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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDNER, J rT~
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N. O. Picayune , A'or. 20-J
THE ARMY NEWS.
We received yesterday a poiiion of our
correspondence from the Army, which
was sent by private band. From this we
are enabled to correct one or two errors—
of no considerable moment which ap
peared in our summary yesterday. Gen.
Worth left Monterey- for Saltillo on the
13th inst. He look with him about 1000
troops of the sth and Bih U S. Infantry
and Col. Childs’s Artillery Battalion.
The objects of this expedition are explain
ed in the subjoined letters;
Monterey, Nov. 10, ‘46.
Eds. Pic. —Tne game’s afoot and the
tally-ho has again been sounded. The
2d Division, under Gen. Worth, march
on the 12th—day after to mot row—for
Saltillo, accompanied by two squadrons
of cavalry. Os course there will be no
lighting until our troops get beyond that
place. Santa Anna is making great ex
ertions to rally ail the means of the coun
try, and, in the slang parlance to the
camp, promises “mucho fandango” at San
Luis Potosi. He has already 16.000
regulars, and 6000 more are on the march
from the capitol. We shall probably
have one more big fight, and then peace
—along resUto many.
Yours, truly, PAISANO.
P. S. Gen. Wool reached Monclova
eight days since and goes no farther in
that direction. P.
, Monterey, Nov. 14,‘46. •
Friend Pic. —Gen. Worth left here
yesterday with about 1000 regular troops
—the slh and Btb U. S. Infantry and Col.
Childs’s Artillery Battalion. Gen. 'Bay
lor went will) him, and took Col. May’s
dragoons, to ihe number of some 250, as
an escort. I-suppose that one object of
ihe Commander-in-chief is lo asceitaiu,
positively, the chances of obtaining water
on the road to San Luis, in ease it may
be deemed expedient to march direct to
that city. The repott in camp is, that
fjren Taylor’s force has been ordered to
Tampico; but I believe he can do as he
pleases, and if he finds that he can get to
Ban Luis easily in ibis direction he will
go there. I give this as mere speculation
—of course we can know nothing certain
here. If Gen. T. had Ben McCulloch’s
- old company of Rangers he could soon
jfind out all about the route to San Luis;
as it is, C«l. May may be sent out in that
direction. He is an excellent and most
•killful officer, a go-ahead one, too; but
the Texans are “lighter draught” than
the dragoons, if t can use an aquatic
comparison in this case—can get about
pnd play hide-and go seek in the cha
parral better than any troops in the world,
and are now much needed. If anything
turns up you shall hear from me again.
Yours, * COMPANERO.
[Prom the N. O. Picayune, Nov. 29.]
SCENES AT MONTEREY.
Tho following scene was described to
me by an officer commanding a regiment
in the 2d Division at the battles of Mon
terey. I give it almost in bis own lan
guage, as he spoke of it the day after it
pecurred, (24th September.) He has
declared often since, that it “made him
feel sentimental every time he thought of
• r>
41,” and I am sure I never thought of ac
c*
casing him of weakness, for it gave me
the blues to hear him tell the story;
“And this,” said he, in speaking of
home, “reminds me of an affecting scene
of last night. I was ordered by Col.
Childs to take a company of rnv regiment
Add break in the doors of a row of houses
in lha second plaza. I had gone nearly
through without seeing a soul, when, for
a time, the efforts of my men weie exerte 1
in variu lo get into one that seemed bar
«ricaded with care. As the hinges of the
door ware about togive way, a tremulous
voice on the inside beseeched me not to
break the door do’-vn, it should be opened.
When unlocked, I rudied iu as well ns 1
could, over beJ.s, chairs, cushions, etc.
etc., and to my surprise found the rbonrj
occupied by about twenty five women!
As soon us they saw me and the soldiers
following, they ran around me and fell
OJJ ih'eir knees, I fie elder beseeching, in
tones of deep distress, my prolection, and
to have their lives spa ed; the younger
begging timidly not to he injured. While
they were thus kneeling, and I assuring
tl em that no harm or injury should befall
them, a pretty little woman slid into the
circle and knelt close to my feet. ‘Senor,’
said she, in a soft, quivering voice, ‘for
the love you bore your mother, for the
love you have for your wife, for the tend
er affection your heart holds lor your
children, oh, spare this, my poor little
babe, —holding up a bright eyed, dimpled
cheeked little boy, about a year old. She
never asked for herse/j'. In spile of me,
tears rushed lo my eyes,and I emild only
speak with a full heart as 1 told her to
rt&e, ami assured her that she and Iter
child were perfectly safe. ‘Be the Holy
' Virgin, Qkpling,’ lemaikeda rough lush
soldier, wiping away a tear with the back
of his hand, won’t the ould Seventh parted
them!’
“That night I watched over i)iat room,
which was sacredly kept fromiutmsion.
The next day we were blessed by these
females in their altleiitions, for the pro
lection we had given them, for they gave
in of what they had to eat ujad d.!.ink, and
we were nearly famished. Poor crea
te res how much they were distressed.
The young mother will ever be painted
in my mind’s eye as tbe devoted guardian
of her babe. Her husband, I learned,
was an officer, and was then fighting us
in the city. She could not have known
whether he was alive or not, and I have
not heard of him.”
Many scenes, very like 'that described
above, took place in the city. I did not
hear of a single outrage being committed
where women were in the question, hut
heard of many instances in which food
was furnished lo our men and paid for,
even when the fight was going on. H.
TO THE PUBLIC.
At the request of a number of the officers
of my own command, as well as at tire sug
gestion of several gentleman not connected
will) it,l have determined to give the publrc
in Georgia, over my own signature, a brief
statement of the difficulties in which a small
portion of my Regiment was concerned, on
the night of the 31st of August, ft is the
great misfortune of those attached to the
Georgia Regiment that, at this remote point
from our own State, the papers containing
the most singular exaggerated accounts of
this affair, though bearing dale near two
months back, have jn>t come to hand,
leaving ns to apprehend that it is now 100
late to remove the prejudices which the glar
ing falsehoods they contain are so well cal
culated to engender. In companionship with
both the officers and privates of my com
mand, I feel with painful emotion that for
the cruel apprehensions and distressing mor
tification suffered by our families, friends,
and all interested in our personal character
and welfare, there can be no redress—that
the poison had surely completed its work be
fore the antidote could po-sibly have been
applied. Deeply is it to be lamented that
not only the characters of bravest men, but
in this case, the peace of mothers, wives and
sisters should have been at the mercy of a
few letter writers, prepared to catch at every
dying or floating rumor that might serve to
feed a morbid public appetite. In premising
thus far, I am convinced, from the remarks
which I see in the columns of the Georgia
press, bashed upon tlie accounts to which 1
refer, and from innumerable private letters
received by members of my Regiment, from
suffering, agitated, mortified friends, that
I do not say 100 much.
The following is a brief detail of the diffi
culty which made its appearance in the pa
pers under the various captions of “Riot
among the Georgia Volunteers”—“Disgrace
ful not in the Georgia Regiment”—“ Terri
ble riot and loss of life,” etc. etc. etc. Al
though not present upon the occasion of its
occurrence, I liuvj drawn my tacts from a
close, scrutinizing investigation of the tran
saction for myself, and from the evidence
given in before the (Jourt Martial, in the
case of (’apt. McMahon, it is needless lo
say that I stand responsible tor their truth:
Two «r three days previous to the affair
I had left the camp near Bunta with the se
cond detachment of my Regiment, (consisting
of four companies, and tiie sick of my whole
command,) for Matamoros and Camargo.—
'Two companies bad preceded me, and I felt
it my duty to be with the larger portion of
my Regiment. Four compan es ot the se
cond battalion remained near Rurita, under
the command of L:eut. Col. Redd—Major
Williams having been despatched to Head
Quarters some time previous, and not yet
having returned. Among tne companies left
were two known as the “Jasper Greens,”
from Savannah, and the ‘Kenesaw Rangers.’
from Cobb county.
On the evening of the 31st of August the
steamer (Corvette) which was to carry this
remnant of the Georgia Regiment to Camar
go, arrived from the mouth.of the river and
proceeded to receive her freight and passen
gers. Those who are at all familiar with tl.e
movements of bodies of soldiery, either from
the camp or garrison, whether they be re
gulars or volunteers, must be aware of the
fact that they are season* of excitement, con
fusion, and not (infrequently of’disorder. In
tins instance, some five or six men belonging
to the companies already named, having been
supplied (contrary to explicit orders) with
ardent spirits, by the sutler of another Regi
ment, became turbulent and unruly. A Hglit
ensued between some two or three of them,
about some cause too trivial and childish to
be mentioned. From a close examination of
reliable persons I cannot discover that more
in number vvera actively engaged in the ren
counter, Still they were attached to diffe
rent corps, and thus the misstatement has
originated, the two companies of the Georgia
Regiment were engaged in a bloody conflict.
The officers of these companies promptly
and effectual’ly interfered to quell the affray.
Capt. Nelson forming iiis men upon the shore
ahd Capt. McMahon assembling his on the
hurricane deck of the boat, so as to he ablelo
single out the disorderly persons, and tortli
wilh place them under arrest. Up lo this
tune no “ai ms” had been used—no “life” had
been “lost,” and yet this hoy’s conflict had al
ready been suppressed, and ail ot the two
companies named, who were present upon
the spot, had been formed under their res
pective commanders. Had the aflair been
allowed to slop at this point the offenders
might have been reported to me and would
certainly Inve received ihe punishment they
richly deserved; but the letter writers would
have been deprived of a most delectable bud
get of scandal, the public ot a deeply exciting
newspaper column, our friends in Georgia
would have been saved from the distress
which must have been occasioned by the tis
sues of exaggeration which made their ap
pearance under the alarming caption relei red
lo above, and we; the officers and privates ot
the Georgia Regiment, from the deep shame
and ketn mortification of feeling that a slain
hud been placed upon our characters, wholly
unprovoked and undeserved, while we were
anxiously discharging our duly lo our coun
try, and deeply solicitous to protect the
honorable name of the Slate we represent.—
It was unfortunately, however, at this mo
ment, that Col. Raker interfered, doubtless
with the best of motives.
The following are extracts from the testi
mony in the case already referred to, and will
gjve - the facts of Ids approach, and of the
rencounter between bis detachment and
the “Greene,” as they occurred:
Lieut. Col. Redd testifies—“l saw a party
of troops coining who .were commanded by
an officer that 1 did not then know, but wb«
afterwards turned out lo be Col. Baker, with
a detachment of Illinois troops. 1 asked
them who they were. The said they had
come there to stop the riot.” Having gone,
with the assent of Col. Redd, upon the hurri
cane deck, the same officer testifies, that
“Col. Baker’’ ordered the accused (Capt. Mc<-
Mahuii) to “surrender,” or “retire, Ido not
recollect which. He refused to do so, but
immediately entratreo Col. Baker with his
sword. One oi the Colonel’s men remarked
that he could not contend with that man
(meaning the accused) and pulled him back
—at-tlie same time the Colonel received a
wound and was compelled to retire.” Being
further questioned, the Colonel testfied, that
he had put Capt. McMahon on duty, by “or
dering him to keep tils company quiet,” and
and that he does not believe the accused could
have discovered Col. Baker’s rank.
Capt. Nelson testifies as follows—“I was
ashore when a body of troops, commanded by
some person then unknown lo me, but whom
I afterwards learned to be Col. Baker, and a
detachment of Illinois volunteers, approach
ed. They made a hall for a moment, I heard
several voices cry out, “ Lead us!" They
immediately went up the stair case. When
they had arrived on the upper deck, some
one in the detachment cried out “ surrender /”
About the same time Capt. McMahon, who
had been previously engag d in qi.iAug his
men, stepped forward towards Col. Baker and
said, “damn you,-cross swords with me,” or
words to that effect; whereupon they imme
diately crossed swords and commenced par
rying and thrusting, and continued until Col.
Baker gave back, at which lime Captain Mc-
Mahon was borne down. At the same
time some one of the Illinois troops cried
“Charge!”—“Damn him, rim your bayonets
through him !” Being further interrogated,
lie eay. a , that at the time he (the witness)
“reached the deck, he saw ( 01. B iker be
tween itie head of the stairs and the right
hand boiler, and Capt. McMahon was driving
his men id the opposite side of the boat.
Captain Sargent testifies, that at the in
ception of the difficulty “the accused and my
self were, stepping on board the steamer Cor
vette. The accused as soon as he heard it,
rushed out of doors to suppress it.” He says
further, “1 saw & body ol armed men ascend
ing the stair case. Immediately as they as
cended. they charged bayonets, and I saw
nothing more of the accused until a!:er the
affray was over, but I heard the clashing of
bayonets and the discharge of two or three
fire arms.”
Lieut. O'Connor testifies as follows —“1
was up stairs on board the steamer Corvette,
assisting the accused in keeping our men from
going on shore. I saw Col. Baker come on
the upper deck. I heard him give the order,
to a certain company or body of men, to fol
lowed him. They followed and arrived on
deck, when he (the Colonel) gaye the order
to charge! Soon after, 1 saw the accused
and the Colonel cross swords. He (Colonel
Baker) or some officer next to finn, gave the
order a second lime, to the Illinois troops, to
“charge,” and run the accused through.—
They charged—the accused (ell. After the
accused fell, some officer of the Illinois troops
gave the order again lo charge and run him
through. 1 heard some two or three shots
discharged, but did not know- who fired them.”
Private C. C. Hammack testified as fol
lows—“I was sentinel on the upper deck of
the steamer Corvette. I saw Col. B iker and
a portion of his troops march up the stairs.
When tiiey came near me, I halted, but they
passed me by force, pushing aside my bayonet.
They then marched opposite the accused and
his company. The first I heard then was the
order to charge, given by Col. Baker, or some
of his officers. 1 cannot slate positively wilii
regard to what occurred afterwards.”
After laying the testimony before an intel
ligent public, I should suppose it entirely
useless to offer a word of comment. In the
active discharge of a duty not only always
belonging to liis station, but especially as
signed him by his commanding officer, Capt.
McMahon is Ordered to "surrender” by an in
dividual entirely unknown to him, at the
head of a body of strangers, all armed and
apparently anxious for a conflict. The or
der was given when he had already succeed
ed in separating and controlling those ot his
men (some fifteen in number) who had been
in or near the previous conflict with “the
Rangers.” For what purpose that order was
given lie could not know. Had he obeyed,
and “ surrendered ,” it appears lo me that he
would then have been guilty of a breach of
duty.
The word “ surrender ,” addressed to an of
ficer in command of his men, was insulting,
and well calculated to provoke indignation.
It appears that while the contest between
Col. Baker and Capt. McMahon was pro
gressing, “ The Greens" did not interfere.
It was not until the former hud been pulled
back, by some one of his men, and the latter
been rushed upon and knocked down by
some unknown hand, not until the command
“‘charge’' 1 had been repealed, and the words,
‘damn him, run him through” had been dis
tinct heard, not until the startling exclama
tion, “our Captain is dead'. ’ had been made
bv one of their number, that “The Greens”
rushed over his prostrate body upon the bay
onets charged against them. 1 a.-k, could
Captain McMahon have acted otherwise?—
Could “The Greens have done !ess?“
As to the number of persons killed and
wounded in the alTray, I believe it. is now as
certained that only one lost Ins hfe in the
charge upon the hurricane deck. He be
longed lo Col. Baker’s detachment. Those
who were wounded of the Illinois volunteers,
together with their Colonel, (I am happy to
learn) are well again. Capt. McMahon alone
was wounded, ol lhe Greens, and lie is en
tire! v recovered. Corp. Whalen was shot,
not in the charge, hut by some unknown
hand from the lower deck, a ball and two
buck shot passing through his body and
heart.
It is needless to correct in detail the va
rious other misstatements and exaggerations
which have made tiieir appearance in the
public prints, in relation to this aftair; but I
will say, in conclusion, that any impression
which may have been made, in any quarter,
of a want of character or subordination in the
Georgia Regiment, are erroneous. That as
its commanding officer, in the spirit of hon
orable emulation, 1 challenge comparison in
point of drill, discipline and soldierly deport
ment; and that Georgia need not blush lo
own her sons, however much their charac
ters may have been misrepresented.
11. R. JACKSON,
Colonel Commanding Geo. Regiment.
Camp, Monterey, 2d November, 1846.
IT’Papers, both in and out of the State,
which published the first accounts of tiiis af
fair, will cooler a favor by inserting the
above. B< R- J
CLrTbe ladies now, wo are told.wear wired
petticoats as a substitute for the bustle. Old
maids get them magnetized lo make them
attractive.
Treasure Recovered. —The Concordia In
telligencer, speaking of the operations of the
Diving Bell boat, says that within ten days
past, alter hard searching through water and
mud, twenty-eight feet under the Mississip
pi's surface, opposite Millikeu’s Bend or near
that point, it has succeeded in recovering
nearly thirty thousand dollars in specie from
amid the ruins of the wreck of the old steam
er Tennessee.
ANNUAL FAIR OF THE WARREN COUN
TV AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Annual Fair of the above Society
was held on Friday and Saturday, the 20th
and 21st November, ult.
The members of the Society were partic
ularly pleased at the fine array of stock and
domestic fabrics, but regret the few reports
on crops in consequence of various causes.
At 11 o’clock, A. M.. on Friday the Soci
ety met at the Court House, President M.
11. Wellborn, Esq., p o. tern., in the Chair,
vvht) appointed the various examining Com
mittees, who proceeded with becoming zeal
to discharge their respective duties. 'The
Society being again called to order, these
Committees reported as follows:
HORSES.
To Wm. T. Brooke, fur his stallion Miller
the Prophet, hy Wonder, $5 00
Jas. Pilcher, for his hay mare, 10 yrs. old, if UU
Green Uurson, “ sorrel “ 4 “ Ist honor.
“ “ “ black “ II “ 2d “
HORSE COLTS, 3 YEARS AMD UNDER
A. T. Kendrick, V oung Eclat, 2i years old, £3 CO
To Thus. Neal. Sr., and James Kitchens for
their colls, the former a gray colt, over 2
yrs, the latter a sorrel colt, Ist honor, divided,
Green Uurson, for colt 6 months old, 2d honor.
GELDINGS.
To Thus. J. Wheeler, lor his horse Muckle
Andrew. 6 years old, 00
MULE COLTS. GEORGIA RAISED.
Thos. J. Wheeler, for colt 7 mouths old, $2 00
CATTLE.
P. N. Maddux, for his milch cow, $3 00
Thos. Jones for his calf Rough and Ready,
7 months old, $- 00
COTTON’.
To Washington 11. Brantley, for the best
acre upland cotton, produced 2,8 i j lbs.
65 loads barn-yard manure, broadcast 4
hy 2 feet; one stalk in a hill; planted 25th
March, $5 CO
W. H. Brantley, for the best acre low land
cotton, 1,782 lbs., 6 feet in drill, 20 to 25
inches apart; planted Ist or 2d April, $5 00
DOMESTIC FARRICS.
T<> Miss R. Hunt, for the best piece of black
Jeans, 8 yards, $2 00
Mrs. Mary Jones for one piece of brown
jeans, Ist honor.
Miss J. Hunt, for best piece black do. 2d “
I). Hunt, best piece green do. 3>i “
Mrs. T. Miller, for one piece black do. 4th “
COUNTERPANES.
Mrs. C. Barksdale, for while counterpane, $2 00
WOOLLEN COVERLETS.
To Mrs. Susan Camp, 2 00
Mrs. C. Barksdale, best piece cotton cloth, 20J
MISCELLANEOUS.
Miss F.psy Grahade, for silk scarf, 50
Mis Eiiz i Granade, for purple silk scarf, 50
Miss Susan E. Brinkley, for lace collar, 1 CO
“ “ “ " f»r silk mitts, 25
Mrs. Stella Putnam, embroidered ottoman
cover, I GO
Mrs. Stella Putnam, for ladies slippers, 25
Miss Epsy and Eliza Granade, lor forty
skeihs colored sewing silk, 25
Mrs. Morrow, for fancy port lolio, 1 5 )
“ for three fancy work mats, 1 25
Miss Mary Roberts, for fancy embroidered
mat, 1 00
Miss Elizabeth Hale, for one fancy pocket, 50
Mrs. Lavonia Neal, fir one suinp:e ol butter,
(Durham stock.) 1 00
Mrs. W. L -.ster, for 5 yds. cotton carpeting, 75
3iiss Epsy Gibson, 3 yds. line lace one inch
wide, 50
The Society having taken rece?s, again
convened for the transaction of its accustom
ed business. President M. ii. Wei born (pro
tem) in the Chair.
The election for officers was now attended
to, which resulted as follows, some of the old
officers wishing their places filled with new
ones: President, Rev. P. N. Maddux; Ist
Vice-President, M. H. Wellborn; 2d Vice-
President, Dr. Jas. E, Jones; 3J Vice-Pres
ident, Thos. F. Persons; {Secretary, Dr. R.
W. Hubert.
On motion of \V. Gibson, E-q,
Resolved, That the Chair appoint five dele
gates to the Stale Agricultural Society;
Which are as follows; Messrs. Adam
Jones, Thomas Neal, seu’r , Rev. P. N. Mad
dux, E. D. Hudson, and Thos, F. Persons.
On motion ol H. E. .Morrow,
Resolved, That each member of our So
ciety be solicited to subscribe fur the South
ern Cultivator.
Saturday, Nov 21.
Chpt. Hill, through his friend, J’. O. Smith
Esq., brought in for exhibition a line horse,
colt, aged 2 years last d<y of April, 1846,
named Henry Clay , but was too late, the
Committee having made their report as
above, but the Committee take this occasion
to say, had the coll been ex nbiled sooner he
would have been a strong compelitor, and
probably would have contended successfully
for the prern um.
The C< mrninee on Domestic Fabrics pre
sent their thanks to the ladies for thus honor
ing and gracing the occasion with so’many
specimens of their industry,and for the coun
tenance and encouragement they gave by
their presence and approving smiles to the
laudable enterprise in which we are engaged.
Resolved, That the proceedings be pub
lished in the Augusta and Milledgeville pa
pers, or such as ate friendly to the cause of
Agriculture, and that this Society adjourn to
moot again on the Ist I’ixeaday in March
next.
M. 11. WELLBORN, Pres’t pro tern.
John H. Roberts, Jr., Secretary.
1 From the Columbus Times ]
MR. WEBSTER “REVISED.”
The friends of this gentleman have been
forced bv the public indignation to take back
the marked compliment he paid his country
men in this sentence —
“The natural justice of a war, it is per
haps, not an American habit to consider.
But it is an American habit to count the
cost!"
The excuse is, that it was a mistake in the
print! and the new version they give, is this;
“It is not the habit of the American peo
ple, nor natural to their character, to con
sider the expense of a war which they deem
just and necessary; but it is their habit, and
belongs to their character to inquire into the
justice and necessity of a war in which it is
proposed to involve them.
“In a war like this,commenced by the au
thority of a President alone, while we look
earnestly at its origin, we may properly re
gard, also, its probable expense.”
This softened version reminds the Rich
mond Standard of a trick of Mr. Merryman,
the clown in the circus.
“Mr. Merryman is told to pick up some
thing out of the ring; he replies
“Pick it up yourself, Sir.”
“What’s that you say?” exclaimed the
master, with an angry crack of the whip.
“/ said I would pick it up myself Sir" re
plies the poor clown as he rubs his smarting
sides and gives the “corrected revision” of
his speech,”
While Mr. Webster’s friends are “revis
ing” we suggest to them the propriety of
taking back some of the other statements of
(facts?) and sentiments with which the
speech of this Whig and “constitutional ex
pounder” abounds. That for instance in
which he asserts that the Mexican war was
commenced by the “authority of the Presi
dent alone,”and of which in the same speech
he himself produces the record to show its
untruth, in the immense vote of Congress in
favor of it. That too in which he declared
that Texas came into the Union with the
Nueces as her boundary, when it is a notori
ous public fact that she assumed the Rio
Grande lor her boundary, and with that in
her statue-book was received into the con
federacy. And upon this statement in con
flict with the truth of history, he proceeds to
assail the Executive for invading the Mexi
can territory, when in truth he was but de
fending our own.
~ AUflUSnn’jEtL -^''-
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5,’46.
fLrWe are requested to state that in tu
fure, the Georgia Rail Road Cars will leave
the Depot at 7 P. M., commencing this eve
nt >g-
O j We received two days since in manu
script from Col. Jackson, the address to the
public, which appears in our paper to-day.
It is a duplicate of the same that has appeared
in the Columbus Enquirer, Chronicle and
other papers.
It is a complete vindication of (’apt. Mc-
Mahon, and of all concerned in the affray,
belonging to the Georgia Regiment- 'Phis
is truly gratifying lo us, as it must be lo
every Georgian.
[fj'On Wednesday last, we were at the
drug store of D’Antignac & Barry, and wit
nessed a display of the explosive power of
“the Gun Cotton.”
Two grains, carefully weighed, of the pre
pared cotton were put in a pistol, a half ounce
ball pressed down on it, and the pistol was
then fired wilii a percussion cap, driving llie
ball through two sides of a box of soft pine,
eac h side, a half inch thick, and through both
Sides of an empty flour barrel. This was
repeated several limes.
We also saw a lock of this cotton laid
upon a charge of powder, and exploded by
applying a match to it, without igniting the
powder. The powder was then ignited se
peralely. 'Phis proved the infinitely greater
explosiveness of the prepared cotton. We
saw a portion of the cotton laid upon an
iron surface and smitten w ith great force
with a hammer. After several blows, it par
tially ignited, presenting a scorched appear
ance, but was not consumed. 'Phis seems lo
refute the supposition that it is so combusti
ble a material as to be liable to ignite by be
ing rammed into a gun, and therefore to be
dangerous. We had not lime to notice any
other experiments.
[UrWe were taken in a little, • r rather per
haps, the public was, at the Theatre on
Thursday night. We were authorized to an
nounce and diJ so, that the Ethiopian drol
leries of Mios Leslie’s company would on
that night, be enacted by the gentlemen only.
In other words that Miss Leslie, would not
on that occasion appear will) her face oiguU
ted up, to represent a negro.
Notwithstanding tiiis, she did so appear,as
we were informed, a large audience being in
attendance. Now, if ttie public is pleased
with this sort of barleqninry, by a lady, they
have a right to be so, and to show it by at
tending such exhibitions. It is no affair of
our’s further than to give our own views on
the subject, which we have done. We heard
more than one, particularly ladies, say it was
disgusting, cfc., iSpc. Bur, perhaps we were
not among the right set, and that those who
give tone to public sentiment, and whose
opinions are worth hearing think differently.
The only reason we notice it now, however,
is tiiat we wish to give the reason vvly we
made the statement that Miss Leslie would
not make such a condecension, not of her
sex, bu t of her complexion and caste.
We will now give the reason assigned to
us, why Miss Leslie did appear as the sable
AngeLique, notwithstanding the pledge to the
public. It is that Mr. liallet, one of the com
pany was sick and the remains of the band
won id not have been effective without her
services.
If this explanation satisfies the public “it
is needless for us to multiply word.”
This company make their last appearance
before this community, to night, at the The
atre. See advertisement.
C HOICE TOBACCO
Messrs. W. J. Nelson have sent to our
office a specimen of that Peylona brand, which
t hey advertise in our paper. We do not use
the weed ourself, hut those about the office
who d<>, smack their lips over it, as some
thing extra.
While on the subject of “The Weed,” we
take occasion to acknowledge the civility of
Mr. E. 11. Bezant, whose card is also to be
found in our columns. He sent us some
choice Regalias, which rejoice in the high
sounding appellation of “Nobilidada.” We
were once a faithful devotee to the seductive
charms of that fascinating habit, smoking.—r
Wrapt bodily in the fragrant clouds which we
puffed from our high-flavored Havana, and
mentally in those gorgeous clouds of dreamy
abstractions which our teeming brain, ope
rated on by the soothing narcotic, conjured
up from the world of imagination, we would
often be inspired with feelings of pu re ideality
akin lo those described by Manfred i
“My spirit walked not with the souls of men.
Nor looked upon the earth with human eyes.”
Those days and those delights are gone.—
These, in the language of Ossiun, are
“the memories of joys ifiat are p;sst,” and
“like the music of Carol, are sweet and
mournful U) the soul.” Admonished by
its effects upon our health, we have
abandoned tlie practice to nerves more ro
bust, Rut we have puffed the segars sent us
it) Ihe only way vve can do so w bhout injury
—in our newspaper.
ASKING FOR INFORMATION.
We are sorry that the Chronicle is ec»
overwhelmed with business. Ho says,speak*
mg of Mr. Polk’s letter of acceptance, '‘wo
have too much to do to bo at the trouble ta
hunt up that letter.” lie wants to know, if
in that letter Mr. Polk, says, “that under no
circumstances would he consent to run for
a second term.” The Chronicle “presumes"
vvc know, and “asks for information”
Perhaps onr neighbor thinks that we have
not too much to do—perhaps he may take
us for a gentleman tit elegant leisure, and
may forget that we too have to edit, *-solita
ry and alone,” a daily paper. Be that as it
may, we did take tbe trouble to hunt up tlfit
letter. The Chronicle writes so much abbot
Mr. Polk and Polkery, that we thought that
the editor knew that letter, an 1 also the
Kane letter hv heart. We even thought
that he dreamed every night of his life of
Mr. Polk, and that dreadful apparitions
haunted him of Mr. Polk, with the banner of
Free Trade held aloft, striding into the Presi
dential chair, escorted by s-xteSn Slates of the
Union, all duly person He I, I’exas lust, but not
least among them, young, beautiful and rich,
and in bis progress stepping over the pros
trate form of Mr. Clay with the crumbling
ruins of the corrupt old National Bank around
him,and llfat other odious monopoly, kindred
in corruption, the Tariff of 1312, struggling
and strangling in this “wreck of mi'ter ’’
Some such visions as these most certainly
have “murdered sleep,” and every thing like
placid thought upon the subject of polities
with the Chronicle for a long tune past; for
Mr. Polk has been the especial theme of
abuse by the Chronicle almost daily. It is a
standing dish, which has its appearance -u
regularly, that the readers of the Chronicle
are no doubt bv this time willing to treat it
as Judge Dooly did the half grown roast
pig, and which he told the landlord could bo
dismissed on its own recognizance, till next
cou rt.
Considering then that this was so favori'o
a theme, we hardly thought the Chronicle
would cal! on us to hunt up that letter. But
we have done so, and now inform the Chroni*
cle that Mr. Polk in it declares his settled
purpose in ihe event of his election, not to ha
a candidate lor re-election. This he did in
order that the Democrats should be under uu
embarrassment so tar as he was concerned
in selecting a successor. These are his
words
“I deem the present fn he a proper oreawion to
declare, that if ihe Humiliation made by the con-,
vention shall be confirmed by ihe people and re
sult in my election, I shall enter upon the discharge
of ilie high ami solemn duties oi the office with the
settled purpose of nut being a candidate for re-ek-c
--t)< n. In ihe event of my election it shall he my
constant aim, by a strict adherence to the old re
publican landmarks, to maintain and preserve the
public prosperity and at the end of four years 1 hiu
resolved to retire to private life. In assuming this
position I feel that 1 not only impose upon myself
a salutary restraint, but that I take the most ef
fective means m my power of enabling the demo
cratic party to make a free selection of a successor
who may be best calculated to give effect to their
will, and guard ajl the interests of our beloved
Country.* 5
Bui the Chronicle for informal on
also, as to whether Mr. Young ever accepted
lfie nomination of the Anti-renters and madt*
pledges. We presume he calls on ns for his
letter of acceptance also. Now we think it
is the Chronicle’s turn to produce it. Is not
Mr. Young the Whig candidate? The Chroni
cle ought to keep account of whig letters to
furnish their democratic cotemporaries.
He says Mr. Gardiner, the Lt. Governor
of New York, may with us much propriety
be called the Anti-rent candidate. Not sc»
fast. He distinctly declined and wrote a
letter to the Anti-rent Convention Committee
declining the nomination. That letter can
he produced. Will the Chronicle produce
Mr. Young’s letter doing the same thing?
In conclusion we would add that Iho
Chronicle is not grateful to us for our favor*
jn Turn sbing it with hems of in orm .lion. It
gives us but small encouragement, and even
df n e.- or tries to deny their correctness. Wo
ought to be surprised at the compliment
be pus us »n calling upon us for information.
The Chronicle did not haj pen to know how
its own party stood on the distribution ques
tion— supposed it to have advocated distribu
tion in 184 U and JB-11—did not seem to have
known anything of Judge Berrien’s course
on tiiaf, as connected with the lartfi in the
session ot 1841. Those are among several
other little scrapes the Chronicle involved it
self in lately by being two busy to take the
trouble, to hunt up informal ion.
Among other absurdities, it undertook to
prove ue a protective tariff man in 1840, be
cause we advocated the emnptomise bill.
We recommend the Chronicle, when it is
too busy to hunt up information to consider
itself too busy to mike random assertions.
(UT Mr. Milieu, of the L;te r ary Depot, haa
laid on our table, Bulwer a last novel, Lti-
Gielia j or the Children of Night.
No. I and g of Dickens new work, Do tu
be v & Sou.
No. 1 and S Yankee Doodle.
No. f of a new publication of the Punch
and Yankee Doodle order, bearing the title
of “Judy.” Published in New York. It
contains some clever things. Wo annex
two short specimens :
Premiums awarded by the American Institute sot
the encouragement of native product tuns — fruits ,
flowers, and vegetables.
N. P. Wills, tor Dandy-lion.
Edmund Simpson and Povey, for a great
pear.
Margaret Fuller, for a Blue-bell.
Governor Seward, lor the smallest potato.
Thete were several candidates tor this premi
um, but justice triumphed, and Seward got it.
Henry Clay, for beats. Mr. Clay has ex
hibited several monstrous beats before, but
the last he displayed was the greatest.
Fine Arts. —Park Benjamin, for several
poor-traits.
Machinery. —Moses \ ■ Beach, for a great
screw.
Explanatory- —“ Conquering a peace is
ratjhcr u new phrase, »e cpnie-ss \y£ du|