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From lA* Soutkcrx Rmrjrr TO THE CITIZENS OF PUTNAM COUNTV. A report has recently been circulate.! a m«>ng you, charging ml with having «cilfuUy misrepresented facts in reference to ttie ofti ■ ttal conduct of Gov. Schley, for the purpose of injuring Ins character before the |ic«p!e. ] .The truth of tins charge issoughtto be minis out upon the statements of hta Excriicin y rurttisheJ for that purpose. The facts !•■ which It relstea are three I have frequently i-Uted that while on my march to Florida, i.i the spring of 1830, 1 area authorised and ina rutt ed by Gov. Schley to purchase in M icon cer tain clothing for the company under my com mand. and that after 1 had made the purchases in pursuance of his directions, he refused to pay for the clothing, as he had promised me and others he would ; whereby | have been compelled to pay for the same out of my indi tidualfunds, contrary to the plighted faith of the Chief Magistrate of the State. Gor. Schley demca the truth of my state, toent, and ha» requested some of his friends to aay to the people of Putnam county, that he gave me no authority to make the purchases referred to. When I first heard this report, I passed it in silence ; treating it as one of the many infamsua falsehoods, which aro annual ly circulated in our county to injure and du (eat my election. The untiring industry wiih which it ba« been pressed upon public alien tion, and the mighty importance which li is been attached to the denial by some, as com ing from the Governor of the Slate, constitute ! my reasons for deviatin'; from the course lj had poi ited out to myself in passing unnoticed Ihw pitiful slander. I take this occasion again to slain what I have before declared, that Guv. Schley upon the occasion refered to, did give me the aulli airily to purchase a portion of the clolhirg pro. ■cured in Macon, foraouic ot the members of any company, whilst engaged in the Semi hole campaign; that alter I had purchased he refused to pay for them ; that after an act of the Legislature had been paused, authorising V.ie payment of ihnm, ho refused to make it, «nd the whole debt has, in consequence, fa 11m wpon mo. When I first heard the report of tins denial 1 waa much disposed to question it Gov. ticlilcy had not boon misunderstood in what lie hud said, for I knew full well that he was , fcnniciousof ili*; truth oCmy hlMoinciil. to ovoid the possibility of doing him wrong, be. fore replying lo lli«! |*ravo accusation which has been made sgainst me. 1 inquired of Gov. j Uchley whether he had authorized it nr not, and received fur answer that ho‘hind said in imbalance that ha had not atUhuria id me to | ■make the purchaacs.” The ’charge having thus linen avowed by ( Ida Excellency, self respect, and tho past of. , •ficial reUton which I have borno to you, re- | .quire me to defend my nwu lepulatiou. , The tact*connected with ihia matter arc , hricOv these: Owing io the very short time , *llo vedi»y Company for prep iialien for tbo t campaign in Florida, whdt is known to you | nil,the miubcr lobe provided for, and the j ■limi'ed facilities afforded lor that preparation, | si large portion of Us members were destitute i •ofsuitable clothing. Loth (or the w-ason and ( tho service Upon niv arrival at Millcdgcvdle , ■Gov. Schley imdru led mu to furnish all such , ■of my men as weru wanting lliem, with over- | coast, remarking, at the time ho oid not know , -whether he had tho power by law to furnish llwm or not; bat he whuuld pay for them out , of the funds placed at Ina disposal either by , tho Secretary of War, or tbo Tresurcr ul the , Mute, and throw hunselt upon tin: people lor ( Justification. i In consoq'ienco of these ins'ruction*, I pur- t -chased in Mdledgeville leu ovor.cuats, winch where all that could bu procured there, and .fir these ll»C Gov. paid without the slightest licsilaiion. 1 informed him >d thu deficiency ♦till existing, and asked leave to supply it in Macon. This authority was readily granted, •as 11lieu believed, with instruction* to pay for them with drafts on the Executive, payable at anglit, with an assurance that lire drafts would be promptly met. Tho liberality and good feeling of our fel- Jow-ciliwno had lurrnslietl most ut ihu moil svilli blankets, had prov ded tents, camp equip- j jigc, c.mkiug utensils, tor all ot winch 1 s ■was ms'ructod to a>lt pay, ami to hold tho mo-1 nay when received as a fund tor the use ol the ■Company. I presented the account, and Gov. I ■Schley immediately paid every do lur doman • ■ed. When I reached Macon, the over coats were purchased; being selected of the roars* •esl and cheapest materials in the city. 1 hro ■the patriotic and high-minded liberality ottlir .merchants ofihal place, they worn procured «t an advance ol leu per cent, on the Now. York cost; some few other articles of mWis. I eatable clothing, aome additional canipequi. page and couUmg utensils, were purchased, and sumo trifling expense incurred tu fitting ■up the public arms mmy possession. 'I hoso last articles 1 had no express authority tu pur chase on Ihu credit ol the State, though thcro was as much justice in the payment ot the one at the other; and similar articles, in part had been paid for by the Govendi; yet bad hn re fused to pay for them, 1 should have had uo grounds of complaint fur (he refusal. When Tie reached Macon, 1 informed him ot my •purchases; that I had exceeded my minority end tho reasons why 1 bad done so G'j expressed liunsott satisfied with what I o alone, and staled that,had I applied, ha wOt'lu (live given roe authority to make tho addi tional purchases and desired mo to request an surly presentation ot the drafts after his return so Mdledgeville, and again promised to pay them. I complied with his request: the holders <jf.thejdrafls complied likewise; when, instead of paying them, ho protested every one, and for every article contained in them, —not be* cause 1 had uo authority to buy them, ns he now stales but because “lie did not feel tu ibriniod” to pay tor them. These, fellow citizens, sre substantially the facta connected with the transaction. That they are true, I do know; and (bat they are known to his Excellency to be true, ■otwill*. standing his denial, I likewise know. That Jio gave me authority to purchase clothing in Mifiedgev lie; that linade the purchases, and that lie paid for all I did purchase there, the records of tlie Executive Department will prove. Can any one believe him guilty of such gross partiality, that with a knowledge of none, lie would tarnish with clothing one needy man, a id refuse a similar act to anoth er equally e«, because the cue happen® 1 to bo fitted in Milledgeville, and the other could not tie until ho reached Macon! I presume his Excellency would thank no man tor such a compliment as th.s to Ins sense ot justice or impirtiali'y. From the short lime allotted for prepara tion, it seems that my company was not alone in the waul of suitable preparation for the campaign®; the three companies ordered to rendezvous at Milledgeville were similarly sit uated. In consequence ol which, the Cap tains of each received from the Executive like au'horitv'to purchase clothing, &.c. in Macon In reference to that, Uapt. Brown, of the Hancock Blues, says: “Gov. Schley did authorize we to purchase articles cf clothing, blankc s. mid cooking utensils furmy men, when about to leave Mil ledgovdle fur Florida last year. He directed ine"to give drafts on Inin in payment, premia, mg that these drafts should be cashed. J was astonished on my return, to know that I key bad been protested. Ido not recollecltu have beard the Governor give you the same author ity, but it was my opinion that like authority bad been given to each command.ng officer of a company.'’ Cspt. Foster, of the Morgan Guards, says: “Gov. Schley did gwa nia auiliority while ] in Mrllodgevilie, to pure lias* clothing, as wall as cooking uienada, Sic , for my men, and aa overcoats mold not t« procured in that place, he stiii (hoy could bn had in Macon, and di rected me to buy them there, and draw upon Inin for the money. He directed me to buy whatever waa necessary for the men, and over coats was mcn'ioned ns oftbat character— | Gov. Schley rein irked to me when i culled at bis i ffi ,-c lor the express purpose of gelling instructions an tothe purchases aforesaid, (not wishing to get myself into a d (Acuity.) that he had rCcogni r-d gome purchases you had made, and hed given you aulherily to mahe other i,though I *..l not e.-y to what extent.” Here la not only authority tu Capl Foster to supply A/t ni'-u m Macon with clo'hing, cf - ', btu an admission that he had given me ■ authority to make aim !if purchases. 1 will not ask winch Haleilior,l of hs Excellency’s is etuiili-d in the m i»t r*!-|ieci; Hie one made in January IKlfi, Idol he had given me the nu‘ tkority in qiie.-ii' n, or lltc one made in May, ItWT, that l,c had g ifi.i me noanch authority. Nor wfil I ark wh.ii pr unpin of justice is it which justified him in provi ing suilaUy and amply for tl.o soldiers from Hancock and ami Morgan Con.jticr,! and excluding th sc from Putnam. M John Rutlie.rlbrd,a reapedabld rnCrcinnl of Macon, Ins informed me, that while C ipl. Foster, end myself wore making our bills of clothing with nun, in pursuance of the Execu tive authority, ho c-adcd upon hi.i Excellency and informed him what wo were doing, and that he represented we had authority from [ him to buy tho articles on the faith of the J Stale, and to pay for them by drafts on him, and wished tu know if our drafts would he I accepted, to winch he replied, that/ie had giv en us tho authority, that he would pay our drafts when presented, and though ho was doubtful of his auihoniy, to do so,yet he would make the payment, and throw himself upon the people (or justification. Lieutenant Joint D. Harrison, attached to my command, was present at one of the in terviews between the Governor and myself, and the slates to rnc, that who.i I “reported to his Excellency tho purchases 1 had made in A/illodgcville, and my ability to supply llicro the necessary quan ity of clothing re quired for the men. Gov. Schley instructed mo to make the lunber purchases of over coats, which were needed, in Macon, and to draw upon him for il.e money, and he would pay the drafts. ’ I possess Iho testimony of oilier persons who wero present ami heuid Gsvi-rnar Schley give me the authority qiiesiioned, and heard him give lu the other officers rendezvoused at Milledgeville a similar authority; but I for bear to offer it, and will leave you with that which is now before you In adjudicate tlie question of veracity, which Ids Excellency has thought proper to provoke, i have but one request to add, that when those who feel hon oured in the vocation, in seeking to blast my character upon the statements of Gov. Schley, arc engaged in thoir dirty work,they will do mu the slioer justice to road to those with whom they communicate, the evidence 1 have here presented. Cun Ibe asking of an honorable man 100 much, when I ask him in this matter to tell the whole truth and nothing bat thu truih 1 It they foci that tlie gentlemen upon whoso evidence 1 have relied arc unworthy of credit, they owe it to you and his Excellency, to present along with their testimony the evi dence of thoir discredit. While upon this subject it is proper that I should present to you its entire history, inas much as’the subsequent events ware drawn down thu vengeance of Ins Excellency upon ui“,&. pnmiolcd|lilm to the mi wort by task ot de atroymg my character as u gentleman,to shield, my own conduct from reproach. During tbo last session of the Legislature, the House of Representatives passed the following resolu tion in reference to the debts contracted by myself and others upon tho auiliority of thu I Governor; "Whereas, in the recent Heminolo cam paign, various articles of subsistence and cloth mg were purchased hy the ulticcrs comm Hid ing ihe companies, a portion of which has been paid hy the Governor, and the ballance remains unpaid for want of hinds and oilier isiauses, lie solved, That a committee bo ap j pointed to consider all stich accounts, ami to report to this House such relief as may be just and propar, and that they have leave to report shy bill or otlierw.se.” Gee Journal 11. of 11. : page 105. Tho nccoimia contracted by myself and oilier officers, were presented before this com mittee, and after a duo examination ot them, a ropcrl was made by the committee, contain ing a resolution for their payment. In tho meantime, a bill was progressing in the same House tor the payment of Volunteers in the Creek campaign; this was referred to a select committee for revision. Tins committee, for the purpose ol economising time and labor, consolidated tbo objects utlhu bill and resolu tion, into one bill, and it passed through butt) branches of the Legislature, encountering more opposition from the Executive than any where else.—The bill prolcssed to bo "an net to provide (or the payment of volunteers in th : s State, in certain cases, far services, loss, and expenditures during tlie late Creek and Gominolo campaigns, and to point out the manner of doing the same.” That act con tained tho following provision; Gee acts 18H0, p. 22, sec. 5. "That his Excellency the Go vernor be and ho is hereby required to pay all accounts for subsistence, forage, annmiintiuii, CLotbi.no, touts, camp equipage, cooking n'cnsils, and medicine and hospital stores, transportation, and all necessary expense in curred in filling up the public arms, which may have bcc I contracted by tbo command ing o(h'.' er of any company battalion,regiment, brigade e' r division, or by tbo Quarter Mas ter” of oithe,‘ of them thereof; for the use of the same, cilh.'r of the Creek or Geminole campaigns, or it' the Cherokee counties ol this Stale, cither before or after they had been mustered into In* service of the United States; Provided such payment lias not been made by the United Matt ft Provided his Ex cellency shall be satislied4l, *t they had been purchased in good faith." ,Another section provides, "That all accounts u.'dcr the act shall bo audited by ihe Complrollb. 1 ’ General, who, upon cviJenco of their roasona.'lcness, under « liberal construction ot the net, shall recommend the same to bo paid, to the Q«.’v ernor, who shall thereupon draw his warran, upon the Treasury for tho same.” Under thu provisions of this act, 1 expected lobe relieved from a liability forced upon me by his Excellency, and accordingly presented my debts to the Comptroller General for set tlement. In that olfice 1 tound every just dis position to enforce the provisions of the law. Ho was satisfied of the reasonableness of my expenditures*, and was willing to audit my accounts; but as the Governor had concurrent action with him, tn reference to the 'oywl faith " in which the puichas s were to be made, in respect tor the opinion* wh ch tu ght be entertained by the Executive, as to tlie char suer of c.atms to be pitd, th* settlement was tor the. present deferred. Gome short tune after; I again called upon the Comptroller Geoerul. Isi ill lound that Hie interference ot the Governor prevented a settlement. 1 then called upon Ins Excellency, who 1 found un willing lo do any thing whatever; I e was not satisfied to judge es the "good faith," but must judge of Ihr "reasonableness” of the (■un bares likewise." Hu in that seemed to have but one view about the whole mailer,and that w as, io make those who had purchased iqion las au’liunty clothing,&c. for thetioops, (ray the debts, out of their own fund*. He promised me, however,to withdraw all farther opposition, mid to permit the Comp'fuller General to determine upon the rh-trader of be accounts. Tbi* promise was made to me, but it wax never kept. Fur in a short lime after, still prrsutmgjin hi* opposition, the Comptroller General declined auditing any o(the account*, j in re*peel for his opinions, and published a 1 •otics of his determination, promising « re- Icrenc of the subject to the next Legislature-} In consequence of the intcrfcrrcnce of Gov j Sr.hley, by tho assumption of powers nol (us own, by hi*di obedience of liie law in the second (dace, and Ins unredeemed premises ( in the first p'see, the amount of pill-chases ot clothing and oilier necessaries (or my compa ny, in most part authorized ay hint, and all ap proved by him, have fallen upon me as an m dividualt tnd I hart! already paid near 5100 (or those supplies for the soldiers under my command) clothing tia, t which 'nrf-'inditpen snbly necessary lor their health and convert teneer clothing which was purchased by Ins express Authority, ami which would never have Im-c<ii purchased hy me, but for the au- I IhoritV given by him, clothing which he pro-1 tnioed to payi for which the lgtgisl.ilurn, by it.-1 atr-g, with Ins approval, subsequently required him to pay, for but which, in {violation of all g-iod faithi and m lire very face of (lie law, ho persists in refusing to pay one dollir for. And now wlich I complain ot this injus tice, the c complaints ore sotlglil to bb stiff-d by degrading nly character through tho influ e ice of liisli gli offijial avion. And this is done to shield his riwd Unjust and illegal con duel Irom fcproacli. His own act made me the purchaser of the clotliin /; Ins own act, by tbo mode of payment pointed out by him, placed me in a situation tu become pcmonal y liable therefor; his own act, in leCusing to pay the diafts, mads me most unjustly nsvuino that liability ; bis own act, in approval ot that of the Legislature required him to relieve me from that liability ; ami yet Ins own act refu ses that relief, and lias forced from my individ ual fundi the means of payment fur these ar my supplies. Fo low-citizens 1 have no tears to shed fur the loss of ihe money. If my country deman ded the sacrifice, it tin boon freely made. Insignificant ns they both arc, my person and my purse arc ever subject to its demand. But my character, which is dearer than both, shall never be sported with by any man, however sacred the ermine of his office. It is undeni ably truoilint Gov. Schley did give me llieou tlionly to make the purchases of clothing in Macon which 1 did, and no denial of Ills can change the facts. Your ft llow-citizen. JAMES A. MERIWETHER. Eilnnimi, August. ”4,16137. clißONiuLli AND SENTINEL. Thursday Kvcnluy, August 31, |g:t7. FOR GOVERNOR. CEOKfiIK R. GILTIEH. The Van llureu presses* have essayed to claim great credit fur Gov. Schley on account of his conduct in the Creek campaign. Wo can see nothing in it entitling him to our admiration as a great General or a skilful pnanager j but wo can point out a number of hi* acts in the highest de gree reprehensible not only in that, but also in relation to the Florida Campaign. The reader’s attention is directed to the address of Capt. Jjs. A. Meriwether to tho people ot Putnam county, ill to day’s paper, and hs will then tied tho evi deuce of Gov. Schley’s bad faith to lbs officers commanding the companies that went to Florida —indeed we might apply with ail truth, a harsher epithet than a more want of good faith. Ho au thorised those officers to purchase a number of necessities for the use of the volunteers under their command, and directed them to draw upon him for tho amount. They did so, but guess their astonishment at finding on their return from Florida that theii drafts had been dishonored hy his Excellency, and the payment for tho articles furnished thrown upon the olficcrs themselves ! This is one instance of his bad treatment of volunteers—there aro a number of others. The Buiko Hussars, a cavalry corps, formed for the purpose of entering the Seminole campaign, ten dered themselves to Gov. Schley, but received no reply. They wrote to him again, but still no re ply! To their third letter he deigned to reply, but it was then too late, us tbo requisite number of men had been obtained, tlie services es others be ing accepted who tendered them subsequent to the Hussars. Upon the breaking out ol Ihe Creek war, the company marched immediately to the scene of action, under the general call for volun leer*. I'pon arriving in Columbus, the captain called un Gov, Schley, and informed him that his company was ready to fro mustered into service. Ho was received with a formal coldness and indif ference, totally unworthy of the Governor of a State, who had called uponjher sons to rally »- round her standard. Astonished and mortified at auch a reception, the Captain retired, and called again ihe next day in company with aome of his officers. They mol with a similar reception to i but ol tho day before, and tho Governor resorted to every expedient which his imagination could conceive, added to a cold and disdainful treatment, to endeavor to drive the company homo in dis grace! But the gallant spirits of old Burke were not thus to ha driven from the field by tho refusal of the Governor, who had drawn them out, and they resolved to enter tho war upon their own expenses. After several days of parleying and palavering on the part of the Governor, finding . that ho excited tho universal hatred and opposi tion es the whole campany, including his own po litical friends, and fearing tho consequences to his popularity, among tho friends of the brave men, wham he was unable to drive from their country’s service, ho graciously, but moat unwillingly, al lowed them to bo mustered into service in Maj. Alford's battallion. Tho bravery which ihcy dis played, their patience and endurance of the toils of a summer's campaign among the swamps arid ponds of Baker, Lee, Randolph and Stewart counties, is the best evidence of ho-v little they deserved the treatment they received, and how much their country may rely upon them in the day and hour ol f.-'al. For (ho benefit of the people of Richmond coun y, wo publish ihe following loiter, written to the Editor of the (Standard of Union— fur the benefit of our friends at a distance we will say that it is a mere electioneering trick! Tho object of the writer and publisher was to have effect upon dis tant parts of the Stale. That our candidate for the senate will bo distanced is utterly untrue—we do not believe that ho will lie beaten at all, not wiihsltndiiig tho swaggering of the boasting, braggadocio correspondent of tho Standard of Un ion. The writer we presume is the same at whose “axriPasT,” the ticket w«* announced in the Constitutionalist. Ho is excessively fond of tho phrase "Richmond is herself again,” but if wo are not greatly mistaken, when he compares the polls of this election with those of Oct. and Nov. last,ho will find, that "Rhubarb is Rhubarb still.” We know that the "old gable end of Virginia” is good at a joke,great at a frolick, &. possesses a heart full of hospitality and kindness, hut at a time liko this when all the great interests of the country are afloat upon th* ocean of experiment, without rud der or compass, thf people of Richmond feci that they need the scrrices of man made of “sterner ! Huff” than th. «. Nut that they dislike him, or i ( desire unfeelingly to cut him off. hot looking to i • the vital interest* in»olved, the dutreuod condi- f i tion of the eouu’ry, the toul derangement of bu- t since., they fcH that it i« due to them*el»e« to be | reprr-on'ed by tlioee who passers »n equal de- I grec <>f patriotism, and a much greater «hire m r i ability, to maintain and defend those intere*l» amid g ! the general ruin winch threa etts litem. 1 Actcin, Aug. 25,1857. ” 1 Dear Sir—Richmond County i« herself again. ( j Having e«cbc'*ed all compromises we have out a 1 fill I tfliion ticket, which you Will see announced v in loHlay'a Conalilutiunali I, Snd which we arc 1 confident will bit elected. Our opponent. preaum- ' ing on their success lasi y ear, under the compro mise, hate Mow brought out a full tick t, hut our e Union friends arc wide awake, and Gen. Glass- J cock la going heart and hand for the whole Inion I Ticket, and is making every exertion which he t j can, before ho la compcllc 1 to ledvtj f >r W ashing- I ion; atnl liy W energy, and that of the rest of O.tr c | friends, we w.ll present at the ;i >IU, sin undtvi- s j dc.l phvlank wtiich vkill tell at tho counting out ! that Richmond is redeemed. The opposition 3 thou hi they had I,it upon their swillcst nag for t the Senate, but you will »eo that the uld gable 1 end of Virginia will distance him. Yours Respctfully. 1 i fFOR THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL ] I NO. 105. To .Marlin Van Daren; Sir—l happened just now to pick up a paper some fouror five weeks old, and judge what was my astonishment to find it therein announced, that you had authorized Mr. Livingston to propose yourself to the Princess Victoria in marriage. Now, sir, I ask you, whether the following is not literally the conversation that passed between us at our last interview] Tho subject of matrimony coming upon the tapis, I asked you, whether, in case of the demise of William IV, leaving the Princess unmarried, you would seek to unite tho dynasties of Kinder hook and Great Britain. Your reply was, that you would not. That there were somethings, I think you said of a pecuniary nature,which would make such a union desirable; but that policy de manded that you should offer your hand to the elder Miss Johnson, daughter of the Vico Presi dent. You alluded to your intimacy with Mr. Johnson, yeur contcmporanoons elevation with him, by (ho same means and by the same friends, and tho very high regard which you had for his wife and children. I asked you if I might con sider your mind as definitively made up in this manner, and you assured me that I might. I thou told you frankly, that as soon after the death of Xing Williaroas decency would permit, I shoul 1 ' address the Princess Victoria myself. You high ly approved of rny determination, and told mo, if General Jackson had no objections, you would,in furtherance of ray views, give me letters to the Court of St. James. I thanked you for your kind ness, and here we parted. Now, sir, have I not reported what passed be tween us correctly] If I have, I have but one more question to ask, and that is, whether the ru , tnor of your instructions to Mr. Livingston bo true] Tho bearer of (hit, General Long, has full powers from mo to make any arrangements for . the settlement of this unpleasant misunderstand , ing between us, which lie may think proper. Yours, &c. 808 SHORT. P. B.—No communication will bo received through any member of tho Cabinet. ron THE CHRONICLE AM) SENTINEL. TEMPERANCE MEETING. 1 Mr. Editor; Allow me through the columns of 1 your paper, to remind tho public of tho Meeting 1 of tho Total Abstinence|Tcmperance Society, to bo held This Turning, tho 31st inst. in tho Bap -1 list Church. It is to bo feared that the mouthers of the old I Society will never hold another Meeting. If so, 1 ought not that fact to increase the interest felt on ' the subject of Temperance in Augusta] ft is high • ly important that there should boa Temperance ' Society in our mids!; and if tho Total Abstinence doctiine he tho correct one, let us adopt it. I 1 agree with tho writer that signed himself “A Cili • ecu" in the Constitutionalist, that the subject ia at least woithy of serious consideration, and that ’ it is highly proper that tho citizens should turn out ! generally and hear what can he said in advocacy of that pledged. Tho Temperance cause is one which addresses itself to every man that loves ' order and peace in Society, it is no foreign enter prise, but one whiclt concerns us at horns, —aims at tho security of our sons, and tho tranquility of our firesides. In it mothers and wives are deeply interested. Then let there boa general atten dance, both of males and females, at this evening’s I meeting. Those few who compose this Society are our fellow-citizens, we know them personal ly, an I cannot suppose for a moment but they j are actuated by high and benevolent motives in I forming a society on the Total Abstinence prin ciple—What else could influence them]—They have nothing to gain, and they met with not a , little opposition in the memorable discussion of I last winter. Therefoic they can possibly have I none other than the good of community in view. t And they may be in error: but if they are right I let us hear them. Adocsta. ; From the Athens Whig. GOVERNOR SCHLEY. Some lime since when we charged his Exccl , loncy with having made an electioneering tour, the whole trained band throughout the State let ’ out upon us, and denied in round terms the truth 5 of our assertion. From the manner in which • wo were assailed, it was evident that the press j. which supportsjthe Governor’s re-election deemed it highly improper; hence their efforts to make a different impression on the minds of the people, 8 and to set down his visit to tho account ut tire 1 Rail Road! t A subsequent event has contributed much to - confirm our opinion, and we should think ought justly to overwhelm the chocks of his supporters v of the press with shame—if the blush of modesty p has not wholly forsaken them. Some days since a dinner was got up in Hall county, uniler the pretence of affording a repast to Major Charles " H. Nelson’s Batlallion now stationed in Hall, but e evidently for the express purpose of giving the I Governor an opportunity of making an clection coring dinner speech. He was there—and did make a speech to the people who bad assembled. c While on this subject, tve would enquire of - some of those who profess to lie the eoandants of r hi* Excellency, what object is to bo effected by , stationing a corpse of armed soldiery inllio p’ea ceablo county of Hall !—Are the citizens of that county becoming refactory] Has the ’ State no other means of expending her money - than the paying an armed soldiery, which is sta e lioned in a country where no object is to bo attain ed]—or has the Governor some friends whom he deems it prudent to keep stationed at the expense of tho Government, lb isting and rioting on the e people’s money, without their rendering any ser j vice] We have before heard it remarked, that , they were in summer quarters for their health, alter having endured the fatigues of a laborious campaign in Florida. What] The citizens at ' the mountainous and healthy rogian of the Cher -1 okee country stationed in Hall country to recover ■ heir health! The idea is absurd and preposterous. Ifthey were so much in uced of recreation and rest to recruit their worn down energies—why Inot disband them ut once and let them return to the bosom ofthen families and friends in the Che rokee country 1 lul u. th. ipeeth; Wg am «fcrm*<! tJalU* j Oo.enor design, (and so express. hi.n«-lf,)«nd- re ing an additional armed force into tba Cherokee thi counties, to avert . war in that section of the Mi State with the Cherekees ■' , . f*' There are ascertained to be in 'he Cherokee (cl Circuit, eight thousand mm capable ot bearing va arms; there are also two companies of Georgia no militia, two of Tennessee, and one ot United sp. Siasea. soldiery; and there are about six thousand he Indians —moll, woman, and children ! And yet lot tho Govcnor is determined to augment the sol- oil dieiy lhrte, and to determined,he has said in Bit* ne< dinner speech—that if the Department of Wor tin would not authorize an increase of the force*, he lot ■would do it at the expense of the state— Or the in cost what It would! Can any candid mmd re- .I.i fleet on these facts without arming at the con clusion, that the object to lx! attained is to afford buxines; to a set of men at the expense of the ■ Slate, who cannot possibly effect tiny good or j • tint iris Excellency, fearing the result of the pen- n ‘ ding elceliofl in the Slate, designs to send an arm-, P« cd farce into the country to act over again the ' ‘ - scenes in Murray county. Let the pcoj»lo ponder well on these subjects, J l ' and no reflecting candid mind will do otherwise than lend his aid to put down a man who, to make places for hi* partizans, would send at an cnor mous expense to the Slate, an armed soldiery into a quiet section of the Slate —which can effect no olher purpose than spend the people’s 1 money. . The Governor has discovered an overweening anxiety lor the protection ot this dear section oj ■ the State. How long has hi. Excellency .egorted _ it with such special interest! Did he do so in 1830, —when as a member of the Legislature, knowing that thousands of individuals from all quar or. ol tho country, were daily committing trespasses upon the public domain & gold mines, f ho opposed and voted against the bill to authorize J and establish a guard, for the protcclion'of the people’s rights, and securing 10 the citizens of the Stale the rich mines which they have since ac- l quired! Far from it. His Excellency then en tertained very different notions with regard to *' the rights of the Indians, from those which his love for office has since induced him to sub scribe to, ’] From the Southern Recorder. Messrs. Editors:—l called a few days since 1 at the Executive office, and enqti red for Ins excellency; 1 received for answer, that he had i gone up the country. Will you tell me wheth er this is so or not. Some of the Union pa j pers noticed his (saving the city, as they did, i when you charged bun with electioneering instead of engineering, and hence, i suppose , that my informant was wrong. I likewise called at the Surveyor General’s office, and inquired for the officer. I received for-att- I swer, that he had not got back yet. I called ( it the Central Bank, and asked for the Teller. , Mr. Bishop, and was informed that he had gone to Murray county. I saw a goodly num ber of men lounging about the Bank, and curiosity led me to inquire what they were doing there, my informant stated that the bu sincss had so increased, that the Bank found it necessary to employ two or three more clerks. i Now, Mr. Editor, please tell me if these I men gel any pay for their services, and how 1 much they deduct when they are gone up the j country, amt got back, and have gone up to Murray. I thought perhaps that the Govare- . merit was sickly and travelling for its health. A friend of mine has suggested that the Gov ernor was holding one end of the rail road on 1 the Chattahoochee, while Mr. Bishop had gone to fasten down the olher end somewhere in ( Murray. 1 should liketo know another thing before 1 I end, and it is, whether the Slate pay 1 Haynes the Treasurer, and Park, the Comp troller General, while they are writing lor their papers in lavor of their own re-election! 1 A BACKWOODSMAN. P. S. A friend of mine looking over my shoulder says that the Governor has quit en gineering, and turned into reviewing and in specting tho United States Troops up in Hall comity,and that ho is thought to be pretty cute at it. That last week he did the tiling as well as the best of them, and that it went off migh ty 'veil; but after the military part of the cere mony was over, the Governor tried his hand at speaking,and,at first dash went off as well as the best blooded nag in the country, but his mind soon gave oui.and he was compelled to take his speech from his pocket and find out fils track; that this little spell helped him mightily, and all thought he wuuid do well at last, but in a minute’s time, he tripped again, and was compelled to haul out the uld speech and read it through. His friends concluded that ho was nut as smart a man as tney thought ho was before they saw and heard him; but notwithstanding that, it was given up on all bauds, from tiie little they saw that day, they belivved he would make ns good an Adjutant us any one who had been about there many a day. Some said that the speech lie mads, was the old one he read to tho Georgia Volunteers ■ going to Florida last year, ut Macon; hut others said it was not the same one, that he wrote this one at Athena last commencement, and that since he had gone higher up the 1 country among his strong friends, he had found out that there was no chance for his election, and his mind was so much dislurd ed about it, that he could not learn it by heart ACCIDENT ON THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON RAIL ROAD. The train of passenger cars which left Balti more at nine o’clock on Saturday morning pro ceeded within three miles and a half of Washing -1 ton, when the flange of one of the wheels of the locomotive engine struck the end of a rail projec ting about half an inch out of its projrer place, and got oil’the track. The locomotive ran about thir ty yards in the sand, when the axle-tree broke ami it fell over in a gulley three or four feet deep the baggage car running on the lender, and in stantly crushing it to atoms. The two largo cars containing the passengers were driven against tho baggage car, but very fortunately no person , in them was injured.—The only one bun was a fireman named Harman, who was thrown from the i engine where H fell, and was burnt by the coals which flew ovet him. Tho engineers and con i doctors had lime to leap from the cars before the i locomotive turned ov. r. Theta were about fifiy passengers in the train, among them the Hon. J. A. Pearce, of Maryland, 1 and the Hon. W. Tierney, of Tennessee, mem bers of congress ; R.S. (Joxe, Esq. and family of Washington, and Col. W. O. Niles and family, of Baltimore. The accident fortunately occurred on a part of the road which passes over a plain, or the consequences might have been more sori ous. As it was, the shock was so slightly fell 1 that most of the passengers were totally ignorant of the danger they had escaped until the sudden stoppage of tho cars caused them to look out upon tho overturned engine emitting steam and smoke at their side. The passengers were subsequently conveyed to Washington in hacks.— Ealt..inter. Loss of English Biuo Rosebud. —Tho pack et brig Gen. Sumter, Capl. Bennett, which ariv cd here on Saturday evening from Charleston, fell in, off the coast, in lat. 34 18; long. 76 18, with the English brig Rosebud, capsized and dismast ed. The R. was from Havana hound to Louden, with a cargo of coffee, logwood, segars, Sic. She took tho gale on the 17th, and was overpowered by it on the following day. Two of her crew were lost overboard, all the rest have reached here in the Sumter. Captain B. attempted to tow the Rosebud into the Chesapeake, but found it im possible to effect the object. A few boxes of se gars and some of the sails were only saved.— lb. Steamboat Accident. —The Cincinnati pa pers contain a report that a boiler of tho steam boat Ducuque collapsed, on tho morning of the 15th, on the Upper Mississippi, eight miles Mow Bloomington, and occasioned the death of 22 deck passengers, two cooks, and two firemen, and pro bably others. No officer of the boat, nor cabin pssengers, injured. The S.. Louis Republican, of lire 16th and 17th, is silent as to this accident -lb. Lo*or * Wa.ti S*if.-A Ultehiabcen K-ei’cd «t New Bedford, from C»pl- Swift of lire up Lincsflrr. dated Coast of Now Zealand, larch 19. 1837, which Hates I hat “on the 6th of ■ ebruary la*t,m In. 17 09 S. long. 173 12 W. ill in With the wreck of a ship of about 360 tons, irnisbcJ waist, billet head, ami three while n louldings up(*er deck and stern gone, without a a ,ar left, except her bowsprit, wb ch was run in er lower deck. Took from her a part of her - over standing rigging, anchors, bell, and several a thee articles. From the build of the ship, ami jvcral articles taken from her, it is thought that ic wreck waa that of Ihe Meridian of Ldgar >wni ( apt. Fisher, which was no doubt wrecked 1 the gale which look place about the last of .muury. — Ball. Sun. ritovmsxs.—The Dufialo Advertiser says liat the crops are coming in so bountifully in the rcslfim parts of the state, that prices arc begin- j ing to fall rapidly. Potatoes am down to 23 cents or bushel, and is expected will soon be as low as 2 j cents. Butler is from 12 to IS cents, and p hocse from 4to 6 cents. The poorer classes will £ lot the coming year buy one pound of their flour it a price exceeding five dollars a barrel, Cut Duif.ct. —It is very common for tie ad. ninistrution journalists to charge tbeir opponents with being bribed by monied instiution. A Whig editor in Connecticut, in denying the charge that lie has been bought by a bank, retorts upon bis antagonist that there is no fear he can be bought by the bank in question—as it issues no notes un der five dollars! * l ■ Hi.- I. 1 ' W S,"),!',!* BASK REI’OUT. STATE OF THE BANK OF AEUuSTA, On Tuesday, 29th August, 1837. Amount of properly owned by this Bank, viz : Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange, ileal Estate, Mocks, &e, 1,373,517 16 Balance due by other Banks and agents, 199,91107 Specie belonging to this Bank in its Vault, 201,235 SG do do do in other 8ank5,17,590 Total amount of Specie, 218,375 36 Azotes of other Banks, 166,131 —385,009 26 Total ain’t owned by this Bank 2,157,497 79 Amount duo by this Bank, viz: To persons bolding its Notes, being the ain’t in cireulat’n, 579,763 71 Balances due to other Banks, 143,148 03 Amount due to Depositors, 191,062 78 Total amount due by this Bank, 912,974 52 Surplus owned by Ibis Bank alter paying alt Us debts, viz; Undivided profits, 41,533 27 Capital Slock, 1,200,000 Total am't of Surplus, 1,214,523 27 2,157,497 79 ROBERTjF. PGE Cashier. Marine BnteDigrnce. Charleston, August 30. — Arr yesterday, Fr barque (iiromle, Delavoipiere, New York, 8 days; brig Andros Coggm, Decker, Bath, Me, 24 days; Prussian brigCupido, Schultr, N York. Cl’d, ship Caledonia, Coffin, Liverpool; C L brig Dimon, Sherwood, N York. IVent to sea yesterday, sebr Mary Ann Cassard, Moore, Baltimore. Baltimore, Ang 23—Arr, brigs Gen Sumter, Bennett, 4 days from Charleston; Cicero, Watts, 24 days from Savannah. (E/'Tlte Membets of the “Augusta Free School Societt,” are reminded that an adjourn ed meeting takes place to-morrow morning, at 10 o’clock A. M., at the Masonic Hall. [aug 31. (fj’Mr. Editor—Please announce \V. EDNEY a* a candidate, on the Union ticket, {for the Re presentalive branch of the Slate Legislature for Richmond County. MANY VOTERS. (Cj* We arc authorised to announce AN. DREW J. MILLER Esq. as a candidate to rep resent Richmond County in the Senatorial Branch of the State Legislature. (Lj’We are authorised to announce CHARLES J. JENKINS, as a Candidate fur re-election to the Legislature. (Cy’Mr. Jones—Please announce the names of GEORGE W. CRAWFORD and WILLIAM J. RHODES, as candidates to represent Rich mond county in the next House of Representa tives of the Stale Legislature. RICHMOND. O’We are authorised to announce FREE MAN W. LACY' as a candidate fur the office of Sheriff, of Richmond county, at the ensuing elce on in January. june 7 ice 7 WeTTck] TA LAMBACK’S. aug 31 205 if Ah Fxamiiiaflion OP the Pupils in the Summerville Select School, will bo held at the school room To-morrow, at 3 o’clock r. M. Patrons, and others interested in the education of jouth, are respectfully invited to at tend. E. K WHITE, Preceptor. Summerville, Aug 31 205 It Fire Proof Waiv-ilonkc. fp HE subscribers take this method of informing i the public that they will continue to transact a general COMMISSION BUSINESS. Their Warehouses are in complete repair, and they soli cit nahare of public, favour. Grateful for past patro nage, they assure their friends no exertions shall be wanting to promote the interest of those who mnv entrust their business to them. Their charges in future will be like other establishments of the kind Liberal advances on produce in store Receiving and forwarding goods or cotton promptly attended to. S. KNEELAND & CO. aug 31 205 swtf Ranging, I»f«l asNPs, 4*c. OAA PIECES of HEMP BAGGING; ™IOOO Ready made Cotton Bags, superior quality, 100 pieces Light Bagging, 43 inch., for square bales, 20 hhd« retailing Molasses* 10 hhds Sugar, 10 pieces Sacking. Forsnle by KNEEMND & CO. aug 31 205 gwtf A CARD. V57H.L1A.11 11. ORCHARD, Paorrssoti or v » A/nstc, returns his sincere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlemen of this community for their v ry liberal patronage, extended to him in the va rious branches of his profession, and respectfully in forms them that ho will return to Augusta early in October, where he will give instructions in Music on the Piano Forte, Guitar, and Flute. Communi cations left with .Mr. John .1. Bvrd, 205 Broad. m„ or wi h Mr. Iverson, professor of musie, will be du”’ ly received and promptly attended to, Richmond Bath, Aug’ 30. 204 2wtf "Korajfp &' Comini^ioH. THOMAS DAWSON,has taken fora term of years, that extens ve Brick Fire Proof Wore HOUSE, and CLOSE STORES, i„ the City of Augusta, formerly occtnicd by ’Messrs. Musgrove At Buslin, and recently by E. Bustin, Esqr. He will attend to any orders in his line, and those who confide to him their business, may rely with confi dence on his best exertions for their interest. AUGUSTA, Ang. 13»h, 1837. The undersigned having leased the Ware House, at present occupied by him, to Genl Thomas Daw' son, will retire from the business after the first September next; he solicits fur Genl. D.,thc patron age of his former customer and friends, believing that all business confided to bis choree. ~ ill lie promptly attended to. EDWARD BUSTIN. Augusta, Ang 15ih, 1836. Millodgcville Recorder, Journa', Standard, Co lumbus Enquirer, Washington News, Southern Whig an J Edgefield Advertiser, will give the above six weekly insertions. Aug 15 wtl 191 FouimisMioii Rusincss, THE undersigned being devrous of connecting the Commission with their other business, offer their services to their friends lor the sale hnd pur chase of Colton, the receiving and forwarding {«f goods to the up country; and any .Merchandize for warded to our address for sale, will receive prompt attention. Emm our long experience in business, feel confident that we ca.i merit their approbation 1 G. R JESSUP & CO.’ Augusta, Ang 1 1 18$ 3 m Temperance Heeling. \ MEETING of the Total Abstinence Society, 1 will Ire held on Thursday Evening, 31st uisl, it the Baptist Church. An address may be expected fiom If. V. Johnson, , uni' |tethnis other gentlemen nmy address the meeting. The liicmls of Temperance particularly, * and the public gei.erally, are rospeelfully invited to attend. {CrThe nut-ling will organize at “I o’clock, aug 26—2 ti 1 J. ti. DUNLAP, ifer’y. ( liida'E’ins’sf Piano Tories, n PARSONS is this day opening two PIANO • FORTEN, made by J. Cltickeriug & Co., ol Poston. These instruments are something superior, ovon from this Factory, ami are worth the attention of atnaeur*. I adieu and Gentlemen are respectfully invited to call ami look at them oug 33 192 If PUULI: 11ED THIS DAY. UEA'-DEAPA PAINTING OF TUB OK.VA; IRE OF THE VOLUNTEERS I'Ofill.OdlDA. * i INELY executed Engraving of this beau'ifuf * Pnin'ing is published t his Day, accompanied hy a de. rriplioti ol the Departure, andthe Aluster R ills of the Uicltmond Blues and Huzzars. 'J he Engravitigombraces a view of tho city, river and bridge, and delineates with much truth end spir it, the thrilling scene which the banks of Savan nah presented on that occasion. The Engraving and the matter connected with it, is arranged in u manner suitable lor fraiun g, and not only comprises a beautiful ornament for the par lor, but is aLo bo an appropriate memorial of the event of which it is an illustration. It is primed on good paper—Price per copy sl. A few copies on satin, at $3 per copy. W T THOMPSON & CO. ifcJ'Coptos of the above engraving arc now ready lor delivery at the Bookstores of Messrs. T Jl & 1 C Plant and Richards & Stoy, and at tho publication office of the Chronicle & Sentinel. aug 4 <<cnUenu > ii’!i Stocks, AND Boys and Children’s Palm Leaf Caps,jus. received and for solo bv WM. H. CRANE,No.23I, Broad-str- April II 84 * GEORGIA INSURANCE & TRUST CjiT Augusta, August 5, 1837 fJMIIS Company is prepared to INSURE LI VES -■ and will receive applications for that purpose,, • ‘ daily, at the office. WAIT GOULD, See y.. aug 5 183 2awlm To ISent, From the first of October next. 7131111 neat little story and a half Dwelling House,, J with four plastered rooms on the first floor,, with garden, stable, &o,corner of Green and Me- Kimie streets. —ALSO— The story and a hall dwelling House and base ments,all plastered, on McKmneslrout.near aspring ol good water. —also— The two fnory Store and Dwelling on tbe south side Broad street, with garden, stable, neat J K Kilburn’s, at present occupied by Mr. Colints. —At.so— ’l he one alory Store and Dwelling adjoining the above. — also — The large grocery More next below Messrs Heard’s Warehouse,at present occupied by Messrs. Cashin & Snyder. —ALSO— Ti e Store on the north side of Broad street, im mediately below Mrs Florence's, at present occupi ed as a saddler's shop by .Mr. Jlillon Apply to JAB. & W.V HARPER, aug 13 J 94 3tsw THROUGH PROM PHILADELPHIA TO PASSENGERS leaving Pltiludelphia or Balti more Wednesday and Friday, reach Charleston on Saturday and Monday, and Augusta next day. Leaving Charleston on Sunday and Thursday reach Philadelphia on Thursday and .Monday, and New York sarneevenings Northern 4c Southern I.inc, Yin Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road, to Charleston, S C. Raleigh and Greensboro, N. C. The Southern and Southwestern connexion with the Porn-mouth Rail Road is now complete and pas sengers experience no delay. ’I he steamboats Irom Baltimore are due at Ports mouth in time for passengers to take Ihe Rail Road same day to Halifax, where wilt bo found a double line of e (ages for Wilmington, in connection with * tho steamboat Boston, for Charleston; or by the Merchant's Accommodation line may reach Kaleigh at 1U o cluck next morning, and Greensborough by 13 the day after, w here they will meet the South Western or Piedmont Line, ns well as the line via Salem, Wythe Court House, Ac., to Nashville, Ten. whic i rim in precise connection. The ste.mhoat Fox runs between the Rail Road and Plymouth via Edenton. Going north, passengers by these lines will arrive at Portsmouth the same day, in time lor the steam boats for Baltimore. iKu Tho curs leave Portsmouth and Halifax daily. Portsmouth Va. July 1 lot 170 City ShtTilfNalc. ON the first Pufathiy in *SVptrmher next, at tho lower Market, in the City of Augusta, within the sale hour*, will I tho following articles:— 1 dressing table and cover, live feather beds, alao matrasses, pine fables, | lot ol bed covers, 3 hair trunks, 2 clients and contents, 1 small lot of glass ware, u lot of looking-glasses, 1 pr saddle hags, a lot of bed steads, a lutot cn.ckcry, 1 lot of tin ware, 1 pr scales and weig' ts, 1 show gins-- and contents, 1 Jot of sundrioh, 1 lot of bound barrells, 1 lot ol empty barrels, a hit of jugs* 1 lamp, I spinning ‘wheel, 1 small lot of new clothing, lot of tools, I deray jug, 10 old chairs, 1 old counter, lot of kitchen tools, I mahotfony table and Coking glass, riding chair, one ►oriel horse, saddle and briJie,anda lot of sundries; levied on as the projwrty of! homas Rell,jr., to »u --t.slya film, from (be Court of Common fleas ot & the city of Augusta,in favor of Samuel Hale vs said 8011, Ter ms—Cosh on delivery, E. MARTIN, Sh’ff C. A. ang 19 J<J4 wtds iPissoluU»n. ' r Copartnership herotoforo cxieting uudo r -L the firm of Coshin &; Snyder, is this day die solved by mutual consent. All persons having tiny demands against the concern, will present them to John Casbin, and those indebted will make payment to the same, who to settle the affairs of said concern. JOHN CASHfiV, EDWIN SNYDER. Augusta, Aug 1, 1837. 179 w3w Georgia Scenes, Characters, incidents,&c,intb«First ■< Half Century of the Republic, by a Native Georgian.—The balance of the ednion of the above worn for sale by the dozen or single, hy July 20 T. If. & 1. C. PLANT. A Teacher Wanted. A GEAFTLEMAN of steady habits, who would be disposed to take charge of a small school, can find employment by applying to tho Trustees ol (Jak Hill Academy, Columbia county, Geo.,noe.r Eubank’s Post Office. The number of scbolnrs will be few at the commencement, am! as such tbe t rus tees will make the compensation worth 8350 or : Bioo per annum. The Academy is situated in a - healthy neighborhood. The jaospectof the sch- el’s , increasing are Holering, and induces the Trustees to , hope that they will again, ere long, have n perma nent and flourishing school. By order of the True . fees. PE MINE, .Sec'y. aug 9 185 2am3m 01.01101.\, Burke county; ' before me, in the 68th Dist G M, by ■*- William C Bates, a large Black Horse, suppos ed to be ten years old, five feet five indies high, no marks or brands; appraised at fitly dollars. July | 23, 1-37. ISAAC J HEATH,J i>. A true exlrne.t from the estray hook. NATL L STUIIGESb, Cl’k I C. aug 5 183 w3w ; SSirhmoml Sheriff’s Safe, e 1 ! jl ' bo suW , 0n . ,,1P fifat Tuesday m Octo- W w her next, within the legal hours ol sale, at the lower Market House, in the city of Augusta, a 1 lot of land containing twenty three acres, omre’. r less, situated in or adjoining tho city of Auguste . bounded east by Campbell street, west by townsbit J lot number twenty three, north by part of lot num .. her sixteen, and south by township lot number lint s ly one, with the improvements thereon levied on .. as the property of Ma y Savage, to satisfy a ft la , t from the Superior Court of Richmond county, upon the foreekistiru ofa mortgage,at the instance of John ' Pbinixy and G U f.umar vs the said Marv Savnee RICHARD F. BUSH, Sh'ffK C.' aug 3 183 ids