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From the „Vno York Pleltian. The Watchword. BT H. r. BARBER, ESQ. Air—‘ To tie .Mountain." They are coming ! are coming! and hark how their cheer, Like the ro.tr of the ocean surf bursts n:i the car; They are coming! are coining! from Beet and from West, In grin.feur and gloom like the thunder clouds crest; They aie coming! are coming! the sons of the North, An 1 the land of ihe South pour* its chivalry forth. Ten thousand bright banners are beaming on high. Each bearing our watchword, ''We conquer or die.” Democracy's bugle hath sounded the call. And it* soldiers are pouring from hcnilct and hall, To flock round the standard of justice and right, In the pride of their soul and the strength of their might, And wo to the foeman who standi in their path. As they press to the field in the gloom of their wrsth. Ten tliouaand bright banners are streaming on high. Each bearing oar watchword, *• W e conquer or die.” | On the falchion of cash is the flash or the morn, Each one on the altar of freedom hath sworn That his sword returns not to the place of its rest Til) bis cause be arengrd and bis wrongs be redressed; Till the pillar of Freedom in triumph ascends, A aloud to its foes and a light to its friends. Ten thousand bright banners are streaming on high, Each bearing our watchword, “We conquer or die.” Come rally ! come rally! bright, bright beams the day— For t'te noble Young Hickory shadows the 'Clay,' Come rally I come rally! a charge and a shout, And the blsst of onr bugle rings cheerily out; Come rally! come rally! one effort to save “The land of the free and the home of the brave.'' Ten thousand bright banners are streaming on high,. Each bearing our watchword, “We conquer or die.” I • From tie Clinton Democrat. Death of Cilley. The following lines are from the pen of Mrs. Sigourney. We think that they will not be uninteresting at the present time, when it is remembered that Mr. Clay wrote the challenge which doomed to an untimely death the much lamented Cilley. We hope that our readers will read attentively these beautiful stanzas. Let them picture to themselves the happiness and conten ment with which Mrs. Cilley was surroutidcd. Let them see her in the mirror of these verses, beside her fire, with these dark haired boys beside her, while the wintry winds of her own romantic State swept by her unheeded. Let them see her hanging over the scroll which bore her husband’s voice of love. Let them see the placid smile play across her brow when she thought of her husband’s wish ed for return. Let them see the melancholy look ; let them hear the shriek of that distract ed mother os she receives the news of her husband’s death. And then let them contem- plate Mr. Clay, the cause of her miseries, the author of her calamities. Let them see him rejoicing over her misfortune nnd her wo—re joicing over the death of her husband, and ex claiming, as he did with savage carelessness and barbarian disregard for the fine feelings of human nature, that ‘‘it was only a nine-day bubble.” But ah! it was a “bubble” that will tell upon that young widow’s heart. It was a 'bubble * that gathered into a wave that will rock till it sinks with her to the grave, the sea of her contentment, her joy, and her peace. It is a “bubble” whose echo will resound in the duel-dark caverns of her heart, and which will scarcely have its requiem in her tomb. Let our whig friends then consider everything connected with the duel. Let them remember that H. A. Wise, in the halls of Congress, ac cused Mr. Clay of being the principal actor in this duel, and that Clay did not avail himself of the law which defends and protects tho in- noccnt. Let them also remember that Mr. Clay docs not deny writing the challenge, and said it was only a bubble. Let them remember these things: and then if they can stop their ears against the widow’s cry and the orphan’s lament; if they can spurn her tears, her sighs, her sobs, and sorrows, and vote for Mr. Clay— thus justifying the murderer, trarnphng upon the tears of the bereaved wife, adding another pang to her wo, and joining issue with Mr. Clay in his wicked and unfeeling laugh at her mis ery—they may enjoy all the ease which their concience can give them. But let ihem remember that if they will not, the great mass of the people—the democratic party—will always sympathize with the be reaved, have always a tear to shed over the misfortunes of the widow, and will always give to the murderer—to the entailer of miseries and mflicter of woes—the just rebuke which his wickedness deserves. Possessing this spirit of justice and of right, of sympathy and good feeling, they will avenge at tho ballot-box on next election day the injuries of Mrs. Cilley, so beautifully, yet mournfully portrayed in the following stanzas. DEATH OF CILLEY.—THE CONTRAST. BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY. The mother sat betide her fire. Well trimmed it was. and bright; While loudly moaned the forest pines. Amid that wintry night. How fearful her protracted swoon— How wild her piercing cry! Thcr’ae many a wife whose bosom's lord, Is in its prime laid low— Engulfed beneath tile watery main, While bitter temperta blow. Orcrushed amid the battle field, Where crimson rivers flow. Yet they know not the dreadful pang, That dregs ber cup of wo. Who lies so powerless on her couch. Transfixed by sorrow’s sting; Her infsi.t in ils nurse’s arms Like a forgotten thing. A dark haired boy is at her aide. He lifts his eager eye— “Mother, they aay roy father’s dead. How did my father die?” Again the spear-point in ber breast! Again that shriek of pain! Child, thin hast riven thy mother’s soul; Speak not those words again. ••Speak not those words again, my son!” What boot* the fruitless c*re ? They’re written whereso’erahe turns— On ocean, earth, or air. They’re seared upon her shrinking heart. That bum beneath its doom, The duel! and the dead ! they haunt The threshold of her tomb. So, through her brief and weary years, That broken heart she bore. And on her pale and drooping brow The smile sat never more. She beard them not—those wind-swept pines— For o’er a scroll she bong, That bore her husband's voice of love, As when that love was young. And thrice her son, beside her knee, Besought her favoring eye. And thrice her lisping daughter spoke, Before she made reply. ’ O, little daughter, many a kiss Lurks in this treasured line; And boy, a father’s count el found, And lender grayer are thine. Thou hast bis proud and arching brow; Thou hast his eye of flame; Ami be the purpose of thy soul. Thy sunward course, the same. Then, as *he drew them to her arms, Down her fair cheek would elide A tear, that shone like diamond spark. The tear of love and pride. She look her infant from its re?!, And laid it on herYncc; “Thou ne’er hast seen tby sire,” she said. But he'll be proud of thee. Yes t he'll l e proud cf thee, my dove, Tho lilly of our line, I know what eyes of blue he loves, And such an eye is thine. "Where is my father gone, Mama, Why does lie stay so long!" “He's fnr away in Congress hall, Amid the coble throng. He'a in the lofty Concrete hall, To swell the high debate, And help to frame those righteous laws. That make our land so gteat. But ere the earliest violets bloom, Ymi in hi* arms shall be; So go to rest. my children dear, And pray for him and me." The snow Bakes rent'd their drifted mound, They buried nature deep. Yet nought within tint peaceful home, StirTOu tile soft down ol .Jeep, Far lightly, like an angel's dream, The irance of slumber fell. Where innocence and holy lore Entwined their guardian spell Another ere.—another aero!!.— Wot ye whit worde it said! Tun. two fearful words it bore. Till DUEL! AND TliE DEAD 1 ! The duel!—and the dead!—how dark \ "ts that young mother’* rye, Tlic Miller and his Whig Customers. [The Illinois State Register, happily illus trates in the following jit/e d'esprit, the force of that remarkable conclusive dogma, that High Duties make Low Prices.] Some weeks since, Mr. McConnell was in Mr. Douglass’ Congressional District, making Democratic speeches, where he met a staunch Democratic friend of his, who accosted him ve ry fumiliarly, and said friend Mack, I hear you are going to make a Democralic speech here to-day about the tariff. Well-says Mr. M. I’ll think of it; have you any objections friend Bob ? Well I have, said his friend, I am afraid you are going to interfere with my interest with your confounded discussion about the Tariff, and about high and low prices. If that is so. Bob, I am very sorry, says Mr. M. Pray how can that happen ? Well now Mack, I will tell you in a private way like, but I don’t want you to be blabbing it all around the country, and make a blowing horn of yourself about it, and get me into a deal of a scrape, perhaps into the newspapers besides. On of course says Mr. M., I will not whisper it to any ene; but how is it 1 V Well, says Bob, now you know I am a mil ler and keep a grist mill and grind for toll. Yes, I know, and a first rate mill it is too, and all your neighbors say that you are an a- nomaly in nature; a first rale accommodating miller that never takes too much toll. Oh yes, I understand you, I understand your grist of soft corn ; but that is neither here nor there, let me tell you how it was. Some weeks ago, one of my Whig customers came to mill and brought with him a copy of Mr. Evan’s speech upon the Tariff, and while his grist was grinding he sat down and read it over to me and commented learnedly and long upon that part of the speech that proves that a high protective Tariff makes goods lower, and the higher the duties the lower the price to the consumer. I listened attentively and never disputed a word he said, and when he was about to start home, I asked him to lend me the speech for I was greatly taken with it and wanted to read it to the people us they came to the mill. My Whig friend readily complied, thinking that he had made such a valuable convert to the high Whig Tariff protection cause. As soon as he left I went to work and made me a new toll dish, and I made it about two inches higher than the old one, and immediately commenced taking toll with my new dish. The report was soon circulated in the neigh borhood too, that I had turned Whig, and my Whig neighbors flocked in by dozens to see me, and among tho rest my old friend that loaned mo the speech with several others came together to get grinding, and all shook me cor dially by the hand and welcomed mo to the household of Whiggery. As soon as their greetings were over I took my new toll dish and in their presence heaped it rounding full out of each of their grists. Hallo Bob, says one of them, you have got a new toll dish, hain’tyou ? Oh, yes, says I, the old one got a little sliack- eling like, and a little wore off at the top, and rather too small for the interest of my custom ers, and I thought it was best to havo a new one. Yes, by gracious says another of them, do you see that; Williams, if it aint about a third bigger than the old one I will be shot, sure e- nough, says another. Why, Bob, what the mischief does that mean, how is that for the in terest of our customers as you say ? Oh, says I, very plain, don’t you understand it ? the higher the toll the lower tho price of grinding and the more meal you get. Shaw now Bob, says one of them, how can you make that out? Now none of your hum bugging us with your big loll dish in these hard Tyler times. Well now, says I, it is all as plain as day ; come set down here and let me explain it to vou ; and I straightway took out Evan’s speech and read to them and explained how the high i tariff worked, and although it appeared to in crease the cost of the goods to the importer and retailing merchant, yet the higher he paid for them the lower lie could afford to sell them to his customers, the farmers and laborers who consumed them ; and now, said I, the same uni versal law of trade and cause and effect applies with equal force to the miller and his customers. He docs the grinding and takes the toll, you are his cusiomers and consume the meal, and the toll being the price and cost of grinding, it fol lows as a necessary consequence that the higher the loll the lower the price of grinding, ami al though my new toll dish appears larger, yet you get more meal by it; and all this I proved very clear by Mr; Evan’s speech and the argu ment of my Whig neighbor who gave me the document; and 1 tell you friend Mack, it was a knock down argument to those boys, they looked at each other like so many bewildered 1 pigs in a Newfoundland fog, «'ach expecting the j other to answer my speech, but it was no go, it 1 was a good Whig argument ar.d proven by ac credited Whig documents, and they immediate- _ _ ; ly gave ill and admitted, that although they did t tell the white Ulan that, -if iie attempted it before they I not exactly understand it at first, vet it is now r-e»cb«d where they were going to, lie would kill biro. 1 .The . , -- . , % r V-» f while man had been employed some two or iliree weeks by ! clear and as SOU-Ctluent as -Mr. r-van 3 argu- j t [ lc f nl Jierof the little girls a* a common laborer—is about ment showing the higher the tariff, winch stands ; 3."> yeurs of age—appears to be an Irishman—and iia* aever- ■ - * ;tl name*. He ws, naid to be a Mormon, and appeared to I bate an intimate knowledge of the by path* and roads all From that time I have been using my new toll dish pretty freely, and manufacturing meal and flour has got to be a first rate business, and what is better my Whig customers, although their grists of meal don’t last quite as long as they used to, ore well satisfied, and now Mack, I don’t want you to be blowing away here that Evans’ speech is not true, and that this Whig doc trine about the high tariff making goods lower is all wrong, for if you do my pond is cut, and I am ruined, with my new toll dish operation. But, says Mr. McConnell, prav Bob, how do you get along with your Democratic customers, surely you can’t humbug them with yourEv ans’ speech and Whig arguments ? r&Ohshaw, no, says Bob, I use the old toll dish for them and all goes off well, but now don’i you tell any body what I told you. From the Baltimore American, 16Ik insl. Tfie Tariff—Mr. Clay. The Pittsburgh papeis contain the following recent letter from Air. Clay, addressed to Frederick Cope, Esq., of Greensburgn, Pa. in answer to one from him addressed to Mr Clay, as Chairman of the Committee of Cor respondence of that county. It is confined to the subject of the Tariff. Not a Tariff, or a judicious tariff, or a fair or reasonable Tariff, but is specific, direct, and to the point, as to what kind of Tariff—the Tariff of’42: Ashland, 29th June, 18-1-1. Dear Sir—I hare received your favor, stating that our political opponents represent me as being a friend of pro tection at the North. and for free trade at the South; and you desire an expression of my opinion—under my o- hand, for the purpose of correcting this misrepresentation. 1 am afraid, that you will find the eflort vain to correct mis. representations of me. Those who choose, to understand my opinions can have no difficulty in clearly comprehending them. I have repeatedly expressed them ns late as this spring, and several times it, answer to letters from Pennsyl vania. My opinions, such as they are, hare been recently quite as freely expressed at the South, as' I even uttered them at the North. I have every tchere maintained, that in adjusting a Tariff for revenue, discriminations ought to be made for Protection; that the tariff of 1842 HAS OPERATED MOST BENEFICIALLY, and that I AM UTTERLY OPPOSED TO ITS REPEAL. These opinions were announced by me at public meetings in Ala bama, Georgia, Charleston, in S. C , North Carolina, and in Virginia. I am, respectfully, Your friend, and ob’t serv’t. H. CLAY. Mr. Fred. J. Cope.’’ The Tariff—Mr. Polk.—The opinion of Mr. Polk in reference to the Tariff of 1842 is diametrically opposite to that of Mr. Clay. Mr. Polk, in reply to the citizens of Tennessee, on the 15th of May, 1843, said— I AM OPPOSED TO THE TARIFF ACT OF THE late Congress. I am in favor of repbaling that act, and restoring the compromise Tariff of March 2, 1832. From the Albany Argus. Gov. Polk and the Soldiers of the Revolution, When a candidate for office can only be assailed by mis representing hia course and positions, it may be safely as sumed that ho it unassailable. Indeed, it is a concession that he cannot be successfully assailed. This remark is particularly applicable to Gov. Polk, and the manner in which Whiggery seeks to detract from bis well-earned standing with the Democracy. We say the Democracy, because tho grounds of objection to him, urged in that quarter, ought to be, in some instances, at least, strong reasons with the Whigs to snpport him. To illustrate:—The attempt is made to represent Gov. Polk as having opposed, while in Congress, bills granting pensions to revolutionary soldiers! The E. Journal here goes the length of charging that Gov. P. would have left ‘the remnant of that band of veterans to starveand scouts the idea of bis ever having cast a vote for them. But the records of (Congress not only give the iie to this charge, but show the further fact, that, on these bills, he voted uniform ly against prominent Whigs—men who have since been in high favor with the Whig Party, and have been their chosen candidates for office. We happen to have before us, in an Ohio paper, where jhe same charges have been made a- gainst Gov. Polk, various eitalions from the records of Con gress. with day and date, showing this significant fact—that, while Gov. P. was voting for the relief bills to the “ old veterans ’’ your John Sloans, your Joseph Vances, your Sam. F. Vinions, your John C. Wrights, and your Morde- cai Bartleys, all prominent Ohio Wbiga, and the last, the present Whig candidate for Governor, were either voting against them', or shooting the pit and dodging the question? —a thing which Gov. Pulk, during bis long period of ser vice in the House of Representatives, never did. It is fair to suppose, that, if Gov. P. had voted with the Whigs, on these occasions, instead of against them, he might perhaps have done something to commend him to the favor and con fidence of the Whig Party. As it is, ho lits the satisfaction of enjoying as grest a degree of Whig malignity and hatred as anv Democrat could desire. A few facts will suffice to show how groundless is this charge of hostility to the veterans of the revolution. In April, 1826, a bill fur the relief of the surviving offi cers of the army of the revolution coming up, a motion be ing made to postpone it to a day beyond the session—it was lost, ayes 39. noes 124— James K. Polk voting with the 124 to save the bill—the Whigs named above (except one who bolted.) voted with the 39 to kill it. So, on the 1st May following, Mr. Polk voted for an a- mendment to the name bill, to provide for the widows of offi cers and soldiers who fell or died in the revolutionary war. The gentleman who bolted on the question of postponement (the present Whig candidate for Governor of Ohio,) voting against it. Again, on the motion to lay the bill on the table, Mr. Polk voted no—the Whigs named voting aye. The motion to lay on the table was reuewed the next day, and Mr. Polk voted no—the other In January, 1827, the same bill being up again, a motion was made to lay it ou the table. Mr. Polk voted no—the Whigs named, aye. On the same day, a motion was made to postpone the hilt to the last day of the session. Mr. Polk voted no. The Whigs named, aye. In February. 1829, the question coming up on the final passage ofa bill “to provide foreertain persons engaged in die land and naval sei vice of the U. 8. in the revolutionary war"—Mr. Polk voted aye—the Whiga named voted no, except one who bolted. Again, the same ninntb, the question being on brdering to a third reading the bill for the relief of Susan Decatur, wi dow of Capt. Stephen Decatur, Mr. Polk voted aye—die Whigs named, (with the same exception) voted no. No doubt a minute examination of the records would show the same partisans voting against Mr. Polk, against iu Changes. The coon papers are evidently alarmed at the constant defections from their ranks of the prominent orator* ana leaders of 1840. The men who once marched at their head to victory, now lead them no longer ; and they are fast be coming a dispirited, wo-begone party. Hut some device must be fixed upon to revive the drooping spirits of t“ e,r hosts. They must have their “changes” too, which they '■ring'’ upon right lustily. Accordingly, conscious that their recruits are very “few and far between, they make the most of them. They parade them in their column* o\ er and over again, and make a great hurrah over them; making up in noise what they want in numbers. And what is the result? They have not shown the conversion from the Democratic party of any one prominent man, well known in the country ! With the exception of one solitary State sen ator from Virginia, they cannot boast, we believe, of any con- verts who were ever honored by the Democratic party with responsible trusts. So much for Whig changes—“a beggar ly account of empty boxes.” Now we will append, by way of contrast, some recent cases of conversions of prominent IVhigs. These are all men whose high standing in the Whig ranks is attested by the honorable stations they have filled. Harrison Electors of 1840 who will support Poll: and Dallas:— Hon. WAGER WEEDEN, of R. I. Hon. PETER BIERCE, of Conn. Hon GULIAN VERPLANCK, of N. Y. D A V1D STE VVA RT, of Md. R. KIDDER MEADE. ofVa. HOWELL COBB, of Georgia. Late Whig members of Congress who will support Polk and Dallas:— Hon. S. G. GHOLSON, of Va., now one of the Judges of the Superior Court. Hon. JAMES GARLAND. ofVa. Hon. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Georgia, ono of the a- blest Whig stump speakers of 1840, known as “the gteat war-horse.’’ Hon. ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL of Georgia, elected on the Whig ticket last fall by a large majority to the pres ent Congress. Hon. GEORGE W. CRABB, of Alabama, one of the most popular men in the State. . In Indiana, among many others, we have Moj. MACE and Judge LILLESTON, who were Whig candidates for Congress last summer. Gen. FELIX HOUSTON, one of the most powerful popular orators in the south-west. JOHN At. GREGORY, late Acting Governor of Vir ginia. It has been said, without any contradiction so fnr as we know, that Ex-Governor RITNER, of Pa., and THOM AS H. BURRO WES, his Secretary of State, men t>f great influence with the anti-masonic branch of the Whig party, have at all events refused to support Clay, if they have not come out for Polk. It is well known that JOHN V. L. McMAHON, who was decidedly the most effective orator in this State, as he is indeed one of the most eloquent men in the country, will never support Henry Clay. Before long, we hope to hear the “trumpet-tongued” tones of his voice once more raised, as they were in the glorious campaign of’2& against “Ad ams and Clay,’’ and for POLK and DALLAS. T JE Is £ fr R •! I 9 U MACON: TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1844. FOR PRESIDENT, Of Tennessee, *8 FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, ES. SJs&fiMSp Of JPtMHSt/lraHia. FOR ELECTOR, OEOROE W, TOWNS. ff/^We are authorized to an nounce lion. A. H. CHAPPELI* as a candidate for Congress in the 3d Congressional District. The New Lisbon Patriot states that thore are six hundred voters in Columbus county, Ohio, who voted for Harrison, that are now supporting Polk and Dallas. From the Natchez (Miss.) Free Trader. The Cry is slill they Come—Stand from under. I t ent an j sterling Democrat, met with a cbeerin, Texas Meeting at the Indian Springs. Agreeable to the call of several adjacent counties, a large assemblage of the people of Georgia, met on Thursday last, the 25th instant, at the Indian Springs. The number of persons lias been vari ously estimated at from three to six thousand, but our impression is, that it was about FOUR THOUSAND—fully as large as was expected, from the limited time and the still greater difficulty of access to the place, and the inefficient accommo dations while there. We have attended ninny meetings, but none pre sented such universal harmony and joyous antici pations of success. From all parts of the State, we heard the glad tidings that large accessions were daily added to the Democracy. From the moun tains to the seaboard, there prevails one universal feeling of energy and enthusiasm—the presage of a glorious triumph in October and November. If we had any doubts of Georgia, our visit to the Indian Springs has dispelled them. On Wednesday, a large audience assembled at the Spring, where they were addressed by Col Latham, of Campbell county. In the afternoon of the same day, Col. David C. Campbell, ofBibb, was generally and repeatedly called out; to which he responded in an able and impressive manner. The remarks of this consis- this class of bilfa generally. Coming down to May, 1832, we find Mr. Polk voting in favor of tbs bil?s granting pensions to those who defended oar frontier in the Indian wars from 1776 up to 1795; and in favor of the bill supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution. The coons win find, that, in attempting to assail Mr. Polk, they are only gnawing a file. But what better can be ex pected of partizans who misquote and misrepresent their own candidate for the Presidency—who, disliking what he utters, and fearing its effect upon his own followers, allow him only to appear in masquerade before their readers— clipping and twisting his language into any and every shape to some particular latitude and longitude ! Lynching. The Memphis Enquirer of the 11th tells the following otnry: . . We understand that a case of lynching occurred in the town of Panola, Miss., two weeks ago, under the following circumstances:—“A laborer in the employment of a clergy man in Holmes county, Aliss., whose name our informant thinks is Rainey or Raynor, stole from his employer a ne gro man, two or three horses, and his two daughters, one xboot 12 and the other 10 years of age. The scoundrel passed through Panola, where ho soldone of the horses, and was making towards Helena. Arkansas, near which place lie was caught by a company who pursued him from Holmes county, it appears to have been his design to make his way to Arkansas or Texas, where it was his nnd his black comrade’s intention to make wives of their captives, by threats the most horrible, they had intimidated the two little girls so that they were afraid to make any alarm as they weie hurried through the country. After the two fiends were taken, they were hsndcuffed and brought ba-k to Panola. The citizens, hearing the circumstances, and fearing that they might in some way es cape the punishment due tlieircrimes,organized themselves into an extra judicial tribunal, and appointed a jury ef 12 men, wbo sentenced tliem to be severely cowhided, the one upon the other. This was accordingly done, the negro receiving thirty five and the white man twenty-five lashes, well laid on with a cowhide. The sentence was for each to receive fifty lashes, but they were so gashed with the number above slated that the popular mercy i emitted the balance. They were then handed over to their guard, to be taken back to Holmes. Our informant heard in Panola that the white man had been whipped to death by the citi zens of that county, hut is not ceitain that bis information is correct. ' Ho violence had been offered to the two liitle girls while in their captivity. From some conversation overheard by them, it is believed that their escape from outrage worse than death was attributed to the negro—as he was heard to Gov. Moore, of Ala., for many years U. S. Senator, but now a citizen of this State, has abandoned Mr. Clay aud come out strongly for Polk and Texas. Old Cob is the best conn hunter in the Union and will get skins enough to pack down half tt dozen ponies between this and ~ the election. Col. Wm. Da vis. ol Marshall county, a distinguished law yer, late a member of the Legislature, and heretofore one of the most eminent Whig leaders in this State, has taken the stump for Co). Poik. He is more than a match iude-1 bate for any Whig in Notth Mississippi. Change. ! Change ! !—The Louisville Journal gives the names of three persons converted, it says from Democ- j racy to Whiggery in the town of New Albany, Indiana. | The little town of Woodville in this State can boast of more changes from Whiggery to Democracy than all the Whig tapers in the Union nave discovered from our to their side, [f any one will cast his eye over the proceedings of a meet ing lately held in that place and published in our columns last week, he will see the names of Mr. Ventriss, the Sena tor. Col. Cooper and Mr. Davidson, members of the House of Representatives in our State Legislature. Dr. Norris, late the editor of the Woodville Republican. Mr. Fariah, and Col. George H. Gordon, lawyers of ability and emi nence ; besides several others who attended the meeting I whose names do not now occur to us, who have renounced Whiggery, and now go for Polk and Dallas. Oregon and Texas. Eighteen months ago, says the Reformer, there were but three Democrats at the county seat of Coahoma; now there are thirty. The Prospect in Ohio.—The Democratic papers are lit erally filled with renunciations from Whiggery. It is im possible to publish them in our Columns, so numerous are these demonstrations of the increasing popu’arity of Polk and Dallas. Our friends in Ohio are wide awake, and will give a good account of themselves in November. Air. Clay has but little persona) popularity in Ohio. His repeated sneers while in Congress at the choracter of the first settlers (somewhile called squatters,) on the public lands, is not easily forgotten by a hardy and industrious population, alike warm and zealous iu their friendships and determined in their enmities. Neither can the Whigs ride the Tariff hobby in Ohio' The present extreme low prices of Wheat and other pro duce, is a fixed fact which every farmer can fully appreci ate. It is remembered that the Whigs have repeatedly f iromised high prices for their wliaal if the Tariff of’42 wa3 et alone That Tariff is still, without modification, the law of the land, but the prices of wheat, Ac., are as low as they have been in twenty years. These results are much like the blasted promises of 1840, to deceive the intelligent free men of Ohio.—Albany Argus. and hearty response. Col. W. W. Wiggins. ofTwiggs, and Col. Jas. H. Stark, of Butts, made each successful and in teresting speeches. At night, there were various addresses fo the dif ferent encampments, on the surrounding hills. At the Hotel, an admirable address was made by Col. Whitfied, of Hawkinsville. On Thursday, the meeting was organized, by the selection of the following Officers: D. C. CAMPBELL, President. Vice-Presidents, HIRAM WARNER, of Meriwether, J. W. BURNEY, of Jasper. LEVI S. D’LYON, of Chatham, Gen. J. W. GORDON, of Jones, Gen. B. II. DARDEN, of Butts. Col. GIBSON CLARK, of Monroe, Col. A. W. PRIOR, of Pike, Col. G. J. GREEN, of Crawford, Col. LATHAM, of Campbell, A. A. MORGAN, of Dooly. H. L. DENNARD. of Houston, W. W. TARVER, of Twiggs, A. HAMMOND, of Baldwin, JAMES H ADAMS, of Putnam, Col. JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper, HENDLEY VARNER, of Henry. Gen. WM. G. SMITH, Marshal. Col. THOMAS WRIGHT, ? . . , . Col. J. G. COLEMAN, 5 Ass,s{anls - Secretaries, j trict, by four or five hundred 4 ‘ h * At the. conclusion of the remarks of Ge nl , son, the audience seemed sliil PaC er tol ^ was deemed best to take a recess « m ,i At early candle-light, a very C f’ had convened, all deeply a M fo os t0 h teemed the most profound and promisin' es ’ gia’s sons—universally admired for quirements, and loved by all who kaov • 5c ‘ the endearing qualities of his mind anH ^ fsr al.ude to the Hon. Marshall J TO lear ''-»* Columbus. We bay, heard speech:—of unsurpassed excellence of n bility and elequence. For more than riveted the attention of his audience, and ** them willing captives, by the force of hi- ble arguments. His views on the subil!^'’ National Bank and Tariff, were profol ^ teiesting; and, although the Judge i 3 ^i su . i *‘ by that greater faculty of appealing, argument, yet, he so interspersed by i n and humor, as to enliven the attention** lighted assembly. When he concluded, refreshed and braced—all confirmed, and f grounded assurance of the truth of our rm • Col. Wm. F. Samford was again called^ - made a short and feeling address. He was followed, in a happy appea) , Howard, of Knoxville, and J\mf* ’ " UL n i u 5 J °Hxsov j Columbu3. 1 * The Hon. A. H. Chappell was there, and - repeatedly and vehemently calledf or j’ . . pie, but was compelled to decline, on account* rv disposition. As an evidence of the h-ofi ' !”" he is held in the afiections of the people allusion was made to the course of this ,' n ° ^ Me statesman, it elicited such continued aodl^ applause, as to make the very welkin ring whit! probation. ^ We had many others of our best speakers-r ent. who are in the habit of addressing tbepeorT but declined, on the present occasion,'’when on by the audience: among them, the Hon. l ni S. D Lyon, Messrs. Lotd, Griffin, and G»j rich, orSavannah, Judge F. H. Cone, 0 f G;». s and Judge A. A. Morgan, of Dooly. The meeting adjourned, to meet in Macon to the 4th Thursday, the 22d of August, where' shall have a Mass Meeting, we hope, of twenty thousand friends of Polk and Dallas. Changes. Col. John Lamar, of Bibb, ? Col. John R. Dyer, of Jasper, £ At 8 o’clock, the large assemblage was address ed by the Hon. Howell Cobb, ofClark. in an a- ble and eloquent speech, fully sustaining the high chararter he maintains in Congress. He was fol lowed by Col. H. V. Johnson, of Baldwin, in a mnsterlv effort, of about two hours. At the conclusion of the addresses of these two Democratic Association .Ueclist Agreeable to the Resolution, passeditlSe&fc Springs, ihe Democratic Association ofBibb, me on Saturday evening last, to make preparatory ar rangements for the Mass Convention, on the 22drf August. During the evening, eloquent and patrioticaJ. dresses were made, by S. M. Strong.Es-].ofihit city, and David Clopton, Esq. of Alabama. The following are the Committees, appointedu> consummate this noble object: Committee of Invitation. H. G. LAMAR. Dr. WM. GREEK, JAMES SMLTH. A. P. POWERS. JOHN LAMAR, D. C. CAMPBELL, S. M. STRONG. Committee of Arrangements. ROBERT COLLINS, WM. B. PARKER, champions of Democracy, ,h. l»r e o orara form- cm-u 1. 1 ed into companies, preceded by ihe Delegation of renunciations of Whiggery that appear daily in the Demo cralic journals of the country. By the way, the Examiner, has not jet informed his readers that Gen. Thomas Ed wards, and his son Alfred, whose names were paraded with a great flourish in a list of change- published in his paper of the 3JL him., mrc btacAtmwttr*.—r'rrxl. Citizen. From Key West. By the sloop B. F. Sherwood, Capt. Axworthy, we have received the Key West “Light of the Reef.” of the 13th insl., from which we copy the following intelligence: in the place of the toll, the cheaper the goods, tvhicb stands isi the phi' ': of lire meal. I through ths: pat; of the Mississippi MORE RUNAWAY NEGROES CAUGHT. On the 8th inst., Richard Roberts, of the Sloop Eliza Catharine, (belonging to Messrs. Tift & Geieer) discovered a boat having a suspicious appearance with 7 negroes on board. Upon having hailed her they were answered, from St. Joseph bound to Cape Florida, and wanted water, and requested to be supplied. Whereupon the mate of the sloop was directed to jump into the boat and make her fast, suspccti g them to be runaway slaves. The white mrn who had charge of the boat and negroes, was induced to come on board of the sloop under a promise of being taken to Cape Florida; and on being interrogated gave his name as Jonathan Walker, nnd he was employed by two men. the owners of the negroes, to convey them to Cape Florida for the purpose of selecting land for their owners. Upon questioning the negroes they said the man in the boat was their owner. Their statement not agreeing with that of the white man. Capt. Roberts was induced to detain them on board for the purpose of bringing them to Key West for examination; well knowing that a few hourslib- erty would have placed them beyond the reach of such ex amination, for in a passage of 12 hours they could have reached Nassau. N. Providence. Capt. Roberts having made known his determination to bring them to this place. Jonathan Welker, the white man. i . , , , - confessed himself an Abolitionist from Massachusetts; and , n » c "P 05 ^*’ listened to another ofour lDOSt prom- ilmt he had induced thenegroes to runaway from Pensacola, ising young leaders in the ranks of ihe Democratic Upon arriving at Key West, on rite 9th inst., he waa given n . , , „ .- . , up to the civil authorities and committed to prison to await > ar 3 " * 10 IS but tresl) 8tld recent from ills his trial at the next term for the Superior Court of Monroe.: well-earned fame in the Congress of the U. States— Chatham, and led by the marshal music of their splendid Band. They marched to that delightful ret rent, tho Mountain Sjioin Spring. Here n suita ble platform had beicn erected for the officers and speakers. At 11 o’clock, the meeting was addressed by the Hon. Hiram Warner, of Meriwether. His entire speech was a system of close logical reasoning, and his arguments on the Tariff and Texas question ir resistible; his remarks on the course of England, truly eloquent. At the conclusion of this speech, Col. Wm. F. Samford, the Elector of the 4th Congressional Dis trict, made his appearance, amidst the shouts and applause of the multitude. His address was a most happy and impassioned effort—breathing, through out, the impulses of true eloquence. And, at the conclusion of hisspeech, the audience simultaneous ly called on him to continue, but the hour for a dif ferent kind of feasting had arrived, and the meeting had a recess of an hour, to enjoy the repast of a fine Barbacue. At 2 o'clock, this large assemblage was again collected, by the Band of Music ; and, after becom JAMES GODDARD, 1L N. BURCH. JAMES DEAN. JOHN D. WINN, J. R. TERRY, J. R BUTTS, JAMES A. RALSTON, DAVID FLANDERS, JOHN BAILEY, RICHARD BASSETT, T. L. ROSS, SAM. B. HUNTER, WM. H. MACARTHY. F. HORNE, J. P. EVANS, G. B. ROBERTSON, CHARLES STEVENS, C. A. ELLS, WM. S. ELLIS, C. C. USHER, (U^The Committee of Arrangements are re quested to meet at the “Democratic Hall,” THli AFTERNOON, at 4 o’clock. Punctual atten dance is requested. J. J. BENNETT. CHARLES CAMPBELL A. F. SHERWOOD, E. S. ROGERS, O. MURPHY. JAMES M. GREEK, SAMUEL GOVE, R. K. PARKER. WM. F. CLARK, S. WOODWARD. HENRY NEWSOM, J. HOLLINGSWORTRjfc D. J. DAVIS, F. SIMS, H. L. COOK. C. A. T. IRVINE, LUKE ROSS, WM. D. MIMS, ST. LANIER. GEO. M. LOGAN. The negroes are to be sent to-day, by tho sloop Reform, j Capt. Noyes, to Pensacola. Since writing the above, we learn the Magistrate with the advice of the District Attorney, has concluded to send the j prisoner, Walker, to Pensacola; under the charge of Capt. Farrand, of the U. 8. Steamer. Gen. Taylor. Robbing his own House, wo allude to the Hon. Wm. H. Stiles, of Cass.— He addressed the audience for more thau an hour, in a strain of fervid eloquence, full of patriotic im pulses and glowing immagry. When he had con cluded, Our noble and popular Senator, the Hon. W. T. Colquitt, made his appearance, amidst the The St. Louis Reveille, of the 30th ult., says:—“The Messrs. Thompson, of Devil’s Island, six miles above Cape Giradeaux, had paid for die cutting of about six thousand cotds of wood, and were living on the Island, when flood came and swept off all the wood ; they then shut up , their house and Went down to the Cape. Shortly after one Spirit, in all lllC meandcrings of his exalted genius— The Macon Bass Meeting. We call the attention of the Democracy to lit fact, that this meeting is to take place August—the fourth, not the last Thursday, as " z! announced at the Indian Springs. This clar.t has been made, in consequence of the first n**” day being that on which a Congressional Diunet meeting is to be held in Columbus; andbecaa& too, it comes in conflict with Courts and oihermet.* ings in other counties. We request the Democratic Press, thro::;-' -■ tho State, to make known that, on Thursday, i - 22d of August, the Democracy of Bibb, * salute their brethren from every county in the i The Association in this place, as will be s^ 11 ^ their proceedings in this day’s paper, hate commenced their work, of preparation. guished gentlemen from other States, are iunt” and may certainly be expected. With such men as Dixon H. Lewis, CantpW' Chandler, and Belser, of Alabama; McDuffie 11 ger, Elmore, Memminger, Rhett, Hunt, P' c “ nnd Bailey, from South Carolina, aidedby^ 1 distinguished orators, an intellectual ma -. ^ expected, which this State never has herd'- witnessed. Other prominent men fromotbe- have also been invited, and may be expected- We urge, then, our Democratic friends, a 1 ' to commence their preparations. We e *P fC them with us in crowds. They will receive a dial, hearty welcome. MACON, Monday, Gentlemen:—I have the honor to acknowie ceipt of your kind and polite invitation, of d' e 1 1 I . •11 VUIJU Ui J <1 II 1 filin' OUU potltc 111 V WUIIV", , -flCS *** ,a » d 6hoots which echoed around the reverberating hills. auend aI1 Annexation Meeting at the Indian ^ l‘ * It would be a difficult task to sketch this master Thursday next; and to act on the occasion» of the brothers of Thompson weeing n house floating down, hoarded and attempted to tow it to land, but not succeed atone time he enchained their listening attention, ing. brokeimo tt and took, am >ng odter things, two^sets of by appeals of genuine eloquence—and again, ever and anon, excited them to applause and laughrer, at his wit and humor. He spoke for two hours— but it did not seem to be half so long. He was followed by Gen. H. A. Harralson, in a calm and dispassionate address, detailiug inci- herness, and two or three feather beds, which he brought on shore at the Cape. While exulting over his supposed prize, his brother came along and inquired vehemently who had been up to the Isl and and robbed their bouse—and so it turned out, that wlien the brother No. 1 thought he had made a good haul, it waa his own house that itc hat? been pillaging.” Aa Incident. A beautiful white dog, voluntarily attached itself to the Boston Greys a? they passed ttirougli the city of New York, and has followed them on to this city. They endeavored on several occasions, to drive it hack, hut without success. It persisted in following the drum, and at all times when die band struck up a martial air, seemed delighted. This faithful ar.imal is now a sentinel on the camp ground ; and the company, we learn, intend adopting it, as its courage is undoubted, ami its appreciation of good music certaiidv un- nuestionable.-- Bolt. Pot. shal of the dav. of rei?" This unlooked for and generous testim® 0 ) commands my warmest acknowledgements. ^ ^ tsgt On the subject of Annexation, and -mine vritb the P** questions agitating the public mind, I cc lsve ] T e J**' 1 ' inocracy of Georgia—although I bare, 0 /youi 1 '* been steadfastly identified with the IV higs • . ^ ^ late nnlooked-for political changes of p* rI .'? r0 jitio:; "’ know where I now stand, or how to tie °* er3l j 0 tis, the- - *' , . , ,. r , , , , | is not a very pleasant one. Prudential cons' j, on cr^ dents in the history of the last session, and the poll- I fore> prec i u( ; e ray avai ii ng myseif of the mten^ ^ * cy of tho Whig Party. This able and efficient Representative appeared, on this occasion, at the hoping that you may have t, large aisem cause of Texas and the South may meet tB( j re call of duty; the strong desire of our distant friends expectations. Be phased 0 f L ' to see him and liear-him, say something in the glo rious cause. He declined entering at large, but expressed, in felicitous terms, our present happy i omens of success. It will give our distant friends I To \Vulia> Be pleased to accept I Member of the Committee, the assurance < sideration and respect, Your obedient servant, port and others, Committee