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ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
STATE OF AFFAIRS IN ROME.
ADVANCE IN COTTON.
CONDITION OF THE MARKETS, Ac-
The following dispatch reached u.s from onr
correspondent at St. John’s, at 2 o’clock this
morning :
St. John’s, N. 8., August 2—9, P. M.
The Steamer Cambria, with one week’s la
ter intelligence from Europe, arrived at "Hali
fax this morning at 3 o’clock, and will be due
at Boston to-morrow at 4, P. M. The express
witn the news reached here this evening at
o’clock.
England.
The Parliament is to be prorogued on the
9th of August.
The motion which Lord Brougham previ
ously announced his intention of making in
reference to the French expedition to Home,
was laid on the table on Friday. The resolu
tions embraced a wide range of subjects, and
implied direct censure on the foreign policy
of the government. Os this fact it is under
stood that the envoys and agents of Northern
Italy and Sicily will be duly notified.
During the last week there were 339 deaths
of cholera reported in London, double the
number of the preceding week. Along the
whole of the Southern Coast it is raging in
a very malignant form, and the mortality is
very great. At Liverpool the disease is rapid
ly increasing.
Ireland
This country continues generally exempt
from the scourge of cholera.
On the 7th of July a serious collision took
place between a party of armed Orangemen
and a party of Catholics, near Castle NV Ulan.
The Orange party having celebrated the day
at Tallymore, whilst passing a detile called
Daily’s Brae, on their way home,found them- 1
selves waylaid and all the Passes and sur
rounding hills occupied by innumerable Ro
man Catholics, armed with picks and tire-arms,
plainly contemplating a general massacre. —
The Protestants, aided by a small police, and
the military stood upon the defence. They
succeeded, after a short struggle, in fighting
their way through the pass. In the contest
forty or tiity persons are said to have been
killed and wounded on both sides—much the
greater number being Roman Catholics.
Thirty-eight Catholics were taken prisoners.
On Friday afterwards, two medical gentle
men drove through the country round about
the scene of the contest, for the purpose of
administering relief to those who were wound
ed, but were refused admittance into every
house where they called.
The Cork Examiner, alluding to the potato
crop, says that the disease has certainly ap
peared in a few fields, but it is equally cer
tain that the general crop is safe.
Offers of several private residences have
been made for the accommodation of her majes
ty during her sojourn at Cork, but have been
graciously declined.
France.
The committee of the Legislative Assembly
10 which the question of prorogation was refer
red, has come to the unanimous decision of
recommending that the Assembly should be
prorogued from the loth of August to the
Lsth of October.
It is understood that the agents of the So
cialists, undismayed by their previous rever
ses, are still very active in making proselytes
among the peasantry,,
The Nationaiie announced that the Prince
ofCanano, son of Lucien Bonaparte, and ex-
President of the Roman Constituent Assem
bly, had been arrested at Orleans, by order of
the Government.
It is said that, having claims against his cou
sin, Louis Napoleon, lor money lent him in
aid of his election, the Prince came to France
to demand it, the cousin’s conduct against
Rome having stirred up his anger. The Prince,
however, it is believed will not be imprison
ed, but forced to embark either for England
or America.
The election to fill Vhe 35 vacancies in the
Legislative Assembly, has turned out much
more favorable to the Government than was
anticipated. With one exception, all of the
newly elected members will support the Gov
ernment as long as a majority holds together.
The questions of a Consulate lor hie—the
Empire—Henry the Fifth, and the Count de
Paris —are openly discussed in the Assembly.
A change of Ministers is considered an event
almost certain to occur within a very short
time. _
The progress of investigating the affairs of
the 13th of June, has become active, owing to
some arrests recently made, there having been
a discovery of an important correspondence.
We hear also of revelations which would in
crease the number of the accused.
Italy,,
The pope has addresed an autograph letter
to, General Oudinot on the occasion of receiv
ing from him the keys ot the city of Home.
His Holiness congratulates the General on the
triumph of order in Rome, and expresses a
hope that Divine Providence will remove any
difficulties that may still exist.
He adds that he has not ceased to direct his
prayers to Heaven for the General, the city
and the French nation. This letter was dated
Gaeta, July sth. Cardinal Piroii and the Mar
ques of Cacheti had arrived at Rome from
Gaeta on the Bth.
Preparations are making at Rome which
leads to the supposition that Pius is expected
to return to the Querenial, all the wounded
having been removed from that Palace.—The
French are doing all they can, and distributing
money freely to get up a cry in his favor, but
in vain.
The Roman troops which had agreed at first
to do duty conjointly with the French, are
leaving, and the whole remaining force of Ro
man soldiers is less than one thousand. Os
these latter many were anxious to leave, but
General Oudinot would not permit it
The Pope's engineer’s having been asked to
make a demonstration in his lavor, refused, j '
preferring to quit the service, i hirty-nine t i
out of forty-three resigned, and the whole rank j 1
and file disbanded.
The same thing occurred in the artillery
all the officers having resigned, with the ex
ception of three captains and a sargeant, giving
as u reason that the authorities had refused to (
give them any precise guarantee as to the pro
tection of the rights of the people. Garibaldi
succeeded in making his escape from the
division, which was put upon a false scout. He
is now in th« mountains ol Abruzzi. 1 re\ iou
to his departure from Rome he had secure*
large quantity of ammunition and uuma . ,
Another account states that Garibaldi is on ,
the Neapolitan frontier, where he has ” cen ,
i joined by another body of troops, and formed,
1 it is said, a body of 20,000 men.
I The recent expedition against \emcc has
! been discontinued, in consequence of the fatal
j prevalence of fever and other sickness amongst
I the Austrian troops, caused by excessive heat
and hard work.
Hungary.
The Turkish ambassador at Paris is said to
have received a dispatch on the I9th, by cou- :
tier, that the Polish General Bern, had again
I completely defeated the Russian forces.
Advices from Vienna of the 13th July, state
1 that Buda-Pesth surrendered to the Austrian j
and Russian troops on the llih, without re
i sentment.
From a report of Gen. Haynan, addressed
to the Emperor of Austria, it appears that a ,
very sharp conflict took place on the 11th, be- i
lore Comoro, between the Hungarian forces j
and the combined armies. The Magyars fought
fiercely, but the Austrians claim the victory.
Another account of this battle states that
180 pieces of cannon were brought into the
field by the Hungarians, and the loss sustained |
by the latter in artillery men may be estimated (
among the circumstances. Nothing could be
more complete than the defeat ot the united |
Russian and Austrian armies under Haynan. :
He was obliged to fall back on Raab, where j
his headquarters are at present, which city is
tilled with wounded, 5,000 of whom he has
been obliged to send to Presburg. Rut for the
timely arrival of the Prussians to cover his re
ti eat, Haynan and his staff would have beer
captured.
The Markets'
Liverpool, July 21st—Business operations
this week have been very large, at improved
prices, especially in cotton.
The produce markets have been well sup
ported, and a healthy feeling continues to pre
vail.
The prices of cotton have continued to ad
vance, money to a considerable extent being
invested in this article. The consumption is
now greater than it has ever been known to |
be, and the prices very firm.—The spinners in
fluenced by the buoyant state of the market,
and the advance of Ad per lb. on cotton,demand
tm additional price upon their goods.
Ihe prospect of the harvest throughout all
parts of the United Kingdom are encouragin'-
and satisfactory.
The grain markets of England are dull, and
prices, as harvest approaches, manifest symp
toms of decline. The retail trade has been
firm.
There has been an increased demand for all
kinds of iron. Scotch pig has advanced 2s
per ton.
Money continues to be abundant, and En
i glish securities have still further advanced.
On Friday consuls for money opened at 93 uiul
closed at*92£ a 93. Bank stock, 198 to 200.
Exchequer bills, 47 a 51 premium.
Cotton Market. —The sales of Cotton fur
the week ending the evening of the 20th,
amounted to 70,490 bales, of which specula
tors took 25,560 bales, exporters 7,500 bales.
The market, in the early part of the week was
active, and closed yesterday at a further ad
vance of id- per lb. far all descriptions. The
Committee’s official quotations are as follows,
viz: Fair Uplands, 5Jd; fair Mobile, sf; fair Or
leans, sj|d; Middling, 4£ a sd. The sales yes
terday, 20th July, were 8,000 bales—the mar
ket closing steady at the above quotations.
The present stock of Cotton in Liverpool is
704,230 bales, against 589,970 bales this time
lust year.
Breadstui'Fs—Then} has been no activity }
in the market tor breadstuff’s—on the contrary,
it is rather depressed, and prices lower than at j
the sailing of the Europa. Old Western Canal j
Hour is selling at 24 to 255; Ohio and Balti
more, 25 a 255. 6d.; Fhiladelphia, 24s 6d: while
a large proportion of the late arrivals at this
port, being of an inferior quality and out of
order, is se.iing at 21 a 235. per bbl.
American wheat is held at ss. 6d. a 7s. 3d.
per 70 lbs. Indian corn. i» quoted at 30 a 32s
per quarter, the latter being the price of prime
wheat.
Provisions.—Beef has sold to a fair extent
at mil prices. Pork is in retail request only,
and a small business jdoing. Bacon moves
steadily at full prices, aud in large quantities.
In addition to the above* we find the follow
ing intelligence from Hungary, Prussia, and
Denmark, in the New York Journal of Com
merce of Friday last.
As the Lau Jellachich lately demanded, by
a flag ot truce, the garrison of Peterwardin to
surrender, the commander ot the garrison re
plied, “ I know well how affairs stand, and
that the so-called Ban of Croatia will soon find
himself surrounded and, with his whole army,
be destroyed.” Bern has collected all his
troops near Szegedin to make head against the
Russians. I'hc Ban holds the enemy in check,
making successful sorties.
Comorn will soon be invested. The corps
ot Gen. Grabbe were marching on it. The
Hungarian General, Georgy, is still alive and
in the field, in spite of the Vienna press, which i
, y . not , only wounded and killed him, |
aso epriyed him of his command. In I
tl " iute and black flag were waving i
on the battlements . , ,•° ■
for life or for death. * mb ° ls ot th ° COUtCSt 5 i
A Hungarian. Descentents Galaria so
much feared the fact of the kuxgd om bein-
Placed in a state ofseige, affords som e
tiou lor the contemplated rising in’that cU„n’
try, in connection with the Hungarian move*
ment. Ihe 1 ohsh irontier is so strictly guard
ed that nothing but the Rost can pass.” The
Emperor of Hus»ia*left Warsaw suddenly on
the 10th for St. Petersburg.
Piedmont.—The negotiations for the con
clusion of peace between Austria and Pied
mont, says a letter from Turin of the I4th, are ;
suspended; the exigencies of Austria are the !
recommendations of M. Galdna, and the En
voy of Pudmont in London, who always writes
to procrastinate as much as possible the defi
nato arragement of the Austria Sardinian ques
tion, are the sole causes of the delay.
On the Ist August ihe Chambers are con
i eoked and it they are animated by the ex
uatagant spirit of the preceding legislature, '
they will at once divest the king of the power I
of and probably drive him to a renewal of hos
; laities.
Prussia aud Denmark.
The armistice between Russia and Den- |
mark has been ratified. A suspension ot ho
! tilities, both by sea and land, for six months I
( agreed to. At the close of this period the 1
armistice, it not to be renewed, is to continue
six months longer. The blockade is to be
raised as soon as the German troops have
been moved to the south of Flinsburcr. The
captured vessels, with their are to
be restored on both sides.
During the continuance of the armistice,
Wi ii nnrip^"^WMM»WiM* ,Mirli " rr ‘^'' w '' 11
the Duchy of Schleswig is to be governed b> j i
a commission, of which one member is to be j
nominated bv the King of Denmark, and one
bv the King’of Prussia. The Queen of Eng
land is to be requested to nominate a third
member who is to decide in all cases when the i
other two cannot agree.
The north of Germany is again quiet, but
in the south the insurgents stiil hold out with- l
in the Fortress of Radstadt. The whole of
the Grand Duchy of Baden, with that excep
tion, is occupied by the Prussian troops. The
lives of the captive Republicans are to be spar
ed, and General Radowitz has ordered to
transport them to the United States.
THE CONSTITUTION A LIST
Augusta, Georgia.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7.
I> E>l OCR AT IC NO >i 13V AT ION.
POll GOVERNOR,
UVAHIUi: W. TOWNS.
New Post Office
We understand a new Post Office has been
established at Gerard, Burke county, and
Sam’l. 11. Buxton, appointed Post Master.
The city of Cincinnati has suffered severely !
from the Cholera, not only in the loss of its
inhabitants, but in the interruption of busi
ness. It is stated that there are not less than
; twenty-five hundred houses to let at this time, j
the inhabitants having fled from the prevail- j
ing epidemic.
North Carolina Election.—From the
|
Goldsboro’ Patriot , wc learn that in Lenoir
county, Lane (Dem.) has a majority of 168.
In Green 25 to 30. The reports from Pitt are
that Stanley has lost ground. In Wayne |
county, Lane has 1073, Stanley 291. Seventh
i District—Sampson county, Ashe 525, Reid
j 721. Warsaw, Ashe 77, Reid 70.
Pennsylvania Interest.—The Baltimore
i Sun of the 3d inst. saj r s —The State of Pennsyl
vania paid the August interest on her bonds
on the Ist instant, entirely in good bankable
money, the equlvant of cash, without any ad
mixture of the disgusting, dirty and disfigur
ed “relief notes.” This is the first time the
creditojs of that State have been paid their in
terest in good money since the State suspend
ed, some years ago, and we hope and believe
that she will hereafter continue to pay, as in
all honesty she ought. There is one thing
more that State ought to do in connection here
with, and that is to remove the tax of five per
, 1
cent, upon her over indebtedness. This done,
and there would bo no valid reason why the
credit of the commonwealth should not be
equal to that of the United States.
[EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.]
Milledeville, August 4, 1849.
After the Railroad Convention at Macon
adjourned, I came over to this city, and from
I this place send you the concluding items of
that curious assemblage. The proceedings
were in some respects unique, and the dcvel
opements they afforded, of schemes, interests,
feelings, projects and combinations, may be the
fruitful subject of future comments. The pre
sent deliberations and conclusions may, or may
not, end in smoke —vox es prcHeria nihil —there
is no telling yet. Perhaps the adjourned meet
ing of the Convention on the 4th Wednesday
in September may show. But a Railroad spir
i it is up, and elements are at work, and will be
; kept in motion, affecting in an important, de
gree, the interests of Augusta. It will be well
for her citizens to keep their eyes open.
The Convention met on Thursday morning,
August 2nd, 9 A. M,, pursuant to the motion
of Mr. Kor Boyce, who made it during a lull
in the discussions, and when the Convention,
as he remarked, seemed to be getting into a
good humor. Mr. Poe came forward on be
half of the Macon delegation, and offered by
way of a compromise, and in place the resolu
tion of the committee, and for the substitute
of Mr. Bass, the following preamble and reso
lution :
“For the purpose of settling all conflicting
views in relation to the route of the contend
plated Railroad, and placing the matter upon
the basis upon which it; will eventually have
to stand,
“ Resolved , That a committee of three be ap
pointed in each of the counties of Muscogee,
Bibb, Baldwin, Hancock, Warren and Rich
mond, and in the city of Charleston, who shall
immediately open books of subscription for a
Railroad to be constructed from the city of
Macon, via Milledgeville and Sparta, to’the
Town of Warrenton;
“And that a like committee be also appoint
ed in the counties of Muscogee, Bibb, Jones,
Putnam, Morgan and Richmond, and in the
| city cf Charleston, who shall open books of
I subscription for a Railroad to be constructed
( horn, the city of Macon, via Clinton and Ea
i tonton, to the Georgia Roars in the county of
j Morgan, and that said corn mittees be request
j ed to report the amount v>f their subscription
j to an adjourned meeting of this Convention,
at the city of Augusta on the fourth Wodnes-
I day in September, that the friends of the re
spective routes may tb en take such further ac
tion on the subject as may be deemed neces
sary.
These he supported in a few very happy and
well timed remarks, but which were not so
satisfactory as to prevent a motion by Colonel
Kenan, of Baldwin, that the preamble be
i stlic keu out and the resolution be amended to
I read as follows:
,‘° rl mo ti°n of Mr. Kenan, ,i delegate from
ialdwm, trie preamble was stricken out, and
the resolution amended, to read av follows :
“ Resolved , That a committee of three be ap
1U ea £ h of l]lc counties of Muscogee,
Bibb, Jones Putnam. Morgan and Richmond
and m the city of Charleston, who shall open
i books of subedription for a Railroad to be con
| Btr^ e s trom the of Macon, via Clinton
and Eatonton, to the Cxeorgia Railroad in the
county of Morgan, am I that said committees
I be requested to repoj t the amount of their
! subscriptions to an ac .jouvned meeting of this
Convention, a: the city of Augusta* on the
lourth Vv ednesday i n September.”
This amendment was carried. The object of
this was to throw cr ,ld on the whole plan
of a Railroad Qcmv ention, by preventing that
emulation between the advocates of the upper
and lower routes respectively, which might
stimulate to % stj’ bscription heavy enough to
build the upper loule. Ii to it
might, and it is believed by the mover and
others, it mill fall to the ground. It is hoped
and expected by the friends of the lower, or
direct route, that the upper route scheme will
fail. When this failure takes place and is
made known, as they think will be the ca»e in
September, then they reason, the public mind
will universal!v turn to the direct route
through Milledgeville and Sparta as the only
alternative.
If the premises be correct, the conclusion is
certain and inevitable. If the upper route
docs fail, for want of adequate subscriptions,
the direct route will then monopolize atten
tion, and sooner, or later, probably years from
no .v, the road will he, and must be built. It
; will then be the only link wanting in the
I great chain. Apart from the local interests of
1 Georgia, the direct route will be the one
which will command the approbation and
support of the great commercial interests, and
the Railroad interests of other States.
It was declared by the Macon delegation,
that Bibb county would probably take $150,-
000 in the stock of a Railroad to connect Ma
con with the Georgia Railroad, and that the
upper route would be preferred—that this
subscription would be thrown in favor of the
upper route. As the largest amount to be
subscribed was to determine the route to be
taken, the Charleston, Hancock, Baldwin and
Muscogee delegations objected to the city of
Macon throwing the weight of her subscrip
tion in either scale. It was claimed as only
ju-t and fair, that she should stand as an um
pire, and let the other parties contend —that
she should wait and see which route received
i the largest subscription independent of her,
I and that she should then unite with the
stronger party —the party ntost likely to carry
the road through. This proposition being
submitted, it was moved and carried tnut the
I Convention take a recess until 11 o clock,
A. M., to enable the Macon delegates to con
j fer with each other, and with their coustitu-
ents.
The Convention re-assombled at 11 o clock.
The Macon delegation announced their deter
mination to adhere to the upper route, ihe
result was as above. The amendment ot Col.
Kenan was seconded by Mr. Trenholm, a de
legate from Charleston, and was carried.
Mr. Whittle, of Macon, offered the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted.
“ Resolved, That the different delegations
| from Muscogee, Jones, Putnam, Augusta, and
! the City of Charleston, be each requested to
! appoint three Commissioners to open books ot
i subscription for stock in the proposed Rail-
I road from Macon to Madison, or some point on
1 the Georgia Railroad West of the Oconee
i River, and that said Delegations assemble this
! afternoon at 4 o’clock to receive the report and
! take Such further action as may be deemed
necessary.”
After the usual vote of thanks to the Presi
dent, Vice Presidents and Secretaries, the
Convention adjourned to the 4th \V ednesday
in September next. .
During the morning, some discussion arose
* j in reference to the tolls on the Augusta Bridge,
, 1 and the condition attached to the subscrip
tion by Charleston of »250,000 to the direct
I route —the condition being, provided, satisfac
, j tory s.rrangements can be made with the city
of Augusta, for crossing the Bridge by the
, South Carolina Railroad Company.
. The debate was chiefly between Col. Jones,
of Columbus, and Mr. Miller, of Augusta.—
, It arose from the threats of Legislative inter
ference, in which Col. Jones, rather injudi
. * ciousJy, perhaps, indulged, by which Augusta
i would be compelled to yield her Bridge mo-
j nopoly. Col. Gadsden, and Mr. Trenholm, of
i Charleston, very handsomely disclaimed on
! their part, and for their constituents, all idea
i whatever, ot their seeking any such interfer
j ence, or of fomenting any local jealousies and
j hostilities in Georgia, against Augusta on this
’ ground. They claimed to bo in attendance in
1 Con vention, at the invitation of Macon, and to
' have been deputed to state, as a mere matter
| of business, the terms on which, and only on
which, it would be to the interest of Charles
-3 ton to contribute her money to the desired
Railroad connection.
Before adjourning, it was, on motion, Re
’ ■ solved , that the counties of Morgan and Jasper
i • be invited to appoint Commissioners to open
i i books of subscription for the proposed Rail-
I road.
j The following Commissioners were appoiut
. S ed under the resolution of Mr. Whittle, at the
> i meeting of the delegations at 4 P. M.
1 ' Charleston. —J. E. Carew, J. 11. Honor. E.
Ej „ a
, | P. btarr.
* Augusta. —J. P. King, P. Stovall, W. M.
- ! D’Antignac.
» Jones. —R. Y. Hardeman, James Goddard,
* Charles Hutchins.
I f Putnam.— A. S. Reid, N.Bass, S. A. Wales.
Bihh. —T. Hardeman, Sr., G. M. Logan,
f , L. N. Whittle.
At the afternoon meeting of the delcga
-1 ' tions, the following resolution was also adop
ted :
Resolved , That the Commissioners of the se
' verai counties interested in the construction
‘ of this Road be recommended, at their discre
tion, to call Public Meetings a* anearly day in
1 their several counties, for the purpose of cxci
-3 ting au interest in the enterprise.
1 The destinies of this Railroad from Macon,
c to the Georgia Railroad, are now in the hands
) ot the citizens of Bibb, Jones, Putnam, Mor
gan and Augusta. Wc arc not sanguine of
i its success, but will not indulge in discoura
-1 ging prognostics. One thing is to be greatly
desired. If it is to be done, “ ’twere well
’twere done quickly.” If it is to fetil, let this,
’ too, be quickly known, and we will the soon
i er ascertain the chances of success for other
' projects.
i Appointments p.y the President. —Z. T.
5 Conner to be Postmaster at Macon, Georgia.
CUSTOM house officers.
, ■ Hiram Roberts,Collector, Savannah, Ca. vice
; Win. B Bulloch, removed,
r Bryan More’d, Naval Officer, Savannah, Ga.
L j vice Jacob De la Motta. removed.
; Wm. P. White, Appraiser, Savannah, Ga.
’ I vice Wm. Mackey, removed.
; I John C. Clark, of N. Y. to be Ist Auditor of
> ■ the Treasury, vice Wm. Collins, removed.
Fatbcr lHatheW.
The subjoined letter of this distinguished
temperance advocate is a reply to an invita
tion extended to him by the Georgia State
Temperance Convention, through their presi
dent, Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin. The
friends of Temperance and humanity will
greet, with hearty welcome, this apostle of be
nevolence, this best friend of Ireland this
friend of man. S
Boston, 25th July, 1819.
My Dear Friend ;—I am grateful for the
kind sentiments conveyed in your esteemed
letter. To have the pleasure of enjoying the
personal acquaintance of so zealous and dis
tinguished a fellow-labourer in the cause of
Temperance, is tome an additional induce
ment to visit Georgia; besides, 1 feel highly
complimented by thejinvitation, through vou.
of my friends, and shall, God willing, av.nl
myself of the privilege of meeting them at
Augusta, as soon as prior engagements will
permit. At a future period, I hope to be able
to give timely information of the time that I
can have this gratification. Presenting my
sincere acknowledgments to the members of
your society, and with respectful compliments
to your family, I am, in haste, dear Mr. Lump
kin, vours devotedly,
THEOBOLD MATHEW.
Hon. Jos. Henry Lumpkin, Athens, Geo.
Canadian Annexation. — The British Amer
ican League. —We have already stated, by tel
egraph, that this convention at Kingston, Can
ada, has decided on recommending the per
manent consolidation of the Provinces into a
Federal Union, and design putting forth an ad
dress to that effect. We note, that annexation
is rarely mentioned, or even hinted at. I fie
New York Express says:
“ Some of the members, it is true, hare spo
ken of the good which might result from suc.i
a measure, but this has been rather to intimi
date both the public authorities at home, and
in England, than with any serious purpose of
consummating such a union.
“ The convention itself seems to be made up
of the disaffected of all parties, and numbers
in all, perhaps, 150 delegates. I hey have been
in session six days, and commenced with closeu
doors and a prayer. A proposition allowing
any member to speik disrespectfully ot the
Uueen and Governor-General, or the rules oi
Parliament, forbidding any one, thus to speak,
was lost by a sinril majority. On Friday, the
doors were thrown open, and speecues uwie
for protection to Canadian manufacturers. Int
members make up an odd compound of good,
bad and indifferent, but there seems to be in
it much more of the bad than the good. We
do not see anything ot a really Republican
teature in the whole body.
The New York Tribune says :
“ A Wilson, the reputed author of a series
of essays for getting rid of British connexion,
has a seat. Wilson moved for a Democratic
elective Senate, and got nine votes. The cloak
| of loyalty is expected to pay best as yet, and
a new loan from England (never to be repaid)
is confidently hoped for. Those who cried
Annexation last April, sing of Loyalty now
like so many cuckoos. The League appears
to be an effort of the outs to agree upon a plan
by which they may obtain for themselves and
adherents a new lease of £ the best gifts of the
Crown.’ ”
A dispatch from Montreal, August Ist, says
that the League has adopted an order to reas
semble at the same time and place with the
next Canada Parliament. Various resolutions
were passed, but nothing important done. The
American flag was hoisted and pulled down.
Thus ends Canadian annexation for the present.
The Crops. —The Natches (Miss.) Courier
of the 27 th ult., says :
Prom every direction wc hear distressing
accounts of the condition and prospects of the
cotton crops. Never did the prospect of our
farmers wear so dismal an appearance. The
theatre of disaster is not contracted —it is as
widespread as the cotton region. The con
tinued and heavy rains of the last four weeks
have destroyed pretty much what the frost
spared, and about drowned out the product of
the second planting. The cotton in many
' ! fields, to a superficial observer, would appeal
i most blooming and luxuriant ; and so it docs,
' but it is all weed. The boll which forms the
snow-Vjfleece of the Southern staple is not there,
| and the rest, no matter how thriving it may ap
pear, is valueless. We do not believe that
the crop of the coming season in Mississippi
will equal, by fully one-third, that of last year.
A letter from a friend residing in the north
ern part of Wilkinson county, states that it
I has rained in his vicinity thirty-four days in
succession, and that not more than half a crop
will be averaged by the planters around him.
The Alexandria (La.) Republican of the
28th ult. says:
It is impossible for the cotton crop to re
cover from the injury it has sustained by the
rainy weather, which has already prevailed
for more than thirty days, and as yet affords
no promise of stopping. Such a season, old
and intelligent planters assure us has not been
experienced for twenty-five years. They as
; sert that even with the most favorable weath
er, more than half a crop of cott on cannot now
be made, and that if they have the caterpillar
there will hardly be any cotton at all made. —
The rain must also, if it continues, materially
injure the sugar crop. It has already set
many of the sugar planters back a good' deal
by preventing some from ge-ting out timber,
and others from making bricks to build or
improve theirjsugar houses.
The Weather and Crops. —After heavy
falls of rain, it is again clear and excessively
warm. We are told that the crops in this quar
ter, both of corn and cotton, are promising to
be very good, and we congratulate our people,
that iu this respect they are better off than
most other portions of the planting region.
Our exchanges show that the prospect of a
full cotton crop in the larger portion of the
South is a bad one, and recent personal obser
vation and enquiry through the very heart of
the cotton lands of Alabama have satisfied us
that it will require the most favorable seasons '
to make the crop there even an average one.
; Cotton was small, in many places overrun with
i grass, in others, particularly in prairie lands,
suffering from two much rain. The boll worm
was at work, though not to any great extent.
Planters seemed unusually fearful of a great
falling off in their crop. Having been cut off'
by the late frost, and driven to begin anew, ;
they have been all the while hard, pressed, and
have still to complain much of being behind
hand in their labors. — Tallahassee Floridian ,
‘2Bth tilt.
Important to “Young Ladies.’ —lhe Alfa
Californian, of the 30th ot Mai", announces
Mrs. Farnham’s project of exporting a cargo ot
females from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast;
and, after giving the substance ot her circular,
16 “For our own part, we are inclined to look
favorably on the undertaking, as we have full
confidence in the ability and integrity ot Mrs.
F. to conduct successfully such an enterprise,
and as we believe that the young ladies engaging
in it would soon find good husbands and comfiov
( ble homes.”
13 rj illagnctk
Reported for the Constitutionalist.
Charleston, Aug. 6, 9 1\ M.
Cotton. —Prices are in favor ot sellers.
The sales since Friday morning reach TOO
bales, at 9 h to 10* cents.
f Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier. ,
New Orleans, Aug. 2—10.9 I*. M
The Mayor of our city has recommended the
observance of to-morrow as a Fast 1 av, tn
conformity with the Proclamation ot the I re
sident of the United States.
The City Authorities have received notice
that in consequence of a rise in the river, t.ie
water is beginning to run over the works at
the late Sauve Crevasse, but no serious appre
hensions are as yet entertained. _
There is nothing important transpiring.—
Dealers in Cotton are awaiting Europa's ad
vices.
The British Steamer from Southampton, ar
rived at Mobile yesterday.
Fresh Rice is scarce. The last sales were
at 4 [.
New Orleans, Aug. 3 —1..2-3 A. M
The accounts by the Europa have reached
here. There have* been but few small sales of
Cotton, buyers being reluctant to pay the high
prices asked ny holders.
The counsel tor the Spanish Consul is en
deavoring to prove that Key went to Havana
voluntari y. The trial will not probably he
termina'ed this week.
The pilot of the Br. steamer Trent, at Mo
bile from Havana, reports th .t when Key ar
rived at Havana, Mr. Campbell, our Consul,
hearing ot the alleged abduction, went on
board the vessel in which he was, and express
ed his willingness to take him under his pro
tection, and send him back to New Orleans*,
but that Key refused, saying that he lett vol
untaiily.
(Tele-craped for the Baltimore Sim.)
Health of St. Louis — Meir* fan* the Plains — lh&-
tractive Fire, \i .
St. Doits, Aug. 2.
The cholera having disappeared from our
city, as an epidemic, the sextons have ceased
making reports of the number of interments.
The city is now unusually healthy t>>r this
season of the year.
Che cholera has aga n made its appearance
at Independence, and a number of per ons
died. The cholera is also again prevailing at
Jefferson city.
Mr. Cornelius Day has arrived hero from E!
i Paso and Santa Fe. He rep its all quiet there
I Business dull and money scarce. The Indian
! have become very peaceable, and the < ‘aliform*.
! emigrants were getting along well.
Atwood’s drug store, on Maine stri ct, wa
-1 destroyed by fire this morning, together with
! several thousand buffalo robes, stored in the
I upper rooms. The whole loss w ill reach
j SIO,OOO.
From Tex as —By the steamer E. A i)g
den. Captain Havilaud, we have late tiles or
Texas papers.
The Corpus Christ! Star of the 21st instaac
mentions the departure of a train of fin wa
gons and nearly a hundred men, from Lhai
point for Chihuahua, un >er Gem, Ca/neau, on
a trading expedition. A large amount ot mer
! chandize was taken, ami hopes are entertain
ed of diverting most at the Mexican trade that
has usually found its way through Bt. Lotus
to this route. Among those who went in tire;
expedition, the Star mentions Captain Sutter,,
J)r. Lamar, Col. Snively, C'apt. Skcrrett, *>Jr,
Frank Hughe?, Mr. Davis, Mr. Reed, Me, Ad
dison, Mr. Culquhoun, Captain A. V\ id l idler,
and Mr. McNish.
The News of the 25th inst. say? that Mr
J. 11. Brown of Houston, who had just arrived
at Galveston, from the interior of Mexico, by
the lust vessel from the Rio Grande, saw let
ters at Durango from San Francisco, dated
early in June. The accounts from that place
were far from favorable. All the gold dug du
ring the last season had gone forward ; trade
was dull, and goods low. A loss of 75 pei
cent, was reported to have taken place on some
cargoes —the market was glutted, and vessels
constantly arriving. Traders from San Bias
and other points on the Pacific coast were
going to San Francisco to buy goods, induced
by the reports of the low prices at which they
were selling. —A . O. Delta , 31 s( alt.
During a heavy rainstorm on Friday mora
ing last, a whirlwind passed over the north
western part of the city and Neck. It form
ed in the north eastern part of the Nock, an.d
in its course upturned several carriages, nnd
propelled a two horse barouche some seven
ty yards. The tin roofing of the house
ofß. S. Khett, Esq., situated in Pinckney
street, Canuonhorough, was paitially unroof -
ed and most of the rooms of the dwelling
deluged with water. At this point the body
of wind took a more westerly course, prostra
ting several out houses and fences. Pieces of
plank, shingles, and sticks of wood, in the
neighborhood of Bennett’s lumber mill, we are
told, were flying about in the air as if they were
so many reeds. It passed over Ashley river,
took the form of a water spout, followed the
bank of the river, and exploded over James’
Island.
We have heard of several other incidents
connected with this phenomena, but not with
sufficient particularity to warrant us in at
tempting tc detail them. Oh. Courier, 6th inst
A Young Lady in Pants at the Springs,
The N. York Mirror gives a letter from Sara
toga Springs, describing the appearance and
narrating the doings of a young lady, who has
been figuring at that place and Balston in
male apparel, under the name of Mr. Uriah
Baden; delighting mamas and captivating
daughters, exhibP ing no small share of genius
and learning, and possessing great conversa
tional powers. Her career, however, had b( ei.
cut short by the arrival of her father and mo
ther, and she had returned with them to their
residence in New Jersey. From the promi
nence given to the latter, it would seeni that
the story is believed by the conductors of t j lfe
Mirror.
Black Lead.— The lead from which pencil
points are made, conies from the principal
plunbago mine in the world, at Borrowdale
Cumberland, England, it is situated in a hill
and instead of being worked constantly, like
other mines, it is opened only once a'yom
when a sufficient quantity is taken to supply
the world for a year to come, and it is again
closed with strong doors, bars and look*, until
the next annual supply is required. From the
j time of Queen Elizabeth it is said that all the
line pencils in the world have been made ot
the black lead from this mine.
DISSOLUTION.
riAHE CO-PARTNERSHIP OP JONES
| 1 & .sH LW.M AMvAttorneys at Law,Waynes
boro, <.a, is dissolved by mutual consent Kacb
continues the practice ‘till.
John b. junks,
aug. 7 d<Scc2w JOS. T. SIJ KVVAI ARE,
JOHN T. SHEW MAKE,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Will practise in tbc counties ot Burke. Jeffer
son. Emanuel, Kichmond, Striven and Washing
ton. Office at WayuesboioA Ga. Promises to be
prompt in tbe execution ot Kis business.
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