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The Late Mexican InteDigreacc-
We continue this morning, the Editorial
correspondence of the New Orleans Picayune,
bringing down- tire advices from Mexico to the
28th Sept.
City of Mexico, Sept. 14, 1847.
Another victory, glorious in its results, and
which has thrown additional lustre upon the
American arms, has been achieved to-iiav by
the army under Gen. Scott —the proud capital
of Mexico has fallen into the power of a mere
handful of men. compared with the immense
odds arrayed against them, and Santa Anna, |
instead of shedding his blood as he had prom
ised, is w andering with the remnant of his
army no one knows whither.
1 he apparently impregnable works on Cha
pnltcpec, alter a desperate struggle, were tri
umphantly f arried—Gens. Bravo and Mou
terde, besides a host of officers of different
grades, taken prisoner’s; ov- r 1000 non-com
missioned officers and privates, all their can- |
non and ammunition, are in our hands; the
fugitives were soon in full flight towards the
different works which command the .entrances
to the city, and our men at once were In hot
pursuit.
Gen. Quitman, supported by Gen. Smith's
brigade, took the road by the Chapultepec j
aqueduct towards the Belem gate and the Cin- |
dadela; Gen. Worth, supported by Gen. Cad
walader’s brigade, advanced by the San Cosmo
e. rued act towards* the garita of that name. —
Both routes were cut up by ditches and de
fended by breastworks, barricades, and strong i
works of every description known to military '•
science; yet the daring and impetuosity of
our men overcame one defence after another,
and by nightfall every work to the city’s edge
was carried. Gen. Quitman's command, after
the route at Ghapultebec, was the ffrst to en
counter the enemy* in force. Midway' between
the former and the Bolen gate, Santa Anna
had constructed a strong work, but this was
fit once vigorously assaulted by r Gen. Quit
man, and aided by a Hank fire from two of
Duncan’s guns, which Gen. Worth had or
dered to approach as near as possible from the
San Cosme road, the enemy was again routed
and in full flight. They again made a stand j
from their strong fortifications at and near the ;
Helen garita. opening a tremendous lire not
only of round shot, grape and shell, but of
musketry; yet boldly Gen. Quitman advanced,
stormed and carried the works, although at
great loss, and then every point on this side
the city was in our possession. In this on
slaught two of our bravest officers were lulled
—Capt. Drum and Lieut. Benjamin.
Meanwhile Gen. Worth was rapidly ad
vancing upon San Cosmo. At the English
burying ground the enemy had constructed a
strong work. It was defended by infantry for
a short time, but could not resist the assault
of our men —the affrighted Mexicans soon fled
to another line of works nearer the city, and i
thus Gen. Worth was in possession of the en- :
trance to San Cosmo. As his men advanced
towards the garita, the enemy opened a heavy
fire ot musketry' from the house tops, as well
ns of grape, cannistor and shell from their bat
teries, thus sweeping the streets completely. —
A t this juncture the old Mon ter y game, of bur
rowing and digging through the houses, was
adopted. On the right, as our men faced the
enemy, the aqueduct afforded a partial shelter;
on the left, the houses gave some protection;
but many were still killed or wounded by the
grape which swept every part, as well as by
the shells which were continually bursting in
every direction. Abofrt 3 o’clock the work of
the pick-axe and the crow-bar, under the di
rection of Incut. G. W. Smith, of the Sap
pers and miners, had fairly commenced, and
every minute brought our men nearer the ene
ray’s last stronghold. In the meantime two
mountain howitzers were fairly lifted to the
top of one of the houses and into the cupalo
of the church, from which they opened a
plunging and most effective fire, while one of
Duncan’s guns, in charge of Lieut. Hunt, was
run up under a galling fire to a deserted breast
work,* and at once opened upon the garita. In
this latter daring feat, four men out of eight
were either killed or wounded, but still the
piece was most effectively served. The work
o' the Miners was still going on. In one
house which they had entered, by the pick
axe, a favorite aid of Santa Anna’s was found.
The great man had just fled, but had left his
friend and his supper ! Both were well cared
so latter was devoured by: our hungry’
officers; the former, after doing the honors of
the table, was made a close prisoner. Just as
dark was setting in, our men had dug and
mined their way almost up to the very guns of
the enemy, and now, a.ter a short struggle,
they were c nnplctcly routed and driven with
the loss of everything. The command of the
city' by the San Cosme route was attained.
During the night, Gen. Quitman commenced
the work of throwing up breastworks and
erecting batteries, with the intention of open
ing a heavy' cannonade upon the Cuidadela
with the first light this morning. At 10 o’clock
at night Gen. Worth ordered Capt. Huger to
bring up a 24-pounder and a 10-inch mortar,
to the garita or gate of San Cosme, and having
ascertained the bearings and distance of the
grand plaza and palace, at once opened upon
those points. The heavy shells were heard
to explode in the very heats of the city. At a
little after midnight Major Palacios, accom
panied by two or three members of the muni
pal council of the city, arrived at Gen. Worth’s
headquarters, and in great trepidation inform
ed him that Santa Anna and his grand army had
fled, and that they wished at once to surrender
the capital! They were referred to the com
inander-in-chief, and immediately started for
Tacubaya; but in the mean time the firing upon
the town ceased.
At 7 o’clock this morning Gen. Scott, with
his staff, rode in and took quarters in the na
tional palace, on the top of which the regimen
tal flag of the gallant rifles, and the stars and
stripes were already flying. An immense
crowd of blanketed leperos, the scum of the
capital, were congregated in the plaza as the
commander-in-chief entered it. They pressed
upon our soldiers, and eyed them as though
they wore beings of another world. So much
were they in the way*, and with such eager
ness did they' press around that Gen. Scott
was compelled to order our Dragoons to clear
the plaza. They were told, however, not to
injure or harm a man in the mob they were
all our friends !
About live minutes after this, and while
Gen. Worth was returning to his division near
she Alameda, h« was fired upon from a house
near the Convent of San Francisco. Some of
the cowardly Polkas, who had fled the day
previous without discharging their guns, now
commenced the assassin game of shooting at
every one of our men they saw, from windows, !
as well as from behind the parapets on the aio
teas or tops of the houses. In half an hour’s
time our good friends, the leperos, in the nigh
borhood of the hospital of San Andres and the
church of Santa Clara, also commenced dis
charging muskets and throwing bottles and
rocks from the azoteas. I have neglected to
mention that just previous to this, Col. Gar
land had been severely wounded by a musket,
flred by some miscreant from a window.
For several hours this cowardly' war upon
our men continued, and during this time many
were killed or wounded. It was in this spe
cies of fighting that Lieut. Sidney Smith re
ceived his death wound. The division of Gen.
Twiggs, in one part of the city, and Gen. Worth
in another, were soon actively engaged input
ting down the insurrection. Orders were given
to shoot every man in all the houses from
which the firing came, while the guns of the
different light butteries swept the streets in all
directions. As the assassins were driven from
one house they' would take refuge on another ;
but by the middle of the afternoon they were
all forced back to the barriers and suburbs. —
Many innocent persons have doubtless been
killed during the day, but this could not be
avoided. Had orders been given at the
outset to blow up and demolish every house
or church from which one man was fired up
on, the disturbances would have been at one
quelled. As it is, I trust that the lesson the !
rabble and their mischievous loaders have re- !
i ceived to-day may' deter them from future
outrages.
On re-entering the palace, Gen. Scott at once i
named Gen. Quitman governor of Mexico -a
most excellent appointment. Some wag im
mediately proclaimed aloud in the plaza as
follows; “Gcu. John A. Quitman,of Mississippi,
has been appointed governor of Mexico, vice ,
bull. Jose Maria Tornel, resigned —rwy sad- \
den’y /” it seems that the vailiant Tornel i
; ran off at an early* hour, and his magnificent
house lias been converted into a hospital for i
our wounded officers.
hours, &c. g. w. K.
City or Mexico, Sept. 17, 1847.
■ The capital is now quiet enough, and al
| though the inhabitants say but little, they are
probably not altogether contented with their
new masters. They say that the Lord and |
Satita Anna are to blame for all their misfor- j
tunes —their own lack of prowess and courage is
not thought of. They say that Providence ,
, withheld the rains and gave the Yankees fair i
weather lor their operations, while Santa
Anna deserted them in their extremity', and '
gave up the city without even making terras
for them, Ihe latter has gone no one knows :
v. hither. Spins contend that he is on his way
to-the coast; with the intention of leaving , the
country ; others say that he has gone towards
Queretaro ; while many think that he is lurk
ing p.bout Guadalupe or San Christobafi with
j in a few miles of this, yet with onlv a small
force of cavalry' at his command. Ills wife,
who has been living all the -while at the house
of his particular friend Mackintosh, has gone
out in the direction of (San Chvistobal in search
| of him, Santa Anna just before he left the city
: grossly insulted Gen. Torres, who commanded
;at the Helen gates, for deserting his post. It
is said that he has quarrelled with Lombardiui.
These arc old tricks of the tyrant —throwing
the blame upon others to cover his own shame
leas conduct.
Incut. Morris, of the Sth Infantry, has died
of the wound he receive;! at the hard fought
battle of El Molina, and it is thought extremely
doubtful whether Lieut. Env-t, ot the 6th,
wounded ar the same time, can recover. Ido
not learn that any other officers are considered
as in a dangerous condition.
The following is a list of the killed and
| « ouuded officers in the taking of Chapultepec
j and the capture of the city. It will be seen
i that some of the brightest ornaments of the
i service have fallen :
Killed. —Col. Ransom, Oth In r .; Lieut. Col.
| Baxter, N. Y. Vols.; Major Twiggs, U. S.
?*I trines : Capt. Drum, 4th Art.; Capt. Vano
| liude, N. Y. Vols.; Lieut. Gantt, 7th Inf.;
Lieut. Calvin Benjamin, 6th Inf.; Lieut. S. B.
Monogue, S. C. Vols.; Lieut. A. P. Rodgers,
4th Inf.; Lieut. J. Willis Cantey, S.,C. Vols.;
Lieut. J. P. Smith, sth Inf,; Lieut. Sidney
Smith, 4th Inf.
Wounded. —Maj. Gcu’!. Pillow, severely ;
Brig. Gen. Shields, severely; Col. Garland,
com’g. Ist brigade, Worth’s division, severely ;
; Col. Trousdale, 4th Infantry, severely; Lieut,
i Col. Johnstone. Voltigeurs, slightly; Lieut,
i Col. Geary, 2d Penn. Vois., slightly; Major
■ Gladden, S. C. Vols., severely ; Maj. Loring,
i Rifles, severely; Capt. Pearson, N. Y. Vols.,
j severely'; Capt. Gates, Sth Inf., slightly; Capt.
C. C. Danley, Volunteer Aid to Gen. Quit
man, severely ; Capt. Jas. Barclay, N. Yk Vols.,
slightly; Captain J. B. Backenstoss, Rifles,
slightly; Capt. McPhail, sth Inf., slightly;
Capt. E. C. Williams, 2d Penn. Vols., slightly';
Capt. J. S. Simonson, Rifles, slightly; Capt.
Bernard, Voltigeurs, severely ; Capt. Beaure
gard, Corps Engineers, slightly ; Capt. Magru
der, Ist Artillery, slightly ; Capt. Silas Casey,
2d Inf., slightly ; Capt. Jas. Miller, 2d Penn.
Vols., severely; Capt. M. Fairchild, N. Y.
Vols., slightly; Capt. Jas. Caldwell, 2d Penn.
Vols., severely; Capt. George Nauruan, Ist
Artillery, slightly; Capt. S. S. Tucker, Rifles,
slightly; Capt. Mackall, A. A. Gen. Worth’s
, division, slightly'; Capt. F. U. Page, Gein’l.
Quitman’s aid, slightly; Capt. Marshall, S. C.
Vols., slightly*; Capt. Williams, S. C. Vols.,
. slightly; Lieut. End Van Dorn, aid to Gen.
Smith, slightly'; Lieut. J. M. Brannon, Adj.
Ist Artillery, severely; Lieut. Nat. Ly r on, 2d
Inf., slighty; Lieut. Jas. Longstreet, Bth Inf.,
severely ; Lieut. Tilton, Voltigeurs, slightly ;
Lieut. Sprague, Adj. Oth Inf., slightly; Lieut.
M. Clark, Adj. S. C. Vols., severely; Lieu'.
J. A. Henderson, U. S. Marinos, slightly;
Lieut.Bell,S. C., Vols., slightly; Lieut. Reno,
I Voltigeurs, severely; Lieut. John Keefe, 2d
Penn. Vols., severely'; Lieut. Martin, Volti
geurs, sl’urhtly *, Lieut. Maurice Malsney, 4th
Inf., slightly'; Lieut. M. Lovell, on Gen. Quit
man’s staff, slightly; Lieut. J. Selden, Sth
Inf., severely; Lieut. Stevens, Corps of Engi
neers, severely; Lieut. J. W. Green, N. Y.
Vois., slightly ; Lieut. A. S. Towison, 2d Penn.
Vols., severely; Lieut. Armistead, 6th Inf.,
slightly; Lieut. Mayne Reid, N. Y. Vols., se
verely'; Lieut. Selleck, S. C M Vols., severely ;
Lieut. F. S. K. Russell, Rifles, sightly'; Lieut.
J. A. Haskin, Is*. Artillery, severely; Lieut.
D. D. Baker, and Lieut. J. W. Steen, S. C.
Vols., severely; Lieut. J. S. Devlin, U. S. Ma
rines, slightly ; Lieut. A. H. Bunnon, S. C.
Vols., slightly; Lieut. Robertson, S. C. Vols.,
severely; Lieut. C. J. Kirkland, S. C. Vols.,
slightly ; Lieut. J. B. Davis, S. C. Vols., slight
ly ; Capt. J. M. ScantLmd, 14th Inf.,.slightly;
Capt. King, loth Inf., slightly; Lieut. H, C.
Longnecker, Voltigeurs, slightly; Capt. R. G.
Beale, 14th lafi, slightly; Lieut Richard
Steele, 14th Inf., slightly; Lieut. Robert Bed
ford, 14th Inf., slightly; Lieut. J. N.Palmer,
Rifles, slightly.
City or Mexico, Sept. 24, 1847.
Not a little joy has been manifested here, by
all, at the arrival here of the American prison
ers—Capts. Clay, Heady and Smith, Lieuts,
Churchill, Davidson and Barbour, and sixteen
privates —who have recently been confined at
Toluca. It seems that they were released by
the Governor, Olaguibel, on his own respon
sibility, they promising that the same number
of Mexican prisoners, and of equal, rank, should
be delivered up to him. Those officers who f
refused to give their parole when all were or
dered to Toluca, and who afterwards escaped,
have performed active service here in the dif
ferent battles. Major Gaines has been serving
on the stall of Gen. Scott, Midshipman Hu
ge! s on that of Gen. Pillow, Major Borland on
that of Gen. Worth, and Capt. Danleypn that
of Gen. Quitman. The latter was severely
wounded on the 13th, but will recover.
Yours, &c., o. w. k.
City or Mexico, Sept. 26, 1847.
Assassinations continue. No less than ten
murdered soldiers were found this morning in
the vicinity ot the quarter of San Pebio, and
eight on the previous day. The fault lies par
tially with our own men, who straggle from
their quarters and get intoxicated at ithe first j
pulgueria or grog shop; yet the fact that even
in this state they are set upon by armed ruf- i
; fians, shows that a feeling of revenge and deep ;
| hatred obtains against us; and the frequency i
j of the murders would prove that a regular sys
■ tem of assassination has organized, the wire
I workers very likely some of the priests and ,
leading men.
In rny last I stated that Col. Mclntosh was I
sinking under his wounds—that brave officer
died last night, and is to be buried to-morrow
with all military honors. He fell pierced by
i two bulls while gallantly leading his men to
attack the Casa Mata on the Bth September,
I and his system, suffering under wounds re
| ceived in former battles, was not able to over
-1 come the shock.
Yours, &e. f g. w, k.
I
City of Mexico, Sept. 28, 1847.
We have rumors without number fromPuc
j bla to-day. One is that Santa has been killed
1 in an encounter with Col. Childs in the vicin
ity of that city, another would make us believe
that he has been taken prisoner, after defend
ing himself for sometime at the paper mill call
, ed La Constuncia, in the neigh h orhood bf Puc
i bla. The accounts say that Col. Childs was
i reinforced by Muj. Lully, and that he imme
diately entered the city, drove out the guer
i rilloros and surrounded the mill above named.
What credit to place in those rumors' I know
not; but if Santa Anna is really a prisoner, it
has been intentional —ho has given himself up.
If he hhs been killed, it has been what the
Mexicans would term one vasaaltdad, a sheer
accident, for no such intention, ever entered
his head.
As a prisoner, Santa Anna knows perfectly
! well that he can humbug Mr. Polk with case,
and all his friends besides. We shall know the
i whole truth of the matter in the course of a
day or two.
It is said that the Mexican Congress is to
assemble at Qucretaro, on the sth of October —
next week —and that Pena yPena has gone out
to be Installed as the acting President. I have
heard Mexicans say that the body has many
I members who will deliberate manfully and
seriously in favor of peace; but my opinion is,
I that a majority of them w ill talk of little save
honor and ditches and glory, and last extreme
tics and ruins, and of being buried under them,
and kindred nonsense. Some of them may be
bribed, or hired, to espouse the peace said.
We shall sec.
Rcjon, in his letters to Santa Anna, told him
that if he would continue the war, ho would
perish by his side; but they say, that when
the armistice was broken, ho remained at Quer
etaro and forgot all about fighting. Valliant
man is Manuel Crcscenels Kejou! but lie has a
prudent way of manifesting it in the hour of
j peril.
Paredes was here in the city a few days
j since, without fol.owers, and has gone North, i
perhaps towards Guadalayara, his old and
favorite ground, -to stir and influence the minds
! of the people against the Yankees, and try his
; hand against them. He is, no doubt, one of
the bravest and best generals Mexico has ever
I
{ produced.
Gomez Farias is at Qucretaro. hut we do not
hear what ho is doing. Gen. Herrera is also
there, and if and leading man in Mexico is in
favor of peace, ho is the one. His influence,
however, is confined almost entirely to the
moderados.
Mr. Wells, the partner of Hart in the Army
theatre, died here a day or two since. He may
be recollected in the United States, not only
as a pantomimist but as a dancer and actor of
some distinction. Capt. Pemberton Waddell,
| of one of the now regiments of infantry, is also
dead. The wound of Gen. Shields, although
: painful, is improving. A musket ball struck
him in the left arm at the storming of Chapul
tapec, but binding a handkerchief round it he
continued with his men until every thing was
calmed. Gen. Pillow has almost entirely re
covered. Since commencing this I have heard
another rumor to the effect that Alvarez and
the Congress of Puebla have risen upon Santa
Anna and put him to death. This can hardly
be credited. Alvarez is doubtless in that dir
ection. Ho took especial good care to keep
himself and his pintos out of harm’s way dur
ing the recent struggles in this vicinity.
The loss in the different divisions in the stor
ming of Chapuitepec and capture of the city on
the 13th, is as follows; In that of Gen. Quitman
about 300, in that of Gen. Twiggs 268, in that
of Gen.
Owing to his previou' heavy loss, the latter
only had about 1000 men engaged in the last
battles. As I know it will be of great interest
! to their friends, before closing this letter I
will state, that the wounds of almost all the
: officers are doing well. I can speak positively
: of Col. Garland, Majors Wade, Waite, Loring
and Gladden, of Cants. Mason, Walker, Dan
ley, and of Liouts. Foster, Shackelford, Selden
and Lugenbeel, and I mention them as being
some of the most severely wounded.
I I send you a few papers and documents of
interest, which, I trust, will reach safely.
Had I an opportunity, I could furnish you
; with a volume of letters, papers, &c„ ail
found in the palace and other places, which
! would be a rare treat to our readers. You shall
I have them all in good time. I send you a
| species of diary from the 30th August up to this
date in the shape of letters, written from day
today. In the main, I believe I was correct
in my surmises, although not always right. I
write in great haste, as the courier is just star
ting. Yours, &c., g. w. k.
NEW ORLEANS Oct~~l3 —Cotton.— Arrived
I since the Bth instant, 10,702 bales. Cleared in the
1 same time ,3280- bale*—making an addition to
stock of 7422 bales; and leaving on hand, inclusive
1 of all on ship board not cleared on the 12th inst., a
stock of 47.823 hales.
At the time of closing our last report, we left the
Cotton market with a steady demand, and remark
ed that prices were fairly sustained, there being at
•the moment, owing to the light receipts for two
days previous, only a limited amount actually off
ering. Qa Saturday also the inquiry continued, but
owing to the same cause, together with rathar less
inclination to operate, on the score of the supposed
proximity of later advices only from England, 2300
bales were taken, generally at very steady prices.
On Monday a telegraphic slip, transmitted to the
Baltimore papers, was received here by mail, with
Liverpool dates to 19th and Havre to 16tk Sept,
brought by the steamer Hibervia.
The very unfavorable tenor of these advices,
joined to increasing difficulties in the way of pas
sing Bills of Exchange, brought our market almost
to a stand, and during the early part of Monday no
transactions took place, though subsequently some
800 bales were sold at a decline of fnlly 4 ce it
upon the current rates of Saturday. Yesterd. y,
alter the receipt of private letters and circulars,
barely 200 bales were taken, making the sales ol
the week 3300 bales, most of which had been for
English and French account. As regards prices
the few small transactions since the receipt of the
news have been at such very irregular rates, and
the market is still so extremely unsettled, that we
find ourselves unable to arrange with accuracy our
AUGUSTA WH I
ARTICLES. Per,] Wholesale. Duty. i
BA OGlNG —Runny,.... i.... ; 21 id) 23 20 pr. ct.
Kentucky..!.... 17 fa) 19
BALE ROPE —Manilla... so ! 14 @ 15 25 pr. ct.
Kentucky......! b.p«) 9i i
BACON —Hams 9 <a) 10 U
bides 9 fa) 10 (og pr<
Shoulders 8-1 )
BUTTER —Goshen, prune’ ft, 23 <ti 25 20 pr. ct.
Country 12 fa) 16 i
CANDLES —ripcruiaceiti ; 34 . M 37.* 20 pr. ct. i
Georgia made ....I 13 \fcO 15 ) i
Northern “ I 17 to) 18 ( I’-I pr-ct. ;
CHEESE —Northern ! 10 V&7 12A pr . ct
Coffee —Cuba .... ....j 8@ 9 )
itio j 8ito) 9 i .
Java ! .... 12./® 15 M frce -
Lagyura 1....! 9 ten 10 J
f Shirtings, brow n, 3-4.| yd. I 5 to) IV
1 «• 1 ■“ “ 7-8. ... J 7 'to) 8
i® j “ “ yd. Wide .... j 17 /a) 20
it£ ( Sheetings, brown, 5-4. .... 12 to* 15
« “ bleached, 5-4 .... 18 (a) 20
•$ | Chocks • 10 fd) 1(5
j £ j Led Tick 12 rd 18
7 J Usnaburgs Boz 10 @ IR
(.Yarn (assorted) lb 17 @ 1U
Fl6Ul —Mackerel, N0.T..". bbl. 13 to 14 \
Do. No. 2.... j..,. la 9,c (20 pr ct.
Do. No. 3........ 0./a 7 )
i FLOUR— New Orleans... 11 none. U
Canal 8 00 la 8 50 ( 20 pr. ct.
Georgia 1.... 5 00 ki li 0b >
GRAIN —Corn .bus. 50 @55 ) nn
Outs L..J 00 @) 00 j2O pr- Ct.
GUNPOWDER— keg. 5 50 D) G 00
HIDES —Dry @ ) 0 „
Dry, salted. ac j pr. ct.
HAY— Eastern.. Vi.: Uoo. 40 ) ’
North River kv / ~U pr. ct.
IRON —l’ig 100, fit 30 pr. ct.
Swedes, assorted, ton. 5£ 30 pr. ct.
Jloop loa„, 7 @
Sheet :lb Bfd 10 |2O pr. ct.
Nail Rods- C fiv 7
LE~ID —Pig and Bar. 100 .: G (d> 7 \
Sheet G|@ 8 Vog pr , ct .
White Lead..... J.... 7/np 9 r
LIME — bbl.. 1 50 Id) 2 50
iM O HISSES —Cuba, gal.. 27 (a 30 )
N. Orleans. j 37 \W 40 \ J P r * ct ‘
NAILS —Cut, 4d to 20d ........ 5/.D 5,\ 30 pr, Ct.
- mum i
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EXPOSTS OP COTTON TO FOREIGN AMD COASTWISE POETS, COWDYEENCING IST. SEPTEMBER, 1846.
SAVANNAH. CHARLESTON. MOBILE. 3ITjIILEAN.*. NEW VOR'k7 OTHER PURTS.T TOTAL.
WHITHER EXPORTED.
. 1 1846.
Eiv erjMol.i | 1.549 a,049 7,3*20, 3,745 | 5,709 i 18.725 2,955 9,111 4,25a 1,179. 09U 77777.7.
linn.. ;...( 7.7 . 77 77 77 77 77 77
Glasgow and Greenock.. I 739 1 219 1 ( >#
Cork and a Market 1,227 .... 3 :
Total to Groat Britain j, 1,549 2,049 8,547 3,743 — 5,7t9 j | 20,461
Havre 777777! 7777777 iTehs ......77 1,420 5732! 7977 “77459 57293 45477...77 • *
Bordeaux t ! j
Marseilles , 77 7 77777777 .*.*.*77.77) 55 1,498 iy? 7777777.7777777 7' 77 77 77 77 77 77 7
Nantes
Total to France 1,342 1,420 (j 4,321 2,031 8,954 9.U90 454 16,491' B^l2l
Amsterdam i 7T.T7T7. T7T.T77T7 .... ~~ 532 , 7777777.177777777
Rotterdam ' 407 501 ! 777
Antwerp ! *2,102 15J 1,134 750 ..... 777)7 7 77777 7
Hamburg 1 1,089 804 )
j Bremen • ■ 944 1,197 7 7)7 77 777 77
i Barcelona ... 77 777777)7 77 77 77 7
Havana, &c 3 171 17
Genoa, Triesta, <Sce ' 1,723 j
Ghent, &c i
Other Ports ') 1,202 1,129 212 117 68 31 7777 77 . .!*.. 7,7 77 7
Total to other Foreign Ports ' j I f 218 3.334 47450 4,918 s,'J< 2 98 37 D^TtO
New York 3M
Boston 29! 31 1,457, 9)8, 1,916 h 2,393 99
Providence 1 '
Philadelphia ; ioßj 9 iBBi i,oai ice 77777777 ) 709 i?o 777777 77 77 . 7777 77 7 717 7777 77 7
Baltimore 99 118 131) 119 005 30
Other Ports 317; 1,232 1,375 ) i J 97 7.7.777 .7.7 . 77
Total Coastwise || 4,291) 8,253 5,95,1 12,157 5,134 2,921 M 27 j | j- 22,3991 26,921
Grand Total -! 5,843 10,30*2 15,833; 15,9 i 3 12,323 9,139 , 35703 ) ~ 58,507
auwamiaj-i—iiiiiiw ■ nwmii * r ,^r -jAatr •■uaun-*—■—- _ *■ it m~—eKi l , .
usual scale of figures, which are therefore, lor the
present, omitted. Few, it any, orders have been
received by the steamer, and indeed, many ot
; those previously in hand, we understand have been
I cancelled. The total receipts at this port since j
| Sept. 1, are 59,353 bales, against. 34. 415 bales to i
1 the same period last season, and 100,699 the year
! previous.
Freights. —Cotton, to Liverpool, per lb. gd.;
Havre, l|c.; New York, per lb. a 9-16 c.; Bos
ton, Ac. 9-16 c.
ngustci, ocor q x a .
WSDNSSUAY MORNING, OCT. 20
Our Letter Sheet Price Current, will
be ready for delivery this morning, at 9 o’clock.
gcM- No tidings of the French or British
steamers had reached New York up to Satur
day evening
The New York Democratic Convention
ani the New York Wnig Convention
At the late Democratic State Convention,
hrld at Syracuse, the following Resolution was
offered by Mr. D. D. Field, and rejected.
“Resolved, That while the Democracy of
New York, represented in this Convention , will I
faithfully adhere to all the compromises of the I
Constitution, and maintain all the reserved rights |
of the States —they declare —since the Crisis has
arrived when that question must bs met —their
Uncompromising Hostility to the Extension of j
S avory into Territory Now dree, tchioh may be j
Hereafter Acquired by any action of the Govern
ment of the United States.”
The Whig State Convention (Mr. Horace
Greclv, being the mover,) unanimously adopt- i
ed this identical Resolution. The only differ- ]
cnee in its language, was simply the sutfttitu- j
tion of the words, “ The Whig Freemen of New
York” in place of the words, “ The Democracy
of Nexv York,”
This will furnish our readers with some idea
of the difference of the parties at the North,
on the Wilmot Proviso question.
This effort of Mr. Field, was not the only
one made in the Democratic Convention, to
identify the democratic party with the princi
ples of the Wilmot Proviso. Mr. Smith, of
' Wayne county, at an early stage of the session,
offered the following Resolutions :
“ Resolved , That we believe in the dignity
and rights of free labor ; that free white labor
cannot thrive upon the same soil with slave
labor, and th it it would be neither right nor
wise for the general government to devote to
slave labor the temperate climate and fertile
soil of any territory now free, to the exclusion
of the free labor of all the States.
Resolved, That we adhere to all the compro
mises of the Constitution ; that we will main
tain with inflexible firmness all the reserved
rights of the States ; that we disclaim all right
or wish to interfere with slavery in the several
States, but that we declare uncompromising
hostility to the extension of slavery by any act
of the national government, in any territory
hereafter to be acquired.”
These were laid upon the table, by a vote
of 69 to 45, or a fair majority of 24 dele
gates in the Convention. Mr. Field after
wards sought to interpolate an indorsement
of the Wilmot Proviso, into the proceedings
of the Convention, by the Resolution already
quoted. The attempt was promptly defeated,
by moving the previous question. This was
carried, and cut off his resolution, which was
offered byway of amendment, to the Address
and Resolutions of the Committee.
This being the attitude of the two parties in
New York, on this question, it will be easy for
our readers to determine, in the ranks of which
party hereafter, are to bo found the Wilmot
Proviso men of the North. They will be able
to determine which party will sustain the rights
of the South on this great question—they will
be able tQ determine, where, and to what par
ty, Mr. Dallas and Mr. Buchanan look for sup
OLBSALE PRICES CURRENT
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ARTICI.ES. Per., J1 uUcsale. | D'tty. ;v
OlLS —Sperm,W.Strainet (Qt J 37 frce.V
FalE strained 1.25 (& ■ \
Summer d 0.;...?? : 1 ut> dt 112 k
Linseed bbi.i
'launers 55 (a)
Lard.'. .............. 1 25 (d>
POTATOES bbl. 3 25 fti) 3 50
| PIPES ( 02 (O) 1 00
i! PORTER doz. 225 fa) 350
I) PEPPER IB j D d£i2
!| P1MENT0....*..: ..V. ■. •. .1 nym* _
j RAISINS —MaIaga, bunch box. i 50 to). 2 75.1
* Muscatel. 4 . .!." AJ > fa) 250 ct;
RlCE —Ordinary Uoo. 4 25 (a 4 50
Fair j . •... 4 75 Co)
Good a»id Prune.. .... 5 00 id)
f French Brandies gal. JSO (a) 2 100 pr-, ct.
Leger Frercrs .... 275 /«) 3 j
A Holland Gin .... 125 (a) IBy 100nr. ct.
cm American Gin........ •.. -1 40 vh3
5 •; Jama ca Rum.,.. 1 50 la) 2 pr. cf.
ig- N.E.Until, hds. & hrls. ....! 37 4x40 j
iOS V\ hiokey,Bin]. &. liait. 33 4x35 i
Do. Nevv Orleans, r.3d t 033 i
( Beach Brandy ....j 75 fd) I 00109 pr.ct.
SUGAR-Oubii Muscovado tb ' 7 1./d) B.i j
PK. & St. Cr i.v j 9 4£J 1 I
Havana, white.. .777 JO &11
New 0r1ean5........ | 8 fa) 9 f pr * CU
Loaf... 13 (6U4 |
Lump II /&12 J
SALT —Liverpool. ~.|sack I 75 ld> 0 00 /
Loose?? bus) 45 toso ,J 20 pr. ct.
SOAP —American, yellow lb 5 <q> G 30 pr. ct.
SHOT —AII sizes i C 2 (8) I 75 20 pr.ct.
SEGARS —Spanish M 20 00®30 00 40 pr. ct.
American | 8 4iUO
TALLOW— American.,.. 1 i S.Ato) 9 10 pr. ct,
TOBACCO —Georgia ft, I 4>t) l
Cavendish I 15 @lB j P r- ct
i TWlNE —Bagging i 18 t 025 (
Seine 30 to 50 J3O pr. ct.
TEAS— Pouchung i j 60 @75 )
Gunp’der 6c Imp. ...•! 75 @IOO !
Hyson ; 1 75 @B9 j f free
You jig Hyson 50 @75 J
WlNES —Madeira gal. 2 00 @ 2 25 30 pr. ct.
Claret, Marches ca-k 25 @GO 40 pr. ct.
Do. Bordeaux doz. ,3 00 @ 3- 50 40 pr.ct.
Champagne... .J 900 @ls
Malaga ,J 53 @G 2 '4O [
port and approbation, in the noble stand they ;
have taken upon-the great constitutional right,
claimed by the South, to a free and equal par
: ticipation in territory hereafter to be acquired
| by our country.
Tho Capture ot'dle^ico-
Our paper of this morning contains further
particulars of the interesting events connected
; with the taking of Mexico. Our arms have
achieved, next to peace itself, the grand con- j
; summation of this glorious war. They have
! taken possession of the .renowned capitol of the j
enemy, and planted the stars and stripes above
the national palace. This has been achieved
i brilliantly, gloriously, but at a severe sacrifice
of life and suffering.
llesides the loss of the gallant Col, Mcln
: tosh and Major Levi Twiggs, of the Marines,
now numbered with the dead, we regret to see
in the list of severely wounded, Captain Wm.
Henry Walker, of the Gth Infantry, another
noble son of Georgia. He is a native of this
city, and had won an honorable name for him
| self in Florida, where Under the gallant vete
i ran, Gen. Zachary Taylor, in the bloodiest bat
tle of the Seminole war, ho fell pierced by five
wounds, from which lie recovered, only after
months of suffering.
Georgia has been nobly represented in the
i bloody vale of the Mexican capitol, where such
prodigies of valor have been displayed, and
I she has purchased her share of the honors, at
the price of as cluvalric blood, as any State can
boast.
We are pained to sec how dreadful the gal
lant remnant of the gallant Palmetto Regi
ment, has suffered. That noble and afflicted
State, has the warm sympathy of her sisters,
and especially of her neighboring sister, Geor
gia, in this her hour of bereavement.
There are incidents of atrocity and of perfi
dy marking the conduct of the enemy in the re
cent Vyloo'dy dramas enacted' in and near the
city of Mexico, which appeal strongly for ven
geance. Wc hope that thgse worse than bar
barians will be made an example of in such a
way as will be an impressive lesson to them
and to the world. This country has shown
that it can ho magnaxxirqous, merciful and gen
erous where those qualities could not be appre
ciated. Let it now show that it can be severe
and terrible when its fierce resentment has
been justly aroused.
■The cries of our helpless wounded men,
barbarously massacred in cold blood, appeal to
outraged humanity, and call for measures of
severest retribution.
The Savannah Georgian-
We have always hailed this sterling sheet as '
an agrcable and useful visitant, and have often ;
regretted that its personal appearance was so far
inferior to its intrinsic merits. Though “hand- [
some is that handsome does,” is an adage as true
as trite,yet when applied to newspapers it is un
deniable that “fair typography in a paper wil
often invite the eye of the reader to an intel
lectual banquet when he would turn listlessly
away from the same dish served in a plain and
unattractive style. A pretty woman, ox cm
may be overlooked when habited in an unbe
coming garb, while a plain one, be sac possessed
of never so many fine qualities o£ the head
and heart, if untidily appareled, must over
come many difficulties ere her merits are duly
appreciated.
Thus with The Georgian. We knew that
there was always something good in the edi
torial column, notwithstanding it was pre
sented in unseemly and battered type, long
worn in the cause of Democratic principles.
r, OCTOBER 20. 184 7. ~~
I exchangel ~ “
I Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, t ,
II Bank of Augusta, u
Branch State of Georgia, Augusta, " „
Bank of Brunswick, " «
Georgia Rail R0ad,..1. M
I Mechanics! Bank, ,<
Bank of Sf. Mary’5.......... «
, HanktiOi iUedaey.lJc..-. »•••••-
Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah u
Branches of ditto,,
Warfltre and Eire Insurance Bank, sWanna’h, * «
Branch of ditto, at Macon,, ’ tt
Planters’ Bank, Savannah,,, u
Central Bank of Georgia,.. 'it
Cehtml R. R. and Banking Company, Savannah,.. ’ «t
j Charleston Banks, «
! Bank of Camden, .... »«
Bank of Georgetown, ’ «
r Commercial, Columbia, "" «
Merchants’, at Cheraw, *./ «
| Bank of Hamburg, ] «
|i Alabama Notes, 2 ita dis
j | Commercial Bank of Macon, failed
II NO SALE OB UNCERTAIN.
• Merchants’ Bank of A aeon.*
; Bank of Daren and Branches.
Bank of Columbus.
Chattahoochee Rail Road and Banking Company.
Monroe Rail Road and Banking Company.
Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus.
Exchange Bunk, Brunswick.
Insurance Bank of Columbus, at Macon.
Phoenix Bank of Columbus.
CHECKS.
On New York, ’ prom
Philadelphia, 1 «*
Boston, »«
Charleston and Savannah,. par.
Lexington, Kentucky,
Nashvdle, Tennessee, “
STOCKS.
Georgia, B per cents no sales.
Georgia, 6 per cents 9b rd) 100
*Not taken by our banks, but redeemable at the Plant
ers’ Bunk, Savannah » par.
We therefore always road them with pleasure
an I profit. But wm now hail the appearance
of our old friend The Georgian in a new and
very becoming dress. It is now attractive
i both from its intrinsic merits, and its external
I appearance. If it be true.
“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul j"
Then the Georgian must hereafter present a
double claim upon the public favor..
A new and complete sot of type is evidence
, of the prosperity and popularity of a paper,
j We are sure none in our State is more deserv
ing than the Georgian. We wist it success,
| and increasing popularity. Its new' type is
largo and clear, and gives a bold and distinct
impression. We hope that both in town and
country it may find a circulation worthy its
commercial character, and the superior talents
enlisted in its editorial department.
Pennsylvania-
Returns from thirty-seven counties give
Shunk, the Democratic candidate, a majo ity
of 12,041. In the same counties in 1344, the
Whig candidate had a majority of 1,119, show -,
ing a clear gain for Shunk of 14,163 votes.
Ohio 331cction-
We have bnt few additional returns from
this State, From present prospects, the whtgs
will have a majority in both branches of the
Legislature.
€ommere ia I.
Augusta Wlarbet. Oct. 23.
COTTON' —Since our last review, our Cotton market
has had a downward tendency, and prices hare daily
given way, until they have reached a paint little calcu
lated on by either buyer or seller, two weeks ago.—
The highest price that could be obtained yesterday, for
strictly fair Cotton, in square bales, was a9* cents,
which is a decline of fully half a cent from the prices
paid last week. Even at this decline, buyers are reluct
ant operators, and show no disposition to take hold,
looking for prices to go still lower. Holders, on the oth
er hand, are more willing sellers, and the quantity offer
ing is fair for the season. Cotton is arriving more freely,
and the bulk of that now CQinmg to hand, is of good
quality, ranging from good middling upwards. Another
great improvement we are pleased to notice, is the quan
tity coming to market in square packages—there being
ten bales of this description where there were three, four
or five years since. In the reduction that has taken
place in ptices, Planters will find the difference to them
in the two modes of packing; square hales in our mar
ket still commanding Mf* ccnt mr,re tlian the aam r q-ial
ity of Cotton put up in round bales. The sales this
week have been to a fair extent, amounting to 1330 hales,
i as follow: 3 at B|, 27 at 9, 19 at 9}, 17 at 9}, 16 at 9 3-16,
27 at 9g, 549 at 9}, 246 at 9J, 10 at 9 9-10, 193 at 9|, 147
at 10, 9at 10} and 27 at 10}. All above 9| cents were
sold in the early part of the week. We give below the
, quotations current yesterday, but must remark that our
‘ outside figures fur fair was difficult to obtain, buyers re
fusing to give over 9}. It must also be borne in mind
! that our quotations are for square bales, round of the
: same qualities seiiing for halt a cent less.
QUOTATIONS.
| Ordinary ~.....,n0nc Middling Fair.
I Middling 8}a — Fair 9\ a 9}
i Good Middling 9 a 9} Good Fair 9} a
- OF* RECEIPTS OVER LAST AT
N. Orleans- .9V*' l9 bales, av’g 459 1b5.... 11,925 99.9 lbs
M0bi1e,...’,. 3,840 “ “ 489 “ .. 1,877,760 “
__
Total,.. ,30,342 13,803,660 lbs.,
DECREASE AT
Charleston, ~.8,375 bales, av’g 360 1b5....3,915,990 lbs
Savannah,.... 5,668 “ “ 415 “ 2,357,229 “
Texas, 8) “ “ 459 «.. 36,000
Virginia, 100 “ “ 360 “.. 36,000 •
N. Carolina,.. 62 “ “ 360 “
T0ta1,.., 14.285 ,5.461,540
RECEIPT 4 * OF COTTON.
From Vie Ist brpt., 1847, to late* dote* received
Savannah, Oct. 18.
Charleston, Oct. 7,977 » , W
Mobile, Oct. 19.-.. * -A’p 5 j
r c\y-Orleans, Oct. U........... 53,3.0
Texas, Sept. IS. M - M
* »»
Virginia, Oct 7 75
North Carolina, Oct. 2
Total