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M OUNT PISGAII.
BT J.E'T'. J. T. HEADLEY.
Perhaps there is no mountain on out
planet, w hieh, from its associations, has
furnished more cheering promises to man
than Mount Pisgah. Around its summit
cluster some of the most glorious truths
in our religion, arid a light falls there
like the radiance of heaven itself. But
of these Ido not design to speak. Others
have exhibited these truths holier than 1
could, and following out rny original
plan, I wish merely to describe the scenes
connected with this mountain, rather than
the truths they develope.
Moses was denied entrance into the
land of Canaan. Though he had braved
the wrath of Pharaoh, renounced his
worldly expectations, periled his life, and
led on the host of Israel for forty years
through the wilderness, for the sole pur
pose of reaching the promised land, his
eyes were never to he gladdened by the
sight. He had escaped the wrath of his
pursuers—the pestilence that swept so
many thousands to death—the bite of the
flaming serpents that strewed the camp
with so many thousands more—even the
decay of the body itself—to die at last by
a special decree, in sight of all his toils—
the anticipated rest from ail his labors.
The sea had been passed—the murmurs
of the people borne w ith—the long weary
desert traveled over—forty years of the
prime of life exhausted, to secure one
single object, and then he died with the
object unreached, though spread out in
all its templing loveliness before him.
Angry when the people clamored for
water —daring to carry out the com
mands of the Lord in a pelulent spirit—
assembling the people hastily, without
sanctifying them for the great miracle
about to be performed, addressing them
roughly, and claiming the credit of the
miracle, though perhaps unintentionally,
saving “must we bring water out of the
rocks?’’ and smiting, in his vexation, the
rock twice, instead of once, as he had
been commanded, and thereby injuring
the anti-type, — Moses hod so displeased
the Lord that he denied him entrance
into Canaan.
In whatever relation we behold Moses,
wiihthe above single exception, he is
ever the same sublime and majestic char
acter. Noble by nature, great by his
mission, and greater still by the manner
in which lie accomplished if, he ever main
tains his ascendancy over our feelings.—
We see t,he fiery promptings of the heart
that could not brook oppression, in the
bloody vengeance betook on the Egyp
tian who would trample on his brother.
Preferring the desert w ith freedom to the
court of Pharaoh in sight of injustice, he
led the life of a fugitive. Called by a
voice from heaven to go back to deliver
his people, he again trod the courts of the
King of Egypt.
But not in the presence of Pharaoh
when he withstood the monarch to his
face, and brought down the thunders of
heaven on his throne—not on ihe beach
of the sea, with one arm upraised towards
heaven, and the other stretched over the
water, while tlie waves that went surg
ing by stopped and crouched at his feet—
not in the midst of the raining manna—
not in the lifting of the brazen symbol in
the midst ofthe flying serpents, while the
moan of suffering and the cries of the dy
ing struggled up from the mighty en
campment —not when, between the moun
tains, his stalely form shone in the light
of the blazing fiery pillar, while the
♦.read of the mighty multitude shook
the earth behind him—nor even when he
stood on the shaking Sinai, his guard the
thunder and his vesture the lightning,
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and talked with the Eternal as a friend
talketh with friend—not in all these
awful relations does he appear to me so
majestic and attractive as in this last
event of Iris life.
Behold the white tents of Israel scat
tered over the plain and swelling knolls
at the foot of Mount Neho. It is a balmy,
glorious day. The sun is sailing over
the encampment, while the blue sky
Lends like God in love over all things.
Here and there a fleecy cloud is hovering
ever the top of Pisgah, as if conscious of
the mysterious scene about to transpire
there. The trees stand green and fresh
in the moonlight; the lowing of cattle
rises through the still atmosphere, and
nature is lovely and tranquil, as if no
sound of grief were to disturb her repose.
Amid this beauty and quietness, Moses
assembled the children of Israel for the
last time, to take the farewell look and
leave his farewell blessing, lie cast his
eye over the leaders beside him. and over
the host, while a thouand contending
emotions struggled for the mastery in his
bosom. The past with its toils and suf
ferings rose up before him, and how
could he part with his children, murmur
ing and ungrateful though they had been,
whom he had borne on his brave heart
for more than forty years? Self-collected
end calm he stood before them, and gave
them his last blessing. He made no
complaints—never spoke of his hardships
in their behalf; made no allusion to his
anguish in leaving them on the very
verge of Canaan, the object for which he
had toiled so long, lie did not even
refer to bis death. In the magnanimity
of his great heart, forgetful of himself,
or else not daring to trust his feelings in
an allusion to his f*le, he closed his sub
lime address in the following touching
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language: “The eternal God is thy re
fuge, and underneath are the everlasting
arms; and he shall dwell in safely alone.
Happy art thou, O Israel ! who is like
i unto thee : oh, people saved by the Lord,
the shield of thy help, and who is the
sword of thy excellency.” Noble lan
guage—noble heart. Carried away in
the contemplation of his children’s happi
ness, he burst forth into exclamations of
joy in the moment of his deepest distress.
But did not that manly voice falter and
that stern lip quiver as he advanced to
bid them his last adieu ? For a moment
the rising emotions checked ins ut fer
ance. They had been the companions
of his toil—the objects of his deepest so- :
licitude. Common suffering, common ;
j fate, had bound them to him by a thousand ;
i ties. He looked hack on the desert; it i
1 was past. He looked forward on Canaan; !
iit w r as near. He turned to I lie people,
and they were weeping. He cast his
eye up to Nebo, and he knew he must j
die. Although no complaint escaped his j
lips—no regret fell from his tongue, a i
deeper paleness was on his cheek, and a
sterner strife in his heart than he had ever
fell before. Though outwardly calm,
his stern nature shook for a moment like
I a cedar in a tempest, and then the strug
; gle was over. His farewell was echoed
in melancholy tones from lip to lip
through life vast host as lie turned to
: ascend the mountain. As he advanced i
from rock to rock, the sobbings of the :
multitude that followed after, tore his i
heart strings like the cry of a child does j
that of its parent’s and it was long before ;
i iie dared trust himself to turn and look
below. But at length he paused on a
high rock ami gazed a moment on the
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i scene at his feet. There were llie white
tents of Jacob glittering in the sunlight,
and there the dark mass of Israel’s host
as they stood and watched the form of
| their departing leader. Those tents had
become familiar to him as household
: scenes, and as he gazed on them now, far, j
far beneath him, and saw the cloud
; overshadowing the mysterious ark, a |
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sigh of unutterable sadness escaped him. ,
He thought of the hones of Joseph he had
i carried for forty years, that were to rest I
with his descendants, while he was to be ;
; left alone amid the mountains. Attain '
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I no turned to the ascent, and soon a rock
I shut him from view, and he passed along ;
to the summit,
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There God miraculously spread before
i him all the land of Canaan. He stood
a speck on the high crag, and gazed on
the lovely scene. Jordan went sweeping
by in the glad sunlight. Palm trees
| shook their green tops in the summer
: wind, and plains and cities and vineyards
| spread away in endless beauty before
j him. But a!», methinks he saw more
than the landscape smiling beneath the
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eastern sky. The history of the future
I w'as unrolled before him. He saw the
spot of Bethlehem, and also the star that
hung over it. There lay glittering in
: the landscape the sea of Galilee, hut he
saw more than the water; he beheld the
mysterious form walking there in the
, midst of the midnight storm. Ho saw
Jerusalem ’’in its glory and downfall.—
He heard the birth song of the angels—
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and last of all, a mysterious mount rose
j up before him, wrapped in storm and
cloud, through whose gloomy foldings
gleamed a cross. The clouds rolled
| away,and lo ! the Strength of Israel, the
I Rcfugeof Judah, hung in death. Again
I the vision changed—the sepulchre was
open, and like an ascending glory that
form rose to heaven.
The scene vanished from his sight, and
I with the rock for Ids couch and the bine
| sky for his covering, he lay down to die.
i Oh, who can tell what the mighty law
giverfelt, left in that dre&dful hour alone!
The mystery of mysteries was to be
I passed. No friend was beside his conch
to soothe him, no voice to encourage him
I in the last, darkest of all human slrug-
I gles. No one was with him but God,
and though with one hand ho smote him,
with toe other he held his dying head.—
How long was he dying? God alone can
I answer. What words did his quivering
i lips last utter? God alone knows. Was
his last prayer for Israel?—his last words
of the Crucifixed? From the lonely rock
j did a shout go up—“Oh, Death, where
is thy sting? Oh, Grave, where is thy
victory!” Os that last scene and its
changes we know nothing, but when it i
: wasover, Moseslay a coi pseoti the moun- I
tain top. And God buried him. There j
j he slep alone—the mountain cloud which
night hung around him was Ids only j
| shroud, and the thunder of the passing ;
; storm in’s only dirge. There he slept 1
1 while centuries rolled by, his grave un- ;
j known and unvisited, until at length he
is seen standing on Mount Tabor, with
Christ, in the Transfiguration. Over
Jordan at last—in Canaan at last.
I will not speak here of the instruction i
tin’s scene affords, but from the very sum
mit of his sorrows, where he had gone to
die, Moses for the first time in his life,
caught a view of Canaan. He did not
know as he went over the rocks, torn and
weary, how lovely the prospect was from
the top. In this world it frequently hap
pens that when man has reached the place
of anguish, God folds away the mist from
before his eyes, and the very spot he se
lected as the receptacle of his tears be
comes the place of iiis highest rapture.
For thirty days did the Israelites
mourn at the base of that mountain over
their departed leader, and then mourn
fully struck their tents and moved away.
Consecrated by the death of Moses—re
ceiving his last sigh, Mount Pisgah stands
the third sacred mountain on earth.
WHIG CONSISTENCY—THE TARLES TURNED —
ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENT.
One can sea reel v lake up a whig
newspaper without finding the democrats
stigmatised as law-breakers, disorgani
zes and agrarians.— When you call for
evidence to justify such epithets, none is
forthcoming. When you ask them to
point to a single instance where a viola
tion of law has received the sanction of
the democratic party, in any State of
this Union, they are dumb. When you
call on them to designate a democratic j
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office holder or regularly nominated
candidate, who holds disorganizing opin
ions and advocates the distribution of the
property, or the infringement of contracts, ;
they fail to do so. But still with the most
astonishing recklessness, they repeat the
charge, and their daily acclamation con- j
| sists chiefly of these epithets, employed,
i as we have said, without a single fact to
i sustain them.
But how stands the matter on llie other
i side? Let the following fact answer: The
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Whig parly in the great State of New j
■ York—in a regular and fully represented j
State Convention —hare nominated as ;
their candidate for Governor John Young, j
an anti-Renter; an avowed disorganize!-; I
a champion of law breakers; a proselyte \
to, and professor of all those wild, infidel, |
and revolutionary doctrines, advocated hy |
the New York Tribune, which , {says the j
N. Y. Courier Enquirer, a whig jour
nal.) strike at the tenure of private prop- j
erly. and at all our social and domestic j
institutions. Yes, this branch of the !
i Whig Party, hitherto regarded as a sac- |
tion , has shown itself to he a majority of j
| the whig party in that powerful S’ate. |
It has triumphed over flie ancient, con- ’
j servalive wing of the wings; defeated, in j
| general convention, the nomination of |
Millard Filmore, the ablest man of that 1
party, and secured the nomination of the
anti-Kent leader, who goes into the can
j vass to make war on the favorite whig
I doctrine of vested rights.
Some of the New York citv papers
j show signs of dissatisfaction, others here
-1 tofore loud in their denunciations of anti
rentisrn and infidelity, show symptoms of
change, and even the Courier Sf En
quier, which for a year or more has filled
the world with its denunciations of the
1 anti-rentism, and striven to brand it as a
I democratic heresy, will fall into the ranks
I and support the agrarian candidate.
1 Already the Tribune —after advocating i
i his nomination on the ground of his op. |
! position to existing abuses in the tenure i
| of property, and to the institutions of
! society as now organized—is invoking
| the whigs to rally around him as “a friend
! of protection, of internal improvement,
and of whig principles generallyJ* And
the appeal will he successful.
But we call on the people of the South
to bear witness to the fact that the whi"
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candidate for Governor is a dis organizer:
an enemy oj social order, h thampion of
law breakers and of mobs t and furiously
hostile to the institutions of the South. —
j He is opposed to all existing la ws of pro
| perty, and would overthrow the existing
| systems of religion, law, government and j
I social order. And for this we have the 1
; authority of the New Y’oi k Courier and
j Enquirer, which has, again and again,
j charged this, and more than this, on the
; Tribune and its right hand man, John
I Young.
Yet this is the man now nominated by
I the whigs of that great State, and these
j the doctrines that must triumph, if he
| succeeds.
We ate sure that all parties here in
the South will regret this state of things, j
; It is the most alarming step vet taken by
; any party, in the progress of political de
moralization ; and is quite as pregnant
with danger and disaster as the jacobin
! ism of the French revolution. Where it
1 will end, God only knows. The only
true antidote is in the firmness, union
j and intelligence of the New York demo
cracy, aided by those whigs who will
j not sanction error, agraiianisrn and infi
delity for the sake of party.
We sincerely sympathise with our
whig friends here, in the mortification
they must feel at the condition of their
party in New York.— N. O. Jeffersonian, j
MEXICO.
We find in the American Flag publish- !
i ed at Matamoros a few scraps of informa- I
| tion from the city of Mexico as late as the i
2nd inst., which is later than advices re
ceived here. We copy the following :
The Government of Mexico had re- |
ceived hy extraordinary express from '
! Vera Cruz. official communications from j
the United States, inviting them to enter
into negotiations for Peace—upon which
subject the Government were occupied on
: the 30th ult.
i Gen. Santa Anna was expected to be i
j in the city of Mexico on the 6th inst., and :
great preparations were making for his
| reception at the Capitol.
It was thought that the American j
; Commodore had been fooled in thus per
i minting Santa Anna to enter Mexico.—
i Expectador understands that the Commo
| dore was very uneasy and perplexed,
after having ascertained that Santa Anna
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and Almonte could unite, and arm the
whole population; and fearful that lie
had done wrong is not exacting a guaran
tee from the former.
With regard to the news from Mata
moros, the Diariosays: “Taylor’s army,
composed principally of dancing masters,
printers, and doctors, are suffering great
ly from the fever—this being the season
for the prevalence of that disease in those
parts —and disorder seems to be augment
ing every day.”
Eight thousand dollars were sent to the
Governor of this Stale, (Tamaulipas) by
the Government of Mexico, to be distri
buted among the late sufferers by inunda
tion at Camargo.
A hasty organization was recommend-
ed to secure their independence and lib
erty.—N. O. Bee.
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[Fro/rt the N. O. Picayune. J
Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 25, 1846.
Major Mansfield, of the Engineers, recon
noitcred the enemy’s works on the night of
| the 19th, but could obtain no very accurate
information, although he approached very
near to some of them on the heights. On
the 20th. Lieut. Scarntt and Lieut. Pope were
sent out to reconnoitre tiie works; Scarritt
! on the right and Pope on the left of the town,
i The latter approached and discovered the
position of a battery on the extreme left, and
was exposed to a fire of cannon and musketry
| from from which,after finishing his
1 observations, lie retired in safety. On the
night of the 20th the mortar and howitzer
batteries were placed in a position to pi ay on
the strong holds around the citadel. The ac
! tion commenced on the morning of the 21st,
by the opening of these two batteries. Col. |
Garland’s Brigade were ordered to move to ■■
the left for the purpose of storming the bat
tery discovered by Lieut. Pope the day be- j
fore, and to occupy, if possible, the lower i
part of the city. Major Mansfield, Capt. Wil- ;
I liams and Lieut. Pope were ordered in ad- !
! vance to select the most, available point of |
I attack, and to direct the movements of the !
| column upon it. Three companies were
I thrown forward as skirmishers and advanced
; rapidly towards the works, followed by the |
j Brigade in line of battle under t fie cross fire ;
i of artillery from tiie citadel and fort and a |
’ heavy fire of musketry. The column charged
j into the street about 200 yards to tiie right 1
i of the battery, passed the works entirely, and
effected an entrance to the town. After ad
i vancing rapidly about 400 yards beyond ihe
i battery, they came immediately in from of
! a masked battery of artillery and musketry,
| which swept the street completely by its
range. The barricades of the streets at sixty
! yards distance from the head of the column,
| were lined with Mexican troops, who en
tirely covered themselves, opened a murder
ous discharge of grape and musketry upon
: the advancing column. Every house in tiie
| street was pierced for musketry anffenfiladed
tiie street in every direction. Underthis fire
the following officers were killed or mortally
wounded: Mqor Barber, 3d Infantry, by
grape shot in the abdomen; Capt. Williams,
Topographical Engineers, shot through the
body by a musket ball, fell in the street and
was dragged into the doorway of a house by
Lieut. Pope, amidst a shower of balls that
covered him with dust. The gallantry of this
young officer, now in his first battle, is spoken
of in admiration by the Army. Capt. Wil
liams died the next day and was buried with
the honors of war by the Mexican troops,
into whose hands he had fallen, Lieut.
Terrett, Ist Infantry, shot through the body,
died the next day.
Wounded —Major Mansfield, ball through
| calf of the leg. This brave officer would not
I leave on account of his wound, but rode
I about, behaving in the most gallant manner
all day. Capt. Bainbridge, 3d Infantry,
slightly wounded in tiie hand. Major
Lear, dangerously wounded in the mouth,
tiie bail passing out at tiie back of his head.
Major Abercrombie, Ist Infantry, severely
wounded. Lieut. I*. Graham, 4th Infantry,
severely wounded in both legs and body;
hopes are entertained of his recovery. A
1 great number of men killed and wounded—
number not known.
it being impossible, in the opinion of the
Engineer Officers io .effect anything in
attacking the baricades in front, the column
moved rapidly up a street to the right, with
the intention of turning them. Being rein
forced by the Ohio regiment, a second charge
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j was made, under the direction of Gen. But
-1 ler, which owing to tiie tremendous fire ol
musketry and grape from the barricades and
stone houses, likewise proved ineffectual.
The troops were then ordered by Gen. Tay- |
lor to retire in good order and get under i
cover from the enemy’s fire, which order was '
handsomely executed.
The following officers were killed or mor
tally wounded (since died) in the second I
charge;Col. Watson, of the Dallimoreßattalion; I
j Capt. L. N. Morris, 3d Infantry; Lieut. D.
Irwin, 3d Infantry; Lieut. R. Hazlilt, 4th
' Infantry. Three officers were killed in the
first charge which 1 did not include in that
j list, viz: Lieut, lloskens, 3d Infantry; Lieut.
J. S. Woods, 4th Infantry; Capt. Field, 3d
Infantry.
Wounded. —Maj. General Butler, slightly,
through calf of the leg; Col. Mitchell in the ;
leg; Capt. Lamolte, Ist Infantry, slightly;
Lieut. Diiworlh, Ist Infantry, leg shot off.
During the engagement in town of Gar
land’s Brigade, the forts that were passed on !
the left in entering the town, were gallantly
carried by the Tennessee and Mississippi re- ;
giments—the first commanded by Col. Camp- !
bell, and the second by Col. Davis. Lieut.
Col. McCiung, of the Mississippi Regiment, |
was dangerously wounded. These regiments i
j sustained a great loss, of killed and wound- j
ed, but 1 cannot in the short time left me, as- \
certain the names or number of those who
fell. Capt. Bragg’s battery of Light Artilie- j
ry was brought into action, but as it was im
-1 possible to use it effectively, it was with- j
drawn. Several pieces of artillery were cap- I
tured. The forts that were taken were occu
pied by Kidgely’s Light Artillery company, j
who turned the captured pieces against the !
Mexican works and the cannonade was kept
up the rest of the day. There were many
skirmishes, and gallant deeds,&c. &c. which
I will mention at a future time.
On the night of the 22d the enemy aban
doned tiie two works which had proved so
destructive to the 3d and 4th Infantry, and !
they were occupied early next morning, by 1
tiie Mississippi and Tennessee regiments,
under Gen. Quitman. About 8 o’clock, same
morning, these two regiments advanced on
the town, and a sharp engagement com
menced. These regiments were supported
by a body of Taxan Rangers, (dismounted
for the occasion) under Gen. Henderson, and
by the 3d regiment of Infantry. The fight
was'kept up until 4 o’clock, P. M., during
which time our troops drove the enemy from
house to bouse,almost to the main plaza. The
loss of life on our side was not severe during
this day. On the morning of the 241 h, a flag
of truce was sent in, which resulted in the
capitulation of the town.
During the whole of the engagement on the
21st, Col. Kinney was exceedingly useful in
carrying orders, and in giving advice in mat
ters with which his thorough acquaintance
with Mexican customs rendered him familiar.
He was in the thickest of the fight, moving
about from point to point, and doing good
execution with his rifle. This gentleman’s
services have been invaluable to Gen. Tay
lor in the movements of the army from Ma
tamoras to this place. He has been every
where, reconnoilering the country, and pro
curing information—riding night and day,
and exposing his life in a thousand ways.—
The Colonel never flinched from any duty
required of him, and, had Gen. Taylor or
dered him to go and bring him Ampudia’s
portfolio, he would have undertaken it. I
devote a paragraph to a mention of this gen
tleman’s services, because he deserves much
from the public, for whom lie has labored so
arduously and so efficiently. 11.
P. S. Our killed and wounded, in taking
Monterey, amounted to about five hundred,
nearly three hundred killed. Sometime will
elapse before tiie number will be known ac
curately, but it is well known that few pris
; oners were taken by the Mexicans.
| AUGUSTA. GEO..
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1846.
ILF We have the entire vote in the 3d
Congressional District, which exhibits the
election of Dr. Jones, the whig candidate, over
. :
| the present incumbent, Col. Towns, by a ma
j jority of 116 votes. This is a whig gain of
one member, but it is a gain achieved in a ;
| district decidedly whig. Col. Towns owed
j his election to his high character and great
; popularity, and were it in a canvass which
: brought out in full strength both bis political
and personal friends. There has been less
‘ animation in this election, in this as in all
| the other districts, owing to various causes.
The Third District loses an able repre
sentative in Col. Towns. His opponent is !
; highly spoken of as a gentleman of worth
and talent. W e regret the loss to the dem
ocratic party of a member of Congress. But
in every position, public or private, Colonel
Towns will be to it a valuable and cherished J
member.
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Li'Some days since we mentioned as evi- I
dence of the thriving condition of the Geor
gia Rail Road, that one train had taken over
one thousand dollars worth of freight up the
road. It seems that the Savannah folks can
‘•gee that, and a few hundreds better,” lor the
Republican, looking upon the announcement
as opening the brag game, responds by saying
that about the same time, one train passed
up the Central Road, taking about eighteen
hundred dollars of freight. It also rather
slyly remarks that among the freight was
a consideVable quantify of machinery for I
the Scull Shoals Factory, near Greens
boro'; which is on the Georgia Road.—
It, therefore, went up to Atlanta, and then
came down. Now, if the game pleases, we
will play it out. We will tiierefore state j
that fault was found with us for not being ,
more definite in onr paragrph as to amounts. ,
We were told that we should have stated i
the amount on the day alluded, to be about
eighteen hundred dollars,and that up freight ;
considerably over a thouand are not uncom- I
mon. We will also state that a good deal of i
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freight goes up the Georgia Road, to be taken i
up hy Atlanta, and thence as far down as I
Griffin, on the Macon and Western Road
But we aim at no comparisons intended to
be invidious. We are pleased to learn that
both roads are in a prosperous condition, j
The enterprize and energy that achieved !
these great works deserve to be thus reward
ed. May they go on prospering and to prosper,
and may their revenues be increased by an ‘
increasing travel, not of freight only, but of
citizens passing from city to city, and from |
town to town along this whole continuous I
line.
PERIODICAL AND LITERARY EXCHANGES.
We have received the September No. of
the Democratic Review,and the October No’s
: of The Southern and Western Literary
Messenger, and of Hunt’s Merchant’s Ma
gazine. The public is 100 well aware of j
the character and merits of these periodicals •
to call for a special notice from us. We i
need only say that they are all replete with
interesting articles, and much valuable in- i
formation.
We take occasion to meintion that among
our exchanges we have the pleasure of re- |
ceiving regularly every week, the following
j
weli edited and tasteful literary papers: j
Morris’ National Free Press, New York; 1
Neal’s Gazette, Philadelphia, and the Wes- |
tern Continent, Baltimore, the “Spirit of the
Times,” and the Albion. We always hail
their appearance with great pleasure. It is ;
a delightful relaxation to turn occasionally
from the wearying strife of politics, and
dry details of business, columns of figures j
and statistics, markets, the bewildering my
riads of news items, &c., with which our
ordinary exchanges teem, and repose the \
eye and the mind upon ample columns of
well written literary contributions, where the
rich treasures of refined taste, pure senti
ment and elevated thought are spread out to
invigorate, refresh and purify the jaded mind, j
We confess too, to as keen a relish now, for
a well written love tale, or a soul thrilling
poetic effusion as when in our college days
we dreamed away many an idle hour in
visions of romance, and wove wild fictions
into the many colored web of life, all bright
ened with hope, which our young imagina- ■
tion vainly thought might in time become j
realities.
We were then not wholly guiltless of per- 1
petrating some of these absurdities on paper, |
to be tansformed into print; and we are free
to declare that no editorial which we have
indited, making furious onslaught on Whig
gery, or sounding the praises of “progressive
democracy,” or recording in jubilant strains
a political triumph, ever gave us as much
pleasure to peruse as did our first adventu
rous publication in the little world of a village
literature.
“The Poet’s Corner” is still to us a favo
rite portion of a newspaper, and a quiet
corner where we can read undisturbed a
literary magazine, or paper is often preferred
to the most bustling scenes of business, the
most exciting political arena, or even the
gayest haunts of pleasure.
1 o those who have any similarity of tastes
and who have the good fortune to be enabled i
1
' to spare more time for their indulgence, we
recommend the subscribing to at least some
I of the above periodicals and papers.
CONGRESSIONAL. ELECTION.
Ist District— lß Counties.
184-1. IS4G.
Spalding. King. L'olicu. Kmg.
Chatham, 6-'B «IB 31)5 6»«
Effingham, 94 194 h_9 ld.»
Mclntosh, 14- 138 8/ K>.
Bulloch, .387 13 233 10
! Camden, 212 99 214 69
i Glynn, 19 M 22 139
VVavne, 102 111 61
Liberty, 171 193 maj- 57
I Bryan, 77 82 muj. 37
2d District —14 Counties.
Jones. Crawfonl. Iverson. Crawford.
Muscogee, 919 10.5 .94 889
j Pulaski, 426 232 163 maj.
Houston, 729 651 5c maj.
3d District —8 Counties.
Chappell. Poe. Towns. Jones.
Monroe, 726 7.>7 576 60/
j Twiggs, 431 331 149 maj.
j Bibb, 730 607 556 421
Pike, 804 593 75 maj.
Crawford, 458 388 132
; Harris, 481 805 maj. 330
I Talbot, 80S 78*2 43 maj.
I psou, 375 629 maj. 238
4th District —9 Counties.
Haralson. Floyd. Haralson. Musclv
Troup, 478 973 404 918
Fayette, 665 331 193 maj.
Heard, 429 288 103 “
Coweta, 733 713 maj. 133
Merivveiher, 898 613 178 in tj.
Carroll, 684 314 460 “
Henry, 797 780 maj. 47'
I Newton, 527 902 348 777
■ Campbell, 555 190 469 158
sth District—l 3 Counties.
Lumpkin. Stiller. Lumpkin. Crook
i Cass, 1048 552 700 174
Floyd, 421 327 420 13
i DeKalb, 815 515 411 52
6th District —11 Counties.
Cobb. Underwood. Cobb. Cleveland
Walton, 702 462 146 rnaj.
; Franklin, 953 303 577 146
| Jackson, 617 442 145inaj.
Clark. 390 508 350 41G
Madison, 326 306 (a tie.)
: Lumpkin, 1033 531 695 380
Habersham, 8-16 289 680 390
Hall, 643 426 200 maj.
7th District—lo Counties.
Janes. Stephens. Turner. Stephens
Baldwin, 258 280 171 222
j Taliaferro, 54 406 21 421
I Greene, 138 725 81 597
Bth District—lo Counties.
81-ick. Toombs. Flournoy. Toombs
Richmond, 616 825 301 553
Lincoln, 174 269 117 216
Columbia, 264 460 150 317
Wilkes, 319 418 199 414
Jefferson, 98 477 57 437
Washington, 520 525 maj. 14
following is a list of the deaths
which have occurred in the hospitals in
j this city, since our last report of the 9ih
instant :
G. H. Treadway, J. Hawkins, A. J.
; Lefoy, Me A rthur.F. D-ckens, J. Taylor,
I McCrary, Belcher, W. J, Haynes, Ga.
| Vol.; J. E. Kendrix, B. A. Long, C.
| Owen, Ala. Vol.; .1. 11. C. Reynolds, J.
I Johnson, Miss. Vol.; L. Ford, Matcher,
Ky. Vol.; Richanlson, Robertson. Ind,
; Vol.; Taylor, Texas Vol.; H. Kolias, F.
i Co. 3d Infantry.
Col. Cook has returned from his expe
dition, during which he burned several
ranchos and shot several Mexican rob
bers.
All the hospitals are filled with sick,
* and new buildings ate being put up for
their accommodation. —Matomoras Flag.
n
Talbot Superior Court. —Judge Alex
ander has been holding court in Talbot
| county, during the last two weeks, du
ring which time a number of important
cases have been disposed of. The trial
of Thomas Sealey for the murder of
Cham he rl ess, came -off on Wednesday
last, and occupied the court during two
days. A verdict ofguilty was returned,
j and sentence of- death passed upon him.
He is to be executed on the 27th of No
vember.— Columbus Times.
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TO OUR ADVERTISING PATRONS.
The undersigned Proprietors of the Constitu
tionalist and the Chronicle and Sentinel, impressed
w ith the necessity of a uniform tariff of rates for
advertising, have adopted the following, which
will in future govern their charges. Their re
spective contracts, for yearly advertising not yet
completed will of course he carried out without
reference to this agreement:
J. W. & W. S. JONES.
JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
In Daily Paper, Fifty cents persqnare (twelve,
lines or less) for the first insertion; Thirty-eight
cents for the next five; and Twenty-Jive cents for
each subsequent insertion. Advertisements or
dered in Semi or Tri-weekly, will be charged Fifty
cents for each insertion; once a week in daily, 6V
venty-fivc cents per square. Monthly or semi
monthly' insertions, in either paper. One Dollar per
square. Rule and figure work. One Dollar per
square.
83r*It next to reading matter and leaded, charged
as a new advertisement each insertion.
Standing Advertisements.
1 square (12 Hues) 1 month, without alteration-..-$6 O'*
1 “ “ 3 months, “ “ 12 00
6 months, altered quarterly,.... 18 00
1 “ “ 12 months, ** “ 25 00
2 squares, one half mure than the, above rates.
3 “ three-fourths more than “
4 “ double tbo “ •*
&CT If next to reading matter and leaded, double
these rates.
Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding
six lines, $lO per annum. If over six lines, pro
rata per line.
\S ill* Drnggkt«, contracts will be made by the
year on reasonable terms, as heretofore.
ft-T’ No gratuitous Advertising, under any cir
cumstances. Notices of Deaths, .Marriages and all
other notices, no matter to what they refer, will be
charged as Advertisements.
W hen the bill of any house or firm amounts with
in six months to SSO dollars or upwards, for other
than permanent advertisements, a discount of 25
percent, will be made, if paid on presentation.
i* i: \ >i a \ ?s lll l* .
Messrs. Summerville, who taught with
the greatest success in the principal American
cities, respectfully announce to the citizens of Au
gusta, that they will go through with a course of
instructions in the above, commencing on the first
of October, Classes are now being formed at the
Globe Hotel, where those who are desirous of im
proving their style of Penmanship are requested to
call and examine specimens, testimonials, 6c c.
Terras of instruction, three dollars for fifteen
lessons. Classes will be instructed in the different
schools, for one dollar each. sept 25