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TO tiie BANNER,
PHESEXTED BV miss THOMAS TO THE MUSCOGEE
HUZZA RS.
Float, Danner, float,
The clarion’s note
Comes clashing through its brazen throat;
The war steeds neigh,
In their proud array ;
Thy stars were form’d by beauty’s hand,
Thy folds shall wave o’er a gallant band,
For a gallant band are they.
Shine, banner, shine;
At glory's shrine
The brightest meed shall e’er be thine ;
For rich and rare
Thy jewels are ;
For thy silken folds shall shine o’er men,
And their shouts shall be heard o’er hill and plain,
And their onset shall tyrants fear.
Wave, banner, wave ;
No hireling slave
Shall follow thy folds to glory's grave ;
A free-born band
Shall ’neath thee stand,
For a Georgian maid hath given thee
To Georgians —sons of liberty,
Who would die for their father land.
Oct. 8, 1838. o. c. c.
TIIE SERENADE.
BV Park BENJAMIN.
Once, in those unforgotten hours,
When Life was fresh, and fair, and new—
And nil its buds and all its flowers
Hung drooping with the early dew ;
Before on feeling fell a blight,
Or any rose of thought could fade—
My lover came one starry night,
And woke me with a Serenade.
The music o’er my senses stole,
And, sweetly mingling with my dream,
Transported rny imprisoned soul
To bliss, on its melodious stream.
I never shall forget the song,
Or the sweet tune the dear one played,
As the soft night-wind bore along
The verses of that Serenade.
He sung of love—of constant love—
Os his devotion, pure and deep ;
And called the biightest star above
To sentinel my happy sleep.
At first I listened doubtingly—
My heart was of its joy afraid ;
Till through the gloom J saw : twas he
Who sung to me that Serenade.
Long years have vanished since I heard
His song, and Time has sadly flown ,
Yet I have treasured every word,
And pondered every melting tone
Os that dear voice. He wandered far,
And to a distant region strayed,
Where, guided by some lovelier star,
Perchance he sings that Serenade.
The bloom fias faded from my cheek—
My life, alas ! has lost its smile ;
With other songs I vainly seek
My spirit’s sadness to beguile ;
For how can I be happy inoro,
Thus in my fondest hope betraved ?
Can any charm in life restore
That sweet and simple Serenade ?
When Midnight, from her ebon throne,
Flings over Earth a brilliant veil,
That pure, and deep and thrilling tone
Floats faintly on the gentle gale ;
And sometimes when the dawn is near,
And sometimes through the evening’s shade,
Too faithful Memory bids me hear
The music of his Serenade.
EXTRACT FROM THE GOVERNOR’S
MESSAGE.
The progress of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad has been satisfactory. The grading
and masonry of one hundred miles have been
contracted for upon favorable terms; fifty of
which will be executed by the month of July
next, and the remainder by the end of the
year.
The entire route for the road to the Ten
nessee river has been surveyed. Several
new routes of parts of the road which had
been located, have also been surveyed in or
der to satisfy the demands of different sec
tions of the country, and to ensure the best
location.
The length of tiie roa<l from its southern
termination to the Tennessee river will be
one hundred and thirty four miles, and its
cost according to the estimate of the chief
Engineer, (exclusive of the right of way, and
of the services of the commissioners,) about
two millions five hundred and eighty thou
sand dollars. The survey and location have
cost about forty one thousand dollars.
The chief Engineer is of the opinion that
the cost of the road will he less than any
other railroad in the United States, con
structed in the same manner, and on an equal
scale.
In pursuance of the law, authorising the
board of commissioners, in conjunction with
the Governor, to sell state stock, to raise funds
for carrying on the construction of the road,
one hundred thousand pounds sterling of
stock have been issued. The President of
the board, (Mr. Crawford,) who was deputed
to sell this stock, found it unsuitable for the
market in consequence of the form in which
it issued. Mr. Crawford was, however, en
abled to raise three hundred thousand dol
lars, \vilh the promise of an additional hun
dred thousand if it should he wanted, by
pledging a part of the stock and agreeing for
the Legislature, that it will at its present ses
sion authorise the issuing of such stock as
will suit the European market; that it shall
be offered for sale to the contractors as early
as the month of April next; and that tlie mo
ney which has been advanced shall be re
funded out of the proceeds of the sale. The
state is to pay five per cent, interest upon
the loan of this three hundred thousand dol
lars, from the time that the bills drawn bv
Mr. Crawford on the contractors, shall he
accepted and paid in London. The funds
thus obtained in New York have been sold
here for a premium of about four percent.;
so that the use of three hundred thousand
dollars in Georgia money for one year, has
been procured for the state, without cast, or
not exceeding one per cent, per annum. The
Legislature is requested to make immediate
provision for fulfilling this contract.
Means must also he provided during your
present session, Ibr the purchase of the iron
railing for the *oad. As tiie state will pro
bably have to rely almost entirely upon credit
fi>r carrying on its works of internal improve
ment, it would perhaps be good policy to au- 1
thorise at once the sale of stock, sufficient not
only to repay the three hundred thousand I
dollars borrowed and lor the purpose of iron
railing, but for whatever amount may he ne
cessary for the entire completion of ihe West
ern and Atlantic Railroad, and for giving to
the railroads which are now progressing bv
incorporated companies, such assistance as
maybe demanded by the public interest. !
The great value of our agricultural pro
ductions in Europe ; the freedom of the state
from debt; and the high credit of our bank
ing institutions and mercantile men, will en
able the state to enter the stock market with
many advantages. The accumulation of
wealth in Great Britain, and the filling up of
all avenues of profitable labor and Invest
ment, have rendered tlie price for the use of
money exceedingly cheap there, when com
pared to its value here. The extended com
mercial connection between Great Britain
and the United States, and the approach
which they have made to each other by the
late improvements in steam navigation, have
made the surplus money of Great Britain al
most as accessible to us as its manufactures
of iron anil cotton. Nor is there any strong
er objection to our becoming borrowers ofj
that surplus capital to add to our means of
accumulating wealth, r !ian to our purchasing!
its products when they can be obtained!
cheaper than similar productions in our own j
country. So long as the use of money is!
worth eight per eent. per annum in this state.!
it cannot be injurious to the public interest to
bring money from abroad at five per cent. <>!
be employed in constructing works of inter- 1
nal improvement, whose profits will most!
probably repay the capital and interest ex-j
pended upon them in a very short lime, and ;
which might not be executed at all without ,
thus obtaining the aid of foreign capital.
The risk and delay which must always j
attend the trade from the Gulf of Mexico
! around the peninsula of Florida with the i
| cities of the Atlantic, and with Europe, can j
j be best avoided by a line of railroad from tiie j
j Chattahoochee river to the Atlantic. Great
i advantages would he derived from thus di
recting “this trade to our seaports, and the
course of travelling between the South and
the North through this stale.
Still greater advantages may be anticipated
from completing the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, and the railroads which connect it
with our principal cities. The difficulties
which the Allegany and Blue Ridge mountains
present to the transportation of the vast pro
ductions of the Western and South Western
slates of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkan
sas, Tennessee, Kentucky and the upper
|>art of Alabama, to their markets on the sea
hoard, can no where be overcome with so
much ease as through these lines of railroad.
If we shall ever succeed to the extent of
our wishes, in enjoying the advantages of
direct importations from Europe, of the pro
ceeds of the sales of our agricultural produc
tions exported thither, it must he by these
facilities for transportation bringing such an
accession of capital to our cities as to enable
the Southern, South Western and Western !
merchants to sell what they have to export,:
and obtain their supplies of European goods
upon as favorable terms, in our markets,
as in New York. And by inducing the
Northern manufacturers to seek an exchange
of their fabrics in the same markets for our
rice and raw cotton, and the flour and pork
of the West.
I consider it therefore of the highest im
portance, that the state shall proceed with the
construction of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad as rapidly as possible; and give
such assistance, by the use of its credit, to the
companies now engaged in making the rail
roads which form the other portions of the
communications between our cities and the
South and West, as may be necessary for
the successful completion of their undertaking.
The application of the means of the state
to assist these incorporated companies, is jus
tified from their success being identified with
the public good, and because the state can
obtain money upon credit upon cheaper
terms than companies, whilst the companies
can construct the roads and keep them in re
pair, much more economically than the pub
lic.
In thus supplying the means to chartered
companies to complete their roads, the use
of which is not free for every one, the state
should” take care, however, that sufficient
security is furnished by the improvements
themselves, for the repayment of the money
advanced.
‘I he Hiwassee. Railroad Company in Ten
nessee, are constructing a road from Knox
ville to Red Clay, on the line of this slate, and
about fifteen miles from the line of the West
ern and Atlantic railroad. It will add greatly
to the trade and travelling which will pass
over the Western and Atlantic Railroad to
be connected with this road when com
pleted. The Hiwassee company have met
with difficulties in procuring the means of
carrying on their road, which will probably
he overcome by the Legislature giving an
assurance that this state will proceed to make
the branch road to connect the two roads
together, whenever the Hiwassee company
shall have so far progressed, as to render it
certain that their road will be completed. I
would, therefore, recommend to the Legisla
ture to pass resolutions giving snch assurance.
In pursuance of the resolution passed at
your iast session, an agent was sent to nego
tiate with the Legislature of the state of Ten
nessee for the right of way for the Western
and Atlantic Railroad from the line of this
state to the Tennessee river. He succeeded
in procuring the passage of an act bv the
Legislature of Tennessee granting to this
state for the Western and Atlantic Railroad
the right of wav with the same privileges
and under the same restrictions as had been
previously granted to the Hiwassee Railroad
company. The copy of the act, the instruc
tions to the Agent and correspondence with
the Governor of Tennessee, are laid before
you. Great credit is due to General New
nan, the Agent of the state, for the zeal and
intelligence with which he performed the duty
assigned him.
The most adm'rable structure of Govern
ment and the wisest system of laws cannot
give security to the rights of citizens, unless
-aided hv a well constituted judiciary depart
ment. That our rights are without this se
curity is universally acknowledged. Since
the Constitution has been altered so as to
permit an improvement of our present sys
tem, none has yet been devised which would
not be attended, in the opinion of the Legis
lature, with evils ns great as those from j
which we now suffer. This dread would j
seem to be excessive since the sensitiveness j
of the public would be certain to direct the !
attention of the Legislature to the correction j
of any “mischiefs consequent upon the reform j
which must be adopted. Having expressed j
my opinions ’o the Legislature upon this sub- j
ject very fully in a former message, I again
refer to it from a sense of the strong obliga
tion which continually rests upon the govern
ment to provide the best security for its citi
zens against injustice and oppression.
According to the form of our government,
it is made the special duty of the Legislature
to correct such imperfections in the Consti
tution as may have been rendered evident by
I experience. On a firmer occasion your at-
I tention was called to the importance of re
j deeing ihe Legislative body, and of equali
i zing the representation of the people.
The necessity of reforming the Constitu
| tion in these particulars has become more
| pressing from the removal of the Indians and
j Ihe great increase of the population of the
j stale. Tiie apportionment, when made ac- ■
| cording to the census which lias just been
j taken, will add greatly to the number of the :
; members of the Legislature. This enlarge- j
| ment of the Legislative body must lessen its
! responsibility, enhance the public expenses,!
\ render its deliberations more tumultuous, and
increase the uncertainty of its determinations.
The great variety of sectional and local
interest existing in our extensive territory,
1 render it just to the whole and each part that
| the representation of the peop ! e should be
j made equal. But it is especially important
j that the Senate should be constituted dilfer
! enilv from the House of Representatives, and
i that it should he a smaller, a more select and
| stabe body than at present. If the proposed
; amendments of the Constitution would tend
; to secure a wise and just administration of
! public afftirs it is due to the co nmunity, and
! to the principles upon which our government
! is founded, (the capacity of the people to
I govern themselves.) that they should be made.
The resolution passed al your la -1 session,
authorising this department to employ a
competent Engineer, to survey the Chntfn- j
hoochee river, from West Po'nt to VS inn’s
Ferry, and report the obstructions to its navi
gafion, and the expenses of removing them,;
and also upon the practicability of construct
ing a canal from the navigable waters of the
St. Mary’s to the Chattahoochee, was not
carried into effect on account of the in for- |
mality of the resolution and the want of an
appropriation to defray the expenses.
The transportation of the heavy agricul
tural productions of the interior, upon rivers,
itsual’y the cheapest mode of their convey
ance to market, when it can he used. I
would,'therefore, recommend that a general
survey ad examination be made, not only
ot the Chattahoochee, but of ail o-ur rivers
j capable of being rendered navigable, and!
| that an experienced and skilful superintend
jent be appointed to direct the application of
the public money appropriated for their im
! provement, instead of the loose and wasteful
j manner which has been hitherto pursued, of
j expending public money appropriated l'or
j such purposes.
—
From ihe Boston I >ai!y Advocate.
HONORABLE FELIX GRUNDY.
J The Democratic Review for October is a
rich number, proving what seems difficult of
I demonstration, that the spirit, talent, point,
and soundness of this excellent work can be
j made to go on progressively from number to
number. I’le article on Radicalism, is sound,
! judicious, and most apt to the times. The
| literary portion of the October number is not
j less attractive than the soundness of its politi
j cal matter. It has a graphic sketch in pen
and pencil of that man of inflexible Derno
jcratic virtue, the Cato of the senate, Felix
Grundy, now Attorney General of the United
j States. The portrait is a rough but happy
| outline of this true American, marked by the
j quiet repose of thought which is peculiar to
him in his hours of study, and at tie same
time indicating that aminhieness of manner,
and philanthropy of heart, which can be
moved at a moment by social or humane ap
peals, to good humored vivacity and active
benevolence.
Mr. Grundy is one of the few of our dis
tinguished statesmen who came into public
life so near the Revolution, as almost to have
been identified with it. It is the link between
that period and our own and to such men, as
the conscript fathers in the Republic, we can
most safely look lor counsel. It is unfortu
nate for the country, and honorable to the
President, that Mr. Grundy, who, in his long,
most eventful and useful life, never before
held an office under the General Goverment,
j has been called to the cabinet as the legal
adviser of the Goverment. Sagacious, pro
found, and always as firm as he is prudenl
and conciliating, an abler and safer counsel
lor, in any crisis, could not have been chosen.
Contrast the position of this eminent and
estimable citizen, who has always stood by
his country in every crisis, with him who has
always opposed her and exulted in all her
distresses.
Daniel Webster and Felix Grundy were
both members of the House in the crisis of
the late war. Webster risked nothing in
that war. Grundy left his family exposed to
the tomahawk of the Indian. The first blow
struck in the war might desolate his hearth ;
yet he never hesitated to cheer his country
onward, while Webster hung upon her with
all his weight, to pull her down.
When Daniel Webster made his treasona
ble speech, January 14, 1814, to defeat en
listment and payment of soldiers, and to
leave the frontiers open to savage butcheries,
he exclaimed, ‘ls this the entertainment we
were invited to!’ and he threatened to march
up to the very line of treason in opposing the
war, saying that they could find a precedent
for going over! Or, as Mr. Adams said of
him on another occasion, ‘ it needed but one
step more to go over and join the enemy.’
Grundy replied to that speech of
I Mr. Webster and in these memorable words:
‘ They who discourage enlistments, or use
their influence to prevent loans to the Gover
ment, are, in my judgement, guilty of moral
treason.’
Such has been the award of the country.
Daniel Webster, who would have puked
down his country’s flag for the British lion
to trample on, is consigned, in the nation, to
everlasting‘solitary grandeur.’ Felix Grun
dy stands high among the honored ones of the
nation, and is her chosen counsellor.
Will not the Republican citizens of Ten
nessee think of this contrast ? Where is that
once gallant State now? In the arms of the
old Federal enemies of the country. The bas
tard party there in the guise of Whigs, who
got tiie control of Tennessee under the false
W hite flag, have excluded from the Senate
Felix Grundy, and sent John Bell their am
bassador to Faneuil Hall, 1o pay homage to
Daniel Webster, and lay Tennessee beside
Massachusetts, at his feet, in that very place
where treason held her high court, while
the brave Tennessee millia were pouring out
their lives on the frontiers and at New Or
leans !
Can it be possible that Tennessee is now
to take the side of Webster and his Hartford
Convention associates, against. Felix Grundy,
Andrew Jackson,and the brave spirits who, in
council and in action, defended and preserved
the national glory against the moral traitors
of that day? No! Tennessee has griev
ously sinned, but she will return to her first
love. The gallant, patriotic Polk is bearing
her banner aloft, and in the next election
will redeem her from the feudal vassalage to
Federal Massachusetts, to which John Bell
sold her.
Popular Intelligence. —lt is honorable to the
j character of the American people, that the
| expedients generally adopted by the Opposi
! tion for purposes of deception and agitation,
j have not been successful. This proves that
j the mass of the community possesses more
j intelligence and firmness than is asserted or
j believed by those who have no laith in pop
ular fitness for self government. The prefer
ences and opinions of the great body of the
people have not been permanently affected
by the panics, prejudices, and calumnies,
which constitute the weapons of the Federal
party. They stood aloof for a while, that
they might calmly examine the doctrines and
policy of the Administration, at anew and
critical juncture of affairs, before expressing
their approval or disapprobation. The Fed
eralists mistook this temporary suspension of
political action for a conversion to their ob
noxious opinions, and filled the land with their
shouts of victory. They held triumphal
meetings: ‘flushed with insolence and wine,’
they proclaimed at their banquet the downfall
of Democracy, and the final prostration of the
Republicn party. They already disposed,
1 in their secret conclaves, of the spoils of bat
lie and the rewards of power. They did not
; suspect that the people hesitated, only to de
| liberate, and that die effect of such delibera
tion would but invigorate their attachment to
those great principles which they have, with
trifling intervals, supported since the origin of
the Government, and which have impelled
this country in a career of prosperity unri
valled in the history of nations.— Globe.
Valuable Printing Office for sale. —The
J establishment of the Montgomery Advertiser
is oflered for sale. In materials, order and
patronage, it is believed to be one of the
most complete and extensive in the interior
of the Southern country.
To those who really wish to purchase, a
full and fair examination of every thing ap
pertaining to its true value will be given.—
The terms will be one third cash, and the
remainder in two annual instalments with ap
proved security. Application by letter must
be post paid to ensure attention.
The pie-bald party in Georgia, composed
of Clay, anti Clay ; Harrison, anti Harrison ;
Webster, anti Webster, Pet Bank, National,
and anti Bank men, have succeeded in elect
ing their Congressional ticket by a small ma
jority. When the contest comes to be nar
rowed down between any one of the above
named worthies and Mr. Van Buren, or be
tween any specified plan, as opposed to the
Sub-Treasury—the administration and its
doctrines will he sustained by a triumphant
majority. — St. Joseph Times.
By putting a piece of lump sugar the size
of a walnut into the tea pot, you will make
the tea infuse in one half the time.
SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, NOVEMBER 15, 188S.
STATE BONDS.
We see that the Governor recommends
that the credit of the State shall be loaned,
to incorporated companies, for the construc
tion of works of internal improvement, or in
other words, that he is in favor of what is
familiarly known as the State Bond system.
Whenever anew and untried project is
about to be introduced and fastened upon u3
as a government measure, it behooves the
great body of the people, most calmly, fear
lessly, and impartially, to investigate its prin
ciples, and the consequences likely to flow
from it. The mischief and the remedy should
be duly weighed and considered, and we
| should not permit ourselves to be led astray,
either by preconceived prejudices or alluring
prospects. The innovations which are sought
to be made by this system, upon the policy
which we have heretofore been guided by,
are great and important, and present many
questions of most momentous import. For
our own part, we feel satisfied, that at the
foundation of the proposed scheme there
lurks a principle most dangerous to the coun
try, and that if established, we shall look
back at no remote day to its creation, as an
era in our political history, fraught with the
most mischievous consequences.
We have no hesitation in believing, that if
the naked and unadorned proposition, should
be presented to the people of Georgia, un
aided by the peculiar circumstances which
now favor its adoption, that it would meet
with almost universal condemnation. But
many circumstances now tend to favor its
adoption; amongst others, may be mention
ed that almost universal zeal for internal im
provements, (a zeal which, if properly direct
ed, would lead to the most beneficial results,)
which pervades our country —that rapid
and alarming tendency to monopoly in our
midst, and which is commensurate with the
wealth and capital of the country ; so that
the public mind in arriving at correct con
clusions upon this all important subject, has
to compete, in the first place, with a most
pawerfu’ and deep settled prejudice ; and in
the second, with ail the tremendous influence,
that well trained and organized wealth can
bring to tear.
We propose to discuss this subject some
what in detail, and in order to do this, shall
employ some portion of our columns for sev
eral succeeding numbers. We shall endea
vor to discharge this duty in all frankness and
candor. To enquire how far the rights of
the people will be invaded by it, and our
liberty endangered. We shall freely and
fearlessly slate our objections to the scheme,
and endeavor to offer our reasons for such
objections.
In the first place then, we insist, that it is
contrary to the very first principles of free
government, that the great body of the peo
ple should be taxed, in order to raise a reve
nue to be placed in the hands of a few indi
viduals, amongst whom the profits are to be
shared, which profits are realized out of the
people, (and that too often by the most extor
tionate means) by the use of their own money.
This glaring perversion of right, however, is
attempted to he justified on the score of con
venience, and it is contended, that the people
receive a more than adequate compensation’
for this invasion, b} 7 ihe convenience and fa
cilities which are thus afforded. If there were
no other means of affording them this con
venience, and those lacilities than that which
is brought about by thus giving the use and
power of their oivn capital to individuals,
there would be some plausibility in the argu
ment, but unfortunately for the advocates of
this system, and most fortunately for the great
cause of the public, experience has taught
us, that the most successful means of accom
plishing the very desirable ends in this res
pect, proposed by this scheme, have been by
undertakings at the public expense ; making
the works, when completed, the property of
the public, and throwing all the revenues pro
duced by them, back into the public Treasury;
thus in one case, arriving at the same object
by a constantly enriching Treasury, and in
the other, it is only to be attained, (if at all)
by the enriching individuals, who are the fa
vorites of the government, and thus impov
erishing the government itself and the people.
On this branch of the subject, however, we
shall say more hereafter, it being sufficient
for our purpose for the present, merely to
hint at the glaring inequality of the two plans.
Another objection to the project, with us,
is, that it will have a tendency to increase
the distance between the servants of the peo
ple and the people themselves; thus lessening
that dependance of the public functionary,
upon the will and wishes of his constituents,
which we regard as the main pillar of Re
publican institutions. When any policy is to
be adopted, by which the favor of the gov
ernment is to be bestowed upon a few indi
viduals, to the exclusion of the great mass of
the community, a reciprocal understanding,
and a close, and indissoluble unity of feeling,
sentiment and wishes, necessarily grows
up, between the recipients of such favors,
and those who have them to bestow. Such
a contact and unity is dangerous to freedom,
and in due time all the power placed in the
hands of those who receive such favors from
the government, wiil be brought to bear upon
the great body of the people,to reconcile them
to the acts of their public agents, and what
cannot be accomplished by persuasive and
other specious means, must in timebeac-i
complished by force. The agents, then, will
no longer be the servants, but with the aid of
their favorites, will become the masters of
the people ; and thus, we shall in time, find
the people arrayed upon one side, and (heir
rulers upon the other; the one, struggling
for the ascendancy over the other,, and in
such a contest it requires no prophetic vision
to foresee, after the system is firmly fastened
upon us, upon whose banner victory wilj
perch. [ To be. continued ]
LEGISLATURE.
Latest advices inform us of the following
elections :
FOR SOLICITORS t
Ocmulgee Circuit, Foster (S. R.)
Chattahoochee do Benning (U.}
Cherokee do Lumpkin (U.)
Eastern do Owens (U.)
R. M. Orme (S. R.) has seen elected State ;
Printer*
GOV. GILMER’S MESSAGE.
Not having room for the entire Message,
we have selected for publication in this day’s
paper, that part of it which treats of the sub
ject of internal improvement, that being, in
our opinion, the most important portion of
the document. Our readers are referred to
it in another column.
The Governor has taken special pains to
drag forth the President and abuse him upon
the subject ot the Cherokee emigration, as if
indeed Mr. Van Buren had actually attempt
ed to destroy the provisions of the treaty.
Could this be attributed to the ignorance of
his Excellency, it might be the more easily
pardoned. But did not Gov. Gilmer know,
when he was charging upon President Van
Buren such motives, that he was making a
false charge? or did he presume entirely
upon the ignorance of the people over whom
he has the honor to preside ? The point was
long since yielded, that while a suggestion
was made for an extension of time in regard
to removing the Cherokees, yet it was not
proposed in any wise to compromit ‘ the
rights and interests of the States, or in any
sense to invalidate the treaty which had been
formed.’ As we have said on a previous
occasion, we now reiterate : the letter of Mr.
Poinsett, dated the 7th of June, stated ck-arly
and unequivocally, that the President did not
contemplate any change in the treaty, any
delay in its execution, or anv modification of
the orders and instructions 1 first issued to the
general officer entrusted with the removal of
the Cherokees, unless someone, or all of the
States interested, first signified a willingness
to alter the terms of the treaty, or permit
some little delay in the emigration of the In
dians. We were not at all surprised when
we saw tiie nullification presses using this
bare suggestion of the President so as to
abuse him, for we are too well acquainted
with those prints not to know that they are
ever eager in their rapacity to decry the
administration, and are not at all times over
careful whether they have truth on their side
or falsehood. But the course of Gov. Gil
mer in relation to the matter, has, from the
very outset astonished us. In his letters to
the Secretary of War, to the Georgia Dele
gation in Congress, and to William C. Daw
son, which followed each other in rapid suc
cession, and which were written under great
apparent excitement and savored much of
the edicts of the Grand Sultan ; in all this
fiery ‘ war of words,’ we deemed his Excel
lency as condescending from his high estate
and unrobing himself of that dignity which
should ever clothe an executive officer. But
the climax is certainly made in the Message
before us. The Governor speaks in a tone
which indicates a kind of self-gratulation, a
pompous rejoicing over some mighty achieve
ment of his own right arm, when he breaks
forth in the following style of grandiloquence :
‘ I congratulate you upon the successful re
moval of the Cherokees from the State’—or
as the natural rendering of the phrase would
seem to be, ‘I have succeeded in starting
the Cherokees for Arkansas, and have glori
ously triumphed over the general govern
ment, therefore rejoice with me in my vic
tory.’ This must have been the meaning of
the opening sentence of the Message—if any
it has—for progressing a little further in this
wonderful document we read : ‘ Fortunately
for the country, our people, and the Indians,
the dreadful scenes of strife and massacre,
which this conduct of the President was cal
culated to produce, were prevented by the
promptness and energy of Gen. Scott and the
Georgia troops.’ Avery modest way of ;
blowing his own trumpet, through the medium
of Gen. Scott.
The Message is a one-sided affair; point
edly abusive es the administration and its
leading measure of policy, the Sub-Treasury;
and advocating with a blind zeal, ihe misera
ble, gambling, pet bank system, which for
merly received the loudest anathemas of his
party. In point of composition it is coarse,
disjointed, and extremely defective, and must
have been written in the absence of private
Secretaries, or those who might have been
qualified to gramataeise. Asa state paper
it wilt inevitably be classed far below medio
crity.
A Amt for the JVhig3 to crack. —After all
the fuss and shouting of the Whigs over the
election of Stuart and the defeat of Douglass,
in Illinois, it appears beyond dispute that Mr.
Douglass is elected by a majority of thirty
one votes. The Clerk (whig) run away
with the poll-hook and made a false return,
which gave Stuart a seeming majority at
first.
Comment. —lt is a desperate case with the
Whigs—give them rope enough, and they
will hang themselves ‘elegantly,’
Cotton. —The article comes in freely, and
sales are readily made at II a 12 cents.
The Delegates to the Georgia Commer
cial Convention, assembled in the Methodist
church, in Miliedgeville, on the morning of the
12th,and organized by electing John McPher
rson Berrien, Esq. President,and Messrs. John
P. King, F. Carter, E. Hamilton and John
W. Campbell, Vice Presidents.
A'ew York Elections. —The Whigs have
carried the state, if our slips tell true —and
being from the offices of the Courier and
Herald, who would doubt them I—by large
majorities. The Courier and Enquirer says
that Seward (Whig) will be elected Governor
by ten thousand i> ajority. Monroe and Grin
nell have been elected to Congress from the
’ cilv. in place of Cambrellmg and Moore. Og
! den Hoffman and Curtis reelected. The
‘ empire*folks are absolutely mad.
j Baltimore Monument. —The first number
! of Vo!. I. of this periodical has come to hand.
! It is neatly printed, and contains fifty pages
of goodmatter, and is embellished with a fine
descriptive engraving of the country seat of
It. Gilmor, Esq.—a wood cut of the Female
Institute, Columbia, Tennessee— besides two
pages of music.
The present indication is that Van Burerr
is turning Whig.— JV. O Bulletin.
Stand back and let the tong-eared gentle--
man pass.
Steam Boat stint;. —The steam boat Flo
ridian, on her upward passage, was snagged
and sunk about ten miles above Tennessee
Biutfi- The particulars we have not learned. 1
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The following important decision we wish
all our subscribers to read most attentively ;
and more especially such as are disposed to
slip out of past dues by writing us laconic
epistles somewhat after this fashion :
‘ Dear Editors^—Stop my paper. You don’t
write to suit me ; and moreover nor that, it
hasn't arive no more nor twice in four
months. I'll pay you when I gets able.’
For the special benefit of all such per
sons, the following is published :
Judge Thompson, at the sitting of the Cir
cuit Court of this county, decided, that if a
subscriber to a periodical failed either to no
tify the editor to discontinue the paper at the
end of the lime subscribed for, or to pay up
the arrearages, he was bound for another
year. In other words, the terms of the pa
per had to be complied with, or an editor
was not bound to discontinue a paper, and
could compel a person to pay for any length
of time he had continued his paper, until the
terms are complied with. This settles a very
important principle—at least to printers.— ;
Corydon Investigator.
Melancholy. —We are pained to notice the
death of Dr. George W. Heard, of Harris
county. Dr. H. was travelling in a sulky in
Oglethorpe county, and it is presumed the
horse ran away with him, as he was found
on the side of the road in an almost lifeless ,
state. He lingered but a short time after he
was founa. Dr. H. was 4S years old, and a
man highly esteemed by all who knew him.
Ohio is not used tip yet. Shannon’s ma
jority does not exceed 4,000, and as to the
Legislature, the run is so close that it is
doubtful if the seven counties to be heard
from do not yet give us a preponderance.—
JY. Y. Star.
How hard old Mordecai dies 1
‘Banks should be strictly prohibited from
engaging in any speculation whatever. I
would respectfully recommend that the priv
ilege of banking shall not hereafter be con
ferred upon companies chartered for other
purposes. I am also of the opinion that it
will add to the public security, for the proper
conduct of Banks hereafter to be created, if
their charters shall require, that the stock
shall he distributed among numerous persons
and the amount to be held by individuals
limited, so that no one, nor even a few, will
be enabled to obtain th#entire control or
management of any Bank; experience hav
ing proved that private Banks are too apt
to run into speculation, and that the tempta
tion to fraudulent combinations, and exces
sive credit to individuals, is too great to be
usually resisted when Banks are in the hands
of a few.’
The above is an extract from the late
Message of Gov. Gilmer, and as far the pub
lic good is concerned is decidedly the most
important and valuable portion of that Mes
sage. The Governor is sound, as we hold
upon the subject of banking, in the view
taken in the above extract; but when he
advocates the old villanous ‘ pet Bank’ system,
he shrouds all his.other views in darkness.
We had looked for a more enlightened and
expanded view of financiering from the Ex
ecutive of'Georgia. His Excellency is be
hind the times.
Madame Yestris and her young husband,
Charles Matthews, have evidently made a
failure in this country. We perceive they
are nocardatlhe Drury Lane of New York.
The young, beautiful, sweet singing Miss
Sheriff is all the rage at the National. Noah
and other witty old gentlemen are playing
finely with her name; hear them :
The ‘ Sheriff.’ — Wit walks the round,
while Music fills the air! The Sheriff last
evening arrested a whole audience and kept
them tor three hours, and dismissed them on
their recognizances to appear again at the
| National.— JY. Y. Star.
This allusion is to the vocalist. She never
could have kept the audience thus in duresse,
had she not given her notes as security.—
Phi la. Gaz.
j So decided a hit has the new opera made,
that the stage manager of the National has
been bound over to keep the piece. — Ed. Eve.
Journal.
Portrait Painting. —Mr. Parker has been
fsr some time in our town, and has taken
many of our citizens in likenesses, which are
remarkable for being true to nature. Mr.
Mifflin has also arrived, and is engaged with
some very fine faces, from which he must,
we think, gather, if possible, additional fame.
The following beautiful remarks upon the
subject, are from the Southern Post, and most I
cheerfully substituted in place of any thing!
which we could say:
‘ There is not a more pleasing relic among
all the heir-looms of a family than an exact
transcript of a dear familiar face. It is a
solace in sorrow, long after the friend or rela
tive has past from us, and a companion and
a pleasure even during those temporary ab
sences which so often sever friends even in
j this life. A child, a parent, a sister, brother
or friend, and above all, the miniature of a
pretty cousin, with her cherub lips always
revelling in smiles, and her soft, liquid black
eyes ever gushing in gladness—to wear it,
and that too, next to the place where poets,
painters, and philosophers, all agree is the
source from whence comes the spring-tide of
the aflections, would impart unimaginable
bliss. Then why not wear it? YVho is |
without that sweet blessing—a pretty cousin ? j
and if you have one take her to the Artist !
and let him impress her fair, young, lovely
features upon the canvass, ere the adverse
winds of this cold world shall have blown 100
roughly upon her beauty, and sorrow shall
have crossed the joys of that smiling face,
through which in after years, the trace of the
original may be seen.
A Quakerism.— Never ask an editor the
news, for it. is his bu=iness to tell thee at the
appointed time.
For the Sen’inel and Herald.
HIE NEXT GOVERNOR.
Mr. Editor —Your readers will no doubl
agree with me in the opinion, that Ihe time
has arrived when we should begin to speak of
this subject, :n order to ascertain the opinions
and views of the people, as to who the indi
viduai shall he that will he most acceptable
to-the Democratic Party, for this important:
j office.
All hands will no doubt agree that the
nomination “ShdfiTtFbe made bv a convention
of the people, which I would propose to be
holden in Miliedgeville, on the first Monday j
in May next.
For this important lation I could suggest {
the names of many distinguished individuals, I
who, in point of talent, it would he detracting
from them too much, to compare with the
present imbecile incumbent; suffice it to!
say, they are men who would not flinch from*
[responsibility, or skulk out of difficulty vtffier/
the honor of the State and the interests of
the people are in jeopardy; nor would they
humbly lawn around a JYorlhern Abolition”
ist lor his favors; when the sovereign rights
oi the State were in danger of being trampled*
upon.
I he names which I would suggest lor coi)”
sideration at the present, are: Rl. H. McAlis
ter, T. Glascock, C. J. McDonald, TANARUS,
Haynes, G. W. B. Towns.
These are men of sterling worth and tal
ents, true democratic republicans, and in every
way worthy of the confidence of the people;-
they are no doubt zealous advocates of the
present great and glorious measures of tlfye
administration of the general government,
upon the success of which depends the ‘ de
liverance and liberty’ of the southern people.-
A DEMOCRAT.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
THE STAGE DRIVER.
BY HORATIO WALDO, ESQ.
It was in the course of the year 1527, that
I chanced to travel through the state of Pemi
isylvania. Circumstances threw me into a
‘stage coach, a place where ‘he that runs
may read,’ and where the observing man will
! never regret having been located, save and
j except when he has been jostled out of his
| seat by some fat old gentleman, or driven to
j his ‘ reserved rights’ by some pugnacious old
lady. When 1 inform the reader that my
! route of travel led from Philadelphia to Pitts
burgh, it will he sufficient to set the imagi
nation to work, upon the rich and splendid
country through which I travelled, and
variety of scenery—the beautiful landsvits
the quiet valley—the huge nioui! e _ cm '’ ..
pretty little farm house, and the more costly
stone barns, with glass windows, upon which
my eyes were continually called to feast.—•
Nor will my reader he at a loss to conceive
how much more delightful my ride was ren
dered, when I relate that amongst the pas
sengers there were two females in the hey
! day of youth, fresh as the opening rose,
! and full of the life, and joy, and hope, which
pertains to the youthful stage of existence.
They had been for a length of time at a cele
brated school in Philadelphia, and, as the
maiden phrase is, had ‘finished their educa
tion,’ and were now returning to ‘ the home
of their childhood.’ Need 1 describe what a
volume of human happiness was embodied iff
their several countenances —how it shone in
every look—beamed in every glance of their
bright eyes, and rose upon each joyous laugh,
as it burst from their swelling hearts. I said
they had finished their education. They hud’
j excelled, it might have been, in music, or in
painting —had readily acquired the French
and Italian languages, or had surpassed their
fair competitors in the graces of the dance;
and they were now going home to exhibit
their various accomplishments to the ton
gaze of a vain mother, or the watchful eye ot
a proud father; and who will ask if they
were happy l or what philosopher will pre
sume to dispute the purity and genuineness of
that flood of joy which swept over their young
hearts! But my object in introducing these
lovely sisters, was to show oil, in the light of
contrast, another and totally different cha
racter; for individuals considered separately
are too often misunderstood arid underrated;
and more especially when a mere abstract
view is taken of the situation which they hold
in society, without a knowledge of, or regar J
to, the amount of education or degree of sen
sibility which they may possess. Know then,
that our driver, on a part of the journey
above alluded to, was quite a young man;
not more, as I then judged, than eighteen.
He drove a splendid team of six blood bays,
with their black manes and tails almost
sweeping the ground ; for which noble ani
mals he seemed io entertain an unusual fond
ness. He was an elegant ‘whip;’ held at
rein with perfect grace, and flung the deer
skin with a beautiful wind, and drew from it
a most musical crack. His personal appear
ance was an agreeable combination of the
stage driver and the gentleman of elegant
leisure. His blue round jacket was of coarse
texture, and his black cloth cap gave evident
signs of having encountered many a stormy
night. His exterior was rough, but appro
pos with his vocation. But his countenance
was far from being rough. On the contrary,
it was intelligent, mild and pensive. The
day was warm, and I had requested him at
starting to roll up the front, curtain, that the
ladies might enjoy a prospective view of the
country. Occupying myself a front seat, and
a position somewhat diagonal, a fair opportu
nity was afforded me of viewing our driver,
which I took occasion to do critically, as on
first sight his countenance had attracted my
attention, and some how or other left a forci
ble impression upon mv feelings. In the
main, he appeared gay-hearted and thought
less, but occasionally, as the breeze swept
from his temples the long flaxen locks which
hung carelessly about them, I could perceive,
as he cast his eye upon the mountain in the
distance, that it spoke much of inward Reusa
bility and melancholy. And yet the next in
stant the glossy bays which he had ‘ in hand’
would arrest his attention, and the shrill wind
would whistle through his lips as he gave
them item to increase their speed. The
various interesting topics of conversation,
which had for some time engrossed the pas
sengers, seemed well nigh exhausted, and a
request was made of one of the young la
dies that she would favor the company with a
song. After the usual round of excuses —most
divinely uninteresting-—which almost invaria
bly emanate from young ladies who have just
‘finished their education,’ when desired to
sing, the eldest dashed off, ‘ Oh give me hack
| my Arab steed,’ in a style that established at
once tire superior qualifies of her music mas
ter, by whose permission she was just now
making her debut upon the world’s wide stage
(if action. At the commencement of the song
our driver pulled up his horses to a slow walk,
as though fearful of jarring the sweet and
delicate instrument which had struck its first
note to his heart, and continued to drive with
increased caution, until the silvery voice died
away, and the song ceased ; when partially
glancing his eye toward the ‘sweet enchant
! rcss,’ he cracked his whip, and dashed along
i tfie turnpike, as if he were indeed driving the
fleetest horses from Arabia. The ladies ron-
I tinned to sing alternately, and sometimes to
gether—occasionally accompanied by thft
bass of some male amateur, until the sun, ;
having logt his fiery blaze, was sinking, robed’
in mellow lustre, into his evening bed, when
the eider of the ladies, addressing the young
er, said, ‘ Come, sister Josephine, we will
sing, as a finale to this pleasant soiree, our
papa’s favorite old song.’ ‘ Yes,’ replied Jose
phine, laughingly, ‘ we might as well rehearse
it now, for we shall have to sing it to pa very
soon after our arrival.’ The song was ‘Auld
lang syne’ of course, and most touchingly did
they sing it, blending the first and second
voices in delicious harmony. I bad almost
forgotten our driver, captivated as T was by
the song, and the witching manner in which
it was sung, but when they reached that
thrilling stanza,
* And here’s to them dial's fat awa,
And in a distant clime ;
Though absent in a foreign land,
Yet present in the mind.’
; Just as these lines concluded, I had caught
a full view of his face, and his look I shall
; never forget. He had taken-off his ctp, as
though lrom an impulse of respect; his long
locks were thrown back from his forehead ;
the reins were lying loose upon his knee ; his
eves were fixed and full of tears, and his lips
were closely compressed, as if to choke down
the great heavings of his soul. The song
| was hushed—nil was silent within the stage —
l lhe driver slowly gathered up his lines, and