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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. ' JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Diily, pe r annmn........ ...... ...... ...... s’B 00 Tri-Weekly, {x*r annum 6 GO It paid in advance. .......5 00 Weekly, per annum, if paid in advance.... 2 00 These terms are offered to new subscribers and all old subscriber! who pay up all arrearages. In no case 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 piper, if not discontinued, orpaid for in advance, will be sent on me old terms, 52,50 if paid at tha office within tne year, or $3,00 if paid after the expiration of tne year. O’Fostage most be paid on ail communications and letters of business. Nautical Romance. —The following roman tic story of real life is copied by a Northern pap3r from the Bombay Telegraph and Cou rier. The heroine of the affair truly exhibi ted unusual qualities of mind. The Telegraph says: The Rainbow, from Southampton to Aden, arrived there about 16th ultimo. Captain Arnold, her late commander, died ten days be fore the ship reached that port, and the chief mate was so hibituated to drunkeness, that he had been confined to his cabin several times during the passage. The captain’s daughter, about sixteen years of age, was on board, and after her father's death, the second mate, who had assumed the command, made a daring and insidious attempt to entice the young lady and run away with the ship. She indig nantly and successfully repelled all his base and dastardly attempts, and although suffer ing under a painful bereavement, at once rushed on the quarter deck and made, a pub lie appeal to the ship's crew, as British sea men, and threw herself on their protection.— This well judged resolution had 'he desired effect; the seamen (except two of their num ber, who were led away by the second mate) declared, with that manly feeling which sai lors so often display, that they would to a man protect her from all harm, and told the second mate and their misguided ship mates in very plain terras, that if he (the second mate) gave the slightest molestation to their late commander’s daughter, they would pitch him overboard, and any one else who dared to follow his example should share the same fate. Miss Arnold then, with great presence of mind, begged the ship’s company would grant her one especial favor. Her character, her manners, and the well-timed appeal which she had already made, induced the crew to declare their assent to any thing she might ask. Miss Arnold them said that the safety of the ship and her own security from insult could only be insured by throwing overboard that instant every drop of spirits in the ship. Without hesitation the seamen consented, and, having no time for reflection, they forwith got the spirits on deck and threw every drop overboard. From that time Miss Arnold had her screened cot secured near the wheel, and slept alongside the binnacle, and three of the orew kept a faithful watch around her during the remainder of the vovage; and these faith ful gardians of our be'uved country 1 never failed to evince the utmost respect, and preserved the m >st rigid docorura, honorable in every point of view to themselves and to that charge which they had pledged them selves to undertake. Miss Arnold wrote a statement of all these occurrences, and forwarded it to Capt. Haines, on the ship’s arrival, when the second mate and dissatisfied men were immediately arres ted and sent to prison. The chief officer had indulged himself to such an excess, that after the captain’s death, and in the absence of all means of resort to his favorite stimulent, he was perfect useless. Miss Arnold became the welcome guest of Capt. Thomas at Aden, and every possible at tention was shown to this noble-minded lady by the whole society there. Subsequently to Miss Arnold’s chargeagainst the second mate, Capt. Haines applied to her for a circumstantial statement of what occur red on board the Rainbow after her farther’s death. The lady complied with his request immediately, and her narrative was so well and ably written that it excited admiration on all sides. At her solicitation, her father’s re mains were preserved in a cask of spirits, and w’ere hurried at Aden the day after the ship’s arrival. She had always kept his accounts. The second male navigated the ship, but sever al of the crew knew the proper course to Aden, and all his proceedings were narrowly watched. A Doctor in California. —Letters from the Gold Region and from points along the route continue to appear. One from the pen of Dr. Cory, dated at a farm near the Gold Diggings, says that at first he charged $8 a visit to his patients, and a very high milege if he had to travel and very great distance. He' had seen flour sold in the mountains as high as $2 per pound; tea $4; sugar $4, and candles $1 apiece. He says: “This is the richest gold country on the face of the globe. Gold almost looks to me like a worthless toy—l have seen such vast quantities of it. A man here in the moun tains, \yho has not ten or twenty pounds of it, is looked upon as a poverty stricken man. I think the gold here is quite pure; it must be worth at the mint $lB or sl9 per ounce; the lowest value of washed gold is sl6 an ounce; but gold here, on account of the scarcity of coin, and the rifeness of speculation, is selling at from $5 to $lO an ounce. If I had SIO,OOO of coin I could convert it into $30,000 in two months. The first month I was in the mines myself and partner dug but $3,000 a peace, calling each ounce only sl6, the digging then became poor; a man had to work hard all day for only an ounce or two, so hundreds of people left and went to exploring, and I among the rest. I spent about two months exploring the mountains, found gold everywhere, but we did not stop to work, we wanted to fine places where we could pick up without much labor S2OO or S3OO per day, but we were not lortunate enought to find such places; but such places have been found and are still to be found. Several men got into a ravine where they got from $15,000 to $20,000 in two or three weeks; most beautiful gold in round and fiat massess, weighing $1 to $2 each piece. I have seen several pieces weighing 1, 3 and 8 pounds. The gold in the rivers is very fine, like small fish scales. I have never worked on a river: I like lo see the gold as I dig, and have work ed in dry gullies and ravines. The first month I worked, my partner and myself hauled our dirt three miles to water, where we washed it in a trough made of boards.— We could wash five wagon load in a day. The dirt of course varies much in richness; we washed one load m which we got pounds and in other loads we would only get five or six puncea, but it was quire common to get a a pound in a wagon load. If wehai dug and hauled dirt the raontli we dug, we would have much more gold, but we did not load our wagon half of the on account of our oxen atrayingi Sic.’, as it is, have only cleared in the mines about 200 ounces of gold. My ex penses have been great; horses from SIOO to to S2OO each, and everything elae up to the ultimatum.” He adds that he would not leave the country with less than SIOO,OOO, which he expects to realize before three years. The Doctor had slept in the open air every night for fri e months. _____ First Meeting of Napoleon Axp Jose phixe.—ls it a scene at Athens r 1 here are lamps of graceful oval, which give a mellow and shaded lustre. There are double handed goblets, such as Socrates used to drain, when vying with Alcibiades. There are servants who bear fruits and wines, to the sound of softest music. There are lyric songs, “ With such as these Aspasia won sweet smiles from Pericles.” Thei-e are beautiful women, with slender fore heads, and tresses delicately braided round their small heads. There are broaches, and fibulae, the deep-bosomed tunic, and the san sal, with its becoming strings. There is the red bonnet of Phrygia, and the grasshopper in gold. Surely, this must be some Athenian re vel, with ItA accomplished citizens and travel led foreigners. It must be the “ at-home” of some Hetoera, the resort of the most polished, the most learned, the most renowned of man kind. The symmetry, the elegance, the lux ury of Greece are all here. The quick, rapid manner, the ceaseless impulse, the visible sud denness of thought, the magnetic interchange of feeling, these things also are not wanting. The conversation, too, is of liberty and art, of philosophy and the theatre. There are groups of politicians, who, rare thing! are speaking of the people. There are others who are dis cussing victories over tyrants, and the heroic devotion of republicans. But there is among them a man far greater than any Athens ever saw. See him, with long hair far down, wav ing on his shoulders, with dark eyes flashing with genius, with features regular as those of an Antinous, with lips comp-essed and dis dainful, with a mein superb as of a God! But the lady who is at little intervals speak ing laughingly to him, seems all unconscious of his greatness or divinity. She is a sun burnt and coquettish brunette, with large lan guid eyes and an air of the most indolent repose. There is something, however, of command, even in her indolence. The mystics of her own land have foretold that she shall be a Queen, and she loves to remember the prophe cy. It might be an Egyptian, who had come to see all the arts and wonders which had for saken her country, to grace and embellish Athens. Gentle reader, I have, perhaps, be trayed you by ray guesses. It is a soiree at the Citoyenne Tallien’s, in 1794. It is the first meeting of Napoleon Bonaparte and Jo sephine Beauharnais. Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler. —We clip the following bit of gossip from the New York Sunday Morning News : We have read a great deal about the eccen tricity of Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler, and we have lately had proof of her decided eccentri city. She is now hoarding at the Battery Hotel, entirely unattended, excepting by a very nice lady’s maid, and we have met her several mornings, taking her equestrian exer cises quite alone. Her favorite ride appeared to be through West street, directly 0,1 the North river, and a more dirty and disagreea ble thoroughfare can scarcely be found, even in this nasty city. A few mornings since, she strolled down among the boatmen at pier No. 1, North river, dressed in a close straw bonnet, a white dress, and a check josey, (something between a sack and a jacket,) and although it was a cold, bleak, windy morning, we saw her embarked and rowed out in the stream by one waterman. We understood afterwards, that, attracted by the painful scene of a ship load of emigrants, she went on board, and divided all the money sue had with her among the poorest and most distressed of the families. God bless her for it! The Mohammedan Commandments. —There are six commandments in the Mohammedan religion, viz : 1. There is no deity but God. 2. There is no Prophet but Mohammed—he i God’s Apostle. 3. To fast during Ramada every day. 4. To pray and practice ablution , five times a day. 5 To apply two and-a-hal 1 per cent, of their property to the poor. 6. To make a pilgrimmage to Mecca and Mount Ararat. This religion is so general that it has nearly one-fitth of the population of the globe as its followers. Its most important duties are prayer, alms-giving, fasting and pilgrim mage. The hours of prayer are five, viz : Ist, at sunset; 2d, when the evening has closed, and it is quite dark ; 3d, at day-break, on the first faint appearance of light in the East; 4th, at noon; oth, about mid-time, between noon and nightfall.— Mr. Tnomas Kay , (Medical Times.) T‘ e lead from which “ pencil points” are made, comes from the principal plumbago mine in the world, at Barrowdale, Cumber land, England. It is situated in a hill, and instead of being worked constantly like other mines, is opened only once a year, when a sufficient quantity is taken out to supply the world for a year to come when it is closed with strong doors, bars and locks until the next annual supply is required. From the time of Queen Elizabeth it is said that all the fine pencils in the world have been made of the black lead of this mine. • The Editor of the National Intelligencer, having charged Mr. Polk’s administration with proscription, a writer in the Union thus retorts upon them: —“With how much justice they can chaige the late administration with pros cription, may be interred from the fact that Columbus Monroe, a Whig, and son-in-law to Mr. Seaton, one of the editors, was permitted to hold one of the best clerkships under the government during the whcle of Mr. Polks’s term; and that a Mr. Schrededer. another son in-law of Mr. Seaton, was appointed to an of fice in the coast survey within the last two years.” New York letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer says : “ I understand to-day that Mr, Henry Wy koff, formerly editor of the Republic newspa per of this city, and latterly the principal man in the Pekin Tea Company, has recently suc ceeded in making a contract with the present Government of France, to supply the array of that country with all such India Rubber arti cles as they may require, including horse co vers, cartridge boxes, pontoons, overcoats, and other things. Under this contract, it is ex pected that Mr. Wykoff will make a very hand some sum. Mr. Wykoff has been for a num ber of years past on terms of great intimacy with the present President of France, and was in his confidence when he was prisoner in Ham under the orders of Louis Philippe.” Mr. Clay.—lt is said that at the recent Clay Dinner in New York, the following extracts from two of General Taylor’s letters were read amid undisguised indignation in his letter to Joseph R. Ingersoil, dated August 3d, 1847, he says: “Would now prefer seeing him (Henry Clay) in the office of President than an\ individual in the Union; certainly much more so, at any time, than myself!” In his letter dated April 20, 1848, to the editor 01 the Richmond Repub ican , he says: “Z do not design to withdraw my name if Mr. Clay, be the nominee of the Whig National Convention'x’ This is one of the relics of the late campaign; and is illy calculated to preserve the temper’oi those who swear by the Kentucky Senator. Macon Telegraph, Military Resources ofTuekey. —The de signs of Russia on Turkey have not escaped the notice of politicians, on the Continent, and various speculations on the subject have been made touching the readines'and the ability of the Ottoman Porte to make an effectual resis tance. Though the odds arbin favor of Russia owing to the vast resources and prodigious population at the disposal of the Czar, still i Turkey is by no means so helpless as is gen- ( erally supposed, and would not yield without a protracted and bloody conflict. Besides the Intervention (armed or pacific) of England and France, both of whom could not consistently stand by and allow Russia so greatly to increase its already gigantic power by the absorption of the Turkish Empire, the country itself is not entirely devoid of means of protection. The London Times, in a late article upon the Russian question, says that although it does not entertain a very lofty opinion of the military resources of Turkey, it would be an error to estimate them no higher than they were during the campaigns of 1828 and 1829. “At that period, says the Times, “the fleet of the Sultan had just been destroyed at Na varino, and Admiral Greigh was completely master of the Black Sea. The reforms of the Turkish army were in their infancy, and Egypt contributed little to the defence of the empire. At the present time the Turkish arsenals w ill send out forty ships, of which eight or ten are three-deckers; the army now in preparation to three hundred thousand men, of which about half are irregular, who are already on their way from the Asiatic Pachalic to Constantino ple; the revenue of the Ottoman empire has prodigiously increased since the abolition of monopolies in 1826; and there is every reason to believe that Abbas Pacha, now hereditary ruler of Egypt, who has just received his in vesture at Constantinople, would place the whole naval and military force of that depen dency at the disposal of the Porte, his suzerain. Such a force, animated by religious fanaticism in the defence of the cities and provinces which they have occupied four hundred years, is not to be despised, even by the great military Power of Europe; and we still infer that the Emperor Nicholas will not push this contest to extremities. The Times thinks that the real advantage of the Russian party, at this moment, lies in the “division of the European powers, and especial ly in the want of confidence between the two most pacific of them, Austria and Great Bri tain.”—Savrnnah Republican. Frost — lnjury to the Crops. —Last week, as we went to press, all nature around us was smiting—the corn had shown a fine promise as the husbandman could have desired, and the cotton had come beautifully out of the earth and taken such a stand as might well have filled up the anticipations of a line crop in the mind of the planter. Clear skies ami genial sunshine nourished the ‘plants and beautified the prospect. We felt, for the time, j as if realizing in our own reelings that Spring \ was indeed the magic season. On Sunday night, alas ! “ A change came j o’e»the spirit of” our delightful revellings of fancy and anticipation. A severe frost visited us and covered many of our cotton and corn fields with the evidences of its desolating pow er — while there are few fields of cotton, either in Louisiana or Mississippi* within many miles of us, in which severe injury has not been done. The disappointment of .the planting community, whose hopes had been so strong- j ly enkindled, was intense; and the disap- j pointment is not mitigated seeing that we i have had but little else than cold winds and and freezing weather since the untoward visit ation of Sunday night. Cotton se d has been in much demand this week, and the plough-share is again busy in the fields. The late cotton which had not come np at the time of the frost is now fur- : thest advanced. This frost has given new force to arguments against early planting. f Vidalia (La.) Intelligencer , 21 si ult. Connecticut. —Gov. Trumbull, of Connecti cut, delivered his inaugural message,on Thurs day afteroon. Among other topics which he touched upon, is the question of the extension of slavery into the new Territories. lie says I it becomes New Englanders to approach this delicate subject in the spirit of forbearance and regret, rather than that of animo.ity or com plaint, ever keeping it in mind, that though their ancestors were among the first to discov er, and apply the remedy for slavery, they were also among the most active in its introduction into our country. ‘ « The Governor commends to public care the interests of the State military, and suggests for consideration whether some facilities may not be granted to its officers in the organizatian of ’ that military science and practical skdl, indis pensable in modern warfare. The interests of ! education and the various institutions of learn ing are also alluded to. The capital of the school fund is equal to $2,077,641 19—and the sum divided during the year among the school districts, is $133,- 366 50 —and the number of children between the ages of four and sixteen, attending the schools, is 88,911. The balance of money in the State Treas ury on the Ist of April, 1849—including $14,- 000 borrowed within the year from the School fund was $20,241 96. The whole amount of indebtedness from the State to the Schood Fund, for money borrowed at various times, is equal to $46,21l 43.—A. F. Journal of Com merce. Another Crevasse. —We learned late last night that the river had made an irruption in to the grounds of Mr. P. Sauve, a planter, re , siding in the parish of Jeffefson, about fifteen miles above the city, on the left bank of the river. The levee caved in at about 3 o’clock. P. M., yesterday, and, before it attracted the notice of the proprietor, the crevasse was 20 feet wide. ( A gentleman who left Mr. Sauve’s last even ing at 7 o’clock, states that the water was then running through with great rapidity, and as the plantation is backed by the Metairie bridge, the flood, in his opinion, if the crevasse be not . immediately stopped, will be in the city in forty-eight hours. Trie levee at the spot where l the breach occurred is ten feet high. Mr. Sauve and his neighbors have been diligently employed since the misfortune happened in : arresting the farther widening of the crevasse. The gentleman to whom we are indebted for the above information, has apprised the city authorities of the danger with which we are menaced, and they have taken due measures for our protection. Instant aid has been, or will be, forwarded to Mr. Sauve to close up ■ the breach. — Picayune , 4 th tnst. The City. —Notwithstanding the general dullness of the city in a business point of view, we perceive that much building is going on.— In the Second Municipality particularly, many vacant lots are being covered with elegant and substantial buildings, and many of the un sightly shanties which have deformed our most frequented streets are giving room to more stately edifices. The other Municipali ties, though perhaps to a less extent, show the same signs of improvement. The sales >f real estate are generally well attended, and lots every day sell at advanced prices, in parts of the city which but a short time ago were covered with impenetrable swamps. These facts show that whatever transient causes may momentarily retard the progress of New Or leans, her own illimitable and incomparable natural resources, must carry her forward in spite of every obstacle,— .V. 0. Crescent, 4 th. THECON ST 1 TUT IONA LI ST. . • Augusta, Georgia. THURSDAY MORNING, IWAY 10 rF“ We understand there will be an exten sive sale of Building Lots in the neighborhood of the Factory, in the course of the present month. Plans are now being prepared, and as soon as ready, full particulars will be given. .Northern Comments on Southern Im provements- The amount of ill-nature rankling in the bosom of the writer of the following, which we copy from the New York Evening Post, must constitute a burthen very uncomfortable to carry. It is in character with much that emanates from the same source, in reference to everything Southern. But it is because it displays the festering ill-will of a large class— not the atro-bilious tempera neat of a single individual, that it becomes of sufficient con sequence to notice. We have heard of nothing for weeks past through the southern states but non-inter course and resistance to northern aggression. We have often wondered and occasionally asked how the resistants would get on with out intercourse with us, where they would get hats to cover their heads, shoes to protect their feet, doth to cone al their nakedness, imple ments to till their plantations with, steam boats and stages to travel with, instruction for their children, newspapers for their pohticians, guns and fiddles for the gentry, and books for all that can read r It has occurred to us that a system of non intercourse would be, to the southern states, a system of privation which would not prove very popular, when it came to be tried, and certainly far from comfortable. The Constitu tionalist, of Georgia, has considered these diffi culties, and like Caesar, conquered them as soon as they came in sight. This journal announces “ with all the hon ors,” and upon editorial responsibility, that an iron foundry in Augusta had turned out “ a steam engine of twenty horse power, which for strength and beauty of finish is not to be excelled.” The editor added that it would be put together in the course of the day, and would then well reward the curiosity of such of the people of Augusta as would pay the phenomenon a visit. An engine of twenty horse power, and all put together ! Think of that ! But the end is not yet. The editor had his particular attention called to the po lished brass plate, with the name of tho ma kers marked upon it, which was “ done in a style that will vie with the skill of northern engravers.” Some idea of the vastness and power of this J engine may be formed by those who have an | imperfect appreciation of the capacity of twenty 1 horses, when we add, that the monster is in tended to drive a saw and two run of stone in in a saw and grist mill. But with a deter mination to astonish the civilized world, that is quite indifferent to consequences, the edi tor takes one’s breath away with the follow ing facts, if possible more startling than the statements which preceded it : “In addition to the steam engine, Messrs, i Taliaferro & Torbet, have cast all the gearing 1 and shafting for this extensive mill, and it is 1 done in a style which will donbtless prove sa tisfactory. The heavy gearing and shafting for the two extensive merchant mills of Messrs. J. L. Coleman and John Cunningham, have also been cast at this foundry, which demonstrates that it is not necessary far citizens of Georgia to j send beyond our own state for such machinery." When Xerxes saw some Spartan soldiers breakfasting on black broth, he is said to have admitted the folly of attempting to subjugate such a race to the Persian yoke. When we hear of engines of twenty horse power being constructed in Georgia, gearing and all, and the name of its architect engraven upon it in a style that will vie with the skill of northern engravers, we give up all hope of being able any longer to say any thing, to make any ; thing, or to do any thing, which can render further intercourse with the northern states an object to a state which produces such me chanics and such saw mills. Northern men are welcome to sneer at the incipient and as yet feeble struggles of the ’ South to emancipate herself from the thraldom of dependence on Northern workshops. It will do us good, and hasten the day of deliver ance. We will take pleasure in publishing all such editorials as the above, as the best possi ble stimulus to Southern pride and Southern I enterprise. There is an abundance of both among our people to drive the products of Northern manufacturing labor out of our mar kets by fair competition—the only effectual and rational system of non-intercourse. We will not take time to enumerate the tri umphs the South has already achieved in man ufacturing and mechanical enterprize. Htr progress is marked and striking, The evi dences are around us, and new indications are springing to view every day. In the course of a few years of attention to the manufactur ing of coarse cotton goods, she has driven the products of Northern looms almost entirely out of her markets, and has competed success fully with them in the Northern cities. In a few years more, our steam and water mills will be greatly increased, and the effect of their products upon the great interests of trade in this country will call for something more than sneers and ridicule. Even our home made steam engines, of twenty horse power, will be numerous enough to become a theme of some importance to intelligent minds throughout the country. Sensible men can sometimes see, in the beginning of a move ment, however small, results worthy of grave attention. But, the writer of the above arti cle, like many of his anti-slavery brethren, is “ a man of one idea.” Hatred to slavery and slaveholders is tbe beginning and ending of his political creed. Let our people pursue their destiny, steadi ly and coolly. It will be their turn, in time, to retort the sneers and sarcasms of the arro gant opponents of her institutions, who now look upon the South as a helpless tributary to the North, and as doomed to perpetual vas salage. Ihe Frost, &c.—From all portions of the country we hear that the recent frosts and cold, dry weather has been in almost every instance destructive to the growing crops of corn, wheat, &c. In the lower part of this State and in Alabama, and in fact many of the Southern States, the accounts are truly dis tressing. Ihe cotton crop is cut short, and the op nion is, that planters will not have seed enough to replant. The wheat in this section of the country is entirely destroyed, from, all accounts; and the corn, which had barely come out of the ground, is nipped smooth off. From present indications, we may be thankful if we are blessed with half crops this year. —Ringgold Repub., oth tnst Advertising. —The art of advertising, is the same to a tradesman as the art of dressing is to beauty. The great secret with both is to expose enough to excite curiosity, and to con ceal enough to leave curiosity ungratified. Nothing increases the business of a town so mu-'h as advertising. People look to the advertising columns of papers to see the im portance of places where published, and if they find their columns destitute of advertise ments, they come to the conclusion that the country is also destitute of business, and not of much importance. Then, Physicians, Mer chants, Hotel Keepers, Mechanics, etc., should advertise, not for the especial benefit ot those engaged in publishing a newspaper but for the benefit of all. Advertise that the importance of our town may go abroad, in a proper light, and not present the appearance of being de prived of all kinds of business. It will cause hundreds to visit them, and greatly increase the importance and business. You will lose nothing by the adventure. See what colossal fortunes some have acquired by advertising.— Dr. Jayne, this year, has published for gratu itous distribution, and at an expense of morfe than one hundred thousand dollars, two or three million copies of an Almanac for 1849, containing advertisements of his patent medi cines, and also furnishes the distributers of this Almanac, advertisements to suit their respective business. Ah, you say he can afford to do it. Why so ? Because adverti sing has made him able, and will make ail a ale who practice it. Yet we will not expend a few dollars for the promotion of our own interest, our neighbors and our country. — Expositor. Iron Stores in New York.—The New York Tribune describes some large and supe- : rior iron-buit stores lately erected in that city. It says : At the corner of Murray and Washington streets, these buildings, which have attracted considerable attention during their erection, are the only ones, with the exception of one going up in Centre street, made of this new material. They were commenced about the 25th of February, and are now complete, the whole five stories, each 20 by 56 feet, having been built in a little more than two months, with scarcely any of the bustle and inconve nience attending the erection of brick or stone houses. The effect is exceedingly light and elegant. Each story is supported by rows of fluted pilasters, the courses between which are completely bolted, and the seams of panels entirely covered and concealed from view by an ornamental cornice. Thus the walls are in fact one solid iron block, capable of support ing an immense weight. There are about 150 tons of iron in the buildings. The entire cost is about $20,000. Daring Burglary. —The office of the Clerk of Council was broken opon on Sunday night j by some daring villain or villains for the pur pose of robbery. The door was violently forced in by blows dealt with a heavy piece of plank, and a large portions of it scathed off. The only two drawers looked in the oftiefc were broken open. We are happy to say that the ruffian or ruffians, secured only a few brass coppers in return for their disinterested efforts. Sav. Georgian, B th inst. Sporting Intelligence. —We have been favored by Mr. Oliver with the result of a match fora silver cup, which took phee at his shooting gallery, at the Phoenix House, last week. There were ten chances, each tiring ten shots. The cup was won by Mr. W. M. Davison, his ten shot measuring inches.— The shots measured respectively, 14£. 13, 12, 12, 11|, 10|, 9J, 94. Aggregate of the 100 shots inches. — lb. The Season. —For the last week we have been favored with delightful Spring weather, attended with refreshing showers of rain. It is a tine time now for farmers, if they wi I but improve it in the right way. /Although the : late frosts played “ smash” with the growing crops, yet it is not too late for planters to do much good towards making a tolerable fair crop of corn, if nothing else. The season is now fine—then, properly improve it,— lb. A New York letter in the Philadelphia In quirer says — Mr. Cornelius R. Mahony, well known as the particular friend of Father Mathew, the apostle of temperance, arrived here yesterday ill the Sarah Sands. He has come for the pur pose of making arrangements tor the visit of Father Mathew, who will be here in about a month, as he states in a letter to a friend. Singular Cause of Death. —The Syracuse papers announce the death of Dr. Roberts, a highly promising young physician. The Star says his death was occasioned by touching a pimple on his forehead winch was bleeding, with some matter from a vaccine scab whicri he had just removed from the arm of a child. The poison appeared to operate instantly, as in a few hours he was delirious. SPECIAL NOTICES. HEAD-QUARTERS, 10th REGIMENT, G. 31. An Election is hereby ordered to be held, at the Globe Hotel, on SATURDAY, the 19th inst., for a CAPTAIN «o command the 398th District Company. The poll will be opened at 10 o’clock. A. M., and closed at 12 M. Suitable persons as the law requires, will be appointed to hold said elec tion. JOHN J. BYRD, may 10 1 Lieut. Col. 10th Regime nt, G. 31. TO THB PATRIOTIC. Such persons as feel disposed to form a plain Uniform Volunteer Corps, will meet at the Globe H .tel, on SATURDAY EVENING NEXT, 12th inst., at half-past seven o’clock. may 10 ART UNION ENGRAVING AND DARIA ’S ILLUSTRATIONS OF “ RIP VAN WINKLE/’ Given to the subscribers for 1848, to be deliver ed in May. A specimen of each just received, and can be seen at Chas. Gatlin's Jewelry and Music Store, a few doors below the United States Hotel. Subscriptions received by the undersigned for 1849, $o per annum. Those subscribing early in the year will get their Engravings sooner, and it is very desirable, that the Institution collect their funds at an early day. The Engraving for 1849. will be the plate of “ YOUTH,” being the second Picture of Cole’s celebrated scries o( the “3oy age of Life,” an etching of which can also be seen as above. As an extra inducement to early sub scription, every member is entitled to receive gra tuitously, copies ot the Bulletin, which are issued after the payment of his dues, provided he signi fies his wishes to that effect to the officer who takes his name. H- W. tARGO, a , )ri l 26 Imo Hon. (sec’y. DR. sT e. IIABERSHAM Offers his professional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity. Ofilce on Broad-st. im mediately under the Washington Hall. March 29 3m* INSURACE COMPA ny of new-jersey. J. V’. Voor’hees, Sec’ry Wm. Thompson, Pres B. S. Whitney, Gen’l Agent, 69 Wall st., N. V Fire and Marine Risks are taken in this Office on the most liberal terras, by JOHN HILL, Agent, Next door above the Mechanics’ Bank. Sept 2 ly GEO. R. R. A BANK’G COMPANY, f Augusta, May 3d, 1341*. y The next Annual Meeting of the Stockholder* of this Company will be held, in accordance with the Charter and By-Laws, at the Banking House in Augusta, on TUESDAY, the 13th inst., being the *• the Tuesday after the second Monday in May,” J. W. WILDE, Cashier. O’ Trams of Cars will leave Covington and Athens at 6 o’clock Monday Morning, the 14th in stant, for the conveyance of Stockholders and their families tree of charge, and of other per sons at half the regular charge. Stockholders residing above Covington will be conveyed in the regular trains to Augusta, free of charge, at any time within four days of the meet ing. N. B.— Ihe families ot Stockholders will be held to consist of wives, children and necessary ser vants —constituting the usua^iousehold. The Agents at the different stations will furnish Tickets, without which, all passengers will be charged the usual rates. td may 3 MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY OF NEW YORK. . .(tintktson, Pres’t. 1 Saml. Hawnav,Sec’v I . Applications received bv GREENVILLE SIMMONS, Nov. 24 ly AgfcJtt. PIANO FORTBS. ! EXCELLENT SECOND-HAND PIANO ; FORTES, tor sale cheap. JR. S. JACKSON. First Room over Gustav Volger’s Segar Store, jan 24 6mos Broad street. R. ~J • A 7cL EV eT AND, has re - tin ned to this cit}'. and may he consulted at the Rooms ot Cleveland Al Spears, fer a short time, feb. 14 18 TLEVELAND & SPEAK, SOBSE3N DENTISTS NO. 215 BROAD-3T. (Over Aldrich 6o Green’s Shoe Store.) Nov. 1 I ly QZPDr. GEO. W. WEST respectfully yen. i ders his PROFESSIONAL SERVICES to the | Citizens of Augusta, Office, as heretofore, in the lower front corner of the Eagle and Phoenix Hotel, ap 18 3mos E. A. SOI LLARD, COMMISSION MERCHANT. SAV ANNAH. GA. Nov. 8 d&-wl v Visiting - Cards Equal to the best Engraved, executed at this office, where specimens can be seen, ian 4 m ni z x c i a i. 33n JHagnetlc vtclegrapl). Reported lor the Constitutionalist. Charleston, May 9, 8.15 P. M. Cotton. —Sales to-day six hundred bales, at six to seven one half. No change. MACON, May B.— Coilon —'The market exhib | its no specially new feature. The week past ha* been rather quiet, the sales amounting to a few hundred bales only. We quote today 3] a().)c. The produce and provision maikets hava some what improved and prices slightly advanced. MOBILE, May 4 — Cotton —Sales since this day week reach 10.000 bales, the market.closes quiet at 6gc. for middling. Received since Friday last 4.200 bales, exported 20,331 —leaving a stock on hand of 79.327 bales. Fxchnnge —A steady business has been done dur ing the week, without change in rates. Sterling, I however, is in demand ml has advanced £ per 1 cent. Ft eight —But little has been done, and rates are declining. Br lish and American ships on the berth ! have accepted |d. Coastwise, engagements have been made at gc, and $2 per hale for Boston, and to Baltimore. NEW ORLEANS, May 3 — Cotton. —There has been a good inquiry, but factors and buyers can not yet come to terms, and in consequence I o sales are confined to 2300 bales, of which 1400 bales consisted of Middling Fair and Fair. Mid dling sold in small lots at 6|c., and freely of fered, but refused. We quote ; Inferior 5 I Good Middling.. .6|a6^ Ordinary 3i|a6 | Middling fair.... .6|a7| L. M. to Middling.. ( Fair 7^aS Tennessee and North Alabama average lists 6 a6£ Sugar. —The demand has been more active, and 300 hhds. were sold at steady prices, say fair 3£ a 4ic. Molasses. —Sales 300 bbls. at 12iJ a 17c., and 18 a U)c. for Reboiled. Flour* —Market quiet bu f prices firm. Sales 200 2d St. Louis, and 200 extra Illinois at $4 374; 9-'» choice Missouri at $4 75. and 200 Illinois at $4 13. Freights. —Colton shipped to Liverpool at 13-32 d to till up. Exchanges —Demand steady. London, f> a 7 per cent, prera.; Paris, 5f.35 a New York, 60 days,2 a per cent dis.; do. sight, per cent dis to par. si)ipping intelligence, ARRIVED, Iron Steam Boat Company’s Boats 9 and 12— Mdze. to A. VV. <Sc W. P. Carmichael, C. J. Cook. Dye &, Robertson, W. M. Rowland, agt., H. F. Russel, F. C. Arms, agt., D’Antignac & Barry, J. & C. Williams, F. Lamback, J. Si dey, B. S. Dunbar, T. N. Poollain & Son, \V . H. & T. 11 Roberts, L. Hopkins, L. C. Warren A: Co., C. A. Platt, A. J. Creighton, J. Milieu & Co., Eaker A- Hart. W. & J. Nelson, Grenville A: Batty, Z. McCord A. Co., C. A. & M. H. Williams, Baker, Wilcox Co., Adams & Fargo, Hand. Williams & Co., and Hand & Fleming. arrivals from charleston. Bark A1 media. Chapman, Havana. Schr. Adelaide. Mitchell, Havana. Schr. Charles Edmondston, Vincent, New Orleans. MEMORANDA. Steam ship Cherokee, and bark Texas, to sail for Savannah on the 9th, and brigs Macon, Selma, and schr. Columbia, do. on the 3th, were up at N. York on the 3rd inst. Schr. Vandalia, Mclntyre, for Savannah, clear ed at New York on the 3d inst. Schr. Gazelle, Rogers, to sail for Savannah first vessel, was up at Philadelphia 3d inst. Schr. H. N. Gambrill,to sail for Savannah with despatch, was up at Baltimore on the 3d inst. Schrs. If. L. Scranton, and Midas, to sad for Sa vannah with despatch, were up at New Orleans on the 28th ult. Brig L. Whipple, to sail for Jacksonville on the sth, and schr. Samuel, do. with despatch, were up at New York on the 3d inst. The bark Marcia, Wilson, for Gottenburg via Charleston, cleared at Boston 4th inst. SAVANNAH, May B.—Cld. bark Isaac Mead, Brown, New' York; brig Lady of the Lake, Hinds, Boston. CHARLESTON, May 9. —Arrived steam ship' Southerner, Berry, New York. Cld- hng L. Baldwin, Smith, New York; schr. Viper,Foxwell. Baltimore Went to sea. ship John Baring Baily, Liverpool; hark Elvira, Harbeck, Dixey, Antwerp; schooners Brothers, Hosmer, Sagua la Grande; Isabella Gage, West Indies. CLOTHING ! CLOTHING! Received this day, April i3th. ot , of new and superior sti/les. april 13 WM. O. PRICE & CO.