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The Ultimatum ltdia jane pierson.
A song on the projjosition to surrender to Mexican
barbarity and tyranny th» hind between the Nueces
and the Rio Grande — the battle-fields of Palo Alto
and Resaca de la Palma.
It may not be ! Forbid it, God !
Forbid it, ail that patriots prize :
That land has tasted freemen’s blood ;
Their dust within its besom lies.
Twere madness to resign the so;!
On which our conquering feet hare trod 3
Battling our way with glorious toil 5
It may not be—forbid it, God !
Can we relinquish lands where now
The striped and starry banners wave I
No, never ! We engrave our vow
On every brother’s grave.
They could not sleep, (the slaughtered brave
Who in their beds of glory rest.)
And feel the footstep of the slave
Pollute the soil above their breast.
Resign the field where Ringgold fell!
The spot where gallant Stevens lies !
Where Cochran felt his bosom swell
Triumphant in death’s agonies ?
Where brave and virtuous hearts pour’d out
The life so dear to hope and Jove,
Invoking with their dying shout
Our country —and our God above ?
No ! By our country and our God,
We will not yield that dear-bought soil!
We still have hearts with generous blood,
And souls to dare the conqueror’s toil.
On ! To the rescue ! Hearts of steel—
On ! To the rescue ! Son.s of fire—
Let kindred blood inflame our zeal
To conquer—triumph—or expire.
Huzza! Press on where Taylor stands
Invincible in conquering might;
W e must prevail where he commands.
And God sustains our sacred right.
Ask Taylor to retrace his way,
And leave his conquest to the foe !
And this broad land, from sea to sea,
Shall echo his emphatic No! !
No, never! This is holy ground,
Bought and baptised with patriot blood;
See! with her fetters half unbound.
She lifts her hands to Freedom’s God !
By Freedom’s God, she shall be f ee !
Huzza! brave hearts press boldly 011;
Strike home, nor pause till victory
Shall put her olive garland on —
’Till o’er that land to utmost parts
Our Eagle’s sheltering wings are spread;
And Taylor throned on freemen’s hearts
Enjoys his laurels in their shade.
[From the N. O. Mercury .]
Roony Calag-hnn in Mexico.
We received the following from Jimmy
Walsh:
Hales or Montezuma, Oct. 6, 1847.
From Roony Callaghan to Jimmy Walsh :
Jimmy, ma honchal, I promised to write to
you whin an opportunity offered, and I take
hould of one now in the shape of a Mi.xican
who is a goin’ to drive a team to Very Cross,
to-morrow. Byrne sowl, Jimmy, but ’tisthis
is the purty place intircly, an’ if the Giniral
divides the land betune us as the boj-s says he
will. ;>o as to keep possession of the counthrv,
th'i divil a back any of us, will ever go, but
stay here and take possession of some of their
purty wimin or Hug Nora's as they call thim
here. But wait a minit an’ ile tell'you about
my one, and how I made up wud her;—Last
Monday momin’ was a week I wint on top of
the steeple of the big church on the Plaza to
see the city altogether in a heap, and a lovely
sight it was. The square tops of the houses
where the bcautifulcst flowers you ever saw
growing, looked like the beds of a garden riz
iu the air and laid as regular and as even as a
regimint of soldiers on a paxade day ; and the
houses that props thim up likechiny flower
pots, they arc painted so garish and lightsome
like. An’ thin, when I looked out beyond the
city, throth I thought I was in fairy-land, for
there was beautiful lakes and running streams
shinin’ through the brown and green leaves on
the trees like pieces of tin cut in diftirint
shapes, an’ thin the purticst blue sky you iver
saw came so near, an’ kind a rested upon the
mountains that are around the city and looks
like a heap of blue clouds rolled up together.
The Sun was risin’ an’ its light was thrown
full upon the snowy tops of the volcano moun
tains right foruinst it an’ made thim look like
great giants jist got up, with their white night
caps on. Iliglit before me, on the other side
of the Square, was the Musayum and the na
ffest market-house you iver saw, jist like a cage
chock full of all kinds of min, wimin, birds,
bastes and flowers. Thin, nearly to my
right, is the place where all kinds of goods is
sould, called the Parian, an’ round it all the
carriage rain are staudin’; thin to my left
is the great palace with our fine flag.—
God bless it, flyin' on the top, an’ our of
ficers and soldiers sauntering about below, an’
ftorae on horseback gallopin’ right straight from
the palace through the Arcades where differ
int kinds of things is sold, an’ crowds are al
ways a staudiu’ an’ talking,’ jist as they do on
the corners of the street in New Orleans.—
Whin I was cornin’ down from the top of the
Church, they wur all cornin’ from mass, an’
jist as a bcautyful Hugnora wes leavin’ the*
door along with an old praste, I saw a huge
Pokin’ thief followin’ thim, snap her purse,
an’ whin he put it under his blanket thryed to
rin off in the crowd; but, faith, he had Loony
Callaghan at his hales, an’ in a minit he av:is
fitched back by the scruff o’ the neck, and whin
I made him shell out the purse I give him sich
a doudonnclly over the smeller that I sint him
dare a cross the square. The lady looked at
—och! my heart an’ sowl, what a look, it
Avint right through mo an’ sittlcd in ray bosom,
where it has been a burning’ iver since- Troth,
I was in love all out, an’ watched to see where
she wint. Nixt momin’ I give twenty-five
tints to one of the ould fellows who set on the
streets for the some purposc,to write her a love
lethur forme, an’ axin her to meet me in the
evening near the fouutin in the Alxneda, a
bit of ground about tin acres, all planted wid
bcautyful trees all walled in. I wint at the
time appointed, an’ Lord, how ray heart bate
v h : n I saw her, for sure enough she d-d come; ,
but divil a word she could understand, an’ all
my blarney was thrown away; but I thought
to make signs to her, so as to be near enough
I got a carnage at the western gate of the
Alxneda and drove right out the Palco Nuevo,
a x’, holy nelly, how charmixr’ ivery thing look
ed—the sun again’ dawn behind the volcanoes,
ami the moon arisin’ in-the sky— not the pale ,
j looking moon you have in New Orianes, but 1
one all ixx a blaze of bright ness, air’ the stars a
burxxin’ all about it like the eyes of the Hug
noras. On the right was Chapullepec, where
—but you know all about it—an’ thin there
was the Ingins a singin’, all dressed with flow
ers, in their little boats on tire canals, as thev
wur agoiu’ from the market to their homes in
the woods. I was a sighin’ all the time, an’
Aliva Castros (that’s her name) begun to sigli
too, an’ I thought I would pop the question at
once. So as I could xxot spake to her, I held
out xxxy hand. She pointed to xxxy sword an’
made signs that it killed her people. Oh Lord,
how I wanted to tell her that we wur so much
bethur than the fellows we killed, an’ jist as
I I was agoin’ to make sigxis, she relinted an’
i put her hand in mine. A Veil, Jimmy, we are
agoin’ to be married whin the giniral divides
; the land; an’ may bo I wud bring Mrs. Calla-
I ghan some fine day to see yees in New Orianes,
j whin the war is over an’ this fine city belongs
to the States. Yours, true as a brick,
LOONY CALLAGHAN. I
[From the Savannah Georgian .]
A Georgia Hearth-
Who that has lived ixx Georgia does xxot feel j
his heart beat faster at the mention of a Gear- ]
gia Hearth I What visions does it not conj urc
xxp before him of peace, hope and happiness,
of merry jest and story;—of a world of inno
cent enjoyment in the long evenings of winter? |
Let him who may perfer his own especial va- |
rioty of stove, from the mathematical irxvcn- ;
tioir of Professor Olmstead, down to the hum
ble piece of mechanism, which keeps as close
as it possibly can to the floor, and sends up its
pipe like a comet’s tail, through the wall, or
the window-sash; we deprecate “idomnegenus,”
if for nothing else in the world, for the sixxx- i
pie fact that they “hide their light xxnder,” i
not a “bushel,” it is true, but a repulsive coat !
of iron. The Scriptures arc full of practical
wisdom, and not a figure do they use which
docs not appeal to strong common-sense with
the power of truth. Neither man nor fire
place should hide it's light I Who docs not
like to see the flashing flames, or the glimcr
ixxg embers ? Who has xxot kindled into en
thusiasm under the influence of the one, or
been soothed into a calm, quiet melancholy
by the other r Who has not felt the inspira
tion of poetry, and read the teaching of phi
losophy, in the various hues axxd changes of
the tire-light ? What a selfish, purely animal
mechanism, then, is that,which, while it warms ;
the body, is indisposed to give warmth to the
mind r What an unnatural principle lies in |
its construction ! How utterly repugnaxxt to
the principle of the Sux, which at once gives
light and warmth, life and beauty to all crea
tion!
We abhor a stove, nor have we much more
love for a grate. A grate at best is a narrow,con- '
tracted,selfish thing. It is true, you sec the
fire, but there isn o enthusiasm iu it. A grate
could xxever supply a figxxre in poetry, and had
the world been wanned by grates alone, Long
fellow could neverhave coined the following ex
quisite verse:
‘‘Friends, my soul with joy remembers,
How like quivering Games they start.
When I fan the living embers
On the hearth-stone of my heart!”
Yes ! it is the hearth-stone niter all, to which
the heart clings, and no one would think of
introducing into his heart a stove with a hun
dred feet of pipe, or a grate which requires a
blotccr to kindle it up ? It is the hearth-stone,
we love, and surely a genuirie, Georgia Heart
stone is large enough, and broad enough, and
liberal exxough to claim a world of affection.
If there’s a generous thing on earth
It is an ample Georgia hearth,
At close ol Winter days;—
It sets the heart all in a glow.
And feeling has a generous flow
Beside the generous blazei
What Georgia boy can e’er forget
The jovial band that oft hath met
Around the noble fire—
While louder yet the laughter grew.
And wit, in brighter sparkles, flew,
As blazed the pine-knot higher?
’Twas fun to spend the live long day.
With gun and fish-hook,Tar away
in search of various game;
But sweeter fur, when night had come,
To hasten from the forest home.
And gather round the flame 1
What Georgia girl, with glowing cheek,
And sparkling eyes, whose glances speak
Os peace without alloy,
Shall ever find a spot on earth
By half so full of harmless mirth,
Os love, and hope, and joy 1
And cunning Cupid well may know
It is the place to bend his bow,
And wing his quivering dart;
Sure as he sends the missile forth,
Beside a broad, old Georgia hearth
It strikes some gentle heart!
Then let the winds blow loud and chill !
The souls within grow warmer still,
The flame still brighter curls!
Os all the blessed spots on earth,
The dearest is a Georgia hearth
To Georgia boys and girls!
And scorn it not, thou city' “blade! ”
’Tis true for thee it was not made;
Go! seek the narrow grate!
Perhaps, in selfish pride thou’lt find
It more congenial to thy mind
To set and freeze in state.
Vet scorn it not! for Georgia hence
Has drawn her proudest eloquence,
Her chiefest, purest fame!
Beside, a broad old Georgia hearth
A Crawford’s spirit had its birth,
And kindled into flame!
Then cast the pine knot on the blaze!
It has a magic for the gaze.
Hove the glorious fire!
Would 1 could better sing thy warmth.
Thou generous, broad-backed Geoi’gia hearth,
Upon a prouder lyre.
[From the N. O. Picayune, 20th ult.]
From Gen- Wool’s Headquarters-
Headquarters, Buena Vista, Oct. 2,1817.
Flooded with such glorious newe as you are
from the other quarter, you can scarcely wish
for much froixi this— at least I hope so,' for if
; you ever expect to got anything more of any
■ consequence or importance, I am fearful you
will be most cgx-cgiously disappointed. Stagna
tion is the order of the day, and how to kill
time is the sole study of all upon this column;
and permit mo to assure you, that he is a pretty
tough old gentleman to put down, a regular
slashing sort of a customer, who cuts a broad
swath, and gets over the ground slowly but
surely,and, as he swings his keen-edged scythe,
gives many admonitions to “look out for shins.”
Since my last we have received news from
Mexico of the splendid victories of Gen. Scott’s
army, which must make a great noise at home
and a powerful sensation abroad among the
crowned nohe of Europe. We have a rumor
that Herrera lias been proclaimed President,
which it is argued will be one point gained
to ward peace. I cannot believe that the fate of
their capital city will induce the vain, gascona
ding nation of Mexico to xxiake peafce, but with
such a people speculations are absurd. Hea
ven only knows what they wi 1 do.
A sad accident occurcd day before yesterday
i m Saltillo, which resulted in the death of Mr.
lisdale, a clex-k of the Mississippi sutler’s. He
j ) vas tooling with a man named Cook, a private
in the Messissippi Regiment, in the store of
Mr. Carr, and Cook snatched xxp a pistol, and,
supposing it was not loaded, snapped it at Tis
dale aud inflicted a mortal wound upon him,
from which be died soon after. The deceased
, belonging to the fraternity of Free and Accept-
I
1 ed Masons, and was buried yesterday with
masonic honor.
A Mexican trader came in camp day before
yesterday and complained to Gen Wool that
while at La Ventura, a small hacienda or vil
. lage on the route from here to San Luis, about
two days journey from here, he was robbed
of his cargas and mules to the value of live
hundred dollars or thereabouts. In conse
j quence of the promise made to protect the
j Mexicans who remain neutral, and
; the assurances that robbers and those assisting
j them shall be punished, Gen. Wool has order
ed Capt. Taylor’s company of Texan Hangers
to repair to the rancho or hacienda, retake the
goods if they arc there, or if they are not to j
seize a sufficient number of the cattle and |
horses belonging to the place to make up for
the loss of the Mexican, and if those who had a ;
hand in the robbery can be pointed out, to !
seize them and bring them in as prisoners. The |
expedition started this morning, and before j
they get back will probably go to the hacienda !
Potosk Since the guerrilleros confine their ex- i
ertions exclusively to robbing Mexicans, I do j
not know that wo have any great reason to
complain.
Mr. (’oilin':, better know in Missouri as j
Squire Collins, who acted as interpreter to
Doniphan’s command and participated in the
battles of Sacramento and Bra/.ito, and who
has since been employed as interpreter in the
Quartermaster's Department, left here last
week with a party of a dozen for Santa Fc, via
Monclova an 1 the Preside through the Indian
country. The squir eis an old Santa Fe trader
and has been in many a little “skrimmage” in
that country. It is expected that this party
j may meet both guerrilla parties and Indians
| on the route, but though few in numbers
j they arc prepared to make a stout resistance,
j The squire has promised to furnish me with
j an account of the trip and its incidents, upon
his arrival at Santa Fc, if he should get there
safe, and it cannot fail to be of interest. Another
party left yesterday morning for San. Antonio,
Texas, via Monclova, about fifteen strong.
Among them was Mr. Thomas 11. O’S. Ad
dicks, Gen. Wool’s interpreter, a most cxccl
lelieut, intelligent and talented fellow, lie has
been, in this country or Texas many years, and
been an actor in many stirring scenes with the
Mexicans and lud ans, and among the latter,
the Lipans, has spent a considerable time, and,
I believe, was made a chief by them. At the
j battle of Buena Vista ha rendered himself con
; spicuous by his coolness and gallantry, and was
i complimented therefor, lie holds the office
| of county clerk in San Antonio. This party,
i it is reported, are to be attacked by guerrillas
between here and Monclova, by a band who
are in waiting for them. I hardly credit the
report, but if it is the case, they will receive an
j ample quid jirn quo , and perhaps more than their
money’s worth. The trip from here to Mon
clova is generally made in about three days and
from thence to San Antonio in seventeen or
eighteen days. The Mexicans who were charg
ed with the murder of Haynes and Patterson
have not yet been convicted. The board which
was in session when I wrote you last had
merely examining powers. A regular com
mission, ordered by Gen. Taylor, commenced
its session this morning for the trial of the ac
cused. The accused stand a poor chance for
their nocks, for the evidence is very strong
against them. I hear nothing new or spicy
from Monterey and imagine they ar? quite as
dull as wc are here. It is very difficult to tell
( what wc shall come to, but I am airaid we
| shall be compelled to resort to good old Eng
lish rural games, such as running in sacks,
chasing pigs with well greased tails, climbing
a greased pole,and “various games of that sort,”
to while away the time. What is to be done
with this column?*
Yours, in a quandary, j. e. r>.
3u(juota, ©eor gi a .
SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 6.
CIP Wc give place with pleasure to our
young friend T. W. L’S., good humored satire
on. country editors. Some portions were so
highly coloured that wc omitted them entire
ly. Others we leave for the public discrimi
nation.
Editors arc a class of people who in more
ways than, one furnish amusement to the pub
lic, and sometimes for verV inadequate com
pensation. They are oiten “more sinned a
gainst than sinning.”
[ Editorial correspondence of the Constitutionalist .]
- MILLEDGEVILLE Nov. 3.
Dear Sir: —I do not know that I can furn
ish you by the mail that takes this, with a let
ter for publication.
Nothing of great moment has transpired
since I wrote this morning.
The Inauguration went off in fine style.—
The crowd was immense. The ladies formed
two or three rows on each side of the aisle
loading from the bar up to the clerk’s desk,
and there was a dense mass behind and around
them. Towns spoke very well and his Inau
gural was well received. He was applauded
two or three times while speaking, and at the
close he had a pretty noisy demonstration of
approval. The two houses adjourned without
doing much, except that the Senate passed a
resolution to go into the election of judges,
and solicitors. The House did not concur,
but will to-morrow. The democrats held a
caucus to night. It was a caucus only of the
members of the Legislature. They resolved
to ballott for candidates, and that the man who
received the highest vote should be run by the
party and adhered to throughout.
Not being present, I cannot give you the
names of those nominated. The whigs held
a caucus also, but I do not know what they
have done. I think they will elect all their
candidates. Nisbct will have no opposition
for the Supreme Court bench.
NOVEMBER 4tk, 1847.
The democratic caucus last night nominated
candidates for Judges, Attorney General and
Solicitors, and also a candidate for Supreme ;
Court. Col. Henry G. Lamar was, to his com- j
plete surprise, nominated by acclamation the
candidate of the Supreme Court. He was not |
an aspirant for that, or any other office. It was a
voluntary tribute of respect and attachment
paid by his party to an old favorite and a very
wort hy and intelligent gentleman. E, Starnes,
Esq., was nominated for thp office of Judge of
the Middle Circuit, John Hhinizy Jr., Esq., !
was nominated for Attorney General.
The whigs at their caucus nominated can
didates for Judges. Judge Nesbit was nomi- |
nated without opposition, for the Supreme I
Court; Judge Holt was nominated for the Mid- 1
die Circuit. The other nominations were Judges ;
Warren and Hill tor their respective circuits.—
1 he whigs concluded not to nominate for So
licitors, but left each candidate to run on his
: own hook.
Election Returns-
We give in another column, as a matter of
reference, the official vote for Governor at the
recent election. We are indebted to the Mil- |
ledgeville Federal Union for a slip containing
it.
New York Election-
We give in another column all the returns |
wc have from the recent election held in New
York, and as wc expected, the noble-hearted j
Democracy of that State, who stuck to their i
principles and the Constitution, have been de
j seated by the so-called Wilmot Proviso Dem
ocrats, assisted by the Whigs and Abolition-
I ists. W e are sorry for their defeat; but glory |
! to them for their bold and decided stand in j
| support of Democratic Doctrines. They fell i
| like men,battling for principle; and so far as the
South and her institutions arc concerned, have
! given the best evidence of their friendship,— I
. they arc the men who prefer defeat rather
than to cringe to any party or faction wbo>
i to gain a brief power, would sacrifice the Con
stitution of their country and endeavor to en
croach on the rights of their -Southern Breth
ren. We hope no whig editor in the South
wl 1 rejoice at their fall. The question that di- |
vided the parties, was the Wilmot Proviso.—
The defeated democrats fell by exposing it
they could not nor would not support it in
word or deed.
The Theatre-
The crowded state of our columns and the .
multiplicity of our avocations must be an apo- !
logy for not noticing the performances of the |
present corps, as it has deserved at our hands, i
Wc have only room now, in as few words as !
possible to say, that the Manager this season
has brought before the Augusta audience, a
company whose general merits have never
surpassel here, and are excelled by few
in any other city. We were present on Thurs
day evening when the performance was “Lon
don Assurance.” Barring the imperfect study
of one or two, which we were sorry to see, the
performance was most commendable. Our
old favorites, Mr. and Mrs. Forbes and Fuller,
were, as they always arc, excellent. The Lady
Gay of Miss Ellis was a most spirited per
formance. Dazzle, by Mr. Crisp, although
laboring under a severe cold, was such a per
sonation as the talents which he is admitted
to possess, and the reputation which has pre
ceded him led us to anticipate. The easy
impudence and cool impertinences of the
character were admirably brought out, and
sustained from the first act to the last. We
ought not here to omit Mr. Ward whose Med
dle was a decided hit. “We have very little
hesitation in saying and we say it boldly too,”
that he is “bound to be” a favorite. We have
been gratified to see the Theatre, tmmgh not
as crowded as it might be, always respectably
attended. With the novelties promised, we
think wc perceive a splendid season before ns.
Mr. Forbes deserves all commendation, for his
efforts to render the drama respectable and at
tractive, and wc mistake the citizens of Au
gusta if they do not appreciate and reward his
exertions accordingly.
By reference to the advertisement, it will he
perceived that the capital Farce of “liaising
the Wind,” will be repeated this evening, with
Mr. Crisp as Jeremy Diddler, and Don Caesar
de Bazann, one of the most popular pi-oduc
tions of the day, with Miss Ellis as Maritana,
and Mr. Crisp as the Don. We can safely pro
mise those who may atten I any quantity of
amusement on this occasion.
New Hampshire Democrats-
The New Hampshire State convention have
nominated Gov. Jared W. Williams for re
election. Richard James was chosen delegate
at large to the National Convention, Harvey
Hutton, substitute. A resolve was passed re
commendingßaltimore a? the place,and the 4th
of July, 1818, as the time of holding the Na
tional Convention. Resolutions were also
passed to uphold the administration, in the
war, thanking Gen. Pearce and the soldiers
engaged in it.
The Steamship Philadelphia.
A telegraphic despatch to the New York pa-
X>ors, dated Boston, Nov- I, says: “We learn
from Capt. Bolan, of schr. Kate, from St.
Johns, N. F. f arrived yesterday, that on the
2Gth nit., thirty-five miles east of Halifax, he
saw the smoke of a steamer, which was, no
doubt, that of the Philadelphia, before seen by
the Zurich, at your port.”
The American Ocean Steamers-
The third and fourth steam ships of the
Ocean Steam Navigation Company are to be
called “Franklin” and “Humboldt.” The lat
ter name has called forth a letter of thanks
from the distinguished and venerable Saran of
that name, in whose honor it was bestowed,
Re-Union-
At a late meeting of the Sy nod of Virginia,
Old School, a committee was appointed to con
fer with any corresponding committee from
the New School Synod of that State, in refer
ence to a re-union
Naval-
The U. S. steamer Iris arrived at Norfolk on
Friday, and went up to the Navy Yard to
have a pivot gun mounted and some slight
repairs put on her engine.
Promotion.
It is said that the government is determined
that no promotions shall take place in the
; army now in Mexico, or no appointment to
, fill a vacancy, unless made from those actually
j engaged in the service of the country, or from
those who have rendered efficient service dur
ing the war. It is but just that those who
have distinguished themselves in the canqiaign
should first reap the honors attending it.
i v Steerage Passenger* to Eternity-
The Congregation who worship in one of the
most gorgeous churches in New York, are
| about to construct a separate and cheaper
| place of worship for the poor. This, says the
New World, is making steerage passengers of
the poor on the voyage to eternity.
Distressing"-
The wife of Capt. G. K. Smith, of Syracuse,
New York, who was killed in the battle of
King’s Mill, is a perfect maniac, and refuses to
believe that her husband is dead,
i
By Telegraph
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 11 r. M.
NEW YORK ELECTION.
The election in New York to-day is report
ed to have passed off very quietly, and the
; vote polled is unusually small.
The Pennsylvanian has just received a des
| patch, announcing that the whole Whig tic
ket to the Legislature is elected in the city,
I and the indications from the counties, receiv
-1 ed by telegraph, is, that they have carried the
j State also. The Democratic vote in the city
| has fallen off several thousands.
New York, Nov. 3,1 a. m.
Returns of the New York Election.— j
j The telegraph is pouring in returns from all i
, sections of the State, exhibiting enormous, i
! and, even under all the circumstances of the 1
! Democratic split, unexpected Whig majori- j
tics on the ticket for Lieut. Governor, and
Whig gains on the Senatorial and Delegate
tickets. There seems to be no doubt but that !
the Whigs have carried the State and the j
Legislature by heavy majorities. I send you
i such returns as have reached me.
The following is the result in New York ,
City on the Assembly ticket, the Whigs hav
ing electe d all their i a idit ates.
Whig Majorities. —lst ward, 257; 2d ward,
250; 3d ward, 1,000; sth ward, 250; 7th ward, j
389; Oth ward, 900; 15th ward, 1,300; 16th i
ward, 281; 17th ward, 200; 18th ward, 106.
Democratic Majorities. —6th ward, 394; 11th j
ward, 408; 12th ward, 100; 13th ward, 116,
14th ward, 20.
The above returns comprise all the wards of
the city except the 4th, Bth and 10th, and
show a clear Whig majority as far as heard
from of 3,898. At the last mayor’s election
! the vote stood: Brownell, whig. 19,847; Bra
dy, dcm., 21,310 —Democratic majority in the |
| city, 2,503.
Senatorial Election. —The Whigs have elect
ed their candidates in each of the four .Sena
torial Districts, comprised in the 18 wards of
the city, as follows, being four whig gain :
Third District.—Win. Hall, GOO majority:
Fourth District. —John S. Lawrence, 450
majority.
Fifth District—Samuel Frost, 1,000 maj.
Sixth District, —Wm. S. Johnson, 1,000 ma
jority.
In Rome the Whig Assembly Ticket is said
to be elected.
Lieutenant Governor. —The candidates for Lt.
Governor were Hamilton Fish, Whig, and
Nathan Dayton, Democrat. The following
are the returns as far as received :
Fish's Majorities. —Onandaga, 325 ; Utica,
' 949; Little Falls, 249 ; Albany, 1900; Troy,
1000; Rcnsaeller, 1200; Poughkeepsie, 500;
Hyde Parke, 500; Buffalo, 1000; Geneva,
200 ; Ithica, 29; Kings, 1500: New York
City, 4000.
Dayton s Majority in Schenectady 200.
[From the Milledgeville Federal Union Extra.]
Official Vote for Governor
-1847. 1845.
Dcm. Whig. Deni. Whig,
, A ■*> V * V
H O g O
ofo f 8
< z > %
Counties. 5 * r
: : 4 /
Appling, 160 106 164 151
t Baker. 425 246 357 204
| Baldwin, 315 317 268 315
Bibb, 665 602 724 651
Bryan, 69 112 85 103
1 Bulloch, 382 34 413 27
Burke, 370 590 332 549
Butts, 354 243 375 253
Camden, 181 89 214 110
Campbell, 569 2.51 474 214
Carroll, 705' 362 656 394
Cass, 1341 731 944 641
Chatham, 582 776 715 700
Chattooga, 426 350 330 300
Cherokee, 977 504 740 533
Clark, 437 616 398 538
Cobb, 975 718 835 638
Coweta, 645 758 689 808
Crawford, 454 364 467 433
Columbia, 282 489 277 522
Dade. 286 68 240 45
Decatur, 385 391 279 318
DeKalb, 990 759 762 577
Doolv, ‘517 317 427 230
Early, 368 152 292 151
Elbert, 174 986 168 991
Effingham, 110 175 111 226
Emanuel, 269 195 217 206
Fayette, 644 417 631 428
Floyd, 600 569 446 380
Forsyth, 657 453 621 463
Franklin, 1032 354 022 354
| Gilmer, 786 297 559 213
Glynn, 33 121 19 112
I Greene, 131 796 115 786
; Gwinnett, 711 736 680 757
j Habersham, 784 446 784 388
I Hall, 683 527 599 529
Hancock, 321 456 307 507
Harris, 409 785 390 813
; Heard, 452 355 398 313
Henry, 878 888 815 884
Houston, 687 627 654 637
Irwin, 3} 3 66 258 99
Jackson, 664 513 642 617
Jasper, 471 429 493 475
Jefferson, 93 419 84 514
Jones, 443 406 445 424
Laure:is, 22 455 16 589
Lee, 206 320 185 284
| Liberty, 142 185 168 203
Lincoln, 175 267 183 275
Lowndes, 355 422 383 410
Lumpkin, 973 530 946 656
Macon, 321 383 292 364
Madison, 365 336 334 # 338
Marion, 470 450 349* 469
Mclntosh, 117 125 124 109
Meriwether, 792 739 833 695
Monroe, 670 688 644 733
Montgomery, 27 224- 26 215
Morgan, ’ 281 393 299 412
Murray, 949 502 624 415
Muscogee, 853 1089 851 1071
Newton, 442 913 471 896
Oglethorpe, 152 470 172 576
Paulding, 391 277 355 243
Pike, 835 737 783 642
Pulaski, 307 219 379 249
Putnam, 312 388 318 425
Rabun, 299 59 250 37
Randolph, 683 673 650 575
Richmond, 488 679 474 747
Scrivcn, 222 195 225 241
Stewart, 786 907 690 904
Sumter, 466 571 440 544
Talbot, 813 741 744 862
Taliaferro, 68 363 54 412
Tattnall, 76 291 75 313
Telfair, 162 183 174 201
Thomas, 330 441 255 431
Troup, 433 1023 440 1005
Twiggs 414 267 403 320
Union, 743 300 527 217
Upson, 856 611 385 649
Walker, 770 G 35 581 537
Walton, 721 526 744 605
Ware, 205 205 190 176
Warren, 325 575 372 607
Washington, 558 612 508 629
Wavne, 81 62 95 67
Wilkes, 345 421 354 439
Wilkinson, 513 388 528 425
43,220 41,931
41,931
Majority, 1,289
Western Intelligence•
Later from Santa Fe.—We copy the fol
lowing from the St. Louis Republican of the
23d ult:
A few letters were received in this city yes
terday from Santa Ic. "\\ c have seen a private
letter from a member ol C 01. Easton’s battalion;
dated on the 24th of August. The whole of
Col. Easton’s battalion had arrived.
It is said that the evils under which the
volunteers who preceded them had suffered,
from indulgence in dissipation and gambling’,
and the disregard of military order, would bo
immediately remedied, as they “wore under
right discipline."
The writer says: “We have a rumor hero
that tire Mexicans have murdered all the
Americans in Chihuahua, but it has not been
continue !; and a Mexican from El Passo says
that they had not heard of it at that place.”
[COM Ml' NICA TED.]
Editors-
You can always tell an editor, wherever you
see him at the post-office, by his enormous
bundle ot papers—in a crowd, by the deference
paid to him—and generally, by a “ready-for
a-squabble air, and an inquiring look, as if in
search of something whereon to build a para
graph. Perhaps no man in the community
wields such an influence us the editor. Take
the proprietor of some village paper, for in
stance; see with what avidity the honest
burghers read his remarks ! How they laugh
at his wit! How apt to agree with him in
opinion ! r lhe pen of an editor is like a good
mirror, which so faithfully reflects somo*cha
*
ractcr in the community, as to make him
known without giving his name ; or like a bad
one, it so distorts and colors a transaction as
to make it appear entirely new and different
from the original.
Like a stage actor who apjicars upon the
boar ds, in all the pomp ami splendor of royalty
in the first scene, andthenties his subject's
shoes behind the curtain, editors often appear to
great advantage in their columns, but are often
compelled to stoop to the most menial office*
in that very sanctum of which they talk so
much. To-day, clothed in all the dignity of
his pural title “ tee," he castigates his enemy
“ with fierce phillippic, and with satire keen
puffs some new invention, slashes up some lo
ver of the muses, or sends out his dogmas into
the world with as much assurance as did the
philosophers of yore impart thoir knowledge
to their disciples; to-morrow, up to his knees
in paste and papers—he clips, and folds, and
writes, till his arms ache, in order to be in time
for the mail; to-day, like an angry lion, which
leaps furiously against tho bars of his cage—
the editor foams, and begs to be “ let at him, ”
threatens his enemy with a caning on first
sight, but to-morrow, awed into humble sub
mission by the ferocious looks of the man ho
has abused, he is gentle as a lamb, and
more polite than a Frenchman; he re
tracts all he has said, makes every apologv,
and shakes hands most cordially with “ burn
ing brand of the social circle," as he in yester
day's paper styled his adversary.
The editor is in himself a multitude, and
though generally known to the public by one
name alone, he rejoices in a hundred others of
all kinds, embraced under the general name
of correspondents. The favorite name which
he takes is, “ A Constant Reader,” and he is
sure in these pieces to mention the “ valuable
paper,” or “ the interesting columns,” always
beginning with “Mr. Editor.” and winding up
with “ your obedient servant.” The editor
possesses an infinite stock of ingenuity, and is
constantly exercising it, in filling up and mak
ing his columns interesting when news is
scarce, and nothing of interest going on. A
favorite device is, that of publishing the ad
ventures and wonders that travellers have met
with in other lands; these are compiled from
old books, and by changing the dates and mak
ing some other alterations, they answer all the
purposes of bran-new articles. Indeed, ws
don’t know but they are better, for in making
the necessary alterations, the editor insert*
adventures that never did, and are never like
ly to happen, which are far more interesting
than the dull proscy accounts which some
travellers give us of their travels. The pub
lic may recognise the pieces to which we al
lude under the head of “ Foreign Correspon
dence,”
Editors are expected to know everything,
but they are often put to their wits end by
the inquiries of some lazy fellow who, prompt
ed by an impertinent curiosity, is forever pry
ing into the secrets of antiquity, and is alway*
propounding some difficult question about tho
manners and laws of the ancient Goths, or
the precise day on which Julius Caesar was
born. Some of these questions are so very
tough, that they can only be answered by re
ferring the inquirer to some old history which,
between us and the public, would be more dif
ficult to find than an answer to the question,
and w hich it is highly probable was never in
existence.
Editors arc great collectors of curiosities; if
Nature in the waywardness of her fancy gives
to some mortal an advantage over his brethren
by bestow ing upon him an additional toe or
finger, the event is recorded in a conspicuous
place, and set off with a shower of inteijec
tions and exclamation points, while two hands
point directly at the “ Wonderful Affair” in
order to attract attention. If some crusty old
miser, with one foot in the grave, gives hi*
hoarded wealth to a college or church, we find
it in the paper under the head of “Unparal
lelled Generosity,” or “ Magnanimous Disin
terestedness.” If a bunch of grapes ripen be
fore its time, if a tomato swell to an uncom
mon size, or two potatoes, through proximity
to each other, should be joined into one, or a
cow that formerly gave but a pint of milk now
gives a pint and a half, the wonderful event*
are given to the world in a flaming article
headed “ Beat this who can f”
As a judge, the editor passes sentence of
condemnation upon the effusions of his cor
respondents —as a General, he arranges his co
lumns to defend the rectitude of his prim’ 1 *
pics, the freedom of his country, tho excel
lence of his paper or the “ Liberty of
Press” —as a novelist, he deals largely in c *
tion, under which head may be classed P r ° T
spectuses, and articles setting forth the claim*
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