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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, j
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J From the N. O. Ft .a yum 20 ? ]
L iter from G *n. Scott’s Army*
It was not until yesterday momma that we •
were placed in possession of ibe toium.nu |
letters received iiereon 1 nr.-ea v In \be Mmy j
Kingslaud. it wifi be seen that Mr Keiukdl j
letter is later than any tiling hilherio receiv- |
ed from Jala pa, while the letter from Very P
(’roz gives a more definite account id the
occurrences ueartliat city reporied ixi our cast
upon verbal authority.
The most interesting passage in Mr. Ken
dall’s letter is that aononncing that Majors
llorland and Caines, Capt. Clay and iheoihet
otiicers taken iti the North, together wit!
Passed .Midshipman Rodgers, are at lib Tty
in the citv of .Mexico. ihe next step is 0
insist u.qo+l the ioiieelhife release of the men
who were taken with Major (I tines.
Mr. Kendall’s remarks upon a peace party
in Mexico will attract attention. He has
facilities lor forming an opinion on the sub
ject which the sew spacers do not afford us
Were we to rely upon the latter alone we
g'huuld hum a judgment very different Irom
bur associate, but we donut doubt at ail timi
he has access to sources cd information far
belter than our own. q
jCO HR EsION PENCE OF THE Tio.JVUSE ]
Vek vCkcz, May 13, it>47.
Gentlemen —A band of about, 200 Mexicans
lias been prowling about the mounted r.he
men’s camp, four miles Irom this place, two
iih r bts in succession, and last night tae men
were aroused twice by the approach of Mexi
cans,
Early tV. is morning our gallant Cap?. V. al- j
ker started out to give them battle and had a
nice little skirmish, killing four of the cre-iny
by the lime my informant, an officer ot the
Rifles, left, and he represents \\ ilkeralong
way ahead of the scene of the first, brush, hd
lovving then up. 1 g tress the enemy will j
find that they have got hold of the wrong chap
before Capt. W. has done with them.
Thi s morning early a dragoon came i-n from
Srfauta Fo, where lie iiad been left with -seven
.others to guard some stores belonging to i
Government, and ho states that a body of
-about 0 Mexicans attacked them last night, |
killing all his companions and taking posses
sion-of tire stores, and lie only saved himself
by running, There is another company of
ritiiinen following up Capt. WM. but I regret
that I do not .know by whom il is command
ed. lam assured by an eye-witness that he
saw four dead Mexicans on the ground when
Capt. Wfi met the enemy. It is generally sup
posed that this party of the enemy are near
here more for the purpose of plundering small
■" parties and stealing bores than any thing el re.
[Editorial Correspondent eof the Fieri ft unt
.Jalapa Mexico, May 11, 1817—6 o clock, I’.M.
Since the diligencia went out at noun tc
Jay for Vera Cruz, anotl er diligencia Ins
come in from the city of Mexico lull of pas
sengers, and bringing news of not a little
importance. Among the passengers was .Mr.
Kenneuy, who, attca being badly treated here
.about the Ist of April, was driven to the city
of Mexico.
All the passengers confirm what I wrote
you this morning. They say that at the capital
there was no Government, no ord. r, no res
ponsibility —all was anarchy. Anaya was
still President pro tern, but had neither in
fluence nor authority. A new President is to
be’elected on the loth of the present month
—the tenth Chief Magistrate th I s distracted
country has had within the last eighteen
months. I cannot stop to count them ali up
but such is the fact.
The ladrones —guerrillas I suppose they
should be called n w—are busy at work upon
the roads, especially between Puebla and the
city of Mexico. The same passengers were
robbed llie other day no less than seven timer
in one stage, and the inference is that the
last robbers must have had rather poor pick
ing if the first were very searching in their
operations. The dilligenoia in which Mr.
Kennedy came dowfi was robbed twice on the
road.
It is staled that the propositions made by
England some months since, to offer her in
tervention in settling the difficulties between
Mexico and the United Slates, have recent
ly been .taken up by the Mexican Con
gress, and after a warm discussion, in which
one of the members said that the whole af
fair was but another attempt of the monarch
ists upon the sacred liberties ot the Mexican
Republic, the motion even to consider them
was lost by a vote of 44 to 33. From this it
would seem that the present Congress is de
termined to shut every door against all pro- 1
‘posals of an honorable peace.
Santa Anna has sent a letter to Congress
from Orizaba, lie gives his own account of
the battle of Cerro Gordo, and claims a great
victory on the first day of the fight. On the
second day Providence, according to his story,
crave the advantage to the \ankees. lie
says nothing about the exertions of the latter.
Santa Anna states that he now has seven
thousand men, and that his force is rapidly
increasing; and moreover that ai! are burn
ing to encounter the Americans again. He
wants money to carry on his operations, but
Congress has not seen fit to vote him a cup
per—one reason probably being that it has
not a copper to give. Santa Anna, so far as
I can learu, is the only man who has been
spoker of in Mexico as a candidate for the
presidency, and he is in very bad cdur with
the mass.
The States north of Mexico—Guadalajara,
Quanajuato, Quereiaro, Zacatecas, Durango,
San Luis, and others —talk openly of separat
ing from Mexico, and letting her take care
of herself. Not a dollar in the way of sup
plies are they sending on for the relief of the
General Government in its emergency.
They were still doing a little in the way of
fortifyin o, the city of Mexico, but a Spaniard
informs me that’ ail the obstructions they
have erected eo far could be.k'.cked over with
the foot. The city had been placed under
martial haw, and the direst excesses were an
ticipated. The citizens had all been cahed
upon to take up arms in the common defence,
but ■unfortunately nine-tenths ot them had no
».■ —— -1 1 S?T-»g -■ •mf'W ■#****■
arms to take up. Nor were there any at the
capital other than a few small and imiilfi rent
pieces.
There is certainly a party, and an influen
tial one, in Mexico, which begins to Uik of
peace; and where four weeks since they did
nut dare breathe their .sentiments, tney now
j come out openly and avow them.-eives. fmu
! tiie measure i- tar from popular. lue peace
; party is composed o! the more honest and in
! felligent property holders, the iii-Mrnam>, aim
perhaps the clergy—*« these are npp<P-d the
military who have all disgraced themselves,
and Hlfthe demagogues among the lawyers,
if the priests con id he made cerotui that they
would continue to hold their rich benefices
secure, they would probat y be all in favor of
peace.
On the approach of the Americans it is
raid that Congress, uitii ail the archives ni
lhe Republic, w ill move to tie* city ui More
lia. (): course all my news is verbal, not a
paper having come through. I have des
patched a mail to the capital lor full files ot
public journals, an ! il he gels back safe they
[ shall he immediately forwarded to you.
! Majors Borland and Gaines, Capt, G. M.
' (Nay, and all the officers taken in the North,
were at liberty in the city of Mexico, as was
f also Midshipman Rodgers. They are all.-aid
to be well and respecUaliy treated now. al
though the latter was iufaaioii: ly abmed on
the wav up to Mexico from Feral-#
Gen. Caiializo was at Irfan Andres, a place
north of Orizaba,at last accounts. The force
with him is not stated, but is undoubtedly
small. He i.- an old friend of Jrfanta Anna,
•and is prob .bly working al present tor his
mister.
1 write tlirs in great haste, and have no
tiine for comment. One thing 1 must say,
and that is that there undoubtedly would be a
verv large peace party in Mex.co were it not
for the overweening pride at the niHimity of
the inhabitants. It is hard to be thrashed
into a peace, that’s certain.
I send this by a Mexican to t era Cruz,
vvi o promises to ride through at his fastest
speed. It it readies you, well and good.
Yours, &.e., G. \v. K.
[From the A \w Orleans 1 crcurp. 07, iiisl ]
Latest from 3ln.tjmr.orcs.
Bv the arrival of f lie sc.io.mer Alcyona.
from Brazos Santiago, which place she left
on the 11th inst.,\ve have Malamor s papers
to I lie 8: h of May.
We regret to find in the Matamoros Flag
of IheSth insf., the following, regarding
General Cushing:
‘•Gnu. Cushing met with an accident of a
very serious nature on Thursday the Oth
in-1., which-, we are truly sorry to hear, is
j likely to prevent his moving about for some
i lime. Accompanied by a lady, he was tak
i ipg a walk through the streets alter night fall,
| and in going out of tlie Plaza at the south
east corner, where the street is fortified so as
, to leave only a foot-path not exceeding two
| feet wide for egress, he placed ins foot upon
■ a loose brick which gave way and precipitat
! ed him into the ditch, breaking the hone of
i his left leg, just above the ankle. He was
take?) to his quarters immediately and Dr.
Media il called to his assistance, from whose
stirg-fcal skill expectations are entertained
that the broken bones may speedily he heal
ed. At present he is suffering much pain,
and the accident distresses him, as it prevents
his fulfilling the duties of his recent appoint
ment.”
An express for Gen. Taylor from Gen.
Scull, passed through .Matamoros on the Gth
instant. Gen. Scott was al Jalapa, but the
advance of his army, we understand, was al
Puebla. Upwards of 4000 troops are now
at the Camp of Instruction at Palo Alto-.
[From the .V. 1 . (Slohe, l-l/h hist.]
Trouble in the >Vig-\vam.
Our Whig friends are in u peck of
troubles on the subject of the next Presi
dent; and we cannot perceive how we
can extricate them. One vfing has nomi
nated General Taylor—subject to the
decision of a national Convention; —an-
other wing has nominated him without
asking any questions at all. The heads
of tit 3 party are opposed to a military
chieftain; and the lump of the whole con
cern bitterly oppose him as a slave holder;
then, to crown all these difficulties,
General Scott steps forward—captures
Vera Cruz and tiie Castle -fights a mighty
battle, and defeats Santa Anna —takes up
his line of march for t lie Halls of the
Monteznmas, and is, hy this time, in the
City of Mexico—having either conquered
a peace, or driven the Congress ami the
Cabinet thorn tho Capital; and all these
gallant achievements, overshadowed the
prospects of old Rough and Ready—who,
with characteristic zeal and activity, is
keeping things straight in Northern Mexi
co, and abiding ids lime. Mr. Webster
is u illing to bs \ ice President with either
Scott or Taylor;—while Clay’s ft lends
are determined to stand by him to the last;
and the w hole valley of the Mississippi is
in favor of Judge McLean, who was a
Republican of the old school, and an emi
nent civilian.
What can we do to reconcile these con
flicting opinions and unplesa nl dissensions?
The West will not support Scott—the
I Whigs of the East will not vote for Tay
lor or Clay, and neither section is quite
ready to/ a compromise on McLean.—
Meanwhile, .Gen. Taylor gets it severely
horn the Abolition section of the VVhijf
party. It he will manumit his slaves,
throw up his commission in the arm\ T and
retire to his farm, he will, they say, “have
claims on their consideration.” The
Taylor-Whigs, in the Middle States, wish
that clever gentleman, and highly respect
able vVhig,Clay ton, of Delaware, to run
on the ticket with him, for Vice Presi
dent; but Webster will not consent to
this, and says he is taking the wind out
of his sails in the South. Clouds a?e
arising all round; ambitious military
chieitains are crossing their swords;
thee nemies of the South, and ail tiie
fanatics are loud in their denuncia
tions of slavery; Judge McLean is locking
on, “caiman a summer morning,” and
old Harry of tiie West, in flue order
and condition, is ready for a race with
any of them, and is full ot wind and hot
lorn, whenever his triends will agree to
trot him out. In the moan lime, many
of the Whig papers arc most grossly abu
sive of that bravo and most w orthy patri
ot, Gen. Taylor. Take for example, the
follow ing from the Fasten TIVg.
“H Settled Matter. —A man whose
«rs mr-r*** sTwr-ETTr * "» ■! *n ■■——jyarrr'j 1 t- ■
trade has been war—hunting runaway
slaves amid the everglades of Florida, I
and butchering the poor Seminoles be
cause they harbored the fugitives, and
waging the slave-drivers’ war upon the
poor, starving Mexicans—doing it all, I
admit, it) obedience to orders — doing it
ablv, but still volnntarilv— and none the
less infernal because legal—suc'a a man
must never be Presidedt by the votes ol
the free B;ales/'
We do not see the Democratic papers
assail General Taylor; they admire his
patriotism—applaud ins gallantry, and
admit most cordially anJ sincerely that
lie merits the confidence of Ins country
in any station in which lie may he placed;
it is tiio Whigs a ho so shamefully abuse
him; and before long, in addition to ids ,
being a military chieftain, stained wim
bloo I—a Southern man, and a slave,
holder, we expect to see him denouncer!
;ts a Democrat ! This will be the end of j
the matter, rely upon it; and as things
stand at present, we do not wish to inter
i sere in this family quarrel.
•<t-e *-a . sr:r: gra l n nnw:;
AUGUSTA. GEO.,
V\ K1 >NFS i) A V MOR.MNG, MAY 26, 1847.
(t;i. Taylor ami the Presidency.
At the meeting held at Nashville, Temi., at
wliich a late democratic member to Congress
presided, and another look an active part, to
the no small pleasure of the whig press nl
the country, the following -preamble was
adopted. We wonder how the wings like
the look of it in print:
“Ilis political principles nro sufficiently
known to justify the assertion, that he is for
bis country! He Was t<»r the war of 1812,
and acted a conspicuous part in ‘conquering
a peace’ with England, our ancient enemy.
He supported the election of General An
drew Jackson to the presidency of the Uni
ted States, lie was opposed to the recliarter !
of tiie United Stales bank, lie is in favor
of a tariff for revenue only. He has no
sympathy f*r Mexico, nor Mexicans, but
•gives them that aid and comfort’ which his ,
country’s wrongs demand of every American j
heart, lie is in favor of ‘equal rights and |
privileges to all:”’
Appointments aud. Changes.
Wc IMi a that, th ; tallowing appointments ,
and changes in office have been made by the
President:
Commodore Charles W. Skinner to be Chief of
the Bureau ot Construction, &c in the Nuvv
j Denartm* at. in the place of Commodore Charles
: Morris, resigned, we rcgT t to learn, on account
i of ill Vallh.
| Seth Barton, Solicitor of the Treasury, to be
< 'harm d’Affairs to Chib in the place ol William
I ’ °
Crump.
Jt. IT. Gullet. Register of the Treasury, to be
Solicitor of the Treasury, vice Barton.
Central Bail Read Fight l*oi Cent
j The Savannah Itepuhliean of tk< 2Rh inst.
| savs.—“The last shares of this stock were sub
-1 scribed for yesterday. The v hole amount is
Si>oo. 100. of wliich nearly all has been taken in
Savannah.
Importaut Decision-
In a rase brought before the Supreme Court of
; the State, now in session in New York ci’y, a
j unanimous decision was • iven, that juries in
: c riminal cases are Judges of the fact clone, and ;
not judges of the/<iif and luct, us has hitherto '
been
Volunteers in Stewart.
The Albany (Ga.) Courier, 221 inst. sayr.—
“We understand that a Volunteer company has
been organized in Sic wart county, for the Mexi
can war. The officers aro, Albert J. Gaulden,
Captain, Dr. Wm. E. Wimberly, Ist Lieut.
Amos S. Way, 2J Lieutenant. The company
when hist heard from, numbered over GO of the
; must respectable citizens ofthat county.”
•
Naval.
It is stated that Commodore Ap Cates by Jones
has been ordered to take the command of the
Pacific Squadron in place of Commodore Sau
brick, who has been relieved at his own request.
Commodore Jones is expected to hoist his broad
pennant son board the Ohio at Norfolk, Rumor
i says that Commodore Morgan is to command the
Brazilian Squadron.
Fresbytcriau General Assembly.
The Presbyterian General Assembly, (old
school)assembled at Richmond on Thursday.—
I Rev, Dr. Hodge, of Princeton, delivered the
1 usual opening discourse, after which Dr. Thorn
well, of South Carolina, was chosen Moderator,
llev, Willis Lore, stated clerk, Rev, Dr. David
son, permanent clerk, mil Rev. Dr. Sparrow,
temporary clerk. A largo number of delegates
were present. Baltimore city wan decided upon as
the next place of meeting.
\ nine of Newspapers.
We find the following gossip about tho
value of different Northern newspaper es
tablishments in the N. V. Correspondence
f us the Charleston Coni ici .
Notwithstanding the many newspaper
failures which we have witnessed in this
citv, the value of well established news
paper property is very great. VVe had
a few years ago a prevailing mania for
j types and paper, which while it lasted
I used up a considerable amount of floating |
cash. It went out a lew years ago, and
the last new daily established was, I
think, the Telegraph, which lived about
two years. This mania has now run in- j
to Sunday publishing, there being now
five or six Sunday papers, and two or
three projected. The old Sunday papers, |
I Atlas, Mercury and Times, doing j
j we ll the Atlas probably divides 840 per
week to each of its proprietors, and the J
Mercury nearly as much. But I was led
; to speak of the veluc of newspaper proper
ty, hy hearing of the sale of one-half of ;
j the Boston Atlas, by Mr. Hayden, to CM.
School or, of the Lowell Courier, for
about $35,000. The Allas is one o.f the
best papers in Boston, and is
| patronized, but probably the most
Ge paper is the Daily Advertiser, wMch
i has a very large advertising patronage.
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PIIJCES CURRENT, MAI 26, 1841 .
ARTICLES ? er - Wholesale.
BAGGING—Gunny 18 a 20
Kentm-kv lo a is
BALE ROPE—.Manilla It lo a i*
Kentucky ~ a 8
BACON—Hams *, 8 a H
Sides 8 a *J
Shoulders La 8
Cl TTER—Goshen, prime lb -I a- ’
Country j- u L»
CANDLES—Spermaceti! 32 a 3:>
Georgia made I Ain 15
Northern do. 15 <> 16
CHEESE—Northern •> a to ;
j COFFEE—Cuba mme.
Rio 85a 10
Java ... 12ia 15
Laguaym 0 a 11
fShirliiigs, brown, 3-1 vd. 5 ti 6: .
3 { “ “yd. wide 17 iu 10
St I Sheetings, brown, 5-t 12 a 15
A “ bleached, 5-1 IB a 20
i g i Checks., •••■ 10 «16 j
| | Bed 'l ick 12 “ |B i
C, ! Ozrm burs'?, # •••• a \ * i
(;is«orit*d 14 a
FlSH—Mackerel, No. 1 hb!. Ha
, Do. No. 2 .i i a 10
Do. No. 3 / a 7i
FLOCK—New Orleans no***-
; Canal 8 50a«J 0O
Georgia 6 (n.m 5 !
GRAIN—Corn. bus. 70 a75 {
(Juts 37 a 40
GUNPOWDER - k<-g. G a
HAY —Eastern 100.
North River
IRON—Pig 100.
Swedes, assorted ton, 13a 5 j
Hoop 100. 7 u
Sheet lb S a 10 |
N ail Rods •• • ■ 0 a ‘
LEAD —Pig and Bar 100. 6 a
Sheet Girt 8 t
White Lead tin 9 J
Exports of Colton to Foreign and Coastwise Ports, commencing Ist September, iS KJ.
Hsnniinn!i. H obi Jr. S'. o«‘lraiirf. New Vork. Other Oort*. '*'»««••
waiTiiEu exported. j ;7 _ j j. 1847. 1846. 1047. ! 846. 1847. I 846. i s l -. 18 46. 1847.11846. 184/. 1846,
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(»lasgow aml 0 reenock b ‘°* 3.1. 557 llM;
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, t. a ,‘ e ' 229 891 50.
V.7i“'£ 420 inc.-; 325; : im 2971 4i>? 5027
V * 573 822 1963 3201 101 1711
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Amsterdam 5.95 J 905 1997 111 C.
1 XnAvonV 11 ....... .". ..’. 2993! 1978 G 36 1577 1832 4370 71 -s 3 ff.s
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' (lom.V TritM'-’t&r" 911. 6433 5731 4618 4373 2587 i 28168 7039 0122 2873 1530
■ , Am- ’ 268-9 1000
! WherlW.-.*.. 180 J 1128 2511 7079 10084 1011 1473
Total tootlwr foreign Ports 911 #l7 i: i 74718 2819? 18157 2>7:i 1530 12617
NVw York .v 47598 46527 85402 13:07 25012 30810 350 5 63561 * l 'oß 26598
i> oMnTl •;.*.* 20711 17778 28449 17042 20849 31321 58802 1018.. 1 9510 1132]
Providence*. .’.*. 3207 • 1031 362' 2976 8178 5521 5569 5002 622,
i Philadelphia • 2210 4HM | 11502' 8025 1693 1806 7032 WHO, 41(1
IHliiraore 20/7 1524 4027 1455 28:58, 5362 (»2:>4 -> '9 21.)1 2191
Other P-.rts 18515 17377 599 I<4 __ B>sß I«» 72: 310? 33. X) ___ Ihll'J 43,/
Total Coastwise 913 8 88858 137499 72709 67448 86517 110810 i 1 45170 5: 157 45.53 5 490984
Grand Total -08753 141188 298303 192279 20/202 3'6217 310/20 796.65 . 95388 110725 69422 83196 1389188 1 630170
li is considered worth 8710,000, and 810,-
000 it is .said has been refused for half of
it. The Boston Post is also a valuable
patter, even the whig.s not being able to
resist the honhommie of Col. Greene, and
give it a liberal support. Here the Courier
establishment is ptohahlv as valuable a*
any, although the Journal of Commerce
runs it closely; and the Sun and Tribune
: probahlv make quite as much money.—
One-third of the Courier was so! 1 a few
months since to one of the assistant editors
for $30,000; and one quarter of the Tri
bune, report says, was sold at 815,000.
A portion of the Tribune could not he
! bought for less that equal to 100,000 foi
the whole, and the Sun is held equally
high, although sold originally to Beach
for $28,00(\
[From tfn A. O. Picayune.]
A iH«:ilot»“4 of Ccno Coi/io.
iVlr. Kendall, in one ot’ his last letters, relates
several anecdote?, current in the army, which
illustrate particular portions of the acton at Corro
Gordo anti give individuality to the parties en
gaged in them. It is not to ho expected that a
despatch, however elaborate, can embrace till,or
; indeed many, of the acts of heroism which con
tribute to the success of Battle; and it is only in
the way of anecdote anti army gossip, which grow
into traditions that many ot lhe most timing acts
of chivalry are preserved. The following ruse
j dc "urrre gives its to understand that Col. Uar
ney is quite as fertile in expedient, when need be,
t as bold in action;
A I?use dc tiuen’f. —With the Rifles, a portion
! of the Ist Artillery and one company ol the 7th
Infantry, this dashing olUc.er had in the morning
driven tin; Mexicans irota two hills which wore
, overlooked by their strong work on Corro Gordo,
but which were still important. This had been
effected with great loss, and so many had been
detailed to carry off the wounded ami take care
i of the dead, that in the afternoon the colonel found
himself with hut a mere handful ot men to protect
and sustain the position he had won with so
milch difficulty. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon
the Mexicans made a tremendous demonstration
j as if to retake the heights. Happening to he in
| a valley directly between Col. Hartley and Cerro
Gordo, whither a few of us had gone, undercover
of the trees and brushwood, to obtain a good view
of the Mexicans on the latter hill, we had a most
excellent opportunity of seeing the whole mo'.s
ment. A furious clang of trumpets liist announ
ced that the enemy was in motion, and soon we
could see a long line of infantry marching down
j the steep hill side and making directly for the
height now occupied by Col. H. and his small
but gallant band.
With such tremendous fury did the trumpeters
blow their instruments, that one unused to them
would have thought that they alone were suffi
cient to drive every Yankee e.otnph tedy from the
heroic, and sacred soil of Mexico. Onward still
they came, and onward; louder came the blasts
from the trumpets as doubtless to give themselves
co rage, a« they neared the spot where they
kn w they would meet with war to the death. —
j Thsp osiiion was all-important to them, and a
host was on the way to attack it. Soon they
reached a spot almost within musket range, and 1
while they had halted a moment to form, to re
! cover their wind, and collect and strengthen their
nerves for the coming struggle, Col. Harney iiu
j proved the occasion to play off a regular trick
upon them. His men were partially concealed
| behind the brow of the hill, yet he himself was in
: plain view of the hostile host; and now he com
; menced a harangue which would have served for
; an army 0f20,000 men, appointed every way with
conaon, with cavalry, with mortars, and vvith all
i the appliances ot war. “Don't shoot yet: shout
ed he to his little hand, and his lungs arc none of
the weakest; ‘‘wait till they come closer, ami then
give them h—11! Don't draw a trigger, 1 tel! you
j —double charge those cannons, there, with grape
and cannistcr. and wait till I give the word; 1
don't want one of them ever to get bask alive!”
In this strain he went on interlarding his battle
speech with a few more of the strongest kind of
-adjectives than I care about repeating. The ef
fect was glorious. Hut Amid- of the harangue
which might have 'm en IWurd Jfcmi'c, was l">{
upon the Mexicans not a qoarteraf that distance
off; and as uoinc one ol them understood English.
4
ARTICLES. I Per. U'itolesnl
.MOL VS SES—Cuba sptl, • 2d u 3 »
N. Orleans lu a l.:
NAILS—Cut,4d to 2Ud ; ’i
OlLS—Sperm. W. strained u
Fall strained d ' ’ a ,
Summer do. - b ea
Linseed bbi. yet
Tanners ” (i
Lard IUU '*
POT \TOES t)hl. ‘‘
PORTER dr.z. 225 a- <’>
PEPPER—BIack lb K» «12
; PIMENTO Hhi
! RAISINS —.Malaga, bum a t)o\. 225 a >
Muscatel -jdk 11
RlCE—Ordinary 100. »--> a L'j
Fair L > a .>
Good and Prime : ’2.» »/ 55 1
f French Brandies gal. I-’ 1 a 2
l.eiier Frer -s 27 > a .!
: X Holland Gin 125 a 150
j _r American (fin a 10
I 72 Jamaica Rum 150 a 2
Z 3 N. E. Rum,lids, and !>rls a .’4
/■ Whiskey, I’liil & Bait 33 « 3o
Do. New Orleans 30 a 33
(Pencil Brandy *5 a 1"0
SF GAR —Cuba Muscovado..... lb B a 10
P.K. & St. « roix 0 a U
I lavana, w hite 10 a i 1
New Orleans B a 0
Loaf Ball
Lump • if a 12
| SALT Liverpool sack: 150 a 162
J -use bus 40 n 1.)
SO AP American, yellow lb 5 <t 6
j si{( )T—All sizes *• B'2 aGS
; SEGAR.S —Spanish d. 2ii u ,*•»
American '' i üb*
TALLOW —American Bi < J
TOBACCO—Georgia 4 a _
Cavendish.... ‘ 35 o 1•>
. TWlNE—Bagging 20 « t7
Seine i■• • • oi) aa )
and at once interpn led the speech, especially
| about double-loading the cannon with grape and
canister, to the commanding officer, he very
prudently Wheeled his men ;u d marched had; the
| wav he came without firing a gun! it is needless
| to sav that Col. Harnev hul nothing in the shape
of a cannon with him—it was the strongest kintlof
i a "bintf game ’ lie was playing, and the sequel
j shows that lie vv< n at it.
iSail i8;oi ins'.
We learn from AH. Sessions, of Jefferson
counts 7 , that a Imil-sfoftn visited that comity
on the night ol tbe 12th lust.. surpassing any
thing ol the kind \\c have ever heard of. The
i average dimensions of the hail stones were
i the size of a goose egg, and at 10 o’clock mi
j the day after, fleaks of ice measuring five
j feel m length and three incites in thickness,
I lay in profusion over the face ol the (partly
| Mr. Sessions states, that not the least vestage
of corn, cotton, wheat, *>r any kind oil’grain
nr fruit, cun be found, where the storm raged
heaviest.
A very .-etere hail storm accompanied with
wind passed over our village on Monday
i night last, doing considerable damage here
I and in the surrounding country, but it was
so light, in comparison to the one in Jefferson,
it will scarcely bear relating. Our gardens
suffered considerably, but the greater injury
befel our fruit trees, which were in places
completely divested of all their fruit.
Wheat lias: suffered immensely and in
places entirely destroyed. {Several houses
and a number ofshade trees in our village wore
blown down, but no accident happened to
the person of any one. —Sanders vilie CenlcraL
Georgian 21 si insf.
Jayne’s 17 vpec t« raut.
j USE THE PROPER MEANS,—If you wish
I to be sueceesfu! in any undertaking, you must al
i ways "use the proper means.” Therefore, if you
have a Cough, use JAVNENS EXPECTOR VN 1'
; and be cured, for it is the proper means. Have
j you Asthma, or Difficulty of breathing, th*Mi llie
{ only efficient means to cure you is to useJoy/n s
i Expectorant, which will immediately overcome
; the spasm which contracts the diameter of the
wind tubes, and loosens and brings up the mucus
which clogs them up, and thus removes every ob
struction to a free respiration, while at tHe same
lime all inflammation is subdued .and a cure is cer
tain to be effected. Have you Bronchitis, Spitting
of Blood. Pleurisy, or in fact any PELMON \RV
AFFECTION, then use Jayne's Expectorant and
relief is certain, and you will Hud that you have
used the proper means.
rrEEM AEL BEAUTY !—(T LPABLE M -
| GLI7CT.—It lias been observed by visitors from
! all other countries, as well as by persons of the best
; cultivated taste in this, that in no country is there
a larger share of female beauty and exfellencc«Lan
| in this cliy. Vet, while the shoe-fitter, drese-rna
j ker, and milliner, are engaged in adorning "na
j ture’s best gift to man,” one part appears almost
totally neglected—-THE HAIR. How frequently
| do the ravages of disease lay waste the form of the
fair and beautiful; ami though restored again to
health, yet those flowing locks which once ad -ru
ed their heads, fall off and never again return to
j their original beauty. It is inconceivable how any
person, more especially a lady, can manifest so
much neglect on this point, when a “NEVER
FAILING REMEDY,” can be obtained by pur
chasing Dr. J W N L H HAIR 1 ON 1C . w hich will
perfectly restore tins only neglected part of female
ornament.
What is a dollar or two to complete the crow rung
point of female beamy.
Prepared only by Ur. D. Jayne, Philadelphia,
and sold on agency by
' W. Iv. KITCHEN, Augusta.
M y 25
Ssa.ml*s Bai«apurilta.
It has ever article of our medical
creed, to recommcncf no advertised medicines, Jor
we are opposed to them conscientiously and pio-
EXCIiANGi:.
Anion.-la Insurance and Banking Company,.. par
Bank of A tigusia
Branch Stale ofOe irgia, Augusta,
Bank ol Brunswick,.
(Jeorgia Kail Koa i
Mechanics’ Bank
iiuak ui .si. ,'hiry -
Bank of MiHedgeviiie
Bank -at liic Stale ufCiaorgia, al Savannah,. .. “
Branches of ditto,
.Marine and Pi re insurance Hunk, Savannah,. “
lira m il of ditto, at .Macon “
Planter' - Hank, Savannah, “
Central Bank of Ceorgia “
Central 1C 1C & B’k’g.Co., Savannah “
Charleston Banks
i>ank ol t 'annlen
Bank ol Georgetown
V iiiiinicrctal,Columbia “ *
Merchants', at Chera w ,
Bank >1 I luiuiutrc,
Alabama Notes ~ tn> dis.
Merchants’ Bank of ’ilhcimi 5 0 <•
Commercial Bank, at .Macon .... lath'd
NOS M.K Olt IINCK It TAI N •
Bank of Darienand Branches.
Ba ■k ol (ail nail ms.
Chattahoochee Kail Iliad an l Banking Company
Monroe Uai l Hoad and Ban k iitg <'ompa it y.
Planters and .Mechanics’ Bank , Col nmhus .
Western Bank of (leoraia, a t Home.
I.x chance Ba ok, Brunswick.
(ms. Bank of Coin minis ,a l M aeon .. no c ire til a lion.
Pkienii Bank oI C o 1 n lll h ll s.
CiII.CKS.
On N'mv Vork, • prcni.
Phil uielphia,
805t0n,... ..
Char lest on and Savannah, par
1 jet inc I on, Kent uck v,
.Niishville , Tennessee,
STOCKS.
I < • eftrgia. S per cam s 100 n 101
(feorgia. t> f»er cents l d< u OH
a—- r -wtb r~*r- -y-nr-xr -_c:a
I fessiunaliy, but ue fee! bound to deviate from lids
j rule, and recommend lo tlie suffering, the article a
I ibe bead oflbis notice. Thegreat medical virtues
i of Sarsaparilla, are well know n and appreciated i>y
physicians, but llie uncertainty of the strength of
ibedit? rent preprint!ions of ihe nail, some being
almost inert, has can.-eti ibe medicine itsell to fall
into disrepute. The Messrs. Sands, 11 Won id seem,
have succeeded in obtaining n powerful trial uni
form preparation of it. We have seen an abuu
dance of testimonials to its efficacy from the Uigl -
) e-t " ’itbority, uud we recommend it with pleasure,
i Soulk *ru 11 /?/g.
i'oi furl tier particulars and conclusive cv ideiicc
i of its snpci ior value and efficacy, sec pamphlets,
i wan !i nay bn obtained of agents, "fat is.
{ Prepared and sold, w holesale and retail, by A.
' j II &. }l. SA,ND-S, "Wholesale L)ruggists, 100
Pultdn, corner of William stri ct, iSevv-York. —
Sold also bv,
lIAVILAND, IHSLEV & CO.,
Augusta.
And by Druggists generally throughout ibe
foiled Stales. Price si per bottle, or six bottles
for So. May -o
W its tar’s Balsam of VV ild Ciierry.
Tit - i'idluw ing letter from lleV. 11 f.N U V WOOD
of I 'uncord, N. 11., editor of llie. Congregational
Journal, a religious newspaper of a high character,
speaks volumes in favor of the good qualities of
Wislar’s Balsam:
Concord, N. 11. March 2, 1810.
air. S. \V. Fowle—Dear Sir: Two years ago
I the past winter, a sudden and violent attack upon
j my lungs by' exposure to cold, confined me to my
j room and lied for several weeks; and when I re
* covered I was so much oppressed by difficulty in
breathing, that 1 was incapable of rapid walking
and violent exercise, and often was unable to .deep
! or rest upon a bed by night, The suffering was
' frequently extreme, and judging from the iueffica
cy of the remedies used, I supposed the disease in
curable. Being persuaded to try a bottle of Wis
tar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, without the least con
fidence in its efficacy nr that of any oilier prescrip
tion, no one can fully understand my surprise and
! joy, when I found llie difficulty almost entirely re
moved before one bottle was used up. Having a
mortal aversion to medicine, and seldom using it
I in any form, nothing hut sympathy with my fel
low sufferers in luces -to make this public state
ment, and recommend the article to others similar
ly afflicted. With respect, yours truly.
HENRY WOOD.
None genuine, unless signed 1. LIU ITU on
the wrapper.
For sale in Aujusta, wholesale and retail, by
II AVI LAND, Ki:S LEV A CO., and also by
THOM VS BARRETT A CO., and Dealers in
Medicines generally in Georgia.
May 25 t 3—
City Taxes.*
COLLECTOR A TREASURER’S NOTICE.
The Citizens of Augusta, and all concerned,
are hereby notified that 1 am prepared to re
ceive their City and Canal Taxes for the present
year, and hope that all xx ho are ready to pay, w ill
not wait for me to call on them, but will forthwith
honor me with a visit at my office, which will be
kept open for the purpose from 2 to 6 o’clock, I’. 31.
daily, for the next two weeks.
The forenoons, I exp cl to employ in making
calls, as I am bound to do, unless rmy fellow-citizens
make it unneie sary bv first calling on me.
JOHN HILL, c. A r. o. a
may 19 12—
[fZr* K- Jackson, Teacher on
the Piano Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully
tenders his services to the citizens ol August .j
References-—Henry Parsons, Tbos. Richards
and T. S. "Metcalf, Esq’re.
N. B.—For terms, Ac., inquire at 11. Parson s
Music store. Cm Dec. 1