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GENERAL TAYLOR'S LETTERS.
Baton Rouge, La. August 5, 1348.
My Dear Sir.?Your esteemed letter of the
7th ult., enclosing a slip cut from the "Memphis
Apreal," was this moment received, containing
statements said to have been made by me disre- !
spectfu! of the volunteers: among others, that I !
had said they not worth their rations, and that
this can be proved; together with many other
evidences of unkindness towards them on
my part, all of which is without the slightest
foundation. There is but little doubt in my
mind that he who invents a falsehood to injure
his neighbor or fellow.citizen, as well as he
who lends himself to, and aids, in giving circulation
to the same, knowing it to be lalse, would
not hesitate one moment to swear to it on the
Holy Bible. My numerous official reports to
the War Department in relation to the gallant
and patriotic volunteers, which have been so
extensively published in most of the leading
public Journals of the country give the lie direct
to the statements in question; and which
the gentlemen of the "Appeal" might have
known had they looked an inch beyond their
noses, or wished to have made themselves acquainted
with all the facts in the case before
they published so gross a slander in regard to
one who had never injured them and whose only
crime was, that his name, without his agency
in the matter had been brought before the
country by a portion of his fellow-citizens fir
the first office in the gift of a great and free
people.
As to the romantic story about the wounded
soldier at Buena Vista, (in connexion with a
Mexican lady,) which ended so tragiccally. and
who is said to have been shot by my order, it is
without the slightest fiundation, nothing of (he
kind, or even approaching it, ever took place;1
nor do I believe it was ever beard of except at ,
Memphis and vicinity, before it was published
in the Appeal." It is on a par with the story
that I had spoken disrespectfully of, and otherwise
outraged the volunteers; and a more base
and hearless calumny was never propagated.?
Not a drop of American blood was shed by my
order while in Mexico, nor that of a Mexican,
except in the heat of battle.
The whole matter contained in said slip is too
silly to be credited, nor would I have noticed it
had I not deemed it proper to reply to your
friendly communication.
I must, from my position, expect to be assailed
by many unscrupulous editors of newspapers,
as well as hired demagogues, without regard to
truth, decency, or any thing else. I have therefore
made up my mind not to suffer such things
to annoy me, let them emanate from what quarter
they may, but to "pursue the even tenor of
my way," without turning to the right or to the
left to notice them.
With considerations of high respect and cs- j
teem, your friend and obedient servant,
Z. TAYLOR.
Baton Rouge, La., March 7, 1848.
Sir:?I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of the 25th ult.,
and to inform you in reply, that the letter therein
refered to was, as it purports to be, written
by me to Hon. Joseph It. Ingersoll.
I deem it proper to say that the statements
made in that letter are such as have frequently
made to other persons, and that I have had no
desire, to cenceal from any portion of the peo- ,
- -L f 1 I
pie ol the country anv views wierem rxprcsscu. i
For many years past, I have sincerely depre- !
cated, as I believe has every true patriot in the [
republic, the excesses in the administration of I
our national affairs, into which party strife has 1
thrown our neoplc?and when, therefore, I was
solicited by gentlemen from various quarters of
the Union to consent to the use of rny name in 1
connection with the Prcsdency, I consented with j
the condition that I should not be tied down to
the political tenets of any one party. To this
position I believe I have consistently adhered,
and for no consideration can I he induced to
abandon it.
I beg leave to say, in conclusion, that while
it affords me sincere gratification to learn that
many of my fellow.citizens approve of the
course I have adopted in relation to this subject,
yet I hope that some of thetn, in so doing, will
be induced by their friendly feelings towards
me not to violate, in the slightest degree, their
due sense of their political obligations.
I am sir, very respectfully.
Your ob't serv't, Z. TAYLOR.
Wearied of their Liberty.?We some
weeks since, heard of-a case where nine slaves
had run away from their master, and gone to
Pennsylvania; we now learn that after prowling
about for two or three months, they have
become wearied ot liberty, and now returning,
one by one, begging their protection and forgiveness
of the man whose hospitable mansion
and providing rare they had been persuaded to
abandon, by the delusive dreams and pictured
fancies of freedom. Several have already returned,
all promising that tf allowed to remain,
they will never leave him again. Others have
written for the means wherewith to return, that
thpy may once more have some one to provide
them with their daily food and a place of shelter
during the night, both of which had they sought
in vain since they had left their master. One
in particular, after wandering about the streets
in Philadelphia, sleeping in alleys, and where.yer
he could secrete himself, sent to his master to
send and take him home. lie was accordingly
sent for and found waiting at the depot, halffamished
for want offbodand nearly naked. So delighted
was he that h^ was thus enabled to get
home again, that when told that the cars would
not return until four, it caused him the greatest
apparent grief. He was, however, furnished
~ with money to procure his food, and when the
hour arrived, joyfully departed for his home, no
doubt fully convinced that his worst friends
were those who had urged him to leave a comfortable
home.
The hardest thing in this case is, that after
the slaves had run away, their master, who is a
gentleman of high standing for honor and inte- j
grity, in one of the adjoining counties of our i
sister State, was accused, by bis philanthropic j
ar?oimon neignnors, or navmg smu meat; ?c,j
slaves and reported that they had run away; but
none believed such an unlikely story.
Wilmington {Del.) GazeUc.
Wkaby of Lifr.?In a letter dated Trenton
Falls, Aug. 14, Mr. N. P. Willis gives the following^
curious anecdoie:
Among our fellow passengers up the Mo.
bawk we bad, in two adjoining seats, a very
impressive contrast, an insane youth on his way
to an assylum, and the mind that has achieved
the greatest triumph of intellect in our time'
Morse of the electric telegraph, on an errand |
connected with the conveyunce of thought by j
liffhtninff. In the course of a brief argument
on the expediency of some provisions for pulling '
and end to a defeated and hopeless existanre, !
Mr. Morse said that, tpn year* ago, under ill
health pnd discouragement, he would glitf iiy
have availed himself of any divin?*ailthorization ;
for torminatinj a Jifo of which tho possessor
was weary. The sermon lhat lay in this chance
remark, the loss of priceless discovery to the
world, and the loss ol fame and fortune to him. i
self, which would have followed a death thus i
prematurely self chosen?is valuable enough I i
think, to justify tho invasion of these sacredncss I
of private conversation which I commit by thus I
giving it to print. May some one, a-wcary of i
the world, read it to his profit. I
LETTER. OF HON. II. S. FOOTE. >
The letter of Senator Foote to the Editor of I
the Union, which we annex, refers to matters of
importance to tho Sooth : I
To the Editor of the. Union : <
Sin:?To the numerous and oftentimes de- <
nnnciamentory strictures upon my conduct as a <
public man, which find their way inlo the news- <
papers of the country. I have been in general <
altogether indifferent, and in all cases hereto- '
fore. I have been absolutely silent. Nor should I
I vary from my ordinary course upon the pre- t
cpnf ncpasiniL fnit that it is feared bv others. 5
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whose counsels I greatly respect, that silence t
on my part might he construed into a tacit acquiescence
in certain misrepresentations, which, '
if effectual, might by possibility do more or less I
injury to a cause to which my life has been do.
voted. I find myself charged with having de.
clared, during the last hours of the session of
the United States Senate, that Cass and Butler, I
in consequence of the conduct of some of their I
Northern friends in Congress upon the Oregon 1
question, would lose the whole vole of the <
Southern States in the approaching Presiden- '<
tial election. Now this is not only wholly
without foundation, but is most ridiculously false. f
What [ did say. in substance, was thiR : It will '
be borne in mind, that the Oregon bill had been *
returned to tis from the House with our amend- J
monts to it stricken out. There was reason to
believe, had a Gomrnilteo of Conference been i
allowed us, in accordance with well-known 8
legislative usages, that a satisfactory compro- t
rnise of all the matters in controversy could yet 8
have been effected. Various facts were stated f
by myself and others, showing, as I think, con- 1
clusively. that a compromise might still have 8
been attained through a committee conference. 8
The Senotorfrom Illino:s, (Mr. Douglas,) who 8
had principal charge of the Oregon lull, had 1
consented to a committee of conference, and 8
had even urged it upon the Senate with his own t
characteristic manliness and ability. Other
distinguished democratic Senators from the *
North were more than willing to try the expe- 1
riment of a committee of conference. Under ^
such ciicumstances, the Senator trom Missouri 8
(Mr. Benton) insisted upon his motion tore- r
cede from our amendments, which, taking pre- t
cedence of the motion to refer the suhjpct to a '
committee of conference, would cut off, if riic- s
cessful, all hope of present com/- .'misc. We '
had struggled for a committee of conference r
during the whole of Saturday night. s
Sunday morning had arrived, when I took r
occasion, in the course of a speech running t
through some fifteen or twenty minutes, to warn f
certain Senators against the possible conse- '
quences of their rigorously coercive course. I s
urged upon them that their conduct was likely f
to ho regarded as evincing a settled hostility and v
contempt for the South and Southern men. I a
went so far even as to express a fear that their d
indiscretion and seeming illiberally might have c
the effect of weakening our Presidential ticket tl
in some qwatters of the South, or might at least ti
impose upon its Southern advocates a heavy
and impressive burden of explanation. I be- i
sought them earnestly yet to allow a committee t
of conference, and thus place our ticket beyond ti
the reach of misrepresentation and injury; s
avowing all the whiie that I knew Gen. Cass
to be thoroughly sound on the Wilmot Proviso f
question, and that I should he the last man in e
the Union to forsake him. When Sunday had v
passed away, and Monday morning was in pro- e
gress, the Senate was again in session. South- h
em men had reflected well upon all that had ^
occurred. Southern Democrats had conferred f
together. They bore in mind that Northern (
Democrats, in both Houses of Congress, had s
been sustaining the constitutional rights of the I
South, and been laboring to secure our safety, I
when Northern Whigs, to a man, had proved r
hostile, and even a few Southern men had ?
showed themselves unmindful or regardless of t
?* j tl.i
Southern interests. i ney recouecieu mm r*. ?
plieit assurance had been given us by the Sen- t
ator from Illinois. [Mr. Douglas,] with his own
characteristic frankness, that he and his friend- c
would again unite with Southern men next win- t
ter, as they had done already in the session of a
Congress now closed, to bring about such a t
compromise as to the territories of New Mexico
and California, as that for which we had t
been contending.
I knew that Dickinson, and Douglas, and (
Hatinegan, and Bright, and Sturgeon, and Ca- r
meron, and other good and true Democrats, t
from the free States of the North, in both Hon- f
ses of Congress, would still be with us- We t
resolved to trust to the assurances of our brethren
who have already, in so many fierce en- i
counters, proved themselves worthy of confi- >
dence; and accordingly, when on Monday mor- !
ning the Senate again assembled at nine o'clock, I
and a motion was made to suspend the 17th
joint rule or the two houses, which proniou ine
presentation a bill or joint resolution to the President
fur his approbation on the last day of the c
session, without the suspension of which rule t
the Oregon bill could not have become a l.iw; c
when, as .Mr. Calhoun emphatically observed, r
the bill stood defeated according parliamentary t
rules; when all acknowledged it was completely
at the mercy of the South, we resolved, on <
full consultation, and on the assurances above i
mentioned, to spare it; and, alter an attempt or l
two to amend the resolution, I was authorized i
to rise in my place and announce that all fur* i
ther opposition would be relinquished, and thus
tho Oregon bill did become a lair.
This is the sum and substance of what oc* I
cured on that interesting occasion. It this
seems to indicate an inclination on my part to
abandon our nominees, what will be thought of i
my hastening to the heart of Virginia, on the I
Monday night succeeding, fatigued as I was i
with such labors as few men living have ever I
undergone, and addressing a latge concourse of
citizens, in mv native county of Fauquier, on i
the Wednesday aller, in support of our noble i
ticket? If nny nre disposed to conjecture
that the last scenes in the Senato argue the en*
feeblemont of our ticket, let me assure them
that never have I seen such signs of concord
and brotherly love among the Democrats
from the North, South, Fast nnd West, (with vcry
slight exceptions indeed,) as those samo closing
scenes unfolded. I may go further and dc- <
clare, as I did by their express authority, on last
Wednesday, in Virginia, that distinguished
Democratic leaders from the South, heretofore
lukewarm or hostile to our ticket, encouraged
by the assurances given that Northern Democrats
will hereafter concur and co operate with
Southern Democrats and Southern Whigs in
.brrnging about a fair and equitable compromise
of the territorial question,'-wjll.wi\y support our.
nominees, cordially, actively and lo'tho ond. ,
I could go yet further, and state what I personally
know to he actually true?that Southera
Whigs, as leading and influential men as
any in the South, seeing the united and unanimous
opposition of Northern Whigs in Congress
!o the Constitutional rights of the South?beholding
the extraordinary indications now disclosing
themselves, of a general disposition among
he Whigs of the North to fraternize with the
Barnburners in support of Van Buren and Adlitis?perceiving,
as all discerning men must at
ast perceive, that General Taylor has no
strength any where, and that the only of defeaing
the abolition ticket of Buffalo, and thus se
! .1.^ f t.. ? f ? U ? Q/vitlk r* r? / ! tlia J t\ t tk ATI"! f V
.Hiring llie SUICIJfUl WU5 kJULllll ?nu mo ..... b"V
jf the Union, lies in the success of I he DemoJ
ratio ticket, have not hesitated to avow a strong
loulit. whether it is not their duty, as true [?atri>ts
and Southern men, to come with all their
weight and influence to the support of Cass and
Butler. I speak not hastily on this point; and
hose who receive this suggestion lightly, will in
i very short time find it made Jgood, and even
ranscended, by actual facts.
Having corrected the misrepresentations
which provoked this communication, I have the
bonor to be, die., H. S. FOO'J'E.
From the Temperance Advocate.
The Smyrna Total Abstinence Society celeiraled
their first Anniversary at the Smyrna
Church, in Kershaw District, on Saturday the
19th inst., under such circumstances as must
;heer the hearts ol all engaged in the Tempertnce
retorm.
A large assembly of the citizens of Kershaw,
ind the adjoining districts of Fairfield and Rich,
and, repaired to the place of celebration, and
vere called to order at 11 o'clock A. M., by
f. P. Richbourg, the President. The R?v.
A'in. Carlisle addressed an earnest ptayer to
Vlmighty God in behalf of theSociety, and l he
:ause of Temperance generally. An ode from
he choir followed the prayer, at the conclusion
>f which the President announced an address
rom W. II. Carlisle, Esq. This gentleman
rented the Kiihiee.t in a calm, argumentative
tyle, with power and ability, forcing the con. I
ideration ol the importance of Temperance up.
>n the hearts of all patriots, all moralists, and
ill good men. and leaving the opponents of the
:ause, but a poor platform to stand upon. At
he conclusion of this address, the choir, led by
iV, B. Watkins, Esq., regaled the audience
villi one of our fine Temperance ode*, when
he President called upon Mr. James Henry
Carlisle, of Columbia, fir his address; and here
ill description must fail to give any idea of the
ich, intellectual treat spread before us by this
gentleman. You have perhaps heard him, but
fyou have not, do not neglect to procure his
ervices in your community, for to my mind, he
vi 11 create an impression upon every man who
nay chance to hear him speak. Chaste, clasical,
learned, his style was as pure as the best
nodels studied in the Alma mater, whose Tepuitation
he has already honored, and whose fame
le will continue to illustrate. We cannot gar.
tie this address by particularizing its topics or
ynopsising its contents, but trust you may yet
iear the original. The subject of tampering
vith the purity of the ballot box, was mos: ably
nd convincingly arjrued, and I am sore no can.
idate present, (and there were four or five,)
ould have felt otherwise than stregthened in
he honest purpose of refraining from such pracices.
The silent tribute of tears from mar.y present,
? a witness that the more pathetic phases of
he subject, were sketched in the best possible
riste, by a master hand. A few more such
peakers in this .'State would finish the work.
Alter this address, the Pledges were read by
L ill. Kennedy, Esq.. (who had been request,
d to act as Secretary,) and an earnest appeal
vas made by him. upon fathers, mothers, brothrs,
sisters, and all present, to come forward and
end their aid to our great and good cause.?
rVhilc the Pledge was circulated, the choir perurmed
another ode, alter which the Rev. Wm.
Carlisle entertained the company very handomely,
until the dinner was announced. The
adies repaired to the table, and were attended
>y the gentlemen, while they discussed a din
ter served up in such style as I have never
een equalled at a public entertainment. For
lie first time in my life, I was as comfortable
it a public dinner as I could be at any private
able.
This is no fiction, and as I was a guest, I
lecm it my duty to say so, in honor of the comniltee
and neighborhood. After dinner it was
innounced that 1G signatures had been obaincd
to the Pledge.
Several odes were given by the choir, and the
oasts below were given.
;Mr. A. M. Kennedy, the President of the
Camden W. T. A. Society, again addressed the
neeting, and towards the decline cftheday
he meeting dispersed, to the number of four or
ive hundred, all well pleased with the enterainrnent
afforded them.
It is worthy of remark, that the ladies of this
leighborhood are to a man, (as an Irishman
vould say,) rallying around the Temperance
Banner. When this is the case victory must
jcrcn upon uur Kiuiiutnu.
TOASTS.
1. By W. B. Waikins. Rev. IT. Taylor.?
The first President of the first Temperance So.
;iety in tho Western section of Kershaw I)isrict.
General Zachary Taylor "never surrenlers"
to Santa Anna and the Mexican army,
inr will the Rev. Wm. Taylor ever surrender
o tho powers of the monster alcohol.
2. By J. B. Richbourg. The Hon. J. B.
OWca//.?The nhle jurist, and advocate of eve'y
good work, and pre-eminently the leader of
ho Temperance cause in South Carolina?
May his life he long spared, and his labors
crowned with success.
3. By Joab Cotton.?Tho success of the
Temperance cause, identified with the best interests
of our country, tho purity of the Ballot
Box, the perpetuity of our liborties.
4. By A. M. Kennedy.?May tho example
set by this port ion of Kershaw District to-day,
be imitated by every portion ol it, until alcoholic
drinks be. banished from all our public entertainments.
5. Bv W. B. Waikins. Messrs. W. II.
anil J. II. Carlisle, Orators of the day.? Their
exe.rtions on to-day in behalf of suffering humanity,
will long be remembered by many
hearts made glad.
fi. Bv Rev. Wm. Carlisle. Mai. K. S.
~ " J VMoffat.?He
did his duly nobly in Mexico; we
hail him as a soldier in the great cause ofTemperance.
To which Major Moffat handsomely responded
in a lew remarks and offered the following
sentimpnt.
7. By Maj. K. S. Moffat. The Temperance
Army. May fheir ranks go on swelling,
and their march still he onward.
8. By Maj. A. H. Boykin. The good taste
and hospitality ot the citizens of this portion of
the District, should be imitated, and icill be remembered
by all present.
. 9- .ByCoJ. W. J. Taylor." The Temperance
Reform*? Almost gloriow and nbbfo enter
prise. If it cannot at once command the co-operation
of alljit certainly should the consideration
and countenance of all.
10. By Col. J. B. Kershaw. The Sons of
Temperance.?The body guard of the principle;
I hey stand 160,000 strong, pledged to maintain
it inviolate.
11. By John G. Woolen. Temperance.?
A necessary platform for health, and knowledge.
12. By W. B. Watkins. President Rich'
burg.?The sober man, the pious christian, arid
the good citixzn?Would that more were like
hint.
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[From the N. O. Delta, Aug. 27th.]
FROM MEXICO.
The schooner Jane Elizabeth, Capt. Filkins,
arrived here yesterday from Vera Cruz, the 7th, 11
bringing us files of El Arco Iris to the day of her
departure.
News from the interior announces the gradual
subsidence of the elements of disorder, which
were called into such active operation during
the late hostilities, into the wholesome regularity
of peace and tranquility. The public bodies
are introducing amelioration every where under
the industrious administration ol Herrera. Late- <
!y, a plan of prison discipline was submitted to <
the Chamber of Deputies, by the Minister of <
the Interior, in which a lively desire is expres- |
sed to imitate the penitentiary system in our
own country. It forms a very remarkable feattire
in the new order of things which now
reigns in Mexico evincing very plainly that there t
is some recuperative power, or wish for recu. I
perative power, in the character of the people. <
The Monitor Republicana announces that |
an official notice was lately published in the,
Guatemala Gazette, giving an accountof a triumph
achieved over the Indian insurrectionists l
in Gavia. The same periodical, in speaking ,
of late events in Chiapas, states (hat more is to (
he feared from the collision of parties in that ,
6tate, than in the war of castes.
Intelligence has reached the Capitol of the
final evacuation of the city of Chihuahua by the
American troops. It took place on the 18th ult.
The Eco del Comercio of the 10th, reminds ,
the people that on the day preceding, just one
twelve-months ago, the American forces took
up a position in front of the city, when so much
enthusiasm was exhibited by tho National
Guard, and the citizens in general, to hasten to
its defence. All was, however, useless, and
the hopes of victory wero buried in ruinous defeat.
That Journal significantly remarks that
tho recollection should not fade from their memo,
ry, as a useful lesson.
Smuggling.?The Arco Iris ofthe 15ht inst. '
states that smuggling has already commenced '
on various parts of the coast, and that it is impos i
sible to prevent it for the want of gun boats as a i
coast-guard. The attention ofthe Government i
is earnestly called to the want of some naval t
force.
The governors of all the States ofthe Repub .
lie have sent congratulations to the President,
on the happy issue of Bustament's operations
against F'aredes.
A remarkable mortality has lately prevailed '
among the elite of society in Mexico; no less I
than five generals have deceased, among whom i
is Gen. Don Gabriel Valencia. I
Tranquility will soon be re-established in i
Mazatlan. Gen. Anaya has united under |
his command a sufficient force to crush the <
insurgents instantly. (
Rohbery.?Tho official organ at Monterey
announces that a party of Americans, from Laredo,
had committed Beveral murders and rob 1
brries In ihe Stato of New Leon. They had 1
obtained a booty of $41,000, in sacking the I
towns of Sabinas and Aldamas. Complaint I
was made to the commandant at Laredo, but he i
declared his inability to apprehend the robbers, j
and intended to lay a statement ofthe facts be. |
fore the authorities at Bexar and Camargo. ,
The freebooters had returned to Laredo. ,
Paedes.?Information has reached the Gov.
eminent that Parades has taken refuge among
.l. i?i: n?ri\a. He is denounced I '
i iii; lliiiKtua III uii iii. ?....
by the Monitor as now trying to raise up a war of '
castes. 1
The Arco Iris, in remarking on the complete t
restoration of order at Vera Cruz, since the dc- <
parture of our troops, acknowledges that with |
our men has totally disappeared that activity of |
traffic which existed there during the occupa- (
lion.
Rumors. ?From time to time, at the Capital,
the few enemies that the Government has
endeavor to excite the fenrs of the population,
by sinister reports. First, it was an insurrection
in Cuernavacn; then, that Santa Anna had 1
disembarked at Vera Cruz; at another time, <
that he was en route for Mazatlan, to join the i
insurgents there. Weak inventions all, to stag- I
ger the present vigorous administration. I
The Senate had suspended its sittings for a
while, in consequence of a want of a quorumThe
official State journal, El Zempraltecn,
has re-appeared at Jalapr; it was suppressed
immediately after the invasion- Much discontent
is expressed at the apathy manifested by
the members of the Legislature of the Department,
tomeet for bussiness. They ought to be
now in session at Jalapa.
TIIE COTTON CROP.
Alahama.?The Mobile Herald of the 22d
inst. has the following in reference to the prospects
of the Cotton cron :
From the character of the intelligence of
late from the cotton region of South Alabama,
we are bound to believe the prospects of the
planter are far less encouraging than they were
a week or two previous. In the black lands
too much rain has fallen, rausing a too rapid
growth and a dropping of the forms; besides
which, the boll-worm has appeared in formidable
numbers on several plantations, and is doing
considerable injury. These complaints come
from Sumter, Marengo, Greene, Perry, Dallas,
Montgomery, Lowndes, <fcc., the best cotton
counties in the State. In iregard to the latter,
the Hayneville Chronicle says the worm is making
fearful ravages, having already greatly injured
the crop, and if it continues a week or
two longer, one-half, it is thought, will be lost.
We have before us a letter from the snme
county, dnfed lf?th inst., which says, up to about
the 1st of this month I had not seen for years a
finer prospect for a cotton crop, but of late the
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boll-worm has maoo san worn, hhu micnuj mo
crop in this vicinity has been very much shortened.
The worm is daily becoming more numerous
and destructive.
Four weeks since, (says the Selma Reporter)
never were prospects better for an abundant
crop in Dallas county, but now tho aspect of
affairs is completely changed. Tho worms in
abundance have made their appearance, and il
theplanters have reported to us correctly judging
from ihe past we would say half a crop cannot
be made in this section of country.
Louisiana.?The following is from the Concordia
Intelligencer ot the 19th inst.:
"The prospect of tho cotton planter is rather
gloomy; the bore worm, whose ravagos we noticed
a fortnight ago,- Continues its operations,
antTthdw are by no meant partial* but extend '
m ' V"''i nr*-M t nfj-ifl ??ggggggg
on both side* of the fiver, as far as ihe extreme
points from which persons are accustomed to
visit Natchez or Vidalia, for the transaction of ou
business matters. The weather of Ihe two wi
weeks last past has been unfavorable also, and
continues so, without giving the hope of a a?
change very soon. As we write, one of the j*
most stormy rains of the year is doing much g
damage in the fields in our neighborhood. It
has lasted already upwards of two hours, and t,(
there is nothing in the atmosphere but dark and 11
heavy gloom. This weather, besides being in.
jurious to the cotton plant, is of the very kind
that brings the catterpillnr. Fear has a much j()
larger place than hope now in the minds of the ^
cotton planting community."
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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ;
Wednesday Morning, September 0, 1818.
WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR.
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New Cotton. 01
A bale of new Cotton was brought to market on is
Tuesday the 29th ult., by Mr. Charles Bailv of te
this District, and sold to P. F. ViLLEriGUE, at 6
cents. On Friday last five more from the plantation
af Dr. J. VV. Ford, were brought in and sold to the
al
?ame gentleman at the same price.
Clerk of the Court. ta
B. Gass, Esq, has resigned the office of Clerk of w
the Court of Common Pleas for this District. By re- jg
Terence to another column, it will be seen that an th
election will be held on Monday, the 9th of Octo- Ht
Iter next, (one day only,) to fill the vacancy. be
U" We hope our brethren of the Press in North ^
Carolina, will inform their readers of the facilities
for transporting their goods front Charleston, by j
aur rail road and steamboat. The road is now
within 7 or 8 miles of this place and will be fin- m
islied in four or five weeks. j re
Senator Foote's Letter. j Qr
In another column will be found a letter from j ^
Senator Foote, which will be found interesting at I
i oc
this time as to the position of parties at the North, ^
an the slavery question. This letter in some of its ^
statements, gives plausible explanations, why the
Northern democrats, who had previously supported pr
the South on this question, voted as they did on at
the Oregon Bill. vt
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" The Great Issue." pr
The Washington Union s iys :?"We have no ti<
idea that a Southern Convention will be called at c?
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the present time. We suspect that this is Mr. Cal- j0
houn's own views of it. The South will scarcely ui
tivert her energies any more than the Noith or fr
the West from the Presidential election. That is
lie great issue on hand." The italics are our own. w
We are free to admit that there are some grounds th
"or the editor's belief, that there will be no southern tli
Convention just now. Tied to party and ambiti- 1,1
tius schemes, as many of our public men are, their ?'
jnergies not easily diverted from a scramble which p(
promises place and emolument, but the editor must If
not forget that the people are stronger than these ^
tartizan politicians, nor can he fail to discover, re
whilst with his practised eye. he scans the political
lorizon, that the "uprising" of the people of the
South to demand that Justice and Equity guaran- d<
teed to them as citizens of the United States, '
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would seriously affect this game of President niacin
nr Ttir neonle of the South have been insul
....... ....
led and grossly wrong'd, and to tell thpm that tho ?(
jrcat issue p'esen'.ed for their consideration is the G
Presidential election is but flinging another ir.su't ?
n their teetfi;?for we cannot believe that the exlerienced
editor of the Union whose life and talents
lave been devoted to party politics, imagines for a
moment that the election of any individual to the
Presidency, is of greater moment to the South
then a firm maintenance of their rights. Whilst
ihe people of this State and of other Southern ^
States will give their support to the democratic
nominees, it would be well that it should be known ,
or
to the mere p.irtizans of General Cass that they gu
do not consider his election over General Taylor ^
die great issue. It is true that in the success of j?
the former, we shall be gratified to know, that the
^reat republican principles of the democratic creed
are still cherished by the American people, and it ih
is moreover true, that we believe he will exercise T
the veto power against the Wilmot Proviso, yet Si
we cannot agree with the Union, that his success, VJ
is now the paramount question for the South. We ^
conceive the paramount issue for the whole South- ?
cm people of both parties to be this] Whether
they shall be what their forefathers were, when
?r>? fmlnrnl rnmnact?free, untram
UllUjr UllkCigu UIV IV%IV*?*. ? _ u ^
mellod and equal possessors of the soil of their 8t
country, or whether they will submit to be the ro
mere tillers of that portion of it, in which fanatics tr
and demagogues, may graciously please to colonize et
them. di
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General Taylor on the Wilmot Proviso. le
The New Haven Journal pledges its veracity o
for the following opinions of General Tatlor on tr
the Wilmot Proviso, expressed to a friend in con- te
versation in May last. The ground taken by the in
General is that the ordinance of 1787 having been A
passed by the Congress, approved of by Washing- 'a
don, and upheld by the Judiciary, the constitution- ln
ality of the measure was settled, and that therefore
there was no ground left for the interposition
of the Veto. Me also said that he toould neither
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Veto the Wilmot Proviso, nor would he intrigue tj.
J- """ tliinrr In omharraKS its nan.
QgaiTlSl l(f IIUJ Uu UliJ tiling vvr %aaw?i*H?w avw ^ ^
sage through the two Houses of Congress. Explicit
enough, we should think, even lor the Free
Soil party. S
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The Whigs in Trouble. ^
At a meeting in Albany on the iJfith ult. called tj
by the Whig and political friends of Millard Fil- jj
more, there was much evcitement and indignation p,
on account of General Taylor's letter sf accep- ti
tance to the Taylor Democrats of Charleston.? N
The General's letter to Mr. I'rjngle was denoun- di
ced as insulting tr Mr. Fjlmore as well as to the P1
whole whig party in the North. A committee was Vi
appointed to draw up resolutions, to report on the
Monday evening following. The tenor of all the 11
speeches was that General Taylor was unworthy 64
the support of the whig party, and that it was ex- M
pedient to drop him from the ticket, and take up
Mr. Clay. It is stated that Mr. film0re,gave hia r
consent to the call, and approved of the objects of
o 1 Hv .Iiifta-fl c.iv. <|
the meeting, opewnuo ...... -j -??...- kl
penter, and many other leadings whigs. ; ij
(ETGoneral Taylor was to carry New York hy
20,000 majority.
Congressional Economy.
Wc 6ee it stated by the report of the Chairman 0
of the Commitoe on printing, that the saving in the
Congressional printing as compared with the oil
system amounts already to 888,843. The new ar- \ 11
rangement only commoncod with the opening of i c
tire-late wesion. w?i .L*;
- 'i "UP ammsmmmss'
General Shields.
This gallant officer has become quite conspicuis
in newspaper paragraphs. A few days ago*
e had him about 1o etaii for-Jrelandf now the St.
iuis Republican says that a Dr. 8. an envoy of
[ent of the States of Northern Mexico has been
that city and had several conferences with Gen/
as to the command of the Sierra Madre expedi'
>n. and the indications are that he has accepted
e proffer.
A queer General Order
General Gaines in a late General Order, issued
New York, speaks of war and slavery as great
ils, but both of which have contributed tociviliition.
He savs both evils will disappear in the
>ming century. We I ave fallen in singular limes,
lien military officers turn prophets.
The Columbia Telegraph*
We occasionally find our copy of this excellent
iper missing, so that we have to borrow from
tr neighbors. We know not where lite omiwion
made, and only make the remark to call liar at*
ntion of our friend the editor to the fact.
The Baltimore Son*
There is no paper on our exchange list, so valttlie
to us as the Sun, and it is therefore partteo* 1
rly vexatious that two or three times a Week it
kes a rest on its journey South. We woulJ
ieh the Charleston Postmaster to see that it
not detained at that office, for we are convinced
at the delay often occurs there. We would
rongly recommend the Sun to our readers, as
ling the best Northern paper we know ot, amies,
icially with regard to its enlerprizc in giving the
irliest news.
The Western Continent.
The conductors of thij Southern family paper
ake the following explanation of their former
quest to exchanges, which would entitle ii to a>
fferent notice, from that which we gave it a week
two since. We have only to say with regard to
is paper, that in its selections from foreign perineals,
we find an excellent discriminating taste,
w of the articles can be found in any other paper
is side of the Atlantic:?
" We have had some reason to suppose that our
evinus notice to Exchanges has been misunderood
by many. It would, of course, have been
iry unreasonable to expect that any paper which
lied upon its advertisements as a means of sup.
irt, should give, without the ordinary compensa>n,
so large a spare as that required for the publiitionof
our Prospectus and Premiums. We denned
to request this extended reprint only of those
urnals to which this space in thciradvertisingcoluna
was a matter of small moment From ourother
lends, we desired no other notice of the Prospeca
and Premiums than could be included in a brief
istract For this purpose, a single paragraph
ould suffice. We were not more particular in
e terms of our request, because we supposed
iat every paper would decide for itself upon the
lode in which our wishes could be most conveniUiy
complied with. Certainly, we never design.
1 to expose any contemporary to the danger of
jcuniary loss by asking such a favor at his h inds,
any have placed the wrong construction upon
ie notice before given, we trust that this may be
iceived as its just explanation."
For the Journal.
Mr. E-lUor. In reply to the enquiries p-opoun?d
by "Many Voters," I would simply state ?hat
have long since adopted the policy of "Free
rade. No Debt, Separation from Banks, a strict ^
instruction of the Constitution, Retrenchment
id Reform, and as they are the cardinal principles
r cay political faith, i ?hall of course support
ei eral Cass for the Presidency of the United
tates, he being the exponent of those principles. ,
I am very repectfully,
WILLIAM J. TAYLOR.
Stony Ilill, August, 1848.
From the Charleston Mercnry, of Frid iy.
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA.
Our correspondent at B iltimoro forwarded to us, on
liursday afternoon, a telegraphic despatch announ.
ng the arrival of the steamer Niagara at New York,
he despatch, however, did not reach the Charleston
Rcc until yesterday, having been detained, we pre.
imc, in some of the intervening stations all night,
bout 10 o'clock yesterday another despatch caine to
ind with the following intelligence:
Baltimore, Sept. 1.
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X HO UUOl'iWli "? ??'V ?CUI\ UI jjiTCipwi, JIIvvwiaa^
ic departure of the Niagara, was large in amount. 4
he prices of Cotton were stead/. Fair Orleans, 4 3.4.
lies of the week 29,000 bales, t><>vi*ions have ad*
inccd. Wheat gained 2 to 3d per 7b lbs. Red 8s
I. White 8s to 9s. Flour advanced Is 6d. Canal, 30
32* 6d. Corn advanced, for Ireland, 32 to 33s Gd.
[eul 15 to 15s 6d. Cotton flat.
IRELAND.
Messrs. Meagher, O'Donohuc, and Leync have u<.n
iprehended, and the police and soldiers arc in hot pur*
lit of O'Gorman and others of the confederates. Tlie ar.
sts aro continued in every part of the country. O'Brien's
ial will take place in a short time. Tranquility gen*
ally prevails, but the people are far from being well
sposed towards the government. Several Irishmen
id Chartists have been arrested in England for ut.
ring seditious language. A letter has been found on
'Bricn from Duffy, the Editor of the Nation, highly
casonabtc in its character, and which was written af.
r the rebellion of O'Brien. The Irish clergy are do.
g all in their power to preserve the peace. Three
mcricans und two Frenchmen, crossing from Scot.
-J ...... ...mI.iI in Iminnli m an mnalhiznrs. and
,1111, WWV uuv.nu ... j.. -j , .
rgc nums of money were found upon them. Meag.
?r has written a letter, in which he indignantly deios
thol lie made any atipulationa with the gov.
nmenl for the preservation of his life, and says (list
s offer would be accepted but liberty for all to leave
leir coqntry. Liverpool papers filed with accounts
: the American sympathizers.
FRANCE.
The City of Paris still remains under martial law.
cventceii hundred of tho prisoners apprehended in tha
te revolt have been found guilty, and two thousand
ave been liberated. M. Lamartino has intimated to
ic electors of Macon his desire to retire trom public
fe. Great anxiety prevails as to the disclosures rx.
cctcd from the publication of the evidence taken ly
10 commission to investigate the recent insurrection,
otliing is to be suppressed. The debate on the e\ r,
cnce was to havo commenced on Monday, but it wax
Dslponed in accordance with tho wishes of M. ('a..
lignite. The non-intervention policy in regard to
eland has excited much feeling against the Govern,
lent, but in a majority of the political journal* good
snao is triumphant. Sevoral political arrest* have
Kxmtly taken plaee.
- ITALY.
Charles Albert has evacuated Lootbardy. The ad.
ance of tho Austrian array has entered the Papal do*
tain. This has greatly incensed the Pope and a bat.
o enaued with tho Roman a may, in which Die Au*.
iuoa were wonted.
GERMANY.
Hostilities have rccommencod in the German Duch.
w, but as yot no battle haa taken place. Tt>e blockdo
of the German ports by the Dane* will recommence
n the 15th. ....
The Chartist* are again making hostile demonetra*
ions in various parts of Great Britain. The*'wet and
old woalhcr has occasioned thev liveliest jipprehen.
to 'py^t^yrhey1 ^ l^ingdotn.