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THURSDAY MORN’G, SEPT. 33, 18*?.
’The Federal Vnlouandthe Central Bank.
The communication under this head in this
morning'* paper, merits th * calm and dispas-
perusal of every reader. It is the more
important at this period, when the Democrats
are again seeking to obtain the control of the
affairs ofa State, the confidence of whose peo
» pie they have so often abused, by their reckless
and prodigal expenditure of her revenues.
The Uemocratn—lrish Famine.
When Mr. Crittenden introduced a bill.
Jn the National Senate, to appropriate $500,000
to relieve the Irish, it was hailed with pride ami
gratitude by the Whigs in every section of the
Union. It passed the Senate,only 13members
voting against it. 12 of whom were Democrats.
It was killed in the House, the Whigs voting
for and the Democrats against it.
A cloud of horrors hung over the afflicted
Irish. They were smitten with famine. The
sous and daughters of Erin were falling by
thousands into untimely graves, the unhappy
victims of actual starvation. The wail of
wietchedness, the wretchedness of hunger, the
long wasting hunger that had no food to appease
it—the imploring calls of men and fathers, hag
gard for want of sustenance —the disconsolate
calls of women and mothers, drooping with de
bility—the feeble cries of children, begging their
parents for bread to keep them from dying be
fore their eyes, reached our land, and said, in
accents of despair “ On ! send us help." Ilea?
ven has blessed you with plenty, as well as lib
erty, that liberty, which you were aided in
achieving by the blood of Irish patriots and he
roes. Give us of your abundance, while fa
mine is within our humble homes. The cheeks
of our daughters are pale, our children are
wasting to dissolution, and our men and wo
men are feeble and helpless as childhood."
Gracious God What a reply was made by
a Democratic Congress!—“lt is true, we see
that” —
‘ Famine opes its pale and sunken eye,’
Jn the ‘Green Emerald Isle,’ but we cannot
help you. Von arc starving, but the Constitu
tion forbids us to put the sustaining bread of
life into your mouths! We see your fathers,
your matrons, your maid ens, your children,
fading, sickening and dying for want, but the
PVotistitutioii forbids us to succor you! But
for that, the plague could be stayed, your wans
supplied, ami joy substituted lor the despair
and pestilence that now presses you to the
grave.”
This was the reply of an American Demo
cratic Congress, to the countrymen and kindred
of M ONTGOMKRV Mild WaRRKN. Mid a host of
oilier Irish patriots, to whom the country
owesu debt of gratitude which it call never
repay.
What an opportunity there was for the Uni
ted States to make a glorious offering ofuuffoim/
sympathy, by a heavenly act oi national hu
manity ! This proud and fovored nation would
have stood out like a bright angel of kindness
in the veiw of all the nations ot the earth, ami
exhibited a spectacleol moral beauty, grandeur
and sublimity, unknown to ancient, and, till
then, to modern times. But this great act ot
kindness was defeated by a Democratic House
of Representatives, and the sons and daughters
of Ireland were left to starve and die, for w ant
of a few dollars and cents ! Our debt ot grati
tude was forgotten—humanity, with its death
dealing wants and sorrows, was disregarded—
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the fount of charily was sealed up —the na
tional heart was represented as cold as a moun
tain of polar ice !
Silver-headed age, manhood in its prime,
matrons fair, and little striplings in Ireland,
the land of the generous and true hearted,of
eloquence and song, would have invoked the
blessings of Heaven upon us, and we believe
they would have followed an act so great and
good, as that of opening the heart of the nation
with sympathy ami aid to a starving people.
Oil what love, what inborn sympathies.
Democratic leaders and demagogues profess
for foreigners just before elections! Their arms
are opened to welcome them to this “asylum
of the oppressed.’’ These friends and guard
ians of foreigners. particularly of the Irish.
Beixe with grttt/g aridity upon their rotes, but
the Constitution is in their way of saving their
kindred from death by famine! Mr. Polk ob
tained four-fifths of the Irish voles for the Presi
dency. He was known to be opposed to af
fording relief to their dying countrymen and
k relatives across the waters' Mr. Towns. as
usual, dodged the vote upon the bill. Messrs
Cobb and Jonks, (dem.) voted against it. Mr.
H aralsor’s name does not appear among the
\ yeas and nays. We presume that Mr. Towns.
who dodged the vote, would be very glad to
ge’the vote of Irishmen for Gon mor. He as
sumes the ground, perhaps, that die people of
Ireland ought to prefer death by the lingering
torture* of famine, to relief afforded in violation
ofthe Constitution of the United States ’
The Democratic cry was. Million- for the
Mexican wr’-xor x mr for the starving
SONS AND DAVGHTF.RS OF THE FmERAI D IsLE
Mr. Town* Opposing Investigation*
This gentleman not only “dodges" very ex
pertly. but when there is danger of too much
light, he is found voting to keep the doors shut
and windows dew n.
We copy the following from the Savannah
M. Hunt, from the select committee appointed to
inquire whether any an.; irA.il members <gf < \»n
--g/ess. heads ut'TWjurttncntx, or ether v.’ficcrs ot the
eminent, had obtain.d accommodu/fo is .;?id *h
li’tta *ro»a rt«y 5a nx or Aanks, . « .• ...i M;
use public money tor the purpose of >7»cru;.u‘ru’
in the public lands. suboulted a rep'it. concluding
with the following rvsvlutions :
Ecsolrcd. That the select committee appointed y
this House «m the 2l>!» June, be increased u» 9. ana
that the sa»d committee have power to sit during the
recess. ot this H s-v
‘Rcsw'rrd, Vtiai the Mid C’Mutniiiec embrace, in
their iuqu..<es, vo c.mnect -si between depone banks
<W others sad the land officers, for the puqn«c ol qwe
ulamsi.
'ftesoired. That Na id committee ; hew tar.
and to abkxii. foe speculation m put I . the de
petite Uaoks Stair issued certificates ol :e w >.?>.
out ar. actual i . . i>;._ a ■ . w ■■ x .
have been received m payment kw purchases U’ put
lie lauds at the scieral land others.
•Kto. dred, That sad cmnautUe inquire how far.
and ti» w hat> xtrnt, c»Hnt»jaatKw»a <u the porch use d
public have been u-rmed. or are forming, suff:
cienliv strong, from mtrxoied uxOves, to control, u
Mr Town* voted to lay them on the table
Why * Was he faithful to the people in doiuji
so ? Did he show a disposition to make a clean
breast of it?
It looks badly to see people dodging behind
a refusal of investigation, as is the case with Mr.
i Towns !
For the Chronicle 4r Sentinel.
» The Federal Union and the Central Bank.
Two articles appeared in the federal Union
of the 14th inst., the first headed “ Governor
Crawford and the Central Bank,” the second,
with the same title, and underneath it, “ Dodging
in Fnanciering”— which we shall notice as
briefly as possible. Before we do so, however,
it would be well to remark, that the late day in
the canvass selected by that editor, to venture
upon a subject discussed so fully in 1845, and
upon which the people of Georgia have alrea
dy rendered their verdict, is a bad sign, and
evidences fear of his cause. If not, why has
the subject, presented to the people through
several of the Whig papers in Georgia, for
weeks anti weeks past, remained untouched by
the editor of the Union, until so late a day in
the canvass? The answer is easily given. In
accordance with usage on the part of that
press, humbug must be resorted to just before the
\ election ! If by such effort, it can deceive one
honest voter, it is so much gained, however I
violative the act may be of candor or political
honesty. But enough, byway of premise.
The editoF jofthe UmortWy#-—that the Demo
cratic Administration preceding Gov. Craw
ford, had no Treasury to support it, especial
ly the first two years; and that, “its efforts
were directed to a revolution in the financial
affairs of the State, by which soundness could
be restored to its credit, by the only effective
instrumentality, a replenished Treasury.” This,
he says, was effected, and that Governor Craw
ford came into power with a full Treasury,
tec. He then goes on to ask, if the Whig par
ty are not responsible for the prostration of the
State credit, and descants largely upon the ac
tion of the Legislature of 1840, which was Whig—
talks about what Governor McDonald recommend-
ed to that Legislature, anil assumes it as conclusive,
1 that the depreciation of Central Bank money was the
consequence of Whig Legislation—but admits that the
Legislation of that year did not depress Central Bank
money to its lowest point of depression, for to use
his own words, “it was from the Panic Report of the
Committee of 1842,” that their lowest depreciation was
caused.
In reply to assertions like these, it is unnecessary
. to refer the reader to all the causes which led loan
almost exhausted Treasury, when Governor McDon
ald first went into office. It will do simply to state,
that the Treasury would have been full to overflow
ing, but for the electioneering schemes of Governor
Schley’s direction in the Central Bank, who loaned
out, not only a large amottnt of the capi/a/of the
Bank, in 1637, but the Surplus Fund deposited with
it by the Federal Government, and then borrowed a
large amount at 8, to loan to the people at 6 |*‘r cent.
All the exertion of Governor Giltner in his adminis
tration, could not restore to the Central Bank its
squandered capital, nor fill the exhausted vaults ofthe
State Treasury—vaults exhausted then and since, in
more ways than by Executive wanants, or Legis
lativeappropriations, as the verdicts of Baldwin Su
jH-rior Court, against Democratic officials conclusively
prove.
But ifGovemor McDonald did find an exhausted
Treasury and Central Bank, what meant his relief
messages tothe Legislature of 1840? We find him,
that year, recommending the Legislature to issue State
Bonds, and ii|nhi sale of them (not to pay the debt of
the State, but) to loan their proceeds to all who
would borrow them! We find him recommending a
measure, which, in its practical results, would have
proved tar worse than the Democratic financiering
policy, of borrowing money al S to loan at 6 percent.
Instead of exercising economy and retrenching the ex
penditures of* tlie Government, w«- find him expend
ing large amounts for coutingcriries, printing, &c.,
drawing upon appropriations math* years and years
previous, to support the extravagancies of his own ad
ministration, ami for four years conducting the Gov
ernment as though the public had no interest at all in
a retrenchment of its expenditures. For instance—
in hts four years ot administration, he expended from
»>»- and printing funds alone, Sl.Xi’Y-
I'lVl’/niOUOANV UOLI A.t»K .i *-»
Crawford has done in the same time. In the man
agement of the Penitentiary there was expended, ?n
thesame four years, SEVENTY -ONETHOUSAND,
ONE Hi NDRED AND THIRTY SIX DOLLARS
more th in has been under the present administration—
making, in these items alone, a difference in managing
the Government of over ONE Hl NDRED \ND
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS’ Aline way,
truly, to replenish an exhausted Treasury ! —to effect
“ a revolution in the financial ajfaii sos the State E
B it the record tells more than this of the Democra
tic Governor’s financial policy and his pet, the Central
Bank. By a reference to his Relief Message, which
will fa* found on pages 259 and 260 of the Senate’s
Journal for 1840—the Message in which he recom
mends the Legislature to issue Bonds, and the pro
ceeds received from their sale to place in the Central
Bank and loan upon accommodation notes, —he says,
“ the Central Bank/taring exhausted us means,”
&c. Now, how had the Bank exhausted its means I
Had it not, the very same year, loaned hundreds of
thousands of dollars to tan Towers upon accommodation
notes, running f<n* five years ? Did it not, while their
bills were at a discount offmin 20 to 40 per cent, loan
out these large sums, regardless <»l demands u|k>u the
Treasury, the indebtedness of the State, and its own
credit ? Did it m»t do this when it had not a specie
dollar in its vaults to redeem them with, ami not even
a hard dollar's equivalent ? Ifthr editor j>f the I nion
is ignorant of this, the people arc not. and all his lau
dation of Governor Mi Donald’s financial policy, will
fall upon their ears like a single drop of rain upon a
parched desert.
Where then were Governor McDonald's efforts di
rected to produce “ a rrro/u/um” in the “financial
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affairs of the State ?” Alter exhausting the Banket
every available asset —after exhausting its credit, and
issuing hundreds of thousands of irredeemable pa
per—alter recommending a sale of Slate Bonds ami
a loan of the proceeds to borrowers, to the amount of
I'HKEE MILLIONS OF HOLLARS, as wasa.lv.>.
cated by the official organs of his administration, the
“ Eederal*' and "Standard" of “ I nion"— the
people are noir told that Governor McDonald did all
lie could to restore the credit of the State, and to re
plenish the Treasury ! That Governor t rawford has
only carried out his measures! Such effrontery on
the put of that paper, is without a parallel. It is an
unpardonable, an unblushing effort to deceive a peo
ple, who are enlightened upon the subject, Jusf upon
the ere of an important election ’
But to the “ panic report” of 1942. Tin* great
complaint made t»y the editor of the Federal Vniou to
this report is, that it depreciated the value of Central
Bank notes, and he further complains that the first
act of'Gov. Crawford’s administration was to transfer
the entire amount of Bank St<x*k owned by the State
m the Banks of Augusta and Batik of the State of
Georgia, into the Treasury ol the State. When, we
would ask that editor, did the stock referred to bee nue
('apital of the Centra! Bank • We will tell him tor
the Ixmeli: of honest voters, whom he would deceive.
It was when the Central Bank had expended every
do lar it could expend; and when its Directors need
ed more capital, upon which to distribute their favors ;
that they continued, through Democratic legislative
enactment, to place their greedy pawsup n the Bank
Stock owned by the State, and set apart yeors ukd
years before as an Education Eu .d for the Poor
Children of the State. Against this act. loud was
the protest of the Whi_.sin the Legislature. All op
position failed, however; and had it not been for the
clause in the act, which prevented the stock being
sold at k-ss than par. it would have disappeared as did
the Suqdns Fund and the «xher ca/'itai of the Bank ;
ami Gov. Crawford saved the trouble ot restoring it
to the Treasury as one of the first important benctf-
• da! acts of his administration.
Weil may the Federal Vniou claim, that if this
stock was in possession of the Central Bank it would
i reduce its liabilities that much 1 How benevolent an
act of legislation U was to rob the poor children of
S
• Bank Directors tn distribute their favors, or to make
a show of available assets. Who believes that if the
stock referred to ha.l been *4d and the proceeds placet!
nt the vaults «»t the Bank, that thev would not have
balance ot its monied capital ? Who
believes that if it had mH been restored to the Treasu
ry it would now bedispensing its blessings to the ptxir
" i king
h this money from the p»xv. and Gov Crawford richlv
merits the approl»ation .4 the people ’or pr- n.pi’.v re
-1 storing it as one of the first acts o! Ins a iiuimstration.
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t statement will haraly receive the same credit as oth- 1
eial ones, made by those who have acted under 1< gis
laii»e sanction or Executive app-Hntmeut. It is
> enough, then, in reply to this part ot his ar’ick*. to
sav, that the losses will l-e tiif, very lar, greater tha::
that pinion of them who were ne'er beneficiaries o;
the Bank. The ultimate deficiency, the hanl-work-
; will have to make good, and wh- n these are ca”ed
upn by the Tax-CUlectors in the sewra! counties,
, we h.'pc the editor of the Fvleral Viv a will be able
,i to figure them out ot' their difficulty ns easily as he
thinks he has figured Gov McDonald out ot his.
The editor ot the Vmon couitnenU -Isu, at swe
i length, ami m his sectxid arpcle, upon the K» p'rt and
> Protest of Gov. Crawford wh. a member ol th- Le
gislature in 1942. He st.ves that Go». Cr.iw fonl. in
his protest, said, “ that all duties in the
Bank could be performed as wt 11 by the Cashier and
Clerks, and though their / r e< had teen greatly di
a..m>hed, ptw to tr.s going into iff.'e. be has ‘
i xt a lknv:»v, a! great expense to the people cf the
W . ;, that Gov. Crawford has CiHit:tried a D’rec: r
r. s trae. 8.1 why did not this elevated, h’gh-mmded
xhtor state that Gov. Crawford dfcMnuwed three
erks. a Leber, Discount Clerk ami B-' k Keeper,
Bank
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H Gov. M Ifona’.d, and the apc»roba”..-n of the Direc
g tors of the Central Bank ’ Did d. <’. * k hke wind
n ing up its affairs ? Did this look like replenishing an
exhausted Treasury ?
Under whose administration too did the large de-
1 faults of public officers and agents take place ? Who
made loans to individuals from the Central Bank,
exceeding the limit ($2,500) prescribed by law ? —to
one house in Savannah SIOO,OOO. to another in Co
lumbus 825,000, &c., by which the State has lost so
much of the capi/aZ of the Bank? Who left large
arrearages of interest on the public debt, demands on
the Contingent and Printing Funds, debts due by
1 Penitentiary, &c., &c., for Gov. Crawford to pay?
• Unpleasant questions these, but let the editor of the
Federal Union answer them before he writes again
’ about Gov. McDonald’s replenishing an exhausted
r Treasury!
. It is idle to say more. The assertion of the editor
of the Federal Union that Gov. Crawford came into
power with a full treasury, furnished to his hand by
I his predecessor, is baseless. What was in the Trea
sury was in Central Bank money, and it was below
par. Had Gov. Crawford not adopted a policy, which
his predecessor never could have carried out, even if
he had been able to conceive it, jhat same depreciated
money would have been paid out, and down again to
40 and 50 per cent, discount, it would have gone.
Again, would it have been hawked over the country,
rejected by capitalists, or bought up by them at dis
counts ruinous to the needy classes of the people.
But Gov. Crawford’s policy was to restore the bills
of the Bank and the credit of the State, and he did so.
What a Democratic administration failed to, or could
not effect, ho did effect, and this in a manner credi
table alike tn his patriotism and judgment. While
he redeemed the State from dishonor, he saved the
people thousands and tens of thousands. They saw
and felt this, and in 1845 evinced their approbation
and gratitude by re-electing him. The results of his
seqpnd term prove that the people were right in their
appreciation of his services. And at this late day, for
I the editor of the Union to make the grand discovery
that all the benafit derived from his administration is
attributable t.o the his Pwmeeratio preth-r^- -
sor, « igfif a’doul»» whether it. were best to I
treat his articles with silence or argument. In adopt
ing the latter course, if we err, in the judgment of
our readers, we hope they will pardon us.
Interest in g Corres po ude nc e«
We are permitted to lay before our readers,
says the Charleston Mercury of the 20th instant,
the following interesting correspondence. Its
perusal cannot fail to heighten onr admiration
of the character, and endear more strongly the
memory of the gallant spirit whose heroic as
pirations are now quenched in the grave.—
Though doomed himself, with his brave com
mand, as was supposed, to inglorious inaction, i
and gloomy and chafed from flic disappoint- •
men’, Col. Butler could appreciatetheyearn
ings of a brother soldier for a closer participa
tion in the coming fray—“ to be nearer the
flashings of the guns”—and lend his friendly aid
to secure their gratification. The letter to
Gen. Worth is as honorable to himself as to the
memory of the gallant Butler. Kindred spir
its .’ they could appreciate each other; and
gracefully the survivor wreathed the laurel and
cypress over the grave of his friend. A iol
dier needs no nobler eulogist.
Letter from Maj. Gen. Worth to Hoi. A. P. Butler.
Tacubava, Mexico, Aug. 26, 1847.
Sir: I trust a cordial intimacy and friendship of
twenty-five years with your late Brother, the gallant
Col. Butler, will excuse the trespass of a stranger.—
Your Brother tell most gloriously in the great battle
ot the 20fh, before the gates of Mexico. In that
bloody conflict, no man gave higher evidence of valor
and patriotism, or exhibited a brighter example. He
tell win n it was God’s will, precisely ns he would
have desired to die. His bcaly rests here; his memo
ry in the hearts of his countrymen ; his spirit, bright
and pure as his blade, with his God.
The enclosed letter, written the day before the
battle, I did not receive until the day after, through
the hands of Dickinson; and it is not because of the
kind things said by a friend’s partiality, but because
it is probably the Last letter he penned, that 1 send it
to you ; begginglltat at some future day it may be
returned to me, to be preserved and cherished.
The gaiient Palmettos, who showed themselves ■
worthy of their State and Country, lost nearly one
hall. Ihe victory will carry joy and sorrow into
half tin families in South Carolina. Col. Dickinson
is getting on well, ami will, it is hoped, save his leg.
An Armistice is concluded, and Commissioners meet
to-morrow to treat of peace. God speed them.
V ery truly, your obedient servant.
W. J. WORTH.
Hon. A. Pickens Butler.
Letter from (\.h Butler to Gen. Worth.
San Augustin, August 19, 1847.
Dear IvENEral : We are here in tribulation, j
can but hop<*, however, it is but temporary. It is or
dered that this d«vision rcmwtrt -
... ... . . Uwttr t am one
who believes there icill be fighting enough, for us
all. The moral effect is withering, flic regiment,
though vx'eak in numbers, is up to the full point, and
I trust South Carolina may have a place in the pic
ture. We have been watching you and your division
tor the last two days with fraternal affection ; but the
entire voice ofthe army, w here I have been, or heard,
is unbounded confidence in “Worth.” “So mote it
be.” But I have strayed from the principal |>oint or
purpose of my note, which is to say, our friend,
<'ol Dickinson, more impatient, and not so long >t
soldier as myself, desires a place nearer the flashing
ofthe guns; and with g<od taste, wishes to get near
you. If you can make him useful, he will feel
much gratified. I am aware you are surrounded
with a talented staff, but a little more of a good thing
will render it not the less complete or effectual.
lam, nix* dear General, vonrs sincerely,
P. M. BU I’LER,S. C. V.
General W. J. Worth, Comd’g, &c.
Onto has begun to pay off Iter public debt.
The .Auditor of that State has given notice,
through the Columbus papers, to the holders of
Ohio Canal Stock receivable in payment for
Canal Lands and of Ohio Turnpike Stocks,
that they will cease to draw interest after the
Ist of November next, and that the Stocks, on
presentation at the Treasury, will be paid in
full.
There was a heavy frost in the towns in the'
vicinity of Boston, on Wednesday night. 15th
instant. This is the first frost tint has occurred
there this season.
A comparative view of the representative
system of government, as far it obtains in three
of the principal countries of the world, exhib
its these results:
In Great Britain, a population of 26.711.059
in contained J. electors, or about
one person in every twenty-five had a vote.
In the I nited Stales, a population of 17.063,-
258 in l>4o contained 2.403.485 votes at the
presidential election, or about one in every se
ven hail a vote.
In France, a population of 35,000.000 con
tains about 21H1.000 electors, or very nearly one
in every one hundred and seventy-five have a
vote !
Mosaic Glass Flooring.—New Invention.
—Mr. P. Hewins. of this city, has made a high
ly important discovery. It is a composition,
cheaply obtained, with which he makes glass
plates for flooring—a substitute for marble, be
ing stronger ami more beautiful, and full fifty
per cent cheaper. He has made a discovery in
the process ol coloring, by which the plates are
made to partake of ex vry variety ofcolor. w Inch
forms a part of the glass, and can never be erad
icated or lessened in freshness. He makes the
plates of all sizes and shapes, and of any thick
ness desired. Mr. H. has erected a small fur
nace for the purpose of testing his discovery.—
He has succeeded even beyond Ins own san
guine anticipations. The specimens produced
are handsomer than marble, and much stronger.
Hartford Times.
Gratuitous Advertising.—Under this head
the Boston Courier remarks that •‘there are
continual calls upon the newspapers to express
the gratitude of the people for acts which are
thought deserving of particular notice : but we
seldom er never hearofthanks to the publishers
or editors of newspapeas. who are always giv
ing their money and their time for the benefit
of public and private charities.” This corres
ponds with the experience of every publisher
in the country, solar as we have been able to
observe Nothing can be more erroneous
than the prevailing impression that editors and
. publisher* of newspapers receive, without ren
* . dering an equivalent, certain little courtesies.
’which, by common consent, are extended to
gentlemen connected with the press. T’hey pay
double price, and more too. for every civility
tendered to them by the proprietors of lines of
travel, places of public amusement, etc. The
actual c-'st to us of gratuitous advertising, in
serted tn various forms, in the course of a year,
"on'd supply a small fam: y with all the neces
saries of life. We make no complain: of this,
and refer to it solely to correct a misconception
which has generally obtained, that people of
the press are the recipients of large favor-, for
which they make no return.
I " s uner Washington—her i •
ieration* hax'ing been completed—made a trial I
trip on Wednesday f 24 hours' dural Sh<
ran upwards ol one hundred miles to sea. and
met the most sanguine expectations of all on
Her speed w abo it double th it of the
. bor at the same time.
Goop Reason for Le wing —A sailor in the
pit of a theatre, looking over his plavbill, read :
■ An interval of twenty years occurs between
f ’ the first and second acts. " At the end of the
first act he pul on his old tarpauhn and left the
house, saving— Few of these folks will Live to
| seethe end on’t.”
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1847.
Augusta, (Ba.:
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 34, 1847.
Mr. Letter.
We said in our remarks on Wednesday, in
troductory to the letter of Col. Towns, that it
was ••characteristic,” that he “has shown a want
of manly independence throughout this whole
controversy, and in no instance is that trait ex
hibited in bolder character than in the subjoin
ed letter.”
The Constitutionalist of yesterday says:
“They* lose sight of all discretion in charging Col.
Towns with dodging, or wishing tododgeon the Rail
Road Extension question. This is the most narrow
sighted and witless proceeding ofthe many follies of
the whig press, that the present canvass has brought
to light.”
This is downright assertion on the part of
our neighbor and nothing else. We will let the
public judge from the following, whether the
adage at the head of our neighbor’s article ap
plies to us— Qiiem deus cult perdere, prius de
mentat—“The man whom God intends to de
stroy, he first deprives of his understanding.”
Our neighbor, in a very liberal translation of
the Latin adage, makes it. “When politicians
know they are about to get beat, they are apt
to loose their tempers !”
Every word we uttered was true, temper or
no.temper, ane to geTftng beat. as our I
neighbor says in his article, “the boot is on the
other leg !” Mr. Towns, to try to keep from
being beat, has beat himself to a political death, <
by beating and dodging about, to make two im
pressions about the same thing, with a view of
getting votes from both sides! But let us ex
amine his letter a moment and see if he does
not make himself a political c/tt/rZ that can hard- J
\y walk alone. He says:
“My own opinion is, that the interest of the State t
would be advanced by the completion ofthe Western
and Atlantic Railroad to the Tennessee river. In the
event however, of tuy being elected Governor of Geor
gia, believing it not to be the province ofthe Execu
tive to exert undue influence, either in directing or em- r
barnissing the legislation of the State, and having full
confidence in the wisdom of the Legislature, as the
fair and proper representative ofthe will ofthe people,
I should cheerfully co-operate with that body in any
action which it may take on this subject.”
p According to this, Mr. Towns will do any
I thing, or be any thing that the Legislature does
) oris! He ought to 6c a determined and inde
? pendent Governor let the Legislature do or be
what it may ! He ought to have his own opin-
I ionsand respect and urge them.
1 What does Mr. Towns mean when he says,
- “believing it not to be the province of the exec
utive to exert undue influence, either in direct
ing or embarrassing <tc. ? The Executive has
no right to exercise any kind of influence, much
I less an undue influence, in directing or embar
rassing the Legislature! He should not em
barrass it of course, and we should like to know
where he would find the authority to direct
that body, that is, to command it to do any' thing!
We find the following made obligatory upon
him as a pari ofhis duty. It is found in the Bth
section ofthe 2d article of the constitution.—
“He shall give them (the general Assembly)
from time to time, information of the state of
the republic, and recommend to their considera
tion such measures as he, may deem necessary and
expedient.”
li. then, he believes “that the interest of the
State would be advanced by the completion of
the Westernand Atlantic Rail Road to the Ten
nessee river,” it would be his duty to recom
mend its completion to the Legislature. It
would not be, as he ridiculously says, his duty
to “exert undue influence” to direct or embar
rass the Legislature; but he would be bound
to recommend, it, and if necessary to urge, it upon
the attention of that body.
Whal could lu4V« M»- rr ’-'— - ■
sort to such a phraseology, but to create the tm
pression that, notwithstanding his belief he will
be passive, hewillAoZd his hand, he will not
urge the completion ofthe road ? This much
would be agreeable to the opponents of the
road. Mr. Towns tells them that he will look
on without exerting his constitutional right and
duty, to do any thing for the road, and leaves
them to infer, that, like the woman who saw her
husband and a bear fighting, he don’t care
which whips. In other words he will dodge
all responsibility.
Why, such conduct would be “ moral trea.
son’’to the State! He ought to shoulder the
responsibility liko a man ami an independent
Governor—speak up tor the interest ofthe State,
ami urge it with firmness but decorum. This
he would not do, if he were to act in accordance
with the milk-and-water sentiment of this dodg
ing letter. The people will mark it well—the
tax-payers will scrutinize it closely, and we be
lieve they will fear to trust such a pilot as
i George W. B Towns would make. They
i wish the ship of State steered in safety, not
stranded upon shallows and breakers.
, “ Col. Towns as early as 29th of August last, so
..... ........ .. .11......... I 1.1 .... *■ I. it.a II lit 1.10
expressed himselfm black and white. But his friends
wished before giving it to the public to wait to see if
Gen. Clinch would dodge.”
They did. eh ! They intended, we suppose,
that ifGen. Clinch dodged, Col. Tow.xsshould
dodge too! Col. Towns’* friends, then, are
like himself. They all believe in dodging !
What symposiums they must have had togeth
er! It would not be surprising if they com
pounded a dodging powder, and got out a pa
tent-right for it! They would deserve the
right!
‘‘As soon as he was brought to the scratch, Col.
Towns’s opinion was put forth side by side with his,
(Gen. Clinch. - ’)
How very valiant this was! How very man
ly and independent for the speaking candidate,
who professed to travel among the people, in
order to make known his opinions !!
We leave it to all candid persons to decide,
whether Mr. Towns did not dodge behind Gen.
Clinch, till the General showed his hand, and
if he does not now dodge behind the Legislature
m this reply to the committee of inquiry.
"I am dead beat and a gone dodger, (Mr.
Towns will say, after the election.) despite the
aid of James K. Polk, the Mexican war over
which I have “glorified ” and the cross-fire of
my right eye for the opponents, an J my left
eye for the friends ofthe Western an 1 Atlantic |
' Road ! Nothing is left me now. but to dodge
home and mend my ways!” There is much
room for improvement, and we wish well to
political as well as moral reforms.
Northern Democracy»-Tlie Wilmot Pro
viso*
• Most of the Democratic papers of Georgia,
‘ are try ing to aid theirsinking cause by asserting
' that the Northern Democrats are opposed to
r the Wilmot Proviso. The Macon Telegraph.
' (Democratic,) referring to the proofs of the
j New York Evening Post, (also Democratic.)
that the late Hon. Silas Wright was in favor
of the Proviso, used the following language
which we find iuthe TJegraphof the 21st inst.:
•‘The 1’ ist has set all this matter right, however,
in the following article; and although we could wish
it otherwise. : r the g->xl name and fame of Mr.
\\ • -,v-' trust we sha
. - r ■ . ' N . / - / > Wil-
mot Proviso question, especially when a portion of
them deem such compliments a perversion of the views
poa the . ry of I
the dead.”
We hope the Whig papers will not be !
i charged after this, with try ing to practice de- •
ceplion upon this question. The above shows !
i what one of the most devoted Democratic pa
pers of the State thinks of it. That paper
| thinks of it as the W higs do :
i The H avana and Charleston Steamer
| The Baltimore Smk of Monday, speaking of
* this vessel, now budding in that city, says:—
■ The ribs are about half up. and the workmen
are as busy as bees upon her. She will be a
large and beautiful craft, and we cannot doubt
, that she will be cne of the fines: ever built in
this country
From the New York Commercial and Shipping List.
COTTON CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Statement and Fatal Amount year 'ending 31s? August 1847.
I Bales. Total. 1846.
NEW OR LEA I
To Foreign Ports 565,007.
Coastwise 159,501 •
Stock, Ist September, 1847 • 23,493
' 748,001
Deduct—
Stock, Ist September, 1846 • • ... 6,332
Received from Mobile ***’ 16,379:
Received from Florida 16,9661
Received from Texas 2.345
1 42,002
I 1 705,979 1,037,144
MOBlLE.— Exports
To Foreign Ports * •....... 190,221
Coastwise .. . . r.... 116,801 J
Stock, Ist September, 1847 24,1721 I
Deduct—
Stock, Ist September 1846, 7,476
Received from New Orleans 256
r- 7,732
W 323,462 421,966
FLORIDA.— Export—
To Foreign Ports ....... 36,726
Coastwise 90,006
Burnt at Apalachicola • • • 100
Stock, Ist September, 1847-./ 2,108
« 128,940
Deduct —Stock, Ist September. 1846 1,088
TEXAS.— Export—
To Foreign Ports .... 543
C0a5twi5e..............................i; 7. ..... 9,242
Stock, Ist September 1847- • 32 gp
Deduct— Stock, Ist September, 1846- 1,500
GEORGIA. — Export from Savannah—
To Foreign Ports—Uplands 113,656*
Sea Islands 5,6651
Coast w ise—U pla nds 113,300 *
Sea Islands 1,530 j
t I
234,151
Export from Darien—
To New York 5
Stock in Savannah, Ist September, 1847 7,787
Stock in Augusta and Hamburg, Ist September, 1847 17,233
Deduct—
Stock in Savannah and Augusta, Ist September, 1846 15,828
Received from Florida 559
SOUTH CAROLINA.— Export from Charleston—
To Foreign Ports —Uplands 179,467
Sea Islands 10,869;
0f... irutnua
Coastwise —L plandsls6,oo4
Sea Islands 699
347,098
Exports f-om Georgetown—
To New York, Boston, &c 2,000
Stock in Charleston, Ist September 1847 29,655
Deduct —
Stock in Charleston, Ist September, 1846 8,709
Received from Savannah 18,408
Received from Florida 1,436
NORTH CAROLINA.— Export— •
Coastwise 6,061 10,637
VIRGINIA.- Export—
To Foreign Ports 152
Coastwise 3,000
Manufactured (Taken from the Ports) 10,491
Stock, Ist September. 1847 448
Deduct — Stock, Ist September, 1846 1001
1 13,991| 13,282
Received oveiland last year 3,000
Total Crop of the United States 1,778,651 2,100,537
Received nt Philadelphia and Baltimore, overland 1,828
Total Crop of 1847, as aboveßales-1,778,651
Crop of last year. :2,100,537
Decreaseßales. • 321,886
EXPORT TO FORIGN PORTS,
From September 1. 1846, to August 31, 1847
From New Orleans-565,007 From North Carolina
M0bi1e190,221 Virginia 152
Florida 36,726 Baltimore 455
Texas 543 Philadelphia 433
Georgiall9,32l New Y0rk134,508
South Carolina. 190,336 Boston 3,520
Grand T0ta11,241,222
Total last year 1,666,792
Decrease 425,571*
• Quantity consumed by and in the hands of Man-
Growth.—Total Crop of ufacturers.
1827—8-b.le. 712,000 1007-8.-baUsl.Soi.497 1.1846-7-..bsles 427.967 i&i6—7-- ,h.l~ 999 540
1929 30 976,844 1839-10 2,177,835 is;.• -v.-3W.006 1834—5216,888
1810—11,038,848 1840—1 1,634,945 346,744 1833—4196,413
1831— 987,477 1841—21,683,574 I 1842 -3325,129 1832—3194,412
1832 1,070,438 1841—3 2,378,875 ||lß4l-2267,850 1831—2173,800
1833 1,205,394 1843—4 2,030,409 1840-1297,288 1830—1182,142
1834 1,254,328 1844—5 2,394,503 1839-40295,193 1829-30126,512
1835 1,360,725 1845 6 2,100,537 H 1838—9 276,018 1828—9118.853
1836 1,422,930 1846—71,778,651 ’11837—8246,063 1827—8120,593
CONSUMPTION.
Total Crop of the United States, as above stated-j Bales. ■ 1,778,651
Add — Stocks on hand at the commencement of the year, Ist September, 1846: ■ j
In the Southern Portsj 41,033
In the Northern Portsl 66,0-91
Makes a supply of ’ 1,885,7/3
Deduct therefrom — The Exports to Foreign P0rt51,241,222]
Less, Foreign included 353]
j 1,240,869'
Stocks on hand at the close of the year, Ist September, 1847 :
In the Southern PortslO4,92B|
In the Northern P0rt5109,909.
1 214,837:
Burnt at Apalachicola 100;
Burnt at New York 2,000
1 2,100
| 1,457,906
|
Taken for home use 8a1e5.•427,967
By the foregoing Statement, it will be seen that the Crop is 321,336 bales less than last year, and
615,952 less than the year before.
Our estimate of the quantity taken for consumption in the Cotton growing States, does not include any
Cotton manufactured in the States South and West of Virginia.
Th*'quantity of new Cotton received at the Shipping Ports up to the Ist inst. amounted to 1121 bales
‘inn
against about 200 bales last year.
South Carolina Regiment—Horrors of
War.—Of all the incidents which go to illus
trate the horrors of war. we have seen none
which presents them to the mind in a more stri
king and powerful manner than the present
condition of the South Carolina regiment of
volunteers. They left their homes six months
ago about 800 strong ; of this number 140 died
at Vera Cruz or on the march to Puebla, and
360 were left sick in the various hospitals. —
About 272 were in a condition to tight in the
late battle, and of that number 137 (including
their gallant Colonel, Pierce M. Butler) were
killed or wounded, leaving a meager remnant ;
of J 35. a moiety of whom may yet perhaps fall '
in battle or perish by disease before the war shall ;
terminate! What a contrast will the return
home of this shattered corps present to the .
• pride, pomp, and circumstance” which at- »
tended their enlistment and departure for the
seat of war.— Rich. If big.
Correspondence of the Charlretou Courier. I
Key West, Sept. 9. 15547.
Xaral.— The I . S. steam ship Alleghany. -
Lieut. Coin’d. Hunter, arrived here yesterday
morning from New Orleans, and I am sorry to
say that many of her crew are sick with the ■
fever. She is now anchored off Fleming’s Key.
and those convalescent have been «ent to the
Marine Hospital, and 1 understand that the sick
will be detained on board. By the arrival of
the C. S. Transport Active, we hear that a
' large ship is high and dry on the quicksands,
as she was passed on last Saturday by said
transport schooner. Vessels have already left
for the purpose of rendering her assistance,
should she still be there, which many persons
think not. Our Island continues healthy, and
we hope that with precaution it may continue
so. Yours. Perseverandi.
The Cln.ard Line of Steamers.—We see,
by a report of a select commutes in ttot House
of Lords, that the British Government receives
in Postages, from Cunard's line, more than it
pays. Cunard receives £80,*60, and the post
age received is £33,024; no oilier Line pays at
all. The account of postages ot the British
Post-office, with North America, stands thus:
CAargfrs-.
North American line at pre-
sent; £93,860
Transmit mails through U-
nited States 2,499
Post Office charges in North
America64.3<3
Income.
Gross Postage with British
North America £36,4«/
; Do. United States 46,543
Do. proportion Intercolonial, 2,633
Do. Transit Postage 10,000
Do. North America. Inter- i
nal (d) - 50,000 £145,658
Deficiency to the country£ls,s9B
Letters. N" papers.
British N rth America- • 651,716 761,752
United States 744.108 317.468
Transit, say 100,000 60.000
Totals, North American Lines, 1,495,824 1.159,220
Fire—The Providence Journal says that
• the print works in Simmonsville. occupied by
Patrick Wright were destroyed by fire on Fri
day evening. The cloths with the exception
of a few hundred pieces, were removed. The
budding, with the exception of the walls, was
entirely destroyed, with the machinery. The
loss is from $12,000 to $15,000- There is In
surance at the American office in Providence ,
for $5,000. I
The Colton Crops. &c.
The Mobile Register of the 18th inst. says:
The weather fur the incoming crop during the past
week has been more favorable with us—a dry north
wind, tending much to assist planters in getting out
their crops in a better condition.—still, from the best
sources of information—and we have seen letters from
nearly every section of this State and a portion of Mis
sissippi during the week —we are induced to the be
lief that nothing but a very late frost will be of essen
tial benefit to the cotton crop. The usual length of
time the wet weather prevailed, has done immense
injury—and from present appearances, a much great
er yield in this State over la.-t year cannot be looked
for. A continuance of favorable weather and a late
| frost, will, of course, have a great effect on the present
I prospect.
• 'Che Caterpillar. — The genuine worm, says the
■ Alexandria (La.) Democrat of the Bth inst., is un
-1 doubtedly in our fields, and in the course of a few
1 days their work of destruction will commence. That
thev will do great damage, few will deny ; but we
• still believe that the crop of the parish will be a mo
' derate one—say two-thirds. On some places little
|or no damage will be sustained.
F •om the yjontgome’-y Flag.
Lauderdale Co., Ala., Sept. 13. 1847.
■ Gentlemen: — The present growing crop of cotton in
Lauderdale county, Ata., in my judgment, is inferior
jto tlie crop of 1846, and will not yield as much, not
withstanding there was more planted this year than
there was last year. The present growing crop was,
in the first place, injured by the cotton lice. Secondly ;
the excessively long rainy season we have had, which
' has continued from early in the spring until the first
iof tins month (September,) with but few intervals of
| dry weather during the time, has injured the crop
’ more seriously than any other evil which has befallen
’ it.
{ The worm, which is doing so much damage in Mis
' sissippi. has not made its appearance here as yet.
But if we admit that the present growing crop will
I yield as much as last year’s crop, it will be impossible
Ito gather it. This will be readily admitted when we
considerthe fact, that this crop is about one month la
ter than that of 1846. Last year I commenced pick
ing by the 10th of August, and by the 15th of Sept,
i ‘ had gathered about 100.000 pounds. This season I
shall not commence picking until about the 15th of
j the present month.
There may be a few planters in this county who
have picked' some little this season—but I have not
1 heard of a bale being made. Yours, &c.
To Postmasters.
Postmasters should, in every instance, bear
in mind the following:
Extract from the " Instructions to Postmasters."
Pageof). Section 118.
“In every instance in which papers that come
to your office ire not taken out by the persons
to whom they are sent, you will give immediate
notice of it to the publisher, that they are laying
dead in the office.
‘•ln all cases where Postmasters render
themselves liable for the subscription money
fora paper by a neglect to notify the publisher
i that it remains dead in the Postoffice, the Post
master General reserves the right to admonish
the Postmaster for his neglect, and require him
to pay for the paper or remote him out of ojpee.
Woman.—The government of families leads
to the comfort of communities, and the welfare
of the state. Os every domestic circle wo
man is the centre. Home, that scene of purest
and dearest joy, home is the empire of woman.
There she plans, directs, and performs, the ac
knowledged source of dignity and felicity.
When female virtue is most pure, female sense
is most approved, female deportment most cor
rect. there is most propriety of social manners.
The earlv vears of childhood, the most pre
cious years’ of life and opening season.are con
fined to woman's superintendence: she there
fore may be presumed to lay the foundation of
i all the virtues, and all the wisdom that enrich
I the world.
Augusta, (Bco.:
SATURDAY MORN’G, SEPT. 25, 1847.
Tariff ot 1846.
Item Ist. Our opponents say, that the tariff
of 1846 raised breadstuff's to the extraordinary
prices which they attained. Flour got up some
months since in England to thirteen dollars per
barrel.
Item 2d. Flour in England is now worth «ix
dollars per barrel.
Item 3d. The tariff of 1846 is still in opera
tion. It must be a rascally mean tariff, to
raise Flour to thirteen dollars per barrel/orspec
ulators, and then bring it down to six dollars
per barrel for farmers.
Item 4th. The Wlrgs told the country, what
every man of candor knew, that the famine
raised the price.
Item sth. The Democratic leaders say that
the tariff of 1846 raised the price of cotton. —
Well, we hope for the planters’ sake, that it did
not, if it intends to bring it down as it did Flour!
We say the tariff did not raise the paice of cot
ton. It has been owing to the shortness of the
crop and the great demand. The Whigs were
right about flour, the Democrats wrong; which
is entitled to far.lilxff yiona about,
cotton ?
Item 6th. Our opponents said, that the tariff
of 1846 turned exchanges in favor of this coun
try and caused specie to flow into it. The
Whigs said, that the great demand for provis
ions, owing to the famine, caused them. Were
they not right? For since the famine has disap
peared before good crops in Europe, exchanges
have come back to their usual par value, and
specie has already been remitted from this
country to Europe.
Item 7th. The country was prosperous un
der the tariff of 1842. That of 1846, (stript ,
of extraneous causes such as the famine) has •
yet to be tried. It will be found wanting.— !
Mark the prediction !
Item Bth. Some of the Democratic papers
have the fairness to still insist, that the tariff of
1846 has opened foreign markets for our grains,
&c. Do they know or not know, that those
foreign markets were opened in consequence
of the famine and before the tariff of 1846 was
passed ?
Item 9th. They still have the fairness to de
clare, that the foreign markets are still of great
value to our people, when they know that corn
shipped to England now, does not pay costand
charges when it reaches her ports
Item 10th. is it good policy to destroy the
home market, and force manufacturers to plant
ing and raising corn, wheat, and other grains,
when the cost and charges of transportation
comes to more than they will bring when in for
eign markets?
Item 11th. The tariff of 1846 reduced the du
ties on bagging, salt and other articles. This,
the Democrats said, would reduce their prices
Every man who uses bagging and salt knows
that he has to pay more for them now, than he
did under the tariff of 1842.
Item 12th. The Democratic leaders have de
ceived the people, the W higs have not; which
is most worthy of being trusted with power ?
The Two Systems.
“Planters and Farmers of Georgia! have you
not had sufficient experience under the two systems?
Look at your condition now, and compare it with
what it was for a series of years under the whig ta
riff. Have you not had enough of their protection to
your industry ?”
The planters and farmers of Georgia know,
that under the compromise tariff, when duties
were at the lowest point, they had the worst
the counlry; just wait and let us have a lair test
of the tariff of ’46. If the low duties of the ta
riff of ’46 makes the country prosperous now,
what made it so unprosperous under the low
duties of the compromise ?
True.
“The abusing system —the misrepresenting sys
tem —the system of calling hard names wont do.” —
Constitutionalist.
Every word true. We have no idea that
the people will be pleased with charges of
fraud and perjury against Gen. Clinch, and
calling him after they are refuted, a cat's-paw in
the hands of others. They cannot be pleased
with those, who call the hardest fought battle
of the Florida war a “ skriininage,” and the hero
of it “Old Sugar Cane,” and other detracting
names. No, this abuse won’t do, you are right
neighbor!
A Mistake*
“As to this tariff being a British tariff, look over
our land, fellow-citizens, and say whether‘it is not a
blessing to the American people. British 1 gold to the
amount of twenty-five millions has (lowed into this
country during its operation, and there has been no
return tide back to Europe.”
Rather a mistake; this gold has commenced
n n 111 n t>u Iz I nut I- ronnn ctunnior tnriL' n
going back. 1 lie last trench steamer took a
remittance of gold to Europe. This is but the
beginning—large houses in England and this
country stopping payments, looks as if some
thing was wrong!
The Corn Humbug*
“ Our produce commands high prices, because we
are allowed by our government to take inpayment
the products of foreign countries.”
If our neighbor will look among our tariff
items in this day’s paper,he will find something
that will do for a reply to the above !
The Nashville Railroad. —The Nashville
Union says: We hear that a letter has been re
ceived in this city from V. K. Stevenson, Esq.,
relative to the railroad meeting at Mirfreesbo
ro.on Saturday last. The corporation of Mur
freesboro agreed to take $30,000 of stock, and
$20,000 was subscribed by individuals. We
have conversed with a gentleman from Mur
freesboro. who thinks that, including the cor
poration subscription, $120,000 will be taken
in Rutherford county. We do not know
w’hether this comes up to the estimates, before
the meeting, of what Rutherford would be like
ly to do or not. We should think it her share,
although it is far below her ability.
The prospects of the road are daily becom
ing brighter. We cannot doubt that, with
wealth enough along the contemplated road to
build it, without cramping the means of the
citizens, this magnificent improvement will be
speedily entered upon. It is a work in which
the whole of Middle Tennnessee has a vital in
terest, and one in regard to which there should
be no doubt, hesitation or delay.
II ealth of Mobile.—The of
Monday the 20th instant, says: The Sexton
reports 23 deaths during the week. 10 of which
were of yellow fever—showing a very consi
• derable increase over the deaths of any prece
ding week of the season. There is doubtless
much sickness in the city though the number of
deaths is comparatively small- it * s ver 5 evi
dent, however, that the health of the city i- not
improving. ,
Look on this Picture.
Whilst Col. Towns is making speeches in
support ofMr. Polk, it is said, (says the Colum
bus Enquirer.) that he carefully avoids any re
mark as to what he intends to do. if elected
Governor, in the way of home affairs. Below
will be found what condition the State was |
placed in by his illustrious Democratic prede
cessors, and the reasonable belief is that it will
be bis policy to follow in their footsteps. The
Satan, nah Republican has the following picture,
which we remember, some years a.go, made
men’s eyes as well as pockets acAe, io look upon.
Cost of Democratic Legislation to the neopte.
Bank, ail g 2 100 57
The State Debt in 1843 1,63-3,210 73
Deficit of Central Bank to be paid by tax-
ing the people 364.233 93
Making the enormous sum of more than Fixe Xli!-
lions and a half of Dollars, nearly all of which is
the result of Democratic Legislation.
I wonder if the people of Georgia, wish to take
another doee ?If they do, let them'try G. W. Town*.
Chatman
VOL. LXI.--NEW SERIES, VOL. XL, NO. 39.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAI. op THE
STEAMSHIP BRITANIA.
Seven Days Enter.
From the Baltimore Sun, 21st inst.
The steamship Britannia. Capt. Harrison, ar
rived at Boston at quarter past five o’clock on
Sunday morning. She sailed from Liverpool
on the 4th inst. She touched on Cape Race,
N. F. on the 14th inst., but got off without
damage.
We received by mail, yesterday, extras from
the offices of the New York Herald and Sun,
containing the following intelligence.
The intelligence is of an important commer
cial character. The commercial community
will be pleased to learn that the bills of Prime,
Ward & Co., which vrere refused acceptance
by Overend, Gurney & Co., have since been
honored by that firm.
The Hon. Mr. Winthrop and general Arm
strong came out by the Britannia—she also
brings £12,000 specie.
The Queen and Royal family still continue
in Scotland.
The steamer Great Britain was successfully
floated off on the night of the 27th ultimo, and
arrived at Liverpool on the 30th.
The wreck of the barque Canton, of Hull,
with tire loss of 300 emigrants, is reported to
have taken place upon the west coast of Scot
land.
The British Islands bad, within the previous
visited by a succession
of disastrous hurricanes, which had causedin
calculable damage to the shipping.
Notwithstanding the war speech of Lord
Palmerston, on the subject of Spanish bonds,
there is but little fear entertained in England,
that an appeal will be made to the ultimatum.
A small engagement took place on the 15th
of June, at the Cape of Good Hope, between
a small party of British troops and an over
whelming number of Kafirs, in which the ior
mer suffered a defeat.
The Sarah Sands sailed from Liverpool on
the 3rd instant.
The French steamer Philadelphia had not
arrived up to the night of the Ist inst.
The overland mail from India had been re
ceived. The general state of the country was
satisfactory. Trade was somewhat depressed
at Calcutta and Bombay, but brighter prospects
cheered the merchants from the favorable state
of the crons.
me VI ups.
It is in contemplation to close the mills in
Manchester, in consequence of the pressure of
the times.
Financial Intelligence*
It will be gratifying to know that the drafts of
Prime, Ward & Co., of which acceptance was
on Wednesday definitely refused by Overend,
Gurney AjCo., where on Thursday honored
by that firm, in consequence of the interposi
tion of the friends of Prime, Ward & Co.
Notwithstanding that the funds have con
tinued tolerably steady since the departure of
the last steamer, a fearful pressure has been felt
in the money market, deeply affecting, if not
entirely paralysing every branch of trade and
manufactures. This distressing state of relaxed
monetary circulation, has been followed by
several heavy failures, many of which, from
the character and position of the houses, have
spread the utmost alarm among the whole tra
ding community.
Whatever may be the immediate causes
which have produced this state of things, the
Bank of England has not escaped its share of
blame, and there will be a general despair of
amendment until it displays a spirit of im
proved liberality and accommodation.
The liabilities of thedefaulting houses in Lon
don exceed two millions sterling, while in Man
chester, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Cork and
Limerick, numerous large houses are irre
trievably gone.
In Liverpool, we have to notice the stoppage
of the houses of Lyon A Firmey, and Kirk
patrick <fc Co., whose liabilities are stated re
spectively at £60,000; in addition to which
many houses of lesser note have declared their
incapability to continue.
Among the manufacturers the difficulty of
obtaining money has been felt with peculiar
severity, and several large millshave been com
pelled to stop. Were the evil believed to have
reached its climax, the sanguine might indulge
in something like returning confidence. But
while improvement seems remote, deeper de
spair continues Kpfvhopj^fq)t
one-eighth to one forth per cent, in Consols.
The quotations being 8| a8 j for money, and
88£ toßf for account.
The bullion of the Bank has decreased dur
ing the month £540,618, the amount now held
being £9,239,618.
Ireland.
Reports are circulated of ravages by the po
tato rot, many of which are well authenticated.
.Although the Irish grain crops are one fourth
larger, the crop of sound potatoes, it is confi
dently asserted, will not exceed that of last
’ year.
Scotland.
Her Majesty’s reception in Scotland has been
highly satisfactory to all parties.
France.
The suicide of the Duke de Praslin still agi
ates the public. Government having seized
tupon the newspapers which charged the state
officers with aiding the suicide, the excitement
became intense. The French government has
formed an alliance with Austria to oppose the
liberal measures of the Pope. The opposition
journals say that the French people are all in
favor of the liberal policy of his holiness.
A secret department exists in the French
Post-office, in which suspected letters are bro
ken open and read, by order of the govern
ment. An employee who officiated in this de
partment before the revolution of 1830. is rein
stated at a salary of ten thousand dollars per an
num. This, it is alleged, affords a clue to the
extensive robberies of the mail. Charges of
corruption are made against thirty or forty of
ficersof government.
Six journals have been seized for exposing
government abuse, viz: the Democratic, Pacifi
que, the Estafette, ihe Gazette de France, the U
nion Monarchique, the Charivari, and the 7?e
forme. An infernal machine was exploded on
the Boulevards on the evening of the 27th ult.,
at the most crowded part of that fashionable
promenade in front of the Case de Paris. It
was an oaken box, containing fulminating pow
der and various kinds of projectiles. Fortu
nately no one was hurt. The assassin was im
mediately arrested.
Count Alfred de Montesqni, officer of the
Legion of Honor, the husband of a rich Ameri
can lady, and the father of seven or eight chil
dren, was found dead in his bed-room in Paris,
from a stab by a poniard in the heart. A legal
investigation ended in a verdict of death by his
own hands. He was forty-three years of age-
In Paris, the eldest son of the late Duke of
Praslin. only seventeen years of age, has com
mitted suicide, he being overwhelmed with the
disgrace fallen upon his family.
Italy.
The British Government are preparing a
formidable naval expedition at the lonian Is
lands, to aid the Pope against Austria, should
the latter invade his dominions.
Italy still remains in a state offerment. The
town of Ferrara has been invested by the Aus
trian troops, and a declaration of war seemed
unavoidable on the part of the Pope.
Pope Pius has declared that he will lead the
Italian army in person, in case of war with Aus
tria.
Spain.
Narvaez has returned to power, at the re
quest of the Queen, but in opposition to the
wishes of her mother and the King of the
French, whose intrigues he is pledged to op
pose.
A royal order of the Spanish government,
dated 3d of August, announces that by the data
collection in relation to the crops in Spain, the
yield would be abundant.
The Queen of Spain is cncientc —\ier accouche
ment is expected in the winter. The King says
he cannot return to the palace, as a husband,
until after that event. Her favorite, the young
• Gen. Serrano, is still the “power behind the
I throne.” She has applied to the Pope for a
’ I divorce. . . ,
. .. _ !<•*» Puns have arnx ed
Four of the secret police ot rarisnave arrneu
at Madrid, charged with an intrigue to seat the
family of Loui- Phillippe on the throne of
Spain. So says the Madrid Cammcrcio.
Switzerland.
Nothing of public interest has taken place in
Switzerland.. The diet continues its sitting, and
is resolved to suppress the Sonderabunds.
Bavaria.
Among the liberal measures to be proposed
at the approaching session of the Bavarian
Parliament, are: trial by jury, opening the
courts of justice to the public, and the freedom
of the press.
Sardinia.
The King of Sardinia has declared his inten
tion to aid the Pontifical power, and England
warmlv sympathizes with hi. holiness. Such
a war inu-t annihilate the Austrian dynasty m
Italy.
Liverpool Markets-
Extracts from Letters rv.cirtd in this CUy. aa.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 3d, I?;'.-The completion
ot the money market has not improved since the de-
P.n-ure of the steamer of the lihh ult., but further
heavy failures io the Corn trade and the dishonor of
mnr e'bAls founded on shipment of bread-at-tffii have
Hi«rn-t nnd difficulty of tbetinws.
The crops of Grain in the most productive districts
are already secured, and though there has been some
unsettled weather the harvest in the latter districts has
on the whole been progressing favorably, as is suffi
ciently indicated by the depressed state of the Corn
markets. Flour has declined to 24 to 255. for the
best Western Canal, and Philadelphia and Baltimore
may be quoted at 23s a 235. 6d. per bbl. Sour 19s to
21s. American Wheat 6s to 7s 6d per 70 lbs. '
1 The crops in France are represented as abundant
beyond all former years. The disease in the potato
crop appears to be increasing, much as it did last sea
i son, but from the diminished culture this is now of
much less importnace. It has, however, checked the
fall in Indian Corn, the best parcels of which are-now
selling rather more freely at 265. to 30s. per quarter,
and heated and damaged parcels at 20s to 255. for cat
tle. Indian Corn Meal 14s. a 14s. 6d. per bbl. Oc
casionally forced sales of all kinds of Grain and Flour
are made for cash below these quotations almost daily.
Though the last accounts of the unpromising pros
pect of the American growing Cotton Crop are consi
dered as more decidedly favorable for holders yet our
market has declined i a }d. per lb. The sales for
the week ended 27th ulto. amounted to 20,700 bales,
of which speculators took 1000 and exporters 1600,
and the business for the week ended this evening has
been 20,600 bales, of which only 600 is on speculation
and 1500 for export. The American descriptions this
week consist 0f2990 Upland at 6j a 7f; 9920 Orleans
■ at 6 * ° 71 and
The quotations for fair Upland is 71, fair Mobile
7j and fair Orleans 7sd. per lb. The unsatisfactory
state of the trade of the spinners and manufacturers is
forcing a further curtailment of the consumption of
cotton, and this together with the money pressure ef
fectually checks speculation.
Brown, Shipley & Co.
LIVERPOOL, September 2d, 1847.— Cotton.—
The Cotton market has continued very dull, and pri
ces have again declined jd per lb. The sales of the
fortnight amount to 40,310 bales, of which 3510 bales
for export, and 2550 bales on speculation. The trade
have thus taken only about 34,000 bales in the two
weeks.
The last accounts from the United States bring no
more favorable report of the growing crop.
Fair Orleans, 7fd —Middling, 6|d.
Fair Mobiles, 7|d —Middling, 6|d.
Fair Uplands, 7|d —Middling, 6fd.
Grain, and Flour.— The weather continued very
fine till the close of last month, and by far the greatest
part of the crop was secured in the finest order. It is
now admitted on all hands that the grain crops through
out Europe are. on the whole, very good. The pota
to disease prevails in many parts both of this countiy
and the Continent, but it is still doubtful what extent
of injury may be done. The arrivals from abroad do
not yet fall olf.
Our corn market continues to droop ; we quote a de
cline on Flour since the 19th nit., of Is. to Is. 6d. per
bbl : and on Wheat 6d. per 70lb. Indian Corn and
Corn Meal are without change.
Western Canal Flour 25s 0d to 25s 6d |>er bbl.
Baltimore and Philadelphia - • 23s 6d to 24s 6d “
Sour 19s 0d to 21s Od “
Indian Corn Meal 14s 6d to 15s Od “
White U. S. Wheat 7s 6d to 7s lOd pr 701 b
Red and Mixed ditto 6s 6d to 7s Od “
Yellow Indian Com 29s 0d to 30s 04 pr 4801 b
White do 28s Od to 31s Od “
Slate of Trade.. — There is no improvement in
the Manchester market. The continual scarcity of
money and the distrust produced by the late exten
s.ve failures, have diminished the demand for goods
and yarns, and forced spinners again to curtail their
consumption of cotton. The following quotations are
given from Manchester :
Ist Sep.’46. Ist Aug. ’47.lst Sep.’47
Best 2d Water twist No. 20--8 d Bjd Bjd
Best 2d Mule twist No. 40-- -9| 1 10fd 10|d
Fair Bowed Cotton 4|d 7|d 7|d
DENNISTOUN & CO.
P. S» 3d Sept. — The Cotton market continues
very dull. The sales to-day are only 3000 bales, to
all the trade.
There was rather an improved feeling at the Corn
market held here to-day, though flour was not dear
er. In Wheat a large business was done at firm
prices, good mixed Ohio commanding 7s. and best
white Genesee Bs. per 70 lbs. Indian Corn ami
Corn Meal were not much inquired for.
Money was rather easier yesterday in London.
A. D. & CO.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 3d, 1817.—Since our advices
per Caledonia the demand for Cotton has been very
limited at a decline of j per lb for Bowed and Orleans.
To-day the market closed heavily and our actual
quotations for Fair Cotton are Boweds 7j, Mobile 7},
Orleans 7| j»er lb.
It appears to be now pretty well ascertained tbal the
The accounts from Ireland respecting the Potato tend
to the conclusion that the disease though existing, is
in a very mitigated degree, and that a fair proportion
of the crop will at all events be saved. With these
prospects of supplies at home and with large arrivals
of food from abroad—added to the stringent condition
of the money market and fresh failures in the grain
trade, our corn markets continue in the same depress
ed state as when we last wrote. Flour has de
clined Is. to Is. 6d. per barrel. Wheat 6d. to Is.
per 70 lbs.
Sweet Indian Com is scarce and dearer —prime lots
of White being held at 325. per qr. Most of the
stock here is heated and for such our quotations are
unchanged. Indian Meal is also rather more in de
mand, but at very little advance.
COATES & CO.
The Late Mr. Wilde.
The Picayune of Sunday the 19th inst., says :
“Below will be found the proceedings of a
meeting of the bar of this city, held to testify
their respect for the late Hon. Richard Henry
Wilde. Few men attain the eminence of the
departed gentleman, for he was alike distin
guished in legislative halls, at the bar, and in the
more genial pursuits of poetry and elegant lit
erature. Had the pestilence which wasteth us
cost but the life of this gentleman, it would still
be deplorable.”
Tie late Hon. Richard Henry Wilde— At a
meeting of the Bar of New Orleans, held in the Su
preme Court room on the 18th day of September,
’ 1847, the meeting was called to order by M. M. Co-
hen, Esq., and on his motion, John 11. Gryinen, Esq.,
was culled to the chair, and Arnold Bodin, Esq., was
appointed Secretary.
The Chair having explained the object of the meet
ing in a few feeling and eloquent remarks, the follow
ing resolutions were proposed by Greer B. Duncan,
Esq., and seconded by R. Freaux, Esq., and unani
mously adopted: ...
Resolved, That when a man, distinguished among
his countrymen and among the members of the pro
fession to which he was allied, iscallcd away by death,
it is the mournful privilege and duty of those who
survive him to give expression to that feeling of pub
lic regret which clusters around the tomb of the de-
F>a 'ffesoZr«/ 1 That in the life and character of the Hon.
Richard Henry Wilde we recognize eminent talente
and acquirements, such as adorn the profession ol
which he was a distinguished member, and that ns a
statesman, a scholar and a jurist, he had attained a
weil-fonnded reputation al home and abroad that m
his death by a stroke from the invisible pestilence
which has carried dismay and despair into the habita
tions of so many of our fellow-citizens the New Or
leans Bar has been deprived of one of its most t lustrl
ous members—society of one of its most mumble or
naments-the country of one of its most distmgti shed
citizens, and his immediate family has mat with an
overwhelmingcalamity.
ResoUed, That in lhejudgmcnl ofthe New Orleans
Bar the deceased in his professional intercourse with
his brethren was distinguished by a refined aud ur
bane dignity, a calm and unpretending deportment,
and an honorable and delicate sense of professional
propriety—that in all these particulars Ins example ll
ostrated the principles of his actions, anil furnished a
model worthy the imitation of the junior members of
the profession, by whom his worth was appreciated,
and to whom his talents and his virtues formed an ob
iectof veneration; that es|«cially is bis loss to be de
plored at the present time when nis late acceptance o
a chair in the University of Louisiana promised a ca
reer of distinguished usefulness to the profession.
Resolved; That while it does not become us to tres
pass upon the sacredness of private sorrow, yet we
cannot refrain from tendering to the relations and farm
ly ofthe deceased the expression of our profound sym
pathy in their immeasurable loss.
Resolred, Tliatasa token ofourrespect fi.r lhe char
acter ofthe deceased, we will wear the usual badge
of mourning for the next thirty days.
Resolred, That while we thus express our sincere
sympathies u ( «m the death of a distinguished member
of our profession, we avail ourselves of the occasion Io
savhow sincerely we sympathise with the relations of
the many others of our profession who have fallen vic
tims to the insatiate disease which has visited our city
and covered it with a mantle of mourning.
Resolved That the Attorney General be requested
to present these resolutions to the Supreme Court at
I . • . tril.nnnl in (iVPinfiCl* fICXt.
the opening session of that tribunal in November next,
and mask on behalfof.be Bar that they may be en
tered upon the records of that Court. And that the
District Attorney ofthe United Statee for the H.sm. t
ofLouisiana be requested to present a copy of h -
to the Circuit Court of the United States of die said
District, with the same request.
On motion of H R. Dems, &q„ a.
lion ofH. st. Paul E-q., “ -nd
foregoing rwxjutions be inserted in b
French languages mlthe gazrt_e> •
On motion ggyMES, Chairman,
journed.
Ansot-P Boots, Se«*ary._
. Pcrplexisg Mistake—lt is stated in the
Reveille that in cutting the motto for the in
srrintioii over the door of the new Catholic
Church, lately built at Mine La Motte, in the
southern part of Missouri, the holy father told
the workman to cut upon it the following
words: “My house shall be called the house
of prayer,” and to have it correct, he referred
bint to the verse in the Bible. The mason pro
ceeded to work and cut the whole verse, as fol
lows: “My house shall be called the bouse of
prayer, but you bate made it a den of thurit ■
f The house was consecrated before the mistake
, was discovered. VponaMertaining it, the con
text was puttyrd i> p and painted ox er.