Newspaper Page Text
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL.
BY J. W. & W. S. JONES.
JTAMES M. SMYTHE, Associate Editor
DAILY, TRI WEEKLY & WEEKLY.
OFFICE IN RAIL ROAD BANK BUILDING.
TERMS —Daily Paper, per annum, in advance..slo
Tri-Weekly Paper, “ “ “ " .5
W eekly,
(a mammoth sheet) “ •• 2
t ASH S Y STEM.—In no case will an order for the
j a per be attended to, unless accompanied with the
money, and in every instancewhen the time for which
any subscription may be paid, expires before die re
ceipt of funds to renew the same, the paper will I e
discontinued. Depreciated funds received at value in
this city.
THE PILGRIM AM) THE LADY.
“ Oh ! lady fair, these silks of mine
Are beautiful and rare ;
The richest web of the Indian loom,
Which beauty’s self might wear :
And these pearls are pure and mild to view,
And with radiant light they vie ;
I have brought them with me a weary way,—
Will ray gentle lady buy 7”
And the lady smiled on the worn old man,
Thro’ the dark and clustering curls
Which veiled her brow, as she stoop’d to view
His silks and glittering pearls.
And she placed their price in the old man’s hand.
And lightly she turned away;
But she paused at the wanderer’s earnest call—
“. Will my gentle lady, stay !
“Oh ! lady fair, I have yet a gem,
Which a purer lustre flings
Than the diamond flash of the jeweled crown,
On the lofty brow of kings ;
A wonderful pearl of exceeding price,
Whose virtue shall not decay;
Whose light shall be as a spelfto thee,
And a blessing on thy way !”
The lady glanced at the mirroring stell,
Where her youthful form was seen.
Where her eyes shone clear, and her dark locks
Her clasping pearls between. f waved,
“Bring forth thy pearl of exceeding worth,
Thou traveller gray and old;
And name the price of thy precious gem,
And my pages shall count thy gold.”
The cloud went oft'from the pilgrim’s brow.
As a small and meagre book,
Unchased by gold or diamond gem,
From his folding robe he look ;
“ Here, lady fair, is the pearl of price—
May it prove as such to thee !
Nay, keep thy gold,—l ask it not —
For the word of God is fret !”
The hoary traveller went his way —
But the gift he left behind,
Hath had its pure and perfect work
On the high-born maiden’s mind,
And she hath turned from her pride of sin
To the loveliness of truth,
And given her human heart to God
In the beauteous hour of youth.
And she hath left the old gray halls
Where an evil faith had power,
And the courtly knights of her father's train
And the maidens of her bower;
And she hath gone to the Vaudois vale,
By lordly feet untroil,
Where the }K»or and the needy ofearh are rich
In the perfect love of God !
From the Columbus Enquirer.
The Candidates.
Some Solomon of an editor, pretending
more ignorance than we charitably hope falls
to the share of any respectable tree negro, has
inquired who is Duncan L. Clinch 7 This
question has been satisfactorily answered in the
life and history ol the man concerning whom
the inquiry has been ma<.e. The meaning of
the query, we presume, is that no such man as
Gen. Clinch should be brought out in opposi
tion to his present competitor; in plain Eng
lish, who is Duncan L. Clinch that he, un
known obscure, and undistinguished as he is,
should dare to run against a man of such splen
did abilities and world-wide fame as George W.
Towns 7 Well, this is decidedly rich. Whence
the sudden swell and expansion of the demo
cratic nominee ? On what meat hath this our
Ceasar fed that in a few short weeks his men
tal ponderosity has so hugely increased 7 Be
fore his nomination, we knew Colonel Towns
»s an ordinary county court lawyer, plausible
and shallow, pretending to no great know
ledge of his profession, and barely coming up
to his pretensions, winning more by the “wa*'
of his head” than the strength of his intellect,
and scrupulously cautious to avoid a contact
with those whose mental calibre might prostrate
the baseless fabric of his fame.
It is not our desire to do injustice to an op
ponent, and consequently we have looked, as
we presume we shall hereafter look, in vain for
Ihe ot statesmanship that has marked
the public career of the democratic candidate.—
His friends make a boast that he has been afpoi
itician almost all his life. Suppose this admit
ted: have we not a right to expect something
extra in the way ot statesmanship as the natu
ral and necessary- result of his long training?
Well, where is it ? What measure has he orig
inated, what great principle of national policy
has he engrafted on the constitutional or statute
laws of the country worthy the reputation now
claimed for him by his supporters ? This is no
idle or unmeaning question. The candidate
of the democracy is held up to the people as
a great statesman, a prodigious orator, a tow
ering politician. We ask again for the proofs.
Has he hidden his candle under a bushel, for
these twenty years, on purpose that its light,
now suddenly revealed, may blind and bewil
der the simple-minded, who had never before
discovered it? Has he been for a series of
years.in public hie without leaving a single
trace ot a great mind on the barren Held of his
efforts, just now, under the influence of a
Gubernatorial nomination, to rise and swell
beyond the dimensions of ordinary mortals, and
stand forth the acknowledged monster, the full
grown, heavy fleshed mastodon of intellectual
superiority ? Perhaps there may be some magic
in a nomination for a high otfic e which expands
the faculties and elevates the mind of the nomi
nee to the full measure* width and length,
height and depth of the station sought. But of
this we seriously doubt. The molehill, though
called to a position as huge and as high as
Olympus, would be a molehill still; the clay
colored pool on the way side, though invited to
fill the place of the vast Pacific, would still be
hut a puddle hole for poultry, a wallowing D [ aC e
for swine. ° F
Now it so happens that we are not very
strong believers in this sudden, miraculous
growth of nominated men. We feel that if in
a long life of p üblic service a man has utterly
failed to exhibit any evidence of wisdom, any
works by which Ins pretensions to mental su
periority can be sustained, that it is requiring
rather too much to suppose that u month’s
didacy can make good the short-comings of
his intellect. Are these remarks uncharitable ?
The Irieuds ot Col. Towns have willfully pro
voked them by their senseless slang about his
superhuman powers. He has been, as they
truly say, in several public positions, in the
State Legislature and in Congress. Was his
standing in either of these bodies above medio
crity 7 Was his speeches in Congress of that
kind which attract attention and carry convic
ion to the mind of the hearer 7 We have seen
two or three of these speeches, whose only
merit consisted in the fact that they were made
upon paper, and did not consume the time of.
the House in their delivery. These efforts
were such as common men always make, long,
windy, and essentially prosy ; consisting of
prophecies that were never fulfilled, visionary
views on political economy which it’s likelv
rejoice to see him put in suc
cessful operation.
g But he can make speeches, and therefore will
make a first rate Governor. It may be that he
could vote, as well as speak, if he would make
the effort. But how seldom do you find him
at his post when important questions are ta
ken ? Ah, men fear to meet these votes in af
tertimes. To dodge them is the work of a
moment, and then when the “records are over- i
! hauled” there is no cornering the cunning poli
tician. The people of Georgia want a Gov
ernorthat will stand square up lo the rack, and |
they will look over the conduct of their public
men and judge the future by the past.
Cljrcmtfle anh Sentinel. !
AUGUSTA, GEO :
TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 17, 1847.
I
FOR GOVERNOR:
DUNCAN L. CLINCH,
Os Camden.
Elections.
No additional news was received yesterday
from Tennessee or North Carolina, in the latter
of which we gave the result yesterday.
In reference to Kentucky and Indiana, we
find the annexed intelligence in the Baltimore
American, of Saturday morning:
Kentucky.—We have only to add that our
table of yesterday is proven by the latest ac
counts to have been correct. The delegation
in Congress will stand thus: Whigs 6 ; Locos
4; Lncofoco gain of one member. Legisla
ture Whig by a large majority,
Indiana.—Rockhill, L. F., has been elected
to Congress from the Tenth District. The In
dianapolis Journal, of Monday, says:
We have not received full returns from the
Congressional election, but think that the dele
gation will be C B. Smith, R. W. Thompson
and E. Embre, Whigs; Pettit, Rockhill, Catch
cart, Dobson, Henley, Robison and Wick,
Locofocos.
The next Legislature will stand 26 Demo
crats, and 24 Whigs in the Senate, and a Whig
majority of from four to six in the House.
lowa.—The following telegraphic despatch
is all that we have seen from this State :
In the first Congressional District, William
Thompson, Democrat, is elected over Jesse B.
Brown. In the 2d, where the candidates are
Thomas McKnight. W., and Shepherd Leffler,
D., the result is doubtful.
Trip to Dalton. %
■ By reference to the advertisement, it will be
perceived that persons who desire to visit Dal
; ton w ill be permitted to do so at the reduced
rate of fare this evening. We trust that Au
gusta will be well represented there.
1
Tile Rev. E. P. Rogers,
Os Northampton, Mass., has signified his ac
ceptance of the call made upon him by the
First Presbyterian Church of this city as its
future Pastor.
Public Debt of the United States.—Ac
j cording to the Bankers' Magazine, the public
debt of the United States on the Ist of July,
1847, was, according to the books of the Trea
sury, $39,122,410.
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
* The following comparative exhibit of the
receipts on this road for the month of July,
1846 and 1847, w ill be gratifying to every citi
zen of the State :
1846. 1847. Increase.
From Freights 926 35 3,265 79 2,339 44
Passengers-•• 1,201 83 3,450 00 2,248 17
Mail 571 43 571 00
p __
$2,699 61 $7,296 79 $4,587 61
Yellow Fever in New Orleans.—We an
nex the report of the Charity Hospital for
; twenty-four hours lo 6 o’clock, P. M., 10th
f instant:
| Admissions of all diseases 59
* Deaths from Y ellow Fever 16
Deaths from other diseases 1
Discharged of Yellow Fever 9
Discharged of other diseases 15
Mr. Clay in Baltimore.—This distinguish
| ed American citizen arrived in Baltimore on
Friday cn route i. rom the White Sulphur Springs
to Cape May.
Still Extending.—The Western Telegraph
has reached Columbus, Ohio; the first despatch
from that point having reached Philadelphia on
Wednesday. Not many days will elapse before
this line will be extended to Cincinnati. The
section between Pittsburg and Cleveland, 160
miles, is nearly completed, and will be in opera
i tion by the 30th instant.
J ____________
Look at Tills.
The Government Receipts, for the quarter
ending the 30th of June, including $12,242,900
received from Loans, was but $20,405,050.
The Expenditures in same time were $22,242,-
900. If we deduct, as we should, the loan as a
debt yet to be provided for, we have:
Receipts $20,405,050
Loan deducted 12,242,900
! Actual Receipts % 8,182,150
Expenditures in same time 22,475,505
Deficiency in one quarter $14,313,355
This is only the commencement of the begin
ning. $18,000,000 of the above expenditures
are said to have been for the Army and Navy
alone. If to the above we add the future ex
penditures for a vigorous prosecution of the
war, large unadjusted claims to be paid, the im
mense pension list which gratitude to gallant
soldiers will entail, and the 10,000,000 proposed
to be appropriated to “ conquer ■peace 1 ' by trea
ty, it will require all the financial talents of the
Secretary of the Treasury to estimate and pro
vide for the demands on it.— Char'n. Mercury.
Western Texas.
From the Texan Advocate of the 29th ultimo,
published at Victoria (Texas,) we extract the
following :
Progress of Sugar Making in Western Texas.
—The schooner Victoria brought out from
New Orleans, on her late trip, a large Sugar
xMill for Mr. Charles Power, of Cauey. * It was
landed at Matagorda last week. The machine
ry is quite ponderous, the two cast rollers alone
weighing some twelve thousand pounds. We
learn that Judge Mills has this year gone large
ly into the Sugar business—having about 900
acres of cane ready for the manufacture the
coming fall. The Judge has employed the
schooner Adeline, Captain Tucker, to bring
out the machinery for his sugar-mill, and to
land it at his place on the Brazos river, fifteen
miles from its mouth—for which service he is
to pay SISOO. We are glad to see this move
ment in the sugar business going ahead. There
is no doubt with us but it is the legitimate busi
ness of Western Texas, and certainly very profi
table.
Improvement in Mail Conveyances. —We per
ceive that our oldfriend Dr, John Sutherland,
contractor on the route from Houston to this
place, lias commenced running a superb new
two-horse coach on this route.
The Health and the Crops. —From all sections
of the country we hear the most fluttering ac
counts touching the health of the people, and
the excellence of the crops. We are now cer
tain that the coming fall and winter are to
bring gladness to the hearts of Texans in the
briskness of trade and the influx of emigration.
Corn will be from 25 to 50 cents per bushel,
and emigrants can never find a more suitable
time to come to our State than the ensuing
'fall.
' ' •**! •
“"W"!!© is Dnncau Clinch 1”—No« 2.
j % “He was heart! of several years ago by those who |
| took an interest in the skirmishes which some of our i
■troops had with the Seroinoles in Florida.”
General Andrew Jackson by sundry battles
j with these Serainoles and Creeks, made him- .
self so popular with the people and govern- |
ment of the United States, that he was, during
the last war with Great Britain, put in com
mand of our army on the Southern border.
His conduct at New Orleans, where, with an
army, chiefly composed of militia, he defeated
the veterans of England, slaying near three
thousand of the enemy, with a loss of only 1
thirteen Americans, proved the selection judi
cious. Inconsequence of this victory he was
enabled to reach the highest office in the gift of
man, without the opportunity to display his qual- j
ities on a larger field. Thedefeatsof the Indians
by the forces under his command would also
have stood in history among the “ skirmishes
which some of our troops had in Florida.”
It was objected to General Jackson, and with
what truth, we his cotemporaries, can scarcely
judge, that with his character, it would be dan - j
gcrous to the liberty of the country, and to its
welfare generally, to elect him to a station of
such power. Can the followers of Van Buren
and Polk—of Van Buren, who thought it “hon
or enough foftme day” for a free born American
to follow in his footsteps,” and of Polk who re
joices in the nick name of “ Young Hickory”—
object to a modest, brave and honest soldier, j
that he too, in a certain degree, followed in the
footsteps of their hero ? And will they consent
to call battles in which more were killed than
were wounded on our side at New Orleans, j
“skirmishes,” simply because in so doing they
may perhaps deprive a meritorious officer of a i
share of his hard-earned reputation ? The bat' |
tie of New Orleans was highly beneficial in its !
effects; but would it be in good taste for Amer- |
icans to sneer at it, because, as Europeans say,
it would not find a place in European history,
where the slaughter of tens of thousands is the J
fruit of owe battle? General Clinch is not in
jured by such attacks, as much as are the brave
woodsmen who fought with him, or the “Cher
okee boys,” who, under Nelson and others,
did such good service in the Southwest
ern part of the State, and in Florida. Listen!
ye soldiers of the Seminole war! what think
ye of those “ skirmishes ?” Was it a trifle to
watch for days and nights against surprise, up
to your knees in mud, hungry, exhausted, sick
and wounded? to penetrate thickets so dense
that the sword oftimes had to cut itself a place !
to strike in,—to clamber over logs, behind |
which the savage lurked to stab and scalp the I
wounded soldier who should lag behind for a
moment, to wade the swamp with the alligator 1
and the serpent at your side; and to find the 1
enemy beyond your reach when, after incon
ceivable toil, you had pierced to his hiding
place? You know that in such fights the offi
cers could only lead I —there was no field in
which to show generalship in manoeuvring bat
talions—no opportunity for display at the head
of charging squadrons—nothing about which
to write flaming bulletins, and show that one
had learnt to make the most of one’s own (
deeds, tickling the nation’s vanity with great, I
pompous words ! No! in these fights desperate
acts of courage were required ! The solitary
postal night, with the crawling foe at your feet
ready to strike when he could do so safely—the
deadly grapple in the swamps, with none to see
it —the sudden wound from unseen foes upon
whom you could not retaliate—the unequal
contest with sickness, starvation, and labor —had
all to be borne in a war in which defeat was I
deatii, and success without honor! The soldier
and his Captain were on the same footing, and
to reflect on one is to injure both ! The soldier
then looked for a man to lead, not to make I
speeches, for he felt that a few words, illustrated
by prompt action, was the soul of eloquence !
“ General Clinch,” said General Scott, after
a charge in which said Clinch had forced his
way into a hammock, through mud and wa- j
ter to his waist, “you should not expose your
self so much; it is not necessary!” “ Gene
ral,” replied the man who is said to be unfit for
Governor of Georgia, because he does not
make long speeches, but by eating shrimps and
oysters unfits himself for sympathizing with the
people of those parts of the State where such j
things are not; “General, the man who wants j
to fight Indians must lead his men wherever
they show themselves!” There is not much of
a speech in these few words, but I suppose
every soldier there felt its force much better
than did Silas Wright the strength of his own
grand anti-tarilf speech, in which he, so much to
his party’s satisfaction exposed the enormities
of the tariff of ’42, but for which tariff scarce
ly altered for the better, he nevertheless gave
the casting vote in 1846!
“ Boys,” said the soldier’ “there’s the enemy;
follow me!”
“ Boys,” said the speech-making politician,
“there’s the most odious imposition to which a
free people have ever submitted, as ray speech
will amply prove! Go ahead! tear it down!
only do not ask me to help you, as unfortunate
ly ray principles lie one way, my interest anoth
er, and each one you know must take care of
himself!”
“Countrymen!” says the unambitious farmer,
“the Wilmot Proviso attacks our dearest rights
let us nullify it by acts !”
“Countrymen!” says the politician, “the Wil
mot Proviso is execrable, but we must not com
promise the integrity of the party; let us act
cautiously, let us await the effects of the deci
ded disapprobation expressed by us in our res
olutions in convention ! Let us declaim, let us
wag our heads, let us slap the shoulders of the
good people, and all will be well!”
“ I prefer to speak by actions,” says the man
ly soldier. “Words were given us to disguise
our thoughts,” says the wily politician; “so hur
rah! for a stump speech!”
“f must vote for the admission of Tex
as,” said General Clinch to a friend, “because
I think it can be done in "accordance with the
letter and spirit of the Constitution, and be
lieve it necessary for the well-being and pros
perity of the South and Southwest. I regret
to differ on this great question with some of my
political friends, but I must vote for the bill.”
Is this the man who, in the great political cri
sis about to arise, will be apt to waver?—will he
not rather be apt to stand as firm as that Go
vernor who at a moment when weak men
trembled, proclaimed: “The State is sovereign
in its limits—hang Tassels !
“Brevity is the soul of wit,” says the pro
verb; and I, a plain farmer and tax-payer, pre
fer the effects of an honest administration of the
public business, to all the honied words of eye
winking, head-rolling, shoulder-slapping poli
ticians. A Volunteer.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
General Clinch. —No. 3.
Messrs. Editors :—The Editor of the Consti
tutionalist having noticed ray first communica
tion, permit me to make a brief reply to his ar
ticle.
After commenting, in general terms, upon
what he has been pleased to denominate, “ the
certificates of anonymous correspondents of
newspapers,” the Editor proceeds to say, “We
give a few specimens of this sort of certificates,
furnished by an anonymous writer in the Au
gusta Chronicle, signing himself “ Aristides,”
who quotes the language of an anonymous
writer whose communication, over the signa
ture of “Pike,” appeared in the National In
telligencer, February 2d, 1836:
“In his excellent letter to the Adjutant General, of
October Bth, expressive of his views, sound and com
prehensive as therj were , General Clinch recom
mends the calling into the service of the United States
of one hundred and fifty mounted volunteers.”
Again ;
“In his next letter to the Adjutant General, writ
ten with the same judicious forecast and discern
ment, dated October 17th, General Clinch now asks
for three companies,” &c.
Again :
“With respect to the gallant Clinch, all that, has
been affirmed in his praise by the writer of the letter,
he justly and richly deserves. Taat he is an offi
cer of high deserts , and has well conducted the ar
duous and important service with which he was en
trusted, before and after the breaking out of hostili
ties, ought not to be doubled.”
Now, in introducing these extracts from the
communication of “Pike,” we observed that
they were evidently written by a distinguished
officer of the army residing in Washington; but
this remark, the Editor suppressed for an ob
vious reason—he was determined to weaken
the force of the evidence, by taking advantage
of our candor in citing it anonymously. Per
haps be will say it was an assumption , unsup
ported by proof, and therefore be suppressed
it. This would be a good reply if it were true.
Let the Editor, however, or any of his readers,
examine the files of the Intelligencer, and they
will discover that we made the assertion with
the following circumstances before us : On
the 30th of January 1836, “an extract of a
letter from an officer of the army, to his friend
in Washington” was published in the Intelli
gencer, which concluded thus—“ Whatever oth
; ers may say in regard to recent events in this
I territory, 1 am well satisfied that when all is
j known, it will be seen that throughout this
I whole business, General Clinch has dk-
I served the gratitude AND APPLAUSE OF HIS
j country, and that had his counsels prevail
ed, the peace of the frontiers would have been pre
served, and the Indians removed fur a tithe of
what it icill now cost.” This was a direct reflec
tion upon the course pursued by the War De
partment, and very naturally aroused the spirit
of its chief and subordinate officers. They de
termined forthwith to reply and vindicate their
policy. Accordingly, on the 2d ofFebrnarv, two
j communications appeared dated January 30tb,
1836, and published in the same column of the
Intelligencer —one written professedly from the
Adjutant General’s Office, but under no
signature, containing a brief narrative of facts ;
the other signed “Pike,” and entering into a
more lengthy defence. From the proximity of
the articles to each other, (there being only a
small dash between them ;) from the intimate
knowledge which “Pike” displayed in regard
to the papers of the Department; and from the
dignity and perspicuity ofhis style—we conclu
ded, and so stated, that “Pike” was a distin
guished officer of the army residing in Washing
ton. Now we ask every candid reader, if the
conclusion was not fair and legitimate? Nay,
might we not have gone further, and asserted
with perfect propriety, that the article in ques
tion was written by the then Secretary of War,
Mr Cass ?
The strength of our evidence, therefore, has
not been impaired; and the Editor’s criticism
upon “anonymous certificates,” is perfectly fu
tile. Every one knows that, ordinarily, a wri-
I ter’s sign manual is not very acceptable to the
reader—it savors too much of egotism. And,
* if we mistake not, the Editor himself is inti
mately acquainted with a certain intangible
| gentleman, whose communications, for a time,
“Roused the slumbering world, and filled the sphere
with echo !” *
Has the Editor forgotten his indebtedness?
Or has he carefully preserved a few of the
most beautiful numbers, as speimens, for the
benefit of posterity ?
Again. We quoted the following from Gen.
Scott’s official letter—“ Tiie resignation of
Brigadier General Clinch was forwarded a
week ago. The army will lose in this of
ficer ONE OF ITS BEST COMMANDERS.” To
which the Editor thus replied :
“Now this is a sort of stereotype form of compliment
on the occasion of the resignation of an officer. There
is nothing very superlative in it. It has not half the
flourish that we would have expected from the florid
pen of this veteran commander and famous letter
writer. A certificate coming from him, had he in
tended any special laudative, would probably have
abounded in the most elaborate choice of eulogistic
terms.”
The Editor should have recollected that Gtn.
Scott was then some eleven years younger
than he now is, and not so much afflicted with
the infirmaties attendant upon age. If Gen.
Clinch, too, instead of resigning, had contin
ued in the army and sought promotion through
the influence ofGen. Scott, the latter’s recom
mendatory letter might have very appropriately
abounded “in the most elaborate choice of eu
logistic terms.” But the occasion, we contend,
was not calculated to call forth the florid strains
of eulogy; and the expressions used were
therefore more befitting. They contained the
simple announcement of a truth; and truth,
like nature,
“When unadorned, is adorned the mos'.”
But perhaps the Editor would prefer the com
plimentary notice of Major General Gaines.
And we offer him the following, taken from an
official order, dated “Head Quarters, Western
Department, Fort Izard, on the Withlacoochee,
Florida, March 9th, 1836:
“These important objects of the campaign having
been accomplished with the hearty and cordial co-op
eration of Brig. Gen. Clinch , (to whose sound
JUDGMENT THE DEFENCE OF THIS FRONTIER HAD
BEEN WISELY CONFIDED, AND BY WHOSE GALLANT
RY THE ENEMY HAD BEEN CHASTISED ON THE 31sT
December, and since held in check as far as
HIS LIMITED MEANS WOULD ALLOW,) the troops from
Louisiana are placed under his command in order to
guard against the known faithlessness of the enemy,
until the arrival of the forces under the officer charged t
with the diplomatic arrangements of the WarDe- (
partment. Whereupon, atid as soon as that officer ]
shall mature his plan of o'*.-rations, and accomplish
the duties assigned him, the forces from Louisiana
will return to New Orleans.”
After all, however, the editor ventures to say
“we do not doubt that General Clinch is per
sonally a very gallant man, and a very good
general.” Indeed! What will be said of this
tame , though strange admission of a leading
Democratic editor ? Surely he will have to
withdraw it before the campaign is over. How
does it consist with the “ fixed fact” which the
editor recently put forlh for the special use and
gratification of his political cotemporaries of
the press, that the General was not only “a dull
—but a very dull man ?” Has he forgotten the
meaning of the word he used 7 Let me refresh
his recollection.
‘‘Dull— stupid, doltish, blockish, slow of un
derstanding”—and only think, very stupid, very
doltish, very blockish, very slow of under
standing! Why, Mr. Editor, “ swell-head " is
scarcely a circumstance to this. Shame upon
yon, Mr. Editor, for thus characterising a brave
and gallant soldier, whose locks have whitened
in the service of his country !
But the editor “does not wish to detract
from the military pretensions of Gen. Clinch.
Oh no ! And yet in the third paragraph below
he can consistently exclaim of the battle of
Witlacoochee : “Oh Sacramento, ‘ pale your
ineffectual fires’; oh Palo Alto, Resaca, Mon
terey, Buena Vista ! hide your diminished
heads.” May we not doubt the editor’s sin
cerity ?
Let it be borne in mind, also, that we did not
herald forth this battle as “ the exploit of Gen.
Clinch.” This is the editor’s assertion. We
only endeavored to relieve it from the charge
of insignificancy, by citing the record of its
achievement. Permit ns now, for the sake of
truth, to correct an erroneous impression which
the editor has attempted to make by a com
parison of numbers, and by alluding to the
time in which the victory was achieved. The
Correspondent of the Savannah Georgian,
whose account of the battle we published, said,
it is true, that Gen. Clinch’s army “consisted
of 212 regulars and 550 volunteer militia,” but
he did not say that all the volunteers were en
gaged ill it. On the contrary, he said most
distinctly that “ the action between the regu
lars and Indians lasted about 70 minutes,”
&c. And Gen. Clinch, in his official report,
confirms the statement. Hear him :
“ Bat before one-half had crossed, the eattal
ion of Regulars, consisting of about two hundred
men, were attacked by the enemy, who were sireng- !
ly posted in the swamp and scrub which extended I
from the river. 'Phis little band , however, aided by !
Colonel Warren, Major Cooper and Lieut. Yeoman,
with 27 volunteers, met the attack of a savage ene
my NEARLY THREE TIMES THEIR NUMBER, headed
by the chief Oceola, with Spartan valor. The ac
tion lusted nearly an hour, during which time the
troops made three brilliant charges into the swamp
and scrub, and drove the enemy in every direction;
andaf.er the third charge, although nearly one-third
of their number had been cut down, they were found
sufficiently firm and steady to fortify the formation of
a new line of battle, which gave entire protection to
the Hanks, as well as to the position selected for re
crossing the troops.”
Tims, it conclusively appears that instead of
“762 Americans, regulars and volunteers,
whipping about 300 Indians,” as stated by the
editor, only 227 men (200 regulars and 27 vol
unteers) were actually engaged in the battle,
against nearly three times their number.
So far as time is concerned, we may dismiss
the editor’s remark with this single observation :
it is well known by those who are acquainted
with the Indian character, that though warlike
in their disposition, Indians never hazard a
pitched battle, nor fight long, unless they have
a decided advantage in the conflict. It was
wonderful, indeed, that the Indians, in this
battle, rallied so often, and prolonged the con
flict as they did. They must have been well
assured of their advantage, and the American
loss proves it. We wish the editor had been
present as an “ active participant,” or even as
a “looker on.” If he could have fought the
Red Man unseen and covered by the fastnesses
of his native hammock ; if he could have heard
the shrill crack of his deadly rifle ; if he could
have beheld the uplifted and threatening toma
hawk, as it followed the glistening and well-di
rected eye of the enraged but cool and deter
mined savage; in fine, if he could have view
ed the Battle of Withlacoochee and par
ticipated in its deadly strife for an hour, or
even seventy minutes, without receiving a deep
impression of its consequence, he must be des
titute of the feelings which ordinarily agitate
the human heart. He is too cool for history,
and must be braver than Julius Caesar him
self.
But we leave the editor to his “reflections.” j
He has the gift of fancy, and wields “the pen
of a ready writer.” Perhaps, after ruminating
a little, he will favor his readers with another
ingenious review —studded with choice selec
tions from his fertile imagination.
ARISTIDES.
From the National Intelligencer.
Electioneering Manoeuvres,
Manoeuvres, we call them ; though in truth a
harsher name would well characterise the stra
tagems which are frequently employed on the i
eve of any important election by unscrupulous
partisans. One of these we have noticed in a
party paper in Baltimore (the Argus) which
can hardly deceive any intelligent man, and !
yet, being uncontradicted, may. through its
mere boldness, pass current with those who will
not give themselves the trouble to inquire how
true it is.
We refer to a statement in the Argus ofTues- !
day last, denying the expensiveness of the Mex
ican war, contained in the following words: |
“It. is known to every well-informed man that Con
gress has as yet voted only twenty-eight millions for
war purposes, and that a part of this sum is yet un- '
expended.”
The facts, in regard to Military and Naval j
Appropriations made since the commencement 1
of the Mexican war, as is shown by the Appro
priation Laws, are as follows:
Appropriations at the last Session.
For support of the army and volunteers $32,178,461 88
For support of the navy 9,307,958 10
For concluding peace with Mexico*• 3,000,000 00
$44,486,419 98
Appropriations at the previous Session.
For the prosecution of existing war*. $10,000,000 00
For support of the army 6,873,082 67
For volunteers and other troops 11,957,359 00
For support of the navy 7,449,703 35
For regiment of mounted riflemen 81,500 00
For sappers, miners, and pontoniers • • 25,000 00
$36,385,645 02
War appropriations since the war begun.
Last year $36,386,645 02
This year 44,486,419 98
Total of war appropriations $80,873,065 00
The appropriations for the same objects at i
the next Session of Congress, should" the War
continue, will exceed rather than fall short of
Fifty Millions of Dollars.
——- m
From the N. O. Times and Picayune 1 Ith inst.
Arrival of the Steamship Telegraph.
The steamship Telegraph arrived last eve
ning from Vera Cruz, touching at theßrazos
on the voyage.
We understand that she left Vera Cruz on
the 4th inst. but brings no news whatever.
The following we take from the Solde Ana
huac of the 3rd.:
“ Arrival of Troops. —The steamer Mary
Kingsland. arrived from New Orleans on Sun
day, brought 96 men of the Georgia mounted
volunteers, under the command of Capt. Loy
all. A more noble looking set of men was I]
never seen before in Vera Cruz.
“By the steamship Orleans, Captain Hatter
came in command of company C, sth Infantry,
and Capt. Fairchild with seventy-eight men of
his company, of Louisiana Rangers. This
company numbers ninety-eight men, and the
remainder is expected on board of another
vessel.
“ We regret to learn that Captain Fairchild
did not receive the equipments for his compa
ny in New Orleans, and that they cannot get
them here. We think, however, that this will
soon be remedied. isl
“ A bearer of despatches from the Goveru
to General Scott, arrived yesterday from New
Orleans.
“ About fifty arreslations were made by
our police during the last three days, of rob
bers and drunkards. We should like to have
Father Mathew and some of his medals in
Vera Cruz.”
The steamship New Orleans and Mary ,II
Kingsland, left Vera Cruz on the 3d instant, for
Tampico, for mules for the Quartermaster’s
Department at the former port. 11
We are indebted to the commander of the
Telegraph for a copy of the Mataraoros Flag
of the 4th inst.
Quite the most important article in the Flag
is the following : Isl
“ Advance upon San Luis. —From Major Ar
thur, formerly quartermaster at Cerralvo, we
learn that Gen. Wool has received orders to I I
proceed with the advance of Gen. Taylor’s
column, on the 20th inst. in the direction of 11
Encarnation, some twenty leagues from Buena
Vista, where he will establish a depot, into
which three months’ rations will be thrown.
The army will then advance upon Sait Luis
and communication be opened with Tampico I
orTuspau, from whence supplies will thereaf
ter be received. AH the mules and other
means of transportation have been ordered
above and activity prevails throughout the
whole department.”
Tiie Flag gives sad accounts of outrages per
petrated iu the vicinity of Matamoros, bv Mexi- ; ■
cans upon their own countrymen and country
women. The same paper mentions that the ■
resident Mexicans near Parras, lately applied fl
to Gen. Taylor to protect them from armed 1
bands of their own countrymen, sent thither
for the express purpose of ravaging the conn- | ■
try and destroying the crops. The Flag thinks Hjj
that aid should be furnished them.
Col. Davenport inspected the Ohio regimem H
|on the 31st ult. The result was very credita H
ble to the appearance and discipline of the
troops. They generally enjoy good health, H
there only being a few cases of diarrhoea among H
them. H
Steamer between Charleston and Ha- fig
vana.—A company has been organized in this H
city for some time, having it in contemplation
to build a Sea-Steamer, to run regularly be iflfi
tween here and Havana, in connexion with
the Southerner and Northerner Steamers, from H
\ New-York to Charleston. To enable the com
p iny to carry out the enterprise, it was impor- B
tant that a contract for carrying the mail should
; be obtained. This has been effected, through
the agency of Henry Gourdin, and M. C. Mor
j decai, Esqs., merchants of this city, and Stock
holders in the Company, who proceeded to |H
Washington for that purpose.
As soon as this arrangement was effected, I
; these gentlemen promptly entered into arrange- ]«sj|
ments with Mr. Levin H. Duncan, of East Bal
timore, for the construction of the hull of ft H
; steamer, and with Messrs. A. &C. Reeder, of HI
i Federal Hill, for the building of the engine |H
and machinery. The latter gentlemen (we Hi
learn from the Baltimore Sun) have heretofore B|
given ample evidence of their proficiency in
the construction of marine engines, having 18l
manufactured those of the steamers’ Alabama. fl|
I Natchez, Cambridge, and others, that have per
formed admirably well ; and in the present iu | H
stance their utmost ingenuity and skill will be BH
I put in requisition to make the present vessel
equal, if not superior, to any other steamer I HI
that floats.
This vessel is to be of the size of the North
j enter. The engine to be of the “side lever' BH
form, with a cylinder 72 inches in diameter, and j I
J 8 feet stroke of piston. She is to be adapted
; for a war steamer, in case of being required for
! such a service, and of 1000 tons burthen. HH
The whole of the stock has been subscribed
for iu this city, and from the known energy and HB
' business nullifications of the gentlemen who H
have the matter in charge, we feel assured that , I ‘
the utmost expedition will be used to place her
in immediate service.
We congratulate our citizens generally on . |H|
the advantages that this enterprise is likely to H
produce. It will probably bring to our city a
j very considerable accession of travel from ya- jpH|
rious quarters, from the facility and regularity |||||
of communication that it will afford with the
West Indies ; and as a natural consequence in- HH
crease and extend our mercantile operation*. Hfl
I which of course will tend to benefit all clas-e*
j of the community. —Charleston Courier.
Earthquake. —A shock of an earthquake |
was experienced in Boston and vicinity on HH
Sunday forenoon, Bth inst. —The New Bedford H
Mercury says;
“ A resident in the extreme south part of this I JfiH
city informs us that he distinctly felt the shock I
i of an earthquake on Sunday morning about F [
i o’clock. Another inmate of the house heard a ! Hii
rumbling sound, resembling a carriage passing .f-fC
near the house, and on inquiry he finds that Hii
nearly all his neighbors heard the sound or hit HH
the shock n‘ the same time.” H
The Nam aet Inquirer says an earthquake H|j|
was noticed there at ten minutes before 10 on
Sunday morning. Passengers Irom the island
by Monday’s boat speak of it as quite severe
| in one case a mirror hanging on the wall ' va>
; found broken. Our informant suggests d )al fHH
the motion might have been propagated throng*' (
the waters ol the Atlantic ocean from a gi ea ‘ HjVQ
distance, and consequently would be felt m° s jjj^R
| distinctly near the sea-shore, . flfl
Capt. Chase, of the sloop Passport, jj oll ' ■
Harwich, Cape Cod, informs us that the shoe
was very severe at that place, and. in conet
I quence, a portion of the plastering ot the l> a P
j list church was thrown down. HH
Capt. Ryder, of the brig Chatham, which a
rived at this port on Sunday, also
that he felt the shock very distinctly in * lll
yard Sound. HH
Great Rush for Bank Stock. —The boot H
for the stock for the Iron Bank granted by P
last legislature, to be located near the
west corner of Connecticut, was opened o» ■ -
3d instant, and in a few hours stock auioun > ?
to $200,000 was subscribed for, when ®
$ 100,000 was required ; and it is said ||P||||h
000 would have been subscribed had I" r
siou been given.— New Haven Register - SHE
Cordial made by the following recipe T^ nCi pppl?
ed a premium at the last meeting ot the . fIHH
George’s Agricultural Society of Mary a HBfl
“ Put a large iar of blackberries id a V mam
water; boil till the juice leaves the her ■
strain through a flannel bag : add ! " r |p|||
cinnamon, and cloves to the taste. - -| te u -HHI
ing these ingredients, put on again an . t SB
or fifteen minutes, then skim it and aSSasll
cold. To three quarts of the juice a HDB
quart of the best French brandy. illlll