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VERY LATEFRO XL MEXICO.
Phrough the same channel by which we
received the intelligence given in another
column from ihe Gulf squadron, we ahso
received papers from Vera Cruz as late
as the 22*1 of October. The intelligence
is interesting and important.
In the first place we may sav in general
terms that in no paper which we have
opened do we find any token ofsubinission
on the part of the Mexicans in their con- I
fhct with this country. Kvery paragraph
breathes threats of vengeance. Their
losses are enumerated in detail, to found 1
thereupon more urgent appeals to the
patriotism cf their citizens to give up
everything for the support of the war. It
is not mo much to say that there is the
Warmest enthusiasm apparent in all that
we read—whether in editorial remarks
or the military addresses with which the
papers are crowded. The spirit ofall is,
“War to the knife ” But this shows the
surface of affairs only. We shall have
occasion to note incidents* which lead us
to suspect the country is by no means so
united as Ihe crisis in her affairs would
seem to demand.
We enter into the details of the news
without much attempt at arrangement or
time for revision! but this will be ex.
cused. And first of Santa Anna:
'Fhe news of his arrival at San Luis
Potosi, which we gave the other day, was
at least premature, lie did not reach
there till the Bth of October. As every
tiling in regard to his movements is sought
after, we annex his letter announcing his
arrival:
Liberating Armyofthe Repcblic, J
Headquarter!., San Luia, Oct. it), id 46. f
Most excellent Sir —On the evening of
the Blh insL 1 arrived at this capitol, oc
companied by my staff, and established
therein the Headquarters of the Army of
Operations, destined to rapel the unjust
invasion made upon the Republic by the
Army of the United Stales of the North.
1 have the pleasure of saying to yon
Excellency that my entrance into this
State was made amidst the congratula- |
lions of a magnanimous people w ho have
not ceased to bestow upon me profuse
marks of consideration, and the same
remark will apply to the authorities and
public functionaries of all Classes.
Oblige rne by communicating these ;
facts to his Excellency, the General
charged with the supreme executive pow- j
er, and accept assurances of my consider
ation and esteem. God and Liberty.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
To the Secretary of War.
One of the first acts of the wily gen
eralissimo was to supply himself with
funds. This lie did very effectually by
seizing upon a conducta of specie, thereby
getting hold of two millions of dollars.
11 is pretext w'as that it was unsafe to
forward this large amount of money to
ihe scacoast in the present state of affairs, j
lie gave receipts for the money and his
individual bonds for its restoration, it
must be confessed that this mode of sup
plying his coflers is infinitely more ex
peditious than advertizing for a loan,
and more acceptable to the people at large
than a forced loan from the clergy. The
accounts we give of this great financial
stroke, we do not derive from Mexican
papers, hut we have entire faith in the
facts. We trust they will be satisfactory
to English rneichants, and be accepted
as an earnest of the security of the money
they loaned Mexico on the mortgage of
the Californias. We find Santa Anna’s
letter, ot the 10th ult., in the latest paper
before us. We regret to say that the
papers give us no clue to his plan of op
crations.
But while Santa Anna w’as on his way
to San Luis, he wrote back from Quere
taro, on the 3d of October, as follows:
“The disaster which we encountered at
Monterey is not so great as I at first
thought. Our troops have left for Saltillo
and have already occupied the principal
points of the Sierra. So far from the
troops having become demoralized, I am
assured that great enthusiasm prevails
among them. Their success has cost the
enemy, according to incontestable evi
dence, more than fifteen hundred men.
Our artillery was well managed, and it
is said that the enemy believe it wasserved
by French officers. * * * lam now
about to untold all my character, with
the energy which is habitual to me, and
the Americans will very soon succumb,
or I shall cease to exist.” Upon copying
this effusion of Santa Anna, the Diaric
breaks forth: “May Heaven crown with
the most brilliant results the patriotism
of this illustrious child of his country,
whom we ardently desire to see return to
the capitol covered with glory.”
We now for the first lime learn what
fruits the Mexicans derived from the
seizure of our mails near Marin intended
for Gen. Taylor at Monterey. Among
the multitude of papers forwarded by
Ampudia to Santa Anna and the Govern
ment, we find a letter from our Secretary
of War, Mr. Marcy,lo Gen. Taylor, re
vealing the design upon Tampico and
San Luis Potost. The letter is dated
Washington, Sept. 2d, and though our
account of the contents of the letter will
be an old story at Washington, we may
gay here that thedesign of the Secretary’s
jetier is to obtain Gen. Taylor’s opinion,
1 rather than to dictate a line of proceed
ings for him. He is told what the Gov
j eminent has thought of doing, and asLed
what he thinks about it. The Govern
i ment refers to him for information upon
1 various points—as to ihe difficulties ol
| his own advance—whether he deems it
advisable to continue his march upon San
Luis Potosi, and various kindred topics,
j The letter pursues its inquires in the most
respectful terms, deferring it to the better
judgment of Gen. Taylor; but it of course
discloses our plans, tfie number of troops
intended to be used against Tampico and
some other general particulars. The let
ter of Gen. Ampudia covering Mr, Mar
■ cy s despatch, contains a singular para
graph, if, in our haste we rightly appre-
I bend it- It is to the following effect:
“Every moment which passes, confirms
my idea of the immense advantages we
have gained from fighting four consecu
tive day at Monterey,since now the enemy
entertains great respect for the Mexican
soldier, and American blood flowed with
such profusion that from the Generals of
the enemy came the suggestion of an armis
tice oj eight weeks, winch disarms, as it
were, a great part of his regular troops.
Since writing the above we have seen
another positive assertion made on the j
authority of Arnpudia, that the Flea of the 1
armistice was suggested by American of- \
ficers , and the Mexicans are led to pre- i
some it was suggested by them because
the greater pari of our regulars were cut j
to pieces at Monterey.
The Mexican accounts of the battles ot !
Monterey are more numerous than have
been published in the United Stales. As
a matter of necessity, they praise very I
highly the valor of our troops, and they j
insist upon the obstinacy and gallantry of
the defence. The movements of General
Worth on the West side of the town are
described as very brilliant. One fort
taken by Gen. Worth is said to have been
taken and re-taken three several limes—
once by Gen. Mejia at the point of the
bayonet, capturing a! the same time 300
Americans add eight pieces of artillery, i
Some of their first accounts declare that
Gen. Worth was killed. From Saltillo
Gen. Ampudia wrote to his government
demanding an investigation of ids con
duct, both before and after Gon. Taylor
presented himself at Monterey. He courts
scrutiny, alleging that “as the law's of
honor and the good of his country are the
only elements of his existence, his mind
cannot he tranquil until the Secretary of
War, the Supreme Government, and the
Republic are satisfied with his conduct,
considered under every aspect.” This
humble letter does not savb him from the
letter writers. They charge him with
the grossest cowardice and incornpetency.
Bui we have neither lime nor space to day
to enter further into the Mexican accounts
ot the battles. One thing we must note,
however. Almost all their accounts say
that they refused to capitulate until we i
agreed to salute their flag, and then they
boast ostentatiously that the Americans I
did in fact salute their flag. Before the
two months’ armistice expires, the Mexi- I
cans count confidently that Santa Anna
will have an army around him w hich will
prevent any further advance of General !
Taylor.
The Mexican papers are full of the or- j
ders of Gen. Salas, made through his se
cretaries, providing resources for the war. i
We have various circulars of Almonte, j
one of which is in the nature of a mani
festo and written with marked ability,
but we cannot give it to-day.
'The Mexicans appear to be perfectly
apprised of the state of things in Mata
moros. Their accounts of the sickness
which prevails there are quite minute.
The Mexicans have received intelli
gence that our government was about to
send vessels of a larger class against j
Veia Cruz. This led to an immediate |
call upon the troops in the interior to
move to the defence of the city and for
tress.
From Jalapa we have the address of
Col. Sayago, to his battalion of National
Guards. It is full of enthusiasm and al
ludes to the success obtained by ihe in
habitants of Alvarado over our forces, as
but the prelude to other victories which
aw'ail them. We find numerous military
addresses of this kind, all alluding to Al- i
varado. In Jalapa volunteers are urged
to come forward and be organized as
light troops somewhat on the plan of
“minute men”—to he ready at any mo
ment to march to any point which may
be assailed. The enemy evidently are
dreading descents upon the coast, and are
organizing their forces with the specific
view of repelling them.
COTTON CROP.
In the circular issued from the office of
the New Orleans Commercial Times on
Tuesday last (the 3d inst.) for the steam
er out, we find the following :
“With respect to the crop, the develop,
ments of the past fortnight have shed no
new light on the subject. In our last cir
cular we endeavored to present a succinct
analysis of the production of those re
gions, of which this port forms the outlet,
and nothing has since occurred to war
rant any change in our opinion. The
weather continues remarkably fine, but
ibis circumstance, which in other season
would exercise a very powerful influence
on the minds ofall parlies, has ceased
to attract much attention, from the fact
that the previous injury to the plant in
the lower section of the country was so
great that it appeared almost irremedia
ble. The current estimate in the market
is 1,900,000 bales—it seems by general
consent to be this common platform on
which the trade can unite, and may there
fore be considered the turning point, in
asmuch as opinions are equally divided
between those who believe it will s ighl
ly exceed this figure, and others, who
| imagine lhal the growth will fall short of
: said amount. With regard to the receipts
| at this port, we find that they are gene-
I rally estimated at 750,000 bales.
Ectract from, a letter dated Baker co., ( Ga .) Oct. 27.
“I assure you 1 have never seen such
gloomy prospects for cotton in my life,
from the ravages of the caterpillar and
boll or probe worm. In this section of
the Stale, 1 don’t know a single planter
who will make more than two-thirds of a
crop, and many will even fall short of
that. In three weeks, if the weather re
mains favorable, there will not be a boll
of cotton in the county. When I left here
on the 13ih June, I expected to have
made one hundred and fifty bales, but
now 1 feel confident I shall full seventy
bales short.”
Extracts from the letter of a Correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, dated
LONDON, Oct. 19th, 1846.
The London Daily News, commonly called
Dickens’ paper, was, when he left it. a total
failure; but Ihe proprietors boldly reduced
the price one halt’, and it is now said to be
rapidly attaining a vast circulation. Os
Dickens himself 1 think 1 may say that his
popularity is on the wane. His new work,
Dornbey cR Sun, has of course found its way
to Charleston, and you can judge for your
selves. 1 have not read it. That proves no
thing. 1 don’t think 1 shall read it. That
proves nothing still, But amongst a rather
large acquaintance I hear no talk of it, which,
to my mind, proves something. It drops ra
ttier dead upon the town.
I hear no literary news. Bulvver has re
cently come into the possession of his mo
ther's estate, worth some twenty or thirty
thousand dollars a year. He is said to be
rather cultivating his oaks than his laurels.
As he is a very ambitious man, I think it not
unlikely that lie may yet strive (or a h gh
place in the political world. He has not
been in Parliament for several years, but
contemplates coining forward at the next
election, lie will stand for a county, instead
of a borough -a somewhat aristocratical honor,
for which, whether successful or not, he will
have to pay somewhat dearly in pocket.
A second Julian Opera is to be established
in London. Covenl Garden Theatre, which
brings back memories of the Siddonsand the
Kembles, will be ripened next {Spring as an
opposition house to the well-known Q, teen’s
Theatre. That the latter will be seriously in
jured I cannot doubt. Os the success of the
new scheme 1 am not very sanguine. In the
meantime the legitimale languishes. Mac rea
dy is playing at a suburban Theatre,called the
{Surrey; and Miss Cushman, allowed on all
hands to be ttie tirst actress of the day, is,
quietly reposing on her very considerable
gains. A new Theatre is talked of, and a
site for it is enclosed; but 1 see no signs of a
commencement. 1 regret to find lhal the star
system, so injurious to lire drama is finding
iis way into the arts. The fashionable paint
er, or sculptor, reaps so plentifully, that there i
are but poor gleanings left for the subordi
nates. Imagine Landseer, the animal paint
er, receiving six thousand dollars lor liberty
to engimen picture,which he had pa nted and
sold lor halt that price. He in undoubtedly
the first animal painter of this or any age,
but the paintingoi animals is not an exalted
branch of the Fine Arts.
V\ ith great regret I find the current opin
ion setting strongly against Capt. Hosken as
to the loss of the “Great Britain,” in the ;
Course of a few hours spent a fortnight since
in Liverpool,! was not surprised to hear m ny
hard tilings said of him. There is always
an amiabie disposition to kick a falling man.
But we wail, and wait, and hear nothing
from him in reply to the charge of gro?s ne
iigence. I know him well, and 1 think many
of your readers will j -in with me in mv re
grets for him. But i fear he is a ruined
man.
The substitution of Cotton, chemically pre
pared, fur gunpowder is much talked of, and
you will probably find some interesting parti
culars on the subject in your Hies of papers.
It Is even said that the process is so simple,
that fen minutes w ill be enough for a sporis
man to prepare his own ammunition fora
day.
Whispers are about, as to the eccentricities
of the Queen. That the public will be studi
ously keep in tiie dark, on such a subject,
tiiere can be no doubt; but truth leaks out
now-a-days in a wonderful manner, and,
from wliai I hear, 1 am myself inclined to
think that the English have aume grounds
for uneasiness.
Extracts from the letter of a Correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, dated
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 19.
There is some talk of a coalition between
Lord John Russell and {Sir Robert Peel, but
1 can hardly think it amounts to much at
present. {Stranger tilings have happened,
however. Both have been present at the
Queen’s table lately in company, and some
people think they were brought together for
a particular purpose. Certain it is, that
these two statesmen could form an adminis
tration so powerful as not to be shaken.
The Manchester Chamber of Commerce,
and the people of that town and of {Sunder
land, have addressed Memorials to the Lords
of the Treasury, entreating that an order in
Council may be issued for opening the ports
to the importation of grain duty free. {Simi
lar meetings are being held in different parts
of the country.
The press, also, is urging Ministers to
open the ports at once. The memorial of
the Manchester Chamber of Commerce sots
out by declaring that the memorialists feel
deep apprehensions at the prospects which
threaten that district; that the prices of raw
materials have been advancing, profits of
trade diminishing, and important branches
of manufacture are now prosecuted under
heavy Josses; that sufficient time has not
elapsed to enable them to realize the benefits
of the late change in commercial policy; that
the price of food at home almost precludes
hope that the people will have the means of
purchasing clothing; that stocks of manufac
tures are accumulating, and there are strong
grounds lor fearing that before winter shall
have passed, the demand for labor will be
greatly lessened. The memorial then pro
ceeds as follows:
“Extreme scarcity of food is inevitable; if
labour fail, that scarcity will become famine.
Prayers are cirected to be offered up in our
churches to have those evils averted, and yet
one of our laws enacts that whatever may be
the price of wheat, the smallest duty to be
paid upon the import of it shall be 4s. per
quarter;anoiher law decrees,that food brought
into the country by certain vessels shall not
be eaten at all by our people; whilst a third
declares that nothing shall be used in our ,
distilleries but that which would serve as
food. Your memorialists implore your lord
ships to fake instant steps to remove these
conflicting and cruel anomalies in such man
ner as the wisdom of your lordships may sug
gest. They believe that to mitigate impend
ing calamities, nothing less will be sufficient
than to admit into your ports every species
of fuod necessary fur daily subsistence, free
of duty; to permit it to be brought indiscri
minately from every country by the vessels
of any nation or flag, and to allow our dis
tilleries and breweries the use of sugar and
molasses, vviihout reference to the vessels
which have already brought, or may hereaf
ter bring them to us. To tin’s extent they
humbly pray the immediate interference of
your lordships, believing that such a course
will be approved by Parliament and applaud
ed by the nation.”
The cotton manufacturers are looking to
your market, when your tariffcomes into ope
ration, for relief. They think, tiiat as Eng
land has imported largely of your breadstuffs
and produce, and you are in a condition to
take largely of English manufactures, that
they can do a good business with you.
The high price of Cotton is felt as a seri
ous evil here, and especially at such a criti
cal time. As to the reported deficiency of
the coiton crop, they say here that it strikes
at the right arm of their manufacturing
strength.
The Liverpool Journal has made an esti
mate that the stock of Cotton in the ports of
Great Britain, on the lat of January next,
will not exceed 274.600 bales. At the com- I
mencement of the present year, there were ;
600,006 bales. From this, the Journal ar- i
rives at the conclusion, that if consumption j
continues at the same rate in 1847 as this i
year, a crop in the United States, similar to 1
the last, or even of 100.000 bales more, :
would not be sufficient for such consumption.
The editor even goes further, and says that
the maximum of production in the U. States, 1
which is set down at 2,250,000 bales, with i
the stock of Colton remaining ail over the
world, is not equal to the average consump
tion of this year.
The celebrated Carlton Club House, in
London, the head-quarters of the Conserva- >
lives, is about to be enlarged, and improve
ments, at an expense of some .£25.000. The j
Conservatives live in hopes, gloomy as their j
prospects are at present, of, at some lime,
again being in power.
Lord Dalhousie, ex-President of the Board j
of Trade, and Mr. Villiers, the noted and
able anti-corn law agitator, are both spoken
of in connection witli the office of Governor
of Bombay, which is now vacant bv the re
turn home of Sir George Arthur. Mr. Vil- :
liers,a man of brilliant administrative talent,
will probably be appointed. Some people
think that Lord Dalhousie, who is regarded
as competent to undertake any thing within
the gift of the Crown, looks higher than a
sub-governorship, and will refuse the offer, if
made to him. One of the papers here, re
ferring to the mode of governing in India, re
marks, and apparently with great truth:—
“Speaking diner in a humane, in a political,
or in a commercial sense, gross carelessness
and gross guiit are, and have been, the char
acteristics of onr India legislation. Avast
company reign despotically; they raise a vast
revenue, and tiiey are satisfied; the great re
sources of the country remain undeveloped;
an enormous population live in undisturbed
ignorance and unpitied wretchedness, and a
market sufficiently extensive to employ all !
the mills of Lancashire, remains unknown.”
These things cannot be allowed to continue
much longer.
The Court of Common Pleas, hitherto
closed to all the members of the bar. except
{Serjeants at Law, is to be thrown open next
terra, to all Barristers; so, you see, in the Law
Courts, as everywhere else, monopoly is go- i
ing to the wall.
Jn the literary world, there is little pass
ing just now of interest, except it be Miss
{Strickland’s accusing Lord Campbell ofsteal*
ingfrotn her “Lives of the Queens of Eng
land,” to fill up his “Lives of the Chancel
lors,’’and the charge against Miss Strickland f
herself, of pilfering from Dr. Lingard’s notes j
in his “History of England.” If these things
be 1 rue, the bine stocking and the lawyer are |
guilty of literary piracy; but as there is a
lady in the case, gallantry should teach u 3 to ■
be charitable.
Lady Rose Somerset, fourth daughter of i
his Grace of Beaufort, eloped a few days ago ;
with Capt. Lovell of the Ist Life Guards, but ;
it seems a reconciliation soon look place, as ■
the parties were shortly afterwards married
by the Duke’s Chaplain, in the presence of !
ibeir relatives.
A faux pas in big!) life, was hinted at by
the Post, a lew days since. The parlies who |
will be compromised in the expose, are said j
to be the daughter of a noble Earl, and the !
son of a Viscount. The latter, so soon as the j
affair got wind, started for the Continent.
{Sir George Carroll is to bo the new Lord !
Mayor of London; he was elected by a ma- I
jority of nine voles over Alderman Wood.
The law is a money making profession—
when a lawyer has fame and talents. 'The j
late Sir Charles Wetherell left £260,000 in I
personal property alone.
The iron trade continued in a very healthy
stale. It is stated that Sir John Guest, of
Dovvlar’s iron works, has completed a con
tract to supply 200,000 tons of iron rails, at
£lO per ton—total value £2,000.000, and
that the same iron, three or four years ago, j
would have been sold for £5 to £6 per tun.
Co/. Fremont. —A letter from Monte
rey on the Pacific to the editor of the Alex
andria Gazelle contains the annexed no
tice of our interesting young countryman, 1
Lieut. Col. Fremont. The letter is dated
July 20:
“Col. Fremont’s party arrived here i
yesterday, having had some prettv hard
fighting with the Mexicans and Indians. |
They number about two hundred, and j
are the most daring and hardy set of fel
lows I ever looked upon. They are splen
did marksmen, and can plant a bullet in
an enemy’s head with their horses at full
gallop. The never think of eating bread,
hut live upon meat all the time. They
never sleep in a house, hut on the ground,
with a blanket around them, their saddle
for a pillow, and a rifle by their side. 1
should like to give you some more minute
account of them but time will not admit.”
INFIRHAItY FOlt JVLGKOLS.
My private surgical infirmary
will accommodate ten to twenty patients.
No charge is made for board or nursing, the only
expense to the owner being the fees for visits, me
dicines or operations, and these are regulated by
the Medical Society of Augusta.
PAUL F. EVE, M D.
Professor of Surgerv in the Medical College of Ga.
oct 16 ly 11
AUGUSTA. GEO.. *
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, ’4O.
ILF A young lady whom we shall have to
designate as “the fair unknown,” has em
broidered for us in most beautiful style, a
black cassiinere vest pattern. We are alike
ignorant of the name of the lady and of
the promptings which have resulted in so
flattering a compliment. We are told too
that we shall never know. We would nut
be so ungallant as to attempt to unveil a
mystery, so interesting and so tantalizing,
against the expressed wishes of its author.
But while indulging a burning curiosity on
tiie subject, wc must content ourself by ex
pressing our high appreciation of the honor
conferred. The embroidery is as beautiful
as any we ever saw. It will doubtless rival
in taste and elegance the far famed web of
Penelope; and like a true Knight, we will
: maintain, with sword and pen, that it is by the
hands of one as fair even as she whose
charms attracted crowds of suitors from all
i the Isles of Greece.
BTWe shall have the pleasure of laying
before our readers to morrow, a long and
very interesting letter from Monterey, writ
ten by an officer who participated in the bril
liant engagements which there signalized
our arms. It is addressed to a fair lady of
this city, who lias kindly permitted us the i
use of it for our columns.
Qj J We hasten to make the amende honor
able to tiie Hamburg Fire Company, or rather
to our own citizens, by acknowledging the ;
presence of that fine company, with their new
engine, at the fire on Thursday night. At
the time we hastily penned our notice, we
were not apprized of tiie fact. But our citi
zens did not fail to notice at the lime, and
will not soon forge? this prompt and timely |
testimonial of the kindness of their friends
across the river.
PITCHER’S EXPRESS.
We are pleased to learn tiiat this praise- I
worthy enterprize is fully realizing the ex
pectations of the projector. We have no
doubt that as its great usefulness to the pub
lic becomes more fully understood, hundreds !
of persons will be induced to avail themselves
of it, and use it habitually.
Receipts are given for each package, and
the proprietor is responsible for its safe and
prompt delivery. The prices charged are
the same as if tiie articles are consigned gen
erally to the Rail Road Company’s Agents,
and the “Daily Racket Express” lias the ad
ditional advantage of securing, with absolute
certainty, their delivery at tiie earliest possi
ble moment, and without any risk of mis
carriage.
“Our doctrine is, give equal protection to all
classes ol lieeiuen. God prosper the rich in a
proper use of their riches; God help the poor and j
prosper them in their virtuous etiurls to secure
whatever is necessary to their prosperity.— Chroni - I
cle y Sentinel, K ith inst.
This is the profession of the Chronicle.
What is its practice, on this subject of “equal
protection to ait classes of freemen?” is it I
not the open avowed advocate of protection 1
to parlicular classes, and does it not uphold
the effort to pass laws for their especial
benefit?
Its devout invocation of prosperity for rich
and poor, when coupled with its tariff theo
ries, reminds us of the prayer we have heard
ascribed to a rich man. “God help the
rich; the poor can beg.”
It is a notion of not a few of the same
school, that the proper rule of action should
be, “let the government take care ot tiie rich,
and the rich will take care of the poor.” A
comfortable doctrine for the Abbott haw- :
fence’s, and other Lords of Lowell; but it |
is happily overthrown by the passage of the
late tariff act, which sounds the death knell
of Monopoly.
(LrTiie following comments are made by
the Greenville Mountaineer in introducing
to its readers tiie address of Mr. Bebb, the
whig candidate for Governor of Otiio. Since
they were penned, it is ascertained that Mr.
Bebb is elected, and great has been the re
joicing of the whigs—even the southern
wliigs—over the event. They may now see
what sort ot an ally they have in this brother
whig, whose triumph lias been sounded by
them into the ears of their democratic neigh
bours with such jubilant strains. Much jeer
ing has been indulged in at “progressive
Democracy.” We now give a specimen j
from Ohio of “progressive Whigery.” It is
a fit accompaniment of the “progressive |
Whigery” of New York, where the whig
candidate who has been recently elected, re- ,
ceived in eight anti-Rent counlies, an increase
of over nine thousand votes, upon the whig
vole of two years ago.
WHIGERY AND ABOLITIONISM.
We extract from an Ohio paper the follow
ing address of the Whig Candidate for Gov
ernor of that. State. We place it on record
so that if heshould be elected—and our South
ern Whigs should rejoice, as it is likely they
will, in his triumph—we may turn to it a
reminiscence of wiiat it is they are thanklul
and giad about.
Mr. Bebb's Address on the subject of the
Black Laics.
“My Countrymen: If there is any one sub- j
ject that absorbs my time and attention more
than another, it is the abrogation of the laws j
making a disiic/ion on account of color. Mv
countrymen —my liberty friends—to you 1
appeal lor assistance to carry out this ureal
reform. It is a reform which above ail
others should meet and does meet the atten
tion of every true American.
Why should we deny to our colored breth
ren those rights and immunities that are
granted to us? It is declared in the De- j
claration of Independence, that all men are !
born free and equal , and being equal, all men, 1
whether black or white, should have the same
rights guarantied to them by tiie laws our i
Stale. The laws by which tiie negro child
ren arc prevented from enjoying the benefits )
of our common school, and being placed on
r ~i* • ■«.
! a par with white children, should be re
pealed. The Jaw that compels negroes to
I give security for their good behaviour, should
he repealed. The law that prevents them
from giving testimony in our Courts, should
be repealed. In a word, all laws making a
| distinction on account of color should he re
'] pealed. These laws would have been rc
; pealed by the last Legislature, hut after c«m
--i sidel ing that Ibe issue had never been be
fore the people, it was thought best to de
j ler the matter until next winter, and in the
meantime I was to make the issue. And
now, my countrymen, I come before you
with the following upon my banner:
| ‘7 'he Unconditional Repeal <7 all Lairs ma
king Distinction on account <>J Color.'
When 1 made this declaration in the
Northern part of the State, the locofocos
; slated that I dare not make the declaration
south of Mason’s and Dixon’s line, but when
I spoke in Cincinnati a lew days since, I
i there proclaimed to the world tiie same doc
| trines which J proclaimed on the Western
Reserve, and the vast multitude made the
welkin ring with their shouts.
Rut, mu countrymen, 1 shall have no vote
in the matter—nor neither have i the veto
power. All I can do if elected is to recom
mend the repeal of the black laws in my
message. lam the hrst candidate for (icn -
ernur who has ever taken the slump and de
clared Inmself in favor of (he repeal of the
blade Laics, and it i be defeated, J can return
home to my family and have tiie pleasant
satisfaction of knowing that 1 have done mv
duty to my fellow man, and especially to the
poor African.-
MARRIED, on ihe l lihmsi. in the City of New
ork, by ihe Rev. Dr. 11 ig tee, Dr. (’ll A RLES 11.
II ALL of Burlington, Vermont, to Miss LUL'ISA
E. CLAKKE, ol this eiiy.
AUSIVAI.H AT Till: M.UKIi; HOTEL
NOVEMBER Li. 1,-40.
Au»ie«. Residence.
J.i.ut's K.iox. Columbia.
U.tleni g, Georgia,
f . li. McLeod, Souiu Carolina,
J. McLeod,
I’. \V. P. intup, Alliens.
i’hoiiijtao.i, Warren.
J.Prtulup,
I'. ioniums, Quaker Spring.
J. li Perry, Columiiia.
Allen Kdfcou, Montgomery, Ala.
i ~ tiu.vdry, Culuuilim, Ga.
15. H. Armor, Or, cue.
Thomas Craw ford, *•
J0. .11 lloiiills.
John ,1. Z teby, “
James Raw laud, “
No.li Strong, Gumming, Ga.
C. it. Strong, •<
J.E. Parker, Hancock-
Jacob Kupe, Macon county, Ala.
S. Urysou, M urphy, IS". C.
Jesse Dalton, Oglethorpe.
AEIRAVAGS AT Tili£ (J. «. tIOTMI.
NOVEMBER 12, lb4(j.
Names. Residence.
Geo. H. Gray, Abbeville, S.C.
-Moses Walker, Luike.
Augustus Lewis, “
J,is. S. Royal, “
K o. Gleason, “
R. Lewis, “
Win. Sapp and ton, “
G. Alford, Columbia.
H. VV Parr, Natchez, Miss.
O. Whillock, “
L. L. VV oriey, Tennessee.
John Harris, Aev York.
11. Robert, Zi'bulon, Gu,
A. McAllister, Philadelphia.
J. M. Legare, So ith Carolina.
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MILLER LODGE, No. 10. )
Augusta,-Nov. J 4, 1816.)
A Degree meeting will be held this (Saturday)
evening, al the Lodge Room, Masonic Hull, at 7
o’clock. By order of the N. (».
S. C. WILSON, Recor’g Sec Ty.
nov 11 33
Citizens of Augusta:
o
Rake Notice. —Tu.it after the date hereof, any
person or persons iaterfeiiag with (by giving or
ders or otherwise,) members of the Augusta Fire
Company, whilst on duty, will be ordered by an of
ficer ot the company to perform any duty that lie
may deem proper, and any citizen who may re
fuse to obey such officer will be liable to a fine of
twenty dollars. W. M. RIGHT,
Chief Engineer, A. F. C.
Augusta, Nov. 13, 1816.
Officers Augusta Fire Company:
ou are hereby directed to order able bodied citi
zens, who may be at fires to perform sucWiuties as
you may think necessary. Those citizens, vvh »
evince a desire to be useful by giving orders to
members of the company, or by causing other con
fusion, must be promptly ordered to work. And
citizens, who refuse to obey must be reported to
the chief engineer in writing.
Dishonor the -Mayor, represents the City Council
at tires. VV. M. RIGHT,
Chief Engineer, A. F. C.
Augusta, Nov. 13, 1816.
Nov. 14 38
TO OUR ADVERTISING PATRONS. .
The undersigned Proprietors of the Constitu
tionalist and the Chronicle and Sentinel, impressed
with the necessity of a uniform tariff of rates for
advertising, have adopted tiie following, which
will in future govern their charges. Their re
spective contracts, for yearly advertising not yet
completed will of course be carried out without
reference to ibis agreement:
J. W. & W. S. JONES.
JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
In Daily Paper, Fifty cents persquare (twelve
lines or less) for the first insertion; Thirty-eight
cents for the next five; and 'Twenty-Jive cents lor
each subsequent insertion; Semi or Tri-weekly,
Fifty cents lor each insertion; Weekly Seventy-five
cents; Semi-monthly or Monthly (in either paper,)
One Dollar; and Rule and Figure Work, One
Dollar. {£s“if next to reading matter and leaded,
charged as a new advertisement each insertion.
Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding
six lines, §lO per annum. If over six lines, pro
rata per line.
designed to promote pri
vate or individual interests, will be charged as ad
vertisements.
No gratuitous Advertising, under any cir
cumstances. Obituary Notices, over six lines,
will be charged as Advertisements.
Standing Advkrtihements.
1 square (13 lines) i month, witltout alteration...oo
1 ** *' 3 months, * l *• 12 00
I “ “6 months, altered quarterly,....lß 00
1 “ “ 12 months, ** * 4 2o 80
2 squares, one half in ire than the above rates.
3 “ three-fourths more than “ •*
4 “ double the “ “
{£?“ If next to reading matter and leaded, double
these rules.
{lC?”Advertisements not marked the number of
insertions will be continued and charged by the
insertion.
With Druggists, contracts will he made by the
year on reasonable terms, as heretofore.
When the bill of any house or firm amounts with
in six months to §SO dollars or upwards, lor olhet
than permanent advertisements, a discount of 25
percent, will be made, if paid on presentation.
CIOLOGNE WATKR.—One Case, Farnias,
/warranted genuine Cologne Water, in large
and small bottles, fur sale. J- E. MARSHALL,
march 23 11? ||
nov 11
at fires.