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fHECON STITUTION A LI ST. JAMES GARDNER. JR TERMS. Dt ilv. per annum ...» S u 1'( i-W eckly, per annum.....f ® If paid iu advance * ° Weekly, per annum, if paid in advance 0> Phase terms am offered to new subscribers and «ij »ld subscribers who pay up all arrearages. In no case will the weekly paper be sent at £2, un less the money accompanies the order. (n no case will it be sent at to an old sub »*riber in arrears. Jj*When the year paid for at 52,00 expires, the paper, if not discontinued, or paid for in advance, W II be sent on the old terms, 52,50 jf paid at the o( Ice within the year, or £3,00 if paid after the #>.pirafion of the year. (O’Postajre must he paid on all communications at d letters of business. The Fallen Leaves. BY MBS. NORTON. We stand among the fallen leaves, Young children at our play. And laugh to see the yellow things Go rustling on their way; Ki?ht merrily we hunt them down, The autumn winds and we. Nor pause to gaze where snow-drifts lie, Or sunbeams gild the tree; With dancing feet we leap along Where wither’d boughs are strown; Nor past nor future checks our song— The present is our own. We stand among the fallen leaves In youth’s enchanted spring— When hope (who wearies at the last) First spreads her eagle wing, We tread with steps of conscious strength Beneath the leafless trees, And the color kindles in our cheek As blows the winter breeze; While gazing towards the cold gray sky, Clouded with snow and rain, We wish the old year all past by, And the young spring come again. We stand among the fallen leaves la manhood s haughty prime— When first oar pausing hearts begin To love ‘•'the olden time;” And as we gaze, we sigh to think How many a year hath pass’d Since ncath those cold and faded trees, < )ur footsteps wander d last; And old companions—now perchance Estranged, forgot, or dead— Come round us, as those autumn leaves Are crush’d beneath our tread. We stand among the fallen leaves, In our own autumn day — And, tottering on with feeble steps, Pursue our cheerless way. We look not back —too long ago Hath all we loved been lost; Nor forward —for wo may not live To see our new hope cross d. But on we go —the sun’s faint beam A feeble warmth imparts — Childhood without its joy returns— The present fills our hearts! The Child at the Toomb. *• A little child That lightly draws its breath. And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? ” At Smyrna, the burial ground of the Arme nians, like that of the Moslem is removed a short distance from the town, is sprinkled with green trees, and is a favorite resort, not only with the bereaved, but with those whose sor rowful feelings are thus deeply overcast. I met one morning a little girl with a half play ful countenance, beaming blue eyes and sunny locks, bearing in one hand a small cup of chi na, and iu the other a wreath of flowers.— Peeling a very natural curiosity to know what she could do with these bright things in a place that seemed to partake so much of sad ness. 1 watched her light motions. Reaching a retired grave, covered with a plain marble slab, she emptied the seed—which it appeared the cup contained —into the slightest cavities which had been scooped out in the corners of the level tablet, and laid the wreath on its pure surface. “ And why,” I inquired, “my sweet little girl, do you put seeds iu those little bowls there ? ” “It is to bring the birds here,” she replied, with a half-wondering look ; “ they will light on this tree, when they have eaten the seed and sing.” “To whom do they sing, to you or to each other? ” “ Oh, no,” she replied, “to my sister—she sleeps here.” “ But your sister is dead.” “ Oh, yes, sir ; but she hears the birds sing.” “ Well, if she does hear the birds sing, she cannot see that wreath of flowers.” “ But she knows I put it there, I told her before they took her away from our house I would come and see her every morning.” “ You must,” I continued, “ have loved that sister very much; but you will never talk with her any more—never see her again.” “ Yes, sir,” she replied, with a brightened look; “ I shall see her in heaven.” “ But she has gone to heaven already, I trust?” “No, she stays under this tree till they bring me here, and then we are going to heaven to gether.” — Travels in the East. The Successful Merchant- Mercantile success depends very much upon a sagacious calculation of the probabilities of the future. The young merchant looks to the future for that competence which is the object of his labors ; and his hope is realized in pro portion as he is skilful in anticipating the phases and wants of that future. The sa gacious merchant infers, from certain appear ances of the present, that smh and such will be the condition and wants of the coming sea son, and he prepares himself to meet that con dition and those wants ; and prosperity is the reward of his foresight and care. He judges from information which he has carefully col lected and from appearances which he has watchfully noted, that a certain crop will be short, or a particular description of goods scarce; he estimates the demand and the pri ces which a short supply will occasion; he takes care, in good season, to obtain the con ‘ trol of as much of the article to be supplied as he can dispose of; and, this done, h 6 can coolly count his gains, weeks or months be fore they ate realized with as much conridence as if they were already in his hands. The two principal conditions of success of mercantile calculation appear to be, a sound and well-informed judgment, and regulated and reasonable desires of gain. The inordi nate grasping anxiety for wealth, which char acterizes many men, is, in a large portion of cases a passion fatal to their success. It blinds an< * m^ea ds it into visionary 1„ px.-.grip-, rUl £° us speculation; and an am- T " y.clded to the passions to, long? er capable of reasoning wisely 6 The whole mercantile community have a deep interest in the vast modern i/creaTe of the tacihties for diffusing and obtaining full and correct information on everything pertain, ing to tra.de, so that all enjoy its advantages • and no man hope to compete successful! ly with his neighc or > shuts himself out from participation in ti?° se facilities. The time has come when it is no longer In the power of the few to monopolize ; and every tends (more and more to equalize the condition and f advantages of business men, and throw wide open all the doors to wealth, respectability, in- | liuence and honor. Nor is there any necessi- I ty for the frequent failures in mercantile life which have digtinguished the past. The young merchant who commences on the broad and sound moral basis of integrity and nice mer- ) cantile honor, and who conducts his business with intelligence and judgment, and without : undue eagerness to be rich, will generally I meet with success, as he will certainly deserve ! it. Cholera As this alarming disease is, at present, at- | tracting attention in these States, th 3 following views of Dr. Jackson will be of interest to all: : Th: Cholera. —M e have been permitted to j copy the following extracts from a letter ad dressed to a friend, by Dr. Charles T. Jackson. I It will be seen that he thinks New England will again escape; and the reason he gives for this expectation will be read with peculiar in terest at this time.— Boston Courier. I do not believe that the Asiatic Cholera | will prevail to any considerable extent in the ; New England States, for the geological char- j acter of the country appears to be opposed to it. 1 believe I made reference to the influence j of calcareous soils in the induction of cholera 1 in my letters to Dr. James Jackson, on the I cholera in \ ienna.whichlletters | in the Autumn of 1832, in the Boston Medical Magazine. 1 here send you an extract from a lecture which I delivered in Boston on the 21st Dec. ■ 1831, and have several times repeated in this | and other places where I have lectured: “The progress of the Asiatic cholera shows j also that there is such a thing as medical geology, j for the cities situated on limestone or tertiary j soils, have always suffered most severely from j that scourge.” J have repeatedly advised that, on the occur- j rence of the cholera in this country, persons i who might be fearful of that disease would find a sate refuge in the primary regions of New England. We have a right to infer that, since it has never visited the granite countries of Switzer land or Tyrol, in Europe, while it followed the calcareous districts around; and since it did not occur in the primary districts of Maine, New Hampshire Vermont or Massachusetts; while it did follow the calcareous formations through Canada, New York, Ohio, and along the .Mississippi— that the calcarous soil or water had much to do with the production of the disease. \V e know that the bowels of any eastern man who travels through the calcareous dis tricts of the western States, are much disturbed by the action of_bi-carbonate of lime, which is contained in the water, and hence we might naturally infer that such a disturbing cause might render the constitution more liable to i the cholera, which has its seat in the stomach ! and small intestines. Take a map of the globe and trace the course of the Asiatic cholera, and then examine into the geological character in its track, and you , will find that it is calcareous, and that the principal “niduses” (if I may so call them) of the disease were on tertiary bottoms, where the spring and well waters are highly charged with salt of lime. Vienna and Paris are two best known of the calcareous tertiary basins, and in those cities you well* known the cholera committed its most fearful ravages. It is to be hoped that the introduction of the Cochituate water into Boston will prove salu tary to the people in more ways than have been generally thought of. I would observe that although Boston well-water contains salts of lime in large proportions, there are but few ! wells that contain much of the bi-carhonate; j and the muriate" of lime and sulphate of lime do not cause the peculiar disturbances resul ting from what are called calcareous waters. , Your obedient servant and friend, CHARLES T. JACKSON. Emigration from Ireland to Texas.— The London Morning Chronicle, in a recent arti cle on emigration, says: “Since the opening of thejspringjthe tide of emigration has continued and now, even at the close of the autumn, vessels are receiving the living cargoes, chiefly for the United States and Canada. Many •hop-keepers, small traders and mechanics are amongst this multitude of voluntary exiles, | flying from a country where the struggle lor j existence is hourly becoming Jmore difficult and arduous. But a class of emigrants of a to tal different kind are now preparing to leave the country, iu order to make a settlement iu Texas. A little colony—consisting of some persons in the rank of gentry; one gentleman 1 who has been the representative for a south- \ eastern county, three justices of the peace, and sundry farmers of the larger class, with per sons who had been in mercantile pursuits or connected with banking establishments—is about to be established in Texas, whose lands have already been purchased. This party of emigrants, consisting of a large number of families, are to leave this country early in the next month, and will take their departure from Liverpool for New Orleans, as the best mode of reaching their destination in Texas. A mongst the Texas colonists will be a clergyman of the established church, who has parted with his living, and sold off whatever property he possessed in this country, and who is to become the pastor of the members of the Church of England in the new settlement.— This new feature in Irish emigration is well deserving of attention, as an indication of a ‘break-up’ amongst the gentry and the middle class, as well as the rural population.” Recovered Lake. —A singular accident oc cured on the Michigan Central Railway. It became necessary to carry a grading or em bankment of fifteen feet high across a low piece of ground, containing about 100 acres, nearly dry enough for plow-land. When they had progressed with the grading for some dis tance, it became too heavy for the soil to sup- ! port, the crust of the earth broke in, and the embankment sunk down into secenty-nine feet of water! It appears ihat the piece of ground had been a lake, but had collected a soil of I roots, peat, muck, &c., on its surface, apparent ly from ten to fifteen feet thick, which had become hardened and dry enough for farm purposes. —Mr. Brooks thought it would have supported an embankment of five feet thick ness, and that if it had not been necessary for them to have one much heavier, it would have supported the road, and the fact might never have been discovered that it rested on the ! bosom of lake. —New York Star. Ax Unreasonable Editor. — The junior ed itor of the Highland Messenger has retired j from that public position, and gives the fol- I lowing reasons for so doing—which a liberal , community will doubtless regard as unsatis- ! factory. Is it not “glory enough” to be the “organ of public sentiment?” “M ith the last number closed the connec- I tion of Marcus Erwin as junior editor of this i paper. As his present aim is rather to be fed | than to be famous, he relinquishes the honor of editorial life to those who can live on hope, (a very unsubstantial diet by the way,) or feed and fatten on air. He wants some ‘sterner stuff,’ and as his further continuance in his present occupation seems unlikely to afford it be is compelled to lay down his ‘grey goose quill’ until the cravings of his stomach and the rents in his unmentionables are satisfied ! 0# ‘subdued,’ ” f We iind the following account of Cotton [ Twine in a New York paper. The writer gives ! ; the assurance that this twine is fast supersed- ! I ing the use of the imported linen twine, by ■ druggists, apothecaries, manufacturers of and dealers in fancy articles, small wares, &c. Improved Cotton Twine. —A new article ! of cotton twine was exhibited at the late In stitute Fair, where it commanded a premium and very general approbation. Its main ground of preference over good linen twine is of course its cheapness; this article being afforded at to 31 cents per pound, according to coloring —the quality being in all cases unexceptiona ble —while linen twine costs some fifty per | cent more. This twine is stronger and more beautiful I than any cotton twine ever before made in | this country or any other. It is us firm, | smooth, and glossy as the English dressed lin en Twine, which it very much resembles ; both in appearance and strength. , J3y the use of a combination of adhesive, subatcnces, in a liquid state, in the manufac ture, the short fibres of cotton are so strongly cemented together that they will break before they will slip and pull apart; thus the whole strength of the fibre is obtained, making a I very strong twine. The same strength cannot i be obtained in undressed cotton twine, be- I cause the fibres will, more or less, separate at the place where it breaks, and therefore you | do not get the whole strength of the fibres } which are in it. The balls (4 ounces in weight) are done up 1 in a neat, compact form, and have this obvious advantage over all other cotton twines, that j they unwind from the interior. The United States. — M. Gailfardet, the | late talented editor of the French Courier, has j become a candidate for office in the National I Legislature of France, where he now resides. ! A late address of his contains the following: It is impossible to live in the United States j for ten years, and observe the gigantic pro | gress of this young people in the career of Republicanism, without appreciating the im mense advantages it has derived from its form of government, or without desiring that other nations may follow’ in its luminous track.— Rut the more closely the American nation is studied, the more heedfully its social and poli tical organization is investigated, the more clearly it is seen that this organization has immutable laws, which alone it success j and grandeur. It is not merely because they | are republican that the American people have I become powerful, rich and happy; it is be cause the public restricts itself to certain con ditions and certain limits. The proof of this is that, -while it ascends to the highest point of civilization, the Republics of Mexico and South America, which have almost literally adopted its Constitution, have gone down the social scale, until finally they are plunged in the abyss of anarchy and misery. In the Uni ted States the Republic has been successful, because the people are republican by ter and education, and the system is in accor dance with the customs. The American is a Republican because he is imbued with the well of his duties as of his rights, and feels the love of discipline not less intimate ly than that of liberty, because he believes as clearly in natural inequality as in legal equali ty, because he has a sovereign respect for pro perty, the object and lawful security of labor; 1 and finally, because he is at once profoundly I religious and profoundly calculating—quali ties, one of which gives him hope, and the i other patience. Thanks to one of those mys terious dispensations of Providence, which often save nations and men by the very means that threatened their destruction, these attri ; butes of the American people originate in cir i cumstances which, under the moral condition ! of the old nations in Europe, could produce ; only confusion, anarchy, and impiety. 1 A Pilot fhom Cokk.— A very humorous i case was brought before the magistrates re -1 centl y, at the College street Police Office, Dublin. A southern Palinurus , calling him- I self “Bernard Morrison,” summoned Captain I Lucas, of the bark Harmony, of New York, ! for £2, balance of wages claimed for piloting I that vessel from Cork harbor to Dublin. Mr. i Strong; What.claim have you on the captain |of the vessel? Barney; Why, your honor, didn’t I pilot him up here all the way from I Roche’s Tower to Dublin Bay? Capt. Lucas: 1 Did you pilot me to Dublin Bay? Barney: i Aye, and beyond it if you go that (laughter.) ' Captain Lucas: Beyond it, sure enough, your , worship; the fellow ran the vessel up to Car iingford, and we would have lost our lives and the vessel too but for A Kish pilot (laugh ter.) Barney: Wasn’t it the fog? Would you : have me see a place 1 never saw before, and j a fog over it as thick as a blanket? (laughter.) From the captain’s statement, it appeared that the soi-duant pilot mistook every head land along the way; and to save the ship and their lives, the captain had to re-assurae the command: he made for Kish, where a pilot ! brought them into Dublin. The fellow’s I claim was of course instantly dismissed. Lot’s Wife. —Mr. Coleman, in his agricul tural address a short time since, illustrated the folly of modern female education by an i anecdote. A young man who had for a while remained in that useless state designated by ■ a “half pair of scissors,” at last seriously de termined he would procure him a wife. He got the ‘refusal’ of one who was beautiful and j tashionably accomplished, and took her upon trial to his home. Boon learning that she knew nothing, either how to dam a stocking, or boil a potato, or roast a piece of beef, here turned her to her father’s house, as having been weighed in the balance and found want ing. A suit was commenced by the good lady, but the husband alleged that she not ‘up j to the sample,’ and of course the obligation to retain the commodity was not binding. The jury inflicted a flue of a few dollars,"but he would have given a fortune rather than not to f be liberated from such an irksome engagement. ! “As well might the farmer have the original i Venus de Medicis placed in his kitchen,” said the orator, “as some of our.modern fashiona ble women.” “Indeed,” continued he, “it would be much better to have Lot’s wife i standing there, for she might answer one use ful purpose; she might salt his bacon.” [From the Washington Union, 'lth inst .] Treaty with the Menomonecs. Our excellent Commissioner of the Indian Bureau, Col. Medill, has just returned from Wisconsin, where he has succeeded, after ! several fruitless attempts by other commis sioners, in effecting an advantageous treaty with the Menomonee Indian for the cession of all the remaining lands held by that tribe , within the limits of the State of Wisconsin, i By this treaty the policy of the government j respecting the removal of the tribes living east j of the Mississippi, where they are exposed to • demoralizing influence, to the west of that I river, to lauds purposely and exclusively set , apart for them, has been carried out and com | pleted, solar as respects the indigenous tribes !of that flourishing State. We learn that the 1 terms of the treaty are satisfactory to the In- I dians and to the government, and that ample j provision has been made thereby for the ad-' I vancement of this tribe in civilization, arts, and education. An ample territory is provi ded for them on the waters of the upper Mis sissippi, where they will be placed in juxtapo sition to their old friends and neighbors, the Winnebagoes and the Chippewas. To this location all their present means of improve : ment, by schools, smiths, and farmers, will be transferred, A grist and saw mill is to ba erected, and their cash annuities, under this treaty, are so arranged as to commence when the term of their present annuities, under prior treaties, expires. A manuel-labor school, and other means of education, are provided for; and the prospects of this (tribe, who are tne original owners and occupants of the Dreen Bay and Fox River country,are belived i to be now equal to any of the northwest tribes, ihoy are to be removed in nearly, and but \ little north of, their present latitude. This ■ measure cannot fail to secure general apnro bation, and reflects credit upon the efficient | othcer who has negotiated it. Ihe lies in the central parts of the Green Bay region, along the Fox river, and embraces very valuable tracts of pine lands on the waters of the Wisconsin and Me nomonee rivers, all of which is of high impor tance to the growth and prosperity of Wiscon sin. Flannel is becoming so popular "for under dress in southern as well as northern climates lac he production of it is increasing verv ra pidly. Good substantial flannel, yard wide, can be bought at twenty-five cents a yard. It is cheaper at this price than goods made of cot ton or flax, as it will wear r-a-i™. . * *1“"* "*** "car twice as long as either. Ihe English physicians, have recom mended the constant use of flannel for under dresses as one of the best preservatives of uni form good health, and they urge its use parti cularly at this time on his approach of the chol- j era. — Exchange Paper. THE CONSTITUTIONALIST Augusta, Georgia. SUNDAY MORNING NOV. 12, 1848 A Convention of Cotton Planters. This idea is acquiring popularity in some quarters, and we do not doubt that such an assemblage would prove useful to the South in some respects. But we do not believe that it can result in any direct influence upon the Cotton market. It has been tried before with out any perceptible effects. Only a few years ago a convention composed of many of our most intelligent planters and able statesmen, from several Cotton growing States, assembled lat Macon. Some able speeches were made— an address put forth, embracing some very valuable information and statistics, and im- i parting useful advice to the Cotton planter, | and they were shown by plausible reasoning, that the Cotton growing States couldj control the Cotton market of the world and bring all manufacturing countries to us to purchase our Cotton at our own price. The process of reasoning on this point is al ready familiar to the public. It is unquestion ably true that if Southern planters will only make Cotton as a surplus product, after raising every thing they need and must have on their plantations, that it is possible to raise, then the production of Cotton would be diminish ed and its price correspondingly advanced.. The true difficulty is, there is too much pro duced, compared with other plantation pro ducts. If planters would diversify their labor, : and thereby diminish the demands on the proceeds of their Cotton crops, they would feel less of hard times. They would be less dependent on prices ruling in the Cotton mar ket. Thdy would have money on hand even at present low prices, after paying necessary | expenses. This remark will apply only to | planters cultivating land good enough to re j pay the labor. For unquestionably there are ; tens of thousands of acres in cultivation in j Cotton, so poor as not to pay for the labor ex i pended on it. A Contton Planter’s Convention would re sult in good, by giving some homely advice ! like this, though in a more impressive form of | words and with a more imposing array of lacts j and figures. Such convention would be in ; some respects useful in bringing intelligent minds in consultation, and in devising schemes for agricultural improvement. They might accomplish good on a large scale in the same way that county agricultural societies do.— But we do not think that they could devise commercial or financial schemes to control or regulate prices. Nor could any concert of action be so agreed upon, and adhered to, as to control prices by holding up large amounts of Cotton until the supplies pressed by sellers on i the market are exhausted. The amount of Cotton is too large—the j number of producers too numerous, and scat tered over too immense an extent of country, and their capacity to hold on to their crops varies too much, according to their debts, or their surplus money, the character and loca tion of their lands, and ever varying opinions of men as to when is the best time for sell ing. One reason among many others why Cotton is so low, is that a large class of speculators in Europe who formerly bought Cotton when it reached a low price, as a good investment, are no longer in ’existence. The capital once employed in this way is wholly swamped in the commercial disasters of the last fourteen months, or embarked in other investments. Those staunch friends of the Cotton planter ■ who used thus to interfere to hold large sup- j 1! f J a. • . • « , plies ot Cotton, and prevent its going below its intrinsic value, now no longer exists in Eu rope. Cotton is now left to be controlled sole ly by the elements of immediate supply and demand. Prospective considerations have now comparatively little influence. In conclusion, we would remark that there is a class among ourselves that can do much | for themselves and their fellow Cotton plan- i ters. They may supply the place of the for- : eign speculator. That class is the Cotton plan ters who can afford to hold on to their crops— they not being in need of money. Let them j keep their crops—one, two, three succes- j sive crops, if necessary, on their plantations, never bringing their Cotton to market until it j gets to that price which will be a remunerating price. This it must, in the nature of things j reach, in time. For no country will, or can, ; produce an article for many years, that will j not repay the cost of production. •Many sections of country -will abandon the culture of Cotton at present prices. The an nual production will diminish faster than the annual consumption, and prices will re-act. No man who can hold Cotton without any expense of storage and inconvenience, could possibly make a safer investment. Why then should a planter, not in want of money, sell his Gotten to put the proceeds in any other investment ? It is stated in one of the papers “that there f are 1,500,000 persons in the United States who abstain from spirituous liquors: 5000 temperance societies, embracing more than 600,000 members. More than 2,000 distille ries have been stopped, more than 5,000 mer- : I chants have ceased from the traffic. It is.es ! timated that 30,000 persons are now sober I who, had it not been for the temperance soci | eties, would have been sots; and that at least I 20,000 tamilies are now at ease and comfort | who would otherwise have been in poverty | and disgrace by drunken inmates.” BY TELEGRAPH ! (Transmitted for the Constitutionalist.) The following communication came to hand yesterday morning at 4 o’clock. It is from the office of the Washington Union : “ Your despatch just, received. Ohio and Indiana have gone for Cass by large majorities. Every thing North has gone for the Whigs, PYPPnt Mamp and \ow TTanmoViiro Virfrinln except .name ana isew nampsmre. Virginia * has gone Democratic by 3 to 4000 majority.” j We received about ten o’clock last evening 1 the following despatch from Macon. Nothing further received from this State— it is thought here it has gone for Taylor by a bout 2000 majority. Louisiana.—lhe returns from this State are ‘incomplete, though thought enough to show that the state has gone for Taylor. Alabama.—Returns from 25 counties show a Whig gain over Polk’s vote of 2 to 3000. ELECTION RETURNS Georgia. DEMOCRATIC MAJORITIES—OFFICIAL President. Congress. Bibb 100 93 Pike 80 81 Wilkinson 25 22 Twiggs 84 59 Jones 11 17 Crawford 32 35 Cobb 454 301 Walton 196 154 Cass 530 550 DeKalb 298.. 194 i Merriwether 51 206 i Early 208 262 ! Jasper county 103-...'.. 23 Murray 275 303 Bulloch 336 326 Habersham 353 415 Walker 181 172 Cherokee 305 334 Dooly 222 153 Campbell 301 332 Butts 151 104 Heard 58 94 Fayette 196 241 Lumpkin 445 406 Pulaski 104 142 Forsyth 118 189 WHIG MAJORITIES —OFFICIAL. Muscogee, 474 295 Upson 318 180 Harris 467 381 Baldwin 58 44 Washington 56 117 Houston 23 Effingham 83 50 Putnam, frep.) 95 74 Columbia 269 209 Richmond 313., . 112 Newton 544..... .399 | Morgan 168 153 | Greene 688 526 Clarke 129 82 i Taliaferro 333...... 404 S Oglethorpe 443...... 362 Monroe 140. 133 Wilkes „ ..153 221 Warren 254 226 Hancock 190 187 | Chatham 106 66 | Marion 33 106 | Jefferson 504 404 Randolph 57 Stewart 240 210 Troup 726 569 Talbot 81 58 Henry 115 67 Putnam. 105 74 Glynn 110 SO j Mclntosh 16 Burke. 384 135 ; Lincoln... 118 73 ; Bryan... 63 29 j Liberty 39 28 j Libert ..830 680 i Floyd 8 j Paulding 80 53 Coweta ...125 91 Gwinnett „..U8 34 Talbot 82 42 Macon 110 98 [■Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier. J Yesterday we received a despatch from our correspondent, giving us the following items of intelligence brought by the Br. steamer America. Commercial- Cotton.—Fair Upland and Mobile were quoted at 3|d; fair Orleans 4d. The stock of Cotton at Liverpool was 530,- 000 against 424,000 last season. The Cholera.—The English papers scarce ly mention a -word respecting the progress of this disease in England, leading to the belief that its ravages wdll not be extensive there. New York Markets In in .>ew lone tne sales oi Cotton were but small after the reception of the news by the steamer, and the article was much depressed. I'lour was also very dull, and difficult to ef fect sales at so\. Rice was quoted at 4j! to 4|. Presidential Election I NORTH CAROLINA. ! A communication from Fayetteville gives | the following returns: Taylor. Cass. | Brunswick 237 Columbus 274 j Bladen 280 341 Three precincts in the latter county not i heard from—they gave Reid (dem.) a majority jot 1 0. There is a Taylor gain in each county t j Later. —From Raleigh we learned, at a late i hour, that twenty five counties had been i heard from, shewing a Taylor gain of three , ’ thousand. •It was the belief that the State 1 i would give Taylor a majority of from seven j to ten thousand. Stanley county gave a unanimous vote for the Teylor Electoral Ticket. OHIO. Forty Counties heard from, in which Cass has gained thirteen thousand over the vote for Governor, recently cast. INDIANA Twenty, eight Counties shew a gain for Cats of 332 over tb« vote given im 1844, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmKammmmmmrn f ILLINOIS. In thirty-seven counties Taylor gained six thousand over vote cast in 184-1. TENNESSEE. In twenty-two counties there has been a Whig gain of 1800 over vote of 1847. i " VIRGINIA. Seventy counties in this State show a Whig gain of 2500. The Election. I The returns received by telegraph indicate ■ that the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, North ; Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee, majorities for Taylor and Fillmore, and the probability that Massachusetts, Ver mont and Rhode Island have done likewise. — Sufficient returns have been received from | Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, Alabama 1 and Ohio, to set them down for the Democrat ic ticket. Official. i Treasury Department, } Nov. 7. 1848. > 1 From the official report now before me, set ting forth the condition of the Treasury, and the amount of money required by it during the present month of November and December ensuing, it is evident that the means of the Government will be ample* to liquidate all claims against it up to the Ist January next, without calling in before that date any further payments on account of the loan of 1848; and desiring to save the Government the expense of all unnecesscry interest, notice is hereby given to all the successful bidders lor that loan, by whom any balance is still due, that they are permitted to nostpose any further j payment until the first of January next. All bidders desirous of availing themselves of the benefit of this notice, will please advise the department on or before the 15th of Decem ber next. R. J. WALKER, Secretary of the Treasury. Arrival of the Washington. The steamer Washington, Capt. Johnston, arrived yesterday from Bremen and .Southamp ton. Left Bremen on tl»e 15th of October and Southampton on the 21st, being the fifteenth day from the latter port. The Washington was detained six hours by the severe gale of Saturday night and yesterday morning. The United States, frigate St. Lawrence, Capt. Paulding, arrived off Bremenhaven on the Tth of October, and expected to leave on the 20th for the Baltic —all well. The Washington brings one hundred and five cabin passengers and a large freight.— .V. Y. Commercial. The Folding Boat. —Messrs. H. W. Shifter & Co., of the India Rubber Deport in King street, called our attention this morning to Goodyear’s patent Portable Folding Boat, a sight of which will well repay any one who may be disposed to indulge a laudable curi osity. The boat can be packed in a very small space, and be made ready for use again in a minute’s time. It weighs only forty-five pound*, and can be easily fitted and launched by one person. It will carry eight men, and when it is filled with water, will hold up a much grea ter number from drowning. It is designed as a Life Boat for steamboats and other veacels, because a great number of large si/e occupy but little room; and is exactly adapted for Sportsmen, afid for travelling expeditions, as well as private ferries. —Charleston Evening Neecs. Special Polices. (CP Mr. Editor: —V ni will please announce NEW lON W. WALLACE as a candidate tor the office of Receiver of Tax Returns tor Wilkes county, at the election in January next. Nov. 12 AUGUSTA INS. A BANKING CO., ( "* November 7, 1848. The Stockholders of this Institution are notified that their Annnal Meeting will take place at the office of the Company, on MONDAY next, at 11 o’clock A M. ROBERT WALTON, Cashier. Nov. 8 wrn2 NOTICE. The Annual Fair of the JEFFERSON COUN TY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, will be held in Louisville, on FRIDAY, the. 17th instant. Dr. Daniel Lee, of Augusta, will deliver the ANNUAL ADDRESS 'I he citizens of the ad joining, counties, and of the State generally, are invited to attend with articles for exhibition. a» ample accommodations wilt be provided for alt who may be present. A. R, WRIGHT, Nov. 8 c Rexording Secretary. AUGUSTA DAGUERRE A2N GALLERY". Secure the Shadow e’er the Substance Fades. Messrs. LEIGH A CO. respectfully announce to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta, and vi cinity. that they have taken Rooms at the Man sion House, and take pleasure in offering their services, and their beautiful and much admired MINIATURES, taken on the most approved style. Those wishing good PIC n RES of themselves will do well to call soon, as our stay will be limited. M matures taken and pnt up in any style. Please call and examine specimens. Rooms up stairs on the first floor at the Mansion House. Entrance good for Ladies— Ordinary operators would do well to adopt our mode of practice. Stock of all kinds for sale ° ct 28 _ LEIGH & CO. a a nr-. A CARD, AND DAGUERRBOTY PL\G-L. S. DODGE, Artist, would re *pectfuU> inform his friends, and the citizens o( and v icinity, that he has returned to the city and taken rooms over the store of Messrs, ark, Hackett &. Co., formerly occupied bv Mr. j Johnson, where he would be pleased to accommo < ate all who may wish a highly finished Mi nature • on Ivory, or one of his beautiful Daguerreotype., richly colored. A large number of specimens of his POINT INGS and DAGUERREOTYPING are to be seen at his rooms. Ladies andr gentlemen wil please call and examine. Materials for Daguerreotyping. for sale. Also. Johnson s celebrated Quick Stuff Oct, 27 hmo r M. WILLIAMS, M.l)„ hasn^ turne to Augusta, and, most respectfully tender* I * s citizens in the various branches {o i edicine. He may be ibund at all times, when j not professionally engaged, either at J. \V. Hough i ton sor 1). Hodges, j —g—gg THE CLAY MINSTREL OH NA TIONAL SONGSTER. TO which is prefixed a sketch of the life, pub lic services and character of llenrv- Clav by John S. Litteil. For sale by Oct. 12 CHA3. E GRENVILLE A BEAUTIFUL assortment of Brussels. In grain and 3 Ply Carpeting,., with Rags t«> ; match, will be sold chpaperthan any store ia town, »t T. J. COSGROVE S. Oct 12
