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THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 26, 1848.
A Southern Confederacy.
! In reference to a dissolution of the Union,
by reason of the growing hostility on the sla
| very question between the people of the slave
holdingand non-slaveholding States, Mr. Cal
houn teaches the following doctrine in his re
i cently published speech :
“But it is notin reference to safety only, that we
would be the least sufferers. We would be far less
so in a pecuniary point of view. Indeed in that re
spect, we would be great gainers, instead of being
losers. The first effect would be to establish direct
trade between us and the rest of the world. Our
imports, in consequence, would at once rise from their
present depression to be equal in value to our exports, in
conformity to the established principle that the imports
and exports of a country must in a series of years ba
lance each other or nearly so, when fairly valued.
On the same principle, their imports would fall off and
sink to the level of their exports. The consequence
would be, that with the same rates of duties, our re
venue from imports, would more than double theirs,
and what is of great importance, all of its proceeds
would be expended among ourselves, instead of the
fur greater part being expended as it is at the North,
to the great increase of their wealth and diminution of
ours. With this great increase of imports and of re
venue and expenditure with us, and falling oft with
them, there would be with us, a corresponding in
crease of commerce, navigation, ship-building, ton
nage, seamen, and general prosperity and increase of
wealth, and a corresponding falling off with the
North!”
If the above views are sound, they make out
a pretty strong case in favor of establishing a
separate and independent government at the
South, to realize at once “ the great gains” so
certain to follow such a measure. But, we
must be permitted to question the correctness
of the opinions so confidently expressed by
this distinguished statesman. They affect the
highest temporal interests of our readers; and
whether right or wrong, should command their
most serious consideration. They are inform
ed that “the first effect (of a Southern Con
federacy) would be to establish a direct trade
between us and the rest of the world.”
May we not inquire of Mr. Calhoun, if
there is any law of Congress under the exist
ing Union, which forbids or prevents the citi
zens of South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and
Louisiana from “establishing” as “direct a
trade between us and the rest of the world,” as
is enjoyed by the people of New York and
New England at the North ? We know of no
such restriction on the merchants of Charles
ton, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans. How
then would a seperate confederacy of the slave
holding States advance the commerce of the
South, unless we impose a tax on the planting
interest to promote that object? Is such a tax
for such a purpose, one of the peculiar bless
ings of free trade? We are anxious, as we
doubt notour readers are. to see not only the
commercial, but the mechanical and manufac
turing industry of the South { reatly extended,
and enjoying all reasonable prosperity. But
something better than a dissolution of the Union
must be resorted to before that consummation
can be realized. Mr. C. remarks:
“Our imports in consequence (of direct trade with
the rest of the world) would at once rise from their
present depression to be equal in value to exports, in
conformity to the established principle that the imports
and exp »rts of a country must in a series of years ba
lance each other or nearly so, when fairly valued?'
Are we to infer from the above that the im
ports and exports of the South are not “ fairly
valued” now? If not, whose fault is it?
Shall we make our complaint to Congress, the
British Parliament, the merchants of London
or of New York ? If our export and import
trade is unsatisfactory, can the evil be remedied
by legislation; and if so, by what laws ?
Grant that it is as unwise to send our hides
to the North to be tanned and wrought into
boots and shoes, for Southern feet, as it would
be to send our Northern raised horses back to
the North three times a year to be shod. By
what process does the South Carolina policy
propose to cure this folly 7 Iler able and
learned politicians talk much about the flfijn*
merciM to fro South by some-
ooay, wun w\Wimne is
whetilc . ; • tEflwMKfr
I is ertec:te<L
are pointe not explained. ’The following is all
Greek to ust
11 Th. consequence would be, with the same rates
of duties, our revenue tiroes imports would be more
tbun double theirs, and what n of grent importance,
all of its proceeds would be expended among out
■el-es. ”
At a given rate of duty on imports, " a dou
ble revenue ” can only accrue front a double
consumption; and a double consumption from
a double production, and a double ability to
pay. Whether any given population with very
little labor-saving machinery,can produce more
and consume more than they could with the
assistance of a large amount of such machine
ry, is a proposition which we will not now dis
cuss. Our readers know that we repudiate the
policy which compels a planter to pay twice as
much for his flour as it is worth, because the
mill that grinds his wheat is 50 or 100 miles
from his plantation ; and to give twice as much
for a yard of cotton cloth as that is worth, to
pay somebody for transporting his raw mate*
rial 4000 miles to a Manchester mill, and bring
ing the grist back again to his door. It would,
however, afford us pleasure to satisfy every
doubting mind, that the same system which en
courages “the commerce, navigation, ship
building, tonnage and seamen ” in New Eng
land or Old England, may do as much for the
sunny South, provided it will wisely associate
mechanical and manufacturing industry with
that of Agriculture. The home industry and
capital of the South can be rendered twice as
productive as they now are, yielding twice the
surplus for export, without a separate confed
eracy.
One branch of business, like that of planting,
followed to the exclusion of all others, i about
as sensible a, one idea in politics, pursued till
it amounts to a monomania. The daily wants
of society are extremely varied, and constantly
branching out into new ramifications. Shall
we study and labor to meet one only of these
wants; and then murmur because it does not
satisfy all the others 1
The Kinauclpatlou Ticket,
A writer who signs himself “A Slavs,
holder,” in the last Milledgeville Recorder
offers to bet five hundred dollars that neither
Cass nor Butler owns any slaves. Whilst
making a great outcry about abolitionism and
Willmot provisoism. to defeat the election of
the noble old Planter of Louisiana, the Demo
crats are trying to smuggle into tbe Vice Pres
idency an acknowledged ematsapoHomat.'—
Gen. Butler is claimed by all the Democratic
journals in Ohio, near which anti-slavery
State he resides, as being a better free soil man
than Mr. Vast Buren. although a citizen of
Kentucky. For all anti slavery purposes he
can do more mischief than C. F. Adams, of
Massachusetts. What with Mr. Cass praying
for the abolition of slavery every where.
Gen. Butler praying for universal emanci
pation. neither of whom has a slave in the
world to lose, and a majority in Congress of
the same feelings, can the rights and interests
of the South be safely entrusted to the keeping
of such men ?
Hitting the President under the Fifth
Rib.
It is well known that Mr. Polk made a
grand flourish about “ our title to the whole of
Oregon” being •* clear and unquestionable
and then at the first growl of the British lion
very tamely yielded up half of the disputed
territory. With this truckling to England be
fore its vision, the Georgian talks ot a party
“ which bows to British opinion as its oracle,
and is disposed AnwAZy to yield to British arro
gance and reaction." Ourcontemporary should
deal his thrusts with an impartial hand, and hit
the •• Hero of the broken sword” next time.
‘■Poor Pegradrp Fillmore.’’—Thisis the mortify
ing appellation that the Whig candidate for V ice
President has recently received from the Abolition
ists, with wh.su he was once so great a favorite.—
C cnstitutionatisl.
Unless this Democratic journal intends to
assert what everybody at the North knows to
be untrue, in order to injure Mr. Fillmore at
the South, it is bound to show when or where
he was once a great favorite with the aboli
tionists. This assertion is unqualifiedly untrue
and should be retracted, if made through a mis
apprehension of the facts of the case. Mr.
I illmokk was Merer •• a favorite," not to say
a great Jaeorite with the abolitionists. On
the contrary, they have labored hard, and a
good deal longer, to destroy the political pros
pects of this ever reliable Whig, than our
P “‘ d '”'“ th ’ " h ‘ s P ir:y *“
ih2^ e ?’ T^ court »"»»'• »' Norfolk, has got
d™nk* h W, ' h c ** e °C Lieut Holland, for
. eKßew - <Ssc., and transmuted its decision
ns , VJ ,' i ' ?ar ” a * D1 - Th * •«“«, »« “ •* i 'L
I has eonemded all u. bo sure.,
An Oversight.
In calling attention to a letter of Ex-Gover
nor Troup in the Constitutionalist of yester
day, the Editor, by an oversight, failed to com
mend the sagacity of this great man, where he
says : “ I verily believe that the 7th day of
next month will find a majority of the people of
Georgia hand and glove with this most amia
ble fraternity, Fillmore, Giddings & Co.”
When the great men of the Democratic par
ty, whose “minds are not impaired by the rav*
ages of time,” give up the State to Old Zach,
it strikes us that the rank and file of the
Cassitks had belter surrender to the Hero of
Buena Vista at once.
Bargain and Intrigue.—That consistent ha
ter of every thing wearing the shape of coali
tion, the editor of the Washington Union, ap
peals most emphatically, says the Richmond
Whig, to the Van Buren men, alias the Free
Soil, barnbiirning party of New York, to unite
with the friends of Gen. Cass, in order to
give the Empire State to the latter. He is, we
presume, perfectly willing to forget that they
are the deadly enemies of the South, and of
Southern institutions. Let them but coalesce
and they will be granted remission and forgive
ness of all their sins. We wish our friends in
Virginia and throughout the South to note this
fact. The editor in order to carry New York,
wishes the anti-slavery party to unite with that
to which he professes to belong, and which af
fects, if it does not feel, a holy horror of these
fanatics. Who can place any confidence in the
sincerity of men pursuing such a line of con
duct as this? Who believes one word of all
that affected tenderness for the South, which
forms so large a staple in the manufacture of
organic editorials ? Who does not see, that
the organ aims at victory, and is perfectly in
different as to means ?
For the Chronicle Sentinel.
The friends of General Cass have got upon
a very narrow plank, on which to stand in the
election. The notorious Abolition principles
of their candidate have shut their mouths, so
that they dare not defend him ; they are unwil
ling to give him up, for then they would ac
knowledge they had done wrong in bringing
forward such an Abolitionist —and therefore
they have concluded to turn a bad bargain to as
good account as possible, by abusing Mr. Fill
more and praising Gen. Butler. They tell us
that we ought not to vote for Mr. Fillmore, be
cause he will give the casting vote against us
in the Senate, when the Wilmot Proviso comes
up. Is this true? If so, how can any Demo
crat oppose him on that ground, when Mr.
Polk, their own President approved it, and
when Southern Democrats voted for it? How
dare they condemn in Mr. Fillmore, what they
approve in Mr. Polk ? This wont do; it is too
thin a veil to hide the trick. But it is not true,
that the casting vote on the Wilmot Proviso
can ever be given by any Vice-President,
whether Fillmore or Butler. The Senate is
equally divided between the Free and Slave
States. All the Free States and one Slave,
have instructed their Senators to vote for the
Proviso ; so there will be a majority of four
voles in its favor, and then two Southern Dem
ocrats are in its favor, which makes a majority
of eight votes in its favor. It is then, all gam
mon, to say that the casting vote will ever be
given to the Vice-President on this subject.
But suppose it should be, why would Gen.
Butler vote against it ? Because he holds that
the Wilmot Proviso is on the country now—
that slavery does not exist there, and that Con
gress cannot abolish it there, and that none but
the colored races in Mexico can. So, if the
Missouri Compromise line were to be before
the Senate, Gen. Butler would vote against
that too. And this is the only practicable shape
in which the question ever can come before the
Senate, and upon this there can, and no doubt
for Delaware, while instructing
f’** . to vote for the Wilmot. Proviso,
were in favor of compromise before, and will be
so again; then, if the two Southern Democratic
Senators go with the South, it will be a tie vote,
and Gen. Butler will vote against the Bill and
Mr. Fillmore in its favor. Gen. Butler holds
that this question can be settled alone, by the
free Negroes, &c., of Mexico; Mr. Fillmore
denies such doctrine throughout.
The Democrats tell but one half of General
Butler’s principles—they tell us that he will vote
against the Wilmot Proviso ; but they leave out
the balance, that he will also oppose the Mis
souri Compromise. This is a nice trick to
catch votes.
But if Gen. Butler could be induced by any
consideration to vote for the Missouri Compro
mise, still that would do us no good, for Gen.
Cass will veto any such bill. He says Congress
has no power under the Constitution to legis
late on the subject at all—that it belongs to the
cross-breeds of Negroes. Spaniards, Mulattoes
and Mexicans, to say whether slavery shall ex
ist there or not. Whoever, then, votes for
Gen. Butler, votes for Lewis Cass, with these
principles openly avowed to control his admin
istration. Whoever votes for Mr. Fillmore,
votes for a Vice-President who will approve
the Missouri Compromise, and for Gen. Tay
lor, who will veto the Wilmot Proviso.
The difference between the two tickets isjust
this: Gen. Cass will veto the Missouri Com
promise or any other compromise ; Geu. But
ler will give the casting vote against either;
both hold that the Wilmot Proviso is there now
in full force, and no one but the colored races
of Mexico can destroy or repeal it. Gen. Tay
lor will veto the Wilmot Proviso, and Mr. Fill
more will approve the Missouri Compromise,
or such other as the South may agree to.—
Which can Southern men prefer I
But the South has nothing to hope for from
Gen. Butler. He lives in Kentucky, near the
Ohio line; does not own a Negro, and is in
favor of emancipation. Now, we all know
that a man living in a slave State, and not own
ing slaves, is more bitter against slavery than
one residing even in a non-slaveholding State,
and is less to be trusted. But if Gen. Butler
were ever so sound on the subject of slavery,
his association with Gen. Cass destroys his use
fulness. Gen. Cass’ principles will rule his
administration, and Gen. Buller will have to
submit to them. The great advantage to be
gained, then, is to have the President sound—
he controls every thing. Vice President and all;
and with General Taylor “ all is well. "
Cass.
The two branches of the Legislature of Ver
mont met at Montpelier on Wednesday after
noon last, and elected the Hon. Carlos Cool
idge Governor. Hon. Robert Pierpont Lieut.
Governor, and George Howes State Treas
urer,for the coming year All these are Whigs.
Extraordinary Trotting.—The N. York
Herald of Saturday thus announces the result
of the great trotting match on Friday last:
The twenty mile match for $ 1500, Trustee
vs Time, came off yesterday afternoon, over
the Union Course, L. 1., and was won by the
horseingallantstyle—having never been touch
ed by a whip from beginning to end. He ac
complished the extraordinary task, in harness.
inJifty nine minutes. and thirty nine seconds and
a half —which is the greatest number of miles
that has ever been trotted within one hour.
Graduates of Colleges.—The following
table presents the number of graduates at the
recent commencements of the colleges of New
England. New York, and New Jersey : Har
vard University. Massachusetts, 59; Williams’
College, do.. 43 ; Amherst, do . 32: Yale, do ,
Connecticut, 89; Trinity, do. do .13; Wesley
an University, do.. 25; Dartmouth College,
New Hampshire, 51 ; Brown University,
R. Island. 30; Vermont do.. Vermont, 24; Mid
dlebury College, do., 10: Boudoindo.. Maine,
33; Waterville do., do , 6; Columbia do.,
New York. 28; Union College, do.. 90 ; Ham
ilton. do., do.. 36: Geneva College. New York.
14 ; New York City University, 27 ; Madison
do., do.. 15: College of New Jersey, New
Jersey, 71: Rutger’s College, do., 14 —total
tn 20 colleges. 705. The average number to
each is 25. Union and Yale have the largest
number, and Waterville and Middlebury, the
least.
Soap Stone Griddles are among the new
things under tbe sun. The Btiffalonians have
commenced the Buckwheat cake season with
them, and brag hugely about their superiority
over all other kinds of griddles. They have
just been introduced into the Buffalo market,
and their alleged advantage over all other arti
cles of this kind is. that no grease is necessary
in cake baking, and as a matter of course, the
process is not accompanied with that unpleas
ant smell which attends baking on the iron
griddle, and which fills the house with smoke.
The cakes are as smooth as glass when baked,
and to the eye and palate are more acceptable
than by the present mode.— Albany Ere. Jour.
The Coasting Trade.—Time was when
our coasting trade was confined to a very limi
ted space; new it extends thousands of miles, as
appears bv the clearance yesterday of the barque
John W. Carter, coastwise. (for California.)
This ship has an invoice of some seventy thou
sand dollars inamount. embracing almostevery
attisle of merehandiae — A'. Y. Coss. 4«».
AUGUSTA, GA,, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1. 1848.
GEORGIA STATK ELECTION.
[Official.]
First District.
1848. 1847.
King. Jackson. Clinch. Towns.
Appling 131 139 106 160
Bryan 87 49 112 69
Bulloch 15 341 34 382
Camden 61 165 89 181
Chatham 642 576 776 582
Effingham 156 106 175 110
Emanuel 58 53 195 269
Glynn 104 24 121 33
Laurens • 452 23 455 22
Liberty 171 143 185 142
Lowndes 419 363 422 355
Mclntosh 71 94 125 117
Montgomery... 168 28 224 27
Tatnall 306 58 291 76
Telfair 135 107 183 162
Thomas 436 274 441 330
Ware 90 98 205 205
Wayne 47 39 T 62 81
3549 2680
King’s Majority 869
Second District.
Calhoun. Wellborn.
Baker 29t 551 246 425
Decatur 430 346 391 385
Dooly 284 447 317 517
Early 198 460 152 368
Houston 626 638 627 687
Irwin 60 276 66 313
Lee 340 154 320 206
M aeon 359 261 383 321
Marion 436 430 450 470
Muscogee ••••• 1141 846 1089 853
Pulaski 234 376 219 307
Randolph...... 627 652 673 683
Slewart 873 653 907 786
Sumter 639 535 571 466
6538 6625
Weilborn’s Majorityß7
Third District.
Owen. Carey.
Bitb 599 692 602 665
Crawford 361 396 364 454
Harris 759 368 785 409
Monroe 721 583 688 670
Pike 677 758 737 835
Talbot 765 707 741 813
Twiggs 269 328 267' 414
Upson 603 423 611 356
4754 4260
Owen’s Majority 494
Fourth District.
Williamson. Haralson.
Campbell 230 562 251 567
Carroll 347 791 362 705
Coweta 725 634 758 645
Fayette 419 660 417 644
Heard 380 474 355 452
Henry 859 792 883 878
Meriwether. •• • 570 776 739 792
Newton 893 494 913 442
Troup 918 349 1023 433
5341 5532
Haralson’s majorityl9l
Fifth District.
Calhoun. Hicket.
Cass 663 1213 731 1341
Chattooga.... - 286 363 350 426
Cherokee 404 738 594 977
Cobb 637 1008 718 975
Dade 59 203 68 286
DeKalb 754 948 759 990
Floyd 559 654 569 600
Forsyth 464 653 453 657
Gilmer 175 596 297 786
Gwinnett 585 551 736 711
Murray 445 748 502 949
Paulding 289 342 277 391
Walker 584 756 635 770
5904 8767
Hackett’s majority2B63
Sixth District.
Harris. Cobh.
Clark 532 450 616 437
Elbert 803 123 986 174
Franklin 261 849 354 1032
Habersham-... 266 681 446 784
Hall 437 659 527 683
Jackson 493 650 513 661
Lumpkin 418 824 530 973
Madison 2d4 295 336 365
Rabun 39 200 59 299
Union 300 525 300 743
Walton 481 635 526 721
4314 5891
Cobb’s majority••ls77
Seventh District.
Stephens. Day.
Baldwin 282 238 317 315
Butts 244 348 243 354
Greene 6’9 93 796 131
Jasper 385 408 429 471
Jones- 372 389 406 443
Morgan 392 239 393 281
Oglethorpe .... 526 154 470 152
Putnam 363 289 388 312
Taliaferro 436 32 363 68
Wilkinson-.... 390 412 388 513
.■yr;
Stephens’ majority•* 1417
Eighth District.
Toombs. Lawson.
Bii'ke 456 321 590 370
Columbia 405 196 489 282
Hancock 403 216 456 321
Jefferson 495 91 519 , 93
Lincoln 206 133 267 175
Richmond 556 464 679 488
Scriven 190 203 195 222
Warren 531 305 575 325
Washington-... 525 408 612 558
Wilkes 435 214 421 345
4232 2551 41,931 43 220
Toombs’ majorityl6Bl
Vote for Congress in 1846 and 1848.
1846. 1848.
W. D. W. D.
Ist District 3274 2220 3549 2680
2d “ 5202 5599 6538 66 .'5
3d “ 4083 3904 4754 4260
4th “ 4756 4908 5341 5532
sth “ 1263 5357 5904 8767
6th “ 2968 4368 4H4 5891
7th “ 3507 2078 4019 2602
Bth “ 3560 1917 4232 2551
28,613 30,351 38,651 38,908
28 613 38,651
Majority 1,738 257
Democratic vote in 184743.220
“ “ “ 184833,908
Whig vote in 184741,931
“ “ “ 184833,651
Whigs in small caps. Democrats in italic
From the N. O. Mercury, 2Qth inst.
Latest from Corpus Christi.
By the arrival this morning of the schooner
William and Mary, from Corpus Christi, we
have received the Star of the 3d inst., but we
find no news of consequence in it. The fol
lowing extract of a letter received by same
vessel, is later than the papers, and will be read
with interest:
Corpus Christi, October 6, 1848.
Having made up my mind to remain here until the
train starts for Chihuahua, in which expedition I ex
peel to engage, the probability is that I will not visit
your city for some time to come. The affair of the
Sierra Madre expedition having been indefinitely
postponed, or rather retarded by the premature move
ments of some, who were over ambitious to secure
themselves in office, and who assumed for themselves
more authority than was warranted in the premises.
Although coining down here with the intention of
joining said expedition, its failure in no wise affects
my other engagements. Mr. Peoples came down
here for the purpose of printing a paper to develope
the resources of die place until the proper time should
arrive for advocating the cause of the Northern Pro
vinces of Mexico. This was an affair in which, as I
understood it then, and am convinced now, the Mexi
cans themselves were to be the first movers. The
wholesome administration of Herrera, and the luke
warmness of their principal leaders, together with
many other considerations which for the moment for
bids a change in their government, has caused the
whole affair to fall to the ground. Some, undoubted
ly, who had committed themselves in this affair, have
turned their attention to other pursuits, and ere long
it will cease to be a matter of talk.
Here nothing is talked of but the opening of the
Chihuahua trade, which formerly, as you are aware,
was monopolized by the Santa Fe route. As it is only
about one-third the distance, and possessing great
advantages in the nature of the country over which
the road will run. there cannot be a doubt but that all
this immense trade will be brought to this point. To
accomplish this great object, a train under ao old
pioneer, Gen. W. Cazoau, will leave here in Decem
ber, and g r eat inducements are held out to all who
may wish to join, in order to swell the number as
large as possible. I shall go, most certainly, if tor no
other purpose than seeing the country. J. A. L.
The Case or Frances Kemble Butler,
came before the Court of Common Pleas,
Philadelphia, on Saturday morning, upon an
application for an allowance to be granted her
from her husband's estate, to prosecute the suit
in divorce now pending, (the libel having been
tiled by her husband. Pierce Butler, Esq .) and
for arrearages of the allowance stipulated in
the written agreement made between them at
their separation. J. Cadwalader. E«q.. in behalf
of Mr. Butler, agreed that $1,500 should be
given to Mrs. Butler, as well to prosecute her
defence, as in full of all arreages and the ex
penses of her passage to this country. The
20th day of November next, has been fixed fur
the trial of the bill of divorce. Rufus Choate.
Esq., of Boston, we understand, has been en
gaged as one of the counsel for Mrs. Buller.
Messrs. G. M. Dallas and Wm. M. Meredith
are also in the case.— Bulletin.
American Sympathisers.—The Carlow
(Irish) Sentinel reports the arrest on the 23d
of September, of Alexander Morrison. James
Thornbourg and John McKeague. “ military
men," who had been engaged in the Mexican
war. and had recently arrived from America to
•• take a leading part” in the Irish rebellion.
When arrested, they made no secret of their
purpose, but openly avowed hostility to the
Queen, and regretted that they would have no
chance for a fight. They are all Irishmen, na
tives of Ulsterrand emigrated to America some
years ago. Thirteen young men, whom the
three bad been drilling and training were also
arrested.
Papier Macbe Chairs, inlaid with pearl, and
richly japanned and ornamented, are now on
exhibition at the Fair of the American Institute,
being, as we learn, the first of the kind made in
this Country. Papier mache furniture is prized
as combining superior beauty, lightness and
strength.—-V F. Journal of Commerce.
A Ship Load of Editors .’—A Paris corres
pondent says, that 46S French editors have
chartered a ship to bring them to the United
States., with the hope of realizing fortunes, as
M. Galliardet the" successful editor of the
“O-nw eUs Ltats Lwf has done. Poor
fell* we!
FRIDAY VOBBSS, OCT’R ay, 1848,
A Jury.
On the 7th Novenber, now close at hand,
a Jury of more tian hree millions of men
will try the mattir is* difference between
Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, and Lewis
Cass, of Michigan. \rho can say how many
of these millions cf Jurors are fully and
entirely qualified D judge wisely on ques
tions of national jolhy, and the propriety
of making thia or that candidate President
of the United States? Has the whole In
tellect of the Union beei so generally and tho
roughly enlightened as t- render the sovereign
ty of the ballot-box as nipt from the evils of
ignorance, moral obliq ity and selfish, mer
cenary influencss, as th- hest interests of the
country demand? |
We have been led int- the train of thought
above indicated by seeintthe following in an
exchange paper: f
Professors of the Academy.—
Ed C. Ross, of Kenyon t o! ad late of West
Point,) of Mathematics; The-. 4 (nepliew of the
Irving,) late of Geneva Colle* an d Belles
Letrres; J. J, Owen, of Institute, of
Latin and Greek J, p, Edwards, of
French; Jcse Morales, of
Here is a poor boy’s about which
we know something* to de-
velopc ?k.m3*ican 7T
when born in log houses ®od cradled in sap
troughs, as was the Whig candidate for Vice-
President; and enable industry and virtue to
rise from the lowest to the highest distinction
in this incomparable Republic. Much as has
been done to educate every voter in the land,
the work has not hitherto been half accom
plished. The reasoning powers and moral
perceptions of the masses really need, and
richly deserve, farther, better and higher culti
vation. These natural endowments are sus
ceptible of easy and indefinite improvement.
Our republican system makes every man a
sovereign ruler—the most ignorant not less than
the best educated in the country. The safety of
property, the security of personal rights, the
purity of courts and the impartiality of legisla
tion, alike demand that the popular mind shall
be ditty. prepared to discharge aright the ex
alted duties oft American citizenship. The
rapid influx* of so many thousands of unedu
cated foreigners into the United States seems
to call for additional efforts on the part of the
friends of universal and thorough mental train
ing. ■
“ David Wilmot has been repudiated by the Demo
cratic party of his District, and opposed by a Cass
Democrat, on the solitary ground that he differs with
rhe Democratic party of the Union, on this very
Abolition question. On all other questions, Bank,
r«riff, &c., itib admitted that be is sound in the
Democratic faith ; yet on account of his free soil
principles, although he succeeded by trick in getting
a nomination, the true Democracy of his District op
posed hi.n with a Cass man—“ A Northern man with-
Southern principles.”— Columbus Times.
The cool, unblushing impudence of the or
gans of the Southern Democracy were never
more strikingly developed than in their recent
efforts to induce Southern men to believe that
the Democracy of Pennsylvania had “ repudiat
ed" Wilmot on account of his anti-slavery
opinions. Nothing could be farther from the
truth. Wilmot was the regular nominee of
the Democratic Convention of the District, at
which a few in Tioga county were dissatisfied,
and they nominated Brewster, but no more
imbued with “ Southern principles" than Wil
mot himself. The true cause of disaffection
was that Wilmot refused to vote for Cass.
Brewster would. To show Southern men
how Northern Democracy “ repudiates” men
for holding Free Soil and Anti Slavery opin
ions, we subjoin the vote in Wilmot’s district
in the late election:
-Wilmot, PS. Tracy, W. Brewster, D.
Bradford4l7s 2590 215
Susquehanna .*2708 1192 67
Ti0ga.........J.714 1023 640
4795 915
1? tins be rspudiatin-" Wilmot in the
opinion of the Times, we should-like to know
what that journal would call sustaining him.
“ Electioneering Fraud.’’
Under this imposing head the Constitution
alist became grandiloquently indignant yester
day morning, and charged the Whigs of Vir
ginia with circulating Whig Electoral Tickets,
headed with the names of Taylor and But
ler. Whereat that journal saw spectres of
Kane letters, “ Polk. Dallas and the Tariff
of ’42,” and double-shotted lives of Cass, and
most lustily vociferated “fraud! a gross
fraud!.’” thinking, perchance to draw off the
public attention. After all the eloquent denun
ciation heaped upon the tl purc and immacu
late Whigs, ” it is somewhat unfortunate for our
contemporary that the author of this “gross
fraud” should have been a member of the Dem
ocratic party, the Editor of the Wytheville Re
publican, a Democratic journal, published in
Wytheville, Virginia! Strange as it may
sound to Democratic ears, yet it is neverthe
less true, and we sincerely hope, since the bit
ter denunciations of the Constitutionalist, that
no Democratic Editor in Georgia may resort to
a like trick to aid the sinking cause of Cass.
aud “to interpolate his (anti-slavery) doctrines
upon the people of the South.”
Splendid Durham Bull—A Raffle.
In common, with a large number of our citi
zens yesterday, we had the pleasure of seeing
one of the finest specimens of this noble stock,
in a splendid three year old bull, we have ever
seen. He has just been introduced into this
city by John M. Dow, from Westchester Co. N.
York; and for beauty, symmetry and command
ing appearance, surpasses any animal probably
in the South. The admirers of fine stock will
learn with pleasure, that it is tbe purpose of
Mr. Dow to dispose of him in this community,
and that he proposes to Raffle him off as soon
as the requisite number of chances are taken,
gentlemen desirous of taking chances, can do
so by calling at this office, or at F. Lamback's,
where subscription papers are left.
The Annexation of Cuba.
It would seem that our Government is at this
moment engagedin negotiations with Spain for
the immediate purchase of Cuba, if the state
ments made in a letter from Madrid, and pub
lished in the N. Y. Herald, of Friday, can be
relied on:
Madrid, Sept. 19.
It is not often that there is information of an
interesting nature to the United States, worth
the trouble or expense ofa correspondent, from
this far-famed capital; but, during the last few
weeks, certain matters have come to light.con
cerning the relations between the United States
and Spain, which presents points of the deep
est importance to both of those countries, and
to the world at large: and which, when fully
known, will, no doubt, create a great sensation
throughout England, and the whole of Europe.
I have reference to negotiations which have re
cently been opened on tho part of the United
States, with the Spanish Ministry here, for the
cession of the island of Cuba to the United
States, on the payment of a considerable sum
of money. I speak of matters, you will ob
serve, which, at present, are only known
among the diplomatic corps, but which will
probablv get into the newspapers, and become
a general subject of European remark, in a
short time.
As far as I can ascertain the facts, from the
best diplomatic sources, and tn every possible
way. I learn that, in July or August last, the
United States Government sent a despatch,
through Mr. Sawyer. Secretary of Legation,
addressed to Mr. Saunders,the American Min
ister here, containing directions for him to
sound the Spanish Government, on their dis
position to sell or cede the Island of Cuba to
the United States, and if such a purpose could
be accomplished, to commence negotiations as
security and as fast as possible, ao as to prevent
opposition or hostility from the British, or oth
er governments Mr. Sawyer has been here
for some lime, and .Mr. Sannder*. I understand,
has been taking some steps in the matter.
The present state ot affairs in Europe has
disposed the Spanish government to look for a
new purchaser, and that purchaser is the L.
States. Accordingly, negotiations, with that
object in view, may be said to be opened by
the despatch which was sent through Mr. Saw
yer, the Secretary of Legation, in August last,
and delivered bv him to Mr. ftaunders, the
American minister at the Court of Madrid.
lam not able to inform you what progress
has been made in these negotiations, but I shall
endeavor to ascertain and inform you by the
next British steamer, and give you all the ad
ditional information in my power. Mr. Saun
ders, 1 believe, made only an informaljnquiry
as to the disposition of the Spanish Govern
ment in the matter; but it is very certain that,
several times, one of th© Spanish Ministers,
on the occasion of soirees given by the Queen
in this capital, ‘et out such information od the
general subject as called forth from die press
here and elsewhere, the immaterial and merely
diplomatic contradiction I have referred to,
which, in fact, amounted to do contradiction
at all.
Two Degrees and two mu'attoes, elected for
Guadalonpe. have taken their eeate in the
1 French N&uonal Asacmbiy.
From the N. O. Delta, 21st inst.
Great Barbacue to the Volunteers at
Port Hudson.
The barbacue, for which the Florida par
ishes have been making preparations for
sometime past, to be given to the return
ed volunteers of the Mexican war, was a most
splendid and spirited affair. The beautiful oak
and magnolia grove near Port Hudson, was
chosen for the ceremonies, and the ladies ofthe
neighborhood contributed to heighten the great
natural beauties of the location, by hanging the
trees and the stand erected for the occasion
with gay flags, streamers and banners, appro
priately inscribed with allusions io the gallant
deeds of our soldiers, and particularly of Gen.
Taylor.
At an early hour in the day, the grounds were
covered with ladies and gentlemen from all •
the surrounding parishes. About 11 A. M., '
the elegant steamer Luna, Capt. Fairchild,
splendidly ornamented with flags and penons,
and crowded with gentlemen'and ladies from
West Feliciana, Baton Rouge, and Point
Coupee, came up, and upon a signal being
given by tne firing of “ old Betsey,” that Gen.
Taylor was on board, the large company col
lected along the ridge ofthe high bluff of Port
Hudson, the ladies waving their veils and hand
kerchiefs, and the gentlemen huzzaing most
vigorously. On the landing of the steamer, a
committee of the citizens of East Feliciana
went on board and welcomed Gen. Taylor to
the parish. A procession was then formed,
made up of ladies and gentlemen, which, pre
ceded by a fine band of music marched through
Port Hudson, to the grove where the ceremo
nies were appointed to take place. Here
Gen. Taylor was escorted to a platform, taste
. r <*: ,«»vergtT<!D jw/I
ba.iners. The ladies, of whom
there were some three or four hundred on the
ground, collected around the platform, and
with bright faces, sparkling eyes, and rosy
cheeks, made a charming parterre—whilst the
darker dresses and sterner faces of the men
fringed the outside ofthe assemblage, and gave
to it the pleasing contrast of the dark leaf of
the magnolia, as it shades the brightness of its
flower. Just over the centre ofthe platform
where Gen. Taylor stood was a large and splen
did wreath of laurel entwined with red roses.
As the General ascended the stand, the band
struck up a national air, and “ old Betsy,” bel
lowed forth some of her loudest notes, Capt.
Chambers then introduced Gen. Taylor to the
company, who received him with lively emo
tions. There must have been at least twenty
five hundred persons present, embracing citi
zens of all parlies, as well as all sexes. We
noticed the leaders and sachems of Democra
cy of this strongly Democratic parish, taking a
warm and zealous part in a demonstration
from which all party feeling seemed to be ban
ished.
James H. Muse, of Clinton, then ad
vanced, and addressed Gen. Taylor and the as
sembly. We could not secure a copy of Mr.
M use’s speech, and it is too long to publish en
tire.
He began by referring to Gen. Taylor’s parentage,
his father having been a dittinguished soldier of the
revolution, who at the battle of Trenton won the re
gard and admiration of the Father of his country. He
then sketched in a graphic and forcible manner, the
services of Gen. Taylor from that of Fort Harrison,
in 1812, to that of Okeechobee, in the everglades of
Florida. He referred to the sagacity of the illustri
ous soldier in designating General Taylor for the com
mand of that difficult and vexatious war against the
wary Scminoles. He then passed to the Mexican
war, and dwelt upon the intense anxiety which per
vaded the country as to the fate of the little army on
the Rio Grande, surrounded by an immense force of
the enemy, and cut off from ail reinforcements ; how
this anxiety was dissipated by the brilliant achieve
ments al Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He
then referred to the promptitude ofthe volunteers in
rushing to the aid of Gen. Taylor when believed to
be in the power of the enemy, instancing lhe
names of several who were distinguished for their zeal
in raising troops. He mentioned particularly Col.
Marks, Capt. Chase and Cole, ane rfeo the late la
mented Judge Landry. He alluded also to some
citizens of the parish who had fallen bravely in bai
lie, and paid them a handsome tribute. He then al
luded to the kindly qualities of Gen. Taylor, relating
several instances of his considerate kindness to his
soldiers, and of his humanity. He then sketched the
battles of Monterey and Buena Vista, relating an anec
dote of the former of an Hibernian, who went into bat
tle with a pickaxe, with which he picked a hole in
the wall, aud being asked if he was going through it,
he replied, he was only making an entrance for one
of those Mississippi bloodhounds.
Ater noticing many interesting incidents of
the war, and many illustrations of Gen. Taylor’s
Kindlieartedness. Mr. Muse concluded iu the
following words :
In the name then, not only of my fellow-citizens as
a community, but of the lathers and mothers who
had sent their sons to fight the battles of their country,
giving them the Spartan command to return with hon
or or not at all, he welcomed Gen. Taylor to lhe hearts
and homes of his countrymen. Yes, General, we
are happy to-day to see you among us. We have
orougia our Wives and children out to behold one who
nas done so much for the honor of the country. And
our children’schildren shall remember and praise your
great deeds and noble victories upon the banks of the
Rio Grande. On the shores of the Pacific and at the
base of the Rocky Mountains, they shall hymn your
praisesand recount your great deeds, as I have this
day so imperfectly done on the banks of the Missis
sippi. Fear not that the bright pages you have a Ided
to lhe nation’s history, will ne»er be torn therefrom,
or that your claims to the love and gratitude of your
countrymen will ever fade from their hearts or memo
ries. Posterity will never cease to hold you in grate
ful recollection, until time shall be no more, and all
earthly glory shall sink into the tomb. Welcome
ihen ! thrice welcome, honored patriot and soldier,
to the simple hospitalities which a Republican people
extend to you.”
Frequent cheers attested the admiration and
appreciation oflhe company, of lhe feelings
and sentiment? of the speeches. During the
delivery of this address, Gen Taylor appeared
to be much affected, aud when he began his
reply his emotions rendered his utterance quite
difficult.
Gen. Taylor’s Address.
Air. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen: It is
with a feeling of deep embarrassment that 1 attempt
to reply to the eloquent address just delivered, in
which I feel my humble services have been too vivid
ly portrayed and too highly estimated. During the
long period 1 have been in the service of the country, I
have endeavored to keep in view as they constant ob
j» ct of my exertions, lhe honor, lhe integrity, and
the welfare of my country ; and if I have been placed
in situations in which I was able to promote those
objects, it is attributable rather to the zealous aid and
energetic co-operation of the gallant men, both of lhe
regular and volunteer set vice, whom it has been my
go<>d fortune to command, than to any superior skill
or ability on my part. To thefa, more than myself,
belongs the glory of any results which may nave
been achieved under my command.
But I cannot avoid the opportunity, whilst referring
to the achievements of our arms, of expressing my
deep conviction of the evils of war, of which, here
as elsewhere, my mind receives daily an I mournful
proof. Throughout my service. I assure you, the
proudest moments of victory have been darkened and
rendered sorrowful by the reflection of the painful
occurrences which it produces; of the wives made
widows, of parents made childless, of friends bereft
of those bound to them bv the dearest ties. For the
awful results of war are not confined to the bloody
scenes of lhe battle-field ; but disease, slow consum
ing disease, more than any of the instruments of war,
scatter? death among those engaged in the trying fa
tigues and exposures of military duty. Os those who
have died in active service in Mexico, the proportion
of those cut down bv disease to those who fell on the
battle-field, is about five to one. For these reasons,
as a constant witness of all the stern and painful real
ities of war, I assure you that there is no one who re
joices m».re in the conclusion of the war with Mexico,
now happily terminated, than I do. It was not from
any apprehension ol the dangers, or any dread of the
fatigues and sufferings to which I might be exposed,
that I so warmly desired the conclusion of this war;
but it was because I looked upon war as a great evil,
as a last resort, which, when it can be honorably
concluded, it is the first duty of a nation, especially
a Republic, to terminate. I believed it not incom
patible with the honor of and interests of both Repub
lics to terminate this war. And now that Peace has
once more smiled upon our happy land, I assure you
it is a proud and delightful feeling to meet at the
hands of our fellow-citizens the kind and friendly
reception which has been extended to me on this, as
well as on many other occasions, on which I have
had the pleasure of enjoying the hospitality of my
fellow-citizens of Louisiana. These demonstrations
satisfy me that it is a calumny to call Republics un
grateful. Everywhere have the sold.era of the Re
public received the meed of popular applause and
enjoyed lhe kindness of their fellow-citizens; but in
no State have they been more handsomely treated
than in our own State of Louisiana, to which my
observation has been confined since my return from
the war, not having been out of the State, except
on a flying visit t> my plantation in Mississippi. Th* l
people of this State will compare with any in the
world in patriotism and public spirit. Their conduct
in the late .Mexican war, in rushing to tbe aid of the
little army 1 had the lion or to command on the Rio
Grande, brings to tnind >he patriotism nf our fathers,
when, after the battle of Lexington, they rushed to
their country’s standard, from the plough, the work
shop, the desk, and even tbe pulpit, ail eager to share
in the glory and peril of defending the nation’s honor.
Such was the conduct of the large and gallant force
of volunteers who rushed to our rescue outlie Rio
Grange. And I assure you, that it was tn me the
most painful occurrence of the war, that I was com
pelled to part with that gallant body of volunteers,
but it was inevitable, as the enemy bad retired be
yond our reach, into lhe interior of Mexico, and we
had n<t sufficient means of transportation to follow
them. Not desiring to in inglorious inactiv
ity, subject to the diseases of camp duty, I preferred
that they should rejoin the families and homes from
which they ha I torn themselves, under the influence
ol tri-’h and patriotic motives. That occasion furnish
ed an additional proof of the fact which has always
been man fest tn my mind, that we are a nation of
soldiery, possessing, more than any other people in
the world, the virtues and resources of a great mili
tary nation. And indeed there has been more rea
son to fear that our military spirit would carry us too
far, and impel us to tbe invasion of our neighbor’s
territory, than that it would fall short of lhe defence
of our own territory and rumor. I have evtr cher
ished the sentiment of the father of bis country, who
cautioned us against leaving our own soil and territo
ry for a foreign country—who inculcated as a cardi
nal principle of our republican institutions that we
should eschew all foreign alliances and connections,
and confine ourselves to the improvement of our own
proper soil, and the advancement of peace and happi
ness within our own proper boundaries. But should
war ever come upon us. I have seen enough of the
Zealand eigernessof the youth of our country, tn
believe in their ability and ardor to encounter any
dangers and saerihees to defend the honor and aveng*.-
the wrongs of the nation. This war has served to
manifest the existence of a deep, unconquerable he
roism in all classes of our people. It baa not been
by any means confined to the sterner sex. Gr nc
where has it shone brighter than in the conduct and
sentiments of the softer sex of our country, so many
of whom hare honored us with their presence on thi>
occasion. During my public service, I have become
familiar with deed* which place tne women of our
country on a level with their Spartan and Roman
mothers, of whose heroism history records so many
interesting examples. I have known mothers to sen-J
their only son* to the war, telling them to return with
honor or not at aIL I have known *ist<rs to part with
only brother*, with word* full of prid* and hope o<
return with bright laurel*. I h«v« known wiv«*
to tear themselves from thearmsof devoted husbands,
and to forget all their own cares and affections in a
general and patriotic pride and devotion to their coun
try’s, and their husband’s honor. Where such feel
ings prevail among those who are to be the mothers
of the Republic, from whom the ideas and virtues
upon which the future weal of our country will de
pend, are to flow, there can be no reason to fear that
our people will ever be slow or weak in maintaining
the rights of the Republic, a and sustaining the national
honor.
With these desultory remarks, I beg, ladies and
gentlemen, to offer you my wannest thanks for this
splendid and gratifying reception, extended to me by
the patriotic citizens ol East and West Feliciana, of
East and West Baton Rouge, and other parts of this
beautiful and inteiesting country.
The General was then introduced to the ia.
dies, individually, from all of whom he receiv
• ed some floral tribute, until he began actually
. to totter under the burden of gifts, which
seemed scarcely less burdensome than those
bestowed upon the vestal Virgin who opened
the gates of the Roman capital to the Goths.
The ladies then adjourned to the arbor laid
off for the dance, where the ground was cov
ered with bran and saw-dust. Th- music then
struck up, the cotillons were formed, and the
dance commenced with great liveliness. This
bran-dancing is rather an awkward affair at
first, especially to those accustomed to the shuf
fling, sliding style of modern dancing. There
is no chance for any extra cuts, pigeon wings,
or double flourishes, at least for those who re
quire a good hold of the ground ; but for these
grand feats — these aerial flourishes which are
performed in mid-air, the bran dance is not to
be sneezed at. At 3 o’clock, the glad tidings
went forth that dinner was ready, and immedi
ately dancing and everything else was sus
pended. Thq cool the woods,
•ute, iuug tvuxaf aud the dance ffcasiiSrp eued
the appetites of the company to a degree that
threatened to test the resources of the abnn
dand commissariat of East Feliciana. But,
fortunately the supply was equal to the de
mand, and, indeed, far exceeded it. We count
ed no less than half a dozen young, fat heifers,
fifty shoats, and as many mutton—all roasted
in pits, on the ground, and steaming hot, with
their nutritious juices oozing from their pores,
and sending forth a rich oily odor to mingle
with the fresh fragrance of the woods. These
were taken from their wooden spits and placed
on the table, and there each one helped himself
to a quarter, a leg, a side, or a rib, as his tasto
or appetite prompted. The ladies’ table was
spread also with some beautiful specimens of
cake, inscribed with the names of lhe conspic
uous officers and battles of the Mexican war,
and ornamented with little flags and bouquets.
The dinner passed off pleasantly, and full
justice seemed to have been done to the abun
dant supply of viands, by the two or three
thousand sharpened appetites, which were
employed on the occasion. After dinner the
dancing was resumed, and kept up till sunset,
when the company broke up, every one pleas
ed with the events of lhe dayi and none more
than the old General, who seemed to be the
object of popular admiration and attention.
The General, with a large company, return
ed on board the Luna to Bayou Sara, where a
large number of ladies and gentlemen were
landed, and thence she proceeded to Baton
Rouge, where Gen. Taylor got off. A. VV.
From the Frankfort Commonwealth.
Hear an Old Soldier.
The following letter addressed to Gov.
Letcher, has been handed to us for publication,
rhe writer is an able soldier, a citizen of Owen
county, and a plain old gentleman of the old
school. He knows old Zack; has known him
from his boyhood. Let the young upstarts who
are so ready to call Gen. Taylor a fool, give
place to the writer of this letter. Let him lake
the stand awhile :
New Liberty, Sept. 26, 1849.
To the Hon. R. P. Letcher Ex Governor Ken
tucky Dear Sir : — ln • conversation with us on
the subject of the pending Presidential election, I
mentioned that I had formed an acquaintance with
Gen. Taylor in the fall of 1812, immediately after his
memorable defence of Fort Harrison. At your re
quest I most willingly communicate to you my recol
lections of that terrible conflict with his savage be-
siegers. In order to make plain the prominent inci
dents of that scene of horror, and to show that nothing
less than the cool firmness and indomitable courage
of such a man as Capt. Taylor, could successfully
have met such an emergency, will require more space
than you hud anticipated. But I will condense as
much as possible:
Capt. Taylor was left in command of this hastily
constructed Fort by Gov. Hurnson, after the battle of
Tippecanoe, 1811 It was situated on the Wabash
river, about 75 miles above Vincennes, in a central
position for attack from all the Indian forces on the
Illinois, Indiana and Michigan frontiers. It became
a barrier to their meditated massacre of not only the
frontier inhabitants, but especially of the ettizens of
Vincennes, it being the residence of Gov. Harrison,
who was particularly the object of their vengeance;
hence their determination to reduce the place ana
slaughter the garrison. For several days previous to
the attack, small parties would approach the Fort un
der the guise of friendship and purposes of trade. —
Capt. Taylor was too well acquainted with the In
dian chajacter to be deceived by their assiduities, or
to mistake their ulterior object. He would not admit
them into the Fort under any of their pretences : at
length, wearied with their unsuccessful resorts to
stratagem, they resolved to concen’rate their forces,
(about 700) and make a bold attack. Soon after 12
o’clock on a dark night, they succeeded in setting fire
to the lower block house, near the river, which con
tained the contractor’s stores ; this was effected with
the greatest secresy; not a yell or gnn announced
their presence until their hellish purpose, as they
supposed was near its accomplishment. The sentries
discovered the fire too late for its extinguishment, the
combustible materials upon which it was acting—
whiskey, bacon, pork, flour, &c., was instantly in
flames, and communicating its devouring terrors to
the tow of buildings above, which constituted the line
of defence next to the river, consisting of bairacks,
hospital, &c. At this awful moment the yelling of
lhe Indians—the unremitting discharge of their gun*,
accompanied by the bursting of whiskey barrels—the
screams of several women who had taken refuge in
the fort, made every heart quake, save that of Capt.
Taylor and his brave hospital surgeon, Dr. Clarke.
At this critical and fearful moment, Taylor directed
Dr. Clarke, with one or two intrepid soldiers, to as
cend the burning roof and tear off the boards, while
himself and those that were able, draw water from a
deep well and conveyed it to others above, by which
means, after the most exhausting exertions, they suc
ceeded in subduing the further progress ofthe fl tine*.
In the meantims, the building containing the contrac
tor’s stores, and the adjoining pickets were soon burn
ed down, leaving a bed of brands, coals and cinaers,
heated as though just vomited from the bowel* of
.Etna—the besiegers still yelling and firing like in
fernal demons. The ready genius of Taylor imme
diately set to work, pulling down the gu ird-hou«e
and a sergeant’s quarters, for materials to form a tem
porary breast work across the consumed angle to se
cure him from an immediate assault through the
breach. Amidst the greatest consternation and terror
of the scene, two of the most able bodied men of the
garrison leaped from the picketing and made their
escape to Vincennes Their description of the assault
and the fury of the flames al the moment of their de
parture, appalled every heart. All exclaimed, ‘‘Tay
lor and his men have been massacred, and the Indians
will be down on us, what shall be done ?” The Bth
Kentucky regiment was then lying at Vincennes, and
a number of Indiana militia, with some U. S. Rin
gers under Col Russell. The whole were organized
as soon as possible, and Col. Russell placed himself
at their head for the relief of the garrison —for Judge
Parke, (who was in command of some cavalry) select
ed some daring spirit* like himself, braved every dan
ger, and approached near enough to the fort to ascer
tain that its colors were still flying at the top of the tall
mast to which they were attached. The Indians were
still hovering around the Fort, though they had ceas
ed active operations against it. Upon the receipt of
this intelligence Col Russell immediately put in mo
tion the troops, amounting to near 1200 men, and
with cautious celerity reached the fort in less than
four days. The Indians had retired upon Russell’s
approach, leaving behind them the sad evidences of
their meditated crudty and savage ferocity. You
cannot well imagine any thing like the picture of the
scene when we arrived at the gate ofthe Fort.
Capt. Taylor met us with a pa?e, emac.ated face, fiom
recent sickness and haidrhip; but upon his noble
brow sat the complacency of lhe hero and soldiers and
while we took him by lhe hand the “ big tear” stole
silently down his manly cheek. I cin never forget
the emotion? of iny own heart on that solemn occasion.
The whole garrison consisted of about 65 men, and
some women and children : two-ihirda of whom
were on the sick list, an I Capt. Taylor hiuiself had
suffered much from disease. Prom the burning of
the contractor’s stores until their relief, the whole gar
rison subsisted on green corn, obtained from an ad
joining prairie, all faring alike, Capt. Taylor setting
the first example of patience and fortitude.
No man ever more completely enjoyed the affection
and love of his soldiers than Capt. Taylor; he was
esteemed as a father; his commands were always
riven in the mild tones of parental authority, and obe
dience was rendered by all wrh alacrity and de
light.
Mnch has been said about Gen. Taylor’s mental
and cul'ivated capaciti-’S ; no min was ever more
ranged than he has been, if some newspa;>er scrib
blers were to be believed. I profess to know uome
ibing about him at the time referred to above ; hold
ing a position in the staff department of the army, I
had frequent opportunities of companionship with him.
He was rather inclined to a thoughtful taciturnity ;
never engaged in light or frivolous conversa ion;
grave and sedate in his whole appearance, all his
words and actions gave a striking correspondence to
the externals of the man. His library, which was
pretty large, contained many valuable works on the
most important subjects which engage the attention of
the sincere inquirer after useful knowledge, and his
leisure hours were occupied with great industry in
their perusal. Men are greatly mistaken if they sup
pose that Gen. Taylor has afene devoted his energies
and powers of mind to the science of war —far from it.
Few men ofnur country, at Gen. Taylor’s age at the
time of which I speak (he being then somewhere
about 24 years of age ) had stored their minds with
more general and iseful kno* ledge than he possessed ;
and his sober, steady habits, joined to strong intellec
tual endowments, were peculiarly adapt? to t e
growth of these propensities, which, at this
were ra tappity developing In
coorera ition, Gen. Taylor wa. excee - „ nPOIII
,ng_ n .>t for any great powera of w.t
X n e m X we» matured
seniwiers, p trying to impress tbe eoun-
Gen. Taylor wan« all the
3l r, ,hec ™ rl o - a these boolof intngue and political
wajs.ee . strong, intelligent, de
manage • co by a regular course of
cnminating unt iring industry, the whole built
□™7nd sustained (not > of principle,
bribed by other men ) by a spotles. reputat.on,
from integrity of purp «, bone.ty of bean,
and X lore of country. Those are Gen. Taylor's
quali^estions—thej' are abuse price
I have thin, in a very cursory and ha«y manner,
■ hrnwn together my thoughts and personrl feeling.
Tavlor; they ar. not beareay evitbnee.
oHd, character, but are drawn from my peraonal
knowledee ofthe mam
risrw.tful!v, Ki, I leaTe *o remain, year
THOS
VOL.LXII.~-NEW SERIES VOL. XIL, NO. 44.
i Augusta, (tow.:
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 28, 1848.
i . -
The Currency ot Great Britain.
t Amomc the several causes which'conspire al
j this time to reduce'the price of cotton in Liver
pool to a figure below all precedent, that of a
i very contracted currency is not the least potent
’ for mischief. Thirty year, ago the Bank cir
f culation of England, Scotland and Ireland was
9 about sixty millions of pounds. The popula
tion of the two islands was not far from 19,-
’ 000,000. Now, the number of inhabitants has
r increased to 29,500.000 ; whilst the whole bank
i circulation ofthe same, on the 12th of August
> last, was reduced to £32,060,876. To place this
1 matter in a still stronger light, it should be
[ stated that the trade and; productive industry
■ of the kingdom, have increased in a much
1 greater population ; and yet thecur
’ rency of the country, instead of being propor
t tionably augmented to meet the business wants
- ofthe nation, has been cut down from three
! pounds five shillings a head in 1818, to one
’ pound five shillings in 1848 ! The new finan
, cial policy of Sir Robert Peel, adopted in
’ 1844, which is first cousin to the Sub-Treasury
5 scheme of Mt-IVan Burkh, has operated most
disastrously on the commercial and manufac
>- turing interests of Great Britain. It attempted
i. J. rn oiiL.titutn fold an unreasonable
extent, a. the circulating medium, by restrict-
issue of bank notes. Sir Robert and
t, the bullionists succeeded in forcing some forty
’ or forty-five millions of pounds of gold and
’ silver coin into general circulation; but they
j bad no power under their so-called free trade
it system to prevent the rapid export of this spe
’ cio. Experience has shown that the imports
e of the nation have risen from £75,000,000 in
I 1844 to £90,000,000 in 1847—an increase in
r three years of 20 per cent. In the same pe-
r ' riod the exports, instead of augmenting in. an
if equal ration, have actually fallen off about a
'■ million of pounds. To pay tho balance against
/ British trade and productive industry, gold and
Ji silver have been exported, and thousands of
i- cotton, woolen and iron factories have stopped
e and discharged their operatives, or workon short
“ time. The bill of 1844 provides that, in pro
portion as gold money shall disappear, paper
i- money shall disappear also; so that the expor
e tation of £15,000.000 for grain, or to settle a
balance in national exchanges, involves the
!• withdrawal of £45,000,000 of paper from cir
i eolation. The practical result is, that 19.000,-
e 000 of people with lesa than half the present
II wealth of the nation, paid £72,000,000 in taxes
in 1818, easier than 29,500,000 can pay £52,-
000,000 in 1848. The G-«ld Currency and Free
Trade humbugs of England are pretty costly
experiments for British subjects. Nor do they
i. operate very greatly to the advantage of lhe
” cotton growers of this country.
n Too many of the latter, however, have suf
o sered themselves to be deceived by the insidi
e ous and seductive fallacies of no-protection—
B no-encouragement —to national industry. A
nation is nothing more than a large family,
. whose head or government is morally bound
n to take good care of its “own household. ” If
I, it fails to do this, all neighboring families, soon
s er or later, will stiffer from this neglect of duty.
Unwise legislation at London,Paris and Frank
fort, by impairing the productive industry ol
(jl eat Britain, France and Germany, greatly
iniures us, for it impoverishes our best custom
ers.
Seeing that European legislation is altogeth
er beyond our control, let us look well to the
character of the government we establish at
Washington during the next four years.
Gay. Crawford-- Democracy Desperate.
The fortunes of Cass are becoming so des
perate in Georgia that his supporters scruple
at no means which promise the prospect of ob
taining a vote. The latest device to deceive
1 the unsuspecting, within our Knowledge, is the
gross falsehood circulated upon Ex-Governor
Geo. W. Crawford, that “ he had repudiated
Tavlor and declared for Cass.” The idea
that George W. Crawford could reject “ Old
1 Zack” and espouse the cause of Cass with all
his anti-slavery notions and “prayers," could
only have been conceived by a Democrat
whose mind feeds upon the grossest calumny.
No, we assure Gov. Crawford’s friends, that
no man in Georgia has more at heart the cause
of Gen. Tavlor than he; nor was there any
one man more zealous in his support until
compelled, from severe family affliction, to re
tire from the public discussion of his claims to
the Presidency. Governor C. is too closely
allied to the South tn feeling and interest, too
devoted a patriot, to think of aiding to elevate
to the Presidency Lewis Cass, who “prays
for the abolition of slavery everywhere' — who
declared in his seat in the Senate that “ he
would have voted for the Wilmot Pro
viso”—and who now proclaims himself in
favor of yielding up the rights of the South in
New Mexico and California to the tender mer
cies of the Mexicans, Mulattoes, Indians and
Negroes who inhabit those territories:
Cass County, October 25, 1848.
Gentlemen :— The Democracy are circulating a
report Cherokee country, that Governor
Crawford has repudiated Gen. Taylor and come out
for Cass, much, I fear, to tho injury of the Taylor
party —for no man has the influence of Gov. Craw
ford in this region. Thia they know, and are thus
wilfully misrepresenting him in order Io catch voles
just on the eve of the election. All intelligent men
know this to be a lie, yet there are those whu are
re-dy to beguiled by tho-e office-seekers, who will
condescend to do anything to deceive an ignorant
man, I thought I would inform you of the fact that
you may correct it through your paper, aa it has the
most extensive circulation in this quarter.
Yours, &c.
Dahlonega Meeting.
The Mass Meeting of lhe Whigs at Dahlo
nega on Friday, the 20th inst., is represented
to have been a most enthusiastic assemblage,
numbering from four to five thousand of the
indomitable Whigs of the mountain region of
the State.
That gallant old soldier and patriot, General
Duncan L. Clinch, presided over the meeting
assisted by numerous Vice-Presidents. The
multitude was addressed by the Hon. A
Hull, and Senator Berrien, and C Peeples,
and Jno. VV. Underwood, Esqrs., in eloquent
and efficient speeches, which occupied the day.
At night a large number assembled in the
Court House, and spirit-stirring speeches were
delivered by several gentlemen.
1 The Dinner was a splendid affair, which is
I thus noticed by the Athens Whig:
f “At the conclusion of Judge Berrien’s speech,
which was about two hours in leng'h, dinner was an
nounced, and all the people present invited to partake
r of tbe splendid barbecue which bad been served up
in a grove near at hand ; and a most magnificent af
i fair it was, tno. The Committee of Arrangements,
j the Rough and Ready Club of Dahlonega, and lhe
3 citizens of Lumpkin generally, deserve great credit
for the sumptuous repast prepared with so much taste
and elegance for tbe entertainment of the masses in
atterdance, who, on their part, were prepared to do
I ample justice to the tempting viands under which the
tables almost literally groaned.
“ We attended this meeting expecting much from
. the known character of the whole-souled Whigs of
Lumpkin, but we are constrained to sny that the reali
| tv fer surpassed our most sanguine anticipations.
Never have we witnessed a more genteel and orderly
m iss meeting any where—never have we seen the
• arrangements fer the comfert of the people made nn a
s inure munificent scale. Twice the number in attend
-3 ance might have been well accommodated. This
s speaks volumes in praise of the Co/mnince and citi-
B zens generally. We heard some of our Democratic
f friends admit that ft was altogerher the most creditable
< meeting that had ever been held in Lumpkin.
. best order prevailed throughout the da ✓, and not a
. single accident or untoward event, so fer as we are
5 informed, occurred to mar tbe general harmony.
The Whig, one of lhe Editor* of which was
i present, thus conclude* a notice of the meet
-1 ing:
“ • The moanhans are on fire,’ and we look fer a
mo*t cheering account from there in November. We
have been assured by numbers of intelligent gentle
men that the result in the upper counties will then be
quite different Irom that of the recent contest. ”
Democratic Platform-
B. F. Hallett, who has been recently nomi
nated for Congress by the Democracy of Bos
ton, is the author of the Democratic platform
put forth by the Baltimore Convention. He
is the same who recently entered into an argu
mentto prove that the entire platform, Seventh
Resolution and all,of the Baltimore Cass Con
, vention, meant Free Soil.
• The Alabama Journal notices these facts,and
’ with much point inquires:
‘ f “ Ought not a Lncofoco builder of a Loeofoco plat
’ form to know tbe Kind of limber it i* built of? Mr.
Hallett did know, and does know—and knowing, he
has dared to teil the country. And now, we ask, is
the South to risk her standing, on such a platform ?”
First Arrival from California. —Ship
j Barnstable, Capt. Hatch, from San Franciscu,
, California, entered at the Custom House at
Boston, on Thursday last, being the first vessel
at that port from that newly Americanized coun
r try. By entering coastwise, the owner* gain
about iu dutiee o« her eargo.
From the Wilmington Chronicle.
GENERAL CASS’ EXTRA PAY I
$64,000!!
It has been shown beyond controversy, that
Gen. Lewis Cass has received from the Treas
ury of the United States, and of course from
the pockets of the people of the United States,
the large sum of sixty four thousand dollars to
which he was not entitled by any law, ail un
der the cover of extras. An enumeration of
the items composing this great amount may be
found below, embraced in the resolution offer
ed in the House of Representatives on the sth
of August by Mr. Stewart, of Penn., at the
conclusion of a speech made by him on the pub
lic career of Gen. Cass. Preceding the enu
meration of the ex'ras is a sketch w hat oc
curred concerning the statements of Mr Stew
art.
Freemen of [Georgia!] you have had to pay
a portion of this sixty-four thousand dollars
You have had to contribute a part of this a
mount of extra pay to a man who has amassed
a princely fortune (stated at one million of dol
lars) in the service of the country. With that
part of his fortune which he gathered as the
legitimate pay for his services, we have nothing
to do. But it is clear that sixty-four thousand
dollars of it have been gathered wrongfully.
At the close of Mr Stewart’s speech Mr.
Daniel, of North Carolina, obtained the floor,
but yielded it to Messrs. Cobb, of Georgia,
Brown, of Mississippi, McLane, of Maryland,
and others, who wished to put questions to Mr.
Slewart. who said that, having got through, he
was now ready to answer any and all questions
gentlemen might wish to putt hiar.
Mr- Cobb Srst inquired wfaMber Mr S '
of as
ent of Indian Aifuira, a 'day. and 40 cent* a
mile, and the pay of. deputy
genera? and -captain in the army ail at the same
time.
Mr. Stewart answered yes, a r l but the pay
of deputy quartermaster general, to which
there was no date. He might have received
this at the same time with the rest, or he might
not. These charges were founded on official
documents, which were at the gentleman’s ser
vice.
Mr. Cobb repeated substantially this question
several times, and Mr. S. gave, in efleet, the
same answer.
Mr. McLane then inquired whether Mr.
Stewart meant to charge that General Cass re
ceived these extra allowances without vouch
ers.
Mr. Stewart answered, that for the most part
he did, unless the gentleman called Gen. Cass’
own letters aud statements vouchers. I believe,
said Mr. S., there is nothing else to support
his claims of $6,610 for rations; $1,500 per
annum for office rent, &c.; $1,500 a year for
going out of Michigan ; the charges fur set
tling his accounts, attending treaties, mileage,
dec., he believed were all unsupported by
vouchers. The gentleman could find out, how
ever, by calling for the vouchers by resolution.
And if the gentleman does not call for them, I
will; and 1 hope the friends of Gov. Cass will
vote for the resolution. Here the conversa
tion dropped.
MR. STEWART’S RESOLUTION.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be
directed to send to this House, forthwith, the letters
and vouchers in support of the claims and extra allow*
nnces pai• l to Lewis Cass, over and above his regular
salary of $2,000 a year, as Governor and ex-<-fficio su
perintendent oi Indian Affairs for the Terriiory of
Michigan, to wit: The letters and vouchers in support
of the extra allowance paid him :
1. For clerk hire, office rent. <&c., from
9th October, 1813, to 21st July, 1831,
at $1,500 per annum, as per d»>cu
ment No. 244, 3d session, 25th Con
gress, page 2d, amounting to $26,715 00
2. For rations, to wit: ten rations a day,
at 40 cents each, from the 9th Octo
ber, 1813, to the 2Jtb of May, 1822,
as per same document and page. 6,610 00
3. F<»r services as superintendent of In
dian Affairs, said to have been render
ed out of the Territory of Michigan,
from the 29<h of May, 1822, tn the
31st of August, 1832, at $1,500 per
annum, as per document No. 6,3 d
.I^.i. j*» in nn
session, 27ih Congress, page 13. 14,375 00
4. For aiding in the negotiation of sun
dry treaties, whilst Governor and ex
oißcio superintendent of Indian Af>
fairs, as aforesaid, 772 days, at $8
per day, and 40 cents per mile tra
velled by him, as per same document,
pages 11 and 12. 9,744 00
5. For attending at Washington city, to
settle his own accounts for extra pay,
&c., 203 days, to wit: from the 21 st
October, 1821, tothe29th May, 1822,
for mileage, ten rations per day, &c.,
same documents, page 11. 1,449 00
6. For alleged services whilst Governor
and superintendent of Indian Affairs,
“in preparing a code for the regula-
: tion of Indian Affaire, ” llldavs, to
, wit: from the 22d October, 1828, to
the 10th February, 1829, as per same
' document, page 12. 1,520 00
j 7. For extra pay whilst Governor, &e.,
as aforesaid, “as deputy quarier-
1 master general ” in the army, for one
> year, as per document >B, Ist session,
I 28th Congress, page 25. 1,001 80
8. For extra pay and allowances as cap-
' tain in the regular army, whilst Go
vernor, as aforesaid, to wit• from the
12th May, 1817, to the 28th of June,
1821, as per same document same
page 2,526 66
$63,940 46
The Ice Machine.—lt will be seen from
the following, which we find in the Cincinna
ti Gazette, that it is quite likely that ice will
soon become one of the staple articles of mariu
facture of the country. When will wonders
cease?
“ The announcement of the discovery of a
successful process for manufacturing ice. is by
many persons regarded as a joke. But is
sober earnest. The experiments which led to
the grand result, have been continued for
months in thia city; all the machinery has been
made here ; and lastly, the ice itself has been
produced, in quantities which show that the
thing is neither a humbug nor a chimera. Jack
Frost’s 4 occupation’s gone’ most indubitably.”
The Cincinnati Commercial, commenting
upon the above says :
“ We can assure our readers, upon the high
est and most respectable authority, that it is no
joke, whatever may have been thought when
the article was seen in the Gazette. A gentle
man informs us that he has seen large blocks of
ice which were manufactured by this machine
in a few seconds! individual ownerships in
all the mines in Mexico would not ensure great
er wealth than this same patent to the ingenious
proprietor.”
Stations of Ministers
Os the Methodist Protestant Church in the Geor
gia District, for the ensuing conference year:
Dr. B. R. Bray, President of the Conference.
Columbia Circuit— Leßoy, P. McCutchen,
Superintendent.
Twiggs Circuit.— lsaac G. Mitchell, Super
intendent; R. A. Blount, Assistant.
Hall Circuit.— lsaac Rosser, Superintendent.
Cherokee Circuit.— Superintendent to be sup
plied—P. Lingo—A. Smith—W. G. Norten —
J. Hutshell and Y. Mann, Assistants.
Atlanta Circuit.— J. Thurman, Superinten
dent, A. W. Mitchell, Assistant.
Henry Circuit.— R C. Biggers, Superinten
dent— W. Griffin, 3. Robinson, and 3. Moore,
Assistants.
Meriwether Circuit.— lsaiah C. Wallace, Su
perintendent—P Ogletree, W. W. McCutch-
L en and Dr. G. Harlan, Assistants.
Randolph Circuit — Superintendent to besiip-
> plied.—W. Haiaten, E. Smith and J. R. Swain,
Assistants.
J Columbus Circuit.— W. N. Snell, Superin
tendent—W. Myers, Assistant.
3 Newton Circuit — M. Tucker, Superinten
dent —W. M Biggers and L Bates, Assistants.
Penticost Circuit.— To he supplied.
’ Savannah Mission.— Thos. C. Benning, Sa-
’ perintendent.
' Scriven Mission.— Jno. Wesley Davis, Su
perintendent.
Madison Mission.—J. O’Kelly, Superinten
s dent.
i Walker Mission.— W. Mitchell, Superinton-
? d ent . , - .
• Thomas Hutchings, left in the hands of the
’ President. -
Hoe’s Great Printing Presses—The
1 Philadelphia Ledger, referring to the shipment
f from New-York last week, of one of “ Hue’s
last fast,” or lightning four cylinder revolving
presses, to be used on La Patrie, says:
44 Eight, if not ten of these presses are de
manded in Paris for use by the several papers
of large circulation. As the French laws pro
hibit th« introduction into France of machinery
of foreign manufacture, all but this one will
necessarily have to be manufactured in that
country. For liberty to build in tiiis ; ountry
and introduce into France this one, as a ‘work
ing model,' Col. Hoe obtained special permis
sion of the French government, under the
monarchy, last winter whilst in Paris ; and he
has now gone out again, having started in the
Cambria on the 18th, to put this press in ope
ratim, and arrange for the building of the
others in Paris, under the superintendence of
one of the young men brought up in bis estab*
lishrnent, by whom he io accompanied. The
price ofthese presses is $12,000 each. Suc
cess to the American invention and the invent
ors.”
Cotton Picking.—This season has been re
markable in Georgia for the great quantity of
Cotton Picked per hand in the day. The fol
lowing extraordinary picking was made un the
plantation of Geo. P. Combs, of Henry county.
Henry P. Smith picked - - 559 pounds.
A. G. Combs “ 554 “
Edwin, a black boy, - • 554 u
Daniel, “ ... 409 “
In one day by four hands - - 2076 "
American Institute. —The annual fair of
the American,lnstitute was closed on Friday
morning. The Journal of Commerce says that
the exhibition has been eminently successful.
The receipts and number of visiters have been
greater than in any former year. The avails
of this year’s exhibition, as nearly as can he
jndged at present, are not far from $15,000,
which multiplied by four, (the number of per
sons admitted fora dollar ) makes the number
. of pay visiters 60 000, and it is presumed an
i, equal numbsr oifree visitors have been admit*