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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAM £S GAR DN E R,~J R. ~ \ 3 . • . ——— • ■—•- " •-- i TERMS. ( Daily, per annum $3 00 i Tri-Weekly, per annum GOO . If paid in advance 500 - Weekly, per annum ‘I 00 | If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our \l eekly pa- £er in the 'reach of new subscribers at ( TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. {CTSubscribcrs who will pay up arrearages, and ; ] send four new subscribers, with the money, can get [ the paper at $2 00. O’All- new subscriptions must be paid in ad- ( Vance. must be paid on all communications ; : and letters-of business. [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 1 . - j Shakspcare and his Friends, by the sme ati i ( 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 *• j ' 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 ‘ • 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 . j ■ 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. April 20 ly 176