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the constitutionalist. JAMES GARDNER, JR. T E II 31 s. Daily, per annum, Tri-Weekly, per annum, r> 0u If paid in advance, J Weekly, per annum, 3 (H ' If paid in advance, ~ TO CLUBS. We call jtarticular attention to the following terms of oar pager : Tn Clubs, remitting $lO in advance. FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our v.c-Aly pa per in ihe reach of new .subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. \H new subscriptions must be paid in advance, istagre must be paid on ail Coiamuuicatu ns i and Lefers of business. SOXXEI. Fit 031 THE ITALIAN. Adieu my youth! Without one *igh, adieu! Deceits, enchantments, struggles, longings .dreams. Delusions, follies—(no light load meseems!)— Take alii Cast to the winds thy retinue. [view Tlie mind, swollen out v\itii mist which hide from A host of daring thoughts that scorn the wise— And.wandering love fresh arrows, as he flies. Infixing still —ami hatreds fierce, though lew! An eve serene and still, my soul, sore tried With early warfare, courts, 3ly youth, adieu! Hut not adieu forever. Vet again, 'i. 1 trust to meet —to dwell in thee —not vain. And frail, amfrallen, ns now, but born anew, Stainless, redeemed, immortal, glorified! A JIILLirVIILin* €AS». When lovely woman longs to marry. And sn.itclt the victim from the beaux, What charm the soft design will carry? What art will make the men propose? The only art her schemes to cover. To give her wishes sure success; To gain, to fix a captive lover, And ‘wring his bosom’ —is to dre<s, A IVew A huitiiuc* A “nobleman in London had among , many servants, one in whom lie reposed great confidence. One of his fellow ser vants becoming jealous of him, made a complaint to his master, to get him turned '' out of service—staling that he was a great gamester with cam's, which he knew his master detested. The nobleman, as he expected, was higly displeased, and pro ceeded at once to call Jack loan account for his conduct. Jack, said the nobleman, what is this I have heard o( you? indeed, your lordship, says Jack, I can not tell. i Why, says the nobleman, 1 arn inform ed that you are a gamester with cards. * Who informed you, my lord, said Jack? The report is false, and I wish I knew who told you. That is of no consequence, says the nobleman, is it true or nm? It is not true, my lord; I never played a card in rny life. Very well, says the nobleman; 1 arn "lad to hear that—and we will calk my o informer. With all my heart, says Jack. The informer was called. Did you not tell mo, says tlie noble man, that Jack was a great gamester \\ ith cards? I. I did, my lord. N. Jack utterly denies it. I. I don’t care my lord, I will prove it on him. He is one ofthe greatest games ters in London, and if you will look you I will find a pack of cards in his pocket.— Jack was searched, and the cards were found. The nobleman began to stamp in a pas sion; audacious, impudent rognli, how dare you he guilty of a falsehood before mv face? d:d you not tell me, that you never played a card in your life, nor could tell what a card meant? and now f find ! them in your pocket, yon villain; seeing you are guilty, what reason had you to I deny it? Had you confessed your fault, ; I would be apt to forgive you, but now I | will punish you with the utmost severity; not only because you are a gamester, but because you are a liar also. J. Mv lord, your lordship may use your j own pleasure, but 1 hope you will not condemn me for a fault that I am not j guiltv of. N. You villain, what stronger proof need { there be, than the cards being found in your pocket; how can you speak for your, self? J. My lord, if you call these cards, I do not, neither do I use them as such. N. Thy what do you call them then? i J. Mv lord, this is rny Almanac. N. Your Almanac! you dog, did ever j anv one make an Almanac of a pack of ; cards, you \illain; what could any one make of them? J. My lord, I am no scholar, and for that reason I use them as an Almanac, to rule and govern the year by. N. Well Jack, if so let toe hear how you manage }>our cards; isl find you con vert them to a proper use, 1 will not in the least be angry, but will freely forgive you. J. Why then, my lord, consider In the first place, that there are four suitsjin the cards, that intimate the four quarters of the year; then as there are thirteen cards i i every suit, that’s just as many as there are weeks in a quarter; there are also ! a| many lunations in a year as there are cards in a suit; there arc twelve court cards, which intimate the twelve months of the year, and the twelve signs of the Zodiack, through which the sun steers its diurnal course during the space of ten whole years; there are fifty-two cards in the pack, and that directly answers the exact number of weeks in the year; ex amine the cards a little further, and you will find as many spots in them as there are days in a year, there being three hundred and sixty-five spots in a pack of cards, which are exactly the number of days in a year; these 1 multiply by twenty four andjly sixty, which bu'ngs me out the exact number of hours and minutes in a year. N. Very well Jack, I can’t say but you apply your Almanac exceedingly well, but prithee, do you make any further use of your cards? J. Yes my lord, 1-da, a great deal. N. Why prithee. Jack, what further use do you make of them? J. Why, mv lotd, sometimes my cards into a Praver-B »ok. /J\ N. A Prayer-Book, you villal am sure if you make an Almanac of your s card*, you can never make a I'/aver- | Book of them. J. My lord, I’ll, make it appear; you know I told you I could neither read nor write, and for that reason these car ls an- i swer my purpose us well as any Prayer- i Book in England. N. PriJ.ee Jack, let me hear it out; I like the beginning of it very well. J. Why then, rny lord, when I look upon these four suits of the cards, they i present to me, the four principal religions | that are predominant in the world, viz: Christianity. Judaism. Mahomeiani .xgand j Paganini i; when i look over the twelve court-cards, they remind me of the twelve Patriarchs, from whom proceeded the twelve tribes o \ Israel, the twelve Apos • ties; id-o. the twelve articles of the Chris tian Faith, in which f am hound to believe. Whet I look upon the King, it -reminds me of the allegiance due to her Majesty; when I look upon the ten, it puts me in mind of the ten cities tn the plains of So d an and Gonwr ra h.dosli'oy r J w ith fi rc and brim-tone from Heaven, (he ten plagues of Egypt, wherewith God addicted the | Egyptians, when he brought the Children of Erael out of that land; also, the Ten Command’! eats, and the "Pen Tribes of Israel which were cut cir from then wickedness; when f look upon the nine, it puts me iu mind of the nine Hierarchies , the nine muses, and she nine noble orders amongst men; when i look upon the eight, it lerninds me of the Light Beatitudes, the Light Altitudes, the Persons saved in Noah's Ark, the Eight Persons mention ed in Scrin'ura. to he released from Death to Lite; when 1 look upon the seven, it puts me in mind of Ihe seven administer ing Spirits that stand before (lie throne of God; the Seven Seals, wherewith the Book of Life is sealed, the seven Angels With t!se seven Vials filled with ihe indig- ; nation of the Lord, wherewith they were i to plague the Earth, as mentioned in the | Apocalypse of St. John, the* seven line- ' ra! A rls and Sciences, given by (■»< 1 for | the instruction of Man, the seven Wen ders of the World, the seven Planets that rule the seven Days of'the Week; ihe six j [Hits me in mind of the six Petitions con tained in the Lord’s Prayer, the six Days of the. W eek that 1 have to work for mv | bread, and that 1 arn appointed to keep ) the seventh holy; the five puls me in mind i | of the Senses given by God to Man, viz: hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting and smel ling; the four puts me in mind oft lie four Evangelists, the four last things, Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell; the three [mts me in mind ofthe Trinity, in which are three distinct Persons, co-equal and I co-eternal, it also puts me in mind of the three Days that Jonas was in the Whale’s bellv, and the three Hours that our Sa viour hung upon tlie Cross, the three Days that he lay interred in the Bowels of the Earth; the two purs me in mind of the two j Testaments, the Old and New, containing thr* Law and Gospel, the two contrary Principles eiruggiing in Man, viz: Vir tue and Vice; then my lord, w hen 1 look upon the ace, it puts me in min 11 have but one God tojadore, worship and serve, j one Faith to believe, one Truth to prac j lice, one Baptism to cleans us from Orb | ginal Sin, and one only Master to serve and obev. N. Very well Jack, I can’t say but vnu convert your cards to very goo 1 use; but now I perceive there is one peculiar card in the pack that you have not yet explain ed to me. J. Which is that rny Lord? N. Jack, when you were shuffling the Cards you passed from the Queen to the ten. and laid by the Knave, doih that pul you in mind of nothing? J. That is right, rny lord-, I had like to have forgot that, when I look upon the Knave it puts me in mind of your Lord ship. N. What, you villain, do you account me a Knave before mv fact ? J. No, rny lord, you misapprehend me; I mean vour Lordship’s informer. N. If so, Jack, 1 freely forgive you, Tis very well turned. The Nobleman was so highly pleased with the ready wit and humor that he mnd in Jack, that he preferred him to j the highest [dace in his service, doubled ; his wage and tjischarfrpci the informer. ?l rshal Sojilt. Perley, the B eston Post’s Paris corres pondent, hits offthe great French soldier and politician in llie following guise: The President of Council, Marshal Souk, never throws open his doors—it would cost him money. A more avari cious old Isarelifedoes not exist in France; ! nor is Ise at all scrupulous as to how he j fills his purse, ilis Spanish gallery of paintings, for instance, were the spoils of his peninsular campaigns, which ho was in honor bound to have deposited at the Louvre, hut which he*[(referred keeping, occasionally disposing of some gem for a vast sum. Not a fortnight since he thus j sold the “Paralytic,” by Murillo, for j •*sßo,ooo, and w as very indignant at some ofthe papers for saying that tiie money should go into the army chest. Accord ing to his account, every picture was pur. chased —and the transaction by which he became the proprietor of the “Paralytic” (as related by him after dinner to a friend) is a curious piece of picture dealing : “People reproach me with having sto len! pictures in Spain, but I bought them, sir—l bought them!” “Indeed !” replied the listener, with an incredulous elevation ofthe eye brows. ‘•Yea, I bought them, sir!” returned Soult. “There, for instance, is my Mu rillo, the famous ‘Paralytic’—it cost mo two monks.’ 5 “Two me iiks !” ejaculated the Ik-tenor. J “Yes two monks—two as fine, fat. sleek, oilv men of Gud as you ever laid eves on/’ “But, twp monks for a pictur? I” ex claimed the astonished listener. “Yes, 1 cave two monks for that picture, sir,” said Souls, “and it was in this way I the bargain was made: [ Take some more jof the Burgundy.] One evening, after j j having been pushed rather hard by Wei- • | lington and his red-coaled ra>cals, I and , I a great number of my men took up our : quarters in a convent. V. e made the ! lazy monks give us a <p>od supper and * plenty of wine, and then we went off to i bed. Next morning when the men were : mustered it was reported to me that some j iwentyor thirty ofmy grenadiers had been I | found with their throats cut —the good ■ i monks had inst severed tiieir windpipes . i as they slept; and, sure enough, the poor ■ 1 fellows were as dead as slaughtered i sheep. Well, I immediately had all the ' monks draw n up. and said to them: ‘Vou infernal vagal *nds, I can’t afford to lose rny grenadiers in litis wav, and to con vince you of the fact 1 intend to hang every one of you.’ Such a wail of dis pa ir 1 never heard, followed by piteous i supplications for parden, A Her frighten- i j ing them well, 1 consented so far to par- ; ! d ui them as only to hang the same num ber of them as they had killed of our men ; —it was some twenty odd—un i they j were to draw lots, dim doomed lot were soon sot on .side, tin* ropes knotted around | their necks and my mm were just about ! stringing them up, when two of the victims j declared themselves to he the abbot and bis assistant. ‘Sorry I can't oblige you, : gentlemen,’ said I, ‘but really [Fill your ; •glass] 1 must hang you.’ ‘Mercy! oh, save us.’ ‘Can’t do it, gentlemen; you really must swing with the rev t .’ ‘Listen,’ said the abbot, ‘we have bid away Murillo’s •Paralytic’—take it as a ransom and let us go.’ 1 thought this was a fair enough ’ bargain, let off llie two dignitaries, and j nn went the rest; thus giving two monks j for the Murillo. And yet people will say i that I didn’t buy mv Spanish gallery.” 1 1 ICaUtr of 31'ihi'n’iudcni rr r. HiuDLEr. ; The iser and the Jim, as they flow from the Alps low hvcls the Danube, move nearly in parallel lines, and are nearly forty miles apart. As they approach the Danube, the spaet* between them becomes one elevated plain, covered elderly with a sombre, dark pine forest—crossed by two roads only— while the mere country paths that wind through it here and there give‘no state to in a re. i dug columns. Moreau .had advanced across the forest to l the Inn, where on the let of December tie j was attacked and forced to retrace his steps, and lake his position on the farther side, at the village of Mohenlinden. Here, where one of the great roads debouched from the woods, j he placed Nov and Grouchy, j The Austrians, in four massive column®. : plunged i.iio this gloomy wilderness, d'.-gen- i ing to meet in the open plain of h’ohcrd hen, i the central column marching uhmg the high : road, while those on either side mada-tlieir j j way through, amid Lite trees as they Lest J could. It was a stormy December morning v hen i those seventy-three thousand men were : ! swallowed from the syghl ir the dark A files ! of Hoheidirulen. The* day before it hud j j roined heavily, and the roads were almost impassable: but now a furious snow storm d irkened the heavens, and covered the ground with one unbr kui -urface. The by-paths wore blotted out, and lie sighing pines over head dropped their snov v hurd* ns above the ranks, or shook thorn down on the heads of the so diers, as the artiiiery wheels smote i against their trunks. It was a spectacle; . Rose lon r, dark columns, out of sight of each other, stretching through the dreary forest { by themselves, while the falling snow, sift- j icg over the mil ■ the unmarked way j slid more solitary. The soft and voiding mass 1 roke the tread of the advancing hosts, | while the rumbling artillery, and atnmuni- J lion and baggage wagons, gave forth a mus- ' fled s )tind, that seemed prophetic of some I dreadful catastrophe. The centre column alone had a hundred cannon in its train, while behind these were five hundred wagons; the whole closed up by the slowly moving cav alry. Thus marching, it came about 9 o’clock 1 upon 1 Jolienliiiden; and attempted to debouch ■ into the plain, when Grouchy fell upon it vv itli such fury that it was furred hack info the i woods. In a moment the old forest was j alive with echoes, and i s gloomy recesses illumin 'd vv ; t:i the blaze of artillery. Grou- j J city, Grandivan and Ney, put forth incredi- ! Ide efforts to keep this immense force from ; | deploying into the open held. j i ’i’he two former struggled with the energy | j of desperation to hold their grojund. and al- J though ftie soldiers conMnof see (lie enemy’s j line-, the storm was so thick, yet they took i aim at the fFsites that issued from the wood, i and thus the two armies fought. The pine i trees were cut in two, like reeds, by the ar tillery, and fell with a crash on the Austrian while rise fresh fallen snow turned red with the flowing blood. In the meantime, Richenpanse, who had j i been sent a circuitous route with a single dt | \ ision to attack the enemy’s rear, hadaccotn- i | [dished his mission. Though his division had been cut in two,and irretrievably separa ted by the Austrian left u ing, the brave gen eral continued to advance, and with only three thousand men fell boldly on forty thou sand Austrians. As soon as Moreau heard | the sound of his cannon through the forest I and saw the alarm it occasioned through the j j enemy’s ranks, he ordered Ney and Grouchy j to charge full on the Austrian centre. Checked, then overthrown, that broken column was rolled backed in disorder, and ut terly routed. Campbell, Lite poet, stood in a tower and gazed on this terrible terrible scene \ and in tho midst of the fight, composed in part, that stirring ode which is known as far as the English language is spoken. The depths of the dark forest swallowed the straggling host from sight; but still there issued from its bosom, shouts and yells min gled with the thunder of battle. The Aus trians were utterly routed, and the frightened cavalry went plunging through llie crowd of j fugitives into the woods—the artillery men j cut their traces, and leaving their guns be i hind, mounted their horses and galloped away i —and that magnificent column as if rent by j some violent explosion, was buried in thaller [ cd fragments on every tide. .... „-■*» min inr-1 i- nr • i —r ir rr rrp For miles the white ground was sprinkled with dead b td.es, and when the battle left the forest, and thiT pine trees again stood silent in the wintry night, piercing cries and groans issued out of the gloom in every direction— sufferer answering suff rer, us he iay and withered in the cold snow. Twenty thousand men were scattered there amid the trees, while broken carriages and wagons, and de scried guns, spread a perfect wreck around. Spanish Philosophy. The day alter my arrival at \ ittoria, 1 went to a shoemaker’s to get some repairs done to mv boots. There was nobody in the shoo; the master was on the opposite side oi tiie street, smoking bis cigarho. His should- j ! er- covered with a mantle lull of holes, he , i looked Ike a beggar, but a Spanish beggar, appearing rather proud than ashamed of ins poverty, lie came over to me, and I explain ed mv business. ‘Wait a moment,’ said he, i and immediately called his wite. “How i much money is there in the purse?’ ‘Twelve I piceUas 1 (fourteen francs, forty centimes.’) •Tlieu I shan’t work.’- ‘Rut, said J. ‘twelve f'lallus will not last forever.’ ‘Who has seen to-morrow?’ said lie, turning Ins back on me. They write ns from Rome, says the Presso ( of the 7lh of February, that the Pope lias charged the Fat her Arsenin, a Mechietanst, to receive the Turkish ambassador, Chektb | Effendi, oh his and vai -in Italy. It is thought \ 1 in Rome that the negotiation commenced j with the Ottoman Porte will he attended vviih ; beneficial resulls for the Catholics in the , East; and they count upon the most sincere 1 support on the part of all the Christian pow ers, that in ‘v may realise a plan so directly connected with the progress ot Christianity. Singular if True. As a gentleman was passing along Fifth street, he passed a place w here some boys , were playing marbles. One of them, in | shooting liis marble, cleverly put it under the gentleman’s tt*ot. 'i’he gentleman slipped, i and tumbled against a lady also passing, pre cipitating her along with himself upon a | large hog, who was examining the gutter geologically lor debris. The bog, frightened ! * out of its propriety, bolted off. and ran ba • tween the legs of another gentleman, who in , rr o / j tailing drew ifie string of a kite from the j | hands of a boy. The kite of course fell, and ; I m fading frightened a span of horses attach ed to a wagon in an alley near by. 'Fhe horses ran dovv n the alley. A man who was building a fire in a carpenter’s shop, by which they passed, started up to see what v. as the matter, and in so doing dropped ills lighted I match among {fie shavings. A fire was the j consequence. The engines assembled, and in lire hurry consequent upon ihe alarm, a nan fell in the trar k and nad his arm broken —vi hicb ended this budget of accidents tor the day. Qaerc. Is the boy who shot the marble responsible t«»r aii the consequent damages? tiiisfun Journal. i mw wt IT I• I IT— a» -msm * MWfJ sihmr * - w.ww mw >i ww^wwi— -1 AUGUSTA, UfiO., SATURDAY JIOKMNO, )IAV 1, W 47. lETProprietors of Warehouses in this city i and Hamburg, will oblige us by having the Cotton in lheir Warehouses counted ut an I early hour this morning. The First of J! aj . ; This day has been by iiumeuional usage a ho ! J.day and an occasion of festivity among the j 3 i ung and gav. la merry old Eng! n I. the First I of May is at. era in village life, an ! is slid t!u j period from which scenes and incith nts bear dale. I 11 is an occasion on which some respite is taken from the working d y world, end amusements pi - times, and g i spectacles art- the order of the day. Our city has usually paid due r< sped to these good old customs of our Saxon Ancestry, an ! the First of .May has seldom passed of! with out some tasteful celebration. We understand that ; to d.v.q the pupils ofour several Sunday schorls i will assemble at the Presbyterian Church, where j they will unite in some appropriate ceremonies; | after w hich they will proceed to the City Hull fur j the enjo; uicnt ofa Pic N.c. ! Southern Jledical and Surgical Journal. The .May No. of I his valuable publication | is on our de-k. published in this city by Mr ; James Mc.Cafferly. Like its predecessors, it j is filled with valuable information to the pro fession, both original and selected. The Circus. I \v e are requested to state that this is positively I ' the last evening of the Great Western Circus. — Those who have not paid it a \ isit, should not miss j the opportunity. Presentation ot a Mvord to Gea. Twiggs. j' We take great pleasure in presenting the following correspondence to our readers. | It does not surprise u«, vet it is very gratify ' Jug to perceive that time an I absence have not estranged, from the home of his childhood and the scenes of his early youth, the dis tinguished veteran who has been thus compli mented by his fellow citizens. Here are garnered his heart’s best affections, and still, amidst all the vicissitudes of a soldiers life— in the camp and in the field—upon ihe toil | some march, and in the smoke and roar oi | battle, his thoughts turn to old Richmond— the soil of liis birth—the home of his nearest and best friends. AUGUSTA, March 4th, 1847, Dea.r Sir; The Committee appointed at a meeting of the citizens oi Richmond county, held on the 22d day of August, 1846, to pro- I cure and present to you in their name,a Sword | with suitable emblems and devices, as a testi monial of their approbation of your conduct in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de ia I Palma, lake pleasure in discharging the duty assigned them. Fur your distinguish ed services on those occasions, so glorious to the American arms, the government has already bestowed upon you those honors and rewards which are usually most highly prized by the soldier. Rut we are persuaded that this j small tribute of respect from those among whom you were born and reared, will be equally valued. In their name we herewith present to you this sword, with an abiding confidence that -you will wear it with credit i to yourself, and will be ctcr ready to un c-heath it whenever the honor or interests of ihe country are in peril. With sentiments of the highest considera tion, we remain your obi. servants, I. P. GARVIN, p. Me (ill AN, I Committee. U S. DILL, GEO. W. LAMAR.J To Brig. Gen. D. E. Twiggs, U. S. A. Carp near \ era. Ckvz. ) i March 30, 1847. ) To Messrs. I. P. Garvin, P. McVran, JIM. S. Dill, and Glo. W. Lamar, Committee. Gentlemen: I have just received your id ler of the *4tli of March, presenting me a j Sword in the name of my fellow citizens ot . Richmond counfy, Georgia. Jt would be vain attempting to express to ; you, how much i have been touched, and gratified, by this kind remembrance ot my ■ early comrades and neighbours, conveyed in , this splendid gift. In the year 1812, in the beginning of the j war, and at a very early age, I entered- the j annv, and with scarcely any intermission, ' 1 have been actively engaged in the service til! This moment. Leaving home w ith all the ardent feelings of youth, through so many years, and thro’ afi manges ot pi ice niid circumstances, I have preserved und.nainis.il ed, the warm recollections ot my native place, and of my early friends. I have watch ed with pride, the elevation and renown t.f many in public life, and have sympathized with all, in the vicissitudes which mark our common fate. 1 have fell authorized to boast of the contributions, made by that small cir- | de, to the patriotism, talent, and zeal which j have controlled the destinies of our country 7 , j Judge then with what feelings, 1 have learn ed that friends so honored, have still held me in their remembrance, and thought me ' I not unworthy to receive this honorable testi monial of their approbation, offered through : you. Present to them ray than! vS my heart felt thanks, and assure them, that if any mo ! lives were wanting to ensure my devotion to j our county, their kindness has furnished it, . and that no act of mine shall ever force them . to regret their gift. With sentiments of high consideration, 1 t remain vour friend and fellow citizen, I). E. TWIGGS, Brig. Geul, U. S. Army. | Serious Allray. We regret to learn, bv le’lers received in this city yesterday, that a serious affray oc- ■ curred at Marietta, on the 27ih uTI., between | Jefferson Harris and John Parks—the latter was shot, and is so dangerously wounded that j at the last advices his life was despaired of. : The Savannah Republican of the 28th ult., savs —“We are happy to announce to his many ; friends in tliis city, the arm ai of Col. iMclntush, of the army, in unproved health, lie may be found at h:s brother’s residence in Slate-Direct. The Weather «t IJostna. At Boston an 1 hursday last, at halt past 2 P. j M., the therm mieter in the shade indicated 83 ’ i degrees. On Friday morning ut an early hour ■ it had fallen to 31, showing a difference of 51 de grees in less than 21 hours. We have had some t ill changes in our parts within a week, but notff in s at all like this. Conner licut flection. Tiie official returns for Governor in the recent 1 election in Connecticut give the Democratic can- j didate 27,102 votes and the whig 30,137. The votes for members of Congress were, for the democratic candidate 27.399. and for the whig • 30.195. Large and Valuable Cargo. The Br. barque Caledonia, Hunter mas ter, cleared at Charleston on the 29th ult., by Jos. Battersby, Esq., for Liverpool, with 198 bales tSoa Island and 2,219 bales Upland Cotton, and 427 tierces Rice—valued at 8130,524. The Maryland Crops and Weather. The month of April has been unfavorable for vegetation this spring, grown grain being | very backward. Many of the farmers in ihe lower counties are ploughing up their wheat, and preparing to plant corn, ow ing to the : prevalence of a severe drought and cool ! weather. The Charleston Mercury of the 30th ult savs.—We are authorised to state that i • . j the requisite amount of stock having been • taken in this city, Charleston w ill lie one ! of the intermediate points through winch a line of Magnetic Telegraph will pass between New York and New Orleans. j We understand also, that steps will he taken to carry out the enterprise forthwith, and that a very few months will put us in electric cemmunication with ou rsisters j of the North and South. Virginia Elections. Os the fifteen Representatives to Congress, j from this State, it is conceded that three Whigs I have been elected, viz; Gnedin from the littlq Bolts from the sixth, and Pcndelton from the ninth. In the State Legislature, the Whigs have gained 10 and lost 5, as far as returns have been received. The Democratic majority last year, on joint ballot, was 22, and the papers, both whig and democratic, agree in the opinion that there will be but little change. Important Discovery, A curious discovery has recently been made in Paris, by means of which all printed sheets or en gravings may be copied in the most perfect man ner. 1 his is effectuated by transferring them to a lithographic stone. It would seem that there is not the least danger of spoiling the original in this operation. This invention, which has al ready been tried, but without much success, by Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, is, as may readily 7 be imagined, of the greatest importance for the re-prod notion of the engravings of great masters, which can thug be so well imitated as to Le scarcely distinguished from the original#.- The low price at which such copies could be ob tained, wuuld of cour.so be a great advantage, as it would renter popular those master pieces which at pn sent only belong to some few per sons rich enough to be able to collect works of art. By rffiajjuetic Tclegrapit. The Baltimore Patriot of the 23th ulL.says “We have no telegraph reports to-day from any quarter- The line t«.» the North is only in half order, and hardly that—operating for a few min utes and then remaining in a state of vexatious suspense, The Southern line is operating, but we have not received a despatch.’ 1 Col. Churchill. The follow ing tribute to this gallant officer is from the correspondence ul the St. Louis Repub lican ; The victory we have gained on the 22d and 2bd is in no small degree to be attributed to tho distinguished services of Gen. Wool and Col. Churchill. These men were rallying and in ac tive present command ot the various forces en gaged through the w hole day. Col. Churchill i* one of the firmest, bravest old men that ever rode upon a battle field-, w hen death seemed almost in evitable, and human nature could scarcely enduro the shock, that old man was as steady and as | calm as in time of peace. Iho Ist Regiment of IHi .uis volunteers, from their commanding pqsi ; lion, could see the 2d Regiment, under Col. Bis | sell,’with Col. Churchill, who was with us, and i they hear unanimous testimony that the manner in which the shot kot the morning at! uok was re ceived is unparalleled in the history of battles. In the mi Ist ol this, Col, Cnurchill sal upon Ins horse, calmly ordering us again and -agart/ to re treat, as we were not likely to be supported in time; the men, however, did nut retreat till the hour of necessity arrived, and then iu the very ; best of order. Beuutifal iSxlnu-l. The following benuliful extract is taken from the New England \N eekly Review: “ War may stride over the laud with the crush* : jpg step of a giant, pestilence may steal over it I li(v.e an invisible curse, reaching it* victims eilent* i [y and unseen, unpeopling here a village and ; there a city, until every dwelling is a sepulchre; famine may brood over it with a long and weary j visitation, until t lie sky itself is brazen, and the beautiful greenness gives place to the pa re In i | desert—a wide waste of unproductive desolation: : but these areon’y physical evils Ihe wild How ; ers will bloom in peace on the field ot battle,and above the crushed skeleton the destroying angel of the pestilence will retire when Ills errand is done and the nation will again breathe freeh; j and the barreness ot famine w ill cease at last,tho | cloud w ill be prodigal of its hoarded rain, and tho i wilderness will blossom. But for moral desola tion there is no reviving spring. L>-t the moral and republican principles of our country be ahnn doned h t imprudence, and intrigue, and corrup i tiun triumph over honesty and intellect, and our : liberties and strength will depart forever. Us j these there can be no resuscitation. The‘abom i ination ofdcgolatioir will be fixed and fierpetual j —and as the mighty fabric ot our glory tollers j into ruins, the nations ot the earth will mock at ' us in our overthrow; bkt the powers ot darkness j w hen the throned one of Babylon became even as themselves, and the‘glory ul the Chaldees had gone down forever. 1 ’ j CA3f A L PLEASE K E BOAT.-We | are requested to slate that 11. Starling's Pleasnra Boat will leave tlie Basin us the Canal, /'*<» Morning ot 8 o'clock, for the Lock. Passenger# are requested to be punctual to the hour, j. VayJ 1— ITT GEO. it. It. 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At last I procured Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry, and it saved my life; 1 have not enjoyed belter health for many years; therefore 1 | can recommend others who need it, to trv it. SAMUEL BEN I’LEY. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by IIAVILAND, HIS LEY & CO., and also by THOMAS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in -Medicines generally in Georgia. April 27 t 3— 171 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 drich & Green. Feb. 23 &CT DRS. CLEVELAND A SPEAR having purchased a license to administer Dr. Morton’s Letheon, for the alleviation of pain in surgical ope rations, are the only persons now authorized to use it in Richmond county, Georgia. They are also authorized to act in the sale of licence for places unsold. D. G. TEMPLE, April 13 dlf_ Agent for Dr. Morion. ALEXANDER McKENZIE, Jr. attorney at law. Waynesboro’, Burke County, Ga. April 2M ly IC S DEM OCR ATIC RE VIE W. 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