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Bring Home the Bead-
We speak of dory, and f> rg< t,
Amidst the glare it sheds aro ind,
That with each st'-p brave men have met
The soldier's fate on battle cround.
W c crown the living with applause,
And hail them as the nation's shield :
We cheer tha living—there we pause —•
And give the dead —the battle held !
Upon that plain, now calm and still.
Perchance wild flowers bloom around —
And waving grass and sparkling rid
Hut little speak of battle ground.
Vet. martial hosts met on that plain.
And rapidly their cannon pealed ;
The living ciioer their homes again—
The lu:Alt lie 'neulit that batli -field!
Tes, there forever, veiled from sight.
No more to hear the trumpet’s sound;
Lie those who bravely led ihe light.
And chiefly won that battle ground.
Vet. in their homes, now sail and drear.
W hat can soothe anguish mere revealed 1
i nation s joy I when to. ms so dear,
Lit mould'ring on Ike halite field!
Brin <*■ horn* the dal —and let them lie
W here friends can deck the graves around; !
A soldier’s tV.te it is (o die —
But not to rest on battle ground I
f Richmond Whig.
Omnipresence.
Kneel, uiv' child,for (tod is here !
Bend in love, hut not in fear ;
Kneel befote him now in prayer;
Thank him for his constant care ;
Praise him for his bounties shed
Tivery moment on thy head ;
Ask for light to know his wi.i ;
Ask for love thy heart to fill;
Ask for faith to bear thee cn
Through the might of Christ, his Son ;
Ask. his spirit still to guide- tliee
Through the ills that may betide thee ;
Ask for peace to lull to rest
Every tumult ot thy breast ;
Ask in awe, but not in fe-ai.
Kneel, n.y child, for (iod is here 1
'
The Sights cf TV omen
B v M a s. Ik Lit t u i: .
'•The rights of women"—w hat are the’-?
The right to labor and to prav,
The right to w atch while others sieop.
The right o'er others’ woes to weep.
The right to succor in di-tress,
The right while others curse to bless.
The right to love whom others scorn.
The right to comfort all that mourn.
The right to sheef new joys on earth,
The right to feel the sours high worth,
Tne right to lead the soul to G xi
Along the path the Saviour trod—
The pato of meekness and oflove,
The path of faith that leads aliovc,
Tlie path of patience under wrong.
The path in which the weak grows strong;
Such women's right, arid God will bless,
And crown their champions with success.
(From the A York Journal of Commerce.)
De\h M:;s-ra. Editors ; —I have a receipt
for a very pood thing, which 1 hive tried my
self, and found it excellent. No work on !
cookery, or domestic economy, with which I j
am acquainted, contains any instructions on i
the subject. A writer,, under the signature of |
Mary, in a London paper, has supplied this
deficiency, an I unfolded the mystery of cook
ing a husband, in such away as to make an
excellent and wholesome dish of him; one I
which any lady might be pleased to see often
at the table. If you wish to oblige the female i
portion of your readers, I scarcely think you !
can fail to-do so by publishing this communi- i
cation from your friend and constant reader, I
Amaxda.
She states honestly, in the outset, that a
good many husbands are s[wiled in the cook
ing. Some women, she says, go about it as if j
their Lords were bladders, and blow them up. !
Others keep them constantly in hot water ; ,
while others freeze them by conjugal coldness.
Some smother them in hatred, contention and
variance, and some keep them in pickle ail 1
their lives. These women always serve them I
up with, tongue sauce. Now it cannot be 1
supposed that husbands will be tender and
good, managed in tins way. But they are, on
the contrary, quite delicious when well pre
served. Mary points out the method as fol- i
lows :
Get a large jar, called the jar of carefulness
('which d)y the by all good wives have at hand.)
Being placed in it, set him over the tiro of con- ;
jugal love. Let the fire be pretty hot, but es
pecially let it be clear. Above all, let the heat
be regular and constant. Cover him well over !
with equal quantities of affection, kindness and
subjection. Keep plenty of these things by
you, and be very attentive to supply the place
of any that may waste bv evaporation, or any
other cause. Garnish with modest, becoming
familiarity, and innocent pleasantry; and if
you add kisses, or other confectionaries, ac
company them with a sufficient portion of se
crecy ; and it would not be amiss to add a lit
tle prudence and moderation.
All good wives who try this receipt, may
learn, if they know not already, how admira
ble a dish is a husband, when properly cooked
and garnished.
[/rom the Kentucky Yeoman.)
A reverend hypocrite of Connecticut, writ
ing in a paper called the “Charter Oak,” man
ifests his toryism and his deviltry so forcibly
in tfie following article, that the only punish
ment wc would desire to award him, would
be to locate him in some western village and
have him publicly proclaim such sentiments.
They would bo very apt to cool his piety in a
Horse pond, and accommodate him afterwards
with an adhesive garment manufactured of tar
and feathers. Announcing the fall of one of
New England’s brave sous, the canting knave
thus discourses :
“Among the killed, in the r-icent battles be-
Snre the city ot Mexico, is Col. Hansom, of the
New England Regiment. He took his sword
in an unrighteous cause, and has perished by
the sword.. We regret his disathowiy as roe re
gret that of other homicides , whose career of
blood is arrested by the gallows, lie has perished
inglonously —- for he has perished in an inglorious
cmse. If any American lives arc to be sacri
ficed in this infernal war, which our govern
ment is waging for the extension of slavery,
we prefer it should be those of officers rather
than privates—of the intelligent ciupers rath
er than the ignorant duped.”
We fear there are too many of this kind of
Mexican sympathisers who feel as this tory
speaks, but who have not tt.* courage to
spevk fhek thoughts*
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BV OUR PONY EXPRESS. r
01 HULIHs IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL, j
!
[ From the N. O. Picayune, Id /ns/.]
Auhivat, of the Poetlanp.—The steamship ;
Portland, Capt, Spinney, arrived last evening j
from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed the eve- i
ning of the 24th nit. Her advices are but a
few hours later than those of the New Or
leans. We cannot learn that she brings a
word of news. The same rumor prevailed in |
1 Vera Cruz of which wc have before heard so j
much, that Gen. Scott proposed to push a co- !
; lunm upon Queretaro. Our own private nc
‘ counts from the city of Mexico have led ns to
believe that Gen. Scott had no designs upon *
Queretaro itself, unless to pass through that
| city in order to reach San Luis Potosi or Za
catecas. Upon each of these cities, capitals j
of States of the same name, he was repre- 1
| sented as planning expeditions, to bo ties- i
patched upon the arrival of Gen. Butler with
his large command.
On the 25th nit. Capt. Spinney saw ofFTus
- pan the U. S. sloop of war Germantown, at
anchor.
The Portland brought over one hundred
j and eighty-five discharged soldiers and the
i following cabin passengers :
Lieut. Col. W. P. Biscoo.aud serv’t. Mount
j ed Louisiana Volunteers,' Capt. J. McClellan,
j Topographical Engineers; Capt. Francis War-
I rington, Louisiana Battalion; Capt. Barry,
i and servant, Baltimore Battalion; Lieut. Mab
bit, Baltimore Battalion; Lieut. G. M. L. Ad
dison, Mounted Riflemen; Lieut. Sam, Doug
lass, 4th It g. Ohio Volunteers; Lieut. E.
Lewis, 2d Keg. Illinois Volunteers; Lieut. 1
James Wilkinson, and servant, Louisiana Bat- *
t alien; Lieut. E. Earle, Palmetto Regiment;
Lieut. Abel Moore, 4th Regiment Ohio Vol
| imt ers; Lieut. J- Seldcn, Bth Infantry; Lieut,
j J. G. Snelling, do, do.; I a’cut. T. Smith, 14th
Infantry; Lieut. V* in. fox, 13th Infantry;
| Midshipman J. Gale; Messrs. Philip Farleo,
| 11. A. French, S. L. Phelps, L. S. N., J. S.
Haskell, J. Robinson, W, M. Smith, M. Camp- j
bell, Mrs. Gardiner and Miss Jewett.
NFAV-ORLEANS, Jan. I. I*. M.— Colion. —Our
market closed langui by at the date of oar last !
weekly review, on account of the proximity ol
lat«r advices from Europe and their unusually long
i delay, as we are still without them, although we
nre in possession of dates from Boston to the aftcr
j noon of the 21 h ult.. has thrown a languor over i
business in general and particularly over our great
staple, and with a stock ol 150,000 hale- we have
only to record (he week’s sales at 1 4.500 bales, as
follows: —Monday 1500; Tuesday 3500; Wednes
day 3000 ; Thursday 3500 ; Friday 3000, and to-dav
■ no bales. Brices have lluctuated but little and
; though occasional concessions have been made,
factors leave shown great firmness, and large pnr
! chases could > ot have been made under our quotn
j lions, which are the same as those of hist week.
The Continental, French and .Spanish borers have
been the principal operators, little being dune fur
j English account. We quote —
NEW oni.CANS CLASSIFICATION.
{Assimilating to that of Liverpool.)
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Inferior 55
Ordinary (i a 6.|
Middling (i£a 6*|
j Good middling til a 7
Middling fair 7|a 7g
I Fair 7j|a 8
Good fair Bja B.\
Good and line 9 alO
Fu"ir. — The unf.u o able accounts from the
North and West has depressed prim - in the earlv
I part of the week, but they have -luce recovered
part of the decline, and as the sto k on the Levee
• is Mtiall, the market is rather firmer, chime 3500
* hhds. have changed hands during the week. Wc
i quote —Inferior 2 a 2|, ( ommon 3 a 3.j, Fair a
i 3|. Prime 4 a ‘-.J. Choi< e 4ij a 5.
Molasses. - The arrivals have been large.but the
i demand has abrnrhe I them at prices ranging from
1 17 a the bulk of the sales having been at
cents.
Corn. —The market being better sunrdied some
3.5.(500 sacks have changed ban is at ;m a'-t'C. fn:
i mixed white and yellow, some few choice lots c-un
ni.indingfiic. Arrived sineb (he Ist .Sept. (317,r0
date, 168,171- sacks and 81,110 bushels m the ect.
Exported 98,000 sacks.
Widsku. — I lie llw'ds in the Ohio would, it was
I expected, affect (he price ol this a; tie’.,', i nn some
| ►ales were made al an advance . vesterdav. how
j ever, parties were offering to sell at 20.1 c. without
: finding buyers; 35J bids. Paw were sold at 22c.
Brecon. —Tills article continue- ver .■ dull. Small
sales ot {Sides 5 s s.|c. lor (>i !. New .Shoulders and
Sides held at 9c. Hams 8 a 10c. for Canvassed m
! Sugar Cured.
) Lord. —Tlie active demand which existed during
’ the last three week" had considerably reduced the
j stock, but it i- again on the incroa r. The last sales
!in (ibis, and tes. have besti al 1 ? a 7]c. and small
I lots in kegs at 7 a 7Lc.
Fret ■’■lit*. —The numerous arrivals and the lim’.t
--: ed transactions in Cotton have depressed the *uar
! kct. Cotton lias been shipped to Liverpool at 9-16
i a 15-32 d.. to Havre at Ic., to Trieste ut l|c. ; and
to Boston at f ~ per bale-
Husbands and Wives.
A lady writer in the New York Episcopal
Recorder vindicates her sex with great spirit
; from certain ill-natured slanders, that crusty
j old bachelors and disappointed husbands nre
|in the habit of uttering. She takes occasion,
s also, to read quite a lecture to those husbands,
: of a more promising age, who aro supposed to
be not altogether incorrigible. For the bene
fit of such, we quote the following passages
'■ from her remarks :
“Aro husbands so generally the perfect, ami
able, injured beings they are so often'repre
sented? Men sometimes declare that their
wives’ extravagance have picked their pockets
—that their never-ceasing tongues have robbed
them of their peace, and that their general
disagrecableness has driven them to the tavern
and gaming table, but this is generally the
■ wicked excuse for a most wicked life on their
part. The tact is, men often lose their interest
in their homes by their own neglect to make
their homes interesting and pleasant. It
should never be forgotten that the wife has
her rights—as sacred alter marriage as before—
and a good husband’s devotion to the wife after
marriage iriU concede to her quite as much atten
tion as his gallantry did while a hn'er. If it is
otherwise, he most generally is at fault.
Take a few examples. Before marriage a
young man would feel some delicacy about
accepting an invitation to spend an evening in
company, where his lady love has not been in
vited. After marriage, is he always as parti
cular r During the days of courtship his gal
lantry would demand that he should make
himself agreeable to her ; after marriage it of
ten happens that he thinks more of being
agreeable to himself. How often it happens
that married men. after having been away from
home the living day, during which tlie wife
has toiled at her duties, go at evening again to
some place of amusement, and leave her to
toil on alone, uncheered and unhappy ! How
often it happens that he kindest offices pa-s
unobserved and unrewarded even by a smile,
and her best efforts are condemned by the
fault-finding husband? How often it happens,
even when the evening is spent a(; home, that
it is employed in silent reading, or some other
way that docs not recognize the wife’s right
to share in the enjoyments even of the tire
side ?
“Me repeat it, very few women make in
different wives, whose feelings have not met
with some outward shock, by the indiffer
ence or thoughtlessness of their husbands.—
It is our candid opinion that in a large majori
ty of the instances of domestic misery the
man is the aggressor.”
A Haiid Shave?— Naviga
tion Company, being in pressing need of sl,
800,000, has issued for it 0 per cent, bonds to
tlie amount of $3,000,000 thus engaging to pay
t .vo dollars for ravh one leal it.
rm—amm ,»Jfc.t3=raCs
[From I h '' -V. Y. Journal of Commerce.]
Extract of n Letter, dated
Loxuo.v, Dec. 3d, 18t7.
The recent failures, occurring, as they prin
cipally have, among a class of people holding
themselves so high in the world, have given
! rise to many Very curious exposees, all tend
! ing to show that these Merchant Princes have
been living for years at an extravagant rate,
at the expense of their creditors. Not to !
mention S., the bill broker who with a claimed j
capital of £140,000, spent £20,000 a year, a
man named C. long louk p d upon as the most
distinguished produce broker in London, has j
I just failed, with no prospect of paying more
than 10s. in the pound, and yet living at the
rate of £IO,OOO a year, with twelve head gar
j deners and a regiment of assistant •: '‘ his
man came, shortly before his stopp . ‘.no
of his consignors, and told him as
unable to meet the acceptances : £•_• 00
i granted in his favor, unless lace
■u a nst which they had been drav.. \ sold.
To this the consign ir consented, aL hough the
sacrifice was of course very great. The pro
duce was sold. C. appropriated the proceeds
to his immediate wants, and failed shortly af
ter, making no provision whatever for the ar- I
j ceptances. This is considered a most flagrant
case of dishonesty. Another party known in
Amer’ca, was guilty of a transaction just be
| fore his failure, v.hich has been very severely
censured. It is the custom, in buying bills,
i to allow the interval between foreign post-days
to elapse before payment, for the purpose of
arranging account., &c. Thus bills bought on
Tuesday, are paid for on Friday; and those
hbought on Friday, on the following 'Tuesday.
On Friday, the 29th October, the letters were
, delivered by the Hibernia. One of t hem, ui
, roc ted to the party alluded to, inclosed £2,009
with directions to buy at once the same
amount in bills on Paris, and remit thorn
there. The party bought the bills on Paris at
5 days after elate, but instead of appropriu- ;
ting the sterling bills to their payment, he dis- j
i counted them, and used the proceeds for his
own exigencies. On the Monday following,
the bills being due on Tuesday, he stopped
1 payment. Instantly ou learning this, one of
i the houses from whom lie had purchased the
bills despatched a courier to Paris, who reach
ed there in time to stop tire bills, which, ou
being presented, were refused payment, ou
the ground that no man knowing himself to
be on the point of failing, has a right to con
: tract fresh engagements : least of all, an cu
-1 gagement which is understood to be cash, the
few da vs being merely given by courtesy, lor
the convenience of the purchaser. The mat
ter will be decided legally by a jury, but there
can be but one opinion concerning the morality
of the transaction.
The state of affairs in money matters grad
ually improves, but very slowly ; for the ex
travagamc and misfortune combined, which ,
1 have caused the distress, have sunk and dis
placed a 1 irge amount of capital, which no-
I thing but the slow process of accumulation
: will replace .
Thus money, even supposing that prudence
and economy are exercised in all branches of
trade, and that the Kail Road bills passed last
session are suspended, will remain valuable
| fora considerable long time to ceine. The
; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir (.’has. Wood,
made a clear statement to the House, a few
I nights ago, of the amounts expended and to
J he expended on Rail Roads already authorized
by Acts. Thus there have been, already spent,
In 1811 £1,170.000
•• 2.980,000
“ 1848 -I 435,000
“ 1854 7 i 00,009
181,9 1.181,000
“ ;;u; TTmtooß
First half of 194 7 Jo, /OO.lXX)
Total £94,710,000
There is atrthorized to bo spent —
In PM" £78.000.000
• 1 ; ! 7.00 >,O H»
•• J ■ .i.i 10. »> 0,0 U.)
.Making a grand total of £2->IIfO.O-JO
Add to this about £17,090.000 for food im
ported, more than usual, iu 18 17, and it is
quite unnecessary to look any farther for a
cause hr the crisis.
The New Parliament has begun its first ses
sion by stormy and protracted debates, quite
unusual at so early a period. Ireland and tnc
‘ currency arc the two leading topics, and bc
; fc,re the steamer sails, a thorough exposition of
the intentions of the government will have ta
ken place. There is scarcely a doubt, howev
er, that the R ink Act of 1811, will be main
tained, with little or no modification.
Continental affairs, as you may sec by the
papers, are in rather an unsettle I condition,
la Spain, the Queen Mother Christina, L
once more in the ascendant in the coUrv ils of
her unhappy daughter ; and ail is anarchy,
poverty, vice and confusion. In Switzerland,
the Radical 1 Eta-liberal Cantons, which arc
in the majority, are occupied with an army of
60.000 men, besides many more in detached
corps, in coercing the catholic majority to
change their system cf education, expel the
Jesuits, and dissolve their league for mutual
, defence. Some blood has already been shed,
and the catholics have been defeated and over
powered at several points, and would soon
have to yield, but that steps are taking by the
Great Rowers to interfere an I put an end to
the war. Prussia is straggling for free insti
tutions, by means of the recent 1 • established
Diet. It is in a state of consul k commo
tion —liberable opinions, wi • fistance
j of the Pope, making rapid p - - every
where. Sardinia, Tuscany k have
just concluded a “ Customs U like the
Zollvcrcin of Germany —and th vug ol Sar
dinia, Charles Albert, has made brilliant pro
mises of reform, amid general enthusiasm.
France exhibits by no means a satisfactory
spectacle. The government is none of the
! best —the people are turbulent and disaffected
—the press almost unanimously in opposition.
Their debt is increasing. Not a tax has been
repealed since the peace, though the revenue
has augmented more than 50 per cent.; that
enormous sum, now near £60,000,000, with a
national debt not half that of England, being
vet insufficient to supply the wanton, reck
less expenditure of their government. New
forts are building round Paris, and the old
ones are alleged to be arming, while iu every
department reform banquets are held, at which
the most republican sentiments are uttered,
and the King’s health scornfully rejected. All
this looks ill and portends difficulty—the evil
fruits borne by intrigue !
England, although not by any means in a
satisfactory condition, does not at all events
surfer from any of these evils. The government
is goo 1, honest and enlightened, to perhaps a
greater extent than that of any other country;
and the people, with the single exception of a
small portion of the South of Ireland, arc per
j fectly well affected. The revenue is admin
istered w ith great fidelity and economy. Some
where about £30,000,000 per annum of taxes
have been repealed since the peace,
i Ireland, although a constant source of dif
faculty, arising partly from former bad legisla
tion, partly also from the perversity, snpine
ness, and other bad qualities of the national
! character, is in a better way to be improved
than ever before. The new poor law, which
is being rigidly administered, will soon provide
; for the destitute; in fact, it docs so now, in all
j but a very few unions. The murders which
■ have lately created so great a sensation, are
i not perpetrated by the destitute, but are the
I result of an Anti-Rent Company, very, much
j like that in the State of New Y'ork, but which
i is being treated very differently. Every mean#
on the part of the government are about to be
used for its repression, and for the punishment
not only of the immediate criminals, but ail
the accessors before and alter the tact, as well ;
as ail who refuse assistance in their detection.
As to England, the home trade, I am afraid,
is not very good, and the mills generally are
either stopped or are working short time, —but
foreign orders are coming in, and the low price
of everv commodity cannot fail to produce soon
great activity. Specie is returning fast. Every
steamer from the continent brings more or
, less, and the II ink his regained upwards of
three millions from its lowest point. The high
rate of interest is all for the best, and will con
duce to a slow, but healthy revival. In short,
the country has been living too fast for some
years,—spending too mueh--muking too mtteh,
and shipping too much; and imot now becon
tent to economise in all departments for a
while, until it has regained the ease possessed
before. A. W7 J.
(From our Correspondent.)
Fire ! Fire I !
COURIER—EXTRA, >
Ai.kaxy, Ga. Jan. 3. ISIS. $
I On Saturday night last, between the hours
of eleven and twelve, our citizens were aroused
by the alarm-cry of “lire,” which was found
issusing from the two story brick building, ou
the corner of it road and Washington streets,
the lower tenements of which were occupied i
; by Messrs. Hunt & Rynchou as a drygoods j
store, and Capt. Newman as a billiard room j
and confectionary, the upper floor was used
fir law offices and Masonic Lodge. The
height of the building, as well a- the extent of
the lire on the mos at the time of its discovery
prevented any attempt to extinguish it. The
efforts of our citizens, therefore, were directed
to saving what goods they might be able, from
the stores, blowing up building', iu the lino
of the tire and protecting the buildings on the
j opposite side of the streets. The tire continu
j cd its course, however, down llroad street,
towards the river, to the City Hotel, the last
house on that side of the street, and up Wash
ington street to the livery stable, consuming a
ware-house and several small buddings.
Had our “city been furnished with engines,
the fire could have been extinguished sooner,
but situated as wc were, our citizens labored
almost to exhaustion without being able to
accomplish much.—Estimated loss £59,000.
Among the strangers who rendered their ,
assistance, and d.-serve the thanks of our citl
i zons, wc noticed ( apt. llutts of the Magnolia,
who rendered good service in blowing up the
buildings, therein lessening the danger on the
opposite side of the street.
A gejiti man informs us that the explosion,
in blowing up the buildings, was heard twenty
five' miles.
ESTIMATE OF LOSSES.
Mr. Randall of Connecticut,fts,ooo, insurance
i 3500.
Jesse Tucker $5,000 no ins.
Welch \ Nelson druggist 150 “
I Masonic Lo lgo an I (hia >ter, 100 “
H. J. Cook’s yuith’s-shop, 300 “
W. W. Hull, 60 “
John S-app ..2,000 “
Mem cat k Niles 5,000- “
. Geo. B. King 2,000 “
L. Sondheim 7,000 “
M. S. Waitzfelder, .6,999 “
D. A. Yasou’s Law office.... ... 1,200 “
Mr. Vason informs us Ire- has a schedule of
. all tire court paper > he hid in his possession
an 1 will bo able to establish them.
John Smiilieu, 700 “
Dr*. Dickinson & Nelson 300 “
Hunt tk Rynchou 6,000 “
These genth m**n w ere fortunate enough to
save all their books, papers, and money.
Thomas 11. Mills & Son. of N. V. 5,099, part ins.
Lester & Ramsdale, of N. Y 3,000, “
R. J. Strozor, 1,000, “
B. O. Keaton 500, “
Wm (Hover, of Augusta '>oo, “
ft/W rr the ('hi "lesion Courier, I'th
The Palmetto Hcgimcat-
We have sum several letters from members
of the Ralmetto Regiment, thorn which wo
learn that an election had been held tor Col
onel, and that Limit. James Crmtey. Adjutant
of the Regime;,', had heeii elected, having ob
tained a majority of tweuty-l’our votes over
Lieut. - Col. (el id.l n.
The left *rs stale that considerable excite
ment and feeling existed at the result of some
of the elections for the minor officers, several
having bt m jump** 11 y these of inferior grade.
The following official order’of Maj. G eneral
Scott, taken from the Mexico American St ir,
notues some of the elections. It is probable
that these look place at a different period from
that for Colonel of the R miment;
Hi: vo;u Aurnris oi rur; Aumt, V
City of Mexico, Nov. 17, I>H7. )
GENERAL ORDERS—No. 352.
Promotions in the South Carolina Regiment.
"Major A. 11. Gladden, by the laws of South
Carolina, has been promoted to the office of
Lieut. Colonel.
Capt. R. <>. M. Dunovant elected Major,
aicc A. 11. Gladden promoted; to take rank
from 11th Sept., 1817.
Sergt. J. W. Shedd, elected Ist Lieutenant
Company G, vice Lieut. Clarke killed in ac
tion ; to take rank from 13th Sept., 1847.
2d Lieut. F. W. Silleck, elected Ist Lieu
tenant Company E, vice Lieut. Moragnc, kUi
;ed in action; to take rank from 14th Sept.,
1817 c
Rrivate David 1.. Donald, elected 2d Lieu
tenant Company E, vice I-ieut. Silleck, pro
moted ; to take rank from Nov. 13, 1847.
Ist Lieut. J. T. Walker, Company B, ap
pointed Regimental Quarter Master.
Bv command of Major (den. Scott.
11. L. SCOTT, A. A. A. G.
Since writing the above, we have heard it
rumored that Lieut. Cantcy had declined ac
cepting the commission.
(From the Washington Union.)
The Castle of Chapaltepec-
The following description of the Castle of
| Chapiiltcpec, near the city of Mexico, is con
tained in a letter from Lieut. A. G. Sutton, of
; the 15th infantry, who, with his two sons,
fought and greatly distinguished themselves in
the battle of the 20th August and 13th of Sep
tember. The letter was written to a gentle
man in this city, without any idea of its pub
lication. It is dated Colegio Militar, city of
Mexico, Oct. 30, 1847. lie says:
Not having seen any attempt at a description
of the Castle we now garrison, 1 will try to
give you a brief sketch of it, though, from the
limited time I have to write, it will undoubt
edly be very imperfect. The great Castle of
Chapultepec—the Colegio Militar, or West
Point of Mexico —is situated about two miles
westwardly from this capital, on the summit
of an abrupt bluff, which suddenly lifts itself
from the valley to the altitude of 150 feet per
pendicularly. The bluff is steep and rocky,
and covered with small stumps of trees and a
| low undergrowth of brambles and shoots; the
large trees having been cut away, to be out of
the range of their artillery. The whole for
tress. or work of defence, is about 900 yards in
length, and the terreplein and main buildings
about 600 feet. The castle is about 40 feet
high, and the whole structure, including the
wings, bastions, parapets, redoubts, and bat
teries, is very strongly built, and of the most
splended architecture. Asplendid dome decor
ates the top, rising in great majesty about
| twenty feet above the whole truly grand and
: magnixicent pile, and near which Is the front
' centre, supported by a stone arch, upon which
j is painted the eoat-of-arms c-f the republic,
•
where once floated the tri-colored banner, but | i
is now decorated by the glorious stars and j
stripes. Two very strongly-built stone walls j
surround the whole; and at the west end,
where we stormed the works, the outer walls j
lie some ten feet aoart, and twelve or hi teen j
fc *t high, over which wo charged by the help 1
of fascines. It was defend ’d by heavy artillery, j
manned bv the most learned and skiltul gun- .
ners of their army, including some French j
artillerists of distinction. The ini mtry force j ,
consisted of the officers and students ot the
institution, and the ir. tional guards, and chosen
men of war ot the Republic— r he whole under '
the command of General Bravo, whom we j
made prisoner. Tiro whole hill is spotted ;
with forts nud outposts, and stone and mud
walls, which were filled with their picket or
castle guard. A huge high stone w ill extends
around the whole frowning craggy mount, and
another along the south-east base, midwav
from the former and the castle. A walled
paved road leads up in a triangular form to the
main gate entering the south terreplein; ami
the whole works are ingeniously and beautiful- |
I v ornamented with Spanish fustidiouness and
skill. _ 1
A view of Chapultepec, the residence of the
once powerful prince Montezuma, as you come
down the sunny Valley of Anahuac, is a sight
the most enchanting in the open volume of
j nature’s delightful scenery. A mountain
i range encircles this lovely valley, the uneven
! rugged peaks of whose bluffs like the gems of
| India, are ever and anon lit up by the freaks
' of sunshine, that drive the dark shades trom
their gorges, and plav in sportive majesty on
their proud summits, Ropocatapetl is iu full
view southeast ward! y from us. This was for
merly a volcano; but for a long time has been
slumbering. She will, dotibtlcss, again vomit
up h *r fiery bowels noon the pleasant valleys
that lie like carpets at her rugged base. She
is covered with perpetual snows, upon which
the ravs of the sun fall with a lustre that daz
zle- brighter than the jewels ot Golconda.
Two calm, glassy lakes, tescueo (salt) and
(’hidco (fresh water ) ornament the stonery,
closing the capital in a womb of waters like
the ancient citv of Tyre. Ornamental shrub
berv, splendid aqueducts, arches, cisterns, and
sculptured stone statuary decorate the avenues
and main entrances to the city. Three Costly
and ingeniously made aqeducts convey the
water from the highlands to the grand plaza,
and the whole landscape is dotted with had- I
om l-a# and modest little churches, whose spires
glitter through the green trees with a silver
sheen quite ravisnimr. But uotmng except
convents. nunuJTies, cathedrals, and cnurches,
has any prominence' in the view iowarns the
citv. Upon the whole, a view from ( hapul
tepec is like a view from Lina—you feel above
the world, enraptured with the delightful
scenery that fills your vision.
ft aus t a, (S ’ corvid.
FRIDAY MORNING, TAN. 7.
i~tT Phe MA/;. —We received uo mail last
evening from offices north of Charleston. W e
find in the Evening News, telegraphic advices
from New York to 3rd inst. R. M., which wc
publish under our commercial head. Not a
word is said in it about Cotton.
['g*' The January Number of the Southern
Cultivator is upon our tabic. It is well worth
a whole year’s subscription to that valuable
The able pen and investigating mind of its
present editor, Dr, Inn,, mark its columns, an 1
' give an earnest of the superior character of all
future numbers to be published under his au
spices.
YJe ’ We arc indebted to a distinguished offi
cer of the Army for a pamphlet copy of a re
turn of the killed, worn ded mining of
the Army under the imrflediate command of
Gen. Scott, on the 19th and 20th- of August,
1547. It is at our office, where it can be in
spected by all who feel interested
fA* James Lark, and Joshua Broom, two of
uur Augusta boys,-who avert to' Mexico with
the Palmetto Regiment, returned to this city
yesterday.
I7LTI. 11. Cuyler,Esq.,iias been unanimously
re-elected President of the Central Rail Road
and Banking Company.
UT* Major G. 11. Talcott, of the Voltigcars,
arrived in Savannah on Tuesday evening last,
from Mexico.
117* We are informed that the remains of
Gol. Butler, I ieut. Col. Dickinson, and Lieut.
Moragne, are expected to reach this city this
morning by Rail Road.
The Republic.
We are requested, by Mr. Smyth, the Edi
tor of the Republic, to state, that owing to the
delay in getting his press from New York, the
issue of the first number has been delayed.—
He hopes to get it out by Monday next; if the
Press is received iu time, it will he certainly
issued then. As the first issue will be a large
one, it will be a good opportunity for adver
tisers to avail themselves of its columns.
IVloney Market
The New York Courier of Friday says—
“ The tendency of Stocks is still downward—
and business at the Board dull. Treasury
Notes sold on Thursday at 98:| —and the mar
| ket is very leader. Under the influence <j£ a
new loan impending of seventeen millions of
dollars, the lowest amount that will be need
ed by the Treasury of the United States, it is
certainly not to be wondered at that the Uni
ted States Stocks and Treasury Notes should
fall.
“The money market continucs"agitated, as
much, nay more, by interested attempts to
produce distrust and panic, then by any as
signable and substantial cause.”
The Express of Saturday says —“The up
ward movement iu Stocks, noticed yesterday,
lias been reversed to-day, as a glance at our
quotations will show. Treasury notes have
still further declined, and were held, at the
close of the Board, at 98£. With the excep
tion of U. S. G’s ’62, and Reading Shares,
j which are firm at yesterday’s prices, every
1 other description is lower. Reading Bonds
; Farmers’ Trust, 1; Morris, 1; Canton, $; Nor-
I wich and Worcester, L Long Island, %; and
i Harlem,
The Philadelphia Bulletin, of Friday, says
“Within a few days, a better feeling has been
manifested in our financial circles than lias
| been known for weeks. Thursday, the dis
i counts ot the Philadelphia Bank were fifty
j per cent above its income. This liberality, in ■
j the present state of the money market, is not ‘
; only commendable,- but it might be imitated |
: by other banking institutions of this city with •
I perfect safety. At the present time our busi- *
lies* men are in want of money. Philadel
phia is a creditor city ort all sides—and the re
lief needed could he extended by the city bank*
without creating the slightest present or fu
ture embarrassment.”
Texas Elections-
The San Augustins Union is unable to give
full returns, but announces that Mr. Wood is
elected Governor by u majority of some 800
or 1000 rotes, and Mr. Greer lieutenant Gov
ernor by as large majority. The Marshall
Herald has partial returns, which give Wood
4462, and Miller 4202 votes. The same paper
savs Greer is undoubtedly elected Lieut. Gov
ernor. The Austin papers it will be recollect
ed, think Miller is elected.
Macon Charter Election-
The following is the result of the election
held in Macon on Saturday last, for Mayor and
eight Aldermen:
George M. Logan, Mayor. Aldermen—J.
W. Babcock, Titos. P. Stubbs, St. Lanier, K.
Craven, Wm. B. Watts. J. 11. 11. Washington,
K. Bond and James Denton.
Pay as you g - ©.
J astice forbids that men should purchase
that for which they cannot pay, and that rule
of justice observed throughout life will always
work our competence and comfort. There is
but one secret in the successful pursuit of life,
whatever be your income—spend less. What
ever be your circumstances — pay when you pur
chase. On? hundred dollars in a community q
acting upon this principle, will go further and
do more than five hundred in a community
where every body is debtor or creditor —where
every sixpence has to be chased till it is worth
less —and the labor of getting exceeds the la
bor Os earning; Pay as you go —for by so do
ing vou will enable the recipient of your fa
vor to follow the same glorious principle;
I'aj as you go —pay yotlr subscription to your
newspapers and spare the printer the trouble*
and expense of making collections.
Household Weights-
In an address,delivered before the American
Institute of New York, by Dr. D. J. Browne,
we find the follow ing useful items olf infor
mation on the weights and measures of cer
tain ingredients in general Use among house
wive, and which,if they will commit to memo
' vy, will save them sometimes a good deal of
trouble in making a pudding or a cake. If
the weights arc not accurate to a grain, it
> must be remembered that butter and sugar
arc not quite as dangerous as tartar emetic or
arsenic:
w rtonx an n MKAsrm.
Wheat flour, 1 pound is 1 quart.
Indian meal, 1 pound 2 ounces is 1 quart
Butte-,when soft. 1 p mud 1 ounce is 1 quart/
Loaf-sugar, broken, 1 pound i» 1 quart.'
White sugar, powdered, 1 pound 1 ounce in
1 quart.
Best brown sugar, 1 pound 2 ounces is I
quart.
Eggs, average size, 10 eggs are 1 pound.
LIQUID JILASUHE.
Sixteen large table-spoonfuls arc A a pint.'
Light table-spoonfuls are 1 gill.
Four large table-spoonfuls are A a gill,
A common-sized tumbler holds A a pint.
A common-sized wine-glass holds A a gill.
An Expkhimkxt with a Cotton Factokt.
A cotton factory built at Utica, in this State,
commenced the manufacture of goods in the
latter part of March, and was put in operation
in April. The year is not therefore complete
until next March, but the directors of the
c nupany have already declared a dividend of
ten per cent. The manufacture of cotton
goods can' need no higher protection after
such an experiment.— .V. V. Eve. Cost.
Distribution of Wf.u.tii.—The total of the
propriety in Great Britain is estimated at $ 25,-
000,000,C00, and the annual value of the pro
duct at .5<2,500,000,000, The total value of
the property in the United rotates of America
docs not exceed 6,000,000,0000, and the total
annual value of our products is estimated at
about $'1,200,000,0! 0.
1: the property of Great Britain was equal
ly divided amongst the population, it would
give nearly So,ooo to every family of five per-"
sons; and if the annual income were thus di
vided, each family would have 5*500. The
same division in the United States would give
each family $1,500 of property, and for an
annual share of the products, SSOO.
Special Z\ at ices'.-
i Notice* —1 be PEWS IB the first Pres
byterian Church, belonging to tlie Trustees, will be
offered for sale at public out-cry, at the Church
on This Aft mi noon next, 7th ihst. atdo’clock.
Titos * not sold will be offered for rent.
Jan 7 —id
DIVIDEND No. 11,
OFFICE JEON STEAM BOAT CO., )
Augusta, Jan. 3d, 1818. y
The Directors have THIS DAY declared a Di
-1 vidend of FOUR PER CENT, payable to the
Stockholders on and after the first of February
next. c. McLaughlin-
Jan. 4 3 Secretary and Treasurer.
AUGUSTA FEMALE SEMINARY:
Mrs. JAMES ADAM respectfully informs her
friends and the public, that her School, for a limit
ed number of pupils, will be re-opened on Monday,
January 10th, at her residence on Broad Street,
near the Lower .Market.
Jan. 5 lw
HOLIDAY' PRESENTS.
fine of JOHNSON’S SUPERB DAGUER
REOTYPE MINIATURES, will be a suitable
memorial from one friend or relative to another-
Mr. JOHNSON’S Rooms are over 3iessrs. Clara*,
Racket <S-i Co.’s Jewelry Store. Dec. 19
JOHNSON’S DAGUERREOTYPB
ROOMS.
MR. C* E. JOHNSON has the honor tc i«-
lorm his old patrons of last year, and the pub
lic generally, that he is again AT IIIS OLD*
S PAN I), over .Messrs. Clark. Jiucket Co.’s Jewelry*
Store, where he is prepared to execute MINIA
TURES in a style superior to any thing he ha*
done heretofore.
Mr. J. thankful for the very liberal patronage ot
ast season, asks a continuance of the same.
Oct. 21 —-3 m
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STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF GEOR
GIA.
Li" This Company having been re-organized
and placed in an efficient state for service, are pre
pared to send forwarded without delay all freight
that may offer.
Goods consigned to WM. P. WILLIAMS. Agenrt
at Savannah, will be forwarded free of Commis
sions.
The connection of R. M. Goodwin with this
fompanv has terminated,
j JOHN P. GUIEU.
June 6 I—yl —y Agent at Augusta