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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES G ARDNER, J R. TERMS. Daily, per annum $8 Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance. 5 00 Weekly, per annum............* 3 do I If paid ih advance, 50 To Clubs., remitting 10 in advance, FD E COfILS are sent. This wili put oar WeekU'pa per ia die reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. ICTSubscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new r subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at 5- 00. ITT All new subscriptions must be paid in ad- | v ance. [nTPostage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. Election Returns. ton governor, 1347. 1845. Towns. Clinch. McAllister. Crawford Baker, 425 246 351 204 Baldwin, 315 317 268 315 Bibb, 6G7 598 724 651 Brvan, 69 112 S 5 102 Btilloch, 352 34 413 27 Burke 370 590 332 549 Butts, 354 243 375 253 Camden, lOOinaj, 214 110 Campbell, 569 251 474 214 Carroll, 343raaj. 655 394 Cass, 1341 731 914 641 Chattooga, 426 350 330 300 Chatham, 682 776 715 700 Cherokee, 952 580 740 533 Clarke, 437 615 398 538 Cobb, 978 713 835 637 Columbia, 282 489 277 522 Coweta, -644 758 689 808 Crawford, 454 3G4 467 433 Dade. 201 map 240 45 DeKalb, 990 * 759 762 577 Decatur, 385 391 279 348 Dooly, 617 317 427 2(50 Eatlv, 368 152 292 151 Effingham, HO 175 110 226 Elbert, 174 986 168 991 Emanuel, 269 195 217 206 Fayette, 230maj. 651 428 Floyd, 600 569 446 380 Forsvth, ISoraaj. 621 463 Franklin, 1032 354 9271 354 Gilmer, 786 297 559 213 Glynn, 33 121 19 112 Greene, 131 767 115 786 Gwinnett, 711 736 680 757 Habersham, 754 445 785 388 Hall, 687 527 599 629 Hancock, 321 456 30* 507 Harris, 409 785 390 813 Heard, 452 355 398 313 Henry, 878 888 815 834 Houston, 685 625 654 637 Jackson, 664 513 644 517 Jasper, 473 429 493 475 Jefferson, 93 419 84 544 Jones, 443 403 445 4’24 Laurens, 493maj. 16 689 Lee. 108 185 248 Liberty, 40 168 203 Lincoln, 175 267 183 275 Lumpkin, 969 630 946 556 Mclntosh, 117 125 124 109 Macon, 30maj- 292 364 Madison, 365 336 335 338 Marion, 100 349 469 Meriwether, 792 739 833 695 Monroe, 665 686 644 733 Morgan, 281 393 299 415 Murray, 947 502 624 403 Muscogee, 853 1039 851 1071 Newton, 442 913 471 896 Oglethorpe, 152 470 172 576 Paulding, 381 277 335 243 Pike, 825 716 783 642 Pulaski, 307 219 379 249 Putnam. 312 388 381 425 Rabun, 273 58 250 37 Randolph, 29maj. 650 675 Richmond, 488 681 474 747 Scriven, 222 195 225 241 Stewart, 783 906 690 904 Sumter, 85 440 544 Taliaferro, 67 332 54 412 Talbot, 813 741 794 862 Troup, 429 999 440 1005 Twiggs 414 267 403 324 Union, 743 300 527 217 Upson, 356 611 385 646 Walker, loOmaj. 684 537 Walton, 721 6 26 744 505 Warren, 250maj, 372 607 Washington, 558 612 508 629 Wilkinson, 573 388 628 423 Wilkes, SOraaj. 354 439 Senators. Baker and Early— Johnson. Bibb and Twiggs — Wiggins. Bryan and Liberty—Smith. Bulloch and Tattnall —A tie. Burke and Emanuel—McLeod. Campbell and Carroll— Camp. Cass and Paulding— lrwin. Camden and Wayne— Fort. Coweta and Meriwether—Parks, Whig gain. Chatham —Snider, Whig gain. Cherokee and Cobb — Hunt. Clarke and Jackson—Clayton, Whig gain. Decatur and Thomas— Reynolds , Dem. gain. DeKalb and Gwinnett— Simmons. Dooly and Pulaski — Duncan. Elbert and Franklin—Little. Fayette and Henry— Glenn. Floyd and Chattooga—Montgomery, Whig gain. Gilmer and Murray— Chastain. Green and Morgan—Reese, Habersham and Rabun— Coffee. Hancock and Baldwin—Terrell, Hall and Forsyth— Dunagan, Houston and Macon — Hunter. Irwin and Telfair— Henderson , Dcm. gain, Jasper and Butts — J. C. Waters , Jefibrson and Washington—Stapleton. Jones and Putnam—S. A. Wales, Lee and Sumter —Maxwell. Lumpkin and Union — Barclay. Mclntosh and Glynn— Fornian, Dem. gain. Montgomery and Appling—McCarty, Monroe and Pike — Cochran. Muscogee and Harris —Marks. Newton and Walton —Williamson, Whig gain. Oglethorpe and Madison —Willingham. Richmond apd Columbia —Miller. Scriven and Effingham— W. J, Lawton, Dem. gain. Stewart and Randolph—Boynton, Talbot and Marion— Stewart, Dcm.. gain. Troup and Heard—Johnson, Upson and Crawford—Holloway, Walker and Dade— Farris. Warren and Taliaferro—Darden. Wilkinson and Laurens—Raiford, (Ind. w,) Wilkes and Lincoln—Moore. The Senatorial District to be heard from is Ware and Lowndes, and our prospects are good for electing a Democrat, Representatives, Baker— Tift. Baldwin—Harris, Bibb —Nisbot and Atkinson. Whig gain, Bryan—Bird. Bulloch— Rawls. "Burke—Brown and Gresham, Butts — Bailey, Dam. gain, tfajadeo— Barate. Campbell— Carlton. Carroll: — Candler. Cass —Smith and McConnell. Chatham—Bartow and Clark,(2 Whig gain.) Chatt ooga — Heard. Cherokee —Field and Williamson, Cowet a —Ferr e!l, Robertson. Clarke —Harris and Jackson. Cobb —Maloney and McConnell. Columbia—Fleming and Shockley. Crawford— Walker. Dade— Hendricks. Decatur— Williams, Dem. gain. DeKalb —Darnal and Wilton, Dooly— Cone. Early— Sheffield. Effingham—Morgan, Elbert—Arnold and Mclntosh. Emanuel— Sumner. F ayette— Glass. Floyd—Price, Whig gain. For s y th — Strickland. Franklin —Freeman and Morris. Gilmer—Alexander, Whig gain. Glynn—Dubignon. Green —Sanford and Ward. Gwinnett—Brandon and Whitworth . Habersham —Phillips and Cabin css. Hall — Baugh. Hancock—Lewis. Harris—Ramsey and Dozier. Heard—Zachery, Whig gain. Henry—Moseley, and Cleveland, Houston —Bryan and Holmes. I r win —D o m a n ie. Jasper—Glover and Robeson. J etfersen—Todd, Jones — Glover. Jackson— Penticost. Laurens —Robinson. Lee— Lawhoru, Dem. gain I Abort y—Quartcrman. Lincoln —N cal. Lumpkin —Barnes and Keith. Mclntosh —Townsend, Whig gain. Macon —Crocker. Madison— Colbert, Dcm. gain. Marion —Black. M emtgomery —McLeod. Monroe —Battle and Pinkard, Dcm. gain. Morgan—Harris. Meriwether —Wimhish and Wordman. Murray— Kennon. Muscogee—Howard and Bethune. Newton —Reynolds and Pace. Oglethorpe —Smith and Glenn, Pike —Speer and Gaulding. Paulding — Jones. Pulaski — McDuffie, Democratic gain. Putnam- —Calaway and Reid, Dem. gain. Rabun— Martin. Randolph—Perkins and Hodges, 2 w. gains. Richmond —Jenkins and Walker. Scriven — Pollock. Stewart —Talbot and Wood. Taliaferro —J. W. Harris. Talbot— Weathers and Carter, Dcm. gains. Troup—Cameron and Beaselyv T wiggs— Fitzpatrick. U niou— Headdon. Upson—Andrews and McCarra. Walker— Harden, Dcm. gain. Walton —Jackson and Kilgore. ' Wayne — Bryan. Warren—Anderson and Bacon. Washington—Bullard and Franklin, Dom. gain. Wilkinson — Rosier. Wilkes—Anderson and Gartrell, Democrats in Italic. In the House, the Counties to be heard from are Appling, Lowndes, Tattnall, Telfair. Thomas ahd Ware. [Correspondence of the Columbus Times.] Washington City, Sept. 26, 1847. The times are pregnant with important po litical movements. In late letters, I have brought under review the demonstrations of prominent federal interests, leaders and jour nals upon the over-shadowing slavery issue, which, will or nill, is to come before Congress at the next session. I may sum up so far as non-slaveholding-state-federalism is concern ed, by assuring yoilr readers that ninety-nine in every hundred whigs of the north, east and north west, are so chin-deep in anti-slavery, that they cannot retreat from the Wilmot Proviso platform, if so inclined, as they are now. I have to write, this evening, of the glorious democracy of the north in this con nection. Having ascertained, since the date of my last, that Hamlin’s newly elected suc cessor —"Wiley—is a staunch and active anti proviso man, I now feel at liberty to assure the democracy of Georgia that the four democrats just chosen, to represent the late vacant dis tricts of Maine are, one and all, friends of the proposition to apply the Missouri Compromise to territory that may be acquired of Mex ico by the expected treaty. This is of vast importance, as it clinches the fact that in Maine, wherever a nomination has been made and an election has taken place, since the Wil mot Proviso became a question, it has been signally repudiated by the people, though the democracy had opposed to them combined whig and abolitionist strength. Coming how south, we have the proceedings of the Massachusetts Democratic State Con vention that has just been in session at Wor cester, Mass. Caleb Cushing received the nom ination for Governor, and Chester W. Chapin, of Springfield, and Bcnj. F. Mallet, of Boston were elected delegates for the State at large to the next (Baltimore) National Democratic Convention. Georgia contains no more ar dent supporters of the Missouri Compromise principle, than Messrs. Cushing, Chapin and Hallet. A delegate offered a resolution en dorsing the Wilmot Proviso, which was voted down satis cercmonie, on motion of Mr. Hallet, the delegate to the national convention. In Connecticut the annual Democratic State convention has just been held, and Geo. S. Catlin, late a member of the U. S. House of Representatives, an anti-Wilmot Proviso man, received the nomination for Governor. I have not yet seen who were elected to represent Connecticut at large in the Baltimore Con vention, but take it for granted, that as the “new men” or “anti-proviso men,” as they are indiscriminately called, were triumphant on the nomination for Governor, they were also successful in the selection of delegates to the National Convention, men of their own way of thinking upon the slavery question.— Last night’s New York Tribune assures us. with tears in its eyes, as it were, that sufficient friends of “new men” have already been elect ed to the Syracuse convention (our annual State convention for the State of New York) to render it certain that the Hon. Azariah C. Flagg—the very head and front of the Wil mot Proviso —cannot be re-nominated for his present post under the State Government.— The contest between the contending wings of the democracy in New York has been long and fierce; the defeat of Mr. Flagg’s nomina tion will, however, settle the question that the friends of the proviso in the Empire State go to the wall. In none other of all the non-sdaveholding states have I thought it possible that they might obtain the ascendancy in our party, for no where else has the proposition to exclude the south from a co-equal participation in ter ritory that may be acquired from Mexico, met with a strong show of democratic favor. Coming farther south, we have Mr. Dallas’ recent speech at Pittsburg in which, shooting ahead of Mr. Buchanan, he denounces the Missouri compromise as having inflicted an injury on the south by compromitting its co equal rights under the constitution. Indeed, his position is very nearly identical with that of the famous “fire-brand” speech (as Benton termed it) delivered by the Senator from South Carolina last winter. Your readers should know that Messrs. Buchanan and Dallas are the respective leaders of the opposing wings of our party in Pennsylvania, which, as far as I can perceive, is divided on no matters of principle, or even of state policy; personal preferences form altogether the basis of its di vision. This speech Mr. D. intimates a desire for the favorable consideration of the great West. However, it is keeping my assurance , to your readers, that the letter of Mr. Bu- I ehanan would soon be followed by demonstra- ! tions from all the distinguished northern De mocrats spoken of in connection with the next presidency taking ground against the proviso. The nomination of the talented Cushing, was among other things, intended to rebuke the spirit of fanatical treachery ruling Mas sachusetts councils with a rod of iron. It boldly takes the “unjust, unrighteous and damnable” bull of federalism by the horns for a death struggle. Os all members of the Bern- ! ocratic party of New England, Caleb Gushing j is most obnoxious to the ruling dynasty of ■ the opposition. They hate him cordially for his exposure of ! the enormity of their treachery in refusing to i feed and clothe the volunteers of the State, 1 lately raised to fight their country’s battles in ; Mexico. But they hate him as one of the counsellors by which advice John Tyler, un- | aided as it were, managed to administer the I government successfully, despite their efforts | to the contrary. Strange as it may appear, our best informed friends in Massachusetts arc confident of electing Cushing by a triumph ant majority. Soon after he volunteered for the war, 1 was informed by many Democrats of the State, on whose judgment I have great re liance, that if they succeeded in securing the : nomination of Cushing, they would beat the i Whigs handsomely upon the strength of the is | sue of the Americanism against Mexicanism in Mexico’s United States strong hold—Massa chusetts. Well, the issue is now fairly made; and the result will fell whether federalism has or has not mounted Tam O’Shanter’s mare with her head turned for a run to the , in thus striding the anti-war hobby. These recent acts of the democracy in the non-slaveholding states, should not be i without effect on popular sentiment in Geor j gia. They prove conclusively, that those | who maintain that both parties are equallv deep in the mire of abolitionism, asperse the northern followers of Thomas Jefferson. Thev show that, now, as ever before, the south may ■ look to the democracy of the north for hearty co-operation in perpetuating that truly con servative reading of the constitution, which applies the principle of the compromise of the constitution to this dangerous question of slavery, it matters not in what connection the question may come up. Save the Courier and Enquirer, on the other hand, not a single Whig paper of the non-slaveholding states i has taken ground against the AVilmot Proviso, i because , it involves an infringement of the co ! equal rights of one section of the confederacy; i while every late non-slave holding state con ! ventionhas, by resolution, virtually endorse.d \ Wilmot’s doctrine (that the institution ofslave | ry shall be excluded from all territory that : may hereafter be acquired,) as tub creed of i the Whig party, AVith these facts staring the | people of Georgia in the face, it strikes me that i the federal press of your diggins will have a \ hard task in the work of persuading the voters I to 'make a Governor, of one who stands forth j the southern ally of northern federalism, j AAhi shall see. The Expediency-AVhigs of AVashington wore lately thrown", into a fever, by finding in an editorial column ol the Intelligencer, a para graph declaring that, “though there maybe ri i per AVhigs, the Union contains no soanafeir AATiig i than Air. Corwin! ” Is this good AATiig doc .l trine in Georgia? This journal’s endorsement : of the trator, Corwin, was published, too, in i the midst of his labors against the caitse of his I country, lie is now, (as he then was,) stiinip ! ing it throughout Ohio; praising the Mexicans, i advocating their cause in undisguised language, i slandering our troops and malighiug Ills own I government. The wags say that if he is to be 1 called a sound AVhig, the Intelligencer is in duty bound to announce Gen. Appleton Howe, of AVeymouth, Mass., as a sounder, Whig— for he goes a bow-shot ahead of C. And : Ililey, the Englishman, who commanded Santa Anna’s Foreign Legion, after having deserted from Gen. Taylor’s Army—the soundest of all “sound” AVhigs. Appleton Howe is the Ala jor General of Alassachusetts militia, who on | being invited to command or direct the milita ! ry escort, that lately buried the remains of poor Lincoln (which it was his official place to do) refused, in a letter out Corwiu-ing Cor win himself; in-so-much, as it not only de nouncedhis country’s cause, its Government and gallant defenders, now in Mexico, but | maligned the dead heroes who have given their lives to their country during the war. — lie thinks they deserve the burial of dead dogs —not funeral honors. You will find the Intel ligencer’s endorsement of CoT win as par excel lence, “a sound AATiig,” near the tail of the book notices” in that paper, of Saturday,of the ISth. Do quote any one of the traitors half dozen late speeches, and give you readers this endorse ment of his course, from so high AVhig authori ty, finishing the picture of sound AVhigery, ' with Gen. Appleton Howe’s card, byway of opening the eyes of the AVhig masses of ' Georgia, to the true character of the parties, into whose embraces they are rushing in sup ’ port, professing members of the same party at your approaching election. [From the Baltimore Sun, 7th The Tariff of 1846. One of the sources of apprehension associ ■ ated with the tariff of 1816, was that it would prove, in operation, an insufficient medium f for revenue. This is, to some extent, realized, , in consequence of the extraordinary demands ; upon the national resources made by the exi ; gence of war, and loans have been found ne cessary to sustain our military and naval effi • cicncy against a foreign enemy in the prosecu tion of hostilities. But, apart from these uu : usual demands, and -which cannot, of course, > be taken into calculation in arranging a tariff • for revenue, except as a special suggestion, the tariff of 1816 has proved an abundant source • of revenue for all the ordinary wants of the government. And, moreover, in its effect, in ; stead of producing the wide spread disaster which was so pertinaciously anticipated by many, our domestic industry has enjoyed a degree of activity and prosperity that has been very rarely surpassed. There are still some who seem to think that the tariff has been fa i vored in its operation by fortuitous circum stances, but this, of course, would have been ' asserted by those whose predictions were fal ; sified by the result, whatever circumstances might have supervened. Yet these very peo i pie would have been the last to have granted i to the new tariff any quarter whatever, under the occurrence of circumstances that might have been really adverse to its absolute ope rative effect. But, let this pass. AVe ought, • of course, to entertain due charity for those ■ who always realize a sufficient mortification in the defeat of their predictions, especially when the wish is father to the thought. In one point of view *we apprehend the new tariff has been of very essential benefit. It has afforded facilities to the European for the payment of those heavy sums in which he has been indebted to us for breadstuffs; and thus we have been saved from the disastrous effect to which we should have been exposed, had ours been an exclusive money demand, where by the monetary pressure in Europe, particu larly in England, would have been vastly aug mented, and ourselves have become, in all pro bability, the victims of our own prohibitory action. These reflections, taken together with the prosperous activity of our industrial popu lation, and the satisfactory employment of cap ital in manufactures, are of a character to im press us with favorable anticipations relative to the effect of the tariff of 1846, under any cir cumstances, At the same time, however, we , believe that it is susceptible of improvement by j I such judicious modification as experience may : I suggest. By late returns it appears that the present J tariff has yielded, in the first nine months of its operation, a net revenue of $22,961,333 28, being $3,176,018 57 more than was afforded during the corresponding months of 1845—G, by the tariff of 1842- Os course the importa tions have been considerably greater; yet, while industry has enjoyed sufficient protec tion, prices have been moderate and uniform. ■ _ II ■ I. M._ 2lnpsta, ocor g i a . TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 12, 1847. Parties at the North. The last few weeks have been rich in devel opements as to the attitude of parties at the North on the Slavery question. Time and events have in the strongest manner conflrra ; ed the predictions of the Southern democratic press as to the utter unsoundness of the North , ern whig party on it, the AVilmot Proviso being the practical test, and the soundness of the I Northern democratic party. The latter are no bly proving themselves the friends of the South, : free from fanatical prejudice, willing to do I justice, guided by constitutional views and animated by a spirit of true patriotism. The : former have gone to the extremity of bitter hostility, and of grasping, selfish injustice. They have shown themselves imbued with the j quintescence of fanaticism on the slavery question, aiid to have made common cause with abolitionism. In fact it is plain that abolition- ism and whig-ism at the North have met on common ground and Unite their forces in support of the AVilmot Proviso principle. They are in effect on this question one party. : The abolition will become merged in the I # 3 whig party and in becoming so will infuse into it all its venom, all its hatred of South | ern institutions and all its desire to overthrow them. Together they will seek to strike a i blow on every occasion against the just weight and influence of Southern interests in the fede ral counsels. The first great blow aimed is the AVilmot Proviso. That principle estab lished, and the knell of Southern influence and power is sounded. A cordon of free States i will in time encircle, and overpower and crush | the slave States. They will do this both by legislation in Congress and in the free States. Against this grand scheme of injustice the democratic oartv of the North is rising and comes tn masse to the rescue. Let all South ern meit look well to the facts. Let whigs as well £s democrats examine the attitude and ! trace the movements of parties at the North |on this question. It will then be for tl*em to see who are our friends. AVe have published j to-day an interesting letter from the Wush iugton correspondent of the Columbus Times, which gives a lucid detail of facts to pr«ve what the Southern democratic press has long asserted; The letter will not prove less iutcr cstingto many of our readci*s because publish ed after our recent elections; The prediction of this clear headed and vigorous writer in reference to the New York Convention has become history. The power of AVilmot Pro viso-ism in the democratic ranks has been struck down and forever in the defeat of A. C Flagg and his clique. The South may in fu ture rely Upon the democratic party of the Empire State to stand firmly by her, and, Uni ted with the democracy of the other Northern States, breast the stol*in of fanatical legislation with which Northern whigery would assail hers This subject is worthy of thorough scru tiny, and we shall not fail frequently to press upon the attention of our readers the fact that the whigs and the democrats at the North are arraying themselves in opposition to each other, and that the democrats are on the side of the South. The Northern Mail. AVe have been, for the past two evenings, without any mail from offices North of Balti more. The following, from the Charleston Courier and the AVashington Union, will ac count for its failure* [From the Charleston Courier, 11 th inff j A\ r e had no Northern Mail yesterday from beyond AVashington. The Intelligencer of that city mentions that a storm of rain and lightning prevented any communication from Baltimore by telegraph, and it may therefore be inferred that to this cause may be attributed j the failure of the mail. Since Writing the above, we have received the following letter from the Alail Agent, giv* ing further particulars of the storm. AVe re turn tile writer our thanks for his attention. Steam Boat Augusta, > Potomac River, Oct. Bth, 1847. ) To the Editors of the Charleston Courier: AVe have just left AVashington City, without i any mail north of that place. AVe experienc ed the most tremendous storm last evening that we have had for a number of years, and from the quantity of floating wood and other materials, the storm must have extended some distance above tide water. The cars which left AVashington this morn ing at 6 o’clock, have returned, and the con ductor (Capt. Slack,) reports that the Bridge or Culvet near Bladensburg was washed away, thus breaking up the communication between the two cities (AVashington and Baltimore) for | the time. The telegraph line was not in working order when we left, therefore we were without any further news. The election which took place in Maryland, you will get through the AVash ington City papers as far as heard from up to the time. In haste, very respectfully, &c. JOHN K. MARTIN, Mail Agent. [From the Washington Union, Sth ins/.] Rain Storm. This region of country was visited last night with a terrific storm, causing considerable des truction of property, and, we learn, loss of life. The rain was accompanied at intervals by severe claps of thunder and flashes of lightning, and it is said, that two persons were killed by the lightning stroke on the Capitol Hill. The railway culverts on either side qf the village of Bladensburg, in this vicinity, with a portion of the railway embankment near it, have been washed away, the water standing in the vil lage streets up to the second story of the houses The flood in and about Fredericksburg, is said, by telegraph to have been as serious. In Georgetown, of this District, much valuable property—flour, wool, See. —has been washed into the Potomac, and this morning, in the at tempt to rescue some portion of the floating mass, three men, (a white person and two ne groes,) are said to have been drowned. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal is more or less in jured in Georgetown, and above —the injury at ti terminus being principally confined to the basin. Our communication with Balti | more is completely stopped for the time being, either by telegraph, railway, or over the or- I dinary roads. So we h ivc received no mail from the north to-day, nor any further account from the late elections. Since the above was written, we find by the following communication from our obliging Baltimore correspondent, that the telegraphic connexion between this city and Baltimore continues open: By Telegraph. Baltimore, Oct. B — s p. m. The flood last night has cut us off from all connexion, except by telegraph. AVith the west we have no communication; and there will probably be none for several days, .as the bridges arc all reported to be swept away. The bridge on the AVashington railroad at the Sav age river, just erected at a cost of seven thou sand dollars, has been swept off; and we learn the dam at Five Alills, on the Franklin road, about three miles from the city, has also been swept off The mail from the north is in, but brings nothing new. The storm lust night also did considerable damage in the city— many portions near the falls have been flooded to the depth of live or six foot, and hundreds of the cellars are tilled with water. The mills on the various watercourses near, were all damaged more or less. The election returns received, indicate with certainty,the election of two democrats and four whigs to Congress. Roman has a majority of 250 in his district, and Evans has 480. The legislature •will stand about 10 majority for the whigs in the House; which, with 7 in the Sen ate, will give them 17 on joint ballot. Still Later. B altimore, Oct. 8, half-past 6, p. m. I have just learned by the boat from the K tstern Shore that Dorchester county gives 417 majority for Goldsborough, AVorcester 58, and Some rset 342-. The majority for Thomas Will, therefore, be about one thousand. New Books. Messrs. Baker & Scribner, New York, have sent us, through C. E. Grenville, the follow ing new books: “Riches or a Tale for the Rich and Poor,” by T. S. Arthur. “Ireland’s AVelcome to the Stranger, or an excursion, through Ireland in the Summer of j 1814 and 1845,” by A. Nicholson, i This is a neatly bound volume, of 450 pages, : and from the glance we have given it, we think j it is filled with interesting information of I Ireland. I “The first Flower of the Earth, and the first Gem of the Sea.” The Syracuse Convention; The Ne w York Democratic State Conven tion at Syracuse adjourned on Thursday the j 30th ult. On the last day,the committee to pre -1 pare a State Address and Resolutions, intro i duced their Report, when Mr. Preston King j ° I offered as tn amendment, Resolutions substan | tially embodying the AVilmot Proviso; A very warm discussion ensued, isl which Air. Brady, one of the most prominent members, ; took occasion to say that “he was, from con , viction and on principle, irreconcilably' and i unequivocally opposed to the AVilmot Proviso, ! as being at variance with the guarantees and i contrary to the spirit of the Constitution.” The result was that the Resolutions of Air. King were laid upon the table, and, though | subsequently offered in a different form, the original Resolutions of the Committee were , adopted, so that the Democrats of New York thus declared themselves opposed to the AVil ; mot Proviso. Among the Resolutions adopted, was one recommending the party to select delegates to the National Presidential Convention by Con gressional Districts. This movement is claim ed by the friends of Air. Calhoun in the Con vention as a triumph for their section of the party'. The following nominations were made * I For Comptroller. Alr> Hungerford, 69 ( Air. Flagg, 47 Scattering, 11. For Lieut. Governor. Air. Dayton, 64 | Air. Bockee, 43 Scattering, 11. For Secretary of State * Air. Sandford, 64 | Air. H. S. Randall, 32 Scattering, 17. For Attorney General. Mr. Chatficld, 70 ( AlnTilden, 25 Scattering, 2. For Canal Commissioners . J. C. Alather, 76 E. B. Smith, 74 F* Follett, 51 A. Sumner, 21 J. T. Hudson, 32 F. R. Lee, 21 Ordered to Mexico, The St. Louis Union, of the 30th ult., says; i “AVe understand that Gen. Kearney has been i ordered by' the AVar Department to take cora i mand of the new regiments from Ohio and i Kentucky, and join Gen Scott without delay. He is expected to reach St. Louis to-day r , and to be ready' with his brigade in about a fortnight. The Ohio regiment is already on its w’ay to the I Balize, and the Kentucky regiment will be ready in a few day’s. Sergeant Ililey', the deserter, the N. York Commercial states, was w’cll known in that I community'. lie was recruiting sergeant for | some time, and kept the rendezvous next to the j corner of Cedar street.jn AVashington. Riley w’as a man of very' large frame, more than six ; feet high. He was formerly a sergeant in the 66th regiment of the British army, stationed in Canada, from which he deserted, and came to ; New York city. Shortly after, he joined tho U. | States array, and being will skilled in his pro -1 session, was sent to AVest Point, where he j acted as cirill sergeant for some time, The Great Pace—South vs. North. —A tolo? graphic despatch from New York, to the edi tors of the Richmond Enquirer, states that O. P. Haro’s horse Passenger, beat the celebrated Northern crack nag Fashion, with great ease on Wednesday last. Time—lst heat, 7m:465.; 2d j heat sec. Passenger w r as purchased at | Baltimore last Spring, by Hon. John Al. Botts, I who is stated to have still an interest in his * i ownership. - ' .. The Charleston Courier of 11th inst. says— Major L. G. Capers, bearer of despatches from our army in Mexico, arrived on the cars, yes terday afternoon, and left in the Wilmington boat, on his way to Washington city. T-he steamship Great Britain, lately got off the shoals, is to be put up at auction at Liver pool. Strange PacG~~~ At the recent meeting of naturalists in Bos ton, Prof. Henry demonstrated that two rays ofheat might be so combined as to produce cold. [ From the Savannah Republican, B th m/.] The Junction Rail Road- By the following extract from a letter receiv ed in this town, it will be seen that more than the required sum of $200,090 has been sub scribed in Wilkes County for the proposed Rail Road to the 120 mile station on the Central Road. It is understood that the sub scription in Hancock, too, has been completed soma time since. It now belongs to Savannah to do her part. “Washington, Oct. 5, 1817. “Dear : I have but a few moments in which to communicate to you the result- of our el ction, and more especially of our Kail Road subscription, which when footed up last night, amount to $202,850. I think we shall extend it a few thousand more —probably to $210,000. As it is, we have redeemed our promise, and we last hight celebrated the event vrith a salute of artillery—as grand a one as one piece of old ordnance could make it. Please inform the friends of the Road that we now want to hear from them. Yours truly, .” [From the Chattanooga Gazelle, I*l ms.!.] Still They Come! It no longer excites attention now to see a long train of wagons coming down street; load ed with Goods. It is an every clay occurrence, and much as we expected would be the in creased amount of transportation to and through this place on the approach of the Railroad, we never dreamed of so many hun dreds of wagon loads this early in the season. We repeat the queston, If so many Goods are carried throughout this place, while the head of the Road is more than thirty miles distant, what will be the amount of transportation fur nished to the Road by the navigation of the Tennessee river and its tributaries, when the Road is completed? Col. Long, who was an enthusiast upon this .subject, was about: right in his prophecies about the amount of freight that would pass over the Western and Atlan tic Rail Road. When completed, Georgia will see and feel that she has not foolishly ex pended her money liberally in making the con nection with the Tennessee river and the' Roads to the Southern Atlantic. The actual profits and the prosperity of her people will make her the wealthiest and most prosperous Static in the South West. But the benefits resulting and to result from this grand Im provement, will be shared by Tennessee, Ala bama and all this section of the Union. Al ready we fed it. Every class of our citizens, who have any “ostensible means of support," are realizing a portion or the benefits resulting from the magnificent enterprise. The Land holder witnesses with satisfaction the gradual increase 111 the value of landed estate. —The Farmer, is made more industrious, persevetixig and economical. —The Manufacturer, whose business has been languishing, looks at the opening market, and with renewed energies. ! pushes forward in his useful occupation, arid with a steady market, at fair prices, begins to { count his profits. The Mechanic conies iii for his share of the advantages, by the ready sale of his workmanship; The Merchant no longer taxed ridth heavy charges for transportation, and with uncertainties and delays* is increasing his business, arid is realizing something worth striving for in his hazardous trade. All, all who ware making honest efforts, drC beginning to reap rich reward, Ch attanooga, the “apple of our eye," though now an “unpopulated city” almost prostrate from long suspense, and coristarit disappoint ments, will receive its reward, when the prom ised Cars come in mlr midst. We have waited as patiently for their advent as circumstances would admit. We have long borne the sneers and the scoff of those “who laughed at our calamity," but hope has buoyed us up, and now we can confidently look forward to the fulfil ment of calculations long ago tnadc, arid to the increased tenfold prosperity of those who Lave fought the good fight here, and all others who may become citizens of the place. Our highest earthly ambition is to see Chattanooga fi'led up to its utmost verge with a thrifty, indus trious and contended population, and so it soon, will be, after Wo are permitted to witness the grand entre of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road Cars. We noticed in town on dav before yester day, our country-man, K. L. Gamble, with a wagon load of choice Apples, raised on Wal den’s ridge. It has long been demonstrated that the soil and climate —the latter particular ly—is peculiarly appropriate for the cultivation of the varous fruits appropriate to this section of country. We hope that now when the Rail Road is nearing the mountains, that many of our thrifty formers will turn a portion of their attention to the culture of fruits, and that our ridge lands, now alone used for pas turage, may be generally planted in orchards: When this is done, there will be a large an nual increase to the revenue of the country, and happiness, health and prosperity of our people. OfficiaTT^^^ Headquarters, Jalata, > August 26, 1847. > To Governor Wilson , T era Cruz: My command reached this place on the morning of the 20th instant. We have fought our way triumphantly every inch of the route, but have had severe contests —nay, battles — with the guerrillas: on the 10th, at Paso Ove jas, (as before reported,) on the 12th August, at the National Bridge, on the 15th of August at Cero Gordo, and on the 19th, at Las Ani mas, only a mile and a half from this city.—• i Not a wagon has fallen into the hands of the ; enemy. We have been opposed by at least I 1,200 or 1,500 guerrillas on these occasions-—: perhaps less at the last, for they were bad y whipped at Cerro Gordo, where their loss was so large that they could not reorganize. a ther Jarauta commanded them. Gar lo»s is great. During the entire march-7 officers woun ded; 12 of rank and file killed; 5 mortally w oun ded'; 05 wounded. Os this number, 4 killed and 4 wounded were at places elsewhere than the 1 four actions named above. I regret to saA, that at the National Bridge, Mr. George i. Twiggs (expecting a commission and to 3 ’ D. C. to Gen. T.) was killed Avhde gallantly serving in my staff; Capt, J. H. Ca " e » voltigeurs, and Capt. A. C. U nraiiAing, infantry, were wounded on the 10th, (as e fore reported,) but are doing well now. At National Bridge, Lieut. James A. Minder, oi voltigeurs, and Lieut. George A. Adams, o marine corps, were dangerously wo unde , also, ontfthe same day, Capt. M. J. Giant, 12th infantry, in the thigh; 2d Lieut. Charles M. Crearor, 12th infantry, not severely, m tre leg. At Las Animas, on the 19th, Major r. T.° Lally, 9th Infantry, commanding officer, was wounded in the neck, not severlcy,buthas, for a few days, been disabled from command A large number of sick have accumulated, pe-