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(From the Commercial Correspondent of the Union.)
NEW YORK Oct. qO, 1817, >
Wednesday, 4, P. M. )
Yesterday arrived simultaneously the French
steamer Missouri, at this port, from Cherbourg,
with dates to the 30th ult., and the Cambria
at Boston, from Liverpool, with dates to the
4th instant.
The death of the lion. Alexander If. Everett,
at Canton, on the 29th June, is much to be
deplored- It was apparently very sudden. I
had the honor of receiving a very interesting
letter from him, dated Macao, May 16—a lit
ter more than a month before his reported
death. He spoke of his being about to re- 1
move to Canton, and was indulging high
hopes for the future. Enclosed was a letter
for publication, on the condition of China,and
which will appear in the forthcoming number
of the Democratic Review. He was upon the
evo of increasing the sphere of his usefulness
to his country, by extending his relations
among the remarkable people to whom he Avas
the first resident minister sent by the United
States, and of whom he had formed already a
high opinion, much more favorable than that
usually entertained by foreigners. His mission
was calculated to promote the intercourse and
good understanding between the two coun
tries, and his death will be felt as a great loss.
The general features of the news are the
same as those previously received, A r iz: a con
tinued and unexampled pressure in the money
market, involving further importatant failures.
Over thirty firms have become insolvent in the
fourteen days which elapsed from the 19th
September to October 4. Their liabilities
range from £160,000 to £600,000 each. These
firms are connected with the East India trade
aid Avith Lancashire, in the export of co ton
goods and yards. The causes of these terrible
diasters arc no longer alleged to be the fall in
breadstuff's, inasmuch as the prices of food
have rallied, restoring in some degree the va
lue of the assets of these corn houses Avhose
stocks were Avithheld from market, The flour
of some of the insolvent houses that was valued
during the panic at 235., is uoav Avorth 285.,
and prices have a firm and upward tendency;
while the devastation spreads among other
branches of business, seemingly Avith increas
ing force, the last day of the dates (Oct. o)
having been one of the most gloomy and
eventful. Many of the Avriters and newspa
pers affect to ascribe the distress to “misregu
lation of the finances,” and other such puerili
ties, as if nations or communities, any more than
individuals, can financier themselves out of
debt, or supply, by multiplying promises, the
loss of actual wealth. For a length of time
credit may be sustained, to a great extent, but
only to make the inevitable crash the greater
in the end. It has been the marked feature of
the crisis uoav culminating in England, that
nearly all the exploded houses have long been
insolvent, and Avere living on credit, which
enabled them to command the floating capital
of the country. That floating capital has
measurably ceased to exist, and, as a conse
quence, those who “traded on borroAvod capi
tal” are encountering a merited fate. The
strength of the position of the United States
is oAving to their having ceased to do so. The
finances arc sound. No government funds are
outstanding, through scores of inflated banks
to SAvell the obligations o f speculators whose
shortsighted operations undermine the fabric
they are seeking to raise: but the constitution
al currency being in demand, through the
healthy action of the Treasury Department,
the funds of all closes, bankers and merchants,
are regularly invested in productive industry,
which constantly increases the capital employ
ed.
In Great Britain over $5,000,000 jier Aveek
has, for more than a year, been drawn from
commerce and productive industry, and sunk
in railroads, Avhich, hoAvever useful they may
be henceforth, are of no aA-ail now as ex
changeable commodities. When capital is
employed in manufactures, it purchases raw
materials and pays the wages of operates, Avho
purchase largely of foreign productions for their
OAvn consumption. The result of their labors,
however, is an exportable commodity, Avhich
goes forth in discharge of importations, with
some profit to the employer. In years of short
harvests, the quantity of foreign food to be
purchased is enhanced, requiring larger exports
to pay for it. The usual effect of this is to
cause breadstuff’s to be high in price, and con
sequently to diminish the consumption of other
articles of foreign colonial produce, and also of
domestic manufactures. The price of these
latter fall, and the export increases, while
Stocks of other produce and of goods are sent
to the continent to raise money, and the dimi
nution of capital sustained by the failure of the
crop is compensated for. During the last year
the failure of good crops has been equal to
$10,000,000. The consumption of foreign
grain for the mouth of August wns 1760,000
quarters, and for September 1,800,000, Avorth
£9,000,000, or $15,000,000 for lavo months’
consumption. This has involved an immense
loss of floating capital, Avh ic vast sums have
been invested in railroads, and the operation
of which has been to increase the consumption
of foreign goods and produce; while those en
gaged in the production of goods to export,
and in the shipment and sale of them, have
so und a constantly increasing difficulty in pro
curing money to carry on their operations,
until a fearful calamity has resulted, and many
are forced to abandon their operations. The
future presents no prospect of relief. The
railroads arc in active operation, and the “calls”
continue as. large as ever. Ihe “calls for
September were £1,125,871, and for October
£3,458,011 —making £37,873,354 since Jan
uary, Avhile the state of the harvest is such as
to give rise to the liveliest fears. There is now
no doubt but that the actual wants of Ireland
will be fully as largeas last year. There is as
vet, however, no means of supplying them.
That the United States can furnish limitless
quantities of corn, is true; but who is to pay for
it? The enormous purchases of the British
government for Irish account will not be
renewed; and how extensive soever may he the
means of local relief through increased em
ployment iu the raising of flax and other mat
ters, if importation take place, they must be
paid for by England. The potato ciop, Miia.ll
• as was the number of acres planted with them,
will turn out badly, and the countries of the
west of Europe present no better prospect lor
that root, and rye advances in consequence at
' the leading ports; but generally the crops are
i said to be so mueb. better, as to* indirect the
hope that the level of prices for food wiil rule^
' much lower than last year, and in consequence
thereof, that the consumption of goods will be
enhanced to the benefit of the English export
trade.
The chief articles of English export are cot
ton goods—that is to say, in round numbers,
of £50,000,000 annual export, £25,000,000 is
of cotton manufactures; consequently, the
condition of the market for the raw material is
matter of the greatest anexiety. Cheap money
and cheap raw material are essential to the
export trade. Money was never more scarce
in the manufacturing districts than now; and
the quantity of cotton taken for consumption
is very small, being 21,000 bales only for the
week ending October Ist, and the price falling
heavily. This Avas regarded as a good feature
in the banking circles; because, the more the
price of cotton fell, the less would be the de
mand upon England to pay’ for it, and the more
available would manufacturing capital become
in working it up for export. It is evident,
however, that the fall is the effect of extraor
dinary pressure, which paralyzes business, any
revival of Avhich must again raise prices. The j
! accounts from this side were anxiously looked
for, in the hope that the prospect of a larger
crop than last year might afford promise of j
permanently loAvor prices. Up to this time,
however, the receipts vary’ little from those at
the same time last year. It is pretty Avell ascer
tained, as far as it can be so early' in the year,
that the production of cotton for 1847-’4B will
be insufficient to supply the spindles in opera- j
tion throughout the year; and that |
those Avhich can run to the best advrntage, by |
means of the facilities they can command, will
obtain the largest proportional share, and pro
duce the most goods. England cannot depress
the market for any length of time, as in former ’
years, by financial operations. The continental ,
and U. S. demand now boars too large a pro
portion to the supply to allow the control of
the market to Great Britain.
31 ti gtt 0 1 a, (Georgia.
TUUSDAY MORNING, OCT. 26.
Letter Sheet Prices Current will be
ready’ for delivery' to-morroAv morning at 9
o’clock. Those Avishing extra copies will leave
their orders at the office this day,as avg will only
Avork off a sufficient number to fill orders.
Which is the true Boundary?— The Nueces
or the Rio Grandei?
The true boundary of Texas, on the west- '
ern or Mexican side, became a question of prac
tical interest for the first time to the Ameri
can people in 1803. It was then that the
territory of Louisiana became by purchase the
property of the American Union. Texas was
then a part of Louisiana, and Louisiana then
became the property of the Union. What was
Texas then? Where was it’s western boun
dary? Mr. Jefferson aIAA-ays asserted and main
tained that the Rio Del Norte Avas that boun
dary. So did Presidents Madison, Monroe
and John Quincy’ Adams. Mr. Monroe assert
ed this as early as Nov. 1803, Mr. Madison |
as early as 1804, Mr. Adams as early as 1818,
and these distinguished men eA’er after uni
| formly maintained this position. We Avill not
occupy onr space with numerous quotations
at hand to shoAv this. It Avill not be denied.
But we will give another very high name in
favor of this boundary’. As early as April,
1820, Mr. Clay’, in a speech on the Florida
treaty, declared that “onr title to the Rio Del
Norte was as well founded as it was to the
island of New Orleans.” brVgain: in his famous
Raleigh letter of April 17th, 1844, he declares,
“The United States acquired a title to Texas,
extending, as I belicA’e, to the Rio Del Norte,
by the treaty of Louisiana.”
Mr. Benton, in a letter of 4th May, 1841,
published in the Washington Globe, uses the
following language:
“Our title to the Avhole of Texas had been
previously vindicated by r Mr. Adams himself,
1 Avho showed from I-a Harpe’s Journal, and
other early writings, that the French, tinder
whom Ave claimed, had established themselves
: under La Salle, at the bay’ of St. Bernard, the
j oldest settlement in the proA’ince, upwards of
i thirty years before the Spaniards crossed the Bio
| del Norte.
“The best and most numerous harbors on
! the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico,
lie between the Sabine and the mouth of the
Rio del Norte. As a naval and commercial
power, owning the great river which carries
the commerce of an empire into the gulf, we
had the greatest need for these harbors. By
the acquisition of Louisiana, avg obtained
them; by the new boundary established on
| our south-west frontier in 1819, we gave them
, away.
. ! “Before the establishment of this boundary’,
all the country to the Avest of the lower Mis-
L sissippi, finite to the Bio del Norte, was ours.”
1 In addition to this, may bo added the fact
' stated by Mr. Madison in 1804, that Mr. Saus
; sat, the French Commissioner who delivered
i the territory to us, declared that the Rio del
Noite w’as the boundary. The Spanish au
, authorities also granted an order for the de
livery of all posts on the Avest side of the Mis
sissippi, thus confirming the French assertion
as to the boundary’.
, | That this country exercised this claim to the
full extent, AA-ehai’e the authority of Mr. Web
ster. In a note of his, to the Mexican min
ister, written Bth July, 1812, while he Avas
Secretary of State, we have his statement of
this fact, and that the United States confirmed
Spain in it by the treaty of 1819.
Here is his language :
“By the treaty of the 22d of January’, 1819,
between the United States and Spain, the Sa
bine Avas adopted as the line of boundary he
tAveen the two poAvers. Up to that period, no
considerable colonization had been effected in
| Texas; but the territory between the Sabine
and the Rio Grande being confirmed to Spain
by the treaty, applications were made to that
power for grants of haul; and such grants, or
; permissions of settlement, were in fact made
by the Spanish authorities in fervor of citizens
of the United States proposing to emigrate to
Texas in numerous families, before the decla-
I ration of independence by Mexico."
So much for the boundary of Texas as ceded
j to Spain-
Now let us inquire what is the boundary
claimed for herself by Texas, and' assented to
by Mexico. It is a matter of notoriety that
the republic of Texas never asserted for her
self any’ other boundary. She vindicated her
title to independence on the ever glorious field
of San Jacinto. It was there, in the language
of the eloquent Preston, the title- of Mexico
to Texas was forever extinguished. A feAv
months after that memorable battle, a treaty
was made, of Avhich the follow ing is a portion :
“Articles of agreement and solemn compact
made and adopted by David G. Burnet, Presi
dent of the republic of Texas, and the under
signed, members of the. cabinet thereof, on the
| one part, and Don Antonio Lopez de Santa ;
Anna, President of the republic of Mexico, i
and Don Vicente Filisola, general of division,
Don Jose Urrea, Don Joaquin Ramires y Ses
ma, and Don Antonio Gaona, generals of
brigades of the armies of Mexico.
“4th. That the President, Santa Anna, in
his official capacity as chief of the Mexican
nation, and the generals Don Vicente Filisola,
Don Jose Urrea, Don Joaquin Ramires y Ses
ma, and Don Antonio Gaona, as chiefs of ar
mies, do solemnly acknowledge, sanction, and
ratify the full,' entire, and perfect indepen
dence of the republic of Texas, with such
boundaries as are hereafter set forth and agreed
upon for the same.”
Among the articles of this treaty was one
(the sth) specifying the Rio Del Norte from
its mouth to its source, and thence to North
latitude 42 degrees. Santa Anna "was then
the military dictator of Mexico, and embodied
its sovereignty in his own person. More than
that, the Mexican nation affirmed the treaty
by accepting the release of 4000 prisoners, the
restoration of arms and munitions of war and
other public property and by receiving the
benefit of other provisions of the treaty.
The Western boundary of Texas was ac
knowledged by us in a tx*eaty with that Repub
lic in 1838 to be the Rio Del Norte. She was
afterwards admitted into our Union while
claiming this boundary. In the absence of
an)' other boundary recognized either by that
I State or by our federal government, and under
the repeated refusal of Mexico to make any
treaty by which the boundary could be mutu-
j ally agreed upon, it became the duty of our
! government to defend that boundary and to !
i protect the soil east of it from invasion. That
soil is now consecrated by the blood of the
immortal heroes of Palo Alto and Resaca. On
those glorious fields of American valor and
American patriotism rest the bones of many of
her gallant dead. Every impulse of patriot- I
ism and national pride forbid the surrender
of that consecrated soil to the base and
perfidious Mexican. The footsteps of that
degenerate race should never more be allowed
to press upon it with a conqueror’s stride,
i Yet there are people and presses in the bosom
| of our own country that insist upon it that
i the soil belongs to Mexico and should be sur
° i
; rendered to her. They find fault with our |
government for refusing to acknowledge the 1
Nueces to be the true boundary between Mex- |
ico and this Republic, and thereby acknowl
edging ourselves to have been the aggressors
in this war, which Congress declared to have
been commenced by the act of Mexico.
But it mav be considered a settled matter
that neither Mexican prowess in the field, nor
Mexican chicanery in the cabinet, nor the arts
. and sophistry of factious demagogues, nor the
tears of tender hearted sympathizers with “ the
wrongs of Mexico ,” can extort or cajole the
American people into stultifying and degrad
ing themselves by so preposterous an acknowl
j edgment. *
The Subjugation of Mexico-
The associate editor of the Chronicle betrays
, intense alarm at the idea of the subjugation of
i Mexico, lest, after this is accomplished, Mexico
should turn around and subjugate us. The fol
■ lowing is a portion of his panic article of yes
; terday.
“Do you wish to be placed at the mercy of
; ten millions, hostile to you, as enemies and
| conquerors, in the first place, and as support
ers of that institution in the next ? Are you
willing to run the hazards of annexing Mexi
co ? Do you not know that every State with
in the limits of that unfortunate country would
be against you? When, in the course of time
and events, could you hope for a majority in a
single Mexican Statei How would you feel
j with ten millions of fellow-citizens on your
I South, the implacable foes of your system, and
| fourteen millions on the North of you, with a
• bolt of opposition encircling you from the At
lantic ocean, on our extreme North east around
i our Northern line, along the Pacific, and again
across our Southern boundary to the Gulf of
Mexico
This is an appeal to the ,f /nen of the South.”
So far as the ten millions of those ‘ fellow
citizens” of the South are concerned, we would
| suggest, as a panacea for our neighbors dis
| turbed nerves, that those ten millions would
have to pass the field of San Jacinto, and the
whole State of Texas also, before they can get
to us.
As for the fourteen millions at the North,
wc think they are divided among themselves.
We will leave the Missouri Compromise demo
crats of the North, constituting a very large
fraction of that party, to hold in chock tha
whigs and abolitionists, who arc all Wilmot
Proviso men. We doubt whether they will
ever cross Mason & Dickson’s line to unite
with the Mexicans to conquer us.
The question is asked, when Southern men
could hope for a majority in a single Mexican
State? We reply, we would hope for it, in as
little time as it took to get a majority in Texas.
“Observe the circling year, how unperceived
Her seasons change ! Behold, by slow degrees,
Stern Winter tam'd into a ruder Springs
The ripen’d Spring a milder summer glows ;
Departing Summer sheds Pomona’s store ;
And aged Autumn brews the winter storm.”
We have never known a more striking illus
tration of the Poet’s description of the gliding
of one season into another than the present
has furnished.
We have had for weeks blight dry weather,
the nights cool and sometimes chilly, gradual
ly assuming a more marked degree of cold,
while the days which commence at early
morning cold and bracing, assume, towards
noon, a warm temperature and “with a milder
summer glow.”' It has been beautiful weath
er, and in the country no doubt delightful, as
well as highly favorable to the maturing and
gathering the Cotton crops. But we, unfortu
nate denizens of the city, have been almost
suffocated with dust, and many have suffered
with colds and sore throats from this irrita
ting cause.
But luckily, yesterday morning before day
light, we had a refreshing shower, which was
sufficient to prevent persons now from raising
a dust, though it is not sufficient, unluckily,
to raise the river. The river is getting low.
Our Merchants are not receiving their goods
quite as fast as they desire, but they are pre
paring for a brisk trade, and their stocks are
even now adequate to present emergencies.
We may soon expect hoary winter with all
his honors/ He comes ‘‘frosty but kindly,” as
old age is described as coining to the tempe
rate and prudent. It is a season that has its f
pleasures as -well as its inconveniences and
hardships. Cowper says of it,
“I love thee, all unlovely as thou seera’st,
And dreaded as thou art.”
Kindling with his theme, he exclaims —
“I crown thee King of intimate delights,
Fireside enjoyments, home born happiness,
And all the comforts that the lowly roof
Os undisturbed retirement, and the hours
Os long uninterrupted evening: knows.”
The gentle wind is now sighing among the
trees, and scattering their withered leaves in
rustling showers. But as yet our trees pre
serve much of their verdure and their foliage.
The beautiful old fashioned China presents a
rich and gay appearance with its mingled
hues of green and yellow. The more modern
Spanish Mulberry is also presenting many a
sere and yellow- leaf amidst its masses of green.
The water oak and the elm still cling to their
deep green suits, and extend over the bustling
side -walks and fading grass plats, a dense shade
that will soon be “more ornamental than use
ful.”
We cordially wish our readers, not only to
cur business men a prosperous season, but to
all the realization of the poet’s picture of
“Fireside enjoyments, home born happiness,”
and in addition, a reasonable share of what
are called “the gaieties of the season.”
Dividend-
The Board of Directors of the Bank of the
State of Georgia, have declared a dividend of
Three dollars per share, for the last six months,
payable on and after the 26th inst.
Troops in Mexico-
The Union of 22d inst. after noticing the ar
rival of a portion of Gen. Cushing’s command
at Vera Cruz, says—“ Since Brigadier General
i Pierce’s departure with his brigade from Vera
Cruz for Major General Scott’s headquarters,
July 14th, six thousand troops and upwards
arc officially reported to have arrived at the
former place inclusive of October 6th; since
which date, other and numerous reinforce
ments have been rapidly concentrating there,
and moving forward on the route to the city
of Mexico.”
Return of the Macedonian
The L. S. frigate Macedonian, which went
out in command of Com. DeKay, with a cargo
ot provisions and clothing contributed to re
lieve the wants of the destitute in Ireland and
Scotland, arrived at New York on 22d inst.—
She left Greenock Sept. 15th, but was com
pelled by stress of weather, after the loss of
several sails, to put back on the 17th, and rode
/\ 11 f ll o1 rv cm M»1 A. _ 1- _ _ "11
out the gale under the lee of J? ranee.
Tire New York Tribune, says that the mer
cantile failures in England, notice of which
was brought out by the steamer Cambria, in
volve the sum of $21,177,600. This is exclusive
of a number of houses, whose liabilities are not
stated.
Pennsylvania £2 lection
We have now the reported or official returns
from all the counties in the state, except Pot
ter, McKean and Elk. Mr. Shrink's majority
thus thus far is 18,117. The three counties
named will increase his majority to the neigh
i borhoodof 19,000.
The Dalton Eagle of Friday last, says: “Corn
was offered here this week at twenty-five cents j
a bushel, and we understand that, twenty 1
miles from here, in Walker, Gilmer, or in the 1
adjoining counties of Tennessee, any quantity
can be bought at from twelve to \fifteen cents per
bushel.”
The Governor of Pennsylvania has appoint
ed the 25th of next month u dav of prayer,
j *
j thanksgiving and praise throughout that Com
monwealth. The Governors of eight States
have now issued their proclamations recom
mending the 25th as a day of Thanksgiving.
Some of the London letters state that Lord !
Ashburton sold out £500,000 of the funds to
strengthen the Barings.
Currency Congress-
Late London papers state that a Currency
Congress, composed of members of respective
banking linns in the British provinces and
mercantile houses of high standing in Lon
don, were to have met in that city in a few
; days. All are agreed in the propriety of an
immediate repeal of the Bank restriction act of
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Wisconsin
Governor Dodge has called an extra session
°
' of the Territorial Legislature, to meet at Mad-
J ison on the 18th instant, for the express pur
pose of originating a new attempt to procure a
State Constitution and be admitted into the
Union.
Bishop Ondcrdonk.
The Episcopal Convention in New York was
occupied on Wednesday, with the discussion of
Bishop Onderdonk’s case. The chief point in
debate ’was to the number of Bishops nccessa- !
ry to revoke a sentence —whether a majority
of their whole number or only a majority of a
quorum. Finally, the convention laid the
subject of the new canon on the table, on mo
tion of Hon. W. C. Rives, who introduced a
resolution in effect that it is inexpedient to
restore Bishop Qndcrdonk to his Episcopal
functions.
Death of Judg-e Goldth waite.
The Mobile papers announce the death of
Judge Goldthwaite, one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of that state. He died at his
residence in Mobile, on the ISth inst. after a
short illness, of Yellow Fever.
Tennessee-
On the 11th inst. in the House of Represen
tatives, Mr. Estell, from the Committee on En
rollments, reported as correctly enrolled, an
act granting further time for the completion of
the Western and Atlantic Rail Road of Geor
gia to the Tennessee river.
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The Failures in Eugrland-
The New York Express of Wednesday eve
ing says:
“The merchants are now in possession
their fall correspondence by the steamers. The
number of failures are in no ways exaggerated.
But very few of them are connected with the
trade of this country. It is not believed that
a solitary failure will take place bore in con
sequence ©f the stoppages in England.”
The Washington.
The Washington steamer which was adver
tised to leave Southampton for New Aork on
the same day in October as the Caledonia, is
is now announced to leave Southampton on
the 24th instead, of the 19th October, as pre
viously fixed.
The Kentucky Regiments-
Two new regiments of volunteers, the 3d
and 4 th, numbering 2000 men, were encamped,
within seven miles of Louisville on the 4th
instant.
The auxiliary steam ship Edith, Captain
Couillard, was to leave New-Yoik on Thurs
day for Yera Cruz. She takes out about one
hundred and sixty officers and men for the |
array in Mexico, together with ammunition,
&c.
Death of Mr- Everett-
By the arrival of the Cambria, we receive
the announcement of the death of the lion. A. ;
11. Everett, commissioner from the United
States in China. lie expired at Canton, on
the 29th of June. We find the following ac
count in the English Papers.
The funeral solemnities took place at three
o’clock, P. M. the following day, attended by
nearly the entire foreign community. '1 he
Rev. P. Parker officiated on the occasion.—
After the reading of an appropriate portion of
scripture and prayer, the remains were con
veyed to the place of interment, Dane’s Island,
Whampoa, the steamer Corsair, accompanied
by most of the American and several of the
English community, and officers belonging to
11. M. steamer Pluto, Capt. Airey having,
with kind consideration, provided seamen from
that vessel to convey the body to the grave. —
At Whampoa, the procession was joined by a
j detachment of armed men, sent by the French
| Commodore Lapierte, under the direction of
Commandant M. Livere (to escort it, and ren
der military honors to the remains of the de
ceased,) and by a train of boats from the Eng
, lish, American and other vessels. The flags
j at half mast, and minute guns from the French
frigate La Gloirc, the flag ship of Commodore
Lapierte, conspired to mark the interest and
solomity of the occasion.
Conversion of Profi Alien-
The Rev. George Allen, A. M., of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church, renounced the min
; | istry a few days ago, and publicly conformed
> to the Roman Catholic communion. The
■ Philadelphia News says :
1 Hi} was received into the bosom of that
. Church with the usual pomp and solemnity,
■ and partook of the first sacrament at the altar
of St. John’s Cathedral. Prof. Allen was for
f many years President of Newark College,
; i Delaware, and presided over its affairs with
orl fVi f* 1 acit turn VPftTQ
i Qistmguisnea acuity. xor ine last two years
! he has been connected with the University of
i Pennsylvania, and is at this time Professor of
I Latin and Greek, and Secretary of the Faculty,
j The sudden change in his religious views has
I surprised the Clergy and Laity of the Episco-
I pal denomination, from the fact that he has
hitherto been regarded a staunch Protestant.
We have no doubt that this conversion will
create quite a sensation in the religious world.
[ From the Savannah Georgian,]
Huzza! Our Country’s flag doth wave,
O'er Montezuma’s halls ;
The bannerol the free and brave.
Floats o'er the lofty walls ;
In vain the foe by numbers sought,
To check our little band ;
Thro’ fields by blood and valor bought,
They’ve won the long sought laud!
What tho’ a thousand noble hearts,
.Shall throb on earth no more,
For hurled down by the foe men’s darts,
.
Their dream of life is o’er !
They came at duty’s trumpet call,
With high resolve they came,
Where better could a soldier fall 1
Where leave a prouder name I
And is there one within our land,
Whate’er his tenets be,
That honors not our gallant hand,
Who’ve won such victory 1
Be his the shame—be his the doom,
Os traitor and of knave,
A life of self-reproach and gloom,
A lone, unhonored grave I
On Buena Vista's bloody plain,
No party voice was heard,
But side by side our ranks were slain,
And side by side interr'd ;
And shall ice far from harm,
Talk lightly of the might
Os those, who ’mid the war’s alarm,
Are battling for our right ?
Huzza! A thousand hearty cheers,
For all our gallant men ;
With shouts of joj", and burning tears.
We’ll greet them home again ;
Joy, for the forms that safe return !
Tears for the gallant slain !
And let each heart the craven spurn.
That treats them with disdain.
R. M. C.
[From the New York Swi, Oci. 20.]
The C eke wo xt of laying the Corner Stone
of the Monument to Washington, yesterday,
| was a splendid and imposing affair. The day
■ was beautiful, and at an early hour, long be
! fore the procession commenced, the whole
j down-town population and swarms of coun
try people from the river craft, seemed to be
pouring in one living flood toward Hamilton
Square. There was in fact a general suspen
sion of business in the city. Stores and shops
were open, but they had no customers, and
even the arrival of news by two European
Steamers failed to gather anything like the
usual crowd around our office. Every body
was intent on seeing the first stone of the great ■
monument laid. Not less than a hundred
thousand persons joined in or were spectators
of the procession, which was one of the most
magnificent ever witnessed in N. York. The |
military made a superb show, the fire eom- |
panics vied with each other in the display of
good order and bouquets, and the civic so- j
cieties were dressed in their various regalias, l
which, with the thousands of banners, gave
thejprocession the appearance of a grand army.
The ceremonies commenced with an able and
eloquent prayer by the Rev. Mr. \ ermilye,
after which the corner stone was laid by Gov. |
Young, assisted by G. W. P- Custis and others.
Under it were deposited the city papers, of the
day, coins, &c. Following this, the ode written j
by G. P. Morris was sung, after which came
the Oration of Chief Justice Jones, then a glee i
by the Apollo Brothers, the whole concluding
with an address by G. W- P. Custis and J. C.
Hart,, Esqs. The scene was one of thrilling
interest, and every eye seemed to sparkle with
pride as the ceremony of laying the Comer
Stone was completed.
Coming Home. —Every boat that now ar
rives from the watering places over the lake,
comes crowded with our citizens who have
been passing the summer away from home. — j
From Pascagoula, Biloxi, Pass Christian, Bay ;
St. Louis and Madisonville "whole families arc
daily returning. Yesterday we chanced to be
at the lake end of the Ponrchartrain railroad
when the boat from Madisonville arrived, and
such a cargo of beds and bedding, cots, pots,
kettles and tin-pans,- baskets, cradles and cribs;
barrels, boxes and pigs; dogs, guns and hunt
ers; men women, and children; papas, mamas
and babies; and, in a w'ord, all sorts of things
that go to make up that state of society known
as “domestic felicity;” such a cargo, we sal
ami such a sight we say were really good for
sore eyes. There cannot be many more of our
citizens at the watering places, and as an evi
dence of this fact, it will be noticed, as we
stated this morning, that the steamer Mobile
ceases her trips to these points after Sunday
next. —A. O. Picayune , 20 th inst.
Special Notices.
GLOBE HOTEL.
CORNER OF BROAD S? JACKSONSTS.
AUGUSTA, GA.
BY FRANCIS 31. JENNINGS.
Oct. 24 j y
AUGUSTA FIRE COMPANY.
riiere w ill be a general meeting of tlie Compa
ny in Greene-strcet, in front of the Methodist
Church, on Saturday, the 30th inst., at 3 o’clock P
31.. for practice and inspection.
By order of the Chief Engineer,
F LAMBACK.
Wm. Phillips, Sec’y a. p. c. Oct. J 9
TAXES !
LAST AND FINAL NOTICE!
Unless your TAXES are paid previous to the Ist
November next, I shall issue Executions against
all defaulters.
Office on Ellis-street, at aiy Stables.
R. A. WATKINS.
N. B.—Always present except from hours 11
to 2. 5 Oct. 20
AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING CO3I
PANE.
By order of the Board of Directors, notice is
hereb)'given, that an installment of 10 per cent is
required to be paid in by the Stockholders on Wed j
| nesday, the 10th of November next.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec/y a. m.c.
Sept. 30 X
O 3 DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at
j tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in
i Augusta and its vicinity.
Office in Metcalfs Range, up stair*. Entrance
one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store.
June 13 6rn 215
PLEASANT STOVALL
Renews the tender of his services in the STO
AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTli
ER PRODUCE, at bis Fire Proof Warehouse
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 134/. 8 mos. 35
(£o m in cr c ia I.
LATEST DATES FROM LIVEKPOOL OCT. 4
LATEST DATES FROM HAVR3 OCT. 1
S A VAN NA H IMPORTS, OCfT 227
Liverpool—Br. ship Eliza—22B sacks Salt,
158,300 Slates.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 25.— Cotton. —An inqui
ry on Saturday in the Upland market by a very
few attendants, resulted in the sale of 44)7 hales of
fair descriptions, at 9 cents, being a decline of \ ct.
since the day before, and cents since the ac
counts by the Cambria.
NEW YORK OctTaiTsi P. M.—Cotton, sales
1500 bales, chiefly for usejthe decline is 1 a on
the new.
Flour a little heavy, at #0,55 a 62 for new wheat
Western Southern 6,63 a 75; sour 5,26 a 50; meal
53 a 3,50.
Wheat, 1000 bus. good Genesee at 160 cts. —
Corn, 7000 bus. mixed at 7i cents, 2000 yellow at
75cents, and some very choice yellow at 76 a 77
cents. Oats 47 a4O cents.
OCT. 22,6 P. M.—There is a fair demand for
Flour but buyers are endeavoring to abtain a con
cession from holders. For Oswego ,$6 50 is bid,
and $6 561 asked; for Genesee 50 bid, and $6
$6 asked. The transactions are obont 5,000
bbls. at $6 50 a $6 62£, closing quiet. The sup
plies arc increasing, but Eastern ve-sels are still
scarce. For Southern $6 75 is asked, but there
is nothing doing.
There is but little activity in Wheat. About
4000 hush, good Genesee was sold to-day at ,$4 40.
Corn is also rather quiet. The sales to-day are
about 8.000 bushels at 72 a 75 per bushel.
The Cotton market is still declining. The sales
to-day reached 2000 bales, showing a fall of from
If to I|<3|ince the arrival of the steamer midd.iug
Orleans Sold at 9 cents.
MOBILE, Oct. 20.— Cotton —-Our last review
left the market in a very unsettled condition, with
such a wide discrepancy between the views of
holders and purchasers as to put a stop entirely to
all operations. This state of things was produced
by the disastrous intelligence from Europe by the
steamer Hibernia, and from its influence there has
yet been hut a partial recovery. During Wednes
day and Thursday of the commercial week now
closed, there was not a single hale sold. Buyers
demanded a reduction of Ic. to Ife. on the prices
ruling previous to the reception of the foreign ad
vices, and holders refused the concession. On
Friday the latter partially gave way, and some 30G
bales ot middlings changed hands at 9 a 9fc. On
Saturday nothing was done—buyers declining to
operate except at a further reduction, and sellers
refusing to meet their views. On Monday and
yesterday several small lots of middling cotton
amounting in the aggregate to from 350 to 44X)
bales, were sold at 9c., which in the present state
of the market is the extreme price for that des
cription of cotton. As we close, there is more dis
position on the part of holders to meet the views of
buyers, but they yield with great reluctance. The
demand, on the other hand,, is extremely limited,
owing to the absence of shipping facilities and the
difficulty of negotiating either foreign or domestic
exchange. The market therefore closes exceed
ingly dull at the following quotations :
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Good and fine nominal
Good fair nominal
Fair...— alO
Mid. fair— a
Middling —a 9
Ordinary a
We are pleased to notice a material improve
-11 end in the quality of the new crop now coming to
market —the result of the* fine weather lor pica
ing, with which the-planters have been tavored
duringthe last five or six weeks. It is better
ginned, of better color, better staple, and better ap
pearance generally, but there is still room lor im
provement.
In regard to the extent of the crop, our accounts
are stilffirvorable. For five weeks the weather ha*
been as fine for the crop as k could possibly have
been, and should it continue a few weeks longer,
without a killing frost, we may expect a near ap
proach to an average crop. V&e hear of slight
frosts in some parts of Marengo, Greene, Perry,
&c. last week, but not sufficient to kill vegetation,
and of course inflicting no injury upon cotton.
The receipts of the* week have been 2841 bales,
and the exports 1924 hales, and the stock on hau l
and on shipboard not cleared last evening 19 J
bales, against 8285 bales same time last year.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2£— Cotton— Arrived
since the 15th instant. 14,275 bales. Cleared in t £
same time 1381 bales—making an addition to stocE
of 12,394 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive ot ai
on shipboard not cleared 00 the 10tb inst.^astoc
of 74,125 bales. , r *
At the time of making up onrlast report the co
ton market had again assumed a fair degree o
tivity, as buyers were disposed to come j
more freely at the material reduction which " .
ders had been compelled to submit to, and
we stated to be fully \of a cent per lb. ia .
receipt of the European account* by the H « d
On Saturday there was again a fair
sales to the extent of about 3400 bales wer