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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES Q ARDNErVjR. TERMS. Daily, per annum tt •mu 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum....*; ....;, 6 00 If paid in advance. *«... .5 00 Weekly, per annum 3 00 If paid in advance . ami 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance. FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. (jjTSubscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get *'.<e paper at $2 00; O'AH new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. (EJ’Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [From the New Orleans Picayune, \oth in.it.] La td from Vera Cruz The steamship Galveston, Capt. Haviland, arrived here Sunday evening, from Vera Cruz, having sailed thence on Wednesday, the 3d inst. The news by her is not important, no later advices from the city of Mexico having been received. The following letter from our Vera Cruz cor respondent furnishes the latest news items; (special correspondent of the picayune] ] Vera Cruz, Nov. 8, 1847. 1 Major Gen. Patterson and staff, escorted by 1 a few mounted men, left yesterday morning to 1 join the column at Santa Fe, and put it in mo- ( fion this morning for the great city of the Montezuraas. The New Jersey battalion arrived yesterday. * Gen. Marshall has been left behind iri conse quence of ill health, but as he is not seriously indisposed he will no doubt be well enough to fake command of the next, detachment that leaves here, unless Gen. Battler should ar rive in the mean time. The health of the city is about the same as usual. For the last month the cases of yellow fever have been very few, considering the number of subjects; through I am sorry to in form you that one of the most promising young officers of the navy, Midshipman Coleby, fell a Victim to that disease yesterday. One of the passengers by the* Galveston is a soldier who was marched to the mole this molding to the tune of the rogues march < a few feet before the points of seme half dozen bay onets, in execution of the sentence of a court Martial. Letters from Jalapa of the Ist inst.have been received, and say| that Santa Anna is at Oriza ba, on his way to the coast with cords of money, but I can hardly credit it. There is a big proclamation from him in town, but as yet I have not got hold of it. Subsequently our correspondent obtained the address referred to, and we also find it in the Arcolris. The Genius of Liberty has accounts a little later from Puebla. Santa Anna had gone to Tehuacan but was expected at Orizaba. We put no credit in the rumors of his attempted evasion from the country. The “Genius” now says that Capt. Walker was shot, not lanced. One shot is said to have struck his head and another his breast, but the account is rendered apocryphal by its adding siat he addressad lus men after he was struck isi the head. The same paper says that Gen. Lane will remain a t Puebla and Col. Childs proceed to join his regiment. Capt. Hearn, of the Pennsylvania Regiment, is said to have made a sortie from San Jose, our position commanding Puebla, to attack some point in the city, when he was assaulted by a large party of Lancers and fifteen of his men speared. The “Genius” says that United S. schooner flirt has been ordered to sea to look after ves sels dismasted by the late northers. The U. S* schooner Tampico was to sail on the 3d inst, from Vera Cruz for Tlacotalpan, where she is to be stationed. The U. S. steamer Petrita was completing her repairs to resume her station at Alvarado. The following items are from the “Genius” of the 2d inst: Com. Perry and his staff will proceed to Compeachy in the steamer Mississippi so soon as she has completed the taking of a supply of coal at Anton Lizardo. The Mississippi will be accompanied by some of the small steamers. The commodore’s visit to this quarter is oc casioned by the late anti-United States move ments of the Yucatecoes. The commodore on his return will visit L aguna, Huasacoalcos, Tabasco and Alvarado. The steamer Water Witch sails to-day for Alvarado river, to take in fresh water, after which she will accompany the Mississippi t©- Campeachy* The Germantown is anchored in the harbor of Vera Cruz and the John Adams at Anton Lizardo. In the Arco Iris of the Ist inst. we find a de spatch of Pena y Pena to the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pacheco, the chief purpose of which is to show on what ground he assumes executive power for himself alone. We need not enter into- this, for his authority is acqui esced in; but he claims power, not under Santa Anna’s resignation and assignment of his office, but by virtue of the constitution which pro vides for the case of a vacancy in the presiden tial office. He therefore refuses to recognise the authority of the associates whom Santa Anna gave him, (Gen. and Sr. Alcorta,) though he mentions them, with all courtesy. The Rainbow, or Arco Iris, is now publish ed in English as well as Spanish. Later.—After the above was written the ship Orphan, Capt. Williams, has arrived from Vera Cruz, having sailed on the 4th inst. She brought no letters or papers. She reports the James L. Day to have reached Vera Cruz the morning of the 4th. She also reports the ship Canton, Capt. Packard, to have arrived at Vera Cruz on the 3d inst. from New York. Capt. Packard informed Capt. Williams that the ship Empire, from New York for Vera Cruz, with troops, was ashore on Elbow Key, Abaeo. Capt. Williams did not ascertain the date or any of the particulars. Manifesto of Santa’ Anna- Antonio Lapez de Santa Anna , General of Di vision, li ßenemerito de la Patria,” and Provis ional President of the Republic, to his fellow citizens : Since my return to the country, I have upon •various occasions addressed you, giving an ac count of my operations as chief of the army and as First Executive Magistrate; but holding no longer those positions, I now address you with the most profound grief, to complain to you of the cruel ingratitude of some, and of the perfidy ot others, who, not content to have acted with the most cruel indifference during the period of the great conflict, are now striving to throw upon me alone the res ponsibility for those great public calamities to ■which they have so much contributed. Such conduct does not surprise me, for a fall year ago I discovered that I was again to be made the target of the factions which had tbrn out the bowels of the country. Their audacity reached the piteli of holding me up as a traitor before a community which had been witnesses of my repeated services in the cause of independence and liberty, and of the sacrifices I had made to save themfrom the yoke >sitiv which they are threatened. But it was impossible for me to have antici- ! pated my violent removal from the theatre of the war, in the mode in which it has been ef fected by him with whom I had deposited su preme power whilst I was fighting with our unjust invaders; and as this inexplicable con duct is calculated to confirm the malignat re ports which have so deeply wounded my heart, I find myself compelled to lay before the world a historical review of my conduct dur ing the fourteen months which have elapsed since my return to the Republic, to the end that my labors may bo seen and a frill expo sure made of the cunning by which I was thwarted, of the injustice with which I was opposed by those whose duty it was to support me, arid of the origin of that event of 'traitor with which lam stigmatized, with a view to discredit me in public opinion, when I had done my best to serve the country; for I have sought to respond loyally to the call made ups on me to save the country from the barbarou and iniquitous invasion it has suffered. But as this work will require time, and cannot be prepared as soon as I could wish, at the same time that slander loses not a moment in strik ing its venomotfs fangs into my reputation, I entreat all impartial men who have not been witnesses of the exertions I have made, to deign to suspend their opinions until that pub lication, assuring them that therein they shall Icam what has been my true conduct, and what that of my unjust detractors. As the calmnny which is iniquitously urged against me is so atrocious, I hurl it back with all the energy of my character, and with the force of innocence infamously outraged, I challenge and summon all my accusers to come forward with their proof, and if they fail to do so, I denounce them as vile calumniators and enertiieS of the nation. I call upon Gens. Scott and Taylor, and upon every individual in their armies, and I conjure them to declare upon their honor whe ther the Mexican general, who has fought them in the north and in the east, and in the centre, too, of the Republic, down to the 10th inst’., has discharged all his duty to his coun try.-. Fellow-citizens: Misfortune has deprived me of the inc omparahle satisfaction of offering you a splendid victory ; but misfortune has never been deemed treason. They insult you who endeavor to persuade you that such infa my can have fallen upon a veteran of indepen dence, covered with honorable wounds receiv ed in defence of your rights, and who has grown gray serving his country with affection and loyalty. Remember that these same men have before abused your simplicity, mislead ing your judgment, and cast upon the pages of our history the blot which stains it, in the re cord of the assassinations of Padilla and of Cuilapan ; remember that by these men were sacrificed the two chiefs who at Iguala traced the plan of our independence; that they were guilty of the act of removing from the sacred soil in which it was buried, the foot which your fellow-citizen lost in fighting a foreign foe, to make a_public mockery of it under the pre text that it had belonged to one whom in that moment of delirium they called a tyrant. If my conduct during these fourteen months de serves reproach, if it is required that it be sub jected to examination because its results have not been fortunate, I am ready to meet any charges which may be legally and fairly brought against me; but in the meantime, I believe myself entitled to the considerations which the fundamental fact secures to me, which my services demand, and which justice exacts. If you will await events as I desire you in order to judge with certainty, you will per ceive that those who from their clubs have managed to diffuse distrust and malignant re flections upon my conduct, taking advantage of our misfortune, are the very ones who are hastening to treat with the enemy and to yield to him what I refused. These same men who cried out “ war without truce,” and stigmatized as “ Treason ” the armistice which necessity compel led me to enter into at the capital, when it was the duty of the Government to listen to that of the United States, these men are now striving hypo critically to persuade you that there are no ele ments of war, that the nation is exhausted, that its necessities tmd its sufferings require peace at any sacrifice. Time, I repeat to you, will best teach you the wickedness of these factions,- the authors of our misfortunes. Well you know that lam not the only chief towards whom victory has been shy. Palo Alto, La Resaca, Matamoros, Monterey, New Mexico, Chihuahua, the Californias, Vera Cruz, Tabasco and Padierna answer for me* Mexican soldiers have encountered defeats; none of us have been traitors. There may have been some cowards; but this can never be said of him who sought the enemy every where, of him who was the first in danger, of him who alone has offered to the nation in this war trophies won from the battalions of the enemy* The position most eligible to serve the inva der is the Government, and yet I refused it re peatedly, prefering the hardships of a cam paign to the luxuries of a palace. The press ing solicitations of the representatives of the people, which brought me from the field of La Angostura to the capital to put an end to civil war which was devastating it, induced me to exercise for some time the executive power. I laid it aside as soon as public tranquility was established and went to meet the army of the enemy, which had then taken Vera Cruz and the Castle of Ullua, having to raise while upon the march an army, which though small and undisciplined, disputed as far us possible the passage of the enemy at Cerro Gordo. My duty and my design has been to fight, and I have not been restrained therefrom by obsta cles or by the superiority of the enemy. If after that event I returned to resume power, it was only to defend the capital which was about being abandoned to the enemy. In a few days I raised great fortifications and mus tered a numerous army; I collected resources and a sufficient materiel of war. Important actions were fought before the enemy set foot in the centre of the city, the ground being disputed inch by inch, and the losses of the enemy give the lie to those whopropogate the story that the city was abandoned by the array without fighting. The details of these nota ble events will appear in the historical review which I am about to prepare. In the city of Guadalupe Hidalgo I deliver ed up power to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, by a decree of the 16th of September, with the purpose which I unfolded in my manifesto of the same date, and with no such motive as has been malignantly alleged. If I erred.it was in not foreseeing that the men on whom I bestowed power would first of all employ it in rendering useless my services. But this extraordinary incident will be clearly explained in the review before mentioned, he being responsible for the injury to the nation which may ensue from a measure every wayj impolitic,and in my opinion pregnant with fata consequences. And is the citizen who has thus comported himself as I have done, to be celled “Traitor?” Can he be so stigmatized whoso firmness and dignity rejected propositions of pence on ac count of the injury and humiliation which they involved: What occasion could be move opportune to meet the views of the invader* of Mexico? They who presume to defame mo will be covered with eternal shame and dis grace, a thousand acts will bear witness auaiust them. B Mexicans! 1 am a man, and I have defects, but never have I sinned against my country; never lias nu breast harbored uti-national sen timents. A good name to leave behind me has I been the aim of my ambition. 1 have earnest ly longed after every thing which is great ana glorious for Mexico, and to dbtain it I have spared not my own blood, Ydii know this and you will do me justice. 5 ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. Teuuacan, Oct. 21, 1847. [Correspondence of the Haltiinore Sun.] Washington, Nov. 11, 1847. Delay of Gen. Scott’s Despatches— The Expenses of the War Reduced—Sound Credit of the Go vernment —Return of Gen. Armstrong , to Liv erpool, c. We have no further news from Mexico, and I now begifi to think we shall not hear official ly from Gen; Scott till about the meeting of the next Congress. It cannot be that the road from Vera Cruz to Puebla, and thence to Mexico, is so infested with guerrillas, as not to allow an express from the Commander-in- Chief to pass through, if accompanied by a strong escort. At all events, the reinforce ments which Gen. Scott must have received by this time, must enable him to keep the communication with Vera Cruz open, and to correspond freely with the Government. Though the proclamation of Senor Pena y Pena is in every respect the strongest peace document we have as yet received, prepara tions are making for continuing the war. As the great business of the campaign is now over, and the Mexicans are not likely again to raise a considerable army to oppose us, the cost of the war henceforth will be much less than the sum already expended, and will, for the next financial year, not require more than an additional outlay of from twelve to fifteen % millions of dollars to be provided for by extra ordinary means. For all the other purposes of Government the ordinary income from cus toms and the sales of public lands, together with such means as may be available in Mexi co itself, will be sufficient. These fifteen millions will hardly call for a new loan, and may be easily obtained by the issue of Treasury Notes, bearing interest, say from 5 to 6 per cent, per annum;’ and may con stitute a floating debt, which at the close of the war may be easily funded at a low rate. — The floating debt of France, whose finances belong to the best regulated in Europe,amount, at this moment, to the trifling sura of one hun dred an sixty millions of dollars, or something more than 8'OO,(K>0,(>OO francs ! If, as I should think most likely, the Secre tary of the Treasury recommend such a course, it will not only enable the Government to prosecute the war against Mexico with renew . ed energy and vigor, but essentially tend to relieve the money market, instead of depress ing it.- The Government being now wholly independent of the banks, its credit is supe rior to that of any corporated or private bank er, and it may avail itself of it for the benefit of the whole country. Gen. Armstrong is returning to his Consu late at Liverpool by the steamer of the 16th. All the real war being over, and no more glory to be won, the General returns to his impor . tant civil post. X. 21 u3tts ta, ©t o r ia . TUESDAY MORNING, N0v716.~ {Editorial Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] MILLEDGEYILLE, Nov. 14, 1847. The reporter engaged by me to copy the proceedings from the journals of the two Houses, was again disappointed yesterday in getting access to the journal of the Senate, af ter the adjournment. I have no fault to find with the gentlemanly Secretary of the Senate, Mr. Wm. H. Crawford, for these repeated dis appointments which are so very annoying to me, and must be equally so to the readers of the Constitutionalist. They look for and have a right to expect in its columns a diary of proceedings. The Secretary of the Senate promised that the custom, which has obtain ed in his office from a time “ whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary,” should be kept up for the public convenience and information. This is for one of the under Clerks of that department to remain or return after the adjournment at a given hour to the Senate Chamber or enrolling room, where the reporters of the public press -would assemble, make their abstracts from the journal, and thus be enabled to despatch them to their respective papers by the next mail. The Clerks were required to alternate in this at tendance, so that it could be no great hardship upon any one. This regulation exists in the department of the Clerk of the House. I un derstand from the Secretary of the Senate that he would give the same facilities to the public press that have always heretofore been extend ed, and that the arrangement should commence yesterday. My reporter, however, on going to the Senate Chamber, after the adjournment, and returning from time to time for hours, as certained that the Clerk having immediate charge of the journal had gone aw'ay and taken the journal with him. It ir presumed that he went to his boarding house as is his wont, locked himself up, and sat down to an unin terrupted monopoly of the journal to answer his private ends. He is employed, I under stand, as a reporter for one of the weekly pa pers of the up country, and with a view, no doubt, to give that paper an advantage over all the other papers of the State, whether weekly or daily, he monopolizes the journals of the Senate as if they w'ere his own private pro perty. That the Secretary of the Senate will reform this conduct, or reform this young gen tleman out of office, I sincerely hope, for the benefit of the public generally and more par ticularly for the benefit of the readers of the Constitutionalist, for whom lam more imme diately interested. The proceedings of chief interest yesterday, were the elections of United States Senators. Accompanying this are the ballotings, ♦exhibit ing as the result, the election of the two whig nominees, Messrs. Berrien and Dawson. The interest felt in these elections was intense, for dow-n to the time of counting out the ballots, it was not certain that these nominees would be chosen. It was known that many whig, members were inimical to Berrien, and had run and been elected avowing themselves anti-Berrien whigs. It is said that several of them had made pledges to some of their con stituents that they would, under no circum stances, vote for him. The names of several members who did this have been given to me. It will be for them - hereafter tb settle the ac count with their constituents. Judge Berrien is certainly a very great man intellectually, and has borne himself in a very dignified manner in this canvass before the legislature. M hethcr the refractory have been soothed and cajoled into the files, or whipped in, is a I II I 11l mil HUMS I Tl —l** l mm*— matter of conjecture. But the result is a great triumph to Judge B. It demonstrates his pow er ever and influence with his party. It makes the anti-Berrien men look very small before the public. In fact they have shown them selves to be, what dame nature made them— very small men. As far as political parties are to be affected in Georgia by thCresdlt, the election of Judge Berrien will be of no disservice to the Demo cratic party. Had he been overslaughed, and a less ultra Whig with fewer Northern Whig affinities been elected, the Whig party wohld have had a smoother time than now awaits them in all future canvasses. \ou will perceive that Judge Dawson was not elected without some delay, during which he must have been on the tender hook of anx iety. It was in the power of the Democrats at any time to terminate his suspense, and a few did on the last ballot, by voting for Him. They really wished him elected, and would not have allowed any other Whig to run in, had the great body of the Whigs, by any freak, have been induced to abandon their nominee and take up any other. The Democrats pre ferred Judge Dawson, because his politics have more affinity to theirs than almost anv other Whig at all prominent. But they gene- ; rally preferred to let the Whigs settle their ; own family quarrel. Ihe Democrats, you perceive, took occasion to compliment the veteran Twiggs by a vote which shows their appreciation of his services. The cause of the difficulty among the Whigs was, that a few of Gov. Crawford’s friends ! were very much provoked that he, who was in fact the choice of his party, should not have been nominated, while Judge Dawson had in a measure intimidated the party into nomina ting him. The fear of a schism was all potent, and many were, perhaps very unwillingly, in duced to vote for him in caucus for the sake of union and harmony, who really preferred Crawford. Some too, who had no particular feeling in favor of the latter, thought it a good opportunity to rebuke Judge D. for being re fractory, and scattered their votes, thus hold ing his election as it were, suspended like the sword of Damocles by a hair. He no doubt, however, comforts himself with the adage, “ All’s -well that ends well,” and is as well con tent almost as if he had been elected at the first ballot. The elections being over, the Legislature will now seriously address itself to its appropriate duties of legislation. I think this will be rather a working than a speaking Legislature. There are not talents enough of a showy order on either side to tempt to extensive display. Nor can either side feel that much party capital can be made by discussion. At this game, however, lam certain the Whigs would be the greatest losers, as has always been the case. They are, there fore, particularly averse lo discussions. Their reluctance has been made manifest more than once this session already. G. ♦The ballotings alluded to by our Correspon dent did not come to hand. GRORGIA LEGISLATURE. IN SENATE. Friday, Nov. 12, 1847. A message was received from the House, in forming the Senate that the House had con curred in the resolution of the Senate, bring ing on the election of two U. S. Senators, with an amendment. Mr. Moore offered a resolution requesting the Governor to communicate to the Gene ral Assembly, at his earliest convenience, copies of all letters written by the Governor of Flor ida upon the subject of the boundary line be tween Georgia and Florida; which was agreed to. Mr. Barclay reported a bill to assess a tax upon slaves imported or introduced into this State by traders and citizens, and to provide for the collection and appropriation of the same, and B to repeal all penal laws on the sub ject, which w as read the first time. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Friday, Nov. 12, 1847. Mr. Robinson of Coweta, introduced a bill to incorporate the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road Company. Mr. Darnal introduced a till to repeal the law now in force regulating the practice of Physic and: Surgery in this State, and to re-* vivethe act passed Dec, 24th, 1925, regulating the same. The tw o Houses having assembled for the 1 purpose of electing State House Officers and State Printer, they proceeded to ballot, where upon Mr. Barnett was re-elected Secretary of State, Mr. Both well re-elected Comptroller General, Mr. Compton re-elected Surveyor General, Wm. B. Tinsley, Treasurer, and Mr. Orme, of the Southern Recorder, State Printer. The Senate having retired to their chamber, the House adjourned until to-morrow morn ing. Benefit of Miss Kllxs This charming actress, it will be seen by a card published in this day’s paper, takes her benefit on Thursday evening, when will be performed the popular tragedy of “The Italian Wife,” and the comedy of “The Love Chase.” Let her have a full house say we, for she rich ly merits one. General Tom Thumb- By reference to the advertisement it will be observed that the departure of this world-re nowned wonder is at hand. His last levee will be for the colored population on Wednesday night* Mississippi In the Third Congressional District, Tomp kins (Whig) is elected over Roberts* (Dem.) late member. This is a Whig gain. Connecticut IT S Senator- Gov. BisseH has appointed Ex-Gov. Roger S. Baldwin to the U. S. Senate, to fill the place vacated by the decease of Senator Huntington, till the meeting of the Connecticut Legislature in May next. It is said that Mr. Strong, of Norwich, de clined the appointment, on the ground of in- i Inference with his professional engagements. The Georgia Battalion e received on Sunday morning a slip from the offide of the Muscogee Democrat, iii which we find the following letter from its Vera Cruz correspondent. We hope his fears may prove groundless, and that the next arrival from Mexico, will bring intelligence of the safe ar l rival of the steamers Fashion and Beaufort s District at Yera Cruz. Vera Cruz, Nov. 3, 1847. Dr. Andrews—Dear Sir: I fear I shall be too troublesome to you, but nevertheless I must write a little. For nearly four days I have i atood upon the mole, watching for the steam | ers Fashion and Beaufort District—the first i with Capt. Hamilton’s company, the latter with 1 Capt. Wofford’s—and 'tis now 12 o’clock, and not a word from them, except that a vessel | which arrived yesterday,reported that she pass ed a wreck of a steamer, and saw another one in distress , but could render no assistance ! We all fear that both steamers are lost; the ‘Fashion’ has now been out 11 days. We are looking hourly for the ‘Maria Burt,’—Colonel Calhoun and Staff, and Capt. Kendall’s com pany are on board of her. The ‘Staunton,’ with the rest of Capt. Goulding’s company, and the ‘Galveston,’ with Capt. Nelson’s com pany have arrived, all safe. A great many troops arrived hdre on Sunday and Monday last. "W e expect to remain here for four or five weeks; it takes them a long time to get a train ready to move. Gens. Butler or Marshall will command the next train. I told you in my last that Lieut, McCurdy was sick and left at J alapa; but he was taken a prisoner; and forced to sign or accept a parole j until he could be Ex changed—l am rooming with him. Official Despatches- The Washington Union, of the 12th inst., .says —We learn that the official despatches of Gen. Scott, up to the 18th September, have been received this evening by the Secretary of AVar. They are very voluminous. They appear to be the official reports of Gen*-Scott of the several actions which have taken place, with the sub-reports. It is impossible to give anything from them for the “Union” to night. Official- The following candidates for admission into the Medical Corps of the Navy have been ex amined by the Board of Surgeons, recently in sessiona t Philadelphia, found qualified, and commissioned as assistant surgeons, to rank in the following order : 1. William Lowber ; 2. D. Warren Brickell; 3. George H. Howell; 4. D. P. Phillips; 5. Ashton Miles; 6. Phi neas J. Horwitz. The N. Y. Journal of Commerce of the 10th inst., says that Madame Restell -was, on that day, sentenced to the Penitentiary for twelve months. The French steamer Philadelphia, which cleared at New York on the 10th inst., takes out $22,300 in specie. So says the N. York Journal of Commerce. Pennsylvania. The official vote for Governor and Canal Commissioner in Pennsylvania, is as follows : Governor f Skunk, Dem.,.. 146,414 Governor £ Irwin, Whi g,. .. 128,438 Shunk’s plurality 17,976 Reigard, Native, 11,207 Canal Com’er 5 L °ngstreth, Dem., 143,833 Canal Com er £ p atton> WMg> 129>l ls Democratic plurality -. 17,718 Wlaj Gen- Butler This gallant soldier, accompanied by his staff—Major Smith, Captain Butler, and Dr. Hunt—arrived at New Orleans on the 9th inst. on the steamboat Chancellor, from Louis ville. They will proceed to Mexico by the first conveyance. New Orleans V- S Branch Mint- We understand (says the N. O. Delta) that during the month ending October, 31st, 1847, there was coined at the U. S. Branch Mint in this city $300,000 in gold, and $60,000 in sil ver. We furthermore understand that the Treasurer of the U. S. Branch Mint in this city expects every day a remittance of over $2,000,000 in foreign gold coin, by order of the Secretary of the Treasury, which, when it arrives here, will have to be melted and re coined into American gold pieces. r rhe following article from the New York Journal of Commerce of the 11th inst., may in a measure explain the reason why ship ments of specie are going forward from this country to England: Funds in Mexico.—The financial difficul ties of remitting money to Mexico, disappear ed some time ago. In the present state of things in that country, it is impossible for the English merchants to'forward the dollars to the coast which they collect from the mines and other sources in the; interior. They have been glad, therefore, to exchange those dollars for drafts on the Treasury of the U. States, and to give $lO5, and sometimes we are told as high as slls, for SIOO payable here. The effect is, to turn our coin to England instead of Mexico. W e take the coin in Mexico which the Englishmen would send home, and depo sit the amount ourselves in London. This mode of operation is going on extensively, thongh exactly how extensively we cannot say. Seizure of anlsngiish Ship- The English ship Royal Saxon, from Lon donderry, was seized by Sheriff Lelar of Phil adelphia, Oja Wednesday, having been, attached by a house in New Orleans, for $20,000, in consequence of the recent failures of the ow ners in England, and notes protested. Naval- The U. S. storeship Fredonia, Lieut. Com manding Turner, 34 days from Vera Cruz, ar rived at New York on the lltb instant. She brings 90 sick and disabled seamen; 2 died on the passage. New Post Office* A post office has been established at Three Runs, Barnwell District, and named Treada way, of which Wyatt Weatherbe has been ap pointed Postmaster. Southern Telegraph The Baltimore Sun, of the 12th inst., says —lfhe posts for the Southern line of Tele graph are up by this time, to New Orleans, and the wiring is in pregress from New Or fcans and from Charleston, S. C. It is expect ed that the line will be in operation to the lat ter point, if not farther South, by the Ist of December; and it is hoped that New Orleans will be able to communicate with Quebec some time in January next. The registers and batteries are put up in Charleston, Colum bia, Camden, Fayetteville and Raleigh,’ and j the operators are in readiness at those places. I . f _ n ‘r ~ Y r Juur - of Amerce, lUMmt.s.v. I Letters from London say that the great biU discountmg houses which are unquestioned ; th a :;zr:r sumß n fmoneyonhand -^ they dare not use. Overand, Gurney &Co - are sa.d to have a million sterling lylL ■ Low prices and a returning confidence t bring this money into circulation, ernmen relief, from all we can hear, there U , not the lcast of it. Lord John R us . ; sell unders tands the great principle ol politi . cal economy well, and is ably sustained by hi* great former opponent, Sir Robert Peel. They j have discarded the quackery practice, and will not adopt the schemes which prolonged and aggravated oxer commercial agony, in connex ion with the death struggle of the great author of economical falsehood.” Combustion on Board the Washing'to*- Ihe New \ork Iribune, in reference to the late passage of the Washington, says: “Eight days out, great alarm was felt on account of the' spontaneous combustion of the coals stowed under the boilers, which was only got under after the utmost exertion, fat nearly nine hours, and by deluging the bunker with ihtf water from three pumps, kept constantly at work.” The passengers publish a card highly complimentary to the commander. Trotting, —We learn from the Philadelphia Sun that the match for S2OOO betweeri James Welphy’s Lady Suttan and H. Woodruff’s Ripton, came off, on Monday, over the Cen treville course L. 1., and resulted in Ripton, the Philadelphia horse, w inning the race. Tall Feeding-- The Delta editors accidentally obtained « glance ait a bill rendered for the “provant” as Major Dalgetty would say, furnished to th* commissioners and clerks of election (five in number) at one of the precincts in New Or leans, on the day of election. The bill is ho doubt a correct one, as it is approved by thi parties themselves. By reference to the item* which w-e give below, it is evident that the said commissioners and clerks, while protect ing the “palladium of our liberties”—the bal lot box—did not forget the protection due to “the inner man.” ITEMS. Lunch Steaks $4 00; Chops $6 0C; Hara and Eggs $3 00; Fried Oysters $lO 00; Brandy $3 00; Claret $S 00—total for Lunch $32 00. Dinner. Venison $7 00; Mutton $3 00; 3 French ducks $5 00; 3 rodst Chickens $5 00; 10 roast Squabs $8 00; fried Oysters $lO 00; Claret sls 00; Haut Partensac sl2 00; Bran dy $4 00, 1 ies $5 00; Jelly $3 00,—total for dinner $77 00. Supper —2o dozen fried Oys ters $lO 00; 2 dozen Claret $24 00; et cetera* $23 50—total for supper $57 50—grand total lor lunch, dinner and supper for five $166 50. Jewish Statistics It is calculated, says the N. York Observer, that the total number of Jews spread over the surface of the globe is $6,000,000 of souls.— Os these, 180,000 are in the enjoyment of civil and political rights, viz: 30,000 in the U. S. of America, 50,000 in Holland, 10,000 in Belgium, and 90,000 in Franco. It is said that live stock pay better than any other species of freight carried on Rail Roads. If it be true, w-e should say the Western & Atlantic is doing a fat business at present, for a number of large droves of hogs have taken passage on it w-ithin the last week or ten day*. —Mountain Eagle. Sad news.—About seven Doctors have al ready taken up their abode in Dalton. Fortu netely but few have families to' support. A case of fever occurred here last summer, and we presume some designing individual ha* let it be known.— lb. “Ring-odd.”—-This is the name of another Rail Road city , w hich is located some tw-enty miles from here, in Walker enunty, and is said to be the site of the next Depot from this place. We understand that a number of lots have already been sold at high prices —that the city is laid out on a grand and magnificent plan, and several stores are established, doing an excellent business. We take pleasme in chronicling these evidences of prosperity in the upper country, and can assure our friends above, that we have ample stocks of goods here to meet any emergency. Our merchants having fortified themselves against any extra ordinary demand and arc anxious to supply the country trade on the most liberal terms.— lb. Enormous Fortunes.—Sir Robert Peel i» said to possess an estate valued al: ninety mil lions of dollars. His grandfathe rwas in quite ordinary circumstances. His father was a cot ton spinner, and accumulated a portion of this immense estate, which the son lias since in creased by judicious investments. Only three generations have sufficed to raise a compara tively obscure family to rank, opulence and power. Suffering in England.—A correspondent of the New York Tribune, w-riting from Liv erpool, predicts much suffering and sickness in England, owing to the suspension of busi ness. Many persons have been thrown out of employment. There are about live thousand ; cases of typhus fever in Liverpool at present —of course, mainly among the poor. The potato rot is doing its work of destruction to a fearful extent. PRESENTMENTS. SUP. COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY* NOVEMBER TERM, 1847. ITThe Grand Jury for the November Term* of the Superior Court of Jefferson’ county make the following statement. In consideration of the pecuniary liabilities which the county authorities have incurred! in building a new Court House, and other improvements, and duly sensible of the great importance of sustain ing the public credit of the county, we feel it to be the duty of this body to request our Senator and Representative in the Legislature to iiave a special law enacted, which shall enable the Justices of the Inferior Court of this county, to asses;; a Tax of one hundred per cent on the present State Tax, if so much shall be necessary to meet the liabilities of the county. As citizens constituting a body, whose duty if is to watch over the interests and well-being of the county, we have thought it proper to enquire into the amount of property lying in the county upoif which no tax is paid. By the best estimates which we have been able to make, through a committee appointed for that purpose; we find- upwards of 10,000 acres of land, and above 400 slaves, paying no tax in this county. Common justice would seem to require that the tax on thi» property should he paid in the county where it lies. We therefore, strongly recommend to our*Senator and Represen tive to endeavor to have an act passed which shall require the Taxes on all property lying or being in the county, to be paid to the Tax Collector of this county, except such lands as are unim proved and whose owners live out of the county. We present, as a very great grievance to the moral sense and feeling of the community, and as a flagrant violation of the laws of God, and of oar j country, the practice pursued by the Central E*J' I Road Company of running their various tram® 00 '