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PMWIIWM—— II 111 111 |[l 111 l 111 'll I 111 I MilM >llllll Hill THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, | ~~7a~IVI ES~G ARDKER. JR.~ TER]VIS Daily, per annum $3 (X) Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance..... 5 00 Weekly, per annum 8 (X) 1 If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. (CpSubseribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the,paper at $2 00. fTTAII new subscriptions must be paid in ad- I vance. (py" Post age must be paid on all communications and letters of business. The Glove and the Lions, DT LEKiH HUMT, King Francis was a hearty king and loved a royal sport, And one day as his lions fought, sat looking on the court ; The nobles fill’d the benches round; the ladies by their side, And ’mongst them sat the Count de Loree, with one for whom he sighed; Aad indy >twas agailant thing to see that crowning show, Valor and love, and a king above, and the royal beasts below. Ramp’d and reared the lions, with horrid laughing Jaws; - They bit, they glared, gave blows like beams, a wind went with their paws; With swallowisgmigbt and stiflling roar, tb>*j-oll’d. on one another, Till all the pit with oa*d and mane, was in a thu«dX|ou« smother; The bloody foam above the fears canse whizzing through ■ the air; fiaid Frauds, then, ‘Faith, gentlemen, wc are better here than there. 4 De Lorge’s loveo’erheard the King, a beauteous, lovely dame. With smiling lips and sharp bright eyes, which alwaj's seem’d tbe same, Bhe thought the Count, ray lover, is brave as bravo can be- ■ He surely would do wondrous things to show his love for me; King, ladies, lovers, all look on : the occasion is divine, I’ll drop my glove, to prove his love, great glory will be * " mine. She dropp’d her glove, to prove his love, then look’d at him and smiled : He bow’d, and in a moment leap’d among the lions wild. The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regain’d the place! Then threw the glove, but «ot with love, right in the lady’s face! I * Well donel’ eried Francis, ‘rightly done!* and he rose * from where lie sat; ‘No love,’ quoth he, Tiut vanity, sets love a task like that.’ [From the New York Journal of Commerce, 3d inM.] Arrival of the Hibsrnia. | FIVE DATS LATER FROM EUROPE. jj At 8 o’clock yesterday morning it was an * nounced at the Telegraph Office, that the Hi benra was in sight atj Boston, and would be at her wharf in an hour. The Hibernia loft Liverpool on the 20th ult., and her intelligence is, therefore, live days later than that brought by the Washing ton. The commercial news from Liverpool is one week later, The details of the news are to be found in the following telegraphic despatch ; A Liverpool paper, of July 20th, states that during the past ten days the weather has been olmost uninterruptedly fine, and each day strengthens the expectations entertained of an abundant harvest of grain throughout the British Islands and all Europe. The heavy decline in corn, which took place at the be ginning of the month, was checked since the 12th —the market has again given way—the prospects of still receiving large supplies from the United States, and byway of the Mediter ranean, added to the fine weather which pre vails in all quarters, depressed the market, which presented every aspect of a downward movement. The potatoe crop is represented to be free from danger, and contributed not a little to af fect prices during the last week. However, the market has been much firmer —the prices of the 12th became current and were main tained throughout the week; and yesterday at Mark Lane a further advance of one shilling took place. The trade in Indian Corn was, however, quite paralysed, and fiour in barrels was quite neglected. The Cotton market had been steady since the 10th, sales pretty large, and a considera ble portion taken on speculation, and for ex port there was a demand from the trade, at orders from foreign countries were on the in crease. There had been an advance of £d. in prices since the 10th. The market closed steadily at quotations—the sales of the week ending July 10th, 40,160 bales. In cured provisions a limited business- But ter had receded. Transactions in Bacon are limited, prices have receded 2al shillings. Pork in limited demand. American hams neglected, and prices, if anything, lower. The reports from the manufacturing districts axe of a satisfactory and encouraging character; some few failures are noticed in the Manches ter reports, but they are not to any great ex tent. The woolen trade in Yorkshire is re naming a healthy position. There is rather more enquiry for tobacco, particularly American, suited’for exportation, several parcels of Ken tucky leaf have been taken at advancing prices. Liverpool, July 18th.—The transactions going forward in this market since our previous report are limited, and there is not any buoy ancy in the trade. The market held on the 13th was well attended, and there was a fair demand for wheat at the advanced rates of the 9th. In Indian Corn meal there was very little doing on the opening of the market. The advanced prices of the 9th were generally de manded for flour, but the sale was slow, and before the close rather less money was taken; 36 shillings 6 pence was established for Wes tern Canal, being one shilling per bbl, above the currency of that day week.—On the 16th there was a good attendance of country millers, directing their enquiries partly to good quali ties English and foreign wheat, and holders generally submitted to a decline of 3 pence per 70 pounds from the rates of the 14th. A tol erable amount of business was transacted at that abatement. Flour, on the contrary, was in more limited demand than usual, although willingly offered by holders at fully 2 shillings per bbl. below last Tuesday’s rates. Western brands scarcely exceeding 345. to 345. Gd. Other sorts at a trivial reduction. Since the 16th, little busi ness has been transacted, and a top price of the best Western Canal flour is quoted at 34 shillings. Indian corn of the finest quality is not worth more than 40s. per quarter, and Indian ( meal 19s. to 19s, 6d, per bbl. at which prices the sale is very dull even at these reduced rates. France.—The Chamber of Peers had brought the trials concerning Ministerial corruption to a close. M. Teste will have to refund the 95,- OOOf., be imprisoned three years, pay a fine of 94,000 f., and forfeit his peerage, offices and civil rights. Gen. Cabrieres forfeits a fine of 10,000 f., his peerage, military honors and civil fights. Parmentier forfeits his civil rights, and . a fine of 10,000 f. M. Pellepra, it is now said, will present himself on Monday to the Court, that ha may receive the sentence hja offence demands. The effects of these revelations at this moment, cannot fail to prove most disas trous to the Cabinet, and an early dissolution of the Ministry appears inevitable. The King and Queen of Belgium were in Paris. The King, ii is said, wishes to abdi cate in favor of his son, in consequence of con tinued ill health: In Portugal all was quiet. The late Revo lutionary Junta had issued a proclamation an nouncing to the nation the surrender of its powers. London, July 10, (eve.) — The money mar ket is in a rather unsettled state, one day be ing tight, and the following day easy, and then again fluctuating. It is evident, however, that cash is mpre wanted by merchantile men for bona fide transactions. The Continental accounts continue uninter ruptedly favorable as respects the growing crops. The reports from - Mark-lane this morning of wheat and flour being of dull sale owing to the heavy foreign arrivals, has had little effect upon the value of government securities. The "market is quiet, with little doing. Consols have been done at 88} and at 89 for money, and at 89 J and } for account; Reduced Three per Cents. 80 to Exchequer Bills Bs. to 12s. prem. London, July, 19 (eve.)-Wehave information that the French Court of Peers gave judge ment in the case of M. Teste, Gen. Cabrieres, and M. Parmentier on Saturday. M. Teste has been the most severely visited, as was ex pected- He is condemned —Ist, To civil de gradation, 2d, To three years’ imprisonment; 3d, To pay back the 94,000 f., which sum is to be given to the hospitals at Paris; 4th To a fine of lO.OOOf. General Cablreres has had a very narrow escape of having imprisonment added to his sentence, a majority of one only being in his favor. An official letter from Lord Palmerston to Governor Sir John Davis has been published, approving of the late operations in Canton river, “as justified by the procrastinating and evasive conduct of the Chinese, and as one but calculated to prevent more serious diffi culties at a future period.” A letter from Sligo, dated July 8, says *.— The Richard Watson, Williams, arrived here from New York, when in Blacksod Bay, was boarded and plundered of about 1000 bushels of Corn. The personal property of the late Mr. O’ Connell has been sworn under £25,000. He has left £I,OOO to Mr. Ray, Secretary of the Repeal Association. The frigate Macedonian, Com. DaKay, reached Haulbowline, on the 16th, after a pas sage of twenty-nine days from New York, Rev. E. T. Tavlor, supercargo. Father Ma thew and the Mayor of Cork visited the ship and were received with great enthusiasm, the yards manned, &c. The Commander of the Macedonian dined on Saturday, the 17th, with Admiral Sir Thomas Usher, and on the 18th he was to be a guest at the hospitable board of the Very Rev. Mr. Mathew. The number of emigrant passengers that i have left Liverpool for the U. States and the Provinces, from January Ist to June 30th, by official count, amounts to a grand total of 88,- 952, As children under twelve months old are not counted, and as children under four teen years are merely counted every two as but one “statute adult,” upwards of 100,000 souls have quitted their native land within j the last six months. We have to announce another mercantile failure —Messrs. Robert Mutrie & Co., of Lon don and Glasgow, whose debts and liabilities are estimated at £90,000, and assets £70,000, but it is thought the latter are considerably exaggerated. —Manchester Examiner. The gun-cotton mills at Faversham explod ed on Wednesday, and killed between forty and fifty persons. Mr. Lasscll, near this town, (Liverpool,) has ascertained the existence of a satellite to Nep tune. The King of the Belgians, it is confidently stated, contemplates the abdication of his crown on account of his increasing ill-health. This subject has formed his principal errand to England, and now to Louis Phillippe, at whose instance King Leopold consents to retain the nominal title for twelve months, until a regen cy can be arranged in behalf of his son. The unwelcome intelligence that the mag nificent Temple of the Sun at Balbeck has been destroyed by order of the Viceroy, for the sake of fine stones, which are to be employed in erectign barracks for the cavalry and forage magazine, is true. Solman Pasha so far saved the splendid gateway, as to cause the stones to be replaced in their original form in the construction of the entrance to the barracks. The House of Schiller. —correspondent of the Times says:—“On the 20th June last the small and now dilapidated house in which Schiller lived at Weimar, was puchased at a public auction, by the corporation of that town for $5,025, being nearly double the amount of its actual value. May we not hope that there will be found as much patriotism among the inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avonr” [From the N. O. Picayune, Is/ inst. ] THE LATE RUMOR. A good deal of excitement was created in the city yesterday afternoon between 2 and 3 o’clock by the issue from the office of the Na tional of an extra announcing Gen. Scott’s entrance into the city of Mexico. We will not forestall the opinions of our readers, but give the National’s extra jin full. Gen. Scott in the City of Wlsxico!!--Qnar rc\ between Santa Anna and Canalize. There is news in the city from the city of Mexico as late as July by a Mexican courier, wholame by the way of Orizaba and Alvarado in .wlra- Cruz. Gen. Scott entered Mexico on the 17th of July. lie met with no opposition on his way from Pue bla until he arrived at Penon, about 8 miles from the city. Here a slight skirmish ensued between his advance and the Mexicans, when the latter fell back. The civil authorities then came out to meet Gen. Scott. Stipulations were entered into by which the persons and property of the citizens of Mexico were to be respected; accomplished, our army march ed quietly into the city of the Montezuraas. This important news reached here in the Massachusetts, but has been withheld for pur poses that we do not understand. The au thority upon which we publish it seems to us undoubted. The courier that brought this news could come from the city of Mexico via Orizaba to Vera Cruz in five days, if the weath er is good, seveti under any circumstances.— The Massachusetts left Vera Cruz on the 23d. It will be preceived that this allows seven days for the news to reach Ycra Cruz by the route we have stated. We know upon the highest authority, that there is a letter now in this city of the 17th July, from the city of Mexico, The gentleman who gave us the information has a letter of the 15th, in which is mentioned the preparations of families about leaving from the approach of the Yankees. Santa Anna and Canalize had quarreled about the defence of this city. Canalizo did not want the city injured, as there was no hope of successful resistance. He preferred to meet our troops in the plain, and there decide the contest. Santa Anna would not agree to this, so an opposition was made. Ihe entrance of Gen. Scott into Mexico is a rumor. From the letter of the loth we know positively of the preparation of the families in the city to move on the approach of Gen. Scott, and of the quarrel between Santa Anna and Canalizo as to the defence of the city, and we know that there is a letter in the city of the ,17th from Mexico. The courier that brought through the letter of the 17th brought news of Gen. Scott's en tering the City; We have no doubt of the I report. We have hot a doubt of the perfect sincerity i of the editor of the National in his belief of I this intelligence, but we are unable to .arrive at the same conclusion with him. A\ c fear the announcement is entirely premature; All the intelligence contained in the extra of the National was communicated to us bn Friday evening. It did not then command our be lief and consequently was hot communicated to our readers yesterday morning. We have seen no reason to the change the opinion we first formed of the news; . _ j Wc do not intend to argue the question of the credibility of this intelligence at any length; there are circumstances connected with its re ceipt here sufficient to awaken doubt in all minds. It is not surprising that a courier I should have arrived at Vera Cruz from Mexico I in the time alleged to have been occupied by | this courier; but that he should have escaped all notice at Vera Cruz, where so many eyes are j fixed upon every new comer from the interior; that he should have made his way to this port on a Government vessel without suspicion; and that the news should here have been sup pressed till certain stock-jobbing operations were complete —all this is possible, but highly improbable. But this we do believe, that it Gen. Scott had entered the city of Mexico in triumph on the 17th ult., the news would have been known in Tampico and in A era Cruz by innumerable voices within forty-eight hours. News is carried in Mexico with wonderful j speed. The battle of Buena Vista was ended i the night of the 23d of February and the news | was known by the 26th in the city of Mexico, nearly six hundred miles distant. But further: We learn that a Spanish gen tleman is now in this city who arrived on the I Massachusetts, who saw Gen. Scott in Puebla ion tbe 14th ult. If this be so, there is an end to the whole story at once. We have no doubt that letters of the 15th | ult. may have been received here from the city lof Mexico. There have been ample time and | opportunity for such letters to reach here via j Tampico, nor is it the first time that letters i from Mexico have come by that route and been attributed to the agency of a courier arrived at Vera Cruz. We repeat, therefore, that when this intelligence was first communicated to us on Friday, we did not credit it, and upon re flection we can see no reason to change oWLj i opinion. But while we thus frankly expre™ our own convictions, yet we must confess that i there are very plausible reasons for giving cre i dence to this intelligence. We can conceive no motive for an attempt to deceive the public 1 with it. The channel through which it has | transpired is very generally known, and we ; cannot suppose the individual alluded to should j entertain the slightest desire to mislead any j one in the premises. And we know, moreover, j that gentlemen who are extremely well inform ; ed about affairs in Mexico put faith in this news. Still we remain incredulous. It would I seem to be pretty well settled that Gen. Scott I was to march from Puebla about the 15 th ult. j We believe that he did so, and that he would certainly make his way to the capital, whether opposed or not; but that he arrived there on the 17th, wc cannot yet believe. We are very willing, however, to be undeceived in the premises, and shall rejoice as sincerely as any I if he has entered the capital of Mexico with as i little loss as is implied by the extra of the : National. The propeller Washington may very shortly be expected here, and then all doubts will be dispelled. [From the Athens Banner, sth inst. J Commencement—Franklin College. The exercises of the annual commencement i of the University at this place, are still pro ; gressing whilst our paper goes to press. They I have been attended, as usual, by a large con- I course of visitants from the various sections of ; the State. The continuous rains which we j have had for a month past, ceased on Sabbath ; morning, and a bright sun and bland zephyrs ! succeeded, rendering the occasion altogether i pleasant. On Sunday the Commencement | Sermon was preached in the College Chapel, i by the Rev. G. W. H. Petrie, of Washington, Wilkes county. On Monday the Trustees met in quite a full board, and (luring tbeir sessions, appointed James Hamilton Couper, of St. Si mons, and Wm. Dougherty, of Columbus, trustees in place of James Camak, deceased, and Dr. James Whitehead, resigned. In the afternoon of the same day, the Sophomore class j declaimed, exhibiting selected pieces from va rious originals, in the following order: PRAYER. MUSIC. Robert W. Peannan, Madison, — Party Spir it. — Lamar. George S. Riley, Houston Co. —Evils of Dis memberment. — Webster. Gustavus H. Bates, Covington,— Extract from Calhoun s reply to Webster . MUSIC. Clarence A. D’Lyon, Savannah, — Famine in Ireland. — Prentiss. Morgan Callaway, Washington, — Oregon. — Toombs. Ephraim L. Davis, Abbeville Dist., S. C.— Extract from Soule's Speech at New Orleans. MUSIC. Isaac L. Bolton, Sumter Co. Ala.— The Mili tary Powers of a Free People. — Everett, Woodford A. Johnston, Madison, — Downfall of Rome. — Handly. I Henry L. Rogers, LaGrauge,— Extract from I j Evans' reply to McDuJfle. , MUSIC. Joseph Ganahl, Savannah, — Burr and Blan- ! nerhassett. — Wirt. Thomas E. King, Roswell, — Welcome to the L 9 ’tisiana. Volunteers . — Prentiss. Thomas J. Nuckolls, Russell Co. Ala.—Pa triotism.— Pinckney. music. Edgar G. Dawson, Greensboro’, — In favor of the American Revolution. —Quincy. Edward F. Campbell, Savannah, —Address of the Mayor of Cork to Capt. Forbes of the “James town.” Hugh Emmet Cassidy, Savannah, — Emmet's Defence before his Judges. MUSIC. Coleman B. Ferrell, La Grange,— Webster's Rejoinder to Hague. Henry W. Yerstille, Savannah, — The Death of Hamilton. —Non. MUSIC. On Tuesday morning, the exhibition of origi nal pieces by the Junior class, took place, as j follows : PRAYER BY THE PRESIDENT. MUSIC. A Munro Mclver, P. K. S., Liberty Co.— Martial and Moral Hero. Wm. D. Williams, D. S., Harris Co., Ga.— ** Commerce is King.” —Carlyle. MUSIC. Charles H. Smith, P, K. S., Lawrcnccville, — 1947. Wm. W. Montgomery, D. S., Augusta, — Voices of Prophecy concerning America. MUSIC. Madison D. Cody, D. S., Warrcnton, — A merica's Neglect of her Great Dead. Beverly A. Thornton, P. K. S,, Macon Co., Ala.— Marathon arid Buena Vista. MUSIC. Charles S. Henry Hardee, D. S., Savannah, “ One glorious hour of crowded life Is worth an age without a name.’ r Robert E. Allen, P. E. S., Savannah, — Hopes of the South. MUSIC. The exercises being through, the prize-me dals, in oratory, were awarded to the Sopho more class by Bishop Elliot—first medal to Jo j seph Ganahl, of Savannah —second medal to Coleman B. Ferrell, of Troup county, j In the - afternoon, the oration before the Alumni was delivered by N. Green loster, Esq., of Madison, Morgan county —-and an ad dress, after candle-light, by the Rev. Geo. White, upon the statistics of Georgia. On Wednesday morning, a quarter before 10 o’clock, the Chapel was crowded to overflow ing, basement and galleries, to witness the ex hibition of the graduates of the institution. The morning was bright and fresh from its long repose amid the clouds which had so long curtained the horizon —and bright, gay* and thronging to the Hall, came beauty, such only as is known to our sunny skies and genial ! zephyrs—and taste, and fashion, and talent, and distinction. The exercises of the class were in the following order I PRAYER. MUSIC. Lucillius H. Briscoe, D. S., 2d Honor* Mon roe, Ga. Salutatory. — Monuments of National Glory. George G. Hull, D. S. f 2d Honor, Athens, Geo. [ Excused.] Wesley P. Gahagan, P. K. S., La Grange, Ga., — The State not a Capitalist. MUSIC. Joseph N. Whitner, D. S., 3d Honor, Casa de Lago, Fla., — “ We each depend upon the other, And man must e'er call man his brother.” William B. Jones, P. K. S., Burke Co. Geo., j What has the Bible done for Woman ? I Bolling A. Stovall, D. S., Augusta Geo., — Astronomy. MUSIC. William W. Anderson, D. S., 3d Honor, Sa lem, Geo., — Georgia. Ira E. Dupree, P. K. S., Twiggs Co. Geo., — Reflections on the human species. Alexander C. Hanson, D. S., Lexington, Geo., — The advancement of Society through its apparent retrograde. MUSIC. |l Robert J. Morgan, D. S., La Grange, Geo., Public opinion and popular clamor. Henry H. Bacon, P. K. S., Liberty Co. Ga., u Whatever nature can lavishly pour, The mind an ihilates and calls for more.” Alonzo W. Church, 4 •. S., Ist Honor, Athens, Ga., — Times make men , " MUSIC. Leonidas C. Ferrell, D. S., Ist Honor, La G range, Geo., — Valedictory. Samuel E. Kerr, D, S., Ist Honor, Augusta, Geo.,- — Valedictory. MUSIC. The degree of A. B. was then conferred on the following members of the Senior class : L. H. Briscoe, George G. Hull, W. P. Gahagan, Joseph N. Whitner, Wm. B. Jones, Bolling A. Stovall, William W. Anderson, Ira E. Du pree, Alexander C. Hanson, R. J. Morgan, Henry H. Bacon, Alonzo W. Church, Leoni das C. Ferrcl, Samuel E. Kerr, Ezekiel Taylor, and Sylvester J. Farmer. After which the degree of A. M. was con ferred on the gentlemen whose names are be low: John Jones, Chas. Jones, J. L. Grant, ; Bcnj. Jordan, Samuel Kilpatrick, Jas. Towns, David Finley, John R. Norton, Augustus Reese. MUSIC. Address to the Class by the President. MUSIC. D. S. and P. K. S. are the initials of the Dc mosthenian and Phi Kappa Societies. We learn that 17 new students have already bam received, and more are expected. The college is admitted on all hands to be prospe rous and advancing. To-day the Hon. Jo seph R. Ingersoll will deliver the oration be fore the two literal-}' societies, but so late as to preclude us the pleasure of noticing it. Clerical Spies. A statement was p üblished in the National Intelligencer at Washington, a few days since, containing the replies of a Rev. W. L. M’Cal la, to certain questions referring to his ap pointment as chaplain in the army, and the nature of the mission with which he was en trusted. These answers charged the Presi dent with making the office of chaplain sub servient to the business of a spy, and as M’- Calla states, the Pres ident, in a private inter view with him, marked out a plan by which the chaplains in the army were to operate spi ritually and temporally upon the Mexicans.— We refrained from noticing the statement on its first appearance, believing Mr. Polk would at the earliest convenience give a flat denial to the whole statement, or so explain it as to clear himself and the country of the charge of cor -1 rupting the ministers of religion to play a hy pocritical game in the war. This denial has been made in she most positive manner, and it I now remains to be seen whether Mr. M’Calla really wrote the replies containing the charge, and if so, whether he will attempt to defend them, or whether the whole dirty plot will fall upon the heads of certuin shameless poli ticians who, it seems, have invented this j “Roorback” for party purposes. If the Rev. Mr. M’Calla, said to be a Presbyterian, is a man of the least character or honA^^cou 1 d never have made such a charge a chaplaincy, or, if he could, he than 1 anything we know of, even if he were instruct ed as a spy. But we have every confidence in the President’s denial of the charge, and look upon the affair as a miserable and unsuc cessful scheme for notoriety or political capital. — N. Y. Sun. [From the Savannah Georgian.] Whig- Consistency. The Convention of the Whigs at Milledge ville, in 1842, commenced an address to the people with the following sentence: “A frequent and clear sighted recurrence to first principles is essential, we have b«ex taught, to all free Governments. It is the best security against their errors and the surest mode of ascertaining their actual condition.— Comparison with the standard shows at once excess or deficiency.” [Savannah Republican , June 25 1842. Again it isjustly remarked in the same ad dress: “Mystery always savors of irresolution.”— By a resolve of the Convention, 5000 copies of the address, in pomphlet form, were ordered to the published for distribution among the people. * In 1847 the Convention of the Whigs, at the same place, declare, that they “believe it un necessary to reiterate the often declared prin ciples of the Whig party, which have been so faithfully carried out and so triumphantly in dicated in the administration of the Govern ment.” [Savannah Republican, July 3 d, 1847* Rain Storm and Freshet. —There was a very heavy fall of rain during the last night. We had showers at intervals during the day and evening; but about 12 o’clock the rain came down in torrents. It continued to fall, with unabated fury, for two or three hours. The water rushed down the hills, and through our streets, with great force, carrying every object with it; and, at a number of potato, tearing up the pavements of the streets an. sidewalks. ~ , A multitude of cellars on Washington, State, Beaver, Pearl, hydros, and several ot the other streets were filled, without, however, doing any material damage, except in a very few instances. . The most serious damage was done to trie premises occupied by Mr. Kirkpatrick, as a grocery establishment, in South Pearl sticct, near the market. Much of the water that | flows down Beaver street is carried round the I corner into Pearl, to find a passage through the i large sewer, directly in front of Mr. K’s store, i Either because the' body of water was too great, or because of some obstruction in the drain, it did not flow off freely.— The result was, that the celler was filled, and the first floor of the building flooded, destroying a large quantity of sugar, salt, and other valuables. The loss cannot be less than $5003 to S6OOO. Albany Evening Journal, 30 th ult. The Wind Ship. —Our enterprising fellow citizen, Mr. Win. Thomas, has just returned from a trip of twelve days on the prairies, with his wind ship, and says it works well, and he is now willing to make a tour to the bufta lo country,- if a sufficient number of passen gers can be raised to justify him in the expedi - tion. He takes one six pounder, a beautiful stand of colors, tents, &c. He will start in a few days if he can be successful in getting a company. Mr. Thomas will take with him four large horses, that in case of a calm, there will be no detention. It is now a beautiful season of the year for a buffalo hunt. — Inde pendence (Mo.) Expositor. The Past Week. —The steamer Britannia’s accounts received early in the week, report ing a considerable advance in Cotton at Liver pool and a decline in Breadstuffs, have pro duced an active demand for Cotton at an ad vance of |to Ic. per lb. Corn has declined and Wheat is also lower. The sales of Cotton for the week amount to 17,000 bales, and the closing rates for and Mississippis are 10| to 11c. per lb., and within ic. of the j highest prices of the season— .Some 25,000 bushels of Corn have been sold at 40 to 4,3 c. for mixed and white, and a few lots of yellow at 50c. per bushel... .Wheat is down to 80c. per bushel for prime, and only some 12,000 bushels have been taken, mostly at that price. Provisions, dull and declining Hemp has hem in brisk demand and 1300 bales dew rotted have been sold at S9O to S9B, an ad vance of $lO to sl3 per ton. — N. O. Delta, Ist last. A letter from Col. Bailie Peyton, who is a whig,and long the associate and intimate per sonal friend of General Taylor,has made its ap pearance, in which Mr. Peyton affirms, that General Taylor is a states right man, and the avowed advocate of # all the peculiar notions held by the southern politicians of that school. “The Signal letter is the offspring of some miserable, mean lying fellow, who would steal your purse, or stab you in the back, if an op portunity only offered of doing either, without detection.” That is what the “National Whig” says of General Taylor’s letter declining to lend him self to “party schemes.” 3n g usta, ororg ia . SATURDAY AUGHST 7. FOR GO VERN Oil HON. D. W. TOWNS. OF TALlmr. Extract of a letter received by a gentlemdn of this city, from a friend in Ireland, dated 30th June last. “This month is closing and I feel it my duty to write. To-day my servants have been moulding your American potatoes, which look exceedingly well and have not the slightest appearance of blight. Generally oUr crops are very promising. The last few days have produced, a very marked improvement and the weather wise farmers say we arc to have fine weather and fine crops. Whether we have of have not I am under measureless obligations to you, and my country to your country, for all you have done. We have compensation for our lost crops of the last year in the thoughtfulness and kindness ofoitr American friends. Wo betide that day in which the unhallowed principles of human nature should induce us to forget our benefactors. There is nothing in history’s page that teaches us a more ennobling lesson than the conduct of your countrymen towards us. From one ex tremity of the land to the other there was a simultaneous sympathy in our behalf—and how many lives have been preserved from pre mature death none can toil! But in a mental and moral point of view, the results of Ameri can benevolence arc still more decidedly mark ed. It operates in the world of minds as the law of attraction binds together the planets which constitute our system. Benevolence, the central principle of our mental system, gives unity and durability to the various rela tions in which man stands to man. I, while I live, will look to the chapter in which arc recorded the doings of Americans during our years of famine and pestilence, with unalloyed delight. May the giver of all good repay them sevenfold.” The New York Express, of Saturday last, says :—The exhibition of specie by the banks in their quarterly returns of this day, it is said, will be much larger than on the previous ! quarter. Some predict that it will be between ten and eleven millions of dollars. Should this be the case, it is the largest ever reported in Wall street. The banks were never so strong as they are at present. The deposits, circulation, specie, and loans are large, and they have never had so much good sound pa per on hand as they have at present. According to the New Haven Palladium, Prof. Olmstead is not the author of the opin- ! ion that telegraphic wires will modify thunder storms. It originated with a writer who used the Professor’s initials. Houses with Cast Iron Fronts The Cincinnati Commercial is informed on good authority, that a block of three story buildings is to be erected in that city, the en tire front to be of cast iron. The plates for the same are already being cast. Singular Fact. The waters of Lake Superior and the upper lakes, generally, are decreasing, whilst Lake Ontario is on the increase. Some idea may be imagined of our Western Grain, when an Oswego paper states there is building at that place a warehouse to contain 300,000 barrels of flour. Extract of a letter received i,t Charleston from a higfdy respectable Planter in Mississippi , dated “OAKLAND,, (near Vicksburg) July 27. “Had I written you three days since, I would have given a gloomy account of our Cotton crop; but the then prospect was bright compared with the present. The Caterpillars began their rava ges yesterday, and I sec no hope of escaping a clean sweep; this is three weeks earlier than last season, with a -crop fully as backward —the vile thieves have been robbing for a week past, twenty miles above this; how they arc treat ing the lower end of the country I have not heard. lam anxious to hear of the crops with you. Very truly, yours.” The Crops. For the last three weeks at least, says the the Attakapas Gazette of the 24th ult., we have had rain, rain, rain, and we were fearful that it would have caused great injury to the crops; but we learn with pleasure that they are very promising. Cotton, perhaps, has suffer ed a litlc; but should the weather now be come fair, and the army worm, like the Mexi cans, keep at a distance, we believe that our planters will not have any reason to complain. Accident on the Georgia Rail Road. The Atlanta Luminary of the sth inst. says —“On Monday night last, when the passenger I train from Augusta to Atlanta was near I nion Point, the engine ran off the track and rolled down the embankment, damaging the engine very materially*. No person was injured. The arrival of the train was delayed from eight o’clock in the morning till sun set. The great Western and Southern mail was in conse quence delayed twenty-four hours. W e have not learned any further particulars. A judge, oiir west, has recently decided that | it might be insanity to sign another man’ name to a check in place! of y'otlr owrl, bttt when yovl praw the money on the chock and spend it, there is a good deal of sanity in the proceeding; At a 4th of July celebration in this State, 1 Mr. R. Stafford, tailor, gave a technical toast? “General Taylor —He never makes the back stitch, but' learns his then the forward stitch, and by means of the whip stitch, teaches | the Mexicans the running stitch.” dr. O’Connell. The funeral services for the repose of thd soul of Mr. O’Connell, (was celebrated at Rome, | with great pomp, on the 28th ult., as had been | announced. So early as eight o’clock, A. M., the Church of St. Andrew della Valle was in vaded by an immense crowd. The son of O’Connell, and all the Irish then at Rome, were present, together with a number of Car dinals, Bishops, Roman Princes, and the elite of the French Clergy and travellers, who are always numerous in Rome. Father Ventura pronounced the funeral oration of the de ! ceased, in which he compared the situation of Ireland to that of his own country, and O’Con nell to Pius IX., and captivated the attention of his auditory during nearly two hours. He nevertheless only delivered one half of his oration, that part in which he considered O'- Connell as a political man and a citizen. On the 30th he was to conclude it, and speak of : him as a religious man. MARRIED. At Woodbourne, Hancock county, on the 2d inst., by the Rev. Carlisle 3. Beaman, E. A. SoUL | la ho, of Savannah, to Miss Amelia A., only daughter of James Smith, Esq. OBITUARY. 777 DIED, July the 29th, J 847, at the house of Col. 1 Dobbs, in Marietta, Cobb county, Ga., Mrs. Asu Bowen, conshrt of Win. U. Bowen, resident of Elbert county. Ga. Sister Bowen had the advan tages of earlv piom instruc icm, and 1322 was hap pily converted to God, and connected herself with the M. E. Church. Her religion, though unobtru | sive in its character, was always useful in its ten dency- Her uniform and pious life constantly told j that she had been with Christ. While her reli ! gioifrmiade her affectionate and useful to others, it ; did not fail to comfort and console her own spirit— even down to the latest hour of her pilgrimage on earth; but enabled her to rejoice with joy unspeafc j able and full of glofy. In September lust, she be | gan to be afflicted with a Cancer in the breast,- | that defied every effort to stay it? progress. The unremitting attention of relatives and friends, with ! the assistance ot' medical aid, all proved ineffec tual; and it was soon perceived, that it would bring her to the grave. During her long and protracted illness, she bore her affliction with a great deal of ; patience and Christian fortitude; a murmuring thought never escaped her lips, nor did she seem : as though she would have her sufferings less. Her mind appeared, principally, to have been taken up in contemplating the great goodness of God, and in reflecting upon those heavenly mansions into which she was so soon to enter. When others engaged in prayer with and for her, she seemed to join heartily in supplicating the throne of heavenly grace, and especially when they prayed for grace ito enable her to suffer and do the will of God/ She constantly gave the clearest evidence of her acceptance with God, and when rapidly sinking into the cold and icy arras of death, was enabled lo say “though be slay me, yet will I trust in him,’' and again “Oh death where is thy sting? Oh grave where is thy victory ?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. At length her hour came, and we may truly say, she departed this life in great I peace. Her friends, and especially her bereaved i husband and son, have sustained a loss in her death, I that this world can never repair But there is one consolation, their loss is her eternal gain. “Pre cious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saint.” J. W. F. ! Special Notices, STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR GIA. i (0 => This Company having been re-organized and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre pared to send forwarded without delay all Ireight that may offer. Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS, Agent at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis i sions. The connection of R. 31. Goodwin with this Company has terminated. JOHN B. GUIEU, June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta. U7 DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalf’s Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. 3larshall’s Drug Store. June 13 6m 215 PLEASANT STOVALL Renews the tender of his services in the STOR i AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTH fER PRODUCE, at his Fire Proof Warehouse. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 1847. 8 mos. 35 DT Doctors EVE and CAMPBELLS will at tend to my Professional Business during my absence for the summer from the State. July 17 PAUL F. EVE. ALEXANDER 31cKENZIE, JR.* ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAYNESBORO’, GEORGIA April 20 iy 173