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COLUMBUS, GA.
‘/EDVEIDAT, SEPTEMBER 33,1846
For Coßireufrom the 2nd District,
AI.I-KKI) IVKK ‘ON,
or MrscoiEt corwTT.
KUtilon first Monday in October.
. , J The gnod candidate? for Congress
in t - 2 I C i*re?oiut district, hereby agree to
k jiv-’ all <*’>j *cti's to voters on account of the
tim-p*vai >nt of Tax*?, at the approaching elec*
t:*:i— an I they request that their friends in
t ie several counties in the district, lie governed
l>y this ag •ecinetit.
ALFRED IVERSON. *
WM. H. CRAWFORD.
August 3ft. 1810.
AGEXTS FOR “THE COLIMBUS TIMES/’
N*w-Yoix.—V. B. Palmer, George Pratt,
Maspn & TutUe.
Paiumrau—R. VV. Carr, V. B. Palmer,
Bit.rov—V. B. Palmer.
Hirri* Coujrrr —Borders & Bruce.
Rwnoira CooirrT—Henry J. Devon.
T.lECJ>ll\n EhBCTt9!f...DSHO.
CftATJPREPARE!
We hope that the De.meracy in the different
cou itiea, will he particular to recollect the day
ofcl te electien. It is the first Movdat, the
5 :.l O ’ O.TO4SR.
A variety of reports have been put in circula*
la i by our oppon -nts in different parts of the
I).Uriel that the day of Election has been
changed All such are false! Democrats be
upuraui guard, and on ’he first Monday of
n*t -n ■•ith go to the ballot box, with the name
iflVililffN in Jr our hin J, and victory is s--
cureJ. aaJ the secret machinations of the Whigs
defeated.
FU'IAI THE GEORGIA REGIMENT.
M i.-n anxiety is felt to obtain more definite
i:ito.-<notion as to the late disturbance in the
G.*o. gia Regiment.
A (nstcript to a letter received some ten days
a ated that but one of the Georgia Regi
ment lijJ been killed and taro wounded; doubt*
I ***tiie rep rt first received will prove to have been
much exaggerated.
IMPORTANT PUOM MEXICO.
T.ic N.w Orleans j apers of the I6th inst.
contain the information of the rejection by the
exiting government of Mexico, of the Treaty
of peace, so liberally offeied to them by our own
Governor nt. In the present distracted state of
that country, it is difficult to determine, w o. or
waat (tarty constitute the listing government.
Toe supposition however, is, that the rejection
of the Treaty (or the delering it until their Con
gress meets in December,) is done with the
k i t.eleJjc.a.iJ by the approval of Santa An.ia.
Tub act would seein o indicate upon the part ot
the Mexican Government a desire for the contin
uance o. the war We opine that they will
sicken of it ere its close!
MR. TOOJIUa’ LETTER.
We ti iJ in too -Curo.iicle & Sentinel of 16
ii. a letter addressed •• to the EJ it or of the
’ u.ubui Tunes,” iro.u which the following is
.a extract:
Washi hgtox, Ga., Sept. 6th, 1846
/t ie E l tor of the Calumbus T.mes :
.>*: —M* attention has been called to in
.i! if.a* in your paper ot the Itftn ult., head
. .% auiail nusiaxe—Mr. Toombs,” in which
i a.'.enipt to snow and secui to think you
mi w.i, (hat a statement in my speech
i lue i anti* io reierenco to tue effect of high
,o*v Tar.Us upon our revenue, is erroneous,
tji ‘incut was, taut “ our in guest Tariffs have
•i.tiiy hrougut lac most mmey into the ex
•r; t.us lias been the invariable result
sJ titl now, a.id this will continue to e
j.itit a Coag.vsa ca.i be found to adjust
>w. tii so tilt te wisdom, and to x tiiem
e vo.it.ta.it rates as to raise toe price of
.. articles above the ordinary ability to
i v ot toe great moss of consumers ot those
u kl.Ucs.”
. . • principle here assorted is almost a self
. u. truta. You do not o.urovert the prin
. . Kit attic* a tact urged ui support of it.
. iu dnA.ueiy take issue w.th me upon the et
. w.nr.i o.gn or low Tariffs nave had upon the
venue sniee 1789. To uppou your asser
t.i. \ou ao.iei to your article, tables showing
,e rc euue received by tiie government at dit
.e.eiit pu..ods ot tune under different Tariffs.
A u say. ~ iro.u these tab.es it appears that in
fs.ti, i an I 8. tae duties averaged a fraction
o\ r tlO.sUl.cOU, when the average rate of du
ties was less than ha.t w.oit k was in 1834.
‘35. and 6. wurii we collected less than we
did in those years last named.” Your tallies do
not prove mat *• toe average rate ot duties (in
13U6 7 and 8.) was less than half what it was
in ISJ4 35 nd *36.”
i wdl nit say you •• never rmde a more ran
dom a.'Seitioii in your life,” l>ul I will show, by
the most conclusive evidence, that the fact ‘is
ota? w.se. By re.ecringto Mr. Walker’s trea
sury Report (page 1)37) you will find that the
total value ot goods import and and retained in
the county for consumption in the years 1806.
18J7 and 18.)8, was within a fraction of one
hit i IreJ a.i I uiiiety-tw > millions ; you st ite the
lota imniat of duties recei ed tn- years to
t? near y , 16,2.) 1 000 per annum, which makes
an aggregate to tae three years of $48,873,000:
the “ average rate of duties,” therefore, for those
three years was nearly tw?iity-svc per cent.
The total va ue of imports retained in the coun
try for c •naunp ion in 1834. 1836 and 1837
was nearl. £<01,000,000, as is shown by the
sa ar repo t and in the sain? table, and the duties
c Utectrd tor th >se thro- years, according to the
tiY.e to which you refer, amounted to a little
I vs than ; 5J.000,000, which equals only ab’ut
12 per cent. Therefore, instead of “the aver
age rate oi duties in 1806,190? and 1808 being
r*--r than half what it was in 1831. 1835* and
1836 ” the reverse of your proposition is almost
exactly true.
Tae g.mtfem in who wrote the article in ques
tion, is out of the city, and even if he were here,
wr se? no ground for controversy between him
and Col. Toom'rs. The controversy seems to
have been waether high or low cuties bring
m *st m *aey into the treasury, or to use the Col’s
wir is, ‘into the exchequer.” The Col. proves
t .at the average rate ofdutiesin 1806,7 and 8
wutw Mty*i<? pjr cent, aai that in 1831, 5 and
6 u was only twelve per cent. —that the three
ti -*r years hroojht into the exchequer only forty
ei ;Lt millions, while the three last years brought
in fifty mil ions. If, therefor •, duties of twelve
per rent, brought 50 millions, and duties of twen
ty-live per cent brought only 48 milliona.it
proves that the writer ot the article in question,
was correct an I that he only undo a mistake as
to the rates of the duties in the years specified—
and C >l. Toombs must admit that fie either made
a “ small roi take” in his speech, or that ho has
mode a very large one in the calculations by
‘.which Iso proves that the duties in 1834? 5 and 6
were on *7 twelve per cent •
REMOVAL OF THE TOLL-GATE.
The Toll-Gate which was established at the
West end of the Bridge in Girard, and which
has long been a source of annoyance to travel*
lers, has been taken down, and the passage made
free.
TICKRTSi
A plentiful supply of tickets for the comihg
election—with the sterling name ot IVERSON
upon them, can be obtained at this office.
THE EARLY MEETING.
Wc advise all our friends who can make it
convenient to attend the Democratic gathering at
Blakely on the 29th inst. A free and hearty in
vitation is extended to you all by the committee
of invitation, and ample arrangements have lieen
made for your reception. Let the voice of Mus
cogee awske the echo’s of Democratic Early.
COOL IMPUDENCE.
We see m the Chronicle & Sentinel paraded
■xtracts from a speech which Mr. Polk made
.n 1835 against the Sub-treasury and from an
tddress :n lß39infaxor of it—and this too by
an Editor who was an old Nullifier, and is now
the advocate of a protective tariff—and be says,
* this is a fine specimen of Mr. Polk’s logic, good
icnse and stability.” Take care Mr. Editor—if
ou think such things very disgraceful, the least
you say about them the better, for people will
sometimes compare great things with small.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
Mr. Bancroft, the late able and energetic Se
cretary of the Navy, having been selected as
Minister to the court -of St. James—the Hon.
John Y. Mason, has been appointed to his post,
vl r. M. has already made himself favorably known
to the country in his capacity of Attorney Gen
eral, and no man could have been selected more
tide to take charge of the Navy Department.
Entering upon familiar duties, and an ac
knowledged favorite with the service, under his
regime such reforms as may be needed, will be
readily accomplished, and the navy maintain the
position it so rightfully occupies ol the “ right
arm” of our defence.
COMSTOCK’S PHONETIC MAGAZINE.
VV e have received the first No* ot this periodi
cal. The editer ar l publisher is Dr. Andrew
Comstock of Philadelphia, well known as the
Author of a Treatise on Elocution ; an edition
of the Latin Historia Sacra, and various other
works. The Magazine it devoted to the select
of a reform of our written language. It begin
with anew and perfect Alphabet of 38 letters;
having a letter for every elementary sound in the
language ; then with this alphabet, each word is
sp*lled exactly as it is pronounced. By this
method a person can learn to spell all the words
in the language in three weeks, and also pronounce
every word that he sees written. The alphabet
is not entirely new ; the original 26 letters being
retained, and the 12 new ones added. Any per
son that knows how to read in the old way can
learn to read this in one hours time.
We are not prepared to say, when we think
this new style of printing and writing will become
universal; but when accomj lished, the reform
of our heterogeneous and absurd method of spell
ing will he thorough; and years will be aved in
learning to read, spell and write. The attempt is
a founidable one; though the cause is gaining
ground every day, and has thousands of suppor
ters both in this country and in Great Bri’ain.
The improvement could hardly find an abler
advocate than Dr. Comstock. We would also
mention that there is to be published in the Maga
zine, anew System of Phonography, or Short
hand writing, which can be easily learned from
this work without any teacher, and occupies less
than one sixth of the space of common writing.
The Phonetic Magazine is of the octavo size ;
elegantly printed on fine paper, and is issued
monthly at one dollar per year. Published by
Andrew Comstock, M. D. at 100 Mulberry St.
Philadelphia, Pa. The deputy Post Master here
will remit for all who wish to subscribe. The
first No. can be seen at the Times Office.
Gkx. Tailor.—A letter from Gen. Taylor
under date of the 14th Aug. at Camargo, is pub
lished in the northern papers. It is directed to
the committee of a meeting held some time since
in New York, who passed resolutions compli
mentary to him, and desired the use of his name
as a candidate for the next Presidency. The
General thanks them for the resolutions, but de
clines the candidate-ship.
Four bats from New York.—We saw
and conversed with a gentleman last week who
made the passage from New York to our city in
four days; one day in advance of the mail. He
was a passenger on the new steamer Southerx
er and was but fifty four hours from N. York to
Charleston—quick travelling that !
New Member of the Co>rps Editorial.-
We are happy to notice the accession to the edi
torial department of the Southern Banner of the
Hon. Hopkins Holsey. Mr. H. is an able and
energetic writer, and at cne time was a represen
tative of the Democratic Party of Georgia in
Congress.
Appointments btthe President. —George
Baucrof', of Massachusetts, to be Envoy Extra*
ordinary a: and Minister Plenipotentiary* of the
United State for the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, vice Louis McLaue, recall
ed at his own request.
JohnY. Mason, of Virginia, to be Secretary
of the Navy ot the United States, vice Hon
George Bancroft, resigned.
LOSS OF THB BRIO LAGRANGE OF
NEW-YORK. t \
The bria Lagrange, Haley, from
for Galveston, was dismasted on the 7th inst. in
a gale of wind from’ all points of the compass.
The L. had on board a cargo of bricks, eement
and lime. After the masts were carried away*
the water getting into thehold, communicatid
with the bine and set fire to the vessel. The
fire was kept under for four days, by having the
hatches, companion way and scuttles confined.
■Saturday last, 12th inst. the crew were taken off
hy the brig Rowland, of Bath, and carried to
Wilmington, N-. C. The crew had neither pro
visions nor water for four days, and were una
ble to save any thing but what they stood in.
Shortly after leaving the vessel, the flames hurst
forth and she was entirely consumed. The cap
tain and crew made eve.y exertion to save the
vessel but all attempts were fruitless. These
corn! mate and one of the crew arrived at this
port this morning in the steamer Wilmington,
from Wilmington, N. C.—[C. Patriot.
The Ruling Passion. —The New-Yorker
•ells an anecdote of a famous punster:
He was expiring in the presence of his doc
tor, a servant entered and called the physician
out, paying in a lew voice, *• a man has fallen
i down ti.e web ;” he, overhearing the-appalling
information, inquired, with a scarcely audible
whisper, “ I say, Doctor, did he kick the buck
etl”
From th 4 N. 0. Delta.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
A letter (says the Courier of last evening)
has been received by a highly respectable com
mercial house in this city, from Vera Cruz,
dated Sept. 5, which states that the Mexican
Executive has rejected the overtures of our
Government for a treaty of peace, on the ground
that the subject of peace i annot be treated of by
the Executive without the sanction of Congress,
and that the congress will not be in session till
the month of December.
We also heir from the same source that the
Mexican troops at San Luis Potosi have been
ordered not to march towards Monterey.
It is an interesting question, to be solved by
future advices from Mexico, whether this rejec-’
t.on of the over, ures of our Government was
approved by Santa Anna, and whether, in fact
he was at the moment presiding over. the Gov
ernment.
We believa the proposal of our Government
involved no suspension of hostilities tiff the
conclusion and ratification of a treaty—and
this may have been the motive of the Mexican
Goverment for rejecting the offer. The rejec*
tion, however, is of no consequence, and indi*
cates no sign of the future course of the Mexican
Government, unless it was sanctioned by Santa
Anna, who is prob .bly at the head of the Gov
ment.
Death of the Hoy. Felix G. Me Cornell.
—The Washington papers announce the death
of this celebrated individual—he died by his
own hand—stabbing himself in the breast and
cutting his throat Irom ear to ear. It occurred
on the 10th inst.
Mr. McConnell was originally a man of fine
talen'sand elegant personal appearance, butdis
sijmtion had destroyed the one. and reduced the
other to a shadow.
Gen. Robert Armstrong, U* 8. Consul at Liv
erpool, has returned to Washington from a short
visit to Tennessee. He will leave N. Y. in a
Jew days, in a packet, for Liverpool.
Telegraph.—lt is stated that there are only
175 miles of Telegraph in operation in England,
and already there are 1,269 miles in successful
operation in the United States.
The Odd Fellows’ Hall lately erected in Phil
adelphia, cost S4B 955.
FROM WASHINGTON. ‘
Correspondence of the Times.
No. 6
Washiwgtox City, Sept. 15th, 1846.
-’he event of the past week with us is the dis
tressing suicide of poor McConnell, of which the
newspapers have doubtless informed you. Ii
you knew him personally, you are aware that it
is to be attributed to drinking, and to that alone.
If ever a man had an excuse for such a habit,
that min was McConnell; for with fondness for
what the world term company, a generous na
ture, a fine flow of spirits, and ready will, be was
without capacity to control himself, and there
fore fell a victim rather to the insidious flat
tery of idle people. *hat to his own propensity to
drink. Even those with whom he was by no
means a iavorite, acknowledge that few men in
the House were his superiors, so far as native in
tellect is concerned. With all his failings, in his
political principles, he was us true as steel, and ns
shrewd as true. As much noise as he has made
in the world, and as much as he has been the
subject of hypocritical condemnation, I have
never heard another fault attributed to him bc
s des incapacity to restrain his desire to drink.
We are told that “ charily covereth a, multitude
of sins.” His charity of word, thought, and
deed was at least equal to that of almost any one
in this community. Certainly, no member o:
the Congress of the United States was more giv
en to acts of active benevolence, and I for one.
have too abidding a faith in the truth of th<
Christian philosophy to doubt but that his chari
ty to all but himself, has covered the one sin un
der which he fell—a warning to those who fol
low.
Though apparei tly cool and collected for ai.
hour before killing himself, those who know him
best, say he was then a confirmed madmen.
Os Ibis, I have no doubt; nor does any othei
impression oLtain here. This is indeed a pain
ful subject, and I shall refrain from dwelling on
it. He leaves no enemies here, but a host o.
deeply attached friends.
Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire, the gen
tleman who is to occupy the Attorney Generals*
chair has not yet reached Washington, and prob
ably will not for foor or five weeks so t ome.
With some, it appears questionable whether he
will accept of the appointment. It is not so,
however, with me. He is too ambitious to reject
such a tender; though Iby no means wish to
insinuate that his ambition is any thing but
praisworthy. He is comparatively young and
ardent, and doubtless, values such a testimonial
of public confidence in his character and talents
as the offer of.the Attorney Generalship conveys.
Mr. Buchanan has left Saratoga Springs on a
trip to the lakes, from whence he wifi return to
Washington. Gave Johnson probably left Nash
ville for this city yesterday morning. The com
missioner of the Patent office Edmund Durke,
Esq. is in New Hampshire. All other gentle
men holding prominent’ places under the govern
ment in this city, I believe, are at their post-.
The week has given birth so no important ac
tion in either of the departments of government
located here ; so that so fa? as business or politi
cal new- eiuinating ftom the capitol isconcerned.
my fetter must be dull indeed. The elections
now about to’ take place in different States, and
the progress of the Mexican war occupy the at
tention of the Washington public.
If the federal papers in your State have suc
ceeded iq persuading their followers that in
New York. Pennsylvania or Maine their party
stand the best chance of success, fliey will find
themselves sadly mistaken; The Maine elee--
tion took place yesterday. For a week or two
past a third ‘ distinguished” whig, the Hon.
Joshua R. Guldings of Onio. has been assisting
the new Whig senator Hale, ami the celebrated
whig representative from Massachusetts, the
Hon. Charles Hudson in the missionary work of
con erting Maine >o whiggery. Th* whig pa
pers at the north and east are indulging strong
hopes that the united efforts of these three ot
their leaders may work wonders. I learn trom
Maine that abolitionist- and whigs alone pay at
tention so their speeches ; and that al the in
creased vote they may obtain for whiggery will
be from the abolition party. Now to secure this,
they have not scrupled to pledge an almost uni
ted whig congressional effort at the next session
h> carry out any and every demand the abolition
ists may make. This* the world well know wa>
done lately in New Hampshire snd Vermont.
What say Messrs. Stephens, Toombs, King ano
B errien to such pledges made for them? Os course
no ono knowing either of the federal representa
tives from Georgia believe that Giddings, Hale,
and Cos. have the least right to pledge them
among the rank and file of whiggery, to aid the
abolitionists; and yet they delude the latter with
assurances that the whig party of the south'are
beginning to sympathize with the anti-slavery
efforts of their political brethren at the north. In
deed, those who have closely watched the cur
rent of events in New England and New York
for the last two or three years are atisfied that,
in as many more, there will be a complete amal
gamation of the Whig and so calbd liberty party
ninth of Mason and Dixon’s line ; and that the
person receiving the whig nomination for the
presidency at the next election must be an out
and out anti-slavery man. Fortunate for us,
the democrats in Maine can lick the feds and
abolitionists combined, or we might have been
defeated in the election which took place yester
day. As i.; the recent election tit New Hamp
shire, almost every whig candidate throughout
the State is a full blooded abolitionist: and visa
versa. In seme counties the w.higs nominated
ho candidates against whig abolitionists, and in
others the abolitionists nominate no one again it
abolition whigs. Although they will not suc
ceed, as in New Ham shire, in obtaining a ma
jority ot the legislature by this characteristic
trick, thev will elect a strong minority, who up
on all questtons iff any manner bearing on south
ern rights or interests will lie as devoted and
avuwod abolitionists as Greeley of the New York
Tribune, Giddings or Garrison ; and upon eve
ry other question of party politics, as staunch
whigs as Messrs. Berrien, Stevens,Toombs and
King.
The Northern allies of the Georgia Whigs
are indeed coming to a pretty pass; and by the
bye, are rubb'ng their hands in great glee, over
what they flatter themselves to be the prospect ol
a victory in your State, which, they say, by re
turning a majority of Whigs to Congress, and
the Legislature, is to prove the fact, that Whig
gery in the South is sympathising with the abo
litionism of Whiggery at the North.
Tliese men take bold grounds. They point
to the notorious fact of rapid amalgamation
going on between the Northern Whigs and Abo
litionists, and ask the home question, whether,
if not approving of the course of the Northern
Whigs upon that leading issue which of all oth
ersi is of vital importance to themselves (the
South) they would continue, as they do, to sus
tain Whiggery, now little more titan another
name for abolitionism among those who control
the active policy of the Whig party.
Knowing as well -as I do, that they reckon
without their hos —that they deceive themselves
as to. the existence of abolitionism among the
Whigs of the Sooth, and that before 1848 the
more active abolitionism of all Whigs in Con
gress from districts situated north of Mason’s
and Dixon’s line, will compel the Southern
Whigs, however reluctant, to break with them,
I only regret that so strong a Whi organ’zation
exists at the South to nerve the aps and re
double the exertions of the Northern and North
western Whig leaders, who hope to succeed in
electing a Federalist to the Presidency in 1848,
by presenting him to the abolitionists of the
North, as an active and distinguished leader in
their cause, while as they flatter themselves, the
anxiety of Southern Federalists to secure the
election of a true Whig, will induce ail South
ern Whigs to sustain him ; his abolitionism to
the contrary notwithstanding.
You will perceive that the Whigs have nomi
nated E. Joy Morris, of Philadelphia, against
Levin, the Jew Native, who at present represents
one of the Philadelphia City districts in the
House. At the last Congressional election, they
deserted Morris in a body, and voted for the Na
tive, in order to defeat the Democratic candidate.
They succeeded in electing Levin, but it ap
pears have had enough of him already. I am
satisfied that a sufficient number of the Federal
ists will stick to their own candidate in this elec
tion to give us the district. They hate found
out, that Nativeism costs, in the end, rather more
th|n it comes to. How long will it be before
Georgia and North Carolina, by failing to return
a single Federalist to Congress, - teaches them
that abolitionism, also, is a dangerous load to
ihoul er. if they still wish any in the South to
bear their burdens?
The destruction of the Truxton has caused
much excitement in Washington, where many
ol Ler officers liave relatives and friends, lam
well acquainted with the coast upon which our
Gulf Squadron are now doing duty and am only
surprised that but OHe of our vessels have been
lost up ter this date. From the South-West
pass round-to Yucatan, there is a succession of
fee shoa s, each of which is as dangerous as Hat
teras itself; and what is unfortunate, all of them
are very little known, and are not to be found
correctly marked on the usual charts;
The Whigs of this region who rarely loose
an opportunity to cast censure on the adminis
tration, have not as yet ventured to throw the 1
blame of the loss of the brig on the Navy De
partment.
You will perceive that the latest advices frortr
Santa Fee, positively contradict the humbug sto
ries about the disasters attending Kearney’s com
mand, with which the Federal press have teem
ed for some time past. On the contrary, the
men—-aye, and horses, if you please, were in
fine health, spirits and condition; and were
pressing on to take possession of New Mexico,
which will doubtless be accomplished without
firing a- gun.
We are looking every moment fora telegraph
ic despatch announcing the arrival of a steamer
from Liverpool.
The Telegraph, by the bye, is in operation
through from this city to Buffalo, N. Y., seven
hundred and twenty miles. The connection be
ing incomplete only between N. Y. City, and
Jersey city, a distance of perhaps a mile and a
half. - LOWNDES.
Com Conner —The New York Telegraph
in a recent number, comes out boldly in
ot this officer. We extract the following from
its remarks:
“ Some remarks have been made in relation
to this gentleman (Com Conner) whieh we re
gret so find chronicled in a respectable journal
in this city. They are understood so cast cen
sure on tnis officer, and arc proba K ly intended
to pave the way for a successor, who will reap
a harvest, the seeds sown by another. Corn Con
ner is considered to be one of the best officers
in our nav>—that is his reputation in the ser
vice—and to the American pec pie he is partic
ularly endeared by gallant services during the
lastw r. He now carries in his body a shot
fired by the enemy in an engagement where our
flag was victorious. If he bus not been able t >
perform any brilliant feat in the Gussi it is only
tiecause he has not had vessels, and particular
ly steamers, of a fight draught of water. The
bars of the Mexican rivers cannot be crossed by
our frigates or sloops of war, and if our lighter
craft have not been available, or their sailing has
been delayed, as in the case of the Vixen and
Spitfire, the fault is certainly not that of Com
Conner,”
Correspondence o t the Times.
Makchester, N. H. Sept. sth, 1846.
If there be any feeling of inspiration in revisit*
ing ones’ native State, we ought in penning this
letter, to possess some of its kindling enthusiasT.
There is scarcely a nook or dell, but has its le
gend of some amusing hour, and is a memento
of some incident of childhooJ. Stili, it is not as
geographers or geologists that we return to the
clime of our nativity. We bring no plummet to
sound its streams, no instrument for the measure
ment of its mountains. We wish to look at them
as we did before judgment had learned the disci
pline of contrast, and every brooklet was to us as
the Rhine, every wooded hilloek an Appenine.
New Hampshire was discovered by the cele
brated CapU John Smith. The first settlers were
a few merchant adventurers, who came to the
State three years after'the landing at Plymouth.
Taey were not distinguished for Literature or
Religion. Taey did not come like the pilgrims—
“ Breaking the depths of the deserts gloom,
With their hymns of lofty cheer.”
Vet like them, they were a bold and hardy few,
taught in the school of adversity. Some years
after, they were joined by a large body of colonist
from Scotland, who were driven from home by
the “border persecution.” The Covenanter’s
honest faith and all the proud recollections and
glorious memories of the land of Burns were thtU
transported to the wild woods of New Hamp
shire.
This State, though affording much good pas
turage, has a soil that is with difficulty cultivat
ed.. Not a turf is overturned, not a rock torn
frdfti its flinty bed without efforts. Hard and
Strong as is the surfuce of most of the Eastern
States, in none of them dQes the Agriculturist
m<et with so many obstacles as in New Hamp
shire. To be convinced of this, the traveller has
only to survey the stern and rigid features of her
cenery.
In commerce also, the State never has had,
and never will have any considerab.e interest. It
has seventeen miles of rugged sea coast affording
but a solitary harbor.
But the manufacturing interests of New
present a more glowing picture of
their growth and prospects. Fifteen years agd
she had a few scattering.cotton mills. In the Va
riety and extent of her manufactures, she now
ranks next to Massachusetts. As you travel
a:nng her hills you find villages springing up
everywhere. You constantly listen to the sound
of the water wheftl, the loom and the spindle.
Every thing indicates that New Hampshire must’
and will be a manufacturing State. Sue cannot j
escape from her destiny. It is written as with
a pen of iron and the point of a diamond on eve-;
ry feature of her rugged face. The eye of every
practical man sees this. Lofty mountains, no- ,
ble water falls, deep and rapid rivers—these are
the indications of what New Hampshire is fated
to be. Who can look at her majestic hills and
the streams that flow from them, and then abroad
at th- fruitful West and the ever blooming South,
without saying that these great natural advan
tages are destined to be used to supply those
sections of our own cou try an 1 the world, which
are destitute of these facilities, but are ab .ndant-
Iy compensated in the superior power of produc
tion? We repeat it; New Hampshire must and
will be a manufacturing State. In the economy 1
of nature it is so decreed. It will r -suit from t
the operation of natural causes, against whi h,
man, even if he were disposed, could raise noel
fectual barrier.
Dr. Parker in a recent acrmoil said, that there
were hat two words in the yankee vocabulary—
TarifF, Dividends. He might have added a third—
Railroads. These are now quite profitable stock,
& many new routes are in rapid progress. Passing
up the Northern railroad a few days ago we went
by the farm of Mr. Webster—his birth place and
favorite country seat. The rail road passes be
tween the house and barn of the old homestead.
Mr. Webster was first chosen a member of Con
gress from-this State in 1812. Although young
he soon ranked among the ablest opponents of
the administration and the war, and gained that
pre-eminent reputation as a cool, powerful and
eloquent debitor, which he has maintained, dur
ing a service of thirty years, in ne branch or
other of the American Congress.
The season here has been a favorable one for
the farmer* TWhay and gr tin harvest which is
already gathered, has been abundant. The corn
and potatoe crops promises equally well* The
weather is yet warm, but we are every day ex
pecting the return of the fall breezes.*
Very truly, yours, G.
[communicated.]
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.
The Methodist Episcopal Church in this place,
has for the las six weeks been the scene of a
glorious revival. Numbers “have turned from
the error of their ways” ; we learn indeed, that
not less than one hundred persons have been
converted and connected with the Church, and
“ still the work goes bravely on day after day
the alter is crowded with those who are seeking
“His love to know,” and while such is the case,
—while there one “ mourner” left to bow the
knCe, that able, good, tfnd indefatigable man an :
pastor, Mr. Evaris, will with characteristic and
untiring zeal besiege the Thrbhe till grace and
mercy are found. Mr. Evans hay had little or
no ministerial aid, in the prosecution of this
good work,—die has labored incessantly day and
night,—his wasted strength and feeble voice
m irk how much he has labored, and yet ihe con
version of a soul in prospect, is to him, a life
giving power—his energies are renewed—his
v ice assumes its wonted strength, and t'.ie elo
quence of divine inspiration thrills through his
crowded congregations*
This ia the second year of Mr. Evans’ sojourn
among us, and we believe the last that the disci
piirte of the Conference will allow him to remain:
doubtless it is the wish of the Church that he
could remain permanently stationed here, for
during his min stry he has won the hearts of all,
and tathe Church has he indeed been?a Father.
We may truly predict that the dav his depar
ture, will; tathe Methodist E. Church, be a day
of sorrow. * X
FS<l THE TIMES*
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA.
(acrostical.)
To the Young Students in Geography.
I aracomposed’ of seventeen letters ;
My 1, 4,13, 4, 17 is a town in Bavaria ;
My 2, 14, 4, 17 is a town in N-orway ; ,
My 3,4, 7,8, 9, 12 is a city in Prussia ;
My 4,8, 3,4, 5, 15 is a county in Georgia ;
My 5, 16, 3, 4,14, 2, 17 is a county in North
Carolina;
My 6,4, 12, 17, 4, 14, 14, 4,4 is one of the
United States;
My 7,4, 12, 17, 4,14 is a town in France ;
My 8. 2,9, 5,4 is a river in France ;
My 9, 17, 10, A, J, 17, 4, 14, 14 is a town in
Scotland;
My 10, 16, 8, 2 is a town in Turkey ;
My 11, 8,11 is a town in the Chinese Empire;
My 12, 4,8, 14, 2, 17 is a town in Pennsyl
vania ;
My 13, 4, 12, H, 8 is a river in Spsin;
My 14, 4, 4,14,4, 17 is a town In Germany;
My 15, 9,3, 4,5, is a river in Italy ;
My 16, 3, 11, is a river in Asiatic Russia ;
My 17, 4, 13, 5, 10-is-a river in Biazil.
My whole is the name of a. distil, guished
Statesman of the Revolution.
03* Answer next week.
DWARF.
Harris county, Ga. Sept. 18, 1846.
I From she America* Flao.— Published at
Matamwras, Aug. 17th 1846.
The Georgia Regiment is still at Burita ; its
destination is not khown to us, but a finer set oi
volunteers is not to be found in the present ser
vice. They are entitled at least to one merit,
that of having placed at the command one ol
the brightest ornaments of their State—a man
of genaine abilities, of th.* loftiest sentiments ot
honor, and ot the most undoubted chivalry. We
mean Col. Jackson, a nephew of toe* high -pir
ited, patriotic and tal uted Governor ot Georgia,
Who brought down the fires ot Haaven to ttie
conflagration of the execrable records of the me
morable Yazoo fraud.* Col. Jackson did not
need the soldier's wreath to sustain an etablisaed
and well earned civic reputation, but lie is oi
that high mould which made heroes in t.ie Re
publican Armies of France, and carried her resist
less columns through death to victory, by the uni
versal inspiration Os the sentiment oi liberty ana
honor. Be his tr u.nptis, however; wnat tuev
may in the present campaign, nJ ihditar.y no
tane'y can xceed the genuine tame which he
was rapidly acquir.ug at noma in his pro.ession
as a lawyer, anJ w.uch he had already won by
tus successful devotion to the Muses. VV.
would suppose tuere would be some pleasure m
serving under such an individual as tats. Wluisi
he is honored by tne confidence oi his ie.low
citizens, his genius redacts baca ad >ub.e noif
or on his command. Tuere is, in our estima
tion, a wondertul difference between tae man
wan adorns and dignities ins station, and uiiu
wno derives his only mportance from it. Vet
men ot the iatt< r description seem to be me gn a
f vorites of the peupiet The present is the reign
of mediocrity ;it excites .to jea ousv ; and men
oi vulgar and unredeetuig munis preler to be
governed by tueir luieribrs because tueir pr.de is not
wounded by tae comparison ; wollst they re b a.d it
as a specie* o. slavery or JegraJati n to be o de
ed by conscious su er.o ity. From w at ve c use
it may spring, iiowv.r, ado. s ap 4 ev. .o us .hat
talents and g n.us nave become an almost in
superable barrier to popular tavor; and especi
ally in tue selection ot military officers, it a
man is a good neighbor; popular in his manners
and ot an uiduigeot disposition, his success may
be retied up.n with certainty m tort -n ne ca.-,-
es out oi liny, without any relerende woatever
being had to his actual capacity tor tne art oi
war. Among toe mJ.tury Qualifications, wnen
toey are taseu into account at all, loose of a
-tout trame and stentorian Inngs seem to be
considered as the most essential, and seldom lads
to place their possessor above the man, woo,
wanting in these adventiii jus advantages has to
rest his ciauns to popui-tr confidence and pre
leroient merely upon ms experience, pride, tal
ents an i a genius naturally adapted to military
science. Tuere is a prevalent behet that taverns
are not necessary in war; that victory depend;
upon valor, and mere genius is a useless quality.
Nothing can be more erron ous; and nothing
would prove more fatal, it the principle suould
prevail generally in the higher commands, in
tile army ot General Jackson there were p.oha-1
bly a thousand individuals as brave as linns. If,
and equally as ma y of a disposition as amiab.e,
piacalne and popular; yet out ot ad these tuere
was scarcely another man who could have led
them to victory as he d.d. And why not ? It
is because he had the genius lor command, a quick
and vigorous nUei ect, and an independent w It.
Were officers always to be chosen lor these lngn
and elevated qualities ot the st filter, the move
ments ot war would have the cel- rity ot light
ning, and the ldree of the thunderbolt, it be
comes tame, insipid and spiritless, oniy wnere
ltisunler the guidon e and coniuct of men
woo uavuig no enthusiasm ot feutructer or g>*n
ius tor tue art, are selected loa - tnfiir persona,
aiihabuities and domestic virtues; Out of ai.
the officers oi rank wiio have congregated here
with their regiments, we have seen hut tew who,
in our opinion ‘dually possess to is rare and pe
culiar gut. We find many who are brave hon
est and patriotic; but where is tne genius—wueic
is the fire, toe eye to perceive, the soul to teei
and the mind to direct—in a word, wheie is tnai
eloquent of chivalry which sars up the blood o
men—makes them Gods in battle, and throws a
grace over victory. There is scarcely anything
ot the kind to be found here, espe. laily in the
vomnteer army. Some bright gleams oi it were
to be seen m th la'e battles of i'a.o Alto ana
Resuca de la Raima. Capt. Duuca.i could n i
out bawl his cannon; neither had lie the phys
ical strength of Francisco ; yet w tn a gert.u
that lilted h m above all se se ol danger, lire
bright ey glanced over ths field, nothing tin
movements oi tne enemy, watching eveiy oppor
tunity to advance, and by his ceaseless vigilance,
prompt action and calm, clear voice, soon mod -
ule soldiers of his battery feel that a superioi
ntellectwatched, animated and directed them,
and from tueir high, proud confidence in ihei.
leader’s Capacity to meet every emergency ma.
might arise, taey derived a • ouble enthusiasm
and a double efficiency.- Whei also apt.
May, in his bold dash upon La Vega s battery
was met with *• stop Charley, till I diaw thei.
fire,” by the slender Ridgely, was it not a spi -
cies of eloquence which tne doll, uunit llectuui
sluggard, hoWever braVe be may be, could not
have felt or uttered on the occasion. It was
the turdl of genius—the fire of in quration which
bel mgs alo.ic to the gifted few. Vet it is the
soul oi war; and all permanent ind glorious
achievements must, grow out of this lacuity.
Where physical strengh and numbers a lobe an
neces-ary to success, the dtffl, good natuwd man
may command; but where victory depends up
on invention and resourc?s in emergencies, am
u-pon comprehensive combinations and saga
cious foresight, talents and gmiuis become indis
pensable; andftie people who s.ia.l, in the selec
tion of their eadeFs, overlook or disregard thes.
qualities, will iri the end be made to teel the toi
ly of their course, by di-asters winch might hav
been avoided, and the loss of glory which migii.
have been acquired. We began with the Geor
gia Regiment, and it is proper tr close with it
We will do this by an express! >rt ol our un
q alilied aJrniratio ‘of the high character it.
organization, ft will speak for itself in tin
fit-id. C l. Jackson we have already mentioned
Lieutenant Col. *?edd is no less the soldier than
bis lamented brother, who served so gallantly n
the revolution in Texas. We have not learneii
the name of the Major; but Adjutant Forsyth,
s m of the late H in. John Forjytn, Sec’y of state
of the U. S. is, wnen at home, the editor of an
influential paper, postmaster at Columbus and i
a man honore tor his talents, beloved for lii
talents, beloved for his virtues, and possesses ah
the high -ii and honorable impulses • f the patriot 1
and soidierr
* He burned them with a sun-glass.
The Potatoe Rot is said to be making sad
havoc in Mjrris county, New Jersey, ai.d it
is feared that enough sound potatoes will not
he dug this fall in the county to furnish seed
for next spring. The Jersey man says:
Situation of sni seems to be no safeguard a
gainst it; we have examined fields upon tlic sid.
hills and in the low grounds, sa..d/ and cia
soils, and find them atf ctcd alike. To m.ke,
the raising this vegetable a profitable branch ol
industry, we think to me new mode of calcula
tion must be adopted, as the experience of tiiis
season shows tliat the most cariully selected seed
planted in'the most favorable is just
Sis subject to the rot as any • ther.
Several farm jrs have du ; their potatoe and
spiead them out on dry floors in the hope of ai
resting the disease and saving the crop ; bat vye
have not heard of this -being attended w.th any
benefit—on the contrary, we think it has a dn
ferent tendency, as we have seen potatoes thus
treated, in 24 hours after being dug almost en
tirely unfit for use, thedecay making such tapid
progress with them, although whet, first taken
out of the ground they were apparently sound
and healthy.
Tire stiospect Op the Cotton chop.—Un
til recentiv. the prospect for an abundant crop of
cotton inthis region, was unusually good. {Put
now there are almost continual complaints of
the ravages of the worm. We have been in
formed By intelligent and odserving planters, that
the crop is more generally affected by the worm
than they have ever known it. That in almost
every farm and in almost every portion of the
crop, the ravages of this arch enmy to the cot
ton crop are clearly and distinctly visible. VVliat
will be the final issue, to what extent and how
long these ravages will sontinue, time artd weath
er alone can determine.— Columbia Democrat,
10 th. ‘
” the Sandersville Telescope.
OF THE LAW,
the election of members to
-qiijjj, congress.
the first Monday i n October and
every two years.
Qua lfeat. on of Candidates— He shall be an
inhabitant ot UytSuje three years next prece
ding his election, and shall hold no office under
this -Mate nor the Unit, and States during his con
tinuance in office.
R turns. —Tally sheets with the names of the
Candidates are to be kept, as well as the number
and the names of voters, to be sealed up and re
turned to the Gover. or, by the presiding M giß
- within twenty days alter the election, and
if it is necessary to lave the returns sent by ex
press, the Governor is authorised to pay to the
bearer fdr the same, not exceeding two dollars
per day.
Governor's duty— He shall make proclama
tion ot the result of the Election within five days
afier the expiration of the twenty, and grant cer
tificates to the members elect, under the seal of
t.ie State.
t Epiul.ty of votes.— When this happens, the
Governor is requested to drdef sinew election.
A ceptance. — Ihe person elected shad signify
their acceptance, wain, twin y days, it within
the State, or Within forty dayj f w.tlmut the
State; and in case of neglect or refusal or death,
then the Governor is likewise authorized to issue
writs of election.
Voters. —Persons qualified to vote for mem era
of the Legislature, ami who reside within the
district may vote for members to represint the
district in which he so resides.
Restrict.oils. — No person shall be authorized
to represent a district, or to vote lor a Member,
in any other district than the district in which
they may reside.
Place of E.edton- —At the usual place where
elections are now held.
Penalty for I legal Voting . —Persons voting
tor members to Congress out of the district in
winch he resides, or is legally entitled to vote, or
shall vote more than once, in his district at the
same election, shall lu* punisued by a fine not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than livi hun
dred dollars at til discretion ol the court.
W/\ hoj Elect.on to w/.Uiu and reded. —-Such
writs are to be directed to the Justices ol t ie In
terior Court, whose duty it shall be to order (he
Election to be held, according to ti.e mandate of
the writs
Time and place of Election in 1846. —0n the
sth day ot October, and to be held at the Court
Houses in tlie several Counties and at Precincts
authorized bv law.
General U redions. —Elections for Members
to Congress are in every respect not here n enu
merated to be conducted in the same manner as
Elections for me tubers of the Legislature and oth
er civil officers;
HOT SPfeIKOS Os Alt li. aas as.
An officer in tne Kentucky Cava.iy Regiment
now on its way through Aik.reisas to Mexico
gives the tohdwinj discretion ol the ce.ebiat<*d
Hot Springs near Little Hock, in Arkansas;
“ ‘.V it ii some cignt or ten officers oi tlie reg
iment I arrived at this p int last night sixty
miles tiom’Little Rock, and twenty trotti our roaifi
and I now can see about tne tlnru wonder . f our
(Jniou; 111 a rat'ine fifty yards wide, between
wo mounta ns, sj urs from the Rocky Mouti
tauir, n Hot Springs Vida f, compureJ of u
uout thi ty lUileiy constructed long and boa and
nuuse. ‘J lie ii.cLi.tan.s inn ma.ly tint and
west and close in ; at the loot ol tne northern
one the houses are built, wi.ile before them,
i-vcepiiig the base ot the oth r mountain; runs
i rivuiet asclearas ciiri-tal, of seventy-live de
uces temperature beio.e and one bundled ard
..ell degrees alter its in-termixture Witn the wa
ter tom tne springs; The springs, eighth-four
in number, are confined to the southern moun
tain, and gush out lrom its side troin the base
a hundred yards up.- Ti.e greatest heat of any
which I measured (and there is .none hotter)
was one hundred and forty nine degrees, the
teast one hundred and tt n degrees; Their tem
perature ranges generally from one hundred
.and thirty-live id one bundled and lorty-iive
degrees. The water is strongly impregnated
• ith lime, as is seen by the mciustations of
carbonate of lime formed ns it floftrs along; with
tnis exception it uni t be very pure.
Tnough so hot that one has - o drink it
by suiaH mouth:uls, it is very pliable, quickly
assuages thirst and never nauseates; and, the
more strange, when a little salt and pepper uiV
added, tastes ve r\ much like’ Chicken broth;
Here is lood lor rcflei tin.-.: the philosopher may
come and analyze tlie water, note the compo
sition of the rock, soil, and detiitus, and then
make many unccrta n theories to account for
t.re eternal fire that hods the caldron horn which
i: ues thr many steams. Th. moun'ain is com
posed ot very parous limestone, and strikes one
as having once been fused anJ lieaved up a mol
tc-.,, mass, to take whatever shape its weight and
pliability might give it, wpile the earth, in the
interstices ot its projections, appears as if char
red I>y a great heat. Its fellow of the opposite
side is firm, and has regularity of arrangment,
data, veins. D uhtless the same causes
which make a burning volcano also supply this
phenomenon.
Some lor y or fifty invalids are now here,
most ol them effected witn rheumatism a mer
curial complaint , in which disease the aston
ishing afficacy ot the baths is discernible. I see
several who arrived a It w weeks ago, so help
a->, erooke.l, and deformed, that they had to be
lilted as inanimate beings, now walking with
agility. There are others who had taken a
peat deal of mercury, and whose systems were
not cleansed of it until they bathe here some
-veeks, vvlien a profuse salivation occurring, and
ontinuing from two to lour or s x weeks, every
vest'age ot the disease was removed The baths
■ire t’.ii r ty steps from the rooms, one if vapor,
mil another by shower from a .-tream, an inch
in diameter, and falling ten or fifteen feet, al
wavs beinz un ier f!ie same root. Tlie vapor
oath is made by putting an air tight room over
i spring protecting the teet ty teilis work; their
temperature is from 140 to 130 degrees. The
bather generally lbst lets the spout pour upon
aim, then goes to ! he vapor hath, and remains
from ten t.r tWeutr minutes, returns to the spout,
which wadies him oft’ then wipes dry and dres
ses, repeating the last in a half hour, on account
of the clothes becoming saturated with perspira
tion. The bath is very • nervatingand it requires
discretion to govern an individual who wishes
to indulge in it; it is quickly fatal to consump
tives. *
Many curiosities and abuudance of game are
to be found in the neighbor ood to occupy the
attention of the naturalist and liuntCr;
There is one chalybeate spring within a
hundred yards of this house, and another three
miles off, so large that its stream propels a mill
wheel; by it is a public house for the accommo
lation of visito s. Beautiful crystals f quartz,
oht ined twenty or thirty miles off peices of
nignetie iron ore. ans sulphate of iron ore. and
mediate of iron have been offered for sale to us;
ind n it far distant is a quarry of hones and whet
stones, which is worked, and the product car
ried to the eastern market. Barring snakes,
centipedes, (I saw the first one this morning,)
tarantulas, and ticks, this is as pleasant it place as
one need wish to he at. Tie-re is very little of
the fe’ er here, which so is grtte ally prevalent
everywhere else on the road, as to mark the chil
dren.
Truly yours. A. M. B.
OLD HOUSES.
A paragraph is going the round of the news
papers, in relation to the ages of some horses,
which are considered remarkable* The writer
of this recollects one well worthy of notice among
such a catalogue. In one of the battles in th*
revolutionary war, a full Wooded horse, supposed
then to l>e from seven to nine years old, that had
belonged to a British officer, was raptured. This
horse up to 1816 was in possession of the family
of Gov* Dickinson, of New Jeisey, and on the
estate of Albanus C. Logan, near the Rising Sun
Village, in Philadelphia county. At that time,
when he must have been over forty years of a’e,
the Writer of this has seen him leap low five rail
fences, jump and kick up his heels like acolt-
He was a bright sorrel, with a tail that swept the
ground, and had a large dash of white over each
eye that looked like a pair of spectacles. When
he died we do not know, but have somewhere
heard it sfated that his death at last was caused
by foul play* He could not have been less than
: fifty vears of age.—Pennsylvanian *