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Person.* who have been in the habit of visit ing Washington during the period of interest arising from the discussion of important na- j tional topics, will remember that at no*time for many years has there been more excitement than on the passage of the tariff of 1813. •‘Ruin, ruin, ruin’/’ cried Mr. Webster; •‘ruin to the manufacturer because there will "be so many goods imported, and ruin to the revenue because there will be so few!” “Ruin!” echoed Mr. Evans; “there will not be more than nineteen millions under the new act, and this too in time of war!” “I have said, - ” Mr. Webster says, “that in my opinion there can he no augmented income from importation as is relied on. I wall not go into this subject at large. It has been discuss- ' ed satisfactorily, ably, I will say admirably, by I gentlemen on this floor who hare preceded me. i I refer particularly to the incomparable speech of my Mend (Mr. Evans) from Maine. * * He has been sixteen years in the public ser vice. He has devoted himself especially to studying and comprehending the revenue and finances of the country, and he understands the subject as well as any gentleman connect ed with the government since the days of Crawford and Gallatin. Nay, as well as eit her of those gentlemen ever understood it!” Here was the endorsement, by the great orator, of a great financier! Let-us see how , both drawer and endorseer appear. Mr. Lewis, 1 of Alabama, had stated that the relaxation of the corn laws in England would induce great importations, growing out of great exporta tions. He read to the Senate a table, showing the exports from New York to have been as follows: “He said, I have a table, which I will read to show the magnetic speed with which our exports have increased, in anticipation merely I of the modification of the corn laws by Eng land. The table shows the amount of exports in the city of New York alone, from January Ist to June 30th, 1846, as compared with the exports for the same period of time in 1845; From January 1. to June 30 ; 1345. Co'-n, bushels. 529,697 73/266 7 times as great Corn meal, in bbls. 51.137 13,507 times as great Lard, kegs, 76,737 41.980 nearly double Wheat, 322,888 1600 200 times asanucb Flour wheat, 414.075 103,614 4 times as much Rye flour, 6,499 2,701 times as much j Butter, 19,037 15,661 l [ times as much | This table, at the time, excited a great deal of interest in the Senate. It is a matter ot much more interest now not from showing great exportations comparatively as then, but from its entire insignificance with what has ! «incc taken place. The whole six months in- 1 •eluded did not equal the expotrs of either of the single months of June or July of this year, j Mr. Lewis added: “Such is the ascertained result, not of the ; actual reduction, but only of the anticipation of the reduction of the English corn laws.— What, let me ask, must be the effect of their | total repeal by the psssage of Sir R, Peel’s law, which I am told has reached us in an authen tic form in a paper not now before me? I have read these extracts from a Whig paper—from a tariff paper—the New York Tribune. It will be perceived by this extract that Mr. Lewis claimed that our importations would increase in consequence of the exports of corn, and that this would increase the revenue. The quotation deserves to be remembered, because i the protectionists say that a state of things has j arisen not at all anticipated. It is here made plain that Mr. Lewis did foresee, or at least he : predicted, what has actually come to pass. It is not true, therefore, to say that our tariff Las had no effect in producing the present prosperity. It was just what its friends claim ed at the time. Mr. Lewis went on to say: “Now I ask if, under the tariff of 1842—bad j as it is, and it is worse than anything that the | people should ever submit to—if even under t that law, in anticipation of the action ot the British Parliament on the corn laws, the ex- . portation of American produce was so vastly augmented, what is not to be expected from the operation of a law which must necessarily tend in itself to increase importations after that anticipated action had taken place? What is uot to be expected when reduction has taken place at both ends of the line? There must of necessity be' a greatly increased elasticity in all commercial operations, and imports and exports must go on augmenting with vastly increased activity. It is difficult to say what increase of imports may flaw from the reduc- | tion of duties.” Was not this claiming exactly what has oc curred? And were not these acticipations founded upon the exportation of the very things that have occurred? Mr. Lewis had previous ly said: “I look with great confidence to the relaxa tion of duties by Great Britain on American products as ah important element in increasing the amount of our importations. What will be the increase, no one can certainly predict, 1 but that it will be large, can hardly be doubt ed. Suppose it should increase our exporta tions to the extent in the present and coming year of twenty millions of dollars; it will give us a corresponding increasof importation from that cause alone.” Yet the friends of free trade are constantly told that instead of the broken banks predicted by Mr. Abbot Lawrence, and the revenue re duced to nineteen millions by Mr. Evans, and the manufacturers a’d prostrated by Mr. Web ster, that all the evils predicted would have occurred had it not been for unexpected events which we could not forsee. Tne above ex tracts prove, on the contrary, that the leading and active free trade men in the Uuited States predicted what has come to pass. On some accounts it is to be regretted that Mr. Evans is not in the Senate of the United States. Both his term and that Mr. Lewis expir ed on the 4th of March last. His successor is ap pointed, but as the Alabama egislature have a Democratic majority, it is expected that Mr. Lewis will be re-elected. It would have been a spectacle worth seeing to witness the reading of the speeches of the two great opponents, Mr. Lewis and 2>fr, Evans, on finance. \\ hen Mr. Walker sends in his annual report there will no doubt be some wry faces as th? ciei'k reads the statements of re venue, and the memories qf the Senate are refreshed; but a meeting oi the Senators from Maine and Alabama, attar the great flourish of trumpets made by Mr. Webster over his friends, would certainly be edifying to those who study physiognomy. • Os the peculiar predictions or the items of the bill of 184.6, uttered by Mr. Evans and Mr. Welbater, tending as they do to exhibit then sagacity as financiers, it may be well, for the information of the country hereafter) to com pare notes, in or to show the value of the en dorsement before mentioned, and the solvency, I politically and financially, of the drawers and eudorseers. — N. F. Evening Post. The Cotton Crop—the Worm. ( Prom tiie Netc Orleans Commercial Times .] We lay before our readers to-day the state ments and speculations of our esteemed cor respondent, Mr. Affleck, premising that al though we do not concur with him in every respect, our confidence in his judgment and | means of information is very great, and has , rarely, if ever, been deceived. Mr. Affleck is a cool, cautious,, and intelligent observer. A planter himself, he has, in the furtherance of his own interests, made himself well acquaint ed with the nature of the various obstacles to the cultivation of the great Southern staple, and particularly with the habits and peculiarites of its most dreaded enemy—the Cotton worm. It will be seen that after much investigation, and frequent consultation with respectable and enlightened planters, our correspondent is of opinion that the crop of 1847 will be very seriously injured by the ravages of the worm, ; although that insect has this year delayed its appearance until an advanced period of the season. He is emphatic in expressing the con viction that no district will escape “from Texas to Tennessee-,” and that the backward condition of the crop will leave but feAv specimens of the plant sufficiently advanced to be beyond the voracious and destructive appetite of the worm. Mr. Affleck’s view will command the atten tion due to the conclusions of so sagacious And keen an observer. The future will deter mine how far his gloomy anticipations are to be j 1 realized. Washington*, Miss., Sept. 7, 1847. i | Gentlemen*: The re-appearance of the Cot- | ton worm, at so late a date, is a circumstance of the most wonderful kind that has come | j under my observation in the history of insects. ! And that their coming should he her alded from every part e£ the Cotton-growing region at about the same date, is equally wonderful. I must confess that I am still much in the dark i as to their whereabouts since their disappear- I anee last winter, and as to the cause of their i delay in showing themselves. We greatly need the aid of a learned and skilful Entomologist. Surely the States of Louisiana and Mississippi j could well afford to expend SIO,OOO each, or any amount that might be considered requisite, for the employment of such a man; one who might possibly even point out s orae means by i which their continued re-appearance might be prevented. But it is vain to propose any such | measure. The planters will see with perfect indifference thousands upon thousands expend ed for every or any other object, whilst the great object—the improvement of our agricul ‘ ture —is passed over as a thing of no moment. They may even, at last, feel some slight con - ; viction that the destroyer of their main crop may come every year, but not until he has 1 made his appearance! I must raise my feeble , voice to reiterate the assurance that there is no reason to hope they may not appear the first \ day of June, as readily as on first day of September; and that it is time the Cotton- I growing community was aroused to action to prevent this, if possible. My observations thus far, during the present ; season, have differed little in their result from 1 those I repeatedly published last season. I make no pretensions to any greater knowledge of the nature and habits of insects than I con sidered it my duty, and to my interest, as a planter to acquire. I am no entomologist, and say thus much as an apology for any errors I may have fallen into. There is do difficulty whatever in any planter of ordinary education j and intelligence,acquiring sufficient knowledge I I of this science to prevent his displaying such I consummate ignorance as one meets with almost daily on this subject, and which i» mortifying enough to say the least of it. In 1844 the worm did no material injury to the crop, so far as I am informed, until the Ist October; and that season had been throughout so very favorable to the growth of the plant | that they did little towards lessening the very heaey crop of that year. The bulk of the crop is picked before the loth October, in ordinary seasons. In 1846 the crop was entirely stripped of every leaf and young boll by the 10th Scptem ' her: some districts were gone over before that ! date. The crop in the Southwest was very backward, and all the younger bolls were con | sumed: still, the crop we call middle bolls was good, and the Fall was one of the finest on ! record for picking. Almost every fibre was ' saved. Cotton was low in price, and planters knew, what the merchants were unwilling to I believe, that the crop must invitably be a very short one. Hence they did not send cotton forward as they might have done, and this was | in a great measure the cause of the difference ( in receipts between last year and this, at the j Ist September. The season is, in fact, more backward this year than last. In 1847, the worm will not sweep tlie crop until from the 18th to the 20th of this month —the very cold nights we have had having delayed their changes. But,on the other hand, I they will destroy the cotton over a far wider extent of country at that date than they did last .year. Indeed, I feel confident, that little is risked in saying that no district will escape, from Texas to Tennessee. The crop is back ward at best, even here; and is represented to be still more so north and east of us—in Ala bama, Georgia, Carolina and uoper Mississippi. We have nothing to depend uj ou but the j ground bolls, and what few of the top crop may I j be sufficiently matured to be beyond the reach | of the worm; though the amount of ground bolls is immensely great. To give an opinion, thus early, upon the j probable amount of the crop, would be pre- ; I mature; though when urged to express myself, j I have stated that the bet would be a safe one * which would place it at not over 100,000 bales more than last year. As yet, however, this is mere guessing. You shall have an opinion, nevertheless, in good time, though we did dif fer so much last year! My guess, or. the 15th September, 1846, was 1,750,000 bales; the'year : previous, at about the same date, it was 2,100,- 000. S) I mntbe cinti ius this year. Let me refer you to the foil wing table as the true ground work upon which to base a guess at the crop; together with personal observation and that of able and intelligent correspon | deuts; First First rec’ts No. ree’ed Killing Year. Blonom in X. O. to Ist Sept. Crop. I *lßll June 10 Aug. 7 3,14 i Oct. 20 1/83,574 | tlß*2 May 17 Aug. 8 1,734 Nov. I 2,378,875 11943 June 9 Aug. 17 202 Oct. 22 2,031,409 $1444 May 95 July 2.3 5,720 Oct. 29 2,4 >0,390 ||1845 May 30 July 31 6,845 Nov. 3 2,075,000 |(!| 1840 June 1 Aug. 7 140 Oct. 20 1,800,000 1847 June 5 Aug. 9 1,069 *A late date for first blooms. fEarly blooms and a late frost—fine season throughout. |T.ate blooms and an unfavorable season. sThe worm —but too lats, with an early and fine crop, to do any material injury, i Ijßxcessive drought, especially in Atlantic and Gulf States. IlHLate crop and the worm. Yours, truly, THOMAS AFFLECK. Wisconsin Election—A Natural Result. —lt seems probable, from the returns thus far re ceived, that Mr. Strong, the Democratic dele gate to Congress, is defeated by a large major ity; and that Tweedy, his Whig competitor, is elected. M e were not wholly unprepared for this re sult, after having it emblazoned in the Post and Atlas, Abolition organs, that Mr. Strong was in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. That same humbug scheme lost us two members of Congress in New Hampshire. tA nc * our part f will be defeated, in nine cases on often, where i they adopt that Federal Abolition issue. The truth is, that Democrats look so out of place, so but of character, so much like mongrels, when they attempt to leave their regular party platform, and play the Abolitionist—that no party and no respectable portion of the people are willing to trust them. If they are to sup port an Abolitionist, they prefer a clean-skinn ed one—an out and outer. A Democratic Abolitionist is a misnomer. Every body is suspicious of such a thing, and no wonder that they are shunned and defeated when put up for office. When will the Democracy learn to stailfl upon their own broad platform, and let such humbugs atone? — N. Y. Globa. ——————— 21 ngus t a, ©corgia. THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. 23. ~ FOR GOVERNOR HON. G. W. TOWNS. OF TALBOT. Democratic Nominations for Senators. 2d Dist.—Bryan and Liberty—J. M. B. Harden. 3d “ Mclntosh and Glynn—T. M. Formas. 4th ** Camden and Wayne—Elias Fort. sth “ Lowndes and Ware—Geo-T. Hilliard. 7th “ Tattnall and Bulloch*-JoHN A. Mattox Blh “ Striven and Effingham—W. J, Lawton. 9th “ Burke and Emanuel—W. S. C Morris. 12th “ Thomas and Decatur—Wm. H. Sevmldl 13th “ Baker and Early— J. Johnson. 14th “ Randolph and Stewart—William Nelson. 17th “ Macon and Houston—John A. Hunter. 19th “ Dooly and Pulaski— Geo. M. Duncan. | 20th “ Twiggs and Bibb—W. W. Wiggins. j 21st “ Washington and Jefferson—B. 8. Carswell. I 24th “ Hancock and Baldwin—B. Buffington, Jk. 25th “ Jones and Putnam—James M. Gray. , 26th “ Muifroe and Pike — Col. Allen Cochran. ! 28th “ Merriwcther and Coweta—Obe. Warner. 31st “ Fayette a.*ul Henry—Luther J. Glenn. 32d “ Jasper and l?utts —Col. J. C. \\ atiri. i 35th “ Wilkes and Lincoln—lsai ah T. Irvin. 33d “ Newton and W alton —Warren J, Hill. 1 38th “ Clark and Jackson—Samuel Bailey. j 39th “ Gwinnett and DeKali.* —J* B - P* Simmons. 40th “ Paulding and Cass—FuAiYcis Irwin, 41st “ Cobb and Cherokee—Wm. H. Hunt 43d ** Habersham and Rabun—Edw’d Coffee. 44th “ Luropkin and Union—Elihu S. B arclay. The Chronicle vs Col. Towns. Our readers are familiar with the old adage, ‘•Quera deus volt perdere prius-dementit” Liberally translated it may be made to mean, | “When politicians know they are about to get beat, they are apt to lose their tempers.” The i I ridiculous tirades both editorial and commu nicated, in the Chronicle of yesterday against George W. Towns, suggested the above adage j and translation. The abusing system—the misrepresenting system—the system of calling j hard names wont do. At least it will not win any votes away from Towns out of the j ranks of the democracy. Perhaps the whig editors know this and have concluded that the soft sawdar system cannot quite come it on the democracy, for they are rather too warmly attached to Col. Towns, to be decoyed off to the support of “Old Suoab. Caste,” cither by smooth stories of the Withlacoochce battle, or I by Judge Dawson’s certificate of his vast abil ities. But perhaps by roundly abusing him, and representing him us all sorts of a Dodger, | they seek to cheek the manifest tendency of , ! whigs in some sections to vote for Col. Towns -—more especially do they lose sight of all dis- ; crctiou in charging CoL Towns with dodging, ; or wishing to dodge on the 11 rd Hoad Exten sion question. This is the most narrow sight- j ed and witless proceeding of the m ,my follies i of the whig press, that the Canvass has brought to light. It is blind, hot headed | and intemperate injustice to a political:.oppo i nent, to publish a letter of his on the Kail j Road question containing the following sen j fence, “My own opinion is that the interest i | of the State would be advanced by the com | pletion of the Western and Atlantic Kail Road i to the Tennessee River,” and yet on the very same sheet charge him with dodging. The boot is on the other leg. Col. Towns as early as 29th of August last, so expressed himself ;in black and white. But his friends wished before giving it to the public to wait to see if General Clinch would dodge. As soon as he was brought to the scratch Col, Towns’ opinion was put forth side by side with his. But the Chronicle seems to complain because Col. Towns intimates that ho will neither at- i tempt to force the legislature into acts of le- 1 gislation on the subject, nor will he veto any bill the legislature may pass in reference to it. Is this so grave an offence: When was die- j tating to legislatures, or vetoing bills ever avoioed as a favorite policy with whig*? That the practice of dictation by their leaders has ob tained in their ranks is notorious. The dic tatorial career of their great leader Henry Clay at the extra session of 1841 is not for gotten. Ah, gentlemen Whigs, editors and corres pondents ! No party capital can be made by you out of this Rail Road question'. If you loved what you profess to believe the interest of the State on this question better than mere j party triumph, regardless of those interests, I you vvould let this question alone. It should not be involved in party squabbles. We can commiserate you for your dearth of clap-traps i against Col. Towns. Your stock is running dry, or has proved worthless. But it is blind ly butting one’s head against a stone wall* to charge want of frankness against Col. Towns, and on the very same page publish aa. opinion of his as frank and explicit on the ilubject as language can make it. It is an opinion with- | out using even that little qualifier —but —a word which docs appear iu the sensence of General Clinch’s letter responsive to the point at issue. The Tolls on the Augusta Bridge. Wa understand the tolls charged on the Bridge over the Savannah river are made un fair use of "with merchants in the interior, j * and that a number ox them have been bled to the tune of three and three quarter cents per bushel for Com shipped to Charleston. This should not be, and we would inform all who have Corn to ship to Charleston, that if they will consign it to some house in this city, they can have it carried from Rail Road to Rail Road at not exceeding TWO CENTS per bushel. It is seldom that when produce is shipped from this side, but that a return load can be obtained, in which case the drayage is only to be counted going and wall amount to 50- cents, (including bridge toll) per 25 bushels, and not 20 bushels as generally charged in the bills of the South Carolina Rail Road. If we are correctly informed, this Company has been in the habit of charging all consignments to them at H) bushels per load, 25 cents drayage —toll going and returning, 25c. each way, 50 cents —total 75 cents per load of 20 bushels. If the same Corn were consigned to a house in this city, nine times in ten, return loads could be had for drays, and the shipper would have to pay only 50 cents, thus making a saving to him of 25 cents on every load. This would take a little change out of the coffers of the Railßoach Company, and prevent hard names from being called about the enormous toll charged on the Augusta’ Bridge. If we have been informed as to the charges of the SouthCarolina Rail Road, we will with pleasure make the correction. But we can see no other way.th which they can make up the charge of. cents per bushel for Corn transported from one road to the other. If the object of those who are so industri ously engaged in circulating incorrect infor mation concerning the authorities of Augusta and the Bridge, is to render them odious to the people of the interior of this State, to pro mote their own sinister designs, they will find themselves wofully mistaken. The people of Georgia are enlightened, and can see as far into a millstone as their neighbors. Arrival of the Steamer Britannia* The Baltimore Sun of the2o th inst. says— “At an early hour yesterday morning we re ceived a telegraphic despatch announcing that the steamer Britannia hud arrived at Boston at 4 o’clock, A. M. We were, consequently, in momentary expectation of the receipt of the news, when a second dispatch reached us from New York, announcing that the telegraph between that city and Boston had suddenly ceased to operate, but whether the wires had been broken or the stormy weather had put them out of order we were not informed. All i hopes of obtaining the news during the day , were then given up, but we still expected to have obtained it last night from New York, on the arrival of the usual express from Boston. “The telegraph between this city and Phil adelphia continued in operation till 10 1 o’clock tost night, but nothing had been re ceived there, up to that time, so that we were : compelled to abandon all hopes of obtaining it |in time for this moruing’s “Sun.” There is no | doubt, however, it will reach us at an early hour this morning either by the mail or the telegraph, when an “Extra Sun” will be im mediately issued*” Milledgcvilleand Gordon Railroad. The Melledgeville Recorder of the 22d inst.' says—From the impulse which this enterprize has received at the late meeting, we presume j we arc authorized to express the belief, that the road will be built; and that the work will shortly be put under contract. This is all we need to make the metropolis all we can desire. Central —convenient to all—salubrious—wjth | the amplest accommodations of any town in j Georgia—the highest educational advantages —manufacturing enterprize—a thrifty, moral ' and unpretending population—these, with the ■ advantages of the capital and the railroad, must render Milledgevilie as desirable a residence as I any other at the south—and must ensure for it, , in a few years, a largely increased population and importance. i The Caterpillar. The genuine worm, says the Alexandria Democrat of the Bth last., is undoubtedly in our fields, and in the course of a foAv days their work of destruction will do great damage, few will deny; but we still believe that the crop of the parish will be a moderate one—say two thirds. On some places little or no damage will be sustained. The Cm 3in Attakapas, The Planters’ Banner of the 9th irtst. says: “The weather during the last week has been rather warm, with frequent showefs. Many of our planters are afraid the canc will be injur ed by the wet weather. We fear it will be watery and late in ripening* We regret to learn that the frequent changes in the weather 1 have caused much sickness throughout the j parish. The whites in some sections of the parish have been much afflicted with bilious ; and intermittent fevers. The season has been so wet and warm, that w*e are not surprised at this.” [communicated.] Who’s Dodging*? General —Well, farmer 8., have you consid ered over the matter of wdiich we were speak ing on yesterday? Farmer. —Yes, I have; and can arrive at no other conclusion, than that it is a singular af fair, make the most of it. I’m altogether in favor of conventions, but then I want no un i derhanded work—l wish them to come out boldly, and let us know what we are to fight for. If our principles are good, I can think of no reason why they should not be reitera ted; and, more than that, I think they should always nomimfte men who can, and are al ways ready to proclaim them. Gen. —Yes; but you ought to remember that principles change. Don’t you recollect way back yonder, we wanted to catch every South ern man, and cut his head off right close at his ! shoulders for being a tariffitc. What human power could have foreseen, if we had pro claimed those principles, that they would not have changed again before the election day: That’s the reason —too much is said about principles any how. Far. —I tell you,General, I’m not satisfied. If whig are better than democratic principles, the least the convention could have dons, w'ould have been to say so. Again, I should like to know, how am I to know which set of princi ples we are fighting for; whether those we ad vocated at the time we wanted to chop off Mr. Clay’s head, or those we held at the time when our arms were not half long enough to hug up the same Mr. Clay? I tell you. Gen eral, the democrats have got the upper hand of us this time. Gen. —Well, farmer, I don’t know* what to say, for if I speak of-them, I might be assum ing too much; besides, I might mislead you. If w r e could only see Berrien, perhaps he might show us our way out of this thicket; and then, again, I don’t know. Far. —l believe, General, I prefer an open enemy to a concealed foe; and if I should take it into my head not to vote for you, you must not blame me, but those who got yon into the suck. But, for heaven’s sake, don’t talk to me about Mr. Berrien. If you pick him out for your light house, I tell you w r hat, its very uncertain whether you sail into the port of Boston or Savannah—his light is ruthcr too bluish for me, any way you can fix it. , 6 en. —Come, friend 8., don’t be too hard; you know my principles, and that ought to be enoligh for you. • Far. —How should I know yours, General ? Gen . —Why when I was in Congress, I’m sure iny friends have done me the honor to ‘express ’-their decided approbation; latticed, they have gone so far as to designate my ca reer asUnarked by peculiar brilliancy—audccr taihlymore' could not be said for Webster, Calhoun, or au*y other distinguished man. Did you not read it in the Chronicle , the Co lumbus Enquirer, and other whig papers: Fur. —l sec a great many things ip those papers that would make excellent articles for a scrap book, but very little about such mat ters as the people would be interested in. I would much rather see the copieif of your speeches, containing your opinionsmn politi cal subjects, because I could then ly what I have to do, and not be, ham now, in total darkness. Gen. —Well, I don’t know what to say. I have spoken to not less than one dozen such customers as you are —yonder’s I’ll go and have a talk with him. Far. —When you do, talk out plainly, and tell him what are your principles/' He is like myself, a PLAIS DEALER. [From the Federal Union, 21s* * Contingent Fuad. • The labor our correspondent, Pike, to which we respectfully commend the attention of our readcr%*has saved us-4nuch trouble, in preparing the promised exhibit of Gov. Mc- Donald’s expenditure from the contingent fund. He conclusively proves, that it is to his predecessor that Gov. Crawford is indebt ed for the comparatively small amount of his expenditure from that fund. It was upon Gov. McDonald’s recommendation, as is pro ven by Pike, that Bank reports arid other items, regarded by Gov. McDonald as useless expenditures, and charged to his contingent fund, were abandoned. So nfilch then as those amounts diminished Gov. Crawford s expen diture, the credit is .solely due to Gov. Mc- Donald. To the arftount too, they were di minished by having special appropriations made for items, which, under former admin istrations, had been chargeable on the contin gent fund, no credit whatever, is due to the economy of financiering of Gov. Crawford. — How “hard pushed” must his friends be, to construct the fabric of financial fame, W'hen they use nmfcorials, such as these ? It is not the first time that they have decorated him in the plumes of democracy, and exhibit ed him to the gaze of an admiring public, as a paragon of financial skill. It appears that Gov. Crawford’s expenditure from the contingent fund for three years, was in 1844 $9,709 09 1846 8,003 34 ' We have before us, the Treasurer’s reports of 1840 and 1842, from which it appears that Governor McDonald expended in 1840, from the contingent fund $19,834 09 Now deduct items directed by Legis lature to lie paid from this fund; those abandoned by recoinmendation of G--v. McDonald, and those for which special appropriations were made under Gov. Crawford’s administration, viz t For Executive Mansion,... .$3,508 38 u Arsenals,. 741 78 u Publishing Bank Reports. 4,578 00 “ Florida War 795 i’A u Clerks to Finance Com.. 1,940 00 Inspectors Penitentiary. 631 0G—12,105 69 Which leaves $7,688 46 This, then is the amount, according to the practice that now prevails in the Executive office, of Gov. McDonald’s expenditure from the contingent fund iu 1840, How was it in 1842? The expenditure this year, wa5.,.,.518,894 80 Deduct as before, viz: For Executive Mansion..... $2,437 53 “ Small Pox 1,576 84 “ Bank Reports.... 939 t»2 “ Atty’sfor services vs.B’k. C’olumbus...,. 1,400 (X) u Disbursing Agt. on R. R, 500 00 u Florida War 318 93 “ Burial, &c. of Members. 435 81 7,628 75 Leaving for expenditure this year.. 511,166 14 We have made no estimate of the other two years of Gov. McDonald’s administration.— They will however, unquestionably favorably compare with those exhibited. It is by misrepresentations and trickery, such as have now been exposed, that the Whigs m e endeavoring to delude the people with the idea, that they are the economists and finan ciers—and to persuade them, for this reason, to sustain Gen. Clinch in the coming election. We ask them to examine for themselves, the documents to which we have referred. They proclaim the truth—and from its exhibitions, the democracy have nothing to fear. Special Notices. AUGUSTA FIRE COMPANY. There wall be a regular Quarterly Meeting of the Company on Saturday Evening next, at eight o’clock, at the City Hall. By order of Chief Engineer. William Phillips, ) F. LAMBACK. Sec’y A. Fire Co. $ Sept. 23 (CTOrdered that no Bill for the tuition of Poor Children will be paid by the Inferior Court of this County, unless accompanied by the certificate of one of the Justices of the Peace for the District in which the School is kept, that such School has been kept open regularly during the time for which tuition is charged. A true extract A. H. McLAWS, d. c. j. c. Aug. 10 4 14 W. MUSGROVE 8080, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAMBURG, S. C. Office opposite Smith &. Benson’s old Warehouse June 9 4y ST3AMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR GIA. O’ 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 G I—y Agent at Augusta. O 3 DR, J, A. S. mUGA]* win a t« tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, j a Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store. June 13 (J m 215 . Commercial. LATEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL.. AUG IS LATEST DATES FROM HAVR.4 CHA KI.EST(IN IMPORTS, SEPT.JBT~ Liverpool. —Ship John Ravenel—l24 crate* and 3 casks Earthenware, to Brown Sc Stone; 113 crates, 3 casks and 2 hhds. Earthen -ware and 2 cases Hardware, to G. Sc H. Cameron; 9 crate* Earthen-ware, to J. Hogg; 1229 bars Iron, to C. G. Morris; lit) bids, bottled Ale, to J. Fraser & Co.* 16 bales Bagging, to Mitchell A Mure; 161 bales* 3 casks, 3 cases Mdze. and 50 tons Orrell Coal, to Raven* 1, Brother & Co.; 27 crates and 3 casks Earthen-ware, to H. E. Nichols; 23 bales Mdze and 1 case Guns. toGonrdin, Matthiessen & Co.; 2 cases Silver Plate and 1 pair Rice Mill Stones, to Smith & Coffin; 2 casks, 2 bales and I case Mdze and I case Saddlery, to A. A R. B. McKenzie; 2 casks Hardware, to H. F. Strochecker; 1 ease Hardware, Hj att, Mcßurnie Sc Co.; 1 cask Hard-* wase, to B. Richardson & Son; 3 cases Seeds. toJ. Thompson; 1 box Mdze, to R.Wotherspoon;2obale* and 25 cases Mdze., to A. Moffett & Son; 22 bale* Bagging,37 bales and 1 box Mdze, II casks.2cases Hardware, 1 bundle Pans, 1 cask Hollow-ware, 1030 Pots, 410 Camp Ovens and Covers and 129 Spiders, to Birnie & Ogilvie; 68 bales and! case Mdze, to A. McDowali; 7 casks and 5 cases Hard ware and 11 bags Nails, to Stevens Sc Betts; 2 bales and 3 cases Mdze, to A King; 22 casks, 5 cases and 3 crates Hardware, 729 Pots, 406 Camp Ovens and Covers, 100 Spiders, 12 Fenders,s Sugar Pans, I bundle Scythes, 53 bags Naibi, 9 bundles Pads, 1 crate and 4 casks Hollow-ware, to J. Grave ley; 3 cases Mdze, to C, Sc E. L. Kerrison; 33 cases and 19 bales Mdze, to Watson, Johnson Sc Co.; 3 casks and 2 cases Hardware, to Fisher A Agnew; 2 casks Hollow war i and 5 do. do. Hardware, to Bryce & Wilmans; 2 boxes Mdze., to Robertson Sc Blacklock; 17 caslis, 6 cases Hard ware, and 2 casks Hollow ware, to Morton Sc Courtney; 4 casks and 4 cases Hardware and 2 casks Hollowware, to A. H. A: P. Carmichael; 3 casks and 8 cases Hardware, to Gregg, Hayden Sc Co.j 13026 bars Iron, 834 Pots, 462 Ovens aiid Cov ers, 250 Spiders, 4 Boilers, 26 casks, 3 cases Hard ware, 1 bale Thread, 22 hags Nail and Pig Iron, to W. L. Timmons; 4 boxes Linens and 3 bales Wool lens. to Lambert Sc Brother, 51 bales and 20 cases Mdze., to J. Lawton Sc Co.; 3 bales and 2 tresses Mdze., to Dick Sc Crews; 1 cask and bale Hard ware, to S. MowrV Sc Son; 2 casks and 1 case Hardware, to S. H. Condict Sc Co.; <lO casks, 4 cases and 1 crate Hardware, 1 bale Thread. 8 An vils, 1762 Pots, 1249 Ovens, 1324 Covers, 425 Spi ders, 160 Skillets, 4 Boilers, 14 Chimney Backs, to W. Sc J. E. Adger; 33 cases and 3 baskets Hard ware, to Roosevelt, Hyde Sc Clarke; 27 casks, 12 cases Hardware, 20 Anvils, 1 bundle Wheels, 2 casks Hollowware, 5 cases and 6 casks Mdze. and 4 kegs Gun Powder, to J. Adger &. Co.; 22 cask*, 7 cases, 2 crates, 1 basket and 1 bale Hardw are, 12 bags Nails, to S. N. Hart; and 108 crates and 12 casks Earthen-ware, to order. SEPTEMBER 21. Porto Rico —Schr. Rosuria—Molasses and Fruit, to Cay & Aveilhe. Nassau, (N. P.)- — Sloop V\ tenderer— 22 Turtle, and a quantity of Fruit, to C. Sc J. Gibbs. CIIA RL ES TON, s7pT The Cot ton market has been very quiet since the date of our last. The transactions during the three last business days have been limited to about 641 bales, on which purchasers claim a slight concession; there is, however j too little doing to establish pri ces. The transactions have been at price* rang ing from td Pic. per [>ound. Rice. —There has been some little inquiry for good shipping parcels, but holders did not like the oilers, and retused to sell, and the transactions have been limited to 400 tierces, at prices ranging from to 5| per hundred, as in quality. Good ship ping parcels are held at ssg as£ per hundred. COLUMBIA, demand lor Cotton—but little coming to market. Sales ol the week ending Saturday—l 73 bales. On Tuesday 18 bales new, Iron*the plantation of Col li. Singleton, was purchased by R. O'Neale, at l/jf cents. On Saturday, 7 bales new. from »*•- plan tation ot E. P. Mobley, Esq . was purchased by R. O’Neaie, at 11:1 ceuL». We qUo»e extremes 10 to Hi* _____ MOBILE, Sept. 18.— Cotton. —Received since the iOsh, 317 baics, and cleared during the same time 3,875 bales, as follows; to Liverpool 959, 11a i vre 1420, and New York 4496, leaving the stock on | band and on shipboard not cleared last evening, 20,311 bales against 7689 last y ear, and 2,338 bait-* in 1845. Our review* of the 11th instant left the market 1 dull and quotations nominal. \\ r have now to re port a very limited business for the past week, th« j transactions not exceeding 1506 bales—lUCO bale* of which w*ere taken for Liverpool in the last two ! days. Prices during this tsiue have been gradually declining, until the closing sales were made at a re duction of fully Ic. per pound on the quotations given in our last. Some holders are not di<q»osed to accept present prices, still many of them arc offering their stocks more freely. Os the new crop, some 150 bales only have come to hand, the appearance of which gives strong indications of the bad condition of the plant when gathered— being miserably cut up by the gin—bad in color, and of very poor, uneven staple—shewing evident ly that it had been picked out in a forced and pre mature state. The quality, so far, will not average over middling. The market closes at quotations. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Sept. 17, 1847. Sept. 19, 1816. Good and fine......nominal nominal. Good nominal nominal. Fair 12 a— 9ja—c. Middlingfair — 9 a—c. Middling 11 a— nominal. Ordinary . nominal nominal. The weather for the incoming crop during th« past week has been more favorable with us—a dry north wind, tending much to assist planters in get ting out their crops in a better condition, —still, from the best sources of information—and we have seen letters from nearly every section of this State and a portion of Mississippi during the week—we are induced to the belief that nothing but a very late frost will be of essential benefit to the cotton crop. The unusual length of time the w*et weath er prevailed, has done immense injury—and from present appearances, a much grea er yield in this State over last year cannot be looked for. A con tinuance of favorable weather t-nd a late frost, will, of course, have a great effect on the present prospects. Freights. —The freight market has been rather more active since our last. In foreign, we have to report tw*o engagments to Liverpool at |d.—- Coastwise, a bark taken for Boston at . To New York, the packets on the berth are taking cotton at $1,50 per bale, with more offering. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16, P. M.— Cotton. — The sales of the day amount to 600 bales, without any material change in Stock on hand and | on shipboard not cleared 18,237. Sugar. —3o hhds. Prime, weie sold at 7Jc. Flour. —300 this. choice Alton, were taken for shipment at $5. - . Com, Wheat and Oats,— Nothing transpired. Pork. —so bbls. Mess, w ere sold for shipment at sl4- Freights. —2 ships were engaged at 9 16d. tor Live rjjool, and one ship for Havre at l^c. Slipping Intelligence. ARRIVALS FROM CHARLESTON. Barque Belvidere, Cook, Venice. Brig Tower, Morrison, Havana via Matanzas. Brig Adela, Watson, Havana. MEMORANDA. The bark Convoy, Trescott, for Savannah, clear* ed at New Orleans 17th inst. Cargo 960 piece* Bagging, 350 coils Rope, 450 bbis W hisky, 273 bbls. Flour, 25 kegs shot. The ships South Carolina, (line) Hamilton, to clear 25th, and Fairfield, (U. L.) Loveland, on her regular day, for Charleston, were up at New Aork 18th inst. The schr. Orson, Henderson, for Charleston cleared at Philadelphia 18th inst.