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AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 12.
Tilings in Miliedgevilie.
Correspondence of the Chronicle <|* Sentinel.
Milledgeville, Nov. 8, 1845.
Before I proceed to make further remarks, I
will takeoccasion locorrectan immaterial error
in my letter of the 7th inst., in relation to Air.
Stell’s resolution. I stated that it was ode red
on the G ; h inst., and proposed that the election
of Senator be held at 12 o’clock on that day,
1 should have said II o’clock instead of 12,
Both houses, so far during the present session,
have uniformly met at 10 o’clock; and I would
ask particular attention to this point, as it bears
upon the action of the Senate, whose history I
shall attempt briefly and faithfully to record.
The preliminary proceedings of every morn
ing, such as calling the roll and reading the
minutes ofthe Journal, have regularly to be
gone through with in either branch of the Le
gislature. Consequently the resolution of Mr.
Stel! couid not have been introduced more than
thirty or forty minutes previous to the moment
designated for holding the election of Senator.
The ceremony of placing the resolution in par
liamentary form before the House of Repre
sentatives, consumed some minutes of time—
allowing not more than twenty or thirty min
utes for the House to deliberate and act upon
an important and quite unexpected resolution.
I am thus tediously precise in detailing circum
stances, because thej r have an important con
nection with a true and impartial history of one
of the most extraordinary acts of legislation
ever recorded in any State of'this confederacy.
The position of the democratic party on this
question, as advocated by Mr. Chappell in two
long speeches, distinguished for their dignity of
style, clearness of pronunciation, and-words,
words, words —is this, that the instant the
time specified in a resolution to do a particular
act, be passed, the resolution itself becomes a
nullity! An extreme adherence (o this position
might be considered absurd and foolish—but
when such a position is the offspring of politi
cal jugglery, and assumed for the accomplish
mentofa paltry political maneovre, it deserves
the unqualified condemnation of every true pa
triot and honorable man. Who would have
denounced, —with more studied phrase, preci
sion of attitude, or classicahty of manner, —any
man or any party concerned in the manufac
ture of such a contemptible subterfuge for a
dishonorable occasion, than Mr. Chappell
himself before he turned democrat? “O Ab
salom, my son Absalom!” listen no more to
the evil counsels ofthe wicked one, or you are
lost forever!
I appeal to the honest and candid ot all par
ties—to every man who despises low intrigue
and vile trickery—who is capable of reproba
ling this insulting mockery of legislation, and
contemptuous trifling with the rights of others — I
and ask a patient investigation of the unmanly, j
ignoble conduct of the democratic party on this
occasion, and a judgment thereon “according!
to evidence.”
When the resolution referred to, was carried ■
lo the House, Mr. Harris, not suspecting at trie .
instant the designs of the opposition, proposed
an unimportant amendment, merely to change
the order of electing, which gave rise to an
animated discussion. Who can doubt from
the circumstances of the case, from the evi
dence introduced, that this discussion, so far as
the opposition were concerned, was all concoct
ed and designed 7 Mr. Harris, in a few mo
ments after making it, proposed to withdraw
his offered amendment; then with what eager
ness several of the opposition simultaneously
started up with their objections ! The whole
petty scheme was at that moment too bare-faced
to admit of a doubt. Such bald, shallow and
contemptible hypocrisy, cannot fail to receive
the execration of the better portion of their own
peculiar constituents.
During the discussion of this resolution got
ten up in the House, and before 12 o’clock, the
Senate adjourned until next day at 10. At the
usual dinner hour, the discussion continuing,
the House adjourned until the morrow at 10.
On the evening of the 6th the Whigs convened
lor the purpose of nominating a candidate for
U. S. Senator, in the characteristic language
of their modest chiellian and principal wire
worker, “ this was precisely what the Demo
crats wanted the Whigs to do, to enable them
to peep into their hands.” He, and those who
managed the game, judged that circumstances
(unnecessary here to detail) would compel the
Whigs to nominate Mr. Berrien, out of which
anticipated event they promised themselves ca
pital enough (or the next two years. But when
they had obtained their “peep into the hand ’
of the Whigs, to their disappointment and dis
may, they discovered that the “ stocked hand”
had not been accurately dealt— and then, with
the unscrupulous desperation of gamblers “ in
a light place,” they felt themselves impelled to
steal a hand from the pack which would Lop that
oi their intended victim’s. (A reverend [politi
cian among the wire pullers referred to, is no
doubt as familiar with these terms as the writer.)
Both houses met pursuant to adjournment on
the 7th. With a view to throw, if possible,
a color of consistency over their intentions, a
hew resolution was offered to bring on the elec
tions, by a Democrat in the Senate, carefully
omitting to include that of U. S. Senator. Ve-
J y soon alter the passage of this resolulion, the
Senate adjourned until the morrow at 10 o’clock,
hot having been in session above an hour. In
the mean time the Democrats in the House had
raised a point of order on Mr. Stell’s resolution,
•irtording their compatriots in the Senate ample
dme to pass the new resolution and adjourn -
tire adjournment of either branch placing it out J
of the power ofthe other to proceed in cases of j
elcc'ion which require joint action.
This morning both houses met at the usual
hour. The enrolling committee, in the Senate,
presented the resolution of Mr, Steil, which had
been approved by the Senate, on the Gth, and,
now; without the slightest alteration or amend
ment, had been returned by the House, signed by
its Speaker, and duly authenticated. No infor
mality was alleged—the resolution but awaited
the signature of the President of the Senate and
tiie Governor of the State to make it the law ot
the land. To be sure the time specified in the
resolution for holding the elections had passed—
had become a blank - but, as was contended by
Mr. Miller, Air. Hardeman and Mr. Crawford,
the Senate had now no control over the matter—
that the presiding officer was clothed with no
! power to veto an act which had passed through
all the required forms of legislation—that pow
es belonging to the Executive alone. But Mr.
Murphy had moved that the Piesidenr be re
quested not to affix his signature to the resolu
tion ! and Mr. Chappell, seeming perfectly pre
pared for such a request, threw himself with
patriotic tenderness into the arms of the majori
ty tor support. Col. Kenan troubled the Presi
dent to make repeated explanations—or rather
evasive attempts at explanation—with a view
to ascertain, by distinct avowal, what was the
precise nature ot the question before the Sen
ate —whilst, in (he mean time, the chair of the
Honorable President seemed to grow extremely
uncomfortable. Col. Kenan, for the purpose
of placing before the Senate a question adapted
to the obvious designs of lire majority, embodied
it in a resolution which he offered, to thiseffect:
That live President of the Senate having refused
to sign the resolution, &c., be it therefore Re
solved,'hat he be requested lo affix his signa
ture thereto. This rendered the chair.still more
uneasy, and after some skilfully repressed in
dications to choke, the Hon. President came
down upon the Senate floor to champion the
demociacyof Georgia in the achievement of a
purpose, which, on the same floor, but a short
time ago, lie had denounced as disorganising,
and destructive of the Constitution, when en
acted, under like circumstances, by the demo
cracy of Tennessee.
. Mr. Iverson, in his speech on the evening ot
the 7tli, ad veiled to the action ofthe democratic
Senate of Tennessee, holding it up as an invit
ing example for the democratic Senate of Geor
gia, and stating that the two cases were exactly
parallel; trial the democracy of Tennessee, by
stubbornly preventing an election for Senator at
the time constitutionally appointed, afterwards
succeeded in gaining a majority in both branch
es of ihe Legislature, and electing two Demo
crats to the Senate of the United Stales. Os a
verily, my learned Judge, you have uttered a
ti ue historical fact. I will not pause now to
comment on the character of him who boasts
ot the achievements of knavery and lawlessness
but content myself with asking—did not Mr.
! CHAPPELL brand the action of the Tennes
j see democracy on that occasion, as an alarming
violation ofthe constitution, a sign of the poli
| tical degradation ofthe times'? Yes—but Mr.
j Chapped was THEN a Whig. The action of
i the Legislature of’Georgia, compared with that
I of Tennessee, bears an unfavorable comoari
! son. or at least can gain nothing by it. The
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■ Georgia Senate has attempted lo skulk behind
a subterfuge to do that which trie Tennessee
Legislature did opmly. Mr. Chappell, now
the too willing instrument of a party whose
very tracks leave corruption wherever it treads,
becomes the open, shameless advocate of that
violation ot the Constitution which formerly
\ so roused his patriotic ire. Yes—but Mr. Chan
; pell is now a democrat. He has changed his
I politics! Has he changed his morality too?
Mr. Chappell argued—most tediously ar
j gued—that the Senate would be disgraced by
j passing a resolution containing in i'self an ab
| surdity. It this were true, perhaps the terrible
| absurdity —which so terrified the imagination of
! the gentleman and aroused his patriotism to the
! rescue—might have excited a smile, but even
; the smile of ridicule vanishes more easily than
the marks of political chicanery tattooed upon
the character. Mr. C. declared—with his hand
pathetically pressed upon his heart, that the
Senate should never be disgraced by enacting
such an absurdity—at least, through their pre
siding officer. Admitting the principle that the
motive stamps the character ot the action, let
us see whether Mr. Chappell has not escaped
from the phantom of disgrace to be impaled up
on the sword of justice, which sooner or later
overtakes ihe wrong doer—nay, let us see whe
ther he has not impaled himself; lor it is true,
as has been said, that “no man can be dis
graced by the acts of another;” and let us see
whether his degradation be not the more damn
ing, because he is fallen from the high position
he once occupied.
With him, it is not a mere change of pcsition
as to former and present sense of constitutional
obligations, but the equivocating, vascillating
manner in which the question of election, or no
election, of Senator has been met. In his re
marks on the subject no trace of candor could
be discovered. In his action on the subject all
trace of his former high beaiing was lost. He
stated that if the resolution received his signa
ture, “ it would be sanctioned by the Executive,
and become a law.” Hence he and the Senate
. look the veto power into their own hands! He
stated that when the resolution became a law,
. the House of Representatives would summon
the Senate to go into an election, and if the
I Senate refused lo obey the summons, they must
1 be assailed by the thunders of popular indigna
tion! Here, 1 think, is an ample exposure of
; motive and intention. Did not ne and the de
mocratic Senate of Georgia accomplish that by
[ indirection, which the Tennessee Senate achiey
|ed by lawless daring? if the Tennessee Sen
i ale violated the Constitution, have not he and
I
his colleagues been guilty of a double viola
lion? Can they escape those popular thun
ders of which the gentleman’s forcast suggest
ed such shrewd misgivings? No! he shall
hear them to his latest hour. The majority of
the people of Georgia are a law loving, Consti
tution abiding people, and will prove, as they
have ever proved, that party manacles are not
strong enough to bind them when cemented by
corruption.
In attempting to write a history of this trans
action, 1 have been sensible of my inability to
| portray it in those glaring colors which the out
rage demands. I hope, however, that I have
rendered it intelligible to your readers, and be
lieve that the picture, though rudely painted, is
a faithful representation of the truth.
I might have touched on other points connect
ed with this subject, especially the practical ef
fect of such legislative action on the future,
but I have already wearied myself, and, proba
bly, your readers.
The question was put, whether the President
should affix his signature, and decided by a
strict party vote— one Whig and one Democrat
being absent. Yeas 24—nays 21.
A tew local bills were read in the House, but
none of general interest. The House adjourn
ed about 12, and the Senate about 10 o’clock,
until Monday at 10 o’clock, A.
Monday Morning, Nov. 10.
I am informed by a gentleman entitled to cre
dit, that at least three of the Democrats who
voted for the resolution of Mr. Steil, believing
that they have gone far enough byway of grati
fying party dictators, have expressed a deter
mination to vote for bringing on ihe election of
U. S. Senator. We shall soon see. The thun
der of the “ voxpopuli” will never lose its terror
to politicians. A.
Mexico and the United States.— A Pen
sacola correspondent of the New Orleans Pic
ayune, in a letter announcing the arrival ofthe
Princeton says:
“It is now well understood that Mexico has
consented to settle her differences with the Uni
ted States by negotiation, and is very happy to
be permitted to do so.”
Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road.
—ln the Tennessee House ot Representatives
on the 3d inst., Mr. Whitesides from the Com
mittee on Internal Improvements, reported a
bill to incorporate the Nashville and Chattanoo
ga Rail Road Company. The stock to consist
of 15,000 shares at SIOO each —the company to
go into operation as soon as 10,000 shares are
subscribed and five dollars on each share shall
have been paid; the remainder of the stock to
be called for by instalments of $5 on each share.
The bill contains, in addition, the usual pro
visions of charters of this kind. Read the first
time.
The Rowley Robber.— The Providence
Transcript mentions the arrest of one Davis on
suspicion of being the man who poisoned Mr.
Rowley with a peach and carried off his
money.
The Montjeal papers inform us that the
health of the Governor General is steadily im
proving. He has ridden out in a carriage
several times lately,
The cotton dyeing factory, owned by Mr
Oliver Teroney, on Eustis street, Dorchester,
Mass., was partially destroyed by fire on Wed
nesday afternoon,
Bangor.— The population of Bangor, Me.,
is ascertained by the recent census taken under
an order of the city council, to amount to 11,690
—5802 males and 5888 females.
The New York correspondent of the Phila
delphia American writes—
The Magnetic Telegraph between Coney
Island and Brooklyn is finished; but there
seems, since the failure of Colt’s experiment, lo
he no way of carrying the wires across the River
It is suppose) that the Semaphoric plan be
tween the two cities will he adopted.
Some mummy wheat, supposed to be 2000
years old, was sowed this year in Wroxton,
England, and has produced upwards of forty
stems from each grain, each stem being an
ear.
The Governor ot New York has appointed
the 4th of December next to be observed as a
day of thanksgiving.
The Governor of New Jersey has named the
27ih inst. for the same purpose in that Com
monwealth.
The census of the city of New York, just
taken, gives an aggregate of 371,102 inhabi
anis.
NEW COPPER, TIN SHEET IKON
FACTORY.
f |PHE subscriber respectfully informs
JL the citizens of Augusta and vicinity, that
he has opened his shop for the manufacture of
all articles in the above line, where work done bv
himself will be warranted of a superior kind,
both in material and workmanship.
New Roofs put on, in the latest and most ap
proved New York plan, at the very lowest rales,
and no payment required until the work proves
quite satisfactory.
Country merchants will find it to theiradvan
tage to call and examine his work and prices be
fore purchasing elsewhere. His shop is that for
merly occupied by Stevens &, IVTcEvitt, opposite
Stovall & Simmons’ warehouse.
027-2vvd CROZIRR HAMILTON.
W. SPOFFORD has removed to
fi—4. the store formerly occupied by J. B. Bi
shop, Esq., in Carmichael’s buildings, and is
I opening a well selected stock of
) STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
' just received from New York and Boston, which
he will sell on as accommodating terms as any
other house in the city, both at wholesale and re
tail. 822-if
From the N. O. Picayune, \st inst.
Fourteen Days Later From Mexico.
Baron de Cyprey in trouble—Durango overrun
with Cumanches— Sonora torn bv civil discord,
4'C- 4rc.
The U. S. brig Somers and the steam frigate
Mississippi arrived at Pensacola on the 29th
ult., the former having sailed from Vera Cruz
on the 10th and the latter on the 24th of October.
By these arrivals we are placed in possession
ot files from the city of Mexico lo the 12th of
October —14 days later than were received at
Havana, by the royal mail steam ship Awn.
We have hurriedly ran through our files, but
have sought in vain for any thing to indicate
that there has occurred any improvement in the
affairs of Mexico. On the contrary, she is
plunging deeper and deeper into difficulties, and
a powerful party clamors for the overthrow of
the present Administration. They ask not only
a change Li the Cabinet, but that Gen. Herrera
.himself smSuld resign and retire to private
lite. Sonera, too, is in a state of insurrection.
Durango is overran with savages, and poor
Mexico looks utterly prostrated. But we 'will
commence with a letter from an intelligent A
merican officer at Sacrificios. It may be fully
relied upon:
U. S. Squadron, Sacrificios, i
Near Vera Cruz, Oct. 9, 1845. £
Gentlemen:--! take the liberty of sending
you some ot the latest Mexican papers, from
which you will be able !o gather intelligence ot
interest lor your many thousand readeis. I
think you will find the tone of the public jour
nals here much less violent than a month or
two ago, and the change is more perceptible in
the Government papers than in those of the op- ;
position. In truth, difficulties begin to throng
so thickly upon them that they are coming round
to the opinion that those North Americans
after all said and done, are as good friends to
Mexico as others who make greater profes
sion.
The late French Minister, Baron de Cyprey,
has had an unpleasant affair in the theaue,
with one of the editors of the Siglo XiX, of
which you will find an account in a Courier
Francais, which I send you. The populace oi
Mexico is highly incensed against him, and ihe
Government has informed the Baron that un
less he leaves the city in thiee days, they can
not be answerable for his satiety. It is said, too
i bat several Mexican gentlemen have challeng
ed him.
The British Minister has entered a protest
against a measure now under consideration in
Congress, namely, the revision of contracts en
tered into by Santa Ana in 1845. The house
ot Manning & Marshall, it appears, obtained
the lease of the Mint of Guanajuato for a num
ber of years upon terms ruinous to the public
interests, though affording the Government a
temperaiy command of money. This act they
knew was subject to the revision of Congress,
and the best proof of this, as the committee very
pertinemly observe in their report, is the fact
they applied to Congress in July last to confirm
ihecomract. But the British Minister maintains
that it would be a breach of faith to annul the
contract, as recommended by the committee.—
This, you will perceive, does not increase the j
probability of negotiating the fifteen million !
loan, of which, by the way, nothing is now
heard. It only remained that the Spanish
Minister should take umbrage at something or
other to complete the diplomatic tableau now
enaciing in Mexico, and this he contrived to do,
on the occasion of the public orations delivered i
on the anniversary of some revolutionary glory.
Like our Fourth of July orators, I presume the i
grandeur of their subjects led them to express
themselves in no flattering terms of the Mother ■
Country ; so Her Catholic Majesty’s represen
tative closed his bouse on a day of general re
joicing. The Government paper came out, i
disowning the sentiments of the speakers,
which it observed were merely the expressions
ot private sentiment. The Spanish organ (La
H-speria,) then expressed itself satisfied wills
the disclaimer and the affair ended.
Nothing is heard of any military movements,
and it may be confidently asserted that no troops
have left San Luis Potosi for the Tesian fron
tier. “ Money ! money! money!” is the cry of
the Government; and if Governments have
hearts, I doubt not pesos is engraved on the
Mexican heart, as Neison said “ frigate” was
on his.
We have here now eight American vessels
ot war—the sloops of war Falmouth, (flag
ship) Sc. Mary’s, Saratoga and John Adams;
steamers Mississippi and Princeton, and brigs
Somers and Porpoise. The Lawrence is daily
expected, and the Somers sails to-morrow for
Pensacola. The 27th of September being
anniversary of the first entrance ot a Mexican
army into the capital, under Gen. Herrera, us
observed as a day of public rejoicing. Com
modore Conner informed the Governor, 1 be
lieve, that it would afford him pleasure to fire
a salute of 21 guns on a da}*- so gioricus to
Mexican liberty. The offer was most politely
received, and the salute returned from the guns
of the castle. A Spanish proverb says— “El
corks no quita del valiente,” —meaning that cour
tesy and courage are not inconsistent. Such
civilities cannot fail lo have a good effect upon
the relations of the two countries.
Excuse my hasty scrawl. You will doubtless
get a more accurate idea of the state of affairs
from the newspapers 1 send (two packages)
than 1 could give you. The officers and men
ot tiie squadron enjoy excellent health, the
fresh north winds giving us a delightful tempe
rature, and pulling the vomito completely to
flight.
With much respect, your obedient servant.
The difficulty between the Baron de Cyprey
and the editor ot El Siglo XIX, alluded to
above, is given substantially as follows by the
Courier Francais. The evening of the 30th
September, the Baron having met in the lobby
ot the theatre, Sailor Mariano Otero, the prin
cipal editor of El Siglo XIX, addressed lo the
latter some words which were not understood.
The Baron, making use, as an interpreter, of a
French gentleman who chanced lo come up
demanded of Senor Otero if he were the author
of an article published on Ihe 24ih, entitled,
“ El Diano de los Debates en la Cueslwn del
Bano de las Dclicias.” Senor Otero having
replied to him that he should make inquiry at
the printing office, the Baron repeated his de
mand, to which Senor Otero replied that he
did not recognize in the interrogator (he right
to pat such a question lo him, and that, besides,
he was not disposed to reply. Thereupon,
Baron de Cyprey spat in the face of Senor
Otero, and instantly a personal conflict ensued,
in which Senor Otero, being without arms,
used his and his adversary a cane which
he carried. The noise of the fight naturally
attracted quite a number of persons, who at
once interposed. M. de Cyprey, before retir
ing, declared lo Senor Otero that he was at the
latter’s disposition if he desired satisfaction.
Such is the French version of the affair; nor
does the Courrier hesitate to condemn the haste
of M. de Cyprey: it pleads for him that he re
garded Sctior Otero’s reply as a subterfuge un
worthy of a man of honor— as an act of cow
ardice which the impulse of the moment in
duced him to chastise by the grossest indignity.
The Siglo of the following day gives the par
ticulars which led to the affray in almost the
J same words, but slates that the parties had fre
quently before met after the article had appear
ed, and on no occasion had the Baron directed
a word or a look to Senor Otero. The Siglo
further says that the Raron comenced the as
sault with his cane, not by the more vile indig
nity; that the blow of the cane Senor Otero
stopped with bis arm and answered with a blow
of his fist; that as the crowd interposed, Senor
Otero reproached his assailant with the cow
ardice and indecency of his conduct, in selecting
for the attack a place where the number ot
spectators was so great as to enable him to es
cape the consequences of his insolence and
superciliousness. Senor Otero is a magistrate,
and besides his connection with the Siglo, is a
gentleman of influence in society.
A prodigious excitement followed the affray ;
the military was called out lo prevent any pop
ular outbreak, and a guard stationed in front of
the residence ot the Baron to protect him from
ihe indignation of the multitude. The Mexi
can press took up the matter instantly and
warmly; they pronounced the act of the Barona
dastardly insult to the nation, and indulged in
more indignant reprobation of it than the Siglo.
A cabinet council was held upon the subject,
and on Ist October the Supreme Government
transmitted a note to the Baron de Cyprey in
timating to him that—as the passports which
he had so earnestly demanded had been already
furnished him, and there was no object for his
remaining longer at the capital—he should set
out on his journey within three days. Subse
quently, in compliance with the intercession of
two friendly ministers, the time was extended.
The Siglo of the Gth acknowledges the fair
ness in ttie main of the Courrier’s version ot
the affray, but at the same time reminds the
editor that although the functions ot the Baron
had ceased, his privileges and, immunities as an
ambassador could not be lost until his depar
ture from the republic. So far as we have yet
learned, the matter remains in statu quo. The
course of Sr. Otero in not calling out the Baron,
excites somewhat the displeasure ofthe Mexi
can press, the contributors to which all appear
eager for a hostile meeting with the French
man.
The Mexican papers of October 3d mention
that the disturbances and civil war which had
for a time been quelled in the Department of
Sonora have broken out afresh. The Siglo de
clares that these disturbances do not grow out
of political differences, but that the desires ot
preponderance of different families are the sole
exciting causes; that this character of person
ality renders them more futile, cruel and dis
astrous than they would be it founded upon
questions involving principles or measures.
The different families call to their aid the In
diansdweliingwithin the Department of Sonora.
Several of these tribes are utter savages and
the best are but half-civilized. Their partici
pation in civil dissensions gives to them a
character of great atrocity. Prisoners are exe
cuted on both sides without the form of trial,
and the leaders in the quarrel will coolly boast
ot the number they have shot, to average the
slaughter ol a like number of their own adhe
rents. The avowed object of the latest dis
turbances was to accomplish the banishment of
Gen. Urrea and the removal ol some subordi
nates. Os their precise issue, we are not yet
informed, but believe the insurgents have made
their peace on easy terms. It would seem that
the Mexicans regard these dissensions at Sonora
as comparatively unimportant, save as they
may affect the hold of the central government
upon the Californians, upon which the views
of the United States are alleged to be fixed.
The preservation of the Califotnias is admitted
to be very difficult at the best, but becomes in
calculably more so, if Sonora, lying contiguous,
| is torn by barren controversies, instead of giving
its individual support to the Government.
The troubles in Tabasco, according to the
Siglo, grow out of like family difficulties ; and
until the heads of such families or clans shall
be separated, all means of pacification are nuga
tory. The Siglo draws a melancholy picture
of the state in which the frontier departments of
the Republic are placed. Texas and Tamauli
nas, it says, are invaded by the Anglo-Ameri
cans; Sonora is distracted by an obscure but
disastrous war; Yucatan is imperfectly united
to the Republic by shameful and ruinous
treaties; and, finally, Tabasco is in a state ot
insurrection and plunged in anarchy. This
situation is deplorable, and onecannot, without
tears think of ihe fate of the Republic, it those
who govern it do not rule with a wise and
strong hand.
If the Siglo almost despairs of the country,
the popular papers are fierce in their denuncia
tions of the inactivity, the irresolution and the
incapacity of the Government. E! Amigo del
Pueblo boldly proclaim* that the prompt disso
lution of the existing Administration is the only
thing which can save the country.
The Carnanches have renewed their incur
sions into the Department of Durango. They
have penetrated by three distinct routes and in
s'rong force about the middle of September.
They butchered and plundered, as usual, carry
ing off numbers of prisoners, and cattle and
horses. Only the earliest of their ravages were
well ascertained, but every day brought news
of fresh atrocities. The inhabitants were in a
state of consternation, and had called upon the
Government for aid in establishing a chain of
posts to hold in check the savages. The au
thorities of the department had exhausted all its
means in staying the progress of the evil.
The Mexicans charge upon the Americans
many ot these Indian hostilities. They assert
that the Carnanches, Lipans and Tonkaways,
have been provided by us with arms and ammu
nition.
Letters had been received from Gen. Garcia
Conde, dated from Santa Pe. tie was about
setting forth on an excursion to Taos. He had
heard ol a band of American emigrants who
had just crossed the Napeste, asserting that they
were on their way to California and Oregon.
These he proposed to disperse, and to return
with all speed to Chihuahua to meet the Ca
manches.
The official paper of the Government, El
Diano, of the 2d ol October, vindicates the Ad
ministration from what it denounces as a vile
calumny which had obtained circulation—that
the Government had no idea of making war
upon Texas. The official rings the changes
upon the efforts of the President and his Secre
tary to raise money and troops for the war,
enumerates the difficulties encountered to pros
ecute the war with vigor, &c., &c., and then
again denounces those who say that a war up
on Texas is not a vital point in the policy of the
Administration, as infamous detractors who
dishonor their country.
It is ludicrous to read the groanings and re
pinings of the papers of Matamoros and Tam
pico at the dilatory movements of the Mexican
troops. They seem to expect to be eaten up
by Gen. Taylor’s troops, and it comes very hard
to litem to express resignation to their fate.
They try to talk valorously, but they wish the
troops to advance and meet the invaders it pos
sible east of the Rio Grande, and save the De
partments on the other side from being made
the seal of war.
We have an address to his troops made by
Gen. Paredes on the 27th of September, a Mex
ican holiday. It isjust suchan address as one
would expect from a Mexican general. It is
i ] ( dated Irom San Luis Potosi.
The Presided has taken note of the nume
rous robberies committed with impunity in the
capital and upon thehighways, and hasordered
the police to employ the utmost watchfulness to
prevent similar outrages, and to bring those
guilty of them to trial and punishment.
The authorities of Vera Cruz hare arrested
the assassins of Falconi.
Gen. Dela, who arrived at the capital a short
time since, set out for Tabasco on the 11th inst.
whither he proceeds as general in command. *
The Supreme Government has effected a loan
ofhail a million of dollars from the house of
Mackintosh & Co. The terms of the loan
have not transpired, nor is it said whether it is
a part ol the fifteen million loan. Strong ap
peals are made to the clergy to come forward
and make up this large loan. We should like
to see them disgorging so much !
Gen. Paredes had called upon the Govern
ment lor 300 horses with accoutrements for his
troops, but the Government was unable to com
ply with the requisition.
The Siglo Diez y Nueve says, that the dUi
gencins, which left the cityof Mexico on the 15th
and on the 19th of September, had been both
robbed.
Thirty-three vessels arrived at, and 18 sailed
from Vera Cruz, during the month of Septem
ber. From the Ist January to the 30th Septem
ber. there were 260 arrivals and 258 departures.
JOB PRINTING.
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Visiting do. Warehouse do.
Circulars, Bill Heads,
Bank Checks, Receipts, in blank.
Hand Bills, large or Pamphlets,
small, any color. I Labels, &c. &c. dfec.
EXECI’TED WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH
AT THIS OFFICE, and in a style not inferior to any
establishment in the Southern States.
Ed 3 * Law Blanks always on hand.
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—MR. V. B. PALMER is authorised to act xs
our ageti t for all business connected with this office in
the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Bal
timore. His office in New York is 160 Nassau-street,
Philadelphia, 50 Pine-street; Baltimore, S. E. corner
of Baltimore and Calvert-streets; Boston, 16 State-st.
Messrs. Mason <fe Tuttle, of New- Vork, arealso the
agents of the Chronicle and Sentinel in the city o
New-York
s£jT Joseph S. Winter & Co.’s Exchange
and Collection Office, Montgomery, Alaba
ma. mhl3lyi»
' CO BIMERCI A Jj.
New York, Nov. 7, F. M.
The Stock Market took a very sudden turn to-day,
and the “ shorts” were anything hut sweet. The pleas
ure of delivering Norwich and Worcester to-day at 85
to 86, sold “ regular” yesterday at 81, must be of a very
dubious character. The bulls, in spite ol their apparent
total rout yesterday, are very decidedly masters of the
field to the heavy cost of the opposing party.
Exchange. —We quote Sterling 8| to 9J, Francs 05,
26J to 5,25.
Colton. —The operations to-day embrace about 1009
bales, chiefly taken by spinners, at about previous
rates. Shippers are only taking small lots. Freight*
are 5-16 to | for square and round to Liverpool.
Flour.- To-day there has been a fair trade demand
for Flour, with a little speculative movement, The
market has been steady at 6 12J for fair brands West
ern. Sales of 3UOO bbls Genesee were made at 6 I2J.
New Orleans, Nov. S.
The advices by the Great Western, bringing date* ts
the 11th ult from Liverpool, arrived this morning.
The market was dull, and prices had give* way Jd,
and no demand at that price. In our market the result
has been a perfect stagnation, and sales have not ex
ceeded 1200 bales in small parcels, at piices showing
no material decline.
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Ist Sept. 1845. ..Bales 7.706
Received up to the 4th Nov , ..113,449
Received on the evening of the 4th N0v,,....,,, 44S
Received on the sth N0v............ 3,466
206,062
Exported up to the sth Nov ......83,033
Exported on the sth Nov 5,252—87,305
Stock on hand and on ship-board not cleared.. .117,757
Sugar —The demand has been fair, without any ma
terial change in prices. Arrived to-day 229 hhd* Sugar
and 27 bbls Molasses, and exported 118 hhds Jit gar.
Molasses meets with a ready sale at 21c.
Flour —We have heard of a sale of 2600 bbl* Ohio at
$4 85. and that nothing less tkan 95 will b* taken for
Ohio hi ands.
Freights —No change has taken place. Liv*rp*ol,
id; Havre Ic,
Exchange —Without the slightest change.
HI A n VfIMS .I*lß T .
Charleston, Not. I!.
Cleared— Line barque Catharine, Eldridge,
Boston; U L brig Moses, Loveland, New York;
U L brig George, Bulkley, New York.
In the offing —Brig Lucy Ann, from N Orlean*.
Savannah, Not. 10.
Cleared —Barque Backus, Maloney, New Y >rk.
MILLINERY A DRGgh^AialNG.
MRS. E PRITCHARD, Milliner
and Dressmaker, a few doore below th*
Faglc and Phoenix, and directly opposite Martin
Frederick’s is now prepared to execute in tha
most fashionable style, and with neatness and
despatch, all orders in her line.
Mrs. P. has on hand a fine assortment ®f
FASHIONABLE DRY GOODS, Ac.
which she will dispose of on accommodating
terms.
Or* BONNETS bleached and altered. nlf-tw3
CANDIESTm
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY
A FREDERICK. Confectioner,
• 200 Broad-street, a few doors below tho
Post Office.
He also imports and keepsconstantly on hand
for sale, various articles, such as French Confec
tionaries, Toys, Fire Works, green and dry
fruits, Havana Segais, wines, liquors, preserves,
pickles, fancy baskets, &c. Ac. Orders from
the country and in town will meet with punctu
ality and despatch. 029-4mtrw&w
PRINCE’S
LINNiEAN BOTANIC-GARDEN AND
NURSERIES.
FLUSHING, L. 1., NEAR NEW-YOBK.
WILLIAM R. PRINCE
SStt CO.’S new Descriptive
ol Fruit and Ornamental Trees and'
Plants, f34th edition) with prices much helois
those, usually charged , and comprising additions
of above 500 select varieties of Fruits, and 1200
varieties of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Ro
ses, not in any other American nursery, will be
sent to everv postpaid applicant. The cost of
the present edition is above S7OO. The public
arc cautioned against the deceptive use oi their
name and title, as is exposed in their catalogues.
Orders will be executed in a superior man
ner, and forwarded as ordered.
n 1-2-2* WM. B. PRINCE CO.
RAN AW AY from my plant
tation in Burke county, on the 4rh inst.
a Negro man named GEORGE, about
.'nwl 45 years of age, front teeth decayed, a
bout 5 feet 3 inches in height, quite an intelligent
and well spoken fellow. Any information rela
tive to said Negro, or if caught and lodged i.n
iail, Ac., will be reasonably rewarded.
nl2-wtf WILLIAM JOHNSON.
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