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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, j JAM £3 GARDNER, JR.~ TBHBIS. - Daily, per annum §8 00 | Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum 3 00 If paid in advance, . .2 50 To Clubs, remitting §lO i.v advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribcrs.at • TWO DOLLARS A NEAR. Ujf’Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at §2 00. (Jjjf*AU new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. r. (tJ’Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. ■ ■ v [From the O. Picayune, Wth inst.\ Arrival of the Stcanship New Orleans. Later from Vera Cruz and Tampico. The steajnship New Orleans, Capt. Auld, ar rival yesterday afternoon, having sailed from Vera Cruz the evening of the 7th inst., - and fronj -Tampico the evening of the 10th. Capt. Auld* reports the steamship Mary Kingsland haying left Tampico via the Brazos, for this port on the 6th inst. . • The steamship Galveston left Tampico 9th inst., for Vera Cruz, '-Steamship Fanny arrived at Tampico on the 7th, and was to have left for Vera Cruz on the Iflffh inst. Dr. Hawkins, of Baltimore, died of yellow fever at Tampico on the 7th inst. The New Orleans brings mails from Vera Cruz and Tampico. We regret to learn that the Tampico mail was stolen at an early hour yesterday morning and rifled of a portion of its contents. Some of the letters were subse quently recovered, though the rogue supposed he had disposed of them by casting them into a water closet. In the mail was a let ter addressed to Win. Swft, Esq., from the contents of which, it would app> ar that three U. S. Treasury notes, numbered 321, 322, for SSUO each, have been abstracted. — They were dated Oct. 31, 1348. It is supposed that other valuable letters ha\ e been stolen. Capt. White’s company of the 3d Louisiana battalion received orders at Vera Cruz to em bark on board the New Orleans and proceed to Tampico, They did so at once, and reached their destination on the 4th inst. The Tam pico Sentinel says they mustered one hundred men. rank-and Hie. Capt. Fairchild’s company paraded in Vera Cruz on the 6th inst., fully armed and equipped. They made a tine appearance. The following morning they started out on a scout. Xieut. Waters, with a detachment of Capt, Besancon’s company, returned from a scout ou the 6ch inst. About Id miles from the city, w-hile riding along the banks of the Medellin river, they were tired into by some Mexicans concealed in the bushes on the opposite side of the river, but no harm was done. The Sun says that one of the party, Mr. Wilkinson, be ing in advance, entered a house which had from all appearance, been abandoned with pre cipitation, and found in it some papers, among Which was the following pass : 2d Company of the East. The chiefs of the guerrillas will please let the bearer, Crespin Marin, pass unmolested, ; with ten mules, as he goes to Vera Cruz to get provisions for the guerrillas. God and Liberty ! Estero, August 5, 1847. j JUAN ABUHTO. - To the Commanders of guerrillas. A train left the evening of the 6th inst. far the army above, under the command of Col. Wilson, of the 12th Infantry. The train w-as j escorted by al out 1000 men. The following officers are enumerated by the Sun as com manding them: Cants. Clark,*, Morris, Alvord, Hok ' Hornsbv and Wimas, of the infantry; inII/.mts. Jon*s, Cantwell, Waddell, Whee den, Wilkins, Doyle, Scars and Creanor, of the artillery. .Some accounts set down the num ber of troops in this train at from 1500 to 2000; our own correspondent says one thousand.— Verbal re >orts say that Col. Wilson was taken suddenly ill and could not proceed, and that the command devolved upon another officer whose name is not recollected. Our letters say nothing of this. The Sun relates that on the 3d inst., a man. nun id Tiros. Clark, belonging to the Ist in fantry, a prisoner in the guard-house of the palace, tried to pass the soldier then on guard, and to accomplish his purpose seized one end of the soldier’s musket and made some efforts to take it out of his hands. The latter fired at Clark, the ball passing in through his side and coming out at the back. The ball after wards wounded another man named George E vans, one of the company of mounted men under Capt. Besancon, and finally grazed the hip of the sentry at the other end of the por tal lis, also belonging to the Ist infantry. The name of the man who fired is James Robinson. Our correspondent writes that his conduct was fully justified. The wounded men were immediately sent to the hospital, and it is said Clark and Evans are dangerously wounded. On the 4th inst,, two cut- throats, by some supposed to be guerrillas, attacked a sergeant of the 14th infantry, while on his way from the city to the camp, at Vergara. Both Mexicans were well armed, -while the sergeant had only his sword. He used it to good purpose, dri ving olf the Mexicans, but receiving several slight wounds himself. A detachment of the Georgia cavalry was seat out under Capt. Loy ell, to endeavor to overhaul the two Mexi cans, but the pursuit was vain. A small lot of pack mules arrived at Vera Cruz on the 6th inst., from the.interior. The owners w-ould not disclose how they passed i the guerrillas, but it is shrewdly suspected that they paki four dollars a head for leave to cqmc in." The following day one hundred and : fifty- pack mules arrived from Cordova, leaden with sugar and Mexican brandy; No doubt is entertained that Jarauta or some of the guer rilla chiefs have adopted the plan of granting permits iq order to raise the wind.;- Hopes are entertained that. in' this way. some trade will be carried on between • era Cruz and the in terior, * ' I Nothing later has been received by this ar- | rival from the army at Puebla. Various ru- j mors had reached Vera Cruz, purporting to be frqjn Mexico. One of these is to the effect that commissioners had actually been appoint ed by Santa Anna to meet Mr. Trist. Our correspondence at Vera Cruz, written on the 7tH"-inst., attaches importance to this rumor. — ! We may recur to it. :■ I Oa.the 2d inst. a mail arrived in Vera Cruz from Jalapa., The Boldin de las Naticias was received :by it as.la.te as the SOtb of-July. This is'a little paper throughly. Mexican, published in, Jalapa. From it we learn more particulars of Gen:’Pierce’s march through the town than had* before been received.- The ' Buletm says that the train which the general escorted pass ed by without halting, but. lie- with "30.0 drq goems entered 'the 'city* artd‘ addessed the fol lowing note to the corporation—(wc give the Suu r s translation) ; Jalapa, July 20, 1817. To the Corporation of Jalapa . A brigade of the American army, now encamped • near Ja lapa, are in want of provisions. I therefore i ask this corporation, of Jalapa to fiumsh, at a reasonable price, all this brigade is in need of. I will take the necessary step to protect those who will furnish those provisions. If at twO o’clock this evening, precisely, the provisions demanded are not forwarded, all the members of the corporation will be sent to Perote as i prisoners. F. Pierce. AV T . K. Vax Bowlin, Brigade Q. M. The reply of the corporation is given on the Spanish side ; of the Sun. The members are very indignant at what they consider the harsh language of the general. They make no diffi culty about the provisions; these, could have been had at reasonable rates without any threat. They deplore tlu ir unfortunate position,-being, defenceless. This they sat - should have pro tected them from insult. Gen. . Pierce is Jhe first American officer, they say, who has thus had occasion to find fault with them. The reply ; is pretty “sharp” upon the General, but if is hardty worth translating. We give from the.Suii of Anahuac the fol lowing summary of news made from the Boldin: The same jiaper says that a Mexican, (“trai tor,” it says,) 1 was' encountered. by a party of guerrillas, and being suspicious, he was requir ed to undergo an examination, but having of fered resistance, he was killed. Three large packages, containing letters from the officers of the army,-to their friends in the United States, were found in his possession.. -. * t ThfjhJdin adds: ‘/In said correspondence j it is stated that great discord exists between the 1 volunteers and regulars of the American army, and that this may cause them to fight among themselvesv” ‘ • ■ ' That paper is delighted at this, and takes' that opportunity to call the Americans “high way robbers,” “Yankees,” &c. It also says that it appears from intercepted letters, that i Gen. Pillow and other American, chiefs are of opinion that the atttack upon the capital will not lie successful--that the commanding officers i consider the capital to be in a very strong state of defence, as much for its fortifications as for the number of men who will be brought in ac tion— and finally that the;guerrillas had com pletely interrupted the correspondence between ; Puebla and Vera Cruz. The letters after having been read were sent to the government of Mexico. Four American deserters arrived at Jalapa, ■ on the,3oth ult., three of whom were from Pue*- bla and one from Gen. Pierce’s train; They were to leave Jalapa for Coat epee. The Boldin says that those from Puebla report that the desertion was very great from the ranks of the American army, and that seventy-three d eser ters were advertised in one day, at Puebla. The one from Gen. Pierce’s train, is said'to report that wagons full of sick follow him. We don’t believe one word of.this. The Boldin f irther s'ays that the inducements held out to Americans to desert are not enough that if government would promise them money or any other rewards, Bcoft’s army; would be destroyed. It counsels the Governor’s of States to take measures to foment and en courage desertion. The same paper says assassinations are fre quent in Jalapa, as well of Americans as Mexi cans. A small garrison is required there for the protection ofthe inhabitants. The Boletin ofthe 30thu.lt. says its paper of the 27th was so far from giving offence to the Americans that it was bought by many officers and soldiers. The Boletin expresses its surprise | that the American had not rebuked its freedom with them, as Santa Anna would have done j with the press of the capital. Another courier from Jalapa arrived at Vera Cruz on the 7th inst, and by this we have receiv ed the Boldin of the Ist and 3d of Au gust; The I letters received by this mail give no later news from Mexico or Puebla, but some further de- I tails. j We announced a week ago the death of a : messenger from Mr. Kendall, named Francisco Espina. We now learn to our surprise that he was not killed outright when taken. He was tried and condemned to be shoh The sentence j was executed the morning ofthe 3d Aug, We find in the Boletin little news worth copying, but some long articles which we have not room for to-day, even if they are worth translating. We turn to other Mexican pa pers, in which we perceive a series of decrees of Santa Anna promulgated through Gen. Lombardine. They refer to the organization of troops, forced loans, &0., and are not gen erally interesting. A decree ofthe Pith July, ! orders a strict compliance with a previous one i directing Americans to leave the city. It commands them to leave within forty-eight hours for San Juan del Rio, a town in the j State of Queretaro, forty-three leagues from Mexico. Those thus ordered from the capital include not only xVmnicans by birth, but na turalized citizens of the United States and all , who under any pretext have previously ob tained leave to remain. They are commanded to confine themselves to San Juan strictly, and especially not to move a step towards the capital. A stringent decree was issued on the 13th of July, the preamble of which assigns the “movement of the enemy upon the capital” as an excuse for its harshness. Every soldier found outside the line of sentinels of the city, no matter unc(er what pretext, unless he have a written pass from a chief of the line, is de clared a deserter and is to be shot as such.— Those who may assist or encourage soldiers to desert are also to be dealt with summarily.— ' The last clause of the decree, however, allows 1 those who may already have deserted to give themselves up within four days, and so escape 1 all penalties. Another decree, dated the Ist of July, pro vides for the organization of two companies of infantry to be formed out of the “Foreign Le gion,” which are to be known as the vFirst and Second Companies of Active Infantry of St. Patrick.” Each company is to consist of a captain, a lieutenant, two sub-lieutenants, a first sergeant, four second sergeants, nine cor porals, four cornets and eighty soldiers. There are various other decrees in the papers which, if not otherwise interesting, prove how absolute is the authority of Santa Anna. Un der the powers conferred upon him to resist ; the invasion he is in fact, though not in name, , ! a supreme Dictator. We have received by this arrival a copy of ' the Tampico Sentihel p;f the Bth inst.. That paper suras up the* state of affairs in that city thus ; - - • -■ I We havo -not been attacked.,, we are not all prisoners, nor is. the yellow -fever carrying death and destruction 1 into- the dwelling places of bur inhabitants: but on the we age | in the enjoyment of a reasonable share of that j precious boon, health, there being no epidemic [ amongst us, and what few cases of sickness that really do exist, are of a mild character, : j and readily give way to medical treatment.- — As to our being attacked, •we hope we may he, but the prospect looks dull at the present writing. I . | \ The Sentinel takes exceptions to the stric -1 tures of the press upon the expedition to Hue- Jutla. * Wo have'neither time nor room to dis -1 cuss the subject to-di4y.. . : I :We have received no letters from Tampico by this arrival. Can the’ ‘ following order of Gob- Gates have anything - to do with this? We hope, at all events, .that Mexican papers will bs alloWed to conle through. AVe underscore one-paragraph -in -the orders. - - • - : ; ’ ’ Orders No. G7. : Headquarters, Department. of. Tampico, ) I ’r*. ~ •: - '.August.7, 1847. . ) 1. The Toll6wing extract from the “Ai’iny Regulations” is published for the information of all concerned : I “Private letters or reports relative to mili tary marches auß are frequently mischievous in design and always disgraceful ]td the army. They are therefore strictly for bidden; ahd any officer found guilty of mak ing Such report for publication, without special permission, or of placing the writing beyond his control, so that it finds its way to the press within one month after the termination of the campaign to which it relates, shall be dismiss- i ed the service.” 2. Any citizen of Tampico found guilty of znak- j ing similar reports for publication, without the ' sanction of the commanding officer, will be dealt \ with according to the\ nature of the case. By order of Col. Gates: WM. li. GRAY, A. A. A. G. From the /irmy of Gen. Taylor. The U. S.; transport schooner Belle, Capt. Morgan, arrived yesterday from Brazos San- 1 - tiago, having sailed thence on the 6th inst. i The papers from Matamoras are no later than ; have boom before received, but we have a mail through from the army of Gen- Taylor. Be low we give two letters from our correspondent j | at Buena Vista, first marking out several pas- I sages of Mexican-rumors which our late ad | vices from the.city of Mexico, enable us to] stamp with falsehood in the outset. ... I The Belle brought, over the follovring pas- 1 sengers : Capri. Wfrfford and Lieut. Prince, of i the 13th.infantry, Capt. Nicholas, of the Mas t sachusetfcs regiment; Dr. Rentes of the Texas 1 rangers-. Major Milam, of Kentucky, and nine teen discharged volunteers and quartermas ter’s men on deck. , Upon the .were .also brought over the remaifts offfAeut. Charles Hoskins, 4th in fantry-, who fell gallantly at Monterey, and of 1 the following members of th? two Kentucky i regiments : Henry Edwards, John J. Thoreau, I Abraham Goodpaster, Enoch Bruton, Serg’t. Henry Wolf,Wm. Blackwell, Lemuel Bartlett, j ; James Seston, Jno. Sanders and Jno. Ellen wood. These remains are in charge of Major Milam and Mr. L. 0. Jeffries. [ Special Correspondence of the Picayune.] Camp Buena Vista, July 21, 1817. The town has been full of rumors for the i last week relative to the movements of the en emy and the prospects of peace, and the camp j has of course been fruitful and multiplied, ; j bringing forth the most splendid improbabili j ties. [We omit those rumors, as they were ; all unfounded.] The news supposed to have been brought by express from San Luis, of i which I spoke in my last, was of no impor tance whatever. The dragoons who went on a reconnoissahcg folder Capt. Arnold, from Moilterey, on the 11th irist., returned a few days since to that place, and without meeting ! any of Urrea’s band or hearing of them—fe. cry I thing was perfectly quiet. A rumor was in circulation here and in Saltillo on Wednesday that a party of Americans going from Monte- j rev to Caniargo were attacked near Rumos and murdered. Amdag them was a Mr.- j Train, a Government agent, and a very bfave, daring man. We have had no confirmation of | the rumor, arid I am inclined to believe it an i old stampede in a new dress; The uninitiated should be apprized that the word stampede is j applied to false rumors and false alarms. The relics of the Mexican army who were wounded ; on the field of Buena Vista, about twerity crippled soldiers, left Saltillo on Wednesday I for San Luis, by permission of Gen. Wool, i They were a melancholy sight, and told a forcible tale’ of the horrors of war. For the most part they have been attended by our surgeons an 1 subsisted at our expense, the j Mexicans reluctantly yielding, and even then seldom, to the pleadings of destitution from j the men who had perilled their lives and sac- ; rifleed their limbs for their sake. A Mexican no-haired dog is fondled in the bosom, caress- j cd and stuffed to repletion, while a Mexican soldier is spumed and suffered to starve, and : j treated worse than a dog is anywhere else. I Intelligence from Parras, received since my last, lulls all apprehensions that were felt from the reported advance of the Cam inches, and imparts no further particulars of the outrages j they committed. Satisfied with what they did, they appear to have retired, not caring to approach too closely to the company of Texan rangers stationed at Parras. It pains me to say that the health of the , troops here, the infantry brigade, cortinues to jbe very bad,and the sick list very hfrge. The deaths are principally confined to the North [ Carolina regiment, which has lost fourteen men ( i within a week. The Virginia regiment has lost three only, old cases, and the Mississippians ! about the same number. There is very little j i of interest in this column now, but the other division furnishes enough to make up for it— our turn may come after awhile —in the hope of which, adios. j. e. d. Camp Buena Vista, July 25, 1817. | As this is the last opportunity I shall have of ! communicatfhg with you for some ten or twelve | days probably, I will give you the only item 1 of news there is afloat. This morning four Mexicans came to Encautada, about 12 miles from here, and. stated that in the Zacatecas ! pass, so called, 25 or 27 miles from here, they had been attacked by a Mexican guerrilla band and robbed of everything about them of the slightest value; that they had then been taken , to a place near by, blindfolded, and tied and 1 kept there for two days, when they were re ! leased. Tire band of robbers they say consisted of fifteen armed men. The prisoners were en j route from San Luis Potosi for this place, and ; one of them, an agent of an English firm in Saltillo, had a letter from the city of Mexico j postmarked 7th inst. written by a correspon dent of the firm. The Mexicans arrived at En- ; cantada this morning and reported their story tb the commander of the Texan Rangers there, who immediately despatched a party with one ; of the Mexicans in search of the robbers. The other three came into Gen. Wool’s camp in charge of a ranger and handed over the letter of which I have spoken. It was of a purely commercial character, except the closing para graph, which stated in substance that all was doubt and uncertainty as to what was to be done either by the Mexicans or “Yankees” and ; particularly whether it was intended that this i division should,move on to San Luis or not; as j to peace, the writer said it was not lookedfor. — . A lieutenant in one of-the Texan companies stationed at Encantada was accidentally shot this morning while either mounting or dis mounting, by one of his holster positols unex pectedly discharging itself. His wound is se rious but not a dangerous one. This .is all the news I have for you until I return from an ex- I pedition upon which I'Start to-morrow morn ing in company with a party of dragoons.— i Where I am going I will tell you when I come back.as an Irishman would say, and what the purpose of the expedition is, for of neither the one or the other have I the remotest concep tion. It is sufficient for me to know that I shall.have a chance of-seeing something and that it promises variety and adventure, so fare well for the present. J. e. d. -. The Columbus Enquirer, under the caption of “Jibes and. Taunts-,” accuses us of being • disposed “to make sport of the genex-ouS and hoblq feelings which prompted Gen. Clinch to feed the hungiy afid war-worn soldiers, on their return from the ever memorable cam paign in'Florida.” The Enquirer is entirely mistaken. We never make sport of the “gen erous liable ’.feelings” of humanity, al though they maypaave been displayed under such circumstances as would have drawn them from any bosom of ordinary, emotion, and even though they may. have been’exhibited as a “quid pro quo." Neither did we place Gen. Clinch’a humanity upon a footing with that of the Mexican; although charity on the part of an enemy seems to us quite as praiseworthy as f when exhibited by a friend. We merely amused ourselves with the Enquirer’s idea of eloquence, and of the elements of the “true orator ” Certainly that was laughable enough to excite the risible muscles on a stoic’s face. When Whig editors place their own. candidate in ri diculous attitudes, by claiming for the most common-place men, all that is splendid in chi valry, or sublime in oratory, they must not be surprisee if the Democrats should indulge themselves in an innocent laugh.— Savannah Georgian, 18 (h inst. [ AVcrn the j\ew Orleans Della.] Letter from General Tr.ylor. • The Louisiana Floridian of the 7th Aug. contains the following very’remarkable letter fr om Gen. Taylor. It is addressed to Dr, De lony, of Clinton in this State, who is one of the most radical, determined out-and-out De mocrats in Louisiana or in the South. The General replies to the direct interrogatories of the Doctor in regard to his opinions on the leading topics involved in the contests of the two great political parties, by declining, very properly,to give an opinion upon the justice of a war which he is himself conducting. Wo have been permitted by Dr, Delony, to whom it was addressed, to give publicity to the following letter from Gen, Taylor. It may be proper to say that it was not his intention to have it published, but from the great inter est which seems to engross the public mind, and the variety of conflicting views as to Gen. Taylor’s opinions and intentions in connection with the question of the Presidency, and as there is no impropriety in so doing, it was con cluded to lay it b cforc the public. Camp near Monterey, ) Mexico, June 9. ) Dear Sir —Your letter of the loth ult., from Clinton, La., has reached mo, in which you | are pleased to say, “the signs of the times in relation to the next Presidency, and the pro minent position of your name in connection with it, is sufficient excuse for this letter.” That “it is a happy feature in our government that official functionaries under it, from the lowest to the highest station, are not beyond the reach and partial supervision of the hum blest citizen, and that it is a right inherent in every freeman to possess himself of the politi cal principles and opinions of those into whose h inds the adm n strn ion of the Government may be placed,” &c., to all which I fully coin cide with 3'ou in opinion. Asking my views on several subjects-—“ First: As to the justice and necessity of this war with, Mexico on our part. ; .Second : As to the necessity of a National Bank, and the power of Congress for creating i yuch an institution. Third ; As to the effects of a high protective tariff, and the right of j Congress under the constitution to create such a system of revenue.” As regards the first interrogatory, my duties and the position I occupy, I do not consider it would bo proper in me to give any opinion in regard to the same; as a citizen, and particularly as a sol \ dier, it is sufficient for me to know that our coun try is at war with a foreign nation, to do all in my power to bring it to d speedy and honorable ternii ! nation, by the most vigorous and energetic opera tions, without inquiring about its justice, or any thing else connected with it, believing, as I do, it is our wisest policy to lie at peace with all the world, /fs long a.S it can be done without endangering the honor and interests of the country. As’ regards the second and third inquiries, I dm not prepared to answer them; I could only do so after duly iuvestigatiugtho.se subjects, which, I cannot ! now do; my whole time being fully Occupied irt attending to my proper official duties, which : must not be neglected under any circumstances; and I must say to you in substance what 1 have said to others in regard to similar matters, that | I am no politician. Near forty years of my life have been passed in the public service, in the army, most of ; which in the field, the camp, on our western frontier, or in the Indian country; and for near ly the two last, in this or Texas, during which time, I have not passed one night under the | roof of a house. As regards being a candidate for the Presidency at the coming election, I have no aspirations in that way, and regret the subject has been agitated at this early day, and fh.it it had not been deferred until the . close* of this war, or until the end of the next session of Congress, especially if I am to be mixed up with it, as it is possible it may lead to the injury of the public service in this i quarter, by my operations being embarrassed, as well as to produce much excitement in the country growing out of the discussion of the | merits/&c., of the different aspirants for that hi -h office, which might have been very much al ayed, if not pi-evented, had the subject been d ferred, as suggested; besides very many c tangos may take place between now and 1848, so much so, as to make it desirable for the in t rrest of the country that some other indivi dual than myself, better qualified for the situ ation, should be selected; and could he be elected, I would not only acquiesce in such an arrangement, but would x*ejoice that the re public had one citizen, and no doubt there are thousands, more deserving than I am, and bet | ter qualified to discharge the duties of said office. If I have been named by others and considered a candidate for the Presidency, it j has been by no agency of mine in the matter; and if the good people think my services im portant in that station and elect me; I will feel bound to serve them, and all the pledges and explanations I can enter ipto and make as re gards this or that policy, is, that I do so honestly and faithfully to the best of my abili ties, strictly in compliance with the constitu tion. Should I ever occupy the White House, | it must be by the spontaneous move of the people, and by no act of mine, so that I could go into the office untrammelled, and be the chief magistrate of the nation, and not of a party. But should they, the people, change their views and opinions between this and the time of holding the election, and cast their votes for the Presidency for some one else, I will not complain. With considerations of respect, I remain your ob’t serv’t, Z. TAYLOR. Mr. Edward Delony. ’ P. S. I write in great haste and under con stant interruption. [Front Piciiyuneff&JiTnsf.] Crops and the Worm. —We cheerfuiy give place to the following letter : Bay.od Bieuff; (Parish of Avoyelles.) ) Near Rapides, La., August 3, 1846.- ) Gentleman —Seeing divers reports in different papers of the appearance of the army worm, I have determined to give you the history of them on this bayou, I saw on Friday last, in a gen tleman’s field on this bayou, numbers of green striped worms in every particular answering the description of the genuine army worm.— Not however being entirely satisfied of the fact, I took a half dozen, brought them home with me and placed them on some cotton leaves under a tumbler; these by the following Sun day they had made into cocoons by drawing the corners of the leaves together and securing them with a webb. I have opened some of the cocoons and can now say with certainty that they 'are nothing else but the “planter’s hor ror.” Yesterday evening I saw an old plan ter from Bayou Chicot, some forty miles below this, who states that almost every plantation there is more or less strewn with them,and that numbers of the fly have been seen. This is the first crop ; the next is to do the injury.— The crops here on a majority of the plantations .are seriously injured by rust, caused by the heavy rams in July. I never saw such a sight; the stalks that are rusted at all pro entirely dead, an I look as if th iy ha I passed through a furnace. I think it half a crop is made he re it will be doing well. Yours, &c. * W. S. WEST. Caterpillar.— We stated last week that one caterpillar had heed found on a plantation in this vicinity. His being a genuine cotton worm was doubted by a few only who saw him, and then only for a short time. But his like, was soon discovered on other plantations, and then it was given up that the dreaded worms were in our fields. The fact of their existence, i however, has not created as much alarm as the first announcement of their appearance has heretofore done. This is owing to the fact that j the planters generally believe that it is the first crop that we now have, which arc few in num i her, and that it will not be until the third crop ; come that they will be numerous enough to do any injury to the crop. However this maybe, it is certain they have done no harm yet, al ! though more or less of them are found every where. Hopes are entertained that they will not commence their work of destruction for two or three -weeks yet, and if they do not, they will then do but little or no harm. —Red River Re publican, Aug, 7. The Weather. —During the past week we j have not had much rain, and our river rose on | AVeduesdaV last to nearly as high a point as it had reached the week before. On Thursday { it commenced falling and has continued to fall I slowly up to this time.— Che-raw Gazette , 17th inst. 31 u9ns ta, ocor gx a . FIRDAY FOR GOVERNOR HON. 6. W. TOWNS. OF TAEBO r. Democratic Nominations for Senators. • 4th Dist.—Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort. | sth Dist.—Lowndes and Ware—Gen. T. Hilliard. 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch— John A. Mattox Bth “ Striven and Effingham— W. J. Lawton. 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. 8. C Morris. 19th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Rey nolds. 13th “ Baker and Early—Dr. Wm. J. Johnson. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson. ! 17th “ Macon and Houston— John A. Hunter. 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins. 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray. 2oth “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. 2Sth “ Merriwether and Coweta—Ore. Warner. 31st “ Fayette and Henry— Luther J. Glenn. 32d “ Jasper and Butts —Col. J. C. Waters. 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey. 39ih “ Gwinnett and DeKalb—Jas. P. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass—Francis Irwin. 41st “. Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. 11. Hunt. 43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d Cokfik. 44th “ Lumpkin ana Union—Euho S. Barclay. * r j ;The Mails. —All the Northern Mails clue last 1 evening came to hand, but we find but little of interest in them. The Junction Rail Way—Wilkes. We have been reqnested by several of our j subscribers in the interior to give the action of the Georgia Rail Road Company in relation to | I the application of Mr. Toomb- in behalf of the citizens of Wilkes county, as to the establish ing a Branch from Washington, to connect hath the Georgia Rail Road. The proceedings j will be found below, which we give without Comment; leaving it to the judgment of the reader, whether the Georgia Rail Road Com- j pany were liberal or illiberal in their offers : Extract from the minutes of the 13 th Annual j Convention of the Stockholders of the Georgia : Railroad and Bahking Company, held in Au- 1 gu»ta,the llthand 12 th Os May, 1847 ; I The following resolution was? adopted on Mr. Miller’s motion. It being represented to the Convention that the citizens ot Wilkes county contemplate a connection,by Railroad, between , Washington and the road of this Company, at or near Double Wells: Resolved, That the Board of Directors be re- i quested to afford all xhe facilities in their pow er for the accomplishment of that object— without detriment to the interest of this Cora pany. ! Copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Board of | Directors of the Georgia Railroad and Bank- j ing Company, held in Augusta on the 26 th of May, 1847: An extra meeting of the Board was held on I Wednesday, the 26th of May, 1847, composed j of the following members, viz: Mr. Kind, President, and Messrs. Warren, D’Antignac, Bones, Bowdre, Fargo, Miller and Davies, Di rectors. The President stated that the object of con vening the Board, was to receive a committee of citizens from Washington, Geo., then in waiting, who were charged with the duty of j conferring with this Company on the subject j of constructing a Branch Railroad from Wash ington to some convenient point on the Geor gia Railroad; and the committee were accord ingly invited, and appeared before the Board, j Messrs. Lewis S. Brown, Charles L. Bolton, I Thomas Semmes and Lucius J. Gartrell, the . members present of the AV ashington commit- I tee, being seated at the Board, were request ed to submit their views end desires. In com pliance with this invitation, Messrs. Gartrell and Semmes addressed the Directors the other members of the committee contributing, by occasional remarks, to the development of I J the subject. The object of the committee was to ascer- I tain whether we -would furnish their contem- I plated Company with such of our fiat-bar iron | as we should replace with a heavier rail; and to know, from us, upon what terms the freight j of the Washington Branch would be trans ported over the Georgia Railroad; suggesting the necessity of some encouragement, to their enterprise, and the hope of our ability to allow them, as a bonus, a thir d or fourth of the freight or gross income derived from the business of their Branch; or put the transportation of such business on the footing of the most favored of our Branch connections. After a free conversation with the Board on the matters in hand, the committee retired and the following resolution was passed: Resolved , That this Company will furnish the cars for the transportation of freight on the proposed Railroad from Washington—charg ing therefor, one-eighth of the freight earned onsaid Road; being the same terms that exist between this Company and.the State Road and Rome Branch. * . ■ The President was requested to communi cate this resolution to the Washington com ! mittee, and to say to them that if we should determine to take up our flat-bar iron, it would be sold to them for their Road on reasonable , terms. The Board then adjourned. J. W. WILDE, Cashier. Extract from the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, held at Augusta, on Tues day, the Sin June', 1847 : At which the following members attended, viz: Mr. Kixo, President, Messrs. Warren, J Poullain, Jones,Satfold, D’Antignac, Dougher ty, Fargo, Hamilton, Davies, Stovall, Conyers, Miller and Cunningham, Directors. A communication in these words was read to the Board : Mr. Toombs, one of the Com mittee appointed by a meeting of the citizens of Wilkes county, to confer with the Georgia Rail Road & Banking Company, and settle I with it all matters connected with the junc tion of a Railroad from Washington to the most suitable point on the Georgia Railroad, submits the following propositions to the Georgia Rail road Company, and asks the action of the Di rectors thereon: ; Ist. That the Georgia R. R. Company shall ' transport such freight and passengers as may ! be delivered it by the Washington Railro'ad at I the junction of the two roads, to their desti ■ nation on the Georgia Railroad, at the lowest term per mile that said Georgia Railroad transports any other similar freight or passen gers on any part of their road, and for any dis tance. 2d. That in all things the Georgia Ra lro d shall grant the Washington Railroad all the advantage, in the transaction of their busi ness, which said company do now or may here after grant to any other road which now is or ’ may hereafter be connected with said Georgia Railroad. 3d. That the Georgia Railroad Company state the best terms upon which it will trans ! port the freight cars of the Washington Rail i road from the junction of the two roads to 1 Augusta, or any intermediate point, should the ; Washington Company deem it to their interest | to furnish freight cars for their own freight the ! whole distance to Augusta. After deliberating on the foregoing proposi tions, the Board passed these resolutions: Pesolved, That this Company will allow the Washington Road to connect with the Georgia Railroad at Camming, or at such contiguous point as may be hereafter agreed upon; and will agree to transport the freight of this road at the same charge made on other local busi ness from Camak. Resolved, That it is deemed inexpedient to bind this C unpany to any farther future or ! prospective arrangement with other companies, | or to make any agreement to allow the cars of ! the Washington Road to pass over the Geor | gia Railroad. '. Geo. B. Road Si Bk'g Co., Aug. 18, 1817. I certify the accuracy of the foregoing ex tracts, that they embrace all that appears up- I on the subject, on the minutes of the Conven j tion and the Board. J. W. WILDE, Cashier. The State Elections. The Baltimore Sun of the 17th inst. says— We have but little to -add to the returns to day. In Kentucky and Indiana the result, for Con i gross, seems to be as indicated yesterday, 6 ! whigs to 4 democrats in the former, (a whig loss of one,) and G democrats to 4 whigs in the latter, (a democratic loss of two.) loica. —The election of two democrats to j Congress seems to be confirmed. There whs no election for the members of the Legislature, !-. . ° * except in two districts, where vacancies had j occurred. Charleston Courier, of the 19 th inst., says—“ The failure of the mail on Tuesday last, was oSviug to tire locomotive running oif the track between* Wilmington and Gold?- borough, X. C., by which accident the engineer i and fireman were considerably, but not dan gerously hurt.” Steamer Washington. The New York Herald “The srtoamer j Washington will not leave for Southampton and Bremen until the 24th of September.— This delay is owing to a number of alterations, ! which the company deem in a rddddrdxo ne | cessary. Her day of sailing in fiztu're’ bfe ! on the 24th of the month instead of the Ist, as heretofore.” New Cotton. The Macon Telegraph, of the 17th instant, says—“ The first bale of the new crop was re ceived yesterday at the Warehouse of Messrs. Field & Adams, from the plantation of Mr. Isaac West, of Houston county, and sold to I Mr. Samuel Dawson, for 14 cents. Mr. West has for several years brought in the first bale of new cotton. Last year, we believe, he sold a bale of the new crop on the 22d of July.” The above bale has since reached Savannah. V Scat of War. The Tallahassee Floridian, of the 14th inst., says—“ The Volunteers raised by Capt. Liv ingston were mustered into the service of the 1 United States on yesterday, by Lieut. Whit- I ing, of the Army. They now number 80 men rank and file, which, we learn, will be in creased before the company embarks for the seat of war. They arc a fine looking body of men, and we predict that the State may rely with confidence upon their good conduct on the battle field. This is the fourth company Florida has fur | nished the service since the commencement of the war. I Special Notices. I. O. O. P. AUGUSTA ENCAMPMENT NO. 5. A regular meeting of the Cunp, will be held This ( Friday) Evening, at 8 o’clock, precisely. By order of the C. P. WM. HAINES, Scribe. Aug. 20 49 STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR GIA. . . | O’ This Company having been re-orgaorzed and placed in an efficient state tor service, are pre pared to send forwarded without delaj all ! * c l b that may offer. . I Goods consigned to WM. P. M ILLIAi ~ £ cn at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis- S1 The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this Company has terminated. B gU j£U , June 6 I—>’ Agent at Augm-a.