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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST! JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Hail)', per annum... $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum ...in G 00 If paid iu advance. 5 00 Weekly, per annifrrt; " 00 If paid in advance 2 30 Td Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE COPIES arc sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of nfeW subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. tl'T’Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the pdper at $2 00. lETAJI nfew subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. QU 3 Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. [From the Washington Union, Oct. 30.] Official 'Treasury Department, Oct. 30, HU7. The receipts into the Treasury during the miarter ending the 30th of September, 1847, were*, as nearly as can now be ascertained : From cu5t0m5. .......:: . $11,073,(109 “ lands 832,760 “ miscellaneous . 15,670 “ loan of 1846............... .v 111,000 loan of 1847 5,144,700 $17,174,130 The expenditures during the same period were — Civil, miscel’ous, and foreign intercourse $1,120,4.53 G 4 On account of the army, &x. 59,186,496 27 “ “ Indian Department 691,795 05 “ fortifications 190,158 OtT “ ** pensions . . 583.332 36 “ “ navy 2,384,805 4c “ “ interest, &c., on public debt 11,087 41 “ “ redemptioji of and interest on treasury notes 6,12,501 61 $14,700,139 89 £ Ji WALKER, Secretary of tile Treasury. iPhc Finances- It appears by the statement of the Treasur er, which we publish this day, that the nett balance in cash in the Treasury is ,<54,835,000. Upon inquiry, it appears that the amount of the loan and' treasury notes yet to be paid in is ftfear $5,00t),000 —making, in all, of cash that could be used before the meeting of Congress, nearly ten millions of dollars. But to this should be added, probably, $4,000,000 of ac cruing revenue up to that date from customs, lands, Mexican tariff, <Src., and we have the sum es $14,000,000 applicable to the expenditures for the month preceding the approaching session of Congress; thus proving that tee shall not be out of funds at that date. We also call attention to the official state ment, published above, of the receipts and ex penditures for tbe last quarter. This is the first quarter of th e first fiscal year under the tariff of 1846. The receipts from all sources during this quarter, it will be seen, are $17,- 174,130, and the total expenditures for the same quarter, $14,700,139 89— thus showing an excess of receipts over expenditures for that guarler of $2,473,991. If, however, we deduct the proceeds (as well as payments) from loans find treasury notes from each column respec tively, it will leave the receipts for the quar ter $11,918,430, and the expenditures $14,- 075,950; thus showing an excess of expendi tures for the quarter over receipts of $2,157,- 520. It is estimated, however, that the re ceipts from the Mexican tariff, in addition, du ring the last quarter, exceeded $500,000; which (excluding the avails of loans and treasury notes) would make the excess of expenditures over revenue for the quarter about $1,657,000. But as to the new tariff, the nett revenue from customs under it actually paid into the treasury for the first quarter of its first fiscal year —namely, from 30th June, 1847, to 30th September, 1847 —we see is $11,070,000. — Now, on reference to the same nett revenue from customs for the same quarter under the tariff of 1847 preceding—namely, from 30th June, 1816, to 30th September, 1846 —we find that revenue was only $6,125,000, or but little more than one-half the revenue from customs for the same quarter under the new tariff. We re publish the former official statement for that quarter, and ask a comparison of the results. The receipts into the treasury for the quar ter ending 30lh September, 1846, were, viz : Prom customs, about $6,125,000 « lands 640,000 “ miscellaneous sources 17.,000 “ treasury notes issued under act 22d July, 1846 1,953,950 $8,735,950 The expenditures for the“same period were, viz : Civil, miscel’ous, and foreign intercourse..sl,644,27l 50 Army proper 8,153,659 30 Fortifications, ordnance,and arming militia 462,627 09 Indian Department 827,880 03 Pensions 9!»2,757 77 Naval establishment 1,909,980 76 Redemption of treasury notes, and interest, 62,096 82 Redemption of treasury notes which were purloined, and interest 5,388 30 $ 14,088,661 27 R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury. Treasusy Department, Nov. 2, 1847. Thus is the tariff of 1846 already self-vindi cated, and Mr. Walker’s estimates more than sustained. We will add, in conclusion, that, under the new tariff, the exports of our oicn pro ducts largely exceed the imports; thus showing what the protectionists call the balance of trade in our favor. Oh! Mr. Webster, Mr. Evans, Mr. Huntington, Mr. Abbot Lawrence, distinguished as you all are, where are your predictions? Surely, neither of you are a Dan iel in financial prophecy, whilst the much abused estimates of Mr. Walker come out of the lion’s den and the fiery furnace unscathed. (From the Same, Nov. I.] New Tariff. In our last we published the official state ment of the nett revenue from customs for the first quarter of the first fiscal year under the tariff of 1846 —being $11,070,000. We con trasted this with the official statement of the nett revenue from customs for the same quarter the year preceding, under the tariff of 1842 being $6,125,000, or a difference of nearly five millions of dollars, in a single quarter, in favor of the new tariff, and at the same rate of dif ference, if it continued, amounting in the year to nearly twenty millions of dollars. We now present below, from the New i r ork Evening Post of October 30, 1847, the differ ence at that port in a single week, being the last week in October, 1847, between the two systems —showing a gain in that week in the single port of New York of $382,567, or 568 por cent. J ] This last week is exhibiting another favora ble feature in the tariff of 1846—that is, the costly articles and luxuries, which are to the greatest extent brought in during the fall months, and which boar generally a much larger duty under the tariff, of 1846 than that of 1842, show a revenue of $464,228 on an im portation of dutiable imports of the value of 1,536,757, or au average rate of duty exceeding 30 per cent, for that week; whilst for the same week in 1846 under the old tariff the duties were $81,661 on dutiable imports of the value of $323,003, or a rate of duty less than 26 per cent. Thus, under the new tariff, wines, cor dials, alabaster, and spar ornaments, almonds, fig*, composition tops for tables, &c., comfits, sweetmeats, Sec., tigs, manufactures of cedar ! b wood, granadilla, ebony, rosewood, and satin- ; t wood; segars, snuff, Sec., See. &c.—being luxuries 1 c chiefly consumed by the rich —paid much i higher duties than under the tariff of 1842; |j whilst the necessaries of life, used by the toil- 1 ing millions, and the tax upon which fell i j more heavily upon labor, paid a much higher * duty under the the tariff of 1842. j ] Imports at N i:w Youm-Thc amount of goods ] imported and entered at the custom-house at ' this port, exclusive of those scut to the ware- ; house, and the amount of duties paid the same period last year, arc os follows: j ; 1846. 1847. Increase Decrease: [ Free poods $76,757 $63,756 - $13,001 t Dutiable do; 323,006 1,536,757 1,213,751 Total indze., $399,763 $1,600,513 $1,200,750 Specie 1,802 3,049 1,247 Cash receiv’d 81,661 464,‘328 382,567 Increase in dutiable goods a fraction over 475 per cent, total merchandize “ “ 400 “ •cash “ “ 568 “ Tliis is the largest increase ever known at our cus ; tom-house. The Patriotic Language of a Whig ' “The Hon. John P. Pobinson,” of Lowell, ; Massachusetts, assigns the following among | the reasons which determines him to vote for i Mr. Cushing as governor of the State: 2 "Idly, I shall vote for him for the noble and , independent stand which he took in the last legislature in favor of clothing the soldiers sent j 0 to this Mexican war. I have been no advo -0 cate of this war itself. I think it an exceedingly j] unfortunate one. But as the country is in- | a volved in the war, it is the duty of every good | - citizen to stand by his country; and any man 10 who permits his attachment to his party to pre d vail over this broad, deep-laid patriotic feeling, is notja good citizen. It would be as impossible i 4 for me to divest myself of it, as it would be to forget the spot; of my nativity, or the scenes of my carp' childhood. “We love our country,” said Samuel Dexter, “not from the blind and '8 unmeaning attachment simply because it is the !;] place of our birth. It is the scene of our earliest joys and sorrows; every spot has been con -53 secrated by some youthful sport, some tender friendship, some endearing affection, some reverential feeling.” Plato and Demosthenes were the two great est prose writers of Greece, and lived under a government very similar to ours. Os the political courses of these two celebrated men, the historian Niabuhr has made, in substance, the following remarks: “I said that Plato was not a good citizen, because he expresses not the slightest esteem and love for Athens, and because, on the con trary, the scorn and contempt in which he in dulges on the subject of democracy was ren dered the more vehement and passionate by the thought of his country; because, though gifted with every requisite for serving her and guiding her to her welfare, he superciliously kept aloof from her, and because he not only despirod of his country, which any man may innocently do, but he also despaired for his country, which no man has a right to do. “1 called Demosthenes a saint, because his love for his country ever glowed unimpaired in his heart; because be made every sacrifice to the means of arming for the national honor; because, while under banishment, he joined the Athenian envoys without ever thinking of himself, or requiring anything for himself to enlist confederates in behalf of his country, lie forgave the faithless Ilyperides because he was useful to Athens. It was for these reasons that I called him a saint.” Beautiful Allegory- Night ki sed the young rose, and it bent softly to sleep. And stars shone, and pure drops hung upon its blushing bosom, and watched its pure slumbers. Morning came with her dancing breezes and they whispered to the young rose, and it awoke joyous and smiling. Lightly it danced to and fro in all the loveliness of health and youthful inno cence. Then came the ardent sun-god sweeping from the east* and he smote the young rose with his golden shaft, and it fainted. Desert ed aud almost heart-broken, it dropped to the dust in its loveliness and despair. Now the gentle breeze, who had been gam boling over the sea, pushing on the light bark, sweeping over hill and dale—by the neat cot tage and the still brook —fanning the fevered brow of disease, and tossing the curl of in nocent childhood —came tripping along on the errands of mercy and love; and when she hastened to kiss it, and fondly bathed its fore head in cool, refreshing showers, the young rose revived, looked up and smiled, flung its ruddy arms as if in gratitude to embrace the kind breeze? but she hurried quickly away when her generous task was performed—yet not without reward, for she soon perceived that a delicious fragrance had been poured on her wings by the greatful rose, and the kind breeze was glad in her heart, and went away , singing through the trees. '1 hus charity like the breeze, which gathers 1 a fragrance from the humble flowers it refresh- J es, unconsciously reaps a reward in perform * auce of its offices of kindness and love which i steals through the heart like a rich perfume ’ to bless and to chccr. j Fate of the Apostles - St. Matthew. —This apostle and evangelist [ is supposed to have suffered martj'rdom, or was slain with a sword at a city of Ethiopia. St. Mark. —This evangelist was dragged through the streets of Alexandria, in Egypt, until he expired. St. Luke. — This evangelist was hanged upon an olive-tree in Greece. St. John. —This apostle and evangelist was put into a caldron of boiling oil, at Home, and escaped death. He afterwards died a natural death at Ephesus, in Asia. St. Peter, —This apostle was crucified with his head downward at his own request, think ing himself unworthy to die in the same pos ture and manner as his blessed Master. St. James the great. —This appostle was beheaded at Jerusalem. St. James the Less. —This apostle was thrown from a pinnacle or wing of the Temple, and beaten to death with a fuller’s cdub. St. Phillip. —This apostle was hanged up to a pillar at Hicrapolis, a city ol Phrygia. St. Bartholomew. —This apostle was flay ed alive, by the command of a barbarous king. St. Andrew. —This apostle "was bound to a cross, whence he preached to the people till he expired. St. Thomas. —This apostle was run through with a dirk, at Cormandel in the East In dies. St. Jude. —This apostle was shot to death with arrows. St. Simon. —Zealot —This apostle was cruci- i fled in Persia. St. Matthias. —This apostle was stonod and 1 then beheaded. Sr. Barnahas. —This apostle of the Gen tiles was stoned to death by the Jews at Sa- j lana. St. Paul. —This apostle was beheaded at Rome by the tyrant Nero. Washington in 1801. —One can scarcely credit the description of Washington, as Mrs. John Adams found it in 1801. Mrs. John Adams thus speaks of the city in I 1801 : “Here and there,” she writes, “is a small cot, without a glass window,interspersed amongst the forests, through which you travel lor miles without seeing a human being. The I house upon a grand and superb scale, requir- ing about thirty servants to attend and keep the apartments in proper order. I could con- ! I tent myself almost anywhere for three months; • 1 * ’ i but surrounded by forests, can you believe people. lie insisted upon the resolution as that -wood is not to be had, because people proper, and in no way beneath the dignity of cannot bo found to cut or cart it i The house thc roprescntativcs of the pcoplc . is made habitable, but there is not a single a- . , „ partineiit in it finished. We have not the Mr. Lewis moved that the further ccnside least fence, yard or other convetlibncc without, ration of thc resolutions be postponed for thc and the great unfinished audience room I make present. On this, the yeas and nays were a drying room of, to hang up the clothes in.— calle(]> and resulted—yeas 57, nays GG—so thc It is a beautiful spot, capable ot every im- . , . provement, and the more I view it the more motlon t 0 was lost. I am delighted with it.” Mr. Bartow then withdrew his substitute, The “great unfinished audience room” which and thc resolutions were passed, i rs * A-dams speaks of, is the famous East Mr. j onc aj 0 f Paulding, presented a bill to room of thc \Miitc house. „ » -- regulate pleadings in various forms ot ac- Diamond bux Diamond. —A jeweller of this tion j n our Courts of law, which was read the city, who shall be nameless, was lately applied Krst time . Tliis was a vcrv elaborate bill of to bv a nice looking man, to make a gold ring . | for him, having in it a blade very delicate and a ,out: a “ ozen 01 more sections, and coutcm keen, concealed except on a narrow scrutiny, plates a radical change in our system of plead- I and opening with a spring. The bargain was ings in Court. 1 made to furnish it for thirt} dollars. On the Mr. Jones also offered a bill for regulating appointed dav thc purchaser appeared, paid ~ , c , ... . , , 1 thi stipulated price, which was fobbed Vcrv tho m0(lc of rccovcr >' ot bllls lssued b >' { complacently, and with an air of high satis- rotlons and enforcing the payment of judg j faction put it on his finger. The jeweller, very ments obtained against them. This is the ! innocently, asked what he wanted to do with purport of thc bill as I understood if, but I i such an article, to which thc replv was to cut . , , j i , , , . . ~ have not been able to transcribe its title. I open pockets with. Ah, replied the jeweller, doubtless in amazement, how can you do such motion was made to have 130 copies of 1 things with such an instrument, and not be de- each of these bills printed for the use of the tccted; , , House. This motion was lost. 1 lie performer replied that his art consisted _ r . , . . in diverting tho attention of the people from Hams of Baldwin, moved a resolution i everything that looked like a design upon that payments made in advance by the Trea- I them —that he rubbed his forehead, adjusted surer to members of the Legislature for milc his hair, Sec., and that discovery came too late: a g e aud 0 £ p Cf d j em p a ? f or the time actually ! He then bade him good morning and went his , . . , c . 0 ,, 0 , n i served, to the date of the several payments, i way. Shortly after the jeweller as he walked ’ 1 J . round the counter was accosted by the clerk — he recognized by the House, and that thc said > 1 why what is the matter with your pantaloons ? payments be admitted as so much assets in the t how came you to tear them so r A othing that settlement of the Treasurer's accounts. ’ I know of was the answer. Where? Whv, . , ~ I just look. When lo ! his pocket was found to lhls rcsolut.on, after some discussion, in > be cut by the “artist,” with his new instru- which Mr. Speaker Jenkins participated, Mr. t ment, and his pocket book gone, with not only Moseley of Henry, being in the Chair, was the thirty dollars just paid, but four hundred i os^ • besides. Verdict of the public—“ Served him rr _ TT • v+ »» A r v Ihe House then, on motion, sent a message right. —i\. i. Inmate. Ci uqti£ t a, ®tor 3 i a . SUNDAY MORNING, NOV. 7. ’TIPWe received no papers by last evening’s mail from offices North of Wilmington, N. C. We find in the Charleston Mercury of yester day the following Telegraphic despatch : IBy Magnetic Telegraph- New York, Nov. 3, 5 p. m. New York all Whig—twenty thousand ma jority. New J erset. —The Democrats have elected the Governor —the Whigs have the Legisla ture. No steamer has j’et arrived. [Editorial Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.'] MILLEDGEVILLE, Nov. 4. The Reporter regularly engaged to furnish the Constitutionalist with a diary of the pro ceedings of the two Houses, having declined to carry out his contract, I shall endeavor to supply his place until another can be procur ed. The proceedings of the Senate tins morning, lam unable now to give you. The House convened at 10, A. M., and being called to or der by the Speaker, and the journal of yester day read, the resolution of the Senate to go into certain elections at 11 o’clock, was concur red in. Mr. Jones, of Paulding, then moved that the resolutions of inquiry oflered by him yes terday, calling for information from the Chief Engineer of the State Rail Road, should be taken up. While up, the gentleman took oc casion to disclaim very emphatically and at large, all personal feelings of hostility or ill ; will towards the Chief Engineer. He was in fluenced by no motive of a personal character unworthy the position he held as a represent ative of the people, nor did he seek to avail himself of it to assail that officer by unjust charges. He made no charges. He trusted that there would be none to make. He would be pleased if it should result that that officer had in every respect properly discharged his duties and exercised his power. But there were many rumors afloat, perhaps many or all of them unfounded, of transactions in the ma nagement of the Road, detrimental to the pub* lie interest, and not properly regardful of that economy necessary in the conduct of its af fairs. It was the right of the people to in quire, through their representatives, into the conduct of its officers, and the duty of its offi cers to respond. It was due the public that the investigation should be had, and to the offi cer, that he should have the opportunity of vindication. Mr. Shockley, of Columbia, suggested that the call should properly be made on the Exe cutive. He was the responsible person, as the Chief Engineer was subordinate to him, and appointed by him, but that unless the mover thought proper so to modify his call, he would vote for it as it stood. The Chief Engineer did not shun investigation, he desired it, and was prepared to meet it, and to respond to the call. Mr. Jones replied, that however appointed, the Engineer was the servant of the people — employed in their business and amenable to them. The mode he had proposed to obtain 1 the information, he thought proper in itself, ; and preferable as the most direct. Mr. Bartow, of Chatham, opposed the pas sage of the resolution. He thought it undig nified in the House to be making inquiries in this way of a subordinate officer of these mat ters, embracing such a vast quantity of minute details. lie thought it a more proper course to appoint a committee to make the investiga- I tion. He opposed the resolutions as they stood, but would be willing to give the mover a committee, of which he might be appointed chairman, with the amplest and widest autho | rity. He moved, as a substitute, a resolution for the appointment of a committee, with I power to send for persons and papers. Mr. Jackson, of Walton, thought the sub stitute wholly uncalled for, as the Chief Engi neer was willing for and desirous of the in vestigation, and prepared to meet it. The j newly elected Governor was but one day in office, and could not be prepared to meet a call ■on him, as suggested by the gentleman from Columbia. Mr. Kenan, of Murray, thought it strange that it should be considered undignified for the House to inquire directly into the manage - ! menti of the property and the business of the < to the Senate that it was ready to receive that body in the Representative Hall. The Senate soon made its appearance, and the General Assembly proceeded to the following elections, and with the results stated below : FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT. Judge Eugcnius A. Nisbet 93 Col. 11. G. Lamar 79 FOR' JUDGE OF THE SOUTH WESTERN CIRCUIT. Lot Warren, 91 Mr. Kicldoo, 82 Blank, 1 FOR JUDGE OF THE COWETA CIRCUIT. Judge E. Y. Hill, 106 lion. Charles Murphy,: 68 Blank, . 1 FOR JUDGE OP THE MIDDLE CIRCUIT. Judge W. W. Holt, 88 E. Starnes, Esq., .'BS Blank, 1 FOR JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS AND OYER AND TERMINER, SAVANNAH. Ist ballot, 2nd 3d Sheftall. 84 88 ...89 Hardin, ........ 88 87 .87 Blank, 4 1 00 After the second ballot the General Assem bly took a recess till 3 P. M. It then re-as sembled and proceeded to the third and final ballot. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE CIR CUIT.* Ist ballot, 2nd 3d J. J. R. Flournoy,..4B .'52......42 Thos. Polhill, 27 47 37 John Phinizy, Jr.,.. 85 withdrawn. FOR SOLICITOR OF THE SOUTH WESTERN CIRCUIT. Ist ballot, 2nd 3d Law, 9 6 68 Butler, 5 5 14 Wheaton, 9....... 9 6 Lyon, 11 6...... 1 Patterson, 20 10 6 Perkins, 33....... 52...... 74 Degraffciircid,... * .87 SGwithdrawn. Blank 1 00 4 The General Assembly then took a recess, until 10 o’clock to-morrow, to which hour the two Houses respectively adjourned. G. The Correspondent of the Charleston Even ing News announces the arrival of the French steamer Philadelphia at New York on Wed nesday last. Her intelligence, should be down to the 10th, had not transpired. The amount of specie in the Banks of the city of New York on the Ist instant was $7,- 992,000. The Sub-Treasury in that city has .$2,500,000 additional. The amount of Treasury Notes outstanding on the Ist instant, it is officially stated, was $15,207,439 31. Gold Coinage.—Executed at Dahloncga Dranch Mint in the month of October, 1847: 8,121 half eagles, amounting to $40,605. _ Edward Sharp, aTcller of the Massachusetts Bank, has retired from that institution after a faithful service of thirty-nine years. During that period eighteen hundred million of dollars have passed through his hands. Jail for Sale* The Whig, published at Middletown, Fred erick comity, Md., calls the attention of neigh boring towns, in want of a second-hand jail, to one advertised for sale in that place, by a constable. The sale, it appears, is at the suit of Dr. W. H. Creager and and W. H. C. Worthington, deceased, against the goods and chattels, lands and tenements, of the corpora tion of Middletown. Somnambulism* A singular case of somnambulism occurred in New York on Sunday week. A young man climbed to the summit of a tall liberty pole, and stood on the vane for half an hour and upwards- He then came down, and was taken into safe keeping by three policemen who wit nessed the feat, they presuming that he was insane. He was not, however —he was asleep during the whole time, and when he woke up, could scarcely believe that he had so narrowly j escaped death, for had he fallen from his cle- j vated position, he would havq certainly been dashed to pieces. The Telegraph line between Montgomery j (Ala.) and New Orleans will be completed in ! ten or twelve days. So says the Flag of the I 4th inst. The New York Herald, urging an enlarge ment of the U. S. Navy, publishes the follow ing as a comparative view of the navies of England and the United States. * U. 8. G. B. Sailing vessels carry’g from 70 to 100 guns 10 100 “ “ “ « 26 to 70 “ 11 1M “ “ “ & 16 to 26 “ 2 1 73 j “ “ “ “ Ito 16 “ 11 61 Steamers of all classes, say 6 102 66 453 Difference in favor of Great Britain, 337 _ , ... , 1_ Wonderful Surgical Operation- An eminent physician of Manchester, N. j 11. a few days ago, opened the stomach of a i j patient, and removed several hard substances, ■ which had completely obstructed the passage fom it. The patient is said to be doing well,and 1 will undoubtedly recover. The operation oc cupied from ten to fifteen minutes. A Tax on Old Bachelors- A bill passed to a third reading in the Now York Legislature to tax old bachelors and i widowers seven dollars each, the proceeds to | be applied to the “support and common school education of the poor orphan children of the towns in which such bachelors and widowers shall reside.” Inland Navy- The new Governor of Tennessee, Niel S. Brown, Esq., styles himself “Governor of the State of Tennessee, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof Wonder how 1 many ships there are in the Navy ol Ten nessee ? Death hy Telegraph Wires. On the 17th ult., as Mr, Shawyer, was rid ing at a very fast rate, in Dearborn county, Indiana, he came up against the telegraph wires, which cut his throat, producing almost instant death. f COMPLICATED.] It is extremely gratifying to notice the good order and decorum observed at the Theatre,and the respectable attendance of the ladies during each night of the week’s performance. The company, as. a whole, are decidedly superior to any which has hitherto appeared in this city, and well may the efforts of the worthy mana ger be recommended to the patronage of the lovers, of the Drama. It is unnecessary to of fer any terms of comment in praise of the per formances of Miss Clara Ellis and Mr. Crisp, the present attractions offered. Suffice it to say, that all the respective characters in which, they have appeared so far, have elicited the warmest approbation, and no one has vis ited the Theatre without receiving more than a compensation for the price of admission. | Mr. Forbes’ company are, without exception, > one of the most talented corps in the country, j No Theatre can exhibit more combination, and at the same time, such diversity of talent. Miss Clara Ellis and Mr. Crisp, the celebrity of whose fame was long established in Eng land before their appearance in this country; Mrs. Forbes, a lady second to none in her pe culiar range of characters; Messrs. Fuller, Ward, aii'd others, whose merits may be extol led here; not forgetting Forbes, a host in | himself, offer an array of talent seldom met with, and the efforts of the manager in pre senting such a Corps Dramatique to the con sideration of the play-going community, should be responded to by that liberal support on ! their part which he so richly merits, and which | is the best evidence of their desire for the prosperity and encouragement of the Drama in Augusta. To one and all, look out for the attractions this week; JUNIUS. Loss of the U. S. Transport Ship Empire near Abaco. —By the arrival this morning of the schooner Ei A. Thompson , Capt. Keene, from Nassau, (N. P.) we have received the in telligence of the loss of the ship Empire , Capt. Bussell, which sailed from New York on the 12th of October, with 15 officers and 372 U. S. Troops, bound for Vera Cruz, which was totally wrecked by running on a coral reef, near Abaco, one of the Bahama Islands, dur ing the night of the 17th ult. No lives lost, except the helmsman, who was badly wound ed at the wheel when the vessel struck, and died on the Island. The officers and troops remained on the reef for ten days, and thence shipped for Charleston. The E. A. Thompson has on board Lt. Wm. Beid, sth Infantry com manding detachment; Brevet 2d Lieut. C. L. Best, Ist Artillery; Brevet 2d Lt. 11. Noil, 4th Infantry; Brevet 2d Lieut. I. Deßussy, 4th Infantry; 2d Lieut. T, Hart, 14 th Infantry; 2d ! Lieut. J. O. Wilbar, 14th Infantry, with 129 soldiers. The schooner, Tulma sailed with a part of the Troops on 27th ult., and the brig Adelaide was expected to leave with the bal ance on the 3d of November. — Charleston Mer cury, 6th insf. The Skirt Expander—A New Invention. -—lt appears that a gentleman of the city of Troy has invented an article he calls the Skirt Expander, for which he is about to procure a patent. The inventor says it will entirely do away with the cotton bustle. It is said to be made principally of India rubber,air tight,and is capable of being inflated or contracted at any time. If a lady should be walking and wish to appear larger or smaller, the Skirt is so con structed that she may enlarge or diminish her appearent size at pleasure; and yet a person may be walking with and not discover how, or by what means, her apparent size is diminished or increased or increased. The inventor also says, that the appearance of a lady, with one of these Skirts, is much improved—the dress setting much better and easier; and that it will save the labor of carrying about the streets quite a small bale of cotton, and from eight to twelve skirts, Special Notices. OFFICE AUG. INS. & B’G. CO, > 4 th NOVEMBER , 1847. $ (O 3 Notice.---The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Institution will be held at the office of the Company To-Morrow , the Bth ol November, at 11 o’clock A. M. ROBERT WALTON, Cash. Not. 7 thm2 aTTgijsta manufacturing com* PANY. By order of the Board of Directors, notice is hereby given, that an installment of 10 per cent is required to be paid in by the Stockholders on Wed nesday, the 10th of November next. WILLIAM PIULLU&, Scc’y a. m.c. Sept. 30 i C'UAS. P. M’Calla. I Gostave KualiJ McCALLA A ROM AIN COMMISSION MERCHANTS APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA 7 ly TAXES, TAXES, —LAST NOTICE GEORGIA* Richmond. Comity, CT Ordered, That the Tax Collector for Rich mond County be, and he is hereby required to pay over to the county Treasurer of said county the amount of Taxes levied for county purposes for the year 131-7, on or before the first Monday i u i>«, cember next, and that the clerk serve said collec tor with a copy of this notice. JESSE KENT. j. i. c. r. c. I. P. GARVIN, j. i. c . k. c. JAMES HARPER, j. i. c. r. c. A true copy from the minutes, this the Ist day of November, 1317, For the accommodation of those who have not paid their TAXES, the Digest will be open until Saturday next, after which, executions will be is sued against all defaulters—Last Notice. R. A. WATKINS, T. C., R. C. Nov. 2 FRENCH AND SPANISH LANGUAGES. F. LE BARRIER gives lessons in the FRENCH (his native language) and SPANISH, either in private families, or at his residence. For terms, apply to him, at the United States Hotel, every morning before ton o’clock, or in the afternoon, be tween three and five. REFERENCES: 11. Cummi.vc, G. T. Dortic, .1. An a ms, Dr. Dugas, J. Gakunkr, N.Dki.aiglk, Gaudell Rhihd, Oct. 1m JOHNSON’S ROOMS. MR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to in r i ‘ i .i . * f 1.. -a 1 aI « form his old patrons of last year, and the pub lic generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD STAND, over Messrs. Clark, Racket <s' Co.’s Jewelry Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA TURES in a style superior to any thing he has done heretofore. Mr. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage of last season, a continuance of the same. Oct. 24 • —3m PLEASANT STOVALL. Renews the tender of his services in the STO AGE AND SALE OF COTTON AND OTII ER PRODUCE, at his Fire Proof Warehouse Augusta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 1847. 8 mos, 33 O’ 1?U. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalfs Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall's Drug Store. June 13 6m 215 Sand’s Celebrated Sarsaparilla- This excellent compound, which is creating such a Universal interest throughout the country has at length made its way successfully into the favor of our citizens and the people around us.— We have read again and again of the efficacy o ; this invaluable medicine—if we can call a very pleasant beverage medicine—but not until recent ly have we had any positive proof which could induce us to speak fairly of it. But from facts in our possession, we are well convinced that, without any exception, it is the safest, pleasantest, aija best compound ever offered to the public, for the cure of all chronic diseases, rheumatism, scro fula, and all impurities of the blood} together with many other complaints. Pre| ared and sold, wholesale and retail, by A. Bf &D. SANDS, Wholesale Druggists, 100 Fulton, corner of William-street, New York. Sold also by HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO, And by Druggists generally throughout the Uni ted States. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottles for | go. Nov. 2 Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry- In Is impossible for us to compress into our narrow limits even a brief allusion to all of the numerous cures that have been effected by Dr. Wistar’s Bal sam. We ean only refer to a very few as speci mens of its general efficacy. A few days ago, a lady called at the office in fine health and looking as robust as though she never knew what sickness was To our surprise she stated that until recently, she had been sick four years with what was supposed to be consumption— that she had a Violent cough, night sweats, with al emate chills and fever,and every usual symptom of confirmed consumption. The result was, that she became so emaciated as to present more the ap pearance of a skeleton than si living being. Provi dentally, she at this time heard of the wonderful cures performed by Dr. Wistar's Balsam ol Wild Cherry, and commenced using iUberself. The effect was, that she began to get better at once.—» By degrees, the cough left her, the chils and fever disappeared, and in two months she again found herself in perfect health. None genuine unless signed I. BUTTS on the wrapper. For sale in Augusta, wholesale and retail, by HAVILAND, RISLEY & CO.,and also by THOM AS BARRETT & CO., and Dealers in Medicines generally in Augusta. Noy. 3 3—t Comm etc ia I. I. A TEST DATES FROM LIVERPOOL.. OCT. 1 LATEST DATES FROM MAVRg OcT. I SAVANNAH IMPORTS, NOV. 4 Liverpool—Ship Herculean—l,922 sacks Salt, and Iron and Hardware. SAVANNAH* Noy. 5 .-Arrived since the 29th ult., 2,455 bales Upland (1,269 per Rail Road) and 5 bales Sea Island. The exports for the same period are 1,316 bales Upland, viz: 94? to New York, 91 to Philadelphia, and 278 to Charleston; leaving a stock on ha»d including all on shipboard not cleared 0f651 bales Sea Island and 13,234 bale* Upland at same time last year. Therecei. tsof Cotton continue very light and the stock for sale is exceedingly small. A mode rate business was done early in the week at our last quotations. On Wednesday holders showed a disposition to relax their prices, and sales were more extensive at a decline off to sos a cent, lb* sales of the week sum up as fol ows: 73 bales at if, 114 at 7#; 328 at 74; 281 at 8j 466 at Bf;37oat 8]; at Bf, and 96 at in all, 1,814. We quote square bales as follows; A * Good Middling. ji Middling Fair...-. " Fair to Fully Fair ’ , Rice. —The market has been animated through out the week, and sales have boen made at an '®, provement upm last weeks prices, we should say • fullyf of a cent. The sales of the week coropn, 1,672 casks, as follows; 232 as 3 11-16 at 049 182 at 3 9-16; 224 at 3£; 300 at B|, snd ID cast* inferior at $3 a s3], . i„ Groceries. —The week has been du 1 Y sale consequence we notice is 30 bags 10 fee atiß cents. . „ „ -t Flour.-* We notice sales of o 0 £6|, and 20 do. #6|, and 3.000 lbs. at $6, and 4, do, sit at Bacon —ls selling in small quantities,* 4 ‘ 8* a Shoulders. 7A aB. and lams. 11A to - Corn. —A cargo of Beach Island, unshtJ® , g