Southern shield., 1852-09-25

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 Esq Brooke's, Hampton Township, Mon-
 roe Co. Sept. goth.
 Gainsvlle, Green Go. Sept 27th.
 Wllievile, Green Co. Oct. lst.
 Bolivar, Poinsett Co. Oct. 4th.
 NJ. Vernon, St. Francis Co. Oct. 9th.
 Columbia Chicot Go. Oct. l lth.
 Napoleon, Desha Go. Oct. 18th.
 Helena, Phillips Go. Oct, 30th
 Where he will be pleased to meet any ot his fellow electors.
 Helena, Sept. llth, 1852.
 We publish to-day the law making appro- priations for the river and harbor improve ments, as passed at the late session of Con- gress. We ask attention of the people to it. Nosuch law has been passed for many years at least, none such has run the Executive gauntlet. It was reserved for a Whig minority ] in each branch of Congress to push such 8 measure through both branches, and to them is due all the credit of this act. We beg the people to understand this. This law was passed by the vote and support of the Wings, in de- fance of the opposition of large majority . of the Locofocos of the Senate and House of Representatives. It was approved by Presi- lent FILLMORE, and will be carried out by him.
 If Mr. PIERCE was in the chair as Presi dent, he stands pledged by the Baltimore platform, and his own votes, in the House and Senate, to veto any such law. He has noth- . ingto give to the Western and Southern States, nothing for the harbors on the lakes-nothing for the improvement of the channel at the en- trance of the Mississippi to the Gulf Stream. All these improvements in which a dozen States are directly interested, are to be neg lected because 1t does not happen to suit the tender conscience of 1Ir. Frank Pierce, and of those who support him for the Presidency. Let the people look to it. The River and Harbor law, as now published, appropriates about eight hundred thousand dollars to be expended on the Western and Southern rivers and harbors. It is not so much as ought to have been given, but in some cases 1t will do for a commencement. Future Congresses, and with General SCoTT in the chair, will secure similar appropriations, until the objects for which they have been asked are completed. But beware. With the election of General Pierce, these appropriations cease. Choose, then, between him and General Scott-be- tweenregular appropriations for these objects, which will be approved by General Scott, and a denial of them, which Gen. Pierce stands committed to do.
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 fs25@ In justice to Senator SEBASTIAN, from this State, we will say that on the final passage of the River and Harbor Bill, he was sick, and totally unable to be in his seat.- Had he been there, we are fully satisfied he would have voted for this very important meas ure.
 
 CALIFORNIA FOR SCoTT.-All the accounts from California that we have seen agree ln Statlng that the Eureka State WILL go 1oI SCOTT and GRAHAM A letter to the Boston Transcript, dated San Francisco, July 3Oth says:
 ''The Presidential campaign has commen- ced. Politics never ran so high before in California. don't know that l ought to write to your neutral paper anything concerning the question, but you may be sure of one thing, that this State will return an immense majority for Scott. have never seen so much excitement here in politics.'
 EJF We are indebted to our friend Good rich, clerk of the Columbus, for a number ol late up river papers.