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I NEW SERIES—VOL X, NO. 12. ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1847. UNIVERSITY Of GEORGIA LIBRARY VOLUME IV. NUMBER 24. BY CHRMTY St LAMPKHf. Offlc* on Bread 8tr«.t TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, •* A4Ttvllalaf. Creditor* ..9*» ®lje Sontljcrn fcDljtg. • AYERS'S, iacijraAs THURSDAY MORNING, 8EPT. 23. THREE CHILDREN BURNT TO OR ITH. distressing acckkot occnrred mv CU r ril!e, 4 OB | Virginia, on Sunday evening, the 2*2d nit* The l r .T’ y,bT Ex * c,W>f *’ Adwi »» | bouse behxginf to Mr. Isese Basely, was on that teTiSSS«~»d by fi«, *0*^*1111 Matinee lit* fat Lmmrf Ofaewsfee 490 children. *”* to cksrr*4tiOtfar trtry | The circorosUnets connected with the .doleful ed ease aweiitb it wil! be charged 79 eai For a*i*(W taseniuu, fl 00 per aqoare. 'dhaMdea T“, Mr- Bo*!, ud wife It* horn. * ‘—“ ou that day for some pnrpoae. leaving at their home their three little children, the eldest only being about four or five years old, and the youngest an infant, all of whom being asleep, the parents pre vious to their departure making fast the doors that they might not be interrupted daring their absence. The boose took fire, originating, as is supposed, in the chimney, and communicating im mediately to the boose, and there being no person near enough to give an alarm, the boose and the three little children were soon destroyed. The pa rents did not arrive until the little beings were broiling beneath the scorching fiames, and too late to render any assistance to them. werfcedeaee tbem,wiU be published til forbid and char*, ed accordingly. t^Noocs of the sale cf Lands sad Negroes, by Ad* miaieWBHra. Egrcatsrs,er Oeotdteus. mast be pubheb- «d enmr asm preview ta day of sale BT*The sals of Personal Property, ia Ska manner, asset be pubBehsd roarv a*rs prer ious to day of tale- tPlfsdce to debtors sad creditors of aa estate meet be pahCsbcd rorrv bats. Or Nodee that ApplieaHoa w« be ssado totho Court f Ordinary f * “ * y far leave teasl Lend or Negrooe a .LOOK THIS WAY. Groceries mad heavy Dry Goods, co—fating in part of the following articles; Sagar, coflee, salt, molasses, iron, Swetles, English, 8oeth Carolina, band, rod, round, senate and strop.— Carolina, band, rod, roeed, square and strop.— Steele, cast, German, blister and spring. Nails, coil chains, trace, baiter, filth, lock and log; sad irons, vices, anvils, steel faced hammers—steel ahovefa and spades. Arms*, Adams* and Rowland’ From tho American Whig ......... . Taylor was marching against him to de- _ wii. eAT, ® H ■*“• I fral him before he had time to organize rn ^ u| 4 ; h y°° rn ^ tt0tbe ”‘ >ole 1 hi» *>«**, and got on hU way in San nfOregcn. wa, clear and onqoeniooa-; LnU> „ far as Victoria, where a me.- ft*““ “ fter *'“ rda 8» ve "P ne "'y one aenger overtook him, with orders for bin. ball oi u 7 |0 8Cn j lQ (j en# Scott about one half his forces, including nearly all the regulars, and with the remnant to return to Mou- But his bold and manly spirit made him always ready to date every danger, and assume the most trying and perilous position which could be poiuted out to* A. James K. Polk. Q. How did he justify his conduct ? A,. By saying that he followed the ex ample of his predecessors, who offered to settle the dispute with Great Britaio, by establishing the 49th degree as the divi ding line. Q. Was this excuse a good one? A. No. Because his predecessors did not claim the 49th degree, and never offc ered to give up one foot of laod, to which they said we bad a good title. Q. Whose management bad nearly in volved the country in an unnecessary war with Great Britain ? A. James K. Polk's. Q. How was this prevented ? A. By a portion of the Democrats in Coogrss uniting with the Whigs, and controlling him. Q. Was Mr. Polk’s management ofour affairs with Mexico previous to the war, wise and brudent ? A. No. Because the Mexican Govern ment had agreed to receive a commis- Gew. Scott.—The N. O. Delta, says:—When Gen. Scott waa in this city on his way to tbe seat w of war, be waa frequently interrogated by carious 1 sioncr from The United States, to esutb- pemnns, as to his plans and designs. But the old : list a boundary between the two coun- general waa generally aa close aa an oyster.— j tries, which would have settled our dif- Thero waa, however, ooe purpose of hia which h« j ffculties with tbem about Texas ; and made no effort to conceal, and that waa, hia deter- Mr. Polk, instead of sending such a coni- 'aflle and wafer Irons Hooka, and eye* Liner*— n, ' n * tion h® in tb« Capita! by the lat of Septem- missioner sent a MTuister Plenipotentia- «*• hammers; pad and stock locks.'rasps, chin- i ber - ** * dictate peace to them in their Capi- ry, whom the Mexicans had before refus- «U,auger* and files. Collin’s axes, sheep shears, I tal, on the *«t September, 1847*" Tbeold general ed to receive, while the difficulties with cotton and wool cards, bast article. Knivee and fa certainly shaving it very close, but forks, pocket knives, table and tea spoons, paper, and pound pies,tacks, saaoking and chewing tobac- co.Lorillard’a best aaaS spelling books, blank books, elates, looking glasses, &c. Also, calicos, assorted ginghams, homespuns, bleached and brown, driUingsTbleaebed and brown —One flume Is, bleached and h wool do. Also 3 brown, red and white -lT.> retreW'pric*. At ia Bmto. ran. 101 rarp*. to Axi. the ““ ,u '” "=<='7; Matlk audeottoo bandkerchiefe, fuicy.ilk .haul., A Boaton bor hx* gone to P«m lo open .mint-jo- u""’ *gre«ng to do It, It wo “l J aatslamaka of cap and letter. that be will redeem bit promise. i believe them about Texas continued; and whom they still refused to receive. Had be sent „ . _ _ . . , i such a commissioner as they had agreed BmM *" D I ” ,c ‘ Tbadk - Oartn, th. t... they wc;old hav J had *, t for not receiving him ; all difficul- mootb of August. 1970 tons of Ice were exported liekkbwtTeia*mighthavVtieoralded IT* '7 »nd "* »« prevented ; at all event,, if globe. Iced cbsmpsgne is common in Calcutta, u, tlL . u mA r mmnt „ Madras, Bombay, Manilla and Canton. Ooe bouse Mr. Polk had sent such a commissioner, and the Mexicans had refused to receive ttaZSZ 1 «P “W Th.r. i.«kl to be no™ ,t pmeot 1,a ' e .. . snb&rwllsrft —w ftW..*..€«dp«l* other respects have put them clearly in tho wrong. set,kip ladiesheavy paged *Afeo"«Sw!TSl~r blind ud rtdtnr. leUbu wbi collars, circingles, girths, waggon whips, bide whips, sole, upper, band and harness leather and a large lot of tanned deer skins, at very low prices.-— .unwise and imprudent? Bxnjno or Mitsior.ucr—Tht.hip Samuel! A. Yes. For at the very lime that he RumIL which railed from New York on Tbnn- wa * endeavoring to make with the Mex- day, lor Chinn, carried out quito a number of pu. ‘ leans a treaty ol boondary, commerce large lot of tanned deer skins,st very low prices.— —— T ’"IT '— . r . : u . a „, Also 150 seta plates, assorted, 170 sets caps and eengers, among whom were W. D. Lewis, of Phil- ■ an( * friendship, ne sent an army to me- mom, UKited. loud tnrkey mnd bakery Sahea. adelpbia. Mr. rad Mra. Cohoson, and Mr.andMra. »>>em on the Rio G randc, and a fleet mo,.,pitcher.,t»mblera,decrateii.ttaak.ie. At-, Jooea,ra iniaiionraieato tb. Ea.t to threaten Vetjl Cruz, which was well ra, eoiwwMstlle. brad-anwa. «aill-aaw«, be , t branda, — calculated to insult and provoke them, ^STJSi?rt.rt2?Id SHOCZIHC. andi therefore, to preventrinstead of in- ^ a—1-«- -— —j I We learn, says the Philsdelphis Evening Bulle-: ducing them to make with us a friendly ates, indigo, 8oeth Carolinia Spanish float and, _ 0 Bengal madder, SpanUh brown, bine stone, ginger,. tin, from the Camber land Mountaineer, that a foul J treaty. jSSlSb. S^.D^SiflkS p.'pVT j w? °^ m " ltt «d by, rnrara yraitt. p.r- j Q D ; d Grn . TayW advise tI]e p res! . ift ratta. oila. 1*°" ^bfr beabaed. WWH» fewday. .p ™..o-l drn|t „ agnd lhgarmy on iheRioGrandet , ,j u.'.a ^. ’?**''' A. Gen. Tnylor wrote to the govern- of Be—. S^b that if it was absolutely ffecided y low, dsaifsiMt to cloa. that braoeb of ud J^' tw0 ot tb^™,, ; lo , *’ e -Bio. Oqmdejw our taAida- •v ^ for which Wei. 8. CHw ..feeddea.h epoq^ j ^•‘ t niight.1«^ihe seulemifi^f our JT?3ri!S«elSwi"« • -Gb.—Wtned-tbi Bel died .hifehTr 'vtohrtBe Mexicans to send ■ytoera««b,Mdtb.~bllk peradly. hs.bsndjflg.toqra,, by-prarie. l»t hod into hi. fn army there ; hut a short lira, after nfl* ^rtof p,rcbrainf before examining thl.fol tragwly ... perfonwd ia Penn-1 wrole * hem . another letter, m which !•**aylasniaaindTiearthe Maryland 1]dc.‘ Sbebnow he says. that in consequence of intelli- eoofined in jkilio await her trial. ? enc0 w,1 ' ch h ? J u3t rec ' ,ved ff°“> I Mexico, he thinks the army ought not to be terey. Thusleaving Santa Anna undis turbed, till he raised a powerful armv with which he rushed upon the few vol unteers at Buena Vista, giving orders to show the Americans no auarter, an or der which the Mexicans obeyed, for they plunged their spears aud bayonets thro* every wounded American whom thej reached, and nothing saved our little ar my from a horrid massacre, but their own unconquerable valor and the unsur passed skill of Old Rough and Ready. That battle was fought on tbe 22nd and 23rd of February, more than six months ago, since which time Gen. Taylor has been idle for the want of men, for the time of most of his volunteers expired soon after the battle. He was anxious to follow up Santa Anna and give him no time to raise another army, but the management of the President and his ad visers prevented him from doing so. Q. Has he favored Santa Auna since that time ? A. Yes. Santa Anna was totally de feated by Scott at Ccrro Gordo, yet time has been allowed him to raise another great army; as the time of the volunteers was out about the time of the battle, Scott had not men enough to march up on the city of Mexico, the President, of course, knew when their time would be out, and it was his duty to have furnish ed Scott with new forces, to take the place of the discharged volunteers. Q. Has the President thus acted with a corrupt design to favor Santa Anna aud give aid and comfort to the enemy V* A. No; but he has not capacity enough to manage the war well. Congress has put at the disposal of the President some seventy-five thousand men ; fifty thou sand voluntees, the whole regular army increased to fifteen thousand men, and ten regiments since authorized, with an ample supply of money ; yet the Presi dent has not called out men enough at any time.; but from the beginning of the war our armies have fought against from two to five times their numbers, nor has the means of transportation been furnish ed, so that when our generals gain a vic tory, they are compelled to remain idle so long that the enemy has time to raise a new army. CHATECHIST. PEEPLES fit CAMP. PROS RECTUS, Of a New MtiirfBook in Patent Notee, RzrazKtD DzaraiuTCZT Povmtt.—An En- Sfntto til.Rio Grande. liut remain where glishtnan named John Mnafnre, jo.t arrired at' il w! >» at Corpus Christi. But the letters New York in th. ihip Matilda, attempted todiown ° rllls Secretary of war, shew, that tbe bia wife^ecentljr, bjr pn.hing her Into the .rirer. President had determined to send the She was reaeeeed from drowninj bjr • potiee ofB- army on the Rio Grnnde, before Gen. fIMlIS work will contain Five hundred page*;' cer, who immediately took Macgrave into cnutody. • Taylor had writton at all on the subject. A including a loddexpoaitinn oftherutosot Stay- He stated tbe reaaon for nitemptinz to drown hia j Q. Which loiter of Gen. Tavlor ought was a com|lallion and schoolmate of ” nor will his arm protect us longer i img, tod ol MericalCompoMtioo; a larger number wife wee hi* extreme porerty; that he intended to to be considered as containing his advice, » • * - - a . ' --- -of the Charch Tuoeuueedby the religtooa dcnomi _ .... TOE HESPERIAN HARP, BY OB. WILLIAM HOUSCB, Ot Jeflevnea tenetr. Oeurgle. jftbe Charch Tui . _ natiooa South and Weat,tHao have ever been em- braced ia era volume i Odea, Aotbema, Sunday School, Infant, Miaekioary.ead Temperance piecre. imtire hymn or aon, * E^^*|lbe tune, i by tbe drown hie wife and aon, a boy fifteen years old, *nd his firs* or his last ? then drown himaelf. He waa committed to prison i A. Certainly his last, to arwwcr. _ f . « Q. When the Democratic stump- tj-ltt. stated that 1,000,000 yard, of cotton' fP^^sattempttoshewlhatGen. Tay- cloth are made at Iow.lL M.J., ever, wk> , the sending the army on the amounting to 93,000,000 yard, per year—enou c h, . = to extend twiee-aronnd tbe entire world! Sixty-1 Th „ J „ Rio Grande; do they read both his let* tirely oew. whifa many of tkoee fine old Rira that have long keen used at prayer, camp, and other meetings,and in the social circle, bet have never bcSTK.cotfeetfdrnd barmraferd, withn.trar- “‘T 1 A. No. They olwny. rend his first bTlSShl’tk.liESreRlANHARP. Ikmk^.n- all,. Of printed calico, there areT.del°m0001 Iet ^ r, ^ al " fh | 5 ]" 3t : . . y«4*p.rj..T. Ut»e tn.nuf.ct»rea lOOOOOo' H “ s lhc P^n acted wisely in Offhand, of starch are annually n«d. his management since the war began 1 «faot and modern—many that wboee rich musie are unkac the present day—have been now oat of print, to moat persons o' tptaely ••emd «?’ .o supply this wot The Hesperian Harp i* tbe Urge* eedekeepert Music Book ever offered to the American public, as all iateUigcDt persons wOlsse,by comparing it with other works. Price *1 60, beautifully printed and koend in pasteboard, with a neatly printed ceser — Fifty copies sent to ooe address, for #63 50; one hundred copies, $100. An elegant copy, done !n Morocco, ofuy color desired, will be famished st 43 50 to #3 60, according to style. (£7“ The work will be famished to subscribers coir—psyment in sdvance. N. B. Agent* wanted immediately to canvass every plscc is the land. A liberalpercenL allowed; Goon rocomsiendatko* are required. Address tbe author jM* fid, st Looisvilfa Georgis. Jefferson county, Geo, Aug.,1847. Sept. 9, 9L GIBBS & McCORD, WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. tJ* A gentleman (says sn exchange paper,) who has jost arrived from tbe While Sulphur Springs, Virginia, says that himself and a number of other gentlemen were in Mr. Clay’s room a few minutes after he beard of the death of tbe lamented Gover nor Wright Mr. Clay was deeply affected, and paid a touchingly beautiful impromptu tribute to the honored dead, by * Hading to tbe generous na ture. uncompromising integrity, accomplished pow ers in debate, and his eminent public services. A Duel Pretexted.—A Missouri paper states that a duel was contemplated between Col. Mason, of the Dragoons, qow Governor of California, and Col. Fremont. A challenge had actually passed between the parties, but it was checked by Gene ral Kearney. Of the causes which led to it, if ot »?&£> fonn f d *«l*>l«rtimc. i tbe hotels and ad branches of trade interest* generally, they wan oflfer Fatai Dmnccx.Tr Betwses Father to their faced* and tbe public as |—A deplorable difficulty took place on Wednesday morning last, at Patterson, N. J. It appears that A. No. He bas committed many and great errors, which shew that his talents are not equal lo his high station. Q. What are these errors ? A. One of the 6rst was his order to Com. Conner to permit Santa Anna to return to Mexico, to place himself at the head of the government* and lead their armies to battle. Q. Who is Sauta Anna ? A. He is the same Santa Anna who swore to support the constitution of his own country and then overthrew it ; the same who caused some four hundred volunteers under Col. Fannin to be shot, after they had surrendered prisoners of war, and under a written agreement 1 that they should be well treated ; the same who always bas violated his prom ise when it suited him, and who is the sworn enemy of the United Slates. Q. Did Santa Anna and Mr. Polk en ter into any friendly agreement ? A. None has been made public ; the TON^ FLOUR CORN^XoON TmfretelSS t *° "**- fcU * r “a- mDKd RRRHHRHHHRHP DUCK: SELLvr PURCHASE GOODS tooidar; «— ,l * "‘‘‘'a •a— : whig,' in the laft Congress attrmpted | RECEIVE and FORWARD MERCHANDISE, toUU.th. life ofthofettor. Th. «ra. lo w»l», a resolution calling on the Prcsi- •&c. Their personal and undivided attention will at from his father, took to tbe river, hut the father " ~~~ ^rttarat.^rat.ra,b M trara«Rtrat«ltottra. pnr .„ >H) hiro , , nJ potting- bvjond their S^fd. aod^T exertion made to give ...ivf.nion 1,01 •»»* >“ «« '“>. toother in a «a- to customers. Th-y return their sincere thanks for fery gra>e. , B alw patronage extended^to ^theni^the^ rewom ^ j ^ Jcs£ ,_ Tbe N<w Y<)rk GlIclw **J«: Oxing to the recent difficulties between the Aug 12 GEORGE McCORD. officers and crew of the junk, the latter consisting But alas! poor Seth—he is gone- cut off, nst as his brave heart panted for, in the glorious conflict of arms, at the head of his bold Dragoons—his bloody sabre flaming in the sunbeams, and the frightened foe flying before his avenging arm—but in a mere reconnois- sance, by aa accidental cannon shot, and when no enemy was in sight, his brave spirit was loosened from its mor tal tenement; and thus he fell, with his face to the foe. Peace to his in a ties— immortality to his memory—Delta. If such is its opinion, what a deep gence. Bat at length he returned to bit lesson it is calculated to teach the peo- glass more recklessly than ever, got inJ pie 1 It shows them the danger of sub- to a broil with low fellows, for which be, ranting to the dictation of an irresponsi- was- arrested, and with others com- hie caucus of politicians, and of select-i pclled to labor in prison. There o ing for ilie highest station in the land, | course he was temperate, hut the deep one tcho had neither won it by jtublic oervice, j degradation of hi? condition prevented nor was competent to Jill it with honor to him from disclosing his real name. At himself, nr advantage to tbe people.— length a visitor looking at him, thought Chron. Sf Sen. I he discovered traits not common in the| ’ prison, and, having procured liberty CART. SETH B. THORNTON. This intrepid dragoon officer* who is the nrst to begift this war, was, alas! the first to sacrifice bis life in the late march of our army from Pu ebla. The circumstances of his death will he found fully detailed in the let ters of our correspondents. Like Col. Butler, he left a bed of sickness, to meet the foe, upon whom he warmly desired to avenge the trcacheiy by WAR-.THE ADMINISTRATION. Oh War ! cruel, relentless and in sensible !—thy work is death, thy food human blood ; and it is thy infernal de light to look back with fieiy eyes upon the desolation of thy track. Thou standesi over the cradie of infancy, and when its unconcious smile is sweetest, looking upon the wretched mother, thou smileth a fiendish and ghastly smile, that the husband and father lies upon the field of death, mangled by thy agents of destruction, with lustreless eye and cheek of pallid hue, painted with blood. Thy deadly wings are flapped with un tiring energy over plains of carnage and heaps of slain ; and every gleam of fire from the blanng engines of destruction ts symbolical of I he red lightnings of ihv fiendish eyes. Groans and.shrieks, voices of agony, and accents of dying affection, are sweeter music to thee than even the trumpet-sound that called these victims to the deadly fury of bat tle. The stars of Heaven do not twiukle as brightly as thine eyes, nor the ear of hope listen as intently as thou dost, when a falling victim tells a comrade at his side, in faltering accents, ** Take this miniature to my wife—this lock of hair to my child—this last dying mes sage to the objects ot my affections.*'— The wilder the tempest-storm of the conflict—the greater the number of the helfsh spoiler’s prey—the more lhe de light of thy death-loving spirit. Thy brow of wrath is lighted with joy when cannons disgorge their murderous con tents, and thousands fall to wake no more. Ob War! fruitful source of crime, murder, death and wretchedness—how happens it in an x%e of Christian light that humanity shudders at the thunder ing approach of thy desolating cor?— Why is it that thou art turned loose from thy demon-den, supplied with chains smd .tortures and deadly instruments, to south Carolina and QCORDIA. from tin* keeper, addressed the prison-1 We have ever liccn most forcibly ?r, saying—»• Sir, I judge from your I struck with the difference of conduct of bearing that you have seen better cir-I tbe democracy of our neighboring Slate, | cunislance* than these \vhich.you arc I South Carolina, and that of the Democ-! in at present.” “ Yes, I have,” replied I racy of our own Slate. South Carolina j the prisoner^ shedding tears. By j>cr- I democracy is a very conservative ihing, j severing kindness the visitor was able I so far as the interests and character of at length to obtain the rrhl name of the l herself is concerned. Georgia Democ-j fallen man, and the story of his degra- I racy is just thfc reverse. : dation. He repaired So a clergyman of I South Carolina inveighs against Banks I the place, with the secret. The cler- I and monied corporations generally, in gyman had n parishioner from the the abstract, aud so far as oilier people I church of which the prisoner said he. are concerned ; but takes especial care j had been the minister.' He was invited to foster and advance her own cominCr- to the prison. It was so; there was his cial metropolis with nil the banking cap- eloquent pastor, working among felons! ital she needs or asks tor the commerce Bv application to the proper authorities of not only her own people, but for all people and States which she can induce to make her mart their place of business. With all her abstractions, she is sure to lake care of No. 1, by excluding their' own State from the general reasoning. Georgia, on the contrary, goes the whole hog, if its operation is even to alienate her citizens fiom her own soil in their busi ness relations, and covert her own com mercial emporium into a mere tributary to her ndjoiuing sister. South Caroliua takes special care of her own State character, by ifcngnifying the honorable deeds of her sons. One bas ouly to be with a Carolinian for ten minutes, to be quite assured that the honorable deeds of the citizens of that State shall suffer no abatement under any circumstances, in the hands of Carolini ans generally. One has only to take up one of their bank bills, lo nave this feature of Caro liua character most forcibly' impressed upon him. One lies now before us. On one side is the picture of Moultrie, and at the head that of Marion—thus making ilieir common medium of trade subsid iary to the purposed sustaining the char acter of the State, by perpetuating the honors of her sons. How different Georgia Democracy! Instead of following an example so cred itable to themselves and their State, for mere party purposes are they even now pouring contcmpton the honorable deeds of the sons of Georgia, and belittling in every way their leader—as gallant a the prisoner was released from confine ment, and under the care of kind friend* it is hoped that his greut talents may bo employed in high usefulness again. breathe'thy hot and murderous breaih j ^ddicr as either of those we have meri- upon forms of manly beauty and hearts] —whose fame is so carefully cher- of gentle tenderness? Why is it that | >*»»«* b .v our sister State. We cannot thou art prowling into, the Edens of do mestic felicity, and withering the fra grant flowers of hope and happiness. ** I shall see my son no more,” says the aged father, “ the prop of my declining years has fallen in a far distant land, which he had been betrayed iu the the viptim of disease or the weapon of commencement of this war. He was I the foe.” killed by a cannon ball, in a reconnois-j “ Thy father’s cheerful voice will sance, several daysjjcfore the battle. J gladden your young hearts no more, my We knew Seth Thornton well. He ] children,” says the widowed wife ; our early days, and a braver and mote warm-hearted soul never animated a human frame. He was born in Caro line county, Virginia, and, at his death, was about thirty-three years of age.— Young as he was, his life had been a chequered and eventful one. We doubt whether there is any man now living who has passed safely through so many and such imminent perils and trials ns have marked the life of Capt. Thornton. Some years ago he was a passenger, when quite a youth, on the ill-fated Pu- thiscold and uncharitable world. 1 Oh War! such are the cruel trophies of thy vengeance! We will not deny to thee the right to stretch out thy terri ble arm when national honor bleeds for redress—when necessity, dire necessity, calls upon thee in the last-resort, and us an only hope, to protect it against am bition, grasping avarice, unfeeling 1y- ranny, and plundering conquest. But wo! wo to the power that, for a less reason than necessity, unchains thee— gives thee the scent of blood, aud bu- laski, and when that steamer took fire,. inanity for a prey—to feed thy hellish he was nearly the last to leave her.— and insatiate appetite. pass n resolution calling dent for information on this subject, bat the democrats wished to keep, the trans action in the dark, and as they had the majority, they voted down the resolution. Q. What reason did tbe President give for letting Santa Anna into Mexico ? A. Thai he might oppose Paredes. Q. Was this a good rcasou ? A. No. The President ought not to of being eoavai of 26 Chinese, have abandoned their vessel and "offers for sale the Store House' ken U P lWr V»*teTsat the Sailor’s Home in Cher- . . w■ Granite Range, (provided he «y street. The vessel has also heea libelled, and' " ave P ul an y confidence in such a man r.) The building in 80 will eoi be a^fe to leave for some time to come, as as Sauta Anua. Besides, although Par* a cellar, unequalled, ol advertiteA * | edes was in power when Mr. Polk gave . store-room above of the - *——■- - — j—« - » • • ——■ JtLiU xbove 6J feet loo,^ap-bte at a very little expense, into two two back wow attached. The . feat of store room, or for other purpose*. The as srv in Athens. Posse*- county, Pa^ at which the Hob. Geor|e Kremer May 27,1847- Muslins, to be sold at J. BANCROFT* Co, rare.*. t . .orders to let Sapta Anna in, he was out tTGcni Taylor has been nominated for the Ptee- j Q f power before Santa Anna actually en- IdencT xt» mretinf rftW Dratocret, ^ Union],^ d therefnre ,he President’* reason mnM* P. at nrliif.fl fkx, Hna " Frai... * _ ’ ... , • .... Ax Eagle Cauget.—A wry lug. Exgte wra exGght xt Hadley, Vtra, on tbe 1st insL. in . bexr trap. Tbe powerful bint wu tattoo .life without tbe fracture of a bora. Hfewitig»dMlreSediMU- . . ... ure 7 feet. Ur. Kub fed tot t tha inj factions. • Santa Anna nnttea tbem. previous, and supposing that xoo* dog wu tb* went to San Lois Potosi, where he was murderer, set his trap for bio.. ■ ! engaged in raising a great army. Gen. (ailed, and his orders in favor of the bloo- dy‘tyrant ougbt-to-bave been revoked. Q. Has the President favored Santa Anna since he entered Mexico ? A. Yes/ When Santa Anna entered Mexico, the Mexicans were divided into When others thought only of saving their own lives, he thought only of sa ving the lives of the fair women and children on board. When all the pas sengers had been sent off* in boats and on spars, Capt. Thornton, having first securely tied his body to a hen-coop, threw himself into the sea. Whilst in the water, he picked up several men, whom he also succeeded in fastening to the coop, and thus they floated for many a long and weary hour, exposed to a burning sun, and without a particle of food. One by one his companions dropped off*, and perished in the sea. Thornton only remained; end at last, famished and reduced to a state of ra ving insanity, he was picked tip by some boats and taken ashore. For a long time his life was in great danger from'a delirium arid -fever consequent upon his intense sufferings and expo sure. But he recovered, aud the next time we bear of him is in the Florida war, where he passed through many extraordinary perils, and distinguished himself as a 'most active and gallant of ficer. In the beginning of this war, Capt. -Thornton was. selected by Gen. Taylor for a very delicate and difficult duty, tbe full nature and results of which are familiar to our readers. Last summer, being relieved from duty, he came home on a short visit, but as soon as he reached Washington, earnestly entreated tbe War Department to allow him to take the field of active opera tions. His wish was granted, aud he hurried back to the scene of war, and eagerly sought an opportunity of distin guishing himself. Capt. Thornton, though ever io front of danger and reckless of all perils and obstacles, was by no means physically a vigorous or muscular man. On the The Republic of the United States is now at war with the Republic of Mexi co. Crimes of every hue—rohhcrv, rape, assassination, murder, and death in every form, from disease and con flicts of arms—are now going on in the latter Republic as a consequence of the existence of war. One party or the other; some man or men must bear the responsibility of this unhappy state of things, crushing aud overwhelming to lhe last degree. If there was a necessity for this war, let it be shown, in order to keep the millstone from the necks of the guilty ; if no necessity, the power that conjured il into existence, must sink forever ’ the just judgment of tho world, matter who it may be. his doom is sealed —there is no escape. He has trifled with human life, hope, and happiness, till this judgment must be pronounced upon him. A ruler may with impunity, toy with principles and measures, lie may thus experiment with ordinary po- but feel, if South Carolina could boast the gallant Clinch as one of her citizens, how differently the democracy of that State would have treated the hero*s re putation ! Party or no party, she would have considered his fame as identified with the fame of the Slate, and would have sustained his as they would their own. How different with Georgia De mocracy ! In a mere party scramble, and for a mere temporary purpose, they even attempt to dishonor the man who has led their own sons in defence of their country 1 And yet the same democracy are the loudest in their appeals to the young men of the State, to come forward ns volunteers, in the war of the country! the loudest in sounding the notes of glory and of fame.ibat must be the sure reward of such patriotic conduct! Have they not the strangest way of shewing these glorious results, of any people who ever yet attempted to excite others to patri otic deeds? They call the battle of Withlacoochee—-the hardest fought bnt- ti.c in Florida, or at least only second to Gen. Taylor’s fight there—they glorify this battle with the name of a 1 scrim- mage!* They shut their eyes to all the gallant deeds ot Gen. Clinch from his youth up, with as determined repugnance to the sight of their country’s glory, in those deeds, as if they were called onto acknowledge the heroism of a public en emy ! And this Is Georgia democracy ! —this the glory they will bestow on the patriotic volunteers they now «*o loudly cheer, if they or any of them happen Jo to be political opponents, and are called into the civil service of the State! —a glorious reward of patriotism thus held forth by the democracy of Georgia for her sons 10 peril their all, on the sickly soil of a foreign land, for their country’s honor and at their country’s call!—- How different our Carolina sisters* treatment of her sons. Truly, Carolina democra cy and Georgia Democracy are very dif- : ferent things!—Southern Recorder. A FAIR HIT. The New Orleans .National has not done more than justice, in the following imaginary correspondence, to the imper tinent practice of writing letters to emi nent public men, propounding all man ner of impudent questions, and then pub- jsiting their answers. It would seem as if every political scribbler in the laud had been catechising Gen. Taylor, and that he, a frank old soldier, answers them if it were an official duty. The ques tions propounded in tbe fcdlowiug imag inary correspondence by Mr. Snooks, are not less important than many that have been propounded lo flte General, and his imaginary reply is a very proper rebuke to the impudence which has beset him: Highly Important Correspondence. ProspectvUle, June 7, 1847. Dear Sir—As you are our candidate for the presidency, so constituted by the people, yon are, therefore, open to all sorts of impertinent questions. Your privacy is to be invaded, %nd you are to suffer yourself to be daily examined, as if you were a simple witness in the hands of an indefinite number of sharp lawyers; I am one of the people, and being an ex ceedingly small specimen, I have made il n practice for years post, CuLlha sake of notoriety, to endeavor to fasten myselt «m the tail of some great man, who hap pened, for the time, to be in the ascen dancy. I am opposed to your elevation to any office, and would not vote foryou,wete you, in the language of a late locofoco senator of this state, «* pure enough to sit on the right hand of the throne of Heaven.” Yet I should be exceedingly delighted if you would answer tbe ques tions I put to you in this letter, not only for the purpose of having tbem publish ed against you, if they can be so used, in cuse you are a candidate, but also for the sake of getting my name before the people, as having done something to as sist in misrepresenting your real senti ments. Ifl accomplish this, and you arc defeated, I am sure of some small office as a reward for mv ingenious ser vices. I wish to know, firstly, whether you are in favor «f putting corn -in both ends of a bag tha: is sent to mill on horse! nek, •r do you believe in the modern system, invented by Bob Walker, who used a large stone in one end to balance tbe grain at the other? Secondly are you in favor of mules having colts? Third ly, are you in favor ol crossing the nut meg melon with the pumpkin? A prompt and definite answer to these * cnm “ questions will oblige Your fellow citizen, AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE SNOOKS. Ofiy. Z. Taylor. £d?** The Journal of Commerce tells litical passion, prejudice and partisan-J the following interesting romance about ship, but he cannot toy with a demon- it victim of inebriety: l»ower, that deprives a country of its j No Fiction.—Not a very long time citizens, and robs domestic life of its j ago, oue of the most eloquent divines of happiness, that makes tbe happy heart Great Britain, occupying one of the lonely snd wretched, and takes from most important pulpits in the kingdom, frail dependence the props of its sup- Lbpcamo so much affected by the use of port and protection. twine repeatedly, that he was summoned We intend to show, in two. or three ' to' give an account ot himself. He successive articles, that the war with j could riot bear, be said, to stand for tri- Mexico was provoked and originated ‘ al on such a charge, before men whose without necessity, by our present Na- i only superiority over him consisted in tional Executive ; that Gen. Taylor is the possession;of harder heads, which not responsible^ for the march to the could endure potions (hat overthrew Rio Grande, as is charged by our polit- |h»tn. .He accordingly left hia high po- ical opponents; and that tbe executive sition, and, under aa assamed name, was influenced by corrupt objects of took passage in the steerage ol a ship personal ambition and party triumph. *bound to ^raerica. Atone of-our prin- We believe this is already the opinion cipal interior-towns he took lodgings al of the country, and thgi this verdict has an obscure hotel,'where-for a while be. Camp hear Monterey, Jtdy 9, 1817* Respected Sir—Your very important communication came to hand .in due course ol mail and baggage transporta tion. 1 read it with profound pleasure. 1 was delighted with the independent expression of you sentiments, and tho laudable motives that induced you to place them before me in writing' Tho government has kept the so exceedingly busy of late doing nothing, that* I have not* had time to write you as promptly ns I could have desired, nor can*I as ex plicitly, when I do sit down to the task, ns the importance oft he subject demands. Your first question —I sball answer thetn all categorically—is one that involves a favorite system of exchange which would Ik? indelicate for nv*, in my present po sition, to enlarge upon but I will say in t passing, that it is better to have n stone j in one eud of the ineal hag, than in the bladder. To your second question 1 answer,lain in favor of mules having cults, provided it suits the mules, and don’t interfere with the vested rights of tbe people. Your third question involves a point u(>op which L have many doobta —crossing the did on, with the pumkirv certainly' enlarges the melon, but it will require* a laVge share of the attention of philosophers to show it don’t rujn the. nutmeg. With high respect, t remain, Your most obedient servant, Z, TAYLOR. Augustus Montague Snooks, Esq. t _ ^ ^ ^ He who bits- more knowledge eDnSaiylhc'wasof"smalland delicate j been rendered in the late electious bore up under all the pressures. opmi ^judgment is made f structure, and of weekly constitution. 1 throughout the Union. ‘ him, and lived witboat excessive tndul- rather than bis own.