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PWMHWMBra—BBBWW—n—BB—BBWOBBBI THE CON ST IT HTI ON ALI ST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, per annum; $S 00 Tri-Weekly,per ammm...vA t> 00 If paid in ■advance . 5 00 Weekly, per annum.... ................. . A 00 If paid in advance 2 60 To Ctuos, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent This will put our Weekly ’pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YE Alt. (JjTSabscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new sohscri-b'ciT. With the money, can get the paper at $2 00. (UTAH new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. For the Campaign. Any one forwarding ou cents, free of postage, will he furnished with the Weekly until the Ist October. fcrPostape must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [F t orn the Madison {(Hu.) Amateur.] Stanzas. BY CHARLES SOUTH."MAN. I. Come out from th' dull and noisy street, Where pare limps with wearied leet, To the. mead and the glen; Oh. let'* forget the laps* of time la th" gush of wild-birds’ sylvan rhyme— Come, be a child again I 11. The flow’rs hold out their tiny arms, With all the wiles of maiden’s charms, To win a glance of love; And sinks their fragrance hi the heart Like sweet words sent by Cupid’s art On wings of carrier dove. I MI. Tl ie brooklet houndeth down the bill With boistrous laugh or liquid trill, , And wimples o’er the plain, Till drooping leaves and flow’rs rejoice— * Then saith the brook with pleasant voice “Come, be a child again !” 1 IV. The mica of nature, like a tune, Arises from the bowers of June With soft aud lulling strain, And calls upon the heart and eye, To forget th’ sorrows all gone by, And be a child again. Madison, Georgia. The Press. (anonymous. ] A million tongues are thine, and they are heard Speaking of hopes to nations in the prime Os Freedom’s day, to hasten on the time When the wide world rs spirit shall be stirred With higher aims than now—when man shall cal! Each man his brother—each shall tell to each His tale of love—and pure and holy speech Be music for the soul's high festival! Thy gentle notes are heard, like coral waves, Reaching the mountain, plain, and quiet vale— Thy thunder-tones art like the sweeping gale, Bidding the tribes of men no more be slaves; And earth’s remotest island hears the sound That floats on ether wings the world around ! [ From the A. O Delhi dd in.it.] IVZcxicau News. Further Itemsfrom, late Me.i icon Papers. El National comments with some severity on the promptness with which Geu. Worth has the judgements of his Court Martial executed. Sergeant McKeowu of company F, N. Y. Vol unteers, was recently tried at Puebla on two charges—lst, for conduct subversive of good order and military discipline; 2d, for robbery. The specification under the first charge, was, j that said McKcown, on the 20th May, a little j more or less, ( pobo mm 6 ma-nos.') entered, sword in hand, the house of Don Jose Santa Cruz Polanco, and threatened the said Don and his family with violence. The second specification was, that said McKeowu robbed tbe said Don of a quantity of money. The sentence of the Court was, that said McKeowu should pay a fine of fifteen dollars, for the benefit of the Hon —be imprisoned for the time the regiment should remain, in Puebla, not exceeding thirty days —and be reduced to the ranks of a private ! soldier. The same Court tries and convicted a soldier by the name of Patrick Crumiau, of company 11, N. Y. Volunteers, on similar charges, and ; imposed a like fine for the Don’s benefit. and sentenced the criminal to fourteen days impris onment. El National, after publishing the charges, i specific it ow, judgment, &c., thus comments: j —“From the foregoing document, our readers my form ; n : de.iofthe promptne s with whu h ; the* Anglo Americans terminate a criminal ! case, condemn the accused, and execute judg ment; but at the same time, it will be observed that all this exaggerated rigor of punishment is nothing in reality. In order to condemn the robbers of Polanco —the Sergeant to a fine i of fifteen dollars, imprisonment for thirty days, . and deprivation of rank 4 , and the soldier to a ; similar fine and only fourteen days imprison ment —there is, indeed, no need of forms and delays, by which the accused may have access to the means which justice furnishes for self defence. By our laws, American soldiers sub ject to them would have suffered at least four years imprisonment; yet the whole process would have been procrastinated sufficiently long to have every matter involved completely i investigated, aud only when the crime and the participation of the accused should have been rendered as clear as noon-day, would they hare been condemned, for ottr laws respect whatever is due to* the person of the man. — Our invaders, however, who pride them elves so much upon their civilization, and upon pro ceeding with entire justification, do not stop to ascertain even the date of the crime, as ap pears from the document here inserted, in which it is averred that the day of the robbery was the 20th of May, a little mare or less; that is to say, the judges neither knew nor wished j to know the day when the crima was pevpe- , trated, as if this were not a circumstance so important in the process as to be worthy of extensive investigation. If a certain know- ' ledge of the perpetration of a crime be indis pensable, the day and the hour of its perpetra- j tiou are, as a necessary consequence, equally | so. The Anglo-Americans, in three days, sup posing the robbery preceded the 20th of May, °not only did not make that fact clear, bnt they passed sentence, and called that sen tence right—as if, provided the crime were certain, society would lose little in not having a corrrespouding punishment inflicted; it it were not certain, bvit little would be lost by the punishment of innocent men. That which is important is the brevity, not the effect. In this way, a great crime may he punished with out an opportunity for the accused to be heard. If this be not an offence against com mon sense, we know not what is; at all events, it is a matter about which, there can bo no doubt.” La Epoca , published in San Luis Potosi, has an article so characteristic of Mexican philoso phy aud bombast combined, that wc cannot resist the temptation to give it. That paper gavs: “There is iu the depth of the human heart, . a natural principle of perversity inclining us to evil. In order that this principle may not be developed, and thus make men as ferocious as savages, it is necessary that, from tnc mome.it reasoy commences, efforts should be made to counteract natural propensities, as well by inspiring in tbe youth those moral tendencies which render men virtuous, as by presenting him examples, by the imitation of which habits are insensibly formed. Yet, instead of moral maxims, of virtuous examples, there is nothing j but disorder and excess, exhibiting, at all hours, acts of cruelty; and what must be the consequence but a kind of wild beast in the j shape of man? Hence, there are many destined to disgrace families, societies, even whole nations. Among, these, wc believe ought to be j placed, conspicuously, our neighbors of the North. W hat morals, what religion, what principles, have these men received in their education? V,'hat are the examples which they ; hold up to view every hour? Morality! they know it not.. Their religion is unsubstantial, and among*them atheists abound. Their prin ciples they hold for one object. r J heir habite arc drunkhCss; and, finally their daily exam- ! pies are the unheard of cruelties with which j they treat unfortunate slaves. 'Sacred (rod! and are these the men who pretend to domi neer in our country? Are these the men who have had the audacity to conic to dictate to us their odious laws, and to pretend to teach us how to live? 'Sooner let us sec our people reduced to fragments —our fields to ashes! Sooner let us sec our beloved country sad and desolate, ensanguined and porsishing, than in the grasp qf those monsters, whom we are bound to resist as we would wild beasts! “Compatriots! Our enemies have penetrated % most t > the CV ital of the K public; and now is the time for them to receive due chastise ment, in’order that neither they nor others may escape the coiiseqttcnccs of their audacity. A unanimous effort must be made so bury 6ur aggressors iu the abyss of nothing. Tints must he washed out the dishonor we have received for not having repelled them at the first op portunity!” [From the Charleston Mercury. Ith insf] Analysis of the Cotton Planx. I AVo are very much struck with the praeti ! cal bearing of the following proceedings, or j rather of what may result from them, cm the culture of Cotton. Wc have always known f and admired Mr. Lewis as a statesman and I economist, but be appears, in this instance, m : a m*w character/and to our judgement, one j lik'dv to be highly useful. The aualvAs of the Cotton plant audits ; products cannot but be important. M e have | understood that the same subject has engaged j the attention of two Chemists of distinction j in this State Dr. Shepherd and Professor Id iot and that considerable progress had been made in analysing the stalk and fibres of Cot ton. The nature of the sod, in the prairie lands of Alabama and those oi Soudi ( arolma, io manv important respects different. V, e should be glad to see the results of Ml these examinations of three eminent men, as veil as of those to whom Mr. Le wis’s samples arc en j trusted. “At a meeting of the Farmer’s Club, in the f city of New York, on the evening of the 20th ult; the lion. Dixon H. Lewis, who was pre sent, was called upon for some observations in relation to Southern Agriculture. In answer- | ing tbe call, be spoke at some length upon tbe cultivation of Corn, and the advantage of deep ploughing. “Cotton Mr. L. did not consider so profita ble a culture as Corn, unless the former com manded a uniform high price. The seed ot Cot- ; ton weighs rather nwre than three-fourths of the ! plant, and ever*, 1,200 lbs. gives 3.50 of the i picked Cotton. P hiring affects Cotton in so much as this—that it drains the land, makes it warmer, and throws it into good condition for the Spring. lie did not believe that soft land would do at all for Cotton —the tap-root j of the plant running a great ways into the 1 ground, [he had himself traced it two feet, 1 and had been informed of greater depths,] it requires and makes an effort to find a tenaci- , oils soil, (as clay,*) to hold firmly—aud if not succeeding, it rots off; therefore, he sets down very rich land as bad for Cotton. “In regard to the manuring of lands, Mr. ! Lewis had, he remarked, in a great measure | adopted the theory, of Petzholdt, whose ‘Lec tures’ he had read with great satisfaction. Petzholdt holds that certain insoluble sails are held hv some plants and substances which go towards the production of those plants, and that those excelling in quality or quantity ;dso excel in the salts. Mr. 1,, believed, also, that by means of a machine, the shell can be separated fromthe pulp of the cotton seed, and that from the latter a good vegetable nil can be obtained with little trouble and of great usefulness—but 1 then he wants to be assured before he made the j experiment, that ho would not thus be robbing the soil of what it needed. Hence the necessity , of an analysis not only ot the stalks, but ol the j boll, fibre and seed of the Cotton Plant —an analysis which shall bring out such results its i shall lessen the cost of manures, by lessening 1 j the bulk of the material required for the pro- , ■ duetion of the plant. Petzholdt holds that the bulk of any article used as a fertilizer does hot j 1 contain the principle of the growth of the j plant; and that the process of incineration is j ! the very best mode in which to get at the sum , j and substance of the matter. “Subsequently, the Club agreed on ordering a complote analysis, by the best chemists, of the Cotton Plant, in accordance with the sug gestion, if Mr. Lewis would do them the favor \ to send from Iris plantation a perfect specimen, | including stalk, fibre, boll and seed. For this purpose Mr. L. signified his cheerful readiness to comply with the request; and there will ho ! attained, some time,a thorough knowledge of this plant so truly useful aud almost indispensable; and the planters of the South can ascertain, to | a certainty, whether or not it can be applied to a still greater number of purposes—-and whether the extraction of an oil trom it will be beneficial or prejudicial to the interests of the cultivator. Let us have a speedy and thorough analysis and report,” Curious Traits of American Character. The peculiarities of our institutions make common traits ot character, which take by sur prise even those that were familiar with them j through birth and education; how must they j ! then appear to those educated under foreign ' governments. One of these peculiarities are | thus noticed by the New Orleans Daily Na ; tioual: Among the volunteers in Col. Doniphan’s i command, was a young man, who enlisted to ! keep from running for the Missouri Legislature, j This gave umbrage to his constituents, and bis ! name was put up aud he was elected by a un- j animous vote- The unfortunate individual, who thus had honors thrust upon him, while j marching in slow time with Iris musket on his j | shoulder over in Santa Fe, is suddenly distur bed by the appearance of an express from the Executive of Missouri demanding of Col. j Doniphan,“on pians aud penalties, if neglected, the body of a member elect of the Missouri Legislature, now a volunteer in his regiment, j The Colonel, as a military man, is obliged to ; obey his commander-in-chief: so he ordered the j legislator out of the ranks, and told him that he must foot it back, under a guard to Mis- j souri, willingly if he would, or chained as a i prisoner. The representative ventured ini- ! precations upon his constituents and upon his sovereign State, and took the back track homo, perfectly disgusted with his popularity at the j polls. Another private in Col. Doniphan’s ) command, now in California, has been elected | to Congress. Thus it is, our institutions i make it consistent for the American citizen to occupy every place under government, wheth er distinguished or obscure, and each, alike, shed honor, if faithfully fulfilled. * [From the Savannah Republican, Ith iarf.] Public IfSeeting*. A meeting of the citizens of Savannah was held at the Exchange on Tuesday the Gth inst. to embody in some token of admiration their appreciation of the patriotic conduct of Col. HoNitY li. Jacks©x, and the other brave olli cers and men of the Georgia Regiment. M. 11. [McAllister, Esq., was called to the Chair, and Mr. E. Winter appointed Secreta ry. * The object of the meeting having been stat ed by the Chairman, W. 11. Bulloch, Esq., ot tered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously passed — Whereas, the patriotic Spirit evinced by the officers and men of the Georgia Regiment during an arduous campaign in Mexico, enti tle them to our hearty commendations —and, whereas, an expression of sentiment on the part of this community, whence the comman ! dcr and a portion of that Eegiment went, is., peculiarly appropriate — Be it itesolrrd, That the high state of the discipline which characterized the Georgia Ro glinent reflects the highest cred it on its Com mander and other officers, while the ar lu >us duties to the perforinah.ee of which the men brought a cheerful obedience, having encoun tered the inhosrilulity of climate, the fatigues of marches, and Ml the other arduous duties of a soldier’s life, in time of war, with un flinching firmness, entitle them to our wmm e.-d commendations: Resolved, That we tender to Col. Jackson and the officers and men recently under his com mand, our congratulations on their return to their Ironies, sweetened as those homes a\ ill btri by the recollection of duty performed am/ dangers encountered in behalf ot tiieir couij/ try. ft/solved, That a Committer of six be ap pointed to make arrangements to testify to the officers and men of the late Georgia Regiment the high estimation in which this community holds the patriotic spirit exhibited by them in their recent campaign. The Chhirmf.u appointed the following named gentlemen as a Committee Under the 3d Resolution: Judge Ch \ rlto!*, j CaptAV. TI. C. Mills, F. S. Bartow, Esq , | Gaft. A. H. Baii.lv, J. E. Ward. Esq., j llnwiN DeLeon. On motion of Capl. J. E. h aid, the pro ceedings were ordered to be published in the citv papers. m. it. McAllister* chm’ir. E. Winter, Sec’y. »mauicr.«aa» w iw 3. ugus t a , C& cor9 1 a 5 FILED AY MORNING JULY 9,1847. FOR GOVERNOR HON. e. W. TOWNS. OF TALBOT. gof* The communication signed “Georgia,” which has already appeared in the Chronicle $ Sentinel, is by one of our most intelligent citi zens. It is worthy the most attentive consid eration by every ciiJzcn of our State. The facts sot forth will not fail to awaken inquiry as to the propriety of pressing forward with energy, and without delay, the great hue of Railroad, until this grand project of our State be com pleted according to the original plain M c take for granted, that ample information wilt be im parted to our next legislature upon the subject to enable it to come to an intelligent and impor tant decision. We have on our part no sectional feelings enlisted in this affair, except in so far as we look with peculiar pleasure to the great enhancement of the trade of Augusta, a> one rjf the certain results. But as a Georgian, we Avi 11 hail with great satisfaction the proud day Which shall crown with complete success this achievement so honorable to our State enter prise-. The map of the country in this clay’s paper, was prepared under the direction and at the expense of the writer of the communication, and of an intelligent citizen of Tennessee, . whose mind and energies are fully embarked 1 in the enterprise. It will be fupnd on our first pagC * _ Criticisms upon the Democratic Conven tion. The Souther// Recorder loads off on this topic, and has discovered divers sins of commission and omission by the Convention. It tells “the gentlemen constituting this body” “in all kind j " * ness,” “gentlemen you have committed a great | mistake.” This great mistake is in not pass ! ing a special vote of thanks to General Taylor, singling him out above all the other heroes of 00 , the war. Another alleged mistake is in sin gling out General Twiggs, the hero of Cmro \ Gordo, complimenting hjm alone,and omitting, not onl v a long list of distinguished armv of- I-- 0 - fleers,but also “our own chivalric Tattnall,(the naval hero of the war.)” Perhaps these arc mistakes in the eyes of the whigs. But they were very deliberately committed. We would recommend the Recorder to give its own party : a Caudle lecture for the omission by its Con vention recently assembled, of all mention whatever of the Navy. It gives a vote of thanks to the army, officers and soldiers, both regulars and volunteers, but says not one word about the navy—not even about “our own chivalric Tattnall.” Where was sh. tr apprecia tion of his gallant services? But a short reply is needed as to both the great mistakes thus pointed out. The whigs were 1 shaping their resolutions and passing their eom -1 pliments solely for party purposes and with rc j fercnce to what General Taylor designates as | “party schemes.” It was with that view he was j complimented. It was no genuine gratitude for 1 his services. lithe whigs in Convention felt I any real gratitude to any body in connection j with this much reviled war, they would not have been so chary of their compliments — | “Scott, Worth, Wool, Doniphan, and our own chivalric Tattnall,” would not have been pass ! ed by them in silence. But being solely in I pursuit of political capital —-party schemes — they were silent as to all others but General Taylor. The democrats chose to keep aloof I from everything of the kind. M bile rcturn i in" their heartfelt thanks to the army and the navy for their gallantry and good conduct, | they selected no special hero, for party schemes, ! whose name and fame, which ought to be na tional, were to be impressed into sendee as a party hack. They were proud to honor Gen eral Twiggs, however, because he was a Geor gian, and the members of the*Convention, as Georgians, were rejoiced to recognize him as one of our own soil. Moreover the feeling I has been and is prevalent that the host of I whig army letter writers, many of whom seem incapable of viewing this war in any other than a party light, sedulously omitted to do jus tice to General Twiggs, and always mentioned him only with such scant praise as the truth extorted from them. But it was always a re- luctant tribute. Why was this? Because he is a democrat. It has been the same with re gard to Generals Butler and Pillow. They i t)0 are democrat's. Their offence “hath this j extent, no more.” The democrats, on the I contrary, have on all proper occasions, as Amc- • 1 ri -an citizens, shown alacrity in doing full jus- j tier, and awarding the highest meed ot praise | to all the heroes of this war, without stopping j to inquire their politics. The war, its inci i dents, the glories it has shed upon our arms, j ; and all its resulting benefits, they have looked J upon as national. They have not been willing | j to view it in a party light. The whigs on the | i contrary have sought to make this a party j I question on all occasions and too often have awarded their admiration accordingly. The compliment to General Twiggs therefore has been prompted not alone by attachment to him as a gallant Georgian, but by a just spirit of resentment for tchig injustice to a mcrito ous officer, and- not with a view to pass a slight upon all others who have so match dis tinguished themselves. jr Augusta Artillery Guards. Mtk f \\je are "lad to see sumted nojj^ | has made a move towards giving to our re i turned Volunteers from Mexico a publi#rccep- * lion. W e understand that a committee, con sisting of ('apt. Adam, Lieut. Lewis Levy, I Sergeant V. Volger, Corporal J. INI. Moody, and Private Allen Young, have been appoint ed to make the necessary arrangements. They n . | have entered on the performance of their du ties, and from the list we saw in their hands yesterday afternoon, there is ever a prospect of their exertions being seconded by our citizens, aikl that the Georgia Boys who went from ; : this city, will meet Avith a reception justly duo them at our hands. The Iris Steam Ship. By an advertisement of the Agent in 1 'hqrlcston, in this day’s paper, it will he seen that this splended new Steamer will leave Charleston for New York on W ednesday next, j Her model is said to be as beautiful as ber | perfrti ihaiicc was proved to be admirable, du ring an experimental trip she made in the har- j bor of New York, having accomplished 33 miles in ‘i hours; The Iris is rigged with i three masts j lior freight capacity is from j 1000 to 1800 barrels, and has comfortable cab- I in accommodations of 80 passengers. She is propelled by an English improved steeple en gine. , Launch. The Savannah Republican of the 7th inst. 1 says—“We understand that a new Steamboat ; will bo launched from the yard of the Iron j Steamboat Company, at four o’clock this us- I ternoon. The U. S. Steam Barque Alleghany, I The New Orleans Delta of the 3d inst. says 1 —“ Our "Western friends will be pleased to learn that the E. S. steam barque Alleghany, i Capt. Hunter, the favorite craft of their own j construction, is ordered to. Mediterranean 1 —and thus will full play be given to her sea 1 and sailing powers. That their favorable an ticipations of both will bo realized we are cou- I fidcut.” A Curiosity £Jxpccted—A Chinese Junk in the United States. Our readers may recollect that sonic eight months since an arrival at Xew York from Canton reported that an enterprising Arueri- I can ship master had purchased a Chinese Junk and sailed for New York, since which time nothing had been heard of her. It now ap pears that she has nearly completed her voy age. Capt. Lloyd Slemmer, of the schr. Mary Augusta,arrived at Baltimore port on Saturday from Rio Grande, reports that he spoke on the i 29th June, off Cape Henry, 200 miles distant, a 1 Chinese dank, with the Emperor’s flag flying, three hundred days from Canton, bound to \etc | York. If we recollect aright, the object of j bringing so strange a vessel to this country was to exhibit her, and no doubt the enter prising owner will reap a rich reward for his perilous undertaking. Abundance of Money in New York. The New York Express of Saturday after noon Says, money is so abundant with the I banks that some of them that had notices j stuck up, for years, that seven per cent would i be charged on notes, having over thirty days ! to run, have taken them down. The Crops. The New Orleans Price Current of 3d inst. 1 says—“ The accounts from the interior in re gard to the growing crop (with the exception of some complaints from Tennessee and North i Alabama) represent it as generally presenting favorable promise, though it is asserted that it will not be early at market, even if unobstruct ed in its progress, owing to the backwardness of the spring. The weather, for some weeks, has been of a highly favorable character for a healthy progress of the plant, though, for sev eral days past, the rains have been almost con sajat; and should they continue much longer, - ! it is apprehended that they Avill cause a rank ness of growth unfavorable to full production, j besides giving a rapid impulse to the grass and ' weeds.” , Naval. i A Washington letter in the N. Y. Herald states, that the V. S. steamer Princeton will leave Philadelphia in a few days for the [Medi terranean. The Norfolk Beacon of Saturday last says — “We understand that the U. S. steam frigate Alleghany, Lieut. Com’g. Hunter, now at New Orleans, is ordered to the Mediterranean. — She will probably touch at some of the north ern cities.” [communicated. [ ALEXANDER, Burke Co., Ga., > July 3, 18-17. 5 Mr. Editor: —The occasion, I hope, sir, will be a sufficient excuse for my addressing you. On the 2d of July, I attended an examina tion of the pupils in the Alexander Academy. There arc, in fact, two academies; one for young ladies, the other tor young gentlemen. And I thought 1 perceived a feeling of hon orable emulation between them, which made the examination doubly interesting. Alexan der, indeed, is no ordinary place. lis true that it is but a summer residence, for most of its citizens, but then, the excellent school is continued through all the year, where i children may learn their A, B, C, or scan the harmonious numbers of Yirgil or of IIo ! mer, or with their text book of Botany in j the hand, cull the native wild Rowers in the j valleys, on the hill-tops, or about the gentle streams of the surrounding count; y : or under the tfflfeediate guidance of their instructor I regular* movements of the mysteri ous heavens : then, the friendly intercourse of ! the citizens, the gay and joyous young ladies, collected for the purposes of education, or parents permanently reside in the vil fWp on account of its healthy location, chcer tm and happy, the flower of friendship bloom ing in dewy freshness among them, watered I. * . from the stream of kindred associations; all 1 make the place important in the highest dc <|pec to the community, and lend a charm at tractive “and pleasant to the soul.” At about ten o’clock, many had assembled j in the larger academy, and the exercises were J commenced. Now a class of young ladies, I uoav a class of young gentlemen, were called pqfcULon the stage, and thoroughly examined •j- WTlfl(presonce of two or three hundred audi tors. Their teachers, too, might well feel proud of the result of their labors in giving : them instruction. To Mrs. Burke, instruc tress to the young ladies, no little credit is due, for the familiar acquaintance which her 1 young students displayed with a# their studies, Philosophy, Chemistry, &e., &c.; and her lit tle girls, beautifully arrayed, fronting the au dience, running smoothly through their recita tions, constituted a pleasing spectacle. The 1 decorous and elegant manners of her scholars, their rapid progress in their studies, their love and respect for their instructress, make it in -1 teresting to know that [Mrs. Burke, since liv ing among us, has said,that she considered “Alexander, home.” I The theory of teaching mathematics and 1 other branches; by making the piipil to under stand the principles of rules, and working upon principles, is an excellent one, hut not always : put in practice. But it deserves especial no j lice, that in bolh Academics such is the mode of teaching. Mr. James, instructor to tire young men, has particularly observed this mode in Arithmetic; lie learns Ids student* first the rules and thoroughly explains the principle of it. He then besides the sums in j the book gives them others, which arc within | the rule, but not within the book; Thereby j the scholar must understand the principle; and j then such a practice so much more deeply im- I presses it upon the mind, as to make it far pre ferable to the old style of “following the book.” This practice too is not confined by Mr. James; nor Mrs; Burke, to this branch alone. But it is their plan of instruction. Mr. James is a young, man, a native Georgian; and might therefore be considered by some, as incapable to fill the place he occupies; But coming as a Georgian and a stranger to the community, he has, by his ability and manly deportment com manded our esteem and approbation, and oc casioned the remark “that he was the best teacher that ever taught in BUrke;” He is a companion of his scholars without the school; their master within. Strict without severity; his scholars arc obedient and respectful. And i we may safely say that so long as Mr. James is | the teach e", the community have no reason to fear a want of proper training in the education of tlicif children. At half after twelve the examination was suspended. Each young gentleman took his partner, previously selected, and gallanted her to a large house, (which fortunately as it was still raining was fixed by our good citi zen John C. McLean,) to partake of the bar bacuc. Two long tables were extended the full length of the house, which “groaned” un der the weight of harbgcued Hog, and Beef, Pies, and Tarts, and Cakes were in profusion. All enfiladed and stormed the table, the ladies firs t(brave souls,) with gentle stop and colors flying, and found no easy victory. The men, each man, rushed upon the remaining foe,(and a plenty of them) with a flourish of knives and forks. At 3 o’clock, the examination proceeded.— After the scholars were examined in their other exercises, we were regaled with a rich profu- ■ sion of elegant compositions from the young la- ; dies, and listened to the fine declamation of the } young gentlemen rehearsing the “Monuments : of departed talents,” Wc were then invited to sup where we partook of the barbaeue, | which wc did right joyously, all of which, [Mr. Editor, was done, in spite of the rain, which begun at dawn and continued till night. SPES. [ Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. ] NEW YORK, July 4, 1847. The weather which for the last few days has been cool and coufortable, has now shifted again and ascended to the orthodox*intensity. Wc arc positively melted, and even iced water produces no perceptible effect in the mouth of the eager drinker. Although the day of the week prevents to a great degree the nstud noisy demonstrations of patriotism, it does ifot altogether keep them silent. The advices by the steamer are calculated to make breadstuff speculators look blue, but for Cotton the accounts are probably as good as could have been expected. Provisions were also steady, with upward We shall probably have a heavy market for breadstuff's next week and I shall not be surprised should Flour backdown to 00, and Corn to t>s a 70 cents. The steamer’s mail left Boston, by special train, at 2,1*. M-. winch will expedite it 21 hours. “ Newton Independent Horse.” This fine company of Cavalry took up the line of march yesterday for Mexico. They go, we are informed, by land direct to Mobile and thenee to Yera Cruz. During their stay of a month or more amongst us, they have won the good opinion of our citizens by a gentlomanly and soldier-like bearing, and will carry with i them to the soenes of their toil and their glory the best wishes of this community. We have never seen an entire company so uniformly so ber, gentlemanly and well behaved, and surely xve have nxwer seen one Avhich, in all the phy sical qualities of the soldier, looked more like hewing their Avay through the serried host of the enemy. Led on by their hardy and fear less captain,such a company, in the excitement of battle, would be a sight to cheer the heart \ of old Twiggs, and nerve the soul of the intre pid Harney. We boasted somewhat of the In j fantry Regiment from this .State which has i just returned from an arduous service, and we . i feel ourselves justified in speaking with more ! than ordinary pride of the finest, best appoint i cd, and best looking troop of horse that will ; go to Mexico from any State in the Union.— They are just one hundred rank and file, and we are mistaken if they do not prove trouble- I some customers, to the enemy whenever they lift their swords, or point their carbines.— C'J- Ivrn’nis Enquirer, Oth hint, Santa Anna. 1 The rafria has papers from the citv of Mexi co the 1 2th June—three days Inter than our . own files. , j The most notable fact wc derive from them is that Santa Anna has not been made Dietu | tor, as a letter received in town by the Quar termaster's Department had it, * There has been a report in the city of Mexico that lie arrived at a Dictatorship, but the Monitor 7>V juthUcuno regards it as an invention of Santa j Anna’s enemies. He appears to have attain ed such an ascendancy in the present Con j gross as to exercise almost dictatorial pow er.—A. O. J'icat/ane , 3d ijt.sf. (TirDnriiig my absence from the State W. A. WALTON, Esq., will act as mv Attorney. EDWARD HENKE id.. July 10 fH* Id j O 5 W. Wilson, Portrait Painter, win he absent from this city, until about the loth Au gust. G— July 8 Dll. J. a7s. MthIAGAN, will at tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in Augusta and its vicinity. (Mice in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall s Drug Store. June Id 6m 21.5 FRENCH & SPANISH LANGU AGES. mrE. JLe Barbier, gives Lessons of FRENCH and SPANISH, either at his residence or in pri j vate families. ' Apply to him, at the United States Hotel, every morning before 9 o'clock, or in the afternoon be : tween 3 and *5. Reference. Dugas, Messrs. If. 11. Cummings G. T. Dortic. J. Gardner, (iardeile A llifind. July 7 2 244 STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR GIA, djT This Company having been re-organized and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre pared to send forwarded without delay all freight that may oiler. Goods consigned to WM. F. WILLIAMS. Agent at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis sions. The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this Company has terminated. JOHN B. GUIEU, June 6 I—y Agent at Augusta. 6mi h !HO\ S. BOAT CO., > Augusta. 3tk Jail/, 1817. j DIVIDEND NO. 10. [PJ’NOTICE. — The Directors have this day declared a Dividend of FOUR PER CENT., payable to the Stockholders or their order, on de mand: (J. McLACGHUN, July 7 3 Secretary & Treasurer. orric e or tiiha i gust a ins Fr ance BANKING COMRANVA Julj a, 1847. DIVIDEND NO. 33. The Board of Directors have 'Phis Dmj. declared a Dividend of <s-| PER SIT Vll E< for the past six months, which will he paid u> the S tot kinl d v«s on demand. ROB’T. WALTON, Cash'r. * July 7 6 21-1 JONES & 3HEWMAKS, ATT 011 NI E S A T E A VST * WAYNESBORO, GA. JOSEPH B. JONES, and JOHN T. SHEW* j MAKE, having associated themselves in the prac tice Os Law. wiM promptly attend to any business entrusted to them in the counties of Burke. Jefler son. Laumiud. Richmond, Semen and Washington July 8 l2 £ommrr c i a I. E.rtracfs nf letters iff thi* rifif, drttrd ‘‘LIVERPOOL. 18th June. 18*7.—The continn i ed promising appearance of the growing crops of j Grain, together with the suspension of the export of : specie to America, have produced some revival of | confidence here, and greater case in the Money i market. The alarm as to the return of the disease ! in Potatoes ha? also partially subsided for live pres | cut. but it is too early yet to look for the develop ment of that important question. "Cotton has advanced £d. per lb., owing partly to i the improvement above mentioned, and partly to the continued accounts of the backward seasons in the Cubed States.and limited receipts into the ports, j 'i'hcse have caused increased firmness on the part 1 of holders rather tjian additional spirit or activity to the demand,Tor notwithstanding the slight advance, the market is not by any means brisk. The sales for the week ended this evening amount to 36,000 bales, of which 3600 have been taken on specula tion, and 4400 for export. The American descrip i tious consist of 7070 Upland at GJ a j at GJ a7.U, 5170 Alabama and Mobile at 6| a 7J; and • 120 Sea Islands at 12 a24d. per lb. The ( notations j to-day for fair Upland and Mobile isTd., and fair Or leans 7|d. per lb. T'he stock in tills port is now es timated at 505,000 bales, against 732,000 to same period last season; the stock of American is about 360,000 or 128,000 less than it then was, ‘'The Corn markets have materially declined and I are now extremely dull. Flour is quoted at 38s. Gd. 1 to 10s. per bbl., the latter being the highest quota tion for Western. American Wheat 11s. a 12s. 3d. , per 70 lbs. Sour Flour 345. to 355, Gd. per bbl. In | than Corn 14s. for inferior to 50s. per quarter for prime, but there is a good deal now arriving out of condition and unmerchantable, not worth more than 30s. to 31s, per quarter. For Indian Corn Meal the demand seems quite suspended, and it is quoted nominally 20s. to 225. per bbl. The arrivals within the last ten days of Bread-stuffs have been heavy, and the stability of markets will soon be more ef fectually tested; there has been scarcely a trans action to-day.” ‘‘LIVERPOOL, June 18.— Cotton. —There has been an improved demand from the Trade this week, as well as a fair extent of business by Export ers and Speculators. American descriptions arc 1 d per lb. higher, whilst other kinds arc steady at the quotations of Friday last; the market, however, ha.-. closed rather flat. Speculators have taken 4600 American and 1000 Surat, and Exporters 3200 Ame rican, 1000 Pernam and 200 Surat. ' “Sales of the week 3G,KK3 bales, of which 7070 j were Upland, ordinary to mid. s£, 6J, 0|; fair to | good fair 7 a 7£; good and fine 7| 594,142 bales against 602,457 same time last year. Stock on hand 502,150 bales, against 740,430 last year. Taken by the trade from Ist January to oOth June, 1847, 478,700 bales, against 677,990 bales last year during same, period; by speculators, this year, 189,900, against 1 10,980 last year; by exporter-, 53.100, against 61,370 last year.”