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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. ' J U1 ES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily, per annum $8 00 Tri-Weekly, per amium ,6 00 * paid in advance 5 00 '•V ekiy, per annum, if paid in advance.... 2 00 These terns are offered to new subscribers and ail »ld subscribers who pay up all arrearages. lu no ca-.e will the weekly paper be sent at $2, unless the money accompanies the order. In no case will it be sent at $2,00 to an old sub scriber in arrears. O'When the year paid for at $2,00 expires, the paper, if not discontinued, or paid for in advance, will be sent on the old terms, $2,50 if paid at the office within the year, or $3,00 if paid after the expiration of the year. O*Post age must be paid on all communications and letters of business. £ The Crowded Street. BY IV M , C. BRYANT. Let me move s’owly through the street Fifed with an ever shifting train, Amid iR jound of -tens that beat Th ■ murmuring walks like autumn rain. How fast the flitting figures come— The mild, the fierce, the stony face— Some bright with thoughtless smiles, and some Where the secret tear have left their trace. I’ney pass—to toil, to strife, to rest: To halls in which the feast is spread ; To chambers where the funeral guest In silence sits beside the dead. And some to happy homes repair, Where cniidrcn, pressing cheek to cheek, With mute caresses shall declare Tho tenderness they cannot speak. And some, who walk in calmness here, •Shall shudder as they reach the door— Whore one who made their dwelling dear, Its flotver, its light, is seen no more. \ oath, with pale cheeks and slender frame, And dreams of greatness in thine eye ! Goe.t thou to build an early name, Or early in the task to die ? Keen son of trade, with anxious brow 1 W bo is now fluttering in thy snare ? Thy golden fortunes, tower they now ? Or melt the glittering spires in air 7 Who of this crowd, to-night, shall tread 'The dance till daylight gleams again 1 Who sorrow o'er the untimely dead ? W ho writhe in throes of mortal pain ? Some, famine-struck, shall think how long The cold, dark hours, how slow the light ! And some, who flaunt among the throng. Shall hide in dons of shame to-night. Each, where his task of pleasures call, They pass, and heed each other not; Th ere is, who heeds, who holds them all In Mis large love and boundless thought. These struggling tides of life, that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end. The Frenchman at his English Studies Frenchman. —Ha, my good friend, I have met with one difficulty—one very strange word. How vou call 11-o-u-g-h ? Tutor. —Huff. Fr. —Ties bien, Huff; and Snuff you spell S-n-o-u-g-h, ha! Tutor. — Oh, uo, no, Snuff is S-n-u-doublc-f. The fact is, words ending in ough are *a little irregular. Fr. —Ah, very good. 'Tis beau’ful lan guage. H-o-u-g-h is Huff. I will remember; and C-o-u-g-h is Cuff. I have one bad Cuff, ha ! Tutor. —No, that is wrong. We say Kauf. not Cuff. t — Kauf, eh bien. Huff and Kauf, and pardnnuez moi, how you call D-o-u-g-h— Duff, ha? Tutor. —No, not Huff. Fr. - Not Huffl Ah ! oui; I understand— it is Davf, hey ? 'Tutor.— No, D-o-u-g-h spells Doe. Fr. — Doe! It is very fine; wonderful lan guage. it is Doe; and To-u-g-h is Toe, cer t’fneraeut. My beef-steak was very Toe. tutor. —Oh, no, no; you should say Tuff. V*. T ff? Le Diable ! and the thing farmer use ; how you call him, P-l-o-u-g-h, Fluff ha! you smile ; I see lam wrong, it is Plan ft No! ah, then, it is Ploe, like Doe; it is beautiful language, ver’ line —Ploef Tutor. —You are still wrong, my friend. It is Flow. Fr. — Plow! Wonderful language. I shall understand ver’ soon. Plate, Doe, Kauf; and one more—ll-o-u-g-h, what you call Gen. Tay lor ; Rauf and Ready ? No! ccrtaincmeut it is Row and Ready ? Tutor —No ! R-o-u-g-h spells Ruff. Fr. — Ruff, ha! Let me not forget. R-o-u-g-h is Ruff, and B-o-u-g-h is Buff, lia I Tutor. —No, Bote. Fr. —Ah! ’tis ver' simple, wonderful lan guage ; but I have had what you call n-o-u-g-h !ha ! what you call him ?A r . Y. Home Journal. [From f hc X, O. Picayune, 27 th ult.] Lat? from Santa Fe—ln the St. Louis Re veille w th? 17£h inst. we meet with the fol- Towing letter of a very late date from Santa Fe. Santa Fk, Aug. I, 1348. Gentlemem of the Reveille —Our volunteer troops have had another severe fight with the Apaches and Eutaws.on the 18th of last month. A party of them that had been committing depredations in the neighborhood of Taos, were pursued beyond the Ratone Mountains by Capt. Boake, of the Missouri Mounted Regi ments, and sixty men. On coming •up with them, a small skirmish ensued, but the Indians instantly retreated, leaving behind some thirty two head of horses and mules. Major Reynolds followed with 150 men, joined the advance, and with Williams, Fisher, ! Mitchell and Kitker, mountaineers, as guid.s, they continued the pursuit, and soon came up ; with a detachment of the Indians, numbering j i 400 strong; a fight ensued, which lasted near- 1 i ly three hours, and was ended by the Indians retreating, leaving twenty-five of their num- • ber dead on the field. Two of our men was ’ killed, and six wounded. Among the wound ed are Capt. Salmon, and “Old Bill Williams," ' the mountaineer, whose arm was badly shat tered. The hitter, notwithstanding his wound, -ought through chc woule engagement. It is i oped that this fight will have a good effect on < noo Indians, and deter them from their n araiu ing excursions. We have good reason np ' . lat lmu y °f their party were borne < on severely wounded. Gen. Price was to evacuate Chihuahua nn \ the 20th ult.— a part of his troops are already i on the march to this place. He will, no doubt gc into garrison here, and prepare to depart • lor the States as soon as the regular troops ar rive. * * 1 A public meeting has been called hero for ' the purpose of disputing,the Texas claim to t this territory. It would amuse and instruct jou to see the regular growth of politics in this new State, and how certain men are endeavoring to lead t the race for popularity. c Lemt. Allen, of y OU r place, arrived here safe i with ius recruits a fc w days gince . I ' Manchester Monthly Trade Report. | Referring our friends to our last trade rc | portofthe Ist ult., we now beg to continue our monthly advices. The general aspect of commercial affairs has not undergone any change of importance, and certainly uono,for the better as regards this country in particu lar. On the continent of Europe a somewhat more settled state of internal politics, not -1 withstanding partial disturbance?, (such as 1 Berlin,) appears to have been restored, and a i more regular trade, as well as greater activity in the industrial establishments abroad, will consequently follow. Another satisfactory feature, and one which cannot fail materially to improve the condition of neighboring states, is, that they have been blessed with abundant harvests, which ensures low prices for the . most necessary articles of food. The loaf of the best rye bread, weighing 6 lbs., is now sel ’ ling at in the south of Germany; the same was at Gd. per loaf 3 months ago. and ! Is. 2d. in fS46. This is the most gratifying to notice, as recent political commotions have ( impoverished continental states to a degree that many years of prosperity will be required , to put them in the same position they were in previous to February last. England has enjoyed the blessing of peace, while other European stat'-s have shaken in their very foundations, but is likely to suffer from a somewhat deficient harvest. Wheat has risen ss. per quarter, and speculators are active in foreign markets to secure supplies at mode rate rates, in the hope of being able to resell them here to a good profit ere long. Never before has the fate of the harvest been watch ed with greater anxiety than at present; the effects of the failures of IS4G are too fresh in the r jinory of all; and it is probably owing to such recoil f ions that a greater degree of alarm is prevailing than seems warranted by circumstances. The injury which has been done br the blight of the potato crop is uufor Innately a matter of fact, the consequences of which cannot be otherwise than most serigus; but even on th: - point the anxiety regarding Ireland hus been somewhat allayed by the publica; ‘ on cf the very valuable statistics con tained in tne •* Ec.'orrust ” of last Saturday. The da nage actually done to the grain har vests does .*oc amount to ary thing like a fail ure : and if the weather, which has assumed a more fa\ .ra'.lc aspect si..: ' tliebegining of the week, should continue so for some time, the yield of all descriptions of grain may yet ap proach, if it does not quite reach, that of an average year ; but even if this should unfor tunately not be the case, and importations ol foreign wheat be required to some extent, the consequences will, we believe, be neither so sudden nor so severe as on former occasions. We presume that foreign corn will henceforth form a r- gular article of trade; the importation of which will depend on the relative price ru ling in this country, compared with foreign markets. Mußi less bullion will be required for corn importations this year, the prices a broad being moderate; and another circum stance which will greatly modify the effect on the money market, is the small compass into which all trade operations have been brought of late, end the comparatively few' liabilities commercial men have undertaken for some time past. In 1546, the money markets abroad were de ranged like our own by extensive corn im portations, a circumstance as unusal as it proved detrimental to the continental, home, and foreign trades. England had to meet her best customers for manufactured goods as com petitors in the only market from which bread stuffs were then t o bo had, namely, America. At present money is cheap—say from 1.1 to 1$ per cent, per annum in some of the conti nental cities—and is, therefore, seeking em ployment. Neighboring States will probably exchange their corn for rice and oih :r pro duce, for which this country h been the chief depot for the last six months, nt a , the trade with American will receive an impulse from tho purchases of flour and Indian corn, we may be in want of, manufactured good being unprccedcntly low just now, will the more readily be taken as a return. Under these circumstances, we do not fear the bad effects which some believe will arise from an importation of foreign corn in crppling the home trade, which promises of all others to be good owing to this country having enjoyed peace and quiet, and property being perfectly secure. The decrease in our shipments of Twist to Hamburg alone amount to G 438 packages : if we take the usual average weight of each bale at 1000 lb. of Yarn, we preceive the large de ficiency of 6,438,000 lb. The loss which the town of Hamburg, as well as all interested in that particular branch of tho Cotton trade, experienced in consequence of this large fall ing off, must be apparent to every one. The steamers from Hull to Hamburgh are sailing, but the uncertainty which attends the success of their journey, and the fact that tho insu rance does not hold good for the return voy age in case of non-admittance, renders mer chants very reluctant to venture shipments under such circumstances. The Yarn trade, in fact, does not allow extra risk or extra ex penses. In our next trade report we hope to be able to state that the impediments, such as the above, arc removed, and that business can be carried on with safety to Hamburgh ; be fore the loth or 20th of next month, however, nothing positive is likely to be known. Other branches of our foreign trade are equally suffering from changes now going on in political matters, and before these are con solidated or more definitely settled, merchants will act with extreme caution. The pre sent state of Italy, the uncertainty about Sicily, and the blockade of Venice and other ports impede trade. The news that the block ade of Buenos Ayres is removed has since been confirm I. and caused some inquiry for goods suitable for that quarter; purchases tj a small extent have been taking place in conse quence. The Overland Mail which arrived yester day, Rings letters from Calcutta up to the 10th July, end horn Bombay, up to the 20th. In a poh .eai point of view the accounts seem satisfactory; and commercially, on the whole rat.ioi bc'ter than those received by tho p:vcoding inch. In Bombay more activity B confident' y expected hi th; Import trade after the rainy r,c -son. Our exports to the East show a falling off in our shipments up to the end of August, compared with 1347. Plain Cotton. To the Bay of Bengal 6,725 Packages, value, £275,00) ToCliiua 16,601 “ “ 380’(X)J i Cotton Twist. To the Bay of Bengal lb. 2,Si 1,492; value, £185,000 ■ To China 1,815,268 “ 64,000 i Cotton.—The price of this important arti cle did not vary much during the month. The decline of about id. per lb. for middling N. Orleans, which took place when the weather was inclement and menacing has in some mea sure been recovered latterly, and sellers show less anxiety to meet the buyers since the nros pects, as regards the crops, are somewhat im proved. The low price of Cotton has rather j increased the consumption, which we estimate j at 27,000 bags per week at present. This state- { merit will startle some of our foreign friends, | whose estimate varied much from ours, but 1 we believe it will not be found fax from the truth. We can in no other -way account | for this apparently largo consumption, consid- i cring the adverse circumstances we have to contend against on all sides, than by the fact that our production consists chiefly of low coarse yarns and heavy fabrics, such as are wanted for clothing for the mass of the peo ple r comparatively little being spun or woven * into articles of luxury, such as fine Cambrics, Laces, &c. If we look seriously at what is go • ing on and doing in France, Germany and f other continental States, we cannot but con • sider it a highly gratifying feature that Eng r land is enabled to employ her manufacturing - ! population at the present moment to the ex t , tent which the consumption of the chief sta - pie of her industry exhibits. We hope that 5 this state of things will not receive a check x either from exaggerated alarm about the har t vest, or political occurrences abroad during 1 the winter. While we write those remarks we r received letters from the U. States, with dates 7 of sth August from N. Orleans, and 16th from , New York. Exports of Cotton to this coun t try continue large, contrary to expectations entertained here, but fortunately for ourspiu f ners and manufacturers, the more so as the - prospects of the coming crops are also satisfac -3 tory. The upward tendency which the Liv -1 erpool market exhibited during the hist few ; days has been rather checked in consequence, 3 ! although prices remain firm. 3 Manchester Market. — The transactions in 1 Yarn have not been on a large scale during 2 the past month; the chief purchases consisted 3 of low Water Twist for the Italian and Levant i markets, and partly for Germany. 20’s Water >' | have receded slightly, say about Jd. per lb., i while other counts and qualities arc steadily i j maintained at former prices. Considering the 1 many real and apparent impediments to trade - during the month just now ended, the prices 1: of Yarns have kept up remarkably well. The f amount of business done in manufactured goods has not been as large as in July, al -2 ; though considerable purchases have been cf t I footed in T Cloth, low Printers and Long 4 Cloths, and the prices have been well main s tained. For some descriptions of Fustians J the demand continues brisk, and Domestics 1 are by no means neglected. The home-trade houses have acted with more circumspection 1 as regards the latter article, but business con -5 tinucs to some extent. The better descriptions ? of 60 and i 2 reeds 10 inches Shirtings, were 2 less inquired after, and Bs. 3d. per piece has - been readily taken for the latter, while full • reeded Cloth fetched Ss. per piece easily - during the previous month. The sellers are - not pressing goods on the market, and a de • cidedly better feeling exists since the weather 2 ! has assumed a more settled aspect. Prices 2 for nearly all descriptions of Y'arns and goods - i are so moderate now, that a downward tenden cy is not likely to take place as long as hope exists that the crops yet outstanding may be • housed in a tolerable state. —Du Fay Co. D * i Items- New Telescope.— Mr. Bruno Ilascart, of this a city, and probably one of the lirst opticians in i America, has just completed a telescope of large - size, ranging in magnifying power from 100 to i 1,000. It is a refractor, and, is said by those 1 capable of judging, and drawing comparisions - from observations, that it operates nearly, if - not quite as well as the great refractor on Maun t x Adams. The workmanship is as perfect as > mechanical skill can make it, and, as a whole, t the instrument is a strong and incontrovertible s argument against the expensive folly of sen e ding abroad for the like. — Cincinnati Com. Texas and New Mexico.— lt appears that the Governor of Tex as has appointed a Judge ; for New Mexico, (Judge Howard,) who has L gone up there to open his Court at Santa Fe ! Tixis proceeding of the Governor of T uXtis is founded on the claim set up that the boundary of Texas extended to the Kio Grande, when it was admitted into the Union. d Great Speaking.-— Henry Clay, Gov. Let - cher, Senator Corwin, Galeb 13. Smith, of In diana, and Col. James Collier, of Ohio, are ad • vertised to be present at a grand 13arbacue at - Hamilton, Ohio, got up in honor of Corwin. ' A New Invention is noticed in the last “ Scientific American, for the benefit of way pas sengers in the cars. A large dial is placed in ’ each car with the names of different places e upon it and a pointer to indicate the place ar . rived at. A gong is so connected with the , machinery as to sound whenever a stop is made. This latter will be a nuisance. - The French Army actually on foot, amounts, > according to the declaration of General Lamor cicre before the committee appointed to ex ' amine and report upon the budget for the Min istry of War, to 518,000 men. The estimated ) expense of the War Department for the year f is 125,233.221 f., (upwards of £17,000,000 ster -2 ling.) j Police Officer Suspended. —James Young, [ first lieutenant and chief of the Philadelphia police department, has bee x suspended from official duty, in consequence of his implication } in the knowledge of the perpetrators of the ' robbery of Mr. Darlington, President of the , i West Chester Bank, and an alleged participa . tion in the proceeds of that daring felony. Gener u.s W ortii and TV ooi. have been ton • deredthe hospitalities of New York city, with ; the use of the Governor’s room to receive > the citizens, when they arrive there. , Death of \ United States Consul. —Wm. ; Lcides dorff, late U. S. Vice Consul at San Francisco, California, died there on the IBth of May, after a short illness. Castle Garden, at New York, covers cx ‘ actly an aero of ground. They talk of enlarg ing the Battery, and making it a true circle, which will contain twenty, making it a true circle, which will contain twenty-seven acres, worth at least, says the Sun, as mcjxy millions 1 to the corporation. Mr. Forrest’s engagement at the Broadway theatre, New York, has been eminently suc | cessful. It is said that the aggregate of his ■ profits amounted to over $7,000. , Mr. Macready, the N. York Express says, opens at the Park Theatre on Monday. Mr. Ryder, who was playing second parts to him, I on his last visit to America, still accompanies him. | Brazil and the Slave Trade. —We find in a late London paper the following letter con i taming the important information of the pro bable abolition of the slave trade by the Gov j eminent of Brazil: Falmouth, Any. 31. —In reference to the in formation brought by the Petrel packet, ar ! rived this afternoon from Rio de Janeiro, bear ing on the anticipated early suppression of the j slave trade by the government, we have as i certained from well founded authority that , the initiative of this important measure is due j tc the influence and recommendation of the i Viscount de Barbacena, lately appointed Pre sident of the province of Rio de Janeiro, and in which capacity he had, by the Emperor’s command, made a tour into the interior, and satisfied himself that a combination for a very longperiod had existed among the black pop ulation, and a rise might be sooner or later ap prehended, which report had naturally great ! ly alarmed the whole of the coffee planters; | | tire Viscount Barbacena (like his father before i him) has been a strenuous opposer of the in- 1 j Reduction of slaves, and an able expositor of I the evils of the system. From his ability, in fluence and great popularity, hopes were en tertained that he would be enabled to modify and establish the object he had recommended, 1 upon a sound and permanent basis. The im- i port trade in slaves had greatly declined, and ( the profits were in nowise tempting to prose cute it as heretofore. Intact, two great deal ers at Rio had openly declared their intention ; qt abandoning the traffic. 1 j ' A Little Mistake. —The Germantown Tel- 1 egraph says:—“A pear tree, within sight of our office, which must have forgotten to blossom in the Spring, is now in full bloom, looking 1 as freshly and buoyant as though six rough i months were not to intervene before smiling ( May can come to take it by the hand.” —— r■ mi iihi iii■ iimi■ i. ■ l J THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. Augusta, ©corgia. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 3. 1848. FOR PRESIDENT LE W1 S CAS S, OF MICHIGAN. FOR VICE PRESIDENT WM. O. BUTLER, OF KENTUCKY. ELECTORAL TICKET. W. T. COLQUITT, of Troup. M. H. McALLISTBR, Cnatham. J. W. ANDERSON, Chatham. L. B. MERGER, Lee. ALLEN COCHRAN, Monroe. JOHN D. STELL, Fayette. LEWIS TUMLIN, Casa. ROBERT McMILLAN, Elbert. WILLIAM McKINLEY, Oglethorpe. JAS. GARDNER. JR.. Richmond. Georgia Election. The election for eight members of Con gress took place yesterday. The result, so ; far as received, is highly gratifiying to the De mocracy. If we can gain on this election, ’ when the great struggle comes in November, our majority will be largely increased. ■ i OLD RICHMOND. Old Richmond has nobly done her duty.— We entered the struggle with 1500 majority ; against us in this district, but if the other coun ties have done as well, Mr. Toombs, if he ' goes back to Congress, will do so by but a meagre majority. At the city box, the vote stands Lawson, Democrat, 385, Toombs 433, Jenkins 11, ’ Gould 1. In 1846, the vote stood Flournoy, . Democrat, 301, Toombs 553. Showing a gain ’ of only one hundred and ten votes. Since writing the above, we learn that - the vote at the Bridge District, in this county, t shows only ton majority for Toombs, which is 5 a further loss to the whigs. j GLORIOUS OLD CHATHAM. We are indebted to a friend in Chatham for the following despatch, from which it will be t seen that King , the Whig candidate, loses only one hundred and forty-five votes. Our ] friends in that District have a majority of 3 1100 to overcome. This is a good beginning. “ As goes Chatham so goes the State,” is the t old saying ; she has put forth a good example. But to the despatch : “ Old Chatham coming ! King “ six hundred and forty-two ; Jackson, (Democrat) five hun t ' dred and seventy-six. ” 8188. t A despatch from thTs county says;—“Demo - cratic majority in Bibb about one hundred, 1 as usual.” The above counties comprise all we have . heard from. In our next, by the aid of Rail . Roads and the Telegraph, we hope to give sufficient returns, to indicate the vote of the , State. Good Dividends. It will be seen that the Mechanic's Bank of ■ this city, has declared a dividend of six, and the Brunswick Bank a dividend of four per cent for the last six months. Pretty good for Stockholders these hard times. I | Signing- the Oregon Bill. L The charge is flippantly made by the Whigs • that the President has given his sanction to the Wilmot Proviso, by signing the Oregon Bill—that the Democrats should, therefore, be silenced by this distinguished example, and cease their assaults on the Whig party ; for making the Wilmot Proviso a leading Whig measure, to be carried into effect in the event of Gen. Taylor’s election. Now-, this charge is sophistical and untrue. Mr. Polk did sign the Oregon Bill, after the most stren uous efforts of the South, aided by a faithful few- Northern Democrats, to place in it a re cognition of the Missouri Compromise, and on that ground justify the exclusion of slavery from Oregon. The Northern Whigs, in a bo dy, insisted on the exclusion standing as it w'as —they refused, unanimously, to repudiate the enactment excluding slavery, and also re fused to recognize the Missouri Compromise. This compromise has been recognized in the annexation of Texas to the Union, and it was considered by many Southern statesmen, as impolitic for the South to be the first to refuse to stau d by the principles of that compromise. Mr. Polk distinctly announces as the reason why he did not refuse to sanction the bill, that it was not inconsistent with that compromise. But what is this exclusion of slavery, and at whose instance was it adopted ? It is the incorporation of the ordinance of 1787 into the fundamental law of Oregon, and it was placed there on the motion of the Hon. Ro bert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts—the pre sent Whig Speaker of the House—placed in that ofiice by the aid of Southern Whig votes. It is his pride and his boast, that he originated this proviso as applied to the Oregon Bill. It was his thunder that was stolen by Wilmot. Mr. Webster also claims the thunder for hira i self, and complains that it was stolen from him. But wc will not discuss here the priority of claims. We propose simply to call atten tion to the fact that this signature, by Mr. Polk, of the Oregon Bill, w'as a signature to j the Winthrop Proviso, as it should be called —not the Wilmot Proviso. The Winthrop Proviso prohibited the introduction of slavery into Oregon. This was a needless, a gratui- j tous insult flung in the face of the South. It ■ could be oi no practical effect, for no one ever < dreamed, for a moment, that slavery w-ould 1 ever be introduced among the snows and ice ( ot Oregon. Its object was a repudiation, in < advance, of the Missouri Compromise’ princi- 1 pic, and for that reason was resiste^ 1 . by the 6 South and her Northern Democratic friends, and, for a time, with success. But it was fi nally carried. Mr. Polk, in signing tlxe bill, reiterates his approbation ot the Missouri Compromise, and pledges himself to veto any bill which is violative of that compromise—a compromise made under very solemn circum stances, and again solemnly recognized in the admission of Texas. The Winthrop Proviso applied to territories already the property of the United States, ail of which lay north—three hundred miles north of the compromise line. The Wilmot Proviso seeks to exclude slave ry from all territories acquired, or to be ac quired, by conquest, treaty or otherwise, whether those territories lie north or south oi that line. This policy is the settled, and a vowed policy of the Whig party north, and it is the policy which they calculate to carry out if they can succeed in electing Gen. Taylor to the Presidency. If Gen. Cass is elected, the weight of his influence will all be thrown in the scale of the Missouri Compromise, and the scheme of the Northern Whigs will be defeated. It is a question between the tw'O, of the fu ture admission of slave States into the Union. The Taylor party oppose the further extension of the area of slavery, and the future admission of slave Stales. The Cass party will not op pose the further extension of slavery south of the Missouri Compromise line, or object to the admiaeion of slave States south of that line. On which side will the South array herself. Every indication is in favor of her being found Toting and acting, heart and hand, with the Cass and Butler party of the Union. The River "We are happy to inform our merchants abroad, that our river is again in good naviga ble order. The rain which fell here on Satur day and Sunday must have extended above some distance. There is now a prospect of a good river for the remainder of the season. Fresh Oysters An agreeable reminder of approaching win ter and its pleasures, was sent into our office last evening, in the shape of a waiter of fine Oysters, in the shell, nicely opened and with the appropriate “fxins.” We discussed them with great satisfaction, and inwardly thanked our attentive friends, Hogreffe & Schneider, who did not forget u while opening their first barrel of the season. They expect to have constantly on hand a few more of the same sort. Stop that Ball. We find the following in the Republic of yes terday morning, being the first part of a short editorial: Gea Cass’ Propensity to War W cannot say that the declaration of Gen. I Oass, “The hearts of the people must be pre pared for war,” is objectionable when the pro per occasion calls for it. The declaration B often quoted against him to prove that he is almost as fiery as old Mars was himself. In a good cause, and for a sufficient reason, we say, too, the hearts of the people should be prepared for war. We object to the course ot Gen. Cass, because he was for inflaming the hearts of the people for war when there was no necessity for it. No war can be justified unless demanded by necessity, and by that we would mean, national honor. The national honor did not demand that there should be war for the whole of Oregon. The expression here attributed to General Gass was used by Mr. Allen, of Ohio, in the lulled States Senate, during the pendency of the Oregon question. Gen. Cass has ever been an ardent and patriotic advocate of the rights of his country, and stood side by side with Mr. Allen in his zealous maintenance of American rights in that controversy. But the expression quoted was Senator Allen’s thunder. Should this gentleman be a candidate for the Presidency, it will be time enough for the Whigs to wield it against him, provided they then think it could do him any injury. Not a Travelling- Candidate Under this head, the last Enquirer copies a letter of Gen. Taylor to Gen. Gi-cen, of Mass., declining to go north, firstly, because he had been recently appointed to the command ot the M estern Division of the army, and 2dly, because he “disapproves of the practice, note generally followed, by our candidates for the Presidency, of travelling through the country previous to the election.” On this the En quirer comments as follows : “ How different the conduct of General Cass, ‘with his trav elling managerie,’ parading through the coun try, electioneering in every town and vil lage.” We are amazed, both at the boldness of the i charge which Gen. Taylor thus makes against “our candidate lor the Presidency,” and the reckless endorsement given by our neighbor to the falsehood. It is not true that General Cass is “parading through the country, elec tioneering in every town and village.” Im mediately on his nomination, he left fur his home in Detroit, and went not a rod out of his j route to receive the spontaneous honors whi ch were showered upon him on his w-ay; nor will he leave homo until after the election. Gen. j Taylor, on the contrary, has been to New Or leans and other places, and received the kind greetings of his friends. There is one thing, i however, which he has not yet done ! lie has I not, like Gen. Cass, resigned his office of Maj. j General, but gives the fact of his having been ! assigned to the NV estern Division of the army as one reason why he cannot go “electioneer ing.” This holding on to office is in perfect keeping with that ten cent system of economy adopted by the General as to postage on his letters, and may be considered a virtue or not, according to circumstances. There can be no excuse, however, for Old Zach’s insinuation against his opponents, that they are now the travelling candidates for the Presidency, which he says he is not. To say the least of'it, it is in excessive bad taste, coming from one who has written more electioneering letters to suit * the various phases of public opinion than any other aspirant for the Presidency that ever lived. — Muscogee Democrat. Destructive Fire in PensacolZ—A fire in Pensacola, at 2 o’clock Monday mornim* oc - curred in one of the buildings on Palafox I ; street, fronting on the bay, consuming all the , houses in a westerly direction, terminating at J. Innerarity s house, that also being consum- I 1 ed, making a level of all the houses on the i . two squares, about sixty in number. Suffer- c ers —G. W.Barkley, J. Quigles, J. Forsyth, \ the Globe House, J. Brosnaham, F. Tio, the i Florida House, J. Innerarity, and several oth- j ] ers. A number of poor families are turned c out of doors by the lire. We do not learn whether any portion of the property was in- r sured. —Mobile Register, '2,7th ult. a [Telegraphed for Cue Baflimcrre Sun.] • ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AMERICA. SS72N DAY’S LATD.R FROM EUROPE. REVOLUTION IN IRELAND. Patriots Encamped on mountains—Flight of the Police—Battle of Carrick—Sev eral Killed and Wounded—lntense Ex ettement—-France continues Quiet— Buonaparte Vlovement-Schleswig Hol stein War Resumed— Fighting in Spain --Rebellion in Tuscany—Great Slaugh ter—-market for Breadstuff's—Colton Market Drooping, *&c., &c. We received despatch at 8 o’- clock last evening from our correspondent at New York, containing a summary of the im portant and thrilling intelligence of the steam er America, seven days later from Europe— New York, Sept. 2D, 8 i*. m. The Royal Mail Steamer America, arrived at her wharf this evening. She sailed from Liverpool on the IGth instant, making the pas sage in thirteen days, and brings intelligence one week later than that brought by the Aca dia. Ireland The intelligence from Ireland is of an in tensely exciting character, the more so as it comes upon us entirely unexpected. Intelligence from Clonmel to the 13th Sept states that the real and long looked for rebel lion has come at last; and that the people are rising in every quarter. The patriots are said to be posted in an almost inaccessible position at New Inn, near Carrick, on Kihnore. on the Thomas mountains, under command of Dohe ny, the patriot leader. In Waterford last night there was a general rising of the peasantry, who assembled on the commons and marched to attack the public stations. At Clonmel, on the 11th, several out-hous es of the Protestant clergymen were burned. Her Majesty’s Third Royal Burls came in to-day with 28 of their men handcuffed, for shouting repeal, and exhibiting a determina tion to join with the insurgents. The insurgents have now encamped about seven miles from Clonmel, where they seize upon provisions, &c., belonging to the gentry arond, roasting bullocks and sheep, and press ing every body to join them at Client Bower, some eight miles distant. The police were seeking refuge in Carrick when the patriots attacked them. A long tight ensued. Several of the insurgent Were killed, and a number of the police badly woun ded. All the police subsequently fled from the outer stations, and awful and bloody scenes arc expected to take place to-night. Some of the insurgent wear the club uni form, and have succeeded in capturing sever al pieces of artillery. One of the principal causes towards this unexpected outbreak of the Irish patriots, is relieved to be thescatnlmr, abusive and indis criminate ridicule heaped upon them and their .sadors by the Edglish press, as well as a de termination upon their part to rescue the state prisoners from their impending doom. The excitement is spreading like wild-fire through out the whole island, and it is believed the re bellion will be general. An Engl sh pape - , speaking in a former notice of the leader of this movement, des cribed him in the following graphic style : Doheny, the guerrilla chief of Ballyneal, near the slate quarries, drills a thousand men every evening at six o’clock; he is a man of powerful stature; his arms are a blunderbuss slung over his shoulders, a pike ten feet and a half long, containing three pounds weight of steel, with a pair of pistols siunng in a belt of untanned leather. It appears there is a warrant out for his arrest, which will be rather a difiicuit task, as he can summons from the wilds of Slievena mon a formidable force to his rescue.” P vance. The a I vices from Par.s possess but little interest, ihe socialists were musterm r con siderable strength. They were much dissatis fied with 1 biers speech. The government authorities are about taking steps to close all the clubs throughout the republic. It is generally believed that the republicans will carry the approaching election. Gen, Cavignac, it seems, is not on the best of terms with Lamartine, because, it is supposed, of the former bearing too much towards the de mocratic party. The Sardiania fleet has sailed from Trieste, to blockade Venice. Gen. Uavaignac is so much alarmed at the prospects of the Buonapartists, that he is de termined to propose a decree iiiegalising the election ol Louis Napoleon, on the ground that he is a pretender. If Louis is excluded. Pierre Napoleon, already a member of the As sembly, will start for the Presidency. In consequence of the rejection of the ar mistice by Schleswig Holstein, and the accep tance of mediation by Austria, it was reported at Paris that the government resolved to re sume the plan of forming an army of obser vation on the Rhine, and the troops on the Italian frontier will be removed for that pur pose, except 20,000 which will be left to guard the frontier. Gen. Changonier is to be the General in command of the army of the Rhine. An officer walking in Gen. Cavaignac’s gar den was fired at a few days ago, being doubt i less taken for the General. Spain- Gen. Parvia has resigned the government of Catalonia in consequence of ill health. Cor dova will probably succeed him. About nine thousand (Jarlists are in arms against the gov ernment. " D Schleswig Holstein. ~ R &s “ihties have doubtless recommenced in Schleswig Holstein, although the German troops had commenced evacuating the Duch ies, and the blockade had been raised. Italy Tuscany has been the scene of a frightful disorder. At Leghorn the populace rose in consequence of aa attempt to put down the political clubs. A conflict ensuea and 112 soldiers were killed on the spot. Commercial Coitox. —The co*ton market was rather heavy, but without much change in prices. Upland fair was ranging at 4£d-, and New Orleans do. at Lower qualities are con sidered id. per lb. lower, and the market for these grades is very dull. The sales of the past w r eek. ending 16th, amount to 28,820 bales. In fair qualities the quotations exhibit no change. Rice. —Importers of Rice have been quite anxious to realize. l|eceat arrivals of Carolina have been sold at 235. to 245. Breadstuffs. — The Flour market remains without change. Best American is quoted at 335. to 345. per barrel. Wheat has declined an average of 2d. per 70 pounds. Indian Corn was selling, for Ireland, at a reduction of Is. to 2s. per quarter of 330 lbs. The quotations in Liverpool are 355. 6d. to 3Gs. Indian Meal has declined 6d. per barrel. Provisions.—The provision market has been rather languid. An average decline of one shilling is noted in bacon, The market for
