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POLITIC tL.
dHADUH BAHHFUL'S FIRST AND LAST
■ COURTSHIP.
Wrfl. I tpnsa If I mu* tail you all abootroy
MltiUp, I murt. You moat know our «JW«1
mad* a great fu»a about my •tickin'’ at hnrnn,
round the fire on cold winter niahta. qtw aald Ire
In me one night, mid he, "Well. no*. O.teo.
(you m» he alwaya called me Obed, bnt my name
•J» Ohadiah.) lie uid. "Well now, Obed, you jiet
might a< well be ont rootlin' Deb Jmro*. at to be
Mnattin ilown nere on yum hunker*, and you
• know. Obed. if you die unmarried, the name of
Bashful will be extinct." "Oh. well now, father.
| don’t know ’bout instinct, but I can’t go to court
Del, tm yon know the dressed her hair ao nice,
and ehe’a »uch a rotten nice gal, 'hat every feller
’bout them tarts is halferaay after her; thereat
' Joe Tumrt and Bill Davit, and a hull squad of
ahape* aa wear* all the new fathinn* ; and now
father,.mid I, what would I look like, with my
vld buckskin auit, that I have wore for aix year*.
Anat aide eotne o’ their blue costa and panta and
ahatreeea, and them are thing*—.but tuiher
Wouldn’t hear nothing 'gin*', hie own opinion, and
, au 1 had in go ji*t to pleaae the old mnn.
Deb naed in go to the old while church, you
know, op uncle Ephraim’a laoe. near the black
smith shop, right by the orchard. Well, it wa'nl
there—no, I gueae it wa'nt—1 with it had been—
Wall, I went off. dressed darnetion alick, I
thought—l gueea I rubbed two tallow candlee,
there or thereabouts. into my hair, tryin to make
It curl—but I swan to man, it we* a mietake.
than wan’t uncurl ahoal it, a'ter all, it tuck out
■all etnas juat like pork and pine quill*, 'a* Jim
Siebeut aaya. Well, aomehow or other, I got
niyaelf iotu tolerable atick order, had on the new
bat and coal I won at a raffle nicht before, and
off I bolted to Inc church, with my hende in my
pucker, whlnllin Hail Colnmliy. I felt ji*l aa big
a* utd Bony Part at Waterloo—seed Deb *tep off
ber horea like a feather, and I run* np in t|ieuk
to liar, when up cornea that eternal Joe Turner,
dressed almighty nice, a* if he had been put up
ia a bandbox to keep, and wnlk* her right oil from
ata, before I could get nut, "How da dew Deb I”
If I didn't ' >k nation ehecpwh, I reckon 'taint no
(natter; I blushed tome too; never mind, tbinka
I, maetin will hat# to break up mme time nr oth
er, and Deb will have ui go home, ao I want up
to their Imuaa to wait for her.
She diil come at last, toil “Oh. tnv golly I aha
did look screaming nice ! ~ I" fell *o flusterfied. I
dtd’nt hardly know what toeay no how—at ln*t I
got out. “Deb—that it, I mean Deblmiy. or Deb-
by—iiun’1 I look Jim a* if niy face wa* alt over in
gone# pimple*"—nnd darn my button*, if Deb and
that eternal Joe did'nt laugh till I «ialied tu die
nearly. Hut we ell went in, and Deb handed me
a chair, but I felt to fluttered I never looked where
1 wee Mttin, and down I cetne chewallop, right
on Deb'a bonnet and her fixupr, and overset the
chair, and aprawled right over the flour, and eplit
my new coat right down the hack all open.—
Here wet e nice pickle. Inn Deb pinned it up,
and that gave me a kind nf faction for her, and
ao I staid to tea, but I,was ao flustered I spilt my
laa over Joo'a new paint, and he called nte a Her-
. aed awkward hug! I never said one word all
the time I staid t Dab had to talk all, end I an-
•wered ye* or na. She said to me, "Mr, Obed,
did you ever boar a aerenaile >" Held I, “no,
Min Debory, t never heard of Sarah Nade, bull
know Hall Edwards," and Joa. ilia fool, laughed
at that. But Deb aald *he did'nt mean Sarah
Jfede, it wa* what the town cha|M called their
muaie, wh*n they go nut in play at night*; then
the looked n kind n' ilantindieuiir at him, and I
think he klued her.
But I anon *aw that Deb loved Joe more than
me, nnd I gut ready to hack nut. Deb *aid, •• I
supra* you art join to tea that Moll Mickle.”—
“ Why,’’aald I, "Debory, I reckon I got a little
mote tacts for the line art* than to go after aich a
irnkin critter aa aha la"—than ahe looked right
•mart, at me, and aald, “aba always thought I
was a belter judge nf furniture, than tn apark rich
dittditeV' that tickled me like old anakea, and I
ri* up tu make a bow litr it, but anmahnw or oth
er, I caught my feel together, anti sprawled right
against Iter, and overset her in Joe'* lap I She got
up darned mad I tell you t *ay* rite, “ Mr. Obed.
that I* too bad, I wonder what you will do aext
but I had to laugh i I never, know'tl afore that
Dab wure fain hair, and wlit.'it ahe fell, all her
heart catchers, aa aha uaad to call them, fell off.
and she looked jlst like a shriek owl. “Why,"
aaya 1, “Deb, the next tiling will be somethin tilt
1 reckon t" that made Joe laugh tin nty aide, and
I Hagan in pluck up courage. Hays 1, “ Deb, we
art t“ing tu shear nur old blaok rant, next fuel day
week, and I'll tend you enough woul to make a
wig"- that rie Deb's ebenrxer i the got up and
•he made one pika at me with tha shovel, bull
S tten it was a mistake. I was soon on the road
um, I told all in father, and he laughed, tfur he
always laughed when anything tickled hint-)—
“ Now father," said I, “il vmt want to court Deb,
you can do b, there's on danger now from the
heart catchers,” and he laughed again ; *ava he,
" Obed, eay an mure about Ikul—and I kind n'
took ilia nint, and never said a darned word about
it trnni that day to this.
Well, after a hit. Deb did actually marry Joe,
and as I Mill had a kind o' ancakei) notion a'ter
■ her, I eould out help goin to tee her. and site us
ed In make nation good pumpkin pies, and she
rued lo gin mejist about as much a* I could cram,
and that wa'nt noaluw quantity either.
1 shall never forget one. Christmas eye. a hull
•quad of ua went up tu Delt'a tu mast' cheenuis
and have a Indict well now ynu tee, one of the
cheenuis pipp'd out the fire, and struck Joe on
the nine, and then the gal* began In tniggor in a
Very mysterinu* way; now, says I, to.Patience
Trufit, my gal, what due* that mepn! She
wnnld’ot *av nothin fur a lung lime; at last rite
•aid, “ it meant that Joe would get a present afore
the year wa* out”—nnd then they all bunt nut
laughing like a panel of paynters, and I felt
mighty ohaap lew, but turn enough it did turnout
a* Patience said, for (lore one week. Deb had a
line little ana. and Joe alwaya aaya to this day,
that •• «>mn a* he aeea a cheanut pop out nf the
lire, he is always aura of another Christina* Gift.
DUELLING.
What mint sophists are men—especially Aon
aroMt men. They ration themselves out of the
pelet nf religion.'low, humanity, and common
tense. Passion i*deliberately, by a nettled rule
ef society, elevated over judgement; ami revenge
'claim* a Aral plane in their moral code. The
great commend duelling; the ruler* of the land
practice it; society approve*; and children follow
ing the general feed, become murderers before
they reach uniuhood, "Those who engage in It
alls'll'hava their portion iu the burning lake,"
sailh Revelation—“They shall be eurulled on
the list of fame!” aay the world's exalted. “It is
mutder." saith the law. “It ia justifiable and
proper!" My the law makers. "It .it brutish,"
saith.humanity. “It ia tnunly. spirited, noble !"
saith the world. "It i* the weakest lolly of mad
men," Milh common *eaae. "Pooh!" exclaims
gsniirn, “what a grovelling thought!" It i* even
thus (he world, and the laws of .the world, man
kind land humanity, are at variance. Docs a
p>s>r wretch commit suicide the jury return e
verdict of “crated." Dose a ueedv husband,
stung to desperation by the atarvaiiun of hia wile,
retain to the highway and kill' hia man. lor bread
—he ia a villainous murderer, litr wltom the gal
lows i* mo good. But let two members of Cun
grew, or Midslnpineu, quarrel about a look, a
word, ot a gist* of wine—let thont resort to a field
in open day, armed with pistols and Bowie knives
with some half a doxr.n frieuds to see the sport and
allow fair |day—let them fire or atab at one an
other until one has his heart perforated, hie brains
dashed out, or Ilia bowels ripped asunder—am!
they are, or were MuNoatais. Mia! To our mind*
they gre the maddest of ntudmeu—the moat |ter-
•ictuua criminals—the moat despicable of lia.ls-
hh Tmloa Emporium. ,
Fc.snt, bct ao jiikc.—The mall bag in a car-
taut pan of Mississippi t* generally delivered to a
black woman, wtwi selects indiscriminately “*-
boot the usual quantity of bundle* received by her
master,** as'sbe replied to a peraua. who sr eiug
her busy with .the mail bag. curiously enquired
w hat rite wa* shiMH. I* rite one of Pust Master
Geuerai KemUII'e “ bireliuge 1’’
Praia the U. 8. Telegrspti.
DESPOTISM AND LIBERTY.
It -Wire once our let tn be struck by a moat rin-
ilar anil dreadful simile. On the toad we were
travelling, there was a Mnd-hill in which nttmer-
out swallows hid perforated, in order to bnild their
nests. Clnud* of them would occarionalty fly off
simultaneously and darken the atmosphere.—
While we were admiring the comfort and fair
prospect of this winged republic. Our eye was
suddenly directed to a singular scene (hat wa*
going on in connection with it. A huge and dus
ky snake had let himself down from the over
hanging shrubbaty. attracted by the harvest that
honaed beneath, and had entated one of the hole*
wherein the bird* were tending their young. At
that moment, lie was returning from hi* feast, and
it was in vaio that wa attempted, by throwing et
him, to deter hia deadly entrance into another
family.
Thus, thought wa untoouraaivea, does despot
ism glide in upon the free of all age*; silent and
•low, it move* along without a foot-fall of a mur
mur ; datk anti fascinating, it makes its approach
like the serpent, dsizlitlg and charming with it*
eye. The wing* are nerveless and eochained—
tne dark evil coil* around the body, and soon the
•tame nf liberty is encircled by a horrid spiral
mas* of tyranny ; the head, with forked longue
and poisonous fang, i* raited above tha sacred cap,
and hisaee defiance to it* enemy.
The aerpent steal* upon the eagle in hi* rieep.
He rube hi* soft body against the dozing bird ; he
invest* hi* proud limbs with hi* pliant fold*; the
bird awake*, but chained. Hia proud eye grows
dim ia the death struggle; the tyrant presses
hi* powerful strength in a lighter embrace,'and
the emblem of our country, perishes in hi* grasp.
Thus, in this country, are false principle* be
ing introduced. Tint* agrarianism, fostered by
Richard M. Johnson, which takes the property
from the successful mechanic, and placet it at the
disposal of the wutthlsM loafer, i* becoming one
nf (he creed* nf the'party. Thu* do we hear crie*
of aristocracy raised around tha starving and un
principled crowd* that flock in from Europe, and
desecrate nur ahorse. Thus wilt anarchy creep
iafu our peaceful hornet, end ila breath of poison
infect our healthy institution*. Republican doc'
trine* have been interpreted into Jacobinical dent'
ncracy. The element* of aura and not very tartly
destruction are.lurking in the shade, ana’Mand
prepared in our large cities to grapple with the
true genius nf our country, and stifle it even in its
bright and glorious youth.
Despotism may, nnd will make this country lit
broad and bloody theatre, tinlasalha virtuous and
intelligent citizens will shake off the slumbers
that have bound their energies, and fsarlessly
•land together against the abominable doctrines of
a (tarty which makes Rjchnrd M, Johnson one of
its executors—its trustee. We have br.fure spoken
of his letter tu the lucnfocoites of New York, in
which he flatlerx Ihe mob, and aims a deadly blow
at the laws. Lika the snake and tha awalldw,
wa may be surprised at last.
On tha occasion of Mr. Calhoun's publication
hf tha correspondence between himself and Gen.
Jackaon. I received a communication in writing
from a member of the present cabinet, in which
that publication was regarded by. hjiuwlK and
Gen. Jackson and his friends as a direct attack on
on Aiaianrf Ml administration.
I viewed it in (he same light. I hesitated not
a moment, but rebelled “ the thick” to (he beet
of my ■bilitiea. My course on the breaking up of
the Cabinet was the Mine. I defended General
Jackson, and Mr. Van Ruren, and Major Eaton
from the ferocious attacks made upon them. I did
more, I “carried ihe war intn Africa.”
But there were 'othtr friends of Gen. Jackson
who differed from me on this question. Who
were they I
Attnarw Dotsr.uot«, the nephew end private
eecretery nf the President. He, it is well known,
wae.sn obstreperous and rampant a parlizan of
Mr. Calhoun, that the White Houm could herdly
hold him. An open rupture between himself and
the President et une time teemed inevitable. Who
next 7
Felix Gactinr. He came home from Wash
ington a hot Calhoun man. He declared that
“ Mr. Calhoun had sustained himself" in the cun-
troverey with Genera! Jackson, and visited the,
adjacent counties, preaching similar doctrines. It
reitnlred tun letter* from Governor Carroll—then
iu Nashville—to choke him oil'Ihe Calhoun track,
end to convince him that he wee “barking up thn
wrong tree'" He rebuked me for my course to
wards Mr. Calhiiun, saying that " we ttliton bid
done ell the mischief.”. Who next I
James K. Polk, A warm Calhoun men at
heart, but afraid nf "ihe General." ' He wee too
timid to be of any account either way. Whit
next 7
Cava JnaneoB. “Hie went Ihe whole hog,"
and actually recommended in ■ circular to his
constituents, tint Mr. Calhoun should be tun for
Vice President on ilia Jackson ticket, after the
rupture between Mr, C,.and Gen. Jnckenn.
Van ia a smart fellow. Theta quondam ena-
miee nf hit he uow hold* iu the hollow cl* hie hand.
He weighed them in the ballance. Ha measured
their calibres. He knew where tn tourh them
with his wand. His capture of Major Donelson
was " unt grand" achievement.—Nat. Banner.
’* THE ELECTION.
Tli resulUif that day perhaps may rleglde ei
ther, fur good, or fur evil, the destiny ofthit nation.
Let every man, therefore, who cherishes a regard
Ihr his country—its laws—its usages or its institu
tions. fail tint to perftinn hit duly. The eteclinn
is one of unprecedented iin|Ktrlanca, and demands
front the friends of constitutional government, the
exercise ol their utmost zeal and activity. A
spirit nf corruption, with all its gigantic and con
cumilant evils, ia malting feanul inroads upon the
virtue and independenceoftha people. The rein'
edy is now'ln ourown hands, and if we (ail tu ap
ply it, let us nevet complain of the evilsofi mal
administration. But rather let us sit down with
our arms folded in despair, to Me the disease creep
onward in its climax, and our rights, our liberties,
aud our constitution |,cri*h in the fatal grasp of an
unprincipled oligarchy.—Ata. Timu.
We venture to congratulate our political friends
at hum* and abroad on the result nf the Electron
which tnoK place yesterday, in this state. In this
county it will be observed on reference to the
bove return*, so far et heard from, that Messrs.
Rates and Evetilt, the White candidates for the
Legislature, have received a vole more than
double the Van Ruren candidate; notwithstand
ing the |iarty bro'l but one candidate into the' field
to receive the undivided vole of the faithful.' We
did indeed anticipate the Election nf the White
Candidatea, hut we are agrebsbly disap|»inted in
the tnqjoriiy by which they have probably been
elected; in feci we regard the recent election at
least ao for as this city and county is concerned,
aea decided proot of tlie increariiig popularity nf
Judge White in this section. It seems toMy that
when the Hero of New Orleans shall have retir
ed tn privete life, end hie name and fume shall
cea»e tn be associated with the name of Martin
Van Rnrett, Judge White will easily succeed to
that iii^li plage which hie character and uncom
promising principles have iu m eminent a degree
qualified hint; Morning Chronicle.
A Rot’s Spite—Flogging in Nine England
Cation Mills.—A boy in (he Great Falla Factory
Rhode Island, received lately A round dusen in
■nenrofiwar style, far having cast a piece of iron
into she machinery because his master would not
let him go to Ihe circus. He was determined
theta should be no circus or whirligig in the facto
ry—«o he tlop|ted the wheels of that circus. We
mutt look out for e blow up of our New England
neighbors from Miss Martioeau, II they come
Manchester over their apprentices in this fashion.
Wo can, indeed, already fancy her ladyship with
her ear trumpet gathering upibe piteous screams
ofthe unfortunate factory boy to farm a dirge far
a new work on political economy. Flogging,
the will see. may be heard ofin a northern cotton
mill, well aa iu a southern eottonfeld.
; Cool taret>r«cs.—An Ohio jMtper hat bean
started in favor of Van I’.vren under the title of
the Magician !.! Makeet thou (Ity shame thy
pastime!"— Shakespeare. .
Fisa the Itulsnl luteftlg-eset.
General Scott has returned from New York,
and again passed this, meridian, no hi* way to
Kichmoiid. toj-eo hia family. The predicament
is which thi* wfflcer hae been placed it certainty
a very singular one. Here is a Geuerai, to whom
bail been committed the arduous and responsible
tract of conducting in extended Indian war. sud
denly recalled from hie command bytbe President,
under censure, implied nl least t and. when he
obeys the summons, and reaches the teat of Gov
ernment, be finds no one to whom'he can make
explanations, and is galloping through the coun
try, from p'lllnr to pint, in pursuit nf some superi
or to whom he can report himself.
Finding no one at the teat of Government, or
elsewhere, to whom he can report nr address him
self, and being debarred from returning tu his
command and resuming the prosecution of the
war, he has, we underatand. gone! like a good cit-
iaen, to report himself to hie wife.
Gen. Jackaou is quietly and silently trav
elling towards Tennessee. No noise—do com
mittees of citiaens—no parade—no addresses—no
firing of cannon on the approach of the Hero ol
New Orleans. .The nation's gratitude towards the
Mtidie.'hes been chilled intn neglect and indiffer
ence by the acta of the Chief Magistrate! Hav
ing now little patronage Indlstribme—having near
ly overturned the institutions of his Country and
attempted to substitute an elective mnuarchy for
the free exercise of the people's will, he is about
to realize Ihe effects of bail advice, together with
(be company and influence of evil counsellors.
\' N. Y. Evening Star.
The SrlKtT amp Patriotism or South Car
olina,—Without wishing to derogate from other
States, it may truly be said in (he language ol a
correspondent et Knoxville In the Charleston Pat
riot, that the Palmetto Slate, in all the prelimina
ry, as well at recent proceeding* touching the
great Rail Roatl Convention, ahiues out in bold
and proud relief. Evety State seemed to look up
to her action and advice in this important project,
in which ahe hat taken such a prominent part.—
All the reports and eurveyi were, mode bv her cil-
izene, and through her exertions, and ft was to
these that ihe Convention looked for their guides.
The President, too, was her respected end talen
ted Hayne, nominated by General Wicklifle of
Kentucky. K.'Y. Evening Star.
In the midst of many unfavorable eymptoms
of the health of the body politic, one of a contra
ry character may be mentioned. We allude to
(lie evident deep, general, and heartfelt eorrow ex
pressed for the loss of such men as Mr, Madison
and Bishop White. Tha public have displayed
no ordinary seusntion in relation to the decease
of these two distinguished men; end when we
see virtues like theirs take such a hold u|x>n the
popular sympathies, wo hail the otnen as every
way favorable. Without mingling in the crowd,
seeking Ihe favor, courting the emilee, or wooing
the approbation of the People, it it a' gratifying
fact that their characters are appreciated, and die
homage of a nation's gratitude and praise bestow
ed upon their memory and acrvices, witlt a liberal
ity and cheerfulness which show that it it render
ed spontaneous arid from convictioD. il ls not
necessary, then, yet, think Heaven I to be a braw-
liog demagogue, to command the admiration and
esteem of the country! It it not yet indispensa
ble to live in the turmoil of politics and die in the
embraces of party, In order to be honored.‘by the
People I Virtue, patriotism, talents, honor, may
yet be appreciated, without reference to the mere
reiigioue or political creed of the man who posses
ses and exhibits them in hie life and cnaracter I—
May the reflection work iteown necessary and sal
utary consequence*! ' Alex. Gax.
MEXICO.
" Tba following letter wee written to Vincente
Filoeola, general in chief of the Mexican armie*,
by Jose Maria Tornel, Secretary of the War De
portment. We publish it through the liberality
ut a respectable firm in this city, by whom it was
communicated. N.
To bis Excellency the General in Chief,
Don Vincente Filoeola.
Dear Friend,
Through the criminal apathy of Congress and
the complete nullity of government, it becomes
necessary to put iu use a stratagem tu save our
country and ourselves. You will have to lend
hand Iu its execulinn, unless ynu want to perish
with your army, after wiiuessiugthe utter destruc
tion of the republic. Such is tne boldness of our
revolutionary radicals, and the weakness uf Gov
ernment, that from this time,-up to the moment
when you adopt this plan, you will neither receive
money nur soldiers; you mutt, ere now, no con
vinced of the truth of the first point; as to (he sec-
oud. a more positive ptoof cannot be given than
the sudden halt ofthe army of reserve. Siiclt,
then, is the proper method of executing my plan :
all opinions must tie generalized: above ml, a let
ter must be written to the government of this cap-
itol, mentioning very particularly that all the ar
my want a Dictator appointed, who wilt remain
iu office until Texas lie restored to the repunlic.
Who will be the man 1 No mutter; perhaps
Vincente, for he la at the Mtne'ttine the hope aud
fear of many. . .
This idea ia uot so much to put the plan into
execution, to gel powerless Congress to invest the
government, with all power to restrain the revo
lutionary spirits, and enlist new soldiers, to carry
on (lie war and innintain good order, 1 have
said enough; rellect on niy words; you will fully
appreciate liuw timely is ihie measure. No time
is to be lust; nnd mark me, keep carefully or tear
this letter, writteu by a friend on wliutn you can
roly. JOriE MARIA TORNEL.
From the St. Louis Advertiser.
THE DRUNKARD'S SENTIMENTS.
There is a strength and truth about the follow
ing, which will recommend it to every heart; Tn-
lout has lent her aid, and pictured iu true colors
Ihe folly ind crime of Intemperance—lolly iu thi;
ruin of self, and crime in llio Utter desolation
which it brings around the family at home, i'he
author will conceive the Silent efiec: which it may
have upon the husband and the parent. Con
template yourself free from this-evil—a moral
beauty dwelling about you—turn and view the
victim of intemperance—end then the cup will
be dashed from your lips. The puetry is front
the Wyoming Herald.
Fill up the cup, the bowl, the glass
With win* and spirits, high,
And we will driuk, while round they pass,
Tu—Vice and initcry!
Tush quickly round the draught again,
And drain the goblet low,
And drink, in rrvelry'a swelling strain,
To—Hcaiun'i overtime I
-J. Fill, III again—fill higher tUII,
-V The glass mote wnnidy plans—
Fill up and driuk, end drink and fill,
To—To human beatttinru !
< Tush round! push round, in quickest time—
The lowest drop be spent,
In one loud round to guilt andcrim,'
And—Crones joelpunukount!
Fill, III *g*iu—fill to Ihe brim,
To—Less of honettfame!
QuelT—draper quaff- while bow wa driuk
Our trims, our ehildrcu't shame ’
Push round, push round with loudest cheer '
... t If mirth sod revelry 1
We driuk to— ll'mre’s sighs and tears,
And children's pooertf !
Fill up the glass—fill yet more high!
Thuetooo—M'erletuepeil—
Step not et Woman'* leer* and sighs,
• Give—Beauty’s hrolxn heart!
Ones more! while power nhdl yet vemris,
E'eo with iu latest breed, ‘ .
Ivrink! leewrseries—Disease asd eAi»,
Are IXTAMV ASD DEATH !
made his appearance, and tendered the requisite
amount far debt and costs, at the same time he
demanded a receipt in full. “ Why. Jo", it is un
usual, it is entirely tiunecc**ary.” * O, yes, me
waat'iim receipt, Mrtitt.’' “ I tell you. Joe. a re
ceipt will du you no good." “ riartio, squire
Johnson, I wam'um.” “ What do yoa want it
far. Joe ?” “ O, s|*rte me die and go to Heaven
—then spose they my—“ Well, Joe Sockabasin,
you owe any man nowl’ Then me say ’No.’
•Very well,did you payum Ben JohnsonV * O,
yes, me payum.’ • Well, then, spose you ihowum
receipt V Then me have to go off down—aod
run ell over Is—I. tn huntuin up squire Johnson.”
COLUMBUS t
Thnrsdny Moraslnig, August 11, 1886.
THE PEOPLE'S candidate roa pavsi DENT,
HUGH LAWSON WHITE,
POE VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN T1LEB, of Virginia.
Autl-Yan Burets Electoral Ticket.
AMBROSE BABER, of Bibb,*
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, ofMuscogee,*
GIBSON CLARK, of Henry,*
HOWELL COBB, of Houston,*
GEORGE K.-GILMER, of Oglethorpe,
TH(>3. HAMILTON, ofMerriweihcr,
CHARLTON HINES, of Liberty,
WM W. HOLT, of Richmond,
JESSE MERCER, of Wilkes,
DAVID MERUIWETHER, of Jasper,*
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
* Union White men.
CongresBional Ticket,
JULIUS C, ALFORD, ol Troup,
EDWARD J. BLACK, of Scriven.
WALTER T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON. orGreene.
IUCH’RD W.H AB E ItS !1 A M, of Habersham.
JOHN II. HOWARD, of Baldwin.
JOSEPH W. JACKSON, of Chatham.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn,
EUGENIUS A. NE8BIT, of Morgan.
A paper, called Ihe " Peoples’ Press, published
either in Maineor North Caroliua. there or there-
alrouie, tells a capital anecdote of Jue Socabariu,
an fudiau of the Penobaaot tribe, after-this wise.
It appear* that Joe, not long riocr, wet sued for
rite sum of five dollars, by a white man, before
Squire Johnson. On the day of the trial Jot
The elections in our sister State of Alabama,
were held on the 1st inst. The Vanites strug
gled manfully, the officeholders shouted like all
mad, but from appearances since the election, it
was evidently no go. The wand ot the Magician
has lost its charm, the people of Alabama are de
termined to throw ofi' the yoke imposed upon them
by an unprincipled enemy, and if we mistake not;
they commenced this goodly work at the elections
aforesaid. We haveseen but partial returns from
the State, but judging from tjie awful silence
of the Van Jacks, we rather think the game
is lost to them. The White flag is fldating on
the Western breeze. The South will aland erect
in due time, and Georgia—what will ihe do?
Ode neighbor of the Herald; corrects his state
ment of last week, that the Rost party were hos
tile, end murdering every thing before them in
Cherokee. ‘ We were satisfied when we read the
account, that an imposition had been practiced on
the editor! There are men in Georgia that would
rejoice to see Ross and his party commence hos
tilities ; they think it would have a political ef
fect. Hence the' imposture practiced upon the
Herald. The editor will see into these things af
ter a while, if he will keep a sharp look out.
SMALL MATTERS.
The celebrated expunging Resolutions of the
great Humbug Benton, have been laid Upon the
table uf the Senate untill the times become more
corrupt than at preient—which in all probability
will be some years hence. They had their day
and worked their glorious object, flattered the van
ity nfthe President and filled the Senate with a
host of weak and servile tools of the intended
successor. Now they are quietly condemned to
the shade*, aud Benton kicked out of the party.
Sic transit gloria munili,
- We are here to-day and gone a Sunday.
Congress adjourned, according to the masterly
and instructive letter ofthe illustrious nominee of
the family citcle, on the 4th day of July, 1836,
This important event has been gloriously signa
lized by the exponent of his fathers principles, and
will lie recollected as long as the service which
Jabez has rendered the State shall be felt and ap
preciated. by his coftstitucnis. May we always
have men in that august assembly, with gump
tion enough to find nut when Congress does ad
journ, and time enough to tell it to the people—
and a little toapare for other purposes.
A great man has fallen in Alabama. James
E. Belser, editor ofthe Advertiser,and censor gen
eral ot the morals of all the west, departed from
the polls on the 1st of this month, badly beaten
for a seal in the Legislature. He is now on the
high road td promotion; it having become the set
tled policy ofthe government to reheriih and feed
every worthless wretch that the people condemn
and reject. We will wager a section of land,
which we (never) stole from the Indians, that
Van Burcn gives Belser an office, before the ex
piration of six months.
N. B. If Von undertakes to supply with office
all of his “hirelings,'' that will suffer defeat daring
the present yfcar, as Nichoi Baity Jarvis says,
“much tribulation will stand in his path.”
. We have received a lew numbers o( a small af
fair published at Pontotoc. Miss., called iheCHic-
kesaw Union, At. its head stands in flaming
capitals the names of Vqu Buren and Johnson,
large as life and twice as natural. If the size of
this sheet bears any proportion to the prospects of
these two worthies in that section ofthe country,
their chance of success is already bung upon the
willows. It is at best a small affair in size, man
ner. and matter, and in self defence we must cut
its acquaintance;
TEXAS.
We have but little information recently from
this interesting country. There 'Seems to be a
pause, a stillness there; which may be the pre
cursor of storms, and bnttiee, and bloodshed.—
Mexico it iereported,- has sent an army often,
fifteen or twenty thousand men, to complete the
work of death and desolation, in the doing of
which Santa Anna was so slgnaliy'checked, so
shamefully beaten. Suppose these thousands
of poor and cowardly assassins, should come as
reported, is it supposed far a moment, that they
will succeed in their murderous purposes 1 Will
the chivalry of the South and West slumber in
active, whilst Lahar cad his brave followers are
doomed to the fate of Fannin, by the fortunes of
war I Is there a sword from Maine to Mexico,
that would not leap from its scabbard to shield
them from the cold blooded assassination that a-
waits them in case of defeat ?
But they will not be defeated. There is a spir
it awakened,- which will not be still at a tyrant's
bidding. There is a retributive justice, the ad
ministration of which is delegat ed to the struggling
patriot* of Texas, a portion of which has been
dealt out on iho field of San Jaciutu, and the bol-
lunce will be nteeted tu ihe murderers, when the
mirmadnas of despotism shall encounter the ie-
gioas of Lamar. What hs* Texas in fear ? From
East and West, from North and South, the-dar
ing and adventurous suns of the United Stales are
flocking to her StandarJ. Mexico, always feeble
in point of moral courage, i* now rendered physi
cally weak by intestine commotions and internal
divisions. The wretched despotism imposed up
on Iter by Santa Anna, is crumbling before the
effort* of those who struggled hard for tlte Consti
tution of 1824, and nre now determined to mnke
another effort to secure the privileges of a confed
erated government. Now then is the day, now is
the hour for Texas to etr ike her lest decisive blow
far freedom. Now is the time far the fearless and
the free logo to her assistance. The hour of her
redemption is at hand. The bloody flag of the
oppressor was trailed in the dust at San Jacinto.
Let every ftieod of the oppressed, pm his foot up
on it, and keep it there.
From the letter published below, it will be seen
that the war is not yet quite over. We are glad
to see that ALFORD led the charge, and from
other sources to learn that he eminently distin
guished himself in the fight. There is no man
in ihe State better suited to cope with these sava
ges than Mnj. Alford. Quick in his determina
tions, and active to carry bis plans into execution
—fearless in battle,and by his example wellcalcu-
iated to infuse a spirit of daring enterprise into the
must slothful of his followers- A man who would
not stand in the deadly breach without flinching
by the side of such a leader, ought' to run the
gauntlet as a coward, or be drummed out of camp
as a poltroon- His men, however, like himself,
stood up to the mark, and when the running was
done, the Indians it was that done it. Go ahead,
boys; thrash these scoundrels in everv swamp,
and let not enough of them cscape'to Florida to
tell the (ale of their disasters.
J .. Camp Hoxet, 6th August, 1836.
Gentlemen—After a forced march I joined my
battalion in Randolph, determined, if God would,
to have revenge far the events of the fatal Sunday
when ray men fought without their commander.
I found upon my arrival that Gen. Samlford was
pursuing the Indians with great eneray, and after
exhausting himself with personal fatigue, he took
a single.day to rest, sending me iu the swamp with
my battallion and Capt. Boslwick's company of
Pulaski County, to drive far the Indians.. We had
also.n fewnf the Baker.County boys, under Capt.
House: among them are some men that can trail
equal to blood-hounds. We had not proceeded
far before the'sign became certain. About 2 o’clock
on yesterday, we came upon their camp; they
were entrenched behind some large pino logs, and
received us with a brisk firo. 1 was struck with
the second ball that was fired; a large dirk knife
saved me from a.dangernus if not a fatal wuund-;
the ball struck the knife in my. pantaloons pocket,
and thus was prevented from penetrating deeply
into my thigh', the bruise is considerable, but will
soon be well. Finding that the enemy had the
vantage ground, I determined at once to storm the
tamp; the order to charge, with loaded guns, was
obeved promptly, and thus commenced the most
brilliant and impetuous charge; the enemy made
a faint effort to rally, but a nre was opened upoo
them as we went, which they could no; bear; they
fled, leaving all their plunder and a fine dinner
behind them ; the traces of blood were considera
ble, but they leftno deader wounded behind them.
In the pursuit we found pans ofiitters very bloody,
upon which they carried their dead or wounded.
The swamp was a complete covert to them, and
they made good their retreat. In pursuing them
my men and officers would mire in the mud, and
the march after their trail before the fight wus so
long and fatigueing, and we were so much ex
hausted, we were compelled to desist. The bat
talion unanimously voted me tbe present of a fine
rifle, token on the fiold loaded. We took up the
linn of march for camp, and just as night came
on, made our escape from the most extensive and
dismal swamp 1 ever saw. My officers and pien
fought with great and unflinching firmness, nnd
all distinguished themselves, especially in (he ex
ecution of the order to charge. The Indians
raised the tenr whoop, but thesound was lost in the
tremendous shouts of the charge. We had no
certain means of ascettaining the strength of the
Indians; from the size of their camp and the
amount of their vittuals cooked, for dinner, we
could easily say they wore a hundred sliung, but
I am of opinion that therewus not quite that number
from all I could see.
Very roepectfully.
JULIUS C. ALFORD.
The fallowing letter from Maj. lloxey, although
embrqciug some particulars with which our rea
ders have been made acquainted, will neverthe
less be read with intetest, on account of the mi
nute information which it contains, relative to the
movements of the forces below.
Fort Gaines, Ga. July 27lh, 1836.
Messrs Editors—Supposing our friends io Co
lumbus felt anxious to hear from us. I have
thought proper to give , you the following state
ment, ns to the movements and.ulterionlesiinatinn
of my Battalion. After leaving Columbus, we
arrived at Fort McCreary aud agreeably toorders
nf Major General Sanford, I directed all the com
panies stationed there, to march immediately in
pursuit of Ihe Indians, pursuing the route taken by
Gen. Sunford, who commands the expedition in
person. The fallowing companies took up the
line of march from Fort McCreary, at day light
thisday. viz; Capts- Hendrick's. Calhnnn's, Glov
er's anil Byne's, all nronqted Troops. During the
night, I received an express from Geh. Sanford,
requiring all tbe ammunition tn be sent forthwith
to him, which was aocordingly done, also an ac
count ofn battle being fought by Maj. Jernigan,
that excellent partizan officer, il a swamp some
8 or 10 miles below Lumpkin. Jernigau wassuc-
cesMul re routing the Indians,' but they rallied,
and he was in turn, compelled to reirent, with the
loss of two men, and 15 wounded. He has since,
received reinforcements, and 1 think it probable,
ere this, he has had another engagement. It is
supposed lie killed many io his fight on Monday.
I received, during my stay at Fort McCreary, an
account ofthe battle fought on Sunday last, from
the officers wlip were eugaged in that affair, aud
I have no doubt but that it was among one of the
best fought battles that has laken place during the
present campaign.. Capte. Glover and Calhoun,
greatly distinguished themselves, so did the Lieut;
of Cppt. Kendrick’s Cumpany from Troup co.
(Kendrick being at tha' lime mi furlough,; Lieut.
Broddtisfrom Jasper, was successful io turning the
right flank ofthe Indians, and had it not been far
the unfortunate orders given by some one, that
they were out of ammunition and ought to retreat.
I believe they would have most signally defeated
the savage foe, as it was, they took much of their
baggage and plunder from the Indians, as well
as the'rifles of lliose that were killed, aud brought
offtheir own dead and wounded. I have sta
tioned the Columbus Guards, and a small detach
ment ofthe Columbus Independent Artillery, with
one 6 pounder at Fort McCreary, under the com
mand of Capt. Urquiiart. The balance of my
Battalion, viz: the Artillery and Cadet Rifle
men, with three compnotcs from Fort Gaines, viz:
Capt. Holme’s Volunteers and Capt. Wilson and
Gregory's Companies, I shall take with mo to
Mount Vernon, in Florida, thence up Flint River,
to Baiiibridge, s>here after marching by lond 50
miles, we shall interpose between the Chickusu-
hatchie and Flint River, and be ready to act in
the Chickasahotchie or Colownhee, as we may
find the enemy. The arrangements are well
planned by Gen. Sanford, who will be above,
Jeruigan on the flanks, and my Buttalion below,
it appears to me, that it wifi be impossible for the
enemy to escape. I believe our boys will be at
last gratified with a fight, for after so many fa
tiguing marches and scouts iu the nation and thi-*.
our second expedition to the swamps in Baker,
should we fail, it would be mortifying indeed.—
From I'ne signs, where the Imliulis crossed the
Cliallalioochio on Saturday evening last, which!
examiued this morning, I believe they are in great
farce, and are ludiaus that were reported friendly,
during (he invasion by out troops.
HOXET. =
Since the above waa in type Mnj. Hoxey
N\ \
'■i J
has been ordered io this place and orrived sat
Tuesday with the Artillery and Cadet Rifleman.
He proceeded from Fori Gaines down the Cliata-
lioochee, and thence np the Flint twenty milea a-
lmve Barobridgc, where he landed his command
and scoured the swamps in Baker without find
ing much sign of Indiaus. lie fell in with Gen.
Sanford’s comm ami near the Chickesnwhnchie
swamp, and left him a few hours before Alford’*
engagement. The Guards are still at Fort Mc-
Craiy.
HE, OF KINDERHOOK.
The arts, to which the spoils party of late, re
sort to convince the people nfthe South- that Van
Buren is their very good friend, furnish some ev
idence at least, of the waneing prospects of tba
great Magician. Men. when they are certain of
success, are always wilting to risk the fate of
their favorite upon the good sense of the country;
they feel strong, and a sense of this strength en
genders a confidence that spurns the ordinary pet
ty tricks of desperate political gamesters. Find
ing however, and feeling that the contest is too
doubtful io rest their hopes upon any thing that
the “mousing gramalkin" has heretofore done for
Ids country, and knowing that the active history
of his life lias been one continued struggle against
the rignis and interests of those whose support is
now presumptuously demanded us a mailer of.
right, they audaciously ask the Southern people
to elevate an enemy to the Presidency, and de
pend upon his present fair promises as a salvo for
past injuries, a security fa; his future good behav
iour. A mnn that never kept faith with friend
or foe, faither than interest or convenience dicta
ted, who has deserted the one or clung to the oth
er as suited his purposes of self exaltation, who
has buttled with the mean cunning of a fax, a-
gaiust the long cherished principles and policy
held sacred by Southern Republicans; this man.
we repeat, is now to be taken up, supported for,
and elected to the Presidency, upon his bare naked
promise, that he will mend Iris ways and do bet-
ter hereafter. What is easier than to make prom-
ises 1 Nothing, except it.may be. to break them!
.What will not Van Buren promise, what will not
his loving friends engage he shall do, if it will
ensure his election 7 Listen if you please, to out
of them who writes to our neighbor .if the Sentinel
in the words and figures following to wit :—
New York, July 22d, 18.36.
“ Gentlemen.—I have lately had the pleasure
nf seeing Mr. Van Buren, and I can assure you,
that he is the firm and uodeviuting friend of South
ern rights. He id' fully with us upon the slave
question and far Texas. On the contrary, should
the Whigs!! as they call themselves, by any
possible chance succeed in electing White or Har-
rison, God help us of the Soith! far Hook upon
Mr. Van Buren's election as the only hope wo
have against these rascally aud abominuble Ab
olitionists.” ]
Now we should like to be informed how ths
writer of this epistolary,equizzlo, made the- hith
erto unmade discovery, that Van Buren is the u'n-
deviating friend of Southern rights; fully with
un upon the slave question, &c. The arch in-
triguerno doubt told his believing disciple all that
is written in this sweet little epistle. No doubt
he told him if White-or Harrison was elected ths
South would be ruined ; and that the only way
to put down the rascally and abominable Abofi.
tibnists was to put up the most rascally and abom
inable of-the fraternity. This kind of political
logic is of the New York school. It was just like
Van Buren ; and it was precisely like a great
lubber headed goose to swallow, believe, and re
tail it all. .
But to treat this subject a little more serious, for
il is seriopsly contended that the prince of Kin-
derhook, who is now riding rough shod over the.
South oh the popularity of Gen. Jackson, tt the
friend of our domestic institution*, and that in hia
hands alone these institutions will be permanent
and secure. When, where, nnd how has he
shown that friendship 7 By what act ofhis came-
lonlike life, has he cast forward, even tbe shadow
ol that affection, which his partizaus avow he
cherishes toward ns; or rather, by what act haa-
be not evinced an enmity Its inveterate and deep
rooted as the vilest of those wretches that dare tb is
day howl forth their hostility. He is, to bo sure,.
a little more enutious of late, than the less cun
ning and less interested fanatic whose views he
has always promoted, and with whom he has al
ways acted; but it is seriously questioned, wheth
er his making a virtue 'of necessity shall redeem
him from the sin and shame whiclt attaches to the
less wary and less interested enemy. The whole
crew are of the same family. He a nd they com
menced their nrad crusade together, travelled tha
same dark and dcnlike road, nnd intended at the
onset to arrive at the same infamous goal. If
he has uow pretended to stop short, in order Io
win the smiles of these whose faces be would
fain have drenchod iu tears, it proves him but the
greater villain, and ia justice, ought to draw down
upon him the more lorrible rebuke nf an injured
und insulted people.
It may be indeed, that Mr. Van Buren is ndt io
favor of Abolition, in the view of that subject so.
justly appalling to the South; if he is not, we
would gladly be informed, how far beyond hit
support of Ihe docirioe, its advocates have ever
went. Let us examine and see r They conten
ded at first fur a gradual emancipation of the
slaves: he sanctioned and sustained them in the
measure. They desired the free negro to be el
evated to the dignity, and clothed with the politi
cal privileges of a while man : he voted lo en
graft this shameless principle upon the fundamen
tal law of his native stale. They would prohib
it the existence of slavery in a territory about to
be admitted into the great family of Statei—he
aided in this attempted restriction, and busied
himself in the election, to the Senate, of Rufut
King the acknowledged champion of tho rcstric-
tionists. They, proceeding on ariuther step in
their mad career,' claim a right in Congress, lot
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, as a
kind of prelude to its ultimate abolition in the
States: Ho the fast friend of Southern rights,,
even whilst the fanatics are pouring into-the hall*
ofthe National Legislature, carl toads of petitions
aod memorials upon this subject, does not feel,
authorized from tbe lights before him, to say that
Congress does not possess this dangerous and a-
larming power, eo insolently claimed by his co-
workers. These are the leading overt movements
of ihe Abolitionists, in all of which Van Buren
has went with tbe crowd uf fanatics. Here then,
is tbe man, who according to the sapient letter
writer, is tbe undeyiating friend of Southern
rights. This is the history of the aspirant, who is
lully with us upon the slave question, .and to
whose election we are to look, as our snJy hope
against the rascally, und abominable Abolition
ists. If this be eo, if indeed things have arrived
at such a crisis, we may truly say, without being
guilty of irreverence, " Got) iave us or the
Sooth.”
EUR THE ENQUIRE*.
Messrs Editors.—To a man up a tree, il would
look like justice to that part of the town, fur the
corporation to placp a pump In the well, in tiro
cross of Uglcllmrpe aud Randolph streets. I do
not know upon what principles the City author!-