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Jor Sale.
“OAK GROVE” FOR SALE.
I NOW OFFER this valuable
■ijgl tlement of land for sale, situated on the
•* * “■“•“Georgia Rad Union “ ■
Point and Greensboio. This farm contains about 800
acres of land, one-tbird of which is in the woods and
is well timbered, and strong productive upland ; also
some very valuable swamp land attached, now in a
high state of cultivation.
There is on this farm a spacious and well-built
dwelling house, good and conveniently arranged ser
vant’s houses, Gin hou-e and Press, Granary, Stables,
&c., choice Vineyard, Orchard, Vegetable and Flow
er Garden. I will ixake accommodating terms to an
acceptable purchaser. If you want to purchase a
desirable settlement call and examine for yourself.
THOMAS HART.
Also—l want to sell one Town Lot in the city of
Albany, No. 30; one Tract in Murray county, No.
67, 27th District, 2d Section; one do. No. 230, 9th
District, 3d Section; one do. in Houston county, No.
230, 3d District; one do. in Decatur, No. 126, 15th
District. au3o T. H.
BURKE LAND FOR SALE.
THE UNDERSIGNED has IOOOIJhTT
acres of valuable land in the 71st district IHIh.
of Burke county, adjoining lands of Jas.
Grubbs, B. B Miller, and Kobt. J. Morrison,
which is offered for sale on the most accommodating
terms. The tract contains about 500 acres oak and
hickory land, the remainder pine—of which there are
about 150 acres cleared, with a comfortable dwel
ling and other necessary buildings.
Persons desirous to purchase are requested to call
and examine the premises.
If not sold previously at private sale, it will bo sold
at public outcry, before the court house door at
Waynesboro on the firs: Tuesday »n November next.
jy!2-wtNl EPHALINDA FOUNTAIN
hotels.
HOTEL !
®MRB. W. .1. JONES avails herself of
the opportunity to announce to the friends and
patrons of her late husband (W. J. Jones), and the
publ’c generally, that she intends keeping open the
Hotel heretofore kept by him at APPLING, and so
licits a continuance of the patronage hitherto bestowed
on the bouse. She hoftee by her unremitted exer
tions and attention to the duties of her station to met it
the approbation ot those who tiny favor her with a
call. s 8
EAGLE A PIKE NIX HOTEL
AUGUSTA, GA.
M«S. WEST. uHL
FpillS WELL-KNOWN, ELEGANT
J. and CONVENIENT HOUSE, containing
more than FIFTY ROOMS, has been recently fitted
up with much care for the reception of transient cus
tomers and regular boarders, ami if long experiene,
a quiet house, airy rooms, good beds, attentive ser,
vanls, a Table as good as the Augusta market can
supply, and low charges, can secw ec.i-stom and satis
faction, she is determined to succeed.
For TRANSIEN F BOARD and LODGING only
ONE DOLLAR per day !
She would refer to Rev Mr. Brantley, Professors
Joseph Eve and Ford, of Augusta, and Dr. Randall,
of Marietta. n|«6
WASHINGTON HALL.
Bij ATLANTA GEORGIA.
ICE A K FAST AND DINNER HOUSE
for Passengers—Meals always in due season for
the departure ofthe cars.. A share of public patron
age is respectfully solicited.
122-wtOl MOLCOMBE & RICE.
SIGN, BANNER AND ORNA
MENTAL PAINTING.
POI.ITICAI. UANNRKS, wilhout regard
to party, painted with neatneaa and dispatch and
SENT I’O ANY PART OF THE STATE.
Paint Shop in the Lower Corner of il.e
Entile de Phoenix Hotel, Hrotul-St., Augusta.
au!s R. P. SPELMAN, Sen’r.
COPARTNERSHIP.
WK. TIIK UNDERSIGNED, have this
day entered into Copartnership under the lirm
of HARDEN & RAMEY, and Having purchased O.
11. Lie’s entire stock of Gotxla, now occupy his well- I
known stand opposite Adams, Fargo & Co., and two
doors below J. &S. Bones* Hani ware Store, where
we are now receiving from the Northern cities addi
tions to our present stock, comprising SUGAR, COF
FEE, BAGGING, HOPE. IRON, SALT, LI
QUORS of all kinds, DRY GOODS SHOES,
HATS, LEATHERS, OILS, HARDWARE, Ac.,
which we are now offering on as reasonable terms a*
any other house in the city. We respectfully solicit
a share of public patronage.
We have also made an arrangement with a Fire-
Proof Brick Warehouse, convenient to Railroad and
Wagoners, and all cotton and other produce consigned
to our care will be attended to free of charges, and no
pains will be spared to give general satisfaction.
HARDEN 4k RAMEY.
Augusta, June 1, 1848. jyl-wtDl
$25 REWARD.
Wfli RANAWAY FROM MR on
Monday, the 11th inst., three Negroes,
<S viz: BLAKEJIEI BENand .MARTHA.
Blake is a very bright mulatto, so much so that he
will doubtless attempt to |>ass tor a free white man ;
he has straight black hair and blue eyes; he is 25
? rears old, 5 feet 6 inches high, and stoops forwards*
le walks. Reuben is a black boy about IS years
old, slim visage, and of a meek looking c<'unten.tive.
Martha is a black girl, IS years old, and li»ed before
I got her in Augusta. I will give $lO for the con
finement of either of the boy* in any safe jail, and $5
lor the girl; inhirtnatiou being given me by letter di
rected tn Davisboro, Washington county, Ga.
•15-lmw WII.IIDI >MH'H
RANA WAY
Ms FROM TIIK SI USCRIBER about
the Ist of August, a negro fellow named MOSE.
Saul negro is about 30 years old, weigh* about
145 or 150 lbs, thick set and light complexion. He
had on a Broadcloth Coat, ami a pearl colored Wool
Hat. I presume he is endeavoring to make hi* way
to North Carolina, anti I learn from another negro,
wholefiat the same time, that he called himself
Henry.
A reasonable compensation will be paid for the de
livery of said negro to me, or for his apprehension.
S. C. BRY kN.
(6-wlm Minerva p. 0., Houston Co , Ga.
$25 REWARD.
MS RAN AAV AY, from the subscriber, about
Al the 10th of April last, near May field, Warren
a negro man named MAJOR, about
thirty-6v« years old, six feet high, yellow complec
tion, quick spoken, and qu : te intelligent, with a
downcast look. He is a pretty gixxi blacksmith, and
may probably attempt to make his way to Monroe
County or Columbus, Ga., as he has relatives there.
The above reward will be paid for hi* delivery to
me or lodging him in any safe Jail, *o that 1 get him
again.
,u3-wtf THOMAS J WHEELER
$l5O REWARD
Ji > RAN AAY AY from my residence near
<3 Montevallo, in Shelby county, in March last,
niy Negro DANIEI . He is i w m Mature,
well eot, yellow complexion, has a scar on his
Gee. a w*n on t)ie inside of In* lip and i* a carpenter
by trade.
I will >ive >SO to any perwm who will apprehend
and safeU lodge him tn any jail in Georgia or South
Carolina ; and also SIOO for the apprehension of the
rascal who gave him free paper*.
Bu»d Daniel goea usually well dreaded. and com
«»oaly goe* by the name of Robinson. If said Daniel
*ppn* bended, I wish bis free papers tn from
him and preserved aothal 1 can get p.xexss>oo of them.
THdS. T. WALKER.
Shelby co.. Ala.. October 12.
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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21 s ’4B.
D. Wilmot—The Southern Ally.
The Democracy of the 12th District of
Pennsylvania have re-nominated the Hon. D.
Wilmot for re-election to Congress. This
sounds remarkably' well for the “ Natural Al
lies of the South,” and indicates the fast friend
ship of the Northern Democracy for the South
and her institutions. Time was, when the or
gans of the Southern Democracy were filled
with expressions of the kindest regard for those
‘ Natural Allies of the South,” and “the
Northern man with Southern principles.”
Now, however, the veil is being torn from
them, and they are seen in all their hideous de
formity as the most desperate and determined
enemies of Southern institutions.
Yet, nothing daunted with the exposure ev
ery day being made, with their violated pledges
staring them in the face, with Mr. Van Buren’s
present position, and the assent of Mr. Polk to
the Oregon bill, they are again endeavoring to
persuade the South into the support of Lewis
Cass, a third edition—Van Buren and Polk
being the first and second—from the same press.
The people of the South have abundant
evidence that the pledges of the Democratic
President are not to be relied on where South
ern rights are in question. They have now an
opportunity to shield themselves against a third
fraud, by elevating to the Executive Chair trie
Louisiana planter—whose feelings, education
and interests afford a higher guarantee than
any pledge from the vascillating, time-serving
Cass, that their rights will be safe. Let them
profit by the opportunity afforded.
‘•A Whig Lie Nailed. —The Whigs are bawl
ing out everywhere that Gen. Cassis not an advocate
of River ami Harbor Bills, and not friendly to a gen
eral system of Internal Improvements. A baser lie
was never fabricated. ” Vermont Age.
The fact that the Democracy are attempting
to carry the election of Cass by a declaration
of principles for every section of the Union, is
no longer a question of doubt with any intelli
gent, candid, well-informed man.
The first indication of this purpose was ex
posed in Washington by Mr. Mangum, who
brought to light the two lives of Gen. Cass, the
one for the North and the other for the South,
both of which had been issued while Gen. Cass
was in Washington, and, it has been charged,
with his knowledge and consent—a charge
which to this day has never Deen denied, within
our knowledge. So gross and palpable was
this fraud, that Mr. Hannegan, a warm and
zealous supporter of Gen. Cass, felt called up
on to denounce it in the most indignant terms.
What is the course of the party on the ques
tion of river and harbor improvements ? Are
we not assured that Gen. Cass and the Demo
cracy are opposed to them at the South-—and
that, too, in the face of his votes in favor of
every appropriation bill which has been sub
mitted to the consideration of the Senate, since
he has been a member ? How, we ask. does
the Southern Cass platform compare with the
Northern and Northwestern, which is shadow
ed forth in the above extract from the Vermont
The people of the South know what are the
professions of the Southern Democracy on this
question, and they see what are the principles
of the Northern Cans men on the same subject.
The two faces are in bold relief before the
country.
i The correspondent of the Constitution
alist, “H,” assures us that he was informed by a
Whig, that the vehicle in which Mr. Stephens
was carnea trom ms room, in Atlanta, to tne
stand, was a “ barouche hence his mistake.
He was, therefore, not guilty of any intention
al misrepresentation. "H” also disclaims the
indulgence of any political malignity, of which
disclaimer we are entirely willing to give him
the benefit. He is, however, a decided parti
zan, and may, like many others, be incapable
of viewing the acts of his political opponents
through nnv other than a distorted medium, ot
which he may be wholly unconscious.
Gen. Cass at Home.—The Racine (Michi
gan) Advocate, of a recent date, contains a call
for a “meeting of the democrats of Racine and
vicinity, opposed to the election of Lewis Cass
to the Presidency,” which call, on the demo
cratic authority of the Advocate, is signed “by
more than one hundred well known democrats,
many of them the oldest and staunchest in the
party.”
The Southport Telegraph, the other demo
cratic paper in Racine county, is also opposed
to the Baltimore nominations. “Gen. Cass
had better be dropped," says the Telegraph.—
-Mr. Cass can effect nothing for the party.
Even in Michigan his success is doubtful.'
Albany Argus contains a letter
stating that at a meeting of gentlemen of the
Free Soil parly, held at Schroon Lake, Judge
Ta rill commenced speaking in a highly ex
cited and energetic manner, and had proceeded
about twenty minutes, when he said—“ Ge
ntleman. you have the prayers of all good men
and good Christians in your behalf. God is on
the side of the barnburners!” Suddenly his
voice fell, he sank back into his chairand faint
ed. He was supported by persons who were
near him. and carried down stairs, but did not
breathe afterwards. He had expired instantly.
Censure of Gen. Taylor—Cass’ Vote.
—Our readers may very well remember, says
the Richmond Whig, that in January of last
year, a joint resolution was originated in the
House of Representatives, tendering the thanks
of Congress to General Tavlor. It having
been ascertained that the General was a
Whig, and a great point in Presidential policy
just about that time, being to keep him as much
as possible out of the way of receiving the ex
pression of gratitude due to his services, Mr.
Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, offered the
following amendment :
"Provided. That nothing herein contained
shall be construed into an approbation of the
terms of the capitulation of Monterey.”
This was designed as a censure upon the
conduct of Gen. Taylor, of whose motives, or
of the circumstances in which he was placed
at the time of the capitulation, neither the mov
er or Congress new anything whatever, and it
was felt as such, not only by General Taylor
himself, but bV the whole country hi spite of
this opposition, this resolution passed the lower
When it was brought up in the Sen
ate Mr. Speight moved to strike it out. and the
vote being taken, stood as follows :
eas— Messrs. Arch-r. Badger, Benton, Berrien.
Butler, Calhoun, Chalmers, Ciiley, John M. Clay
ton, Thomas Clayton, C-orwin, Crittenden, Davis,
Da vton, Evans. Fairfield, Green, Houston. Hunting
don, Jarnigae. J »hnson of M i . Johnsen of I.v. Man
gum. Miller. Morehead, Pearce, Rusk. Simmons,
\ ivs —Messrs. Allen. Ashley. Atc’n <on, Atherton,
Breese, Bright. C \SS. Dx, Hannegan,
Vies' Sevier. Sturgeon, Turney, and \ uke 15.
Thus it appears that while all the other mili
tarv men tn the Senate —those who knew what
war was. and what difficulties a general always
has to encounter —Benton. Houston and k usk
—were willing to accord to the old Hero what
was so evidently his due. Gen. Cass was will
ing to censure him for not doing more than it
was in the power of man to accomph*h Let
the country remember this ; and when he is
bepra:«ed beyond measure lor his exploits at
Detroit and the Thames, let it be asked did he
ever do an* thing half so brilliant, or so impor
tant. a> the feat he > oted to censure.
The New York Erening Post makes merry
over the “heroism” of some of the candidates
of die rival wing of the party. There is bitter
ness enough in Loeofocoism when its element*
become disjointed
Heroes. —The Hunkers have & most heroic
■elof managers and candidates. They have
now before the country :
Cass—The Hero of the Broken Sword.
CasAtag—The Hero of the Broken Leg.
CVoswll—The Hero es the Broken Bank.
Halavnh—Of the broken down Court of
Chancery
Letter from Mr. Toombs.
Crawfordville, 17th Sept., 1848-
Afessrs. Editors: I have not had an opportu
nity, until this evening, of reading the address
of the Democratic Committee to the voters of
the Sth Congressional District. It is, perhaps,
entitled to some notice, and as the Whig Con
vention, I believe, failed or neglected to ap
point a committee to take such labor off of ray
bands, I suppose the duty devolves upon me.
I therefore avail myself of a couple of hours’
leisure, while waiting for the arrival of the
cars, to offer some comments upon portions of
the address, and to supply some material omis
sions in the historical account of the action of
Congress upon the question of slavery in the
Territories during the last session, promising, if
I have leisure, to advert to the subject again
before the election. I have but little to say
upon the comments of the committee upon my
“ talents” and capacity to represent the people
ofthe district. I have heretofore, and shall
continue to give the people, including those
whom the committee term “ groundlings,” all
reasonable opportunities of judging for them
selves. The committee cannot regret more
than Ido, that they are not greater and better
fitted to the public service.
It gives me real satisfaction to find my pub
lic course has met with the approbation of so
respectable and intelligent a body of my politi
cal opponents as the five gentlemen composing
the committee. I draw this conclusion from
the fact that no vote of mine is called in ques
tion, or otherwise condemned, in the seven
columns in whiih they have submitted to the
people their reasons for desiring me turned
out. As this puts us upon good terms with
each other, I will at once proceed, with good
temper, and I trust with candor and fairness,
to examine briefly some of the considerations
and facts submitted by the committee under
the head of “The Slavery Question’’ —which
they appropriately term “ the great question of
the day.” The committee express the opinion
that “the Southern democracy are satisfied to
trust their safety in the keeping of Gen. Cass.”
and I much fear that such is the fact with refe
rence to the greater number of them ; but I
must be allowed to say, and I think I can con
clusively show, that such trust is not well plac
ed. The reason given by the committee in
this connection, is, that “ the Whigs of the
North, and the Abolitionists, whoso uniformly
act with them in political matters, reject him
because he is opposed to their scheme of ex
cluding us from the territories of the United
States, and thus depriving the citizens of half
the Union of their right of entering the com
mon domain and enjoying,as a common inher
itage, all its advantages on an equality with
others.” Without troubling myself to show
that this charge of “ a uniformity of action be
tween the Whigs and Abolitionists” is wholly
unsupported by the history of parties, it is true
that one ofthe objections to Gen. Cass of a
large portion there who call themselves “ free
soil” men at the North, whether Whigs, Demo
crats, or Abolitionists, is that he opposes “ their
scheme of excluding us from the territories of
the United States.” His opposition to their
scheme is very good as far as it goes, but we
are opposed to all schemes for excluding us.
And our objection upon this question to Gen.
Cass, is that he has “ a scheme’’ of his own
for that purpose equally fatal to our right of
enjoying our slave property in the Territories.
It cannot fail to attract the attention ofthe peo
ple, that the committee have at least omitted to
advert to this scheme of Gen. Cass. He pro
poses to refer these rights of ours to the inhab
itants of the comiuered provinces in their torii.
torial legislatures, and assures us himself, and
quotes and adopts the arguments of two of his dis
tinguished friends to prove that “ his scheme”
will effectually and certainly exclude us from
the territories. lam curious to know the rea
sons for the preference which the committee
give to Gen. Cass’mode of exclusion, to the
Wilmot proviso. I understand the people
whom they address, every man of them, to be
opposed, and equally opposed, to every
“scheme,” by the operation of which they are
to be excluded from the territories. Allow
me to call the attention of the committee to
Gen. Cass’Nicholson letter. Perhaps they may
be able to point out some advantages in his
“scheme” of excluding us, which would make
it more palatable to us than the Wilmot provi
so. I say in all candour, 1 would as soon the
thing was done in the one way as the other. The
committee devote a very small portion of their
elaborate address to an examination of Gen.
Cass’ opinions upon this “ great question of
the day.” The reason is too obvious for com
ment. They then dash into a general charge
against the Whig party ofthe North upon the
neglect of our rights. This ciiarge is attempt
ed to be sustained by quoting several votes in
the last Congress upon the proviso. The first
vote quoted seems to show twenty-seven North
ern democrats against the Wilmot proviso. It
is wholly fallacious. The question was then
upon laying it upon the table. Before Con
gress adjourned the real practical question
came up. and there were but four of the twenty
seven found with us ! The committee did not
continue their examination far enough to get
all tlie facts. The second vote given was ta
ken in the Senate on the Mexican treaty, and
seems to show twelve democratic Senators
“ against the proviso.” They may have acted
upon Gen. Cass’s reason, to get the territory
first, then legislate upon it. But whatever may
have been their reason, the fact is certain, that
on the last day but one of the session, every
Northern democrat and tiro Southern Demo
crats, voted for receding from the Missouri
Compromise and adhering to the proviso." It
is singular that this vote too should have escap
ed the committee. The other votes quoted
were given on the compromise bill, and are not
conclusive either way as to the slavery ques
lion. Many persons believing, and 1 among
the number, that it as effectually destroyed our
rights as either the Wilmot Proviso or General
Cass’ scheme. These votes are considered as
conclusive that Northern W higs are opposed
to us. I have no doubt of that being generally
true, but it is equally so of Northern Demo
crats.
But if a vote favorable to the Wilmot pro
viso is conclusive evidence of hostility to South
ern rights. I ask the consideration of the com
mittee and the people to a few more facts of
the same kind, to wit: Mr. Polk signed the bill
containing the proviso ; Mr. Cobb. Mr. Lump
kin. Mr. Harralsonand Mr. Chappell, a m ajor
itv of the Georgia Democrats in the 2*th Con
gress. voted for the Oregon bill with the pro
viso in it; Mr Cobb. Mr. Lumpkin and Mr.
Jones, a majority of the Democratic members
from Georgia in the 29th Congress, voted for
a similar bill, and with the proviso in it.
Then, if the Committee think such a vote
conclusive not only against Northern Whigs
who give them, but Southern Whigs from par
tv ariinity. how does it affect Southern Demo
crats and their party associates ’ I suppose I
shall hear from the Committee in their indig
nant addresses to Messrs. Cobb’s and Harrel
son's constituents. We shall see.
Yours respectfully.
R. TOOMBS.
A Hint to Corporations.—The following
report of the result of a case recently deter
mined in Brooklyn, may be real with profit by
the city authorities in other sections of the U-
• mon :
. • The esse of Koler ami wife, against the
may or and corporation of Brooklyn, to recov
er damages in consequence of the wife tailing
into a pit I’ feet deep, dug as a public cistern,
left open without a light or a guard of any
kind has been determined. The female hail
her ankie badly dolocated. and received inter
nal injuries from which sne never can recov
er The most criminal neglect was exhibited
in this caae. and although the affair occurred
m October last, the pat ent is yet an invalid
' Under a full view of the case, the jury render
ed a verdict of $1,460.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27. 1848.
From the New Orleans Picayune, Ifith inst.
Complimentary Ball to General Taylor—
Presentation of a Medal, d&c.
Pass Christian, Sept. 13, P. M.. 1848.
The ball is just opening, the introductory
ceremony of which was the presentation of the
medal voted by Congress to Gen. Taylor for
the glorious victory of Monterey. As 1 have
already told you, Charles Harrod, Esq., ofyour
city, was appointed the medium of delivery,
and in a very neat and appropriate address—
as you will see by a copy which I here enclose,
with General Taylor’s reply—handsomely dis
charged that duly.
The lamps are blazing, the cannon is thun
dering forth a salute, and all is bustle to begin
the dance. I will to-morrow send you some
account of the ball. The steamooat is about
leaving the wharf, and I have only time to hand
this to a friend going to the city.
Yours, &c., f. a. l.
Mr. Harrod’s Address.
Gen. Taylor— You are already aware, sir, that I
am the bearer of a gold medal voted to you by Con
gress to commemorate your brilliant achievements at
Monterey.
It was handed to me in Washington by the Presi
dent of the United States, through the honorable Sec
retary of War, with a request that I would place it in
your hands; and now, General, I have the honor of
doing so, together with the official documents accom
panying it, handed me at the sane time.
Permit me, General, on this occasion, to express,
my gratification at being the bearer of this medal, and
having the opi»ortunit.y to present it to you in the pre
sence of such a numerous and brilliant assembly of
your fair countrywomen, and at the same lime to pay
my rc-pects to you, whom tiie nation thus honors for
bravery and skill in conducting her armies.
This, General, is a tribute from your country in
which our whole people, from Maine to Oregon, will
cordially unite as a proper, though feeble expression
ofthe nation’s gratitude to one of its bravest sons and
most faithful ; atriots.
Gen. Taylor’s Reply.
I accept from your hands, sir, with emotions of grat
itude which I can never adequately express, this high
testimonial of my country’s approbation. These re
peated evidences of the kind favor with which my
countrymen have been pleased to look upon my hum
ble services in Mexico, have already placed me under
obligations which I feel that no services that 1 have
|>crformed, nor any that I ban possibly render, can
ever repay. In this medal, I have received fur the
second time at the hands of our National Legislature
the highest mark of their approbation ; and in justice
to the gallant men whom it was my fortune to com
mand in Mexico, I must take occasion here to ac
knowledge, that through their patriotism, rather than
any personal merit or service of my own, 1 have be
come the recipient of these distinguished honors.
In conclusion, sir, permit me to tender you my
thanks for your kind offices on this occasion, and for
the very flattering language in which you have been
pleased to discharge them.
From the Charleston Palo Alto.
Recollections of Lewis Cass. —We re
member him a young schoolmaster strutting
through the streets of Wilmington, with a
black cockade in his hat.
We remember him the editor of a paper in
Ohio, boldly advocating the Federal doctrines,
himself an avowed Federalist.
We remember him a Territorial Governor,
with his hands in the National Treasury, draw
ing nearly .SIOO,OOO extra pay, and helping
himself to Jive rations per day.
VV r e remember him the same Territorial
Governor, signing a law to punish “with stripes
upon the bare back." or to knock down to the
highest bidder, white men and tbhite women, *for
walking at night, neglecting their work or behav
ing stubbornly to their superiors."
We remember him a foreign minister, play
ing the sycophant to royalty, and writing a book
Jilted with fulsome adulation oj’ Louis Phillippe.
We remember him a Senator in Congress,
raging for war and bloodshed, demanding all of
Oregon, and finally submitting to a part
We remember him. the same Senator, voting
to censure Gen. Taylor for his glorious victory of
Monterey, and voting for a civilian to supercede
both Taylor and Scott in command of the A
merican Army.
We remember him, the same Senator, quar
relling fur an opportunity to rote J'or the. Wilmot
Proviso, then dodging the question, and after
wards coming out against it.
We remember him in Congress rating on all
occasions fur Internal Improvement Hills, yet
prevented by “ noise and confusion" from pro
mulgating his true opinions.
We remember him a candidate for the Pres
idency, per haps assisting, at least encouraging
the miserable fraud of publishing two contradic
tory lire* nf
er lor the South.
We remember him in all characters and sit
uations a selfish politician, fond of place and
power, fond of the people’s money, fond of
war and conquest, ever working for aggran
dizement. ever intriguing for selfish ends.
The Oldest Inhabitant.
California and Oregon Mails.—Official
information has been received at the Postoffice
Department, that the U. S. steampacket “Cali
fornia,” built under contract with the Secreta
ry of the Navy, eventually for the service of
that department of the Government, but in the
mean time to be employed in the transporta
tion of the mails, will leave New-York for
California and Oregon, via. Cape Horn on
Monday the 2d day of October next.
Mail bags will be made up at New-York, to
be forwarded by said steamer for Rio Janeiro,
Valparaiso, and Callao ; also, for San Diego,
Santa Barbara. Monterey and San Francisco,
in California, and Astoria in Oregon.
The inland and sea postage on all letters and
newspapers, to be forwarded by said packet
for places not within the territory of the United
States, is to be pre paid at the otlice where
mailed.
The ship postage for single letters, not ex
ceeding half an ounce, will be 24 cents to Rio
Janeiro, Valparaiso, or Callao; and for each
newspaper, pamphlet, or price current. 3 cts.
In each case the regular inland postage to New
York is to be added.
To Panama, each letter, as aforesaid, will be
rated at 30 cents; and to San Diego, Santa
Barbara. Monterey. San Francisco, or Astoria.
40cents, without any addition for inland pos
tage.
Can’t support Cass.—Of the distinguished
Democrats in this State who will not support
Cass, are Messrs. Belser. Campbell. Judge and
Rice, who will vote for Gen. Taylor, and
Messrs. Yancy, Goldthwaite, Mays (Polk Elec
tor.) Percy Walker and Elmore, who. together
with a host of other very prominent, though
not conspicuous gentlemen, will not vote at all.
Will some of our Cass friends inform us what ’
all this means ? is it because such men have
not sufficient sense io understand the English
language and therefore are unable to discover
what is so very plain to other gentlemen, that
Cass is all the South could desire ’ Or is it
not rather, because he is unworthy of South
ern confidence ? Let the people seriously re
flect upon this subject before they cast their
votes for Lewis Cass.— Ala. Shield.
Issue of Bounty Land Warrants.—The
Commissioner of the Public Lands having re
ceived many letters complaining of delay in the
reception of bounty ’and warrants, has address
ed a letter to the editor of the Washington
Union, from which we gather the following
facts, viz: That of the 40,000 regulars enlisted
since the commencement of the Mexican war.
35.000 were probably entitled to bounty lands,
and of the 60,000 volunteers enrolled since that
time, 55,000 are also entitled to them. So 90.-
may be claimed of the government. Ol
these it may be that 10,000 will not press for
warrants immediately, and may not at all. Af
ter deducting the 26.367 already issued from
the Pension Office, and duly registered in the
Land Office, there remains 63.633 still to be is
sued. Recently the number of clerks in the
Pension Office has been so increased as to en
able them to prepare and send to the L ind Of
fice 20U a day. Thus it will be about 318 work
ing days. or some 13 or 14 mouths, before the
warrants for which immediate demands are
made will get to his office, where he says they
are being registered and sent out as fast as re
ceived.
Whig Papers in Georgia.—We notice that
several Whig papers in the State still keep the
name of Col. Seward upon the Electoral tick
et. We would remark, a second time that
Col. Seward, though warmly devoted to the
cause of Gen. Taylor, has declined to run as
Elector, and that our worthy friend. Hamilton
W. Sharpe, of Lowndescounty has been nom
inated in his place by the Whig Executive com
mittee. We hope that the Whig press will ob
serve this change, aud substitute the name of
Mr Sharpe for that of Col. Seward. — Savh.
Rep.
From the N. O. Picayune, Wh inst.
From Texas.
By the steamsh p Globe. Capt. Moncrieti.we
have paper* from ail parts of Texas—the latest
dates from Galveston being the 11th inst.
Tne Victoria Advocate says ’.hat the late dry
weather has been quite beneficial to the cotton
crops in that regton. which had begun to suffer
from the rain. Cotton picking is now going
on extensively. The fields of sugarcane look
well, and promise a large yield.
A letter to the editors of the Victoria Advo
cate. dated at San Antonio. August 24, states
that a few days previous Lieut. Brown, of Capt.
Crump’s company of Texas Rangers, with fl
bout thirty men. had a fight with about the same
number ofLipan Indians, who had stolen some
horses from tne Rangers’ camp. Ten Lipins
I were killed, about 125 head ofborses and mules
I were taken, and the Texans returned without
• the loss of a mao
FRIDAY MOBKIBHf SEPT. 82. IS4B.
Bets for Southern Cass Men.
The Ohio Plaindealer, the editor of which
has received his impressions of Gen. Cass’ po
litical principles from "private conversations”
with the General, offers the following bets,
which may interest some ofthe General’s South
ern friends, and for«lheir benefit we publish
them :
Bets Offered One hundred dollars that Cass,
if elected, will recommend appropriations for Haibor
Improvements, in his first annual message.
One hundred dollars that if Congress should pass
a law to prevent the introduction of slavery into
new territories, it will receive the approbation and
hearty concurrence of Gcn» Cass, should he be Pre
sident.”
These propositions do not seem to accord
very well with the principles proclaimed for
Gen. Cass by his Southern supporters. Here
the people are assured that he is opposed to
river and harbor improvements, and that he
will veto the Wilmot proviso, while his North
western friends who have learned his views
from “private conversations propose to bet
that he is in favor of boU measures! The re
sult is certain, therefcrimthat somebody must
be deceived. Who **<nost likely will be de
frauded, the North or the South ? This is an
important inquiry, and its solution cannot but
prove interesting. Gen. Cass has voted for
every bill submitted to the Senate since he
was a member, for the improvement of riv
ers and harbors —true, Mr. Polk vetoed both
bills, and he has since endorsed the vetoes in
his letter of acceptance of the nomination. In
the one case he was acting in his place as Sena
tor, under the obligations of his oath of office,
and in the other, he was merely huzzaing for
the democracy—in other words, “ blowing for
the boys.” Which act, then, we ask, should be
regarded as more likely to elicit his true opin
ions, that performed under the sanction of an
oath, or that ia which no such obligation was
or could be imposed on him ?
To our mind, but one response can be give n
to this question, which is tint his votes in the
Senate reflect his true opinions, and that he is
consequently in favor of that “ wholesale sys
tem of plunder,” river and harbor improve
ments. If so, he is antagonist to a cardinal
principle, one ofthe main stays of the South
ern Democratic platform; for the Southern
Democrats have long been bitter in their de
nunciations ofthe system. They cannot, there
fore, without a violation of their professed prin
ciples, give him their support.
On the proviso question he is supported at
the South upon grounds diametrically opposed
to the platform laid down for him at the North.
Here, too. there must be fraud; upon whom,
then, will it more probably be practiced? Gen.
Cass was reared al the North, has early learned
to oppose the peculiar institution of the South,
and so earnest had his opposition become in
middle life, that he declared that he ‘prayed
for its abolition everywhere.” Again, at a
very recent period in his history he acknow
ledged in his place in the Senate that “ he would
have voted for the proviso." His Nicholson
letter, in which he affects to reject the proviso,
and proposes a scheme which he endeavors to
show would be as effectual in the exclusion of
slavery from Mexican territories as the proviso
itself, does not disavow his hostility to the in
stitution. but, on the contrary, in some sort re
proclaims it by his scheme in opposition to its
extension.
What has the South, then, to hope for from
such a man if he should be elected President?
llassho not had her >*HLJ^*aCUoa_oF “ Nwiiheru
men with Southern principles?” Or does she
again desire to bring into active exercise her
credulity, to be again deceived and betrayed as
she has been by Van Buren and Polk ? South
ern Democrats! your own members of Con
gress have voted for the Wilmot proviso,
thereby acknowledging its constitutionality.,
and Mr. Polk has assented to the bill!
Does any sane man, therefore, after such ex
amples and precedents, set by Southern men
and slaveholders, suppose that Gen. Cass, who
has always been opposed to the institution,
would veto the Wilmot Proviso ? If there be
such a man, he certainly must be demented.—
So monstrous have the opinions of General
Cass, as put forth in his Nicholson letter, been
considered, that only one of his organs at the
South has had the temerity to advocate or de
fend them, and yet we find men who affect to
be the exclusive friends of the South and iier
institutions, urging his claims for the Presiden
cy. To what are we coming ?
Whigs of New York,
The following gratifying news of the state
of feeling among the Whigs of the empire
State, is from the editorial correspondence ol
the JV. l r . Express, one of the editors of which
was a delegate to the Whig Convention :
Utica, Sept. 14.
The Whig Convention here have, by a unanimous
voice, not one dissenting nor wishing to dissent,
and every county in the State being represented, con
tinued, ratified, and adopted the nomination of Zach
ary Taylor and Millard Fillmore.
Not a whisper of disunion or dissent was heard !
Every Whig delegate from every " hig Assembly
district in the State, responded to the Philadelphia
nominees. Thus pass over the idle rumors of dis- ,
content and disorder among the Whigs ol New Y ork.
They have shown, t-x>, by statistical consultation,
that if the Whigs work on as they are working now,
and poll their full vote as they are now promising to
poll it, the W hig majority here in November will be
thousands piled on thousands. No disturbance olany
amount exists among the Whigs of this Slate except
in the minds of dreamers in two or three of its cities or
large towns. The agricultural population is as im
movable in its devotion to the Whig party as the Cats
kill mountain rucks. There is no (what is called)
Clay party distinct from the Taylor party. There
nr>’ no Clay men of any amount Z/wZ are not Taylor
men.. The ticket, and the wh< le ticket, and nothing
but the ticket is the cry. They who use other lan
guage than this in the great interior of this State are
dupers or the duped. The Barnburners tietach some
of our old companions in seme parts of the Slate, but
every Whig thus lost is made up by two new voters
(ormTe) from the Locofoco ranks. We shall speak
better, clearer, louder, and moie emphatically than
have even the gallant Whigs of Vermont, whose turn
it was first to breast this new Van Boren thunder
gust. All we have to do is to plant, sow, plough, hoe
and reap.
The Convent'on met and separated in a spint of
kindness and the like of which has not
been known for some years in this State.
“ Millard Fillmore is an aboliiionist—one who goes
the entire length ofthe Giddmgses, the Slades, and
the Palfreys.” — Alon.igom.ery Advertiser.
The Advertiser is certainly a great econo
mist of truth, if the above sentence is a fair
specimen of its labors in the cause of Cass.
Gen. Cass and Abolition Petitions. —It
has been argued, says the Alabama Journal, by
some of the southern Cass papers, that the
presenting a petition to Congress on the sub
ject of slavery in the District or territories is
clear evidence that the member doing so is an
Abolitionist. By this their own standard. Mr.
Cass is an Abolitionist ot the deepest dye, for
he has presented several. Witness the follow
ing extract from Senate Journal, ]B4s—♦», page
98;
“ Mr. Cass preserved the petition of citizens of
Michigan, remonsi-iting against the admission of
Texas in*o the Union, with a constitution
TOLERATING SLAVERY. ‘
Bv reference to page 134, of the same Jour
' nal, it will.be seen that Mr. Cass presented
another petition of the same purport.
Tne first was presented on the 13th Janna-
• ry, 1846. and the second on the 4th of Februa-
J ry. 1*46.
♦ Texas was admitted into the Union with a
Constitution tolerating slavery, on the 29th De
cember. I*4s—about 45 days before the first
petition was presented- and a little over a month
before the second was.
The insult to the South was deeper in these
cases than in any other, trotn the fact that there
wag no necessity for presenting them after the
matter was settled- They were firebrands,
gratuitous and unprovoked, designed to re
k ndie the fierce and dangerous excitement
which had been jiiedy happily assuaged.
Almanac for 1849.
Mr. C. E. Grenville of this city has laid on
our table his “ Georgia and Carolina Almanac"
for 1849, just issued from the press, which is
one of the most valuable compilations of the
kind, of interesting statistical information, we
have ever seen offered to the public in a local
Southern Almanac. In addition to all the or
dinary almanac matter it contains
A Complete Interest Table, at 7 per cent., from $1
to SIOOO.
Tariff of Freights on Railroads in Georgia and So.
Carolina, carefully revised.
List of Postoffices of South Carolina and of Georgia.
Population Tables of each District and county of
South Carolina anti Georgia, and of the United States.
Members of South Carolina Legislature.
“ “ Georgia
Complete Court Calendars for each State.
Electoral Vote of Georgia in 1844.
Gubernatorial vote ofGeorgia, in 1847, &c. &c. &c.
£ Price $3 per gross.
Letter from Mr. Fillmore.
The Buena Vista, published at Jackson,
Mississippi, says :—Through the politeness of
Mr. King, of the Raymond Gazette, we are en
abled to lay before our readers the following
letter from Mr. Fillmore, which, it will be seen,
bears date the day on which the reported flare
up among the Whigs of Albany took place, in
consequence of old Zack’s accepting the
Charleston Democratic nomination. This let
ter does not look much like his countenancing
that ill-advised movement, as has been reckless
ly asserted by the locofoco press. Inorder to
enable the reader to see at a glance both the
letter and the resolutions which he approves
we append the latter :
Albany, August 26, 1848.
Dear Sir — I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 9th inst., enclosing a print
ed copy of the resolutions adopted by the Rough and
Ready club of Raymond on the sth inst., and desir
ing to know whether the political sentiments con
tained in those resolutions are in accordance with iny
views.
The 10th and 11th, only, speak of my position and
views ; and though 1 cannot feel justified in appro
priating to myself all the flattering compliments con
tained in those resolutions, yet I am happy to say that
they truly define my position and express my views
on the subject to which they allude.
I sin happy to inform you that unless something
occurs which cannot be foreseen, I think this State is
certain for the Whig ticket by a large majority.
Please to make my acknowledgments to the mem
bers of your Club, and believe me,
Respectfully yours,
MILLARD FILLMORE.
John B. Peyton, Esq., Pres’t.
The following are the resolutions referred
to:
10. Resolved, That we recognize in Millard Fill
more, the Whig candidate for the Vice-Presidency, a
genuine republican, a pure patriot, a man of exalted
intellect and high acquirements—one who has served
the republic long and faithfully in the civil depart
ment of government, whose every act manifests that
he is a true devotee of liberty, whose name is promi
nently identified with the Whig party, and whose
talents and patriotism justly entitle him to the love and
admiration of his countrymen.
11. Resolved, That the chtirge of abolitionism, reck
lessly adduced against Millard Fillmore, by unscru
pulous partizan opponents, for the purpose of exciting
sectional prejudices against him, has no foundation
whatever in truth ; but on the contrary, is triumphant
ly disproved by the solemn declara.ion of our candi
date for the Vice-Piesidency, uttered long since in
the councils of the nation, that Congress has no power,
under the constitution, to interfere with the institu
tion of domestic slavery as it exists in the States of
this Union; and therefore we feel well assured that
Southern institutions will never be assailed or molest
ed By any act of Millard Fillmore.
A Whig Lie.—A good Democrat accosted
us the other day, says the Journal Sf Messenger,
to know if we could prove that Mr. Polk had
actually signed a bill containing the Wilmot
proviso. He said he had heard of it, but as he
couldn’t find anything about it in his own pa
pers he had concluded it must be a “ Whig lie !"
We referred him to the documents and he
left “ gritting his teeth” and exclaiming “sold
to the .Abolitionists by ! I’ll have no-
thing to do with this bargain so long as old Zack
lives.”
John D. Field, Jr., has been appointed
by the President, Coiner at the United States
Branch Mint, at Dahlonega, in the place of D.
11. Mason, deceased.
Another Letter from Mr. Clay.
The Hon. Henry Clay has published anoth
er letter, in which he states that he feels bound
by the decision of the Whig Convention at
Philadelphia, in reference to his nomination as
President of the United States, and conse
quently declines the acceptance of any nomi
nation that may be made by a portion of the
Whig party.
From the Baltimore Sun.— By Telegraph.
Mr. Clay and the Presidency—Another
Declination, &c.— Louisville. Ky., Sept. 18—
5 P. AL— A paragraph appears in the Louis
ville Journal to-day, from a letter written by
.Mr. Clay, the publication of which was author
ized by him, in which he says, that while he
feels deeply and gratefully affected by the de
sire to which many of his friends cling of elect
ing him to the Presidency, he cannot accept
the nomination tendered by them for that office.
Feeling bound by the decision of the Philadel
phia Convention, he does not wish and cannot
consent that any further use of his name in con
nection with the Presidency be made.
Fatal Railroad Accident.— Philadelphia.
Sept. 18, 1848.—A collision took place this
morning between the Baltimore and Philadel
phia trains, on the railroad, between Wilming
ton and Brandywine Bridge. .Mr. Chickering.
a machinist, of Wilmington, was killed, as
also Michael McDermott, a brakeman, in the
employ of the company. .Another brakeman
had his leg broken, and Dowling, the conduc
tor, his foot severely crushed.
New York. Sept. 18.—6 P. Al. — An inmate
of the Tombs, named Sprightly, yesterday
committed suicide by starving himself in his
cell. He was arrested tor murdering his wife
under painfully brutal circumstances, and had
frequently since his confinement declared his
intention of not living ro stand his trial. The
keepers had accordingly moved all means of
self-destruction within their power, but with
out avail.
Travel in Western New Y ork.—The a
mount of travel in Western New York is al
most incredible. The Ahrror says :
At Syracuse 1000 persons nightly arrive, re
main to breakfast, and are off by half past six
In an hour after a second breakfast is prepared
at these hotels for another thousand, and yet a
third thousand take a later breakfast. At the
Syracuse hotel over six hundred persons took
breakfast one morning last week, and proba
bly as many at the Empire. to say nothing of
four or five other hotels, all of which seem to
be doing a good business.
Gen. Taylor at Bay St. Louis.
The New Orleans Delta of Saturday, the
16th inst., says:
“ The Bay of St. Louis was not far behind the Pass
in the brilliancy of us reception of General Taylor.
Many of our most respectable citizens reside during
the summer at this pleasant place, which offers great
advantages to families, on account of the healthiness
and beauty of the back country. Gen Taylor, hav
ing been invited to partake ofthe hospitalities of the
Bav, went over yesterday on the steamer Creole, ac
companied by Samuel J. Pe’ers, Esq., and other
gentlemen who reside on the Biy. During the pas
sage of the Creole, the whole co st was illuminated
with bonfires and torches, ar.d on her arrival at the
Bav, the firing of cannon, the brilliant illumination
of the houses, and the crowds collected on the wharf,
showed that the same spirit nf grateful admiration of
the Old Hero, which ha 1 shone so conspicuously at
Pass Christian, had extended to this ancient resort of
i our merchants and our Creole fellow-citizens.
On the landing of the boat there was a genera! rush
aboard to greet the old General. He was received
bv a committee of citizens, was welcomed in appro
priate terms, and escorted ashore, where he wiH spend
a few davs as the guest of our fellow-citizen, Samuel
J. Peters. Esq.
This affair was highly creditable to the public
spirit and taste of the good people of “ Old Shields
boro’.”
Gen. Taylor will return to Pass Christian in time
• to be present al the Barbecue which will come off to
| dav in the grove in the rear of the Hotel. Ample
I preparations have been made to render this Barbecue,
i given bv the citizens of Harrison county, a very sub
stantial and splendid affair. A number of fat cattle,
beeves calves, pigs, deer, an 1 an indefinite q xantity
of poultry will be cooked whole or barbecued for the
occasion' The Genera! will be received and wel
comed under a splendid tent, which will be raised on
the large Indian mousd near M ■ntgomery’s, under
which the ladies also will be entertained. The tables
are to be spread in the fine grove near the mound. A
friend has promised us a description of the affair.
Massac husets. —The following is the ticket
nominated by the Whig State Convention aj
Worcesteron Wednesday last :
For Governor—Hon George N. Briggs.
For Lieut. Governor —Hon. John Reed. Elec
tor? at large—Levi Lincoln. Worcester; Ed
mond Dwight. Boston. District Electors—
Ben; F. Thomas. Worcester; Albert Fearing.
Boston; David Pingree. Salem : Isaac Liver
more, Cambridge : Win Baynes, W. Bridge r :
Myron Lawrence. Belcher'n.; Asa Howland.
Conway ; Wm. R. Eaton, Nantucke
Mr. Cone’s Letter.
The friends of Mr. Stephens, says the
Journal Messenger, could certainly desire no
greater punishment to be inflicted upon Judge
Cone than simply the publication of his own
letter, which we copy from the Augusta Con
stitutionalist. That publication having been
made, we trust the whole matter may be left to
the good sense and discrimination of an intel
ligent and rightly judging public. It needs no
condemnation of Courts and Juries, no power
of bars and bolts to punish the perpetrator of
such an act. He confesses that his own con
science condemns him, and that is surely pun
ishment enough for any man to undergo.
It appears however, from this letter, that
Judge Cons, is anxious to shiftthe responsibili
ty of the deed. He shows that after writing
Mr. Stephens the note he became apprehen
sive that he might have to meet that gentleman
upon an open field where they would both be
placed upon an equal footing. It appears that
he followed him to Macon and Forsyth for the
purpose of a personal meeting, and that he
was deterred at the latter place, because of the
crowd, from seeking the interview. It appears
that he then repaired to Atlanta, where he
knew Mr. Stephens would be on Sunday,
and that he there laid in wait for his victim for
twenty-four hours. It further appears that un
der the advice of his friends, Mr. Cone accost
ed Mr. Stephens in the manner described in
his letter. It must be plain to any man of
common sense, that the sole object of Mr.
Cone was most grossly to insult Mr. Steph
ens, and if he resented it to take advantage of
his personal weakness. To do this, Cone, a
man weighing nearly if not qii'te, 200 pounds,
arms himself with a weapon of death, and j’et
gravely tells the public that he had no design of
using it. except in self defence! Although he
says, that certain indescribable feelings came
over |him, so that he knew not what he
was doing; yet he is particular to state that af
ter the blow was given him by Stephens, he
drew the knife from his pocket, Bfc. Mr. Cone’s
recellection seems to be remarkable for a man
who declares himself frenzied with madness.—
The truth of this whole matter may perhaps
be learned from others, who were decidedly
cooler on the occasion than Mr. Cone. It is
said, that the knife was not in his pocket but
{concealed') in his umbrella (which he held in
his left hand,) that it was not shut but open in
his hand, ready to return the blow which he
intended to prwroZce. Such we have no doubt
would be the testimony if it was thought worth
while to pursue Mr. Cone to conviction. That
gentleman however has shifted the responsibil
ity of his conduct upon his friends. He has
resolved to make it a political issue, and we
see that his allies of llie press, with few excep
tions, throughout the State, are opening the
way for bis advocacy. Be it so. They have
assumed a fearful responsibility—one which
the better part of their own friends will refuse
to sustain them in, and one which good men of
all parties will regard as alike dishonorable to
them, and fatal to their cause.
TO THE PUBLIC.
As there has been much excitement in relation to
the recent difficulty between Mr. Stephens and my
self, 1 think that justice to myself requires a full,
fair and correct statement of the facts connected with
this most unfortunate affair. I would remark in the
first place, that previous to the commencement of this
difficulty, the private and social relations between
Mr. Stef hens and rnyself had been ofthe most friend
ly character. On the 23d of August 1 went to the
barbacue at the Glades in Putnam county, where I
met Mr. Stephens, whom I had not seen since hie
return from Washington, I met him with kindness,
which I thought was reciprocated on his part. After
speaking, he said to me, ns near as I can recollect,
“ I heard that you had charged me with being a trai
tor to the South ” I replied that I had not. He re
ptinrl, «« If yuuliod ratJao, I have »uIU I vouUillslap
your jaws.
From the manner in which it was said, and the re
lations which existed between us, I did not under
stand it as a threat seriously and earnestly made but
spoken in a jocular manner, and it excited no feelings
on my part. He afterwards went with me to my
buggy anil took some refreshments, and we parted
perfectly friendly. After my return, and on the
morning of the 25th, I heard that it was reported that
Mr. Stephens had threatened to slap my jaws, and
that I had submitted to it and not resented it. 1 im
mediately addressed him the followingjetter:
“Avgust 25th, 1848.
“ Dear Sir : You will recollect what passed at the
time I met you at the barbacue in Putnam. In the
remarks that you made it never struck me at the
lime that you were in earnest.
“ The previous relations that had existed between
us, the manner in which you met me, and the utter
improbability of the act, left no doubt in my mind
that you made the remark in a jocular way.
“I have since been informed that you were in
earnest, and really intended to slap my jaws. Let
me know the (ruth in relation to the matter.
‘•Very respectfully, F. H. Cone.”
I handed this letter to Col. King, with the request
that he would hand it to Mr. Stephens at Madison,
which I am informed he did on the same day.
I left here on that day to be absent several days,
and directed the Postmaster at Greensborough to for
ward any letters with Mr. Stephens’ frank to Mil
ledgeville. I left Milledgeville on Thursday the 31st
day of August, up to which time I had received no
answer. I heard at .Milledgeville, and also at Ma
con and Forsyth, that Mr. Stephens had threatened
to si.ip my jaws, and that i had not resented it, and
which was repeated to me by my friends, as degrad
ing and seriously injuring my character.
I nonsuited with some of my friends in relation tn
the course that 1 ought to pursue.
It was thought best and agreed, that I should call
upon Mr. Stephens and ask of him whether he in
tended, by the remarks he had made, sariously to
have threatened to slap my jaws, and if he did not
disavow it, then to charge him with being a traitor to
the South, in order that lie might be relieved from the
position ami imputation in which his previous threat
to slap my jaws had placed him.
I saw Mr. Stephens at the public meeting at For
syth, but we did not speak ; and as the meeting was
a large and exciting one, it was not deemed a proper
place lor a personal explanation.
I went <>n to Atlanta, and remained there one day.
Mr. Stephens came on the cars the next day, and as
he came into the hotel I x*ked him if he had receiv
ed my letter? He said that he had. I asked him if
in the answer, he had disclaimed having seriously and
in earnest threatened to slap my jaws? He said the
letter would speak for itself. I said to him that un
less he disclaimed it I should presume that he had
not done so in his letter. He said that 1 could pre
sume what I pleased. I was about then to say, “You
ate a traitor to the South,” in order to relieve myself
from the position in which his previous threat bad
placed me. and the imputation it had cast upon me.
Before I had fully pronounced the words, even if I
had commenced the pronunciation, of which I am
not certain, he struck me across the face with a small
whale-bone walking-stick. It caused an excitement
tocoineover me which I am incapable of describing,
and 1 immediately drew the knife from rny pocket
and inflicted on him the injuries which he received,
and which I most truly and deeply regret. Ido not
pretend to say, that in doing this I did right; far from
it. And though all may condemn the act as impro
per, yet how few are there, who un ler the same cir
cumstances, would not have been liable to have acted
in the same manner.
The fact that be had threatened to slap my jaws,
the contemptuous blow across my face with the walk
ing stick caused a feeling to come over me which de
prived meof the p>wer of reason and reflection, and
caused me to do an act which I shall regret as long as
1 live. YVhen I had the interview with Mr. Steph
enI’, 1 ’, I had no wish to hurt a hair of his head. My only
object was to save my own character and feelings from
degradation.
Those who know me best, know that I am a man
of peace—that the whole practice of my life has been
rather to suffer injury than to do injury. For the
last twenty year? I have been engaged in an exten
sive practice of the law, which has brought me con
stantly in contact with the interests, feelings, and
passions of mankind; yet in all that time I do not
recollect to have had a personal difficulty with any
man. The feelings of my nature are Kind and gen
tle, as all my acquaintances will testify, and no nun
has a greuer abhorrence of a transaction of this
kind. It is not my disposition to harbor malice against
anv one.
I had uo intention whatever of using a knife, un
less it became necessary to defend myself against
some deadly weapon Mr. Stephens might use against
me. I had no wi4i to inj ire or harm him; and al
though the act is done, and cannot be recalled. I tru?t
that my friends and the public, when they look at
the circumstance?, w.II judge of the transaction with
candor and impartiality. F. IL CONE.
Greensborough, Sept. 9th. 1843.
Indiana.—A le’ter from Lafayette, Indiana,
to the Louisville Journal, says :
" I: has been industriously circulated, until
the lie has gained credence even with the
W higs. that Gen. Taylor cannot touch bottom
in this State. The same thing was said of
Crittenden in Kentucky, until the Whigs
abroad despaired of his election. There is no
more truth in the report about Taylor in In
diana than there was in this report of the in
evitable defeat of Crittenden. To show you
how the current seu, I will inform you that a
day or two ago a friend informed me that in
coming from Crawfordsville to this place he
met from four to five hundred wagon*, and
that but one of the drivers was for Van Buren,
ten or twenty for Cass and the rest for Tay
lor. You may rest assured that Indiana will
stand up for old Rough and Ready.
VOL.LXIL—NEW SERIES VOL. XII., NO. 39.
Augusta, (5a.:
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 23, ’4B.
New York Agricultural Fair.
In another column will be found a very in
teresting, and we doubt not graphic account of
the great State Agricultural Fair held in Buffa
lo, New York, in the early part of this month.
Our Agricultural readers, and indeed all classes
who feel any interest in the prosperity ofthe
Republic, cannot fail to derive much pleasure
from its perusal. To our own citizens, who
concurred in our views expressed a month ago,
in reference to the establishment in this city, of
an Annual Exhibition of the products of the
Mechanic, Agriculturist and Florist, it cannot
but be highly interesting, as indicating the hap
py influence such an exhibition would exercise
upon our city, and the prosperity of the adja
cent rural districts in our own and our sister
State, and as such we commend its attentive
perusal.
Senators Berrien and Mangum.
The Democracy of Virginia have circulated
a report that these two distinguished Senators
had returned to their respective States deter
mined to vote for Cass and Butler I Verily,
the Democracy of the Old Dominion must be
hard run for converts to the “ Northern man
with Southern principles, No 2,” to indulge
hope as this. Messrs. B. and M. have
contradicted the story in letters to the Hon.
Jno. S. Pendleton, which are published in
the National Intelligencer.
Can’t Swallow Cass.
The following letter from an “independent
and influential” Democrat of Decatur county,
in this State, speaks the honest sentiments of
thousands of Democrats in Georgia—senti
ments, too, which they will proclaim through
the ballot-box in November. For, like Mr.
Overstreet, they have learned from sad ex
perience, what the principles of “a Northern
man with Southern principles” are, and they
are not disposed to confide their rights and in
terests to the keeping of such a man. They
are familiar with the professions of devotion to
the interests ofthe South made by the Demo
cratic leaders of the Southern States for years ;
they have seen all those professions disregard
ed and their plighted faith violated by Van
Buren and Polk. And they have seen the
Democratic members of Congress from Geor
gia. Chappell, Lumpkin, Haralson, Cobb
and Jones, voting with Giddings, Wilmot
Co., for the Wilmot proviso ! Is it astonish
ing then that the honest portion of the Demo
cracy should not be disposed to rely again upon
the promises of their leaders? We think not.
But hear Overstreet:
Flint River, 11th Sept. 1848.
J. Eaw, Esq.—Dear Sir:— l have long been at
tached to the Democratic party of this county, and
still adhere to that faith—but I cannot go Gen. Cass.
1 have never entertained that opinion of Gen. Cass
that some of the party seem to entertain for him —he
may be sound on Southern Institutions, but 1 am
doubtful. Gen. Taylor, I have seen several times—
have never had any converse with Gen. Taylor, but
I have heard him converse with others —I at that time
formed the most favorable opinion of the old General
and have had no cause, as yet, to change thatopinion.
1 did yield to the wishes of my Democratic friends
and consent to go for Cass wright or wrong ; but I
have reconsidered the matter and cannot wilhout sa
crifice of feeling in the matter, swallow Gen. Cass.
1 was once the zealous advocate of “a Northern
man tvilh Southern principles," for the Presiden
cy—you now see what those Southern principles are.
The Democratic candidate for Congress, I am well
pleased with, he being my decided preference to any
in the District, save one —so you may set me down
for Taylor and Wellborn, certain. 1 do not intend
to be fenced contrary to my wishes for or against any
man. This I intend as no secret —you are at liberty
to do as you please with it. In haste, your friend,
W W Gvcn.-rnrvT
us with its array of “proof" that we had ad
vocated Gen. Cass’s doctrine that the territo
rial legislatures had exclusive control of the
subject of slavery in the territories of New
Mexico and California. Its first essay at “proof"
is a garbled extract from our editorial, and the
other, our approval of the rebukes the Banner
and Hamburg Journal administered to their
more ultra Democratic brethren of the press,
for their fanaticism on the question of slavery
in the territories. Our contemporary of the
Banner must make out a more plausible case,
before he can fix upon us the absurd and anti-
Southern notions of.General Cass. We have
never been guilty of the folly and absurdity of
asserting that the territorial legislatures had
control over the subject, while Congress, which
bj its acts called those bodies into existence,
had no power whatever—thus making the crea
ture of Congress greater and more potent than
Congress itself. Gen. Cass has ; and yet there
are Southern men who urge his claims for the
Presidency.
Dismissed.—The four midshipmen who were
concerned in a duel at Annapolis, (Md.) a few
months since, have been dismissed the service.
The names of these gentlemen were Byrd W.
Stevenson, Francis G« Dalllas, Walter Queen,
and John Gale.
The Spirit of Mississippi Democracy.
The Aberdeen (Miss.) “Independent" pub
lishes the following spirited letter from a Dem
ocrat of that vicinity, who will not submit to
the dictation ofthe party leaders. He, too, has
investigated the principles of Gen. Cass, and,
like Mr. Yancey, finds him a “ political weath
ercock,” unworthy the confidence of Southern
men. Let the South look to these declarations
of honest, independent Democrats and be warn
ed, while yet they may, against the suicidal
policy of supporting a man who prays for the
abolition of slavery everywhere :
“.Ur. Editor:— l understand, at a democratic
meeting in Aberdeen, week before last, Col. Reuben
Davis, during a speech, took occasion to say some
hard things about those democrats who are going to
support Gen. Taylor. Now if the Colonel thinks to
deter the democrats from voting as they piearc by
bitter denunciations, he is very much mistaken, ami
I must say, knows very little of the principles of old
fashioned Republicanism. Our fathers, if I arn riot
mistaken, fought in the old wars fur the liberty ot vo
ting as they pleased and for whom they chose, and
for thinking for themselves. I have not constituted
the colonel or any one else my agent to think for me.
If 1 live until November next I shall cast rny vote
for old Zachary. I know him, and I know him lobe
brave and skilful, kind and humane to his soldiers.
There are many other democrats, too, that I know of
that will vote for Old Rough and Ready, in prefer
ence to Gen. Cass, that political weathercock who
dresses to suit the popular breeze. Year before
last Ac was a Wilmot Proviso man; this year he
snys he has changed greatly. Last year he voted lor
Internal Improvements against Mr. Polk’s veto; this
year he has changed a little, enough he thinks to suit
the times, and the occasion. The efforts of party
leaders to prevent democrats from voting against such
a man, when opposed by Gen. Taylor, will be of no
avail. I have long been a “democrat” but am now
a Taylor man. ' E. E. Bbazile.
The Excellence of Religion—The fol
lowing is one ofthe most beautiful and truthful
sentences we have ever read. It is from the
pen of Sir Humphrey Davy, of whom, it is
well observed, that if he had not been the first
of modern philosophers he would have been
the first of modern poets :
" I envy no quality of the miud or intellect
of others not genius, will, or fancy, but il I
could choose what would be the most useful to
me. I would prefer a firm religious belief to
any other blessing, for it makes discipline of
good, creates new hopes when earthly hopes
vanish, and throws over the decay, the destruc
tion of existence, the most gorgeous of all
lights, awakens life in death, and from corrup
tion and decay, calls up beauty and divinity,
makes an instrument of fortune, and of shame,
the ladder of ascent to paradise, and far above
all combinations of earthly hopes, calls up the
most delightful visions of palms and amaranths,
the gardens of the blest, the security of ever
lasting joys, where the sensualist and the skep
tic only view gloom and decay, annihilation an
despair !”
Henry Clay for Taylor.—The Poughkeep
„e.N. Y.. American -J>: A recent letter
from Henry Clay, dated and
Ashland, Vin poVsewion enllen,a “ ’
village. In thus letter Mr. Clay say. that he
yields a cheerful submtstnon to the action of
the Philadelphia Convention. VV e have seen
me document.’’
More Bolting in Michigan. —From the ev
idences of political change in Michigan, it ap
pears the prospects of Gen. Cass are on the
wane in his own State. The secession from
the ranks of his friends seems to be of daily oc.
currence. Speakingofa late squadron that have
deserted the Cass standard, a late St. Louis
Era enumerates as follows: names are given,
and not mere empty boasting:
“ This work continues with great activity. A
meeting of the Barnburners of Monroe county was
held on the s»h inst., which was numerously attend
ed. Gen. Edward Brinson, late President of the Casa
ratification meeting, presided, assisted by Thomaa
Farrington, late member of the Legislature, and
Leander Sackett. The Secretaries were Col. W.
Wadsworth and Stephen G. Clark. These are all
good and true Democrats. The meeting was address
ed by Isaac P. Christiancy, Samuel J. Hall, L. S >ck
elt, Thomas Farrington, N. Wadsworth, O. Pulver,
and W. W. Murphy, the latter formerly a Democrat
ic member of the Legislature, from Hillsdale county.
Haynes Johnson, an old Jeffersonian Democrat and
the President of the Hillsdale county Cass ratifica
tion meeting, was appointed to the Buffalo Conven
tion.”
Mr. Stephens at Griffin.
At a meeting of the citizens of Griffin on
Monday morning last, the Hon. A. H. Ste
phens was present, and gave them a talk, the
following sketch ofwhich we find in the Griffin .
Whig:
Tiie meeting having been called to order bj T tha
chair, Hon. John W. Jones appeared on tho stand,
and after a few pertinent remarks, introduced to the
audience, Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, whose ap
pearance was hailed by considerable stir and clapping
of hands.
Mr. Stephens commenced by remarking that he
did not appear f>r the purpose of making a speech.
It was, perhaps, known to all present, the cause of
his present physical debility which prevented himd
from being able to make a speech ; but he wishe
merely to have a little plain talk with his friends in a
conversational way. And in speaking of his friends
he did not wish to be understood as referring only to
the Whigs present —ho meant all—both Whigs and
Democrats who were friends to the country and par
ticularly to the South. He was a Southern man, and
felt an attachment to the South and Southern institu
tions, ar d during all his career as a Representative
in Congress he had voted on all questions that had
come before him in away to sustain the honor and
interest of the Southern people. Yet on account of
his motion to kill the so-called Compromise bill that
passed the Senate at the last session of Congress, ha
had been assailed and denounced. And who were
they who so denounced him? The friends and parti
zan editors of the very men who voted in tho 28th
Congress fertile Wilmot Proviso as contained in the
Oregon Territorial Bill. Absalom H. Chappell,
John H Lumpkin, Hugh A. Haralson and Howell
Cobb in the 28th Congress, and Seaborn Jones and
Howell Cobb in the 29th Congress, all Democratic
Representatives from Georgia, voted for the Oregon
bill which contained the Wilmot Proviso. It is true
they voted against attaching tho Proviso to the bill,
but when the Proviso was attached by Northern
votes, these men voted for the bill, thus giving their
sanction to an exclusion ot the South from all that
territory,-and yielding to Congress the right to legis
late on the subject of slavery, which right they have
uniformly denied. These men and their adherents
are those who now denounce him. He and Duncan
L. Clinch had voted together in opposition to that bill,
because it contained the Wilmot Proviso, and for
himself he intended to vote against it and all other
measures calculated to injuie the South or Southern
Institutions, so long as the people trusted him to rep
resent them. Yet the men who had deserted the
Hue interest of the South, and yielded to Congress
the right to legislate, and actually voted to prevent
slavery from ever going into any part of Oregon, were
those who assailed and denounced him.
Our country had- by the pel loment of the Oregon
controversy become possessed ofa largo space of coun
try —large enough to make five such Statees as Geor
gia—and by the late treaty with Mexico, was likely
to become possessed of New Mexico and California—
another tract of country large enough to make five
more States. These territories were purchased by
the common blood and treasure of the whole people of
the United Slates—the South as well as the North
and he was not willing for the South to be denied
a just participation in these territories. The bill
which passed the Senate at the last session, and was
styled the Compromise Bill, secured to the North all
of Oregon by prohibiting the institution of slavery
from ever going there and left the balance of the ter
ritory—New Mexico and California—to the decision,
ultimately of the Supreme Court of the United
States —first to the Circuit Court with the right of
appeal to the Supreme Court —thus leaving the rights
of the South, in jeopaidy at least, to bo asserted by a
law-suit —and with an almost certainty that the de
cision would be against us. Georgia never had re
ferred a controversy to that Court, that the decision
w«r> »*ui agafunt nw. Tl*’-- vid Ynkoo Act wllldi
was burned with such indignation by the people,
was decided by the Supreme Court to be valid and
binding —and all other questions in which Georgia
had been a party, the Supreme Court had uniformly
decided against us : And besides this, the Supreme
Court had already decided the very question which
was referred to by this Compromise Bill, and that de
cision waa against the rights of the South; and yet,
because he refused to submit a question of such vital
importance to every Southern man to the arbitrament
of that tribunal, ho was denounced. The only dif
ference between himself and his friend Dr. Jones
and his other Whig colleagues, was, that they pre
set red to show their objections to tho Bill by discuss*
ing its merits, and then voting it down, while he wa«
for treating it as he would a rattlesnake, mash its
head at first sight.
The Northern people demand that their rights ar,
respects this territory, shall be clearly defined and
well understood, and ho demanded the same for the
South. W'e yet owe twenty millions of dollars (ex
cept the three millions which have been paid) for this
territory ; and he never would vote a dollar out of the
pockets of bis people to pay for it, unless the rights of
ihe South were secured clearly, plainly and distinct
ly. He had been told that his pavilion was untena
ble, that he could accomplish nothing by refusing to
make the appropriation. He was told in 1844 tho
Mine thing, with regard to the annexation of Texas.
He had been accused of opposing annexation altogeth
er, which he denied then, and still denies. But he
did oppose all plans of annexation which did not se
cure the rights of the South to the territory acquired.
There is wbare he stood, and by faking a firm stand
on that position he got what he contended for. Fifteen
different plans for annexation were brought into the
House by Democrats —all of which left the rights of tho
South unprotected —and he voted against the whole of
them, and they all failed. At last, Mr. Milton Brown
introduced his plan which was made out and perfect
ed, upon conference with him. and other Southern
Whigs. This plan secured the rights of the South by
adopting the Mi.-souri Compromise Line, and for this,
he and seven other Southern Whigs voted, and it was
passed. Our lights now with regard to Texas, are
put down in black and white, and the North cannot
say a word against it. Hud any of the other pinna
been adopted, the North were ready to raise the same
questions about that territory, that they now raise a
bout New Mexico and California—therefore he op
posed all plans that did not clearly and distinctly de
fine what our rights were. And now he was opposed
to appiopriating one dollar to pay for New Mexico
and California, until our rights there are secured. —
Pay the moi.ey and take these territories into our
Union, and depend upon settling our rights afterwards,
and we never will get a foot of them.
This was his position. It was the only position on
which the South could stand with any safety, and on
it he would stand or full. Some deny the right in
Congress to legislate at all on the subject of slavery
in the territories. Without nwoting that question at
all, he contended that if they had the right to exclude
us north of 36 30, as tlie.-e gentlemen by their votes,
and Mr. Polk by his sanction of the Oregon Bill have
declared, they certainly have the right to protect US
up to that line in such clear and distinct terms, that
the Courts will be bound to regard our rights.
Mr. Stephens then “pike of the relative claims of
Gen. Cass, Mr. Van Buren and Gen. Taylor to the
support of he people. Gen. Caos, though opposed to
the Wilmot proviso, was in favor of excluding slavery
from New Mexico and California, by submitting the
question to the decision of the colored population of
those territories, winch was worse, if any thing, than
the Wilmot proviso itself. This any one could see by
reading Gen. Cass’ Nicholson letter, and ifSouthern
men should, by their voles place him in the Execu
tive Chair, they would find before the end of hijperm
that they were as much deceived as when they voted
for Mr. Van Buren. He did not want to go to the
shores of the Northern lakes, to find a protector ot
Southern rights. AH who did so, were either de
ceived or were deceiving (hemselves. He would rath
er trust a man who was identified with us in feeling,
interest, education and location —and such a man wan
Gen. Taylor. But it had been said by the supporters
of Gen. Cass, that Mr. Fillmore was an Abolitionist.
He had for himself, examined into the matter, both
from his votes while in Congress, and from those per
sonally acquainted with him, and he would assett
without the fear of successful contradiction, that Mil
lard Fillmare was as true a friend to the South and
Southern institutions, as any man, Whig or Demo
crat, North of Mason and Dixon’s line. The charge
against Fillmore was only brought up to prevent a
full investigation of the opinions and position of Gen.
Cass. He then closed his remarks by a brief but
pathetic eulogy on the character and services of Uen.
Taylor, and toak his seat apparently much fatigue ,
amid the general applause of the audience.
From the Balt. Sun.-By Telegraph.
Nfw York Sept. 19. 6P. M —The friends
of' ]lenn Cl’av fn this city, those who were
prominent in endeavoring to bring hl. name
before the people as a candidate for 1 resident,
called a meeting, to take place on F nday
i»ht next the object ofwhicu is to defer to hi.
X" as expressed ,n his letter to Mr. Brooks,
,Tthe Express, in regard to the Presidency.
Thus it wt ll be seen " ,at lie P re,nature and lll '
4 dvised movement, discountenanced promptly
bv Mr. Clay himself, is to be abandoned, and
consigned to oblivion.
-y Look out for counterfeit SIOO notes on
the Exchange Bank of Norfolk. Virgina. da
ted Junel, 1848. The impression or p ate
on the back of the counterfeit i» smaller than
the note; in the genuine the print on the back
covers the bill.
Dx.r sTcw- A lot of Cotton was purchaaed
ln this eitv ou Friday last, forward.* to K.w
York by the Southerner on Saturday, sold in
that city-on Tuesday, and advics of sal. re
ceived here by telegraph on Vv ednwday.—CA.
Jtfer.