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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. [ JAMtS UAHUNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, p*r annum ....... W Tri-\Vot“klv, p*»r annum.. (I (Ml If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum. ji ...;.. 00 If paid m advance ‘ )() To Clubs, remitting 515 lN aov.vNuk, I'lVh I'Ul‘lEy ar« >cnt. This will put our Weekly (hi per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS V V KAIL J who will pay >«p arrearages, and •ead four new subscribers, with the money, can gel the paper at 5- O*AH ncw subscriptions must be paid in ad- Ttuce. IT“l*ostage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. I F am tmr Corrtspimdt’tf.] DAILY PICAYUNE EXTRA. f Nkw Orleans, Sept, ti—lo o’clock. > Latey from tho Army of Gen. Taylor. The steamship Telegraph, Capt. Wilson, ar rived here Sunday forenoon from Brazos San tiago, whence she suiled on the Ist Lust. The in tell ig cue eby this arrival is interest ing and important. We have at last the exe cution &£ the design of the Government to withdraw from the column of Gen. Taylor all •the troops which can be spared by the Gener al, with due consideration for the safety of the 'tine of the Rio Grande and thence to Buena Vista. The General was also directed to de ,taeh two Brigadier General**; by the feCiovriug general orders, it wild he seen how he has di rected the views of the Government to be car ried out- ORDER No. Dti. Headquarters Ik»y or Occupation, ) C»mp sear Monterey, Aug. 16, 1817. \ A. Five companies of the 10th Infantry, un der the Colonel, will proceed to Matamoros and relieve the Ohio regiment of volunteers now in garrison there. The Ohio regiment Avill then proceed to Brazes Island and beheld ready to embark for \ era Cruz. The remain ing companies of the 10th, under lieutenant ■eoloncl, with Capt. Hunt’s company of artille ry and Capt. Reed’s company of Texas cavalry, will form the garrison of Camargo and its de pendence relieving the other troops now on that duty. ■2. The Indiana regimen! of volunteers will j proceed to Brazos Island and will then, with ; the Ohio regiment embark for Vera Cruz..— Brigadier General Lane will tak of t hese regiments at the Brazos and conduct them t j their destination. 3. Six companies of the 16th Regiment, un der the colonel, will take up the line of march for Monterey, when they will relieve the pres ent garrison, composed of six companies of the Massachusetts regiment. The remaining four .companies, under the lieutenant colonel, will in like manner relieve the battaliop. of the Mas- 1 sachusetts regiment at Cerralvo. The troops | thus relieved, will proceed to tho Brazos, and be there concentrated under the Command of Col. Wright, 4. The 13th Regiment will proceed to the Brazos as soon as practicable after the compa nies of Massachusetts regiment, now at Cerral vo, shall have passed down the river. 5. Brig, Gen. Cushing will take up the line of march, not later than the 23d inst., with Capt. Deas’ light battery, (company B, 4th Ar tillery,) He wall proceed to Brazos, Avhen he will bring under his orders the 13th regiment and Massachusetts regiment, and thence con duct his entire command (one battery and two regiments) to Vera Cruz. 6. Brig. Gen. Hopping wall remain in com mand of tho district of the Upper Rio Grande, dnd will establish his headquarters where he may select. Should it be found necessary to retain the general hospital at Mier, a sufficient guard will be furnished for its protection, and , also a sufficient force of medical officers and attendants must be detailed from the regiments Avhich leave their sick. Great care will be ta ken to furnish descriptive rolls of all attend ants and patients thus attached. Col. Belknap is specially charged w ith the rigid enforcement . of this order. 7. Col. Hays, with his command of Texas ! horse, will march for the Brazos, and there em- j bark for Vera Cruz, in conformity with the | instructions issued to him by the War Depart ment. 8. The above movements will be executed with the least possibly delay. The quarter masters and other staff department will fur nish the necessary transportation and other facilities for this purpose. By order of Maj. Gen. Taylor : W. W. S. BLISS, Ass t. Adj’t. Gen. The Ohio and Indiana regiments, under Gen. Lane, and the 13th Infantry and Massa shusetts regiment, with Deas’ (late Washing ton’s) battery, under Gen. Cushing, being or dered to Vera Cruz, and Hay’s regiment being sent to the same point, let us see what troops arc left or the Rio Grande line. Gen.. Wool’s command at Buena Vista and Saltillo, will consist of the Virginia, North Carolina and 2d Mississippi regiments of vol unteers, and Maj. Chevalic’s three companies of Texas Rangers. Gen. Taylor, at Walnut Springs, will have only Lieut. Col. Fauntleroy’s squadron of dra goons and Maj. Bragg’s battery. The 16th Infantry, Col. Tibbatts, and the 10th Infantry, Col. Temple, will garrison Mon tprey, Cerralvo, Camargo, Rcyuosa and Mata moros. The squadron of the 3d Dragoons, Col. But ler, and two companies of volunteer cavalry from Alabama and Illinois remain unassigned. A portion of the dragoons are at Mier, and it is conjectured that they will remain on the line for escorts of trains and like duties. [A cor respondent of the National thus sums up the troops who remain between Brazos Island and Buena Vista.] Distribution of forces on the line of the Rin Grande, after the departure of the force note under march ing orders for Vera Cruz : Brazos Island, I company Ist Artillery, 111 Point Isabel, ! comp *ny 4tli Artillery, 109 Fort Brovrn, 1 company 2d Artillery, 93 Matamoros, 6 companies, 5 of 10th Infantry, 1 of Mounted Volunteers, 511 Camargo. Ac., 12 companies, 5 of 10th Infant ry, 5 of 3d Dragoons, I of 4th Artillery, 1 of Mounted Volunteers, 1133 Cerralvo, 4 companies 16th Infantry, 403 Monterey, 6 companies 16th Infantry, 60*1 Camp near Monterey, 5 companies 3d Artille ry, 2of 2d Dragoons, 1 Mounted Volunteers, 413 Buena Vista, Saltillo, Ac., 42 companies, "191 Total number of troops, 5568 A few weeks since it wap supposed that Capt. Baylor and his command had been cut off. The Flag gives the following letter from its correspondent, which assures us of Capt. B’s safety? Cerralvo, August 15. Editors Flay. —My letter to you of a recent date gave information of an attack by a large body of Mexicans upon a detachment pf twenty seven Texas rangers, commanded by Capt. Baylor, aq4 the probable 4 es^r h e G ODL °f the whole party save throe, wh° had effected their escape and got to this place. So positive were they in their statements that no more oopld have escaped, that I did not hesitate to express to you ray belief that all the rest had been killed. Such was the opinion of every one here until this morning. Greatly to our relief and much to our astonishmcut,composing part of an escort to a train which arrived this morning from Monterey, there came Capt. Baylor and all but four of his reported dead 6 nnpanions. Their escape was truly miracu lous, and knowing that you would like to have a history of it I have obtained from Capt. B. and Lieut. Lee the full particulars. After visiting and searching several ran chos without limling anything in them which would convict the inhabitants of being concern ed iu the late robberies of trains,, Capt. li. left them unmolested aria proceeded on to a ran che, called Las Tahirs situated oil thp river Saliitas. Here a large quantity of goods were found, arid .'ftoOO in American money., The goods and money wore taken arid pricked Upon mules, the rancho was burnt; arid several Mexicans rfiade ) tisoners. With the booty and prisoners, Capt. B. started for the Mori tercy road, mid had proceeded about a mile and a half from the burnt rancho, when he found himself iri presence ,of upwards of 300 Mexicans, who were ambushed in the chaparral skirting a plain over which the road run.’ Be tween the road and the river wrts another chap arral thicket extending to the river. The lancers charged before (’apt. B. could gain the thicket next the river, and in this charge four of his men wore killed. The thicket gained, the rangers dismounted, and protected by the bushes twice repulsed the lancers, killing fif teen, and forced them to retire beyond the roach of their rifles. Taking advantage of this, the range* s loft their horses, booty and prison ers, and descending an almost perpendicular bluff, fifty feet high, they crossed the river.— Marching bycirculitous routes and avoiding the ranchos, the party at -length reached Monte rey, where they were again remounted for service and arrived here this morning as I have mentioned above. The three who made there way to this place and gave the account which I sent you, were separated from the main par ty by jthe first charge, and judged that they . were all killed, by the firing having ceased, and seeing the enemy iu posession of their horses. Capt. Baylor leaves to-day with the train for Camargo, and on his return, if I am not mis informed, the Mexicans will hear from him again. Maj. Graham commands the escort going down with the train, and has with him upwards of ©ne hundred dragoons and ran gers. With this force he wall return and go in search of the robbers who have been so bold of late. Retaken. —-The report which was noticed in last Wednesday’s paper of the taking of some thirty or forty pack mules beyond Cerralvo, iby a party of Mexicans, is confirmed. The | attack was made between Ramos and Marine, j and we regret to learn that a clerk of Mr. Taniver, of this city, by the name of Merchant, was killed. Gen. Lane, who was proceeding to headquarters, in. company with the escort, immediately collected ten men—his sou among the number—who volunteered their services and made after the robbers. The general, be ing a’n old back-woodsman, soon ascertained their “where-abouts,” and his party no soon er appeared to the Mexicans, than the latter ■ “vamosed” leaving the pack mules and all tho j booty which they had taken, in the hands of 1 the Americans, who delivered the property j safely in Monterey. The goods belonged to I Mr. Taniver. [Frota the Flag of the 2Zth ult.] Some ten or a dozen cases of yellow fever are reported at the Brazos, and several persons have died. The fever originated on board ves sels from New Orleans, and is as yet, confined to the crews of those vessels. There is no hospital on the Brazos Island, and we under stand objections has been made to yellow fe ver patients entering the hospital at Point Isa bel. Ex-President and Gen. M* B. Lamar (now Capt. Lamar, commanding a company of Tex an rangers) was in Mier a few days ago, with a detachment of his command, on his way from Laredo to Gen. Taylor’s camp. Capt. Lamar,we understand, is anxious to be relieved from his post at Laredo, and will apply to Gen. Taylor for this purpose. We are happy to ■ hear that he is in excellent health. From Gen. WooCs Command. —Wc have a j series of very interesting letters from our cor respondent at Gen. Wool’s headquarters,com ing down to the 16th of August. We are una j ble to give any portion before our next regular ■ issue. We must, however, mention the death I of Capt. Fairfax, of the Virginia regiment. He J died at Saltillo on the 14th ult. of fever. Mr. James Awl, of Lexington, Mo., and for ; raer partner of Maj. Owens, killed at Sacra | mentOjhas been assassinated at Chihuahua and j his goods confiscated. We will give full par ticulars in our next. Essay on Woman. A woman is a very nice and complicated | machine. Her springs are infinitely delicate, i and differ from those of a man, pretty nearly 1 at the works of a repeating watch do from that of a town clock. Look at her body—how deli cately formed ! Examine her senses—exqui j site and nice! Observe her understanding— | how subtle and acute! But look into her heart, there is the watch work. Composed of ’ parts so minute of themselves, and so wonder fully combined, that they must be seen by a I microscopic eye to be clearly comprehended. The perception of a woman is as quick as light ; ning. Her penetration is intuition, I had al ; most said instinct. By a glance of her eye, she shall draw a just and deep conclusion.— Ask her how she formed it ? She cannot an swer the question; as the perception of a wo man is surprisingly quick, so her soul and imagination is amazingly susceptible. Few of j them have culture enough to write, but when. ! they do, how animated their descriptions.— ! But if few women write, they all talk, and every man may judge of them in this point, | from every circle in which he goes. Spirit in conversation depends entirely on fancy, and j women all over the world talk better than men. ; Have they a character to portray, or a figure to describe ? They give but three traits of one i or the other, and the character is known, or the figures placed before your eyes. Why ? From the susceptibilities of their imagination, , their fancies receive lively impressions from those principal traits, and they paint those im- I pressions with the vivacity with which they } receive them. Get a woman of fancy warm . in conversation, she will produce a hundred charming images,among which there shall not •be one indelicate or coarse. Warm a man on the same subject, he shall possibly find stronger allusions, but they shall neither be so brilliant ’ I nor so chaste, i I Dodging. —The Whig papers have lately I j been calling Col. Towns the artful dodger be cause he was absent for the two first months • of the first session of the last Congress. Mr. : Towns was absent for the two months of which he is accused for the very good reason that he was not elected when Congress met. That ses sion of Congress met on the first Monday in December and Col. Towns was not elected un til the first Monday in January thereafter. It is recollected that he w'as elected to fill the '• vacancy of a Whig wffio dodged Congress al -5 together. But as to dodging Col. Towns or • any body else can hold a candle to the Whig • Convention that nominated General Clinch. — i It dodged every national question at one 1 swoop by saying it was “unnecessary to reite • rate \\ hig principles.” And they have con i tinned to dodge them ever since. The Demo ) crats challenge a discussion of the principles L of the two parties, but the Whigs and their r candidate dodge an open discussion. Now • who are the most “artful dodgers V’-Dah ; lonega Watchman. To the Editors of the Savannah Republican. Gintlbmex; It is with reluctance that I again appear before the public, in relatioh to the charges against Gen. Clinch; founded updn the pleas of his attorneys, ih the suit brought against him on behalf of the Hank of St. Ma ry’s. That suit was withdrawn from the docket of the Court, by the Plaintiff’s counsel, and was settled to the satisfaction of all the parties in terested, on both sides, and a knowledge of this fact ought to have precluded all comments and inferences to the disadvantage of the defendant. The obvious and the only inference was, that the transaction was such as any man might be engaged in without dishonor. It does not, how ever, at this particular juncture, suit the pur poses of the General's assailants to seem -con vinced, whatever may be their conscientious The charge, as it first appeared, (for it lias been put into divers shapes since its first coinage,)sought to fix upon him the double brand of fraud and perjttry, upon his assumed ’’Confessions froitl facts supposed to be develop ed by the pleas iri question; of fraud, from hav ing, as a Director, connived at and assisted in putting the Bank into operation in violation of a fundamental article of its charted; aiid of •perjury , from having, as President, sworn to returns to the Government, of the condition of the Bank, which he know at the time to be false. The pleas wore the sole evidence upon vVhich these gratae charges wefe founded, and all that gave them weight was the admissions they Were alleged to contain, of the party ac cused, against himself. Under these circum stances, though feeling strongly averse from engaging in political discussion of arty kind, I felt it my duty to relieve Gen.' C. from 1 all the consequences to be deduced from pleas from which he was in no respect responsible. I im mediately addressed a letter to the Editor of the Augusta Constitutionalist , in which the charges first appeared, distinctly stating that Gen. C. neither suggested the points of the de fence nor ever saw the pleas before they were' filed. I also stated that they were filed rather as a matter of form, than with a view of con ‘ testing the suit upon them. I cherished the I hope and belief that the more candid and hon orable ‘uf his opponents who might have been I hastily betrayed by first appearances into coun : tenancino- we would gladly era- ! I brace the eani~w opportunity of retracting | | them, as soon as the evidence upon which they j ! were made was shown to be imaginary and i ' unsubstantial- Perhaps I counted too much ! upon truth and justice, as they hare been thus far quite over-matched in the struggle. I now repeat, that the pleas were made °U ( tirely upon the responsibility of the counsel. | Not having received any special instructions from Gen. C. as to the defence of the suit, and 1 not having bad timely opportunity of consul- : ting with him, owing to his absence, I resort ed to such sources of information as were with in my reach. The hooks of the Bank were, of course, not open to my examination, and I was therefore compelled to rely upon the memory | of other persons. The session of the Court was drawing near, and with the bast information which could be obtained, the defence was ar i ranged. The reasons why the pleas were not | more circumstantial and explicit, were; first, j that the proofs might vary in some measure { from the information upon which I acted, and ' consequently they were made general enough i to meet the exigencies that might arise; and ; secondly , as I stated in my letter to the Consti i rationalist , I had very little expectation of mak ing farther use of them. Upon the whole, | i however, I thought it prudent toyf le them, , ! since it would be in my power to withdraw j ! them at any time before the trial, should any ; further and more correct information be recerv- j ed, at variance with that upon which they ’ i were founded. Subsequently, and long before ! the session of the Court at which the cause | | would regularly bo for trial, I discovered that ; ! there were material errors in the statements 1 contained in the pleas, and upon consultation j j with associate counsel, all idea of defending i the suit upon them was abandoned, and it was ! resolved that should not the suit be discon tinued and withdrawn by the plaintiff and ! amicably adjusted, recourse should he had to ian equity suit in aid to that at law. It was however believed that the suit would be with- 1 i drawn. General Clinch himself seemed to be quite indifferent about the progress of the suit, no doubt from his confidence that it would be amicably adjusted, as soon as the circumstan ces of the case should be more fully investiga ted by the new Direction. The result proved that he was not mistaken. The case was con tinued, first by one party and then by the j other, without opposition, until it was at last withdrawn from the docket by the plaintiff s j counsel. J The facts that have been for some time be- I fore the public, not one of which has been or i can be denied, arc sufficient to prove the per fect innocence of Gen. C. of all the charges that : have been made against him. As these facts, ‘ however, have not been allowed, by his accu sers, the weight that belongs to them, and the same charges having been reiterated, notwith standing the positive refutation they have re- | ceived, it is proper that they should be again : fully and clearly stated. In order to understand the nature of the ac • | cusation, it will be necessary to refer to the Charter of the Bank of St. Mary’s, and to quote from it the clause which a circumstance has made so famous; I therefore quote from the ''Act to Incorporate the Bank of St. Mary's" —(Prince’s Dig. 133.) “Sec. 5, For the well ordering of the affairs of said Corporation, there shall be seven Direc tors, who shall be elected as soon as $50,000 in f gold or silver shall have been received on ac l count of the subscriptions of said stock.’* The charter on the same page likewise re l quires that as soon as the said $50,000 should . have been received and transmitted to St. L Marys, the Commissioners appointed under the I charter to receive it should call a meeting of • the Stockholders, by advertising through the ) public journals and otherwise, for the purpose J of electing Directors. The meaning of these r parts of the charter is too plain to need any - comments. It would be manifestly unlawful . for the Scockholders of the Bank even to hold i an election for Directors, to say nothing of - commencing banking operations, until $50,000 ' in gold or silver should have been paid on the 1 stock and transmitted to St. Marys. Now the 1 charge which is made against Gen. Clinch is, t that notwithstanding the strict and unequivo- J cal requirement of the charter, he gave his note r f or SUOOO in payment of part of his stock, in t the place of so much gold and silver. Can it be supposed that those Commission ers, gentlemen of as high and honorable stan j ding as any in the community, could have . been so unmindful of their duty and regard s less of the instrument which created them, as . to receive the note of any man and to return 1 that note as so much gold and silver? This can 2 never be believed. Even if there were no other . evidence of their good and faithful conduct, i their spotless characters would *be a sufficient . guaranty. But we are not left merely to infer t their honesty and fairness, in the matter of this » mote. It will be found on reference, that the Act to r Incorporate the Bank of St. Marys, was passed r and approved in December, 1836. The Com . missioners, in compliance with the requisition ; of the charter, published, under date of 19th . April, 1837, their call for a meeting of Stock . holders to be held on the 20th May thereafter. . Accordingly, on the last named day, the 20th } May, 1837, the Stockholders met and elected r their first Bard of Directors, on the same day r the Directors elected Gen. Clinch their Prcsi . dent, and on the same day the Commissioners paid over to the Directors the sum of $50,000 in specie, being 20 per cent, on the capital stock, and took a receipt for the same. Now then, the note of Gen. Clinch was made and bears dale the 29th June , 1838 / The Hum oj $50,000 in gold and silver had been paid in, and the Hank had been in operation more than twelve months before the note of Gen. Clinch teas given’. This fact canriot bo disputed, and it is I of itself sufficient to settle the whole matter and place Gcri. Clirich triumphantly above his i accusers. Thus easily is the character of an honest mart vindicated by d simple statement of facts and dates. As to the charge of mak ing false returns tinder oath ? it becomes the accusers to be Somewhat cautious. There is certainly no evidence of this in the pleas, and , nothing from which to infer it. This is a gra- ; tuitriiis charge, fur which they alone dre re sponsible. It becomes a matter, then, of very sprions in quiry, what degree of responsibility they have incurred, who have made the slaildcrous charges against Gcrr. C. upon the strength of these pleas ? They cannot plead a right to presume that all the facts stated in pleas fled ih suits.at law are'true. Had the defence of the suit become necessary, and these pleas been urged and insisted upon by the defen- | dant’s counsel, they even then had no right to ! take it for granted that all they contained was true. But in this case there was notarial, the j pleas were never used in defence, arid, had the accusers seen fit to make Inquiry from the pro- { per authority, they would have been informed that they never would have been. This it was their duty to have done, before making/ upon the strength of therri, their offset against the character of as pure minded a man as was ever made a mark for the eriveriomed shafts of calumnv. \ ery rcs'pectfxilly, &c. &c., . J. W. PRESTON. Savannah, Bth Sept., 1847. £1 it giis td ; fe corg Ia . SUNDAY MORNING, SEPT, id i§47 FOR GOVERNOR* T HON. 6. W. TOWNS. | OF TAI.BOT. Democratic Nominations for Senators. 3d Dist.—Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. ForMan. 4th “ Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort. sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard. 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch— John A. Mattox Bth “ Striven and Effingham —W. J. Lawton. 9th “ Burke and Emanuel— W. S. C Morris. 12lh “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. 11. Rev wolds. i 13th “ If Aker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 14th “ Rn.iddlph and Stewart —William Nelson. 17th “ Macon Houston—John A. Hunter. I9th “ Dooly and Pjtla^ki—Gso. M. Duncan. 20th “ Twiggs and W - Wiggins. 21st “ Washington and JefK.T3ort —B.S. Carswell. 24tli “ Hancock and Baldwin—b. Bu.'TL’iotos, Jr. 2T>th “ * Jones and Putnam—James M. GraV. 2Cth “ Munroe and Pike—CoL Allen Col'.hran. 28th “ . Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. WausSJ 31st “ Fayette and Henry—Luther J. Glenn. 3Qd “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters. 33d “ Newton and Walton—Warren J. Hill. 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailet. 39th “ Gwinnett and DcKalb— Jas.. P. Simmons. 40lh “ Paulding and Cass— Francis Irwin. 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt ; 43d ** Habersham anil Rabun—Edw’d Corm. 441 h K Lumpkin and Union—Bum; S. Barclay. j-: - - Mr. Preston’s Letter—-No. 2, This promised production is at length giv- | en to the public, and we hasten to lay it before j i our readers. It falls wofully short of public expectation. It discloses not one single addi- j J tional fact. It sheds not one additional ray | of light upon this Bai k transaction. It is noth* ! mg more or less in subst im e tl an the e h’orial of the Savannah R-publican so pompon dy para- j d d to tl e world with h ii Is po nting to its s:at uncut In all directions, and hea led “Slan -1 der Refuted.” We have already published tha*, with some comments. We have some more to make on the present letter, which we reserve for our next, Those Pleas —those signifi cant Pleas are still unaccounted for. Where did the Attorney get the facts therein disclos ed? What arc the facts on which they are founded? That note —that fatal note of One | ; Thousand Dollars ! Where is it? For what was it given, and why is it not paid? Why is it still in the hands of the counsel who brought suit upon it? If it was not given for stock, or in rcnettal of a stock note, given to evade the Charter —as a fraud upon the Charter, why was a plea of want of consideration filed? "Where did Mr. Preston get the facts stated in has Pleas? Cer tainly not in his law books. They are not to be found in “Chitty on Pleading.” The editor of the’ Savannah Republican And Mr. Preston seem to have access to the books of the Bank. The former has spoken of in formation derived by him from the books of the Bank. Let the public then have the facts from the books—the whole fact 3 * It can then judge why the note was not paid, instead of an Attorney being employed to resist payment. If it was a fair business transaction—if it was a loan of money from the Bank to Gen. Clinch, ! why was it that the suit -was defended? why payment refused? —why an Attorney employ ed to defend? These questions are still un answered. The Secretary of the Treasury, since the Ist of January last, has sent upwards of twelve millions of dollars to New Orleans on account of Army disbursements. Chronicle Sentinel ; of Saturday. If the above amount of specie had been in the custody of Banks, what a fluttering and panic would have taken place on its removal — as it was in the SUB-TREASURY no one (save Secretary Walker and his agents) knew ox felt its removal. So much for the Demo cratic Sub-Treasury. Those Bigr Worms. A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser, writing from Stockton, under date of 4th inst., says—“ The rains are tremendous, so that the * . roads above are impassable. The worms are making great havoc in the fields—a new spe cies has appeared—a monster worm—he eats leaves, bolls, stalks and all. We had advices to-day from Sparta that on a number of plan tations they had appeared in such immense quantities that they had destroyed the gin houses and corn-cribs—and the whole force . on the plantations was employed in keeping them away from the mansion houses and negro huts. It was death to a little ‘nigger’ to be caught in the field, he would be swallowed in -1 stauter. This is prodigio-us, and I may say with Major Longbow, ‘Upon my life ’tis true! What’ll you lay it’s a lie ?’•” The New York Courier’s London letter, un der date of August 18, says —“Among the members ‘returned to serve in this present Parliament,’ is young Mr. MacTavish, a son of Captain MacTavish and a nephew of the Mar chioness of Wellesley; lie is both an American and a British subject; and has just put him self forward as a Kcpealer and been elected for Dundalk.” The Albany (Ga.) Patriot says —We can as sure our friends of the Atlanta Luminary, that they may rely with perfect safety on the fact that South-western Georgia will do her part in the con/ing election.’ We believe that 1 Southwestern Georgia will give Col.’ Towns a j larger Democratic vote than any other candi- I date for Governor. The Weather.. The Montgomery (Ala.) Flag, of the 9th inst., says—Heavy rains are falling every day. The streets are constantly wet, and the roads are as deep in mud as they are in th'e winter. The chances in favor of the cotton crop are di minishing every day.' To the ravages of the worm is now added the rot* Many of our farmers are complaining that the incessant rain is rotting the corn standing in the fields. tlandsomc Compliment. . The Muscogee Democrat says —“A few of the persorial friends of Col. Jas. S. Calhoun, desirous of paying him some special mark of their regard, as a man and as a patriot, have purchased a fine charger and a complete set of military trappings, which they have presented to the Colonel, oni the eve of his setting orit for the seat of war. A more appropriate gift or touching cofripliment could not well have been offered. The horse is a large and strong ly built chesnut sorrel, but sufficiently showy even for military display.” _ Rail Road Meeting:.' The Clarksville (Ga.) JEgis, of the 9th in stant, says—“A large portion* of the citizens of Ilabershain were convened at this place on the < 7th inst., arid took into consideration the pro ject of building a Rail Road to this place from Athens. A memorial to the next Legislature praying a Charter for said Road was adopted,’ The memorial is to be circulated,' so’ that all may have an opportunity of sigriing it.' The meeting was assured by one experienced in such enterprises, that a capital of $009,000 would be sufficient.” Kentucky Chivalry. The gallant Kentuckians are evincing their usual, readiness to join their country's stand ard under the new requisition for two regi ments from that State. The Governor has is sued his proclamation for two companies from each Congressional district, and as soon’as the call was known at Lexington, fifty young men were obtained in two hours. At Louisville a like promptness was displayed. Receipts into the Treasury* The receipts of the Treasury from Customs during the month of August, exceed $5,000, 000 —a sum larger than any paid into tha Trea sury for a similar period since the establishment of our Federal Union. An Incident at Monterey. —We clip the fol lowing Waif from the National Intelligencer x While Cob Davis, with his command, was hotly engaged with the enemy, exposed to their direct fire, a man in a long gray surtout suddenly rode up, and dismounting, placed himself in the middle df the street. There, in the face of the enemy, amidst the thickest of their lire, bd coolly drew from a case, suspend ed about his person, a spy-glass, with which, having adjusted it to a proper fociis, he pro ceeded to reconnoitre the Mexican battcrVi— Having satisfied himself as to the information he sought, he shut up the glass, returned it to its case, and approaching Cob Davis, said to him : “Sir, the enemy has but two pieces, arid by making a detour to the right yOU can take them ill flank.” “And who the devil are your” “I, sir, am Major Mansfield, of the Corps of Engineers.’* “All right! come on boys !” rc ; p mded the Colonel. The battery was soon curried. The Home Journal relates the following pi ’ quant anecdote: Choice Between Evils. —A very fashionable lady of rank ill Paris lately drove to the resi dence of a fascinating actress of the Vaudeville { theatre, and endeavored by alternate threat i and persuasion to induce her to stop her en | eouratgemerifs of the attention of a certain | young Marquis.- The high-born dame finally took leave with the remark, “Well, then, I Mademoiselle* since you must needs spread j your fascinations over some one that belongs ; to my Circle, will you please to let it be my I husband ? The conquest would cost me less I and be There are some Choice Spirits . — The senti ments which Sheridan puts into the mouth of Sir Peter Teazle, “This is a bad world, and the fewer we praise in it the better,” is not only misanthropic, but too sweeping. We read and 1 hear much of the ingratitude of our fellow I men, but there are some choice spirits still in I the world. We have made these remarks by ! way of introducing the following extract of a letter from Washington in the Baltimore Sun: I — Picayune. | You must record in the Sun, so that it may j shine abroad, another generous and praise worthy deed of a well known banker in this city, whose heart is in the right place, and who did not, like some great public function aries when they come to the city, leave it be hind. A few days ago he enclosed a check for S2OOO to the widow of Reuben M. Whitney, saying that while he was in want of the “need ful,” some years long gone by, he obtained a ' small loan of a few’ hundred dollars from her husband, which was never called for, and that the present sum was the amount, with inter ests and profits accruing, and though there was no legal obligation to return it, he felt it his conscientious duty and was happy to send it to her and beg her acceptance, &c. So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Horrible Murder. —The Wctumpka State Guard states that a son of Maj. Cooper, of Tallapoosa county, a boy 12 years of age, was found in the woods the 30th ult., with his throat cut from ear to ear. He had started the evening before on horse back in search of cattle, and, soon after he had left, the report |of a gun was heard in his direction. In a few moments the horse returned without his rider. The alarm w'as given and a search commenced. He was not found until next day. His clothes were found some two hundred yards from the body. A runaway negro w’as afterw r ards found under a bed in the kitchen of Major Cooper* I where he had a wife. On his person w’as found a pistol, and in his pocket the pocket knife known to belong to the boy that was m ureter - ! ed. The State Guard states that the circum stances under which he was arrested were so j suspicious as to leave very little doubt of his | guilt.- Montgomery (Ala.) Flay , 9 th inst. Seriotis Complaint. —Some eight gentlemen, who came over in the French steamer New rork, have published a card, wherein they warn all American travellers from taking pas sage in any of this new line of steamers, un less they wish to be “insulted, brutally treat ed,famished for water,and live in a state of star vation.” Much of the cause of complaint a rises, doubtless, from the haste with which the line has been organized,— N. Y. Express. Special Notices. INFORMATION WANTED. NICOLAS HENRY ZENGE, of Oberdor la. (Germany,) is requested to give some informa tion about his present abode to the undersigned, Who has received news of the highest importance to him respecting a succession. Any person who knows anything about N. 11. ZENGE. will be suitably rewarded by communicating it to F. LAMBACK, Augusta, Ga. Sept. 12 3mo 63 AMERICAN ROOK AND TRACT SO VIET V. O’ The Rev. Dr. McWhir, a Voluntary Col porteur of this Society, is now in this city, arxf may be found at the Presbyterian Lecture Room, where he has a number of Books and Tracts for distribution among the poor, and for sale at low pric.es to those who are able to purchase. The services of any young and active persons who Will undertake the distribution in this city will he thankfully received. Sfept. 8 3-- 65 Election Tickets. Those wishing to have Election Tickets printed, cari have their orders executed at thn office at 50 cents per 100. The money should accompany the order. Sept. 7 \FT DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, willatJ tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, iri Augusta arid its vicinity.' Office ip Metcalfs.Range, up stairs. Entrance one door bp low Mr. J.' Marshall’s Drug Store.' , : June 13 6m 215 Wistaria Ealsam of Wild Cherry. MARYLAND. Snow Hill, February 21/1817/ Mr. Seth \V. Fowle.— Sir—Please send me as soon as possible, another lot of Wjstar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry. I have been selling this Valuable medicine in this town for dtany years. It has proved to be highly useful in many cases. Much has been said and written in commendation of this article, and justly foo’ I think from my observation of its effect upon others, and my own experience in using if. Some months since, i having a bad cough, T lost my appetite and stre.ngih, and my health was much impaired. I tried this Balsam; to my satisfaction and joy, when I, had taken two bottles, my cough Was removed, rav appetite returned, and my strength and general health restored. Whenever T have any symptoml of the kind return'/f immediately resort to this ir e dieine, and find it to have the desired effect,’ I believe this is one of th’e best medicines in the world for coughs and incipient consumption, anil that in-, valids in the more advanced stages may be relieved by using it/ Signed by ... LEVI TOWNSEND*, Firth of Townsend & Upshur.* None genuine unless sigr/W f. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and refill/ by HA V II.AND, RISLEY A CO..and also by TH*OM AS BABULI I A CO., and Dealers in .Medicines generally in Augusta. Sept. 3 X—f Sand’s Sarsaparilla. In the wise economy of Nature there h\s distributed through the mineral and vegetable king doms a variety of inedicing substances adapted to the relief of various diseases; but it is believed that in no product of the earth are so many powerfu sanative properties combined as in Sarsaparilla Yetj to render these latent properties practical!/ useful, they require de veJopcment, combination, concentration-. In Sand’s Sarsaparilla it is believed all these dbjects have been effected to the fullest extend; ft is ndw administered in general practice ds a sdfg and unil'ortri remedy in cases of scrofula, tumor, swellings of the joints, rheumatism efyrijt elas, king’s cvily with every complaint syni tontsltie of pure blood. Fdf further particulars and conclusive evident** dffts superior value and efficacy; see pamphlet l ; Which may be obtained of agents, grafts. Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail,- A. B. So D, SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton, cor ner of William-street, New York. Sold also by HAVILAND, RISLEV &. CO. And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for 55. Sept. 8 (£ 0 m m c r c i a I. j LATEST HATES EROM LI VERP00L....... AUG. 18 LATEST DATES FROM HAVBJ AUG. It SAVANNA 11, Sept. 10.—Cotton. —Arrived since the Ist inst. 7 bales per Rail Road. The exports for the same period l ave been 61 bales Sea Island and 898 bales Upland; leaving a stock on hand, in cluding ail on shipboard not cleared, of 781 bales Sea Island and 6,051 bales Upland, against 469 bales Sea Island and 5,610 bales Upland at same time last year. Up to this time, but II bales New Cotton haver come to market, against 72 bales last year, and 800 bales the year before. The market has been very flat during the week, and is too unsettled to enable us to give correct quotations. The sales since the Ist amount to 242 bales, a* follows: 174 bales at 11 cts.; 25 at 10|; 11 at 10|; 21 at 10 9-16; 11 at 10£. The sales of Sea Island amount to 87 bales, viz : 60 at 27£; 10 at 26; 7 at 27* and 10 bales stained at 8 and 9 cents. Rice. —The weather during the early part of the month was very unfavorable to the past few davs it has improved. About 3,000 bush els of new Rice have been received. The stock in market is very small. The sales amount to 350 casks at $5 per 100. Com.—' The sales since Ist inst, amount to about 600 bushels at 60 cents. jr/0 U r~—ls selling in small quantities at # 6 £ to 7. Salt. —The demand is limited,but sales are made from store at #1,50 per sack. Bale Rope and Bagging. —We notice sales of 50 coils Kentucky Rope at 8 cents, and 14 bales Gun ny Bagging at 21£. ' Groceries. —There has been a small demand for the retail trade. The sales since the firs* are 100 bags Rio Coffee at 7| a a 84*6 hhds. New Orleans do. at BA. 20 bbls. No. 3 Mackerel at 6£, 150 bbls. New Orleans Whisky at 26£ cents; and 35 kegs Lard at 11 cents. Hay. —We notice sales of a small lot ol 30 bales Northern at 87^. Bacon.— -The sales-are 9 hhds. Sides at 9 cents. Exchange. —Sterling is nominal. obe Bunks ai e. checking on the North at iper ct * P r ® m * v „ e a purchase sight to 5 day bills at par; bO da) bills at *;6O, lidis. . Freights.— There are no vessek in port for Bos ton, Philadelphia, or Baltimore. The rates to New York are 4 to 5-16 for Cotton; and 7o per cask for Rice, and per bushel for Corn. There is but one vessel loading tor Liverpool at g a . -16. CHARLESTON, Sept. 10^-C otfo>o--ln wr rr port of the 4th inst. .n referring to the OP® I®* 1 ®* of the week just closed, we remarked that had been made at |c. reduction, but a<idt>