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Contracts mode br the year, or for a lew period, on reasonable terms legal advertisements. dheriit'« Levies, 30 day., $2 50 por levy ; 60 day,. s•> Executory Administrator , and Guardian s Sales, Real Estate, (per square, 12 lines) Id 75 Do. do. Personal Estate 325 j Citation for Letters of Administration. 275 | Do. do. Dismission 4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 325 i Pour Mouths 1 Notices 400 ■ Buies Nisi, (mnntlilv) $1 per square, each insertion. < |£7» ALL REMITTANCES PER MAIL, abb at ota ( RISE. * " • " "" l 55 ( To the People of Georgia. { A few friends of education, during the past i year, published a call fjr a convention, to take into consideration the great subject of common 1 schools. To that call about sixty counties in < the State responded by sending delegates, num beringabout one hundred and fifty, who met in 1 convention at Marietta in July last. The large 1 number of delegates, comprising so many of our > most intelligent citizens, men known to feel a i deep interest in this matter, and in all things i likely to effect the condition of the people; also t many experienced and practical teachers; shew- i ed the interest that was taken in the subject by 1 the people ol Georgia. Although there was not that unanimity so much to be desired, although a i great diversity of opinions and views was enter- « tuined and urged in the convention,yet all seem- ! ed to have the same great objects iH view, an 1 anxious desire to do something to excite that in- < tercst among our people in the subject, without i which nothing effectual can be accomplished, I Hither by Legislative enactments or much less by i tin: resolves of a convention. After much do- i liberation and a very full expression of opinion by a large majority, the convention adopted a preamble and resolutions, recommending the es tablishment of a systom of common schools for the State of Go, rgia, and the establishment of a bureau of Education. Under a resolution of the convention the undersigned were appointed a committee to address the people of Georgia upon the subject—sustaining and urging the views of tbo Convention. We well may, as we sincerely do, distrust our ability to do justice to that body, much less the great subject of education—a sub ject so intimately connected with the interest and happiness ol the people individually, and its unspeakable importance in a social and political point of view. The cause of education received an early attention, and a liberal patronage, from the framers of the government; large appropria tions have been made from time to time ; various systems of education have been adopted, modified, then rejected and repealed, and tbo present sys tem but a modification of some others must be a bandoned and superceded us not calculated to effect the object intended to he accomplished—the edu cation of the poor. We believe there should bo a new system adopted—one that can be under stood and enjoyed by tire whole people ; that the time has arrived when the system in force in other States, both free and slaveholding Staves, a system approved ami in practical operation, and that too after a trial of many others, should In introduced into Georgia, by which wholly abol ishing the odious distinction of “ poor scholars,'- all the children of the State should be educated at common schools to he established and sup ported, if not entirely, mainly at least by the State. As the establishment of “ common schools” involves the rejection of the present “ poor school system,” it may be proper to state, as briefly as we can, the leading provision of tho law establishing it. The law makes it the duty of the magistrates in the district, to report to th'o ” Inferior Court” annually, the names of all the children in their le.spective districts deemed by them proper persons to receive a portion of the fund set apart for the education of the poor; these returns are sent by the Inferior Court to the “Executive office,” and form the basis for the distribution of the timd, which is about twen- . ty thousand dollars. To supply the balance of j ; tlie moans necessary to educate the poor, the , grand juries are requested, not required, to re- , commend to the ‘ Inferior Court,” the levying of ; such per cent on the State tax as they may think necessary to educate the poor in their respective counties. A statement of a few facta will, we j think, clearly show that the above plan, adopted in 1843, is very defective, unjust in its operation j and not at all calculated to effect the object in ] view, and that it should be superseded, or great ly modified, if the common school system should I not find favor with the Legislature. In the first j place, any one who will take the trouble to look into the matter, will find that the duty of the ! magistiates under the law, to make returns ofthe ! poor children is often entirely neglected, and' that the returns which have been made are 1 very imperfect, not more than three-fourths of ! the poor children are returned, and of those re- i turned, it is ascertained from the commissioners ; ofthe poor school fund in a few of the counties, j iitile more than half are sent to school, and their i average attendance is not four mouths in tlie i year. The whole number of poor children in the j State may be safely estimated at from forty to 1 fifty thousand ; about one-third of all the chil- ! dren in the State between the ages of six and ‘ sixteen—the whole number being by estima- ! lion something over one hundred and forty thou- J sand. It is ascertained from the returns in the! Executive Department, that in the year 1849. j thirty thousand eight hundred poor children were [ returned; and in 1850, thirty-two thousand and j nine hundred were returned. The imperfect re turns, together with the fact that little more than half of those returned are sent to school, and that their attendance is not more than four months in the year, show conclusively, we think, that there is something essentially wrong in the pre sent system. Again, the provision of the law of 1843, authorizing, not requiring, the Grand Juries to recommend, not to require, the Inferior Court to levy such tax as they may deem necessary to educate the poor in their respective counties, has not accomplished the intended purpose. We have conclusive reasons for asserting that iu many counties no recommendations have been made, and in some when they have been entirely dis regarded by the Courts ; nor can it be expected that the Grand Juries, wlto are usually together only for one week, and who have so much other business requiring their attention, or that the In ferior Courts, with their many duties, can give the subject that attention which is necessary in order to form a correct conclusion what amount of tax would be necessary, and which would be agreeable to the people. We have ascertained Irom the proper record in the “Executive office.” that in the year 1849, thirty-two counties made no returns of their poor children, and in 1830, fifteen counties made no return. Can it for one moment be belioved that the people in these counties were taxed, or that their poor children revived the benefit of th,. provision, when the magistrates and J edges of the cou. ts did not feel sufficient interest in the matter to take the ne cessary steps in order to get their share of the s3o,ooo—the State fund tor the education of the poor? The law provides that counties making bo return shall receive of the educational fund 1 agreeably to the last return on record, and even I with this provision, eight counties in 1850, re ceived nothing, never having made a return. But another objection to this plan, and which we think is fatal to its continuance, is its gross injustice to the poorest counties, w here there is the greatest number of poor children, and the least ability to beartaxation. It is deemed unne cessary to argue this point an example will il lustrate it conclusively. The counties of Newton and Jasper pay into the treasury as State tax eight thousand nine | hundred and ten dollars, and return some hun j dredand twenty poor children; whilst the coun ; ties of Union and Gilmer, which pay fifteen hun j dred and ninety four dollars of State tax, return I two thousand eight hundred and eighty-four poor j children. Thus in the two conutics where com paratively little is wanted there is much ability to bear taxation, and in the other two where much is wanted the people are unable to bear the tax necessary to educate their children! All must see the injustice of such a plan. The children of Union and Gilmer, and all counties similarly situated, must grow up in ignorance or the people be ruined by taxation. Thus we be lieve that we have demonstrated that the pres ent system has not and cannot answer the ob jects of general education or the education of the poor, and that it should be superceded by another. Wc believe that Georgia should profit J by the experience of other States —the experi- ; ence argument is worth all others in this matter —and adopt at once the system of common Schools,” discountenancing the odious distinc- i tion of poor children, which has kept so many at ' home, and in ignorance, and adopting the name of “common school” for all the children of the : State. This was the opinion of the convention, in which the committee fully concur. The recommendation of the convention that there should be established a “Bureau of Edu cation,” is directly connected with this matter. The committee deem this indispensable in giving life and force to any law upon the subject. At the head of this department should be placed a superiutendant, whose duty it will be to receive all returns and all communications connected with educatian in the entire State. He will be the bead or Executive under the law to super intend tho whole subject and to carry out the law. He will annually report to the legislature the working and progress of the system, suggesting such detects and alterations as his experience and high qualifications will enable him to detect. It will be his duty personally to visit the differ ent school districts, and to consult ths select men in each, in order to ascertain tlie want of the different counties, and tlie adaptation ol the system to such as may be peculiarly situated on account of the sparseness of population. Tbo superiutendant is an important and indispensible officer in every well regulated system of common schools known to the committee. We have stated that the Convention was not unanimous in its rccomcndation. Some believ ed tliat tiie present plan was the best; we think we have shown, no matter what may he the ob jections to the “common school system,” that the system now in force in Georgia, does not, and has not, answered the wants of the country. Some'of the friends of the proposed system doubt ed its practicability, on account of the inherent diffeeence in the charcter ofthe people of Georgia and those of the Stales in which the system is in vogue, and that slavery and thesparseness of our population would interfere with its success ful operation. We must be allowed to spurn the insinuation that the sons of the Cavaliers are not as capable ol appreciating and sustaining any great and good cause as the descendants of the Puritans. Neither does slavery nor sparse liess of jxipulation constitute objections to the system. Kentucky and Tennessee, have good common school systems, and wc infer that Lou isiana has, from the fact that a very distinguish ed gentleman has recently been chosen superiu tendant of her schools, and they are slave Stater. To meet the d.fficulty of sparse population, there is in cveyy good system a power of exten sion or expansion. In the State of Maine, (which has long had one of the best systems of “common schools,”) some of the counties, from the spars-ness of their population, have not yet received the full benefits of the system, but it is extended to them bs they become fitted for its operation. And in Wisconsin, just settling, the common school system was adopted, before the formation of her constitution, preparatory to her admission into the Union. [OONCLUDBII TO-MORROW.) (From the Columbia Times.] “It is Good to bs Taught by ono's Enemy." ‘"Fan esl ab hosts JoctriT In the sense of this wise old saying, the article of the N. Y. Tribune on the Georgia elation, which we copy contains some rich reading, instructive to the people of Georgia, and a most luscious nut for the triumph ant party to crack. We will not ask the reader to peruse it, for we know everyone will read it. Mr. Horace Greeley,of the “Higher law" branch ofthe abolition humanity school, is “gratified (o a giatification” at the Cobb victory in Georgia— and he proceeds to a philosophical dissection of the elements which have produced this result, j His conclusion is, that the germ of the whole I matter is, that the Free or White labor of the J Cherokee country has run a successful muck j against the slave labor of the Cotton and Rice j sections, and that the issue is a very substantia! I Whig and Free soil triumph. His remarks about | the contest in this district and the issues in the | canvass against Mr. Johnson are, to ray the least lof it, cruel. We commend that part of it to some , of our heavy union planters to whom we ad dressed our "last warning” just before the elcc : tion. i The Tribune makes some mistakes in facts.— j For example it says that McDonald beat Hill for ; Governor two years ago. It is needless to nay ! that he should have said Towns; instead of Mc ; Donald. He also classes Mr. Johnson of this iDistiictasa H'Ai'g, in former times. Mr. John | son used to be what the Whigs called a “Locofo | eo" of the rankest stripe. But we think he is bagged ior a Whig for tho future. This Gkorcsia Election. —Two years ago, i Charles J. MrDonahlwas chosen Governor of | Georgiaover Edward Y. Hill, the Whig candi ; date, by 3,192 majoiity — the vote being a very j large one. The State is very evenly divided be , tween the two great parties, but McDonald rode the high horse ou Southern Rights.' while Hill pointedly refused to do any such thing, and that, refusal turned the scale against him. The Mate was thus put decidedly against the Whig party. McDonald seems to have been in earnest in his semi-Calhoun ism. He knew how he had won his election, and he went ahead accordingly, Southern Conventions, Southern Congress, and ‘various games of that sort, found in him a ready and ardent supporter. About halt his party,and a very light sprinkling of quasi Whigs earnestly sympathized with him. But the mass of the People did not—far from it. Thousands who had humored the joke so long as they regarded it as a mere party ruse to beat the Whigs, began to back water so soon a* the matter came to look sei ious ; At the head of these stands Howell Cobb. Speaker ot the last House, a shrewd and strong man, wiio has made many a stump speech to prove the Northern Whigs essentially, Aboli tion ized, and quoted, the Tribune to prove his assertion, but who has no idea of going out of the Union, Proviso or no Proviso. And this brings us to another interesting feature of the present contest. Georgia, like \ irginia, and. less thoroughly, Maryland, N. Carolina and Alabama, is a State containing two antagonist Social systems—the Slave system in the South-East and the Free Labor system in the North-West. When the Slavery Propaganda compelled General Jackson to drive the Cherokees out of Georgia, in atro cious defiance of justice, humanity and publie faith, it had previously been found necessary, in order to stimulate the whole People of Georgia to sustain the Nullification position of Gov. Troup toward the Federal Government under the Presidency of Mr. Adams, to set npall the lands to be obtained from tha Indians to be gam. bled for in a gigantic State Lottery, every Geor gian having a free ticket. Thua the Cherokees' lands, before the original and rightful owners ha/1 been driven away from them, had already been distributed by lottery, mainly in small tracts, to many thousands o( citizens.—A gold fever broke out about this time and precipitated the settlement while preventing the aggregation of these lands: and thus North-Western Georgia has been recently settled in farms too small to be profitably cultivated by slave labor and by far mers who had no slaves to work, even though they had land on which to employ them. And thus it happens that the most thrifty and powerful [in voting] section of the State, which has hitherto gone ‘Democratic, because their lands were wrenched from the Indians by Gen. Jackson has now put its veto on Slavery Propaginda by going almost rn muss? for the ifnion ticket. In the older Coun ties generally where slavery beats sway. Cobb's vote is that of the Whig party and very little be sides ; in the most Southern and peculiarly Cot ton and Rice growing section, Cobb has less than the Whig vote in former years; but in the young North-west the majorities for Cobb roll after this fashion : DeKalb 727 Chattooga 400 Cass 550 Floyd 6SO Cherokee 550 Habersham 773 Jackson 414 Madison 524 Lumpxin 796 Walker 555 Newton 633 Walton 825 Gilmer 1,006 Most of these counties gave McDonald large majorities two years ago. They have now de molished him. The less populous counties also of the Cherokee country have generally given Cobb decided majorities. Os the members of Congress elect, two are ‘ Southern Rights' men, elected by meager ma jorities from the Savannah and Macon districts respectively ; three democrats of very moderate party prepossessions. Messrs. Toombs and Ste phens, who used to be whigs, as we think Ste phens still is at heart, and James Johnson, a whig who had to encounter in the canvass, and did not contradict, affidavits charging him with having maintained that the North did right in in sisting on the exclusion of slavery from the New Territories, and with having lately sold his pro perty in Georgia in ordor to remove to a tree State, expressly on the ground that he would not subject his children to the evils and contamina tions of slauery. We feared these affidavits would damage him in the canvass, but they do not seem to have done so. He is atall events tri umphantly elected, from a district hitherto re presented by a Loco-Foco Propagandist. Let ns not be misunderstood. The people of Upper Georgia, like those of Western Virginia, are hostile to Abolition as it has been present ! ed to them, and in favor of upholding what they ; term 1 Southern Rights.’ But at heart they wish every negro back in Africa, and, instead of : consenting to dissolve the Union in behalf of the extensi :a of slavery, they would wel come the Union without slavery as an alterna tive to slavery without the Union. In support of this assertion, we confidently appeal to the future. | * ( From Ihr Journal of Commerce, 23d iiut.) Arrival of the Hermann. The United States mail steamship Hermann, ; Capt. J. I). Wilson, has arrived here with the ! English, French and German mails, and dates ; from Bremen to the 3d. Havre the 7th, South ampton and London to the Bth inst. She brings over 100 passengers and a small freight from Germany and France. The great event and topic of conversation when the Hermann sailed, was the expected ar rival at Snuthamption of Kossuth the Hungarian leader. He was expected to reach Southampton up or about the 12th October, having sailed from Marseilles on the Ist inst. in the American steam frigate Mississippi. Kossuth was accompanied by his wife, child, and mother-in-law, and 5S other refugees from Kiilayah. Our private letters inlorma that Lord Dudley Stuart having,obtained intellengence from Vienna : that an attempt to assassinate Kossuth would he made, at his landing in Southampton, and that two females had left the Austrian capitol for the express purpose of making an attempt upon the life of the illustrious fugitive, at Southampton, ; great precautions were to he taken by the au thorities of Southampton to frustrate the satauic . design of these fanatic women. The approaching close of the Great Industiial ! Exhibition created great interest and excitc- I meat. Monday the Gth inst., being the first day , of the last week, the enormous number of 107,815 persons visited the building and £5175, was taken at the doors. On the following day the numbers were 109,915. Notwithstanding this immense, throng, everything went otT with per fect order and no accident of any sort occurred. Business matters in England were an impro ving appearance and the influx of Bullion into the Bank of England was beginning to he sen sibly felt in the Money Market. The English i funds and railway shares having considerably ad- I vanced. The monthly returns of the Board of | Trade for September showed an increase of near- I lv £700,000 in the Exports over the coriespo.i ding month oflSso, and the quarterly returns ot the Revenue made up to the 10th October, ex hibited the finances ol the country in a most pros perous condition. The reports of the state of trade from Manchester describe less general ani mation, buyers waiting for lower prices in the cotton market. The woollen districts showed a slight revival, hut orders were less abundant in Birmingham. The Provincial Corn Market had established a rise ot one to two shillings per quarter for corn. \ At Mark Lane on the Gth inst., the tiesh supply ; of new Wheat being small, English qualities re alized an advance ot one shilling. Foreign i Wheat scarcely obtained any advance. Peas Is. ‘ per quarter higher. The Liverpool Cotton market was tame, with sales on the Gth inst. of 5000 bales at steady prices, equal to those brought by the last steamer. On the 7th inst. the sales amounted to 8000 bales at rather dearer prices. Great and expensive preparations were being made both at Manchester and Liverpool for the reception of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Pile enthusiasm attending the royal visits to those democratic places was tremendous. In Continental politics there is literally noth ing new, and we cannot chronicle any event of striking importance brought by the papers of this packet. The commercial accounts from Paris are not so good. The wine crops of the South of France will be on the average deficient. A secret society, with deposits of arms, has been discovered in Berlin, and ten of its members arrested. The Queen of Spain has conferred a pension of 20,000 reals on the widow of General Enna, in consideration ol the gallant services of her late husband. From Vienna it is reported that the whole of the new Loan has been subscribed. The Em peror of Austria was at Trieste. A Horns Without Hair !—An extraordinary phenomenon, in the wly of “horse-flesh,” was brought to town yesterday afternoon by the steamer Gordon. It is a mare, captured on the plains of Venezuela by a party of American hunt era. headed by the well known traveller, Juan Percy, and Capt. Hall. She is 15* hand high, ot great beauty and symmetry, and without one particle of hair on any part of the body! The skin resembles India-rubber, aiid is as soft almost as velvet. The owner of this singular animal is now on his way to Macon, where he intends to exhibit her at the approaching Fair. From Macon he will return to this place, when those of our peo ple who are curious in such things will have an opportunity to see her. She will spend the win ter at the South, as it will be rather cold to return to the North, from whence he brought her. in her present hairless condition.— Savannah Re publican, 34/A inst. AUGUSTA, GA. » TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28. THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE. 07” SEE FIRST PAGE OF DAILY. The Sierra Madee Revolution.—Procla mation of the Preiidenl. —The Washington Re public and Intelligencer , of trie 23rd inst., publish the following proclamation: A Proclamation. —Whereas, there is reason to believe that a military expedition is about to be fitted out in the United States for the purpose of invading the Mexican Republic, with which > this country is at peace; and whereas there is i reason to apprehend that a portion of the people of this country, regardless of their duties as good citizens, are concerned in, or may be seduced to take part in the same; and whereas such en terprises tend to degrade the character of the U. States in the opinion of the civilized word, and are expressly prohibited by law. Now, therefore, I have issued this my Procla mation, persons who shall connect , themselves with such enterprise, in violation of; the laws and national obligations of the United States, that they will subject themselves to the j heavy penalties denounced against such offen- i ces: that, if they should be captured within the '• jurisdiction of the Mexican authorities, they must expect to be tried and punished according to the laws ol Mexico, and will have no right to claim the interposition of this government in their behalf. I, therefore, exhort all well-disposed citizens who have at heart the reputation of their coun try, and are animated with a just regard for its laws, its jieace, its welfare, to discountenance, and by all lawful means prevent, any such en terprise: and I call upon every officer of th s government, civil or military, to be vigilant in j arresting for trial and punishment every such offender. Given under my hand the twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and the seventy sixth of the Independence of the United States. MILLARD FILLMORE By the President: J. J. Crittenden; Acting Secretary of State. It will be perceived that the tone of the Pre sident is very materially moderated from that as sumed in the Proclamation against the Cuban liberators in April last. The latter were re morselessly denunced as pirates and plunderers, and with that denunciation resting upon their heads, fifty of them, American citizens, were foully butchered in cold blood, and that toot without a trial, to which they were entitled by the terms of an existing treaty between Spain and the United State*. The difference in the tone of the two Proclamations is an implied admis sion by the President that his first was an out rage upon justice and truth. The motives, prompting the unfortunate Crittenden and his followers, were not a whit more worthy of such ruthless denunciation than those of the Sierra Madre expeditionists. Barnist Words to Yount (Men, ins series of disconrses, by Rev. E. P. Rogers. Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Geo., and author of “ Discourses on Rlection.” We have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the above from the Rever end author, and are pleased to meet with some old and pleasant acquaintance* in a new and very neat garb. We had the good fortune to j hear several of those discourses when delivered, j They are now published in duodecimo, making a neat and tasteful volume of 288 pages. Published by Walker ft James. Charleston, S. C.,and sold by J. A. Carrie & Co., Augusta, Geo. We feel well satisfied that this interesting vol ume will be a means of profit and instruction to the class of society to whom these discourses are specially addreaaed, and we commend them to the careful and serious perusal of all young men whose eyes this short notice will meet.— They are truthful, eloquent, and impressive.— The thoughts of the author are conveyed in a graceful and forcible style. These discourses are eight in number, and are upon the following subjects : 1. The True Glory of the Young Man. 3. Intemperance and Profanity. 3. Sabbath Breaking. 4. Gambling. 5. The Infidel, the Young Men’s Enemy. 9. True Manliness. 7. The Obligations and Duties of the Scholar to Religion. 8. Labor. Gov. Reid of North Carolina, has issued his Proclamation appointing Thursday the 27th day of November next as a day of Thanksgiving, to be observed through out that State. The Steam Ship Asia which sailed from New York on Wednesday with 61 passengers for Liv erpool, took out 8290.500 in American Gold. £16,840 in English Sovereigns, and £1,057 3s. 6d. in English silver, a total of about $379,885. Hon. David Platt, ot Stratford, Conn., while returning from a visit to a neighbor, fell in the street and instantly expired. He was in the 69th year of his age. For many years he was a prominent politician, having been a member of Congress, and for two years Lieut. Governor of Connecticut. The Houston (Texas) Telegraph of the 17th inst. learns that the corn crop on the Guadaloupe has been so abundant that there will be several hundred thousand bushels for sale in the counties on the river. Some planters have actually rais ed more corn than they could harvest, and have allowed their neighbors to gather it free of charge. James Buchanan, Esq., for many years British Consul in New York, died on Saturday last, at Elmswood. near Montreal, in the 81st year of his age. Mr. Buchanan, some years ago, when he retired from the office he filled for so many years, removed to Clifton, (Niagara Falls.) where he had a most delightful residence, and m here he received his old friends with great hos pitality. At the time of his death, he was on a visit to his daughter. —Southern Preti. A gentleman who has lately travelled through Indiana says, that the emigration to the West. lowa, Illinois and Missouri, this season, is im mense. He drove a buggy himself, and says he had to keep constantly on one side, on the Na tional and Vincennes road.— lb. We learn from the N. Y. Commercial Adver- j tiser, of the 13th inst., that a young scamp named Thomas Andrews lately escaped from the prison in that city, in the following singular manner: There are a number of barrels placed in the yard of the city prison for the reception of swill. When these are filled the lids are closed, and they are earned away to the place of deposit in the upper part of the city. Andrews, noticing that on# of tha barrels waa not quite full, jnmp- | ed into it unobserved, and closed the lid. Thus | submerged to his throat in the offensive liquor, : he patietnly awaited the carman, who shortly arrived, and taking the supposed full barrel on ! his cart, carried it off. When he stopped to un- . load, Andrews sprang out. and the carman was 1 so paralyzed with astonisment that he could of fer no impediment to the young rogue's flight. So much fortitude and ingenuity in such a lad are truly wonderful. —— i Defining a Position. —The Marion (Ala.) Commonwealth, was the only Whig paper of Alabama that espoused the Southern cause in the late canvass. That paper announces its acquies cence in the decision of the South, aad adds that hereafter it will fight the battle of the South on the Democratic platform. The editor says: “For ourown part, we see nothing better than to fall back upon the Democratic platform, and assist in making the principles of the Democratic j party the prominent policy of the country. For a limitation of the powers of the Federal Govern- j ment an oppos tion to that bane of the South— j high protective tariff, and a maintaiiiance of the J doctrine of State Rights, we can look alone to , the democratic party. Acting upon this convic- | tion, the result of of our best judgment, we take j or stand upon the Democratic platform, for weal J or for woe. The whig party of the South is virtually dis- • 1 organized. It can never make another stand up on its principles, and the measures for which it has contended for years. The leaders of the i party see this, and thir effort now is, to keep up ; the false issue they presented during the last j canvass, of “Union" and “Disunion” and upon; 1 that to fight thejnextjpresidential campign. With such jnggerlery we shall take neither part no: lot.” Sentimental; —Bulwer, or somebody else, J writes: “What more precious offering can be laid upon i ; the altar of a man's heart than the first love of a l pure, earnest, and affectionate girl, with an un divided interest in eight corner lots and fourteen ! three-story houses'" The revolution in northern Mexico begins to j assume a graver and more important aspect than | was at first apprehended. It is yet a question how far Americans are mixed up with it. Three hundred are said to have joined Carvajal from Texas, and, if true, they will no doubt be useful auxiliaries: and, though few in numbers, not a little influential in all that touches the move ment. The commencement of a revolution ao near the United States boundaries, will naturally suggest to the mind the interposition of our country men: and.anyway.it is impossible for them to avoid taking an interest in what is so near to them. The contiguity of a nation of self-gov erning Europeans is, of itself, a provocative of revolution. No people, however morally misled, can shut themselves out entirely from the in flunces and example of a neighboring freer sys tem. Mexico is a mere mockery of a republic. In her, as in other of the new republican Span ish States, the great essential condition of liber ty, moral reformation, has never yet commenced. She contains within herself, on the contrary, two undying, antagonistic principles—absolutism in action, in all that concerns her morally, and liberty, in name only, which she grasps at in stinctively, without comprehending its depth, its force, or its obligations. Interaal anarchy is the result—revolution the perpetual type of its existence—dissention, mili tary dictation, idleness, indifference, want of en ergy, and misery, is the real condition of the country. To such a people, th* prosperity, the spirit, the intelligence of the Americans, is a perfect mystery; and they arc themselves so far removed from that moral independence, which is the secret of our progress, that their attempt* at imitation are absolutely useless and ludicrous. Thus, thinly scattered as we are towards those regions, and though not occupying a tenth part of the lands lying on their borders, we, the more enterprising nation, just as naturally find our selves ever encroaching upon the other, influen cing and directing it: us the other, the Mexican, aware of its feebleness, and despite of its hatreds and prejudices, follows, imitates, and appeals to us for aid, for counsel, and for action. So appealed the down-trodden, mystified na tions, to the Roman people, until Rome at length embraced the world, and c.vilized it by her no ble principles.— Southern Press, 24 th inst. Large Receipts or Cotton.—The recipts of Cotton, yesterday, amounted to 13,393 bales—the largest receipts of any day this season. The Magnolia, from Vicksburg, brought 3.041 bales; the Montgomery, lrom Vicksburg, 2831 bales: the Princess No. 3, from New Carthage, 2825 bale«; the Bulletin, No. 2, from Memphis, 2664 bales; the St. Charles, fiorn Napoleon, 2032 bales. —AT. O. Delta , 21s/ inst. Augusta Fire Department.—The regular semi-annual parade of the “ Augusta Fire Com pany” took place on Saturday evening last in front of the Methodist Church. Washington, No. 1, Capt. Welleaur; Clinch No. 2. Capt. Platt; Vigilant, No. 3, Capt. Nelson ; and Phce nix, No. 4, Cap-. Bones, were upon the ground and presented their usual attractive and impo sing appearance. With their showv uniforms and new and beautiful engines, they" never ap peared to better advantage than on this occa sion. Fifty-seven years have now elapsed since the j first act of Incorporation of the “ Augusta Fire Company"—the charter having been granted in ' 1794, during the administration of Governor : Mathews. Only one engine was then in pos session of the Department. In 1846, a new act ; of incorporation w-as granted conferring addition jal rights and immunities. The Company under \ ! this new charter is allowed one hundred and j | eighty men, including the officers who are divi- | j (led into six Companies of thirty men each | The following are the names of the officers of ! ; the General Department:—F. Lamback, Chief : j Engineer, Wm. H. Goodrich, Geo. H. Crump, I j Assistant Engineers, Alex. Philip, Secretary. A I Iverson, Treasurer. The Fire Department of our city, as now con- : stituted. forms an association which may chal- : lenge comparison with any similar body "of men ! in the Union.— Georgia Home Gazette , 37/A inst. New Sugar.—The steamer New Latona, j Capt. Landry, which arrived yesterday, brought down 21 hhds. sugar, of the new crop, being the first received this season. The whole of which | is lrom the plantation of Madame Malancher ft I Sons, Parish of St. James, and consigned to : Messrs. Darby & Tremoulet. This is one day j la er than the first arrival last year, and eight j days later than in IS49.—A". O. Bulletin,2oth inst. Suicide op a Deserter.—A German named Reinhart, a private in Capt. Wharton’s company ot the 6thU. S. Infantry .stationed at Fort Kearny, deserted from that post on the night of the 7th ult, taking a Government horse to make his es : cape more sure. He was tracked in the direction ' of Fort Leavenworth, promptly follow'd by a : sergeant and three men sent out oy Capt. W., overtaken the next day on the Little Blue. Rein hart made no resistance whatever, said he would go back peaceably, and no suspicion was enter tained that he had a design upon his life; but while the eyes of his captors were turned from him a moment he seized one of their pistols, presented it at his own heart, pulled the trigger, and inflicted a wound from which he died in a few hours. He was described to us as a man of good education, but of a misanthropic turn of mind. Adversity had probably induced him to enlist, and the thoughts of being compelled to serve as a common soldier for years, drove him first to desertion and afterwards to suiside. —N O. Pic. CAKE, SPICE AND SUGAR BOXES, of every variety and size, some very beantiful, and the Tery beet artiel* that can be had anywhere. Tor sale by *.<>•» U t Mt'STIN * LATHBOP. stj Hlagnrtir IMegraplj. Reported ior the ConolitationalUt &.• Reput,||, LATER FROM EURORh ARRIVAL °F THE STEAMER P A C l FI G. Charleston, Oct. 27. The steamship Pacific arrived at New York yesterday. Her advices report the Liverpool Cotton mar ket as fully supplied, and prices in favor of buy ers. The sales on Monday and Tuesday were 14.000 bales. Brown & Shipley's Circular quotes Middling Orleans 5d., Upland and Mobile 4 13.115 to lid. The sales in Liverpool on 14th wei e 6000 bales. There is a decline of jd. Charleston, Oct. 27—P. M. Cotton. —Sales eleven tindred and fifty bales at 61 to SI cents. There has been no material change in prices during the week. I Ttltgraphed for the Charleston Conner ] Arrival »f the Pacific. Baltimore. Oct. 26. 8.55 P. M. _ The U. S. steamship Pacific has arrived at N. | York from Liverpool, which port she left on the : loth inst. j The Markets.— The Liverpool Cotton Mar. | ket has been freely supplied, and prices were in | favor of buyers. Adeline ot an eighth hadta ; ken place in the lower qualities. The sales on ! the 13th and 11th amounted to 14.000 bales, of j which exporters took ■">000. The sales on the j 14th were 6000 bales. Extra-superfine Floui -m ■ was dull, and other qualities were rather lows, A | —Western Canal was quoted at 18s. to 10s., and 1 New-Orleans IDs. to lys. Od. Corn was steady * j —White was quoted at 295., and Yellow at 265. id. Prime Wheat commanded full rates, the other descriptions were dull—White was worth ss. Od. tons. 9d. Early arrivals of Bacon would meet with ready sales. Beef and Pork were dull. Lard was from Is. to 2s. lower. There was a fair enquiry for Cof fee and sales of Brazil had been effected at 335. 6d.> to 465. Sugar had ailvanced 6d. There had been no sales of Rice, which was quoted at from 14s. to 19s. Molasses was a shade lower. Salas of Rosin had been effected at 3s. Id. for common and 7s. to Bs. 6d for fine. Trade in Manchester was dull, but to promote activity spinners and manufacturers were disposed to effect sales at lower rates. Money was easier. Consols had declined, and were quoted 96J to 97L American Stocks were unchanged. England.—Thomas Alsop a celebrated Stock Broker in London had suspended payment. Kos suth had not arrived on the 11th inst. France.—The President is said to have ac ceptedthe resignation of Ministers, and Mods. ! Emile Girardin is reported to be a member of the new Cabinet. ! _ Stain.—The frigate Gautamalu had arrived at I Vigo with 116 Cuban prisoners. A court had ' been sunnnond for their prompt trial. The widow ot Genera! Enna has also arrived. A member of the Cabinet Council at one of the ses sions had proposed to sell Cuba and Porto Rico to ; England for one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. Baltimore. Oct. 25, 6.35 P. M. Cotton in the New York market on Saturday was firm and 1800 bales were sold at SJ for Mid dling Uplands, and 8 j for Orleans. The sales of the week comprised SOOO bales. Rice was steady at 3[ to 3 15-16,thc sale during the week amoun ted to 600 tierce*. Naval Stores were steady.— Flour and Grain were firmer. Coffee is advan cing and Rio is worth 7j to D cents. The Governor of Maryland has appointed the 37th of November as a day of Thanksgiving. Ferdinan Cox has been ap]>ointed by the Pres ident as Secretary of Legation in Brazil. The Virginia Congressional delegation stands politically about the same as it did in the last Congress. The Whig party have gained on • member in the 10th district, and have lost one 1 in the Wheeling district. , Jacob Little A Co., have made a proposition to the board of brokers in New*York to deliver va rious fancy stocks at certain rates, in settlement of their liabilities, which has been generally ac , cepted. A great demonstration, in favor of Mr. Web ster s election to the Presidential chair is to take I place on Tuesday in Boston. In the great India-rubber case that has been tried in Boston, Judge Sprague has decided in I favor of the defendant Day. FUNERAL NOTICE. —_ - j The Friends and Acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dwell 0, are invited to attend tho Fu -1 neral of their only Daughter, from their rcsi ; donee, on Ellis street, This Afternoon, at 2 o'slock. oct. 28 Commercial. Augusts Market, Oct. 27—P. M. COTTON.—We hare no alteration to notice in price*. ; The market Is dull with a dowuwari tendency. Fair 7f ; to 8 cents. I —mmmmm sl)ippintj Jntelligtnce. ARRIVALS from charlmstos j Briff Souther. Ryder. Boston. 1 Schr. C. F. A. Cole. Myeri, Baltimore, j Schr. A. B Wetmore. Vanderbilt, Portsmouth. CP POR CHARLESTON. ; ShU Carndeu, Sherwood, at New York. Barque Gon. Green, Hammer, at Baltimore. CLEARED FOR CHARLESTON. Brig L. Baldwin, Share, at New York. f j Schr. Sam i. Brown. Baker, at Baltimore. CHARLESTON. Oct. 27.—Arr. steamship AlfKtfvo*, Dixon Philadelphia; ship Austria, Borland, LirespooU , brigs Eureka, (Br.) Sloan. Newport, (Eng.); Clara El len, French. Camden, (Me.); Ava. Adams, Portland . I (Me.) In the offing, the barq-io Jupiter, from Portland, a | brig, supposed the Keying, from Newport, (Eng.) and 2 schooners. Cleared, schr. Rdward S. Janes, VTestcott, Philadel phia. Went to sea. steamship Marion. Berry, New York, ships Gen Parkhill, McKown. Liverpool; Susan G Owens. Michaels, do.; Isaac Newton. Bush, a port in the Gulf of Mexico; Sp. pol. Antonieta. Carapdera. Barcelo na; brigs Emily, Revill, New York: Wicks, do , schr*. Exceed. (Br.) Saudera, Green Turtle Key, (Balo; Milton. Keene. Baltimore: Truth, Baker, do.; Lucy Ann. Ogden. Alexandria, (Va.) “AT HOME.” IFM. T. INGRAHAM has roturnodfrom \Y New York, with an extensive and JR choice selection of CLOTHS, CASIMERES iff and \ LSTINGS, of the latest French and English manufacture, and newest patterns and styles, which we will sell by piece or pattern, or make up to measure, in tho most approved style, at Now York prices. READY-MADE CLOTHING, Os the best goods and manufacture, of all the modern styles of make, which we will sell as cheap as ever offered before in this market. HATS AND CAPS, Os the newest fashion, and the best to be had. HOSIERY, GLOVES, Ac. Under Shirts and Drawers, of all descriptions. New stylos Scarfs, Cravats, and all articles for dross and eomfort. WM. 0. PRICE & CO., Qftt. 0 Drapers and Tailors, 258 Broad-it. BEHN Ac FOSTER, FACTORS AND COM MISSION MERCHANTS, Bay-st., Savan nah, Gftft. P. H. Bihn. ts John Foster,