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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
' JAMES GARDNER. JR.
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[From the New Orleans Picayune, 6th inst.\
Action of the Mexican Congress.
Immediately on the receipt ot tlie news ot
Santa Anna’s defeat at Cerro Gordo, the Mexi
can Congress held an extraordinary scssi >n.
T he following account ol its proceedings is
lated from El Republican )ot luc 21st April. It
comes in the shape of a preamble and eight ar
ticles, and we give it enti: c.
The sovereign constituent Mexican Congress
in use of the full powers with which the inhab
itants of the Republic have invested it for the
sacred object of saving its nationality, and as a
faithful interpreter of the linn determination
with which its constituents are decided to carry
on the war which the United States are now
making on the nation, without desisting on ac
count of any kind of reverses; and considering
that under these circumstances the lirst public
necessity is that of preserving a centre of union
to direct the nation d defence w th all the energy
that circumstances demand, and to avoid even
the dinger ol a revolutionary power arising
which might dissolve the .National Union, des
troy its institutions, er consent to the dismem
berment of its territory, has determined to decree
as follows :
Art. I,—The Supreme Government of the
Union is authorized to dictate ail necessary mea
sures for the purpose of cam ing on the war, de
fending the nationality of the Republic, and
saving the federal republican form of govern
ment under which the nation is constituted.
Art. 2.—The preceding article dot's not au
thorize the Executive to make a peace with the
United States, conclude a negotiation with for
eign powers, nor dispose, in whole or in part, of
the territory • f the Republic,
i Art. 3. —Neither does it authorize him to
juakecontracts of colonization, impose punish
ments, nor confer any civil or military employ
ments other than those whose appointments are
expressly entrustid to him by the constitution
ArL -i.—Every agreement or treaty shall be
null and void which may be made between the
Government of tlie United States and any au
thority whatever, which, subverting the actual
order of affairs, should set aside or take the
place of the legally established supreme powers
ot the Union.
Art. s.—Everv individual is declared a traitor,
let him boa private person or public functiona
ry, who, either in ids private capacity nr invest
ed with any authority, incompetent or of revolu
tionary origin, mav enter into treaties with the
United States of America.
Art. G.— In Ihe event that the actual Congress
finds it impossible to continue its sessions, a per
manent committee shall be immediately installed
to be composed of the oldest individual then
found present of each deputation.
Art. 7. l ids committee, in the absence of
Congress, shall perform tlie duties of a Govern
ment Council; shall appoint, in case of vacancy,
the person who is to take charge temporarily of
the Executive powers ol the Republic; shall reg
ulate the counting and taking of the votes in
the election of a new President; shall give pos
session to the elected person, and shall call to
gether the national representation.
Art. B. The powers which the present de
cree confer on the Government shall cease as
soon as the war is concluded.
Such is about the amount of the proceedings
of the meeting of the Mexican Congress, held
immediately after the news had reached the capi
tal of the disastrous defeat at Cerro Gordo. The
ei it r of El llepuUhcano, in speaking of this ex
traordinary session, in his paper of the 21st
April, says that “to the honor of the legislative
body it ought to be observed, that yesterday more
than eighty members assembled, and that no oili
er than sentiments of patriotism were heard ex
pressed. May the common danger thus unite
all the Mexicans, ami cause to disappear even
the names of our sad dissensions.”
[Correspondence o f the N. O Picayune .]
Jalapa, Mexico, April 28, 1847.
The diligencia came in this morning
from Perole, but from no point orr the
other side, as the Governor of Puebla
has ordered it to cease running this way.
Passengers came through,however,bring
ing papers and verbal news, and in as
concise a form as pos-ihle I will give
your the amount of the intelligence.
Among other rumors brought by. pas
sengers, is one to the effect that Mr.
Bankhead, the British Minister, has re
newed his offers of mediation between
Mexico and the United States, and that
when the last diligencia left the city of
Mexico the Congress was acting upon his
propositions, wha lever they may have
been. Notwithstanding the fixed and
denunciatory tones of the public press,
there is certainly a peace party in Mexi
co, and there may be something in this
report of English intervention in the dis
tracted affairs of Mexico.
Col. Garland’s brigade left the Castle
of Perote yesterday morning at day-light
for Tepe Agualco, and will reach that
place to night. Major Smith’s light bat
talion, a froop of dragoons, and Col.
♦ Duncan’s battery accompany Col. G.—
We learn here that Gen. Worth lias
been very succesful in collectin'* sup
plies.
An intelligent man with whom I con
versed, says that the Mexicans neither
will nor can make any opposition at Pue
bla. The population is one. of the worst
in Mexico and the most inimical to stran
gers; yet the dreadful defeat at Cerro I
Gordo has completely paralyzed them.
At the city of Mexico, a few light breast
works have been thrown up. not only a<
you enter the place by the Vera Cruz
road, but on the mad leading to the Con
vent of our Lady of Guadalupe; but
nothing like a regular system of defence
has been as yet undertaken. Not only
the Government hut the citizens appear,
with all their vaunlings, to have become
filupified at the succession of defeats
which have befallen their country, and
know not which way to turn nor what to
do. Santa Anna has written to the Gov
ernment from Orizaba, stating that he has
1600 men, and wants reinforcements
and money; but his demands have been
unheeded. At the city of Mexico, as
well at in other places, the people appear
to have lost much of their confidence in :
the “Hero of Tampico,” and many have j
openly accused him of cowardice at Cerro
Gordo, as well as of having sold the bat
tle to tlie Americans. lam living at the
Casa d 5 Diligencicis , or Genera! Stage
[louse, and at breakfast thys morning
some of the foreigners were speaking ot
a bodv of men, under Gen. Leon, vv ho
were on the march front Oajaca to join
Santa Anna, and they also said that Leon
had shot two muleleers on the plea that
they had aided the Americans.
The Mexican ladrones on the road ap
pear to he more at war with their own
countrvmen than with ours, probably be
cause they can purchase easier victories.
Two Mexican officers who left here a few
davs since for the capitol, both of whom
were wounded, were set upon hv banditti
on the road, and not only were they rob
bed but one of them was severely mal
treated. The news has also come in well
authenticated,that Capt. Aranjo.a marine
officer, who commanded both at Vera
Cruz and Cerro Gordo, was killed by an
Indian three davs since. He had abused
the alcalde of the village, when one of
tlie bystanders shot him dead on the spot.
Araujo was a noisy, blustering fellow,
and his ow n countrymen do not appear to
shed any tears at his loss.
A paper published at Puebla on the
21tliinst., La Verdad Demons/rada.carae
to hand to day. 1 could only obtain the
paper for a short time, but long enough
to see that the fierce wrath of the editor
was fairly boiling over. lie denounces
the, Yankees, he denounces every body
that will not turn to and help him to de
nounce them. He pretends that there is
a party in Mexico, headed the by Rojon
and Gomez Farias, who are for selling
the great Mexican Republic to the North
American vandals. The following is a
translation of a short article in La TVr
dad Demonsirad/t, which is given as a
specimen of the editor’s thunder.
“By priva’e letters We learn that the
iniquitous Pitros [the party of Farias,
who are Republicans or ultra Democrats]
are anxious to raise another pronuncia
mento, and proclaim a union w ith the ab
horred Yankees. Farias is at Toluca,
(a city 18 leagues west of Mexico.} with
the traitor Alaquibel, preparing measures
for the enslavement of ids country. Re.
; jon is equally hard at work at the city of
Mexico. The valiant soldiers of the bat
talion of Hidalgo arrested him the other
day. hut the Government has placed him
at liberty.
’ “Thecunningdissirnulator Senor Ibarra,
venomous as a reptile, crawls forth ob
scurely from his lurking place to day,
in order that to morrow he may plant his
malignant teeth in the vitals of the Re.
! public. All those spurious Mexicans
wish to assassinate their country. fmpi
nus ones! Mav The anger of God con
found, an ! popular indignation extermi
nate them!
“Long live independence and liberty!
Off with tlie head ofthe vile traitors! Mav
! they die, to wash out with their blond the
infamy they would bring upon the poor
nations! And let us all prepare for a
universal uprising, which, like an electric
fire, will consume and devour the Yan
kees.”
Whew! one has to take a long breath
after reading this. What the editor is
driving at it is difficult to divine; for the
idea that either Farias or Rejon wish
to sell their country is perfectly prepos.
tcrous, ailoast to the Americans. Ibarra
has been Governor of Puebla: Olaguibel,
1 believe, is still Governor of Toluca,
and there is not one of these nrum who
holds other than tlie rno>t cordial hatred
to the United Stales, if their past acts
are to go for any thing. It may he that
the editor wants “something to tear,” and
is prudent enough to take hold of men
who for the present are politically dead.
Majors Borland and Gaines, Capt.
Clav, with the other prisoners taken at
Incarnacion some months since, are said
to he at liberty in the city of Mexico. No
less than six of tlie par(\% as it is reported,
have already been assassinated by the
Mexicans.
Senor Atocha, who came out from tlie
United States with some propositions of
peace, or something of (lie kind—it turn
ed out to be a species of fool’s errand, at
all events —catches it severely in EI Re
pnhlicano of the 19th inst. The editor,
in an ar’icle headed “Don Olijandro
Atocha,” goes on to sav :
“This man hasarrivedat Vera Cruz.
This circumstance is rnoie aggravating
than any misfortune that has befallen us
in our war with the Americans. The
losses which we have suffered, the affairs
of Palo Alto, la Resaca, Matamoros, la
Angosturas, fatalities or misfortunes oc
casioned bv whatever cause, were oc
currences to be found in tlie regular or.
der of events; but theanivalof Atocha
in Mexico, and his intervention as a ne
gotia’or of peace, confers upon us the
greatest stain, tlie greatest contempt, and
the greatest degradation. Atocha was
here in certain times of pilfering and im
morality; he made a rapid fortune, such
► s are made under cover or under the
auspices of certain cabinets; he was ex
iled and proscribed, in the year 1844, as
as enemy of the national representation,
as a traitor, and as an exciter of revolt,
fie had the shamefacedness to return to
Vera Cruz in February last to propose a
peace, was despised, and now, after the
lo.ssofVera Cruz, he presents himself
again with the same object. This is the
worst that can happen to Mexico? Atocha
the immoral pimp ofthe heartless leeches
of times past, comes as the broker of a
peace which Mexico is asked to make!—-
Oh ! God ! this is the greatest sign that
thou hast forgotten us! Send upon us
bombs, rifles, grape shot, and every class
of projectiles and misfortunes; burn us,
reduce us to ashes, destroy us—these an
nihilate but do not dishonor us; send the
entire North to subjugate and rule over
us, but let not Alociia be the broker of a
contract ot peace, involving
uj>on us the greatest scorn and the great
est humiliation, would ba, oh ! God ■ thy
greatest punishment !”
Now, this is all very well. The send
ing of such a person as Alocba to this
country—a man universally hated and
despised by ail save a few Government
stock jobbers—was ceMainly most hu
miliating to the people here, and any
tiling but calculated to open a door for a
peaceful settlement of difficulties; and
hence no one can blame the editor of El
Republicano, or anv other editor for open
ly speaking their minds in relation to sue!)
an agent. But the writer in El Repub
licano has neglected to inform us on one
important point. He speaks of ‘‘certain
times'"’ and “certain cabinets.” Why
did he not come out openly and say that
Atocha’s partners and friends were San
fa Anna and some of his ministers ? and
why did he not come out at once and "say
that these men employed Atoclia to do
their dirty work, and help them out in their
peculations tc defraud the poor Govern
ment? No, they throw every thing upon
the shoulders of Atocha, because some of
ids former associates are slid in power. —
All fids, however, does not shield from
blame those who sent Atoclia here—the
very last man who could bring about a
reconciliation—unless the intention was
still farther to exasperate the pcojdo of
Mexico.
El Monitor Republicano of the 21st
nil., contains Gen. Taylor’s address to
the inhabitants of Tamaulinas, Nueva
Leon and Coahuila, in relation to the out
rages committer! hv Urrea. The editor
contends that all Urrea’s acts were honor
aide and legitimate, alludes to the bom
bardment of Vera Cmz as an off-et to
any acts of the Mexicans winch may be
construed into atrocities, and speaks
openly of the barbarities of,Scott and the
despotism of Taylor. [ Las harharidades
de Scott yel despoti*mo de Taylor ] I
’nave no time to send you a translation,
for the article i« verv long, hut cannot sav
that the editor handies his subject very
ingenious] v.
It is difficult sending to Very Cruz
since the outrages commenced upon t he
roads. I think 1 shall send voU a pack
agdlbf letters and papers to-morrow hv
stage, however, although I may Wait for
a regular .wagon train.
Yours. &C., G. TV. K.
[Special Correspondence of Ihe Picayune.]
Vera Cruz, April *29 ; FSI7.
Gentlemen —An express arrived last
evening from Lieut. Dixon in command
of 102 convalescent soldiers from the
hospitals in this city on their road to join
their respective regiments a? and near Ja
lapa, staling that the party had been at
tacked by about 300 Mexicans. 'l’he ex
press rider met, two miles tin's side of
where be left Lieut. D , a train of about
: forty wagons in charge of Capt. Croghan
Ker. Some fears are entertained for a
I train that was some five or six hours
| ahead of them. In (act, the Mexicans
j had great rejoicing amongst themselves
I last evening in consequence of the cap
ture of one of on r wagon trains bv the
enemy. Their accounts have it that our
men (the guard) had been literally cut to
pieces; but we have little faith in anv
tiling that comes from such sources.
The Mexicans have a fine chance now
to work upon our trains if they could only
raise courage enough to do it. Col. Wil
son’s force at this place is »oo weak to
spare many from it, and if the cnemv
should go to woik with determination,
they might reap a handsome reward al
most without opposition. The scarcity of
cavalry is severely fe!t. The New Or
leans on her las' trip from Tampico found
it necessary to throw overboard about
thirty oftlie best horses belonging to the
Tennessee cavalry during a severe neith
er. A few cases of vnmito are said to
have occurred, but in a very mild form.
In haste, yours, very respectfully,
AUGUSTA, GEO..
WEDNESDAY .MORNING, MAY 12, 1847.
SCrThe Constitutionalist * elter tsheot Price*
Current, will be ready lor delivery This Morn
ing, at 9 o'cloc k.
o*lf the whig presses of the United States
were taken by foreigners as the true expo
nents of popular opinion in lids country,
they would set us down as tiie most curious
ly impatient and unreasonable people on
earth. Those presses teem with abuse of
the want of energy—the imbecility, nnsmtn
agement and misrule of the administrate!).
They bewail the fatuity of democratic legis
lation; they raise the voice of lamentation
over the blighted hopes and ruined prospects
of the country —the ruin to its best interests
ihe corruption tiiat festers in the body po
litic, and tiie decay that is prematurely par
alyzing the limbs of our giant young repub
lic. Anon, they change their tones a Mile,
and with that perverseness of grief which
springs from imagination and bad temper
alone, and an inconsistency that is ridicu
lous they are horrified at the ambition—the
thirst fur conquest of our Executive. They
are shocked at the displays of energy put
forth by our government. They view with
alarm and consternation the triumphant pro
gress of our arms, and speak out in the lan
guage of protest against territorial encroach
ment on our enemy, as if Mexico were under
their special giiardianHtip. At one time
they are terrified at the enormous load of
national debt that they predict must over
whelm our country, and crush it down into
dust and ashes. At the next, they protest
against the government imposing military
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, MAY 12, 1817.
ARTICLES ? er - Wholesale . i
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Bagging —Gunny I IS a2O i
Kentucky IS a 00 j
BALE ROPE—Manilla lu 10 a 12 i
Kentucky........... 7 a 8
BACON—Haras 8 a 9*
titles 8 a 9
Shoulders ; ... 74a 8 |
BUTTER—Goshen, prime 1L 23 a23 ■
Country 12 u 15 j
CANDLES—Spermacelti 32 a 35
Georgia made j 13ia 15
Northern do !.... 15 a 16
CHEESE—Northern 9 a IU
COFFEE—Cuba none.
Rio BJa 10
Java 124a 15
Laguayra . . 9a II
fShirtings, bro.MJ. 3-1 vd. j 5 a 64
•5 1 7-S 71. »
§ | “ “yd. wide ! 17;a JO
22 j Sheetings, brown, 5-4 12 a 15
•S “ bleached, 5-4 i 18 a 20
t Checks •• • 16 a 16
| j Bed Tick 12 a 18
tg 1 Oznahurgs,Boz .... 10 a li*
IV arn (assorted) K> | 17 a 19
FlSH—Mackerel, No. i hbl.' 14 a
Do. No. 2 '....i a 10
Do. No. 3 j....j 7a 7 4
ftLOUR —New Orleans none.
Canal .... 8 5!)a9 00
Georgia 5 50a6 5 )
GRAIN—Corn.. bus. 70 a75
Oats. '....; 3# u 40
GUNPOWDER keg. G a
HAY—Eastern 100. ;
North River
IRON—Pig 1100. i
Swedes, assorted ;ton.■ 4«a 3
Hoop 100. 7 a
Sheet. |IU i 8a 10
Nail Rods '....( 6 a 7
LEAD—Pig and Bur 100.; 6 a
Sheet . ...( 64a 8
While Lead 1. .. . 7ia 9
Kxports of Cotton to Foreign and Coastwise Ports, commencing Ist September, 1810.
§aTttHßah. C»>arle»teu. Mobile. PL ONrIMUk New Vork. Other P«rl». t oiuß
whither* zxpoßtED. j 847. j 1846. 1847.11846. 1847.(1846. 1847.|1846.
Liverpool .. 22>Uj 33933 91961) 59109 j 70139 114072 227320 356916 ~37987 43243 17077 27119
Hull !; I 1400] { ji | lj
Glasgow ami Greenock j- 87671 3147 3738| 1631 4315 9332 8131 1140! 642 1727
Cork and a Market 5945 _4020 1144 5.-52 21195 557 95
Total to Great Britain lOi2 0 l 37080 I 1 652 64760 76123 124854 241703 392512 _J9_lß6l 45065 17677 27119 577927 691390
Havre II Hiso 6106 43457 02j32 27411 44455 63559 9u1?9 245JU; 33a34 1732 1292*1
Bordeaux, . :i ! fi j 1 229 i 322 -
Marseilles ’i 420 1665 326: i 1711 2971 2951 3062 50271
! Nantes j 573! >2;j J 1963 3201| 451 7:'-
Total to Prance 111501 6526; 47695; 33960 27111 46169 73722 102656 23016 39409 1782 1292 1 897 ,6 230012
Amsterdam ; * 561 4396 2301 2353 526 7:)
1 Rotterdam j j ! 595 1905, 2027! 490
i Antwerp ,j i 2993 1161 633 1332 4370 6772 32021
| Hamburg i| ; lj 1577 4310 se> 630 1 4107:
I Bremen ii | j |j 3014 761 :j 2293 827:
Barcelona I j ' 6762
1 Havana, We ;i j 1 jj 6203' 21609 18458 82
Genoa, 'Trieste, We j 945 4829> 5731 4618 1953 25374 25453: 7639 6125 2853 1432
! Ghent, Sir 1 j 'I j j 2630 1000 ! SI I !
Other Ports | I! 1804! I42Sp ( 2511, 2890 16960 ; 222: 1473
Total to other foreign Ports 90 9626 8831 14696 18170 62961 71286 25 -7 > [7218 2353 1432: 116950 H 7020
New York j 453.7 13095 800 » 39935 • SioTl 60J ' 40646 26755 i
Boston 19698 17429:! 26587 16905|j 17533 29901 50569 90001.1 95 lo! 11321 i
Providence ! 3207 Jo3ij 3137: SW*;i; 8016 8463 j j 4426:1 ,! 50521 6227-)
Philadelphia 2210 4625 126841 7395 , 1438 1700 i 0681 119"(>i * I 4 10:
Baltimore j 2026 1339 4532 1455 2731
j Oilier Ports 17796 17274 _ 599 104 j 794 1 10l78| 3107 3258 161 loj 1377
T1 il (is. wise. 90284 84339 127999 63615 33548 84182 99733 180789 13769 5t*848-1 439852 460275
Grand Total 203659 128445 286972 170219 177 75 478139 747243 93072 101722 600811 8069 i 132450511493697
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contributions upon .Mexico, with a view to
; pay the expenses of the war, and thus avoid
the predicted evil.
The spectator, gazing from a distant land
upon the scene, will behold our great repub
lic rejoicing m her giant Strength —her popu
lation industrious, prosperous—happy; her
soil teeming with the most abundant pro
ducts, and commanding the highest prices—
her wharves crowded with vessels from every
quarter of the earth, freighted in part with
} all that can minister to man's desires, and in
j addition pouring into our commercial marls
! millions of specie—her own vessels sailing
i upon every sea, visiting every clime and peo
j pie in tiie peaceful pursuits of commerce,
I while our armies and our fleets are moving
on in power and in glory, against a perfidi
ous enemy, to avenge insult and aggression
and to make the American name ever here
after to he respected and feared in all future
time. Vet, in the face of these things, he
will behold the whig press mourning over
the sad and waning condition and gloomy
prospects of our country, under democratic
misrule and imbecility, and insisting that
there must lie a change, or I lie country will
be ruined. How strange —how unaccounta
ble! Surely, he would exclaim, this is a
curiously impatient and unreasonable peo
pie. What more can they ask? Echo'd
other countries —look at their emaciation—
their exhaustion and decadence—their un
wieldly national debts—their heavy taxes—
their immense standing armies, and their
sullen discontented people who are overawed
by guns and bayonets, but eager for revolt—
behold the tyranny of classes over the many,
the unjust laws which swell I lie coffers of
the pampered lordiing, by requiring the last
morsel from the hand of squalid want —
behold there the guant spectacle of famine,
and thousands upon thousands sinking to
the sleep that knows no waking, beneath the
merciless pangs of starvation.
After drawing this contrast, it will be next
inquired, why should such a people as ours,
thus basking in the sunlight ot liberty and
prosperity, seek a change. Do these results
emanate from a former system of laws,
which the present administration would de
.-tri'y? Did the party now clamoring for
aower — the outs wiio desire to be the ins—
did they give the country this system? and
would they continue it? The answer is, NO.
The system under which the country now so
much prospers, is the democratic system.
The laws which now prevail are those enact
ed by the democrats. These are laws that
the whigs have warred against, endeavored
to defeat, and would now repeal if they had
the power. They insist that the country
would flourish under their rule. But they
cannot point to a single measure of their en
actment, or which they have sanctioned,
among all those under which the country is
now enjoying a prosperity almost unrivalled
in the history of the world.
In connection with this subject, vve quote
the following article from the Richmond Eu
*
qti'rcr;
The London Times pays a high compli
ment to the wisdom and energy of the ad
ministration in expanding our commercial re
lations and widening the markets for our
ARTICLES. j Per. Wholesale ;
i LIME bbl. 15U a 256
MOLASSES —Cuba gal. 2s a39
N. Orleau* 40 a 43
I NAILS—Cut,4d to 2Ud ' 54 a ji
I OlLS—Sperm, \V. strained ... 130 a
Tail strained d 125 u
Summer do.’ 100 a Jl2
Linseed bbl. 87i<*
Tanners 55 a
Lard IbU a
POTATOES hbl. a
POR TER 'doz. 225 a 250
PEPPER—BIack ib JO a 12
PIMENTO 114a
RAlSlN'S—Malaga, bunch box 225 u 259
Muscats! 2 a
RICE —Ordinary iOU. 425 a 150
Fair 475 a 5
Good and Prune 525 a 550
f French Brandies g;il. 1:0 a 2
Eeirer Freres 275 a 3
Holland (fin 125 a 150
American Gin a4O
jg <{ Jamaica Rum 159 a 2
-a | N. E. Ruui,hds. and brls 37 a 38 :
f ! \\ hiskey, Plul. & Ball 33 a 35
Do. New Orleans 30 a33
f Peach Brandy 75 a 100
SUGAR—Cuba -Muscovado lb 8 a lii
P R. St. Croix 9 a 11
Havana,while 10
New Orleans j...,! 8 a 9
L"af. ]3 a 14
Lump j 11 a 12
SALT—Liverpool sack 150 a
Loose bus ! 40 a45
SO AP—American, yellow j lb 5 a 6 I
SHOT—AII size* j 162 a 175 j
SEG.VRS—Spanish j. >J. 29 «39
American ... .j 8 alO
TAT.LOW—American | ... 8i a 9
TOBACCO—Georgia I lb 4 a
Cavendish !....! 15 o 15 !
TWlNE—Bagging ....I 29 a 17
I Seine j .. J 39 a j )
trade. It cites as “a most important treaty
ot navigation and commerce,” the late Com
mercial Convention between tiie United States
and Hanover, by which, among other provi
sions, the vessels of the United Spates are to
navigate the Elbe as freely, whether as re
spects tonnage or cargo, as Hanoverian ves
i sels. “This (says the Time.-) will benefit
f materially the shipping interest of America
and facilitate intercourse with Hamburg,
winch is already a considerable importer ol
cotton, rice and whale oil.”
By this treaty, say;i the same paper, “A
inenca not only extends the consumption of
her leading staples, but clears the various
impediments ot the highway?, obtaining a
free fra ns if to the frontiers ot Austria, France
and JSui zeflahd for the said staples. *"
“Why (asks i!:e Times.) should Great
Britain hesitate to change her navigation
laws, and to make advantageous reciprocity
treaties similar to those of America? Is it
not humiliating to British pride to hear P ac
knowledged in Parliament by her lending
statesmen that the United States, not a cen
tury old, have tiie fir.-t commercial navy in
the world! Why in it so? Jit cause the L ai
led Stales are always wide awake to their in
terests.”
And yet we see the Whig press filled with
daily assaults upon the “imbecility” of an
Administration, which has in a short time,
done as much to promo 1 e the advantages of
every class of society, and raise our national
standing abroad, as any one that cur annals
record. History will do justice to an Exe
cutive, than whom no President has been
more maligned by his opponents, not excepi
ing cur own Madison.
Georgia Rail Road Convention.
This body met yesterday pursuant to no
tice given, at the Banking House in this city,
and by agreement soon alter adjourned to the
Masonic Hail.
The President took the Chair, and J. W.
Wilde and M. F. Boisciair, Esqs. acted as
Secretaries.
On motion of Mr Miller, the President
appointed Messrs. Dougherty, Saffuld, Cun
ningham, Miller and Jones, a Committee to
examine and report on proxies.
The minutes of tiie last meeting were
then read.
On motion, the President’s and Cjtief En
gineer’s Reports were read to the Conven
tion, after which the Convention adjourned
to 3 o’clock, I*. M.
At 3 o’clock the Convention re-assembled.
The Committee on Poxies reported that
there were proxies present to represent 10,-
546 shares.
After the introduction of several resolutions
and amendments, which led to some debate,
and were finally withdrawn,
Mr. Boyce moved that the Report of the
Directors and Chief Engineer be received
and printed for the use ot the stockholders.
The Convention then adjourned to 10 o’-
clock, to-day.
The Trotting Match.
SECOND DAY.
The first seemed to be a waiting race.
The mare was not up to her speed, as was
afterwards proved. Columbus, belter known
here as Tormentor, broke badly and lost
ground. He had been out of training until
a week before the race, and appeared too
fat. He look the lead,liowever,near the first
turn and kept it throughout.
On the second heat, the breeching of Co
lumbus broke, and he therefore trotted to
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liaaik ul Augusta,
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Hank oi St. Mary’s,
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Branches ol ditto, **
Marine and f ire Insurance Hank, Savannah,• 11
Branch of ditto, at .Macon,
Planters’ Hank, Savannah, *‘
Central Hank ol Georgia, “
Central it. it. d£ H’k’g. Co., Savannah, ...... “
Charleston Hanks, **
Hank ol Camden, **
Hank ol tieoraelow n,. “
Commercial,Colmuhia, **
Merchants’, at Cheravv “
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Alahama .Notes 2(& cii«,
| Merchants’ Hank of Macon, 5 0 “
Commercial Hank, at .Macon, failed
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Hank of Darien.tin! Branche*.
' Ha k ol Columbus.
Ciiailatiouchee Hail Hoad and Hanking Company
.Monroe Halt Hold and Hanking Company.
Planters and Mechanics’ Hank . Columbus.
\V "stern Hank ol Georgia, at Koine,
exchange Hank, Brunswick.
Ins. Hank of Coin minis,at d aeon.. no circulation,
Paiem* Hank ol Columbus.
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Boston, “
Charleston and Savannah, “
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.Nashville, Tennessee,
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Gemgia, f» per cenia y7 u 93
’ disadvHijiage. iSnli he would have won tiie
heat, had lie not been disturbed by the shouts
of the crowd when nearing the stand, cana
, ing him to break up and to lose the heal by
a length.
The third heat was beautifully contested,
( and created great excitement. The mare
led the Whole way until within about one
I hundred yards of the stand, when Columbus
p ssed her, which caused her to break and
come out in a fast gallop—a very little n
: head. But under the circumstances, the
i judges awarded the heat and consequently
the race to Columbus. This closed the sport
for the season. The belting was very ani
mated, chiefly at two to one on the horse
until after the second heat, when the odds
were reversed.
We hope to have occasion to record here
after, many more such contests in this novel
and exciting sport. We learn that trotting
races will in future take place every spring
on the Hampton Course. It will conduce
greatfy to the introduction of fine harness
horses and "fast goers” among us.
Time 2 59, 2.42, 2.41.
Central Hail Koo.d Stock.
The Savannah Georgian of the 10th inst.
The subscription to the 8 per cent
Stock on Saturday last, at two o'clock,
amounted to $370,500.”
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