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the CONSTITUTIONALIST.'T JAMES GARDNER, JR. TER M S . Daily, per annum, Tri-Weekly, per annum, ° uu If paid in advance, p 0!) Weekly, per annum, 00 If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs of five, remitting £lO in advance. 2 00 JO"All new subscriptions must be paid in advance. BCTPostage most be paid on all Communications j nml Letters of business. i. ~'~m~v , _i. [■Correspondence of the Halt nnure Sun.] TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, ! SECOND SESSION. Washington, Feb. 27, 1817. SENATE. After the presentation of a variety of peti tions of ui unimportant character, Mr. Breese, from the committee on commerce, to . whom v\as referred ihe amendment of tne | House to the bill of the Senate, to amend (he act to regu'ate the carriage of passengers in | merchant vessels, and to determine the lime ; when said act shall take effect, reported thereon, and the amendment was concurred in. Mr. Huntington, from the committee on finance, to whom was referred the amend ments of the Senate.disagreed to by the House to the bill making apporprialions lor the Mili tary Academy of the United States for the year ending 3 )th June, 1813, reported there on and on motion by Mr. 11., it was resolved that the Senate insist on their amendments to the said bill. The House amendments to the Paul Jon bill, was adopted. The bill to increase the marine crops, has also been passed. The House amendment to the post office bill, allowing the list of letters to be inserted or advertised in any newspapers postmasters might choose, was st ricked out. The Senate refused to take up tiie gradua tion bill, by vote of 17 to 24. The civil and deplomatic hill was then taken up, and after a few verbal amendments, was passed. Mr. Berrien, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred the bill from the House to amend the act of January I 18, 1847, to provide for the payment of | horses or other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United Stales, re ported the same without amendment. The three million bill was then taken np and after some discussion it was postponed until Monday by a vote of 27 to 23, in or der to enable Mr. Clayton to address the Senate. The understanding was that the vote should be taken on Monday. The amendments of the House to the navy pension bill were concurred in. The Senate insisted upon its amendments, disagreed toby the House, tojthe naval appro priation bill, and a committee of coferreuce was ordered. Mr. Criltended moved that the Senate pro ceed to the consideration of the bill to pro vide some relief for the suffering people of Ireland and Scotland, which was agreed to, and after a few brief remarks from various Senators and an unsuccessful motion by Mr. Mason to amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting a substitute authorizing the President to em ploy the public vessels of the United States in transporting, free of charge, any provi sions raised by private contribution, w^na^/j --appropriates $500,000 for this purpose. The Senate then proceeded to the consi deration, as in committee of the whole, of the bill making appropriations for certain fortifi cations of the United Slates for the year end ing 30th June, 1848. The bill was reported to the Senate, and was ordered to be engrossed for a thrid read ing, and was, by unanimous consent, read a third time and passed. The Senate then went info consideration of executive business, and after some time spent therein, the doors were opened, and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Enters from the Secretary of War and Postmaster General were laid on the table— the first shewing the incidental expenses of the Department for the year ending 30th J line, 1846, and the other transmitting copies of the. army register and a report from the Adjutant General, recommending that the army regis ter shall be reported to Congress, and printed ueparately. A message from the President was receiv ed, by Mr. J. Knox Walker, ids private sec retary, and laid on the table. The bill reported bv Mr. Campbell, of New York, so carry into effect certain provisions j of the the treaty with China, was passed. The House, then, on motion of Mr. McKay, went into committee of the whole, Mr. Boyd in the chair but refused |to take up the reve nue bill, 63 to 69. A motion to take up the graduation bill was also negatived; 56 to 76. Mr. Thompson, of Pennsylvania, moved to take up the Texas navy bill, but this motion also failed. The naval appropriation bill, with tiie Sen ate'amendments, further amended by the ways and means committee, was finally taken up, and the amendment of the Senate, providing for the appointment of additional assistant sur geons in the navy, for the appointment of a i pyrotechnist, and some others, agreed so, and others disagreed to. The House confirmed the action of the committee of the whole. A motion now, at 2 o’clock P. M., was made by Mr. McKay, to take a recess until 6 P. M., but failed. Mr. McKay again moved to take up, in committee of the whole, the revenue bill, and the motion prevailed—96 to 67. The first section was so amended as to fix the lime for the act to go into operation, at ' 10th March, 1847. An amendment was offered, to reduce the | compensation of the civil officers, whose sala- j riesdonot exceed SIOOO, twenty-five per cent., — including members of Congress. A spirited debate took place on this motion, but it was negatived. A motion to strikeout the articles of tea 1 and coffee, prevailed, 83 to 90. Numerous other amendments were pro posed, some adopted and others rejected. Mr. Hamlin then moved a substitute for the bill, being the original bill, with an addition to the second section,of silk and the com ponent parts of silk, on all manufactures of linen or flax, or of which flax shall be a com ponent part; on all spirits, cordials, and se gars, wool and woollen and worsted goods. A motion to strike out the graduation part of the substitute prevailed, Mr. Wentworth moved to strike out also the articles of tea and coffee, and the yeas and nays being ordered, the motion prevailed 91 to 83. i—wra fmnrgsxiCJii -avjsrwsr: n I ■mm.u: '■ Mr. Brink ’riioff moved a reconsideration, j negatived, 104 to 105. The substitute was then reported to toe House, and a motion to lay it on the table ne gatived, yeas 78, nays 126. The report of the committee of the whole was then adopted, , 105 to 103, and the question being on the passage of the bill, (the substitute,) it vva« decided in the negative, by yeas and nays, 68 to 136. A motion to reconsider, was laid on the table, ~ , T r , 1 And tl.cn, at about 8 P. M. the House ad- | journed to Monday. [From the Washington Union.]. Be port trom tltv Committee on Corcisn ,1 Hairs of the ilou -c of Representatives. We lay before our readers the very inter estin'/ report which was yesterday presetted to the House of Representatives by Mr. j Charles J. Ingersoil. hasten to spread i | it before the country, it relates to that por ! tion of the President’s message of the ISt h i inst., concerning the war with Mexico. It is short, and confined to what appears to be the : only point, in the animadversion of the Oppo sition —viz: the reputed wrong of the Presi t dent in ordering Gen. Taylor to advance from I Corpus Chrisii. Being so very brief and < comprehensive, and being so important in its bearings, it is hoped that it will bo perused bv every reader, and republished by all the newspapers, whether of city or country. We trust, at least, that the democratic newspa pers will lay it before their respective cir cles of readers. We are satisfied, from the ability with which it is penned, and the re search which it indicates,and the power which it exhibits, that it will do great service in dissipating all prejudice and vindicating the trull). The Commit lee on Foreign Affairs, in which the President's war message of the 13 ih in stant has been in part referred, respectfully report thereupon: That while, in a country so free as ours, diversity of sentiment must prevail on every topic of national concern, especially one so exciting as war, and is like bracing airs of salntarv influence, yet the large preponde rance of votes, approaching in Congress, declaring war with Mexico, the corresponding unanimity with which all re quired supplies for it have been granted by Congress, and the almost equally unanimous I popular zeal for waging and sharing its ope- S rations, remove all doubt of the national reso i 1 ution to prosecute it as originally declared, vigorously, to the only end of just war, a speedv and honorable peace. Complaints of the resort to territorial con quest from Mexico are disarmed of by the undeniable facts than Mexico, by war, constrains the United Stales to take bv con quest what, ever since Mexican indepen dence, every American administration lias been striving to get by purchase; and that the Executive orders, and military and naval | execution of them, for the achievement of conquest, have conformed not merely to long established policy of our own government, but wise principles of self-preservation indis pensable to all provident government. The war has been one constant career of i success, with never ceasing solicitation of peace without further hostility, if Mexico | will accept peace on fair, generous, and la.-t- 1 mg terms; and your committee cheerfully leave it to the judgment of all considerate persons. One imputation cast, among our selves, upon the Executive of the United States, involving the country with him in il legality and aggression, your committee think nroner briefly to refute; that which charges j the rhcciJcirS ~i.n1..' '■.- 01 u. gnnii.." j the war by orders to the army in Texas to . pass Mexican boundaries. Mexico never made boundary a question. | The issue she took was the annexation of j Texas, not the boundary. As soon as annex- j ation was resolved by Congress, tiie .Mexi can minister here, Almonte, demanded bis ; passports, having removed from Washington while that question was even considered, and went indignantly home to make war.— Encouraged by the erroneous assertion of | many of our respectable citizens, that annex ation of Texas would be war with Mexico, and by the then threatened rupture between the United States and England, which reck oned Mexico reliance, Mexico npenlyjprepar- { ed for war—openly d<?clared and began if.— President Polk’s minister of peace, Mr. Slid •!!, was rejected; not on any plea of boun dary, bnt because Texas was not altogether | relinquished. Mexican troops were sent to : the Texas frontier, who cros-ed the boun- j dary river Grande,and atiacka d the American forces on this side of the river. Stationed at , Corpus Chrisii, on the west side of the Nuo- | ces, at the instance of Texas, for its protec- \ tion from invasion, the American comman- ! der, without orders from the President, would I have had no alternative but to let his Mexi- j can assailant choose the place, time, and : manner of invasion; or, by advancing into the more northern part of the State he was or dered to occupy and protect, make a proper selection of the ground on which to defend it. It was General Taylor’s duty as a soldier, without orders, and the President’s right as commander-in-chief to order Genera! Taylor, , to repel the threatened invasion in progress ; to subdue Texas. If, by remaining inac t ve at Corpus Chrisii, he had allowed an overpowering force to him there, as j was the Mexican design, orrbaving him idle there, to penetrate further north into the I heart of Texas, the general and President would have been justly condemned for the commencement of hostilities fatal to us by i hostile occupation of our territory, instead of ' successful by our frustrating the hostile j Mexican attempt. An intimation in Con gress lately that the Mexican general gave it to he understood that he would remain 1 west of the Colorado creek—a small stream 1 between the Nuces and the Grande—if our troops would remain east of that slream.your j committee, after inquiry, iearn to be ground less. If any such communication was au thorized, it was a mere Mexican contrivance to lull our commander into false security at Corpus Chrisii till Mexican troops could be assembled strong enough to crossand attack him there, as was the Mexican design; for Corpus Christi, on the west side of the Nue ces, was as much Mexican soil as any other oart of the territory west of that river, and General Taylor’s encampment at first was an ivasion of Mexico, if he ever invaded Mexi co at all. The|unaulhentic and irresponsible intima tion of that overture was received at Wash ington the 9th of November, 1845, just when Mr. Black’s advices arrived of the willingness of Herrera’s government to receive a minis ter; and Mr. Slidell was there upon forthwith despatched, General Taylor’s army being kept at Corpus Christi till tidings were re ceived of Mr. Slidell’s rejection, Herrera’s overthrow, and Paredes’s persidency, on the proclaimed determination to retake Texas by force from the United Stales. General -» 'i j urn.■■■rattMMgcsa*«a-^ Taylor’s order to march from Corpus Christ! did not leave Washington till the 13iii of January, 1349; nor did he march till more than two months afterwards, and then to station his troons wherever he thought best for protecting Texas from Mexican invasion, without any order from ihe President as to the precise place where he was to station his forces. Always west of the Nueces from the first moment of his entry into Texas, General Taylor placed his standard on the Grande, opposite to Matarnoros, as his own military selection of lire most eligible station for defending Texas. No part of the ground between iheNneces ; and the Grande ever was Mexican sold. Louisiana, by all ancient, acknowledged,and unquestionable boundaries, extended to the i Grande. South was the boundary of that i province at all times, till transferred in 1800, | by Spain, to France, and in 1803 by France j to the United States. In 1819, when the ! United States transferred Texas to Spain, j the western limit was the Grande—as well I known as that Ihe Sabine was the ea-tern limit. In 1324, when Mexican independence I was established, the boundaries of Texas i remained the same. In 1835, when Santa Anna was foiled in his attempt to subjugate 'Lexus, and Texas was constrained to con quer independence, its western boundary was the Grande, as always theretofore. No tone or occasion ran be mentioned when Mexican eastern limit was the Nueces. Ac cordingly, all tho acts, records, and proceed ings of the republic of Texas treat the Grande as its southwestern boundary. Numerous evidences of this have been made known which your comm.tree will not recapitulate, but superadd some more not yet generally known, '{’he local land office at San Antonio, the chief place of the county of Bexar, regularly issued grants of land located beyond the Nueces, and to the Grande. 'Lite present respectable chief justice of Texas, on ins circuit several vears ago in that county, charged the <irand |iirv to present all inhabitants beyond Ihe Nueces, as far as the Grande, as Texan citi zens, for any offences they might be guilty of. A grant of land to an English subject named Boa!?, bounded expressly by the Grande, became the subject of official correspondence between the Texan and British governments, the latter recognising that river as the Texan boundary. The custom house at Corpus Christi on the west side of the Nonces, was a source of considerable revenue to the Texan froverninent. That government, at consid erable expense, kept up a body of troops to range that region and prevent Indian depreda tions there. In short, all the public acts of Texas, and all their public transactions, pre dicated their right to the Grande. The wil derness between the Nueces and the Grande would he the haunt and hiding place of sava ges, smugglers, marauders, and robbers, if the Rio Grande were not the boundary, and the settlements east of it, throughout that wilderness, under Texan jurisdiction. No Mexicans have ever been there but as tem porary invaders. General Woll’s proclamation at Mierthe 2Uih June, 1844, is official proof that the Mexican government acknowledged the Grande as its eastern limit. Finally, i when Mexico, under British and French influ i ence, offered Texas independence on con -1 d tiou that, she should not annex herself to the United States, Mexico herself acknowledged the Grande as the boundary, while the at tempted condition was null and void. Nor is there any contrary Mexican assertion to be found at any time from the dale of Mr. Poinsett’s declaration to Mr. Alaman, in the city of Mexico, the 29iU September, 1525, j tlr.t he did not infg.m -•-■ e incti I of oronn 1 past of the (irande ai American j ground i i 1803. For the sixteen years from ! 1803 to 1819, that river was the undisputed | southwestern boundary of the United Spates, i From 1319 to 1821 it was Spanish. From i February, 1821, when the Mexican revolution j broke out, till 1835. it wos Mexican by mere ! title; but from 1835 till new, Texan by right i and occupation, cultivation, and jurisdiction, i Not a single foothold, by actual possession had Mexico ever there, except by Texan oc- I cupants. In this brief summary of proofs that the territory beyond the Nueces, and between that river and the Grande, was not Mexican ground, your committee have pretermitted all acts and assertions of the United Stales to that effect. Looking to original French and Spanish title, to independent Texan ju risdiction, to English recognition, and finally Mexican acknowledgment, it cannot be per ceived how President Polk could withhold the order to General Taylor to advance from Corpus Christi further north into Texas in I order to repel approaching invasion. A chief | rnagi.-lrale whose duty it is to execute the ■ law would have been culpably remiss if he I had failed to do so, not only as bound by the I law of this country, but by every considera j lion of military foresight and geographical : knowledge, Texas, a State of this Union, called on him to protect her soil from inva sion, and he would have been delinquent if not impeachable, if failing to do so. Confining this brief report to that single point, your committee will not extend it to the manv circumstances posterior to hostili j ties which encourage the prosecution of the I war to speedy peace. '1 he United Statessuf i fer few of war’s ordinary calamities. Never were they more prosperous and flourishing, i In a single campaign the freemen < f this country have proved in Mexico what a people are worth when vindicating their rights by voluntary embodiment. In the midst of war the burdens of the American people have boon reduced far beyond the weight of any debt which war may cost. The wealth of the United States has actually been increased loan unexampled amount; a new and admi rable system of finance is the creat ion of this war, alone worth more than all its charges; and if, by vigorous strokes ol belligerent force, it be brought to a successful termina tion, as there is every reason to believe, all its temporary inconveniences will soon be compensated, and the two great republics of this hemisphere united in perpetual peaco. Vet Tatrr from the ISrazo*. The New Orleans Picayune of the 2Gth alt., • after giving the advices from Brazos, published in our paper of Wednesday, from the extra of that paper, says; Since the above was in type, the schooner Co ra, Capt. String, has arrived from the Brazos, whence she sailed the forenoon of the 19th inst. She brought over ten passengers, among whom was Dr. Hardy ol this State, who has been sta tioned for months at the mouth of the Rio Grande as Post Surgeon. From intelligence kindly com municated by him, and from the Matarnoros Flag of the 13th inst., we derive the following infor mation. The intelligence we have given above of the prospect ofan action at Saltillo is confirmed. AH Gen. Butler’s outposts are said by the Flag to have been driven in, and the attack, it made at all, was expected during the first few davs of February. Dr. Hardy is of opinion that Gen. Taylor’s command at Saltillo would exceed rath- m~9tri —■ in | M i, aw—«■ i■ in i mviuy j ■ er than fall short of C 000 men. Os course,-there was no fear as to tb® result. Many believed that when the Mexicans found him in such force and so strongly posted, the idea of an attack would be abandoned. Very many officers were still of opinion that Santa Anna meditated no serious blow in that direction; that the movement of a division of his army thither was *but a feint, and that he will lead the main body of his forces to Vera Cruz. Various rumors have reached the city by this arrival, some of them to the effect that a general engagement had taken place. To none of these j do we attach anv credence. A trood deal of apprehension is felt at Mata- j moros of an attack from Gen. Urrca. This offi- ; ccr is understood to be on this side of the moun- I tains, at the head 0f4,000 troops. Os these 2,000 j are not to be surpassed in the Mexican service; j the remainder are irregular cavalry of rancheros. Col. Drake has the command at Matarnoros, j where an Indiana regiment is stationed. One | coinpanv of rifles has been detached from it to \ relieve Capt. Lowe, in the command of Fort i Brown. A company of regular recruits was short- i lv expected to garrison that post. Col. Drake j had provided muskets and ammunition fur the use | of the citizens of Matarnoros in case ofan attack. ! ; He had sent to Point Isabel fer several pieces of ordinance for the defence of the city, and Capt. McDougall’s company of Indiana volunteers had been converted into a corps of artillery, and sta tioned in the Plaza. We infer, from all we can j learn, that the danger threatening Matarnoros was not deemed very imminent. AH accounts aeree that the road from that city to Monterey is a perilous one to travel at present, save in consid- 1 erable force. j The troops were still embarking at the month | as rapidly as possible. Gen. Scott sailed on Sa- j turday the loth inst. Gen. Worth had not left ! on the 19lh, and would see his whole command i on ship-board before leaving. The troops would j be concentrated at the isle of Lobos as rapid! v as possible, but we are informed by an intelligent gentleman that it was not supposed the army could move from Lobos before the 18th of March. A Mons. Suzeneau, a respectable citizen of Mat amoros, committed suicide on the lOl.h inst. The infidclitv of his wife is assigned as the cause, and the Flag says that remorse had driven her to self destruction prior toher husband s death. Latent frltm Tampico. The Bremen brig Conradine, Cosra, from ! Bremen, touched at Tampico on the iGth inst. By this arrival letters were recti ed in this city to the effect that Gen. Shield?had issuedan order impressing into the United States service all ves ! sols then in port, to be used as transports to con vey men and provisions to some point unknown to 'the writers. Pmv bo, therefore, that we shall not receive intelligence from Tampico for some i days to come, unless brought hither by a GoVcrn j incut transport. IV pdo not learn that the Con radine brought any further news of the movc ; ments ofthe army. AUGUSTA. GEfr,~ j THURSDAT MORNING, MARCH 4, 1847. inr. Caliiouii and the Democracj-. We were quite prepared for the unanimi ty with which the democratic party of our I entire country has condemned the course of Mr. Calhoun in reference to the war. This was in every way desirable and gratifying. To have shown it the least favour would have been an unjust desertion of an admin istration which deserves the cordial support of the people. It would have been an effort to reverse the solemn decision, solemnly de clared, of the people and of their representa tives in Congress on the causes, the origin and the justice of the war. We are pleased to see Air. Calhoun occupying on this ques tion a position so isolated—" n ’y"‘r with on the part of the democracy. Personal factions cling to him. Personal Admiration of his lofty talents and implicit confidence in his patriotism and purity, se cure to him many devoted adherents. In Florida there lias probably been no well defin ed,established democratic party, acting firmly upon the principles of the party, and holding I them as paramount to personal predilections, i While a territory its public sentiment was split up by personal factions, and votes were I o-iven in her territorial elections more from i ° j regard to men than cardinal principles of i government. Mr. Calhoun’s position there, I if her senators rightly represent public senti ! merit, is probably the result of popular ad | miration for his talents and character. This j is much more certainly the case in South Carolina. There democracy and Mr. Cal houn are convertible terms. There are some few whigs in that Slate, —there are besides some democrats also who are not the mere reflexes of Air. Calhoun—his opinions, views j and wishes. They are independent enough to differ from him sometimes and manly j enough to say so. But the great body of i the democracy there are Calhoun men, “and nothing else.” But leaving out these two very respectable States, the democratic par ty of the Union can have a distinct existence —it can think and act; it can “live, move and have its being” independent of Air. Cal houn. It has inherent strength and slabili ty. It has its grand purposes of action wholly irrespective of the claims and aspira tions of any one man after political power. The aberration or desertion of one man though j “he doth bestride this narrow world like a CoJ | ossus,” does not disturb its onward course or retard its purposes. It will still move on, ma jestic and resistless as the tides of “the great father of waters” to fulfil the noble destinies of our race. Such is the spectacle now exhib ited. The democracy of the land was never more united than in its present determination to brace itself against ail efforts to break its ranks and distract its counsels by means of the recent movements of Air. Calhoun. So far we are pleased and gratified at the spec tacle. But we cannot but regret the bitter ness of denunciation which assails Air. Cal houn from some qaarters of our party. We regret it for the sake of its possible injus tice. Though inordinate and insatiable am bition is in our opinion, the great misfortune, if it be not the besetting sin of Mr. Calhoun’s character, yet we do not believe it has cor rupted his principles, or destroyed his love of country. It has doubtless frequently per verted his judgment and caused him to come to some very strange and monstrous conclu sions, which his great powers as a casuist w r ould render plausible. But it is not neces sary to view him as corrupt, because he sometimes acts and reasons with a degree of eccentricity, which no other leading demo- IHJMII HIM ■ I I 1 v crat gut of the sphere of his personal influ ence could even think of sanctioning. We regret this bitter denunciation for a reason irrespective of Air. Calhoun s perso nal rights and character. We regret it on account of the great principles of democra cy and the measures adopted to enforce them, which he maintains in common with us, and which he has so ardently, ably and faitlnul j ]y advocated. We regret it becau.-e of those ; | great and vital interests of the South, guar- | | antiedto it by the Constitution, which have j I found in Air. Calhoun before the whole civil- I ized world leagued in opposition, their ablest and most formidable champion. We would | be sorry to see his efficiency upon all or any ! ; of these great questions crippled by the de i nunciations and invectives of those w ho think 1 with him in this country. They are yield- I ing, inconsiderate of consequences, to a per sonal resentment caused by a difference of opinion between Mr. Calhoun and the Ad- ; ministration, as to particular measures and a particular line of policy. It is but chari-a --| file—perhaps but just (they should reason) to presume that it is an honest d lie re nee of , opinion. This is not unreasonable. Mr. | Calhoun has in bis time believed honestly ' | and most thoroughly in some very great ab ! surdities. 11 is present views in which he i differs from the Adminisrlalion are not de { nied the compliment of plausibility as pre- I seated by him, even by those who have so | triumphantly refuted them. It is not on a radical question of democra j C y that Air. Calhoun separates from the dem | ocralic party. On fundamental principles he I is sound and true. Those are dear to the democracy. They are in importance far supe rior to any mere question of detail, —a mea sure of mere expediency, involving no prin- [ ciple in any way —one which can neither de feat or promote it. Those principles cannot we 1 spare such a champion as John C. Cal houn. In their advocacy, he is the ally of the democratic party, and as such should be prized. The democratic party as a party owes him no favour, and will show him none. He asks nothing from them. He says he would not turn upon his heel for the Presi dency. We hope the democracy will not give him a chance to do it. Let them take j him at his word. They should certainly show no anxiety to thrust «n honour upon I him for which he professes himself so indif ferent, and for which he may so far have de luded himself, as to believe be is in truth perfectly indifferent. The popular opinion, however, is that the Presidential Chair has ever been to him, from his college : ' days to the present, an attraction to which | his eyes have been turned with a true love i and constancy, for which a poet has found a parallel in the natural world, “Like the suu flower that turns to its God when he sets, The same look that it turned when he rose.” It is no discredit to be ambitious. We would, had we space, write a eulogy upon ( : this divine passion. It is at the foundation I ~r iuuv.li tiuiL ia oubliuiu in patriotism and great in action. To be worthily ambitious is to bo determined to be great and good. To bo known as one ambitious to roach the Presidential Chair, could do Air. Calhoun no disservice. His affectation of Stoical indif- I ference on this subject will neither tend to depreciate in public estimation tfie value of the office, or elevate the opinion entertained of his candour. At the present time Mr. Calhoun is in an attitude of hostility to the administration and of sympathy with its whig opponents, which must render the democrats but little inclined to strengthen his hands or advance his pre tensions. But we deem it unadvisable to pursue a war of denunciation and abuse that can only serve to distract our ranks, drive from them many of his warm friends, and perhaps force him into a partial alliance with the whig party of the South. This last i event is a consummation devoutly wished for i by that party. But there are too few politi , cal tenets held by them in common with that ! great statesman, to render his co-operation possible in advancing their views. Except | ! perhaps upon this war que.-tion, the opinions of Air. Calhoun are diametrically opposed to I those of the wings on all their views of na ; tionai policy. The Palmetto llcgiaicnt. Wc learn (says the Columbia Palmetto Ban j ncr) from a letter written by one of the Field ()f --| fleers of the Palmetto Regiment, dated Feb. 8th } i that three companies of the Regiment reached the island ot Lobos, on the 3d of February, and three others arrived on the 7th, under command of Lieut. Col. Dickinson. The four companies ; which had left Mobile with Col. Butler had not I arrived, but were hourly expected. | The men were generally in the enjoyment of ! good health, and were eagerly awaiting orders to I proceed to their ultimate destination, VeraCruzi upon which it was expected that an attack would be made on or about the Ist of March. The Flour, Cotton and Grain markets. The N. O. Delta of the 26ih ult. says — j The proximity of later news by the Liverpool ! steamer Cambria renders the market dull, i I especially in these times of private expresses ; Flour was quiet—the sales, however, reach ing 5500 bbls. at 06 12i to $6 25 for Ohio brands; besides which 3000 bbls., deliverable a month hence, were taken at 06 00 per bbl- Corn is lower, and only some 20,000 bushels found purchasers, mostly at 95c. to 01 00 per bushel for mixed and prime lots. Provi sions are still on the advance. Sales 0f509 bbls. Loard, at 8 to B§-c. per lb. Mess Pork went up from 014 50 to 015 00 per bbl., with sales of 2500 bbls. mostly at the highest rate. About 4000 bales Cotton were sold. Prices are decidedly looking up again. The Washington correspondent ofthe Balti more Sun, under date ofthe 27th ult., says: “Com. Conner has been relieved ofthe command of our forces in the Gulf, and Com. Pcrrv has taken his place. Air. Perry is a younger officer than Conner, but he has never expressed the opinion that fAa.^astlccannot be taken.” Ulcdleal College of Georgia. A large ami respectable concourse of citizens as sembled yesterday at the Masonic Hall for the purpose of attending the Commencement exercise, of the Medical College. The Hon. C. J. Jenkins, President of the Institution, having conferred the Degree of Doctor of Medicine upon the thirty-three candidates presented by the Faculty, a chastcand appropriate address to the Graduates was deliver ed by the Rev. C. C. Ketrhum,to which a thrilling response was made bv Or. Phinizy, one of the graduating class. The whole ceremony was high ly imposing am) must have been exceedingly grati fying to all who advocate home education. The following are the gentlemen upon whom the Doctorate was conferred: p. T. Trammel, Harris co.. Ga. Richard Olive, Oglethorpe co., Ga. A. A McKee, Jasper co.,Ga. J 31. Conch, CowCla co.. Ga. F. M. llrantly, Merriwether co., Ga. T. H. Phinizy, Augusta. J. P. Hillhouse, South Carolina. A. W. McCoy, Alabama. T. C. Davis, Newton co.,Ga. A. 31. Spalding. Gainesville, Ga. J. D. Cooper, Wilkes co., Ga. S. C. Hitchcock, Canada. 11. A. Shaw, South Carolina. W. B. Shaw, South Carolina. J. R. Price, Jefferson co., Ga. H. R. J. Long, Madison co., Ga. Jno. Rambo,South Carolina. T. J. Darling, Richmond co., Ga. W. T. Z-ichry, Columbia co., Ga. J. W. Hewell, Merriwether co., Ga. S. T. Hrunson, South Carolina. N. R. Fleming, Lincoln co., Ga. F. S. Colley, Hancock co., Ga. Roht. Conijibell, Augusta. Ruhr. Parker, Alabama. G. W. West, South Carolina. W. J. Johnson, Fort Gaines, Ga. J. W. Holt, Alabama. J. 31. T. Gullet, Baker co.. Ga. F. O. Danelly, South Carolina. J. D. Long, .Madison co., Ga. j J. C. Sims, Oglethorpe co., Ga. JA. C. Winn, 'Palhot co., Ga. Tiie Tiu»c«see Deiuscrat. Dp. L F. w. Andrews announces to the readers of the Democrat, that having dispos ed u s an interest in the establishment to Mr, Win, H. Griswold, the business of the office will hereafter be conducted under the name of Andrews At Griswold. From lii’.ig»io!i Jasiniaie. I The schr. Henry Jenkins, Cap.. Watts, ar ’ rived at this port yesterday. By her we received I a file ofihe Jamaica Despatch t<» the 2d uit. —• J They contain no news. We learn from Capt. W.that on tho 20th ult., in hit. 2d.38. lon. 70 38, j he spoke the Hamburgh bark Cuba, from Hava na, the Captain of which kindly gave iiisn a sup ply of provisions. Capt. W. understood from the Captain of the bark, that on the day he left j Havana, 19ih uit., a vessel with Spanish troops j on board, sailed for Tampico. I Ids is no doubt 1 a mistake. A vessel with a portion of the New Yor.c R •giment on board, put into Havana some 9 time since, and we expect they are the troops al ! luded to —Savannah Georgian, 2d inst. {-'j- We are authorized iu announce Dr. J. <•. McWHORTER as a candidate for Mayor of ilia the City of Augusta, at the election on the second Monday in April next. Feb. 16 fcjr We are requested to announce il. D. j BELL, as a suitable candidate for Council in Ward No. 2. Feb. 17 I ~ 55“ J/r. Editor —Please announce ihe follow ing named gentlemen as candidates for Members of Council for Ward No. 1, at die coming election in April next: —JAS. GODB\ , A. P. SCHULTZ. Feb. IS *— 55“ Mr. Editor —Please announce Dr. 1. P. GARVIN as a candidate for Member of Council fur Ward No. 1, and oblige Many v otess. Feb. 20 —* 119 55“ We are autbariseJ to announce Col. G. F. PARISH as a candidate so re-election as 3leraber of the City Council from Ward No. l.,at the en suing election in April next. [Feb. 17 * — 55“ Mr. Editor —Please announce the name of i CHARLES E. GRENVILLE, Esq., as a ean ii- I date for Council in Ward No. 1, And oblige | Feb. 17 *— MANY VOTERS. 55“ DR. J. A. CLEVELAND, Iwis returned to tliis city, and may be consulted at the office of Cleveland <fe Spear, over the store of Messrs. Al j drich & Green. Feb. 23 NEAPO LIT A N liONN ET S . PATTISON, NOE A CO., Patentees and Manufacturers, 23 Delaney Street, New York. j Feb. 23 3m— 121 D AGUERiI EOT Yi* E M I \IAT UR EsT 55“ Mr. C. E. JOHNSON returns his sincere thanks to the citizens of Augusta, f>r their very libera! patronage, and would inform these who have nut already availed.themselvespif his services —that he leaves for New York on the Ist of April. Feb. 28 -lm 126 TO DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. 55“ DR WIST A ICS BALAAM OF WILD CHERRY, the celebrated and infallible remedy fur the cure of Consumption, Asthma, and Liver- Complaint was discovered sume six nr seven years ■ ago, in the city of Philadelphia, the resilience of 1 one of the most distinguished Physicians that ever :• lived. Since that time it has, by its own merits, been rapidly, surely and safely working its way ! through the opposition of quacks and rounterfeit : ers, until, by its true value and intrinsic ex cellence, it has gained for itself a most enviable I popularity, and established itself in the confidence ; cf an intelligent and enlighted public from one end of the continent to the other. The testimony | of thousands who have been relieved and cured by this valuable article, will show that it stands unrivalled—at the head of all other medicines for the cure of diseases for which it is recommended, The genuine Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cher ry is now for sale by duly appointed agents, and all respectable dealers in medicines, in all large cities and all important towns throughout the United States, Canadas and British provinces. Beware of the Syrups and other preparation* of Wild Cherry, which are only imitations. Be careful and get the genuine arid original Dr. M istar’s Balsam of W ild Cherry, signed I. Butts, on the wrapper. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO., and also by THOMAS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers m Medicines generally in Georgia. Feb. 27 +3 — 12G RELIEF FOR TRE LA Nl>. Mayor's Office, ? February 13, 1847. y At the suggestion of the Committee of Five, ap pointed under resolution of Council, for receiving subscriptions for the sufferers in Ireland, that their number is inadequate, I hereby add to that Com mittee the follow ing citizens, with the request that they will serve: John Kerr, Daniel Hand, John C. Carmichael, John Foster, William Walton. Feb. Li L. D. FORD, Mayor.