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Gen Scott and the Armistice.
The sophist who lectured - Hannibal on the
art of war, doubtless considered himself a su
premely wise man, and the conqueror of Scipio
but an indifferent general. The race to which
he belonged has not passed away, but flou
rishes in those latter days, in all the vigor and
bloom of its youth. The present war has
furnished ample employment to these railita- 1
ry philosophers, and has enabled them at the
game time to display the extent of their know- i
ledge, and bless mankind with a sun-flood of 1
information. Among the "subjects to which 1
they have recently directed their powerful in
tellects, and upon which they have expended 1
columns of acute disquisition and pathetic de
clamation, none has afforded a fairer field for
their peculiar powers, than the armistice grant- .
ed by Gen. Scott after the battles of Contreras
and Churubusco. It is needless to say ; that,
in the opinion of these sagos, the General was
totally in the wrong; his conduct was not only
foolish, but, in view cf the consequences which
they ascribe to it, criminal. To him they im
pute the delay in capturing the city, the fail
ure of the negotiations, and the subsequent
loss of life in the combats that ensued from
the Bth to the 14th, of September. Bowing,
as we do, with becoming deference to opinions '
.eo carefully formed, and so fearlessly promul
gated, we yet bag leave to suggest that before
Gen. Scott is finally condemned it would be '
.as well to await for further information; and
before he is even arraigned at the bar of pub
lic opinion, for an alleged offence, it would be
no more than fair to examine closely the infor
mation which we already possess.
In the advance upon Mexico, the “first line
of defence” of the city, consisting of the
strong posts of El Penon and Mexicalcingo,
was avoided by a detour to the left, around
the head of Lake Chaleo. This movement be
gan on the 15th August, and owing to the
broken nature of the country, and the neces
sity of catting a road for many miles, it was a
work of great toil and hardship. It was, how
ever, accomplished in two days, and on the
13th, our troops were in a position to aot against
Contreras and Churubusco, forming with se
condary works in their neighborhood, “the
second line of defence.” -On the 19th the
movement was made against Contreras. Os
the prolonged and difficult operations of that
day, through dense chaparral, along rocky and
precipitous paths, and amid constant combat
and peril, it is not necessary to speak, for all
wall recollect the truthful descriptions which
w« have already published. To this day of
toil and danger, succeeded one of the most
dismal nights experienced in that climate. —
The storm is described as terrific. The soldiers
might perchance have snatched a morsel of
food, but a moment’s sleep was impossible.—
Under these circumstances, Contreras was cap
tured and Valencia’s force dispersed early in
the morning, and the battle of Churubusco
dosed, and the second line of defence was car
ried, after the most desperate and bloody en
gagement of the war, at five o’clock in the af
ternoon. Now the first question that arises is,
could Gen. Scott have entered Mexico on the
night of the 20th? His soldiers had been
watching, marching, fasting and fighting for
more than thirty-six hours—over a thousand
of his small force were killed or disabled, and
the heights of Chapultepec and the line of the
gcuritas were still before him, capable, as was
afterwards shown, of making a strong defence.
How easy soever the achievement may seem
to an editor in his closet, we apprehend that it
was a labor not to be undertaken by a general
in the field. The Mexican army which de
fended Churubusco, though defeated, was not
destroyed; it retreated towards the third and
Strongest line of defence, and was, or could
easily" have been, rallied behind its batteries.
For Gen. Scott to have attempted to enter
Mexico on the night of the 20th of August, it
appeals to us, would have been an act of des
peration which nothing could have justified
but the exceedingly improbable result of suc
cess. Had he undertaken it and failed, the
• warriors of the “quill would have been the first
' to discover and expose the madness of the act.
Th ©/ would have inquired why he could, not 1
■have waited until morning; why, with half
famished and exhausted troops, with the
wounded calling for assistance, the dead un
buried, and the living scarce able to drag one
leg after the other, he had marched against
strong works and a densel}' populated city,
when one night’s rest would have quadrupled
the efficiency of his force ? And the voice of
censure would have been as general as it would
probably have been deserved.
The conclusion, has thus been forced upon
ns, that Gen. Scott was obliged to pause for
breath after the continued operations of the
J9th and 20th, which terminated in the terri
ble slaughter of Churubusco.
But that same evening he received a flag of
truce from the enemy, asking for all armistice,
and proposing peace. Representations were
at the same time made to him by those con
‘ nected with the British Embassy, that there
was every probability that negotiations would
terminate favorably and honorably to all par
ties. The American commander was placed
jn a position of great delicacy and responsi
bility. It was his ardent desire to terminate
the war, spare the lives of his soldiers, and
avoid the infliction of unnecessary injury,
.even upon the toe. He had good reason to
believe that by granting the armistice all these
objects would be attained —and he did grant
it, making it terminable in forty-eight hours.
TVhat would have been said of him had he re
fused ? He must, in that case, either have ta
ken. the city or failed in the attempt. If the
former, we would have been precisely in the
-condition in which we are at present, and
General Scott would have been accused of
sacrificing the lives of his countrymen, and
unnecessarily prolonging the war, to promote
his own. ambitious aims, and gratify the per
nicious vanity of claiming the conqueror’s
rank with Cortez. iNbt one in fifty of those
who have now discovered that ail negotiation
with Mexico was an idle three, but would have
been certain that, had the Mexican proposition
been entertained, we should have had an hon
orable and permanent peace. But in the haz
ards of war, Gen. Scott might have been re
pulsed on the morning of the 21st, and then.
• imagination can scarcely depict the execra
tions which would have been poured upon his
head* Whatever he might have done, it will
ithus be seen, he would have exposed himself
to animadversion and misconstruction —to the
idle comments of the unthinking —and the
tueuicious remarks of the envious. For our
*^3——WMWWi If
own part, we are willing to believe that Gen.
Scott acted as every hero and patriot would
have done, placed in his position and burthen
ed with his responsibilities; at any ■ rate wo
must see something stronger than lias yet ap
peared against him, to suspect that’ he acted
with want of judgment or want of zeal.
[Pram the New Orleans Picayune, Ith inif.]
IVZcxican Incentives to Desertion.
In a late Mexican paper, now before us, the
official organ of that Government, we find se
veral articles prepared with a view to encour
age desertion from the ranks of our army in
Mexico. The appeals are particularly direct
ed to foreigners in our ranks, but more espe
cially to Irishmen. Since the execution of
O iviiey—as Gen. Shields, himself a gallant
irishman, writes his name—and the other de -
serters taken with arms in their hands, we
ha ve little fear for the effect which may be pro
duced by Mexican solicitations. Still it is
manifest that a “dead set” has been made up
on our ranks, for since the shooting of the de
serters, the articles below have all been pro
duced in the official journal of Mexico, print- ‘
ed in Spanish and English, side by side. And
in addition to toe articles which we copy, we
find in the same paper the address by Gen.
Urrea, written from Tula de Tamaullpas, the
12th of August last,and directed to the soldiers
and volunteers, of the American army, which
appeared in the Matamoros papers some time
since. Like Santa Anna’s own addresses, it
encourages desertion by denouncing the Presi
dent of the United Stales, and the war as be
ing his individual act. Were our Government
or officers to issue like addresses to encourage
desertions among the Mexicans, we should
never hear the infamy of such conduct ade
quately denounced.
[Prom the Diario del Gobierno, of Sej>t. 10M.]
Headquarters, Orizava,. April—, lot -
• Know all men , That Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna, President of the United States of Mexi- j
co and Commander-in-chief of the Mexican
armies, has been duly authorized to make the
following concessions to all and every one of
the peisons now in the American army, who
will present themselves before me or any of 1
the commanding officers of the Mexican forces.,
viz: ,
1. Every soldier in the American army,who
appears before me or any of the commanding
officers of the Mexican armies, is to receive
immediately $lO cash, if coining without arms,
and a larger amount if he is armed, in order to
cover the cost of the arms he may bring.
'2. Every person who deserts the American
army, followed by one hundred men, is en
titled to receive, as soon as he presents himself
with his men, SSOO cash, besides the $lO to
which every one of the sollicrs is entitled, as
well asqthe extra allowance in case they be arm
ed.
3. He who deserts with two hundred men,
has right to claim and shall be paid immedi
ately SIOOO cash, and so on at the rate of
SSOO for every hundred men; or the propor
tional amount if the number be under one
hundred, without including the $lO allowed
to every solder, nor the cost of artns and am
munitions, all of which will invariably be paid
besides. j
4. All and every one of the soldiers in the |
American army who will desert and appear be- j
fore me or any of the commanding officers, of j
the Mexican forces, r.s aforesaid, besides'the :
above mentioned gratifications in cash, are
hereby entitled to claim ahd will immediately
receive from me or any of the commanding of
ficer-, a document or bond by which the pro
priety of a grant of land consisting of two j
hundred square acres will be insured to them,
as well as to their families or heirs. The di
vision of such grants will be made as soon as !
the present war is over.
5. The officers in the American army are
not only entitled in the aforsaid document or |
bond, but the number of acres in addition to 1
the two hundred allowed to the soldiers i
will be computed in proportion to the respec- |
tive grades they hold.
6. Those who desert the American army
and enter the Mexican service are to continue
in it during the present campaign, and those
of the same nation are to remain together if I
they choose, and under the immediate com- |
mand of their own officers, who will continue j
in the same grades they held in the American j
army.
7. All those persons who come over to the ;
Mexican armies shall be considered rewarded)
and promoted in the same way as the Mexicans
and according to their services in the present
campain. ...
The preceding articles shall be duly pulish
ed in order that the Mexican authorities may
act in enmformity thereto.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
The Cotton crop.—The Noc. Goss.
Within a fortnight past, the prospects of the
cotton planters in Louisiana Mississippi
have been dampened materially. Not in de
tached districts merely but in (with very few
exceptions) every part of these two States, —
the worm, —the genuine Noctua Gossypii, has
been industriously and ruinously at work. In
some places from which we have accounts in
this district, it has already, consumed one
third, while in others it has already taken
nearly one half of the crop. Os course it has
been most destructive in those places which
it was necessary to replant, and the cotton is
still tender, but there are few' who have any
idea of the amount of the crop that the cold
spring and subsequent heavy rains rendered it
necessary to replant, this season.
But our planters are struggling to catch up
with their enemy and both in the fertile fields
of Louisiana and the less willing lands on the
hills, the scene is one of constant activity. A
short continuance, now , of the good weather
which (until hist evening) we have enjoyed
for weeks past, would be a great blessing to
the planter. If we should be favored with
that, nearly an avenge crop may be saved in
this part of the Cotton-growing region and, in
that case, in connection with our knowledge
of the crops in the Atlantic States, we are in
clined to think that we do not err far in set
ting down the Cotton crop of the United
States, for the present year, in the round num
ber of tw r o millions of bales. This is materially
below the estimate which we had formed(altho’
we did not name it in our columns) three weeks
ago.
The Crop in Point Coupee-
In the Point Coupee Echo of the 25th nit.,
we find the following:
“Since our last we have heard various com
plaints of the Caterpillar , which made its ap
pearance some two or three weeks since,though
at first they did little damage, but within the
last week they have done considerable damage
to the cotton; we are somewhat apprehensive
that they will contribute largely to the cur
’ tailment of the crop; at present the weather is
favorable for picking, which we understand is
going on finely.
The Crop on the Bayou Macon.
We'learn from gentlemen direct from the Ba
you Macon who visited our office yesterday for
the purpose of paying their subscription mon
ies, that the condition of the crop in that fertile
cotton region is now rather satisfactory than
otherwise.—Planters there will not make quite
so many bales with the same force as they did
in 1845, but the weather recently has been so
favorable as to change the gloomy prospect of
a month ago, and nearly an average crop is now
expected. IJp to Wednesday last the cater
pillar had not been seen in Franklin Parish.
Knowing his impartiality in visiting our fields,
however, we believe it likely that he is there
ere this time.
Genera! Taylor.
We have received (says the National Intel
ligencer) from Dr. Bronson, the gentleman to
whom it M <is addressed, a copy of the following
letter from Gen. Taylor, with a request for its
insertion in the Intelligencer— a request which
wo cheerfully and readily comply with;
V HeADUUARXEUS ArMl’ pF OcCVFATJOX,
- Camp near Monterey, August 10, 18-17.
Sir: A our letter of the 17th ultimo* request
ing of me an exposition of my views 'on the
questions ol national policy now at issue be
tween the political parties of the U. S. has duly
reached me. . . . t
l • I must take occasion to say that many cfmy
letters, addressed to gentlemen in the U. States
in answer to> similar 1 inquiries, have already
been made public, and I had greatly hoped that
all persons interested’had;‘ by this time, ob
tained from them a sufficiently accurate.knowl
edge of ray views and desires in relation to this
subject. As it appears* however, that such is
not the case, I deem it proper, in reply to your
letter, distinctly to repeat , that lam not before the
people of the United States as a candidate sot the
next presidency. It is my great desire to return
at the close of this war to the discharge of those
prolessioniil duties and to the enjoyment of
those domestic pursuits from which I was call
ed at its commencement, and fur which my
tastes and education host fit me.
I deem it to be due to candor to state, at the
same time, that, if I was called to the presiden
tial chair, by the general voice of the people, with
out regard to their political differences, I should
deem it my duty to accept the office. But
while I freely avow my attachment to the ad
ministration of our early presidents, I desire it
to be understood that I cannot submit, even in
thus accepting it, to the exaction of any other
pledge as to the course I should pursue, than
that of discharging its functions to the best of
my ability, and strictly in accordance with the
requirements of the constitution.
I have thus given you the circumstances,
under which only can I be induced to accept
the high and responsible office of President of ;
the U. S. I need hardly add, that I cannot, in
any case, permit myself to bo brought before
the people exclusively bj r any of the political
parties that now so unfortunately divide our
country, as their candidate for this office.
It affords me great pleasure, in conclusion
fully to concur with you in your high and just
estimate of the virtues, both of head and heart,
of the distinguished citizens (Messrs. Clav, j
W ebster, Adams, McDuffie, and Calhoun) j
mentioned in vour letter. I have never yet ex- \
raised the privilege of voting; hut had I been called j
upon at the last presidential election to do so, I \
should certainly have cast my vote for Mr. Clay.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
Z. TAYLOR,
Major Gen. U. S. Array
S. S. Brcn-eon, M. D., Charleston, S. C.
gmmaw™ mi ua—aw.wiMiiiii ■ ■mibiiim imi iiui
CA n gust a; Xf3 tars ia .
JWELNESDAY BIORNING, OCT. 13.
All the Mails due last evening came to ,
hand, but we find very little like hews in the
papers received. v . .
of the Directors” is received and
will be published in our next.
ifggrWe notice among the Companies in the j
Baltimore Battalion, one named “The Twiggs
Riflemen,” we suppose in compliment to the
brave Gen. Twiggs, of this Saate.
is very difficult to find out from read- j
ing the Georgia whig journals what sort of a :
peace with Mexico would bo acceptable to :
that phrty. The whig.*, as of this
country,most either desire war to subjugation,
or peace on terms such as they would be will
ing to grdnt Mexico. The first they clearly do
not want. Now what sort of terra* do they
advocate? We have industriously read the
Chronicle k Sentinel, but ave find in it nothing
like a consistent plan that it is willing to
stand to. Some months ago, it was for a vig
orous prosecution of the war till peace could
be obtained. That peace was to be on thelbl
lowing terms : No territory fom Mexico. No,
indemnity. Each party to pay it own ex
penses. How to settle the (isputed question
of boundary, it has hot as fa: as we recollect }
ever suggested a plan. We presume it would
therefore have had the arafy brought back
east of the Nueces.
But, the President through Mr. Trist, has of
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sered terras. These the Chronicle xmds fault
with. Why? Are they too favoraole, of too i
unfavorable? In Monday morning’s paper it j
quotes a letter, approvingly we presume, from 1
the Lynchburg Virginian , purporting to have i
j been written from Monterey, California, by :
! an officer of the Virginia Regiment giving a j
j dolefnl account of the value of the territory, |
of which the following is the concluding para
graph :
“A wag in the army has said that tl,c Uni
ted States ought never to make pea*e with. ;
Mexico, until she will agree to take luck all ;
we have conquered, and Texas to boob and I
assure you there is more sound sense \n thii |
saying than you imagine.”
Docs the Chronicle approve of this soum
sense?" Do the whigs approve it? It tallies|
with the position of the Chronicle in opposition
to territorial acquisition, all except giving back
Texas. It tallies with Judge Berrien’s no dis
membernicnt of the Mexican Republic proposition
in the Senate, to the same extent.
But the editorial remarks immediately fol
lowing the letter of the (so called) Virginia
officer is as follows:
“This is the kind of country that Mr. Ityk
proposes to buy of Mexico to obtain a peafe,
instead of conquering it. Instead of indemj
fying the United States for the expenses of te
war, and subjecting Mexico to the humiliatifi
of paying for her obstinacy and belligerent pi
severance, he proposes, in order to
peace, to bind her national escutcheon witty,
chain of gold—to appease Mexican vengeanl
with the glitter and clinking music of soil
twenty odd millions of money.”
So! Ho! Neighbour. You go in for inders
nity do you! and that toe in hard dollars— ni
1 “dirty acres.” Why, then,the revenue tariff in|
posed by the administration on Mexico shouli
not have been so bitterly assailed by you. Brr
we are surprised that a whig press in Georgil
should insinuate that Mexico should pay aiv
, indemnity. Do they not say that Mexicans)
i in the right? Do they not contend that ewy
> step of our troops from the Nueces to/ie
Rio Grande was an aggression on Me|o?
? Why the Chronicle, in this article of McJay
r last, quotes the authority of the great aqpm
‘ maculate Col. Thomas Hart Benton to |bve
’ this. It quotes his resolution that the|or
-1 poration of the left bank of the Rio D chart e
into the Union by a treaty with Tcxasfuld
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ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale. Duty. ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale. Duty. EXCHANGE
BAUOIJYQ —Gunny,.... .... 21 to 23 oq pr.ct. OILS—So&m, VV. Strained ...Jl 30 to) J 37 f ree . Augusta Insurao an i
Kentucky...... 17 to 19 p Kill .named 125 to au , , rauce and Banking Company, •«
BALE ROPE —Manilla... 14 (Q 15 25 pr ct fsiuifliuer d 0.... 1 Oii fw 1 12 **.lll v c Augusta,..,, u
- Branch State of Georgia, Aucusta ..
DACOJY —Hams .. I 9 to- iu > Tanners ! 55 a) * Bank of Brunswick .
Shoulder. j..., 74 15) 8.4 J P POTATOES. übl. 325 G) 350 Georgia Kail Road, „
BUTTER —Goshen,prime ft, 23 fa) 25 20 pr ct PIPES ( 02 to lUu Mechanic.’ Bank, M
Country 12 (a) 15 I ' ’ PORTER Joz. 225 id) 350 Bank of St. Mary’.,
CANDLES Spenaacelti •(.... 34 to) 37 4 20 pr. ct. PEPPER ft) jl9 tola Bank of Milledeeville “
Georgia made ....' 13.}t0) 15 |i PIMEjVTO I 14£t015 Bank ol JUiiledgevuie, M
Northern “.. 17 to 18 ;i 20 pr. ct. Rjuseys— Malaga, bunch box. 269t02 75 1 Bank of the Slate of Georgia, at Savannah .. «
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>, f Java......... .... 12,4t0*15 f lre «. Good and Prime 575t0 9 Planters’ Bank,
. . Lagyura 9to 19 j f French Brandies..... gal. 169t0 2 100 pr. ct. Central Bank of Georgia,..’ * „
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® Checks I ; 10 to 16 ! Whiskey,Phil. & Balt 35 t 037 Mer
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EXPORTS or COTTON TO FOREIGN AN£ COzISTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEZtIBER, 1845.
WHITHER EXPORTED. ■_ SAVANNAH- CH A
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Havre ' - ■ - . .... —7. - -1 . 1 ~™* ~ • ..... - t *
icordeaui:::.?::::::::::::::::::::: **---•*- - 2,019.........) 7,450; 5,293, 459.. rrrrr^r:
| Nantes j d j *j ' 4 ,498| .97 !
i mim• | »>:■•
Total to France |! j j l|. . .. . || 2,919, 15 8,954, 0,090 450; j|” 1^747, — 6^45
i Amsterdam 1 ! f- 1 -— • ~ ■
Rotterdam.: i”:::;;: 4 7 ; sol i
Antwerp .J 988...- • 1,134) 750 ) )
Hamburg ; 1 .j. fm 804 ........j........ j i*
: {J rem ® n ] *. 644| 1,167 ! I
Barcelona \ 1 852 1,-129 1. ,
Havana,&c 1 1, i........ L 404 . ’ ! 1 1
Genoa, Tnesta, ice I* * * V-.Va *■**•' * ‘U-. ;
t Ghent; & c ..... 7 :*L. 1i783 i... . . dj
other Ports j (...!!!!!j!||!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|j .*.’.*•! aii i
Total to other Foreign Ports.... j j | "|| j j ; LB4O
New York 3,096 5,236 3,180 i 2,785 904
I » osto " 26 31 1 018 518 IHH 116 1 1 2 393 4 1 7 * i •-••-J
Providence 1..... ! I 1 ( *v* i ,
Philadelphia ■ 5 ' 456 j I*6B .*.*.* .*.*.*.’!( 175' 100 !!!!”!!”!]!*]) )\\
Baltimore. 99 , J 3( 11(3 j
I Other Ports 72 1,006 j 1,235 ! 107 i. j. W “ T*!
Total Coastwise 3,381 7,406 4,517) 9,764 4,569 2,1391 sTHI 2,826 “j 7~7 j ( " j j — 17^3* j~ 22^35
Grand Total u" 4,880'" 9,455 9,285 ' 13,510 2,139 j 2u,7(,7 ~ 7,514 b9jij~7s^9s,
be a direct aggression on Texas. The Chronicle
says';
“Mr. Polk sot out, in the first place, to de
fend Texas against invasion. That was fully
accomplished by stationing our army at Corpus
1 Christi. He then ordered the army to be
j marched to the Rio Grande, thus, according
j to Mr. Benton, committing an aggression on
Mexico.”
-j, . -j -- I : • •%' ’I '*■
Mr. Benton says annexation would be a di
! feet Tivo f'/nvMiiVZo euy-j rnorebing
j to the Rio Grande was an aggression. .These
are two distinct doctrines. ,To which do the
Georgia whigs hold? That annexation was
the aggression, f and caused the war—or that
the march of the army from Corpus Christi?
Mexico ha* decided this point, by uniformly
declaring, in every form of solemnity, that the
annexation of Texas was the provocation to
war, and caused it. It was, she declares, suffi
cient cause of war, and for that she took up
arms and attacked our troops. pre
paring to invade Texas before the march from
Corpus Christi. . , ,
But the Chronicle says that repelling inva
sion was sufficiently accomplished by station
ing the array at Corpus Christi; So thought
not tlio Texans., The array there tould hot
have protected Texas; The point of threat
ened invasion was Matamoros, and there Was
the actual iiivdsiom Texas claimed the land
1 opposite that city as her territory,: In the ab
sence of every other recognized claim to it,
| the President was bound to respect it, and
protect it as Texan soil. It had been, in fact,
! so recognized by the revenue laws of Congress.
( It was represented pn the floor of Congress.
It was the President’s duty to protect the soil
of that State from invasion. He therefore
would not hare accomplished all his duty,
had he have kept the army quietly at Corpus
| Christi. Corpus Christi, by the way, is bn
1 the disputed territory. It is west of the
| Neuces.
But after all, we would be doing the Chroni
: cle injustice if we take the above quoted ex
j pressions as indicating that it advocates the
exaction of indemnity—indemnity in gold and
‘ silver, from Mexico. It has often disclaimed
any such purpose. It has urged, too, in be
-1 half of Mexico, that she is too poor to pay,
when the cruel democrats were loud toned
for indemnity. We still understand the
L | Chronicle to be a no indemnity paper, and the
article from which we quote was only in its
usual vein of finding fault with the Adminis
tration. If Mr. Trist had proposed very on
erous terms, the Administration would have
been called unmerciful and exacting. As it
is, it is charged with offering terms too favora
ble. It is clear that the Administration can
never please the whigs.
Commerce of Charleston.
The Charleston Mercury of yesterday says—
“By the following official returns, which have
1 been obligingly furnished to us by the Collec
tor, it will be perceived that the amount of
i duties collected on imports during the month
I? of September 1847, almost trebles that for the
I same month in 1846.
i Sept. 1847- Sept, 1846.
Duties rccived $61,000 $22,000
Value of Dutiable goods imported, $168,231
1 “ Free goods, 210
“ of Domestic produce exported. 313,239
Nashville and Charleston.
ColT. R. Stevenson, in a let ter dated Mur
freesboro, Sept. 14, states that between seven
and eight hundred thousand dollars of stock
in the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad has
been taken, “with a good prospect of getting
the balance of our portion of it.”
, . j
Our Exchanges.
j We shall in future send our daily paper only
to publishers of dailies, and to such weeklies
! and tri- weeklies as will pay us the difference
:of Exchange. To tri-weeklies we will send
our tri-weekly, and to weeklies our weekly,
* * !
subject to the exception in favor of those who i
j prefer.
I "NVe will also send our tri-weekly only to tri- j
) weeklies and to those weeklies that desire it, |
and will pay the difference,
i We. will also send but one copy of our daily ;
|to any .daily office in exchange. Those de- :
siring two copies, one for their reading rooms,
must pay the, subscription for one of them.
1 This plan is adopted in pursuance of an un
derstanding to that effect at the Editorial Con
vention at Stone Mountain. It is adopted in
view of the heavy expenses of a daily paper,
soon to be greatly enhanced by the cost of
telegraphic accounts when the line is com
pleted through, this City and and
from Svell considered views of ecbhonxy and 1
justice;
The Georgia Election
TV e have received no additional returns to ;
those published by us yesterday. So far as
received, there is every probability that the
Democratic candidate, G. W. Towns, Esq., is
elected Governor by 1500 majority. The re
turns for the Senate and House are so close
that it is difficult to say which party will have
j the ascendancy. If Bulloch and Tattnall has
I elected a whig to the Senate, it is rendered
certain the democrats will not have a majority
in that branch.
The Late Storm
-1 The papers received by last evening’s mail
! give intelligence of great damage done by the
recent storm experienced North of Richmond.
The Baltimore Sun of Saturday last, says —
“The moderate rains that have prevailed for
several days past, on Thursday night increas
-1 ed to a perfect torrent which swelled the wa
| ter in Jones’ Falls higher than it has been
known since 1836. Many of the lower por
tions of the city were inundated. The neigh
borhood of Holliday and Saratoga streets was
flooded to the depth of three or four feet,com
pletely blocking up the way, and cutting off
I approach to the central police office, except by
1 water*”
Maryland Election.
We have returns from nearly all the State,
from which it appears that the whigs have
elected to the House of Delegates 38 and the
democrats 31 members. Last year iu the same
counties the whigs had 43, and the democrats
24 members. The democrats hr.ve made a
clear gain of 7 members in the House as far
as heard from,or a nett gain of 14. The whigs
will have a majority in the Senate. The de
■ mocratic candidate for Governor will be elect
-1 ed by over 1000 majority. For Congress, the
v/higs have elected members in the first, se
cond, fourth and sixth districts, and the demo
crats in the third and fifth.
New York Whig Nominations,
The Whig State Convention, at Syracuse,
on Wednesday, nominated Hamilton Fish for
Lieut. Governor, and Millard Filmore for
Comptroller.
The New York Journal of Commerce of Bth
inst. says— The failure of the Merchants’ In
surance & Trust Co., of Nashville, having an
agency in Philadelphia, is announced. This
is the “Western Institution" alluded to in the
card of the Ohio Life & Trust Co., for account
of which the business with Gowers & Co. was
done.
Death of Lieut. Twiggs. —A mong the recant
malancholy anuohuCements from our array, i*
that ot the death of Lieut." Gfcorge Decatur
Twggs, who, a few months since, left our city
in company with his father, Major Twiggs, of
the marine corps, for M jxic6. The Inquirer
states that he was attached t a 'Major Daily's
j command, which had three separate ’engage
| merits with the guerrillas, in all cf which
I Lieut. Twiggs distinguished himself, ard in
j the last fell gallantly sustaining the reputation
sos our arms. This brave young officer was a
| fine scholar, wrote weh, and, at the time ho
! left, was reading law with a distinguished
! membor of the bar. He would have hcen aI
: nutted to practise on his return home, if ho
! had survived the war with Mexico. Hi was
an only sou, and his deeply-afflicted mother
1 and sisters are residing at our navy vard.—
The citizens of Philadelphia will deeply sym
pathise with them in the melancholy bereave
ment.—Phila. Courier.
The Cotton Crop. —Dr. Hawkins, who has
i just returned from a visit to St. Landry and
; Kapides, says the Franklin Planters' Banner
| of the 30th ult., informs us that, notwithstand
| ing the appearance of the worms, it is believed
| that two-thirds of a crop of cotton will be
! made in Western Louisiana. The cane on up
; per Bayou Bobu if, and about Opelousas is un
! commonly large, and should it not be affected
by an early frost, must yield well. From New
Town to Opelousas, there is much sicklcss ex
isting in the prairies, but upon the bayous the
season has been remarkably healthy.— X. O.
i Delta , 7th in*t.
Special Notices.
Another Letter from Vermont.
Nov. 21, 1815.
Mr. Seth VV. Fowle:—
Sir —Having'tested the value of Wistar’s Bal
sam of Wild Cherry, I take the pleasure in giving
to you the facts iu my own case, for your own sa
tisfaction and the benefit of others. One year
| ago last April, I was violently attacked with a
severe cold and cough, with much pain in my side,
whlfch was considerably swollen. I applied to a
number of physicians but obtained no relief, and
they told me that if I did not get help immediate
ly my case would be doubtful. It was ray good
fortune at that critical moment to take up a paper
containing a notice of WistaPs Balaam of Wild
Cherry, and thinking it to be what I, needed, sent
some distance to procure a bottle, as it was not
then kept in'our vicinity, and to my astonishment,
I received from that one bottle immediate relief.
I now keep it by me constantly, as-1 find .noth
ing so good for common colds, and do cheerfully
recommend it to all as being an article of great
merit, hoping that others may by the early use of
this valuable remedy, be saved from an untimely
grave. JAMES KINO.
Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt.
None genuine Unless signed I. BUTTS on the
wrapper.
For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, br
HA VI LA NIX RIS LEY & CO.,and also by T HOM
AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicine*
generally in Augusta.
Oct. J 3 3’ —f
More Evidence of the Virtues of Jayne’s
Family Medicines.
Dr. J. N. Smith, Winsboro’, N. C., says—Some of
your Family Medicines have reached this part of
the They seem to do much good, and arc
eagerly sought after by all who are acquainted with
theivnedicinal virtues. 1 should be glad to have
an Agency for the sale of them, as 1 flatter myself,
that my reputation as a Physician is such, as will
promote your interest in their sale. The Expec
torant appears to be in the greatest demand here.
Mr. J. H. Wallace, Milford, Pa., says—The first
six months very little medicine was sold, except*
ing your Worm Medicine, which was soon dispos*
ed of. It is but a short time since the Expectorant
was much called for, I had used one bottle in my
family, and found it an excellent Medicine for eoldi.
This Spring there have been an unusual number
of persons complaining of heavy Colds, and the
most of them have found relief by using your
pcctorant .