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f From Ike Washington Union , 31j?£ nit.]
The last E»lauk of IVHcr»ii*nt Shivered.
For months the federal press has been
assailing llie administration for the ad
vance of our army to the Rio Grande.——
\ccording to these authorities, this move
ment was the great “fountain of rv.l”
from which all our woes have flowed.—
This terrible daed, if the federal organs
are to be believed, at once violated our
constitution, and made our war an out
rage upon all the rights and duties of hu- I
manilv. By this deed the war became ,
the “Piesidenl’s war of aggression and
conquest,” and the President, because of
it, was to be held to “a strict accounta
bility” in the form of “impeachment.”
Now it so happens that ih/s same hein
ous deed—the advance of our army to the
Rio Grande —teas suggested and advised
b j Gen ‘r id. Taylor h : in self, months before
it was directed to he done by the admin
istration! More even tiian this. Gene
ral Taylor not only suggested aml advised
the advance of the army, hot he gave ex
cellent reasons for his opinion, and most
emphatically expressed his approbation of
the movement of the army to the Rio
Grande, three weeks after the order direct
ing that movement hud been issued from
the War Department.
Independently of the support widen
this movement would derive from Gen.
Taylor’s recommendation, it is now cer
tain that the movement did not bring on
the war, because it now appears from
official documents, that the Mexicans
were determined to wage the war upon
n«, before our troops advanced to the Rio
Grande, In fact, they had troops upon
the banks of the Col irado, just before out
troops crossed the stream. Gen. Worth
crossed it in the face of their troops, and
in spite of their threats. Mexico, it is
well known, wag determined to make the
war, not only because they claimed to
the Rio Grande, nor to the Nueces, but
to the Sabine itself. They had proclaim
ed, almost from the beginning, that our
annexation of Texas was war.
The Federal press applaud General
Taylor’s patriotism, gallantry, and judg
ment to the skies. The N. \ . Courier
and Enquirer, which reached us this
morning, tells us in substance that the
President, by placing General Taylor
in a situation to gain his recent great vic
tory at Buena Vista, has in effect “nom
inated hind' as the next President. \et
now he stands be fore Federal journals
as bavin tr, o:n tended and approved, over
his own the very act for which
they havTh fur months proclaiming
the Piesid ni o be deserving of impeach- ;
menlf Wa ever faction before placed
in such humiliating self contradiction.—
We commend these matters to the care
ful attend m of our readers, they are well
set fai th from the ojjiicaJ documents in the
following ailic’e from the Baltimore Ar
gus of this morning:
IFrom the Baltimore Republican and Argvs.]
The whig clamor against the march
ing OF OUR TROOPS TO THE, RlO GRANDE
rebuked by Gen. Taylor.—A consider
able difference cf opinion prevails as to
the cause of the present war with Mexico,
The whigs insist that it was the march
ing of the American army to the shores |
of the Rio Grande—and in this opinion
thev have been recently backed by Mr. !
Calhoun—whilst the democrats insist
that nothing but the unequalled perverse
ness and obstinacy of the Mexican race,
gave rise to it. Occasionally- we find
some whigs referring to the annexation
of Texas as the “remote or predisposing
cause of the war,” whilst they all agree
that the marching of our army to the
shores of the Rio Grande, was the im
media'e cause of active hostilities. 'I hey
adherer to this latter argument solely be
cause they think that democratic agents •
are alone responsibly for it, but if the |
annexation of Texas had not been aided j
by whig votes, they might perhaps attri- |
hole the origin of the war exclusively to
that measure. It so happens, however,
that the whigs are mistaken in supposing
that no member of their party advised the
military movement to the Rio Grande, j
and that the very first suggestions of that
kind came from one whom they claim as
a “good Kentucky w hig,” and that it was ,
chiefly owing to his advice and importu- j
nines, that the movement was made so |
early. We allude to no less a person- j
ago than Major General Zachary Taylor, ;
and to prove what we say, we ask the at
tention of our whig friends to the follow
ing extract from his letter to the Secreta
ry of War, dated October 4, 1845:
“I have reason to believe, moreover,
that a salutary moral effect has been ex
ercised upon the Mexicans. I heir tra
ders are continually carrying home the
news of ooreposition and increasing num
bers, and are confessedly' struck by the j
spectacle ofa large camp of well appoint
ed and disciplined troops, accompanied
by perfect security to thffir persons and
property, instead of the impressment and
pillage to which they are subject in their
own country-. For these reasons, our po
sition thus far has, I think, been the best
possible; but, now that the entire force i
will soon be concentrated, it may well be
a question whether the views of govern
ment w ill be best carried out by our re
maining at this point. It is with great
deference that I make any suggestions on
topics which may' become matter o( deli
cate negotiation; but it our government,
j in setlinrr the o nest ion of bon nda rv, maßes
the the Rio Grande an ultimatum,
[ cannot doubt ibai the settlement will be
' greatly facilitated and hastened by our
i taking possession at of one or two
I suitable points on or quite near ihal river.
Our strength and ."late of pre"ration
should be displayed in a manner not to
be mistaken. However salutary may be
the effect produced upon the border
pie by our presence here, we are 100 far
! from the frontier to impress the govern
| rnent of Mexico with our readiness to vin
dicate, by force of arms, if necessary, our
title to the country as far as the Rio
Grande. The ‘army of occupation’ will
in a few days, be concent rated at this point,
in condition for vigorous and efficient
service. Mexico having, as yet, made no
positive declaration ol war, or committed
any overt act of hostilities, I do not feel at
liberty, under my instructions , particular
h/ those of July 8, to make a forward
movement to the Rio Grande without au
j thority from the War Department.”
And he writes cn the 4th of February,
1840;
“Our advance to the Rio Grande will
itself produce a powerful effect; and it
may be that the common navigation of
the river will not he disputed.”
The import and intention of this are
not to be mistaken. Do say’s :
“Our position thus far (meaning Cor
pus Christi) has been the best possible;
but now that the entire force, will scon
he concentrated, it may well he a question
whether the views of government will he j
be-t carried out by our remaining at tVis
point. It is with great difference that I
make any suggestions on topics which
may become matter of delicate negotia
tion; but if our government, in sealing ;
the question of boundary, makes the line
of the Rio Grande an ultimatum, 1 cannot
doubt that the settlement will be greatly
facilitated and hastened by our taking
possession at once of one or two suitable
points on or quite nei#the river.
Here General Taylor’s arguments come
in direct collision with those of 1 lie whigs.
They say that our “taking posses.ron of
one or two points on or near that river,”
brought on the war, ano consequently,
delated a settlement of the boundary line; j
whilst General Taylor looked to that act
as the means of “greatly facilitating and
| hastening the settlement,” He advised
that it he done “at once” —and his letter
is dated October 4ih, but the government
not being in haste to adopt the “sugges |
j jions” of General Jay lor, he did not re- j
j ceive his orders to proceed to the Rio
Grande till four or five months after he
suggested and. urged it, say sometime in
the month of February.
But let us hear General Taylor further.
He proceeds U 3 say—- ‘Our strength and
state of preparation should he display, i
ed in manner not to he mistaken. Here
we are too far from the frontier to impress
the government of Mexico with oxt r read- j
iness to vindicate by force, if nece.<s,g V*
our title to the country as far as the Rio
Grande .”
In this he evidently again takesgronnd [
in direct opposition to the whigs. He was j
for going to the Rio Grande for the pur- j
pose of “impressing the government of i
Mexico, ’ by' a grand military display,
“with our readiness to vindicate by force
of arms our title to that river, and .
thought it the most certain plan ol pre- j
venting war, whilst (hey have always
argued that the marching of a military >
force opposite one of their towns and
“taking possession of a post” there, was
enough to provoke any' people to hostilities,
and was the immediate cause and ihe only j
cause of the war. If they are right, then
General Taylor is wrong; but as they
have professed to take the general ex- ,
elusive!vjinlo their own keeping, we leave
them to reconcile their differences in the
best way thev can. It is sufficient for us
a know, that, if they state the true cause ;
of the war, the first suggestion in favor ot
creating that cause, came from General
Taylor, and that he regarded it as the
most certain w ay to make an “impression”
upon the Mexicans favorable to peace. It
is also a satisfaction to know that, though
Gen. 'Taylor urged the movement to the
Rio Grande with considerable force and j
ability', the government was'very slow in I
adopting his suggestions, and that, if Mr.
.Polk deserves any censure for it, Gen. |
Taylor must come in for the largest share
of it.
We allude to these things, not for the
purpose of censuring General I avion, but
to acquaint the public w ith ail the facts ■
relative to the present war, and the origin
of it. Subsequent to the letter from which
we make the above extract, several others
were addressed to the W ar Department,
and in all of them he assured the govern
ment that no attack was to be feared from
the Mexicans, and, consequently, no war
originated. As late as the 15th of last
April—only'a few days before the mur
der of Cross and Porter, and the capture
of Captain Thornton’s command —he ex- I
pressed the opinion that Ampudia would
not attack him, even after enlarging his
force, so reluctant w'as he to give up the
opinion lie first expressed, that Uis “ad
vance to the Rio Grande would produce
a powerful erfect” in preserving peace. If
the sequel showed that Gen. Taylor had
been deceived, and that, for six months,he
had been making representations to the
government which proved lo be erroneous,
who is to blame? Certainly not Mr. Polk,
nor the Secretary of War! Who then?
We leave the impartial reader of both
parties to decide that question, after they
shall have satisfied themselves what Gen.
Taylor m«ant bv saving that “he did not
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fee! at liberty, under his instructions,
particularly those of July Bth, of that
year, to make a forward movement to the
Rio Grande.” To us it seems that the
letter of‘-July Bth,” from the War De
partment, must have rather discouraged
such a movement.
AUGUSTA. GEO.,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, IS4T.
CO”The Constitutionalist 1 etter Sheet Prices
; Current, will be ready fur delivery This 3lora
j ing, at 3 o’clock.
JUrTlie defence set up in the Chronicle ts-
Sentinel on Monday last, for the la ? e atroci
ous conduct of the Mexicans,is as ingenious
! and pla’usible as the nature of the case ad
| mils. But neither Lite plea that “in Mexico
a considerable portion of the population con
sists of full blood and half breed Indians”
will palliate, or account fur it. It is no de
fence, were it true that these fiendish barbar
ities were perpetrated by full blood or bait
| breed Indians. It cannot shield the Mexi
j can nation from the vengeance or the abid
| ing hate of the people of our country.
But the Chronicle is in error in speaking
' of Indian ferocity,such as the tomahawk and
; scalping knife Indians of North America ex
j hibit in their wars, if he supposes that it is ap
-1 plicab'e to the race in Mexico. They are a
totally different race of people. They arc dif
ferent in appearance —in character—in habits
—in every national characteristic. Compared
to the warlike Cainanche, or the equally
bloody and ferocious Spaniard ol North Ame
rica, they are a mild and gentle race. Cortes
| found them a happy, confiding, industrious
and peaceable people. This Indian ferocity
of which the Chronicle speaks lias been in
fused into their veins by their Spanish con
querors, and it is that sanguinary race that
is to be held responsible for Mexican barbari-
I ty. The full blood Indians are the least de
testable of this mongrel nation of cut-throats
and robbers. The half breeds are only more
despicable than either lhe full blooded Hi
dalgos, or the full blood Mexicans because
they unite the ignorance, the weaknesses,
the intellectual inferiority of their down trod
den race, with the vices, the ferocity and
treachery of their Spanish conquerors, lake
the whole nation, Spaniards, Indians, hail
breeds, meztizzoes and inula toes, and wo
can find nothing in them so far to excite the
just sympathies of an American editor, that
( their late cruel massacres of our Wounded
soldiery, alter they fell helpless on the field
of battle, are to be smoothed ever—(xtenual
j ed on the ground that our people have been
also very cruel—that “the Mexican# repre
sent that many of their people . <’e been
murdered, and treated with revolt) ig cruelty
I by portions of our soldiers and oil er Aineri-
I cans, since the commencement of he war.”
Some of our citizens may be very prone to
; believe all these statements, in '•very form of
exaggeration. But we are not one of them.
While not doubting that there have been
some acts of lawlessness and violence, we
read with heartfelt pride of instances where
j the fenderest care was shown by our soldiers
i on the field of battle to wounded Mexicans —
| of our soldiers sharing the contents of their
canteens and haversacks with them, and of
their lifting U P lllC P° ()r wre,cl,es > antl P !a *
cing them u. faster positions—wo read of
the'battle fields being examined carefully,
and the wounded Mexicans being removed to
hospitals and as kindly tended by our medi
cal staff as our own wounded soldiery.
While on the other hand we hear ’hat no
such instances of humanity have been ?x *
bibbed by the Mexicans- They have even
remorselessly abandoned their own wounded
to die, when they might have borne them off.
This was conspicuously the case at Monte
rey. It gives us much more pleasure to
dwell on these facts, than to rake up the
statements of an anonymous letter-writer,
and parade them before the public, as the |
Chronicle has done, which allege that Mexi
cans “have been murdered and treated with
revolting cruelty by portions of our soldiers
and other Americans.” And why is this? ;
It is to rebuke the indignation with which
our blood boiled and which our pen express
ed, on hearing that some of our brave men, .
on the field of Buena Vista, after being j
wounded and unable to escape, were merei- i
lessly hewed and hacked down, and pierced
through with Mexican lances and bayonets, j
The Chronicle calmly tells us, “wait for
the facts.” “It may or may not be true i
that Colonels Hardin, McKee and Clay were
treated thus while the battle was raging.”
The statement is derived from the New Or
leans Delta on the authority of Major Coffee.
We will wait for facts— we will wait until |
the apologists of Mexico can bring facts to
disprove the foul charge. But while wait- j
ing, we shall in the meantime believe the I
charge true, and believing it, wc have very
few words to say in exhortation to friend
ship and good will towards the great mag
nanimous Mexican nation.
* " ” “
Bank £Uock.
We learn that fifty shares of the Stork of
the Bank of Augusta sold at public out
cry, yesterday, $93 per share.
We further learn, that S3O per share has
been and refused this week, for Geor
gia Rail Road Stock.
The last Plank of Federalism Shivered.
We are a little curious to know what new
battery the opposition will open on the Pre
sident. Their most portentous battery—the
march from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande
—is about to be silenced,and their heavy guns
spiked. They can now neither fire shot or
shell without striking General Taylor," and
though they would not scruple even to anni- ■
Dilate him if they could, for party ascenden- |
cyT they dare not —they cannot hope to make
any thing by it. Indeed they expected that
he as their candidate, would revive their
drooping fortunes. But they have unwiiting
■ ly condemned him.
We invite special attention to tlie article
| from the Union with ihe above title.
The Altails fur Wilkes, I.incolii and Fi
ber! Counties.
| We were very much provoked to learn that j
the mail bag containing our Weekly paper
of Wednesday, 31st oil., for our subscribers •
at many of tiie Post Offices in the above
i named counties, returned to the Augusta
; Post Office yesterday morning. Where-it
has been, and how it went astray we do not
know. Where the blame lies, it is easier to
slate. It must have been the gross careless
ness of the travelling Post-master on the
Rail Road who went up on Wednesday night
last, in the first instance. The carelessness
of the one in charge, who passed Double
Wells on Monday night, bringing the bag
back to Augusta is equally inexcusable.
There has been so much irregularity in
the way mails on the Georgia Rail Road of
late that it is high lime for us to speak out.
We have a letter dated Warrenlon, April sth,
j stating that our Tri-Weekly' of .Thursday
I last, went to Milledgeville and returned on
j Saturday,and that the Tri-Weekly of Satur*
( day had not yet arrived.
We could fill columns from recent com
munications and our comments thereon,
showing that “the times are sadly out of
joint,” as far as our mail facilities are con
cerned. But as wc are not yet satisfied as
1 to who are to blame, we will for the present
I forbear.
Faiewfll Concert;
lt gives us groat pleasure to call public
; attention to liie fact that this evening vve are
to have another of those delightful Concerts,
with which Mr. and Mrs. Eastcott, and
; Messrs. Schmidt and Mitchell have twice
charmed our musical circles. The selections
are chiefly such as Coimot fail to please even
the most unpractised ear, if united with a
soul for harmony. The price is such .as
will place it in the power of every lover of
music to enjoy a most agreeable recreation.
fj-Thc following is an extract from a letter
dated Saltillo, Feb. 2(»th, 1847, from a friend
now in service in the duarter-masler’s Depart
ment of the army. It mentions some incidents
whieli may be interesting to our readers:
“It was pretty well understood on the morning
of the 21st, by Gen. Taylor, that Santa Anna
was within two days inarch of him with from 20
to 25,000 men, ami on the same day b* fell back
from Agin, Nncva whore he was encamped—
j about 18 miles from Saltillo—to a much morese
j cure, and defensible position at Buena Vista,
j about six miles from the city, and therewith his
! ’small army of about four thousand fve hundred
' men awaited the approach of the enemy. In
town wc were all armed. The various stoics bc
l imdng to our own department, the Commissary
and the Ordnance, had been thrown into the
strong buildings, comprizing the principal Plaza j
(public square); and the large Cathedral, occupy
ing alone one side of it, was also taken possession
of. The armed force, which had lot its part ofllic
busincss a the defence of the property in town,
amounted to about four hundred and fifty or five
hundred men, all volunteers except about one
hundred and fifty teamsters, i had almost for
j gotten that Capt. Webster of the regular artille
ry and a company ol sixty men, with two 21 lbs.
Howitzers, were in a redoubt on a hill overlook
; ing town, and ranging the whole country around
for two miles. On the 22,1, (Wasuington’s
birthday) about 10 o’clock, a. m., we heard the
i commencement of the battle—some skirmishing
i between the pickets. At this time Capt. Chilton
aoulicd for pern ission to be near the person of
Gen, Taylor in the fight. This was granted, and !
lie left me in charge of the store house. But be- i
fore he mounted I asked him to let me go, as he j
had agents enough besides me to take care of the j
establishment, Tie consented, and 1 ordered
up niv horse and rode olt to tiic field. I confess
! here, that I was possessed with divers and sundry
misgivings in regard to the particular manner of
my bearing in this, tuy maiden fight, and the
thought stuck to me during the whole day,(2~d).
! slept soundly, however, that night, in a tent, and 1
was up by daylight. As soon as the sun was up ;
the enemy began to extend their lines, vvith the j
view of turning our left flank and getting in be- i
tween us and town. This produced a movement 1
i on Gen. Taylor’s part. The two armies keeping i
! a sharp look out on each other until about 9 i
o’clock, when the action commenced Irom the !
i enemy’s cannon, at about i a minute intervals.
I was sitting on my horse, watching with the
rest, about 50 yards from Gen. Taylor and his
staff. He was on his horse, with one leg thrown
over the pummel of the saddle, as cool as a cu
■ cumber, with nothing about him to distin
guish him, but his sword, from an ordinary citi
zen. Ilis dress was an old iron grey surtout, out
at both elbows, old pantaloons, no straps, and un
blacked shoes. About half after nine the firing
became general—the balls flew all around
rnc. I had nothing to do, but was told by Capt-
Chiltonto keep my eyes open, for bethought it
likely I might be wanted to carry an order. At any
rate he would do his best for me, for it is consid.
ered quite a distinction to be sent on any such
I dutv. and is eagerly sought for. Bull was not
I wanted, so I rode about with several others, close
lv watching the battle. It astonished me more
than lean express, that after a few minutes of
considerableJfurry, I became utterly unconcern
ed, although the shot flew thick as hail and I
i could see officers and men knocked over in every
direction. A cannon shot struck the ground and
ricochet about twenty steps on my right, which
old Caleb (my horse) took in high dudgeon—for
he commenced plunging in good earnest —and it
j required all I could do to bring him down to his
propriety. I cannot go on with the particulars
of the light- it is utterly out of the question. A
great many of my acquaintances were killed or
wounded. Capt. Lincoln, who distinguished
himself at the battles of the Bth and 9th May
last, was killed by a musket shot through his j
head—l saw him fall from his horse. Lt. Carl- j
ton, of the Ist Dragoons, who was near him, dis- i
mounted and took from him Ins watch, ring, a
; lock of his hair, and his wife's miniature , which
j hung around his neck. Capt. Lincoln was uni-
I versa!lv beloved, and was one ot the acquain
tances I had made in this country, flu* fight
; lasted eight hours when the enemy hauled off
and the next day were in lull retreat—leaving
j Gen, Taylor in possession ot th« field. Ihe
■ Mexican loss, according to their own account, is
estimated, in killed, wounded, desertion and star
! ration , about tu-o thousand Jive hundred. We
have put it down at Jour thousand. Our loss is
, from six to seven hundred, ol whom three him
i dred are slightly wounded, the rest killed. We
anticipate no more fighting—Santa Anna is fiat
on his back—and old Rough and Ready has just
I won his brightest laurel. ’
- Sailing of Ibr Hibernia.
The steamship Hibernia left Boston at 10
I minutes past one o’clock, on Thursday after
noon last, for Halifax and Liverpool.—
; She is crowded with passengers, taking out
114 to Liverpool and 6 to Halifax. The of
ficers have given up their stateroons, yet still
many applicants for berths were disappointed.
The Hibernia carries out about 50 000 letters
| and a large quantity of newspapers.
Naval.
The U. S. steamer Union, Com’r Rudd, |
I from Washington, arrived at Norfolk on
1 Thursday morning, and proceeded up to the
I Navy Yard,
13* The telegraph between Baltimore and
Philadelphia is again in operation Between
Trenton and New \ork the wires are still
i broken, but repairs are rapidly making, and j
an early communication is looked tor.
J _
•The Caterpillar.
The editor of the Baton Rouge Gazette is in
| formed by a planter living a short distance from
that town, that in ploughing his field great num- :
j bers of the chrysalis or aurelia, have been turned j
1 up, and after exposure to the sun show symptoms
of animation. W'e are also informed, says the
i same paper, that the butterfly or miller, has been
j seen in this and the adjoining parishes.
[communicated,]
Mr. Gardner —Permit me through your |
; columns, to bring to the notice of that por- j
lion ofour community who are afflicted with j
snre corns, the Deaf mule Doctor J. J. Strong, j
who comes to our city well recommended .
from Savannah arfd Charleston as a skilful
practitioner in his profession. The Dr. is
j well educated, and very gentlemanly in his
i deportment —I gave him a fair trial the other j
day, and must say, lie operated on rny feet to
; my entire satisfaction, without giving the
i slightest pain; and in a few minutes I was re
j Heved of those most annoying excrescences
| of the understanding. I would advise ail
; who are afflicted with corns to call on the
Doctor, and get immediate relief; his charges
are moderate, and all who try him will get
the value of their money.
ONE OF THE RELIEVED,
Arrival of liie Vincennes.
The U. 8. hi )(>[) ot war \ mcennes ar.
rived yesterday from Cape Town in 54
days. Lieut. Swartwout rcportjnhht two
: days before the Yincenes sailed t ie steam
er II idding’on arrived, having on board |
i Sir Henry Pol ioger. The Kaffir wars:ill
; continues, a battle having .lately taken |
place between the British troops and |
native, in which the latter were success
ful. Two Brinish officers had been mnr- ;
: derrd within a short lime. On the *2Bih |
the Vincennes fell in with the schooner |
i Amity, ot Wilmington, Del., from Provi
! deuce, R. I. with a cargo of coal, in a
: sinking condition, took from her the Cap- 1
j tain and five men. —A. V. Sun, 3d inst.
Captured l»y The Khcjut.
We regret to leer a from Monterey
| (Upper California) that Thomas O. Lar- |
! kin, Esq , late U. S. Consul there, was j
I treacherously captured by the enemy iu
November, and would be conveyed to tie
‘ capital. lie had made contracts to su; - j
ply the squadron with provisions, which j
his knowledge of the country enabled j
i him to procure with great, facility.— lh. j
A Breeze Chair.
Charles II rst, No. 19 St. Charles
street, New Orleans, has invented and
got a patent to what we call M>l ian chair, j
All yon have to do is to sit down and rock I
vourself, when, hv the simplest rna
j f
\ chinery inthe world.your toes perform the
part of a pair of bellows, ard no mailer
! how sultry the atmosphere, you are sur
j rounded by the coolest air imaginable.
This valuable invention of Mr. Horst is
destined to become one of the most popula r
j articles of furniture used in a Southern
I climate.— N. O. Della, Ist inst.
following incident gpes to il
i lustralc the great numerical force of the
printers with the army. Gen. Scott, on
a recent occasion, wanted to have some
general orders printed at a given time.
He sent directions to the office of the
i Tampico Sentinel to have them done. He
was told that in consequence of the scar
citv ofhandslhe work could not be ac
complished. He then, on morning parade,
ordered all printers to step forward three
paces from the ranks, when several hun
dred men—a 1 printers- obeyed the order!
Big CJnu*—Steamship Alleghany.
Tne steamboat Swan passed down from
Pittsburg to Memphis the other day. She
had no board two large cannon, forming
a part of the battery of the steamship
Alleghany. They weigh 5000 pounds
each, their calibre 04 lbs., with the power
to throw eitiier Paixhan shells or solid
shot; the battery being 4 guns
mounted on pivots. Her sides are pierced
for side batteries of six R 2 s.
The steamer is of such light draught,
that the bars of the Mississippi will admit
her at all times to come up, thus giving
her access at almost all seasons of the
year. The Alleghany is the only vessel,
in the navy of the United States, that has
been wholly constructed in the Valley of
the Mississippi, and will, when she has
passed the mouth of the Mississippi river,
have passed over a distance nearly as
great as the coast of Britiun is from the
Atlantic seaboard.
The Swat, also had on board all the
ringing and stores for the vessel, the
whole to be put on board at Memphis, iu
such time as to fit her ready Tor sea about
the 20th of the present month, when she
will leave, commanded bv Capt. Hunter.
The captain has great confidence in his
ship, and thinks that she will give a good
account of herself on all occasions.— N.
O. Della , Is/ inst.
i Dir 1 Statement of the business on
| the Georgia Rail Road during the week ending
April 3d, 1817,
Passenger*, $2.431 22
Freights, 5.590 8<)
Mail, 769 46
Amount, * $3,794 43
Geo. R. R. Sc Rk’o Co., )
Tramp. Off. April 3, 1347. S
April 7 -I JSS
■ i. “■i. 1 !.—_!!.
ELECTION NOTICES, Arc.
CITY ELECTION*
! The annual Election of Mayor and three Mem
| hers of Council for each Ward, to serve for the
ensuing year, will be held on Monday, the 12th
April, 1847, at the several places her.-aficr desig
nated. The Polls will be opened at 10 o’clock,
A. M. and closed at 2 o’clock, P. M.
After the pulls are closed, the Managers will
meet at the place of holding the election in Ward
No. 2, to add the votes given in the several Wards
i for Mayor, and declare the person having the high
j est number of votes duly elected.
Ward No. 1 —At the Hay and Fielder Scale
! House, under the management of Jesee Kent,John
! W. Wighlman and H. I>. Frazer, E-qrs., or either
! two of them.
Ward No. 2.—-At the Eagle and Phoenix Hotel,
! under the management of John R. Crocker, rn.
H. Maharrey and J. S. Clark, Esqrs., or either two
of ihern.
Ward No. 3.—At the United States Hotel, un
der the management of G. T. Dortic, Daniel Mix
er and George G. Mathews, Esq rs., or either two
of them.
Ward No. 4. At the Richmond Hotel, under
! the management of J. T. Wooten, Grenville
j Simmons and Daniel Hand, Esq rs, or eitiier two
j of them.
LEWIS I). FORD, Mayor C. A.
March ?1 __
We are authorized to announce Dr. J. G.
McW HURT Eli as a candidate for Mayor of the
the City of Augusta, at the election on the second
Monday in April next. Feb. 16
gjj- We are authorized to announce Dr. L. D.
FORD, as a candidate fur re-election to the May
> orally of this c sty. [March 6 131
Mr. Editor —You will please announce Ma .
JAM ES AL EX AND Ell and J 011 NRO B E KT
SO.N, as candidates fur Council in Ward No. 4.
March 31 *— 132
Mr. Editor —Please announce Dr. I. P.
GARVIN as a candidate for 3lember of Council
| for Ward No. 1, and oblige Many Voters.
IVb. 20 —* 119
Mr. Editor —Please announce the follow
ing named gentlemen as candidates for .Member*
of Council for Ward No. 1. at the coming election
in April next:—JAS. GUDLSV, A. P. SCHULTZ.
Feb. 18 *—
We are authorized to announce Dr. L. A.
DUGAS,as a candidate for re-election to Council
j from the second Ward, at the election to be held
j in April next. March 5
■ . {CT We are authorised to announce Col. G. F.
PARISH as a candidate so re-election as .Member
j of the City Council from Ward No. 1., at the en
i suing election in April next. [Feb. 17 * —
ig'J~ We are autlionz-d to announce THO W AS
HOPKINS, as a candidate for Council, from
1 Ward No. 2. March 12
| DtrBENJ. CONLEY will be supported for rev
, election, as a Member of Council in tie Third
W ard, at the ensuing election. March 11
iv7~ W’e are requested to announce 11. D.
DELL, as a suitable candidate for Council in
i Ward No. 2. fVb. 17
lEE DR. J. A. CLEVELAND, has returned
to this city, and may be consulted at the office of
Cleveland & Spear, over the store of Messrs. Al
j drich <fc Green. Feh. 23
£N JE Al* OLI TA N If ONNE TS .
PATTISON, NOE & CO.,
j Patentees and Manufacturers, 23 Delaney Street,
New York.
j Feh. 23 3rn— 121
DCr‘ K. *S. Jackson, 'readier on
the. Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully
services to the citizens of Augusta.
References—Henry Parsons, Thos. Richards
j and T. S. .Metcalf, E<q’rs.
N. B.—For terms, &c.. inquire at 11. Parson’s
Music store. 6m Dec. 1
COMM EIICIAI
latest dates from LI ve it poo L,:MARCH 4.
latest dates fp.om HavitE,;;::fen. 28
Angasta Ularket, April 7. •
REMARKS.—Our tables below still exhibit a
great falling off in the receipts this year when
compared with last, which was considered a short
crop. Our advices from Florida are no later than
published lasi week, the last Apalachicola Prices
Current, from which we make tip our table of re
ceipts and stock, having failed to come to hand
yesterday. We make the present deficiency as ex
hibited in bales, 114,142 —whilst in pounds, it a
mounts to 67,212,575, or 119,472 bales.
EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER LAST SEASON’. AT
Charleston, 111.876 bales, av’g 360 lbs. 40,265.360 lb».
Savannah, 83,814 “ “ 413 *• 34,7b2,395 “
Total, 195,6'9 bales 75,047,755 lb*.
DECREASE AT
X. Orleans, 2H 510 bales, av’p 450 lbs. 96,520 500 lbs.
.Mobile, 84 405 “ “ 450 “ 4t,3t8 055 “
Florida, 9,353 “ •* 415 3,882,495 “
Virginia, 1.12) “ « 3CO “ 403,200 “
N. Carolina, 353 “ “ 3CO " 127,080 **
309,831 142,260,330
195,639 75,047755
Total, 114,142 bales. 67,212,375 Ib*.
COTTON.—Since our last review, prices have
had an upward tendency and holders have realized
better prices than those current previous to the
receipt of the last steamer’s advices. Ihe ofiering
stock in this market, is still light, and holders are
not anxious seJlcrs at going rates. 1 >K’ tnquirj
this week has been better than for some time past,
and if holders had met the views of buyers rf*dt
lywe would Lave had a large weeks busUttW-*®