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Rtnneo.*’
Tb rapeal by the present Congress of the
o,bous tariff of 1843. has again set in motion
the Whig cry of the “ country’s ruined” and al
ready as if by preconcerted action, the Whig
pna throughout the length and breadth of the
laad, have pealed the “ clarion note,” by tvhich
they vainly hope to accomplish its repeal.
But we rejoice in the consciousness that this
•r f wolf” will be ineffectual: the people
have too long had “ panic” ay 1 “ commercial
disaster” rang in their ears to be longer frighten
ed by the bugbear, and our Whig friends will
find—that nauseous as it may be—they must swal
low the pill.
If this present tariff bill is repealed, it will be
to substitute in its stead one of more enlarged
views and liberal policy.
We copy as a better expression of our opin
ion, the following from the “Trenton Empori
um,” of July 31st.
“THE COUNTRY RUINED AGAIN
* Never was there so unfortunate a country
as that which we endearingly call ( our own.’
Will the reader be so good as to glance back over
our political history for two or three generations,
uni call to mind how repeatedly it has been
plunged into mourning—how often it has been
undone how frequently and how irretrcvably
it has been ‘ruined !’
“The election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800
ruined the country past all remedy ; the declar-’
stion of war in 1812 was the signal of a still more
deplorable ruin ; and when the great, the imm
ortal Jackson—the indomitable military chief
tain—was elevated to the presidency, the wail
ing over cur poor country’s latest and greatest
ruin wis truly hear-rending. Still, bad as was
then our situation—deeply as the country was
clothed in its weeds of wo—it was soon to know
a sadder and a more fatal ruin.
“ Who does not •emember the scenes of 1838
when * the man of the iron will’ dared to re
move the depositee from the coffers of the great
* monster'Jm Chesnutstreet 1 Who has forgotten
the miles of petitions with which Congress was
flooded—the pictures ofdistress which were drawn
by Webster and Clay and the other champi
ons of the great whig party—the elongated vi£
ages which the politicians assumed—the deep
tad awful ruin which mtde the “canal a solitude,
aa-l the lake a desert waste of waters!”
“ But alas! our ruin did not stop here! The
* monster’ must be wound up! The decree has
go.is forth from the man who never yet ‘had
shrunk from danger or from duty. The ‘mon
ster’ must be destoyed—the proud money-king
must be brought low! Alas! for our poor, lost,
doomed, ruined country! Every business man
in the country must now go down. How could
merchants ever collect their debts? How Were
we to negotiate exchanges. What was to be
come af the great and glorious credit s stem !
It was now clear that the country which had
stood the shock of so many ruins must sink un
der >■ the latest and greatest ruin of all.
We cannot revivify those doleful times. We
cannot recall the sackcloth and ashes which
dwelt in the vacant look—in the tone and con
versation of the mercantile circles— which hung
like ao many sad banners on the walls of our
political Zion. It was utterly inpossible for bus
iness men to get along—they must give up; Mr.
Nicholas Biddle must be sent far away to New
York, and the merchants must get down on
their knees before him, and beg of him to save
the poor, distracted, down-trodden, ruined coun
try.
“ Reader, do you remembet these’things, Cam
you recall to mind the time when the Courier
an 1 Enquirer proposed to send an alritty of ten
thousand men to Washington in order for drive
the President from his noble firmness by physi
cal force! Do you see before you the armies
of commutes—the machinery of the whig press
—the small pot-house politicians—the great
merchants all crying ruinl mini I ruinl-U
If so, you have learned something of tike ppli
aucea ofwhigery and the means to which it some
time resorts in order to accomplish its purposes.
• But it seem* that we a e not done with ru
in even yet. We have had an odious, Unjqst,
abominable tariff; a law which enabled the man
uhaannto amass enormous wealth while it
bom heavily cn the great agricultural interests
of the country; which protected one branch of
haataesa at the expense of the rest; which dis
criminated in favor of one class and against
another.
“An attempt has bfeen'mhdc to readjust this
nfj and make its burdens and its advantages
mora equal. In ihe new bill the immense far*
am; interests of our whole great country have
been regarded, while the manufacturers still con'-
tinm to be heavily protected. Still this class
ate, on the whole, the losers, while the great
W*y of the people are the gainers.
“ And how is this effort met 1 as
every other truly democratic measure has been
metlrom the foundation of the government to
the present time. The princes ot the loom and
the forge, the men who have been amassing
their thousands by tire unjust cunning of whig
h-gislatiitu, the rich companies which have been
dividing their 15. and 20, and 30, and even 40
per cent, (jer annum; have again started the cry
of ruin, ruin , rtiin ; and men really seem to
owallow it with as much relish as though they
had never l>een humbugged before.
“Wc trust that the democrats will remember
that their old federal opponents arc panic-ma
kers bv profession; that notwithstanding all the
ruin which has fallen upon the country, like the
clouds of Egyptian locusts, we have continued to
grow and to prosper; that liberty did not de
generate into infidelity after the election of Jef
flmtn; that the war of 1812 did not end in sub
jection, hut in glory; that Jackson went down
to the tomb, beloved ly all at home and admired
and h iK-rrJ bv the wlnvle world of mankind;
tat we ran collect debts, carry on business, and
regulate exchanges, without a great central
bank; and lastly, that we shall continue to go on
n our unequalled career ot prosperity, even
though we have pulled down out system of spec
il legislation, made to build up the few at tl.c
ex pen-e of tire many.*
roa the times;-
BEARDLESS BOYS'.
Mr. Editor:—Our friend of the Enquirer
cctnpL.ins that the Quarter Masters appointed bv
the President, area parcel of “beardless- boys.”
Os the recent appointment, I know but one of
them and I suppose that he is the only one that
the Enquirer knows, and I think he lacks a good
deal of being a “beardless boy.” lie is about
the age that Hannibal and Pompey were, when
they first became famous as Generals. About
the age of Mr. Pitt when he became prime Min
ister of the greatest government then existing in
the civilized wold. Nearly as old as- Washing
ton when he saved Braddock’s army. Older than
John Randolph when he fi st was elevated to a
seat in Congress—older than LaFayette when
appointed a Major General in the army of the
I nited States, and older than Charles the 12th
when he gained the greatest of all of his victories.
I should therefore suppose that Re was fully old
enough to buv a few wagons and mules, unless it
requires an older man to buy wagons and mules ,
than to command armies or govern Empires.
HARRIS.
FO THE TIMES.
SVPPRESSIXG ♦HE TRIJTH.
Mt. Editor.—l believe it is laid -down in all
codes, both legal and moral, that suppressing the
truth, is as bad as telling a falsehood. - If this be
true, and I presume none will deny it, what are
we to thick of those whose duty it is to teach
morals, and keep the people informed of the true
state of ai! matters affecting their interests. My
allusion is principally to those who conduct the
public press. lam sorry to say that aft parties
are more or less guilty of it, but I have recently
noticed in the Whig papers an* unusual quantity
of this kind of falsehood, and much of it so bare
fitced that the writers do not even get the credit
of being ingenius liars. They not only treat
their readers, as fools, but as consumate fools. I
will give you a few instances of suppression.
They find fault with the Democrats for taxing
s* tit 20 per cent. Sugar, Molasee and Iron, 30
par cent, suppressing the fact that under’ the
Whig Tariff which th ey went for retaining. Salt |
it taxed 75 to 100 per cent., Sugar and M4ases
50 to 100 per cent, and iron and articles manu
factured of Iron 50 to 100 per cent., or more—
coarts cottons now pay 50 to 100 percent—re
duced by the late act, I believe, to 30. They
likewise suppress the fact, that tire farmers Log
Chains under the-Whig tariff, pays ten times
as much duty as the dandy’s breast-pin.
I would multiply similar instances of suppres
sion, if necessary, but the above is enough to
shew the unfairness of this mode of discussion.
The great body of the people of this country
rely on the public press for information, it is
therefore the more lamentable, that there is gen
erally so little dependence on them for correct
information. Sexeca.
DEATH GUER
RA AND JAMES BOTKIN.
Our city is in mourning for the death of
two of our oldest and most esteemed citizens.
We give below the proceedings of the Inferior
Court upon their receiving the information of
their demise. They were both buried on the af
ternoon of yesterday, Maj. Guerry with tlie
appropriate ceremonies of the Masonic Lodge
and Fire Comjiany, of both of which was a
member.
Muscogee Inferior Court, Aug. Term,
1846,
The court met pursuant to adjournment, when
Col. Alexander McDougald arose and announc
ed to the Court and Bar the death of Maj, Jacob
M. Guerry, a member of this Bar, and after a
few feeling and impressive remarks: offered the
following Preamble and Resolutions which were
unanimously adopted :
Whereas, it has pleased Divine'Providence in
His all wise dispensations, to call from our midst
our brother and fellow-citizen, Major Jacob M.
Guerry, who departed this life on the 10th inst.
Not only in accordance with an honorable cus
tom, but in obedience to the softest feelings of the
human heart, we the members of the Bar beg
leave to submit the following Resolutions :
Ist. Resolved, Tljat we deeply deplore the
death of Jacob M. Guerry, and the void thereby
created in our midst and his irreparable loss to
the community.
2nd. Resolved, That we earnestly sympathise
with the afflictions of his family, and numerous
relatives and friends in this sad bereavement.
3rd. Resolved, That in testimony of his many
exalted virtues as an affectionate husband, indul
ggpt Father, and his -incorruptible honesty in all
bis private and public transactions through life
that we members oi this Court an<l Bar do wear
the usual badge of mourning for the space of
thirty day#.
4th. Resolved, That the members of the Court
and Bar do attend in a Body, the funeral of the
deceased, and that the court do stand adjourned
for this day.
sth. Resolved, That the clerk of this court do
enter these proceedings upon the minutes of this
court, and furnish the family of the deceased
with a certified copy of the same,
6th. Resolved, That the clerk of this court do
furnish a copy of these Resolutions to each of the
Papers published in this city lor publication.
After the passage of the above, Hines Holt,
Esq. announced the death of James Boykin, Esq.
and offered the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted by the court and its officers,
memhers of the bar and citizens in attendance.
Resolved, That in the death of James Boykin,
Esq., the county of Muscogee and city of Col
umbus, have lost one of its most upright, virtuous
and valuable citizens.
Resolved, That we offer our sincere condo
lence to the family and relatives of the deceased,
and that we will attend his funeral this evening
at 5 o’clock.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions be
published in the city papers.
A true extract from the minutes of the court.
MICHAEL N. CLARK, Dep. Cl’k.
August 11* 1846.
TREASON TO PENNSYLVANIA.
The infamy has boen consummated ! and by
the vote of George Mifflin Dallas of Pennsylva
nia! The Old Keystone has been blasted by the
ingrafe hand of a treacherous son. Like that of
him who fired the Ephesian dome, the fame of
George M. Dallas shall be immortal—immortal
to execration, immortal to infamy. The Com
monwealth that had given him birth, life, favor,
wealth, station and power, called upon him to
stretch forth his arm and save her; he has an
swered the call as the assassin responds to the
mercy cry of the helpless. Alas! poor Penn
sylvania ! An empire within herself, possessing
more of the real elements of wealth and great
ness than the entire Union besides, she has been
sacrificed to the dogmas of the South—prostra
ted and trodden down to earth by those who
were pledged, orally and in writing, to stand by
her. The fraud must be wiped out— Repeal is
the word and we set the ball in motion, even
though we stand “solitary and alone.” But we
shall not be alone. The tough stout arm of six
teen thousand iron-workers and miners, will roll
on the ball, nor will it stop till justice has been
done to Pennsylvania.
The above is the doleful lamentation of the
editor of the Philadelphia Times—a pseudo de
mocratic paper—at the passage of the tariff.
. Haint he a Pennsylvanian !
91Alli ROBBERIES AND MVRDER IN
FLORIDA.
Tallahassee, (Fla.,) August 1
Mail Robberies, &c.—Within a week
past, there have been several arrests in Gadsden
county, ofpersons accused of robbing the mail,
stealing and running oft’negroes, horses, &c. One
of the stage drivers on the route from Quincy to
Chattahooi lice, is said to be of the clan, and has
made his escape to parts unknown. One of
those arrested lias been brought to our city and
placed in jail. Our citizens are in pursuit of oth
ers, and it is hoped that the villains will be
caught and brought to justice. The extent to
which this villainy has been carried is truly sur
prising, but is now likely to be brought to light
There arc so:n§ concerned who have heretofore
been unsuspected. We learn there is g oat ex
citement in Gads lenon the subject. Three per
sons have already lieen arrested. There seerns
to have been a secret clan connected with the
mail driver, from Quincy to Chattahoochee, and
that the Western mail has frequently been rob
becT on the route. AH the available funds in
the New-Orleans mail has been abstracted, and
letters containing drafts unavailable, destroyed.
It is most fortunate for our citizens ’hat they the
villainy has been discovered, and with a good
prospect of bringing those concerned to justice.
— Floridian.
We regret to learn that a few days since,
Fmlcrick Pittman, Esq., of Jackson County, was
shot through the window while sitting in his
own house. The ball entered his forehead blow
ing oft'the top of his head, killing him instantly .
No clue has yet been discovered as to who com
mittted the vile deed. —"7 bid.
A liiTEH art Curiositt.— The following
is the true copy of a supercriplion of a letter
which passed through our city post-office last
week:—
“ to my deer Suit Sally
•She Cawgar
Elinoize.
T had a short ager spell to-day,”
[Hannibal Journal.
The excitement in Lexington, Ky., relative
to the trial of young Shelby, seems unabated.
The Observer contains ail address to the pub
lic signed by the members of the Scott and La
fayette bars, and letters from leading citizens
declaring Judge Bushier to be“ pure and un
sullied, and that nothing had occured in the
trial or at any other time to shake their confi
dence in him/’ “As * Juu ge, in his intelli
gence,ability and personal honor, they affirm
they ha seperfect confidence
AitcbEß*. —-This ancient sport, says the New
York News is piaCtised at C-pt. May, daily, by
ladies. They have selected a large field for the
purpose and make the sport quite a feature in
the amusm en there.-
A Curiositt —For the first time, says aft
exchange paper, in six years, a drunken man
was seen in Ware, (Mass.) on the 20th ult.,—
.and he nat resident of the place. _
REMARKS OF THE HON. GEORGE
M. DALLAS IN REFERENCE TO HIS
VOTE ON THE TARIFF BIL.Ii.
The President rose and said :—The Senate
being equally divided on this important question,-
I may be indulged in briefly stating the princi
pal reasons for the vote I am required by the
constitution to give.
Excluded from any participation in forming
or modifying the bill, I am bound to sanction or
condemn it exactly in the shape in jvhich it
stands. The responsibility is deeply felt. It
belongs, however, to the office assigned to me by
my fellow-citizens, and will be assumed with
frankness, and, I hope, not Unbecoming firmness.
The consequences of my decision, either way,
may seriously affect the country. No one can
entertain, as to that, a profounder solicitude^ —
But. alter summoning to my aid the best pur
poses and best lights that I can command, the
consequences, be they what they may, must be
hazarded.
The system for obtaining the revenue necessa
ry to support their government is established di
rectly or indirectly, by the people of the United
States, within the limits, and agreeably to the
prescribed forms of the constitution. Whatever
is ascertained to be their will on the subject, all
should undoubtedly acquiesce in. That there
are known and approved modes by which their
will is expressed, cannot be questioned ; and the
public officer who reads that will with candor
and integrity, may feel assured that he conforms
to the institutions of his country when he makes
it the guit!s of his conduct. To my mind ample
proof has been furnished that a majority of the
people and of the States desire to change, to a
great extent, in principle, if not fundamentally,
the system heretofore pursued in Assessing the
duties on foreign imports. That majority has
manifested itself in various ways, and. is attested
by'lts representatives in the other house of Con
gress, by whom this bill has been approved, and
whose votes undeniably indicate the popular
sense in the large proportion of eighteen out of
the tweijty-eight States. In this Senate an ana
lysis of the vote before me discloses that while six
States (Ohio, Virginia* New Hampshire, Geor
gia, Michigan and Maine) are equally divided,
eleven (Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina
and Vermont) are against, and eleven (Arkan
sas, Missouri, Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, South
Carolina, Mississippi, New York, Texas, Ten
nessee and Florida,) are for the change. Pecu
liarly situated as lam in my relation to the na
tional legislature, these impressive facts cannot
be overlooked. In a case free from constitution
al objection, I Could not justifiably counteract, by
a sort of official veto, the general will.
The struggle to exert without abatement the
constitutional power of taxation in such a man
ner as to protect by high duties on imports many
of the protections of our own soil from the
competition of other countries, has endured for
more than thirty years. During that period a
system of high taxation has prevailed with fluc
tuations of success and failure. It is as vigorous
ly and as exactingly insisted upon now as ever;
and indeed it would seem, in some instances, as
if the longer the advantage of a particular tax
was enjoyed, the stronger became the desire for
its cpntinuance, and even its augmentation. And
yet it ought to be remembered that this exercise
of the taxing power by which the great mass of
consumers are made to swell the profits of a few
branches of industry, was originally intended to
be temporary, to be continued only so long as its
continuance was necessary to the industrial in
dependence and safety of the whole people.
Such was the language, the inculcation, the
spirit, in which it was proposed and justified by
its earliest and wisest Mends. The design was
to foster feeble “ infant ” manufactures, especial
ly such as were essential to the defence of the
country in time of war. In this design, the peo
ple have persevered until with some, but not
weighty exceptions, these saplings have taken
deep root, have become vigorous, expanded and
powerful, and are prepared to share the common
lot of human pursuits, and to enter with confi
dence the field of free, fair, and universal compe
tition.
The arrival of this period of time, long prom
ised, has been anxiously looked for by a large
and justly respected portion of our fellow-citi
zens, who deemed themselves peculiar and al
most exclusive sufferers by the policy of protec
tion. They have sometimes—perhaps impru
dently—endeavored to anticipate it—Their num
bers, at first entitled to influence only from their
patriotism and intelligence, have gone on gradu
ally increasing as the system ripened to its fruit,
arid they now constitute what I am bound by
registered facts to regard as a decided majority
of the people and of the Union.
It is undoubtedly true that this change of fi
nancial arrangement, brought by public opinion,
“which everywhere ought to guide and influ
ence jsiateamen” should, nevertheless, be char
acterized by. moderation, nay, by scrupulous ten
derness for those interests of our fellow-citizens
that are to be effected by it. The legislation
which encouraged their investments, their educa
tional training, or their habits, should cease, fin
ally and firmly, if required, but still soothingly
and gently, and hence I may be pardoned for
expressing a regret that certain provisions which,
in their bearing seem to me trenchant and sud
den beyond the calls of the occasion, have been
allowed to remain as parts of this bill. Were it
in my power to exempt these provisions from the
operation of my vote I would do so ; but viewed
as a whole, as a measure to accommodate a vast
and intricate subject to the prevailing sentiment
of the American people, to reduce the burdens
artificially imposed upon the laboring and pro
ductive masses, and to reconcile diminished re
striction of trade with increased contributions
from it, I cannot resist the impression that the
bill is more equal, more tempered, and more just
than the act of 1842, which it supersedes. That
it deals with some pursuits and resources of my
native Commonwealth less kindly than she might
well expect, does not relieve me from my duty,
but only makes its performance personally reluc
tant and painful.
In aid of these considerations, adequate, per
haps. in themselves to control my vote, there is
another which, I am free to confess, nothing but
an unforeseen sheer, and pressing public necessi
ty could ever induce me to forego or forget. In
strict concord with the letter and spirit of the
constitution, the Vice President of the Uiitted.
.States, now called upon to act, is the direct agent
and representative of the whole people. In ad
vance, and dependent up On contingent results,
it is perfectly competent to this, his national
constituency to give instructions, and to receive
pledges for the execution. On this identical
subject of a tariff of duties on imports, whatever
may have been the course of local and casual
| inconsistency, my own honor can admit of no
disclaimer of instructions that were formally an
nounced, and my own good faith stands invio
lable to a pledge voluntarily given. If by thus
acting it be my misfortune to offend any portion
of those who honored me with their suffrages, I
have only to say to them, and to my whole coun
try, that I prefer the deepest obscurity of private
life, with an unwounded conscience, to the glare
of official eminence spotted by a sense of moral
delinquency.
A Blcsterrer. —A person who makes a
gTeat drives pell mell along,seldom
accomplishes any thing for himself or others.
He is like a rocket, that ascends and fixes the
eyes ot the multitude for a few moments; an and
then expires. That which in man produces the
most effect, is unseen by us and only felt. Do
you hear the steam that propels the majestic boat
The steam’ that escapes and’ makes the noise
produces nothing* It is just so with mankind,’
look where you may. The blustering, talking,
driving headlong fellows, make you start and
turn aside—and this is ail.- The substantial,
energetic, talented, say but 1 ttle, you feel the
effects of their labors and their inilcenee every
day.
Takes two to make a slander. —“ My deat
friend, that man has been talking about you so
again! He has been telling some of the awtul
lest lies you ever heai and. Why; he railed about
you for an h ur!”
“ And youheaid it all, did you 1”
“ Yes.”
“” Well, after this just bear in mind that it
takes two to make a slander—one to tell and
one to listen to it,” ‘ ‘
For the Times.
THERE IS LOVE.
Lines addressed to Miss M. G., Columbus , Ga.
“ Love rules the camp, the court, the grove,
And love is heaven, and heaven, is love.”
[Scoff.
“ There is love” in the cool, balmy dawning of
day,
E’er the sun first looks up from his curtained re
pose—
When the warbler begins his harmonious lay,
And the breeze wafts a perfume wherever it
blows.
“There is love” in the evenings’ soft, mellow
ing shade,
When vesper peers forth from the fields of the
West;
And Cynthia’s pale beams o’er the earth are dis
played,
Like the smile that accompanies the dreams of
the blest.
“ There is love” in the deep solemn silence of
night:
W T hen nature is cloth’d in her sable array,
To weep for the day that has taken its flight—
For the time that is gone forever away.
“There is love” in the Seasons, as each in its
turn,
Brings new joys for the happy—new hopes for the
sad ; ,
And no moment so gloomy has ever been found
That some hearts did not leap—that some souls
were not glad.
Love reigns on the earth as ’twas sent from above,
The only true bliss that to mortals is given ;
The purest of human affections is Love,
And Love is the sweetest enjoyment of Heaven.
DWARF.
Harris County, Ga., Aug. 4th,’ 1846.
The Boston Traveller states that a letter has
been received by a gentleman of that city from
Dwarkamanth Tagote, tie distinguished East
India millionare, in which he hints his intention
ol visiting the United States.
This is the eastern Prince who made himself
such a dear pet in the Parisian Saloons by boun
tiful distribution among the ladies of diamonds,
boquets, and rich shawls of the “ genuine Cash
mere.” He can make himself an equally popu
lar lion here, by the same process. Cashmere
as well as mere-cash are “open Sesemes” to the
hearts of the fair, the world over.—[ Alabama
Journal.
‘^^IIARRIEDr^
At the residence ofCapt. B. H. Grace, in Hen
ry county, Alabama, on the evening of the 15th
ult. Mr. Hez Wingate of Baltimore, Md. to Miss
Sarah C. Stanley, of Henry co.
Departure of tire Atlantic Steamers.
From England. From America.
Hibernia....... July 19 Aug. 16
Great Western. July 25.....’ Aug. 20
Caledonia Aug. 4 Sqpt. 1 m
Brittania....... Aug. 19 Sept. 16
Great Britain. .Aug. 26 -....Sept. 22
Acadia Sep}. 4 Oct. 1
Great Western.Spt. 12 Oct. 8
Latest Dates.
Latest dates from Liverpool July 19
Latest dates from Havre July 16
Latest dates from Havana “v July 27
Latest dates from London ■- June 5
A CARD.
Having attended the lecture delivered by Mr.
PLINY MILES, upon the subject of Phreno-
Mnemotecbny ; we were induced to unite our
selves in a class, for the purpose of becoming ac
quainted (so far as we were able,) with the
science he treated upon, and have much satisfac
tion in being able to say, that our expectations
have been more than realized. The few lessons
we have taken, have enabled many of us to know
mote of chronology than we had gained by oth
er means during the whole course of our lives.
We also find other benefits from the study, of
great importance to those of science, business, or
such as wish to adopt the most speedy mode of
gaining knowledge, where the memory is the
principle auxiliary. In fine, we discover that
Mr. Miles accomplishes through his system, all
that he promises, and we recommend him to the
favourable notice of all who wish to profit by his
instructions, or contribute to the advancement of
science and literature.
JAMES D. WILLIFORD,
DANIEL ROWE,
ALEXANDER SHOTWELL,
J. H. WHITTELSEY,
J. FOGLE,
J. CHANDLER.
Columbus, Aug. 10th, 1846.
A ‘
Dr. J. G. Maull, in order to afford facilities
to those desiring to enjoy the benefits of his Min
eral Springs, is offering lots for sale, at advanta
geous rates. Those desiring to purchase would
do well to call early and gain a choice of selec
tion.
Dr. Maull has made arrangements with the
toll gate at tlie west end of the bridge in Girard
I by which persons going to and returning from
his Springs, escape the payment of toll.
July 22, 1846. 30-ts
CONSUMPTION.
If you are ailing with a mild Cough, a slight
pain in the side, or occasional darting pains
through the chest or in the region of the shoulder
blade and wish some excuse for lounging—l say
if that be your wish, doctor yourself with candies,
syrups, and mixtures, prepared by quacks and
recommended by forged certificates, and you
will be gratified ; but after you become tired of
this pastime, use
WIST A It’S BALSAM OF WILD
Cll DURVi
and the bloom of health will again tinge your
hitherto pallid check.
This Balsam is devoid of all quackery—being
prepared by a skilful chemist ; and its efficacy is
proved by the numerous testimonials of cures in
cases deemed incurable. We publish no state
ments ofeures that are not strictly true. R. Dun
lap & Son, merchants, Cherry Valley, New York,
relate a cure of Asthma that had withstood med
ical treatment for years. Dr. Frelight, ofSauger
ties, N. Y., says lie cured Liver Complaint, of
four years standing, that would not yield to the
usual remedies. Abraham Skillman, M. D., of
Boiindbrook, N. J., says it is the best medicine
for Consumption, in ever stage, that he has ever
known. We might refer you to hundreds of
cases, had we room, that would convince all of
its great virtue.
None genuine unless signed I. Butts.
For sale wholesale and retail by
POND & WILLCCX.
Columbus, Ga.
Ang. 12,1846. 33—It
GEORGIA, Muscogee County.
Court of Ordinary, July Term, 1846.
Rule Ni Si.
WHEREAS, letters Testamentary on the
Estate of James C. Watson, late of said
county deceased, have been heretofore issued to
John H. Watson and Benjamin A. Walker, two
of the persons named in the Will of the said James
C* And whereas, those issued to the said John
H. have been revoked, leaving those to the said
Benjamin A. in full force and him the sole execu
tor on said estate. And whereas also, this court
has been informed that the said Benjamin A. is or
is likely to become insolvent,-by which the inter
est of said estate and the rights of the creditors
thereof will be placed in jeopardy ; and whereas
also, the court has been informed that the said
Benjamin A. has removed from and now actually
resides beyond the limits of this State.
It is therefore ordered, that the said Benjamin
A. Walker, be and appear at the next regular
term of this court, to be held on the first Monday
in September next, to answer said charges of In
solvency and iron-residence, and that he make an
exhibit of his actings and doings as such executor
that the same may be fully investigated ; and that
be shew chase why he should not give security
ah'such executor, if he resides within the State or
have his said letters testamentary revoked, or if
he resides without the limits of the State, why
his Said letters shotlld not be revoked, and to hear
receive and abide such order as the court on such
examinations may order is the premises ; and it
is further ordered that the said BenjaminA.be
served with a copy of this rule twenty days be
fore the said next term of this court if to be found
in thn county, and if not to be found in the coun
ty that service be perfected by publication once
a week fir three weeks, in one of the public ga
zettes of tbe city of Columbus, previous to the
said next term of this court.
A true copy from the minutes- of said court,
this 10th dfcy of Aug. 1846.
JNO. JOHNSON C. C. O.
August 12, 1846,- (WEJ 33—3 t
THE CITIZENS’ VIGILANT ASSOCIATION
OF EARLY COUNTY., iaic
2otb July 1846
A GREEABLE to previous notice a portion of
the citizens of Early county assembled at
the court house in Blakely, for the purpose of
taking measures to suppress and prevent the fre
quent and wanton acts of Theft and robbery com
mitted in this and other sections of our country,
and to devise means by which the perpetrators of
erime may be brought to justice, and those who
harbor; feed and conceal persons guilty of such
heinous offences, exposed and discountenanced.
The meeting was organised by calling to the
chair James Bush, Esq., and James-€f. Collier to
act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was explained by
the chairman.
On motion of James Hays, Esq, the chairman
was requested to appoint a committee of seven to
draft resolutions; whereupon Dr. Jesse Williams,
Wm. H. Wade, B. H. Robinson, Asa S. Alexan
der, Joel W. Perry, Noah Phillips and James
Buchanan, Esqrs.were appointed that committee.
The committee retired for a few minutes and
then reported, that the nature of the case required
some time fer deliberation, and requested that
the meeting be adjourned till Friday next. —
Whereupon, the meeting was adjourned till Fri
day next, and the citizens generally requested to
be present.
JAMES BUSH, Chairman.
Jamss G. Collier, Sect’ry.
Friday, 31st July, 1846.
Agreeable to adjournment, a large and respec
table portion of the citizens met in the court
house in Blakely.
The committee appointed to draft resolutions
offered the following, which was unanimously
adopted.
Whereas, the citizens of Early county have
been greatly annoyed recently by men of bad
character —those who have committed crimes
elsewhere or in our very midst, and are harbored
and supported by the citizens of our county.—
And whereas, the present state of affairs having
become insufferable, there being no security for
life or property unless some steps are taken to
prevent the perpetration of crime.
Be it therefore Resolved, That we form our
selves into a society to be styled the Citizens’
Vigilant Association of Early County.
2nd. Resolved, That the officers of this Asso
ciation shall consist of a President and a Vice
President in the Blakely District, and three Vice
Presidents in each of the other Districts in the
county—a Secretary and a Treasurer.
3rd Resolved, That whenever a suspicious in
dividual shall be amongst us, it shall be the duty
of the members of this Association having cogni
zance ofthe fact to lay the whole matter before
the President or one of the Presidents, who must
decide whether or not the grounds are sufficient
to commence a prosecution, and it shall be his
duty to have the lews rigidly enforced against all
such persons, as well as those who aid and sup
port them.
4th Resolved, That the members of this Asso
ciation having full confidence in the sound judge
ment and discretion of its officers, bind them
selves to support any such officer in the discharge
of his duties, provided that no steps be taken
which are not sanctioned by the laws of the coun
try.
sth. Resolved, That this Association will raise
by voluntary contributions such sums of money as
may be necessary to carry out the objects for
which it was formed.- It shall be the duty of the
Secretary to collect such funds as may be raised,
pay them over to the Treasurer and take his re
ceipt therefor. The President may draw his or
der on the Treasurer whenever exigencies may
require it for such sum of money as may be ne
cessary to defray the expenses of bringing to Jus
tice such violators of the law, or when the crimes
with which they stand charged were committed
out of the county, the expenses of a guard will
be paid out ofthe funds thus raised, iff returning
them to the place when such offences was com
mitted.
6th Resolved, That each member of this Asso
ciation pay over to the Secretary one Dollar, or
any sum not less than twenty-five cents, when
ever called for, which sum of money will be re
funded unless it should be used as contemplated
by the foregoing resolutions.
7th Resolved, That the members of this Asso
ciation Will hold themselves in readiness to go in
persuit of any fugitive from Justice, whenever
the President or either of the Vice Presidents
’may require their services.
Bth, Resolved,- That we consider all idle va
grant persons whose business is not known, as
highly suspicious characters, and that all persons
who feed, protect, harbor or conceal such person
or persons are unworthy the confidence or es
teem of our good citizens, and greatly to be fear
ed and appreciated as those with whom they as
sociate. And as we do not wish to embarrass,
meddle with, or confuse any innocent individual
or to become unnecessarily officious, we deem it
advisable to publish this our determinations to the
world in some convenient newspaper at least
three times.
The Association then went into the choice of
officers when James Bush, Esq. was chosen as
President; Wm. H. Wade, E ;q. as Vice Presi
dent for the Blakely district; Vice Presidents for
the Fort Gaines district Anthony Hutchins, Abner
W. Jones and Geo. B. Wardlaw ; for the 4th
district Elijah Padgett, Win. Harrell and A. S.
Tennille ; lor Wm. McElvy’s district, Wm. Mc-
Elvy, Wm. McElroy and John Davis Sr.
For the 13th district Burwell Roberts, Henry
J. Roberts and Wm. Grimes ; for the 6th district
Duncan J. Davis, M. J. Lewis, and Zachariah
Cowart; for the 26th district Thomas Speight,
Wm. W. Hare and Robert W. Sheffield.
For the 510th district, G. M., Noah Phillips,
Abner A Williams and George Howard. Col. B.
■H. Ilobinßon was chosen as Treasurer and James
G. Collier as Secretary.
On motion of Thomas Speight Esq. the confes
sions of Robert Cumnvns (disclosing much inter
esting information) were publicly read.
On motion of Col. B. H. Robinson, Resolved,
That the proceedings of this Association be pub
lished in all the newspapers in Southwestern
Georgia, and that we adjourn to meet on the
fourth Saturday in August next.
JAMES BUSH President.
James G. Collier Secretary.
Joseph W Speight, George L Rice,
Etheldred llays, Benjamin Wilcox,
Thos Williams, Amos Hays,
Joseph D Howell, John Bailey,
Asa Odem, F B Haynes,
Green Kirkland,- Martin T Alexander,
Richard McGriff, Anthony Hutchins,
George Cross, Wm Windsor,
Elijah Sperlin, Joab Willis,
David Howard, James Sirmons,
B P King, ACS Alexander,
Benjamin L Wolf, Edmund Codey,
James Phillips, Moses Weaver,
Peter Howard Joseph Collier,
J W Eaton, Green Odom,
Elam Lee, fFm G Wood,
Thomas Speight NMcßryde,
Joshua Harris, Lazrus Goolsbie,
Owen W Shackleford, Wm H Goocher,
Joseph A Johnson, Jacob Hares,
Philip Jones, Luther S Waller,
Wm W Hare, George Wiley,
Wm J Bush, James Hays,
Willis Williams Benjamin S Lee,
Warren Sutton, C E Jenkins,
Lewis Gay, G W Mercier,
James Brown Wm Sasser,
Thos B Andrews, N W Livermon,
R A Persons WmD Collier,
M W Anthony Amos Emanuel
John Davis Sr. N BMcßryde,
Joseph Lee, A M Elliott,
EK Spence, Stephen Blocker,
ames Mcßae, Wm Howell,
Wm McElvy, ChasW Bush,
David Lee, James G Powers,
Zadoc Lee, W Frank,
D J Davis, Zachariah Cow art, --
Josiah G Jones, Stark Adams,
B D Jones, John Hare,
Francis A Fuller, John C Chambers,
B H Robinson, Jesse N Bethea,
James Buchanah, Jacob Wiley Jr.
Allen Gay, Benjamin Collier,
Jeremiah Fowler, . fVm Weaver,
Abser A Williams, Green Wiley,
John Mourning, Wm McElvoy,
Henry Robinson, Wm Boothe,
DildathrrOdom, Barnett Codey,
Wm Dixon, E
Noah Phillips, James J Robinson,
James HWade, JosP Hardee,
Richmond Harris, JasJ Lewis,
Benjamin Hodges, Thos S Floyd
John H Whitaker, J G Vann,
Wm C Leath, Wm Harrell,
James B Brown,
Joly 26th, 1846. 33
THOMASTON FACTORY.
eeoreenxr os^ra.]BtJ3a.Gs.
W! have teen appointed Agents for the salt
of the Goods manufactured by the Thom
aston Factory, and are now prepared to supply
applicants at the lowest market rates.
RUSE, PATTEN & Cos.
Columbus, Nov. 19, 1846; 47 if
DEMOCRATIC MEETIM.
COME ONE! COME ALT,!!
The Democratic party of Early county, will
give a public dinner at Blakely, on the last Tues
day of September, to which the public general
ly is invited. Judge Iverson and other distin
guished gentlemen have been invited, afid are ex
pected to be in attendance;
B. H. Robinson, Jos. D. Speight,
Jas. Bush, Jai Hays,
Jas. G. Collier, Joseph P. Hardee,
Jas. B. Brown, Committee.
August 12, 1842.
“Tree lecture.
The LAMES AND GENTLEMEN of Coluißlun
are invited to attend an Introductory and
illustrative Lecture on Phreno-Mnmotcchuy, on
Thursday evening the 13th inst. at the Oglethorpe
House, Lecture to commence at 8 o’clock. At
the request of several citizens, a second and last
course of lectures will be delivered, commenc
ing at the same place, the evening after the Int
roductory Lecture. All interested in the im
provement of the Memory, are? referred to the
-members Os my first class, affd their report in
another column.’ * PLINY MILES.
Columbus, Aug. 12, 1846.
New York Advertisement.
A. G. BAGLEY’S
CELEBRATED IMPROVED EVER-POINTED
GOLD PEN.
■warranted;
‘T'HIS Pen received the highest premium at
-■- the last Fair ofthe American Institute, and
has been pronounced by the first Teachers of
Penmanship in. the country, to be infinitely su
perior to any Gold Pen ever before introduced to
the American public. These Pens are indestruc
tible except by actual violence —no ink will in
jure them —retain their elasticity, and the pecu
liar shape ofthe nibs, (which was first introduced
by Bagley) makes it more pleasant to uso, ren
ders it less liable to damage, more easy to repair,
and prevents the necessity of the great care that
other articles of the kind require.
Manufactory, 189 Broadway, N. York.
Also, Bagley’s “ Patent Extension Pen Holder
and Pencil,” which is the most compact article
in use.
Aug. 12,1846. 33—lm
TRI-WEEKLY LINE TO THE “WARM
SPRINGS,” MERIWETHER COUNTV, GA.
TRAVELLERS to the Warm Springs, are in
formed that a tri-weekly line of Stages is
now running, to intersect with the Central Route
from Columbus and Macon, to the Springs.
Leave, Columbus Monday, Wednesday and
Friday nights in the Macon Stage and reaching
the Springs next morning.
Fare to the Springs S4V
For seats apply to
L. T. WOODRUFF, Oglethorpe House.
August 5, 1846 32 —3t
MORRISON & JONES,
Drapers & Tailors,
135 and 137 William st., Washington stores.
IY/TANUFACTURERS and Dealers in fine Shirts,
i-Y Collars, Bosoms, and under Garments. —
Merchant Tailors, and Dealers, are invitedjto call
and examine our stock.
Aug. 5,1846. 32—ts
~BACON AND LARDT”
WE are now receiving a large supply of
Cincinnatti and Tennessee Bacon and Lard
of superior quality. Purchasers arc invited to
call and examine our stock. Our terms are CASH
in all instances, and we shall sell at the lowest
market price. MOODY & DURR.
Columbus Jaly 29, 1846. 31—ts
‘crystallized sugar.
A GOOD article, for preserving. For sale by
Moody & durr.
July 29, 1846. 31—ts
INSTRUCTION IN MUSIC.
HBERNREUTER, late leader of the United
• States Regimental Band, at Fort Moul
trie, offers his services to the citizens of Colum
bus and vicinity, professionally as a Piano Forte
teacher : he will also give instructions on several
Brass instrument, such as Key Bugle, Cornopean,
&c. &c. &c.
PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED.
Mr. Bernreuter is also prepared to execute all
kinds of Fancy work in hair, in platting brace
lets ear-rings, guard chains, &c. He will also
do embroidery work upon cloth in silk or wool.
Sept. 3. 1845. 35—ts
HARDWARE.
IVTAILS, Saws, Locks, Hinges, Chains, Pots
In Ovens, Kettles, Waffle and Wafer Irons,
Table and Pocket Knives, P.azors, Spoons, Mill
Irons and Mill Saws, Gin Gear, Axes, Brads,
Tacks, Augers, Chisels, &c., &c. For sale by
HALL 4- MOSES.
East side Broad street, above the Market.
June 10, 1846. 24
Cora and Cob Crushers & Straw
Cutters-
FOR sale by HALL & MOSES.
June 10, 1846. 24
I lATHING NAILS/
TUST received, Fine 3 Nails, and for sale by
J HALL & MOSES.
July 22, 1846. 30
GIN Castings at 4 cts. per pound. 8,9,10 lect
wheels for sale at the above reduced price
by HALL & MOSES.
Aug 12, 1846. 33
Cast Iron Gin Clear.
GIN SEGMENTS, for 8,9, 10, 11, and 12
feet wheels, for sale low, by
J. ENNIS & CO.
July 29 Dealers in Hardware, Iron &c;
To Cotton Planter*.
CAST IRON PLATES and BALLS,an ap
proved article for Packing Screws
For sale by J. ENNIS'* CO.
July 26 ‘
Kettles IS
BRASS; MaMin and Porcelain lined Kettles,
assorted sizes, for sail by
J. ENNIS & CO.
July 29 jt __
FERRO CYANATE OF
QUiMNE.
A SUPPLY of this new article just received by
POND & WILLCOX,
Near the market.
July 29, 1846. 31^
Varnishes.
WE have, also, received a shipment of Var
nishes, which we can safely warrant, to be
all that varnishes ought to be. For sale by
POND 8t WILLCOX.
April I, 184£P Neal the market.
Transparent Wash Kails.
AFlNEtoitet snap. For sate by .
POND & WILLCOX.
July, 22. Near the market-
Fresh Vanilla BeanS.
TUST received by POND &f WIILCOX,
J Near the market.
July 22, 1846. 30
Canary §ced.
FOR Sale by POND & WILCOX,
Near the market.
’ July 22, 1846. 30
Superior Vinegar.
FOR sale by POND & WILLCOX,
July 22. Near the market.
Fresh Chocolate.
FOR -sale by POND & WTLLCOX,
July 22. Near the market.
HAS jnst returned from New York, and is;
this day deceiving a large assortment ot
of the latest importation, which he has selected
himself with great care. Those desirous of ch
urning such goods as are imported expressly for •
the New York City Trade, will do well to calf
immediately.
Has also received a full assortment of
MILLINERY GOODS & FASHIONABLE BONNETS,’
ti utn the most approved Millinery establishments
in New York. She will open and show them this
day the 23d April, 1846.
April 22, 1846 17—ts ,
~A VALUABLETUNTATION FOR ‘
THE snbsmbtr offers for salt, valuable
Plantation in Stewart county, near the town
of Florence, on the Chattahoochee River, the.
tractcontains upwards of 1300 acres, about 500
acres cleared, principally fresh and in a high
state ofcultivation, corn, fodder, stock, &c., can
be had with the premises if desired, the price will
be low, call and see me at Columbus Ga.
HENRY KING.
July 29, 1846. 31—4 t
BRUNO & VIRGINS.
Importers of Muiical Instruments, and sole Agents
for (he sale cf J. Chic/cering’s and Nunns tjr
Clark's.
HAI\E constantly on hand, and offer for
sale at the lowest prices, a splendid assort
ment of Piano Fortes, with the latest improve
ments, from the above celebrated manufactories
Also, a large assortment of Violins, from $1 to
S6O, Guitars, plain, from $5 to SB, With patent
screws, from $lO to $75; Bass Viols; Flutes
from 50 cents to SSO ; Flageolettes, single and.
double ; Clarionettcs ; Fifes ; Bass and Snare
Drums ; Tamborines ; Bugles, plain and keyed ;
Concert or French Horns; Post Horns, with,
valves; Trumpets, p.lain and with valves; Corno
peans ; Trombones ( Ophiclides; Bass Horns ;
Bassoons : Hunting Horns; Superior Rosin, Bows,’
Bridges;Pegs, Tailpieces, and mutes for Violins;.
Tuning Forks’ and Hammers ; Mouth pieces for.
Clarionetts and Brass insti uinents ; Violin, Gui
tar, and other strings ; Reeds for Clarionetts and
Bassoons; Music paper ; Ives’patent Boer Folio,]
for securing music, Pamphlets, letters, &c.; Ac
corded^?'Harmonicas ; Toy Trumpets; patent
screws, pegs, &c. for the Guitar, &c. &c.
Newand Fashionable Music.
Instruction Books for the Piano Forte, Guitar,’
Violin, Accordeon, &c. file, constantly receiving.
Columbus and Macon, Ga. 10—ts
March 4, 1846.
STRONG & WOOD’S
FASHIONABLE
SHOE ANH HAT STORE,
HAS been puritacd by the subscribers, whir
will continue the business at the old stand,
where they will be pleased to see their friends
and the public generally, at all times.
Their stock is full, and assortment inferior to
n’one in the city—as it embraces every article
usually found in similar establishments. Their
prices shall accord with the times, and every es-.
fort will be made to make it tHe interest of .the
public to extend that patronage, which is respect
fully solicited.
All articles sold by us, are warranted to prove
as represented.
WYNNE & CHANDLER.
THOS. K. WYNNE, )
I. C. CHANDLER. J
may 13, 1846. ‘ 20—ts
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to STRONG & WOOD,
are requested to make immediate payment to the
.subscribers, who are authorized to close the busi
ness. They will also settle all demands against
the above firm. WYNNE & CHANDLER,
may 13, 1846. 20—ts -
r ~piiE subscribers have entered into a copart-
JL nership under the Style of Bbokaw &
Clemons, for the transaction of the Dry Goods Bu
siness, at the Store recently occupied by Messrs.
Bradley’s & Deinmom.
T. X. BROKAW,
W. G. CLEMONS.
Columbus, Jan. 28, 1846. 6—ts
NOTICE TO COTTGN PLANTERS.
SINCE the destruction of our Cotton Gin Man-’
ufacto'ry, by the late fresnet, we have again
established ourselves in the old Manufactory, sit
uated on the hankof the river in Girard, Alabama,
and are prepared to fill all orders, which have al
ready been forwarded to us for Cotton Gins, and
as many more as we may hereafter be favored’
with.
We return our thanks to our friends and the
public, for the liberal patronage we have received,
at our establishment and we pledge ourselves
that no exertions on onrpart, shall be wanting to
merit a continuance of the same.
All Cotton I'-Irrs rrtanuractured at our Factory,
are warranted to perform well, and to make as
beautiful samples ofCotton as] any other Gins now
in use. E. T. “TAYLOR. & Cos.
May 6, 1846. 19 —ts
SEABOIiX WILLIAMS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, AND SO
LICITOR IN EQUITY.
Tuskeoee, Maton County, Ala.
References —Messrs. Thomas & Downing, Co
lumbus Ga., lion. James E. Bclser, Montgomery,
Alabama. r
Oct. 8, 1845. 41— ly .
A. G. I’srF.it.
ATTORNEY a t la w.
. Columbus Ga.
WILL practice in the Courts of the sujeral
Y t counties of the Chattahoochee Circuit, &
the adjoing counties of the Southern-West
ern Circuit of Ga. And also in the adjoining
counties of Alabama.
bsfebenceS :
Messrs. Harper & Holmes, Apalachicola, Fla
“ W. D6aring & Sons, Charleston, S. C. ’
“ Poe & Nisbet, _ Macon, Ga. ’
“ N. G. Foster &A. G. Foster, Madison, Ga.
Columbus, Oct. 8, 1845. 41—ly
s^qD , o*23:csEEß
DURING my absence from Columbus, Al
fred Iveraon, Esq., will act as my attorney
and agent in relation to the estate of Gen. Wat
son, of which I am at present sole Executor.
B. W. WALKER.
Jan. 28, 1846. s—tf_
rrnE Co-parintrshty heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned under the style and’
firm of YONGE, GARRARD HOOPER, is
this and <v dissolved by mutual consent.
The outstanding business ofthe firm will bo
settled by Mr. It. Hooper, who is alone authoriz
ed to do so, and to use the naine of the firm for
that purpose
WM. P. YONGE,
WM. W. GARRARD,
R. HOOPER.
Columbus Ga. may 28, 1846. 23—ts
Tanner’s Tools!!
A LARGE and fine assortment of Tanner’s ‘
Tools, for sale by J. ENNIS &CO.
July 29 .
3£. tjsju'jsvxl.
In the rear of the Enquirer Office.
Cohqnbus Ga.
JKrOnfers left at the Office will be
punctually attended to,
Feb 4, 1846. 6—ts
JOB PRINTING,
Plain and Ornamental,
XEATLT AND PHOMPLT EXECUTED AT
OFFICE OP
C&e Columbus Clmes.
Pamphlets, I Hand Bills,
Business Cards, J VVay Bills,
Visiting do j Circulars,
Ball Tickets, J Blank Notes, ’
and every thing else in this line of business’, ~ p
CHEAP, and with Despatch .