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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. ] ' JAM ES G ARDN £ rTTrT” TEEISS. Dailv. 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 advance, EH E j , CORIES arc sent. This will put our VV eekly pa- ; per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. ITSubscribcrs who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get , the paper at $2 GO, ; TTAII new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance, (pTPostage must be paid on all communications I and letters of business. ~[ F rom the New Orleans Della.] Mother and Daughter. Beneath a shed, upon some new-mown hay, At noon in summer, when all things seemed gay, A little girl was lying. Beside her knelt the mother, wrapt in grief Too deep for tears to give her heart relief— Her only child was dying! A hectic Hush suffused the downv cheek Os Kathleen, as she smiled, and thus did speak In innocent devotion .Os him who slumbered in her native isle- Os him whose naein’ry waked that placid smile, i To calm death’s rude commotion. "Oh, mother, say! can you, like Kathleen, see “Our dear, dear cottage, and the old yew tree ‘‘That grew so like a bower? u i think 1 see my brother seated there : •‘Tie weaves a wreath of Shamrock for myhair-*- “A wreath without a flower. ‘ Say, mother, do the dead return to e-erlh? “Ah! see him smile-—his heart is-foil of mirth, “While—-mother, yon are weeping l . “Why are vou sad? You’ve told me many times “That brother lives where joy and peace consigns “Good children to God’s keeping. Oh, Nature! mighty empress of the heart. How frail, how beautiful, how pure thou art! The girl had scarcely spoken, When o’er the mother’s pallid cheeli of wo The burning tears of anguish ’gan to flow— Chaste Nature’s fount was broken. The mother’s lips upon her child’s were press’d With fierce emotion—Heaven! I was blessed”— She said—“with this one only: “And must she leave me too? Oh, Mighty Power! j “Withhold thy wrath, revive this drooping flowerj “Ah, leave me not quite lonely! “My Kathleen, dearest! lift thy cherub heart “in prayer to Heav’n that thou may’stnot depart “From thy poor stricken mother.” “Ah. weep not soi’ t said Kathleen, while a tear Gushed from her eye—“ You told me not to fear “Wliea I wept o’er my brother. “Conic, smile on me—your Kathleen bids you smile. “My head upon thy bosom hold awhile; “Sweet dreams are o’er me creeping; "My eyes grow heavy, but my heart is light; [Tbe angels had prepared her soul for flight) “Iknow I’ll soon be sleeping.” Yes, lovely girl, thou sleep’s! forever more; Nor can a mother’s kiss thy breath restore; Thy latest word is spoken. The mother droop’d her head and sighed a prayer, Then cast one look to Heaven—it was despair! She sank—her heart was broken. RAMBLER. [From the Macon Telegraph.] ‘‘Wav upon the Planters.” Yes, Planters, the Whigs are endeavoring to convince you that 11 cents for your Cotton in 1847, under Towns’ vote on the low tariff, is a positive loss to you, of “20 f>er cent. They must take you for a pack of grannies, and think you never saw an arithmetic, and don’t know the difference between 5 cents for Cotton in 1844, under a Whig or Clinch rule, and II cents in 1847, under Democratic or Towns’ \’ote on the tariff. They have set up a hue and cry about Towns’ Bagging, Shoes, Ker seys and Salt, being 20 cents higher, “in con sequence of Towns’ vote !” And call upon the Colonel for an explanation, well, here it is— 44" r ' Whig or Clinch Bagging in 1845, 18 “ “ Rope, 8 “ “ Shoes, I 00 “ “ Kerseys, 25 “ “ Salts ’ 2 75 $4 26 Democratic cr Towns’ Bagging in 1847, 18 “ “ Rope, 8 •; “ Shoes, 87 “ “ Kerseys, 20 “ “ Salt, 2 00 $3 33 Here is a difference of 27£ per cent, in favor of Towns’ vote, or a saving to the Planter of at least $750,000. Now let us see what the difference is between 5 cents for Cotton in 1844, and 11 cents in 1847, allowing 350,000 bales for the crop in Georgia, which is proba bly 50,000 or more bales than will be made this year. 350.000 bales 400 lbs. each, in 1847, J , a K He. 15,400,000 360.000 bales 400 lbs. each, in 1844, at sc, 7,000,000 $8,400,000 Now add the saving on supplies for 1847, 750,000 $9,150,000 Which shows in honest Democratic figures, the sorry sum of nine millions one hundred and fifty thousand dollars clear gain, over the ; Whigery and Clinchery of 1844, but “G. W. ! Bonaparte Towns” is confident that Georgia Planters, if it were necessary to the prosperi ty of the country and briskness of trade, would be satisfied to pay the 20 per cent more for "heir supplies and get over 100 per cent more for their Cotton. It would then be handsome, yes, an enormous gain over Whigery and re stricted trade in 1844, and very far indeed from a “war upon the planters,”* as the Whigs call it. If such is Towns’ Bonaparte war upon us, we say come on McDuff, and hurra for Towns 1 A PLANTER. (From the Federal Union.] Jno. M. Berrien vs. Win. C. Dawson. Mr. Berrien’s taking the stump is confirma tory of an opinion, which we have frequently j expressed to our readers. It is, that Gen. Clinch’s nomination was the triumph of Ber- ( rieuism in the whig Convention over Dawson- Ism, showing conclusively that Mr. Berrien is the l\oad and leader and dictator of the whig party. Why does betake the stump for Gen, Clinch I Would he have done so for Dawson? Never. If Dawson had been nominated, it would have shown the weakness of the Ber rien wing of the party —that his mantle had fallen—-his glory departed, Under this state of things his lips would have been scaled, and he would have mounted stilts, as high as the Stone Mountain tower. But Gen. Clinch is Mr. Berrien’s candidate —put forth by the Bcrriep. faction—is the embodiment of Ber rien wlpggery, and if elected, it is to be con sidered a triumph of Berrien politics in Geor gia. Hence, the distinguished Senator de scends Bom his stilts to the stump. Who can doubt iti Does it not strike the mind of every reflecting man, with the force of con viction ? As for ourselves, we have no doubt of it. The issue before the people under this aspect, is reduced down to a question of Ber [ ricn or no Berrien. Shall his principles pre -1 vail in Georgia or not ? This is the question 1 at last which will be decided at the ballot-box. Aye, we will go further and hazard another conjecture. If Gen. Clinch should bo elect ed, will hebe the Governor of Georgia? We think not. He will be . thb supple agent for Savannah and Central Rail Road interests.— He will be Governor de jure-, blit Mr. Ber rien, and, in his absence the Savannah Repub lican, will be the Governor de facia. Would the people of Georgia elect either, if their names were before them ? If not, let them be ware how they elevate General Clinch to tbe Executive chair. These are weighty and grave considerations; and we call upon the Democracy to bestir themselves. The interests of Georgia are in | danger of falling into the hands of the Berrien | faction. If Whigery triumphs, Berrien is to be j re-elected to the Senate of the United States, j and is to be Governor de facto; of the State of j Georgia. Democrats of Goergia, come forth 1 from mountain heights and gorges —from plane i and vale —from city and country —from the i flower-girt clime of the South to the Northern ; boundary, and from river to river, and gather - ■ ing all your energies into one harmonious, I zealous and united effort, redeem your State i from federal misrule, and on the ruins ofWhig ; cry plant your own glorious banner. [From the New York Evening Post, 22d insf.] Manufacturing sT*it.’trsss. The newspapers teem with evidences of the 1 distress of the manufacturers. The distress, ; however, is of a very different sort from that j predicted by Henry Clay and Abbott Lawrence, ' as the consequence of a mitigation of the late ; ; high duties- It is distress for water-power, a i j distress for new spindles and looms, a distress j : for iron, mines, forges and foundries, a dis ; tress, in short, for means of meeting the pro ' digious demand for American manufactures. An eastern newspaper, the Bunker Hill Aurora, gives an example of this distress, which i has been relieved in a remarkable manner. A Mr. Knights, of Saxonville, one of the new | manufacturing towns which has been built up j in Massachusetts Avithin a short time past, sold j the water power of which he was possessed in I the place, to the city of Boston, to augment its j supply of water, for the handsome sum of $150,000. In looking about for an opportunity to invest this money in manufactures, for the business is too profitable to be given up by one i who has had some experience of its gainful- | ficss, Mr. Knights found and purchased on « | i branch of the Concord river, named Assabol, | a water-power twice as valuable as that which he owned in Saxonville, and has here construct ed a large dam of a quarter of a mile in extent, to be fed from immense reservoirs, and laid the foundations of a great manufacturing establish ment. The Bunker Hill print expresses the expectation that here is the nucleus of another new city, which will be reached by tbe con- j teraplated branch of the railway from Concord 1 ! to Lancaster and Sterling, passing directly by | the new manufactory, along the banks of the i Assabet. It is not every manufacturer, who is so for- ‘ i tunate as Mr. Knights in finding an opportuni j ty to invest his accumulated profits in such a : manner that they shall in turn become the source of profits equally enormous. Many are, i i doubtless, obliged to sit down under the dis- i | tress of piling up one yearly income upon I another; without being able to obtain for the | I gains thus secured, much more than the ordi- j i nary return of legal interest. The case is a hard one, no doubt, and the unfeeling world, we are sorry to say, metes out to it but a very stinted sympathy. It is not every one who can rightly estimate the depth and poignancy of this sort of misery. Hereafter, as the world j grows more transcendental, these things will come to be better understood. We shall : then hear poets taking them for the theme of their elegies, and novelists weaving them into narratives more pathetic than Clarissa Harlowe. 1 Another Ovid will make them the subject of five books of plaintive verse. Our circulating 1 libraries will teem with such novels as “The Distressed Mill Owner,” and “The Sorrows j 1 of Abbott Lawrence.” To speak seriously, the clamor which wc yet hear, in favor of the restoration of the high duties of 1842, is the most wantonly impudent pretension that we have met with for a long time. It is a clamor without the smallest ex- I euse. The most prosperous class of the com munity already drawing enormous revenue from the great mass of the population who con sume their goods, are calling upon the govern ment to make ampler levies for their benefit. ; We care not, however, how long nor hoW | i vehemently they make this call. It will lead j ; to a more speedy consideration of the question whether the tariff ought not to be revised with a view of pruning away the duties that are ex- I cessive and burdensome. [From the Southern Patriot, 22d inst.] Patriotism. When the remains of the gallant Capt. Lin- I coin, who fell at the battle of Buena Yista, were brought home and arrangements were made for conveying them from Boston to Worcester, | Col. Edmands, the commander of the escort, requested Gen. Appleton Howe, who was in command of the Ist Division of the Massachu setts Militia,to invite the officers of his Division to participate in the ceremonies. The reply of Gen. Howe is so precious a morceau of folly, treason and malignity, that we give it entire, lest one particle of the infamy which should attach to such a production should be lost in transfering it from the columns of the Boston i Post, where it originally appeared, to our 1 i own. South-Weymouth, July 5, 1847. Dear Sir,—l have this morning received vours of 30th ult, relative to the interment of Capt. Lincoln, “who fell in the battle of Buena Yista, and feel obliged to say that I do not approve of the object expressed in your letter. It seems to me that the cause in which he fell is one which ought to cover with shame in stead of honor, all who are engaged in it. The Mexican war has“ been pronounced, justly I think, infamous; and I do not know of any reason which has been assigned in justification of it, which might not i'e urged with equal truth and propriety as a reason for making war on the government of the United States. If the government of Mexico have t>een per fidious in regard to treaties, so have our>,’ if that government have £Hled to pay their just debts at the proper time, so have ours; if that ! government have trampled on the rights and liberties of individuals, who desired to reside ' within her borders, so have ours. And what adds to the enormity of the whole matter.fs, the hypocrisy which has been manifested in regard to the cause and progress of this war, in assigning false reasons for its inception, and the most palpable absurdities for its continu ance. Who does not know that this war would not have occurred had it not been for the existence of slavery in our own country, and a desire on the part of the present admin istration and its abettors, to extend it into the Mexican territory? The whole scheme was con trived, as I believe, to extend and perpetuate that system of slavery which now disgraces our country, —a country, whose voice is loud in the proclamation of liberty, while her hands are busily engaged in the work of despotism. In a cause like this, however cool one may be in danger, however daring in exploits, or how ever reckless of consequences, I can see no reason which should entitle such an one to any public honor,, which would not apply with equal force to the case of a duelist or pirate, i" »■■■ iiiw ■■■■■ill ggagam mmum± ■ ii| l| MP who should exhibit equal evidence of bravery. I know it may be said that Capt. Lincoln belonged to the regular army, and that his duty was to obey the orders of his superior offices; but I am not aAvare that the orders com manding him to the Mexican territory were repugnant to his inclinations, or that he made any effort to be excused from the duties assign ed him on that station, and in this view he should be placed on a par with the volunteer corps of the army whose infamy, -I hope, may be as lasting as the cause they have espoused. Had Captain Lincoln fallen in a good cause in the defence of his country, no one would have been more ready than myself to do him honor; but in the invasion 6f another country he loses all my sympathy, Arid nil my respect. Such are some of my feelings in regard to the subj ect matter of yoUr letter, and while I thus plainly i and briefly express them in all honesty, and with all due respect to those Who may deiffer from me in opinion, I accord to olhers the same liberty which I claim for myself, of think ing and expressing their thoughts in accor dance with their convictions of duty. I must, therefore, decline taking any part in this mat- ; ter, and leave it in your hands, or in the hands of those who may feel an interest in the con cern. With sentiments of the highest respect, I remain vours, &c. APPLETON HOWE Maj. Gen. Ist. Div. M. V. M. Colonel B. F. Edmaxds, Ist Infantry, Ist Brigade, Ist Division. We have no knowledge of Gen. Howe, ex cept what this letter gives us, but that is enough in all conscience to leave us no desire for an increase of the acquaintance. How the i people of Massachusetts will treat this effer vescence of Mexican feeling upon the part of j one of their high military officers, we have no powver of anticipating—but were a General to writs s'uch a series of intemperate remarks in any of our Western States where the warmth of feeling sometimes goes a little faster than the slower n.'Uion of the law, we fear that the | General would be introduced to tbc acquaint- ; ance of Judge Lynch. In South Carolina, we know, a Court Martial would soon have di vested him of the necessity of longer wearing his epauletts, or sword. This ruthless attack upon the reputation of a soldier, '''J lo ias en in the service of his country, cf*n scarcely be forgiven, and we trust that the galkUit vol unteers of Massachusetts, whom he uncercnio ; niously consigns to “an infamy as lasting AS j the cause they have espoused,” will on their | return home call the “officer but no soldier” i who has thus gone out of his Avay to insult them, to a deep and terrible account. We knoAV that in every Avar that has been undertaken, since men first went out to battle, there have always been some few who consci entiously differed in opinion as to its expedi ency and justice, and avc concede to every man the right of enjoying and expressing, at a proper season, these sentiments. But for a military commander to calumniate the soldiers Avho are risking life ou a foreign soil to uphold the honor of their country —to abuse his coun try in the hour of its danger—to declare that he has no concern in its contests with its ene mies—and to insult the mangled corpse of one of that country’s bravest defenders —is to for j get the duties of the soldier, the Citizen and i the man. —It is to merge the patriot in the ! partisan and to lose all sense of those noble | sentiments which alone distinguish the honest j man from the traitor. [ From the New Orleans Picayune, ZWi inst.\ Contreras and Churubuscot The bare mention of these names, the scene 1 | of the recent bloody yet splendid conflicts, one j associated with exhibitions of American skill and valor, which for ages to come will aAva- I I ken in the bosom of every lover of his country ! the liveliest emotions, the most heartfelt con i gratillations- “The age of chivalry” has not | passed a'.vay. The mind expands, and the heart is made glad in reading the details of the deeds of heroism, and the self-sacrificing ; devotion of Columbia’s sons oh the blood | stained fields of Contreras and Churubusco.— j These are names, and the feats of chivalry connected with them, that will live— “ Whilst the earth bears a plant Or the sea rolls a wave, till Time shall fade—until eternity.’* These remarks have been elicited by the! pe rusal of the subjoined thrilling letter from Washington in the Baltimore Sun: Washington, Sept, Id, 1817. The battle of Contreras and Churubusco j were indeed the most brilliant ever fought or I won on the continent, and cover Gens. Scott ; and Worth, and the troops under their com i mand, with eternal glory. There was no ruse j de guerre, no advantageous position, no fortuit j ous circumstance of any kind to take away j from the laurels fairly Avon by a most extraor j dinary combination of skill and valor, such as has not as yet been exhibited in this Avar. — i Winfield Scott did not storm the Pcnon; he imitated Napoleon, who managed to leave ! the enemies fortresses ou the Avay to at tack those points Avhich Avould lead to a more j decisive action. The battles of Contreras and Churubusco I Were Avon against overwhelming numbers, fa vorably posted, and defended by well appoint ed and directed artillery. Our troops Avere fatigued and harrassed, and had not slept, and Avere obliged to bivouac without blankets in the rain. All the advantages Avere this time on the side of the Mexicans; only superior skill and valor gained the day for the “stripes and stars.” I have seen several private letters from offi cers of distinction Avho Avere in the battle, con taining some interesting statements, which 1 cannot withhold from your readers. Gen. Scott, his generals, and the soldiers under his command, were remarkably cool, yet eager for the fray, and every movement was executed with the utmost precision. Gen. Scott, pass ing a heavy Mexican battery, a Mexican pri soner of rank and influence offered to prevent their firing, but Winfield Scott answered that the path of his duty lay there, and that he must needs take his chance like every one else. One of the batteries of the enemy was remarkably well constructed and served, and Avhcn stormed, exhibited the sorry spectacle of a band of American deserters, taken fight ing against those whose honor they might have shared in victory. They will, of course, be hung. j But the noblest scene was this: in taking ' one of the Mexican batteries two cannon were discovered bearing the United States arms. — They >; ere two of the three captured by Santa Alina at Akgostura, and strange! recaptured by the identical company to which they ori ginally belonged. The scene which followed, beggars .->ll description. A lover beholding the object of Iris first vow, a husband returning to his bride, eonld not exhibit joys more ecsta tic than our soldiers manifested in the presence of these trophies! They all but hugged and embraced them, and rent the air with wild huzzas while drawing peals of eloquence from the object of their devotion. A Soldier Gone. Patrick Shiels, of the Irish Jasper Greens, was yesterday afternoon escorted to his last resting place by his brother soldiers. Like | many others of the brave men who went to Mexico in the service of their country, after escaping all the dangers to Avhich he was ex posed in a severe campaign, he returned to his home to die. He avos a most faithful soldier, and in the prime of life, being only twenty- j eight years of age. Let us hope that he has cast aside the knapsack of life’s troubles, and , MMMMMMWMMMase-rrr imi Mil ■limal ■hwiicwii laid him down to pleasant dreams. We were gratified to see so large a concourse folloAV him to the grave; evincing the respect Avhich avos felt for his memory. —Savannah Georgian,2Sth. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. We have seen the M. W. Grand Sire’s Re port to the R. W. Grand Lodge of the United States at its late annual communication. It opens with a congratulation to the communi cation upon the continued prosperity Avitb which the institution has been blessed. * Dur ing the last year the number of contributing members attached to the Lodges in the juris diction has increased from 90,000 to 120,000. The amount expended for the relief of breth ren, and for purposes of charity has increased from about $205,000 to about $300,000-/5. Augusta, ©corgi a. THURSDAY MORNING SEPT. 30. FOR GOVERNOR GEO. W. TOWNS. i _ OF TA 1.80 f. Democratic Nominations for Senators. Ist Dist.—Chatham—Thomas Purse. 2d “ Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden. 3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn— T. Mi Foßman. 4th “ Camden and \Vayne—Elias Fort. 3th “ Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard. ■/th “ Tattnall and Bulloch-^John A. Mattox Bth “ Scriveu and Effingham—W. J. Lawton. 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—Wi S» C Morris. 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Re VNOLDSI 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nklsoni 17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter I9th “ Dooly and Pulaski— Geo. M, Duncan-. 2Uth “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins. 21st “ Washington and Jefferson—B. S. Carswell. I 24th “ Hancock and Baldwin— S. Buffington, Jr. [ ' 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Grat. 26th “ Mnnroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran, 23th “ Merriwether .and Coweta-—Ore. Warnbr. 31st “ Fayette and Henry’— Luther J. Glbnn. 32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col, J. C. Waters. 35ih “ Wilkes and Lincoln— lsaiah T. Iktin. 33d “ Ntrwton and Walton—Warren J. Hill. 38th “ Clark and Jackson— Samuel Bailbt. 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 Corns, 4-fth “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihu S. Baiclit. RICHMOND COUNTY. FOR REPRESENTATIVE WILiIAM^SCHLEy^JS. Democratic Ticket for Wilkes County. For Senate 35th District. ISAIAH T. IRVIN. For House of Representatives. LEWIS S. BROWN. HENRY P. WGOTTEN. lgg”Our regular Carrier for the First and ! Second Wards is still sick, and the one by J # i whom he was replaced is also sick. Subscrib ers in that section of the city will please send to the office for their papers. Charleston papers due by last eve ning’s mail, failed to come to hand. Col. Johnson’s Letter. Why do not the Whig presses give to their readers, the whole of Col. Johnson’s letter? j 1 They strive very hard to extract some little consolation from passages in it in regard to Gen. Clinch, byway of relieving him from some awkward positions. They are nervously anxious that his opponents should do justice to their candidate—or rather, should be ex cessively liberal and charitable to him. They will snatch, like drowning men at straws, at any thing that may be considered or tortur ed into a favorable sentiment in behalf of Gen. Clinch, his capacity or his conduct, as coining from a political opponent. But they never think it necessary, or incumbent on them- ' selves, to do justice to that opponent in any way. They seem to pay their patrons the poor compliment of supposing that it would ! not be figreabie to them to exhibit any , thing like a desire to do justice to; and represent fairly a political opponent. Colo nel Johnson wrote that letter to place him- I self correctly before the public —to I teract the injustice that had been done him by Whig newspaper correspondents, and to let the public know what he had said in his speeches. He offered, in fact, an-outline of I the tenor, and substance, and points of the speeches he has made, and which have been so grossly misrepresented. ‘ ‘Those who seek | equity, must do equity.” But we have not seen the least disposition on the part of the Whig press, to give a Democrat the benefit of this ru : e, nor do they seem to recognise in their practice the force of this obligation. We would recommend the whigs however, if they wish Gen. Clinch relieved from a di lemma into which facts have placed him, and j in which the efforts of his friends to extricate { him have only plunged him deeper, to call on | him to write a letter of explanation as to that St. Mary’s Bank business. This unexplained transaction leaves him in a position from which the indorsement of some liberal minded oppo nents, that they believe him a gentlemen and a man of integrity, cannot wholly rescue him. The transaction unexplained is “an ugly trans action.” We believe that his good natured stupidity has been imposed on by others—men who were sharper witted and quite unscrupu lous. Others are less liberal; yet they think, more just in ascribing to him all the odium of an odious transaction. Col. Johnson has been forbearing on this point. lie has, like ourself been among the liberal minded of Gen. Clinch’s opponents.— But as the whigs insist that the Democrats are, take them in the lump, a very illiberal and unjust set of fellows, they should take some pains to get justice from them, in place of lib erality and charitable constructions. If how ever, Gen. Clinch is advised to keep dark, and remain silent whether for fear of exposing others, or for fear he cannot vindicate himself, neither he nor his friends have a right to com plain of any judgment the people may form with the lights now before them. We shall adhere to our opinions that he is a veiy dull man —easily cajoled though perfectly honest— one unfit intellectually for the Executive | chair. lowa U. S. Senator. Mr. Baker, a member of the Legislature, of I Lee county, lowa, has resigned. His place, i it is supposed, will be immediately filled by a democrat, thus securing to that party the two | XJ. S. Senators by one majority. • * Imports at New York. The amount of goods imported and entered at the Custom Houses at New York, exclu sive of those sent to the warehouse, and the amount of duties paid during the week end ing on the 24th instant, compared with the same period last year, were as follows : 1846. 1817. Increase. Free goods 71,517 326,517 255,000 Dutiable goods 1,346,516 2,316,951 970,436 Total Mdze $ 1,418,033 2,643.468 1,225,435 Specie 2,712 38,814 31 102 Cash received... 300,436 595,390 294,954 Death of Major Popham; The New York Evening Post, of the 25th inst., says—“ This veteran officer, well known for his services in the war of our indepen dence, died this morning aged 95 years. lie was, we believe, at the time of his death, the oldest commissioned officer of the U. States, and the President of the Society of the Cin cinnati.” Line G-ale. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, 2oth inst. says—“lt has come at last, straight from the South East, with abundance of rain. It com menced yesterday afternoon, (a gentle rain and moderate breeze,) but has since lashed itself into a furious storm.” Rev. Dr, King-. A letter of Aug. 17th, from Constantinople, published in the Evening Post , states that Dr. | King, American Missionary at Athens, has been virtually expelled from the Kingdom by the Government. The Boston Traveller an- I nounces his safe arrival at Geneva, Switzer | land. A Good Joke. A private letter from London, tells a tale at the expense of the lady of our Minister, that is rather good. It is Said she made a pur chase of a shawl, and Wore it home, leaving the old one to be sent. She soon paraded up ; Regent street, at high noon, the observed of I all. Much to her surprise, upon her arrival I home, her dressing maid saw upon her shodl | der a ticket pinned to the shawl, reading, “Very chaste for 40 shillings.” House s Improved Telegraph. The Philadelphia Inquirer srys-—“The niag- I netic telegraph with House’s improvement, is now in full operation between this city and { Cincinnati. Messages are received and for warded with perfect ease. This improvement is of much importance, and greatly calculated to facilitate the transmission of news and mes sages of every description. The characters are quite large, made by the Telegraph itself, in apparently printed letters, and with the | utmost rapidity. There can indeed be no I mistake with regard to advices forwarded by J ! this plan. The icsu ts are truly wonderful.” The magnetic Telegraph is now completed to Louisville, Kentucky. The Rice Harvest. The Savannah Republican, of the 28th in- ; stant, says —“It is nearly over. This week will doubtless .see the crop all secured. The weather the past few days has been divine : skies without a cloud, and a moon so bright that you can almost see the spokes of her chariot wheels. The atmospheric changes seem at last to have adjusted themselves at that point on the cycle at which the ordinary weather of the season may prevail. AVe can not regret too much that this fine weather has come along too late for a fair cotton crop.— Nothing can now restore the ground which has been lost during an unexampled season of wet and cold weather, Oen. Scott’s Speech to his Army. ! Thrilling and Exciting Scene, —A letter from an officer of the Army, published in the New York Journal of Commerce, after referring to the desperate battle of Churubusco, which finally routed the enemy, gives this thrilling scene i “When it was over, the General-in*Chief (Scott) rode in among the troops. It would ' have done your heart good to hear the shout with which they made the Welkin ring. Sev- i eral old soldiers seized the General’s hand . with expressions of enthusiastic delight*- Suddenly at a motion from his hand, silence ensued, when in the fulness of his heart he poured forth a few most eloquent and patriotic words, in commendation of the : r gallant con duct. When he ceased there arose another shout that might have been heard in the grand plaza of Mexico* During this thrilling Scene, 1 looked up to a balcony of the Church that had been so bravely defended. It was filled with Mexi can prisoners. Among them Gen. Rincon, a venerable old soldier, was leaning forward, his countenance glowing, and his eyes sparkling with every manifestation of delight. I verily believe that the old veteran, with the spirit of a true soldier, upon beholding a victorious General so greeted by the brave men he had just lead to Victory, forgot, for the moment, his own position,—that he was defeated and a prisoner,—and saw and thought only of the enthusiasm by which he was surrounded. The Chattanooga Gazette says—“ From fifty to one hundred wagons are running regularly between this place and the head of the road, and yet wc are informed there is enough for ! all to do and more than enough. Taking this ! as an index of the fall trade, we may calculate that our boats will be kept busy this season and do a profitable business. Rumor of another Requisition onArkansas. The Arkansas Gazette, of the 9th instant, states that a gentleman of Little Rock had re ceived a letter from his brother at San Anto nio, in which it is stated that the Quarter- | master at that place had received instructions j to prepare for the reception of troops from Ar- j kansas. We have no doubt, adds the Gazette, I that a regimeut of cavalry could be raised in this State at short notice. Arrest of Letter Carriers* The Government have arrested two letter carriers in Hartford, on suspicion of deliver ing letters from Boyd’s Express Mails. The New York True Sun says, however, that the new mails will continue to go; and in a few days will extend to Boston and Philadelphia, Queer Exports. A cargo of baby jumpers were exported from Boston to the West Indies last week. Connecticut. The Democrats of Connecticut have nomi nated Geo. S. Carlin for Governor, and S. C, Seymour for Lieut. Governor.” [communicated.! L J Another Roorback. Mr. Editor — At the last moment, another i pitiful slander is put forth against. Col. Towns. • in the hope that the means of contradiction i may be too remote to reach the various points to which the mail of Wednesday will carry j the dirty missile. I allude to the communi ; ; cation signed “A Voter,” in yesterday’s Chron * icle. i The following, is the material part of it. > To the Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel: Gentlemen ;—Col. Towns has recently been caught and exposed in a game of duplicity too low and contemptible almost for credulity, yet it is true. On Tuesday last, (21st instant!) at Elijah, Gilmer county, Cols. Bates and Chas tain, the two candidates for Senate, both De mocrats, had a discussion. They both became animated and warm, each asseverated that he | was Col. Towns’ favorite candidate (expecting thereby to gain votes)—the He teas given and retorted —so hot became the contest that both Bates and Chastain exhibited letters from Col. Towns, in which Col. Towns stated to each , re spectively, that he (Towns) preferred him to his opponent. The writer derived his information from a gentleman of the bar of high character . who was upon the spot. Bates’ friends called <m Chastain for a copy of Towns’ letter, and Chas tains friends called on Bates for a copy like wise. It is said that both these letters will be published. a VOTER. This statement is untrue, whether it be de rived from a “ gentleman of the bar, of high character,” or low character. Those letters, written to Messrs. Chastain and Bates, asserted no such thing as is above stated. Col. Towns has preserved copies of those letters. Should they be published, to which neither Col. ToAvns nor his friends have the slightest unwillingness, they wall prove most conclusively that “A Voter” has been misinformed by his “ gentleman of the bar, of high character.” As to his other statement, that Messrs. ; Chastain and Bates had a hot contest, and that the lie was given and retorted, this may be “a weak invention of the enemy” to create dis sension, or to alarm the fears of the Democ* racy. Be this as it may, Col. Towns is in no wise responsible for their wrangling*. This thing can be said of Colonel Towns, i and his skill in dodging. It will always be found, w hen his opponents charge him with a mean act, or ungcntlemanly act, that he has dodged it* Whenever he is Charged with mak ing false statements, it w ill be found that he has dodged. In avoiding every thing that in the least hiariner could reflect upon his char acter as an honest man, and a gentleman, the whole history of his life will prove that he has been, in this respect, A Perpetual , Dodger. Try it again, Mr. Correspondent of the Chronicle. You derive your information, as you say, from gentleman of the bar, of high ; character. I derive mine from having seen \ one of these letters —( that to Mr: Chastain, ) I I speak from the Record, and deny the state ment of your informant. You say, “It is said that both of these letters will be publish ed.” So be it. We will then see who is right. In the meantime your correspondent’s story will be set down as a Roorback. ONE WHO KNOWS; Special Notices. AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING COM PAM. By order of the Board of Directors, notice is 1 hereby given, that an installment of 10 per cent is required to be paid in by the Stockholders on Wed nesday, the 10th of November next. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec’y A. m. c. | Sept. 30 ' \ Sand’s Sarsaparilla. Sands’ Sarsaparilla, which consists of the cura tive elements implanted by the Great Physician in this hygean root, fully developed and concentrated, is known far and wide by the effects it has produc ed. The unfortunate prey of scrofula, whose body I was once honeycombed by that foul disease, testi fies to its value; the rheumatic patient, who has i cast aside his crutches and stands once more erect and firm upon his natural supporters, acknowledges its operation With gratitude : and the cicatrices of unnumbered ulcers, of every type, had they each a tongue, would bear witness to its efficacy. In all cases where the impurity of the blood is devel oped on the surface in the form of eruptions, blotches, or sores of any description, the prepara tion of Sands’ Sarsaparilla will be found in the highest degree salutary. Prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. B. AD. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists,loo Fulton cor ner of William-street, New York. Sold also bv * HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO. And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for 55. Sept. 30 Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry. “While there is Life there is Hope.” Instances like the following are almost of daily occurauce, and render superfluous all further com ment upon the efficacy of Wistar’s Balsam. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sept. 1845. Mr. Seth W. Fowle;— Dear Sir—The character of Wister’s Balsam of Wild Chery is so well established throughout the country, and especially in the state of New York, that any further testimony would seem to be unne cessary. Yet i have derived so much advantage from it, that I am happy to communicate through you to the sick and afliiclpd, what it has done lor me, and I consider it a privilege and a duty to do so, I have been troubled with weak lungs four years; had a cough more or less every winter. 1 was con fined to the house all last winter with a severe ! cough, pain in the side and breast, raised blood se- I veral times, I consulted a physician, but hai e never I taken any medicine which has done me so much I good as WISTAR’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY. I consider it the best medicine in the world (or Coughs, Colds and pulmonary complaints. WILLIAM Bv S WARTS. None genuine unless signed 1. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale in Augusta, wholesale aad retail, bv HAVILAND. RISLEY & CO.,and also by I H /»- AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicine* generally in Augusta. Sept. 30 JOHN H. RICE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law* CASSVILLE, GA. Will practise in the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit. Collecting business will be thankfully received and despatched promptly, . Aug. 21 , iy 50