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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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Sir in esc
1 would die when the day
Lingers bright in the west ;
W hen the bird flies away
From her soft downy nest j
When the hum of the bee
Is not heard on the hiO,
And the woodland and the lek
And the hamlet are still.
When the ■sad, weary heart
Can no longer abide :
O ! how sweet to depart
At the still-even tide ;
With the sun’s parting rays
Flashing glory and bliss,
And the heart lull of praise ;
Be my death like to this.
\Frotn the Chronicle ts* Sentinel, of Wednesday.]
Celebration of the 4th of July.
The only public demonstration in this city
byway of celebrating the Anniversary of Ame
rican Independence, was that of the Sons of
Temperance, on Monday. The Oorder of this
place marched to Hamburg, between eight
and nine o’clock, and there halted in. a celebra
tion of the great Day with the Marion Divi
sion, of that town., and the Ninety-Six Divi
sion, of Graniteville. We understand that an
appropriate address was delivered on that oc
casion by Mr. Cason-.
The exercises having closed in Hamburg, the
Augusta Division returned, accompanied by
those above mentioned, and marched to the
Presbyterian Church, where a large and crowd
ed auditory were in attendance to witness their
proceedings and unite with them in doing
li jnor to the day.
After an eloquent and very apposite prayer
by the Rev. W. T. Bkantly, the following
Ode was sung in handsome style by the mem
bers of the Order:
ODE,
Thrice welcome, h-others, here We meet
In Friendship’s close communion join’d \
Ye Bons of Temperance loud repeat
Your triumphs with one heart and rnind-
No angry passions here should mar
Our peace, or move our social band— l
For Friendship is our beacon star—
Our motto—-*Lnion—Hand-in-hand.”
Then followed the address of Mr. Lucien
laT.vste, which was every way creditable to
liimself and the order of which he is a zealous
member. His address was very properly di
vided between the usual notice of the day, our
ancestors, their efforts in the cause of human
liberty and rights, the responsibilities resting
upon us, their descendants, to preserve with
sacred devotion the rich inheritance which is
Ours, and an illustration of the evils of intem
perance, their remedy, and the institution, ob
jects and purposes of the Order- of the Sous of
Temperance.
Idle speaker was quite happy in his illus
trations in many portions of his address. We
were pleased to perceive that while he was
firm, consistent and earnest, he was respectful.
None of that intemperance of language which
sometimes mars the good effects of public ef
forts in the cause of temperance escaped his
lips. All could listen to him, whatever their
views, without feeling that he was wanting in
fidelity to his cause upon the one hand, or was
obtrusive and bigoted upon the other. This is
the true policy for success.
M e believe that the audience generally,
listened to the remarks of Mr. LaTastb with
gratification and pleasure,as we know they did
with patient and respectful attention. After
the address, another ode was sung, of which
the following was a copy. A Benediction was
then pronounced, and the audience dismissed.
ODE.
Welcome, Brothers, welcome ever,
To our social, friendly band,
True and faithful, naught can sever
Brothers pledged in heart and hand.
Whilst our Order.rear’d in Love, must ever stand.
Thus progressing, blessings follow in our train;
Hail we then these new made Brothers,
As bright links in Friendship’s chain—
Form’d to soothe the woes of others,
And assuage their grief and pain,
Whilst our Order, rear’d in Love, must ever stand,
Thus progressing, blessings follow in our train.
The day was bright and beautiful, and these
detachments of the cold water army had every
reason to be gratified at the attention paid
them in the streets, and the attendance at the
church. Washington and his army went
forth, and the God of battles sustained them
to resist oppression, and free their country
from tyrant invaders. We could but think
that these Son of Temperance were laboring
in a cause, the’moral antitype of which moved
our revolutionary ancestors in their perilous
mid wonderful achievements. It is a glori
ous sight to see a victim of intemperance—a
man who has staggered under its oppressions,
even to wretchedness and ruin—marching in
the cold water army, sound-limbed, sound
hearted, and sound-brained, rejoicing in his
f-eedom; and it is pleasant to see the tears and
sorrows of that man’s family turned to smiles
and joys. Who would disturb this new, and
perhaps unexpected happiness? Who would
be willing to send this man back to the hateful
vassalage of his relentless oppressor, and his
wife and children to the hapless lot from
which they have escaped? As we said before,
the day was fair, the streets thronged, and
spirit-stirring music added to the pleasing ex
citement of the occasion.
[From the New Orleans Delta , 2 d in«£.]
Latest from Mexico.
We yesterday received files of Mexican pa
pers from the Capital, to and of the 12th ult.,
dates three days later than any previously re
ceived, We make from them a series of ex
tracts which are given below. We find in
them no evidences of that formidable, fearful
opposition to the advance of Gen. Scott, the
apprehensions of which, for the last day or
two,so alarmed the nerves of some of the more
sensitive of our contemporaries. The same
unsettled, indecisive, neutralizing policy,seems
to prevail at the Capital, which has so long
been characteristic of Mexican policy. We
hear nothing of those thirty thousand of an
army, which, with a valor equalled only by
that evinced by the troops of a celebrated King
of France, who marched up and down an emi
nence —were marching out to attack and an
nihilate Gen. Scott in his quarters at Puebla.
Santa Anna, it seems, however ambitious he
may be to play the dictator, is rather shy in
oroclainniiK his preferences; he appears to
think that as he gets along, thoiigh minus half
his “understanding,” he can keep the govern
ment moving, though resting on a friction of
a ministry. . ...
The War. —The files before us contain full
reviews of the opinions of the different news
papers throughout the country, which num
ber about twenty, and with but one single ex
ception (in Durango) they are fully in favor of
the -war.
, The Dictatorship. —El Monitor Rejmblica
-710, of the 12th ult., contains a lengthy article
on the subject of the Dictatorship. Up to that
date, Santa Anna was not proclaimed, nor had
he proclaimed himself, Dictator. Indeed, the
Monitor ridiculed the idea that he designed to
become one. The rumor to that effect which
prevailed in the Capital, it alleged to have !
originated with and been propogated by his I
; enemies and the enemies of the country,
j No Change in Policy. —The Monitor asserts
! that the new Cabinet is not to be entirely
i formed of Pnros, (Democrats,) as stated in
some of the journals, and that the new Minis
ters will carry out the policy of their prede
cessors. Santa Anna thinks that without a full
Ministry—with the Ministers of War and Fi- i
nance, together w ith the Clerks in the Bu- i
rcau of Foreign Relations —he will be able, |
for the time being, to carry on the govern-
In an article published in the same paper of
a the 10th, wc find the following paragraph:—
“There is no doubt but that the majority of the
nation is in favor of-carrying on the Avar, and
avc are, conseqcntly, con vinced that it is im
possible to e&ter into any arrangement for
peace; were it to be concluded, it would prove
fatal to the nationality of Mexico. The de
fenders of the nation arc, therefore, enooferagfd
Avith brilliant hopes of final success, &s it is
undoubted that the position in which the
United'States finds itself must, in the end, sc- j
! cure us triumphant success, notwithstanding
| our former disasters. All of us Avho sincerely j
j A\lsh the continuation of the war-, look upon I
au equivocal policy as dangerous, and all over- j
; til res of peace a perilous means to secure it;
j for this reason avc are opposed to any change .
. i in politics wliich may giA-e it a pacific appear- '
i once.” . . .. .
i Congress,- — Congtcus ‘met at the Capital at
j last on the lOth, and the proposition of de
i daring a recess, Avas lost by one A'ote.
IS/ Republicans, of the 12th, ilia leader of
great length, recommends that the forces
Avhich are intended to defend the Capital,
should be well and properly instructed and
drilled, as they have plenty of time before the
American army arrives there. Being chielly |
recruits, the Generals commanding thetn, he ,
says, should take great pains in their drill. — |
The editor says that the chieftains should
bear in mind that that is to be their last effort,
and consequently no exertion to have it suc
cuessful should be spared.
The Peace Party. — El Razonador, the peace !
papor,says that it has recommended peace
only because it is eonAlnced that the goA’ern- i
meut Avould not or could not carry on the
Avar; but at the same time it appr«A r es Santa
Anna’s withdiaAval of his resignation, and ;
praises him very much, saying that he is the
only man in the country who can keep alive
the spirit..
The Presidency. —The Legislature of Agu
ascalicnles bad given its A*ote to Gen. Almonte.
A letter from Oajaca says that Santa Anna has (
been unanimously nominated President by the \
Legislature of that State.
Gen-. Baneucli died ou the evening of the !
11th.
Gen. Valencia.®— Gen. Valencia had report- i
ed having arm r ed at San Luis Potosi on the 1
sth June, where he took immediate command j
of the armyi Gen. Salas had also arrived there
and taken charge of his post;
C vnaltzo Pardonhd.— lt seems, from what t
wc sec In the Monitor of the 11th, that Santa 1
Anna and Canalizo had “made friends” onee
more, and, consequently, the examination of j
«the latter for his conduct at Ccrro Gordo Avas
dropped. Although it was reported that he
had been appointed Governor of the State of
Vera CrUz, he was to be employed in the de
fence of the Capital,
Moke Guerrillas. — El Estandartc dc los Chi
namtes, published at San Luis Potosi, says that
a large body of guerrillas has been organized
at Bocas, about twelve legues from San Luis,
i and that they were all Avcll armed and equip
! pcd.
Mexican Correspondence Intercepted,—
Gen. Alvarez sent an express from Amcica, oil
the 11th, with correspondence intercepted in ■
the possession of a courier going from the Capi
tal to Puebla. The Government had culled on
the different persons sending letters, in order j
that they should be opened and read, to show i
whether or not they contained any information j
of Avhich the Americans could aA'ail them- ;
selves.
A letter addressed to El Monitor, from Puc- i
bla, says that Gen. Worth, who began by kiss- I
his hands to all the young ladies at Pue- j
bla, has concluded by breaking the doors of
I Senor Haro’s house, and lodging himself in it.
[Whatever truth there may be in the former
part of this statement, the letter paid we be
lieve to be a lie.]
Gen. Scott’s March to the Capital.— El
Repuhlicano of the 11th, has accounts from ;
Puebla, in Avhich it is stated that the American |
forces would not move toAvards the Capital be- ■
fore six weeks, (from the 10th June) as they 1
! were aAvaitbig reinforcements ana hcaA'y artil- j
j lory from Vera Cruz. — El Monitor of the same 1
! date, publishes a letter in which the writer j
' states that he has been informed that the j
whole forces will movt towards the Capital, in |
all from the 15th to the 20th, as they had re
solved and Avere determined to spend and cele
brate the 4th of July at the Capital.
Movements of American Troops. —A letter
from Puebla, addressed to El Monitor, states
that Gen. Worth Avcnt as far as Cholula, with :
200 men, and had returned alone with his staff,
Avithout being troubled by any of the guenil- j
las*
Assistance Solicited from Gen. Scott.— !
A letter recciA-ed at the Capital on the 10th, !
from Tlaxcala, says that the inhabitants of that !
place had addressed a petition to Gen. Scott, |
asking protection of him, as a chief of guerillas, j
Portillo, was constantly annoying them. The i
Monitor says that it seems the Tlaxcaltccos '
Avlsh to imitate their predecessors during the
time -when the Spaniards went to conquer ;
them.
Attack on Qkn. Scott. —A correspondent
from Puebla, AATites on the 7th to a friend in
the capital, that the American forces are
scarcely 6000 men, and as Gen. Scott could not j
leave that place for some time, it Avould be j
good policy to ha\'e the Mexican forces march- i
ed to Puebla and there attack the Americans, j
who were not prepared for an effective defence. |
A letter from Tuxpan, of 31st May, says that 1
the inhabitants are so much frightened there,
that as soon as they suav a vessel approaching
the port, they packed up their beds and ran to
the woods, where they remained until they
Avere assured that there was no danger in the
tow'n.
An exchange paper states that a pretty child
—a charming little three years old —was not
long ago presented Avith a nursery kitten saved
from the noyade that aAvaited the birth of its
brothers and sisters. A sliort time afteixvards
the child’s mamma added twm members to the
family circle, in the shape of tAvins. On being
taken into the nursery to see them, she looked
from one to the other Avith much curiosity.
Then, patting one of their little cheeks Avith
her rosy finger, she said, “I think avc will keep
this one, papal”
wqpcßUfHf Mar ,TJ?ry
if-Frcwi ATmp Fbr& Evening Post, Zdinst.]
Tbc Operation of the New Tariff!
’the commerce of this port, which far sur
passes that of any other in the country, fur
nishes a most -flattering evidence of the favora
ble Operation of the tariff of 1846. The result
of seven months experience under the new
law, compared with the same time under the
law of 1842, which will be found in . another
column, gives an increase of nearly half a mil
lion in the revenue collected or due, and an
increase of more than six millions in the im
portation of dutiable merchandise.
If we now form an estimate of the business
of the year by the part that has passed, the
operation of the new law will surpass the lar
gest anticipations of its warmest advocates.
The largest importations of the year generally
I commence in the month of July, and continue
j very heavy until the approach of winter. These
are Vet to be received and added to the state
ments furnished to the present time. It will
not, therefore, be surprising if the amount of
duties received by the close of November, ad
ded to those which shall accrue from merchan
-1 dise in the warehouse on the last day of that
month, shall show an increase of a million of
dollars over the revenue of this port during
the last year of the old law. A proportionate
increase m the importation of dutiable mer
chandise, will make that reach to twelve mil
lions in the same period.
Such is the fruit of the new law in relation
to revenue and importations at only one port
in the country. When the returns from every
port shall be collected, they wall present such
a fruitful lesson to the nation that the public
mind will forever after, as we trust, become
fixed upon the most liberal and free system of
Commerce.
We offer as evidence of the effect of the new
I law upon the manufactures of the country, the
following extract from the address of the May
! or of Lowell to the President, and the reply of
j the latter:
i -“Sir, we fed honored in receiving you as a
i guest, and extending to you the hospitalities
i of our city. We shall feel proud in exhibit
ing to you our mills i« operation, where the
I female, with her delicate hand, performs her
I work in cheerfulness, with exactness and with
care; our workshop, where the strong arm of
the artizan gives form and almost perfection to
countless cunningly wrought machines, many
'of winch he himself invents; our canals, by
which nearly all the water of Merrimack river
is turned from its original channel and Im
pressed into seiwice to furnish power for our
varied machinery; to the new canal, where
; more than half a million of dollars is &0w being
! expended, in order to furnish further facilities
in the Vise of this Waterpporer,w r er, and to many
other objects which I trust you. will not con
sider unworthy your attention.
“Mr. President, I have the honor to intro
duce you to, and again welcome you among a
: happy, contented and prosperous population,
! who will give you that frank and cordial Ve
i ception 'which, is due to your exalted position
as an eminent citizen of a sister state,and as the
| President of this great republic.”
| In reply, turning more directly to the May
or, the President said:
“To you, as one of the sovereigns, I-, as the
servant of the people, bow. Must happy am I
to hear from you, and from other sources, of
the prosperity of all classes in this city, and
j this section of the country. I shall be happy
; to visit, with you, your factories and such
| other establishments as afford evidence of your
' prosperity.”
[From the X. (J. Picayune , 2/ul imt. ]
From the Brazos.
The schooner 11. L. Scranton, arrived yes
terday from Brazos Santiago, having sailed
: thence on the 26th ult. She brings over the
, following passengers :
Capt. Sam’l. Montgomery; Ist Regime#* Il
linois Volunteers ; Messrs. M. E. Morrell, Jno.
Simpson, P. Campbell, J. Parmer, J. Presburv,
a. W. Hollins.
The captain of the schooner reports that he
left the following vessels at the Brazos ;
Schooners Robert Mills, B. E. Saver, Marta
Armstrong, M.qor Lear, Howard, Mills, and
Sonus, to sail in 3 days for ‘New- Orleans.
June 28th—spoke the brig Hope, of New
port, from Vera Cruz, bouulLto Scbine Pass—
lab, 29 N.j longs,
By this arrival Flag
of the 23d ult. It
A store house on the Plaza at Allfeamoros
was accidently bh nvn up on the morning of the
i 20th ult., but fortunately without injury to
any person. The cause of the explosion is ua- i
known.
Tire Flag reports that four members of the I
I Ist Illinois Regiment, on the march from Co- ;
margo to Reynosa, unarmed and having fallen i
in the rear of the regiment, w ere attacked by a
i party of about twenty Mexicans and lassoed
j and robbed of their money,without doing them 1
i further injury. It would seem that the Mex- !
icaris knowing this body of troops had rccciv- ,
ed their money at Comargo, followed them on
the march to Reynosa, with a new to pick up
stragglers from the ranks, and succeeded in
capt ruing these four, obtaining over a hundred
dollars from each of them. The alcalde at
Reynosa ijwas ordered to produce the robbers
or refund the money.
A Mexican circus company which has been
performing several weeks at Matamores is com
ing - over to N ew‘ Orleans, according to the -
I Fhg. That paper says we must prepare for j
a display of equestrian feats such as in our
“ wildest imaginings we never dreamed of.”
i
From Tampico.
The schooner Sarah Elizabeth, Capt. Webb,
arrived yesterday from Tampico, having left
there on the 24 th of June.
We learn from Mr. Mitchell that the English
steamer Avon was lying off the bar, landing
quicksilver. She would shortly proceed on
her return voyage, touching at her several ap
i pointed ports, but she would take little or no
1 specie with her, as in consequence of the .guer
rilla parties it is deemed unsafe to transport
even merchandize in the interior without a
large escort of troops. Tampico feels sensibly
j this state of things. There is little business
j doing, the people being afraid to venture in
with the ordinary products of the country.
The accounts of the health of the citv are at
variance. While Capt. Webb represents that
| the Louisiana Regiment is suffering dreadfully
| from the fever—less than one-fourth lit for
duty—the Sentinel of the 20th ult. says the
1 health of the town continues good, with the
exception of some cases of intermittent fever.
The U. S, bomb brig Heckla, Lieut. Com
| manding Fairfax, is blockading the port of
■ Soto la Marina.
! The Sentinel has files of Ee Republicano to
; the 12 of June —three days later than we have
received —but says they contain not a word of
I news, but are full of war articles, wax “withJkt
I quarter.”
[From the Home Journal.]
The Hot Weather.
: The great New York thought for the pgst
week, has been, how to keep cool. The “semn
millions of pores” for which, according to
tom v, every individual keeps a running ac
count with the weather —(receiving cold or
heat and giving out proportionate perspiration)
—have this week been heavily drawn upon.
As they say in Wall-street, “the holders o;
that stock have had to sweat.” Our own ex
perience has led us to make one or two dis
coveries, both in the localities and literature
of coolness, and for the benefit and amusement
of our x-eaders, in town and out, we will record,
with as cool a lack of method as possible, what
we have acquired by this summery compul
sion.
Unable to get a “ride up” in an omnibus,
oile hot day, we were toiling homeward over
a sidewalk that went reluctantly behind us,
wheii from a cellar in Broadw r ay came out a
stream of air for which we have not now time
to find a similitude. It was, to a delightiul
degree, refreshing —flavored from the earthen
floor of the cellar, and moist from the stone
wall. We stood some five minutes over it,
and meantime were trying to remember a pas
sage in our half forgotten reading which des
cribed summer houses constructed on this
very principle of coolness. itb. some re
! search, after reaching home, we re-discovered
what we refer to, and as its know ledge may
be used to advantage in this climate, we copy
it bodilv : —“The town of Moutalva.il, in Ar
ragon, ’is ventilated isl a very simple manner.
It stands in a very deep valley, surrounded
with mountains, and is liable to excessive
heat. Much wane is made iii the neighbor
[ hood, and every house has underneath it a
| cellar dug to a great and unusual depth , bfe-
I cause of the hot situation. Every cellar
has its vent-hole to the street , and from each
i of them a stream ■ erf colei air continually
issues out , and cools the town. Might it not be
usefully imitated in all hot countries? The in
habitants used to say that wine, when drank
fresh from these collars, never intoxicated. —
The reason thev assigned was, that it was so
cold as to compress the vapors in the stomach,
1 w hich were thus tempered when they ascend- i
cd to the brain instead of being in a burning |
i state. Bishop Burnet describes something of j
I the same kind at Chavenncs. The towm stands j
at the very foot of mountains. At the roots of
i the mountains they dig great cellars, and sti'ike
a hole tcu or twelve feet into the lull, which,
all the summer long, blows a fresh air into the
cellar, so that the wine in those cellars drinks
almost as cold as if it w'ere in ice. The sun,
opening the pores of the earth and rarilying
the exterior air,that which is compressed with
in the cavities rushes out with a constant cur
rent. Before, or over these vaults, they build
little pleasant bouses like summer-houses, and
in them they go to collation,at night, or when
| ever oppressed with heat.”
j
Augusta, (Georgia.
THURSDAY MORNING JULY 8,1847.
FOR GOVERNOR
HON. Q. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
.. .. , . ______
We anticipate that our readers will
j hail with satisfaction the improved appearance
i Os our paper. The liberal patronage extended
j to us has enabled Us so tg present it, and this is
but a jUst return for the public favor which
the Constitutionalist enjoy Si
Disregard of Cur National Anniversary.
We are informed that application was made
to our City Authorities for powder to fire on
Monday last a national salute, commemorative
of American Independence; and that the
plication was disregarded or neglected. The
day therefore passed off without that acciUs
tomed tribute of respect . Aiigusta is probably
• entitled to the unenviable distinction of being
j the only city in the United (States that has
I shown itself thus insensible to the noble re
■ collections of our revolutionary struggle; We
should feel ashamed to disclose this discredita
ble fact upon our city, but that we are slue
the action of our economical Mayor and Coitn-
I cil in this affair did not reflect the feelings and
wishes of our fellow citizens. It is true that
j corporations have no souls, but they some
times are the representatives of people that
I have, and it was due in this instance to such
that our city should not have been subjected
j to this imputation upon its patriotism. Here
tofore the City Council has been in the habit
; of furnishing powder for similar occasions, and
I in this instance it was expected to do so as a
: matter of course.
The only notice taken of the day in this city,
■ in the nature of a celebration was that by the
I Order of the Sons of Temperance.
We are told that at the very last moment,
the City Council, after tw’o weeks to reflect
j upon it, did offer to furnish powder for the
' occasion. This was late on the evening of
1 Saturday, the 3rd, too late for necessary ar
| rangements —preparing the cartridges, etc. etc.
■ What a pity that two such splendid pieces of \
brass ordnance as the Council possess, should
be considered by them rather costly articles
when requiring at their hands a few blank
cartridges once a year.
The City Council deserve the unqualified
censure of the whole community for having
omitted or utterly neglected to appoint a Com
mittee to make arrangements for the celebra
tion of the day. When our National Anni
versary is thus slighted, wo may truly exclaim,
we have fallen upon evil times.
The Artillery Guards may seem not to be
wholly exempt from criticism for their appa
rent supinencss on the occasion. But it should
be stated in their behalf, that that Company
appointed a committee to meet any other com
mittees that might be appointed to meet them,
to make arrangements. These proceedings
were duly advertised; but no movement was
made by any other bodies in response. The
Guards, however, paraded at live o’clock in |
the morning, and fired a feu de Joic with their ;
small arms.
This public spirited Company has been call- J
ed on frequently in the last 13 months to pa
rade, tire salutes, and act as escort on various j
public occasions. These demands on them \
have involved them very much iu debt. All 1
the military duties of the city have devolved
on tliis Company, and it has displayed a de
gree of public spirit and energy, which it is to
be regretted, has not received a more general,
countenance and sympathy. s
Augusta is the only place in Georgia from !
which volunteers have gone forth to the Mex
ican war, and returned after their arduous and
patriotic toils, that has not given them some
public demonstration of welcome.
Important to Volunteers.
The following is an extract of a letter from
J. L. Edwards, Esq., of the Pension office, in
>smswer to an application for the pension allow
edior'the- services of a volunteer, who died af
ter being discharged from service on account
of ill health ;
“It is proper to remark that, as the deceas
ed was discharged on a Surgeon’s certificate of
disability, it must be shown that the disease,
on account of which he obtained his discharge, ■
was incurred after he entered the. Army, and |
while in the line of his duty as a soldier.”
[From the Baltimore American of Monday. J
Arrival of
15 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Farther Decline iu Breadstuff's.
ADVANCE IN CO ’ TON.
The Cunard steamer Caledonia, arrived at
Boston at an early hour yesterday morning,
bringing dates from Liverpool to the 19th ult.
Our correspondent at Boston immediately des
patched to us, through the Telegraph, the fol
lowing sketch of the Liverpool markets;
By Telegraph.
[7’ •ans milled for the American.]
BOSTON, July 4,10 A. M.
The steamer Caledonia has just arrived with fif
teen days later intelligence from Europe. I for
ward you the following despatch as to the condition
of the Liverpool market on the 19th ult.
Flour was selling at 38s. to 40s. per barrel for
American; The last steamer quoted it at 425. to
435. per barrel. •
Indian Meal was selling at 235. to 245. per barrel.
Indian Corn a 475; to 52a. per quarter. The last
steamer left it at 625.
Red Wheat was selling at I Is. 9d. a 125., white
do. at Lis. a 12s. 3d. per bushel of 70 lbs.
Beef met ready sale at 555. to 60s. per barrel;
new mess Pork 725. to 765., old do. 65 to 705,; prime
new do. 61s. to62s. Lard 465. to49s. in kegs,
j The rates for New Orleans Cotton, ordinary to
■ middling’, was to Cjjd., from good to fair 6|. The
market firm.
After the above was in type we received the fol
lowing despatch from Philadelphia:
PHILADELPHIA, July 4, 6 P. M.
The news by the Caledonia has come to hand,
and I transmit you the following:
LIVERPOOL, June 19.—The arrivals of Wheat
from Ireland either of home growth or foreign du
ring the last fortnight, have been very considerable,
as have also been the imports from the L’nited
i States. For a week or ten .days past heavy losses
! have taken place in Flour and Meal by leakage (
which has rendered a large quantity unmerchanta
ble. The rumors of the appearance of the Potato
disease, though unconfirmed, have not yet subsided;
bat they do not exercise the smallest influence
upon the market. Subsequent to the departure of
the last steamer the market fully realized the up
ward tendency, which was maintained until about
the 11th. Since then, however, owing to the ex
treme favorableness of the weather, and the pro
mising appearance of the growing crops, the sta
bility of the market has been materially shaken,
and the disposition to fall clearly evinced. The
last three days the markets have been unusually
dull, and the transactions ot yesterday, particular
ly were of an exceedingly limited character; they
closed with 40s. to 41s. 6d. for best Canal
Flour, Wheat at lls. to 12s. 3d. for 70 lbs.; Indian
Corn, white 48s. to 525. per quarter; Corn Meal 245.
to 255. per bbl.; Philadelphia and Baltimore Flour
395. to 405.; Ohio Flour 375. to 38. Tobacco very
Inactive.
LONDON July 19. —Money Market.. —The con
tiUned promising appearance of the growing crops
together with the Suspension of the export of specie
have produced a revival of confidence, and greater
fease in the .Money Market. The Bank of Eng
land now discounts more freely, but the Funds are
subject to considerable ftdefuation. The amount
of notes of the Pack of Englaud in circulation is
about £182145,660, being a decrease of £.316,730,
and the stock and bullion in both departments
knibiin* to £10,236,599, showing a decided increase
iipdn the transactions of the preceding week; Al
together the mrinfe'tary prospects of the country are j
of a more encouraging character than they hare
been for some time;
LIVERPOOL, June (Cotton Market, I
though fluctuating in the early part of the month, \
has now assumed a steadier aspect, and has advanc- '
ed fully £ penny per lb. The sales of the w eek end
ing last evening amounted to 35,000 bales, of which
5,000 hales have been taken on speculation,and 3,480
for export. Orleans at 6£ a B£d.; Alabama and Mo
bile atCf a7Jd, and 120 hales iSea Island at 12d tet
18d middling, ordinary and fair, and zU to 22 for fine.-
The stock now in port is estimated at 500,000 bales,
against 732,000 bales last year.
The steamship Britannia arrived at Liverpool
from Boston on Sunday, the 13lh, and the new Am
erican steamship Washington, from New York, at
Southampton on Tuesday afternoon, the 15th ult.
The latter sailed for Bremen on the following day. !
The steamship Sarah Sands sailed from Liverpool
for New York on the 15th ult.
The American ship Herald, Captain Randall Pul
len, of and bound to Baltimore, from Holland, with
emigrants, went ashore in a dense fog on the 24th
May, and immediately filled—crew and passengers
had all been landed without loss.
The steamer Caledonia brings no specie this trip.
The fleet and forces of the Portuguese Junta, un
der the command of Easantas, consisting of 12 ships
of war and 3500 men, surrendered unconditionally
to the British blockading squadron oilOporto on the
31st May.
The Crops.
The Millcdgcvillc Recorder, of 6th hist, says i
—“We think we hazard nothing in saying,
that the late continuous ruins have tended to
lessen, still more than ever, the prospect of an
average cotton crop. Nor has the late unfa
vorable weather been limited in its extent.—
Delegates with whom we have conversed
within the past week from various portions of
the State, all concur in this opinion. The late
ness of the spring, bad stands, and the recent
frequent inundations of rain, were the causes
assigned for this result.
“Where the weed had survived, it has latter
ly run up, as in the year 1840, without branch
ing off—-hence it contains but few bolls. This
has in part been produced for the want of
working—or rather suitable weather in which
to kill the grass. A good planter from one of
the most extensive cotton growing counties iu
the State, even tells ns that lie has no idea that
the grass in many farms he has seen, will be
ever subdued till ‘burnt off next winter.’
the reader sees that the prospect at this
laic period for cotton is quite gloomy —that it
m»t be short, there is no doubt —but to what
expent, the future season alone will regulate.
p*The provision crop has so far turned out
uptach better than was anticipated. Wheat,
not generally abundant in the yield, is
very good; and a sufficiency will no doubt be
made for the consumption of the country.—
Oats and Rye have done well, and the prospect
for an abundant corn crop, together with other
less important articles of provisions, is quite
flattering.”
The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding
on the Ist hast., it is officially stated, was thir
teen million' three hundred and eighteen thou
sand ninety-nine dollars and thirty-one cents.
Another Requisition.
The New Orleans Delta, of 2d in.st. says—
“ The Secretary of War has made another re
quisition on this State. The present one, just
received by Gov. Johnson, is for two compa
nies of mounted gunmen. The scene of their
duty is to be Vera Cruz and its environs.—
With a view to expedite their enrollment, Gov
ernment will supply them with horses, as well
as all equipments and accoutrements.”
The Baptists.
It is estimated that the number of Baptists
in the United States is 655,530; the number of
churches 7833; of ministers 5751; licensed
preachers 1035; colleges 14; theological schools
8; newspapers and periodicals 34. The whole
number in the world, of all branches, Ls esti
mated at 1,130,711.
From Fort Leavenworth.
We leant, says the St. Louis Daily Union of
I J
the 25th ult., by private letters, dated the 20th
inst., from Fort Leavenworth, that Captain
Shephard’s company of the battalion of infan
try starts from the_Fort on the 17th inst., and
('apt. Weeckner’s on the 18th, en route for San
ta Fe.
Lieut. Col. G.iston, Lieut. Holmes, Adju
tant of the battalion. Surgeon Malin and others
of the staff, together with the remainder of the
battalion, were to take up their line of march
on the morning of the 21st inst.
.
None of the mounted regiment of Missouri
i volunteers, nor of the Illinois regiment, and
' battalion, had arrived at the Fort at that date,
1 though they were expected soon. Probably
j the regiments would start from Independence.
: Col. Easton had arrived in fine health, and
j every one had full confidence that he would
I mak a first rate officer.
Woman.
She is often the occasion of much trouble
and mischief to man. For her he toils and
slaves —for her he left Paradise—for her he
blows his brains out —and for her he makes a
confounded fool of himself in various ways?. —>
Notwithstanding, woman is a blessing. Her
influence over our rough hewn sox is as mild
as the moon on the tides, and twice as power
ful. The moral fragrance that surrounds her
is as sweet as the odors that rises from a field
of white clover, and her beauty makes her one
of the most interesting living ornaments of so
ciety that wears either legs or wings, I don’t
care whether you mention a bird of paradise, a
butterriy, or a straddle bug.— Doir y Jr:
A Prediction Realized.
The bold prediction of General Green, when
a prisoner, in the Castle of Perote, has been
j singularly verified. —While he and his breth
i ren in arras were prisoners in that dreary for
tress, a new flag staff was raised. The Gene
! ral told the commandant of the Castle that he
was glad to see it firm and lofty, for it would
! bear the more bravely the stars and stripes
! which before five years would wave from it in
j undisputed sovereignty. In three, his bold
j promise to the Mexican government has actii
i ally been realized.
O 3 W. Wilson, Portrait Painter, will
; be absent from this city, until about the 15th Au-
I gust, 6 July 8
Another Severe Case of Asthma Cured by
. Wistar’s Er 2s un.
Skth W. Fovvi.k:—Dear Sir—Having for a
| long while been troubled with Asthma in its worst
form, and after having tried various remedies, aii
| to no effect, I bought of your agent; A. Rowe, mic
bottle of the Balsam of Wild Cherry, winch relieved
me verv much. I have continued to use the same,
as the disease returns upon me, and find it always
relieves when nothing else will; and further, I have
no doubt, could I have hud she Wild Cherry in the?
: first stages of the disease, but that it would have
I entirely cured me. I can confidently recommend
it* as a very valuable -medicine for all lung com
plaints BENJAMIN ROBINSON.
New Hampton, April 5, 1816.
j None genuine, unless signed 1. BUTT'S, on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, bv
1 H AVIf .AND, RISLEY & CO., and also by THOM
AS BARRETT &, CO., and Dealers in Medicines
generally in Georgia
July 8 13—
Hooping - Coug-h and Croup.
To Parents. —Jayne’s Expectorant,is with
out exception, the most valuable preparation in use,
for the above diseases. It converts Hoopi g Cough
into a mild and tractable disease and shortens it*
duration more than one-half, and produces a cer
tain and speedy recover) . From half to tea
spoonful, will certainly cure Croup in infants aa<f
i young children, in half an hour’s time. The lives
1 of hundreds of children will be saved annually, by
i always keeping it on hand ready for evv/y ewer
; geacy.
Bowel and Summer Complaint.
Dr. JAYNE, No. 8 South Third Street, is willing
to guarantee that his Carminative Balsam will
cure Diarrhoea, ijolica, Cramps, Griping Pains,
Cholera Morbus, Summer Complaint, and other de
rangements of the Stomach and Bowels, in ninety
nine cases out of a h undred, and in less than half
the time than can be effected by any other means.
It is extremely pleasant, and children are fond of
it. It is equally as effectual for adults as children,
and when live directions are followed, and a cure is
not effected, the money will be cheerfully returned.
Price 25 and 50 cts. a bottle.
i
Another Physician’s Opinion.
The following additional testimony in (avor of Dr,
Javne’s Medicines has recently been received
f from a physician of high standing in Lauderdale
i Co., Miss., under date of August 0, 1818.
1 “Dr. D. Jayne—Dear Sir—l am intimately ac
! quainted with some of your preparations, and can
safely recommend them. Y'our Expectaraut and
1 Carminative Balsam I have used extensively in roy
own practice, and I state unhesitatingly that 1 have
used no article, or combination of Medicines, that
1 have better answered the purpose for which thgy
were prepared than the above, & c.,
W. W. JOHNSON, M. D.,
Lauderdale Co., Miss. ’
Prepared only by Dr, D. Jayne, Philadelphia, and
sold on agency, by W. K. KITCHEN, Augusta,
j July 8 13—
■FRENCH <fe SPANISH LANGUAGES.
QypF. Le Bnrbier, gives Lessons of FRENCH
and SPANISH, either at his residence or in pri
vate families.
Apply to him, at the United States Hotel, every
morning before 0 o'clock, or in the afternoon be
; tween 3 and 5.
Reference: —Dr. Dugas, Messrs. 11. H. Cumming,
G. T. Dortic, J. Gardner, Gardelle &. Khind.
July 7 2
HJ DR. J. A. s7MILL.IGAN, will at
tend to the practice ol Medicine and Surgery, in
j Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrarce
! one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
I June 13 *33