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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. J A ivl c. S GAHUNER, JR. " TSRMS. 'fß J Daily, per annum CO Trip Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid in advance 5 00 Weekly, per annum S 00 If paid in advance 2 50 Tl> Clubs, renutting $lO IN advakce, FIVE COPIES arc sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the t each of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.* o*Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and s-ond four he tv subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00. new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. (FT Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. 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 - . ■ - - ' ■■ - - - ~~ - - -"."a 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 '■ <• tg - - - ■ 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. 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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