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[From the Baltimore Sun, [neutral] slh tnst ]
Commercial Prospects of the Country.
Notwithstanding the predictions and fore
bodings of many of the most sagacious and
clear-headed Statesmen of the country—there
can no longer be the slightest doubt, even in
the minds of the most enthusiastic of their ad
mirers, that the new tariff, ‘after a ‘fair trial,
has been proved superior to the old one. The
commercial prosperity and future prospects of
the country were never brighter, whilst all
manner of manufactures are prospering to an
extent never attained heretofore. . Even the
coal and iron interests of Pennsylvania are 1
Nourishing beyon I all precedent, under the
new law, notwithstanding their total over- i
throw, with those of our own State, was so
confidently predicted. Indeed, all classes have \
full and remunerative employment; and even
the hundreds of thousands,of emigrants that ;
nave been thrown on our fchdrps during the
past twelve months, have found abun 'ance of
calls for their 1 ibor aiid enterprise. At home
thousands of were living in want and
misery, with no Opportunity of earning even
Hie actual necessaries of life—whilst they have
scarcely reached our shores before their indus
try has been called into requisition, and anew
lease Os life, as it were, given to them.
We published some days . since a statement
from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing
that the increase in the receipts of the Gov
ernment from the new tariff had exceeded one
million of dollars, as compared with ,the last
year of the operation of the old one. The pre- |
diction, therefore, that it would not yield suf
ficient for the wants of the, Government, has
also fallen to the ground; . That these views
were seriously and honestly entertained there
can be not the slightest doubt, but that they
■were fallacious, must be apparent to every re
flecting and candid mind. The prospect of a
still greater increase during the present “fis
cal year,” is also very bright, and there can be
no fear but it will increase from year to year,
■with the increasing wants of the people.— |
Some idea of the amount of the duties now
flowing into the Treasury may be judged from
the fact that the value of dutiable goods en
tered at the New York Custom House on
Tuesday last, was $684,506, and the cash re
ceived $156,612. We also perceive that the
cash duties received at Philadelphia for July,
1846 and ’47, and for the previous seven months
of the operation of the new tariff, were as fol
lows :
July. Prev. mos. Total.
Old Tariff.... .<7181.351 % 1.522,003 g 1,700,417
New Tariff-.. 5389,310 $1,517,691 §1,907,010
Thus showing the increase at the port of
Philadelphia during one month, and the dull
<M»t month in the year, to be $200,598. In
short, the question of high tariff and low tariff 1
seems no longer a debatable question. Poli
ticians have dropped the subject from their
♦ vocabularies, and the probability is that the
present tariff, if changed at all, will be ulti
mately changed for one still lower.
Twenty-Eight Miles of Fores.
Donglas Jerrold considers no education com
plete without a certain acquaintance with me
dical science. All, no doubt, know that the
skin is the perspiratory organ, but few proba
bly are aware of the magnitude of the part
which, in virtue Os its function, it performs in
the animal economy. With reference, there
fore, to this point, ho cites the following
statement of Surgeon Wilson, F. R. S., the cel
ebrated English anatomist; “To obtain an ;
estimate of the length of tube of the pers
piratory system of the whole surface of the
body, I think that 2,800 might be taken as a
fair average of the number of pores in the
square inch, and 700, consequently, of the
number of inches in length. Now, the num
ber of square inches of surface in a man of or- i
dinary height and bulk is 2,50 ft; the number of
pores, therefore, 7,000,000, and the number of
inches of perspiratory tube, 1,750,000, that is
145,883 feet, or 48,000 yards, or nearly twenty
eight miles*”
[From the N. O. Courier , 2 9th till .]
We touch the Delta with no unfriendly
hand —for we entertain the most cordial respect
and friendship towards the proprietors of that
valuable and patriotic journal. Wo trust our
present remarks will be construed in the spirit
which prompts us to offer them. This morning
the Delta assumes the whig ground that our
government commit ted a great blunder in suf
fering Santa Anna to re-enter Mexico. We never
could perceive this blunder—but our optics
are rather gross. The first effect of Santa
Anna’s return was a complete revoUitioii in
the Mexican government, and the banishment
of Paredes, the acting President, a much abler
statesman, a more skilful general than Santa
Anna, one whose personal courage was never
•uspected, and noted for his bitter animosity to
the United States. Surely, to produce a revo
lution in the enemy’s country, and the banish
ment of the best of their generals, was an ob
ject not to be disregarded by our authorities.
It is extremely probable that all the dissen
sions and mutual disgusts which have kept
the Mexicans in broils ever since, and brought
them to the verge of civil war, were produced
by the return of Santa Anna. The Delta
upeaks of the energy he has displayed in con
ducting the war. It is not the energy of an
old soldier like Paredes, who possessed the j
confidence of the army—it is the energy of a
Falstaff, who pushes his troops into battle,
while he keeps out of the reach of gunshot,
and is the first to set the example of running
away. Had Paredes commanded the enemy at
Buena Vista or at Cerro Gordo, victory would
have been more coy in courting our eagles.
The Delta proceeds to suspect that Almonte
and some other Mexican chiefs has been tam
pered with by our government, and then says:
“We cannot express,in terms too strong or em
phatic, our condemnation—our disgust for any
sqGh intrigues or plots.” Before using this
language, and words equally harsh further
along, the Delta ought to have proved the
fact which it condemns. In the same manner
of judging, the most virtuous of men might be
exposed to invective from the press and public
to reprobation. “It is said you have committed
a heinous crime, and if so we cannot expres in
terms too emphatic our contempt and disgust j
for your character,” This is a mode of aiding
public opinion to form correct decisions upon
events, and the conduct of official men, which
is, more suitableHo the Bulletin and the other
whig journals,than in the truly impartial Delta,
It is like the judicial proceeding of Rhadaman
thus who first punishes his victim, and then
hears his defence.
Nor can we coincide with the Delta in the
extravagant eulogy it throws upon Almonte.—
He learned to speak English and French in
Now Orleans while a boy—but he is without
much education; we never heard that ho was
distinguished for the shining abilities and pro
found knowledge ascribed to him by the Delta.
At the battle of San Jacinto, along with Santa
Anna, be suffered himself to be made prison
er in a rather disreputable manner. At Wash
ington, while minister from Mexico, his diplo
macy had nothing remarkable in it except that
he better understood the nature of our insti
tutions than any preceding minister from his
country, and this advantage he derived from
his knowledge of our language. He was noted
at Washington for nothing but the unusual
spledour of the coach in which he made his
official visits. He may be an extraordinaiy
man for a Mexican —but if he belonged to any
other country be would be regarded as below
mediocrity and far beneath the level of men
in the stations which he has occupied.
[From the Southern Banner .]
The Monster.
Our neighbors of the Chronicle and Sentinel
do not like to see the monster Bank of the U.
States attacked (as they suppose unjustly) as
the ‘plunderer of the widow and orphan. True
to the instincts of their first love, they bestride
its remains and fight lustily for it. “We assert,”
say they, '‘without the fear of contradiction,
that the 11. S. Bank, while a national insltu
tioh, never caused the loss of a dollar to a wid
ow or orphan.” We understand the full force j
of their argument —we have heard it before
and have aft often heand it refuted. The ar
gument is, that the U. S. Bank of the Union
and the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania were not
the seme institution. We know that questions
of identity are nice, fed metaphysically speak
ing there was a shade of difference. But prac
tically ancl politically, the distinction does not
exist. It is true that the old Bank had its
charter Under the federal authorit y —'the new
under that ts a State. But the charted was a
mere mechanical impetus to put either bank in \
motion. It is also true that the old,Bank had ,
the Government deposits and Government j
stocks which were guarded by a government j
share in the direction. Its bills were also re- i
ceivable in payment of public dues.
We think we have now fairly stated the only ;
points of difference. What were the points of
relationship? The old Bank was located at ;
Philadelphia. It never moved out of its tracks I
—there it stood with the same stockholders — |
the some directors —the same President (Nicholas ,
Biddle) —the same capital , to wit: $35,000,000
—all put into motion or rather continued by j
the legislature of Pennsylvania after the na
tional charter expired. So that as a mere !
matter of metaphysical truth, we might say,
“Not wholly different, yet not quite the same,
Their features their affinity proclaim.”
But for all practical purposes they were the
same. What though the monster may not
have bitten any one whilst enveloped in the
old skin, yet after the slough was cast off, he
destroyed life far and wide. He was the same
snake with the difference only of a new skin,
and the evil being in the serpent from the be
ginning, we hold him accountable for all the
evil done, from his first breath to his last—and
such is the inexorable decree of public op
inion;
I From the Washington Union.]
Virginia Election.
The “Petersburg Republican” of this morn
ing furnishes us with the following returns of I
the election: 4 . , . , . .
Instead of Bolling's getting 225 majority in
Petersburg, as the whigs expected, his real
majority is only 107! May all their predic
tions, relative to this contest, be verified Just
as they hare been here .
Petersburg; . 1
Cfpectat election. tsprtny election'. . |
Bolling ’.lll 8011ing...; 381
Meade. 304 Drdomgoole.... 190
' I
Bolling’s maj... 107 Bolling’s map . . 191
Democratic gain upon last vote, 81;
DinwidDie.
At the court-house at half-past 3 o’clock,
Bolling’s majority was 43. At Stewart’s (pre
cinct) at 5 o’clock, Meade’s majority was 6.
The vote as these places, so far, indicate a
democratic gain.
Prince George Court-house.
At half-past 3 o’clock, Bolling’s majority at
this place was 51.
[Correspondnrce of the Baltimore Patriot. —
BY TELEGRAPH.
Kentucky Election.
Wheeling, (Va.,) August, 6, 1847,
Friday, 1 o’clock, p. m.
We aje beginning to receive the returns of |
’ the election held in Kentucky on Monday, i
Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week, fur j
members of Congress and the State legislature.
In the Maysville district, where Col. Gaines
(who was taken at Encamacion, and was, at
the last accounts, a prisoner in Mexico) was the
whig candidate, he has, in five counties heard
from, on the first day’s voting, a majority of
556 votes.
The whigs have carried the counties of Ken
ton by a handsome majority, Cambell by 114
majority, and Boone by 30 majority.
Wheeling, Va. Aug, 6 —2ip. m.
Since I sent off my first despatch, we have re- j
ceived accounts of the second day’s voting in
several counties in Kentucky.
In Covington, opposite Cincinnati, the
whigs had on the second day 199 majority.
In the Henry district, Cox (whig) is elect
j ed by 259 majority.
In the Lexington (Ashland) district, where
there was a native candidate run, Morehead
(whig) is elected over both locofocoand native.
On the second day his majority was 310 over
the native and 502 over the locofoco.
The locofocos had a majority of 312 in Louis
ville at the close of the polls on Monday. The
result in the district is doubtful.
Indiana Election.
vv c have returns from Floyd county, Indi
. ana, where the whigs have a majority.
Fourth of July in Scotland,
’flic people of Glasgow not only allowed the
Americans there to 'celebrate the Fourth of
July, but to a certain extent joined in the cede- |
bration. Among the speakers was Lieut, j
Blair, U. S. Navy, who expressed himself as
follows;
I* “He was not going to indulge in his national
feelings, for he was afraid that were he to
| speak of the republic and of its growth, the
j whole company might not go along with him.
[Loud cries of “yes, yes.”] Well then, he
looked upon the American Republic as a seed
ling of the British oak, and it was his belief
that the seedling would outgrow the mother.
[Hear, hear.] It sprouted on the ‘4th of July, ;
1776!’ and it bade fair to be a very goodly plant, 1
for, if they might judge of its growth in compa
rison with other nations, it was already growing
almighty. [Cheers and laughter.] One dif
ference between the American Republic and
Great Britain was, that on the other side of
the Atlantic they were governed by the free j
voice ot a free people, while, on this side, they
were governed by the grace of God.” [lie- i
newed laughter and applause.]
Mr. Consul Cowdin, on his health being 1
proposed, made a very patriotic speech, for i
v Inch we regret we have not space. We make
; however, a brief extract:
“If ever the history ol the world presented
j tu o btates in a position and condition to do
each other the utmost possible good, or the J
greatest possible evil, such are the actual po
sitions and Actual conditions of the United
Kingdom fend the United States. [Applause.]
It> rftost earnestly to be hoped that every
■Weld-disposed cit izen, whether on this, or the
other side 01 the Atlantic, wild exert his ut
most influence in perpetuating the friendly re :
lations which at present subsist between the
mother and the daughter.” \ Applause.]
Cuffing the Telegraphic IV/yes. —It will be rS
remembered that the telegraphic communica
tion between Boston and New York was in- j
terrupted soon after the arrival of the steamer j
yesterday. It now appears that the wires
were deliberately cut. and that the offending j
parties were rogues in broadcloth, and perhaps
speculators in breadstuff’s. Yesterday forenoon, j
a party of laborers upon the Worcester rail
road, were proceeding in a hand car from New- j
ton to Needham, and had nearly reached a
deep cut, a mile or so from the Needham de- I
pot, when they perceived two or three men
with a stick, forced in between the two tele- i
graphic wires, and which they were attempt
ing to twist, so as to break the wire. The la
borers immediately got off their car, and en
deavored to approach the wire-breakers with
out being seen, in order to arrest them. Just
as they got within a short distance, however,
they were observed by the guilty parties, who
immediately plunged into the woods, near by. |
They were pursued by the laborers, who how
ever, lost track of them, but found a horse and
chaise tied to a tree. Determined they should i
not escape, a strict watch was kept upon the
"woods for several hours. At length voices
were heard,and a man appeared,genteely dress
ed, who was immediately accosted with the in- j
quiry as to whether the chaise belonged to him.
He answered no, and before the laborers could
make up their minds to arrest him, decamped.
Late in the afternoon, the chance of capturing
the wire-cutters was given up. The horse
and chaise, however, were left in the woods,
and remained there this morning. —Boston
Traveller of Tuesday.
Augusta, (Georgia.
tub s£ay mo'rnin g ~augu ST 10.
FOR GOVERNOR
\m. Q. W. TOWNS.
OF TALBOT.
Democratic Nominations for Senators.
sth Disf.—Lowndes ami Ware—(leu. T. Hilliard.
i 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch — John A. Mattox
Bth “ Scriven and EfPn"fiaift—W. J. Lawton.
9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris.
12th “ Thomas and Hecatur— U'm, H. Reynolds*
13lh “ Baker and Early—Us. Wm. J. Johnson.
14th “ Randolph and Stewart— William Nelson
I 17th “ Macon and Houston —Jour A’. Hunter'-
20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins’.
25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Uray’.
2Gth “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. )
28th “ Memwsther and Coweta— Ube. Warner
31st “ Fayette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn.
32d “ Jasper and Butts—Col. J. C. Waters'.
38th “ Clark and Jackson— Samuel Bailey.
39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalh—J vs. P. Simmons’.
| 40th “ Paulding and Cass —Francis Irwin.
• 434 “ Habersham and Rabun— Edw’d Coffee.
j 44th “ Lumpkin and Union— Elihc S. Barclay.
! • have been furnished with a satisfac
tory statement of the affairs of the Augusta Be
nevolent Society, and will publish an editorial
in reference to it in to-morrow’s paper.
On the first page will be found the
j “Brilliant” Speeches of Gen. Clinch while a
| Member of Coil gross, condensed from the Grif
j flix Jclfv.-rscmln.il. They will be Unmet Inter*
| esting, and throw considerable light onhi«po
i libtcal creed, and that of the Whig party in
this State!
c were one of many citizens who at
tended on last Sabbath morning, the religious
Ceremonies at the Baptist Church in the up
per part of the city, of our Coloured popula
' tioh,known as the Springfield Church. The
; occasion was the funeral sermon in memory of
their lute pastor Jacob Walker, a colour
ed man, who sustained during a long and use
ful life, a character for exemplary piety and
Christian zeal. lie was pastor of that Church
1 for twenty-seven years, and during that period
exerted a most salutary influence, moral and
religious, upon our slave population. His
i death was therefore truly a public loss to our
community. Ills congregation seemed to have
been dcfotedly attached to him. lie died on
the 26th of July, 1846, at the age of 76. Many
of our citizens doubtless remember the im
mense procession of blacks that followed his
remains to the grave. It jvas an interesting
and instructive spectacle. It is a custom of
the country, whenever a negro dies of any
note, who was a member of the Church, or
who has influential friendsf to have funeral
services, or as it is called, io have his funeral
i preached some time after his death. In pur
suance of this custom, on Sunday last, more
! than a year after the death of the venerable
and good Jacob, not only his congregation, but
those who knew' him of all the coloured
i churches of town and country, from far and
near, assembled to do honor to his memory.
: Wc noticed among them, a coloured man, by
the name of Andrew Marshall, a fine looking,
gray headed old man from Savannah, a lead
ing preacher among his people in that city,
i lie delivered the closing prayer of the occa
sion, and it was in beautiful and suitable lan
■
| guage. The church was hung in black, and
looked very imposing. It is a large and com
modious edifice, divided off with comfortable
pews, and with galleries on their sides.
| Though it is capable of holding a great many
1 persons, it was excessively crowded, and the
j windows and doors was thronged by a dense
; mass outside.
The Rev. Mr. Hard preached a very im
pressive and interesting sermon to this large
audience, among wh(sm were many ladies and
gentlemen of our community. He was fol
lowed by the Rev. Mr. Brautly in some well
timed and appropriate remarks. These, with
| singing and prayer, constituted the morning
exercises. We have no doubt that they had a
most happy influence.
We came away deeply impressed with the
benignity of our institutions in thus extend
ing to our slave population the religious privi
leges they enjoy, and the influences which
are brought to bear to make them a moral and
I a
religious people.
Reported Plight.
Wm. T. J ones, of Washington, who was ar
rested .a few days since and held to bail in
so,ooo for robbing the mails, has fled the city,
it is said.
Gen. Clinch and the Bank of St. Mary’s.— (
An error Corrected.
In our paper of the 3d inst., we were so ver
dant as to venture the following opinion in re- ;
ference to the Bank of St. Mary’s, of which
General Clinch was elected President when it
first went into operation:
“The Bank of St. Marys was probably or-
ganized, however, on aft hortest subscription
and bona fide paying in of real capital.”
Wc have sifted ascertained that so tar as the j
I bona fide paying in of capital was concerned,
wc had committed an error in the conjecture
which we hazarded. This will better appear
to the reader, by perusing the following plea
by General Clinch, through his Attorney, to a
suit brought on a note for one thousand dol
lars which had been given by him as a substi
tute for bona fide capital. Comment is super
fluous. It is for the reader to form his
| own opinion of a transaction which was a
most palpable erasion of the terms of the j
charter granted by the State. As to tire
morality of the transaction, we shall leave it
to whig casuists to reconcile it with the ordi
nary rules of right and wrong which govern
mankind in pecuniary dealings. We take for
granted that the amount for which this note
was given, is included in the sworn returns
i of the then President of the Bank of St. Marys,
of the amount of capital paid in pursuant to
the terms of the charter. The plea itself di
i rectly authorizes this inference. To give a note
for the purpose alleged in the plea —nothing
more nor less, than to evade the requisitions of
the charter—though it is gently termed to ena
ble the plaintiffs to comply with the requisitions j
of the charter —is one point of morality which
| requires explanation. Another point is, after
giving such a note, and accomplishing the object
for which it was given, then to refuse pay
ment, and to plead failure of consideration in
defence, is a circumstance which also re
quires explanation.
Superior Court—-Camden County.
Duncan L. Clinch, I Who sues for the use
ads. > of the
Abraham J. Bessext, J Bank of St. Mary’s.
And the said defendant, by James W. Pres
ton, his attorney, comes and defends the wrong
and injury when, &c., and says that he did
not undertake and promise in manner and
form as the said plaintiff hath above thereof
complained against him, and upon this he puts
himself upon the country, &c.
| And for a further plea, the said defendant
! salth, that the said note in the plaintiff’s dec
| 1 oration mentioned, if any there be, was made
| arid signed at the solicitation of the said plain -
| tiffs and (Hhcrs, that they the said plaintiffs
might comply with the requisition of a cer
tain charter for the purposes of banking,grant
! eel by the Legislature of the State of Georgia
to the said plaintiffs and their successors,
which said charter, anfong other things, re
quired that a certain aniount of Stock of said
contemplated Bank should he subscribed and
taken, to enable said plaintiffs to commence
, the business of Banking, duel Iherc was not
■ before or since the giving of said note; ftor at
any time, any consideration, or value for the do
fendant’s making or signing said note; dr pay
ment of the amount of said note, or any part
1 thereof. And the said plaintiffs now hold
j the same, without value or consideration, and
| this the said defendant is ready to verify.
And for a further pica, the said defendant
saith that the said plaintiff? ought not to have
or maintain, their aforesaid action against him,
because he says that the said note in the plain
j tiffs’ declaration mentione I (if any there is)
; was made and signed and delivered by said
defendant at the solicitation of said plaintiffs
■ and others, that the said plaintiffs might com-
I ply with the requisition of a certain charter
for the purposes of Banking, granted by the
Legislature of the State of Georgia to the said
plaintiffs and their successors, which said
charter, among other things, required that a
certain amount of Stock of said contemplat
ed Bank should be subscribed and taken,
to enable the said plaintiff? to commence the
business of Banking, and that the considera
tion of said note (if any there was) has in
part if not wholly failed, and that the said de
fendant hath not received full value for the
making, signing, or delivering said note—and
the said plaintiffs now hold the same, without
full value or consideration, and this the said
defendant is ready to verify.
Signed, I. W. PRESTON, Att’y.
Gkokoia, Camoex Corxrv, >
Clerk’s Office, Superior Court. >
I certify that the above is a true copy of the
Plea filed in the case; of Abraham Besseut,
who sues for the use of the Bank of St. Marys
vs. Duncan L. Clinch.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this, .the
10 th day of April, 1811.
Signed, HENRY R. FORT, Clerk.
Alabama Election.
The Western mail failed to come to hand
yesterday morning, and we -arc without any
authentic returns of the recent election held in
this State. A gentleman who came down in
the cars on Sunday morning, informs us, how
ever, that from the returns of the Congres
sional election received, there is no doubt of the
re-election of Bowden. Harris is elected in
the place of Cottrell. Cobb reported to bq/
elected in the place of Chapman, the demo
cratic candidate for Governor. Hilliard re
elected without opposition. Gayle probably
elected in the Mobile district, in the-place of
Dargan. The contest between Inge and Mur
phy is doubtful. The House, he says, will be
decidedly Democratic,, while in the Senate
parties are nearly equally divided. Chapman
is no doubt elected Governor, but by a dimin
ished vote, in consequence of his opposition to
all Banks —the establishment of local Banks
being made a test question in the principal
cities.
A Free Pass.
Capt. Parker, of ship lowa, which arrived at
Boston lately, from Liverpool, found, after he
had been at sea three or four days, six Irish
men, who had secreted themselves among the
crates in the hold. As there was no getting
rid of them, the Captain was obliged to bring
them over without par, and feed them on the
passage besides.
The Crops.—The Telegraph.
I A letter received from a planter residing
near Montgomery, to the Editor, dated Mont- ]
| gomery, (Ala.) August 6th, furnishes the fol- -
lowing information concerning the Cotton ;
| Crop, and the progress of the Magnetic Tele- ,
! graph, West: ]
j “Our Cotton Crops in this section, I think, «
can now, with a tolerable degree of certainty,
be numbered among the things that were. j ;
| We have had a great deal of ram ot late, and
all appearances indicate a continuance. The
i 801 l Worm has reappeared, and is on the in- 1
1 crease. The weed is large and full of sap, <
and would make a fine dish for Caterpillars
should they make their appearance.
“I have taken a contract for setting the j
! posts for the Telegraph, one hundred miles, in J
the direction of Mobile, and only wait the se
lection of the route and the setting oi the (
pegs, of which lam to be informed in a very ,
few days. Mr. Chester was here yesterday, j
I The contract to Columbus is taken by Mr. Far- I 1
rior, 6f this place, and both will be completed <
! by the 15th of October.”
The Shakspcare Novels, &c*
We have received from Mr. Milieu, of the ,
Literary Depot, The Secret Passion, by the |
I author of “The Youth of Shakspcare,” “Shak
speare and his Fxieiids,” &c., as also a copy of
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Shakspcare and his Friends, by the sme ati
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thor.
Also, the July number of Blackwood’s Ed
inburg Magazine, being Vol. XX \ , Xo. 1, of j
the new American edition.
Those in want of Light Literature, will find !
1 a bountiful supply at the Literary Depot on t
i £
Broad-street. .
The Guadaloupe and Washington. a
A Xk York letter, of the 4th instant, says
—“The steamship Guadaloupe,under command
of Captain Hoskins, which was to have sailed
on the 20th of July, I learn, will not leave be- i
fore the 10th instant, and therefore may not
be expected much before the 27 th. The day <
| set apart for the departure of the Washington 1
is not yet fixed upon. The managers are un- <
decided whether to defer sailing for the pur- ;
pose of making some improvements, which are |
necessary, or to send her out on the loth, the j
1 day adveitlsed. The impression is, nothing
of consequence will be done to her until the
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Herman, the second in the line, is ready.”
The Weather, Crops &c. j (
The Apalachicola Advertiser, of the 31st ; 1
ult., says —“The continued ivet weather leads !
jus to fear some injury to the cotton crop. If j (
the rain continues to fall, as it has done al- | ]
most daily for six weeks past, it cannot but
prove inj uncus.
The effect of the rain upon the atmosphere
has been to render it exceedingly pleasant and
agreeable. We have so far been entirely free
| from any oppresive heat. We feel assured
that our citizens suffer less from any such in
i conveniences than the. inhabitants of the
Northern cities.
The Mobile Advertiser of the 4th inst. says: j
—We continue to have, from all parts of this
; State, the most unfavorable accounts of the
i crop. The heavy and almost inces- *
Sant rains of the last live or six weeks, have i
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j dbiic very serious injury to the cotton crop, ! 1
j particularly iu the Caxxebrako and the rich river ! ]
bottoms' In addition, there are reports of the
appearance of the army worm in some parts of i
I the country* An extensive planter iu Dallas, '
writes to his merchant irt this city, that tlxc !
| veritable army worm has certainly made its ,
appearance on Ids plantation, add already
commenced its work of destruction. Anoth
er planter of intelligence, irt the Canebrake, 1
writes us particularly in regard to the crops in i
that most fertile section. The weather here
for three days past has been dry and hot, and |
should it be equally favorable in the country, I
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tbe effect will soon be apparent in the improv
ed condition of the crops.
Important Arrest in Ohio.
Samuel Scudder, one of the most extensive |
and accomplished forgers in the country, has I !
been arrested in Ohio. About a year ago he ■ i
succeeded in passing off $30,000 in forged ! J
notes on the Bank of Prattsville, $20,000 on
the Bank of Catskill, $3,000 on the Bank of
Kingston, $12,000 on the Delaware Bank, be- |
sides $12,000 in notes on several mercantile j
r firms, making in all upwards of SBO,OOO.
Truth in a Nutshell.
“It was a cruel speech of the Frenchman,”
1 says the London Times, “but a true one nev- I
crtheless, when he said, ‘Your Englishman 1
;
knows all about Timbuctoo, or Hindostan, or
the frozen region about the North Pole; but
ask him about Ireland, tbe country lying next
his own, and he is perfectly innocent of any
information on the subject. Africa he inves
tigates—lreland he neglect-. He weeps for •
the suffering of the negro, but allows his Irish j
fellow subject to live in ignorance and filth, i .
and often to die of starvation.’ ”
The American ani’Frcach Lines of Steam -
ers,
The New York papers are urging that the j
French line of steamers, as well as the Araeri- |
can line, have started wrong, so far as the days ;
of sailing are concerned, and cut themselves
off from the profits of mails; and, in the case
of the French line, of passengers. These ships
should sail on the 11th and 26th*of each month !
between the Cunard boats, and thus have an |
equal chance for the mails. This would ac- ■
comodatc merchants and travellers, and enable
the ships to form a reputation upon their own j
merits, and not leave them, as now, open to j
comparison with the movement of a line which
has experience, and an established reputation,
that will be overcome with much trouble..
Newspaper Enterprise.
The New York Herald intends issuing on
the sailing of each and every French steam
ship from that port, a Herald for Europe, with
a summary of American news printed in
French, for the benefit of those who are not
acquainted with Ango-Saxon. It will print
the same in English, for the benefit of those
in France, who are not at home in French.
A Proprietor of a bone mill advertises that
parties sending their own bones to be ground,
will find their orders attended to with punc
tuality and despatch.
Something of a Squash.
We were shown yesterday ,«a Guinea Squash,
now on its way to the Agricultural Fair, Which
was raised by a gentleman of this city, which
measured one way 27 inches, another 25 in
ches, and in diameter 8§ inches. When first
pulled it weighed five and half pounds. If any
of our friends above can beat this, thev will
please send us a sample, as we would like to
save the seed.
That “Brilliant Career?
Under this caption, the Griffin Jeffersc. lan of
the 4th inst. gives what purports to be two columns
of the speeches of the Hon. Duncan L. Clinch
while in Congress. Being crowded for room, how
ever, we are compelled to condense them, but
hope in so doing we have done the (Teneral no in
justice. They will be found on our first page.
The Jeffersonian in introducing these ‘'Brilliant’’
efforts, says—"On our last page will be found
copies of all the ablest and most eloquent efforts of
Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, which he delivered dur
ing his “brilliant career” in Congress. They have,
been collated with much care, and maybe relied
on as authentic and exact copies of the originals.
We thought to have gotten the certificates of Mr.
Toombs and 3lr. Stephens, but the “brilliancy” is
so much the General’s own, no one can mistake it.
Certificates would be superfluous.”
English Postage on American Letters.
The Washington Union states that, on the
report of Major Ilobbie, giviilg notice of the
demand by the English government for foreign .
as well as inland postage on letters by the
American mail steamers, the postmaster gen
eral instructed him to give notice to the post
master general of Great Britaiii, of the abroga
tion of their contract at the expiration of 60
days, argreeably to a clause reserved therein.
Further information has been received front
Mr. Ilobbie indicating that he was still nego
tiating with the British postmaster general t
but that nothing definite had been agreed on.
[ C< >M M i; NICATEJ). ]
On Saturday evening last, the 7th inst., the
officers and members of the Second Division of
the Independent Fire Department of this city,
commanded by H. 11. Murray, President,
agreeable to an invitation tendered them by
Mr. Charles Dehiigle, assembled at the rooms
of Mr. F. Lamback, where in the accustomed
elegant style of that gentleman, ■, was pre
pared a rich and plentiful collation. The en
tertainment lasted nearly four hours —when
without the remotest* evidence of rising dis
order or contention to mar the conviviality of
the time, both host and guests, evidently well
pleased with the associations of the evening,
exchanged good night, and separated for their
respective homes.
Sparkling and bright,
Were the eyes that night;
Gladsome and blythe and gay.
The spirits that reigned.
And they never complained,
Whom the festal detained,
Os the time as it passed away.
U.-jßjWi'
GOLDSBORO’, N. C M Aug. 7, 1817.
To the Editors of the Charleston Courier:
Our Elections arc over, but the result will
not be known for some time. The Whigs last
year so arranged the State, tliat they left little
chance for the Democrats to get more than two
Districts.
The Democrats have been fighting hard iu
this (the Bth) District, and have made very
large inroads; but they had a Whig majority
of near 800 to contend against, which it is al
ready ascertained, is whittled down more than
half; and thoy begin almost to hope to obtain
a majority.
Lane—l) cm.
Wayne maj. 597
Lenoir “ 108
Greene “
Craven, part “ 13
Gov. Daniel is leading the field. Arrin'tort
is running under avhip and s: ur, and will be
hard to beat. Toole is already distanced.
Yours. &c
--77)e Eresident and the Pevei'ned Accuser. —The
Rev. Mr. MColla appears in one of the Phila
delphia papers with a lengthy reply to tho of :
tidal announcement made by the Union, of the
falsity of the charge made by him against the
President. He re-asserts that the President
did assure him repeatedly that the two Catho
lic chaplains, Messrs. Key and McElroy, had
been appointed as spies, and not as chaplains.
,The reyerned accuser is a most singular affair,
and will go far to confirm the wisdom of the
President in decling to appoint him to so im
portant a station as that of chaplain, under
any circumstances. It redounds with the
most bitter and vindictive inuendoes and
charges against Bishops Hughes, President
Mullady, of Georgetown College, the Secreta
ry of War, and the President himself, which
indicate that the writer has allowed"his temper
to got the better of his judgment. The refusal
of the President to appoint him to a chaplain
cy seems to be the burthen of his complaint.—
Baltimore Stai, 7th inst.
Illustrations of Democratic Ruin.
A Mexican war, with victories “too tedious
to mention.”
An English peace, with torrents of “the
hard.”
An Irish famine, relived by our abundance.
Taxation reduced, with revenue and credit
augmented.
Our farmers, lengthening their furrows.
Our merchants, dreaming they are princes.
Our manufacturers, buying palaces for work
shops.
Our banks full our coin.
Our roads and rivers full of steamers.
And though last, not least, our schools and
nurseries full of children. —iV. O. Courier.
Special Notices.
STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR
GIA.
[UU 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 offer.
Goods consigned to WM. P. 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.
ILT DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgen , m
Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug More. _
June 13 6m 7__-
lEF Doctors EVE and CAMPBELLS will at
tend to my Professional Business during m} absence
for the summer from the State.
July 17 PAUL F. EVl^
ALEXANDER McKENZIE, JBm
attorney at law,
WAYNESBORO’, GEORGIA.
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