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THE CON^mJTIOmiST. “James gTa honer, jr. TERMS. Daily, per annum $8 00 Tri-Weekly. per annum 6 00 If paid in advance 5 00 , "Weekly, pec annum 8 00 If paid in advance - ' To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa- j per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. who will pay up arrearages, and rend four new subscribers, with the money, can get ; 'the paper at $2 00. (O*AII new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. [fjr’Postage musEbe paid on all communications j and letters of business. ‘j■*l" ~ ’ ~ j [ f rom the Savarmah Georgian.] Gen. Clinch’s Military Claims. The Republican, in commenting upon the language we used in sifting the ‘military pre- \ tensions of the Whig candidate for Governor, ! and more especially upon our assertion that his ‘‘thirty years service” amounted to nothing | more than the fulfilment of a contract bet ween himself and the Government, observes “M e j Arc now gravely told that they fight foF their pay, that it is a fair business transaction be tween the government and the officers; they light a battle, pocket their pay, and “they and j THE GOVERNMENT ARK QUITS.” The connexion shows that our neighbors, re- j fer to soldiers generally, both officers and men. Again: “Not so thought the Georgian ip. 1836, w hen ; no Gubernatorial contest was pending. Not so, thought the people of the country —the j brave hearts, whose blood has been poured out like water on the soil of Mexico —the thou sands who have perished with disease, with out meeting an enemy —the patriotic citizen soldiery, who have marched and counter marched through the burning sands of Mexi co to meet their enemy ! Not so thought the citizens who hailed their return to their homes again. The paltry pittance held out by the Government is no compensation to the soldier for his sufferings in the field and his abandon- | ment of his domestic ties and his social hearth. No, the soldier’s true recompense is the grail- , tude of his countrymen, that and that alone, can repay him for his toils and sufferings: stamp him as a mercenary, and you degrade him iii his own eyes and those of the public.” Our neighbors have made an uncalled for attack upon us, and one which the character of our remarks does not in any wise justify.— The tenor of their editorial of Thursday, evi dently shows that they are aiming to.strength cn the cause of General Clinch by identifying him with volunteers in general, and Ms services with the servios of men who have really suffer ed in the cause of the country. The remarks which we made applied to officers, more espe cially to officers in the regular service of the gov ernment, and we unhesitatingly repeat it again. tJpoii what ground is it sought to make Gen. Clinch Governor of Georgia? Is it because he was a General in the Army? Why ! who, wc enquire, would not be a General if he could? — Is it upon this ground alone that he is select ed as being deserving above all others of politi cal honor? Is this the evidence from which it i , argued that he is a patriot? Our neighbors are the ones who arc obstinately blind to the claims of justice in these matters; the guilt is not with us. We are opposed to this idolatry of officers Svho have been high in rank, simply because they were so. It is unjust, cruelly do the work", who endure the hardships of war. Commissions are always soxight for in the army. Every man is willing to be a gen eral, a colonel, a captain—it requires patriot ism to carrry a volunteer lo Mexico in the ca pacity of a private. Why, then, should all the honor be bestowed upon the general, the colonel, the captain, while the private is whol ly forgotten? Is it because the one receives his hundred, his two hundred, his three hun tlred dollars per month, while the other is paid the poor pittance of seven dollars? Is it be cause the one' can ride upon a magnificent horse, booted and spurred, while the other has to plod through the burning sand or the chil ling frost, frequently without a shoe to cover his blistered and bleeding feet? Is it because the one has A government wagon to convey his mess-chest, his trunks, his wane, his luxuries, while the other, in addition to a heavy mus ket and forty rounds of cartridge, has to carry all his clothing, and several day’s rations upon his aching back? Is it because the former has one, or two, or three wall tents under which he can screen himself from the burning sun or the deadly dews, while the latter is frequently crowded with seven, or ten, or more of his com rades, into oiic pitiful common tent? Is it be cause the one can sit at his quarters with his legs crossed, sipping his wine and smoking his segat, while the other is Compelled to police camp, and discharge the most menial duties? Is it becaiise the one commands and the other obeys? because the consequence of the one is and the pride of the other is continu ally mortified? because the name of the one is mentioned in reports, and the name of the other, it matters not how heroic he be, is never heard? Is this the reason that all the honor earned by an army, a brigade, a regiment, a company, is lo be reflected, as a matter of course, upon its commanding officer? that he is to be lauded for a work which he never did, and for hardships he never endured? We say it is time for the work of injustice to cease,— We have spoken plainly, because we think that the truth, arid the whole truth, and noth ing but the truth ought to be spoken, and we are careless whom it may benefit, or from whom it may detract. No man is a more throrough advocate of discipline in the army than we are. While in the field let the officer command and the sol Her obey. An army can never be a Re public. Distinctions must be maintained be tween the officer and the soldier to render a corps effective. But when the officer and the private have returned to the bosom of the ■community, then let a just and grateful pub lic enquire who has done the most, wffio has suffered the most in the country’s cause?— Let not the one be rewarded for the services of the other. We say unhesitatingly it is the private that deserves reward. The General, the Colonel, has received his reward already; and simply to say that he has been an officer in the service of his country is of itself to present j no claim to popular sympathy. It is simply to i say that he has enjoyed a good fortune which does not fall to every man’s lot. If such au individual, therefore, presents himself to the people as a candidate for office, let him not speak of his “thirty years’ service” of the coun try! This is idle indeed. Let him point to the proofs of high talents, distinguished gen eralship, brilliant achievements, displaying a qualification for high thought and lofty position —and not to a negative service of the country, for which he received his pay, and enjoyed all j the pomp, and eclat, and circumstance of rank, j {From the Federal Union,] • generous an i whole sealed patriotism of old Withlacoochee.” “This spirit,, (of detraction) we regret to per ceive, has even gone to the length of scoffing at the generOus and whole souled patriotism of Old Withlacoochee, in throwing all his pri vate stores before our destitute solders worn down by the toils and privations-.-of a.vigorous campaign : What our opponents can expect to make by undervaluing and sneering ’.at the personal sacrifices of Gen. Clinch, in behalf of war worn soldiers, and those to the soldiers of Georgia, we cannot pretend even to imagine. Surely the day has not arrived in Georgia,that to feed the hungry soldier, a*d generously administer to his wants, is a thing to be sneer- | cd at and turned into contempt.— Southern Recorder , August 10/5, 1817. We ask the special attention of our readers to the above extract, from the leading Edito rial of the Recorder of last week. How beau tifully it mingles the tears of regret, with th c words of honied adulation ! But where does the Recorder find any “sneering” at the “gene rosity” of Gen. Clinch ?—Where does it see 1 any evidence of a disposition to deny “Old | Withlacoochee,” all the credit to which he is , entitled? The Democratic party are perfect ly willing to render “unto Caesar the things j that are Ca'sars;” but they will not consent | to bow down in homage to the bloated exag gerations of the whig press, in reference to the ; services of Gen, Clinch. The secret is, that ! the federal prints ax*e exceedingly anxious to manufacture popular enthusiasm for their candidate by dwelling upon his military deeds i and thus blind the people to the odiousness of i the principles, which they desire to fix upon j the country, in his election. Hence, they i feign great indignation at what they are pleased !to characterise, as “ detraction' ’ of General 1 Clinch, in order to get a pretext to lug in a ! recital of his deeds. Well, Mr. Recorder, you have provoked an investigation of "the generous and whole souled j ; patriotism Os Old Withlaeoochie ,” let us see S i then how tar it entitles him to the Executive 1 j chair. - “The, generous and whole souled patriot ism'' alluded to, is the “ throwing all his private \ | stores, before our destitute soldiers , worn down by i the toils and privations of a rigorous campaign.” It is true then, that Gen. C linch .did feed on Corn and Sugar Cane in 1836, the forces then { in the command of Gov. Call in ITorda; and for this we give him full credit and bespeak i for him the lasting gratitude of the country.— But in the name of common sense and justice, will Gen. Clinch never be satisfied? —Will.he never receive pay enough for serving his coun try r In 1814 he was elected to Congress—this was in return for his “ generous whole souled patriotism” in Florida, and so far as honoris concerned it was pretty full pay. In addition i to tliis, ho received at the hands of the general ! government, the nice little sura of $25,756 25 for his corn and sugar cane that were consum ed by the soldiers and their horses. Yet says Gen. Clinch, this will not do—l want more pay —going to Congress is not enough—the receipts oi twenty-five thousand seven liun | dred and fifty six Dollars and twenty-five cents is not sufficient, —I demand to be elected Gov i ernor of Georgia, by the people, and all who ; object tome, whether 1 am capable or not, are guility of foul “ detraction Geu. Clinch lacks “ the modesty o f merit ” which is a quality held in high estimation by the lale Whig Conven tion. He mu st expect a signal rebuke through i the ballot box on the first Monday of October But to the proofs. It seems that on the 4th of April, 1840, the Hon. Win* C. Dawson, 1 from the Committee on claims, submitted to Congress a report off the petition of Gen. Dun can L. Clinch, for relief. See., which collates the evidence in favor of the claim of this “generous and whole souled” patriot, and con cludes by reporting the following Bill, to wit; AN ACT for the relief of General Duncan L. Clinch*. lie it enacted bg the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America , in j Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War i be, and he is hereby required to adjust all claims of Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, for the corn and sugar cane consumed or destroyed by the tTnontef, T' r -r.: + f,A Ky Gen. Call, m the year 1836, during the period x said troops were in possession of his planta tion; and that the amount, when ascertained, i shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasu ry, out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated. Approved, June 19, 1840. j The following document leaves no doubt of Gen. Clinch’s having long since pocketed the ! sum of $25,756 25 in the way of compensa ' tion for his corn, and sugar cane. “CORN AND SUGAR FURNISHED BY GEN. D. L. CLINCH.” Letter from the Secretary of War, transmit ting the information required by the resolu tion of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, in relation to Indian corn and sugarcane furnished by Gen. D. L. Clinch, and the sums paid for the same. July 20, 1842. Read and laid Upon the tabic. War Department, July 22, 1846. Sir : In answer to a resolution of the House I of Representatives, of the 22d instant, requir j ing “the Secretary of War to communicate to the House, at as early a day as practicable, the amount of each item of Indian corn and su gar cane, and the sum paid on each item, al lowed Under the act of the 19th of June, 1810, entitled ‘An Act for the relief Gen. Duncan j L. Clinch;’ ” also, “the time when the allow ance w*as made,” I respectfully transmit here with, a report of the Third Auditor, which, it is lielieved, contains all the information re quired by the resolution. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. C. SPENCER. Hon. John White, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Treasury Department, Third Auditor’s Office, July 26, 1842. Sir ; I have the honor, to return the resolu tion of the House of Representatives yester day referred to me by you for a report. I The resolution requires that the Secretary of War communicate to the House, at as early a day as practicable, the amount of each item of Indian corn and sugar cane, and the sura paid on each item, allowed under the act of 19th June, 1840, entitled “An act for the relief of j Gen Duncan L. Clinch;” also, the time when the allowance was made. The papers in this case w'ere, on the appll -1 cation of the chairman of the Committee of Claims of the Senate, transmitted to him some mouths since, and have not been returned.— 1 After the reception of the resolution by me, a letter to him, requesting the return of the same, was written. His reply informed me that the papers -went, with a bill for the relief of Gen. j Clinch, from the Senate to the House of Rep resentatives, a few days ago. On application at the House this morning, the .papers were i found to be in charge of the Committee on ! Claims; and, on recourse thereto, the allow ances made under the act referred to in the resolution, by the late Semetary of War, are found to have been as follows: For 6,237£ bushels of corn, at $1 50prbu $9,856 25 For 205,000 lbs sugar, at 8 cts pr lb 16,400 00 # , 25,756 25, The allowance appears to have been made on the 24th April, 18-H; and the requisition for the money was soon thereafter delivered to i Gen. Clinch. i With great respect, your most ob’t. serv’t., PETER HAGNER, Auditor. * Hon. J. C. Spencer, Secretary of War.” As to the reasonableness of the demand of Gen. Clinch, we say nothing. The report of the Committee, says his charges w r ere not cx travagant, and we shall not complain lest we should be accused also of “detraction.” Still . we think, we can give no offence, by expree sing the opinion that ,fcl 50c per bushel for corn was pretty fair pay, and that 8 cents per pound for sugar, that never was even ground from the cone, much less manufactured , ought not to 1 be-grumbled;..at, by the “generous and telltale 1 sodded Old W'thlacooehie .” "We conclude therefore, without any ’Spirit of “ detraction ,” that Gen. Clinch has been well paid both in glory, and money , for all that he has done for his country—that his claim to the Executive chair, without intellectual ability to fill it, is rather arrogant, and that he ought i not to complain, if for the balance of his life, ! he should be allowed the “otium cum dignitote” [ of private life. [From the N. O. Della, \6tli inst.] From Texas. The steamship Yacht, Capt. Crane, arrived yesterday from Galveston. She left there on the 10th inst. We received by her papers to that date, for which Capt. Crane will accept our thanks. The Cotton Crop —Our last accounts (says the Galveston News of the 9th inst.) from the interior are highly favorable. In the neigh borhoods where the worm was reported to have caused or threatened most injury, it has nearly disappeared, doing no damage of mo ment, while in other sections it has confined its ravages to the grass : and in the greater portion of the cotton region from which we have heard, its appearance is not mentioned. Several of the papers speak of the appear ance of the worm —the grass-worm, no doubt —so, far, however, it appears there has been no harm done. There has been an arrivals at Galveston from I Corpus Christi. There are only 15 or 20 fami -1 lies at this time at Corpus Christi, and busi ness is extremely dull, owing, as is believed, ! to a prevailing feeling of insecurity and dan ger in traversing the prairies. It la believed, however, that no robberies or other acts of vio . lence have lately been perpetrated. A dispute, resulting in a scuffle,recently took place in Brazoria, between Mr. Reuben 11. Brown and Mr. \Vm. Carson. The parties were separated without any apparent injury to either, but Mr. Carson expired a few minutes afterwards, as was found, from the rupture of a blood -vessel. , ~Gen. Lamar is I candidate for the Legisla ture in Nueces county. A cordon -of military, posts is about to be established along the whole western frontier of Texas, for the double purpose of protecting the Indians from the injustice and impositions of the whites, and for administering prompt chastisement for any acts of aggression of i which they may be guilty’. , ; M. A. Martin has commenced the publica- I tion of a new journal in Lavaca. The Victo ria Advocate is much enlarged and mechani cally impoved. . .. . It is now believed at Bexar and Austin, that the four surveyors recently captured by the Indians, have b »eu murdered. The Caman ches, who attribute their capture to another . tribe, have so reported. The Texas regiment, under Col. Hays, is still divided between Austin and San Antonio, awaiting orders from Gen. Taylor. A man by the name of Thomas T. Bullock, was killed on the evening of the 24th ult., about 8 o’clock, some seven miles west of San Augustine, on the lower Nacogdoches road, 1 a short distance from the residence of Mr. i David AY. Gilbert. Wm. AY. Downs has been arrested and imprisoned for trial for the murder. The U. S. transport steamship Ann Chase, has been repaired at Galveston, and would leave to-this port no the 12th. [ From. the Savannah Republican, lllh i/wsf.] IVcgro Stealing-, j We 1c im from a letter from Liberty county. ’ that a man has licen arrested in the act’of ruii i ning several negroes oil’ to Florida. He has i been lodged in Jail. writer who was the owner of the negroes, says; “On my return home, on Tuesday night, I found my negroes had left on Sunday night, the 18th ult., consequently they had three > nights the start. I was satisfied that they had been stolen by a white man, who, I had every reason to believe, had been lurking about the place. A number of gentlemen of Montgome ry and Tattnall turned out with me, and the next morning we struck a trail leading into a large island in Pendleton Creek, on the line of Emanuel. AVe traced it to their camp, but - they had left it the night before. AVe then trailed them some ten or fifteen miles, and overtook the man we suspected, and arrested and made him toll where the negroes were. “He had left the negroes four miles behind in a thicket. AVe tied him, and went within ] about a hundred yards of the thicket, and j three gehtlemen and myself laid down behind the trees, and directed the rogue to advance a few paces ahead, hut not out of gun shot, and give the sign. He whistled three times in a peculiar tone, when the negroes answered, and in a few moments all three of them came out with their packs, the two fellows with the gun and rifle they carried off, and walked up to within ten feet of where we were lying, I sprang up and ordered them to stand, the mu latto fellow and the girl submitted, but the black fellow presented his gun at me and at tempted to shoot, when I fired on him, but struck him with only one shot, at the same moment Mr. AVilliam Mann, of Tattnall coun ty, snapped at him. He wheeled and ran at the fire of my gun, when Air- Alanu fired upon him and brought him down. “The plan, which the villain had adopted, was to travel only at night, the negroes to re main hid during the day; he was to show him self as seldom as possible. And had it not been for the invaluable aid which I received from a number of gentlemen in trailing them up, there is no doubt but they would have es caped. I found the services of Air. Alanu pe culiarly valuable in this respect. He could j gallop on the trail where my inexperienced eye I would detect nothing, even after stopping.— ! And there were other gentlemen as well skilled !ashe in the matter. My thanks are due to i the citizens of Montgomery and Tattnall for ; the prompt manner in which they turned out to aid me. “The rogue had induced the negroes to be lieve that he would take them round to St. Augustine in Florida, and get them on a ves sel and carry them to a free country. AA'e over took them in Alontgomery county, going in the direction of Florida, but not towards St. Augustine.” A Revolutionary Soldier Gone ! The lapse of years has left, among the living, but few of the venerable men whose fortune it was to witness the stirring scenes of our Re volutionary AVar, and to take a part in giving birth to our young Republic. AV'herever they have survived, however, they have always been objects of public notice, esteem and affec tion. For many years past, in our own com munity, lingering among us like a sered leaf from a departed summer, distinguished bv his “Knee-Breeches” and his “Cocked-1 Eat.” in the person of SIIEFTALL SHEFTALL, Esq., was recognised one of the Soldiers of the Re volution. Born in Savannah,eighty-five years ago', his fate has ever been identified with hers. Here he lived before the Revolutionary AVar; here he partook of all the intense ex citement which attended its approach; and here he joined the Continental Army, and linked his individual destiny with that of his suffering, struggling country, lie shared the dangers and withstood the horrors attendant : upon the bloody siege of Savannah, and fought -* *■ i side by side with men, whose names are now historic. It was in the surrender of this city that he was taken prisoner by the British, and was confined for six months upon the prison ship at this port and at Charleston, during which time he suffered much from hardship and mal-treatmcnt. From Charleston he was taken to the AVest Indies, where he was per mitted to return to Philadelphia on his parole of honor. He was subsequently sent to Charles- j ton, with a dag of truce, to take money tor the j relief of the American prisoners there. He held, the appointment of Assistant Commissary in the Army. After she close of the Revolutionary AVar, he continued to live in this city, which, in fact,he never, left-except during the period of his imprisonment, arid while it remained in the j hands of the English. He-was admitted to the Bar, in Camden County, shortly after the A\ ar and was the oldest lawyer in the .State. For a | number of years he held the responsible office of j J ustice of the Peace, under appointment from the Governor; an office in which so mttch can j be done for the good or for the injury of society, i Out of near twenty thousand cases which he tried, there was not one in which his decision was reversed. His unceasing effort was to prevent unnecessary litigation,and to do justice ; between parties, fully, and fearlessly. For seven years past his health has been j growing exceedingly feeble. For the last one or two his venerable form has been missed I from its accustomed place in his piazza, and the time has at last corqp for him to depart. So long indentified with Savannah, having been acquainted with all whose names are connected with her history; possessed, even in advanced age and sickness, of a most extraor dinary memory, he will be greatly missed by our citizens. He will go to his tomb respect ied by all. Alay he rest in peace !—Savannah | Georgian, Doth inst. The Man who Kissed the Three Girls. A young man who boarded at a house in the j country, where were several coy damsels who seemed to imagine that men are terrible crca- j tures, whom it was an unpardonable sin to look j > at, was one afternoon accosted by an acquaint- i ance, and asked what he thought of the young i ladies with whom he boarded? He replie I that . they were very shy and reserved. “So they are” returned the other, “and so i much so that no gentleman could get near ! enough to tell the color of their eyes.” “That they maybe,” said the boarder, “yeti | will stake a million that I can kiss all three without any trouble.” “That you cannot do’” cried his friend, “it i is an acheivement which neither you nor any j other man can accomplish.” The other was positive, and invited h’s friend ! to the house to witness his triumph. They ! j entered the room together, and the three girls were all at home sitting beside their mother, j and they looked as prim and demure as John Rogers at the stake. . .Our hero assumed a very grave aspect, even to dejection, and having looked wistfully at the clock, breathed a sigh as deep as Algebra, 1 and as long as a female dialogue at the street 1 door. Ills singular..dep>' rtmefit now attracted the attention of the girls,. Who cast their slow ’ opening eyes up to his countenance; pcrceiv -1 ing the impression he had made, ho turned to his companion and said. , . *■*•, • ; * ’ “It wants three minutes of tne time J”, } “Doyou speak of the dinner?” said the old ' lady, laying down her sewing work. . ... “Dinner?” said he with bewildered aspect, and pointing as if unconsciously, with curled ' forefinger at the clock. , A silence ensued, during which the female part of the household glared at the young man with irrepressible curiosity. “You will see me decently interred,” said he again turning to his friend, i His friend was as much puzzled as any body ' | present, and his embarrassment added to the ( intended effect; but the old lady being unable | , to contain herself cried, “Mr. C , pray what do you speak of ” j “Nothing,” answered he, in a lugubrious i tone, “but last nisrht a spirit appeared unto [jme I” Here the girls rose to their feet and ! drew near. “And the spirit gave me warning that I should die exactly at twelve o’clock to- I day, and you see it wants but half a minute ( of that time!” The girls turned pale, and their hidden sym pathies \vere at once awakened for the doom- j , ed youth. They stood chained to the spot, j looking alternately at the clock and the poor youth. He then walked up to the eldest of 1 the gil ls, and taking her by the hand bade her { a solemn farewell. He also imprinted a kiss j i upon her trembling lips, which she did not at- i tempt to resist. He then bade the second and and third farewell in the same tender and as- j | fectionate manner. His object was achieved, 1 and that moment the clock struck twelve. — | j Hereupon he looked around surprised, and ejaculated, “who would have believed that an apparition would tell such a lie ? It was pro bably the ghost of Annanias or Sapphira.” It was some time before the sober maidens ! understood the joke, and w hen they did, they evinced no resentment. The first kiss broke the ice; and thanks to the ghost, they discov j ered there was some pleasure in a bearded j cheek. [From the New York Spirit of the Times.] Takin j A Native—A Pish Story. A ludicrous scene occurred the other day iu Anthony street, uea- where 4he n«w theatre is in course of construction; which if a brief de* - j j cription may convey an adequate impression | of it, is well worth telling. One of the laborers growing thirsty under the influence of a hot sun, went hastily over to the nearest hydrant for a drink, and clap- i ping his capacious mouth to the spout, imbi- j bed the Croton j ust as it came, in the most forcible and plentyous manner imaginable. Hardly had poor paddy, however, tasted the gushing flood that discharged his cheeks, when ; he started bolt upright, and with a look of agonized horror commenced a series of pan tomimic contortions which were absolutely 1 painful to witness. “Ow —Ow—ugh!” he groaned convulsively, at the same time clawing at his throat in a frenzied manner, while he spirted the water | forth again with the energy of a wounded whale; them suddenly recovering the use of his speech he shouted —‘Och, murther! but he’s 1 gone, it’s all over wid me now! “What’s gone! exclaimed the crowd that had gathered around him. ‘AVhat's goner’ T’re swallowed him! Oh, liowdy St. Patrick! I’ve swallowed him!, ‘And what the deuce is’t ye’ve swallowed? ‘A snake?’ A murthering snake, oh! howdy Saint Patrick protect me!’ ‘Sure, then, ye’ve made a savin’o’yer din ner!’ said a fellow laborer, more alive to fun than sympathy; while a shout of mingled laughter and incredulity followed, in which , even the poor sufferer could hardly refrain from ! joining. ‘But was it alive man: inquired a sympa thetic individual, when the confusion subsid ed. ‘Alive, did ye say! By the blessed powers ye don’t think that I’d be after ating him dead? Alive, as it is! and did’nt he jump down and that in spite o’ me teeth?’ Then clapping his hands to his stomach, he exclaimed, ‘Och, hone, squirming now. 1 Oh, howdy St Patrick! O why didn’t ye do yer work intirely, and kill the snakes in this murthering country, too?—Help! he’ll bite the inside of me! Oh, howly Moses? Help! murther! fire!' and poor !. Pat, distra«tcd by fear, cut more capers than a j Camanche at a war dance. i * i ‘Tut, tut! Be quiet man!’returned another, how do you kirow it was a snake?’ ‘How does 1 know, it is? Didn’t I file him wiggling his tale? oh, howly Saint Patrick deliver me!’ A benevolent looking gentleman here sug gested that it might possibly be a fish or per haps an eel; and remarked that there ought to be a filter attached to every hydrant in the city, as the water is full of all sorts of animal cule, etc. ‘lt’s an all! shouted a hodman, catching at the idea. ‘Mike, it is an ail! Run for a phaltor, and ye’ll catch the rascal prisintly.’ ‘A filter! a filter! was the general cry, Run, Mike, for a filter!’ AVithout pausing to in quire into the feasibility of using the article in question for the purpose desired, the poor dis tracted son of Erin started with the speed ot a race horse for the office in Broadway where the figure Hebe standing in the window “pours her never ceasing fount.” ‘A wbat d’ye call’ cm!' cried he, rushing frantically into the establishment. ‘A snake catcher, for thee love of ! A shake-catcher! Oh howly St. Patrick!’ he con tinued, snatching up one and applying it ener getically to his lips. ‘Come out wid ye, thief o’ the world!’ ‘My good fellow,’ said the astonished knight ' of Diaphragms, ‘what’s the matter with you?’ ‘Mather, is it! isn’t every thing the mather? 1 —a snake is the mather! I’ve got an ail in my ; belly! och hulliboo! hulliboo!’ ‘An eel! how* came au eel iri your —stom- achc?’ ‘And didn't the varmint jump into ray mouth without saying ‘by yer lave?” said the i bewildered sufferer, endeavoring to screw the filter in his lips. ‘But, my man, that won’t do any good now. It should have been attached to the hydrant and then you might have diaak with perfect j safety.’ ‘And won’t it catch him, now?’ asked Mike, in a piteous tone, turning aghast as he dropped the instrument in dispair. ‘Of course not —how r should it?’ ‘Och, murther! what will become of me! exclaimed Alike, with an agony truly painful j to behold. ‘Get a sockdolger fish-hook?’ shouted a wag j from the crowd. ‘Run for the doctor!’ said another, ‘and get ; a stomache pump.’ This suggestion was instantly followed, and he started for a drug store near by. The apothecary however, applied an eme tic instead of the pump, and the poor fellow, after violent retching, ejected a lively black eel, about six inches long. ‘O, howly St. Patrick!’ he exclaimed, experi encing immediate relief. AVhy didn’t ye male clane work ov it, and kill the alls as well!— shure, and they are first cousin to the wicked sarpints. Divil a drop of water will I iver drink again in this blessed country, without a snake j catcher in me mouth. And, with sundry other resolutions which would have shocked the ears of a temperate man, poor Mike, pale and trembling with ex : haustion, returned to his work. Augusta, ocorg ia . T uuii sdatT IVIORNIN G. 19. FOR GOVERNOR nan. Os w. towns. OF TAI.BOr. Nominations for Senators. 4tli Diit.—Caaiden and Wayne— Elias Fort. I sth Oust.—lxnvpdes ttnd Ware—Gon, T. Billiard. j 7th “ Tattnall f.nd Bulloch— Jchr A. Mattox ' Bth Borivun and Fffhghan)—W. J. Law tow. ! 9th “ Burke and Einaniiel—W. !?. C Morris. j 19th “ Thomas ard Decatur—Wm. H. Reynolds. Ihh “ Itaker aijd Early.—Dr, Wm; Ji qoH.N-sox. I4rh “ Randolph and Stewart,-*- Wjlli..m Nelson. I7th “ Macon aiid Hopator.—Jotcr A, Hurter- I 2)th Twiggs and Bihb—W. W Wiq'j;pj., | 25th “ Jones and Putnam— James M Glut.i. . | 2»3th “ Munroe and Pike —Cul. Allen Cociirv? t 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta— Obe Warner 31st “ Fayette and Honry—Luther J. Glenn. 31d “ Jasper and Batts—Col. J. G. Waters. { 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailee. I 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb—J vs, P. Simmors. 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin. 4Gt “ Cobh and Cherokee—Wm. 11. Hunt, 43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Ed w’d Coffer. | 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihc S. Barclay. The Northern Mail. AVe have been without a Northern mail for the past two evenings, caused no doubt by heavy rains North. The Charleston Courier ; ' of yesterday, in noticing its failure on Tues- j day, says —“The Northern mail failed yester- ; ; day beyond Wilmington, N. G. The cars had not arrived at Wilmington at 6 P. M. on Mon . day, at which time the boat left.” Interrogatories Propounded to General Clinch. The following questions arc put to General Clinch by the ALgis, a paper published at Clarksville. They are pertinent, proper in themselves —on important subjects, and arc | respectfully put. As there is nothing in print to show what General Clinch's views are on these subjects, it is due the people that he should not refuse to answer. Silence on his 1 part cannot be defended on the ground that they are federal issues, and not State issues. The very convention that nominated him set the example of introducing federal issues, by making a recommendation of a candidate for President of the United States. A\ hat had that convention to do with the question of the Presidency? Certainly not more than their candidate for Governor with the follow ing questions. The opinions of General Clinch are certainly as important to the public as were the opinions of the AA’hig Convention on the Presidency. His opinions are certainly as I legitimately involved in the issues of the pre- i sent contest. The people will not elect him without knowing what his opinions are. They will not elect him even when they know them, unless they are willing to indorse those opin ions, and adopt them as their own. Gen. Clinch. —As this gentleman is now a candidate for the suffrage of the people, and as they have a right to know the opinions of ; those for whom they are called to vote, wo call his attention to the following questions, i hoping that he will give us his views upon them: 1. Are you in favor of a protective tariff in the sense of that term, as expressed by Messrs. Clay, AVebster, and Berrien? 2* Are you in favor of the tariff of 1842 in preference to that of 1840? 3. Are you in favor of internal improve ments by the General Government within the States, and do you approve of the resolutions of the late Chicago Convention? 4. Are you in favor of reinstating tho Bank of the United States? 5. Do you think the war with Alexico just, and the United States justifiable in prosecut ing it as at present? 6. Are you in favor of extending the Mis souri Compromise line through all the Terri tory which may be hereafter acquired by the United States? i ' J 7. Will you support for President any man who is in favor of the principles of the Wil- Proviso? 8. Are you in favor of the veto power of the President as it now exists under the' consti tutionr Commercial. The N. Orleans Delta, of loth hist, says— “ The news by the steamship Hibernia hers produced but little effect upon our Cotton market, though it has checked the upward ten dency of Flour and Grain—The sales of Cotton yesterday embraced about 2000 bales, includ ing one list of 850 Alabamas and one of 1070 O Mississippis. Prices are generally steady. Ar rived past four days 547 bales, (of which nine new;) cleared same time 17,159 bales; stock un cleared last evening 45,256 bales.” The Mobile Register of the 14th inst. says— j “The reports from the country of the pros : pects of the growing crops are rather more en couraging, the rainy weather haying in some measure abated. Still they are not of so de i cidedly favorable a nature as to exhibit a per | rnanent change for the better. The many con tingencies the plant has yet to undergo, renders I it, at best, so early in the season, a matter of conjecture as to its ultimate product, 'faking | appearances just now, however, they are much | against an abundant yield; and should the de predations of the worm be realised that have | been threatened, and seriously apprehended, i we may look for another material curtailment { of the crop of this State." The Cotton Worm in St Mathews, The Charleston Mercury, of the 18th inst., | says—“We have received a letter from a gen tleman in St. Mathews, dated August 16, an nouncing the appearance of the Cotton Cater - ; pillar in that neighborhood. He says they were first discovered some two or three days previous, and are increasing very rapidly. They have not as yet done much damage, but he anticipates that their ravages during the nest ten days will tell disastrously on the prospects of the Planters of St. Mathews. The fiy ifs abundant in the fields distributing eggs, and as the Cotton is so backward, our correspondent anticipated much damage to the crop in that neighborhood.’ I iggfAn unfortunate dilliculty occurred ih New Orleans on the 12th Last., between Orrau Byrd, and M. C. Edwards, a member of the bar, which resulted in the death of the former. The Murderer of Alexander George. The New Orleans Picayune of the 12th last. I has not as yet come to hand. That paper of the 13th, received yesterday, under the above head says —“We arc happy to learn by a letter from Fort Pike that the negro who so foully murdered Mr. Alexander George, as mention ; ed in our last, has been arrested and is now ia | jail at Covington.” [com m u mca iei». ] Dialogue in a Car. Whig. —l wonder if you have the remotest | hope of electing Col. Towns over the distiu j guished Clinch? Democrat. —1 do not know wliat you undcr j stand by remotest hope, but one thing I can | tell you, I look upon the election of Colonel i Towns as certain. Jf r . —Well, for my life, I cannot see what i you have to gain by placing Towns in the chair so ably filled by Gov. Crawford. What i has he ever done to entitle him to ao distiu \ guished a scat? 1 /A- That is not the question we have to de -1 termme, I wish you to inform me what Gen. | Clinch ever did to entitle him to the seat. — | Will vod gratify rue? IF.—The cars make such a confounded fuss | 1 cannot exactly hear you. What! run Col. Towns against the great Clinch? why man tho idea is preposterous. D. —Very well; just mention rorr.e of Jus ! brilliant achievements in the councils of the | country? If. —My conscience! what a noise these cars do make —they certainly have not weight enough aboard to steady them.' D. —Yes; and I’m afraid you’ll find that to be the case with your candidate when his elec tion comes on. IT.—Come, corac—none of that —nopersou- , alities —let us discuss the merits of the men. D. —Well, that’s what I am perfectly wil ; ling to do, but some how or other, just so soon as I ask you to commence, to show wherein j your candidate is so much superior to mine, ! the cars make so much fuss you cannot hear me. j If". —Well, in the first place, there’s the bat tle of Withlacooehie, and in the second — D. —Very well —go on. IT.—ln the second place—ray gracious ! ; just wait till the cars get over this rough place # ; That’s a beautiful field of corn there on the right. I would not wonder if corn sold for 35 cents per bushel, and that— D. —What has corn fields to do with what we arc speaking about? Will you go on, or just give up the question? W. —No, indeed, I don't give it up. Well, 1 as I said, in the second place— D. —His “brief and brilliant" career in Con» I gross I suppose you mean. W. —The cars give me the headache. You must excuse me till some other time. jD.—Just as you please, sir; but allow me to say, that I question very much if you will ever resume the conversation. TOM, New Cotton. The steamboat Helena, Capt, IV elch, arriv-* cd yesterday from Alexandria, brought down two bales of new Cotton from the plantation of Madame George, of Rapides, consigned to the house of Manuel W hite h Co, Ihe steam boat Ellen, Capt. Bronaugh, from the same place, brought down two new bales from the plantation of C. H. Blanchard, consigned to the house of W. Jackson & Co.; and two new bales from the plantation of Mr. Bonner, to Hewitt, Heran & Co. All of the above is from Rapides. The steamboat Rainbow, Capt. bei leck, brought down one bale of new C from the plantation of R, S. Vaugh, Eas liciana, consigned to Ward, Jonas & Co. N. O. Delta, 13 th inst. The quarters of our State, that the Sugar crop never finer. High up on Red River, many Pinters planted Sugar this year, in place of Then;-crops arc said to be even superior to tn - ,1 '