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1 COULD HAVE LOVED lIEli.
] mu!d have lov’d her. Hrilliant was her eye,
sjrai ish lilue, like sufl Italia’s shy,
Thai oVr fair Florence heralds forth the d i\ ;
(There nnwt blue; with us, a dingy gray.;'
Jlcr hair so glossy—dark, and soli as siik,
Hatnr* o’er a hrow as pure as frozen milk.
!fer ne« k,a study for a(Grecian master,
Excels in whiteness Spanish alabaster;
]l**r ears are beautiful—so>mali ami li^ht.
Their curve* *«» graceful, and their hue so vxhiie:
Her ruby lips and iv’ry teeth might seem
To look, and taste like straw berries in er< a in.
And then ln-r breath, those, luscious lips distil a
Ff igrance far sweeter, than I lie best vanilla.
]!er waist is taper—figure, Jiilie and small—•
That Jmte milieu betwixt too short and tall.
Her tout r. i Semitic courting close inspection,
Except one fault, she is indeed perfection.
That single fault—thus human nature fails—
-1 could have lov’d her, — but — she biles her anils.
S \ 1J UG£. 1
Jefferson liar racks, .Vo., Jan. S'i, I8»7.
f From the Washington I'nion.]
The Fropaxoi! Aiinniimcul.
Mr. I ierrien, the opposition member i
from Georgia, rose on Tuesday in the
Senate to propose an unfortunate amend
ment to the three million bili. Its simple
proposition will animate the enemy, and i
its ultimate adoption will be incalculably
mischievous, and fatal to our arms and :
fatal to peace. The object is to waive
all further acquisition of territory, and
enter into a negotiation for peace with
nhackles upon our hands. This is a ilack
ing out f o itotir position w ith a vengeance
—an inglorious patching up of a peace
with .Mexico —a virtual concession to this
inferior power, which is only calculated
to disgrace our arms—to humble our na
tion—and to invite further aggressions
from her, and from all other powers. It
is impossible to view t!d< proposition with
any sort of patience. It looks like a par
ty move, and intended to give the cue to
all t'ne federal presses and politicians.—
We will not believe that all the opposition
members of the Senate will fall into the
design, much less that any democratic
member will lend it any “aid and com
fort.”
The amendment of Mr. Berrien is sus
ceptible of a variety of objections. In
the first place, it is suicidal. It is calcu
latrd to defeat the very object which it
professes to accomplish. 'Flic mover do
sires peace. He wLlies “to terminate the
present unhappy contlict on terms which
shall secure the just rights and preserve
inviolate the national honor of the United
St »tes and Mexico.” Now, how does Mr. 1
Berrien propose to attain peace and sc j
cure our rights? Why, by parting with
the most important w eapon which we can
command- We aie to issue a manifesto
to the world, that we arc at once to relin
quish the fruits of all our victories—ac
quire no new territory at the expense of
Mexico—and. like the celebrated king of
France, march up our troops, and then
march them down again. This icise sys
tem of Incite*, thus wisely promulgated hy
the Senator from Georgia, will have the j
direct effect of spiriting up lho Mexicans j
in the contest, and stripping them of one ,
the strongest inducements to make |
peace. The conquest and loss of her ter- i
ritorv will operate in the strongest man- I
ner upon her fears. But here comes the 1
sagacious tactician of Georgia to defeat 1
oil its moral effect. lie tolls the people j
of Mexico, “Never care for our conquests;
you are in no danger of losing an inch of
your territory; the hands of the com
mander-in chief of the army are tied up;
the treaty making power refuses to se
cond his efforts; no treaty will be made
to deprive you either of California or of
Ne* v Mexico.”
Tin's miserable manifesto, is, therefore,
calculated to deprive us of one of the
principal weapons which w e can wield f>r
operating upon the fears of Mexico, and
“conquering the peace” winch Mr. Ber
rien desires. It deprives her of one of the
s'rongest inducements to make peace with
us. l’he only way to operate upon the
passions of no infatuated and obstinate
a people, is to bear down upon them w ith
all our force and all our energies—to
overrun her territory, as we ha-ve done—
to seize her strongholds—to impress her '
with the idea that tire longer this war ■
continues, the greater indemnity we shall ;
claim—the more equivalents we shall i
require.
But, in tire second place, how arc we
aide to “secure our just rights?” Shull ‘
we implicitly trust to a treaty of pecunia- :
ry indemnity? Are we to pav our unforli’- {
nate claimants hy the bonds of government
or drafts upon the custom-houses? ■Money*,
she has none. Her bonds will be again 1
dishonored, ohe has proved faithless to
her past engagements. She has paid but
a small part of iho instalments which she j
has contracted to nav. We have seen
enough of her treaties of indemnity to
make us suspicious of another such pe
cuniary stipulation. This hailing policy
of the senator from Georgia might virtu
ally defeat the whole object of the war.
-—lt might prevent us from obtainin';
even the semblance of any other form of
indemnity. It might even endanger the
settlement of our boundary on the Rio
Grand. The inordinate pride, the silly
national vanity of Mexico, might prompt
her to demand of us, humbled and defeat
ed, as she might please to consider and
to call us, more humiliating conditions.
She might idly hope to drive us beyond
the Sabine; or to continue the war. If it
be thus that we are to obtain peace, and
“secure our just rights;” if w e are thus
£>ne ijlt to diidaim all the means of guar-
' — Vg-Lfl-U l * • H !!■ ■- ~ » r _ ■ r - xm * -13 U -*
antv which her territory holds forth, we j
may in vain attempt to obtain peace, or !
secure our lights. The treasure " e have :
expended—the blood we have lost—the
glory we have won bv our arms, will ho
in a great decree sacrificed to a procipi- I
late manifesto ot a short sighted policy, i
which willonlv defeat the objects of the ;
war, and tarnish the honor of the peace.
Short-sighted it is. in every respect!
We are impressing upon Ivurope the
melancholy lesson ot our wrekuess and
our distractions. W e arc playing a more
ridiculous and fatal game, us |
Mexico herself. We abandon her territory
without anv adequate equivalent f r our
Icgiunaie claims. We may, perhaps,
patch no a peace w ith Mexico for the
moment; hut how long is it to continue?
How long-hall we preserve I hose “peace
ful and friendly relations,” which Mr. j
• Berrien so much desire-? Fora number j
i ot years past we have suffered hy a -cries 1
ot aggressions from that unjust and in- i
suiting nation. She has given us just i
cause for war, as the Prssident and both ,
j houses of Congress declared several years I
i ago. What will he the effect ot such an
j end ot the present war, without making
; her feel that full force of our power, and
without obtaining an adequate indemnity
for our w rongs? She will cease to respect
our character. She will despise our
impotence. We shall receive from this
obstinate and turbulent neighbor new
outrages. We shall thus be provoked to
wai'e against her a more bloody and ex
on •'
pensive war. A system of tac’ics such
j as the amendment propose?, end the term?
| of peace which it directly recommends
j to the United States, will only prccrasti- 1
l natc the evil, and involve us hereafter in
•r \ ,
a new and more ha rassmg contest. '1 lie
; only way to preserve a permanent peace
is now to make an impression upon Mexi
j co from which she cannot promptly re
cover. We must strike, and then she
will hear ns. W’e must strike boldly,
and then we need not stnke soon or again.
Let the federal leaders pursue their
1 indicated policy. The free people of this
j country will repudiate and despise it.
We are sure that no member of Congress
1 who owes the proper allegiance to the
j great cause of the democratic patty, will,
so far forget the honor of Ids count ry, the
j demands of a gallant people, or his own
| to character, as to lend any countenance
I to absurd and extraordinary a proposition.
; We hut echo the views of a patriotic peo
ple, without regard to party clis'inclions,
j when we respectfully call upon Congress
promptly to reject and rebuke so un
patriotic a project.
Woimt'i iti Wmicr.
In the “Nodes” ot Brofessor Wilson,
1 published in the Ivlinhurgh Magazine
several years ago, occurs the following
passage. The Kttrick Shepherd is vin
i dicating his preference for w inter, over
: the other seasons of the year, and among
the arguments he urges, is the following;
Shepherd. —Then for womankind
Tickler. —O il James! James! 1 knew
1 yon would not long keep otfihat theme—
Shepherd —Old ye nakie anld carle!
What iiher theme in a’ this w ide wearv
I warld is worth ae single thochl or fceliu’
1 in the poet’s heu:t—ae single line frae
I the poet’s pen —as single
North. —Sung fiom the Shepherd’s
j lyre—
Shephred- —TheGvonnn kind, I say,
; sirs, never looks sae bonnio as in winter,
i accep indeed it may he i i spring
Tickler. —Or Summer, or Autumn
{ James
| SA/yj/imL-Tlaud your tongue. You auld
I bachelors ken naething o’ woman kind—
i and hoo should ye, when they treat ye
wi’ but ae feeliu’, that o’ derision? Oh, i
sirs! hut the dear creters do look wee! in
muffs—when they baud them, wi’ their
invisible banns clasped thegither in their ;
beauty within the cozy silk linin,’ close :
prest to their innicent waists, just aneath
the glad heat ins o’ their first lovr-tonchcn
hear s—or hand them hingin’ frae their
extended richt arms, leavin’ a’ the feegur
visible, that seems taller and slimmer as I
the removed muff reveals the clasps o’ j
the pelisse a’ the way docn frae neck
till feet! Then, sir, is there, in a’ the *
beautifu’ and silent unfauldin’s o’ natur j
arnangplants and (lowers, ony thing sae I
beautifu’as the white smooth, saft chaffs
o’ a bit smilin’ maiden o’ saxteen, augh
leen, or iwunty, blossomin’ out, like some
bonnie hu lo’ snaw white, satin frae a
coverin’ o’ rough leaves, blossomin’ out,
sirs, frae the edge o’ the fur tippet, that
haply a lover’s happy haun had delicate- !
lyjiung ower her gracefn” shoolhers—
oh! tlie dear delightfu little Laplander!
Tickler. —For a married man, Janies,
yur really described
North. —Whist?
♦'Aid ami coiufort,”
It will be seen by the following extract
of a letter from the squadron at Anton
Lizardo, published in the Picayune ofj
yesterday, that the president was right in
Ins condemnation of those who questioned i
the justice of the war and opposed its j
prosecution, as persons civlng “aid and I
comfort” to the enemy. Mr. Webster may !
congratulate himself upon the high place 1
which he occupies in the estimation of the ;
Mexican people, and his more obscure j
coadjutors may also feel proud of the j
services which they have rendered to the |
public enemy,— N. O. Atlas.
A copy of Mr. Webster’s Philadelphia
speech was transmitted to Mexico, and
gave lively satisfaction. It is fully
believed that pie administration of Mr.
Polk is tottering to its fall, and that a
professed anti-war party must soon come
into power. It imagined (hat Polk will
save himself by purchasing a peace on
any terms which magnanimous Mexico
will grant. Some are so extravagantly
credulous as to believe that the arms of
our government w ill soon be paralyzed
by civil war. Opposition articles aie
published in most of the newspapers, and
are calculated to do more mischief in
Mexico than would he the case in almost
an other count ry, as there is nothing 100
extravagant for the easy credulity of
these people.
Mr. Hale, cor respondent of the Now
i Orleans Picayune, who arrived here on
Friday will) Gen. \\ ortlFs division, fur
nished ns with the particulars of a recent
murder between Monterey and Camargo.
Four men, Grant, .Myers, Bremen and
Reynolds, left Camargo for Monterey on
the 13lh; on t’no 14th they were attacked
about Ghichioni, about twenty miles
above Miler, 1«y a gang of armed Mexi
cans. At the first fire, Bremen was shot
through the neck bone and killed; Grant
surrendered, but a gun was soon after
. heard, and it is supposed he w as also kill
j ed. Myers and Reynolds made their es
; cape — he latter on horse back, unhurt.
| Myers unhorsed, received two bullets in
j bis body and a severe cut in the head—
made Isis escape by rushing into tiie
1 chaparral, after a severe fight with the
Mexicans—losing his he rse, gun. pistols,
(belonging to Mr. dale) and ail but his
clothes. The boby of Bremen was found
next day and taken to Mier, bv order of
j General Worth, who did all in Ids power
i to find out the murderer*, but without
success.— Ma!cunoros Flag .
A Uhl" ST A. GEO.,
THURSDAY MORNING, FER. 11, 1847.
i]GThe ct mmimicaiion signed K. comes •
to ns iii epistolary form from an influential
citizen. We give it as a portion of public
sentiment, not us opinions in strict accord
ance with our own, though they are not very
wide of the mark, as our readers will readi'y
I perceive. The policy recommended is at
t any rate far more acceptable than that either
! of Messrs. Cdley and fc>chenck,or of Messrs.
Berrien and Stephens, The issue these last
nanifd gentleman have placed before t!io peo
ple of Georgia is ‘-Territory, or No Terri
torv.” they opposing ali acquisition as in
demnity for the war. We are not propa
gandists of republicanism and do not desire
tins government to become so. We do not
\ wish the arms of tins republic to be employ
ed in any such crusade, by which forced con
verts to our institutions arc to undergo the
unwilling baptism of blood. Fuch a course
1 would bo as abhorrent to common sense and
common justice as (he Maiiomednn prosclyt
isrn of fire and sword to the religion of the
Prophet»
But we take issue with the Whigs when
| they assert that this war was brought on by
j the unjust conduct of this government, and
1 that Mexico is the party sinned against,
! Taking the opposite position, and insisting
that Mexico forced this war upon us, we con
tend that she should be compelled to indem
nify ibis country for the expenses lints in
curred. '1 his must be by territory, for we
cannot obtain money from her exhausted trea
sury, and it would be a farce to settle with
I her bv taking her bonds, for we could have
no reliance upon their ever being paid.
Col ion by Gtc Canal.
| The first load of cotton by the Canal arrived in
i our city yesterday, and was delivered at the ba
sin.
The boat was owned by Major T. 1 wards
| of Elbert county, an 1 brought forty eight bales of
| cotton from Petersburg. There were three lots,
consigned to A ndreos,Spcar & V* cotton, Bryson,
Coskcrv & Co., and Gibbs & McCord, rcspectivr
| ly. ’
The Theatre.
Mr. Forrest’s' I) amo * on Tuesday evening
rri
| seemed to take the house by storm. 'I he ap
plause was enthusiastic, and many a tearful
i eye attested the power of this great actor
over the feelings of his audience. «
Mr. Oxley, ns Pythias also “brought down
the house” with applause almost as enthusi
astic. Except in the ana scenes, his acting
was very effective. His voice is harsh, and
I dissonant, and in lender passages is like
j Othello, deficient in
“Those soft parts of conversation,
! That chamberers have.”
Mrs. Forbes played remarkably well as
; Calanthe, and Mrs. McLean as Hermion.
The house was very crowded, and seemed
well pleased throughout. Even the dress
circle was betrayed from it's usual quiet, and
gave audible token of approbation, so neces
sary to stimulate and encourage the per
formers.
The piece was as effective as could bo
expected with so small a company and in
so small a theatre, when the voice of the
prompter, and conversations behind the
scenes can be sometimes heard throughout
the house. One ludicrous effect of the pau
city of actors, occurred in the vote of the :
Senate. There were but six Senators pre
sent including the President, and when the
vote was taken on the proposition to make
Dvonisius King, the vole was two in favour,
and two besides Damon against. Notwith
standing, the President declared the motion j
carried. This decision evidently shocked
the republican notions of the andicnccassem
bled, who believe in the doctrine that the :
majority should govern. j
The constitution of lowa makes ample
provision for a magnificent school fund.
In the organized counties, 442,107 acres
O
of land have been preserved for that pur- |
pose; 563,049 acres in counties not yet
organized, and 400,000 acres of the pub- ;
lie domain, to which the State is entitled
#
on her admission in the Union—-making |
an aggregate of 1,403,155 acres appro- ;
priated to the purpose ofcomrnon school
education.
The steam ship Hibernia , for Liverpool
carried out a large cargo of India Corn.
A at ilie Ciicca.
On Tuesday evening, some one presented
himself at the door of the Circus, and an
nounced himself as the Editor of the Georgia
Constitutionalist. Ho was received with a
bow and a smile, and conducted to a com
fortable seat. During the evening ho found
his way in the box office, where he met the
Manager, introduced himself in his assumed
character, and complimented the perform- I
ances very highly. Whether it was the :
compliments he bestowed, or his agreeable
conversation, and fine manner.*,
With an air and a grace
And a shape and a face
That charm »d, Sz c.
we know not. But eerie*, lie made a very
favorable impression on the Manager in bo- !
ball of our humble self, whom he d.u us the I
honor to personate. Bo far he did us nodis- 1
sec ice. But the sequel remains to be told.
The Manager gave him an advertisement
and a cat to b * inserted in the Constitution
alist, not doubling that it would make a
ll.uning appearance in our columns next
morning. The interesting stranger, how
ever, never reported himself at our office, and
has not since been heard of. Too advertise
ment can be written over again, but the cut
is gone, and with it the self constituted edi- |
tor who lias probably cut stick. Before ioav- ;
I ing, he ought, as a small return lor the use
of our privileges, to have written a critique
! upon the performances of the evening.
We understand that this is a fine company,
and perceive thatihey have been highly spe- |
ken of elsewhere. They will perform in 1
ibis city only three nights more. Bee ad
vertisement.
TT* We have received the February No.
of that valuable periodical, tins Merchant's j
Magazine, published by Freeman Hunt, 14.2
Fulton street, New York.
lj l Mr. F. A. Mange, of ibis city, is the j
Agent of tiie Franco American, a valuable
French paper, published tri-weekly in New
York, at sj>6 per annum.
£i{ioi t of Corn to t.uropf.
We learn from the Norfolk Herald that j
there are 2 ships, 3 barks and 3 brigs loading 1
in that, port with Corn for Europe, it is e.sti- ;
mated that they will carry off in the aggre
gate 150,000 bushels of this article.
An Treating 2>nf.
The New Orleans Delta of the sth Inst, i
says—“ The letters and circulars by the j
steamer Hibernia were received yesterday,,
confirming in all essential particulars, the
; telegraphic accounts. Tiie effect upon our !
market was almost unprecedented, parlieu- i
larly upon Flour and Grain. Fully 40,000
bbls. of Flour wore taken by exporters and
speculators, prices commencing at B*6 for
Ohio brands, and advancing rapidly (oJs6 25,
!sG 50, >io and at, the close $6 75—an i
improvement of recenta-Jive cents per bid.— :
■ Corn went up with corresponding rapidity* |
from 90 to 95 cents, and subsequently 1
per bushel, with closing sales of about,2s,- i
000 bushels, white and yellow, at the highest
rale. Flour is now held at $7 per bbk, and
prime Corn at -Si per bushel,
“The sales of Cotton were on’y 2000 bales,
though prices have recovered what was lost
early in the week; middling and middling
fair may be quoted at lIA to cents.
Number of and passengers arrived at the
port of New York from foreign ports, during the
last seven years:
Years. Vessels. Passengers.
1810, 1 ,KV3 6-2,707
18 f, 2.118 57,337
1812, FB6O 74.919
1343, 1.832 46,302
1844, 2.2‘8 61,002
1815, 2.055 82,060
1846, 2.293 115,230
T3«c S’r.ilcsl.
The Charleston Evening News of the 9tht
in-t, says.—We understand that the late
, decision of the Board of Managers of Election
in I lie case of the Protest, has been appealed
from by the proteslanls, and that a writ of
certiorari will bo applied for, to try the legal
i points involved, at tiie next term of the Cour,
of Common Pleas for this District.
rtrnlsicUy s‘. ts. Senator.
Both Houses of tiie Kentucky Legislature
proceeded again on Saturday to ballot for a
U. S. Senator, but without success.
Tiie U. S. ship Ohio sailed from Boston on
Thursday. Her distillation is said to be
Norfolk.
[COM MONICA TED. J
LYTIIOMA, Feb. 8, 1547.
To James Gardner, Jr.:
! Sir—l have thrown together a few hasty
reflections upon the subject of our Mexican j
relations, which if you please you ran, if j
leisure permits, correct and publish for what i
they are worth,as I believe they are in strict
| accordance with your own.
Having been a careful observer of the
movements in and nut of Congress upon j
the subject of the Mexican war, I am sur
prised that there should be but one opinion
amongst us upon that subject. I admit that i
the war with Mexico was not intended
as a war of conquest, nor the acquisition of |
territory. But Mexico chooses to force us I
into that measure as the only alternative left j
us, as she prefers war to an honorable peace. I
No longer should a doubt exist amongst
us that tiie war should be considered a war
of conquest and the acquisition of territory.
It is right, it is just she should atone for her
many acts of perfidy and wanton cruelty. I
beiieve, if our government does not overturn
and revolutionize so base, corrupt and cruel
a government when she has the power to do
so, she will mistake the indications of Divine
Providence. I have no doubt but the lower
ing storm of divine justice is now ready to
burst upon their devoted heads. Does not
the blood of the butchered millions of the
-N. -“ - - ' - r* r T^l— -XT.* -K«= , - j re
poor natives cry against them? Does not
the blood of thousands of our murdered breth
ren send up its piliotis wail to heaven against
them? and shall justice be longer delayed?
Why call such a blood stained crew a sister
republic!!? Who is willing to claim sister
hood with such a molly crew of worse than !
semi-barbarians, whose inventive faculty in
devising means of torture, is enough to put ,
the cniei savage to the blush. Ihe war
should be carried on with all the means our j
government possesses, and every foot ol ter
ritory acquired should be immediately organ
ized bv this government as a part of her ter
ritorial dominion. And if necessary push the
conquest to the final extinction of their na
i tional existence, for the better order, and bet
ter government of her debased millions. In
| the language of Gen. 'Baylor, say to them
“drive us off,” but si ill hold on and go a- :
head until the claims of remunerative jus- ‘
(ice arc satisfied. Will tiie Anti-Slavery fa- i
natics believe me when I say, if they wish to
ameliorate the condition of tiie slaves, lend •
their aid in throwing open a spacious coun
try adapted to their condition, and instead of ,
relying on their puny arm of fle*h, leave the
emancipation of the slave to divine provi
dence, who in due time will accomplish what
| poor blind fanatical z°a! never can accom
| plish. Surely those who wish to confine
tiie slave to circumscribed limits when tiie
hi rger the range the better for them—arc their
worst enemies. I consider those who are
manifesting a determination to prescribe
j limits to slaves and their owners, tiie deter
| mined enemies of tl.eir country, who are
i aiming a deadly blow at the root of the tree
of our glorious liberty. May divine provi
dence in due time palsy their arm, and work
1 all things (and this among the rest) after the
! counsel of his own will. IL
f'oltdn.-—Arcrajf weigkt of bal«».
We are indebted to the polite attention of the
i Collector of this Port, for a valuable and time
■ ly communication on the relative weight of
the b iles of Colton at New Orleans, Mobile
and the Atlantic Ports.
Custom-House,
Mobile, January 20. 1847.
Much anxiety has been manifested lately
' by those intere Led in the Cotton trade, to as
; certain with reasonable certainty the quanti
ty of Cotton made in the year 1845, in pounds
j —the average weight of bales at each of the
' ports where the article is received lor sliip
j ment, and wheffcr any increaseor decrease is
j accruing in tlrat respect this season Having
j been specially requested to do so I addressed
I a letter of inquiry on these points to the C«»l
--| lectors of New Orleans, Charleston and Sa
j vannali, and now present for general use the
j information so promptly transmitted by those
j gentlemen, and that which the records of my
otfice exhibit in reference to the subject.
The books in our custom-house show only
the portion of tbc crop shipped to foreign coun
tries. Using this as a basis of calculation,
with the Prices Current in the hands of every
merchant, the results which tallow have been
I obtained.
! At New Orleans-, the average weight of the
hales received last year, ending 31st August.
1 1 3-IG. was 450 lit.; and no information u! anv
i change this season.
At Mobile, it was 459 lb. last season; and
so far in this, 4S t lb.
At Charleston, last season and this. 3GO lb.
At Savannah, it was 415 lb. i?st season,
(including Upland and Sea Island.) and 430
so far in this. The Upland has not increased
beyond the average of last season, winch was
432 Ib. but the result is due to the small
quantity ofFea Island received this season,
which does not average much over 300 lb.
lo the hade. —Mobile Reai-ter,
ITowJUn Jonlcs Tailed.
There once lived in the good citv of Bos
ton, a certain Mr. Jones. This same Mr.
Jones was an eccentric man—very much .-o,
and iiirrng his many other peculiarities was
that of falling in business once in every two
years. Some penp'e now a days have the
same extraordinary habit. Mr. Junes always
paid ins creditors fifty per cent; no more’ no.-
less than just fifty per cent. A very dgn lied
and very pompons man was Mr. Jones. Mr.
Jones failed again— made an assignment of
his property a« usual, and was very murh
surprised when his assignee sail to him.
‘Mr. Jones we shall declare a dividend of
forty per cent.’ “Fir, said Mr. Jones in a very
dignified manner, you must make it fif.y.sir.
I always pay fifty cents on the dollar, sir.’—
‘lt can’t he done, 5 said the assignee. ‘lt shall
hetjdone,’ said Mr. Jones, elevating Lis right
hand. We have not enough property in our
hands to do it,' said the assignee. ’.Sir, said
Mr. Jones, declare fifty per cent—l always
pay fifty percent —and, sir, if you have not
sufficient property in \ our hands to pay 50 per
cent, I sir, w ill pay the balance out of my
own pocket.’
Rural Court llnrtia!.
NORFOLK, Feb. 5.
The testimony before the Naval CVurl
Martial in the case of Commander IVar.-on,
was concluded on Wednesady. The defence,
we learn, will be read to-day. P. P. Mason,
Esq, of this city, is the counsel of Com’r.
; Pearson. The Court, we are informed, meets
: at 10 o'clock at the National Hotel.— Beacon.
Xarn! rVoniinatioug.
We understand that the President sent in
to the Senate on the Ist instant, the names
! of Commanders Gaunlt, Ramsay Henry and
Downing, for promotion lo the rank of Post
; Captains, and of Lieutenants Pinckney,
1 Glendy, Upshur, Blake and Johnston to lie
i rank of Commanders.— lbid.
The cry now is that Gen. Scott was sent
to the army, to supercede Gen. Taylor. A
j few weeks back and it was said, Gen.
; Taylor was extremely anxious that Gen.
i Scott should lake his appropriate place at
: the head of tho army, to aid by his mili
tary knowledge and experience in the
conductof the war, and to divide the re
sponsihility with him. The whigs all
seemed to favor the policy of ordering the
Major General in command, to his place
in Mexico, and we did not hear a note of
disapprobation, till Gen. Taylor thought
proper to publish his complaints against
the administration. Now the President
is denounced as entertaining a wish to
supercede General Tavlor, and destroy
his military character* Nothing will
please the whigs but power and patron
cgc.—JV. O. Jrjfrrsonicn , blh inst.
Ihc Uoiiihik'C Diulroyctl.
The aMo'imJinj disclosure lias recently
been made in New \ork that the lovely
voting prima donna of ihe Italian opera.
Signora C'otilde ll.irili, is married.—
Sackcloth and ashes have riz, and white
kidglovodom were black. The Mercury
man thus notices the fall of ihe thunder*
boi t.
Faint, ye white and primrose-cnlorcd
| kldglovo spoonies, and y<* gaping idiots
, witlt enormous impertinences in the shape
■ of opera-glasses, go—dead—slic is mar
ried, even unto the maestro of the troupe,
Signor Barili. Oh, moM charming war
■ . to
j hler, why have you deceived our young
! pow-wow so bitterly, knowing, ns vou
| must know, that they have no relief in
I tlicir brains, none but in scent bot
i tics.
A French, paper, Le Journal de Laird,
' savs Napoleon’s name is composed of two
Greek word A pos an ! Leon, which signified
i [he Lion of the Desert, The letters ut the
; same name ingeniously combined, present**
; phrase which offers a singular analogy with
the character of that singular man.
1. Napoleon.
(!. Apoleon.
7. Fo eon.
3. Olcon.
4. Loom
5. Mon.
2 On.
Bv striking olf the first letters of this
word and pursuing the same cour.-e with each
j following word, six Greek words arc formed,
which literally translated in the order design
ed by the figures,signify, \npolton , being the
I lion of (he people, a dcslmyrrer <<f
! cities .”
NEW YOYK CIRCUS.
{Ft In consequence of the immense crowd at
the Cirrus last nj£ lit, the Managers have deter
mined to limit ihe number <'f tickets for this night’*
■ performance. No more will he admitted than can
t be comfortably sealed. Families ran have seals
reserved expressly for themselves, by applying to
; the .Manager during the day at the Gluhe Hotel.
Feb. 11 I HI
OCr* A*. S. Jackson. Teacher on
the Fiano Forte, Flute and V iolin, respectfully
i tenders his services to the citizens of Augusta.
References—Henry Parsons, Thos. Richard*
and T. S. Metcalf. Fsq’rs.
\. B.—For terms, See., inquire at 11. Parson’■
.Music store. Gm Dec. 1
DIED, on Wednesday afternoon, 27th tilt., at
the residence ofher son-in-law, Mr. \V . Falun, in
Nashville Tenn. Mrs. Cmmly—w idow of the Into
Hon. Felix Grundy —a lady universally respected
ami beloved.
COM)! E RCI ALT*
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Cl! UU E"TON I>l PORTS, FFP> 9.
i Greenock —Br. s 1 1 ij> Sesostri*. O’) tons Coal,
toJ. Robertson, 1 hheis. Whisky, and TU mats Bot
tles, to J. Robb.
Cil \RLFSTON, F< li. In. Colton. —The mar
ket since our report of the morning ot tlie Cth hist ,
I has be.n very languid ami depressed. and par
cels have hern forced oil at a reduction of
I an i to |e on rates current at the close of
j of the previous week. The sales are as follows,
\ iz: Saturday 799; .Monday 91 >; an I ycstrrJay U 0
—making an aggregate of only 2 i 30 hales, at tin*
j iollouine prices; 5 sit 19«';90.it 11• I: .»- at hr; 3*>()
at 11; 232 at 1 Ii; 43 at ! 1 :- G; 17 4atl !1: 47i a - .
11 i; 3iG at 114,9 4 at 11; and 991 halt s at 19c
per lb.
/tier. —Tlte Hire market has been well attended
since our last, and purchasers have taken upward
cf2GOO tierces at full prices—extremes from 3} to
$! per hundred.
Uousfi /vhv —The transactions have been heavy
and at advanced rates —some 35.00.1 bushels havo
been sold at prices ranging from 8J to 111), princi
i pal!} from 98 i<> 110 per Imshel.
By Tdrgriijdi.
f Carrrsjotidrtice of the Dallimorr Sticn. |
NEW YORK, Feb 7, 8 p. in—Our Hour rnl
grain market jh pretty much at a stand, in an
ticipation of the arrival of the steamer, Sarah
I Sai d*, which has now been out twenty days, and
up to the pre* ent hour she hs- not been announced
. by the oiling telegrsffdt. Her commander aruici
! p ited that lie would he able to make his \ovage in
twenty days, and she is consequently fully due to-
I day.
There was a sale of 1000 barrels Genesee flour
1 yesterday,at t?G BS,at which price the market was
ii»in-—some asking §7. Sales of Corn were made
per husln-l.and other articles were unchanged.
Cotton was inactive, but firm at an advanced
; price.
MOBILE, Feb. C>.—Co!!in. —Th- receipts this
j week amount to 2G.24G hales, and the exports am
1 4.292 hales. The stock on hand,including ail on
j .shipboard not cleared, is 142,311 bales, against
| 157.G3; at the corresponding period lasi season.
Our last review closed on a dull market, buyers
! and sellers anxiously a waiting the news from Fq
| rope., and middling cottons quoted at 12c. Only
i 5( 0 bales changed hands on Saturday'. Monday’s
| mail brought the telegraphic accounts by the Hi
bernia, hut they were so vague and indefinite, that
little could l>c made of them, and only some C(!0
; hales were sold. On Tuesday the mail failed;
there was more inquiry and about 1200 hales
| changed hands at irregular prices. The full ac
i coimils to the 4rlt .lan. by the Hibernia were receiv
ed on Wednesday, which, though v< ry favorable,
scarcely equalled the expectations with It the news
, byway of New Orleans, noticed in our last re
j view had raised, and she market exhibited indica
j t ions of a decline, 200 hales only were sold during
; that day. On Thursday prices having receded
considerably. some 2000 bales changed hands, and
on Friday sellers came pretty freely into the mar
ket and disposed of some *4 000 hales, principally at
| the rates given below. Our figures may be con
sidered the extreme rates paid, which show a de.
dine of 1c per lb on the quotations of last w eek.
LIVE R TOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Good and fine, none.
Goodip.tr, nominal.
Fair, —a 12
Middling fair, alii
Middling all
Ordinary, —a H»i
APALACHICOLA, Feb. 2.— (’often. —The re
ceipts during the past week amount to 6,367 bales,
ami the exports to 3,612, lea\ing the stock on hand,
including all on shipboard not cleared 36,051 bales,
against 23,932 bales, same time last year,
j The week preceding I lie one under review,
closed with a fair inquiry for cotton—sales of the
day previous 700 hales, and of the week 3,551 hales,
prices 4to ic. up, in consequence of tlie favorable
Liverpool accounts received at Savannah. Tues
day** mail having failed to come through, the mar
ket on that day and the following, was without
animation, the inquiry being very limited, and
the sales confined to a lew stray lots, amounting in
all to only 269 hales. Thursday, there was but
very little improvement in the demand, but som •
factors appearing anxious tu part with a portion of
their stocks, met purchasers on a little easier terras,
and the day's operations resulted in the sale of 823
hales. On Friday, after the mail was distributed,
quite an active inquiry sprung up, and in conse
quence of the very favorable accounts received
from other markets, Atctors advanced their asking
prices, which being met by purchasers.sales were,
made to the extent of 900 bales at an advance of 4
to ic., and in some eases, ic. advance was paid.—
Saturday, the market was quiet, and rather more,
favorable for buyers—sales of the day GG7 hales, at
f to ie. advance on our quotations of Tuesday.—
Yesterday, but lilt!** was done, the transaction*
only amounting to 33? hales. The operations of
the week foot up ?0?G bales. We advance ou r