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■ ' *?T a. rr -•- n rm.i»«*'J6rr? • ii'im—iFii tftifr- x ■ THE constitutionalist. "jambs GARDNER, J R. TEKas . Daily, per annum, S 3 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum, 0 00 i If paid in advance, 3 00 i Weekly, per annum, 3 00 j If paid in advance, 2 50 j CCTAH new subscriptions must be paid in advance. | {F7~ postage must be paid oii ail Comrauiiicatk ns J n,nd Letters of business. liclicf i'or Ireland. From (!ie speedier delivered at a meet ing in Now Orleans last week, for the i -purpose ot raising means to relieve ihe suffering pcor of Ireland, we select the following—for which we arc indebted to i the Della: Mk. Clay’s Speech. Mr. Clay, having been invited by ihe committee of arrangements to attend the ■ meeting, took a seat near the Governor. An enthusiastic, loud, and apparently , unanimous call for him was made by the j audience, and slowly rising from his seat, | lie approached the foot of the platform and addressed the meeting nearly as 1 follows: Air. President and Fellow Citizens: — I hesitated to accept the invitation which ! has brought me here; being a mere so journer and not a member of tin’s com munity, I doubted the propriety of my ! presence and participation in the proceed- j ings of this meeting, and apprehended ; that my motive might be misunderstood. ! But—on consulting my pillow, and con- ! aidering that the human by of the object of this assembly is bounded by no laitiludo ! nor locality, and ought to be co-extensive , with tiie whole human family—it seemed : to me that all considerations of fastidious j delicacy and etiquette should lie waived 1 and merged hi a generous and magnani mous effort to contiibute to the relief of the sufferings which have excited our feelings. Il l should be misconceived or misrepresented, the experience of a long life has taught me, that the best response to misconception and misrepresentation ftais the fearless and faithful discharge of duty, in all the conditions of life in w hich we may be placed; and the best answer to traduction and calumny, is conscious rectitude and the approbation of one’s own heart. Mr. President: —If we were to bear that large numbers of the inhabitants ot Asia, or Africa, or Australia, or the re motest part ofthe globe, were daily dying with hunger and famine—no matter what their color, what their religion, or what their civilization—we should deeply la ment their condition, and be irresistibly prompted, if possible, to mitigate their suf ferings. But it is not the* distresses of O any such distant regions that have sum moned us together on this occasion. The appalling and heart rending distresses of Ireland and Irishmen form the object of our present consultation—that Ireland which has been, in all the vicissitudes of our national existence, our friend, and has ever extended to us her warmest sym pathy—those Irishmen who, in every war in which we have been engaged, on every battle-field, from Quebec to Monterey, have stood by ns, shoulder to shoulder, and shared in all the perils and fortunes ofthe conflict- The imploring appeal comes so us from the Irish nation, which - is so indentined with our own as to be al most part and parcel of ours, bone of out bone and flesh of our flesh. Nor is it ; any ordinary case ofhuman misery, or a few isolated cases of death by starvation, that we arc called upon to consider.— Famine is stalking abroad throughout , Ireland; whole towns, counties—count- ; less human beings, of every age and of . both sexes—at this very moment are starving or in danger of starving to death for bread! Os all the forms of dissolu- | lion of human life, the pangs and agony ol that which proceeds from famine Are ; the most dreadful. If ones dies fighting j gloriously for ids country, lie is cheered, in hf.s expiring moments, by the patriotic i nature of his sacrifice. lie knows that j his surviving relations and fiends, while j lamenting his loss, will be gratified and honored by Ids devotion to Ids country. — Poets, painters-, sculptors, historians—will record his deeds of valor and perpetuate his renown. If he dies by the sudden ex plosion of the boilers of a steamboat, or by a storm at sea, death is quiet and easy, and soon performs its mission. A few piercing shrieks are uttered, lie sinks be neath the surface, and all is still and si- i lent. But a death by starvation comes *low, lingering and excruciating. From ! day to day the wretched victim feels his j flesh dwindling, his speech sinking, ids friends falling around him, and he finally aspires in horrible agony. Behold the | ■wretched Irish mother—with haggard looks and streaming eyes —her famished children clinging to her tattered garments, | and gazing piteously in her face begging i for food ! And see the detracted iius- j band and father, with pallid cheeks, stand- j ing by. horror and despair depicted in his countenance—tortured w ith the reflection I that he can afford no succor or relief to : the- dearest objects of his heart about to be : snatched forever from him by the most : cruel of all deaths! This is no fancy picture; but, if we are to credit the terri ble accounts which reach us from that theatre of misery and wretchedness, is one of daily occurrence. Indeed, no irnagi nation can conceive—no tongue express —no pencil paint—the horrors of the scenes which are there daily exhibited. Ireland, to food, is different ly situated from all the countries of the world. Asia has her abundant supply of rice; Africa, her dates, yams and rice; Europe, her bread of wheat, rye and oats; j America, a double resource in the small grains, and a never failing and abundant supply of Indian coin—that great sup ■rtr’ t i * vv —■fcV'-s 'jzm. r - « ! porter of animal life—lor which we are j not halt grateful enough to a bountiful and | merciful Providence. But the staple food of large parts of poor Ireland is the pota to; and when it fails, pinching want and famine follow. It is among the inset uta i ble dispensations of Providence, that the | crop has been blighted the two last years; j and hence the privation of food,and this ap peal to the sympathy of American hearts. I Shall it he in vain? Shall starving Ire land—the young and the old—dying wo men and children, stretch out their hands to us for bread, and find no relief? Will j not tins great city, the world’s store house : of an cxhaustless supply of all kinds of I i food, borne to its overflowing warehouses ' t i by the Father of Waters, act on this oc | ! casion in a manner worthy of its high , destiny, and obey the noble impulses of , the generous hearts of its blessed inhabi tants? We are commanded, by the common Saviour of S'eland and of us, to love one j ■ another as ourselves; and on this, togelh i or with one higher obligation, hang all ( j the law and the prophets of our holy re- j ! ligion. We know that all ofthe forms . ' -i ! of humanity and benevolence, none is ; ! more acceptable, in the sight of God, than the practice of charily. Let ns demon ! slrate our love, our duty and our grati | tude to Him. by a liberal contribution to | the relief ot His suffering Irish children. iFellow citizens —No ordinary purpose ; has brought us together. Tins is no po { litical gathering. If it had been, you | ! would not have seen me here. I have not come to make a speech. W hen the heart ! is full and agitated by its own feeling I emotions, the paralyzed tongue finds ui l terance difficult. It is not fervid i lo i quence, not gilded woids, that Ireland j needs —but substantial food. Lot us rise 1 to the magnitude of the duty which is be fore us, and by a generous supply from the magnitude of our means, evince the | genuineness and cordiality of our sympa- j I thy and commiseration. At the conclusion of Mr. Clay’s speech, one loud and unanimous shout of appro- j j val w as raised, in w hich officers and an | diencc paiticipated. I | From the Columbus 'Times, 16 ih slr. TTcbalcr a::d the “Ihoadou Tames. The‘-Augusta Chronicle &.-Seutinel” takes I us to task for publishing ilk* sharp commen taries of the‘’London d imes" upon .Mr. Web ! ster’s protection speeches, and while rebuk -1 inn - us for re-publishing English testimony! | against an Ameiican statesman, itself ex -1 tracts a very abusive paragraph from that same “London Times” against the Ameri can President. Without stopping to remark upon this new-born spirit of Americanism in our cotempory, which in spite of its “out-of place-ness” (to coin a word) we are glad to see; the “Chronicle” will perceive, if it chooses, the difference in the value of Brit ish testimony, when it relates to a question of domestic or of Foreign concernment. When English Journals speak of our For- j eign relations, they speak as interested wit- j nesses, and it is perfectly natural that they j should abuse Mr. Poik on the Mexican war I question, when it is well known, that the I j British cabinet deeply interested itself, in I conjunction with France, to prevent ihe an- 1 ! nexation of Texas, and is now furious at our I | purpose of acquiring California and its im- ! i mense commercial advantages on the Paci ! lie. by the Mexican war. But the question of Free Trade or rro'ec lion, is Loth an English and an American question. It if a question to be argued and | sustained on bath sides of the water upon I principle, and to be decided by the iight of commercial experience. England has ex ; porience upon this subject. Bhe has tried | the Restrictive System for centuries, and it j was reserved for the enlightenment and ; statesmanship of the present day, to strike : the first and effective blow at a system,which , philosophers and the most distinguished poli | tical economists have always declared to be | founded on false principles, I The “London Times” has lived through, i and taken a part in the great throes of Na j tional agitation, by which English commerce I has been disenthralled from its bondage. It ; lias itself, if we are not mistaken, been con i verted, by the new light which has at last I dawned upon the minds of English Stales | men—it beholds the glorious fruits which ! have been warmed into richness and ripc | ness by tiiis light of truth. It has seen Old j Europe, saved this very year, from starvation, i by the operation of the free system of ex i changing the products of different climes— it has seen millions of wealth pouring into the American Union in return for the free trade in bread, with which America from her plenty, has fed Europe in her want; and in the lustrous light of these great events it is, that it regards Mr. Webster’s contracted ef forts, and class politics, with wonder and sC orn —wonder that so expansive an intel lect should grasp at shadows so small, and scorn for doctrines, which it declares, have been “ vomited from live stomach of Engl and." i qq ie “Chronicle” is mistaken—we did not : copy the “London Times” because it was ; the “Loudon Times,” that spoke; but because ! of the truths which it spoke—truths which i are world-wide; truths which England hcr j self is just beginning to learn and to recog i nise—truths upon which Mr. Webster 24 i years ago, laid the most splendid monument ; | of liis fame, and has since rejected—truths, j | which the Whig party of Georgia, was once j i ready to rend the Union to maintain, and i truths which the “Chronicle & Sentinel” is ' now most vainly attempting to gainsay and overturn. We repeat the concluding sentence of our last article: “It is strange bow the ‘wisdom of the Whigs’ consents to be bound down and held backby the iron restraints and commercial shackles which common sense and the geni us of the age, have knocked oft from tne limbs of British commerce; and it is mortify ino-. that the Whig statesmen of the ‘model Republic’ should be pointed by the London Times, to ‘English experience and example, in the career of freedom of Trade,or freedom j of any tiling else.” Diftsister ar>4 Less ©f Lifr. The steamer Medora which left litis port on the 10;h Inst, for Shrevesport, hurst her boiler as she was leaving Port Hudson yesterday, killing two persons, one of whom was a hand in the boat and the other a passenger; and badly scald ing fifteen or sixteen, the greater number of whom, "c understand, were passen gers. She was taken in tow bv the steamer Natchez and brought to this city this morning with tho persons killed and scalded. Tho clerk of the boat was s'i fhily scalded. The Medora was left ! at the other side of the liver, and we ! have not been able to learn the names of the killed and wounded. Since tlie above was in type we learn that the hand killed was Charles Martin, a fireman. Among the badlv scalded ! are Major Blocker cf N >rih Mississippi; Dr. J fan Evans, and Mr. 11. Fiinn, of Mississippi: Dr. Elenroy, Mr. Caruthers, land Mr. Moise, re>iuences unknown. — j N. O. Mercury, 1 :1th inst. ust£ geo., THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 18,1847. ; ,;jr. Si:Jehie“<s I.xpatssaa from l!i«* f4c»»a*c. | This event prefigures a very important move i merit in tire political world. So far as it simply ) concerns the Editor of the Union it is the private I grief of a private citizen, though his position as , editor of the government organ m ikes the circum ! stance clochlr interesting and conspicuous. As i to the merits of the question w hether the offence j of the editor was so grave a« to require such a mashed rebuke, it would he idle now to give an opinion. Though the public might take the view of it, that influenced the minority of the Senate in their vote, it is of no practical consequence now to express it. The Senate has acted within the ; legitimate sphere of its defensive rights. Viewing its dignity an 1 its honor availed—its patriotism j i impugned by one enj tying a privilege extended by j | the courtesy of that body—the privilege of a seat j | on the floor of the Senate, it lias seen proper for j ! reasons satisfactory to it. to with Iravv that privi- | I lege. Its right to do this, we do not question, and | it would he a perversion of sympathy to g**t up any displays of indignation upon the occasion. We are a sincere admirer of Mr. Ritchie. We admire his enthusiasm—his zeal —his energy of character, and his unwavering devotion to the cause of Re* i publicanism. We admire his straight forward i and consistent course as a politician, and his hon | orable bearing as a man—his dignified course as | an editor. He stands, in our estimation, among his editorial brethren as an able, vigorous and pow erful w riter—possessing more of the requisites for the efficient conduct of a daily political journal, occupying the position he does, than any other man in the country, lint with all this lie is falli ble, and he has been led into an awkward scrape by his zeal, and from a perhaps too long habit of forcing his views upon others by adopting the style known as the forlilcr in re, when the suaviler | in modo seemed an inadequate remedy. Such a ; mode, could not with impunity be adopted with so august a body as the United States Senate. But we allude to this matter on account of the great movements that are to result from it. and which are already partially developed. The slen der thread which united Mr. Calhoun to the ad ministration is sundered—incontinently snapped and severed forever. It was a slender cord, and the strength of it lias never much been relied upon. There lias been in fact a w heel within a whet 1 in the democratic party. Mr. Calhoun has fur years been rather an ally of the democratic parly pro per, than a pin of it. Sometimes lie added his l j s’rength and influence to it, in carrying its raeas- \ ■ ures—ura* times he acted on 1 1 is own look to [ | thwart them. Bat the support he has given the j | present administration, thoroughly democratic as j ! it is in many of it- leading measures, has been J 1 lukewarm or so qualified as to amount to no sup- I i part at all. He has doubtless been restive for some ! time under his anomalous position, and anxious to set up for him-elf—to mark out an independent an I distinct course which in many things Would com ply directly with the views of the groat democratic party. The opportunity has at least been afforded h m. Tliis too, in a n inner most felicitous, since he does n>t appear to have sought it. Me is now in the attitude of having had his darling wish j thrust upon him, and that 100 by the indiscreet and | fiery zeal of a democrat. Mr. Turney of Tenner- ! see, sought to show Ins thorough democracy, and 1 thus relieve himself from all suspicion of whig in fluence under which it was alleged, falsely, no doubt, he went into tlie Senate, by a vigorous on slaught on Mr. Calhoun. He doubtless told him some unpalatable truths, am! gave him some horn thrusts in reference to Ids course, —especially on the Oregon and Mexican questions, and his politi cal aspirations in connection with it. Mr. Cal houn it seems lias availed himself of the occasion to make a clean breast of it, andao come out in fall, and Ins arrayed himself now in direct op no- | sit ion la the administration and the great body ; of the democratic party on the question of the ; war. Henceforth we must bo prepared to see : the Calhoun party of inis country, arrayed as a distinct political element in cur political j world. We do not know what will ho the nom j de guerre it will adopt. But it will not coa- t lesce with the democratic party. It has been ap parent .since the democratic convention at Balii- j more in 1311, that Mr. Calhoun never intended to be an integral part of tli it party. He has aim- ; ed and his political friends for him have aimed to j run him as an independent candidate in 18id. I Tiris intention was distinctly given to the world by the Calaounites of Virginia in 18-1-1. With this prospect before us, it remains to be seen, how much whig support Mr. Calhoun tan get, north, south, east or west to promote his views. We wish him no harm in the effort. The whigs j could not act more acceptably to the south, or bet ter promote southern interests than to vote for him, and elect him. He would be far more acceptable to the south than any whig that they could elect. But we do not believe that he cat: propitiate enough j of the democratic party to swell his ranks to a re- j spectable extent. He canned much farther divide and distract that party. It will maintain its or. i j ganization, and proceed we believe from lids time j . forth more harmoniously than if this disruption had j not taken place. The atmosphere is clearer after j a storm; and we look fora more serene future and ! more quiet skies after the political elements have ; | subsided, and the storm lias passed which now j sweeps the horizon. We have no ill will towards Mr. Calhoun. We j are second to none in our admiration of his great j talents. Upon his abstract doc trices of political science, and his views of the fundamental princi ples of government, we accord with him fully. We sympathise deeply with his devotion to Free Trade. We could have supported him with enthusi asm if made the of the Democratic party. In contingencies yet in the range'of possibilities.we might yet support him. If the Democratic party should ever come under the dominion of such spirits as Wilraot, and Preston King and Brinker hoff, and thcylbecome the exponents cf its views— if the South is sought to be trampled under foot, j and her rights sacrificed at the shrine of abolition- | ism—that demon of discord and disunion, we shall j he prepared, among the Jirst to desert the dishon- , ored standard, and be found ranged under the ; banners of a southern champion, but we do po j feel that such a crisis has arrived —such au alter- ! native forced upon us, or that circumstances have i already raised up Mr. Calhoun as that champion* j When it is so, if ever, the whies and the demo- : crats of the south will rally around him as a band | of brothers. But now, we hold it to be the duty of every man, as a patriot, to rally around the Admin" istration, and support it in the vigorous prosecution of tHe war with Mexico. Whatever the cost of j men or of money, it is too late to recede—it would be impolitic to falter. The sword is drawn to as sert national i .juries and the war should be prosecuied as if the scabbard is throw n away. It should be in the spirit in which Cortez burnt ills ships on marching to the city of Mexico, and lhi s j spirit should animate our councils and our arms, j until Mexico exhibits a willingnes fur peace. Clcorgia Cracltcrs. | Mr. Uarbeson has sent to our office a liberal | I supply of Crackers, made from Georgia flour. It j ; hs impossible to exceed them in sweetness of fla | vour, and purity of colour, 'i hey are fully equal ; I to any article of the kind we have ever lasted. 1 Making good Crackers is the test of good flour. If ; j ° it answers tliis purpose, it can be fully relied on for the. most delicate and recherche pastries. The experience of our frien i Uarbeson as a ba ker, not only in lias country but in Europe, ren ders his ipse dixit on tliis subject no mean authori ty. He pronounces Georgia flour equal if not su perior to any in the world. The Br. ship Mountaineer, Cant. Bogart, cleared at Charleston on the Doth inst , for Liv erpool, by Messrs. John Fraser & Co., has a car g* of Ido hales S. Island and 2,1)21 bales Upland Cotton, valued at sl-12,8 05. O’ We are indebted to Messrs. Lumpkin ! and Toombs, for public documents. Charleston liacen. The following are the entries for the SIOOO ! purse,-1 n: ie heats: O. Ik Hare’s PatseyAn j thony, G years old, by Priam, dam by Vir- j ginian; John Maid of Lull, G i years old, by litmlpa, dam by Phenomenon; j Col. Hampton’s Castanet, 5 years old, by | Monarch, out of Betsey Robbias. The race was to come off yesterday. L’xpnWon cf the lAt iters of she CJalon. The following are the yeas ami nays on the Resolution for expelling the Editors of tho Union from the Senate Chamber. Messrs. A. P. Butler, John C. Calhoun, J. D. West cottand D. L. Yulee, are the only democrats that voted in the affirmative: Yea?—3lcssrs. Archer, Badger, Berrien. Butler, Calhoun, Cillcy, Thomas Clayton, John 31. Clay- j ton, Corwin,Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans, ■ Greene, Huntington. Jarnagin, Johnson, of Lou- j Liana, .Mangum, .Miller, 3iorehead, IVarce, Sitn- j Upham. Webster, Westcott, Wood bridge, i and Yulee-27. Navs —Messrs. Allen. Ashley. Atchison,- At her- | (on, Begin*. Brecse. Bright, Cameron, Cass, Glial- j mers. Dickinson, Di x, Fairfield, 1 lannegan, Hous- . l-m, Mason, Niles, Sevier, Soule, BUtrgeou, aud I Turney—27. ftoiliSr ru tlaarlcrij Sit r.’tev. We see by a notice in the Charleston pa- : pers, that Mr. Whitaker has retired from the 1 1 . J editorial department of this popular work, and that the chair editorial wi.l hereafter be ! tilled by the late accomplished editor cf the j Charleston Mercury, J. M. Clapp, Esq. . Eoancrti of Cseor”la. The Savannah Republican of the I3th ; mst.savs- —Wo are pleased to state that I 1 j the latgo and beautiful Map of the Slate } j * prepared by Win. G. Bonner, Esq, is now j in the bunds of Messrs. Sherman S: : Smith, v. ho have engaged to complete the engraving on copper in three months. The Map is Jo be embellished with a plan of the city of Savannah, and the manu script lias been pronounced by the en -1 era versos New-York end Philadelphia, i n . 1 . j to be the most splendid piece of topograph- i 1 ical drawing ever submitted to their in- s sped ion. Messrs. Sherman A* Smith, who stand confessedly at lire head of their profession; have been so deeply impressed with tire magnificence of the execution of tin's Map by Mr. Banner, that they have undertaken to execute the engraving at a reduced price, in order to add to their reputation by its publication; staling that 1 Georgia, so long without a proper Map, • i mav now boast of having the most elegant ! | and finished one ofany State in the Union. ; 1 TiiC Jlirit-c:. The N. O. Delia of the I2i!i inst. says j —The business in Cotton was larger | vesterday, amounting to 5-1-JJ bales, j Prices are down still further, and Good Middling was sold at 15 to 10*c. There . i was a rather better feeling in lire Flour i maiketjlhe sales reaching nearly 10,000 I j bids., principally at £>*) per bbl. for good j Ohio brands —a slight improvement. Corn is steady—sone 20.0U0 bushels were taken for shipment mostly at 81 per bush el. ! Fre'ghts. —Three or four ships were taken for Liverpool, at one penny per lb. for Colton, establishing the advance memioned yesterday. | From the Chnrles'on Coru ler , IGY inst.'] Zivotu. Iffavaua—Latest Jtexicaa Ncvrw. j The brig Adela, Capt, Watson, arrived I here yesterday, from Havana, in 8 days , ! passage. ! Capt. Watson lias furnished us with 1 the following intelligence from Mexico, ! ; communicated to him by Mr. Campbell, j ! our Consul at Havana. It was received 1 | bv the packet from Vera Cruz, arrived at j Havana Glh inst. | ‘-Santa Anna was still at San Louis Potosi, at the head of *22.000 men. gen -7 . . „ # - i orally occupied with his favorite amuse- j raent of cock fighting. “Gen. Taylor is i-aid to have left his ! recent position, and passed Victoria at he head of GOOO men, supposed to be on ills march to Tampico. “The Clergy have refused to contribute the 8,000.000 attempted to be raised from them. They are much excited against | Santa Anna, and arc endeavoring to get j | up pronunciamantos against him. j “The whole cabinet of Santa Anna is | • reported to have resigned. Great jeal- | I ousies exist among the different Generals j II r rn I -111 mu I in the Mexican army, and consequently i much confusion and disorganization prevails. Very Cruz is garrisoned by 3000 troops, dispirited, and expect the ! city to bo attacked by the Americans on the 2d Feb. The best informed think the resistance made by the garrison will be j feeble, and that it will fall an easy con | quest. In the Castle there arc only 1000 men, badly supplied with provisions, their chief dependence being on \ era Cruz for supplies. ‘•Many vessels laden with valuable : cargoes have run the blockade and outcr ied different pui is of Mexico. Some ten I have left Havana for Alvarado and Tus ' pan in the last month.. A large French i ship, with a valuable cargo, has been j recently captured after having been I warned off once, for a second attempt to j enter. “The May Flower arrived in Havana i on Gili inst. with Lieut. Col Randolph's | command of 313 men. The object is to supply medicines, which it appears had not keen furnished in sum'dent quantities previous toiler leaving Norfolk. The men are fine looking, zealous and anxious to meet the Mexicans in Ihe field of battle, or to plant the standard presented to them, on the walls of Sr. Juan do Elba. 'The standard is a beautiful one, having on one side the arms of the United S-ates, and the arms of their idolized Stale of \ irginia cn the reverse side. “Col. Randolph’s command are in fine health, except some IS men. It was fur these men that additional medicines were needed. The May Flower will sail Till inst., (to morrow.) for Point Isabel, that i being the original destination cf the i vessel/' A crnmercial letter from Havana, dated Gth inst. received by tlre brig Adela, ! says.—“ Molasses continues at 2 a 2-1 rs. in demand; Sugar, none here; in Mutan. zas there is very little and sol!inar at from 11 a rs. No further sales of Rice to report; two cargoes still on band. Ex change on London 83 for cr.; U. S. par to dct. prem.” [Corespondence of the N. O. Delia.] Pensacola, Feb, Bth, 1347. Gentlemen —TheU.S. troops stationed j at Fort Pickens have been ordered to | Mexico, and will leave tiffs place to-mor | row morning in the schr. Elizabeth, Capt. | Cozzcns, for x OUr c liy, there to embark ! in the first vessel for Tampico. There i are not more than 83 rank and file, but j they are a fine body of men —healthy and j in good spirits. There is no vessel of war | in port, but vve are looking anxiously for ! one soon. Purser Tomas B. Nalle is in i this city waiting for the first opportunity ! to go to the Gulf lo relieve Purser Joseph O i Bryan, of the frigaie Potomac. A meeting is to bo Ije 1J in the City Hall this evening for the purpose of taking into considera tion measures for the revival ofthe project |of a railroad to Montgomery, Ala. The ■ people here are very much pleased wiih tl c apj ropria ion made by Congress for i the construction us a dry.dock at this ! place. This ought to have been d me I mg j ago. FAUST. £2rA meeting us the Washington Tula! Ab .li nenee Society will be held at the Lecture Ru.ua us ilie Presbyterian Church thisT-Thursday) evening, at half past 7 o’clock. Several A Ureases may be expected, and business of importance transacted, by order of tho President. XV3I. HAINES, Secretary, j F**b 18 ] 117 ; (Hr Mr. Editor —Please announce the follow-. ! ing named gentlemen as candidates for Members of Council for Ward No. I, at ihe coming election in April next: —Col. G. F. PARISH, JAS. GOD DY, A. F. SCHULTZ. [Feb. 18 *— sUD We are authorized to announce Dr. J. G. 3IcWIIORTF.R as a candidate for Mayor of the the City of Augusta, at the election on the second Monday in April next. Feb. Id DCrWeare requested to announce JOHN 11. .MANX, and 11. D. BELL, as suitable candl ! dates for Aldermen in Ward No. 2. [Feb. 17 * — - ----- ; ! S£r We are authorised to announce Col. G. F. ; PARISH as a candidate so re-election as 31 ember of t!ie*City* Council from Ward No. 1,, at ibeen : suing election in April next. I b. 17 * — i Mr. Editor —Please announce the name of • CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a candi i date for Council in Ward No. I, And oblige Feb. 17 MANY VOTERS. | 'special notice to city tax PAYERS. j <gg* All persons owning proporty in the City of j Augusta, subject to taxation, are hereby notified forthwith to make a written return thereof to the subscriber at Ins office at the City Hall, as in de fault.thereof they will be liable to a double las. The follow ing is the form required: No. of Polls. “ Apprentices or Minors, 15 to 21 years. “ Female Slaves, Id to CO “ Male “ 10 to 16 “ “ “ “ IG to CJ “ “ Hydrant. “ Horses. “ Carriages and value thereof. “ Dugs, (lax to be j>aid when return is made.) 51,25, each. Amount of Stock in trade, (highest amount on hand between Oct. and Jan.) at cost price Amount of Goods sold on connuis.-ion. ** Real Estate, fully described by bounds. “ Capital Stock of Banks and Bro ilers. j All persons making returns as Agents or Trus tees, are requested to give in full the name of those they represent. 3V. MILO OLIN, Clerk of Council. Clerk’s Office, 14th Feb., 1847. N. B.—Females and infirm persons will be rall j ed on at their residences, if their names are sent to j the Clerk. Feb 16 3 115 RELIEF FOR IRELAND. Mayor’s Office,) February 13, 1847. $ At the suggestion of the Committee of Five, ap pointed under resolution of Council, for receiving subscriptions for the sufferers in Ireland, that their number is inadequate, I hereby add to that Corn j mittee the following citizens, with the request that 1 they will serve: John Kerr, Daniel Hand, John C. Carmichael, i John Foster, William Walton. ; Feb. 11 L. D. FORD, Mayor. a meeting of the City Coun cil of Augusta, held at the Council Chamber on the 11th February, instant, his Honor the Mayor laid before Council, an appeal of James A,jger and others, a Committee cf Charleston, S. C., toUching aid in behalf of the suffering people oflreland. Mr. Harper offered the following resolution, which was unanimously passed: Resulted, That his Honor the Mayor be request ed to appoint a Committee of Five, to receive and forward the. donations oi those disposed to furnuh money and breadstuff* lur the relief of the suffering people of Ireland. Committee Appointed —John Bones, James Har per. Joseph Davis, Philip McGran, M. D. Maher. ! Extract from the minutes of Council. Feb. 13 W. MILO OLLV, Clerk. rcr ej, Jackson, icuchcr on the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully lenders his services to the citizens of Augusta. References —Henry Parsons, Titus. Richards and 'l'. 8. Mf-tcaif, Esq’rs. N. B.—For terms, Re., inquire at 11. Parson's Music store. dm Dec. 1 ’ J>ILITILS. In Auburn, Macon county, Ala., on the l(U!i inst., Austin Wooi.poi.k, on his way from Bai- I timore to his family in Louisiana. Near Mount Zion, Hancock county,Ga., Mr. Moses Wii.kv. aged 71 years. ■ill 1 jrrwwfa iiii ■■rr~gifc>aiq» faiicfi n -u if p p p s % f I■ Ulflifl [iiilliiii. latest dates t ftOM li vanrool,::::::::::: jan. 10 latest uat us FiiOM it av it E::J a.n . li CHARLESTON IMPORTS, FEB. 17. Havana —Brig Adeia—!t!l hhds Molasses, to Jas. C hapman. By JSitgticilc 'rvlegraph. I Correspondence vj the Baltimore Bun.] JN kty \ oh tv, L’eb. 14—G P. ,\f. Sales of Southern flour were made on Satur ! d;iy at prices ranging from ffb, to l<* ijfG.SO. I'fiera | v. as lOT of v. Luc com sold at $1 per j bushel. Tin stork market was du’l. 1 Small sales of cotton were made at redu-cd : prices. P. ! Cl lAPvLIA I UA, ■ Fim7' 17. Cctt.m.— The i Cotton in ah t since our report of the loth inst., has he. nin a very depressed condition. On Sa turday last after ttie receipt of the accounts per : the Sarah Sands, between 7 and 800 hales changed hands. On Monday the transactions, | as far as reported to ns. did not exceed did hales, although it is sai l dOO hales were taken by an export r—whether such was the case, however, we will not undertake to affirm. Yesterday the open lions reached near 1000 bales. Buy ers have obtained ad elded ad.antage over holders, but prices have bo* n so unsettled that we must ac knowledge oil! inability, at [ resent to quote the extent oftha decline; - we would state however, that Liverpool lair has been sold at i 1 a J i(c. per lb. The transactions in the three dans sum un 2000 bales, as follows: !> at iOj; 5b at 10 7-if-; Jjt)at 1! iv; 133 ill 10 J; 717 at 11; 52 at Mi; 155 at 1 IB 3ob at 11 g; 138 at 11 j; and 1 bales at 1J J cents. Sugai —There w is a s do at auction yesterday 0f77 hhds. Muscovado Sugar, quality, good to hne; which went off at prices ranging from S 7-16 toOgc. per lb. * V COLUMBFB, Feb. lb — Colton. —The receipts : here during this mon.li, and dial of January, have •uully disappointed those who counted upon 75,000 1 bales at the opening of:he season; public opinion j seems now to have set tied down upon GO,OOO bales as the maximum. The transactions during the past week have Ben light. On Saturday suma' suo bales were disposed of. Our figures approxi mate as near to th • facts as the small sales and ir regularity of prices will admit of. We quote b i , j to lOie. Since t!i • above, the new s by the Sarah Sands ! which was received this morning from Liverpool, was so vague and indefinite, dial to form a correct , cut clusi »n would be impossible; there is how \er | at least i iecline since the la; I quotations. Stock ; 18,318 bales. MOBILE, Feh 13. — Cotlon. —l he receipts this j week are 33.560 i>.iles, and t!ie exports ; 1,721 j bales-. '! he stock on hand incliidiHg wlmt is sliip- I ped is 154150 bales, against 163,044 Laics same ! time last season. t Onrlast it-vLvv closed on a more settled slate of the market than had prevailed for some days prev iuusly—4ol)o bales changed ban Is on that day at a redo.-lion of about Jc p' r lb. on the prices to which the nunkel had been pushed by speculative operations. The business on Saturday was to about the same extent,and sustained fully the pre vailing rale-of ihe preceding day. On Monday, j however, a different feeling became apparent.— 1 j 'l’he scarcity of shipping, the actual advance and * upward tendency in freights, and the manifest de | sl/e on the ] art of some holders to reduce their I stocks, earn ed a hesitation among buyers, and the ! day's talc* summed up only some IcJOJ hales r.t a reduction of 1c per lb. Tuesday's operations scarcely reached 1000 bales. The market was entirely flat —middling nominally H{. On Wed nesday the market continued heavy, and iuOO 1 hales only changed hands, middlings quoted at liffc. Tiiuns.lay’s Miles vvere 20U0 bales, middlings 1( 1 a 101 c; and on Friday the sales were to about . . the same extent, and at a still further reduction, mlddlim:* ranging from 10 to lUlc. The trans i actions of t!ie week, which have been chic/ly on I English and noi l hern account; loot up 11,000 halts, and the market closes quiet with a dovvnward ten dency. It will he seen that there lias been a gradual daily decline in prices since Monday, owing main ly to ilie scarcity of vessels and the advance in freights. Contingent upon the want of tonnage however, is another difficulty tlmt is felt with con siderable inconvenience. Buyers are frequently restricted in the right to draw except against ac tual shipments, or .-mu- period nut indefinite wiih in w hich shij nn-nts can be made, and hence many drawer* have 4teen kept from market, tints adding another cause to the scarcity of money, which may be felt more or less until the tonnage I in port is increased. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Good and fine, none. Good lair, nominal. Fair, Ififa 11 Muddling fair, 104 a— Middling 10 a It)* Ordinary, GLa it} Freights —VVe quote to Liverpool I a Id; llavro I 2c; New York I a It; Boston nothing offering.— | 'l'll - inside figures denote the rates paid, and the outside those asked. The present tonnage in port I is entirely inadequate to the wants of trade. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 11,2 p. m. —Cotton ! Sales this morning 1500 bales, including one list of i 1 MX)—no improvement. Sugar firm —sales 300 hhds. Molasses. —4os bbls have been sold at 27 a 271 c. Flour. —The market opened this morning w ith | increased enquiry—sales 400 bbls Ohio at $5,874, j and 350, 3440, 1250,500 and 700, at $6. All but j SUO on tlie steamboat landing—market firm and { holders claiming higher rates. Corn. —bales G‘JU and 1 COO sacks white at sl, and 103 G and 500 at sl,Ol. Bacon. —Business confined to retail transactions at 61 a 7c for Shoulders, 8 a 84 for sides, and 8 for Haras. Lord. —Sales 1030 kegs and 200 bbls at Bc. Whisky. —Sales 50 bbls at 231 c. Freights. —A vessel engaged f >r Liverpool at Id * j fur some cotton, and 8s for 800 bbls flour. FEB. 12,2 p. rn.— Cotton. —The market opened this morning with an active demand at yesterday’! prices. Sales 5000 bales—yesterday GOOD at stea dier rates. Sugar. —Sales 300 hhds—prices firm. Molasses. —s a) bbls sold at 27 a 274 c. Flour. —Buyers at $6, but holders generally ask higher—sales 500 bbls Ohio on the Levee at $6, 100 at 6,12, and 200 Illinois at 0,25 —active retail demand. Com. —Sales 333 sacks chiefly yellow, and GOO white, sl, and 2154 while at J,o2i. Also 1350 sacks—price not transpired. Pork. —Market quiet. Small sales at previous rates. Bacon —Bo casks City smoked Sides sold at 84r, and 21 bbls old Hams at 2c; prices firm and buoy ant.