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dark ahead, and I find thia Mexican war eomethinc of
a bother after all. Taylor and Scott commit ko many
blunder*, I had really then some notion of retiring when
dim term is up. But. since 1 got along to New Yoik,
things seem to look brighter. I'm popular, Major: 1
knowl am. lehouU'ntbe xuipnard if the Whigamade
a demonstration in my favor yet. They seemed very
fond of me in New York ; anJ so did cveiy body, ev
ery body you could mention . even the market-women
took me by the hand and called me young Hickory,
and gave me lots of fruit. There, do you see that pine
apple on the table there I” says he. “That was given
to me at the Fulton mark-1, as wo were going over to
Brooklyn on Saturday. Cut away, Major, and help
yourself to it; it's a nice one. Here’s a paper of most
excellent tobacco,” says he, “that waapresented tome
at the same time. You go into the pine-apple ami I’ll
go into the tobacco, and then we'li have a little more
talk about the war.”
‘cat as we pot cleverly under wav they ttng out
abe.-.rd the beat for the passengers to get ready for laml
jj-g So I must cot my yam off hen* for the present;
but likely as not you'll lienr from me ngnin.
Ycar old friend,
MAJOR JACK DOWNING.
JOURN \L cV MESSENGER.
S. T. CHAPMAN & S. ROSE, Editors
VI A < O \ , <;.
WEDNESDAY, JULY H. !*>?•
FOR I'KESIDEMT,
GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR.
For Governor.
gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH.
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Tlie Homo Market.
We notice that during ;li past two weeks there have
been sales of some 250 hales Cotton, to the Georgia
Manufacturers, at pne h equivalent to 11 cts. for strictly
fair. This is at least a quarter of a cent over the prices
offered by shipper?.
The Southern C uMivftlor.
We have before us the August number of the South
ern Cultivator, and are pleased to announce that the
Messrs. Jones, are negotiating with, and export *-:ioi tlv
to secure the services of, one of the most eminent and
scientific agriculturists in the country, to supply the
plaje of the late Editor, Mr. Camak. Too much credit
cannot be given to the ent< i :pr;*.ug publishers lor the
public spirit which they have mam tested 1.1 regard to
this work. They have spared ii ntuer expf-i.s#-nor la
bor, and have finally .succeeded m presenting a paper
which for general mu rest and mechanical execution,
is not surpassed by any in the country. 1 lie pK-.*nt
number contains several engravings illustrating tlic sub
jects treated of; among ih**m an admirable portrait of a
celebrated native, or “Pmey W oods Cow/’ the proper
ty of Win. H. Howard, Esq , of Augusta Georgia
We cannot too strongly recoimnrnd our friends to sus
tain the Cultivator. The subsetiption price is only
#I,OO jer annum, payable invariably in advance The
publishers request that all communications and ex
■fangee be hereafter sent to them at Augusta
Grand Encampment 1. O. O. F.
,Ve understand that n Grand Encampment of the
Ir. ependcut Order of Odd Fellows, lor the State of
G gia, was organized in tins city on Monday last, at
C. Fellows’ Hall, anJ the following gentlemen were
unanimously chosen officers tor the following year:
P C. P. Wiley Williams, of No. 4, Columbus, M
W.G. Patriarch.
P H. P. Jackson Barnes, of No 2, Macon, M E. G
High Priest.
P. C. P John C. Snead, of So. 5, Augurea, R. W
Grand Senior Warden
P. C. P. Jackson l)eLoathe, of No. 3, Macon, R. W. ;
Grand Junior Warden.
P. C. P. Geo. Patten, of No. 2, Macon, R. W. G.
Scribe.
P. C P M L. Graybill, of No. 3, Macon, R. W. G.
Treasurer
P. H P James M Bivins, of No. 2, Macon, W. G.
Sentinel.
P. C. P. Robt. H. Griffin, of No. 1, Savannah, R. W.
rand Rep. to G. L. U. S.
The Tclepraph.
We are happy to learn fruin Mr. Chester, the Agent
of the Magnetic Telegraph Line through Georgia, that
the line between this city end Columbus is nearly laid
Out preparatory to tire delivery of the posts, and that
: ivautageous contracts have been secured for the entire
‘prance. Mr. C. leaves the city this morning for the
of locating the line trow the 90 mile station to
✓ Ashe brings to the enterprise fine inteiii
penoe and untiring industry, the public may rest assur
ed thax the work will be both well and quickly executed.
The Wesleyan IVmale College.
The examination of the young ladies ui this institu
tion is now in progress On Monday and yesterday
several of the classes were h aid, and we understand
gave evidence of proficiency and scholarship enmGy
satisfactory to parents and others who were present.—
To-day the graduating class w ill be examined and t
morrow’ the commencement ceremonies will be enacted.
A series of interesting essays will be read by the* young In
dies,and an oration will be delivered by the Hon. Rout
M. Charlton, of Savannah. From the distinguished
character of the orator we ore prepared to anticipate
a rich treat and a crow ded auditory. There arc already
many strangers present from the surrounding cou..ties
Sailing of Troops.
Thecouqwtny recently recruited by Capt Scott, in
this city, sulied on die 6th inn. from New Orleans, in
the James L , Day, for the Brazos, under command of
Lieut Oliver 11 Prince. The company numbered
55 men.
Important Improvement.
We unde rata nd that Mr. J) C Hodgkins, ati iugr
ious mechanic of this city, has made some important
•iprovetuents, upon Banning * Body Bruce, insuring
•Are comfort to the wearer, and increased durability io
*...e article itself.
The Crops.
W have heard from almost every section of the
ie, and the testimony seems irresistable, that the ni
ce. :.nt rains oi the Inst three weeks have greatly in- j
jural the prospect of the growing cotton ciops. Even
in the Southern counties, where the promise was great-
est, the injury has been immense, and nothing hut a
late fiost can secure any tluug like an average crop.—
The com and provision crops are considered beyond
contingency and are unparalleled
southern Ceutral Agricultural Fair.
The larmeis and plantun oi Georgia are referred to
the card of lire “Southern t coital Agncultuial Anno
cuihon,” which Will tie found in another column. The
meeting it apjwan* is to take place at the Stone Moun
tain, on the 11 tii of August We notice in the Souih
*?i,. Cultivator, quite a valuable list of preiniuins oflwr
/ the committee appointed tor that purpose. ‘Flu*
# .ct improvement r* suiting from tlv sc n**o latim in
c sml portions of the ritate has been such as to present
r* r g inducements to u un*rc general and perfect or
s -tion which will cnibrn* at lean the States of Al
i i , Tennssacc, Georgia, and Bouth Carolina.—
Ruv in organization would increase tin* competition
f' t „ea and greatly enlarge the field of information.
I; n every way to lx? comm* mud, and we t.ust that
ve/y many of Uk; agrisulturiMS of Georgia inav be p.e
atnt un the occitan-.i
A 1 .!1 IL 11.
We were yesterday show n a mnmoth beet, raised in
the garden t Mr. John Rosa, of thfa city, which. for
diuuiut.ons and weight, waa rattier uhead of any thing
of the kind yet reported. It measured 14 inches in
civcumfcrrnc* , and weighed just tfi lha after tbs kavea
and lateral roots liau been carefully removed.
NuawC ultcis.
We take pleasure in calling tlie attention of our read
<••* o the improved Htruw Cutter, advertised by Ctus
Ltvv At Cos. Though a patent article, it is of do
me manufacture and has been pronounced by com
tent judges “ the eery best Straw Cutter they hare
set seen H Planters would do well to examine it fui
themtelvss.
f amass in Alabama.
r ov Martin, of Alabama, Ims withdrawn from tb
cant am for tlie Executive Chair, leaving tlie field open
the Hon. Reuben Chapman, Democrat, and the Hon
Nicholas Davis, Whig
Tennessee Flour—anuali I.;eic*s.
The Savannah Republican notices the arrival in that
city, by Railroad, of a entail lot of Flour from Nashville,
Ttun sse.nnd very properly exults over it,os the first i
fruits of Georgia enterprise. True, these are the first
few drops of the mighty torrent which is destined to |
sweep from the Weal to the Atlantic, and it becomes j
our seaboard friends seriously to enquire, how far and
in what respect they are to be benetitied thereby. V\ <•
feel that we can speak to them in ull plainness, because
they know our feelings too well to suspect our motives.
Let us, then, remind them, that tint ugh alt the region
of country penetrated by these improvements,construct
ed by Georg a enterprise and with Georgia capital, f
emissaries from a rival city are swarming, and iniHrcp- (
resenting the interests, the capital ami the character of
So van null. Unfortunately, there is no one to answer
them, and they are rapidly poisoning the minds of our
own people, and inducing them to impoverish the treas
ury and institutions of their own State, to the advantage
and enrichment of a powerful rival city. Honest, well j
meaning nn*n urc absolutely iiersuaded that Savannah
is no market for pr< .luce nod offers no facilities for those
desirous of purchasing goods. ‘Fit** country too, is i
flooded with Carolina in*mey, issued by indirect agen
cies, established in violation of law. ‘1 hese stories in
regard to the want of emeiprifle and want ol means in
Savannah, are rendered the more plausible from the |
fact that so few of her merchants, or their agents, nr*- j
seen hi the country. A gentleman recently informed i
us that during a v ry extensive tour through upper ■
Georgia, North Alabama and Tennessee, he met with
but tiro mm who seemed to take any interest in our
Seaport, amt that they were connected with th** Central
and Macon A Western Roads. Savannah was scarce- 1
ly spoken of by the Tennesseans or their pap. is, and (
many of the people actually believe that our great
State work is the result of Charleston entciprise!— j
When informed .hat such was not th*- case, they would j
at once enquire, “ xrhy then, in your State Hoad runin
connection icith the Carolina Hoads, instead of the
line leading to y ur own Seaport ?*’
Tlie reason of all this uiisapprehopsion is. that the
1 people of Savannah hove l*en, and still arc sleeping
over their rights and Her merchants have
had their eyes fixed upon New York, and upon New
and Old England, rather tlfin upon the vast back coun
try which can alone give permanent prosperity to the
place. Her Bankers have Iwn regarding solely the in
terests of the instead of consulting the
general good of the people who bestowed upon them
their corporate p< w;rs. f uey have been using their :
means and their cr* iitnt other points,
m such a way as to draw produce out of the State , in- i
stead of to their own senpoft They have been playing
the port of Brokers, and operating in Exchange, instead ,
of aiding in developing the icfourees of the State, and ‘
concentrating our trade at pcius which will most beti
efit the treasury and relieve tlie people from taxation
These things ought not so to lie and if Savannah would |
profit by the developments now being made, she must
adopt a different policy—* he mist not be content to fol- .
loir Charleston, but throw licrsefin the advnnee,assume j
her proper position, and mamtiin it at all hazards j
This cun be done Her inerchints and her capitalists j
should organize nt once for a rigorous campaign ; her
Chamber of Commerce, now worse than dead, should j
be reorganized, and her Banks should establish agencies j
not only along the line of the Road, but beyond it, fur j
in the interior of Alabama ind Tennessee. These j
agencies should be authorized to aid merchants in \
making advances mon prodice consigned to well I
known houses m Savannah or Macon. Tlie very fact I
mentioned by the KejmUiran.iuui repeated in the l*e- I
ginning of this article, proves he extent to which the |
influence of our improvements ire beginning to be felt. |
Men who are capable, and wlv> have the means and i
the energy, will not fad to direct these gathering !
streams of trade into one grand current, which will
empty itself somewhere into m Atlantic harbour
It is for Savannah and the p.> oleos Georgia to say.
whether they will make an li >rt, or ailow others to j
rcaptb ■ golden harvest which is the re-sait of Georgia i
enterprizc and Georgia capital.
Gen* Scots a;il >lr. Trist.
It appeals mat tin* between Gen Scott an*l :
Mr Trist originated as follows The latter, on his ar- j
rival at Jalnpa, requested th*’ commander in chief to j
transmit a sealed pmcket tdthe M xiean Secretary of 1
State. Scott declined to do so, as be might be held
accountable for its contents, with which he was not ac
quainted. Trist then “ informed the General that he
had come to Mexico with full authority to conclude
an armistice with the Government of Mexico— to sus
pend all military operations, and to make all necessary
arrange aents preliminary to the negotiation of n treaty 1
of peace.”
Gen. Scott, finding himself thus made subordinate
to a clerk ol the Department, “ at once informed Mr
Trist that he should not permit him to interfere with
the o|>c rations of the army, which was under his coni
nnnd: that under the circumstances in which that
army was placed, an armistice w-as strictly a matter us j
military policy; and that he should recognise noaus
pension of hostilities to which li s ament,as Command- I
er-tn-chief of the forces in the field, should not oe pre
viously given. At the same time, he wrote to the Sec
retary of War,repeating his declarations to Mr. Trist. I
and assuring tlie Department that he should retain the
art,ml command ot the army, until formally recalled.”
This correspondence is said to be on file in Washing- 1
ton,:; .and, it’s intimated, clearly proves that Mr. Folk j
has virtually made a clerk in one >f the Departments j
Lieutenant General of the army, and given him author- !
ity,contrary to all military usage, to control and letter j
its operations. Whether the object is to prolong the
war, or to deprive Scott of tlie hotair of making a !
peace, remains to be seen.
Gen. Clinch’s Assailants.
We copy the following precious morsel from the
Cnsrfvihe Hioneer of the 9th instant, in order that our
readers may discover the true character of the assaults
which our opponents are already making upon one of .
the purest, bravest and moat unassuming gentlemen in j
the State:
“ Look out for the sirelltd-head You may expect
Duncan L. Clinch, the swelltd-fuad run. li dale oi the 1
Whig paity, with about as mu* h brains as you could
suck i.i a thiutble, in the*** diggin* shortly. He is one
of those stiff, starchy fellows, who revels in hi* palace
ut home, dunks his wine*, hiaudies, fee., and does not
deign to notice common people. You recolk ct l>emo
ernts, how the Whigs talked of Mr McAllister, the
swelled head candidate in 1845,—and in 1847, they
place a man tir their standard hearer, who inhales the
same atmosphere, and iaevery way a* obnoxious Look
out we say for the swellcd-hcad candidate. Duncan L j
Clinch, who has received his title by fighting mu qui- 1
toes, on a little island, almost without the limits of
Georgia. Beware of thi* swellcd-hcad we say, who i*
put in nomination, to try, if |>ossible, to take th** Slate
by storm. We opine that he wifi he up among the
Cherokee boys shortly,to try to dupe ihem into his sup
port,—but we have no use. u of the luounrains, fora
man who lives in the extreme corner of the State,—
who doea not know us,—who knows nothing of our in
terests —and who hat never before lux nomination,
thought us worthy of spending his time, to pay us a
\iit Above all, we have no use for this wine drinking
swelled-hcidrj aristocrat. Duncan L Clinch, we lay,
inhale* the aame atmosphere ns Mr. McAllister— hi*
interest lies in the aame place—he advocates the same
■actional prejudices, as the Whigs said Mr. Me did,
and w want you of this man,—-v* i ull you keep char
ot him, for he i* a bait art forth to catch you, to carry
the State lor the Wii.g*. and now let u* show them in a
plain wnv, that we have no use for throe aweiied-headed
autocrats.”
Now let usask, whnt has Gen Clinch ever done to
merit such language os the above, even from the lowest
and moat unscrupulous of hi.< polit eid opponents ? is a
beenuMc he dctivnded from one **t th** patriot* of the j
Revolution f Is a boro use h* apent thirty years of Ins i
file iu the service ot his country, righting li i battles and i
tendering hit own private mean* to provci the people (
of Georgia against the murderous l**s I l* he called a
swelled nead. because he lived for yeau iu lent, ahnr- |
ing with the limn blest pnvute the hardsinp** mid slender
tare ot the camp l Is it said that “he does not deign
to notice common people ” because he kept pm house
in Ht Maty'* far the officers and privates of tlie volun
teer corps, returning from Florida, and shared bouiti- ,
fully with them of hw übnndaneu t Are his military
services derided because he fought more bravely end
courageously than any other man, save Gen. Taylor,
iu tlie Florida we } In there no protection, either in
public aerviee or private virtue, against tlie miserable
slanders of an unscrupulous press? We heard the
above at tide carefully rend over by a respectable gen
tleman, who has long know n Gen Clinch, and who
unlweitatingly stated that every syllable ot it was gross
ly libellous of tlie old patriot and his character. \Vhai
will the bout of brave volunteers my to su* h an assault
ipon their old commander, whose kindnesses are yet
fresh in their recollection, nnd whose praises tlrev have
sounded from the mountains to the s'.-ihubnl? Will
they not trample down all patty I me*) in onier to defend
| his name and reputation against hu< !\ imputations’—-
Gen. Clinch a “ sw lb*d-hcnd and a bi. inb ss wim
hibber,” indeed ! The thing is too ridiculous to he be
: licvccl by any one in his senses. y\s wed might n man
’ attempt to compare Mr. McAllister with G< n Tav
j lor ns with Gen. Clinch, in this particular. Taylor
and Clinch for years Im;longed to the same r*gim*nt,
asoociated and oiessed together, and are r< maikably
1 similar in their general characters end deportment.—
They are both modest and unassuming men . of great
| purity of character and ek-vation of purpt s*-. The
: kindness and affability of (Jen Clinch to his soldiers,
have been proverbial for years It is notorious that no
’ man in Georgia is more courteous or liberal than him
self to the‘‘common people,” and wv can safely appeal
to thousands who have m<-t him in every part of the
State, to attest the correctness of this nsserti*>n. He*
1 has been no mousing politician,and has nev -r traversed
{ the Slate in search ol popularity. But in his extm .v<*
intercourse with the people from Fk i la to his summer
| residence in Haljershani, and from Augusta t> the Chat
’ tnhoochee, he lias so won upon their esteem, a a to re
-1 ceive a nomination Without any sol citation on his part,
mid even against bin w ishes. Thus honored and loved
I by the people, it is certain that his reputation will be
i guarded by them at the ballot box.
Taking th*- Hack Track*
Mr. Half., of the New York Journal of Commerce.
n paper that aided largely in the election of Mr. Polk.
j has come out violently in oj-pnniiion to th*- war, and hn‘-
( raised the cry of” no more appropriations.” He pay*
th** following left handed compliment to th President
j *’ ‘Fhe cry, no more, ayjrrofaiutums for the war, must
go up lroin nil parts of the nation. It is the only cry
! that can place us in safety. To express opposition to
1 the war, without declaring that the war is to be aban
doned ; to oppose it. and still vote supplies for it. is only
to support the Administration in carrying it on. No
man in thp notion would be more relieved than the
President by seeing an end of the war. If 1 under
stand his feelings, he would have keen hapj>y if Con
gress had refused appropriations at their last session ”
Thus it appears that Mr Polk is actually waging
this war for political purposes, nnd with the hope ofj
placing the Whigs in a false position. Iu the very tnc.- j
sage in which he charges them with affording “ aid and j
comfort” to the enemy, he urges them to vote millions
jof money and risk thousands of valuable lives. and yet,
! his bosom friend David Half, informs us that Mr Polk j
“ would hare been happy if Congress had refused ap
propriations” !! Mr. Polk then would have been •
happy to see a majority of Congress turn traitors to 1
their country—nnd for whnt reason ? Solely that he ‘
might make political capital, relieve himself from the
consequences of his own stupid blunders, and destroy
the Whig party forever. For ourseives, we believe th-*
Whigs were right in letting the party in power take the
responsibility of their own measures. ‘1 fie war was of
their getting up and it is in their power to terminate it
at anytime. them do so. If ” appropriations are j
to cease” and the honor of the nation is to be sacrificed,
let the Democrats take the responsibility.
The Itriifronds.
We regret to hear unceasing complaints in regard to
! the present railroad arrangements in Georgia. The State
i Road runs exclusively in connection with the great
! mail,t*hus mnkinga large proportion of the Georgia im
j provements subservient to the P<*st Office Department,
I rather than to the people of Georgia, whose means have
‘ been liberally expended in their construction. This de
ranges the communication so entirely between the dis-
I ferent parts of the State, that the passenger from Sa
-1 vannah tor instance, is delayed two nights on the way
i between that City and Marietta and vice versa ; thus
unnecessarily increasing the annoyances and expenses
of travel within our own .State.
Tlie people of Georgia who have given these eornpa
! nice their corporate privileges and who have expended
i millions ol their money on the great State work, ought
not to be thus inconvenienced merely for the accoinino
; dation of througn travellers. The effect of this nrang**-
| ment must be to throw nearly the whole of the through
. travel over the Georgia and Carolina Roads, i iul the
! trade must necessarily follow the travel; because no
man wdl consent to spend his time and his money use
lessly in getting to Savannah, when he can reach
Charleston in one third the time and at less expense.—
It appears to us that this policy of the Companies muL
the State Rond is alike unjust to the Stockholders nnd
the people at laige. It in fact makes the whole Rail
road system of the State tributary to Charleston, and
the next Legislature ought to throw some wholesome
1 restrictions around the subject. ‘Fhe State Road at
1 least can be controlled fJy the Legislature and it ought
to be required to run inconnection with both routes or
with that one which is most identified w ith Geor
gia interests. Even the Companies are not beyond the
reach of the people. Their charters are not perpetual
and they will find it to their interest to consult tlie pub
! lie convenience as well us their own.
We are not disposed to play the part of professional
grumblers, nor to do aught that would injur the Com
panies in the public estimation ; but we humbly con
j ceive that there must be something wrong in the man- 1
age ment of the Roads, when a citizen residing east of
Macon, can reat it the Cherokee counties via Savannah
I Charleston and Augusta, almost as soon as !>y th*- di
rect road through the city of Macon !
< ourt of Equity.
Tlie case of IF. B. Johnson vs S. W. H H Bank *
assigned for trial yesterday, in this Court, having b* **n ■
i displaced by die ease of Ex'ars. of Godard vs. E. G. 1
! Wagner, el /., begun and unfin hed on Friday last.
and there not being time left to try the first named case,
in the residue of the week, which is also the residue of
the Term, the general call of tire Docket will le com
menced to-day, nnd continued to tire close of the term,
so as to give every’ case, vet unheard, uu equal chance
of trial.— Chas. Courier, 12/A inst.
The case of W B J*>hiwt*>n vs tire South- Western
R. R. Bank, ia one that is pending in the Chancery
Court ol South Carohna, a l, as we are in fanned, in
volve* a large amount. Os courat, under tire above de
cision, it will stand over until the next term.
Liverpool and Yew Orleans Stenmor*.
The Liverpool Time* announces, that the West In
dia Royal Mad Packet Company, hav * resolved to
establish a monthly line of Steamers, via tin* West In
dia* and Southampton, calling ut < at Island. to which
a Railroad fallow nearly completed form New < Irleans.
Kai Iron A Meeting in Lnrly.
At a large and respectable ine.-i tig of the citizens of
Early county, held at Fort Games, on the Hth instant,
the following gentlemen were Hpi>ointexl delegates to
attend tire Railroad Convention to I** holden it Ameri
cas, Sumter county, on the 4th Monday mat., viz
Major Joel Crawford, Gen John Dill, Major John II
Jones, Col. B. H. Robinson, Col William K de
Grnflenned, R. G Can the rs, Eaq Dr Wiliiain J
Johnson, William Castleberry, E*j Dr. Richn ol Hill,
Col. Samuel Gamer.
We trust that Stewart, Rnnfol| h anl other rciuntie*
not represent***! in the late Convention, muy follow the
example of Early, and aenJ up full d’legation* to the
adjourned meeting
Ilui'road. Convention.
A convention will be held at Washington, Wilke*
county, on the 15th inst. to adopt measure* preparatory
to the construction of a Railroad liiun Washington to
some eligible point oil the Central Railroad. ‘Fire com
mittee are Measra. G.irtrell, ‘Fooiul)*, Alcxaiuier,
Brown, Burton, Cieavslnnd an I Robertson, appointed
at a hue meeting of the citizen# ol’ Wilke*. May the
enterprise be crowned with suoc'se— Henman.
K'lecutlvi* t oitimitten.
The following g iillemen were appointed by the
President, alter tire udj* until item of tire Whig Conven
tion, the Executive Committee, (ot uu* tiom < aeh judi
cial district,i provided for in the Bth r<*soluti*>n of the
Convention, via :
Miller Grieve, Chairmun, front fVinu’g* •* district;
William Law, East e rtt; Andrew J M.hr. Middle;
Robert Toombs, Northern ; A*b*.iiy Hull, VVssiem ;
Turner H. Tripp* .Cherokee ; Aii.lmwJ Berry, Cos we
t;; Robert H. Dixon, Chattshoochec; Elbrtdge G
j (’atmnis, Hint; Win. H Crawfai i, South western ,an 1
Ira E. Dupree, Soutlrein district.— Recorder.
Lffect* ol the If’ > i in ii.
The planter* were told in I*ls nnd 4fi, thut the new
free trade Tariff was the “ great measure of deliverance
nnd liberty,” which won dest.ired t w*uk wonders and
give them gooils at a greatly n dueed |*iee. Cotßm
tisgging was then aellutg at 12 a(3 cents. The tie*
trade ‘Fanff has now been in operation nearly two
y *ars, and bagging has advanced to only 18 coftts—and
l tat. 100, in the fare of on*- hr** rrep fast y*ar. and the
pr* spect of another the present season. Will some ol
Democratic the onnus explain the secret why a reJuc
lion of add one third to the price of the
article ?
, Kcnatoiial Nomimition.
A convention of Whig delegates from the counties of
Lam ent and Wilkinson, assembled *‘t Centerville Acad •
any on the 3.1 inst , for the purpose of nominating a ean
d. late for Senator, to be run by the Whig party of the
Senatorial District composed of the counties aforesaid.
The Convention was called to order by 1.. M Hud
son, Esq., of the county of Laurens, who moved that
Dr. Nathan Tucker, a delegate from the county of
Laurens, be appointed President—which was unanim
ously concnrr- 1 in by the Convention. On motion ot
W. W Beall, Esq., of the county of Wilkinson, J. L.
LaTaste was requested to act as Secretary.
Tii*- following delegates appeared and registered their
nain-s. viz:
From the county of Laurens—Dr. Nathan ‘Fucker,
M*-H*rs L. M. Hudson, F. E. Flanders, D. R Maddux,
J M. Hampton, R A. Love, Wingfield Wright, V\
D. Coney, H.C. Fuqua, A. R. Helium, J. M McNiel,
1). Roberts, .1. ‘iliinas. .! Hudson, D. N. Feat borough,
W. Adams, Ira Stanley,and J R. Stanley.
From die county of Wilkinson—Messrs. W. W. ,
lb .ill, M N. Murphy, J. B. Boat wick, J ‘F. Wright,
Joh.l Burk, A W Aid, II Whitaker, W. A Hall, L.
A. Hall, Jod Detnp, W. B. Smith, T. J. Holliman, R
Daniel, J. Taylor J. Collins, A. W. Preston, J. Lowry,
and J. L LaTast*.
Mr Beall, of Wilkinson, ofk*red the following r‘so
lutions, which were adopted, viz :
Resolved , That this Convention do now proceed,
without the suggestion of names, to nominate hv ballot
a candidate to be run f or Senator—and that a majority
of the votes given in, be necessary tor a choice.
Resolved, That this Convention do unanimously
support the nominee, ami use ull honorable means to j
secure his election.
The Convention tlvn proceeded to ballot, when, upon j
counting the same, it appeared that Dr. C. B Guv ton, ,
of the county of Laurens, had received a majority of J
the votes.
On motion of lia Stanley, Esq , the nomination was
unanimously confirmed by the Convention.
On motion of J. M Hampton, Esq., the President
appointed a committee of three, composed of Messrs
J M. Hampton, Ira Stanley, and Samuel Yopp, to in
form Di. Guyton of his nomination. The committee
having discharged this duty, the nominee appeared, re
turned his thanks to th Convention lor the honor w hich
had been conferred on him, anil accepted the nomina
tion.
On motion of Joel Ik ese, Esq.,
Resolved, That the thanks of the convention be
presented to the President and Secretary for their ser
vices.
On motion of J. B Bostwick, Esq., the convention
then adjourned sine die.
NATHAN TUCKER, President.
Julius L. LaTastk, Secretary.
CORRESPONDENCE Ol THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
NEW YORK, July 7, 1847
Gentlemen, —The extreme heat and the noise of the
4th of July celebration, have driven a large proportion .
ot the businessmen of New York into the country, in
quest of fresh air and quiet. Consequently little is do
ing, though another steamer meanwhile has arrived at
Boston, with advices of some importance.
The great River nnd Harbor Convention at Chicago
now in session, attracts much att ntion, and large del- j
egntiotis are in attendance front this region of country, j
‘Fhe President of the United States returned here yes- |
terdny morning from his Eastern tour, and after a j
“hasty” cup of colfee, started for Washington via Tien- j
ton, New Jeifiey, where he made a short pause. My
impression is very decidedly that whatever may have j
been the object or expectation of Mr. Polk in this
“progress,” it has entirely failed to conciliate the popu- I
lar esteem; cortrariwise has rather lowered his stand- j
ing and left an unfavorable estimate of his character.
The new steamer Iris, sails to-day for Charleston,
on an experimental trip and back. This is one of the
m*beautiful st am ships afloat, smaller than, altho j
similar to the Washington , (Bremer packet) in her ‘
buiid &c* We shall not he surprised to hear of her I
beating the popular Southerner. The Iris is intended
I believe, for the home trade. The sen route to Charles- j
ton is becoming very’ r polar, and will ultimately em- I
ploy many vessels ot this class.
Anew steamer called the California, intended for i
the Mobile and New Orleans mail line, is to he launch- !
ed to-day. In the line of steam ship building, N. York !
is doing a great business this season. It will amply j
gratify an intelligent cariosity to visit the principal ship- j
yards here, and maik the amazing improvements >n
naval architecture and tlie great facilities afforded by it
to modem commerce.
The precise effect of the last steamer’s advices cannot
be stated. The flour market is quite unsettled, and
transactions hive been limited. Some small Riles i
were made yesterday at $6 25, although the opinion ,
prevails that it will settle down to #6 00, and remain
fimi at that mark. Buyers are plenty this morning at 1
6 00, hut 625 a G 50 is asked. The news will have a
tendency to create more confidence than has heretofore 1
existed, and will also check the ruinous amount of
speculation. Money continues plenty, stocks continue i
steady, without much change.
There was a fair demand for cotton this morning,
although the market has not fairly opened, since the ar
rival of the steamer. Files to-day amounted to about
900 halt's principally to -pinners, at prices a little lower
than those of last week.
Yours, Ac. PYM.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
COLUMBUS, July Btlk 1847.
Messrs. Editors: I was exceedingly gratified at
your remarks upon the Magnetic Telegraph contain
ed in your Journal of the 30th ult.
Now that tins most important work is in active pro
gression between Washington and New Orleans, which
will st) closely connect that gre. ( t Southern emporium
with New York and Boston, it becomes a matter of
wei ions moment with the various public prints that they
should by prompt an 1 energetic measures, endeavor to
effaet a systematic and advantageous arrangement for
the transmission of their intelligence from the various
l*ints upon and from the termini of the lines.
To accomplish such a measure, I can see no better
plan than the one prvqioscd by you for a convention of
the various editors interested in this matter at Savan
nah or other central point, where they might meet in
committee with the authorities of the line, and determ
ine upon a satisfactory tarifT of prices. This to be effect
ual. should be in constant agitation ut the present time,
and should he prosecuted with vigor until consumma
ted—the months of August or September should sc*
the matter determined.
Those interested in this line have thought much and
labored to devise a plan, wherein all the various classes
of papers could partake of the benefit cf the Telegraph
upon an equitable relation with each other. Thus one
daily print equals six weeklies, or three semi-weeklies, 1
or two tri-weeklies. Connecting thus there art* equal
to sixty or more daily papers which should combine to
receive the Telegraphic news, having three general re
porters, one in New York, New Orleans and Wash
ington—their united salaries would be about f.Vino
Let euch print pay seventy cents per day for their
communications, entitling them to news from both di
rections, not to exceed three hundred words in al!—
N*-w York un l New Orleans would only receive one
communication each, of 15') words, hut as it would tra
verse tin* same distance, the profit to the line would be
the kiiiic.
In addition there would fa* a digest of foreign matter
once a week, which would occupy five times as much
s|mce —this would cost each paper alike $'J7 50 per ■
annum
Tls* whole expenses of daily ami weekly new * with
exi**iie of reporters divided among the sixty journals,
would l*c per annum,
For a Daily $414 83
“ “ Tri-weekly $56 Ifi
” ‘• Benii-winkly 203 27
“ “ Weekly 150 38
This certainly isn meagre nu.ii when we reg.itd tlie
quantity and the iinporlaiiee of tlie matter transmitted,
and no rctqiectable paper cottl l powubly object to such
terms. ‘Flic same amount of word* sent by individual)*
would pay over tiv* hundred dollars weekly.
These hints are thrown out for the purpose of call ing
t!i* attention of the press tu their own interests. It i
iiii|HMMth|e to any what prices tlie Boar*l of Director?
tuny determine upon, but it is believed that such <
some similar scale l prices can bo *e cured to th * pres
by sueh prompt set ion as you have already proposed.
l#et me continue to impress upon youiseif and broil
er Editors, not to nllow the tune to pass unheed*
Slid Without pome J* Mull. The ItlM t
with th* it pri* ■ s adjusted and you ran expect no betP
terms than individuals.
Yours very truly. C
LORRE Sl'Oil l’ LNC EOf THE JOURNAL A-Nl> MLSSI NGLJI.
CHATTANOOGA. TKNN , July U, 1847.
Gentlemen l tuk** pleasure in stating that our ex
perimental trip up the Jilk River, has been entirely
•itce<*Mul. We found the river navigable for steamers
of moderate draught, aa high as Elkton, a distance of
sixty miles from the upper end ol the Muscle Shoals. —
The obstacles were few, and comparatively easily over
i come. At Elkton we found ourselves within eighty*
two miles of the city of Nashville, and between the
two places there is one of the best turnpike roads in
Middle Tennessee. From Chattanooga to the nit u'.h
of the Elk, the distance is about PdU miles, navigable
at all - ; i -aeons. So you see, the moment the Western
& Atlantic Railroad reaches the Tennessee, there wili
In* only eighty miles of staging between the Atlantic
ports and Nashville, and the whole* route may be
traversed in less than four days. This will do very weli
for the present; but Tennessee is destined to have a
► t 11 more speedy communication with the seaboard.—
The question Ik s finally been settled. The corporate
authorities of Nashville, have been duly authorized to
subscribe half a million of dollars for the construction
ol a road from that place to this. If the next L \gista
tures ol tan State and of yours will only do liu-ir duty,
’ within tluee years from the present date, there will be a
; continuous steam coimnunication between the South i
Atlantic ports and the extreme North-west. To the j
people of Georgia wc owe many thanks, while I regret !
I to mill, that Carolina, by her management, Ls likely to
reap the harvest sown by Georgia hands.
Your, &c. W.
COMMUNICATED.
The Democratic Convention.
This body has deceived its friends, as well uh its op
ponents For weeks before its assemblage the country
was told, both by the leaders and the press of that par- j
ty, that Gen. Taylor would be nominated by it for the
i Presidency, ami that he was a Democrat. They met ■
j —:i committee of twenty-two was appointed to report
i resolutions to the Convention ; in its meeting a motion
j was made to nominate Gen. Taylor—a member moved
| to strike out his name and insert that of Henry Clay,
J upon the ground, that Gen. ‘Taylor was now, and al
j ways had been n Whig—the motion to nominate Gen
! Taylor was lost, and the Convention ratified the action
of the committee, and so far from nominating him, it |
did not even return him its thanks lor his gallantry and
lofty bearing in a war which they bad brought upon tile
country. Now, a plain question presents itself to the
mind of every man ; Why did the Democrats refuse
Gen. Taylor’s nomination ? The delegates knew as
much of his politics before they went to Milledgeville,
as they did after they got there ; the Editors knew ns
much before the Convention assembled, ns to his poli
tics ns they did after; why then was not Gen. Taylor I
nominated ? Three fourths of the delegates were in fn- i
vor of the nomination ; they knew he was not identifi- I
ed with the Democratic party, yet ns a Southern man,
a slave-holder and cotton planter, they were willing to
rely upon him at a time when Northern fanatics were
attempting to overthrow the institution of slavery, and j
as such, they were willing to support him for this high i
office, —why then was Gen. Taylor not nominated ? i
The Hon. Howell Cobb told them, that lie disapproved j
the net, and rather than offend him, they disobeyed the j
w ell known wishes of the people who sent them there. 1
The Convention was called a Democratic Convention,
hut it was in truth, a Cobb Convention, —assembled to
register the will of one man, and not of the party. He
spoke and all obeyed—and in their obedience the wish
es of the people were sacrificed to answer the views and
ends of a political manmiiverer. Mr. Cobb was in fa
vor of the election of a Northern Democrat to the office
of President! He knew if the Democratic party of
Georgia should ever get committed in favor of General
Taylor, that there was no earthly hope of inducing i
them to vote for a Northern ally. He had himself vo- >
ted w ith the Northern Abolitionists in favor of the es- j
tablishment of a territorial government in Oregon, j
where slavery was prohibited—he was opposed to Mr.
Calhoun’s resolutions and course in the Senate in be
half of Southern rights—he had voted to censure Gen.
Taylor for the capitulation at Monterey, and he knew
and felt, that should the Democratic party nominate
lien. Taylor, lie would be condemned for his course
by his own party—and that there would be a triumph
of Southern rights over the principles of his anti-slavery
Democrats of the North, for whose election to the Pre
sidency, he desired the Democrats of Georgia to vote.
And the Convention in a moment of blinded partisan
feeling, forgot their own cherished South, and propos
ed to sacrifice it to the success of party. Many have
already deeply regretted that they followed Mr. Cobb’s
lead, and many more will regret they ever heard of
him. The proceedings of the Convention were regard
ed as the triumph of Northern Democracy, over the
interests and feelings of the South ‘That there should
I be a feeling of indignation throughout the Democratic
I party is not to be wondered at —for there are few out-
I side the leaders, who are prepared to sell the South, to
secure the triumph of party. The committal of the Dem
’ ocratic party ol Georgia to the support of a Northern
1 man for the Presidency, is now regarded as lull and
l complete, and it now remains lor the people to say
; whether they approve the acts of their lenders. Do you
: prefer Silas Wright to Gen. Taylor lor the Presidency !
This is the issue you will be called on to settle by your
votes next (October!
Rut Mr. Cobb had another object in view ; he wish
ied to furnish evidence to the friends of Silas
Wright, that they might show to the abolitionists, that
I Southern Democrats were nearer identified in feeling
, with them, than Southern Whigs. ‘To that end he had
hut to compare the conduct of the Democratic conven
j tion with that of the Whig convention, and say, “See
lu re ; the Democrats have refused to nominate General
i Taylor a slave-holder, and who we have said was a
l Democrat, and in favor of whom, are three fourths of
our party, this man the people expected us to nominate
hut alter we got into convention we laid him aside . at
j the suggestion of a member of our party who is the
i friend of Silas Wright; while the Whigs have nomina
ted this same slave-holder with acclamation, as their
candidate for the Presidency !!’’
But Mr. Cobb was not disposed to stop here. He
had understood that Col. Johnson was in favor of the
nomination of Gen. Taylor, an I that the articles in the
Federal Union favoring that object were approved by
him. He theiefore determined to crush every hope of
Gen. Taylor by defeating Johnson’s nomination for Go
-4 vernor, and this he did. But for him Johnson would
have been the nominee. Mr. Cobb had been with Mr
Towns during all the last sr&ion of Congress—he knew
his feelings intimately, that he was opposed to any i
Southern man lor the Presidency, and Gen. Taylor in
particular, and that he favored the election of Silas
Wright. As such. Mr. Cobb caused his nomination,
for the purpose of testing the strength of feeling in Geo
gin for Silas \\ right. II Mr. Towns should be elected,
or even hold a respectable poll, the leaders of the party
in Georgia will make fchlas Wright their candidate,and
in voting for Mr Towns in October next, the people
will be douig nothing more nor less, than voting between
Gen. Taylor and Bdn* Wright lor the Presidency
( 81a ve-holders of Georgia, who do you prefer? It is
not to be wandered at, that so ninny members of the
Convention, who were not let into the secret of Mr
Cobb's trick**, should have so earnestly and often en
quired, me y<u not going to nominate Gen. Taylor?
Hut no, the i hoice of the people was set asule, to make 1
way lor thnt of a political trickster.
Resides, the nomination of Mr Towns was tribute |
to the anti-slavery feeling ol the North Mr. Towns j
had once toted for a rule receiving abolition petitions!
mto Congress; this was a great concession to the ah- i
olitionists, and a powerful argument to them, why they
should unite their destiny w ith Northern Democrats.— ‘
lie was uncompromisingly opposed to Mr. Calhoun in
; every net of his life—and hatred to him, was a high
recommendation to Northern fanatics. Mr. Cobb glo
i ried on every occasion to stub Mr Calhoun ; he hod
proposed to his fi ends while on the circuit to kick him i
out of the party, and hud instigated uud approved one !
I meeting at Ath< ns, which did so. All then.* things i
| would Ik* acceptable to Northern Democrats, and all j
these have been procured by Mr. Cobb. Now do the I
IH’opleapprove them! ‘Their delegates in convention
have Is-en duped into the deeds, but are the people sold
to the it Itatl.’s, that their light* mu: t be sacrificed to
pit mete then ambitious ends ? On the very day when
the Democratic Convention rrfbard to nominate Gen.
Taylor, thousand ol its voters were in la vor ol him, and
til’ ir voices and feelings have been suppressed, and
iuur wishes misrepresented, to gratify the trickery and
“.inning of political intriguers.
‘The schemes begun in the Convention ore to be cur
led out, nil ovn the Btnie,uul in every county, the or
rnnization of the Democratic pnity, is to he hnsrd upon
i* preference of a Northern Democrat lor President
vor General ‘Taylor, The candidate for Governor,
nd all the candidates for the Ijepislature, of tin* Deni
‘•intic party, will he arrayed upon the principle
i preference of a non-slaveholder lor President,
ver Gen. Taylor, and slave-holder* of Georgia, if you
lefrr a Northern Democrat lor I’resid ut, over Gen
Taylor, a dave hortfer. and a gallant ol I soldier, vote
for 1 owiik, ami all the Den menus for office—-but ii not,
thin vote against the whole of them.
Rut it was necessary to guild the pill w hich these lead
ers intended the people should swallow : it was necessa
ry to hide the hook which was to hang them by the
hail, at which they were to bite. The resolution*were
the bait, but Silas Wright was the hook—hence the
convention resolved, that they would not support for
President an advocate ol the Y\ iliuot proviso, and yet
in the next breath, they resolved to abide the nomina
tion of a National Convention, and if that convention
should nominate Silas Wright, they would abide it—
They resolved in the language of the Virginia resolu
tions, that, our right to earn- slaves into any part of the
territory was undisputed, but yet in the next breath, re
solved to give up two thirds of any of the territory to be
acquired, to Northern abolitionists’ The convention
looked one way and rowed another. They were all things
to all men. They would resolve any thing to deceive
the people, whom they desired to keep from supporting 1
Den. Taylor, and wished to inveigle into the advocacy j
of Silas Wright!!! Now what confidence is to be pla
ced in such a set of politicians ? How can they be !
trusted by the people ? Opposition to General Taylor
was the whole object of the wire-workers in the eon- *
volition, and they will find next October, that the peo- I
pie have sveerely rebuked such ungrateful and hollow
hearted feeling. CRAWFORD.
COMMUNICATED.
Nashville A ( haftnnoouu Railroad.
“ The election on Saturday lust, to determine wheth- |
er our city should subscribe tor stock to the amount of
half a million of dollars, resulted in favor of the tneoa- j
ure by a large majority.”
Gentlemen: —We extract the above from the Nash- I
ville Republican of the sth instant, and we assure our I
readers that we not only congratulate Tennessee, but |
Georgia, thnt it is now a settled question, thnt there
w ill be a continuous Railroad communication from Sa- |
vannnh to Nashville, and thnt our Suite Rond to Chat
tanooga is destined, at no late day, to become a favorite
with tile people of Georgia. Finish the South-western
and Columbus Roads, and every portion of the State
will then he interested in the State Road, h will he
emphatically the Road of the State, and we hazard lit
tle in expressing the opinion, that within five years, if
the State Road is judiciously managed, it will pay n fair
interest on its cost, over and above its expenses. When
the nst mineral and agricultural products of not only
Cherokee, hut of two-thirds of the entire State of Ten
nessee. shall he transported to the Atlantic side, we
honestly believe thnt the business of the State Rond will
compare favorably with that of any other Rond in the
country. We believe it will pny as well, and we are
convinced thnt no other Rond, not even excepting the
New York &, Erie, is calculated to exercise a more
beneficial influence on the country through which it
passes. Asa result, the vast wealth of the Cherokee
country will, in the next ten years.be developed ton
point that a century could not reach without this road.
And here we have n word for our friends in Cherokee.
This continuation to the Tennessee river, to bring in
the products of Tennessee, will benefit you; it will j
make Savannah and Charleston great grain, ns they are j
now great cotton markets—and the larger the market, I
the better the prices. This rule applies to grain a well j
as to cotton and rice, and the principles of trade prove
conclusively thnt Cherokee produce will sell for better
jmc.es with the produce of Tennessee than with
out it.
We rejoice to see thnt Tennessee is waked up. and
at the right moment,on the subject of Railroads The
ben* fits to 1 e derived from a judicious and well con
structed system of Railroads, are now “ fixed facts”—
skepticism on this subject is at an end. Tennessee
comes fresh to this important w r ork, without embarrass
ment or debt. She is fortunate above any other sister
State, in having within herself the means to grade, iron
and stock every mile of her road, witb the labor of her
own citizens; Si she can do it cheaply.and at the same
time give an extension to her iron manufactures, which
w ill exercise an abiding influence on her prosperity
Every dollar judiciously expended on a well digested
system of Railroads, will add its foil tale to her wealth,
and as it will he the produce of her labor, will give life
and encouragement to her industry CITIZENS.
COMMUNICATED.
Query.—Would not the Honorable Judges of the
Inferior Court of Bibb county do well to extend their
examinations to the digested Statute Lawsof Georgia,
by Hotchkiss, Cobb, and others, a little farther than to
Jailors’ fees? It is stated in those law book**, that all
the cost of the Clerks of Counts to the entering up of
judgment, is $3 75—whereas the Clerks charge $6 25.
Now- the law books are wrong, or those officers are i
wrong, and would it not be good policy in the Honora- !
ble Court to ferret out the matter, thnt the people might ■
know’ which should lie their guide, the Law Books, or
the Clerks ? If the Clerks are entitled to nearly double
costs, the Sheriffs should he allowed the same.
Equal Justice.
COMMUNICATED.
A Chance for a Fortune.
$5,000 REWARD!
The above reward will be paid upon the production
of legal proof that the follow ing named gentlemen have
either sons or sons-in-law in our army in Mexico, viz :
James K Polk. President of the United States,
James Buchanan, his Secretary of State,
YV m. E Marcy, his Secretary of War,
John Y Mason, his Secretary of the Navy,
Cave Johnson, his Post Master General,
Rolft J. Walker, his Secretary of the Treasury, and
Nathan Clifford, his Attorney General.
As these gentlemen, the President and his Cabinet,
involved us in the wnr with Mexico, the country is
deeply anxious to know how many of them have sent J
their sons, or sons-in-law, to fight the foe ; and as much i
difficulty has been experienced by the people in learn- i
ing tlie fncts, the above reward has been offered, in
hopes of eliciting the truth. The evidence may he filed \
with C. B. Cole, President of the late Democratic Con- i
vention, and upon his certificate that such evidence has j
been furnished, showing that each of the before men- j
tinned gentlemen has either a son or son-in-law in the !
army, the above reward will Ik* paid by the
Whigs of Georgia.
P S.—Editors friendly to the cause of knowledge,
will please circulate the foregoing.
Taylor and Clinch.
Our readers will discover that W’p have hoisted the
name of Gen ZACHARY TAYLOR as a candidate
for the Presidency of the United States. The Whig
Convention, lately assembled in Milledgeville, have
formally presented him to the people for that high office,
and we cheerfully respond toils action on that subject.
We feel that the mere annunciation of hi* name is suf
ficient to rail) to his support all that portion of our fel
low-citizens who are wearied w ith the wretched policy
of our present rulers. The time-serving politicians of
the day, whose only hope is bnsed ott their power to de
ceive the people, and whose principles cons.st in a de
termination to plunder the country and fatten on the
S|toila, are expected, of course, to fling their weight in
the scales against him. But what w ill this amount to if
i the sovereign people, rising in the might and majesty of
their all controlling power, determine to elevate the
| modest aid unassuming old patriot to the first office of
i this great republic f We have seen how little the pet
| ty malice of the present Chief Mag strata and hiaco
-1 workers bus been able to effect; wc have seen how the
j adaiu&nt of Taylor's well earned popularity has with- i
| stood the unjust and unmerited treatment **f Mr. Folk
and the envious little rlnn around him. (Md Rough and
Bendy has nobly sustained himself in every trying hour. ]
1 tn every perilous position, where the fortunes of wnr oi
’ the bad conduct of his superiors has placed him. Brave. 1
I modest, intelligent and humane, with none of the ,
meanness of the mousing politician, and with nil of the 1
! ennobling virtue* of the patriot and the citizen, h
> comes before the country ut u tun** when honesty in pub*
j lie men i* a rare virtue, ami when firmness of purpose
I inuysav tin 1 Union. We enter at present into no bis
j tory of his life or his claims on the American people
! These things me written on the hearts of the aged, ami
treasured iri the mtnds of the young The children
know win* old Zick is. and what he has done.
Another name, fa mi Imr an u hous h"!d word, wt
place this day before the people of Georgia lor the high
est office within their g ft—the name of Gen. DI N
CAN L ( Li NCI I for Governor of the State. Wd
he do ? Will the brave old soldier, the stem old pain*
Ot, the intelligent old farmer, the devoted friend o
Georgia, anew . the pgrposes, or be likely to discharg
with udvuntage to the State tin* important duties de
volving on so r clm f Magistrate { What kind ol a nut
do the people desks in this high offie* ? Do they dcsiu
n smooth lougued tletiotunrer, who lias wormed h
way to party preferment by being,at all times, aUttun,.
to ull men? It so, Gen. Clinch is not the man to mi
them. Do they w ish the man of then chute! to !**►•
thnt hateful yet easy puld.c virtue which indue* * th
sycophant to “ cr**ok th* pregnant hinges of th” kite*
where thrift may toiW fawning ” t.
li. 11. Cllilcll Wilt not b” by , |m . *’•*• ;
li.it II.) welt 111.111 i* wanted H i ,| u . ..V “ r Vt,
Crawford..,'. The ,*.. * Wu tl ™* %
Mill,Hint,„w,r.l, in, I !„ lu!, u g'M
!’ ISI 1 “ ls proved him to he,-''!"”' 1 *
and an uuHmGim” republican. o,„ wlj™?
111, Suite t level mu, lit hark to .he. lowoonT’
the present i.icnintirm Sound it; but
*■ll on the policy that has redeemed “the" 1 ”' 5 ’
saved the rim meter of Georgia, will w “ <T| <
iey and nave untarnished-the reputation of *
•"’Jell a man is Duncan 1,. Clinch.
The candidates oi the respective p ßrt
nor are now before the people Th, , r k ' r ’
feelv e.uivam ■,!, mid the verdict oi llienL t"* 1
‘vnom they are tube tried will, in due t
riounced. Ut that verdict we hove lio ‘
butt Enquirer.
tifn. Tnyloi.
! Severn! reports have recently been nut
1 tion in regard to the probable course tnl,* *” “
j the old Chieftain At one time, it was sn M !
intended*! si,'tn his commission on the m J !’
her; at another, thnt he would at that bate
nry leave of nlwenee for n few weeks, t 0
private business. The N. <). Delia ~
p ntleninn recently from Monterey, tlm,
inrpose. the moment the government fttnp
with the necessary men, transportation nn 4 -7?
pii.-h directly fill ward to San Luis Pun* . ‘
some point ol junction designated by Gen
wh ” * *"” f<*r lien. Tn, i or .
l ie- l luiileatun E.cening Newemyt: ni
otl*"i. Taylor s despatches, (beautiful been” ,
has elicited g.-iieial commendation from then ”' !
It was some time since suggested that he
the author of them ; that Major Bliss was
the credit which they possess. To prove th ‘
‘ K'vmgsout” were bused upon error; tile eutti,
Hagerstown Torch Light publishes tiw follow
obtained hum a gentleman who is a graduated
Poult. uud who was a class and room mate „r
vis of Mississippi.”
“in convoisnt.oii with lien. G .es ,
tti.v ■ now Stationed at Washington, our ftierid ,!,*
(|iu'Mium, it Muj. liliss did not write the despatch*”
“'d 1 ” <-yc sparkled with indignation
plied that lie hud served with Gen. TayloriaLT
Court .Martials, and that he (Gen. T ) had bcC”
by each Court, to draw up its report, because ofs
pet no ability in composition—that all were , ’
accede to him the faculty ol expressing j n the t
strongest and most fbictble manner, the vie,,
Court, and hence he was uniformly selected J
purp< se.
“G-n G also stated, that in Florida,a nißaac,,
ing arose between Gen Twiggs and Gen.Tj tt j
a remark made by the latter, in reference ton,*,
tiny operations of the former. A correspoiuJ
surd, which ploved perfectly satisfactory
Tu iggs. One of Gen. Taylor's cotnmuraeg
wlmdi Ilf gave, at large, bis views of the tnatterT
put'*. ri*Jilu\l Washington, and, as G< n. (; rsu j
was regarded by the gentlemen of the armyasd
the most powerful military productions they Ini
seen. This communication seems to have ibrcUa
ed the despatched the fame of which has pp rea4
Europe and our country.
“One es the peculiarities of Gen. Taylor’s nil
writing was also noted. Instead of leaving, a
tomary, a margin at the top and side of the sheet I
T. commences at the extreme limit, and fills
so completely, that, as our informant observed, ti||
possible to trowd in, any where, even a littlei. B
seems to be one of the many peculiarities of“fcl
and Ready.” m
Progress ol Truth.
Samuel Small wood, .Esq , of Craven county
long known as a member of the Democratic
published a communication in the North Slatt
m r. latum t<> a rumor in circulation that he
-ij ( t Air D n.nlll, file Whig candidate
met. tor Cougiess. From that communication
chnng* paper extracts the following bold and
e:it language : wm
“ I d.d say that I should vote for Mr. Donnf>i:
so now and shall not tail my word.
briefly these: 1 know Mr. D. to be “ bones:.
and faithfuland 1 believe that the
the country, in the hands of ,\lr. Folk,
rapt, that n UKm ure not elected to Congress,who
endeavor to bring the government back to as
purity, there will sjieedily be an end to our
ertv And lam pleased, that in this view lamas 9
tamed by such Democrats as Senators Can. ■
Butler, of South Carolina, Yulee and
Florida, and th** Hon. \V H. HavwooJ,late
from Noith Carolina—and by a host of honest
crats thtoughoiit the country, a* the late
most conclusively. How happens it, that
which sent to the last Congress oniy one
s*‘iitls six ‘ il*w happens it that New Yorkand
-yiMmia, wlueii m'iii to the last Congress a
majority >t rt im iufo is, send to the next a Il'AglH
jority ol ‘i'Z ! How hajqH'iis it that in these
•' l l *ii*•. tiiere is a Democratic loss of 30 members! JIH
h*w happens it. that the Democratic majority
th.* la.-I t undress t, h** su **ee.led by a I Viug
ty in tin* next ? But one answer can he given—g
cause ol the high-handed und unconstitutional
<>f (la* Administration. Tins it is that lias aiannrtM
honest l)**m*K*rnts, tid forced them to the
Whig in**!i: and what has been witnessed in
York, and Pennsylvania and Virginia, will
North Carolina, when voting time cornea. yj
! “ Another ofli*nc * against Democracy ofwhdtfr^B
; been guilty, i-* that 1 tun a follower of Mr Cidhounßß
t/ns is a crime against Democracy.! glory in
desire iioihuig t*> tio with such Democracy
! him who can urge it as a crime in me, that
1 lower**! JohtiC. Calhoun, and at the same
! less himself to Ik* a “ follower” of JamM K
\V*uld t**Go<l there were more such
patriots hi th- Democratic party, as Mr.
a leas uumlier *t small ni* n, like Mr. Po!k,de**W|
high stations. Then the country would not
sulli*ring iin-l- r this t- ruble ."Couige *>t
era* y w*ul.l he dHgrnml with no such in*
ner as, “ t** ili<* victors btdong the spoils”
true, for Mr Folk, hut I deeply regret it—
-1 h'l cv** that nine-tenths >l those whovouiiais*
gret it too. ■
The lion. John C* Calhoun.
The resolution o! Die \S hig Convention,apfwW
of the e**urs<- ot this eminent statesman mdK>
ol tin* United States, during its recent seK®* f
approved ol by every citizen of Georgia
our torrign relations to he conducted with an <T 10
‘pence ami honor of the nation. All of M p:u ;
tli * ( h eg, mi diliiculiy, and how the count y
anc- *1 on tli • very verge of uu unnecessary
c Miihci. w must the Preside HI and the tm’
paity <fid what they could to haatan on the
ry catastrophe. Ad was doubt and danger
j eculive aeeiiH'd moved by the very spirit oil
and folly, and nothing was wanting tocon* , ‘ in
dread tng** ly hut tic* united nctioii of the D 11,1
party in the Senate. This unity of action c™
1 obtained. At this period of peril and deep.
I Wings, aid- and by the more considerate of
I crats, w ith Mr. Calhoun at their head,fluiNJ ir ’
1 fs-tween the mndncaa of tls* Frceident and w
ili**ir country, arrested the Executive in lu c
folly, and willed Uu* whole difficulty |
I the Miislhction of both countries. F*>f f* 11 ” ±
| convention have tiinnked and honored th*
j Senator of'Smith Carolina, and we are F ll
they have done it. The man who prevent* f® ® -
sniy war is entitled to cquul praise with him
the battles of tiie country.—Columbus
< omnium <-imut al I’liiicflo#’
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lutin’ II iih nil ‘l'lii- nmittul
i l.u'i -.1 tli ■ i!.'t\ |ni'viuiuly, l>y ih 1 ’ I' l ‘■
vi.ma.im:it Tin* lU-gwe of Bwh>'l°f “’ #i
.•iiliii. il ii,,.111 mxiy tun yuunji IP
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. -hi(ii Wi’ nm |.l.'H. il lo li ain tlwl “
, n'i'i'iiily li.'i'.i m ifii m fll *! ll |, c , l i i i
tii-i.'nt nmutution. Tho mUlri-*** l ‘l’ 1 ’
ii* in wly rrwilt'ti wlllicti wtm ili liven*
I- liKkiN. to a vnt riHiyii'l'iitn'ti. ‘"’“'l' 1 (J gH
oil mV tin,l In’ll llirtlul lilt’ rttaln. H ‘*"■
‘ oitli will |n imttl 111 lilt* IHimTuMn P ,,1,c > “ c ,|iß
■•■ ii w>tin 111 ili** North, w know nui lil “ l ‘_ (r 9
tit'i than in l‘rinc"totiMlbe l> rul ’ K “ u "’ yfl
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