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[From the Chronicle 4* Sentinel Extra, Sc]>t. 7-J
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
JVJEXICOJ^
Arrival of the Steamship Fashion.
tJEN. SCO XT'S AR It lV\l7 7yT THE
CAPITAL
BJCIHMiThtNcT Batwaen VALENCIA
AND SCDTT'B ADVANCE.
The Mexicans Defeated, Dispersed and
DRIVEN INTO THE CITY.
CONGRESS CON MR
TRIST’S PROPOSALS.
CITY.
VALENCIA AND SANTA ANNA TAKEN
PRISONERS
I From, the N. O. Delta , 3d insl.]
By the fast steamer Fashion, which arrived
last evening, we have the following important
intelligence, which comes directly from an of
ficer in the service, whose opportunities for
getting correct information arc equal to those
of any nelson in Vera Cruz*
The Fashion left Vera Cruz on the 27th Au
gust, and Tampico on the 29th. The courier
who brought the news of Gen. Scott’s arrival
at the Capital, arrived at Vera Cruz on the
26th, and the battle which he reports as hav
ing taken place under the walls of the city,
occurred on the 20th of August*
The following extract from the letter of the
officer who communicates the information of
Gen. Scott’s operations, together with the let
ter of oor regular correspondent, is all that we
have relating to this important affair.
Extract of a letter from an officer at Vera
Cnu under date of the 25th August, 1847 ::
•‘Your correspondents have doubtless in
formed you that. Gen. Scott reached the city
of Mexico on the (I have not the date at hand.)
Worth went around behind the city, and cut
off the water. Valencia, with a large force
rallied out of the city, met Gen. Scott, and
fought a little while and then vamosed into the
city. Santa Anna then brought out a force
and fought some time, but retreated into the
city in great disorder —convoked the Congress,
and sent out for a cessation and hostilities, ex
pressing himself willing to treat -with Mr.
Trist. Hostilities ceased —Scott surrounding
the city. There is no doubt of the correctness of
this information. Some think peace will soon
be established, but nobody thinks so in Vera
Cruz. Maj. Lally was heard from beyond Fe
rote, on his way to Puebla, not molested.”
The following from our regular Vera Cruz
correspondent, was scribbled off very hastily,
just as the Fashion was about to leave :
August 27, 1847.
Editors Delta :—Every conceivable variety
of rumor relative to the movements of the
Great General and his generals, have been
afloat for several days past, but none having
the color of authenticity about them, I omit
sending them to you. This morning, how
ever, a rumor found its way from the interior
which leads to the belief that Scott has had
two most decisive battles, in both of which the
American a-ms were successful. The first of !
these was with Valencia, who had his share
of the amusement with the advance guard;
and the other was between the General him
self and Santa Anna. The best and most au
thentic information I have received, is that
the armies of both Valencia and Santa Anna
have been dispersed; that the city is in a state
of confusion and panic, and Congress has been
summoned together, to take into consideration
the propositions of our Government for nego
tiation —the same propositions of Mr. Trist.
That these rumors are better founded than
any that h*ve been received for some time, I
have no doubt. But in a day or two more,
when the regular news comes here from Mexi
co, wc shall have cither a confirmation of it,
or otherwise. * * * *
P„ S. —I have just time to inform you that
the prisoners taken from Wells’ train, (Lieut.
Henderson and 13 men,) have been, according
to a Mexican who arrived here this morning,
shot. He says he saw them shot.
Dr. Hamden, of the Louisiana Battalion,
died this morning, after a protracted illness.—
He will be buried this afternoon. Captain
White’s company is still at Tampico.
A gentleman who came by the Fashion
states that Valencia and Santa Anna had been
taken prisoners. We give this report for what
it is worth. It is not improbable, though
scarcely credible.
Matters and thing's ia Vera Cruz—The
Guerrillas—Father Jarauta, &c.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Aug. 22, 1847.
' Eds. Delta:— Since writing my last, informa
tion was received here from the National
Bridge, which states that the fortifications there
are quickly progressing, under, it is supposed,
thasuperintcudeuce of the renowned Guer
rilla Chief, Captain and Padre, Jarauat—be
tween whom and his first lieutenant, I before
informed you, there was a breach. This has
been made up, however, and this fellow now
hai at various places —Orizaba, Quatapec and
Tehuantepec —upwards of 4000 guerrillas.—
The rumor further states that the attacks on
Lally’s train, and the reinforcements seat after
him, were headed by this same Jarauta, who,
if report does not belie him, has been heard to
say that, “he would walk a thousand miles
barefoot to have the satisfaction of sheathing
hia knife in an American’s heart.” A score of
rumors in relation to Gen. Scott's movements
are in circulation, but they can be traced to no
good source, and are not reliable. You will j
f>QC by El Sol , of yesterday, that the editoi: j
heard a report of the imprisonment of Santa, i
Anna and some of his generals, on account of :
their counselling in favor of peace measures.
For the truth of these and all other rumors time
alone will vouch.
Amongst other arrivals here lately, we have
had Col. Miles, who is sent here as Lieutenant
Governor of Vera Cruz, who has made himself
quite a favorite since his arrival, by the polite •
ness and perfect survity shown by him to -
. : wards all whom he meets in the way of business
’ -.or otherwise. Maj. Reynolds, the new Pay- i
master, who came out 'lately, has been ill of
fever on board the storeship North America,and
is under the care of Dr. Macfarlane. I forgot
to mention to you before, that Capt. Butler,
formerly your Harbormaster, has command of
the V. S. government propeller Florida, which
is retained here for the service of the Quarter
master’s department. Capt. B. will get into a
passion occasionally,especially if any one “takes
the boat through mistake,” but npfie m'orb wil
ling to forget an injury or do a favor than that 1
same old chap. Whilst on this sfibject, I ought
not to omit mention ot Mr. Whittier, the cap
tain of the “mole,” from whom I have received
many acts of kindness in forwarding my letters
since my arrival here. There is nothing new j
from the infterior to-day. Bes ancon has not j
been heard from, Fairchild is again encamped
outside the city—holding himself in readiness
to be called out at a moment’s warning.
The Sun of Anahuac of August 26th, has
the following in relation to the report of the
capture of the city;
Mexico Taken. —The prevailing rumors of the
day is, that a letter received from Jalapa, by a
person in this city, states that a division of Gen.
Scott's forces have attacked El Pinon, to which
point the Mexicans directed nearly their whole
force, thinking that it was a general attack —
that in the meantime Gen. Scott, with the re
mainder of his troops, raadehis appearance in
the rear of the enemy, having marched thither,
passing through Gaudalupe and capturing the
City of Mexico! —that the Mexican troops, so
surprised, had laid down their arms, after a
short struggle.
We have not been able to find out who had
recieved the letter above mentioned, nor how
it came. We therefore gives it as a rumor.
There is, however, no improbability of it being
true.
N. B, Since writing the above, we have
■ Earned that a letter has been received from
| Jalapa, by a respectable person here, stating
| that the news of the capture of the City of
; Mexico had been confirmed.
From the Sun of the 25 th of August, wc
i take the followoing accout:
From the Interior. —We received through
the politeness of a friend, the Jalapa Boletin
de las Noticias of the 20th. Its editorial col
umn is, as usual, filled with rumors —for in
stance : that the people of the capital had form
'd into an array, and had sworn to die under
the ruins of the city, before abandoning it I—
great enthusiasm prevailed ; that Gens. Va
lencia, Salas and Lombardiui were at the head
. of the government, and that Bustamcnte was
expected to succeed them ; that American
soldiers had cone over to the Mexicans ; that
disunion existed in the ranks of our troops.
The Boletin says that Sr. Aburto, the gueril
rilla chief who commanded the guerrillas that
attacked the detachment which returned here
i a few days ago, has reported his exploits to
; the Governor*
i If further says that the train, after having
been attacked at Cerro Gordo, retired to the
Plain at the same time the guerrillas also re
tired. On the following day the train com
menced marching to Jalapa, and on the eve
ning (Thursday) had not yet entered that
place. On the iDth, it was reported in Jalapd,
that the guerrillas would attack our troops
near that place, and all the evening the roach
for near a mile, was covered with men, women
and children, whom curiosity had attracted
there. This gave rise to firing of cannon and
musketry froin oiir troops, and the citizens
succeeded in reaching their houses without
receiving any injury.
The guerrillas are said to have numbered
350. The fire commenced at half past 5 o’clock,
and lasted a very short time. At night tran
quillity prevailed in the city, and a party of
mounted men from the train entered the city
and passed through the principal street; at the
same time guerrillas were seen near by. The
Boletin says that the loss on the side of the
guerrillas was small.
At 11 o’elock on the 19th, Maj. Lally in
quired of the alcalde whether the citizens of
Jalapa would commit hostilities against the
Americans if they entered, or not. To which
the alcalde answered that the population was
unarmed; but that a great aknuber of the
guerrillas being in the neighborhood, he could
not take the responsibility of their actions. —
On the morning of the 20th, the train of wa
gons and the troops entered the city. The
Boletin says that the wagons arc filled with
: sick and woundecL
Yesterday it was rumored in Vera Cruz that
Father Jarauta had attacked the train a short
distance the other side of Jalapa; but that he
i had been driven back by our troops, with loss
: on both sides.
I
I * '
Augusta, o£orgia*
WEDNESDAY RTORNINgTsSPT. 8.
FOR GOVERNOR
H3N. G. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
—— .... ■ ■ i
We owe an apology to our weekly readers
; for the quality of the paper on which it lias
been printed the last two weeks. The fact is
our subscription list has increased so rapidly
that we ran out our usual supply, and the pa
per we use to day is the best we could obtain
Our arrangements now are such, that we hope
in future to keep up with the increase.
The communication signed “A Backwoods
Candidate” is a good thing. It winds up rich.
V'e enter our protest, however, at the fling
at our “dozen country convention fixings .” It is
the true system. There should always be re
gular nominations and none but regular nomi
nees should receive the support of the party.
This unfortunate prejudice against such nomi
nations, and encouragement of “independent
j candidates ,” has been fruitful of division and
disaster to the democratic party. Vv'e have
lost the legislature by it in times past, and
may hse it again. If we do, heavy blame
; should rest upon those whose independence
could not bear to submit to the wishes of the
majority of their par ty.
The Conquest of Mexico.
Our paper of this morning contains some
interesting intelligence from the scat of war. |
Mingled with some unreliable rumors are some
facts upon which wc may probably rely as au- ;
thentic.
It is probable that on or about the 20th Au- j
gust, General Scott w-as knocking pretty loud
ly for admittance at the gates of the city of |
Mexico. That the banner of the stars and
stripes is now flying over that famous capital i
l at this time we confidently believe. This may
: not have been without some bloodshed, but
w'e do not give credit to the idea that there
was any severe resistance. It is sincerely to
be hoped that no time was wasted outside of
the city in fruitless negotiations. Still less
that any cessation of hostilities was agreed to,
with a view' to a treaty without the indis
pensable preliminary of first taking possession
of the city. No peace can be made with the
Mexicans to be relied upon under their pre
sent state of government, or more properly j
speaking, want of government. Their condi- I
tion approaches in the nearest degree to anar
chy. There is no party or faction among them ;
sufficiently stable to hold ‘power long enough \
i
or firmly enough to make peace, and carry out
faithfully its provisions. Under the circum
stances we hope that General Scott has pur
sued the only policy which, can place this
country in a position to force upon Mexico a
reliable peace. This is to take possession of
the city of Mexico—declare the whole coun- '
try cortqUcred, dud establish in the capital a
gbVerliment '3e facto under subjection to the
United States government. General Scott
should declare himself Goveriidr General.
Holding this advantageous position, il will j
be for him then to survey the political fele
! ments in confusion m ound hlrii, and ddvisc the
government at Washington City if from those
discordant materials a power can be raised up
which can command the respect, and obedi
ence of the Mexicans, and at the same time de-
I serve the confidence of our own government
i so far as to induce it to establish it, recognize
| it as representing the people of Mexico and
concludcVith it a treaty of peace*
”Tho Artful Dodger.”
This is a soubriquet applied to a precocious
young pick-pocket, named John Dawkins,
standing t.orue three feet six inches in his
stockings, who figures conspicuously in Dick- |
eus’ popular story of “Oliver Twist.” He ;
was as adroit in dodging constables as he |
was skilful in extracting purs is from the pock- !
els of unwary pedestrians, while his exploits
in his recreative hours in cards and other light
accomplishments, were not less marvellous.
In the language of the contemplative Master j
j Bates, his associate in business and pleasure,
: descriptive of “The Artful Dodger,” “You
must put your boots on over night, and have j
a telescope at each eye, arid an opera-glass be- !
tween your shoulders, if you want to come
over him.”
What strange Waywardness of imagination
; could have suggested to any political eppo
i neut. however bitter, the idea of an analogy
between this ideal personificatidri of a London
j pick-pocket, and the gentlemanly and cour- j
! tcous candidate of the Democratic party, we |
do not undertake to explain. Our present j
purpose is to do justice to that gentleman, as ;
far as he can receive it through the Democrat
ic journals of the State. There is so much
evidence of studied efforts on the part of the
1 Whig journals to do him all the injustice they
I can, that we despair of seeing him fairly judg
|ed by his political opponents. In view of the
numerous slanders afloat against him, we fed
I doubly convinced of the propriety of his ap
j
j pealing directly to the people from that truly
republican rostrum —the stump, and thus en
; abling the people to form their own opinions j
of him, arid not depend solely on the state- j
| ments of his opponents, or even, as in Gener- i
! al Clinch’s case, the vamped up certificates of
his friends. No ulan wild secs and hears him,
will doubt his readiness and promptness to
meet all votes, and all questioxis, on which his
opinions die called for.
Now ass to' the charge of dodging the yeas
j and nays in Congress. The Savannah Repr'b- ,
| lican lias the honor of originating this charge, j
i The public can judge of the anxiety of that
' paper correctly to inform itself of lhs real facts !
f of the case, when we remind it that Cdldilel
} Towns was charged by it with dodging all the
! yeas and nays called in the months of Decem
i ber and January,- Os the session commencing
the Ist Monday lit December, 1315. The fact
| was, Col. ToavUs was not elected till January,
| 18 4G, and it was the 2Gtll of that month be
-1 fore he took his seat. A person desiring to
i give a fair hlstopfcff his congressional career, i
should have informed himself when it com
■i
j mencccl.
i Cal. Tennis was selected to rUn for Con
gress in a decidedly Whig district—Whig by
I several hundreds—arid so certain were the
Whigs of filling Mr. Washington Poe’s place,
! who caused the vacancy by resigning, that
this gentleman spoke of it in his address to
his constituents as a certainty. Col. Towns I
i was then a private citizen, practising his pro -
J session as a lawyer, and enjoying a large and
lucrative practice. His party believed that he !
was the only Democrat in the district that
could be elected. His personal popularity
was great enough to command hundreds of
Whig votes. He was, therefore, prevailed
upon to run. He, however, stated beforehand ,
that he would be compelled to return to some j
; of the spring terms of courts in his circuit, to
attend to the business of his clients. He did
return to Talbot Superior Court in March, leav- !
ing Washington City about the 6th of that i
month. He was in attendance on that court I
r
I while it lasted —about two weeks. At the close
jof this court, he was taken violently ill. For |
more than three weeks, he never left his bed.
j '
There he lay, prostrated by sickness, for this 1
long period. Yet such was his anxiety to re- i
turn to his duties at Washington, that the
very first time he left his yard, Was to get into
a carriage at the gate to be taken to Macon,
! that he might be taken thence by the most
speedy public conveyance to Washington.
He did repair forthwith to Washington. I
But the exertion was too much for him in his
then enfeebled state. He was in his place and
voted when his health was such that he could
attend. But his zeal to get back and attend |
to his duties was the means of enfeebling him
and retarding his recovery. He therefore was j
probably not in his scat a number of times
; when the yeas and nays wore called. It is
| for a just minded people to determine whether
the heavy calamity of sickness and a long
debility following it, arc to be visited upon
Col. Towns as crimes, or gross delinquencies.
If those who have been so industriously
: counting the yeas and nays on votes given
while Col. Towns was not a member of Con
, gress, and when after his election he was pros
trated by disease, had taken the trouble, they
could easily have informed themselves of these
facts. The colleagues of Col. Towns in Con- 1
gross could have furnished a large portion of j
j this information.
Mr. Toombs and Mr. Stephens arc annually
in the habit of returning to Georgia to attend
ito their private and professional business. If
the yeas and nays are counted, on these gen- ;
tlemeu they wall be found not very far behind
I Col. Towns. This may be said also in refer
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EXPORTS OP COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE t*ORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEMBER, 184<5.
SAVANNAH, CHARLESTON7~ S. ORLEANS. ~ NEW tHMi OI’HER PORTS. , TOTAL.
WHITHER EXPORTED. I “T 1 — 1 7 7T 71 77777 !
1847. 1346. 1847. i 1846. |i 1847: 1846; I 1847. t 846 ! 1847. 1846. 1847. 1846, || 1847. i 1346,
i Liverpool .71 9677) 63,970 111,979 108,842 123,792 i 360,689 520,297 51,116 91,391 31,843. 5i,t,9l |784,1791,029,478
Hull i,073j i,4ao ! 1,073 1,400
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; Cork and a Market...,. i 5,945 4,030, 1,445 ...; j 22/474 557 Ibd i] 15,007 9u,u79
Total to Great Britain ; 107,227 67,i1? 121,662 117,070 111,155 2:18,082 '384,347 50U,004
Ilaxte G iLldj, 7393 49,214 ””19,307 39,293. ,” 90,103 144,0ut 30,7dl 53,558 ' 3/Jl7 7,873 229,476 327,676
| Bordeaux 1... ........ 1 ........ 1 i 3TO 2,315 Id ~*• ! 380 2,315
Marseilles.. | 420 1,665 SJ6 1 418 1 3,184 6,u92 3,643 10,166’ 8,492 1b,06*
| NaMes.'.' ........ 573 1,347 2,495: 1,933 4,2‘4 404 1,714 2,940 9,820
Total to France “11, 150 8,813 _ 61,452 5J,980 39,293 ~66,82l j~95,>80 ~15i,838 40,798 ~ <5,438 7,873 241,290 357,bt1
Am5terdam....;.;;;;..;...,....... 1 77777777 i 564 J 51896; I 4,376 3,877,, 856 l3d 777177. : 5,232 10,(38
| Rotterdam ; j ' 7 .11 595 2,072 ' 2,387 2,604 ........ ..... ... j 2,982 4,076
Antwerp 1
Hamburg ~ .....;. 1 ..' • 7,466 3,585 8,827] 9,730' 1^,303 13,315
Bremen-.;;. 1 3)93 4,369 3,419 i 3,433; 1,889 ........ ........ 7,852 8,401
Barcelona...; i !j 7,836 . I 7,636. 6,485’
Havana, &c ! ! i ( 6,485 22,700 21,455 ,i 23,959 21,455
Genoa, Triesta, &.C j 944 1,922 8,428 6,592 6,645 4,373 30,512 52,607 5,078 7,436 4,169 4,287 5.'»,776 77,217
I Ghent, &c I 'I 2,080 i
Ollier Ports ; 4,518 1,429 ...; l 1,613 i 10,9-60 fa, 074 4,774 4,336’; 20,252 25,452
Total to other Foreign Ports ‘ 944 1,022 17,212 11,710 19,774 26,832 83890 113,073” 39,575 “ 38,020 4,l6 r 9 4,287 ” 1t.5,574 195,844
New York !
Boston ! 26,837! 18,316 29,450. 18,527 33,496 34,197 1 5,546 111,666 I 18,866 12,880 183,995, 195,58»*
Providence 3.207; 1.131 ,4,376* 3,? 89 12,279 13,206 i 470 5,783 7,903 6,905 28,2/15 30,774
Philadelphia 2,842 5,458 U,43i 9,3p> j 3,205' 2.*??1 13,582 13,690 A 667 932 37,730 32,215
Baltimore 2,)77, 1,528 5,678' 2,436 4,661 S’,UB-1 7,288 5,507 2,6(» 2,494
Other Ports 19,5 >4 18,421 639, 451 17,612 14,593!! 7,428 8,679 ...V.... ' 18,i 30 4,414 63,813 40,4«8
Total Coastwise I 1147830 108,454 Tdf7o2 88,317 116,801 115,895'{“159,501 ~219,686 * j “69,456 61,055’ 617,150 ”593,428
Grand Total Ii“334,151. 180,306 ” 347,088. 2t8,077. 307,023 417,633 j 723,118 133,085. “j 97150 “!6?,485 T24>(?o f,852^9602,946,051
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ence to them. They do not return to attend
to engagements made prior to their becoming
members of Congress. They continue to take
new business, and return to Georgia to attend
to it, in preference to remaining at M ashing
| ton City and voting on the yeas and nays,
i We have never before however, found fault
| with these members on this point. We notice
it drily to show that they too, like Achilles,
are vulnerable in the heel. Y r et because they
sometimes turn their backs on Washington
j City to attend to private business in Georgia,
as other whigs from Georgia have done and
will do again, w e have riot charged them with
dodging.
In conclusion we would add—Col. Towns
has never injured Georgia by any vote he has .
j given, or failed to give in Congvessu lie has |
never concealed his opinions. He has never ,
i thought it, in the very face of a canvass, uu- ;
necessary to reiterate his often declared prin- i
ciples. He is a frank, manly, straightforward
politician—ready to meet every question, and
never desirous of shunning any responsibility
imposed upon him by his position.
sgy*The Magnetic Telegraph is in operation
as far South as Petersburg. Va. The first com
munication was received at Washington the
j 4th inst.
New Orleans and Mobile papers
failed to come to hand yesterday morning.
The Providence Transcrip of the Ist inst. ;
say*,that the French steamer Nero York put iu- ;
to Newport on Wednesday evening for coal, ;
and would probably leave for New York next j
i morning.
A letter from of the passengers, received in
! New Y'ork, says that the steamer had been
I two days and a half out of coal, when she put
into Newfort. She has 116 passengers in i
i first and second cabins.
The C-unard Line of steamers will hereafter
leave at 12 o’clock M. on their days of sailing,
i peremptory orders to that effect having been
received from the Admiralty.
The Weather.
The Greenville Mountaineer of Friday last, :
says :—“The rains me becoming more partial, I
| and a change to dryer weather is hoped for.—
s Corn is beyond the fear of drought, and Cotton
would be greatly benefitted by sunshine.”
[communicated.]
A Caniiiatc’s Campaign.
Mr. Editor —Were you ever a candidate ?
Do you say no ? Ah, you have never been in
the best position to study human iiutur, and
you ought to come up here among the moun
tains and hold out for an office, if you want to
find out all the crooks and turns of the heart
of man, (aye, and woman, too.) Why, you
would learn more iu one campaign, than you
could in a hul life down there iu the city. I
have been figuring in that line only a few
weeks, and I have learnt lots. I’ve a notion to
give you some of my experience byway of ex
tracts from my journal.
You know I am a sort of great little man up
here —no, you don’t know it, but I do —and
my friends think so too, and I was powerfully
solicited to run for the Legislature. They
said I was the best nag on the turf—-could beat
Jimmy all hollow. Well, they tickled my van
ity so much that I really thought I was about
the, tallest specimen of a Loco Foco in all
these diggins, and I Jist come out so, without
any of vour down countrv convention fixings \
~. - * ° j
—but to the extract:
Monday: —Announced myself a candidate.
What a fuss among the knowing ones —they ■
gathered in clubs about the streets to discuss
the election!—hundreds of prophets riz up iu
in one day and halfof’em predicted my defeat,
but there always hare been false prophets —
some said I would get the drunkards because I
sold whisky—others, that they could’nt vote
for me because I joined Taylor’s Temperance
Society. The first fellow that call’d on me
was old Tim Fincher, —“Well, Judge, you ,
are out at last—l’m glad of it—Jimmy is a
goner this time.” Then he leaned over the
counter, (lie was a six footer) with a keen eyo
: to the whisky barrel, “Give me a drink,
Judge.” “To be sure, sir,” says I. Two days
before I would have poked him out of the
j house. How this candidacy changes a man.
, I am taking my first lessons in politeness.
Wednesday. —Hear bad reports from abroad
i —t fear lam wofully deceived—some of my
party say I’ll be laid out cold as a wedge—wish S
I cotild get my name down —shan’t sleep much
to-night.
Thursday. —Peter Slim call’d—“Well Judge,
you are in the right track now —no man of
your abilities ought to hide his light under a i
bushel basket. You’ll wind him up this time,
though he has been'the cock of the walk these
ten years.” Aside—“ Lend me five dollars,
I’ve a particular use for it —return it next !
j week.” I pulled out the money for him, and i
! that’s the last of it till I sue it out of him.
i
| Friday. —Old Mrs. Jenkins called —“Have j
you any nice cap truck ?” I put out the best, ;
for I knew she was a cash customer. She !
I made a selection, and with a winning smile re
* marked that she had four sons old enough to
vote, and I must give her a couple of yards for j
nice caps —“Oh, yes, to be sure, madam.”
i How could I refuse ?
Saturday. —My friends said I must go to a
Justices Court to electioneer —rode twelve
miles —found Jim there before me—treating
heavy—got the first whisky down the voters |
and that was a decided advantage. The first j
j and last drink, they say, pins the basket —call- ■
! ed for a quart of the Knock-kneo, and tried to
j make myself at home among them—some
| laughed in their sleeves —thought I was spend
■ ing my money for nothing, or may be, felt |
j happy at the prospect of plenty to drink— 1
They drank like horses —had to borrow money j
to pay off my score —swinging bill —thought
some of tbe Locos rather shy —no dependence
on xvhite men —started for home about sun- j
down—hard work to get Jim off —he was get- j
ting in a good way and did’nt like to quit, but
would’nt leave him to operate alone—very
dark night—lost our way and got into a briar |
patch—bruised my leg against a fence —had a
warm discussion with Jim. for he was rather
tight —parted friend ly.
* Sunday. —Told wife we must go to meeting t
—eould’nt get out the carriage—they’d say I
was an aristocrat and a swell-head —she must
ride behind me on old black, and when she got
there she must shake hands all round, and be
mighty glad to see every body— twould help
me out, for I must be the people's man. cry
devout during service.
Monday. —Neighbor Thompson came in.—
“Well old friend, you’re a candidate, I sup
pose. You know I’m bound to —but I wish
you well —give me a small drink of your whis
ky.” Strange way to wish a man well—drink
of his whisky, and vote against him.
Wednesday. —Had a call from my friend
Wiggins —knew he wanted a dram, for he gist
—II* I MTill ■«, nr I Ml 11 il Ml— ■ I * TTH I I
natcrully lovds it—“ Will you take a drink of gin,
• friend Wiggins r—(l was particular to accent
friend) —“Well its you, ITT take a lit
tle—T nevefi drinks case I loves if, but I Del
sorter colci>ck'y like, Judg and a drap hopes
ime when gets painified in that way.” f
thought hi took a large dose merely for medi
cine—but the way he gave rcc soft sawder—it
was worthquart at least.
Thursday. —My friends say 1 must make a
j speech next Saturday—the people want to*
know my«principles —now I never made a
speech in n|v life, but I must get up one some
how.
Friday: —Made out d regular built speech for
to-morrow, and got it pietty well in my head
—hope I shaut get frightened.
Saturday. —Rode sixteen 1 miles to a Justice
Court and muster —stept into a doggery, and
told the owner to set out a quart—as he put it
on the counter, he called out —“Come up boys,
and take some of Ju Ige M trim's treat”—how
they pricked up their cars. Old Johnson came
up, and swore he would’nt vote tor any man
that would’nt drink with him—now 1 was in'
a fix, but I concluded the old fellow’s party
was the strongest, and away went the temp r
ance pledge—sacrificed to expediency—l drank
with him—perhaps the more readily, because
I felt my courage was oozing out when ray
friends told me that they were waiting for
“that speech.” I went out, and stept on a log,
(not a stump,) and as I look’d round upon the
mass of independent voters, I felt squally—
more especially, as I found I had taken a drop
too much, not being accustomed to the ardent
| —I imagined my tongue was not quite man
ageable, but the crou d was waiting, and sumc
, thing must be said or done—l commenced—
“Foliow-shippizens” —what a blunder —they
| all laugh’d, and I felt very quart. I started
again—“My friends, our principles—oiir prin
ciples”—l repeated it again, but lor my life I
: could’nt think of the next word, and if I had,
it would’nt have come out no how', for there
was something very like a frog in my throat,'
, and the heads of the voters seem’d to all rttn
together. “Let’s have them principles,” says
one, (a whig, no doubt,) —“llchaint got any,”
says another—“ He’s stall’d,” says a third—
“ The Judge can’t come it,” says a fourth, and
so on—my old friend, Johnson, came to the
rescue —“I tell you what, boys, if the Judge
I can’t make a speech, he can make a durn’d
good egg-nog. How I got off the log, I can’t
■ tell, but I wanted an auger hole jist to crawl
I into—l slipt off home as soon as possible.—
That was an awful night in the campaign—
| ashamed—mortified —disgusted with myself—
' afraid to sec any of my friends—l could’nt
s I CC p —how to redeem my blunders of that
day, troubled my brain —till wearied out —to-
* wards morning I sorter doz’d, and I saw a
weather-beaten, dried up 1 aukce, in a glaz d
! cap and bottle-green coat, coming up the lane
—he look’d at me, and notic’d Iwas in trouble,
and it seem'd he knew what I was thinking a
bout, for he told me he had some Patent Ma
chines that would fit my case exactly and hc
show’d me what he call’d a Politico Spcechifi
co Machine —a small affair, fill dup with all
sorts of springs and wheels, and it could be
wrapt up in a man’s cravat without discovery
—and, says he, when you get on a stump you
can just touch a spring byway of pulling up
your shirt collar, and you will 11 off a speech
that will astonish the natives—you see there
is a sort of ventriloquist “attachment taat
throw's the sounds from your own mouth, and