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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
