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rtr • i I THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. ! _ _ 1 JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E R 31 S . Daily, per annum, 1,0 Tri-Weekly, per annum, o oo If {Aid in advance, 5 ‘' (l j Weekly, per annum, •* uu i If paid iti advance, 2 bO , All new subscriptions* must be paid in advance, j Postage must be paid on all Cornmunicatn ns j and Let’ers of business. J 1 !-!" ? ■!"'J" . ■ : Thw following stanzas were written in the 1 good old days of primitive simplicity, when the young ladies and old maids used to be fund of leap year, and hailed its qtadtennial return w ith “glad hearts and free.” They ftiay also he applicable to some of our modern Aliases, who think more \ about matrimony than the cultivation of the mind and the heart. To all such they are respectfully j dedicated. f wish he would decide. I wish he w'ould decide, mamma, 1 wish he would decide; I've been a bridesmaid twenty times; When shall I be a bride? My cousin Ann, ray sister Fan, The nuptial knot have tied; Yet come what will, I’m single still — 1 Wish he would decide! He takes me to the play, mamma, He brings me pretty books, He woos me with his eyes, mamma, Sdch speechless things he looks! Where’er I roam—abroad, at home— He lingers by my side; Yet come what will. I’m single still— I wish he would decide! I throw Put many hints, mamma, 1 speak of other beaut, I talk about domestic life, And sing, “they dpn’t propos’e.” But, ah! how vain each piteous strain, II is wavering heart to guide! Ho what I w ill. I’m single still I wish he would decide 4 . I really shall insist, mamma-, If nothing intervenes, My brotherThornas question him, And ask him what he means! And if he wants to break, mamma, My passion or my pride, Unconquered yet, shall scorn regret— -1 w ish he would decide! \t'rom the N. Y. Evenin'? Post, 2 '2d inst ] Ocrt. Taylbr’* l.ctter. The Express of this morning publishes a letter from General Taylor, said lo he addressed to a friend and relative resi dent itl this city. It is a confidential epistle, in which the writer gives very freely his views of the manner in which the war ought to be carried on. The person to whom it ig addressed makes it public, according to the Express, on account of the “envious ! malignity of the administration, its ser- i vants, and friends,” towards the Gene ral, How this envious malignity has been shown we are not exactly aware. ■General Taylor’s bravery and services Ivave been admitted on all hands, and if ■there is any difference between him and the government in regard to the liberal!- i ty of the terms granted by him to the * Mexicans at Monterey, it is not a differ- I ■«nce which should surprise anv one.— The community in general, when they read the first despatches giving an ac 'COHnt of the taking of that place, were ■surprised that he should have let them off eo easily, nor has ibis matter been yet explained lo the satisfaction ofany bodv. But we will give General Taylor’s own •explanation of tire matter in this letter, -and let it have its just weight whatever That may be. The letter is dated Mon- j terey, November 9. He says: ■*‘l have this moment received an ; answer (to my despatch announcing the j surrender of Monterey, and the circum- | stances attending the same.) from the j ■Secretary of War, stating that “it was re- j the President that it was not deemed advisable to insist on the terms l|had proposed in my first communication to the Mexican commander, in regard to ; .giving up the city,” — adding that “the ■circumstances which dictated, no doubt justified the change.” Although the Terms of capitulation may be considered too liberal on our pan by the President and his advisers, as well as by many others at a distance, particularly by those who do not understand the position which we occupied, (otherwise they might | come to a different conclusion in regard to the matter,) yet, on due" reflection, I eree nothing to induce me to regret the I Course I pursued. “The proposition on the part of Gene, j ral Ampudia, which had much to do in i my course in the matter, was based on the grouqd that our govern ment bad proposed to him to settle the ex isting difficulties by negotiation, (which I knew was the case, without knowing the result,) which was then under consid eration by the proper authorities and which he (General Ampudia.) had no I doubt would result favorably, as the ! whole of his people were in favor of peace. If so, 1 considered the further effusion I of blood not only unnecessary, but im proper. Their force was also considera bly larger than ours; and from the size and position of the place, we could not completely invest it; so that the greater portion of their troops, if not the whole, had they been disposed to do so, could any night, have abandoned the city, at once entered the mountain passes, and effected their retreat, —do what we could! “Had we been put to the alternative of taking the place by storm, (which there’ i* no doubt we should have succeeded in doing,) we should, in all probability, have lost fifty or one hundred men in killed, besides the wounded, —which 1 wished to avoid, as there appeared to be a prospect of peace, even if a distant one. I also wished to avoid the destruction of women and children, which must have been very great, had the storming process been re sorted to. Betrdes, they bad a very large and strong fortification, a short distance from the city, which, ifcarried with the bayonet, must have been taken at great sacrifice of life, and, with our limited train of or battering artillery, it would hare required twenty or twen ty-five days to take it bv regular ap proaches.” Ootcral Tajlor afiewards proceeds to 1 give his opinions of the manner in which ; the war should be carried on. Ho is not I for carrying the invasion any further than Saltillo. These are his views : “If we are (in the language ot Mr. Polk and Gen. Scott) under the necessity of ‘conquering a peace,’ and that by ta king the capital of the country, we must j go to Vera Cruz, lake that place, and | then marchon to the city of Mexico. To i do so in any other direction I consider I out of the question. But, admitting that | we conquer a peace by doing so—say at the end of the next twelve months—will the amount of blood ami treasure, which i must be expended in doing so, be compen sated by tiie same? I think not, espe cially if the country we subdue is to be ! given up; and I imagine there are but ; few individuals in our country who think of annexing Mexico to the United States. “1 do not intend to carry on my opera tions (as previously stated) beyond Sal tillo, —deeming it next to impracticable to do so. It then becomes a question as to what is best to be done. It seems to me, the most judicious course to be pur sued on our part, would be intake pos session, ut once, oflhe line we would ac cept by negotiation, extending from the Gulf of Mexico lo the Pacific, and occupy the same, or keep what we already have possession of: and that, with Tampico, (which I hope to take in the course oflhe next month, or as soon as 1 can get the means of transportation ) will give us all on this side ofthe Sierra Mad re, and, as soon as I occupy Saltillo, will include six or seven Stales or Provinces, thus holding Tampico, Victoria, Monterey, Saltillo, Monciova, Chihuahua, (which 1 presume General Wool has possession of by this time.) Santa Fo and the Califor nias,—and say to Mexico, “Drive us from | s he country!”—throwing on her the res ‘ ponsibility and expense of carrying on | offensive war, —at the same time closely j blackodirtg all her ports on the Pacific and the Gull, l “A course of this kin 1, if persevered in for a short time, w’ould soon bring her to her proper senses, and compel her to sue for peace.—provided theie is a govern- , j ment in the country sufficiently stable for ! to treat with, winch, 1 fear, will hardly ! he the case for many years to come.— i Without largo reinforcements of volun ■ leers from the United Slates—say ten or ; fifteen thousand, (those previous! v sent out i having already been greatly reduce 1 by i sickness and other f ':isuahies,) I do not be | Here it would be advisable It) march be j yond Saltillo, which is more than 2o() i miles beyond our depots on the Rio j Grande, —a very long lino on which to i keep up supplies, (over a land route, in I j a country like this) for a large force, and | ! certain to be attended with an expense I which will be frightful lo contemplate, i ; when closely looked into. “From Saltillo to San Luis Pglost, ilie j I next place of importance on the road to j i the city of Mexico, is three hundred miles —one hundred and forty badly watered, j where no supplies of any kind could he I procured for men or horses. I have in formed the war department that 20,000 ; efficient men would be necessary to i insure success if we move on that place, i I (a city containing a population of CO,OOO, t where the cnemv could bring together i I and sustain, besides the citizens, an army i of 50.000.) a force which, I apprehend, ; will hardly be collected by us with the ! : train necessary to feed it, as well as to j | transport various other supplies, particu j larly ordnance and munitions of war.” Ampudia’it Account of the JUatAe at ?lok teicy. The Washington Union has several columns of translations from Mexican pa- . j pers, among which we find the following ! ! account ofthe doings at Monterey bv ; ! Gen. Ampudia. It is a letter addressed , to a friend ; San Luis Potosi, Dec. 2, 1846. I have written to you heretofore by private conveyance, and believing you I would have answered my letter had you j j received it, 1 now repeat it in substance, i as I wish to give you an account of the j events at Monterey in September last.— i When I arrived at t-hal city, about the i first of said month, the enemy were at Cerralvo, two days’ march from my bead- : quarters. 1 was without money, the for tifications unfinished, without the neces sary supplies of provisions or munitions in case of a seige, and with no lime to provide all this, when the enemy present ed himself in front of Monterey on the 19th. I had already communicated lo Gen. Torrejon the orders and instruc tions, which 1 preserve, that from Marin where he commanded the division of cav alry, he should harrass the enemy on his march, and to General Candles that he should cut offhis communication, and ob struct his transportation. Nothing was done, my friend, and God and everybody knows that the Yankees arrived at Mon terey without any sort of interruption, notwithstanding my repeated efforts to the contrary. They spent the 20th in various recon noisances around the city, and, on the 21st, the attack began and continued till the'night qf the 23d. Although very su perior in numbers, the enemy, in every encounter, suffered great loss; and this is so certain, that while we lost about 405 men, all counted—killed, wounded, and missing—the loss of the enemy was 1,. 124 killed, 1,090 wounded, and upwards 1 of 1,000 missing, principally volunteers. | The extent of our exterior line was such, that, not having force sufficient lo cover it, I was oblige to concentrate in tlie city, with a view to make a more vigorous de fence against the enemy, already fright ened, but who, relying solely on nume rical superiority, determined to take the place at every cost. They had already broken into several houses to place their artillery since the 23d; and as our real situation was not unknown to several of our chief officers, 1 was invited to pro pose an arrangement, for which object I called them all together, though they have since vilely pretended to deny it. The convention was agreed upon on the 24th, in the terms you may have seen; and though they say that I came out of this badly, 1 believe that others might have I come out of it much worse, under the | critical circumstances I am about to ue i tail. In the first place, the caprice of certain j chiefs in giving preference to their unjust i personal animosity against me, to the na- I tional cause and to the true interest of the I country. Secondly, the disobedience of | some, and the cowardice of others- And ! thirdly, the want of money; for the esti | mate for September, being upwardsof two I hundred thousand dollars, all 1 received j was eighty one thousanddolllars. Fourth- I lv. F.v the want of munitions, principally | ofartillery and provisions. Fifthly, The | absence of the 4th brigade under General | Ponce do Leon, u ho, notwithstanding the ; most | osilive superior orders for Iris rapid march to Saltillo, the efforts of the civil and military authorities of this State, and my urgent communications, never passed Verrado: and the best of it is, ho did not leave that place until the 271 h Septem ber, three days after the date of the con ! vention. What will you say now, my 1 friend? Have they justice on their side, I who are pursuing me to the death because ■ of the late events at Nuevo Leon? 1 say ; no. And they must be convinced as soon | as my case-can be heard; as soon as i ! can satisfy all my fellow-citizens, as I have offered to do, through ilie papers of this capitol, for a month past. I have, therefore, demanded a trial, although 1 am satisfied that I have performed mv duly as a general and as a citizen. [Reported for the Baltimore Sun.] WENT YNINTIt CONG!!ESS, SECOND SESSION. Washington, Jan. 22, 1847. SENA PK. | The bill from ti le House, authorising ! j the issue of Treasury notes, was read twite, and referred to the committee on p rmance. • On motion of Mr. Westcolf. the Secre . taryofthe Navy was requested to com ; municafe to the Senate the causes which : induced the return of the frigate Cumber land an I the steamer Mississippi, i Mr. Cd!ey submitted the following pre i amble and re.-olution. Whereas, a speoly and honorable peace with the Republic of Mexico is ex ceeding desirable; and whereas, “the j constitution of the United States has | made no provision for our holding for -1 cign territory, still less for incorporating | foreign nations into our Union,” there | fore Resolved, That the President of the ) IT. S. he requested to order the army of the U. S., now in Mexico, to some place in the U. S. near the frontiers of the two countries. 4 1 he resolution lies over under the rule. On motion of Mr. llanegon, the Presi i dent was requested to communicate to the } Senate, any information he may possess i in relation to the recent misunderstanding between iMr. Wise and the Brazilian gov-- ° ' ernmerit. 'l’he resolution of Mr. Johnson, of MJ., i calling upon the President to report re j lative to recent transfers oftlie public I funds from New York to New Orleans, , bow made and at what cost, was adopt- I ed. The resolution ofMr. Corwin, calling | on the Secretary of the Treasury to re j port the quantity of land sold which bad I been offered for sale, or subject to private , entry over 15 years, was adopted, 'The special order, being the ten regiment bill, was taken up at one o’clock, and 1 Mr- Houston spoke lor an hour in defence I of his amendment, changing the char acter of the tioops from regulars to vol unteers. lie- was followed hy Mr. Allen, who 1 offered an amendment to strike out the whole bill and insert a provision to raise 10.000 volunteers in addition to the 50,- 000 authorised’by the resolution of May last, and under the same restrictions. Mr. Crittenden submitted an amend ment providing that the company officers shall fie elected; but that the field offi cers shall he. appointed by the President. Mr. Cass spoke in favor of regulars and in opposition to the amendment of Mr. Houston. Amendments were also proposed by Messrs. Atchison, Jarnagin, and others, and the debate was continued, with every symptom of its being protracted to a late hour this evening. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, spoke at some length, and directed his remarks to the “ways and means’’ for supporting these troops, after they are authorized to he raised, and the various plans which had been submitted for conducting the > war. Mr. Turney followed in support of the amendment of Mr. Houston The Debate was continued until G o'- clock hy Messrs. Turney, Houston, Gil ley and others, when tlie amendment of fered by Mr. Houston, to change the character of the troops from regulars to volunteer-;, was rejected hy a vote of 14 to ‘2B. Finally, at quarter of 7 o’clock, the Senate adjourned until Monday morn ingr, without any further action on the bill. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. Boyd. from the select committee, to whom had been referred the bill to in crease the pay of non commissioned offi cers, musicians and privates, both regu lars and volunteers, of the army of the United States, reported back an amenda tory bill, which was read twice, referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union, ordered to be printed, and made the special order for Monday. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, asked the consent of the House to offer the follow ing joint resolutions, which were read for information. Whereas, it is no less desirable that the interests and honor of our country should be cordially sustained and do tended, so long as the present war with the Republic of Mexico continues to ex ist, than that the conflict should not he unnecessarily prolonged, but should be terminated so soon as an honorable peace can be obtained: And whereas, it is believed that a diversity of opinion prevails, to a consid erable extent, as to the ultimate aims and objects for wcichthe war should be pros ecuted; And it being proper that the matter should he settled by the clear expression of the legislative will, solemnly proclaim ed to the world: Be it therefore resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. Slates, in Congress assembled, that the prosecution of the war with Mexico is not waged with a view to conquest or the dismemberment of that republic, by the acquisition of any portion of her territory. Be it further resolved, That it is the desiroof the United States to terminate hostilities upon terms honorable to both parlies, embracing a liberal settlement on our part, of the questions growing out of | the proper and rightful boundary ofTox j as, and the full recognition and proper | provision on her pail for all the just claims of our citizens. The whole to he adjusted by negotiation, to be instituted and effected according to the established forms of each government respectively. Objection being made to the reception at this lime, Mr. Stephens moved a sus pension of the rules, and on this motion demanded the yeas and navs. The rules were not suspended. Yeas 7G, nays 88. A motion to suspend the previous orders and go into committee of the u hole on the State of the Union, was negatived, the yeas and riavs being demanded by Mr. Rathbun. Yeas 72, nays 108. The House then took up the private calender. A great number of private bills, which had been ordered to he engrossed, were read a third time and passed. 'Fhe House then went liho Committee of the Whole, on private bills. Several were read hy their titles and objected to, when thee nominee rose, and the House adjourned. [From the Washington Union, 23d inst.\ tongi ci>>ioi)a I. The Senate did not sit 10-clay. The House passed the bill establishing certain post-routes in Texas, after a brief but interesting debate. Hereafter the House will meet at a 11 o’clock, a. in. Very Coo!. An apparently unsophisticated youfh went into a refectory a few* days since, and asked for something to appease bis hunger. The keeper gave him a verv good dinner, after which the youth said to him. ‘lf you overcome up our way, call.’ ‘That won’t pay; your dinner is a quarter.’ ‘O, I haiu’t got no money; but if you will come up to Alleghany county, I’ll give you a belter dinner than that for nothing.’ ‘Why, said the keeper, ‘you are very cool.’ ‘Why, yes, I’m a very cool chan, so much so that mother always makes me stand in the pantry in hot whether to keep the meat from spoiling.’ A Lawyers Stfjiort of a e’attlc. At a dinner given on new-year’s eve by the [ citizens of Cincinnati, to Col. “Mitchell and Adjutant Armstrong, of the Ohio volunteers, on their return borne, from tlie army at Mon terey, where both were severely wounded, among the other good things said and sung on the occasion, was the following, drawn up by Benjamin. J. Fessenden, Bsq : United Slates Regulars and Volunteers vs. CUtj of Monterey. —This was an action in the case, to recover damages for breach of treaty contract. Declarat ion, Ist count, spe cial, reciting contract, breach, &c.; to which were added the “money” counts. Defendant pleads in law “Mexican batteries and for tresses.” Plaintiffs reply Anglo Saxon pluck and resolution; upon this, issue taken and causes submitted. Generals Taylor and Worth, for Plaintiffs. For Defendant, Mr, Ampudia. The cause was argued on both sides with great force and considerable feeling, but the arguments of the plaintiffs’ counsel, derived from and based upon maxims and principles of the canon law’, which were made to bear upon the case, were peculiarly convincing. Court find,for plaintiffs on is:-ue made, “1h it Mexican batteries are no bar to the Anglo- Saxon pluck and resolution.” Judgment for plaintiffs. By consent of parties, stay of execution for eight weeks. The Bed Room of Queen Victoria.— The following description of tfie private apartments prepared for Queen Victoria on her recent visit to Arundel Castle, is from a | London paper; “The private apartments prepared for the 1 Queen and Prince are of remarkable ele gance and splendor. The Queen’s bedstead is unusually gorgeous and superb. Massive posts, richly gilt, and entwined with pearls, support the richest brocade silk hangings and canopy of crimson gold, and the fringes of the curtains are of gold. The whole appoint ments of the rooms are of the richest and most costly description, all the table orna ments, candlesticks, and articles of the toilet being of solid gold.” Departed this life on the 6th inst., at bis residence in Eik Ridge, Anne Arundel coun tv, Md., Gen. Charles Sterett Ridgeley, in the Gath year of his age. Me was the father of Captain Randolph Ridgeley, who so highly distinguished himself in Mexico, and who re cently died at Monterey in consequence of a fail from his horse. The largest cannon thM 1 ever saw,” said a traveller from Spain, “was at Gib raltar; 1 drove into the muzzle with a six horse team!” Don’t believe it,” said bis hearers. “It’s true,” I assure you, said one of them; “1 was inside with a horse ; and butrgv, at the same time, and in or der to let him turn round I drove out ot the touch-hole.” AUGUSTA, GEOI W EDNESDAY MORNING, JAN. 27, 1847. Letter SSiei't t*rlce» Current. At the request ut several of our merchants, we will, on Wednesday next, issue a Letter Sheet Prices Current from this office. It j will embrace a,faithful review of this mar ket, with the Sales, Stocks and Receipts at Augusta. It will also contain the Receipts, Shipments, and Stocks df Cotton at New York, Mobile and New Orleans, made tip to the Wednesday previous, which will be three days later than can be obtained through any other prices current, and the Stocks, Ship ments, &lc. from Savannah and Charleston, I made up to the Monday and Tuesday previ ous—as also the square rigged vessels in the I two latter ports. j This is the revival of a plan pursued by | this ollice in former years, and which proved | itself highly useful and popular, when Au" gusta was connected by business intercourse with a much smaller extent of country.— . Since then, our Rail Road enterprises have , brought us in daily communication with dis tant towns and other States, and our trade is daily extending and increasing. We will distribute (he first Number among our merchants gratuitously, so that they ! can judge for themselves of its merits, and j to such as wish to patronize the undertaking, j we will furnish two copies a week for §5 per annum—extra copies 50 cents per dozen. The Augusta Company. The books will be opened to-day lor sub scriptions, under the most flattering auspi ces. We understand that near one hundred j 'and fifty thousand dollars is already-pledged i to the enterprize, and no doubt is entertained that in a short lime the amount will be ! doubled. We hope onr citizens will step forward j with alacrity, to make up the amount desired ! | during this and the two succeeding days. Telegraphic i.iae through Aag«iln. Mr. Wm. 13. Lloyd, Agent lor Hie Tele- ' 1 graphic Line to be constructed from Peters- i I burg, Va. to New Orleans, is in our city for the purpose of enlisting the interest and co ! operation of our citizens in this enterprize, | with a view to Augusta being taken in lire ! I route. His engagements permit him to re in tin here but one day. lie may be found at : the United States Hotel, where we hope our citizens who feel impres.-ed wiih the impor tance of bringing this line through our citv, will call and cooler with him on the subject. We h ave not time now to pourtray the manv i advantages that must accrue to Augusta lr an tms proj 'cf, and as i to show how ex ceed ngly profiiabie the stock must be to the share holders. We will recur to it ut an early day. We hope steps will be taken at once to ctf.ll a meeting and to appoint a enn notice of our citizens to correspond and de ! vise measures to secure this great boon for ! our city. O’Edwin Forrest, the celebrated Trage dian, is fulfilling an engagement in Charles ton. When begets through, he will meet a warm reception in litis city should ho come this way. xMr. Lover, the author of Handy Andv, Rory Off More, &c., is uho in Charleston, and | is to give his favorite “Irish Evening,” on | Thursday evening. Saould be glad to see \ him also. Ship IVcw York, A loiter from tins ship,dated I2Mi instant, i says—“ J’iie cargo lias all been landed with | out any material damage, and we intend to get it forwarded as sco.i as practicable. The [ ship will probably be got off without much j difficulty: she sits perfectly upright and it is thought she is not much injured. The sal vage lias not yet been settled; 1 hope so get through with it in the morning. The salvors, 17J in number, value the cargo very high, and claim $16,000. I think it will bo got down $2,000 or $2500.” Hail Hoad to the Pacific. j In reference to the construction of a rai!- I way to connect the Atlantic and Pacific, vve . find tiie following facts, condensed by the Mobile Tribune, which are taken from a re cent pamphlet by Mr. George Wilkes: The estimate of the cost of tlie road, as made by Col. Abert, of the topographical bu reau at Washington, is $38,000,000, or 020.000 per mile. The distance is 1930 miles. The sum looks large; but the present 1 war, perhaps, lias cost nearly as much. The 1 Croton water-works, built by New York city | alone, cost half as much. The rail-roads already in existence in rhe United States, 1 | amount in length to five or six thousand miles. These probably cost 0200,000,000, I and have mostly been constructed within the past ten year*. At the session of the Eng- i lisli parliament in 1846,20,000 miles of rail- | road were proposed; and the preliminary fees ! of registration alone amounted to 075,000. 1 Taking these facts into consideration, the ! work, after all, is not so difficult as at first sight it appears. Mr. Wilkes proposes that it shall be completed by government within five years. An appropriation of eight mil lions a year would be sufficient to complete it within that period. The work of growing superior India cot ton lags, and looks discouraging. It is said, by Truman & Cook, 13 >mbay merchants, in their last overland circular, that the cultiva tion ‘‘solar from increasing seems to be rap idly on tiie decline;” and that this year the exports to China, Singapore and Great Bri tain, have very materially fallen off. Dur ing the six months of 1843; the export was from Bombay to these places, 299,053 bales; in 1844, 298,474 bales; in 1*45, 132,755, bales; in 1846, only 146,894 bales. LJTlie death of Peter 11. Livingston, on Tuesday morning, at Rhinebeck, in the 81 si year of his age, is announced in the New York papers. Mr. Livingston had acted a conspicuous part in the political history of his State. IT'Since noticing llie counterfeit Eight Dollar bills of the Bank of Charleston a few days since, we learn from an officer of the Bank that one of the principals engaged in the counterfeiting and circulating these bills has recently been arrested in Surry county, j N. C., arid is now in jail there, and it is more than probable, from me information obtained, the whole gang will be broken up.—Charles ton Courier. 26 th inst. Union of the United States with Canada—A union has taken place between the United States and Canada. The light ning line of telegraphic wires now connect Buffalo with Hamilton, and when completed will extend to Toronto, passing through Ni -1 agara, St. Catharines and Hamilton. I sport* of Breadstuff . The New York Journal of Commerce says that “the va-t increase in our exports of breadstuff’s, at high prices 100, lias spread joy ful prosperity throughout the country. Tl e increase is almost all to Europe, where our wise men have tried to make (lie country bt lieve we could never compete with ihe Bal tic and Black Sea. But now the facts put j down tiieir theoretic prophecies. If men wi I i any longer believe that the home market can consume our immense products, they will believe that Jonah svvalloed the great fish.” DCT Statement of the business of j the Georgia Kail Koad during the week ending i Saturday, January 23, 1847. Passengers, $2,366 02 Freights, 6,332 43 Mail, 769 46 Amount, $10,017 91 Geo. K R. A: Bk’g Go., ? Transp. Off. Jan. 26, 1847. y Jan. 27 —1 93 LAW NOTICE. J. T. SHEWMAKE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAYNES BO ROUGH, GA. j Jani 23 ly 95 GIBSON & BUTT. A T T O K N 13 V S A T L A W . WAR RENTON, GA. LVW COPARTNERSHIP.—The Subscribers have entered into a Co-Partner-hip, and will prac i Use in the Northern Circuit. Any business entrus • led to their care will meet withprompt attention. WILLI UI GIBSON. JUSEFiI 11. BUTT. Jan. 22 6rn. 91 ft A If M fO S » P * 4 I U u 111 iTI Lilt i ,i Lr. | latest OATES KHo.M i,i veai’oo Ldec 8. L.iTK T dates from ii .vv it E.dec. 7 KAXK STOCKS, &c. j )rigi>ntii Present , i>n id's. I cost, j value, f per aim iMechanifs’ B ulk, JOO jKm & iut.‘B p> r <t. Aug. Ins. &. Bk. Co. 100 : 85 a— |8 per ct. Bk. of Brunswick, 100 109 aPM !8 per ct. Bk. of Augusta, 10!) j >9 a yo ,6 per ft. Bk. State Georgia, Jot) j 82 a 83 6 per ct, (t. It. !t. At }>%. 4 0.. 100 | /.Ln 80 1 per ct. Iron Steam Boat Co. 100 iincc’m.* i 8 p.-r ct. *There has been no sale of fifis stock for some time, and we cannot give the exact quotations. A U«U S T V P SI I C E S C I 11 K E N T. COititn CTK I > VV EEKJ. V. ARTICI.rS. WHOLE-ALE. RETAIL ISAtiGiiMi,Ki itu li i 12 , Ciunuy,.... “ none. , none. BACON, II uns flij y a .. 10 « Hides ** j 7 a ! 8 a 9 Siioai Jci 5,.... “ 6 n .. a CANDLES.Sperm “ 3! a 52 37 a Adamantine,. “ 2b a .. 5, a Tallow, “ IA! a .. | )5 « 1C COFFEE.J;iva “ l-’a .. 14 a Ltiiruiru “ i 9 a .. 11l a JJ Ru» “ H a 9 10 a 11 CHEESE,in Casks,.... “ 9 a 5j ]0 <t in Dose's “ )0 a .. I2t,j - ( .Mackerel, N. . 1,...p 01. 1 i 0 0 n ■■ I 4"« a I. S N 0.2,....2,... “ jtl si) «9 .. ;uOn a No. 3.... “ 5 '*o a»; : coo a .. STloUll,Canal “ 7 « J 1 ’ 5 750 a 8 ,iQ (iounti j , “ 4i'i a 5 Li) 500 c 5 ;.{J GRAIN,Corn, -p bn 50 a•• 02 a Oats, “ 95 a -- 40 a Peas, “ 5u a .. Ci a LARD Vft Ha .. 10 a .. LI.MK t>|,i 150 a .. 200 a .. MOLASSLSjN.Oi 15.,.4f> mil - "4 * •’•> 4)! a Cuba,.... “ 24 a 2a a 27 ROPE, Kentucky, 4f« ft, 6 a Cm C]n 7 Manilla, “ 7 a .. It) a RAISINS, box 2 -5 a .. 250 a .. RICH 4,*' loo’lhr 400 a .. 025 a f Co". Brandy, F’jral 00 a .. 300 a ■/ j floliuml Gin, “ 120 a .. ]ls a y- I .lunaicu K uni...... “ 2 5(1 a .. ..a Domestic \V Jnskey, “ -J C a .. . 37 a— Do Rum, “ ! 5 1 a .. 37 a y : Do Gin, “ oC a .. 40 a Do Brandy,. “ 4> a .. C'i'.u SUG AU, Santa Croix,. ft Jd a li JO « 12 Porto Rico,... •• j 9 a .. 1 ]Q a New-Ui leans,. >l Hio 9 10 a SAI.T F' sack 15~ a 00 1 5(1 a .. Do Dus.li 40 a 45 45 a 50 B" AD %>’ lb 5 a .. 7 a .. Tf.AS,lmperial 80 a .. 87 a Gunpowder, ... “ 80 u .. 87 a _ Hyson, Co a .. s7 a !! TWINE, American.,... “ 15 a .. : 20 a English, ‘‘ . 40 a ..I 45 a SPICES, Pepper, “ 12 a .. i a .. Pimento “ 13 a .. IS a .. WOOL, waslied, “ 18 a j ..a Do. unwashed “ 15 a a LEA THEG, Sole, Hem, “ 34 a .. 17 a “ Oak.. “ 20 a .. 25 a Do.Upper,Northern pr.dz 10 a .. if, « .. Do. “ Southern, “ 15 a 20 a SI 1 LLP, each 125 a .. 150 a Aii£U4ta ITlarket, January 27. COTTON.—Our last review left the market with a limited demand, hut an upward tendency in prices, caused by later advices from Europe, said to have been received at Savannah. Tues day evening’s mail developed their purport, and as the Liverpool accounts proved to he highly favor able, with a large business transacting in that market, at an improvement of about id. in price, holders in this market put up prices, and refu#d to sell unless their asking rates could he obtained. The stringent rates demanded by them, in a nrnas ur •, kept buyers out of the market—some few,how ever, entered, and ilie sales since made have been at an advance on the prices paid last Tuesday, of full llhsofa cent, and in many instances »c. During the week tlie market has been in an unset tled state, holders showing hut little disposition to sell, even at the above advance, whilst buyers on the other hand, seem disposed to await thesteam ersadvices of the 4th inst., now daily expected, in tliis state, our market closed last evening. Tho sales of the week stun up 5,412 bales, as follows : 47 a 9; 19 at 9’; 24 at 9 3-16; 96 at 9*; 23 at 9 5-16; 156 at 91; 73 at 9 7-16; 364 at 94; 235at95; l;'.2at 9 11-16; 621 at 91; 149 at 9 13-16; 317at9i; 20 at 9 15-15; 1121 at 10; 29 at 10 1-16; 271 at 10R 916,