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_ ii..,a , i« ,i m-—--* thcTonstitutiona LI S'L JAMES GARDNER, J 2 - ! TERMS* { Daily, per annum 1 Tn- Weekly, per ° UU j If paid in advance, ' } ; f r on W eekly, per annum, ° _ if paid in advance, 250 I T O Cla IBS. W’t cull particular attention to the following terms of our paper : To Club.'?, remitting §lO IN advance. FIVE COPIES arc sent. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. A! 1 new subscriptions must be paid in advance. g'j- Post isre must be paid on allCoramunicaticns and Let’ers of business. m r»wif lapwmgg IL —t*— —uoiw tt\ ■■■' ■ 'Vi J j 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 - •>■ • C7 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-*®