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J W. .2 W. S. JONES.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCT. 15.
Portrait Painting.
Those of our citizens who desire to examine
some fine specimens of Portrait Painting, will
be highly gratified on a visit to the rooms of Mr.
Wilson, in Reynold-slreet, two doors above
the corner of Mclntosh. We had that pleasure
yesterday, and should do injustice to our own
feelings, as well as to the merit of the artist, not
to express our high admiration of lhe excellence
and faithfulness of his pictures.
A New-York letter published in the Wash
ington Union, mentions a rumor, said to have
been received through a highly respectable
channel, that the territories of California are
about to establish an independent republic, in
which they are to be supported by England !
and other governments. The editor of the j
Union says he is not advised that our govern- i
meat has received any information to confirm
or contradict this rumor.
The New York Tribune states that within
the last two weeks about $300,000 in American
half dollars have been shipped to Canada by !
Livingston & Well’s Express.
“The it lack Tariff'.”
The Journal of Commerce is frequently forced
to confound and overthrow its free-trade theories:
by such (acts as these :
From Hip. Journal of Goinnurrcy.
Large Cargo. —The ship Cornelia, Capl,
French, which sailed yesterday lor Liverpool,
has on board the following cargo: Pounds.
9,525 barrels dour, at 215 lbs. each - 542,875
1,175 bales cotton, weighing - - 445.229
493 boxes cheese - ... 33,040
29,495 bushels wheal, (by measure,)
about-. 1.725,000
2,740,144
Ballast, 60 tons 134,400
Making a total of -2,880,544
Tins is said to be the heaviest cargo ever car
ried from this port.
Such are the workings of a Tariff Which was
to destroy commerce! This is the “Black
Tariff” that was to ruin the country! But
when had we so many merchant ships afloat?
When was our commerce in a more palmy
stale? When has cotton found a steadier mar
ket? When did we ship as much flour, pork,
chees a , &c., as since the Tariff of 1842 went into
operation ?—Albany Journal.
Value op Real and Personal Property
in New York City.— The assessed valuation ,
of real and personal property in New York
city for 1845, amounts to $239,938,317. The j
valuation of 1844 was $235,900,047. The in- 1
crease in teal estate was $5,124,i99—the de- j
■Tease in personal property was $1,245,929.
Coal Trade op Pennsylvania. — It is said ;
that two million tons of anthracite coal will be ;
sent to market this season from the urines of
Pennsylvania, which will be 300,000 more than I
the amount last year.
The Cincinnati Commercial stales that an j
ingenious lad, who lias been raised about the
wharves in that city, has invented a dress by
which he is enabled to walk about the river, en
tirely submerged, at his pleasure. The dress is
supposed to be composed of India-rubber, >
leather, glass, &c. The subterranean navi'ga- j
tor, with lead in his shoes to keep him down,
puts on his rigging and places glasses before
his eyes, around which is neatly placed the cloth
part ot the dress; the covering of the head re- ;
sembles a hood with huge spectacles. The j
arms are left free to work and the legs to walk, i
The transparency of the water enables the sab- j
walker to avoid all danger. The utility of this i
simple and novel invention is not in consider- j
able. Many things, such as anchors. &c., have ]
already been recovered; and it would give us j
pleasure, says the Commercial, to recotd that i
the inventor had made a fortune by bis genius, j
Hopewell Presbytery.
This Presbytery met at Athens on Wednes
day evening the B.h inst., according to adjourn- j
nient; and on the fallow ing Sunday afternoon i
ordained as an Evangelist to the work of the ;
Cos pel Ministry, Mr. Homer Ilendee, a li- i
centiate of the same body. The sermon on '
the occasion was preached by the Rev. G. H.. :
W. Petrie of Washington ;—the Moderator, the
Rev. Charles S. Dodos Augusta, presided, ■
proposed the constitutional questions, offered,
the ordaining prayer, and gave a verv solemn
and impressive charge.
At the same lime Mr. Henry Newton, late of
the Theological Seminary, Columbia, S. C.,
was licensed to preach the gospel.—[Communi
cated.
Rhode Island — r l he Slave Trade.— A cor
respondent of rhe Charleston Courier uniting
from Newport Rhode Island, furnishes the fol
lowing in reference to the early history in that
Stale of the Slave Trade.
“The African slave trade was no doubt, at
one time, one of the chief sources of emolu
ment to the Rhode Island navigators. They
carried it on at a time when the pious and hu
mane Bishop Newton was also engaged in it,
and, as he states, considered, it “lucrative and
honorable.” There is no doubt that the clause
in the Cor stitution providing for the inhibition
of the slave trade was one of the chief causes
of the obstinate resistance made by Rhode Is
land to its adoption. Even after the Congress
had passed an act making Rhode Island a foreign
Slate, the Convention agreed to adopt the Con
stitution by a majority of only two votes, and
these were obtained by bribery. The act of
Congress terminating the slave trade, in 1787,
was opposed in the IT. S. Senate bv onlv one
Senator, and he was from Rhode Island.
“Slavery was tolerated in Rhode Island till
•he period of the Revolution, and would have
been afterward, had it been profitable. The
Brisk stole many of the slaves; others w'ere
taken into the array and navy ; and the rest were
sold tc the South, or emancipated.”
From Ihr .V, O. Pi cay mm, Bth inst.
Arrival Prom Texas—Latest from Corpus ■
Christ! and Galveston.
The schooner Cincinnati, Cap!. J. Smith,
arrived at this port yesterday, having leit the I
Bay of Aransas on the evening o! the 28th
ult , whither she had taken troops and muni
tions of war from Chaileston, S. C. On her
return she touched at Galveston, from which
city she brings us dates to last. Saturday, the
4th inst. —a fortnight later than our previous i
advices.
The Cincinnati carried two companies of !
the 3d Artillery to Corpus Christi: company j
A, Capt. Bttrice, Lieutenants Kilbourn and I
Churchill; and company 1, Capt. Geo. Taylor, :
and Lieutenants Gilham and Ayre s, Surgeon
Hawkins, Capt. Pei kins, Sutler.
Through Galveston papers we learn by this
arrival that Capt. West, wounded by' the ex
plosion on board the steamer Dayton, of which
lie was acting clerk, has died of his wounds,
as also some two or three other persons, from
the same cause—one a cabin boy and another 1
a United States soldier.
On the 26th ult., the baiqnc Phoenix, of
Richmond, arrived at Aransas in 24 days fiom ;
Fortress Monroe, Va., with two companies (D ;
arid E) of the llh Regiment of Artillery, under!
command of Brevet Major Morris, 4th Aiiil
iery. The follow ing is a lislol the officers :
Brevet Maj. \V. W. Morris; Ist Lieuts. It. .
C. Srnead and E, Deas; 21 Lieuts. It. S. Gar
nett and C. Benjamin; Brevet 2d Lieut. S. 1
Gill.
Gen. Worth arrived at Aransas by (lie Cin- j
eitinati, having gone on board at Tampa Bay, i
at. which place the steamer touched.
The barque Pacific arrived on the 20 li ult.,
at Aransas fiom New York, with flying artil- !
Jery and horses on board. Thirteen horses |
were lost on the passage, from being placed in |
the hold, as is alleged.
There appears to be no indication of any!
hostile movements on the Rio Grande.
Castro, chief of the Lipans, lately came to i
Corpus Christi m company with the Secretary j
of War and Maj. Hays, and while in camp I
was treacherously shot, though not mortally, by j
some unknow n ruffian. In the letter ol our at- |
tentive correspondent, the readei will see fur
ther note of Castro.
A company of Camanche.s, was lately seen
Ravelling in the direction of Matamoros, and
a detachment of the dragoons had gone in pur
suit.
it is said that the volunteers from this city
are suffering a good deal from diarrhoea and
bilious (ever.
Trade at Corpus Christ! is very brisk, and
almost daily large numbers ol Mexican traders
arrive in camp. This is deemed a sure indica
tion that there is no considerable body of Mexi
can troops within a reasonable distance.
There was some talk about the moving of
the army up the Nueces shoitly, but mention
is made ol this in the letters beb w.
There were no United States vessels of war
at Aransas when the Cincinnati sailed, but she
left there the ship Herman, with troops 'rom j
Old Point Comfort, and the schooners Fame, j
Wm. Bryan, Rosella, Two Friends, Gertrude, \
Cornelia and T. F. Hunt. The steamboat |
While Wing had been discharged from theser- I
vice of the Government.
There are a number of vessels at Aransas j
from New York, Baltimore, New Orleans and !
oilier ports in the United States.
Capt. McKean, with the steamer Leo, has i
go no into lheJNi«cce.s.
The dragoons will go up the Nueces forlhe ir j
winter quarters, says the News, and perhaps |
some of the infantry—a majority of the army j
will remain at Corpus Christi.
Col. Kinney has rented hiscornmission house (
to the officers of the army for their quarters.
Lumber is in great demand at Corpus Christi
—all sorts and kinds of merchandize find a
ready sale. Potatoes are in great demand;
sweet potatoes ate worth $1 75 per bushel.
Arrangements are making lor the putting up
of public buildings lor the accommodation of
strangers, and for making other permanent im
provements.
There are, at this time, a great many Mexi- j
can horses and mules at Corpus Christi, and ]
large numbers are daily arriving.
The Mexican trade is interrupted. Traders j
are coming in from all the principal towns on i
the Rio Grande —extending from Matamoros
to Loredo.
Gen. Taylor has spies constantly ranging
the country to the Rio Grande, and is promptly
informed of every movement of any impor
tance.
We make extracts from cur correspondence
with officers of the army, who have kin ;ly
found time to remember us. to show the state
of a flairs in camp:
Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 27, 1845.
Mil Dear Sirs— Gen Worth, with a portion
of the Bth Regiment of Infantry, landed here
yesterday. The other portion will be liere in a
few days. I think the force here now is about
25 or 2600 (about 200 officers.)
Nothing new since I wrote you last (1 think
the 215t0r22d.) Capt. Kelt (dragoons) was
out. a lew days since on a small scout, about 50
miles from here, and he speaks in raptures ol
the country. He says it is beautiful beyond
description. Then it is “ ornamented” in every
direction by chis.ers of deer, turkies and wild
horses.
Last, week, (the day I don’t recollect,) the
sehr. L°titin, from New Orleans-, loaded with
coal, for Aransas, anchored off Corpus Christi.
A gale coming up, she parted both anchors and
then put to sea. The next day she was found
to leak badly, and with three feet water in her
: hold she was run ashore, 35 miles South ot
this. Capt. Webster had his wile aboard—all
i saved, no lives lost. The wreck, as it lay, was
sold to-day at auction for $25.
We heard yesterday from Capt. Crane,
j about 35 miles up the Nueces, and that he
\ finds no obstructions in the river for light j
i draught boats. So far, the least depth was 4 !
feet 2 inches. He is expected to return in a I
:| few days; his party were in small boats.
I t m-nst close to he in time for the mail.
You is, truly.
The ■following from the same source, though
a little older in dale, is yet later than our pre
: vious advices:
Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 22, 1845.
My Dear Sirs —A portion of the sth Jnlan-
Iry has arrive- 1 , as also Capl. Ogden’s and
i Capt. Kello’s companies of the Bth Infantry.
These two latter companies are from Key
■ West. The other companies of the Bih and
st!i are looked for daily. A company <4 ihe 2d
Artillery, commanded by Li. Duncan, has ar
rived at Aransas, and will he here shortly.—
Li. D. came from New York on board ship,
with 60 horses. Some of them were placed in
> the hold (as I understand) and 13 died.
Day before yesterday two Lipans visited us
in company with Col. Cook, (Texas Secretary
ol War,) “Capt. Jack Hays,” (of the Spies,)
and Col. Howard. The Lipan chief, Castro,
is a noble looking fellow, about 6 (eel 1 or 2,
and built in proportion.
Hays takes mv eye. He is a young man, not
over 27 or 30, very youthful in appearance,
modest and retiring in his manneis; but it i
said he has the courage of the lion, and he has
AUGUSTA, GA„ THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1845.
complete control over the Lipans. Castro,
Hays and myself look a small “blizzard” to
gether, and Castro told him if he wanted the
Lipans to go against the Mexicans or Guraan
ches, he should have all the warriors. Hays
has constant communication with the Mexican
borders. He says that at Matamoros there are
about 800, at Monterey about 2500, and at
Loredo about 100 soldiers. At Loredo they are
making preparations to receive a large force.
It is Hays’s opinion that if we remain here ihe
Mexicans w ill nut come to attack us, but that if
we go to the liio Grande we shall get a fight.
All we have to say about the matter is, if our
Government wishes us to go to the Rio Grande, j
let them give the older and it shall be done. ■
We came here for a fight—it’s in our line of bu
siness. Hays says whenever he wants to know j
anything about Mexico, he tells one or two ot i
his trusty fellows to “go and bring him a Mexi-1
can;” he says he has hooked several out of .
Loredo and other towns on the borders.
Lieut. Scania, (Engineer Corps.) has re
turned from his tour of reconnoisance. He re- I
ports that 50 miles from here, upon Use Nueces, j
as also upon a stream (or chain of ponds) called
Sweet Water, there aie beautiful locations for
regiments, plenty of wood and good water. |
Capt. Crain, (Engineer,) is now out with a ;
party surveying the Nueces, its practicability I
for steamboat navigation, &c. I think ere long j
some ol us will be moved into the interior.
Yours, &c. *
The news from Galveston and Eastern Texas
is of no great importance, but we proceed to
glean from our files such items as may fie of
general interest.
The arrival of Mr. Ashbel Smith on the schr,
Aurora, from ibis port, is duly announced iu
the Galveston Civilian.
On the 2d ins:, a public dinner was given at
Galveston to the Hon. G. Vv. Terrell, late Min
ister from Texas to France and England The
Civilian says tliat it was a well arranged and
agreeable affair. J edge Terrell was an oppo
nent o( Annexation, and so avowed himself at
the dinner, hut at the same time declared his
readiness to acquiesce, like a good citizen, in
the decision of the people.
We have before mentioned the nomination of
Gen. Hendeison as Governor of the new State.
The Houston Telegraph says it is not probable
that any candidate will be nominated in opposi
tion to Gen. H. Amid ail tin; political suite;-,
that have agitated the Republic, says the Tele
graph, he has stood unharmed. He is one of
the few public men of Texas of whom u tnav
be said—“he has no enemies.”
The packet brig Empire arrived on the 29ih
ult., from New Yoik, whence she sailed on the
21 She brought but twenty passengers. “A
great many persons lor Texas wore, however, at
New Yotk,” says the Civilian, “and the ship
Star Republic, and succeeding packets will
doubtless bring all th r law allows to vessels ot
their class,”
The rumor which prevailed in Galveston
some days since, and which reached this city, ol
the burning of the Treasurer’s office at Austin,
including the records and papers up to the com
mencement of President Houston's second term,
is confirmed. The building was isolated, and
no one slept in it, so that the fire was unques
tionably the work of an incendiary—doubtless
some person or persons of whose defalcations
or peculations the records of the office furnished
evidence. We have no means o! judging the !
amount of public or individual injury which
will result from this act. The fire occurred at 2
o’clock on the morning of the 9di ult. The Se
cretary of ihe Treasury has announced his in
tention to institute a thorough examination ol
the hooks of the office, which probabiy caused
some one to burn the office, in order to hide the
evidence of his guilt or indebtedness.
The Red Lander states that the lion. M. T.
Johnson has been elected Senator in the Con- •
gress ol Texas for the district composed of the |
counties ol Shelby, Harrison and Sabine.
William Earle was elected Representative in ;
Sabine; J. H. McNairy and James Truitt in |
Shelby.
William Bledsoe, a brother-in-law of Gen. i
Houston, died at his plantation, in Liberty Co., !
on the 20th ulr. He was much esteemed.
A letter appears in the News of the 4th ult., i
to Col. Love, from which it appears that on the ! :
30th of August, Mr. Peter M. Maxwell, a pri
vate in the Ranging Corps, was basely muuiered i
bv one Frederick Ballard, at Cedar Spring, neat
Dallas, Nacogdoches county. Maxwell was
about twenty-eight years of age, had lived long
in Texas, was in nearly all the battles of the |
country, was taken at Mier, suffered two years
or more in Mexico, returned to Texas last |
spring, joined the Ranging company, and so
conducted himself as to win general esteem.
Ballard committed the murder with a bowie-'
knife. He was taken and chained, but contrived j
to effect his escape.
In regard to the crops of Texas we make one '
or two extracts. The following is from the Gal
veston Civilian of the 24th ult.:
“ Upon the Brasses we believe that the product i
of cotton is set down as “ a fair average.” Fur-;
ther west the amount planted was less than that j
of last year, rnor ’attention having been very ;
properly given to corn, of which the yield is
pretty good. The increase in the amount planted
resulted from the anticipation of increased im
migration, and we understand that the same
cause now keeps the price up to nearly fifty
cents per bushel On the Trinity we believe
both tiie corn and cotton has turned out a fair
medium crop. The rains during the summer
throughout the country were partial, and in
some neighborhoods the crops have been un
commonly good, while in others they have com
paratively failed.”
In a later number ot the Civilian we find the
following extract from the Brasses Planter:
“ The weather is again fine for cotton picking,
and the crop in some parts of the country is bet
ter than for years past. The jrield of corn and
pota oes is abundant, and those persons in the
United States whose prospects have been
blighted by drought, would do well to emigrate
to Texas. We have fat cattle, rich lands, and a
plenty to cat and drink, if milk and water would
be taken as a substitute lor more exciting liquids.
In fact, we have all the elements of a great
State, except population. We want men, and
of the industrial classes, whose labors will dc
velope the resources of our country and cause it
to blossom like a garden.”
It gives us pleasure to make the following ex
tract from the Civilian of the 24th ult., in regard
to ihe health of Galveston :
“The air, fora lew mornings, lias had that
frosty and exhilarating leclmg common to Octo
ber in more northern latitudes, and so welcome
to Ihe lovers of the gun and the chase. The
present wholesome state of the atmosphere and
the lateness of the season, give assurance that
1845 will prove another year of uninterrupted
good health in Galveston, it is scarcely possi
ble to conceive of a more healthy season than
we have had. We anticipate an early com
inenccmcnt ot the business season.”
More Defalcation. —We learn by the Bos
ton Times, that Mr. Russel Dean, of ihe firm
I of Henry Dean & Co.,jNo 81 Uuincy market,
has abstracted about 30,000 dollars Irom the
funds ol the partnership, and left the city.
Cause-improper course of living and dissipa
tion.
From Ike N. O. Picayune , 9 /i msl.
Glevcii Days Later From Mexico.
The Spanish btig Joaquin, Batista, master,
arrived at this port yesterday" from Vera Cruz,
having saileu thence on the 26th of September,
just eleven days after the U. S. steamship Prince
ton. Our files are complete from the city of
Mexico to the 20th till., and from Vera Ciuz to
the 221.
On the J6th Gen. Herrera was formally pro
claimed President of the Republic, and' upon
the morning ol the 16lh he look the oaths of
office, in the presence of both Houses of Con
gress, assembled in the Chamber of Deputies.
The President pronounced a discourse upon
the occasion, which, though m -ch mote brief i
than an American President’s Message, is vet
too long for our columns. We can merely in
dicate the rules of policy by which bis adminis
tration is tu be guided.
After a solemn, and we believe, most sinceie !
introduction, breathing a spirit of patriotism, he
commences with the declaration that ii will be
his first duty to see that the laws be executed
with all exactness. Persuaded as he is that
good laws arc the sole support of national well be
ing, he will exercise with nil diligence, his
prerogative in the formation of them, and in
their subsequent enforcement.
Order am! peace he bolds to be essential to
ihe national well being. To ensure these, he
will endeavor to obtain the united and har
monious action.of ail the administrative de
partments, and to keep himself aloof from
party conflicts, tolerating honest differences of
opinion, but nothing like positive disobedience,
tumults or outbreaks.
Being especially charged with the internal
tranquility of the country, he promises a rigid
superintendence over the police, and es|eL-ial
ly to pron ote a general feeling of security
bv means founded upon tiie policy of pie
venting crime rather than punishing it.
The prompt and rigorous administration of
justice, and the improvement, morality and
discipline of the army are named as promi
nent among the duties assumed by' the Execu
tive, to which he will give his his best efforts.
The pure and rigid administration of the
finances of the country, and especially the
equitable payment of the public creditors,
without show or preference is announced as one
of 1-is most urgent desires. This branch of the
Message leads the President to deplore the ut
ter insufficiency old he tcvenues of (lie govern
ment, and gives him an opportunity to de
mand the prompt and energetic co-o peration of
the legislative body, to remedy the evil. Ail
the powers of government are paralyzed for
the want ol means. In pointing out particu
lar evils the President says:—“ The army can
not move; tei ritory usurped, will remain usurped;
and the hope of tecoveting it being once lost,
the usurpation will be successively and grad
ually continued until it embraces the whole
Republic, and (I shudder to say it) Mexico,
with so many elements of abundance and of
greatness, will disappear from the number of
independent nations.”
The necessity of constitutional reform is
acknowledged and strongly urged upon the
Chambers. But at Ihe same time the Presi- j
dent rebukes all attempts to bring about re
forms by arms or civil dissentions, as atrocious
crimes.
The security of the State in its foreign rela
tions will be one of the most constant em
ployments of the government. It will aim to
preserve and form f riendly relations with foreign
powers, avoiding all occasions for controversy,
“ but guarding always the sovereignly and dig
nity, and the observance and ie.-peclability of
the national laws.”
Such is a very slight outline of Gen. Her
rera’s Message. The reader will note one para
graph which has reference to the annexation !
of Texas; the last one, in quotation, marksevi- j
dently alludes to the difficulties with Fiance. !
Besides these, there is nothing whatever to in- j
dicatc ihe existence of France, the United States |
or Texas, or that there exists the slightest ns
lional differences with each either.
The diligence between Vera Cruz and Jahpa
was recently robbed neat the latter city. One
of the passengers, writing on the I7lri ult., de
scribes the process. There were only four
concerned in ii, two mounted and two on foot,
and all well armed. Had the passengers had
any spirit they could easily have defended
themselves. The captain of the gang was a
well dressed, smooth-spoken scoundrel, of man
ners and hearing indicative of some bleeding.
He L supposed to have followed the stage from
Vera Cruz. The spoils obtained amounted to
20 ounces of gold, and the swords, canes, and
umbrellas ol the party.
The diligence which arrived down from Vera
Cruz on the 22d, was robbed near Rio Frio.—
The particulars are not given.
El Veracruza.no of the 20ih announces that
the last previous conduda had been attacked by
robbers, and that two soldiers were killed in the
affray. El Locomotor (a new paper) denies
this, having been assured by one of the conduc
tors that there was no attack of the sort upon
the conduda or its escort.
The Mexican papers give the most minute
details of ihe military and naval forces which
the United Stales has concentrated upon the
frontier and coasts of Mexico. The Vera Cruz
journals arc very watchful as to the Gulf
squadron, and serving up full lists of ships and
guns to their morning readers, as a kind of ap
petizer for breakfast.
A letter is given to the public from Gen. In
clan, the brave defender of Puebla against
Santa Ana, in which he announces to the Se
cretary of War, that on the 14th ult., Gen. Cos
ine Furlong had offered the services ot twenty
six battalions, lour regiments and one brigade
of artillerjq in defence of the Supreme Govern
ment and the national territory. These troops
were first organized by the city of Puebla when
the French squadron lay off Vera Cruz. They
have thus again been placed at the disposition
of the Government, and great expectations are
entertained of the good effects of the example
set by Paredes.
Oneofthe panersoflhe interior, speaking of
the reported arrival ol Gen. Gaona’s division at
Matamoros, exclaims: “Heaven grant that it
may be true, and that it may not be composed
of more officers l ban soldiers, and that it has
carried with it the means of subsistence; be
cause, if it comes io die of hunger, as has been
almost the case with the troops now there, in
stead of improving, it will only aggravate our
condition.” The article goes on in this strain,
showing that the troops near the Irontier are
almost totally disorganized for wantol the neces
sary resources.
There was a report current and credited in
Tampico on the 7th ult., that an expedition had
been planned at Corpus Christi by our troops,
lor taking by a coup de main the city of Mata
moros; that the expedition was to lie composed
of five thousand Americans and Texans, with
eighteen pieces of artillery; and that it was only
delayed till it could be joined by some cavalry,
shortly expected, “tube composed of Florida
Indians and two companies Irom Bexar.” The
editors lament this, because they “know of
what rapacity and treachery such enemies are
capable,” and because the city is not in a proper
stale of defence. They advise the inhabitants
ol the frontiers to unite with the veterans of
the army of the north, and thus form the first
line of defence, “ which the enemy cannot pass
without marching across the mangled remains
of those who compose it.”
Every Mexican paper we open speaks of a
war for the recovery of Texas as a matter of
course. There is no longer any talk about a
declaration of war, but the plan seems to be to
go about the reconquesl of Texas at the earliest
convenience ol the Government and people. It
may suit the convenience (it our Government to
lu ing this controversy to an earlier issue than
Mexico desires.
The papers give at length the circular of
Gen. Paredes, dated the 6th ult., at San Luis
Potusi, in which he defends himself from the
charges brought against him by the papers of
ihe capital, whom he accuses of the most dis
organizing views. He professes implicit con
fide nee in the Government, and a determination
to sustain the Organic Bases, and to resist by
arms the plansj of the seditious, of whatever
class they may be, and thus secure the peace
and tranquility ot the nation.
La Esperavza of Tampico ol the 3d uit.
says that letters have been received which de
clare that Paiedes was only awaiting the ar
rival ol $60,000, hourly expected, to take up
his march lor the Rio Grande. We should,
perhaps, add, that Paredes in his circular de
clares that the most perfect unanimity prevails
in the “army of reserve” under his command;
that every man lully adopts the sentiments
which influence himself and dictated the circu
lar. The papers of the capital are evidently
still in doubt as to the ultimate views of this
“Mexican Warwick,” as he has been called.
The first act of the Senate after the inaugu
ration of Hcirera, is deplored by the Diario. It
referred to the affair of Gen. Rangel, in dispos
ing of whose case the Court Martial’and the
Government appear to have come in collison.
The precise story of this Rangel case we have
lost sight of, but the vole in the Senate was 24
to 11, upon which the official organ exclaims—
“ Thus has been sanctioned, in the couit of
last resort, the most scandalous impunity?”
This is not a very good commencement for the
Administration.
The destitution of the Government is so
complete that means are wanting for the p; v
ment of necessary daily expenses.
All the papers continue lodiscuse the chances
of a revolution. The existing Government be
ing evidently t o weak for the emergency in
which it is placed, it would appear that that
military aspirant who possesses most money
arm most audacity, and who is willing to favor
with soft words and promises the views of the
Federalists, is the most likely to obtain tempo
rary power.
But neither our own limits nor the patience
of the reader will allow us to extend these par
ticulars to-day.
Very late from the Pacific.
The New York Sun has accounts fiom the
Pacific of a late day, received byway of
Mexico. The advices from the Sandwich Is
lands are to the middle of June, from Oregon
to27th of April, tind Calilornia to the Ist of
August.
The Legislative Council of ilie Sandwich
Islands, consisting of a House of Nobles and a
House of Representatives, convened lor the
first lime on the 30th of May. The King was
dressed in a new military suit, and the Gluten
in a (mured straw' colored silk dress, bonnet of
the same color, with w'hile ostrich feathers.—
The fort announced his Majesty’s entrance
into the Legislative Hall by a national salute—
twenty-one guns. The foreign vessels of war
responded with the same number of guns.—
When their Majesties had ascended the throne,
ti;e Rev. Mr. Richards, American Missionary,
addressed the Throne of Grace, after which
‘he King ordered his Assembly to be sealed,
and iJitn read his speech.
After the conclusion of the speech, Mr.
Young, ore of the Noties, offered resolutions
rs thanks to the governments of Great Britain,
France, Belgium, and the United Stales, for
recognizing the independence of the islands,
which passed unanimously.
The citizens ( f tiie United Slates have taken
offence at the decisions of some of the courts,
and have appealed to the United States Govern
ment to interfere in their behalf.
According to the Ka Elsie, the American
Mission have expended on the High School at
Lahainaluna from its commencement in 1231,
to the present year, $68,000; whole number of
pupils 244; of which 118 have become teach
ers; 44 have been employed by government,
and 21 have died.
Oregon. —There are two packets now running
between Oregon City and Honolulu ; the Amer
ican brig Cfienamus, Capt. Sylvester, and the
Hudson Bay Company’s barque Cowlitz, Cap
tain Heath. The Chenatnns arrived at Hono
lulu ou the 15th May, after a twenty-eight days
passage. Cargo—46o bbls. flour, sdo wheat,
15 bbls. and 15 boxes salmon, 37,200 feet of
luml cr, 117,000 shingles, 9 spars and one Amer
ican mare.
The Cowlitz sailed for Oregon ou the loth
May, with English and American manufac
tures; tea; sugar; coffee; and other produc
tions from the Islands, India and China.
The Polynesian says:—We hear of no tiew r s
of moment from the Oregon. The settlers ap
pear to be prospering and to succeed tolerably
well in their plan of self-government. Some
w’ild border characters are among them, who,
it not tamed in season, will give trouble to the
orderly’ disposed inhabitants. Emigrants are
still on their way, one party having wintered
east otlhe Rocky mountains. The winter lias
been rainy, but the Spring opened well.
Tahiti"—The American brig Elizabeth, Capt.
King, of Salem, laden with arms and ammuni
tion lor the Fejee Islands, sailed from Tahiti in
April, having been closely watched and guarded
by the French while at the latter port.
The death ol Capl. Forbes, of the schooner
Will Watch, and two of his seamen while at
tempting to land a' Tahiti last spring, is re
ported by our consul at Landania. The schooner
had been seized by the French for selling arms
to the natives.
Clueen Pomare still temained at Raieta,
blockaded by French forces, and one of her chiefs
who aided in the assassination of some French
men, had been shot by the French authorities.
California. —Our correspondent writes from
Monterey, July 31st—“We have had nothing
of interest since my last. The natives contrive
to enjoy themselves under their own adminis
tration, and when the new Governor arrives
from Mexico they say they will charter a vessel
to take him and Ills suite back again. The
produce of the country begins to come here in
iarge quantities, and ihe whale ships find it a
favorable market (or obtaining supplies. The
season has been highly favorable; the crops
abundant,
Further Antarctic Discoveries. —It is
said that further discoveries have been made in
the Southern polar regions by the bark Pagoda,
under the command of Lieut, Moore of the
British Navy. This vessel was hired by the
British government for this expedition, and for
the purpose of completing the series of magnetic
observations left unfinished by the ships Terror
and Erebus. She returned to Simon’s Bay, af
ter an absence of 140 days, having proceeded
farther South than any vessel which has pie-
VOL. IX NO. 124.
1 ceded her, having accomplished the special ob
ject of the voyage, and having brought home
many species of birds and fishes not before
known. She found the Aurora so brilliant,
that small print was distinctly legible by the
light of it. The vessel was at times surround
ed by icebergs higher than the mast head. Not
a casualty occurred, nor was a man sick on the
voyage.
The Cherokee Bibee Society.—This so
ciety was established in 1841, but nothing efli
cient was accomplished until October 1849.
Between that time and October 1843 five aux
iliary societies were formed, viz: one in Tahle
quah district, one in Illinois district, two in
Flint district, and one in Delaware district,
near Delaware town. At a meeting of the ex
ecutive committee. Dec. 29, 1843, it was found
that $133,60 were in the hands of the treasurer,
the greatest part of which was from Tahlequah,
Illinois, and Salisaw Auxiliaries. Being in
formed that there were English Bibles already
at command, through the liberality of a Bible
society in Philadelphia, the committee resolved
that the funds then on hand should be appro
priated to the purchase of books in the Cherokee
language. In accordance with this resolution
the treasure’!' purchased 267 bound volumes,
each containing all those portions of the sacred
scriptures which have vet been printed in the
Cherokee language. To these were added 60
copies of the same, received through the treasu
rer of a Bible society which existed in the na
tion a number of years ago, making in all 327
volumes, which are now in a course of distribu
tion throughout the Nation.
Hemp.—The junior editor of the Louisville
Journal, writing from Boston, says: 1 find that
ihe consumption of hemp at Boston and New
York has increased marvelously since last sum
mer. An extensive establishment at Plymouth
has manufactured twenty-five gangs ol rigging
tl is year from American hemp, and but six of
Russia, whereas last year it manufactured not a
single gang out of American hemp. The
American dew rotted hemp is now used almost
universally for standing rigging, and it is getting
fast into use for running rigging. Sales aie
now making here, at six months, of a good ar-.
tide of dew roiled, at $100; the range being
froms9o to SIOO. Some lots have been shipped
from New Orleans to Boston this summer at
less than 83 a ton, bui, as freights are now sll
Id Louisville, the whole freight amounts to 814
a ton. Nothing but this new demand for hemp
for naval purposes could have prevented it from
sinking to nothing. The foreign demand is also
taking off a great deal at present prices, and, on
the whole, the article may be expected to main
tain present prices, at least for some time,
Colton duck has almost entirely superseded
Russia for sails. A merchant, who formerly
imported and sold a large quantity of Russia
duck, informs me that he has had a lot of it on
hand for three years. It is no longer imported,
and the demand has nearly entirely ceased.
Cotton duck does not handle as well as hempen,
but it is more durable and cheaper, and holds
the wind as well. It will enjoy the prelerence
until the Kentucky hemp duck takes the field—
then, of course, U will retire, except for small
craft in the coasting trade.
The experience here is that Cotton Duck
Sails hold the wind better than Russia Duck.
Our fast vessels have their sails made of Cotton
Duck.
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CO MMGRCIAL
New York, Oct. 10-f.ii.
The market was heavy to-day, and at the close thar«
was a downward tendency.
There is but a moderate business doing in Exchange,
and rates are without change. /Sterling 9 } (a) 10 :
Francs 5 25 (a) 523|.
Cotton— The sales to-day have been a trifle over 2000
bales, without change in price, most of which was ta
ken for Havre, and some small portion for Germany
and England. The receipts from the South continue
light,.md ihe stock in first hands is gradually decreas
ing." Freights to Liverpool are firm at 5-16 d (a) to Ha
vre jjc. The ship Liberty has been put on the berth
for Li verpool, with a portion of her cargo engaged.
Flour— There, is rather a better feeling in Flour to
day. and Western and Genesee are steady at $4 81J (a)
$4 S7h. with a pretty good demand, which would be
better but for the want of Eastern vessels, There hav«
been sales to-day ats4 87J for England, in the neigh
borhood of2ooobbls. Shippers are endeavoring to buy
at s4Bl{.
New Orleans, October 9
-"The bad weather of the 7th insf. has so far changed
that we have not had incessant rein, yet it has been so
uncertain that not much shipping business has been
done.
Cotton —The transactions of the day amonnt’to about
2000 bales at full prices. The arrivals amount to 1436
bales—exports, none.
COTTON STATEMENT.
/Stock on hand Ist Sept. 1845 Bales 7,705
Received from Ist Sept to|Bth Oct. 80,484
Received on the SlhOct 1,436-89,625
Exported Bth Oct
Exported previously 24,767-24,767
Stock on hand and on ship-board not cleared.,. .64,838
In /Sugar and /Molasses nothing has been dene, owing
to the uncertain stale of the weather.
Exchanges are the ’same as previously quoted.
Freights —Another vessel has been taken up for Liv
erpool at 9-16 d, otherwise, nothing new.
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MARINE El ST.
Savannah, Oct. 13.
Arrivi <?— Steamer Chalham. Philoot, Augusta;
Cleared-- Ship Celia, Thatcher, New York ; brig 1,
Peters, Chase, Philadelphia.
LOST OR STOLEN—Lost or left
on the stage line between Columbus and
Covington, or in the cars on the Georgia Rail
road, between Covington anu Augusta, a Band
box enclosed in white homespun, labelled with
the subscriber’s name. Any information relative
to the same will be thankfully received, and, it
required, liberally rewarded, by forwarding the
bandbox to Belair depot, or communicating with
this office. 015-wl C. E. BEALL.
JEFFERSON Sheriff Sale—Will be
sold at the market house in the town of Lou
isville, Jefferson county, on the first Tuesday in
December next, one hundred and fifty acres of
pine land, more or less, adjoining lands of Nancy
Purvis, ard others, in the county of Jefferson;
levied on as the property of James P. Perdue, to
satisfy sundry fi. fas. issued from a justice’s
court, in favor of Wm. D. Stone and J. <k H. D.
Stone vs. James F. Perdue, principal, and James
Perdue, security. Property pointed outby James
M. Perdue, administrator on the estate of James
Perdue. Levy made and returned to me by a
constable. WM. S. ALEXANDER,
October 15, 1845. Sheriff - .
A DMINISTRATOR’S Sale—Will
/\ be sold at th° market house in the town of
Louisville, on the first Tuesday in January next,
agreeable to an order of the honorable inferior
court of Jefferson county, when sitting for ordi
nary purposes, the following negroes, to wit:
Maria, a woman about fifty years old; Bryson,
a boy about fifteen years old; Savannah, a girl
about seventeen years old ; and Vienna, a girl
about 12 years old —the property of the late Mary
Tarver, of said county, deceased : —sold for the
pus ose of division. Terms on the day of sale.
BENJAMIN A. MOVE, Administrator.
October 15, 1F45.
MILLINERY.
IVERS. J- R RHODES’ FANCY
IVI MILLINERY STORE, two doors above
Warren’s, Broad-street, Augusta. 011-w5