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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GA K D N E rTjR. TERMS. Daily, per annum $0 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 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 \V cekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. who will pay up arrearage?, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00. {£j*AH hew subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. must bo paid on sll communications and letters of business. [From the Richmond Times Compiler.'] Messrs. Editors : I enclose you a piece of poetry highly descriptive—l might say as e,x crutiatlngly so as some oft be portraits drawn by our city bards. It is enhanced by the singu larly emphatic and poetic attestations of the day, which give the modern poet a vast advan tage over those of other times. How faint, comparatively, were the protestations in vogue at the era when wrote AEschylus of old and Sophocles and Euripides ? I). “All About Ilcr.* Yes, she was lovely, she was fair, As mild as summer even; An angel form, a spirit bright, A star that dropped from fleaven. Well s4*e was. And O, those bright and lovely orbs, That beamed with holy fire; Those auburn curls, that lovely brow, Noire, none but could admire. Well they could’nt- I knelt before her and I swore I’d have one burning kiss; She said, “Until you wash your face You can’t enjoy such bliss !” WcH, she did' I swore she was an angel, too, Who’d fallen Irons the sky; She cries—“O for a pair of wingi Once more to soar on high!” Indeed she did “What! what!” I cried, “and Would you thus A lover true desert!” “Oh heavens!” she cries,“the clothesline’ broke, There goes my brother’s shirt ” Weil she did, hoss. I felt just then as if I’d drapt From Chimborazo’s snramit, I felt my budding passion crapt— “Twas plain 1 could not come it. No SIH-EE. And did I quickly snatch my bal Without a thought of kissing? And did I ever after that * Come up among the missing? I didn’t do nothin shorter. [Front the Sacannrth (renrrnnn. 1 fifh fnsf.l STONE MOUNTAIN, ) Aug. 11, o’clock. ) D ear Sir:—The day, contrary to expectation, is favorable to the Agricultural Show. I slept last night in a room in which there were 25 human beings ; many of whom broke the still ness of the night by snoring. Deliver me, sir, from sleeping in an apartment of snorers. To day the hotels are filled to suffocation.— Pedestrians, carts, carriages and wagons are ar riving every moment. The ladies form a very large proportion of visiters. The exhibition is hardly commenced, but I have just returned from the room in which the articles are dis played. Some beautiful baskets, made by Miss Holden, of Cass County, were much admired ; yarns from thcßellville factory were universally acknowledged to be very line. A bundle of brooms made in the vicinity of the iron works in Cass County, received much praise. Captain Hardwick, of Hancock County, exhibited a sample of rough chaff wheat, 66 pounds to the bushel, making 43 pounds of superfine flour. The editors present are to meet to-day, in referenee to matters connected with the Mag netic Telegraph. I doubt, however, whether such arragements can be effected as the Edi torial corps will desire- Two elegant samples of embroidery from the hands of Miss E/.zurd, of Decatur, were the subject of unbounded applause. I must endeavor to see this young lady. I have no doubt of her accomplish ments in other respects. Mrs. Eve exhibited a bedspread and a centre table cover, which reflected credit on her ingenuity and taste. — Mr. Atkinson exhibited specimens of Chero kee marble. Mr. Ilylander, of Columbus, a straw cutter upon a new fashion. Good speci mens of silk were displayed by Mr. Evans of De Kalb County. Many fine horses are on the ground and attract great attention. At 12 o’clock the Society met, Mr. Stocks, President, in the chair, for the purpose of business. The committees have just made their reports. The Committee on Stock, awarded to W. J. Eve, Esq., of Richmond County, a premium for the best three year old bull. This was a noble animal. To Dr. Calhoun of Decatur, and Dr. Wright, for the best horses. To J. Webb, Esq., of Newton county, who exhibited a three year old Stallion, the Com mittee awarded praise; there being no compe tition they declided giving a premium. To Dr. Calhoun, premium for his blood mare Victoria. The Committee on Agricultural implements spoke highly of Mr. Rylander’s straw-cutter, and ploughs, exhited by Mr. . The Committee on flowers made quite; a flattering report in reference to the flowers ex hibited by Mrs. Starks. The Miss Ezzard, a premium was awarded for specimens of em broidery. To Mrs. Eve, the same honors were awarded for samples of needle work. Va rious other reports were made, but their char acter I have forgotten. The election of officers then took place, and the Society adjourned to meet at the Rock meeting next August. I do not think there were less than 3000 persons present. Gen. Clinch and Col. Towns attended the meeting. Mr. M. A. Cooper was the principal speaker, and really appeared to be deeply interested in the meeting. Dr. Hamilton made some remarks in regard to the successful experiment which he had made in the cultivation of grasses, a copy of which was requested for publication. The crowds have dispersed and the hotels are quiet. I understand that more extensive arrange ments will be made by the next season for the accommodation of visiters. Mr. Mitchell, of Augusta, has purchased the property of the late J. W. Graves, Esq., with a view of carry ing out the intentions of that individual in re gud to this place. Mr. Mitchell pledged him self tht£ day before the assembled multitude, that every arrangement which luxury and con venience require will be made by him at the n«xt meeting, and I have no doubt tnat from the peculiar fitness of Mr. M. for this depart ment, that the expectations of the public will be fully realised. Whilst at Athens, I was much pleased with the speech of Mr. Ferrel, one of the young centletaen to whom the Ist honor was given.. His address to the President in his valedictory TV; »•* ' . particularly pleased me. It was as follows: “And as we utter to you, Mr. President, this solemn word, we would pause and reflect upon its meaning. Its import is written in the sad and bitter emotions, always attending the se- i paration of the best friends, and the dissolution of the most sacred ties. Though these ties are not ties of blood, yet we feel the emotions of this occasion not less sensible than him of our , class who stands related to you by so sacred a ! connexion. It is a farewell not only to this 1 consecrated spot, and those classic scenes, but also to those words of wisdom and cofreolation which, coming from you, have ever breathed 1 peace to our troubled minds, in the midst of ! their greatest difficulty. The works of a Phidias ; or a Raphael, though admired by thousanck, cannot recognise the hand that fashioned them, nor feel grateful to the genius that gave them birth. They cease to exist with time;®but yours, sir, is the duty of moulding - and mod elling the immortal —the ever acting mind, j 'which can feel grateful, and which, vvgteh pride, ( will recognise and appreciate your labors. —The impressions which you have made i stop not at the grave. No! they will live with i the soul, and form part of its existence in eter nity. Farewell, Sir,” 1 have nothing more to say this evening, and therefore say adieu. ocorig i a . AUG. IC. FOR GOVERNOR HD:G S. W. TOWNS. *or *r Alia or. Democratic Nominations for Senators. sth Dist. — Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard. I 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch—John A. Mattox Blh “ Striven and Effingham—W. J- Lawton. 9th “ Burke and Eiftanuel—VV. 8. C Morris. 12th “ Thomas and Decatur— Wit H. Reynold! 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wj? J. Joß ns o N*. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nelson'. 17th “ Macon and Houston —John A. Hunter. 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins. 25th “ Jones and Putnam— .Tame* M. Gray. 9Cth “ Munroe add Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. 28th “ Merriwether and Coweta— Obe. Warner. 31st “ Rayette and Henry —Luther J. Glenn. 32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters. 38th “ Clark and Jackson— Samuel Bailey. i 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalb— Jas. P. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass— Francis Irwin. 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee— Wm. H. Hunt. 43d “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Coffee. ; 44th “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihu S. Barclay. I ■ - ——— - State Policy-State Finances, and the Is sues they involve. j When the canvass involving the election of j Governor was going on, in 1345, the Whigs in ; slsted that national politics had nothing to do I with the matter, and that it was unfair for the j Democrats to discuss them before the people, i The trite issue; it was then insisted by the Whigs, were State policy—State principles— Governor Crawford’s administration, and his fiscal abilities; The electiofi took place, and not only was Governor Crawford re-elected,but a majority of 1 i Whigs was returned to the lower house, suffi i ° cient to give the M bigs a majority on joint ballot. What was the result? The Whigs then insisted that national politics were in volved in the State election—that a Whig Governor, and a Whig majority in the legisla ture having been returned, it was a decisive expression of popular opinion in favor of Whig principles generally, and an endorse ment of the protective tariff, and National Bank, and Anti-Texas views of that party, in particular. The Whigs were therefore desi rous of bringing on the election of U. States Senator to succeed a term not expiring till March, 1847. But the Democratic Senate fi nally concluded to take the Whigs at their word, and refused to go into an election which must have resulted in the election of a Pro tective Tariff, National Bank, Anti-Texas Sen ator. During the present canvass the same cry is attempted to be raised. Yet if Gen. Clinch be elected, and with him a majority of Whigs to the legislature, the Whigs will of course in- i i sist upon it as a triumph of Whig principles, j ! and that two thorough-going Wmos should be j elected Senators to Congress, The Whigs are j not forgetful of this. They are not forgetful of the fact that two Senators are to be elected, \ though they pretend that this should be kept i entirely out of view. Let the Democrats bear ; this also in mind. The following language, from the Coosa ' Journal , a Whig paper published at Rome, j shows the effort sought to be made to flinch from national politics, and mislead the minds ; of the people in the Cherokee region: We again insist that the Democratic presses, in the present canvass for Governor of Gcor gia, depart widely from the true issues before j the people. The question the people of Geor- | gia will be called upon to decide in October next, is, not whether the war with Mexico is justifiable, not whether the Western bounda ry of Texas is the Neuces or the Rio Grande— nor whether the tariff of 1846 is a free trade measure, and established on sound and just principles; these, among a multitude of other questions, purely of a national character, dis cussed by the Democratic papers in Georgia, are not, we repeat, the true issues before the people. But the question is, shall the able and enlightened policy which has distinguished the present Whig administration be continued, i or shall the State be again placed in danger of j being involved in the degradation and ruin in which the Whigs found it? It is no difficult j matter to divine the motive of the Democrats j in trying to draw off the people’s attention I from the consideration of their own State af fairs. The truth is, they dare not discuss | them—they cannot do it with any safety to I their own candidate. —Coosa Journal, Aug. 14. “The truth is, they (the Democrats) dar* not discuss them (State affairs) —they dare not do it with any safety to their own candidate.” We rather think the boot is on the other leg. The truth is, the Whigs dare not discuss na tional affairs, so important to be discussed— so important for Georgia to speak her senti ments upon at this juncture. For this reason, they insist they are not the true issues before the people. But we 'will examine one point in reference to State affairs presented by the fol lowing question. “Shall the able and enlightened policy which has distinguished the present Whig ad ministration be continued, or shall the State be again placed in danger of being involved in 1 the degradation and ruin in which the Whigs found it?” We will now, in reply, submit our comments under the following heads: Ist. Whit was the condition in which the * , • 4 Whigs found the State in November, 1845, when they came into power? 2nd. What had been the legislation of par | tics for a few years previous on the State fi nances? . 3rd. Is not the restoration of State credit attributable chiefly to the Democratic party? We shall submit facts to prove the affirma ; tive of this last proposition in discussing the i other two points. We assert firsk that at the advent of Gov i ernor Crawford to office, in November, 1843, the credit of the State was nearly at par. It | was advancing rapidly to par—was destined inevitably to reach that point, and that Gov ernor Crawford, or as it is termed in rather | grander phrase, the present Whig Administra tion, had no agency whatever in producing this state of things. This had all been done before Governor Crawford came into office. It was done, too, by the measures of democratic legis latures. Let us recall a few facts. In Nove aber, j 1843, State Bonds and Central Bank Bills were at about 6 or 7 per cent, below par only. They | had been as low as 50 per cent. The lowest point I of depression of Central Bank Bills in Augus- I ta, in 1813, was about 45 per cent discount. This was in February, 1843. They, and State j Bonds continued, from that time steadily to advance pari passu till they reached par. Did j Governor Crawford cause this? lie was not iin office. Did the whigs cause this? They j were not in power, and had not been for two j years. The legislatures of 1841, and of 1842, were both democratic. We find State credit j steadily appreciating before Governor Craw- I ford goes into office, and continuing to appre | elate Under the influence of causes in opera ' tion which he did not create —did not suggest | —did not have any thing previously to do with, except to oppose them Causes that, with i out any aid from him, except in carrying out I legislative measures which his duties as Gov ernor required him to do, did eventually (Arry | up State Bonds and Central money to par, i and therefore beyond the sheers, and jeers, , and ridicule, and sarcasms of the whigs. j Let us now examine the legislation of par -1 ties for a few years prior to November, 1843. One of the fruitful sources of evil to the finances of Georgia, the whigs have alleged to jbe the Central Bank of Georgia. Perhaps ; they are right. Perhaps this institution Should ! never have been created. But who created it? The Troup party of Georgia. It was the especial protege of that party. Who intro ! duccd the bill for its creation? Major Joel Crawford, a prominent member of the present whig party. We will not truce its history, though prepared to do so from 1823, when it was created, to 1838; but at this time we find a whig Governor in office and a board of | whig directors managing the Bank, the 1c ! gislature whig. We find that whig legislature extending the charter of the Bank for twelve I years longer—to 1850. We find in that, or the following year, as the result of whig fi nanciering, the State under protest for a debt of $300,000, due the Phoenix Bank of New York City. The Democratic Governor, Mc- Donald, went into office November, 1830, and \ found the State under protest for this sum. He found not A dollar in the treasury from tuxes; these had all been given to the counties. The legislature of 1339 (democratic) required one half the State Tax levied by it to be paid into the treasury; This measure, opposed in every stage of its proceeding, was strongly oj - posed by Hon. A. H. Stephens, and other lead*- j ing whigs. In 1840, the legislature (whig) I voted those taxes back to the counties-. Gov. McDonald recommended to that legis i lature, in his message, to resume the whole ; amount of the State taxes for the use of the treasury* He also advocated and advised the i revival of the tax act of 1304, making it per petual, and not requiring an annual revival. These two things were done. These acts re ceived his signature. But they brought no money into the treasury prior to November, ; 1841. These were beneficial acts, but could not immediately relieve the credit of the State. | Let us look at some of the other whig legisla j tion of that whig legislature, and its effect on Central Bank nates. The Central Bank was | required to pay, in current funds, the scrip is sued by the Commissioners of the Western ; and Atlantic Kail lluad not payable in State i bonds, and on cash contracts. It was requir ed to pay the appropriations and defray the current expenses of the political year 1841, 1 and to meet the warrants of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House for 1840. It was required to pay the interest on the pub lic debt, and $75,000 annually of the princi pal. See acts of 1840, pages 20-21, 150-195, sec. 20 and 26, Appropriation act of that year. These several measures, as a matter of course, broke down the credit of the Central Bank, and placed it at the mercy of the Banks and Brokers who controlled exchanges* They were whig measures following close upon the | act which wrested from the treasury the tax brought in by the act of 1839, passed by a j democratic legislature. Under the acts of | 1810, there was thrown into circulation, not i less than $700,000 Central Bank money, esti mating these disbursements at par. See page I 12, Keports and Documents of Cental Bank, ' there had been paid out $189,397 02. This was done notwithstanding the warning which will be found in Gov. McDonald’s message, of 1840. See House Journal, page 12. Let us come now to the legislature (demo cratic) of 1841. This legislature consummat ed the biennial sessions act, and made it a part of the constitution, and thus saved about $70,000 annually to the State. It is true, it had previously been passed in 1840 by a whig legislature. But it is also true that a Biennial Sessions act had-been passed by the demo cratic legislature of 1839, and was repealed by the whig legislature in 1840, which substituted another, and thus delayed the act one year. But the inception and consummation of this j measure of retrenchment and economy, were both by democratic legislatures. Among other acts of retrenchment of the legislature of 1341, wore reducing thtir own pay —suspend- .... i ing the work on the State Koad —abolishing the Board of Commissioners, and reducing the number of Engineers. In 1842, the legislature (democratic again) added 25 per cent, to the tax act. It passed the act requiring drawers of land to take out their grants or the lots should revert to the State. It reduced the number of Central Bank Directors down to One. It prohibited the further issue of Central Bank notes, and required those to be burned as they were paid in. Against this law Governor Crawford | voted, and not only so,' but protested, and his protest, in which nreny other leading members of the legislature united, stands recorded on the Journals of the House. Yet under this law, a vast amount of the Central Bank money was brought in and burned, and this with other measures tended much to elevate the credit of the bills. That Bank had struggled against the fierce opposition of rival Banks, which were exceedingly anxious to displace its circulation to get a circulation for their own bills. Partisan zeal was also fierce a galnst it, because it hoped by embarrassing, crippling and crushing the Bank, to entail odium on the democrats. The Supplementary Report in 1842 of Gov. Crawford to the Re presentative branch of the legislature did much —very much to depress the bills and place them below their intrinsic value. Speculators bought them up, and made money on them. For a short time these bills went down very , low—in February, 1343, as low as 45 per cent discount, as we have already stated. But they soon after began to rise, as did State Bonds, under the effect of democratic legislation, and were nearly at par before the whigs came into power. They would certainly have gone to par. It required no whig financiering to place them at par. They who had done so much to prostrate and so little to restore State credit, were not peculiarly gifted with sagacity and financial skill to complete the work so nearly its final triumph. We now leave the reader to judge of the correctness of our 3rd position. We think we have adduced facts to show that the restoration of State credit is attribu table chietly to the democratic party. What ; the whig legislation of 1843 did, and what the i whig Executive has done under its authority, i we may speak of at anot her time. [ It is very certain, however, that nothing more was done than the easy task of carrying ; out the work of restoration of State credit, . which was already so nearly complete under Democratic legislation. The Whig journals t are very profuse of laudations in general terms of the great financial skill of their party, and ; their remarkable achievements in financiering; , But they never go mto details; They never f prove what they say. Their tirades against the misrule of Democracy, and the degradation of . State credit which it has caused, would be en ; titled to more consequence if they could vill i' dieatc its own party from some of its own fi . nancial errors, and elucidate the process by ■ which it has produced the brilliant results of which they so loudly boast. Bank of St. lYlarys.—cfen. CJinch’s Pleas. [ It is with great cheerfulness we publish the following letter. It is from the Attorney of Gen. Clinch, who filed for him those memora ble Picas in the Bank of St. Mary’s case. We • do not see that it mends the matter much,— - Be it true that General Clinch never suggested the points of deiencc, or saw the Picas; his • own acts furnished these points. It was his ■ act that made the note sued on. It is not de- I nied that it was a note given in place of mo ney, which should have been paid in, in order to make up the capital stock pursuant to the requisitions of the Charter. Therefore this ■ was an evasion of the Charter. It was exact ly the reverse of the compliance with the re quisitions of the Charter. In the second place. It was General Clinch's act, that payment of the note was refused. It was pending the action on the note that he was absent. He was, perhaps, then pursuing that “brief and brilliant” career in Congress, and leaving the Bank of St. Marys to take care of itself, and run down its delinquent stock-hold ers as best it could. But it does not appear that he was absent before the action was com menced. It should never have been com menced. General Clinch ought never to have given such a note for a purpose so openly a vowed. But having committed the wrong, and thus virtually defeated the legislature, by evading one of its restrictions incorporated in the Bank Charter, he should have paid it with out a murraer. He is, and was a rich man, and could have done so. He had credit, if he did not have money, for we hear from one of his eulo gists, that about that time he was offering his individual credit to the State when it wanted to borrow money, as the Bank of St. Marys had none to lend. No wonder, seeing how one of its stock-holders, and he the President, refused to pay up his subscription. With such an example before them, we should not wonder if some o€ the others likewise refused. One word as to Attorneys and their Pleas.— We are fully apprized that many picas are matter of form only, and that the General Issues, if literally taken, would often be found to be a flat denial of a palpable, plain, undeniable fact, and therefore might in this strained way be charged as involving the guilt of falsehood. But Mr. Preston we presume, in the three pleas which-we published, only one of ichich teas the General Issue, disclosed two facts, both of which were matters of substance. One was that the note was given for stock. The other, that payment was refused. In both of these particulars we asserted that the conduct of General Clinch was not free from censure.— We have seen nothing yet to change our posi tion. SAVANNAH, Aug. 13, 1847. To James Gardner, Jr. Esq. Dear Sir: —As you have seen fit to publish the defence which was made in the case of “A. J. Bessent for the use of the Bank of St. Marys, vs. D. L. Clinch,” and to insinuate charges against the character of that gentleman, based upon the Pleas which I, as one of his Attor neys, thought proper to make, I owe it to him ■ 'I ’ and to the Public to request that you will also publish the following statement. It is not necessary, I presume, for me to en ter into a detail of all the facts connected w ith that case. It will be sufficient to say, that Gen. Clinch is in no-wise responsible for the defence which wus set up. He neither sug gested the points of defence nor did he ever ; see the pleas before they were filed, nor do I r-‘member that the substance of them was ever made known to him. The Pleas were made rather as a matter of form than with the ex pectation of contesting the suit, an l I have but little hesitation in saying that but for Gen. C.'ff absence from the State on public service, during the greater part of the time while the action was pending, it would scarcely have made its appearance on the docket of the Coiirt, but would have been settled by arnica ble conference between the parties, as was i eventually the result. Every one, whether lawyer or not, who is at all conversant with legal proceedings, knows that attorneys habitu ally file pleas which they have no expectation of making farther use of, but which a sense of professional duty prompts and justifies. If attorneys, and through them, their clients are to be held to the strict, literal meaning of their | pleas, there is not a lawyer nor a client in the State who is not guilty of downright falsehood, nearly as often as he pleads the “General Is sue.” I repea’t, then, that Gen. Clinch had nothing , to do with the picas filed in the case referred ; to, nor is he responsible for their merits or dc- I merits, they may be. It is not my intention, nor is it necessary, to defend Gen. Clinch’s character for upright and honorable dealing. He is too well known and too highly esteemed by bis fellow-citizens as a man of scrupulous honor, for charges against his personal integrity to injure any but those who venture to make them. I am, sir, respectfully yours, J.W. PRESTON. The Central Bail Road anl the Chicago Convention. The Savannah Georgian, of the IGth inst. says—“We are requested by a Director of the Central Rail Road to state, that he was not present when the vote was taken to appropri ate five hundred dollars to defray Mr. King’s | expenses to the Chicago Convention; —that as soon as he heard of the appropriation, he pro tested against it in the strongest terms —ex- pressing his opinion that the Directors had no right to mingle politics in the affairs of the : Company, nor had they the pow'er to appro priate money for such a purpose. His opinions are Unchanged, nor does he believe that any other private corporation in the Union was represented in that Convention.” | • , Alabama—Pinal Result. The Montgomery Flag and Advertiser of I the 14th instant, says—“We publish to-day i the result of oilr election complete—from Henry, and Coffee and Dale we have only re ! ported majorities for Governor,— blit we siip pbse they may be relied oil as correct. Far Governor the majority tallied with our calcu lation. when there wore nine counties to be heard from. We then estimated it at about 7000 —it is 6909. This will d » vary well for ; Governor —and proves tile wisdom and judg ment of the convention which selected Mr. Chapman as the standard bearer of the Ala | bama Democracy. “For Congress, Gayle has a majority of 502; our table of votes in this district is official, with the exception of Washington and Wil cox, which we copy from the Mobile paper.’. It may, therefore —although it does not tally wdth the majority reported by the papers in the Ist district —be regarded as the true ma jority for Gayle. In the 2d district, Hilliard, whig, had no opposition. The majority for Harris over all in the 3d district is 3,460. For | lage in the 4th district, 153. For Cobb, over I Acklin, 643. For Houston, 2,709. For Bow don, over all, 461. “In the State Senate, there is a democratic gain of three and a loss of six : In the II vase, a democratic gain of seven and loss of six.— The majority on joint ballot will be twki.xy nine votes ! | “Alabama is not quite “re-yf’i-eratcd.” The remains of Mid’n. T. Bradford Shu brick, w'ho fell in the trenches before Vera Cruz, arrived at Wilmington, (Del.,) on Thurs ! day. They wore received and escorted to St, Peter’s church by a funereal cortege, consisting ! of the family relatives and friends of the de ceased, the Mayor of the city and other au | thorities, detachments from the various vol unteer companies of the city composing a guard of honor —officers of the army and navy, and a large procession of citizens at large. The final ceremonies of interment were to take place yesterday. The grand jury of the Court of Sessions, at | New York, indicted, on Wednesday, A. L. Kellogg, captain of the steamboat Niagara, and i Ilosea Birdsell, the engineer of the said boat, for manslaughter in the third degree, in caus i ing the death of two firemen of the above boat, ° ! and scalding several of the passengers, by car rying too much steam. Birdsell has been ar rested and held to bail in $5,000. . Steamboat Speed—Another Challenge, Geo. Law, Esq., of New York, the owner of the steamer Oregon, says that he will run that boat over the same route as the one selected i in the race with the C. Vanderbilt, or any | other to be agreed upon, against the Hendrik Hudson, for two thousand dollars against one thousand, or if the above should be deem ed insufficient, be will offer in addition, as follows: S3OOO to 2000, S4OOO to 2500, SSOOO to 3000, S3OOO to 4500, SBOOO to 6000, or one hundred dollars to seventy-five on any amount up to fifty thousand dollars. If any of the above be accepted, Mr. Law offers to run the Oregon with only one wheel against the Hendrik Hudson, for one thousand dollars. Death of ajo^Q : eT^l^zenrofjPhiiaaelphia Alexander Henry, Esq., one of the aged and respectable citizens of Philadelphia, died last week. His life was characterized by the most benevolent acts and kindly deeds, and a religious faith cheered and sustadiue him to the last. i Two IvSorc Jersey Veterans Gone, Colonel Daniel Kemper, a veteran officer of ! the war of the Revolution, expired at his resi- I dcnce in New Brunswick on the 6th iaist., at j y , the age of 88, having been born in August, | 1750. He served the cause of independence faithfully, and lived the life of a Christian pa triot. The next day death claimed another of the old worthies, in taking off Captain Lewis | Johnson, also a soldier of the Revolution, who | had nearly reached the SBth anniversary of I his birth. They were entombed on Sunday. A Good Suggestion. A correspondent of the Boston Transcript suggests the substitution of an octave or so of musical pipes, in place of the steam whistle.— The engineer, he says, might then entertain | the passengers and the surrounding country ! with favorite airs. “Old Dan Tucker” is sug ; gested for road crossings and passage through populated districts, on account of the appro priateness of the chorus, “get out of the way.” The yellow fever is on the increase in Nevr Orleans. 16 deaths were reported for the 24 hours ending on the 11 th inst. We learn from undoubted authority that the caterpillar h is made its appearance in some of i the plantations on the Chattahoochee River, j near this place.—The statements we have hcrc ! tofore given in regard to the prospects of the j present cotton crop, were those of persons deem ed adequate to a correct knowledge of the facts. The effect to be produced by the long con tinued raius and the subsequent scorching sans |of August, could only be conjecture—but from the information received from various sources, we incline to the opinion, that the crop will fall far short of a medium one. — Fort Gaines (Ga.) Volunteer, 14th inst.' Funeral Notice. 07 The Friends and Acquaintance of JAMES G. STALLINGS, arc invited to attend bis Fa'feral, ! from the residence of John H. Mann, This After noon, at 4 o’clock. Aug. 18 O’ The members of the Masonic Fraternity; are requested to assemble at the Lodge Room* This Afternoon, at 3 o’clock. P. M. for the purpose of paying the hist tribute of respect to our deceased ! Brother, JAMES G. STALLINGS. A punctual attendance is requested. By order of the W 31. I August 18 C. DWELLE, Scc’y. £ommcr c i a I. ! f. ATE ST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL JULY 14 | j LATEST DATES FROM HAVR'J JULY 13. - ■ ■ ... ft Aujasta Market, Adjust 13. COTTON.—On Wednesday, Thursday aad Fri day there was a good demand for Cotton in this 1 market, and the quotations given in our la it were freely paid for ail offered; on Saturday, however, i the demand fell off, and purchasers demanded a reduction of $ a cent, which holders refused to | submit to. On Monday and yesterday the market j was quiet, with few or no sales—purchasers refus ing to give the prices demanded by holders, and sellers holding on. In this state it closed last eve ning, with but little Cotton offering. The sales during the week sum up 10J0 to 12 >0 bales, within the range of last week’s quotations, which we con tinue, with the remark, that w file holders are j firm at them, purchasers refuse to operate unless at a reduction of fully f cent. | Inferior....*;; Ifljall Middling Fair 12 a— -0rdinary..........i itali ? Fair l-jja— Middli/g..,.’10ja1l J Good Fair none. RECEIPTS OF COTTON. Aroin ike isf &yti, 1840, to latent dates received. 184/4-7. IP 45-~. X«*r.‘ 13...‘.‘1933,098 173,Utd Charleston, Aug. 14. , 344,347 248,12.* Mobile Aug. 11 ,’319,GG5....’'. 4 1c5,0»7 New-Orleans. Aug 7, ..-..’702,812 i ,037,997 Texas: June 23. L i... J 8,432 00 Tl.ifida, J U ‘V ?1. L ,: 127,391 138,645 Virginia, Aug G.'....... '. '„• 11,130 12,123 North Carolina, July 3L . . ~G,073 9,375 Total. ;;;;::;;:::::: 1,75:3,97a ?, 437,434 STOCK OF COTTON Remaining on hand at the laUif dtiter received. Savannah, Aug. 31 6,157 7,126 Charleston, Aug. 14 28.031.;..,. 9,148 Mobile, Aug. 11 .’ 3«,;vV2.'10,277, New Orleans, Aug. 7 bl ,247 ' 22,93ty Texas, June 23, 5 0.; :! 00 Floral a, July 31, 3,441 .... 4,04.7 j Augusta & Hamburg, Aug. 1, 19,7 )3; , .18,25 ' Macon, July 1, 4,775..;.. 3,T58 Virginia, Aug. G 251 : 209 North Carolina, July 31, s*o 1,209 New York, Aug. 10 113,158 49,00?’ Philadelphia, Aug. 7 5,24 * 6,03 P Total, 281,81,3 131788 • GROCERIES.—But a limited business has been transacted this week in the grocery line. Many of our merchants are North laying in their Fall aup -1 plies, and by the first September they will have for ; sale one of the largest and best selected stocks ever offered in this market. ! CORN.—The demand for this article is confined principally for home use, and the few lots selling bring from 50 to 55 cents according to quantity. FLOUR.—Country Flour is getting scarce, in consequence of the limited receipts of the last two weeks. That of good quality is in demand, and would meet with ready sale at a 6, by small quantities. THE RIVER—I s in excellent steamboat con dition, and our friends north will risk nothing by sending their goods by that route, as there is every ( prospect of its continuing navigable for the re mainder of the season. There is not much down freight offering, and we have no change to notice | in rates. BANS STOCKS. &c. j 2: .Original Present .Divid’s 1 I cost. value, jperano I Mechanics’ Bank, 100 105 a 8 per ct. 1 Augusta Ins. 6l Bk’g. C 0.... 100 85 a Hperct, i Bank of Brunswick, 100 105 a 8 per ct. ; Bank of Augusta, 100 90 a Gperct» Bank State of Georgia, 100 85 a 6 per ct. Geo. R. R. &. Bk’g. Co 100 80 a 4 per ct. Iron Steam Boat Co 100 82 a 8 per ct. CHARLESTON, Aug. 17.— Cotton— The Up land market, during Saturday and yesterday, has j remained quite inactive; on the former day no sales, and yesterday only 93 bales changed hands for coastwise shipment at 11£ a Ilf cts.. Rice. —Factors firm, with some transactions at %b\ on contract. Stepping intelligence. ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON. Ship South Carolina, White, New York. Ship Hanover, Rogers, Mobile. MEMORANDA. The ship Anson, Burr, for Charleston, sai ed fm New Y r ork 13th inst. The brig Gilbert Hatfield, Kingsbury, for Charleston, cleared at New Orleans on the 11th inst., with the following cargo—6l hhds. and - cases Tobacco; 100 bbls. Whisky, 100 do. Flour, 16 tcs. Hams, and 14 casks Bacon. CHARLESTON, dale, Sherman, Camden, Me.