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the constitutionalist^ James gardner, JR. TERMS. Daily, per annum, 5 00 Tri-Weekly, (ier aoiium, If paid in Weekly, per annum 2 If paid in advance To ('lulls, remitting s>o in advance, FIVE are sent. Tins will put our weekly pa per in the reach of new subscriber* at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new suliscribers, witlillic money can get the paper at $2,00. |Qr All new subscriptions must he paid in advance. Postage must ne paid on all Communication* and Lct'ersof business. THE DESERT DR EAM* HY ANNA SAVAGE. TUc trackless desert*# burning saud around the an TU. dtdL‘r P ce‘ia.o ~:ho back .he »c.ry camel'. lie ,a him .0 .he ■*)’. !>-■• Then ite scorching plain he cast his sick 'uiu;r gaze. . , , Alone he stood; no welcome stream, nor mountain s sha dow broke , The boundless waste, no sound of life the deep dun al ienee woke . . • f , , Alone! if ’us lo ho alone when Mem’ry’s aptrtl* To •uuinion phantom* from tiiod 'ad, and voices of the Dcisty , , Longwi. veuin (he tangled web of the ibystcnon* bra n, Till Tunc and Space arc things of nought—and all is our* again. More slowly move tile wandVing band, veiled is the slunibcrer’s bro™, >’o longeron the dre:<r expanse his spirit broodelh now. AEUid the wild woodland.of his home, beside the moun tain stream, . His boyhood’s sports, his mandhood’s hopes, are crowd ing on his dream. , . ... The thousand memories, that time hath shadowed with And forms long silent in the grave, about his pathway drug, , ... , , The willows with their drooping boughs their checker d shadow ca.-t. . . The summer breeze swept o’er the wave, as when ho saw it last . . . The dew still sparkled—not a blade but bent beneath its gem, ... . . , And not a flower but hailed the da} - with its bright dia dem. But sweeter things than Summer flowers that sluinb ring sense reveals, Tis Woman’s glance in Beauty’s might upon his vision steals. And whisper’d words are blending with the water s gen* tie flow, From fond lips murmuring near his own, in tones as soft and low, As If the sweet task still were theirs, his gloomy fate to bless ; Or, as the world had never wreathed his own in bitter ness. , . ■ The bright cheek pillow’d on his breast, wears still the smile it wore, . And fairy hands have clasped his own—that he will clasp no there. The fair young face is fading now, and other forms aiise, . I And wilder glances fill the place of those deep loving eyes; With mocking smiles that hired his faith with wild’ring light astray. When passion startled from his path, his early Truth away. p~ (False gods! before whose shrine to kneel, was but to tempt their fall. Poor barter tnese for thee, young Love, the sweetest cream of all.) Here mingled friendships, form’d e’er yet the world’s dark den o strife D Was enter’d, when the loyal heart,with generous impulse rile, Gave forth the rich untutor’d thought, the Fmure laughs to'scorn, Or utters with the with’ring sneer the young lips ne’er had worn. Man’s graver converse blends with sports of boyhood’s boisterous glee, And childish .asks, hislip hath lisp’d beside a mother’s knee. Amicst (hem nil, distinct and slow, a measured music swells. And hill and valley seem to breath the sou.id of Sabbath bells. Softly the ancient village chime comes o’er the wave, as clear As though the passing breeze bad borne the echo to his Car. The slmnbercr starts—no memories rise with forms that meet his cy*. Yet still upon hi# rapt ear hangs the well known melody. Ha shrouds h.s face, —but not to veil the noontide’s fiery ray. Though e’en the desert’s swarthy child drops on his weary way ; "flie dark and fiercely glancing orbs that cn his waken ing gleam. Are others than the looks of love that smiled upon his dream. Thus in the World’s wild wilderness, where springs and shade are none, Kg When iiope>, like dreams, have pass’d away, and youth’s bright seem s are gone. Across the channels ol our tears, whose deep fount long hath dried, , Comes o’er the heart’s drfear waste some sound that home hath sanctified. Motik not the dreamer 7 can’st thou track the spirit’s mys tic flight? Vainly ye seek to raise the veil that shrouds it from the sight; Hefromibc shadowy land beholds forms none else may see. Some echo luigercih in his ear, although unheard by thee. Ob.* mock him not, thou can’s! not tell where that rapt soul hath been; Thou can’st not trace the link that binds the seen to the unseen. To some far rest it gently calls, of some lost hope it tells, And pale lips, long unused to pray, have blast «uch Sab bath bells. [From the IV. O. Picayune, 13 th tn«t.] From Venezuela—Late and Important# We are indebted lo the kind attention of Mr. McKee, supercargo of the brig Fabius, White master, for the annexed summary.oi important intelligence from Venezuela. The Fabius left Lagnayra on the evemng of the 26th ult. and reached the Bahze on the 9th Inst., making the passage, with a lull cargo and with light winds, in eleven days. The most important news relates to the navigation of the Oronoco by steam, Which has been granted in exclusive privilege for eighteen years to Vespasian Ellis. Charge d’Affaires oflhc United States. The terms and cond lions of this grant are set forth in the summary of Mr. McKee, and the exten’, commerce and fertility of the country watc r ed by the Oronoco and tributaries, enlarged upon in an article translated from the Guv* emment organ, El Liberal. The commercial and political and political news is now without interest. The Fabius reports the brig P&lm, Hallei, the only Ameri can vessel, in tort, loading for New York. —The British bark Evren, with coffee on board valued at $90,000, parted her cables •n the night of the 20ih ult,, went ashore * and was wrecked. Vessel and cargo a total loss, except some 600 bags of coflee saved in a damaged state. The Fabius brought over a cargo of 3,672 bags coffee. [Translated for the Picayune hy John McKee.] Guzman, the leader of the late revolution, together with the unpunished of his follow ers, about 100 in number, were yet in prison in Caracas. To some the impression was general that no more executions would take place, and that those remaining in prison would be sentenced to banishment and hard labor for life, but in consequence of another outbreak in Rio Chico, a village on the coast netween Lagnayra and Puerto Cabello,which took place very lately, It was supposed that the sentence, which was to be made known on the Ist lost., would be mare severe, at least on Guzman. For ail kinds of American provisions the markets were dull and prices low. Flour at sl4 al6 currency. The coffee season was | at its close. The result of the last crop was estimated a full one-third leas than that of the previous one. The published statements of the exports from Lagnayra up to the 20in May give only 66,832 bags, against 110,008 bags up to the same date last year, and against an average of 84,000 bags tor the four pre vious years. Congress closed its session on the 1 9th Mav, and among its acts are one in favor ot claims made by our Charge d’Affaires, relative to the brigs Native and Josephine; also, one in favor of Com. J. D. Daniels; and one granting to Vespasian Ellis, 'ateCharged’Affairesol the United estates, the exclusive privilege of the navigation of the river Oronoco and tributa ries by steam. This was considered of great importance, and so much so towards the holder of the grant, that among the modifica tions previous to its sanction was one that limits its duration to eighteen years. As it is not improbable that this underta king will become ol interest lo the enterprise of this part ot the country, 1 make some ex tracts from the grant, as published, and also from the current opinions respecting it.— Among others, from those of EL Liberal , the Government organ. American Steamers on the Oronoco. —Among the acts sanctioned by the last Congress, the O'tte granting to Senor Ellis the exclusive privilege, for eighteen years, to navigate by steam the Oronoco and its tribu taries, is the most important. The Government of Guayna and Apure some time since granded to Senor Vespasian Ellisjate Charge d’Aftkires oftheU. States, the exclusive privilege to navigate the rivers Oronoco and Apure by steamers, and to make these grants valid, their approval by Congress, who alone has jurisdiction over the rivers within the Republic, was requisite. Con sequently, Senor Ells,through ms agent here, petitioned Congress tor a new and original grant, which has been given, and its form is to be found herewith. Respecting the field of operations, it is well known that the Oiouocoand its tributaries water nearly three fourths ot Venezuela, hav ing a couise ot about 4JOO miles, bordered by the richest part of the country, and fur nishing a large portion ol the entire exports, and the internal trade is large and rapidly in creasing. It is also well knowh, I fiat owing to the difficulty in navigating the Oronoco by the present means, between the city of Bolivar (late Angostura) and that of Nutrias, a dis tance ol about 700 miles, Ihe produce has to be directed to Puerto Cabello and Valencia, and to undergo enormous expense and deten tion in its transportation by mules, &c., a distance of some 300 to 400 miles over rnoun -1 tains. This is inconsequence 6fthe difficulty in the navigation ot the Oronoco, against its strong currents, by the lighters now in use there. Not only the enormous expense and detention, but it may be easily imagined how prejudicial it is to have the produce exposed to a three or four months, passage—that time being frequently used in getting from Bolivar to Nutrias. Os all this, and the adaption of the Oronoco and its tributaries for steam navigation—of the abundance ot both timber and firewood on their banks, as well as of the increase in commerce of every kind, which will no doubt be influenced by having means of transportation at a less expense, the Under taker of the enterprise has taken efficient means toconvince himself. To give a partial idea of what lie may base his calculations upon, it may be remarked that even under present circumstances the trade between Bolivar and Nutrias amounts annually lo about 52i60U,000. In the article o: salt alone, the quantity taken from the pnuiic mmes to Bolivar, and thence upwards for interior con sumption, amounts to about 90, 000 quintals annually. In addition, the Government of New Granda is now engaged in making cart rotds to connect wi h the tributaries of the O onoco, finding it the best channel for the exportation of the produce of a large portion of mat country; and the Provincial Govern ments of Meiida and Barguisamento, of this Republic, are similarly engaged, in order to send their produce though that channel, in stead of sending it at such enormous expense lo Maracaibo and Puerto Cabello. It is impossible at the present time to form any idea to what extent the introduction ol an agency, so much needed in the region of the Oronoco, will enhance the value of its borders and stimulate their occupants, so long behind even their citizen neighbors in regard to the means available for making use of so fertile soil. Let us take into consideration tfie advantage of transportation in respect to sail alone, and the result of the late trial in the Havana market, of jerked beef from Bar celona. Can we not flatter ourselves that it is in our power to become the victorious rivals of our friends of the Rio de la Plata? The condial concessions made by the Pro visional Governments most closely connected with the interests of the Orinoco and its tributaries in favor of the enterprise of Mr. Ellis, and the undoubted favor with which it is held by the capitalists of the country, offer so much guarantee of its success that we feel at liberty to congratulate not only our neighbors of the Oronoco, but those of the country at large, and Mr. Ellis and his asso ciates, for their foresight towards an under taking that can so easily be made the means of mutual benefit. The substance of the grant in favor of Mr. Ellis and his associates, or their repre sentatives, is as follows: The exclusive privi lege to navigate the river Oronoco and tri butaries by steam for eighteen years. The steamers to wear the Venezuelan flag, but may be owned and navigated by foreigners. The privilege of cutting and using, free of charge, the limber and fire wood necessary for the enterprise. The boats themselves, either in whole or in part, and all belonging to them, may be imported free of duty, and can run for the lime specified free of all port charges. The persons and interests engag ed are to enjoy the same privileges and securi ty as those ot citizens, and to be subject only to the national laws. The rates of passage and freights are stipulated, but the under takers anticipate reducing those of both. The Governments privileges are the trans portation of the mails and the passages of a stated number of special Government agents. Troops Arrived. The U. S. transport brig Crusoe arrived yesterday from the Brazos, with two com panies of the Ist Mississippi Regiment—com pany D, Capt. Howard, Lieuts. Russell, Hollingsworth and Trousdale; company G, Capt. Downing, Lieuts. Graves, Hampton and Thomas—with 76 men, and Lieut. Slada of the regimental staff. Also, a detachment of 40 men, under Lieut. W. L. Adams, Ten nessee Cavalry, The brig Columbus, from Tampico, brought companies B, D and E, of the Baltimore Battalion, under command of Capt. Piper and Lieut. Murphy—loo men rank and file. Also, the schr. Cocheco, from Tampico, brought company F, of the Balti more Battalion—47 men. The steamboat Louisiana, Capt. Lott, from St. Louis,arrived yesterday morning, tod brought down Major J. H. Savage, Lieuts. A. G. Moon and \V. H. Seawell, with 100 men of the 14th Infan try from Memphis. The steamboat Pontiac, Capt. Stewart, from Cincinnati, brought down Major Norvall, Lieuts. Winston and Perry, with 123 men of the 16tli Infantry.— The steamer Col. Yell, Capt. Sterling, from Pittsburg, brought down Capt. Taylor, with company A, and Capt. Caldwell, company B, of the Pennsylvania volunteers. This handsome body of men is from Bedford and M ifflm counties,in the old ‘Key-Stone State,” and were the first to respond to the call on the requisition for the new troops from that State. The schr. Wando, arrived yesterday from the Brazos, brought the following pas sengers Capt. J. M. Wilson, Lieut. Howard, O. P. Stipp. and A. M. Sallerfald, Ist Indiana Regiment; Lt. J. M. Lord, 3d Ind. Reg.; Lieuts. J. M. Hamel and John Garbes; Dr. P. McCambell, Ist Mississippi Regiment, Mr. A. Choussey. By the brig Fidelia, Capt. Small, from the Brazos, Hve companies of the Ist Indiana Regiment, under command Maj. Donaldson—in all 200 men rank and file.— lb. From the Brazos. The steamboat Gen. Hamer, Capt. James, left last night for Port Lavaca and the Bra z is. Amongst the passengers were Assist ant Sergeon Holmes, U. S. A., and the Committee appo nted to take charge ofthe remains of the brave Kentuckians who fell on the bloody field of Buena Vista—Messrs. James Milan, John Samis, R. Hawkins. L. C. Jeffreys and William Mclllvaine. Messrs. H. G. Catlett and G. C. Arnasl also went as passengers.— lb. [ Correspondence of the Baltimore *Si/n.] Washington, lune 13, 1847. The great topic of conversation, all yesterday and to-.lav, was the eight col umn pronuncitirAeilTO against the war, pub lished in the National Intelligencer. If “brevity is the soul of wit,” length is not always the pith of argument; though there is a certain class of gentleiiien who, firm the leisure with which they are blessed, would raih°r read or write art essay than a paragraph. ’The whole is a rifucimen to of the leading editorials which, from lime to time have appeared in that time honored print, with a few of the latest re partees to the “Union.” There is one thing only connected w ith this prmiunciamento which, I think, is apt to mislead the reader, and that is the as sertion that the war has lowered the re spect which Europeans or any other peo ple entertain for us as a nation. The ca>e is quite the reverse of that. The war has raised the respect which the world entertained for the respect of na tions is less secured by mere amiable qualities, than by actual power to repel invasion and vindicate the national honor. It is the (>ower of England and the char acter of the British nation which give strength and perpetuity to that power, which command respect; and I imagine that the warlike character and the power to vindicate our rights which we have displayed in our difficulties with Mexico, will hold out no inducements to Europeans to be wanting in that respect and courtesy toward us. which we have proved our selve- capable of enforcing by the ultima ratio of nations. This Mexican war, I opine, will he al together the chea| est, considering its ef fects, ever waged by an outraged nation; 'or it will not only be followed by a last ing peace with Mexico, but by a rational good understanding with all the powers on earth. Europe will nee from it that long peace, great national prosperity, and the sudden acquisition of wealth, have not demoralized our people or rendered them effeminate—that we still continue, like the people from whom we chiefly de scended, to be a warlike people, though, perhaps, not a military one. They will let us alone, and that is all the attention we require from Europe. As to the Intelligencer’s parallel be tween the continental system of Napoleon and our own, it is entirely without point or application. Napoleon being unable to invade his proud adversaries, determin ed on destroying their commerce and manufactures. His continental system was a war measure against England; and England, from the very commencement of the wars of the French Republic, com bated not “the Continental Colossus,” hut the democratic doctrines evolved by the French revolutions. It is for this purpose that the aristocra cy of England doubled the national debt, and “the continental Colossuses” sprung up in the midst of these wars, not so much by the triumph of French arms as by the power of liberal ideas , before which the edifice of Europe trembled into dust.— And it is the evolution of our democratic ideas that causes us to be looked upon with jealousy and suspicion, though our great distance from Europe, the impossi bility of the different powers of Europe agreeing amongst themselves, and our national resources displayed so brilliantly in the war with Mexico, will, I trust, pre vent a coalition from being formed against us. As to “Baine’s Wars of the French Revolution,” quoted by the Intelligencer, I would only remark that it was not writ ten at a time when political passions and prejudices were at rest, and not by a per. son who was supposed to be free from them. The events were too near to allow of that philosophical perspective which might elevate the work referred to into a history. We have, of late, been visited by sing ers, actors and dancers, who, m hen their career in Europe was run, have regarded us with the beaux restes of their talents. Heaven protect us from these broken down historians ! The great event of the day is the Trea sury order, endorsed by the Piesident, which further regulates the duties on the imports and exports of Mexico, duriug our military occupation of her territory, and solemnly pledges the faith the govern meot that it will never consent to make peace with Mexico without expressly stip ulating that the articles imported under our tariff shall not be taxed or confiscated afer the peace. This, though following eoipso Irom the laws of nations, is never theless necessary to state, in express terms, when treating with a nation like Mexico, and will give additional security to the foreign and domestic merchants who feel disposed to trade with her, while, at the same lime, it will enable us loan ticipate the revenue of Mexico years in advance; thus mortgaging the resources of the country for the payment of the ex penses of the war; and rendering it doub ly expedient for her lo put an end to the war by listening to our proposals of peace. X* AUGUSTA. GKO.. = FRIDAY' MORNING, JUNE 18, 1847. Major General Pillow. This officer has published a very clear and f ill reply to the article impugning his Gene ralship, at Cerro Gordo, signed by Col. Has kell and other officers of the 2d Tennessee Regiment. These documents are rather long for our columns, but the importance of having a competent officer in the person of him second in command lo General Scott, renders the inquiry a very interesting one, how far the charges made by Col. Haskell and his confederates are just and well found ed. We do not profess any intimacy with military tactics, and place no high estimate on our capacity to form a correct opinion from the facts before us o( the military skill and knowledge of General Pillow. But to our mind, the refutation he makes of the charges brought against him is clear and am ple. He shows Col. Haskell to be mistaken in some matters of fact alleged in his card, and turns the tables upon him completely, upon the question of military tactics, and the art of maneuvering troops. The want of krtnwkdge on these subjects, on the part of Col. Haskell is made most glairing. Gen eral Eillbw writes as if he understands thoroughly what he is writing about. The public may infer with some corrert nessj the motives prompting this assault on General Pillow, from the following extract from his reply. It will also be seen that there were officers in a position to know the facts and who were free from any influence which might have prevented their judging im partially, who pronounced the statements of Col. Haskell false. “It will be seen that I treat this publics** tion a< coming alone from Col. Haskell. 1 do so, first, because having met the commu nication and Col. Haskell both at Memphis, I instantly charged its authorship upon Has kell, and he acknowledged that he wrote it. The other officers who have signed it, I am fully persuaded, did so without reflection, and under the impression that I had not, in my official report, done them justice. 'Phis im pression on their part, it will be seen from rny two official reports, was entirely errone ous. These reports not only truly and fully t-et forth the strength of the enemy’s works and position, hut they speak of the conduct and hearing of this regiment, and officers, in terms of high commendation. That this er roneous impression upon the minds of the officers was produced by Col. Haskell’s re pr sensations I have no doubt; first, because, acknowledging the authorship of the artic e, he must have, of course, originated it. Se condly, His excesses and indulgences whilie at Comargo, causing a neglect of his reg ment, impelled me to notice his conduct in such away as to produce, on his part, per sonal ill-will towards myself, which has ever since rankled in his bosom; and I know him to be my personal and political enemy.— 'Thirdly, that Haskell has, by representations to these officers induced them lo believe that I had done them injustice, and that their re putation and that of the regiment was identic Jied with his, and was suffering in the public estimation, is manifest from their complaint that injustice had been done them, wiien, in fact, it will be seen that my official reports (which had not then been published, or, at least, had not been seen by them,) do them full and ample justice, both as to their gallan tryand the strength of the works assailed. In these impressions I am fully confirmed, from the fact, that Colonel Ha>kell, as I am informed from the most reliable sources, pre sented this paper to Capt. Williams, who commanded the independent Kentucky com pany, for his signature, who indignantly re fused to sign it. He also presented it to Lieut. Anderson,of his regiment, who had the manliness and firmness to pronounce the ar ticle false . and refused so sign it. It will also be seen that Maj. Farquarharson, who was upon duty with that regiment in that battle, and Capt, Naylor, of 2d Penn. Regt-, and his officers, whose position was, on this day, pi fleetly identified with the conduct and character of the regiment, but who were in dependent of Haskell’s influence, have not s gned it. There may be, and probably are, other officers of the 2i Tennessee regiment who have not signed if, but not having a list of the names of the officers of the regi ment before me, I cannot say; and as I have not had an opportunity of seeing one of these officers since the appearance of the article, and as I know them to be brave and gallant men, I am left to explain and understand their conduct by circumstances, though they point unerringly to the truth as I believe. “ These are the influences, which, in kind ness and charity, I believe controlled them in appending their names lo this article. Be this as it may, it is certain they have acted without due reflection, for they have fallen into the same errors as lo the number and character of the works, and of what was in tended to be attacked, and of what was actu ally done—have fallen into the same error of regarding the only practicable order of march as a blunder of mine—and have regarded my order for the formation of Kaskell’s line of battle, as reversing the wings, and changing the rank of the regiment. 'These things ihey have by their signatures testified to, without any other information than such as they must have got from Col. Haskell himself, for I never held any conversation with any of them upon the subject, nor did I issue any written order of battle for the reasons before given, and my personal interview was with the Col onels alone. I am bound, therefore, under all the circumstances, to believe that these officers acted hastily and without reflection, and under the influence of false impressions produced by Col. Haskell, who abused their confidence, and gratified his own malignant feelings towards me, by masking, under the cover and influence of their nttne, an attack •jijon my character, remarkable only for its imbecility and absurdity . Taritt for Mexican Foils. The Washington Union contains the fol lowing recommendations from the Secretary of the Treasury, for the modification of the military contributions proposed to be levied in Mexico, under the tariff and regulations sanctioned by the President on the 31st of March: Ist. On all manufactures of cotton, or of cotton mixed with any other material except wool, worsted and silk, in the piec •or any other form, a duty, as a military contribution, of thirty per cent, ad valorem. 2d. When goods on which the duties are levied by weight are imported info said ports in llie package, the duties shall he collected on the net weight only; and in all cases an allowance shall he made for all deficiencies, leakage, breakage, or damage, proved to have actually occurred during the voyage of im portation, and made known before the goods are warehoused. 3d. The period named in the Bth of said regulations, during which the goods may re main in warehouse before the payment of du ties, is extended from thirty io ninety days, and within said period of ninety days any portion of the said goods on which the duties, as a military contribution, have been paid, may be taken, after such payment, from the warehouse, and entered free of any further duty at any other port or ports of Mexico in onr military possession; the facts of the case, with a particular description of said goods, and flic statement that the duties thereon have been paid, being certified by the proper officer of the port or ports of re-shipment. 4ih. It is intended to provide bv the treaty of peace that all goods imported during the war info any of the Mexican ports in our military po-se-sion shall be exempt from any new import duty or confiscation by Mexico, in the same manner as if said goods had been imported, and paid the import duties prescrib ed by the government of Mexico. The Union also publishes an official an nouncement from the President that the pro posed modifications have been accepted. The Aiken and Edgefield Rail Roa !. The Hamburg Journal of the 17th inst. says—“We learned a few days since from a gentleman from Edgefield, that the stock in this enterprise had all been taken; or in other words that a sufficiency of Vargent had been promised to complete the structure, and that it is highly probable the Road will now be built.” The Hamburg Journal ot tue 17th inst. says—“ The remains of Marshall R. Smith, late Sutler of the Palmetto Regiment, reach ed this place on Tuesday evening on the cars from Charleston, in charge of Mr. William Gruoerd, They will leave here to-day, ac companied by several triends, for the resi dence of his farther in Laurens District, where they are to be consigned to tiie grave.” The Crops in oUr South Curolna The Charleston Courier of the 17lh inst syas—We are informed by a friend who has just returned from Newberry, that the crops of Cotton and Grain in that section of coun try, though three or four weeks la'er than usual, in consequence of the backward Spring, look vigorous and thriving. The Wheat crop has already matured, and is sta ted to be afair onr. The New York Journal of Commerce of Thursday says—“ More then one hnnndred and fifty thousand dollars has been received by the New York Relief Committee, and in vested in provisions, and nearly the whole has been already delivered to the poor of Ire land.” Shipment ms Cora to New York, The Savannah Republican,of 16t.h inst says —“The achr. Cotton Plant has cleared at this port for New York, with some Twenty-Seven Hundred and Sixty-Eight bushels of Indian Corn. Such a shipment is a very interest ing fact in our commercial movements—one which we take great pleasure in recording We understand that orders have also been received from Baltimore, which are awaiting the arrival of vessels to take it. Our farmers in the interior will thus observe that the de mand for their Corn in our market still continues unabated. It is as active now as has been at any time during the winter. The demand for Florida especially, and the South ern sea coast, has been incessant.” Mystery Explained. * The steamer off Nantucket, which has caused so much talk, was the Admiral, which •ailed from New York for Boston on the Ist inst. Naval. The store ship Charles will sail from Nor folk for the Pacific, in about eight days. We learn that she will not stop at Rio Janeiro. The U. S. Steamship Princeton, at Phila delphia, will be ready in about eighteen days for her destined voyage to the Mediterranean. Col. Cushing 'says that he was not walk ing with a lady at the time he had his leg. broken, unless Col. Belknap of the U. £3 Army, has been metamorphosed into a seno rita. The money coined in the United Slates, during the fifty years operation of the mint, in copper, silver and gold, amounts to $122,- 500,000. What a mint of money! A subterranean cave, of large dimensions, has been recently discovered in the lime quarries of Mr. John Kennedy, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. At the late commencement at Chapel Hill, the honoary degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon Lieut. Maury, U. S. Navy, and Chief of the National Observatory of As troDomew. To prevent lamps from smoking, soak the wick in strong vinegar, and dry well before you use if; it will then burn both sweet and pleasant, and give much satisfaction for the trifling trouble in preparing it. They make Ice-cream in New York by steam. The advertisements of the “Ameri can Patent Steam Ice-Cream Company” are in all the paper?. Large Fig. The Tallahassee Journal, of Blh inst. nays— We were yesterday shown by Mr. D. H. Ames, as the produce of a tree in his garden, a fig of ex traordinary size - beinuybur inches long, ten and a hat /"inches in circumference one way, and seven inches the other —weighing four and a half oun ces. It more resembles the fruit of the egg-plant than a fig. Mr. A. informs us that the tree from which tliis was plucked is quite full of fruit, all of which he thinks will attain the size of the one we were shown. He calls the variety the *'lm perial White." Information for the People. A recent number of the London Economist has the following. “In the United States, from apprehension of the people, a rich man dare not keep a car riage.’ From Monterey. From Capt. Wilson, who arrived here yesterday, directly from Gen. Tavlor’s camp, we learn that the troops at Monte rev and Saltillo enjoy excellent health. Gen. Taylor’s present force consists of the 2d Mississippi volunteers, the Ist Mas sachusetts volunteers, and the Virginia volunteers • some three companies of Tex an cavalry; the 10th and 10th regiments of infantry; a detachment of the 2d and 3d regiments of dragoons, with Bragg’s, Washington’s and O Bi van’s batteries of n artillery. The health of the 2d regiment Mississippi volunteers had greatly im proved. No cases of the small pox were recently reported among 'hern.— N. O. Delta, 12 th inst. Alexander Dumas, The annexed anecdote is from the Mny No. of Blackwood. It is well known that the celebrated romancer bus a slight tinge of black in his blood. A person more remarkable for inquisitive ness than for correct breeding—one of those who, devoid of delicacy and reckless of rebuff, pry into every thing—took the liberty to question Mr. Dumas rather closely concern ing his genealogical tree “You are a quad roon, M. Dumas?” he began. “I am, sir," quietly replied Dumas, who has sense enough not to be ashamed of a descent he cannot conceal. “And your father?” “Wasa mulat to.” “And your grandfather?” “A negro,” hastily answered the dramatist, whose pa tience was waning. “And in av I inquire ! what your great-grandfather was?” “An ape,sir,” thundered Dumas, with a fierceness that made his impertinent interrogator shrink into the smallest possib e compass. “An ape, s r—my pedigree commences where yours i terminates.” The lather of Alexander Dumas, the re publican general of the same name, was a mulatto, born in St. Domingo, the son of a negress, and of the while Marquis de & Bailleferie. By what legitimatizing process the bend simster was erased,.and the mar quisate preserved, we have hitherto been unable to ascertain. Betting. The Cincinnati News tells an anec lote of Dan Marble’s, which curiously illus trails the insane passion for betting which is evinced by persons of a peculiar con stitution. A man who had lived a life time n the indulgence of his favorite pas. sion for gambling, was taken exceedingly ill. Three or four days passed away, and the disease having reached its crisis, his medical attendant informed him that he stood no chance of recovery. •‘What’ll you bet?” said the patient. “Bel ! there’s no use in belting, for you’re just as good as a dead mao now. You can’t live more than an hour.” “An hour! I’ll just fell you what it ?s, I’ll bet you an X that I live an hour and a quarter —up with your tin, and show your spunk.” Some thtee quarters of an hour elapsed, when the dying man, with a convulsive effort, raised his head, ami with his last gasp, falling dead upon the pillow, ex claimed— “ Rake it doum — rake it down, Doctor. ” The Liiipul*. The Boston Bee denies that General Tom Thumb is married, or even courting, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. On the other hand, the I’imes says he is accompanied in that city by his intended wife. However it may be, it is a small matter anyhow, though there appears to h«ve been once in a time something even smaller. In a London Lite rary Gazette, for the year 1824, we find an account of a dwarfeven more Lilipufain than Tom. Her name was Craehami. a Sicilian by birth, and at ten years of age she was only nineteen inches in height, and weighed but five pounds. She was exhibited in London in May, 1824, and is described as being quite handsome, possessing all the motions and graces found in a lovely woman of larger growth—showing displeasure, choos ing and rejecting like another coquette — What a “love of a pair,” as the ladies say, she and Tom Thumb would have made! In finitely better than the rumored one indeed! I>e\v Drops. Why, uncle Detoltitle, how dew you dew? Dew come in, and rest a little while dew, how dews aunt Hannah dew! and what is she dew mg now, and dew tell us all about the news. Como dew set up to the table and dew as we dew; dew help yourself, and dew talk some, and dew not make me dew all the talking, for I shan’t dew it. Now dew say something. dew. MARRIED. In this city on the J6ih inst., by G. F. Parish, Elizabeth R. Lambert, of Charleston, S. C. in Eatonton, on Thursday Evening, th« inst., by the Rev. Isaac Boring, Jefferson Adams, Esq., to Miss Susan M., daughter of Hun. James A. Meriwether. __, [From the Boston Daily Bee.] Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry. There is much tampering with the fearful mala dy, Consumption, and numberless alleged rsaie-