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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. | J AM£S~GARf)N ER, J rT~ I = TEEMS. Daily, per annum £8 00 j Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 I If paid in advance 6 80 'Weekly, per annum 8 00 If paid in advance 2 50 To Chibs, remitting £lO in advance, FIVE -COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa-' j per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO T)f)l/LARS A YEAR. TTSubscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, cagfet the paper at £2 00. All new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. (Fr’Postagfe'mustbc paid on all communications and letters of burinees. -mJm [From the TV. O. Commercial Times, July 30.] • MEXICO. ][»atc and Important Intelligence. TdiJure of peace Negotiations — Gen. Scott to march on the city on the 15th insf. —Santa An na prepared to give fight, with an army oj 22,- 000 men. The IT. *S- transport steamship Massachu setts, Captain Wood, arrived here yesterday, from Tera Cruz, the 23d instant, bringing us files of the Sol de Anahuac to date of depar ture, and our regular correspondence from In- \ dicator up to the time of her departure. Prospects of Peace. —No intelligence di tect from the city of Mexico, or even from Puc- j bla, Yraceable to any authentic source, had reached Vera Cruz, since the date of our last j advices. It will be recollected, that all was ; then in a state of doubt and suspense. Infer- ; mition in an unofficial form had arrived there, intimating that Santa Anna had taken the ini tiative in the question of the constitutionality | ■of opening a negotiation with Mr. Trist, which I had 1 ain between him and the Congress, and j had appointed three commissioners to meet the American Envoy at San Martin Tesmelu fcan, on an appointed day. In reference to this vital subject, the Sol de Anahuac of the ! 22d instant, states that rumors were in circu lation quite unfavorable to the success of Mr. Trial's misssion, Indeed, from letters which had come to hand from Puebla, it was certain that the commission had not been installed, and “consequently, that the hopes of peace , which had been founded thereon, hud com pletely vanished.” He adds, on the other hand, that from the Continued inaction of Gen. j Scott’s army, the only datum on which can possibly rest the probability of a commission for the settlement of difficulties, anil the total absence of news for some time from the inte rior, it may be that the Commander-in-Chief is waiting the arrival of fresh instructions from Washington. The immediate nomination of commissioners, and the designation of the | place of meeting, would seem to indicate a sin cere desire on part of the Mexicans, for wome kind of a pacific arrangement. Difficul ties of an accidental nature, delays, etc., may have intervened to obstruct the consummation of a treaty. English meditation, it was stated, had been profferred and accepted, which had progressed so far as to have brought the Sec retary of Legation of the British Embassy to , the headquarters of General Scott at Puebla. In allusion to this last means to which the Mexicans had had recourse, the Sol de Anahu- j ac expresses its dissent from any foreign inter- 1 ference, as being always costly, and some- i times most fatal in its results. In reviewing all the news, however, which has reached us by this arrival, we are bound to confess, that every thing seems in statu quo as at the last re ceipt of intelligence. Nothing definite is known, either of the sentiments of the Con gress, of whose meeting not a word is said, or of the mode of acting of the Mexican Govern ment. Gen Scott had not yet left Puebla, j when the last accounts were received at Vera Cruz from that city. Approaching Battle.—ln opposition to the foregoing speculations, however, we find that a letter of the 17th, which has not come to hand as yet, a circumstance we much regret, j is alluded to by our regular correspondent “In dicator,” in which, as we glean from his re marks on the 20th, relating thereto, he states that all hopes of peace are entirely crushed, an :l that Gen. Scott was to march on the Capi td on the loth instant. Santa Anna, at the head es a large army, supposed to be 22,000 strong, intended to give him battle at some point between Puebla and Mexico. [From the N. O. Picayune 30 d i/wTj Arrival of :ha Social ship IKE issachusstts. Six Days Eater from Vera Cruz. The steam propeller Masschusetts,, Capt. Wood, arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, hav ing sailed thence on the 23d inst., which is six days later than the departure of the New Orleans. The importance of the intelligence by this arrival is by no means commensurate | •with the general expectations entertained. In regard to the appointment of Mexican -commissioners, nothing further is positively known, but a courier who came through from the city of Mexico with dates as late as the 10th ; of July, says that no commissioners hare been appointed by Mexico. The sun of Anahuac of the 22d inst.—the latest paper we have re- | ceived—says the city still abounds in rumors on the subject, though it does not give them,. | preferring to wait for authentic advices. The Sun, however, is evidently disposed to think j , the announcement of the appointment of com missioners premature. Before gathering such items of local news as we can find in the Vera Cruz papers, -we give the following letter from our own intelligent j correspondent: , [special correspondence or THE picayune.] Vera Cruz, July 20, 1847. You may think it strange when I tell you ■ that whenever a steamer arrives from your city, the first thing that is inquired for here is a paper containing the latest news from the ; army of Gen. Scott and the city of Mexico; but ) such is the fact. A fellow who is fortunate enough to get a good package of papers has to hide them, and then curse you poor editors in the presence of those wishing to borrow for not sending him any. When he gets a chance, ito slips off to some obscure place where, un disturbed, he reads the news which passed by his own door two days before. So true is it that we get most of our army and Mexican news , from New Orleans. Those merchants who hare occasional com munication with their correspondents in Mexi co, dare not make political news public here, [ as their friends are forbidden by the authorities of Mexico to write on political subjects. I saw one letter ten days ago which gave tftfi names of four large commercial houses, the heads of which had begn summoned before Santa Anna and severely reprimanded for writing letters to their friends here giving the history of political events. The letters had been, intercepted by parties of guerrillas, and the writers were politely informed that if they did the like again, they would not only be tendered the hospitalities of Castle Santiago, but considered as enemies and treated accordingly. On the night of the Idth inst., about 9 o’clock, we had an alarm here that the Mexicans were | upon us. Such a stampede as it led to, I have 1 never witnessed before. The slamming of the doors and windows sounded not unlike dis charges of musketry. II tier confusion prevail ed. The women and children screamed; foot jjwawjggjgfaggta*' r» vu p.■*same!t&&a n■; Tn—aa—aa races were run to the arsenal to obtain arms, and many incidents contributed to swell the excitement. One man actually swam off three quarters of a mile to a vessel, and a good num ber took to the boats moored at and near the ! Mole. A hole was stove in the custom-house boat by some of the frantic people in their hurry to seek a place of safety. The excite ment lasted about half an hour, when all re- ! turned to their homes, satisfied that there was j not and had not been any attempt to retake the j city. The man who caused the alarm lias i been sent to the Cattle of San Juan de Ulua. I That Padi'e Jarauta, with between eleven and | twelve hundred men, was within two and a i half leagues of this city on the 16th and 17th inst. No one doubts this, as a large number of market men saw him both days. lie made a requisition on persons living near Cosmaloa pan, who had furnished us with a large num ber of horses, to supply him with two hundred gratis, and the poor devils had to shell out. — A report is current here that the good Padre h*ad sent word to Col. Wilson that he was in i want of money and that if Col. W. would pay ! him, he would no longer molest either Ame -1 rican citizens or property. The truth is Col. I Wilson did get a letter purporting to come | from Jarauta, saying that if Col. W. would give him three thousand dollars, he would leave the country, but I believe the story was start ed by some mischievous Mexican and that Ja rauta never sent any word of the kind. Gen. Pierce did get off on the evening of the 16th inst., and, on the arrival of his command at the San Juan bridge, they found about eight | feet of it cut away. The damage was soon re- j i paired with such timber aftd logs as could be i | found near by, and the whole command and | j train passed over in safety. It is rumored that | | the Puonte Nacional and the bridge over Plan j ; del Rio have been served in the same way by j i the guerrillas. „ I Lieut. Moore, of the 12th Infantry, died at , the hospital of San Francisco on the 17th inst. j and Capt. Duff, of the 3d Dragoons, died on j i the same day at camp. Capt. D. made many friends here during his sojourn, and is much lamented. Our quartermaster, Mai. Smith, has been ! down with the vomito for several days, but I am happy to say that he is now doing finely. A Spaniard was found murdered outside of the city on Sunday morning hist, and I regret to say that no trace can be found of the author of the murder. The new Louisiana Battalion is a great ac quisition to the garrison of this place, and a heavy detail is occupied in the protection of the stock and Government property outside of the walls. Such protection has been needed a long while, and would have been granted if Gov. Wilson had had the means to do so. The Ist Intan try has had a severe task in garrison ing this place for the last three months. Re duced by sickness, but little more than half their number have been fit for duty for weeks, and these have had to stand guard every other day and night. To their vigilance may be at- | tributed the universal good order which pre- ! vails within the walls of the city. From the ! time they took charge of the garrison I think that but a single murder has been committed in the city, which speaks wonders compared with Mataihof os, Monterey and other Mexican towns, where I know that formerly our sol diers were murdered almost nightly. Two letters have been receiver! in town by private express, dated the 10th inst., but they have but little to say about politics. From one of these I have been kindly permitted to make the following extract, which is the old story over again: {TEA KStiATION. j City of Mexico, July 10, 1847. A great many persons here think that we i must have peace shortly, but we have been ! assured to-day by those in whom -we have the greatest confidence, that those at the head of i the Government have not the remotest idea of I negotiating, and if any encouragement is held 1 out to Gen. Scott it will only be to gain time, i But what have we to gain in time? Nothing, I a mere nothing, for -we are as well prepared to receive the enemy now as we ever shall he, ( and the sooner the Americans advance the j better it will be for both parties. Os the late contributions levied, we have had i to pay $1200; Messrs. $1500; Messrs. | The above extracts are every word these letters contain, but the man who came through with them says that no commissioners had been appointed. Santa Fe, which has been abandoned as a temporary depot, was burnt a few days since by Lieut. Fitzgerald and a small party of men. Letters from Orizaba of the 13th inst. state j that letters had been received there from Pue- j bla, dated the 11th inst., stating that Gen. I Scott would positively march towards Mexico I on the 16th last., and although I have little I faith in letters of this kind to Mexicans, I do not doubt that Gen. Scott is ere this on the j road to the city of Mexico. Yours, truly. We might perhaps interest our readers by , translating from the Sun of Anahuac some i of its speculations about the commissioners, ; &c., but they are but conjectural and founded j upon no more certain data than we all possess j here. We received no copy of the Arco Iris by this arrival. Verbal reports have been received by this . arrival in regard to Gen. Pierce’s march. They j are to the effect that he had encounters with i guerrillas, but we cannot suppose our corres- j pondent would have omitted all mention of them, had the encounters been serious. The ship Charleston arrived at Vera Cruz on the 17th inst. from Charleston with troops.— The ship Virginia, twenty-seven days from New-York, arrived on the 20th inst. with t hree companies of infantry (companies II and K, : 4th Infantry, and company D, sth Infantry) numbering 270 men, also the following officers; j Capts. G. Norris and Benj. Alvord, Lieut. H. Ridgley and D. A. Russell, of the 4th Infan try; 2d Lieut. 11. B. Sears, 2d Artillery; Drs. Geo. ik Cooper, John Campbell and N. S. | Campbell. The command arrived in fine health and spirits. They were to be encamp ed at Ragardc, throe miles on the beach north of the city, until a command of 1000 or 1500 men were ready to march for the interior. We now make such extracts from the Sun of Anahuac as possess interest for our readers. The following is an extract from a letter of Col. Gates to Gen. Wilson, touching the loss of men in Col. Dellussy’s expedition: Tampico, June Jl 7, 1847. Colonel —l do not at this time regret that you could not send to me the assistance I de sired. Col. Deßussy has returned with his ; command, having lost only eight or ten men, after being attacked by 1200 or more, and sur rounded for three days whilst on his way to Tampico. He made such havoc with his 6- pounder and his men, that the enemy were afraid at last to come within gunshot. lie kill- | ed and wounded 150, confessed by an officer of the Mexico forces—our officers say 150 kill ed. The truth is, that 120 men passed througlf | a range of 180 miles and a population at 50,000 people with great success. The colonel was ambuscaded three times by 1000 or more, and yet he defeated the continually. W hen I heard that he was surrounded by so large # force I thought he would find it beyond his power to escape; but he extricated himself handsomely, and I am rejoiced at his “feat at 1 arms.” . *i [From the Sun of Anahuac of July 22.] Two hundred men who left this city after the train which left a few days ago were attacked a few miles from Santa Fe. The Mexicans had a strong force ann were defeated. Lieut. Fitzgerald was sent on an expedition r r a few days ago Avith 25 men. They went to Santa Fe, took away some provisions belong ing to the army,,and, we are glad to learn, set fire to that town, the*refuge of the .guerrillas. f ,The following appears to be the record of the police transactions at Yera Cruz, fiom the j same paper: ■ \ , tl . r.; . Romana G arcia and Vicente Medina were j arrested by the police for stealing mules. , r A man has been arrested supposed to be the I murderer of the Spaniard whose body was ! found outside of the Gate of Mercy. -He had ! arms and other suspicious articles on his per , son. • «- Antonio Alvares, stealing a Government horse and rebranding the same. | Don Augustin Yglesia, robbery. Auguste Guzman, robbery. Many other individuals were arrested, whose names we do not mention as it might retafd the ends of the police. Perhaps we cannot better show the appre hensions felt in Yera Cruz of an attack on the city than by publishing the following orders of Col. Wilson. We may premise that Capt. Cozzens, who is mentioned in the first order, left here on his return to Yera Cruz on the Fashion last week, and will soon be at Ids post. Capt. C. suffered an attack of vomits) at Yera Cruz, but got bravely through it, and when be left us last week was taking on flesh again. ORB BBS NO. 24. Headquarters, Yera Cruz, July 13, 1847. 1. Captain Cozzens, the former authorized commander of American citizens, having left for the United States, Mr. William S. Tippetts { is hereby appointed captain of the corps of | American citizens in this city, which corps is | to be raised and organized as follows, viz: Every American citizen not in the employ of the Quartermaster’s Department in this city, will without delay report their names and residences to said Capt. W. S. Tippetts, at the | store of Humphreys, Garey & Co., for enroll ment. All American citizens residing in Yera i Cruz will on the first alarm immediately turn out and repair to the Governor’s quarters, and there await further orders. Any person fail ing to comply with this order, either as to or ganizing or turning out, shall, on conviction, (unless a gtfnd and sufficient excuse be offer | ed) be sent out of the country by the first ves ! sel going to the United States. ~ . 2. In the event of an alarm, which will be known by the discharging of a single gun, all Mexican men, women and children, (watch men included) residing in town, will repair to the northern end of the city in rear of Fori Conception, where they will be secure from injury. tj _ 3. At a signal from the town, the guns of the castle will open a five upon the city. 4. Captains of vessels in the harbor are re quested, in case of an assault, to repair with a part of their crews to Forts Santiago and Con ception, as they may be nearest. 5. Any inhabitant of the town, found to be I acting in concert with the enemy, will be im mediately arrested and dealt with either at : the moment or afterwards, as the nature of the case may require. By order of Co. Wilson. B. H. ARTHUR, Adjutant. ORDERS NO. 25. Headquarters, Yera Cruz, July 19,1347 1. Article second of orders No. 24 is amend ed to read: In the event of an alarm, which will be known by the discharge of a single gun, all Mexicans, men, women and children (watch men included) residing in town, will repair to the northern end of Fort Conception; and all neutral foreigners, to the Mole, and the space between the water’s edge and the Custom house, where they will all be secure from in i J ur D 2. Shopkeepers and all unauthorized persons in this city, having machetes,_swords or other | weapons that may be used in the destruction I of life, are hereby prohibited from selling, or in any manner transferring them to the Mexi i can population, but will have them immediate | lv boxed, marked with the name of the owner and delivered over to the collector, Mr. Di-’ j mond, for safe keeping. By order of Col. Wilson. W. L. CRITENDEN, Act’g Ass’t Adj't Gen. Those companies of Col. Fiesca’s Louisiana | Battalion who went out to Vera Cruz on the ! ship America, Capt. Levy, celebrated the 4th of July oft board. A report of their patriotic proceedings is given in the Sun. [Correspondenceok the M bile Register 4* Journal.} The Cotton Crop. Portland, Dallas Co., July 24, 1847. Gentlemen- :—As the growing crop begins | to attract public attention, and as I have been ; travelling through South Alabama for the last j month, 1 beg to report. I shall speak more from personal observations than from what I have | read. Planters, I know, are oftentimes un necessarily alarmed, and cry “wolf” in ad vance of danger; and I have therefore prefer red examining for mysdlf rather than taking for granted all I have heard. My object has been to arrive at the facts as connected with the present prospects of the cotton crop in S. j Alabama, and I am prepared to say they have | rarely, if ever been more gloomy up to this | date. The seed, you knoAV, -went into the ! ground some two or three weeks later than usual. The cold weather that followed caus ed it to come up very imperfectly, and in many cases so bad -were the stands, that replanting became necessary, and the result after all -was gappy cotton fields and a sickly growth.— Scarcely had the weed began to assume shape, before it was attacked by lice, grasshoppers, etc., giving it a diseased appearance and re tarding its growing, and in many places des ; troving it altogether. While in this state, the weather began to moderate, and a warm sun I and occasional shoAvers succeding, an evident : amendment began to show itself, and prospects Ito improve. But the change for.the better was of short duration. About the last of June it I set in to rain, and from that time to the pres ent the rains have been constant, heavy and j general. Indeed, I think I may venture to say, more water has fallen in the Southern portion of this State during this month, than has hap pened before in many, very many years. My recollection furnishes no parallel. Recently thewain has been unusually heavy, and all the cregfcmd little streams in the country arc overfljSifcg their banks, and destroying the I production land contiguous to them.— I and last night the rain fell in tor j rents, and to-day I have heard from undoubt ; ed authority that in some fields the water is | absolutely above the top of the cotton, and in ! others, half way up the stalk. Os course this puts an end to all cotton in that j condition. There is no question about the fact that those continuous and excessive rains have wrought great injury to cotton, and j coupled with early disasters, leave the indica i tions decidedly in favor of a yield below last I year’s. The injury done is in a great measure irreparable, and no state of weather, however i propitious, can so far repair the damage as to produce more than an ordinary crop. Os course, I I I will be understood as making my remarks applicable only to that portion of the cotton region which I have seen. On the low and strong lands, the growth has been prematurely rapid, and you will see tall weed, tender and full of sap, with few branches, and but little fruit. The high and sandy land I have not suffered so much from the satne cause, ! yet the cotton on them has been injured from | too .much rain. The w'eather, of which I have been speak ing, is uniformly favorable tpthe lives of those noxious insects so destructi* n. The bore worm has been, sem/some time ago, and is / said to be on the increase. As yet,as well as I can judge, they have committed but little damage, still I feel confident you will soon hear of their commencing the -work of devastation. If their propigation is to be ascribed to wet and cloudy weather, we shall l.ave them to perfection, and- the experience of planters attest the fact, that they are always worse after such a season as we have had. I have only heard of the army worm making its appearance in spots. I have not seen any of them myself. In the back- I ward, green and tender state of the cotton plant, it -would not take them long to leave naked fields behind. It is not usual for this worm to appear before the middle of August, and more generally not until September, and even as late as the latter month their ravages tell fearfully. .? Should the weather break off now dry and hot, after so much lain, the transition would cause the cotton weed to throw off mueh of its meagre fruit. The ground would be cover ed with blossoms and young forms. - v . . In view of all the disasters that the cettcn crop has encountered up to this time, and looking at its piesent unpromising condition, I greatly fear we are doomed again to have small receipts in Mobile. The signs are now' ominous of such a result. [From the Charleston Mercury of the 2 { Jth vlt] Whigr Victroy in New Hampshire. The recent Whig and abolition victory in New' Hampshire has been the subject of much exultation by the “a lies” in the North. This was to have been expected, and it is all very natural and proper. But that Southern Editors of any party should find matter of rejoicing in the result, is to us passing strange. It is, in fact nothing more than the triumph of pure un mitigated abolitionism, over the Wilmot Pro viso Abolitionism of the Democracy. Mr, Tuck, one of the successful candidates left the Democratic party with John P. Hale, and has no other affinity with Whiggery than his Abolitionism. Mr. Wilson the other member elect, and who is already spoken of as the Whig candidate for Speaker to the next House of Representatives, is also an Abolitionisr of the first water, and spurns and contemns an as sociation with Southern Whigs, unless they are willing to degrade and dishonor the South. —While the resolutions in favor of the Wil mot Proviso were before the New Hampshire Legislature, of which Mr. Wilson avos a mem ber, he is reported by his eulogist in the Bos ton Atlas, to haA f e m ade the following remarks: “I w'ant New Hampshire to speak out, and denounce the influence of slavery upon our politics; I w-ant New Hamphire to say that if territory shall be annexed, it shall be free territory —not to use language which means nothing. “I have no’ more affection for a Southern Whig w'ho goes against that Proviso, than for j any other man. Whoever may bo the candi- I date, unless I believe he is perfectly clear upon the subject, be ho who, it may Henry Clay, | Gen. Taylor,' or Daniel Webster even, he | cannot have my poor arid feeble support. “I Will not vote for a man who is not clear upon this point. I care not what may be the consequence; I stand by the compromises of the Constitution, but I will never hug srich a, man to my soul or give my support to the spread of the institution of slavery. It is lit tle that I can do; but when these huiie shall be grey with age, and this voice become feeble and tremulous, then will I betake myself to my chair, and teach my children to hold to the principles of liberty, and of liberty forever.” Are Southern Whigs willing to pay the price demanded for the honor of an alliance with Northern Whigery? Whig: Principles. We clip the following from the Boston Statesman. It is as descriptive of the Whig party in Georgia, as in the old Bay State: Whig Principles. —M—urn ! ! ! ?—t-a --f i r j —Polk had no business to begin this icar ! ! 1» ♦ ? S ! O! ! UI! ! P! ! ! Hurrah for old Za Scott sjKg'*Hartford Convention ! ! —! !—3,500 cheers for M-e-x-i --c-o ! !—-“aid and comfort !” —* *—ssjirloco foco I JfJ, I ! ! —ruin ! ! —Big Avar debt if it Aver’ n’t for that infernal Mexican—tariff !1 ! —Santa Anna ! ? ! ? hopes for ’4B! ***• ; ijgji—! !M —um ! D—n Polk I M—urn ! M—urn ! M—um !!!??? [From the Federal Union.] Sums in the Tlulc of Three for the 3’hoys* 1. If the skirmish at Withlachoochie made Gen. Clinch a Hero, how great a hero must Gen. Twiggs be, Ayho fought the battles at Palo Alto, Resaca, Monterey and Cerro Gor do- 2. If Gen. Clinch in thirtg years scr\'ice, by one Indian fight qualified himself to rule over Georgia,Koav many States is Gen. Twiggs quali fied to rule, AV'ho in one year fought the four bloody battles in Mexico? 3. if the simple enunciation of yea and nay, in Congress, by Gen. Clinch, rendered his a “brilliant career,” what was the brilliancy of Col. ToAA'ns’ career, who in additiont thereto, at all proper times, gave the reasons that con trolled his votes? 4. If a speech could not be “pushed” out of Gen. Clinch when President of a Conven tion, merely expressing his thanks for the honor, hoAv * ‘hard pushed” must he be to se cure the delivery of an Inaugural as Gover nor of Georgia? 5. If Gen. Clinch’s military acts, in relation to the Seminoles, give him any claim to De mocrotic Votes in the low country, how many Whig Votes ought Col. Towns to receive in the up country, for his labors in Congress in i forwarding the remoA'al of the Cherokees? The answers to any, or all of these sums will oblige- LMA. STER. So far as the labors and coure of Gov. CraAv ford is concerned, since he has entered on the laborious duties of the Executive, could not tell Avhether he was for this tariff or for that, or for any at all. —Southern Recorder. 27 th ult. The foregoing sentence was designed to com- I pliment his Excellency. We admit the truth of the remark. He has not hnwever, stood alone. Os the Recorder and its Avhole party, as well as of Gov. Crawford, it may be truly said, “one cannot tell whether they are fer this tariff, or for that, or for any at all.” — Federal Union 3 d inst. Chinese Kites. In our evening Avalk on the wall avc saw a curious specimen of the kites they use. Look ing at it from the front, it had precisely the | appearance of an enormousnvonn tAventy or thirty feet in length, with Tong tentacula stretching out on each side. It Avas black on the back and Avhite underneath, and the Avhole repreentatioii horribly natural. To I see it wriggling abfb’ut in the are, its tail float ing lofty, and head moving about as if in search prey, and apparently just ready to dropmujim you, might call forth an involuntaryjwroadei- from one of ordinary paper attached at short intervals, i to a string, Avith light strips of bamboo passed [ through them, to constitute the feelers. A i common form of the kite is that which is so 1 ! cut as to resemble a large bird on the AAung. — | The delusion is so perfect that it requires some scrutiny to distinguish the kite from the bird Avhen both are seen together. The wings are sometimes constructed of light silk, and so at tached as, Avith a little management, to flap like a bird flying. To lend a greater interest to this sport, it is common to attach an Aiplian harp, Avhich gives forth a loud musical sound, so that avc are sometimes entertained for days with the music of three or four kites,— Miss, C/uvn clc. % : ... . Augusta, (5 £org i a . THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST !5. j FOR^tOVERNOR HON. 6. W. TOWNS. OF TALBOT. Democratic Nominations for Senators. j sth Dist.—Lowndes and Ware —Gen. T.'Hilliard. 7ib “ Tattnall and Bulloch— John A. Mattox. 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris. 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Reynolds. 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nelson. 17th “ Macon and Houston —John A. Hunter. 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins. 2f>th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray. j 96th “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta —Ore. Warner. 31st “ Fayette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn. 1 39 d “ jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters. j 38th “ Clark and Jackson —Samuel Bailey. 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb—Jas. P. Simmons. ; 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin. 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—-Wm. H. Hunt. 43d “ Habersham and Coffer. 44th *K Lumpkin and Union — Elihu S, Barclay. The Northern Z¥Sail Had not arrived last evening at nine o'clock. The cause of its detention is supposed to be high water, as passengers arrived the evening | previous reported that a portion of the road near the Edisto river was tinder water, and i the river still rising. The Savannah papers dtlc by yesterday's mail, also failed to come to hand. welcome with great pleasure to the editorial fraternity, the return of that accom plished writer and thorough gentleman. Col. Henry R. Jackson. His powers as a writer have already been evidenced to the public, not only in many spirited and graceful politi cal contributions to the current literature of the day, but in the summer of 1845 he wield ed a ready and vigorous pen in the position he has now resumed —that of editor of the Savannah Georgian. Ha is a valuable acccs* sion to the democratic cause from the talents and the high moral weight of character thus actively enlisted in advocacy of its principles. We consider that cause and those principles to be identified with the dearest interests of the country. lie who is engaged in their ad -1 vocacy is enlisted in the service of his country. The return of this gallant Georgian, fresh from the field of military service, where he has ac ‘ quired for himself a high reputation as an of ficer and a gentleman, and has been the means of elevating the military character of his na tive State by the fine discipline and soldierly ■ conduct of his regiment, will be less regretted when it is known that he only changes the sphere of his services to his country. For the > distinguished military position he lately held, he takes one of not less labor —of not less re sponsibility, ami we believe of not less useful ness. We cordially hail his re-appearance ; among the cbfps editorial, and confidently hope 1 that in his hew vocation, bright may be those | civic trophies, which “Like the wreath of Harmbdias, should cover his sword.” Gon. Clinch’s Financial Experience. i Under this impossfug head, the Constitution -1 alist yesterday gave us a chapter cn Finance | and Banking generally, and in reference to | Gen. Clinch’s connection with the Bank of | St. Mary’s particularly. It would perhaps be ! ' fortunate for the country if all those who at- | , tempt to lecture upon finance and banking, , were sufficiently familiar with the subject to be | capable of distinguishing between a “ change j hill” of the Bank of St. Mary’s, and an indivi dual’s draft. But it seems such knowledge is bv no means necessary among the teachers of Democracy, who have shown by their practi ces in Georgia, what perfect command they | j have of these intricate questions. The editorial of the Constitutionalist , to which we have referred, is not only grossly disingenuous, but betrays a want of correct information in reference to the history of j the Bank of St. Mary’s, and Gen. Clinch’s j connection therewith, Sec. &c. —Chronicle ±th j inst. Wo were neither disingenuous in our arti- ■ cle in reference to General Clinch’s financial i experience, nor did we betray any ignorance ! of facts in that article. It is the temper of the , j Chronicle perhaps which clouds its memory of I facts. We are perfectly cool and in a good ; humor. We commend the same equanimity to our neighbor. We do not hold ourself up , as “a consulting financier” to any corporation | —never desired to be, and never expect to be. Wc are not mistaken as to the once migratory ’ I character of the Bank of St. Mary’s. Nor J I were we incorrect in stating that it migrated ;to Augusta. Even before its doors were closed j at St. Marj'S, and while nominally it had an j | existence there, the chief part of its capital | j was owned in Augusta; there was an agency of the Bank of St. Marys here, where all the business was done—where all the Banking I operations in fact were carried on, and con tinued to ho carried on for years. The Bank ; in fact was here. The President of the Bank lived here. He was in fact President, Diroc- j tors & Co. Our memory has very recently been refreshed by high authority, of an incident of a very migratory character which occurred in re ference to this institution “whose health got a little delicate” while in Augusta. A certain well known financier then residing here, and supposed to be acting in the transaction as % j agent of one of our city Banks, started off for St. Marys, quite secretly, with some thirty-five I thousand dollars St. Marys Bank bills to make a ! draw upon the Bank. The chief owner, who might be said to be “The Bank,” residing here and who kept the capital here, got wind of it, and put out with a few bags and boxes of the genuine currency pbst haste for St. Marys. He j was in a peck of troubles. It was a severe trial of speed, and gallantly contested. Bank Bills vs. Bullion. But in all long races, weight will tell. Bank bills had the advantage of the ; start. Bullion broke down on the way and j ! his competitor came out cleverly a winner. ! Several hours afterwards Bullion arrived at the goal with the needful, but too late for his purpose. The point was carried against him, and the Bills of the Bank of St. Marys were protested. This was in 1340.- Whether we are chargeable with misstate ment or disingenuousness in calling the little 25 cents document which we copied, a change bill, wc shall not trouble ourself to discuss. That is the name it goes by. All such docu ments are known by that name. Calling it a draft docs not mend the matter. A draft is called in the law merchant a Bill of Exchange, Though a Bill of Exchange for 25 cents is probably a rarity in commercial transactions. We quoted the document in full. We did not charge General Clinch with issuing it. How could we commit such an absurdity, in the very piece which quoted the change bill , as we must persist in calling “the little responsibili ty,” and thus showed who did issue it. But we distinctly stated that General Clinch did not follow' the fortunes of the Bank of St. | Marys beyond the town in w-hicb it originated. jWe stated that it did not flourish there that | it was removed from there, and under other auspices became a well-doing and prosperous I institution. We alluded to it in answer to ; the inquiry of the Cassville Pioneer , and to : show' that General Clinch had been connected | with a Banking Institution, but in that brief career had achieved nothing, which had ever come to light to prove himself a great finan cier. ggpThe office of the Miscellany and Whig has been removed from Madison to Atlanta, where the paper w ill hereafter be regularly is sued. I following gentlemen were admitted J members of the bar of the Supreme Court of 1 Georgia, at its late session at Americas, viz: j Lewis A. Goncke, John R. Hays, George W. Towns. O, C. Gibson, James L. Seward, Thos. H. Dawson, James L. Wimberly, Henry Mor el an< James Butlek, was executed at Colum bus on the 30th ult. He made no confession ; of importance, and persisted to the last that | he was innocent of the crime for which he was | to suffer* The Crops. | The Mobile Register of the 31st ult. says— j We regret to have to report a continuance of very Vaiay w*eather, most unfavorable for Ihe I growing crops. The cotton fields of this State are actually saturated with water, whilst near ly all the plantations in the low’cr section of this State arc submerged. This condition of ; the crop is not confined to our section, but re | ports are very general that the rains have ex- I tended over nearly the whole cotton growing region, in other States. The immediate pros ( pects for the safety of the crops are gloomy, at all event’s in South Alabama, and unless a j change of w'eatber for the better takes place ■ very soon, the injury will be immense. The aggregate shipments ofbreadstuff* from 1 the United States to Great Britain and Ireland this season is enormous. The quantity of In dian corn, is estimated at 15,000,000 bushels; of wffieat, 2,700,000 bushels; and of flour, 2,-. 500,000 barrels. Reduced to grain, the whole is equal to 33,000,000 bushels, worth probably as many dollars. What an addition to the wealth of the farmers ! Bank Failure. The Columbus Enquirer says ;—Wc learn from the Tennessee papers that the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of Memphis, has failed I and stopped payment. As some of the bills of this institution may be in circulation in this region, it wall be well enough for the people to look out for them. ~_ „ “Kc was a KEan* j f George Llppard in his new work called the ; “Nazarine,” thus speaks of President Jackson “lie w'as a Man I” Well I remember the day I waited upon liltr’- He sat there in his arm ! chair—l can see that old w'arrior face, with its snow white hair, even now. We told him of the public distress—the manufacturers ruined, the eagles shrouded irf crape, Which were borne at the head of 20,000 men' into Independence Square. lie heard us all, We begged him tc leave the. deposites where they were; to'up hold the great bank in Philadelphia. Skill he did not say* a word. At last one of otir ir%m bers, more fiery' than the rest, intimated that if the bank were crushed, rebellion might fol low. Then the old man rose. I can see Hu* y'ct. “Come !” he shouted in a voice of thun der, as his clutched hand w-cre raised, abovo his Avhitc hairs —“Come with bayonets in your | hands instead of petitions—surround tho White House with your legions ; I am ready i for all. With the people at my back, whom you gold can neither buy nor aw'e, I will swing j you up around the capital, each rebel of ypu —on a gibbet high as Haman’s !” Special Notices. [UTA Female Teacher, who can come well recommended as being capable of teaching all the branches usually taught in a first rate English School, is wanted to take charge of the Alexander Female Semin airy to Rev’d. Homer V, Mutkey^pkfcander, Burke county, Ga. STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR GIA. UF This Company' having been rc-organized and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre pared to send forwarded without delay all freight that may' offer. Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS, Agent at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis sions, The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this Company has terminated. JOHN B. GUIEU, June 6 -y Agent at Augusta. ITT DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in Augusta and its vicinity*. Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J, Marshal s Brag Store. June 13 * 6m „ 215 [pp Augusta Free School. —The exercises of the Augusta Free School w'ill be resumed on the Monday in October next. The Board of Mann agers will proceed on Wednesday, the 11th day of August next, to elect two teachers for the ensuing viz : a teacher for the male department, w'ith a salary* of S6OO per annum, and for the female department with a salary of S3OO per am* num, and the use of the dwelling attached to the school building. • Candidates for the offices will hand in their names, together with their testimonials ot qualifications to the Secretary and Treasurer prior to the day of election. By order of the Board, J AS. W. DA 5 IES, July 22 6—’ Secretary and Treasurer. - ‘