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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.
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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.
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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.
