Newspaper Page Text
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
T E II M S .
Daily, per annum, S® DO
Tri-Weekly, per annum G ,)0
If paid in advance, - u " i
Weekly, per annum, 3 (.K) ,
If paid in advance, ~
JO 1 " All new subscriptiens must be paid in advance.
must be paid on all (JoimnunicalK iis
ami Let’ers of business.
COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR FOR
1817.
«•£ I C/:f *sa' SI 52 V' I j >. kj *a- c<}
c ; S t , : o 8. v 5? 2: J
3 *l' i 1»' 3Hi s ■ ’ h I- t > =- > s- 5 ;
b kg .a ?! 2!a. -5 i = •<;= S- 5 5- -5 5* i
r Irjri: I?II ' ; !£jT tr?r_ ;
.F lIIF I It Sit Ijl' I lj 3
S : 3 f 5 ft: 7 el l)i > I=l r. G 71 8j II 10
r* io 11 ;i-.i!i3*i4lin;ic!I - Inii-ijia n ir. icli?
i nils »9! k 2u 2i 22*23 . -» (is 19 20 21122 2:1:24
[24 23,20127,28 (U j 23|2ti ! 27 28 ; 29|30i31
}3l I I 1
l! 2l r 3l 45 6 1 , I 21 31 I* 50 7
>17891d11 12 13 : 1 8 y 10 1 ) 1 1 12 13 14
V 114115 I6|l7'lßjia;2o 'ls Itij 17! 18 19|20 21
‘ '2l! 22 23124 25 20 27 -
fc ,'->s i I 2H 30 31 I I
| 123'4' 5 «) j; i'll! 21 3: 4
7 8 9 IO II 12)13, 5 6, 7 8; 9 10 II
t 141.7 16 17 18 iy|2l» 12 13; 14 1.7 10 17 18
5 21 22 23 2425 26'27 19 20*21 22 23 24 25
*;28:29130(31| 1 j 26*27 28*29 301
( i I 9 3 I I | 112
J 4i 5! 6* 7; 8 9)10 • 34!5*r. 7i 8 9
Sll 12'13!14 15 16 17 5 10, 1 1 12|13 14115 16
« 18|19’20 21.22 23(24 0 11 18 19 20 21 ’22 23
25 : 2b: 27 28,29130 24125 26'27 1 ‘2B 29 30
11 * 31) I I
23456781 I; 2 3, 4 5 6
* 9*lo II 12(13,1415 • 7 8 9 lOjll 12 13
* 16117) 18 19120:21,22 o 14 15! 16 17.18119 20
23 ,24 1 25,26'27 j 129 z 21 22(23 24 25] 26 27
30 311 I | 1 28i29 30j j
i 12,3;4| 51 | j>|2 3 4
m 6 7 8 9 10 llll2* 5, 6; 7 8 910 11
*l3 14|15 16-17 IB|l9| J 12,13)14 15 16 17 18
-* 20 21122 23 24{25 36 c l!> : 20 21 22,23:21,25 1
27*28:29,30) I| I 26 27 23 29 30,31' j
I I'iiru to Tbee in Time of Need!
I
BY T. H. BA V LEV.
I turn to thee in time of need.
And never turn in vain :
I see tby fund and fearless smile.
And hope revives again.
It gives me strength to struggle on,
Whate’er the strife may be —
And if again rny courage fails,
Again I turn to thee.
Thy timid beauty c harmed me first—
-1 breathed a lover’s vow—
But little thought to find the friend
Whose strength sustains me now :
I deem’d thee made for summer skies—
But in the stormy sea.
Deserted by all other friends.
Dear love, I turn to thee !
I
Should e’r some keener sorrow throw
A shadow o'er my mind—•
And should I, thoughtless, breathe to thee
One word that is unkind—
Forgive it, love ! —thy smile will set
My belter feelings free,
And with a look of boundless love
J still shall turn to thee.
[From IheN. (). Courier, 3- 1\ ult. )
Mexican Wills;!*.
There were British federalists in the
last war with England, anffldrere jire
Mexican whigs at present—Pind>»we
say there are Mexican whigs, not all Hie
vvhigs are Mexicans. VVe should have *-
abstained from the discussion of this topic,
but for the miserable and libellous trash
in the Bulletin and Tropic, directed
against Mr. Polk and the democratic /ad
ministration. That there are whigs who
take sides with the Mexicans against their
own country, we do not only assert, but
are prepared to prove with irresistible
evidence.
First, then, 11. Clay told the Tennes
see Committee, that the war never would
have occurred, had he been chosen Presi
dent at the last election—and he affected
to deplore the waste of life which accom
ptnies its progress, as prodigal ar;d mel
ancholy.
Mr. Webster, in his Philadelphia speech,
argued as elaborately as he would have
done under a fee of fifty dollars, that the
war is unnecessary, and ought not to have
been entered upon—that Gen. Taylor in
vaded the Mexican territory when he
crossed the river Nueces; that, in fine,
the whole affair, on the pa rt of this coun
try,is rascally and disgraceful.
Similar denunciations, in a louder tone
of menace and calumny, have been liuti
ed against the democratic administration, t
on account of the Mexican war, by Davis,
of Kentucky—Winthrop, of Massachu
setts—Gentry, of Tennessee—(biddings,
of Ohio—and other whig leaders in the
present session of Congress. ‘‘lt is a
cruel, unjust and damnable war,” cried
one of these worthies.
The New York Tribune, the most
wi Jely circulated whig newspapers in the
Union, goes stil 1 farther. Its language is
an oveit of treason; and, if similar lan
guage were published in the Mexican
capitol, it would speedily introduce the
author, with his eves bandaged, before a
* XT'
few files ofst Idiers, with muskets in their
hands. If published in Britain, respect
ing an enemy of Britain, it would entitle
the auihor to a passage, at (he Queen’s j
expense, to another hemisphere.
The Tribune’s language is prefaced
with this comment by the Courier & En
quirer: modern patriotism. 'Plte Tri
bune, after setting forth the lion tide usage
which tiie honest and worthy Mexicans
have received at the hands of that tin- ;
principled government, the United States
*—proceeds thus :
“When we consider this long train of
outrages, it does seem atrocious that we,
in view of the unabashed infamy of our
Repudiating Slates, and vast sums of
which they have plundered their Foreign !
Creditors —in view of our repeated re
fusals to pay our own citizens their claims |
for French spoliation of fifty years’stand- i
ing—should say one word about the mo- 1
ney due us from Mexico as an excuse tor *
or palliation of this War.
“As to ‘the enemy’ and all that, we j
consider our own rapacity and injustice *
our most perilous enemy, and the xvorst ’
possible calamity which could befall us,
an easy triumj h to, and great apparent
gains from, our Gave mm cut's irro.ngs and
villanies towards Mexico. Better for that j
the punishment of those crimes should he
prompt and signal, so as to operate as a
warning against such in future. Os the :
novice who betakes himself to the gaming
table and loses, there is hope; hut wo to
him if he comes off the winner! His doom
is sealed .”
The Courier and Enquirer justly oh
serves on this passage: “VVe greatly
question whether any press in the United
Slates, or any individual in it, during the
war oflßl2, ever uttered such treasona
ble sentiments as are contained in the
foregoing, and yet, to this day, the people
have never forgiven those who won for
themselves the title of “Blue Light Fede
ralists,” during that war. Thus speaks
1 tho New York Courier and Enquirer of
this abominable sentiment, and the more
abomina le expression of it. But w hat
I an unkind cut, of that journal, to bring up
to the nation’s recollection the “Blue
Light Federalists” of the last war! What
will the great Webster, the prince*‘and
heir presumptive of Koondom, —what will ■
he think of this requital for great ahili’ies
exerted in the Whig cause — r or laborious
days and nights spirit in endeavors to
prevent the protective tariff from being
enacted, and then to keep the load on the
shoulders of the American people —lo
prolong the existence of the United States
Bank, and then to render it unpopular,
as “an obsolete idea;” to support the elec
tion of Henry Clay to the Presidency, and
then to write a series of invectives against
him in the Madisonian!
When news of the glorious action at
M onterev reached New York—news j
which caused every American bosom to
thrill with delight, the Tribune, the lead- |
ing whig paper in New York, coldly said i
it would not rejoice at that victory! an 1, ;
as the Courier and Enquirer expresses it, j
put forth sentiments that made every man !
shudder who really possesses any love I
for his country.
The National Intelligencer, to which
the universal whig party look up as the
centra! source of light, is generally more
guarded in its language than the Tri
bune; —but its disaffection to this country
is not the less apparent, and its support
of the enemy’s pretensions, for that rea
son, not the less effective. And yet for
language savouring less strongly of trea-
r> ~ s'* -
son than that used by the Tribune on this
j occasion, the National Intelligencer, in
I the war of 1812, held up the name of
men in New England to the scorn and
detestation of the public, and denounced
them as guilty of moral treason!
Our readers, we trust, will weigh
every word of the Tribune’s article, qnot
ed above; and recollecting that journal
possesses jja greater share of whig patron
age tiian any other in the Union, ask
themselves, if there is not too great an
abundance of Mexican Whigs in the Uni
.-ted States?
* The editor ofthe Tropic affects to he- j
lieve that had the editor of this journal
read the Washington letter, which repeats
| a sayi’ig of Daniel Webster, he would
not have published it. We beg the edi
tor’s pardon —we did read that letter—
and.we believe Mr. Webster did say
what our correspondent imputes to him, al
though it has been frequently denied by
Mr. VVesbster. We had often before
heard that Mr. Webster expressed that
sentiment in the Constitutional Convention
of Massachusetts, namely—“let the laws
take care of the rich, and the rich will
take care of the poor.” We have heard I
this from other respectable sources be
sides our Washington correspondent, and
our belief in it is not shaken by the deni
al of Daniel Webster and the whig
newspapers.
Mr. Webster declares, in his Philadel
phia speech,that he was all his life in fa
vor of high protective duties; hut here is i
in Fanueil Hall, in which he j
dtMtounces high protective duties as per- j
nicious and unconstitutional.
TheTiopic denied that Mr. Webster ;
estimated the expenses of the Mexican j
war at $500,000 a day, or $132,500,000 |
a year; hut here is Mr. Webster’s decla- |
ration to this effect in the National Intel
ligencer and other whig papers, contained
in a speech delivered by him in the U.
S, Senate towards the close of the last
session.
We must he forgiven if we place not
implicit faith, in a denial or assertion of
Mr. Daniel Webster.
[From (he Washington Union, 3lstult.]
It is a melancholy truth, but a certain 1
one, that this country has never been en- t
gaged in difficulties with a foreign nation
in which some portion of our citizens hare j
not taken part with our adversary. We
shall not speculate upon the causes which
lead to this moral treason. We barely
adveit lothe fact. The well known reso
lution of the legislature of Massachusetts
— u that it did not become a moral and
religious people to rejoice at victories gain
ed in our fast war with England ” —is a |
; practical illustration of litis ami-palriotic j
feeling. The Boston Courier of Decern- j-
I her 23, which has just met onreye, fur- *
nishes another which ought to meet the i
indignant reprobation of every American. I
A Mr. William Denton, it appears, had ,
been elected a member of a commitee to
“solicit funds to aid the regiment of vol
unteers for the Mexican war.” He de
clines the office in terms that few, we
hope, can read without indignation.
Among these few, however, is the editor
of the paper, Joseph T. Buckingham, who
says “he honors the writer of the letter.”
After reprobating lite war, and denouncing
its origin and objects, this Mr. Denton
savs; “If the Massachusetts regiment, |
which is about to he raised, were going
to Mexico for the purpose o fescorting our
army back to the United States, I should
feel very much inclined to serve on the
committee. It would then be engaged
in a good and noble cause, in promoting j
the substantial ‘honor and glory’ ot Ihe i
country, and subserving the highest prin- |
ciples of humanity.”
■ ii. umr nw.
We put this extract upon record to show
how far men will be hurried, in the blind
ness of party, to oppose the honor and
interests of their country.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.]
Washington, Jan. 2, 1847.
The Senate did not sit to-day. The j
House met, and the call of the States for i
resolutions was continued.
Mr. Cobb’s resolution, abolishing the
rule which enables members to give rea
sons for asking to be excused from voting
on any question was adopted. Ihe rule
had been perverted to purposes different
from what it was intended for.
Very manv private and local resolu
tions were offered, and some of a public
character. Those of importance were
objected to and laid over for debate. Re
solutions in favor of the prosecution of
the war offered by members, as abstract
propositions, and with a view to show their
pa'riotism, were laid aside for debate.
A proposition to assign a day for lak
in<r up the bill for the reduction and gra
dualion of the price of the public lands,
and making it the special order for every
day, until disposed of. was laid over.—
There were many resolutions and notices
of bills relating to the improvement of
Rivers and Harbors.
Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois, w-ho has
formerly taken much interest in the sub
ject of rivers and harbors, for the West,
and was especially displeased by the veto
of the harbor bill of the last session,
brought forward a resolution, in the fol
lowing words:
Resolved , That it is inexpedient to im
pose any duty on Tea and Coffee.
Great sensation was created in the
House, by this proposition, attempts were
made, but in vain, to suppress it. A motion
to lay it o.i the table was lost, yeas 49,
nays 10G. The resolution, under the
previous question, was adopted, yeas 115,
nays 48. Though the House was thin,
vet a majority of all the members voted
in the affirmative.
Thus, and so soon, is settled one great
point in our financial questions. 'The loan
cannot be procured on any reasonable
terms, if this duty he not imposed.
Mr. Sims, of Missouri, immediately
I offered a resolution intended to commit
those who had voted against this war
duty. He moved a resolution declaring
that the people were too patriotic to refuse
I to be taxed in lime of war- Almost every I
i one submitted to this general proposition,
and it was carried.
[ From the JW O. Della, Ist insl.]
From Tampico.
The brig Millaudon,Capt. Welch, and
the brig C. H. Rogers, Capt. Wilson, ar
rived last evening direct from Tampico,
‘ having left that place on the 25th ult.
“ 1 t t r 0
I Thev report every thing quiet at Tampico.
The brig Hallowell arrived from Brazos
St. Jago, with the balance of the Alabama
Regiment, on the 21st ult. The steamship
Virginia sailed for the Brazos on the 23d,
with one company of U. S: Artillery, and
their guns.
The Alabama Regiment and the Regu
lar troops now stationed at Tampico,
number nearly 1800 men.
The brig Empresario \vas to sail for
this port on the 26th ult.
No Mexican troops had been seen or |
heard of since the 16th, and our force felt i
! perfectly secure from any attack by the j
enemy.
The British sloop.of-war Endymion left i
Tampico on the 23d ult., for Vera Cruz.
The force at Tampico is deemed suf- |
ficient to maintain it against a force of 20,
000 men.
| The troops were healthy, and well j
I pleased with their change of position.
Important Report from llcxico.
We have received, (says the Mercury '
i of last evening.) through the politeness 1
| of a commercial house in this city, the :
I subjoined extract of a letter written by
j an intelligent gentleman at Tampico, 1
i and received by an arrival yesterday
[Wednesday] at Mobile:
Tampico, Dec. 17.
Advices, via Vera Cruz, were receiv
ed last evening, of the action of the Mex
! ican Congress. They decreed that they
will not think or treat of peace until every j
i hostile foot has cleared Mexican soil, and j
j every vessel that lines her coast is with- i
i drawn. I consider the war now com
menced in real earnest, and 1 prophecy j
that Tampico will become an American
town.
- „
for France.
Immense quantities of produce have
i been lately purchased in this market for
the French magazines. We heard of
sales of 50,000 barrels of flour to an
; agent of the French Government. Thirty j
thousand bushels of corn have been pur- j
chased by the same agent. The proph- j
ecy of the far-seeing Crozart, the father |
I of the Colony of Louisiana, that mother j
i France would, in the course of time, he |
| nourished and supported by her daugh
ter, whose fortunes were cast by the
I great Father of Waters, has literally
come to pass.
Xli**i**ippi Elect ion*.—Something Rich.
An election was held in Mississippi on
21st, 22d and 23d ult. for a member of
Congress. The opposing candidates are
Mr. Ellet, democrat, and P. B. Starke,
whig. The returns are coming in from
all parts of the State in a scattering man
ner, hut in no case in a more singular,
“mixed up” form than in the following
postscript to a letter, published in the Mo
bile Advertiser:
P. S. Three o'clock. —Monroe county
may be relied on for 50 majority ofStarke!
We just hear that Starke fought a duel
yesterday with Mr. Blewitt, ofColumbus.
Starke did not fire. He is badly shot in
the arm. They are somewhat afraid
that amputation will he necessary; but
that he is elected I think you may depend r
upon; that will be some consolation. He r
is a gallant, true man. G. M. H. [
We are certainly glad that it is no
worse for Mr. Starke than to he wounded \
in the arm. As to the issue of the elec
tion, we are unable to pronounce an opin- j
ion. The vote is far from an average one, (
and it would he idle to spend lime in com- i (
paring returns. — N. O. Picayune , Ist. (
Marriage of a Volunteer and short , '
Honey moon.—Sunday afternoon, at East j 5
Boston, Henry Carney, one of Capt. Web- , ■
ster’s company, was married to Miss j ,
Almira Bent. Lieut, Kelley, officer of ih« i
day, allowed an escort of thirteen men in |
uniform, with side arms, under Sergeant ,
Steare, to accompany the bridegroom from >
the quarters in Pitt street to East Boston, j
and witness the wedding. A furlough of |
48 hours was also allowed the bridegroom !
_ _
AUGUSTA. GEO..
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. |7. 1847*.
Opposition to the War.
The pressure of public opinion is so power
ful, that tiie more wary and judicious Whigs
are becoming alarmed at the jeopardy in
which iheir party has been placed by the
indiscreet zeal of the majority of its recog- j
nized organs. 1
The tragical fate of the Federalists of i
1812, rises np like the ghost of Banqno to i
eear the eye-balls of those Whigs not dead j
to every principle of patriotism. They he- j
gin to perceive that party zeal has carried \
the weight and influence of the Whig party !
against the honor and the character of their ;
country. The greatest defamation against I
American honor, American character and
American justice, has been found issuing 1
from the Whig press of the country and from |
Whig orators. Their denunciations of the
conduct of their own government have been
shameful—if words could constitute treason
—we could say—treasonable. But though
men confining themselves solely to words
have managed to clear the halter, yet have
they been guilty of moral treason, by their
language and their conduct. They have
. used language, which if used in the papers
of a foreign country, or spoken in delibera- j
live assemblies of foreign lands, would cause
the blood of every American to boil with in
dignation. Were foreign emissaries to use
it in our midst, they would with difficulty
escape from being victimized to the stern
decrees of Lynch Law'. But the respect ac
corded to freedom of opinion and freedom of
speech tolerates much which shocks severe
ly the national sentiment.
There has been, and is now evidently a
struggle in that great body of public opinion
in this country—the Whig Party—between j
advocacy of the war, and opposition to the
war. That party in the outset of hostilities,
proclaimed the w’ar, iniquitous and disgrace- ;
ful. All that could be done, was done to pro- j
judice popular opinion against it. It came in 1
the very breath which voted supplies of men !
and money for its prosecution. Systematic !
efforts have been made ever since to impress .
the public mind with the idea that the war
is iniquitous and disgraceful to our country,
j If these efforts had succeeded, our country
1 w’ould have stood condemned before the
I world, through popular opinion at home, as a
' nation disgraced by the spirit of aggression,
; of injustice and rapine. But the effort has
: failed. The war is popular, notwithstanding
i the outcry against it, and the conviction is
i general, and gaining ground daily, that the
' war is just. The indications of this fact are
too strong to admit a doubt. The voice of
i the neutral and independent press denotes it, '
| The manly tone of approbation assumed by i
some of the Whig press enlightened by truth,
! warmed by patriotism and unblinded by par
; ty confirms it—tiie alacrity exhibited by Con
gress to respond to the appeal made by Col. I
| Baker of Illinois demonstrates it. The De- (
mocratic party should notyield to desponden
cy. Its patriotic and unflinching course is !
now responded to, by the sober second thought j
of the nation. It responds not only to the j
call for means to prosecute the war, but to
the appeal made to the national spirit, as to
■ the causes of wrong and tiie necessity of re
| dress, in the only way Mexican perfidy and i
| obstinacy has left us. But there is still np
j position, fierce, formidable and uncompromis
ing, to the war. This opposition has caused
a schism in the Whig ranks. It is destined
! to rend them into fragments. Opposition to
! this war, is destined to be a bye word and a
; reproach in after times as lasting and as dis- j
I graceful as that which in 1812 branded Fede
ralism with moral treason. It is the fore
j shadowing of this result that has in some
I quarters caused considerable moderation in
I the tone of Whig opposition. It is this
| which has caused some Whig papers, which
j have no doubt a feeling recollection of the
| consequences of Federalism in the late war,
to deprecate the Anti American course of
their more intemperate compeers. It. has ;
provoked the most feeling expostulations from |
the New York Courier & Enquirer- But the j
tempest and the storm of party phrenzy have |
been too strong for the warning voice. After
the winds have lulled—the billows subdued
and calmness restored to the surface of the
political deep, there will be many wrecks,
and but a few of the once gallant barks of
Whigery afloat.
We know that a distinction is sought
lobe made between opposition to the grounds
assumed by the Executive for the necessity of
the war, and opposition to the war itself.
Some few have saved themselves by pre
serving in their own conduct that distinction.
But the leaven is not sufficient to preserve
the parly. The party must go down, be
cause it has attempted to weaken the force>
and to distract the energies of the govern
ment by false clamour—by untrue state
ments—and by unfair appeals to sectional
prejudices. r
If we are called upon for specifications, 1
we give them. 1
In the first place we refer to the course of r
that arch Federalist. Daniel Webster—toast- (
ed recently at the Philadelphia Whig Bac- (
chanal, as the ‘personification of Whig prin- ; ]
ciples. Tire speech of that great leader of a '
wing of the Whig party was looked upon as j
a manifesto of Whig principles and policy— 1
as the counter manifesto to the President’s 1
message which it preceded a few days. j
In order to produce, at as early a date as ! 1
possible, a!! the prejudice he could against
the war, Mr. Webster, last session, declared
that the cost of the war was half a million i
of dollars per day. This gross and wilful
misstatement exhibited alike a disregard of
truth, and an insulting estimate upon the pa- j
triotiemnf Hs countrymen. It showed that
he considered the honor of his country would i
be weighed by bis countrymen in the scale !
against dollars and cents, and forced by their -
Sordidness to kick the beam. This was dis- ,
played in his declaration, in his late Fanenil
Hall speech, that it was not the habit of
his countrymen to investigate the justice of ;
a war so much as the cost of it. This dec- ,
laration, though denied for him by fits admi
rers, has lieen fixed upon him by the testimo
ny of those present at the time, whose state- j
ments will not be doubted by the public, no j
matter how industriously interested parti- I
zans may seek to screen him from the odium
it has justly evoked.
In the second place, the declarations of
Mr. Denton of Massachusetts, and of the
Boston Courier, a notice of which we copy
from the Union, and the language of the
New York Tribune, are additional specimens,-
and only specimens, of the anti-war spirit in
a portion of the Whig party, and proofs of
the manner in which the efforts of the gov
ernment have been thwarted, or sought to
be, by the anti-war party.
As the Whigs have two divisions in their
° . i
ranks, we should think the war portion, at -
least, ought not to object to the anti-war por- |
lion, with Mr. Webster at their head, being j
designated as the Federalists. It is the des- 1
liny of a very large portion of that party to
be hereafter identified with that, party which, :
as the anti-war party, flourished in the war j
of 1812 as tiie Federal party, and to share
the same disastrous fate. They will be con- 1
signed to the same ignominy for having ta
ken sides against their country, by giving
aid and comfort to the enemy, so far as they
could do so by their sympathies, and their ar
guments.
That they have essentially aided the ene
my by their course, cannot be doubted. They
have given the Mexicans enthusiasm and
unanimity, by encouraging the idea that we
1 were distracted and divided. They have
made them more obstinate in pursuing the
war, and in resisting all overtures for peace.
They have thus caused the expenses of the
i war to be greatly increased, and it may ,
be that this may be the c ause of its being in- i
definitely protracted.
The patriotism of the mass of the Whig i
party is responding truly and nobly to the
call of their country in this crisis, when she
needs the aid and co-operation of all hercifi- i
zens. She needs that aid which is most ef
ficient, and without which no nation can pro
secute a war vigorously and successfully.
It is the aid derived from their hearty sym
pathy and good wishes in the deadly struggle.
The sagacity of some of the leaders of the
j Whig party is displaying itself in their
| change of position on this war question, and j
, their advocacy now of the policy of sustain
j ing the government in this war. It is a sa
gacity akin to the instinct which induces rats j
; to desert falling houses. We give them full
credit for their discernment and none for
I
, their patriotism.
County Election*.
i Burke County. — We have not the votes
: given in Burke on Monday last for County
; Officers, but learn that R. 11. Gray lias been
elected Receiver of Tax Returns; Isaac Mul
key, Tax Collector, and Edmund Garlick,
I Clerk of the Superior Court.
| Richmond County. —John E. Davis has
been elected Tax Collector, and Win. Herb,
Receiver.
Planter* 1 Rank.
At an election held in Savannah on Mon
day for Directors, the following gentlemen
: were duly elected;
G. W. Anderson, J G. Jones,
G. Anderson, | J. C. Nicole,
W. H. CUYLER, 1 F. SoRHEL.
| I. Cohen, I i. Williamson.
Central R. R. & Rankin;; to. of C!eor;;ia.
At an election held on Monday last, for
Directors, the following gentlemen were duly
elected:
Rich. H. Cutler, I Matthew Hopkins,
John W. Anderson, | Henry McAlpin,
Wm. Crabtree, *Jacob Waldbdrg,
| Solomon Cohen, { *W. B. Johnson,Macon.
j *New Directors.
j A gentleman direct from Matamoros in
; forms the editor of the New Orleans Com
mercial Times, that the demand for U. S.
Treasury nofes.in that quarter is very great.
Large sums are daily sought after, and one
per cent, premium is readily obtained for them-
The gentleman himself paid this rale fora
round sum.
Debt of Pennsylvania.
On the 3()lh of November, 1833. the
State debt of Pennsylvania was $21,627,
786 32. It is now, after a lapse of 13
vears, 840,706,576 00. The revenue of
the past year has equalled the expendi
tures, an event which has not before oc
curred for a long period. There is no
reasonable doubt that the February inter
est will be punctually paid,
Commerce of the I'niled Smtew.
A writer in the New \ ork Journal of Com-'
rnerce stales, that the exports of domestic
produce from the Northern Sia’es, in the
year 1846, are 43 per cent of the whole do
mestic exports from the rormtry. r l he ex
cess of exports from the Southern States,
over those of the Pforthern Slates, in the
year 1545, was .$31,000,000, in 1846, only
$14.000.000.
In 1845, the exports from the Southern
Slates, wore 66 per cent of the whole—from
the Northern States, 34 per cent.
In 1346, from the Southern States 57 per
cent —from the Northern States 43.
In round numbers, the export of northern
produce and manufactures in 1846, was
greater than it was in 1846, by $1,260,00 0
The writer says that if the increase in
1347 be in proportion to that ot
1846, In all probability the exports of the
Northern States will exceed those of the
Southern.
Our Jliliiary fore .
The report of Adjutant Gen. Jones, ac
companying that ol the Secretary ot War to
Congress, shows that there are in service
24.084 regulars arid volunteers,distributed as
follow.-:
REGULARS.
In the field, officers ami men, including gen
eral staff, 6,613
Troops at sea, and under orders to join the
army, 1,008
Recruits m route fur the seat of war, 762
Aggregate regulars in campaign, 8,473
VO-L.UNTKKRB.
fn the field. 15,715
At sea, for California, 766
Aggregate volunteers in campaign, 16,514
Aggregate regulars and volunteers 21,484
Os this amount Gen. Taylor lias 18.332
under his command; Gen. Wool 2,660; and
Gen. Kearney 3.992. If to these we add the
nine additional regiments recently called into
service, the whole will amount to more than
30,000-.
[ From the Savannah Georgian. s th in.Uf.J
Port of Savannah.
• Statistics of the Coast wise and Foreign
Trade with the District and Port of Sa
vannah, as taken from the books in the
j Collector’s Office.
From the first of Obtober, 1814, to Ist
1 October, 1840, being a period of two
years, the following number of vessels
entered Coastwise, viz;
719 vesselsin all, aggregate of tonnage
of which amounted to 190,791 tons.
N. B. There are a great many ves
i sels that come to. and sail from this Port,
coastwise, that neither enter or clear, they
having no foreign good-- on board.
During the same period above speci
fied there arrived at this port from For
j eign Ports, viz :
i American vessels—aggregate amount
Tonnage 26.642 88
Foreign, “ “ “ 78,476 79
Total am’t Tonnage, Am. and For. 105,089 67
During the same period there cleared
from this port for foreign ports, viz :
American vessels—aggregate amount
Tonnage, 53,952 76
Foreign, “ “ “ 79,962 6t
| Total ain’t Tonnage, Am. and For. 133,915 37
j The value of Foreign Goods imported
into this District for the, same period
! of two years, that were liable to
duty, amounted to $310,255 39
j Value of tioudri not liable to duty 19.915 21
j .Specie 65,423 90
$395,594 50
Value of Domestic Produce exported iu
same period $7,353,180 30.
Spanish Ladies.—The dress of the
Spanish ladies is remarkably elegant,
and generally adorns a very perfect
siiape. Black is the universal color,
, and tlie robe is most tastefully worked
i and Vandyked. A mantilla, or veil of
: black silk or lace, and sometimes white
lace, is thrown over the head, and lea v.
; ing the face uncovered, falls gracefully
| over the head and shoulders, and is con
fined at the waist by tiie arms of the
i wearer. They are both expensive and
| particular in dressing their feet with
neatness, and their little shoes fit closely.
The large black eye, the dark exp res
' sive glance, the soft blood tinged olive of
I the glowing complexion, make the un
willing Englishman confess the majesty
of Spanish beauty, and he feels that
though the soft blue eye, and delicate
loveliness of his own country women
awake more tender feelings of interest,,
he would deny or dispute, in vain, the
- commanding superiority of these daik
eyed and finely formed damsels.
A Grcnl Printing Machine.
The Brooklyn Eaglesays; “the Messrs.
Dryden, the celebrated English engineers,
are employed in the construction of a
printing machine for the London Times,
to produce 12,000 impressions per hour,
or the inconceivable number of upwards
of three sheets per second!” and the New
York Sun thinks that a machine will he
produced in that city, capable of printing
between fifteen and twenty thousand
j copies an hour.
Biini!! thr Port
! The last moments of the immortal
Scots Bard have been thus described:
lie had laid his head quietly on th&
j pillow awaiting dissolution, when his at
| tendant reminded him of his medicine,
andheldthe cup to his lips. lie started
suddenly up. drained the cup at a gulp,.
threw his hands before him like a man,
about to swim, and sprung fiornthe head
to the foot of the bed, fell with his face
down, and expired without a groan.
Eioqurnt Pannage.
The light of the lamp was dying away
in the socket; the midnight clock swung
heavily aloft, and its brazen lone sounded
loudly on the frozen air; it was the hour
when disembodied spirits walk, and wher*
murderers, like the stealthy wolf, prowl
for their prey; the lonely watcher shud>
j dcred as he heard a slight poise al tfio