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—l,ll I II I ■ ■ I I "1 • THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JA M £S G ARDNE R 5 J R. TERMS. aily, per annum ...... . $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per annum....** 6 00 If paid in advance .. .....5 00 Weekly, per annum 3 00 If paid in advance 2 50 To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance. FIVE COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Q“j*Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and send four new subscribers, with the money, can get the paper at $2 00. fCTAII new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance. QTJ’Postage must be paid on all communications ■nd letters of business. [From the Washington Union, I\th ult ] Mr- Clay's Speech at Lexington- We lay this important document, in its Carefully revised and authentic form, before our readers; and we ask for it a careful perusal. Its origin, its character, its well-known object, »nd its probable influence upon the future policy and position of the whigs, all entitle it to such attention. It is the whig manifesto, drawn up evidently upon the most mature ad- V sement and consideration by the most experi enced, renowned, and influential of all the whig statesmen. It is intended to shape, and ft must go far towards shaping, the counsels of the whigs in the approaching Congress and in the next presidential campaign. It is the only demonstration issuing from the whig ranks, which can even pretend to be regarded as an adequate basis for the national rally of that party. In that view, it has been waited for with anxious impatience as the main, if not the sale, hope of whig unanimity. The various eectionsr of the party must unite upon the policy it embodies, or must fail to unite at all. As a whig, and so opposed to the war, Mr. Clay has been constrained to assume as his fun damental position that the war has originated in the unjustified act of our government, and that the guilt of it and the responsibility for it are upon us, and not upon our enemies. Deny this postulate—assume that Mexico has wickedly forced the war upon us —and there is no imaginable justification for the attitude which the whigs have from the first assumed in relation to its commencement, its prosecu tion* or its close. If Mexico forced the war Upon us without just cause, then, in failing to unite in its most vigorous prosecution till it be closed in full reparation and indemnity, we should be undeniably false to our highest na tional duties, and should thus bow down the proud crest of our country to foul shame and dishonor. In the nature of things, no issue between two parties can be more vital than this; and on this point the case of the whigs is thus stated by Mr. Clay: But, notwithstanding a state of virtual war necessarily resulted from the fact of annexa tion of one of the belligerents to the U. S., actual hostilities might have been probably averted by prudence, moderation, and wise statesmanship. If General Taylor had been permitted to remain, where his own good sense prompted him to believe he ought to remain, at the point of Corpus Christi; and if a negotia tion had been opened with Mexico, in a true spirit of amity and conciliation, war possibly might have been prevented. But, instead of this pacific and moderate course, whilst Mr. Slidell was bending his way to Mexico with his diplomatic credentials, General Taylor was ordered to transport his cannon, and to plant them, in a warlike attitued, opposite to Mat amoras, on the east bank of the Rio Bravo, within the very disputed territory, the adjust ment of which was to be the object ot Mr. Slidell’s mission. What else could have trans pired but a conflict of arms? The position of a party is indeed deplorable, when, to justify its position on a question in volving the most sacred rights and good name of the country, its chief statesman is forced into so palpable and flagrant a misrepresenta tion of well-known facts. General Taylor or dered his cannon apposite to Mat amor os, “ while Mr. Slidell was bending his way to Mexico icith His diplomatic credentials !” When we saw this stupendous misstatement in the published sketch £o Mr. Clay’s speech, we corrected it from the record, Suspecting, however, that there*might be some inaccuracy in the re port. But what means the same language, given as it is here, almost word for word,in the revised and authentic speech? Mr. Slidell ar rived at Vera Cruz on the 30th of November, 1845. On the Bth of December following, he presented himself with his “diplomatic creden tials” in the city of Mexico to the Mexican government .On the 21st of that same month, that government definitively refused to receive him. And not until all these facts icere known at Washington did the order issue—on the 18th of January, 1846 —for General Taylor to move from Corpus Christi! But more than this: Paredes came into power in Mexico by the overthrow of Herrera’s administration, on the first of January, 1846. Mr. Slidell was then there. Instead of receiving our minister, Paredes himself tells us, in his proclamation under date of the 18th of April, 1846, that having determined 4 *//* the beginning of that year.” to adopt a more vigorous policy, he had ordered his army to attack our troops. This order, thus referred to as isssued “in the be ginning of the year,” was aimed at General Taylor while he was yet encamped at Corpus Christi, which place he did not leave till the 11th of March, 1816, just ten days after Mr. Slidell, already once repulse! by Herrera’s government, had made in vain his second ap plication to be received with his “diplomatic credentials” by the usurping administration of Paredes. In the face of these facts on the officials records, both of Mexico and the U. S., Mr. Clay denounces his own government as having, by its own act, brought on the ivar, and offers for proof the astounding assertion that our army was ordered to plant its cannon in battery ag-finst Matamoros while Mr. Slidell ■was on his way to Mexico! But Gen. Taylor’s “good sense,” says Mr. Clay, ‘'prompted him lo believe that he ought to remain at Corpus Christi.” Just the reverse. General Taylor’s good sense prompted him to write to the War Department on the 4th of October, 1846, ad vising, if we meant to claim to the Rio Bravo, to make a forward movement to the Rio Grande, more than three months before the order for that movement was issued. We have already seen how Mr. Clay states facts. This may show how he cites authorities. Having, on such grounds as those, charged his own country with the wrongful commence ment of the war, Mr. Clay proceeds to assert that tho objects of the war on our part have not been made known—that we are at war “ blindly and without any visible object.”— Let us see,then,what is on Mr. Clay’s own show- ] ing, a sufficient declaration of the objects ot a war. Here is what he says on this point in re lation to the war of 1812, of which he was him- * self one of the foremost champions: In the instance of the last war with Great Britain, the act of Congress, by which it was i declare!, was preceded by a message of Pre- i sideal Madison enumerating- the wrongs and in— '• juries of which we complained against Great Bri tain. That message, therefore^and without it the well-known objects of the war, which was a war purely of defence —rendered it unneces- - »ury that Congress should particularize, in the act, the specific objects for which it was proclaimed. — | The whole world knew that it was a war waged for free trade and sailor’s rights. Have we had, then, no prisidential message “ enumerating the wrongs and injuries com plained of against Mexico?” AN as not the war act ofMayl3th,“preeeded”by just such a message r j Is not “indeminity for the past” one of the I “well-known objects” of the present war? Is not “security for the future” against Mexican outrage and aggression, such as we have en- j dured for more than fifteen years y ast, another of those “well-known objects?” Or does Mr. Clay now claim that these are not sufficiently 44 specific objects” —not 44 visible ’ enough to j justify a proclamation of war? If so, his views on that point must have changed since 1813 ; for in his great speech delivered in the House of Representatives during the debate of that year upon the Army Bill, Mr. Clay, in re ply to this very objection urged by the oppo sition of that day that 44 specific objects ” of the war had not been duly made known, himself stated those objects in the following emphatic phrase • 44 WE SOUGHT INDEMNITY FOR THE PAST AND SECURITY FOR THE FU TURE !” These “object” of the war of 1812 were spe cific enough and 44 visible ” enough at that time to answer the purpose, in Mr. Clay’s judgment, most fully. But even if this were not so, how can Mr. Clay complain that the “objects” of the war on our part have not been made known, and are not visible, when in this same speech he refers to the published do cuments, in which the administration has fully state d to the government our proposed terms of peace ? We have set forth all our 44 objects” at length in a treaty. The treaty is on his table, and yet he says that the 44 objects arc not visi ble, and asks for more light to dissipate the “ blindness” which is upon him ! AVe have expressed in a former article mu views of Mr. Clay’s proposition, (so broadly repeated in this full report of his speech,) to disclaim all purposed of indeminity from Mexi co for the wrongs she has inflicted on us in past times, and for the war which she has forced upon our hands. That a great party in this country should permit itself to rally on such a ground, seems to us one of the remar kable manifestations which this generation has seen of the blindness of party rage. That such a party should find Henry Clay cheering it on to take such a position, appears to us, if pos sible, yet more astonishing. If anj'thing could add to the strangeness of such a specta cle, it is suerly to be found in the nature and character of the indeminity which the Ameri can people are now called upon to fling away when it is in their grasp. AVe are summoned to leave to Mexicoan wretchedness and anrrchy a vast contiguous territory, still unpopulated and unenjoyed in all its countless advantages, both territorial and commercial, because, by re taining it in our hands, we should secure a just and rightful indemnification for years of Mexican robbery, perfidy, and war! AVe do not deem it necessary, not have we time at this moment, to examine; this effort of Mr. Clay more in detail. Not the least sig nificant indication of the hopelessness of the issues brought before the country in this speech in behalf of the whig party, is the fact, that through the greater part of his effort Mr. Clay has plainly enought spoken very wide of the topics before him. He has aimed as much as possible to pursue a safe and politic tone in his remarks; and in so doing, he has found it necessary to discuss a variety of subjects having little relevancy to the policy either of the ad ministration or of its opponents. He has ex patiated upon the horrors of war. Nobody doubts them. He has deprecated the annexa tion f all of Mexico to our Union ; pointed out at length the evils of such a measure ; and then confessed that, in his judgment, it is not a measure contemplated in the present policy of t ie administration or of the democratic party. He has discussed the career of Alexander and the condition of Ireland. He has deplored the evils of slavery, rejoiced over the African set tlement at Liberia, and pronounced an elabo rate eulogy upon the society for the Coloniza tion of the Blacks. All this may be very well. Y"et wc are entirely unable to preceive how it can be regarded as fairly coming up in the next presidential election, or as contributing (to borrow his own words) 44 any considerable addition to the general stock of information” in relation to our true Mexican policy, or even any 44 small assistance in delivering our country from the perils and dangers” which, to Air. Clay’s eye, seem to surround it!” [From the Baltimore Patriot. By Alessrs, Aliller & Co.’s Express wo receiv ed the Philadelphia Daily News of this morn ing, from which we extract the following: BY TELEGRAPH. Burning* of the Propeller Phoenix, on Lak« IVlichigan- TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST! ' Pittsburg, Nov. 26 —9 P. AI. News has just reached here, by the way of the Lakes, of a sad catastrophe which happen ed on Lake Michigan, by which nearly two hundred human beings have been hurried into an untimely grave. On Sunday morning last, the Propeller Phoenix, bound up to the Lakes, was discover ed to be on fire, when within 19 miles of She- ' boygan. The fire broke out under the deck, and a fresh wind prevailing, spread with fear ful rapidity. The utmost consternation pre vailed among the passengers, and it was im possible amidst the excitement which follow ed, to make the proper efforts to stay the flames and save the bout. There were over two hundred passengers on board, and the scene was heart-reading in the extreme. Mothers crying in frantic madness i for their chilcrea —wives clinging to their hus bands, and crying aloud for mercy from above. Some in desperat ion plunged into the Lake— others in their wild delirium rushed headlong into the flames. It was a harrowing spectacle and humanity shudders at the recital of it. Some of the pas- 1 sengers succeeded in escaping in the boats, j and the rest either perished in the flames, or were drowned. Capt. Sweet, who was lying on a bed of sickness, was saved in one of the boats. Those who so miraculously escaped in the boats, were shortly after picked up by the steamer Delaware, which hove in sight just in time to witness the fate of those on board the ill-starred Phccnix, but too late to render them any earthly assistance. Every attention was paid to the survivors by the officers and crew of the Delaware. One hunured and fifty of the passengers were Gorman emigrants. The Phoenix was owned by Pease & Allen, at Cleveland, and insured for $15,000. NEW ORLEANS, N0v.24, p. m.— Cotton. —The market has been very quiet and the sales barely reach 1000 bales at rather easier rates, which is probably owing to the proximity of later news from Europe. Sugar.r~loo hhds. have found purchasers with out change in prices. Molasses. —Sales 1200 bbls. at 18£ a 18J, chiefly at 18|c ; leaving little in first hands for sale.. Flour. —-The market continues dull, holders be ing anxious to.sell;, we only hear, of a few small sales, as 300 bbls. St. Louis, in lots at $6; 150 Ohio at $5 25 ; 337 and iBS bbls Illinois at $5 25. Corn —Sales 500 sacks White at 47, and 428 sacks weevby at 44c. Whiskey. —2so bbls. Rectified sold at 17|c. Lard. —6oo kegs and 23 bbls. Prime were sold at 7c, and 50 bbls, and tierces at 6£c. Freights. —No b ne w engagement has transpired. nans t a , d 3 cor3 * l a • WEDNESD AY MORNING^pE^Ji 1&T Our Letter Sheet Price Current wUI be ready for delivery this morning at 9 o’clock. Mr Clay in 1847 and in I® l2 ’ , Wc publish below an extract from Mr. naj * speech delivered in 1812, the language it will be seen, is quite different from that I (riven in our columns, as emanating nom the same gentleman. We think the ma ! Why of our readers will agree with us, that the sentiments of Mr. Clay in 1812, are those I of a great majority of the American people at this time, and whatever flattering un6tion the | opponents of the present war may take to the souls, the American people will hold them in the same light that Mr. Clay held the oppo nents of the war in 1812. “Whilst these peaceful experiments are un dergoing a trial, what is the conduct of the opposition ? They are the champions of war —tte proud, the spirited, the sole repository of the nation’s honor—the men of exclusive and energy. The administration, on the contrary, is weak, feeble, and pusillanimous — ‘incapable of being kicked into a war.’ The j maxim, ‘not a cent for tribute, millions for de fence,’ is loudly proclaimed. Is the adminis tration for negotiation ? The opposition is tired, sick, disgusted with negotiation. They want to draw the sword and avenge the na tion’s wrongs. When, however, foreign na tions, perhaps emboldened by the very oppo sition here made, refuse to listen to the amica ble appeals, which have been repeated and re iterated by the administration, to their justice and to their interests —when, in fact, war with one of them has become identified with our in dependence and our sovereignty, and to ab stain from it was no longer possible—behold the opposition veering around and becoming the friends of peace and commerce. They tell you of the calamities of war—its tragical events —the squandering away of your resources — the waste of the public treasure, and the spill ing of innocent blood. “Gorgons, hydras, and j chimeras dire.” They tell you that honor is an illusion ! Now we see them exhibiting the terrific forms of the roaring king of the forest now the meekness and humility of the lamb ! They are for war and no restrictions, when the administration is for war. You find them, sir, tacking with every gale, displaying the colors j of every party, and of all nations ; steady only in one unalterable purpose—to steer, if possi ble, into the haven of power. * * “I omitted, yesterday, sir, when speaking of a delicate and painful subject, to notice a pow erful engine which the conspirators against the integrity of the Union employ to effect their nefarious purposes—l mean southern in j fluence. The true friend to his country, know ing that our constitution was the work of a compromise,in which interests, apparently con flicting, were attempted to be reconciled, aims }to extinguish or allay prejudices. But this | patriotic exertion does not suit the views of I those who arc urged on by diabolical ambition. They find it convenient to imagine the exist ence of certain improper influences, and to propagate with their utmost industry a belief of them. Hence the idea of southern prepon derance —Virginia influence—the yoking of the respectable yeomanrj' of the north, with negro slaves, to the car of southern nabobs.” * * * * * * * « | “No, sir; the administration has erred in the steps which it has taken to restore peace, but its error has been not in doing too little, but in betraying too great a solicitude for that j event. An honorable peace is attainable only by an efficient icar. My plan would be to call out the ample resources of the country ; give them a judicious direction; prosecute the war with the utmost vigor ; strike where we can reach the ene my, at sea or on land, and negotiate the terms of a peace at Quebec or at Halifax. We are : told that England is a proud and lofty nation, which, disdaining to wait for danger, meets it half way. Haughty as she is, we once tri umphed over her ; and, if we do not listen to the counsels of timidity and despair, we shall again prevail. In such a cause, with the aid of Providence, we must come out crowned with success ; but if we fail, let us fall like men —lash ourselves to our gallant tars, and expire together in one common struggle, fight ing for free trade and seamen s rights. A Mexican Prize- Recent advices from Vera Cruz, state that on the evening of the Bth, the U. S. steamer Scorpion brought into that port as a prize, a i Spanish topsail schooner. This is one of the ! vessels which Capt. Davis, lately of the Secre tary Buchanan, reported at Vera Cruz he had seen under suspicious circumstances, and | which the Scorpion was immediately sent in quest of. ‘ Popular Demonstrations of Respect- The N. O. Delta of the 25th ult. says : Gens. Quitman and Shields, Cols. Moore and Burnett, Capt. Mclleynolds, and several other , of the officers who are at present honoring onr city with their presence, were escorted to the i American Theatre last night, by a band of music and a large crowd of citizens. On en tering the theatre, the audience, which was a very large one, rose cn masse and saluted these war-worn veterans and heroes, with such an outburst of enthusiasm and applause, as fair ly shook the Theatre from “ foundation to tur ret stone,” the orchestra, meantime, playing first, “ See the Conquering Heroes Come,” and “ The Star Spangled Banner.” Barely have we seen so large a crowd raised to such a pitch of enthusiasm and excitement, as cha racterised that which filled the American last night. Three cheers were enthusiastically given for Gen. Quitman, three for Gen. Shields, three for Col. Burnett, three for the American | Army, and three for “ Old Bough and Beady.” | It was the simultaneous and unbidden over i flow' of hearts full of gratitude and admiration : for the illustrious deeds of the brave men, who are now seeking a temporary repose after the severe trials and sufferings of the marvellous campaign, through which they have just passed. Special Notices. MEDICAL CARD. [Uf 5 Dr. MEALS tenders his professional servi ces in the various branches of Medicine, to the cit izens of Augusta and vicinity. He may be found either at the office, formerly occupied by Thos. & J. J. R. Flournoy, Esqrs., on Mclntosh-street, or at the residence of Mrs. Wa terman, on Broad.street. Dec.. I Gmo Wis tar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry- BE NOT DECEIVED. Be not deceived with vain hope—lay not the flattering unction to your soul, that disease will cure itself; especially if that disease be Consump tion or Liver Compla nt. If you would be restor ed to health you must use the means which benev olence and a kind Providence have placed within ; ~' LC ' auousta wholesale prices current. EBCEMBEToer^ 89 * ARTICLES. ,p er .! Wkulssaie. | Duty. ■■ BAGGING— G uniiy, ....|..„! 2} 23 jgo pn ct. Kentucky.. J (aD xJ BALE ROPE- Man ilia... ,25 pn Ct. Kentucky.. ».Uo) 10 BA CON — Hams ”” J 10 ) Sides ! W >2O pr. ct. Shoulders 7 a l ® 5 B UTTER—G oslien, prune *l2 * j 2d (a) 25 30 j, r . c t. Country 1 12 fa) lo 1 CANDEES— Spermaceti!./”] 34 fa) 37 £ 20 pr. ct. Georgia made > ’6Va) 15 1 Nortnern “.. ”” 17 fa) lb | 20pr. ct. | CHEESE —Northern ” ” 9 fa- 10 30 p r . c t C UJt-t'jtuJtC/ —Cuba. * I S(w l it 10 —i i Bsfa) 9 1 Java \2 X ‘U) 15 r free. Lagyura ””i 8,4$ 9£ j f Shirtings, brown, 3-4. 1 5 fa) 64 « | “ “ 7 fa) 8 c 1 “ “yd. wide”’* 17/0)20 Sheetings, brown, 5-4. ”” 12 iw 15 “ bleached, 5-4 ” ” lb fa) 20 ~ I Checks * | 10 (a) 10 £ 1 lieu Tick 12 fa) 10 ,= J Osnaburgs Boz ”.J 10 fa) 11,U 1 Vara (assorted) lb'' 17 ra) ( FISH— Mackerel, No. 1... ! id (d> 14 , Do. No. A..;,., J 9 fa) 9£ Q2opr ct. Do. No. 3.. - -i.... I 7y fa) 8 1 ) FLOUR —New Orleans...:”. J none. . Canal ” ” 8 90 fa) 8 50 ( 20 pr. ct. ' Georgia 5 00 kb 6 00 ) GRAIN—' Corn bus.) 45 fa) 55 1 _ Oats ! 37 (Hi 40 |2O pr. ct. GUNPOWDER— k’ e ” 560 fa) 575 HIDES —Dry {....j fa) ' i !| Dry, salted 1 8 fa) 9 |2O pr. ct. , UA Y- Eastern ioo.‘ fa) 1> _ . I North diver (fa) | 20 pr. ct. IRON—P ig..., ioic fa) 30 pr.ct. Swedes,assorted, ton. 4j}fa) 5\ 30 pr. ct i Ojfa) 7 Ijg. Sheet ft 8 fa) 10 ~0 pr. ct. Nail dods 1.... 0 fa) 7 LEAD —Pig and Bar 100. 0 fa) 7 \ Sheet 6£fa) 8 >2O pr. ct. White Lead 7fcb 9 ) I LIME— bbL.il 50 fa) 2 50 MOLASSES —Cuba gal.. 28 fa) 30 } on , N. Orleans. ...A 37*fa) 40 S 3O P r * Ct ’ NAILS —Cut, 4d to 20d.. s feu 5.| ,30 pr. ct. -rwiTwiTTT n t——n»a———i wmwmm aagawgmubjt »w—g»i wi im>——w hwmo———so— EXPORTS OF COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE PORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEMBER, 1846. SAVANNAhT CIIARLESI ON.” MOBILEr N. ORLEANS. NEVV YORK. OTHER PORTS. TOTAL. whither EXPORTED. 1847.(1846." 1847.11846.1 j 1847.1 1846.1 i 1847. 1846. 1847.1 1846. 1547. 1846. 1847. j 1^46. Liveri*ool ...T .".T L549j Hull .7.7 i; * I Glasgow and (ireenock •••••••• - 1 ■***Vnoo ir-7 1 o--» Cork and a Market I 1 i 346 1,227, 1,4a7 | ],73b d,»89 Ibd 2(3 Total to Great Britain j | 17549 6,249 19,675 15,159 j 9,259, 49,076 20,285 18,315 10,707 _ 1,909 801 99,783 53,201 Havre E304 Tjb 97 li::::::::.*."*.:;:; ■■■■■■■■ i 1 616 406 | Total to France ~T,304! 1,597 8,299 liyTlO |~~~M2O 17890 |~~3Q,105 " id, (>3O 20,692 12,027 ~ l,02(il i 02,946 ~4Q ,854 Amsterdam 1 J ! | i fioo”'!”!' 7 \nt t werp m '7!'777777!7!7!777!7! 7 777 7777777 77 77 77 77777 77 7' ‘ 1,062 .7.77777 ''2,102 ”’"iso; mib! 1,873 77 77777777: 77 77 7.7 :;:;77! 77 777 7 ” Hamburg j| | ' j * Bremen j BorcploTiß . ••••*•••#••••••• 30*) 1. llio •••••••«•••••••• ••••*•*• •••••••• *••••••• •••••••• •••••••■ •••••••• Invm I&c 7 I 2,053 5,41 4 394 82 &c*. ii;..””..: 384 1,720 L 612 1,834 1,780 outer ptTr C ts7 777777777777 77 77 77 77 77 7 ;”7” 77 7 777 77 ” i4o 77 77 ”.’.! (7777 77 77 7 !”77”i ‘"ijeSl”'"ijia "”i',o 1? It? tos: ias 77 7 777 7777777 77 7 Total to other Foreign Ports.... n 758 384 1,3437• 1,165 7.75/ 8,305 18,5.'x3 8,235 708 180 29,143 18,2. 4 New York * 9,919 157163 11,001 28,H9 1 4,518 2,253 13,208 7,916 1 Boston 995; 2,076 2,567 3,390 ! 4,058 ! 9,847; 4,882 Providence 612 j Philadelphia 430 639 1,790, 4,221 168 387 1,483 l,4iU f| Baltimore 28Q, 548 913 1,350 1 450] 818 414 j Other Ports 1,595* 4,719 16; 253 158 2,820 ...» 16/ 1 Total Coastwise 13,2191 23,145 16,287 37,945 8,902 5,940 ’ 25,356 14.849 I i | | 63,764 81,879 Grand Total i _ 45,019, 65,198 t ■“ .—r~ —- your reach. The great and universally popular remedy lor cdfcsumption and all Chronic diseases, is now for sale in every city and important town in the country, and at a price too, that any one can afford to pay. You have no excuse, therefore, for neglecting to save your life and health. Be not deceived with quack nostrum, or any imitations of this invaluable medicine. 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Dec. 1 3t Jayne’s Expectorant [LT EXTRAORDINARY! .Tfl qqq 3 3 3 A CUKE OF BODY AND MIND. Philadelphia, Jan. Gth, 1846. Dr. D. Jayne.—Dear Sir;—Justice compels me to make the following statement of the extraordi nary effects of your valuable medicine—the Al terative. I certify that my wife was afflicted for fourteen years, during which time her disease ballled the skill of several eminent physicians, and after find ing that every means that were used failed to re ■ Have her, I concluded to place her in the Pennsyl vania Hospital, hoping that with the care and treat ment she would there receive from the physicians in that institution she might again be restored to health. But to my great disappointment she grew worse, and became entirley deranged in her mind, and I was obliged to take her home again “ incu rable” and bereft of reason. I will here mention that at this time the more prominent symp toms of her disease were Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, attended with sickness of the stomach, and vomiting of a very offensive foetid mucus, pains in the head, back and stomach, and in the region of the heart, with violeni: attacks of Colic, a troublesome cough from large quantities of phlegm in her throat, which kept her continually gagging and retching to throw it up. She had no appetite, and was very weak. She also suffered very much from a uterine disease by which she was confined to her bed. Add to all the above, the deranged state of her mind, (which at this time was truly awful,) and you will be able to form some idea of her afflictions, By the advice of a friend we commenced giv ing her your Alterative, in the doses of a tea spoonful three times a day, and found that it helped her. We also gave her your Vermifuge to increase her appetite, and the Sanative Pills to regulatejher bowels. She had not taken two bottles of the Al terative, before it operated upon her in a won derful manner, filling her face, with small red pimples, and caused her to expectorate large quantities of corruption, before which, her breath was s« offensive we could not remain in the room with her unless the doors were open. Finding the Alterative doing her so much good, we in creased the dose according to the directions, and she continued to improve daily,, until finally she was restored to health, if body as well as ry mind ! I hope you will delay no time in laying this be fore the public, as I am willing to be qualified at an)* time to the truth of the above statement, and that it was your Alterative which cured her. SAMUEL FIELDS, [Bedford, above Marlboro Street. The above is from a wellkuowu and worthy citi- ARTICLES. Per. Wholesale. Duty. OlLS— Sperm,W.Straineo .... 1 30 fa) I 37 f ree> Fall strained 1 25 fai Summer do J 00 (w 1 12 Linseed bbi. Tanners... 55 fa) Lard 1 25 fa) POTATOES obi. 3 50 fa) 4 00 PIPES i 62 (to 1 00 PORTER doz. 2 25 fa) 3 5J PEPPER.... tb 10 fa. 12 PIMENTO.... 14/0)15 i RAISINS —MaIaga, bunch box. 275 fa 3 ) Muscatel i fay 2 SJA 40pr. ct. RICE —Ordinary 100. 4 00 to) 4 25! ’ Fair 4 37 fa) 4 50 Good and Prime.. .... 4 75 <a) 5 00 f French Brandies gal. JSO fa) 2 100 pr ct Lcgor Freres -*.'2 75 fa), 3 tr. Holland Gin 125 fa) 1 50i00pr. ct. American Gm 40 fa 43 1 \ Jamaica Rum.... ] 50 fa) 2 00 100 ur.ct. : JT N.E.Rum, lids. & brls; .... 37 fa 10 \Vinskey,Phii. <Sc Balt 33 fa,35 Do. New Orleans 30 fa 33 L Peach Brandy 75 fa) 1 00 100 pr. ct. SUGAR-Cu\m Muscovado lb 7fa) 8^ PK. &. St. Crv.i.v Bfa i j Havana, white 9ikvJoi New Orleans j 8 fa) 9 | r**® P r- ct * Loaf. ! IJ£fa)]2J j Lump 11 fa) 12 S./JLT'—Liverpool sack 1 62 ® 0 00 ( Loose bus.i 40 fa)4s || 20 pr. ct. SOAP —American, yellow tb 5 fa) 6 30 pr. ct. SHOT —AII sizes ] 62 fa) 1 75 20 pr. ct. SEGARS— Spanish M 20 00fa)30 00 40 pr. ct. American ! 8 fay 10 j TALLQ W— American 1 10 fa) 00 10 pr. ct. TOBACCO —Georgia tb 1 4 fa) >„„ Cavendish 15 fa)l6 1 \ 30 P r * ct ' TWlNE— Bagging 20 fa>2s | L Seine 30 fa)so \ » P 1 * a * TEAS— Pouchong j 50 fay7s A Gunp’der tc Imp 75 fa) 1 00 ! Hyson 75 fa)80 , (free Young Hyson.. 50 fa)7s j WlNES —Madeira I gal. 2 00 fa) 2 25 30 pr. ct. Claret, Marn’lies caskj 25 fa)6o 40 pr. ct. Do. Bordeaux doz. 3 00 fa) 3 50 40 pr. ct. Champagne....!.... 9 00 fa) 15 00 40 pr. ct. Malaga 1.... 56 fa)62 ‘4O pr. ct. zen of Kensington, and amemb-r ot the Metho dist Church, and hundreds of families in that neigh borhood will testify to the truth of his statement. Prepared only by Dr. D. Jayne, Philadelphia,and sold on agency, by W. K. KITCHEN, Augusta, Dec. 1 [CJ 3 We are authorized to announce Leon P. Dugas as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts of Richmond county, at the ensuing election in January next. Nor. 21 [HT We are authorized to announce James McLaws, Esq. as a candidate for re-elec tion to the office of Clerk of the Superior and Inie rior Courts of Richmond County, at the ensuing election in January next. Nov. 21 AUGUSTA MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders, that an instalment of fifteen per cent, is required to be paid in on the 15th of December next. By order of the Board of D rectors. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Sec’y. A. M. Co. Nov. 11 f ID” DR. J. A. S. MILLIGAN, will at tend to the practice of Medicine and Surgery, in Augusta and its vicinity. Office in Metcalf's Range, up stairs. Entrance one door below Mr. J. Marshall’s Drug Store. June 13 Gm 215 BLACK & LAWSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice in all the Counties of the Middle Circuit. Any business entrusted to them will meet with prompt attention. Address Edward J. Black, Jacksonboro, Ga, John F. Lawson, Augusta, Ga. ly Nov. 18 JOHNSONS DAGUERREOTYPE ROOMS. MR. C. E. JOHNSON has the honor to in form his old patrons of last year, and the pub lic generally, that he is again AT HIS OLD STAND, over Messrs. Clark, Racket 8? 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, asks a continuance of the same. Oct. 2-1 —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. 35 lUT Dr. J. A. CLEVELAND has re turned to this city, and may be found at the office of * CLEVELAND A SPEAR Nov. 10 STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR* GIA. {T~r* This Company having been re-organized and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre pared to send forwarded without delay ail freight that may offer. Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS, Agent at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis sions. The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this Company has terminated. JOHN B. GLTEU, June fi I—y Agent at Augusta. a card! DR- T. P. CLEVELAND having temporarily withdrawn from the practice of his profes sion, I would inform the citizens of Augusta and the public generally, that I have formed a connec tion with his former co-partner. Jno, W. Speak, in the practice of DENTAL SURGERY. The business will be conducted under the. tirm of Cleve land Spear. Office Broad-st., over Aldrich & Green’s Shoe Store, JNO. A. CLEVELAND Feb. ia uw- in exchange. Augusta Insurance and Banking Comj,am~7l !7 Bank of Augusta, Branch Btate of Georgia, Augusta, .. ’ u Bank of Brunswick, Georgia Kail Hoad .... 1 u , Mechanics’ Bank, Bank of St. Mary’s, ***** ‘‘ Bank of Miiledgevillo, , j Bank of tJ,e fcsute of Georgia, at Savannah,.*.’*” « * j Brandies of ditto, u Marine and Fire insurance Bank, ’.**.*** « Brandi ol ditto, at Macon, ’ „ Planters’ Bank, Savannah,.::”” u Central Bank of Georgia,. 1. lt Central K. R. and Banking Company, Savannah,..; “ Charleston Banks,. * ti Bank of Camden,. ””” ’’”*’ S{ Bank of Georgetown, “ Commercial, Columbia, j .,,. t \\\ m “ Merchants’, at Cheraw, i..”” “ Bank of Hamburg, w Alabama Notes, ki "*l»* Commercial Bank of Macon, failed NO SALE OR UNCERTAIN. Merchants’ Bank of Macon.* Bank of Darien and Brandies. Bank of Columbus. Chattahoochee Rail Road and Hanking Company. Monroe Had Road and Bankuig Company. Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus. Exchange Bank, Brunswick. Insurance Bank of Columbus, at Macon. . Phoenix Bank of Columbus. CHECKS. On New York, { pcem Philadelphia,. “ Boston, “ Charleston and Savannah, par. Lexington, Kentucky-, “ Nashville, Tennessee, “ STOCKS. j Georgia, 8 per cents no sales. , Georgia, 6 per cents. 98 fa) 100 ♦Not taken by onr banks, hut redeemable at the Plant i j ers’ Bank, Savannah at par. Co m m c r c i a I. LATEST DATES FROM LIVEKIMJOI HOT. 4 LATEST HATES FROM HAVRE OCT. 31 Augrista Market, Dec. 1. COTTON.—-Oh Tuesday evening, 23d inst,, after we had made up our rein irks, the iidvices per Acadia from Liverpool, to 4th inst., came to hand per telegraph. These advices were still unfavorable, and had a damp , ening influence on our market, which opened on Wed nesday in a drooping state, neither buyer nor seller exhi biting the hast disposition to operate, and the sales reached only 51 bales, 6at GJ, sat GJ, 16 at 6at 6J, and 3at 7. On the 25th, there was a little more disposition to operate at a decline, to which holders gen erally refused to accede, and the sales made reached 146 bales, 28 at 6s, 19 at GjJ, 51 at 65, 2 at 6|, 30 at GJ, and 16 at 7. The letters per Acadia failed to come to hand on Thursday evening, much to the disappointment of onr merchants, and the business of Friday was consequent ly limited, the sales reaching only 78 bales, at a decline in prices of about | cent, viz :5 at 6,7 at 6J, 20 at 6j, 2 at letters came to hand,and fully confirming the telegraphic reports, buyers withdrew from the market; only 19 bales were reported to us as sold at 6|. On Monday the market opened with a better feeling, caused no doubt by the favorable advices from the West, and the limited supply on sale ; the sales reached 276 bales, 166 at 6j, ' 39 at 6 7-16, Bat 6|, 2G at 6J, 37 at CJ. Yesterday there 1 was a good enquiry, and the quantity offering being still light, the few sales made were at prices approximating to those paid this day week, viz: 7at 6|, 12 at 6£, 10 at G|, 44 at G|, 40 at C|, and 11 hales at 7 cents. Total sales of the week G 94 hales. The receipts at Augusta and Hamburg continue very light for the season of the year, and as but little is shipping, our stock is on the in crease. We quote for square bales (round selling for| cent less,) Ordinary none . Middling Fair. 6| a— Middling 6f a— Fair G|a7 Good Middling 64 a6| j Good Fair..none offering, RECEIPTS OF COTTON. From the Ist Sept.., 1847, to latent dateg received. 1847. 1846, Savannah, Nov. 25 18,528 56,72? Charleston, Nov. 27.. 36,948 98,329 Mobile, Nov. 23 35,124 18,578 New-Orleans, Nov. 23 219,148 154,M5! Texas, Nov. 6 3,938 1,345 Florida, Nov. 11 3,359 2,442 ; Virginia, Nov. 1 550 1,615 1 North Carolina, Nov, 13 28 314 Total 316,916 333,515 STOCK OF COTTON Remaining on hand at the latest dales received. Savannah, Nov. 25............. 10,137 30,605 Charleston, Nov. 27. 22,447 45,865 Mobile, Nov. 23 38,298 16,542 New Orleans, Nov. 23 130,794...... 106, 881 Texas, Nov. 6 1,751 800 Florida, Nov. 11 1,745 1,333 Augusta &, Hamburg;, Dec. 1,.... 30,596 25,458 Macon, Nov. 1. 7,712 11,480 Virginia, N», v. 1... 300...... 250 North Carolina, Nov. 13 80 150 New York, Nov, 23 33,089 36,810 Philadelphia, Nov. 20 5,950...... 700 Total .282,899 276,874 EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OTIH LAST SOSOS, AT New Orleans 64,986 bales. | Mobile 16,545 “ Texas 2,593 “ Florida 910 w Total “ decrease at Charleston 62,081 bales. Savannah... ..38,201 Virginia 1,6°5 North Carolina 286 ** Total 101,633 “ Decrease at all the ports 16,599 GROCERIES.—There has been a better business di j ing this xveek in the Grocery line, both with country Merchants and supplying small country orders. The stocks of our Merchants are full, amt ws know of no scarcity in any article. CORN The market is bare of sack Corn— during the week there has been some httle enquiry, but we have heard of no sales. We quote sack Com 55, and loose, by the wagon load 45 cents per bushel. BAGGING There continues to be a good demand r this article from the comiAry, and sales are making : *