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r [From the Columbus Times.]
We invite the attention of the true pa
triots of the country, of all who have not
basely forfeited the title of “American
citizens” to the following striking article
from the Philadelphia Ledger, one of the
ablest neutral papers in the Union :
An experienced BriiLh officer in Cana
da. writing in the “Montreal Gazette upon
the” subject of the acts ofour Government
and its military operations in Mexico,
▼tews them in a very different light from
some of our Whig Editors.
We make the following extracts :
r*
“Ifthe American, press which exults in
the privilege rather American than dignifi
ed, of making, if possible, its own govern
ment appear contemptible, has succeeded
in hewi dering the Mexicans, by its crude
and ridiculous conjectures on the designs
of the war authorities, as completely as it
has bewildered Its own countrymen, (he
service done the “stale” has been most
patriotic.
“Instead, however, of being involved in
a daily changing vortex of puerile per
plexities, as it has pleased these papers to
represent, the government, having a fee
ble foe to deal with, commenced hostili
ties upon a well digested plan of opera
tions, and has pursued them with undevi
aling regularity; nor was there but one
possibility that could cause a deviation.
In the catalogue of contingencies, there
wa» a possibility that some paity in Mexi
co might receive Gen. Taylor with open
arms, as an instrument of elevating it to
supreme power. The enthusiastic Mr.
Bancroft, of the Navy Department, may
have given it some consideration, while
hia sagacious colleague, Mr. Marcy, of
the War Department, would give it a very
little, and the result has proved that it
was worthy of none at all.
“The original design has heretofore
gone steadily forward, winch was simply
a succession of invasion on the ‘flank' of
Mexico, each of which cuts off her terri
lory, at a certain parallel, and paralyzes
her authority to the north nf it. For the
west ‘flank’ or coast, the fleet stationed in
the Pacific, was quite sufficient; and Col.
Stevenson’s regiment, which has gone
round to garrison the posts to be main
fained, is a stronger force than the Mexi
can* ever had at their place of destina
tion.”
“I have set down distances in miles,
on a rough calculation, merelv as a guide
to your readers, though they may be
longer to those who have to march them ,
but they are sufficiently accurate to show
that the whole eastern side of the Mexican
possessions, from the 42d degree of lati
tude, and San’«t Fe to Vera Cruz, a lino,
*ay, of 2,500 miles, is now covered with
American troops or ships of war, and
though so immensely long, all perfectly
safe in its rear, and resting upon supplies.
If the American government has not, to
ealisf}* their newspapers, brought the war
to maturity with the hasty expedition of a
ninety-day note, or a shipment of flour,
it has, in a short time, established a grand
er base of operations, in extent, than has
ever been seen in modern warfare,
“These observations are not intended
to censure or approve anything going for
ward; but simply to explain what it ap
pears originally was, and w hat continues
to be, the‘programme’ of the war.
[From the Philadelphia Ledger.]
OUR WAR WITH MEXICO.
The sagacious soldier who, in the Mon
treal Gazette, criticises the tactics of the
Federal administration, and ofthe phi
losophers ofthe partisan press whocrili
cise them, sa\s that the exultation exhi
bited by those philosophers, in frying to
make their own government ridiculous,
is rather American than dignified. This
is a grave charge. But with shame are
we obliged to confess its truth. Ameri
cans alone, of all people in the world, are
entitled to the infamous distinction of
launtingthe successes of their own coun
try, and r ejoicing in those of its enemies.
When any European nation is involved
in war, all its citizens or subjects feel
under a moral obligation to sustain their
own government in conducting it. This
k especially applicable to Britain and
France, each governed by popular in
stitutions, and consequently by parties.
Whenever either of these nations has
been involved in war, no party, however
opposed to the existing administration,
has ever censured or reviled it, or at
tempted to impede its operations. All par
ties, forgetting their local animosities,
have then agreed to regard their country
as their highest object of solicitude, and
tts public enemies as beyond their sym
pathies. In the dispute between our own
and the French Government in the last
administration of General Jackson, no
French party or French journal became
the advocate of our cause. All French
men were unanimous in opposition to us,
and in support of their own Government
against us. So in our disputes with Bri
tain upon the Oregon question, no British
press. Whig or Tory, defended our claims.
AH British journals, all British politi
dans, however divided upon domestic
questions, made a common cause against
u*. And in the war of 1812, the British
officers, naval and military, in variably ex
* bibited respect towards, all Americans
who faitbfuliv defended their own coun
try, and treated with unmitigated con
tempt, and often with the most galling in
dignity, those Americans who courted
their alliance. When they captured Cas
line in Maine, they reviled, and even
chastised the “wooden nutmeg” traders
who took the oath of allegiance to the
British Government, for the purpose of
procuring a British license to trade with
Britain or her colonies.
How does this contrast with the course
of American journals and American poli.
ficians? In the war of 1812, a Stale
Senate declared that “it was unbecoming
a moral and religious people lo rejoice in
the successes of that wicked war.” In
our disputes with France, some of those
politicians and journals w ho“plaved such
fantastic tricks” in the war of 1812, de
fended the course of the French govern
ment, and declaied, in high official places
too, that, they would not aid the measures
of their own government for the public
defence, “though the enemy were thun
dering at the gates of the Capitol,” And
in our recent disputes with Britain her
government was defended by no small
portion of the American statesmen of no
slight influence. And in the present war
with Mexico, American presses and poli.
ticians are zealously striving to justify
Mexico and exhibit their own govern
orient lo the world as ridiculous or crimi
nal. Well may the chivalrous patriot
who speaks through the Montreal Gazette,
scornfully characterize the practice of
ravilling and opposing their own country
through its government, so freolv indulg
ed in by American journals and politi
cians, as “more Americans than dignifi
ed.” With shame are we compelled to
confess that the ineffably base practice is
exclusively American. In all Europe,
traitors are despised, scorned, execrated.
In I lie United States, they are applauded,
courted, cherished by a portion of those
who arrogate superior respect ability.
[From the A. (J. Dei la ]
J U V E NILE 11EIIOE S.
“The child is father to the. man!”—Wordsworth.
The other evening, about sundown,
while passing through one of the streets
in the vicinity of St. Mary's market, we
were attracted by a number of bovs en
gaged in a mock martial combat. In a
large vacant lot, a fortification had been
raised, (prohab y for some building pur
pose.) which comma ruled four sides, and
indeed was nearly as large as some ofthe
bona fide Mexican forts that we have seen,
'Lite lads numbered about thirty, and not
one of them could be more than twelve
years of age. After having divided them
selves into two parties, Americans and
Mexicans, they proceeded to rnoitai com
bat; hut just as they were on the eve of
commencing, a dispute u rose as lothe divi
, sioti of their forces. Very few of the boys
; seemed disposed to plav the part ofthe
; Mexican soldier; hula black-haired, dark
| eyed lad, (who was called Gen. Ampu
j dia.) desired to hold a conference with
Gen. Taylor. Hereupon, a little, scrub
by, yellow faced youth fellow, advanced
with a small white rag hung on a piece of
stick. Gen, Taylor, who was rather a
short legged, corpulent young gentleman,
aged about ten years, bowed very slight
lv, and said, “Happy to see Ampudia, sir
—happy to see him, sir. Let him come
to rny quarters, sir, and I’ll talk with
him.”
Presently, Ampudia was seen coming
towards “Young Rough and Ready,” at
tended by his suit and army, in all con
sisting of nine boys, aim d with lath*
and sharp sticks. The two Generals had
a war-talk, at the conclusion of which,
Young Zack was heard to sav, “Well,
sir. yon may have all of my men who are
willing to go with you, and as manv more
as you can get, sir; and I’ll fight you then ,
sir!' y
Here there was a prospect of the
play being broken up, but at last they
agreed that the Mexican boys should out
number the Americans; and in due time
the battle begun. The Mexicans en
trenched themselves within the fort, and
the Americans occupied the open space
on the outside. All three battles—Resaca
de la Palma, Palo Alto, and Monterey—
were fought at one and the same time.—
Now a slick would be poked over the
parapets of the miniature fort—some
young rascal would cry ‘boom!’ and then
small clods would he thrown amongst »he
Americans, who were armed with two
or tfuee little sixpenny sky rockets, bv
way of artillery.
“Capt. May,” said the General, “I
want you to lake that battery.”
Just as the gallant young Captain was
about to execute this order, a comrade,
who was about to apply a lighted segar to
the end of a rocket, shouted. “Hold on,
Charley, till I draw their fire!”
“Bang!” went the rocket, and loud
huzzas %vpre heard along the American
lines. Then a general rush was made
into the fort—the Mexicans fled, heller
skelter and Ampudia surrendered himself
and his forces into the hands of “Youn» T
Rough and Ready.”
1 he battle would have been continued
to Saltillo, or San Luis Potosi; but Gen.
Jay lor very wisely told bis troops ‘that
they Juvl no more rocket ; they were tired;
he knew that they were hungry, and hail
lo learn their lessons for school next day.’
“Besides,” added he, a little chagrined,
apparently, “Father only gave me leave
lo come this far; but when he hears I said
vos task so well today , I think he’ll let
me to-morrow, when I shall have
more rockets, and more sticks, and then
we’ll play Saltillo /”
Who will not say, with Wordsworth,
“The eh rid is father to the man!”
steamboat Albatross, which
arrived yesterday, brought down from
Cincinnati 110 recruits tor the 3d regi
ment U. S. Infantry, under the command
of Capt. W. (1- Gordon and Lieut. J. N.
Ward. Delta,
[From the Columbus Enquirer .]
DOMESTIC WINE.
It will be recollected, that some lime
last winter we noticed a boiile of Domes,
tic Wine presented to ns by Mr. C. A.
Peabody, of tors vicinity, as being an ar.
tide superior to any of the Pori Wine
brought to this market. It wa« manufac
tured by Mr. P. from a native Grape,
found on the banks of the Lichee Creek, in
Russel co., Ala. The editor of (he South
ern Cultivator, to whom a bottle was sent,
pronounced it a first rate article, and com
plimented the'maker in terms of encour
ancient wo.thy the value of the article
and the enlightened source whence the
compliment came. Mr. Peabody, heliev.
inj; that lie had produced an unadulter
ated Port, and incited thereto by the va
rious favorablei)' I ices f rom every qua tie r,
sent a single bottle to the Fair of the
American Institute, held at Castle Gar
den, N. Y. in October last, to compote
with the Wines from every section of the
U. S. From the Horticultural Report of
that Institute, we make the following ex
tract:
Sitter Medal was awarded for the bot
tle of W r ine described below—a bottle of
V\ ine from Mr. Charles Peabody, made by
him from a native Grape, found on the bank
of the Uchee Creek, in Russell co., Ala.,
was pronounced by judges a pleasant Wine,
sweet, like Malmsey, and it no spirit has
been added to the juice, as is represented, it is
remarkable in its character.”
in a communication to the Soutbejn
Cultivator, the maker asserts that there
is no spirit in this Wine, and we have his
own declaration, in which we place the
most implicit confidence that such is the
fact. It is, then, in the language of the
judges at the Institute, remarkable in
its character, and we should think would
he much sought after for high and holy
purposes.
When we reflect that Mr. P. was an
: entire stranger at the Institute, with no
i f'iend there to urge or explain the pe.
culiar merits of his one single bottle, and
that solitary bottle has been awarded a
silver medal , on account of its intrinsic
excellence, we can hut regard the result
as flattering to the maker as his heart can
de sire. The House of Tnorhurn & Co.,
1 a rge dealers in all that pertains to horli
cultural productions, were so pleased at
the quality of the Wine, that they have
ordered some cuttings of the Grape, in
order to test their ability to bear a cold
er climate. We hope they may find them
able to do so. W e can do no justice to
this subject, and must leave it in the
hands of the Southern Cultivator.
YANKEEDOODLEISMS.
[From theN. Y. J avkee Doodle ]
Church Intelligence. lie Grace Church
congregation have abandoned the project
of building a chapel for the poor on the
hack street. This is a great pitv. All
the buildings in the neighborhood have
stables in the rear.
Infinite Wisdom. —Professor Faarfecht
: mentions the following as a marker! evi
dence of the infinite wisdom of Providence:
i 4, Mushrooms spring up in a shower, which
is doubtless the reason for their being
shaped like umbrellas,”
A Whig Editor on a Coon Hunt.
Post Office, Nov. 0. 1840.
Friend Greely — I want those dancing
coons of yours, to insert in the . {
j have tiled all day to find a man here who
| could get me one up, bat have failed. If
vou intend those same coons to fiance
over the whig victory in Massachusetts,
I can have them hack in time, fu 1844
the locos here made much parade, in bury
ing the dead conn, and I have seen nothing
which will be so much calculated to satis
fy them of his resurrection, and he has
come to judge them as that same cut. I
have no language to express to vou my
feelings, or to say how good the w bigs of
our town feel! Why I feel as if 1 could
hug the locos, just for being locos and
giving us an opportunity of flogging them
out. * * * We have kept our press
running night and day with extras, and
when the last are all out we sell them
the old ones and it’s all the same. The
fact is, anything that has “John Young
and V iclory” on if, brings us a good price-
If ynu can spare that cut, send it by the
bearer. If you cannot spare it, it will not
make a bit of difference. I will put in Dr,
Humphreyvilie’s cut for Bear’s Oil, and
call it a coon of the John Young breed,
and there are not three men in the 3d
District who can tell the difference.
Yours in an Ecstacy of Delight.
The Sub-Treasury —Gov. Houck, the
assistant treasurer, appointed as a reward
tor the zeal with which he opposed the
scheme, reports that no specie has been
taken in by the Sub-Treasury, but that
Mr. Walker has.
wisdom of the people never
was more strikingly manifested than by
their neglecting to send a single doctor
to look after the new constitution.
OC7”He must have been an Odd Fellow
who sighed, “Oh for a Lodge in some vast
wilderness.”
CO“ll is said that the Lion pianist wears
those eternal plaid pants at the request of
numerous ladies who have good teasons
for desiring him to be kept constantly in
check.
Commodore Perry. — This gallant of
ficer loft last evening in the steamboat
Patrick Henry, to join his ship the Mis
sissippi, offthe bar, and will proceed direct
to Tampico. He look with him eight
splendid brass pieces of artillery, six 0-
pounders and two howitzers, the guns
used by the artillery battalion of this city,
with about 200 rounds of ammunition to !
each piece. The guns and munitions
were promptly placed at the disposition
of the Commodore by Governor Johnson
when applied for. About 50 U. S. re
cruits, under the command of Capt. Crit
tenden, embarked on the same boat for
'Tampico, and are to be followed in a few
days by 400 mounted riflemen, expected
hourly to arrive in this city byway of the
river.
Acting Prize Master Rogers, Passed
Midshipman Barrett, Midshipmen Smith
and Marsh, and Purser Warrington, left
last evening in the Patrick Henrv to join
the fleet. Capt. Bernard, of the Engineer
department, also left in the same boat, to
superintend the works at Tampico.
Another descent will, it is reported, be
soon made upon Alvarado.— Della.
[From the N. O. Delia ]
Present Crop of Cottuii—Consumption, &c.
Grange, nt-ar Vernon, Madison Co., Miss. \
November 6, 1840. \
Messrs. Editors;—Enclosed yon will find a
communication taken from an Extra of the
\ icksbnrg Sentinel. The communication is
on the subject of the present Cotton Crop
prepared, or written, with great care and re
search. You will gratify me, and the rest of
your planting friends in this quarter very
| much, by publishing it in theSDetia, so that
! the Commi.-sion Merchants of the citv eel a
; glimpse at it.
Respectfully, 11. G. B.*******
At the request of a friend, who is one of
the most extensive planters of this State, I
prepared an estimate of the cotton crop of
America the present year, ai d also the de
mand for manufacture the ensuing year.
After examining the estimates, and the data
upon which the calculations were based, inv
friend suggested thaliheir publication rnicrht
promote the interests of the planter, if m~no
other manner than by calling forth the calcu
lations and opinions of those best qualified to
speak with some degree of certainty on this
important subject. In accordance with Inis
suggestion, I offer the following tables to the
public, sincerely hoping their publication
may prove a substantial benefit to the great
producing class of the South. It is proper
that I should state that the tables now offered
: to the public were not prepared with any
view to publication; nor have 1 any motive
for staling other than my candid convictions,
as I am neither a producer, buyer, nor factor
of cotton. It is true that every member of a
community has bis interest promoted bv the
general prosperity of the section ol the coun
try in which be resides; so far, my infere-l is
identified with that of ibe planter, and no
farther. I have noted the increase of con
sumption and production for several years
past, and have frequently made similar esti
mates for my friends; from this circumstance,
1 have accumulated a considerable mass of
facts on this subject.
The consumption of cotton in England
has doubled in the last seven years; the
average weekly consumption has* increased
from lb.ooo bales (in round numbers) m
1840, to 32,000 bales in 1846, being an
average weekly increase of 2,282 bales.
There were about 700,000 bales on band in
England, September Ist, 1646, of which
538.000 were American cotton. Os this
700.000 bales surplus, 300,000 bales are said
to be damaged .-o much as to be totally
worthless, except for the purpose of swell
ing their count and keeping down prices;
whether this be the fact or not, will not af
fect tiie planter’s interest in the least, as will
be shown before I close this article.
I have no means of ascertaining the im
port of East India, Brazilian and Egyptian
cotton into England; but the consumption of
these descriptions of cotton for 1846 was
224.000 bale.-; therefore I conclude the im
port was not much greater. In my estimate
I call t fie present crop, the crop of 1847, that
it may correspond will) the date of its con
sumption. The English consumption of cot
ton for 1846 was an increase on Ural of 1845
of 7 6 per cent, in my estimate of the de
mand of cotton for 1847, I have assumed an
increase of 6f per cent, or 2000 bales weekly
in England, and (he same rale of increase
for the rest of I lie world. The rate of in
crease in the United IStaies for the past year
has been much greater than in England, and
from the activity manifested in the manufac
turing sections of the country, and the num
ber of new factories in process of erection,
I judge that the home consumption vvii! in
crease the coming year in a much greater
ratio than it did the past; but as the con
sumption of France and the North of Europe
may not. increase materially, I adopt 6| per
cent, as the rale of increase for the consump
tion of the world the coming year, it is not
pretended that the following tables are accu
raie in every particular, but that they ap
proach accuracy so nearly that every planter
may be guided by them in the disposal of his
crop:
Consump’ion of Cotton of all descriptions in Eng
land, A. L). 1846, bates 1,664,000
“ do. American in England, 1,439,000
“ Rest of Europe, 564,423
“ “ “ Home, 422,507
Total consumption of American Cotton
A. D. 1846, 2,426,020
The consumption of American Cotton in
France and ibe N. Europe, A. D. 1815, 644,446
1846, 564,423
Mean for the two years, 604,434
As I have no statistics of the consumption
of these countries in any year prior to 1845,
I adopt the mean of the above two years as
the basis of my estimate lor 1847. I omit
all amounts under 500 bales in the table, and
for 500 and over, I add one to the thousands:
Total demand of England for all des
ciiplions ol Cotton, A. i>. 1847, bales 1,768,000
i>o. do. American, 1,5!8,U0b
Do. do. ' Rest ot Europe, 613.01)0
Do. do. U. 8. America, 451,000
Do. do. t.ie world, 2,614,000
The following table shows the demand for
American cotton for 1847, if tiiere should be
no increase of consumption over 1846:
Demand of England, bales 1,439,000
Do. Rest of Europe, 604,000
Do. U. 8. America, 423,000
Total, 2,466.00 U
Total demand of all descriptions of Cot
ton, it there is no increase of consump
tion, 2,691,000
In making my estimate of the crop ot tue
present year, I assume Ihe crop of Tennes
see and that part of Alabama winch exports
byway of New Orleans, as a full one; the
crops of the remaining iSiates, whose outlet
is New Orleans, as one-half the crop of last
year, (which was the largest with one ex
ception ever sent to that port,) and the crop
at Mobile at two-thirds the crop of 1845,
(which was a large one.) The returns of
the receipts at all ports east of Mobile show
but a slight increase over lliose ol last year.
We know that the crop has been extensive
ly injured in some parts of South Carolina :
and Georgia; but even if the crop of the At
lantic States has not been damaged by the
worm, the lateness of the season would have
cut it off at least one-fifth. But as I wish
my estimate to be sufficient to cover the f
whole possible crop, I take the crop of 1845 i
for all ports east of Mobile, deducting one- i
fifth on account of the lateness of the season. ;
| Crop of 1847.
i New Orleans, one-half crop of 1846,
adding full crop fur Tennessee and
I North Alabama, bales 600.000
j Mobile, two-thirds crop of 1345 346,000
! Texas, one-haif crop of 1846, 14,000
j Florida, foor-fitba crop of 1815, I5l’(K)i)
j Georgia, •* “ “ 236.000
: South Carolina, “ 341.000
North Carolina# “ “ 10 000
Viigiuia, “ *< 20,000
Total crop nf the U. States, a. d. 1847, 1,718.00 b
Araer. cotton at Liverpool, Sept. 1846, 538,000'
Total amount of cotton to meet the de
mand of the. world in 1847, 2,255,000
Total demand of American cotton, if
there is no increase of consumption <
to Sept. Ist, 1817, 2,466,000
Deficit of supply of American cotton, 210,000
'Thus we see, if the same qua u tty of Ame
rican cotton is taken tor France, North of
Europe, and home consumption that was
taken last year, there will not be a bile of
American cotton in Liverpool on live third
week in Jump, 1847.
Demand for all descriptions of coifon, if there is no
j increase oj consumption.
: England, * bales 1,661,000
j France and North of Europe, 654.005
; Home, 423,000
j Total demand, 2,691,000
Total Supply.
; American crop, 1,713,000
| East India, Brazilian and Egyptian crops, 300,000
j *Oa hand m Liverpool, 700.000
In the hands of spinners, say 200,000
i '
| Total supply, . 2,918,000
I Excess of supply. Sept. Ist, 1847 , 227,000
Thus we see, that without anv increase of
i consumption, there will not be a b ile of cot
j ton in England, unmanufactured, on the
third week in October, 1847, of any descrip
: tion, even it all she has on hand be good cot
i ton. It 300,000 bales are damaged, her
[ mills will be entirely stopped bv the third
j week in August. I should like that one of
i the oldest New Orleans commission houses
; would inform us what effect this would have
j upon ibe internal tranquility of England.
England will hare at least 1,000,000 hales of
the present crop at any price , and would Like
to gel 1,500,000.
The following fable shows how
crop might have been sold, and still have
I consumed the whole surplus in England, if
j the supply had only just equalled the de
; iiihikl:
| Demand of England. bales 1,763,000
of re&t of Europe, 645.000
“ of U. 8. America, 451,000
“ ot England, from September
Ist to November Ist, 16.000
Total demand to Nov. Ist, 1847, 3.180,005
! Surplus in Liverpool, 705,000
j “ in spinners'* hand*, 2.;0,500
; East India, Brazilian and Egyptian crop, 350.000
Leaving for America, 1.980,000
The receipts at New' Orleans may exceed
my estimate a little, but the receipts at all
ports east of that placp. will fall materially
I short of it. Ido not believe the crop of 1847
! will exceed, if it reaches, 1,600.000 baies.
The interest of the planter, however, will be
equally promoted, whether the crop be 1.-
: 600,000 or 3,000,000 bales; if the immense
surplus which has lor so many years rested
like an incubus upon bis eflbrts, destroying
the hopes of a remuneration of his labors,
j and a reasonable interest on his capital, be
consumed, the planter will obtain lair prices
| l° r lbs crops for years to come. For this
I year, the planter may be such that he will
j lose noshing by refusing to sell except at a
I fair price, himself being the sole judge.
A.
Madison co., Miss,, Oct. 16, 1346.
_
! * 300,000 bales of which are said to be worlh
j less.
AUGUSTA. GEO„
| SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, ’46.
1 Jj The northern mail latled again last
evening.
FIRE.
On Thursday night last, about II o’clock,
a fire broke out in the Western wing of the
wooden warehouse of Jonathan Meigs, Esq.,
in the upper part of the city. That portion
of the warehouse, which was only used as a
Cow house, was entirely consumed. We are
sorry to add that seven Cows were also con
sumed, notwithstanding the most strenuous
efforts to rescue them.
'The fire department displayed their usual
i extraordinary skill and energy. Owing to
their promptness and untiring exertions, the
i adjoining buildings on that entire square,
which are all of wood, were saved. Any one
i who will examine the premises, will perceive
| at once, the evidence of exertions highly
! creditable to our gallant firemen.
Our noble hearted friends, the Hamburg ,
Fire Company, were with us. They were
stationed at the river, and supplied our city
companies with water, by means of a line
formed by our Engines, stationed at inter
vals from that point to the scene of confla
gration.
o“The following compliment is paid our
citizens by the Savannah Republican, in the
course of a long article discussing the fact
and causes of the diversion of trade from ;
Macon to Augusta, byway of Atlanta. This ’
diversion of trade has been the theme of live- |
ly speculation in the papers of Savannah and I
Macon for some weeks, and they have been j
sorely puzzled to know how the mischief can 1
be remedied. 'The remedy suggested is a :
complete union of the Central and the Ma- j
con and Western Rail Roads. It will re- ■
quire a good deal of tact and energy to wrest
from Augusta the trade she is now enjoying:
“Such are a few of the more apparent
causes which operate to the injury of the in
terests of Macon and Savannah. That a
union of the two companies in question is ;
all important, we readily admit; that it may j
be accomplished in some way advantageous- j
ly to all concerned, we sincerely hope; but |
the real evils complained of lie nearer the j
surface. Our neighbors in Augusta “wake !
up too early” for us—they surpass us in tact
and energy, and are likely to reap the re
wards.”
O’The New York Herald of the 18lh,
gives the foilow'ing information of an officer
whom Augusta is proud to number among
her native sons:
Military •.— We learn that the gallant Cap
tain Wm. 11. Walker, who distinguished
himself under old ‘Rough and Ready,"during
the Florida campaign, leaves in a lew days
with a company of 90 men, for Point Label,
to join his regiment, 6. h infantry.
“’Twis thine own genius give ihe final blow.
And help'd to plant the wound that laid thee low t
iso ihe struck eagle stretch'd upon the plain,
Nomnre through rolling clouds u* soar again
View’d his own leather on the fatal dart.
And wing’d the shaft that Quiver’d in his heart ;
Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel
He nursed the pinion u hich impel I'd the steel;
W iijle the saute plumage that had warm'd Ids nest
Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.”
The above beautiful lines of Byron will
most filly apply in due season to the prog
pectite condition of the Whig party in New
York. We are m/t sure but. that its recent
victorV !! in the election of the Anti-Rent
er. Joint Young* over that pure and elevated
statesman, Silas Wright, has already sugges
ted to its most sagacious leaders, somewhat
similar reflections. The victory upon which
the Whigs plume themselves has been at
such an expense of moral and political integ
rity, as to have inflicted a severe wound upon
their party, and will prove most disastrous to
it at that event ful time when the vote of New
York will tel 1 upon the strength of parlies*
and the destinies of the nation.
In the reflections only which the occasion
will suggest, is the simile applicable. For it
was used in a tribute to the memory of the
immortal Kirke While, who fell far m »re no
bly, a victim to his too great devotion la
study.
Vv e are not sure too, but that we do a wrong
to the majestic bird of Jove, the emblem of
Liberty, in likening to its dving struggle, the l
suicidal fare of a party whose fall will b* be
reft of all dignity, and undeserving of com
passion.
The defeat of Silas Wright, under all the
circumstances, has well been called more
honorable than would have been victory on
the terms upon which it was won by his op
ponent.
“l‘ar more true joy Marcellos exiled feels.
Than Caesar with a Senate ai his heels. fk
He scorned to countenance Anti-rent ism
and would not he intimidated into pardoning'
the anti-rent rioters and murderers, now ir»
the State Prison for their crimes. Ha
would not pay court to Nativeism, to concili
ate its support, and he did not hesitate to
denounce the extension of negro suffrage
under the new constitution. Had he stoop
ed to any of the unworthy arts of the dema
gogue—had he shown a want of nerve in tha
discharge of his duties, or a want of fidelity
to his official oath, he might have remained
a term longer ‘'dressed in a little brief au
| thority; but the sceptre of that moral power
I which he now sways over the minds of the
good citizens of his State would have passed
from him forever. His political Hin would
have gone down in “dim and disastrous
eclipse.” As it sat, curtained in with the
clouds and shadows of moral delinquency,
even his most unreasoning admirers could
i °
; not have exclaimed as did the Eirl of Rich
mond, gazing on the sun that went down
■ upon the eve preceding that great battle, by
1 which he w< n a crown, it
“Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow.’'
That political sun would have known no
■ second rising. As it is, Silas Wright is
stronger now in his native State, stronger in
the United States, than he was the day that
his great popularity carried him, two year*
ago, triumphantly upon the popular wave to
the Executive Chair of the Empire State.—
The league—the unholy league of various
factions organized in opposition to law and or
der, and the established institutions of socie
ty, with the Whig party proper of New York
will fall to pieces like a rope of sand. Al
ready dissenn’ons are breaking out among
them. Already the intelligent whig* are
finding out that they have paid too dear for
their whistle. The Anti Renters demand
“the penalty of the bond/’ They demand of
the new Governor, soon lo go into office, the
pardon of all the Anti-Rent Convicts. They
expect law T s releasing them from the obli
gation of paying rent, or in the absence of
such law', expect to take the law into their
own hands, and to refuse t* pay any more
rent.
Such are some of the glorious fruits of
victory to a party that has been wont to de
light in its conservatisms, and has claimed in
some instances, to be a “Law and Order”
Party.
THE MRS. CAUDLES’ OF THE PRESS.
Probably no term has been more happily
applied than the above, which is the name
given by thg Columbus Times tothose Whig
Editors who are so industriously pouring
forth censure and complaint against the ad
ministration, without, in many instances,
having even plausibility to excuse their ab
surdities.
The following from the Vicksburg Sentinel
suggested the application, and is, says the
Times, “a complete, and should be a stand
ing answer to the immensity of twaddle, that
is written for the press upon the war.”
r Fhe Whigs and the War. —Poor Whig
gery, we are afraid it is yet to fret itself to
death, like Mrs. Caudle. If our Govern
ment fights, Whiggery pronounces it an out
rage, and says the right is on the enemy’s
side. It we try to negotiate, whiggery takes
11m hysterics at a reace. If Mr. Pmk refuses
the command of the army to one whig, If. is
because he has a petty jealousy. If he gives
it to another, it is only to entrap him. If
the Generals and Commodores advance and
conquer the enemy’s country, and reduce it
to obedience, it is an outrage upon civiliza
tion. If they stand still it is because the
government wont furnish them with trans
ports. Is the 'Treasury reported empty?
whiggery grins In perfect delight, and says:
”1 told you so.” Is the Treasury reported
full/ \V higgery wants to know why it is
not emptied at once in a belter prosecution
of the war. Does the Government want
money? Whiggery says “borrow'.” Does
the Government try to borrow? Whiggery
tells the Ranks and Money lenders not to
trust her—that she i* broke and is no friend
of theirs anyhow.— Vicksburg Sentinel.