modern Democracy, who in 1844 inscribed
upon their banners the false and disgraceful
motto, “ Polk, Dallas and the Tariff of 1842,”
or as much as we can possibly entertain for
those of the gentlemen of the Democratic
press of Georgia. Oh shame, where is thy
blush !
Was General Washington a robber of one
section ol the Union for the benefit of ano-
■ WGeneral Jackson ? Were they
tariff’ man and still an angel of light. He could
falsify his pledges, trample the Constitution un
der his feet, violate the laws of God and man,
and still be immaculate! Duelling with Clay
is murder—with Jackson chivalry! If the
first is firm and consistent, he is a dictator; if
the latter subjected laws and constitutions and
public opinion to his iron will, he was the
faithful and unspotted friend of his country, of
liberty and of the freedom of opinion; and if
Clay is a consistent friend of the reasonable
protection of American Industry, he is a fede
ral heretic— while, with the same opinions and
views, Jackson was the child of glory, and the
idol of Democratic devotion !
What can, what will, what must a reflecting
people think of the chameleon hues of Demo
cratic pretension ? Their professions cannot
be held sacred, for they are utterly profaned
in practice. Their detestation of “ federal he
resies” is but a trick to deceive, for they glory
in those who have practiced and taught them, as
well as the Whigs. We fear that they sigh for
the spoils, and are held together more by the
“cohesive power of the public plunder,”
than by devotion to the Constitution, and a
hallowed fidelity to principles.
The River.—Our citizens were quite as
tonished on Thursday morning, to discover
that the river during the night previous, had
risen to nineteen feet above low-wLter mark.
To have produced this suddjn rise there must
have fallen’very heavy rains in the up-country,
for although it rains daily here, the showers
have not been sufficient to cause such a swell.
Indeed, so much rain has fallen, we have no
fears of a low river this season.
Mr. Secretary Walker. —The Locofoco
press havel often, with great self-satisfaction,
lauded in high terms the wonderful financial
ability and business tact of the Mississippi Re
pudiator. We do not like to disturb their equa
nimity, but the shallow pretentions of Mr.
Walker have been so abundantly developed
since his accession to the head of the Treasury,
that we cannot refrain from exposing the gen
tleman’s unfitness for his position. At the com
mencement of the last session ofCongress, the
Secretary, in making his estimates of the reve
nue from customs for the fiscal year ending
June. I^47,stated the amount at $28,000,000.
Now six months of the year had expired, and
he had before him die returns of the first half
of the year ; yet he was unable to come within
near $5,000,000, of the result from customs in
six months.
The following are the receipts for the year
ending June 31st, 1847 :
Quarter ending Sept. 30, 1846,36,153,826
“ “ Dec. 31.->*- 3,645,965
“ “ March 31. 1847, 6.300,000
“ June 30, 7,200,000
T0ta1,322.299,791
A falling off’from the Secretary's estimate in
»ix months of $4,700,209. We hope our De
mocratic friends will cease their adulations of
liiis skilful financier, who cannot with-
in $9,400,418 of the probable receipts from a
Tariff'bill of his own concoction. — Savannah
Republican.
Battalion of Mounted Men. —The follow
ing Companies have been reported as complete,
or nearly so, and have been accepted by the
Governor, us constituting the new Battalion of
mounted men. lately called for from this State.
We may look, in a few days, for the arrival of
the companies at this rendezvous, preparatory
to organization as a Battalion, and taking up
I their line of march for the seat of War:
Capt. Kendall, “Upatoi Rangero,” Muscogee Co.
Goulding, “Calhoun Guards,” “ “
Hamilton, Cass “
o Wofford, “ “
“ Fulton. Chattooga “
We understand that Capt. J. S. Calhoun, in
compliance with the suggestion of the War De
partment will receive the appointment of
Lieut. Colonel of the Battalion, from Governor
Crawford. This is but a just tribute to the gal
lantry and patriotism of the gentleman thus
honored, and will give general satisfaction to
the several companies placed under his com
mand. May the Battalion win many laurels,
to the credit of the State which sends it forth,
and to the honor of each individual member of
the noble band, who have so promptly respon
ded to the call of the country, in its hour of
need— Columbus Democrat.
VOL. LXJ. -NEW SERIES, VOL. XL, NO. 33.
From the N. O. Picayune of Ith inst.
VERY LATE AND IMPORTANT
FROM MEXICO.
GEN. SCOTT STILL AT PUEBLA!
THIRTY DAYS LATER FROM PUEBLA AND
MEXICO.
Gen. Scott at Puebla the 30th July —Probability
qf an Immediate Advance —Evacuation of Pue
bla — Valencia's Arrival at Mexico wjth Four
Thousand Troops —a General Engagement
Expected —Santa Anna and Congress Quar
relling— Gen. Pierce's Arrival al Perote —Re-
ported Action with the Guerrillas—Death qf
Lieuts. Tripton and Sturgeon,
The U. S. steamer Fashion, Capt. Ivy, ar
rived late last evening from Vera Cruz, bring
ing us dates from that city to the 2d inst. Her
news is most important. She brings a large
mail.
Gen. Scott was still at Puebla on the 30th of
July. The news of the National’s extra was
totally unfounded as we believed and have con
tended from the first.
The courier of the British legation arrived
at Vera Cruz on the 21st ult., with correspon
dence from Mexico to the 29th of July and
from Puebla to the 30th.
Our letters from Vera Cruz differ somewhat
from Mr. Kendall’s in regard to the probable
movements of Gen. Scott. They represent the
chances of peace in a more favorable light than
Mr. K., and think the resistance to our advance
will be almost nominal. Mr. Kendall thinks
differently and gives his reasons. We can only
find room this morning for his latest letters,
which will be found below.
In Mexico every thing was at sixes and
•wvftns. Congress has referred Mr. Buchan
an s letter back to the Executive, rtu d
upon him all the responsibilities of the war.
About 26,000 men aro collected for the de
fence of the city, but the peace party in the
town is yet strong and increasing, and they
have no faith in their generals.
Gen. Pierce, with his train and convoy, had
arrived safely at Perote. Gen. Scott, it will
be seen, despatched Gen. Smith’s brigade from
Puebla to meet him. It will be seen that Mr.
Kendall believes Gen. Scott would advance the
first week in August upon Mexico, and that
there would be the severest battle of the war.
The Mexicans are fully prepared to receive
him.
The Sun of Anahuac gives the following ac
count of an encounter between Gen. Pierce’s
train and the guerrillas. It must be regarded
as a rumor, says our correspondent, and so too
says the Sun:
“A respectable person of this city has in
formed us that a letter has been received yes
terday morning by a citizen of this place, from
a guerrilla chief, stating that the guerrilleros,
about 600 in number attacked the train com
manded by Gen. Pierce, near the National
Bridge. The letter says the Americans ap
proached under the fire of the Mexicans until
they arrived within a hundred yards of them,
when the American Infantry opened a deadly
fire on them, forcing them to retreat. While
the Mexicans were retreating the American
cavalry rushed on them, sword in hand, and
killed about one hundred Mexicans. The
position of the Mexicans was one of the strong
est that can be found in the country. The
Americans passed the bridge after this success
ful engagement.”
A gentleman who conversed with Santa An
na since the middle of July—we are told this
on the best authority in Vera Cruz—found him
in favor of negotiating, but dreading to assume
the responsibility. Gen. V alencia had arrived
at the capital with 4000 men from San Luis
Potosi—all full of fight. This embarrassed
Santa Anna. He left himself too strong to
give up without a fight.
Our letters mention the death of Lieut. Trip
ton, of the Rifles, and Lieut. Sturgeon, of one
of the Pennsylvania regiments. The former
was the son of ex-Senator Tripton, of Indiana
—the latter of Senator Sturgeon, of Pennsyl
vania.
Capt. Rockwell informs us of the death of
Major Smith, quartermaster at Vera Cruz. He
died on the 24th ult., and was interred on the
following day.
Gen Shields’s health is nearly established, as
his many friends will be delighted lo hear.
A former rumor received here is confirmed
that Lieut. Whipple, adjutant of the 9th In
fantry. is still alive. Gov. Wilsonhas received
a letter from him saying that he was alive and
well, but a prisoner to a guerrilla party.
The following in relation to the evacuation of I
Tabasco is from the Sun of Anahuac of the
<4/ tli ult. »•-
-tnui um> ■ ■ Uotn. i er
en.
“ The forces have been withdrawn from the
city of Tabasco, in consequence of the severe
sickness which prevailed among them, till the
sickly season shall have passed.
“Everything was taken on board, and the
evacuation was effected without molestation
from the enemy, who was inconsiderable force
outside. The defences were all destroyed
when the place was first occupied six weeks
since.
“ Com’r Van Brunt, with the bomb brig
Emma, the steamer Scourge and the gunboat
Bonita, were left at Frontera, a few miles from
the mouth of the river, (it being a healthy loca
tion) to take charge of the custom- house there,
and guard the passages leading to the capital.”
Com. Perry has issued the follov.'ing notice
and order:
U. S. Flagship Mississippi, Anton Lizardo, )
July 28,1847. )
Notice is given that the war tax of ten per. cent, ad
valorem hitherto imposed on exports from the ports of
the Gulf of Mexico occupied by the naval forces of
the United States is hereby ordered to be discontin
ued.
All officers under my command having charge of
the collection of duties under the war tariff of April 7th,
1847, will act according.
M. C. PERRY, Coin’g Home Squadron.
The health of the city of Vera Cruz is im
proving, say the papers. We wi.U give the
official statement in our next, but the average
daily mortality is about nine. The vomito is
decreasing.
Gen. Almonte has been sent to Tclancingo.
The nature of the charges against hin i we have
not vet been able to ascertain. More of him
in our next.
Gen. Alvarez was in the capital the middle
of July and had several long interviews with
Santa Anna.
Mr. Kendall perseveres in sending couriers to
Vera Cruz, though he has had three captured.
One has been killed. He fought bravel.v for
his life and was faithful to the last. By singu
lar good fortune the letters by this courier we
have recovered. They are not of a late d ate,
but it is rather singular that they should hiive
reached their destination against the wishes of
thc Mexicans, when once in their poesessioML
We have not yet had time even to read them -
Mr. K. will continue to despatch messengers
to the coast.
Mr. Trist must have been Indisposed. A
private letter written on the 29th ult- says:
“ Mr. Trist’s health has improved.”
W<e have a copy of El Nacianal, of the 24th
and 21 st ult. This paper is published at Atlis
co, the present capital of the State of Puebla.
From it we learn that Gen. Garay has reported
to the Government that he had defeated 150
American riflemen at the river Calobezo. He
sets down our loss atone captain and fifteen
soldiers killed, five drowned and fifteen made
prisoners. Besides, he says he took forty
horses and some mules and arms. His own
loss is not mentioned.
Editorial Correspondence of the Picayune.
Puebla, Mexico, July 25, 1847.
Since despatching my last courier, three days ago, 1
have not written you, for the simple reason that I had.
to say. Even rumors have not been as abun
dant as they were a week since, the jade who circu
lated them with »> prolific a hand on our first arrival
having either tired herself down or worn herself out.
Not ten days since, and we had twenty different sto
ries in relation to Santa Anna in as many different
hours-bis stock, if I may be allowed tn use the
term, was purely of a fancy description, rising and
falling with every puff of wind from the capital.
Now, we simply hear occasionally that he conbnues
to lead Congress and the people by the nose—in short,
that he is having everything his own way. Dictator
he was, at last accounts, to all intents and purposes,
and his measures, whatever they may have been, he
was carrying out with a high and most unscrupulous
hand. The law of one day, if it stood the least in
his wav. was abolished the next, and he who raised a
word of opposition or dissent was placed where his
voice could not be heard, let hirn shout at his loudest.
Such was the state of affairs at the capital four dayr
a g O —they may have altered since then.
In my last, I mentioned the capture of a Mexican
mail by a party of dragoons. Since then another
package has been taken, and the connate of one of the
letters was outrageous beyond belief. The writer, a
voung man half crazy and two-thirds knave, spoke of
women being daily outraged by not only our men, but
the higher grades of officers; said that the most gross
excesses were perpetrated in open day; that female-*
were not safe even in their own houses; that many
good citizens of Puebla bad already died of rage, and
Chat he himself could not possibly live much longer
and witness such horrible crimes as were hourly com
mitted by the savage and perfidious Yankees —be
must die from an excess of choler. He winds up his
letter by swearing to the truth of all he has written,
and then asks his friend in the city of Mexico to read
and circulate the precious document. He is now
safely lodged in prison, and gives as an excuse that he
only wrote the letter in joke ’ As he has been to <
that he must remain in prison until he proves one o
the statements he has so solemnly sworn to, n« s incar
ceration is likely to be a long one. r m •
1 have seen an order, issued at the city of Mexico
on the 19th inst. by Gen, Lximbardim, in which, after
stating that it is now time for the great Mexican na
tion to show the world that her sons have not degene
rated, the commander-in-chief goes on to decree as
follows: That on the Americans’ first appearance in
sight of the capital a gun shall be fired in the plaza ;
that instantly all the bands shall strike up the alarm’;
that all the military shall at once hurry to their appro-’
priate stations; that all the stores, save those where
charcoal and provisions are sold, shall be immediately
closed; that no carriage shall be allowed in the streets,
and that there shall be no assemblage of persons in
any part of the city. Such is the plan of giving the
first alarm, and of the after government of the city.
The idea of showing to the world that her sons have
not degenerated is purely Mexican, but what a pity
they should not have thought of this before. It will
take a great deal of hard fighting and bloodsheds
olace them where they stood previous to the battle of
Palo Alto.
In one of my last letters I noticed the death of Lieut.
Tipton, of the Rifles—a son of Senator Tipton, of In
diana. Since then a son of Senator Sturgeon, of
Pennsylvania, a Lieutenant in one of the regiments
from that State, has died, and he, too, I have been
told, was a young man of much promise. I cannot
learn that any of our officers are now seriously indis
posed, and the health of the army generally is im
proving. To be sure there are 1500 or 2000 men still
on the sick list, but a larger portion of them are con
valescing.
I wrote you a short time since that I had despatched
a man to Vera Cruz with letters, and that after his
departure I was obliged, in virtue of a verbal contract,
to pay all the expenses of his family during his ab
sence, to keep a candle continually burning and have
a funcion performed in one of the churches for his
safety and buenriaje. I have just learned that the
fellow was captured on the road by the guerrilleros,
stripped, beat most unmercifully, his horse —I paid for
the animal—taken from him, and was then turned
loose to make the best of his way back to Puebla.
The story of his adventures and capture is most amus
ing, and I will give it if ever I live to get home ; at
present I will only say that I thought the family made
too much fuss from the first.
Last evening, on the strength of a letter said to have
been received from the Spanish Minister in Mexico,
peace stock went up. It was rumored that the con
tents of his communication made peace inevitable—
that the Congress and Santa Anna were disposed to
agree to anything in order to insure it; now, while 1
am writing, intelligence has come in from which if.
would appear that there is no earthly chance for an
amicable adjustment of our difficulties. From ail ac
counts, it would appear that Santa Anna and Congress
are at sword’s points, and that the former has all the
advantage over the constituent wisdom of the great
and magnanimous Mexican nation. It may be recol
lected that some two months since Congress passed an
act declaring any one a tratior who would even en
tertain the idea of a peace with the North Americans.
So far so good. When Santa Anna received Mr.
Buchanan’s last propositions, a few weeks since, he
at once submitted them to Congress for that body to
act upon the matter in the premises; but what did
Congress do but send the papers back with an answer
that the initiatory steps belonged exclusively to the
Executive. At this Santa Anna became enraged—
said he did not send the papers before Congress to
ascertain what his prerogatives were—he knew their
full extent well —but he had laid the matter before
that body in order that the members might rescind
their former decree declaring any one a traitor, &c.,
if they saw fit. That he thought they would do this,
and thus give him all and every power, is highly pro
bable ; but Congress took a stubborn fit, and here the
whole affair rests for the present. I do not even see
who is to deign offer an answer to Mr. Buchanan's
propositions, which seem to have been transferred
a species of foot-ball to be kicked backwardsand
forwards by Santa Anna and the Congress—neither
party., in the present distracted state of the country,
daring to lay hands upon the unfortunate document.
Bold and unscrupulous as even the tyrant is in all
matters of state policy, he dare not take a responsibili
ty so heavy upon few shoulders as to come out alone
and advocate a peace. The impression now is, that
he has determined to hazard the defence of the capi
tal, and this impression gains strength when it is
known that he has Congress to lay the blame upon in
case he suffers another defeat. Another battle, in my
humble opinion, will be of immense advantage to the
United States; for if Gen. Scott moves upon the ca
pital the Mexicans will certainly be defeated, and if
he remains here, and there is no more fighting, the
enemy will contrive to come out of the war conque
rors. They will endeavor to make it appear that the
Yankees, fearful of risking a battle at their principal
city, sued for peace, and in the eyes of the world they
will be able to make a tolerably clear case.
Santa Anna has recently levied a contribution —a
forced loan it may be called—upon the inhabitants of
the capital, in which he calls for 8280,875 to carry
on the war. The churches and convents, as well as
private individuals, are assessed, and itis hinted that,
the tyrant has left the names of some of his few friends
off of the tax list. The foreigners, who have been
called upon without stint, have made regular protests
it is said against the unjust exaction, but Santa Anna
does not stand upon trifles in bis money transactions.
From every indication, it would appear that Gen.
Scott intends an immediate movement upon the city
of Mexico—at least within a week or ten days. Hard
bread is being baked for the march, the quartermas
ters fcave been ordered to hold themselves in readi
ness, *u«d in every department all is bustle and acti
vity. it.Ueiuix fuipul to receive clothing
hard at work putting mnr men nr innrorirc
dnuiU'WUf will W v<> before Gen.
two days’s march. At least 15Q0 hundred of the sick
will be left behind, but a majority,pf tty* m would be
in a situation to takeup arms in cast* the garrison
was attacked.
Speaking of sickness, th* South Carolina regiment
has suffered more than any other in the service.
This was not expected. It was thought that the North
ern regiments would suffer most hereaway in the
tropics, but the New Yorkers and South Carolinians
have been, as it were, side and side, and the former
have had but few cases on the sick list comparatively.
The South Carolinians, out of 900 strong when first
mustered, now turn out but ab r u< 400. Os the other
500 some 140 have died, 200 have been left sick in
the rear, and the rest are now in hospital here. The
health of the regiment is improving, however, and
I many are convalescing. Yours, &c., G. w. ¥.
Puebla, Mexico, July 28, 1847.
Rumors from the city of Mexico are at a discount,
but reports from the direction of Vera Cruz are more
eagerly sought after. Many think that the arrival of
Gen. Pierce will be the signal for an immediate move
ment of the whole army, and hence the anxiety to
learn his real wbare>*M>utß. A day or two since in
telligence was received that be had taken the Oriza
ba road, and that he had been heard of even this side
of that city; yesterday news came ip that he had
reached Jalapa with his command, and tins story ’*■
more generaWy credited. On the strength of reports
that a large guerrilla fiirce was in front of Gen. P.,
and that some 2000 men with four pieces of artillery
were on the way down from the neighborhood of the
capital to aid in capturing the train, Gen. P. F. Smith’s
brigade was ordered to move in the direction of Pe
rote. His regular command consists of the Ist Artil
lery, 3d Infantry, and Rifles, but in addition to thia
force a squadron of dragoons ami Duncan’s battery ac
companies him. Woe to any Mexican force that may
fall in the way of this command.
For the last week we have had but little rain, and
it is certainly much to be regretted that Gen. Scott
has been unable to improve it. The weather has been
ufthat nature —cool and bracing—that the men could
have performed their marches without fatigue—it has
been one of those dry spells that usually come in the
midst of the rainy season, and had Gen. Pierce beet;
here, the entire army might have marched to the capi
tal dry shod. Old weather-wises, those who have
lived here long, say that this pleasant weather will be
followed by drenching rains. 1 trust their predictions
may prove untrue, but am fearful that we have not
yet seen the worst of the wet season.
I said above that rumors from the city of Mexico
were at a discount —we have no other reports than
that a portion of the city has been overflowed, that
much sickness prevails, and that the Mexicans intend
giving Gen. Scott the hard battle at thePenon. Then’
are those in the army who think that before a gun is
fired Santa Anna will send out a white flag and come
to terms. We shall see.
Gen. Worth, with Mr. Trist and a large party of
oficers and gentlemen, started out this morning on a
vinit to the noted pyramid of Gholula, and returned
about dinner time highly delighted with the trip. —
A party of Mexican guerrillas went out at the oppo
site side U" the town as Gen. W. entered, scampering
off as fast as their horses would carry them. They
started in tlwt direction of Atlisco, and in their fright
probably reported that the whole American army was
in motion.
The robbers and guerrillas made a fine haul last
night, taking over one hundred mules from a single
pen almost within the limits of the city. This will
doubtless embolden them to more daring attempts.
Yours, dec, g. yy. k.
Puebla, Mexico, July 30,1847.
We have a story, tolerably well authenticated, that
over a million of dollars has recently arrived at Vera
Cruz for the army. A day after the fair, again, for
how is this money to find its way up in season to re
lieve the great Beceranties of those who have so long
been suffering? The K/aits to which our commissa
ries and quartermasters have been driven, as well as
the army agent, Mr. Hargous, ito raise the means fur
the absolute support of the men, has beat the kite-fly*
ing and skinning days of ’37 all to piec.es. A dollar is
a dollar, and more than a dollar, here in Puebla.
In relation to the movements of the army, 3 can
give you no other than the impression that Gen. Scott
will march immediately on the arrival of Gen. Pierce.
The men composing the divisions of Gens. Worth and
Twiggs are probably better soldiers than any at pres
ent in the world. In the first place, the material is
equal if not superior to any; they are equally as wet
drilled; have the best of officers to lead them i and »
what is of the greatest importance, a great portion o
them have been in the front rank of battle in numer
ous fights. Nor is the division of Gen. Quitman,
which will doubtless take an active pyt in any opera
tions yet to take place, much behind the, “*
regiments composing it, the New Virk South Caroil
na, and Ist and 2d
enough in the field to become well drilled, dole Step
toe’s admirable battery i« atu>rbcd to 1 ’, h a
that will set down before Mex.eotr.ll be the atrongeM
and best appointed we hare yet had tn the field and
let the Mexicans fight as they w.ll, the result of any
contest that may take place cannt* be doubted
I have peen a gentleman who left the capital two
days since. He says that the Mexicans were quietly
the approach of Gen. Scott, having all their
works and fortifications completed. The story that
city was partially overflowed is confirmed, but the
report of the extent of the inundation, and of the sick
ne* it had occasioned, have been exaggerated. There
was a strong belief among many of the foreigners
that there was a perfect understanding between Gen.
Scott and Santa Anna, and that a peace would
grow out of it. The Congress was still at loggerheads
with the President, all business was completely at a
■ stand, and the only law known was that of the military.