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'»!—Murni-fiui i i ii imwiwrrt ** ■—ll—h THE CUN ST lTt J t lON ALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TERMS. Daily. per aim im... ...... gH 00 'l'ri Weekly, per annum f, »J 0 If paid in advance ...... ~,.5 00 W. U, {*:■* ■< ,!in, if paid in advance...,2 00 t u» >i- u iiu» are ottered to new subscribers and all old sM.rttiers wlio ply up all arrearages. lu uo case will f*. cekijr paper be sent at $2, unless the money uu umpanies the order. In no case wiil it be sent at gtpti to an eld sub scriber in arrears. (l_/*Wbeu the year paid for at $4,00 expires, the paper, if not discontinued, or paid for in advance, will bo sent ua («e old terms, $2.60 it paid at the o fice within me year, or $3,00 if paid after the o ipiraliun of the year. Q ninst be paid ou all coumiiiuicatious aud letters of business. OCTOBER. BTTHELATK WILMS GAYLORD CLARK. Solemn,yet beautiful to view. Mouth of uay heart! thou dawnest here. With sad and faded leaves to strew, The summer’s melancholy bier. The moaning of thy winds I bear, As the red sunset dies alar, And bars of purple clouds appear. Obscuring every western star. Thou solemn month ! 1 hear thy voice ; It tells my soul of other days, When but to live was to rejoice, e W hen earth was lovely to my gaze ! Oh, vision . bright—oh, blessed hours, Where are their living raptures now 7 1 ask my spirit’s wearied powers— I ask my pale and fevered brow. 1 look to Nature aud behold My life’s dim emblems rustling round, lu hues of crimson and of gold— The year’s dead honors on the ground Aud sighing w th the winds I feel, While their low pinions murmur by, How much their sweeping tones reveal Os life and human destiny. When Spring’s delightful moments shone. They came in zephyr's irorn the west. They bore the wood-lark's melting tone. They stirred the blue lake’s glassy breast j Through Hummer, fainting iu the heal, Hut lingered in the forest shade ; Hut, changed aud strengthened now, they beat In storm, o'er mountain, glen and glade. How like those transports of tho breast When life is fresh and joy is new, Host as the halcyon's downy nest, And transient all a> they are true ! They stir the leaves in that bright wreath. Which Hope about her forehead twines Till Grief’s hot sighs arouad it breathe, Then Pleasure's lips its smile resigns. A las, for Time, and Death, and Care, Wiiat gloom about our way they tliug Like clouds iu Autumn's gusty air, The burial pageant of the Spring ; The dreams that ea«b successive year Seemed bathed iu hues of brighter pride, At least like withered leaves appear, Aud sleep in darkness side by side ! (From the Washington Union.) A Libel A friend has called out attention to a letter signed Hampden, dated at Washington, Sep tember the 26th, 1849, and published a few days since in the Baltimore American. It is the same letter which contained the forged charge that “it was solemnly proclaimed by the editors of the Union at the outset of Gen. Taylor’s administration, that no matter what face it might assume, they were determined to oppose it to the bitter end.” We have on a former occasion exposed this mendacious as sertion; and we do not intend to repeat what we said on that head some time since. Our intention is to notice another point in “Hamp den i” letter. “ Hampden" says: “Contemptible scribblers, such as “Heroic Age,” not content with abusing the President in the public prints, have even invaded the eanctury of his family, and every day thrust upon him (letters, with fictitious signatures, tilled with the most billingsgate compound of personal abuse and insult. Nor do they stop here; The ladies of the presidential mansion have had addressed to them, almost daily, let ters containing the must offensive und obscene language which a fiend can indite, until they eaa scarcely dure to open any letter unless from a well-known and familiar hand. Such a mode of warfare may possibly seem justifiable to those whose moral sense is blunted by the de termination to oppose the administration “till the bitter end;” but honest and well meaning mea of all parties cannot but condemn a course bo shocking to decency and morality.” It may be possible that anonymous letters have been addressed to General Taylor. We think so, not because "Hampden” asserts it, but because such letters were frequently ad dressed by whig partisans to Mr. Polk and the members of his cabinet. Hundreds such have been addressedjeven to our humble selves by whig partisans, couched in the lowest terms of vilification and abuse. But we have never been disturbed by them- We open them, see their character, and tear them up forthwith, without putting ourselves to the trouble of showing them to any one; or we throw them in the fire, with only a smile at the useless pains whhth are taken to annoy us. But we do not beiiev* the statement that the ladies of the Presidential Mansion have had addressed to them letters containing offensive aud obscene language; nor will we believe it until it is sub •cribed to by a more reputable name than that of "Hampden." Wa believe the statement to be a libel upon the American people, dictated by a disposition to libel the democratic party, We do not believe that there exists in the de mocratic party a wretch so debased aud aban doned as to assail the ladies of the Presiden tial Mansion, as "Hampden ’ alleges. But it there be such an one, the members of the de mocratic party would be among the first, if they knew it, to hold him up to public spern aud indignation for his base and unmanly con dact. And for ourselves, we would use every effort to drive him beyond the pale of society, and brand him so that uo man would hold in tercourse with him. “ Hampden ’ endeavors, by insinuation, to couple the author of the papers iu the Union signed “Heroic Age” with those whom he charges with invading the sanctity of the | President’s family, aud addressing to him aud the ladies of the presidential mansion lettere filled with detraction, abuse, and obscene lan guage. On behalf of that gentleman, we pro nounce theliiisinuation of 8 wicked and deliberate falsehood —one which wouid be perpetrated only by a man capable of com mitting the outrages which ha charges upon the democratic party. Xu fact we 4c not hesitate f/Say, that the charge of insulting the ladies of the President’s family is a Bbel upon our people, brought forth trom the foul mind of some despicable creature, who would lor a consideration commit the offences w’bich he charges upon others, if he could go un whipt of justice, and remain hid from public indig nation under the assumed nameof "Hampden." A good joke is told of a young couple riding home from church after their marriage. The day had beenfuioudy.and the young man seeing the clouds break away, said, “I hope we shall have a little sun.’ The young wife replied very honestly, “As for roe, I should rather have a Uttlf daughter.” Editorial Life.—Had the art of punting f been known in the age of Julius Ca*sar, he would doubtless have been the editor of a daily newspaper, for he possessed qualifications which peculiarly fitted him for the station. It is said that he could dictate to four secretaries on different subjects at the same time; and any man who could do that could converse and write editorials at the same moment, with- ; out difficulty—for it* is a feat w'hich has to be j frequently performed by editors of much less capacity than Julius C»sar. In fact, the . greatest annoyance of editorial life is the fre quent interruptions to which its followers are subject, even in their busiest moments. The larger printing establishments in Europe man age things differently from what they are usu ally conducted in this country. There the edi or suffers no interruption; but, surround- ! ed by his books and papers, meditates and | writes with freedom : whilst here he is sub jected to perpetual calls to know how the pub- | lie pulse beats on this or that subject; or with requests to favor such and such suggestions, i It often occurs that he “ hears but takes no j heed” of what is said; aud, after his visitor | has left him, is really unconsc ous of what has transpired. As editors do not uusually pos sess Caesar’s facility in thinking and writing, it is a hard task with most of the fraternity to hold a conversation and write sensibly at the same time. We confess that we prefer doing one thing at a time; and we suspect that most of our brethren are of the same opinion. Baltimore Clipper. Speed op American Steamships.—A New York letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer, says : The first of E. K. Collins’ new line steam ships between this port and Liverpool, will, it is expected, be ready for sea on the 19th of this month. Cunard, the proprietor of the English line, has recently built two vessals on the Clyde, for the purpose of beating those which Collins is building. There is now on the stocks in this city, a steamboat, which is being built for the pur pose of beating the cars on the Hudson river railroad, between this city and Albany. The builder says that he has turned out the fast est steamers in the world (and truly too) but that his previous works are not a circumstance to what he can do. “ We want you,” said the agent of a Hud son river steamboat, “to build a vessel for us that will whip the Hudson railroad, and we don’t care what you may charge —will you do it?” “I will,” responded the builder. “ I’ll build y«u a steamboat that will beat any loco motive that ever \vas started.” “Then go a head,” replied the agent. And he is going ahead,” and will, if it can be done, beat the railroad. Inflammable Gas.—Theicare numerous is sues of inflammable gas on the farm of Mr. Michael Faulkner, in Brecksville, in this coun ty. About an acre of the bottom lauds on the Chippewa gives forth the gas, the soil being exceedingly porous, and tilled with cracks, from which the gas escapes. Place a com mon tin horn over one of these cracks, apply a match to the top, and a brilliant flame of yellowish appearance breaks forth, which will burn steadily for weeks. The proprietor made an excavation some twelve feet deep at one of the gas openings, and flung in burning hay.— • Quite an explosion followed, the hay was scat tered in the air,and the blaze issued several feet high. It continued to burn until the ground caved in and smothered the flames. r The ground from which the gas escapes ‘ never freezes, and nothing will grow’ upon ;t, although the soil is rich. The location is • fourteen mdes from Cleveland, and has at- tracted many visitors to see the earth burn.— f The existence ot the gas has been known there • for a dozen years or more, and the quantity es t caping, which is large, seems to be increasing 5 rather than otherwise. Cannot nature’s gaso -1 meter be appropriated by r man to some useful ‘ purpose? —Cleveland Herald. t— - - r Luther on Dancing.—ln thejlife of Martin . Luther, by M. Audid, an elegant French writer, the following opinion of dancing is . quoted from the Reformer; “Is dancing sin ful?” his disciples asked him. He replied, “ Was not dancing allowed to the Jews? I am notable to say ; but one thing is certain —peo- ple dance now-a-days. Dancing is a neoessi • ty of our state, like dress with woman, and like dinner or supper. And, indeed, I do not see j how r dancing can be prohibited. If people commit sin, it is not the fault of the dance, ( which does not offend against faith or charity. r Dance, then, my children.” i A Vacancy in the Senate. —It is doubtful, ‘ to say the least, whether this Senatorial Dis • trict (Baldwin and Hancock,) will be repre sented in the next Legislature. The Consti l tution of the Stale says, “No person shall be [ a Senator who shall not have attained to the s age twenty-five years, and haye been nine years a citizen of the United States and three yean au inhabitant of the State.” It appears that Mr. Gonder, the Senator elect, although a native of the State, sold his possessions, removed to Alabama, became a citizen of that State, and less than tw’o years since returned to Georgia, and became again one of her citizens. The constitution unques tionably designed to require, and doe# require, a three years consecutive residence immediate ly preceding the election. The constitutional qualification it is said, did not occur to Mr. Gondei or his friends till after the election. It would do injustice to Mr. Gonder, under the circumstances, to suppose that he will take the oath, M 1 consider myself constitutionally qualified.— Fed. Union, 30/A alt. The Weather.—lt rained every day last week, and the River was considerably swollen. On Saturday evening it cleared off; since we Iqave had cold nights and mornings with frost, and warm days. We are informed that ice was seen in the on Thursday morning Last.— Keoicee (S. C. ) Courier, 27th nit. The Last Census.—From a statistical table in the Telegraph, w'e learn that the whole po pulation of the election District of Pendleton is much larger than any other District, being 26,229, an increase of 1,896 within ten years. The next highest is St. Phillips and St. Mi chaels, having & labile population of 18,872. — We see by this Table that several Districts and Parishes have fallen of. We will venture the assertion, that in the next ten years the population of Pickens District will have great ly increased. For the last several years there has been a considerable immigration into it, and when the contemplated Railroad to An- I depson and Greenville shall .be completed, the whole of our good land will be settled up, ' ' making ours one of the most populous Dis tricts in this part of the State. — lb. Mr. W. Buchanan, a minister of the Scotch kirk having had a difference with the editor of a Kilmarnoch journal, whp stated that the | reverened gentleman had threatened, only for ! ioat, to horsewhip him (the editor,) his re- ) verenpe has written iu reference to that state raent: “My friends t knov tolerably wpll tjiat ijiy j poat never gives me the least concern when \ Lave anything which I think my duty’ by the L and. What I consider proper or likely to be Useful I should do in my coat, r. t of nay oo&fc, | and in npii? of my coat; and iff e suppositipn j had ever crossed my mmd th .t a horsewhip would have mended the moral-, of this incor rigible fellow, he should have had it until every bone in his body roared for mercy.” Heighth of Presumption.— lor a business ! community to expect the press to build them up w ithout their doing anything to aqsUtn ' the press, II luma HI 111 I nil THE t ONSTiTI TIOXALIS i. ~~ ' rr ——7 T , <3eor§ia. THURSDAY IWORRTIf\JGL NOV. 1. 12IT Persons owing Money to tliis Of fice can pay our Agent, Mr. A. Gs. Wil lis, who will be in Miiledgoville, during the first w eek of the Session, by send ing the Money by the Members from their respective counties. Is there such a Trcatyb We find some very pertinent remarks in the ' Charleston Mercury in reference to an alleged quadruple treaty between Spain, France, En gland, and the United States, by which the dependence of Cuba upon Spain is especially guarantied. We copy the opening remarks. A Lost Ireaty. In the European Times received a fortn ght since, there is a review of the alleged attempt to revolutionize Cuba, and the proceedings thereon, which closes thus: “We are glad to find th?> t President Taylor is not disposed to sanction a mighty act of spoliation, to be committed by a band of mer cenary adventurers. Throughout the whole of these doings, it is carefully kept out of view that a sjtecifc treaty exists, to which France. Spain, England, and the United Mates are parlies, by which the dependence cf Cuba to the mother country of Spain is especially guarantied.” This declaration has been copied by ail the newspapers north of us without comment, re ceived a conspicuous insertion in the Wash ington Republic, without contradiction or qualification, and travelled all the way to New Orleans before any one asked the very natur al question, Is there any truth in it ? It is a little extraordinary that such a ireaty should exist, and no one know, when, where, and by whom it was negotiated. If made at all it must have been a secre: treaty, and has been kept secret ever since. An intelligent friend of the Mercury, who is in the habit of taking note of all treaties to which this gov ernment is a party, states his disbelief in the existence of any suffi treaty. Nonesuch has ever been promulgated to our people. It is contrary to custom—contrary to the public will and in violation of the spirit of our institutions that treaties made by our govei nment should be kept secret. The usage on the contrary has been to publish them as soon as they are ratified. In fact, though debates in the Senate on trea ties are with closed doors, the purport of them ; reaches the public eye, long before the injune -1 tion ot secrecy is removed—the Senate being a remarkably leaky b . . . We think the pr.»bfoi ties are against the existence of such a tieaty for a more cogent reason. It is not likely the people of this country would tamely have submitted to this country being a party to a treaty which con spires directly against the liberties of a colony which has the same inherent right to independ ence, that was asserted by yur own th rteen colonies in 1776. Such a treaty would he in , violation of the established policy of this coun try— of the just sympathies of our people, and in every way discreditable and unworthy a na tion which has given to the world so glorious ; an example of emancipation from colonial vas salage. Cuba has ton thousand grievances to stimu late her to separation from the mother coun -1 try, where the thirteen colonies had one. It i i is the duty of this country to abstain from all acts and declarations that would discounte nance her efforts for independence. It should 1 be its pride and its pleasure to extend it every sympathy and facility consistent with neutral o*.ligations. It should not by officious inter ! meddling wth the right of expatriation belong ing to our countrymen, favor ,ha cause of des potism. But it has been apparent from the action of the present administration in the premises, that its sympathies have been against Cuba, and in favor of old Spain. European Affairs Prospects of War- Every interest in the civilized world is in volved in the question, will there be a general war in Europe ? We have therefore, read with avidit3% all that wo have seen in the shape of facts and conjectures, bearing on the subject. The ptess, both of this country and Europe, is teeming with speculations on the questions, will Russia make war upon Turkey? If she does, will England and France stand by the latter against her powerful assailant ? These matters cannot long be in doubt, as we may expect by every arrival from Europe, de finite information. The attitude of the great powers involved, will not admit of delay and vacillation. It is one requiring prompt deci sion and action. It is reasonable to conclude in advance ot news, that it is contrary, alike to the commercial interests, and the political power of both England and France, to permit the conquest of Turkey by Russia. To England especially, it is all important that so ambitious and grasping a power as Russia, should not possess absolute coalmand of the Bosphorus, and control to her own puipOs.i, the immense commerce that passes through the Darda nelles. The conquest of the Turkish domin ions would give to Russia the key to the over land loute to the British possessions in the East. These would soon become coveted prizes, and demonstrations would be made in that direction, as soon as xiussia felt herself able to cope with England for the mastery. The advantages she would have la the event of the previous conquest of the Turkish pos sessions would be conclusive in her favor. The commercial interest* of France, would be also injuriously affected by the great re sults which loom up grandly and gloomily in the future as a certain consequence of the con quest. Her desire, too, to maintain the bal ance of power in Europe, ana the warlike pro -1 penalties of her people, who would not be averse to a war with Russia, will secure France as an ally to England in her effort to cheek the march of the jrreat of the >forth, to conquests iu the Soqth of Europe. We look to these interests as being strong enough to determine Fnglgnd and France to interpose for the protection of Turkey. De termined interposition will be quite sufficient to prevent war. Russia, though a powerful and growing empire, has not wealth and re- i sources enoug hto sustain herself against three i such combined powers. Sjhi will therefore, .fee discreet in her amfeilion y .d bide her time. J IT „ . ■— It will be by the arts of diplomacy and of bribery and corruption, that she will seek to obtain pos- i session of the Turkish empire. By sowing the ] seeds of disseniou among the Northern proviu- i ces, she will gradually alienate them from the central government of Turkey. After separat- , lag themselves they may enjoy a short-lived independence, but will soon tall an easy prf) to Rus-ia. Thus by gradual encroachments and annexation, partly by force and partly by fraud, the power of Russia will be established upon the shores of the Mediterranean, and one great clause in the will of Deter the (Treat, will be executed. It is worthy of remark, that no generous emotion of sympathy for a weaker power, will prompt the action of England ami of Frame. This is a luxury in which neither of these na tions are prone to indulge. They are prompt ed solely by the instincts of self-interest.— When Poland was struggling iu IS3O for lib erty, neither of these great nations raised an arm in her defence, tthe was ruthlessly and pitilessly cloven down and crushed beneath the iron heel of the Russian tyrant. When Hun gary unfurled her standard and called on her sons to rally to the defence of her sacred na tionality and freedom, neither England or France interposed a single effort, or utter ed a protest against the foul wrong. They had no sufficient interest at stake, and there fore those governments loooked on coldly— heartlessly, and saw the gallant Maygars con quered and denationalized by the brutal and peifidious Austr.au and the bloody Russian. Their voices then would have been as poten tial to save Hungary as they will be now to save Turkey. But it was not their interest then to speak, as it is now. The Red Lion. A pamphlet by the above name of about twenty-four pages, published at Athens, Ua., has been laid on our table by Joseph A. Car r.e 3c Co., who have it for sale. It might be appropriately called the “The Dead Lion,” as it is chiefly devoted to the dissection of that compound of treachery, falsehood, bombast and bluster, Thomas 11. Benton, of Missouri. He is emphatically a “A Dead Lion” in the arena, judging by the current of public senti ment in the South, and especially his own State. The pamphlet contains a review of his speech at the city of Jefferson, May 26, 1849. Also of the addre -s of Sam Houston to his con stituents, March 2nd, 1849. Their positions are forcibly discussed ami refuted. We presume the “The Red Lion” is the precurser of a series of numbers, us this is en titled “Number One.” The Southern Quarterly Review We have read with much pleasure and to some profit several able articles in the October Number. Lhe contents for this quarter are unusually attractive. The following are the Reviews : Layard’s Ninevah; Free School System in South Carolina; Philosophy of Spino za; Lamartine’s History of the Girondists; | California; The Philosophy of the Beau tiful, from the French of Victor Cousin ; The Right to Labor; Tuomey’s Geology of South Carolina; Characteristics of Alabama; El Buscapie, being an adjunct to Don Quixote, by Cervantes; Recent American Poets. 'These articles are quite sufficient to tempt a literary appetite. There are besides a num ber of critical notices of New Books. The Telegraph, i We have been frequently asked the ques ! tion, if we thought our telegraphic reports | correct, to which we have invariably replied ; we did not know, that they were sometimes ! like the verdict of a Georgia petit jury, ve v uncertain. The follow ing despatch, the sub ject of which is familiar to our citizens, we find in the Washington Union, which we think should satisfy all queries. We have seen some despatches less accurate as to name* and titles. Augusta, Ga m Oct. 2G. Dhrvdful Murder. —Bennett Dozier, an inmate of the hospital at this place, while la boring under a lit of delirium tremens, killed Thomas lladaway, and severely wounded Dr. Rich, on last Thursday. The doctor’s wounds are not mortal. Bleeding at the Nose. — Dr. Samuel R. Smith, of Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York, communicated to the Boston Medical Journal a method of stopping bleeding at the nose, which he learned of an old shipmaster- His process was to roll up a piece of paper and place it under the upper lip. Dr. Smith stop ped bleeding which had continued four days, by tying a knot in a bandage, and applying it on the upper lip, and tying the bandage round the head. The rationale of this treatment is» the pressure at the point mentioned, compresses the artery furnishing the blood. The Telegraph. —The Charleston Courier of 25th ult. says; It gives us pleasure to state that a letter from Mr. Alexander, President of the Telegraph Company, received some days since, informs us not only that the office at Washington is directed to be kept open until 10 P. M. but also that when notice is given of the arrival of the British steaiqer, the opera tors are instructed to await the reception of the news, if informed that it will be forwarded. This regulation will be a convenience to the whole South, as iu such case, when the wires are working, we shall be enabled to feave the preceding day f s business of New York, chroni cled in the morning’s papers, and not be thrown a day behind in the reception of our foreign news. In these “go-a-head” times, it will not do for manufactured lightning to be much behind the legitimate, natural fluid. From the Columbia Telegraph, we learn that the citizens of that town have an oppos- ! tunity to view, in bloom, a tea plant, by yisit ing the State House grounds, the plant hav-: I ing been set out two years since hy Mr. Rus sel, Ohio.— The whig papers throughout the South are crowing over a majority in the Le gislature of this State. The Ohio Statesman 1 says, the most the whigs can muster is 17 in in the Senate, out of 36 menbers ; and some 2S or 29 in the House out of 72. Beautiful | victory indeed S I Georgia Kail Roads.— The Kail Road Jour- t nalsays: “The large investments wnich the j people of Georgia have made in extending their Kail Koad communication from the sea- | board to the interior, have proved a most ju dicious outlay. Already the trafic ou the Koad * is yielding a handsome return,and the inereas- ed value of property is everywhere apparent. ] The property of Savannah has been gieaEy , advanced by these communications, and the interior counties have shared iully in the ad vantages of the improved mode of intercourse. The Kail-Roads leading to Savannah will soon reach the navigable waters that flow into the Mississippi, and when this is accomplished a great increase ot business must follow. Ihe Georgia Kail Koads are built in a most sub stantial manner, and laid with heavy iron. It it requires boldness to project Kail Koads through the populous v alleys of New England, swarming with inhabitants, rich in business and resources, and sure of a local travel, it is certainly a much greater undertaking to push these vast arms of internal commerce into the interior of a sparsely settled agricultural re gion, and where they most depend upon the travel and upon merchandise for their main support, until the Roads themselves build up a business around them. “This the people of Georgia have done,and their honorable enterprise l.as long ceased to beau experiment. Its success and its results have surpassed the hopes that were formed ot it, and will continue to add, in an increasing ratio, to the wealth and power of the State.” Benton.— lt is said by a paper published in Missouri, that Mr. Benton will retire to pri vate life for several potent reasons, which are compressed into brevity as follows : Ninety prominent members of the last Le gislature, from different sections of the Slate, have avowed themselves openly against him. Os the Judges, numbering twenty in all, sixteen have committed themselves against Benton, and not one has yet pronounced for him. Os the Congressional delegation, three are deadly against him—his colleague and two re presentatives, One representative has espous ed his cause, and two are yet on the non-com mittal platform.” Os the Democratic press, ten papers are a gainst him, six for him, and two neutral. A great majority of the county meetings which have been held have gone against him decisively. Mr. Benton is not likely, moralizes the Me tropolitan, to get a majority in any one coun ty in the State. A Successful Typo.— John F. Phelps, Esq. recently elected President of the New York and Erie Kail Koad Company, was ajourney man printer but a few years since. By a close application, and a sprinkling of good luck, he rapidly advanced to the possession of a com petency, and an honorable station at the head of the first Rail Koad Company in America, covering a capital of $23,000,000. Health {of Charleston There were twenty-one deaths in Charles ton during the week ending 27th ult*—thir teen by Stranger’s Fever. Tennessee. — The official vote for Guv eunok.— By a comparison of the otlicial vote of the State for Governor, last August, in Con vention of the two Houses, it appears that N. S. Brown received 00,360 votes, and Gen. Trousdale 01,740. Trousdale’s majority 1,390. The returns counted in the Convention are all official, excopt those from Bedford, Bradley, and Cannon, and they were vouched for by the. Representatives of those counties. The whole vote, therefore, may be regarded as coi rectly reported. This is the largest vote for Governor ever Cast in Tennessee —a fact that makes the Democratic brilliant and complete. We find psays the Charleston Courier) the following extract among the selections made from English papers, w hich we copy as a mat ter of information to those engaged in the Cotton trade. The feeling of manufacturers, and the effect of the state of the market on their business, will, of course, enter largely into any calculations that may be made as to a fall or advance in the price of Cotton. “Manchester, Friday, Get. 12.—A contin uance of long operations in the raw material, and the serious advance in price which has ta ken place since this day week, has considera bly changed vhe tone ot our market, and we have to report a groat deal of excitement and irregularity in prices during the last few days. The disposition, ou the part of the buyers,'to give out orders which have for some time been in hand, has become more decided and gene ral since Tuesday, and a tolerably large 'busi ness has been the resuK Manufacturers are, of course, asking higher rates ; and in almost a.I cases where business has been done, their demands have been partial;,, acceded to. An advance of 3d. per piece may b. said to have been fully established on shirtings; and on those descriptions which had of late receded mos', has, in rqany cases, been paid. On some inures of printing cloths, from lsi. to 2d. per piece has been realized upon the cur rent rates of last week. Whilst’ the Jrghter fabrics are a good deal asked for, and command better prices, the heavier descriptions of goo«h are still seriously depressed, and the position of makers rendered still more embarrassing than it was previous to the rife in Cotton.— ; Many firms have given notice this week of their intention to commence short time work } in S- In yarns an active inquiry prevails, both j ior home use and export, contrasting v ery strikingly with the inanimate s'ttte of the mar ; ket during the last tew weeks. The advance asked by spinners has been acceded to, in many instances, to the extent of bom |d to 3J. per lb.” r \S hig Principles, 1. the people with i high duties to tpaho them rich. 2. Employ foreigners to encourage American industry. 3. Take care of the rich, qnd they will take care of the poor. 4. Grant especial privileges to capitalists. Miat they im*y employ the laborers, o. Maxe expensive local improvements for the exclusive benefft of a particular cass o f wen. 0. Encourage and protect the farmer bv de- : stroying the foreign market for his grain' and other products of the farm. 7. Show a hatred of war, by voting for a man who has very little to hoard of except his sol diership.—(A. II.) Democrat. 1 Ourselves as an Eater.— We find the fol lowing announcement in the Baltimore Clio- 1 per;— * uWe jeam l?aper« that “the editor of ’ the Savannah Republican has eaten as, weighing 1054 lbs.” He must have been - pumpkins” when he finished his meal.” We acknowledge that we would be ». sull |j pumpkins” if we had eaten “a squash wWghfi, 1054 lb*.” But we are sorry to spoil thig^ ;f; ,° ceau of the Chpper, by assuring it that, though we are “some” on squashes, we were nevei able in our “best days” to eat one weighing loy lbs.— Savannah Republican. (I c m m c v c i a i. 13 1) illagudie Sdegraplj, Reported for tiro Constitutionalist. Charleston, Oct. 31, P. su Cotton —Prices to-day are very full, p,, sales reach 4,300 bales at lu to Ilf cents, of which 3,500 were at 11 cents; and 1,300 tales were sold, to arrive, at the same pric‘, ; ——~ h x r Extracts oj Utters received in Charles ten "LIVERPOOL, Oct. 13 —6VUon—The aafa vocable accounts of the wea her, brought by the Europa, iroiu all parts ol the cotton growing d l3 iriet> ot the United States, prouuctd much t 4 citeiueiit in this market. Cotton immediately a* Vi'iiced id- per lb. spoolers and speculators r with each other in the extent oi their purcltl On ami a corresponding improvement in yarns having" taken place, prices of cotton again advanced Jd, placing our quotations for American g.j, 2 ,y and tor otoer descriptions jd a f[d. per lb. above those current at the departure o; the last steamer The sales tor the week are estimated at 11b,770 bales of which speculators have taken 43.000. and exportei s 1 /OUO bales, leaving lor the trade tiCAK.M■ bases. “ The American descriptions sold are 22,050 Uplands, at 4;Jd a 6Jd; 33.760 Orleans, a 20.050 Alabama and Mobile, l&d a 6jd. autl :jpi* Sea Is and. 9£d; a J7d. Fair Orleans is quoted tpi fair Uplands and Mobile, fid; and middling, dpi s sjd. The stock in this port is 494.000 bale-*, ,n vvhieh 343,000 are American, against a stock hut year 559,000 bales, of which 393,000 were Aiueri can. “ We have a steady quiet corn market, with* slight improvement in Indian corn, which istju,,. ted at 28s fit a 29s fid per quarter tor white, and 27s a 23s per quarter for yellow. Flour is without change, being quoted at 23s (id for o d Wotem.anc l Philadelphia, 19s a 21s lor new Western, 24s for Baltimore, aud 25s for Ohio. Old sour Ilnur i> worth 21s a 21s bd ter bids.; wheat Is 9daCs9J per 70 lbs. No Indian corn meal in market. “LIVERPOOL. Oct. 12.—Co*, tm—The vievu expressed in our last repor., ot 2b’tb ult , ui regard to the course of our cotton market, have b>eure alized at an earlier period than we could well have anticipated. The alarming accounts, per Europe in relation to the new crop, have awakered the spinners to a sen.-e of their position. During the many weeks that incredulity has kept iheor aloof from the market, they have been gtadii ally working up the provision, wfich tbeii previ ous purchases had made for them, and now with i sun k in the port,small in comparison w fi tbe con sumption, and with every prospect of a deficiency of early supplies, they begin to feel that they hare lost the control of the market. Favorable advices from India had abends caus ed some improvement in the demand before the arrival of the Europa, and the appearance on Mon day of her advices gave a new impetus to specu lation, and the effect of the Indian accounts m Manchester, on the following day, stimulated the spinners to enter the field with the spirit their pc sition dictates. The result has been a very exlen sive business, at a sudden advance of §d. on all American descriptions. The movement ol tint fortnight has been as follows : •• Imports from 28th September to 12th October, 33,552 bales: sales, 145,760 bales ; whereof 88240 bales were lor consumption, 54,000 fur speculatien, and 35-0 bales for export. “As regards the fir.ure, we cannot doubt that the struggle between consumers and importers most now become intense. Under any ctrcum s ace, we must maintain a high range of prices loi some lime t • come, but the want of adequate mi; plies, must ere long compel tbe resort to work iag hort time. How far this may be carried must depend upon the actual result of the crop, respecting widen it is quite too early to lorn, an opinion on this side ol the Atlantic . out should it not exceed the prevailing premature estimate ol 2,200.000 bales, we vhould have a goo i opinion of the article at present prices j. considering the low state of stocks every where ol manufactured produce, the easy staU, of the money market, and the returning tranquility of Europe with the beneficig influent* which these cau-t must exercise ou business hi general, we cannot think that the detadeation of consumption at pres ent rate?., high as t hesc be in comparison with la season, ca,. be greater than the curtailment of sap ply will absolutely acquire. 11.V\ llh, Oct. 10.— Colton. —Since our lust cular per Niagara, we received our adv ces f.rsn the United States by that steamer, with das* (rom New 4 ork to the 19i h ult.. announcing aaou tmuaiice ot unfavorable weather with reduced estimates oi the new crop and high prices n the different ports ;these accounts which were at firs interpreted favorably, produced a certain firm ues.-. in our rates, and on the same day, Thursday, the sales reached 2,500 bales, with a” rise of 1 ft on the morrow, 2,000 bales were disposed ol bin without any activity iu the demand, owing to the Liverpool market coming dull, so that on .Satur day only 1.-Od hales found buyers at barely sup ported prices. ’* Ga CJunday, we received our letters by the W ashingtou, one day later than those by Ni igan. but confirming them, uqd at the same time the i.iv or pool circular announcing a very dull market buyers here were in consequence completely pur alyzed, when, on Monday morning, the result ol the sates ot Friday and Saturday in Liverpool became known by the electric telegraph and were quoted at 81X10 bales instead ol 4000 bale* advised by the circular on the lormer day, and 10,600 bales ou tfip latter, half of which were taken on speculation with steady' rates, the feel ing hf re was instantaneously changed and 3500 bales were di-posed ol with a rise of fully 21; an*> y ester ay- again 1200 bales changed bands with prices well supported at quotations. 1 o sum up. tho sales ul the past past se’uight reach 11,934 figles, a portion of which have been taken oj> speculation, while our imports only*- mount to 2539 bales, and our stock cannot exceed 4000 bales. „ I following were among the sales effected 0,852 bales New Orleans. F. 70 —a 91 - do» M0bi1e,,,,,... “73 aß9 2,378 do, I idaad “77 a3B Brices of till? 1 fisted States short staple CottO»», acco, ding to the Havre classifications. Upland, Tr-b. 72 «Bus. 78, Tr-o. 85, Ord. 89. U orJ -92, P-cour . —, Cour.-h. —. M AEON. Oc’. 30 Coitou. —-The market the date of c>ur la.t issue, and for two or thv , days subsequently, was very qmet, with ado. 4 ward tendency in prices. The sales made dyv the early part ol the week, were at prices g p , ally in favor of purchasers, though the amountJ was not large. On Thursday evening, the iC counts by the Enrojia, the packet ol the IW* came to hgnd. Under the influence ol the»c accoqqts the market was verv much exciisd throughout Friday, and at the close of hu>iiie'S o« -Saturday, prices had reached the highest point the season. We quote to-day 9*[ a IU4 cents Corn-**\ o a45 cents per bushel. > (nlaer— GO u 75 cents per cwt- Meat 55 a6O cents per bushel, Flour. —Country a£7 per bbl., 3 a p* r cwt. Canal as 9 per bbl. Uacou —Hog Round 6A a7; Hams a 124 Lard— a7. COLUMBIA, Oct. 29 Cuton— Phis article ee» 1 inues brisk at ve w lair prices. Sales 10-da' 300 bales at 84 a 10^. MARRIED, la Macon,on the evening of the 16th ult,by th* Rev. James Henderson, Col. David J. Hooks, 0 Caddo Parish, Louisiana, to Miss NaRCV Rodi»*!« , daughter of Mr. David Rodden, of Ja*" |>er county. In Milledgevi'le, on the 23th ult,by “■ B- Brown, Mr. Sanders to Miss RhodaASW A. W OOP WARD.
