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ARTIFICIAL MOUNDS IN GEORGIA.
On tlie northern bank of the Etowah river, in
Cass county, lies the plantat ion of Col. 'i umlln,
w.’ticlt contains nrliHcial Curiosities umlremains,
of which there is no authentic history or even
tradition. These consist of three artificial
This sculpture, and these inscrip*
imnecesharVi But, Its tllc/ne’nding, eleilion si.te tas'c. . . ,
must unquestionably decide of Judge Berrien I lions, appear to belong to a period an ertor to
and the sentiments uttered by him a* flio north, i the conquest of Persia by tho b acccqni.ins,
V * he ! sitmularlv accord with a description in the
nidct with the approval ol- rtjpmbtttloiJ of ll
people of Georgia, wefurntsh this little remem
brancer, in order that the cit'sen may vote ad-
place. The two small mounds me situated
about one hundred yards from the fitter in a
line parallel to it, and form the bustl ed a trian
gle with the largest mounJ, from which they
»ro separate J by a space of about thirty yards.
Tlie Circuit of the largest mound is about 1,-
690 feet, and its height about 90 feet. The
circuit of the other two is about GOO feet each,
and the height about thirty feet. A ditch
about 40 feet wide, from 20 to 30 feet deep,
and between two and three thousand feet in
length, formeily comrnunicated with the river
above and below tlie mounds, enclosing sever
al acres upon which they nrre situated, with the
waters of the river on every side. The two
ends of the ditch where they communicate with
tho river, have been filled up for a distance of
two or three hundred feet, as these exceptions,
and a small space where the road crosses, tlie
ditch is now an average of from Jo to 20 feel
deep, in which large trees, grape vines and
bushes are growing, and which wo found it
difficult to cross. Communicating with this
ditch on the outside, are two excavations which
cover a space of about two acres each, from
20 to 30 feet deep, evidently the places whence
earth was obtained to form tho mounds. The
group enclosed by tlie ditch was s'rewn with
fragments of earthen jars and human bones,
wjiich have been exhumed by the plow. Col.
Tumliu lias several curious articles which have
been found about these mounds, among which
are—a stone image representing a person in a
devotional or supplicating altitude—a very
large stone pipe, representing a human figure
in a sitting posture, holding a vase, which forms
the bowl of the pipe—stone weights, from two
ounces to two lbs., Ice. &c. We sunk a pit
about three foot deep in the top of tho largest
mound, and found the earth mixed with pieces
of decomposing charcoal nnd burnt clay. As
wc stood upon this summit and contemplated
the works and remains by which wc were sur
rounded, the question naturally arose in our
mind—who mndo-thei*«i excavations, nnd con-
8t rutted these immense mounds of earth? What
was their object, and where now is the race
-.vho made them ? If we ask the race of indi-
aiis who arc now disappearing in the West,
they answer with n silent shake of the head,
or if they speak, it is to tell us that their fathers
knew nothing of their origin. If wo interro
gate history, it is silent—and as a last resort
wc appeal to fancy. Immediately tlie plains
swarms with l-'fe, the ditch is thronged with
warriors who defend it with the desperation of
a last hope fi.-r the race—women and children
pass to and from the river, carrying jars of wa
tor to their funrshing defenders. The plain
beyond the diicli groans will* the number and
weight of the opposing foe, who arc bent upon
tho extermination of this remnant of an an
cient, but now fallen race. Beside us stand the
counsellors und priests of the nation, surroun
ded by their false gods, to whom they are of
fering sacrifices. Bjt councils, prayers, and
the smoke of sacrifices are unavailing—famine
adds its horrors to that of war, and after days
and nights of toil and suffering, the invading for
ces have filled in and crossed the ditch at cither
end, and now, by an indiscriminate slaughter,
they extinguish this Inst remnant of the race.—
Centuries puts away—immense forest trees
cover the ditch and tho mounds ; the bones of
the slaughtered, and even tho fire coals upon
the altars aro crumbling into dust, nnd they arc
forgotten,—Albany (Ga) Patriot % 10th insl.
would bear and forbear, to avoid givin
brago to his northern allies. It shows an in
sulting belief lint Georgians are so bound up
and enslaved to party thraldom, that lh»*y
would submit tamely to any language, and for
give any conduct that would promote
the election of Henry Clay. We trust
that every Georgian before voting, will
reflect to what extent his vote will bo an
expression of approbation or censure upon tho
course of the Honorable Senator. I lie triumph
of Judge Berrien. lie is the favorite of the
tnajory of his parly. They sanction his con-
luct, approve his sentiments, indorse his politi-
n! opinions, nnd support his claims to re-o!cc-
duct
cal opi
tion.—Const.
'•CHANNELS IN WHICH THE TRADE RUNS”
Passing down Chapel-st. this morning, wc
noticed in front of different stores, large num
bers of boxes of dry goods and ready made
clothing, directed to Savannah, Mobile, and
Macon, Go. We understand that very large
quantities of similar goods tire sent south and
west almost every week from this city, and
that often the measure for clothes for southern
gentlemen are received and mado up in New—
Jiavcn. Tin's branch of business, of course,
furnishes employment to large numbers of
both sexes in ill's city, in addition to the sup
port it gives to the heads of various thriving
mercantile establishments.—Palladium.
Tlie Palladium talks of this as if it was some
new thing. Wo wonder it did not claim it as
one of the effects of the tariff. The southern
market lias always been the most profitable fur
many of oar mechanical trades—they feel tlie
rise and fall of cotton as forcibly as the planter
himself. To them the annexation of Texas
will be “the extending the area” of their mar
kets, and many will live to realize fortunes
oat of Texas as they have already out of the
purchase of Louisiana. Not many years hence,
the editor cf the Palladium will undoubtedly '
find ns many boxes directed to Galveston as
to Mobile, and “large imiuhcrs of both sexes
in tli s city” will undoubtedly find employm-nt
in a trade, that he is now doing his utmost to
prevent and destroy.—Col. Register.
twenty third chapter of Ezekiel, fourteenth and
fifteenth vcixcs : and M. Botta is Hichned to
place them in the period when Ninevah was
place them in the period
destroyed by Cyaxares.
At Pompeii an excavation lias taken place,
which discovers to view an extensive Necropo
lis or cemetery. Beside one of the graves is u
seat, over which is inscribed “ Ctonalius Du
umvir and Tribune of Pompeii.” 1 his is a
family hitherto unknown. Near the seat is a
monument of fine Grecian marble, richly sculp
tured.—Pennsylvanian.
TELEGRAPH & REPUBLIC.
Tuesday, September 30, 1S43.
for. GOVERNOR.
HI. HALL IflcAlilrlSTER,
Of Chatham.
For Senator of the 20th Distri't,
A. II. CHAPPELL,
Ok Bun:.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES.
SA.1UJEI, ill. STRONG,
J.i.TIES XV. ARNSTROXG.
Democratic IVoiuiunlion.M for Senators*
1st Dist. Chatham county—Joseph W. Jackson.
Absalom II. CHnppcII, Esq.
This gentleman, as we all know, is the re
publican candidate for the Senatorial district
composed of the counties of Bibb and Twiggs.
It remains to be seen what estimate the free
men of this district will place upon the servi
ces of a man whose talents have always been
devoted with the most affectionate zeal to the
interests of the State and the welfare and hon
or of its citizens. All reflecting men must sec
the advantages to the great leading interests of
this district of the sound political experience,
the eminence of his virtue, and the. dignity of
his character, of such a senator as Col. Chap
pell. Intimately connected, too, as our city is,
with one of the great lines of internal improve
ment, occupying a positian of rivaliy as it does
with'.otlicr cities, for the trade of the rich coun
ties of tlie Cherokee and Tennessee vallics,
which will ho pushed at the approaching ses
sion of tlie Legislatnre, if the people of this
district fail to perceive the almost indispensable
nature of tlie services to this city, such a
no one charge us with being an alarmist or say
that wc indulge in excess of speech. The pre
sent position of parties in this country is enough
to make every patriot and lover of our inslilu
lions think, lind that seriously, upon the course
which the people of this State should pursue.
It is a question which cannot long be deferred.
Already have tlie high tariff’parly thrown their
Briarean arms around us, and well nigh provin
cialized the staid, as well in their gradual en
croachments on the rights of tlie people as in the
growing zeal of its advocates among the federal
loaders on every side of us. It remains to be
seen whether the people will brook the degra
dation—whether they will be content to be
doomed like Sisyphus to a task which never
can be ended, but which at every turn will
leave them at the bottom stilt—delving and dig
ging to contribute to the wealth of those who
are not of us, and who share no portion of our
burthens.
With Georgia this election assumes a very
important character, in another sense, it may
man can render them. We will conclude that involve her peace, her quiet, as well as that of
they have passed the golden age when the peo
ple choose their representatives alone with an
eye to their usefulness, without any reference to
tho workings of party machinery. In the
present crisis of affairs we do not believe that
the whole south. It cannot be denied that the
opposition of the Whig party at the north to the
annexation of Texas, is based upon the ques
tion of slavery. So far then as tho people of
this State are concerned, no middle ground is
there is any citizen who reflects sufficiently up- lef 1 them. I he question will be brouglrt be
said a lovciy
GOODNESS
Let the misanthrope grumble as he will,
there is many a sunny spot to.cheer the path
of life. An incident, trifling in itself, but char-
mingly illustrative of benevolence and virtue,
passed under our window last Monday. A
little girl was crying along the pavement, over
burdened by two baskets of chips
“Wiiat is the matter, child ?”
young lady in kindest accents.
“They are so heavy,” replied the girl, set
ting down the load.
“Tell me where you live, and let me carry
one for you.”
She would not tell, her residence.
♦■Well, my little friend, do you lake one bas
ket home, and I will stay litre and guard the
oilier till you return for it.”
With a bright smile away trudged the tiny
portreis, and there slo >d the benevolent ludy,
the daughter of one whose name is an honor to
the city, whose high sense of duty and whose
unyielding integrity the Chancellor ship of the
exchequer could not move, “ for modern de
generacy had not reached him.” The cliilJ
found her treasure safe and that charming lady
(God bless her !) stepped lightly on her way,
her heart swelling with emoiions that the wi
sest and the best might envy. She did a sim
ple deed, “and blushed to find it fame.”
£U. S. Gazelle.
Sale of the llonapurtc Paintings.—It took
place yesterday. Among the company pre
sent were many of the in oat respectable, wealthy,
and influential citizens of this mstblc. The
biddings were extremely spirited. The gross
amount of the sale was twenty thousand dol
lars. “Two lions and a fawn,** a good speci
men of iho master, (Rubens,) brought two ihou-
sand three hundred dollars. A marine piece,
“the storm,” (Vornet,) brought a thousand dol
lars. A landscape by Dennis brought the same
price. The “group of children,” with a wreath
of fruit iinJ flowers, (Rubens and Thciders)
brought two thousand dulkirs. The “lion
caught in a nei,” by Rubens, brought eighteen
hundred dollars. 'J lie other pictures wore sold
nt various prices from One to five hundred dol
lars. \\ e may notice this sale, and its influence
upon tiio fine ails in this country, more at
length hereafter.—New York Mirror.
••OUR POLICY IS TO OPERATE PRIVATELY."
Last year the wliigs undertook to operate
by muss meetings, coon songs, and Banners.
They tried this operation up to the October
election. But the Democratic majority ol
2.320, struck them all up in a heap.. The ban
ners were lowered, tho mass meetings disper
sed and tlie glee clubs, that whilom “ disturbed,
the drowsy car night,” with their melodious’
coon minstrelsy', became hushed and silent as
a frighted frog pond.
Then they commenced the policy of opera
ting privately. But they could not come it in
that way over the people, by their confidential
circulars and hand bills. This policy lias been
tried already, sufficiently. We can assure the
Whig Executive Committee that no policy,
however private, cun succeed, so long US' they
stick to the Tariff’policy, the anti Texps poli
cy, the Bank policy, the Veto policy, ntnJ.ma-
ny other policies of which they hove,.become
enamoured which once they were the bitterest
in denouncing.—Const.
cr,
whm
. THAT “PLATFORM.”
It is generally known that J. McPherson
Berrien took a scat Iasi year on the plat form
«»f a public meeting of the Boston Whigs, along
side with Cassius M. Clay, Daniel Webster.
Ate. hut it is nm. so Well known, under
banners these distinguished gentlemen ocelli
that position. The following is a specimen of
tho muttons inscribed on the Hags which were
on that occasion, flung out to the breeze, A
hurley negro carried the principal standard in
the procession!
"Clay and protection. Nr, Annexation.”
“Protection. No extension of the bounds of
Slavery."
"J^et the Ijonc Star oj Ter as shine by itself
. our galaxy is compute."
e publish, I rum il„ ; Muscogee Democrat,
t,ic above article containing the celebrated mot-
to up.,,, the celebrated Banner, that floated so
gaily over “the broad platform” Comment is
Cultivation of Cotton in the Fast Indies.—
Wc copy tlie following from tlie Manchester
Guardian. Wo have'lately received some in
formation respecting the cultivation of improv
ed varieties of cotton in the East Indies, which
will nnt be without interest to the great bulk of
our readers. We have stated on former occa
sions, that the experiments made in the cultiva
tion of llio American cotton plant had failed ;
and up to a certain point that was generally
the case. Upon tho rich and strong lands of
Bengal, and some other parts of the peninsula,
the experiments had been unsuccessful, owing
partly to the plant running too mucii to leaf, and
partly to the attacks of insects, whilst on some
drier soils, the plants had been nearly destroyed
by thccxccssivo drought of the first two years,
which at the sometime very injuriously affected
the grain and otliercrops. It appears, howev
er, that in tho neighborhood of Coimbatore, in
Southern India, better success has attended the
experiment ; very good cotton having been
grown, though hitherto at a cost which would
render the cultivation unrcmuncrativc. It is
thought, however, that, when grown by the na
tives, who can carry on the cultivation of their
and may be afforded at rates which will bring
it into consumption in this country. Tlie part
of India, however, which appears best calcula
ted for the growth of the American varieties of
tlie cotton plant, and where the cultivation has
been most extensively nnd successfully prose
cuted, is the cotton district lying in central In
dia, to the eastward of Bombay, where the cli
mate is favorable to the plant, being neither
too dry nor too moist, nnd where experiments
on a large scnlu arc still proceeding, at the ex
pense of the East India Company. These exne-
iments arc under the direction of Mr. Mercer,
one of the American planters sent out a few
ears ago; who, las*.year, IiaJ three thousand
cres under cultivation, ami expected to have
this year, about twenty thousand acres, all plan-
tod with New Orleans cotton. But the culti
vation is not confined to the experimental cf.
‘ rts of Mr. Mercer, f»r tlie ryots in tlie dis
tricts have taken it up, and find the Now Or-
enns cotton plont quite as profilab'c as any u:i-
rrigalcd crop which they produce. There
are also saw-gins in active operation, under Mr.
Mercer’s management ; ami it is expected that
some of tlie cotton, grown and cleaned in the
district, will speeddy make its appearance in
the Liverpool market. Hitherto, however,
the produce has been sold to the native manu
facturer-', who have discovered its superiority
over the produce of tho indigenous plant, and
give very good prices for it, for making their
own fabrics.
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Bryan and Liberty—Raymond Harris.
McIntosh and Glynn—Edward Dclcgal.
Wayne and Camden—J. J. Dufour.
Ware and Lowndes—William Jones.
Appling and Montgomery Conner.
Tatnall and Bulloch—Peter Cone.
EtBngham and Scriven—Geo. W. Boston.
Burke and Emanuel—Geo. W. Cliiton.
Laurens and Wilkinson—Geo. M. Troup, Jr.
Telfair and Irwin—Geo. Wilcox.
Decatur and Thomas—William Williams.
Baker nnd Early—John Colley.
Randolph and £-:owart—Wnt. A. Tennille.
Lee and Sumter
Muscogee and Harris—James Johnson.
Houston anJ Macon—James Holderness.
Talbot and Marion—Geo. W. U. Townes.
. Pulaski and Dooly—Wm. S. Whitfield.
Bibb and Twiggs—A. H. Chappell.
Washington and Jefferson—I. II. Saffbld.
Richmond and Columbia— —— .
Warren and Taliaferro.- 1
Hancock and Bitdwin—Eli II. Baxter.
Putnam and Jones—William Turner.
Monroe anJ Pike—Jacob Martin.
Crawford and Upson—John J. Cary.
Meriwether and Coweta—S. Lee.
Troop and Heard— —
Carroll and Campbell—William Beall.
Fayette and Henry—John D. Stell.
Butts and Jasper—E. A.Broddus and J.Waters.
■ Newton and Waltou—Warren J. Hill.
Morgan and Greene— -
Wi'kes and Lincoln—N. G. Barksdale.
Elbert and Franklin—Martin Dedwyler.
Oglethorpe and Madison
Clark and Jackson—Thomas F. Anderson. t
Gwinnett and DeKalb—Charles Murphy.
Paulding and Cuss—Hheese McGregor.
C« bb and Cherokee—John W. Lewis.
ForsyUi an t JIall—George Kellogg.
Habersham and Rabun—William B. Wofford.
Lumpkin am] Union—John D.Field’.
iGilmer ana Muiray—J. Bates & K.W retinsiam
Walker and Dade—It. M. Aycock.
Floyd and Chattooga—Thomas C. llackelt.
Election Itcfnrns.
Onr friends in the adjoining counties will
confer a favor by sending us the results of the
elections as soon as practicable after they arc
known. ' j. '
Wo were in error in publishing the name of
Williams Mims, Esq. of Sumter as the Demo
cratic candidate for the Semite in the 15th Sen
atorial district, composed of the counties of Lee
and Sumter. Mr. Mims is not n candidate."—
The contest in that district is between W. 11.
Crawford, Esq. and Havslip, both whig*:
the latter running as an independent candidate.
More Discoveries in Ninevah.—M. Botta
has laid open fifteen rooms of what appears lo
have been <1 vast palace, some of which are
one hundred and sixty feci long, nod the wulls
covered with sculpture and inscriptions, the
historical, ami the former illustrating
latte
sieges, naval combats, triumphs, \-<-. The
characters employed exactly resemble those on»
th
mat;
e columns of Pcrsepolis, ot Acbatahu', (ll.u
apan) and Von. The sculpture is. admirably
executed and original in design, much'superior .,, wren
to me figures on the monumentsof tlie I>vi>- tim. be 1 .
IlillK * nntl Jintvc n I l t * . * /- ' :... ,1. A ..^
O.i the.first page or this day’s paper will bo
found from Mr. Ingcrsol’S forthcoming work the
history of the late war,' an interesting
sketch of one of the purest men, and soundest
republicans' of whom our country can boast.—
The Biographer'of Thcmistoclcs says that his
statue existed six hundred years after his de
cease, and exhibited to his' countrymen an
pect as heroic as his deeds, l'io ashes of Ma
con sleep in the quiet vallics of his pwn-jintivo
state, with scarcely a stono to mark the uinorj-
ized earth. But lie is not forgotten, no deed’s'
of military prowess adorned his brow, nor did
his fame have birth ami j the applause of list
ening Senates, yet a garland of civic renown
encircles his temple as unfading as the stars ;
he is remembered in the recollections of his unj
coinproinittcd honor; in the unsullied purity and
integrity of his public and private life. Iris cpi-
tnpli is written in his ingenuous and dis'ntercst-
cd love of country, and green and unfading will
be the laurels entwined for the brows of those,
who, now—rising into life—shall base (heir ac-
tion upon the same truths, ami prepare them
selves to bear ofT the honors in such a contest
for usefulness and honorable distinction.
Wc will continue the publication of such ex-
tracts from this work as wo deem interesting to
our rcadci s.
Monument to Jncksrn.
The city of Washington papers of last week
contain tho proceedings of a numerous and
highly respectable meeting of tlie citizens of
the capitoi; favorable to the erection of a “Col
ossal Equestrian Statue” in that city, in honor
ol the memory of Gen. Andrew Jackson. Gen.
John P. Van Ness was called lo the chair, the
lion. Amos Kendall nnd John Boyle Esq. were
appointed Vice Presidents, and James lloban
and John W. Murray, Secretaries.
The following arc sonic of the resolutions-
adopted by the meeting :
Ji< ioler.l. Tlintthe American peopta be called upon io
ling ai ibu seat of the l-olcral Government*
til
on the important stake which this city and dis
trict have in an able representation, that needs
to be appealed to. If there be such, and the
voice of an humble man can reach them, they
shall not be suffered to pass without this note
of warning. The approaching session of the
next legislature may be called on to decide the
fate of measures in which you arc deeply inter
ested.
The objections urgeJ against Col. Chap
pell by a certain school of politicians wc
would not reconcile if wc could—we don’t ex
pect their support for him—we do not ask it.—
But we caff upon the reflecting and the candid
oE both parties, and ask them if they would not
have just cause to reproach themsolves if lie is
defeated—at a time when his services will be
so much required. But whatever the result
may be Col. Chappell will not bo injured: if
defeated he will stand as lie d d last year when
lie was proscribed for his immovable fidelity to.
his state; like the exiled Greek whom the in
gratitude of his countrymen had banished, lie
will never dishonor his past achievements or
perpetrate one act against tho glory of his coun
try ; and that, if reviled by the jealousy of those
whose abilities can never gain them any honors
for themselves, his fame will always remaiw
untarnished by himself.
fore Congress at the approaching Session, and
and it will be the duty of the slave-holding
States to present an unbroken front in defence
of their rights.
How is this to be done ? We take it for
grantcJ that there are but a few people in this
State,'with tlie exception of those whose party
prejudices are stronger than their love of coun
try, who will not admit that it can only be done
by placing none in,office, whether State or
Federal, whose sympathies are with the oppo
nents of annexation. The sole purpose
which prompts die south to desire annex
ation, lias reference to the security of her
domestic institutions. If, then, the union
of Texas with these Sates is refused,
whether by the Abolitionists of thu Nor;h or the
Berriens of the South. She may read in. the
refusal her ultimate doom. The people of
Georgia yet retain tho power of saying wlieth-
cr they will surrender this great boon which
involves so imieh danger, or rebuke into si
lence at once the fedcrah’sm that opposes it—
the election of Mr. McAllister and a Democrat-
On Monday next the election of Governor
and members for both branches of the Gener
al Assembly comes oa. In anticipation of i|,j 3
event, we have for some time past, labored with
an honest zeal for iho success of measures
which wc doom of tho highest importance to
the honor, peace, and security of our com.
mori country ac well as io the South. To 0 , Jr
own, have been added the well directed
and powerful efforts of our cotemporarics, ami
we now leavo the result with the people wit]-
these brief remarks.
A more important election—*onc in which
vast nnd vital principles Were at issue, was non
er held, perhaps, since the formation of our
State Government—and it behooves us a j
friends of our glorious free institutions and the
pure principles of republican government to
enter into the contest the few remaining days
intervening between this and the election with *
a determination that will not brook defeat. Tire
brilliant success of last year should not lull anv
one into the belief that success is certain ia fu.
ture, unless wc continue to act with unabated
energy. Nor should we be satisfied with gain,
ing a mere majority. It is due to ourselves
and our homes that we should enthrone Georgia
securely upon her mountain heights with her
beacon lights streaming afar, and her banner of
victory thrown to the winds, in the conscious
pride that she had vindicated her own honor in
sight of all the world. Shall it be so? It]i e3
with you, fellow-cilizens. Determined action is
all that is necessary lo crown us with such a,
triumph.
Census of Rincon.
Benjamin Russell, Esq., has politely furnish,
ed us with returns of the census of the city, j U s»
completed. In the returns, Yineville and that
part of East Macon not embraced in the corpo*.
rate limits arc not included.
White population,.
Slaves,.
Free persons of color,.
2,442
1,709
29
Total,
4,ISO
The whigs are exerting every nerve to defeat'
the election of the gallant and eloquent Strong..
Democrats,.be on the alert.
REPUBLICANS OF BIBB
Much is expected of you on Monday next
—on you the eyes of your republican brethren
throughout jhe State are turned. Next Mon-
flay trlfl Ucii'Jo wiiothpr wliicU ha» «o long*
met the enemy with unquailing front, and mar
ched triumphantly on to victory, with scarcely
n sword cut in its ranks, shall still bear her
“Eagles” in triumph or suffer a defiat—which
will she do? We take it upon ourselves to say
that she will prove as she has always done, that
her heart is in .the right place—that she li.is
strong arms which nothing can paralyze; and
that she will put them forward whenever her
strength is needed. When was she ever found
wanting in the time of need? Has sho evei
failed, all things considered, to adhere more
ic majority in thu next legislature, is all that
required to do this.
Wc earnestly appeal lo all true friends of
Texas and the South, to make a united and
strong effort to-accomplish this great object on
Monday nex't. A more favorable opportunity
can never occur. Every republican, every
southron, owes it to himself as well as to the
credit of the State, to aid heartily and energeti
cdly in wiping from our borders every vestige
of (hat spirit which leagued itself with the Sew
ards and Slades, to defeat Texas. It is a foul
blot upon the name of the Slate,—even Adams
and his gang have thrown it in our teeth
Federalists every where point to it with exult
ation. Let us wipe out the stigma and. do jus
tice to her name.
Strata- Itsad.
In the course of lids campaign, vre have re
viewed the political tendencies of Gov. Craw
ford and his party, his public acts wc have ex
amined closely, and in some instances, we have
steadily to her principles than any other county sc ' crt l> commented upon them. Lot wc have
* * * * I nnuni* mtnnt ir\»» • 11 «f ,1....... 1.,.^. . « T r
in the state ? No, never. In the reeling shock
oflS40shc stood firm—true amidst innumerable
false. In 1S44 she was the first in the fra}' and
tlie last upon the field—and she will be right in
this contest. She will be what she always has
been, a shrine to which her wandering sisters
may repair to kindle their torches with republi
can (ire.
Let every republican remember that his vole
counts one, and it is possible that one single
vote may dccid# whether Georgia shall berep-
never intention illy donu. him injustice—for
Gov, Crawford personally, we have the high
est regard—wc esteem him high mioJed, hon
orable, public spirited and patriotic, and would
not resort to any unfair means to create an un
founded prejudice against him or any oth
er opponent. This canvass is now drawing
to a close, and wo cannot but think that any
unprejudiced mind that compares the course
pursued by the democratic press towards Gov
Crawford with that pursued by tlie Whig press
resented in the U. S. Senate by a friend of j *°. w ' ,r ^ 3 ^ r * ^-‘^'islci, ">H belbrcibly struck
Texas and the South, or John M. Berrien.-
A few votes lost may loose us the legislature :
the value of one votcris sometimes incalculable 1
fjemomber that by one single vote was the elec
tion of Jefferson secured over Burr. One vote
once gave Massachusetts a Democratic Gover
nor. The Deci'.aration of Independence itself
was carried by a bai'P nlo jor.ty.
with the candor and liberality of the former in
contrast with the hater. Wo did not ourselves
•udorsc or give currency to the charge which
our efficient cotemporary of tho Cherokee Ad
vocate in a spirit of honorable fairness contra
dicts in the extract which follows, yet we have
no desire to sec false issues raised or see any
of our friends follow the example of the Whig
press m misrepresenting their opponents, and
It lias been most improperly assumed by the | spread the correction before our readers that
Whig press, and Whig leaders ifcat the issues erroneous impressions, ifany have been formed,
in this campaign are pure ly local, aud wholly | m ., v removed :
unconnected with federal measures in every wny-.j «()ur attention lias been directed to an Edi-
Wlicrc is tho authority for this assumption ? I foxial articlo in the Cassville Pioneer of the
l3-.li hist., containing a charge against Gov.
tillable monument to tlu
u-liose recent lo.v
nans; and shows a remarkable knowledge of
anatomy ond the human/ace, great intelligence
and harmony of composition. The ornaments
rubes, <Mc., are executed with extraordinary
minuteness, and the objects, such ns vases and
drinking cups, are extremely elegant; the
bracelets, catlings, Are, show the- must e-xijui-
riifueni
>ry ol the Hero. I* aIr i (< „„|
nation Mill deplores, to f>
i oar most distant posterity, asa reoord „r the crest
lory.of his country's gratitude and grief.
In,I, That for the purpose of raising.by voluntary
ptioiilhe retpisite sum, a Ceiur.l Committee of thir-
ppointed.wbiclisb.il pr,weed forthwith to organ-
the necessary measure* for tlie collection of such sub-
scription : by whom a monthly publication of Ute ssnte
shall be made, and the money securely invested •
And Francis 1*. Blair, Esip, was appointed Treasurer,
no.l the following gentlemen were named as the Commit-
fee of t/iirteen.
Cave Johnson. Francis 1’. Blair. Tho». Ritchie, Amos
Kendall. John V. Van New, John C. Rices, \\ ,„.A. Har
ris, JciirK. Dow, Benj. II. French, John \V. Ataurv,
Charles K. Garducr, James lloban, Charles 1*. 8co£siack.
It cannot be pvouuoed, so far from its being
true, the converse of tha proposition is much
nearer the truth, if it be not absolutely true-—
As to the local policy of the State, there is not,
wo believe, any essential difference in tho
opin’ons entertained by the two political patties
—both are in favor of a sound and uniform
currency—both aro in favor of an efficient ad
ministration of the laws, and both are in favor
ofa wise <5* judieioussystemofintcrnal improve
ments, t where then arc the measures of so much
local importance with which Gov. Crawford is
identified according to the claims of his friends,
upon wh'ch Mr. McAllister is not equally as
sound. The claim is an idle one, arid will be
regarded as an admission, that the assumption
itself is wrong unless they show what they have
not yet done, that Mr. McAllister is unsound
upon any of these questions, the people should
not suffer themselves to bo deceived by this
I begging ol the question, adopted by the Whigs.
The questions connected with this election
extend far beyond the lines of this state or its
local polioy. Believe^— as you may, most cer
tainly believe, that the triumph of the whig par
ty at this election, if not so designed, will lie a
fatal stab at Southern interests and the com
monwealth of Georgia—at the consequence of
the State—at her moral and. political influence
in the confederacy—at the private interests and
dearest political rights of all her citizens. Let
Crawford, which we feel it our duty to contra
dict. W’e have vet to learn if the Geo. Rail
Road company, has ever seriously contempla
ted purchasing the State Road, and we can
siatc without equivocation that, so far from the
subserviency imputed to Gov. Crawford, he
Ims never had the subject under consideration.
Wc have authority for these remarks and we
have felt it our duty to make them, especially
as the Pioneer desired correction, if laboring
under faise impressions. Besides wc have no
disposition to imitate the wings in their misrep
resentations. Their principles are sufficiently
reprehensible, and thoir conduct base enough
to ensure their defeat, without tho necessity on
our part of resorting to unjust measures.
We call attention to tue subj lined corres-
pondence between the candidates for the Sen
ate in the lGih District, and Judge Stuigis, as
to the-construction of the law prescribin'^ die.
qualification of voters ^
Columbus* Sept: 24, 1845.
Dear Sir:: As some doulrs are entertained
as to the construction of tlie Law prescribing
the qualifications cf a Voter, we desire you w
give us your opinion as to the question, whether
a citiz-m can vote for Senator, out of the coun
ty of his-residence..
Vours, (Ssc..
• JAMES JOHNSON,-
J. S. CALHOUN.
Joseph Sturgis, Judge Sup’r. Court.
CoL’uxiaus, Sept. 25, 1843.'
Gentlemen z \ ours of-yes'en/ay, asking ray
opinion “upon the question whether a citizen
can vote lor Senator out of life county of lu-
residency’ is before me.- In rep'y thereto,
upon an- examination of the Law, 1 know of
n-> nuthori'y given, but on the contrary, by the
29th section of the lOt'li division of the Pt-nal
Cude, (tee Prince G49.) it is made a Peniter-
tiary Offence for any person to vote for mem
bers of tho Legislature, out of the county4
which.lie most usually resides—thus inhibiting
the- same. IF, therefore, any person sIioulJ
vote for Senator oilier than in the county of his
residence, Jie woul J be, in my opinion, upoa
conviction, subject tothepeimlrics of this pro-
visibn> of tho law.- I am, respectfully, your
ob’t.scrv’r..
JOSEPH STURGIS.
Messrs. Johnson and Calhoun.
THE: CHOPS;-
A R-tterreceived In this-ciiy, yesterday, finO’
one of the most respectable planters of Wilkes
county, in ibis-State,.under' date of 2-lth inst*
says—“Our crops are miserably short,-and we
will have to depend-greatly oif eariy gra®
fields. The caterpillar,-the first I have sen
in this region of country, are destroying!!*
fields of late grass, and the - ent ire turnip crop
This has been a sad year tb planters—less
than a half crop of every thing is realized.”
We seo by the Hamburg Journal, that the
caterpillar has made *its appearance in Edge
field District, and is busy at its work ol de
struction. They have also made their app 0 ^'
ance in Richmond county, in this State.—£- r -
Georgian.
!
WHAT OF THE NIGHT!
The Columbus Times, of the 24th inst- say#
-—Tho Cherokee Democrats arc l *
,000 and 3,500 as a sure majority to bet so ft*
McAllister. One of them offered to lay 8
gcr that no IVhig would bo returned to the le
gislature, west of the Chattahoochee. There 0
fire in tho Mountains.” Shall we not n 131 ' 1
some smoko in the plains too? The wire gr 5:!
is wide awake; the sea-board is in arms an
has its “visor down,” and throughout the - !3,e |
there is a calm and determined confide**
which augurs well for a bright clay on the M
Monday of October.
ft/? Let every Republican remember that if
lie voles for a Whig at the approaching elec
tion, he will be in effect.voting for the re elec
tion of JOHN M. BERRIEN, to the United
States Senate.
Passing by the Central Rail Road Depot on
Saturday last, wc noticed hundreds of dry goods
boxes and other packages on their way from
the Eastern cities by the Central Rail Road to
Montgomery, Eufuula, Lafayette, Tuskegee,
besides packages for Columbus and all tlie
owns and villages in the Southern and
western counties of this State. This is the best
evidence that could be given of the vast open-
with the west and southwest created by
means of this great work
COMMUNICATED.
Whig Orders, No. I»
Head Quarters.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER*
Chairman and Commander-in-Chid-
WHIGS,
“Make a bold stand”!
WIIIGS,
“Wc appeal to yon personally”!
WHIGS,
“Let all your schisms and jarri.egs be I ; ®l £
WHIGS, . a .
‘-Omit no occasion tospeak toyotiracqo 8111 .' 1
ccs, whether whig or democrat, of the
of Gov. Crawford’s nduiiiiistral» a -
WHIGS, ^
“Conduct your movements quietly”!! s° as
to excite our opponents!!!
WHIGS, )( ,
“ Excitement should be avoided!! •
WHIGS, 1(i )
“Public discussion and angry argument (d>°
be avoided”!!!!
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1 Talk privately with those wit
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Eyes front—take “ahold stand,” mid m
quietly—"-talk privately—“Our polity ‘ s 0
trate privately"!!!!!!
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