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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNE R . JR. - terws i)aily, per anuirK ......$d Tri-Weekly, per annum 6 00 If paid id advance............ .......6 00 Weekly, per annum, if paid in advance....- 00 I'tiese terms are offered to new subscribers, and ail old subscribers who pay up ail arrearages. In uo case will the weekly paper be sent at $2, unless the raonev accompanies the order. in no case will it be sent at $2,00 to an old sub scriber in arrears. When tne year paid for at $2,00 expires, the p toer, if not di continued, or paid for in advance, w.ll be sent ot me old terms, $2,60 if paid at tha ortt' ‘'bin taa year, or $3,00 if paid after the ex i uof the year. J" . ,tage must be paid on all communications and letters of Dtwiue**- (Frim the N. Y Journal of Commerce, 9th inst.) ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. The steamer America has just arrived at this port. Our English papers are to the 28th ult. Wo ouhjoiu such extracts as our time permits. Money Market and City Intelligence— London, July 27 —1 o’clock. —Tne liabilities of the bank of Mess .. Butterfield & Co., ot Petersfield, whose suspension we noticed, do not exceed £5,000. The private liabilities of Mr. Butterfield are, we believe, more exten sive. The tone of the English Stock Market to day is more favorable of a raise, but the ten dency is 'ring. Prices are J per cent higher thfn they left off yesterday. Con sols are 93 to | for money and 96 J to £ for account. Reduced three percents. 93|, new' three and a quarter per cents, 93& to 94. Three o'clock. —Consols for money for account 14L Aug. 93J. Though no injury has hitherto been done to the growing gram crops, some uneasiness is beginning to be felt respecting the effect • that might be produced by a much longer continuance >f such weather as we have late ly expericE ed. Since the 16th inst., we have had mc.-eor less rain daily, and at times the showers nave been so heavy as to beat down the wheat in the more forward locali ties. Franca. It was reported in Paris that the Pope in tended to visit the I. each capital, and the President of the Repir u. and the Ministers would proceed to Bourges to meet his Holi ness. The announcement by one of the Paris Min isterial journals, that a telegraphic despatch has been received, with the intelligence that peace had been definitely concluded been Austria and Sardinia, turns out to be prema ture. It is, however, rumored, that unless Austria modifies the rigor of her demands. France will interfere, in order to settle the dispute. Austria and Hungary. There has again been some severe fighting in Hungary, and again the Magyars have been victorious. Kossuth appointed Dein binski commander-in-chief. “Our \ i nna letters and papers,” says the Times, ‘‘areot the 20th instant. They contain no new de tails of the battle of Waitzen, excepting the official new's which our correspon lent gives, that the Hungarians have succeeded in break ing through the Imperialist lines and march ed to the north.” The correspondent above alluded to, writes from Presburg on the 19lh instant:—“ Fo r some time the plans of the Hungarian chiefs have been shrouded in mystery, and we are MA ... .vain nil inayrh.f »o long at Comern. He there awaited Bern binski, end alter his junction, the combined armies co-operated at the battle of Waitzen.— Deinbinski took up his position with 40,000 men at that place, Georgey maintained his ground at Comorn. Dembinsky assumed the offensive, and af ter a we 1 contested action forced Pa-kewitch to retreat to Demaoeez, near Godollo. Geor gey was not equally successful; although ne maintained his ground at first, he thought proper to retire to Israrnd Comorn. The Hun garians have re-taker Xeutra. We hear her., that the Russians hei c oeen compelled to adan done Debreeze'., fiom the w ant of provisions. Fever and cholera have made tearful ravages, both in the Austrian and Russian armies ; and now that they are beginning to be drawn away from their supplies the diseases will work their way in corresponding ratio. "Thflee ladies of high b rth are under im prisonment at Pesth, for having manifested sympathy fjr the insurgents. They were tried by court-martial. “P. S. —I am just infQfened (on no less than Imperial authority) tnat the Russians have had a sanguinary conflict with the Hungarians, to the utter discomfiture of the latter, with a loss of nearly 2000 men. The particulars I shall be able to give you in my next.” As Austria-1 intelligence, like dreams, is to be interpreted by the ” contrary,” we may hope that this last battle will turn out, like the victory pompously announced at Waitzen, to have been not on the side of Russia, but of Hungary. If is pretty certain that another battle .. s been fought, for the Weiner Zei tung s: “ According to private letters from Pestn up to seven in the evening of the 17th, the roar ot cannon continued without inter ruption in the direction of Comorn. General Faskiewitch had advanced with the bulk of his army through Waitzen against Coraorn, and on the 16th began, a battle of which we must await more authentic accounts.” These accounts are famished in a report of the Russian General. He says : “This morn ing we attacked Waitzen. Notwithstanding their desperate resistance, the rebels were put to flight, and lost two flags, two pieces of ar tillery, and 600 prisoners. It turned out, however, by inquiry from these, that we had fought this engagement with a only a strong rear guard of the enemy, who had availed himself of the darkness of the night to draw off his main force to w'ards the north. These retreating troops a• o being pursued by the corps of Ge eral Rudiger, who will soon overtake them, by reason of his great strength in cavalry.” A letter from the seat of war says—“ The attack of the Hungarians upon Paskiewitch’s division was teremendous, and the Russians were borne down and compelled to yield be fore the terrible onslaught of the Magyars, who fought with unexampled courage and daring. The renewed charges of the Hungarian horse are spoken of as the most brilliant achievement on military ncord. Faskiewitch despatched couriers to Pesth for aid, and the sudden appearance of General Ramberg, who hurried up at the head of a large body ot Aus trians, alone -aved him from a complete de feat. Kambeig attacked the Hungarians in the flank, thus causing i division in favor of Faskiewitch.” At noon the had retreated to Duna Kees, only a few miles distant from Pesth, in which city it seems a report was spread that the Imperialists falling back in full re treat, whereupon all the shops were closed, and a few barricades erected. The Hungarians on this day were commanded by Dembinsky, Georgey, and Nagy Sandor.” Another letter the Russian retreat to Duna Kees at a disorderly flight before Dembinsky’s Hussars, and states that the Russians were only saved from annihilation by the arrival of Ramberg. It was admitted in S ienna, on the 30th, that the victory of the Hungarians at Waitzen had been complete. \S hile Dembinsky and Georgey were thus chastising the Russians in the north, Bern in the sou h was completely crushing the arm} of the Ban Jellachich. Great demonstrations were made at Perlass, opposite to lite , an the Servian General Kniczamin, devoutly Be lieving in the sincerity of these, and tia i was the settled intention ot the Magyar 9 cross theTheiss at this point, continued to g trenches and stockades with the utn s * siduity, while the main corps ot-the Hunga rians passed the river at O’Beckse; and Bern, at the head of 60.000 men, suddenly fell upon Jellachich’* army and completely cru-.hed it. Pesth offered on Sunday and Monday a spec tacle of terror on the one hand and of hope on the other. The partisans of Kossuth had the boldness to speculate once more in Kossuth bank notes, which they ran up to 65. Ah houses and cellars were shut close, and so it remained till Tuesday morning By order of Gen. Ram berg, Egersy, a secretary of Kossuth, was shot. Kossuth, with the ministers, functionaries, and chambers, having withrawn on the 9th to Ozegled, subsequently removed from thence to Arad, after the surrender of that lortress by the Austrians under General Berber, Hie steamers received orders to move down the river to a place of security'. A ministeral crisis at A ienna is reported. M. Schmerling and Count Leo Ihuu are men tioned as likely to be admitted into the cabi net. General Haynau has been disgraced, and had to resign his comman i into the hands ot Gen. Hesse, who has just been appointed Feldzeugmeister. According to a Vienna letter of the 20th, the Emperors of Russia and Austria have just had an interview at Brunn, the lormer having ar rived in the strictest incognito. Lord Ponsonhy, the British ambassador, and his family, have arrived at Vienna. Vienna papers and letters of the 22d instant contain a bulletin, which confirms our former accounts of the defeat of Baron Jellachich. The bulletin proceeds to state that the Ban s army suffered a loss of 600 killed and wound ed, and among them fourteen officers. It is, however, evident that the loss ot lite must be greater by far than the number quoted in the official reports. The head-quarters ot the Ban are asserted to be at Rurna, in Syrtnia. A letter from the camp ne -r Comorn, in the Presse, gives an awful description of theseenes that are enacting in the country around the fortress. On all sides columns of fire are seen rising to the skies; villages, farms, boats and bridges are in flames. The artillery ot the for tress and the imperialist batteries, with sixty cannon of the largest calibre, are firing against each other. The Kolner Zeitung publishes the following bulletins: — “Bistritz, June 29. “We have taken Bistritz to-day. No de fence was made. The enemy retreated. I will pursue them to-morrowr. Bem.” “Bistritz, June 29. “I have beaten the Russians. My outposts are at Racktndorf. My maiden army fought 9«ven hours with the Russian horse and drove them back, “Postscrip. — My troops have entered Valen dorf. Bem,” “Bistriz, July 2. “I have for the fourth time a Ivanced to Bis tritz by wav of Gross Sajs and Narsahely. 1 hold the enemy in the defiles of Borgo, with out having had occasion to claim the assistance of our troops at Karlsburg. Bem.” These bulletins are in a manner explained , by the following news fr° m T o “^;^'Kron- On the 21st oi ’Wiffi 400 Hun garians that had been left in that town. After I taking Kronstadt, the Russians n arched upon Hermanstadt. The Hungarians advanced to Togorash to meet them. After a bloody battle, which lasted 36 hours, General Luders being totally defeated, retreat ed to Kronstadt, which city is filled with the wounded and flying. Another Russian corps, which was to force an entry from Moldavia into Transylvania at Aylosh, was likewise roughly handled, and thrown back into Moldavia.” There is also a Russian Bulletin, in which the above statements are contradicted, and in which it is asserted that the Russians fought four small battles on the 7th, Bth, 10th, and 12th instant, in which they killed 200 Hun garians and captured 310, while but two Rus sians were killed and four wounded. The Commissioner of the Hungarian gov ernment writes from Hermannstadt, under date the 3d July, that the Russians have been forced to retreat to Kronstadt. Bern was pre paring to attack that city on the Bth or 9th July. The seat of the Hungarian government has been transferred to Arad, on the 14th July. Tais last circumstance proves the assurance with which Bem hopes to finish with the Russians in Transylvania, and, on the other hand, it confirms the defeat of Jellachich, be cause, if the army ot the south was still formi dable, the Hungarian government would nev er dare to select the city of Arad for its resi dence, as it would be between two fires. (Cot respondence of the iV Y Journal of Commerce.) (PER CAMBRIA.) Liverpool, 27th July,— In the early part of this week the demand lor cotton continued good, but since the arrival of tha India mail, 24th inst., with 1. ss favorable accounts of trade in goods an yarn, we have comparatively a quiet and rather languid market ;and though the ia t official quo tation* are repeated to-day, they roust be consid ered rather extreme, and not attailde iu quantity. VVit.t this reservation we quote fair up.and, 5J ; lair .Mobile, fair Orleans 5| ; and middling qualities, 4Jd per lb. The weeks business amounts to 55, >4-0 bales, of which 16,700 is m speculation, and i .500 for export; and the American descrip tions consist of 12,020 upland at 4k a sk ; 22,790 Orleans at 4a 6; 9.920 Alabama and .Mobile at a oj ; and 050 Sea island at 8 a 14d per lb. The im port in the same time is 40,000 bales, and the stock in this port nnnw estimated at 705,000 bales, of which about 030,000 is American. The corn markets have conti tied to dec ine un der the influence of favorable prospects tor tbe approaching harvest, and Indian corn is more p ar . ticular y depressed, iu consequence of the cheap ness ot potatoes, and the non-appearance as yet of disease iu that crop. The quotai tons for both white and yellow is 27s 6d a 28s per quarter, and parcels inferior, and which have been heated, are selling at 23s 6d to 255. Prime sound American flour brings 24s 6d a 25s I6d per bbl.— Parcels of recent import uninspected and out of condition, may be bougut at 20s to 28s. i per bbl. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS HIGHLY IMPORTANT I Hungary.— More Good News. i Vienna letters and papers of the 23d, fur nish further corrobation of the defeat of the Pen Jellachich, without, however, giving any particulars ot the battles, by which that result t ! had been brought about. 1 ienna papers are filled with violent l recriminations against the war office, for they protest it was evident that unless some diver sion was made in the Ban’s favor in the south, he must be completely crushed by the Hun garian armies, i Vienna, July 22d.—The Ban had been driven back to Rumas, twenty-five miles ; north ot Peterwarden. The rout of his army , , app«a« complete- The whole frontier towards GaUicia swarms with Hungarian irregular troops. Their incursions caused great alarm. G-eorgey’s Movements. It is now known, as a fact, that the North ern Russian army has been completely out witted by Gen. Georgey. The “ Times’' cor respondent states on the best authority, that Prince Paskiewitch, himself, is totally igno rant of the whereabouts of Georgey and the 44,000 men he was led to believe he engaged at Wailzeu. Latest from Txannsylvauia. The latest news from Tranusylvania is fa vorable to the Hungarians. A Russian force was ordered to hasten to the assistance of the Russian General Andes, at Cronstadt. The Chronicle’s Vienna correspondent gives as the latest news, that Gen. Luder was marching on Cronstadt, to cover the subjected districts. Constantinople, July Bth—The Porte has issued a solemn protest against the marching of Russian troops through the Turkish terri tory of Transylvania; if, in consequen -e of de feat, the Russians wish to repast, they will be immediately disarmed. This protest and other energetic measures create great sensation. The Paris “Naiionelle” gives news from Hungary very favorable to the Hungarians. English and French Intervention. The third edition of the London Herald says, that a rumor prevailed on the Paris Bourse yesterday that England and France had agreed to make a joint effort to put a stop to hostili ties in Hungary through mediation, and that the rumor was taken up with satisfaction, the impression being very strong in Paris that the Russians will repent the invasion. The ef fects of Georgey’s splendid movements in breaking through the allied armies will have an immense influence. Latest from Rome. Rome, July 20th. —Nothing particular had taken place nor has any clear imormalion been of the Pope’s intentions. M. de Cor celles had gone to Gaeta, and the Austrian General, Wimpffen, had arrived in Rome. The greatest order prevailed, and the conduct of the French officers and soldiers was exemplary. The Concordia, of I urin, states that the Aus tian General Wimpffen had arrived at Rome, to con ert measures with General Oudinot. Garibaldi, entered Saraeno at the head of 4,000 men, part of whom he subsequently detached to occupy Mount Rendio, a position comman ding the town, when they threw up some in trenchments —from that point he can easily reach the royal road leading to the Tuscan Maremma. He had sent out detachments in order to prevent all surprise of the principal corps. It is believed that he intended to de fend himself at Montepulciano, for he had or dered barricades to be constructed in the prin cipal streets. Gen. Oudinot is in the neigh borhood of Rome, Umbria, Orrecian, and the province called Patrimony of St. Peters, in or der to protest them. The Pope’s Return. A despatch dated Genoa, 22 1, states that the French squadron under Admiral Baudin has set sail from Toul m for Gaeta, to convey the Pope to Civita Vechia. Latest from Sardinia, PaMs, Friday.—La Patria says : “We have received a letter from Turin which leads us to believe that Piedmont is not yet reduced to the necessity of submitting to the ultimatum of Austria. Denmark and the Duchieo, Letters from Altona, of the 24th instant, in the Kolner Zeitung, state that the retreat of the Prussian, German, and Schleswig troops from Jutland, commenced on the 22J. The Bavarian troops in Schleswig were or dered home immediately after official notice was given of the armistice. All the Prussian prisoners taken in the late battles have been Sfci&.feQ®.?.* . . . the armistice are unfounded. Monetary Intelligence. London.—Bush.ess in foreign exchange, ( yesterday, continued limited, and with very slight change in quotations. The Times understands that the impediment to the transfer of Mr. Hudson’s stock in the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Com pany lias been removed. The bank account shows a continued influx of specie. The commercial features of the week do not appear favorable, but the credit of the treasury had increased upwards of million. ~ United States Stock 109 to 110, and Ameri can Stocks generally rising. Consols —1 .o'clock, account, 93J 3; do. do. money, 93J; 3$ per cents, 92J 4. Paris, Fnd iy night,— The return of fine weather caused reanimation on the Bourse to day, and prices improved. Fives closed at Threes 53,30. No further news respecting the Austro-Sardinian question. Latest Commercial Intelligence. 1 iveupoul, July 28 —2 P. M. Cotton —As it became known to the mercantile community that the steamer Canada, Capt. Jud kins, wa* off Holyhead, at 9 o’clock, and would consequently be up in a lew hours, it at once put a stop to business'of any weight. The market may be reported, therefore, as quiet. The sales up to the close, 3to 4000 bags. Prices without change. Liverpool. July 28. Corn. —The weather to-day has been, for so far, favorable- for bringing the grain crops to maturity. The corn trade has therefore been very lame.— Holders however, are firm, a d ask for wheat, flour and Indian corn, the full currency paid at yesterday’s market. M VNCHESTER, July 28. Corn. —Although the weaiher has been very wet and unsettled during the greater part of the week, no apprehension appears to be felt as yet in refer ence to the crops; the trade here has consequent ly remained in a state of great inactivity'. Hail. —During a thunder storm which pass ed over our city yesterday evening, we w r ere visited with quite a sprinkling of hail—not sufficient however to do much damage in the vicinity. —Savannah Georgian, IDA inst. The Gas Works-— The experiment of Dr. Humphreys, last eving, was entirely success ful. The gas burned brightly, of a clear ft ime, and satisfied we think all who witnessed it. The fixtures being merely temporary, of course would not permit as good an experiment as if they were complete, hut no doubt that any quantity of gis can be made of the material used of a good quality and at a sm all compara tive expense.—76. Cruelty of the Austrians. — Some estimate of the barbarous character of Austrian war fare may be formed from the single fact that ten capital c.ties have been bombarded by the Austrian generals since March, 1848. I hese are Milan, Cracow, Prague, Lemberg, ienna, Arad, Brescia, Pesth, Venice, ami Ancona. No mode of warfare can be regarded as more execrable and barbarous than the bombardment of cities. It is one in which non-beligerents suffer more, often, than those actively engaged. Private property, to an immense amount, is usely sacrificed. The aged, the sick, and the helpless, perish from the missiles or the flames kindled by their ex plosion. Thousands more of the innocent and unoffending are doomed to poverty and perhaps a death, as certain, though more slow, in consequence. In Pesth alone, the amount of private property destroyed was more than five millions of dollars ! This may enable our readers to form some idea of the amount of ruin which the paternal and apostolic Govern ment of Austria has brought upon its people. TIMS CtWIS ITl'UXlUft A LIST. “ Augusta, Georgia. e TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 14. democratic nomination. ran governor, 1 tJRORGK W. TOWNS. ! Southern Eight- Surrendered by General Taylor- Whiff Testimony. This is a condensed statement of the idea i conveyed by an editorial of the Augusta Re public oi the 11th inst.. headed. “Calif rnia —Speeches of Messis. King and Burnett.” Doubtless the editor will be shocked to see j such a proposition stated as the quintescence of his editorial. If, however, a different result can be distilled from it, by any ingenuity ot it passes our skill. Tae Editor publishes Gen. Riley s procla mation, in which he says (very truly) “ the people of California are invited, urged and implored to form a State Constitution, and apply at the next session of Congress for ad mission into the Union.” The great object appears to be to settle the slavery question in that way. That was the object sought to be effected by Mr.*Preston’s bill at the last Ses sion to admit New Mexico and California at once as single State.” The Editor protests with great vehemence against the great injustice ot this scheme as utterly destructive of Southern rights. The reader will here bear in mind that this same Mr. Preston is now' Gen. Taylor’s Se cretary of the Navy, and one of his advisers, and that this proclamation of Gen. Riley em anates from the Cabinet. The Augusta Republic thus manfully pro tests against the scheme. “ Our position as a journalist may. in one sense, be said to be a public one. Hence, we have a public duty to perform. We cannot hesitate to express our to this scheme of admitting New Mexico and Califor nia as one State, or each separately as a State, Is there a man North or South who does not know, that if thus admitted now, slavery will be forever excluded trnm their limits Look at Governor Riley’s Proclamation. He tells us that the Convention for forming a Slate Conslitu’ion “will consist of 37 delegates, to be sent by the districts of San Diego, Los An gelos, Santa Barbara, San Louis Obispo, Mon terey, San Jose, Sacramento, and San Joa quin.” The rights of the South are thus to be decided upon, and utterly destroyed, by these 37 individuals, acting as the representa tives o f some of our countrymen, but by ar the largei portion of foieigners, Mexicans. In dians and mixed breeds of every color. This is m>t fancy, but fact. See in Gen. Riley s Proclamation who are to vote. C itizens of California referred to. (exclusive of citizens of : the United States,) included under the Mex ’ can laws all persons of every color—lndian Negroes, Mestizoes, Chmoes and Heavi knows who else.” We believe that there was no newspaper in the country more bitter against Gen. Cass | than the Republic —none which poured more j— i • —*- v.lo | tervention, «and of the propriety of leaving the people of the new territories to make a government, laws, and institutions for them selves. It w r as denounced by all the Whig papers of the South, (the Republic among the rest) as an insidious scheme to defraud the South of her rights, as bad as the Wilraot Proviso. It was ridiculed as a scheme to allow Mexicans, Indians, Negroes, Mestizoes, Zam boes, and Mongrels of all kinds, to vote side by side with American citizens. This was an un fair and an untrue representation of Gen. Cass’s plan. His gave, and was intended to give, to Americans only, or those entitled to American citizenship, a voice in the Govern ment. But the present scheme of the South ern President, the old Louisiana sugar planter, the owner of 200 negroes, as promulgated by Gen. Riley and Thomas Butler King, has all the odious features, by the admission of this Whig journal, that were alleged by it as exis ting in that of Gen. Cass. It is more odious, in fact, because it gives a vote to “ India is, Negroes, Mestizoes, Chinoes, (what sort of folh„ are Chinoes?) and heaven knows who else." The editor of the Republic has shown quite as much honesty of purpose, as any other southern Whig editor on this southern ques tion. We bestow’ no extravagant praise in this remark, as all will admit. We cannot doubt then that he honestly believes this scheme of the administration to bean abominable surren der of Southern rights. After portraying, by figures and facts, the disastrous consequences to the South, of the surrender ol all these im mense new territories to become free States— the sure result of the administration scheme, and the vast majority w’hich will be against us in Congress when these are carved up into free States, and represented in the Senate and House, sufficient to change the Constitution, and abolish Slavery in the States, the editor says : “In view of all these facts, but more par ticularly of the immense danger which threat ens the South, we have unfolded this South ern question to our readers time after time, in our own way for the good of the South and from an imperious sense of duty. “ Would to God that the people throughout the South could see it in its true colors. Party, Party, Party, obstructs their vision, when upon this question there should be no division and PARTY. We are dividing upon the ordinary political questions ot the day as parties, but on this sacred vital question, where we find a friend of the South we should give him our sympathies and the warm right hand of fellowship. We now call upon the Editor to make good his professions, and stand up to the spirit ot his exhortation. He is the organ of a very large body of Whigs in Georgia, who think with him and with Judge Berrien, “on this subject we should kno w no party. We hope the Editor will prove his sincerity by uttering no*more fulsome adulation of the new administration, and its reliability to pro tect the South in this matter, no more exhorta tions to the people of Georgia to trust (, Old Zack” and not to doubt but that he will veto the Wiimot Proviso, and secure to the South j — iwilir ti — ll u I ier just snare in me *>ew Territories' tne :ommon property oi all the States. The Republic has itself unmasked to its read ers tr.e plot of Gen. Taylor and his Cabinet to mrry these territories into the Union as a tree State, by the votes of “Indians, Negroes, Mestizoes, Chinees, and Heaven knows who L-lse.” Let it no longer delude its renters by the siren song “All’s well. ou have a Southern man and a sugar planter in the 1 res idential Chair, and his administration will protect the rights of the South. Trust in him and show vour faith in him by voting tor the Whig candidate for Governor.” To vote tne Whig ticket now would he an approval of the California policy of the Ad ministration. Alabama Co igrcssional Election First District —We have no definite infor mation from the first district. It is reported that Mr. Alston is elected. Second District—Mr. Hilliard is elected. Third District—Mr. Harris is elected. Fourth District —Mr. Inge is elected. Fifth District —No returns. Sixth District—No returns. Seventh District—Mr. Bowdin is elected. In the filth and sixth districts democrats will be elected. If Mr. Alston should be elec ted the delegation will stand as in the last Congress—five democrats, two whigs. The Montgomery Advertiser of the 11th in.-t. says The political complexion of the State Senate is undetermined —yet wc have no doubt that th • democratic majority will be one or two votes. At the last session the majority was one. The House will be democratic by’ a reduced majority. The majority at the last session was twenty six ; at the next session it will not, in all probability, exceed fifteen— which is a good working majority. Election Returns- The Baltimore Sun, which pretends to be an independent journal, has, it seems, a corres pondent at Cincinnati, who, like his employ ers, claims the largest liberty of thought, and of action also. Xor does he appear to be at all scrupulous in exercising his unrestrained freedom, if we may judge of the returns which he furnishes of the Indiana elections. We had thought oince November last that ; Gen. Cass carried the Sta“:e o f Indiana, against Gen. Taylor, by a majority of about 4,838 votes. But the Cincinnati correspondent of the Sim writes that “ Taylor” carried the State by a majority of 318 !” Then, by as serting that Marion county gave Cass 155 ma jority, he makes it appear that Matson the Whig candidate for governor, has gained 170 i votes in the six counties heard from, thus re joicing the independent neutral whig-party with the prospect of a victory. The truth is, Marion county gave Taylor a majority of 88 votes in the presidential election, and it has . g’ven Wright, the democratic candidate j 1;. - ■ rnor, 69 majority; and in the six I j heard from, Wright has gained on , cue vote last November, when General Cass carried the State by 4,838 majority.— Wash ington Union , 10 ih inst. First Louisiana Cotton. —The N. O. Picay nnanf the Bth inst. says—The first bale of Louisiana cotton, the growth of this season, was brou tu J calcrclov rm thft qtoam er Gipsey. It was produced on the plantation of W. Young, Esq., parish of East Feliciana. The cotton is of long staple, a specimen of which has been deposited at our office, and we learn that it is the produce of land that entirely escaped the frosts. Thirteen cents a pound have been refused for it. The first bale last season was delivered here on the 12th of August. Texas. —We learn fsays the New Orleans PicayuneyfTOWx Mr. J. B. Murphy, a passen ger by the steamer Portland, arrived here on Monday, from theßrazos, that merchants from Roma, had come down the Rio Grande to Brownsville, with $200,000 in specie, to pur chase goods. A large number of Indians had lately been seen prowling about on the road between Brownsville and Point Isabel. Mexicans who had quitted the Mexican for the American side of the river were now moving back again through fear of the savages. Harry Love, the express rider, is in com mand of a Government boat, exploring the Rio Grande to Presidio del Norte, He had gone 200 miles above Guererro, and reports the navigation very good with the exception of a ledge of rocks 100 miles above Guerrero. i The Baltimore Sun of the 10th inst. says:— “ The Secretary of War, after being detained from his office three days by severe diarrhoae, was at his post yesterday. Our Minister at Mrxico. —The New York Journal of Commerce, referring to the tele graphic dispatch recently publishel, relative to the application to Mr. Clifford, our Minis ter in Mexico, to interfere for the release of eleven Americans, alleged to be in prison in Jalapa, says: “ Certain other facts leak out in the des patch. It is said that these men • belonged to a portion of the retiring United States ar my, and with others were attacked by the Mexicans. Many of their comrades were killed, while they were captured and thrown into prison.' It is natural to inquire what por- Uou of the retiring army these men belonged to- We are perfectly safe in saying, that every man of the retiring army who stuck to the regiment and his ft ig, left the country in safe ty, and without annoyance. But we remem ber well, that quite a number of men were stated to have deserted, and to be carrying on ail manner of outrages against the Mexicans, on their own hook. The presumption is, that the above mentioned prisoners were a part of the gang ; and that, being at length overpow ered, they were thrown into a prison, instead of being shot as they deserved, and as they would have been, but for the unwillingness of Mexico to afford any possible ground of dissatisfaction to the American government and people. If the case was as here sup posed, how could Mr. Cliford interfere? By deserting their flag, these men had forfeited all claim to protection by the American Min ister, and by outrag'ug the laws of Mexico, they had justly exposed themselves to the penalty they were suffering. The very fact of Mr. Clifford not interposing in their behalf, affords the strongest evidence that there were circumstances in the case which in his judg ment, rendered interference improper.” Tkk Uask oe Jv!'.V. — taja. Williams, ui tue P. Soule, which has arrived at New Orleans from Havana, full) confirms the saiement made to the editor of the Mobile Register by Capt. Downer, the pilot of the British steam er, th »t (ten. Campbell, the American Consul, bad had a conversation with Key, at quanin tine,in which the la l ter stated that he had gone to Cuba by his own free will, and declined re turning to the U. States. The Register says - ii of the correctness of this statement w c ue\ i had a moment’s doubt. The investigation of the charge of abduction is, however, still going on at New Orleans; though the introduction of . number of letters from Havana has rendered it quite certain that no offence has been commit ted, and will probably put an end to fur ther proceedings.” Stage Accident —Mail Lost. Ihe follow ing letter to the Publisher of this paper gives an account of a very unfortunate accident to the Columbia Stage in crossing Crimra -s Creek which is in the upper part of Lxington Dis trict, near the Newberry line. —Grrenevllk Mountaineer, \oth inst. Pomakia, S. C., Aug. 4, 1840. Dear Sir: —Yesterday morning, as the dri ver attempted to cross Crimm’s Creek, nes.v this, with the Mage, three horses wet.) drowned, and the passengers narrow ly. scaped with their lives. The Stage was washed down about 100 yards and upset. At a late hom yesterday, the small Way-Wail, and the Mail from between Greenville and Newberry were recovered. I have just got through w ith re mailing and presei vmg the letters. Iho mo nev. drafts. Sec. with great care have been saved as everything was completely saturated with water. The large Mail from Greenville has not yet been recovered. In great haste, vouvs truly, WM. SIMMER, P. M. Telegraphcd for the Charleston Courier. New Vork Market. On Friday. 2000 hales Cotton were sold at 10$ to 11 for fair Upland and Orleans, the market closing rather heavily. Flour slightly improved—W estern 4 94. Corn si> to 63. Sales Spii its Terpentine 31$. Exchange on England Sh prem. The Cholera. In New York, on Friday, 105 new casa and '0 deaths. In Philadelphia, 13 new cases and 3 deaths. Election*. North Carolina. —Stanley, (W.) elect i to Congress. The delegation will stand as last year. Indiana. —In Indiannapolis, Switzerland county, the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor has 189 majority—the whoh Democratic ticket elected. The 1). moeratic Governor and Lieut. Governor elected by an increased ma jority. In the 9th Congressional District, J iT. Law, Free Boiler, has 200 majority. In the j sth District, Brown, (Dem.) 1600 majority.— M’Gauhey, (W r hig) [district not mentioned] 2000 majority. There will he a small Demo cratic majority in the Legislature. Kentucky. — As far as heard from, four Democrats are elected to Congress—the bal j ance will probably be whigs. (Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun ) Richmond, August 10 —P. M North Carolina Election, A letter just received here from Norfolk states that Stanley is elected by a majority of 19 votes over his competitor. Another letter says l.e is certainly elected by fifty majority. Burlington, Yt., Aug. 10. Destructive Fire. A tire occurred in Plattsbnrg last night, which destroyed two thirds of the business por tion of the town. The loss is very heavy, and only partially insured. New York, Aug, 10, 6 P. M Nothing new to notice in groceries. Sugars firm. Molasses unchanged. Coffee, Rio, 61 a 7£. Rice 3ij to 4 cents per lb. Phe cotton market is somewhat easier for the middling qualities—sales of 2 000 bales at 10| to 11 cents for Upland and New Orleans. W hisky is selling at 24 cents per gallon in bbls. From (he Washington Union—By Telegraph■ Kentucky Election, Louisville, Aug. 30.—1 n the Bth congres sional district, Morehead, (whig) is elected— no change. In the 10th district the election of Stanton, (democrat; is confirmed—a democratic gain. Inthe4th district Bnckner (whig) is de feated—a democratic gain. In the 2 l district Johnson (whig) is elected to Congress—a whig gain. In the 9th district Mason (democrat) is elec ted—no change. As far as heard from, four democrats are elected to Congress. Lhe returns thus far, indicates the general success of the pro-slavery candidates for the Convention. Ihe emancipationists will be in asm ill minority. Louisville, Aug, 10. 1849.—Lane, (dem.) elected in this district by ninety-five majou'v: Caldwell, (dem. ) elected over Buckner ; Em bree, (whig,) defeated in Evansville district. Indiana Election. Indianapolis, August 10.—In Switzerland county, Wright (dem.) has received 186 ma joi it \ lor governor. Jhe entire democratic | ticket in this county has been elected to the legislature. Cincinnati, August 10.-Democratic gov ernor and lieutenant governor of Indiana elected by increased majorities. Congress, fourth district, Julian, (free-soiler,) elected by 200 majority; fifth district, Brown, (dem.i 1.600 majority; third v district. Dunham idem,» 200 majority ; seventh district, McGeughey (whig.) 2,000 majority ; ninth district, Fitch, (dem., ) 250 majority. Legislature democratic by a small majority. Tennessee Election. Nashville, August 8, p. m.-R 0 timu far as received, indicate that the democrat this otate have gained laivelv. I he Nashville Vv higajjves up the legislature and governor. It at also admits the ’oss of two members of Congress, lihe i.v \\ eldex,—An endorsement on the envelope of a package of letters from Weldon, dated 11th inst., states that a lire oc curred there that morning, which destroyed n ’ n ® buddings, including Rail Road office, shed for cars. Jones’ Hotel, and three stores, two of which were occupied.— Charleston Cou rier, 13rA ins*. Ihe »\ heat Chop.— We have made inquiry since the wheat crop has been gathered, and leel satisfied that the average will not he one halt the usual quantity made in this District. Good wheat weighing from 60 to 65 lbs. is worth $1 00 per bushel. One hundred barrels of new flour have been sold by A. N. McFall, at his null near this village, at $5 30 per 196 lbs. tor Georgia consumption.— Anderson Ga zette.
