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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST!
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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[From the Washington Union, Oct. 30.]
Official
'Treasury Department, Oct. 30, HU7.
The receipts into the Treasury during the
miarter ending the 30th of September, 1847,
were*, as nearly as can now be ascertained :
From cu5t0m5. .......:: . $11,073,(109
“ lands 832,760
“ miscellaneous . 15,670
“ loan of 1846............... .v 111,000
loan of 1847 5,144,700
$17,174,130
The expenditures during the same period
were —
Civil, miscel’ous, and foreign intercourse $1,120,4.53 G 4
On account of the army, &x. 59,186,496 27
“ “ Indian Department 691,795 05
“ fortifications 190,158 OtT
“ ** pensions . . 583.332 36
“ “ navy 2,384,805 4c
“ “ interest, &c., on public debt 11,087 41
“ “ redemptioji of and interest on
treasury notes 6,12,501 61
$14,700,139 89
£ Ji WALKER,
Secretary of tile Treasury.
iPhc Finances-
It appears by the statement of the Treasur
er, which we publish this day, that the nett
balance in cash in the Treasury is ,<54,835,000.
Upon inquiry, it appears that the amount of
the loan and' treasury notes yet to be paid in is
ftfear $5,00t),000 —making, in all, of cash that
could be used before the meeting of Congress,
nearly ten millions of dollars. But to this
should be added, probably, $4,000,000 of ac
cruing revenue up to that date from customs,
lands, Mexican tariff, <Src., and we have the sum
es $14,000,000 applicable to the expenditures for
the month preceding the approaching session of
Congress; thus proving that tee shall not be out of
funds at that date.
We also call attention to the official state
ment, published above, of the receipts and ex
penditures for tbe last quarter. This is the
first quarter of th e first fiscal year under the
tariff of 1846. The receipts from all sources
during this quarter, it will be seen, are $17,-
174,130, and the total expenditures for the
same quarter, $14,700,139 89— thus showing
an excess of receipts over expenditures for that
guarler of $2,473,991. If, however, we deduct
the proceeds (as well as payments) from loans
find treasury notes from each column respec
tively, it will leave the receipts for the quar
ter $11,918,430, and the expenditures $14,-
075,950; thus showing an excess of expendi
tures for the quarter over receipts of $2,157,-
520. It is estimated, however, that the re
ceipts from the Mexican tariff, in addition, du
ring the last quarter, exceeded $500,000; which
(excluding the avails of loans and treasury
notes) would make the excess of expenditures
over revenue for the quarter about $1,657,000.
But as to the new tariff, the nett revenue
from customs under it actually paid into the
treasury for the first quarter of its first fiscal
year —namely, from 30th June, 1847, to 30th
September, 1847 —we see is $11,070,000. —
Now, on reference to the same nett revenue
from customs for the same quarter under the
tariff of 1847 preceding—namely, from 30th
June, 1816, to 30th September, 1846 —we find
that revenue was only $6,125,000, or but little
more than one-half the revenue from customs for
the same quarter under the new tariff. We re
publish the former official statement for that
quarter, and ask a comparison of the results.
The receipts into the treasury for the quar
ter ending 30lh September, 1846, were, viz :
Prom customs, about $6,125,000
« lands 640,000
“ miscellaneous sources 17.,000
“ treasury notes issued under act 22d
July, 1846 1,953,950
$8,735,950
The expenditures for the“same period were,
viz :
Civil, miscel’ous, and foreign intercourse..sl,644,27l 50
Army proper 8,153,659 30
Fortifications, ordnance,and arming militia 462,627 09
Indian Department 827,880 03
Pensions 9!»2,757 77
Naval establishment 1,909,980 76
Redemption of treasury notes, and interest, 62,096 82
Redemption of treasury notes which were
purloined, and interest 5,388 30
$ 14,088,661 27
R. J. WALKER,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Treasusy Department, Nov. 2, 1847.
Thus is the tariff of 1846 already self-vindi
cated, and Mr. Walker’s estimates more than
sustained. We will add, in conclusion, that,
under the new tariff, the exports of our oicn pro
ducts largely exceed the imports; thus showing
what the protectionists call the balance of
trade in our favor. Oh! Mr. Webster, Mr.
Evans, Mr. Huntington, Mr. Abbot Lawrence,
distinguished as you all are, where are your
predictions? Surely, neither of you are a Dan
iel in financial prophecy, whilst the much
abused estimates of Mr. Walker come out of
the lion’s den and the fiery furnace unscathed.
(From the Same, Nov. I.]
New Tariff.
In our last we published the official state
ment of the nett revenue from customs for the
first quarter of the first fiscal year under the
tariff of 1846 —being $11,070,000. We con
trasted this with the official statement of the
nett revenue from customs for the same quarter
the year preceding, under the tariff of 1842
being $6,125,000, or a difference of nearly five
millions of dollars, in a single quarter, in favor
of the new tariff, and at the same rate of dif
ference, if it continued, amounting in the
year to nearly twenty millions of dollars. We
now present below, from the New i r ork
Evening Post of October 30, 1847, the differ
ence at that port in a single week, being the
last week in October, 1847, between the two
systems —showing a gain in that week in the
single port of New York of $382,567, or 568
por cent. J ]
This last week is exhibiting another favora
ble feature in the tariff of 1846—that is, the
costly articles and luxuries, which are to the
greatest extent brought in during the fall
months, and which boar generally a much
larger duty under the tariff, of 1846 than that
of 1842, show a revenue of $464,228 on an im
portation of dutiable imports of the value of
1,536,757, or au average rate of duty exceeding
30 per cent, for that week; whilst for the same
week in 1846 under the old tariff the duties
were $81,661 on dutiable imports of the value
of $323,003, or a rate of duty less than 26 per
cent. Thus, under the new tariff, wines, cor
dials, alabaster, and spar ornaments, almonds,
fig*, composition tops for tables, &c., comfits,
sweetmeats, Sec., tigs, manufactures of cedar ! b
wood, granadilla, ebony, rosewood, and satin- ; t
wood; segars, snuff, Sec., See. &c.—being luxuries 1 c
chiefly consumed by the rich —paid much i
higher duties than under the tariff of 1842; |j
whilst the necessaries of life, used by the toil- 1
ing millions, and the tax upon which fell i
j more heavily upon labor, paid a much higher *
duty under the the tariff of 1842. j ]
Imports at N i:w Youm-Thc amount of goods ]
imported and entered at the custom-house at '
this port, exclusive of those scut to the ware- ;
house, and the amount of duties paid the same
period last year, arc os follows: j ;
1846. 1847. Increase Decrease: [
Free poods $76,757 $63,756 - $13,001 t
Dutiable do; 323,006 1,536,757 1,213,751
Total indze., $399,763 $1,600,513 $1,200,750
Specie 1,802 3,049 1,247
Cash receiv’d 81,661 464,‘328 382,567
Increase in dutiable goods a fraction over 475 per cent,
total merchandize “ “ 400 “
•cash “ “ 568 “
Tliis is the largest increase ever known at our cus
; tom-house.
The Patriotic Language of a Whig
' “The Hon. John P. Pobinson,” of Lowell, ;
Massachusetts, assigns the following among |
the reasons which determines him to vote for i
Mr. Cushing as governor of the State:
2 "Idly, I shall vote for him for the noble and
, independent stand which he took in the last
legislature in favor of clothing the soldiers sent j
0 to this Mexican war. I have been no advo
-0 cate of this war itself. I think it an exceedingly
j] unfortunate one. But as the country is in- |
a volved in the war, it is the duty of every good |
- citizen to stand by his country; and any man
10 who permits his attachment to his party to pre
d vail over this broad, deep-laid patriotic feeling,
is notja good citizen. It would be as impossible
i 4 for me to divest myself of it, as it would be to
forget the spot; of my nativity, or the scenes of
my carp' childhood. “We love our country,”
said Samuel Dexter, “not from the blind and
'8 unmeaning attachment simply because it is the
!;] place of our birth. It is the scene of our earliest
joys and sorrows; every spot has been con
-53 secrated by some youthful sport, some tender
friendship, some endearing affection, some
reverential feeling.”
Plato and Demosthenes were the two great
est prose writers of Greece, and lived under a
government very similar to ours. Os the
political courses of these two celebrated men,
the historian Niabuhr has made, in substance,
the following remarks:
“I said that Plato was not a good citizen,
because he expresses not the slightest esteem
and love for Athens, and because, on the con
trary, the scorn and contempt in which he in
dulges on the subject of democracy was ren
dered the more vehement and passionate by
the thought of his country; because, though
gifted with every requisite for serving her and
guiding her to her welfare, he superciliously
kept aloof from her, and because he not only
despirod of his country, which any man may
innocently do, but he also despaired for his
country, which no man has a right to do.
“1 called Demosthenes a saint, because his
love for his country ever glowed unimpaired
in his heart; because be made every sacrifice
to the means of arming for the national honor;
because, while under banishment, he joined
the Athenian envoys without ever thinking of
himself, or requiring anything for himself to
enlist confederates in behalf of his country,
lie forgave the faithless Ilyperides because he
was useful to Athens. It was for these reasons
that I called him a saint.”
Beautiful Allegory-
Night ki sed the young rose, and it bent
softly to sleep. And stars shone, and pure
drops hung upon its blushing bosom, and
watched its pure slumbers. Morning came
with her dancing breezes and they whispered
to the young rose, and it awoke joyous and
smiling. Lightly it danced to and fro in all
the loveliness of health and youthful inno
cence.
Then came the ardent sun-god sweeping
from the east* and he smote the young rose
with his golden shaft, and it fainted. Desert
ed aud almost heart-broken, it dropped to the
dust in its loveliness and despair.
Now the gentle breeze, who had been gam
boling over the sea, pushing on the light bark,
sweeping over hill and dale—by the neat cot
tage and the still brook —fanning the fevered
brow of disease, and tossing the curl of in
nocent childhood —came tripping along on the
errands of mercy and love; and when she
hastened to kiss it, and fondly bathed its fore
head in cool, refreshing showers, the young
rose revived, looked up and smiled, flung its
ruddy arms as if in gratitude to embrace the
kind breeze? but she hurried quickly away
when her generous task was performed—yet
not without reward, for she soon perceived
that a delicious fragrance had been poured on
her wings by the greatful rose, and the kind
breeze was glad in her heart, and went away
, singing through the trees.
'1 hus charity like the breeze, which gathers
1 a fragrance from the humble flowers it refresh-
J es, unconsciously reaps a reward in perform
* auce of its offices of kindness and love which
i steals through the heart like a rich perfume
’ to bless and to chccr.
j Fate of the Apostles
- St. Matthew. —This apostle and evangelist
[ is supposed to have suffered martj'rdom, or
was slain with a sword at a city of Ethiopia.
St. Mark. —This evangelist was dragged
through the streets of Alexandria, in Egypt,
until he expired.
St. Luke. — This evangelist was hanged upon
an olive-tree in Greece.
St. John. —This apostle and evangelist was
put into a caldron of boiling oil, at Home, and
escaped death. He afterwards died a natural
death at Ephesus, in Asia.
St. Peter, —This apostle was crucified with
his head downward at his own request, think
ing himself unworthy to die in the same pos
ture and manner as his blessed Master.
St. James the great. —This appostle was
beheaded at Jerusalem.
St. James the Less. —This apostle was
thrown from a pinnacle or wing of the Temple,
and beaten to death with a fuller’s cdub.
St. Phillip. —This apostle was hanged up
to a pillar at Hicrapolis, a city ol Phrygia.
St. Bartholomew. —This apostle was flay
ed alive, by the command of a barbarous
king.
St. Andrew. —This apostle "was bound to a
cross, whence he preached to the people till he
expired.
St. Thomas. —This apostle was run through
with a dirk, at Cormandel in the East In
dies.
St. Jude. —This apostle was shot to death
with arrows.
St. Simon. —Zealot —This apostle was cruci- i
fled in Persia.
St. Matthias. —This apostle was stonod and 1
then beheaded.
Sr. Barnahas. —This apostle of the Gen
tiles was stoned to death by the Jews at Sa- j
lana.
St. Paul. —This apostle was beheaded at
Rome by the tyrant Nero.
Washington in 1801. —One can scarcely
credit the description of Washington, as Mrs.
John Adams found it in 1801.
Mrs. John Adams thus speaks of the city in I
1801 : “Here and there,” she writes, “is a
small cot, without a glass window,interspersed
amongst the forests, through which you travel
lor miles without seeing a human being. The I
house upon a grand and superb scale, requir-
ing about thirty servants to attend and keep
the apartments in proper order. I could con- !
I tent myself almost anywhere for three months; •
1 * ’ i
but surrounded by forests, can you believe people. lie insisted upon the resolution as
that -wood is not to be had, because people proper, and in no way beneath the dignity of
cannot bo found to cut or cart it i The house thc roprescntativcs of the pcoplc .
is made habitable, but there is not a single a- . , „
partineiit in it finished. We have not the Mr. Lewis moved that the further ccnside
least fence, yard or other convetlibncc without, ration of thc resolutions be postponed for thc
and the great unfinished audience room I make present. On this, the yeas and nays were
a drying room of, to hang up the clothes in.— calle(]> and resulted—yeas 57, nays GG—so thc
It is a beautiful spot, capable ot every im- . , .
provement, and the more I view it the more motlon t 0 was lost.
I am delighted with it.” Mr. Bartow then withdrew his substitute,
The “great unfinished audience room” which and thc resolutions were passed,
i rs * A-dams speaks of, is the famous East Mr. j onc aj 0 f Paulding, presented a bill to
room of thc \Miitc house. „ »
-- regulate pleadings in various forms ot ac-
Diamond bux Diamond. —A jeweller of this tion j n our Courts of law, which was read the
city, who shall be nameless, was lately applied Krst time . Tliis was a vcrv elaborate bill of
to bv a nice looking man, to make a gold ring .
| for him, having in it a blade very delicate and a ,out: a “ ozen 01 more sections, and coutcm
keen, concealed except on a narrow scrutiny, plates a radical change in our system of plead-
I and opening with a spring. The bargain was ings in Court.
1 made to furnish it for thirt} dollars. On the Mr. Jones also offered a bill for regulating
appointed dav thc purchaser appeared, paid ~ , c , ... . , ,
1 thi stipulated price, which was fobbed Vcrv tho m0(lc of rccovcr >' ot bllls lssued b >'
{ complacently, and with an air of high satis- rotlons and enforcing the payment of judg
j faction put it on his finger. The jeweller, very ments obtained against them. This is the
! innocently, asked what he wanted to do with purport of thc bill as I understood if, but I
i such an article, to which thc replv was to cut . , , j i , ,
, . . ~ have not been able to transcribe its title.
I open pockets with. Ah, replied the jeweller,
doubtless in amazement, how can you do such motion was made to have 130 copies of
1 things with such an instrument, and not be de- each of these bills printed for the use of the
tccted; , , House. This motion was lost.
1 lie performer replied that his art consisted _ r . , . .
in diverting tho attention of the people from Hams of Baldwin, moved a resolution
i everything that looked like a design upon that payments made in advance by the Trea-
I them —that he rubbed his forehead, adjusted surer to members of the Legislature for milc
his hair, Sec., and that discovery came too late: a g e aud 0 £ p Cf d j em p a ? f or the time actually
! He then bade him good morning and went his , . .
, c . 0 ,, 0 , n i served, to the date of the several payments,
i way. Shortly after the jeweller as he walked ’ 1 J .
round the counter was accosted by the clerk — he recognized by the House, and that thc said
> 1 why what is the matter with your pantaloons ? payments be admitted as so much assets in the
t how came you to tear them so r A othing that settlement of the Treasurer's accounts.
’ I know of was the answer. Where? Whv, . , ~
I just look. When lo ! his pocket was found to lhls rcsolut.on, after some discussion, in
> be cut by the “artist,” with his new instru- which Mr. Speaker Jenkins participated, Mr.
t ment, and his pocket book gone, with not only Moseley of Henry, being in the Chair, was
the thirty dollars just paid, but four hundred i os^
• besides. Verdict of the public—“ Served him rr _ TT
• v+ »» A r v Ihe House then, on motion, sent a message
right. —i\. i. Inmate.
Ci uqti£ t a, ®tor 3 i a .
SUNDAY MORNING, NOV. 7.
’TIPWe received no papers by last evening’s
mail from offices North of Wilmington, N. C.
We find in the Charleston Mercury of yester
day the following Telegraphic despatch :
IBy Magnetic Telegraph-
New York, Nov. 3, 5 p. m.
New York all Whig—twenty thousand ma
jority.
New J erset. —The Democrats have elected
the Governor —the Whigs have the Legisla
ture.
No steamer has j’et arrived.
[Editorial Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.']
MILLEDGEVILLE, Nov. 4.
The Reporter regularly engaged to furnish
the Constitutionalist with a diary of the pro
ceedings of the two Houses, having declined
to carry out his contract, I shall endeavor to
supply his place until another can be procur
ed.
The proceedings of the Senate tins morning,
lam unable now to give you. The House
convened at 10, A. M., and being called to or
der by the Speaker, and the journal of yester
day read, the resolution of the Senate to go
into certain elections at 11 o’clock, was concur
red in.
Mr. Jones, of Paulding, then moved that
the resolutions of inquiry oflered by him yes
terday, calling for information from the Chief
Engineer of the State Rail Road, should be
taken up. While up, the gentleman took oc
casion to disclaim very emphatically and at
large, all personal feelings of hostility or ill
; will towards the Chief Engineer. He was in
fluenced by no motive of a personal character
unworthy the position he held as a represent
ative of the people, nor did he seek to avail
himself of it to assail that officer by unjust
charges. He made no charges. He trusted
that there would be none to make. He would
be pleased if it should result that that officer
had in every respect properly discharged his
duties and exercised his power. But there
were many rumors afloat, perhaps many or all
of them unfounded, of transactions in the ma
nagement of the Road, detrimental to the pub*
lie interest, and not properly regardful of that
economy necessary in the conduct of its af
fairs. It was the right of the people to in
quire, through their representatives, into the
conduct of its officers, and the duty of its offi
cers to respond. It was due the public that
the investigation should be had, and to the offi
cer, that he should have the opportunity of
vindication.
Mr. Shockley, of Columbia, suggested that
the call should properly be made on the Exe
cutive. He was the responsible person, as the
Chief Engineer was subordinate to him, and
appointed by him, but that unless the mover
thought proper so to modify his call, he would
vote for it as it stood. The Chief Engineer
did not shun investigation, he desired it, and
was prepared to meet it, and to respond to the
call.
Mr. Jones replied, that however appointed,
the Engineer was the servant of the people —
employed in their business and amenable to
them. The mode he had proposed to obtain
1 the information, he thought proper in itself,
; and preferable as the most direct.
Mr. Bartow, of Chatham, opposed the pas
sage of the resolution. He thought it undig
nified in the House to be making inquiries in
this way of a subordinate officer of these mat
ters, embracing such a vast quantity of minute
details. lie thought it a more proper course
to appoint a committee to make the investiga-
I tion. He opposed the resolutions as they
stood, but would be willing to give the mover
a committee, of which he might be appointed
chairman, with the amplest and widest autho
| rity. He moved, as a substitute, a resolution
for the appointment of a committee, with
I power to send for persons and papers.
Mr. Jackson, of Walton, thought the sub
stitute wholly uncalled for, as the Chief Engi
neer was willing for and desirous of the in
vestigation, and prepared to meet it. The
j newly elected Governor was but one day in
office, and could not be prepared to meet a call
■on him, as suggested by the gentleman from
Columbia.
Mr. Kenan, of Murray, thought it strange
that it should be considered undignified for the
House to inquire directly into the manage -
! menti of the property and the business of the <
to the Senate that it was ready to receive that
body in the Representative Hall. The Senate
soon made its appearance, and the General
Assembly proceeded to the following elections,
and with the results stated below :
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Judge Eugcnius A. Nisbet 93
Col. 11. G. Lamar 79
FOR' JUDGE OF THE SOUTH WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Lot Warren, 91
Mr. Kicldoo, 82
Blank, 1
FOR JUDGE OF THE COWETA CIRCUIT.
Judge E. Y. Hill, 106
lion. Charles Murphy,: 68
Blank, . 1
FOR JUDGE OP THE MIDDLE CIRCUIT.
Judge W. W. Holt, 88
E. Starnes, Esq., .'BS
Blank, 1
FOR JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS
AND OYER AND TERMINER, SAVANNAH.
Ist ballot, 2nd 3d
Sheftall. 84 88 ...89
Hardin, ........ 88 87 .87
Blank, 4 1 00
After the second ballot the General Assem
bly took a recess till 3 P. M. It then re-as
sembled and proceeded to the third and final
ballot.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE CIR
CUIT.*
Ist ballot, 2nd 3d
J. J. R. Flournoy,..4B .'52......42
Thos. Polhill, 27 47 37
John Phinizy, Jr.,.. 85 withdrawn.
FOR SOLICITOR OF THE SOUTH WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Ist ballot, 2nd 3d
Law, 9 6 68
Butler, 5 5 14
Wheaton, 9....... 9 6
Lyon, 11 6...... 1
Patterson, 20 10 6
Perkins, 33....... 52...... 74
Degraffciircid,... * .87 SGwithdrawn.
Blank 1 00 4
The General Assembly then took a recess,
until 10 o’clock to-morrow, to which hour the
two Houses respectively adjourned. G.
The Correspondent of the Charleston Even
ing News announces the arrival of the French
steamer Philadelphia at New York on Wed
nesday last. Her intelligence, should be down
to the 10th, had not transpired.
The amount of specie in the Banks of the
city of New York on the Ist instant was $7,-
992,000. The Sub-Treasury in that city has
.$2,500,000 additional.
The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding
on the Ist instant, it is officially stated, was
$15,207,439 31.
Gold Coinage.—Executed at Dahloncga
Dranch Mint in the month of October, 1847:
8,121 half eagles, amounting to $40,605.
_ Edward Sharp, aTcller of the Massachusetts
Bank, has retired from that institution after a
faithful service of thirty-nine years. During
that period eighteen hundred million of dollars
have passed through his hands.
Jail for Sale*
The Whig, published at Middletown, Fred
erick comity, Md., calls the attention of neigh
boring towns, in want of a second-hand jail,
to one advertised for sale in that place, by a
constable. The sale, it appears, is at the suit
of Dr. W. H. Creager and and W. H. C.
Worthington, deceased, against the goods and
chattels, lands and tenements, of the corpora
tion of Middletown.
Somnambulism*
A singular case of somnambulism occurred
in New York on Sunday week. A young man
climbed to the summit of a tall liberty pole,
and stood on the vane for half an hour and
upwards- He then came down, and was taken
into safe keeping by three policemen who wit
nessed the feat, they presuming that he was
insane. He was not, however —he was asleep
during the whole time, and when he woke up,
could scarcely believe that he had so narrowly j
escaped death, for had he fallen from his cle- j
vated position, he would havq certainly been
dashed to pieces.
The Telegraph line between Montgomery
j (Ala.) and New Orleans will be completed in
! ten or twelve days. So says the Flag of the
I 4th inst.
The New York Herald, urging an enlarge
ment of the U. S. Navy, publishes the follow
ing as a comparative view of the navies of
England and the United States.
* U. 8. G. B.
Sailing vessels carry’g from 70 to 100 guns 10 100
“ “ “ « 26 to 70 “ 11 1M
“ “ “ & 16 to 26 “ 2 1 73 j
“ “ “ “ Ito 16 “ 11 61
Steamers of all classes, say 6 102
66 453
Difference in favor of Great Britain, 337
_ , ... , 1_
Wonderful Surgical Operation-
An eminent physician of Manchester, N.
j 11. a few days ago, opened the stomach of a i
j patient, and removed several hard substances, ■
which had completely obstructed the passage
fom it. The patient is said to be doing well,and 1
will undoubtedly recover. The operation oc
cupied from ten to fifteen minutes.
A Tax on Old Bachelors-
A bill passed to a third reading in the Now
York Legislature to tax old bachelors and i
widowers seven dollars each, the proceeds to |
be applied to the “support and common school
education of the poor orphan children of the
towns in which such bachelors and widowers
shall reside.”
Inland Navy-
The new Governor of Tennessee, Niel S.
Brown, Esq., styles himself “Governor of the
State of Tennessee, and Commander-in-Chief
of the Army and Navy thereof Wonder how
1 many ships there are in the Navy ol Ten
nessee ?
Death hy Telegraph Wires.
On the 17th ult., as Mr, Shawyer, was rid
ing at a very fast rate, in Dearborn county,
Indiana, he came up against the telegraph
wires, which cut his throat, producing almost
instant death.
f COMPLICATED.]
It is extremely gratifying to notice the good
order and decorum observed at the Theatre,and
the respectable attendance of the ladies during
each night of the week’s performance. The
company, as. a whole, are decidedly superior to
any which has hitherto appeared in this city,
and well may the efforts of the worthy mana
ger be recommended to the patronage of the
lovers, of the Drama. It is unnecessary to of
fer any terms of comment in praise of the per
formances of Miss Clara Ellis and Mr. Crisp,
the present attractions offered. Suffice it
to say, that all the respective characters in
which, they have appeared so far, have elicited
the warmest approbation, and no one has vis
ited the Theatre without receiving more than
a compensation for the price of admission. |
Mr. Forbes’ company are, without exception, >
one of the most talented corps in the country, j
No Theatre can exhibit more combination, and
at the same time, such diversity of talent.
Miss Clara Ellis and Mr. Crisp, the celebrity
of whose fame was long established in Eng
land before their appearance in this country;
Mrs. Forbes, a lady second to none in her pe
culiar range of characters; Messrs. Fuller,
Ward, aii'd others, whose merits may be extol
led here; not forgetting Forbes, a host in |
himself, offer an array of talent seldom met
with, and the efforts of the manager in pre
senting such a Corps Dramatique to the con
sideration of the play-going community, should
be responded to by that liberal support on !
their part which he so richly merits, and which |
is the best evidence of their desire for the
prosperity and encouragement of the Drama
in Augusta.
To one and all, look out for the attractions
this week; JUNIUS.
Loss of the U. S. Transport Ship Empire
near Abaco. —By the arrival this morning of
the schooner Ei A. Thompson , Capt. Keene,
from Nassau, (N. P.) we have received the in
telligence of the loss of the ship Empire , Capt.
Bussell, which sailed from New York on the
12th of October, with 15 officers and 372 U.
S. Troops, bound for Vera Cruz, which was
totally wrecked by running on a coral reef,
near Abaco, one of the Bahama Islands, dur
ing the night of the 17th ult. No lives lost,
except the helmsman, who was badly wound
ed at the wheel when the vessel struck, and
died on the Island. The officers and troops
remained on the reef for ten days, and thence
shipped for Charleston. The E. A. Thompson
has on board Lt. Wm. Beid, sth Infantry com
manding detachment; Brevet 2d Lieut. C. L.
Best, Ist Artillery; Brevet 2d Lt. 11. Noil, 4th
Infantry; Brevet 2d Lieut. I. Deßussy, 4th
Infantry; 2d Lieut. T, Hart, 14 th Infantry; 2d
! Lieut. J. O. Wilbar, 14th Infantry, with 129
soldiers. The schooner, Tulma sailed with a
part of the Troops on 27th ult., and the brig
Adelaide was expected to leave with the bal
ance on the 3d of November. — Charleston Mer
cury, 6th insf.
The Skirt Expander—A New Invention.
-—lt appears that a gentleman of the city of
Troy has invented an article he calls the Skirt
Expander, for which he is about to procure a
patent. The inventor says it will entirely do
away with the cotton bustle. It is said to be
made principally of India rubber,air tight,and is
capable of being inflated or contracted at any
time. If a lady should be walking and wish
to appear larger or smaller, the Skirt is so con
structed that she may enlarge or diminish her
appearent size at pleasure; and yet a person
may be walking with and not discover how, or
by what means, her apparent size is diminished
or increased or increased. The inventor also
says, that the appearance of a lady, with one
of these Skirts, is much improved—the dress
setting much better and easier; and that it will
save the labor of carrying about the streets
quite a small bale of cotton, and from eight to
twelve skirts,
Special Notices.
OFFICE AUG. INS. & B’G. CO, >
4 th NOVEMBER , 1847. $
(O 3 Notice.---The annual meeting of the
Stockholders of this Institution will be held at
the office of the Company To-Morrow , the Bth ol
November, at 11 o’clock A. M.
ROBERT WALTON, Cash.
Not. 7 thm2
aTTgijsta manufacturing com*
PANY.
By order of the Board of Directors, notice is
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 PIULLU&, Scc’y a. m.c.
Sept. 30 i
C'UAS. P. M’Calla. I Gostave KualiJ
McCALLA A ROM AIN
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA
7 ly
TAXES, TAXES, —LAST NOTICE
GEORGIA* Richmond. Comity,
CT Ordered, That the Tax Collector for Rich
mond County be, and he is hereby required to
pay over to the county Treasurer of said county
the amount of Taxes levied for county purposes for
the year 131-7, on or before the first Monday i u i>«,
cember next, and that the clerk serve said collec
tor with a copy of this notice.
JESSE KENT. j. i. c. r. c.
I. P. GARVIN, j. i. c . k. c.
JAMES HARPER, j. i. c. r. c.
A true copy from the minutes, this the Ist day of
November, 1317,
For the accommodation of those who have not
paid their TAXES, the Digest will be open until
Saturday next, after which, executions will be is
sued against all defaulters—Last Notice.
R. A. WATKINS, T. C., R. C.
Nov. 2
FRENCH AND SPANISH
LANGUAGES.
F. LE BARRIER gives lessons in the FRENCH
(his native language) and SPANISH, either in
private families, or at his residence. For terms,
apply to him, at the United States Hotel, every
morning before ton o’clock, or in the afternoon, be
tween three and five.
REFERENCES:
11. Cummi.vc, G. T. Dortic,
.1. An a ms, Dr. Dugas,
J. Gakunkr, N.Dki.aiglk,
Gaudell Rhihd,
Oct. 1m
JOHNSON’S
ROOMS.
MR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to in
r i ‘ i .i . * f 1.. -a 1 aI «
form his old patrons of last year, and the pub
lic generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD
STAND, over Messrs. Clark, Racket <s' Co.’s Jewelry
Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA
TURES in a style superior to any thing he has
done heretofore.
Mr. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage of
last season, a continuance of the same.
Oct. 24 • —3m
PLEASANT STOVALL.
Renews the tender of his services in the STO
AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTII
ER PRODUCE, at his Fire Proof Warehouse
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 1847. 8 mos, 33
O’ 1?U. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall's Drug Store.
June 13 6m 215
Sand’s Celebrated Sarsaparilla-
This excellent compound, which is creating
such a Universal interest throughout the country
has at length made its way successfully into the
favor of our citizens and the people around us.—
We have read again and again of the efficacy o
; this invaluable medicine—if we can call a very
pleasant beverage medicine—but not until recent
ly have we had any positive proof which
could induce us to speak fairly of it. But from
facts in our possession, we are well convinced that,
without any exception, it is the safest, pleasantest,
aija best compound ever offered to the public, for
the cure of all chronic diseases, rheumatism, scro
fula, and all impurities of the blood} together with
many other complaints.
Pre| ared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. Bf
&D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton,
corner of William-street, New York.
Sold also by
HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO,
And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni
ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for
| go. Nov. 2
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry-
In Is impossible for us to compress into our narrow
limits even a brief allusion to all of the numerous
cures that have been effected by Dr. Wistar’s Bal
sam. We ean only refer to a very few as speci
mens of its general efficacy.
A few days ago, a lady called at the office in fine
health and looking as robust as though she never
knew what sickness was To our surprise she
stated that until recently, she had been sick four
years with what was supposed to be consumption—
that she had a Violent cough, night sweats, with al
emate chills and fever,and every usual symptom of
confirmed consumption. The result was, that she
became so emaciated as to present more the ap
pearance of a skeleton than si living being. Provi
dentally, she at this time heard of the wonderful
cures performed by Dr. Wistar's Balsam ol Wild
Cherry, and commenced using iUberself. The
effect was, that she began to get better at once.—»
By degrees, the cough left her, the chils and fever
disappeared, and in two months she again found
herself in perfect health.
None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.,and also by THOM
AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines
generally in Augusta.
Noy. 3 3—t
Comm etc ia I.
I. A TEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL.. OCT. 1
LATEST DATES FROM MAVRg OcT. I
SAVANNAH IMPORTS, NOV. 4
Liverpool—Ship Herculean—l,922 sacks Salt,
and Iron and Hardware.
SAVANNAH* Noy. 5 .-Arrived since the
29th ult., 2,455 bales Upland (1,269 per Rail Road)
and 5 bales Sea Island. The exports for the same
period are 1,316 bales Upland, viz: 94? to New
York, 91 to Philadelphia, and 278 to Charleston;
leaving a stock on ha»d including all on shipboard
not cleared 0f651 bales Sea Island and 13,234 bale*
Upland at same time last year.
Therecei. tsof Cotton continue very light and
the stock for sale is exceedingly small. A mode
rate business was done early in the week at our
last quotations. On Wednesday holders showed a
disposition to relax their prices, and sales were
more extensive at a decline off to sos a cent, lb*
sales of the week sum up as fol ows: 73 bales at if,
114 at 7#; 328 at 74; 281 at 8j 466 at Bf;37oat 8];
at Bf, and 96 at in all, 1,814. We quote square
bales as follows; A *
Good Middling. ji
Middling Fair...-. "
Fair to Fully Fair ’ ,
Rice. —The market has been animated through
out the week, and sales have boen made at an '®,
provement upm last weeks prices, we should say •
fullyf of a cent. The sales of the week coropn,
1,672 casks, as follows; 232 as 3 11-16 at 049
182 at 3 9-16; 224 at 3£; 300 at B|, snd ID cast*
inferior at $3 a s3], . i„
Groceries. —The week has been du 1 Y
sale consequence we notice is 30 bags 10
fee atiß cents. . „ „ -t
Flour.-* We notice sales of o 0
£6|, and 20 do. #6|, and 3.000 lbs. at $6, and 4,
do, sit at
Bacon —ls selling in small quantities,* 4 ‘
8* a Shoulders. 7A aB. and lams. 11A to -
Corn. —A cargo of Beach Island, unshtJ® , g