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LATEST FROM TEXAS.
The steamship Galveston, Capt. Wriflit,
from Galveston oil the 3d inst., arrived In re j
yesterday. The Galveston lowed to the Ba-
J ze U. S. (Texas) ship Austin, Gapt. liol- j
Jins, hound lor Pensacola. She passed the I
steam schooner James Gage, from the Brazos, :
in the river coming up. The following are j
such items of interest us we liud ui our Lex
us tiles.
We notice that in the gale off Point Isa
bel, on the 30i.1i ult., three men were drown- j
ed. They were going in over the bar m a i
whale-bout from the sc hr. L. M. Hitchcock, ,
ol Galveston, when the bout capsized. Gapt. i
Lawrence, of Galveston, who was alr-o on ■
board, came ashore on the capsized boat, bad- 1
ly cut and bruised, after having been dat-hed
übout in the breakers for seven hours. Ihe I
drowned men were two of the crew of the
Col. Harney, ami a German formerly in the
employ ot the Galveston pilots.
The high pressure steamer Potomac, on
board of which Gapt. Luin-den and his com-*
pany left, was wrecked in the recent heavy
gale, about six miles beyond the pass ol
fc>an Luis. Our information is, says the
Galveston News, that she sprung a leak,
which continued to increase until the captain
was compelled to run her on shore. iStie hud
about lUOU bushels of coal on board, and other
freight- 'Fhe boat, it is said, will be a tola!
loss, and tlie freight greatly damaged.
An affray look place on 1 lie 29th ult., be
tween two Texas mounted men, at their
camp near Palo Alto, in which one by the
name of. Walker was shot and immediately
killed.
The San Augustine company, while on
their way from Corpus Christi to Malarnotos,
discovered lhe remains of the fifteen Texans
who were so horribly butchered a few weeks
since on llie Lillie Colorado, and buried
them.
The Texas “Advocate” says that a good
looking Mexican not long since went into a
settlement above Victoria, and by represent
ing that horses would sell at Matamoros tor
the large sum of §>loo each, persuaded some
young men to go out with him—since which
lime they have not been heard of, and it is
supposed they have been murdered. It is al
so slated that about two months ago, some
people from the same neighborhood went to
Gen. Taylor’s camp with several wagon loads
of butter, eggs, ect. From the camp they
started to Point Isabel, hut have nut been
‘beard of since. No doubt is entertained but
that they were murdered by Mexicans on the
road.
“Capt. New comb,” says the Austin (Tex
as) New Era, of the 20ih ult., “arrived m our
city last night direct from Gan Antonio.—
He says that Cnico, the Lipan, had arrived at
that place from the Rio Grande, and reported
that he had been sent in by the Gamanches,
to inform the people that a large force of
Mexicans were concentrating at Presidio Rio
Grande for the purpose of marching against
Fan Antonio; and that they said they inten
ded to lay that place as low as they had La
Bahia atllie commencement of the war.
[From the N. O. Picayune .]
Matamoros, Mexico, June 30, 134 G.
General Taylor’s camp on this -ide the Rio
Grande is yet above water in spots although
the chances of being driven or drowned out
(still look about even. 1 sat upon the bank of
the river this morning with my feet paddling
in the water; so you may learn how near we
are to an inundation. I wish that some of
those members of Congress, who are pleased
to designate the officers of tfhr army as “epati
leled loafers,” and “wasp-waisted vampires
hanging about high places,” could get a
glimpse of them now —in fact, could share
their privations and discomforts with them.
They would forever after hold their longues.
The poor devils —although they laugh at and
make light of the annoyances which beset
them— appear in plight most pitiful, many
ol them really not having had a dry rag
to their backs o* a d-y blanket to sleep in
for near a fortnight. “Hanging about high
places!” \\ liv, they have been wading about
low places, halfway up to their knees in mud
and water —Gen. Tay ior and Gol. Twiggs
among the rest —and nothing hut an absolute
fear ut being damned out has driven any
from their position. The two regiments of
Louisiana volunteers—Marks’s and Walton’s
— on llie opposite bank of the river, occupy
liigher ground; yet they are bad enough off
in all conscience. All are still enjoying a
better degree of health than one could suppose
they would, but 1 am fearful, if they remain
here too long, that some epidemic may make
its appearance among them.
Volunteers are still arriving by regiments,
and still Gen. J’aylor is without transpor
tation or any means of moving them. Where
are the steamers ordered to be"purchased long
since for the use of the army? Here is a
stage of water high enough to reach Reynosa j
and Comargo wait ease and safety, yet there
is not a sate conveyance even across the river.
I cannot conceive a s.(nation more trying to
the patience and more mortifying to tue feel
ings of the commander-in-chief than the one
he is now placed in. With men enough to
march to any quarter he has not the means
to move them an inch.
From the interior the news is various and
contradictory. It js said that a portion of S
the Mexican infantry has lell Lenarrs for
some point near Tampico, and very likely
such is the case. For some time the inha
bitants of Matamoros believed that the troops |
would return and retake the place—could
not for one moment suppose that the Arne—j
ricHtis would be allowed io hold quiet posses
sion of the city. 1 believe that they have now ’
given up all hopes. The number of Mexican
soldiers at Monterey is known to be small.
Arista, whose course has been sustained by
the Government, is at his hacienda near that
city with a few men only. The number of
infantry at Lenares is at present only Bdo, [
with a small force of cavalry in the neighbor
hood. Gen. Paredes is said to be tri route
for Monterey with 6000 men — some sav as
an— .■ jyi.fw.wiJß.- egnMM ».-’wrr'
large a number as 8000. Scouting parties i
of Texans wiil probably be sent out as soon
as the roads are in traveling condition; and
then it will be difficult to ascertain the full
( force and intentions of the enemy.
Tbe fourlit of July will soon be upon us,
and I learn that extensive preparations are
belli ,r made to celebrate it vvitb ail honor.
G. VV. K.
[ from the V. Journal of Commerce .] j
PROTECTION FOREVER !—DOWN WITH
FREE TRADE!!
The country where “protection to domes- L
tic manufactures” prevails to a ex- f
lent than any other, is Mexico. The effects
hre sufficiently apparent. Gays a correspon
dent ol the London Tunes, under date of
Tampico, April 22d, —
What is of deep importance to the com
mercial houses established in this port, is the
dangers they are me.raced with from the
smuggling trade which uill .be carried on
from toe United Stales, and for which the
enormous duties levied on foreign manufac
tures offers a great incentive. These vary
j on cotton goods from lUO to 200 percent, on
i the prime cost; and it is evident that no vigi
lance would he sufficient to subvert a con
traband trade for which such a premium is
: provided. Even now the populous towns of
! Gallil.'o and Monterey, in the northern part
of this stale, which have hitherto been sup
| plied from this place, have almost ceased to
j require goods and our correspondents there
led us tney can get goods laid down at their
i own doors for less Ilian they could purchase
I them in the port, thus saving not only the
i heavy land freight from Tampico, but the in
-1 ternal duly, amounting to one-third of the
j import which ail goods forwarded to the in
| tcrior incur.
The only possible course for this country
to adopt would be to reduce her import duties
J to 15 or 2U per cent, ad valorem, and thus do
. away with the inducement to smuggling; but
that she will never do. The favorite system
j of Mexico has always been prohibitous and
! bigii duties, and though wealth and prosper
j ily would, no (luuht, follow a relaxation, they
I will rather suffer every extremity than relin
j quish their system, and will one day expire
clinging to it to the last.
Notwithstanding the enthusiasm which
the newspapers make out to exist among all
ranks of the Mexicans, 1 have heard more
than one proprietor of houses here calculate
how much his property would he increased
I in value if the Americans pushed on to the j
' Panuco: and more than one owner of leagues j
I of rich land, now covered with impenetrable
hushes and scarcely furnishing them subsis- i
fence, confess that under the Americans they
would he rich men.
As these ideas gain strength, Mexico must
either alter her system, or kue will lose the
northern provinces. With a soil which pro
duces tobacco spontaneously, and which
might supply the world with that article, the
culture is prohibited except in a circum
scribed district, in the neighborhood of Ori
-1 zaba and Cordovia, where a certain portion
is licen-ed to be grown for government mo
nopoly, while in the rest of Hie country inil
, lions of acres of the finest land are condemn
ed to sterriiity, which might be converted in-
I to a source of national w ealth; while on the j
' other hand they are sacrificing their revenue |
■ and the whole mass of the population to the j
I encouragement of manufactories of cotton, j
| where with infinite pains they produce an 1
j indifferent article at about tiiree limes the j
j cost fur which they could procure it in Eng- j
j landjor America.
Trophies. —Among the banners captured
: by (fen. Taylor at Resaca de la Talma, is
i one bearing the inscription—
RATALLON
GUARD A COSTA
DK TAMPICO.
This magnificent ami torn flag, (says the
N. O. Tropic,) apart from its associations, is
remarkable fur its appearance, and the mate-
I naU of which it is formed. Jl is of large
| size—its field, of tri-colored silk, green,
; white and red. In the centre is embroidered
the Mexican coat of arms, more beautifully
I than we conceived any modern Penelope had
I power to do, even if her delicate lingers were
j over skillful at the work. The Mexican
1 eagle, with its out-stretched wings, fairly lay
i before us, each rustle of the "flag on which it. !
j rested causing the prismatic colors of the !
j atmosphere to play over the brilliant floss i
j siik needlework, as brilliantly as if it had |
i been the plumage of the bird itself.
That flag, in the battle ol the Palo Alto, I
| was torn by our cannon shot, and now bears '
upon its folds the shattered shreds thus rude- i
ly made; ut the Resaca de la Palma it waved '
over the bravest troops, and floated in the
wind as long as its regiment lasted before
the terrible lire of our arms. When all was
lost, its bearer lore it from its start', and tied,
to sa\e it from the slain of capture. JSuch,
however, was not to be its fortune* The
brave man was met by one of our own troops,
and hand to hand they fought for the prize,
—the Mexican nerved by every feeling of
patriotism, the American by every sentiment
of a soldier’s ambition. The brave standard
bearer bit the dust, and llie precious object
of Ins care became an object of idle curiosity
in the hands of Ins enemy. May it ever be
respected among .our people, as the only evi
dence existing of the once brave “Batallon
de Tampico.” These trophies are in charge
of Col. M. M. Payne, and will be by him j
carried to Washmg'on.
Mysterious and perhaps Important. —An
eminent commercial house ol tins city, has
received instructions to charter a vessel, eith
er lor Vera Cruz or Tampico, for the purpose
of conveying thither a gentleman wtio lias
recent 3 arrived at the North, Irom England,
together with four companions. The letter
to that eflecl, which has been exhibited to us,
stales that the party in question having pow
erful reasons lor avoiding the Havana route, I
applied to our Government, at Washington,
for permission to proceed to Mexico unmo
lested, aiul to charier a vessel with that view
at New Orleans. The request was not only
granted, but instructions have been for
warded to Commodore Conner to (aciiitate i
the object ol the travelers, by transferring
them on board of an English man-of-war, \
; Irom whence they can be easily lauded at
j either of tue above mentioned places. The |
vessel will be ready to leave by Hie Ist of
July.
The gentleman in question is a near reia- j
live of me Mexican Ambassador in London, j
and is waiting, probably at New York, for I
despatches by ttie Caledonia steamer, now
due. His movements may have some con
nexion with the existing stale of aifairs in
Mexico. At ail events, the inference is not
improbable—A O. Com. 'JHanes. June 26.
[ The Charleston News says;
“The gentleman alluded to, is Mr. Francis
Morphy, who is a brother of the Mexican
Ambassador at London ”
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AUGUSTA, GEO., ;
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1846.
ffU’The Charleston Cors had not arrived when
our paper went to press last evening.
[D”A report, as unjust as it is injurious to
our city, lias found currency in the country
relative to the health of Augusta. It is to
the effect that the city is very unhealthy, and
that a severe epidemic fever is prevailing
among ns. This is untrue. We have made
1 diligent inquiry, and are authorized in saying
i that tiie city, proverbially healthy as it is,
never in the mouth of July, had fewer cases
of fever. There is not more than the usual
amount of sickness among us, and no epi
demic. The city can be visited by persons
from a distance with perfect safety.
D*\Ve understand that a letter has been
received from Air. Shultz, by a gentleman of
Hamburg, stating that the United Slates
Circuit Court at Savannah, had decided in
his favor the point contended for by him in
the bridge case. This reinstates his case
upon the docket from which it had been dis
missed.
We see no confirmation of this in the Sa
vannah papers of Monday last.
HIT In our quotations on Monday morning,
of the prices of cotton in England, from 1836
to 1845 inclusive, the extremes for 1845, w 7 ere
put down 10gd and This is evidently
wrong, but it was so printed in “Hunt’s Mer
chant’s Alagazine,” from which we copied.
The highest nrice being put the lowest, we
reversed it. But either way it is wholly an
error.
We have the means, however, in another
table in the same number of the Alagazine, of
giving the prices for each month in 1845, in
New York, which will serve our purpose as
well.
! For fair cotton in 1845, the highest price
■ in the New York market, was 8|
t The lowest was 5|
The prices are given also for 1843, 1844,
i and 1346, to June inclusive, and 5| cents is
: the lowest price to w’hich the market sunk.
| The table will confirm our statement that Mr.
1 Toombs’assertion is incorrect, when he says .
that the lowest prices of cotton were, the
three last years of the compromise tariff, and ;
that after the tariff of 1842, cotton rose in
price.
The fact is., that the three lowest years for
cotton since the compromise, were tiie three
succeeding the tariff of 1842,
Something more satisfactory than the
prices of cotton must be urged by the honor
able member from the Eighth Congressional
district,to reconcile the cotton planting States
to the tariff, which in 1842, received their un
divided opposition.
tT - Per haps nothing is more offensive to pub
lic taste in the strife of politics,than a palpa- ;
! ble effort to humbug the people. It is offen- .
j she to the self-love-of the reader, whs dues
! not consider his understanding complimented,
| when an effort is made »o mislead him by an
I artful phrase appealing to prejudices, and not i
: to his reasoning faculties.
These remarks are suggested by the rather
lavish use of the expressions, encouraging
foreign labor, paralysing (he arm of American
industry, favoring (he pauper labor of Europe
I at the expense of the free labor of this country.
This is all miserable clap-trap, and are the
small weapons of demagogueism, to promote !
the cause of humbug for the benefit of the
capitalists of the country, and the behests of
party. It cannot, however, make the sublime
| and philanthropic principles of free trade I
| odious, or throw a suspicion of want of pa
triotism upon the vast body of the democracy
of our country.
Strange, indeed, that an unwillingness on
the part of the people of this country,to per
petuate a law dictated by the League, a set
|of manufacturers, and their agents’in Con
: vention at Syracuse in 1842, who may al
: most be said to have framed the tariff bill of
1842, and against which whigs and democrats
from the South alike voted, is now to be
branded with the charge of making war up
on the industry of our country.
A large majority of the people, by their
| representatives in Congress, choose to lighten
i the burthens of taxation upon themselves.
: This would seem to a plain sensible citizen,
; to be favoring the industry of the country,
j But as it may have a tendency, while it
; cheapens articles of prime necessity and of
I every day use among the people, to lower the
profits of capitalists engaged in producing
| these articles, this is called a war upon their
\ industry.
This system of protection by special legis
lation of particular interests has not proved
so much a protection to the labor employed in
this home industry, as the ad cnptandnm i
phrase would indicate. The wages of tiie i
laborer have been notoriously reduced, since i
this tariff" of 1842. He gets no benefit from s
enhanced duties. He is no more protected
because he works for a man whose particular
pursuit is under the special protection of the
government, than erne who earns his daily
bread in the field in rearing products which
receive no protection.
This hot-bed system of Forcing labor into
particular channels by legislation, will result
in that so much deprecated. It will produce
pauper labor. Such has been the effect in
other countries. We have not heard of the
common laborer sharing in the prosperity of
the capitalist. His wages are not increased
as lire profits of his employer increase. The
price of labor is governed by a rule entirely ,
independent of such profits. i
There are two things clearly the interest
of the agricultural classes of this country, j ’
which means, the great mass of the Amori- : (
ran people. j j
First, to get a market for aH those pro- i
dactions, of which they raise a surplus,
and thus encourage a trade with foreign
countries, who will pay in exchange their
own surplus products.
Second, to purchase in those markets
where they can be purchased cheapest, tuose
articles needed and not produced by them,
and which can Ue paid fur by their agricul
tural products.
All efforts to divert this natural course of
trade, and to force the purchaser into a differ
ent market by special legislation,which throws
obstacles in the way of that trade, for the
benefitof a third party, are unjust and oppres
sive,and tend to depreciate the value ot labor
engaged in raising products lor exportation.
This is what may w 7 ilh propriety be called
paraivzing the arm of the agricultural indus
try of tiie country.
Tiie recent vote on the subject corroborates
the proof furnished by the various votes given
on the different protective tariff bills, that
the agricultural states of the Union are not
ignorant of the effects of the system on their
prosperity. The vote of the western states is
a signal illustration. As they are becoming
the greatest agricultural states of the Union,
so they are becoming more thoroughly free
trade stales. They gave a majority in favor
of every tariff until that of 1842. But en
lightened by experience, they voted against
that by a vote of 34 to 20.
They voted in favor of the new bill which
has passed the house, by a vote of 38 to 22.
The southern stales have always voted
against ever} 7 protective tariffever proposed,
except in 1832, when there was a lie on the
compromise bill, liiat being a choice of
evils. On the bill of 1842 the Vote was S in
favor of tiie bill to 49 against it.
Upon the recent bill the southern vote was
7 against, and forty-six in favor. Yet this
is the bill that is called by the Chronicle and
Sentinel, “an effort to paralyze the arm of
American industry and labor in favor of for
eign labor and capital.”
One would have supposed that if this were
a desirable object with the south, so much of
American industry as the south forms a part
of, is sufficiently paralyzed already. It re
quired no additional effort, and the object
could have been effectually accomplished, so
far as the south is concerned, by leaving the
tariff of 1842 untouched.
O’We take jfleasure in giving place to
the following notice, as just as it is compli
mentary, and in doing so welcome cordially
Maj. Armstrong into the corps editorial.
To the Editors if the Albany Patriot:
Gentlemen,- —Allow me to congratulate
the patrons of the Federal Union, and the
citizens of Georgia generally, through your
i columns, for its acquisition in its editorial
| department, of Major Armstrong, of Macon.
I mean not to take from the worth of Gen.
j Griffin, of the late firm, for ad who know him
must value him; but as the transfer has been !
i made of bis interest in the paper, it could not |
, have fallen into tiie hands of an abler, more \
elevated and more refined contributor to the I
public information and improvement, than i
Alajor Armstrong.
At the present juncture, his being in charge ;
J of u. favorite public journal, is particularly i
| fortunate, when Education, the great ques- I
lion of the age, is being made the primary in- |
lerest of the tStale. Alajor Armstrong is tiie ;
member, who at the last session of me As- I
sembly, moved a general and thorough re
form in the system of public instruction, and
who only wanted time and a favorable condi
tion of the finances, to achieve a new era for
State Education. I had intended to devote
i some time after the adjournment of the Leg
islature, to bring the views of Maj. Arm
strong before the public through your jour
nal, having become acquainted with litem
from that gentleman himself; and thus, that
the minds of the people might have had lime
to digest them before another session; but
other objects intervened to postpone the pub
lication to the present date, and i now fl itter
myself that tiie Milledgeviile journal will de- j
vote a fair portion of its own attention to this i
important subject.
But it. may be asked by some, why is this i
a peculiar favorite with the new Editor? i
will simply answer, that Aiaj. Armstrong is
an eleve of one of the first colleges of the
Union—that he had no sooner entered into
active life, limn tie turned his entire atten
tion to tiie perfecting a system ol instruction,
and within a few years lias established such
a reputation for himself, as will be fell I i
trust by our State, long after the personal j
services of Major Armstrong shall have i
passed away. And yet, while 1 slate thus
much, I by no means intend to confine
Major Armstrong’s powers to this pursuit.
His taste is delicate and highly irnprov- |
ed; his sentiments refined and elevated, and
his judgment of tuat nice and discriminating
order, which is so indispensable in giving
direction and tone to the public mind.
I only, Messrs. Editors, called your atten
tion tothe particular trail dwelt upon, from
my knowledge of vonr own high apprecia
tion of, and devotion to the same subject. J
will now only add, that I trust Major Arm
strong wilf remain long enough in the edi
torial department, not only to establish pub
lic opinion on the question in point, but to
satisty ail that the characteristics which I |
have attributed to him afe just and fully de- |
served. Respectful! v.
AN OBSERVER.
*
EDITORIAL CHANGES.
James S. Caltioun, E>q. lias retired from |
tiie editor.al department of the Columbus
Enquirer, which paper will be hereafter con- j
ducted by Samuel VV. Flournoy, in con
nexion with G. W. Hardwick, Esq.
F. Clayton, Esq. has retired from the 1
Southern VVhig, published at Athens, in tins
State, having sold out to Mr. T. M. Lumpkin.
Tiie pa lie r will hereafter be conducted by 1
Messrs. Christv &, Lumpkin.
' .
The New Orleans Bee of the 6th inst. says
—The murderer of Al r. B. G. tSinis, of Hinds j
county, says tiie Vicksburg Whig, is the \
most coid b ooded and horrible affair we lm\e
ever beard of. The man, was a dismissed
overseer, waylaid and shot him in the field, ;
whilst his daughter was with him; he then
deliberately reloaded and shot him through ■
tiie head, cut him with his bowie-knife, and j
stamped one of his eyes out with the heel of |
his boot. The murderer is in jail and dc- !
serves and will, no doob’, receive a halter.
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~ CAMP AT MOBILE, )
Jula Slli, 1846. £
Dear Gardner, —A brighter morning never
-glittered in our southern skies, than that
which shone on our departure from Colum
bus. The troops were drawn up into line,
and after a tedious delay, the order was heard
to “march,” and the music striking up “The
girl I left behind mo,” w 7 e filedaway towards
the bridge over the Chattahoochee. A vast
concourse of men, women and children had
assembled to witness our departure; many
a bright eye w r as bedimmed with tears, and |
many a heavy heart surclmrged with ming
lings of joy and sorrow 7 , bade us “God speed - ’
upon our journey, for w 7 e were leaving friends
and home perhaps forever. When we had
crossed the bridge and landed on the Ala
i bama side, one tremendous shout from the
opposite side bade us farewell, and when its
echoes died upon our ears the shores of
Georgia were lost to our sight. It was near
eleven o’clock when we got under way, and
a burning sun poured down his'rays upon us,
while the tramp of a thousand men raised a
cloud of dust, which not only obscured every
object, but nearly strangled us, which caused
an incessant cry for water. On the second
day of our march a gloom was cast over llie j
camp, by the deatii of a member of the Georgia j
Light Infantry, who died from the effects of j
heat and excessive fatigue. Hr. Hoxie read j
the funeral service over the grave, and I
with- out further ceremony lie was left |
to pillow his head upon the cold earth. It j
was a dreadful tiling to see that sight, and I
i I turned away with the prayer on my lips
i that strangers might not smooth the earth
upon my grave, and that the tribute of a tear
at least might moisten the sod that covered
me. We marched within two miles of Ghe
haw, a little village on the line of the Mont
gomery rail road, and took the cars to the 1
terminus, going-at a snail pace all the way,
one battalion going at a time, and it occupied |
no less than a day and a half to transport |
nine hundred and thirty men to a distance I
1.
not exceeding forty-five miles.
We arrived safely at Montgomery and en- |
camped two miles from the city, which is a |
fine grow ing place and in future to be the i
capital of Alabama. The corner stone of 1
the Slate House was being laid on the morn- j
ingofour departure from that place.
On tiie ■morning of the never dying Fourth
we glided on the bosom of the Alabama river
: towards Mobile. I have seen many rivers but
! I think the Alabama one of the finest I ever
beheld. Fur three hundred miles from Mont
gomery, the banks rise perpendicularly to
the height of twenty-five or thirty feel, and
consist ol three strata, the middle one lining
composed ol white pebbles and shells, pre
senting a beautiful appearance to the eye.
j The distance from Montgomery to Mobile is
I four hundred and ten miles, which were ac
| complished in thirly hours. While nearly
| halfway down the river u sad affair occur
| red on the boat behind us. One of tiie sieam
I pipes fell down and the cry was raised Inal
I the boiler had burst—two men, one belonging
I to the Marietta company, and one to the Light ,
| Infantry, being seized until a panic, jumped j
I overboard and were drowned.
When we arrived al AJobile we learned
that the orders for us to go to New Orleans
were countermanded and that we would be
equipped at this place and sail direct to Point
I Isabel. The uniform we received in Au
gusta is getting so uncomfortably hot that |
unless we receive a lighter one from the !
United Slates, we will most assuredly have to i
adopt the one said to be worn in Georgia, j
(a shirt collar and a pair oI spurs} which j
by-the-bye, I flunk would he the most plea
sant one we could adopt, fur tiie sun shines
“some” down in these parts.
1 nad nearly forgot to mention that the !
I fourth u! July was not passed bv unobserved :
| on the boat that carried our company and !
! two .others. At II o’clock, A. AL, the cabin
was arranged for those who wished to attend, j
the Colonel and several of his staff al one ■
end, and the music al the other. James Kel
logg read the Declaration of Independence.—
Alter which, Lieut. Phinizy delivered in the
presence of a numerous audience, a forcible
j and patriotic address, W'iiicJj reflected much
i credit upon him, as it was extempore. Both
Lieutenants Phinizy and AicLaws are much j
beloved by the company, and will long be 1
remembered for the many kindnesses which !'
they have extended to lue company.
The volunteers are quite disaffected at I
present, from the fact that the pay master,
who should have been in Mobile on our arrival |
is not here, and of course who are order- !
ed offimmediafely w 7 ill not receive the amount !
appropriated to them for clothing, which they 1
are entitled to receive in advance. The j
amount is forty-two dollars, and dunes with us i
are beginning to be as preejous as water on a I
I desert. We leave Alobiie to-morrow morn
; ing w ith two other companies, the rest of the
| regiment to follow 7 as soon as possible, which
; will be in a day or two.
| Fur the information of those who may
1 have friends in any of the companies, I would
; state, that in order for letter to reach their I
j destination in safely, they must be directed
i in the following manner : For instance, A or
j B, Richmond Blues, Georgia Regiment, U. j
S., Point Label, or any other point where >
' they may be stationed, as a mistake-in men
tioning ihe regiment would be as fatal as j
I directing to tbe wrong Post Office.
The men all around me are fitting up their '
| knapsacks and cooking provisions to last I ,
I them on the voyage, which w 7 ill be three ' ;
| days sail from this place, and as tiie drum
i mer is complaining about ray writing on bis
| drum, I snail take my leave, telling you that j
when we arrive at Point Isabel, (1 think j
before we start, there will be a commotion in
the l amp, which I shall not have an opportu
nity to inform you eff,) you shall get a letter
winch may prove interesting from
THE POOR SOLDIER.
O'Wc copy the following from the Nash
ville Union.
Mr. Parrott, for many years U. S, Consul
at Mazallan, on the Pacitic, passed through
our city yesterday on his way to Washington
city. He is a Tennesseean, and takes Jack
son county on his route, on a visit to his re
latives. He assures ns that tlie rumor of an
intention on the part of a British fleet in the
Pacific to lake part in preventing our fleet
from taking possession of the Mexican coast
j is without any foundation. He has traveled
j in North California, and concurs in the gen
■ eral account of its inviting character. He
! intends residing there ichen it is annexed to
! the United Stales. He lias no doubt that it is
| already in their possession.
General La Vega. —Tne President has
| given permission to this gentleman, and other
Mexican officers now in this city, to reside
i during the months of July, August, Septotn
i her, and October, in Louisville, Harrodsburg,
Frankfort, or Lexington, in Kentucky; or
i Cincinnati, Veliow Spring, Dayton or Co
lumbus, in Ohio; and for the remainder of
the year at Baton Bonge or New Orleans,
until otherwise ordered. They are to make
! to.the Adjutant General of the Array monthly
statements as to their residence, it is inti
mated by Gen. Scott, through whom the
; permission is granted, that should Gen. Veoa
j desire to visit other parts of the United Slater,
I either alone or accompanied by one or more
| of his brother officers, on parole, his wishes
i will be complied with.— O. Picayune.
| Mammoth Figs. —The Columbia Chronicle
i of the Bth iust. says: We are indebted to
; Mr. J. Nunnamaker, Jr., of Lexington Dis
; tricl, for a present of Figs, the largest we
j have ever seen—the majority of them vveigh
i ing over a quarter of a pound a piece!
Illness of Gov. Bennett. —We regret to
j learo tne serious illness of this gentleman.—
i He lias been suffering from an injury which
| he received in his hand about 25years since,
i and on Sunday morning it. was found neces
j sarv to amputate his lelt s arm at the shoulder
i joint. He still remains in a very critical
! state.— Charleston News, July 6.
The Mexican Steamers. —We learn from
Mr. McFarland, who came passenger in the
hr g Poland, limn Havana, that the Mexican
steamers are preparing to depart for England
I in order to undergo repairs, but are unable to
j go at present, being in want of officers and
j men. The Governor of Cuba has ordered
I them to take out their guns previous to their
| departure.— N. Y. Com. Adv., 'id ins!.
The Land Bill. — The Union says: “We
j learn flint, perhaps, the only material point
• of difference between the friends of the gra
duation policy, is the clause ceding to lht>
►Slates the lands within their limits which
have been in market for thirty or more vears.
Some of the friends ol the measure object to
the principle of cession.”
Morning • Air. —There is a freshness and
a purity in the morning, which, to die phy
sical and moral state oi man, is vigor and de
light. It is seldom that the sensualist, the
idle, or the vain, fasle iis ethereal joys. A
mystical spirit lurks in the perfumed breath
o> awakened creation, which is undoubted.y
gilled with supernatural power. Those who
would live long and see good days, must ha
hilnally become early risers. The los» of the
rooming hour is never retrieved.
ihe Silent Woman. — Madame Regnier,
the wife of a I« vv officer at Versailles, while
talking in the presence of a numerous party,
dropped some remarks which were out of
place, though not very important. Her hus
band reprimanded her before the whole com
pany, saying, “Silence, madam, yon are a
fool!” Sue lived twenty or thirty years after
wards, and never ntiered a word, even.to her
children! A pretended theft was committed
in tier presence, in the hope of taking tier
by surprise, but without effec I, and nothing
comd induce lit*r to speak. When her con
sent was requisite lor the marriage of any of
her children, she bowed her head, and signed
the contract.
A Busy Fellow. —We hear of an edifordovvn
east, who we think is without exception the
most industrious man of his lime. He is not
only his own compositor, pressman, and
devil, but keeps a tavern, is post master, town
clerk, captain of the militia, mends his own
boots and shoes, makes patent Brandrelh
pills, ped.ties escense and tin ware two days
in the week, is parish sexton and always
reads sermons on Sunday, when the minu
ter happens to be missing, in addition to
all his occupations, he has a scolding wife,
sixteen ungrateful and disobedient children,
and a large circle of needy acquaintances.—
Poor Fellow !
Pillory. —The punishment of the Pillory
was tins morning mflcted upon Andrew Mtls
sehnan and Win, Marks, who were sentenced
at the term of the Court by Judge Butler
to endure ttiis punishment, so littie beneficial
to the criminal, so disgusting to the specta
iors, and so disgraceful to the age and ltie
country. The prisoners remained in the
frame about half an hour exposed to the view
of about SUO while persons and three tunes
that number of negroes. It is tweuiy years
since tins punishment lias been inflicted in
Charleston, and having been again revived,
we trust it is truly to receive its death blow
from our legislature at its next session.—
Charleston Sews.
——P 1 >ll *
Dr. VV tstar’s Balsam ot Wild Cherry-
This is a chemical extract from Wild Cherry and
J ar. Everybody knows that V\ ild Cherry possess
es important medicinal properties—and Tar Water
has always been administered in Consumption, and
Lung affections generally, by our oldest and safest
physicians. This preparation.embodies all the vir
tues of far and V\ ild Cherry in a much smaller
compass than any other ever produced. The man
ner of preparing it, and its success in all pulmonary
and Liver affections, conclusively prove thi«. We
say confidently, no medicine ever effected such
wonderful cures. Let no one give up to Consump
tion’s fittal grasp without giving ibis a trial. Be
ing formed from vegetable substances, congenial’
at once to our soil and our system, it is safe, s.ra
ple.and efficient. A treatise relating to this sub
ject may be had, witisout charge, at ; who
alto is agent for the Balsam. Call and see it. Be
snre and get Dr. Wis tar’s Bah am of Wild Cherry,
as there are imitations abroad.
For sale by H AVILAN’D, RISLEV &. CO., and
THOMAS BARRETT & CO., Augusta.
July 13 3 9
VVISTAS’S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY,'
The genuine article is constantly kept on hand
by the subscriber, who is also the agent for
“ Su>aync'g Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry.''
fcb yy I E MARSHALL