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Augusta, (Seo.:
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 9, 1847.
New Orleans Receipts.—The total re
ceipts of Cotton at New Orleans for the year
ending Ist inst.. were 707,324 bales, exclusive
of the receipts from Mobile and Florida, against
1.041,393 bales the previous year.
T. L. Hutchinson has been re-elected Mayo r
of Charleston by the following vote :
Hutchinson. 1162.
Schnierle, 927.
Convention at Knoxville.—The Chatta
nooga Gazette, of the 3d inst., says: “The
Knoxville papers loudly call upon East Ten
nessee, Georgia and South Carolina to meet
in Convention at that city, on the27th inst., for
the purpose of coming to some understanding
as to the best plan to promote objects of In
ternal Improvement in East Tennessee, so as
to have concerted action in our next Legisla
ture.”
Lieut. Col. Fremont arrived at St. Louis,
Missouri, on Saturday evening, 28th nit., from
Port Leavenworth. He is under arrest, on
charges growing out of conduct in California,
and is on his way to Washington, whither he
has been ordered.
Georgia Rail Road.—Comparative state
ment of the business of the Georgia Rail Road
for the month of August in 1H46 and I*l7 :
1946. 1847. Increase.
Passengers 9,722 42 15,212 71 5 490 29
Freight & Mail-10,661 25 11,655 58 994 33
820,383 67 826,868 29 86,484 62
I iiomas W. Dorr.—A paragraph has been
going the rounds of the papers announcing the
death of this gentleman, which, it appears by
the following from the Providence Transcript,
is not true:
“ Thomas Wilson Dorr, who has been Iving
dangerously ill at the residence of his father’,
in this city, is, we understand, improving, and
will probably recover.”
The Boston Courier says that the railroads
radiating from that city were never doing a bet
ter business than at present, and then adds:
Mon* is heard of the Western than any other,
and more interest is generally felt in its success
on account ol its being the main artery, and in
one sense public property. Its receipts last
week were over $30,000, and the whole gain
since the first of December, the beginning of
tha present financial year. fofo* »»*»»»
has i win mO'iisnnu dollars mr every ’
working day. This result is gloriously tri
umphant.
For thr Chronicle and Sentinel.
R<-ininlKm<'Cs*--\o* *3.
n Freedom gloweth tn his eyes, and nobleness of
nature al his heart.”
Messrs. Editors: —The past is always in.
striictive; and it is truly refreshing to dwell oc
casionally upon its pleasant memories. These
are obvious truths. Every one has experienced
instruction and pleasure, in a greater or less
degree, from a retrospective view ; and I will
not, therefore, enlarge upon, or attempt to il
lustrate an observation, nt once so trite and
self-evident. At the present juncture, when
party spirit is madly pursuing a gallant (Jen ral.
and ungenerously sporting with the laurels he
has won. When political detractors are daily
issuing their artful missives to degrade the
character of a virtuous citizen; when the
public eye and ear have grown weary of ca
lumny, with its “ many inventions.” it is pecu
liarly delightful to recur to the past, and min
gle our thoughts with the “ things that were.”
Let me invite you. then. Messrs. Editors, and
through you, the good men of all parties, par
ticularly the brave volunteer* .vho served with
Genera! Clinch in the field, let me invite one
and all to peruse the following reminiscences
with that considerate attention which they at
present deserve.
On the 13th of May. 1836, a public dinner
was given by the citizens of Augusta to the
Richmond Blues and Hussars, in honor of their
gallant services in the F|oridawar. During the
festival. Captain Robertson, of the Blues, hap
pily responded to the regular toast comnlimen- I
tary to the two corps: and his remarks are
thus referred toby Professor A. B. Longstreet,
then the Editor of the “ Sentinel
aptnin Robertson of the Richmond Blues here
rose and addressed the President at some length, re
turning in very happy terms, the thanks of himself
and corps tor the honor conferred upon them bv their
fellow-citizens. We regret that it is not in our power
to give at least some extracts from his remarks, par
ticularly from that portion of them where he referred
to the history of the Florida Campaign, as he threw
much light upon that subject. His address was deep
ly interesting to all. and elicited much attention. In
conclusion he sj*»ke of General <'(inch in the warm
est terms qf approbation, and called upon all the
company to join him in the following sentiment, which
was unanimously reap tided to :
•“ General D. L. Clinch:—An able, b r ave, and
bener 'lent officer. In him is found a happv union of
those qualities which cannot fail to place him high in
the estimation of every American citizen.* ”
The tenth regular toast read thus :
“ • The brace and gmerous Clinch . --The friend
of the volunteer. II e hail him as the friend cf us
all.'*'
Volunteer toasts:
TW Richards . The rival M.ajor-Geti
erais of the Florida Campaign. The one fights with
out eating, the other rata without fighting; it rc
fltintta combination of both to make a Clinch' "
Let it be borne tn mind, by the *• attentive
reader.” that Capt. Robertson's toast in honor
of General Clinch was responded to rjmni
monsly. Now read the following, which the
author seems, from present appearances, to
have consigned to the tomb of the Capulets:
“ Ry H
" e ar«' thr s*in< of sires that baffied
Crowned am! mitred tryanny
They defied the field and «eaffokl
For their birthright* —so will we.
IV y •. ask tor proof? A i hav* t — the example of
the Glues a d ifuaaar*.”
Thus we have conclusive evidence that the
champion ol Democracy, the popular gentle
man who is now ridiculing the nti’itarv career
of Gen. t finch. and denouncing him for his
want oi capacity, responded as one of the fes
tive company ol lSk». to the eloquent and
merited toast ot Captain Robertson, and nctu- i
ally lauded the example of the Blues and Hus- |
sars. But “a change has cotue o'er the spirit !
of his dream;” and like some others, whose m- !
consistency, nay. whose want of patriotism is 1
quite as manifest as Col. Johnson s mast now :
appear to the good people of Georgia, he wdl •
doubtless say: - Fellow-citizens.'' 'to err is
human;' and if you will only charitably over
look mv puntA/W/W/us. I shall never be caught
in such company again, but follow the dictates
of a more enlightened judgment ” ( Aside)—
k. ••The prey is fallen in my successful toil*.
•• The tiaaet gbnrr. aud the specie us mien
I>«4'ua< th* ukw: ; few pry the » ’
Again , In lEbenezer Starnes, Esq., a
gentleman well known to the Democratic party
of Georgia, and to the people generally, in
various sections of the State, organized a vol
unteercorps in the city of Augusta, under ihe
name of the “ Clinch Riflemen," as an honora
ble testimony of the high esteem in which he
held his generous and gallant commander in the
Florida Campaign- And on the 31st of De
cember 1839, this spirited company celebrated
their anniversary at Shultz’s Hill, and received
the hospitalities of the distinguished “founder
of Hamburg.” On this occasion, several pa
triotic addresses were delivered, and many
toats (regular and volunteer) were read. From
the volunteer toasts we select the admirable one
which follows :
By Captain Starnes— Gen. Duncan L. Clinch:
We honor him not alone for the laurels he has
won, but for those attributes which are brighter and
nobler than the conqueror’s wreath; the qualities
OF A KIND, GENEROUS, AND GALLANT HEART.”
Once more : We are informed that a few
years since, the citizens of the Third Munici
pal Ward of Augusta, procured a beautiful
and excellent Fire Engine, and that, as a testi
monial of their high appreciation of the dis
tinguished services and elevated virtues of
General Clinch, they christened it, after Appro
priate ceremonies, with the name of “ Clinch.
No. 2.” And we are further informed, that
James Gardner, Jr., Esq., extensively known
as the Editor of the Constitutionalist is now,
or recently was, an officer of the company to
which this Engine is attached. Whether these
latter statements are altogether correct or not.
the writer does not know. He has merely an
indistinct recollection of having seen the editor
in his regimentals, gallantly capering up Broad
street, on the occasion of a visit by the Phomix
Fire company of Charleston, to the several
companies of Augusta. Perhaps, however,
the editor can readily turn to his poetical de
scription of the visit referred to, and enlighten
us upon the subject. And if he has really en
listed under the banner of “ Clinch No. 2,” (a
patriotic and vigilant company by the way.)
or if he has identified his fame with it in any
manner, he will scarcely dishonor the name it
bears, but say to the gallant Clinch, as he mag
nanimously ought—
“ Well have thy fair achievements shown
A worthy meed may thus be won.”
Aristides.
Tlte Crops, di-c.
An intelligent merchant of Mobile, says the
Mobile Advertiser of the 3d instant, who has
been travelling through the best cotton grow ing
section of our State, writes us as follows:
Dayton, Marengo co., Aug. 30, 1817.—Mr. C. C.
Langdon : —Dear Sir— It is now sixteen days since I
left Mobile, during which time I have travelled 15
days in the rain through Wilcox, Marengo, Greene
and Perry—attending camp meetings mid other pub
lic gatherings ami have taken particular pains to learn
the prospects of the growing crop. I have seen many
crops and conversed with a great many intelligent
planters, and am well satisfied that the prospect is not
s<» good even .as at this time last year. The Imll-worm
has done great damage, and the caterpillar is now
doing its wotk. One planter whose expectation was
to make 400 bales, tells me he will not make exceed
ing 100 —and this is about the general calculation
with two-thirds of those I talked with. All agree
that they will not make as much asthey did last year.
A monster worm was shown in Dayton a day or
two since, ot the following dimensions: 6.J inches
long, 1 inch in diameter, with 8 horns and 6 feet, ta
ken from a stalk of cotton 10 feet high, and not a boll
orwpiare to be found upon it, the worm destroying
the leaves worse than :t row. Yours, &c., Me.
Woodville, perry co., Sept. |. Il has been rain
ing every day since 1 returned to this neighborhood,
and I find the crops not near so good as when 1 was
here before, though much butter than in any ether
part of the country in which 1 have been. The rot and
worms have injured them greatly. A short crop in
Alabama in inevitable.
Sparta, Conecuh co., Sept. 1,1847. —I have defer
red answering your letter ot the 9th ult. Ontii the pre
sent date, a* I thought by the first instant the churae
t<» enable me to term a pretty ’enrrcct opinion or the
' yield. Some three or four days since I was in cmn
|ianv with most of the planters of the county and the
general opinion was that there could not be more than
a half crop made m Conecuh, lor the following rea
sons :—the Caterpillars are now here, mure or less, in
every plantation,.and the crop i* three weeks later
th.in usual. I have just returned from the plantation
ofChesley Cm>by. E.*q., some three miles from me,
in which the cotton is completely riddled on the top.
Again the constant rains ol the last two months have
produced an unusual quantity of the bull-woims,
whieh hate done serious damage and are now <le
stoying the !m*|ls that are nearly grown. The rains
continue to fall almost daily, causing (he plant to throw
off the squares and yottttg bolls, and from the same
cause the cotton has began, lately, to rot. In addi
tion to this, all the low lands, which are the main de
pendence of many of the planters ol this county, are
completely inundated. Sly friend Major J. D. Carey
said to me a few days ago that he had 70 acres of
gisul land planted in cotton ami tl nt he would take
ten bales of 500 |*ounils each lor the pnxluce of the
same, ami Major Carry is not a man to jest about
matters of this kind. For my own part I do not ex
pect to make a half crop. Ido not recollect ever
to have seen as many insects working on the cotton at
one time as are now destroying it- No rotton will be
made in this county after three weeks. All that
would mature after that time will be destroyed by the
Caterpillar.
Items of Mexican News.
The landing of Paredes at Vera Cruz has
put the authorities completely on their guard
against a similar surprise. We take the fol
lowing from El Sol: Delta.
Collector’s Office, ?
Vera Cruz. August 25th, 1847. 5
.Vottce. —-Passengers arriving at this port without
|Kt-sp.»its from the American Consul resid-ot at the
port they embark from, will not be allowed to leave
the vessel, ami thr Master of any vessel permitting
such passengers to land, will be fined SaOO tor each
and every passenger so landed, and the vessel he! I
responsible for the same.
F. M. Dimond, Collector.
V. S. Flag Ship Germantown,
Anton Lizardo, August IS, 1847. \
General (feder. .No. 11 •
AU vessel* excepting Army steamer* and Frans
porl*. arriving at ports in Mexico held by the I S.
forces, are to be visited by a Invit from the general
ship of the <iny, or any single vessel ot the Squadron,
that mav be in |>ort, tor the purple ol tendering the
usual compliment of services to foreign vesselsot war.
and of detecting any irregularities in foreign mail
steamers, or merchant vessels, whether foreign or
American.
It is desirable, when it be practicable, that the
boarding officer shoul I be a I ieutenant.
M. C. FERRY, Cem’d’g Home Squadron.
The wholesome ertects of these two intima
tions is exemplified in the following :
“The Spanish brt-j Martin. C.q»t. EscaL'.i, arrived
here yesterday from Havana, brings several passen
ger*, some of whom were permitted ’o land. We are
glad to see such measures taken. This is the only
way to stop the guerrillas from daily increasing.
X\'iieu cheralier.< if Industrie arrive herefrom Ha
vana, they immediately enlist in the gang of robbers
that infost the country.”
The following letter gives some facts that
we have not before seen, though news prompt
ly reached here of the insurrection in Yucatan :
Correspondence of the Picayune.
Vera Crvx. August 27, 1847.
Gentlemen — On Sunday last the city was startled ,
with intelligence fnnn Yucatan that the whole Indian
nop dati «of that State had ris n against the w hitea,
and in some districts massacred entirely the white
p'pulatD.'ii. « th the exception of the women, whom
ihev only spared tor a fate sti’l worse than death.
The news was received here by the French Consul in
a communion mu from the French Cousul at Cam
peachy. and the massacre, h. says, was universal, no
distinction being made except between Indians and
wlvies. In some of the districts ihe whites have suc
ceeded m reaching the cities and were there waiting
succor. There is g<x\i reason • ‘ h -pc these will oe
able to dt fend themselves until they reinfon-ud.
kt Campeazhy they were m expectatiiHi of an imme
diate attack. The French brigs La Perouse and
La Pilate have, it is understood, K<h be- n ordered to
Campeachv. an ! there is a rep>rt that (. > m. Perry is
alxHit order.- g down one ot the vessels o. our sjju.td
rvn. Three is. perhaps, some exaggeration in the
a-. o rrs o' the t \tent of the masaucre, but c’ the
main fi»ct*there is not a doubt The Indians in 4u
• catan have been more »»pjN’essexl than m anv other
twrt •: M MCO. because the landholders are general-
-
ot their estates to stewards, who to subserve
their own interests grind the unfortunate Peon to the
\n express arrived here oa Tuesday trom X -
varado to C.un. Perry, with information that the
spiemilas had attacked that place the nig t before
■ and killed a surgeon and two marines in that tow ..
The a •' S ’
I dispatched to rvm’on-e tn of the place.
Great Fikk in Russia —The Tans Com
J merco savs:—A commercial courier sent from
\rvhangel. on July 2*. by Messrs Brandl A
burg, that a violent confiag ration had burst out
that day. in the faubourg ot that place, and had
de<ro%ed rj»wrhl* Ilk* houses Ol
es:abhshment belonging to the government had
sutfered The fire was still raging when the
courier left but with less intensity, the inhabi
tants having succeeded in making lhemseh es
iu some measure master# of it.
Eor the Chronicle, and Sentinel.
C’ol. Towns and the Administration*
One of the most extraordinary efforts which
has ever been made to gull and deceive a party,
is now being made by the Democratic news
papers to induce their party to vote for Colonel
Towns, upon the ground that he is a.supporter
of Mr. Polk’s Administration. If that is the
reason why the Democrats should vote for him,
they might as well vote for General Clinch.
Col. Town’s has given very few votes in favor
of the Administration—he has either voted
against or dodged nearly every important mea
sure which the Administration has recommend
ed or desired.
The President in his Message had said, tha
to carry on the war with Mexico, it was indis
pensably necessary to raise more revenue.
Mr. Broadhead, a Democrat, offered a resolu
tion to carry out this recommendation, and Mr.
Towns the vote .’
On a resolution offered to make the Rio
Grande tlie boundary, and then to make peace
with Mexico, indirectly condemning the Presi
dent’s views of getting more territory, not
withstanding there were only 33 votes for it.
and 138 votes against it, Mr. Towns dodged
again!!
The President recommended a small tax on
tea and coffee, to be levied only during the war,
and to he levied for war purposes only, and on
that question Mr. Towns dodged again !.”
The President recommended the appoint
ment of a Lieutenant-General to take the com
mand of our armies in Mexico, and Colonel
Towns voted right up against it!
The President recommended the establish
ment of a territorial government in Oregon.
Col. Towns voted against it; he voted with
Toombs, Stephens, and King against it; while
Cobb, Lumpkin, Jones, and Haralson voted
for it ! !!
The President asked for a loan, or issue of
Treasury notes. Colonel Towns voted for
t/ris bill, and so did the Whigs.
Resolutions were offered returning thanks
to General Taylor for his victory at Monterey.
A motion was made to censure him, as the
President disapproved of the manner of that
victory. Every Democrat present, save flee,
stood up to the President and voted for the
eensure, among them, Cobb, Lumpkin, and
Jones. Messrs. King, Stephens, and Toombs
voted against it, while Col. Towns dodged! !
A resolution was offered calling on the Presi
dent to say how Santa Antia came hack into
Mexico, and whether he sent him back or not.
The Democrats rallied and voted it down by a
strict party vote : Cobb, Lumpkin, and Jones,
stood up manfully to the President; King.
Stephens, and Toombs, opposed him, and Col.
Towns dodged again !!!
Mr. McKay, a Democrat, reported from the
Committee <>f \V ays and Means, at the request
of the President, “ a bill to increase the reve
nue derivable from duties on imports; also from
the sales of public lands, to aid in the prosecu
tion oi the war with Mexico.” And upon its
passage Mr. Towns voted no !!!
Now these votes of Colonel Towns show,
that he had no more friendship for Mr. Polk’s
Administration, when lie was in Congress, than
the \V bigs had. He voted against every measure
the President recommended to raise money to
aid in carrying on the Mexican war —except
the one for which the Whigs voted, lie vo
ted for what the W bigs voted, and would n.»t
support what they opposed. How does he dif
fer then from the Whigs in this respect 1 When
the party wished to censure Gen. Taylor at the
instance of the President, Mr. Towns backed
out. and refused to help. He refused the Presi
dent a Lieutenant-General, a measure above all
he and the party desired.
When a resolution was offered, which con
demned the President’s views about getting
Mexican territory, Mr. Towns refused to stand
up to him. When the Whigs attacked tin
President for letting Santa Anna in. Mr.
Towns refused to stand up to him. When the
President desired a territorial government in
Oregon, .Mr. Towns stood up square with tin'
Whigs against the President. 'J’heso votes ol
Mr. Towns show coin incingly. that he dots
condemn the Administration of Air. Polk, as
much as any Whig, and the fact that with a full
enough to ten the people of Georgia that the
Democratic party trite/f condemns tno Adfiihi
i'tration. .And by selectingsuch a candidate, it
is an admission, that the Administration is tot
tering to its fall, and that the party feared to
nominate any other sort of man. lest over
whelming and total defeat would ensue.
Let m» man who ardently admires the Ad
ministration of .Mr. Polk, vote for Mr. Towns,
under 4he belief that he approves his measures.
He may. to save appearances, have voted for
•>iniie few of more prominent measures, hut he
never got an opportunity upon others, but he
either voted against the Administration, or
dodged the vote. And those who were not for
the President, were against him. Mr. Tmvns
has been made the candidate of the party, and
he is therefore compelled by circumstances to
say something in its favor. He does not hope
for election, unless he does so. and has very
little hope of being elected, when he does so:
but go to his v otes. those recorded on oath, ami
then you wi ' see. what he thinks of the Ad
ministralionW iere is Mr. Towns the c indidate
of the v» ith no confidence in it, and
they, but little in him.
He may have voted for the tariff of 1*46.
but that shows no devotion to tlie party. That,
and the act of 1*42. are both protective, and he
could have voted either way. and have given a
good excuse for it. So with the Sub-Treasury.
Either were mere bagatelles to be played with,
as your fancy might teach.
Since Mr. Towns’s nomination, he has pro
fessed some friendship for the Administration:
but he never had any before He has con
demned Mr. Polk’s Administration, and the re
cords of Congress prove it.
Some serious refiections present themselves
to our minds. Why are tlie Democratic pa
pers upholding Mr. Polk’s Administration,
when thev have selected a candidate who has
condemned itDoes not this tell a tale ot dis
trust. of condemnation, and of doubt as to that
Administration which they are asking the peo
ple to support, which ought to make every in.in
seriously hesitate before lie commits himself to
it Who before ever saw such a state of things
m reference to party, as are now ottered to us
\ large party, nominating a candidate for Go
vernor. asking the people to unite and pul him
in office, because he is a supporter of Mr.
Polk's Administration. :tsking the people to ral
ly to it and support it, while the very candidate
they have nominated, has condemned it. as un.
worthy of hi* support! It is strange indeed.
There is something wrong some where. All
cannot be right, when such deceitful pretences
are resorted to, to gull, to entrap, and to de
ceive the honest ami unsuspecting voters of
the State. We repeat there is something
wrong somewhere —Look out' Vf.kitas.
Culture of Irish Potatoes.
Ar a meeting of the State Agricultural So
ciety of South Carolina, at Aiken, in July last.
Mr. David Villard exhibited some potatoes,
which the Committee report “as the largest
they had ever seen." The season has been pro
pitious for the growth of large vegetables
generally, yet as Mr. V.'s culture may have had
some iiiiiuence in producing potatoes of an
extraordinary size, we copy his report to the
Society:
“ The land on which these potatoes were raised, was
prepared by being plowed well and thrown up in:o
beds six le’t w.leaud tw > fevt apart; th- tn da. u _re
trenched six inches deep and eighteen inches apart;
the potatoes were cut in the usual man;.er, and pia..;-
ed from lea t • tweb >cs apart in ' tx
they were then covered with a compel u! five par's
stable manure, one of plaster of Parts, two oi lime,
and two of rotten ashes a . ! burnt b.'lies. 1 !< se in
gredients were well mixed, and strewn in the trench: s.
deep enough to cover th? potatoes—a light covering ot
co.nino i earth was then put on. and the usual hoe cul
ture pursued tn tending the jk>:.,:oes.
Cotton.—The Montgomery JuKmaZ of ihe
3d inst. says: The lot.il Colton receipts at Mont
gomery for the year ending September 1, 1*47.
are 44.69 S bub's.
Total shipments 44.17 s
on hand Sept. I. 1547, 520 ’’
Tins is fur below our average receipts of the
last six years. Although the Cotton of a much
more extensive scope of country now comes to
lh;s market, it is a matter of much doubt, from
present appearances, whether the growing
season I
is yet too eariy to estimate, with any certainty.
:ie exU ( r the dt tic cncy of producuon. —
This, however, is certain, if dry weather does
not soo inten eue to check the ravage-' of the
Lh»11 w orm, the destruction will be incalculable
The crop is later by several weeks than usual,
and the receipts up to this date w ill fall under a
dozen bales.
A bnck budding in Boston, including the
cellar and cellar walk of rough stone, was re
moved some distance a few days since, on a
temporary rad way. wuh entire success. The
building was occupied as a store ; its contents
w ere undisturbed, and the ordinary business
continued without mterruption-
Fear! street House :n the city of New York
wa» »old at auction on Tuesday for
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1847.
Augusta, (&a.:
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 10, 1847.
The 8011-Worm.
The complaints of the ravages of this worm
are becoming more general and extensive dai
ly, and the most serious consequences to the
crops are to be apprehended in many sections.
Indeed there is scarcely any neighborhood from
which we have heard, that they are not found
in greater or less numbers, and in some very
numerous. Accompanying the subjoined let
ter, from a gentleman of veracity to his Factors
in this city, was a small box full of bolls and
forms, (in all the various stages from blooms to
quite full grown bolls,) every one of which was
destroyed.
Covington, Sept. 8, 1847.
Dear Sir:— The impression here is, that you, or
the people in Augusta generally, believe nothing of
the many stories in circulation, respectingthe ravages
of the Worm in Cotton. To the end therefore that
you may see and examine for yourselves, that with us
it’s not “ all talk and no cider.” I have been request
ed to send you this box of bulls. They were gather
ed by John T. Carr, Esq., in a field of his, near
town. The whole field was not run over, or any par
ticular spot selected, but they were taken on a few
yards of ground at the edge. The whole patch pre
sents the same appearance. Rev. C. 11. Sanders has
had “camp fires” built in two of his fields near the
depot, too late, however, I apprehend, toprodueeany
good, as the Fly had done all the harm it was capable
of before he commenced. He had the satisfaction,
however, of seeing them meet the punishment due
their mischief. Yours, truly, J. J. Spencer.
Tlie Telegraph.
“Our exchange papers, yesterday morning,”
says the Alexandria Gazette, “ contained de
spatches dated the day previously, from the fol
lowing points:—Louisville, Cincinnati, Cleve
land, Buffalo, Albany, Boston, New York, and
Baltimore! It will not be long before New
Orleans and St. Louis will be added to the cata
logue, and then in one paper we shall have the
news of the previous day, from the extreme
north, the extreme west, and the extreme south,
by a series of wires, thousands of miles in
length.”
’While (says the Baltimore American.) the
system of railroads and canals and internal riv
ers, with swiftly plying steamboats, form the
veins and arteries of our great national body,
the telegraphic wires, spread for thousands of
miles over the surface of the land, constitute its
nerves. These latter, with tremulous sensi
tiveness and electrical rapidity, give instant
warning of every thing affecting the general
weal—a warning which is recognized at the.
same moment, we may say, in all parts of the
system.
“The application ofsteam, quickening the in
ternal circulation, and the invention of the tel
egraph giving an almost instantaneous identity
to the general consciousness of the Republic
have come into use at periods most happily
adapted to their respective agencies and func
tions. To give to geographical affinities their
full force, the aid ofsteam and of the telegraph
was imperatively required in a country so ex
tensive as ours, yet marked so strongly by the
characteristics of unity. We can now look
forward and embrace our great destiny without
fear—nay, with confidence, and with an expan
sion of thought, and a grandeur of sentiment
suited to the sublime conception. H e are. and
ire are to be, one people, now and henceforth."
Another New Planet.—Mr. J. R. Hind
announces through the London Times the dis
covery of a star which he has “shown, by mi
crometie observations to be a new planet, evi
dently belonging to the group between Mars
and Jupiter.” The amount of motion detected
is stated at 2s. sm. in R. A., w Luyh,
is quite H ante
Mr, Clay has been nominated for the Presi
dency by the Democratic Whig Young Men’s
General Committee of New York. The fol
lowing is the resolution :
Resolved, That in thr designation of the person for
the Whig candidate for the approaching canvass, we
hive encountered no embarrassments, hive met with
no discordant opinions, anil lor that high and solemn
trust we do not hesitate again to inscribe and blazon
on our shields the much-loved and long-honored name
of Henry Clay.
Eor the Chronicle and Sentinel
Messrs. Editors:—l see by the correspon
dents of your paper, that Herschel V. John
son is playing the part of Lieutenant to Col.
Towns in stump-speaking in Cherokee, ami
that the burden of his song is abuse of the
Whigs, and derision of Gen Ct.inch for light
ing the battle of the Witblacoochee. We are
not at all surprised at this. Whoever knows
Herschel V. Johnson, knows that neither
truth, honor, nor fidelity belongs to his nature,
and in middle Georgia where he is best known,
he is regarded by Democrats as well as Whigs,
as unfit to be trusted. In l s l’>. be wrote a let
ter »o the Democratic Convention, withdrawing
his name from its consideration, and asking the
•‘ privilege of se.rring in the ranks as a volun
teer." Mr. M< \i.is tek’s friends then employed
him to write for the "Eedcral Union," and pm
niised him one thousand dollars for ten weeks'
services. The money was not paid as soon as
it ought to h ive been, and Mr. Johnson threat
ened to sue for it. A gentleman, who was a
Democratic Elector, sent word to M r. Johnson.
to give up the demand; that he had done Mc-
Alister more harm than good, and that such
a charge was anv how exorbitant, and extrava
gant. But he hung on to the bargain, and
pocketed the money. He was employed as a
lawyer—wrote as a lawyer, and was paid as a
lawyer, and he made more money in that fee.
than he ever made in five years' practice at die
Bar before..
Thisyear. he goes out to make stump-speech
es as a lawver. IL* has gone into the business
to try and satisfy the Democrats who paid him
that big fee—to try and earn it —and as a mat
ter of course, he will abuse the AV higs sound
ly. and denounce Gen. Clinch especially, ho
ping thereby to render a consideration tor what
he has received.
That heshouldabuse General Clinch, ami at
tempt to detract from hisserv ices, is in character
w ith him. He treats tiie battle of Withlacoocbee
■a* a contemptible skirmish,nwd to hear him. he
could have whipped the Indians himself in half
the time : but he took care not to go there. He
was then a hearty, healthy, robustyoung man.
Hiseountry called for volunteers to save the wo
men and children from savage butchery: Chero
kee went by hundreds—middle Georgia went by
hundreds—the best blood of Georgia rushed gal
landv to the relief of the feeble and helpless—
but the dying cries of the murdered wife and
child, excited no sympathy in the bosom of Mr.
Johnson. Tbecruel massacre of Dade and his
whole command never moved him. Who does
not remember what feelings were excited in
our bosoms, when we heard that Major Dade.
with one hundredand twelve men. were march
ing on the road, when all ot a sudden five hun
dred Indians rose up from their hiding places
and shot them all down—what a thrill went
throughout the whole State 1 How tlie volun
teers poured in from ail quarters, until the gov
ernment bad t»> turn them back —and vet. oi all
thesethousands. Herschel V. Johnson was not
one of them' And yet. he is the man who
abuses the gallant old Clinch
Now. at he lime the battle of Witblacoochee
was fought, it was regarded as the hardest fought
Indian battle which had ever occurred in the
South—Gen. Clinch had one fourth of his
command either killed or wounded, in a battle
which lasted one hour, and yet he kept his
ground and drove the enemy. There are few
battles recorded in historv. where a greater loss
was sustained than here—but no doubt, had Mr.
Johnson been there, he would have whipped
it with broom-sticks. Mr. Johnson said in I*4l.
that if war grew out of the annexation of Tex
as. he would do aii the fighting himself. We
thought he was right brave when we heard
this: but war has come, and though the Gov
ernor has been calling for months for volun
teers. .and though Mr Johnson lives within a
mile of the State House, he has never comeyet.
Some of the Democrats said in 1*45. that the
Whigs had bribed Mr Johnson to write as he
did u> defeat Mr McAlister, and they have
said, this vear. that we have put him up to
making stump-speeches to beat Col. Towts’s
; sts • - The Whigs have
not counselled nor advised w ith Mr. Johnson
hi anv wav —we know- that he does not like
Col Tow ns, but what he is doing, is ofhis own
accord, we are free from any such charge It
is verv natural, that ts Mr Johnsov was laidon
the shelf because he could not be elected, that
he would not be eery anxious to see Colonel
Towns elected. And he w ill be gratified at the
sight, fur Gen. Clinch will give him an awful
beaung. Baldwin.
Preparation of Cotujn for Market.
As the season for gathering this valuable
staple is now at hand, a f^ t! suggestions to the
Planter on the importing Qf preparing it for
market may not only P^ re interesting, but
we hope be of value. JHfc>ugh we have on
several occasions to impress this
subject upon the of our readers,
we hope with benefit to s«ny, yet its impor
tance to every producer us to recur to
it again, with the hope tbdf ?ere long we may
induce them to look to their indi
vidual interest in this particular. Having been
reared in the cotton-grovvrhj region of Geor
gia, (several years of has been spent
by the writer in one of hdj||Eniinercial marts.)
we have seen that has been lost
to planters for the want n&ttention in pre
paring their cotton for market.
The first .branch of thisigbject is the pick
ing the cotton from the greatest care
should be observed to of trash and
dirt, particularly the of the plant,
all of which materially ambits value in mar
ket. When picked, it well dried
before being stored house, for
which pus snonld nave a
scaffold sufficiently commodious to spread a
day's picking.
In storing the cotton away, care should be
taken to keep the stained from the unstained,
and they should be ginned separately, other
wise the stained cotton will materially affect the
value of the unstained, and produce, what is
called in the market, false packed” bales. D
seperated when stored away, it can be ginned
and packed separately, and each stand upon
its own merits.
Next comes the ginning, a very important
operation, and one upon which too much at
tention cannot be bestowed. The machine
should be of the very best class, for without a
good gin it is impossible to make fine cotton,
however good the staple may be, or however
clean it may have been picked. It is, there
fore. unwise and very bad economy to use a
poor gin. It should be the object of every
planter who owns a gin to procure the best, it
will soon pay for itself in the increased value
of the cotton. If, therefore, you have an in
ferior gin. permit ns to exhort you never to
think of “vamping it up to gin this crop,” but
let us persuade you to discard it at once, and
procure a good one. For it often happens
that cotton is damaged one cent a pound in value
by a poor gin.
Again, cotton should always bo packed in
good, strong, heavy hemp bagging. Cotton
bagging will not answer, if the planter expects
to get the best price for his cotton. It is not
sufficiently strong, and as the buyer knows this
fact full well, his bids are always made accord
ingly. The hemp bagging should be the very
best, and if it is heavy, the planter gets his
money back, particularly when cotton and bag
gingare at their present prices. Square pack
ages should always be made, and they should
be secured by the best rope, with at least live
ties, and if the packages are heavy, six. Rope
costs now less per pound than it is sold for on
the cotton, and is. therefore, a source of profit
to the planter. Square packages should be
used, because cotton of the same quality al
ways commands one-eighth to one-quarter cent
more in square packages than in round. The
packages should be as neat and tidy as possible,
the ends and sides well secured, and the cotton
entirely covered. We are aware tliat round
bales are never seen in many parts of tlie cotton
■
marks upon this branch of die subject are par
ticularly designed-
We a* not unmindful or ignorant of the
fact that many planters in thefir zeal to make
large crops, think some of these things of too
little consequence to command their attention.
If there be such among our readers, we beg
leave to say to them, try it for one year only, and
you will satisfy yourselves of the truth of all we
say. If not. you can for the future adopt your
former practices. — Southern Cultivator.
From the National Intelligencer.
Usurpations of the President*
The Government Editor, in “ the Union,”
formally contradicts a rumor, which it seems
had become current at Baltimore, that the
President of the United States was about to
authorize the “ issue of commissions for Pri
vateers to cruize against the Mexicans,” which
issue of commissions, a writer in the Patriot,
crediting thejnimor, reprobates in terms not at
all too strong for such an usurpation of power.
But the rumor itself is, it seems, without any
sufficient foundation. “It turns out,” says the
Union. “ that no commission has been issued
at Baltimore, or any where else ; and that the
President has no intention of issuing them.”
And. adds the Union. “ In fict, the impression
is. that, as Congress is authorized by the Con
stitution to ’ grant letters of marque and repri
sal.’ the President has no power to issue com
missions for privateers’ without the authority
of Congress.” Undoubtedly, the “impresssion''
of the Executive and his advisers is correct. —
This particular power being placed in the
hands of Congress by the Constitution, as the
“ Union” says, the President has no right to ex
ercise it. The “ I mon” speaks like an ora
cle.
But the same reasoning which denies to the
President the power to issue commissions to
Privateers, because the Constitution has placed
it elsewhere, applies with equal force to an im
portant class of powers which the President has
exercised, ami especially to the erection ol’civil
governments in provinces held by the military
power of the United States, and to the reve
nue which he has undertaken to raise and dis
burse in foreign countries. These are powers
granted to Congress as plainly, unequivocally,
and indisputably, as the power to grant letters
marque. Ac. in the following words: “Congress
shall have power’’ ” to make rules concerning
captures on land and water.”
There is no difference, in fact, between the
mode and the character of the grants to Con
gress of these two powers. They are not only
conveyed in equivalent terms, but they are com
bined in one sentence with the general power
to make war, and they cannot be separated or
construed the one differently from the other by
any human ingenuity. For thussaith the Con
stitution :
| " Congress s hall have power” “to de
clare war. grant letters of marque and reprisal,
and make rules concerning captures on land
and xvater.”
Upon the showing of the “ Union,’’ there
fore. the President, in issuing his Tariff ukase,
Ac. has clearly transcended his constitutional
authority.
From the Pacific Sqvadron.—The Wash
ington Union states that despatches have been
received al the Navy Department from Com
modore B.'ddle. of as late a date as May 3. 1 *47.
at Monterey, from which the following intelli
gence of the movements ol the squadron under
his command is obtained. The “Indepen
dence,” the -Cyane.” and the ’ Portsmouth”
were on the coast of Mexico, enforcing the
blockade of Mazadan and Guay mas. The
frigate ■’ Congress" was on her way from San
Diego, and the “Dale” had sailed from Panama
to Monterey. The • Warren” was at San
Pedro. The -Preble” arrived at Monterey on
the 23d April, with Mr. Norns, bearer of’des
patches from Washington. The store ship
• Erie” was at Monterey.
American Railroad Iron. —The Philadel
phia American says that there will be sixty
thousand tons of Railroad iron manufactured in
this country during the present year, which will
be equal in quality to any imported iron. The
value of th> quantity, at present selling prices,
will be upwards of four millions of dollars.—
The American adds that Pennsylvania furnish
es one haifof the pig and more than one-half
of the railroad iron made in the t niled States.
This important branch of manufacture is
rapidly extending, as is evident to one who has
noticed the increase of roiling mills in various
parts of the country, especially in Pennsyl
vania.
The editors of the Boston Atlas have inspect
ed a new invention called " Rodgers Patent
Balance Beam Railroad Truck, which is said
to be a great improvement upon the old trnck
A car constructed upon tlie new plan is now
running on tlie Fitchburg road, and two are
soon to be placed on the Boston and Maine.—
The cars constructed on this plan are said to
ride easier, and are less liable to be thrown off
foe track.
Whig Meeting at tli© City-lIalL
An adjourned meeting of the Whig party
was held at the City Hall, on the 7th instant, to
receive the report of the Convention, which
met on the same day to nominate suitable per
sons to represent this county in the Legislature.
The Chairman being absent, Jas. Harper.
Esq., was requested to take his place.
Jno. Milledge, Esq., then rose, and in behalf
of the Convention made the following report
which was unanimously adopted:
REPORT.
A Convention of Delegates for the several districts
of the county, having met at the City Hall on Tues
day the 7th inst., pursuant to previous notice, on
motion of Robert Y. Harris, Esq., M. M. Dye, Esq.,
was called to the Chair and J. E. Cashin requested
to act as Secretary.
The Chairman having stated the object for which
the Convention was assembled, Robert Y. Harris,
Esq., nominated Charles J. Jenkins and Alex
ander C. Walker, Esqs., as Candidates to repre
sent Richmond county in the Representative Branch
of the next Legislature, who were accepted by accla
mation.
Jno. Milledge, Esq., then offered the following pre
amble and resolution, which were carried :
Whereas the Whigs of Columbia county having re
commended to the Whigs of Richmond county Andrew
J. Miller, Esq., as the most suitable and able person to
represent the two counties in the next Senate:
Therefore, Resolved, That th ; s Convention of the
Whigs of Richmond county do adopt the recommen
dation of their Whig brethern of Columbia, and do
hereby nominate Andrew J. Miller, Esq., the
Candidate to represent the 22d District in the next
Senate of Georgia.
On motion of John C. Snead, Esq., the following
resolution was offered and carried :
Resolved, That this Convention duly appreciate
the high compliment, which the Whigs of Columbia
county have conferred on a well tried and faithful
public servant, in the recommendation of Andrew J.
Miller, Esq., as the most suitable and able person for
re-election to the Senate from this District.
It was moved and passed, that this Convention do
advise the adjourned meeting of the Whig party, to
be held this evening, to appoint an Executive Com
mittee, and also a Committee of five from each Dis
trict of the county to act as a Committee of Vigilance
during the ensuing canvass.
On motion, Messrs. J. C. Snead, I. Thompson and
L. T. Shopp, were appointed a Committee to inform
the several Candidates of their nomination; and
Messrs. Milledge, Frazier and Fargo, a Committee to
report the proceedings of this Convention to the
Whigs this evening.
The Secretary was requested to furnish a copy of
the proceedings to the Editors of the Chronicle and
Sentinel for publication.
(Signed) M. M. DYE, Chairman.
J. E. Cashin, Secretary.
On motion, the above Report was unani
mously adopted by the Meeting.
On motion it was then agreed by the meeting
that, in compliance with the advice of the re
port, the Chairman should appoint an Execu
tive Committee to consist often, and Commit
tees of vigilance to consist of live individuals
from each district of the County.
.Andrew J. Miller Esq., being called upon by
the meeting, made due acknowledgements for
the honor which had been done him by his
nomination as Senator for the Counties of Rich
mond and Columbia.
Benning B. Moore Esq., candidate for Sena
tor from the Counties of Lincoln and Wilkes,
was then introduced to the meeting by Mr. Mil
ler, and made a very good impression on those
present, by the chaste and beautiful manner in
which he acquitted himself.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine die.
James Harper Chairman.
J. Louis Kirkpatrick, Secretary,
EX ECUTI VE COMMITTEE.
The Chairman of the Meeting held as above,
on the 7th inst., has appointed the following
gentlemen members of the Executive Com
mittee :
John Skinner, A. N. Verderey,
Wm. M. D'a.ntignac, Henry Russell,
Henry H. Cumming, John Kerr,
Wm. J. Rhodes, Mich’l F. Hoisclair
Robert Y. Harris, Hillary Frazer.
■ a - * iurfk.j'' <> «. •
And the following gentlemen compose the
several Committees of vigilance :
TFard No. 1. Tcxrrer’s District.
Amory Sibley, James Brandon, jr.
John A. Christian, A. W. Rhodes,
John Foster, Samuel Tarver,
Robert D. Glover, L. H. Murphey,
Foster Bi.odget, jr. J. E. Cashin.
H’urd .Vo. 2. Gridge Dist., (YlUh.)
Thomas R. Rhodes, Capt. J. Winter,
Davis B. Hadley, L. S. Callin,
Isaac Levy. B. 1.. Wooding,
John C. Snead, J. A. Dove,
Luther Roee. John Williams.
Ward No. 3. Island District.
George Rackett, Vol. Boisclair,
G. T. Dortic, Peter Boise lair,
F. Lamback, D. B. Hack,
George Lott, W. A. Averell,
E. E. Scofield. Thomas Brandon.
Ward No. 4. Rock's District, \II9Z/i.)
Harper C. Bryso.n, William Doyle,
Chas. B. Hitt, Seaborn Skinner,
J. J. Cohen, Robert Studley,
John. T. Wooten, Daniel Walker,
John Nelson. Augustin S. Hill.
From the Macon Journal and Messenger.
Messrs. Editors :— I have long noticed that
whenever the Democratic presses make a
charge of fraud upon a Whig candidate, it is
for the purpose of covering up and conceal
ing some similar rascality of which their
own man has been guilty. It is an old trick
von know for the rogue to be the first man to cry
“stop thief.” I hope therefore that the people
of Georgia will regard the late proceedings of
those Editors who charge fraud upon General
Clinch, with some suspicion. Il not principals
in the mischief, 1 think it will be foundthat they
are accsesories to some of the financial misdeeds
of Col. Towns. Will you allow me therefore
to call these gentlemenfor a few moments to
the stand while they answer the following ques
tion :
1. Did or did not Col. Towns desert his
post in Congress and leave his constituents un
represented in order that he might engage in
Western land speculation ?
2. Did or did not Col. Towns obtain the
funds with which he embarked in that specu
lation in whole or in part from the Central
Bunk —an institution which he favored and sus
tained. and which under Democratic manage
ment has not only squandered and lost the peo
ple of Georgia over a million of Dollars, and
which when wound up will probably leave
them a debt of three or four hundred thousand
dollars to be paid by taxation upon their pro
perty ? .
3. If Col. Towns did obtain the funds in
question from the Central Bank did he get
them upon his own or the bona fide credit of
other gentlemen —or did he resort to the Dem
ocratic custom of the timesand use fictitious
names —thus evading the law and defrauding
foe people ?
4. If Col. Towns did thus obtain public
funds for purposes of speculation, what securi
ty have we that he will not so administer the
State as again to fill his own pockets at foe
expense of the people ’ Uhe could resign a
public trust to speculate upon the peoples mo
nev, wiil he (not be likely if chosen for Gover
nor to use his power for his own benefit and the
use and behoof of his friends
If these questions, Messrs. Editors, are not
answered in due time. I may endeavor to draw
the Documents and show that the men whose
consciences are most troubled are always the
first to charge crime upon others. lam not
certain but some of the pucrists who have made
the charse in question against that good old
patriot. Gen. Clinch, may hereafter, to bide
their own deformity affect to be shocked at his
disregard ofthe social and domestic relations of
others. It would be quite as much in charac
ter as their past conduct in regard to his con
nection with the St. Mary s Bank.
Chattahoochee.
Unfortunate Affray.—The following par
agraph. which we copy from the Norfolk Bea
con of Saturday last, gives us tidings us a most
unfortunate state of affairs existing in Accomac
county. We trust, however, that the matter is
much' exaggerated, and that the differences
said to exist”will be speedily adjusted.
Fnzcas.—We learn that a fight occurred at
Drummond Town. Accomac county, on Mon
day last, between Judge Bay ly. a member of.
Congress, and Mr. Finney, one of the candi
dates of the County, crowing out of the late
division of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. F.
was shot in the thigh by the Judge. The ex
citement is said to be intense, so much so. that
the Judce. who it is said was imprisoned in the
Jail a part of Monday, has been compelled to
leave the County, and accordingly took pas
sage vesterdav in the boat for Baltimore.
Some’ idea mav be formed of foe excitement
pervading the'county on this subject, when
we inform the reader that one of the Magis
trates of the county went on foe bench on
Mondav last, armed with a pair of revolvers
and a bowie knife.— Enquirer.
The amount of specie entered at the Boston
Custom-house, up to noon ol Saturday,
brought by foe steamer Caledonia, was £215.-
From the Southern Recorder,
The Federal Union’s Miserable Charge
against General Clinch.
It is the policy of the Democratic papers to
traduce private character for political ends.
There is nothing sacred from their assaults
The purest and brightest character is vilified,
traduced and slandered. This has been their
course towards that gallant old soldier General
Clinch. Knowing and fearing the strong hold
he had upon the affections of the people, no
sooner was he nominated than slander, detrac
tion and falsehood, began to assail his reputa
tion. His gray hairs—his glorious services to
his country—his long life of honorable and
gallant bearing, afforded no shield from their
assaults. They began to ridicule him—to
taunt him with the inquiry if “he could make
a speech?” They left blank columns in their
papers, and called them his speeches. All this
was done to insult him because he was a favor
ite among the people! Not satisfied to insult
his gray hairs, they began to slander and tra
duce him. He was charged with having placed
his note in Bank, and then refusing to pay it.
The facts being shown, it appears that' the
plaintift, after he had taken the testimony ofhis
own witnesses, dismissed the suit, because he
was not entitled to recover upon the facts. And
yet, notwithstanding the foul charge is false and
unfounded, they repeat it, time and again, in
the hope some one may be induced to believe
it, from that repetition. The ‘Federal Union’
has for the last two weeks been engaged in pro
pagating another wicked and cruel slander up
on General Clinch, and while the editor dis
claims any intention to assail his honor or his
integrity, he wraps up in his charge the grossest
and the vilest imputation upon the integrity,
not only of that old man, but upon every offi
cer attached to the Georgia troops serving in
the Florida war. And I will tell that editor,
and his associates who are repeating his slan
ders, that there is not a volunteer in that battal
ion, nor from Georgia, who will not hurl back
with indignation the insinuation he has uttered.
There are hundreds who know the charge to
be false—and they will tell you so.
The charge which that editor makes, is no
more or less, than that after Gen. Clinch had
poured out his private stores to the suffering
volunteers, he demanded and received extra
vagant pay from the government for them.
Now, sir,as one of those volunteers who fed at
his bounty, and partook of Iris generous hospi
tality, I pronounce the statement an unfounded
slander; and I appeal to every Georgia Volun
teer to bear testimony that it is not true. If
Gen. Clinch did this, he was aided and abetted
in it by every Captain from Georgia, and all
combined to rob the government, and eventu
ally to cheat the soldiers. Gen. Clinch’s char
acter, his honor and his honesty, are not alone
involved in this—but every Captain in the ser
vice, from our State, stands equally guilty with
him.
I say, then, that General Clinch, upon all oc
casions, freely and generously distributed to
privates and officers, whatever he had to divide;
that the soldier was ever welcdme to his table,
and whatever of comfort or convenience he
could afford the wounded, the sick or the
weary, was voluntarily and freely afforded; and
he never sought nor received one cent of com
pensation therefor, from either soldier or go
vernment. The statement of a few facts will
show the charge to be utterly false. Every
one knows that if Gen. Clinch gave any thins
to the volunteers, provisions and the like, they
took them into possession at once and enjoyed
them; and that he did deal liberally with them,
every volunteer from Georgia knows full well
—and the people know it too, for they all re
member how the volunteers returned with
shouts of praises to General Clinch.
Now if he made out an account for these
things, he had to prove it; and how did he do
it ? The Quartermaster took for the use of the
army such articles as it needed. He then call
ed a board of officers, and ’.bey assessed their
value, and gave a certificate of all to the ow
ner. General Clinch then presented that to
the government. Now the government in turn
calls upon the Quartermaster to know what he
has done with »hese articles. To relieve him
self, he must show what has become of them.
If destroyed, he must | rove their destruction;
if given out to the soldiers, he must prove it.
Now how must he do that ? Every ration day,
as it is called, the Captain of each company,
whether in camp or on the march, had to make
bread or Hour, of meat, sugar and coffee. He
hended this to the orderly sergeant, who, witli
a Tile of men, went to the Quartermaster, re
ceived the provisions, receipted for them, and
carried them to the company. This was the
showing which relieved the Quartermaster.
The orderly called up the heads of messes, and
divided out the provisions. Now every one
sees, that if General Clinch had given these
provisions to the men, the Quartermaster
would have never had them to devide with the
men. If he had never received them, lie would
never have given Gen. Clinch a certificate that
he had. and General Clinch could never get
pay for them. These plain facts tell every man
that the charge made by the Federal Union is
untrue.
But, if it be true, then the Quartermaster
combined with General Clinch to give a certi
ficate for provisions which he never received.
The Captains and their orderly’s united with
both to receipt for what they never got, and
thus to cheat the men to benefit the General.
Now I ask, who among the volunteers from
(Georgia ever heard or dreamed before of all
this fraud and villainy ? I answer, not a man.
But who are the men concerned with Gen
Clinch in this fraud ? Captains Bones and
Robertson, from Richmond ; Capt. Campbell
from Jefferson; Captain Malone from Wash
ington; Capt. Nelson from Cherokee; Capt.
Seymour from Bibb; Capt. Meriwether from
Putnam: Captain Foster from Morgan; Capt.
Black from Monroe; Capt. Brown from Han
cock; and Quartermaster Allen from Putnam.
To the volunteers I appeal to know whether
the Federal Union has spoken falsely, or
whether all these men are the cheats and swin
dlers it has represented them to be. Where
was the editor to learn such grave charges
against our friends and fellow-citizens ? Did
he go where the Indian rifles cracked, or the
weary atid hungry soldier slept on the cold
earth I No ! he was securely lodged in his law
office in Macon, while his own fellow-citizens
and townsmen, who are as much involved in
his charges as Gen. Clinch, were in the field in
defence of their State and country. But this
editor may attempt to back out from his charges,
or seek to bolster them up by saying that Gen.
Clinch did get pay for some corn and some su
gar- But that is not his charge. It is that he
got pay for what he gave away ! That is the
insinuation—that the slander. He has referred
to the report made by Judge Dawson in Con
gress, to show that he received pay. That very
report furnished the evidence contradicting
what he said. It appears that after Gen. Jesup
had closed the Creek war in Alabama, he car
ried the Tennessee cavalry to Florida—took
possession of General Clinch’s plantation, and
til his corn and fodder, and cut down his whole
crop of sugar cane to recruit the horses, in all
about 2.000. This was in October and Novem
ber. General Clinch was not in Florida at the
time. General Jesup was in command—hav
ing succeeded Scott and Clinch —who left in
May before. General Jesup testifies that it
would have cost the government, to carry them
there, three dollars a bushel for corn, and four
dollars a hundred for hay, and the same kind of
sugar was worth ten dollars a hundred in Sa
vannah. Now all these facts appear in the re
port. He had it before him; he knew that the
• sugar and corn’ for which General Clinch was
paid, was used by different troops than those
he commanded : and yet knowing all. he wil
fully misrepresented all to injure a political op
ponent. Provided he can defeat Gen. Clinch,
he is willing to sacrifice truth, honor, and jus
tice, even if, in doing so, he has to bla>t and
ruin forever ihe character of General Clinch,
and every officer under him.
It is a hard thing for a volunteer who has
served under a gallant general, to hear hi* char
acter vilified—his honor assailed, and his gen
erous liberality converted into an act of sordid
and unprincipled meanness —and to hear it all
with silence. This is asking more than human
nature can endure. Gen Clinch was called the
•■Volunteers’ friend —and morning, noon and
night, they crowded around his hospitable ta
ble.
The “string ofthe latch was always on the
outside of the door, and none were more wel
come within than the Georgia boys.” Often
have I seen the volunteer, when broken down
with the fatigues of the march—hungry and half
starved—partaking freely of the old soldier’s
bread and meat. This may seem a small mat
ter to the editor of foe Federal Union, who has
rolled in wealth and ease all his life; but to the
soldier who has suffered, it is the outpouring of
a noble heart, which he esteems greater ttian
half the worid besides. The soldier loves a man
with a big heart —and those who sympathise ,
with him. know howto appreciate him.
A Volunteer.
Health of Mobile.—On Monday last the
Board of Health made the discovery that the
yellow fever in this city had become epidemic,
and the next morning the official declaration
was made in the city papers, yet it is a curious
fact that from the time of the discovery referred
to to the present writing—four days — not a sin
gle case of yellow fever has occurred! and we
take pleasure in assuring onr absent citizens,
as well as foe public generally, that foe city is
unusually free from disease —that indeed it wa»
never more healthy — Advertiser. ‘Jd inst.
VOL. LXL—NEW SERIES, VOL. XL, NO. 37.
Augusta, (Sco.:
SATURDAY MORN’G, SEPT. 11, 1847.
Col. Towns Not Coining to Richmond.
We perceive from the letter of Col. Towns
to the committee ofthe Democratic party, which
appeared in the Constitutionalist of yesterday,
that he declines foe honor of meeting the Dem
ocrats at a public barbecue in this county, in
consequence of previous engagements in other
sections of the State, which will occupy his
time “ up to the election.”
It is no part of our business to interfere in
matters of courtesy between the Democrats
and Mr. Towns, but the following sentence in
his letter contains so great an absurdity, ex
pressed with so much complacency and confi
dence, that we must say a word or two about it
even at the risk of disturbing both:
“ The principles we advocate rest upon the authori
ty of the constitution, the teachings of experience, and
the known opinions of the founders of civil and reli
gious liberty in our great Republic.”
It seems as if Mr. Towns thinks, as well as
other Democratic writers, that a perfect pana
cea for a disturbed Democratic conscience is.
the declaration that our forefathers, who fought
for liberty and made the constitution, were as
dead shot against a Tariff, National Bank, &c.,
as they had been against the British, when bul
lets as well as principles were prescribed for
tyranny and tyrants. If modern “ Democra
cy” could have been introduced into the
company of the “ founders of civil and reli
gious liberty” for the first thirty-odd years after
the formation of the constitution, it would
have been as blind as a bat with its eyes in the
focal rays of a sun-glass. Are there any
“known opinions of the founders,” &c., that
sustain the Democrats in declaring and sticking
to it, that the Tariff is a kind of political whale
that swallows a part of the people, or their
money rather, without ever paying it the com
pliment that the real natural whale did Jonah
at the end of the third day ? Did our forefa
thers, the “ founders of civil and religious li
berty,” show this by declaring in the preamble
of the first public act passed under our consti
tution, that domestic manufactures ought to be
protected by the Government ? Were the
known opinions of the “founders,” &c..
against a Tariff for protection when they were
enacting such, in accordance with the recom
mendations of Washington, Jefferson, Mad
ison, and Monroe? Were they adverse to a
National Bank when they were engaged in es
tablishing one, and actually did establish it in
1791, and got to it the signature of General
Washington ?
It would really seem as if Mr. Towns must
be jesting with the people, if he reflects at all.—
He may go a quarter of a mile deeper into the
constitution than its “founders” did, and bring
up p.arls and gems that would have bewildered
the old seventy-sixers, tho igh they made it—he
may do this, we say, and swear till the election is
over, that they did’nt understand the “docu
ment,” but for conscicnce’s-sake let him refrain
from misrepresenting and slandering them. If
Mr. Towns is rightabout their “known opin
ions,” the waters of Lethe must have rolled over
their minds and memories very soon after they
made a parchment pall for tariffs and Banks in
the shape of a national charter; for they went
right to work to establish them before they had
fairly turned round the first time.
This tiring of modern Democrats, such as Mr.
Towns, pretending to know more about the
constitution than it* makers, mav show .that
very sunshiny minds, but they don’t show to
quite so much advantage, when they say, that
the builders put up something that they did not
put up, and taught something that they neither
taught nor practiced.
“ It is then becoming such of us as believe in the
truth and justice of our cause, not to idle away our
time at such a moment, but by every fair and honora
ble means prove to each other and the whole country,
our willingness to stand or fall upon our known opin
ions on the great issues now dividing theconntiy*”
Mr. Towns may be as busy as ho pleases in
promoting his political opinions—he may praise
Mr. Polk is much tw lie pleases, break down all
the stands that Democrats build for him to stamp
and thump upon, -and his friends may try to en
tice the people with red ribbons and the music
of little tinkling hand-bells, to go and hear him
beat Gen. Clinch at speaking, but it will be a
swim min” most too fast for him to bring up all
the “old Revolutioners” to back him in what he
says and does, when their Democracy was
about as much like his as a sunbeam is like a
shadow. Nobody can object to Mr. Towns
proving a willingness to stand or fall by his
known opinions, but we do object to his making
a “ stand ”of the “founders. ” Even such a
stand would fail him, after becoming “excru
ciated” with sublime passion, not because they
could not prop up Mr. Towns, but because
they would not be “thar.”
We regret that Mr. Towns coaid not give
some ofhis cordial shakes of the hand in Rich
mond, (we doubt whether patting on the shoul
der would take here,) but if his efforts to en
lighten, would be commensurate with the cor
edness of his letter, we fear that but few
would be bewitched with the delicacy ofhis fic
tion, or swayed by the truth of his argument.
The Artful Dodger.
The Savannah Republican makes the follow
ing communication to the Whig press of Geor
gia, which is particularly interesting to the vo
ters of the State just at this period:
To the “ Macon Messenger,” “ Albany Courier,
“ColumJms Enquirer,” and “other Whig pa
pers in Georgia :”
W'e are requested by a correspondent of the Geor
gian, who signs himself “ Scrirvn,” to inform our
friends of the above named papers, that Mr. Towns,
during the first session of Congress, tludged the call
of the yeas and nays ost.v rw.? hundredand sixty
five times ; ano’ that his name does not appearon the
Journals for sixty-three days, from March 6th to
May 7th.
Again, he appears to have been absent twenty-four
days, from the 3d July to the 29th July, anf l y fet
again ten days, from 22d May to Juno 2d making
in the aggregate an absence of ninety-seven days,
for which he drew pay, at the rate of eight dollars
per day, amounting to the snug little sum of seven
hundred and seventy sir dollars.
We especiall v call the attention of our cotemporaries
to the above statement —while wc thus record our
surprise, our mortification, our regret that the State o.
Georgia had a Representative so faithless to the trusts
reposed in him, so derelict to the nigh duties he had
assumed, so wanting in independence, or so grossly
deficient in intelligence, as to the call of
his name TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE
TIMES in one wession of Congress.
Front the Florida Sentinel.
General Clinch*
The follow ing from an able friend in Talla
hassee will attract the notice and approbation
of our Georgia readers. Such facts in the
history of that sterling old patriot. Gen- Clinch,
make his partizan traducers look worse than
1 n.significant. The unfair, bitter, vindtetixe
and malevolent assaults upon Gen- Clinch by
the Democratic presses of Georgia will have no
oilier effect than to arouse his friends:
General Clinch.—\n the pending contest for Go
vernor of Georgia, I am less surprised at the remorse
less parly malice which dogs the heels ot thi* virtuous
and distinguistked man, than the apparent igruiranceol
his Georgia frirmds of interesting incidents in his life,
which, when known, are well calculated to elevate
him in the estimation of an enlightened community.
It f-eeias to be a’, length known that, soon alter the
late war with England' Col. Clinch, with a delacii
luent of his regiment, fell upon a band of desperate
brigand* and outlaws, at their rendezvous on the
Apalachicola River, m the Spanish Province of Flor-
I ida. Killed tiro or three hundred an-l dispersed the
| band; but it does not seem to be known that the en
terpnze was attended with other perils than the sho«
of the ene nv ; that Gen. Clinch acted under a Am/
from the War Detriment; that the respoo sibihty b»
a sumed was ot a delicate and serious nature;
trie Fort taken and dismantled, being in the u ff ' ■
of anrutral, public notice ofthe « li “! i “ h ‘'lihoueb
we- f .rbtdden by reason, “f 7''
highly approved end commended r
.vho after receded c ,' n< ’ ‘ r , n? , be une CaJone
dence ae an .netted anJ &idU , realed hiui
tint have entitled him to. nor bis pre
his rank would nut nave .
rioa.acquatnur.rew.th the Prerdent ,
The Afoens Banner, and corresponder.!, Coacoo-
•he,” (Wild Kitten), in assuming the fact that the
friends of General Clinch rest his claims solely on the
iffair of Withlaeoochee, are mistaken.
I hear nothing now-a-days of a little interlude in
the martial drama of that period, which was always
t welcome topic among the friends of Colonel Clinch,
>f both sexes, particularly the softer. On his way
(probably for the purpose just mentioned,) from the
sea coast of Georgia to Regimental Headquarters near
the mouth of Flint River, attended by a small escort,
he reached Alapaha, flowing, at that time, through an
uninhabited wilderness. The party found the river
swollen by heavy rains and swimming from shore to
shore. The affair in hand admitted of no delay or
detention ; the passage of the river on horse back was
proposed by the commander, who was the first to en
counter the risk of his own suggestion, and his ex
ample being followed by the escort, the transit was
effected in safety with one exception —the last of the
party being swept from the saddle and hurried down
the impetuous stream. In this crisis how did the com
mander act? Order the detachment to the rescue?
No! The lion-hearted young man impelled by his
own generous impulses, leaped into the angry cur
rent. and buffetting the waves with lustly sinews,
bore him to his comrades on shore. It is the charac
ter evinced in this act that so endeared Gen. Clinch
to the common soldier.
Is it so soon forgotten, that when the Seminole In
dians had surrounded the veteran Gaines and his fine
army of young volunteers and cut off all retreat, [or
did the tidings never reach him of the “Banner” or
his crony “ Wild Kitten?”] that Clinch, with an ar
dor, an energy and judgment almost without a paral
lel in border warfare, and as I believe, contrary to the
orders of the commanding General, levied men and
supplies, advanced by a rapid march to the position
of the combatants, and relieved'-the command from
the tomahawk of the enemy? If this bo forgotten
in Athens, Georgia, the friends of General Clinch
are consoled in the assurance that it is remembered
by thousands of the sons and daughters of Louisiana.
Alapaha.
Correspondence Savannah Republican.
Milledgeville, Sept. 5, 1847.
Gentlemen : The extraordinary difference be
tween the expenditures of the last Democratic
Administration, when compared with the pres
ent Whig one, must be alarming to the hard
working tax-payers of Georgia. It is easy for
office-seekers who look only to their own pro
motion, to bear up under extravagant misrule
of the State’s affairs, but not so with those who
live •* by the sweat of their brows,” and whoso
hard earnings are taxed to enable a few leaders
to occupy high political stations. The latter
class, benefitted by such rule, always leaves
the former to bear the burthens that come
after. Hence, there is more than danger in a
change of administration. There is certainty
that the Whigs will administer the Government
with an eye to the people’s interest, because
they will administer it as the present able Exe
cutive has done. But what certainty is there
that Mr. Towns will adopt Whig policy, and
go contrary to what he has sustained in all his
political life I What hope, indeed, have the
people—the honest tax-payers of the State,
that Mr. Towns will practically condemn in
his administration, (if elected) what he has
always practically sustained ? If there be even
doubt on this subject, in the mind of one hon
est voter, let him refer to facts that he may ex
ercise his high privlege of suffrage knowiug
iugly, not ignorantly.
I have shown that the Democratic Executive
last in office expended from the public treasu
ry during his two administrations, from only
two funds placed at his disposal, sixty-jive thou
sand dollars more of the people’s money than
a Whig Executive has done in the same time ;
and I have stated that, upon examination, the
same comparative extravagance will be found
proved upon the Democratic Administration
by the records at the Capitol, let who will
take the trouble to examine them, But alarm
ing as this state of facts is, it is not more so
than others to which I beg leave to call your
attention.
The friends of Education in Georgia—parti
cularly that large and useful class of our citi
zens, the teachers of our common schools,
should not forget that during the Democratic
Administration of the former Governor, in 1842
and 1843, no apportionment was made to pay
their accounts for teaching the poor children
of our State. Extravagance in the use of the
State’s resources, had made it necessary for a
Democratic Governor to discontinue this
bounty to the poor, by those too who pre
tend to be the exclusive guardians of the poor
man’s interest. It remained for a Whig Go
vernor to redeem the character of the State
from this ontrare ! nnd nnnnrHi.norjv “ this
—for (hiring the present Administration about
thirty thousand dollars in amount of these ac
counts contracted in 1842 and ’43 have been
paid by the present Executive through the in
ferior Courts of the several counties. Not only
has this been done, but appropriations for
the Poor School purposes have since been
regularly made from year to year. This
may be set down as nothing in the eye of your
Democratic leaders, but if I mistake not. it will
cause many an hone-t Democratic voter to sus
tain at the polls Whig management of our State
affairs.
In a previous communication, 1 barely allu
ded to the Penitentiary, and its management,
under Whig administration. 1 will now brief
ly state a few important facts.
For the four years during which the affairs
of this Institution were administered by the
Democrats, the Legislature had to appropriate
for its use. every dollar of which was spent,
$71,500; and since, in 1845, the Legislature
had to appropriate SIO,OOO more, Io pay debts
contracted previous to 1844—making in all
$81,500. which this Institution cost the people
in the four years it was under Democratic
rule.
But how stands it under Whig rule 7 While
in charge ofthe last Keeper, during the year
1843, its principal work shops were destroyed
by fire. In this situation it was turned over to
Whig management in 1844. For that year,
$9,000 were appropriated to, “Phoenix-like,”
restore it from its ashes and support the con
victs. That amount was drawn from the Trea
sury. For 1845, $9,000 were also appropria
ted—of this there remains in the Treasury,
$7,636 57. For 1846 and 1847, no ad
ditional appropriations were made, that Insti
tution paying its own way ever since and reali
zing an actual cash profit for the State, as the
next annual report ofthe Principal Keeper will
she w.
Here, then, the difference between a Demo
cratic and Whig administration is plainly ex
emplified ; and it shows that the Stale has
gained through Whig management in four years
$71,136 57, besides the profits of the present
year.
Now let the voters of Georgia-the hard-work
ing tax-payers— put this excess, expended by
the Penitentiary, to the excess of contingent
and printing funds, expended by the late peiiL
ocratic Governor in the four years, ol his ad
ministration over that of the present Whig
Executive, and the sum saved to the State
amounts to one hundred and thirty-one thousand,
one hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-seven
cents ! r .
Here is economy and good Whig manage
ment .’ And this is the way the people like to
see their State affairs managed for them ! No
wonder that Georgia was in debt ! No won
der that her credit was dishonored, and her
name a by-word of reproach ! And no won
der that her good name has been restored, and
her public debts fast being paid!
I will leave your readers, Messrs. Editors, to
comment upon the facts presented above.—
While the politicians sneer, and. avoiding State
affair*, talk about the Federal Government, and
Mr. Polk, and the Mexican war, as though the
election of Mr. Towns were to settle all these
matters, let the people ponder upon home af
fairs. and calmly reflect upon the difference be
tween Democratic and Whig administration
of them. If. though, there be some who would
like to compare Democratic management at
home with Democratic management at Wash
ington City, they would do well to note, that,
as it was in Georgia, so it now is a. Washing
ton City. Mr. Polk took possession ofthe
Chief Magistrate’s seat with an overflowing
treasury ; and his administration of Federal af
fairs has already involved the nation in a debt
of eighty millions of dollars, which the hard
working tax-payers of the Union will be called
upon to°pay ; and how much more depends chief
ly upon conquering that peace with Mexico,
which we were all, in 1844, told would never
be interrupted, but which, in 1846, was to be
conquered in a few short months. Well may
it be said that leaders ofthe Democracy are the
same every where ! V INDL,
Wonderful Facts about
Coal.—The following curious and aston g
statistics arc from the KaiUoad/Xd'as fuel (on
Anthracite Coal was Sn “ whc| ,
tide water.) in this country w .„ „„| y 365 tons,
total supply sent to, hat ha \ e c | ap9C< j
It we divide th (|^d jßto three periods of
since coal was ( seen that the total
mne years jn the fl rßt perio( i
■' ith tJ.e close of I*2B. was 239,845 tons,
s’cimd pe'i.'d end.ng 1837.... 3,829,829 “
Third period ending 1*46... 1 1.049,061 ‘
Showing the animal average receipts lor
ihe first nine years to have bean 26,64* tons.
Second period
Third periodl,2B3,2*.
from which it appears that the quanti.y co
umed during the h-taine years wa^ nearly
three time* as large as during i
eighteen years.
The Secretary of *ie Treasury, since ,he
of January last, >as sent upwards of twelve
millions of dollars to New Orleans on account
of Army disbursements.