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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. )’ Tames Gardner, jr. ' TERMS. Daily, per annum $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum * 00 If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting glO in advance, FIVE I , COPIES are seat. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. who will pay up arrearages, and tend four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00. ITTAII new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. {Jjf*Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. , The Wife to her Husband. Linger not long! Home is not home without thee, Its dearest tokens only make rae mourn *, Oh! let its memory, like a chain about thee, Gently compel and hasten thy return. Linger not longl Linger not long! Though crowds should woo thy j staying, Bethink thiee ! can the mirth of friends, though dear, Compensate for the grief thy long delaying Cost the heart that sighs to have thee here T Linger not long 1 Linger not long 1 How shall I watch thy coming, As evening shadows stretch o'er moor and dell. When the wild bee hath ceased her busy humming, And silence hangs on ail things like a spell. Linger not long! How shall 1 watch for thee, when fears grow stronger, As night draws dark, and darker on the hill! How shall I weep, when I can watch no longer ; Oh! art thou absent —art thou absent still! Linger not longl Yet I should grieve not. though the eye that scetb me, Gazeth through tears that makes its splendor dull; For oh ! I sometimes fear, when thou art with me, | My cup of happiness is all too full I Linger not long! Haste —haste thee home into tby mountaiu dwell ing! Ha-te as a bird unto its peaceful nest! Haste as a skits, when tempests wild are swelling, Flies to its haven of securest rest! Linger not longl [From the N. O. Picayune, 39fh Gen. Taylor’s Pleasure Trip. [special correspondence of the picayune.] Monterey, Mexico, July 10, 1817. I have just learned that a party is to start for below early to-morrow morning, of which opportunity I shall avail myself and Will Oil- i deavor to give you an account of Gen. Taylor’s i trip to Mamalequi, the plantation of Gen. Arista. I apprized you in my last he was to make an excursion, and of my intention of making one of the party. It was quite refreshing to see the old gene- ! ral mounted on his horse on Wednesday ‘ morning,the 7th inst., surrounded by the mem bers of his stalf, about to leave the monotony of 1 his camp, to enjoy himself for a few days—a gratification he has denied himself till now.— Gen- Cushing and his aid-decamp accompanied the expedition, escorted by a dozen dragoons. We took the road to Salinas, which lies in a direction a little north of east, about twenty miles from Monterey, and passed through the village of San Nicelas de las Cagas, a flourish- | ing place for Mexico, of some considerable ex tent, six miles from Monterey. At this town they raise considerable corn and vegetables for the Monterey market. We left camp at noon and arrived at Salines about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, where the alcalde received the i general and party with every demonstration j of respect, invited him into his court-room, and treated him to figs and unripe water-mel- I ons. Ido not mean to speak slightingly of his treat, because it was evidently “the best he had in his shop.” Salinas, once a flourishing town, but now going fast to decay, is situated upon the nor thern bank of the Rio Salinas, a pretty formi dable stream that rises near Parrass and emp ties into the San Juan. It is very brackish and hardly drinkable, but it is all the inha bitants have to depend upon, as they have no wells in the city, carrying out the national trait of the count rv, to “leave well alone.”— The town contains about 2700 inhabitants and a very well conditioned alcalde. Sugar is the principal source of revenue; but owing to the saline qualities of the water, the sugar is of an inferior quality- A small amount of rice is also raised, but no more corn than to suffice for the consumption of the inhabitants- There are several very thriving little ranchcadtros on this stream at different points. I beg you will not attempt to look on the map for this stream, for it has a dozen different names, and probably is not noted, the Mexican custom be ing to give streams a fresh name for every town they pass. We encamped upon the southern bank of the river for the night, and in the evening some of the party attended a fandamo, got up for their amusement in the town. It was the first I ever attended, and rather a dull affair, very few sehorita; being present. On the Bth, j by sunrise, we struck our tents, crossed the salt river and arrived at Mamalequi about noon. Arista’s hacienda is situated upon or near the Rio Pecacho,and at the foot of a spur o f the Sierra, In a northeasterly direction from Mon terey, about twelve miles from Salinas, and from a distance has quite the appearance of a baronial estate. His plantation is a very extensive one, comprising fourteen square leaugucs; but miles of it are useless, low chap <paral, only relieved by the tall Spanish bayo net plant, which bristics up in every direc tion. Arista purchased the place about four ?ears ago from a lady residing in the city -of lexico, for $35,000, and has since exptmded about SIO,OOO in improving it. There is a very fine sugar and saw-mill upon it, the mo tive power of which is water of course. The dam across the river forming the mill-pond is a very fine solid piece of mason work,, and was estimated in the bill of sale at SII,OOO. — The estate is managed by an admimstrador, who has under him an overseer. There are about ninety men and boys, peons , upon the place, and as many women and girls, all of whom are fixtures for life, as are all peons in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, and quite as bad off as slaves ip. your section of the country—worse even, as when they become jiast work their landlord (?) is, not compelled to support them, and this duty deolving upon their relatives, serves to bind them the firmer. I am afraid Arista does not find agriculture quite as profitable as the profession of arms, for according to the accounts we received from 'the overseer, the profits of the estate are little or nothing. The nominal wages of the peons is from two to ten dollars per month, but as they are compelled to purchase every article j they consume and all their clothing from the proprietor of the estate, every month finds them deeper ip debt. Two crops of corn are raised, and twenty-four fant gas of seed is the usual amount planted. The yield is generally one hundred fold, which would make the an- , nual crop 2400 fanigas or 5600 bushels. Os this but little is sold off the estate, as it is the j principal article of food. The crop of beans, which is also one of the “stand-bys,’’ is esti mated at 80t) funtgos —-2200 There ; arc about a thousand head of cattle cn tue es tate, and a few sheep and goats; but is one beef is killed nearly every day, the sale off the , estate is very small —not more than tweiity five a year. The cane crop is as yet small, but ; more land is dedicated to its cultivation "every * year, and it must soon yield a handsome profit; at present not more than 40 arobas (1000 pounds) of sugar are made in the year, but of a good quality. A small amount of rice, of a fair quality,is also raised. By far the greatest source of profit is the lumber, some. portions of this extensive domain being heavily tim bered with pine. The growth of cotton has | been attempted, but without any decided sue- ; cess. The administrator and overseer came out to meet Gen. Taylor and offer him the hospitali- ! ties of the place, and we encamped about half ; a mile from the main building, under the shade I of some pecan trees. The residence of Arista is spacious and very strongly built,with walls three feet thick, loop-holed for musketry. It is constructed of the large sun-dried brick, stuccoed and whitewashed, and better adapted | for comfort than almost any house I have been in. These bricks, which are about a foot square and four or five inches thick, arc made by the peons for a bit and a half (un real y media) a hundred —by those off the place for three bits | a hundred. I have said that we encamped near the main building, and under the cool shade of the pe- , cans we remained tranquil during the rest of the day. The statistical information which I have given was imparted to General Taylor — who takes the liveliest interest in every thing j, pertaining to agriculture, and is anxious to ob tain all the information relative to the produce ; of the country —by the ad minis trader* In the j evening this functionary, who is a young man ( born on the estate, invited the general and par ty to a fandango, and much to his satisfaction evidently, it was accepted. As soon as it Was quite dark Gen. Taylor and Gen. Cushing And the rest of the suite, repaired to the fandango. In the open air in front of the house three j rows of benches were arranged, forming three | sides of a sqUafe, leaving a large space be tween, and upon these were seated the male and female tenantry, the daCing ground being lighted by two torches of split pine wood. — When the affair got well under way, there j were about sixty female peasants present, all j of them as brown as berries and very ugly, ; notwithstanding which they found plenty of partners. The music consisted of two violins , and a couple of guitars, and the musicians j played some very pretty tunes, too. After one 1 or two national dances, consisting of alternate ! dancing and discordant, wild singing—the dancing resembling very much that peculiar to the negroes in the States, and the singing an Indian chaunt —a waltz and quadrille were : started. I can assure you that the scene was not only novel, but wild and picturesque in the extreme. There stood the victorious, war worn, but hearty old veteran, surrounded by his brave companions in arms, who have stood ! the brunt of battle with him, and those who hope yet to share new victories under his lead ership, gazing with a smiling face at the mer ry-making of Arista’s tenantry. A little more than a year ago, while Arista was rusticating upon tins same hacienda, he received the noti fication of his being placed in command, and his first order on assuming his authority was dated Mamalequi. During that brief period be has been vanquished, disgraced and strip ped of his command —his vanquisher has pene trated to liis very household, and is entertain ed as an honored gilest by his dependants.— What strange events come to pass? Who can tell what the morrow will bring forth? Here i let me remark, that a letter was received from Arista by his administrador recently, dated “Mexico, June 16.” He did not allude to matters transpiring in that quaxder at all, his letter being purely a business one. 1 mention this circumstance merely because we had not ! heard of his whereabouts for some time. On the morning of the Bth, we took our leave of Arista’s hacienda and tutned our horses’s i heads towards Monterey, but not the same way that we had come, intending, en route, to pay a visit to the Villa Real which is about 12 miles from Mamalequi, in a southerly direction. Before arriving at the villa we were met by the worthy and hospitable proprietor El Sonor don Jose Maria del Villa Real, who warmly wel comed the general and expressed great pleasure at the honor of his visit. The only peculiari ties I could then discover about the Sonor were a redundancy of upright shirt collar and a good deal of cotton, umbrella which was not opened; I afterwards discovered that gentle ; manly courteous bearing and great hospitality were his distinguishing traits. His hacienda is very extensive and well ordered, as he is always on the spot himself, and a handsome fortune has rewarded his exertions. No sooner had all gathered under his cool roof, than a cart load, literally a cart had of water and mu'k melons, and a large bushel basket of most deli cious figs, bursting open as if from impatience to have their lusciousness appreciated, were brought in. Need I assure you that they were duly honored and praised? Although quite early in the day, the Scuor insisted that the ! party must take a little refreshment and Lu an hour a long table was rich and glittering with the display of silver plate; plates, dishes, spoons, forks, salt-cellars, ike., all silver. The j “little refreshment” consisted of seven courses of well cooked meat and fowl, a la Mexieano, also served up in massive silver dishes, and ! continual relays of tortillas . Nearly every man had a breast work of tortillas before him when • the re jast was concluded. At noon we bid adieu to the extremely liberal Don and started for Camp Taylor. I don’t like to destroy the idea o the liberality of the Senor that I have created, but it was said that he was thrown into a great state of agitation a short time since, i by a report that Gen. Taylor was to send an expedition of search his place for goods taken from the captured wagons, supposed to be con cealed there, and that ho imagined the general had come to confirm the report. I am not dis posed to credit the on dit myself, but if true, it may njore fully account “for the milk in the cocoa nut.” Sixteen miles from the villa the road strikes the Salinas road and crossses the Agiui Fria, which, although fresh, was nearly warm enough to boil an egg. Six miles more and we were again at Camp Taylor, were the paid y dispersed, all apparently much gratified with the excursion. When at Mamalequi, the alcade of a small town near Marin arrived, and applied to Gen. Taylor for a force to capture a small band of robbers headed by Mucho Martini, a one arm ed robber, long known in this region, who had commenced sundry outrages on the Mexicans. For manifest reasons the general declined. Since arriving here I have learned that a private named Carleton, of the Massachusetts Regiment, who left here with Capt. Paul and Lieut. Fuller on the 7th inst . was* killed by Mexican robbers near Marin; the rest of the party escaped. A train of wagons bound up from Cerralvo and Camargo, when fifteen miles this side of the former place, was recalled by Major Abbot, stationed at Geralvo, in conse quence of a report that Urrea was in the road in force. It was a false alarm and the train is : now on its way up. Lieut- Keene, of company B, Massachusetts Volunteers, had his right hand badly shattered this afternoon, by the premature discharge of three barrels of a revolv ing There is no news here from Saltillo or San Luis. d. The steamer Princeton left the Capes of Delaware on Saturday, at 12 o’clock, and is now on her way to the Mediterranean. The Crops, Weather. &c. j GEORGIA. The continued rains which we have had for < the la*dr month) have blighted the prospects of | ] the fhimers for a good average cotton crop, not i i only in tiire region hut in the entire cotton re gion iii every part of the country we have < heard frettn. The late and cold spring made j the cotton very backward, and the rain since has caused it to run to weed without form ing’, "and tho-grass too, has <lone its part in re tarding the growth and preventing the farmer from realizing a good crop. From all accounts there will not be over half a. crop made.—* Go lambus Enquirer, 2,7 th hist. . . _ ALABAMA. Tire accounts of the growing crop that have come to hand since our last, are of a gloomy character. The heavy rains with which we , have been visited here, have extended to the interior, pnd the. effects upon the crops have I excited very general alarm among the plan ters. We have seen letters from the counties , of Greene, Perry,, Sumter, Marengo, Wilcox, j Monroe and other counties, comprising the best cotton growing region in this State, and they are of uniform tenor, representing the prospects as gloomy in the extreme. Many plantations are completely submerged, while iti others the weed is growing too luxuriantly, ; and the squares and bolls already beginning to I drop profusely. In some places, too, there is complaint of the worm, though we doubt 1 whether on this point there is yet any serious cause for alarm. Certain it is, however, the prospects in this State at present are discour ; aging. Nothing but the most favorable weath er during the remainder of the season, and an ; entire freedom from the casualty that proved so fatal last year, can give us even an average crop this season. From other portions of the : cotton growing country our accounts are any thing but favorable. In conclusion, we give the following extract of a letter received in j this city from an intelligent planter in Sumter | county, dated “Livingston, July loth —“I have just returned from Nashville, Tenn., and mark what I tell you : the cotton crop of this year will not be as large as that of last. The further you go North the more rain has fallen. ! and the cotton is growing entirely to weed.— We are completely hooded here, and if the rain continues,we shall have the worn again.” I —Mobile Advertiser,'list i/id-. From all sections of the country we hear of tiattering prospects for good Corn crops, but | more deplorable accounts are given of Cotton. | And if we were to judge from the appearance of some fields we have seen during the last week or two, we would say they were deplora ble. One field in particular, in Montgomery county, of about one hundred acres—the cot- j ton was almost hid from sight by the grass, and had commenced giving a yellow appear- I ance. It was lost, almost beyond redemption, 1 for it is an imp ossibility to get it clear of grass in time for it to do any thing in forming, and ; consequently will make nothing comparatively, i i This is the case in many instances all through 1 the country. In consequence of the continued rains, in many places it was beyond a possibility for farmers to give that work to their crops which was required. And then, those who have been more fortunate than their neighbors, j to get their cotton clean, it has “run all to weed,” and consequently will not, unless dry weather commences soon, make any thing like a fair crop. We also learn that the worm, has commenced their ravages in many parts of the State. Taking all these disasters together, we apprehend great fears that the cotton crop in Alabama will be much less than any previous year. — I Vatumpha (. l/a) S afe Guard, July 'll. LOUISIANA. The news of the crops, says the Villager, a paper published in the 'Parish of Avoyelles, throughout the parish, arc of the most cheer ing character. Our com fields promise to : yield a rich harvest, not withstanding the In cessant rains and cloudy weather of the last four weeks, which prevent its early maturity. Cotton, in some parts, has attained an al , most gigantic size, and the bolls arc plentiful. As it might be expected, during a wet season, ; the rust will cause damage: we have already heard planters complain of it; however, that , disease of the plant has not yet spread to any | j alarming extent or created serious apprehen- I sions. The canc, in our fields, will compare with ! that of the most renowned sugar districts in the State—and rice has water in sufficient quantity to defy the longest spell of dry weather. The prevailing opinion is, that should no accident happen to mar the hopes of the plan ter, the present crop will be the most abun : dant made for many years past. All the reports about the caterpillars have I not received confirmation. Some time ago, on Fay on Rouge, about fifteen acres of young i cotton were destroyed by the cut worms or , grub worms —but no real caterpillars made j their appearance in our cotton fields. The New Orleans Delta of 25th hist, says— “A letter was received yesterday by a respoeta- I blc commercial house in this city from a gen tleman at Lake Providence, dated July 21st, | which communicates the important intelli gence that on the day previous the plantation of Madam 11 os worth, near that place, was at tacked by the army worm, and in a few hours her whole crop was nearly destroyed. The gen tleman’s name who wrote the letter is known ; to us, and the information is to be relied on. This news produced, we are told, quite a stir j in our market yesterday, and fully 6000 bales : of Cotton were purchased at full, and, in some ; instances, at better prices. It is well to re mark, however, that the excitement was at tributed by some, partially at least, to the re ! ception of the Britannia’s accounts by express, reporting an advance in Cotton at Liverpool, and a considerable decline in Bread duffs. A report, says the Bayou Sara Ledger of the I 17th inst., was in circulation a few days since, ! that this terrible pest to the planter, and i scourge to the country, had made its appear ance on the plantation of Dr. Ira Smith, in this vicinity; but, unon inquiry, we are inform ed that a careful investigation of the insect proved it to belong to some other of the worm tribe much less destructive in its habits. Reports of a similar character have reached us from the neighboring parishes, but we hav not met with, any mention of the fact in the respsetive journals published in these parishes, | and, consequently would fain hope that they were unfounded. The cotton, corn and sugar crops in this sec tion of the State are unusually promising. Later from Santa Fc. Lieut. R. !S. Elliott, of the Laclede Rangers, and a large number of the volunteers compos i ing that company, reached St. Louis, alto gether unexpectedly, on Saturday evening, the 17th instant, in the Monona, from the Lrp | per Missouri. This company was discharged i at the end of the year for which they were en- I rolled and immediately left for home. From the accounts published in tq ie Reveille, by Lieut. Elliott, we make up the following in teresting sketch: ! Lieut. Elliott and the other volunteers left Santa Fc on the 13th June, in company with a merchant train of wagons, belonging to Mr. : Houck, of Boonville; Mr. Branham, of Platte city; Col. Davy, of Independence; Mr. "Webb, jof St, Louis, and others. Thev had eight : wagons and a number of mules. They left the ! Wagon Mound, 125 miles from Santa Fe, on , the 17th of June. We have already announced that Lieut. Col. i Willock had left Taos on an expedition against ! the Indians and Mexicans, who had" an en gagement with Major Edmondson. That ex pedition has resulted in nothing—no enemy could be found in any direction. Major Ed mondson was exceedingly desirous of having another chance at his enemy, but he was over- ; ruled by a council of officers, held the next day after his arrival in Santa Fe- From the number of mounds in which the Indians had | buried their dead, found in the neighborhood of the place at which the battle was fought, it I is supposed that at least forty of their number were killed, 'lire Mexicans were much elated by the vic tory which they claiificd to have achieved over Edmondson —said that they were expecting aid from Chihuahua —-and were congratulating themselves on the prospect of re-capturing their country, as soon as Capt. Angney's Bat talion of Infantry and Capt. Hschers Artil- ; lery company should leave. Capt. Angney s company was to be mustered out of seri i;e on the 14th of June, Capt. Fischer’s on the 20th, and Capt. Murphy's (now Capt. Wood’s) on the 26th, and all were expected to leave for home immediately. Whether the Mexicans would attempt to carry out their plan, is un- j certain; but Col. Price, although said to be under such an apprehension, had made no ar rangements to meet the crisis. His forces were scattered, and some of the outposts were in differently supplied with provisions, although the stores in Santa Fe were abundant. Lieut. Elliott thinks that the Mexicans could not take Santa Fe very easily, but they could cut off the detached parties and no force could be spared from the capital to relieve, them. — The condition of things was critical enough, but not entirely desperate. Capt. Dent was in the country when Lieut, i E. left, with Major Edmondson. The term of service of his company expired on the 11th of June, and they were anxious for their dis charge, but Coi. Price desired them to remain some time longer. When a hundred and forty miles from Santa Fe, a company met Dr. Hcrriford, with a train of merchant wagons. They had been much annoyed by the Indians on the Arkansas, but were getting along very well, having succeed ed in preserving their stock. On the 2Gth of June, they met two quartermaster’s teams, ac companied by Mr. Smith, who had been in command of a little Fort on the Arkansas. An account of the attack on this Fort is given by one of our correspondents. Afterwards, the defend ns of it, and the trains of the Gov erament and the traders, pursued their course i towards Santa Fe —each driven with a loaded rifle on his shoulder, and in front of all, a piece of artillery. It was believed that they would get through to Santa Fc, without fur ther difficulty, j On the 30th, they met Maj. Fitzpatrick, and an escort of dragoons, who had Lieut. Love’s company for the purpose of informing them of 1 the close proximity of the Indians. The Ma jor communicated the news of the attack upon Lieut. Love to the party,and of his loss,and in j formed them that Lieut. Love was moving on slowly, determined to get the trains as far as the fort at the Caches, and expecting troops soon to come Up to therm At Cottonwood Creek, Liciifr E. met a train Os merchant wagoris, a Quartermasters train and two companies of infantry, Under Capts. Shepard, and probably Wa-ckiier; Next morn ing, he met Lieut. Col. Easton, with the other three companies of his battalion, ahd Capt. McNair’s cavalry—with a train of wagons, and the cattle for Lieut. Love’s train.—They were all getting on very well. Col. Easton was ttioV ; ing with great circumspection, so as to be ready for any emergency. About 20 miles front Council GroVe, the companies of mounted men under the com mand of Capts. Korponay. Buck and Clarkson, were met. At 110 mile Creek, met another company; and the Rough and Readys, Under I command of Capt. Jones, 50 miles from In dependence. Three companies of the Illinois Regiment were mot near the Lone Elm, on the 12th J uly. Capt. McNair, was still at Independence on the 13th, and Capt. Lane’s company left that morning for Fort Leavenworth. [Correspondence of Vie Savannah Georgian l\ STONE MOUNTAIN, July 2.3, 1847. I am still looking at this stupendous rock. ■ It is the shape of a cone, estimated to be from 1500 to 2000 feet high, seven miles in circum ference, enclosing an area of 1400 acres. Long i and deep rents may be seen on different parts of the mountain. On its east side arc two long fissures, five or six feet deep and four broad, called by the singular name of the De vil’s Cross Roads. I have not been able to as ! certain why it has received this name. The refreshment house, over which the star span gled banner of our country floats, is situated at the beginning of the road constructed by ; Dr. Wright, to which the ascent is on horse back or carriages. Here visitors arc in the habit of stopping to gaze on the beauties of the landscape, and to refresh themselves with ices, cakes, &c. One fourth of a mile from the re freshment house, on the very summit of the mountain, stands the tower, one hundred and eighty feet high, divided into five apartments, one above the other, and an open balcony above. The first apartment is appropriated for refreshments, the second is an elegant sa loon ornamented with carpets, pier tables, so fas, piano and other musical instruments.— Here ladies and gentlemen amuse themselves with drawing, music, and conversation. The third is intended as a room where landscape views of different cities may be seen. In the balcony above, is a telescope for the purpose of extending the views. Here, as my friend Dr. Wright says, you are free from the oppression of summer’s heat, the cares and animosities of • life; you breathe an atmosphere which inspires elevation of soul, the breezes of Heaven arc playing around with delightful freshness, even whilst the sun is pouring down its rays with noon-day fervor. The view from the top is unobstructed, and it is interesting to gaze i upon the evidences of civilization and comfort, spread far and wide. On a clear day, the mountains in the Cherokee region of Georgia, and portions of North Carolina, can be seen, together with the villages of Decatur, Law renceville, Monroe, Covington, McDonough, O xford, and Atlanta, and to add interest to the scene, are the cars on the Georgia Rail Road winding their course through hills and over valleys- Sometimes clouds settle upon the summit, and around the sides, while a specta tor in the tower above sees the sun shining in full splendor, darting its golden rays with electric speed over all this wide and uninter ! rupted ocean of waves; occasionally the sun is seen rising in the east above a panorama of clouds resting on the surrounding valleys, and as its tide of light and heat pours down upon the fleecy envelope, its gradual dissipation and the dawning of objects beneath afford many striking changes of spectacle, and like the ris ing of the sun at sea, has never found an eye to gaze upon it, uncharmed. To make this de lightful spot more attractive, there flows from the rock one of the finest springs in the South, which, according to the analysis of Dr. Means, contains oxide of iron, magnesia, and soda. — Large crowds of admiring visitors are con stantly pouring in to see this wonderful moun ument of nature’s God. This summer the number of visitors has been greater than at any former season, owing to the uncommon cheapness of railroad travel. At the foot of the mountain are two spacious hotels. The one in which I sojourn, is kept by Mr. John son, aided bv Mr. Colidge, a gentleman of much experience, and whose politeness will be sure to make an indelible impression upon the ; minds of visitors. Liberty Hall is 60 feet in length, three stories, with two long piazzas, and a large dining room in the rear. A better house Georgia cannot produce. It is worth while to come to the Stone Mountain just to partake of the good things of Liberty Hall. — Butter, milk, beef, mutton, custards, pies, fruits, and indeed every thing which the most fastidious appetite can desire, can be obtained at Liberty Hall, in all their perfection. The rates of board are 20 dollars per month, 6 dollars per week, and $1,25 per day. Chil dren and servants half price. There is a tri weekly line of stages running from this place to Clarkesville via Gainesville. Conveyances to different points may be had without much difficulty. Mr. Johnson authorizes me to say that if the citizens of Georgia will support him, he will make such improvements and addi tions as will render the Rock Mountain one of , the most attractive spots in the United States. Bathing houses, &c., are in contemplation.— Let me inform the citizens of Savannah that no necessity exists for going to the North to See objects of curiosity or to seek health.— ! Georgia, in these respects, cannot be surpass i '-‘d. ft In point of health, pure water, delicfops cli mate the region around Stone Mountain is un rivalled. I wish that they would visit this sec tion of country and judge for themselves. — Would you believe it, the people of Savannah are called foreigners. [From the Columbus Times.] The Infantry Battalion. C. P. Hervey, Adjutant of the late Georgia Regiment, assisted by F. M. Levison, Esq., and A. Iverson, Jr., has taken the field to raise another company to fill up the Battalion, now partly organized here. Hervey was boin with a soldier’s taste, which he has ripened by study into an acquaintance with a soldier’s duties j and a comprehensive knowledge of the mili tary art. We know of no officer, under whom men can enlist, with a stronger assurance that the corps to which he belongs, will be a “crack” j one, in its discipline and tactics. An accom plished drill officer, he was in Mexico, assi dious and untiring in the performance of his | duties; and any company that he commands is obliged to be No. 1, in its regiment. He and bis associates seeing how slowly the } battalion was formed, have come forward as much in a spirit of State pride, as to gratify their own tastes, to lend a hand in completing it, and marching it to the seat of war. These gentlemen have opened a recruiting office here, and will also, in person, beat up for volunteers in all the adjoining counties. We hope all who feel the martial blood stirring within them, will come forward and devote their services to the continued honor of the fiag that has covered the country with glory j in so many fields in Mexico. The following ap peal is made by the gallant Harvey and his associates: VOLUNTEERS FOR MEXICO. " Now's the day, and note's the hour.'* The Battalion of Georgia volunteers called for by the Government of the United .States, in April last, lacks one company to complete it —the other four companies being now at the rendezvous in Columbus and waiting for the fifth, to take up tire line of march for the seat of War. The Undersigned are raising the fifth com pany, and now call upon the patriotic young men of this and the neighboring counties, to join the standard of their country, and while vindicating the rights of the Republic by their valor abroad, at the same time, save the repu tation of their native State of Georgia from the discredit of a failure to answer the appeal to its courage and patriotism. One of the undersigned having served with the late Ga. Regiment as its Adj’t. believes that from his experience and knowledge of the country, and the duties of the camp and field, that he can offer superior inducements to young men to join him. He well knows how to pro vide for the Wants and comfort of men under I his command, and he hopes he knows how to take advantage of opportunities for meritori ous services and distinction. Who will join? The splendid city of Mexi co is the point of immediate destination— Those celebrated “H;dls” winch have fired the imaginations of poets and dreamers, arc now standing the real prize of the valor and daring of American youth. Let Georgia be | fully represented, when the triumphal entry of the American army takes place,and the stars and stripes are spread to the breeze, over the gilded domes and towering spires of that rich and gorgeous city. The inducements offered by the Govern ment arc liberal rations and pay, and forty j three dollars per annum for clothing, half in i advance; also, ISO acres of land, or SIOO U. S. scrip, for which the cash can be obtained; I each volunteer is also entitled to receive 50 cents for every twenty miles travel from his place of residence to the place of rendezvous, and from the place of being mustered out of : service back to his home. In addition to Jill of which, the undersigned will pay a Bounty of Six DolUirs, for each private who may enroll as soon as the company is mustered into service. But the great inducement to ambitious youth, is the surpassing beauty and riches of the country through which we are to march; the manly excitement of honorable war; the conquest of the finest country, and richest city in the world. C. P. HERVEY, late Adjutant Georgia Regiment, Captain. F. M. LEVISON, Ist L’t, A. IVERSON, Jr. 2d L’t. Columbus, July 22, 1847. The following article from the Kingston (Jamaica) Times, of the 2d June, goes to show that there was more in the scheme of intro ducing a monarchical form of Government in to Mexico than was dreamed of in the phi losophy of those who scouted the idea as chimerical: Tub Mexican Monarchical Government.— It will be recollected that we have on several occasions referred to the movements which it was reported were taking place for the pur pose of erecting a monarchy in Mexico, on the ruins of the present unfortunate republic.— Spain, along with England and France, it was generally considered, felt disposed to promote the measure; and a large party in Mexico, at the head of whom was Paredes, had openly expressed themselves in its favor. Santa Anna was said to be against it; but so was he against hostilities with the United States, and yet he is the only General who seems latterly to have taken any active steps to resist the invasion. We may naturally conclude, therefore, that in this respect, as in others, Santa Anna will be found ready to bend to the force of circumstan ces, the more especially after the recent re peated defeats which his army has sustained, and the almost hopeless nature of the strug gle in which he is now engaged. The moment j is, therefore, we conceive, a highly favorable one, for carrying out the measure, if it be re ally seriously enterntained by the several par ties named. And certainly, so far as the in terests of Mexico are concerned, we can imag- j inu no change better calculated—while it maintains her integrity as a nation—to pro mote her improvement and prosperity. One tlhng is certain —that she cannot long continue as she is, and must obtain the sup port of the European powers, by adopting their form of government, or fall, at no distant day, into the arms of the United States. This lat ter event, we should, on many accounts, be loth to see take place; for although Mexico, as a country, would no doubt rapidly advance, . the injury which would certainly be done to the present race of Mexicans is incalculable, who would soon find that they were just as in competent to cope with their Northern neigh bors in the arts of peace as in those of war, : and being subjected to a similar line of policy to that exercised in the case of the American : Indians, would ere long cease to possess one inch of that territory for which their fore -1 fathers had so long and valiantly struggled. — I Besides, even putting the Mexican state of the case entirely out of view, it ought to be a serious question with Great Britain—possess ed, as she is, of so many colonies in this part of the world—how she permits an independent nation, in whose commercial integrity she is so deeply interested, to be overrun by bauuls of marauders, such as those which first peacea bly settled in and subjugated Texas. Under i such domination, we fear that the value of Mexican bonds, already low enough in ennse ! quence of late events, would soon cease to be represented by any appreciable coin. [From the N. O. Picayune, '2sth inst.] ' - Lieut. Col. Hunt. t « AVe find in the Courier of lust evening a cor respondence between a number of our most respectable citizens and Col. Hunt, induced by the announcement of his being ordered to Washington. For the first time, and with as | tonishment,we learn from the correspondence j that misconduct in the discharge of his duties j as quartermaster has been imputed to him.— We have never before heard a syllable breath ed against his character, but on the contrary have invariably heard his integrity and ener gy spoken of in the highest terms. The gen tlemen whose address to him is referred to above, speak in the manner such charges de serve, and with the positiveness of their falsity which liccomc those who have the best oppor j Utilities of knowing their injustice. Crowded as our columns arc, we cannot forbear publish ing the subjoined extract from the reply of Col. Hunt: “That I have had arduous and almost over whelming duties to perform, all will admit,and Under most embarrassing circumstances, none know so well as myself. I have performed those duties incessantly and cheerfully, with out the slightest relaxation, for more than two years. I have received and disbursed several millions of dollars; and in all my transactions my greatest aim has been to serve my country faithfully. I have tried to be Just —I know I have been honest. “All I ask is, that I may have a full audtho rough investigation of my official acts; ami this I shall most assuredly demand at the pro per time. I have no reason to fear the result.” ditga st a , (Georgia. SAT URDAY IWOHNn^G'JULY 31. FOR GOVERNOR HON. G. W. TOWNS. OF TAEBO I*. Wc copy a letter the Savannah Georgian giving an interesting description of Stone Mountain in DoKalb. The writer, however, has indulged somewhat in the traveller's pro pensity to exaggeration, or has been misin formed in reference to the height of the Moun tain and the area of ground covered by its base. We think his estimates will be made more correct by dividing them by the figure 2. In other respects our recollection of this ro mantic and grand spectacle, and its attractions j to visiters will corroborate the description of the Georgian’s correspondent. State Credit, and Democratic Legislation. The Chronicle, with the modesty character* i istlc of whig pretension, arrogates all the credit of the financial prosperity the State, to the whig party. Its editorial of yesterday objects (of course) “to the very bold and complacent j manner, with which he (the editor of the Con* i stitutiortalist) claims for the Democratic Le* gislation of 1842, the origination of the mea s Tires which Gov. Crawford has so successful ly and happily carried out/' It therefore, af ter quoting a portion of one of our editorials, asks us “how did Democratic Legislation ele vate the State Bonds, and Central Bank bills ; as stated in the prefixed extract.” ; We passing a tax act in 1842, in creasing the taxes 25 per cent —by diminish ing the number- of Central Bank directors to I one—by prohibiting the further issues of Cen tral Bank notes —and by ordering the notes of that Bank to be burned as fast as they were paid into the Treasury——also by passing an act that drawers of land should within a pre scribed time take out their grants or that the lots should revert to the State. These acts elevated State Bonds and Central Bank bills, j These acts, connected with the acts of re trenchment of the Democratic Legislature of 1841, placed the credit of the State on high ground, and by the time the whig legislature assembled, and the present Governor was in ducted into office, left but little for them to ; do in the way of “the origination of the mea sures which Gov. Crawford has so successful ly and happily carried out.” The Democratic Legislature of 1811 -had already commenced the work of retrenchment and economy. It reduced its own pay—it re duced the salaries of the various officers in the State, from that of the Governor down. It suspended the work on the State Rail Road, diminished the number of Civil Engineers,and abolished the salaried Board of Commissioners. It passed an act making the Sessions Biennial, and thus took the initiative in saving S7O or SBO,OOO per annum to the State. That State financiering has not been fault less—that it has not been in all respects in times past the most skillful and prudent im aginable, w r e freely admit. But a large share of the responsibility is with the whig party, and the democratic party is entitled to the credit of being the first to retrieve errors and enter upon the path of retrenchment and re form. Reinforcements, The Washington Union of the 27th inst, says—“We understand a large corps of Texan Rangers, headed by Jack Hays, has been or dered to A'era Cruz, They will assist in ena bling Gen. Scott to keep open'thc coramuftica-- tion between Vera Cruz and the capital.” Southern Medical Journal. The August Number of this valuable pub lication is on our desk. The editor. Dr. Paul ! F. Eve, is absent, but has made arrangements for the continuance of the Journal during his absence. The number before us is filled with j interesting essays and extracts. | The barque Exact was got off on AVednes day by the wTeckers, and towed to town by the 1 steamer J. Stone. She was half full of water.