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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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[ From the .V. O. Picayune , August I.J
FROM BRAZOS SANTIAGO,
The U. S. Revenue Cutter Forward, 11. B.
Nones, Esq- Comd’g., arrived yesterday fore
noon from Brazos Santiago, whence she
Bailed on the 24Ui ult. Officers and crew all
well.
Lieut. R. S. Jones, of the Forward, has
!»een promoted and ordered to ti»e Cutter
Ewing. The Forward brought a heavy mail
from the army.
Com’r Alcx’r. Slide'l Mackenzie, U. S. N.,
came passenger in the Forward, charged with
despatches for the Government. The Courier
of last evening states upon the authority of
this gentleman, that the Volunteers
had been discharged.
We have not received a single letter from
Malamoroa by this arrival, and cannot give
any explanation of the reported discharge of
the Louisiana Volunteers. We would infer
from a conversation we had wilt) one ot ttie
officers of the Forward, that some of the
Regiments will remain in the Army, but
what ones we are not able to state.
We learn verbally that nothing of especial
interest has occurred since our last advices
from the Rio Grande; that the movement up
the river was ooiug on as fast as means of
transportation could be bad; and that no ex
traordinary sickness had broken out amongst
the Volunteers.
Annexed will be found two letters from
Mr. Kendall.
We have been furnished by Ist Lieut.
Gowan of the Forward with the following list
of vessels left at the Brazos, many of which,
he informs us, had been taken up to bring
home the Louisiana Volunteers who are dis
charged and about to return home:
►Ships Henry Pratt, Shanungo, .Sea Lion,
Gov. Davis, just arrived, Middlesex, do., .Su
riah, do.; Exchange, do.; barks Catharine,
do., Montgomery, Win. Ivy; brigs Empresa
rio, Apalachicola, Sampson, Orleans; schrs.
.Sea of Balt., Mobile, Delaware, Waterman,
Alert of Galveston, Ariosta Gates, 3 masted,
J. Wainwright, Robert Mills, Emma, and a
number not recollected.
{Editorial Correspondence of the Ficayuns.]
Camakgo, Mexico, July lb, 184 b.
The city of Camargo —or \vbat is left of
it—stands on the south side of the river San
Juan, and three miles only from the Rio
Grande. Its population has been as high as
6000; but previous so la crecienle, as the peo
ple call the recent dreadful flood, it had fallen
to 5000, and is now much less even than
that number. Many of the inhabitants, who
have lost all, will never return, choosing
higher ground in the vicinity on which to
rebuild theiryoca/es, as their houses or tene
ments are termed.
The extent of the freshet, or the rapidity
with which the waters of the San Juan rose,
have not been exaggerated. In this place
alone no less than eight hundred and sixty
houses —-among them some of the best houses
were either mucli injured or totally des
troyed, the frightened inhabitants flocking to
the* hills in crowds when they saw that the
place must inevitable be inundated. The
houses immediately around the Plaza, includ
ing the church and the dwellings of the priest
and alcalde, were injured hut little, although
the w aters gave even these a thorough soak
ing. To compute the entire loss sustained by
Camargo were impossible it would not amount
to as much as many might suppose, for hun
dreds of the houses were of little value; yet
the amount of suffering, as most of the people
have lost their all, lias been frightful.
Many amusing stories are told of the means
resorted to by the superstitious old women to
stay the progress of the dreaded flood. One
old crone, when the waters lacked but a few
inches of running over the banks, rushed to
the river with a small image of our Saviour
and the Holy Virgin, and loudly implored
them to stay the progress of la crecienle. An
American near told her to quit this flummery,
go to her house, and save as much of her
property as possible. She beckoned him away, i
and called more loudly than ever on the mute j
image in her hands to arrest tlie flood.—
Again she was told to leave, but not until a
heavy surge of water reached her, accom
panied by a crumbling in of the banks, did
she receive sufficient admonishment that her
prayers were of no avail. 1 hen she turned
and ran as fast as she could; and well was
it for her that she did so, for in ten minutes
more the water reached her house. The
only persons who remained in the place were
the few American residents, who lived in
canoes while the city was under water.—
Nearly opposite where 1 am now w riting is a i
large mesquit, in the lop of which they built j
a roost which still remains.
The weather here is insupportably hot du- I
ring the middle of the day, with little air stir
ring as was the case at Reynosa. On the
march from that place to this the Infantry
Buffered dreadfully, especially this side of La
guna del Pajaritas, or Lake of the Little
Birds, there being no water on the road and
the sun pouring his hottest rays directly upon
their backs. Several fell to the ground ex
hausted by the heat, while others were so
much overcome, that it was necessary to give
them places in the forage wagons. McCul
loch’s Rangers did not suffer to the same
extent, being all well mounted; but this thing
of campaigning in a southern latitude during
mid-summer is not so particularly pleasant
under any circumstances. To be sure, by
Bounding the reveille at half-past 2 o’clock
in the morning and starting at 3, much of the
march is through with beiore the sun is yet
up; but starting oft' at such an unseasonable
hour and Doing obliged to lay about during
the heat ot the day without shade, for we
have no tents, comes rather hard on the Ame
rican people—on a portion of them at least.
Bivouacking and all that sort of thing may
sound very well in ballads, but when it comes
down to the stern reality of the thing it is
distinctly a different matter.
There is no news stirring— no intelligence
as yet of tire movements or whereabouts of
Canales and Carrabajal. So soon as I can \
get the names of the different officers of the
• American force here, which composes the '
advance guard of the army of invasion, 1 will j
give you the list. '■V. K. .
Camargo, Mexico, July 17, 1846.
The Enterprise steamboat is off in an hour, ;
but before she leaves I wish to give you, for
the information of their friends in the U.
States, a list of the officers now at this place,
which )s as follows:
Capt. I). S. Miles. 7tb Infantry, Commad’g.
Lieut. F. N. Page. Adjutant.
Lieut. F. Britton, Commissary and Quar
ter master.
B. M. Byrne and G. M. I’revost, Assistant
1 Surgeons.
Lieut. D. J. Wood, Topographical Engi
■ neer.
Lieut. Thomas and Johnston, Light Artil
! lery.
Capts. Holmes, Ross, Whiting, Gatlin and
j Paul, 7th Infantry.
Lieuts. Hopson, Hanson, Little, Humber,
Gantt, McLavvs, Van Dorn, Gardner, Potter,
Strong and CJhz, 7lh Infantry.
The companies of the 7th Infantry now
j here are “E,” “C,” “D,” “K,” “F,”and “J.”
j The entire force of regulars composing the
advance guard of the army this side of
Reynosa, is between 250 and 300, but to this
j force must be added McCulloch’s Rangers,
upwards of 70, making a force of between 3
\ and 400 in all. The regulars are encamped
in the houses around the Plaza, the Rangers
under the falling roofs of some deserted jaca
’ Ips higher up the river. The Mexicans here
are much more friendly than those at Reyno
sa, and more reconciled to the appearance of
the Americans among them.
They are hourly expecting more sfeam
, ■ boats at this place, with additional provisions,
forage, and military stores. The army, oral
, least one division of it, will move troin this
point towards Monterey, distant 150 miles.—
• In the meantime it is thought that scouting
parlies of Rangers may be sent up in the
' neighborhood of Meir, and other towns on
’ the river, and if they do I will give you full
1 particulars of their adventures.
G. W. K.
P. S.—l heard it stated a day or two since
that Gen. Arista had sent in a courier to
Gen. Taylor, requesting that a force might
be sent on to his hacienda near Monterey, to
1 take him prisoner. According to the story,
Gen. A. is under strict watch and cannot
i move without having the eyes of some of the
Government cmisaries upon him. I give
this story precisely as I heard it.
_ G. W. K.
[ Prom the Athens Banner , August 4.1
THE COMMENCEMENT.
We are now in the midst of our annual
literary festival, and hither are thronging the
usual crowd of those whom interest, or curi
! osity, or pleasure, or duty, yearly draw to
gether to witness the Commencement exer
cises of our State University. They And
Franklin College in a condition of great pros
perity, and we hope that their brief sojourn
here, may be of so gratifying a character as
to excite increased interest in this institution,
and widen its circle of friends and patrons.
On Sunday, the Commencement Sermon
w'as delivered in the Chapel, by Rt. Rev.
Bishop Elliot, from 1 Kings xx. 11—“ And
the king of Israel answered and said, tell
j him, let not him that girdeth on his harness
1 boast, himself as he that putleth it oft’.” The
i subject was specially applied to the gradua
j ting class—young men just emerging into
! life and about to participate in the toils and
conflicts of the w'orld—and most eloquently
j and impressively did the speaker bring it
home to their hearts and consciences. We
j trust his words of admonition and warning
w ill not be lost upon them, nor upon any in
that large and attentive congregation.
Yesterday (Monday) a select number of
the Sophomore Class declaimed for medals
which are to be awarded to the two best
t speakers. This exhibition was arranged as
follows:
PRAYER BY THE PRESIDENT.
MUSIC.
‘ Charles A. A. Dunwody, Roswell, Cobb county,
i Our Country.—Chandler.
Wm. Pumpkin, Alliens, Ga. Difference between
Ancient ami Modern Civilization, —Pickens.
MUSIC.
Robert Elisha Allen, Augusta, Ga. Defence of
South Carolina.—Hayne.
Charles Seton Henry Hardee, Savannah, Ga.—
Reply to Mr. Hayne.—Webster.
MUSIC.
Win Watts Montgomery, Augusta, Ga. Infancy
of the Union.—Heed
lUm. Wilber force Lumpkin, Lexington, Ga. EIo- |
quence.—Foster. |
John T. Milner, Pike county, Ga. Opposition to
the War.— Randolph.
MUSIC.
Beverly Allen Thornton, Macon county, Ala.—
Abolitionism.—Gov. McDowell.
John James Grant, Upson county, Ga. Vindi
; cation of the Rights of Mississippi.—Prentiss.
MUSIC.
Thomas Jefferson Eppcs, Tallahassee, Fa. Ore
j gon.— Crittenden.
i Augustus Munro Mclver, Liberty county, Ga.—
i The Union.—McAllister.
On this day (Tuesday) the Junior Exhibition
takes place. The follow ing is their order of exer
' cises:
PRAYER.
MUSIC.
Sylvester James Farmer, P. K. S., Craw fordville.
The Conquests of Mind.
Alonzo Webster Church, D. S., Athens, The
Shroud of Saladin the Great.
MUSIC.
William Wesley Anderson, D. S., Athens. The
Lightning Pen.
Wesley Pierce Gahagan, P. K. S., Pike county.
' The Wrongs of Ireland.
MUSIC.
William Betnan Jones, P. K. S., Burke county,
j The Glory refleeted upon America by her Navy.
Leonidas Columbus Ferrell, D. S. t LaGrange,
Troup county. The Glory reflected upon Ameri
ca by her Army.
MUSIC.
Henry Holcome Bacon, P. K. S., Liberty county.
The fall of Babylon.
Luvilius Henry Briscoe, D. S., Monroe, WaJton
county. Georgia's Jew els.
MUSIC.
Presentation of Medals, and Address to the two
Sophomore Prize Orators.
MUSIC.
In the afternoon, the annual oration before
the Alumni of the College, will be delivered
by James W. Harris, Esq., of this place.
To-morrow (Wednesday) is Commence
ment day, which will present more than its
j usual attractions by the larger number of
1 orators which have been selected from the
graduating class. The following is a pro
gramme of the exercises of the day :
PRAYER BY THE PRESIDENT.
MUSIC.
Latin Salutatory. Defence of Classical Learn
j ing. John Rmne Blake, 2d Honor, P. K. S., Ab
j beville District, S. C.
Dreams at the daw nos Philosophy. TYto. Starr
Basinger, 2d Honor. P. K. S., Savannah.
William Hudson Allen, P. K. S., Benton county,
; Ala. [Excused.]
MUSIC.
j Progress and Destiny of the Anglo-Saxon Race.
; James Whitfield Uarren, D. S-, Columbus.
Ages of Action and Reflection. Elijah C. Jonts,
D. sT., Madison.
I “Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than
| the merit, but Posterity will regard the merit rather
than the man.”—Laron. William Alpheus Lofton, *
F. ik. S>., Libert county.
MUSIC.
“The soul has fountain- of knowledge within.”
Hmry Macon Dnnuody, P. K. fv, Roewell.
The Bible, the Palladium of our Liberties. —
Samuel }. Bailey, D. S., Barnwell District, S. C. j
The influence of misfortune in developing poetic
genius. Eugene Upson Harris, D. S., Athens.
MUSIC.
I Spirit of Modem Conquest. Charles LaFayette
: Dendy, D. S., Harris county.
Oliver Cromwell. Thomas Alexander Hoyt, 3d ,
I Honor, D. S., Alliens.
Oliver Cromwell. Ahdsi Johnson, 3d Honor, D. |
j S., Cass county.
MUSIC.
The Scholar’s Hope. Thomas D. Moss, 3d lion- :
| or, I). S.. Clark county.
j Neglect of the Study of Eloquence. George Os- ;
j car Dawson, D. S., Greensboro’,
i • Paul and Demosthenes. Henry Marhury Law,
S P. K. S., Savannah. *s
MUSIC.
Daniel DeSaussure liacot, P. K. S., Beaufort
District, S. C. [ Excused.j
Valedictory. William Gaston Deloney, Ist Hon- ;
or. P. Iv. S., Camden county.
Valedictory. James G. Collier , Ist Honor, D. j
S., Augusta.
MUSIC.
Degrees Conferred.
MUSIC.
Address of the President to the Class.
MUSIC.
i The annua! Oration before the Demosthe
i nian and Phi Kappa Societies, is expected to
i be delivered on Thursday, by Hon. J. L. j
I Fettigru of Charleston; and this will close
i the exercises of the week.
i Thirteen candidates for admission to Col- |
j lege, were examined and received on Satur-
I dav last. Several other applications will be
made during the week, so that we may anti
cipate fully the ordinary number of acces
sions at this season.
AUGUSTA, GEO,.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1846.
O' The latest news we have received trom
the army, will be found in other columns.
UWe publish, on the first page of our
paper to-day, letters from Gen. Taylor, and
Lieut. Ridge!y,and one from the exiled Santa
Anna.
O’ There were fifty-one deaths in Charles
ton, during the month of July.
“TRUE WHIGS.”
We notice in an exchange paper, (the Bos
ton Courier, of the Ist inst.,) a communica
tion over the signature of “A True Whig ” —
and while it is not an uncommon occurrence,
the inference is, that there are some whigs
who are not “frt/e.” It appears to be a
modest reflection upon the party claiming
“all the decency.” It is decidedly wrong, in
principle, for one portion of the whigs to in
sinuate, “or set down aught,” against the
other section of bis brethren of the “flint.”
We refer to this trifling matter now, in con
sequence of the warm solicitude felt by the
whigs, for the interests and feelings of some
of the outraged democrats of Pennsylvania.
And, further, to attempt to conciliate, if pos
sible, the opinions of the Georgia whigs, upon
the Tariff question. The editor of the Geor
gia Journal, says, (we quote upon the authori
ty of the Chronicle & Sentinel.)
“The Whig party of Georgia is an anti-Tariff
j party—opposed as much to a protective tariff, as
( any other party. Those who write otherwise, in
■ onr opinion, misrepresent them. They are worse
j than misrepresented too, when it is said they are
j opposed to the late tariff hill, because, it does not
sufficiently protect certain articles, or that it is not
sufficiently protective in its character.”
The Chronicle & Sentinel does not seem
! disposed to acknowledge the truth of the
| above assertions of the Journal. After copy
-1 in<r the remarks of the editor of the Georgia
i a
Journal, the Chronicle thus proceeds to anni
hilate him.
“Thus speaks the Georgia Journal, in a late ar
ticle defining its position on the Tariff question.—
We do not of course know the sentiments of the en
tire Whig party of Georgia upon this momentous
question, and cannot therefore assert that they are
not grossly misrepresented by the Journal. If t hey
are not, however, we have observed the move
| ments of parties in Georgia to but little purpose.—
For we -had arrived at the conclusion, from the
events transpiring before us, and in w’hich we
have been humble actors, for some years, that the
W T hig party of Georgia, in common with the great
I Whig party of the Union, were open and decided ;
: advocates of a Tariff affording adequate protection i
l to American industry. Such a Tariff, we have
boldly and openly advocated, and we have not be
fore had it intimated, from any quarter, that our
sentiments were not in unison with the Whigs of
Georgia, or at any rate the great mass of the party.
It is not our purpose to enter into any discussion
with our cotemporary, and we only notice the arti
cle for the purpose of expressing our entire disbe
lief in its correctness, in point of fact.
Avery grave and-important quest ion now
arises, which of the two editors is entitled to j
the honor of being styled the "true whig?” j
We shall shortly receive, we hope, a lumin- I
ousand graphic account of the “tweadle-dee
and tweedle-dum” differences of opinion, that
are entertained upon the new tariff act, by
the editors. In the meantime, we entreat
them to keep cool, and not allow their “har- -
mony” to be disturbed. The “harmonious |
democracy” will continue to look on, and I
while they hear so much of dissentions j
abroad, in their own ranks, they may be con- i
soled with the reflection that there are slight *
disturbances in the whig household at home
and abroad.
GOVERNED BY “PRINCIPAL.”
The Magnetic Telegraph correspondent of I
the Baltimore Sun, at Philadelphia, August
2nd, thus communicates:
“Vice President Dallas was burnt in effigy :
last night by the excited operatives at G«r- ;
mantown. The news of his having given
the casting vote on Saturday in favor of the
establishment of a dry dock in this city has
caused somewhat of a favorable change of
feeling towards him in some sections of the
city.”
The Spirit of the Times, in Philadelphia,
clothed its paper in mourning upon the pas
sage of the tariff bill. Our readers may re
member this democratic paper. In 1844, it
was a penny concern, under “ native” as well
as abolition influence, and performed a prin
pal part in the Georgia November flections
of that year. It was in this paper that Sen
ator Berrien found his abolition thunder to
startle the democracy of Georgia, into a sup
port of Mr. Clay. The experiment failed.
The Spirit of the Times is now in mourn- ;
ing, for effect, for eclat, and in hopes of get- j
ing patronage and character—that will be
another failure.
* JZTIIon. A. 11. Stephens has been nomi
nated by the whig party, which met by con
vention, at Eatonton, on the 27th ult. as
their candidate for Congress from the seventh
I Congressional District.
VERY HARMONIOUS.
The whig papers in Boston are quarreling
in fine style, even up to the “agony” point,
about the propriety of Mr. Wmthrop’s vote
upon the Mexican war bill. The Boston
Whig and the Daily Advertiser are the prin
cipal belligerents. Such expressions as these,
“a downright lie”—“per filial attestation to a
1 falsehood”“not only unmerited and unpro
voked, hut grossly slanderous and indecent” —
are among the choice specimens ofliterature,
indulged in. But the whigs are extremely
: harmonious all over the country —oh yes,
j very. “All discord is harmony I” And yet
j thev croak over the slightest difficulty in the
democratic ranks—and sneeringly ask, “how
is the unterrified, and unchangeable, and
i harmonious democracy?” It is.occasionally,
S proper to remind onr whig friends that they
j are not altogether exempt from sectional and
other differences, and until the democracy
find them so, it will he well for the whigs to
; remember the allusion to a beam and a mote.
“SUGAR PARISH.”
The editor of the New Orleans Tropic, a
whig paper, complains bitterly and sneer
ingly, at the result of a recent election in
Louisiana. We are sorry that wee in afford
him no consolation now, but he may be
cheered by the news from Pennsylvania—-and
I solaced by the reflection that Mr. Dallas was
| hung in effigy!
“ Bring out the Big Gun. —The Demo
cratic candidate for the Legislature has been
elected from the Whig Parish of Ascension;
verily may the Democracy rejoice. If the
most Sugar Parish in the State, will at this
critical moment, vote against the men who
have endeavored to sustain their interests,
then every thing is right —down with the tariff
on Sugar, and every thing else. Verily will
Mr. Thibodeaux’s heart sink within him
when lie finds iiis vote in Congress, so se
verely censured by the late election in the
Parish of St. James. The poll stood as fol
lows: Templet, (D.) 241; Gilbert, (W.) 202.”
NORTH CAROLINA.
On yesterday the elections in this State,
for Governor and members of the legislature,
took place. The returns, generally, come
in slowly from North Carolina, and it may
be several days before the result can be
known.
PENNSYLVANIA.
The talented New York correspondent of
the Charleston Evening News, under date of
July 30th, after referring to the momentary
effect produced by the news of the passage of
the tariffbill, says:
“1 doubt, not that the people of Pennsylva
nia can adapt themselves to any system;
and ifyou could see, as I have seen, their
mountains of coal and iron, lying side by s.de
with every possible facility fur working them,
you would hardly suppose that iliey required
any more protection than the Wheat, or Corn,
or Cotton planter.”
OLD POINT COMFORT. )
July 31, 1846. s
IMr. Editor. —ls anv of your readers in the
| soutli should take the “Bay Line” in their
\ travels to northern cities and watering places,
let me recommend them to stop at Old Point
if only for a day. They can there decide
whether the attractions of the spot are suf
ficient to detain them longer. I was induced
I to step ashore by the fine appearance of
French’s extensive Hotel, and also from a
desire to witness the grand dinner that it was
reported was to come off in honor of Gen.
Gaines: to be given him by the visitors at this
fashionable watering place. Tiie dinner did
not come off, as the intended compliment
was declined, promptly,and properly, as soon
as the old veteran heard that it was in agita
tion. He prefered to wait till the cloud upon
his military escutcheon should be wiped off
by the Court of Inquiry now in session.
The gallant old .man is much more of a
hero than a culprit in the eyes of his coun
trymen, and more especially of his country
women. He is decidedly the lion of this
place, and when he is in the Ball Room, is
“the observed of all observers.” He has a
polite bow or a soft word for each fair one
that passes, and his white head and venera
ble appearance, seem to go more directly to
their hearts, than the rollicking and dash
ing manner of the young officer, whose uni
forms nightly glitter in the Ball Room. I
think that Gen. Vega is the only military
man this side of the Rio Grande, that could
compete with him. His is not the first in
stance of popular sentiment rising above the
action of Government and applauding where
it censured. Columbus went back to Europe
from the new world, which he had discover
ed, and landed on the shores of Spain in
chains. Yet the enthusiasm of the people in
his behalf was tumultuous, and the good |
Queen Isabella shed tears of indignation at
beholding the spectacle of her hero thus mal
treated.
All I mean here to say, however, is that
I believe the Court of Inquiry will result in
an honorable acquittal, and that this result
will be bailed with universal pleasure. As
there was a disregard of positive orders,
however, it was not improper that Gen.
Gaines should be required to show, in his
justification, that the exigencies of the case
were such as to force on him the responsi
bility which he assumed.
General Gaines was received on his arrival
at this post, with the honors due his rank,
and was saluted by the commandant, Col.
Walback, with thirteen guns.
Old Point is immediately on the route from
City Point, via Weldon and Petersburg.
The Richmond boat takes you down from
City Point to Norfolk, where you get into j
the steamer for Baltimore. But as it touches j
iMinr—wri
at Old Point first, you can land, say at 2 P.
M., take dinner, walk around the parapets of
Fort Monroe, take a sea bath, a game of b.I
liards, ten pins, &c., and take the Baltimore
boat at \ before 5, which comes by from Nor
folk, 15 miles below. I think, though, that in
this lime, you will have received such favora
ble impressions of Old Point, that you will
remain a little longer. Between three and
four hundred persons are here at this time,
and the assembly embraces some ot the
choicest society of Virginia and the adjoin
ing states. This may be considered the first
fashionable season at this place, as never be
fore were the same attractions, and on as
I large a scale,offered to the public, ihe new
i Hotel has been erected sin e last season.
It has a splendid bail room, lighted at night
j with gas, which blazes from fine showy
1 chandeliers. A good band is in attendance
every evening, and at the hour of dinner: In
addition to which, there is a band in the
| fortress whose martial airs are in unison
I with the warlike aspect, of its frowning bat
| tlements, and inspire an exultant conscious
ness that the spot is safe from the invasion
■ of hostile footsteps. No foe can ever disturb
it, and our flag is destined to float forever
i there as the pledge of safety to the immense
| back country lying upon the wafers which
converge at this point, and to which this is
the key. This is the most extensive lurlitica
j tion in the Utiifed States. When in a com
plete state of defence, it mounts several hun
dred trims of the largest size, and it requires
a force of about 8,000 fnllv to man the walls.
They extend about one mile in circumfer
ence, and furnish a delightful promenade
in the cool of the evening, as the ocean
breezes come floating over them from the
broad Atlantic.
Independent of the casual visitors during
summer, a permanent society is furnished by
the families of officers residing at the Post.
At this time, most of. the officers are off on
duty. But their toils will be sweetened by
the consciousness, that those most dear to
them, repose securely in one of onr country’s
stoutest strongholds, and will not he uncared
for by a grateful nation, should the chances
of war deprive them of their natural protec
tors. I certainly wish those officers addi
tional honors and a safe return, more fervent
ly since becoming acquainted with some of
their charming daughters.
I would before closing desire to say some
thing of the Rip Raps, an artificial fortifica
tion of rock springing out of the sea, which
has been erected at great expense, atid which
united with Port. Monroe, renders an en
i trance hereby a hostile fleet wholly impos
i sible. But this is a theme invested with less
interest since the settlement of the Oregon
! question,and I will not pursue it for fear of
; becoming tedious.
1 have omitted two tilings in this letter.
One is politics. Ido this because nobody of
fasteever talks politics at a fashionable water
ing place. As Sam Weller said nfrhe game
of Battledore and Shuttlecock, under certain
i circumstances, “in vicli case, it becomes too
i exciting to be pleasant,” so is if with politics.
The other omission, is the very fine table
i kept-here. I will not dilate on this topic,
j but will barely mention that Norfolk has al
i ways been famous for fish and oysters, and
| at Old Point Comfort, yon can get them in
perfection. Slieephead and Oysters were
standing dishes. In Georgia the rule is never
eat oy.-ters during any month which lias not
the letter Rin it. There is no such rule
here.
But I will spare your feelings. It is cruel
to speak of pleasures thus remote from you,
since you cannot,
“Blunt the hungry edge of appetite.
By hare imagination of a least.”
You will doubtless appreciate mv kind
| ness. RAMBLER.
[COM MUNICATED. ]
Sparta, Ga., August 4th, 1846.
In pursuance of previous notice, a respecta
ble portion of lhe Democratic party, of Han
cock county, assembled at the Court-house,
for the purpose of appointing delegates to the
District Convention.
On motion, Eli 11. Baxter, was called to
the Chair, and Hamilton Bonner, appointed
Secretary.
The object of the meeting being explained
by the Chairman, on motion of R. P. Sassnett,
the following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, inasmuch as ours is strictly a
representative government, deriving its just
powers from the consent of the governed, it
behooves the people, to guard with a vigilant
eye, the conduct of those whom they delegate
to represent them in the councils of the na
tion—and, that, whenever, their representa
tives cease to represent their interests and
their wishes, it becomes their right, and their
duty, to withhold from them, the power with
which they have entrusted them.
| Resolved, therefore, that in the opinion of
this meeting, the tariff act of 1842, was un
constitutional, unjust, and oppressive—that
it was subversive of, and destructive to, the
agricultural interest of this country, and in
tended to protect and foster capitalists, en
gaged in manufacturing, at the expense of
those engaged in agricultural and other pur
suits.
Resolved, that in the opinion of this meet- 1
ing, that portion of the delegation from this
State, who refused to vote for, and voted
against, a modification of the tariff act of i
1842, as proposed in the bill reported from the
committee, have most grossly misrepresented
both the principles and the interests of the
people of Georgia.
Resolved, That this meeting heartily ap
prove of the plan proposed by their demo
cratic fellow-citizens, of other counties of the '
district, of holding a Convention on the 15ih I
of August, inst., for the purpose of nominating
a suitable person to run as a candidate to rep- !
resent the Bth Congressional district in the j
next Congress.
Resolved, That we will use all honorable !
I means to promote and secure the election of j
[ the nominee ot the Warrenton Convention, J
I regardless of all minor differences of opinion
; in politics, provided he possesses the neces
' sary mental and moral qualifications, and is
opposed to a tariff for protection.
On motion of B. T. Harris, the Chair ap
pointed a committee of three, whose duty it
shall be, to suggest the names of three gen
tlemen to represent the Democracy of Han
cock county, in the District Convention, to be
held at Warrenton, Ga., on the 15th inst,,
whereupon, the following gentlemen were
appointed that committee: —R. P. Sassnett,
I George White, and John T. Martin.
The committee withdrew, and after a few
minutes absence, reported the following
names:—Simpson Fouche, B. T. Harris, ami
11 ain 1 11 on Bonner.
On motion of B. T. Harris, it was—
Resolved, That the delegation appointed
have power to till any vacancy that may
occur.
1 , On motion of George Bell—-
Resolved, That the proceedings of the
1 meeting be published in the Georgia Constv»
tiitionalist.
The meeting then adjourned.
1 ELI H. BAXTER, dim.
1 ; Hamilton Bonner, Sec’y.
. Wakkenxos, Ga., Augu.-t 4, 1846.
, According to previous notice, a meeting of
t' the Democratic party of Warren county, was
. | held at tiie Court-house, this day, for the pur
. | pose of appointing delegates to the Conven
. I tiun, to be iield here on the 15th instant, fur
- the nomination of a Democratic candidate
| for Congress, from the Bih Congressional dis
trict.
. The meeting was organized by the appoint
, meut of iS. W. Smith, Chairman, and B. B.
> Dr-ken, Secretary.
On motion, the Chairman appointed the
r following gentlemen a committee to nomi
, nate delegates, to wit:—Messrs. G. W.
Hardaway. Charles Raley, James Rickefson,
( ; William Abbot, and I'eter Monaghan, who
, reported liie names of S. \V. Smith, George
) V. Neal, and William Gibson, Esq., for that
, purpose; which report was unanimously
I ‘ adopted.
| The meeting then adjourned.
S. W. SMITH, Chm.
B. B. Dicken, Secy.
GATHERINGS FROM THU TRESS.
- I-
Panic — Ruin! —The Stocks which fell
I off slightly in New York on the 30ili nit., have
i rallied again, notwithstanding the mourning
, J rules of tiie Pennsylvania papers.
Alarming effect of the panic. —Provisions
have advanced with an increased demand in
I New Vo.k since the passage of the New tariff
■ act. Verily, the country is mined!
Failures in . Mexico . —Looking over some
' of tiie latent papers from Mexico, we find that
the mercantile firm of Messrs, Serinent,
Fort &. Co., and Messrs. Cecil lon & Co.,
both ot the Capital, have failed; the first for
i the amount of $1,300,000, and the other
$300,000. In Vera Cruz, also, one of the
| principal mercantile houses had failed to the
amount of $590,000 ami several other were
expected to follow the example.—A. (J. JJeitu,
, August 1.
Wonder ifthese calamities were not caused
likewise by the tariff bill of JB4G.
HIT One of the most certain and easiest
modes of detecting counterfeit silver money
is to draw the edge ol a sharp pen-knife
across (lie surface. If good, it will cm like
| a 'rich old cheese;’ it counterfeit, the edge of
the Unite will catch, as if it had come across
i some hard substance.
' ILT A commercial treaty has been con
cluded between the United fStales and ihe
j Kingdom of the “ J'vvo fSicilies,” signed at
I Naples by our Charge, William H. Polk,
E-q., and the authorities ot that government.
O' The Independence Expositor says :
I “We understand by a gentleman direct from
Fort Leavenworth, that ou the night of the
j Jsth nil., a lady, me wife of a L. IS. officer,
: gave birtii to three fine hoys, ail doing well
when our informant left. Jn lime of peace
I prepare for war.”
i EU Air. \\ ise made ids fifty-third a;rial
I voyage from Lancaster, Pa., on"the Ist nisf.
lie says;—“My range of vision extended
JSouth and East, from 30 to 40 miles ; and
| North and West about 15. The reason of it
1 leave for opticians and natural philosophers
j to resolve.”
J) feet inn from the church. —A friend in
Baltimore writes to us under date ot July
6th:—‘ “The Rev. Edgar P. Wadfiarns, Dea
con, missionary at Ticonderoga, New York,
yesterday read ids renunciation of our Church
in Saint Mary s Chapel, in this citv. 1 tin*
. deratand that lie attached himself to the Ro
man Communion some lime since.”—Calen
i dar.
The land of steady Habits. —lt is said that
there are thirty-nine distilleries in one town
: in the Stale of Connecticut.
Work for Temperance Societies. —The dis
j blleries in the city of New York manufac
ture annually 5,115,200 gallons of whiskey,
j tiie value of which is estimated at $799.500.
Oregon. —ln Oregon liquors are not allow
ed to he imported, manufactured or sold,
under heavy penalities. This blocks up the
Temperance folks in Oregon.
3-j Baltimore is the largest tobacco mart
| in the world, and the money realized from the
j cro P s > yearly is nearly two millions of dollars.
TT I here arc eight silk establishments in
j Massachusetts, which produced, during the
last year, 22,500 lbs. of sewing silk, valued
at $150,477.
J-J The amount of Wool to be clipped in
I the United Stales, in 1846, is estimated at
140,000,000 lbs., valued at $36,000,000.
Proclamation against Women. —ln the
year 1517, a proclamation was issued that
women should not meet together to babble
and talk; and that all men should keep their
, wives in their houses.— Hume's Kngland.
Tall Failures. —The liabilities of one of
the flour speculators of New York, who has
suspended, are a million and a half of dollars;
j Another comes plump up to a million !
Clerical VV it. —A distinguished clergyman,
a few weeks since, being requested, in one of
| the Baltimore churches, to open the services
j with prayer, but not having been invited to
: preach, declined, saying that “if his friend
’ was going to do the mowing, he might whet
j his own scythe!” -