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[From the Ncic York Herald .]
Washington, July 24, 1817.
James E. Polk.
The President of the United States is con
stitutionally an industrious man. Generally,
it is your lean men who are the most invete
rate workers. We might cite Jackson, Wel
lington, Brougham, Guizot, Clay, Calhoun,
Walker, and others, as examples. But, on
the other hand, there are the cases of Napo
leon, Taylor, Webster, Benton, Buchanan, and
others, men in good condition, whoso lives pre
«• sent the same evidences of untiring assiduity
to business, to say nothing of Cass, (who is
rather what the farmers would call grass-bel
lied than fat,) Dixon H. Lewis (who is a hona
jide fat man,) and others. Still, we think the
balance is in favor of the leaner sort. Cassius,
Cesar, Hannibal, Scipio, Suwarrow, Prince Eu
gene, Talleyrand, Metternich, Bolivar, and an
innumerable multitude of active business fel
lows. may be classed among the lean kind.
The Popes of Romo, and the Emperors of
C'hina, have been, almost without an excep
tion, fat men; and their lives,
“If ancient tales be true,
Nor wrong these holy men,”
have been as uniformly quiet, luxurious, vo
luptuous and monotonous. The wives of the
Moors arc fat, indolent and luxurious. We
have but the examples of Napoleon and Louis
Philippe, to prove that fat men arc not gor
mandizers, or at least devoted to the good
things of the table, and as choice in their se
lections of a cook as in appointing their offi
ci il subordinates. And we hold this will be
without exception, (excepting the emascula
ted attaches of Oriental seraglios,) that where
there is a surplus of adipose or oleaginous
matter, the animal preponderates over the in
tellectual man, however strong the intellectu
al grasp and capacity of such man may be. —
The case of the illustrious Falstaff, is a strik
ing instance in proof of this hypothecate. —
Your burgomasters of Amsterdam are notori
ous for the abdominal rotundity not more than
for their proverbial somnolence and torpidity.
They cat, sleep and grow fat. The enterpris
ing Arabs of the desert, on the other hand, are
little and long. Our alderman are proverbial
ly fat, while our lawyers are characteristically
thin. The one class partake largely of good
dinners, the others subsist upon the atmos
pheric sustenance of the law. Your cooks and
butchers are fat; while your editors, men of
thought and constant labor, are as attenuated
as John Tyler.
Therefore, we consider that we have made
mit a strong argument that between your fat
and lean men, the latter class, in all ages, in
all countries, under all governments, in every
capacity, and in the achievement of all great
results, have been the working bees of the
hive, the builders of cities, empires, systems
political and religious, the propagators of revo
lutions, and the great agents in every depart
ment of the work of progress.
James K. Polk, President of the United
States, is a lean man. Our argument in favor
of the tribe presents in his behalf the strongest
vindication. His whole history corroborates
the postulate, that for a man to be thin, with a
good living at his command, is prima facie evi
dence that he is a man of industry. Such is
the history of Col. Polk. At college he was
an example of diligence in his studies. In his
subsequent career, especially upon the stump
in Tennessee, his competitor had to rise early
and travel hard to keep pace with him during
the dav. A half dozen stump speeches of an
hour or two each, and forty or fifty miles ride
on horseback, were an ordinarv day’s work for
a July electioneering excursion. His recent
holiday visits to North Carolina and the Eas
tern States, we can bear personal testimony,
were the severest labor to his fellow travellers,
who were mere lookers on, at the oppressive
weight and amount of holiday duties imposed
upon him.
The time of the President is arranged and
classified with the rigidness of the business
hours, and half hours for meals in the facto
ries at Lowell, where the looms and operatives
work as a general system of machinery. Go
to Lowell —step into one of those great mills
—select one of the thousands of the fair
daughters of the North, who are there em
ployed, as an example. Observe her attention
to the 100m —her face may indicate all the vir
tues and high and amiable traits of the true
American woman, but in the mill, and the mill
going, and at her active loom, her eyes have
no expression, save the expression of total ab
straction. She looks an animated piece of
machinery, as careless of your intrusion and
vour fixed observation, as the loom she is tend
ing. For thirteen hours in the day she is
thus cut off from all exchange of thought and
sympathy, but with the machine that is before
her. Yet in the intervals of the day, and in
the short evening hour that she may steal
from sleep, we doubt not she may be found at
tractive, from her intelligence and sprightly
conversation, and charming from the vitality
and expressiveness that arc diffused over her
features. May her happiness never be less.
The daily routine of the President is under
ft somewhat similar regulation as to the time.
He is up with the sun, even during the long
days of summer; and ahead of him in the win
ter. Then he has to read over his morning
letters, and then his breakfast follows, and
the morning papers, then he receives his
official visiters on official business, then the
public in general, (if it be not cabinet day) a
large proportion of whom call in relation to
offices, from all parts of the Union, and from
all parts of the world. Frequently an old
friend will bore him for an hour or two about
nothing at all, which is a great infliction. Like
the factory girl, the President of the United
States soon learns to go through the duties of
the day with the mechanical stolidity and re
gularity of a spindle. He hears what you have
to say, he answers it with brief politeness, he
turns his head to the next customer in waiting,
and you are at leave to depart. It may be,
that from the force "of a habit imposed upon
him, he will answer your appeal for an office,
(if an utter stranger) entirely to your satisfac
tion; but call the next day, and you may per
haps discover that he has utterly forgotten
the previous interview, and remembers not a
word of the conversation at that time. Necessi
ty has imposed the duty of dismissing trifles
without a thought, and office seekers are dis
missed the more readily on the ground that il
is not his duty to take care of their cases, but
their own. The President has other matters
to absorb his attention.
* Tipon. the more important question of the
! general policy of the administration, we be
lieve that Col. Polk has administered:
Ist. According to his oath to the constitu
tion.
2d. In consonance with his pledge to the
Baltimore (Convention.
3. In obedience to his obligations to the par- '
ty electing him.
4th- With a view to his personal popularity I
in the Presidential catalogue.
To the first of these articles we may attribute
the defeat of the River and Harbor bill. To
the second, the tariff of ’4B, the resurrection of
the sub-treasury, the demand for the whole or
none of Oregon, and the war with Mexico. —
They were the offsprings, not of Col. Polk’s
I administration, but of the Baltimore Conven-
I tiou. To the third consideration may bo set
, down the discharge of all the Tylerites, bc-
I ginning with Mr. Calhoun; and to the fourth,
| the marked attention and untiring diligence to
j duty of the present incumbent, day and night,
since the day of his inauguration. To the full
extent, we can conscientiously support the
President upon this issue.
As a man, Col. Polk is emphatically a repub
lican. His easy, neighborly and communica
tive manner with the people at large, is too
natural to be assumed. His style of conver
sation when off duty is lively and agreeable;
and his knowledge of the distinguished men
of the generation going out of power, makes
him to a younger man edifying and instructive.
He is fond of a good anecdote, and will laugh
at it like an honest man, with his mouth wide
open. He is yet dignified without ostentation;
and with all apparent concliation of temper, is
rigid and inflexible in his opinions and deter
minations. He will not suffer long an uune-
I cessary encroachment upon his time, and il
I you don’t leave him when your business is
I concluded, he will perhaps have a foreign min-
I ister in the next room demanding his imme
i diate attendance. Though not an exclusively
| cold water man. Col. Polk is abstemious, and
s never tempted beyond a frugal dinner how-
I ever tempting the bill of fare.
: As a public speaker, his voice is clear, mnsi
i cal and well modulated —his manner earnest,
1 animated and impressive—his style plain,
strong, methodical, and eloquent, from its
strength and simplicity. He involves you in
no overwhelming torrent of lava; but bespeaks
extempory what a man of good taste would
write upon deliberation. We regard him as
among the best off-hand speakers of the coun
try.
By and large, as President of the United
States, he is studious, industrious, and indefa
tigable, with a dignity becoming the station,
and a simplicity as proper withal. He is cere
monious only from necessity, and at times
bluff in his “good morning,” only from the
pressure of time. As a party man, he is faith
ful to a hair; as a politician, a believer in the
tactics of the party discipline. As a man, the
highest character of all, he is affable, and yet,
perhaps, constrained, frank, and yet reserved,
but withal an agreeable and intelligent com
panion all day long, if he has the time. In
every character he has done good service, ex
cept as a man of family—and we hope that he
will spcedly get out of this war with Mexico;
and never try the experiment again. M e have
no time to read over this long story to see what
it is, but will trust the types to make it out.
THE DOCTOR.
[From the N. 0.-Boc, 2 d i'/w/.]
From Tampico.
By the propeller Washington, last night, we
j received a copy of the Tampico Sentinel of the
j 25th ult. It contains no news of particular
! interest, except an official report by Col. Da
j Hussey, of the battle of Tantayuka, and also the
engagement at the river Calaboso.
“The report says that each and every officer
acted as brave men and good soldiers. You
| will first notice the brave and gallant conduct
of Capt. Wyse, and of the cool and deliberate
manner in which he conducted his piece of ar
tillery.”
To Capts. Mace and Segulne, too much cred- j
it cannot bo given; they were always on the
alert, and whenever the enemy gave them an
opportunity (which was frequently) they im- 1
mediately charged upon them so impetuously
as to route them in every direction. Braver nor
more skillful Captains are not in the serivee,
and we might say without fear of contradiction,
that better, were never commanded by Col.
De-Russey.
In fact, every officer acted well—the names
of Lieuts. Campbell, Hcimbcrgcr, and Linden
berger, will be remembered, and avc hope their
services appreciated. Lieut. Campbell was al
wavs at hand and rendered service.
The non-commissioned officers must not be
forgotten, especially the names of Moore,
Woodey, and Geissert, all of whom deserve
the highest encomiums.
The privates acted as became soldiers and j
Americans, and whenever they Avere ordered
to a charge, they done it willingly and sue- |
cessfully. There Avere many Avho won laurels,
even among the ranks.
The officers who accompanied this expedi
tion award great credit to Col. Dc Russey for
his brave and gallant conduct during the whole
of the engagement.
The following is a list of the killed and avouq
ded:
Louisiana Volunteers. —Ist Lieut. Heira
-1 berger, severely wounded; 2d G. Schmidt, kill
ed; 3d, G. Colson, killed; 4th, LD.urnan, mor
: tally wounded; sth, L. Davis, missing; 6th, G.
Zeller, killed; 7th, L. Lambino, missing; Bth,
John Brown, killed; 9th, L. Scott, killed; 10th,
Ogg, slightly Avounded.
Boyd’s Company. —lst, Capt. Boyd, killed; 2d
i Lieut. Toneyhill, mortally wounded; 3d, Sergt.
Barker, killed; 4th, Corporal Bruner, killed;
> sth, Private Tubiff, killed; Cth, BroAvn. killed;
i 7th, Mullican, killed; Bth, Burke, killed. Ist
5 Luxton, slightly Avounded; 2d, Wilson, slightly
l wounded; 3d, O’Hara, slightly Avounded.
I Wyse’t Company.—lst, Private Allen, mor
tally; five privates slightly Avounded.
r Non-Commissioned Staff. —Principal Musi
r cian, Hose, missing.
Decisions of the Supreme Court
We extract the folloAving from the Columbus
■ Enquirer:
; We publish below a feAv of the decisions of
the Supreme Court, sitting at Amcricus. The
> balance will be published next week if they
I are received in time.
i
i J. D. MattheAvs vs J. Pollard.
1 When an execution comes to the hands of
> Sheriff and the term of service of such Sheriff
1 expires before he collects the amount duo
1 thereon, and such sheriff becomes the deputy
t of his successor, holding such fi. fa., and the
J said deputy collects the same, the successor is
1 liable for such collection, though such li. fa.
f W as not trured over to him by schedule or in
' denture. Affirmed.
J Smith arid Towns for plaintiff. B. Hill for
; defendant.
9
, Jesse Pitts vs. Whortcr & Bullard.
1 Where A sells a tract of Land and gives his
» bond to make titles, and the A r endee pays the
■ Avhole of the purchase money, the equity of
‘ the vendee is perfect, and is subject to levy
1 and sale by virtue,.of a fi. fa. against such ven
a dee.
When a deed is made by a party not in pos
s session, the possession being held by another,
adversely, such deed is void. Reversed.
Strong and Giles for plaintiff. Eli Warren
* for defendant,
s
W. B. Hall vs. The State,
e 1. Keeping an open tippling-shop on the
Sabbath day is a misdemeanor, though the
| statue does not so declare it.
2: When it is alleged that an offence is com
mitted in a certain year, the Court will pre-
I sume that the Christian Era is referred to.
3. The gist of the offence is to keep open the
shop, and not in the sale of spir its.
4. Where a verdict is not entered at the
I Terra at which it is rendered, but is on the file
; in the custody of the proper officer*, the same
may be entered mme pro tunc, at a subsequent
term under an order of the Court. Affirmed.
Miller for plaintiff. Patterson, Sol. Gen.,
I for defendant.
Seaborn Smith, et, al., vs. Ellzabath G. Thomp
son, per pro. ami.
1. Where a cause is not reached in the or
der of business, such cause is continued by op
eration of law.
2. An order of publication is made, such or
der must be published once a month for four
months, before such absent defendant can be j
called on to plead; but though four months
hava not elapsed before the first term after ta
i king the order, and at said first tenn the cause
is not reached, the succeeding term is the term j
to which such defendant must appear, and
| such publication is in conformity with the law.
i Affirmed.
Platt & Taylor for pl’ff. Perkins for deft.
Moses Alexander ad., vs. J. W. Sutlive, cx’r.
i After demurrer to sci. fa. to make parties has
i been overruled, it is in the discretion of the j
I Court to allow the defendant to plead over.
Affirmed. I
Holt and Penning for pl’ff. McDougald and
Thomas for defendant.
Augusta, Georgia.
Sunday'morningT august s.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. G. W. TOWNS.
OK TAJ.ito r.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
stli Dial.—Lowndes and Ware—(Jen. T. Milliard.
7tli “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—VV. 8. C Morris.
i 19th “ Thomas and Decatur—VVm. 11. Reynolds.
:
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
I4th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nelson.
j 17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter.
20th “ Twiggs and Bibh—W. W. Wiggins.
25th “ Junes and Putnam—James M. Gray.
26th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
28th “ Merriwethcr and Coweta—Ore. Warner.
I 31st “ Fayette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn.
32(1 “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalh— Jas. i*. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee —\\ m. H. Hunt.
4.‘{<l “ Habersham and Eabun —Eow’u Coffee.
44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay.
Daily and Tri-Weekly subscribers,
who have their papers left at the office, will
| find them in the Post Office on Sunday mom
in S s *
; We would be much gratified to know
what became of the funds of the Augusta Be
nevolent Society on band at the time it bc
i came disorganized. 'Hie Society, ave believe, |
has ceased to exist, but we hope that the mo
ney in its treasury has not likewise evaporat
ed and dissolved “into thin air.” e are in
formed. that it had, in the last days of its ex
istence, several hundred dollars. "W hat has
become of it? If it can be made forthcoming,
and placed in judicious bonds, it is capable, at *
this time, of doing a vast amount of good.
There arc many cases in our knowledge of
j sickness and destitution —many helpless tami-
I lies afflicted bitterly with the combined ills of
' poverty and disease, which appeal forcibly to
the benevolence of the community. Private
charity has done and is doing what it reason
ably can. But if there be a fund already cre
ated by the organized efforts of the charitable
i in times past, it ought no longer to remain
idle. It has not for <\ long time been more
wanted —it may never at a future time be more I
i useful.
«TWe had the pleasure of receiving by the
steamer Hibernia, a letter from our friend, ,
Judge Gamble, dated Paris, July 1/th, 181/.
He writes that he made an agreeable tour
through Great Britain and Ireland—had spent j
| two weeks in Paris, and was about to leave for
Switzerland —thence he would go to Germany,
Belgium, down the Rhine, &c., and would
probably return to the United States in Sep
tember, (next month). As a matter of inter
' est to the numerous friends of this highly es
teemed gentleman, we take the liberty of in
serting the closing paragraph of his letter:
“Dear Gardner —I wish to say much to
you about the countries, men and things, I
have seen; but it is contrary to the advice of
j my physicians at home and abroad for me j
■ either to read or write much. I therefore yield.
If any of my friends should feel sufficiently
i interested in my welfare to inquire for me,
you may say to such, that my general health
I is pretty well restored.”
General Clinch—lVlorc Certificates.
A novel mode in the history of political cam
paigning-has been adopted by the advocates of
General Clinch, to establish his claims to the
mental capacity sufficient to discharge the
functions of the State. This mode is by the
certificates of his personal friends and of
i anonymous correspondents. This is certainly
a very convenient mode, but perhaps not the '
most .convincing. One of the objections to it
is that an innumerable host of would be candi
dates now all unknown to fame might spring
forth full fledged, each his pockets full of
certificates, certifying that he is in every re
spect “a marvellous proper man.” Any quan
tity of these certificates could be supplied to
order. lie must be a very obscure, or a very
deficient man, if he has not got a number of
good natured friends who would certify, and
whose partiality might actually lead them to
believe that he possessed many qualifications
amply sufficient for the Executive Chair of
Georgia. Some might even conscientiously
go so far as to certify that he had abilities
| vastly above the requisitions of the office.
Again, if certificates of anonymous correspond
ents of newspapers, are to form a legal tender
for the votes of the people for this high office,
; the amount of that sort of currency that
could be put in circulation passes all calcula
tion. It would require one of Col. Robert
Hoe’s new patent power presses to throw
them off as fast as they could be fabricated.
They might bo clothed *in vogue generalities
i,jjl j j «ju» aKjMraggra
and published with blanks for the names which
| could be afterwards filled to suit the exigency.
We are inclined to think however that better
evidence will be required than the say so of
writers who arc wholly unknown to the pub
lic. We give a few specimens of this sort of
certification furnished by an anonymous writer
in the Augusta Chronicle signing himself Aris
tides, who quotes the language of an anony
mous writer whose communication over the
signature of “Pike” appeared in the National |
Intelligencer, Eeb. 2nd, 1836.
“In his excellent letter to the Adjutant Gen- :
oral, of October Bth, expressive of his views,
SOUND AND COMPREHENSIVE AS THEY WERE,
General Clinch recommends the calling into
the service of the United States one hundred j
and fifty mounted volunteers.”
Again:
i &
“In his next letter to the Adjutant General,
written with the same judicious forecast and !
discernment, dated October 17th, General
Clinch now asks for three companies, ’ &c.
Again:
1 “With respect to the gallant Clinch, all that
ha* been affirmed in his praise by the writer
of the letter, be Justly and richly deserves. That
HFi IS AN OFFICER OF HIGH DESERTS, and has
■ well conducted the arduous and important
service with which he was entrusted, before
and after the breaking out of hostilities, ought
not to be doubted.”
The ancient Athenians may perhaps have
been induced to bestow high civil offices upon j
this sort of irresponsible recommendation.
But the plan will hardly take in modern times, ;
under republican institutions like our own.
The people will require some grounds on which
1 to form opinions of their own, and then they
j will give fheir own certificates at the ballot box.
But the writer, Aristides, as if conscious of
the lameness of this anonymous certification,
introduces in the winding up of the list the
following Clincher , as perhaps he considers it,
in the shape of a certificate from Gen. Win
field Scott:
Finally, General Scott, in an official letter
to the War Department, dated May 11, 1836,
in referring to the resignation of General
Clinch, says;
“The resignation of Brigadier General Clinch !
was forwarded a week ago. 'lhe army will
LOSE IN THIS OFFICER ONE OF ITS BEST COM
| MANDERS.”
Now this is a sort of stereotyped form of
compliment, on the occasion, of the resignation
iof an officer. There is nothing very superla
! tive in it. It has not half the flourish that
we would have expected from the florid pen
of this veteran Commander and famous letter
writer. A certificate coming from him, had
he intended any special laudation, would pro
bably have abounded in the mast elaborate
choice of eulogistic terms.
But we do not design, or wish to detract
from the military pretensions of Gen. Clinch.
We do not doubt that he is personally a very
gallant man, and a very good General. In j
thirty years of military service, he must be a 1
dull man indeed if he has not acquired con
siderable military knowledge and skill. But |
we can not sec in all this, proof of his effi- |
cicncy to discharge the civil duties which must I
devolve on the Chief Magistrate of the State. ;
It is certain that his friends cannot, by their j
certificates, establish his mental qualifications i
| for the office. They are pushing this game to |
a ridiculous extent. One anonymous writer,
a contributor to the Chronicle. , signed “A Vol
unteer,” is so amusing as to assert, that Gen. !
Clinch, as a writer, proved himself an over
match for Governor Cass.
As to the battle of Withlacoochie, which is,
in fact, the exploit upon which are placed the
claims of Gen. Clinch for the suffrages of the
people, we do not desire to depreciate the ex
ploit itself, or Gen. Clinch’s share in the hon
or —we will add, tub glory, if that is not too
big a word —of the occasion.
We '" iB even publish in full the account of
it furnished by “Aristides” for the Chronicle.
It appears, according to that, that 762 Ameri- ,
cans, regulars and volunteers, whipped about
300 Indians in about 70 minutes, killing 14 of
them certainly, and perhaps about 50 more.—
Oh, Sacramento —“pale your ineffectual fires.”
Oh, Palo Alto, Resacca, Monterey, Buena
Vista —hide your diminished heads.
The Battle of Withlacoochie. —This battler was
fought on the 31st of December, 1835, and is
thus described, by an eye-witness, in a num- i
ber of the Savannah Georgian , published in
; January, 1836:
“Gen. Clinch’s army consisted of 212 regu
lars and 550 volunteer militia, who left Fort
Crane 29th December, and on Monday, the
31st, by daylight, arrived at the Withlacoochie
river. They there found, instead of a ford, as
j reported by the guides, a rapid and deep stream,
| and crossed over, 7 men at a time, in a canoe. : i
I The regulars first crossed over and marched <
j back from the river about 400 yards, and there
posted themselves; they remained quiet for
two hours. The Indians were marching down 1
the hammock to the river, for the purpose, no
doubt, of preventing the crossing of the party «
of volunteers, when the sentinels, posted in 1
the edge of the hammock by Col. Fannin, dis
covered them, tired, and retreated to their lines; ; i
then Col. Fannin maxched his men to the ham
mock, and received a tremendous fire from the i
Indians. Col. Fannin, at the head of them,
returned the fire and charged the hammock;
by this time about twenty-five volunteers
came up to tbe battle ground from the river.
Gen. Clinch then also came up, again charged
the hammock, and the Indians were dispersed.
Fourteen dead Indians were discovered, but
no doubt, many more (supposed 50) were re
moved. The slaughter must have been dread
ful among them —the regulars having fired
1000 rounds of ball and buckshot during the
action.
“A small party of Indians had fired on the
volunteers on the banks of tbe Withlacoochie,
which was returned, and three Indians were
found dead.
“The action between the regulars and Indi
ans lasted about 70 minutes; 4 regulars killed,
56 wounded; of volunteers, 4 wounded. Gen.
Clinch received in his cap and clothing sever
al shots, and his horse received two shots. The j
battle ground was peculiarly favorable for In
dians.
“Late in the clay, Gen. Clinch, finding no
good ground for his camp, determined to re
cross the river, and did so in good order, and
reached Fort Crane on the 2d January. All
the volunteers immediately returned home,
their term of service having expired.
“Capt. W. M. Graham, of the Army, was
badly wounded in the shoulder and leg. Lieut.
C. Graham was very severely wounded in the
chin and leg. Lieut. Ridgely received a se- ;
vere wound in the arm. Lieut. C. Graham
had command of his company, and after he j
fell the command devolved upon his first ser
geant, (there being no other commissioned of- 1
asFWg? f-nvLiumw l v-:.
' ficer,) who grtllinlly led them to the charge
Maj. Lyttle, acting as aid to Gen. Clinch, hat
his horse shot under him. Col. AV arren, o
the Volunteers, received a severe wound in tin
breast. -Dr. Clarke also had his horse sho
under him.*’
The part which Gon. Clinch enacted in tin
engagement is more fully detailed in the fol
lowing extract from a letter, written by “an
officer in the army, to his friend in Washing
ton,” dated January 13, 1836, and publisher
in the National Intelligencer of January 30 :
“You will see from Gen. Clinch’s officia
i letter, giving an account of the battle, that h<
j »ays nothing of'himself. I was in this battle
and allow me to say to you respecting bin
what I saw and know to bo true. Throughon
the engagement, he was in the hottest of th<
fight. Ilis horse was shot under him in twr
; places—neck and hip. A ball passed througl
his cap, entering the front, and passing out ai
I the back part of the top. Another hall passer
I through the sleeve of the bridle arm of his coat
j This was my first battle, and I may not be tin
best judge, but I do not believe that any mar
1 ever displayed more intrepid courage thar
; Gen. C. did on this occasion. At one mornen
a little confusion occurred among the troops
in consequence of some soldiers giving tin
word Retire! The General immediately threw
himself in front of the men, and, his hors<
staggering under him, he dismounted, acl vane
ed to the front, and, amidst a shower of bullet;
from the Indians, said that before he iron'd shim
his bach to the enemy he would die upon the field
The high and chivalric bearing of the Genera
kindled among the men an enthusiasm whiel
I believe was never surpassed. A gallant
charge followed, which routed and drove tint
enemy from the field, and they did not a gab
| show themselves. We kept the field abort
three hours, and then rccrossed the river ir
good order and without disturbance.”
Such, then, was the battle of Withlacoochie
And when we consider the deceptive and mer
cilcss character of the foe; their numlter, (es
timated at 300,) their concealed and favorable
position, and the gallant manner in which, af
ter repeated charges, before a galling and de
structive fire, they were finally repulsed with ;
! severe loss, this engagement, so far from brim
insigniefiant , reflects the highest honor upon the
; General and his men for their Intrepid am
! chivalric spirit.
The Halls of the IVlontezamas Entered.
The New Orleans Dee, of the 2d inst., con
firms the report of the National, published ir
our paper of yesterday, of the entrance o
Gen. Scott into the City of Mexico. Aftci
noticing the slip of the National, the Dee, in i
poscript, says—“ Since the above was in type
we learn by passengers from Mutamoros, or
board the propeller Washington, which arrivec
last night from the Brazos, which place sin
left on the 27th, that on the day they left
Matamoros an express arrived from the city of
Mexico, with letters to Mexican merchants of
that place, stating that Gen. Scott met the
Mexican army at Dio Frio and had a battle, in
| which the enemy were defeated and totally
routed, with a loss on the part of the Ameri -
cans of 300 men; after which Gen. Scott, with
his victorious troops, entered and took pos
session of the city of the Montezumas.
The news was publicly read to the troops at
Matamoros, and although it savors somewhat
of improbability, may, nevertheless, be wholly
true, for our readers will bear in mind that of
all the battles fought and victories won on the
fields of Mexico, our first news of them was
received from Mexican authority, and af
terwards confirmed through American sources.
Wo incline to the opinion (though somewhat
doubtful,) that our army under Scott lias again
been victorious, and werethen, as now, in pos
session of the city of Mexico.”
Alabama Election.
We have returns from Mobile, in?a slip from
the Advertiser office, from which it appears
the Whigs have elected their Senators and
two out of three of the Representatives. The
vote as far as heard from (three small precincts
behind, which will not change the result)
stands as follows :
For Governor.
Whigs. Democrat*.
Nidi. Davis 1207 ( 11. Chapman 997
For Congress.
John Gayle 12J3 ( .John T. Taylor..lo4o
For State Senator.
Geo. N. Stewart. 1277 | Jo. Seawell 1010
For Representative^.
E. Lockwood. .. 1245 P. Walker 1214
P. Hamilton.... 1199 P. Phillips 10*17
W. J. Ledyard ..1113 D. McAlpin 1015
For Tax Collector.
D. C. Eowan.... 1044 | Geo. E. H01t.... 1125
The National Intelligencer indulges in
the following lugubrious strain on the the
prospects of the Congressional election, in
Kentucky.
The present delegation stands 9 Whigs to 1
Democrat. The Democrats arc sanguine of
electing 5 members.
Should it turn out so, it may reduce very
rapidly the number of whig candidates for
Speaker, Clerk and other offices of the House
of Representatives to which the greedy eyes of
the whigs are now turned.
“In these elections there would exist no
doubt in our mind of a gain by the Whigs suf
ficient to give them the ascendancy in the
popular branch of Congress, were it not that
there are causes operating in the State of Ken
tucky which will prevent the Whig interest in
that State from being represented in Congress
in proportion to its known strength. We do
not understand exactly what these causes are,
beyond the too common one of the Whigs hav
ing in some one or more districts two candi
dates in the field; but that these discords do
exist we are assured by the papers of that
State. We mention the fact, to prevent our
readers from being taken by surprise by the
result of the election in this generally sound
and steady State.”
New uses of the Telegraph.
Tire New York Sun says: “Dy a scries of
experiments, performed in Washington by S.
C. Walker, in Philadelphia by Professor Ken
dall, and in Jersey City by Professor Loomis,
of our University, the difference of longitude
of New York and Philadelphia is shewn to be
four minutes and thirty seconds. We under
stand it is the intention of the Superintendent
of the Coast Survey, in due time, to extend
this method to all the principal cities along
our coast. We are not aware that this me
thod has been attempted in any part of Eu
rope.”
Money Paid for Cotton.
Mr. McQueen stated in evidence before a
committee of the House of Commons last
month, that in the course of the last twenty
five years, England has paid, for cotton alone,
to the United States, 208,000,000 sterling, or
i $1,300,000,000.
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i °® cc Stam P s a Circulating- Medium.
-I 1 lie Philadelphia Inquirer has received in
|* e Payment for subscription to that journal, from
)t a S oll tlcman residing in "W ashington, (wh<f
| was puzzled to make up a fraction of eighty
is five cents,) eight Post Office Stamp of the de-
| nomination of ten cents each, and one of five
n | cents. All things have their uses.
d : The amount of Treasury N^teT^tstandmg
i on the Ist inst., it is officially stated, was $14,-
I I 274.239.51.
It appears from the Monthly statement of the*
lt | Secretary of the Treasury that there were on
e deposito in the various Government deposito
-0 l ies, on the 2G£h ult., subject to his draft, $2,.
d Troops far Mexico.
t. Company K.of the 13th Regiment U. S. I tl .
c | fantry, arrived here yesterday afternoon in tin;
n steamer St. Matthews, from Florida. The
n Company numbering oJqncn—all of them rc
it cruitcd in Florida. They left town last night
5, ■ in the Cherloston Boat for .Charleston, where
e they will embark for the Brazos. The detach
er ment is commanded by Major Johnson, ofTal
;e lahassec. The other officers are Captain Clark f
•- (the son of our friend Major Clark, of St. Marys,)
■s Lients. Heywood, Dummctt and Hulse.—-.Sa
te vannah Republican, Oth inst•
I. |
d Central Rail Road Stock.
] 1 We are informed by one of our merchants,
q that he sold on Wednesday last SIO,OOO worth
e of the 8 per cent Central Rail Road Stock at 5
n per cent premium. Wo are gratified to notice
Lt this exhibition of the confidence of purchasers.
n | -a. ___
Paulding Democracy.
y We visited Paulding the present week, and
” j arc happy to state, that we found the Demo
j. cracy wide awake, and leaving no stone im
turned. Paulding will do her duty—we only
hope, that every county in tire State will do
as well, and if they do, Towns will be the
a i Gover nor by 5,000 majority. We are deter
q mined in Cherokee to carr y the “wav into the
enemies camp,” and route them “horse, foot
v and dragoons.” — Pioneer, oth inst.
We have learned, with pleasure, that Mr
* Wilson, who lias been painting portraits with
great success in Georgia, and who has been
II commissioned by the Legislature of that Suite
d to copy Yanderlyn's portrait of Gen. Andrew
v Jackson, in the City Hall of Charleston, has
recently arrived for that purpose, and has ob
tained every facility from the Council for cxe
curing it. He is now engaged in making his
u I copy. Mr. Wilson has taken rooms at the
d Pavilion Hotel, where a few of his works can
c . be seen. His portraits are executed with
. great skill and truthfulness, and justify
r the reputation which his pencil has acquired
f for him. Whilst in Charleston, we understand
f that he would be willing to prolong his stay,
„ should encouragement bo offered him, in the
practice of his art as i\ portrait painter. —
! Charleston Courier, oth inst.
. | See nr- on a South Ferry Boat. — A member of
x that fine company of French citizens which
paraded Broadway on Wednesday with a
splendid band of music at their head, was
crossing the South Ferry to his residence in
t Brooklyn, after parade, when lie was assault
. j ed with extremely gross language by a shabby
1 genteel half-slewed man, about forty years of
■ j age. This fellow walked round him in the
f cabin, eyeing him on every side, while at the
? same time the word puppg was kept constant
ly in use. The Frenchman did not appear to
know what to make of such conduct, as his ac
quaintance with the English was rather limit -
. eI. He appeared extremely embarrassed and
t stupified by his awkward condition. There
t were a number of passengers present, but no
one opened his mouth to rebuke the contempti
ble rascal who was violating the hospitality of
the country and disgracing its citizens, by such
gross and shameful behavior to a stranger. —
Every soul left the cabin, leaving the Freuch
-1 man in a most pitiable condition, standing in
1 | the middle of the floor, hearing the assaults of
I ; the rowdy without answering a word—at
. which moment, an elderly genleman who had
I not yet come forward in the cabin, and who
! witnessed a part of the abuse, came forward
* ; amt asked the rowdy where he belonged,
j and why he abused that unoffending man ?
: He answered by repeating some more abuse,
i whereupon the elderly gentleman with his
■ glove on gave him a jjose* under the ear that
knocked him against the railing of the boat,
producing the most profound silence with
1 the highest degree of astonishment. 'Hie row -
dy instead of making fight, carried himself as
quick as possible out of the way of the old
j man’s glove to the other end of tire boat, when
; he hissed like one of Milton’s serpents on the
.waist of sin. The elderly gentleman t hen* oh*
1 served to the bystanders that he could not feel
himself worthy the name of American, w ere
he to stand by and tamely sec abused an urn
offending man, the countryman of Hi Fayette,
who stood by the Father of his Country in the
j time that tried men’s souls, 'without offering
l some chastisement to the contemptible scoun
drel that was disgracing his-country. A burst
of approbation then followed from the passeu
. gers. — Y. Sun.
~ DIED. -
In this city, on the 3d Inst., C>eorge Ctisros
; Gordon, aged 36. a native of Newberg, Orange
j county, N. Y., but for a number of years past, a
| resident of this city. To his numerous friends it
■ w-ill be a source of gratification to learn, that Ik? re
ceived, while living, every attention that friendship
] could bestow, and w r as accompanied to his last
, : resting place by a numerous concourse of his fel
i low citizen.
Special Notices.
STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR
GIA.
1 Ujr’ This Company having been re-organized
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay ail freight
that may offer.
i Goods consigned to W3VI,.P. WILLIAMS, Agent
at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commit,-.
. I sions.
| The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this.
] ! Company has terminated.
I ’ JOHN B. GUI EL.
June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta,
UTDR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at-.
f tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in,
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Ehttance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store..^
June 13 6m . . . *■* 315
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PLEASANT STOVALL
Renews the tender of his services ijn the STOU
' AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTH
t ER PRODUCE, at hi« Fire ProsfXVareluiu**-
I j Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 1817. 8 mos. 35 ,
? [CFDoctors EVE and CAMPBELLS will at
tend to my Professional Business during my absence
for the summer from the State.
■ July 17 PAUL
ALEXANDER McKENZIE, JJL?
attorney at daw;
a WAYNESBORO’, GEORGIA.
t April2o ly '. *- r7B -
J C ; VRDNEH, j W *4 ;
ATTORNEY AT LikW ( ,r
r AUGUSTA. GEORGIA v- -3 *
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