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PROFESSION CARDS.
™ HOMEOPATHETIC PRACTICE.
DR*. F. SHEAFFER,
*C*IOM Montgomery, who has recently nr riv
-1 ed in this city, for the purpose of practic
ing Medicine on this new system, announces to
the citizens of Columbus and vicinity, that he
will b ready to attend to those, who may desire
his assistance.
He will be found at any time at his office, which
is opposite the St. Mary’s Bank.
J3T Those who are unable to pay for medical
services, will be attended to gratis.
April 11,1848 16-3 m
LAW NOTICE.
rPHEaniimigntd have enteral into eopart-
JL nership in the Practice of the Law, under
the name and style of J. &T. STURGIS. Their
•dice in Columbus.
JOSEPH STURGIS.
THADDEUS S. STURGIS.
Feb. 8, 184S. 7—mtf
CHAMBERS dc FLEWELLESf,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Colnmtous, Georgia.
Office over Ennis’s Hardware Store.
STM. K. CHAMBERS. A. C. FLEWEI.LEN.
January 25, 1848. s—ts
J. T. FLIJWELLETf,
attorney at law,
Colnmtms, Georgia.
February 22, IS4B. 9—ly_
LAW NOTICE.
THE undersigned liavc united in the prac
tice of the law, under the firm and style
of COLQUITT & WELLBORN, and will attend
the sessions of the Superior Courts of Musco
gee, Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Harris, Talbot
and Stewart, the sittings of the Supreme Court
of Georgia, in the Second and Third Districts,
and other Courts not conflicting in point of time
with those enumerated, onspecial contract.
Their office is on Broad-st.
WALTER T. COLQUITT,
MARSHALL J. WELLBORN.
Columbus Gi., April 25, 1848. 1$ —ts
W M. P. YONGE,
FORWARDING AND
COMMISSION MERC H ANT,
So, 94, Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia,
Will attend promptly to any business confided
D his care.
Savannah, Feb. 3d, IS4B. 7--Cm
WM. HENRY HULL,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
KBW ORLEANS) LA.
WILL attend promptly to any business confid
ed to his care. Refer to :
K. C. Center & Cos ) Mob]io>
St. John, Powers & Cos. j
J. & J. Geodes, * N . Orleans.
Heard, Calhoun & Cos. J
New Orleans, Feb. 15, 1848. 9—if
WAUNSEL WHITE, & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
New Orleans.
ADTAXCES made on shipments of Cotton
and Produce purchased upon the usual
terms.
Refer to
John G. Winter, Esq., Presi-V
dent Hank St. Marys’ l Co lumbus, Ga.
Hill, Dawson & Cos. f
M. S. Smith & Cos. J
Not. 24, 1846. 48—ts
4VOURSF, STOUfE & CO.,
Apalachicola, Fla.
B. F. KOCRSE & CO.,
New Orleans,
Commission Merchants.
N. W. *nonKs,s
*. R. STONE, C
11. T. NOCRSK. J
December 21, 1847. 52—ts
STATES LEWIS,
Hoitse, SlffM mill Ornamental Fainter,
OPPOSITE THE MARKET.
Alt orders promptly attended to at prices ta suit
the times.
December 28,1547. I—ts
AUCTION AN9 COMMISSION
COPARTXEItSKUP NOTICE.
THHE undersigned haring formed a Co-part
nership under the name and style of AiER
It HARRISON, would respectfully announce to
their friends and the public, that they have ta
ke* the large store lately occupied by Messrs.
Pammij & Rooney", near the Post-Office r and are
amply prepared to accommodate all who may
wiah their services in the
„ AUCTION AND COMMISSION
business, in all its branches. They have very
extensive accommodations for Negroes and Tra
ders, and will attend to buying and selling, rent
ing, hiring and leasing, both at public and private
•ale. A. K. AVER,
CHAB. s. HARRIBON.
Columbus, Oct. 19, 1847. 43—if
strayed:
fV—t-v to® ni?lit of the 11th inst
/Hi ‘C A From the subscriber at Glen
■i * • *■ alta Marion Cos. a medium size Hay
llorse about six or seven years old spare made
nnd rather thin, had shoes on his fore feet and a
white mark on his hind feet near the huff. Mane
rather thick fnd tail supposed to have been nick
ed had grown out The said horse was purcha
sed of a Kentucky drover in Columbus and may
be making his wav back to Columbus or Ken
tucky any person giving information of the said
horse at the office of the Columbus Times or
Glenalta P. O. will be liberally rewarded.
GEORGE A. BROWN. ~
April. 18, IS 13. 17—ts
VOLUME VIII.
MERCANTILE.
ONE DIME ! f
WE have just received a small ease of
PRINTS, FAST COLORS, and FINE
CLOTH-*, which we. will sell at 10 cents a yard.
Call and see them, at
TERRY & GOULDING.
April 11, 1848. ]6
SPRING FASHION HATS,
At TERRY & GOULDING’S.
April 11, 1848. ]6
~ LADIES GAITERS.
ma. Kin WAI.KIM;SHOP.-,
Black and White —French Kid
Slippers, Misses and Chil
dren’a■ shnoa 0 f a j] kinds, at
TERRY & GOULDING’S.
April 11, 1848 16
GROCERY AND STAPLE
mww
J.B. BItOOKH,
Is now opening at his new Store on West
side Broad street, three doors below Hill,
Dawson &Cos., a
Well Selected Stock of Goods,
to which he invites the attention of his friends,
and former customers.
He will also give liberal paces for COTTON
and‘ COUNTRY PRODUCE.
{tST N. B.—Those indebted to the late firm of
J; &J. Brooks, are requested to call and liqui
date their accounts, which are in the hands ofthe
undersigned. J. B. BROOKS.
December 28. 1847. * I—ts
W. J. RIDGIIjL,
(Formerly of Eufaula, Ala.)
HAS taken the Store two doors below Ml
& Moses, where he will keep at all times,
a well selected stock of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
AND
GROCERIES.
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, SAD-
Df EKV, &c. Ac.
Also, a large and well selected stock of
Nero Goods, Blankets, &c.
All of which, lie offers at the lowest possible pri
ces.
He will also give liberal prices for COTTON
and COUNTRY PRODUCE.
He hopes that his old friends and the public
generally, will call and examine his stock be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
Columbus, November 23, 1847. 48—ts
~MLuarans
SADDLERY WAREHOUSE,
At the sign of tlie Golden Saddle, next
door to Messrs. Hall & Moses, Blast side
Broad Street.
AT HOME AGAIN.
WADE & MDBLEBROOK,
MANUFACTURERS OF
SADDLES, I TRUNKS,
BRIDLES, SADDLE BAGS,
HARNESS, ~ I VALICES, dtc.
Have constantly on hand, a large assortment, and
are receiving every week from their own manu
factory one ofthe largest and best assortments of
Gentlemen and Ladies Saddles, of every variety
of pattern, from the cheapest to the best, which
we arc offering to sell lowerthan ever before ot
tered in this market.
HARNESSES.
Coach, Bnrrouch, Buggy and Sulkey Harness
es, ot cvcrv style and quality.
WAGON HARNESSES.
Collars, Flames, Whips and Dray Harnesses
Carryal Harness —some very cheap.
SADDLHRS niATSRIALS.
Saddle Tree Skirtings, Hog Skins, Pad do.,
Straining and Girt Web, and a large assortmentol
Saddlery, Coach and Harness Hardware.
CACRIAGE TRIMKEXWGS.
Top and curtain Leather, Patent Dash do. Rub
ber Cloth, figured and plain ; Patent curtain
cloth, Patent, mole skin,broad and narrow Laces,
Silk and Worsted Fringes and Tassels, &c.
Al! of which we are offering very low.
55“ Persons wishing to purchase any articles
in our line, would do well to call and examine
our stock and prices before purchasing else
where.
N. B.—Repairing in all its various Branches
done at the shortest notice and in the best.man
ner. -
WANTED, a lot of GOOD HARNESS
LEATHER.
Columbus, 23d October, 1847. 44-Gm
PROTECTION INSURANCE COMPANY,
{l ire and Marine .)
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
JOHN MUNN, Agent,
Wf ILL take Fire, River, and Marine Risks
* * on terms as favorable as any other Com
pany. Columbus, Go. Jan. 18, 1848. 4—ts
MALAGA CHAPES, FIGS, DATES
AND EEItXONS.
JUST received bv
GREENWOOD & MORRIS.
Feb. 1. 1848.
FULTON MARKET BEEF, dried Beef and
Beel Tongues. Just received bv
GREENWOOD & MORRIS.
Dee. 7. 1847.
tcsh.
Mackerel. No. 1.2 and-3—No. 1 shad,
Snimon. Codfish and Herrings.
Just received by
GREENWOOD A MORRIS.
Dec. 7,1847.
VINEGAR.
RED Wine, White Wine, Raspberry and Ci
der Vinegar. Just received by
GREENWOOD A MORRIS.
Dec. 7, 1847.
MOCK Turtle Soup, Pickled Lobsters, Sar
dines and Anchovies. Just received by
* GREENWOOD & MORRIS.
Dec. 7, 1847.
LONDON Porter, Croton Ale, Champaigne
I Cider, Wines, Liquors and Syrups of eve
ry description. Just received by
1 GREENWOOD & MORRIS.
Dec. 7, 18T7.
SAUCES,
WORCESTERSHIRE, Ashburton. Canton
Soy and John Bull’s Beef Steak Sauces;
Also, Tomato. Mushroonand Walnut Catsup.;
Lime Juice, True Syrup, Ac. •
Just received by
GREENWOOD & MORRIS.
Nov. 30, 1847.
bread: ~
SODA, Boston, {.emon and Sugar Biscuit,
Water and Butter Cracker*, Pilot Bread, Ac
Just received bv
GREENWOOD & MORRIS.
Nov. 30, 1847.
JUST received, Gelatine, Preserved Ginger,
Dried Ginger, Preserves, Jams, Pie Fruit,
Spices, Saleratus, Sage, Thyme, Essences. Ex
tracts, Table Salt, White Black ami Red Pep
per, Currie Powders, Fancy Soaps, Perfumery,
Stationery, Ink, German Copying Ink, Back
gammon Boards, Dice, Black Sand, Ac. Ac.—by
3 GREENWOOD A MORRIS.
Dec. 7, 1847.
®l)c Columbus Citncs.
MERCANTILE.
NEW SHUNS ANC SUMMER
DRY SOPHS AKB GLOXHIIB.
THE subscribers having just r.lurncd from
New-York, would politely call the atten
tion ot thp ladies to their new stock of French,
English and American Prints, Frencli Lawns,
Ginghams, Jaconett Mousli r.s, Cambrics, Sw?ss,
Mult and Book Mouslins, Bishop Lawns, Shawls,
ScarfSjNeck Ties, Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs,
all kinds of Hosiery, a splendid assortment of
fashionable Bonnets and Ribbons, and numerous
other articles, which for cheapness of price, and
richness of style, cannot be surpassed in the citv.
Please call, we will be glad to show our Goods,
and then judge for yourself.
We have also a good assortment of Ready
Made Clothing, such as Coats, Vests, Pants, and
anew style ot Hemstiched Linen Bosom Shirts,
Drawers, &c., Panama and Leghorn Hats, Boots
and Shoes, all of which we offer at very low pri
ces, but to satisfy yourself, piease to call at
• E. &B. MENDHEIM’S
New-York Dry Goods and Clothing Store, four
doors above Messrs. Wade & Middfebrook’s Sad
dlery Store.
April 25, 1848. 18—2 in
WOODRUFL& WHITTELSEY
HAVE just received an additional supply
of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, a
mong which can be found Shawls, Bonnets and
Bonnet Ribbons, Ginghams, Muslins, Calicoes,
&c. Also a good assortment of PANAMA and
LEGHORN HATS, all of which they will sell
very low for cash or approved credit.
W. & W. have a few patterns of very fine Ba
reges, which they will sell tor about Half Price
rather than keep them over. Ladies call and see.
April 25, 1848. 18—ts
HEAD QUARTERS”
lO division, G. M. Columbus, )
April 520 1648. (
ORDER'S.
THE annual Convcniion of Field, Staff
and Company, and non-commissioned offi
cers of the several Regiments of Militia in this
Division, for the purpose of being instructed by
the Brigade Inspectors of the several Brigades
to which they may be attached, in the exercise
and discipline prescribed by Congress—and al
so the annual Regiment Musters for the purpose
of being trained and instructed by the Brigade
Inspector, will commence as follows-:—the first
day named for the Convention of Officers, and
the next for the annual muster in each regiment
—Commencing in Ist Brigade—in Harris conn
ty, on Thursday and Friday, the 25th and 26th
ofMay next. In Muscogee county, on Monday
and Tuesday, the 20th and 30th. In Stewart
county, on Thursday and Friday the Ist and 2d
of June next.
The 2d Brigade will commence in Talbotton,
on Monday and Tuesday, the sth and 6t.h of June
next. At Prattsville, on Wednesday and Thurs
day, the 7th and Bth. In Marion, on Monday
and Tuesday, the 12th and 13th. In Sumter, on
Thursday and Friday, the loth and 16th, and
end in Macon county on Moduay and Tuesday,
the 19th and 20th of June next.
The Brigadier Generals, or highest officer in
rank in eaeh Brigade, are eharged with the exe
cution of these orders. By order of the Com
mander in Chief.
DANIEL McDOUGALD, Maj. General.
BENJAMIN HENRY, Division Inspector.
April 25 (D. McD.) 18—5 t.
MABBEII* ABASES.
HAVE removed their Marble Works to the
East side of Broad-st., near the Market
House, where they will keep constantly on hand
a choice'selection of
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MAP. 151.13,
FOP.
Grave Stones, Monuments,Tab
lets, Tombs, <kc.,
And solicit a continuance of public patronage.
They are determined to sell at a small advance
on New York prices, and lower than any estab
lishment in this part of the country. ALL OR
DERS from the Country attended to, the same
as if ordered in person.
toy ENGRAVING and CARVING done in
the best manner. PLASTER of PARIS and
ROMAN CEMENT, always on hand, for sale.
April 11, 1848. 16—tlj
CHURCTfMUSIC.
THE Sacred Harp, a collection cf Psalm
and Hymn Tunes, Odes and Anthems, by
B. F. White and E. J. King.
The Choral, a collection of Church Music,
adopted to the worship of all Denominations, by
B. F. Baker and J, B. Woodbury. Just received
uud for sale at the New Book Store of
April 25, IS4S _ TARBOX & MARBLE.
CENTRA I. COURSE.
THE Regular Spring Meeting, over Hie Cm
tral Course, near this city, Will commence
on TUESDAY, the 2d day of MAY, 184S. The
following Purses will be offered. Tin* money
to be hung up at the stand ready- for the winner
of each race.
Purse.
Tuesday, first day, 1 mile heat, ©2OO 00
Wednesday, second day, 2 mile heat5....300 00
Thursday, third day, 3 mile heats, 000 00
Friday, fourth day, best three in iivb, win
ning horse, r 200 00
Silver cup, worth ©SO, for second best, if
more than two starts.
Saturday, for beaten horses, 150 00
CHARLES A. ELLS,
Secretary Central Race Club.
Macon, March 21, 1848, [GT] 13—Gt
BRDCERIESj PROYISICNS, *C
OUR stock is large and well assorted, and
in order to realize on a portion of it, v/e
are offering to sell, at prices below the current
rates by wholesoie or retail. In order to reduce
our stock of
We are offering a fine article of sides at 6 to 61
cents, in lots to suit purchasers,
MOODY, GRIMES & CO.
April 4, IS4S. 15—ts
F.STRAY NOTICE.
<\ and TATE OF GEORGIA, Meriwether
jLwV\|ks County, Clerk’s Office, Inferior
n/ i r April 16th, IS4S.—AiI persons
interested are hereby notified that John Snelson
of said county tolls before A. M. Ragland, one
of the Justices of the Peace, in and for said
county, as an Estray, a small BAY MARL, with
a white blaze in her face, white on her left fore
and right hind legs ; supposed to be about eight
years old. Aopraised by Joseph B. Heard and
Harrison B. Rowell, to be worth forty dollars.
The owner of said Estray is requried to come
forward, pay charges, and take said Mare away,
or he will be dealt with as the law directs.
Description —a true extract from the Estray
Book. L. J. L. DARK, Cl’k. I. c.
April 25, 1848. 1S ;2t
ATTENTION INVALIDS,
WE hare on hand Brandy & Portwines
* bought expressly for Family use Pure
and unadulterated.—also a superior article ot
London Porter—Congress water —and Black
Tea, of a choice quality—True Lemon and Al
mond Syrups and Lime Juice.
We have been at much trouble and expense to
procure the above articles of the proper quality,
and can reecommend them all to be superior to
anything of the kind ever before offered in this
market. GREENWDOD & MORRJS.
April 25 IS4S 15
THE UNION OP THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OP THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GA. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1848.
THE KINGS OP THE SOIL.
Black sin may nestle below a crest,
An I crime below a crown ;
As good lie.iris beat’neath a fustian vest
As under a silken gown.
Shall tales be told of the chiefs who sold
Their sinews to crush and kill,
And never a word be sung or heard
Os the men who reap and till ?
I bow in thanks to the sturdy throng
Wiio greet the young morn with toil;
And the burden I give my earnest song
Sl. all be this— Tiie Kings of the Soil !
Then sing for the kings who have no crown
But the blue sky over their head —
Never Sultan or Dey had such power as they
To withhold or to offer bread.
Proud ships may hold both silver and gold,
The wealth of a distant strand ;
But ships would rot, and be valued not,
Were there none to till the land.
The wildest heath and the wildest brake,
Are rich as the richest fleet,
For they gladden the wild birds when they wake,
And give them food to eat.
Arid with willing hand, and spade and plow,
The gladdening hour shall come,
When that which is called the ‘waste land s now.
Shall ring with the “Harvest Home D*
Then sing for the King who have no crown
But the blue sky o’er their head—
Never Sultan or Dey had spell power as they
To withhold orto offerbread [Dublin paper.
POLITICAL.
LEVI WOODBURY.
“And by his light shall every gallant youth
With ardor move, to do brave deeds.”
At a recent meeting of the Democracy of our
county, the name of the distinguished man,
whose name heads this article, was mentioned,
in terms of universal commendation, in connec
tion with the next Presidency. It may not be
an unacceptable service to our community to
trace the character and career of Judge Wood
bury, as affording an incentive to emulate his
example, and admire his many, great and excel
lent qualities.
Judge Woodbury was bora in Francistown,
N. if., in 1790, and, of course, is now in his
58th year. Blessed with a powerful mind and
athletic frame of body, he enjoys in the meridi
an of life that which, in the opinion of the an
cients, was the perfection of existence, “a sound
mind in a sound body.” If Republican princi
ples could, like some other qualities in other gov
ernments he considered hereditary, Levi Wood
bury may justly be considered as a Republican
by inheritance and birth, for all his ancestors
were of the faith. He sprung from the people,
and all his feelings, are with “the toiling mil
lions.” His early education taught him those
who arc nursed in the schools of industry and
frugalily ; for at the early age of 14 he was em
ployed to instruct a large school at Peppered, in
Massachusetts, Perhaps in no situation in life
are habits of circumspection and discipline, as
well bodily as mental, more firmly acquired than
in the pursuits of a teacher. This confidence,
reposed in so young a man, which was nevex
abused, is strongly indicative of that confidence
which in after and more mature years, was so
implicitly reposed in him by his grateful fellow
citizens.
He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1809,
with high reputation; and so brilliant was his ca
reer. that as early as 1824 Hs Alma Muter be
stowed on him the degree of LL. D.
After studying law in the celebrated school of
Judge Reeve, the author ofthe treatise on “Do
mestic Relations,” and other legal works, he was
admitted to the Bar in 1812.
This was the period of our last war with Eng
land, and one of intense political excitement.
The whole nation was arrayed on one side or
the other. Public meetings were held, heated
and violent speeches were made, and addresses
written and extensively circulated among all clas>-
ses of society. The young and ardent Wood
bury did not hesitate, in this hour of darkness
and o! danger, to take sides for his bleeding coun
try and her violated honor. At a meeting held
in Weare, in the county of Hillsborough, soon
alter the declaration of war, resolutions drawn
up by him were adopted, spirited and eloquent
sustaining the war, which produced a decided ef
fect upon the public mind, and influenced the
subsequent course of that county.
This was his first step in political life. True
to his country and her cause in early youth, all
! is subsequent career has been hut a constant
and consistent exemplification of confidence in
(his choice ot political principles. Devoted to
the cause of popular rights, he has always been
a favorite with the people that knew him.
“They loved him because he first loved them.”
This was proven by the fact, that as soon as
his party obtained a majority in New Hampshire
(1816) he was selected as Secretary of the State
and, in January following, elected one of the
Judges of the Supreme Court, the highest judi
cial tribunal in the State.
To a young man of only 26 years ofage, this
e’evation was almost unprecedented, and the
fears of some were excited lest the ermine of
justice would prove too weighty for one so young
and inexperienced. But these fears were idle;
for his active and well disciplined mind, like well
tempered steel, only proved its quality, as weight
and resistance presented. The acuteness of his
mind, his quick perception of the truth, the ex
tent and variety of his knowledge, as well as his
great firmness and moral courage, has, even at
this day, caused his elevation to the bench to he
regarded as most fortunate to the State, and his
course as a model of judicial deportment. From
this bench, in 1823, Mr. Woodbury was elected
Governor of the State of New Hampshire. In
1825, we find him in the Legislature as its Speak
er, at which session he was elected Senator
in the Congress of the United States. Here
seems to l>e the proper element of his genius
and talents. For six years, there tvas no event
in the history of our republic in which his name
does not bear a conspicuous part. His laborious
and patient research for truth and facts, his sys
tem and arrangement of material when collected,
his power and eloquence while presenting these
truths in debate, always caused him to he listen
ed to with profound respect by his associates, and
commanded the applause of his audience. The
best evidence of this respect is, that he was, for
four successive sessions, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Commerce, one of the most important
Committees of the Senate, involving, as it does,
the whole commercial interests of the nation.
He was also Chairman of ; a Select Committee
of which Webster, Van Buren, Haync and Har
rison were members. What a galaxy of talent!
Two of them since have been President—the
other two have filled the nation with their
fame.
When his term of service lisd expired in
1830, such were the sacrifices ot domestic com
fort by these repeated separations from his fami
ly, as well as other causes, he addressed a letter
to the Governor, declining a re-election. He,
and his numerous friends, had hoped, that, in
the peaceful pursuit of his profession, he would
enjoy, not only professional emoluments, but do
mestic happiness at home. In this they were
not gratified. The talents of Mr. Woodbury,
and his strong devotion to Republican principles
had attracted the eye of that man of “his age,”
Andrew Jackson ; and on the reorganization of
the Cabinet in 1830, he was appointed Secreta
ry ofthe Navy. No one was better calculated,
by his admirable system of detail—his familiarity
with public matters —his mild, yet firm, demean
or to preside over this important arm of our na
tional defence. In him Gen. Jackson found an
able coadjutor —a devoted and sincere friend. In
all the anxious and exciting scenes of that ad
ministration tUebalo ofwbose glory still sheds
light and honor on our country’s history, Judge
Woodbury was a pillar of strength. If, in an
cient days, it was honor to nave called Cato
a friend, Judge Woodbury has as great an hon
or, —for to his last hour, he possessed] the es
teem, love and confidence of Gen. Jackson ; so
much so that the hall of the Hermitage, in the
Hero’s retirement, was considered honored by
the bustof his faithful coadjutor and friend.
In 1831, Judge Woodbury succeeded ?.fr,
Taney as Secretary of the Treasury. Here was
a situation that called forth and demanded all
the powers of his active mind. Tire financial
condition of the whole nation seemed to present
one wide-spread scene of ruin and distress .That
mamnicthinstitution. the United Slates Bank, in
its convulsive throes, like Sampson, in its blinded
and expiring rage, sought to overturn the whole
moneyed system ofthe country. Added to this,
at a date a little afterwards, the State Banks,
with millions of the Government funds locked
up in their vaults, or squandered on idle favorites
suspended payment. At that gloomy period,
the Treasury Department was placed in the
hands of Judge Woodbury: it seemed to ri
quire the genius of a Neckar or a Hamilton,
to conduct this Department without ruin and
di-grace to the Government and the officer
presiding over it. Yet, through all these troub
es, and the still darker period of 1325, ’33 and
’37 did Judge Woodbury control the monetary
affairs of the nation, and !>y t his labors and assid
uity the credit of the nation survived the storm,
unspotted and untarnished. His reports show
a most minu'e familiarity with the detail of eve
ry branch of this widely extended Department,
and presented to the country, in a plain and fa
miliar manner, the whole system of our finances.
At the fall of his part} 5 in 1840, he left this De
partment, hut only again to enterinto the service
ofthe people, for in 1841 he took his seat in
Congress as a Senator from New Hampshire.
Here his career by no means diminished the lau
rels obtained by him on the same field of glo
ry, and here he remained until 1845, when
President Polk appointed him one of tin Asso
ciate Judges of the Supreme Court, in place of
Judge Story, deceased.
Public opinion, from one end of the Union to
the other, approved and applauded this appoint
ment ofthe faithful public servant to one of the
highest tribunals on earth. It might he impro
per to speak of his career in this elevated posi
tion as being invidious to others; hut the res
pect which is paid to his legal opinions, on his
circuit and at Washington; his reputation as a
Judge at a still younger age, and the character
and dignity that he has conferred on every sta
tion he has occupied, is tjie best evidence of
his distinguished worth. Such is the public
service and character of Levi Woodbury. Such
men constitute the wealth and glory of a nation
With a youth passed in laborious pursuits of
knowledge, unstained by indiscretion or vice,
the prime of manhood spent in the service oft
his country, without a single imputation against
his integrity, and in mature years, with the ex
perience of a whole life of study, he is a fit
candidate for any position in the gift of the
nation. It is true that he has not fought any
battles on the fields of Mexico, or elsewhere;
hut he has fought those battles in the
and Cabinet, ot which guns and soldiers only
constitute a subordinate part of the drama, and
displayed intrepid courage and moral firmness
ot the most elevated order,
CASSIUS M. CLAY TO HON. 11. CLAY.
New-York April, 31, ISIS.
Hon. Henry Clay:
Sir—ln the Tribune of this morning I find a
letter dated Ashland, April 10th, 1848 over your
signature. The letter is addressed, I presume
to the Ame r lean people. If I did not know you
well, the intervening space of three days, be
tween its date and its arrival here would lead
me to suspect its authenticity. If your determi
nation to allow your name to go before the Phil
adelphia Convention as acandidare for the Pres
idency had been in accordance merely with your
wishes and individual judgment, I should have
kept a respectful silence. But as your determi
nation is based upon the supposed interest of the
Whig party, I shall venture, unask< and, to add my
opinion to that of the numerous Whigs to whom
you refer. When I tell you that royalty rarely
hears the truth, you will think, no doubt, that I
repeat a very stale dogma, if not altogether out
of place in a republic. But there are parasites
in republics as well as in despotisms, and of those
you have a very liberal porti >n just now Wore
I to claim to be your personal friend, I might
better, perhaps, accomplish my purposes; but ns
I have never avowed one class of sentiments
whilst in reality holding another, I tellyou frank
ly that, although from my earliest youth I had
been something more than a cold admirer ofynur
self, sg> when you started, on the 14th of August,
1845, tothe Virginia Sptings, leaving your friends
and family to murder me in my sick bed, for vin
dicating those principles which you had taught
me in your speeches, at least, I ceased to he your
friend, and became, by the necessity of my nature
your enemy. What shall I say to you now, then
will have the more weight, because you will see
that it comes from an honest, if not an unpreju
diced man ; while I shall attempt to divest my
self of the individual and speak as the member of
a great party.
I shall then take up your letter in its proper
order. In saying that you had “a strong disin
clination to the use of my own (your) name in
connection with that office,” courtesy leads me
■o confine my sell to the remark that you deceive
yourself—but no one'else! Sosoon asyou were
defeated in the last election, a committee ofyour
friends from Frankfort waited upon you and con
doled with you on that melancholly event. You
responded in a manner that led me, almost with
the power of certainty, to remark to some friends
that Henry Clay is a candidate again lor the
Presidency. Time attests my sagacity.
So strong was my conviction that you wou Id
lie a candidate, when letters were read in the
Convention ot the “Whig friends of Gen. Tay
lor” in the State House at Frankfort, from the
lion. J. J. Crittenden, Hon. Charles S. More
head. and Hon. J. P. Gaines begging us not to
nominate General Taylor, apd thus push you
from the t r ack, and saying that you would on
your return home retire from t’je canvass, in the
presence of the thousands then assembled I rose
up and declared that although respected these
gentlemen I had not the least confidence that yon
would in truth withdraw. Time attests my sa
gacity. After you had gojie pn to New York,
and delegates were chosen to the National Con
vention whilst you were the rjty’s guest, and it
was again asserted that you would decline on
your return home, I said no, you refused to go
to New York last Summer, you would not have
gone now, unless you had determined to run for
the Presidency. Time attests the truth of the
prediction. You say that your friends represent
that “the withdrawal of my name would be fatal
to their success.” If they so speak to you, they
speak a different language elsewhere. I have
been toid that ail the members of Congress from
our own State but one told you that you could
not be elected, and that divers others whom I
could name told you the same thing. But if
these reports be untrue, allow me totell you that
I have heard almost universally that your name
would again bring us defeat. In that opinion I
ooncur, and I will give you iny reaons. Be
cause I am not guiltless myself, and because of
the bad taste of the thing, I will not urge objec
tions to your private character. Neither will I
press* your prestige of ill luck, in saying that
all the measures which you have urged upon
the people, except the Missouri compromise, have
been erased from the statue book. For we la
ment in common, the fall af the tariff, the hank,
and internal improvements, under your lead! I
NUMBER 19.
s-hall coniine myself then to the question if avail
biiity. Three times have we run you and three
times your name has brought us defeat! So soon
as (Jen. Win. H. Harrison had brought us up
from a miserable minority, when you had left us
to a large majority, you huriicd on to Washing
ton, when Mr. Tyler under Mr. Webster’s lead
was doing good service to the country and party,
and by attempting to force on him and us the
•‘obsolete Bank” which we had purposely slurred
in the canvass, you brought us to a speedy mi
nority.
A “long time ago,” being too old to perform
the comparatively light duties ol Senator, you
gave the public a farewell address and retired
from public life. The democratic pirty by tlie
excess of its numbers, was at once split into wide
ly separated fragments. Messrs. Cass, Calhoun,
an Buren, Tyler, Polk, and others, were all
pressing their claims with a bitterness before un
known to the party. ‘‘Whom the grids wish to
destroy, they first make mad.” They determin
ed to bring Texas into the Union, J avowedly
to break down the power of the free North, and
to make this nation a slave empire. The friends
of iicerty rallied once more, and in spite of yolir
Missouri compromise, and your consistent denun
ciation of ail real anti-slavery action, your Ral
eigh letter made you by some fatality our candi
date once more. The democratic feuds were at
once cured up by the greaUr hatred of Henry-
Clay. Mr. Van Buren, who had taken a simi
lar ground with yourself, hut who could not unite
the party, was overthrown, and Mr. James K.
Polk substituted. Notwithstanding the claims
ol other wliigs, I will now restrict myself to say
ing your equals, were postponed who no one
now doubts could have been elected ; we, the
Whig party, all united on you. We fought
with the ardor of brotherhood, and with the mor
al power of a noble cause. Our success seemed
certain. Now once more, by that fatality which
attends you, you come out in your Gazette
letter, and disclaim any sympathy with eman
cipation. It is true there was a little inconsis
tency in this, inasmuch as you had always avow
ed just the opposite doctrine; hut as you wrote
to me “go on good Cassius ,” I thought at last
all things would come out right. This, how
ever, was a small affair between you and me, and
onr abolition friends. But all at once, you came
out in your Alabama letter, when you would
“not reject a permanent acquisition of territory
on account of a temporary institution !” This
was a'very different affair. 11lay at the founda
tion ot whole contest. You “changed front. ’’ —
The whigs of the Noith were disgusted. They
had nothing left to contend for. The battle was
lost. We felt our country’s wounds in your per
son. We paid your debts, we condoled with
you in your retirement once more, and raised
monuments to your memory! Once more the
excesses of the Democratic Party, began to ex
hibit themselves. The unconstitutional annex
ation of Texas,and the Presidential war, began
to stir the souls of indignant freeman. Seeing
that we were in a minority, and without the
sympathies of the people—having experience that
a peace party can never have the confidence of a
Republic during a raging war, —our wise Whig
leaders voted supplies, and the Whigs turned out
to the war, and once more we steadily brought
ourselves up from a minority where you had
again left us, into a majority. The Administra
tion had all the responsibility of the loss of honor,
men, and money, by the war; our Whig gener
als reaped all the glory. The success of our
party was certain. The public, with a unan
mity never before seen in this country, looked
to our man ; a man who, growing too great for
the powers at Washington, was left to perish with
a handlul of men before twenty thousand troops
in the enemy’s country. But Zachary Taylor
was not the man to die, to accommodate either
President Polk or his ally Santa Anna! The
oattle of Buena Vista fixed General Taylor in
the hearts ol this people! Neither you, nor the
wireworkers of party, nor the President can cause
him or his friends to “surrender !” ‘1 he hon
est old soldier was generous enougli tc give a
parting compliment to your name, by saying he
would have preferred you to himself to lead us on
once more to the battle. You have taken him
at his word ! Immediately your friends of the
secret circular,” under the pretence of being
•‘the friends of General Taylor,” stab him to the
vitals. Then, sharp sighted patriots found out
that General Taylor was not the choice of the
Whigs—that this willingness of the grateful heart
of the people was all a sham affair in a word,
that you would reluctantly consent to run again!
1 am a plain spoken man, sir; I tell you I know
these men * they would not have ventured to take
this step without your consent! It is true this
is not fairly play ! It looks to me like political
assassination / Nor will it be cured in the eves
of all disinterested men by the spirit of violence,
which your friends in Frankfort—in Baltiinoic—
in Cincinnatti—and in New York, have ventur
ed against the friends of Taylor and “the liberty
of speech” The verdict of a jury against your
son lately in Kentucky, ought to teach you and
them, that we arc not yet slaves even to Henry
Clay.
It is true that this is in you deep ingratitude
io General Taylor but you are but playing out
your life-long game: for when did ever Henry
Clay spare on enemy ora— friend? I congrat
ulate you upon your determination at last to de
nounce the Native American party, to whom you
wrote encouraging letters during the last canvass;
and which tliry were kind enough to suppress;
you can do so with impunity ! The Native A
merican party is dead I But whether the mem
ory of the Irish and other foreigners will be as
easy in forgetting a wrong as you are in not re
membering a favor, remains to be seen ! Space
compels me to pass over the long roll of yourself
advocacy and confine myself to two specifications
You seem to think that Ohio will not go for any
“one residing in the slave states” but; you &that
New York would more certainly bestow her vote
on you “than any other candidate.”
Ohiowent for you,by the Western reserve vote,
which I assisted in getting for you, because you
were suspected of truth , in declaiming against
slavery! I had too mnch respect for your tal
ents to suppose that you would again attempt
the same shallow game! No. your Janus faced
resolutions at Lexington, deceive no longer the
blindest “fanatics.” Besides, iflhey>ce North
would not take you, when the question was Clay
and no slave territory will they take the issue
which you covertly tender them Ciay and no
free territorv 1
With regard to New York, yon seem, strange
ly to have forgotten the fact that the Whig mem
bers of the legislature have declared that the State
will go for any “any other whie,” to close the
mouth of your pariizans here! The city elec
tion of a Democratic Mayor in New, York, whilst
your iriends put the election upon yocr populari
ty here, demonstrates that your name is indeed
“all powerful” to change a Whig majority into
a minority at least! If the Whig Party are ca
pable of learning, in this, they will read the fu
ture. I know the strength of party organization
and the desperation of those who have lire estates
in your person—you may succeed in pushing
Webster, and McLean, and Seward, and Corwin
and Scott, and others from the track once more
—the dagger ot your “secret” committee and
your public inquisitors may kill off Gen. Taylor
just now — but the deceiver may be himself de
ceived!—Yes, Henry Clay can never be Presi
dent of these States !
I have the honor to subscribe myself,
ever a Whig, and yonr obd’t serv’t.
C. M. CLAY.
Bite or a Rattlesnake. — The Medical and
Surgical Journal publishes several cases in which
olive oil was used successfully as an antidote for
the bite of poisonous reptiles.
the: administration and oex*
SCOTT.
We invite the attention of onr render* to th*
following able and temperately written article
from the New York True Sun. It treats in
just and discriminating spirit topics now attrac
ting a large share of the public interest. We
fully approve its views of the conspicuous par!
borne under the present administration by the
eminent statesman at the head of the War De
partment. To the rare administrative ability,
displayed in the operations of that department
in a great crisis of our history, the democratic
party and policy arc in i.o small measure indebt
ed for their present proud and commanding po
sition. We fear that the facts of the case abun
dantly prove that the distinguished General, lot*
in duel command in Mexico, has lost no oppor
tunity to signalize his hostility to the adminis
tration, by which that high command was devol
ved upon him; and it is a most striking testimo
nial of the foicsight, energy,, and judgment with
which the war policy of the government has becife
cur ed out, under circumstances ot such diffi
culty, the materials of accusation in this respect
against the administration are found to be so
wholly unsubstantial.
Tint Scott Co:tnEsroxnF.xrr.— We have
been examining, with some care, the voluminous
correspondence of General Scott with Mr. Trist,
lueut. Seuuncs, and the War Department. It i
on the part of the General marked with the has
tiness of which lie made confession on a memor
able occasion, when, anticipating a fire in the
rear, he exposed himself to a prandial enemy in
front. It is indeed a pity that so gallant a sol
dier is so choleric, and that one whose whole ca
reer in the field has been honorable to bis coun
try, should so invaiiahly in his official correspon
dence draw down so much animadversion on
himself.
* • 9 * • • *
We regret, for the honor of the country ami
the personal reputation of General Scott, that hs
lias ever put pen to paper for any other purpose
than that of communicating the actual movements
of the corps under his command. His letters to>
Mr. Trist are written in a most captious and pu
erile tone, and in the very worst taste.
***#*••
Mr. Trist went to Mexico for a great object—
one which the country, as well os the admini*-
teation, desired to see accomplished: and it Gen.
Scott had persisted in his absurd adherence to
tcchnicali'ies and mere etiquette, peace at thi*
early day would have been impossible.
**##**
In his correspondence with the war War De
partment, he gives still further evidence of a to
tal want of that respect to iiis superiors, which
he so rigorously demands from those who are
bound to pay it to him ; and, with a childishness
and want of ordinary perception, endeavors to
assail the government, when he should only ba
thinking of the enemy. He complains of th*
want of clothing for the army, when it appear*
most indubitably from the official returns (hat th*
supplies at Vera Cruz were not by any means
exhua&tcd, and when he himself advised the See
retary of War that no more was required, lie
cause he was getting it made up in the city rs
Mexico! And, above all, he insinuates that ho
is to bp torn from his command out of mere po
litical hatred, when he himself solicited his ra
dii !
No wonder that in the hands of so eool, re
flecting, and able a correspondent as the Secre
tary of War, Gen. Scott was doomed to come off
with little honor. And never was a correspon
dence ever concluded with more forbearance than
was displayed in flic official replies of the Secre
tary. Indeed, he seemed throughout to he adu
uted by the sincerest desire to dispel the delusion
into which the General had fallen ; and he suf
fered no opportunity to pass unimproved, where
he could pay him the most sincere and cordial
acknowledgments for his services. What folly
General Scott will next commit, no one can pre
dict. We should g not be surprised if he came out
with some inflated assault upon the whole ad
ministration, to be forced upon the attention of
the people, and to secure their decision, to the
effect that the war in Mexico, the action of the
President, and the conduct of the Secretary of
War, owe their entire origin to the single object
of attacking him—in the rear!
Os the Secretary of War we need say nothing
in praise or vindication. Never was there such
a responsibility thrown upon his department since
we have been a nation as this, which he has so
ably met; and while we know our soldiers are
invincible, wc also know that their opportunities
to cover themselves and their country with glo
ry were not all ol their own creation. Never be
fore was an American army so well supplied, so
well reinforced, so “kept in heart,” as this in
Mexico. The action of the department has been
wise, prompt, and decisive. No materiel of tho
camp or the field has been deficient. The plan
of the campaign itself was j repared at Washing
ton, and the main successes of the army have
been obtained in the paths marked out lor it in
the War Department. In the official lettters of
the Secretary are displayed large resources of
mind, a perfect knowledge of strategy, the great
est familiarity’ with the enemy’s country, the
most imperturbable coolness of temper, and tho
most admirable foresight and judgment.
Whatever the political opponents of the Sec
retary j may say in their ephemeral sheets, and
even with temporary success, history will give to
him a high and enduring position among the great
men of his times. Should this country ever ev
er engage in another war. his correspondence,
inspections, and military views, will tie appealed
to as authority, and his administrative energy
pointed to as an example. Such a war as this,
which is about to close, is not to be forgotten
in a day, nor can it be carelessly passed over by
historians. It is in all respects the greatest de
monstration of power, valor, and ability that has
ever been made by the American people. It as
tonishes the world ; it has astonished even our
selves. No enimily, no political hatred, no as
saults—whether they come from the camp or
from a partisan press—can detract from the great
ties! of character displayed by the Secretary of
A ar. “It will stand the test of scrutiny and of
time,”
Corw in racking out—Going for G*n.
Scott as an “Available.”—The Steuben
ville Herald of Tuesday/a leading whig sheet,
l as the folb.wing, as editorial, in reference to tho
whig candidate for President: ,
“Wc had.an interview on yesterday, with a
gentleman recently from the east, wtio was •
few days ago in cenvcrsation with Mr. Corwin,
upon the subject of the Presidency. His report
is, (and he is a reliable man) that Mr. Clay
will decline a nomination —Mr. Corwin, so far
as he is concerned personally, does not expect
a nomination, but would feel honored by a cred
itable di inonsti ation from the “Buckeye Boys.”
He is of the opinion, that General Scott will bo
the candidate, and that he is the most available
man, in the Whig ranks.”
So wags the world of whiggery, Mr. Corwin,
who a few months since, dreamed that his op
position to the war, and the cutting off of sup
plies to our brave troops in Mexico, would make
him President, has now so far lost hope, that
last friend to desert man, that he would be satis
fied with a complimentary vote from Ohio whig
gery, and deem that honor enough for the pat
ricidal course he has pursued. So far from
finding the war unpopular, as he fancied, he is
now in favor of taking advantage of its populari
ty, with the people, and go his length for the
cummander-in-chief of the army, that invadad
Mexico—the very General, who commanded the
soldiers, that had Mr. Corwin been a Mexican
by birth, as he is in feeling, he would have “wel
comed with bloody hands to hospital graves.
Mr. Corwin prefers Gen. Scott, not because
of his fitness—not because of his principles, hut
because he has won laurels iu a war that Mr.
Corwin voted was “commenced by the act of
the Republic of Mexico,” and afterwards, on tho
stump, boasted that his vote, given under the
solemnity cfhis official oath, was a “big lie,**
but he “ swallowed it.” Sic transit gloria Mex
ican whiggery !
Ohio Statesman.
The Perils or Emigrants. —Of 100,000
emigrants, says the Liverpool Mercury, who
htely crossed the Atlantic for America, 6000
perished during their voyage. 4100 on their arri
val, 2500 were sent to the hospital, and of those
who settled in the towns 1900 have died.