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J ° I:K Y 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 PAY YOl T R POSTAGE. All letters addressed to ibis office must be post paid, or they will not be taken out of the office. TAKE NOTICE. 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