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Condition of the Cotton and Floor Markets, &r.
The French Steamship I aiori, Capt. Herbert,
from Cherbourg, June 22d, arrived at New
York yesterday afternoon, at 6 o’clock, and in
consequence of the telegraphic connection
with Philadelphia having been interrupted, we j
did not receive our despatch until 10 o’clock
last night.
She brought over 139 passengers, compris
ing 16 iu the first cabin, 27 in the second, and
96 in the steerage.
Emilie de G harden, editor of the Presse,
was arrested for libel in insinuating the sales
of titles to peerage, and was bound over to ap
pear for trial on tlve 22d of June.
The Chamber of Deputies have extended
to the Ist of February the law permitting the.
tree importation of food into France and Por
tugal.
'The harvests in France promise an abundant
yield.
The French hnd American companies’ steam
er Philadelphia, was at Cherbourg, to take her
place in the line as the next regular packet.
The letters will not be delivered from the
post-office to-night.
The English consul has ordered that the
blockade should bo enforced with less vigor.
Wc have accounts of the arrangements en
tered into between the Junta and the British
Commander, guanmticing a liberal Govern- j
ment to the PortugAcste nation. The Junta, .
deprived of the chief of its squadron and its ;
best troops, finally consented to accept the ar- |
mistiac and the four Articles Os the treaty pro
posed by Colonel Wilde, on condition that a
ministry should be formed which should be a j
guarantee against despotism and acts of cruel
ty. A ministry having at its head Count Lav- '
radio was considered the best to satisfy this ,
demand.
Flour Market, Paris, June 18th. —In our
ftoUr market to-day, sales were smaller than ;
yesterday-. Flour was offering at 107 f. to 1101; :
per 159 kil-.; sales were made at lo3f. to 106 f.
per 159 kil. Sales of flour from the provin
ces, to arrive* were made at 9of. to 11 Os. per
159 kil.
In Belgium and in Holland, prices of grain
have advanced —also iu Germany. Prices whre
lending upward in Paris.
Havre Cotton Market, June IS. — Sales of
250 bales of Louisiana, ordinary, at 95f.; and
100 bales Mobile, ordinary, at 98f. 50c. The
quotations are, New Orleans inferior, 88f. to
. 91f.; very ordinary, 92f. to 95f.; ordinary, 97f.
to 99f.t good ordinary 104 f. to 105 f,; fair, H if.
to Hos.; good fair, 11617 to 117 f.; fine, 118 f. to
I2ofq very fine, 12Of.
Florida and Upland, inferior, 88 f; to9of; very
ordinary, 9lf. to 93f.; ordinary, 9lf- to 96f.;
good ordinary, 97f. to 99f.; fine, lOOfi
I From the Savannah Georgian, 10 th irlst.]
Georgia Regiment.
The attention of Col. Jackson, late of the
gallant Regiment from our State, having been
directed by one of the editors of the Republi
can, to a slander against the Regiment, con
tained in a letter published in the Muscogee
Democrat, the Colonel has, as appears by the
following, with which we have been favored
in a proof slip from the Republican office,
nailed the base coin to the counter.
We did not notice the letter in the Musco
gee Democrat, in the hurry of business, or wc
would have called the attention of Col. J. to it.
One of the misfortunes of being a volunteer,
is a subjection of the most injurious reports,
often slanderous in their character. Our read
ers will well remember how the unfbrtunc
entente on the Rio Grande was magnified into
the most hideous form, calculated to shake
the confidence of the timid in that soldierly
department of the Irish Jasper Greens. They
also remember how that story was blown into
thin air by the purifying breath ofTruth, who,
as the sister of Hope, follows the foot-steps
of that goddess, both sure and steadfast, dis
pelling all the foulness of inj usticc, predicated
on false reports.
Col. Jackson, wc are proud as his fellow ci
tizen to slate, earned a high reputation in
Mexico as an officer and a gentleman. Young
as he was, and is, his bearing as a soldier won
the esteem and admiration of officers and men,
whether volunteers or regular's- During their
tour in Mexico, we have asked more than one
regular officer what was thought of the Georgia
Regiment, and the response was always grati
fying in the extreme. In one instance, a gra
duate of West Point, in the Regular Service,
answered our inquiry by saying—“ The Colon
el stands A. No I—that1 —that is the best criterion of
the standing of a volunteer regiment.”
Such a slander as that which lias appeared
in print, is au insinuation against the Colonel,
which we are pleased to find him promptly
denying. Gen. Quitman, whose character as
a soldier is well established, and who com
manded the Regiment, as General Officer, dur
ing most of their tour of service, in his official
farewell, bears full testimony to his character i
as a disciplinarian. Gen. Patterson’s ilnofß- 1
cial note, commending their high discipline,
obedience, and general good conduct, the vir- |
tucs of a soldier, while in the face of au ene
my at Vera Cruz, is highly flattering to both
the Commander and the Regiment.
Quitman had them under his eye during the
fatiguing and harrassing march —those hours
too, when the excitement of even a march
gave place to the lassitude of inaction, and
when the human frame, worn down by suffer
ing, prompts, if at any time, the accents of in
subordination.
But Quitman, whom the brave Tattnall
prises as a soldier, separated with regret from
a body of men who, as well as their comman
der have entitled'themselves to the admiration
of every true Georgian.
To attempt to brand such men as house
breakers, as plunderers, even in an enemy’s
country, naturally excites feelings of indigna
tion in'the bosom" of all who admire virtue and
valor.
To the Editors of the Savannah Republican:
Gentlemen—-The following paragraph is ex
tracted from the letter of a correspondent of
the Muscogee Democrat, to which'you were
kind enough to direct my attention:
• “I heard this evening that my beloved Gcor-*.
gia Regiment, on their counter march to A era
Cruz, in passing Mount Plover, General Santa
Anna’s hacienda, or private residence, stripped
it of every valuable it contained. So goes the
story here, in this branch of the Army; and
General Scott, 1 understand, wrote to them if
he could catch them he could hang them
every on k. How lucky for the ‘boys’ that j
they were not caught! I look upon this ru- i
mor as a slander on the Georgia Regiment, !
but let me know. If true, I wonder how Col.
Jackson bore this departure from his former
rigid discipline, for which he was so much dis
tinguished:”
As I have been interrogated on the subject,
I do not hesitate to say that the charge, em
braced in the above, is false, and that I know
it to be so. Iwas in command of the column
to which the Georgia Regiment was attached
on its return march for Vera Cruz, and upon
approaching Santa Anna’s hacienda, sent out
(as was my custom) a special guard to protect
it from molestation. Thus guard was indeed j
out before the regiments were dismissed. A j
highly reliable officer was in charge of it, who !
reported to me that the house had been com- |
pletely stripped before our arrival, and that j
nothing valuable had been left unmolested. — j
Similar depredations had been committed up- \
on all the “ranchoK” 'on the road, I heard at (
the time, by whom and for what cause, but
learning from experience how false many of
these reports are, I am not disposed to give
currency to what might have been a slander.
Upon my arrival at Vera C!ruz, I made a re
port iu person, of what 1 had seen., te General
Patterson, who informed the that he was id- !
ready in possession of the facts, and likewise ;
of some very valuable paintings taken from a !
portion of the soldiery preceding us, which
had been violently tom from,, their frames in j
the hacienda of Santa Anna. The idea of Gem
.scott’s having written the tetter alluded to, is 1
of course, supremely ridiculous.
As the Georgia Regiment has suffered more,
perhaps, than any other from the circulation of
the most unjust, false and slanderous reports,
I deem it but due to the officers and men who
composed it, to publish the following letters,
one of them written after the depredations
COMPLAINED OF WERE KNOWN TO TIXVE BEEN
committed bv OTHERS. 1 offer these in addi
tion to my own humble testimony of the gen
eral good conduct and discipline of the Regi
ment. Very respectfully, vour ob’t sorv’t.
HENRY 11. JACKSON.
Game st. Lucas Martin, )
May 6th, 1847. $
My Dear Colonel: —The official connexion
which has so long existed between us, has been
dissolved by the late orders from tlm Head 7
Quarters of the Army. To-morrow morning I
shall take up my line of march for the interior,
while you, having completed your term of ser
vice, will set out on your return to your homes,
to rejoin your families and friends. I cannot
permit this interesting occasion, of our, per
haps, final separation to pass, without express
ing to you, and to the officers of the Georgia
Regiment generally, the sincere regard which ,
my association with you and them has given
rise to in my baeast.and the sorrow with which
I contemplate our separation.
I have determined, at my earliest leisure, to i
convey to the Executive of the state of Georgia, j
my Very high estimation of the good conduct, i
discipline and gallantry of the regiment which
you led into the field, and which you have so
successfully commanded.
Wishing you, my dear Colonel, a safe and
speedy return to your family and friends, and
all happirless and prosperity afterwards, and
praying you to present to your officers and men
iny sincere and heartfelt far well,
I am, vour friend and ob’t servant,
J. A. QUITMAN Brig. Gen. U. S. A.
Col. IE R. Jackson, Coxn’g Georgia Regiment.
t ionffriah)
Head Quarters Volunteer Division, I
New Orleans, 24 th May, 1817. (
My. Dear Colonel: —Before leaving this city,
; I desire to oiler you, and the officers and men |
j of your excellent Regiment, riiy cordial thanks
for your patient emit;ranee df toil add (Aposurc,
for yoilr gallantry and efficient service at Ve
ra Cruz, for attention to duty, dbedience of
orders, High discipline, arid for general good
Conduct while'under iriv cdmhiand:
My intercourse with your Regiment has been
most agreeable, and Will always be remember
ed by me with feelings of great satisfaction. —
Wishing yourself ;*ul every one of the gallant
gentlemen Under you, a Speedy return to your
homes find friends, with a hope that Georgia
may (as I have no doiibt she will.) properly ap
preciate your meritorious services, and bidding
each of you an affectionate farewell.
I am, my dear Colonel, with the highest es
teem and regard, very sincerely vour friend,
R. PATTERSON. Map Gen.'U. S. A.
Col. 11. R. Jackson, Ist Reg. Ga. Volunteers.
[F, om the N. O. Delta, 6fk inst.]
Latest from Matamoroz and Monterey.
The U. S. steamer Fashion, Capt. Ivy, from
Brazos St. Jago the 2d inst., arrived at this
port yesterday* She had on board fifty dis
charged volunteers, and Quartermaster’s men;
We received by her the American Flag of
the 30th ult., and the letter of our Monterey
correspondent. The principal items of news
which we find in the Flag, are the following;
Camp of Instruction.— Gen. I topping, now
in this city, proceeds immediately to Mier to
superintend the formation of a Camp of In
struction at that place for the troops now here
and to arrive out for Gen. Taylor’s column. —
The 16th Regiment, entire, is now at Comargo
and will be the first at the camp. Two com
panies of the 13th Regiment, passed up the
river on Monday; one company is iu Fort Para
des, where it will remain for the present, and
two more are at the Brazos, expected up. The
other five companies of this Regiment are yet j
to arrive. The 10th Regiment, complete, is ;
iu camp at this place, and will remove to the
Camp of Instruction when relieved by the Illi
nois troops, understood to be on the way out.
The Batalion of the 3d Dragoons, now here,
are undbr orders to remove to the camp, but
their march is delayed in consequence of the
non-arrival of horses.
In addition to the troops above mentioned,
the following forces, raised and to be raised
under the recent call for volunteers and as
| singed to General Taylor, will enter Gen. Hop-
I ping’s school at Mier as last as they arrive.
1 One Regiment of Infantry from Indiana and
: one from Ohio ; one Battalion (five companies)
I from New Jersey; one Battalion (five com
panies) froin Delaware and Maryland; one
Battalion (five compjuiies) from Alabama; one
company of foot from Florida; four companies
of horse from Illinois, Arkansas, Ohio, and
Alabama ; two compaiuies of foot from Virginia,
and one company from North Carolina.
The troops will be exercised in their studies
at this school under Col. Belknap, and when
they shall have passed through a course of
instruction under him, they will be fully pre
pared to fight under Gen. Taylor’s invincible
banner.
Mr. Craft, who was imprisoned on a charge
of shooting a Mexican, has been acquitted and
is now at liberty.
Maj. Ben. McCulloch and his company of
spirited|boys, havejbeen quartered in town [or
several days. The Major, who is in bad health,
left for Comargo yesterday. They enlisted for
six months, and if not received, will return
home and disband.
[F/’om the N. O. Picayune, llh i/i.vL]
From Tampico.
The schooners Sarah and Maj. H. Bache ar
rived here yesterday from Tampico, both hav
ing sailed on the 27th ult.
a 9 '
Hy these arrivals the most interesting news
relates to the American prisoners in Mexico. —
All the accounts, verbal and written, agree
that intelligence had been received at Tiimpico
that Majors Gaines and Holland, C'apt. Clay
and the other American prisoners in Mexico
had been released and ordered to Tampico tin
i der a large escort. This escort was said to con
-1 sist of a force of 900 men. The verbal reports
1 which have reached us are to the effect that
when the prisoners had reached within 150
miles of Tampico, they were met by Urrea, who
detained them as prisoners. The story is furth
er that Urrea had ordered out all the men of
the country that could be raised for the pur
pose of making an attack upon Tampico. It
appears to be certain that such was deemed the
immanency of an attack that three companies
! of ths 11th Infantry, which were awaiting at
Tampico bar transportation for Vera Cruz,
were ordered up into this city. Every man
there was under arms expecting the town to
i be attacked.
; V e have heard so frequently of the appro- ;
• hensions of an immediate attack upon Tam
pico, that very little attention is paid to them.
The present alarm appears to be better founded
than usual. We see no reason to doubt the re
port of the release of our prisoners; of their
! encountering Urrea and his treatment of them.
We have nothing but the reports current in
Tampico, and credited by Capts. Farwell and
McDowell, of the schooners which have ar
rived.
The Sarah was boarded on the 28th nit., off i
■ Sofo la Marina from the U. S. brig Ileckla,
{ blockading the port in company with U. S. j
schooner Flirt.
The following letter is from Clifton, whom j
oiir readers will recollect as the Harbor Master
| of Tampico.
, Tampico, June 27, 184 7.
Gentlemen —As several a easels have run great |
I risk in coming in towards the bar of Tampico, i
• you will please give notice to masters that
there are three United States pilots at the.bar,
1 and that as soon as a ve.iu’l shows herself a
boat goes out to meet her; but should the bar
be too rough to pass, a black flag will be hoist
ed on the North Point and the Vessel Avill
cither anchor in eight fathoms or stand off
Should a vessel by accident get so close in as
to have to run in or go ashore, a boat will come
as near as possible, and point with A flag iii 1
what direction to steer. BriAg the houses on
the NOrlh Point to bear W. X. W. and they
will be off the mouth of the channel. If avg
should think it safe for her to stand in, a while
flag Avill be hoisted. All tins will bo when it
is impossible to get over the bar; when it is j
really possible to cross, a boat will be off the
bar from daylight Until dark.
, Cassius M. C lay, Maj. Borland and all the
American prisoners are expected in toAvn to- i
morrow or next day. .The three companies of '
the 11th Regiment of Infantry, now awaiting |
transportation to Vera Cruz, have been order- j
ed up to town, as it is said the prisoners have ;
a very large escort —I have heard it set doAVii
at 900 men. . j
; The schooner Star, from Vera Cruz, and
schooner Prentice, from Mobile, tame in this
j morning.
j 1 have been sent to the bar in company with '
C’apt. Edward Jenkins to form a United States i
Pilot establishment, as the former one did not ;
give satisfaction. C'apt. Robert Wagstaff is |
actively engaged in my place in the interim. i
Respectfully, See., A. J CLIFTON,
Gen. Taylor's Taylor Letter.
The following article, to which reference is
made by tbe letter of General Taylor, was
published in the Cincinnati “Signal” of 13th
April, and is as folloM's:
General Taylor and the Presidency. —We per- ’
ceivc in various quarters, the nomination of
General Zachary Taylor for the presidency.— |
So far as such a demonstration is the mere tram- |
port of military enthusiasm, or the trick of po
lirical faction, it would be unworthy of notice;
but we think it. evident that this movement of |
the public mind has a much higher character, |
arid growus out of a conviction that General i
! Taylor has displayed an energy aid wisdom i
| of conduct, and a modesty of demeanor, which |
are as requisite to the deliberations of a cabi
; net as the plan of a campaign. It is a great
i mistake to suppose that the people are blinded
in their political preferences by the bare fact of
j military achievement. It was the popular im
i pulses arid the stern honesty of Andrew Jackson
i which aroused the sympathy and trust of the
i nation; arid we predict that, whatever skill or
; success may attend the march of General Scott |
: to Mexico, he will never excite the attachment
1 or confidence which follows the hero of Huena
j Vista. We are not surprised, therefore, that 1
i ardent spirits are calling for the SAvord of
1 General Taylor to cut the Gordian knot of po
litical intrigues; Rut it is a far different ques
tion whether his iiame and fame shall he made ;
an instrument of inert partisan warfare. In
this respect, there is i* distinction, which we
are confident General /Jaylor will be among
the first to perceive and tict iipon, and which
we hope to illustrate ill the few remarks that j
avo feel constrained to make in reference to j
existing arid future agitations of this subject, j
What an enviable rank in the eyes of the
world, and tlie hearts of his countrymen, |
General Taylor now holds ! Bhoilld he re- i
turn from the fields of the Rio Grande and the ;
bights of Sierra Madre, with what affection 1
and respect would he he greeted by irieii of all j
parties! Himself never a politician—content j
in the quet discharge of the duty and the en- i
j joyments of domestic life—andAvhile prompt to ;
i meet the Indian foe, in prairie or everglade, |
and to stand by tlie flag of the country, when j
advanced to a foreign frontier, yet devoted, as j
all accourfts represent Hint, to* that home and j
family, in the bosom of Avhich the intervals of
| Ivis life, thus far, have passed peacefully and
1 happily—we confess that our impressions of
General Taylor are such, that avp should not
be surprised if he firmly disregarded every ac- j
clamation which connected his name Avith the 1
presidency* Should he do so, he jeopards noth
ing of the present spring-tide of popular fiivor—
nay, more, he takes instant rank with Wash
ington, as an unconscious but eloquent preach- !
er of highest political morals. How much ;
more enviable such a destiny for the CA r cning |
I of his days, than to cast the mantle of his
! military fame and private virtues over the ex- ,
cesses and corruptions which disfigure the
party politics of the day ! lie is no friend to ;
the reputation of Gen. Taylor who would
thus seek to restrict the applause of the !
whole country to the interested clamor of
a darty.
Still, as a citizen of a free republic, General
Taylor is in the hands of the American people; !
| and avc can readily imagine a contingency in ;
j which it would become his duty to assent to
j the demand of the country, and assume the rc
! s possibilities of political life. But it must be j
tbe re juisition of the country, not of this or that
set of office-seekers, Avbieh will call him either
from his rank or his fireside. It must be such
a call as campelled Washington to forego the
retirement of Mount Vernon —unanimous, dis
interested, the voice of the people, not the
flatteries of politicians. Wc bolicA’e that it is
in General Taylor’s power, at this juncture of
the national politics, to take independent
ground, arid become the President of the
People. ! Our support of him, or of any other
man, shalljnevcr be pledged in advance of a full
knowledge of the principles and views with
which he would assume that responsible sta
tion; but we may be allowed, as an indepen
dent journalist, to indicate some of the signs
of the times which point to the result just men
tioned.
1. ’Die presidential canvass of ISIS is in ut-
ter confusion. Among the whigs, a Pittsburg
meeting nominates Judge McLean, who is also
understood to be a genera! favorite of his party
in the northwestern States; the anti-Avar spirit
of New England and the Western llesciwe in
dicates its preference for Senator Corwin; the
southern and middle States cherish a fancy for
Scott, which only requires a A'ictory at Perote
to manifest itself; Avliile, as an undercurrent,
deeper and perhaps stronger than all, is the :
chivalrie feeling in behalf of Henry Clay, now j
intensified by the death of his gallant son, and j
Avhich yet may determine the shape of the con- j
dieting elements. The democrats are in a con- !
dition equally chaotic. In the west, General ;
Cass has many and warm friends; Mr. Cal- j
houu, Avith his compact and disciplined body
guard, stands ready to make his presidential j
fortune, or mar that of other aspirants in the j
democratic ranks; Silas Wright, if the New
York reverse had not occurred, Avould have
been prominent in the field, and is still the fa-
A r orite of many; Avhile quietly at LindeiiAvald :
sits the statesmen of the party, aalio will pro- j
hably never again join the the political melee, \
but might prove more available in a strict par- J
ty trial than many men Avhose names are fro- {
quently heard in the present connexion. In 1
the general confusion, an apprehension prevails :
that the election will revert to the House of
Representatives, a result greatly to be deplored;
and hence the popular impulse, Avhich chooses
to adjourn the strifes of parties and the strug
gles of their leaders, Avhile the country takes
breadth under the administration of an inde- |
rEND F, XT Pl 5 ES ID ENT.
2. A circumstance that may lead to the elec- j
tion of General Taylor, by a sort of acclama
tion, is the fact that tire pride of the respec
tive parties would thus be saved—neither au
thorised to claim a triumph, and neither suf
fering the ignominy of defeat. A long inti- ]
niacy between Mr. Clay and General Taylor
reconciles the whigs to tire political orthodoxy
of the latter, although General Taylor is said
not to have A’oted for many years; Avhile Mr.
Polk, who is, and has been, as avo are authori
tatively informed, entirely free from any in
tention or wish for a second term of service,
may still ho gratified to yield his seat to the
successful gen eral of the Mexican Avar —closely
identified as that Avar is AA'ith the success of his
administration.
-7. The above consideration are subordinate,
howeA’er, to the principles which are iiwolved :
in every presidential canvass. The country
has beeri diA ided for fifteen years upon most
exciting topics; and if Gen. Taylor, immediate- 1
ly upon his inauguration as President, was
constrained to adopt either extreme, the con- !
sequences might be fatal to the success of his !
administration. It so happens. hoAvcA'cr, that j
the results of Mexican hostilities Avill remove
many of those points of collision —at least for !
a feAV years* A debt of one hundred millions |
induces the necessity of a tariff, sufficiently ad- j
A'anccd in its rates to satisfy New England and j
Pennsyh’ania, and at the same time will pro j
* T cnt any distribution of proceeds oT the pub- i
lie lands’, Wa cannot suppose that the whigs
Avill again urge a Bank of the Unite 1 States*, and.
Congress will insist Upon a fair trial of the j
independent treasury, removing some of
impracticable restrictions which lx ia c embar
rassed the fiscal action of the government, and
are an annoyance to individuals'. So far, there
fore, as past contests of the respective parties
are concerned, an administration composed of
the leading minds of all parties, and supported
by the whole people, is not only practicable,
but niay redound to the highest interests of
the Avholc country.
Only on one condition, hdAvevur! The excc
utiA e must no longer insist Upon legislative in
fluence. There arc questions approaching, that
the people must be allowed to settle in their
own way, without the interference of executive
patronage or prerogative. The old political is
sues may be postponed under the pressure of
circumstances; and as for the new—those com
ing cA'ents which cast their shadows before—
let it be understood that the only party of safety,
for those who may hereafter fill the presidential
office is to rest in the discharge of executive
functions; and let the legislative Avill of the peo- j
pie find utterance and enactment. The Amor- :
can people are about to assume the responibili- '
tv of framing the institutions of the Pacific
States. We have no fears for the issue, if the i
arena of high debate is tlxc assemblies of the peo
ple and their representative halls. The exten- :
sum over the continent beyond the Rio Grande j
of the ordinance of 1787, is an object too high i
and permanent to bo baffled by presidential !
vetoes. All that avc ask of the incumbent of j
the highest office under the constitution, is to I
hold his hand, to bow to the will of the people |
as promulgated in legislate forms, and restrain I
executive a ‘tion in its appropriate channels! |
Gh'c us an honest administration of the gov- i
eminent, and an end to all cabals of a'cabinet — !
all interference from the White House—de- j
signed to SAvayor thwart the action of the Am- !
crican people. If such simplicity and integrity j
should guide the administration of General j
Taylor, the north and Avcst would yield to it a j
Avann support and a hearty approval.
We have said all on this subject Avhich the
present dcA'clopmcnts of public opinion require.
As other scones unfold avg shall seek to chroni
cle them with fair and independent comment.
Meamvhile, avg bide the movement of the A\ a
ters, holding our columns, and our ballot to bn
disposed of according to our sense of duty, as
emergencies of this and all other questions ,
arise.
[ From the Troy Daily Post. 1
Another Letter from General Taylor.
We take great pleasure in laying the follow
ing correspondence before our roarers, not only
on account of the pure and patriotic sentiments
expressed by Gen. Taylor, but because avc
knoAv the public feci a deep interest in every
thing that falls from his pen.
The gentleman to AA'hom Gen. Taylor’s let,- j
W is addressed, is one of the mast res 'ectablo j
citizens of our county, and though from mo- j
tives of delicacy he withholds his name, yet
his communication to us, and the original let- |
ter from Gen. Taylor, Avhich are now before i
us, bespeak an intimacy betAveen them, which
accounts for the frankness and freedom of ex
pression, Avliich characterize the latter.
Lansinoburoh, July 3, 1817.
Messrs. Editors :—lt is with inestimable plea- !
sure that I transmit, hereAvith enclosed, a let- !
ter which I had the honor to receive this morn- |
ing, from Gen. Taylor, “the hero of many bat
tles, and as many A'ictories.” It amply speaks ;
for itself. With characteristic brcArity and
pointedness, it strikingly exhibits the exalted i
and ennobling sentiments and disinterested |
patriotism Avhich have eA’er marked the career j
of its author, which have Avon the utmost con
fidence of the American people, and Avhich at I
no distant day Avill be rewarded by the high- j
est and most honorable gift which a grateful !
Republic can bostoAv.
As the letter has not the slightest priA’ate or
personal bearing, I am unaware of the necessi
ty of an apology for its publication, and would i
therefore submit its contents as the rightful I
property of an interested public.
Yours, truly,
Headquarters, Army of Occupation, }
Camp near Monterey, May 29, 1817. $
Dear Sir: It is Avith much pleasure that I
acknoAvledge the receipt of your most interest
ing letter of the Ist inst., and to Avhich I de
sire to reply in terms more expressive of my
thanks to you for your kind consideration for
myself, and yet more so of my high apprecia
tion of the upright ami patriotic sentiments
Avhich are the principal tenor of your letter;
but I urn burdened with official duties, and at
this moment, Avith many letters from distant
sources, Avhich require attention, and Avill ne
cessarily oblige me to reply to you m a few
lines.
The Presidential office presents no induce
ments for me to seek its honors or responsibil
ities; the tranquillity of private life, on the
contrary, is the great object of my aspirations
on the conclusion of the war—but I am not in
sensible to the persuasions that my services
! are yet due to the country, as the country
| shall see fit to command them, if still as a sol
i dier, I am satisfied, if in higher and more res
-1 ponsible duties, I desire not to oppose the
' manifest Avish of the people — but I Avill not be
i the candidate of arty party or clique, and
1 should the Nation at large seek to place me in
: tlie chair of chief magistracy, the good of all
j parties and National good would be my great
and absorbing aim.
Sentiments such as these, have been the bur
den of my replies to all Avho have addressed
j me on this subject, expressing the assurance
I that by the spontaneous and unanimous Amice
| of the people alone, and from no agency of my
i own, can I be withdraAA'n from the cherished
1 hopes of private retirement and tranquillity
1 Avhen peace shall return.
Please accept, Avith this my brief reply, tbe
warm appreciation and high consideration of
Yours, most sincerely,
Z. TAYLOR,
Maj. Gen. U. S. A.
3ugxx s t a , (Georgia.
TUESDAY ItfORNING, JULY 13.1847.
FOR GOVERNOR
HOM. S. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT*
Aiiother Letter from General Taylor.—ls
this also a Forgery?
The consternation into which the whigs have
been tliroAvn by the letter of General Taylor
to tlie Cincinnati Signal is not allowed to sub
side before another bomb shell is throAVn into }
their camp. The Avhig press generally stigma- I
ti/ed that letter as a forgery, and called the
malicious author of the hoax all kinds of ;
I naughty names for thus trifling with their i
feelings. It Avas so cruel in him, even in sport i
; to snatch away from, them their last hope of I
! crawling into poAvcr, which they thus sought i
| to do under false pretences. Hut they could
not quite shake off the “big scare,” and Avcre
wholly unable to delude themselves into the
belief, though some affected to do so,that it Avas
a forgery. Some few even tried to pretend that
they liked the letter “excellently well,” though
their aatv faces told a different talc. To put the
matter beyond dispute, another letter of the
same sort, appears of eleven days later date
which pitches into the “party schemes' of the
I Avhigs in a most edifying manner. It appears in
the Tray Post. This is a whig paper. Will its
brethren of the Avhig press charge this editor
also with perpetrating a forgery, or being the
dupe of a mischievous trick?
The miserable effort to appropriate his mili
tary fame, and gallant sendees to his country,
to promote the factious aucavs of political
“schemers,” is again emphatically rebuked by
Ihc old Hero. Read his language and note it
avcll. Oh ye mousing politicians, who stay at
home arid revile the Avar as infamous, and all
those engaged in it as adroit cut-throats —
house bdrriers and skull breakers of the amia
ble and inoffensive Mexicans, and yet would
appropriate the laurels Avon in this “infamous
’Car” by its greatest soldier, in order to gain
office; power and spoil for tbeir party read the
j following: ,
i “jT icill hoi he ihc candidate of any party or
clique, and should the nation at large place
i me in the Chair of Chief Ma gistracy, the good [
j of all parties; and the national good Avould be
i my great and absorbing aim.”
|* Farewell whigery to your schemes for riding
i into power upon the back of the .Herd of a
’ Avar you have abused and opposed General
i Taylor Avill not consent to be the Sind-a-bad
■ to such an Ohi Man of the Mountain, that
| would thus insolently bestride him. .
j The letter avc refer to Avill be found in our
I columns.
take pleasure in acknowledging the
j compliment which comes, anonymously “from
j a lady of this city,” of a basket of very splon-
I did Tomatoes. They consist of three kinds,
| and arc the second growth from seed from
Virginia. The large red tomatoes are the
largest wc CA'cr saw. One of them meas
ured sixteen inches in circumference, and four
of them AAeighed 3 lb. 1> ozs. The straAV
colour are truly beautiful in colour and in
shape, and arc said to be very highly flavored.
; The nectarine tomatoe is a small beautiful
pink, about the size and shape of a nectarine.
Whoever introduces a new variety of so val
uable a vegetable is a practical philanthropist,
and deserves a public A'ote of thanks,
jfrggp Our citizens Averc thrown into a state
of alarm, on Sunday evening last, by a report
j brought by a passenger from Charleston, that
1 the steamship Southerner Avas ashore on Cape
, Jioraain. But yesterday afternoon all fears for j
j the noble steamer were removed. The stcam
{ er ashore proved to be the Iris, a uoav vessel
on her first trip from Ncav York to Charleston.
She Avent ashore on Sunday morning about 2
o’clock, the weather thick and boisterous, the
Captain mistaking Cape Remain light for that
of Charleston. The only passenger on board,
| Mr. Janes, of Griffin, arrived in this city by
i the cars last evening, and he describes to us the
: situation of the A'essul until the time she got
! off (o o’clock Sunday afternoon) as any thing
j but agreeable. On every side Avero they sur
| rounded Avith breakers, the A'essel all the time
I thumping heavily, and after eA'ery thump
trembling in every joint. She however, rc-
I ccived little or no injury in her hull, and Avhen
j she floated off was found to be perfectly tight.
; The machinery receiA r ed some injury, and the
j Iris Avill be overhauled before making her ret urn
trip. Mr. Jones says the Iris is a fine sea boat,
• and had made an excellent run up to the time
; of her going on shore. I hat she is staunch
and Avell built, avc have tho best evidence, for
if she had not been she never could have Avlth
stood the thumping she receiA r ed Avhile ashore.
The River.
The Savannah river is now in fine boating
condition, and was yesterday running over the
loAvcr wharves. From present appearances,
there is eA’ery prospect of its remaining so for
some time to come, as Ave haA’e been visited 1
for the past week with heavy showers of rain. I
of the Georgia Rail Road for the
month of June, in 1846 and 1817;
June, 1816. June, 181/. Increase
Passengers, 8,050 92 10,621 35 2570 4?
Freight, 4,665 31 11,179 11 6513 77
Mail, 3,313 49 3,313 49
516,059 75 525,143 95 59, 084 20
Miles run by Freight Trains in June, 1816 o'J'fl
it a it it 4 1 < I, ,«
1817 5740
Decrease, p .j
Williams, who was found D f mur
der at the late session of the Superior Court
in this city, was, on Saturday, sentenced bv his
Honor Judge Holt, to be executed on the 13th
August next. A bill of exception has been
| filed by his counsel, and the case will go to
the Supreme Court, which sits in November.
The Corn Crap.
In this section there never was a better pros
pect for a good Cora crop than at present. On
Beach Island, we learn from a gentleman who
recently visited it, Corn looks tine, and should
we escape a/reshet before August, the planters
on that Island will harvest the best crop of
Corn made since 1837.
The Weather.
The past week we have been visited with
copious showers of rain. On Sunday, it liter
ally poured down, and some of our streets
presented the appearance of rivers. If it has
extended any distance into the interior, it will
prove very injurious to the growing crops, pur
| ticularly Cotton.
The Telegraph.
The Baltimore Sun of the 10th iust says—
“ The line of telegraph between this city and
Philadelphia, was not in working order last
evening, in consequence of the rain. We are
therefore without our regular commercial des
patch from Now York. We leant by a despatch
to the Patriot, however, received in the early
part of the afternoon, that the new* by tlvd
French steamer Union has ha ' no effect ontke
Hour market, and that sales of Hour and grain
were making at the prices prevailing yesterday,
Gen. McDuffie.
We regret to learn front the Abbeville Ban
ner of the 7th iust., that the life of this dis
tinguished statesman is at this time very low
with a nervous affection, and fears are enter
tained for his recovery.
T XIADDEUS Phklps, Ksq., a distingushod
merchant of New York, died in that city oil
Wednesday last. He was an ardent advocate
of Free Trade and Free Banking.
Alabama.
Gov. Martin has withdrawn from the can
vass for Governor, and the contest will there
fore be between Cuapman, (Deni.) and Davis
(Whig.)
The U. S, Mail Steamer Washington.
It seems that the engines of the Washington
were stopped seven times during the passage
from New York to Southampton, for necessary
repairs and alterations, which occasioned a loss
of thirteen hours of running time. Her hot
wrlls weii? found to be entirely too small; and
011 her arrival at Southampton, larger ones
were immediately ordered in that place, to be
in readiness to place in her, on her return from
Bremen. It is not expected that she will he
able to leave Southampton before the 10th day
of July, .
Magnetic Telegraph.
, 11. B. French, Esq., Clerk of the House of
Representatives, . Was ,at a meeting of the
Stockholders held on Thursday,Bth inst., elect
ed President of the Magnetic Telegraph Com
pany, in place of Amos Kendall resigned. Th«
other officers elected on the same occasion are
as follows: — , ...
Directors—Hon. Amos Kondall, of Wash
ington; Geo',’ C. Pcnriiman, Baltimore; Mcrrit
Canby, of Wilmington; Gao. 11. Hart and V'm
M. Swain, Philadelphia; John W. Norton and
Thomas M. Clarke, of New York. .... , . ,
Treasurer —George it. Hart, Philadelphia,'
ro-cdected. ,
Secretary' —Thomas M. Clarke,- of Kew York,'
re-elected. ~ -
Jiocnsts. ' ■ t :
The seventeen year Locusts have made their
appearance in immense numbers in the Wes
tern part, of North Carolina. Seventeen years
ago they visited the same v
The Cotton Crop.
The Mobile Advertiser of the 7th inst. says
—“The prospects of the growing crop have
greatly improved under the favorable weather
of the last few weeks, though there arc still
loud complaints in some sections, and the sea
son is very backward. We give, in another
paid of our sheet, extracts from the different
portions of the cotton growing region, to
which wc refer the reader, and from which
every man can draw his own conclusions. —
The accounts are somewhat conflicting,and all
must be taken with some grains of allowance.
The "weather for some days past has been very
| wet and should it continue any length of time
the consequence to the crop will be serious.
It needs dry weather during the remainder ot
the season.”
Virginia Wheat Crop.
From various parts of Virginia we learn that
the wheat crops have been harvested without
any damage, and that the yield is good both
as to quantity and quality. Gen. Rust, re
siding near Leesburg, Va., has just finished
harvesting, and he estimates his crop of wheat
this year* at 10,000 bushels, which is represent
ed to be of a superior quality,
[COMMUN'ICATKD ]
Democratic Meeting" in Emanuel.
According to adjournment, a respectable
portion of the Democratic party convened at
Sw'ainsboro’, Judge Eldred Swain being re
quested to take the Chair, and Dr. L. J. KiL
patrick to act as Secretary, After a brief state
ment of the object of the meeting by Judge
Swain, it was moved and seconded that the
Chairman appoint a Committee of eight to re
port; accordingly, the following named gen
tlemen w'ere appointed, viz: ivl. G. Foster,
John A. Kemp, John Yeomans, Noah. lison,
Eleazer Durdin, Benjamin E. Brinson, R. Mil
ler and Wm. Roundtree, Esqs. The Commit-