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'HIK rONSTITITIOXAUST. ’ JAMES GA RDM £R, JK. TEHM3. Daily, per annum $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our VV eekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the nioucj , can get the paper at $2 00. IPvAll new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. Q'f’Postagemustbe paid on all communications and letters of business. [/ram the North American and U. S. Gazette ] A Tear forNcaL BY GEORGE W. DEWEY. evil manners live in brass', their virtues AVe write in water.” — Shakspeare. “Green-be the turf above thee ’ Neal, And flow rcts o’er thee twine ; For ne'er did death a casket seal With richer gems than thine. There are thousands who regret thee, Who only knew thy name ; But more, who’ll ne'er forget thee, With friendship’s holier claim. We’ll miss the srraphic sketch, Neal, Drawn with such master art; But more we’ll miss thyself, Neal- All gentleness of heart. W Associate with household mirth, We long have held thee dear, For thou hast given laughter birth. Where now thou bring’st a tear. Brief be the words above thee, Neal, That chronicle thy fall; For all who knew, did love thee, Neal, As, living, thou didst all. And drooping heavily with sorrow — As flowers without the sun. We’ll miss thee,on each morrow, 'Till we follow—one by one. Avgil-st 3, 1817. Sir Robert Peel. At an election at Tam worth, Sir Robt. Peel and Mr. W. Y ates Peel were returned without ■opposition. The former addressed the electors in a lengthened speech, vindicating his com mercial policy, and concluded as follows : If you send me back to the House of Com mons, I cannot promise you, as heretofore, to ] give effect to my opinions by the influence of a large party, willing to accept my opinions. I have now been forty years in public life; six ty summers have pa sed over my head. I free ly admit to you, that even if I were desirous of doing so, I should find it u terly impossible to bear that strain on the intellectual faculties •which I did bes >re for five years, while I was at the head of the Government, and also the leader of the House of Commons. (Hear, end I am not, th refore, aiming at any i political object whatsoever. (Hear, hear.) I j don’t want to conciliate the favor of any party. | As I said before, I have no apology to offer. {Loud cheers.) I think lam right. (Cheers.) j I would not, to regain the confidence of those : who formerly honored me with their suppo;t j (for which I feel grateful, because it was an honorable and disinterested support) —I would not, to regain their good opinion, make sacri- 1 floe of the truth —(loud cheers) —or offer one wdrd of anologyfor what I have done. (Con tinued cheers.) I have no political object to «crve. lam not seeking to return to office, or the resum turn of the r ower of a party, but I shall "o the House of Commons, honored by your confidenee, <n public grounds. (Hear, hear, an 1 cheers.) I shall go back, not altogeth er without power. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I will support that which I believe to be right. I will sunort those principles of free trade, which I believe to be founded in. jus tice. I adc you, what are the principles on which you in this neighbo hood, conduct your commercial relations with Birmingham? I see around you many market-gardeners; and this I know, you are so blessed with a fruit ful soil and a happy exposure to the sun, that you cultivate some 300 or 400 acres, the produce of which, in garden-stuffs, is sent to Birmingham. Sur pose that the mar ket-gardeners of Birmingham *.aid, that was a very hard thing on them. (A laugh.) Sup pose thev said, “Let us have restrictions upon Tamworth vegetables.” (Laughter.) They might make out a verv good case. Ju-tsce what it would be. They would say, “These Tamworth gardeners don’t contribute at all to the Birmingham poor-rate. Thn : r is more fertile, they grow their vegetables at less cost, having greater skill; here they come with their produce to the Birmingham market; they un dersell all the market-gardeners, in Birming ham, and in the neighborhood, who have heavier rates to pay; let us have a s -ale of du ties on the onions, cabbages, and neas, brought from Tamworth.” (Much laughter.) And why not? Suppose a poor market-gardener, at Birmingham, came and said this :—“I hold four acres of ground; rav father subsisted on it before. I pay a very high rent for it. I can not raise my vegetables on account of the poor-rates, lighting-rates, an I heavy tolls. 1 will prove to you, that the Tamworth garden er can raise his potatoes and cabbages at a much lower cost than I can. lam very reasonable; I only ask protection to the amount of the dif ference; let us have 6d. a neck on his peas.” (Much laughter.) Do vou think that very ab surd? That i- just what was said -with re spect to the United States. (Cheers.) This Birmingham man goes further; he will, per haps, address the Municipal Council, and, suppose the Mavor had the power to apply rates ;.t the toll-gates, he would say, “I only ask for ‘protection to native industry,’ in Bir mingham. (A laugh.) I will prove to }”ou, that these Tamworth gardeners that come here and undersell us, don’t take Birmingham goods in return; they don’t deal with the Bir mingham butchers; they have the audacity to eell their goods in the Birmingham market, and they deal with Tamworth butchers. Is that reciprocity? (A laugh.) Is that fair? They don’t ven buy the scissors and knives with which they prune and cut their vegeta bles, at Birmingham. They say thev can get them cheaper and better at Sheffield. But what is that to us? You take our money, and go and expend it in other place -. What will be the result? The currency of Birmingham will be disturbed. (Much laughter.) You demand payment in ready money; we pay you in silver and gold. You absolutely take it out of the town and spend it. You will exhaust Birmingham of the whole of the coin. You take in solid coin, week after week, 50/.; you spend nothing among us; the consequence will be, that we shall be drained of all our coin.” (Laughter.) You think that very ab surd. But is there one part of the argument that does not apply to our dealings with the United States? There are the United States, the market-garden of this country'. They have a more fertile soil, and they want manufac tures; but some of us say to them, “We can not deal with the United States; they produce at less cost than we do; they have not such heavy rates; they won’t take our manufactures in return; they will have nothing but gold.” Depend upon it, though it may startle you at flrst, there is not one argument the Tamworth . # I gardener can adduce in favor of free trade with ' j Birmingham, which docs not apply to our in terests with the United States —(cheers) —and ! when you laughed at the proposal of restric tions on the commerce of Tamworth and Bir- i minghdm, you might just as well laugh at the impolicy of placing restrictions upon that of France and England. It is just the same. It has pie; used Almighty God to bless France with abt tter climate than this country', She pro duce-; the olive and the grape: we produce hardwa re,cutlery,and the cotton manufactures. Is it not the height of absurdity that these two countries are preventing their inhabitants from dealing with each other? that we won’t take j t.. 2 produce of the South of France, and tliey won’t take the produce of Sheffield and Bir |rn ighara? Would it not be a wiser policy'— would it 7i ot be more in conformity with the beneficence of an Almighty Creator, that we sU mid interchange our respective products,ai# find a new motive for maintaining peace by re- j ciproeal interests. (Loud cheers.) My belief is, that those principles which govern the in- | tercourse of Tamworth and Birmingham— principles which you think so wise, that you laugh at any departure from them —my belief is, that notwithstanding the self-interest ot the powerful, these principles will, ultimately, pre vail—(cheers)—that foreign countries will re lax their restrictions; that, notwithstanding the power of iron metsters in one chamber, and the power of cotton manufacturers in the other, the light will break in, and the vast mass ot the community will feel, that protection is nothing but a tax upon industry'. (Loud and continued cheering.) Gentlemen, I shall try to give effect to those principles. (Cheers.) I Mali try', under', possibly, many discourage ments, to abate restrictions upon commerce, — to take from other countries, even if other " countries are foolish enough not to take from i us. (Cheers.) They won’t give us their pro : duce for nothing : if they do, I advise you to ; ! accept it. (A laugh.) When they do send j j it to you, depend upon it they will ask for an j | equivalent, and that equivalent will be noth- | ing but the result of your industry and your labor. You will have the products which their climate favors; they' will have the result of your industry. And, if some military tyrant ! i should again try to make false appeals to mill- ' tary glory, and to disturb the peace of the i world for his own corrupt ambition, then, I , hope, an enlightened people, flourishing by the i interchange of their products for those of oth- j : er countries, seeing that war will be the dis- I couragement of civilization, the interruption . ; of industry, the destruction of kindly feeling, I hope that a rational, an intelligent, and pow erful people, will rebuke that military tyrant — i (cheers) —and refuse to see the wives made widows, the fathers left without their children, the children having to mourn their fathers, not 1 j for the defence of a nation against aggression, but for the satisfaction of those corrupt feel- | ings, which are engendered by mere military i ambition. (Cheers.) The way to give that power, that influence to public opinion, is to remove restrictions upon commercial inter course, to encourage that interchange of com modities, which is the soul and foundation of commerce, to attain the political and social good i of increased revenue, and with it the inesti- I mable moral good of peace confirmed, morals I promoted, the prejudice of rival nations aba- j i ted, the absurd doctrines of hereditary ani : moshies scattered to the winds—(cheers) —to j sec a people happy' and contented, under equal I laws, enjoying the benefits of their industry*, | and see other nations dealing and trafficking j with them, in the equal enjoyment of those ; blessings, which we ourselves know how to j estimate. (Cheers.) These are the principles : to which I shall adhere, in my future course; though standing as an isolated individual in j Parliament, I shall have confidence in your support, and in the truth of those principles, to insure me that they will ultimately prevail. •s’he Cotton Trace. f Prom Burn’s f'ummercial Glance for 1847. j This highly interesting and valuable com mercial Table, which gives the exports of cot tnn yarn and manufactured cotton goods from England, in the first six months of the last nine y'ears, has just been published; and from it we extract the following results: The amount of cotton yarn exported in the first six months of the present year was 51,462,499 lbs., being i a decrease of 12,697,069 lbs. as compared with the same period of 1546, and the smallest quantity exported since IS4I. The principal items of export are— -1316. 38*17. To British North America 49 5 !,812 323,382 Belemm 1,837,-291 1,107,151 Th* Hmse Town?, Ac. 16,147,8-3 12,855.734 Hanover 1,4-12,040 715,800 Holland 10,240,312 5,795,324 I India 11,341,829 12,327,976 i China 2,782,500 3 ,<82, 790 Malta and lonian Isles 805,* 51 217,719 Naples and Sicily 4,313,611 3,117,887 . Prussia 204,577 166,174 P.irtusral, Madeira, Ac. 573,616 178,780 I Russia 3,793,150 2,844,131 i Swedhn and Norway 1,9(3/56 947,182: Sardinia, Tuscany, &c» 2,685,835 1,17 0,2'5; Trieste, An -Irian Ports, Ac. 1,8 20,512 1,4 8,5 >2, Turkey and Levant 3,776,334 3,726,338 I Os cotton thread there has been exported in the ; first six months of this year, 1,238,203 lbs., i being an increase of 68,000 lbs. on *1846. Os j cambrics and muslins, 2,137,260 yards, being an increase of 103,405 yards. Os plain call- \ coes there have been exported 277,523,135 yards, being a decrease of 14,397,904 yards.— The principal items of decrease, plain calicoes, are as follows; 1846. 1847. i To British West Indie*, yards, 7,109,026 5,434,189 ! I France, 55),986 2)5,702 G bruit ir, 4,918,757 2,859,941 Hans Towns, tc. 8,008/27 ~ 6,70 ,55) Holland, 9,079,934 6,3)0,51 i j India, 85,900,555 73,799,313 j China, 42,) 59,601 37/(00,741 Malta and lonian Isles, 4,413,5 »3 1,157,602 1 Naples and Sicily, 4,799,7 2 2,421,903 I Portugal, Madeira, Ac. 15,160,720 5,125,839 I Sardinia, Tuscany, Ac. 11,779,177 3,832,b93 i Trieste, Austrian ports, Ac. 6,207,524 2,381,310 199,803,272 143,22 >s)l There has also been a decrease in our exports to other countries, so that the falling off would | have been very large indeed, had it not been for the increased exports of plain calicoes to | the following, amongst other places : 1840. 1847. i To Brazils, 25,443,975 38,105,889 Buenos Ayres,Montevideo,Ac. 726,213 1,191,998 Coast of Africa, 1,913,903 2,835,476 Chili and Peru, 10,142,1 3 15,5 9,125 I Egypt, 2,144,998 4,252,877 j United States, 5,366,950 22,130/35 i 46,03 :,432 87,017,100 i Os mixed cotton and linen goods the exports i have been 539,330 yards, being an increase of I 21,475 yards. Ginghams, 480,651 yards, or an increase of 241,726. Cords, velveteens, | velvets, Ac., 1,426,613 yards, or an increase of ; 444,789 yards. Os printed and dyed calicoes ' 1 there have been exported in the first six months of 1847 150,295,187 yards, showing ] an increase on the corresponding six months of 1846, of 22.208,050 yards. The increase is attributable mainly to the augmented exports , to the following countries ; 1846, 1847. ! To Brazils, 13,177 110 30,059,606 Buenos Ayres, Ac., 487,850 4,339,023 | Coast of Africa, 1,712,917 3/ 90,149 ! Chili and Peru, 7,100,229 8,79 ,538 ; | E-j pt, 3 ,445 9 9,58 c j Naples and Sicily, 4,043, 53 5,50 ’.,234 Turkey and Levant, ’ 9,902,751 15,3)7,355 1 | United States, 6,359,608 20,971,6(1 47,829,5. 5 87,62’ 148 j The immense increase of our exports to the United States, the Brazils, Turkey and the Levant, Ac., far more than counterbalance the loss ot trade to other countries. Os hosiery there has been exported 199,655 dozens, being an increase of 13,762 dozens. Os shawls and i handkerchiefs the export* are 389,296 dozens, I s aau* 11 niw 1 showing an increase of 126,469 dozens. 01 lace, &c., 40,306,520 yards, being an increase ; of 2,669,733 yards. Trade xuMh America. Wc have boon favored with the following comparative view of the exports from Liver poofrto the United States for the months ot April, May, and June, of the present year, compared with the corresponding period ot 1846. It exhibits an amazing increase in all the more important items. —Liverpool Times, t Difference. ' 181 G. 1817. Incr’se. Dcc’rse. ! Manufactured goods, packages 29,099 62,956 30,867 Hardware, packages 10,129 14,170 4,0il Earthenware, crates 8,283 8,120 _ do. half do. 3,391 3,575 185 do. casks, 047 819 le-i Coal, tons, 3,337 6,019 2/82 Iron, ditto 12,985 20,985 8,390 q Tinplates boxes 72,419 42,081 30,33a I? 'rom the Savannah Georgian.] "The Artful Dodgur.” An article bearing this caption appeared somg week ago, in the columns of the Rcpub lican, and has since been circulated by other Whig prints in the State. We paid but lit tle attention to the editorial at the time, re garding it as a string of “picayune” charges against Mr. Towns, which would produce but little impression in any quarter, and which did not deserve the notice of his friends. — { From the circulation, however, which has been given to the above named article, it would seem that it is the “dernier resort” of the Whigs, their last stronghold, and we are. therefore, pleased to refer to the comunication of “Striven,” in our columns to day, who has routed them from it, “horse, foot and dra goons.” Our neighbors of the Republican have certainly placed themselves in a most disagreeable attitude, audit remains to be seen how they are to escape from it. In their rash, I headlong charge upon. Mr. Towns, they have stumbled into an error not at all creditable to their cause, and the greater the circulation which has been given to it, the greater must be their mortification. We are satisfied, how -1 ever, that they will make a full reparation to the Democratic Governor, “that is to be,” for ’ this baseless charge against him. i The Savannah Republican—bare-faccd” blun lor is reference to Col. Tawai. This respectable and influential organ of the Whig party, appears to be trying “its very prettiest” so see how far it can presume upon the credulity of the people, by making charges against Col. Towns without the slffihest sha dow of truth to warrant them. One of the most prominent of these unfounded charges will be discovered in the Republican’s ‘loader of the *l6th inst. under the Caution of the ! “Artful Dodger,” in which this Gentleman is charged with a gross neglect of his duties, as a representative of the State of Georgia, in the { 29th Congress. In proof of this accusation the Republican commences with the following : “On the opening of the 29th Congress seven members appeared from Georgia—Mr. Towns among the missing. On the lOthof Decem ber the Joint Resolution for the annexation gs Texas came up for consideration, and on the vote being taken. Mu. Towns was among the missing. On the 39th January Mr. Towns ! makes his first appearance, having been absent for two months from.his seat —a faithful re presentative truly.” Now, the S ivannah Republican is regarded pretty generally in Georgia, by both parties, as one of the leading prints of the Whig party. It is also regarded by that party as a pure specimen of gentility, intelligence, and fair ness, am mg the numerous political papers, which it boasts. Holding this exalted posi tion in its own rank, being the standard of Whig intelligence and decency, it is reasona j ble that Democrats should look to its columns to find whatever of fairness there might he in j Georgia Whiggerv ; but after the Republican has.witn Characteristic gravity, m«u<; cue going serious charge against Mr. To wns, and would have its readers to believe it true, J opine it has lost irretrievably this prou I posi tion, and tbe investigation of this accusation will prove the justice of the refi *ction. It is a matter of history, hot of party poli tics, that Col. Towns was not chosen origi i nally a member of the “29th Congress.” Has it escaoed the Republican that AA ashington Poo, Esq., of the Co. of bibb, was this elected member! Has it escaped the Republican that Mr. Poe resigned, that Governor Craw -1 ford ordered an election to fill the vacancy, which took place on the first Monday in Jan uary 1815, when Col. Towns was elected to supply that vacancy, and that he took h‘s I seat as soon thereafter as he was commissioned, : and had time to reach Washington city ! AVith this knowledge of Col. Towns’ time of election, i and his time of service, “it is passing strange” | how the Republican could charge him with neglect of duty, for not appearing in his seat on the first Monday in December 1845, when : he was at that time no more entitled to oc cupy that seat, than “our senior” himself. — AVhere the Republican can get the facts or the arguments, to prove that Col. Towns,' was i “ABSENT FOR TWO MONTHS FROM HIB SEAT*’ | must be left to the prolific genius and combin ed intelligence of the three editors who wield j the Republican quill. This leading accusation of the Republican, if taken by itself, and, if unexplained by the editors, contains both a “false suggestion” and a “suppression of truth,” either of which is in excusable. The Republican in so many words suggests that Col- Towns was a number of the 29th Congress, which, without explana tion, would mean, the whole terra rs service of that Congress. The Republican suppresses i the facts, that Col. Towns was elected to sup j ply a vacancy —that he was not elected until Congress had been in session more than a month —that Ift? took his seat as soon after his commission as possible, and therefore it was impossible for him to have been there, either | on the “opening of the 29th Congress,” or “on the 10th of December” thereafter. Tie friends of Col. Towns were not so wanting in good sense as to expect for a moment any hinglike I justice or fairness for that gentleman from the ; Whig press ; but still it was the lead of their expectations, that so prominent a pirty organ as the Savannah “Republican” world have | made a charge, which was even wthout the merit of plausibility to sustain it. Its own , character for common honesty shaild have j i prevented it. By it the editors of:his print 1 have placed themselves in one of tvo dilem mas, either that they stated that which they knew was not so, or else they were gnorant | of a subject upon which they were at nnpting 1 to enlighten their follow citizens. Unc neither | view of the case, the readers of that piper will pay very little attention to a string ofeharges agiinst Col. Towns, when the very fiut one is without the slightest foundation. Tfr friends of that press will be compelled to ex«ase it on the ground that it was so “hard up” .ir a sub ! stantail objection to the Democratic mmince, | that the editors were obliged, ex necessitate, to draw slightly upon their imaginations. It is | useless to examine the other charges if delin ; qnency, because, judging from the it is fan to presume that the same inaccuracy at- j tachcs to them. AVc grant that tHeharge of j neglect of duty is correct, but wc are ompell- j ed to visit the blame upon the Whig irty, not upon Col. Towns, and say that Get gia was “two months” without one of her rcresenta tives, which was occasioned by the r< ignation of AVashington Foe, a Whig inemlr elect, and if in the sequel Col. Towns was ot often enough at the calling of the yeas am aays, he 1 was a member, in reality elected by ti j AVhigs \ charge, and boldly say that Col. Towns’ Congressional career, for industry, ability, and I statesmanship, will compare honorably with ‘ I any of h s colleagues, especially with Messrs. Toombs and Stephens, and while the Repub lican is lecturing our members for neglect, for the sake of honor and consistency, do not forget to remind those latter named gentle men of their absence, when the vote was taken upon the most important question to the South —the AVilmot proviso. SCRIYEN. August 21st, 1847. Gen. Clinch's Financial Abilities. In another column of this paper will be found an issue between Gen. Clinch and the Bank ol St. Mary’s, which puts the General’s financial j abilities beyond dispute. The circumstances, | we believe, are substantially these: —Gen. Clinch was the President of the Bank ot St. Mary’s, the .charter of which requires a given amount of stock to be subscribed before the Company was allowed to issue bills. —To make up the amount required, Gen. Clinch gave his note to the Bank for one thousand dollars; but when the Bank called on him to pay Ills note, he refused, alleging failure .of consideration. The note was given as a sham, merely to enable the Bank to issue bills, but was never intend ed to be paid; and when he was sued on the note, Gen. Clinch, by his Attorney, came into Court and declared these facts to avoid the 1 payment of the note. Every person will un derstand that if the note was only intended to ' count as so much stock, but was never intended to be paid, it was a fraud upon the Legislature i and the people, by which the Bank of St. ; Mary’s was allowed to issue bills before the amount of actual stock required by law was paid in. If the note was not a sham, why ' should the General refuse to pay it? He is i known to he rich, and cannot plead want of ability. There appears to have been considera ble financiring in this business. —Albany Pa~ \ triot, Gca, charge on the Mud-hole. j “General Clinch,” said General Scott, after | ! a charge in which said Clinch had forced his 1 way into a hammock, through mud and water I to his waist, “you should not expose yourself , so much; it is not necessary!” —Chronicle «Sr j Sentinel, 18 (h inst. AVe had supposed that the friends of Gen. ; Clinch were willing to risk his military fame | on the battle of AVithlacoochie, but the above, we suppose, was intended to eke out his mili tary exploits. The remark of Gen. Scott, that he was unnecessarily exposing himself to the 1 mud and water, (for it does not appear there was any other enemy to encounter) takes away much of the glory of the achievement. Gen. Scott thought that he xvas unnecessarily ex posing himself to colds and rheumatism, and | very properly reprimanded him. But it was after dinner, and Gen. Clinch teas excited and head-strong, and he bulged through. Gen. Scott and all the other officers and men, like cousin Sally Dillard, went round the mud and i water, but Gen. Clinch, like a ,waded | through! Ib. . \F ron the Marietta Advocate.] Mr. Editor —I have observed for some weeks ’ past, that the voters of Georgia are called upon j to pay off an unsettled claim of one of the officers who served in the Florida AVar. Some thing too has been said by this officer himself about thirty years’ service, Which. I do not un derstand. AVill you be so good as to ascer tain from some of you r brother editors, what amount of money Gen. Clinch received for his services: Or if he served without pay, let us know, if you can, what length of time in service en titles a man to demand the office of Governor! I have always understood that when a candi date for this office was before the people, his fitness for the station, his capacity for the du ties of the office, and his integrity, were the j im Frp.n. bas claims upon the country, if he performed ser vices for which he has not received compensa tion, shall he therefore be elected whether qualified or not? Or shall sor<o other means ! be devised of settling the account. INQUIRER. [From the N. O. Delta. 22 d inst. ] The Latest from Puebla. The long silence of our principal correspon- : dent in Mexico, has at. last been broken; the | long-closed communications have been pen*'- ! i trated, and the guerrill as cheated and deceived, : ( by the following despatch from our valuable pi- i oneer and correspondent, the far-famed “Mus- 1 tang.” Puebla, August 8, IS4T. Eds. Delta. —The long-unanswered question of “when will wc march,” can now be answer- j cd to a certainty. The lofty peaks of the road- I side mountains, skirted with Mexican soldiers, i which in many instances lift up their tower- ! iug heads on our path to the capital—the glit tering bayonets —the howling of the cannon, as they send their terrible missiles of death hurling through the air—the wading of the ditches against well-lined walls of bristling arms, —can all now be seen in the perspective on the road to the goal of our ambition; but it : ; requires no very great stretch of imagination j l to carry the vision into the halls of the Mon tezumas. For the last two days, all eyes were bright and faces glad with jov at the prospect now before us. The following orders of march have been issued, and all are in a state of pi*e- | paration to comply with them; and while I am j writing, I hear the drums and fifes, and see the waving eagles of the Cerro Gordo Divi sion, as they are passing out of town on their line of march—the old chief (Gen. Twiggs) j looks like a host within himself; his long grey ; beard and hearty bluff face appear beaming with pride and anxiety for his gallant com mand, which is no loss formidable than it looks,—added to the best and hardiest set of j m>n I ever saw, are the following, among oth er able and gallant officers who have already distinguished themselves: Gen. P. F. Smith, Cols. Harney, Riley, Sec. A\ T hat can be expect ed from such a command ? Auctory and suc cess in all their undertakings. To-morrow Gen. Scott leaves with his es- | cort, and Gen. Quitman’s division follows him the same day; the next day, Gen. AVorth, and then Gen. Pillow, which concludes our march ing array. As I leave this morning, I have not time to write *you much of a letter, but will say that you will hear from me at the Rio Frio and any other place at which we should become en gaged on the road. I just learn from a gentleman who came up with Gen Pierce, that some person from your office was captured by the enemy at Jala pa.— I could not learn his name, but am told by a person that he succeeded in communicating a letter to a friend, in which he stated that he was in no personal danger. Yours, MUSTANG. [The concluding part of our correspondent’s letter must refer to the capture of our special courier, whose loss we have had occasion sore ly to lament, as the voluminous documents which he carried with him fell thereby into the hands of the enemy, j [F ’rom the Jackson Missis sippian.] A Parson in the Army. In the company commanded by Capt. Jack son, of the Second Mississippi Regiment, called ”Tippah Guards,” there is a Minister of the 1 Gospel ot the old Iron Side Baptist persua sion, whose name is Rogers, and ho is one of the very best soldiers in the service. Parson Rogers is a private, and performs every duty promptly and with the utmost cheerfulness. — j We believe, be was never at any time an aspi rant for oillcc in the company. It is said that he became a volunteer soldier under the im pression that a Chaplain was allowed to each Regiment, and intending to stand a poll for that office, but finding that such .w.*> not the I case, he never once thought of asking lor a discharge, (which he could at any time ob tain,) but resolved to see the war out. Should i the Second Regiment ever get into a fight, the | Parson Avill be found where the hottest of the ) battle rages. The Parson is a tall, raw-boned, j powerfully “put up” man, and we take it that 1 O’Rouke/or deaf Burke, would hardly come off “first best” with him in a ring. On one . ! occasion, whilst the Regiment was encamped i near Monterey, a fellow private called the Par j son “a d—d liar.” The Parson did not be come in the least excited, but quietly walked ' to Col. Kilpatrick’s tent, and asked the Colonel ! “what amsn ought to do if another called him, I a d —d liar;” the Colonel told him, he thought ! ; the question needed no answer. “Enough ! said,” replied the Parson, and he coolly walk -5 J ed off; and going up to the private who had ' j insulted him, ha caused him to repeat the of ’ tensive epithet, when he knocked him down ■ and passed on as though nothing had happen : ed. We wish there was such an office as Cha ' | plain of the Regiment just that Rogers might 1 get it. ! 31 nQuO t a * (Georgia. [ SUNDAY UGUST 29. FOR GOVERNOR : HON. 0. W. TOWNS. T j OF TALBOf, \ Democratic Nominations for Senators. 4th Di.st.—Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort. j 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. S. C Morris. | 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Reynolds. 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. I 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray. 2t>lh “ Munroe and Pike—Col. Allen Cochran. 231 h “ Merriwelher 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. 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKalh—Jas. P. Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass— Francis Irwin. 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee —Wm. H. Hunt. 43d “ Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d Coffee. 44th “ Lumpkin and Union—Elihu B. Ba -avtoh Charleston papers duo last evening failed to come to hand. The Southern Presbyterian. We have received the First Number of this religious paper, and commend it for its fair typography and general neatness of appear ance. Talents, taste and a commendable zeal in the sacred cause it advocates, unmixed with the asperity of bigotry, and wholly free from intolerance, mark its pages. Should it continue to sustain this character, which we have no reason to doubt, it will de serve an extensive patronage. We are sur i prised at the fact stated by the committee who address the public in behalf of this new enter ■ prize, that it is the only paper published by the Presbyterian denomination between Rich mond, Va. and New Orlenns. Surely then this lone champion ought to be sustained by a lib eral subscription It is right that so intelligent, powerful and wealthy a denomination should have an expo nent of its peculiar views.’ . . We urge the propriety of this not as the ad vocate of any particular sect, but because such a paper will add to the general fund of intelli | gence, and keep the public supplied with valu- I able information as to the opinions, the move ments, the progress and statistics of this large portion of the Southern religious community. This paper is published every Wednesday at Milladgeville, Geo. Rev. W. Baird, Editor. Subscription $3 per annum. iggrThe speech of Sir Robert Peel to the electors of Tam worth is well worth reading. ! It is a lucid argument in favor of Free Trade : principles. One of the noblest tributes which. I genius has brought to the shrine of that great j and beneficent cause, is that which conies in. the person of that great statesman who was for so many years the leading champion of the j Protectionists of Great Britain. None have I # . ! impugned the purity of his motives in es pousing Free Trade principles. It is The re sult of conviction operating upon his power ful intellect, enlightened as it is with a vast amount of practical knowledge of the opera tion of restrictive laws upon the true interests l ; of mankind. The recent elections in England give satis- ! ! factory evidence of the great progress the | principles of Free Trade are making in that country. It must soon be totally redeemed i from the oppressive shackles which the Lordly I monopolists have for so many ages imposed up- j on the industry of her people. The city of London has elected an entire Free Trade, or Liberal Delegation. It consists of three Libe ral members and one Reelite. The Premier, Lord John Russell, is one of them. The I following is a portion of a recent speech of t | that statesman before his constituents. Let the American reader decide whether the libe ral policy of which he speaks has not been of great benefit likewise to this country. “I remember declaring in this room that a thought if a weaver in Lancashire produced I piece of cloth, and if a husbandman on the bankt ; of the Ohio should grow a quarter of wheat, thus these two men ought to be at liberty to exchange those products, and that no law ought to prevent ; the interchange. [Cheers,] That which I as serted here in 1841,] I proposed again in 1842 in ! the House of Commons. [Hear, hear.] I point ed out how fertile were the countries beyond the Atlantic, and how desirable it was that, in any difficulty of procuring food for this coun try, the produce of the abundant harvests of America should he brought over to this coun try, while the manufacturing industry of this country should send over their products in exchange. [Hear, hear.] And, gentlemen, what I then asserted has, in the present year, come to pass for the benefit of this country. I believe that not less than four millions of quarters of grain of various kinds have been brought for the sustenance of the people of this country from America during the ] ast year; [hoar, hear, hear;] and I therefore assert, that even in proposing what I then proposed, a compromise, and in supporting that which I afterwards supported, when I saw there was i no room or time for compromise—the total abrogation of the duties on corn—l served your interests, [cheers,] and did that which was for the general welfare of the country. (Cheers.”] j } Ihe London Morning Chronicle gives the following probable state of parties in the new parliament. As compared with the last par liament it shows a loss of 3J to the Protection ists : L 1 Already gained by liberals from protectionists 3(j I Lost by liberals and gained by protectionists 7 ; Absolute gain from protectionists 03 . | Gained by liberals from Peelites Lost by liberals and gained by Peelites 10 Absolute gain from Peelite s '* Total absolute gain off the liberals on the bo rough elections If the liberals gam upon the whole election . as Ave have supposed, 1 5 seats from the Peelites I and 25 seats from the protectionists, the num- I bers will then stand thus ; ’ Li beads , Peelites 1 | Protectionists o)g 1 Total 1 r , Mortality of Cities. The deaths in New York for the week ending August 21st, were 400; of which were by 1 Cholera Infantum, 65; Diarrhoea, 20; Dyscnte , ry, 32; Convulsions, 28; Consumption, 27; Typhous Fever, 39; Marasmus, 22. Os the whole lumber 197 were under 5 years of age. In Philadelphia, for the some period, the deaths were 146; of which were by Cholera Infantum, 26; Dysentery; 11. Diarrhoea, 8; Scarlet Fever, 7; Consumption, 12. Os the whole number 83 were under 5 years of age. In Baltimore, for the same period, the deaths j were 104; of which were by Cholera Infantum, | 18; Consumption, 12; Infantile, unknown, 17. Os the whole number 66 were Under 5 years of age. ; The official list of interments in the city of New Orleans from 9 a. m. of Wednesday, 18th August, to 9 a. m. of Friday, 20th, were 158, of which 122 were of Yellow Fever. New Cotton. The Muscogee Democrat of the 26th in stant, says—“ The first bale of new cotton — of fair quality—was received in to\vn to-day from the plantation of James A. Chapman, Russell county. It was sold at auction by Col. Ayer, and bought by R. Hooper, Esq., at 13 cents per pound, and stored at the ware house of Ruse, Patten & Brice. The Mobile Register, of the 24th instant, says—“We have samples from a bale of new cotton from the plantation of the late Jesse Beene, Esq., of Dallas county, It is the se cond bale that has reached this market this season. It was received on the 23d inst. Its rank is good middling, and it has a fine color and an excellent staple.” Gcu. Scott’s IVZarch. The New Orleans Delta, of the 22d inst., says —“By a private letter from a prominent officer in Gen. Scott’s army, we learn that the G eneral does not expect to reach the Capital in less than fifteen days. lie left Puebla on ! the 7th August. This is the 22d, and it is j highly probable that on this very day Gen. | Scott is making his triumphal entry i)ito the fa mous city of the Aztecs. The Savannah Republican, of the 27th m : stant, says —“The negro convicted of a horrid j crime in Effingham, some time since, was ta | keu from the jail this morning, and carried to : Effingham by the rail road, where he will on. his arrival undergo the sentence of the law.” Suglish IVlail Arrangements. The Washington Union says—“We under stand that Major Hobbie is still prosecuting his negotiations for the mails and postage in . England, with hopes of a favorable arrange ment;” Hon. Albert Gallatin, of New York, and Hon. Simeon Baldwin, of Connecticut, are the oldest living x members of Congress—boih. between 80 and SO years of age. j A correrpondent of La Patria says that Pa { redes left Vera Cruz a quarter of an hour af ter his arrival—met 300 guerillas a short dis ; tance from the walls, who travelled with him to Mexico—expected to be there on the 17th. [lf he gets there in that time he will make the most extraordinary trip on record. — Eds- Del ''•J V [communicated.] Mr. Editor : About nine o’clock Friday night, a very valuable negro was walking with a cane near the lo wer market, and *it appears was smoking. On being seen by the constables he was arrested for violation of that part of ■ the ordinances of the city forbidding carrying canes, smoking, &c. The officers allowed him to go unencumbered by strings or ropes until he, seeing the way clear, ran off. They imme diately started a large dog after him. He was caught by the dog and severely bitten in three places. The wounds are now much inflamed, and are under medical treatment. For the satisfaction of myself and other holders of that kind of property, I ask the City Authorities if constables have been instructed to use blood hounds or other dogs to perform part of the duties of their offices, when negroes are to be put in the guard house? If so, the assistant constables should be examined daily by some competent person, to guard against hydrapho bia and other poisonous effects of dog bites. I would respectfully suggest that the consta bles be directed to tie negroes when first caught and dispense with the services of dogs. W. M. 11. Loss of the Ship Hlamlcuh, and 42 Lives. On Sunday, August loth, in about lat. 38 N., lon. 67 W. ; while lying to in a violent hurricane, .under the main spencer and fore topmast staysail, at 10 minutes before 12, the ship was struck by a tremendous squall, which carencd her so fin that the cargo shifted, and brought her in an instant on her beam ends, — so far over that the weather rail on the quarter deck was within a few feet of the water. Tke main and mizen masts were immediately cut away, and the ship righted; but the cargo had burst away the hatches, and was floating about, and the vessel full of water the starboard rail beiug under the water. At daylight on Mon day morning, 22 out of 64 souls were found alive. Throughout the day and Tuesday the storm stijl raged, and the sea broke violently over the wreck. Saw a vessel on Tuesday, but the weather was too rough for her to approach. By da} - light next morning she was seen bearing down for the wreck. She proved to be the bng Be lize, Capt. Dawes, 19 days out from Boston* bound to X’ort au Prince. Capt. B. kmwy