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circumstances of great duplicity- An example
should be nude, so as to undeceive the Mexicans,
a s regards our easiness of character.
About two hundred recruits, for the regular set
vice, arrived on the 12th from New Yoik, via
Point Isabel. .
For some exceed ingly interesting details of af
fairs on the seen- of military operations, we refer
oui readers to the letter of our correspondent,
which we append. Forward! is now the inspiring
motto of General Taylor.
Matamofis, Aug. 14, 1846.
The army on this frontier is now so mui h dis
persed in ditferei t encampments, or «>; rou'slo the
ports above here, that it is somewhat difficult to
fix their where a -outs—if such a word is allowable.
Two of the I linois Regiments weie still at the
Brazos Island on the 10’h in-t. The Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, and some portion us the Tennes
see, '‘hio and Indiana volunteers aie strung along
the river below here, hut nearly all under orders to
move as soon as transportation can be furnished
The 3d Ohio regimen* is encamped on tiie east side
of the river, neu ly opposite this place. Col. John
ston’s Texas rifb-regiment has gore to Camargo,
as has the mounted rille regiment of Cd. Woo ls,
from the same State, besides nearly all the regular (
tioops, and many volunteer corps from other States.
Brigadier Gei.t ral Quitman left last night or eatly
this miming, to go above, where he expects to be
assigned to the c remand of the Georgia, Alabama,
and Mississippi iegiments. Brigadier General Ha
mer, w ith one irgirnent from ('bio, one from Ken
tucky, and the Bdtimore and Washington battal
ions, reached here this mouiii.g, goii g to Camargo,
where the head quaiters of Gen. Taylor now are,
and where the a my is concentrating as rapidly as
possible. The 2d dragoons, now commanded by
Capt. May. and the light artillery of Lieut. Ridgley
leave to morrow, to escort a train of wagons. In
the course of fifteen days, the largest army ever
assembled al one point, since the ‘.uno of our revo
lution, in the service of the United States, will be
ar Camargo. We shall all, regulars and irregulars,
be there, and then see what is io follow.
I have endeavored to ascertain the actual force
in this quarter, and the best information to be had,
makes it over eighteen thousand men, and they
still come. What they are to do, is more than I
can tell,as I fee! confident the Mexican Goverr
ment can never organize a force one-half as strong.
The Rio Grande h to be the base of the line of
operations. The principal depot will be at Camar
go ; ficm whence we shall go to Monterey and as
much further as directed. (Jen. Taylor says his
ordeis are to advance, and he whall go ahead until
he is ordered or forced to stop. The latter not a
probable event. Garrisons will be left at Point
Isabel, Brazos Uland, Burita, Matamoros, Roynosa,
and other places. Col. Clark now has the com
mand of the force here, which consists of a battal
ion of regulars and some volunteers are to be joined
with them.
The Texas mounted regiment, commanded by
Col. Hays, left this place on the Sth inst., on an
expedition into the interior. They go fir tto the
town of San Fernando, about one hundred miles
west of south from here, from whence they wHI
range up the country to the main road from Camar
go to Monterey. Thej left without tents or sup
plies. and expect to subsist by foraging. Hays is
supplied with sufficient funds, and ordered to pay
well for all he takes to sub.-ist his command. The
trip will be interesting, though a hard 0..e; and I
should not be surprised if they have a brush with
the rancheros. The regiment is about 500 strong
now, as twocompanies have gone a different course.
Lumsden, of the Picayune., is one of the crowd, as
aie several others well known in your city.
Rumors are as thick as black berries, many not
entitled to much credit. O. P. Q.
Power of Gold.—The following passage oc
curs in Jerri Id’s story of St. James and St.
Giles: *
“Gold,” says Shelby, “is the old man’s i
sword.” And most wickedly at limes will huary- (
headed men, with blood as thin as waler in their (
veins, hack and slath with it! They know, the
grim palsied warriors, how the weapon will cut >
heart-strings; they all know what wounds it .
will inflict; but then the wounds bleed inward
ly; there is no outward and visible hurt to call
on the coroner, ai.d so the victim may die, and c
show, as gossip, have it, a very handsome /
corpse, whilst homicidical avarice, with nodrop j
of outward gore upon his hands—no damning
spot seen by the world’s naked eye—mixes in c
the world, a very respectable old gentleman ; a i
man who has a file, of receipts for every thing, t
a man who never did owe a shilling; and, a
bove all, a man who takes all the good he gets '
as nothing but a proper payment for his exceed- c
ing respectability, lie is a pattern man; and f
for such men Heaven rains inanna; only in f
these days the shower comes down gold.
Gen. Gaines. —The Washington Union of Mon- '
day evening contains the proceedings and opinion ’
of theCouri of Inquiry in the case of Gen. Gaines, ft
and the subsequent action of the War Department c
under the instructions of the Piesident of the U. *
States. We observe by the journal of the Court
that each act of the gallant old soldier was inves
tigated separately; and whilst the major portion t
of his conduct is approved, seven! acts are de- I
dared to be without warrant. The Court close '
their opinion in these words :
“ Having now reported their finding and opinion, j
the court recommend io the favorable considers- (
tion of the President the good and patriotic mo- c
fives, and the public zeal, by which, as the court
believe, General Gaines was a tinted in all these
transactions, *ar.d <her fore they recommend that 1
no further proceedings be ha 1 in the case.”
The Orders of the War Department, which we
annex, show the several acts d.-approved of. \
There are very few, we presume, who will not be
glad to learn that all further proceedings against (
Gen. G. have been di-p:n?ed with :
War Department, Aug. IS, 1846. '
The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in the ’
foregoing case have been laid before the President (
and carefully examined 1
It is seen that the court have found that several ?
of the acts of Brevet Major General Gaines “were (
not authorized by his instructions or by law; and
that he has violated ordeis.” c
That for the calls made by h’m “for volunteers t
after the ‘6th of May when he knew of the vic to- t
lies of General Taylor, the court cannot find any ]
necessity for at the lime—any authority in his in- i
attractions, or any warrant of law.”
That in mustering into service at Mobile certain c
general and staff officers, after he was relieved
from his command by instructions from the War ,
Department, “the court aie of opinion that he .
transcend* d his authority and violated bis orders.” J
The President views with deep regret the ever- *
cise of this assumed authority on the part of the
late commander of the western division; and (
while he is disposed to give every consideration to (
the circumstances which may tend to qualify or 1
mitigate his conduct, he can see nothing in them ,
which would justify him for withholding the ex
pression of his decided disapprobation of the ir
regular and unauthorized proceedings of that offi
cer. But in consideration of the recommendation <
ot the court, and concurring with them in their *
opinion of the “good and patriotic motives and the t
public zeal by which he was actuated,” the Prcsi- i
dent directs that further proceedings in the case of ’
Brevet Major General Gaines be dispensed with. !
The President cannot dismiss the case without (
inviting the serious attention of the army to the
grave subject which has been presented fur his
consideration and decision. The officers belonging ‘
to the military service are known to be demoted
to the public interest. Their zeal, gallantry and <
skill have long been established. The country
duly appreciates theii value, but unremitted caie l
should be taken to abstain from any act which
may tend to impair their high character, And i
what so likely to derogate irom this as the Kssump- t
tion of important executive or ministerial author
ity by a military commander, or the disregard of
his ordeis ?
The exercise of authority not possessed nor del
egated—the non-observance of instructions, or ,
the expenditure of the public treasure, not war
ranted by law nor justified by imperious necessity, ’
cannot be disiegaided. A just responsibility of
all in authority makes it a public duty of impera
tive obligation to observe and strictly enforce the
law and ihe lules of the service.
By order of the President:
W. L. MARCY, Secretary of War.
Thcconrtof inquiry, of which Brevet Brigadier
General H. Brady is president, is hereby dissolved.
By order: R. JONES, Adjutant General.
Sugar.—A commercial computation puts the
whole production ol the surgar growing conn
tries olihe world, in 1811, down at 778,000
tons, of which 20(1,000 tons, were furnished by
Cuba alone. In the following year Cuba pro
duced only 80,000 tons, but the increase from
othei sources was so great that the total pro
duct amounted to 769,000 tons, which was very
little short of that in 1841. The consumption
ot sugar in lhe whole world is estimated at
800,000 tons, of which the United Kingdom
consumes about 250,000, the rest of Eurone
425.000, the United States ot America 150.000,
and Canada and the other British colonies 15,000.
The growth of lhe U. States does not exceed 100,-
000 tons, or about two-thirds ot the consumption,
and the deficiency is supplied by maple sugar
and foreign importation.
Cherokee Board.— We understand (hat
Gen. Hardin, ot Ge«>rgia, and Mr. Brewster, ol
Philadelphia, the lately appointed Commis
sioners ot the Board to settle the claim under
lhe Cherokee convention ot 1837, are now in
this eity, along with Mr. Miller, of Texas,
their Secretary. Under the provisions of the
treaty they are u» close their business in lhe
couise of twelve ir.omhs Urnoi
Democratic Testimony.- Democratic Sen
ators will be regarded as authority in relation
to the British I arifi. Senator Ben'on branded
it as “contradictory, incomprehensible, <T rossly
defective, and irati luleiit,” Senate r Cameron
said, “If this bill had been drawn by a British
statesman, it could not havediscriminatyd more
in favor ot British workmen.” Senator Niles
asserted th-.t ‘ Not one-third ot the Senat rs
appioved it.” No prominent member ot that
body met the objections urged against it, nor
did any one venture to vindicate ur recom
mend it.
The new constitution which was submitted
to lhe vote of the people in Missouri, has been
rejected by a decisive majority.
Finances cr Lowell —The amount of pro
perty assessed in L- well foi lhe year 1846, is,
real esta’e S 9 695 346; personal, $5,413 580-
t0ta1,515,138,296; being an increase of about
halt a million over 1815. The tax is $115,-
637f8—70 cents on UieSlOO. Number of polls,
6,430, an increase of 1,040 over 18-15. The
total valuation <>l the manufacturing corpora
tions is $9,222,600—1ax564,558 20.
c WEDNESDA 5 M ORNING. SEPT. 2, 1846
Democratic Address tn the Pe* p*e of the
Eighth Congressional District.
a [concluded ]
We shall say but little, al present, in iclc
r rence to those portions of the address which un
■’ dertake to derogate from the merits of a tariff,
with incidental protection, and to sustain the
beautiful but delusive theories ol free-trade.—
We have, heretofore, expressed our views, al
* considerable leng’h, up >n these questions, and
j will ere long have m< re to say upon them.
This Democratic Committee seem to forgot,
. that a tariff for protection originally obtained
■ its strongest aid from lhe Southern section of
‘ lhe Union. Mr. Calhoun made a gallant lead
in its favor in 1816, both upon grounds of con
? stituiionality and expediency. But we pass
I this, and come to that portion of the address
which denemneesthe tariff of’42, as a violation
ol lhe compromise ol 1833, by which duties
were, after a gradual reduction of nine years, to
be brought to lhe 20 percent, and remain perma
nently a', that standard. When brought to that
point, what was lhe consequence? The reve
nue of lhe country was not more than hall as
great as was needed to meet the public necessaiy
expenditure. Il diminished by degrees, until
under the 20 per cent, ol Hie compromise, in
1842, it fell to between twelve and fifteen mil
lions ot dollars. That bill, therefore, failed to
meet the wants of the country? What was to
be done then ? Let the government go on year
after year, plunging deeper and deeper in debt
and embarrassment? It was obviously the
duty of our national Legislature to revise and
re-enact a tariff, calculated to replenish the ex
hausted treasury and save lhe country’ from
its embarrassment, its loss nf credit and the
general prostration of every’ interest. That
was accomplished by the act of 1812, which has
produced a change so happy as to make the
committee unwittingly declare, that “the peo
ple are at this time freer from embarrassment
than at any former period within their remem
brance.”
England is held upto view as practicing lhe
doctrines of free-trade. Has it not been avowed
by her statesmen, that her interests require her
to diminish her rates of duties? She has re
pealed the corn laws avowedly to save her poor
from starvation—she has reduced her rates of 1
taxation upon many articles, because she finds 1
the other great nations ot lhe cathare manufac- '
luring for themselves and she wishes to check it
if she can. 1
But, wherever it is her interest to keep up 1
high duties, does she not do ii? She obtains 1
some eighteen millions from ou r tobacco alone, 1
more than we get from every article imported
to this country from her dominions!!
It is urged that the duty is added to the price,
and an effort is made to sustain it, by extracting
a part of a sentence from the late tariff speech .
ot our able representative, in which he states,
“that duty is an clement of price.” The com
mitlee do not give the balance of the sentence,
a pait of which is, “but home production
brings into operation causes which always mo
dify, and veiy frequently totally annihilate,
this tendency of duties to increase prices.” This *
is verified in some cases, in which the prices
ot the articles are absolutely less than theduly t
upon them! They speak of the absurdity of
lhe argument, that competition lowers pi ices, ,
while foreign competition is cut off. That it is f
cutoff is not true, only in part, but lhe active
home competition supplies lhe diminution of j
foreign, and brings prices to minimum rates.
The committee subjoin a comparison ot the t
Whig tariff of 1842 with the tariff of 1846, to v
make lhe impression on the public mind, that 0
the former was favor lhe ric.4 and
oppress the poor. To show how much reliance
can be placed upon i', we copy lhe following
from lhe New Yo r k Tribune. 'The cases cited
are a pan ol those published with the address: ”
A MONS I ROUS FRAUD.
Thai the Democratic journals should belie
lhe Tariff ol 1812 is bui natural. We hardly j
know that we ought lo complain ot it. But v
when their falsehoods are copied into neutral .j
and Whig papers as undoubted facts, we do (<
feel that the injustice is too gross to be endured y
in silence. Thus the tables which we find run
ning the rounds *»f the country journals, in
eluding many Agticulmral, Religious, &c.,
and some that are called Whig, under lhe title
ot “ Tariffs of 1812 au.L 1816 conip.irJ ,” area p
villainous co up-mnd ol knavery and lying
For instance, it gives among
luxuries. ’l2 ’46.
Wine: Champagne 12 no
“ Burgundy 9 30 «»
Mideira * f-O 3
Carpets; Wilton 23 30 j.
Silks: Pocket Handkerchieh.fine 16 25 .
ARTICLES I F GENERAL I SE.
Wines: Kicilv Madeira, Inw priced 49 -O z
Carpeting; Tieble Ingrsin 73 30 li
Word Screws <*> 30 v
Glai-s : Plain Tmntders, not cut ’37 30
Pins: called pound nr mixed Pins 53 30
Mousselin du Laines, 12c. per yd 50 25 O
Cables and Cordage, tuned 120 25 ti
The evident design here is to insinuate, be
cause lhe Ta: iffot ’l2 imposed higher duties a
on such imported articles as come in competi I
tion with the products of our own labor and o
lower on such as do not, that therefore the c
Whig Tariff’designedly discriminates to make a
dear the articles consumed by the Poor and lo s
cheapen these consumed by lhe Rich. e
The direct, unmistakable falsehoods embo- o
died in the table now going the rounds of lhe u
journals, including some which cannot be eon- b
scions parties to lhe fraud, demand exposure, h
The following is a statement of the actual rates s
of duty imposed by the Tarifl’of ’42 on lhe atii- i
eles above enumerated, as compared with the
new rales; e
Tariff if'it. Tariff of *\(j. s
Wines; Champagne, per ga110n....40 cis. 40 per ct.
“ Burgundy, do in casks 15 “ 40
Do il in boules 35 40 “ s
Madelia, in cks. or bottles. .60 u 40 “ V
Carpels; Wilton, per sq. yard 65 “ 30 “ ( |
Silks; Pocket lldkls, fine per 1b..2.50 2-> “
Wines; Sicily Madeira, pr gal 25 “ 40 “ I
Carpeting ; Treb. Ingrain, pr sq. yd.3o “ 30 “ <
Wood-Screws, per pound i 2 11 30 “ (j
Glass; Plain Tumblers, noi cut, pr lb 10 30 *•
Pins; called lb. or mixed Pins, pr 1b.20 “ 30 “
Mousselin de Laines, per sq. yard... 9 “ 25 “ I
Cables and Cordage, taried, per lb.. 5 “ 25 “ I
These, be it remembered, are from a table of '
articles picked out by an opponent lo show lhe '
injustice of lhe Tariff of ’42 and the superiority r
ot ihatof ’46. Its assertion that lhe duly of
1842 on Madeira Wines is j>er cent, a
that on Wilton Carp-els bui 23, that on Silk >
Handkerchiefs but 16, tee. &c., are frauds of I
tl.e grossest character. Ask our inakersof fine <
Caipeis whetherlhe new 30 per cent, on Wil- I
ton will be higher than the unmistakable 65 I
cents per square yard ot lhe Whig Tariff.
Who can be made to believe that the 65 cents f
per yard on Wilton Carpets is but 23 per cent,
and that the 30 cents per yard on Treble in- '
grain amounts to 73 per cent.? is not here '
a manifest misstatement ? I
Ot course, the soul of Democracy is in tra- 1
vail at the spectacle of high specific duties on f
imported Wood-Screws. Glass, Mousselin de c
Laines, Cables and Cordage, &c., which come i
in direct competition with the products of t
American Labor, as imported Wines do not. ’
The impression sought to be given is, that our I
People have been obliged to pay higher prices <
since 18*12 tor the articles just named because <
of the duties thereon. But this impression is '
lhe very reverse ot the truth. Glass Tumblers, i
Pins and Mousselin de Laines were never af
forded cheaper lo American consumers than 1
they now are—never so cheap belme 1842 as
since that lime. We believe such is lhe fact 1
respecting Cordage, but are not positive. De
mocracy, however, has shown its discrimina
ting regard for American Labor by imposinga
duly of thirty per cent, on lhe raw material,
Hemp, and admitting Cables and Cordageat
twenty-five. This ia a complete delusion to
Hemp-growers, who aret.dd that they have 30
per cent. Protection, when in fact the Foreign
anicle is ad mined in a manti aetured state at
twenty-five, being five percent, discrimination
against the American inakersof Cables and
Cordage. Yet lhe apologists tor McKav’s bill
insult them with lhe inquiry, ‘lsn't thirty per
cent. Protection enough ?'
We also append another table, taken from
lhe Nashville Banner, which shows the love
which our Democratic Legislators entertain for
the poor:
Look on this picture :—And then on this.
For lh< Rich. perct. \ Fur th 'P.ior. perct.
Champagne. Bur 9p r -s Brandy. Rum.
gundr. Madt ir*. Clar- Giu.Cn di - - »nd <’«i»er
t-t. P rt. Sherry, nnd >p tits distilled f.om
all other wines 4( ; grain 100
Pt’S'fS. Balsams, cosine- S/u-M Ch>ve>. Git-ger
tics, and perfumes. ...3U, R«'>t, Nunnrgs.and P:*
imento 10
Si-YXs Pocket Handker- Woohns Broadcloths,cas
chief* made from fine , simec-, low flannels
si'.ks. Silk Velvets Bro- hockings.and baizes..3o
cade silks f»r dresses. Zto.’i B«r <>r boil iron,
’l afle-a silks <” dcutts ] nail m *pike rods cut
silk handkerchiefs....2s or wrough’ iron spikes.
j and hoop iron 30
Curj-ctit. Wi'lon, TuikcV, ll'‘Up (unmat.ufi; ' nred)
Brussels, Saxony, and C al. Mousses. Pepper,
Venetian 30; Sugtr. and Medicinal
prepara-ions 30
| P wr. Bil'et-doux or fan- Gives Yellow sheep,
i cv nme guilt 3U called Hoxamatan ( ua
CZjim. Ge".! re.l ; cone.’, and reaping
1 kid. Ladies' real kid. . g10ve5.).... ....-A'
and Gentlemen’s real ' Blacksmi'h s anvils,
buck 30 hammers and sledges...3o
J'Wclry Gold. Silver or Wood-screws, chain ca-
Palms.... •'0 hies, anchors, and iron
Genu Pear s and pre- . Cotton calicoes 2s»
emus stones when set.3o; Salt -0
, Linens j) Cayenne peppe-. cin
namon
Diamond*, rubies. Manufactures, and arti
reerls. dec., nnt set.... It' cles o; leather, and plain
e Green turtle V 0 tumblers .....30
Engravings 1(1, Shirtings, costing 6j cis
Watcher lumper ya d
Tortoise aod other shells, 10; Leather.,,. ......... »20
; These are all taken from the new bill cf iovc
- which was prepared and passed, according to
c Democratic profession, for the benefit uflhe poor
and lhe laboring classes. How does it look?
- 40 per cent on wines, and 100 on whiskey, gin,
- &c.!! Silks 25 and woollens only 30; watches
\ 10, and sugar, pepper, coal, molasses, anvils,
e hammers and sledges 30. How will the rich
- fare according to this? Is not such democratic
I protection ot the poor charitable, glorious and
j godliketl There is a golden harvest ahead for
the poor!! We close our remarks with the ob
servation, that lhe tariff of 1816, recognises the
’ principle ofprotection! The Washing!- n Union
( says it is full of discriminations to protect the
j labor and industry of the country !! No intelli
gent democrat will deny that it has discrimina
, lions for the express purpose of protection ’
. What more do lhe Whigs contend for, so far as
! principle is concerned? Democracy is there
. tore as flighty to the Constitution now, accord
( ing to its owa creed, as it was when sustaining
a protective tariff or a Bank, in days langsynej
Its mouth is sealed upon lheconstitutional ques
tion of protection, unless it prefers hypocrisy
to candor, and misrepresentation to truth.
True Democracy, which declares the people
t) be the depositories of power, and lhe rightful
guardians of liberty, we approve and admire as
much as any who prefer republican to monarchi
cal forms ofgovernment. But we loathe that
spurious Democracy, which says, “ I am better
(han thou”—which proclaims one party ot free
men to be friends ol free institutions, right and
justice, and another to be their enemies and op
posers. Whigs ate worshippers at the shrine
Democracy, and illustrate theirintegrily
and faith by an adherence to the Constitution, to
law, to justice and to the national interests and
honor.
“The New Orleans Jeffersonian, which on lhe
first apj earanee ot Mr. Calhoun’s Internal Im
provement report in the Senate, on the Mem
phis Convention, declared in its favor, ha* re
considered its judgment, and declares itself “de
cidedly opposed lo the recommendations con
tained in the report, and lhe tone ot reasoning
upon which they are founded.” With an occa
sional exception, this is, we believe, the posi
tion of the whole bodyofthe Southern republi
cans.”
The above paragraph, from the Mobile Re
gister, got into our paper yesterday without
credit. It is worthy of note only as a specimen
of the manner in which the Van Buren portion
of lhe Democracy oflhe South apply the cold
shoulder to the report of Mr. Calhoun. At first
they had not all received the cue, hence the
doubling terms of the more cautious in alluding
to th it budget of abstractions and subtleties—
while others, less guarded, seemed to regard it
as the very quintescence ot Democratic faiih.
More recently, however, they affect to have
'investigated and. examined” il more closely,
and finding it necessary to cut loose from lhe
Carolinian, they are now engaged in withdraw
ing their unqualified praise and taking position
against his report. Verily, the principles ol
Democracy are exceedingly convenient!
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
From the Rio de la Plata.
By the barque Mason Barney, Capt. Scott,
from Montevideo, sailed July 3, we have a file
of Buenos Ayres papers to the 13ih of June. ;
The M. B. leil in the harbor ot Montevideo, f
lhe U S. sloop ol war Plymouth, Commander
Henry. Capt. Scott wishes us to express his s
thanks publicly, to the commander and officers 1
for assistance rendered lhe M. B. in gettingout ’
of the harbor.
'1 he U S brig Bainbridge sailed for Buenos I
Ayses on the2s:h ot June, having on board Mr. t
Harris, the U. S charge d’affaires j
A short lime before the Ma*on Barney sailed,
that part ol the British 45th Regiment which 1
was at Montevideo, was embarked fori he Cape c
of Good Hope, leaving the 73d Regiment be- (
him!.
The Buenos Ayres paper of June 13contains 1
a letter from an officer of the force under Gen. (
Mancilla, giving an account of the engagement j
between the Parana expedi'iun and lhe forts at
Cluebracho, which were thrown up to oppose 2
lhe passage of lhe convoy dov. n the river. We
had some notice id this iwoor three weeks ago,
from the captain of one t.-f the merchant vessels,
who wrote after his arrival at Montevideo— F
That furnished to the Buenos Ayres paper dif
fers from lhe oth-. r in esse- lial particulars. 0
We extract lhe following: v
The piratical convoy consisted of 95 mer- (
chantmen, led by 12 ships of war, viz: lhe
smamers Firebrand, Gorgon, Aleclo, Lizard b
am! Harpy, brigantine Dolnhin and brig Fanny, s-
British; and the steamers Gassendi and Fulton,
corvette C< quo te, brig San Manin,and brigan
tine Procida, French ; mounting in all 85 guns a
otdiffcrent calibres from 24 to 80 lbs. To op- y
nose this formidable an ay, besides a battery ol t
3 pieces placed the night previous on an island v
in front ut'our p. incipal position, we had only a
17 pieces of flying aitillery and 500 infantry. v
At lhe hour above men iuned ’.he enemy cum- i:
menced a nemendous fire upon our positions, j
with the view of protecting the convoy. We
returned it in a spirited manner, not losing sight y
ot lhe merchantmen, whose cupidity had Rd
them into the scrape.
At hall past meridian, a British barque of
about. 250 tons burthen, (supposed lo be the
Holywood orthe Caledonia) and 3 schooners,
one of them pilot-boat rigged under Correntino
colors, in their endeavor to avoid our fire got
aground on a bank near an island on lhe oppo- r
site coast. Five ot the enemy’s largest steam
ers proceeded to their assistance, but finding c
our fire too hot for them, they relinquished lhe r
undertaking, and fled at lull speed. Subsequent- j
ly the Lizard was sent on the same errand, but |
had il not been for the timely aid of two large b
steamers which returned to moled her she would t
inevitably have been destroyed.
Al 2 P. M. the firing entirely ceased, lhe j
enemy having sei fire to and abandoned the ves- p
seis aground. The latter were soon consumed, (
with the exception of lhe pilot-boat rigged
schooner, laden with hides, yeiba and tobacco, a
which was rescued from the flames by four boats
dispatched by us irom lhe shore. The greater
pan ol the merchantmen threw their deck loads
overboard, in order to avoid grounding, and we
could see lercios of yerba and petacoes of tobac
co -.unsigned lo lhe water, intermingled with
the bodies ot lhe killed. 1 believe 32 of the
latter have been counted. Both th»* vessels of (
war ami merchantmen were completely riddled
with our shot. It will take them some lime to
repair before they can proceed on their voyage, t
“Our 17 pieces have fired 1.360 shots, grape ]
and round, and our infantry 20 000. The ene
my must have fired at least 2.500 shuts and 200
Congreve lockets. The only casualities we '
have to lament aie 1 infantry soldier killed, (
Lieut. Col. Thorne nnd 4 soldiers wounded, lhe
former slightly in the le.’t shoulder.”
From the paper of the same dale we lake lhe
following paragraphs:
“The predatory Indians of the desert, whose <
visits since Gen. Rosas’s memorable expedi- (
tion are, happily, but “few and tar between,”
lately made an incursion into the department of t
the North, when Gen. Pacheco imn.ediately de
tached from the army of lhe centre a strong t
column under the command cd Major Bustos
in pursuit oflhe invaders. This column pene <
trated into the hearted' the desert and surprised ;
the Indians in their wigwam-*. The result has <
been that upward of 60 fighting Indians, inclu
ding two Caciques, have been killed and 5 tak
en prisoners; 900 sheen, 200 and odd head’ol
rattle, 160 mares and 170 horses, as also large
deposites of Indian corn, pumpkins, and other
provisions, falling, besides, into tne hands of
the victors.
According to the last news from Entrerios,
General Urquiza and Gen. Joaquin Madariaga
were on the eve of having an interview on lhe
frontier, for the purpose of finally settling the
terms on which lhe pacification of Corrientes
is to be effected.”
A somewhat curious document appears in the
Buenos Ayres journals. lr is a public accusa
tion of gross and dishonorable f alsehood, issued
by Gen. Mancilla against Capt. Hotham,< I lhe
British navy, accompanied by a challenge to
mortal combat, or at least by a declaration of
readiness to sus'ain with the sword what the
general affirms with the pen. The alleged
falsehood is in Capt. Hotham’s official account
oflhe battle oflhe Vuelta de Obligado.
We are indebted for the Buenos Ayres papers
lo Mr. John Walker, a passenger by the Mason
Barney.
P. S. Since the above was in type we have
received from Capt. Scott a Buenos Avies pa
per of June 20, from which we obtain lhe fol
lowing:
According to news from the Entrerios, the
Corren'.in;» envoy to Paraguay had been sue
( cesslul in his mission, President Lopez having
agreed to cancel all the treaties that had been
furmud between the two provinces in prejudice
1 to the confederation. The Paraguay army had
withdrawn to its own territory.
) The sloop Furtuna, of the convoy fr-> n Cor
rientes,g -i aground and bilg don the 13. h inst.,
between Colonia and Ln* Pipas.
) The British barque burnt un the Parana was
the Caledonia. Sne had 17.009 hides on board.
We are also indebted to Capt. Scott for Mon-
I) tevideo papers io the first of July, but they fur
nish little of interest, their contends being chief
ly abuse ot Oiibe and laudations of Rivera.
0 Much is devoted to the latest military
achievement of the lauer, which was lhe tout
0 c.f a small body of Oribe’s troops, at a place
called Mercedes, which fell into lhe bands ot
n the victor.
A letter from Buenos Ayres, in the Montevi
deo Conslitucional. announces the departure of
W Mr. Graham, U. S. Consul, and a son ot Mr.
Brent, the Charge d’Affaires,for Corrientes and
vq Paraguay.
50 The newconstitutionof lowa has been adopt
:o «d.
, CHRONJCLE AM) SENTINEL.
BY J. W. & W. S. JQMES
1 DAILY, .A ND UEEKLY.
OFFICE IN WAILROAI) CANK BUILDING.
I'ERMS-Daily I’ap.i.prr annum, in advance 810
Tri-Weekly Paper, ” ” ” ” 5
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AUGUSTA, GA.:
7
THURSDAY MORNING. SEP I’. 3. 1816.
r■~ = :
Whig Nomination for Congress.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM TIIE EIGHTH DISTRICT:
1 ROBERT TOOMBS.
Twelve Bales of new Cotton from the planta
tion of John D. Mongin were received to-day
' at the Warehouse of M. P. Stovall, and sold
s by Philip McGran al 8 cts. per pound - quality
- middling fair.
Shall we be disappointed?—asks that
, sterling Whig Journal, lhe Raleigh Register, of
the Whigs of Georgia in reference to lhe Octo
ber election. How shall lhe Whigs of the no
ble old North State be answered, Whigs of
Georgia? Read lhe following paragraph from
the Register and respond at the ballot box :
Gco/gia.— We see by our exchanges from
this State, that preparations are making by the
Whigs, tor an active and vigorous campaign,
lor the election ot members to Congress. We
are glad to see this, for, generally, this gallant
Stale is found “ right side up,” nobly fighting,
side bv side, with honest, old North Carolina,
for right and justice. We hope, at her next
election, to see her redeem herself from the un
furtunate position into which she suffered her
self to be betrayed, in tne support ol Pulk and
Dallas in 1811. The Old North State has just
se’. her a glorious example—one worthy of im
itation. Let ns see, then, that the State which
has such noble Whig champions as Berrien.
Toombs, Stephens, King, &c., cannot again be
duped into the support ot men who will sustain
lhe miserable, bungling, ruinous nieasuresof the
present Administration. We shall look lor
Whig thunder from Geotgia, on the first iVlon
day in October. Shall we be disappointed ?
Mr. Clay and Ad Valorem Duties.
ThevffLrt of the Constitutionalist yest rday,
io show that we had garbled lhe speech of Mr.
Clay, and thereby perverted his expressed
opinions in reference to the home and foreign
valuation ot goods, is most futile. We trans
ferred to our columns lhe whole of the paragraph
that had any reference to his preference of these
two modes of collecting lhe revenue —and
which showed conclusively his preference for
the ho.ue valuation. That part omitted by us
and copied by the Constitutionalist, referred
only to lhe effect lhe home valuation would
have in increasing tiie revenue, and of his in
tention not to enter then more fully into the
question of home valuation.
Nor does the speech anywhere throughout
contain any sentiment or expression indicating
his preference of foreign over home valuation,
and we challenge the pio hiction of any such,
the Constitutionalist to the contrary notwith
standing.
The Blockade.—The Picayune of lhe 27th
ult. says: A vessel arrived here yesterday from
Alvarado—one came so this port several days
ago from lhe same point—which was reported
from a neutral port via Ardenes. This goes to
show that lhe blockade of Mexican ports is a
humbug. Alvarado is but a few leagues from '
Vera Cruz, and yet no vessel has watched that
port since lhe war began, with lhe exception of
the Somers, which was stationed off Alvarado a
few days in June by order of Capt. Gregory,
then senior oflicerof the squadron, in the absence ,
of Com. Conner. The blockade ctees not appear .
to give lhe Mexicans any uneasiness, Alvarado
is quite or nearly as convenient a port as Vera
Cruz; and at the latter vessels find no difficulty
in importing such merchandise as Santa Anna,
Almonte, etc.
Hon. A. 11. Stephens’ Acceptance.
The subjoined letter oflhe Hon. A. H. Ste- J
fhens accepting the nomination of the Whigs j
ot the 7th Congressional District, will be read i
with pleasure by his numerous admirers and
friends throughout the country, and particularly
by lhe Whigs of his District, who honor them
selves, by honoring him : 1
Milledgeville, 31st July, 1816.
A. 11. Stephens:—Sir:—Ala Congression- r
al Convention held in Ealontun on Monday last, '
you were nominated unanimously, lor re-elec- 5
tion to Congress, and we, the undersigned, j
were appointed a committee to inform you ot it, j
and request your acceptance (4 the same. You t
will please, theres ore, signify your determina- j
tion in the matter in whatever manner you may t
deem most expedient. e
We have lhe honor lo be, very respectfully, ?
your obedient servants,
TLIOS. D. SPEER, f ;
J. G LITTLE, > Cojnmiftee. .
R. M. ORME. )
Crawfordville, Ga., \ {
25th August, 1816. J
Gentlemen Your letter of the 31st ult.com- t
municating lo me lhe proceedings of lhe late j
Whig Convention at Eatonton, has been re- r
ceived; and the nomination, tendered with so (
much unanimity, is hereby accepted. You will s
permit me, also, in this way to express not on
ly to you as lhe orgap of the Convention, but s
to my fellow-citizens generally, whom you and
they represent, my acknowledgements for ,
this renewed manifestation of their confidence. <
Next to the approval ot his own conscience, j
the highest gratification of a representative is t
the approbation of his constituents
Please accept tor yourselves, gentlenen, lhe
assurance ol my highest esteem f
You»s, most respectfully,
ALEX \NDER 11. STEPHENS.
Thcs D Speer, j
J. G Little, > Committee.
R. M. Orme, )
Gen. Gaines.— We understand, (says the r
I
Charleston Mercury) that Gen. Gaines has [
been assigned to lhe command of the East- s
ern Division ot the Army—head quarters at 1
Philadelphia. This implies some change in ‘
the military organization, lhe precise nature of I
which we do not understand. It is probable the '
official orders will appear in lhe next Wash- ‘
ington papers. t
I
The War with Mexico.—Tne Washington <
correspondent ot the New York Journal ot
Commerce writes under date of lhe 27th Au- ;
gust —
1 learn that a cabinet council was held yes
terday, on the subject ot our relations with
Mexico, ai d especially in reference to the re- 1
cent demonstrations of the Sama Anna party;
and that it was determined to take no further
steps, diplomatic or belligerent, in regard to
Mexico, until lhe result ot lhe revolution shall
be known.
The fleets are to remain inactive—which, by
the way, is what the}’ are just fit for—and Gen.
Taylor is to continue lo menace an invasion,
until the new Santa Anna government shall be
established.
H diplomacy should then fail, the war is to
be commenced in earnest, and means are to be
found to render our very expensive naval es
tabhshmeni somewhat less useless than it has
hitherto been.
Persons, unconnected wi h lhe navy, but
who are acquainted with the topograph) and
hydrography of the Mexican coast, are io be
employed, and have already been consulted in
reference to some more efficient naval opera
tions.
Later from Santa Fe.—The St. Louis Re
publican of the 25th has a letter from Sama Fe
dated July 17. The following is an extract
from it:
Santa Fe is it) a state of great excitement, on
account ot lhe expected approach of Gen. Kear
ney’s troops. There is a special session of the
Council to-morrow, but I think there will be no
resistance made to his taking possession; all
business is suspended, although lhe town ap
pears lively and many people are here from the
Ct'umr}’ to learn the result ot the proceedings of
lhe Assembly. They have only four hundred
at d fifry soldiers in this place—one thousand
are on their way from the lower country, and
they sav they can raise 13,000 in ten days- but
probably not more than one-fourth would be
armed.
The Indians are very annoying -the Apaches
stole thirty-four mules and one horse from me,
( and six mules and one horse from Mr. C »sper,
while we were on our way from the Puebla
. Fort on the Arkansas. They lived on horse
. meat alone for two months. Mr. Waters says
. they have had no r ain in California for near
. three years, and their stock was dying of star
vation. The American people were anxious
t to leave the country. He speaks very discour
? agingly ot Caiefornia, and says the company
t wh ch has just left this place, from Napoleon,
Arkansas, must suffer very much before they
reach their destina’icn.
1 Mr. George E. King, of the firm of Holt &
j Co. of New York, who recently absconded car
-1 rying with him $30,000 belonging to the firm,
has been arrested at Buffalo, where he is now
in prison awaiting the bench warrant for his
arrest.
Gov. Crawford’s Letter.—Correction-
• Having copied from the Atlanta paper, lhe
letter of Governo’ Crawford, we publish, from
lhe Luminary, tic following correction.
Correction. —By one of those mis' in
cidental to printiig offices, and h trying
alike lo the patidice ofall coucrarued. » sad
mistakes occurred in lhe admirable leu < his
' Excellency,Gov.Crawford, lo the Commt'tee
ot Invitation,as published last week i . our ac
countof the Rail Road Jubilee, on thelfhh
; inst.
The firstoccun at about the middle ut lhe se
cond paragraph, md is found in the following
sentence:
: “ The vandal spirit, which makes a iuin and
then leaves it, sh<uld be corrected by apprecia
_ ting the possible ftture want of present abund
ance.”
It should read,
r “ '1 he vandal spirit, which makesa ruin and
j then leaves it, slould be corrected by associa
ting the possible future want with the present
abundance.”
The second occirs in the third sentence be
low, which stands,
I “Haste, like repentance, may ensure true re
p demption.”
This should real,
“Haste, likeimmlsive folly, made them ru-
• ins: patient care, ike repentance, may ensure
i true redemption.”
If our honored Jxecntive, will favor us with
another communication, we’ll do better; and
in the mean tiini trust that our “repentance”
may ensure tiue redemption, and his Excellen
cy’s pardon.
A corresponded oflhe Georgia Journal writ
ing from Sparta n refeience to Dr. Robeils,
confined in jail a that place on the charge of
robbing Watts aid others, says :
“ We have reedved various letters in th s
place asking for about r r.ies
said to have been made by the prisoner. No
disclosures haveieen made nor is it pro! i •
any will be made it is certain that there were
but two engaged it taking Watt’s money. The
entire amount solen S 5 500—alb ; all ta. u
I'om Mr. Guerry, say 605, all the bonds of M<.
Billingslea and a large po liar: of the gold taken
from him were tuunAuu the persons arrested.
Mr. Billingslea had been robbed jus; one month
before lhe arrest, it is possible these two indivi
duals only were concern* I in that also.”
Claims of Florida Volunteers.
Th? following additioial cf claims of
the volunteers, have bcentxamihed and allowed
by the third Auditor of tie Treasury Depait
ment, which we publish fir lhe information of
the public.
Additional claims of awans on claims of the
Georgia Volunteers, for he >css of ' rses in
the late Florida war,in ’837-38. continued
from ’.he 24th of June to he 18 h of Au-.’ti<r,
1816, at the request oflhe Hon. John H.
Lumpkin and HowellChb, of the House of
Representatives.
Naims of Claimants. Company.
1. John Ashby, Cantrell's Hit) th) i
2 Peter G. Ashley, lyons’ MK 30 j
3. Burton Anderson, Ciastain’s 92 25 [
1 Corn’fs Blankinship, Sms' 80 5S ;
5. Charles Bechtler, CmtrelTs 100 00 •
6 Jarnos Buyd. “ ,1 05 |
7. William Cruise, Sans’ 6\ *3 I
8. William Davis u 'B3 j
9. Henry Davis, Cadwell’s ;5' li
10. John C. Dyer, ‘
11. Stephen 11. Dyer, 1 <
12. William Erwin, Ch»stain’s ft) 60
13. Jeptha Green, Thimpson’s 27'0
14. Charles Hammond, Sans’ 116 13 1
15. J. S. Henderson, “ 69€5 1
16 George W. Haney, Bobo’s 8! 18 1
17. Joseph Henson, Lyons’ 9! 88 1
18. Benjamin Horn, “ 60 78 1
19 Allen Henderson, Sains’ 108 98
20. Ramson. Moore,
21. Samuel C Oliver, Cantrell’:- 40 50 ‘
22. Lewis Sams, Sams’ 100 00 .
23. Joseph Woods, Chastains 92 18
24. George W. Stover, Thomps-n’s 98 50
$2,012 37 l
Claims examined and found to e inar’mis- f
sible, v ith lhe lespective sums to h allowed on I:
each, ascertained between date c last report, 8
Jnne24>h and 18th August, 1846—ziz: ®
Names of Claimants. Compan. A monnt.
Jam's W. Dodson, Thom pern’s 8150 00
Henry T. King, “ 66 90
William R. Brown, Barker’ 32 95 g
Mai tin Mooney, Bobo’s 8! 00 a
Francis Foster, Cody’s 1 .‘SO v
r- ; h
Crowned atLAST.--*The Pniiadtphia No th i
American says: “ Tiie ceremony oiplac.ng the r:
crowning stone on Girard C- lleg wi take it
place on Saturday nex’, at ha!f-pa : . 3 o’clock, t
it will be an imposing ceremosy ad a large a
number of our citizens will doub’lss be pr?- •>
ent.” J
The Sub-Treasury Hunibtg. b
The very intelligent Washington on espun- °
dent oflhe Baltimore
*'The attempts thus far made lo'velheSub- "
Treasury Law a practical executiu have sig- j 1
nally failed, and 1 believe the oicers of the
Treasury Department have cone t the conclu
sion that it is impracticable to cbej lhe law in {]
its spirit. Thus far it is certah nat even its ti
literal execution has not been oLy; at> 11 t |
doubt if even there is thedispostim : • the a
law in its letter. 1 wrote you ttn «ays since of »
the attempts even then in coitenp: 'i n to d
evade it, and both by Treasury frafis, 'l’m- c
sury Notes, Treasury Warrants, "reasury Or- <•
ders, Treasury requisitions, and, for aught I r<
know, many other Kinds of Treasny paper. In a
all these forms government paper may be is- b
sued, and is issued—some oi ii becoming a l,!
paper circulating medium, and sotr of it taking ’’
lhe place of drafts and checks upo the banks a
These Treasury drafts continue to e issued and !’
to be a currency. They are like ay engraved
Bank notes, and are issued of varbus deno.ni- o
nations—the Government suiting its conve
nience in this matter, precisely w the b.tnk 1 - j,
suit their own convenience. The wuvernmei.t „
dealing in large transactions, d not netd 3
small notes, and does n< issue then, hiu wnat
ever form of note it requires, it pus ; float io
utter violation of both tru spirit andletter ot the *1
Sub-Treasury Law. By this and ether n • ns n
false infot mation is continually be/cre the ceun u
try in regard to lhe actual expendiltrcs and . > n
debtedness of the Government. ”
“ But the most palpable viulatior of the law h
of which I have heard is lhecentmurd use • I
lhe banks of lhe District <4 ('„• infii i depo- a
sitories oflhe public money. T’e Sub-Trensti- 6
ry law says that “disbursing ofleers having al v
present (the dale ot the law)credit in the a
Banks shall, until the first day 4 January next,
be allowed to check on the sams allowing the 5 ’
public creditors to receive thei pay from the b
banks eiiher in specie or bank Dies.” The <
sign ot this provision wa.) that the money in w
the deposit banks should nut bfdfawn o n in n
specie at once, but it never wa contemplated s
that more of lhe public money-hould e put in (
bank, and the Sub- Treasmy lav in p .n terms n
forbids it. Neveriheless I lean that under the 0
advisement ot lhe Secretaiy 4 the Treasmy u
both the Clerk of lhe House r 1 Scctetaiy oi F
the Senate have dune this. rt bere -bs long t<
hesitation before this was done and it was ac- r
quiesci J in from sheer necessty. There 1 ere '
no conveniences at the Treaary Departs, .nt 1
for meeting the demands upn the Treasury, I
and if there had been it woulchnv* been most I
inconvenient for lhe Treasur Depai'ur *<! u j *
have received its payments here. T e l > I
officers theiefore drav.’their equisilim.s tipcm | r
(he Treasury and deposit ther money in bank .
as usual. All this is well eniugh pc? Imt .
shows that the new Sub-Tressn:y law, tne 1 (
old one, is a humbug—a nammoth Uu’.e.i- L
meat monopoly tor the emtarrast pi m itc | t
people and without any pactica! utilii, 1. 1 ■
may benefit the office holders by giving ti e »
specie and th-f control ol th?specie : he . 'tin
try, but who besides the rtfice holders can t '
benefited by a course lite this? V nets the
law of 1838 was in ojeration, and when he 1
banks had suspended payments, nothing
was more common thm for the officers ot Go
vernment to sell theirspecie for shin plas-lers,
and with these every lody from the landlord and j
merchant to the hacknan and lhe porter were
paid - the officers of ue Govern meat sometimes
pocketingten percen. premium.
“It is said that th! disbursing officers here
are under great obligilions to the banks. The
contingent fund was exhausted before the Civil
and Diplomatic Bill vas passed,andlhe Banks
afforded lhe temporaiy relief necessary t keep
up the credit ot the Government am.mg 'he
smaller and more neely class of creditors The
Secretary of ihe Treasury. I learn, has aft . long
delay and conflicting >pinions concluded upon
the issue of Treasurv notes, and some of ihe
denomination of SSO-vd SIOO are already in
circulation.”
Later from Yucatan.—By the way of Ha
vana, we have advices from Merida, an I from
Campcchy to the 5 h of August. N letter is pub
lished in the Diane de in Habano, dated 31-t
July, lo the effect, that there was atun >ous
outbreak a lew days previously a: Va dolid.
It was excited by an individual, whose name is
not given, who was anxious to gain lhe seal cc- ’
cupied bv Gov. Barbachano. The grito or
popular cry of the sedition was “ Down with the
Taxes.” Tiie insurgents obtained possession
ot the quarters of the troops, seized arms,
and were fortifying their position, but abandon
ed itstraightway upon learning oflhe approach
ut Col. Gamboa at the head of 200 troops.
They instantly retreated »o Tixhualactum, two
leagues distant from Valladolid. There being
called upon to surrender, they quietly aid down
their arms, withou. a gun being filed, and the
leaders ot this magnanimous insurrection were
seized and turned over to the propei tribunal
. for trial.
- Other than this outbreak and the excitement
, caused by the arrival of Gen. Bp-sadre, irom
Havana, the peninsula was perfectly quiet.
The declaration ot different Departments of
Mexico in favor of Santa Anna, are given in
c the Siglo -YLV, the official organ of Yucatan.
• which co nes out very boldly tor his canse.
, Congress had passed a decree exempting irom
v duty saltpetre and sulphur, intended for th**
s manufacture of powder. Thoughful this ol
lhe Yucatecos.— Picayune 27fA ul!.
From the N. O. Picayune Extra, August 27.
ie Arrival of the Alabama—six days Later
from the Army.
The steamship Alabama, Capt. Windle, arrived
this morning from Brazos Santiago, whence she
i- sailed on the 24th inst.
i«r Capt. Windle reports that (Jen. Worth, with 2000
id men, had li-ft Camargo and proceeded 75 miles on
1S his route towards Monterey. This 1 eport is no
>e doubt premature. We have late dates from Ca
margo, which represent that active preparations
were going on to move at nn early day. On this
subject we refer to the letters below. We have
others, yet later, but they contain nothing to con
e" firm the report that Gen. Wor'h had moved from
'S Camargo. The report probably grew out of the
advance of Capt. Duncan’s party, mentioned in
d our correspondence.
»- Since writing the above, we have received the
! - American Flag of the 23d inst., which thus notices
the report:
From Camargo.— The steamer Virginian re
d ports having crossed Gen. Worth and his command,
i- consisting of the Bth infantry and two companies
H of artillery, over the San Juan river, on the 19th
inst. Gen. Worth, says our inionnant, received
orders to march to the village of China and remain
thereuntil further advised. This may or m - ’
not be so: we are inclined to believe that
there is a little more of the may or may not than
may. It would be hardly Worth, while for the
com nander of this expedition to start at all if lie
had to stop at 85 mile 7 .
e A letter dated the 15th inst., from San Fernando,
announces the airival there of the Texan regiment
1 of Mounted mon three days previously, in fine
I health and spirits.
’ The late report that Capt Godfrey Pope, of the
Kentucky volunteers, had beea shot bj a sentinel,
is pronounced a fabrication. But we will not de
tain the reader from our letters.
Editorial Correspondence.
Camargo, August 11. 1546.
■ Capt. Duncan, with the small party of Texan
Rangers, recently sent out on a reconnoi-since in
t > the interior, got back this morning, after having
sc Hued lhe country on the other side the San Juan
‘ as fai as Scralvo, a pleasant town half way to
* Monterey. On the second day Capt. McCulloch
wn« sent into ?»licr veiy much indisposed. The
night before he shot a Mexican, who was caught
on an American horse and who attempted to es
cape by running. Tne fellow broke through the
chaparral, and made a good race for his life ; but
Mc<was too fast for him.
Ou the second night, after a forced march of
gieat length, Capt. Duncan threw his men nt dif
fered points around the town of Punta Aguda,
bavin learned that a Mexican officer named
Ramirez was in the place with a detachment of
recruits for Canales. So complete was the sur
prise that Capt. D. was enabled to r< achabal!
room in the centre of the town, where a grand
,/andango was then in full blast, without a soul
suspecting his appioach. His object was to take
any Mexican officers prisoners that might be there
stationed in the place, and supposing that they
might be at the faud 'fgo, he ordeied all wi hin the
room not to move, after telling them, in the first
place, that e very avenue to the town was gua:d;*d
by the Rangers. Notwithstanding this Older,
■ome of those inside the room went covert.y out
and endeavored to leave ihe town; but one of
them was shot dead in the attempt, and another
Lad his arm shattered by a rifle ball irom one of
the Texans. The latter was brought back to tiie
landing) room, where his wound was dressed in
1 one corner, the dance going on the while at the
req est of Capt. D., although with not as much
rprat as it might. Finding that he could get hold
t no prisoner of importance, the commander of
• ihe p.riy continued bis march to Scralvo, arrived
I the: ? without hindrance or molestation, and after
an examination of the place, returned in safety by
w v of Agna Legnos and Mier.
(Seralvo, it is thought, will he made a depot, of
fering every facility in the shape ol g >od water
and a cor. mandmg position. The road on the
( iher s i< 'he .’tan Juan will also bo < hosen as the
beS? ‘ which to move the army, although a por
ion may march bv way of China. The news
f.o 0 Monterey leads cveiy one to suppose that
the Mexicans intend making a bold stand there,
and offcri g every resistance to Gen. Taylor in
taeir power. Recruits and rcgul us are concentra
ting at that point, the fortifications are being
stieng'hcncd, and the greatest activity prevails.
\ force of JOOO well appointed cavalry arrived at
Saltillo a fe* days since, and report now has it
that Torrejon has been sent down with a laige
party of mounted men to cut off Col. Hays. I
hope he may find Hays, for that officer will be
glad to see him.
Gen. Persifor F. Smith arrived this morning.
He is to take command of the 2d Brigade, com
posed of the sth and 7th Regiments of U. S. In
fantry. Our regular correspondent H., wih proba
bly be able to give you a full account of the or
ganization of the army about to move towards
Monterey. - G. W. K.
Special Correspondence of the Picayune.
Cam arg), Mexico, Augu»t 14, 1846.
Editors of the Picayune— Gentlemen: —We are
getting along here among the antideluvians most
admirabiy, notwithstanding the extremely hot
weather. You Americanos uut in Louisiana have
had the presumption to slate, on several occasions,
that yon have experienced warm weather! It is
ridiculous for an enlightened people to talk of heat
iu a place where ice can be kept. There are cer
tain gentlemen spoken of in the Old Testament,
as having walked safely to and fro in a fiery fur
nace; that was certainly a considerable of a feat
for those dajs, but it is an every day occurrence
in the Army of Occupation. Yesterday ai.d to-day,
between the hours of 9 o’clock, A. M., and 4
o’clock, P. M , were the hottest days 1 ever heard
of. The atmosphere, the earth, and the limestone
walls of Camaigo seemed to be on fire. We have
not a single thermometer to measure the heat with,
but nothing is lost by the deficiency, as I am
satisfied that no instrument of the kind has ever
been manufactured of sufficient length to reach
the height of the temperature at this place. How
the troops bear up under it is a wonder, and yet
there are not many of them down with fever. I
atlri ute ibis extraordinary health in a great de
gree to the absence of intoxicating liquors. The
drills are with ihe exception of the light artillery,
conducted in the cool of the day. There are now
eleven thousand volunteers and three thousand
regulars on the Rio Grande. They are constantly
arriving at this point, so that it is next to impossi
ble to ascertain how many are collected here at
this moment. The great camp below the town is
already over a mile long, the line of tents aver
aging about twelve deep I saw nearly all the
troops out, this evening, drilling in battalions.
The 4th Artilleiy were drilling as infantry, like
wise nil the artillery except the light. A portion
of the 4th armed with muskets with percussion
locks, and it is easy to distinguish them from the
rest when the battalion goes through the exercise
of loading snd firing. This regiment is about
800 strong, and is commanded by Col. Child, a most
•. fficient -and gallant officer. The 3d Infantry is
said to he the finest in its appointments, although
*ni 11 in numbers, of any in the army. Its neat
ness is proverbial, every musket looking like bur
i»•shed silver, and every article of their accoutre
ments co responding. Col. Hitchcock, who is,
unfortunately fur the service, sick and absent,
belongs to this corps.
The marching will hereafter he plincipally dore
at right. T should H ! -e to be able to go on with
Gen. Worth’s command, which will start in ad
v .nee next week. I should pity the Mexican
aimy that would have the temerity to meet thi*
brave officer in the field, for he is determined to d •
somthiiig brilliant, at all h.«z rds. Among ’he per
b ;ns who have attempted to es’- drinking a id
gambling establishments at Carnnrgo, wa* a certain
character well known to the aimy. His goo.i.s
were reshipped, Ly order of the cumin tnaaut of the
town, ami lie was ordeied off ite hci ame insolent
and abusive in consequence, and went so far that
» . pt. Miles ordcrc * him to be anested and put in
the g'lard-hou.-c until the bat was read.-. On hi*
being released, he went up to General Tay-ci’*
tent and ma-’e a long and bi-'ter comphint to old
Rough and Ready. The General >at and listened
to lino in silenwe. When he Lad closed, the Gene
ral ro*p, very coolly, and a*ked him if be h..d go’,
through. “ Yes, sir I believe I have.” “VV<I,
then,” exclaimed the General, applying his right
,oe to a prominent part of the fellow’s b dy in a
very emi hatic manner, “be off’ from here, or I’ll
kick you clear into the United States.”
An American arrived in town to-day from Mon
ter-”, who, 1 am told, re;>ort that there are 12,000
rancheros ..nd icgulars (4 /00 regulars) collected at
that place alreaay Many of this force are from
he Rio Grande. They >p?ak canfi lently of whip-
I pit . our army, it is rumored a >out the camp, too,
th. . Capt. Duncan, whole theredaybeforejesler*
i day, to reconnoitre some 30 leagues distant was
I on Canales’s trail, with a fair prospect of
c ’crtaking him.
Gen. Twiggs was to hive l**ft Matamoros yes
t«?rday, u .tn the remainder of the truup- that arc
dect'ii. 1 fur M >r>teyey. On !ii< ar.ival here, it is
betyeved that a new organization of brigades will
take place. H.
Camargo, Aug. 17, 1846.
! Editors of the Picayun-; ■ >ince the excitement
I a*d r.axi< ty of the army just previous tu the bat
tles of the 8 h ami 9th, there has been no more in
cresting period than ’he present iu the campaign.
Every report from lhe interior is weighed and com
mented upon gravely. The extreme heat of the
neat her, the arduous and important du ies that are
marked out for the army, and the fact—an impor
tant and very* serious consideration with an Ameri
can soldier —that we are about to leave far behind
u; —] say “ us,” becau e 1 am determined lo see it
out—the “ land of the free and the home of the
brave,” to enter the interior oi an enemy’s country,
almost unknown us, causes every one to reflect
deeply. It is do child’s play, this campaigning in
Mexico, a« many of our Louisiana boys have al
ready found out.
Since my letter of yesterday, I have learned that
soon after McCulloch’s party left China, some
weeks ago, a Mexican named Savriego raised four
or five hnndred men and started off, as he told the
people there, in pursuit. He was careful, however,
I not to overtake the Rangers, but learning that our
troops were leaving Matamoros, and thinking that
none were left to defend the place, made up his
mind to re-take it, but unfortunately for his plan,
. he soon found that a certain Col. Hays was there.
They have it here that the Colonel met him and
give hi* men a drubbing, in true Texan style, but
1 this is probably nothing more than camp rumor.
» The Texan infantry are to be disbanded to-day
■ or to-morrow, and will nearly all return home.
1 They were six months* men.
P. S. Saturday Evening- — In addition to the
r report given above, written this morning, I will
Z state whit I have since heard from a gentleman
ii well informed on the subjects therein alluded to.
e A man has arrived from Monterey, who states
e that from tne number of troops there, and thefeel
,i ings ol the inhabitants, it would be imprudent for
Gen. Taylor to move upon that place with less than
10,well di-ciplined men.
Savriego, who I mentioned as having threatened
n to cut McCulloch’s party to pieces, aud to all
Matamoros, is a noted robber. 1 only hop) he may
f fal into the hands of the Texans. The reconnoi
n 'ering party which started from here ’he other day,
1 under Capt. Duncan, left McCulloch sick at Mier
rie has r- covered. The party went on in the direc
m lion cf Jeralma.
The 2d regiment of Texan mounted men. under
ot Col. Woods, came up this morning, and a regiment
of Ohio volunteers have just arrived, on boaid the
steamer Roberts. '1 he Louisville Legion encamp
ed below town last evening. 1 hear of very little
sickness among the men who have arrived.
The aimy will probably move on Monterey by
two separate routes, clearing the country foi a con
sult table extent on either side and between the two
road*.
The laundresses, or camp women, at this point
will be sent back to Matamoros early next week
—a pretty sure sign we shall soon be on the
march. Yours, H.
From lhe Constitutionalist,
Camp Belknap, on Rio Grande, )
August 19ih, 1846. J
Dear Gardner :As one ol “our mess” has
upset lhe coffee pot, and another refuses to wash
up lhe tin plates, there is a cessation ot labor
for awhile, ami taking advantage ot the affair,
1 give you this letter, to let you know what as
pect things present in this quarter. We are
encamped on the banks otthe long-looked-lor
Rio Grande, and can speak to you now as one
who has seen the “Elephant.”
Early on the morningot lhe 2oth ult. we
struck our tents, and left the Brazos Santiago,
with less regret than we ever expect to leave
another place. At sunset, we encamped at the
mouth ot the river, now celebrated in the an
nalsotour history. I must own that I was sadly
disappointed, when 1 looked at lhe stream, whose
high sounding name gives but a taint idea ol
•ts features. At the point where we are now
encamped, it is about three hundred and fifty
yards wide, and I am told by those who havt
been at the head of navigation, that this is the
average width. One would look in vain to find
from what cause such names as Bravo and
Grande were given to it, unless it were from
the rapidity of its current, which, from lhe ex
periment that I tried, runs at the rate of seven
miles an hour. Fur a hundred miles from its
mouth the banks aie low and flat, having here
and there a cluster ot musquit bushes, which is
the only kind of vegetation I observed on its
banks. Our encampment is about fifteen miles
fiom the mouth of the river, and is situated on
a rising ground, a halt a mile from the stieam
The country in our neighborhood is swampy
and now neariy covered with water, and we
have to wade through a portion o; it in order to
get to the river, from which we obtain water t<
make our coffee, and use it tor drinking an.,
cooking You will w inder how we can drink
it, when I tell you that I saw a barrel filled «.
few evenings ago, which held about thirty gal
.ons, and after s anding eight houis there was a
sediment of mud eight inches deep. From the
nature of the country around us, and from the
waler, and Irom our proximity to the sea shore,
I am strongly oflhe opinion that lhe country i.*-
decidedly unhealthy; although our officers tell
us that it is as healthy as the mountains ir
Georgia. Nearly every evening 1 can stand on
ihe bluff and hear lhe plaintive strains of the
dead march, floating mournfully on the breeze,
as some poor soldier is borne on his bier to he
consigned to the dark and silent abode ot the
tomb. The mountain buys, who have been ac
customed to inhale the pure and heahbtul air oi
the highlands ol our state, and drink fromthe
rivulets that sparkle by the way side, fare but
poorly here; some have died, and many aic
sick.
There are several other regiments stationed
here, within a half a mile of us; and a lew days
ago there was, within sight, the tents of six
thousand men. 1 do not think that we shall
have any fighting to do, as we cannot learn thai
there is any formidable force collecting, at any
point, to oppose Taylor, if he marches on
Monterey, which, together with Saltillo, are
consideied the keys of lhe republic. Large
quantities of stores are continually passing up
the river, and seemingly every preparation is
nearly to a close tor some finishing stroke to
the war. Wc, however, do not have the least
idea that w? shall be discharged before our time
expires; and we learn from Matamoros, that
the old General has a very high opinion of our
regimeni, hr having received very favorable
accounts ot it. You would be surprised to see
with what expertness we can form and reduce
a square, or deploy into column, and all the
other positions ot a Battalion. It was a mat
ter of great regret to our men, particularly, and
to the whole regiment, when we learned that
Dr. Paul F. Eve had declined the office of Sur
geon to lhe Regiment, as we felt that the ac
knowledged talent and experience of that gen
tleman could not tail to elicit the highest feelings
of confidence.
I saw in the Ch.onicle & Sentinel, a communica
tion copied from a Mobile paper, signed “ Rich
mond Blues.” It excited no small surprise in our
company, and no one could even conjecture who
could have so maliciously promulgated a falsehood,
so detrimental to the honor and interests of our
corps ; for I do not know one of the company who
was in debt in Mobile, and who was not able to
pay. There was some dissatisfaction in the camp,
in consequence of the non-arrival of the paymaster,
but it was only for a day, as he arrived in a short
time after, and paid off the troops; and 1 must say
this much, at least, for Capt. Dili, that he has in
every instance, where there was hardships to be
borne, or fatigue to be endured, willingly, and
cheerfully set the example, livingon the same kind
of food, and sleeping on a blanket, like our own,
and all I have to do now is to cast up my eyes, and
I can see him greasing his boots at his tent, and
seems to be employed very intently.
We expect to leave this place in ten days for
Camargo, and then we will be under the command
ot the volunteer General. We hope at least that
we shall move from this place in a shorter time,
and if I hear any thing more that is worth telling
you about, or that might prove any way interest
ing, you may probably bear again from
THE POOR SOLDIER.
DIED,
At his residence, near Monticello, Jasper
county, Georgia, on the 21st of August last,
Capta n Abner Bartlett, aged sixty-six years.
The deceased was a native of South Carolina,
but resided for the last thirty years in the county
where he died. He was frank and ardent, with
a constant and faithful attachment to his friends.
He was distinguished for his energy, enterprise
and industry, by which he became the fabricator
of his own fortune, and an example to others of
the value of indefatigable industry, directed by
judgment.
FI is Masonic brethren, with a large concourse
from his own and other counties, attended his
remains to the grave, and with Masonic honors
and the tears of affection and friendship, consign
e to his mortal resting place, a father, a hus
band a valued friend and brother mason, and a
worthy citizen.
1 tl <V K 1 I 4 3,.
augusi’a market.
Wednesday, P. M.
Cotton.— Ther n has been a good demand the
last w’eek, at rather advanced rates, but in
consequence of the reduced stock on sale and
the high prices demanded by holders, very little
has been done the last few days. We quote as
extremes 6J to Bc. most sales 7| to 7|c.,
remarking that a choice article would com
mand something over our highest quotations.
Some few loads of new Cotton have been re
ceived, and sold from Waggons at 7g to Se.,
quality middling to middling frir.
COTTUN STATEMENT.
Comparative Statement of Cotton in Augusta and
Hamburg, September 1 1345, and 1246.
1845-6. 1814-45
Stock o:i hand Septi, .......6,729 17,505
Received from Sept. 1 to August 1...1‘23,283 219 070
“ in Augu5t......... 1,642 !A53
Total supply and receipt5......131,654 238,128
SHIPMENTS.
To Savinnah in AuguU...............6,222 653
“ Charleston “ ..3,770 1,557
“ Sdvan’h and Charleston previously. 111,756 229,189
Total shipments... 121,748 231,399
STOCK ON HAND.
Stock in Augusta, Sept. 1 7,313 5.646
“ Hamburg, “ “ ........ 2,563 1,083
Total Slock on hand ....9,906 6,729
RECEIPTS.
Total supply and receipts ...131,654 233,123
Deduct stock on hand Sept. 1 6J29 17.505
To'al Receipts ........124.925 220.623
It appears from lhe above statement ihat the receipt*
of the past year fall short of the previous year 95,698
bales.
EXCHAWGE TABLE.
(SPECIE BASIS.)
AUGUSTA NOTBS.
Mechanics’Bank P ar -
Brunswick Bank
Bank of Augusta
Angusta Insurance A: Banking Company
Georgia Rail Road.
Branch State of Georgia
SAVANNAH NOTES.
State Bank
Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
Planters’ Bank
Central Rail Road Bank
State Bank Branch, par
Milledgeville Bank
Central Bank
City Council of Augusta
Ruckersville Bank
Branch Marine and Fire Insurance Bank
St. Mary’s Bank
Merchants Bank, Macon uncertain
Commercial Bank, Macon 6U p. ct. di».
Insurance Bank of Columbus, sale-
Monroe Rail Road Bank Broke.
Bank of Darien and Branches
Chattahoochee R. Road A: Banking Co..
Western Bank ot Georgia.....
Bank of Columbus
Planters and Mechanics Bank Columbrs.
Bank of
Exchange Bank of Brunswick....
Ph cnix Bank, Columbus *
(•’eoigia6 cent Bonds ov Ju
Georgia 8 fr cent Bonds. <a)
SOUTH CAROLTNA NOTES.
Charleston Banks P* r -
Bank ot Hamburg
Commercial Bank, Columbia
Bank of Cheraw 1 * dis.
Bank of Camden 1 -
Bank of Georgetown 1 f 0 ~
Alabama Notes O 3 die
CHECKS.
New Vorksight ; prem.
Boston i “
Philadelphia t
Charleston
rtavannah
New York. August 29—2 p m.
£JrcAun^e—Theie is a lair demand for foreign bills at
the following < ates Bills on London 108$ a 109 ; Pa
ris 5 32$ a 5f.30.
Co/ftm—Tiie sales of C non for the week ending last
evening amounted to 99 >0 bates, including 5900 Uplanu
and Florida, and 4000 Mobile and New Orleans. The
arrivals daring the same period were 2491 cales.
There was considerable excitement in the market
t yesterday, owing to the report from the South of in
a jury to the crops, and the sales amounted to about 4000
>. bales, pi ices closing at about jof a cent pound high
c er than on Saturday last. We quote as follows;
Inferior nnne «... 12
Ordinary 7| Id) 7i 7j fa) 7|
' Middling H (a) S| H (id Hf
- Middling fair (d) 9 9 9|
O Fully Fair 9| (a) 9) 9| fa)l'q
Fine nom nom
t The market continues attics to-day, and prices firm
k at the late advance.
Hour— T he receipts of Flour being light, and a small
Eastern demand having sprung up, it has macle the
market more brisk than it was during the middle cf
the week. Michigan and Oswego from being dull of
sale at $4, and hard to be forced off at that, now readi
ly cornmaad that price, and pure Genesee sells freely
atglo6f. At the present prices of flour and freight,
there is no export demand. Southern flour is very dull
? of sale at at IBf as 4 25.
1 Savannah, September 1, 1846.
r General Remarks. — With the present number
» closes the commercial year; and yesteiday we
took an accurate account of stock, which we found
differed from our tables about 1,900 bales in Up
r land, and some 200 Sea Islands. We have adjust
i ed our tables to conform to the actual stock on
hand.
As regards the growing crop, the prospect for
Upland in this State and South Carolina is good
■ at the present time. As we stated before, it is
somewhat backward, but in other respects looks
well, and if frost keeps off till November, Wc may
confidently look for a full average crop. Great
complaints are, however, made in relation to the
crops in the Southwestern States,and should they be
verified, we cannot expect a larger yield throughout
the Cotton region than that of last season. The
S«a Island crop will undoubtedly be short. The
excessive wet weather has seriously injured it,
and the caterpillar is now very prevalent on most
of the seaboard plantations and in Florida; —so
that the general impression seems to be, that in no
event will it exceed half the usual yield
Cotton— Arrived since the Ist r>f Aug., 7.151 hales Up
land (5,853 Irom Augus'a and landings on the river, and
l, ;0l by Railroad.) and 2I balei. Sea Bland. The exports
for Mine period have been 3.901 bales Upland and 8
Sea Island*, to Liverpool. 262 bales Upland to Boston,
100 do to Pi ovidence. 4.733 do and 19 Nea I-lands io N.
York. 3 bales llpl md to Philadelphia. 4 do lo Balti
more, and I'7 do and I Sea Island to Charleston—to
nether 9,110 bales Upland and 55 Sea Is'ands: leaving
a stock on h ind and on shiphoard not cleared, 0t5,1 6
nales Upland and 466 rt. a Island*, against 2,184 bales
Upland and 511 rtea Island*, al same time last year.
The market during the past month has been quiet
without much « hai.ge in price. The accounts Irom
Liverpool received irom ’line to lime, have presented
that market without change. The receipts of new
* oitou to due are thirty bales. one hundred
and sixty five bales at same lune last year Ol th«-
quantity received this reason, one bale has been ship
ted to New York unsold, and (ilircn bales have been
-oid here mi cents lb The appearance oi the
new crop thu* far is good, ihe Maple very superior, and
the quality Liverpool lair The sales of the month
amount io 1,..6J bales Upland, a< prices ranging from
6J a cents 4F '' l ** I* l '*' price lor new Cotton,
he r»nly sales since Fi iday last being 15 ai 7and 22
t-aies nt 7|c !**• The bull: of the offering slock
ranges from ordinary 'o middling fair, and is wor’h
from 6J a 7sc lb in square links Round ba es are
not wonh as much by annul j<: 4fNb. The Only trans
actions in Sea LI and tepor ed during ihe month have
been 13 bale- at 21 a 23c 4P* lb.
BTATBNENT OP COTTON.
1845—43. 1814-45
Stock on hand, Sept 1 2,611
Received since Aug. 1 7.154 2,979
u previously.. ....••.171,300 293,584
Total receipts.. •••IS .065 298,725
Exported since Aug. !•••.... 9.110 5.513
“ previously 166,499, 291,022
Total 175,609 293,535
Rein’g on hand Aug. 31 5,456. 2,188
Rice- The harvesting of the new cropJs progressing ,
a* rapidly as the frequent showers will permit, and
piomises to be an abundant one Of'he remaining
Mock of old Rice there is probably in the rough and in
•he hands of parties waiting shipment, from 2,000'0
2.5* 0 casks. The sales during the month have amount
ed to I 824 casks, at from S2A to S 3 25 hundred lbs.
There has been some slight fluctuation in prices b*it
• hey are now an | a |c 4F lb higher than at the begin
ning of the month.
Groceri't— The stock of Sugar, Coffre and Molasses
is lair for ihe season. The business of the past month
has been principally of a retail character. The sales
since our last are 178 hbls N O Molasses at a price not <
public, and 10 hhds NO Sugar at 7J a 8 cents lb. ,
vVe quote N O Molastes32 a 34 cis. and Cuba do *23# a
24 cts V? gallon, r-ugar, Porto Rico and St. Croix, 7A 1
alO cis ; and Rio Coffee 7. ab| cts lb. 1
Bacon -T he stock of ail kind, is moderate, though <
quite sufficient to supply the demand. The sales of the £
pist week amount to 50 hhds. and 60 0 pound* shout- .
decs from 4} a 5c., and 30 hlids. and 100<0 lb.«. sides at 1
7c. per lb. We quote hams 7 a9, sides 7 a and
shoulders 4J a 5| c. per lb. r
Flour— Demand limited with moderate supply. Sales S
50 bbls Baltimore lloward street at 4J n $5 per bbl. |
Cana! is selling in small lots from store at 5 a 85.25 per r
bbl C
Corn— The stock on hand is about 8.000 bushels. It
is selling in lots tn suit at 70 a 75c. per bushel.
Domestic Liquor*—W bbls Northern Gin sold this
week at 27c. per gallon
Bagging and Bale Sales3oopieces Kentucky
Bagging at I lsc per yaid, and 350 coils Kentucky
Rope, at 4 1 a ssc with lOOdo. Rus«ia at 6c. per lb. and
I bale Kentucky Twine at 15c. per lb,
Exch mge—SterUng may be quoted at 6| per cent
nominal There is a good demand for Domestic, hnt
not much offering. The out door rate for checks on
the North is par to | per cent prem The banks sell
sight checks on the North at $ per cent prem They
purchase 30 day bills at $ a $, and 60 at 1| per cent, dis
count.
Freights— There is one ship loading for Liverpool at
7-16 d per lb. for round and square bales cotton. The
coastwise ra'es remain without change, say for New
York |c. per lb. for square and 5-l6c. per lb. for round
hales, and 76c. per cask for Rice; and fnr Boston, last
engagements,fc. for square and 716 c. for round bales,
and 81 per cask for Rice.
Charleston, September 1, 1816.
Cotton. —Our publication of the 22tl ultimo,
left the Upland market in a comparatively quiet
state, as purchasers at the close of the week, did
not seem disposed to pay the high rates demand
ed, and on Saturday dealers were also unable to
come to terms, and the sales were limited to
some 300 bale*. On Sunday, the 23d, the ad
vices per the Caledonia reached us. If they did
not quote an advance in prices, certainly spoke
very favorably of the article, and this circum
stance taken in connection with the limited sup
ply on sale, induced the few holders to demand
higher rates than those previously paid; but
purchasers refused to come forward, and up to
the dose of business on Wednesday, the trans
actions did not average 300 bales per day; on
Thursday, however, they entered lhe market at
an early hour, and as the day advanced it be
came very much excited, and prices advanced
materially. Thoughout Friday and Saturday
even more stringent rates were obtained, and
thematket closed at about sc. lb. above the
quotations given in our last rep rt. Yesterday
between 4 and 500 bales were sold, and the »ates
of Saturduy were sustained. The receipts a e
2370 bales, and the sales 3ioo baies, ae so Ijws :
l6at6s; 4 at 6| : 12 at 7; 70 at 7$ ; 364 at 7|;
237 at 73; 382 at 71; 262 at 7|; 293 at 7$ ; 194
at 7s; 60at 8; 150 at 8}; 117 at 8|; 246 al 83 ;
138 at 8$; and.Bo bales at BJc.
The following quotations will give a true state
of the market at the close of business yesterday :
Inferior and ordinary 7$ a 7| ; middling to mid
dling fair 7J a ; fair to fully fair 8$ a 8|; good
fair and fine 85c per lb.
The receipts thus far of new Cotton arc 19
baies against 63 bales received up t » same time
last year. We have no Bales to report in Long
Cotton.
Comparative Statement of Supply ofUpland Cot
ton, according to latest dales. 1845-6. IS 14-5.
St’konhand Sept 1,1815 10269 13097
deceived since Aug 21 2370
“ previously... 212?4l
Total receipts 255480 4143 H
Exported since Aug. 21 1911
“ previously ..216163
Total exports 215)74 4(MK4H
On shipboard,notcl’d 902 1640
Deduct from tot il rec’a 24F976 405689
Rem’g on hand Aug 31 6504 t‘62
Th'-Vallow m a statement of the receipt* an ! storh of
cotton on hand andon shipboard not cleared, at the re
spective places named: 1845-6. 1644-5 ’!
* s ** x si
Rpc’ta. Stock. s rtfnek. u
New Orleans. Aug. 22.. 1039*0.3 J35H7 94'.M 1 25 52*51
Mobile, Aug. 22 42.0 J 9 6509 516775 17" “
Florida, Aug. Il 1394'8 3745 i*76-<i 566 "
Georgia, Aug. 29.......176656 72’0 266 >l7 2179 I<,
|>g. Sea Island. 10 99 246 M 53 541 |,
S. Carolina, Aug 31...2318-40 7406 40631'2 10269
Do. Sea Island ’9.75 130 4 2U019 6 0 .
N. Carolina. Aug. 22 9564 800 12416 1000
Virginia, Aug 31 15700 100 22151 19 0 <1
Other ports, Aug, 22.....10160 ft
Tot.l 2075364 40995 2119412 20066
Macon, <Ja. Aug 6 1558 4
\uguHa<V. Hamburg. Aug 1... 18256 7402 ‘
Philadelphia. Aug. 22 5013 10GI “
New York, Aug, *25 496C0 ....••••••45314 r
— b
Total 76717 53717 t
Rice. — We staled in our report of ’he 22x1 ult.
that the Ri.e market, uud. r lhe influence us a a
kOod demand which prevailed at the close of ihe c
week, coupled with the limited supply on sale, i
hid advanced J per hundred; and the transac
tions for some days after were in accordance
with this advance; as the week, however, pro- ‘
greased, the demand increased, which produced
some excitement, and holders, taking advantage
of the limited supply on sale, put u,> their rales.
Prices, on Friday and Saturday conaeq.iently ad
vanced, and the week closed tuil i of a dollar per
hundred higher, particularly fu good shipping
parcels. The saleu yesteiday sustained the im
provement noticed above. We would refer to
oui quotations foi the actual state of the market.
The receipts which reach 1602 tierces,have pass
ed into the hand -of purcha-es, at pric< a ranging
from 2f to 3s, but the bulk of the operations em
brace rates ra aging from 3 to S3s per h ndred .
Grain.- The Com market is abundantly supplied,
with but a very moderate <|em»nd. A cargo of
North Carolina arrived at the close <>f the previous
week, and was sold a t 51c. per bushel. It was
shipped to a neighbor.rig market. 1 resent quota
tions are altogether nominal. Upwards of l,oou
sacks Western were received yesterday by an ar
rival from New-Orleans, «hich have not yet been
sold. We have had no arrivals of either Oats or
Peas since our last,and have for the present erased
quotations. Nothing has been done in Hay.
/'VoMr—&’i,ice our report of he 22d ultimo near i0»O
bb’». Baltimore and Virginia have come to hand ; and
il certainly has reached a dull market. Baltimore in
small lots command our quotations— s ass ; and 100
bbls Virginia extra brand brought 65$ per bbl.
Bacon— t here have been received since our last up
wards of 1000 hhds. Bacon, between 4 and 500 hhds. of
which are gone forward into the interior. Our market
is abundantly supplied, and *he demand has been lim
ited. There is more range lor selecting, and sides have
o-een sold at 6$ and 7c.; and shoulders fiom4tosc.
per lb ; hams nom 5 lo9sc.
Lard—We have heard of no transactions since our
last, but our quotations, viz : 7$ a Bc., will five a fair
index ol the slate ol ihe market.
S dt— There is very lit’.le demand for this article at
present: and the transactions have been limited to
some 600 sacks Liverpool, from on shipboard, at 1 08
and 81.IU per sack
Domestic Liquors— There have been received since
nur last, some 47') hbls. frnm New Orleans, a portion of
1 which was sold yesterday, within the range ot our
quotations, say 23 a 21c* pci gallon.
.Sugar— The receipts ot the week have been but 3/
hhds. coastwise. There has been some inquiry foi
rtugar ; but the parties have not been able to come to
teims, and the transactions have consequently been
coxfineJ to small lots, in all about 4') hhds, chiefly
Muscovados, al prices ranging from 7| to Bsc, accoru
ing to quality. The stock is comparatively 1 'ght
l (>#ee—Received this week. 750 bags. Ihe stock of
• Coffee, which is ample, consists chiefly of R'" de*cri p
•inn The market is very quiet. A tew small lo s
t have changed hand* at puces ranging tram <$ to bets
L W* lb.
e Bagging— There; has been some little inquiry for
IBagfiDg.and sales to a brail d extent have been made
at prices ranging from 10} to llsc.
JPxcArzn^e— Sterling is rather scarce, and t it rate is
tendiug upwards. Bills on England and France, no
•«1«: Check, on N.w York, Phi|,d«|ph| s B.|H mr , r .
and Boston | BF cent prem.
Fret^Ate—There is no vessel up f or Havre ; and al
i though one is on the berth for Liverpool, there ia no
, Freight offering; nothing offering to Boston. We
quote to New York, Cotton, in square bare, at26c.
1 Rice. 75c 40* tierce.
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WE, THE COMMITTEE elected
for the purpose of superintending the
j. building of a new Meeting House at Greenwood,
hereby give notice that sealed proposals will be
received until the first day ol October, for said
building.
The plan of which is as follows: length 60
feet ; width 34 feet ; 12 feet pitch, or between
joints, to be set on twelve good and substantial
rock pillars 3 feet high ; the corner pillars to ex
tend 3 feet on each sill; the side pillar* 3 feet
wide to be laid in lime mortar or rough ua?t; the
sills to be good heart-timber 14 inches square,
one center-sill extending from end to end ; the
frame to be strong and well put up; corner posts
to be we’l braced ; the side door posts to be 4 by
10 inches, and well braced ; all window and end
door posts to be 4 by 6 inches ; the house to be en
tered by 4 doors, one in each end and one on each
side, all central, with good folding Pattern shut
ters 4} feet in the clear ; 4 windows on each side,
and 2 in each end ; windows to be 18 lights, with
glass 10 by 12 inches, enclosed by good folding
battern shutters or blinds ; the floor to be of If
inch quartered plank, laid square, jointed ; the
weather-boarding and shingles to be of excellent
heart timber, and no sap timber whatever to be
used on the out side of the building ; the house
to be neatly ceiled, with quartered cei ing both
walls and ovethead ; the roof so constructed as
to bo sufficiently strong and substantial ; the
house to occupy the same site on which the old
one now stands; twenty feet to be cut off at the
soi. th end of the house by railing or banisters for
the use of the colored people, which may be sup
plied with the old teats by selecting the bes-t of
them ; the house arranged with aisles, extend
ing from door to door, each way, of the same
width of tne doors ; each square from the banis
tering to be supplied with neat new seats made
of plank 2 inches thick and 16 inches wide with
backs sufficiently reclining to be comfortable ; a
neat pulpit of ordinary size, case.! in below the
floor, and banistered and canvassed above the
floor.; the doors and windows to be supplied
with one good lock and bars and hooka to secure
them—also, good and sufficient steps to each
door.
The house to be completed by the Ist day of
July, 1917.
Proposals received at Raysville, Columbia
county, by the Committee.
For further particulars apply to the Committee
directed as above. Signed,
DENNIS PASCHAL. 1
GEORGE SHANK, | -
ASA PASCHAL,
JOHN L. PASCHAL, I ?
s 3 w 4 THOS. H. STROTHER. J ;
IMPORTANT TO SOUTHERN MANU
FACTURERS.
rpHE undersigned would respectfully
JL inform their fiends and the public th»t
they have lately started a
MACHINE SHOP
at Spring Hill, six miles from Augusta, on the
Louisville road, where they will be happy to re
ceive orders for new machinery of any aort, either
in the cotton or wool line. Also, any sort of re
pairs for machinery will be attended to sit short
notice. Any orders left with G. W. Lamar &
Co., Augusta, or any communication addressed
to the undersigned at Richmond Factory P. 0.,
will receive prompt attention.
au3l-4tw» DANIEL HACK <fc SONS.
CA BI N E T-M AK IN G,
CLARKESVILLE, GEO.
R\V. HARRIS, truly grateful for the
. patronage already bestowed upon him,
since he commenced business nt this place,
would respeciulily inform thr citizens ot the sur
rounding country that he still continues to car
ry on the above bu-iness, and is prepared to fill
orders for FURNITURE of every description,
at the shortest notice, and upon terms to suit
the limes.
Hibg rod Timber, excellent workmen, and other
advantages, fully warrant him in pledging him
self to furnish as good an article, at as short no
tice as any establishment in the up-country. By
close attention to business, a faithful execution
of all work with which he may be entrusted, and
reasonable efforts to please, he is determined to
merit, and hopes to receive a liberal share of the
patronage of the public.
Clarkesville, Ga., July 9, 1846. s2-u ly
STEAMER IVANHOE.
ft THE light draught, low
res sure steamer IVANHOE is
now repairing, and will be put in complete order
for the accommodation of passengers and freight.
Her ca’un will be enlarged with other conveni
ences for passengers, such os slate rooms aud
promenade deck.
She will be completed by the Ist of September,
and then commence her regular weekly trips for
Savannah, under the command of Capt. Gould,
who is an experienced and accommodating offi
cer.
Freight consigned to S. Solomons dt Co.,
Agents, Savannah, will be forwarded free of
commission. ILL. JEFFERS, Agent.
P. S.—Due notice will be given of the days of
her arrival and departure. au2B-d3w2
S & D. W. Dill
have removed to the corner next above
their late stand, in the store recently occupied by
Stovall & Hamlin, where they are receiving ad
ditional supplies of
GROCERIES, BAGGING AND BALE ROPE,
&c., to which they invite the attention of the
planters and the public generally.
au3l d2&wlt
CHARLESTON ADVERTISEMENT.
ROBINSONS At ( ALDWELL,
FACTORS AND COMMISSION MER
CHANTS,
HAVE REMOVED from Fitzsim
mons’ to Magwood’s wharf—their office
is at the east end of the range of stores where it
was formerly located. They have on hand, and
are now receiving, n large supply of Western
COTTON BAGGING, of the best brands,
amongst which are—l,o3o pieces of the favorite
brand “ Globe Mills,” weighing near 2 lbs. to
the yard, and 45 in< li«-s wide; also, Kentucky
BALE ROPE and TWINE, and a few pieces of
heavy Dundee B AGC| NG. au!B w 9
I IME ! LIME ! —The undersigned
Ji keeps constantly on hand, and is prepare
o fjli r er at tuv of th) do rots upon the Stale an
Georgia Rail Roads, fresh unslaked lime of a su
perior quality. WM. SPENCER BROWN.
KinffSton. (’aes (■:>., Jan. 15,
Postponed
A DMINISTRATOR’S Sale.—Will
X V be sold at the Court-house door in Walker
county, on lhe first Tuesday in November next,
under an order of the Inferior Court of Warren
county, when sitting f >r ordinary purposes, a lot
of land, No. 49, 7th district, 4th section —Also
me-fourth of 10l No. 244, 1 Ith district, 4th sec
tion, originally Cherokee, now Walker county,
belonging to ihe esta e of Alexander A. Lewis,
.iece tsed. The other part of the hat mentioned
!ot will he s >!d at the same time, by consent of
the heirs < f John Lewis, deceased, they all being
of age. Terms cash.
WALTER F. LEWIS, Adm’r.
Julv 30,1946.
X DMINISTRATOR’S Sale.—Will
j-B. be sold, under an order of the honorable
tlm Inferior of Taliaferro county, when
sitting for ordinary purposes, before the Court
h m e door in the town of Crawfordville in said
cmmty, on the first Tuesday in November next,
w’thiii th? lawful hours of sale—a I the Inml be
longing t<» the estate of Allen Rhodes, deceased
lyingiti sai! county,(except ihe widow’s dower,)
to wit: two hundred and sixty acres, more or
lees, kn<’Wnas theCuwdry tract; about one hun
dred nnd eighty acres, cleared and under good
fence, with a single story frame dwelling house,
gin house, barn, stable.* 3 , and all o»her n« ces*ary
out-honses. Also, one hut dred and ninety-five
acres, known ns the Darrac*»ti Place, with good
dwelling house, nnd all othc* neecssar) out
buildings, about sixty-acres in the woods, the
balance under fence. Also, the Home tract con
taining seven hundred and one acres, (af’er lay
ing ou’ the widow’s daw r.) ah' ut three hundred
acres in ihe woods, the balance under fence. A
credit of twelve months will be given—small
notes nnd good security will be n quired.
ASA RHODES, Adm’r.
Si plumber 2. 1846. _
AH REN Shentt Sale—Will be
sold at Warrenton, Warren county, be
fore tiiecourt-house door V; said county, on the
first Tuesday in October next, between the usual
hours of s tle, the following property, to wit: <ne
tract of pine land containing six hundred and
eichtv-th.ee acres, Bing on the waters of Deep
Creek adjoitdna lands of John Usry. Also, one
neoro man named Ben, about thirty or forty
years of age ; levied in as '.lie property of Tames
Moon to satisfy two ft fas front Warren Superior
Court, one in favor of Jesse Kent vs. James
Moon, and the other in favor of James D. Hayne,
for use, > c., vs. James Moon. Property pointed
out by defendant.
AUGUSTUS BEALL, Sheriff.
September 3. 1946.
EXECUTOR’S SALE—On the firft
A Tuesday in November next, will be sold,
at the court-house door in Appling, Columbia
county, in obedience to nn order of the Inferior
Court ol said county, seven hundred and fifty
acres of land, more or less, adjoining lands of
Benton, Wright and Heggle, belonging to the es
tate of Walter Jones, lato of said county, deceas
ed. Sold for the benefit of the heirs arid creditors
of said estate. ,
ISAAC W. JONES, ? p T ' r 9
WM. S. JONES.
Septembers, 1646.
EFFEKSOM County, Georgia:
Whereas, John Firming applies to me for
letters of administration on the estate and effects
of James Fleming, late of said county, deceased :
These are therefore- to cite and admonish, all
, and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at my office, within the
1 time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any they
have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office 1 n Louisville.
! EHEN EZEIi BOTH WELL, Clerk.
September 2,1846.
JEFFERSON County, Georgia :
Whereas, William Clements applies to nr.
for letters of administration on the estate and
effectsof John L. Kennedy, lateof said county,
deceased :
' These are therefore to cite and admonish, all
, and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at nrv office within the
time prescribed bylaw, to show cause, if any they
r have, why saldletters should not be granted.
• I Given undermy bandar office in Louisville.
EBENEZER BOTHWELL, Clerk.
o * September 2, 1816.
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