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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