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J A its £ S GAR UN IR, J K. ~ T£IJMS7 ~~ Dafiy, per annum gs 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance ....5 00 Weekly, per annum *1 00 j If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting £lO ik advakce, FIVE ' COPIES arc sent. This will put our Weekly pa r i per mthe reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. i who will pay up arroaraiges, and ( •end four new subscribers, with the money , < the paper at £2 00. * JO“All new subscriptions must be paid in s.J rance. UPostage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. .* ‘ I {Fvom the N. O. Delta, Ith irw/.] Gen Scott and the Armistice. The sophist who lectured - Hannibal on the art of war, doubtless considered himself a su premely wise man, and the conqueror of Scipio but an indifferent general. The race to which he belonged has not passed away, but flou rishes in those latter days, in all the vigor and bloom of its youth. The present war has furnished ample employment to these railita- 1 ry philosophers, and has enabled them at the game time to display the extent of their know- i ledge, and bless mankind with a sun-flood of 1 information. Among the "subjects to which 1 they have recently directed their powerful in tellects, and upon which they have expended 1 columns of acute disquisition and pathetic de clamation, none has afforded a fairer field for their peculiar powers, than the armistice grant- . ed by Gen. Scott after the battles of Contreras and Churubusco. It is needless to say ; that, in the opinion of these sagos, the General was totally in the wrong; his conduct was not only foolish, but, in view cf the consequences which they ascribe to it, criminal. To him they im pute the delay in capturing the city, the fail ure of the negotiations, and the subsequent loss of life in the combats that ensued from the Bth to the 14th, of September. Bowing, as we do, with becoming deference to opinions ' .eo carefully formed, and so fearlessly promul gated, we yet bag leave to suggest that before Gen. Scott is finally condemned it would be ' .as well to await for further information; and before he is even arraigned at the bar of pub lic opinion, for an alleged offence, it would be no more than fair to examine closely the infor mation which we already possess. In the advance upon Mexico, the “first line of defence” of the city, consisting of the strong posts of El Penon and Mexicalcingo, was avoided by a detour to the left, around the head of Lake Chaleo. This movement be gan on the 15th August, and owing to the broken nature of the country, and the neces sity of catting a road for many miles, it was a work of great toil and hardship. It was, how ever, accomplished in two days, and on the 13th, our troops were in a position to aot against Contreras and Churubusco, forming with se condary works in their neighborhood, “the second line of defence.” -On the 19th the movement was made against Contreras. Os the prolonged and difficult operations of that day, through dense chaparral, along rocky and precipitous paths, and amid constant combat and peril, it is not necessary to speak, for all wall recollect the truthful descriptions which w« have already published. To this day of toil and danger, succeeded one of the most dismal nights experienced in that climate. — The storm is described as terrific. The soldiers might perchance have snatched a morsel of food, but a moment’s sleep was impossible.— Under these circumstances, Contreras was cap tured and Valencia’s force dispersed early in the morning, and the battle of Churubusco dosed, and the second line of defence was car ried, after the most desperate and bloody en gagement of the war, at five o’clock in the af ternoon. Now the first question that arises is, could Gen. Scott have entered Mexico on the night of the 20th? His soldiers had been watching, marching, fasting and fighting for more than thirty-six hours—over a thousand of his small force were killed or disabled, and the heights of Chapultepec and the line of the gcuritas were still before him, capable, as was afterwards shown, of making a strong defence. How easy soever the achievement may seem to an editor in his closet, we apprehend that it was a labor not to be undertaken by a general in the field. The Mexican army which de fended Churubusco, though defeated, was not destroyed; it retreated towards the third and Strongest line of defence, and was, or could easily" have been, rallied behind its batteries. For Gen. Scott to have attempted to enter Mexico on the night of the 20th of August, it appeals to us, would have been an act of des peration which nothing could have justified but the exceedingly improbable result of suc cess. Had he undertaken it and failed, the • warriors of the “quill would have been the first ' to discover and expose the madness of the act. Th ©/ would have inquired why he could, not 1 ■have waited until morning; why, with half famished and exhausted troops, with the wounded calling for assistance, the dead un buried, and the living scarce able to drag one leg after the other, he had marched against strong works and a densel}' populated city, when one night’s rest would have quadrupled the efficiency of his force ? And the voice of censure would have been as general as it would probably have been deserved. The conclusion, has thus been forced upon ns, that Gen. Scott was obliged to pause for breath after the continued operations of the J9th and 20th, which terminated in the terri ble slaughter of Churubusco. But that same evening he received a flag of truce from the enemy, asking for all armistice, and proposing peace. Representations were at the same time made to him by those con ‘ nected with the British Embassy, that there was every probability that negotiations would terminate favorably and honorably to all par ties. The American commander was placed jn a position of great delicacy and responsi bility. It was his ardent desire to terminate the war, spare the lives of his soldiers, and avoid the infliction of unnecessary injury, .even upon the toe. He had good reason to believe that by granting the armistice all these objects would be attained —and he did grant it, making it terminable in forty-eight hours. TVhat would have been said of him had he re fused ? He must, in that case, either have ta ken. the city or failed in the attempt. If the former, we would have been precisely in the -condition in which we are at present, and General Scott would have been accused of sacrificing the lives of his countrymen, and unnecessarily prolonging the war, to promote his own. ambitious aims, and gratify the per nicious vanity of claiming the conqueror’s rank with Cortez. iNbt one in fifty of those who have now discovered that ail negotiation with Mexico was an idle three, but would have been certain that, had the Mexican proposition been entertained, we should have had an hon orable and permanent peace. But in the haz ards of war, Gen. Scott might have been re pulsed on the morning of the 21st, and then. • imagination can scarcely depict the execra tions which would have been poured upon his head* Whatever he might have done, it will ithus be seen, he would have exposed himself to animadversion and misconstruction —to the idle comments of the unthinking —and the tueuicious remarks of the envious. For our *^3——WMWWi If own part, we are willing to believe that Gen. Scott acted as every hero and patriot would have done, placed in his position and burthen ed with his responsibilities; at any ■ rate wo must see something stronger than lias yet ap peared against him, to suspect that’ he acted with want of judgment or want of zeal. [Pram the New Orleans Picayune, Ith inif.] IVZcxican Incentives to Desertion. In a late Mexican paper, now before us, the official organ of that Government, we find se veral articles prepared with a view to encour age desertion from the ranks of our army in Mexico. The appeals are particularly direct ed to foreigners in our ranks, but more espe cially to Irishmen. Since the execution of O iviiey—as Gen. Shields, himself a gallant irishman, writes his name—and the other de - serters taken with arms in their hands, we ha ve little fear for the effect which may be pro duced by Mexican solicitations. Still it is manifest that a “dead set” has been made up on our ranks, for since the shooting of the de serters, the articles below have all been pro duced in the official journal of Mexico, print- ‘ ed in Spanish and English, side by side. And in addition to toe articles which we copy, we find in the same paper the address by Gen. Urrea, written from Tula de Tamaullpas, the 12th of August last,and directed to the soldiers and volunteers, of the American army, which appeared in the Matamoros papers some time since. Like Santa Anna’s own addresses, it encourages desertion by denouncing the Presi dent of the United Stales, and the war as be ing his individual act. Were our Government or officers to issue like addresses to encourage desertions among the Mexicans, we should never hear the infamy of such conduct ade quately denounced. [Prom the Diario del Gobierno, of Sej>t. 10M.] Headquarters, Orizava,. April—, lot - • Know all men , That Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President of the United States of Mexi- j co and Commander-in-chief of the Mexican armies, has been duly authorized to make the following concessions to all and every one of the peisons now in the American army, who will present themselves before me or any of 1 the commanding officers of the Mexican forces., viz: , 1. Every soldier in the American army,who appears before me or any of the commanding officers of the Mexican armies, is to receive immediately $lO cash, if coining without arms, and a larger amount if he is armed, in order to cover the cost of the arms he may bring. '2. Every person who deserts the American army, followed by one hundred men, is en titled to receive, as soon as he presents himself with his men, SSOO cash, besides the $lO to which every one of the sollicrs is entitled, as well asqthe extra allowance in case they be arm ed. 3. He who deserts with two hundred men, has right to claim and shall be paid immedi ately SIOOO cash, and so on at the rate of SSOO for every hundred men; or the propor tional amount if the number be under one hundred, without including the $lO allowed to every solder, nor the cost of artns and am munitions, all of which will invariably be paid besides. j 4. All and every one of the soldiers in the | American army who will desert and appear be- j fore me or any of the commanding officers, of j the Mexican forces, r.s aforesaid, besides'the : above mentioned gratifications in cash, are hereby entitled to claim ahd will immediately receive from me or any of the commanding of ficer-, a document or bond by which the pro priety of a grant of land consisting of two j hundred square acres will be insured to them, as well as to their families or heirs. The di vision of such grants will be made as soon as ! the present war is over. 5. The officers in the American army are not only entitled in the aforsaid document or | bond, but the number of acres in addition to 1 the two hundred allowed to the soldiers i will be computed in proportion to the respec- | tive grades they hold. 6. Those who desert the American army and enter the Mexican service are to continue in it during the present campaign, and those of the same nation are to remain together if I they choose, and under the immediate com- | mand of their own officers, who will continue j in the same grades they held in the American j army. 7. All those persons who come over to the ; Mexican armies shall be considered rewarded) and promoted in the same way as the Mexicans and according to their services in the present campain. ... The preceding articles shall be duly pulish ed in order that the Mexican authorities may act in enmformity thereto. ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. The Cotton crop.—The Noc. Goss. Within a fortnight past, the prospects of the cotton planters in Louisiana Mississippi have been dampened materially. Not in de tached districts merely but in (with very few exceptions) every part of these two States, — the worm, —the genuine Noctua Gossypii, has been industriously and ruinously at work. In some places from which we have accounts in this district, it has already, consumed one third, while in others it has already taken nearly one half of the crop. Os course it has been most destructive in those places which it was necessary to replant, and the cotton is still tender, but there are few' who have any idea of the amount of the crop that the cold spring and subsequent heavy rains rendered it necessary to replant, this season. But our planters are struggling to catch up with their enemy and both in the fertile fields of Louisiana and the less willing lands on the hills, the scene is one of constant activity. A short continuance, now , of the good weather which (until hist evening) we have enjoyed for weeks past, would be a great blessing to the planter. If we should be favored with that, nearly an avenge crop may be saved in this part of the Cotton-growing region and, in that case, in connection with our knowledge of the crops in the Atlantic States, we are in clined to think that we do not err far in set ting down the Cotton crop of the United States, for the present year, in the round num ber of tw r o millions of bales. This is materially below the estimate which we had formed(altho’ we did not name it in our columns) three weeks ago. The Crop in Point Coupee- In the Point Coupee Echo of the 25th nit., we find the following: “Since our last we have heard various com plaints of the Caterpillar , which made its ap pearance some two or three weeks since,though at first they did little damage, but within the last week they have done considerable damage to the cotton; we are somewhat apprehensive that they will contribute largely to the cur ’ tailment of the crop; at present the weather is favorable for picking, which we understand is going on finely. The Crop on the Bayou Macon. We'learn from gentlemen direct from the Ba you Macon who visited our office yesterday for the purpose of paying their subscription mon ies, that the condition of the crop in that fertile cotton region is now rather satisfactory than otherwise.—Planters there will not make quite so many bales with the same force as they did in 1845, but the weather recently has been so favorable as to change the gloomy prospect of a month ago, and nearly an average crop is now expected. IJp to Wednesday last the cater pillar had not been seen in Franklin Parish. Knowing his impartiality in visiting our fields, however, we believe it likely that he is there ere this time. Genera! Taylor. We have received (says the National Intel ligencer) from Dr. Bronson, the gentleman to whom it M <is addressed, a copy of the following letter from Gen. Taylor, with a request for its insertion in the Intelligencer— a request which wo cheerfully and readily comply with; V HeADUUARXEUS ArMl’ pF OcCVFATJOX, - Camp near Monterey, August 10, 18-17. Sir: A our letter of the 17th ultimo* request ing of me an exposition of my views 'on the questions ol national policy now at issue be tween the political parties of the U. S. has duly reached me. . . . t l • I must take occasion to say that many cfmy letters, addressed to gentlemen in the U. States in answer to> similar 1 inquiries, have already been made public, and I had greatly hoped that all persons interested’had;‘ by this time, ob tained from them a sufficiently accurate.knowl edge of ray views and desires in relation to this subject. As it appears* however, that such is not the case, I deem it proper, in reply to your letter, distinctly to repeat , that lam not before the people of the United States as a candidate sot the next presidency. It is my great desire to return at the close of this war to the discharge of those prolessioniil duties and to the enjoyment of those domestic pursuits from which I was call ed at its commencement, and fur which my tastes and education host fit me. I deem it to be due to candor to state, at the same time, that, if I was called to the presiden tial chair, by the general voice of the people, with out regard to their political differences, I should deem it my duty to accept the office. But while I freely avow my attachment to the ad ministration of our early presidents, I desire it to be understood that I cannot submit, even in thus accepting it, to the exaction of any other pledge as to the course I should pursue, than that of discharging its functions to the best of my ability, and strictly in accordance with the requirements of the constitution. I have thus given you the circumstances, under which only can I be induced to accept the high and responsible office of President of ; the U. S. I need hardly add, that I cannot, in any case, permit myself to bo brought before the people exclusively bj r any of the political parties that now so unfortunately divide our country, as their candidate for this office. It affords me great pleasure, in conclusion fully to concur with you in your high and just estimate of the virtues, both of head and heart, of the distinguished citizens (Messrs. Clav, j W ebster, Adams, McDuffie, and Calhoun) j mentioned in vour letter. I have never yet ex- \ raised the privilege of voting; hut had I been called j upon at the last presidential election to do so, I \ should certainly have cast my vote for Mr. Clay. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR, Major Gen. U. S. Array S. S. Brcn-eon, M. D., Charleston, S. C. gmmaw™ mi ua—aw.wiMiiiii ■ ■mibiiim imi iiui CA n gust a; Xf3 tars ia . JWELNESDAY BIORNING, OCT. 13. All the Mails due last evening came to , hand, but we find very little like hews in the papers received. v . . of the Directors” is received and will be published in our next. ifggrWe notice among the Companies in the j Baltimore Battalion, one named “The Twiggs Riflemen,” we suppose in compliment to the brave Gen. Twiggs, of this Saate. is very difficult to find out from read- j ing the Georgia whig journals what sort of a : peace with Mexico would bo acceptable to : that phrty. The whig.*, as of this country,most either desire war to subjugation, or peace on terms such as they would be will ing to grdnt Mexico. The first they clearly do not want. Now what sort of terra* do they advocate? We have industriously read the Chronicle k Sentinel, but ave find in it nothing like a consistent plan that it is willing to stand to. Some months ago, it was for a vig orous prosecution of the war till peace could be obtained. That peace was to be on thelbl lowing terms : No territory fom Mexico. No, indemnity. Each party to pay it own ex penses. How to settle the (isputed question of boundary, it has hot as fa: as we recollect } ever suggested a plan. We presume it would therefore have had the arafy brought back east of the Nueces. But, the President through Mr. Trist, has of -55 sered terras. These the Chronicle xmds fault with. Why? Are they too favoraole, of too i unfavorable? In Monday morning’s paper it j quotes a letter, approvingly we presume, from 1 the Lynchburg Virginian , purporting to have i j been written from Monterey, California, by : ! an officer of the Virginia Regiment giving a j j dolefnl account of the value of the territory, | of which the following is the concluding para graph : “A wag in the army has said that tl,c Uni ted States ought never to make pea*e with. ; Mexico, until she will agree to take luck all ; we have conquered, and Texas to boob and I assure you there is more sound sense \n thii | saying than you imagine.” Docs the Chronicle approve of this soum sense?" Do the whigs approve it? It tallies| with the position of the Chronicle in opposition to territorial acquisition, all except giving back Texas. It tallies with Judge Berrien’s no dis membernicnt of the Mexican Republic proposition in the Senate, to the same extent. But the editorial remarks immediately fol lowing the letter of the (so called) Virginia officer is as follows: “This is the kind of country that Mr. Ityk proposes to buy of Mexico to obtain a peafe, instead of conquering it. Instead of indemj fying the United States for the expenses of te war, and subjecting Mexico to the humiliatifi of paying for her obstinacy and belligerent pi severance, he proposes, in order to peace, to bind her national escutcheon witty, chain of gold—to appease Mexican vengeanl with the glitter and clinking music of soil twenty odd millions of money.” So! Ho! Neighbour. You go in for inders nity do you! and that toe in hard dollars— ni 1 “dirty acres.” Why, then,the revenue tariff in| posed by the administration on Mexico shouli not have been so bitterly assailed by you. Brr we are surprised that a whig press in Georgil should insinuate that Mexico should pay aiv , indemnity. Do they not say that Mexicans) i in the right? Do they not contend that ewy > step of our troops from the Nueces to/ie Rio Grande was an aggression on Me|o? ? Why the Chronicle, in this article of McJay r last, quotes the authority of the great aqpm ‘ maculate Col. Thomas Hart Benton to |bve ’ this. It quotes his resolution that the|or -1 poration of the left bank of the Rio D chart e into the Union by a treaty with Tcxasfuld ■ m AUGU3TA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, OCTOBER 13 1 ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale. Duty. ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale. Duty. EXCHANGE BAUOIJYQ —Gunny,.... .... 21 to 23 oq pr.ct. OILS—So&m, VV. Strained ...Jl 30 to) J 37 f ree . Augusta Insurao an i Kentucky...... 17 to 19 p Kill .named 125 to au , , rauce and Banking Company, •« BALE ROPE —Manilla... 14 (Q 15 25 pr ct fsiuifliuer d 0.... 1 Oii fw 1 12 **.lll v c Augusta,..,, u - Branch State of Georgia, Aucusta .. DACOJY —Hams .. I 9 to- iu > Tanners ! 55 a) * Bank of Brunswick . Shoulder. j..., 74 15) 8.4 J P POTATOES. übl. 325 G) 350 Georgia Kail Road, „ BUTTER —Goshen,prime ft, 23 fa) 25 20 pr ct PIPES ( 02 to lUu Mechanic.’ Bank, M Country 12 (a) 15 I ' ’ PORTER Joz. 225 id) 350 Bank of St. Mary’., CANDLES Spenaacelti •(.... 34 to) 37 4 20 pr. ct. PEPPER ft) jl9 tola Bank of Milledeeville “ Georgia made ....' 13.}t0) 15 |i PIMEjVTO I 14£t015 Bank ol JUiiledgevuie, M Northern “.. 17 to 18 ;i 20 pr. ct. Rjuseys— Malaga, bunch box. 269t02 75 1 Bank of the Slate of Georgia, at Savannah .. « CHEESE —Northern 10 to COFFEE —Cuba |.... Bto 9 A RICE —Ordinary 199. 475t0 099 Marine and Fire Insurance B an k Savannah" \\ Ri0.............. B \<a> 9 I Fair ..5 99 to 526 Branch of ditto, at Macon,. ’ ' “ >, f Java......... .... 12,4t0*15 f lre «. Good and Prime 575t0 9 Planters’ Bank, . . Lagyura 9to 19 j f French Brandies..... gal. 169t0 2 100 pr. ct. Central Bank of Georgia,..’ * „ 4rT** “T-n® »* 1 Si:: § “ “yd. wide l?4to 20 j e- American Gm j 49 t 043 | Bank of Camden 1 O J Sheetings, brown, 5-4. .... 12 to 15 | $ lluni Isoto 200 100 pr. ct- Bank of Georgetown * bleached, 6-4 ..., Is to 20 j g N.E.Rum, hds, & brls. .... 37 t 049 F Columbia “ ® Checks I ; 10 to 16 ! Whiskey,Phil. & Balt 35 t 037 Mer | j Bed Tick 1.,.*. 12 to 18! 80. New Orleans 39 t 033 : Sfiliurf’ » 1 Osnabiurga Boz .L.l 10 to) 114 j (Peach Brandy 75 to 100 100 pr.ct. Alabama \ole< g> M I Yarn (assorted) lift, 17 @l9 SU OAR-Cubu Muscovado fb FlSH —Mackerel, No. 1., .‘bbl. 13 to 14 } PK. & St. Cr.ix .... 0 toll | Lummcrual Bank of Macon Ailed -7 ,?' 3 ' No. 2;...... 8.4 to 9| S2O pr.ct. Havana, white.. 10 toll 1 30 nr ct NO SALE OR UNCERTAIN. Do. N 0.3.... .... 04 to 7 ) New Orleans.... Bto9 /-9J pr. ct. Merchants’ Bank of Macon * FLOUR —New Orleans...-,... none. j Loaf. .... 13 to)14 Bank of Darien and Branches. aiu ß ....8 00 to) 850 >2O pr.ct. Lump . .... II to 12 J Bank of (kdumbus. Georgia 500 to) 600 > SAL T— Li verp001........ sack 175t0000 l on _ . CliattaboocLee Rail Road and Banking Comn^f GRADY- Corn bus. 50 to: 55 ( Loose bus., 45 toso ; | 20 pr, ct. Monroe Raii Road aud Ba P y ' - SOAP American, yellow ft, 1 sto 6 39 pr. ct. Planters’ and Mechanics’ Hank, Columbia. GUJYPOWDER— keg. 550t0 600 . SHOT— AU sizes 162t01 75 20 pr. ct. Exchange Bank, Brunswick. HIDES Dry ................ to l onnr nt M2O 00to30 00 40 pr. ct. Insurance Bank of Columbus, at Macon. „„ v „ D t r y > aalted ■. • to j 2O pr- ct- 4 American 8® 10 PJiceuix Bunk of Columbus. HA I—Eastern lOO. to> > TALL OH —American Bito 9 10 pr ct North River to) 20 pr. ct. TOBACCO— Georgia lb 4to i CHECKS. IROJY —Pig j 100. to 30 pr.ct. Cavendish...... 15 to'lG 130 pr. ct. On New York, 1 prem Swedes,assorted, ton. 4Jto 5.4 30 pr. ct. TWIJYE —Bagging 18 t 025 l on : Philadelphia, .. Hoop ..100. 7 to> } nn Seine..* 1 39 to)50 30 pr. ct. Boston, •< Nail Rods !.... 6 to) 7 Gunp’der &, Imp J.... 75 to 100 1 i Lexington, Kontuckv *’ LEAD —Pig and Bar ;100. 6 to) 7 > • Hyson, j.... 75 to'Bo (free Nashville, Tennessee, »« Sheet 64 to 8 >2O pr ct. Young Hyson, • 59 t0)75 J STOCKS White Lead ?4to 9 ) WIJYES— M.-ideira gal. 209t02 25 39 pr. ct. Georgia, 8 per cents * . no sales .bbl.. Isoto 250 Claret, Mars’lies, cask 25 to6o 140 pr. ct. Georgia, 6 per cents us ot 100 MOLASSES — Cuba •’gal..j 27 to l 30 )„ n Do. Bordeaux doz. 300 to 3 5040 pr.ct. ..... „ r . . ,° r *f ans -. ••••! 37 4to 49 \ JU ct ‘ 1 Champagne,....... 900 tols 00 40 pr. ct. *Not taken by our banks, but redeemable at the Plant- JSAILS -mt, 4d to 20d...; 1 54® 54 30 pr. ct. . Malaga.... ..I 56 t 062 Uo pr.ct. [ ers’Bank, Savannah. EXPORTS or COTTON TO FOREIGN AN£ COzISTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEZtIBER, 1845. WHITHER EXPORTED. ■_ SAVANNAH- CH A - 1347. [ 1846. 1847. | 1846- 1847;] 1846. j 1847.) 1846, 1 1347.! 1846.1847. 1 1846. j 1847. 1846. Huii! 1 .?. 0 . 1 ‘ ; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; ;; ; ;; ; L549 i 2 » u49 3,541 1 3,745. ~ 4,439 is,Bsß| 27109 ooii, , 666 7777777.777777- Glasgow and Greenock I "-T” ' ’ ‘‘ * ! {7a r; '‘' * I” ’ ‘ ‘oIA *’** *‘ * * ! ~ , Cork and a Market 1,227*J !.!!! | j 21} 1 - Total to Great Britain.. L 549 2,949 4,7661 3,74 b 4~439. j*' 17,594 _ 2,100 \ Havre ' - ■ - . .... —7. - -1 . 1 ~™* ~ • ..... - t * icordeaui:::.?::::::::::::::::::::: **---•*- - 2,019.........) 7,450; 5,293, 459.. rrrrr^r: | Nantes j d j *j ' 4 ,498| .97 ! i mim• | »>:■• Total to France |! j j l|. . .. . || 2,919, 15 8,954, 0,090 450; j|” 1^747, — 6^45 i Amsterdam 1 ! f- 1 -— • ~ ■ Rotterdam.: i”:::;;: 4 7 ; sol i Antwerp .J 988...- • 1,134) 750 ) ) Hamburg ; 1 .j. fm 804 ........j........ j i* : {J rem ® n ] *. 644| 1,167 ! I Barcelona \ 1 852 1,-129 1. , Havana,&c 1 1, i........ L 404 . ’ ! 1 1 Genoa, Tnesta, ice I* * * V-.Va *■**•' * ‘U-. ; t Ghent; & c ..... 7 :*L. 1i783 i... . . dj other Ports j (...!!!!!j!||!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|j .*.’.*•! aii i Total to other Foreign Ports.... j j | "|| j j ; LB4O New York 3,096 5,236 3,180 i 2,785 904 I » osto " 26 31 1 018 518 IHH 116 1 1 2 393 4 1 7 * i •-••-J Providence 1..... ! I 1 ( *v* i , Philadelphia ■ 5 ' 456 j I*6B .*.*.* .*.*.*.’!( 175' 100 !!!!”!!”!]!*]) )\\ Baltimore. 99 , J 3( 11(3 j I Other Ports 72 1,006 j 1,235 ! 107 i. j. W “ T*! Total Coastwise 3,381 7,406 4,517) 9,764 4,569 2,1391 sTHI 2,826 “j 7~7 j ( " j j — 17^3* j~ 22^35 Grand Total u" 4,880'" 9,455 9,285 ' 13,510 2,139 j 2u,7(,7 ~ 7,514 b9jij~7s^9s, be a direct aggression on Texas. The Chronicle says'; “Mr. Polk sot out, in the first place, to de fend Texas against invasion. That was fully accomplished by stationing our army at Corpus 1 Christi. He then ordered the army to be j marched to the Rio Grande, thus, according j to Mr. Benton, committing an aggression on Mexico.” -j, . -j -- I : • •%' ’I '*■ Mr. Benton says annexation would be a di ! feet Tivo f'/nvMiiVZo euy-j rnorebing j to the Rio Grande was an aggression. .These are two distinct doctrines. ,To which do the Georgia whigs hold? That annexation was the aggression, f and caused the war—or that the march of the army from Corpus Christi? Mexico ha* decided this point, by uniformly declaring, in every form of solemnity, that the annexation of Texas was the provocation to war, and caused it. It was, she declares, suffi cient cause of war, and for that she took up arms and attacked our troops. pre paring to invade Texas before the march from Corpus Christi. . , , But the Chronicle says that repelling inva sion was sufficiently accomplished by station ing the array at Corpus Christi; So thought not tlio Texans., The array there tould hot have protected Texas; The point of threat ened invasion was Matamoros, and there Was the actual iiivdsiom Texas claimed the land 1 opposite that city as her territory,: In the ab sence of every other recognized claim to it, | the President was bound to respect it, and protect it as Texan soil. It had been, in fact, ! so recognized by the revenue laws of Congress. ( It was represented pn the floor of Congress. It was the President’s duty to protect the soil of that State from invasion. He therefore would not hare accomplished all his duty, had he have kept the army quietly at Corpus | Christi. Corpus Christi, by the way, is bn 1 the disputed territory. It is west of the | Neuces. But after all, we would be doing the Chroni : cle injustice if we take the above quoted ex j pressions as indicating that it advocates the exaction of indemnity—indemnity in gold and ‘ silver, from Mexico. It has often disclaimed any such purpose. It has urged, too, in be -1 half of Mexico, that she is too poor to pay, when the cruel democrats were loud toned for indemnity. We still understand the L | Chronicle to be a no indemnity paper, and the article from which we quote was only in its usual vein of finding fault with the Adminis tration. If Mr. Trist had proposed very on erous terms, the Administration would have been called unmerciful and exacting. As it is, it is charged with offering terms too favora ble. It is clear that the Administration can never please the whigs. Commerce of Charleston. The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says— “By the following official returns, which have 1 been obligingly furnished to us by the Collec tor, it will be perceived that the amount of i duties collected on imports during the month I? of September 1847, almost trebles that for the I same month in 1846. i Sept. 1847- Sept, 1846. Duties rccived $61,000 $22,000 Value of Dutiable goods imported, $168,231 1 “ Free goods, 210 “ of Domestic produce exported. 313,239 Nashville and Charleston. ColT. R. Stevenson, in a let ter dated Mur freesboro, Sept. 14, states that between seven and eight hundred thousand dollars of stock in the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad has been taken, “with a good prospect of getting the balance of our portion of it.” , . j Our Exchanges. j We shall in future send our daily paper only to publishers of dailies, and to such weeklies ! and tri- weeklies as will pay us the difference :of Exchange. To tri-weeklies we will send our tri-weekly, and to weeklies our weekly, * * ! subject to the exception in favor of those who i j prefer. I "NVe will also send our tri-weekly only to tri- j ) weeklies and to those weeklies that desire it, | and will pay the difference, i We. will also send but one copy of our daily ; |to any .daily office in exchange. Those de- : siring two copies, one for their reading rooms, must pay the, subscription for one of them. 1 This plan is adopted in pursuance of an un derstanding to that effect at the Editorial Con vention at Stone Mountain. It is adopted in view of the heavy expenses of a daily paper, soon to be greatly enhanced by the cost of telegraphic accounts when the line is com pleted through, this City and and from Svell considered views of ecbhonxy and 1 justice; The Georgia Election TV e have received no additional returns to ; those published by us yesterday. So far as received, there is every probability that the Democratic candidate, G. W. Towns, Esq., is elected Governor by 1500 majority. The re turns for the Senate and House are so close that it is difficult to say which party will have j the ascendancy. If Bulloch and Tattnall has I elected a whig to the Senate, it is rendered certain the democrats will not have a majority in that branch. The Late Storm -1 The papers received by last evening’s mail ! give intelligence of great damage done by the recent storm experienced North of Richmond. The Baltimore Sun of Saturday last, says — “The moderate rains that have prevailed for several days past, on Thursday night increas -1 ed to a perfect torrent which swelled the wa | ter in Jones’ Falls higher than it has been known since 1836. Many of the lower por tions of the city were inundated. The neigh borhood of Holliday and Saratoga streets was flooded to the depth of three or four feet,com pletely blocking up the way, and cutting off I approach to the central police office, except by 1 water*” Maryland Election. We have returns from nearly all the State, from which it appears that the whigs have elected to the House of Delegates 38 and the democrats 31 members. Last year iu the same counties the whigs had 43, and the democrats 24 members. The democrats hr.ve made a clear gain of 7 members in the House as far as heard from,or a nett gain of 14. The whigs will have a majority in the Senate. The de ■ mocratic candidate for Governor will be elect -1 ed by over 1000 majority. For Congress, the v/higs have elected members in the first, se cond, fourth and sixth districts, and the demo crats in the third and fifth. New York Whig Nominations, The Whig State Convention, at Syracuse, on Wednesday, nominated Hamilton Fish for Lieut. Governor, and Millard Filmore for Comptroller. The New York Journal of Commerce of Bth inst. says— The failure of the Merchants’ In surance & Trust Co., of Nashville, having an agency in Philadelphia, is announced. This is the “Western Institution" alluded to in the card of the Ohio Life & Trust Co., for account of which the business with Gowers & Co. was done. Death of Lieut. Twiggs. —A mong the recant malancholy anuohuCements from our array, i* that ot the death of Lieut." Gfcorge Decatur Twggs, who, a few months since, left our city in company with his father, Major Twiggs, of the marine corps, for M jxic6. The Inquirer states that he was attached t a 'Major Daily's j command, which had three separate ’engage | merits with the guerrillas, in all cf which I Lieut. Twiggs distinguished himself, ard in j the last fell gallantly sustaining the reputation sos our arms. This brave young officer was a | fine scholar, wrote weh, and, at the time ho ! left, was reading law with a distinguished ! membor of the bar. He would have hcen aI : nutted to practise on his return home, if ho ! had survived the war with Mexico. Hi was an only sou, and his deeply-afflicted mother 1 and sisters are residing at our navy vard.— The citizens of Philadelphia will deeply sym pathise with them in the melancholy bereave ment.—Phila. Courier. The Cotton Crop. —Dr. Hawkins, who has i just returned from a visit to St. Landry and ; Kapides, says the Franklin Planters' Banner | of the 30th ult., informs us that, notwithstand | ing the appearance of the worms, it is believed | that two-thirds of a crop of cotton will be ! made in Western Louisiana. The cane on up ; per Bayou Bobu if, and about Opelousas is un ! commonly large, and should it not be affected by an early frost, must yield well. From New Town to Opelousas, there is much sicklcss ex isting in the prairies, but upon the bayous the season has been remarkably healthy.— X. O. i Delta , 7th in*t. Special Notices. Another Letter from Vermont. Nov. 21, 1815. Mr. Seth VV. 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