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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDN E R, J R .
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No Fiction. —Not a very long time ago, one
of the most eloquent divines of Great Britain,
occupying one of the most important pulpits of
the kingdom, became so much affected by the
use of wine repeatedly, that he was •summoned
to give an account of himself. He could not
bear, he said, to stand for trial on such a
charge, before men whose only superiority over
him consisted in the- "possesion of harder heads,
which could endure potions that overthrew
him. He accordingly left his high position,
and, under an assumed name, took passage in
the steeragj of a ship bound to America. At
one of our principal interior towans be took
lodgings at an obscure hotel, where, for awhile,
he bore up under all the pressure upon him,
and lived without excessive indulgence. But
at length he returned to his glass more reckless
ly than ever, got into a broil with low fellows,
for which he was arrested, and with others
compelled to labor in prison. There, of course,
he was temperate, but the deep degradation of
his condition prevented him from disclosing
his real name.
At length, a visiter looking at him, thought
he discovered traits not common in the prison,
and, having procured liberty from the keeper,
Addressed the prisoner, saying,—“Sir, I judge
from your bearing that you have seen better
circumstances than these which you are in at
present.” “Yes. I have,” replied the prison
er, shedding tears. By persevering kindness
the visiter was able at length to obtain the real
name of the fallen man, and the story of his
degradation. He repaired to a clergyman of
the place, with the secret. The clergyman
had a parishioner from the church of which the
prisoner said he had been the minister. He
was invited to the prison. It was so; there was
his eloquent pastor, working among felons!—
By application to the proper authorities, the
prisoner was released form continenment, and
under the care of kind friends it is hoped that
his great talents may be employed ifi high use
fulness again.— N. Y. Jour. Com.
Thv Pass ofPinon , the Scene of the next Bat-tie.
— The Mexican correspondent of the New York
Sun has sent a description with a map of the
fortifications at the Pass of Pinon, where the
expected battle between Scott and Santa Anna
will take place. This Pass was the only one
of three roads from Puebla to Mexico unforti
fied. It is a narrow gorge, sixteen miles from
the city. It is about sixty rods wide, and
runs between two volcanic mountains, high,
barren and difficult of access. At their bases
the ground is level,and the Pinon fortifications
extend in a sort of half circle from mountain
to mountain, nearly* a quarter of a mile. One
of these mountains has a crater top, so hol
lowed as to serve as a natural breastwork. Here
a portion of the army* is to be poatod, also a
portion on the other mountain, and the main
body in the fortifications.
The fortifications are composed of stone and
earth or great strength, and are capable of
mounting forty heavy cannon. Towards Pue
bla, the fortifications have a perfect cannon
shot range for more than a mile and a half,
sweeping the entire road. Near the mountain
to tne right, going towards Puebla, on a high
eminence, Santa Anna has erected an observa
tory, safe from cannon shot, from which he
intends watching the expected battle. A bat
tery of cannon has also been placed on a hill
to the right of the road beyond the pass to
wards Puebla. Some defexmees are also erect
ed on the two mountains which form the Pass.
The spot is admirably* situated to defend the
capital, and in the bands of anybody but Mexi
cans, would be impassable. Santa Anna’s ob
servatory is nearly thirty feet higher than any*
of the surrounding hills. Upwards of 50,000
men wexe at work on the fortifications when
the Sun’s courier left. There is but one other
road at all practicable, by which the Ameri
can force could advance, the “Annunciation”
to the south of the Puebla road, and this is de
fended by still more difficult passes. These
seem like formidable obstacles to encounter, but
Scott is will supplied with the r ight arm of an
attack, excellent artillery, and with infantry
■whose assaults are irresistible. If the Mexi
cans have been put to the necessity of another
fight, it well only be adding additional dis
grace to their arms.
Extraordinary Coincidence in the Lives of a
Mailed Pair. —A Scotch newspaper of the
yelri777, gires the following as the extract
of a letter from Lanark: —“Old William Doug
lass and his wife are lately dead ; you know
that he and his wife were born on the same
day, within the same hour, by the same raid
wife ; that they were constant companions,
till nature inspired them with love and friend
ship ; and at the age of nineteen were married
with the consent of their parents, at the church
where they were christened. These are not
the whole of the circumstances attending this
extraordinary pair. They never knew a day’s
sickness until the day* before their deaths; and
the day on which they died they were exactly
one hundred years old. They* died in one bed,
andwere buried in one grave, close to the fount
where they were christened.
An Old Editor. —Richard Boylston, Esq.,
editor of the Amherst (N, H.) Cabinet, has
just completed the thirl y-seventh year of his
connection with that paper. Mr. B. began the
business of type-setting in 1794 at the age of 12
years. •
A Load. —We saw a Dutch woman yester
day morming, who had a barrel of four strapped
on her back, which her husband had just pur
chased, and which she was conveying to its
destination, whilst her affectionate lord walked
very quietly in front smoking his pipe? That
a woman could carry so heavy a load seems al
most incredible, but the feat was witnessed
by* numbers. — Baltimore Clipper.
Sam Patch Outdone , —A fine young heifer, a
day or two since, took the wind out of the sails
of Sam Patch in the way of jumping. She
was feeding on the brink of the precipice, over
100 feet high, at the lower falls, and by a mis
•t3p was precipitated into the water behv, which
luckily was deep enough to prevent her from
being dashed to pieces on the rocks underneath
She disappeared, but soon rose to the surface
and attempted to gain a footing on “terra firma,”
but could not, from the steepness of the bank.
Some men procured a boat, and fasteing a rope
to her horns, towed her some distance down
the river to a place where she clambered up
the bank as if nothing had happened. The
animal did better than Sang Patch, who went
down but never came up again.— Rochester
Democrat , . 1
The Proper Spirit.— The Savannah Repub
lican has withdrawn its unfounded charge
against Mr. Town-, in the following language*:
are always ready to do justice to friend
or foe; and we very cheerfully* make a correc
tion in relation to the early performances of
Mr. Towns. MV own no ‘mortification’ in
! correcting a mistake.”
Will not-the Macon Journal & Messenger,
the Columbus Enquirer, and other Whig pa
pers in the State which j üblished the original
mistake, give the correction? Having attempt
ed to scatter the poison they* should likewise
administer the antidote. —Savannah Georgian ,
30'/* nit.
Douglass and Garrison Mobbed. M illiam
Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass, now
on an anti-slavery tour to the West, were quite
ill-treated at one of their meetings in Harris
burg, Pa., last week. Douglass furnishes an
account of the fracas for the New \ork Aati-
I Slavery Standard. Several volleys of “unmer
-1 charitable eggs,” he says, were poured through
the windows, filling the room with the most
disgusting and stilling stench, which he calls
choice incense;” and “one struck
i friend Garrison on the back, sprinkling its es
sence all over his honored head. A pack ot
j fire-crackers Avas also exploded, causing much
excitement and alarm. Cries of “throw out
the nigger” were shouted by* the mob out
■ side, and stones and brickbats were hurled,
when he left the house, protected by some of
his colored friends. Douglass himself escaped
i without injury.
Augusta, Georgia.
WEDNESDAY 1
FOR GOVERNOR
HOH. 8. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
4th Dirft. —Camden and Wayne— Elias Fort.
sth Dist.—Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch —John A. Mattox
I Bth “ Striven and Effingham —Wi. J. Lawton".
9th “ Burke ana Enianuel—W. S. C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. 11. Reynolds.
13th “ Baker and Early — Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14ih “ Randolph and Stewart— Willi am Nelson.
j 17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter.
j 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb —W. W. Wiggins.
i 25th “ Jones and Putnam— James M. Gray.
j QGth “ Munroe and Pike — Col. Allen Cochran.
2Sth “ Merriwether and Coweta — Obe. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
3Slh “ Clark arid Jackson— Samuel Bailey.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb— Jas. P. Simmons.
i 40th ** Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. 11. Hunt.
43d u Habersham arid Rabun—Edw’d Coffee.
44th “ Lumpkin and Uttion—Elihu S. Ba *avtoh
received no papers from New* York
by* last evening's mail, but we regret to learn
from passengers arrived in this city, per South
erner dt Charleston, that before they left (4 P.
M., Saturday* afternoon) news reached New
York that the Hon. Silas Wright, ex-Gover
| nor of New York, died on Wednesday last.
Our Letter Sheet.
At the request of several of our patrons we
postpone the issue of our Letter Sheet until
Wednesday* next, when w*e hope to be able to
make up our tables complete to Ist Sept, of
the receipts, shipments and stock of Cotton
on hand at the different ports on the Ist inst.
Our Tri-Weekly.
' We have changed the publication of ou r
Tri-Weekly from Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday*, to Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
We make the change to meet the mails, and
by* so doing our country friends w*ill get the
review* of our market one day earlier than by
the old arrangement.
Democratic Ejecting,
At a meeting of the Democratic party of the
county of Richmond, convened at the City
Hall, on motion of Jno. Phinizy, Sr., Dr. Geo.
M. Newton was called to the Chair, and Mr.
A. H. McLaws requested to act as Secretary.
John Phinizy, Jr. offered the follow
ing resolutions, which being seconded were
unanimously adopted:
i Resolved , That it is the duty* of every demo
crat in the approaching contest, both for Gov
ernor and members of the Legislature, to make
every effort to secure tne triumph of his par
ty’s principles, and the policy which those
principles indicate—believing that such are
the true principles of our government, and
that such policy is essential to the continued
prosperity* and greatness of our country.
1 Resolved , That we approve of the action of
the late Democratic Convention at Milledge
ville in re-asserting our principles, and not at
i tempting to conceal, from the people, obnoxi
, ous doctrines under the deceitful plea, that
“ they are too well known to require repeti
tion,” —and in giving us for our standard bear
er, in the person of GEORGE W. TO WNS,
one of Georgia’s most talented and distinguish -
ed sons —tried in every* emergency of our for
tune, and ready, with true Democratic spirit,
to display our banner in the face of any oppo
sition.
Resolved, That in order to promote the pro
gress of Democratic principles, and especially*
to extend the personal acquaintance of our
f nominee for Governor, a committee of three
be appointed to invite Col. Towns to visit
Richmond County, and address his fellow-citi
zens, at some early period suiting his conve-
I nience.
Resolved , I*hat a Committee of Fifteen be ap
pointed, who, in case of his acceptance of the
invitation, shall make all necessary and proper
j arrangements for his reception and for the en
tertainment of our fellow-citizens of the ad
joining Counties, aixd all such as may honor
the occasion by their attendance.
The first resolution was filled by the Chair
with the names of
JOHN PHINIZY, Jr. j E. STARNES.
SAM’L. C. WILSON, |
The second with the names of
Col. T. CLANTON,* Capt. J. ADAM,
Gen. VAL WALKER, DAN’L. MIXER,
Dr. I. P. GARVIN, H. D. BELL,
I Col. G. F. PARISH, T. J. WALTON,
Gen. J. D. THOMAS, P. McGRAN,
GEO. SCHLEY, LEWIS LEVY.
G. B. RED, C. SALM.
E. J. TARVER,
On motion of A. W. Noel, it was
Resolved , That these proceedings be pub
lished in the Constitutionalist , with the request
that other Democratic papers of the State copy
the same.
The meeting then adjourned.
G. M. NEWTON, Chairman.
A. H. McLaws, Secretary.
It is stated that there are one hundred
thousand sheep in Addison county, Yt., which
must be driven to other sections of the coun
try to be wintered, or be slaughtered. The
deficiency of the crop of hay*, and the ravages
of grasshoppers, have caused a scarcity of food.
Federal Issues.
Some of the whig presses in Georgia nre so
disingenuous as to say that federal issues have
nothing to do with the approaching elections
in Georgia, 'they are unv, llling to discuss
them. One press, the Southern Recorder, even
I goes so far as to refuse to discuss them, ihe
Whig Convention said it believed it unneccs
i sarv even to reiterate its often declined prin
: ciples. Yet we can see by the following what
use the whigs will make of the result if they ;
' c arry the State. The truth leaks out in the •
following extract. It shows that the Whigs
would have a triumph in this State, as a tri
umph of Whig principles on Federal Issues.
[Correspondence Savannah Republican .]
MILLEDGEVILLE, Aug. 22d, 1847.
Gentlemen : —The result of the Tennessee
elections, so unexpected by the Democracy, it
their Editors have been sincere, (pardon the
doubt,) is hut the “foreshadowing of coming
events” in our own State. Accounts from al
most every section of Georgia, and recently
j from that strong hold of our opponents, the
Cherokee Country, are of a flattering charac
ter, and indicate that the gallant “Old AVith
lacoochee” will lead his opponent in hand
some style, on the first Monday in October
next. In the mean time, efforts of every char
acter will be made to sustain the sinking cause
of our opponents, and to rally to the polls an
“effective force;” but if the Whigs will only
be true to themselves, and to those great con
servative principles for which they contend,
no fear need be entertained that as signal a re
buke will not be given to the partisans of Mr.
Folk in Georgia, as they have so recently re
ceived in Kentucky, North Carolina and Ten
nessee.
Let the thought of the triumphant shouts
of the whigs that will rend the air in case
j they succeed in this State nerve the democrats
to redoubled exertions. Let them remember
that the politics of the two United States Sen
ators to be elected depend cn the political
complexion of the Legislature. If the whigs
get a majority of members, Judge Berrien is to
be re-clected, and another whig will be sent
to take the place of the democratic Senator.
Hon. Walter T. Colquitt. In our anxiety to
elect Col. Towns, let us hot forget the Sena
tors. to the Legislature.
General Clinch and the Bank of St. Marys.
We And the following editorial in the Sa
vannah Ilepublican of the 30th August. We
copy it with its capitals and indexes, or fists as
they are commonly called, just as it conics to
us in order to give it the full benefit of our co
lumn-. Who this former Cashier is on whose
I ipse dixit we are called on to rely we are not
informed. He says that there was no fraud in
the organization of the Bank. That “the al
legation that there was any fraud in that trans
i action, (the giving the note of one thousand
dollars) or in the proceedings relative to the
amount of stock taken and paid—was false and
slanderous.”
How far this is a disinterested witness we
are not as yet enabled to judge.
So far as General Clinch is concerned we are
( by no means surprized at the assurance that
he committed no fraud —that he designed none.
We di-l not wait for a witness to state that.—
From the beginning we have said uniformly
! that we believe he has been made a cat's pate
of by sharper witte I and unscrupulous men.
We arc not satisfied however by the mere un
sustained assertion of “the former Cashier”
1 that there was not a fraudulent evasion of The
j Charter.
Mr. Preston, Gem Clinch’s Attorney has
yet to come out with a statement to the pub
lic on tlris subject. He is answerable for the
I allegation if it be “false and slanderous,” for
ihe it was who made it. His pleas are suscep
tible, of no other construction that we canper
i ccivc.
I Here is the Republican's article.
i i
A SLANDER REFUTED \£b
GENERAL CLINCH
AND THE
BANK OF ST. MARY’S!
j
We have already expressed our surprise and
{ regret at the wanton attacks of many of the
Democratic papers of this State upon the pri
, vate character of Gen. Clinch. We had sup
-1 posed that the letter of J. W. Preston, Esq.,
I would have satisfied an honest seeker alter
truth, of the baseless nature of the charge
made. To put a stop to the clamor of the
Democratic press, and to expose to the people
of Georgia the desperate resorts of the lead
ers of the Democratic party to prop their
sinking cause, we subjoin a simple statement
of the facts in regard to the note of One
Thousand Dollars, which is the basis of the
■ alleged fraudulent transaction. The Demo
i cratic press assert that this note was given to
make up the requisite amount of stock re
quired by the charter to enable the Bank to
go into operation, and wa? therefore, an eva
sion of the law and a fraud.
The Bank of St. Mary’s, went into opera
tion on the 20th day of May, 1837, as appears
by the published notice of the Commission
ers, dated the 19th of April, 1837, calling a
meeting of the Stockholders for organization
’ and for the election of Directors; and also by
the recorded result of said election and organ
ization in the REPUBLICAN OF THE 22d
DAY OF MAY, 1837.
note of One Thousand
rfKjf’referred to, was not made for more than
tfgrONE YEAR AFTER THE
BUSINESS, and itJgH
Shears date, THE
OF JUNE, 1838.Jggl This note
WAS ENDORSED BY ONE OE THE WEALTHIEST
! AND MOST RESPECTABLE GENTLEMEN IN CaM
DEN COUNTY.
We had been informed by the former Cash
| ier of the Bank, that this note was a transac
tion subsequent to the date of the commence
ment of business of the Bank, and that the al
: legation that there was any fraud in that trans
action or in the proceedings relative to the
amount of Stock taken and paid—was false
! and slanderous.
Before alluding to this statement, we
thought proper to give those papers which
have given currency to the charge an opportu
nity of correcting themselves, and of doing
justice to Gen. Clinch. Having since then
obtained the dates requisite —we have deemed
it our duty to repel this vindictive assault up
; on the mind and character of as pure and
I stainless a man, as treads the soil of Georgia.
Now mark this language. “The democratic
1 press asserts that this note was given to make
up the requisite amount of stock required by
the Charter to enable the Bank to go into op
eration, and was therefore an evasion of the
law and a fraud,”
The democratic press asserted no such thing. |
They published Mr. Preston’s assertion, to this
effect, and assumed it as true. It was pretty
high authority. The inference that this if
true was a fraud, was an inference of demo
cratic presses, but an inference not confined to
| them.
The following are from Mr. Preston’s own
pen, and are spread on the Records of Camden
Court:
Superior Court—Camden County.
Duncan L. Clinch, I Who sues for the use
ads. > of the
Abraham J. Bessent, S Bank of St. Mary’s.
And the said defendant, by James W. Pres
i ton, his attorney, comes and defends the wrong |
! and injury, &c.
And for a further plea, the sSid defendant .
; saith, that the said note in the plaintiff’s dee- j
laration mentioned, if any there bo, was made j
and signed at the solicitation of the said plain- I
tiffs and others, that they the said plaintiffs 1
might comply with the requisition of a cer
tain charter for the purposes of banking, grant- 1
ed by the Legislature of the State of Georgia
to the said plaintiffs and their successors,
which said charter, among other things, re- \
quired that a eertain amount of Stock of said :
i contemplated Bank should be subscribed and i
taken, to enable said plaintiffs to commence j
the business of Banking, and there was not
before or since the giving of said note, nor at
any time, any consideration, or value for the
defendant’s making or signing said note, or ,
i payment of the amount of said note, or any j
part thereof. And the said plaintiffs now hold ;
the same, without value or consideration, and
■ tins the said defendant is ready to verify.
And for a further plea, the said defendant i
| saith that the said plaintiffs ought not to have
or maintain, their aforesaid action against him,
because he says that the said note in the plain
tiffs’ declaration mentioned (if any there is)
was made and signed and delivered by said
defendant at the solicitation of said plaintiffs
and others, that the said plaintiffs might com
j ply with the requisition of a certain charter
for the purposes of Banking, granted by the
i Legislature of the State of Georgia to the said
plaintiffs and tlicir successors, which said
charter, among other things, required that a
I certain amount of Stock of said contemplated
Bank should be subscribed and taken, to ena
ble the.said plaintiffs to commence the business i
of Banking, and that the consideration of said |
note (if any there was) has in part if not whol- ;
ly failed, and that the said defendant hath j
not received full value for the making, sign
ing, or delivering said note—and the said plain- j
tiffs now hold the same, without full value or
consideration, and this the said defendant is
j ready to verify.
t . Signed. J. W. PRESTON, Att’y.
Georgia, Camden County; )
Clerk’s Office, Superior CoUrt. )
I certify that the above is a true copy of the
Plea filed in the case of Abraham Bessent, i
who sues for the use of tile Bank of St. Mary’s
j vs. Duncan L. Clinch. . .
Witness my hand and seal of office, this, the ;
10th dav of April, 1844.
Signed. HENRY R. FORT, Clerk;
This is the note of one thousand dollars re
! ferred to. “The former Cashier” says that
“this note was a transaction subsequent to the
date of the commencement of business of the j
; Bank.” Mr. Preston says that this note “was
made and signed at the solicitation of the said
I Plaintiffs and others, that they the said Plain
tiffs might comply with the requisition of a |
certain Charter for the purpose of Banking I
granted by the Legislature of the State of
Georgia to the said Plaintiffs and their suc
cessors, which said charter among other things
required that a certain amount of stock of said
contemplated Bank should be subscribed and
taken, to enable said Plaintiffs to commence !
the business of Banking.”
Which are we to believe? “The former
I
Cashier,” or General Clinch’s Attorney?
■
We shall believe the latter. If he takes
back his above assertion, well and good. If
i not he and “the former Cashier ” are at points.
Quere. May note this not have been given in
renewal in whole or in part, of a note given for
the purpose described by Mr. Preston? Or, j
■ may it not be that Mr. Preston pleaded to one 1
note, while “the former Cashier” is talking
about another?
These two conflicting witnesses will have 13 j
| settle this discrepancy. Mr. Preston owes it
to the public—to himself and to Gen. Clinch. ;
The Pleas he filed point surely and unequivo
cally to an evasion of the Charter of the Bank
by some one. The transaction therein set
forth cannot be a mere wanton fiction of his j
■ brain—a cruel, reckless, baseless implication j
of the plaintiffs and defendant or either of !
them in a transaction which never took place.
The Republican says in another editorial of j
same date as the above, “we waited to afford
those democratic presses that made the rude
and ungenerous assault, an opportunity to ren- j
der justice.” It had better have waited on
Mr. Preston, and the Plaintiffs in the suit
that he speaks of. We are ready to do jus- j
tice. AVe have not attempted to do any thing
else. That may be exactly the thing some
parties in this transaction do not want. That
| General Clinch was above committing a frau
dulent act, for any sum large or small, we ad- j
mittedand maintained. That he is an honest I
man, an honorable man, a gentleman, and a
very clever one, we have cordially conceded. |
But that he had been duped aud decoyed into
this Bank business, and been made use of by
i others in an evasion of the Charter we believ
i ed. AVe believed it from the Pleas of his own
Attorney. AVe shall continue to believe it,
until those pleas are fully explained, and the
statements they make admitted to be errone
ous, and the manner in which the error, if
any occurred, accounted for to the public.
The Coosa River Journal, after avowing that
it has no desire to flinch from the discussion
of federal politics, yet protests that they have
nothing to do with the present election—
noticing an article of ours referring to one of
its former editorials, it says in reply.
“ AA T hat we did say, and what we repeat is,
that in the present canvass for governor of our
i State, national politics has nothing whatever
to do with the issue before the people. Now,
we put the question to intelligent men, what
influence will the election of their candidate
, have on those measures which are purely na
tional. AVill the election of Col. Towns con
tinue in operation the tariff of ’46, that mea
sure which has attached to it the misnomer of
; free trade ? Will his election advance the cause
! of Mr. Polk’s war in Mexico ? Will it settle
the boundary between the United States and
Mexico ? AVill it cause more money to be ta
' ken from the pockets of the people and locked
f up in the iron vaults of the Sub-Treasury ? &c.
&c.” —Coosa River Journal , August 28.
Yet in the very same number of its paper is
a letter from Athens, Tennessee, in which its
I correspondent is triumphing and rejoicing at
the election of Neil S. Brown —the whig can
didate for governor, and boasting that “the
overthrow of Polk democracy, is complete and
overwhelming.” It speaks as one of the inci
dents of whig triumph in carrying the Legis
lature, that a whig U. S. Senator will be elect
i ed.
It is vain for whig Journals to sing this hol
low and deceptive lullaby about Federal poli
tics. The Democrats are not to be lulled to
sleep, and thereby, like Sampson shorn of
i his locks, wake up when it is too lute —wake
up to find a AVhig Legislature assembled in
our State House and resolved to re-elect the
1 Hon. Jno. M. Berrien to the Senate, and to
send another AVhig Senator to keep him com
pany, and vote as he votes.
New Call for Troops.
The Washington Union, of the 28th tilt: sdys
—“The AVar Department has just called for
i five Jiew regiments, exclusive of the regiment
I ° J ■» * *
from Ohio, which Is already reported to be
| raised, and is now in progress of being mus- j
tered into the public service, and will in a few
! day be en route for A r era Cruz,
i The five regiments now called for are to be
| drawn from the following States: Two regi
ments from Kentucky, two from Tennessee,
and one from Indiana.
The regiments from Kentucky are to ren
dezvous —one at Louisville, and the other at
Southland, at the mouth of the Cumberland j
river.
The regiments from Tennessee are to ren
dszvou —jne at Nashville, and the other at
Memphis.
The Indiana regiment is to rendezvous at
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such convenient point on the river Ohio as the
governor of that State may designate.
These five regiments are expected to be rapid
ly raised, and promptly placed in the public
j service. Offers have already been made, which
induced the Executive to designate these
States, and to make the necessary arrange
ments for embodying these troops without
delay.
The administration have determined to do
their duty, whether for peace or for war. They
have offered the olive branch. As it may be
declined; they have deemed it their duty to
prepare for a vigorous prosecution of the uai.
1 and to fill up the ranks of the army to the
proper standard, as they have been partially
thinned by disease and death. Let the enemy j
I be assured that they have to deal with an ad
rhinistratibn which will not shrink from the
most energetic execution of its duties, fllie
best interest of the Mexicans is peace—their
most fatal danger is in this war.
Democratic Meeting in Jasper County.
j Agreeable to previous notice, a very large
and respectable portion of the “uhterrified De- |
mocracy” of Jasper county, Ga., met at the
Court House in Monticcllo on Tuesday, 17th
; inst., for the purpose of nominating two can
didates to represent them in the Representa
tive branch of the next Legislature.
On motion of Dr. C. E. F. AY. Campbell,
Capt. James AV. Shropshire was' called to the
; Chair.
Ou motion of Thos. C. Bonner, Esq., Chas.
D. Ramey, Esq., was requested to act as Sec
retary of said meeting,
i The meeting was then called to order by the
Chairman, and a brief and explanatory view
i given by the Chairman as to the object of the ;
i . I
meeting.
By request of the Chairman aud meeting,
Dr. Benjamin F. Keene addressed the meeting
: at some length in his usual happy and eloquent
j style, as to the importance of a union of action, |
and a unanimous choice of candidates for the j
next Legislature; and remarked in his address
of the great importance it was for every Demo
crat throughout the State “to lay to the helping !
hand” in the support of the Hon. George AA r .
Towns for Governor, and to sustain the pres
ent Chief Magistrate of the Union for the very
able manner in which he has administered thy
j affairs of our Government.
On motion of Dr. Campbell—
Resolved , That we do now proceed, by bal
lot, to nominate two candidates to represent
Jasper county in the next Legislature, and
j that a majority of the votes given constitute
the nominees.
AA r hereupon, after a few ballotings, John
Robinson and Berry T. Digby, Esqs., were 1
unanimously declared the nominees.
On motion of Dr. Keene — ,
Resolved , That the candidates nominated by j
this meeting do confer with Col. J. C. AV alters, i
the independent candidate for the Senatorial
District composed of Butts and Jasper, and if
he gives satisfaction to the candidates afore
said, the Democratic party do fully and hearti- ,
ly support them for their respective offices.
There no further business, on motion
of Col. Andrew J. A r arner—
Resolved , That the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
and published in the Georgia Constitutional
ist and Federal Union.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
JAMES AV. SHROPSHIRE, Chair*n.
C. D. Ramey, Sec’y.
New Cotton.
The Fort Gaines (Ga.) A r olunteer of the 28th
| ult. says—“A Bale of new Cotton was received
at the Merchants’ Ware House in this place on
the 26th inst. from the plantation of Col. AN m.
Toney. The quality, as classed by judges of
Cotton, was fair, and sold for 12£ cents per lb*
to John Dill & Co.—The Bale weighed 496.
“AVe understand planters are picking out
| from 100 to 150 lbs. per day to the hand, in Lee
county.”
Vegetable Effects of the Letheon.
M. Clemens, Professor of the Natural Sci
ences in the College of A evay, Switzerland,
has been instituting a series of experiments,the
object of which was to test the effects of Ether
on vegetable life and sensitiveness. In the
London Athenaeum we find the following brief
account of the results, which were communi
cated by M. Clemens to the Academy of Sci
ences at A*aud.
i “Take a branch of the common barberry
and put it under a drinking glans with a small
quantity of either for a minute at most if in the
sun, and three minutes at most if in the shade,
but at a temperature of not less than 59 deg. of
Farcnhcit, and when it is withdrawn it will be
found, on touching the stamina at their base,
that they have lost all their irratability, which
will not return in the first instance until after
a considerable time, the influence of the ether
having been much stronger. In the second
; case, on the contrary, the primative irritability
is recovered in half an hour. The plant mav
be etherized a second time, and this second
etherization must not be longer than the first,
and after half an hour the plant (mimosa pu
dica) the process must be continued for eight
or ten minutes, and a proportionably longer
time in the shade. The acetic chlorhydric
and nitric ethers act in the same manner, but
the sulphuric and acetic ethers are the most
; effective.”
Extracts of letters received in Charleston.
“AUGUST 28, 1847. —I have just received
a letter though Colonel Rutherford, direct
from Houston county, Southern Georgia, that
the worms, within the last ten days, have
been destroying the Cotton to an alarming ex
tent. I fully erdit the statement, it is general,
and we cannot but have a shot crop.”
“MAKENGO CO., (Ala.) AUG. 34. 1847.
—With regard to the crops, I can only say,
the worms are making sad havoc with 'them,
and you may look for as serious results
throughout the country as last year. Much of
the Cotton is also rotting from excessive mois
-1 ture ; scarcely a day passes without rain, and
sometimes hi torrents.”
“MEMPHIS, (Tenn.) Aug. 20, 1847.—The
Cotton crop in this region has been seriously
injured by wet weather, which lias forced the
growth of the plant, prematurely causing it to
go too much to weed, and to present a most
luxurious appearance, whilst it is badly boiled,
' and for the past three days a severe storm of rain
has continued, which,from present appearances,
may continue several days longer, threatening
the crop more seriously than anything that has
yet befallen it. Nothing now but a sudden
clearing up and continued dry, hot w eather
until November, can give us an average crop
of the tw o past years; and a killing fro& as early
as last year will, in my opinion,t cuifelhe crop
off at least one half.”
i Presbyterian Churchy 0. S.— Number of pres
byteries, 118; number of Ministers, 7,713;
churches, 2,376; communicants; 179,453; a
mount of money contributed for religious pur
poses during the last year, $310,164
A Counterfeit Quarter Eagle , date 1843, was
! exhibited yesterday, the execution of which
so nearly resembles the genuine, that it was
taken by a bank down town. These counter*
I feits, as well as spurious Mexican dollars, arc
circulating freely. There is evidently an ex
tensive counterfeiting establishment in opera
tion somewhere in the vicinity. Where are the
Police ?— N. Y. Sun.
Special Notices.
DALTON HOTEL,
BY SAM’L. WILLIAMS,
[a colored man.]
i Under the supervision of Henrv Bolton, Eaq.
who is prepared to accommodate VISITORS in
I good style. A good table, prompt and
good stables. Give me a call, and
“ As you find us, recommend us/'
August 29 —ly 57
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. . . &IA - , ...
P~T* This Company haring been re-organized
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay all height
, that may offer.
j Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS. A Tent
j at Savannah, will be for waffled free Os Commis
i sions.
The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this
Company has terminated.
joqn b; guieu;
June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta.
O’ DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
; tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in
j Augusta and its vicinity.
Office’ ift Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 Cm 215
Loss of Hair and Baldness.
Its remedy.—Hear what Dr. Quigley says ;
Shepherd’s Town, Va. Oct fO, 1843.
Dear Sir —You inquire of me whether 1 have
used your Hair Tonic, and the effects.
Several years ago my hair began to fall rapidly
from the scalp, and I bad the prospect of premature
baldness. During several years I used various
preparations recommended for the hair,from which
1 derived no benefit. At length a friend recom
mended you* Hair Tonic. 1 used three or four
bottles according to the printed directions, and at
1 the end of six months my hair was thick set, and
since.its tendency to turn gray was arrested.
1 have never before given a certificate recom
mending patent medicines, which indiscriminately
used, as they often are, do much injury, but in a
case like the present, where I know the article to
be beneficial, and that it can do no harm, 1 have
no scruples in stating facts within my own know!
edire
Your?, Ac. JOHN QUIGLEY, M. D.
To Dr. D. Jayne, Philadelphia.
Children Die of Worms,
Aye. and grown up people too. DR. JAYNE’S
VERMIFUGE has never been known to fail to
I cure in the worst stages.
Symptoms of Worms. —These are headache,
vertigo, paleness of the lips, with flushed cheeks,
grinding the teeth during sleep, disturbed dreams,
sleep broken off by b ight and screaming, couvul
sions, feverishness, thirst, bad taste in the mouth,
offensive breath, cough, difficult breathing, itching
j ol the nostrils, pain in the stomach, nausea,squea
mishness, voracious appetite, leanness, tenesmus*
slight chills or shiverings, drowsiness, fatigue,
swelled stomach or limbs, rising and choking in tbe
throat, turbid urine, frequent desire to evacuate
the bowels discharge of slime and mucus, Ac.
For nervousness, sick headache, palpitation of
the heart, Sec., it gives immediate relief, it also
neutralizes acidity of Stomach, creates an appetite*
strengthens the whole system,and cares the PILES.
Prepared only by Dr. D. Jaynes, Philadelphia,
and sold on agency by w, K , KITCHEN.
Sept. 1 * c ;
Sand’s Sarsaparilla.
At the close of a long debilitating summer hke
that we have just experienced, the vital energy
of the system must necessarily be impaired* an t
is highly important, before encountering the sev j e ”
ties of winter, that the physical powers s on
strengthened and renovated. Ihe toiac proper >
ol Sand’s Sarsaparilla, renders it a fitting agent for
the accomplishment of this object j but its virtues as
automatic are far from being its only recomnmn
, dations. Its operation is threefoid : It
elements of the blood, removes the obstructions
from the bowels, and gives vigor to tbe digestive
oraans. These three important operations n l’ cr "
forms simultaneously, not in detail ; and its inflnrj
upon the relaxed ami disordered orgamrati ,