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THURSDAY MORNING, OCT ,»BER 1.
for president, I
WILLI All HENRY HA«REOIf }
Os Ohio;
• 1 10 invincible Hero of Tippccano —the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible lepublican —
the patriotic Farmer cf Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN T i L E 1 ,
Os Virginia;
Stale Rights Republican of the s rool cf : 9S—
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, ant emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, 'Mucus and
patriot statesmen.
ron FT.ECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VX< - 'PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Og thorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Can len.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of M scogee.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hanco k.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Hark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of i Id win.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeK lb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Euilc.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of ( reene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Hat rsham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troi ).
EUGENI US A. NISBET, of i bb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumte.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, 0; Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of JeT son.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, f Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of M scogee.
FOR SENATOR,
ANDREW J. MILLE .
FOR RE PRES NTATIVE!
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
GEORGE W. CRAVVFOf; >,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
J Nothing definite from Mai: » last night.
The Mail due last night did not air e.
la t!:o New York Express of the loth ult., we
find a call for a Merchants’ Meeting held on Mon
diy last, signed by two thousand tv i hundred and
fifty nine mercantile firms, wi h ' ,eir p’aces of
business.—The Express remaks th: these are the
Merc! ants and traders of the city, who do nine
tenths of it" business, and throng!' whom flow to
the interior nine-tenths of its trade and commerce.
This is the Locofoco re-action ai ong the mer
chants of New York, about whirl, i e have of late
h aid so much.
From the Southern Reco ter.
Our next Leuislatii e.
Sc far as for the i xt Legislature
can be this week closes o r tffoils. The
ended; our friends. 1 • friends of the
country, have had abundant inform tion spread be
fore them, by which to form the : opinions, and
we have no fear of the result. \\ cannot nelieve
tuat an - voter who is in favor of Harrison and
Better Times,” will aid the ca se of his oppo
nents, (and so far thwart the eff its of the new
Administration to restore the conn ry to its former
prosperity.) by lending himself t>d his vote to
send back to the henate of the U iled States one
of the bitterest opponents of (ten. arrison, and all
who fiver him. We will not perfiit ourselves to
bel»ve that any voter opposed tithe destructive
measures of Martin Van Buren, ■ ill lend himself
a 1 his vote to continue in the Sc ate one of the
mo-t subservient of Mr. Van Burr ’s worshippers.
We must believe that those w; > know and feel
that Ihv measures of Martin Van uren have been
de tractive to every interest of t 3 country, with
Lhe solitary exception of the oil e-holders, will,
from regard to their own opinion,' and their own
interests, aid in sending to the Se ate of tne Uni
ted Stales, from Georgia, one v o will aid the
ne w administration in reforming ie Government,
and in residing the country fro i the blight and
the ruin which misrule has brou< t upon upon It.
The next Legislature will send ither a Harrison
or a Van Buren Senator to Waslii gton. Harrison
men, which shall it he ? Speak y your votes on
Monday next!
That reformat’' n is required n our own State
affairs, needs neither ptoof nor rgument at this
late day. The good sense and o serration cf the
citizens of Georgia require no la oicd effort here,
to inform them that our State ; fairs are totally
out of joint. The single asto; iding fact, that
Georgia, but a few years ago, one it the most opu
lent in her public resources, (sc riuch so as to be
amply able to relieve her people om all taxation,
an I mote than meet all her exp* ses,) and with a
credit unsurpassed by any other f rte in the Union,
should now be discredited, I e obligations pro
tested for non-payment, her iv lional character,
laidr and honesty sttlhed and dis onored —(his one
fact is more, a thousand times ui:c, than sufficient
to prove beyond all cavilling thajber public affairs
need reformation, speedy, ratl.-al reformation.
Friends of your State, will you time to her rescue?
Rpeak by 3 - our votes on Mondajjeaext.
The cause in Ohio. —The-Hirietta (Ohio' 1 In
telligencer of the I6:h iosL conwins a publication,
signed by one hundred andeleter.m'Ood men and true
of that county, former supporhws of Martin Van
Buren, in which they renounce reir support of the
spoils administration, and decla: : their purpose of
voting for William Henry Harr on. The list of
the hundred and eleven seceder rom Van Buren
is headed R. Inman, audß. Otis, two revolu
tio iaiy soldiers. Who can doubt the result in Ohio?
And seeing that even Maine ha come—who ran
doubt the result in the who Union ? 11 the
people’s candidate lives till ti , e ectioa, nothing
is more certain, than that the me term principle
is already' in operation ! .
The census of the city ami suburb; of New
Orleans, being nearly compleJK;
population of more than 100,|U0. In I*3o,
contained less than 50,000, I
Another Original Jackson man out ron
Harrison.—lt is stated in the St. Louis Bulle
tin, that Wm. B. Lewis, formerly Third Auditor
of the Treasury, has renounced Van Burenism.
and is oat in favor of “Old Tippecanoe.” Mr.
Lewis was one of the earliest, warmest and most
efficient friends of General Jackson. At one
time, indeed, he was the special and favorite con
fident oi'-Old Ilicory.” He vva» a.-incere Inend,
and adhered to him to tire last, but he is an hon
est man, and could not swallow V an Burenism.
We find the following severe aud merited re
. uke to that pnnee of hirelings, Amos Kendall, in
a Northern exchange paper, l! he has one particle
of feeling left him, the effects that the perusal of
tnis letier will produce on him, can be letter im
agined than described:
Barren Plain, P. O. Robertson city, T.
August 19, ib-ld. 3
Mr. Amos Kendall:
S IR —your manuscript letter of -May' 20,” cov
ering “your address to the people o; the United
States,” which you “ invoke”me to assi-t in “dis
seminating,” icc. was not received uiurixa short
' time since", and would have been attended to before
! now onl- that I had other business on hand andob-
I jecLs more deserving my consideration than your
| S elf: but, lest you sliould consider yourself neglec
| ted I now attend briefly to your case.
Your address lias been examined; an 1 I pro
nounce it worthy of the foul source from whence
it sprung — a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to
end—false i n spirit and design and a wholesale libel
on the character of honest men, whom you may en
vy, but whose moral standing in society you can
never reach.
You speak of “depravation of morals,” “ moral
obligations” and “pure moralit}',” as if y-ou wire
a stanger to the first, and felt the binding influ
ences of the latter. Heaven save the mark I
lo be [ lain, sir, I can neither give you my coun
tenance nor support. 1 knew your character but
too well before you were honored with office by
i Gen. Jackson; and although an original Jackson
j man myself, I cannot approve of his connection
. with 3'ourself —believing as 1 did that you were
1 unworthy of the confidence of an\- honest man.
Y our appeal to the farmer, mechanic and work
ing man is equally futile. They are againstyou—
and having felt, most sorely, the blighting influence
of “ the administration of which you have formed
; a Dart,” the}' are unwilling to spare a dollar to be
used in crushing the remnant of their oft-aoused
liberties and privileges —and if you have turned
from the Post Office Department to the Globe, with
a belief that you can revolutionize the country'and
save the part}-, I can only ? ,\y —“ Mistaken Man!”
you huve much ocer-raled your own ability and .
influence, and under-ruled the intelligence and pa
triotism of the American people.
It is tiue I cm an officer under the Government
—holding, as I do, t ie appointment of Post Master
at a small country office —but if, on this account, it
is expected that I shall conform to Executive in
fluence, dictation and tyranny, the pany is much
mistaken. They may- deprive me of Jice if they
choose, but of m}- independence they never shall.
You must excuse me for sayingthat. in my opin
ion, 3’our enthusiastic devotion to the pure prin
ciples of democracy,” is based solely on selt-ag
grandizement and a love of money ; and that it
never looks bet'ond a division of the spoils.
You have aroused your children from their mid
night slumbers, and brought them forward to excite
our sympathies, by representing them as being
most shockingly alarmed by the noise of Whig
guns. It is true that BABY' WAKERS are very
common, and 1 might possibly feel for your little
ones were it not for the conclusion to which I have
come, that the filing of big guns is much more ter
rific and appalling to the aged sire than to his little
babes.
Sir, well may' your fears be aroused, for a revo
lutionizing political tornado is sweeping over the
whole length and breadth of the land.
In conclusion, I will remark that, “ having em
barked with consciousness cf right and hearty good
will” in UNCOMPROMISING HOSTILITY TO
THE ADMINISTRATION ( F MARTIN VAN'
BUREN, I shall continue with unabated zeni to
go the whole-figure for TIP and TYLER,
With all the respect to which you are entitled,
I remain, ISAAC MAS: >N, P. M.
Barren Plain, Tenn.
P. S. Excuse my brevity, as I have not timi to
write half what I think. I, M.
From the Madisonian.
Test Questions.
There are questions which the people should
ask themselves before they go to the ballot-box,
the answers to which must influence liicir votes.
Whether William Henry Harrison, or Martin
Van Buren, in a merely personal view, ought to
be elected, is a matter of minor consideration. In
fact, it becomes us to discard all considerations
which look solely to the gratification of the am
bition of any individual. We uo for principle
which must . urvivc and influence the fate of re
mo cst g notations, while those by whom they are
administered, perform their brief duties and then
mingle with “the clods of the valley.” But as
the representatives of these principles, it is of the
highest importance that we make a correct selec
tion. In this view let every voter put to himself
the following questions ;
1. Ought the revenue of the country to be pla
ced in the hands of the President, to be used at
his discretion, without any control of the rep
rep esentatives of the people]
If bo can say “Aye” to this, he will vote for
Mr. Van Buren ; if “No,” for General Harrison.
2. Ought the Presiuent to have 200,000 armed
men at his disposal, to execute all his commands,
subject to the penalty of death, according to mi
litary law', in case of disobedience]
If he says “Aye” to this, he will vote for Mr.
Van Buren ; if he say “No,” he will vote for Gen
eral Harrison.
3. Ought the wages of labor to be reduced to
less than 25 cents a day, to the standard which
prevails in countries where those who labor are
called serfs, va sals, and peasants 1
If he say “Aye,” he will vote for Mr. Van Bu
ren ; if he say “No,’ he will vote for General
, i arrison.
4. Ought the public revenues to be expended,
and public officers to devote their time as mis-
I sionarus, for the purpose of keeping one mart in
power and excluding another]
If he can say “Aye,” he will vote for Mr. Van
Buren; if “No,” for General Harrison.
5. Is it important that the currency should be
restored to a wholesome condition ; that tne ob
structions which choke up the channels of indus
try should bo removed; that agricubuie, com
merce, and manufactures, shoula be re-establish
ed on a secure basis; that labor should have its
recompense; that economy and accountability
should be enforced in the public expenditures—
and that the fetters should be broken which re
tain the freedom of speech and opinion ?
If he says“ Aye,” he will vote for Gen. Har
rison; if “ No,” he Will vote for Mr, Van Bu
ren.
Let every voter ask himself these questions,
and vote as his conscience must reply, and Mr.
Van Buren w ill not receive lorty votes in the elec
toral colleges.
Young Men.—Most young men consider it a
great misfortune to be poor, or not to have capi
tal enough to establish themselves at their outset
in life in a good business. This is a mistaken
notion. So far from poverty being a misfortune to
him, it we may judge from what we every day be
hold, it is really a blessing; lire chance is more
than ten to one against him who starts with plenty
of money. Let any one look back twenty years,
and see who commenced business at that time
with abundant means, and trace them down to
the present day; how many of these now boast
of wealth and standing! On the contnry, how
many have become poor, lost their places in so
ciety and are passed by their own boon compan
ions, with a look which painfully says, I know
y >u not!
i Extract from Mr. VV cbslcr's Speech on
Island, .V. Y.
Now, let us examine a little into this militia
1 business, as seine call it—this standing army | re
ject, as others call it. say it is Mr. \an
. Huren's plan ; others declare that the whole pro*
t ject originated and ended with Mr. Poinsett. I
will state the principal points of this project.
And what'll Ido next ? Why Til not call Mr.
Van Huron a Caesar, or a Cromwell or a great
, military hero—(laughter)—no, I’ll not do that —
who wishes to overturn the liberties ol his coun
t ry.
I’ll bring no railing accusation against the go
vernment. Out I’ll tell you to get a copy of
this project of Mr. Poinsett’s; read it caretuhy
—study it well until you thoroughly understand
it; and then you need not rely on an old aristo
crat for a description of its absurdities. And
then 1 11 ask you to say if that is a very democrat
ic measure.
I will tei! you a few of its provisions, in
doing so, I'ii treat it somewhat historically. Mr.
Van Buren’s last message to Congress was dated
on the 2:1 of December. Aou remember thtie
j was a difficulty in organizing the House at Inst,
| and it was late in the month before the message
I was read to the members. Well, here is his last j
i message to Congress, which contains the outline
of this [>roject of .Mr. Poinsett’s, (taking from his
hat the document in question.)
You know 'it has been customary, in co mpli- .
ancc with a law oi ( engross, lor the last ten or
fifteen years, for the heads of the departments to
furnish and send in a report in relation to ad im
partaut matters connected with their department
Well, in accordance with this, Mr. Poinsett re
ported an outline of a plan for training the mili
tia, as it was called, Mr. Aan Btiren connected I
| this outline with his general message to Congress
j and said that he could not too warmly, recom
mend it to the consideration ot the members.
Well, about two months after this, Mr, Poin
sett in compliance with the call ot Congress, sent
in the full details of this plan. But before this
time, tne outline of it, as embodied in Mr. \ an
Bu-en’s message, h d spread over the country,
and had attracted considerable attention. It had
particularly aroused the attentin of that good old
commonwealth, that was also religiously jealous
and watchful of liberty, 1 mean Virginia, one ot
the first and best of democratic states, and one
that ha.- always remained true to its principles.
This project of Mr. Poinsett's, the mere out
line of which had only reached them, aroused the
whole State, It spread like wildfire through the
country ; it drew on it universal attention, and
has done more to revolutionize Virginia than all
other causes put together. It caused that an
cient mother of Stales to put forth all her ener
gies. all her talent, and her heart to effect the pros
tration of the projectors of this plan, and did
more to work a change than can by possibility be
believed.
Well, hero is this plan of Mr. Poinsett’s in all
its details (holding up the Report of the Secreta
ry of War,) and here are Mr. \ an Burcn s re
marks on the subject as contained in his message:
“The present condition of the defences ol our
principal seaports and navy yards, as represented
by the Secretary of War, calls for the early and
serious attention of Congress; and as connecting
itself intimately with the subject, I cannot recom
med too strongly to your consideration the plan
submitted by that officer for the organization of
the militia of the United Slates.”
I mean to state facts. When I merely deliver
my opinions, you may take then as you please, for
what you consider them worth; but when I have
to state facts, I feel it a solemn duty
to others and to myself to make nothing but en
ure and exact I will read tnc sub
stance of that oyfl+rftTlcir your satisfaction and in
fo rmatiojj<wluch was to provide for organizing
on a large scale, and which the presi
dent sent to Congress, endorsed with the above
recommendation, and which was written on the
30th of November. Here it is:—
[Mr. Webster here read the plan proposed by
Mr. Poinsett lor organising the militia, as contain
ed in Mr. Poinsett’s report on that subject laid be
fore Congress.]
Here th»n, we have a plan for raising 200,000
sol iiers, who are each to serve for eight years, and
th ir number permanently kept up by voluntary
enlistment or by compulsory drafts. We see
here a project for dividing the United States. It
was first to he into eight districts, but was after
wards changed to ten; to keep one hundred tnou
sand men under arms in one body in a state of
training for four ye , and then to keep
in another body in what is called a state of re
serve. The first 100,000 are to be drilled and
disciplined for four years, then they are to pass
into the condidition of a corps of reserve ; and
their places to be supplied by fresh 100,000, and
so on to the end of the chapter. Well this plan
was presented to the President by Mr. Poinsett;
the President laid it before Congress, and he said
thisplan I cannot too cordially recommend to you.
Well, in a month or two after the message was
s®nt to Congress, Mr. Poinsett sent in his plan—
and what w r as ill He estimated the whole mili
tia force of the United States at 1,500,000. These
he divided into three classes. The first class in
cluded the whole, which he called the mass.
Then 100,000 men were to ie drawn from the
States by voluntary enlistment, or by draft if
necessary, in proportion to the population of each
State. These were to be detailed once or twice
a year, or oftener, if the President saw fit.
The great slate of New York alone, made one
district. There was no other state large enough.
Her number to be contributed to tire whole body
is 18,000. These were all to turn out, whether
they would or no. The place for drilling was to
be appointed where the President saw lit, and
they were to he drilled by such rules as the Presi
dent might think proper to prescribe.
Another clause ir. this celebrated plan says,
that when these 100,000 men are called out for
drill, they are to the clothe and arm themselves
effectually, and arc to be considered to all intents
and purpose as being in the actual service of the
United Stales. That brings them within the
force of the general law now existing, which says
that when the militia are called into the actual
service ot the United Slates, they are to he deem
ed subject to all the rules and articles of war which
regulate and control the standing army. (Great
sensation and murmurs.)
Those 109,000 thus di illed for four years, pass
then into the state of an army of reserve; and
another 1( 0,000 supply their place, and undergo
the same treatment. So that, if this law pass,
we shall have at all times 100,000 men under
drill, and 100,000 men drilled, ready to be called
into actual service at any cimo; and the rest of
the whole forte to be called on in case of an
emergency.
And this is the great militia plan of Mr, Poin
sett and Mr. \an Buren. However, do you get
it and read it. Don’t trust me in the matter. It
is an important one. But above all, don’t go to
the polls till you have read it. I have here an
authenticated copy ; I’ll leave it with you if any
press in the county will undertake to print it.
I say fb.lly that this plarT'is unconstitutional.
[ ou’ve all read the Constitution —you know
j what it says. \ou know that those noble and
> glorious fathers of that great instrument, in their
. extreme anxiety to preserve inviolate the sacred
. liberties ol the country, wero jealous, above all,
r of the militia. They wero afraid to trust the
( President with too much power, by giving him
! the control over the militia. Look "back at the
( debates and proceeding of those who framed that
instrument.
r The Constitution says that Congress shall
. have the power to call out the militia.
“To provide for calling forth the militia to
r execute the laws of the Union, suppress insur
icctions, and repel invasions :
•• To pmv ice for organizing, arming, and dis
ciplining the militia, and for governing such
part of them as may ho employed in the service
nj the United Slates, reserving to the States re
spectively. the appointment of the officers, and
the authority of training lire militia according to
the discipline prescribed by Congress.”
And there the Constitution stops. That is to
say when an invasion takes place, or a reb luon
breaks out in tlie country, the President may cal!
on Congress to exercise the power delegated to
them by the Constitution, to provide lor the call
ing forth the militia to execute the laws of the
Union, suppressing insurrections and repel inva
sion . But if the Constitution stands thus, the
President cannot have tiie power to call out and
prescribe such rules to this new militia as the
plan proposes.
The Constitution expressly says that the train
ing of the militia shall be reserved to the States
themselves. This act of Mr. Poinsett’s or Mr.
Van Buren’s says, that they shall be trained
when and where the President thinks fit, and
according to such rules as he may preertbe. Now
! then, lav the two side by side. Put that and
j that together, and see how they compare with
| each other. Take them home, read the Consti
{ lulion, and read the other, and you 11 find them
i just as I say.
I And now. then, to resort to the line of my ar
! gument. What do we want with all this force
of 200,000 men 1 In a time of peace —of uni
-1 vcrsal tranquilitv and repose—with no neighbors
on our frontier that we care a button for—with
none on earth that we arc afraid of—to have an
armed force in the pay of the Government, and
entirely under its control, of 100,000! Is that a
very democratic doctrine? Is it 'cry democratic
to put all this military power in the hands of the
President? If it is, I should like to know in
1 what school that democracy was learnt.
What good patriot would wish to do this?
What good patriot would want to possess suclt
power? I don’t mean that this thing would he
dangerous in the hands of the mere President of
the day. I don’t mean to charge him with de
siring to place himself at the head of 200.000,
to control the liberties of a free people. Indeed,
Mr. Van Buren says in one of bis letters that he
never had any idea of doing so; he says moreover
that he should as soon think of placing himself
at the head of 200 000 wild beasts. [Great
laughter.] And between you and me—l mean
ro disrespect—l should think that he would look
about as well at the head of one as at the head
of (he other.
[This sally was followed by tumultuous roars
of laughter, in which the Locofocos present, all
joined.]
But I’ll ask what government, through the
histories of the Republic of Greece and Koine—
what government of a popular form in any age or
part of the world ever tell, but by surrendering
their rights to those who said that they would not
do any harm; and who, perhaps, in their own
day and generation never did do any harm.
Still I don’fbeiive that there is any prospect
that we shall be embroiled in a war i ■ r lime.
I don’t believe that any European army would be
foolish enough to come here to attempt to trouble
us. And if they did, the only things that we
want to repel an army, are steam b.tteries and
shore forts well manned. But in the name of
common sense, what do you want with 100,000
men in the interior, armed, and under the pay of
governnumUn a time of universal peace?
Butwant is a good system of shore
We have a great many good forts from
-Georgia to Maine, along the line of our coast, but
there isn’t a-man in ’em. lam willing to go all
lengths for any reasonable expense, necessary to
support a proper system of national defence—to
man these forts, to erect steam batteries—to furn
ish araunition. All this Igo for.
But look at this subject in every point of view,
and examine well all its iirq ortant bearings, and
say if you mean, in your day, to set such an ex
ample.—(Cries of “no, no.”) For my own part,
I can say that I dont mean to do it. I’ll not move
one step on it,
(Here a voice roared out “To vote.” “To
vote.”)
To vote, eh ? Well then I should be very
jealous of, all such votes. (Cheers and laugh
ter.)
Still I don’t moan to charge it on the govern
ment that they desire to have this system in effec
tive operation, in order that they may control the
votes of the men. But just look at the thing.
With 100,000 men, scattered through the differ
ent states in large bodies of 5.000 and 10,000
men, all in the pay and under the control of the
government, that government, might, uy psostbii
ity, exercise ovor these men, through the process
of the right of sulfragc, an influence that would
be very dangerous to the Constitution.
But, then, in another point of view, just look
at the inconvenience attending the prosecution of
this plan. The place appointed for drilling for
this slate may be Buffalo ; and those who live at
Mont auk Point w'ould have to be aimed and
equipped at Buffalo to drill according to the regu
lations of the standing army. Or the place ap
pointed might be Mor.lauk Point; and those who
live at Buffalo would have to go down to Montank
Point to drill.
It is true that some arc exempt from this incon
venience. The cilice holders or the custom house,
post office, and so on, are exempt; hut all the
rest have got to go, and no mistake. (Laughter.)
But there is another point to be considered in
relation to litis law'. Ido not know how it is
in your State, hut in the New England States we
have large numbers of that respectable body of
people called “friends,” and in all the N. England
States all the militia laws have an exemption in
favor of all those w ho have conseientiousscruples
against serving in the militia. Butthere is none
here in this place—all must go—broad brims and
all (Laughter.)
They all have got to march when the time
comes.
Now, whatever we ought to do in case of war,
or an important emergency, there is no sense, no
justice, in making n en neglect all the duties of
domestic and social life'for such projects—.uch
humbugs.
Look at it. Go read it. If the bill becomes a
law, there will be no exceptions. Stop. I said
none. The custom house officers, post office
clerks, and other office holders, will he exempt;
their services are required elsewhere; they have
more important duties to attend to for the admin
istration than drilling in the militia. They have
to drill in another manner. (Great laughter.)
Now, my friends, if this measure was at aii
necessary, the expense would lie nothing; if it
wasnesessary, the inconvenience would he noth
ing. If invasion requried us to march to the
frontier or sea board, ail would go; but there must
be an occasion ; there must be a cause, and then
all would go cheerfully.
But after all, this project is a poor apery, a
miserable mimicry of foreign establishments,
j And by the by, it s one of the greatest mistakes
! in the conduct of this government that they are
so prone to ape the foreign governments. It is
so tn the case oi labor; it is so in the case of the
*Sub-j reasury. for the plan of which every mis
erable petty monarchy in Europe w’as looked
to for an example.- And it is so in the case of
this militia project.
Yet Mr. Poinsett is quite a gentleman. But
then tne fact is that he is scheming. (Laugh
ter.) Mr. Poinsett wants to produce a striking
impression, [laughter,] and I think he’ll succeed.
[Roars of laughter and cheers.]
Lut what we want to get at is-this. Ask our
friends, when they come here to-morrow, t.id Mr.
| Van Buren see this outline? Did his message
i contian it? And ask if he recommended it? then
j ask if the constitution says that the training of
i the militia shall be left to the states themselves ?
am] bring them rigbl,tip tu the bull ring ' [Hoars
i of laughter.]
> I shall not be here to reply to .vhat they say.
- I shall leave that to you They will say that .Mr.
i Van liuren is not answerable for this project;
> that he did not see it in detail. That Mr. Van
Buren says that he never read it, til! it was sent
> to Congress. Well, then, if he did not read the
i outline, ask them another question. Ask them
! what Mr. Van Boren has dune with Mr. Poin
> sett since he has read it.
Gen. Jackson used to say that what his Secre
; taries did he took the responsibility of. That
they were pens, which wrote what he told them.
> I don’t think however, that that was a correct
1 course to take. But on the other hand, Mr. Van
• Burcn has seen this plan ever since March last,
and had leisure to think it over and act upon it.
Very well. Then where is Mr. Poinsett 1 [A
; pause.] Why, [laying his hand on the reporters
, shoulder.] just as close and as cosey as he ever
i was. • [Laugihcr.]
I Now, if he thought this plan was a dangerous
one, why did he not dismiss the Secretary 1 If
he thought it was only an injudicious plan, still
he should make the sacrifice. And I say, that so
long as he retains them ail in office, after be hears
and sees all that they do, he makes it all his own.
[Cries of “ Yes. yes.”] He says, “ Oh, but I
• did’ntsee it.” Very well, you see it now, don’t
; you ? “Yes.” Well, what do you say now?
■ “ Why, I don’t say anything about it.” [Roars
i of laughter.]
Now, this is a very important subject. Look
at what Virginia has done. Look at the conduct
of Leigh, and all the great men there; they have
completely changed their views. This has cre
ated a revolution in Virginia, because they are so
jealous of liberty.
Fire.—At about half past seven o’clock, yester
day morning, a tire broke out in the premists of
Mr. V • Aicard, Old Levee, which spiead to the ad
joining out h u es or stores of L. G. Chamberlin,
Messrs. Charbonnet &:Co.,and Messrs. A. Grant
& Co. which it destroyed; while it partially injured
other tenements contiguous. Were it not for the
unremitting and astonishing exertions of the fire de
partment, the whole compact block of buildings,
forming the square, would have been enevitably
destroyed, as a tierce breeze was blowing at the
time. Ihe loss sustained by lire, removal of pro
perty, kc., we can form no correct estimate of. —
Louisiana. Advertiser of the 24th.
Mysterious Affair.
Extract from a letter dated, Nassau (N. P.) 27th
August IS4O, received at New Orleans via Ha
vana.
A singular circumstance occurred a few days
ago. A large French ship from to
flavanna,was picked up by one of oui little wreck
e;s about a fortnight ago. quite deserted, She was
afloat with no sails set but a jib— not the least in
jured-having a very valuable cargo of silks, fruits,
&c. and all in good order, and her papers and every
thing on board in their proper places. When
sounded, three feet water was found in her hold,
which was immediately pumped out; and it was dis
covered that she hud no leak. A few poultry and
a cat were only found alive. There were a num
ber of cages, with Canary birds, apparently starved
to death in them. 1 have seen one of the persons
who first went on board (our old wrecking acquain
tance 13,) and he- says that the cabin and state
rooms were beautifully furnished and had all the
■ appearance of passengers having just stepped out
of them —one in- particular had a ladies* toilet,
combs, brushes, See. and on a settee lay a bonnet*
shawl, work box, needles, thimble, &c. as if that
moment laid down iNo one can conjecture why
she was so abandoned. There are many cases on
board addressed to different merchants in Havana,
and the vessel by which I am bow writing is dis
patched to gain some information on the subject.—
She is a large new ship, built this year, and is
named the Rosalie.”
An important Law Case has been decided by
Judge Bermudez, of the Probate Court of New
Orleans. The point of law arose in the settle
ment of (he estate of Alexander Milne, recently
deceased, who left an immense estate to be dis
tributed in accordance with the directions of his
last will. Among other testamentary dispositions
was a legacy of one hundred thousand dollars to
the city Fochabers, in B>c»tland. the birth place of
the testator. An application was made to the
court of probates for the bequest was made in due
form by the Dude of Richmond, to whom, it seems
the city of Fochabers belongs.—His grace, at
least, is the feudel lord of the corporation, and
claims the legacy for his own. To this applica
[dication the heirs and other legatees of Milne,
made sti enuous opposition.
The decision of the Court was against the
claim of the Duke.
A Modest Da>xsf,l.—“ Mother wants to get
threa yards of cloth for primitive triangular ap
pendages for her baby,” said a modest young
damsel to one of the clerks in this city.— Chica
go Democrat.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, September 4
Latest dates from Havre, August 2S
New York, September 26.
Coffee —The demand continues moderate; holders
however, are very firm, as the stock is quite light,
and the anticipated receipts small. '1 he sales em
brace 400 bags Brazil at 10 (a) 1 H cents; 250 La
guylsl 11; 150 old Government Java, 13£; 50 casks
Porto Rico, 11, all 4 mos.; and G3O bags St. Do
mingo, seq (d) 9j cts., with some prime at 9./, cash.
Colton— The Colton market for the last three
days has exhibited no particular change, though
within tne lust ten days a decline of about I of a
tent has been submitted to. Ihe sales include 950
Upland and FI nda, at 8 (a) cent* ; 150 Mobile
9 (d) lOq’ ; and 150 New Orleans, 8| (d 11 ; includ
ing about 20 bales, very fine, the beet icceived this
season, at 13i cents, cash ; making a total for the
week of 2ICO bales. In addition to tire above, an
entire invoice of some extent has changed hands
on te: ms we did not learn. The arrivals have
been 1372 bales. Total import since Ist inst. 9568.
Export from Ist to 23d Sept. 2754.
tlour —The Flour maikel since our last has con
tinued very inactive, aud prices of Western farther
• declined cents 33- bid. The receipts of Genesee
have been large, but Ohio is yet relatively scarce ;
Geneses lias sold freely at $4 75 for common
brands; and Ohio at 4 62£ (d 4 75; yesterday,
however, there was moic liimness on the part of
holders, and an advance of cents was generally
demanded. We quote Troy $4 75, and Michigan
; $4 to) 4 75, as the lastsaies. Southern con
tinues dull; common brands Georgetown and How
ard street cannot be quoted ever $5 371, at which
some small lots have teen disposed of; a parcel of
tresh ground Brandywine has been taken lor ship
ment at S 5 75, cash.
Molasses —We lotice sale* of a cargo of 177
casks Newvitas at 33 cents ; 300 hhds port Havana,
21 (d 22 ; and 60 hhds and 32 tierces Porto Rico*
received coastwise, 30 (d 32 cents, all 4 mos.
Spirits —i he salts of foreign have been limbed,
the demand being confined to small parcels required
j for in mediate use. Domestic Whiskey is steady
i at 17 for drudge casks, and ~74 (d 28 cents for bbls
at which rates sales to a fair ex'cut have been
made. By auction IS puncheons Irish Whiskey
; sold at $1 05 (d 112 h, 4 mos.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
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Savannah, Sept. 29.
i Cleared —brig Clinton, Lyon, New York ; schr
f Daty Chase, Thomas, Boston.
Ai riled' Steamboat Lamar, Croker, Augusta.
Went to Sea— brig Madison, Stewart, N York ;
- brig Clinton,Lyon, New York ; brig Sterling, Ris
ley. New York; schr Intrepid, Weeks, St. Johns,
P. R.; schr Faith Johnson, Philadelphia.
Departed Steamboat Lamar, Croker, Augusta.
Charleston, Stpt. 30.
At rived yesterday— brig Gen. Sumter, Hobbs,
; Baltimore.
At Quarantine —Br. brig Mary Ann, Woodworth
J. 1 Bermuda ; brig Excel, Nickols, Horn Savannah for
1 | New Yoik ; also a brig, unknown. '
| Cleared —brig Daniel Webster, A lam®, Havana
Proceedings or the harr iso >- r r
One handl'd and sixty Van Burcn f iN -> D °—
county of Lewis have publicly “ di«op-r d o'* tlle
lit cal relations which bound ’them” V,)
foco party. Among the names of the srrll! L ° Co *
those of John W. Martin, first Jud®e of!fc are
ty, and Post; aster at ATartinsbureh Gen r n "
Buggies, a foimer Jackson member of C °‘
ami-many other loading Democrats « G
—New York Star. ' "° We go.”
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WAII D 31 EETI NG s .
Thursday night, in 4he FOURTH Ward
Friday night, in the THIRD Ward.
Saturday night, a General Meeting at the C'<
Hall. " ‘ uy
CfT Mlss TRAIN will resume IrcTschooGt
Summerville on the first Monday in November
aug 12 *
cy hr - CARDNER, fur merly
n the New York Hospital, and physician at Belie"
vne Hospital, New York, tenders to the public Bk
professional services. 15
Office in Washington street, between Broad and
EiJis streets Residence, United States Hotel * Q
ap 2
fff EXCHANGE ON NEW YORkZ
and at one to twenty days sight. For sale bv ” ’
nov 23 • GARDkLLE ic RHINE.
GO • ( • P; DILL offers his professional ser
vices to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity
He will be found at the Drug Store of J. L. Houston,
sept B ini
C "jT Dr- J- d. fVU,SOI\ has removed for the
Summer to the house of James Gardner, Esq., Ist
door below the Academy. »uneV
(fy Miss BULL will resume her School on the
first Monday in October. sept 28-3 t
• ffy Mrs. CHAPMAN will resume her School
in Augusta cn the Ist Monday in October,
sept 23 dktrwlw
(XT' NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Brain
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave aj
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 GO \ k.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 0
“ “ Branchvrle, “ - 11 00
‘ “ Blackviile, - “ - loop. H i
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a.m,
“ Aiken, - “ - 730
“ illackvilie, “ - • 915
“ Midway, “ - - 10 30
* s Branchviil “ - - ]1 00
• “ “ Georges’, 44 - - 11 45 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - -1 15p. j*.
Arrive at Charleston not before 215
Distance —136 miles. Fare Through —>10 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 21
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and noi
longer than 5 minutes for wood and .water at any
station.
To stop for passengers, when a white flag#
hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also if
Sinealhs, Woodstock, Inabinet’s, 41 mile T. 0.,
Rives’, Grahams, Willcston, Windsor, Johnsons ;
and Marsh’s T. U.
Passengers wo will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackviile ; aown, will breauiasl at Aiken
an d dine at Charleston. may 4
E A SlI ION ABLE BONNETS.
jjTUST RECEIVED,
Ladies fashionable Florence Cotttage Bonnets,
do do English Tabinet, do.
Misses do do Straw, do.
do do Florence, do.
do do Swiss, do.
White and Colored Palm Hoods,
Ladies Palm Leaf Cottage, do.
French Wreaths and Sprigs.
Together with a variety of new Fall and Winter
Goods, to which the attention of the public is re
spectfully invited by \VM. li. CRANE k CO.
sept 22 2w
■’VfEW FALL AND WINTER GOODS.—The
subsefi ers arc now receiving and opening
their fall and winter stock of Fancy and Staple
Dry Goods, among which are many seasonable and
desirable articles, to which the attention of Ilia
public is respectfully invited.
septd W v. H. CRANE & Co.
! fBNHE Subscribers having purchased at Messrs.
JL C. F. Hoffman Sc Co’s Sale of Staple and Fan
cy Dry Goods, Millenary, &c. &c., a portion of their
best, well selected Stock of an unusual great re
duction us prices, offer them on the best terms to
the public who a;e respectfully invited to call and
examine them, at the Store opposite the ruins 5
the Planters’ Hotel.
Also, an invol-e of very desirable articles re
cently purchased in New York, fur cash, have just
been received, which will complete the assortment
generally found in their line.
sept 30 Iw J. M. C. ix 1). FREELAND^
if 1 ALLIGHAN’S FEVER AND AGUE PILL-
An infallible remedy for that distressing di
ease. Numeious certificates might be given w
proul of the truly wonderful effects of these cek*
brated Pills, but it is deemed unnecessary, as they
are too well known to need recommendation. l° r
sale by (a24) lIAVILAND, RIBLEY & C°-
NOTICE.
PERONNEAU, MAZYCK N FINLEY, Attor
neys at Law, will praiyice in the courts o*
Law and Equity, foj the Listricts ct Barnvo*
and Edgefield. A.l communications concern u-g
business for said Courts, will be addressed to \ ,n -
Peionne iu Finley, (one of the partners,) ttho-'0
office is at Aiken, S. C. ,
References —Hon. T. J. King, G. W. Crawler.>
of Augusta, Capt. Wm. Robertson, of Aiken, •
Hutciiison, Esq and Mr. T. G. Dickson, ol h* lo
burg- sep 30
DAM SON’S FIRE AND WAT* * 1
PROOF WAREHOUSE.
fjpilE undersigned respectfully informs ‘4
friends and tire public, that he continues .
Warehouse and Commission buffiness at his °' i _
stand on Mclntosh stieet, and solicits a conon 1
tion of public favor liberally bestow d the p -
four years. . pr
Having the assistance of Mr. J°LnR v lO
and Jan es C. Dawson, it will enable bini to ,°D
his c n 're attention to the selling of Colton ; in
branch of the business his friends may rtdj 111
best exertions. .a
Wm. C. Dawson jr. & Co , will keepa gs ■
assortment of Groceries at Buck-head, - , L ,
county, ( the termination of the Georgia Kan- o ■
j and will furnish my customers at Augusta pj *•
i adding freights—they will also act as ap 11
me. [sept2S-w6t] THOMAS DA\Vs - •
(jy The M il ledge ville Recorder, Journal, t
val Union, Columbus Enquirer and B‘outhein
will publish tire above six times weekly.
BRICK FUR SALE.
11l AYE for sale at the Brick-yard known-
Marshall’s old yard, near the upper eru 0
city, one hundred thousand l*icks, now iea '"q. oJ
delivery, and expect to keep a constant su;, . -
hand. The bricks are of a good quality, an
be furnished at the lowest prices as to each ‘l u ‘ ;
can be made. 1 have in service good
and will take contracts for any sort ot buck-''
at reduced rales. Solomon Basford, from w
have purchased the lea-c on this brick-J’ nu >
utensils connected with it,is my agent lor
iug the business of making an 1 set ing ull d d*- a
I ing brick, and making contracts, who will
be found on the premises. P. H. MAN
July 13 ‘ 4tw !