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: (Vk Tm)nstitutu)Nai;ist, ' J A MES GAR ON E R. JR. ~ _ i TERMS. Daily, per annum s!> 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance. .....5 00 Weekly, per annum 00 If paid in advance 2 50 j To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE j COPIES axe sent. This will put our \V eekly pa- i per-ruthe reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. (Ey’Subscrifaers who will pay up arrearages, and : send four hcav subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00. new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. (Uf’Postage most be paid on all communications ! and letters of business. (From the Commercial Correspondent of the Union.) NEW YORK Oct. qO, 1817, > Wednesday, 4, P. M. ) Yesterday arrived simultaneously the French steamer Missouri, at this port, from Cherbourg, with dates to the 30th ult., and the Cambria at Boston, from Liverpool, with dates to the 4th instant. The death of the lion. Alexander If. Everett, at Canton, on the 29th June, is much to be deplored- It was apparently very sudden. I had the honor of receiving a very interesting letter from him, dated Macao, May 16—a lit ter more than a month before his reported death. He spoke of his being about to re- 1 move to Canton, and was indulging high hopes for the future. Enclosed was a letter for publication, on the condition of China,and which will appear in the forthcoming number of the Democratic Review. He was upon the evo of increasing the sphere of his usefulness to his country, by extending his relations among the remarkable people to whom he Avas the first resident minister sent by the United States, and of whom he had formed already a high opinion, much more favorable than that usually entertained by foreigners. His mission was calculated to promote the intercourse and good understanding between the two coun tries, and his death will be felt as a great loss. The general features of the news are the same as those previously received, A r iz: a con tinued and unexampled pressure in the money market, involving further importatant failures. Over thirty firms have become insolvent in the fourteen days which elapsed from the 19th September to October 4. Their liabilities range from £160,000 to £600,000 each. These firms are connected with the East India trade aid Avith Lancashire, in the export of co ton goods and yards. The causes of these terrible diasters arc no longer alleged to be the fall in breadstuff's, inasmuch as the prices of food have rallied, restoring in some degree the va lue of the assets of these corn houses Avhose stocks were Avithheld from market, The flour of some of the insolvent houses that was valued during the panic at 235., is uoav Avorth 285., and prices have a firm and upward tendency; while the devastation spreads among other branches of business, seemingly Avith increas ing force, the last day of the dates (Oct. o) having been one of the most gloomy and eventful. Many of the Avriters and newspa pers affect to ascribe the distress to “misregu lation of the finances,” and other such puerili ties, as if nations or communities, any more than individuals, can financier themselves out of debt, or supply, by multiplying promises, the loss of actual wealth. For a length of time credit may be sustained, to a great extent, but only to make the inevitable crash the greater in the end. It has been the marked feature of the crisis uoav culminating in England, that nearly all the exploded houses have long been insolvent, and Avere living on credit, which enabled them to command the floating capital of the country. That floating capital has measurably ceased to exist, and, as a conse quence, those who “traded on borroAvod capi tal” are encountering a merited fate. The strength of the position of the United States is oAving to their having ceased to do so. The finances arc sound. No government funds are outstanding, through scores of inflated banks to SAvell the obligations o f speculators whose shortsighted operations undermine the fabric they are seeking to raise: but the constitution al currency being in demand, through the healthy action of the Treasury Department, the funds of all closes, bankers and merchants, are regularly invested in productive industry, which constantly increases the capital employ ed. In Great Britain over $5,000,000 jier Aveek has, for more than a year, been drawn from commerce and productive industry, and sunk in railroads, Avhich, hoAvever useful they may be henceforth, are of no aA-ail now as ex changeable commodities. When capital is employed in manufactures, it purchases raw materials and pays the wages of operates, Avho purchase largely of foreign productions for their OAvn consumption. The result of their labors, however, is an exportable commodity, Avhich goes forth in discharge of importations, with some profit to the employer. In years of short harvests, the quantity of foreign food to be purchased is enhanced, requiring larger exports to pay for it. The usual effect of this is to cause breadstuff’s to be high in price, and con sequently to diminish the consumption of other articles of foreign colonial produce, and also of domestic manufactures. The price of these latter fall, and the export increases, while Stocks of other produce and of goods are sent to the continent to raise money, and the dimi nution of capital sustained by the failure of the crop is compensated for. During the last year the failure of good crops has been equal to $10,000,000. The consumption of foreign grain for the mouth of August wns 1760,000 quarters, and for September 1,800,000, Avorth £9,000,000, or $15,000,000 for lavo months’ consumption. This has involved an immense loss of floating capital, Avh ic vast sums have been invested in railroads, and the operation of which has been to increase the consumption of foreign goods and produce; while those en gaged in the production of goods to export, and in the shipment and sale of them, have so und a constantly increasing difficulty in pro curing money to carry on their operations, until a fearful calamity has resulted, and many are forced to abandon their operations. The future presents no prospect of relief. The railroads arc in active operation, and the “calls” continue as. large as ever. Ihe “calls for September were £1,125,871, and for October £3,458,011 —making £37,873,354 since Jan uary, Avhile the state of the harvest is such as to give rise to the liveliest fears. There is now no doubt but that the actual wants of Ireland will be fully as largeas last year. There is as vet, however, no means of supplying them. That the United States can furnish limitless quantities of corn, is true; but who is to pay for it? The enormous purchases of the British government for Irish account will not be renewed; and how extensive soever may he the means of local relief through increased em ployment iu the raising of flax and other mat ters, if importation take place, they must be paid for by England. The potato ciop, Miia.ll • as was the number of acres planted with them, will turn out badly, and the countries of the west of Europe present no better prospect lor that root, and rye advances in consequence at ' the leading ports; but generally the crops are i said to be so mueb. better, as to* indirect the hope that the level of prices for food wiil rule^ ' much lower than last year, and in consequence thereof, that the consumption of goods will be enhanced to the benefit of the English export trade. The chief articles of English export are cot ton goods—that is to say, in round numbers, of £50,000,000 annual export, £25,000,000 is of cotton manufactures; consequently, the condition of the market for the raw material is matter of the greatest anexiety. Cheap money and cheap raw material are essential to the export trade. Money was never more scarce in the manufacturing districts than now; and the quantity of cotton taken for consumption is very small, being 21,000 bales only for the week ending October Ist, and the price falling heavily. This Avas regarded as a good feature in the banking circles; because, the more the price of cotton fell, the less would be the de mand upon England to pay’ for it, and the more available would manufacturing capital become in working it up for export. It is evident, however, that the fall is the effect of extraor dinary pressure, which paralyzes business, any revival of Avhich must again raise prices. The j ! accounts from this side were anxiously looked for, in the hope that the prospect of a larger crop than last year might afford promise of j permanently loAvor prices. Up to this time, however, the receipts vary’ little from those at the same time last year. It is pretty Avell ascer tained, as far as it can be so early' in the year, that the production of cotton for 1847-’4B will be insufficient to supply the spindles in opera- j tion throughout the year; and that | those Avhich can run to the best advrntage, by | means of the facilities they can command, will obtain the largest proportional share, and pro duce the most goods. England cannot depress the market for any length of time, as in former ’ years, by financial operations. The continental , and U. S. demand now boars too large a pro portion to the supply to allow the control of the market to Great Britain. 31 ti gtt 0 1 a, (Georgia. TUUSDAY MORNING, OCT. 26. Letter Sheet Prices Current will be ready’ for delivery' to-morroAv morning at 9 o’clock. Those Avishing extra copies will leave their orders at the office this day,as avg will only Avork off a sufficient number to fill orders. Which is the true Boundary?— The Nueces or the Rio Grandei? The true boundary of Texas, on the west- ' ern or Mexican side, became a question of prac tical interest for the first time to the Ameri can people in 1803. It was then that the territory of Louisiana became by purchase the property of the American Union. Texas was then a part of Louisiana, and Louisiana then became the property of the Union. What was Texas then? Where was it’s western boun dary? Mr. Jefferson aIAA-ays asserted and main tained that the Rio Del Norte Avas that boun dary. So did Presidents Madison, Monroe and John Quincy’ Adams. Mr. Monroe assert ed this as early as Nov. 1803, Mr. Madison | as early as 1804, Mr. Adams as early as 1818, and these distinguished men eA’er after uni | formly maintained this position. We Avill not occupy onr space with numerous quotations at hand to shoAv this. It Avill not be denied. But we will give another very high name in favor of this boundary’. As early as April, 1820, Mr. Clay’, in a speech on the Florida treaty, declared that “onr title to the Rio Del Norte was as well founded as it was to the island of New Orleans.” brVgain: in his famous Raleigh letter of April 17th, 1844, he declares, “The United States acquired a title to Texas, extending, as I belicA’e, to the Rio Del Norte, by the treaty of Louisiana.” Mr. Benton, in a letter of 4th May, 1841, published in the Washington Globe, uses the following language: “Our title to the Avhole of Texas had been previously vindicated by r Mr. Adams himself, 1 Avho showed from I-a Harpe’s Journal, and other early writings, that the French, tinder whom Ave claimed, had established themselves : under La Salle, at the bay’ of St. Bernard, the j oldest settlement in the proA’ince, upwards of i thirty years before the Spaniards crossed the Bio | del Norte. “The best and most numerous harbors on ! the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico, lie between the Sabine and the mouth of the Rio del Norte. As a naval and commercial power, owning the great river which carries the commerce of an empire into the gulf, we had the greatest need for these harbors. By the acquisition of Louisiana, avg obtained them; by the new boundary established on | our south-west frontier in 1819, we gave them , away. . ! “Before the establishment of this boundary’, all the country to the Avest of the lower Mis- L sissippi, finite to the Bio del Norte, was ours.” 1 In addition to this, may bo added the fact ' stated by Mr. Madison in 1804, that Mr. Saus ; sat, the French Commissioner who delivered i the territory to us, declared that the Rio del Noite w’as the boundary. The Spanish au , authorities also granted an order for the de livery of all posts on the Avest side of the Mis sissippi, thus confirming the French assertion as to the boundary’. , | That this country exercised this claim to the full extent, AA-ehai’e the authority of Mr. Web ster. In a note of his, to the Mexican min ister, written Bth July, 1812, while he Avas Secretary of State, we have his statement of this fact, and that the United States confirmed Spain in it by the treaty of 1819. Here is his language : “By the treaty of the 22d of January’, 1819, between the United States and Spain, the Sa bine Avas adopted as the line of boundary he tAveen the two poAvers. Up to that period, no considerable colonization had been effected in | Texas; but the territory between the Sabine and the Rio Grande being confirmed to Spain by the treaty, applications were made to that power for grants of haul; and such grants, or ; permissions of settlement, were in fact made by the Spanish authorities in fervor of citizens of the United States proposing to emigrate to Texas in numerous families, before the decla- I ration of independence by Mexico." So much for the boundary of Texas as ceded j to Spain- Now let us inquire what is the boundary claimed for herself by Texas, and' assented to by Mexico. It is a matter of notoriety that the republic of Texas never asserted for her self any’ other boundary. She vindicated her title to independence on the ever glorious field of San Jacinto. It was there, in the language of the eloquent Preston, the title- of Mexico to Texas was forever extinguished. A feAv months after that memorable battle, a treaty was made, of Avhich the follow ing is a portion : “Articles of agreement and solemn compact made and adopted by David G. Burnet, Presi dent of the republic of Texas, and the under signed, members of the. cabinet thereof, on the | one part, and Don Antonio Lopez de Santa ; Anna, President of the republic of Mexico, i and Don Vicente Filisola, general of division, Don Jose Urrea, Don Joaquin Ramires y Ses ma, and Don Antonio Gaona, generals of brigades of the armies of Mexico. “4th. That the President, Santa Anna, in his official capacity as chief of the Mexican nation, and the generals Don Vicente Filisola, Don Jose Urrea, Don Joaquin Ramires y Ses ma, and Don Antonio Gaona, as chiefs of ar mies, do solemnly acknowledge, sanction, and ratify the full,' entire, and perfect indepen dence of the republic of Texas, with such boundaries as are hereafter set forth and agreed upon for the same.” Among the articles of this treaty was one (the sth) specifying the Rio Del Norte from its mouth to its source, and thence to North latitude 42 degrees. Santa Anna "was then the military dictator of Mexico, and embodied its sovereignty in his own person. More than that, the Mexican nation affirmed the treaty by accepting the release of 4000 prisoners, the restoration of arms and munitions of war and other public property and by receiving the benefit of other provisions of the treaty. The Western boundary of Texas was ac knowledged by us in a tx*eaty with that Repub lic in 1838 to be the Rio Del Norte. She was afterwards admitted into our Union while claiming this boundary. In the absence of an)' other boundary recognized either by that I State or by our federal government, and under the repeated refusal of Mexico to make any treaty by which the boundary could be mutu- j ally agreed upon, it became the duty of our ! government to defend that boundary and to ! i protect the soil east of it from invasion. That soil is now consecrated by the blood of the immortal heroes of Palo Alto and Resaca. On those glorious fields of American valor and American patriotism rest the bones of many of her gallant dead. Every impulse of patriot- I ism and national pride forbid the surrender of that consecrated soil to the base and perfidious Mexican. The footsteps of that degenerate race should never more be allowed to press upon it with a conqueror’s stride, i Yet there are people and presses in the bosom | of our own country that insist upon it that i the soil belongs to Mexico and should be sur ° i ; rendered to her. They find fault with our | government for refusing to acknowledge the 1 Nueces to be the true boundary between Mex- | ico and this Republic, and thereby acknowl edging ourselves to have been the aggressors in this war, which Congress declared to have been commenced by the act of Mexico. But it mav be considered a settled matter that neither Mexican prowess in the field, nor Mexican chicanery in the cabinet, nor the arts . and sophistry of factious demagogues, nor the tears of tender hearted sympathizers with “ the wrongs of Mexico ,” can extort or cajole the American people into stultifying and degrad ing themselves by so preposterous an acknowl j edgment. * The Subjugation of Mexico- The associate editor of the Chronicle betrays , intense alarm at the idea of the subjugation of i Mexico, lest, after this is accomplished, Mexico should turn around and subjugate us. The fol ■ lowing is a portion of his panic article of yes ; terday. “Do you wish to be placed at the mercy of ; ten millions, hostile to you, as enemies and | conquerors, in the first place, and as support ers of that institution in the next ? Are you willing to run the hazards of annexing Mexi co ? Do you not know that every State with in the limits of that unfortunate country would be against you? When, in the course of time and events, could you hope for a majority in a single Mexican Statei How would you feel j with ten millions of fellow-citizens on your I South, the implacable foes of your system, and | fourteen millions on the North of you, with a • bolt of opposition encircling you from the At lantic ocean, on our extreme North east around i our Northern line, along the Pacific, and again across our Southern boundary to the Gulf of Mexico This is an appeal to the ,f /nen of the South.” So far as the ten millions of those ‘ fellow citizens” of the South are concerned, we would | suggest, as a panacea for our neighbors dis | turbed nerves, that those ten millions would have to pass the field of San Jacinto, and the whole State of Texas also, before they can get to us. As for the fourteen millions at the North, wc think they are divided among themselves. We will leave the Missouri Compromise demo crats of the North, constituting a very large fraction of that party, to hold in chock tha whigs and abolitionists, who arc all Wilmot Proviso men. We doubt whether they will ever cross Mason & Dickson’s line to unite with the Mexicans to conquer us. The question is asked, when Southern men could hope for a majority in a single Mexican State? We reply, we would hope for it, in as little time as it took to get a majority in Texas. “Observe the circling year, how unperceived Her seasons change ! Behold, by slow degrees, Stern Winter tam'd into a ruder Springs The ripen’d Spring a milder summer glows ; Departing Summer sheds Pomona’s store ; And aged Autumn brews the winter storm.” We have never known a more striking illus tration of the Poet’s description of the gliding of one season into another than the present has furnished. We have had for weeks blight dry weather, the nights cool and sometimes chilly, gradual ly assuming a more marked degree of cold, while the days which commence at early morning cold and bracing, assume, towards noon, a warm temperature and “with a milder summer glow.”' It has been beautiful weath er, and in the country no doubt delightful, as well as highly favorable to the maturing and gathering the Cotton crops. But we, unfortu nate denizens of the city, have been almost suffocated with dust, and many have suffered with colds and sore throats from this irrita ting cause. But luckily, yesterday morning before day light, we had a refreshing shower, which was sufficient to prevent persons now from raising a dust, though it is not sufficient, unluckily, to raise the river. The river is getting low. Our Merchants are not receiving their goods quite as fast as they desire, but they are pre paring for a brisk trade, and their stocks are even now adequate to present emergencies. We may soon expect hoary winter with all his honors/ He comes ‘‘frosty but kindly,” as old age is described as coining to the tempe rate and prudent. It is a season that has its f pleasures as -well as its inconveniences and hardships. Cowper says of it, “I love thee, all unlovely as thou seera’st, And dreaded as thou art.” Kindling with his theme, he exclaims — “I crown thee King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Os undisturbed retirement, and the hours Os long uninterrupted evening: knows.” The gentle wind is now sighing among the trees, and scattering their withered leaves in rustling showers. But as yet our trees pre serve much of their verdure and their foliage. The beautiful old fashioned China presents a rich and gay appearance with its mingled hues of green and yellow. The more modern Spanish Mulberry is also presenting many a sere and yellow- leaf amidst its masses of green. The water oak and the elm still cling to their deep green suits, and extend over the bustling side -walks and fading grass plats, a dense shade that will soon be “more ornamental than use ful.” We cordially wish our readers, not only to cur business men a prosperous season, but to all the realization of the poet’s picture of “Fireside enjoyments, home born happiness,” and in addition, a reasonable share of what are called “the gaieties of the season.” Dividend- The Board of Directors of the Bank of the State of Georgia, have declared a dividend of Three dollars per share, for the last six months, payable on and after the 26th inst. Troops in Mexico- The Union of 22d inst. after noticing the ar rival of a portion of Gen. Cushing’s command at Vera Cruz, says—“ Since Brigadier General i Pierce’s departure with his brigade from Vera Cruz for Major General Scott’s headquarters, July 14th, six thousand troops and upwards arc officially reported to have arrived at the former place inclusive of October 6th; since which date, other and numerous reinforce ments have been rapidly concentrating there, and moving forward on the route to the city of Mexico.” Return of the Macedonian The L. S. frigate Macedonian, which went out in command of Com. DeKay, with a cargo ot provisions and clothing contributed to re lieve the wants of the destitute in Ireland and Scotland, arrived at New York on 22d inst.— She left Greenock Sept. 15th, but was com pelled by stress of weather, after the loss of several sails, to put back on the 17th, and rode /\ 11 f ll o1 rv cm M»1 A. _ 1- _ _ "11 out the gale under the lee of J? ranee. Tire New York Tribune, says that the mer cantile failures in England, notice of which was brought out by the steamer Cambria, in volve the sum of $21,177,600. This is exclusive of a number of houses, whose liabilities are not stated. Pennsylvania £2 lection We have now the reported or official returns from all the counties in the state, except Pot ter, McKean and Elk. Mr. Shrink's majority thus thus far is 18,117. The three counties named will increase his majority to the neigh i borhoodof 19,000. The Dalton Eagle of Friday last, says: “Corn was offered here this week at twenty-five cents j a bushel, and we understand that, twenty 1 miles from here, in Walker, Gilmer, or in the 1 adjoining counties of Tennessee, any quantity can be bought at from twelve to \fifteen cents per bushel.” The Governor of Pennsylvania has appoint ed the 25th of next month u dav of prayer, j * j thanksgiving and praise throughout that Com monwealth. The Governors of eight States have now issued their proclamations recom mending the 25th as a day of Thanksgiving. Some of the London letters state that Lord ! Ashburton sold out £500,000 of the funds to strengthen the Barings. Currency Congress- Late London papers state that a Currency Congress, composed of members of respective banking linns in the British provinces and mercantile houses of high standing in Lon don, were to have met in that city in a few ; days. All are agreed in the propriety of an immediate repeal of the Bank restriction act of 181 L Wisconsin Governor Dodge has called an extra session ° ' of the Territorial Legislature, to meet at Mad- J ison on the 18th instant, for the express pur pose of originating a new attempt to procure a State Constitution and be admitted into the Union. Bishop Ondcrdonk. The Episcopal Convention in New York was occupied on Wednesday, with the discussion of Bishop Onderdonk’s case. The chief point in debate ’was to the number of Bishops nccessa- ! ry to revoke a sentence —whether a majority of their whole number or only a majority of a quorum. Finally, the convention laid the subject of the new canon on the table, on mo tion of Hon. W. C. Rives, who introduced a resolution in effect that it is inexpedient to restore Bishop Qndcrdonk to his Episcopal functions. Death of Judg-e Goldth waite. The Mobile papers announce the death of Judge Goldthwaite, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of that state. He died at his residence in Mobile, on the ISth inst. after a short illness, of Yellow Fever. Tennessee- On the 11th inst. in the House of Represen tatives, Mr. Estell, from the Committee on En rollments, reported as correctly enrolled, an act granting further time for the completion of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road of Geor gia to the Tennessee river. o The Failures in Eugrland- The New York Express of Wednesday eve ing says: “The merchants are now in possession their fall correspondence by the steamers. The number of failures are in no ways exaggerated. But very few of them are connected with the trade of this country. It is not believed that a solitary failure will take place bore in con sequence ©f the stoppages in England.” The Washington. The Washington steamer which was adver tised to leave Southampton for New Aork on the same day in October as the Caledonia, is is now announced to leave Southampton on the 24th instead, of the 19th October, as pre viously fixed. The Kentucky Regiments- Two new regiments of volunteers, the 3d and 4 th, numbering 2000 men, were encamped, within seven miles of Louisville on the 4th instant. The auxiliary steam ship Edith, Captain Couillard, was to leave New-Yoik on Thurs day for Yera Cruz. She takes out about one hundred and sixty officers and men for the | array in Mexico, together with ammunition, &c. Death of Mr- Everett- By the arrival of the Cambria, we receive the announcement of the death of the lion. A. ; 11. Everett, commissioner from the United States in China. lie expired at Canton, on the 29th of June. We find the following ac count in the English Papers. The funeral solemnities took place at three o’clock, P. M. the following day, attended by nearly the entire foreign community. '1 he Rev. P. Parker officiated on the occasion.— After the reading of an appropriate portion of scripture and prayer, the remains were con veyed to the place of interment, Dane’s Island, Whampoa, the steamer Corsair, accompanied by most of the American and several of the English community, and officers belonging to 11. M. steamer Pluto, Capt. Airey having, with kind consideration, provided seamen from that vessel to convey the body to the grave. — At Whampoa, the procession was joined by a j detachment of armed men, sent by the French | Commodore Lapierte, under the direction of Commandant M. Livere (to escort it, and ren der military honors to the remains of the de ceased,) and by a train of boats from the Eng , lish, American and other vessels. The flags j at half mast, and minute guns from the French frigate La Gloirc, the flag ship of Commodore Lapierte, conspired to mark the interest and solomity of the occasion. Conversion of Profi Alien- The Rev. George Allen, A. M., of the Pro testant Episcopal Church, renounced the min ; | istry a few days ago, and publicly conformed > to the Roman Catholic communion. The ■ Philadelphia News says : 1 Hi} was received into the bosom of that . Church with the usual pomp and solemnity, ■ and partook of the first sacrament at the altar of St. John’s Cathedral. Prof. Allen was for f many years President of Newark College, ; i Delaware, and presided over its affairs with orl fVi f* 1 acit turn VPftTQ i Qistmguisnea acuity. xor ine last two years ! he has been connected with the University of i Pennsylvania, and is at this time Professor of I Latin and Greek, and Secretary of the Faculty, j The sudden change in his religious views has I surprised the Clergy and Laity of the Episco- I pal denomination, from the fact that he has hitherto been regarded a staunch Protestant. We have no doubt that this conversion will create quite a sensation in the religious world. [ From the Savannah Georgian,] Huzza! Our Country’s flag doth wave, O'er Montezuma’s halls ; The bannerol the free and brave. Floats o'er the lofty walls ; In vain the foe by numbers sought, To check our little band ; Thro’ fields by blood and valor bought, They’ve won the long sought laud! What tho’ a thousand noble hearts, .Shall throb on earth no more, For hurled down by the foe men’s darts, . Their dream of life is o’er ! They came at duty’s trumpet call, With high resolve they came, Where better could a soldier fall 1 Where leave a prouder name I And is there one within our land, Whate’er his tenets be, That honors not our gallant hand, Who’ve won such victory 1 Be his the shame—be his the doom, Os traitor and of knave, A life of self-reproach and gloom, A lone, unhonored grave I On Buena Vista's bloody plain, No party voice was heard, But side by side our ranks were slain, And side by side interr'd ; And shall ice far from harm, Talk lightly of the might Os those, who ’mid the war’s alarm, Are battling for our right ? Huzza! A thousand hearty cheers, For all our gallant men ; With shouts of joj", and burning tears. We’ll greet them home again ; Joy, for the forms that safe return ! Tears for the gallant slain ! And let each heart the craven spurn. That treats them with disdain. R. M. C. [From the New York Swi, Oci. 20.] The C eke wo xt of laying the Corner Stone of the Monument to Washington, yesterday, | was a splendid and imposing affair. The day ■ was beautiful, and at an early hour, long be ! fore the procession commenced, the whole j down-town population and swarms of coun try people from the river craft, seemed to be pouring in one living flood toward Hamilton Square. There was in fact a general suspen sion of business in the city. Stores and shops were open, but they had no customers, and even the arrival of news by two European Steamers failed to gather anything like the usual crowd around our office. Every body was intent on seeing the first stone of the great ■ monument laid. Not less than a hundred thousand persons joined in or were spectators of the procession, which was one of the most magnificent ever witnessed in N. York. The | military made a superb show, the fire eom- | panics vied with each other in the display of good order and bouquets, and the civic so- j cieties were dressed in their various regalias, l which, with the thousands of banners, gave thejprocession the appearance of a grand army. The ceremonies commenced with an able and eloquent prayer by the Rev. Mr. \ ermilye, after which the corner stone was laid by Gov. | Young, assisted by G. W. P- Custis and others. Under it were deposited the city papers, of the day, coins, &c. Following this, the ode written j by G. P. Morris was sung, after which came the Oration of Chief Justice Jones, then a glee i by the Apollo Brothers, the whole concluding with an address by G. W- P. Custis and J. C. Hart,, Esqs. The scene was one of thrilling interest, and every eye seemed to sparkle with pride as the ceremony of laying the Comer Stone was completed. Coming Home. —Every boat that now ar rives from the watering places over the lake, comes crowded with our citizens who have been passing the summer away from home. — j From Pascagoula, Biloxi, Pass Christian, Bay ; St. Louis and Madisonville "whole families arc daily returning. Yesterday we chanced to be at the lake end of the Ponrchartrain railroad when the boat from Madisonville arrived, and such a cargo of beds and bedding, cots, pots, kettles and tin-pans,- baskets, cradles and cribs; barrels, boxes and pigs; dogs, guns and hunt ers; men women, and children; papas, mamas and babies; and, in a w'ord, all sorts of things that go to make up that state of society known as “domestic felicity;” such a cargo, we sal ami such a sight we say were really good for sore eyes. There cannot be many more of our citizens at the watering places, and as an evi dence of this fact, it will be noticed, as we stated this morning, that the steamer Mobile ceases her trips to these points after Sunday next. —A. O. Picayune , 20 th inst. Special Notices. GLOBE HOTEL. CORNER OF BROAD S? JACKSONSTS. AUGUSTA, GA. BY FRANCIS 31. JENNINGS. Oct. 24 j y AUGUSTA FIRE COMPANY. riiere w ill be a general meeting of tlie Compa ny in Greene-strcet, in front of the Methodist Church, on Saturday, the 30th inst., at 3 o’clock P 31.. for practice and inspection. By order of the Chief Engineer, F LAMBACK. Wm. Phillips, Sec’y a. p. c. Oct. J 9 TAXES ! LAST AND FINAL NOTICE! Unless your TAXES are paid previous to the Ist November next, I shall issue Executions against all defaulters. Office on Ellis-street, at aiy Stables. R. A. WATKINS. N. B.—Always present except from hours 11 to 2. 5 Oct. 20 AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING CO3I PANE. By order of the Board of Directors, notice is hereb)'given, that an installment of 10 per cent is required to be paid in by the Stockholders on Wed j | nesday, the 10th of November next. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec/y a. m.c. Sept. 30 X O 3 DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at j tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in i Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalfs Range, up stair*. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store. June 13 6rn 215 PLEASANT STOVALL Renews the tender of his services in the STO AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTli ER PRODUCE, at bis Fire Proof Warehouse Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 134/. 8 mos. 35 (£o m in cr c ia I. LATEST DATES FROM LIVEKPOOL OCT. 4 LATEST DATES FROM HAVR3 OCT. 1 S A VAN NA H IMPORTS, OCfT 227 Liverpool—Br. ship Eliza—22B sacks Salt, 158,300 Slates. CHARLESTON, Oct. 25.— Cotton. —An inqui ry on Saturday in the Upland market by a very few attendants, resulted in the sale of 44)7 hales of fair descriptions, at 9 cents, being a decline of \ ct. since the day before, and cents since the ac counts by the Cambria. NEW YORK OctTaiTsi P. M.—Cotton, sales 1500 bales, chiefly for usejthe decline is 1 a on the new. Flour a little heavy, at #0,55 a 62 for new wheat Western Southern 6,63 a 75; sour 5,26 a 50; meal 53 a 3,50. Wheat, 1000 bus. good Genesee at 160 cts. — Corn, 7000 bus. mixed at 7i cents, 2000 yellow at 75cents, and some very choice yellow at 76 a 77 cents. Oats 47 a4O cents. OCT. 22,6 P. M.—There is a fair demand for Flour but buyers are endeavoring to abtain a con cession from holders. For Oswego ,$6 50 is bid, and $6 561 asked; for Genesee 50 bid, and $6 $6 asked. The transactions are obont 5,000 bbls. at $6 50 a $6 62£, closing quiet. The sup plies arc increasing, but Eastern ve-sels are still scarce. For Southern $6 75 is asked, but there is nothing doing. There is but little activity in Wheat. About 4000 hush, good Genesee was sold to-day at ,$4 40. Corn is also rather quiet. The sales to-day are about 8.000 bushels at 72 a 75 per bushel. The Cotton market is still declining. The sales to-day reached 2000 bales, showing a fall of from If to I|<3|ince the arrival of the steamer midd.iug Orleans Sold at 9 cents. MOBILE, Oct. 20.— Cotton —-Our last review left the market in a very unsettled condition, with such a wide discrepancy between the views of holders and purchasers as to put a stop entirely to all operations. This state of things was produced by the disastrous intelligence from Europe by the steamer Hibernia, and from its influence there has yet been hut a partial recovery. During Wednes day and Thursday of the commercial week now closed, there was not a single hale sold. Buyers demanded a reduction of Ic. to Ife. on the prices ruling previous to the reception of the foreign ad vices, and holders refused the concession. On Friday the latter partially gave way, and some 30G bales ot middlings changed hands at 9 a 9fc. On Saturday nothing was done—buyers declining to operate except at a further reduction, and sellers refusing to meet their views. On Monday and yesterday several small lots of middling cotton amounting in the aggregate to from 350 to 44X) bales, were sold at 9c., which in the present state of the market is the extreme price for that des cription of cotton. As we close, there is more dis position on the part of holders to meet the views of buyers, but they yield with great reluctance. The demand, on the other hand,, is extremely limited, owing to the absence of shipping facilities and the difficulty of negotiating either foreign or domestic exchange. The market therefore closes exceed ingly dull at the following quotations : LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Good and fine nominal Good fair nominal Fair...— alO Mid. fair— a Middling —a 9 Ordinary a We are pleased to notice a material improve -11 end in the quality of the new crop now coming to market —the result of the* fine weather lor pica ing, with which the-planters have been tavored duringthe last five or six weeks. It is better ginned, of better color, better staple, and better ap pearance generally, but there is still room lor im provement. In regard to the extent of the crop, our accounts are stilffirvorable. For five weeks the weather ha* been as fine for the crop as k could possibly have been, and should it continue a few weeks longer, without a killing frost, we may expect a near ap proach to an average crop. V&e hear of slight frosts in some parts of Marengo, Greene, Perry, &c. last week, but not sufficient to kill vegetation, and of course inflicting no injury upon cotton. The receipts of the* week have been 2841 bales, and the exports 1924 hales, and the stock on hau l and on shipboard not cleared last evening 19 J bales, against 8285 bales same time last year. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2£— Cotton— Arrived since the 15th instant. 14,275 bales. Cleared in t £ same time 1381 bales—making an addition to stocE of 12,394 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive ot ai on shipboard not cleared 00 the 10tb inst.^astoc of 74,125 bales. , r * At the time of making up onrlast report the co ton market had again assumed a fair degree o tivity, as buyers were disposed to come j more freely at the material reduction which " . ders had been compelled to submit to, and we stated to be fully \of a cent per lb. ia . receipt of the European account* by the H « d On Saturday there was again a fair sales to the extent of about 3400 bales wer