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JAMES GARDNER, JR. ”
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A Little Woman.
[From the Spanish of Juan Ruiz tie Haffo.]
In a little precious stone, what splendor meets the
eyes; ,
In a little sugar lump, how much of sweetness
lies;
So in a little worn an, love grows and multiplies—
You recollect thv proverb says, “A word unto
the wise.”
A pepper corn is very, smallbut seasons every din
ner.
More than all other condiments, although ’tis
sprinkled thinner;
Just so a little woman is, if love will let yon win
her;
FUere’s not a joy in all the w'orld you will not
find within her.
And as within the little rose you’ll find the rich
est dyes,
And iu a little grain of gold much price and value
lies,
As from a Little balsam much rich odor doth
arise,
So in a little woman there’s a taste of paradise.
The skylark and the nightingale, though small and
light of wing,
Y’ct warble sweeter in the grove than all the birds
that sing:
And so a little woman, though a very little thing,
Is sweeter than all other sweets, e’en flowers that j
blow in spring.
[From the Athens Banner, 9 th inst.]
'Keep Up the Corn Trade.-C6
Farmers of the up-country of Georgia ! Not
a single barrel of Northern and Western flour ;
has been in your markets the present year to
compete with yours, and of course to reduce
the profits of your labor ! ! Where has it goner I
To Europe—to England to feed her hungry
subjects. Your flour, your wheat, your coin, j
bacon and provisions, have all found a foreign j
market. And why? Because their ports have
been opened to yen. What opened the ports
of England to you? Was it famine , and that
only? Believe it not. It is a well known fact,
that the repeal of the corn laws in England 1
by which your grain and provisions generally
were excluded by high duties for the benefit
of the nobility, who are the laud owners, was
long a subject of agitation before the recent
famine, and was actually passed before its oc
currence. The gradual reduction of the du- |
ties was a fixed policy, independent of the
famine, under the triumphs of Free Trade, led
on by Cobdea, Ratfsell and Peel. The Free Trade
party, in the elections which have recently
taken place in England, are again triumphant
by an overwhelming majority. The crops in 1
that country bids fair to be abundant, and |
trust not the man who tells yon, that, when the
scourge of famine is removed, the duties on
your corn and provisions w ill be restored. It is
not so. Their free admission into all parts of |
England i a “fixed fact” by the increased |
majorities for the Free Traders at the late 1
election, as durable as everlasting mountains.
We will now suppose the famine to be re
moved. That far, the price of your corn, See., j
will be lessened as it has been recently by the
prospects, not of PLENTY, (for that thing
can’t happen in England ,) but of their usual
supply. They arc buyers at all times, and un- ■
<ler all seasons, in consequence of the millions
in the mechanic arts, and the small quantity
of land on the island. But you will see at
once, that though your prices may be lessened
by the removal of the famine, that the market
is still yours at some prices, disencumbered
w'ith duties, under the triumph there of Free
Trade. HOLD ON TO THAT MARKET.
This you can do only by taking in EX
CHANGE the eloth, hardware and manufactures
generally, of England, which you may need,
at duties as low as is consistent with the reve
nue of your government —by which we mean
opposition to a Protective Tariff. When you
bring a load of corn, or bacon to Athens, the
merchant “will take it, provided you take his
goods in return. If you do not, he will not
buy. If you demand money exclusively, you
can neither sell, nor can the merchant buy of
you. This simple process is applied to trade
between nations. If you do not take the
goods of England freely, she can no longer
take your corn, flour and provisions freely, and
will, and must move Heaven and Earth to trade
with some other nation, that will trade with
her upon the principle of exchange of com
modities! Even durin * famine, past or to come,
how could she buy corn without selling her
goods to some nation or other? And to whom
more naturally than the people of whom she I
buys her corn and provisions? Will you compel
her, by a Protective Tariff, or high duties upon
her goods, first to ship her manufactures to
qther nations, and then to bring you her money
for supplies! If she can find supplies where
she unloads her ships, and she will ransack the
earth fur that place, do you think she will or
can sell her goods for money to buy your corn
and provisions? Far from it. She will exchange
her goods for corn —freight her ships with it
where she throws out her goods, and leave
your corn in your granaries to be eaten by rats
and weavils —to be fed to hogs or cattle -which
you could not eat —or to be made into whisky
at cents a gallon, and thus drive 1 us into
the glorious destiny of getting drunk upon our
abundance!!
Then, Farmers of Georgia, we invoke you
by your dearest interests —by the regard you
have for the morals of your children—by the
plainest dictates of common sense, to come to
the banners of Free Trade ! Keep down the
odious Protective Tariff which has weighed
like the nightmare upon your energies, until
they we» partially released bv its reduction
in a DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS. Since
that time you have sprung like a strong man
upon his feet, who had broken the chains that j
confined him to the floor of his prison, and
now walks abroad—you “ have corn to sell" —
and better than that, a market at which you
can sell it. Hold on to that market 1 Pour
in your supplies to England, (she is alwavs a
buyer) and remember to pour in your VOTES
like a mountain stream for the Free Traders,
on the first Monday in October next. Speak
in a voice of thunder for TOWNS and every
DEMOCRATIC candidate for the Legislature
—and let your shout ans-vver back to the re
cent triumph in England, “ Trade SHALL be
free !!”
Before closing this appeal to your practical
judgment and good sense, it will be necessary
to combat the only argument of the protection
ists which can possibly mislead you. Their j
only refuge is now to attempt to gull you with 1
the belief, that your great customer abroad at
this time, will not remain sq .longer than the !
famine which desolates Europe generally—that
she will import her grain from Russia and J
( other nations of that continent. A few facts
] and reflections will dissipate the delusion.
| It is well known that the tendencies of all
despotic governments like that of Russia, Den
; mark, and other European governments gene
rally, are to cramp the energies of the produc
ing classes, by high taxes, odious and tyranni
cal exactions of all kinds, and the ever-resting
cloud of uncertainty whether the husbandman
will be permitted to enjoy the fruits of his la
bor. In this condition of’ things, he will eith
er not sow or plant farther than is necessary
to answer the mere wants of life. If he be
| comes a slave, as large masses are in Russia,
he works like all other slaves, no longer than
I the eye of his master rests upon him. Now
it is a well known fact that one freeman will
1 raise more corn than two slaves under the
average management of that class of laborers
in any country. With a soil as fertile and
seasons as genial as in any part of the world,
the American producer Will far outstrip all
others iu the abundance of his productions. —
This fact is every where Written in characters
which cannot be mistaken. It is no doubt uu
j der this view that Sir Robert Peel, the great
j advocate of Free Trade in England, has re
cently said “that he looks to the American
States as the great sources of supply to the
wants of England for food,” and it is certain
that your products in the markets of that coun
try, with your vast capabilities, free institu
tions, and teeming soil will enable you, not
only to compete with the Europeans in the corn
trade, but even to supplant them. To the polls,
i then, and vindicate your interests by your
! votes!
[From'tht N. O. Delta, \th Inst.]
The Progress of the War.
It is now understood that the Government
i has changed its plan of op rations in Mexico.
The contemplated advance of Gen. Taylor
upon San Luis and the Capital has been aban
doned. The troops now with Gen. T., will
1 he reduced to a irvere garrison force, sufficient
! to hold and 'occupy the principal points now
| in our possession, and the surplus, consisting
I of two brigades, will bo sent to N era ( ruz, via
j the Brazos, to open the communication bc
-1 tween Gon. Scott’s army and las depot
at Vera Cruz. This division is, no doubt, al
ready on the march, as we learned froiU Cflpt.
j Corser, of the Secretary Buchanan, late L orn
j the Brazos, that it was hourly expected by the
I Quartermaster at that point, who was taking
| measures to furnish the necessary supplies and
; transportation.
Whether this division will be under the
; command of Gen. Taylor or Wool, we arc not
informed, but we presume that it will have
! Gens. Lane and Hoppin as its Brigadiers, and
1 that it will include the force now encamped at
! Mier, and composing the school of instruction.
This division will be about 3000 strong, and
j will no doubt be amply sufficient to clear the
rear of Gen. Scott’s column. Jalapa will be
strongly occupied. This is highly dpsirable,
for at present this place is the nest of the guer
rillas. Here they obtain supplies, and here
they can retreat from the mountains and find
shelter and support, whenever they are hard
pressed. Tire garrison at Puebla, too, will be
reinforced. We trust whilst the Government
is taking these judicious and energetic mea
sures to protect the communications of oUr
i conquering army on the Jalapa road, it will
also see the importance of occupying the Ori
zaba road, and protecting Gen. Scott’s rear
from that direction. A force of 1000 meu, with
500 horse, thrown into Orizaba, would shut in
the guerrillas, and Very raUch cramp the
1 sphere of their operations, and cripple their
I resources. When these points are occupied,
let the Government raise two or three addi
tional regiments of Hangers, and a corps of
light Flying Artillery, to operate on the line of
j our posts, and we guaranty the guerrillas will
| sood disappear.
| To further this plan Mr. Marcy has only
to send a written request to Jack Hays and
j Ben. McCulloch, authorizing them to raise
j two regiments of Rangers, and furnish them
with the necessary equipments, acting towards
* them with some liberality, and we are certain
the required force will soon be in the field—a
i force, the very whisper of whose appro;wh will
clear the rocks and chaparral of the whole
horde of guerrilla vermin.
This change is the mode of operations, and
the consequent division of a large portion of
Gen. Taylor’s command, is to be regretted by
all those who, like ourselves, warmly hoped
to see the old hero,who has so nobly borne the
brunt of this war. completing and rounding
off the epic of his exploits by a triumphal entry
into the city of Mexico, after a victorious
march through the interior States. But we do
not see how it could be avoided.
The present aspect of affairs indicates very
clearly that the Government will be Under the
neces-dty of occupying and holding Mexico
after its conquest; that the Government of
Mexico has neither the will nor the power to
make peace, and that no ingenuity or conces
sion on our part, short of national dishonor,
can save us from the necessity of taking “cor
poral seizin” of the country, as the lawyers
say, and holding it until our Congress shall
determine what further step shall be taken.—
To do this requires a much larger force than
Gen. Scott had when he left Puebla. There
j should at least be one line of communication
I kept open between the Capital and our ports
of deposit and supply. What avail would it be
for both Gens. Taylor and Scott to advance at
: the same time on the Capital, when the rear of
: both arms is loft uncovered and their commu
nications closed ? They would, of course cap
ture the city, but all the country around them
would be in the hands of the enemy, and they
would be shut out from their supplies and re
inforcements. The passage of the armies
through the States leave the people as far from
being suddued and as hostile as they were be
fore. The mere conquest of the Capital will
not be the great difficulty of this war. Our
serious difficulties commence with its capture
and occupation. A line of 350 miles, through
a thickly settled and inveterately hostile
country, admirably adapted for partisan and
guerrilla -warfare, will have to be occupied by
our troops —large cities will have to be fortified
and garrisoned, and valuable trains will have
to be continually guarded and escorted from
the coast to the Capital. To perform all these
difficult duties will require at least 30,000 men.
But the whole number now in the field docs
not reach this figure.
It appears, therefore, to us .to be, not only
the wisest and most judicious, but the only
I course left to our Government, to concentrate
all the troops not necesary for the garrisoning
of the towns and depots in our possession, upon
th© main point of our military operations, in
order to secure and render more effective and
available the hard earned fruits of victory.
The Epidemic. —The number of deaths still
increases. For the 21 hours preceding nine
o’clock yesterday, there -were seventy victims.
We hear of a great increase of cases during the
prevalence of the cold Northern winds, for the
last two or three days. There are sevwal
physicianswho have lived a long time in the city
taken dow r n with the fever, and many citizens
who passed safely through former epidemics
1 ure now' suffering irom severe attacks of this
; strange and fatal disease.—We trust uo stran
gers will come into the city during the preva
lence of the fever. We were not a little sur
prised and concerned to observe several strange
1 young officers on our streets yesterday, who
| had just arrived here. They should not have
been ordered here or permitted to come here
by their commanding officers. 'With its pre
: sent headway and an atmosphere so favorable
to its increase, nothing can stay the onward
course of the epidemic but the exhaustion of
inrterial for it to operate on. If unacclimated
persons will come into the city and supply it
with new subjects, there will be do abatement
; of its ravdges Until it is nipped and extinguish
|ed by frost. If it is to continue* at this early
stage of the season, to increase at the rate it
now is, our city will be decimated by the Its
November.
We entreat, then, all Unacclimated persons I
—all persons who haVe not had the fever-to re
move out of the city until the epidemic has
disappeared.—Y. O. Delta , 4/A Inst.
£GrreSpOitdence of the Flag ami Advertiser.]
Lowxdesboro/ 4th Sept. 1847.
Gentlemen* I have delayed writing to yoli
till now, in order to obtain as much informa- ,
tion as possible from the planters in this neigh- ;
borhood respecting the cotton crop, and as far ,
| as my information extends, the prospect is any
i thing but Haltering. During last month the j
weather was rainy and wet, and this week we |
have had a great deal of rain and tolerable high
winds, which I think has done a great deal of
, injury to the crop; the worm has been very de
| structive, and I believe worse on the sandy |
I lauds than on the ptaries; and where the weed
is rank, the rot is very destructive to the bolls. ■
Take it ort the whole, I am of opinion that we
shall not gather or make more than last year,
if as much< I hear some planters say that they
wotild like to see the army worm come back —
' as they only strip the leaves, they would be of
service to the rank cotton, and would stop the
rot ill it,
[Correspondence of the N, O. Delta.]
Cuxtox, La., Aug, 23, 181?*
: Eds. Delta —As one of your subscribers, and
, a planter who feels a deep interest iii every
• thing that relates to the productions of ollr
State, I beg leave to submit for the information
1 of my fellow produces the following observa*
; j tions.
Corn, you know, is made and will sdoil be
; dry enough to be housed. I find that there is
f, i quite a difference of opinion among experienc
ed farmers as to the best mode of preventing
; j the depredations of the weavil. Some advise to
j gather corn as soon as it is dry enough to keep,
. in order to anticipate the fly which deposits the
I eggs in the car. Others say, let the com re
-1 main in the field until exposed to frost —which
: will effectually destroy the insect. Others again
tell you to gather corn when damp, for then it
M ill heat jusi enough to consume the weavil.
These are td - modes which I have heard ad
, vanced—have fried oil of them and had the
weavil annually L’v permitting corn to lie in
the field until aftar you may calculate
on losing a portion by rotting —which in a M'et
fall will amount to a least G;ie-foHrth. By
gathering it m hen damp, you run the risk of
souring and injuring in the crib. In ’42, I
gathered mine a little too damp, I suppose, and
lost tM-o or three hundred barrels in conse
quence. Throughout the parish, the crop is
said to be the best M’e have had for some years. {
The season has been neither very good nor
very bad for Cotton—the crop of the parish
; will, I think, average about fair—but if the
weather should be very favorable henceforM’ard
•we may yet have a very large yield. General
ly all blooms that open by the loth Sept., Mill
be sufficiently matured by frost to be secure
1 against injury. Tor fourteen or fifteen days
past we have had freqltcnt, and in some places
heavy showers-**Which of course have been of
no advantage. Too much rain is injurious in
two M'ays —first by causing the stalk to groM*
• j too rapidly, when the joints M ill be long, ac
j compmiied by more ox less sheddirig—and se
-1 corn!, by falling on the white blooms. My
’ ; owrt observation proves to Jae that every white
• bloom exposed to a shower is destroyed- If
I this bo so you may form some ides of the im
mense damage caused by repeated rains at this
season of the year, when our cotton fields each
morning arc almost Avhitc’ With blooms.-
The boll oX boring worm is doing much mis
chief on old and thin lands. Indeed, Sirs, the
i ; cotton crop is liable to so many casualties that
it seems to me sheer folly to make an estimate
j ! of the result until frost; and even then, the
quality and quantity would depend somewhat
on the character of the weather for picking,
Yours, &c., a. j. x.
[From the N.- O. Delta.}
The Courthouse at Biloxi.
j (SO., Tit E MAIDEN AND THE JU D O E,-
The Temple of Justice at that beautiful
M-atering place, Biloxi, is no common affair.
Like an oyster, the richness arid value of the
1 i inside make full amends for the roughness of
1 the exterior. The careless observer wotild j
pass this building by Mith a sneer, thinking
probably that it Mas nothing but the hut of
some poor fisherman; but the philosopher is
' richly rewarded for his pains in entering the
premises. It is a small room about twelve by
1 fourteen feet. On one side there is a counter,
; and beyond, shelves which are ornamented
with dumpy little jars filled with all kinds of
gay colored sugarcandy. Indigo, brass rings,
1 combs, raisins, coffee, ground-nuts, barrels
with suspicious looking spigots, and ill fact
almost every article that is to be met Avith in
a country grocery store, decorate this portion
1 of the apartment. Directly opposite the coun
ter is a venerable looking piece of furniture,
something between the cut of a desk and a
bedstead, M'hich is the postoffice of Biloxi.
Beside the postoffice is as mall pine table orna
mented with various ink-spots, and a high
backed wooden chair. Back of the chair are I
sundry rows erf brooms and any quantity of tin
canteens, M'hich, together with several coffee
bags, give a very splendid effect to the M'hole.
’The Senior Judge, who presides over this legal
1 sanctuary, is a Doctor Pangloss in the Avay of
learning, He will quote Latin m hilst deliver
ing you a letter, and ejaculate in Greek whilst
putting on his boots. Apart, however, from a
slight disposition to be pedantic, he makes an
excellent magistrate, and is one of the most
amusing elderly gentlemen M’e ever met M’ith.
There is but one way in which you can offend
the Judge, and that is by “niggering” M'hile
Court is in session. There is a solemdity at
tending his Court that must not be invaded
by the vulgar laugh nor the simpering smile.
And yet Death, himself, M’ould laugh until his
ribs ached in paying a visit to this court. For
instance, the worthy Judge is head-over-ears
engaged in taking down the evidence in re
gard to some important case.
“You say that this man had the knife in his
: hand ”
( “You want to buy any crabs or oysters to
day?” inquires a bare-footed, red-faced, sun
: burnt fishcr-man.
“The Court must not be disturbed in this
manner,” says the Judge, looking very solemn
ly thro’ a huge pair of spectacles, but scarcely
are the words out of his mouth, -when in comes
a gawky boy, Mho elbows his May through the
croM’d, and inquires, “what’s the price of a
picayune’s worth of fish-hooks?” Thus the
poor Judge has it during the time that court is
in session. Corn and Coke, blacking and
| Blackstone, jeM'sharps and Justice, caution
and crabs, and eloquence and eels mixed all up
in one confused mass.
But to our story about the maiden and the
Judge. Now, be it known to all men, that the
Judge, though a great admirer of the fair sex,
is one of the most modest men alive, and we
believe that he M’ould run sooner than permit
himself to be kissed by the handsomest woman
that ever breathed.—The other day a strapping
young M’oman, M’ho spoke a little bad English
and any quantity of verybad French, came to
the Judge to lodge a complaint against a negro
woman, M’ho she said had insulted her.
“My dear young lady,” said the Judge, tak- j
ing a huge pinch of snuff, “what is the com
plaint you have to make?”
“Why, sair, I be one strhek by one naigre.
I find de blood draw an de—de—” ;
Here she commenced sobbing as if her heart
would break, and his honor thinking that some
matter of delicacy restrained her from telling
all she kneM’, spoke to her in a fatherly man
ner, as follows:
“Now my dear young lady, strive to be
calm. Tell me all—tell me every circumstance
connected with this horrid affray* You must
i recollect, my dear yourtg lady, that in my ca- ;
I pacityas Judge, you may unbosom yourself to
I me.”
“Ah,” said the fair one, “I sail unbuzzum !
myself to yoii. It was zero zaze naigre frap
: pe me.”
The Judge raised his eyes, and there stood
his fair complainant, with her dress opened
down the bosom, pointing to a small blue spot ;
! on he Aiakcd breast.
“Good God! ma lamed'’ cf'.ed he, starting !
from his seat like Macbeth, Avheu he sees the ;
ghost of Banquo, “I did not mean that you j
should unbosom yohrself in that manner.”
The last that M’as seen of the Judge that day
he was taking a glass of “tansy bitters” at
Michael Hughes’, opposite.
n—«g—a—■aaroaagaa. ihwiibb—npa——
51 n4ns ta, ocorq ia .*
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPT. 11.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. G. W. TOWNS.
OF TAI.BO r.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
3d Dist. — Mclntosh and Glynn —T. M: Forman:
4th Camden and Wayne— Elias Fort:
.'Hh “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T, Hilliard;
7fh “ Tattriaii dfld Bulloch—John A. Mirtot
Bth “ Sctiven and Effinjrhriin—W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel— W. S. C Morris.
12th “ 1 hoiuas and Decatur— Wm. H. Reynolds.
j 13th 11 linker and Early — Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and StcM ; aft— Will*am Nelson,
I'th “ Macon rind Houston —John A. Hunter.
1 19th “ • Dooly a fid Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan.
i 20th “ Twiggs arid Bibh--W. W,- Wioglns.
| 21st “ Washington and Jefferson—'B. S. Camwelu
24th “ Hancock and Baldwin— S. Buffington, Jr.
25th “ Jones and Putnam —James M. GraT.-
: 26th “ Munroe and Pike-=Coh Allen Cochran.
28th “ Merriwether arid CoWeta-— Ore. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry —Luther J. Glenn;
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
33d “ Newton and Walton— Warren J. Hill.
38th “ Clark and Jackson— Samuel Bailey.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKulb— Jas. P. SimmoNs;
,49th “ Paulding and Cass— Francis Irwi£.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
i 43d “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Corm.
• 14th “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihu S. Barclay.
Do Bow’s Commercial Review.
The .September number is on our table.
This is an especially valuable number. It con
tains an amount rif information in reference to
the agriculture, commerce, and improvements
1 of the Southern and Western States, and of
the M’hole Mississippi valley.
It has a finely executed engraving of the
late Stephen Girard.
Caesar’s Commentaries.
We have received from the publishers, Lea
& Blanchard, Philadelphia, a very neat copy j
of Cai.sar De Bello GaUico, with numerous |
English notes. This is one of a classical se- :
rios, intended for schools, by Drs. Schmitz and i
Ziimpt.
Gen. Clinch and the Bank of St. Mary’s.
We are waiting with all due patience for
the letter of Mr. Preston, M'hich the Savannah ;
Republican promises the public* We cannot
account for the' delay.- As Mr. Preston, by
his Picas,’ got his client the old General into
, the scrape, or rather, exposed the scrape that
somebody else' had got him into, it is but right
| that he should get him out, if he cant
j The first letter of Mr.- Pres tori;, addressed to ■
us, and which the Whig papers pronounced “a |
full vindication of GeU. Clinch,” turned out,
i in public estimation, rfo vindication at all, at
, all. So thinks the public'; arid so, it seems,
think the Republican and Mr. Preston. The
| latter is to try his pen again. We M’ill pub
lish the letter as soon as it comes to hand,
“That Same OldCocm?^
We noticed a new riamo for Whiggery, a
dopted in New York City, There is an associ
ation of Whigs, called the Young Men’s De
mocratic Whig Association. Is this in con
tradistinction to Federal Whigs ? If so,
wherein do they differ, save in name? What
Democratic doctrines do they adopt—and what
Federal doctrines of the great, universal Whig
party do they disclaim?
This, avc suspect, is only a JackdaM’ pro
ceeding, to shine in borroM ed plumage. The
people will see through the deception.
Our attention, however, M’as called to this
association by noticing, that the Democratic
Whig Y oung Men’s General Committee nomi- I
nates HENRY CLAY for President in 1848.
Just as we expected. They have probably found
out that Gen. Taylor is not a good enough“//e/t
--rg Clay Whig ,” If his name could be made use
of to promote their party schemes, well and good.
They never intended to make use of him, ex
cept for that selfish purpose. That game be
ing blocked by Old Zach's flat footed refusal,
they drop him like a hot potato.
Col. Towns and the Central Bank.
A communication in the Journal $ Messen
ger, published at Macon, M'hich will be found
below elicits some comments from the Chron
icle $ Sentinel, under the caption “Is Col. Towns
a Central Bank Defaulter or not?” We have
but little doubt from the tone and temper in
which this estimable man is spoken of by the
whig journals and their correspondents, that
it M’ould be very gratifying to them if they
could succeed in affixing a stain or the suspi
cion of one upon his integrity. In this they
M ill be disappointed. The question put by
the Chronicle M ill be ansM'ered —satisfactorily
to the friends and admirers of Col. Towns—
not very satisfactorily to those who would
make him out anything but an honest, and an
honorable man if they could. This Central
Bank question Col. Towns has no disposition
to dodge and does not intend to dodge. Both
his friends and his political opponents may
rest assured of that. As the writer “Y” “asks
the favor” of their neighbors of the Recorder
to make due inquiries on the subject, M’e hope
the request will be complied M’ith.
If the editors of the Recorder will call on
Col. Thomas the Director of the Central Bank,
and get a statement from him, they M’ill find
the facts to be substantially as follows :
I Col. Tom'iis M’as a member, some years ago
of the firm of Sturges, Towns & Benning.
While that firm was in existence, some notes,
amounting to bctM’een four and five thousand
dollars, M r cre placed in the hands of that firm
for collection. Judge Sturges received them,
collected the money and paid the amount over
to the Bank. Col. Towns never had posses
sion of the notes, or saM’ a dollar of the money.
There was some delay in paying over the mn
, ney, and Col. Towns’ attention was called to
the fact. He immediately urged and insisted
;on a settlement of the business. As a volun
tary thing oil the part of the Bank, some in
; dulgence as to time was allon-ed the senior
partner, tlioUgh Col. Towns urged an imme
diate settlement. Finally a gross amount was
! paid in, over four thousand dollars, sufficient
1 as Col. Thomas believed, or nearly so, to cover
J the M'hole amount the Bank claimed after de
ducting commissions. Judge Sturges contend
ed that theßank Mas over paid,and on this point
a dispute arose. Col.ToMhs called in person and
requested Col. Thomas to state Avhat amount,
if any, Mas claimed by the Bank as still due.
He replied that he did not know that any M’as
due, and could not tell Until Judge Stilrges
rendered a statement. But that the amount
could not in any event exceed two hundred
dollars. Col. Towns immediately offered to
pay him two hunched dollars to cover the
claim. Col. Thomas declined receiving, it as
he was not prepared to make out tlic account.
Col. ToM’iis well aM’are of his legal responsi
bility for any deficit, though personally he
had had no part in the business, M as then rea
dy, has always been ready, and is now ready
to make the payment. Having never had
any of the papers, he cannot tell Avhdt that
deficit is, or if there be any. Thus stands the
case, as we are informed. Col. Tom us at all
events is not in fault in this matter;
Col. ToM’ns stands high in his circuit as a
prompt, efficient and able attorney. lie en
joys a large practice, and the unlimited Con
fidence of the community in his integrity and
fidelity to’ his clieilts. His assailants must try
it again. They must try some other tack, for
on this they M’ill find themselves foiled, as
they will in all attempts to impugn Col. ToM’ns'
professional reputation, or his character as an
honest man.
Is CoL Towns a Central Dank defaulter?
This is an important question just at this
period of time, and one M’hich it will not be
come Col ToM ns to dodge: This remarkable
faculty of the Colonel will not avail on this
occasion; the people want full arid frarik re
sponses to the question. They M ant to knoM',
too, M’ho M’as this partner of Col. Towns—
whether or not he, too, is not some favored
Democrat, upon whom the Democracy of
Georgia have again and again bestowed officer
These are all pertinent and important inqui
ries, M'hich are suggested and rendered more
forcible by the subjoined communication,
M'hich M e copy from the hist Macon Journal &
1 Messenger. Os the writer, we of course have
j no knowledge, but there is an air of confidence
about the communication M'hich indicates a
! knowledge of some facts not generally kuoM u
! to the people : —Chronicle * Sentinel.
[communicated.]
i Messrs. Editors : —As the friends of Mr.
Tom’iis have ventured to assail the private
character of Gen. Clinch, with charges of mal
administration as President of the St. Marys’
Bank, from M'hich he stands triumphantly
vindicated, the friends of the General M’ill be
excused, if they should turn the tables on his
competitor, and show that in certain Bank
transactions he has not exactly “toed the
mark” himself. I remember some years ago,
seeing a black list of defaulting Attorneys to
the Central Bank, published by order of the
Legislature, in which, it I am not mistaken,
i a legal firm, of M'hich Mr. Tom iis M as a part
! nor, appeared to be included. I knoM’ noth
ing of the circumstances, and cannot now
state the amount they owed the Bank; as your
neighbors of the Reconhr, from their proximi
ty to the Bank, can have access to the records,
alloM' me to ask of them to favor the public
with a knoM'ledge of the facts, M'bether Mr.
ToM'rtSf as one of said firm, M'as a defaulter to
the Bank? and if so, the amount? and finally,
M'hether said defalcation has ever been paid?
This is a matter affecting Mr. Towns as a
public agent, and as such, may aid in settling
the question as to his qualifications for the
high and responsible office he now seeks. It
is therefore a legitimate subject for this kind
of investigation. Y.
Augusta Rifle Club.—A Good Target.
Some three months ago a Rifle Club M’as
formed in our city, and at present numbers
about a dozen members. Dr. J. G. McWhor
ter is the President, and E. H. Rogers, Secre
tary. Although but new beginners in the
manly art, their progress in improvement has
been rapid. For the information of some older
clubs, and particularly the Old Rifle Club of
Savannah, M’hich has long borne the reputa
tion of “being, hard to beat,” Ave give beloAv
their Target shooting of Saturday last. If
any of them can beat it, avc M ould like to see
the “Record.”
There Avere onlv seA’cn members shooting—
distance 120 yards, offhand, 12 shots each, as
folloAvs:
No. 1, measuring in the aggregate 71 inches.
No. 3, “ “ “ 37.3-10th.
No. 6, “ “ “ 57.4
NO. 6, “ “ <• 47.0
No. 7, “ “ “ 72.3
No. 8, “ “ “ 65 8
No. 12, " “ u 51.5
402.5 inches.
Each ball averaging 4J inches from the centre;
all in board, and tliirty-tAvo in the white spot.
Official Denial.
The Washington Union denies that peremp
tory orders have been forwarded to Gen. Tay
lor, directing him to send tM’o regiments from
his command to Yera Cruz. If, says the Union
he selects and sends on two regiments from
his command to Yera it is only in con
sequence of the discretionary orders forM'arded
on his own suggestion, as avc haA’e already
noticed.
XVlr Benton and President Polk
The Washington Union publishes a note
from Mr. Benton to the editor of the Wash-
ington National Whig, in M’hich he says:—
“Gentlemen: On seeing the article from the :
Louisville Journal headed, ‘Mr. Benton and
Mr. Polk,’ in your paper of this day, I have to ,
request that the paper be no longer left at my
house.”
The article in the Louisville Journal refer
red to some remarks which Mr. Benton is re
ported to hav T e made at a tov nin Kentucky*
where, as it was said, he heartily abused Mr.
Polk and the management of the Mexican M ar.
Democratic Nominations.
The Democratic party of Bibb county, have
nominated R. A. L. Atkinson, and Elisha Da
vis, Esq Ts. as their candidates for the House of
Representatives in the next Legislature.
The Democrats of Columbus, have nomi
nated Porter Ingham, Esq., for the Senate, and
w Messrs. John A. Jones, and James Johnson,
for Representatives. Three good men and
true : men of sound Republican principles, of
talent, intelligence and energy arc presented
to the voters of Muscogee for their support.
A steady and enthusiastic support of it will
insure its success. They deserve such sup
port, let them have it.
State Elections to Take Place.
The following general elections arc vet to
take place for legislature, &c.:—
Maine, Sept, 6 Michigan, Nov. 1
Vermont, “ 7 Mississippi, *• j
Georgia, Oct. 4 Louisiana, •• j
Arkansas, “ 4 Texas, >* 2
Florida, “ 4 New York, •• 2
Maryland, ** 6 New Jersey, •« 2
Pennsylvania, “ 12 Massachusetts, « h
Ohio, “ 12 Delaware, “ 9
Business by Telegraph.
The Baltimore Clipper says that a Merchant
of New York wishing to draw upon a debtor
of Cincinnati for S2OOO, sent a Telegraph des
patch. Within forty minutes from the time
of writing the order in his counting room, a
dratt was returned, and the merchant had his
money in his pocket * Fourteen hundred miles
besides the business details, in loss than forty
minutes!
The Weather and the Crops 2
The Georgetown Winyah Observer, of Wed
nesday last, says:—“We have had rain every
day for the last week. The rice harvest has
generally commenced and if we are saved the
calamity of a gale, an average crop will be
gathered;”
Items.
Suicide. —The Buffalo Commercial Adver*
tiser of Tuesday, notices the death, in that
city, by sdicide, of Mrs; Mary E. Parker, who
in a state of mental depression, caused Hh't
death Sundav before last bv taking a large
• OO
dose of opium. She was about 25 years of
age, and has Ifcft a husband and children in
New York city.
Fuel. —The fuel annually consumed in t Yttf
United States,-is estimated at $100,000,000. It
is stated as a well known fact, that there is
now more wood around the city of New York,
than at the time of the revolution. There arc’
large traefs of Woodland oU Lurfg Island, which
have never been used on account of the more
general use of coal, and these forests have
since increasing in extent.
[com muxicatedV]
The People Will Remember That.
Whig editors do sometimes utter things
that put to flight all and not un
frcqucntly remind one of the little bc'V wluf
said to another, that if He coUhl trot whip*
him, he could, at len&f, make mouths at hi*
sister. When anything is’ said of Gen. Clinch'
that they cannot answer, they fSy right into a
passion, and give vent to their feelings’ in lan
guage, which, reduced to its into meaning,
ought to read something after this f ishihW :—-
“Now, aint you ashamed to speak of the old
man in that way : hut never mind ! the peo
ple will remember that.” When Mr. Clay was
running against Mr. Folk, according to Whig
shewing, Mr. P. was a diminutive mouse by*
the side of a huge elephant; even then did any
one dare to intimate that Mr. Clay was not
a perfect saint, we heard the same cry, “Nev
er mind, the people will remember that.” And
the people did remember —and will again/
When the same Mr. Clay was a candidate, he
was the Sage of Ashland ! the orator! They
w anted a speaking President, —but it’s not at
all necessary for a Governor. Marvellously
consistant! At the very moment that they
are laboring most assiduously to throw dust
in the eyes of the people, some wag gives them
the information that Mr. So-and-so intends to
Vote against Gen. Clinch. Whereupon they
address a note, to ascertain the truth or falsity
of the report —it is answered with a flat de
nial —the answer is spread before the people,
perhaps to show that the Democrats are a set
of villainous scamps. “Oh!” say they “we’ve
caught you, eh ?—-but never mind, the people
will remember that.” The truth is, Mr. Edi
tor, the people remember more than the Whigs
desire that they should. They remember that
Whig success is the country’s ruin, and re
membering that, they will consign “Old With
lacoOchie” alias “Old Sugar Cane” to his pri
vate home, and elevate Mr. Towns to the Gov
ernor’s seat. No Mistake.
Special Notices.
(TF NOTICE.—The Rev. WM. T. HAM
ILTON, D. D., of Mobile, is expected to preach in
the Methodist Church, To-morrow morning, at half
past 10 o’clock. There will be preaching in the
Presbyterian Lecture Room, To-morrow After
noon, at 4 o’clock. The Rev. M. A. WILLIAMS,
will preach in the Methodist Church To-morrow-
Night, service to commence at-J before 8 o’clock.
Sept. II
AMERICAN BOOK AND TRACT SO
CIETY.
(pf* The Rev. Dr. Me Whir, a Voluntary Col
porteur of this Society, is now in this city, and
may be found at the Presbyterian Lecture Room,
where he has a number of Books and i raefs for
distribution among the poor, and for sale at low
prices to those who are able to purchase.
The services of any young and active persons
who will undertake the distribution in this city will
be thankfully received.
Sept. 8 3 Cio
Election Tickets.
Those washing to have Election Tickets
printed, can have their orders executed at this
office at 50 cents per 100. The money should
accompany the order. e P t * *
ILT DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgerj , itt
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 6m -
JAMES GARDNER, JR.,
attorney at law,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA