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FURTHER FOREIGN EXTRACTS.
The news from the South of Europe conti
nues to be highly interesting, and would seem
to indicate the near approach of actual war.—
The Paris correspondent of the Times avers, on
unquestionable authority, that the Austrian
Government has notified an intention to march
troops into every Italian town or city in which
the National Guards have been organized.—
Meanwhile, Lord Normamhy visited M. Guizot
early on Thursday, to inform him, it is said,
that the British Government will not permit
foreign intervention in Italy. 13itt though there
appears to be no doubt that some communica
tion of the kind was made, its precise terms are
evidently unknown. The Kmu of Sardinia is
believed to be staunch; indeed he is said
to display an unexpected degree of firmness.
At a coherence Avith a popular deputation
4 ‘the Grand Duke of Tuscany has thrown off
the Austrian cockade, which as an Archduke
Ke has been required to wear, and has adopted
the national colors.'* There are rUmors of an
insurrection in the city of Naples on the 9th
instant. Letters from Boogra state that the
Duke of Modena had retired with his family
to Parma, in order, as is supposed, to the oc
cupation of his territory by Austria*
Extrart of a letter from, London,
Within five weeks avg have had failures to
the amount of £7,000,000, and what is Averse,
do not think we are at the bottom yet.
The London Times of September i Sth, says
“that as far as the real stability of commercial
credit is concerned, nothing has yet Occurred
to beget terror u on the part of those houses
who may thus far have conducted their busi
ness upon sound and recognized principles.
All the evils Avhich have yet taken place have
(with some small exceptions) either had their
origin in direct speculation, or been the natu
ral climax of along continued state of weakness,
which, to those acquainted Avith it, could have
left nothing but the actual date at which sus
pension would occur, a matter of much uncer
tainty.
Even if the surrounding evils were ten times
worse than they are at this moment, avc do
not believe that any house which could clearly
show that it had pursued a course of business
steadily confined within the fair limits of its
means Avould experience any difficulty in ob
taining every aid that Avould be essential to
avert the consequences of anv merely acciden
tal pressure. For the true and rational trader,
come Avhat may we ‘have therefore no fear.
Our only apprehension for the future is, that
the number of those, especially among the
community at large, who have been tempted
to depart from the straight road, is far greater
than has yet in any quarter been anticipated.”
The recent advices from the U. S. respecting
the probable crop of cotton there are, so much
more favorable than Avas anticipated, that hopes
are entertained of a far better supply than had
previously been expected. As a proof of the
exaggerated statements Avhich have been pub
lished respecting the lateness of the crop, and
its consequent liabilities to injury, it has been
noticed that 131 hales of noAv cotton had been
re -eived at Ncav Orleans up to the 20th August
ultimo ag unst five bales to the corresponding
period of last year. —London Morning Chronicle.
Important fleeting- of the Bank of Eng
land. °
A general court of the proprietors of the
Bank of England av is held on the 10th instant,
in the Court-room of the Corporation, pursuant
to the terms of the charter, to receive the
declaration of the direction as to the divided.
Owing to the state of the money market, the
large failures that have occurred, and the an
ticipation of further disasters —for it is feared
there will he more yet —the attendance of
proprietietors was unusually largo. At twelve
o’clock precisely the business of the meeting
commenced.
The Governor said, I have to acquaint the
court that this is ond of our half-yearly courts
for the purpose of declaring a dividend, and one
of the quarterly courts appointed by the char
ter; and I have the pleasure to inform vou
that the Court of Directors, upon a review of
the state of the affairs of the Bank, have re
solved that a dividend of 4£ per cent, interest
and xvrofits, be paid for the half year ending on
the 10th of October next [great cheering],
without deduction of the income-tax; ancf it
gives me groat satisfaction to be able to state
that after the payment of the dividend there
will be a sum of £20,412 to be added to the
rest [cheers]. It is necessary that I should
inform you that this is not a dividend of il, per
cent, but a dividend of per cent., and a
bonus of 1 per cent., that the proprietors Avho
have a life interest only might participate in
the profits of the half year. Although, there
fore, I now call it a dividend of per cent., it
is only one of per cent., Avitli a bonus of 1
per cent. I mention this lest you might sup
pose that we are to go on permanently with a
dividend of 4£ per cent. We have no such
intention, unless the affairs of the Bank should
be in such a prosperous petition as to justigfy
that dividend.
The announcement seemed to give :;reat sat
isfaction to the proprietors; but some apparent
ly came prepared for even greater liberality
from the court, for they asked to have a bonus
as well as increased dividend. The proposal
of the directors, however, was considered by
the majority of the meeting as liberal as the
state of the “rest” justified, and it was accord
ingly adopted, subject to confirmation at a
ballot, to take place on the 22d last., which
the governor considered desirable, in conse
quence of the importance of the alteration.
After the subject of the dividend had been
disposed of, a discussion ensued on the motion
of a proprietor that the present method of
electing the governor and directors should be
changed. The reasons urged for the altera
tion were of course the recent failures of the
late governor and of one of the directors; and
the proprietor referred to wished to elect a j
governor “from amongst one of the great num
ber of the mercantile men in the city to whom
such a calamity as insolvency could never hap
pen.” This remark occasioned much laugh
ter, and the discussion was concluded by Mr.
Jones Loyd making some very judicious ob
servations on the impolicy and folly of a pro
posal which at the present time would lead the
public to think that the directors did not pos
sess the confidence of the proprietors.
State of Trade in the Manufacturing Dis
tricts.—The reports which we have received
from the several manufacturing districts
throughout England during the past fortnight
are still unsatisfactory. Advices from Man
chester inform us that the demand there for
oil descriptions of yarn and manufactured :
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f goods is on the very loAvest scale, and in some
cases, especially in sales ot yarn, rather loavor
prices are submitted to by the spinners. Still,
considering the unfavorable state of trade, the
failures are quite insignificant in number and j
amovnt. Our Rochdale correspondent, in a
letter dated Sept. 13, says, we have had a very j
good demand for flannels to-day, and consid
erable business has been transacted at last j
week’s prices. ScA'eral of the large manufac
turers have been in the market to-day, and
bought very freely. The demand for avool is ■
somewhat better, and prices are firm. From
Halifax avg arc informed that although pro- j
A’isions are so much lower than they were, I
trade does not yet revive there,nor can we learn,
| from the attendance in the piece hall, that
there is any prospect of a speedy change for )
j the better. There is very little doing, either
in plain or fancy goods; and prices are exceed
ingly low. In yarn, the same extreme flatness |
prevails, which prevents any rally in price.
The stock of long wool is sloavlv moving off', i
at easier rates, though little is coming to mar- j
ket to replace the sales. Short wools are dull, j
of sale, at previous prices. There is a pretty
i steady trade doing at Leeds, and at the mar
kets held there since our last report, the at
tendance at the cloth halls has been good, and I
a Very fair amount of business transacted,
chiefly in suitable winter articles for home con- j
sumptioh. The disastrous news from London i
appears little to affect, directly, the mannfac- |
turers there; but, of course, its tendency to
wards circumscribing general credit will be
1 more or less felt. At Huddersfield there is an
i inclination to do business in all kinds of goods j
> that have the character of newness of style j
and good quality. Considerably more business
is doing in wool than for some time past. The I
warehouses have not had many visitors during i
i the week'.
At Rome, all continued tranquil. The ac
counts are to the sth iust. They mention the
j arrival of an envoy from the United States of
America, Mr. Cox well, for the purpose of
concluding a treaty Os amity and commerce
with the Pontifical Government. It was be
lieved that the latter Avould shortly accredit a
Nuncio to Washington. Cardinal Lambrus
chini had arrived in the city, and in a rather
I suffering state. The Cardinal Secretary of
State rode before him, to protect him front
any popular demonstration,arid no disturbance
took place. Cardinal Ferretti has established
a corps of policemen in uniform; a measure
j which has much pleased the populace, as itde
! prives the local police of its secret and inquis -
torial character-.
Fkvxcc. —Our Paris despatches state that
i the utmost disquietude has been created in
the French cabinet, by the intelligence Avhich
arrives daily from the Alps and the Pyrenees.
1 Reinforcements are to be immediately sent to
i the Spanish, Italian and Swiss frontiers. The
i intelligence from Algeria is not more tran
j quiliz.ng. Ten thousand men are under or
ders to reiilforce the African army,
Recent advices from Algiers confirm the
statement made last week, that Abd-el-Kader
had possession of Taza in Morocco. The Em
peror Abd-er-Rahman has applied to France
: for assistance.
M. Durand, the responsible editor of the
Gazette de France, Avho was condemned for
articles respecting the murder of the Duchess
of Parslin, Avas sentenced to three months im
prisonment and a fine of 2,000 francs.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Report for the week ending September 10.
The business throughout the Aveek has been i
exceedingly limited, and the market continues to
present an appearance of much heaviness; there is. '
however, but little alteration in prices.the change,
if any, being in the common and middling qualities
of American, which in some cases have given wav
per lb. Speculators hare taken 350 American,
and 350 Surat; and Exporters 3120 American,soo
Maranham, 50 Pernam, and 140 Surat. The sales
of the Aveek amount to 18.510 bales.— United Bro
kers.
Report of the ic°ek ending September 17.
The demand from the trade continuing very mo
derate, with an increased desire to sell, arising in
a great measure from the disturbed state of the
money market, consequent upon the heavy com
mercial disasters in London, prices have been very
irregular. A decline ot fully per lb. has been
: submitted to on American descriptions, whilst
Brazil, Egyptian, and Surat are heavy of sale at
j per lb. below the last quotations. Speculators
have taken 130 American, and exporters 3000
American and Surat. Sales for the week,
bales. — United Brokers.
Report for September 13.
The market to-day has been in a most unsatis
factory position. The sales are limited to 2000 bales, j
and prices are anything but firm. In fact, holders i
being willing sellers, buyers could purchase on
easier terras.
Major Andre’s Defence.
A correspondent of the Newark Daily Ad- ,
vertiser, who seems to be fortunate in the pos
session of sundry curious old papers and other
| memorials of the past, as well as of corrospond
ing knowledge and memory, has furnished for
* the columns of that paper a document which
i we do not remember to have ever seen before
—the defence read by Major Andre before the
Court which condemned him to death as a spy.
We have no doubt that it will be read with
lively interest by many:
“I came,” he said, “to hold a commtmica
, tion with a general officer of the American army,
;by the order of my commander. I entered the |
| American lines by an unqestionable authority
| —when I passed from them it avas by the |
same authority. I used no deception. I had
{ heard that a provincial officer had repented
of the course he had taken, and that he aA’OAved
that he never meant to go so far as he had
I gone, in resisting the authority of his King.
The British commander was willing to ex
tend to him the King’s clemency—yea, his
i bounty, in hopes to allure others to do the i
same. I made no plans. I examined no works.
I only received his communications, and was
on my way to return to the army, and to
i make known all that I had learned from a gene
ral officer in your camp. Is this the office of a |
j spy? I never should haA'e acted in that light, j
and what I have done is not in the nature of
a spy. I have n*ted neither your strength
nor weakness. If there be Avrong in the tran
saction, is it miner a spy a sol
dier has a right to refuse; but, to carry and j
fetch communications with another army, I
never heard was criminal. The circumstances
which followed, after my interview with
Gen. Arnold, were not in my power to con
trol- He alone had the management of them.
It is said that 1 rode in disguise. I rode
j for security incog, as far as I was able, but
J other than criminal deeds induce one to do
this. I was not bound to wear my uniform
any longer than it was expedient or polite. I
scorn the name of a spy; brand my offence with
some other title, if it change not my punish
ment, I beseech you. It is not death I fear. I
am buoyed above it by a consciousness of hav
ing intended to discharge my duty in an hono
rable manner.
Plans, it is said, were found with me. This |
|is true; but they were not mine. Yet I must
tell you honestly that they would have been
communicated if I had not been taken. They
wore sent by General Arnold to the British
! commander, and I should have delivered them.
From the bottom of my heart I spurn the
thought of attempting to screenmysclf by crimi
nating another; but so far as lam concerned
the truth shall be told, whoever suffers. It j
j was the allegiance of General Arnold I came
out to secure. It was fair to presume that
i many a brave officer would be glad at this
i time to be able to retrace his steps, at least
iwe have been so informed. Shall I, who came
out to negociate this allegiance only, be treated
j as one who came to spy out the weakness of a
r camp? If these actions are alike, I have to
i learn my moral code anew.
Gentlemen, officers, be it understood that I
am no supplicant for mercy; that I ask only
from Omnipotence—not from human beings.
Justice is all I claim—that justice which is
neither swayed by prejudice, nor distorted by
passion, but that which flows from honorable
minds directed by virtuous determinations. I
hear, gentlemen, that mv case is likened to
that of Capt. Hale, in 177<5. 1 have heard of
him and his misfortunes. I wish that in all
that dignifies men, that adorns and elevates
I human nature, I could be named with that
accomplished but unfortunate officer. His
fate was wayward, an I untimely was he cut
off, yet younger than I now am. He went
out knowing that he was assuming the char
acter of a spy. He took all its liabilities into
his hand, at the request of his great command
er. lie was ready to meet what he assumed
and all its consequences. His death the law of
I nations sanctioned. It may be complimentary
| to compare me with him, still it would be un
just. He took his life in bis hand when he
assumed the character and the disguise. I
assumed no disguise, nor took upon myself any
other character than that of a British officer
I who had business to transact with an Ameri
can officer.
In fine, I ask not even for justice; if you
I want a victim to the manes of those fallen un
timely. I may as well be that victim as anoth
i er. I have in the most undisguised manner
; given you every fact in the case. I only rely
on the proper construction of those facts. Let
me be called any thing but a spy. lam not a
| spy. I have examined nothing, learned noth
ing, communicated nothing, hut my detention,
i to Arnold, that he might escape if he thought
proper so to do. This was, as I conceived, my
duty. I hope the gallant officer who was
then Unsuspicious of his general will not be
condemned for the military error he committed.
I farther state that Smith, who was the
medium of communication, did not know any
part of our conference, except that there was
some necessity for secrecy. He was counsel
| in various matters for General Arnold, and
from all the interviews I had with him; and it
was Smith -who lent me this dress-coat of
Crimson, on being told that I did not wish to
be known by English or Americans. Ido not
believe that he had even a supposition of my
errand. On me your wrath should fall, if on
any one. I know your affairs look gloomy;
but that is no reason why I should be sacri
ficed; My death can do yoUr cause no good.
Millions of friends to your struggle in England,
you will lose if yoii condemn me. 1 say not
this byway of threat; for I know brave men
| are not awed by them —nor will brave men be
vindictive because they are desponding. I
should not have said a word had it not been
j for the opinion of others, which I am bound
i to respect.
I The sentence you this day pronounce will go
I down to posterity with exceeding great dis
tinctness on the page of history; and if huni
anitr and honor mark this day’s decision, your
names, each and all ofjyou, will be remember
ed by both nations when they have grown
greater and more powerful than they flow are.
But, if misfbrtfliio befals me, I shall in time
have all due honors paid to my memory. The
martyr is kept in remembrance wheti the tri
bunal that condemed him is forgotten. I trust
this honorable Court will believe me when I
say that what 1 have spoken was from no idle
j fears of a coward. I have done.
f Front the N&b Orleans Picayune, 2d tnsf.]
From the Rio Grands.
i By the arrival of the! .S. transport schoon
er Heroine, yesterday, from Brazos Santiago,
which place she left on the 23d ult.> we
j hare the Matamoras Flag of the 2id ult., from
I which wc obtain the following intelligence.
Since CoL Hays arrived, says the Flag, ho
has learned, that the portion of his regiment
constituting the late command of Major Chc
valie, and now at Saltillo, is not to join him,
but remain with Gen. Wool. It is also inti
mated that Lieut. Col. Bell’s present command,
two companies, left at San Antonio, will not
be withdrawn from Texas. If so. Col. Hays
will have only five companies of his regiment
under his immediate command. Major Che
valie, who it was supposed had resigned in
order to join Col. Hays, as the presumption
was that there would be more active service
on Gen. Scott’s line, it will be prcccivcd is
a passenger on the Heroine,
The whole of Gen. Cushing’s brigade, also
ordered to Gen. Scott’s line, had arrived from
above, and was encamped at Palo Alto. The
brigade was reported in good health. Trans
ports were looked for daily at the Brazos, and
: as soon as they arrived, the brigade would
move down and embark.
The battalion of the 3d Dragoons, under
| command of Col. Butler, of this State, had
left for above. The Flag has the following
handsome notice of the brigade:
The 3d Dragoons, are wending their way to
Monterey. The battalion, about four hundred
and fifty strong, left here on Wednesday eve
ning last. As the several companies filed
through our streets, the noble and gallant
bearing of officers and men, and fine appear
ance of the steeds, attracted universal admi
ration—the whole population of the city,Mexi
can and American, were drawn out to view
them, and every voice spoke in praise. Murat,
| at the head of his choicest troops,never looked
or felt prouder of his followers, than did Col,
j Butler, in front of his gallant command. The
bearing of every officer was unexceptionable
—that of several peculiar but striking, but we
will not particularize. CoL Butler lias given
his whole attention, for several months, to the
drill and discipline of his command, and hav
ing been ably seconded, by his officers, his
efforts have been crowned with complete
success. Persons fully competent to judge,
who have witnessed the exercises of the bat
talion, with sword, carbine and pistol, say
! they equal, if not excel, the drill of any troops
i in our service.
Mrs. Ferguson, who it was reported was not
dangerously injured by the explosion of the
steamer Lama, died on the ITthinst. of in
ternal injuries caused by inhaling the scalding
steam at the time of the explosion.
AVe copy the subjoined paragraph from the
Flag of the 22d ult:
Wanton Murder. —On Monday last two Mex
icans were shot in the public street by a cow
ardly ruffian named Thomas McLaughlin, of
the Texas cavalry. AVe have not heard the
full particulars, but it is said to have been a
most wanton act, and without the slightest
provocation. It caused the greatest indigna
tion in the regiment to which he was attach
ed, and wc are gratified to hear that they ren
( dered prompt aid in having the murderer ar
| rested. lie is now in custody, and we hope
that his punishment may be such as the na
ture of his crime calls for. It is time for the
strong arm of the law to be put forth —pun-
ishment must follow crime. It sickens us to
record such acts, and we trust that the autho
rities will show that they cannot be commit
ted with impunity. Let it not be urged in
paliatiou that the man was drunk. Drunken
ness is no excuse for crime—it should rather
make the offence greater.
The Weather. —A north wind has been blow
ing for the past week, and the weather is quite
cool —cool enough to make warm clothing not
only, comfortable but necessary to those who
have a regard for their health. This sudden
change in the weather has produced some lit
tle sickness; but wo have the authority of
physicians for saying that no city in the South
ern country, equal in population to Afatamo
ros, is more free from disease of any kind.
AVe attended last evening the funeral of
Major Charles C. Mcßae, aged about seventy,
a native of the parish of East Feliciana, La.,
but for the last twenty-five years a resident of
Alexico. The deceased came to this city in
June last, from Chihuahua, where he has re
sided for many years. In his illness he was
watched by kind and sympathizing friends,
and although cut ofi’ by death in a city where
he was an apparent stranger, a large proces
sion of our citizens followed him to the grave.
He has several children residing in his native
parish in Louisiana, and one son residing in
Memphis, Tenn, to whom the intelligence of j
his death will be sorrowful tidings. AVe ask ,
the New Orleans and Memphis papers to be
the heralds of the mournful news.
Additional Items of Mexican News.
In the absence of a later arrival from the
seat of war, we have again glanced over our
I files of Mexican papers received by the James
i L. Day, and have gleaned from them several
items of interest which we had before over
looked. They are chiefly taken from the Di
' ario del Gobierno, a broken file of which to the
i 7 !
11 th ult. was received in A r era Cruz by the I
Arco Iris, and we received a complete file from i
I the 30th of August to the oth ult., inclusive, i
| ourselves.
Santa Anna’s efforts, after notice had been !
I given of the termination of the armistice, to !
prepare for the defence of the capital, are rep
resented as having truly prodigious. It
; is stated that he purchased from his private
I purse all the arms he could find, and the edi
tor of the Diario, in his paper of the 10th,
adds, that he had seen the day before a receipt
for a very large sum of money paid by the gen
eral-in-chief, himself, for a number of mus
kets, and 61,000 flints, for the army. “Add
j this,” says the Diario, evidently considering it I
: a triumphant vindication of Santa Anna’s fi- j
delity to his country, “to the treasons of which !
lie is accused by the notorious I). Ramon 1
; Gamboa.”
The Diario of the 10th, speaking of the de-
I monstrations made by our army on thatmorn
i ing, says that at the alarm the troops in the |
i capital marched out to defend the point threat- \
i ened with the greatest alacrity, and displayed i
an ardor that promised the best results. It I
| was impossible, it is added, to describe the en
thusiasm of the people, all shouting “Liberty
and Independence!” and declaring their in
tention never to succumb to the ruthless foe.
AA'e find translated in the Diario an iuter-
I cepted letter from our army, describing the j
battles of Contreras qpd Chumbusco. In the i
letter it is stated that our loss was about 1000, i
while that of the enemy was not less than
2000 killed and wounded. The editor cites
this letter as an evidence of the proneness of
the Americans to exaggerate the Mexican loss
and underrate their own. In these two bat
tles, he adds, “our loss does not exceed 1000,
and that of the enemy cannot be less than
2000.” AVe know that the letter was at least
correct in its statement of our loss.
In an editorial in the Diario of the ith, F. M.
de Olaqflibel, at Toluca, the Governor of the
State of Alexico, if not positively accused of
treason is at least charged with being favorable
to the Americans. The only evidence we find
adduced to support this accusation is that he
sold corn to our troops at his hacienda of San
Nicolas Peralta, in the vicinity of the capital.
As this, however, took place during the armi
stice, which provided that the American forces
should be allowed to obtain s Applies in and
| about the capital, it is difficult to see how it
1 could be swelled into the charge that is made,
i Reference is made, though, to an address issued
by him to the people of the State, as Governor,
j which, it is intimated, wax of a character that
1 forbade its publication. It is to this address
then, we suppose, he owes his disgrace in the
eyes of the Government editor; and the willing
ness of the Governor to exchange his corn for
American dollars might have been overlooked
by a Mexican if the address had been palatable
food. His groat crime consisted in defending
Addenda, and in alleging that if Santa Anna
had gone to the assistance of that general at j
Contreras the result might have been different. !
Speaking of the battle at the Mill del Key, I
on the Sth ult., the Government paper is ex- i
travagant in its laudations of the characters of |
Ge x. Antonio do Leon and Col, Lucas Balderas
of the Battalion of Indepcndencia,both of whom
wore mortally wounded in the engagement.
Gen. Leon, it is stated, was several times Gover
nor and Military Commandant of the State of
Oaxaca, to which he had rendered eminent
services. He was also a veteran of the war of
independence. CoL Balderas is spoken of in a
manner that few Mexicans deserve. “He
never,” it is said, “was a charge upon the
treasury, and was always in the front ranks op- j
posing the enemies of his country, to which he
consecrated all that man can give, his life. The I
teats of all good Mexicans will water his grave.”
It will be remembered that immediately upon
the armistice being agreed upon, the Mexican
Secretary of State issued a proclamation call
ing upon Congress to meet, to consider with |
the President the proposition of Mr. Trist. This
proclamation was dated the 21st August, but,
although some few met every day up to the Ith
ult., in no instance over thirty could be induc
ed to attend the sittings, and a quorum there
fore was never assembled. None of the seventy
members who declared they v ould not delibe
rate in the capital while it was threatened by
our army and retired to Toluca appeared at any !
of the meetings.
A great ado is made in the Diario about ,
some voluntary donations transmitted to the
treasury by the inhabitants of the mining dis
tricts of Chico, to assist the Government in
posecuting the war, and no less than a page of
the paper is filled with the official correspon
ence on the subject. The whole amount trans
mitted was $304 1
AVe have before us a fierce reply from Ara
lencia to the report of Gen. Salas, of the bat
tle of Contreras. The part of the report that
roused the ire of Ahilencia was the statement i
that he disappeared from among his troops as j
soon as the battle commenced on the morning
of the 20th of August, and was never seen '
after, lie claims in this reply to have been
present during the whole battle, and that he
only left when he found it impossible to rally
his troops. Salas, \ r alcncia says, saw all his
efforts, and in return for his unkind insinua
tions, charges him with an attempt to cover
his own disgrace in being taken prisoner by
traducing his commander. Valencia says, “If
this gentleman has allowed himself to fall into
inactivity, it was owing to his feeding his ap
prehensions at the moment of danger, or to
his little skill in horsemanship, and valor to
leap a little ditch by which he could have
reached the village of San Geronimo.” This
is a hard hit to a Mexican, for to touch his
horsemanship is like touching the sweeps’
honor — death were preferable.
It will be remembered that during the ne
gotiations, the Mexican commissioners, in a
communication to Air. Trist, giving as area- I
sou for their refusal to consent to the cession '
of New Alexico, said: “Sentiments of honor
and delicacy, which the noble character of I
your excellency will know howto appreciate,
as well as motives of interest, prevent our Gov
ernment from consenting to tie dismember
ment of New Alexico,” and it was intimated
that Air. Trist had been made acquainted with
the specific character of those sentiments and
motives. AVe find them related in the instruc
tions of the Alexican Secretary of State, on
which the ultimatum of the Commissioners
was based, and translate them ;
“The Government could not, even with the
approbation of Congress, agree to give up New
( Alexioo, whose inhabitants have manifested a
' wish to make a part of the Mexican family,
with more enthusiasm than any other portion
of the republic. These well deserving Mexi
cans, abandoned to their fate by several ad
ministrations; frequently without any protec
i tion, even against the incursions of the Indi
ans, have been truly patriotic Mexicans; be
cause, forgetting their domestic grievances,
they Lave remembered on this occasion that
they are and wish to be a part of our family.
They exposed and sacrificed themselves to the
vengeance of the invaders: they have risen
j against them, and, though their conspiracies
have been frustrated, they still continue to
j conspire. And can a government sell those
Mexicans like a Hock of sheep? Never. Let
| on their account the nationality of the repub
-1 lie be lost. We will perish together.”
#rraßHmai:«g3«gM—«mb——bb————
Augusta, (Georgia.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 8, 1847.
igig'Tn the absence of the Editor of this pa
per, a friend performs the painful duty of an
nouncing the death of his father, James Gakd- ;
nek, Esqr., who departed this life, at three
o’clock yesterday morning, in the 81st year of |
i his age.
Mr, GAimxEli was the last survivor of our
merchants of the old school. He was a native
of Glasgow, Scotland, but had resided iu Au
gusta about sixty years—thus becoming one
of our oldest inhabitants. A long life of in
tegrity and honorable dealing with his fellow'
men, closed without struggle or pain—age
having worn out his bodily energies, and his
life ebbing gently away, like the flame of an
expiring lamp.
The friends of the family are invited to at
| tend his Funeral, from his late dwelling to the
: Sand Hills This Morning, at nine o’clock.
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Election Returns.
KOII GOVIKSOR.
1847. 1845.
Towns. Clinch. McAllister. Crawford
Baker. loOmaj. 351 ‘204
Baldwin, 315 317 > 268 315
Bibb, 667 598 724 651
Bryan, 69 112* 85 102
Burke 370 590 * 332 549
i Cass, 700maj. 941 641
Chattooga, 426 350 • 330 300
Chatham, 582 776 • 715 700
Cherokee, 952 580 • <4O 533
Clarke, 437 615 * 398 538
Cobb, 978 713 i 835 637
Columbia, 282 489 277 522
Coweta, 114maj. 689 808
DeKalb, 990 759 762 577
Effingham, 110 175 110 226
Emanuel, 269 195 217 206
Fayette, 230maj. 651 428
Floyd, 600 569 446 380
Forsyth, IBsmaj. 621 4G3
Franklin, 1032 354 922 354
| Greene, 131 767 115 <B6
: Gwinnett, 706 735 680 757
Habersham, 770 430 785 388
I Hall, 687 527 599 529
Hancock, 321 456 307 507
Henry, oOmaj. 815 884
Houston, 686 625 654 637
Jackson, 664 513 644 517
Lumpkin, 969 530 946 556
Meriwether, 792 739 833 695
Monroe, 665 686 644 « 33
Morgan, 281 393 299 415
Murray, 947 502 624 403
Muscogee, 853 1039 851 lo< 1
Newton, 442, 913 471 896
; Oglethorpe, 152 4<o 172 576
Pike, lo9maj. 783 642
Putnam, lOOmaj. 381 425
Richmond, 488 681 474 747
i Scriven, 222 195 225 241
Taliaferro, 67 362 54 412
Troup, 429 999 440 1005
Twiggs 144maj. 403 321
i Upson, 356 611 385 646
! Walker, loOmaj, 581 537
i Walton. 721 526 741 505
j Warren, 2oomaj, 372 607
1 Washington, 54maj. 508 629
Wilkes, BOmaj. 354 439
Senators.
Burke and Emanuel —McLeod.
Coweta and Meriwether —Parks, Whig gain,
Chatham —Snider, Whig gain,
Cherokee and Cobb — Hunt,
Clarke and Jackson —Clayton, Whig gain,
Columbia and Richmond—Miller.
DeKalb and Gwinnett — Simmons.
Floyd and Chattooga —Montgomery, Whig
gain.
Green and Morgan—Reese,
Hancock and Baldwin —Terrell.
Hall and Forsyth— Dunaynn.
Houston abd Macon — Hunter.
Jefferson and Washington—Stapleton,
Muscogee and Harris —Marks.
Newton and Walton —Williamson, Whig
gain.
Oglethorpe and Madison —Willingham,
Scriven and Effingham—lU. J. Lawton,
Dem. gain.
Troup and Heard —Johnson.
Warren and Taliaferro —Darden,
Wilkes and Lincoln—Moore,
| Walker and Dade — Farris .
Representatives
Baker— Tiff.
B aid win—Harris,
Bibb—Nisbet and Atkinson. Whig gain.
Bryan—Bird,
Burke —Brown and Gresham.
Cass — Smith and MoConnelL
Chatham —Bartow and Clark,(2 Whig gain.)
Chattooga — Heard.
Cherokee —Field and Williamson.
Coweta —Ferrell, Robertson.
Clarke —Harris and Jackson.
Cobb — Maloney and McConnell.
Columbia —Fleming and Shockley.
DeKalb —Darnal and Wilson*
Effi n gham —M organ.
Emanuel — Sumner.
Floyd —Price, Whig gain.
Forsy th— Strickland.
Green—Sanford and Ward.
Gwinnett—Brandon and I Vhilworth.
Habersham— Phillips and Cabiness. *i
Flail— Baugh,
Hancock—Lewis,
j Henry—Moseley, and a Democrat.
Houston— Bryan and Holmes.
J efferson —Todd.
I Jones— Glover.
I Jackson— Penticosf.
Liberty—Quarterman.
i Lincoln—Neal.
Lumpkin— Barnes and Keith ,
Mclntosh—Townsend, Whig gain.
Monroe—Battle and Pinkard, Dcm. gain.
Morgan—^Harris.
Meriwether —, Wimbish and Wcnxhsnan,
Murray— pennon ,
Muscogee —Howard apd Bethune.
Newton—Reynolds and Pace,
Oglethorpe —Smith and Glenn.
Putnam —Calaway "nd Reid, Dcm, gain.
Scriven — Pollock.
Taliaferro—J. W. Harris.
Troup—Cameron and Beasely,
Walker— Harden, Dem, gain.
Walton —Jackson and Kilgore.
Warren —Anderson and Bacon.
Washington —Bullard and Franklin t Dcm,
gain.
Wilkes—Anderson and Gartrcll,
Reported Death of the President
It is with great satisfaction that we arc able
to announce to our readers, that there was no
truth in the rumor published by us yesterday
ot the death of the President. We see no
mention made even of his illness in the papers
received by last evening's mail, and learn by a
passenger that he was up and about iu Wash
ington on Tuesday last. This will be welcome
news to our citizens, and will remove that
gloom depicted on the countenances of many
vesterday, for whigs and democrats appeared
to feel that in his death the country had ex
perienced a great loss.
Ried, Irving - & Co.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce of 4th iust,
says—The correspondent of this house inform*
us that it is only the London house which has
suspended payment, and that they will have
a large surplus after paying all liabilities. The
Liverpool house is composed of distinct per
-1 sons, and not implicated in the affairs of the
London firm, whose name was used for the sake
; of its well-known character.
The Savannah Georgian of sth inst. says—
It is with unfeigned sorrow that we notice the
death of one of our most prominent merchants
and estimable citizens, L. Baldwin, Esq., who
died in Brighton, Mass., on the 27th ult.—
Identified, as he had been for many years with
Savannah, actively engaged in business, dis
tinguished at once for his energy of character
and honesty of purpose, estimable in all tho
relations of life, his death is a public loss, and
should be lamented as such. We feel that
these few words are but a poor offering to his
j memory.
The Telegraph-
The Columbus Times, of the oth iust. says—
“ The posts for the Telegraph wires, have
reached Columbus from the East, and are
up on Oglethorpe street, to the Telegraph of
fice in the corner room of the Oglethorpellotel.
“Mr. Crews, the superintendent of the work
between this place and Montgomery arrived
here last week, and informs us, that 35 miles
of the route is ready for the wires. The post*
are all up from New Orleans to Montgomery,
and from Savannah to Macon. The entire
line was to be finished by contract, on the first
of January. It is now believed that it will be
in oxicratiou a month earlier.”
The amount of specie imported into Boston
during the month of September was $322,712,
and the amount exported $11,585, showing
an excess of import for the mouth of $311,127*
[From the Hamburg Journal, Ith m.tt.J
Extract of a letter received from Capt. Braxton
Bragg, of the Army, to a friend in this Dis
rict:
“Camp near Monterey, >
August 26, 1847. 5
“ * * * An attempt was made about 2
AM., night before last, to assassinate me in
i my bed. T have no clue to the perpetrator, and
j can suggest no reason for the act. My escape
i without injury, is regarded as almost mi*
I raculous. As exaggerated accounts will pro
bably reach the press, the truth may interest
i you. A twelve-pound shell, heavily charged*
was placed within two feet of my bed; just out*
; side of my tout, and exploded by a slow match;
the fragments literally riddling my tent, arul
bedding, pieces passing above and below me*
some through a blanket spread over me-, and
yet I was not touched. I was not awarfedhat
i had an enemy in the world, and attunes*
feel disposed to believe now, that it may k*vc
been intended as a practical joke-, h*
fool ignorant of the effect of shclL thuts csvpkv
ded. Be that as it may, my esccqie* a!*
most miraculous, and I prefer caps, repeating
the joke.
Special Notices*
AUGUST V MANUFACTURING COM
PANY.
By order of the Board of l>ire-ctors, notice i#
hereby given, that an installnkeot «C 10 per cent is
required to be paid in by the Stockholders on M ed
nesday, the 10th of November next.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec y a. m.c.
Sept. 30 t
~TAXES! TAXES I
POSITIVELY THE LAST NOTICE,
I will attend on Tuesday the sth inst., at the
Market Housej on Wednesday the 6th inst., at my
Stables, on Ellis street; on Thursday the 7th inst.,
at U.S. Hotel,and on Friday the Bth iust.,at .& J.
Nelson’s Store, to close the Digest for the present
year. Hours from 11 to 1 o’clock, P. M.
. * Oct. 5 R. A. WATKINS, t. r. n. c.
Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry.
CAUTION—.In setting forth the virtues of Dr.
Wistar’s Balsam, we have no desire to deceive
those who are laboring under affliction, nor do we
wish to eulogize it more than it justly deserves.
Vet when we look around and see the vast amount
of suffering and distress occasioned by many of the
diseases in which this medicine has proved so high
ly successful, we feel that we cannot urge it*
claims too strongly, or say too much in its favor.
Let the public be on their guard. Other“ Balsams *
and mixtures are sometimes imposed on (he unsus
pecting for the genuine Dr. Wistar’s Balsam of
Wild Cherry. Some for the purpose of succeeding
better in their schemes,have used a part of the name
of the genuine, as “Phoenix Balsam of Wild (’her- *
ry,” “Balsam of,Wild Cherry, Comfrey,” Ac.’’
‘•Syrup of Wild Cherry.”
None genuine unless signed I. BUTT'S on tb«
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by
! H A VILA ND. RISLEY A CO„and also by THOM
| AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealer* in Medicine*
j generally in Augusta.
Oct. 6 3—*
Lightning.’’
j During the warm Summer nights lightning may
sometimes he seen to flash for hours almost with
out intermission, unaccompanied by thunder. We
gre also frequently conscious of the presenc* of dis
i ease unattendedby its usually starting symptoms.
< But there is no telling how soon the diffused elec
tricity may be concentrated in a fatal flash, or the
Incipient malady may reach a deadly crisis. It i*
pot well to neglect eruptions, ulcers, swellings,
swelling in the glands, Ac. Ac., on the ground that
they are trifles. They end in agony anct death;
: and as Sands’ Sarsaparilla is an acknowlc dged wto
j edy for these symptoms, and for all sangqinou* di»-
i eases, it is little less than sporting with danger to
I neglect its early use in all such cases.
For further particulars and conclusive evidence
i of its superior value and efficacy, see pamphlet*,
which may be obtained of agents, gratis,
Prej ared and sold, wholesale and retail. A. B. A
I). SAN DS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton, cor
ner of William-street, New Fork.
Sold also by
HAVILAND, RISLEY A CO
55. ° ct *