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DAILY PICAYUNE EXTRA. f
Nkw Orleans, Sept, ti—lo o’clock. >
Latey from tho Army of Gen. Taylor.
The steamship Telegraph, Capt. Wilson, ar
rived here Sunday forenoon from Brazos San
tiago, whence she suiled on the Ist Lust.
The in tell ig cue eby this arrival is interest
ing and important. We have at last the exe
cution &£ the design of the Government to
withdraw from the column of Gen. Taylor all
•the troops which can be spared by the Gener
al, with due consideration for the safety of the
'tine of the Rio Grande and thence to Buena
Vista. The General was also directed to de
,taeh two Brigadier General**; by the feCiovriug
general orders, it wild he seen how he has di
rected the views of the Government to be car
ried out-
ORDER No. Dti.
Headquarters Ik»y or Occupation, )
C»mp sear Monterey, Aug. 16, 1817. \
A. Five companies of the 10th Infantry, un
der the Colonel, will proceed to Matamoros
and relieve the Ohio regiment of volunteers
now in garrison there. The Ohio regiment
Avill then proceed to Brazes Island and beheld
ready to embark for \ era Cruz. The remain
ing companies of the 10th, under lieutenant
■eoloncl, with Capt. Hunt’s company of artille
ry and Capt. Reed’s company of Texas cavalry,
will form the garrison of Camargo and its de
pendence relieving the other troops now on
that duty.
■2. The Indiana regimen! of volunteers will j
proceed to Brazos Island and will then, with ;
the Ohio regiment embark for Vera Cruz..—
Brigadier General Lane will tak of
t hese regiments at the Brazos and conduct them
t j their destination.
3. Six companies of the 16th Regiment, un
der the colonel, will take up the line of march
for Monterey, when they will relieve the pres
ent garrison, composed of six companies of the
Massachusetts regiment. The remaining four
.companies, under the lieutenant colonel, will
in like manner relieve the battaliop. of the Mas- 1
sachusetts regiment at Cerralvo. The troops |
thus relieved, will proceed to tho Brazos, and
be there concentrated under the Command of
Col. Wright,
4. The 13th Regiment will proceed to the
Brazos as soon as practicable after the compa
nies of Massachusetts regiment, now at Cerral
vo, shall have passed down the river.
5. Brig, Gen. Cushing will take up the line
of march, not later than the 23d inst., with
Capt. Deas’ light battery, (company B, 4th Ar
tillery,) He wall proceed to Brazos, Avhen he
will bring under his orders the 13th regiment
and Massachusetts regiment, and thence con
duct his entire command (one battery and two
regiments) to Vera Cruz.
6. Brig. Gen. Hopping wall remain in com
mand of tho district of the Upper Rio Grande,
dnd will establish his headquarters where he
may select. Should it be found necessary to
retain the general hospital at Mier, a sufficient
guard will be furnished for its protection, and ,
also a sufficient force of medical officers and
attendants must be detailed from the regiments
Avhich leave their sick. Great care will be ta
ken to furnish descriptive rolls of all attend
ants and patients thus attached. Col. Belknap
is specially charged w ith the rigid enforcement .
of this order.
7. Col. Hays, with his command of Texas !
horse, will march for the Brazos, and there em- j
bark for Vera Cruz, in conformity with the |
instructions issued to him by the War Depart
ment.
8. The above movements will be executed
with the least possibly delay. The quarter
masters and other staff department will fur
nish the necessary transportation and other
facilities for this purpose.
By order of Maj. Gen. Taylor :
W. W. S. BLISS, Ass t. Adj’t. Gen.
The Ohio and Indiana regiments, under
Gen. Lane, and the 13th Infantry and Massa
shusetts regiment, with Deas’ (late Washing
ton’s) battery, under Gen. Cushing, being or
dered to Vera Cruz, and Hay’s regiment being
sent to the same point, let us see what troops
arc left or the Rio Grande line.
Gen.. Wool’s command at Buena Vista and
Saltillo, will consist of the Virginia, North
Carolina and 2d Mississippi regiments of vol
unteers, and Maj. Chevalic’s three companies
of Texas Rangers.
Gen. Taylor, at Walnut Springs, will have
only Lieut. Col. Fauntleroy’s squadron of dra
goons and Maj. Bragg’s battery.
The 16th Infantry, Col. Tibbatts, and the
10th Infantry, Col. Temple, will garrison Mon
tprey, Cerralvo, Camargo, Rcyuosa and Mata
moros.
The squadron of the 3d Dragoons, Col. But
ler, and two companies of volunteer cavalry
from Alabama and Illinois remain unassigned.
A portion of the dragoons are at Mier, and it
is conjectured that they will remain on the line
for escorts of trains and like duties. [A cor
respondent of the National thus sums up the
troops who remain between Brazos Island and
Buena Vista.]
Distribution of forces on the line of the Rin Grande,
after the departure of the force note under march
ing orders for Vera Cruz :
Brazos Island, I company Ist Artillery, 111
Point Isabel, ! comp *ny 4tli Artillery, 109
Fort Brovrn, 1 company 2d Artillery, 93
Matamoros, 6 companies, 5 of 10th Infantry, 1
of Mounted Volunteers, 511
Camargo. Ac., 12 companies, 5 of 10th Infant
ry, 5 of 3d Dragoons, I of 4th Artillery, 1 of
Mounted Volunteers, 1133
Cerralvo, 4 companies 16th Infantry, 403
Monterey, 6 companies 16th Infantry, 60*1
Camp near Monterey, 5 companies 3d Artille
ry, 2of 2d Dragoons, 1 Mounted Volunteers, 413
Buena Vista, Saltillo, Ac., 42 companies, "191
Total number of troops, 5568
A few weeks since it wap supposed that
Capt. Baylor and his command had been cut
off. The Flag gives the following letter from
its correspondent, which assures us of Capt.
B’s safety?
Cerralvo, August 15.
Editors Flay. —My letter to you of a recent
date gave information of an attack by a large
body of Mexicans upon a detachment pf twenty
seven Texas rangers, commanded by Capt.
Baylor, aq4 the probable 4 es^r h e G ODL °f the
whole party save throe, wh° had effected
their escape and got to this place. So positive
were they in their statements that no more
oopld have escaped, that I did not hesitate to
express to you ray belief that all the rest had
been killed. Such was the opinion of every
one here until this morning. Greatly to our
relief and much to our astonishmcut,composing
part of an escort to a train which arrived this
morning from Monterey, there came Capt.
Baylor and all but four of his reported dead
6 nnpanions. Their escape was truly miracu
lous, and knowing that you would like to have
a history of it I have obtained from Capt. B.
and Lieut. Lee the full particulars.
After visiting and searching several ran
chos without limling anything in them which
would convict the inhabitants of being concern
ed iu the late robberies of trains,, Capt. li. left
them unmolested aria proceeded on to a ran
che, called Las Tahirs situated oil thp river
Saliitas. Here a large quantity of goods were
found, arid .'ftoOO in American money., The
goods and money wore taken arid pricked Upon
mules, the rancho was burnt; arid several
Mexicans rfiade ) tisoners. With the booty
and prisoners, Capt. B. started for the Mori
tercy road, mid had proceeded about a mile
and a half from the burnt rancho, when he
found himself iri presence ,of upwards of 300
Mexicans, who were ambushed in the chaparral
skirting a plain over which the road run.’ Be
tween the road and the river wrts another chap
arral thicket extending to the river. The
lancers charged before (’apt. B. could gain the
thicket next the river, and in this charge four
of his men wore killed. The thicket gained,
the rangers dismounted, and protected by the
bushes twice repulsed the lancers, killing fif
teen, and forced them to retire beyond the
roach of their rifles. Taking advantage of this,
the range* s loft their horses, booty and prison
ers, and descending an almost perpendicular
bluff, fifty feet high, they crossed the river.—
Marching bycirculitous routes and avoiding the
ranchos, the party at -length reached Monte
rey, where they were again remounted for
service and arrived here this morning as I have
mentioned above. The three who made there
way to this place and gave the account which
I sent you, were separated from the main par
ty by jthe first charge, and judged that they
. were all killed, by the firing having ceased, and
seeing the enemy iu posession of their horses.
Capt. Baylor leaves to-day with the train
for Camargo, and on his return, if I am not mis
informed, the Mexicans will hear from him
again. Maj. Graham commands the escort
going down with the train, and has with him
upwards of ©ne hundred dragoons and ran
gers. With this force he wall return and go
in search of the robbers who have been so bold
of late.
Retaken. —-The report which was noticed in
last Wednesday’s paper of the taking of some
thirty or forty pack mules beyond Cerralvo,
iby a party of Mexicans, is confirmed. The
| attack was made between Ramos and Marine,
j and we regret to learn that a clerk of Mr.
Taniver, of this city, by the name of Merchant,
was killed. Gen. Lane, who was proceeding
to headquarters, in. company with the escort,
immediately collected ten men—his sou among
the number—who volunteered their services
and made after the robbers. The general, be
ing a’n old back-woodsman, soon ascertained
their “where-abouts,” and his party no soon
er appeared to the Mexicans, than the latter
■ “vamosed” leaving the pack mules and all tho
j booty which they had taken, in the hands of
1 the Americans, who delivered the property
j safely in Monterey. The goods belonged to
I Mr. Taniver.
[Frota the Flag of the 2Zth ult.]
Some ten or a dozen cases of yellow fever
are reported at the Brazos, and several persons
have died. The fever originated on board ves
sels from New Orleans, and is as yet, confined
to the crews of those vessels. There is no
hospital on the Brazos Island, and we under
stand objections has been made to yellow fe
ver patients entering the hospital at Point Isa
bel.
Ex-President and Gen. M* B. Lamar (now
Capt. Lamar, commanding a company of Tex
an rangers) was in Mier a few days ago, with
a detachment of his command, on his way
from Laredo to Gen. Taylor’s camp. Capt.
Lamar,we understand, is anxious to be relieved
from his post at Laredo, and will apply to Gen.
Taylor for this purpose. We are happy to
■ hear that he is in excellent health.
From Gen. WooCs Command. —Wc have a
j series of very interesting letters from our cor
respondent at Gen. Wool’s headquarters,com
ing down to the 16th of August. We are una
j ble to give any portion before our next regular
■ issue. We must, however, mention the death
I of Capt. Fairfax, of the Virginia regiment. He
J died at Saltillo on the 14th ult. of fever.
Mr. James Awl, of Lexington, Mo., and for
; raer partner of Maj. Owens, killed at Sacra
| mentOjhas been assassinated at Chihuahua and
j his goods confiscated. We will give full par
ticulars in our next.
Essay on Woman.
A woman is a very nice and complicated
| machine. Her springs are infinitely delicate,
i and differ from those of a man, pretty nearly
1 at the works of a repeating watch do from that
of a town clock. Look at her body—how deli
cately formed ! Examine her senses—exqui
j site and nice! Observe her understanding—
| how subtle and acute! But look into her
heart, there is the watch work. Composed of
’ parts so minute of themselves, and so wonder
fully combined, that they must be seen by a
I microscopic eye to be clearly comprehended.
The perception of a woman is as quick as light
; ning. Her penetration is intuition, I had al
; most said instinct. By a glance of her eye,
she shall draw a just and deep conclusion.—
Ask her how she formed it ? She cannot an
swer the question; as the perception of a wo
man is surprisingly quick, so her soul and
imagination is amazingly susceptible. Few of
j them have culture enough to write, but when.
! they do, how animated their descriptions.—
! But if few women write, they all talk, and
every man may judge of them in this point,
| from every circle in which he goes. Spirit in
conversation depends entirely on fancy, and
j women all over the world talk better than men.
; Have they a character to portray, or a figure to
describe ? They give but three traits of one
i or the other, and the character is known, or
the figures placed before your eyes. Why ?
From the susceptibilities of their imagination,
, their fancies receive lively impressions from
those principal traits, and they paint those im-
I pressions with the vivacity with which they
} receive them. Get a woman of fancy warm
. in conversation, she will produce a hundred
charming images,among which there shall not
•be one indelicate or coarse. Warm a man on the
same subject, he shall possibly find stronger
allusions, but they shall neither be so brilliant
’ I nor so chaste,
i I
Dodging. —The Whig papers have lately
I j been calling Col. Towns the artful dodger be
cause he was absent for the two first months
• of the first session of the last Congress. Mr.
: Towns was absent for the two months of which
he is accused for the very good reason that he
was not elected when Congress met. That ses
sion of Congress met on the first Monday in
December and Col. Towns was not elected un
til the first Monday in January thereafter. It
is recollected that he w'as elected to fill the
'• vacancy of a Whig wffio dodged Congress al
-5 together. But as to dodging Col. Towns or
• any body else can hold a candle to the Whig
• Convention that nominated General Clinch. —
i It dodged every national question at one
1 swoop by saying it was “unnecessary to reite
• rate \\ hig principles.” And they have con
i tinned to dodge them ever since. The Demo
) crats challenge a discussion of the principles
L of the two parties, but the Whigs and their
r candidate dodge an open discussion. Now
• who are the most “artful dodgers V’-Dah
; lonega Watchman.
To the Editors of the Savannah Republican.
Gintlbmex; It is with reluctance that I again
appear before the public, in relatioh to the
charges against Gen. Clinch; founded updn
the pleas of his attorneys, ih the suit brought
against him on behalf of the Hank of St. Ma
ry’s. That suit was withdrawn from the docket
of the Court, by the Plaintiff’s counsel, and was
settled to the satisfaction of all the parties in
terested, on both sides, and a knowledge of this
fact ought to have precluded all comments and
inferences to the disadvantage of the defendant.
The obvious and the only inference was, that
the transaction was such as any man might be
engaged in without dishonor. It does not, how
ever, at this particular juncture, suit the pur
poses of the General's assailants to seem -con
vinced, whatever may be their conscientious
The charge, as it first appeared,
(for it lias been put into divers shapes since its
first coinage,)sought to fix upon him the double
brand of fraud and perjttry, upon his assumed
’’Confessions froitl facts supposed to be develop
ed by the pleas iri question; of fraud, from hav
ing, as a Director, connived at and assisted in
putting the Bank into operation in violation of
a fundamental article of its charted; aiid of
•perjury , from having, as President, sworn to
returns to the Government, of the condition
of the Bank, which he know at the time to be
false. The pleas wore the sole evidence upon
vVhich these gratae charges wefe founded, and
all that gave them weight was the admissions
they Were alleged to contain, of the party ac
cused, against himself. Under these circum
stances, though feeling strongly averse from
engaging in political discussion of arty kind, I
felt it my duty to relieve Gen.' C. from 1 all the
consequences to be deduced from pleas from
which he was in no respect responsible. I im
mediately addressed a letter to the Editor of
the Augusta Constitutionalist , in which the
charges first appeared, distinctly stating that
Gen. C. neither suggested the points of the de
fence nor ever saw the pleas before they were'
filed. I also stated that they were filed rather
as a matter of form, than with a view of con
‘ testing the suit upon them. I cherished the
I hope and belief that the more candid and hon
orable ‘uf his opponents who might have been
I hastily betrayed by first appearances into coun
: tenancino- we would gladly era- !
I brace the eani~w opportunity of retracting |
| them, as soon as the evidence upon which they j
! were made was shown to be imaginary and i
' unsubstantial- Perhaps I counted too much
! upon truth and justice, as they hare been thus
far quite over-matched in the struggle.
I now repeat, that the pleas were made °U
( tirely upon the responsibility of the counsel.
| Not having received any special instructions
from Gen. C. as to the defence of the suit, and 1
not having bad timely opportunity of consul- :
ting with him, owing to his absence, I resort
ed to such sources of information as were with
in my reach. The hooks of the Bank were, of
course, not open to my examination, and I was
therefore compelled to rely upon the memory |
of other persons. The session of the Court was
drawing near, and with the bast information
which could be obtained, the defence was ar
i ranged. The reasons why the pleas were not
| more circumstantial and explicit, were; first,
j that the proofs might vary in some measure
{ from the information upon which I acted, and
' consequently they were made general enough
i to meet the exigencies that might arise; and
; secondly , as I stated in my letter to the Consti
i rationalist , I had very little expectation of mak
ing farther use of them. Upon the whole, |
i however, I thought it prudent toyf le them, ,
! since it would be in my power to withdraw j
! them at any time before the trial, should any ;
further and more correct information be recerv- j
ed, at variance with that upon which they ’
i were founded. Subsequently, and long before
! the session of the Court at which the cause |
| would regularly bo for trial, I discovered that ;
! there were material errors in the statements
1 contained in the pleas, and upon consultation j
j with associate counsel, all idea of defending
i the suit upon them was abandoned, and it was
! resolved that should not the suit be discon
tinued and withdrawn by the plaintiff and
! amicably adjusted, recourse should he had to
ian equity suit in aid to that at law. It was
however believed that the suit would be with- 1
i drawn. General Clinch himself seemed to be
quite indifferent about the progress of the suit,
no doubt from his confidence that it would be
amicably adjusted, as soon as the circumstan
ces of the case should be more fully investiga
ted by the new Direction. The result proved
that he was not mistaken. The case was con
tinued, first by one party and then by the j
other, without opposition, until it was at last
withdrawn from the docket by the plaintiff s j
counsel.
J The facts that have been for some time be-
I fore the public, not one of which has been or
i can be denied, arc sufficient to prove the per
fect innocence of Gen. C. of all the charges that :
have been made against him. As these facts,
‘ however, have not been allowed, by his accu
sers, the weight that belongs to them, and the
same charges having been reiterated, notwith
standing the positive refutation they have re-
| ceived, it is proper that they should be again
: fully and clearly stated.
In order to understand the nature of the ac
• | cusation, it will be necessary to refer to the
Charter of the Bank of St. Mary’s, and to
quote from it the clause which a circumstance
has made so famous; I therefore quote from
the ''Act to Incorporate the Bank of St. Mary's"
—(Prince’s Dig. 133.)
“Sec. 5, For the well ordering of the affairs
of said Corporation, there shall be seven Direc
tors, who shall be elected as soon as $50,000 in
f gold or silver shall have been received on ac
l count of the subscriptions of said stock.’*
The charter on the same page likewise re
l quires that as soon as the said $50,000 should
. have been received and transmitted to St.
L Marys, the Commissioners appointed under the
I charter to receive it should call a meeting of
• the Stockholders, by advertising through the
) public journals and otherwise, for the purpose
J of electing Directors. The meaning of these
r parts of the charter is too plain to need any
- comments. It would be manifestly unlawful
. for the Scockholders of the Bank even to hold
i an election for Directors, to say nothing of
- commencing banking operations, until $50,000
' in gold or silver should have been paid on the
1 stock and transmitted to St. Marys. Now the
1 charge which is made against Gen. Clinch is,
t that notwithstanding the strict and unequivo-
J cal requirement of the charter, he gave his note
r f or SUOOO in payment of part of his stock, in
t the place of so much gold and silver.
Can it be supposed that those Commission
ers, gentlemen of as high and honorable stan
j ding as any in the community, could have
. been so unmindful of their duty and regard
s less of the instrument which created them, as
. to receive the note of any man and to return
1 that note as so much gold and silver? This can
2 never be believed. Even if there were no other
. evidence of their good and faithful conduct,
i their spotless characters would *be a sufficient
. guaranty. But we are not left merely to infer
t their honesty and fairness, in the matter of this
» mote.
It will be found on reference, that the Act to
r Incorporate the Bank of St. Marys, was passed
r and approved in December, 1836. The Com
. missioners, in compliance with the requisition
; of the charter, published, under date of 19th
. April, 1837, their call for a meeting of Stock
. holders to be held on the 20th May thereafter.
. Accordingly, on the last named day, the 20th
} May, 1837, the Stockholders met and elected
r their first Bard of Directors, on the same day
r the Directors elected Gen. Clinch their Prcsi
. dent, and on the same day the Commissioners
paid over to the Directors the sum of $50,000 in
specie, being 20 per cent, on the capital stock, and
took a receipt for the same.
Now then, the note of Gen. Clinch was
made and bears dale the 29th June , 1838 / The
Hum oj $50,000 in gold and silver had been paid
in, and the Hank had been in operation more than
twelve months before the note of Gen. Clinch teas
given’. This fact canriot bo disputed, and it is I
of itself sufficient to settle the whole matter
and place Gcri. Clirich triumphantly above his i
accusers. Thus easily is the character of an
honest mart vindicated by d simple statement
of facts and dates. As to the charge of mak
ing false returns tinder oath ? it becomes the
accusers to be Somewhat cautious. There is
certainly no evidence of this in the pleas, and ,
nothing from which to infer it. This is a gra- ;
tuitriiis charge, fur which they alone dre re
sponsible.
It becomes a matter, then, of very sprions in
quiry, what degree of responsibility they have
incurred, who have made the slaildcrous
charges against Gcrr. C. upon the strength of
these pleas ? They cannot plead a right to
presume that all the facts stated in pleas fled
ih suits.at law are'true. Had the defence of
the suit become necessary, and these pleas
been urged and insisted upon by the defen- |
dant’s counsel, they even then had no right to !
take it for granted that all they contained was
true. But in this case there was notarial, the j
pleas were never used in defence, arid, had the
accusers seen fit to make Inquiry from the pro- {
per authority, they would have been informed
that they never would have been. This it was
their duty to have done, before making/ upon
the strength of therri, their offset against the
character of as pure minded a man as was
ever made a mark for the eriveriomed shafts of
calumnv.
\ ery rcs'pectfxilly, &c. &c.,
. J. W. PRESTON.
Savannah, Bth Sept., 1847.
£1 it giis td ; fe corg Ia .
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT, id i§47
FOR GOVERNOR* T
HON. 6. W. TOWNS.
| OF TAI.BOT.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
3d Dist.—Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. ForMan.
4th “ Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort.
sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch— John A. Mattox
Bth “ Striven and Effingham —W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel— W. S. C Morris.
12lh “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. 11. Rev wolds.
i 13th “ If Aker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Rn.iddlph and Stewart —William Nelson.
17th “ Macon Houston—John A. Hunter.
I9th “ Dooly and Pjtla^ki—Gso. M. Duncan.
20th “ Twiggs and W - Wiggins.
21st “ Washington and JefK.T3ort —B.S. Carswell.
24tli “ Hancock and Baldwin—b. Bu.'TL’iotos, Jr.
2T>th “ * Jones and Putnam—James M. GraV.
2Cth “ Munroe and Pike—CoL Allen Col'.hran.
28th “ . Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. WausSJ
31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn.
3Qd “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
33d “ Newton and Walton—Warren J. Hill.
38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailet.
39th “ Gwinnett and DcKalb— Jas.. P. Simmons.
40lh “ Paulding and Cass— Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
; 43d ** Habersham anil Rabun—Edw’d Corm.
441 h K Lumpkin and Union—Bum; S. Barclay.
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Mr. Preston’s Letter—-No. 2,
This promised production is at length giv- |
en to the public, and we hasten to lay it before j
i our readers. It falls wofully short of public
expectation. It discloses not one single addi- j
J tional fact. It sheds not one additional ray |
of light upon this Bai k transaction. It is noth* !
mg more or less in subst im e tl an the e h’orial
of the Savannah R-publican so pompon dy para- j
d d to tl e world with h ii Is po nting to its
s:at uncut In all directions, and hea led “Slan
-1 der Refuted.” We have already published tha*,
with some comments. We have some more to
make on the present letter, which we reserve
for our next, Those Pleas —those signifi
cant Pleas are still unaccounted for. Where
did the Attorney get the facts therein disclos
ed? What arc the facts on which they are
founded? That note —that fatal note of One
|
; Thousand Dollars ! Where is it? For what
was it given, and why is it not paid? Why is
it still in the hands of the counsel who brought
suit upon it?
If it was not given for stock, or in rcnettal
of a stock note, given to evade the Charter —as
a fraud upon the Charter, why was a plea of
want of consideration filed? "Where did Mr.
Preston get the facts stated in has Pleas? Cer
tainly not in his law books. They are not to
be found in “Chitty on Pleading.”
The editor of the’ Savannah Republican And
Mr. Preston seem to have access to the books
of the Bank. The former has spoken of in
formation derived by him from the books of
the Bank. Let the public then have the facts
from the books—the whole fact 3 * It can then
judge why the note was not paid, instead of
an Attorney being employed to resist payment.
If it was a fair business transaction—if it was
a loan of money from the Bank to Gen. Clinch,
! why was it that the suit -was defended? why
payment refused? —why an Attorney employ
ed to defend? These questions are still un
answered.
The Secretary of the Treasury, since the Ist
of January last, has sent upwards of twelve
millions of dollars to New Orleans on account
of Army disbursements. Chronicle Sentinel
; of Saturday.
If the above amount of specie had been in
the custody of Banks, what a fluttering and
panic would have taken place on its removal —
as it was in the SUB-TREASURY no one
(save Secretary Walker and his agents) knew
ox felt its removal. So much for the Demo
cratic Sub-Treasury.
Those Bigr Worms.
A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser,
writing from Stockton, under date of 4th inst.,
says—“ The rains are tremendous, so that the
* .
roads above are impassable. The worms are
making great havoc in the fields—a new spe
cies has appeared—a monster worm—he eats
leaves, bolls, stalks and all. We had advices
to-day from Sparta that on a number of plan
tations they had appeared in such immense
quantities that they had destroyed the gin
houses and corn-cribs—and the whole force
.
on the plantations was employed in keeping
them away from the mansion houses and negro
huts. It was death to a little ‘nigger’ to be
caught in the field, he would be swallowed in
-1 stauter. This is prodigio-us, and I may say
with Major Longbow, ‘Upon my life ’tis true!
What’ll you lay it’s a lie ?’•”
The New York Courier’s London letter, un
der date of August 18, says —“Among the
members ‘returned to serve in this present
Parliament,’ is young Mr. MacTavish, a son of
Captain MacTavish and a nephew of the Mar
chioness of Wellesley; lie is both an American
and a British subject; and has just put him
self forward as a Kcpealer and been elected for
Dundalk.”
The Albany (Ga.) Patriot says —We can as
sure our friends of the Atlanta Luminary,
that they may rely with perfect safety on the
fact that South-western Georgia will do her
part in the con/ing election.’ We believe that
1 Southwestern Georgia will give Col.’ Towns a
j larger Democratic vote than any other candi-
I date for Governor.
The Weather..
The Montgomery (Ala.) Flag, of the 9th
inst., says—Heavy rains are falling every day.
The streets are constantly wet, and the roads
are as deep in mud as they are in th'e winter.
The chances in favor of the cotton crop are di
minishing every day.' To the ravages of the
worm is now added the rot* Many of our
farmers are complaining that the incessant rain
is rotting the corn standing in the fields.
tlandsomc Compliment. .
The Muscogee Democrat says —“A few of
the persorial friends of Col. Jas. S. Calhoun,
desirous of paying him some special mark of
their regard, as a man and as a patriot, have
purchased a fine charger and a complete set of
military trappings, which they have presented
to the Colonel, oni the eve of his setting orit
for the seat of war. A more appropriate gift
or touching cofripliment could not well have
been offered. The horse is a large and strong
ly built chesnut sorrel, but sufficiently showy
even for military display.”
_ Rail Road Meeting:.'
The Clarksville (Ga.) JEgis, of the 9th in
stant, says—“A large portion* of the citizens of
Ilabershain were convened at this place on the <
7th inst., arid took into consideration the pro
ject of building a Rail Road to this place from
Athens. A memorial to the next Legislature
praying a Charter for said Road was adopted,’
The memorial is to be circulated,' so’ that all
may have an opportunity of sigriing it.' The
meeting was assured by one experienced in
such enterprises, that a capital of $009,000
would be sufficient.”
Kentucky Chivalry.
The gallant Kentuckians are evincing their
usual, readiness to join their country's stand
ard under the new requisition for two regi
ments from that State. The Governor has is
sued his proclamation for two companies from
each Congressional district, and as soon’as the
call was known at Lexington, fifty young men
were obtained in two hours. At Louisville a
like promptness was displayed.
Receipts into the Treasury*
The receipts of the Treasury from Customs
during the month of August, exceed $5,000,
000 —a sum larger than any paid into tha Trea
sury for a similar period since the establishment
of our Federal Union.
An Incident at Monterey. —We clip the fol
lowing Waif from the National Intelligencer x
While Cob Davis, with his command, was
hotly engaged with the enemy, exposed to
their direct fire, a man in a long gray surtout
suddenly rode up, and dismounting, placed
himself in the middle df the street. There, in
the face of the enemy, amidst the thickest of
their lire, bd coolly drew from a case, suspend
ed about his person, a spy-glass, with which,
having adjusted it to a proper fociis, he pro
ceeded to reconnoitre the Mexican battcrVi—
Having satisfied himself as to the information
he sought, he shut up the glass, returned it to
its case, and approaching Cob Davis, said to
him : “Sir, the enemy has but two pieces, arid
by making a detour to the right yOU can take
them ill flank.” “And who the devil are your”
“I, sir, am Major Mansfield, of the Corps of
Engineers.’* “All right! come on boys !” rc
; p mded the Colonel. The battery was soon
curried.
The Home Journal relates the following pi
’ quant anecdote:
Choice Between Evils. —A very fashionable
lady of rank ill Paris lately drove to the resi
dence of a fascinating actress of the Vaudeville
{ theatre, and endeavored by alternate threat
i and persuasion to induce her to stop her en
| eouratgemerifs of the attention of a certain
| young Marquis.- The high-born dame finally
took leave with the remark, “Well, then,
I Mademoiselle* since you must needs spread
j your fascinations over some one that belongs
; to my Circle, will you please to let it be my
I husband ? The conquest would cost me less
I and be
There are some Choice Spirits . — The senti
ments which Sheridan puts into the mouth of
Sir Peter Teazle, “This is a bad world, and the
fewer we praise in it the better,” is not only
misanthropic, but too sweeping. We read and
1 hear much of the ingratitude of our fellow
I men, but there are some choice spirits still in
I the world. We have made these remarks by
! way of introducing the following extract of a
letter from Washington in the Baltimore Sun:
I — Picayune.
| You must record in the Sun, so that it may
j shine abroad, another generous and praise
worthy deed of a well known banker in this
city, whose heart is in the right place, and
who did not, like some great public function
aries when they come to the city, leave it be
hind. A few days ago he enclosed a check for
S2OOO to the widow of Reuben M. Whitney,
saying that while he was in want of the “need
ful,” some years long gone by, he obtained a
' small loan of a few’ hundred dollars from her
husband, which was never called for, and that
the present sum was the amount, with inter
ests and profits accruing, and though there
was no legal obligation to return it, he felt it
his conscientious duty and was happy to send
it to her and beg her acceptance, &c. So shines
a good deed in a naughty world.
Horrible Murder. —The Wctumpka State
Guard states that a son of Maj. Cooper, of
Tallapoosa county, a boy 12 years of age, was
found in the woods the 30th ult., with his
throat cut from ear to ear. He had started
the evening before on horse back in search of
cattle, and, soon after he had left, the report
|of a gun was heard in his direction. In a few
moments the horse returned without his rider.
The alarm w'as given and a search commenced.
He was not found until next day. His clothes
were found some two hundred yards from the
body. A runaway negro w’as afterw r ards found
under a bed in the kitchen of Major Cooper*
I where he had a wife. On his person w’as found
a pistol, and in his pocket the pocket knife
known to belong to the boy that was m ureter -
! ed. The State Guard states that the circum
stances under which he was arrested were so
j suspicious as to leave very little doubt of his
| guilt.- Montgomery (Ala.) Flay , 9 th inst.
Seriotis Complaint. —Some eight gentlemen,
who came over in the French steamer New
rork, have published a card, wherein they
warn all American travellers from taking pas
sage in any of this new line of steamers, un
less they wish to be “insulted, brutally treat
ed,famished for water,and live in a state of star
vation.” Much of the cause of complaint a
rises, doubtless, from the haste with which
the line has been organized,— N. Y. Express.
Special Notices.
INFORMATION WANTED.
NICOLAS HENRY ZENGE, of Oberdor
la. (Germany,) is requested to give some informa
tion about his present abode to the undersigned,
Who has received news of the highest importance
to him respecting a succession. Any person who
knows anything about N. 11. ZENGE. will be
suitably rewarded by communicating it to
F. LAMBACK, Augusta, Ga.
Sept. 12 3mo 63
AMERICAN ROOK AND TRACT SO
VIET V.
O’ The Rev. Dr. McWhir, a Voluntary Col
porteur of this Society, is now in this city, arxf
may be found at the Presbyterian Lecture Room,
where he has a number of Books and Tracts for
distribution among the poor, and for sale at low
pric.es to those who are able to purchase.
The services of any young and active persons
who Will undertake the distribution in this city will
he thankfully received.
Sfept. 8 3-- 65
Election Tickets.
Those wishing to have Election Tickets
printed, cari have their orders executed at thn
office at 50 cents per 100. The money should
accompany the order. Sept. 7
\FT DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, willatJ
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, iri
Augusta arid its vicinity.'
Office ip Metcalfs.Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door bp low Mr. J.' Marshall’s Drug Store.' , :
June 13 6m 215
Wistaria Ealsam of Wild Cherry.
MARYLAND.
Snow Hill, February 21/1817/
Mr. Seth \V. Fowle.—
Sir—Please send me as soon as possible, another
lot of Wjstar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry. I have
been selling this Valuable medicine in this town for
dtany years. It has proved to be highly useful in
many cases. Much has been said and written in
commendation of this article, and justly foo’ I think
from my observation of its effect upon others, and
my own experience in using if. Some months since,
i having a bad cough, T lost my appetite and stre.ngih,
and my health was much impaired. I tried this
Balsam; to my satisfaction and joy, when I, had
taken two bottles, my cough Was removed, rav
appetite returned, and my strength and general
health restored. Whenever T have any symptoml
of the kind return'/f immediately resort to this ir e
dieine, and find it to have the desired effect,’ I
believe this is one of th’e best medicines in the world
for coughs and incipient consumption, anil that in-,
valids in the more advanced stages may be relieved
by using it/
Signed by ... LEVI TOWNSEND*,
Firth of Townsend & Upshur.*
None genuine unless sigr/W f. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and refill/ by
HA V II.AND, RISLEY A CO..and also by TH*OM
AS BABULI I A CO., and Dealers in .Medicines
generally in Augusta.
Sept. 3 X—f
Sand’s Sarsaparilla.
In the wise economy of Nature there h\s
distributed through the mineral and vegetable king
doms a variety of inedicing substances adapted to
the relief of various diseases; but it is believed that
in no product of the earth are so many powerfu
sanative properties combined as in Sarsaparilla
Yetj to render these latent properties practical!/
useful, they require de veJopcment, combination,
concentration-. In Sand’s Sarsaparilla it is believed
all these dbjects have been effected to the fullest
extend; ft is ndw administered in general practice
ds a sdfg and unil'ortri remedy in cases of scrofula,
tumor, swellings of the joints, rheumatism
efyrijt elas, king’s cvily with every complaint syni
tontsltie of pure blood.
Fdf further particulars and conclusive evident**
dffts superior value and efficacy; see pamphlet l ;
Which may be obtained of agents, grafts.
Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail,- A. B. So
D, SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton, cor
ner of William-street, New York.
Sold also by
HAVILAND, RISLEV &. CO.
And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni
ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for
55. Sept. 8
(£ 0 m m c r c i a I.
j LATEST HATES EROM LI VERP00L....... AUG. 18
LATEST DATES FROM HAVBJ AUG. It
SAVANNA 11, Sept. 10.—Cotton. —Arrived since
the Ist inst. 7 bales per Rail Road. The exports
for the same period l ave been 61 bales Sea Island
and 898 bales Upland; leaving a stock on hand, in
cluding ail on shipboard not cleared, of 781 bales
Sea Island and 6,051 bales Upland, against 469
bales Sea Island and 5,610 bales Upland at same
time last year.
Up to this time, but II bales New Cotton haver
come to market, against 72 bales last year, and
800 bales the year before. The market has been
very flat during the week, and is too unsettled to
enable us to give correct quotations.
The sales since the Ist amount to 242 bales, a*
follows: 174 bales at 11 cts.; 25 at 10|; 11 at 10|; 21
at 10 9-16; 11 at 10£. The sales of Sea Island
amount to 87 bales, viz : 60 at 27£; 10 at 26; 7 at 27*
and 10 bales stained at 8 and 9 cents.
Rice. —The weather during the early part of the
month was very unfavorable to the
past few davs it has improved. About 3,000 bush
els of new Rice have been received. The stock in
market is very small. The sales amount to 350
casks at $5 per 100.
Com.—' The sales since Ist inst, amount to about
600 bushels at 60 cents.
jr/0 U r~—ls selling in small quantities at # 6 £ to 7.
Salt. —The demand is limited,but sales are made
from store at #1,50 per sack.
Bale Rope and Bagging. —We notice sales of 50
coils Kentucky Rope at 8 cents, and 14 bales Gun
ny Bagging at 21£.
' Groceries. —There has been a small demand for
the retail trade. The sales since the firs* are 100
bags Rio Coffee at 7| a
a 84*6 hhds. New Orleans do. at BA. 20 bbls. No.
3 Mackerel at 6£, 150 bbls. New Orleans Whisky
at 26£ cents; and 35 kegs Lard at 11 cents.
Hay. —We notice sales of a small lot ol 30 bales
Northern at 87^.
Bacon.— -The sales-are 9 hhds. Sides at 9 cents.
Exchange. —Sterling is nominal. obe Bunks ai e.
checking on the North at iper ct * P r ® m * v „ e a
purchase sight to 5 day bills at par; bO da) bills at
*;6O, lidis. .
Freights.— There are no vessek in port for Bos
ton, Philadelphia, or Baltimore. The rates to New
York are 4 to 5-16 for Cotton; and 7o per cask for
Rice, and per bushel for Corn. There is but
one vessel loading tor Liverpool at g a . -16.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 10^-C otfo>o--ln wr rr
port of the 4th inst. .n referring to the OP® I®* 1 ®*
of the week just closed, we remarked that
had been made at |c. reduction, but a<idt>