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ceived, through me; the town of Tampico waa ordered to be vacated on the appearance of this large force off the bar; scouts were sent m every direction, to procure mules, etc., for the conveyance of property to the interior; and two schooner loads were shipped to die city of Panuco ; six hundred stand of arms were sunk, j the cannon were removed from the Fort, and the troops evacuated the place. I then de spatched to Commodore Conner an account of the state of things, and in triplicate to Havana, under different colors to my husband, urging i his return forthwith. These were sent b\ an agent, who supposed them mere letters con veying a wish to my husband to meet me at Vera Cruz, to accompany me to Havana. 1 spent a restless night and morning, but it has : certainly brought its reward. My letter to the Commodore was dated October 23d ; he re ceived it October 27th, and immediately called a meeting of his senior officers and laid my de spatch before them. It had due weight. Pro-, visions were brought from Point Isabel and dis tributed amongst the squadron, and on the 12th November they left Isla Verde, and on the morning of the 14th hove in sight, tw eh e sail, off the bay of Tampico. I was so confident of the coming of the squadron, that in anticipation of their coming, I had a flag-staff made one week previous, and had it erected upon the housetop, in order to raise the first American flag hoisted as a right over Tampico. On my firTt sight of the fleet my pent-up feelings gave way, and I wept as a child for joy, seeing that God had brought deliverance to the captives, and in anticipation of soon seeing the object ot my affection, and also in gratitude to Him who is mighty to save, and that my feeble efforts had wrought so strangely in our national welfare.— Here 1 must pause, and say I cannot pretend to describe my feelings at that time. I ortitndc seemed to give way; and in the midst of this emotion. 1 again saw the squadron nearing to the bar, the boats manned and the line passing, (they standing their own pilots over that intri cate passage,) and the broad pennant flying at two mast heads —the blue and red. 3iy /aithtul Amelia and myself ran to Mr. Chase e office, and in solitude’ offered a prayer, then pulled the flag down and alone rushed io the house-top. I carried it up and tied it on the line with my own hands, and we—Amelia, myself and Mr. Uder— hoisted it, myself giving the first pull. Thus we defied the whole town of Tampico. I sent for some of the Americans, but not one pos sessed courage or national spirit enough to lend a hand. “ In thirty minutes the Ayuutemente called upon me and ordered me to haul it down. I replied that it was raised .os a right of protection. They said I had no such right. I rejoined that it was a matter of opinion in which we could not agree. They said it was a burlesque upon their nation—a lady taking the city—and what would the Supreme Government of Mexico say? 1 replied very laconically, 1 Quein sale ?' and offered them wine under the new banner. They threatened the house. I ran to its top, and asked Mr. Udel if he would stand by me. He replied, 4 Yes.’ -Then,’ said I, “the flag must re main. or all of us be sent over the housetop, as I shall never pull it down nor suffer any Mexi can to sully it by his touch.’ I had been robbed, my store entered and pillaged of more than two thousand dollars in the dead of night; and when the regiment from Puebla entered this city, they entered my store and carried off goods, and I had no redress, and still less sympathy; and though alone the God of the Just was my cap tain general, and I had nothing to fear from all Mexico. And now the hoar of my redemption was at hand. I expected they would either fire upon or storm the house. I rested with my right arm round tire flag-staff, the banner waving in majestical beauty, and the squadron nearing the city, where they saw the flag. It was like lightning to pilgrims to know from whence it came, hut soon the officers saw two female orms standing by it, and gave three cheers in ront of the city, and then came to my house, wnich had been now nearly six months as if proscribed for some crime or plague, and my fault was that of being the wife of an American. Com. Perry and the municipal authorities came to my house on arrival, and also Com. Conner. My despatches have been sent to the State De partment, and I have letters of thanks from the officers commanding, who have changed the name of Fort Libertad to Fort Ann, in compli ment to me. They arrived on the l(3th. Forty eight hours after came Mr. Chase, crowning all my happiness, 44 Von no doubt have heard pa.t of my story previous to this reaching you, knowing the in terest you feel; and this unlimited friendship evinced by you. I thus have taken the liberty to give as far as practicable in detail, and have ex tended my account far beyond my intention, and at the same time trusting that you give at least a reading to this imperfect scroll, and may never feel the pangs of mental affliction, as felt by me. 44 Yon very kindly inquire if the existing war has injured us in a pecuniary point ? It has very materially, but that has not in the least al lowed my spirits to flag. My trust is in Him who can withhold and bestow. We have suf fered in mind, in person, and pocket, but with feelings of interest toward our beloved coun try and duty to the cause, and like the widow I was willing to contribu my mite for the honor ot the country he had so long represented, and #8 a dutiful wife to follow him in weal nr woe. according to the pressure of misfortune, and in impending danger, even the break wastes ofad versity should not chill my ardor in follow ing his advice and his cause, and trust to God. “ We will lose nearly one half of o.ir stock of goods. No doubt the United States Govern ment will indemnify Mr. Chase at a future day. “Our house will be turned into a garrison, and three gold pieces will be placed upon it.— I am willing to stand by my husband at a gun Until we both die or are victorious.” * Mre. C.,is a daughter of the Emerald Isle. Successful Gardening—Produce of one acre.—The capability of our soil is but partial ly understood. With skilful management, it may be made to yield great burdens and profi table returns, where good markets are available. A few days since, a person gave the following as the produce of one acre of land within one mile of the capital in 1845. The soil is a tena cious clay, and has been cultivated as a garden for many years, but never considered remarka ble for its fertility. 100 bushels potatoes, sold at 4s— §5O QQ 32 do corn in the cor, at 3s 12 00 65 do onions, at 4s 32 50 13 do carrots, at 3s 4 S7 8 do parsnips, at 4s - 4 QO 7 do beets, at 3s—— 262 800 cabbages, at 3c— 24 00 Horse raddish. sold for 42 00 Fruit, sold for— 10 00 Pigs fed on refuse of garden 26 00 i 8207 99 No manure was applied except what was made by the pigs ; but the great produce is as cribed to the use of oyster-shell lime, at an ex pense of one dollar and fifty cents per vear for three years. 44 1 t was wonderful,” he says, 44 t0 nee how the ground would heave and swell af ter every rain.— Albany Cultivator. Clemxnct Declined. — A few weeks since, Rtbert Bowland was convicted of the murder ofhis brother-in-law, Franklin Barker, Esq., i m Mansfield, and sentenced to be hung on the i 14th of March next. Among the last official < acta of Governor Bartley, was one granting a i commutation of his punishment to confinement \ in the penitentiary for life. The Mount Ver- s non Times says that the convict refuses to ac- 1 cept the commutation, declaring that he will 1 be hung. It is said that the convict and his victim were j respectable persons, and maintained an influen- £ tial position in society, prior to the catastrophe c which terminated in the death of one, and the t ignominy and perpetual banishment from hu- b rnwi society of ffie ether.— Columbus (Q.) Jo ur . t mf £ CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. ByTw& W. S. JONES. DAILY, TRI WEEKLY & WEEKLY. OFFICE IN RAIL ROAD BANK BUILDING. TERMS —Dail)TPapei\ per annum, in advance-810 Tri-Weekly Paper, “ ‘ „■ % Weekly, (a mammoth sheet) CASH SYSTEM. —In no case will an order for the i paper be attended to, unless accompanied w ith the ■ money, and in every instance when the time for which anv subscription may be paid, expires before the re ceipt of funds to renew the same, the paper will be i discontinued. Depreciated funds received at value in i this city. AUGUSTA, GEO : THURSDAY MORNING, JAN’Y.7, 1646. The Coustitutiouallst Proceedlu R 8 in New Mexico. We have no desire to provoke controversy with the Constitutionalist, (or any other paper,) but we cannot pass by an article which appeared in that print on Wednesday last. It is there charged that the Whig papers, since the disavowal of some of the acts ot Gen. Kear ney and Commodore Stockton by Mr. Polk, have ceased their invectives against those acts —that finding them to he the acts of those com manders and not the results of instructions from the President , they are disposed to pass them in silence. Such is not, however, the fact. Ofcourse, the same necessity for censure would not exist, if they are disavowed by the President, were not done by his instructions, and proper steps are taken to rectify their errors. We were surprised to find the following in the article of the Constitutionalist of which we are treating: “ It is not that we seek to defend the conduct of those officers, or to deprecate censure. That they, and more especially Commodore Stockton, have transcended their instructions is undeniable. We do not think, therefore, that their conduct should be passed over in silence. For the sake of proper discipline, some no tice should be taken—some reprimand bestowed upon their acts. But we sec no enormous wrong committed by either. Some weeks since we had a controversy with that paper about these very acts and doings of Gen. Kearney. Alluding to an article of the Chronicle &. Sentinel, the Constitutionalist of the 10th of October said : “Yesterday appeared one condemnatory of Gen. Kearney, who, forsooth has committed the grave of fence of conquering all California, and annexing it to the United States. It seems our arms have been too successful to suit the taste—the conserratire taste, of the Chronicle.” Again, the same-paper said, October 25: “And in the whole history of war. we are yet to learn when the right of the conqueror to the sovereign ty of the conquered State—and in a word the right to do all that Gen. Kearney did, teas ever disputed until the memorable and blessed era of 1846, in the good town of Augusta, by the 41 new lights” of in ternational law—the Chronicle & Sentinel.” We are glad to find that our neighbor has changed his sentiments in some respects upon these important matters. We were not alto gether wrong after all. We shall not say, however, that these 44 new lights” of the Constitutionalist have been ob tained since the inmate of the White House at Washington has spoken. The Constitutional ist says;— “ We hope that when the provisional military gov ernment there shall cease, his suggestions may not he altogether thrown away.” He is alluding to the suggestions of Commo dore Stockton. Now, the Constitutionalist knows that the governments which have been established in New Mexico and California are civil governments. Why, then, term them mili tary? We know that many Democrats feel satisfied that the present forms of Government should not have been established. Indeed, the President disavows some of the acts which have been done by our military commanders in those sections. But doe's not the Constitutionalist know that they were instructed to establish civil govern ments ? Why does not the President, who seems to be afraid of his own shadow, (and well he may be,) tell the country what he does approve and what he does not approve. It is not at all wonderful'that, when Mr. PotK shifts and dodges about so much, some of his friends, who may try to foilovv his gyral move uiciiiß (ii c iii v\ic viYtv£<A4 of t'K'nigo contradiction! Mexican Congress — Correction. — Mis takes are sometimes unavoidable in tt daily pa per ; but how we committed the blunder in our paper of yesterday, of saying the 44 Mexican Congress assembled to-day ,” when it should have been 44 a month ago to-day ,” we cannot well di vine. Eloquent Tribute. Although our report of the proceedings of the Senate contained a brief sketch of the re marks of Senator Hannegan on the melancholy occasion of the death of Mr. B arrow —the en tire speech is such an eloquent tribute to the manly virtues of the deceased, we cannot fore go the pleasure of laying it before our readers. I also desire, with a mournful heart, to add my feeble but sincere testimony to the exalted worth, and noble, and manly, and generous spir it which in life adorned, and now, as he lies cold and shrouded, sanctify the memory of Alexan der Barrow. Come when it may, in our midst, Mr. President, death never fails to make its im press upon those who survey its work. There are none so careless—none so indifferent as to defy its impressions, when even a casual ac quaintance falls. But the feeling of awe and of gloom which pervades this chamber to-day is far boyond the usual and ordinary feelin*. One of us—one who has long occupied a high place here, in his country’s highest place, has been suddenly and almost without warning stricken down. But a day or two since—to me it seems but an hour—and he was here, beloved and respected by all; in the pride of intellect and in all the royalty of the most vigorous and athletic manhood. Where, sir, shall we look to find a more manly, commanding, and symmetri cal form ? Where shall we seek a nobler and more majestic looking front ? Where are we to seek and where to find a loftier nature, a soul more elevated or a heart more kind, more gene rous and more gentle ? I know not one—not one. Heaven had blessed him with that hi<ffi nature which knows no disguise, and scorns all unmanly concealment. He knew no art; dis simulation with its fell train of poisons, had no home in his bosom. In all his bearings here from the hour my eyes first rested upon him—l have known nothing of him but what became, proudly became an American Senator. Brave, generous, manly and highly gifted, he dis harged his duties here as a proud representa tive of a proud people. And how beautifully, how happily were all the elements of our na ffire commingled in him ! He had 44 a heart termed for pity, and a baud open ae day to melt* 1 iug charity.” That heart—that heart is cold, and that hand is still, and Barrow—Barrow, the I name so often uttered in this chamber, and never but in tones of kindness —Barrow, w ith i his elastic step, with his joyous look, his no we presence, and his winning virtues ’Barrow si > with us here no more—von vacant chair tells the stern reality—Barrow will be with us no more. Strange and mysterious providence! Ihe most robust of all oitr number—he who, but a vyeek since stood here, fit model for an ancient hero ' or demigod—he is the first to he gathered to 1 dust, and that too, before his noon ot life was 1 reached, and long, long, before the harvest to ’ our eyes seemed ready for the reaper. It was . mv happy fortune to contract an acquaintance with him shortly after I entered the Senate, , which gradually ripened into a most intimate friendship. I knew him well—l knew him w e —I loved him dearly; and, Mr. President, I will say that in private, as in his public life, I fount . him ever distinguished by the same lofty char - acteristics, the same scrupulous regard for hon or and propriety, the same rare endowment ol ‘ remarkle common sense, the same sound dis criminating judgment, and a perception unusu ally, singularly clear, quick and correct. 1 lie > delight of the social circle—Alexander Bar l row was master of all the social virtues. He won all hearts that approached him as with a spell. The last time that I saw him, Mr. Fresi i dent, he came to visit me in my sick room. It . was but a few days since. |not ten ; we were alone for some time; the conversation turned ’ upon home—upon our own homes—and we 5 spoke of distant and dearly loved friends; and - sir, I shall never forget how his eyes lighted up as he talked of his approaching retirement from 1 public life, and dwelt upon his future career of 1 tranquil happiness, when, engaged only m do mestic pursuits, he should be surrounded daily and hourly by those endearments which he ! fondly—but alas! how vainly—fancied were f reserved for him through many, many long t years at home. He dwelt upon his home, and those who were there —of her, its light, its joy— his wife ; bespoke, as I hate often heard him speak of her before; in those tender and re i spectfu! terms which tell that the love ot the . heart borders on idolatry. ‘But alas! nor wife nor children more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. ! I have come here to-day, Mr. President, all I unfit for the duly, feeble and out of health—M bear a passing slight, slight tribute to friendship 1 to give a slight expression ol my feelings on this mournful occasion. I come, prompted by 1 feelings of attachment and respect which I 1 cherished for our deceased friend in life, and by that melancholy regard with which I shall con tinue to hold him in memory through life. I , could not forbear—l could not do less. I will r add the expression of the single hope that she to whom I have alluded—the partner ol his t bosom—when the lapse of time shall have re lieved her overcharged heart of its heavy bur den—that she may find a mournful consolation ' in turning buck to the proceedings which mark j <?d his last hours; and after those hours were > /one, the sombre scenes which filled up his little f 1 abiding time above the ground. I trust, sir, that when time, and years, and above all the sooth ing voice of religion, shall have abated the mighty burden of her grief, and she shall have ' become calm in her wo. she will find a relief, a ’ sad relief, in the thought that though if was de l nied her hand to smooth his dying pillow, to 5 bathe his fevered brow, and to catch from his pallid lips the last fond sigh, yet kind and devoted friends, his best-loved associates and comrades i in this chamber, were there to watch, not with her love—ah no ! that could not be—but with the love and sorrow of brothers to watch over . the closing scene, and minister to his departing ! struggles. And I trust, also, that she may find something to break her grief in the thought that at his obsequies, strangers of whom she never heard, were eager to pay just tribute to his ex t alted worth, and embalm with heartfelt homage . the memory of her husband. From the X. O. Picayune 31 st nit. , From Tampico • The U. S. revenue cutter Ewing, Capt. Moore, arrived at the North East Pass on the t 28th inst., in seven days from Tampico. The i Ewing was detained at Tampico two days in 1 anticipation of an attack upon the town by the ; M ex-cans. Small parties of these had been seen in the vicinity of the American lines on the Al tamira road and excited apprehensions of an at * tack, as has already been stated ; but the arrivals t from Brazos of one vessel after another with . troops dispelled all alarm, and when the Ewing left, on the 19th inst.. Col. Gates, the command } ant, considered his position comparatively se i cure. We have no news of any general importance t from Tampico. On the 17th the steamer Vir ginian arrived with 350 troops from Brazos Santiago; and on the following day the U. S. steamer Cincinnati arrived with two or three j companies of volunteers. Brig. Gen. Shields and his staff* were passengers on the Cincinnati, as was also Mr. Lumsden, one of the editors of 1 this paper. In coining out of the river the Ewing met a brig with 200 troops on hoard, also from Brazos for Tampico. She left at : Tampico the U. S. steamer Spitfire, Cora'r. » Tattnall ; the U. S. schooners Reefer and Nonata, and some twenty merchant vessels. An English mail steamer was at anchor off*the u -' r and the British sloop of war Alarm. he Ewing got muuuj »»«. w hplnw the head of the North East Pass, and Lieut. Chad . dock came up to town yesterday, procured a towboat, and went down again at once, to tow off the cutter and bring her up to town. The object of her present voyage, we understand to ( be, to take on board the new battery ordered for s her, which consist of two 32-pounders and one long 18-pounders. From the N. O. Picayune of the Ist inst. Five Days Later* The brigs Millundon, Capt. Welsh, and C. H. Rogers, Capt. Wilson, arrived yesterday from Tampico, both having sailed on the 25th December, five days later than our previous ad vices. Everything was perfectly quiet at Tampico on the 25th ult. No Mexican troops had been seen in the vicinity for eight days, and all felt perfectly secure from an attack from the enerav. The whole number of troops at Tampico on the 25th December was 1800, and we hear of no sickness among them. The remainder of the Alabama regiment had arrived from Brazos Santiago, on the brig Hallovvell. It is reported that the U. S. steamer Virginia had sailed for Brazos Santiago with one com pany of the U. S. Artillery and the guns be longing to it. If this be true we do not under stand the movement. The brig Empressario, Capt. Collins, was to sail for this port on the 26th December. We have been favored by a commercial house of this city with the following interestin'' ex tract of a letter received by the Ewing. Dcon tainsthe first intimation we have seen of the ac tion of the Mexican Congress, which justifies the anticipations of Santa Anna, cxnressed in his late letter to Gen. Taylor; P Tampico, Dec. 17, 7 A. M. I was interrupted at 3 A. M. yesterday, from closing this letter, by a call to arms. I obeyed it immediately of course. After having organi zed my company (No. 1 or A.) I was ordered to the arsenal, where I remained till late in the P. M. The reports which occasioned this alarm proved exaggerations, and we were dis charged, holding ourselves ready for any future emergency. When more at leisure, I*will tell you how gallantly our Yankee captains and their men manifested the spirit of the Revolu tion. Advices via of Vera Cruz were received last evening of the action of the Mexican Con gress. They declare that they will not think or treat of peace until every hostile foot has cleared Mexican soil, and every vessel that lines our coast is withdrawn. I consider the war now commenced in real earnest, and I pro phecy that Tampico will become an American town. Superstition* It is singular, but it is true, that superstition prevails in this day ot kuou be lj e f that possibility to reason people out of 'toehehet the breaking of a looking-glass, the howl.n oi a dog the lowing of a cow at night, the gn< Wo fan insect upon the wall, etc., prognosti cates the near approach of death to some mem ber of the family. After the death of a child a brother or a parent, we have heard person, mark, with 111 sincerity-**! knew some one would die ; I was fonvarned of it—l heard a groan one dav under the window and no one was there.” We have also heard the remark 1 after the death of a friend—“l expected it. Our dog dug several graves m the yard, and there were the signs of death.” “ this language may appear, we ha\ e heard t ti and again, especially Irom those who live in ■ the country and are less informed. -These \ er> • ! persons, who are thus supestitious had they j ■ lived in the days of Mather, would have been ’ firm believers in witchcraft, ghosts, and hoh f goblins. And while they are thus deluded, they ' are wretched. The barking of every dog—the burning of every candle—the breaking ot every * glass—makes them turn pale with fear. They are warned of death by every breeze. Aigbt ! brings them but little repose. The death tick 1 may be heard, or they may be warned of the grim destroyer in a terihle dream. t Gen. Walstein, who lived in the seventeenth century, was singularly superstitious, though I he was brave and intrepid on the field of battle. ! In 1725, while planning one of his campaigns. he sat up all night, as was usual on such occa > sions, to consult the stars. Sitting by his wiu l. dow, but in contemplation, he felt himself vio * lently struck on the back. Feeling that he was ‘ alone, and his chamber door locked he was seiz ed with affright. He doubted not this blow was * a message from God, to warn him of his speedy ! death. He became melancholy, but his friends j knew not the cause. His confession, however, discovered the cause; and one ot the pages ol the * General, confessed that, being intent on playing 1 one of his comrades a trick, had hid aimselt in Walstein’s apartment, and mistaking him for his friend, had struck him on the back. While his master was examining the room, he jumped out of the window. The confessor pledged his word that no evil should befall the page, 1 and felt happy to be able to quiet the General. Great was his surprise when he heard Walstein * order the immediate hanging ot the man. He i would hear no words; tiiegibbet was prepared, r the page delivered up, the executioner provi [ ded. The whole army, from the highest offi cers to the lowest in rank, felt indignant towards * the General, while the confessor threw himself [ at the feet of Walstein, begging for the life of 1 the youth—but in vain. The:page mounted the ladder, and in a moment the unfortunate i youth would have been in eternity, when ■ suddenly the General cried out—“ Stop!” and in a load voice exclaimed, “Well, young man, i have you now experienced what the fears of * death are ? I have served you as you have serv i ed me—now wc arc quits.” More dead than ! alive, tiie poor youth descended from the gib : bet amid shouts of joy from the whole ar ■* my. ‘ Thousands of people suffer from super ! stiffens notions, when, if the cause of certain l noises and signs were explained, they would see at once how foolish they had been. There is a natural cause for everything. The death > tic in the wall is from a little insect; unpleasant I dreams arise from severe exertion, or over eat -1 iug. The faces and forms we imagine wesee 1 before us are caused by defect in our vision.— 1 We have warnings enough of death in the fall ing of the leaves—tiie decay of nature, and the death of friends, without making ourselves I eternall} miserable by our superstit ons. — Satur > day Courier. From the Hamilton (C. IV.) Spectator. A Female Lothario* Appearances are often very deceitful, hut never more so than when a lady assumes male attire, and in that disguise visits one of her own sex, and pours into her willing ear a portion of the soft, sweet strains of never ending love. — i There is something strange and romantic about . the practice of making love to each other, for I which we could never account. Whether it is ■, done through mischievous playfulness, nr from , a mere curiosity to know the secrets of other hearts; or whether it arises from a desire to be . revenged on the sex, by a portion of it who * never themselves have been favored with a , lover, they only know who practice it. , We make the foregoing remarks byway of introducing a series of courting adventures . which lately happened in this city. This maid en of the would-be masculine gender rejoices , in the name of Eliza McCormick, and for the last two or three years has manifested such a j particular regard for a gentleman’s coat and pantaloons that she often promenaded the streets ; of Hamilton in full dress, even to a cigar and 5 crooked cane.' Thus equipped, her next ob ject was to look out for a sweetheart; a busi f ness in which she seems to have been exceed . ingly fortunate, probably because she was better acquainted with the strength of the citadel and the method of conducting a successful attack, than any of those whose dress and appearance I she had assumed. Be that as it may, we have been made acquainted with six of her pretended . court ;hips, and all with dressmakers. How many more she may have been engaged in we know not, but to three of those she . • poppdvw. question” of marriage—was ac i cepted, and one ofthem «o far i n the pleasing dream of matrimonial bliss, that she actually prepared her wedding dress. Duriii" , the time that this female Lothario was carrying on her flirtations, she was living as a servant in the city, and she invariably played her pranks upon such girls as were acquainted in the fami lies in which she lived. She assumed all manner of characters, and had as many names as a member of the London swell mob. Sometimes she was a student of medicine—sometimes a limb of the law—in one place she was a book-keeper in a dry goods 1 store —in another a gentleman of property lately arrived from Ireland, and was exceeding ly hard up for a wife. When she determined on a nocturnal visit to any oi the dear creatures whose hearts she hud so skilfully charmed, she always went in her real character and dress, a da> or tw o previous, and after sounding the depth of the young lady’s affection, for Mr. Mc- Keusie, or Fitzpatrick, or whatever name she had assumed, she would inform her that she had been sent by this gentleman to sav that he would visit the object of his heart’s fondest so licitude, at a certain hour of a certain night. This was playing a double game. It enabled her in her real character to find out the state of ' the girl’s mind, and in her assumed one, to use i that information for her own advantage. The most recent love-making adventure that I this breaker of ladiss’ hearts was engaged iu terminated rather tragically on Sunday night last. She was engaged as a servant some two months ago by a lady in the city, and at her j master’s house she became acquainted with a young girl who was occasionally employed i there as a sempstress. When the acquain- ! tauce had ripened into something like confidence I she told the girl that a certain clerk in town was ' deeply in love with her, and that he had walked several nights m front of her father’s residence whistling a peculiar tune, in order, if possible to get one glimpse of her pretty face. The bait was swallowed. To be loved so ardently, and by a clerk, too made the young girl’s heart beat high, and when she was informed that Mr. Crawford (the name the heroine had assumed,) would pass her dwelling whistling on a certain night, she await ed his approach with a kind of feverish anxiety shaded with hope. The night came, and so did Mr. Crawford, alias Miss Eliza McCormick dressed in a suit of her master’s clothes. He whistled Ins little tune—the door of a certain i house was noiselessly opened as he passed, and the young sempstress, blushing at her boldness gaz in g°n h, s receding fia Ure , l n a f ew minutes he had returned, and in a few more he commenced operations. He was in love— I deep, distractedly and incurably. f she listened to his avowal, gave him some j encouragement, and toldlun. ttouhe ».» s— ■» sequemfv, bm the'young girl wa* not so green aXrpsuedo lover had expected. She "me peeled that Mr. Crawford was an annual of feminine gender, and she "'"““"'Xnaice suspicions to a young man of her ac J u "“J“ Q who, with a trusty companion was rendjto pounce upon the unfortunate lo '' er ; the time he would make his appearance Last Sunday nwht gave the desired opportunity Mr! 1 Crawford*was seized, but like a genume Irishman he up with his fast and knocked dow n one eft the intruders. When the scuffle was ended, Mr. Crawford “Stood confess’d A maid in all her charms! I She was taken to the police office and lock ed up during the remainder of the night. Gn Monday evening, as no person had appeared againsther, she was liberated and resumed fe male attire. We hope that the shame and morti fication of a public exposure will have a sMutoiy effect upon her future conduct. Miss McCor mick is said to he the same person who figur ed for three weeks in the neighborhood ol Galt a short time |since under the disguise ol a sick sailor. Native Load Stone has been discovered on Middle Island, Lake Superior. The Cleveland Herald is informed that the entire trap region of Lake Superior is magnetic, to such a degree that a common needle is in most parts entirely useless. The trap rock itself, composing vast ranges of mountains, and the igneous rocks in connection with the trap, is an immense mag net. Boulders of that rock, scattered through the adjacent level regions, attracted and repel ed the needle, at short distances, in the same manner as iron ore. Ship Canal Between the Oceans. —The Washington correspondent of the New Vork Evening Post mentions among the incidental advantages which have been suggested as like ly to be insisted upon by our Government, in the negotiations for a treaty ot peace, if tnat de sirable period shall ever arrive, the privilege, the monopoly, as against all other foreign na tions, of cutting a ship canal or communication between the Atlantic and Pacific, through the I isthmus of Tehuantepec, at the southern ex tremity of Mexico. The object is to have early communication with cur possessions on the Pacific. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Snow Bird. I BV t. FISHER. —Author of the Dial of the Seasons- This well known species, the Fnngilla Niva i lisof Wilson, is by far the most numerous of i all the feathered tribes that visit us in w inter, from the frozen regions of the North. Their migrations and summer nestling places extend from the mountain summits of the Alleghanies, to the Arctic circle, and probably beyond it. ; Their winter quarters are the whole Atlantic breadth of the United States, from Maine to Louisiana. How a bird scarcely larger than your thumb can exist and flourish in the sever est frosts and storms, during a cold winter, is a i miracle in animal chemistry. Bold hearted bird ! whose tiny form Heralds the bleak and howling storm— When winter, from his icy throne, Lets loose the whirlwinds of his power, And, o’er our habitable zone, Triumphs the despot of the hour. Brave hearted bird! why come ye here, At this cold season of the year 7 Those flights of summer birds, so gay, All left us—with the summer flowers— Flew to the sunny South away. Where the perennial Palm tree lowers. W arm hearted bird ! why stay ye here, At this bleak season of the year 7 . How can so slight and frail a form Survive the frost, and sleet, and storm 7 And pray, what do you get to eat? Where do you warm your little feet 7 Stranger! my native summer home Is buried in the arctic night; Resistless instinct bade me roam— How could I live without the light 7 Sunlight has almost ceased to plow Upon our mountains at the North ; Stern famine, in his robe of snow, Has driven all our kindred forth. Our fathers loved your homestead glen, In time of snow, And sheltered in your ivy then, Long time ago. We’ve come, to spend our winter hours, While storm winds blow ; We’ll glean the seeds of summer flowers, Above the snow. Seeds are about the stack-yard floor, And crumbs before the cottage door; Nature provides an ample store For birds and men : There’s food for all of us, and more— We’ll come again. We’ve taken quarters here till spring— Till then we'll stay ; But, soon as birds begin to sing, We’ll fly away! Gay birds will nestle in your bowers, And carol o’er your summer flowers, But other destinies are ours; We will not stay. Oft as the measured zodiacs run, Tw our forests to the sun ; When summers highest moon, Melts back the arctic waste of snow, And all the lovely flowers of June Wide o’er the Northern landscapes blow. Once more, beside the mountain rills We’ll meet onr loves, As happy, on our native hills, As turtle doves. But, when again the sun sinks low, Ami winter wreathes those hills with snow— When the wild snow-blast wafts us forth. We’ll gladly leave the desert North, We’ll come again : Our fathers loved your homestead glen, Long time ago; Ami infants smiled, and gra' T -haired men, To greet the snow-bird one tgain, In time of snow. Special Notices. Notice.— The sale of the ASSETS OP THE GEORGIA INSURANCE AND TRUST COM PANY will be continued, before the office of the j Company, at 11 o’clock, A. M., THIS DAY. ja7 JOSEPH MILLIGAN, Sec’y. . I* O. O. F. Washington Lodge, No. 7.—A De -1 gree meeting will be held THIS (Thursday) EVF.N- I ING, at 7 o’clock. By order of the N. G. Jan. 7. LEON P. DUGAS, R. Secretary. I O* Dividend No. 9—Office Iron Steam boat Co.—Augusta, Jan. J, 1817.—The Di | rectors have this day declared a dividend of Pour per ! cent., payable on and after Friday, the 15th inst. jas-3t G. McLAUGHLIN, Sec’y and Treaa’r. 13* Office TV barf *Compa ny, Augusta, Jan. 1, 1847 Notice to Stockholders— held at the Company’s Office on .- DAV . the 11th inst., for a President and seven Directors, between the hours of 9, A. M., and 1 P M., to serve the ensuing year. J a4 C. R MARTIN, Secretary. F?F RARRIPr" Spanish Language*— r. LdAKBIER, who has been engaged as a teach er, for many years, in several schools of the United States and of Cuba Island, gives lessons of French (his native language) and Spanish, either at his residence or m private families. His method of teaching is simple, and will enable a scholar to acquire either language in a short time. His prices are moderate. Apply to him at the United States Hotel every mor ning before ten o clock, and in ;.he afternoon, between two and four. REFERENCES— Messrs. H. H. Gumming, J. Adams, J. W. Jones, f^ a rdner G. T. Dortic, Dr. Dugas, N. Delaigle, Gardtlle & Rhind. 6 * * |pf K. S. Teacher on the Plano ; Forte, Flute and Violin, respectfully tenders j his services to the citizens of Augusta. ! References— Henry Parsons, Thoraa« Richards and i T. S.‘ Metcalf, Esqrs. N, B.—For terms, &c., inquire at H. Parson’s I Music Store. _ n 2B-6tu O- Election Notice.--On Saturday, the 9th ol January, 1847, an election will be held for a Mejnber of the City Council of Augusta for W ard No. i, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Poster Blodget, Esq. Said election will be held at the Pod der and Hay Scale House, under the superintendence of G F. Parish, Jesse Kent and H. B. Frazer, Esq-, or a majority of them. L. D. FORD, Mayor. d3O-td' On the Second Saturday In January, 0 1847, the City'Council of Augusta will elect the fol- • lowing officers for the ensuing year, with the salaries, &c , annexed to said offices. Candidates will deliver to the City Council their written applications (naming . securities, when required by ordinance, &c..) on or before the day, marking on the envelope the office for i which they offer, except candidates tor City Watch, who will report their names to the Clerk : Collector and Treasurer salary §lOOO Clerk of Council “ 7f>o City Marshal * **** 800 Two City Constables ‘ 500 Bridge Keeper-•• - " 1000 f Eight City Watchmen at SI per night. , Super’t. Streets, Pumps and Water Works “ •••• 700 Keeper of the City and County Jail, board and **** 000 I Clerk of the Lower Market •••• 500 I Clerk of the Upper do “ 40 i Keeper of the Magazine “ •••• 200 . Keeper of the City Hall “ •••• 75 Keeper of the City Clock, proposals to accompany ap , plication. Keeper of the Hospital, proposals to accompany appli -1 cation. City Surveyor Pees. 1 City Sexton ••Pees, Vendue Masters 5 Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas (elected for two years)- -• • Pee*. City Sheriff (elected for two years) Fees. ' , d3l-td W. MILO OLIN, Clerk of Council. ■ : 1 DIED, In Alb my, Baker county, Ga., on the Ist inst., * I Mr. JOHN C. VASON, aged 24. -1 Commercial. ■ ! AUGUSTA MARKET. ■ I w EDNESDAY P- M. Cotton.— The demand to-day has been®active, ! fully equal to die supply, and prices have in some in stances advanced J upon the rates of yesterday, A«• crop |lot of 207 bales sold at 10} cents. NEW YORK—Jan 2—2 P. M.— Cotton. —lie sales of Cotton for the week ending last evening up 4.600 bales of which 3,800 were Upland and f Florida, and 800 Mobile and New Orleans. The arrivals during the same period were 7,864 bales. ’ The market closes firm, and without change in prices \ : since Saturday last. We quote as follows : 1 Inferior "*• none. none. » Ordinary to good ordinary •• • none. none. * Middling to good middling* •• 10} a 10j 10j a lOj ’ Middling fair to fair 10| all 11 allj ) Fully fair to good fair llj aHi 12 a 12} l There is no change in Flour. Exchange. —The steamer of the Ist having depar i ; ted, there is nothing doing to-day in foreign bills. M e j quote on Loudon at 105 a 105 i ; Paris 51. 43* a st-42}. CHARLESTON, Jan. 6. — Cotton. —There was very little done either on Friday or Saturday last, and the market daring these two days continued to wear I the same languid aspect that characterized the busi ness towards the close of the previous week. On Monday, however, quite an active demand prevailed, and our quotations of the Ist inst. were well sustained. Yesterday there was a good inquiry for the article, and the market closed at very full prices. The sales may o be put down as follows, viz:—Friday 816 bales; Sa turday 570; Monday 4,000; and yesterday 2,000 bales—making an aggregate ol 7386 bales. The transactions comprise 20 bales at 9; 36 at 9] ; 175 at 9|; 439 at 9} ; 87 at 9 9-16; 571 at 9f ; 999 at 9{ ; 355 at 9}; 1576 at 10; 636 at 10}; 1124 at 10}; 233 at 10|; 614 at 10}; and 505 bales at 10}c. Rice. —There has been a good demand for Rice since our last. The transactions reach fully 1600 tcs.. and the market closed firm yesterday at the rates cur rent at the close of the previous week. The extremes of sales are from 2} to s3* ; about 1000 tierces of the alKive, however, were sold at 3} to S3| per hundred. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31, P. M.— Cotton.— ; There has been a fair demand, but the high rates de manded by the factors have checked operations, and onlv 2500 bales have changed hands at very full pri ces. COTTON STATEMENT. ° 'lock on hand Ist Sept. 1846 .... ...Bales 5.339^ Arrived since up to date 291.565 Arrived yesterday 3,777 303,974 Exported to date 150.917 Exported yesterday 4,299—155215 Stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared,.. 143.759 1546. 1815 1844. 1813. Receipts up to Dec. 31. .297,612 388,744 392.302 3-7,073 •Sugar—The market has been quiet, and only 250 hhds have been sold at a decline of }c. Molasses —About 300 bids were sold at 24 }c, and the market closes very languidly. flour. —The market has been quiet, and we only hear of the sale of 3000 hbls., as follows: 500 Ohio at §4,50, 500 Illinois at §4,56}, 1000 Ohio in three lots at §4,56, 200 Illinois at §4,60, and 190 St. Louis at §4,87}. 1 (X* common at §3,25. Corn. —The demand continues active, but the want of stock has limited sales to 7000 sacks, of which we notice 800 mixed and 2100 white and yellow at 65, 720 do. at 65, 909 do. at 67c, 684 pure white 67 j, and 617 at 65}c. H7i iskey. —3oo bids. Rectified were taken at 17J. Fork. —We hear of the sale of 850 hbls., as fol lows; 219 bhls Rumps at §6,75, 74 at §7, 70 bbls Prime at §8.25, 325 bids Mess at §9.25, 50 at §9.45, 50 at §9,50, and 100 at §lO. Racon. —3o sacks Sides were sold at 4}, 7 at 4i, and 16 at sc. Lard —4so hbls Prime were sold at 6|. r < Freights —A ship was taken for Glasgow at for Cotton, and 6s for Flour. Two ships for Boston at Jc, and a brig for Limerick at 21d for Coni. Exchange— The demand is very languid. Ster ling 4A a 5 per cent. prem. ; Francs, little offering, at 5f.474 a 5f.52} ; New York. 60 days, 2 a 2} per cent, dis.; Sight, }a | per cent. dis. U. S. Treasury Notes —} a } per cent. dis. Slipping intelligence. * CHARLESTON, Jan. 6.— Arrived. —Ship Mara ; thon, Johnson, Liverpool; Line bark Convoy, Tres ■ cott, New Orleans; Swed. brig Minona, Sundgren, ( j Cadiz; schr. Le Hoy, Bedell, N. York; schr. Zc -4 phyr, Wood, Havana; schr. John C. Calhoun, Bab . j son, Boston; schr. Merchant, Tessier, Cardenas. I Cleared. —Ship Geo. A Hopley, Behm, Liverpool. In the Offing. —Ship Adam Lodge, from Liverpool; ! Br. bark Rory O’More, do. ; ami Br. ship Dolphin. SUGAR AND COFFEE. 1 AA BAGS PRIME RIO COFFEE, X v/U 20 hhds. Sc. Croix, Porto Rico and New j Orleans Sugars, just received and for sale low by ja7 JOHN R. DOW. MISSISSIPPI LAND AGENCY. H. CRAFT, Holly Springs, Mississippi, Jjj* Gives his prompt attention to selling LAND, paying Taxes, arranging Title Papers, &c., and has for sale, bOO sections o f Land, on accommodating terms. ja7-trwlm RCIPE, ROPE. fT/YCOILS FIRST-RATE KENTUCKY OU BALE ROPE, for sale low by ja7 JOHN R. DOW. ALIAPERRO County, {Geo. s—Where as Murtha Griffin, administrator on the estate of Barnard Murray, deceased, applies for letters dis missory from said estate : These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office, within the time prescri bed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why ; said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office in Crawfordville. Q.UINEA O’NEAL, Clerk. January 7, 1847. BACON, BACON. 5 AAA lbs, prime hams, sides •VT VF VT AND SHOULDERS, for sale low by ! ja7 JOHN H. DOW.
