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JOI'RN VJ. ik MESSENGER.
S. T. CHAPMAN & S. ROSE, Editors.
Ireland Sixty Veftrs Aso.
The Mate of society in the Irish capital, and the val
ue at which human life wib animated “sixty yearn ago,
may be correctly ascertained trom the following anec
dote, which was told the author by a gentleinm still
living, who actually saw the transaction. It wid be
necessary te acquaint the reader that Dublin was then
infested by gangs of well-born, well-dressed, idle black
guards— members of the Hell-fire and Cherokee clubs,
who were a disgrace to their own order and a terror to
every other. I'he vagabonds rendered the streets in
secure , and a peaceable eitiiien or country gentleman
could scarcely venture into a coffee-house without bring
expose i to insult or assualt from these lawless bullies,
whom the defective police arrangement* of that time
allowed to run riot with impunity. I forget the name
■of the coffee-house—one probably extinguished a quar
ter of a century since—but it was then a fashionable
house, and one to which theßC disorderly personages re
sorted.
“ I was sitting,” said Mr. Beresford,” after dinner, in
the public room, discussing mv bottle of claret, and at
the different tables at least a score of persons
were collected, when a fellow of the ord -r. then termed
‘ Becks,’ threw open the folding (loots of the coffee
room. His name was Fenton, lie was showily do ss
ed, wore an emproided waisooat, ruffles, cocked hat,
and a small rapier. He thing hia hat and cane upon
the tabic, looked superciliously around him at the com
pany, and called for claret, which was brought him.
Waiter,h; said affectable, ‘was that scoundel Dick
Daly here this cvcuing I’ ‘ No, sir.’ ■ Cursed sorry 1
did rot find turn, a I wished to cane the blackguard in
continently.’ The words had scarcely passed his lips
when the folding doors were opened, and a personage,
dressed in the nvst eXtravgant style of fashion, swag
gered in. U.s costume was similar to Mr. Fenton’s;
but instead, of a small sword the weapon at his side r.ad
a crocked blade, then considered more fashionable a
-rpng the bloods of tiie day, and termed a cauteau dc
c\gte.
“ The new comer wan Mr. Daly, and it appeared that
has errand was to operate on the person of Mr Fenton.
■ Scoundrel’ and ‘ liar’ were instantly interchanged. Out
flew both blades from th” scabbards; a fight commenc
ed,and not a man of twenty pres, m attempted to inter
fere. Daly was the stronger, Fenton the better arti’e !;
and, evading the rush of his opponent, he r treated to
an inner door. Just as he entered the p --age, he ol the
rouleau de chaste •truck furiously a; his antagonist, the
point of the sabre catting the architrave of the door an
inch above Fenton's hcH. This civility at the same
nsuu’.t was returned wirli a home staccato from
the small skvord. which pass'd clean through Daly s
>od>, and he droppe i a dead man upon the floor, Mr.
Fenton quietly withdrew the reeking blade, wiper! it a
cross the coat of his fallen opponent, returned it to the
scabbard, and stepped coolly across the bleeding corpse,
bowed politely to tire company, am! departed, none
present either asking a question or oflenng to bar hia
egress. The whole ullair was transacted in a minute .
for
” Few were the words and stem sod high”
which preluded r.n encounter, that, liken fox chav,
proved ‘ short, sharp and decisive.’ At the next table
to that where I wa drinking nty claret a respectable
gentleman was busy with his roup He never pet down
his spoon, but, turning his eyes from the dead man on
the floor to the deep sabre cut over the doorway, he qui
erly observed, ‘ Lord 1 what a pity that Dick Daly
struck an inch or two too high, or by S’ Patrick* he
world would have been delivered of two of the most
troublesome scoundrels in cxi-e- nee! Waiter you may
remove the stun.’"— lli'htidt and Ilord-r Skrtchrt. by
IV. 11. yiarwell.
What we are to Hu.
The wonderful progress of this country in population
and wealth, has excited the astonishment of the world.
The friends of free institutions every where have watch
ed this progress with admiration, and have adduced
the success which has a'.t*trJcd our experiment, ns a
triumphant illustration of the capability of'he people for
self-government.
But wonderful us has been our progress in the pas',
the future promises atiii more astounding developments.
The following table is taken from the Westminster Re
view. If in iorty years, the population of this country
is destined to reach the van* aggregate of one liundre I
and thirty-seven millions of souls, what tremendous
responsibilities rest upon our rulers! A country with
such a destiny, should be governed by wise men, whose
policy will lead to the speedy development of us hidden
resources, and ro the early construction and improve
ment ofevery required commercial facility.
The population of America was stated, or perhaps was
supposed to be, in 1770 5,*XK),000
A census was otiicially taken lor the first
time in 1730 3,‘J2Q,33d
Again m lnoo r>.:*ni,7s l
1810 7,439.903
•< 9,130,606
•• 1830 14.868,670
Os which the whites were, 1” 930,011
•• flacks 4.009,91 M)
” fr -c colored 319 576
In IS-10, a census was again taken, and the numbers
were 17,000,C00. A calculation may be made from
this, without enumerating the odd numbers beyond the
millions, and supposing that the increment will cantin
as at the same rate as it had occurred in the pah, the
following rcault will arise;
There will be in I*so 21.053.333
•* 1860 31,118.050
<• 1370 48,475,059
•• 1880 6H J 204,1,81
“ 185-3 96.919,361
•• 1300 136,104,573
Anecdotes of Kthon A'ten,
At a dinner given to Mr. Secretary Walker.cn board
the Hibernia, lying at Boston, a few days since, the
Hon John P. Bigelow, of the Governor's Council, re
lated the f,How.up anecdote of Ethan Alien, the Revo
lutionary Patriot:
’’ When Isud North and Ethan Allen dined in com
pany, the former proposed the health of the King, which
Allen drank, of courts:; butintu. i gave the Devil,’
insisting that u the company had drank Lord North's
toast, they were bound to drink las.”
The Boston Atlat. referring to th„s i-tory, udda the
following, which is a better one:
While lie 1 Ethan Allen) was in England, the Englo-h j
Ministry tried various means to shake hi* stern repiib- j
.n an principles, and win him, if possible over to the side
oi the mother country At length Lord North, we he
rn ve it was, offered him as a bribe, one half of New
Hampshire. Ethan listened attentively, and replied
tfaat the offer reminded him strongly of an ancient scene
of temptation, where a less miport'int personage at
tempted to bribe a more iinpoiumi personage,by offer
ing him the whole world and all its possession*, if he
would but fall down and worship him. “ And,” added
Ethan, fixing his keen eye on Lord North, “ would you
teluee it, the and and rascal did'nt own a tjuare foot
of tht ttmtoy “_
Jfr. Be nlon in a New Position.
The Louwville Journal of the 17th, alluding toa report
that Col. Benton had written to Washington, deman
ding a Court Martial fen the vindication of his pmi-iu
law, Col. Fremont, and the punishment of his adveres
riesin the late troubles in California, adds:
•‘lt is cerium that Mr. Benton is preparing himself
lor a terrific attack on the Administration next Wm
t.w to the Senate chamber. At* town in the imetior
of Kentucky, a few day* ago, he got into a conver
sation upon the subject ol the Mexican war, and became
nnmenf. ,y exe v d,—penecUy infuriated. ll* *a:d that
an Opportunity had been ppreed by ot making an advan
tageous and honorable peace, and, that he could show
lie tact, and would ahuw it. Alitor the whole manage
mint of die war, lie averred that it had been utterly d.*-
graceful. He stated that he should go to Washington
make and one speech on the subject, only one, and, that
it would be the greatest speech of hi* life, and he win
willing it ahould be the last. In .(leaking of the Admin
istration, hi* language barely, if at all,fell short of down
right cuming._llis WTBthful declamation Luted a ful
hour”
The Drunkard’* W ill.
I leave aociety a ruined character, a wretched exam
ple, and a memory that will noon perish.
1 leave to my my purents, during the rest of their
live#, as ifvu* If of sorrow ua humanity, in a feeble and
deaperaie state, can aueuun.
1 leave my brother anJ sister a* much mortification
and itqury a* I could well bring upon th-m.
1 leave my wilfe • broken heart, a life of wTetched
n* and shame, to weep over a armature death
I give and bequeath to each of our children; poverty,
ignorance, a low character, and a remembrance that
their father was a diunhard F.icl inge
Mb 1 •,* v - ■ y \ s*i
Gen. Acort’*
When Gen. S..,rr was in this city, on lux way r th.
seat of vvur, he was frequently interrogated by curious
persons us to his plans ami designs. But the old Gen
eral was generally as close as an oyster. There was,
however, one purpose of his which he made no effoit to
conceal, and that was, his determination to be in the
Capital by the Ist of September. “ I shall dictate peace
to them in their Capital, on the Is; of September, 1317.”
The old General is certainly shaving it very rinse, but
we believe he will redeem his promise.—.V. O. Delta
i| a t O \ , tin.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT’IL 23. 1847.
FOll ritesHM.NT,
GEY ZACH\RY TAYLOR.
For Govern.".'.
<;EN. DUNCAN 1., t LINt 11.
CANDIDATES FOK 8188 COUNTY.
vVc ftvt! U'lthoriTtMi ‘ Illlll* UHOf .! \ UMS \
MMUiT am! ItOLVXD IIIVINS as candi
dates lor the I toil sc of Up prow ntatives, at
the ne\ t plprtinn.
The Trailie Farmer.
We arc pleased to acknowledge the receipt of the
hack numbers of this valuable Agricultural work, pub
lished at Chicago Illinois. It is a very valuable and in*
Westing paper, having more than three hundred cjk
tr Unit in ft, and is devoted to general as well as local ag
ricultim. Wc commend the Prairie Farmer specially
to ourcountry friends, not only on account of its intrinsic
value, but became the day i* not far distant when the
great region along the upper lakes will be intimately
uoniK cu*d with our South Atlantic country, by means
of the Railroad improvements now in progress, through
Georgia and Tennevep.
I p W hiv's mul at them*
The present is the last n irnber of oar paper, which
will reach all our read rs before the day of the ejection.
Need we tell the Whigs that every thing now depends
upon proptr personal efforts, in the several counties
Our opponents have mode thorough preparations for
the contest—they have canvass ‘d the State, and per
fected their organization. They lully calculate upon
wielding the whole floating vote, and will do so, un'ess
the Whigs innke vigorous, we had almost said, unusu
al efforts. It is now reduced to a certainty, that Gen
Clinch will get the full Whig vote, and a very respect
able portion of the flunking nu nos the Democrat.c p:r
ty. Ills defeat cm only be brought about by erimina
negligent of the Wings in reward to the floating vote,
anti in counties where they have large majoritit s. Let
no one regard the election as safe, until he knows thu:
every Whig vote has been polled, both for Gove; nor
and lor members of the L’gidaturc. The result of tin
present Smuggle to the Whigs will be glorious or disas
trous. It will be in more senses thru one, a Buena
Vmt* fight. If we are defeated, wc will hill again into
th-’ hands of the teckiesa political speculators, who
once already bankrupted the State, and multiplied the
public burthen*. They comeback fean and ravenous,
and if they get possession of tire Treasury, like hungry
leeches, thev will not desist until they suck out the
very life-blood ol the State. Thi* struggle then is to be
made not only for your principle*, but for your pockets
Every Whig and especially every tax payer in Geor
gia, has a direct personal interest in the election ol
Gen. Clinc h Let them sec to it then, that, hereafter,
they be not forced tv* indulge in the bitter reflection that
they possessed the power to save the Commonwealth,but
rare!# --'y and criminally failed to exercise it. If the
Whigs wili ;!y their duty at the polls, we shal
have a glorious victory.
The War News—Oar Extra*
The Editors of the Savannah Republican excuse
themselves for not giving the Journal Messenger
credit for the news for which on two recent occasions i
they were indebted to our Extras, on the ground that
we di 1 not extend to them the courtesy of sending them
slips. They say that the first slip, they procured at the
Pulaski House, and that the second, which “ was seflt
on speculationthey “ purchased to relieve the public
inxiety.” We have no disposition to get up a contro
versy on this subject between those who ought to hr
friends, but we feel it to be our duly simply to state the
facts in order that the public, particularly in Savannah,
may do ua jiutir t. Having made an arrangem nt with
Kiddle’s Express, wc are enabled to gn the news at
this point twenty-four hours in advance of tiie mail
For this wc pay- The Editors of Savannah having a?
present no contract with Mr Riddle, we are therefore
enabled, without interfering with the rights of any one.
to furnish the people of that city with important intel
ligence twenty ‘our hours in advance us their non
papers Notwithstanding we could have done tins, ‘
we did not avail ourselves of our advantages, because j
we did not wish to interfere with their regular business i
When the first nrwsof the great victories of Gen. Scott j
reached Macon, it appears that some of our siips were J
earned to Savannah, when both papers seized upon
and appropriated them to their own use without piv j
ine the Joinin’ *N Messenger any credit This they 1
did knowing that we paid for th° news, and that but for
our efforts they would not lnve obtained it until by regular
course of mail. Finding that their purpose wsh to ben
efit by our labor, and at our expense, without even giv
ing ordinary credit for it, we resolved to sell a portion
of oar slips, to be carried to Savannah. Yet, even then*
one of the conditions of sale was, that they w* re first
to be offered to the papers, and if they would nut pur- j
chase them. then, they were to be used for general dis- :
tribution. The Republican purchased them, and again
neglected to give us credit,on the plea that they “ could j
hardly be expected to pay for extras and acknowledge ‘
them as a favor at the same time ” Now, why did they 1
refuse credit to the Journal is Messenftr, and yet give .
it ts the N. O. Picayune 7 Both of us sold the news in
order to defray a part ofthe expense of procuring it, and
the Republican has no more right to poach upon the
one than the other. It ts a favor to let th m even pur
chase the news twenty-four hours in advance of the
mail Was it not ours? Could we not have withheld
it entirely, from the Citizens of Savannah, or circula
ted it there cn our own account? Why theft should
we be refused credit for it? Was it not enough for us
to purchase and print it ? Are we expected also to for
-1 ward it specially for the benefit of’ those who have been
| sitting snu dv in their offices and making no effort to ob
j min it ? With this simple statement of facts, we leave
I the public to judge, whether in common justice the R •-
publican, at least, ought not to have given us the usual
credit for the newt —especially as they could not have ob
tained it unless through our efforts.
The Art I'nion I'ugtaving.
Mr BoiarMAN, the agent of the American Arts
Union, has krndiy handed u a copy of the engraving
furnished the subaenbeis during the present year. It is
j a beautiful picture representing the parting same be
tween flir Walter Raleigh and his wife on the eve of hr*
! execution. The painting is by Lsvto, and the engrav
ing by CiutLSs Bit Each subscriber to th*- Uuion,
m annually entitled to an engraving amidar to the pres
| ent, and to a chance for one of th * splendid p ctures
with purchased the general fund. One of the pie lire* for
the present year, u truly magnificent water scene, was
drawn by Mr. OnCAR, of this city, and may L seen in
the Lady's parlour at the Floyd House Lovers ol the
j |e lrte Arts, w ill of course embrace this favorable upper
-1 tunity picture# at a coiitp rativ.*l y tr.fling
cost, a.ul at th* “ante time, eitcournging those poor but
* talented arbst* who are striving after perfection in their
i pursuit. The aul* 1 upturn price Is only fiv.* J jl.uih, an*)
can b** paid to Mr. Boaiu min*.
Cherokee Apples,
Mr Cavan has sent oat veiy fine specimen of Cbero
kec apples. As Mr. G. has rMa! dialled a branch of hie
house in Dalton, he will have it in his power to supply
faunUes in the city and surrounding country with both
green and dried fruit, of a auperior quality. As tin* is a
new branch of trade, resulting from our railroad im
provement*, w trust that Mr. U. may be property en
couraged. First quality dried peaches arc worth, at
Chattanooga, about 75 cents pet bushel, while sn ink
riur Northern article lias frequently been acid here at
New Good#— Advertising*
W'e take plfwc in calling attcntioti to tht advert sc
ment ot Memm. Peter 6l who an- now re
ceiving • fresh and admirably selected lot of goods so
gentle ment wear, and which they art prepared to
make up in the most genteel style at moderate uric**#
Our country and city friends would do well to look
closely to tk* adverting columns of the Journal and
Messenger as they will pret’y generally tell where the
b* at good* and the best barga ns arc to he obuined.
Ti.e Tenc* ftcport*
La Patria jiroles-ien to have heard by way of Tam
pico, that the treaty of peace has been signed, and that
the Rio Grtnde is the loundary, Mr. Thint, having,
by orders of his Government, agreed to give up Cnii
tornm, New Mexico, and all other Territory now in
the possession of(ur armies ; also binding our (iovern
men: to sustain Santa Anna in power nnd requiring no
in hrnnity for the vvur! We don’t believe it ; but if it
is eo, what has Mr. Polk made by the war?
Macon and he r Destiny.
It ia indeed gratifying to observe the evidences of
prosperity which arc every where manifesting them
selves in and around our city. The mechanics and la
boring men are nil busily employed in repairing old
buildings or ere'Ting new ones. The merchants nr*
; enlarging and improving their stores, and procuring in
creased stocks of go* ils for the businesß of the coining
season. Professional men. merchants and capitalists
from abroad, arc corning hither for the purpose of com
peting in buaincßS, and of rising upon the coming tide
of prosperity. Tlu* Railroad to th* South-West, ami
the link between Tennillc nnd the Double Wells, once
I completed, Macon will be the great central point
; whither a large proportion of the trade nnd travel ot the
State will tend. She will then he accessible by Rail
'road from all portions of the State, and will have, in
i addition to her River facilities, some ? x hundred imlea
!of Railroad transportation. Being in the very heart ot
I the great cotton region, she must necessarily become
flic actual mctropoliH of Georgia—whether the State
House he removed hither or not. Only one thing ran
i prevent her from becoming the largest city, except
< Charleston, in the South Atlantic States,nnd tlmt is, the
apathy of her citizens upon the subject of manufactur
■ ing and the mechanic arts. To suppose that a city can
be built up without a resort to these, in an absurdity.—
i Industry and economy only car secure permanent
wealth and prosperity in u community ; and yet, mere
industry, unaided by arts nnd appliance® of ma
chinery, can, nt the present day, accomplish but little.
The productive wealth of New England has been mul
tiplied more than twenty fold, by the practicM use cf
her various inventions—of her labor-naving machines.
The effect rs these inventions, too. upon her working
population, has been immense Her mechanics nr*
now, to sorne oxtent. relieved from the mere dru Igery
of physical labor, and ar<’ allowed an opportunity to im
prove nnd quicken their intellectual faculties. Another
effect of the general use of machinery nt the North,
has been to chenpen, not only the necessaries, hut th>
luxuries of life, nnd to bring them within the resell ol
the poorer classes. The labor, for instance, of building
houses, has been reduced nearly one half, by the intro
duction of the various planing, morticing, tennoning
machines, 6tc See., now in use. The price has con
sequently been correspondingly reduced—thus enabling
a much larger number to build, and increasing greatly
the demand tor nv ehani'*s. In this way, ton. the la
bors of the mechanic ar* lightened, and he is forced to
depend more upon his head and less upon his hands—
a premium is .act upon intelligence and business capaci
ty, nnd mental improvement is quickened bv rivalry and
competition. Nowher- wou’ l thee results he more
desirable than at the South. It would nt once dsw a
distinct line of demarcation between white an I black
labor—it would place the worthy, industrious, deserving
white man above the degradation o r eompeting with
the inferior race—it would dignify h s labor and give
him that position to which he is so richly entitled
In contemplating the prosperity nnd destiny of Ma
con, those reflections are by no means unimportant
We have a sturdy, emerprizing class of mechanics,
whose personal interests, anil the welfare of whose
children a- pend upon the direction which is soon to be
given to the labor and capital of the place. If that
capital is directed to the purchase, and that labor to the
management of the various claves ol machinery, then
will thr productive industry of th* place be greatly mul
tiplied. and that elevated and respectable position he se
cured for the mechan c and laboring interests, to which
they ere so richly entitled by th-rir enterprize and their
industry. These benefits, however, are not confined to
a single class—they extend into every ramification of
society The merchant, the real estate owner, the cap
italist—all arc interested in bringing about the state of
things herein contemplated ; because the effect would
he to build up and cherish a most desirable class of our
population, to increase the value of property and enlarge
the demand for goods.
Next to the importance of wise nnd judicious legis
lation, much depends upon the course of the mechanics
themselves. They should become the pioneers in all
these improvements —should encourage every enterprise
and patronize every invention which is calculated to
reduce their labors and increase their income They
should strive to transfer hither the wo k-shops of New
England, and to produce at home, of equal quality and
at corresponding prices, every article which is now
purchased from abroad. This being done, a liberal pat
ronage would follow, nnd our city, under: the influence
of well directed enterprise and productive industry,
would soon rent'll that degree of prosperity to which her
position entitles her.
Mmifitactorica in Georgia and Tennessee*
Georgia and Tennessee are destined to become the
great manufacturing States of the South, if not of the
Union,because they have not only grater resources in
proportion to their population, but being traversed in
every direction by Railroads and Rivers and having a
double outlet both to the Gulf and the Atlantic, they
will piMwesH nnprailed advantage* in regard to both the
foreign and domestic markets. If our people would dis
play one half the energy and enterprise of the Yankees,
in n quarter of u century from tin* present time we could
surpass the whole of New England in wealth and pop
ulation—indeed all that we now lac k to develop that
enterprise and energy, is the establishment of manufac
tories, and the more genera! introduction of machinery.
Let us compare for a moment the* agricultural wealth
of the two States named, with that n f N**w Eng
land Georgia nn 1 Tennessee have together a pop
ulation of 1,694,000 —’.he States of Maine, New-
Hampshire, Massachusetts. Vermont, Connecticut,and
Rhode Island have 2.122,000 souls Now let us nee the
relative products of the two sections as developed by
the census of 1.440, and by more recent statistics:
New England. Tennessee and Georgia.
Com, 1L913 000 bushels 83,V 0.000 bushels
Wheat, 2.898,000 “ 9,911.000 “
Potatoes, 20 .Ml,ooo “ 3.792.000
Rye, 2>82,000 “ 44-8.000 “
Oats. U.2I7.CMX) “ 9,458,000 “
Buckwheat 1,097.000
50,348,(VH) bushels. 107,194,000 bushels
In addition to this. Georgia and Tennessee produce
annually about fifteen millions pounds of rice, probably
three millions bushels of sweet pounces, none of which
are raised in New England They also have, accord
ing to the census of 18-40, 1.90C.851 neat cattle, and
4,181.302 swine, whereas the six New England State*
have but 1 >15,273 neat cattle and only 718 698 swine.
Thus showing that while we have a little over half
the population of New England, we have more than
double flu* capacity to feed them. Hence the fact, that
provision* nr* comparatively so much cheaper in th*e
States than at the North, and hence the gr.*at advan
tage which we would have as competitors in manufact
uring enterprise. In many pans of Georgia and Ten*
n mee. operative* can live tor less than one half of what
it w uld coat them at Lowell, or any other of the great
mamttaeturing cities of New England. Having this
immense advantage in regard to provision*, and a cor
rcspotidingadvantage in printing the raw material,
why should nr capitalists hesitate to Invest their mean*
in manufactures? Especially, why should the citixet *
>i Macon hesitate 1 In a few year* our city will stand
alone in Georgia in regard to the adventag' owmrM of
j h**r position, and Ur taedme* oU* n i lumcetkm with
all portion* of the Ktate She will dmw her supplies ol
1 provisions not only front the surrounding counties, but
horn the very centre *t Tennessee and the valley of die
g,e*4 West She will stand at the j unit ion of two preat
lutes of railroad connecting her with the fe at harbor
on the Booth Atlantic court on the one hand, nnd of
the Gtt ! ! of Mexico on the other She will then receive
over 190,000 bale* of cotton per year, andol course will
present superior advantages for tfe’ purchase of the raw
material All things considered, we believe it issuo
cvptkbla of indisputable proof that Macon has sdvants*
,*es for manufacturing purposes not sur)W*ard by any
other nty or place in the Union Th** citizen* of other
town* and counties have entered largely into these un
dertaking* Shall th* ybe allowed to reap a rich har
vest, while we remain insetiv. ? Hiiall they grow rich
with railroad rapidity, while we continue to imitate the
n oth or actually sink into insignificance, because of our
utter waul of energy I Surely, surely, we OOftnot suf
er this L**t then, the prominent citizen* of Macon
concert some general plan of operations, which m iyre
ult in the organization ot at least two or three ninmt
f.icusring companies during the present autumn. The
l public mmd is prepared for such a movement
A TTW MUTT REA^Olf^l
For voting gainst Col. G. \V. Buonaparte
Tbtt n# for Governor*
1 Because Col. Towns is a mere politician, and
would administer the government of the State wi.h es
pcc.al reference to his own re-election, and lor the ben
efit of hia party, without any regard to the general good
of the people.
2. Because as a public servant, he has manifested an
utter want rs business capneily. ud a neglect of th* in
te refits of bin constituents, wh ch iias very properly
subjected him to the grave charge of either entertain
ing no opinions upon important questions, or of lucking
the independence to express them.
3 Because, in his younger and less cautious days,
while a member of tin* Georgia legislature. Mr. Town ■
wne the adveente of the miserable financial policy
which flooded the State with the depreciated notes o
the Central Bunk, and which borrowed money on the
credit of the people, at B percent., to loan out to politi
cal favorites at 6 per cent —thus squandering the peo
ple's money, bankrupting the treasury,and ruining the
credit and character of the State.
4. Because, not satisfied with his advocacy of the
Central Bank nnd th* financial fallacies of his party, he
went farther, nnd aided in chartering a hatch of local
institutions—in one of which (the Chattahoochee Rail
road nnd Banking Company) lie was a stockholder, and
b> which.subsequent!) ,tbc honest, hard-working plant
ers of Georgia lost thousands and hundreds of thousands
of dollars!
5. Because, though years have passed, Mr Towns
has never avowed a change of views in regard to the
wasteful and extravagant policy of the previous Demo
cratic a (ministration* which he supported ; and ("ju ‘g
i'lg of the future by the past,") if elected, he woul!
again revive the Democratic usage of squandering the
people’s money, until the treasury would ar ; n * e emp
tied, and it would he necnwary, as in th * lay* of Grv.
M Donat-p, to increase the taxes and muitip’y th°
public burl be ns!
6. B ca i>e. if elect* I. Cos!. T \v;s an! his frien!
would remove from their places the present able end
efficient public officers—among them the Princ : pai
Keeper of of the PpnitemU'y* (who by hia abl* man
agement of the concern, ha® caused it to yield a net
pr<>fit of $5 000 per annum ) and will appoint m his
place some reckless political favorite, who. according s o
good Democratic cuifrom. will make the inst tution a tax
upon tiie Treasury of some twenty thousand dollars per
year ’ Such Ims been the case under a Democratic ad
ministration, and such will he tli case again, r s Col.
Towns has even less capncby nnd firmness than his il
lustrious Democratic predecessors.
7 Because Col Towns is n6t as reliable upon State
issues r s Gen. Clinch His friends in Murray nnd
oth**r counties say tlmt h** is in favor of suspending the
work upon the State Road at Dalton; while in the
nr Idle nnd lower counties, they declare that h* is in
favor of its immediate extension to th** Tennessee river.
He is thus all things to all men. whereas it is universal
ly known that Gen. Clinch has but one opinion; and
■ h r lie is in favor of the completion of the Road nt the
earliest practicable period consistent with the financial
condition and interests ol the J^tatc.
H. Because, while Col. Towns ie vascillating, uncer
tain and time serving, his opponent, Gen. Clinch, is a
man of acknowledged firmness of purpose, of sound
judgment, of few words ; is in favor of carrying out the
prudent and economical policy of Gov. Crawford, nnd
is utterly opposed to the wild, reckless an 1 ruinous
schemes of the Democracy, both State and National.
9. Because Mr. Towns, on National as well as State
isFU-s, is unc min and itnreiiahl •: He once, in the
Georgia Legislature, voted that a tariff was constitu
tional, and now pmclnims himself in favor of fre** trade!
He once informed the people that if they would elect
him to Con gross *in ! allow hirn to rodue. th* duties on
Cotton Bagging, Rope. .Stc.. &,e . that the price w-*uld
Im* reduce 1 in icon -ponhnj b'gree. was v it to
Congress, nnd aided in carrying out his great Demo
cratic measure c#{ “ deliverance and liberty,” and yet
the planters have this year to pay about a quarter of a
million of dollars more for th ir rope and bagging,
than before Mr. Towns began to m< ddle with their ul
lairs Under his unwise policy almost every species of
goods has risen in price, and the loss to the peo
ple of Georgia will be more than a million of dollars
during the present year.
10. Because Mr. Towns, while professing to believe
that a reduction of duties would lie followed by a corres
ponding reduction in price, and while he actually voted
to reduce the duties upon goods used by the rich, was
careful to vote the ail mission of salt free, and in
facur of taxing tea and coffee 20 percent! Thus
proving, that u professing Democrat, he is ever
ready to discriminate in favor ot the rich, and against the
poor mechanic and laboring man.
11. Because, while formerly a member of Congress*
lie resigned his seat and left his constituents unrepresent
ed, for the purpose ol engaging in Western land specu
lations. and even during the last Congress, though ab
sent from the call of the yeas and imys three hundred
and eighly-nme times, he was always careful to be
present wlien votes were to 1 * taken tocut short the ses
sion or to forfeit the payol members for non-attention to
their duties.
12. Because Mr. Towns, not content with neglect
ing the inter* Pts of the common people, who 9**:it him to
Cdtigreaa,now aspires to be made Governor, and, in his
anxiety totenure his election, has innovated upon the !
long established custom of Candidates for that high i
offic \by taking the stump against an old farmer—thus .
at die same wne degrading the station, and establish- j
ing a must dangerous precedent, which places the gu- J
bentatorinf -hur only w.tl.ln the reach of speaking men j
and lawyers—laying the basis of a most odious and in- j
fntnout irtMocrocy—sapping ti c very foundation of our t
Republican system, and forever preventing the poor and !
common classes from rising to distinction and honors -
i hie preferment.
13 Because a man who is thus regardl *s-o the pub
i lie trusts confided to hin -who, when h** do t act, only
injures his ionstilu. nl;>—whose energy nu I bu.*mn 1
oapae ; ty are m t equal to the req irenier.ts of ordinary j
political station*, and who, while professing to be a :
| Ueinot* ai,** .untenan. es a scheme which is intended ;
to raise th** profession to which he belongs, at the ex- j
pcnHe of tne planter and laboring man. does not deserve
the vote of th t class of his fellow-citizen*—-especially
while they have such n candidate before them as that
old, .well tried patriot and planter, Gen. Duncan I. !
Clinch
It And finally, beer.use it isdue to Gen. Clinch,as
h vindication of hist high character —is a token of re
spect f*>r his sterling qualities—and a a small return of
gratitude for the many long years of arduous service,
which he has w* ta.ihfully rendered the country—that
liih slanderer* should l*e rebuked, and he triumphantly
MistuineJ and elect* and by the suffrage* of the people.
-
* TH** Crest I *ut will h •—must !> Sti*tnin*'i!’
j Such is the Im : age of the Senior Editor of th” Sav
annah Georgian, writing from Washington csfv under
I dnt** of the 11th itwit. The party in Georgia h ive li
i nally resolved to shoulder Mr Polk and all hid incus
-1 urea. \lt>*r dodging this issue tor the las; twelve
month* —niter hun.lre in of them have dented that they
i could sanction the policy of th** Pres .lent, it has now
been authoritatively announced to them, by the oldest
Democratic Editor in the State, writing from the very
vestibule of the Cap tai, that “ the Prcindent will be—
must be euetained !**
Voters of Georgia, think < f thin!
Vouare celled upon tv- su tain Mr. Polk and ail his
j measures!
You au* called ujou tuappu ve of th- manner in which
the Dt p irtiue’itH at Washington have iiimmaiiMged the
cKiati.ig war, and wasted and squandered nearly One
Hundred Million* oj U < am, for the b- uelit of the
Mexican t*e**pk* uni of lit* political favorites of Mr.
I*ol, K !
You are call*’ 1 ;* ;* t vm-fior th** return of Santa
i Anna and forty odd Me*lean and foreign e fticers, un
der n permit from Lie Pi'indent for tV purpose of con
tinuing the warand of slang.tiering nearly three thou
sand Americans at tie haul s**l tiuena ViMta, Cerro
(•oi.lo, Contreras and Clmruixsaco !
i You are called upon to sanction the treatment of
4 lens Taylor and S. < tt. and ti. miserable Lcuioii*
i ant (lutieral scheme winch anught to places private
1 citizen in etna •mind of veteran officers wtmhsd already
j won imiwwial renown for themselves and their country’
You ire c alled upon to sanction the wasteful extrav*
| ganeeofin admmistratian which forced the country
unnecessarily into a war and then basely asked Con
gress to vote an appropriation of three mtUionn of dol
lar* to purchase a peace !
You ure called upon to empress your preference for a
man who has prove 1 himself wholly unworthy of your
confidence and unfit to gnrd your important interests,
thy his vacillation, h s disregard of pie I • *s, hi* appoint
ment of abolitionists to office and Hi* base bargaining
with an unsenipul© n enemy,) over tlie veteran I ay MR
whose fame is already in every land, who*’ character
ia above reproach, a id who prom *cs to be the c in li
date of the people an l not of a party
Those of y >u. then, who vit?fo* M’ Towns or for
D'moerat.e L virtually vrts f-r Tames K.
Polk over Zachary Taylor. —You settle at least in
pari tiic question of'the next Presidency, for if Mr. Polk
himself is not the candidate, some man will be, who ap
proves of his policy. Remember, the principal Demo
cratic Editor of Georgia has said that H the President
will be — must he sustained”
Col. Towns and the State Road.
Just as we nrcdiccted last week, the friends of the
Democratic nominee in the middle and const counties
respond, by authority, that the report of his having giv
en any pledge in regard to suspending the work upon
the State Road is entirely false! Th-y are careful not
to state what he has done, and even the Colonel him
self, instead of replying brielly end unequivocally upon
the matter, refers to fonte oracular response which he
has placed, for safe keeping, in the hands of Judge
1 Icoi’Fß, and which will in till probability, not see the
light until on the eve of. or after, the election. There
is not one word said in regard to the scheme spoken of
incur last paper, viz • that the matter is arranged
through third parties, and that the whole object is
to cheat the voters. We utnfeistand that some of the
Dmocracy of Murray and perhaps other counties, are
still engaged in assuring the p ople that matters are
well understood, and that if Mr Towns is elected, his
whole influence will be thrown in favor of a temporary if
not a permanent suspension of the work. Os this, we
are assured by a gentleman recently from Dalton, who
gave us the names of the parties, and who let us fully
into their secret machinations. Col. Towns is a sly
fox, and ii may be, as we before said, a difficult matter
t fix the proofs upon him. until after the election; hut
vv warn the people of all sections, and particularly the
friends of the State Road, that their only security, is in
the election of Gen. Clinch.
His views have never for a moment been concealed.
Hi® ‘ •’••k and uniform answer has been that “ while he
w i ‘ p’y p IP d*‘e slon of the Legislature,
jr - w * opinions are favorable to the completion of the
w rk • t the curliest nerin 1 compatible with the finan
cial e m lition and pecuniary interests of the Stntr.”—
Here is • o dodging, no referring to third parties; but
an unhesitating, unequivocal expression of opinion, such
as may be relied npon and confided in. Let those who
know’the two men—who are aware of the strm, relia
ble. soldier-like frankness of Gen. Clinch, and of the
uncertain, vaseillating, time-serving ‘diameter of his
opponent remember, that if they would secure the per
manent prosperity of the Stnt*, and her improvements,
tlu ir only hope is, and must he, in Gen. Clinch. Elect
him and nil will be safe. Defeat him, and there is no
tilling what policy Col Towns may pursue.
Wlnle speaking upon this subject, we cannot too
strongly commend to the attention of our friends, an ar
ticle copied in another column from the Albany Courier .
The very fart that Col. Towns has, on one occasion,
refused altogether to give his opinions in regard to the
extension of the road, and that even when called upon
by a committee, he refers to a letter in the pocket of
one of his friends, an opponent we believe of extension,
residing in a distant part of the State, should put the
people upon their guard. A candidate who is so equiv
ocal. cannot safely be relied upon, particularly by a
people having so much atstake, as those of South-west
ern Georgia.
The Perpetual Dodger*
We beg leave to ca!l the serious attention of the vot
ers of Georgia to the alleged official negligence of Mr.
T ’.’ns, while a member of Congress. It has been
proved,
Ist. That although he did not take hi? seat until two
months after the commencement of the first session,
yet he absented himself during the remainder of that
session from the calling of the yeas and nays KP Two
Hundred and Sixty-Five Times 0
21. That during the second or short session, compri
sing a period of only eighty-six days, he was absent du
ring the call of the yeas and nays, icy “ One Hundred
and Twenty-Four Times.”-JSO
When these charges were first presented by the Edit
ors of the Republican , the Democratic press treated
the whole matter with exceeding levity. They attempt
ed to persuade the people that it was a small offence—a
very peccadillo —for Col. Towns, under his solemn of
ficial obligations, and at the very respectable wages of
Right Dollars per day, to “ play the agreeable” about
Washington to the utter neglect of the interests of his
constituents. They even went so far as to pronounce
the whole charge false, because the Republican had
unfortunately made an error of tiro months , as to
time, in Mr. Towns’ favor !
Finding, however, that the people of Georgia are not
thus easily to be gulled, several of the presses, evident
ly by pn concert and by authority, have conic out with
another excuse ! They would now have the voters of
Georgia believe that the health of their Congressman
was unfortunately bad—that he was almost a second
Job in affliction! Unfortunately for them, the Journ
als fully establish another fact, viz : that
CT* Mr. Towns’s most severe afflictions always came
upon him when some very important vote was about
to be taken JCXi
Thus we find him on the 6th of August, 1846, absent
from the call of the yeas and nays, when a very impor
tant vote was taken on a proposition to engraft the
IVilmot proviso upon the Oregon Territorial Bill; and
immediately thereafter he was present, when a vote
was taken giving away a piece of land to one Martha
Gray !
So too in regard to innumerable other questions of
importune*—lndeed, it almost seems to have been his
invariable custom to absent himself whenever respon
sibility was to be incurred In the fnce of these re
e. r fed facts, it will never do at this late day for his
kind friends to raise th“ cry of persecution, and ap
peal to the sympathies of the voters. It Mr. Towns’s
health was such that he could not serve hi* constituents
mitln t M y why did ho not follow the example of Mr.
T ,r. m.I resign } Why did he allow them to remain
unrepresented, while he rcgu’ar'y drew his Eight
D t “ai ■’ per J u Why fid he almost uniformly vote
•i tavor of i tng lat>‘ and adjourning early each day ;
wlvfe h uniformly voted for extending the session,
l and against deducting eight dollars from the pay of
: m nb rs, for each inexcusable case of absent eeim ?
Does this favor the presumption that Mr. Towns
lodged the important question* mentioned, because
either of personal illness or the illness of his family?—
l)n the contrary doe* it not prone that he had no excuse
and was resolved to get his pay at all hazards ?
Now, if Col Towns could not, or would not attend
! to the public business at Washington, w ill he be likely
to do m> in Milledgeville? If he ci old not endure to
remain in the Representative Hall to erst his vote, how
dolus friends suppose in* will bear up under the arduous
labors —the absolute drudgery--of the Executive office 1
Will he lie hkely to do, as Governor Crawford hnsdone,
attend to all the details of public business and guard
well the leakages of the Treasury ? Is he a matt who
would be likely to watch carefully th • interests of the
people in the various departments ? Would he super
vise in person the management of the Penitentiary and
State Road and pny off near n million of the public Uh
bilitie* during Ins term of office? Them-things have
been done by a Whig administration—tliey may possi
bly be done again, but not by any man who dodged the
yeas and nay* three hundred and eighty nine times
during a single Congress; nor by opt* so clos- ly allied
to the old Democratic Central Bank regime, as has
; been C l Ge i; ;u Washington Buonaimrte Town*.
The Vfrdirt-The standard Hearer.
Th** Editor of the Federal Union, finding himself
overwhelmed by tb* l (bet, that the verdict of the Ju y
I nth* celebrated Bt. Mary's Bank case, wnn in favor of
Uen Clinch . has brought *ut Mattuiw Hall Mt At.-
I.tsTKH, in ;i certificate, to prove that the attomies set
tied the matter, to }h* best ol hi* recollection, by tossing
up loi lii<* K ill verdict.
Now we most seriously object to the competency of
tin* witness, because Me hi* a notoriously had memo
ry, as was cfnirly proved in 1845. It will be recollect,
ed, that in H3t he declared that he had accepted the
office of District Attorney tor Georgia, from John
Quincy Adams, in n letter containing certain con •
dituMS, and that he even pretended to have showed
aueh a letter to the much respected Richard W Has
lrmi am. When the records, however, were examined
in Washington, in MlrtS, it wss found that the letteron
file, and which hail actually been sent, contained, in the
language of ilh- chief dark, Mr Maucok, “ nothing hut
a simple acknowledgement of the receipt of the com
mission !** We object then, brother CAMrnr.i.L, to the
credibility of your witne-e, upon the well known legal
principle, “ fulsu* in uno, fain us in omnibus” Try
again, as “Titer Simple” said—” 6rtier luck next
tunc.”
To the Friend* ol Etlafillon,
Please notir particularly, the Advertisement of n
” situation wanted” by a gentleman and I,ady, Ac
Having known the parties from boyhood we can speok
hi unlimited terms of praise of their acquifftticnts, and
•access as tanehers. .
Ixite from Gen. Tnylor.
There is news from the Braz> s to the 7th Inst., an.i
from Gen. Taylor to the 30th ult. Gen. Cushing and
the Massachusetts Regiment were encamped at Palo
Alto, and the Ohio Regiment at the mouth of the river,
awaiting transports for Vera Cruz. Cupt.
been despatched to Washington to carry out another
battery to supply the plac • of Df.as’, which had been
detained at the special solicitation of Gen. Wool. Gen
Hopping died at Mier, on the 21th and Gen. Marshall
had been ordered to join Gen. Scott. Col. Tibbatu* had
quite a brush with the guerrilla* between Mier and
Monterey, but succeeded in driving them off with a loss
of only two men wounded.
E’even Dnys Later from Europe.
The French steam ship, Union, arrived at New York
on the 16th instant, with Havre dates to the 30th, and
Liverpool to the 28th ult. There i® a good deal of news,
principally of a personal character, relative to the
crowned heads and their royal relations. The Bank of
England, though somewhat more liberal in discounts,
wassiiP charging 6to 7 percent, interest. Many very
| heavy failures had taken place among the Corn dealers,
j amounting altogether to near a million sterling. Cot
ton was extremely dull, and on the 28th was quoted at
64 (a) ‘Jd for New Orleans, and 6i (®Bd. lor Georgia
Uplands. Only 8,000 bales had been sold during the
week Flour was selling at 24 to 27 shillings, and
wheat from 1 to 2 shillings lower than by the last steam
er. The Havre market showed a corresponding de
cline.
Death of Richard flenn Wilde.
‘This distinguished.oratoi, poet and pot it man, we re
gret to notice, died of Yellow Fever in he* Orleans on
the lOth iiwt. For years he has Idled u must important
place in the public eye, Having been a very prominent
member of Congress and universally recognized us one
of the most gifted scholars and accomplished geniiem*-
in the nulioti. tie was a native oi Dublin, liemiiu, out
migrated to this country in early me : iis <m ,A >
g.mta, where he was a store companion with Mr. Mc-
Duffie. Both subsequently studied law and soon rose
to eminence. Georgia was always proud of his dis
tinction and will deeply lament hia loss.
Gen. Gideon J. Pillow.
Most of our readers remember how tins redoubtable
General reported himself shut to pieces at the battle of
Cerro Gordo, and how lie exhibited the ball and liar
rangued the cabmen on the comers of the streets in
New Orleans. It appears that Gideon is resolved t*
be a hero whether or do. A recent letter, published in
the New Orleans Delta, and said to have been written
or dictated by Pillow himself, gives to him ail th’
credit of the late Mexican victories. One paragraph
of it teads as follows:
“ During this great battle, ’hat lasted two days, Gen
Pillow was in command ol all the Ibices engaged, ex
cept Gen. Worth’s division, and this was not engaged
except in taking the last work. Gen. Scott gave but
one order, and that was to reinforce Gen. Cadwala
der’s brigade.”
Thus it appears that Scott, Worth. Smith, Twiggs.
Cadwala. er. Quitman, Shjel. —d must stand back,
and let Gideon, suruamed the mod. si. be c owned as
the hero, anJ that too, in the face of the met that his
name is not mentioned but once in the regular account
of the battle ! We moat respectfully commend the case
to the next Democratic convention. ‘The last one,
which met at Mtiledgev.lle, I y formal resolution made
Twiggs the hero ol Cerro Gordo!—can not the next
national convention do at least as much lor Gideon ?
The Infantry HaUalion.
We understand that the Department at Washington
has at last discovered, that there have been between
three and four hundred men at Columbus lor the last
three months, and orders have actually been forwarded
lor them to march in hot haste for the seat of war. A
considerable portion of this Infantry Battalion might
just as well have been in Mexico three months ago.—
There was not a solitary good reason for their detention,
as we have cause to believe the government was in
formed that there was no probability of completing the
Battalion at an early day. Now that inarching orders
have been issued, it is to be hoped that the Governor may
at once tender the command to some gentleman ot mili
tary taste and capacity. We understand that the compa
nies already full, are admirably officered, and that with
a proper leader the Battalion could be easily completed,
and would do honor to the State.
Mr. Towns and the Planters.
The whole Democratic artillery and not a lew popgun?
have been let loose upon us, because, in our last we sii< v\ -
cd that Bagging. Rope, neg.o shoes, Kerseys, &,c. &c
had risen under the operations of the Britieh ‘Tariff
They se*k to shew that the average is in favor of the
planter, because he obtained a higher price for h:3 cot
ton, but forget that cotton had risen under the old Ta
riff, and kept rising until, the effects of the Towns Tariff’
began to be felt when it at once declined, and is low r
now than it was a month or two after that Tariff went
into operation. Some of these sinew <i political Econo- |
mists can eas.ly see how a short crop of hemp can raise
the price of bagging, hut cannot at all undeistand how a !
defiency 0f300,U00 or 400,000 bales in the cotton crop can j
produce the presentadvance in price. Had the Tariff 1
been let alone, the planters might have had just as much
for their cotton,and saved a quarter of mil. on on Rope
and Bagging—So much f*r the financial fallacies of
Mr.Towns ami his friends.
Col. Towns and (ho Banks.
We cannot refrain from calling the intention of our
readers to the developments made by “A Farmer,” in
j regard to the conn ction olCol. Towns w.thtlie famous
I Chattahoochee Railroad and Banking Company. It is
a singular liict that this institution went into operation,
we believe, solely upon stock notes, and it follows as i,
matter of course, taut as Col. 1 owns is a stockholder,
he must have committed the very crime charged y h>
friends against Gen. Clinch —viz: given a stock note,
and theuby committed u fraud upon the people. The
! principal diffeience being that in Gen. Clinch’s cat**
the people lost not a dollar, w hile in Mr. Towns' they
were fleeced of thousands and hundreds oj thousands!
How very unfortunate it is for the Democracy, thru
they scarcely ever make a charge against a Whig, ol
which their own candidates have not been guilty.
The Friend*of Mr. i nihotiii.
Wc arc happy to understand, that the personal and
political fiends of the distinguished Carolinian, arc
generally resolved to cast their votes for Old Withlo
ooochee. Tin y cannot conaent to vote for Col
Towns, because of hia abusive language used toward
their great leader in 1H36, and besides they c mnot ap
prove of the vote of that gentleman in favor of the e
ceptton of aboiittion petitiona by Congress, much les
of his mtiinnte association with the notorious Demo
cratic trio of Georgia Congressmen, who in the last
Congress voted for the infamous Wilmot proviso
They are right, and we bid them welcome. Come one,
come all, th *re is yet room enough under the glorious
banner of Tayl’ R and Clinch.
The Fall mid Winter Trade.
Our merchants are almost universally making exten
sive preparations for the approaching season They
are enlarging, repairing and improving their stores, and
receiving large supplies of g nceriea, staple and fancy
goods It is true that under the (benign ) reign of Mr
Polk and the Democracy, nearly ull classes of goods
have advanced about ‘JO per ct. in price, still, it i* to be
hoped that in due time, with Old Zuck and YVithlacon
chce at the head of the State and National government s
the planters may look lor a return to the good old fash
ioned days ol the Republic, wiieii Congress legislated
in favor of American, and not British interests when
the laborer wtiufaetm I worthy f hi* hire, and when it
wns thought better to protect the lives of our citizens
engaged in lake and river commerce, than to throw
them away, together with millions of money, in a for
eign war. The people have these thing* in their own
hand* and can control them, so far ns government is
concerned, at their pleasure. May they profit by the r
present and post experience. *
The Telegraph.
We learn by a private letter from Mr. Chksti u that
the work is rapidly progressing on the entire line. The
posts are all up Irmn New Orleans to Montgomery, mid
the two masts at tli 1 Rtgal- IS. near Fort Tike, arc near
ly ready lor erection. Ho soon as ike requisite amount
of wire is rcoeived, (now on its way from the North,)
he will airetchit between New Orleans and
and place those two cities in connexion. The R es
ters have been already rrc *ivt*d at Mobile Tins ac
complished, and we will have one day's later intelli
gence from the West, in advance of # the mail.
Mr CiiKvrta hits now the charge f the entire line,
and we led confident that his line bu-dtteai talents and
perseverance will insure the early completion oi the
work
Tl.p Mounted r>nrs,am.
Col. Cauhh’n certainly dewrve. infinj l 0
ihe energy which he hnn manifested in or™ ** H
Battalion of mounted Georgians At the ia, 1 * 1 "*
tilt’ command was on ns way betw.-i n M, )P ,
Mobile, ami we presume that by th<- tiresim!"? l,^ H
lias embarked tor Vera Cruz. a,c ’ it^B
communicated. H
A Word to hc People. B
The time is close at hand when you bus, , I
Governor for the next two years. Who .hall w'l'B
that honest null fa ilhfol old public servant Ge I'*
1,. < i.incu ?—or the supple ami tiine.. rv ,‘ n ” “*’ ‘"• H
team. Mr. Towns > The claims of Gen.
‘••I “ his public services lor the last forty y, Il,! ’
t m you those of Mr Townsnre.nt host, ~,b"J’ 1 ’ - H
•iuut.ttul. In presenting him to the pe, pi,'’ • H
OS’ and most responsible office wnhm their B
Inends of the latter gentleman have ventured , B
with nn air of triumph, to his course „„ „ , mll i” “ t ’ r 'B
mprov. Ins claims and tpialinenoons t„r the H
seeks At this point, the Whigs have ,oi„e.| j*, B
them, mul turned to the joumals of the I * i:l1
wh re he lirst appeared as a public man, |„ r B
Ttif.v til. ra find him voting to multiply n nnUi| j’?"*- B
lotions over th.- count,v, every one of winch ß
si, alter getting large ipinmities ol theiri ‘p L ”. h *’ B
the hands ol the p ople, utterly filled> \\, “
they find him volntg against making the B
liable, and again i a resolution to pan,,* B
tar iranJ anil misconduct They prove coneliif'” B
ilinl nearly a million ol dollars have been list",',,'? B
people Ol central Had western Geortjiu, within th I
fen years, la Ihe lidlu those worthless cove ** B
wlneli Mr. Towns- aided into life by bis to/.,
Ihev pr< parly .-liarge Mr. Towns with these disaster B
In replv, what answer do we receive? Why ij,,,,
all this was purely iicriitrntu!—ii was quite a s na 'i 7 H
enmstan. - ‘.!■ Towns merely l n p,s.„e |-
“” --‘•'k". and against those “ ■
Ol St.f-ty lor the poop! s.h c hoppe • “ ■
that's nil! Such an answer tea grow in.,, •, „ p,. , I
pie of Georgia, and more especially i„ ■
ol our fellow citizens who have oe.n ne.',v".’ u ..... B
these accidental votes of Mr. Towns. B
Finding in his course in the State Legislature■
inv to establish the high claim, set up for Mr Tw
hy his friends, hut . very thing against him! tie \vw ■
have ne.x- turned to an investigation of his c w B
C ongress. Here their discoveries are absolutely , art . B
Img’ Tile developments they make are siifHcimt ß
hiast the reputation of any public man. It is u nTOmJi B
ly conceded tiiat the last Congress comprised i wo a
die most important sessions ever held since th.- organi- B
zati.m ot the Government. Mr Towns wasacnnifi! I
late to supply the vacancy occasioned hy Mr P .j B
tesiguation. His friends, then as now, urged hish.fi B
(pndifieotions, and the people of his district elr c w I
him, notwithstanding they h. Id a political B
agailist him How their expectations were B
and how he demeaned himself as a I
( Jeorgia. we shad briefly see. lie entered Congrw „ B
the 2Gtii January, and we find from the J.-nr- ak, I
that instead ot coming up manfully to the disclaim. ■
his duty, and watching with Argus eye the grem mi. B
cats ol the peopl. , during the short lingment .1 tU
session that remained after his arrival, he was ;i ; M . nt
at the call ot the ” yeas and nays” 265 times! A,i;o
still v\ors t appear? that lie was nliwiit from hi?post
soinetimeH, during the s.-ssion, whole months t.-gciln!
At the next session, which was very short (oiny
ninety day? long,, we find he was absent at the call of
the “yeas and nays” 124 times !—either idling away
his time in tin dissipations of the Metropolis, or evinc
ing ctiminal neglect of his duties ns a Representative
and wanton disregard ol the great interests of tue pp o .
pie. When th‘* Whigs charge all this remissm*on
Mr. Towns, what w the answer of his Iriends I Tiiey
say, “ Oti! the \V lugs are disjmsed to be hard on Mr.
‘low ns, because he happened i<* Iv absent at the can of
tbe yeas and nays a Jew times!”
“lb ppened,” again —> ” few times,” indeed’ Is it
possible they can he serious, in trying to make thepeo- 1
pie beiieve that Mr. Towns hajipened to be absent Iroin
the discharge ot lus duty as a Representative of Geor
ge, nearly lour hundred tunes m one short session and
apiece •! a session, when Congiess was engaged in
deciding questions that must affect our destiny to the
end of time ! Such a plea in lus behalf is solemn
trifling, and must be fruitless, when connected with the
fact, that Mr Towns was evidently loitering about the
House most of this time, a9 he was generally ready to
vote for the first motion to adjourn !
But it 9eems that whenever Mr. Towns did muster
courage enough to vote, it was infinitely wo.se lor him
than when he did not vote at all. To loice the low*
be is to attend to their business, a resolution was offered
in Congress to deduct eight dollars from the pay of
every member who was absent without leave, or laded
to vote, at the call ot the “ yeas and nays.” Mr. Tewss
answered then, and no mistake. He voted against ihe
lesoluiion, because it would have saved to the public
Ticasury, out of his pay, upwards of three thousand
one hundred ixjLLars ! —which sum was paid to hun,
without the slightest benefit on earth. Not content
with pocketing this large amount of the people’s no
nes, it appears that Mr ‘Towns was hem on doing the
p. ople all the harm he could. With the same reckless
disregard for their interests which induced his general
absence, and torg tful of the confidence they had re
posed in him, we find him voting indirectly to TAX
their TEA and COFFEE, and the very SALT tiiat
enters into their daily food!
Will the people believe it? Can they realize the
truth, that a Democratic Representative in C ougwu
from Gcoigia, could become so recreant to duty, so
careless of his people at home, as to vote, either di
rectly or indirectly, to levy a tax on their tea,coffee
and salt! And lor what? Y\ hy, to support a fcw
extravagant memls-rs of Congress, who were flourish
i ig about Washington City in idleness or mischief.
solid our friends and ceum ynien into n foreign nation*
lobe cut off by the diseasw* oi climate, ... be autugliter
ed 1 y tin usan.i —mJ ail to render M< Polk |m^uia.!
‘These grave charges in reference to Mi J’owss’
Bhort-cotnings and misdeeds, aie not oi \\ h.g origin*
fellow-citizens. If any in mi doubts their truth, t 1 in
turn to the record*, and thcie read for Inumi, toe
deep and damning proofs.” If
True, these developments are almost beyond ertduli* I
ty. In the good old days of Republican simplicity I
winch used to prevail, ili* claims ol such n puton s-r*
vant would have been scouted indignantly !•>’ rvviy
honest man Ho tar from seeking for him a higher
v.ition. In.” pul,tic;al ti lends w old luivc dropped him in*
slant y. and allowed him to sir k into m< v ital If and Bg||
ii|s l>s übhvlet] l uh'Rw we greatly mist.-ke tli* i rt • B|||
pie of the present tune, such cannot tail k he tl ■■
now. The Democracy, relying upon the support! T
not at ice oi the people, have attempted to steal a march
upon them, and foist into the Executive office a mas
who >* without claims or qualifications. HI
People of Georgia! let the ballot-box thunder in
their ears your indignation, and overwhelm with ctn*
Itaaion the unprincipled politicians, who have thus in
•u.ied your intelligence, tampered with your beat ,nfr *
<Ht*. and sought to betray your State into the l.at'd* * t ■
those, who, when tin y were Indore tit power, pn ,J H
themselves your wo,*t enemies. GEORGIA
COMMUNICATED. |H
T*e Editor of the Federal Union i* a bold mi’—
much alter th * order of Sumt Peter, lor ad wcipl 1 Kj
the Prince of Peace. HI
Rr uiiy to smite wah the sword any who shall | rt> ’ H|
might against his master, it ih liopeJ, his tiew-Uni |H
zeal will prove more steadfast than that of hi* gn*at ('■“ H 9
to type, and that be will hoivion, until ajtet theew H|
at trust, helots he “deiius with ouths, that lu’ 4 ' er H|
knew him “ H
Tins remurk is elicited by the violence of that r ‘
in In* paper ft U*i week, fowurds a short artit'ie
the uudei signed in tho Jouina . <nid u ’
Ist mat. l,i that aitide, 1 merely stuled my l, ‘‘’ ‘
tion of the luct, iluil a certain law firm, oi w^u€ g
Towns whs a member, hud been reported,
since uuiong the defaulting aUurniet to the f ”
bunk, and in conclusion, culled tor inU>rmat,oits* .
subject—Ul wiiether it wns true, that a* ois* *
firm, Mr Towns was o defaulter to the Bank
if so, the amount .—ami *kl. w net her dt Ihicnt
had ever been paid 1 . r
llgre, it whi be observed, nano charge sg* l1 ** 1 ;
Towns at all, but a mere call Jor the facts, * w
whether be wus a UejautUi oi nut. D**” €M * Un
Editor.of the Federal Union t pervsiW inUi a
eimigi- aguuut Ins c mdtdsu* lui Governor, f
ana with a degree oi ha returns ‘*ot exsct.y m c
with his religious pioiessions, Ik* brands aas a ‘
” contenipuble” and “ unadulterated
b'lore tire pcopla “ without tire siigtiest etioen
tain it X 9 , . i,itndvinC
1 shall not descend to tfa* ignoble ta*k
|.|>ilhrl’ Willi it,"’ IMitor ol tin*
to b,e the whol o,'ul.olaiy ul bi ,
neait, and would doubtless m u stnle oi * ,s
the vantage of me,—hut ldo join issue mth