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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. T JAMES GARDNER, J rT~~ TERMS. Daily, per annum $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 i If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum 3 00 If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE | COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa- I per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. QTT’Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00, (Ef’All new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. OTPostage must be paid on all communications , and letters of business. ■■ ■■■ ■ J [fmm the Ctoosa River Journal, Ith inst.] Letters the Cherokee Region. Letter iv. This morning I started, with a company of •friends, to visit the Salt Petre Cave, as it is called, three miles from Kingston. I can pro- j raise you but a feeble discription of its won- j ders. After a ride of some half an honr, we arrived at the base of the mountain, and with an axe and armful of pine, began to climb its steep side. We were accompanied by an ex cellent guide, who had often treaded the labarynth; and breathing hard -with the labor of the ascent, we were suddenly introduced to <the outer portal of this subterranean mansion. In the side of a rocky terace, shaded with mighty forest trees, and green with festoons of ■clustering vines, an awful gulpii opens its hel lish mouth 1i )on you. You think of Aliens .as he descends to Hull, and quote Virgil — was the cave, and downward as it went Emm the wide mouth a rough descent; And here the access a gloomy grove defends. ’’ Lighting our torches, we passed into the Cave, the main hall of which is reached by a descent over a long, slippery, space. At the bottom yon turn and look around with aston ishment. Huge vaulted roofs stretch over the head, studded with stalactites, whose pendant projections are smoked dark “as midnight. A winding walk of a quarter of a mile, through arched portals, and retreating clefts, took us through the so far exploded regions of this nether world. Stalactites, formed by the drip pings from the roof have gradually risen from the pavement, and, met by descending mineral j icicles, have formed tinted pillars all around the sides of the cnambers, which widen from a hundred low broad passages. From these hanging pieces of rock the clear water drips, now dropping negligently from the points, now lengthening them by slow granulations. The whole extent of the cavern is smoky and black, and vast piles of ashe, furnish proof of the number of its residents. Our party went in advance of me, lighting fires at every turn, and their dusky forms in the distance added to the mystic terrors es the place ‘'Obscure they went through dreary shades, that led Along the waste dominions of the dead. Thus wander travellers in woods by nighty Bv the moon’s doubtful and malignant light, When poor in dusky clouds involves the skies, And the faint crescent shoots by fits before their Returning, we stopped to breathe under the ) influence of the atmosphere, which, as we ap proached the mouth of the Cave, was oppres- j sive and hot. The view to look upward was sublime. Dark frowning shadows formed eur : ceiling, and surrounded us with a gloomy boun- ; dary which circumscribed the vision within a few feet of onr position. High above us the ’ light of the sun looked through she narrow -opening, into the vault, shedding a green hue i from a bed of grass which had crept into the cavern, upon the shaded mouth. The forms | of our friends were seen at the entrance, like i spirits, preparing the dreadful orgies of Pluto; | and hastening upward, we once more emerged into an atmosphere of sunshine, and rejoiced in the blue canopy of Heaven. I cannot leave Kingston without saying that they have there the finest butter and water in the whole world. It is utterly impossible to eouvey an idea of the clean, cool anft delight ful character of the butter. Cassville is a neat villge, setting peacefully amidst verdant hills and green vales. It is not large, but exhibits rather more age than most of the villages of that region. The peo ple are kind and hospitable, as I had abun dantly proved on myself. In fact, I observe very generally among the Georgians a sociality, which is not usually seen towards strangers. They delight to see their friends enter their houses, and partake of their fare. Nothing like suspicion rests on the frank faces which greet you. All is sincerity—all is kindness of the most generous description. Here the sound of the drum called us to meet a company of poor fellows on their route to Mexico, Thev i ■wpnt cheerfully on their way to slaughter, unconscious how soon war and pestilence would thin their ranks. Y r ours, P x • Whigr Prophets and Whig - Predictions!, Somewhere about two years since, the Ex- i press issued the following prediction, portray- ' ing the dire evils and calamities that were to follow the adoption of the present free tritde tariff which was then in embryo. How far these predictions have thus far been verified. Jet the present prosperous condition, of all branches of industry in our country answer: “If, however, Free Trade is adopted by this Congress, it will be one consolation, that the pressure upon the country from it, will come in its full weight just about the time the so called Democratic leaders are caracoling for the next Presidency. With the loud outcry of labor ringing in their ears, ‘we have nothing to fir,’ —with the miners in Pennsylvania ex claiming, ‘give us teork and give us bread' — and the Sugar Planters of Louisiana, ‘ save us from Cuba, from Porto Rico, from the East In dies* and indeed all planters, from the low prices of slave labor depressed by the absence of all demand for it in the Sugar growing regions’ and the farmers generally, from the competition of farming labor diverted from the manufactories ” —with such a universality of complaint, we say, raging in its ears, “Democracy” wall have a hard time in 1848, when introducing before the country its candidate for the Presidency.” On taking up the same Express of Ihursday last, we find the following item; “There are Locofoco editors silly enough to believe that the Tarff of 1846 had a beneficial effect upon the prices of agricultural products.” Now, if it be “sillly” in Democratic editors to believe the present tariff has a “ beneficial ef fect upon the prices of agricultural products.” what shall be thought of Whig editors who promised that the adoption of this same tariff would have a prejudical “effect upon the prices of agricultural products:” — N. Y, Globe , " The Queen and her Spouse. —A French paper gives an illustration of domestic manners at the English court, The royal husband having staid longer at a fete than he was requested to do. found the door of the apartment which he and his royal spouse occupy, closed against him. He calls—no answer. He begs —the same silence, At last, impatient, hr remounts his carriage and drives to the castle of Cler mont, (?) where he goes to bed and sleeps the sleep of the just man. Awaking in the morn ing, h» has the Duke of Wellington called to him to whom he says: “My lord, I pray your » - grace to go see the Queen on my behalf, and say that I relish these pleasantries very little. She is Queen, I know- it—grid I, In public, am but the least of her seubjcW, but 1 claim to be King in my own bed-chaihber, arid if that dis ■ please her, I start for the continent.” j story continues that the Quceri alarihe’d at the ’ message, stinted forthwith for Clermont, and that tlxe entente cordiale was re established! In allusion to the little, incident. Prince Albert gets the credit at the French court of being worth “half a crown a day, and a sovereign | at night.” I [From the Montgomery Flag Sf Advertiser,lth inst.~\ To our friends from the different counties I who have been kind enough to forward to us I the election returns, "we feel much indebted. — i By their compliance with our request to do so, they have not only conferred a favor on us, ! but also on the public. As by transmitting i the new r s to the press as speedily as possible, S all will be able to hear the result much sooner and more complete than has hitherto been the case in our State elections. Returns for Governor. Chapman. Davis. Autauga, 492 520 Baldwin, 182 173 Barbour, 700 1,002 Benton, 1,528 548 Butler, 295 699 Chambers, 768 1,268 Conecuh, 333 393 Coosa, 937 487 Dallas, 704 839 Frankliu, 1,009 523 Greene, 674 995 Jefferson, 609 284 Lauderdale, 826 597 Limestone, 730 494 Lowndes, 630 714 Macon, 433 990 Madison, 1,297 523 Marengo, 548 814 Mobile, 1,117 1,284 Montgomery, 821 1,136 Morgan, 456 526 Perry, 841 *9OO Pike, 731 927 Russell, 681 818 Sumter, 918 1,029 Talladega, 9.02 632 Tallapoosa, 976 *839 Wilcox, 597 -594 Randolph. —Chapman’s majority 462; one precinct to hear from. In the 26 counties above, Davis has 645 ma jority —orir “avalanche” counties are just be ginning to roll down their heavy majorities— I Chapman will be elected by a very large vote. Congressional Returns, First District —Candidates : Taylor demo- j crat, and Gayle whig. Tavlor. Gayle. Mobile, 1,117 1,280 Butler, 302 673 Baldwin, 196 156 Marengo, 565 774 Wilcox, 597 592 Conecuh, 383 358 Three counties to hear from. Second District. —Hilliard, whig.no opposi tion- Third District. —Harris, democrat, Wal ker, independent, of Jefferson, and Mudd of Jefferson, only partially run, because he de clined. As there can be no doubt of the elec | rion of Mr. Harris it is unnecessary to give j the vote. Fourth District. —lnge democrat, Murphy | whig. Fifth District, —Houston and Hubbard, i both democrats. Inge. Murphy. Greene, 667 1,059 Pickens, 67 map Sumter, 1,011 1,001 Tuscaloosa, 803 1,011 Pickens only reported, and Tuscaloosa not yet complete, the precinct to be heard from, McMath’s, will add to Inge’s vole. Majority so far, according to the abo\ r e, 523 for Mur phy. Further reported returns place Inge’s majority at 153. Houston, Hubbard. Franklin, 913 662 Lawrence, 579 maj. Lauderdale, 1,054 231 Morgan, 696 414 Sixth District. —Acklin, Pope and Cobb, all democrats. Acklin. Pope. Cobb. Madison, 762 570 552 Seventh District. —Bowden, Rice, Phillips, and Garrett, all democrats. Bowden. Rice. Phillips. Garret' Benton, 1,272 783 61 16 Talladega, 879 723 44 24 Tallapoosa, 913 734 4 2 56 Chambers, 558 866 549 8 Cherokee —Bowden’s maj. reported 30Q. Jenks* Bridge, on the Louisville Road, has been carried aw ay, and for several days it has been impossible to cross theOgeechee. The stage driver in attempting to cross with the mail on horeeback on Friday last, w*as near being drowned. We are assured that on Saturday the Ogeechee formed a sheet of water four 1 miles wide, or from the 13 mile stone on the i Ogeechee road to the 17 mile stone. Our in | formant further says that almost all, if not quite all the Rice plantations on the Ogeechee road are under water, and the rice crop is in that state at present, that nearly a total loss of the crops may with certainty be expected. On Saturday the Ogeechee was still rising 20 miles from town, lienee it could not have reached its highest point below until last eve ning. Our tables gave the unprecedented down fall of rain of inches during the month of July, and we are persuaded that for the first week in August, they will at least show a proportional quantity,if not more. Now, how ever, the weather appears more settled, but all these heavy rains have been attended w ith intervals of beautifully clear weather. The Cotton crop in the State, particularly those in the low r country must necessarily suffer.—Sa vannah Republican, 9th inet . Docking the Alleghany. —The XT- S. steam frigate Alleghany, Capt. Hunter, of 1126 tons burthen, with water, coal, &c., on board for a five month’s voyage, was yesterday taken up by the Louisiana Balance Dry Dock. She was drawing about 14 i feet water at the time —as great a draught as ships usually bring in over the bar. She was docked with ease and without any accident. The docking of this frigate proves that ships of the largest class can be raised here, without having to be sent to the North, as has been the case heretofore. Adjoining the dock, a foun dry and machine shop, of about double the size of any now in the United States, are near ly completed, w’here steam engines and other machinery of the largest class will be manu factured and repaired. Every facility will then be afforded for the equipment and repair of steamships,—- JV. O. Picayune, sth inst. It is amusing to observe the petty efforts of imposition which the Whigs are making from day to day, to put upon the people —some of them so chidish and harmless, as to create no other sensation than that of pleasantry.— Amongst the latest is that of the name of Gen. Clinch stuck up in flaring capitals at the head of an editorial column of a Whig newspaper, 1 “of Habersham county,” appended right un der it. Ask Gen. Clinch himself, where he resides, and he will tell you, without hesita tion, in Camden county—a county on the sea for- . .. , . ( board, not far from the Florida line. Well, but General, they say you live in Habersham. ! Ah, yes ! I have a little box tip in the moun- i taiiis, to which I sometimes carry my family I arid rusticate during two or three of the sum j mer months. It is d sh hot about my plan tation. But my residence, my dear sir, is in Camden..- I pay my taxes there, and I live ’ there. The above is but a little innocent im position of my friends to catch a few up coun try Votes’.— rGriffin Jeffersonian. Defence of. Slavery. A Clergyman of the Church of England',, the Hey. H. Palmer, A. | M., has in a late publication entitled Letters on j the Slave Trade, defended slavery on scriptu- i ral grounds. He says : ?• ■ w M • I “The Imperial Parliament has been suffered j to make that a capital felony which the most high God, in his infinite wisdom, was pleased j to prescribe to his chosen people, the Jews, as j a duty, as will appear tipon reference to the 25th chapter and 44th verse of Leviticus: ‘Both thy bondmen and bondmaids which j thou shalt have shall be of the heathen that are around and about thee. Os them shall | thou buy bondmen and bondmaids.’ ” Mr. Palmer also quotes the 44 th verse of the 13th chapter of Exodus: ‘But every man servant that is bought for money, when thou j hast circumcised him, then shall he eat there of meaning the Passover. Mr. Palmer then asks; “What meaning is to be attached to the phrase, every man servant that is bought with money, ‘if slave dealing, under certain cir- 1 cumstancea, was not of divine authority; and whether it is quite safe, in the face of such declarations as these, to call the trade an ac cursed one.” Sublimely Ridiculous. We clip the following pathetic specimens of newspaperial verbosity from the New York Sunday Mercury. The first is from that well known paper, the Lakeville Express: “We have before us a giant of the vegetable kingdom. Wonderful are the developments called forth from the earth by the searching I rays of a vivifying God of Light. Neighbor Fuller has sent us a turnip weighing 10 pounds and a half!” W e are in possession of some other curious selections; and the next following we give from a spruce Rhode Island journal, descrip tive of the 4th of Joly celebration: “From the spangled canopy of night were torn the starry gems that illumine the silken banner of the free. In the full light of day our golden eagle soars above the stars; and ere we Crouch to see the stars fade or the eagle i fall, -may every subscriber stop his paper!" The following isn't bad —for the Morning | Bluster-: “We h&d scarcely reached the scene, when the lurid heavens grew into one broad concave sheet of seemingly everlasting refulgence. The furnace like intenseness of the flame flung ! fierce and far the hot destroying rays and in i spite of the superhuman exertioils of the fire men, the whole w r as reduced to Pains. Loss i not worth mentioning." 1 Again, we have the description of a horrible attempt at murder: “At this moment the ruffians were on the | point of turning to close the window through which they had just entered, when two of the ■ concealed policemen simultaneously fired. Cue of the robbers rushed to the clerk with an aiming a terrific blow' at the young man,which must have stretched him lifeless on the spot, had it taken effect. The villains then escaped, ■ one of them scratching himself on the knee in | jumping through the window.” Here is a toploftical correction of a typo grahical error: “In the earnestness of inteitfc mortification, We hasten to offer the ameadjffhqnorahls to our I poetical correspondent Not having ourself inspected the proof* of Lines to Eliza,’ we could not, of course, * become aw'are of the awful blundering made by our heedless compositor until the form was Iqcked up, the sheets worked off, and even the faint- I est human ho; e of correction nfflpiy c£icl ir i retrievably lost. In the seventeenth line, ; twenty-third stanza, the reader will please substitute ‘cooing loves’ for ‘corner lots.’ ” Paging a- Guide. —Strangers visiting New 1 York cannot be too cautious in regard to their own safety from imposition. But to be safe they should assume a manly fearlessness as : well as caution, and not by extreme timidity, lay themselves open to every adventurer, — j The Chinese Junk is by its novelty attractmg i crowds to this city, of visitors desirous to see so singular a stranger from the celestial re gions. A young bumpkin from Troy was seen by a couple of sharpers to leave the Albany boat. “Now', Dick, there’s greens. If he takes I’ll be ready at the Battery.” Accordingly as Dick directed apprpached the “green ’un,” with “well friend, does thee want a guide r” “What’s that,” was the rejoinder. “Well, thee sees New' York’s a considerable size of a place, and the cheapest way is for a | stranger to hire a guide to take him to the best show's, and see that they don’t charge too much.” M * “And is that a Guide? Wall, that's just what I want.” “Then I’m your man. I have a license from the Mayor for this business. But I ought to tell you that I get $2 a day for my valuable services.” “Well, that’s purSlbonsiderablc, but if it saves me that, I think I can go it.” - The two went to the where Dick’s friend was in waiting at one'of lhe cates. The “green ‘un” was told by his guide tjiat the price of admission td the Battery was 50 cts. each? but thafeU could as a guide, in for half prfee, Accordingly the man paid half a dollar for himself and guide arid w*as entertain ed with a gengraphical occount of the place, with particular descriptions of the south corn er, w'he*c all the murders are commuted, &c. He was next taken to the Park, where Jack also ke|)t the gate,but w'ho had a hauckrehiefon his to ease the tooth-ache. Here an other half dollar gained admission, and the stranger w'as entertained with the description of a certain corner w'here in digging to put in a lamppost the identical head of Washington’s horse was found. After visiting the other Parks in like manner, and at like cost, the “green 'un”nvas left by a sudden minus his guide. The tw'o sharps now went and counted tlriiir gains. Said Dick,one day's work as guide, $2; admission to five Parks, 50 cts. each, $2,50, makes $1,50. Pretty fair, only he walked so slow; or I’d taken him into th,c Parade Ground twice. The “green, ’un,” as soon as hise yes w'ere opened,declared that the Quaker had bitten him orfully.— N, Y. Sun. . Female Loquaeitg^— that a lady officer, if she w'anted to give the w'ord “halt” to her troops, w'ould do it somewhat in this wdse —“You soldiers, all of you, now mind, I order you, soon as ever I have finished speak ing, to stand still, every one of yem, on the spot, where you happen to be; don’t you hear me? halt, I say, all of you?” The Louisville papers recently told of a mys terious transaction. A Lady goes to clothing store —buys a suit of gentleman's toggery to lit —drives in carriage to untenanted buildings— enters it —doffs her sexual habiliments —dons those intended for some Don—drives off and * * p s « disappears. The Cincinnati papers give a ro-. mantic finale to the affair. Lady in pants meets drayman —gives him five dollars to take her to Mrs. ’s, who keeps house of ill-fame — they go there —she asks for Mary , Mary appears —the unknow n is her sister —they em- ; brace —weep —leave —and again vanish.— Delta. Augusta, (Georgia. WE D3VRSD A G. 11. | FOR GOVERNOR HON. G. W. TOWNS. OF TALBOT. Democratic Nominations for Senators. sth Disl.—Lowndes and tVare—Gen. T. Hilliars. i 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch — John A. Mattox Bth “ fScriven ami Effingham—W. J. Lawtoi*. 9th “ Burke and Eirianuel—VV. S. C* Morris, i I2th “ Thomas arid Becatur—Wm. H. Reynolds. j 13th “ Baker ami Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 14th 4 Randolph and Stewart— William Nelson. j 17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter. j 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb — W:W- Wiggins. 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James Ml Gray. 2Cth “ Munroe and Pike— Coi. Allen Cochran! I 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta— Ore. Warner. 31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn. 32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J; Cl Waters; j 38th “ Clark and Jackson— Samuel Bailey. 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb—Jas. P. Simmons' 40th “ Paulding and Cass — Francis [rwin. * 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt. , . ,• 43d “ Habersham and Rabun —Edw’d Coffee. 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu S. Barclay, Tho Augusta Benevolent Society. Since the appearance of our remarks on Sun day last, in reference to the funds of this So ciety, its Secretary has called upon us and : exhibited to us the books of the Society, and has given us a detail of its operations since its , last public report. The fiscal year begins on tbe Ist June, of each year. The society made its last public report, ac- I companied by an appeal to the benevolence of the community, on the Ist of June, 1840. — There was then on hand the sum of nineteen dollars and sixty-two cents only. Since then, the receipts and disbursements have been very small. But far from funds being now in the treasury, the Society is in debt about sixty dollars over and above its present means of payment. It seems that the Society formed i last November, by the ladies, for the relief of the sick and poor, has virtually superseeded i the Augusta Benevolent Society. Its resour ces, the contributions and subscriptions of our j citizens, have been diverted by this new So ciety. For to most applications since made by the Augusta Benevolent Society to the be nevolence and generosity of our citizens, the ready answer has been, that the Society lor the relief of the sick and poor was now the organ of their charities. The impression, that the Benevolent Society lias a large fund still on hand, may be accounted for from the fact that it wms left a legacy of fire hundred dollars by the will of the late ■Welcome Alien. This legacy w'as paid by the Executors by the deli very to the Society of five and- a half shares Os Georgia Hail Road Stock; This Stock, the Society still holds, and the dividends from it have been drily dis j bursed; ! This Society is riot disorganized. It is still I irt existence, and still in operation, though up on a limited scale; To the extent of its small means, it is still engaged in the benevolent purposes for w hich it was organized, and re grets that its means have of late fallen so far short of its desires to extend relief to the sick poor of our city. Since its organization, it has disbursed upwards of six thousand dollars, which the contributions of our benevolent citizens have placed in its hands. It has been the instrument of doing much good. It is hoped that it may still be enabled to continue its philanthropic career, with the means, in fu ture, of an enlarged usefulness. It gives us great pleasure to be enabled to give publicity to the above statement, and we i hope that the notice w'e have taken of the subject, will prove the means of awakening renewed interest in this once popular Society. Reminiscences of 1845. Many whigs, of strong feelings but short memories, particularly in reference to outrages j committed by their own party, affect to look : upon some excesses of ridicule of their candi date, General Clinch, in which the democrats have indulged, as outrageous, enormous and unprovoked. Whigs would never think of in dulging in such unfair weapons —such cruel ' and barbarous assaults such unmannerly j abuse—oh, no, indeed! Good souls—not they! They are (from the manner they now talk) the very pink of chivalry, and the soul of fair dealing and manly combat. Yet in 1845, that grave and dignified whig journal, the Southern Recorder , which we take pleasure in saying is usually marked by fair ness and gentlemanly propriety, admitted into its columns a pasquinade aimed at Mr. McAl lister —indeed speaking of him as Me—the candidate, of which the following are two stanzas. The rest were in the sa me strain: “The hat he wore Had corners four, And slouched about his ears— IVo strops had on His breeches brown, And sunburnt he appears,” “He sat behind, Two horses blind— Perhaps no search I made— Both sore and lame— His gig the same, I thought he’d corn to trade.’ 1 In order to refresh the memories of the wrings, w r e give another specimen. It will, per haps, enlighten them as to the origin of the term Swelled Btead, as applied to a candidate ! for Governor: “But the greatest objection is to the man— a greater aristocrat never lived. He never had 1 any sympathetic feeling for the people. He ; belongs to that class, in Savannah, known as i “Swelled Heads,” who think the up-country people no better than brutes; and is he the man to be honored with the Gubernatorial Chair? Why it will kill him to live as far | back in the woods as Milledgeville. He never will stand the “up country crackers.” If you will move the State House to Savannah, and furnish him wfith the wines of the different brands, he will make a jolly Governor, but if you put him at Milledgeville, and give him “bald-face,” he cant stand it; his aristocratic blood will curdle, and he will be a dead man in less than six months.” This choice specimen of whig “decency” of W'hich that party claims so large a share, ap peared in the Southern M hig, published at Athens, Geo. —the seat of literature and re finement. Yet it was certainly wholly unre buked, if not universally copied, and chuckled over, by the whig press of the State. The pasquinade alluded to, was generally copied. “The old broken top barouche” of Mr. McAl lister also came in for its share of ridicule. ! The tables are now turned, and the whigs find themselves seated in this old broken top barouche. As a cotemporary has already re marked, “faith, we wish them a pleasant ride in it.” If the whigs find that it is not agreea ble “to reiterate the often declared principles of the whig party,” the democrats may be in duced to fight them wfith some of their own ! weapons. It is thus that “even handed jus tice commends the poisoned chalice to their ow'n lips.” Many may not approve of this re taliation, or be w'illing to sec a bad example quoted in justification. But the whigs de serve no sympathy, and will get none by their complaints. They are responsible for the wrong, and it is but meet that their’s should be- the punishment. (PJ’Brisiness of tne Georgia Rail Road for the months of July, in 1846 ariid 1847: July 1846. July, 1847; Increase I Passengers;, 10,393 08 12,966 31 2.373 30 Freight & Mail, 9,905 72 13,134 19 3,228 47 20,298 73 26,100 50 5,801 77 North Carolina Election. A slip from the office of the Carolina Watch man, at Salisbury, (N. C.) gives the following returns of the election in Rowan: Salisbury—Boyden 391, Voglcr 123, Bogle 54. Ncelys—Boyden 81, Bogle 16, Noglcr 1. Morgan —Boyden 68, Bogle 36, Vogler 26: Boyden is the regular w'hig candidate, by nomination. Bogie, a whig, runs in opposi tion to the nominee, and Yogler, democrat, coming out without the sanction of party friends, has not received, in that county, his party vote. The Watchman says the precincts to be heard from will increase Boyden’s ma - jority to 509 or more. A letter to the editors of the Charleston Courier, from Flat Hock, states that it is the general impression that Mr. Clingmau will i beat his opponent, Mr. Bynum, in that coun ty, for Congress. Both candidates are whigs. 1 The Weather, Crops, &c. Army Worm. —The last Concordia Intelli gencer says :—“A few days since, w'e conversed with an intelligent Planter of Mississippi, from the neighborhood of Rodney, who in formed us that for the last three or four w'ceks he had been making experiments to ascertain w'hether the real parent of the army worm — the regular noc goss as our favorite correspon deat styles it, had made its appearance yet. — His experiment consisted in placing about I twenty lighted lamps in his cotton field at in tervals of several hundred yards, every night. | he succeeded in catching manv thousand mil lers of various species, hut among them he confidently asserts were found ten or twelve of the real siiUon-pure, army fly, and no mistake. He has promised to continue his experiments arii"keep us regularly informed of his success. We may add here, that this and the adjoining parishes, exhibit as yet, no appearance of the approach of this terrible scourge, although we have had several false alarms,” The Madison Journal, speaking oil the same Subject, remarks “Thord can no longer lie a doubt that the cOttori plan tor’s great enemy, j the army worm, has again made its appear ance in this Section of country: We conversed j with a gentleman this morning who informs tis i that his rich! is full of them, but they have riot as yet attacked the eottorii At present their favorite food appears to be what is com monly called fall grass, blit w ithoiit doubt in a few days they will Commence on the cotton I plant.” We regret, says the Memphis Enquirer, to record the appearance of the worm in the cot ton fields in some of the adjacent counties. | In Dc Soto it made Its appearance near a week ago. The excessive rains, too, in some places has been injurious in some quarters*. Some three weeks since, says the Bayou Sara Ledger, of the 31st ult., we boasted of the fine appearance of the corn and cotton crops of this vicinity. At that time w'e had received sufficient rain to insure good crops of ; corn, and not enough to damage the cotton to any extent; but from that time until the pre sent writing, it has rained almost every day, and some of the showers have been as copious as any w’e ever saw, accompanied with heavy wind, w'hich has greatly damaged. the corn, while, we arc informed, that scarcely nfor/n of cotton has been retained by the stock since the Ist of July. A few' days more of hot sunshine and heavy showers, such as the past, and the cocton planter will not dread the worm —flic weather w ill have completed his destruction ■ as essentially as the worm ever did. ftlaine. The Legislature adj ourned on tho 3d instant, after passing 129 Acts and 53 Resolves. The resolutions about Slavery were lost by disagree ment betw’een the tw r o Houses. Virginia Congressional Election. The Baltimore Patriot, Whig, of Saturday, ! P. M., says—“We have not received the full returns from the election for Congress in the Petersburg district, but there is no reason to doubt that Meade, (Dem.) is elected.” Member of Congress Dead. The Hon. Edward Bradley, member of Con gress elect from the Western District of Mich igan, died in New York on Thursday morning last. His remains have been taken to his late residence Marshall, Michigan, for interment. Fresh. —lnformation has been received that an extensive freshet prevails in the Combahcc and Saltketcher rivers, and that the plantations in tho vicinity are overflow'ed. It is fcard that the sustain great injury. A torna do prostrated almost all the houses at Possum Corner on Monday last. —Charleston Courier , 9th inst.. Pirates off the Delaware. —We learn from Capt. Small, of the schooner King Philip, at this port, from Trinidad de Cuba, that on the 3d inst., lat. 37 43, long. 74 30. he boarded the ship Chesapeake from Philadelphia for Balti more. The Captain of the Chesapeake inform j ed him that on the afternoon of the 2d, he spoke a bark, name not recollected. The Capt. informed him that a row-boat with eight or ten ■ men in her, took from him his chronometer, j all the watches on board.and every thing valua ble they could find, and left the crew tied. A vessel came along shortly after, and liberated ! the crew, when they proceeded on their voy i age. — N. I. Journal of Commerce , 7th inst. Special Kotices. AUGUSTA DIVISION, No. 7. Sons oi Temperance. Attend a Special Meeting of the Division, at the usual place, This (Wednesday) Evening, at 8 o’- clock. By order of the W. P. wm. McLaughlin, r. s. August 11 1— 42 STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GBOR GIA. dIT This Company having been re-organized and placed in aa 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 thi* Company has terminated. JOHN B. GITEU, June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta. I tr DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at ! tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in 1 Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store. June 13 Cm 21a j ~ihrOoCtors CAMi > BELLS~wdu7- ■ tend to my Professional Business during ray absence for the summer from the State. July 17 PAUL F. EVE ALEXANDER McKENZIE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAYNESBORO', GEORGIA. April 20 lj ITS PLEASANT STOVALL Renews the tender of his services in the STOR AGE And sale of cotton and oth er PRODUCE, at his Fire Proof Warehouse. Augusta, Ga., Ang. 4th, 1847. 8 raos. 35 JAMES GARDNER, JR.| ATTORNEY AT LAW; AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Feb 5 108 O’Ordered that no Bill for the tuition j of Poor Children will be paid by the Inferior Court of this County, unless accompanied by the I certificate of one of the Justices of the Peace | for the District in which the School is kept, that ! such School has been kept open regularly during : the time for which tuition is charged. A true extract. A. H. McLAWS, d. c. j.c. Aug. 10 4 4-i € o m me r c i a I. LATEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL JVLY ts) LATEST DATES FROM HAVR3..... JULY 13. Augusta Market. August XI. COTTON.—The foreign intelligence received ! per st 'amers Washington and Hibernia, have had a favorable effect on our Cotton market, and since their receipt we have had a good demand, with sales to the extent of about 1,500 balfes, at an im provement of on the lower grades, and fully J cent on the better. The bulk of the stock on hand is ordinary and middling, and meets with ready sale at our quota* ions. Os fair and good fair, there is none on the market —a lot of fair, if offered, would readily bring 12}c, and we give that as a quotation. —The intelligence from the interior of this State continues unfavorable to Cotton, and from Alaba ma, Louisiana and Mississippi, complaints are on 1 the increase. The recent wet weather experi enced here, lias also visited that region, and has materially altered the prospects of a good crop.—- The receipts at the different ports being light, we i omit our usual tables. We alter our quotations to conform to present prices, and quote, for square bales (round selling from an J a J cent less. Inferior ••••• * —a Mid. Fair 12 a— ; Ordinary aII Fair 12} a— Middling ll£ a Ip} Good Fair....none. GROCERIES.—There is a good business doing in the Grocery line for the season of the year, and tto scarcity of any article that we hear ofi FLOUR.—There is a better feeling and some i little enquiry for this article, but the market is bare of the better descriptions. The receipts this week have been light, and we bu+e no sales to report; CORN.—“The stock of Corri is light, but fully equal to the demand. Hales are making by the quantity at 50c. per bushel, sacks included. Hold ers are asking more, but purchasers refuse to give it. By the small lots 55 cents is asked. THE RIVER—Is still in good boating order, with every prospect of remaining so far the re mainder of the season, the rainy weathef still hold ing on. We have no change to notice in rates—' but little Cotton offering. CHARLESTON IMPORTS—AUGUST 7. Liverpool.—Ship James Calder—ll casks, 5 cases Hardware, b bundles Pans, 1 cask lloilow ware, to Mourton &- Courtney; 1 cask Hardware, 1 cask Hollow-ware, to A. W. W. Carmichael; 9 cases, 11 bales Merchandize, to J. Lawton Co.; 22 crates Earthenware, 4 qr. casks Wine,262l sacks Salt, to Mitchell &, Mure. Havana.—Brig Adeia—l4o hhds. Molasses, I | bale, 25 M. Segars, and a quantity of Fruit, to J. : Chapman j 23 bales, 2 cases Segars, to Francis C. Black. CHARLESTON, Aug. 10.— Cotton —On Satur day the Upland market remained quiet, buyers would not come up to the demand of holders. But yesterday with a good demand, some 500 bales changed hands at an advance of fully £ ct. since the Hibernia’s accounts, prices ranging from 11 a 13 cents. Rice —Market very firm, contracts continue to be made freely at NEW YORK, August?, P. M. —Sales of Cotton | moderate, prices steady. Flour is held much as yesterday, though no fresh i of any sort is offered under $5,75; Genesee $6. in a retail way. The demand is chiefly from the East, Corn meal is scarce, and good New \ork State i brought 3. Grain is as yesterday, except that corn is heavier, the price is 64 a 69c., very few buyers so far. Ashes and Whisky steady. Exchanges and freights steady. NEW-ORLEANS, Aug. 4, P. M,— Cotton. —The market has been quiet, and only one lot of 300 bales changed hands. Sugar and Molasses. —Confined to retail sales. Flour. —Market firm, though little doing. Sales 424 bbls. Ohio, in three lots, at $4 50; 200 at $4 75, and 125 Common at $3 25, Corn. —Sales 800 sacks white at 50c.; 500 sacks mixed and yellow at and 500 sacks interior at 35c. Bacon. —lo bbls. Sugar cured Hams sold at 11c. Lard. —3s bbls. sold at 9c. . . FrieglUs.— No new engagement has transpired. A CARD. DR. T. P. CLEVELAND having temporarily withdrawn from the practice ol his picles sion, I would inform the citizens ol Augusta am the public generally, that I have termed “ con " c tion with his former co-partner. ifO.VCSTt.-K , the practice of DENTAL SURGERY - business will be conducted under the tir® o . 4 . land Spear. Office Broad-st., over Aldncn Green’s Shoe Store. y CLEVELAND Feb. 18 ts 117 I