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[From the IV. O. Delta. \\t\ ins/.]
Death of Richard Hoary Wilde.
It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that
we record the death of that brilliant writer,
profound jurist and estimable gentlemen, Rich
ard Henry Wilde. He died of the prevailing
-epidemic yesterday, at 4 o’clock, a. m. Mr Wilde
was born of Irish parentage, in Baltimore, Md.
At an early age, having removed to Georgia,
he embarked in mercantile life, but finding
each an avocation unsuited to his taste and
talents, entered upon the study of the law, to
which he applied himself with extraordinary
perseverance and zeal. Admitted to the Bar
. at the age of twenty, he established himself as
a practitioner in the town of Augusta, Ga. Ills
* first conspicuous appearance before the public,
was in an argument against the Stay Law pass
ed by the State of Georgia din ing the late war,
the object of which was to suspend the collec
tion of debts by process of law. His position
in this exciting discussion, evinced hot only
high talents as a constitutional lawyer, but
also showed him to be a man of great moral cou
rage. Shortly afterwards, he was appointed
Attorney- General of the State.
In 1815, when just twenty-five, Mr. "Wilde
was elected to the National House of Repre
sentatives. In 1828, he was re-elected to the
same body, of which he continued a member
until 1835. In Congress, he maintained a
position which gained him the respect, con- ,
fidence and admiration of that body, to a de
gree beyond that enjoyed by any other mem
ber. He seldom spoke, but when he did, it
was after the amplest study, reflection and pre
paration —so that he always commanded the
deepest attention of the House, and his speech
es, when printed, were read and admired all
over the country. He could not play the de
magogue or par tisan, and having seceded from
his party, was at the subsequent election, left
out of the Georgia delegation. Availing hirasel
of the opportunity thus afforded, and finding
his health weak and declining, Mr. Wilde went
abroad, and after a tour through Europe, set- ;
tied down in Florence, and devoted himsel f
entirely to literature. It was during this resi
dence that he prepared his book, entitled the
“Love", Madness and Imprisonment of Tasso,”
which was published in 1812, and has been
much admired throughout the country. He ■
has written other works relating to the letera
ture of Italy, of great merit; and during his
residence in Florence succeeded, by the zeal
and perseverance of his inquiries, in discover
ing a veritable portrait of Dante, by Giotti, on
the walls of the prison in the city of Florence.
This discovery produced a profound sensation
in Italy, and gamed Mr. Wilde the admiration
and affection of that ardent race. Mr. Wilde
is the author of several able contributions to
•or periodical literature, as well as of some very
popular songs, one of which,
“My life is like the summer rose,”
has hap great celebrity. Shortly after his re
turn from Italy, Mr. Wilde settled in this city
to practise law. He had previously devoted
much attention to the study of the Civil Law,
of which he was a warm admirer. His success
here was flattering; and although his retired
and studious tastes were little adapted to the
busy scenes of this commercial city, his pro
found knowledge and fine capabilities as a
jurisconsult in the higher walks of the legal
profession, secured him a large and increasing
practice. His arguments, marked as they
always were with proofs of the amplest study,
research and deliberation, expressed in a style
of classical purity an d lucid elegance, and de
livered with an air of gentlemanly ease and
urbanty, never failed to fix the attention of our
Supreme Court and to excite the admiration of
tha Bar. Last spring, in organizing the Uni
versity of Louisiana, the Directors displayed an
admirable judgment by selecting Mr. Wilde for
the Chair of Constitutional Law.
Sucfi -was Richard Henry Wilde, whom, in
the maturity of his life and talents, and whilst
Buoyant with well-founded hopes of a brilliant
and triumphant career in the new field which
his ambition had selected, the fell pestilence
which now desolates our city has torn from the
•ociety and profession of which he was a con
spicuous pillar and ornament. ,
[From the N. O. DJta, lllfit'ul.]
Our DEesican Boundary.
In common with many others, we have always
maintained that the annexation of Texas, and
p.ot the advance of Gen. Taylor to the Rio
Grande, was the cause of this war; that Mexico
always intended to resist, with arms, any at
tempt of the United States to extend its boun
daries west of the Sabine.
In confirmation of this position, which by
the-by has already been satisfactorily main
tained by other facts and arguments, our Mexi
can correspondent has sent us some extracts
from Mexican documents, which, as relating to
an interesting historical question, we lay be
fore our readers.
The Mexican Republiam, commenting on Mr.
Buchanan's note, says—“We have read with
the proper attention the communications which
have passed between our Government and that
of the United States, relative to that most
grave question, the war, which at this moment
absorbs the attention of the entire Republic.
* * * * The Mexican troops
attacked those of Gen. Taylor when the latter
having invaded a territory which, even according
to the acknowledgment of the Americans, was a
disputed teritoi'y, planted his flag opposite Mata
moros and threatened our port with his ar
tillery. We say even according to their acknowl
edgmtnts, because the Mexican Government
does not recognize, and never has recognized any
other boundary but the Sabine. * * *
“Mr. Buchanan says that Mexico, in the
act of repelling Taylor, began the war. No
Sir! It was the United States who declared war,
in the act of annexing' Texas; an assault which
was energetically protested against by our Ex
ecutive directly to that cabinet —by Gen. Al
monte our Minister there —and through their
agents in Mexico; through all these channels
declaring that the annexation would be equiva
lent to a declaration of war. By whom, then,
was it commenced-” m
Our correspondent says he has now before
. him the Calendario do Cutivero , an almanac for
’ 1847, published at the city of Mexico. In the
preface to this little book the publisher says:
“The campaign of Texas being now fairly
opened, I consider that I have rendered a
positive service to our military class by inser
ting a detailed itinerary from San Luis Potosi
to the river «Sosme,both by the coast and byway
of Saltillo, &c., &c.”
Our correspondent adds:
» sirs! “no other boundary but the Sabine,” i
and “the campaign of Texas” —that is to say
for the recovery of Texas “to the river babine.”
This is the way they talked in Mexico sis late
as the 22d of June of the present year. What
then becomes of Mr. Webster’s and Mr. Cal
houn’s theory, “that the war was created by
our troops crossing the Nueces?”
CX ufjus ta , 0 1 or 4i a .
FRIDAY MORNING- SEPT. 17.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. 8. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOf.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
2d DisU—lky an and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden.
3d “ 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 Effin*rhain—W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—VV. S, C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur — Wm. H. Reynolds.
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart— Willi am Nelson.
17th “ Macon and Houston —John A. Hunter.
I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan.
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb— W. IV. Wiggins.
21st “ Washington and Jefferson — B.S. Carswell.
•24th “ Hancock and Baldwin— S- Buffington, Jr.
2oth “ Jones and Putnam— James M. Gray.
2(>th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Vllen Cochran.
2Sth “ Merriwether and Coweta —Obe. Warner.
31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
33J “ Newton and Walton—Warren J. Hill.
j 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailee.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb —Jas. P. Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cas.s—Francis Irwin.
■list “ Cobb and Cherokee— Wm. H. Hum
13d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edvv’d Cos» ek.
44th “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihu S. Barclay.
The Knoxville Convention.
Wc would invito the attention of our citi
zens to the call of the Mayor in this morning’s
paper, to appoint delegates to this convention.
Our citizens are deeply interested in this mat
ter, and an able delegation should represent
■ the interests of Augusta.
How Stood the Vote on the Wilmot
Proviso?
To prevent a false impression being made
upon the unwary, we call attention to the fol
lowing sentences in an editorial of the Chroni
cle Sentinel of the 15th hist. Speaking of
the "Wilmot Proviso, it says ;
When it was put to vote, after being attach
ed to the three million bill, what was the vote
iii a Democratic House of Representatives,
where the Whigs had but little over half as
many members as the Democrats? It passed by
a vote of yeas 115, nays 108— sixty-six North
ern Democrats voted for it, to forty-nine North
ern Whigs. Eight Northern Whigs voted
against it to seven Democrats. Six Northern
men did not vote, of whom one was a Whig
and the other five were Democrats.
This is probably a correct analysis of the
vote on the three million appropriation bill. Mark
the language of the Chronicle above,“When it
(the Wilmot Proviso) was put to vote, after
j being attached to the three million bill,”
&o. But what was the vote on the Wilmot
Proviso, BEFORE IT was attached? What was
the vote on the direct plain proposition to at
: tach —a proposition which presented the sim
ple, naked issue, unembarrassed by any of
those complicated considerations which would
influence men to vote for or against a bill in
its entirety, who might approve or disapprove
, particular provisions contained in it.
The vote stood in the
House. —Against the Proviso—Democrats
from the non-slaveholding States—Messrs.
Strong, Black, Broadhead, Eardman, C. J. In
gersoll,McLean,Chapman, Owen, Wick, Doug
lass, Ficklin, McClernand, Cunningham, Mor
ris, Parish, Sawyer, St. John —17.
, Whigsf^NONE.^
Then, the question and the only question
was the YvTlmot Proviso. Then was the time
for a Northern whig to show his opposition to
it, if he felt any. But we have yet to learn
the name of the first Northern whig who has
ever lifted a finger or raised his voice against
| it. No such whig can be named.
We have recorded the above names of North
ern Democrats in meimriam perptiuam rei.
They deserve to be emblazoned upon the face
of every Southern newspaper. But party
madness excludes them from Southern whig
papers, or subjects their vote to mjsrepresen
( tatiou.
We will here take occasion to record, also,
the vote in the Senate, where this same ques
tion came up, on the motion to attach the Wil
mot Proviso to the three million bill. In the
Senate. —Against the Proviso—Democrats
from non-slaveholding States—Messrs. Breese,
Bright, Cass, Dickinson, Hannegan.
Whigs^rNONE.^i
Where were the Northern whig opponents
of the Proviso? Echo answers—Where?
Opinions of Jefferson and Jackson.
Under this head the Chronicle q Sentinel of
the 14th inst., undertakes to show us up as
making admissions in reference to these two
statesmen, which exhibit them as substantial
ly advocating whig views of protection and
commercial restrictions. It is even attempted
to exhibit us as admitting the doctrines of
protection, the constitution to the contrary
not withstand ing.
The following is a portion of the Chronicle's
| article;
Byway of justification of Mr. Jefferson and
General Jackson, for sustaining protective
Tariffs, he says :
“However different in some degree Demo
crats may find the opinions of either of their
two great men from their own, inasmuch as
they may have leaned too generously to the
doctrine of incidental protection,” &c.—Consti
tutionalist.
Here, then, we understand the Constitution
alist to admit that both of them went for inci
dental protection. That is all the Whigs go for
now. But we proved that they went for pro
tection for itself, and that Mr. Jefferson even
recommended duties so high as to prohibit some
foreign articles. That, we think, was some
thing a little more than incidental!
Again, our neighbor says, alluding to Mr.
' J.’s opinions:
“In another, he discloses the real motive,
which all admit will justify a temporary depar
ture from it, as a retaliatory measure.” — Con
stitutionalist.
That is, departure from free-trade! Now,
we ask seriously, do all admit that? Is it the
Democratic doctrine that when the constitu
tion forbids high duties for protection, they
may nevertheless be imposed when other na
tions place high duties upon our exportations?
This is a new aspect in the Democratic creed,
and looks rather significant if true.
—i i H m i i i ; lit *• aaaßM—
Ve have a short answer for this, and a few
more comments “of the same sort/’
V. e have never considered that the non in
tercourse laws, and the embargo laws oi Mr.
Jeffersof/s administration were either anti-de
mocratic,or violative of the constitution. Those
were retaliatory measures in self defence.
They were measures of protection'. But they :
were not designed for the especial benefit ot j
salt, iron, calico or homespun manufacturers |
in this country. They were to protect tne j
commercial rights of our country in which all I
classes were interested. They were to protect .
our national flag from outrage, our commerce ,
from depredations, and from unreasonable re- |
strictions, such as were imposed by the cele- j
brated orders in Council, and the Berlin and |
Milan decrees. They were in short measures
in defence of Trade and Sailors
Rights.
If our neighbor can extort from our views
of this protective policy, a “departure from
Free Trade,” he may make the most of it. M e
are an advocate of Free Trade as one of the
grandest of all philanthropic measures tor
the amelioration of the condition of mankind
—for the cause of peace, the advancement
of civilization, of justice and good government.
Around her noble flag clusters the best hopes
of freedom, of progress, of improvement. Its
broad folds will ever be found “encircled by
the blaze of science and the glory of the arts.”
That nation who most steadfastly pursues
the elevated policy of Free Trade must place
herself in the front rank of civilization, of
prosperity, of moral and intellectual power.
That policy is the policy of the Democratic
party, and under its auspices our country is
destined to attain this lofty attitude.
M e are an advocate for peace. It is the
true policy of every people. It is especially
so of a free people having our pursuits, inter
ests and form of government. Peace and Free
Trade are kindred in philanthropic motives
and results. But circumstances will justify a
temporary departure from the policy of peace.
The conduct of Mexico towards this country is
a case in point. The sword having been un
sheathed, it should never be restored to its
scabbard, until such punishment is inflicted I
and such terms imposed, as will prevent a re- I
petition of the outrages which forced us to the 1
stern arbitrament of arms.
Accompanying the amusing communication
signed “A Backwoods’ Candidate,” is a pri
vate letter, from which we give the following
extract. The writer is engaged in a worthy
crusade, and we think is adopting the most ef
fectual weapon to abate the nuisance—ridi- i
cule. The writer handles this weapon with
great adroitness.
Dear Sir : I send aiiother “extract,” which
you can insert if you think it worthy. The
object is rather to ridicule and expose the I
present system of electioneering, which is de- ;
moralizing and ridiculous iii the extreme, es- j
pecially in this section—so much so', that our
best men don’t like to submit to it, and as the I
hard drinkers hold the “balance of power,” a
decent man can scarcely expect to be elected, i
Respectfully, yours.
More Good Snootiugr.
Dne of the Members of the Augusta Rifle
Club (No. 3) went out the other afternoon to
try his rifle, with a friend, and brought back
with him the following target —distance 120
yards, at a rest, lie fired twelve shots, and
the average Was eight and five eight inches. The
first six balls measured 7 2-8, when he altered
his sight—the last six measured one and three
eight inches. This is what we call good shoot- i
ing, and if it can be beat, we would like to be
at the showing.
New Cotton.
The steamer Natchez, Capt. Leathers, arriv
ed at New Orleans on the 10th inst. from Vicks
burg, brought down 970 bales of new’ cotton,
being the largest cargo this season.
The Sarah Sands.
We see it stated that this vessel did not prd- !
bably leave Liverpool on the 28th August, as
it is understood she is to undergo some repairs
there which will render her day of departure
uncertain.
Vermont.
The New York Evening Post of the 13th j
inst. says—The additional returns arc quite
favorable for the democrats.
The vote for Governor has fallen off from
last year, but shows a democratic gain in the
a os re £ atc * The whig loss ia Windham coun
ty is nearly 200, and they lose more or less in
in every county from which we have returns.
The democrats gain the senators in Benning
ton county certainly, also in Caledonia, and
are reported to have gained them in Chitten
den and Franklin. If so, they have elected a
majority in that body.
Sufficient returns have not been received to
determine the state of parties in the Asscin- |
bly.
The Mounted Battalion.
The Columbus Enquirer, of the 14th inst., ;
says—“ The six companies composing this bat
talion, took up the line of march for the seat
of war on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ;
last, under the command of Lieut. Col. James
S. Calhoun. They would concentrate, we
understand, at Society Hill, Ala., and proceed
direct from thence to Mobile, byway of Mont
gomery. The force numbered between 450
and 500 men.”
[communicated.]
DAHLONEGA, Ga., Sept. 11.
Mg Dear Sir : —\ou would rejoice to witness
the unfailing auguries of triumph, wdiich are
evinced in the universal zeal and enthusiasm
which pervade the hearts and glow upon the
countenances of the indomitable mountain
democracy.
Col. Towns has been with us a few days, de
lighting every one with his affable demeanor,
courteous address and wholesome practical
views and sentiments. His speech on Thurs
day was a triumphant affair throughout, truly
“adding vigor to the virtuous energies which
now inspire the souls” of the democracy. lie
contrasted the resolutions passed by the Dem
ocrats and Whigs respectively at their recent
Conventions, illustrating in a happy manner
the frankness of the one and exposing the du
plicity of the other. He exhibited the Whigs
in a most ludicrous predicament in their futile
attempts to manufacture political capital, by
pressing into their service such uncongenial
spirits,as John C. Calhoun and Zachary Tay
; lor. Though gently administered and politely
j dealt, not less fatal were his thrusts at the in
consistencies of Whigery. His allusions to
Gen. Clinch, who was in town, but notpre
: sent, were, invariably of the kindest charac-
I ter. Indeed, he was sO respectful towards
1 his “honorable opponent” as almost to win
the applauses of the Whigs—who conscious
| of the deficiencies of their candidate, were
delighted with Col. Towns’ forbearance to
wards him. Neither the dark and mysterious
vaults of the St. Mary’s Bank nor the wide
and inviting fields of cane and com in Florida,
could tempt Col. T. to enter the recesses of
; the one, nor explore the fertile expanse of the
others, to gather legitimate material with
which to assail Lis adversary.
Perhaps the most effectual portion of this
admirable address Was that in which ihe
speaker reviewed the Mexican war. His vin
dication of the President in relation to the
i origin and conduct of the war was lucid and
satisfactory throughout—lt will long be re
; membered as convincing and unanswerable.
Our people were fairly in ecstacics at this
part of the address.
You will be surprised to learn that by an
opportune accident, previously arranged, no less
a man than the Honorable John McPherson
Berrien now appeared in our remote village. :
j hether prompted by a romantic desire to
■view our mountain scenery, or summoned to
| rescue by old Withlacoochie, it is not for |
the Uninitiated to know; but certain it is, that 1
on Friday he ascended the rostrum and ha- I
rangued tne populace for three long hours.
Judge B. did not think that Federal isstles j
were at all involved in this contest. (I won- j
dcr if his rc-election to the Senate would not
be a Federal issue in more senses than one.)
Oh, no—Wc had nothing to do now with Na- 1
tional affairs—we had a Governor to elect — |
State policy, and that only, should be enquir- |
ed into. He indulged largely in the usual
M hig adulation of Governor Crawford—whose !
1 administration, he said, had succeeded to ten |
j
I years of Democratic misrule, rags and degra- j
dation. In national matters, he contended that ■
the two great parties were divided only on the
subject of the war. The Whigs were couscr- [
vative—they let well enough alone—and there- ;
fore they were not disposed to disturb the
Tariff of 1846. As to a National Bank, he
disposed of that question in a summary man- |
ner. It would not be created until the people
wanted it—capital had found other invest- |
meat. It is a glorious commentary upon Dem
ocratic principles that they have, at length,
{ extorted from Federalism an unconditional sur-
I render for protection’s sake” is >
now formally abjured—and the Bank, which
; has been struggling with Democracy since the
days of Hamilton, its founder, has at length
condescended to sav that its regeneration shall
- ®
await the call of the people. But if the Ex- !
Senator was lenient in his stictures upon othe r
features nf democracy, he was unequivocally
hostile to the war. lie denounced it as an
“unholy strife” begun in injustice and “con
ducted without energy 6t wisdom.” He
also’very ingenuously told his hearers that the
Northern Democrats were attempting to pass
the Wilmot Proviso. This push which was in
tended for the utter annihilation of Dcmocra- j
I cy, has resulted greatly to its benefit. It ex- :
| cites suspicion and alarm among the Demo
crats, even to see among them this individual
who was elected to fill the unexpired term of
John McPherson Berrien. They remember that
even the Whigs made an abortive effort to dis
lodge him—and when they hear him denounc
ing the cause of his country in 1847, they na-
I turally revert to the days of Madison, when
I an eaxdier war encountered a fiercer opposition.
At night, Gon. Wofford addressed the peo
ple, handling without gloves the anti-Aracri- |
can sentiments of the great Senator, and show
ing him up in the true and blue light which
history assigns him.
Again I assure you that the Democracy of
Cherokee were never more eager for a conflict,
I nor more sanguine of success.
Yours, truly, C.
[communicated.]
A Candidate’s Campaign
( Continued.)
Monday night.—Tom Burton called rather
late —said he lived a long ways off, but right
among my best friends—run well there, for he
was using all his affluence for me—been rid
ing hard all day without eating, but would’nt
trouble us—wife look’d very sour about get
ting his supper —hope he did’nt observe it.
Tuesday.—A young lady called at the store,
and inquired if I was the man what’s a candi
date —yes, says I—“well,” says she, “I’ve got
some homespun I want to swap for some of
your plunder —I would’nt mind taking some
of sugar and coffee for it—mother told me to
come here to trade, for as how, being a candi
date, you’d give mighty good bargains, for w’e
are all gwine to vote for you.” (Men, women
and children, I suppose.) I prais’d her home
spun —told her she deserved a good husband,
and no doubt would get one—gave her some
presents for the “tvee bairns” at home.
'Wednesday.—Found out my lady voter was
not so green a ‘gal’ as I thought—she Jives [n
another county.
Wednesday night.—Old Benson came in—
glad I W’as a candidate—had twenty votes at
his beck, and he’d see they track’d straight
when the election came round—said he was
quite unw T ell—afraid of the night air—knew j
he wanted to put up with me—took him
home —not sixty-five yet, but he was at the
battles of Bunker Hill, Brandywine, &c.—
“stript his sleeve and showed his scars”—must
have been a Job in his day—wanted wife to
I
put her finger in the bullet holes to convince
her of his “hair breadth ’scapes”—she declin
ed—afraid I’d lose his vote —and if he votes
the w hig ticket, them old scars will make him
an “available candidate” for Governor next
election.
f Saturday.—Went to a muster—would’nt
try another speech—learnt something from
Jimmy about Tectioneering—took the voters
j into the corners of the fence, and gave them
private chats —I pilin’d some of them —made
them promise to vote for me —towards night
they got pretty full of the corn juice, and some
of ’em shouted “hurra for Judge Martin”—
| thou came a dreadful time for a civil man like
| myself, for they all seem’d as familiar as if we
j had been cronies all our lives —every drank
| ard among them level?d hims If up to me, or
. | I had level?d myself down to them—which was
1 it? Some patted me on the back, and sw’orel
; , was the bast fellow in all this Government— ;
! some curs’d me (in a friendly way) because I i
i would'ut take another drink of my oivn liquor
—others put their arms round my neck very
lovingly, and talk’d with so much vehemence,
that I was pretty well pepper’d with amber
• juice, and then the breath of such walking
■whisky barrels—who could stand it? Well,
it’s all right at last—if candidates will go round
drenching the people with liquor just for their
votes, they ought to suffer —I reckon this
campaign will cure file of all aspirations for :
high offices.
That night I fell into a very profound cogi
tation about the voting system, and finally that
concluded it is all wroiig, arid when I get to j
I the legislature I’ll have the constitution mend- :
ed the first tiding. There shall be certain
gradations of character, as number one. two
and three. Number three shall include all
! the hard drinkers, from those w r ho get deep
j
| down in the gullies and ditches, and get their
; faces black’d by mischievous boys, up to those
who got just gentlemanly tight, (and I think I
| will have it debated in a “committee of the
whole” whether candidates who treat shall
j not be put in the same Class —I’ll sec what it
will bear on my election next year,) and all
! rogues, and vagabonds, and loafers, &c., I will
put down for number three, and allow’ ’em one
vote. The next class shall include all law yers
who think truth a ini consistent with their
profession —merchants with rather short yard- i
; sticks —doctors who charge up (in all sorts of ;
hieroglyphics) but as high as the patient will
i boar —ministers who w ould rather make a pros
elyte to their peculiar doctrine, than make
I meri wiser and better —all politicians arid edi
tors who think the end justify the means—
| mechanics and farmers who are just legally
| honest—all these (a numerous class) shall go
into one catalogue as number tw'o, and have
| two votes —and the highest class must be, in
reality, number one, (a small squad, I’m think
ing,) and they shall have three votes.
Now, the tendency'of this system, will bfc |
to raise men up in the scale of standing and
| character, as it will give them more influence—
candidates will not be so liberal with their
money as to sink their fellow men into the
gutters, because they will lose votes by it. ,
But if Gov. Towns should veto my bill, I’ll 1
introduce a substitute, to wit: The third class :
shall vote only for Bailiffs, Sheriffs, Clerks and
sick like —the second, for members of the Le
; gislature —and the first for Congressmen, Gov- i
nors, Presidents, and along up there—so I’ll 1
carry my point some how. All new members, j
they say, try to study out something to bring
’em into notice, and I think I’ve got hold of
some bright ideas that will carry ray name down
to posterity.
Wednesday.—Went to a gathering out in
“Dark Corner”—found a right smart sprinkle
of voters there—half a dozen that wanted to
i be door-keepers and managers—told them all
they'could Le elect**! easy, for my influence
would be poicerf id— (of course I promised each
man by himself, arid told him to be mum.)
My friend Simpson took me one side,- and
whisper’d that a lot of voters out there in the
shade of the tree, did’ut drink any thing, and
he thought a small distribution of gingerbread
Would tell w’ell among them —of course, says
I, w’e’ll try it —I sidled up to a cake cart, and
in a twinkling it seem’d to be a radiating cen
| tre (as mathematicians say) of the w hole com
pass—the entire stock of cakes and beer van
ish’d in less than no time, and the old lady
herself might have been devour’d merely for
her association with cakes, had she not have
been quite so hard favor’d. I saw friend
Simpson stow' away a goodly quantity in his
pockets—reckon he has some little responsibili
ties at home—wonder if any of them whigs
(so fond of gingerbread) will vote for me—
sorry I put down any thing disrespectful of
the old lady, the cake seller, for before I left
she whisper’d in my ear, so that the whigs
could’nt hear it, “I diskiver , Judge, you are get
ting very populous.”
After a hard day’s work, I was about to
start for home, when an old man dressed in
his own country homespun, his head as w hite
as cotton, came up and introduced himself—
“ You’re our candidate, I suppose—well I live
up here in the ‘Cove’—got some mighty rich
bottom land, and make a smart chance of corn,
but I can’t sell it—now we’re a going for to
send you to the Ligislater, and when you get
thar, the first thing you do, you must make a
Rail Road right down to that new city call’d
Withla—something—dowm there by the Oak
fonoka Swamp, w'here Gen. Clinch sells corn
for one dollar and fifty cents a bushel, and
I’ll roll my crap down there about the quick
est.” I told the fellow’ it should be fix’d to
his notion—l suppose all candidates promise
every thing. Backwoods’ Candidate.
[From the Macon Telegraph.]
Mr. Ray.—ls any Whig Editor in Georgia,
or any Whig correspondent, wishes to make j
an issue of veracity between thejnselves and a I
Whig, let the charge of speculating with Cen
tral money by Col. Towms, be made again, and
this gratification shall be offered at the short- 1
est notice. Like much else said against Towns ’ ,
too contemptible to notice, there is not one
word of truth in it. TALBOT. (
Some of the papers in this State are very
particular to warn the Southern wing of the
Democracy, as the “Union” calls them, against
the arts of the Whig press to seduce them
from the support of Col. Towms. Spare your
cautions, gentlemen, and take care of the right : ■
wing, the centre never gives way —it never flinch- ;
ed in ’43—and never will while the right kind j
of a rag floats over it, let w r ho will lead.
808 SHORT.
arawrara wars
[Correspondence of the Daily Delta.]
Woodville, Miss., Sept. 2d, 1817.
Eds. Delta— Gentlemen—l observe a req ue*t
1 \n!n t° t h ° plantcrs : m >' our Paper of the 23d
1 Au ust, to communicate with you upon sub
! jccts connected with agricultural pursuits gen
| %*}}* an(l bkewise to apprize you of the state
lof the present crop. I have no disposition to
i enter minutely into the subject of igriculture'
every planter differs more or less in regard to
cultivation, and the success of the crop mainly
j depends on the favorable seasons. This fact
I is more perce])tible where the lands are verv
much worn. The cotton crop is becoming ex
ceedingly uncertain—every year brings with it
I new difficulties and dangers to overcome, and
) I incline to the opinion that our planters will
be forced to plant less, plant early and culti
vate well, so as to make sure of the first stock
of blooms. Apart from the danger to be ap
| prehended by the army worm, the middle and
| top crop of blooms is exceedingly uncertain,
inasmuch as too much rain, or dry weather, at
the season they come on, will make them tum
ble off like leaves in Autum. Such is the fact
iii relation to the crop in this part of the country.
On the first of June our prospects were very
good for art average crop; the weed was large
and Well formed, and we had every indication,
of being remunerated this year for our labor/
but since that time we have not had ton con
secutive days of dry weather—the result will
be a disappointiritni, both in the expectations of
the planters and merchants. The army wo.n •
which r has now made it* appearance in ev
ry section of oilr cotinty will add Very much to
the general disappointment, fam not wri
ting for the purpose of producing any effect
upon the cotton market— I have no cotton in
market, ri dr .Will have for .some tiittd, and I am
perfectly willing for to publish the fact to the
merchants of New Orleans, to the brokers , and
all others .interested, that my. neigHWdfchood
will not yield more than three bales to the hand.
The causes of this failure, some of theih Have
been assigned above—another mason is to be
found in the poverty of the lands. This sec
tion of our State has been in cultivation for a
long time, and there is a perceptible decline in
the strength and energy of the soil every year.
This I apprehend is the fact in relation to all
tho oldest-potton growing country.,
In the western portion of this county the
crops will be somewhat better, the lands arc
richer, but the woi;ms having made their ap
pearance there, first, I cannot inform you- as to
the extent of damage the Cvops will sustain—
very considerable, no doubt. . • .
The corn crops are good, never were better,
and if the New Orleans market will justify us
in shipping, we will crowd your wharves with
sacks of corn instead of cotton halos.
A number of our planters have planted less
cotton, and .more corn, no doubt with the ob
ject of disappointing the army worm. Very
truly yours, P. S.
The Cotton Crop in Mississippi—Tho
T Worm.
, Jackson. Miss., Sept. 2, 1-847.
Dear tfelta —The Cotton crop of the uplands
of Mississippi,! speak ppw with tolerable accu
racy of five or six counties (for what I have not
seen myself, I am properly informed of by cred
ible and competent persons) bids fair, with any
thing like a dry and late season from this out,
to make a good average crop.' It depends up
on so many contingences, however, that it it
impossible to say what the result will be. Tho
cause* which have o perated on the crop so far
have been against the plant making a large
yield—it was late in the start; she heavy rains
run it too much into stalk; and so rapid and
luxuriant was the growth that many* very
many, of the first forms were shed—and that
makes the picking so backward as it is (forono
reason) and as it will necessarily continue to
be; yet if the weather is favorable from this
out.cuough cotton M ill be gathered (for it is oa
the stalk time enough to mature before No
vember) in spite of the grass-worm, boll-worm/
ct id omac genus , to make a fair average crop.’
And now a few Mords to the Worms of this
season: It is not true that the army-worm hat
made any thing like havoc in this region. Tho
grass-worm, so far as I can learn, has done tho
planter as much good as harm during the long
spell of wet weather they have bad—doing id
part the M'ork of the plough, and kept the crop
clean; and, except in some fen- cases, they have
been content with a small portion of the young
cotton. The worm from which most loss has
been and will be sustained in this region is the
boll-M-orin, and this in some particular neigh
borhoods is alarming. For instance: I have it
from half a dozen planters of the highest re
s icctabiliry, in the* nc gbboihood of Clinton,
that they estimate the damage already done by
the boll-worfn at fully one half their crop, with
out any apparent intention iff the aforesaid
destroyers taking their departure; while again,
in other neighborhoods, no further complaint
is made except that it is too rank (overgrown)
and too late in the boiling It is so pretty gen
erally, I find, in Rankin, Warren, Hines, Mad
ison, Yazoo, and Holmes; so that I think the
calculation a fair one, that with good weather
you may expect a fair average crop—say a
bout a three-fourths crap of the best kind.-
Special Notices;
PUB HI C MEETING.
The citizens are invited to meet at the City
Hall, TO-DAY, at 4 P. 31., to appoint delegates
to the proposed Rail Road Convention, at Knox
ville, Tenn., on the 24th inst.
Sept. 17 L. D. FORD, Mayor.
(EJ’Resolred, That all Accounts against the
City Council, and all Reports and Returns of Offi
cers, shall be left with the Clerk of Council, on or
before noon, the Friday immediately preceding
the Regular Meeting of Council, that the same
may be submitted to the examination of his Honor
the Mayor, as required by the 83d Section of the
General Ordinance.
A true extract from the minutes of the City
Council of Augusta, Sept. 4th, 1847.
W. MILO OLIN, Clerk.
Sept. 1G 3 71
John L. Cope. Oscar L. Shew make.
COPE & SHEWMAKE,
Factors and Commission Merchants,
8 A VANN AH. GEORGIA.
Sept. Ifi tlis2m
DURELL S. GREGORY; ’
DAHLONEGA, LUMPKIN COUNTY, GA.,
Will practice Law in the Cherokee Circuit. He
will also act as Land Agent, where the land
lies in that or the adjoining counties.
References. —F. M. Cabot, Esq., A. G. Wim
py, P. M., J. A. Smith, Esq., Dahlouega; Gov. C.
J. McDonald, Marietta; Hon. Hiram Warner,
Greenville; Col. K. L. Haralson, La Grange.
Sept. 15 ly
ly DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, wiuTit
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 6m
DALTON HOTEL,
BY SAM’L* WILLIAMS,
[a colored man.]
Under the supervision of Henry Bolton, Esq.
who is prepared to accommodate \ ISII Olto in
good style. A good table, prompt attention, and
good stables. Give me a call, and
“ As you fiud us, recommend ut.”
August 211 * —ly ol