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Things Above—< • C. Cotton.
j r f he following unpublished lines, by the late an
ihor of ‘‘bacon,’' the Rev. C. C. Colton, were writ
ten a few davs before his death at Fontainbleau,
av hither he had retired during;a severe illne s, the
effects of which were supposed to have led to his
self-destruction, by shooting himself with a pistol.]
Jfow lons shall man’s imprisoned spirit eroan,
’Twixf.doubt of Heaven, and deep disgust of earth—
When all worth knowing never can be known,
And all that can be known, alas 1 is nothing worth ?
Untaught hy saint, by cynic, or by sage,
And all tho spoils of time that load the shelves,
JVlio do not quit—but change our Joys in age—
/oys framed to stifle thought, and lead us from our
selves.
The drhg—the cord—the steel—the flood—the flame—
Turmoil of action—tedium of rest—
And lust of change—though for Hie worse—proclaim
How dull life’s banquet is,-how ill at ease.the guest!
Known were the bill of Tare before \\ e taste,
Who would not spurn the banquet and the board?
J? refer Hi’eternal but oblivions’fast.
To life’s frail fretted thread, and death’s suspended
sword ?
lie thatthet opmost. stone of Babe! plann’d—
And he that braved the crater’s boiling hed—
Did these a clearer, closer view command,
-Of heaven or hell, we ask, than the blind herd they
led?
•Or he that in Valdano did prolong
The night—her rich star studded prure to read—
Could he point out ’midst all that brilliant throng,
His liv’d and fluid home—from fleshly thraldom freed
Minds that have sea lin’d creation’s vast domain.
And secrets solv’d Jill then to sages seal’d.
Whilst nature own’d their intellectual reign
Extinct—have nothing known, or nothing have re
veal’d.
Devouring grave! we might the less deplore
Th’ extinguish’d lights that in thy darkness dwell,
Would’st thou from that lost zodiac one restore.
That might th’ enigma solve—and doubt, man’s ty
rant, quell !
To live in iarkness—in despair to die—
is this, indeed, the boon to mortals given?
Is there no port—no rock, no refuge nigh ?
There is—to those who flx their auohor-hoj>e in Hea
~ ven!
Turn then, O man, and cast all else aflde ;
Direct thy wamler’ing thoughts to tilings above ;
Low at the Cross bow down—in that conftde,
Till doubt be lost m faith—and bliss secured iu love.
A True Woman.
'‘‘She has in her
All the contempt of glory-, and vain seeming
Os all the stoics; All the truth of Christians.
And all their constancy. Modesty- was made
When she was first intended. When she blushes,
It is the holiest thing to look upon
The purest temple of her sect that ever
Made Nature a bless'ed founder.”
[Bectmont one! Fletcher.
Gea. Shields and Col. Dickiasan's Reports.
Gi.enx Springs, Sept. 18, 1817.
Dear Sru; I received the accompanying
despatches from the Palmetto Regiment of the
Army in Mexico by the express from Columbia
last night, and send them to you for publica
tion. They contain matters of the deepest in
terest to the people of the State, and I am
sure you will take pleasure in adopting the
most prompt means of giving them publicity.
I am, very respectfully, yours, &c.
DAVID JOHNSON.
Z. D. COTTRELL, Es p
H £ Ana carters S. C. Regiment Volunteers.
San Augustin, Aug. 2?, 1817.
General: Early on the morning of the 20th
inst. Col. Butler, in pursuance of your orders,
marched his command from the road running
to the south of his quarters, by which it was
reported many Mexicans were retreating from
the field of Contreras to the city of Mexico.
Owing to the thick patches of maguey and a
ragged ravine, he could not reach his position
until several hundred of the enemy had passed.
As the Regiment emerged from the ravine into
h field, extending to the road, which field was
Hanked on our right by a stone wall, extending
to the road and enclosing an orchard, we disr
covered large masses of the enemy in the road
before us; and although they- perceived us at
the same time, they were unable to escape
beyond our reach until every gun in the Bat
talion had been brought to bear upon them;
most, however, had broken into an open field
opposite, which only the more exposed them
to our tire. Through this field, in full musket
range of our position, mingled groups of their
Cavalry and Infantry continued to pa-is.
Shortly after, however, we perceived large
masses forming in’line of battle, under cover
of the stone wall already mentioned —and that
a large body was advancing from the orchard,
on our right flank and rear. Col. Butler im
mediately changed front to the right by a flank
movement,and brought the enemy,in both their
positions, as they advanced from cover, under
his tire; this they returned for a short time
and then retreated. Col. Butler, perceiving
that others of the enemy were passing through
the field, in cur front, left a few files to guard
our rear—formed again on the road, and main
tained a steady fire upon the enemy, who con
tinued to pass for about twenty minutes.
Large bodies of MeixCanS then came forward
and surrendered themselves to Col. Butler,
who seeing other bodies still coming, remained
upon the road with three Companies, while
the rest of the regiment, in pursuance of an
order from the General, retired beyond the
ravine to-oppose a very large body of cavalry,
appearing inour rear. Os the enemy,one hundr
ed and twenty-seven (127) were killed and
wounded, and two hundred and seventeen
(217) taken prisoners- Among the latter were
the following officers of rank, to wit; one Gen
eral Officer, two Staff Officers, two Colonels,
three Lieutenant Colonels, four Commandants,
three Captains,and four Lieutanants. Our own
loss in the action, from the random fire of the
enemy, was one Sergeant severely wounded,
and one private slightly.
Captain Marshall with his Company, (E)
was left as a guard over the prisoners, who
were placed in a Church, and the Regiment,
soon after-, took up its line of march on the road
to Mexico.. About noon the Regiment was
ordered to make a detour to the left, and
strike upon the same road a short distance
beyond the enemy’s works at Cheraposa.to cut
off their retreat, as it was reported that the
works had been carried by our troops. On
arriving on the Held after the subsequent ac
tion, we found that the New York Regiment,
in consequence of numbers of horsemen and a
small corps of the Howitzer battery having
intruded themselves betwixt us, were some
three hundred yards iu advance of us, and the
Ninth infantry attached, for the time being,
to qur brijja.de, nearly the same distance in our
rear; at the proper point we proceeded to from !
the line of battle, and as soon as the two right i
flank companies were in line, we wore ordered
to in reaching the load to
cut off retreat being considered of more im
portance than a regular advance. Before,
however, one half of the Company were in line,
wc found the aNew York regiment retiring
under cover of the Hacienda to our right, and
assOOM as our line was unmasked by this
Regiment, wc found ourselves exposed to a
heavy fire from, the road, which appeared to j
be dcnsly filled rvith Mexican troops, as also
the Hacienda to the left of the field we oc- |
eupied, and immediately cm the *r>ad. As we
had attempted, for the reason stated, very im- j
perfect order in pur line of battle, was obtain- j
cd; and as that appeared now indispensable,
we were ordered to march by the right “lank,
as we reached the left flank of the New York
Regiment. As the Hacienda did not possess j
sufficient breadth to protect the flank in form- |
iug line~of battle in its rear, the battalion was
ordered to form by companies, and to march in
column to the line, in advance, of the Haci
enda, and a little to its left, upon which the
General in person had placed himself; there j
they were ordered to deploy upon the Color |
Company. The companies of the left wing
formed in regular order, but some Companies
of the right wing were thrown into confused
masses by the obtrusion of miscellaneous i
troops, belonging to different arms of the ser
vice; this was mostly remedied, and the advance
was ordered. The line continued to advance,
under a heavy fire, some thirty paces in rear
of the General, about one hundred and fifty
yards, when they were halted.
The General had cautioned the men not to
open their fire until he gave the orders; but
directly they halted, the General took his
position iu line of battle, and at this time the
squad of mixed troops upon our extreme right,
already mentioned, commenced firing, and the
Battalion, supposing the order given, opened
its lire. It was understood by the field officers
to have been the General’s intention to have
made our Battalion the base of formation of
the others attached To his brigade, and that as i
soon as the whole were in line, they w ere to j
advance within either easy musket range of the j
road, or to charge as he should deem best. As !
i the firing had already commenced, and did not i
J interfere with the formation of the other Bat
talion, it was permitted to continue. As soon,
however, as one or two Companies of the New
York Regiment appeared marching up to our
right, the order was given to charge, and the
Battalion was gallantly led forward by Major
Gladden, then in command of the Regiment.
The Colonel had been killed directly after our
fire had been opened, and the Lieut Colonel
severely wounded a few minutes before the
charge. Our line of bartdle numbered, at the j
commencement, 3 Field officers, 2 Staff officers,
7 Captains, 24 Lieutenants, 22 Sergeants, 2-7-8
rank and file; after the battle, the number who
were unwounded, fur duty, was 1 Field officer
(Major,) 5 Captains, 18 Lieuts, 12 Sergeants,
169 rank and file. The total of our loss in the
engagement in killed and wounded, was 136.
The Major informed me, that upon reaching
the position of the enemy, he found that they
had abandoned it, and were in full retreat for
the city; several Companies were in pursuit,
and the others formed as a reserve in the road.
The whole wore shortly ordered to advance,
by the General, but in consequence of the large
number of killed and wounded reported to him,
the Battalion was soon ordered back to the
Hacienda, now converted into a Hospital. The
three companies sent in pursuit, were over
taken by a piece of Artillery, which they sup
ported, nearly to the suburbs of the City, un
til they were recalled.
Capt. Marshal, who reported the Regiment
with his command at this place, reports to me,
that soon after the battalion had left the church
where the prisoners were placed under his
charge, finding himself destitute of provisions,
sent a detachment of his company to forage for
fruit and green corn; this detachment surprised
a party of Mexican soldiers engaged in the
same pursuit. They killed one and captur
ed 43, who they brought back and delivered
to their Captain. This makes the total num
ber taken at that place 260, which with
the killed and wounded, makes a total of 387.
I should be unjust to the officers of the
Regiment and to my own feelings, were I to
close this report without acknowledging the
gallant manner in which all the grades of offi
cers performed their duty, and sustained the
honor of their flag. Lutil the engagement of
the evening, our Regiment had been in no very
dangerous position, and the troops in that re
gard were raw and inexperienced; upon that
occasion each officer had to lead his command,
and their number in killed and wounded shows
how faithfully they mot the necessity. Our
noble and unfortunate commander had his
horse shot under him, at the head of his com
mand in the first engagement, a short time af
ter ho received a wound in the leg, and yield
ed the command to his next in rank. Find
ing, however, that the wounJ, although seri
ous, had not broken his leg, he accompanied
the Regiment in its subsequent advance upon
the field. Here he had scarcely taken his po
sition in the line of battle near the colors,
when he received a wound on the left side of
his head, which instantaneously terminated
his life. As you witnessed yourself his gal
lant bearing, I will only add, that he was not
only a brave officer, but a guardian father to
his Regiment.
I have already stated that the occasion re
quired of every officer a fearless example to his
command, and that it was fully met by all. A
few instances of gallantry falling accidentally
under my immediate notice, I will mention;
not as making invidious distinctions, but as
conduct characteristic of the whole corps of
officers: Major Gladden attracted my attention
by his usual regard for regularity—disorder,
however partial, seemed to give him concern.
He was always at his post and duty. Captains
Sumter and Duuovaut of the flank companies,
exhibited the promptness and order so neces
sary on the flank: never once did I see either
corps broken or behind its time, upon the line
or in the advance; the first lost its flower in
fight, and ended the engagement without
enough to bury its dead or bear its wounded to
the hospital. In the deployment upon the
color Company, (Capt. Walker’s,) that and
Capt. DeSaussure’s, which formed the first up
on it, were nearly annihilated; the first after
the line- was formed, having but four men left,
and the other, (the largest company in the
Regiment,) leaving but 24. I was near Capt.
DeSaussure, and saw his clothing literally rid
dled with bullets. He stood on the right and
front during all the firing, exhibiting such
cool courage that none of his men wavered,
though the foot of each was bathed in the
blood of his next comrade. Capt. William
Blanding, of Company F., and Lieut. Wm. C.
Moragno, commanding Company D., bore
their Companies’ flags on the right flank of
their Companies daring the heaviest of the
fire; the latter received, his from the dying
hands of his gallant subaltern, Lieut. D. L.
Adams, who fell with it in his hands; and the
former from his Color Sergeant, (Hicks,) who
also fell wounded. Capt. Moffat, of Compa
ny C., received a severe wound in the leg, but
remained on duty till a rapid advance left him
behind. Lieut, R. J. Clark, commanding Com
pany G., was attracting my attention by giving
some orders in his usual quiet and temperate
when ho received what I fear will
prove a, mortal wound. Capt. J. IX Blanding,
of the Staff, being unmounted, and the com
mand small, attached himself to the Compa
ny which he had originally belonged, and was
wounded whilst sharing his fortune in the hou
! or and danger of the fight. Adj’t. James Can
tcy, in the latter part of the action, was se
verely wounded in the face, while extending
the orders of the commander of the Regiment.
Lieut. Shubrick, of the Brigade Stuff, having
lost his horse, attached himself to Company
E, where ho did his duty throughout the en- I
gagement. The Field and Staff officers being
all dismounted, Capt. Hammond, of the Bri
gade Staff, at my request, communicated the
orders of the General directly to the Captains i
of Companies, whenever the noise of the en
gagement prevented them being heard. I beg
i leave to acknowledge my obligations to him,
and my admiration for his very gallant bear
ing during the engagement.
Very respectfully yours, &c.,
* ‘ S. P. DICKIXSOX,
LieXit. Col. Com’dg So. Ca. Regiment.
Brig. Gen, Shields, Cum. Brig. V. *. ivision.
Headquarters, First Brigade,
St. Augustin, Mexico, Aug. If, 1817.
Sir : On the 19th inst. about 3 o’clock in
the afternoon, pursuant to the orders of the
General commanding this division, I marched
from this place with the Xew York and South
j Carolina Regiments of Volunteers, towards
the battle field of Contreras* Ou reporting to
the Comm and er-in - Chief, who occupied on
; my arrival a position which overlooked the
field, he described to me in a few words the
| position of the contending forces, pointed out
j the route of my command, and briefly in
structed me as to the dispositions which would
render my force the most serviceable. Di
recting ray march upon the village near Con
treras, the troops had to pass over ground cov
ered with rocks and crags, and filled with
! chasms, which rendered the route almost ira-
I passable. A deep ravine, along the bed of
which rolled a rapid stream, was passed after
1 dark with great difficulty and exertion; and to
rest the wearied troops after crossing, I direct
i ed them to lie upon then arms until midnight;
; and whilst occupying this position, two strong
! pickets thrown out by my orders discovered,
and tired upon, ai\d drove back a body of Mexi
can Infantry, moving through the fields in a
direction, from their position, towards the city.
I have since learned that an attempt had, in
Like manner, been made by the enemy to pass
the position on tbe main road, occupied by
the Ist Reg’t of Artillery, and with a like
want of success, thus being foiled in his ef
fort to retire during the night. About mid
night I again resumed the march, and joined
Brig. Gen. Smith in the village already al
luded to.
Gen*. Smith, previous to my arrival, had
made the most judicious arrangements for turn
ing and surprising the Mexican position about
daybreak, and with which I could not wish to
j interfere. This cast upon my command the
I necessity of holding the position evacuated by
i Gen. S. which was threatened by the enemy’s
Artillery and Infantry on the right, and a
large force of his Cavalry on the loft.
About daybreak the enemy opened a brisk
tire of grape and round shot upon the church
' and village in which, my Brigade was ported,
! and also upon a part of onr own troops did
: played to divert him ou his right and front,
evidently unaware of the movement in pro
gress to turn his position by the left and rear.
This continued until Col. Riley’s Brigade open
; ed its tire from the rear, which was delivered
! with such terrible effect, that the whole Mex- !
lean force was thrown into the utmost con
sternation. At this juncture, I ordered the
Regiments of my command to throw them
selves on the main load, by which the enemy
must retire, to intercept and cut off his retreat:
and although officers and men had suffered j
i severely during the march of the night, and !
| from exposure without shelter or cover to the j
J incessant rain until daybreak, this movt nlent ,
i was executed in good order and with rapidity.
1 The Palmetto Regiment crossing a deep ra
! vine, deployed on both sides the road, and
i opened a most destructive fire up op the miri
| gled masses of the infantry and cavalry, and
i the Xew York Regiment, brought in lower I
| down, and on the road side, delivered its tire
with like effect. At this point many of the
| enemy were killed and wounded, and some
363 captured, of which 2.5 were Officers, and
among the latter was Gen. Nicholas Mendosa.
In the meantime the enemy’s cavalry about
3,000 strong, which had been threatening onr
position during the morning, moved down to
wards us in good order as if to attack. 1 im
i mediately recalled the Infantry to place in po
’ j sition to meet the threatened movement, but
i soon the cavalry changed its direction, and re
tired towards the capital. I now received the
order from Gen. Twiggs to advance by the
main road towards Mexico, and having posted |
Capt. Marshall's Company So. Ca. Volunteers,
■ and Capt. Taylor’s Company, New York Vol
unteers, in charge of the prisoners and wound
ed, I moved off with the remainder of my
1 force, and joined the positions of the 2d and
3d divisions, already en route on the main
road. On this march we were joined by the
General-in-Chief, who assumed the command
of the whole; and the mareh continued unin
terrupted until we arrived before Churubusco.
Here the enemy was found strongly fortified
and posted with his main force, probably near
’ 2-5,000. The engagement was commenced by
the second division under Twiggs, soon joined
by the first under AVorth, and was becoming
general, when I was directed hy the Comman
der-in-Chief, with my two Regiments, and
Pierce’s brigade, the 9th, 12th and 15th, with
i the mounted howitzer battery, and ordered to
gain a position if possible to attack the ene
my’s rear and intercept his retreat.
Leaving Loonco by a loft hand road, and
moving about a mile upon it, I moved thence
with my command towards the right through
■ a heavy corn field, and gained an open but
swampy field, in which is situated the haci
enda de las Portalcs; on the edge of this field,
beyond the hacienda, I discovered the road by
which the enemy must retire from Cherubus
co, and found his reserve of about 4,000 In
fantry occupied it, just in roar of the town. —
As my command arrived I established the
right upon a point recommended by Capt.
Lee, an engineer officer in whose skill and
management I had the utmost confidence, and
commenced a movement to the left, to flank
the enemy on his right, and throw my troops
between him and the city. But finding his
right supported by a heavy body of cavalry of
some 3,000 strong, and seeing that with his
Infantry, he answered to my movement by a
corresponding one towards his right flank,
gaining ground faster than I could, owing to
the heavy mud swamp through which I had
to operate, I withdrew the men to the cover of I
the hacienda, determined to attack him upon
his front.
I selected the Palmetto Regiment as the base
of my line, and this gallant Regiment moved
forward firmly and rapidly, under a fire of
musketry as terrible perhaps as any which sol
diers ever faced. The New York, 12th and
15th deployed gallantly on the right, and the
9th ou the left, and the whole advance open
in g the fire as they came up, and moving stea
dily forward, the enemy began to waver, and
when my order to charge was given the men
: rushed upon and scattered his broken ranks.
JAs we reached the road, the advance of
Worth’s command appeared, driving the ene
my from the strong hold of Churubusco. I
took command of the front, and continued in
pursuit until passed by Harney with his Cav
alry, who followed the routed foe into the very
! gates of the city,
| In this terrible battle, in which a strongly
fortified enemy fought behind his works, un
der the walls of his Capital, our loss is neces
; sarily severe; the loss I regret to say has fal
♦
len most severely upon my command. In the (
two Regiments of my own Brigade, number
ing about 600 in the fight, the loss is reported
240 in killed and wounded. Pierce’s Brigade,
under my command in this action, lost a con- !
sidcrable number in killed and wounded, a- |
mongst the latter was th? gallant Col. Morgan, :
of the loth. His command having rejoined j
its division immediately after the action, I
have as yet received no official report of its
loss. A particular and detailed report of the
loss, as also ol the prisoners captured by the
command, accompanies this report. In this
last engagement my command captured 380
prisoners, including 60 officers; of this num
| her 42 had deserted from the American army
during the war, and at their head was found
j the notorious O’Riley, who had fought against
our troops at Monterey and elsewhere. In clos
ing this report I beg leave to offer my thanks
to the many gallant officers of my command,
for their zealous and fearless support during
the conflict. To Col. Burnett and the Lieut.
Colonel of the New York Volunteers—to Lt.
Col. Dickinsion and Major Gladden of the
South Carolina Volunteers, as also to many of
their gallant subordinates, every praise is due.
Col. Burnett was severely wounded at the
head of his Regiment, and Lieut. Col. Dickin
son also severely wounded whilst in command
of his Regiment, and bearing gallantly for
ward the colors of his corps. My thanks are
due the Medical Staff of the command : Drs.
Halstead and McKibbin of the New York,
and Drs. Clark and Bland of the South Caro
lina Regiment; as also to Dr. Swift, U. S. A.,
for their attention to the wounded.
It affords me the pleasure (and I but per
form my duties too) in acknowledging my
great obligation to Capt. R. E. Lee, as also
to my particular staff, Capt. F. N. Page, A. A.
G. Lieut. R. P. Hammond, 3d Artillery, A.
I>. C. and Lieut. T. M. Davis, of Illinois, act
ing as aid, for their gallant services, and fear
less exposure, in encouraging the troops and
conveying my orders during the different en
gagements. LieUt. Bowie, commanding How
itzer battery, deserves great credit for the
handsome manner in which he brought his
gUns into action, and continued to serve them.
I beg respectfully, through the General of
division, to ask for these gentlemen the favora
ble notice of the Commander-in-Chief, and to
recommend them to the President. Lieut.
Shubrick, of the Navy, who accompanied mo,
attached himself to the Palmetto Regiment of
his native State, and fought in its rafts, and
is spoken of handsomely in the report of its
commander. AVhilst thus enjoying the idea
sure of bestowing my commendation upon the
living, I turn with feelings of sorrow, though
with pride, to recollect the gallant dead.—
Lieut. Adams and Williams, of the South
Carolina Regiment, and Lieut. Chandler, of
the New York Regiment, are of these gal
lant dead. By yielding their lives to achieve
this glorious victory, they have won the sol
dier’s fame with a soldier’s death.
The noble and gallant Colonel of the South
Carolina Regiment, had risen from his sick
bed to share the handships of the field, and
the dangers of the combat, with his devoted
Regiment; he survived the conflict of the
morning to lead his command; victory again
awaited it; although wounded himself, and
havin'* his horse shot under him, he still con
tinued to pres. M onwards near the colors of his
Re ament, until the fatal ball turminated his
life.
The gallant soldier in his youth, has won
in his death upon the field of battle, fame for
himself and his Regiment, aud added another
name to the Roll of Carolina’s departed Heroes.
JAS. SHIELDS,
Brigadier General, Commanding Ist Brigade,
Volunteer Division.
[ From the Mobile. Register
Suicide at Pensacola.
From the letter of a correspondent at Pen
sacola. wc learn that quite a gloom has been
thrown over that city by the self destruction
of a venerable and much respected citizen of
the place. Judge Gamier. The following ex
tract from the letter exhibits a calmness and
deliberation in the purpose of the deceased,
which is perhaps without parallel :
Pensacola, Sept. 17, 1847.
Our old friend, Judge Gamier, committed
suicide last night (Sept. 16) by drowning
himself. I have always been under the im
pression that he was about one of the happi
est men in this city; but such was not the
Case. From letters ho wrote to several of his
friends, and which were dated sometime back,
it appears he had for some time past been
making his arrangements to commit the deed.
He assigns as his reason, “poverty,”—that he
had but s<l2o, which was in Mr. liver’s chest,
and that it would take all of that to pay his
debts and bury him decently. He wrote a
few lines at midnight to Dr. Smith which he
gave to a black boy, and told him to hand it
to Dr. Smith early in the morning, which was
to inform where his body might be found. lie
had everything arranged. He directed notes
to all to whom he was indebted, even to his
washerwoman. He laid his clothes in which
ho was to be buried on the bed, and directed
where everything might be found. He sewed
two large bricks in a towel and tied them to
his back, and pinned a towel over his breast
and back, and walked down to the end of the
wharf with his cloak around him and cap on.
AVhcn he got to the place, he laid his cloak
down, placed his cap on it, put a brick in his
cap, and tying one end of a rope to the end of
the wharf; and the other end around his waist,
threw himself into the water, where he was
found this morning. Last night, at dusk, he
walked down on the wharf as was his custom
every evening, with Mr. liver, Mr. Mitchell,
Mr. Kelly and Air. Ahrens, and was perfectly
cool, speaking of the Mexican war, etc., and his
letters and the note written at midnight was
very neatly executed.
Running away with another man s wife is now
called “stealing female clothing,” as decided
at Pittsburgh. A man named Taylor was ar
rested by the husband of the woman, Mrs,
Davis, with whom he had eloped from Detroit.
The husband, failing in reaching him by any
other process, brought him before the Mayor
charged with larceny in the taking away of the
wife’s clothes. He was brought before Judge
Lowrie on writ of Habeas Corpus. His honor
after hearing the evidence, postposed his deci
sion for two days, when he remanded the pri
soner to jail, to await the requisition of the
authorities of Michigan, on a charge of larceny.
This is bringing the stealing of hearts down to
the unromantic reality of stealing clothes.
An Editor not a Gentleman. —Macracon of the
Dayton Transcript, tells the following good
one, as part of his experience. He says;
AVe have travelled some 1500 miles within
the last few days by land and water. The tavern
keepers, steam captains, &c. &c. have uniform
ly chalked our hat, and indignantly refused to
permit us to pay' our way. In short, upon the ca
nawl, upon the expansive lake, in the packets,
hotels, and floating palaces of Lake Erie, we
have a great “free blow,” and have uniformly
been regarded among the “ d-ead heads." This
you will regard as a very pleasant, and certain
ly' very agreeable and advantageous way' of
travelling. But there was one “free blow” we
received which came near knocking us into
the middle of next week. The incident is so
comical that wc will relate it if the joke is at
our expense.
AVhile on board one of the splendid steamers
which ply between Buffalo and Chicago, the
fuz on our chin grew rather longer than was
| agreeblc, and we repaired to the barber shop
f on board to have it taken off. The fellow did it [
up in first rate style. After he had combed
and oiled our head, brushed our clothes, and
slicked us up fine, we felt gratified; pulled out
a dime and proffered it to him as a reward for
his services, lie drew himself up with consi
derable promposity.
j “I understand,” said he, “d t you is an cdi- |
tor r”
Well! what of it: said we.
“We never charges editors nofin,” said ho.
But my wooly friend, said we, there are a i
! good many editors travelling now-a-days, and
j such liberality on your part will prove a ruin
j ous business.
“Oh neber mind,” said he, “we makes it all i
up off de gem men."
We incontinently sloped.
1 The only thing that Old Rough and Ready
j ever retreated from was a Whig nomination.
So says an exchange paper, lie could
stand Indian and Mexican bullets, but that
fraternal hug of whiggery so kindly proffered,
he has been choking over for months. It seems
to be the hardest dose he ever had to take. —
Oh io States man.
Augusta, ocor g i a .
SUNDAY MORNING SEPT. 2«5.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. G. W. TOWNS.
OF TAI.Ror.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
i Ist Dirt.—Chatham—Thomas Purse.
I 2d “ Bryan and Liberty—J. M. 13. IT ARDEN.
3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. Forman.
4th “ Camden and Wayne—Lei as Fort.
Mh “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard.
7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox
Bth “ Scriven and Effingham—lV. J. Lawton.
i 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S, C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. 11. Revnolds.
13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson.
lltli lt Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson.
j 17lh “ Macon and lioilston—John A. Hunter.
I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski—Geo. M. Duncan.
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins.
21st “ Washington and Jefferson—B.S. Carswell.
24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—S. Buffington, Jr.
25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray.
2dth “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran.
23th “ MerriWether aild Coweta—Obe. Warner.
3ist “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters.
35th “ Wilkes and Lincoln—lsaiah T. I&vini
33d “ Newton arid Walton-—-AVarren J. Hill.
I 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb—Jas. P. Simmons. j
i 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin.
41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt
43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Euw’d Oof* ee.
44th “ Lumpkin ami Union—Elihu ?. Barclay;
RICHMOND COUNTV.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
WSL LI -^SCHLEY.
Democratic Ticket for Wilke’s County. I
For Senate 3btk District.
ISAIAH T. IRVIN.
For House of Representatives.
LEWIS S. BROWN.
HENRY P. WOOTTEN.
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• Our Candidate.
We take great pleasure in presenting to our I
. i fellow citizens of Richmond county, the name
! of William Schley, as a candidate for a scat !
lin our State Legislature. To the Democratic
party, as a party, we can say with truth, that
its ranks hold not a more firm, staunch and i
i reliable Democrat. He is attached to its |
.
i principles and will still adhere to its fortunes.
Should he be elected he will act with it upon
all pai’ty questions, and vote for its candidates
in all elections before the Legislature. Ho is I
a man of intelligence, good character and hon- 1
est intentions. He is worthy the unanimous
support of the Democrats both of town and
country. We hope that they will one and all j
rally to the polls and give him their suffrages. |
Having said this much to the Democrats, it
remains that wc should address one Avoid in all j
frankness to our fellow citizens of the W hig j
party. We have candidly proclaimed in the I
foregoing that our candidate is a Democrat —
Ml I
a thorough unflinching Democrat. We will i
seek to use no dubious phrase to perplex the |
mind of Whig or Democrat on this point. In
proposing him, however, as his friends have
seen proper to do, for the suffrages of the peo
ple, it is hoped by them that reasons of a local
character will induce a number of Whigs to
vote for him, and to desire his election. —
Without Whig votes it is clear that he cannot
jbe elected. The Whigs have a large majority ;
in this county, and it is conceeded that they
1 can elect just whom they please.
The question arises, and addresses itself
with as much force to the Whigs of this city
as to the Democrats, would it not be an ad
! vantage to the interest of Augusta to have a
Democrat from this county in the Legislature
—one who Will have influence, (which Whigs
from this county could not have,) with his
party, and will exercise it for the benefit of our j
city when questions come up, as many and
very important ones undoubtly will, involving
the best, the dearest, her vital interests.—
( Whether the Whigs or the Democrats have
a majority on joint ballot in the Legisla
ture, it is plain that a Democrat from Rich
| mond would be useful to this community.— |
; This will be eminently true, in case of a De
i mocratic majority. Whether these considera
tions will be sufficient to influence a sufficient
number of Whigs to break the ties of parti
sanship and vote for our candidate, is a ques- i
tion for the Whigs to solve. There may be
many whose attachment to the interests of Au
gusta is stronger than to party, and who will
forego the pleasure of a party triumph, in or
der to subserve what they think the interests
of the city. We hope there arc many such, i
It docs not seem unreasonable, as a matter of
justice, that the large and respectable body of .
Democrats in this city and county should be
allowed a voice in legislation which is destined
to exercise an important influence on their in
terests. That too is a question to be left to
the Whigs. Perhaps they may all think that
Whigs can represent those interests as well. |
They may not ask or desire Democratic aid.
This view may be right— perhaps. At any
rate, their hot politicians will say so. It is not
to tl\em wc address our remarks. But Aye dp
not believe that they form the bulk of their
party, or monopolize its intelligence.
The Democrats, as a party, at any rate, will
stand firm, apd sustain their candidate, and
with him, their candidate for the Executive |
Chair, her Hon, George W. Towns. But they
give her opportunity to the citizens of Angus- |
4- k
— • ’
ta have one hig and one Democrat in the
lower branch of the Legislature, believing
that such a mixed representation may, in some
! contingencies, prove advantageous to the citv.
If the Whigs think otherwise, be it so.
| We will remark, in conclusion, that as good
| an opportunity is now offered to the moderate
j W higs to allay the bitterness of party strife by
i sending a mixed delegation, as will ever oc
cur again. Let them take it into dispassionate
| consideration. It may not prove a disadvan
tage to our local interests, whatever comments
1 it may extort from the politicians, who have a
I motive for keeping up political excitement u
-1 mong us.
Mexico.—The Terms of Peace.
The public mind is anxiously turned to
Mexico, and conjecturing the terms of Peace
which may be granted that obstinate and faith
less people. The question arises, is she enti
tied to any, and what liberality from our gov-
I ernment. That she has forfeited all claims
I upon our magnanimity, net only once, but ro
, peatedly, not now only, but during the whole
1 progress of the Avar, we bclic\’e to be the set
tled opinion of the American people. - What
| may be granted as a favor from us, will spring
j from the voluntary impulse of a generous
i people, not as responsive to the least claim
Mexico can advance. If we stop short then
of seizing the Avhole country as a fair and le
gitimate spoil of Avar, the forbearance is not
1 that which the justice of the case exacts.
But what is the view taken by the AA’hig
party: What are the terms on which that
party Avould settle Avcre they in poAvcr? This
question might be answered by contemplating
the ground they assume. The Avhigs contend
that Mexico has given us no cause for Avar —
that she did not commence or proA'okc the
war. They contend that avg are Avholly in the
Avrong in this quarrel. It legitimately follows
therefore from their OAvn premises that avo
cannot justly exact indemnity from her. If
: therefore the treaty making poAvcr Avcre in the
hands of the whigs they could not consistent
ly demand indemnity either in money or ter
| ritory. They Avould not demand it. The po
! sition they have assumed before the country
j openly and boldly, is that each nation should
i pay its own expenses in this war, and that the
United {States should yield back all the con
quered country. That party has assuitlcd the
I position of Judge! Berrien, laid doAvn in his
i resolutions in the U. S. Senate, that Ave should
1
acquire no territory from Mexico as the result
|of this war. No more territory, is the cry
! of the Southern Avliigs in response to the Wil
mot Proviso whigs—that is, HU the whigs of
■ the North, who exclaim xo more slave ter
i
KiTOiiVi These tAvo branches of the Avhigpar
| ty thus Uniting and forming the great univer
i sal Avliig party of the Union, thus seek to ar
; rest the progress of the American flag, of Ame
rican institutions* and republican principles.
1 It is a narrow minded and unstatesman-like
policy. It reflects no credit on the statesman
ship that presides over the vieAvs of the great
j Avliig party, and would Control the destinies
of our great republic if that party could ac
cede to power. It betrayed on the pilrt of
: .Southern politicians a culpable weakness in
■ truckling to the anti-slavery feeling of the
i North, by opposing the acquisition of more
I territory for fear of arousing anti-slavery op
! position. The same weak spirit avo old have
j deprived us of Louisiana—of Florida—of Tex
as. These are among the brightest stars in
the American galaxy. Thanks to the firm
ness and the patriotism of the democratic par
ty, the latter avus rescued from the fanatical
efforts of the anti-slavery party to quench the
i bright beaming of that “lone star,” and she
I now contributes her glorious light to embia
i zon the national banner. Thanks to the de
j mocratic party, the national honor and glory
will be safe in the hands of the Chief Magis
; tratc of the Union, and of the United States
.Senate, which together form the treaty making
poAvcr. They will not countenance the nar
roAv policy Avhich would oppose the further
acquisition of territory. Whatever be the
! other terms of the treaty, one Avill certainly be
a cession of Mexican territory to this country.
The So. Ca. R. Hoad and the Bridge.
We owe an apology to the Agent of the
! South Carolina Rail Road Company, for not
noticing his letter as soon as received. It was
; our intention to do so, but unfortunately we
laid his letter aside, and it escaped us. We
I give that portion of it relating to our remarks
and the charges of the Rail Road Company.: —
We have done what we conceive to be our
j duty, in counteracting the reports circulated
to the prejudice of the Bridge and our city,
and if those Avho desire to ship Cora to the
I Charleston market prefer paying 3* cents
transportation from R. Road to R. Road on
each bushel, AA'hcn they can get it done for
less, avc hat'e nothing to say on the subject
1 further than they must take- the blame them
selves, and not throw it on our city.
Dear Sir —So far, as is to be inferred from
1 your editorial this morning, from considering it
! to be a job out of which profit avus to groAv, I as
sure you the charge constitutes no inconsider
able tax upon the freight account of the
Road, AA-ithout taking into account the im
| mense trouble and additional labor im'olA'cd
in the discharge of these duties. Uou arc cor
rectly informed, that the Company charges ac
the rate of 7o cents per load of 20 bushels, but,
| as I haA'e before said, not a fraction of it goes
into its coffers. On the contrary, a loss of I
cents plus is incurred, in consequence of our
agreement to receive at the Augusta Depot,
and transport to Charleston for 10 cents; thus
charging only 3 whilst we pay 3| cents.
I have always believed, (and still do,) that
the above price (7o cents) Avas the regain
! charge. I have frequently endeavored to haAc
it reduced, but always unsuccessfully, unless
I would agree to consider it as (what is called)
back-loading —in other words., to have it
| brought over at the convenience of the diaA -
men. That* of course, avould have been a
violation, of our promise to the public, “to be
' always prepared to receive and forward with
: out delay.” I haA'e, therefore, been compelled,
| from a sense of duty, to refuse all bargains.
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