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THE CONSTITUTIONALISM JAMES GARDNER, JR- T E R 31 S . Daily, pt-r annum, In- vVeckly, per atnn m 6 0(< If paid iu advance, J ou ! Weekly, per annum, 3 j If paid in advance, - 50 j TV*Clubs, remitting 810 in advance. FIVE COPIES are sent. This will pm uur weekly pa per in ilie reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Subscribers \%!io will pay up arrearages, and send lour new subscribers, with the money can get the paper at s’d,oo. jlCT’All new subscriptions must he paid In advance. Postage must r>e paiC on all Communications and esines?-. • [ From (lit Nicktrbucker.] A BENEDICT TO A BACHELOR. Dou’t tell mo "you haven't got time That other things claim your attention; There's not the least ieasuii or rhyme In the wisest excuse you r an mealiou. tel) me about “other fish,” Your duty is hone when you buy’em; And you never will relish the dish, L’uiess you’ve a woman to “try ’em.” You may )Ircrini of poetical fame, Hut the story may sliance to miscarry; Tne best way of sending one's name To posterity, Charles, is to marry. And here ! am wit ling to ow n After soberly thinking upon it — 'l'd very much latherhe know n • Through a beaupfui sou sonnet- Don’t be frighten’d at querulous stories by gossiping grumblers related. Who argue that marriage a bore is, B mause they’ve known people mis-nmted, Such lellows.ifthey had iheir pleasure, Because some bad ‘Barg tins” are made, W ould propose, as a sensible measure, Tb lay an embargo ou trade ! Then, Charles, bid your doubting good bye, And dismiss all fantastic alarms ; I’lbe sworn y ou’ve a girl in your eye Tb it you ought to have bad in yourarim; Some b-;aiitiiul maiden—God bl-iss her! Uninvuiiiber’d with pride or with pelf. Os every true charm the possessor. And given to no fault hut yourself. ifea Toproscrastinafion be deaf! V ' ( i caution which came from above) The s ouudi el’s not m. ly “the thief Uflimo,’but of beauty a dlove. TI-tju dclny not a moment to w in A prize that is truly worth winning Celibacy, Charles, is » sin, Aud sadly' prolific of sinning. I could give yon a bushel of reasons Tor choosiug the “double estate;” it agrees with all climates and seasons, 'Diyugh it may be adopted too late To one’s parents ’us (grewtelu 1 ly) due : Just think what a terrible thing Twauid have been for me a id for you, If ouks had neglected the ring. DofrVWßrch for an “a’ gel” a minute; For suppose you succeed in the sequel, As or all, iheduccc would be n it, For tile m itch would mighty unequal; The angels it must becoufessrod, In this world are rsvther uncommon. And allow me dear Charles to suggest. You Jibe better content with a woman. [From the N. O. Picayune, ITA uutj Lute Lorn Vera Cruz. Attach on a Wagon 'Train by the Mexican Guerrilla Party—Thirty Americans ISnp yosed to be Killed — I'nrly Wagons Des troyed— Death of Major Lius worth , Fay master V. S. Army. The U. S. ship Massachusetts, Capt. Wood, arrive;] last evening from V era Cruz, whence she sailed on the evening of the 11th hist. Tito Massachusetts, brings over 155 sick and wounded sol diers, under the charge of Dr. Tudor, besides the following passengers: Mr. Joseph Harrod, Dr.‘ Tudor, LI. S. A , Purser Bryan, of the navy, and Mr. j Dosworth and two servants. The following deaths occurred on ihe Massachusetts: C. Gaines of the Moun’ed Rifles, and | John Drew, of’company F, Till Infantry, 1 died on board before the Massachusetts left Vera Ciuz, and were sent on shore for interment on the 1 Ith June. On the 12th June, John Pope, of the .Mounted Rides, and John Smith, of company C. 7th Infantry, died at sea. On the 13th, J. F, Carson, South Carolina Volunteers, died. On the 14in, —Scurry, South Carolina Volunteers, and 11. Henry 2d Dragoons. On Ihe lsth, L. Grover, company E. Mounted R tics. The v omitu is represented as on the increase at Vera Cruz. We regret ex tremely to'say that Paymaster Bosworth, who sailed from here only on the l-Bth ult., sickened and died in Vera Cruz of the tamila. His remains were brought back on the Massachusetts in the chaige of his brother. Quite the most important intelligence brought by this arrival relates to an at lack upon a large train by the Mexican guerrillas, which has been paniallv suc cessful. By Ihe Fanny, we learned that , a train was to leave Vera Cm/ on the i morning of the sih inst., for Puebla, mi ! der com mand of Lieut Col. Mclntosh, i The train had in charge $225,000 in ■ specie, of which sum one hundred thou- | sand belonged to Paymaster’s Depart ment, the remainder to the Q.iartm-mas- i ter’s. One hundred and twenty five vva go us and six hundred pack mules were j in the train, which was escorted by SOO 1 t ror> ns. Tne train left Vera Cmz on t : e night of the 4th inst., and on Sunday tlie 6th, when it had advanced about twenty five miles, it was attacked by a large party of guerrillas, The place was well selected lor the purpose by tne Mexicans, being represented as a defile broad enough for a single wagon only. It is said, too, that slight works had been thrown up by the Mexicans to obstruct ; our advance. The attack was made upon each extremity of the train and upon the centre at the same lime, the ■ principal point however being the wa gons which were supposed to contain the specie. Private accounts represent that the at tack was so tar successful that forty of our wagons were destroyed—though not those containing the specie—two hundred mules loaded with subsistence were taken, and thirty of our men killed. The American Eigle of the 9th says,our loss is variously estimated at from four to twenty, but private accounts, from responsible sour ces, give the loss as we have done, at thirty men. The check was so severe that Col, Mclntosh determined not to haz- A *rd an advance without reinforcements, N ■xrsw wifciaMMwgw«^iw<w»»,riMr»■ r n*n nstsmar xmjammmMam Oar troops accordingly entrenched them selves behind their wagons, and despatch es were sent off to Gen. Cadwaiader at Vera Cruz. The general ieftoo Monday evening, the 7ih inst., with a force of about five hundred men and four ho«it ze-s. Private accounts say further that t on the 10:h a pail of the voltigeurs also t left, with four howitzers, to join the train. J I The Eagle represents that our troops I received the attack with the utmost cool npS s, and that the enemv, being re'puhsed, ! fell back towards I lie Puente Nacional, j which some suppose they may attempt to defend. No laur news from the train had been received the morning of llie 11th, 1 the day the Massachusetts left. On the | 10th a laige mail was despatched to this port on the inopeller Washington, which an y he hourly expected. Her letters may bring us further details. No later news had been received from the armv of Gun. Scotl. Ti e reason is obvious; for the present at least the com i munication lias been entirety cut off. We do not iegard this as at all alarming, for - CadwaUder will no doubt open a i passage to Jalapa at once; but it indicates i a necessity, fur some cavalry force upon i 'the line to clear 'away the brigands which j infest it, and who must have musfered in j greater frfree than had been anticipated l to attack a train guarded by 800 troops. But the audaci y of these guerrillas | floes not stop here. They are enlermg Vera Cruz and stealing our horses. For several night salanns had been created in the city by these predatory attempts. Private letters sav that sixty horses were J stolen from one pen in the immediate vi cinity of the tow n. A regiment of Texas Rangers, it seems t>us, would find ample 1 scope for employment in the vicinity of Vera Cmz. The steamers Palmetto and Edith ar lied at Vera Cruz on the Blh inst. The schooner Gen. Woith had also arrived with one company ot voltiguers. On the Palmetto a lady is said to have arrived from New O leans in search of a runa way slave Her pursuit is represented as successful, i We await anxiously our letters by the | Washington [From the iV. O. Delta. IT Ih inst. ] The Chihuahua Heroes. | The hardy boys who have pM per i formed the most remarkable inarch in | modern times, and gained some of the | most brilliant victories of this war, show- j ; ed themselves in great numbers in our I j streets yesterday. They are truly a j bold, fearless, indomitable band. When 1 I they landed from the vessel, their ap pearance reminded us of the pictures of j Robinson Crusoe, and other sbipw recked : adventures, who having been a longtime I banished from civilization, and compelled ! to live among savages and wild beasts, j are suddently transferred to their homes I ! and to the society of cultivated men.— Many of them wore the very suits of j i clothes which they put on six months ago, ' ; when they first commenced their perilous , j march. Many, whose garments have { | long ago been worn or torn off by ex- | posureand bard hi; s, were clad in skins j and hides. Not a few were in borrowed j plumes, having endued themselves in | clothes captured from the enemy. There 1 were many, too, whose garments were of a compo-ite nature; being made up of their old clothes, sometimes eked out bv Mexican uniforms, and sometimes by deer and goat skins. An old calico shirt would peep out of a grey goat skin, ami run off into a pair of showy scarlet inex pressibles, once worn by some proud lancero. Altogether, such a motley band were never before paraded on our soil. The sympathy and admiration of our people, already deeply aroused in behalf of these j gallant boys by the details of their ex | traordinary exploits, were greatly in creased by the appearance of hardships, exposure, and suffering, which they pre sented. But they did not long remain in their shabby garments. They had large arrears against Uncle Sam, who is a prompt and liberal paymaster, and who soon furnished ihem with the means of rigging themselves up in handsome style. In a short lime, what a change takes | place in their appearance? They are now, thanks to our numerous cheap I clothing-stores and small tailors, die best | clad and sturdiest looking gentlemen in , our city. Their robust fram s, embrown ! ed complexion, bald and br gbt eyes, and | manly carriage, betoken the life ofdar j iugfortitude and self reliance w hich they • have led for the last twelve months, i 'Fiie health of this force has been gen (o ]I v vor V* £**><>♦], a* ImoJy ia.’i 11 alaav^ the case when the men are kept on the march. Although tiiey have been ex-| posed to every danger incident to rnilila- I ry life—have fought several severe bat- j lies, and encountered the? trying vicisi j ludes of heat and cold—their loss has been much l u ss than many of the regi ments that have n t yet seen a hostile force, or know n any of the serious peiils ot military life. All honor, then, to these gallant men. I Their braverv, fortitude and persever- I 1 ance, are not surpassed in history. And j when it is considered that they went forth against the enemy, not as regular soldiers,not as those w hose trade war had long been, and from whom honor and duty demanded the sacrifice, but as vol unleers, seeking glory, and supporting the honor and rights of our Proud Re public—language is inadequate to express the admiration and applause due to their extraordinary achievements. Troops Arrived. The steamship Massachusetts, from Vera Cruz, arrived lasi evening, brought .Mr. liar rod, l>r. D Tudor, and 155 sick aud di-ebarg ed soldiers, 8 of whom died on the passage— By the schr. Bounty, from Brazos St, Jago, arrived yesterday. Companies I and K of the 3d Ohio Regiment, finder command of Maj. Love— Bv the schr. North Carolina, from the Brazos, arrived yesterday. Major Will, Capts. Mickham, Lathram and Airhart, Lteuis, Mar klio, Sand ford, Hill, Neremar, Cowen and | Kemp, and 150 volunteers- —By the barque Jubilee, from the Brazos, four companies of tne 2d Ohio Regiment, under the command of Col. William Irvin—in all 180 men. Also the following officers, Capts. Link, Stadden, ! Keuten, Julian, Caldwell andCanipe; Lieuts. iSuencer, (July, Smith, Stewaft, Armstrong, Warner, Brown, Koesster and King; Sur geons Leech, of the Illinois, and T remit, ot the Ohio Regiments. AUGUSTA. liLU.. W EDNLSD \li WORMING, Jl NE 23, 1847. The Chicago Convention. I This body is to assemule on toe fifth of next month, and is attracting very general interest at the North and West, among both parties. It was originally designed, or at least professed, to be a meeting of these fa vorable to the improvement of rivers and har ! b >rs bv the federal government, without dis j tinction of parties. It has been the object of ; the wire pullers to concentrate as powerful 1 an influence as possible against the conser -1 vative doctrines of the President’s Veto of i the River and Harbor bill, and at the same time not to arouse the democracy ot the conn- j try by apprehensions of an assault on their fundamental doctrines. We were content to let this convention take its course, Without comment on our ptrt, believing that *.t is not ! in (lie power of any such voluntary assem | b'age to overawe toe President, and swerve i him from his duty, or to bring any influences to headstrong enough to subvert the consti tution of the country. We are induced how ever to break silence on this subject by per ceiving that the. City Council of Savannah have appointed a delegation to attend this convention. We are sorry to see this grand scheme of operating upon public opinion on the internal improvement question receive any countenance from any part ot the feiafe of Georgia. More especially do we regret to see it coining from a city which has in times ! past had the distinction of boasting many I eminent citizens who at home and in Con i gress have nobly contended against a system ; that they proclaimed as unauthorized by the j federal constitution. We had hoped that the ; paltry douceur of fitly thousand dollars given I to Savannah in that corrupt bill, which was nailed to the counter by the Presidential Veto, would not enlist Savannah in this cru sade against the federal consti’ntmn. In the I palmy days of republican politics in Geor ! gia—and inure especially when tiie school of ! Slate rights and strict construction held I sway, the Jacksons and the Habersham— i the Troups and the Tatnails would have in -1 dignantlv frowned upon a log rolling conspi -1 racy to thrust greedy hands into the federal j 7 r. J , treasury, and to d vide the spoils amicably among the conspirators for sectiorml improve ; men's. We are not disposed to misropre | sent the purposes ot this convention, nor shall we make captious objections to the re suits ot its labouis. Bat we have belore us the declaration of tin? Savannah Republican as to the grand design of this assemblage. From it we learn that it is to operate on pub lic opinion so as to carry the River and Har bor hill through Congress by a majority of two thirds, and thus render nugatory the Presidential Vela. We confess we view with alarm this grand procedure, and shai! watch its movements with jealousy. It is not that-we view the President’s opinion, in the abstract, as more reliable than that of ■ two I birds of Congress, and therefore regret that this practical mode of counteracting it may be resorted to. But we regret that the sound conservative principles of constitution al construction as contained in that veto, arc in danger of being set at naught. Were it that superior logic—that sounder rules ol in terpretation of a constitutional grant were to be arrayed in opposition, and an impartial tribunal were organized to decide the issue, i we should have no apprehension. But this is an assembling of tho-e interested to get money out of the public treasury, for the benefit of their several sections, regardless alike of the general good, and of constitution al restrictions. Conspicuous among them will be the one hundred and twenty delegates of Boston, eager to appropriate public funds to divert western trade to that city. In the la'e meeting on the subject, Mr. Quincy the .Slavor used the following language. To us the tone is rather arrogant and assuming: “It ie ~».<> «r iJ-ia rpina rLoihle faci* m 1 history that ever since there was a garden planted “eastward” in Eden, it could he said, “westward the star of empire takes its way.’’ It was so in the Old World—from Persia to Greece, to Rome, to England, and it will continue till it culminates over our western wilds. And it is equally remarkable that while power travelled west, men have in all ages turned towards the east for the day spring of moral, intellectual and religious, as well as natural light; and that millions of our fellow creatures, like the Prophet of old, on | this day bow “with their faces towards Jeru- j salem.” And will it be said that this ceases ) to be the rule in America. I think no'.” j We hope that the convention, and more es- , pecial'y, the Savannah delegation will not * bow with their faces towards Boston for light wherewith to construe the constitution of their country. The light emanating from that quarter bums blue , and is familiarly j known as blue light federalism. Southern | men have been accustomed to look to very j different sources for their guidance. May the lurid gleams of the Boston school of poli tics never be cast athwart the Southern mind, or blight and distort by Us influence, the na tural and healthy functions of our republican system of government. The contemplated convention aims to com bine as many influences from different sec tions as may be necessary to carry the river and harbor bill bv a vote of two thirds. In ; other words, it is designed to count noses and see if that bill holds out pecuniary induce ments tu a sufficient number of Congression al districts in the different States interested, to command the requi.-ite vote. Il it does not, as is probable from the failure to gel two thirds in 1846, we presume that committees will be appointed to hunt up the forks of riv ers, and the mouths of creeks in various other Congressional districts throughout the coun try, and to ascertain and report how many thousands il may be necessary to appropriate ■ to each, in order to gel the voles of those districts, iinriJ they have made up the de-ired complement. This, we presume, will be the practical working ot this eflbrt to overthrow the Executive Veto. It is not necessary to enlarge on the demoralizing effect of these combinations. The home leagues of the pro tectionists got ii{) to dictate protective tariffs to the government—the panics got up bv the United S'a’es Bank for the purpose of ex [ tuning a renewal of its charter, and ail oilier , such schemes of the latitudinarians. are •‘weak inventions of the enemy” in com parison with this wholesale undertaking to gel possession of the national treasury. We will say in conclush n, as was said by the President in Ins veto, that there are ob jects of national importance, and coining within the legitimate scope of the legislative powers of the government, which should meet with federal sanction. There are such • embraced in the vetoed bill, but they were j blended with others grossly local and section- i . ‘ I al, and which would, if sanctioned, have j I been precedents sufficient to bankrupt the : t most magnificent treasury which even an * i Oriental imagination could conceive. A : i precedent would soon become established . law, and settled practice. The power tiiat I appropriated,would not be the representatives j of the constituency whose money filled the ! treasury—gross corruption Would triumph in j place of fair legislation, and high (anfls and i high taxation would inevitably follow. i ° J None desire more sincerely than we, lie j prosperity of Savannah—her claim for the appropriation made for her by Congress, was as equitable as any that could be imagined, and if, in the scramble fur pub ic treasure, she should succeed in eventually seeming i , ! we will not be among those who will regret j her good fortune. But we would be sorry to see even her benefited al the expense of cen- I stitutional scruples. | » We hope that the Democrats of the West and Northwest who have combined with t e whole universal Whig party in this attack on the public treasury, in the muLt toijyof a for eign war, when tiie national honormas a sa- I r.red claim fur every d dlar that can be spar- j ed, to conduct that war, will be disappoint- { ed in the effhrt to keep down party —party politics and party excitement on tills ques , lion. It i.-> said that prominent Wings are engaged in shaping the action of this Con vention so as to turn it to political account. : They aim to make it subservient to the elec tion of a Whig ['resident in IS4B. May I have the effect of rallying the whole Demo cratic party as a band of brothers to the de fence of the national treasury, and of the j constitution of the country, which are both 1 endangered by this stupendous combination. | VVe are fearful that this is among the first ; fruits of llie Memphis Convention. This set • the example of devising schemes for using public moneys for interna! improvements, un der the clause to regulate commerce between the several Stales. But the example will be followed, while the nice reasoning and scru pulous stickling h r strict constitutional con struction will be wholly disregarded, and de rided, a> it his already been. The threaten ed results are of evil omen, and cause us not only to regret that celebrated Conventions but to shake our confidence both in the policy and the logic of its counsels. Will the Constitutionalist give the name of a Whig who voted in Congress to censure Gen. Taylor, about the Monterey capitula tion ? Can he give ns the names of but four or five Democrats who did not vote to censure him ? J Chronicle, of “22.7 inst. To this direct question, we have the fol lowing response to make. There was no cote < f censure passed at the last session a gainst Gen. Taylor. Mr. Cocke, of Tennes j OCC. oil the ooiti of January lust, offered a resolution which proposed the thanks of Con gress to General Taylor and his army “for their courage, skill, fortitude and good con duct” al Monterey. This resolution was af terwards amended by the Democrats in two particulars. One was to declare the war “a war commenced and forced upon us by Mex- ■ ico, and continued by us in defence of the 1 honor and vindication of the just rights of j the United States, assailed as botli had been I by repealed and flagrant acts on the part of 1 Mexico, of insult, outrages, and finally of ! i invasion of one of the States of this Union.” I I 'The other was a proviso, “that nothing here ; in contained shall be construed into an ap j probation of the terms of the capilulat on of Monterey.” Another resolution annexed to this, directed a gold medal to be struck, “with devices emblematical of this splendid achieve ment, and presented to General Taylor as a j testimony of the high sense entertained by ■ Congress fur his judicious and distingu ah | ed conduct on that memorable occasion.” This language is not much like the language ot censure. The withholding the approba tion of Congress, however, from the terms of capitulation, is alledged lo be the censure. If so, many Whigs and Whig prints censur ed Gen. T. in the same way. They with held their approbation. It Congress meant to censure General Taylor, or find laiiii with ; the lemis granted, it would have said so.— i But it had nut the information before it to pass any opinion on the subject, and there fore declined doing so. These resolution# as j amended, proffering the thanks of Congress, j and a gold medal to Gen. laylor, wim the . two amendments as above, received the votes j of 103 Democrats, and no Whigs. Against j j them w ere 59 V\ logs, and 6 Democrats. These are the only yeas and nays taken in ; the House of Representatives, on apropos!- j lion to vote thanks and honor to Gen. lay- | 1 lor and his army for their gallant conduct «' i Monterey. On that occasion, be it remem bered, ail (be VV higs voted no. Aifer this . vote was taken, Mr. Cocke, a Whig, propos ed to call this a vole of censure on General ; Taylor. The Democrats voted in the nega- , live —thus distinctly refusing to censure Gen- j eial Taylor. Had Mr. Cocke not backed out ; from his own proposition, and refused to have his name recorded as voting tor If, we could have poin ed the Chronicle to a \v nig as vot ing a censure. It is well known that a difference of opin ion did prevail in and out of Congress as to whether the terms granted to Anipudia were not too lav rable. The Lulled States (ia zetle, a prominent whig paper in Philadel phia, wis among the very first to find fault with those terms. The President, through i the Secretary of War, expressed a doubt to General Taylor as to whether the terms I* **. were not too favorable. But it was nut the language of censure. The Fre.- dent al the same time expressed a confidence that Gene ral Taylor being on the spot, and acquainted with all the circumstances prompting the | term-, could in due time show them to be justifiable, which unexplained did seem 100 ; lenient. The vvliigs cannot make capital 1 out of this transaction. 'The conduct of the • President and of the democrats was frank and j manly. It was a manly independence which j prompted a reservation of opinion until the ; necessary 'facts by which it could be formed i - , were received. j General. Taylor has no where warmer t 1 or more sincere adm rets than among the j Democrats. But it is not Democratic to j make a demi god of any human being, or | to cons der the acts of any public ser- j vant, civil or military, as exempt from crili- | cism—and if need be—censure. Gen. Taylor ! ; satisfactorily removed the dodbis on lire pub * lie mind, and vindicated the propriety of his cour-c. The democrats of the country, who are disposed to be Jiscnmin tog and to award praise and honor where they are due, and not With sole reference to parly capital, as has glaringly marked whig conduct in re gard to General Taylor, have not been, indi vidually, or as u party, unjust or ungrateful j I to this distinguished officer. The Stiite. vs. W.u. Willi arrs -Murder, . This case, which has occupied the Court the past two days, was under argument last evening w hen our paper went to press. Messrs. T. W , j Miikr. George Scblev and C. J. Jenkins, counsel * for tiic prisoner, and E. Starnes and the Attur- : ney General for the St .te. Splendid Irish Potatoes.- Cherokee is Hir I ' to Beat! —We take great pleasure in acknowl- I elging the receipt of a doz n Mammoth Irish j Potatoes sent us by .Mr. N. M. Calder, of the i Marietta Advocate. They show conclusively t that the potato rot does not flourish in that re- I gion, but that the potato root does—that is, if it ! | be a root. The French ealt it an apple— pommt , | dc terre, Wc will not dispute about terms, but j : w« have seldom seen New Jersey pippins larger- - j ! none, ceita n’y, finer of their kind, than were | J these Cobb county potatoes. They are from the ! farm of Gen. A. J. Llan.sell, of Marietta. Mr. j I C. writes that the largest weig ied, whi-n first j j dug, one pound lacking half an ounce, and the | ; twelve weighed fi lbs. 14 oz. Jf any body can show a better sample, let him j send them along. We should not omit to add, that we tried a cu!i --n irv experiment upon the-e potatoes, with most satisfactory results. 'Their flavor proved, on ui- I a ! , quite equal to their looks. , Delegates to the Milledgevifle Convention, The following additional Delegates to this i Convention have been appuinled since we pub- I liMied our list on Thursday last: lie ,ry —A. A. Lomoi.s, Thus. Hughey and James Pyron. Baker —R. H, Clark and S. J. Mallory. Taliaferro —L. L. Andrews, S. B. Wild* r and D. A. Williams. Mississippi. The Democratic State Convention of Missi ssippi have nominated for Governor Joseph W. j Matthews, of Marshall county; for Secretary of j State, Samuel Stamps; for Auditor of Public Ac j counts, George T. Swann; and for State Trea | surer, W. J. Austin. [comvlmcaTro. Democratic Meeting in Taliaferro. . i Pursuant t(* previous notice, a respectable nor- I tion of the Democracy of Taliaferro county, as j gambled on the 13th inst., at the Court House ito appoint delegates to represent them in tlie ap- , proaching Democratic Convention, to be held in j j at Milledgevillc, on the 4th Monday in June.— | L. L. Andrews was called to the chair, and Dr. i George L Bird appointed Secretary. S. R. Crenshaw, Esq., moved the appointment 1 of five by the chair to select delegates. The char I named P G. Rhome, Daniel A. Williams, Albert 1 King, S. R. Crenshaw, \V m. T. Fluker, who re turned a short time and reported the following gentlemen: L. L Andrews, S. B. Wilder, Danii l A. Wil- | liams, The meeting unanimously confirmed this resolution. It was then moved and carried that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Georgia Constitutionalist. The meeting then adjourned. L. L. ANDREWS, Chairman, j Dr. L. Ci :d. Secretary. The French Steamers. The sailing of the first packet of the French line was postponed till the 10th instant, according to information brought by passengers in the Cambria. The agent attributes the delay to want ©faction on the pu:t of the French govern ment. The following paragraph is from the Bun ion Transcript of Friday evening. We learn by a passenger who arrived vesu r : day in the Cambria, and who is just from France, that the pioneer ship of the in vv line of French steam, is, the Philadelphia, was not to leave unfit i the 10th of June. We find the following paragraph in the Mo bile Register, of June 15th. It relates to the un j for unate affair in Su uter, which resulted in the j death of Dr. Perry; “Dr. Perry, after being shot, and while in ex tremis. reiterated in the most solemn maiinrr, his protestation ot entire innocence of the crime for w.nch he had hern killed. ’ 'rowboat Explosion. , On Monday morning',the I4rli inst., at fi«!f --j past 6 o’clock, the towboat Porpoise. Capl. Disney, when a mile and a half below Fort Jack-on, burst all her boilers, tearing away all the upper deck over the boilers, and kil | linn-and wounding several persons. She had in tow the ship Wakona and brig Union. The ship received but hide injury, and wil proceed to sea immediately. 'The brig was •jo much injured as to be compelled to return or repairs. , Tne iodowing are the names o'the killed and wounded on the towboat: Air. Fiance wagl), Ist engine r. killed; C. Woolf, fireman, missing, supposed to lo.ve been blown over board; J. Stone, do., badly wounded; J K un mar and O. Hill, deck hands, both badly scalded; J. Moss, steersman, and H. Crist, fireman, bo h si ghlly .-c oded. The duel male of the Wakona. Robert G. Stan wood, was severely scalded, and sent up to town to receive medical aid. 'The following persons on the brig Union were wounded: Miss C. Q.uinn, severely; Mrs. Pebo, slightly, and* her child severely; Mr. Tobias Alhouse severely, and iwo of the crew slightly. Tne brig Union was bound to Baltimore, and ’be Wakona to Bordeaux. The wrecks of the Porpoise and brig Union were brought up to lids city by the towboat Persian.—A (J Picayune, llth inst. JLh Vega. The intelligent army correspondent of the i St. Louis Republican writes as follows from ja la pa. Yesterday morning I was in the company ol La V j ga about an hour, and whatever j others may think, lie far from entertaining j the belief that we are speedily to have peace; j and he makes no disgu.se whatever ot Ins j ow n feelings, lhat so far as Lis influence or i ins voice can go, the United Sia’es never 1 shall have pea< e wil! i Mexico, soiling as tin* i Americans have a ho-tile tool li is side ol the i Nueces. He remarked, vvhaf was very true, i that thus far the war had been felt more sensibly by the invaders than by the invaded; that, in one sense, it had pioveda great rehef to their nation, by iiie expenditure and dif fusion of iniiiio.iS of money among them, while they hail elevated itieir national charac ter tor prowess in ihe estimation ol I lie c zd 7- ed world. Mr. Trist, the quasi Minister Plenipotentiary from the U. S. spent some lime in ins Company, b 11 question whether lie accomplished anything that would have i lhe slightest tendency to advance I fie object jof in- mi.-sion. Lot earned, from a sali.-- ! factory Source, that’fife controlling motive 1 that aG haled La V» ga'iu refusing to accept a parole, when me residue ot me Mexican prisoners of war did. vvas not so much il al | of palr.otisrn. hat on (lie contrary a desire o save his property from the grasp of his own I (lovei mucin; mat, ;l lie accepted his liberiii ton upon a parole of honor, and should, notwim i standing, refuse to head an army again in : defence ot his country, against onr force-, | his Government won d make it an excuse to confiscate Ids extensive properly, and thus throw him penniless upon ihe world. The C *ttoa Crop. We have seen a letier from Edgefield Dis | trict, under date of the 18tli instant, which 1 stales that the Cut ion crop in ihe neiglibor i hood looks well, and add- mat blossoms have : made their appearance about ten days later j man last _ve.tr. — Charleston Courier , 22d in*t. j pxtract of a letter dated “CAMDEN, June 19, 1347. — The corn ! p’aints of me planters relative toiiie prospect 1 of tneir crops of Colton are general; there j seems to be but one opinion on the subject, | and that is, it must be a very short one. The i most extraordinary circumstance attending it I is that even now, in the most fertile grounds, i n continues Co die, and as yet, the stands are j very bid. There is not a toiin to bo seen, j and I doubt if there will be blooms before ihe i 4ih July. What will he the consequence j should there be an early trust? ’ — lb. OBITUARY. On ihe 13th instant, itl 2 o’clock, P. AT., at her j father’s residence, at Etowah Works, < uss couu | tv, (5a., departed this life. Alias CAMILLA C. ; ( OUPER, daughter of Mark A and SSophronia 1 A. Ji. Cooper, aged 17 years. In her expired a j pious Christian, aIT-i tionate and dutiful daughter, : kind and lovingsisier, sincere and faithful friend, j and benevolent, charitable, intelligent lady. ILr family and friends wdl long mourn her irreparable Wista.’s lialsnrn of Wild Cherry. The extraordinary success abending the use | of this medicine in diseases of the lungs, and the many singular cures it has effected, having natu- n rally attracted the attention of many physicians, as well as the whole fraternity of quacks, various conjectures and surmises have arisen respecting its composition; some physicians have supposed | it to contain iodine, ntlu-r ignorant pretepders | say it must contain mercury, and to some such ! substance they each attribute its singular effica cy. As such opinions are altogether erroneous, and calculated to prejudice many persons against | it, wo PLEDGE OUR HONOR that it con tains nothing of this kind, or anything the least injurious; on the contrary, it is composed of the most simple substances, the principal of which are the extracts of t«r and wild cherry bark, and the whole secret of its efficacy consists in the mode by which it is prepared. None genuine unless signed I. BU I TS,on lue wrapper. 1 For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by UAVILAM), KISLEY &. CO., and also by THOMAS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines generally in Georgia. June 21 ’ t 3 222 Sauil’* Sarsaparilla. Among the numerous discoveries of the present age one his recently been made, having for its object the relief of suffering disease and pain