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THE constitutionalist. 7am es gar oner, JR. T L. R -U S . Pally, p«r annum 00 Tr»-Aeakly, par annum, If paid in advance, 5 tK) Weekly, per annum, ou If Kaid m advance, ~ 50 TO CLUBS. We cell particular u'tentiunlo 'he /aliening terms of our paper: To Clubs, remitting $lO IN ADVANCE. FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers al TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. KTAII new subscriptions ihii.i he paid in advance. Postage must be paid on all (Joratnunicaih ns a»*i Letters of business. rs—- ■ . i K le liic JmioiiU. A fete of i he D inns Exploits of KU- Richmond Recorded hy Grace Greenwood. CHAPTER I. the madcap challenged. Some months sine**, in a lew careless and unambitious sketches, which I took the liberty of flinging before the sovereign paafde. being rather an unimaginative per nonage myself, f pretty fVeqnen Iv pressed into mv service a certain real life char acter. Miss Kate Richmond, my bosom friend and mv heart’s chosen sister. I believe her l » possess great capabilities tor an amusing, unbacknied. life like he roine, and w tb her ladyship’s leave, I have not done with her yet. I am greatlv disinclined to follow in the footsteps of mv illustrious store. wij'. ing predecessors, whose everv heroine rises from the foam and froth of a c<»n. stanfly worked invention, ‘dike Venus coming Born tlie sea,” endowed with every possible persona! perfection—daz zltng, bewitching, subduing. R i *, as a western orator once vet vlt idv remarked. “facts is —facts;" —1C tie Richmond is handsome, and there’s no use to deny it. Yet hers is not beauty for the million its character is decidedly aristocratic.— She is dark, dark as one who-e birth place has slept in the light of those s'ars w hich are nightly gilding the still hallsof the Altiamra. or deeply mirrored in the bosom of the Gaudelqniver. She is con inderahlv above the ordinary feminine height has a full and finely developed form, and a stepand carriage of the bean aiighlh Jtmonian: hut strange to say, her distingu siting trait and ruling passion is one peculiarly ungoddess like and d* mo catic. This is, an ever active and un controllable love of mischief and inn— fun in al! its innocent shapes and varie ties; and on this hinge must swing mv present modest memorials of my ft lend. When the spring of last year was just plowing into summer—when Mav-huds were just blushing into Jone-roses, f found myself rn route for the Fast, with merry Ka'e for one of my travelling companions. She was on her return home from a year’s visit to the far west, away out to Prairie land. For the purpose of reveling in the on quisite scenerv of the Susqr e tannu and Juniata, we took pas-age in a canal pack «-t * that most deserted and forgotten of conveyances—that Josephine of the Na poleon progress, put a wav for the Maria of steamduT), the imperial car, with her long train of superior advantages. Sweet Jmvafa, super h Su-quehanna?— in our recolh'ctioti’s magic realm veare visioned passing fair. Hrp manv years. ; the axe rnav he busy with your (ringing | wild wood—the din of the factory rnav di tnrb the hu-hed si'ence of your shores, liod its exfpits’ve smoke come between your waves and the blue heaven; hut vmtr • 7 * memories .-ha 11 still flow no, pure and ; quiet, and lovelv to nature’s beautiful blending of sunshine ami shadow. Mv friend and I adjured the close and pri-on-like cabin, and -pent most of our time on deck. Here we watcher! the hanks of freJi and delicate green, a< thev glided bv; here the intense delight which is the heritage of the lovers of nature—pure, deep j iv which is the birthright of voting | and healthv hearts, came leaping down I to us. like living streams from those glo non* hills which hemmed in the march of the waters, and almost .se< m.’d to pillar the arched sky. ore evening, all hands (na<senge r s in c’llded.) were rn deck, d j v i"g nrm g nificenl sunset. Kate, who is a delight ful singer, had Men entrancing us fhrthe last half h'Mir, “by special rrquest,” and %va* still in the full tide of snug, wnen the supper hell rang its rude summons. “No. sir, we thank you—we’ve no call \ to eat,” said Kate to our chevalier d es eorte. as he “presented arms” to conduct U'd *wn to the table. 9 “We had rather remain where we are hadn’t we, Grace?”. 1 assented, and resumed mv seat, rn the trunk, by her sid*. well pleased with the arrangement. When the last head had bobbed down the companion wav. Kate exclaimed with a scornful curl of her lip— -4 Heavens'! what poop suhs’it rites fir »oulr* people must possess, who can thus turn from r-cmes like those—who. alter being regiled hv the amhro-ia of such ! poetry for the eve. arvd drinking in the ; nectar of this delicious air. e in de-eend to : banquet on corn cakes and coffee! ’ “And yet, Katleen my darling.” re- I pip'd I, * a perfect equality of ta-te—an universal democracy of poetry were not. after all. deshable. But do you know that after having been patiiotic and sen. timentttl for the otl ers, you have omitted to sing far me! Gve me my favorite §ong now, m'Hvans phit." Kate drew up her queenly head, and while her whole face glowed with impas aioned enthusiasm, her ri h voice poured forth the exulting ami defying ‘ Song of the Rover.” There is not a greater evi deuce of “original sin” yel eurviving ( within tne. unsubdued hy the spirit of i love and peace, than mv passion for that tema i kahle song, I never Inar it hut j that mv cheek hums an I mv eye fl ishes —mv heart heats strongly, almost fierce ly. and mv veins seem touched with I lightning! There is a dashing, driving, j tempestuous spirit about i*. which la-hes i into fury the still waters of the quietest j | nature; \eta-e not its pervading semi* | ments digestible ? ‘ ‘ I fear ri"! the m march —lived not the law; I I*Vf a cempasg to steer hy, a d igger to d aw, S Arul ne’eriis n coward, orr-lave wiM ] kneel I White mj - guns carry shot, ur ray belt hears u steel!** ; Isv ‘ cowa d ’ and “slave*’ I suppose our freiirleman pirate means an honest man. and a peaceful citizen. Yet have I heard this song sung “with immense I applause” in the dome-tic circle, hv the | ehie-t feminine hope of a family hv far too i orthodox to dance —where the squeak of | a fidd e would send a thrill of horror | 1 through every heart where tire pious j | mother has assured me, with solemn ear. nes'ness. that sire wouldn't for fifty, no, j : tint lor a Imndied dollars, have one of i lier sons sufficient 1 v conver-aut w ith cards I | ‘to lie aide to tell a diamond from a trump.' i But to return to mv story. When Kale had fiui-hed her song. she a-ker| in a low tone. “Grace, have you remarked i the young gallant, who has been for some ; tim° riding along the hank of I!ic river, l a rat intently regarding u-?” I glanced shoreward, and mv eve fell | on ii slightly formed, feminine looking ! gentleman, monti’ed on a spirited ami | declicate limhi'd ha v, w liich stepped with j Blangv like 1 ghtness and grace along | the -loping hank. “Isn’t he beautiful?” exclaimed Kate, . with enlhus'asm. “Yes. :i very fine amlmal.” said 1. “Ph-d (I race, 1 meant the rider. Look, j w hat brilliant eyes, and lovely curl-! .shouldn’t you think him very young? “()!i. about twenty five,” 1 carelessly j replied. I “Nonsense! —he can't he more than ; ! nineteen; don’t you see what an innocent, i and brother ish lo ’k the fellow h.r-? | | There! he’s going*—l’ve half a mind to j I fling him a par ting kis-!” | “Yon know you dare not!’’ 1 replied. ( “I challenge you to do //!” “I will pot h • rl tied!” said K »te. and | calmly tor I rl diherafely as \ ictoria i could extend her lutnd to he pressed hv the loval lif>s of a subject, did this pro voking crratu ,- e Liss hers to lire young i stranger! Thank heaven, he was a gen . lleman, and received this nnsolicMl*-rl f.i ■ j vor of heautv as a cavalier of old would 1 have received a ro-e, flung to him from tire bower of a princess. He blusher! with surprise and pleasure. in-tauily dolled his heaver, and honed to hi- sad die how; then wheeling h’s horse, arid j holding his hat in his hriule-hand, he : i da-hed up the (rank, flinging hack kisses | ui every hound! When he disappeared over the brow | ! of the hi I. I looked in Kate’s face, ami Kate looked in mine—ue broke into a | hearty arl sim ill menus laugh, and 1 * thusendelh the fust lesson.” Some months from the time of the no I vel adventure record dah rvp. v. liile ni 1 ralizing in N p w Iviglaml. I received | from Ka’e R chrnond a -mnorvh.il lermtny epis’le. wri’ten from her hom», in H r-l --j eni Penns\ Ivania. 'Jhie opening ot this I letter, being perhaps too honeyed for no ijn-ymathizi 1 g public, I have hatl tne I self denial to omit, —commencing in mv quu'ation. half «av down thepag*: “Anil now, (Irace. I've a story to tell , you—an OC’iml hone flic Story; quite as j romantic and twice as natural a- v<uir j own got-iip afl r i r ; rico in incalent, ! thrilling in interest, and starting as a j thunderclap in its denouement! ‘ f) • von reiuemher the distingue look- Jn»r young equest rain, wlinnr u e saw on the hanks of the Juniata?—he one to whom we. that i- f. kissed my hand at j parting? But. Gemge >and. and (the) j Dir ken-! tin’s i-rr’l the nfic w«r V “I i reeling off a \n*n I shad let grimalkin I nut oilin' reliculn— mv denouement | before mv even s. Piea-e consider that question of mine unasked—it doesn’t mean anything in pamc'ar. “Now I w ill try what 1 can do a la Jarne-; One rnolisfi morning in the latter i pa 11 of the juhilec flrn o'flics and mu-quie- Pies, (the month of Angus’,) two cques train-; one of w horn was a f"o a °. (mv papa and I—you unders'ar.f'.) ngrtha’e hp"n seen urging their fi tv s •rl - along , a dusty marl. The elder (t! ;t s ‘ gov ernor.’) was somewhat jni-t tire p i ne of ) life—his Jocks which had once sie t in | the golden sunlight of youth. «ere sliglit | 1 y -ilvered with the trots of age; vet he j was s’i'l strikingly handsome and dis in guished in his heating, lie wore a Mack | heaver, and a coat of that cdorwh’ch . reveals itself only when light woos it • 1 ke | a lover.—(in visihle green ) all studded : with buttons, gihlr r! till they brightened | i the sunbeams as they threw them hack; j and liis lower limbs were encased in cloth ’ of a light, mixed mater ial (sheep*s-gray.) i “The younger (that’s me.) bore a j strong ir.-rmhlance to the elder. IShe j ; wore a habit of dark blue colth, buttoned i tdoseiv iq» to the throat, somewhat after j the f r-hion of the fa'igne jar kets of the jM> \ : cau missionaries; and a j Hikey cap ’ of black vclvn t was set j iuutiiy on a ; | head of patrician iriould. “The elder equestrian first lirik ll the j silence winch l ad for some time continu ed, hv thus addressing the younger.— “ - Well Kate, after the wild steeds of the West, how like van the horse which 1 have provided?” “ -Tolerably, tolerably, papa,—though his ears do remind one of tho-c which ‘liule pitchers, are satd :o possess, anil his mane is too like a reversed shoe brush uiid his tail to j abruptly concluded to suit my taste.’ “But (Dace, I suppose vou’re thinking that I dnii’i get along very bravelv with Miv story. Oh <lear. I never could make a regular litteraleuse! H->w, in the name of wonders, have ihev managed to break yo\L to the ha i ness? ‘•U ell nothing particular oecurrd w hile oulwanl hound, but on our return why teen, it having become as hot as a slavery dhcussioii in Congress, we took a short cut through the woods. As the path was na now*, ami as’tis inv nalure to be second ;to none, 1 led the way. Mv Itor.-e was the better animal, and we soon left mv i honored sire and ins la ,T,r in ,r steed to their c*o c* j meditations. ‘• Those were glo'ions old trees which hung their shelieiing branches over me, | and beautiful were the shadowy forest aisles w hicli stretched out in the dim distance. I thought I would try their ; echoes, and see what they were like; and j checking the canter of my nag, into an amh'e, 1 opened mv tlnoai cage and let : out mv nightingale-voice, in •! m afloat! I'm afloat!’ ‘•ln trull), 1 never so poured my so id j into that song, —mv voice never seemed to I roll out in such power and vilume; I almost t'ancie 1 that it can ed the young ; branches to tremble, as it passed, and i shook the lingering ‘lew drops from their leaves. Suddenly a horse leaped out of a by-path into ours, and its rider, a gentle man elegatiilv-form> d and wcM d < es-rd. i tinned Ids face lull upon inn. S-i'nts de i fend ns! —tieas the kn>ght of the Juniotu! • Oh, dear fiieml. conceive thmj. for i may not describe the sensations of that ’ mo nen ? The recognition was mutual and ; instantaneous. Soil as statues, we ‘at for ; a moment, forking into each other's >i!lv faces; then I nodded, -lightly and awkward v, scarce conscious of w hat 1 di I, the vming gentleman Ijowim) in retij’ n, grace!nilv ttiid smilingly. then bidding me good morning, in a loud and pleasant tone, galloped on, in the direction from w iiicti 1 came. “I waked until mv father j lined me. and then in as ca rplpss a manner as I could assume, iiKiui’eii it he had met a young horseman on tie wav. , “ Ye/ Katv ’ “ W. M- who is he?’ ‘■Wfiv, ii’s Lieut. A ; he’s hern this week dr mnuiiiig up r»*ct nits for F ilk’s crusade; and hv the wav. as he is th- •■onefold college f»i« ml I have hall a mini to invite him to dinner some of these days. Shull I, eh?' “ ‘Just as mnmvia thinks best,’ 1 replied, f 0 m't von think that hi- might have known that something was in the wind, hv this sn Iden, pattern datighlerisli de ference?) ‘•Well, the invitation was given, and accented—the young officer came and w hs form i! 1 v iirtroducedby mv ct ing pilfia. 'The dinner went off rather tdeasantlv. all things con-idm-el. though I was sadlv nervous and distraite and the lieutenant provokiugly coo! and unembar. rassrd, ‘Von imv repent this, young gentle man!’ whispered my wicked spirit, pro plie’ii ally. ‘ In n conversation w ith mv father, nur martial guest stated that he was anxious. lv expect ing ordc rs for Mexico, and that he longed for atl opportunity to disfiri guj-h himself in the present war. Oh »!or\! •■Can’t you understand. Grace, w ithout mv wa-ting wo ds and ink. pisi how mat. tors progressed. when I tell von tha* I was bent fiu a little anrisemunt, and a hit of femitt't e revenge, for what I considered inv-va rrant i ule vanity an! assurance and that lie was boyishly s- s»v»ptild»». and soil c needed and soldier like, bent upon conquests. Os to q'laiutanee advanced, to use a most original comparison. ui h telegraphic sooed. We stro'led and rode tngpiher, and 1 listened with breathless in terest. to I is of West Point, (the mo-1 stupid things imaginable ) and made mv eves fl ish. an I t ied to look | fi-Tee and patriotic, when he laked of , nt'kinj fool tracks in blood, Trough the j •I falls of the Monfeznmas.* cl. ’(>o!i I mv word I had no ll weight of anvtlong j more serious than a fli'fati m; and was qnke taken hv sti-mise. when he laid i pirno-i siege to tno citad dos mv heart, lie fir>! o *ened up m it a dpi;! i rati mean j n ‘fade, follow ed hv a heavy vo lev of vows;— 1 esoiighl to raze it tot he level o! his on n hv cxplos ve sighs he made on its danders a -word charge of piercing! g'anees, and kept up a s'radv fire of deli, cite attentions. But he was repulsed, bravely, tv h'v. repulsed, though I sav it lie re'r mte I at I a -t. it) d spair. and f>r ti na'e’x the vnv m\t day brought the Jon; looked for order, and glory claimed her son! “M iv we not hope that the voting M irs, unsprung from Love’s enervating much of ruses, and flung from lion its unworthy and mocking dreams, to pursue with undiminisli ed vigor, his stormy ami fiery careed “A mihtarv uniform is a very pretty dress, Lieutenant,is a romantic title.—and Iveur. : \ i< a \ cry handsome nnn; but you are aware that there is a certain 'noble civilian.’ whose pictured semblance lies m’Xt this faithful heart—‘ha*, in diort. [ am not mine own; —and then, I dun I approve <f the Mexi can rear. ‘Tire closing this letter, I would put mv whole heart into an entreaty that you will come and spend October with me. Mv pa reins will then b" ah-ent, on a long visita tion to the west, and I shall he lell with the carp of the house of Il'chuiond, aril i’-' hopes. Brother lorn ha- promised to break count jug-house, and cut the\a*d stick. lor a whole fortnight at home, then, and voti (nu>t know 'Tom; tie’s only two years my senior.ami mv mascuhn z*d counterpart. So von will he sure to l.ke bun. Adieu, adieu , 7 na chere. Kate. Moral; Young lad>s who do not approve of the Mexicali war, ahmild not kiss tl eir hands to innocent, civilian-looking young slranwers, who mav be officer-*, in aodrea.-’- 9 ' * AUGUSTA. GEO.. M .NitAV MOKMAG, MAUCII SJS, 1847. O“We congratulate our c;tiz*ns on the prospect of hiving some good music this I week. The Concert advertised for Wednes- : day evening, in tins morning’s paper, will be worthy the attendance of our amateurs, The ; performers formed a part of the Seguin troupe | | which gave such satisfaction in Charleston. \\ e should not here omit to be-peak tlie* kind consideration of the public for the ju- j venile display of the Hardwick’s, advertised 1 fur to-morrow evening. (CTW e see it tiietitioiied in the New Or- j lean- Bee of the 22.1 Mexico, that Cens. Lombardiui and Fachlpo, were among the prisoners reported to have i been cap'ured by Gen. Taylor iii liis recent hattie. The Savannah Georgian of the 2Gt!i inst. says —“We regret to announce an accident to H<>n. W . C. F.cuing, Ju he of the Superior Courts of this Distru t. Ue was riding on horse back yest.-rday aft on non, when the animal he i came frighten 4 and run with him, and throw | hi u agdust a tree near Mrs. Marshall’s let, op i posite Mr. Owen's resilience. Ihe Judge, we | are happy to state, escaped with a slight i«rui.-e, j which his medical attendant i firms us, will not I confine hi.u to Ids house an re than one or two I days.” Georgia Arrow Coal. 'Piie Macon .Messenger sav.-—”\Ve have been presented hy Mr. D.imour, with a sam ple of Georgia Arrow Boot. It looks finely, j i and from the testimonials of Chemists and j Umggis’s, it is fully equal, if not superior to the best Bermuda Arrow Hoot.” Factor]*. The Ma< on Mes-enger of the 25 ii inst. | say-—**A Cotton Factory propelled hv steam, commenced operation in .Milleilgeville about ; a mouth since, with about, two thousat d spin- | dle>; :md is prod icing yarn of the very best ! quality, some of which may be seen in our ; j market. They will soon commence weav- j ing, when a much larger number of spindles j will be put in operation. 'The investment will, no doubt, be a food one to the IS lock- ! i ° holders, and we trust that they will never ’ have cause to regret having adopted steam i instead of wafe#as a propelling power.” The Legislature of Virgan a adjourned on the 231 m-t. after a laborious session of lU7 davs, having pas-ed (says the Richmond, 1 Whig) an unusually large number of laws, j amounting probably to upwards of 300, many | of them of vital and enduring importance. Tlic.Xcws by the llibcraia. The papers received iiy la t evening's mail j 1 tiring us the advices per Hibernia in fa I. 1 ! The political news from the entire continent I of Europe is devoid of interest, and we tliere ! lore confine our extracts principally to corn- i mercta! and shipping intelligence. Alarming accounts of famine come from 1 ; ,-verv part of France. Va-t supplies are ’ I ordered from every quarter. Compla nts are 1 made in the papers that so inncli less grain i comes from the C. States to French than to 1 English ports. Lirge orders it is sa d have j pom • out by tiie ste nn *r. Bis siui tit it the French are about to take military possession j <( r Mij >rca, Minorca an 1 (vica. Very large I sinpmmifs of grain for J] iglan I and France • have been made at (’on-lantinople. Tiie French Chamber has voted to increase the •army by adding 210.000 troops. The E.ioque j newspaper Ins been m»rg-*l in the Tresse. O’Con iell is npidly sinking. II s physi cians have announced that he is too weak to write letters, and his son stated that at one „• tiie repeal meeting. Willtner & Smith’s Times says; •*\lr. O’CounM!, it, is said, is dying. 'The j state of his health prevents his rem >v ii to | I eland. ll.s confessor. Dr. Miley, left D iblin, hv express, to at ten 1 him in L m lon. I where he no\y remains. Ilis complaint is I .-taied lobe water on the che.-t and dropsy I in the legs—fatal symptoms ever at. his time of life. 'Tiie number of inquiries daily a* Irs | hotel is great,and it is said a servant from j the palace is amongst the number.” 'The lr sh poor are emigrating in great numbers, chiefly to the U. S. All ih* ready ! ports are crowded, hut the Chronicle says, I "unfortunately those " hose loss will be severely felt as they possess pecuniary means an I are not destitute.” Freight tor j steerage passengers has risen to 4 guineas. Landlords are aiding their peasantry to emi grate. Mr. R. S. Guinness.of D iblin, has issued an address to his poorer ten miry in the conn ! ty of Wexford, offering jC3 to each person . I in a family, provided the whole go together, ; and also JCI for each individual, the latter sum to be paid on arrival in New \ork, Quebec, or any o'her American port that | in iy be fixed mum. . The progress of Pfarvition among the | , Irish still continues. Rev Mr. Newell writes 1 that in the pirishes of Oranmore and 8.l- j limacniirty 51 persons have perished from lack of food since D 'eem')°r. The new poor law, proposed by the Government is strongly | opposed. 'The steamer Great Western is advertised for sale.— The new .steamers for the British Company are to be called the j America, Canada, Ntag in an 1 R irope. S. S. ('air, K-q., one of the paring of the house of Btring Brothers, and cliief manager of the Liverpocd branch, died on the 13-h. It is said tint the Gveir Britain steamer is now secure. dThe Emperor of Russia has : forbidden tiie establishment of the 'Telegraph r in his domioione without liia permission. The French Government has authorized the con* } cession to a company, hoaxed by Mes-srs. Iloroal & Hand* 1, of Four steamers belong ing to the N»vv,»o estab ish a line between Havre and N. V«»rk. These vessels are worth 1 ,BO 0.000 francs, an 1 are to carry the mails for nothin:,'. Immense numbers of French people are preparing to cm grate to the United States. The Pope is making new concession to the Jews, and the Sultan in doing the same towards the Christians. In France the scarcity is on the increase, and prices are advancing. The mo-t alarming accounts have come in from Lower Normandy, and a general scarcity is apprehended along the coast. The cold in Paris ha> hern iuten.-e, the thermometer having fallen to 13 degrees bdow the freezing point. M. Martin du Nurd, Minister of Justice, was so ill that his recovery was not expected. The Bank of Marseilles has raised its discount to G per rent, [ From Smith's European Times,March 4.] CO >i M LKCtAL. Although the markets, generally, have been free from excrement, still business has been steadv, and transactions to a fair extent in most articles have been » tF-ctcd. The imports, especia II v of Ba‘;id St nils, have been extensive, and would, no doubt, have con tinued so, hut for the prevalence of easterly wind •, winch check the progress of home ward hound ships. The sta’e of the Sugar market has b‘*en one nfquietness during the last month. The stuck of VVe-r India is now hut sinail much les- than at tics time last year; slid, latterly, there has not h |j en evinced great de.-ire to purchase, as lhe,lrade are enah'ed to supply tnem-elves vvitli o her ilescripturns on mure advantageous term-; in cou-i-queio o. prices have somewhat declined. West Julia lies cripiions continue to be limited in supply; at | present is a very smai qumtity in first i ii -nds. The stuck is 57M5 ceks less than at the same date last year. Several well informed parties seem to think flint Sugar has reached its maximum price for the pre sent. In consequence of West India hav ing a'lained a logh quotation, buyers resort to Mauritius; and of litis description there is ; a large simply, quite sufficient tor the wants of the trade. The new Sugars, too. are now arriving in fact they have already dune so, and there can he little doubt that prices will yield. It is.expecied that the quality of the new cm a will lie superior to ihai of la.-n year. The Cotton market has been in a very qui escent state s nee our last publication. The sales have been only to a moderate extent, and although speculators and exporters have been purchasing more extensively, no change for the better has Ink- n place in pi ices. As we have before intimated, the prostrate cam- j dition of the trade in Lmrashire must exer cise a very important influence upon the j prospects of this staple tlurn g the present I vear. 13V the latest advices Imm Manche - j ter, we find < ou-uderaalily more business In s bum doing there ot late, tint at prices low and uuremimeraling to the producers. I 1 i- i indeed asserted, that in some instances as low rales have been accepted fur cash as were current previous to the commence ment of the advance in the r w material at j the end of November last There was. how ever, an opinion gaining ground that lor the ; jj-Vsenl the lowest point of depression had been pas-ed, which vve sincere'y hope may ; pr.--ve ti e C tse. Toe entire sales during’the ; m'-n'li did no* ex< tuul 87,610 hales, of winch : 1)7 !)J0 were Amer can. (T tin* quantity -old consumers and dealers look 60.-90 hales, (nea r lv -1700 hales less linn inJ vint irv.) of which 41.320 were American; speculators 23 500 (tales of American, and GOO Lgyi-tiau, and exporters 2.500 I ales of American. 1,770 Lgyitiian. and 050 Surat, 'i he export de ni I ml is going to b* a more than usually im portant feature in our m o k-’t for montiis to eomc; tins now is, and inu-f long continue to he, by far the cheapest market lor the (Vn tine ital buyers to operate in. Bv' the latest advices from tin* United Suites, ‘"tair quali ties of Upland had -o advanced, that they could not he laid down under I per il> . whereas th»*ir present value here is barely <>| | ; and sultsequent advices w ill, in all pro hth lnv. show' a further advance on the other side, to the advantage of this, as an export nn 1 kef. We now give the following table of comparative prices: Javuarv I, 1317. Bowed Georgia 511 to SI Mobile ' 511 i" 31 Alabama & Tennessee 51 to (id New-L)rlt-aus 5*4 to 'Jd .March 1, 1317. Bowed Georgia 51 to7ld JMolii’e “ 54 to Ti l Alaham i & Tennessee t" . r 3 1 New Orle.-uis 5. tt>S; i The accounts from the raanufictm ing di.-tricts are not so favoratde as could lie wished ; it is feared tlint the high price of provisions will seri ously ass-ct the-prog trade. Serious apprehensions of trouble with France, consequent upon a misimdersi Hiding belvv -*-n the iiritisfi Embassador and die French Freini-r. were entertained in February. The iilT.ir grew out of an intimation front 31. (oiiz »f that l.ord I’oiisuiihy laid e veit a false account i fan ofll ial interview between iln-ra, but the dispute has been satisfacto rily adjusted. LIVERPOOL, M irc't 3 --Grain. Prohi bit. stocks of Grain and Fiour at Liverpool, .March Ist, 1M47. — 70,G00 (quarters of Wheat, 4IK),IKK) lib s, ot Flour, 25 Oja q s. . { B - tns, 10,- 000 q s. of P- us. 5 )U0 qrs of Barley, 8,000 qrs. «; Oats, and 30 00J qrs of Indian Uor i. '1 tie impoit list tins week exhibits ratuersmall supplies of each articles oftm* tradvvltirh tiny b -attri buted to the prmaiing easterly winds, but the ! exj.ortslo Irelan 1, of ( revtou-i purc.inse. are to a large extent. The business of the week has been 1 moderate. Several patccis of vV'bear have been I taken for Ireland and the local millers and deal i er- - , at an advance ot Id to 2dj»cr bushel Flour I hash en held with trere firmness, and inn few instances Is6d per bbl more monev lias boon nb i tained. Western Canal h f. ing been so d at 42s to 42s 0.1 per bbb, 1 ulthi- sale lias n t b en fiee. Indian Corn has bare'y supported the rates ot ’ Tuesda' last, but a fuirqumt ty lias hern taken for Irish pirc irs rs, A n rLm while Corn has br> ugio (ills to 705., and yellow 73s per 410 llis. B.irlcv lias become scarce, and is lather im proved m vane. O its an f B -am have sold slowly, and prices are the turn lowt r. Peas are i without alteration, wish a limited demand. ! At this morning’s market there was a lively i demand for Wheat, at the advanceot Friday, ij ; to 2.1 p r busdel.and a few instances *lt .1 improve | ment was slidillv exceeded. Fiour was in U nil -1 ed request, and eh *ice Western Canal was of fering at 42s per bbl. Sack Flour very dull. In j dim Corn declines Is per qr. Birlev. Oats, Beans, and Peas c,>>old only he sold in ret iil qu >n titics.and at barely sogood prices as on last Tues day. A.MSTF.RD \M—The Colton mirk**! presents, no new Famre won by of notice, the trade be ng quiet, with little ch »uge iu pi ices. ANTW ERP.—-There are hardly any ttoits to re|>ort. in our <'olonial markets. Sales to the extent of 400 ) to 60lH) bag- of Rice was made 1 < n the 23d uit., for export, either to England or j France. HAMBURG —There is hut a small stock of Cotton-on hand; the sales, howeVer, are limited but we cannot noie any change in prices. #"” " ' Coll on. Tlfo-o who a >o inteiosled in the pur. efia-e nr growth of Gallon, are invitetl to ' exajnine a sample which has been left at our nflfinf*. It « - as raised on the plantation of Mr. John \V. Carrulhors in Pula»kt Country, from seed ohtainrd in Missis sippi, and is the first offhe kind that tvas ever grown in Georgia. 'l’he l»o!l is very full, the staple long and silky, and the yield ahuiidiini,— Wear© informed that forty-five (mils of it weigh a pound Savannah Georgian 2 G/h inst. fTTKiiyghtoti, describing the dress of tfie women ot fashion at public diversion in In* lime A I). 1341. says, “These toifhiaments ; are attemled bv many ladies of the first rank and the greatest beauty. They are drest in party « oloured tunics, half of one colour and : half of another; their tippets are very short, ! their caps remarkab'y little, and wrapt about llietr heads with cords; their girdles and i pouches ornamented vvi! it gold nnd silver, ami t tiey wear siiort swords called daggers befo e, i a little below llteir waists. 'l'hey are moiin • | ed on the finest horses with the richest furni i lure, and in this attire they ride about fruta place to place in quest of tournaments.” The Village of Taos, in New Mexico, where the recent massacre commenced, i- a small place of 2 000 inhabitants, on the R. Grande, and according to the New Ymk Uoinmerctal. about sixty miles northwest of Santa F< ; and though it is a hundred nearer to Independence. (Mo) than Santa Fe, tho wagon road from Independence to the latter is d rec». passing (mm the southward of Taoi. Bent’s Fort, again, is fifty or sixty miles north-east of Taos, »o which therein no wag on road from the Fort. General Kearney’s line of imrcli to Santa Fe was by Beni’s i Fort, whence h s corns deflected sharply to the southwest, leaving Taos lar to the west and souilt. QCr The Anniversary of the AUGUSTA AUX IUUAIIV BIHUS SOCIE TY, will be celebrated iu the Mmlioclist Church This livening— the ex- I ereises to commence at i past seven o’< Jo k. An I annual repert will he read, and addresses may be expected frum liev. E- P. Rogers, Dr. Pierce and o; hers. The public are respectfully invited to attend. March 27 ' 149 HOT lie iGv. E. P. KOuEuS will preach ia the I’reslry terian Church This Morning. March 27 149 WisUir’s B.ilsLim of Wild Cherry. KjxDKauooK, N. V., June 20, j 846. Mr. Seth W Fowls : Sir—tiaving in the year 1844, been attacked | with a severe affection of the Lungs, with pahm I in the hreiist and si ie, I purchased a bottle of j ‘ wiii’Aß’s balsam of wild ciiEßiiV/* I which, before I bad consumed the. contents of one bottle, performed a complete cure. I can with as surance, recommend it to ray fellow-men as being a most valuable medicine,.and which cannot fail, iu any aiPclioii of the Lungs, to afford relief. JAMES LATH HOP. Mr Fowle—These lines are at your option; do with litem as you see fit. It is a true certificate. J, L. None genuine unless signed I. Bctts on She i wrapper. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by 11 \VI LAND, RISI.EV & CO., and also by THOMAS BARRETT A. CO., and Dealers in ! Medicines generally in Georgia. March 25 t 3 159 I ' pas7'utfTceTafgusTAT( ’ Maucii 25, 1817. ) Agreeably to r- rent Acts ot Congress and in structions from the Post-Master General, Cue fol lowing new regulations will be observed at this office: Ist. Transient Newspapers, or those, not sent fr un the office of publication to subscribers, an J , Handbills or Circulars printed or lithograph) d, (not exceeding one sheet in size,) and unsealed, are subject to THRKK cents postage, which must he -pre paid, or they will not be mailed. Ifsca/ct/ they vvi 1 Pc rated un I forwarded as letters. 2vd. Letters, Newspapers and Packages not exceeding om- ounce in w. ight, addressed to any Officer, viu-iciaii or Private in the Army ufthe L uiicii Stuti s in Mexico, or of any post or place on the fti> tier of the United Stales bordering on Vlcxi o, will pas* free in the mails if alter the name of tin- person addressed is added "‘belonging to the Army.” 3.(D. L -iters addressed to different person*, cannot be enclosed in the i-auie envelope or pack- I age, under a penalty of Ten Do.tars, uules. ad : dressed to Foreign countries. E. B. GLASCOCK P. M. mar 4. G Mr. JAdiiur Please announce Dr. 1. I*. j fi WIVi.N as a candidate for Member of Council for Ward No. I, ami oblige Many Voters. Feb. 20 —* 119 ittr Mr. Editor —Please announce the name of CH \RLES E. GRENVILLE, E-q., as a candi date for Council iu Ward No. 1, And oblige Fell. 17 *— M\NV VOTERS. iKr DH. J. A.WCLEVEE VNd| has heturued to tins city, and may he consulted at the office of < levelitud &- Spear, orer the store of Messrs. Al ! drich &. (ireen. FVb 23 irdr’Weare authorised to anuouuce Col. G. F. PAUI'IIas a candidate so re-election as Member of the City Council front Ward No. 1., at the en* ruing election in \[>ril next. [Feb. 17 * — IX7* We are authorized to announce TrlO *! AS HOPKINS, as a candidate for Council, from Ward No. 2. March 12 927“ Mr. Editor —Please announce the follow ; iug named gentlemen as candidates for Members of Council for Ward No. 1. at the coming election in April next:—J AS. GODI3V, A. P. SCHULTZ. Feh. IS * SC7*BE.NJ. CON LEV w ill he supported for re el-'cvion, as a Member of Council in the Third Ward, at the ensuing election. March 11 Wo are authorized to announce Dr. L. D. * FORD, a«« a candidate for re-election to the May | orally of this c iiy. [March 6 131 . ! CO’ We arc authorizenl to announce Dr. L. A. DUG AS, as a candidate fur re-election to Council , from the second Ward, at the election to he held in April nest. March a We are authorized to announce Dr. i. G. • McW IIORTER a a candidate f(»r Mayor of the ’ the City of Angus a, at the election on ihe second . Monday in April next. l‘eb ' OC r We are requested to announce 11. D. r BELL, as a suitable candidate for Council in Ward No. 2. • Feb. IT