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riIKONICLK AND SENTINKL.
A II « U 8 T A
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2.
Charleston—Her Calculations.
We adverted yesterday to the sanguine calcu
lation, beginning to be indulged in Charleston,
of concentrating upon her wharves almost the
entire cotton |crop ol the south, and of conse
quence, the entire trade which it must carry with
it. This, it issupjiosed, may be accomplished by
connecting three important points with that city,
by means of steam boat and rail road communi
cations. Those points arc, Gunter’s Landing on
the Tennessee river, Montgomery on the Alabama
and St. Josephs, on the hay of the same name,
near the mouth of the Apaluehicola river. It is
estimated that 200,000 hides of Colton will be
concentrated at the first of these three points,
Gunter’s Landing, from whence it can bo Irans- I
f c r red to Macon, or a point lower down on the Oc- I
mulgcc, st 1 1 w’ great bend, by rail road communi
cation, and thence by steam boats to Charleston.
At the second point, Montgomery, it is also esti
mated thatn like quantity, 200,000 bales, will also
be concentrated, which cun also be brought by
rail roads to the great bend of the Ocmulgco and
thence to Charleston by steam boats. The (Jot
ton produced upon lower Chatlahoochle is to be
carried down that stream to St. Joseph and up
Flint river to a point from which a rail road CO
miles long connects that river with the Ocmul
gee, and thence by steam boats to Charleston.
Add to all Ibis, 300,000 bales from the interior of
Georgia, and the crop of South Carolina, and
we have the “million of bags,” worth “forty
millions of dollars,” upon which Charleston has
set her heart, and to the realization of which she
has raised her sanguine expectations. Let us
examine these lofty calculations and sec how they
stand the test of reason—let us draw aside the
flimsy veil which visionary enthusiasm, and grasp
ing self-interest have thrown around this magnifi
cent paper project, and see how it will wither in
the'light, and perish in sunshine of reality.
First then, it is based in-part upon the calcula
tion that 400,0110 bales of cotton which now seek
s market in New Orleans and Mobile arc to be
withdrawn and transferred to Charleston ; thus
abstracting from those cities between sixteen and
twenty millions ofdollars of their trade annually
—or more than one third of the whole that is bu
sed upon cotton ! This is to be accomplished in
eighteen months !
Secondly, upon the supposition that cotton (
will ho transported from St. Joseph and Apa
lachicola backwards through middle Georgia
by steam boats and Hail Hoads, instead of
being shipped direct for Europe from those
two ports, the former, if not both, of which places,
have ports equal, or superior to that of Charles'
ton. Now, St. Joseph lies upon the gulf of Mex.
ico, about 180 miles iu a right lino nearly cast of
Mobile, and 300 east of New Orleans, accessible
to both by the finest steam boat navigation through
the gulf. We do not therefore see any good rea
son, why the vanity which builds Charleston in.
to a market of such transcendent importance ns
to draw the cotton of St. Joseph backwards
through middle Georgia, may not also expect all
that which goes to New Orleans and Mobile to
find its way to that market by the same channel;
at once annihilating those cities ; striking them
down from their proud positions in the commer
cial world and sinking them into mere seconda
ries to Charleston—the tributaries of her trium
phant commerce —the outposts of her greatness
and her glory ! !
Thirdly—this magnificent idea of the future
importance of Charleston is based upon the claim
of 300,000 bales of cotton from the interior of
Georgia ! Now us our last year’s crop was only
304,000 bales, it is only a very modest claim to
all wc make, leaving scarcely one poor hug for
Savannah, Brunswick and Darien ! These
places, of course are to he knocked into nonenity,
projected so fur into the “middle of the next cen
tury,” that our posterity will not know them—
so utterly extinguished,demolished and deeply bu
ried beneath the overgrown greatness of Charles
ton, that the next generation cannot even fish
them out with a pitchfork ! “Harkco, Savannah,
thou shall not have one bale of Cotton left thee
thou hiidsl better sell out and move to Charleston!”
In order then to accomplish her lofty purposes,
Charleston must severely and seriously cripple
both New Orleans and Mobile—nothing but her
generous magnanimity prevents her from drawing
the ‘ last life drop of their bleeding breasts”—
she must entirely annihilate Savannah—and re
duce Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Montgomery
and St. Joseph to the condition of dependent tra
ding villages, catering for her appetite, and ad
ministering to her pleasures. But this is not all
Os the million of cotton bags which she intends
to have, 700,000 arc cither to come out ol'Gcor*
gia or to be carried through her territory
Our entire state is to become her common
v thorough faro—her highway. Wc arc not only
to send her our own Colton, but vve arc to build
rail roads for other states to carry theirs to her
bosom.
It is certainly right for her to do all those things
if she can. She has, however, in her anxiety to
figure out matters to suit her own purposes, for
gotten several important things, which it may be
well to bring to her recollection.
Ist. That cotton commands as high a price in
Savannah as it docs in Charleston.
2d. That there is a Kail Hoad now construct
ing* by tbo Slate of Georgia, from a point on the
Tennessee river, above Gunter’s Landing, into the
heart of this State, where it will he connected
with b andies leading to this place, Macon and
Columbus, and that therefore the project of a road
from Macon to Gunter’s Landing, is chimerical.
3rd. By these roads, the produce of Tennes
see river, which docs not go to New Orleans, will
come either to Augusta, Macon, or Columbus-
If to Augusta, Savannah will be always able to
obtain a share of the import and export trade
which it creates. If to Mucon, it* natural sea
port is at Brunswick, near the mouth of the Al
famaha, and connected with it by a Steam Boat
Canal, or al Savannah by the Central Kail Road
Brunswick it is true, is yet in embryo, but she
has at least os good a chance ot becoming the
sea port of a large part of Georgia anti Florida
as Charleston has of realizing half ol her recent
ly developed expectations.
4th. There is a Rail Road now putting under
contract from Brunswick to the junction of the
Flint and Chattahoochie, hy which the produce
of those rivers, if it seeks any Atlantic port,
must seek Brunswick, which possesses every re
quisite to becoming a place of sufficient impor
tance to ship all the Colton, and import all the
goods for that section of country within her
reach. Bho has a better ship channel than
Charleston, and a healthier climate. Merchants
arc afraid of Charleston before the middle of Oc
tober, and her own citizens arc afraid to venture
out of her precints, during summer.
6th. The valley of the Tennessee does not
produce 200,000 hales of Cotton —neither does
Montgomery ever get that quantity which is set
down as the amount of her tribute to Charles
ton, and if she did, it would all go down l>y water
to Mobile.
Clli. Cotton received at St. Joseph will be ship
ped direct from that port, and her goods will re
turn by the saino process, or else be landed at
Brunswick and thence transported on the Bruns
wick and Florida rail road.
If the lute Convention at Charleston hasindu.
red this sudden puffing up into such grandilo
quent importance, she may unpull' and ease down
at her leisure. That she is destined to prosper
and improve we do not doubt,j and we are sin
cerely glad to believe so, hut it is needless to
make herself ridiculous hy supposing that she can
even perform impossibilities—annihilate all rivals
and engross the whole business of tbs country. —
It is all moonshine!
For the Chronicle Sentinel. i
Messrs. Enrroits—"Pro Bono Publico” of the -
Constitutionalist appears to have fretted himself
into the belief, that the City Council was about to ,
inflict a great and lasting wound on the monetary ,
concerns of the city, by alio.ding the citizens 1
thereof pure water for their money ; and in the |
spirit of remonstrance, lays his hands upon his ;
pocket, and exclaims—Beware ! I
Suppose we have 100 public pumps of the pure ,
water (I am sorry for such notions of purity)
that Pro speaks of, they must cost $3OO each, |
making an investment of fifty thousand dollars; (
audio keep them in repair, the city incurs an an. |
nual expense of $1,500 00 : taking ten years, and i
the expense for interest and repairs amount to ,
$19,000 00; and the whole cost to the citizens so (
far is equal to $69,000 00. Compare this with
the water works if you please, and you will find ,
the pumps of pure water no go. All of this, how- .
ever, is a mere baggatello. New York is about to |
incur an expense of eight millions of dollars to
obtain n small river, from the distance of 20 to 30
miles, for the use of its citizens—London has
three sets of water works; Vbibulelpb'uv—Vmt
why should it be necessary to enumerate exam
ples—Pro bono has put his hands upon the peo
ple’s pockets.
The hue and cry of taxes, taxes, look out for
your pockets, is only woithy of—Blank. Every
person included in the act of incorporation of the
city of Augusta, is a stockholder in a joint stock
concern, and he is only liable to the amount of such
stock, and the benefit it confers on him. lie
pays taxes to be sure, but he only pays in propor
tion to his property, and the security of enjoying
it, by his being associated with a community of
freeholders. But it is nut the members alone, of
this joint stock concern, who pay the taxes—every
person consuming beef steaks, pays part of the
rent of the market stalls; every person who
rents a house pays the tax on that house; every
person who wears a shirt, pays a portion of the
wharfage and other city lax on that article. And
1 would ask “Probono Publieu” why these tax
payers arc not to have pure water, il they wish
to have it—in any way that they please. Those
who fancy thepumpwaler drained from the sinks
may of course be indulged, but others should not
b'< compelled to jingle glasses with them.
It appears to me that Turknett’s Spring, But
ler’s Creek, or even Savannah Uiver, would afford
a less villainous compound, and a better supply
in cases of conflagration than the pump system,
and at less expense. A
“HUGH MIDDLETON.”
For the Chronicle ,$■ Sentinel.
The Kecords of the Sanhedrim.
CHAPTKH I.
1. But there was none like Andrew, the King,
who did sell himself to bring ruin on his people;
for, from what is recorded of him in the acts of
Sanhedrim, he appears to have set lus heart to do
evil, in the sight of the people.
2d. Now it came to pass in the eighth year of
the reign of Andrew, that word came from him,
saying to those elders of the Sanhedrim who had
sworn allegiance to Andrew, thus saith An
drew the King, “ cause that writing which those
who seek to do evil against me in thy sight, have
entered on the records of the Sanhedrim, to be
cut oil' C expunged J therefrom; then shall thy
lord be gathered to his fathers in peace.”
3d. Now, verily I say unto you. so greatly was
Andrew feared by these his servants, that kissing
this mandate of their lord, they hastened to,obey
his commands, and did great barm in (he sight of
the people who sent tlnnn.
4ill. And the leader and abettor, in this great
act of wickedness was one Thomas of the tribe
of Missouri, and one William who was coadjutor
and fellow-worker in the abomination.
slh. Now, this same Thomas, did this to win'
the favor of his tribe, and to stand before the
king ; for ho was a covetous man, given to much
talking, and possessed with an ardent desire to
new frame the revenues and tax-collections, and
tithes of the country,—but verily 1 say unto him
he shall reap his reward.
6th. And it came to pass that Andrew, tire
king, waxed old and stricken in age.
7lb. And when he saw that he was old, he
sent for the ciders, princes, and high men of bis
court, and said unto them ;
J. Hth. Behold I have assembled tne officers of
ic my court, and have caused them to declare unto
ic you, him, whom I would have to rule over you.
a, Hth. Therefore, take heed, lest at any time yc
I- turn your ears to others around you who are ene
mies to our.failh; neither make mention of these,
:r nor serve, nor how down to them ;
c 10th. For verily f say unto you, if ye follow
e after them or make covenant with them, ye shall
1, in no wise handle the revenues of the palace, but
- snares and lures shall bo laid for you till ye be
- driven out from the service of the king.
) 11 th. For in the day that thou transgressclh
my law, and hreaketh the covenant I lave made
with you, and which I command you to observc i
then shall his anger be kindled against you, and
he shall cast you out of his service and deprive
you of all tho goods which I have left him to
give you.
CUAVTEH It.
Mow it came to pass, in course of lime i
that Martin, the Kinderhookitc, whom Andrew,
the valiant, had appointed to succeed ruled over
l he land.
And the said Martin, while he followed in
tltn footsteps of Andrew, which he promised to
do, brought ruin on the land, and sorely pressed
the people.
Now the pressure was in the land, and the
people became so o afraid. And those, who
bought and sold and traded with foreign finds,
were compelled to stop, by reason of tho panic
in lire land. But when the people of tho trihc j
to which Marlin belonged, heard of tho rejoic
ings in the court of Martin, they sent messen
gers unto him, saying :
Behold wo brought you out of the land of Kin
derhouk, delivered you out of the hands of the
whigs, and have set you above us and made you
to rule over us, therefore hearken to us in our
distress, ami deliver us out of the pit into which
we have fallen.
But Martin hardened his heart against their
sufferings, and refused to do any thing for their
relief; moreover he said unto them, get thee
banco, and lot me sec thy face no more, for our
former lord Andrew hath his anger incited
against thee, and has made mo to sec the folly of
giving car to thy foolish complaints. And they
went out from before him.
But when the scarcity of money was like to
trouble tho court, Martin gathered together the
great Sanhedrim of the nation, and laid before
them the sufferings of the people, and pretending
to be moved on their account requests them to
devise some means to deliver the people out of
their trouble.
But the people of his tribe, who knew that he
was at heart opposed to them, turned their heads
against him, and would have him to rule over
them no more.
Now, it came to pass after these things (when
tho people began to discover the, enmity of Mar
tin against their order) that many of the king’s
officers, wlvo had liecn guilty of dishonesty, and
many other wickednesses, lied secretly to th 0
land of the angels, to the cast, fearing that tho
people would visit on them, the oppression of
Andrew'the valiant, and Martin the Kinder
hookitc.
Now, there was a publican, named William,
sitting at the receipt of customs, at the great
city of trade, who being of a covetous disposi
tion, and fearing of the enmity of the tfibe where
he lived, lied at night, providing his scrip with
money to the amount of an hundred and fifty
three thousand and two hundred mid thirty
pieces of silver.
Now these arc hut a small portion of the acts
of abomination during the reign of Marlin.
But all the acts of Martin tho king lirst and
last, behold they are written in the book of re
cords of tho Sanhedrime, in the sixty-second
year of their deliverance out of the hands of tho
Anglees.
Silk
Wo received yesterday, a present of three
beautiful cocoons from a friend of this oily, who
says ho Ins upwards of four hundred already.
His worms commenced spinning on the 27th
Nothing cun exceed tho beauty of these speci
mens, and they give the strongest encourage
ment to a vigorous prosecution of the business.
i of raising silk is a mere trifle compared
Imlls tUunbf the cotton field.
Communicated,
Mtssns. Euitouh ; —Tho lively interest this
community lias felt, and perhaps, still feels in tho
matter to which the accompanying correspondence
relates, has induced us to offer it to you for pub
lication. Bo pleased to insert it entire, mid, if
Convenient) in un© paper.
Yours, Arc.
WM. W. HOLT,
EGBERT B. BEALL.
J. I*. UAIRDNBR.
To the Officers and Privates of the Clinch
Riflemen and R chmond Blues.
Gkxtlk.vikn : —The undersigned have learned
with deep regret that there exists unpleasant feel
ings and controversies between your respective
corps. They believe it to be of serious public
concern that harmony sho, Id prevail among those
to whom the community must look for protection
in lime of danger, and hoping that your differences
I can be honorably reconciled, the undersigned do
earnestly request, that you will icier them to the
f consideration of a few of your fellow-citizens, in
whose impartiality, honor and sense of justice
you can lully confide.
; B our suggestion should bo approved by voui
, it will afford us pleasure to be in my mannea in© 11
. strumental in cflccting a reconciliation which we
deem of the utmost importance to the public jus
tice, and which, if we do not mistake tho cbarac
i Sat. of the corps, will greatly contribute to the
, individual happiness of the members composing
them.
1 With high respect,
' WM. W. HOLT.
1 EGBERT B. BEALL.
, J- P. GAIRDNER.
Augusta, March 2, 1839.
Gsxtlcmkx:—\our communication to the
Richmond Blues mul Clinch Ivilleiuen, was placed
before the former, at a called meeting held on the
Ist inst.
' The members of the Richmond Blues, have
| authonted me to thunk you, individually, for the
interest you have thus voluntarily and unknown
to them, manifested in the existing difficulties be
tween the two companies, and, as they seek for
nothing more than justice, and reposing the high
est confidence in the “impartiality, honor and
sense of justice,” of cacti of you, they are will
ing to submit the facts and correspondence which
has taken place between the two commanders, to
I your consideration, and abide by the decision you
may give.
1 beg that you will accept, for yourselves, gen
tlerricn, the assurance of the high consideration
aud respect of
Your ob’t. serv’t.,
F. M. ROBERTSON,
(Japt. Richmond Blues.
To Messrs. W. W. Holt,
E. B. Dealt,,
J. P. GaIIUINKII.
Augusta, March 4, 1839.
Gentlemen—Your communication addressed
to the Officers and Privates of the Clinch Rifle
men and Richmond Blues, was on Saturday last,
laid before the former, tor their action, and the
undersigned appointed a committee to reply to
the same. The “Clinch Riflemen,” us a company,
are gratified that a mode has been suggested by
you, whereby the differences between the two
corps may bo honorably adjusted, and in behalf
ol the company which we have the honor to re
present, vve arc authorised to say, that the mem
bers composing the same, are willing to submit
to you, or any other like number of their fellow
citizens, the differences between the two corps;
hot would recommend that the correspondence
of flic commanders of the two corps be received,
which will disclose the points upon which we arc
at issue, and the decisions of the tribunal acting
in the matter, he predicated thereon.
With great respect, we remain,
ll our obedient servants,
EBEN’R. STARNES,
EDWARD BARKER.
JOHN MILLEDGE,
THUS. W. MILLER.
L ommittce.
To Messrs. Win. W. Holt,
E. B. Beall,
J. P. Gauuinek.
Aitoi-sta, March 20th, 1839.
Gentlf.mem :—The absence from town of Ma
jor Gairdner has prevented a formal answer to
yours of the 4th, in which, you, in behalf of the
Clinch Riflemen, have submitted to the under
signed, with Major Gairdner, the matters of diffi
culty between your corps and the Richmond
Blues, which latter corps have made a similar re
fere ice.
The Major has not yet returned, fho’he is dai
ly expected; and as one of the undersigned will
have to be absent for a few weeks from next
Monday, they think it better not to wait longer,
hut for them to accept the office, the two corps
have confided to them, in the hope that they may
be prepared to act with Major Gairdner should he
return in time; and that the matter be not lon
ger held in suspense. You will, therefore, be
pleased to place in the hands of either of the un
dersigned whatever it may he desired on your
part to have submitted, Which shall receive pro
per consideration.
With high regard, yours &c.
EGBERT B. BEALL.
WM. W. HOLT.
To Messrs. Eden’b. Btaiines,
Euw’d Bahkeii,
Johm Milledoe,
Titos. W. Milieu,
Committee of the Clinch RJlcmen,
Augusta, March 31st, 1839. .
Gentlemen :—Your communication of the
20th iu«t. was handed me this morning,
I herewith send you the correspondence which
has taken place between Capt. Starnes and my
self, upon which 1 am perfectly willing to rest the
whole matter. Should other information he re
quired, I will cheerfully make any necessary
statement.
With high respect,
I remain your ob’t serv’t
F. M. ROBERTSON.
To Messrs. E. B. Beall, and
W. W. Holt.
Augusta, March 22d, 1839.
Gentlemen :—Your favour of the 20lh inst.
was received yesterday. We herewith hand you,
in obedience to your request, the notes of the
Commander of the “Richmond Blues” to the
Commander of the “Clinch Riflemen.” The
notes from the Commander of the “Clinch Rifle
men” to the Commander ofthe “Richmond Blues”
are, vve suppose, in the hands of the latter and will
be referred by him to your consideration we pre
sume. This correspondence embraces tire “mat
ters of difficulty” at present between the corps.
With great respect, &c.
Wi; remain your oh’t serv’ts.
EBEN’R STARNES,
EDW'D BARKER.
JOHN MILLEDGE.
THOS.W. MILLER.
Committee.
To Messrs. Egiieut B. Beall,
and W. W. Holt.
Augusta, Feb. 23, 1839.
Will Captain Robertson permit me to inquire
if his refusal us commander of the Richmond
Blues, yesterday morning, to salute the company
which I have the honor to command, was intend
ed as an insult to the me, or to that corps I
The construction that it was intended as an
insult to the corps, has been placed upon that
circumstance by some persons, and 1 therefore
deem it proper to ask for an answer to this ques
tion, that I may not|act without a clear sense of
what is right in the matter. lam aware that the
conventional proprieties of life do not sanction
the opinion, that every refusal to tender, or re
ciprocate courtesies is to he regarded in the light
of an insult. And I recognize the right which
every one has of choosing those whom he may
respect, and to whom he may extend his civili
ties* ; consequently I determine to have the as
surance from yourself, before I will consider the
act to which I have alluded, us an insult.
I brg you to believe, that this communication
is dictated by no vain spirit of bullying, or ma
king a flourish—hut by the calm, deliberate, and
respectful desire of discharging my duty.
Very respectfully, &c.,
EBEN’R. STARNES.
Capt. f. M. Rodeutson.
Augusta, 25th Feb., 1839.
Sin Your note of the 23d inst., reached me
this morning, through the Post Office.
In reply. 1 have to state that, when I arrived
on the parade ground, on the morning of the
I 22d inst., I understood that you did not intend to
march round to the IT. S. Hotel, in Battalion,
assigning as a reason that you had some new re
-1 crults to drill. In a few moments afterwards I
learnt that several of your company threatened
to leave the ranks if you attempted to place them
under my command in the course of the morn
ing. Considering this an insult, both to my
company and myself, 1 intended, by not saluting !
your corps as you passed the Battalion, to return
the indignity which had been oftered.
Respectfully yours.
F. M. ROBERTSON.
Capt. E. Starnes.
Augusta, Feb. 251 h. 1839
Sil our note of to-day’s .late has la-en re
cetved. In reply to the question which I sub
nutted, you answer, that when vou arrived on :
the parade ground, on the morning of the 22d i
J j
I inst., you understood tlial 1 did not intend to |
march round to the U. !8. Hotel in Unttalion, and !
assigned as a reason, that I had some new rc
| cruits to drill. And you give as the reason for
your refusal to salute the company which I com
mand, that you were informed that several of my j
company threatened to leave the ranks, if I at
tempted to place them under your command, on
that morning. You might have added, I pre
sume, that the reason 1 assigned was delivered
j to you by Capt. Gould, who called on rnc to
| know if I would join your two corps in moving
( to Broad -Street, and who staled that I had re
j quested him to mention it to you. Bo far then,
j I stand acquitted liy your own note, of having j
j committed any breach of those courtesies which
1 it is the duty of gentlemen to observe in their
i intercourse, whether on military or civil duly.
1 You proceed to place the reason for the course
which you deemed it proper to pursue, and of I
which I complain, upon the basis, that you were
informed, that several of my company threatened
to leave the ranks, if 1 placed them under your
command. Wow, sir, is this fair? Will not
your own good sense leach you, that it is not
just to make a whole corps responsible under the
rules of social courtesy, for the declarations of
individual members, (even admitting that such
declarations were uadc, which I do not know to
be the fact,) that they would not be placed under
your command 1 And this too, when the com
mander of the corps has, by your own shewing,
committed no breach of courtesy.
I deem it proper to declare, that if any such
remarks were made by members of my company,
as those to which you allude, I did not hear them.
I have inquired to-day, merely for my private sa
tisfaction, of members of the company, ami have
not been able to ascertain that such remarks were
made. Bulthis I frankly avow to you, that there
are members of the Clinch Riflemen, who have
said, that they never will voluntarily place them
selves under your command —(this was not said
on that occasion,however, within my knowledge)
for this they have their reasons, which they think
good and sufficient, and for which, or for the ex
pression of this opinion, or any other, I under
take to say for them, they are at all times, and to
all persons, individually responsible. If, there
fore, nothing on the part of the Clinch Riflemen,
as a corps was done on the occasion alluded to,
which could justify what you conceive to boa
“ return” for an “ indignity” offered by our
corps to yours; I hope you will perceive the rea
sonableness of doing us that justice, which it is
in your power to extend, by acknowledging that
you were actuated in the matter by mistaken
views, or by making such explanation as will be
honorable and satisfactory. An answer to this
effect, I must definitely ask, or of course I must
assume n responsibility which I shall consider ns
unnecessarily and foolishly forced upon me. All
that I ask now, is for justice between the corps,
and if individual members have causes of com
plaint against each other, let us arrange those af
fairs as individuals.
Respectfully, &c.,
EBEN’R. STARNES.
Capt. F. M. RonEirrsuy.
Augusta, February 30th, 1839.
Sin:—Your communication of the 25th inst.
came to hand,through the Post Office, today.
In my note of the 251 h inst., I gave a candid
statement of the reasons why your corps was not
saluted on the 2-d.—ls the causes which produ
ced that act did not exist, then it was done with
out sudicient reasons; but, if the declarations,
which I understood as having been made, were
made, both my company and myself think'here
was sufficient cause. If your Corps will disavow
that these declarations were made, or, if made,
that they do not sanction them as a corps, then
the door for a proper explanation will be open.
Yours respectfully,
F. M. ROBERTSON.
Capt. E. Statutes.
~ I
Augusta, February 28lh, 1839^\
Sin.—ln reply to your note of the 26th inst.'
I answer, that I cannot call on my company, as a
corps, to say, that it docs not sanction the decla
rations which you have heard were made by in
dividual members, or to act in the matter as a
company: for the reason, that to do this, would
he to recognise the principle that the corps is re
sponsible for all the declarations and opinions of
its individual members, which might give offence;
and this is a principle, the truth of which I can
not admit.
Am I to understand finally and definitely, that
you persist in holding the Clinch Riflemen as a
corps, responsible for what you have been inform
ed, were the declarations of “ several members,”
which declarations as you have stated them,
though offensive to you, actually threatened in
subordination to me, as commander of the corps 1
Respectfully, &c.
EBN’R. STARNES.
Capt. F. M. Robeutsox.
Augusta, Feb. 28th, 1839.
Sm :—Your communication of this date, came
to hand this evening.
In reply, I would simply refer you to my note
of the 26th inst. for the conditions under which
an explanation, of the point at issue, can take
place. Ido not contend for the principle of hold
ing your corps responsible for all the acts of its
individual members, a! all limes ; but, when un
der arms, on a public day, declarations are made
directly insulting my company, it is, certainly, not
too much to ask them to disavow, as a corps, the
sanction of such declarations. In case the re
>uuest in my note of the 26th inst. is
with, the act of retaliation, on the part of my
company, will be recalled with pleasure; but, un
der other circumstances, no apology can be made.
• Yours, respectfully,
. F. M. ROBERTSON.
Capt. E. Stahses.
The undersigned have carefully read the cor
respondence between the commanders of the
Clinch Riflemen and Richmond Blues , which
has been submitted to them, and the matter at
issue seems plain and capable of being easilv ad
i justed, if the parties, as we presume them both to
be, are animated by that spirit of conciliation
ami mutual courtesy which, as gentlemen and
soldiers, they owe it no less to their own charac
ters than to the society they should respect, as
well as protect to cherish. It appears that the
misunderstanding arose from an impression en
tertained by Capt. Robertson, that a public slight
or indignity was intended to him, and the corps
ho commanded, by the “Clinch Riflemen,” as a
corps, and that he conceived himself justified in
returning publicly what he considered, a public
indignity offered to himself and his company, and
; had his apprehensions been w ell founded, nojust
exception could be taken to the course he thought
proper to adopt. But Captain Starnes’ second
note, seems to contain a sufficient disclaimer of
any intended indignity from the Clinch Rflemen
to the Rchmond Blues, at its commander, and
might well have been received by Capt. Robert
son, and his company, ns satisfactory, and should
have led to an adjustment of the difficulties which
. had arisen out of a mere misapprehension. As
the net supposed by the R chmond Blues, to be
I an indignity could not of itself be so considered,
and as the intention which could alone render it
so. has been disclaimed by the commander of the
I Clinch Riflemen, t.ie undersigned think it un-
I reasonable to ask from the Clinch R flemen as
a corps to disavow any declaration which may
have been made by individual members. Such
an act of disavowal would be a precedent of dan
' gerous tendency placing the harmony of the two
orps even at tiic mc.cy of the hasty tempered
; and the indiscreet.
I That delicate sense of honor which cannot 1
i '4 > , W A
I brook an insult or the appearance of one, and
1 without which a soldier deserves not the name,
no doubt impelled Capt. Robertson to the act
which has placed the two corps in their present
attitude towards each other. The candour and
frankness of Capt, Starnes has furnished the
means of conciliation while he is ready to meet
any responsibility. To the justice of Capt. Rob
ertson and his company, wo look for that reconci
liation so much to bo desired among brother sol
diers engaged in the same service and members
of tlie same community.
Should tile opinion of the undersigned be ac
quiesced in, they recommend that a declaration
i to them of such acquiescence he considered mu
tually satisfactory, and the undersigned would
take this occasion to suggest the necessity of that
forbearance from 100 hasty conclusions, that liber
al and generous interpretation of conduct and
that strict observance of courtesy and respect
which never fail to prevent collision however high
the spirit of emulation may rise.
Respectfully submitted by
EGBERT 13. BEALL,
WM, W. HOLT.
J. P. GAIRDNER.
Augusta, March "3d, 1839.
Whereas, the Richmond Blues agreed, at a
called meeting, hold on tile Ist March, 1839, to
submit the difficulties existing between the Clinch
Riflemen, and this company, to Messrs. W. W.
Holt, E. B. licall and James P. Guirdncr, “and
to abide by their decisiontherefore,
Resolved, That wc do, as a corps, hereby, abide
by the decision, made by these gentlemen, on the
23d March 1839.
Resolved, That Capt. Robertson ho authorised
to hand the proceedings of tins meeting to the
above named gentlemen.
Augusta, March 2(ith, 1839.
Gkxti.kmv.n-—I have placed your communica
tion, of the 23d inst., before the Ri hmond Blues,
and the above is a copy of a preamble and reso
lutions. passed at a called meeting held on the
251 h inst.
I have the honor to remain,
With high respect.
Your oh’t. serv’f.
F. M. ROBERTSON.
To Messrs. E. B. Beall,
W. W. Holt, and
James P. Gairdker.
Augusta, April Bth 1839.
Gentliwikn :—Your communication of tlio
23d March was duly received. In reply to the
wish therein expressed we hand you a copy of a
resolution passed at the last Company meeting of
the “Clinch Riflemen.”
Willi great respect, &c.
Wc remain your oh’t servants,
EHEN’R STARNES.
EDWARD BARKER.
JOHN MILLEDGE.
THOS. W. MILLER.
Committee.
To Messrs. W>r. W. Holt,
E. B. Beall,
J. P.Gaiiidxkii,
Copt/ of Resolutions.
Whereas the “Clinch Riflemen” did submit to
Messrs. E. B. Beall, Win. W. Holt, and Jas. P.
Gairdncr, the dilleronces cxisling between sai<]
corps and the “Richmond Blues” for their decis
ion,— and the said Messrs. Beall, Holt, ami
Gairdncr. have rendered a decision upon the point
upon which the two corps were at issue.
Be it therefore Resolved, That the Clinch Ri
flemen acquiesce in the decision so tendered, and
that a copy of this resolution lie handed to said
gentlemen by the committee who furnished them
with the correspondence.
We learn from the Charleston Courier that a
match race for Twenty Thousand Dollars a sidc>
hall forfeit—has been made by Mr. John C-
Rogers, with Mr. Hatcher, of Virginia, to conic
oil on the Now Market Course, near Petersburg'
the first day of Hie fall meeting. Mr. Hatcher '
names Portsmouth or Omega, Mr. Rogers Mon.
arch or the Queen. The parties have the liberty
of running cither of the horses named.
Shipwreck.
The packet ship Catharine, Capt. Beshcr, sail
ed from this port on the 2uth ult. hound to
New York, with 40 cabin and 20 steerage pas- j
sengers, and a cargo of t otton and Rice. On |
Thursday, 25th, at 4 A. M. she struck on Absecom t
beach—wind S. W. The passengers were all '
landed in safety, several of whom have arrived in i
Philadelphia. If the wenthei continued favorable, i
the ship would probably be got oil'; she had not ,
bilged when Capt. Robt. Larmour of Liverpool,
who was one ot the passengers, had left. There
were a number of lady passengers Charleston I
Courier.
Sale of Bachelohs.—lt is rumored that the
Legislature of Tennessee has passed a law, mnk
tig it the duty oi the sheriif of each counts# an
nually to make out a list of the bachelors nf his
county and notily all of said bachelors who are |
in a healthy condition, that the law requires them
to get married within two months from the time
of their notification, and at (he expiration of thisll
time, all of said bachelors who have failed !»$►
. comply with the requisitions of this law, shall he'
set up and sold at public auction by said sheriff
to tlie Highest bidder, and that no person shall be
allowed to bid but old maids. It is furthermore
rumored that a sale was recently had at Joncsbo
rough, under this law, at which forty old bachelor
were sold.
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