Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 23, 1843, Image 2
nd in n manner
mc es to my feelings than
MA& for the oca I
obj@ct, it ws not only no
a s'leetion lihbnld be made,
it should be made from the later
Se stlier af my speeches and
-iscUnn on y tialubjects. To
allthave saisi or, written in the
of thirty-two years. in which I
teen withbout Intetnision in public
10i ll makethe work too bulky and
expise~e to be accessible to the gret bo
of the Community; and to publish
thee eoas.early date instead of those of
alate would 60t ,ive the inlormation in
tended.' I sceordingly lited on the termi
euda of Mr. -Monroes Administration.
wben I became Vice President, as the
- 'eid from whih to wake the selection.
Tha y e fairi rded as the point
of sbarolbiacalbistory whieb marks
the eosdbo En old and the commencement
-of a.newnir of things. in the midst of
*hl!A9 Ietill are. From that tothpre
Met lme is.a period of eighteen years, be
.ag more than half of that in which I have
ieen in the service of the Union. During
the wholWI took a plominent and resen
sible part'om all important questions. Such
was my leading stdtivi for selecting the
peiod I did frm wbilto make the con
pilation.
There *ere 6lbers ot a subordinate
ddalaeltr which had their influence. It
was the porti of my public life in regard
to which idformation (as I believed) was
Utdt desired. I inter so, among other
reason, from the fact that the a pplications
I have received for copies of my speeches
were almost exclusively confined to it.
etherse was another'till stronger. It is a
peuipd in which my speeches and other
pulications contain my mature and set
on the pianciples and policy
of the dGovernent; adopted after long
experiene and much reflection, which
haismodiled, or changed, if you prefer,
in ariculars, my earlier and less
=4 Mpressions.
Aloithe gommencement of the period
-ymind afettled down in the views of the
prineiples and policy of the Government I
now entertain, and to which I have ever
since adhered, regardless of personal con
seguences and uninfluenced by party con
sideirtione, thes giving she strongest proof
pWuhle of my deep conviction bot b of their
,Vital importance. By theln 1
orf.M'*.d , and by-them to stand
Guided by these motives, I compiled the
volume in the Ant instance exclusively
- from that period; but eaferwards 3ieldetl
tohe persuasion of friends, against my
judmeft, to include the speech already
sarmed to,1elivered in 1811. They urged
it upon the ground thAt, as it was my first
. effort in Conms and on a subject of last
i Interest. it was desirable it should (be
inserted, albough, a departure from the
principle on whieh the volume was cow
Bit even within thisperiod a selection
becate necessary to eet the object in
-view. To all my productsoos on
potical during the period, would
make the volume still too bulky and ex
pensive to be acceptable to the general
man of readers. Here, again, the lead
ing reason which governed me in selecting
the period, governed also in making the
selection foribe compilation. it is ac
cordiingly full on the subject of banks, sub
treaury, cdrreney, tariff, distribution,
State rghip, and the principles and policy
which sbdiuld control in the administration
of the Government. Those which dis
eassed subjects of a more isolated charac
ter were for the most part omitted. But,
aftor the compilation was first made with
In these restrictions, the work was thought
t6 be-stiai too bulky, and many were struck
lromit which it would- have been desira
tlst8 reiain
. Such arm the rects in reference to the
- compition. They show conclusively
that thecharge of suppression against it,
Is me eie issfeunded as that of fraudu
Ient~impaios egainat the title. The very
che s absurd. Hlow coqjd the speeches
be d es~yd or concealed ? They are to
la b~~ieonly in the files of the Intel
Iig ~brtin those of many other jour
asi aablicaibus of the day, where
they .etaa safe and as open to inspec
tion asf alced amoeg the public records.
To attempt to keep them from the public
eeold only cause them to be more
S reiily-eought after. The very speeches
yaubhave-published, as if they i.re new
uaed uknown to the public, are the very
onaeswieb have been re-published divers
times, and have again and agaim been re
~esiedly referreds.o in Congress, in politi
eal haraunes, and bynewspapers ; and
thatfr he~very pjoofor which you
now republish mhomarThey are the very
last which am eaot who was b'se enough
to reuertt.-ftefad, 'uould think of con
ealiog. Dat why sieak of shern as being
epp eewhesidt are referred to in
ii.bioraphialsketch to which you al
Iudy ~hlb,ill would seem from~ its
lut*sate to be included in the
worak1it AgIn; ', -spesk of them as
suppressed, -when althe speebes which
I made during the war to oes and ani
mate theeeatry to'the defence of Its
rights ad homor, and ts sustain the burden
and privation of tshe -war with fortitude,
and which are. now unaronosly applan
dad.- are in the same predicamaent excep
buo4,ey, oosuppressed, or'do
centebsid in the vaeumen those which
codsahs iopinleasUdihefrom those I
mew eaermln Wiath thereapest thema
ehut lebaukd repua hea "Do they
lefty smntlments nd devoted
atm s o, the eau tt&and evine
?,sa~inu 'nessi s thej met
V bjL Republhican perty at the
ad athbey not now eulogised
aa4ether poieal o ,ento
4e - because they contain
aft.e ileseeacney
-donot bIe ashamed
" seeksee v'edito ii.
pree, angsave ee an
Iaake tet segediat
o the titges, andgrew outr ardeut feel- I =
ng of patriotism. The danger which
hen threatened the cointry was from a
nread. The overthrow of Napoleon was
rollowed by a combination of the great
overeigns of Europe, called the Holy Al
liance. Its object was hostile to popular ga
Governments, and it threatened to turnits "
powers against this continent in order to a I
suppress the free States which had p rung "
out of the old Spanish pcsseasions. There
was then no knowing at what moment we Sa
might be involved in a contest far moe wI
terrifc than that which had just termina- g
ted. It was in this state of things that 61
Congress was called on to settle the' eae tb
establishment, on the termination of the do
late war with England. My attention f
was intently turned to what I believed to "
be the point of danger; and 1 was anxvtis G
to put the country in a condition to met hi
whatever might come. The opinions I Of
expressed in reference to manufgcrrrres, L1
internal improvements, and 'a pe'mantent
system of revenne,ke pt constantly in view
my leading object-preparktion for de
fence-as much so a$ what I then said in S1
reference to the army. the military aca- at
demny, and the navy,as the speeches them- le
selves show. of
The danger from without fortunately po
passed away, and that from within began
to disclose itself. I was not slow to see the th
strong tendency the Government was tak- pC
ing towards consolidation, and bat many mi
of the means which I had regarded as ne- al
cessary to defend against external danger, pi
contributed not a little to increase the dan- in
ger within. That led to a reinvestigation. w
and that to the modification or change of c;
opinion which took place. yo
So far from casting away or desiring to tit
conceal or keep out of view my early rb
speeches, I have long intended to collect, u
and publish them. I see you promise to
publish freely from them. You cannot do do
me a greater favor, and I hope you will of
not balt till you have republished all. I hi
was so careless as to neglect to preserve cl
copiesofmy speeches or other publications h
prior to my election as Vice President. oi
Since then I have been more careful.
Your republication will give me copies in st
a much more cnvenient form than that of a
manuscripts, and save me much time and
trouble in collecting and some little ex- e1
pease for copying. I shall preserve care- ti
fully the two contained in the aotelligeneer S
sent by my friend, and I shall take care li
to get such others as jou may publish. c
Let mE. in coneluston, say. I wish you go
to understand that I make no complaint. it
So far from it, I feel rather obliged to you cc
than otherwise. Be your motives what C
they may. you baye afforded me an op.
purtunity of giving an explanation made Y
necessary by the awkward manner in li,
which the volume has been introduced to al
the public. and which I have been com- C
pelled to stale much that ought to jhave g<
appeared-in a preface to the volume. w
With respect, I am, &c. .
J. C. CALHOUN. te
ci
From the ChaTstaon Mercry. Ia
The following is from a very intelligent F
merchant. who promised us, when going
North on his travels, a month or two since, q
to inquire and write to us the state of pub- rit
lie opinion in New England, in reference is
to the Presidential Election. Ile is a w
Whig. but like all intelligent Southern G
Whigs, goes for Mr. Calhoun afler Mr. th
Clay. We have abundant reason to be- g(
lieve that the representation he makes of a
the state of popular sentiment in New of
England is entirely correct. No sort of
political jockeyism can mako Mr. Van ul
Buren the choice of the Democracy of og
New England. Let thre managers shuille a
and cut as they please, the votes, after all' a
are the people's, and will be giveun to surtw
themselves-.c
STIarrroan, (Conn.) A ug.8, 143. ce
Ag|Dear Sir-On our way down from gi
Columbia to Charleston. I told you I n
would drop you a line in regard to the si
feeling of the Yankees towards your great of
man John Caldwell Calhoun. I am truly be
glad to have it in my power to sny, with- 8
our any de atbt, (al:bough my firer choice ts R~
Harry of the WVest) that Mr. Calhoun will in
get the vote of Connecticut, and the ma- ui
jority of the New England States. 1 hasve ta
conversed with some of the leading men as
in this State, particularly of the Bar, and fr
thb say, with a few exceptions, they are sa
all ml Calhoun. Our of the members elet a
to Cotagress-all but one are Calhoun in
men-no mitake. T. who holds an office 's
.n this Stare, (Conni.) under the Adminis- 6:
traion. ts quite a politician and a sincere fat
friend of Mr. Tyler, but after him noes the
whole figure for Calboup. and by the by
e used to live in New berry, (S. C.) at as
which place he became acquainted with
ped on, in the eu~.t Mr. Tyler does not- r
get the unminat~ (arnd we all know he
canno,) T. and all bis connexions, which
are numerous and as respectable as any
other family in the State, will all go for
Mr. Calhoun, and use their united ifl
eue in pjmoeing his interests. For some T
fw wq ~,I have been prowling about the
country ad talking with the small -farm
e, who govern the polls, and I do assure
you that 7 out of 10 are for Mr. Calhoun,
and say'they would far prefer Mr. C. to
Mr. Van Buren. I ses) of Whiga and -
Democrazs, promiscuorrl. The Whigs th
say f there is no chancefo Clay, they go In
for Calhoun. I repeat it, that Mr. Cal- ne
houn is gaining grond daily, there can-be cc
no mistake, and Ii rualy believe be can be ge
leted on his own 4ok, withoutr being C:
nominated by any Convention. pa
A Singul~ar Circuara.-The New York
erald says: "WeiJaave in oar hand a cir
enjar of the English Government, signed t
by lord A berdeen. and addressed to allias
:ommerial and ether agents in this cotin- b
try, requiring the most minte inforna
tio in relation to sieves and slavery in
.1t lan details-the physical .force of the
egroes-their relations to their masters- eh
their generail treatmenr, general character pit
sant propensities. &E. with very full state- aui
nents as to sour-ces of information, means Ch
>f~judgig,'&c. The end and objeer of all ues
hs espionage has noe trauspired; but it is Ph
tregant with meaning. if we ennasider the set
nasy ans in dispte between the two ori
oitetres.. The ekcurdars appear to have api
lnissued immediatey ohthe promulga- nss
imro h hetiteUissdStares Se- his
...:.... a.,...,, eg.. s,..... o.... to
EuISCELLANE o1;!! a
Froms the St. Lesis kEming Gazette.
gen. Gaines and the Santa Fe'Traders. I
rhrough the politeness of that inde'ati
ble and veteran officer, Gen. Gaines.
are enabled to present our readers with
ranscript of the energetic despatch for
irded to him by-Brigadier General Tay
, commanding at Fort Smith, Arkan
, relative to the line of conduct which
11 hereafter govern the military with re
rd to the escort and protection of the
iota Fe traders.-The spirit in which
i document is writtoin will, we have no
ubt, bave due influer.ce upon the ruf
as who are now prowling in the vicinity
our southwestern frontier. General
mines deserves an4 should receive, for
Spromptitude in this matter, the thanks
his fellow-citizens.
TTR OF o0E. GAINES TO OEN. TAT LOR.
Head-Quarters, St. Louis, Mlisseuri,
July 27th, 1843.
Sir: An escort for the protection of 1
nta Fe Traders has been asked for, and I
ithorised by the Department of War, to
ave Independence. Missouri, on the 6th
'August neft, or as soon thereafter as
acticable.
While making arrangements to furnish
e desired escort, I havo received the re
rt of Capt. 1st. G. Cooke, of the regi
ent of dragoons, by which I had that,
though he had met with and very pro
rly disarmed one hundred men profess
g to be Texians, whose avo-ved object
as to attack and capture the Mexican
ravans found upon the Santa Fe road,
t some other men of the same descrip.
n are supposed to be still boverion about
is trading road ready to pounce upon the
soffending caravans.
This must not be. It is our bounden
ty to put down all predatory movements
this sort of land privateering,- such as
we too long contributed to mark the
tarac:er of men cnllihg themselves mem
:rs of American Republic's towards each
her.
We must destroy, arrest, or disarm all
ich lawless combtnations wherever found
ithin or near our unmarked boundary.
In the case under consideration, it is very
rident that no such movements or cap
ires can take place any where upon the
anta Fe road. without jeoparding the
ves and property of many of our good
izens engaged in this valuable and
owing trade. Under this view of the
ihject 1 could not hesitate to approve the
duct of that excellent officer, Captain
ook.
The question whether the pretended
eians were found within our territorial
mits or not, was a question which, in thp
>sence of a marked boundary, Caplain
ooke had a right to decide, so far as the
ernment of his conduct was concerned,
bile in the discharge of the duty assign
I to hint. li% duty was to afford pro
etion to the persons nod property of the
tizens of the United States and Mexico,
fully engaged in trade upon the Santa
e road.
The sacred character of thie duty re
aires perfect impartiality on the part of
e United States, commander to waim it
confided. and naturally constitutes him,
hile acting under the authority of his
overnment. a fit and proper judgo for
le time being to decide how far he can
), and wherebe should hal, consistently
ith the well known principles of the law
'nations.
I have long acted upon the principle
sat for the purposes of protection of un
'endmg citizeis against savages, as well
Sagainst prcdaiory bands of civilized
en disposed to violate the known laws of
ar, or to viulate the long cherished t rin
piea of that frcc trade and social inter
trse which have done so much for the
rest cause of civilization and free govern
ent throughout thec civilized wvord, we
ould not hesitate to con tider every foot
land and water near our utnnarked
sundary, and especially that upon thie
anta Fe road, fromn the Missouri to the
io del Norte as netutral ground,and w ith
the reach of our authority, or at least
til the houndlary line as umarked and es
blished according to existing trcaties. I
-ted upon this pritnciple upon the Sabine
ntier in the year 1836, much to the dis
tsfaction of certain abolitiunists, with
hoib thesgJand privateer. may now unite
absing me. Bunt I am never so well
tisfed with my own condatttas when I
ad myself abused by political intriguers
tl land privateers or pirates.
The escort recently authorized by lie
eparinment of Wa'r will be ordiererd to
semble as soon after the 6th of August,
x month, as practicable, at or ntear lin
pedence. It is possible that the escort
y niot be ready to leave 1:sdepezs~asce
stil the 15th of August.
I am, very respeettfully
Your obedient servaent.
EDMUND P. GAINI-:S,
Maj. Gen. U. S. A rmy comanzding.
o Brig. Gen. Z. Taylor,
Corn. the 2d Decpt. Fort Smith, Ar
kansas.,
Mancholy Death of Four Mdihionaried.
We kcarn by the Boston papers that
ere were drowned on the 1st lFebmuary
,t. at the Falls of the Wallaintitte river.
r the Methodist mission, in the Oregon
untry, Mr. Cornelius Rogers. Mrs. Rt o.:
re, her sister Aurefla Leslie. ,juire
'ocker, and two Clatsop Indians. Wh ile I
isig the rapids asbove. the boat was 4
idently carried over the falls. Mr. Ro- I
rs went to Oregon from Cincinnati,i
do, in the Spring of 1S33, in cojnpatty
th misionaries of the A. B. C..F. M., 1
aid them in their Christian labors amonec I
i ndtans there. lHe was a volunteer
saig his own expenmes.
It
A conterted Sensistoe.--Ilauti-colue
Be. a converted Seminole Indian, iii0
raching at Readintt. Penn., to large
jieces, in the German Reformed
ureb. The Gazette states that he is a
shew of Osceola, the late celebrated
arida warrior, whoin he -Is said to re
able very strikingly ; is about 19 years
ige; tall, stout, and aktogether of a hue I;
warasce. He speake English well, e
simple languagL., and Es graceful in 1
;esures. it is his intention to-return J
i,..tribe a a misnionarv of the gospel, ni
Results of 4he Flood.-The fullowing \
rticle which we take from the Delaware
nunty Republican of Fridav last.exhibits
sime of the distress occasioned by the dis
stros flood of Saturday week. Thero
re many other, in nlike situation, and
ieir calls ror relief. should coma home to
ie hearts of the wealthy among our citi
ens, and be answered liberally. What is
2 be done. should he done quickly,4<or
resend aid will be more valued titan aid
xtended a week or two heuce.-U. S.
jarrfle.
Much distress prevail in our country, by
eason of the flood, and we call the atten
ion of philanthropic and charitable per
on% to these cases, that soIC assistanco
nay he rendered to those who are left en
irely destitute. The families at "Aven
lale lactorv," Mr. James Riddle's, on
,rum Creei, have sulTered most severely
roma the disastrous freshet of Saturday
:ight. Of the eighteetn families residing
ear the lower mill at Avendale, every
me of them were driven from their houses;
he water in many of t.hcn being several
et deep on the seconud story, and carry
ug with it the doors and windows, and
naking a complete breach through them.
Fheir clothing, furniture, provisinus.every
hing they ptossessid in the world has been
lestroyed. Six other families have been
uliged to abandon their houses, they he-1
tng so injured that they are untetantable.4
MIany aillicting scenes of distress we learn
ire witnessed in that neighborhood. Otn
utinday morning, about five o'clock. after
the waters had subsided, an industrious
nan named Qtuigly, and his m ife with
ino children. were seen' coming up the
bill near the fpctory-cach of the parents
tad it child in their arms, tolled up in a
piece of cloth, (being tnaked as they had
taken them from their beds.) The whole
ramily were without shoes or tiny cover
in% for their heads-hey have lost every
thing save their lives ; and while the di.
tressed father related the tale of their sul
fering during that dreadful night, the tear
if sorrow ran down his sunken cheeks.
Another, a widow nanted Lynch, with
a family of six small children, lost every
thing in her house, and is now completely
destimte. These cases of distress, and
many more like untio them.in our country,
call for the exertions of the good and the
charitable In their behalf. that relief may
be afforded them without delay.
Awful Murder!-We are informed by a
correspondent. that a most cold-blooded
and revolting murder was committed near
Young's Store, Laurens District. S. C.,
on the 24th ul. upon the wife of Mr. Har
mon Garreti, a highly respectable family
residing in that neighborhood, by a negro
man and woman. It appeared from evi
dence given at the trial of the negroes,that
sqgn after the family had eaten dinner,aud
a part of them left the house, the negro
returned, as he said to the other boys, to
get a rope, and was seen to enter the door
when a rumbling,noise was heard, but he
soon camu out and joined the other hands.
The negro women was left in the house.
In a short time, some small children dis.
covered their mistress ing in the fire,
and gave the alarm. The woman ran
into the house and took her mistress out,
but site was dead. Her face, breast, and
one arm were badly burned. Suspicion
soon fixed upon the negro woman as the
murdered, when she was arrested, tried,
and condemned to be executed on the 16th
instant. After she was committed to jail,
she confessed her guilt and said that site
and the negro man took hold of their mis
tress, put a rupe round her neck, anti the
man chtoked her until she fell upon the
flosor, whene he pressed his kne upon her
breast until she was dead. The woman
throw the body in the fire, to induce thel
belief that she hand fallen into it. and byl
that means came to her death. The uegro
man then underwvent an impartial trial,
anmd was condemned to be hung on the
same day as the woman, near the ph1ce
where the murder was perpetrated.
It is stated that 3Mr,. Garrett wazs about
30 years of age, a kind ami aflietionate
wile, mother and mistress. wsho has left a
large circle of relatives and acquaintances
to mourn her awful and untimely fate.
Greenrille Mountaineer.
loody Affray in Kentucky.-T he
ladisonusuc arns by private letters, that
a mtost bloody deed has been perpetrated
itt Garret Davis' Dlistrict. .Ky. The ac
counut states that *the friends of Air
Wicklhf1'e, who is the lDemocratic candi
date, had ascertainied that a caucus had
met at Franmkfort and arrangedl the district
with a view to elect Mir. Daivis, boldly
aserted thte fact at a meeting held last
week at Rutssell's Cav:e. Afr. C. al.
tlay was present and denied the charge ;
Mir. lirown. sptecial agent of the Post
Office Depaertmoent, being also present.
and in possessioni of'the proof of the hold
ig of te cauucus, reiterated the charge;
upon ' ich. Air. CIlav o asaile'd him with a
mcgu iowie Ktit-cut out htisileft shoul.
let six inchus .n length sid no and al
ulf in depthl so that it is expected he wil
The Quiarred in Kentucky.-Ilear the
;Iher side-We gave a day or two since
in accosunt of a fracas near Lexington. be
wseen Cassius M!. Clay anti Samnuel Al.
Brown, int which the latter was very seri
usly injured by thu fortmer with a Bowie
nifme. That accouint seemued to impute the
tmtck to Mir. Clay. it is due toi that gen- I
lemnan tn say that he has published a
ard, in which he says that he gap AMr. 1
irownm returned the compliment and ad
ranced towards him; M1r. Clay nsed a
idiog whip, and after asehort scuffle they
rerre seperated. A momnetnt after AMr.
irown appearedt in an open space with
ine of Colt's revolving pistols. and fired at
Jr. Clay, whetn they again eloged, and
he IBuwie knife wae used. The pistol
all struck the scabbard of the kuife.I
rtich saved Air. C.'s life. WVe see it sta- a
d that Mir. Clay bears no relationship to
It Hon. ilenty Clay.-Balt. Sun. -
Refusaed to Rev'erse a Decision.-T he
iupreme Court of Alabama has refused t
areyerse the decision of the Perry Coun-. I
y Circuit Court. sentencing a msan nam
d Jones to the Peniteatiary for tea years
ar wchipping one of Ats slaes to decal.s. s
nuies is a man of extensive family con- t1
Cinnes and great wealth. 1
Eg3 ReCrti Cr.
EDGEFIELDC.11.
WF.D'.SDAY. AUG:'ST 23. 1843.
Wre will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of
our Libericvs.and if it mustfall, wc will Perish
amidst the Ruins."
FOR rUFa.sID.NT:
JOllN C. CALHOUN,
subject to the decision of the Democralic
Republican Conrention, to assemble in
May, 1844. as recommended by the states
of Maryland, .Uichigan, Kentucky. Lou
isiana, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Alabama and Mississippi.
Temperance Meeting.-A Temperance meet
ng will be held at ittle Stephens' Creek
hurch. on tie Second Sunday inSeptem r,
it which time Dr. 11. Burt will deliver anvKd
iress on the subject ofTemperance.
STATE ELECTIONS.
Alabama.-Sufficirnt returns have been re
leived to wrarrant us i'a saying that out of the
teven members of Congress to which this State
a entitled, six are Democratic. Gov. Fitzger
id has been re-elected without opposition, and
he Legislature will continue to be decidedly
Dennmeratic.
North Caroliaa -The result in this State
as been favorable to the Democratic party,
they having elected five metnbers of Cong'ess
nd the Whigo four, as follows:
1st District. Glingman (Whig.)
2d Barrington, (Whig.)
3d Reed, (Dem.)
4th " Debery, (Whig )
5th " -Saunders, (Dem.)
6th " !cay.' (Detn.)
7th " Daniel, (Dem.)
th " Arrington, (Dem.) Thisisthe
"gallant Stanley's" district, vho has been
rdeted to remain Pt home by a majority of 548
of the freemen ofhis district.
9th District, Rayner, (Whig.)
In the aggregate popular vote, it is stated
tlmtghe Whigs have a considerable majority,
though the exact amount has not been publish
ed; in three Congressional districts-two whigs
and one democrat-there was no regular oppo
sition.
Indian.-The Cincinnati Gazette, (Whig)
safe, there is little doubt of the Democratic suc
cess in Indiana. as the Democrats have gained
more than 4000 votes over their poll in 1840, in
20 counties, which embrace about one-fourth
of the State. For Congress. it ia currently re
ported and believed, that three Democrats are
chosei in the only three districts heard from,
viz: Robert Dale Owen in the first, Thomas J.
lienly in the second, and Mr. Smith in the
third. ..
Kentuckyi.-In this State, it is admitted by
the Whigs, that probably four Democats are
elected to Congress, and Gist the Whigs have
met with a sad disappointment, even in the
strong hold ofr - arry of ike iret."
Tennesse.-The returns received from this
State. warrant us in the belief, that Jones. the
Whig candidate ror Governor, has been elect
ed by an incteased majority, and that,the whigs
have elected six of the eleven members to Con
gress.
The editor of the Jonesboro (Ten ) Wfhig. a
Mthodist Parso, who think. more of his goli
tical party than his religionsflock, ndvisetli all
men of the success of his party in that State in
the follow ing edifymng terms :
Tn IlundIred Thousand Cheers for' the Koble
It ha g St uteof Tennessee !! !
Attention thi.: world, ill the uewvs of the Ten
neee election is given! 0 ye inhabtitauts of
ths wide earth, stretch wide your eyes and
look at Tennessee. while shie stopsa the onward
iarb or that Locofoco ball! Ilead' erect!
iglit f("ot seven feet in tear of the left, to act as
a brace !-llands raised ase high as they can
reach, with fingerstspread widle apart!-M ouths
spread wide opten to catcth the accens!-Paces
turned towards Old Kientuck, with hacks uo
South Carolinn !-Eyes "a feet" apart sqmt-t
ing towards Lonisiana and Msine !-Keeping
ime with the feet. after the, raishio'n or the
SRogue's Marh." while the leamders of bis
rule in Tennessee, work their way up talt
.in poor Parson, he is certainly beside him
elf thu. to ra-.e us a mnaniac, at the downfall
f his own State, and that bronght shou by
h neighboring Staten having driven die Cooxs
prom their borders. What otlee are yon seek.
g unders" 'Ilarry of the trest.'' to make thy
'yoke easy and bturthien light"?
Iliois.--The Baltimore American (Whip.)
eports that uammors which hadl reachted that city
'romn the west, state that the Whig wvere coin
letely routed mu Illinois: *
Spec.-The specie in the United Sit tes. a
his time, is estimated at $120,000,000 This
s a greater amount ihan has ever been in this
ennry at one time, and it is still flowiug in.
Exeuon.-Th - Setiera Chronicle of the
6th inst., says: " A negro, named Primus, a
ervant of Judge O'Neill, was executed in New
erry District, on Friday last, for the murder
a child. The child is said to have been the'
giitmate issue of a white woman by Piausa
ud the murder was committed by pouring aqua
artis down its throat."
The Scotch Mmrderet.-The N. Y. Herald,
Ith instant, states, that the Sectetary ofStata'm
rarrant for the deliveyy of Christiana Gilmour'
fugitive from justice, 16 the British auathori
s had arrived in that city from Washington.J
le will accordngly be conveyed by Mr. Mo- I
Ey, (the police officer, who apprehended list
her arrival in New York,) to Scotiand fo~r,
mual. 'he case is thtus definitely stded, sad 4
ecomes a precedent in all future similar cases.
Ness Certe.-Six bales of New Cotton wasr
ineirved at New Orleans on the 7th intst., from .
te plantation of Mr. Ntttt, of(Jel'erson county,
linimippi.
alraci of a Ithuur trccred in Usrlest"nJ4ml
wealthyplanterin Sumitr District.
" The cotton crop in this district i. geceral
y very backward. Tlhe iecenst heavy and con
inued ain: have caused the tteed to grow ra.
iidly, without miaturing. It has tommenced
Iso to shed tery much. This, together with
he very late spring. n.ill of course a orten the
:rop very materially-end utless we ssid be
aivored with a much later fall tian we con
easonably hope for. we cannot realize imoo
than two thirds (if indeed so nauch,) of an aver
sge crop-perhaps but little more than half so
uuch as last year's."--Mcrctry.
Etract of a Ilcr receired in Charlestn, datd
" WADXALAW IsLAWo, Aug. 15. 1843.
I have just returned from a visit to my plan.
ation on Edisto, and I am sorry to inform yoa
hat caterpillars have made their appearance in
my crop there.. If they be not arrested imme
diatly. and if they optead over my field my crop
will be lo3t, as it is (like most others) very
backward, and I have scarcely any ripe fruit"
-Courier.
47 The Charleston Courier of the 15th inst..
contains the following communication on the
ppearance of the real Cotton worm or Cater
pillar in a part of Charleston District:
" Messrs. Editrs.-I am a planter of upper
St. James, Goose Creek Parish, Charleston
District, 9nd have been fot many years past,
but have never before witnessed such unfavor
able prospects. Ve have had oods'of rain,
amounting almoat to a coin pleto inundation of
our cotton lands, and ,o the full growth ofgrass;
and to my great mortification this morning, in
passing through one of my fields. accompanied
by two other gentlemen. one of them, being in
the rear, remarked to me, that the grass had
very much the appearance ofdying; on exam
ining to ascertain the cause, to my utter regret,
I found numeronaquantities of the real cotton
worm. or as they are sometimes called, the cat
terpillar. The cotton, as yet. has tint been in
jut ed by them. but I feel perfectly certain, from
porevions experience, that they will soon de
stroy all of the grassand then attack the cotton.
A COTTON PLANTER.
"St. James, Goose Creek. S. C., Aug. 17." -
TAe Weather, %rc.-Tho Chers, Gazette of
the l5f1: inst., says: " We have had rain, rain,
rain, since the setting in of the mouth of August,
without intermiision. The river, on Thursday
morning last, had overflowed its banks, and al
though it has since fallen, we yet fear, from the
torrents of rain which almost inundated as on
Fridity and Saturday, that on the banks of the
river, below this place we shall hear of direful
destruction of property In North Caroilas,
we learn, much damage has been sustained by
the recent heavy rain&-" Bridges, fence.
mills and milf-damas, says the Raleigh Register,
have been washed away in every direction.
Six serious breaches have been made in the Ra
leigh a Gaston Rail Road, within fifteen
miles oialeigh, pne of iwhich in 100 fet long,
and the embankment 30 feet high,"
Etetors.-There weie, under the old apper
tionment bill, 294 Electors for President and
Vice-Preident of the United States. Neces
sary to a choice. 148, By the new apportion
meat there are 275. Necessary to a choice, 13F.
Suicide.-The Greenville Mouiiie rof the
1th inst., says: " We regret to learn that the
Rev. Matthew Gambrell, of Anderson.District.
committed suicide by hanging himself. on Fri.
day night last. We:hve not heard thie part:
culars or causes attending this melancholy
event, but have no doubt it was occasoned by
partial insanity. 3Mr. G. was about fify yeas
oif age. and had been for many years an able
and exemplary inister of the gospel in the
Baptist Church "
Abolition Riot-In consequence of a negro
girl tbeloniging to a citizen of Kentucky, who
was on a vis to Cincinnati, being kidnapped
by the Abolitionists of that place, ans anti-Abo
lition meeting wias called on the Ist instant, and
addressed bfseven.; persons. The crowd in
crcasr-d at the nmeeting. in a short time~to some
thousands. who" proceeded to thec house of a
Mir. Burrett, all avowed Abolitionist, where n.
genetal fight took place, the crowd attacking
the house with brickbats, which were returned
by the iammaes, who were numerous, and well
armed. By the'esertionsor the police, headed
by the Mfayor of the city. i'everail of the rioters
were taken, anid a stop put to the riot. The
T..nes say:-" There seems to he a general
disposition amongst opr citiz~ens against the
wrhola~ mioienent, and the inobl seemed to be
.aware ,,f it. While every good citizen is op
posed to the course of the Abolitionist.., they
deprecato mob violence as a remiedy."'
Eztract of a letter rectised is chorlcston, dated
-On EeSArL. (Ala.) Atgust 9.
"O Maonday, agannual election took .
place The contest for Congress in this dis
tric,nouiposed ofnigecounties, has been very
ee:ing. Colonel Pettit, the whig candidate.
resides mnthis ownand is a lawyer, aged about
fortyfive. Then district has heen hitherto deci
dedywhig. so much so, that the democrats
hesitated about making atny oppostion. At
lst. hower, they brought ontt Col. Belier, of
Montgomery, a warm Calhoun man. and the
proabilitias very strong that he is elected.
The whiigs a w thant theyT are bestea. Their
majority has been tonrmery about 1000 votes.
This cenuty. wichel has usually given a major,
ity of hundreds for the w'higs. hes~been rede".
ed and has given a mnajority aintPettit.
'he two candidates stumped at allfthrough the
listrict, and I never saw electioneersg' carmied
a such perfection. In South Carolina yota.
lnto no idea of it. Belier is a native e(Susn
r District. S. C."-(earier.
07 The Cher.s Gazet ofb tha lit instant,
~ontains the following commnunicatiqs relative
o the lion. John Campbellis declining being
osidere~d as a candidate, after his present
erm of service ex pires, for re-election to Con
" Ctrsvxarixwra Angust 12, 183.
" Mr. Edtor.--I have just seenthe Uifon.
rohn Campbell. on bis return from a eur,
ion' to the Gold Mlines of this district. And isn
he course of conversatiopl. allusioni being made
a a report, extensively cireculated, thiat he
would net be a eensd' te for re-eleetioto
longress, I un'derstnod him to say, that he had
o recollection of ever having made a positive
eclarationi to that ef'ect. but supposes that the
e port has originated fromn ltters a uitters by
lia sme months previons to the'last election;i
a which be stated, ins substance that according,
a his then existing impressionsb6 wouhl be n
..,u,idtc ne , an ut m onen~i etection