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Predictions of Protectionists.
Person.* who have been in the habit of visit
ing Washington during the period of interest
arising from the discussion of important na- j
tional topics, will remember that at no*time for
many years has there been more excitement
than on the passage of the tariff of 1813.
•‘Ruin, ruin, ruin’/’ cried Mr. Webster;
•‘ruin to the manufacturer because there will
"be so many goods imported, and ruin to the
revenue because there will be so few!” “Ruin!”
echoed Mr. Evans; “there will not be more
than nineteen millions under the new act, and
this too in time of war!”
“I have said, - ” Mr. Webster says, “that in
my opinion there can he no augmented income
from importation as is relied on. I wall not go
into this subject at large. It has been discuss- '
ed satisfactorily, ably, I will say admirably, by I
gentlemen on this floor who hare preceded me. i
I refer particularly to the incomparable speech
of my Mend (Mr. Evans) from Maine. * *
He has been sixteen years in the public ser
vice. He has devoted himself especially to
studying and comprehending the revenue and
finances of the country, and he understands
the subject as well as any gentleman connect
ed with the government since the days of
Crawford and Gallatin. Nay, as well as eit her
of those gentlemen ever understood it!”
Here was the endorsement, by the great
orator, of a great financier! Let-us see how ,
both drawer and endorseer appear. Mr. Lewis, 1
of Alabama, had stated that the relaxation of
the corn laws in England would induce great
importations, growing out of great exporta
tions. He read to the Senate a table, showing
the exports from New York to have been as
follows:
“He said, I have a table, which I will read
to show the magnetic speed with which our
exports have increased, in anticipation merely I
of the modification of the corn laws by Eng
land. The table shows the amount of exports
in the city of New York alone, from January
Ist to June 30th, 1846, as compared with the
exports for the same period of time in 1845;
From January 1. to June 30 ;
1345.
Co'-n, bushels. 529,697 73/266 7 times as great
Corn meal, in bbls. 51.137 13,507 times as great
Lard, kegs, 76,737 41.980 nearly double
Wheat, 322,888 1600 200 times asanucb
Flour wheat, 414.075 103,614 4 times as much
Rye flour, 6,499 2,701 times as much j
Butter, 19,037 15,661 l [ times as much |
This table, at the time, excited a great deal
of interest in the Senate. It is a matter ot
much more interest now not from showing
great exportations comparatively as then, but
from its entire insignificance with what has !
«incc taken place. The whole six months in- 1
•eluded did not equal the expotrs of either of
the single months of June or July of this year, j
Mr. Lewis added:
“Such is the ascertained result, not of the ;
actual reduction, but only of the anticipation
of the reduction of the English corn laws.—
What, let me ask, must be the effect of their |
total repeal by the psssage of Sir R, Peel’s law,
which I am told has reached us in an authen
tic form in a paper not now before me? I have
read these extracts from a Whig paper—from a
tariff paper—the New York Tribune.
It will be perceived by this extract that Mr.
Lewis claimed that our importations would
increase in consequence of the exports of corn,
and that this would increase the revenue. The
quotation deserves to be remembered, because i
the protectionists say that a state of things has j
arisen not at all anticipated. It is here made
plain that Mr. Lewis did foresee, or at least he :
predicted, what has actually come to pass. It
is not true, therefore, to say that our tariff
Las had no effect in producing the present
prosperity. It was just what its friends claim
ed at the time. Mr. Lewis went on to say:
“Now I ask if, under the tariff of 1842—bad j
as it is, and it is worse than anything that the |
people should ever submit to—if even under t
that law, in anticipation of the action ot the
British Parliament on the corn laws, the ex- .
portation of American produce was so vastly
augmented, what is not to be expected from
the operation of a law which must necessarily
tend in itself to increase importations after that
anticipated action had taken place? What is
uot to be expected when reduction has taken
place at both ends of the line? There must
of necessity be' a greatly increased elasticity in
all commercial operations, and imports and
exports must go on augmenting with vastly
increased activity. It is difficult to say what
increase of imports may flaw from the reduc- |
tion of duties.”
Was not this claiming exactly what has oc
curred? And were not these acticipations
founded upon the exportation of the very things
that have occurred? Mr. Lewis had previous
ly said:
“I look with great confidence to the relaxa
tion of duties by Great Britain on American
products as ah important element in increasing
the amount of our importations. What will
be the increase, no one can certainly predict, 1
but that it will be large, can hardly be doubt
ed. Suppose it should increase our exporta
tions to the extent in the present and coming
year of twenty millions of dollars; it will give
us a corresponding increasof importation from
that cause alone.”
Yet the friends of free trade are constantly
told that instead of the broken banks predicted
by Mr. Abbot Lawrence, and the revenue re
duced to nineteen millions by Mr. Evans, and
the manufacturers a’d prostrated by Mr. Web
ster, that all the evils predicted would have
occurred had it not been for unexpected events
which we could not forsee. Tne above ex
tracts prove, on the contrary, that the leading
and active free trade men in the Uuited States
predicted what has come to pass.
On some accounts it is to be regretted that
Mr. Evans is not in the Senate of the United
States. Both his term and that Mr. Lewis expir
ed on the 4th of March last. His successor is ap
pointed, but as the Alabama egislature have
a Democratic majority, it is expected that Mr.
Lewis will be re-elected. It would have been a
spectacle worth seeing to witness the reading
of the speeches of the two great opponents, Mr.
Lewis and 2>fr, Evans, on finance. \\ hen Mr.
Walker sends in his annual report there will
no doubt be some wry faces as th? ciei'k reads
the statements of re venue, and the memories
qf the Senate are refreshed; but a meeting oi
the Senators from Maine and Alabama, attar
the great flourish of trumpets made by Mr.
Webster over his friends, would certainly be
edifying to those who study physiognomy.
• Os the peculiar predictions or the items of
the bill of 184.6, uttered by Mr. Evans and Mr.
Welbater, tending as they do to exhibit then
sagacity as financiers, it may be well, for the
information of the country hereafter) to com
pare notes, in or to show the value of the en
dorsement before mentioned, and the solvency,
I politically and financially, of the drawers and
eudorseers. — N. F. Evening Post.
The Cotton Crop—the Worm.
( Prom tiie Netc Orleans Commercial Times .]
We lay before our readers to-day the state
ments and speculations of our esteemed cor
respondent, Mr. Affleck, premising that al
though we do not concur with him in every
respect, our confidence in his judgment and
| means of information is very great, and has
, rarely, if ever, been deceived. Mr. Affleck is
a cool, cautious,, and intelligent observer. A
planter himself, he has, in the furtherance of
his own interests, made himself well acquaint
ed with the nature of the various obstacles to
the cultivation of the great Southern staple, and
particularly with the habits and peculiarites of
its most dreaded enemy—the Cotton worm.
It will be seen that after much investigation,
and frequent consultation with respectable and
enlightened planters, our correspondent is of
opinion that the crop of 1847 will be very
seriously injured by the ravages of the worm,
; although that insect has this year delayed its
appearance until an advanced period of the
season. He is emphatic in expressing the con
viction that no district will escape “from
Texas to Tennessee-,” and that the backward
condition of the crop will leave but feAv
specimens of the plant sufficiently advanced
to be beyond the voracious and destructive
appetite of the worm.
Mr. Affleck’s view will command the atten
tion due to the conclusions of so sagacious And
keen an observer. The future will deter
mine how far his gloomy anticipations are to be j
1 realized.
Washington*, Miss., Sept. 7, 1847. i
| Gentlemen*: The re-appearance of the Cot- |
ton worm, at so late a date, is a circumstance
of the most wonderful kind that has come |
j under my observation in the history of insects. !
And that their coming should he her alded from
every part e£ the Cotton-growing region at
about the same date, is equally wonderful. I
must confess that I am still much in the dark i
as to their whereabouts since their disappear- I
anee last winter, and as to the cause of their i
delay in showing themselves. We greatly need
the aid of a learned and skilful Entomologist.
Surely the States of Louisiana and Mississippi
j could well afford to expend SIO,OOO each, or
any amount that might be considered requisite,
for the employment of such a man; one who
might possibly even point out s orae means by
i which their continued re-appearance might be
prevented. But it is vain to propose any such
| measure. The planters will see with perfect
indifference thousands upon thousands expend
ed for every or any other object, whilst the
great object—the improvement of our agricul
‘ ture —is passed over as a thing of no moment.
They may even, at last, feel some slight con -
; viction that the destroyer of their main crop
may come every year, but not until he has 1
made his appearance! I must raise my feeble ,
voice to reiterate the assurance that there is no
reason to hope they may not appear the first \
day of June, as readily as on first day of
September; and that it is time the Cotton- I
growing community was aroused to action to
prevent this, if possible.
My observations thus far, during the present
; season, have differed little in their result from
1 those I repeatedly published last season. I
make no pretensions to any greater knowledge
of the nature and habits of insects than I con
sidered it my duty, and to my interest, as a
planter to acquire. I am no entomologist,
and say thus much as an apology for any errors
I may have fallen into. There is do difficulty
whatever in any planter of ordinary education
j and intelligence,acquiring sufficient knowledge I
I of this science to prevent his displaying such
I consummate ignorance as one meets with
almost daily on this subject, and which i»
mortifying enough to say the least of it.
In 1844 the worm did no material injury to
the crop, so far as I am informed, until the Ist
October; and that season had been throughout
so very favorable to the growth of the plant
| that they did little towards lessening the very
heaey crop of that year. The bulk of the crop
is picked before the loth October, in ordinary
seasons.
In 1846 the crop was entirely stripped of
every leaf and young boll by the 10th Scptem
' her: some districts were gone over before that
! date. The crop in the Southwest was very
backward, and all the younger bolls were con
| sumed: still, the crop we call middle bolls was
good, and the Fall was one of the finest on
! record for picking. Almost every fibre was
' saved. Cotton was low in price, and planters
knew, what the merchants were unwilling to
I believe, that the crop must invitably be a very
short one. Hence they did not send cotton
forward as they might have done, and this was
| in a great measure the cause of the difference
( in receipts between last year and this, at the
j Ist September. The season is, in fact, more
backward this year than last.
In 1847, the worm will not sweep tlie crop
until from the 18th to the 20th of this month
—the very cold nights we have had having
delayed their changes. But,on the other hand,
I they will destroy the cotton over a far wider
extent of country at that date than they did
last .year. Indeed, I feel confident, that little
is risked in saying that no district will escape,
from Texas to Tennessee. The crop is back
ward at best, even here; and is represented to
be still more so north and east of us—in Ala
bama, Georgia, Carolina and uoper Mississippi.
We have nothing to depend uj ou but the j
ground bolls, and what few of the top crop may I
j be sufficiently matured to be beyond the reach |
of the worm; though the amount of ground
bolls is immensely great.
To give an opinion, thus early, upon the j
probable amount of the crop, would be pre- ;
I mature; though when urged to express myself,
j I have stated that the bet would be a safe one
* which would place it at not over 100,000 bales
more than last year. As yet, however, this is
mere guessing. You shall have an opinion,
nevertheless, in good time, though we did dif
fer so much last year! My guess, or. the 15th
September, 1846, was 1,750,000 bales; the'year
: previous, at about the same date, it was 2,100,-
000. S) I mntbe cinti ius this year.
Let me refer you to the foil wing table as the
true ground work upon which to base a guess
at the crop; together with personal observation
and that of able and intelligent correspon
| deuts;
First First rec’ts No. ree’ed Killing
Year. Blonom in X. O. to Ist Sept. Crop.
I *lßll June 10 Aug. 7 3,14 i Oct. 20 1/83,574
| tlß*2 May 17 Aug. 8 1,734 Nov. I 2,378,875
11943 June 9 Aug. 17 202 Oct. 22 2,031,409
$1444 May 95 July 2.3 5,720 Oct. 29 2,4 >0,390
||1845 May 30 July 31 6,845 Nov. 3 2,075,000
|(!| 1840 June 1 Aug. 7 140 Oct. 20 1,800,000
1847 June 5 Aug. 9 1,069
*A late date for first blooms.
fEarly blooms and a late frost—fine season throughout.
|T.ate blooms and an unfavorable season.
sThe worm —but too lats, with an early and fine crop,
to do any material injury,
i Ijßxcessive drought, especially in Atlantic and Gulf
States.
IlHLate crop and the worm.
Yours, truly, THOMAS AFFLECK.
Wisconsin Election—A Natural Result. —lt
seems probable, from the returns thus far re
ceived, that Mr. Strong, the Democratic dele
gate to Congress, is defeated by a large major
ity; and that Tweedy, his Whig competitor, is
elected.
M e were not wholly unprepared for this re
sult, after having it emblazoned in the Post
and Atlas, Abolition organs, that Mr. Strong
was in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. That
same humbug scheme lost us two members of
Congress in New Hampshire. tA nc * our part f
will be defeated, in nine cases on often, where i
they adopt that Federal Abolition issue. The
truth is, that Democrats look so out of place,
so but of character, so much like mongrels,
when they attempt to leave their regular party
platform, and play the Abolitionist—that no
party and no respectable portion of the people
are willing to trust them. If they are to sup
port an Abolitionist, they prefer a clean-skinn
ed one—an out and outer. A Democratic
Abolitionist is a misnomer. Every body is
suspicious of such a thing, and no wonder
that they are shunned and defeated when put
up for office.
When will the Democracy learn to stailfl
upon their own broad platform, and let such
humbugs atone? — N. Y. Globa.
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21 ngus t a, ©corgia.
THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. 23.
~ FOR GOVERNOR
HON. G. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
2d Dist.—Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden.
3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. Formas.
4th ** Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort.
sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Geo-T. Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch*-JoHN A. Mattox
Blh “ Striven and Effingham—W. J, Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Sevmldl
13th “ Baker and Early— J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
17th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter.
19th “ Dooly and Pulaski— Geo. M. Duncan.
| 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
j 21st “ Washington and Jefferson—B. 8. Carswell.
I 24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—B. Buffington, Jk.
25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray.
, 26th “ Muifroe and Pike — Col. Allen Cochran.
! 28th “ Merriwcther and Coweta—Obe. Warner.
31st “ Fayette a.*ul Henry—Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and l?utts —Col. J. C. \\ atiri.
i 35th “ Wilkes and Lincoln—lsai ah T. Irvin.
33d “ Newton and W alton —Warren J, Hill.
1 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey.
j 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKali.* —J* B - P* Simmons.
40th “ Paulding and Cass—FuAiYcis Irwin,
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
43d ** Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d Coffee.
44th “ Luropkin and Union—Elihu S. B arclay.
The Chronicle vs Col. Towns.
Our readers are familiar with the old adage,
‘•Quera deus volt perdere prius-dementit”
Liberally translated it may be made to mean,
| “When politicians know they are about to get
beat, they are apt to lose their tempers.” The i
I ridiculous tirades both editorial and commu
nicated, in the Chronicle of yesterday against
George W. Towns, suggested the above adage
j and translation. The abusing system—the
misrepresenting system—the system of calling
j hard names wont do. At least it will not
win any votes away from Towns out of the
j ranks of the democracy. Perhaps the whig
editors know this and have concluded that the
soft sawdar system cannot quite come it on the
democracy, for they are rather too warmly
attached to Col. Towns, to be decoyed off to
the support of “Old Suoab. Caste,” cither by
smooth stories of the Withlacoochce battle, or
I by Judge Dawson’s certificate of his vast abil
ities. But perhaps by roundly abusing him,
and representing him us all sorts of a Dodger, |
they seek to cheek the manifest tendency of ,
! whigs in some sections to vote for Col. Towns
-—more especially do they lose sight of all dis- ;
crctiou in charging CoL Towns with dodging,
; or wishing to dodge on the 11 rd Hoad Exten
sion question. This is the most narrow sight- j
ed and witless proceeding of the m ,my follies i
of the whig press, that the Canvass
has brought to light. It is blind, hot headed
| and intemperate injustice to a political:.oppo
i nent, to publish a letter of his on the Kail
j Road question containing the following sen
j fence, “My own opinion is that the interest i
| of the State would be advanced by the com
| pletion of the Western and Atlantic Kail Road
i to the Tennessee River,” and yet on the very
same sheet charge him with dodging. The
boot is on the other leg. Col. Towns as early
as 29th of August last, so expressed himself
;in black and white. But his friends wished
before giving it to the public to wait to see if
General Clinch would dodge. As soon as he
was brought to the scratch Col, Towns’ opinion
was put forth side by side with his.
But the Chronicle seems to complain because
Col. Towns intimates that ho will neither at- i
tempt to force the legislature into acts of le- 1
gislation on the subject, nor will he veto any
bill the legislature may pass in reference to it.
Is this so grave an offence: When was die- j
tating to legislatures, or vetoing bills ever
avoioed as a favorite policy with whig*? That
the practice of dictation by their leaders has ob
tained in their ranks is notorious. The dic
tatorial career of their great leader Henry
Clay at the extra session of 1841 is not for
gotten.
Ah, gentlemen Whigs, editors and corres
pondents ! No party capital can be made by
you out of this Rail Road question'. If you
loved what you profess to believe the interest
of the State on this question better than mere j
party triumph, regardless of those interests, I
you vvould let this question alone. It should
not be involved in party squabbles. We can
commiserate you for your dearth of clap-traps
i against Col. Towns. Your stock is running
dry, or has proved worthless. But it is blind
ly butting one’s head against a stone wall* to
charge want of frankness against Col. Towns,
and on the very same page publish aa. opinion
of his as frank and explicit on the ilubject as
language can make it. It is an opinion with- |
out using even that little qualifier —but —a
word which docs appear iu the sensence of
General Clinch’s letter responsive to the point
at issue.
The Tolls on the Augusta Bridge.
Wa understand the tolls charged on the
Bridge over the Savannah river are made un
fair use of "with merchants in the interior,
j *
and that a number ox them have been bled to
the tune of three and three quarter cents per
bushel for Com shipped to Charleston. This
should not be, and we would inform all who
have Corn to ship to Charleston, that if they
will consign it to some house in this city, they
can have it carried from Rail Road to Rail Road
at not exceeding TWO CENTS per bushel.
It is seldom that when produce is shipped
from this side, but that a return load can be
obtained, in which case the drayage is only
to be counted going and wall amount to 50-
cents, (including bridge toll) per 25 bushels,
and not 20 bushels as generally charged in the
bills of the South Carolina Rail Road. If we
are correctly informed, this Company has been
in the habit of charging all consignments to
them at H) bushels per load, 25 cents drayage
—toll going and returning, 25c. each way, 50
cents —total 75 cents per load of 20 bushels.
If the same Corn were consigned to a house in
this city, nine times in ten, return loads could
be had for drays, and the shipper would have
to pay only 50 cents, thus making a saving to
him of 25 cents on every load. This would take
a little change out of the coffers of the Railßoach
Company, and prevent hard names from being
called about the enormous toll charged on the
Augusta’ Bridge. If we have been
informed as to the charges of the SouthCarolina
Rail Road, we will with pleasure make the
correction. But we can see no other way.th
which they can make up the charge of.
cents per bushel for Corn transported from
one road to the other.
If the object of those who are so industri
ously engaged in circulating incorrect infor
mation concerning the authorities of Augusta
and the Bridge, is to render them odious to
the people of the interior of this State, to pro
mote their own sinister designs, they will find
themselves wofully mistaken. The people of
Georgia are enlightened, and can see as far
into a millstone as their neighbors.
Arrival of the Steamer Britannia*
The Baltimore Sun of the2o th inst. says—
“At an early hour yesterday morning we re
ceived a telegraphic despatch announcing that
the steamer Britannia hud arrived at Boston at
4 o’clock, A. M. We were, consequently, in
momentary expectation of the receipt of the
news, when a second dispatch reached us from
New York, announcing that the telegraph
between that city and Boston had suddenly
ceased to operate, but whether the wires had
been broken or the stormy weather had put
them out of order we were not informed. All
i hopes of obtaining the news during the day
, were then given up, but we still expected to
have obtained it last night from New York, on
the arrival of the usual express from Boston.
“The telegraph between this city and Phil
adelphia continued in operation till 10
1 o’clock tost night, but nothing had been re
ceived there, up to that time, so that we were
: compelled to abandon all hopes of obtaining it
|in time for this moruing’s “Sun.” There is no
| doubt, however, it will reach us at an early
hour this morning either by the mail or the
telegraph, when an “Extra Sun” will be im
mediately issued*”
Milledgcvilleand Gordon Railroad.
The Melledgeville Recorder of the 22d inst.'
says—From the impulse which this enterprize
has received at the late meeting, we presume
j we arc authorized to express the belief, that the
road will be built; and that the work will
shortly be put under contract. This is all we
need to make the metropolis all we can desire.
Central —convenient to all—salubrious—wjth
| the amplest accommodations of any town in
j Georgia—the highest educational advantages
—manufacturing enterprize—a thrifty, moral
' and unpretending population—these, with the
■ advantages of the capital and the railroad, must
render Milledgevilie as desirable a residence as
I any other at the south—and must ensure for it,
, in a few years, a largely increased population
and importance. i
The Caterpillar.
The genuine worm, says the Alexandria
Democrat of the Bth last., is undoubtedly in
our fields, and in the course of a foAv days their
work of destruction will do great damage, few
will deny; but we still believe that the crop of
the parish will be a moderate one—say two
thirds. On some places little or no damage
will be sustained.
The Cm 3in Attakapas,
The Planters’ Banner of the 9th irtst. says:
“The weather during the last week has been
rather warm, with frequent showefs. Many
of our planters are afraid the canc will be injur
ed by the wet weather. We fear it will be
watery and late in ripening* We regret to
learn that the frequent changes in the weather
1 have caused much sickness throughout the
j parish. The whites in some sections of the
parish have been much afflicted with bilious
; and intermittent fevers. The season has been
so wet and warm, that w*e are not surprised at
this.”
[communicated.]
Who’s Dodging*?
General —Well, farmer 8., have you consid
ered over the matter of wdiich we were speak
ing on yesterday?
Farmer. —Yes, I have; and can arrive at no
other conclusion, than that it is a singular af
fair, make the most of it. I’m altogether in
favor of conventions, but then I want no un
i derhanded work—l wish them to come out
boldly, and let us know what we are to fight
for. If our principles are good, I can think
of no reason why they should not be reitera
ted; and, more than that, I think they should
always nomimfte men who can, and are al
ways ready to proclaim them.
Gen. —Yes; but you ought to remember that
principles change. Don’t you recollect way
back yonder, we wanted to catch every South
ern man, and cut his head off right close at his
! shoulders for being a tariffitc. What human
power could have foreseen, if we had pro
claimed those principles, that they would not
have changed again before the election day:
That’s the reason —too much is said about
principles any how.
Far. —I tell you,General, I’m not satisfied. If
whig are better than democratic principles, the
least the convention could have dons, w'ould
have been to say so. Again, I should like to
know, how am I to know which set of princi
ples we are fighting for; whether those we ad
vocated at the time we wanted to chop off Mr.
Clay’s head, or those we held at the time
when our arms were not half long enough to
hug up the same Mr. Clay? I tell you. Gen
eral, the democrats have got the upper hand
of us this time.
Gen. —Well, farmer, I don’t know* what to
say, for if I speak of-them, I might be assum
ing too much; besides, I might mislead you.
If w r e could only see Berrien, perhaps he might
show us our way out of this thicket; and then,
again, I don’t know.
Far. —l believe, General, I prefer an open
enemy to a concealed foe; and if I should take
it into my head not to vote for you, you must
not blame me, but those who got yon into the
suck. But, for heaven’s sake, don’t talk to
me about Mr. Berrien. If you pick him out
for your light house, I tell you w r hat, its very
uncertain whether you sail into the port of
Boston or Savannah—his light is ruthcr too
bluish for me, any way you can fix it.
, 6 en. —Come, friend 8., don’t be too hard;
you know my principles, and that ought to be
enoligh for you.
• Far. —How should I know yours, General ?
Gen . —Why when I was in Congress, I’m
sure iny friends have done me the honor to
‘express ’-their decided approbation; latticed,
they have gone so far as to designate my ca
reer asUnarked by peculiar brilliancy—audccr
taihlymore' could not be said for Webster,
Calhoun, or au*y other distinguished man.
Did you not read it in the Chronicle , the Co
lumbus Enquirer, and other whig papers:
Fur. —l sec a great many things ip those
papers that would make excellent articles for
a scrap book, but very little about such mat
ters as the people would be interested in. I
would much rather see the copieif of your
speeches, containing your opinionsmn politi
cal subjects, because I could then
ly what I have to do, and not be, ham now,
in total darkness.
Gen. —Well, I don’t know what to say. I
have spoken to not less than one dozen such
customers as you are —yonder’s I’ll go
and have a talk with him.
Far. —When you do, talk out plainly, and
tell him what are your principles/' He is like
myself, a PLAIS DEALER.
[From the Federal Union, 21s*
* Contingent Fuad. •
The labor our correspondent, Pike, to
which we respectfully commend the attention
of our readcr%*has saved us-4nuch trouble, in
preparing the promised exhibit of Gov. Mc-
Donald’s expenditure from the contingent
fund. He conclusively proves, that it is to
his predecessor that Gov. Crawford is indebt
ed for the comparatively small amount of his
expenditure from that fund. It was upon
Gov. McDonald’s recommendation, as is pro
ven by Pike, that Bank reports arid other
items, regarded by Gov. McDonald as useless
expenditures, and charged to his contingent
fund, were abandoned. So nfilch then as those
amounts diminished Gov. Crawford s expen
diture, the credit is .solely due to Gov. Mc-
Donald. To the arftount too, they were di
minished by having special appropriations
made for items, which, under former admin
istrations, had been chargeable on the contin
gent fund, no credit whatever, is due to the
economy of financiering of Gov. Crawford. —
How “hard pushed” must his friends be, to
construct the fabric of financial fame,
W'hen they use nmfcorials, such as these ? It is
not the first time that they have decorated
him in the plumes of democracy, and exhibit
ed him to the gaze of an admiring public, as
a paragon of financial skill.
It appears that Gov. Crawford’s expenditure
from the contingent fund for three years, was
in 1844 $9,709 09
1846 8,003 34
' We have before us, the Treasurer’s reports
of 1840 and 1842, from which it appears that
Governor McDonald expended in 1840, from
the contingent fund $19,834 09
Now deduct items directed by Legis
lature to lie paid from this fund; those
abandoned by recoinmendation of G--v.
McDonald, and those for which special
appropriations were made under Gov.
Crawford’s administration, viz t
For Executive Mansion,... .$3,508 38
u Arsenals,. 741 78
u Publishing Bank Reports. 4,578 00
“ Florida War 795 i’A
u Clerks to Finance Com.. 1,940 00
Inspectors Penitentiary. 631 0G—12,105 69
Which leaves $7,688 46
This, then is the amount, according to the
practice that now prevails in the Executive
office, of Gov. McDonald’s expenditure from
the contingent fund iu 1840, How was it in
1842?
The expenditure this year, wa5.,.,.518,894 80
Deduct as before, viz:
For Executive Mansion..... $2,437 53
“ Small Pox 1,576 84
“ Bank Reports.... 939 t»2
“ Atty’sfor services vs.B’k.
C’olumbus...,. 1,400 (X)
u Disbursing Agt. on R. R, 500 00
u Florida War 318 93
“ Burial, &c. of Members. 435 81 7,628 75
Leaving for expenditure this year.. 511,166 14
We have made no estimate of the other two
years of Gov. McDonald’s administration.—
They will however, unquestionably favorably
compare with those exhibited.
It is by misrepresentations and trickery, such
as have now been exposed, that the Whigs m e
endeavoring to delude the people with the
idea, that they are the economists and finan
ciers—and to persuade them, for this reason,
to sustain Gen. Clinch in the coming election.
We ask them to examine for themselves, the
documents to which we have referred. They
proclaim the truth—and from its exhibitions,
the democracy have nothing to fear.
Special Notices.
AUGUSTA FIRE COMPANY.
There wall be a regular Quarterly Meeting of
the Company on Saturday Evening next, at eight
o’clock, at the City Hall.
By order of Chief Engineer.
William Phillips, ) F. LAMBACK.
Sec’y A. Fire Co. $ Sept. 23
(CTOrdered that no Bill for the tuition
of Poor Children will be paid by the Inferior
Court of this County, unless accompanied by the
certificate of one of the Justices of the Peace
for the District in which the School is kept, that
such School has been kept open regularly during
the time for which tuition is charged.
A true extract A. H. McLAWS, d. c. j. c.
Aug. 10 4 14
W. MUSGROVE 8080,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMBURG, S. C.
Office opposite Smith &. Benson’s old Warehouse
June 9 4y
ST3AMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR
GIA.
O’ This Company having been re-organized
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay all freight
that may offer.
Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS. Agent
at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis
sions.
The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this
Company has terminated.
JOHN B. GUIEU,
June G I—y Agent at Augusta.
O 3 DR, J, A. S. mUGA]* win a t«
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, j a
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 (J m 215
. Commercial.
LATEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL.. AUG IS
LATEST DATES FROM HAVR.4
CHA KI.EST(IN IMPORTS, SEPT.JBT~
Liverpool. —Ship John Ravenel—l24 crate*
and 3 casks Earthenware, to Brown Sc Stone; 113
crates, 3 casks and 2 hhds. Earthen -ware and 2
cases Hardware, to G. Sc H. Cameron; 9 crate*
Earthen-ware, to J. Hogg; 1229 bars Iron, to C. G.
Morris; lit) bids, bottled Ale, to J. Fraser & Co.*
16 bales Bagging, to Mitchell A Mure; 161 bales*
3 casks, 3 cases Mdze. and 50 tons Orrell Coal, to
Raven* 1, Brother & Co.; 27 crates and 3 casks
Earthen-ware, to H. E. Nichols; 23 bales Mdze
and 1 case Guns. toGonrdin, Matthiessen & Co.; 2
cases Silver Plate and 1 pair Rice Mill Stones, to
Smith & Coffin; 2 casks, 2 bales and I case Mdze
and I case Saddlery, to A. A R. B. McKenzie; 2
casks Hardware, to H. F. Strochecker; 1 ease
Hardware, Hj att, Mcßurnie Sc Co.; 1 cask Hard-*
wase, to B. Richardson & Son; 3 cases Seeds. toJ.
Thompson; 1 box Mdze, to R.Wotherspoon;2obale*
and 25 cases Mdze., to A. Moffett & Son; 22 bale*
Bagging,37 bales and 1 box Mdze, II casks.2cases
Hardware, 1 bundle Pans, 1 cask Hollow-ware,
1030 Pots, 410 Camp Ovens and Covers and 129
Spiders, to Birnie & Ogilvie; 68 bales and! case
Mdze, to A. McDowali; 7 casks and 5 cases Hard
ware and 11 bags Nails, to Stevens Sc Betts; 2
bales and 3 cases Mdze, to A King; 22 casks, 5
cases and 3 crates Hardware, 729 Pots, 406 Camp
Ovens and Covers, 100 Spiders, 12 Fenders,s Sugar
Pans, I bundle Scythes, 53 bags Naibi, 9 bundles
Pads, 1 crate and 4 casks Hollow-ware, to J. Grave
ley; 3 cases Mdze, to C, Sc E. L. Kerrison; 33
cases and 19 bales Mdze, to Watson, Johnson Sc
Co.; 3 casks and 2 cases Hardware, to Fisher
A Agnew; 2 casks Hollow war i and 5 do. do.
Hardware, to Bryce & Wilmans; 2 boxes Mdze.,
to Robertson Sc Blacklock; 17 caslis, 6 cases Hard
ware, and 2 casks Hollow ware, to Morton Sc
Courtney; 4 casks and 4 cases Hardware and 2
casks Hollowware, to A. H. A: P. Carmichael; 3
casks and 8 cases Hardware, to Gregg, Hayden Sc
Co.j 13026 bars Iron, 834 Pots, 462 Ovens aiid Cov
ers, 250 Spiders, 4 Boilers, 26 casks, 3 cases Hard
ware, 1 bale Thread, 22 hags Nail and Pig Iron, to
W. L. Timmons; 4 boxes Linens and 3 bales Wool
lens. to Lambert Sc Brother, 51 bales and 20 cases
Mdze., to J. Lawton Sc Co.; 3 bales and 2 tresses
Mdze., to Dick Sc Crews; 1 cask and bale Hard
ware, to S. MowrV Sc Son; 2 casks and 1 case
Hardware, to S. H. Condict Sc Co.; <lO casks, 4
cases and 1 crate Hardware, 1 bale Thread. 8 An
vils, 1762 Pots, 1249 Ovens, 1324 Covers, 425 Spi
ders, 160 Skillets, 4 Boilers, 14 Chimney Backs, to
W. Sc J. E. Adger; 33 cases and 3 baskets Hard
ware, to Roosevelt, Hyde Sc Clarke; 27 casks, 12
cases Hardware, 20 Anvils, 1 bundle Wheels, 2
casks Hollowware, 5 cases and 6 casks Mdze. and
4 kegs Gun Powder, to J. Adger &. Co.; 22 cask*,
7 cases, 2 crates, 1 basket and 1 bale Hardw are,
12 bags Nails, to S. N. Hart; and 108 crates and 12
casks Earthen-ware, to order.
SEPTEMBER 21.
Porto Rico —Schr. Rosuria—Molasses and
Fruit, to Cay & Aveilhe.
Nassau, (N. P.)- — Sloop V\ tenderer— 22 Turtle,
and a quantity of Fruit, to C. Sc J. Gibbs.
CIIA RL ES TON, s7pT The Cot
ton market has been very quiet since the date of
our last. The transactions during the three last
business days have been limited to about 641 bales,
on which purchasers claim a slight concession;
there is, however j too little doing to establish pri
ces. The transactions have been at price* rang
ing from td Pic. per [>ound.
Rice. —There has been some little inquiry for
good shipping parcels, but holders did not like the
oilers, and retused to sell, and the transactions have
been limited to 400 tierces, at prices ranging from
to 5| per hundred, as in quality. Good ship
ping parcels are held at ssg as£ per hundred.
COLUMBIA,
demand lor Cotton—but little coming to market.
Sales ol the week ending Saturday—l 73 bales. On
Tuesday 18 bales new, Iron*the plantation of Col
li. Singleton, was purchased by R. O'Neale, at l/jf
cents. On Saturday, 7 bales new. from »*•- plan
tation ot E. P. Mobley, Esq . was purchased by R.
O’Neaie, at 11:1 ceuL». We qUo»e extremes 10 to
Hi* _____
MOBILE, Sept. 18.— Cotton. —Received since
the iOsh, 317 baics, and cleared during the same
time 3,875 bales, as follows; to Liverpool 959, 11a
i vre 1420, and New York 4496, leaving the stock on
| band and on shipboard not cleared last evening,
20,311 bales against 7689 last y ear, and 2,338 bait-*
in 1845.
Our review* of the 11th instant left the market
1 dull and quotations nominal. \\ r have now to re
port a very limited business for the past week, th«
j transactions not exceeding 1506 bales—lUCO bale*
of which w*ere taken for Liverpool in the last two
! days. Prices during this tsiue have been gradually
declining, until the closing sales were made at a re
duction of fully Ic. per pound on the quotations
given in our last. Some holders are not di<q»osed
to accept present prices, still many of them arc
offering their stocks more freely. Os the new
crop, some 150 bales only have come to hand, the
appearance of which gives strong indications of
the bad condition of the plant when gathered—
being miserably cut up by the gin—bad in color,
and of very poor, uneven staple—shewing evident
ly that it had been picked out in a forced and pre
mature state. The quality, so far, will not average
over middling. The market closes at quotations.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Sept. 17, 1847. Sept. 19, 1816.
Good and fine......nominal nominal.
Good nominal nominal.
Fair 12 a— 9ja—c.
Middlingfair — 9 a—c.
Middling 11 a— nominal.
Ordinary . nominal nominal.
The weather for the incoming crop during th«
past week has been more favorable with us—a dry
north wind, tending much to assist planters in get
ting out their crops in a better condition, —still,
from the best sources of information—and we have
seen letters from nearly every section of this State
and a portion of Mississippi during the week—we
are induced to the belief that nothing but a very
late frost will be of essential benefit to the cotton
crop. The unusual length of time the w*et weath
er prevailed, has done immense injury—and from
present appearances, a much grea er yield in this
State over last year cannot be looked for. A con
tinuance of favorable weather t-nd a late frost,
will, of course, have a great effect on the present
prospects.
Freights. —The freight market has been rather
more active since our last. In foreign, we have
to report tw*o engagments to Liverpool at |d.—-
Coastwise, a bark taken for Boston at . To New
York, the packets on the berth are taking cotton
at $1,50 per bale, with more offering.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16, P. M.— Cotton. —
The sales of the day amount to 600 bales, without
any material change in Stock on hand and
| on shipboard not cleared 18,237.
Sugar. —3o hhds. Prime, weie sold at 7Jc.
Flour. —300 this. choice Alton, were taken for
shipment at $5. - .
Com, Wheat and Oats,— Nothing transpired.
Pork. —so bbls. Mess, w ere sold for shipment at
sl4-
Freights. —2 ships were engaged at 9 16d. tor
Live rjjool, and one ship for Havre at l^c.
Slipping Intelligence.
ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON.
Barque Belvidere, Cook, Venice.
Brig Tower, Morrison, Havana via Matanzas.
Brig Adela, Watson, Havana.
MEMORANDA.
The bark Convoy, Trescott, for Savannah, clear*
ed at New Orleans 17th inst. Cargo 960 piece*
Bagging, 350 coils Rope, 450 bbis W hisky, 273 bbls.
Flour, 25 kegs shot.
The ships South Carolina, (line) Hamilton, to
clear 25th, and Fairfield, (U. L.) Loveland, on her
regular day, for Charleston, were up at New Aork
18th inst.
The schr. Orson, Henderson, for Charleston
cleared at Philadelphia 18th inst.