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COLUMBUS, GA.
WEDSEgDAV, SEPTEMBER %, 1846.
Fr Confrni from (lie 2nd District,
ALFRED IVERSON,
or mwmke rortTi.
Tlie undersigned candidates for Congress
in the 2d ('congressional district, hereby agree to
waive all objections to voters on account of the
of Taxes, at the approaching elec
tion—and tbej request that their friends in
the several counties in the district, be governed
by this agreement.
ALFRED IVERSON,
WM. H. CRAWFORD.
August 90, 1846.
rr> The letters of oar Washington Corres
pondent, trill be found interesting.
fourth page for interesting Miscellane
ous reading.
“Dmu Tcckrr com* aain.” —See his
confidential letter to his friend Crawford in the
paper to-day.
(f)* Correspondence No. 3, from “ Lowndes”
at Washington received, but delayed, for want of
room, until next week.
The communication of “ Palmetto” from the
same place, ditto.
(£j*Wc are indebted to Senator Westcott, of
Florida, for interesting public documents.
EDITORIAL. CORRESPONDENCE.
Caxp Bklknjp, Near Burita,
August 9, 1846.
Our Camp was thrown into an extacy of ex
citement this evening, immediately after the eve
ning parade, by the intelligence that a messen
ger had arrived from the Post Office at Point Is
alirl with a hat full of letters. The report spread
like wild-fire, and officers and men wore soon
rushing to the point of distribution, with anx
ious and peering faces, trying to get a peep at
the various superscriptions. Some sixty of the
Regiment wore made happy by the priceless
luxury out here of news from home. I was
among the disappointed. Since I left Mobile,
I have received not a new’spaper, and but one
letter from Columbus, dated a few days after the
Regiment marched. I would complain of your
neglect in not sending me at least the “ Times”
did I not have reason to fear that the blame is
elsewhere. I fear the Post-Office at Point Isa
-I*4 is not well-managed. We literally get no
newspapers in this Camp, and letters received
speak of many sent by friends to officers and
soldiers. We have hope of news to-morrow, as
our messenger left a large mail at the Point to
be distributed, and which he could not wait for.
I have nothing new to communicate. We
arc actively engaged in every duty of Camp
life. It is monotonous, but keeps us employed
and drives away the blue devils. To give you
some idea of our daily history. We have Re
rrillc at daylight. T. n minutes after, company
drills in the scfr oJ of the company, for one hour.
Breakfast at 7. Guard-mounting at 7\ —at 8
company drill in the manual of arms for 1 hour
—then Doctors call—Dinner at 1 P. M.—Dress
yarade and Battallion drill at 5 o'clock. At 6
drill of non-commissioned officers by the Adju-
taut. S>H>per at 8. At 9 tattoo. At halt'past,
9, “tap*,’ when every light is extinguished and
■trie* silence enjoined, and nothing heard but
rite challenge of the sentinels until daylight.
The Regiment is improving astonishingly under
t! is rrgitnr
A Regimental Court Marshal is detailed week
fr, to set daily, for the trial of ofionces as soon an
they arise. The effect is visible in the spirit of
order and subordination throughout the Camp.
Two days ago, a prisoner convicted of stealing
from one of his comrades was marched up and
down the Regimental line when on parade, at
the point of the bayonet, the drum and fife heat
ing the “ Rogues March.” It was one of the
most solemn scenes, and striking punishments I
ever saw. Not * man of the 900 under arms,
gazing in deathlike silence at the spectacle,
smiled. I lliink it will stop Chat offence in Camp.
The htest news we have from Mexico is by
way of N. Orleans. Bv great good luck and
the grace of the fortunate owner, I saw a Pi
cayune of the 4th inrt. by which we learn that
Gen. Parades had not let Mexico. Gen. Taylor
has gone up to Camargo. Two Boats arrived
here this evening from the “ moutli,” to take up
the first detachments of Volunteers. Our turn
willcotnc in a Jew day* We shall scarcely find
a more beautiful company ground than we now
occupy in the Chapparral. We have just got
it neatly cleared and cleaned up, and with the
exception of the immense labor of bringing wa
ter through the boggy prairie between us and
the river, we could not be more pleasantly loca
ted. The climate here is delightful. The sea
Isreear is perpetual, and out of the sun, wc suffer
nothing from the heat. The climate is far supe
rior to that of Georgian
During the past week, all the sick and disabled
r mos the Regiment who desired it, and who
eoakl procure the proper certificate from the Sur
goon. have been discharged and have gone home.
OUr friends at home must be on their guard
against their doleful accounts of our condition.
The health of the troops is improving.
A messenger is waiting for this letter, and I
must put its galloping* to a halt. “ F.”
W X.
ft would be as well for the adopted citizens of
tha Country,, who live in the 2d district, and who,
convinced of the advantages that have accrued
to them from their naturalization, desire their
relative* and friends to enjoy the same; to enquire
what are Mr. Crawford's views upon the naturadi
aataoa laws, and whether he does not openly ad
vocate the 21 year policy, and even go so far
as to desire to exclude foreigners from all benefit
of citizenship in this country.
Such we are informed are his views.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
We notice a report which is going the rounds
of the Whig Press, and though not an important j
me, it is well enough to correct it. It is, that Dr.
E. A. Roberts wbe was lately arrested for rob
bery “vis some years since the candidate of the
“loro” party of Harriacounty for the State Sen
ate.**
In IMO Dr. Roberts was a candidate for the
State Senate, but “the boot is on the- other leg,”
as ha ran as aa*vln<fe|*-mlant Whig” hut was
Lratrnhy hi* contjjetjjor who was also a Whig,
ft IH a
OUII MEN AKDOIH PRINCIPLES.
Since the adjournment of Congress, the evi
dences of our country’s congratulation, the joy
that is felt, and the prospect of unexampled pros
perity which seems to dwell in the liosoms of the
*people throughout the land, find their way to us
daily, and we as a member of the great Demo
cratic family rejoice with them. This outburst
of approbation indicates plainly that the last
session was the most important of all the delib
erative bodies that have ever assembled at Wash
ington. The questions that have been disposed,
of, and the measures that were adopted, brings
ujon us another era, and stamps upon the coun
try the features of anew character. The nomi
nee of the Baltimore Convention though hereto
fore “unknown” has made his bow to the people,
and asks the world to behold him, saying (from
the White House,) “ obscure as I have been,
here are the keys of Democracy, and the gates
of Whiggery, so long os they are in my custody
shall not prevail. Like old Hickory, these princi
ples, together with my own image, I shall impress
upon this age.” Mr. Polk intends that our
measures and the welfare of the country will
not suffer in his hands. He is the man of un
faltering nerve, with wisdom to direct, and judge
ment to execute properly, the laws that the late
Congress have enacted. The country’ is anx
iously waiting to see the result of their opeia
tion. The Democracy of Georgia look forward
with exulting satisfaction to the day when the
measures in favor of which her distinguished
law-givers showed themselves to be so eminent,
shall come out to cheer, bless, and enrich the land
with their beneficial effects.
In the passage of Mr. McKay’s bill, it seems
to us that we can now see the intrepid and gal
lant Colquitt rising from a sick bed, marching
eagerly to the capitol to rescue his beloved coun
try from unjust and grievous burthens, as well
as to kill the unnatural vote of his anti-South*-rn
colleague. He stood in the thickest of the fight
during the whole session. His eloquence and in
fluence, always effective, was not less so during
this term. Our representatives in the other
house, stood equally fast to their integrity. Gen.
Haralson with his usual manly dignity, ably
sustained himself, as Chairman of the commit
tee on Military affairs, the duties of which office
at this particular juncture became so intricate
and arduous as to almost baffle the skill of even
the most trained intellects, but he, though serv
ing for the first time, seemed to arrive at correct
conclusions, as it were by an intuitive perception
of the mind, aided by his own indomitable in
dustry, qualities which have ever marked the
character of our ablest statesmen. In Colonel
Towns, we have a worthy representative. He
is the gentleman even in the greatest heat of de
bate. His triumphs are won by intellectual tact
and keenness, unaided by any passion whatever.
This mode contrasts favorably with the bluster
ing victories of his brother whigs, if they have
ever obtained any. We can also look to the
talented and deeply read Mr. Cobb, and feel
proud to claim such a servant. The soundness
of his views, and the honesty of his purposes,
the thinking men of the country have acknow
ledged. When Speaker of the House, noneeom
mands more respect. He weighs well what he
utters and does not speak from impulse. His
course has been praised and applauded in the
private circles of the intelligent, whilst the deep
toned voice of the masses is already heard crying
from the mountains and vallies of his native
State, “Well done thou good and-faithful ser
vant.”
In our district, it is well known the “ right
foot went foremost” in electing Col. Jones. It is
known too, how remarkable the “ old stager” is
for his strength, and pith of language, always
seeing further, and diving deeper into the subject
than his opponent. His great mind on many
occasions has conspicuously developed itself in
rectifying the errors & opposing the selfishness of
legislators. In Congress as well as in the Court
house, his clear and penetrating mind sutlers not
his opponent to leave the track, or to involve ques
tions, which, in their intricacy seem to confound
right and wrong in a chaos of conflicting con
sequences. In cases of this sort, he has, and
will ever hold the mastery. We would regret
the loss of his valuable services, did we not know
that the interest of our country will be equally
safe in the intellectual grasp of our present can
didate. With such men as these to be our stand
ard bearers, Georgia will always stand high, and
when called upon to present her jewels on the
altar of her country’s cause, she will not suf
ler in the comparison with any of her sister
States.
Now, let the Democrats of Georgia do their
duty- at the coining elections; if so, they will
again send tlie people of their choice, at least to
the extent of their successes before. Our dele
gation, when joined with the Democracy of the
Union, will create a fortress, m which the doc
trines and laws of the late Democratic Congress
will intrench themselves, and from within whose
inclosures they will be ready at the time appoint
ed to be poured abroad over the whole confedera
tion ; nor will such a result as tins be alone con
fined to us; the late rush of other nations to
wards free-trade and Democratic opinions, shows
that the light of knowledge and of human rights
is bursting upon the people. It is as the gath
ering of many streams into one channel; this
river will ere long be so mighty as to overflow
and inundate the whole civilized world. The
hall is in motion and there is no power strong
enough to arrest it. Equitable taxation has be
come the text, and we liked to have said the pray
er book of the people, for like the religion of our
Saviour, this leeling has within it a principle of
vitality that would seem to be indestructible-
The speed of popular enthusiasm now going on
over Great Britain justifies this conclusion, and
Sir Robert Peel would seem to be, but an instru
ment in the hands of Providence to begin the
;performance of this his high behest. Man has
been for ages a slave—his birth-right has been
filched from him by violence, and in the absence
of education, he ha 6 been walking upon earth
in the crude and dim light of nature, without be
ing able to behold his inheritance, or to carve out
the way to its attainment. There may have
been periods of the world when man knew his
rights, with the courage and ability to defend
them, but we can trace his degradation back, un
til in attempting to discover his origin, we find
ourselves lost in the twilight of fable. But give
the world knowledge—instruct the nations of the
Globe in tive school of self-government, and he
who again fastens despotism upon them, shall be
able to cause the Sun and Moon to stand still, or
to puff out their glorious lights.
Let the people of the North cease to disturb
our present Tariff. Its agitation will he worse
for them, unless it so turns out, that it falls far
short of yielding an adequate revenue, and even
then, it is not reasonable to suppose that Iron or
Cotton goods will be raised, they being already
sufficiently high. The “greaft champion” of the
j Spinners miy well save his breath. Another
trip to Valley Forge will be a3 futile as the last.
The “ Old Key-stone” will again fight the battle
upon principle, and will say to tbe “ God-like’
“ thou art misnamed, for Lucifer-like, thoU art
striving to carry after thee one-third of the Stars
of our Democratic kingdom.
THE ELECTION TAXES.
We publish to-day an agreement betwixt Judge
Iverson and Mr. Crawford, waiving all objection
so fara they are concerned to the non-payment
of taxes, at the election to be held on the first
Monday in next month, and urging their friends
to abide by this arrangement. We are glad that
the candidates have adojited this course, as ob
jections upon this ground would probably deprive
many honest men of the power of voting, who
from the extreme hardness of the times and scar
city of money at this season of the year, would
find it very inconvenient to pay their taxes
before the’ election. It has been decid
ed bv several of the Judges in this State that it
is tbe tax of the yejr preceding the election,
which must be paid to enable a man to vote.
According to this decision, the non-payment of
taxes for 1846 would not disqualify, yet some of
the presiding magistrates may decide differently
and exclude those who have not paid the tax of
1846. We presume there are not many who
have not paid their taxes for the year 1845—but
we advise all to pay up before the election, if
they justly prize the inestimable privilege of vo
ting ; for although the objection has been waiv
ed by the candidates, and we presume the ar
rangement w ill be generally carried out by their
friends in the district, yet it may be made by de
signing men in somb sections, and many unsus
pecting persons may bo deprived of their votes.
We all remember how the objection was sprung
upon the Democrats in this county at the Presi
dential election in 1844. It was wholly unsus
pected, and produced great confusion, and came
near ending in the spilling of blood. The Whigs
had procured from the Tax Collector a list of
those Democrats who had not paid their taxes,)
and sent a copy to each precinct in the county.
The Democrats, not suspecting such a trick, were
not prepared with similar information and could
only countervail its efforts, by objecting indis
criminately to every Whig voter, and making
ev£ry. man take the oath. In this way those
Whigs who had not paid their taxes were reach
ed and prevented from voting—a compromise
was soon made and the election proceeded as
usual. It served the purpose However for which
it was intended, at the county precincts, and
several Democrats were deprived of the privi
lege of voting. In- such cases there is no reme
dy, as there is usually no person present autho
rized to receive the taxes, and those who have
not already paid, are excluded. We warn our
friends to be on their guard in this matter, for
although after what the candidates have done,
the objection alluded to, will not be made by
honorable men, yet there may be those who will
take advantage of just such a state of things, to
deprive unsuspecting men of their votes. This
thing should especially be looked to in the strong
Democratic counties. Remember, “ caution is
the parent of security.”
THE RAIL ROAD.
We are sorry to find, that our article of last
week on this subject, has been misunderstood by
some of our friends. We are charged with
throwing “cold water” on the project. Such cer
tainly was not our intention, as we think will
appear from the following extract from our arti
cle on that subject. “Should the road be built,
we believe it will become the great thorough
fare from Texas* to the North, and that the travel,
alone, would pay a profit independent of the
1 arge amount of drygoods, that must be brought
to this place. And it is more than probable, that
all the dry goods consumed in Eastern Alabama,
from Barbour to Chambers, will pass over this
road, and should there be no connection between
the Montgomery Rail Road, and the Georgia
Rail Road, the merchants, even of Montgomery
would get their goods by this route.” We do
not think this looks much like, “ throwing cold
water ” on the project. In a seperate article on
exclusive privileges, we spoke against tire policy
of granting exclusive privileges to any one, hut
it would have been just as fair an inference,
to suppose, we were opposed to the run
ning of Steam Boats on this river, because
we were opposed to giving any one the exclusive
right to do it. There will be no use for aa ex
clusive right to build a road. The best guaran
ty against competition, will be a road, capable
and wiling to do all the business of the country
through which it-passes, on reasonable terms.
The very reason assigned why the Company
should have exclusive privileges, is the Very best
reason why they will not require it. They say
that no one will lay out so large an amount of
money if others are allowed to interfere with
them. We say, let them build the road and the
very large sum required trill prevent others from
engaging in an undertaking, where certain loss
would follow.
We stated last week, that we believed, if the
road was built, that all the goods for Eastern
Alabama, would pass over it;—we believe we
might with safety have gone further and said
that of a dry Fall when our river was not boata
ble, that large quantities of cotton would be
brought here from many miles around, to be
sent on the road to Savannah. Many farmers
prefer selling their cotton as fast as they get it
ready for market;—to enable them to do this,
advantageously, the buyers must be able to get
it off as quick as possible. Build a road, and
cotton could be sliipped to Savannah and sold
‘and the money sent back in three days—and in
five, returns could be had from Charleston, —in
less than thirty from New-York, and in
many instances quicker from Liverpool, than we
now get them by the way of Apalachicola. And
; should the road be built, as we think it will to
Mobile, we can have a choice- of markets, be
tween the cities to the East and North of us,-
and New-Grleams, which is destined to be the
great cotton market of America.
A still stronger reason than any We have men
tioned, is that we are not now called on to de
cide the question, “ Road” or “ No Road” but to
; decide whether we will have a road to pass
through our place or above it. A road through
it might injure it, one above it, is certain to in
jure us. We have to choose between a doubt
ful wire re the chances are in our favor and
one in which wc are certaix losers.-
There is another induce merit-to build this road,
we did not mention last week. Wc have with
in our corporate limits and neighborhood, water
power sufficient to manufacture the entire cot
ton crop of Georgia, and we know of no place
possessing greater advantages for manufacturing.
We have a mild climate, and a country as healthy,-
we believe, as any to be found in the same par
allel in the U. States, and labor is abundant and
cheap, and we can see no good reason why this
p!ac& should not ber'iwie a second Lowell.- t n-|
til we manufacture more than supplies our own
nfarket, wc have the advantage of freights both
ways, and should we have to ship to foreign
ports, we have stiil the advantage of freights
one way. Another advantage we have over
our northern neighbors, is the saving in fuel and
provisions, both are cheaper here- than at the
North, and the first comparatively but little re
quired.
Taking all these things into consideration, we
say build the road, and that right right speedily.
• We meant by the above, the Whole country
from this to Texas, and we presume, we were
so understood.
JUDGE IVERSON.
A correspondent in to-days paper, in allud ng
to the many claims of our citizens upon Govern
ment arising from the Creek War, very proper
ly suggests the benefit which Judge Iverson
would prove to be to the claimants, if elected, in
establishing theii just claims before Congress.
Those interested, should bestow some thought
upon this matter previous to voting. Judge
Iverson, we should think, is the verv man to
successfully urge these claims before Congress.
With the origin of most of them he is personally
acquainted, and on the behalf of many claimants,
he has been engaged as attorney in investigating
them.
It is most assuredly the interest of the v. ters
of the district to secure the election of that man
to Congress who can most benefit them, as well
by his maintainance of general principles, as by in
dividually serving them
While upon this subject, we would draw the
attention of the voters to another important sub
ject. Government have for a long time contem
plated the establishment of a National Amory
upon the South-western Waters. The natural
advantages posses.- ed by Columbus, have been
marked in the report of the Commissioners
who have been sent out from time to time to
view points for its locality, and it is highly pi oba
ble, (should it be established,) that the member
from this district, if he were interested in the
prosperity of our city would have great influence
towards .the selection of Columbus as the point
where this Amory should be established,
These are mattes in which we are all inter
ested, and it would be well for their importance
to be considered, and pondered upon.
FROM THE GEORGIA ‘REGIMENT.
Letters have been received from the Georgia
Regiment, of as late a date as the 26th ult. They
were still at the Camp Belknap, near Durita.
The health of the Regiment is generally good.
A number on the sick list—but no serious cases.
“ Men die every where” was a remark of Napo
leon to his soldiers. As yet, death has dealt with
a sparing hand, with the Georgia Regiment,
and out of the whole number there has been
fewer deaths than might have been expected,
from among as large a body of men at home.
From all sides, we hear favorable reports of
the discipline and appearance of the Regiment;
all unite ill bestowing the proper praise upon
Col. Jackson, who is emphatically a soldier and
a gentleman.
The Regiment is fast gaining the reputation
of being tlie “ Crack” Regiment of the Volun
teers.”
REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.
PARADES A PRISONER ! RESTOUATION OF SAN
TA ANNA ! \
By the arrival of the British Brig of War
*“ During” at N. O. from Vera Cruz, intelligence
has been received of the revolt of the garrison of
Vera Cruz, their proclamation against the exist
ing government, and in favor of Santa Anna ;
and a simultaneous revolution at the city of Mex
ico, by which Parades had been made a prisoner,
and the restoration of Smta Anna, decreed upon.
The Steamship Arab, which he had chartered to
convey himself and suite to Mexico, was tele
graphed off the harbour of Vera Cruz, when
the “Daring” sailed. It isyet to be seen wheth
er Commodore Conner has permitted his passage
through the blockading squadron.
The revolutionists in Mexico have placed
Gen. Salas at the head of affairs, until the ar
rival of the ex-President. Parades was upon
the eve of leaving for Monterey with the army
of reserve, when the revolution was effected.
The disaffection extended to the army, who turn
ed against their leader. Parades is confined in
the Citadel at the city of Mexico.
Should Santa Anna be restored, it is thought
that he will pursue a “ peace” policy.
The Mexican papers still talk with their usu
al bravado of prosecuting the war, and of “ chas
tising the insolent North-American invaders.”
The next arrival from Mexico will be anxious
ly looked for.
From the reading of the communication,
of our correspondent at Washington, “ Rough” it
would seem that his opinions upon the subject of
the Tariff have und rgone a change. Possibly,
convinced of the ruin wiii-’h the present bill is
to effect, he is desirous of contributing his mite to
wards its repeal.
Being always willing to lend a helping hand
to “those who see the error of their ways” we
do not hesitate a moment as to- its publication.
THE TIDE OF E3IIGRATKFV.
Emigrants still continue to pour into our land,
and arc settling in our Western wilds by thou
sands. By th • last foreign arrival, wc learn that
near a thousand, left Stockholm and Gelfe last
month. They are represented as noble speci
mens of the Swiss peasantry ; hard-working,
honest, and lovers of order, who will no doubt,
prove a valuable addition to the portion of the
country where they may settle.
The class of emigrants who come to this coun
try now, constitute a far better portion of society
than numbers who emigated some years back.
They consist of those, who are well to do in the
world—small farmers and mechanics, who pos
sess means enough to give them a comfortable
start and who, being aware of the facilities
offered in a free country to the industrious
to prosper in life, come here to better their own
condition and that of their offspring.
Here they can enjoy the advantages of civil
and religious liberty, denied to them-in the land
of their fathers, and that inestimable of all privi
leges pertaining to a freeman, to vote for the
rulers, who are to direct the tax which he shall
pay towards the support of his government.
We should extend to the oppressed of other
lands a hearty welcome to the shores of Ameri
ca; crur wide and ample domain—we should in
vite them to share with us—and breathing the
pure atmosphere of this free land, to grow with,
us, and prosper’as we prosper—never forgeting
that their sires and on own were cotempcranous,
and that the same blood wliich courses through
their views has a current in ours.
As they flock here, that they may enjoy a
purer freedom than their own land offers them
—let them enjoy alike with us the political
privileges secured by the constitution.
.QTj’Profossor Miles, who has been so success
ful in teaching the art of Muemtechny in our
city, is about finishing a large class in Girard,
when he leaves for LaGrSnge.
From personal knowledge of himself aud bh
art we heartily recommend him to the good Citi
zens of Troup.
“AN EMPIRE ON WHICH THIS SUN
NEVER SETS.”
This beautiful figure representing a tast em
pire, will apply to the United States when Ore
gon comes into the sisterhood. The Newbury
port Herald says: “Should we ever extend our
possessions over North Oregon, as far as the Ro
manzoff Mountains, near the seventieth parallel,
we shall reach that latitude where the sun docs
not set in summer. Near the mountains, in
summer, the sun appears to stand as still as it did
in the days of Joshua. In June it is twenty-five
degrees above the horizon at “midnight,” and
the only mode of knowing that it is midnight, is
watching the sun when it begins to ascend/’
It is said that the son never sets on the do
minions of Queen Victoria, but a Frenchman
gives as a reason that the sun is never seen
through the murky atmosphere of Britain—lt is
but seldom.
“DISTANT CANNONADING.”
Our intelligent and well informed correspon
dent in the Georgia Regiment, who never makes
assertions without weighing them, and being as
sured of their truth, reported in a letter received
some time since, that “ many persons in Camp
had heard what was supposed to be the report of
a distant cannonade.”
A correspondent of our neighbor, the “ En
quirer” w riting since then, cautions his readers
to beware “of reports from this place (camp Belk
nap) as fancy hears many reports of cannon and
musketry, and some letter writers are hoaxed or
intend hoaxing others, for nothing has transpir
ed to justify the opinion that there has even been
a skirmish lately.”
It is sufficient for us to say-—that the “ dis
tant cannonade” spoken of by our correspondent
was noticed in other letters received at the same
time from the camp, and a gentleman direct from
the army, informs us that it was heard by at least
5,000 persons in the different camps.
ILLUSTRATED BOTANY.
Mr. Charles A. Peabody of Spring Hill, Ala.
has laid upon our table, as specimens for exami
nation, several numbers of the “Illustrated Bota
ny” a monthly work published in New York.
This candidate for popular favor, should cer
tainly be in the hands of every florist. The eU*
gravings, of which there are front four to six in
each number, are both correct, and elegant, and
alone worth the price of the work.
Mr. Peabody is agent for this work, of which
the price is but $3 per annum.
THE AMERICAN Alitf UNION.
The transactions of this society for the year
1845, are brfore us in pamphlet form. It pre
sents a gratify : ng exhibition of the prosperity of
the institution.
Its list of members now numbers upwards of
3,000, distributed in every section of the Union.
They each contribute yearly to the Society’s
fund the sum of $5, and receive in return a
beautiful steel plate engraving, (itself worth the
amount) and the chance of drawing one of the
splendid paintings belonging to the Society,
Our citizens who arc members, have been ex
ceedingly fortunate in the lotteries ; two of the
paintings having fallen to Columbus at the last
drawing; and one of them the most valuable of
the collection.
The Hon. Scc’ry. A. H. Cooper, receives sub
scriptions, and specimens of the engravings can
be seen at Mr. Kivlin’s on Broad street.
ACCIDENT AT SEA.
The steam Ship Hibernia which touched at
Halifax, reported that a few hours after leaving
Boston, she ran down the Schooner Maine of
Cohasset, in a dense fog. The schooner sank im
mediately, and 6of 11 persons on board perish
ed. The remainder were rescued and brought
to Halifax.
CHANGE IN THE CABINET.
By a letter from Washington, we learn that
Mr. Bancroft, the Secretary of the Navy, was to
have retired from the Cabinet on the 31st ult.,
and was to be succeeded by Mr. J. Y. Mason.
The former goes as Minister to France.
EARTHQUAKE.
The shock of an Earthquake was felt in Bos
ton, on the 25th ult. It played , the “ dickens ”
with the crockery, and frightened the folks a little.
FOR THE TIMES.
CREEK CLAIMS.
Mr. Editor :—A number us our citizens, and
our neighbors in Alabama, have claims upon the
Government, arising from the Creek War, which
arc lying as it were dead in the War Department.
Among the many arguments in favor of the
election of Judge Iverson to Congress, to the
holders of these claims a prominent one should
be, the valuable assistance that he could render
them in prosecuting their claims before govern
ment. He is conversant with many of them,
and his energy and influence would accomplish
much (or the holders. Stewart.
FOR THE TIMES.
Daniel Tnclters, Confidential Letter of
advice to his friend William Il.Craw*
ford.
Since the defeat of old friend Clay
I have not had a word tc say :
I sung so hard in ’44
My throat is still a little sore,
I have not raised a single chords,
Since Polk und Dallas so run o’r us.
But since you have the pluck to run
Against the “ Bascombe” —Iverson,-
I will be with you, though to all,
The chance appears to be but small;
There’s one thing sure-he cant run o’r us ;
Because he’ll always be betore us !
Now if you make the first miss-lick
Just like “ old” Jones he’ll beat you slick.
And keep the tariff out of view,
For if you dont—he’s into you ;
That is a load you cannot carry,
It broke the back of gallant Harry.
It may be best to make a stand
Away off on the Rio Grande ;
And talk of lots of money spent,
Luwisely by the President:
Yes, call it wanton devastation
Os blood and treasure of the nation.*
Swear, that if be had managed right
We never should have had alight ;■
That Mr. Polk had brought it on
Instead of one, for Oregon,
Charge all expenses to his blunder,
And credit us with Taylors thunder!
That “ idea” now called “ obsolete,”
Do not again attempt to meetj-
But let the new financial scheme
Re made an everlasting theme;
Swear that ’twill rum every body
From Texas to Passamaquaddy.
Your light should shine just so that you,
Can keep the weak points out of view ;
And if you choose a text to take
And nothing out of it can-make,
Run up and down like an exhorter
Or like a fish in shoaly water.
Farwell dear friend, do all you cm r
And bear your beating like a man j-
You will get * usened” to it soon,
As is the case with many a coon ;
Cheer up, Cheer up, I love you laddie
Because you-differ from your daddy.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Times.
No. 3
WASHiNfcTdx Citt, August 20th, 1846.
Washington never gets into its usual “hang”
until a month has passe J elf after the close of
each succeeding session of Congress. Wc all
feci like fish out of water, when suddenly divest
ed of the whirling current of exciting events,
by which almost every day of the, presence of
Congress is marked ; for, like fish out of water,
we gasp as it were, for the stirring element of
political strife, in which, for so largo a portion of
the year, wc may be said to live, move, and have
our being. Your readers will then hardly won
der that it takes ns here, a m >nlh or two to col
lect our thoughts and energies, after finding our
selves deprived, almost hv magic, of the train of
occurrences upon which habit compels us to de
pend for our share of that excitement, which men,
every where, seek in some form or through some
channel or other. The month after the close of
a session, arid more especially ot a long session,
is the season of lethargy in the administrative
departments of government, where but ordinary
routine of business is attended to, during that
time, which by the bye, since this government
has existed has never yet given berth to a great
design. It is indeed the “cooling off” season,
after the “ heat” legislative. There is, there
fore, no period in the year when so little of inter,
est abroad, originates at the seat of government.
At present, the thoughts of the politicians of
either party among us, who have already recu
perated sufficiently to think once more, are turn
ed to the north and east where the panic battle is
being fought. And strange to say, the grand
contest is between the business interest ofwhig
gery on the one side, and tire political interests of
the same party on the other. The manufactur
ers themselves, with few exceptions, being the
parties who are struggling most earnestly to de
feat the efforts of their own political managers to
make party capital out of the ruin of the fortunes
of their immediate followers. Such is notorious
ly the fact. Every federal newspaper from tire
north comes loaded down either with panic prog
nostications or surmises as to the probable disas
tious future effects of tire tariff law of 1846, or
on the other hand, with denunciations against
the leaders, who, for political ends, thus essay to
generate a want of business confidence in the
public mind, which, they say, will ensure all the
ruin and distress upon which whig leaders de
pend for the realization of their hopes of political
profit from the enactment of the new revenue
system. Now, if by any possible chance a pan
ic agitation or any other similar appliance might
effect the repeal of the new law within a reasona
ble time, the capitalists would not have hesitated
to join in the plans of the politicians of their par
ty. But, as under no possible contingency can
a change be made in the law until another Presi
dent is seated in the executive chair, those (the
capitalists) who must risk all and can gain noth
ing by panic, decline being made the cats paw, to
serve the purposes of their part}’ associates, who
are politicians by trade ; and who of course are
benfited in eome way or other, whenever their
relative party strength is increased, as it would
be increased, if their own friends would quietly
submit to be martyred, to that end. The New
York Express, the National Intelligencer, the
Philadelphia North American, aud indeed the
federal newspapers generally representing the
interests of the stock jobbers and federal politi
cians, by trade, (which for so long a period have
been identical) are crying aloud ruin ! ruin ! !
ruin !! ! The local federal papers of the interi
or of New England on the other hand, represen
ting the interest of the little knot of capitalists
around each, are as industriously proclaiming
that the panic facts of the former are budgets of
lies; that workmen, are not to be discharged
at the several places where their discharge is re
ported to have been determined on—and that the
proprietors of the two or three establishments
that have lately reduced the wages ot their em
ployees, are notorious for seizing on every pass
ing pretext to grind the faces of the laboring
poor; and further, that the manufacturers, as
a class, can’ and will make fair profits under the
operation of the new tariff law, unless the Whig
politicians by trade and their newspaper organs
succeed in unsettling business by their sinister
cry of ruin! ruin ! ! rdn ! ! I So your readers
will perceive that the Democratic newspapers of
this region of country have little ter do in the
matter, but to “lay low and keep dark,” so that
the federalists may fight out the panic battle
among themselves. It must however terminate
in the discomfiture of their politicians, which
will hardly l>e realized in its length and breadth
until Congress again meet; when Webster,
who it is well known is in tb “pay cm the capitalists
■(receiving the interest on the hundred thousand
dollars raised by them and invested for his benefit)
and his peculiar followers in the Senate and
House of Representatives, stand up and contend
against the efforts of the particular friends of
Clay to effect the repeal of the law of 1846.
Many persons here are of opinion that Clay and
his friends will be wise enough to let the ques
tionl alone next winter. This cannot he so,
however .; for though its agitation must invaria
bly sever the capitalists from them for the time
being, with out the tariff* issue to aid in keeping
Clay’s name before the public he must sink into
obscurity—a position promising to be fatal to all
his future hopes. If the capitalists could by any
kind of reasoning persuade themselves that agi
tation might possibly effect the re-enactment of
the tariff’ of 1842 before 1849, they would risk
much to back the efforts of the panic makers.
But the thing being utterly beyond the range of
possibility, they wisely choose the more moder
ate profits of the newllasw f in preference to useless
agitation, that cannot? fail to result in great indi
vidual pecuniary loss. Webster, being sold to
these men for the annual interest of the hundred
thousand dollars, must obey their behests and op
pose liis late party friends who would continue to
agitate. However, his new position is by no
means disagreeable to him, for his personal judg
ment, as well as hi# sympathies aTe with the
free traders. It will Ire remembered that in 1820
he drew up and advocated the famous Boston
Free Trade resolutions which were as ultra a
were those of your poor old Mr. Berrien, that are
even now so often quoted to prove what the
American Free Trade principles are, as well as
what At# views at one time were. It will also
be remembered that in Webster’s “Baltimore
speech” he declared that when ever Britain
should relax the corn laws, it would be our duty
to modify the tariff, so as to let her manufactures
into this country in much greater quantities.
These Boston resolutions, and this Baltimore
speech are among the very ablest arguments in
favor of the principle of the Democratic tariff law
of 1816, in existence ; and they prove beyond
doubt, that,-were Webster untrammelled by the
schackles of party, and by the stronger chain
tlit hundred- thousand dollar biibe, he wouUl
have been the last man in the worid to have de
fended the justice, constitutionality, or expedi
ency of the law made in 1842 to plunder the
many for the benefit of the few. Webster’s hit
ter, galling, hatred today and his interest#,
would also have done much to throw him against
the protective policy. But if he should by acci
dent or otherwise, get entirely f>ff from frhiggery,
where Could he“ Where am I to go?” a#
lie expressed himself in Fanietil Hall, when so
deep died in Tylerism that three fourths cf the
federalist# of the country wore for thrusting him
without the pale of their party.
\ our rodders who do not, in person, sec the
working of the under current of political affair#
as exhibited in this city every winter, can hardly
realize the extent of the fierce ahd active ani
mosity existing in the breasts of Clay and Web
ster against each other. Now that Clay doe#
not come to Washington, it is seen on his part,
in the manoeuvres of Crittenden, Clayton, Gar
ret Davis, and two or three others of Am especial
representatives; and on the part of Webster in
his own bitter spirit towards his arch enemy, a#
he esteems the “Great Harry” of the West to he-
These parties, in ordinary conversation, denounce
each other even more heartily than they de
nounce the democrat in debate. Webster and
his hand were indeed loth to come to the festtfn
of Clay when nominated in 1844. But as hi#
nomination was the forlorn hope of their party, to
have* faltered then through his private griefs,
was to have insured to himself the eternal and
avowed hatred of every interest of federalism not
immediately wrapped up in himself. He saw
the consequences of permitting his conduct to be
governed by his private feelings, and wisely de
termined to conceal and nurse his anger for a
more propitious moment. That moment will
come when Congress again meet; for the inter
est of the manufacturing money power of the
federal party will stand opposed to the political
views of the Clay wing, and with that powerful
and active interest to back him, he will com
mence the open Struggle against Clay ascendan
cy in the whig ranks. As yet, it is hard to tell
on which side of this contest the Wall street stock
jobbing interest 6f Federalism will throw its
weight. It is however probable thaffhe stock inert
representing bona fide capital will sympathize
with their brother capitalists whd lftive purchased
Webster, while those who live by speculation,
and represent little or no real xvealth will bring
up the rear of the anti-Webster forces. When
ever business is unsettled, speculators thrive;
The “fancies” therefore, may reasonably be ex
pected to throw their weight in the scale of those
who are to profit politically by unsettling busi
ness with the cry of ruin.
It is often asked by those” around me, where
will the Whigs of Georgia and other Southern
States be found in this expected melee’ ? That’r
past my ken. Go where they will, they have
little weight in determining the measures of their
party friends and associates. The star of such’
men as Giddings, Culver of New York. John Q.
Adams, and Delano of Ohio, of late, has been irt !
the ascendancy in their congressional manceuvrca
at the seat of government. It is the place of
old John Q. John Davis, and men of that ilk to
determine the course of the party upon all mea
sures of state, and it appears to he, no less imper
ative ort southern Whigs in Congress to follow
the lead of the mass of congressional whiggery
who sway backward and forward at the dictation
of these leaders. Upon some few questions their
geographical position: forces Whigs from the south’
to hang hack from the broad platform upon which’
the mass of the Federal party stand. But like
the tail of the kite they hang near enough and’
follow close enough to’ the oscillations of the
main body to step mto line", immediately after it
comes up'erect from its so frequent dips chock
down into the mire of abolitionism.
So look oht trtsec the panic tattle fought be
tween the wings ot whiggery, not only from now
until the first of December n< xt, but during the’
approaching session of Congress:
I find it stated in the New York Herald and’
other northern papers, that the Secretary of the”
Treasury, and also the leading Dcihbcratii;
members from the South will consent to’a modifi
cation ofthe tariff’next winter, by which coal and’
iron will receive a greater share of protection
than is afforded to them under the new bill (50
per cent practically.) This is not so. Neither
of the parties mentioned would agree to any
modification of the new biff, unless-it should be
found to produce less revenue than its friends
anticipated from it, in which case the modifica
tions will be made with a view to raise the ad
ditional revenue rather than to afford more “pro-’
tection” to any interest, however desirable it may
be to have its influences in favor of the democra
tic party.
Our friends, cue ancha’l, have tto much confi
dence in the soundness of their principles to seek
the aid of log-rolling measures to give them per
manent power. If the whig trick of intrigue,
(for practically, any such arrangement would, be
neither more nor less) must he adopted to sus
tain the measures ofthe democratic party for the
time being, they will be j?ermittcd to goby the
board. However, no such contingency is anlici-’
pated here, and thetefore’such speculations for the
future, as I have alluded so, are mere idle scribe
blings.
The President and a portion of his family left!
Washington City for old Point Comfort till#
morning, where they will remain about a week.-
No one really wants relaxation more. His du
ties have been very arduous sin-.c the commence
ment ofthe’ Session, and his person bears evi
dence of the intensity of his labors and cares.-
The Attorney General alone of the cabinet, ac
companied him.
Haywood’s budget of excuses for his late de-r
sertion of his political principles made its appear
ance to day. It is as long as the moral law, and
as lull of personal vanity and religious cant as
might have been expected from its “illustrious
author.” It appears to have fallen still bom 1 to
the ground so far as the democrats are concerned.
I doubt whether one of his late political associate#
will take the trouble to review it, unless provoked
so to dOf by the manner in which the federalists
mav essav to give him and it consequence,*that’
their course may thereby be profited.
I leant’ from reliable sources, that instead of
carrying Pennsylvania at the approaching? gen
era! election itt that State, as the Federalists Hftd
hoped to do, the chances are that they will loose
two, if not tlrree of the congressional dis
tricts now in their hands. They are laboring
with no little zeal to turn the protective fever
raging there, to their own advantage ; but so far,
tliey are ceitainly “barkingup the wrong tree.”
All persons in Washington are becoming most
anxious to hear ofthe operations of our fleet on
the pacific egast of Mexico. It is high time that
important news from that quarter had been re
ceived. LOWNDES-